Unboxing & Let’s Playing the Apple II

“Unboxing” videos are big on YouTube, with millions of people tuning in to watch your first impressions of a commercial product. When it comes to software, “Let’s Play” is an unboxing’s natural successor: a video that combines A/V capture of your favorite computer games with original audio commentary and narrative. Rather than provide a direct, unadulterated recording of a product, you share with your audience your personal experience and history with the software. In this session, the host of YouTube channel Gamebits will explain the appeal of unboxings and LPs and how and why to record them for an Apple II and publish them on YouTube, building a community and perhaps a profit along the way.