If everyone’s doing video podcasts, why aren’t we?
Everyone says the same thing. ‘You’ve got to do video.’ Apparently, if you’re not on YouTube or TikTok or whatever else people are scrolling through on mute, you don’t exist. Doesn’t matter how sharp the thinking is. Doesn’t matter how good the content is. If there’s no footage, it’s invisible.
I’ve heard it. I’m not ignoring it. I’m just not rushing in.
There’s a reason this started as an audio-first project. I wanted to get the format right. Nail the tone. Build something stable that doesn’t break every week. Adding video on top, while I’m still locking in structure and pacing? That’s asking for more problems—and not the interesting kind I can turn into an episode.
Video isn’t just ‘stick a camera on and hit record’. It’s lighting, framing, camera quality, compression, upload schedules, and fifty other things that chew up time I’d rather spend actually making the podcast. And honestly, no one needs a badly lit talking head droning into a webcam. That’s not content. That’s security footage.
I’m not exactly desperate to be on camera either. I didn’t start this for self-promotion. I did it because I’ve been around games long enough to have something to say that isn’t just noise. That works better in audio. It’s stripped down. It’s focused. And it’s easier to keep consistent when life’s already full of chaos.
Then there’s the editing. Audio takes long enough. Video multiplies that. Suddenly I’d be stressing over jump cuts, awkward silences, eye contact, lip sync. I’d spend more time polishing than actually saying anything. And when the end result is just a clunkier version of what I already said clearly on mic, what’s the point?
I’m not ruling it out forever. There might be a future where I try a few special episodes with video. A developer chat. A behind-the-scenes look. Maybe even the occasional rant if I’m in the mood. But it won’t become the main thing. The main thing is the podcast. The tone. The voice.
There are thousands of gaming podcasts. Hundreds of thousands of YouTube channels trying to do the same thing with video. Most of it blends together. I’d rather make something sharp and sustainable than burn time trying to look busy on camera.
This whole thing is built around clarity and honesty. If I bring in video, it has to sharpen that—not distract from it. Right now, it’d just get in the way. So I’m keeping focus. Making the podcast better. Not more ‘visible.’ Visibility can come later. Quality can’t.
And if people won’t listen unless they can watch something too? That says more about the state of attention spans than it does about this show.
Do you actually watch video podcasts, or just let them play while doing something else?
