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Now that I found out that MoviePlus X5 doesn't like XviD, I changed the format in which Bandicam records with and things are going good again, so here I present to you another Goodbye Deponia video.

I was surprised to take delivery of a parcel only to be told it was for me and was the replacement tablet from Tesco Outlet, so I was quite a happy chappy.

I could have posted these separately, but as I uploaded them on the same day, I'll put them in the same post. One video was so simple to edit that all I did was add the voiceover audio and saved it.

As much as I tried to keep it 30 minutes, I got a little carried away and went 15 minutes over, but the thing with these 'Let's Play' videos is I edit any unnecessary stuff.

I'm not sure if it was because the tablet was refurbished or just poor build, but the micro USB port 'broke', it wouldn't allow me to plug anything in to charge it.

I made a video to put on Mental Gamers about Steam Machines and more specifically, whether they will be upgradeable or not due to the news Alienware Steambox's aren't.

So I'm now up to part 4 of my Goodbye Deponia playthrough, I've been doing well to keep each session around 30 minutes as I've found that's the length of time people are willing to watch for.

This is just a bleh post to fill up this days blog post. I just haven't felt like blogging and I really wanted to post one each day which I really plan on doing so.

All I've been playing is GTA V, I popped on Borderlands 2 to redeem a code for 5 Golden Keys, but didn't actually play it and as funny as it sounds, I'm at a stage I don't like.

So, I went online and tried joining in with stuff, but people are too busy trying to kill you or cause whatever damage they can to other people, so I went back to a solo session.

GTA Online has quite a few glitches, some are funny as demonstrated in YouTube videos, some are exploited and spoils the game for others, one of the glitches that is particularly bad is when someone can hide in plain sight.

I had a mass sort out on Twitter by putting people into lists, so that I can control what I see better, it also means I can follow back without being spammed constantly by tweets.

Not gonna say a lot, late posting this so another to be back-dated. It was Sunday, usual nothingness went on except gaming and TV watching. Oh, and Dad texted a date for later this year, I think we know what it's for, but he'll give more info some other time.

I figured I'd have a go at playing some GTA Online with the mindset of starting a new character and just getting on with it, if someone kills me be it accidentally or on purpose, I don't really care.

Maybe death is going a bit too far, it's more to do with my new (refurbished) Acer Iconia B1-A71 Android tablet's mini USB port malfunctioning, meaning I can't charge it.

Today was going to be the fourth part of my Goodbye Deponia Let's Play, but it was riddled with failure. It started with the first segment not showing correctly in MoviePlus, that meant I couldn't edit what I couldn't see.

So I went and got an Android tablet out of the birthday money I had and thought the Acer Iconia B1-A71 that was on eBay for £49 was a good deal, even though it's refurbished. I didn't realise 512 MB of memory was as bad as some people were saying, that was until I found out by using the Firefox browser with AdBlock installed. I discovered that after viewing a few websites, it would show an out of memory message, but that may have been because the sites would load a full version instead of mobile. That said, it seems to run plenty of other things without any problem and I even managed to play The Simpsons Tapped Out and had no problem. I'll hopefully be able to play other stuff, but I only really wanted the tablet for social stuff while away from the laptop!

I wondered why things weren't going the way they should, then realised I hadn't done something for the game to progress, so as the YouTube description also suggests, you may want to skip to four minutes in to the video...

Before I start recording the third part, I thought I'd make this quick blog post to let you know that the second part has been uploaded and ready to watch with much anticipated excitement.

Sundays are just too relaxing. Once I'd prepared the dinner and got it cooking, I didn't have much chance to do a lot before it was cooked (only took about 45 minutes) and dished up.

So, I decided to make a start on the Goodbye Deponia Let's Play. The first part is mainly the tutorial which goes on for a while and then a first bit of actual gameplay and I'll be uploading the second part later tonight when my internet goes back to unrestricted

With Christmas just gone, my birthday is just a couple of weeks after and as I'm now actually over 40, there isn't much I want or need, so I just had some money from my Mum and Dad to go towards something.

Didn't really do anything of interest today except get another year older, so here are a couple of pictures of stuff I received today...

I'm at the point in Borderlands 2 where I have to go to the Tundra and face a crap-load of enemies before facing what is the first main boss of the game, Handsome Jack's sidekick, Wilhelm.

One of my Christmas presents was to be Eminem's new album, The Marshal Mathers LP 2. The wife had ordered it from WOW HD (who used to be CD Wow) on December 11th, but was told that December 6th was the last date to order for a Xmas delivery.

Anyone who has played (or watch a Let's Play video of) Grand Theft Auto V knows that there are three protagonists, you select Mike, Franklin or Trevor by holding down 'Down' on the D-pad.

While trying to get iPlayer working on the PlayStation 3 (without success), someone retweeted this Vine which is the funniest thing I've seen this year so far.

Finishing off the video and then adding the voiceover tonight, I'm actually quite pleased with what I've accomplished so far with MoviePlus X5, WAY more than if I'd stuck with Windows Movie Maker.

I've really dug in to putting a video together as my YouTube intro vid, it's taken quite a while to get things together and work out what I was going to put into the 6m 45s blurb, but it's coming along.

So yeah, I bought Serif MoviePlus X5 at the end of last year for the bargain price of £8.99, I'd tried the starter edition and really like the features, so figured it was worth at least that much.

Here we go! Another new year, another promise of regular blogging, but this time I really am going to blog something once a day. It will most likely be late at night like now (23:34 1 Jan) and usually either while I'm gaming or just before I start.