What do I want from YouTube? (and WHY!)
I just finished watching the latest video by Nate Black. For those that don’t know, he’s a YouTube coach who recently left a channel called Channel Makers to start his own channel. Here’s the video I just finished watching: In the video, he asked the audience to answer two questions:What do you want YouTube to…
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WonderSwan History – Development and Release
Today we’re going to take a look at the history and development of the Bandai WonderSwan, It’s a black and white console with a unique design which allows games to be played both horizontally, and vertically and was released in 1999. It was designed by Koto Laboratory, a company founded by Gunpei Yokoi, the designer…
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Important Update Regarding Promotions and Sponsorships
RetroBreak has grown exponentially since I re-branded in 2019, and as a result, I’ve had so many people and companies reaching out, asking me to make videos to promote their games and products. I’m constantly getting emails, DM’s, tags etc across various platforms asking me to check out various games, unbox and review products, share…
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Game Boy Advance History (1994-2001) – Development and Release
Twelve years after the release of the original Game Boy, Nintendo finally released the Game Boy Advance, then only three years later, they released the DS, and the GBA line was soon forgotten about… The Game Boy Advance was an incredible console, with a vast library of games, despite its short time in the spotlight.…
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Clive ‘N’ Wrench Review (PS5)
3D platformers were always my favourite genre growing up! All the RARE N64 collectathons, Spyro, Rayman, Mario 64 of course, and the list goes on. So when Numskull asked me if I wanted to review Clive N Wrench, I jumped at the chance! (Pun Intended!) A new game that draws inspiration from all my childhood…
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Homebrew / Indie Game Marketing Advice (How To Get Your Game Played By A YouTuber!)
At the time of writing this blog post, I’ve made videos on almost 100 Homebrew games for the Game Boy! But you might be wondering, how do you get your game noticed by a YouTuber or a news outlet that focusses on Homebrew and indie content? In this post I’ll be able to share just…
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The Best Of RetroBreak in 2022!
Thanks everyone for making 2022 the best year ever for my channel and content! It wasn’t easy, I moved house, got a new job, and for the first time in about 6 years now, had to take a break from weekly uploads on several occasions! Despite this, my channel did the best ever, with 75%…
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Taking Control Of My Future – Changing Career After 8 Years…
Back in 2014, I graduated from my Gameplay Design and Production course with a 2:1 and moved back home. I was lost and didnt know what to do with myself. I ended up working in a variety of factory jobs on the agency, but hated every minute of it. I was bored out of my…
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Andro Dunos 2 3DS Version Review
The 3DS is almost at the end of it’s life, with the factories closing down and Nintendo dropping support for the eShop early next year. There’s still a few more games coming out for the ageing system though, such as Fragrant Story in the US, and the eShop exclusive Silver Falls series coming to both…
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Are Gaming Markets Worth Attending? [Podcast E10]
Hello and welcome back to the Retro Break Podcast. It’s been a while and I finally realised that I’ve got everything set up now so I can sit down and record a brand new episode for you guys and girls. In today’s episode I wanted to talk all about video game markets and my thoughts…
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Creators Network Meet-up
I recently attended a creators meet-up at a local independent cinema, It was great to go and meet other creative people in person! There was a wide range of different people there, all involved in various aspects of media creation, from script writing, to theatre, to YouTube and TikTok! We started by giving introductions, it…
Keep readingMy game Dev Journey Part 3 – Why I Don’t Make Games Any More [Podcast E09]
So if you haven’t listened to parts one and two, I’ll briefly give you an overview as to what they were like, and then we’ll move on. In part one, I spoke about some of my earliest ideas with games and what I did during college, I think in that part as well. So it…
Keep readingMy Game Dev Journey Part 2 (Game Design At Uni) [Podcast E08]
Hello and welcome back to the Retro Break podcast! This is part two of my game dev journey series. If you didn’t see or hear part one yet, definitely go back and listen to that one first. In this episode, I’m going to flesh out some of the things I mentioned last time before moving…
Keep readingMy Game Dev Journey – Part 1 [Podcast E07]
Some of you might not know, if you only know me from my videos, but the main thing that I always wanted to do in life was make games, and I have made quite a lot of games over the years. I have talked about them on my channel in the past, but I’ve never…
Keep readingPlaying Games For Fun VS Content [Podcast E06]
Hello and welcome back to the Retro Break podcast. In this episode I’m going to be talking about my experiences as a content creator and how that’s actually affected me playing games over the years. So before I get into the history of this, I kind of want to explain what my actual situation is…
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