SimmedUp Magazine - Issue 14 - October 21

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and came at the perfect time after being
burned out by a near-constant release of
Sims content for a few months. It’s normally
very difficult to get my audience of
primarily simmers to watch anything not
related to The Sims, but I felt Lake’s
atmosphere would be appealing. Thankfully
it has. Shockingly it’s overall doing a bit
better than my Cottage Living LP!
Stassi: You have been on youtube for a
long time, what is the biggest change
you have seen over the years?
Julian: Without a doubt, it’s the shift away
from long let’s plays towards challenges,
one-off game-plays, and discussion videos.
I’ve noticed this not just within the Sims
community but with gaming in general. I
started off as a let’s play channel, so I was
quite surprised when I tried doing news and
speculation videos leading up to Sims 4’s
release and saw much more people
enjoying that content. That still is very true
today as my channel has shifted to
focusing on it. As much as I love reporting
the news and speculating about what’s next
for The Sims, it’s a little sad at the same
time as I enjoyed doing let’s plays on a
more frequent basis. But just like in many
other industries, if you can’t keep up with
changing trends, you’ll be left behind.
Stassi: What advice would you give
anyone who wants to start making their
own Lp's?
Julian: What will make your let’s play stand
out from what’s out there? Let’s plays are
very saturated at this point. If you want
that to be your main content you’ll have to
think outside the box. Not a lot of people
have the time to commit to a 30+ episode
series anymore so I suggest doing
something short and sweet, with plenty of
drama. If there’s a lot of requests to keep
the series going after the ending, you can
always do a “Season 2" later!
Stassi: You said that Quxxn, Andrew
Arcade, The Sim Supply inspired you to
start your own channel, are there any
other simmers that inspire you as well?
Julian: Definitely! Those three are all
examples of what I consider the OGs, the
ones who laid the foundation for The Sims
on YouTube. But there’s simmers such as
Plumbella, Pleasant Sims, DrGluon, Carl’s Sim
Guides, Doctor Ashley, GnomeFinder, and
several more who I started watching in
more recent years who motivate me and
keep inspiring me to be…well, me!
Stassi: Any sneak peek you would like to
share with us??
Julian: Recently we got a “refresh” for the
Spa Day game pack. While I already did a
video about how I’d refresh the game
packs, I’m working on a series where each
episode will focus on one expansion pack.
With EPs being bigger and broader than
GPs, I think this may be a better approach
than cramming the current 11 all into one
video at the same time, feeling pressured
to move onto the next EP without talking
about one for too long. It’s going to be an
interesting experiment. The first episode
which is all about Get To Work will likely
already be out by the time you’re reading
this. I feel this could be the kind of series
that can keep people hooked since you
don’t need to watch the previous episodes
to know what’s going on in the new one.
Thank you for a fantastic interview and
some great insight into who Julian is.
To find out more and follow Julian AKA:
IronCGull then make sure to click on these
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