It’s not a secret that in the past few months, I’ve been devoting more time to my YouTube channel. This is for several reasons. The first is that I’ve been trying to complete several writing projects, leaving me less time to write on my blog or for other sites, meaning I need to provide regular content in other ways. Doing live streams and podcasts allows me to get my thoughts out and entertain you all without compromising the quality of my writing.
The second is that I’ve neglected my YouTube channel for years and I’ve been trying to build up a larger presence there with more consistent content. I’m nearing 3,000 YouTube subscribers and am hoping to get to 5,000 before the end of the year.
The third is that producing YouTube videos has become much easier due to the rising popularity of live streaming. Due to a combination of censorship and changing audience preferences, live streams have supplanted prerecorded videos as the most popular type of content on YouTube. This benefits me because I no longer have to own a camera or use editing software in order to post YouTube videos, two things that have kept me from making videos as often as I would like. The Super Chat system, which allows users to pay money to have their chat comments featured on a live stream, has also made streaming a lucrative enterprise for talented hosts.
Live streams are essentially live podcasts, featuring a dynamism and level of interactivity that podcasts lack. With my live streams Matt Forney Live and Matt Forney Live: Arcade, I can not only talk about the news and entertain you all, you can interact while the show is going on through chat comments, Super Chat, Streamlabs tips, and calling in via my Discord server. This is in large part why I’ve switched to doing live streams primarily instead of prerecorded podcasts like the Matt Forney Show (though I won’t rule out going back to that show in the future).
At the moment, Matt Forney Live airs Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5PM Eastern (4PM Central/2PM Pacific). In addition to that show, I host other streams throughout the week, including Matt Forney Live: Arcade, a series where I stream various video games. I’ve completed stream series on several games so far, from new ones such as Super Seducer to classics such as Deus Ex, Max Payne, and Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.
I don’t post most of my streams on this blog (or I only post them after they’re over), so in order to watch them live, you’ll have to subscribe to my YouTube channel by clicking here. Be sure to click the bell icon after subscribing to ensure you get push notifications for all my YouTube streams and uploads (YouTube has been censoring right-wing users by keeping their subscribers from being notified of new videos and streams). You can see my live channel (where my latest live stream is always posted/streamed) by clicking here.
In addition to YouTube, I’ve also been simulcasting my streams on Twitch, and you can subscribe to my Twitch channel here. However, Twitch has more stringent censorship than YouTube and it also has a limited capacity for saving recordings (past streams are only kept for two weeks before being deleted), while YouTube allows me to keep past recordings of streams up in perpetuity.
I appreciate your support and readership over the years and I hope you’ll join me over on YouTube and Twitch. MattForney.com will remain online and I will continue to update it, though new articles will come at a slower rate as I focus on other projects.