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Basics: Capturing footage with a PC + OBS

This post covers what you need to know if you are using a personal computer (PC) and want to record video game footage on Open Broadcaster Software (also known as OBS Studio or simply as OBS). This applies to all screen and audio capture, regardless of whether you seek to capture regular flat screen footage […]

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Basics: Video Cameras

Using a video camera in video game research is not strictly speaking necessary. It is, however, highly useful to you and others as it makes possible to assess your or someone else’s responses to playing video games. This post covers what you need to know about video cameras if you are intending to capture footage […]

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Basics: PC Hardware

This post covers what do you need to know about personal computers (PCs) if you are not familiar with them, but would like to play video games and conduct research on them. You do not need to know all the specifics, but you do need to understand the basics. A video games console has certain […]

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Basics: Licensing

What is noteworthy about games, including video games, is that while they do exist on their own, just like a book, a film or an episode of a TV-show, they are incomplete if they are not played. This post does not delve into this topic. Instead it deals with what you need to know about […]

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Basics: Capturing footage with a PS5 + OBS

This post covers what you need to know if you are using Sony’s PlayStation 5 (PS5) and want to record game footage externally on Open Broadcaster Software (also known as OBS Studio or simply as OBS) that is running on a separate computer (PC) for this purpose. This applies to all screen and audio capture […]

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Basics: Copyright

Before I delve into specific topics related to virtual reality, it is worth acknowledging how copyright works. There are three key reasons for this. Firstly, copyright legislation does not specify screenshots, nor screen captures. Secondly, I am going to need to illustrate some points in this blog with screenshots and, possibly, with short screen captures, […]