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#213 - How to Monetize Honesty - Tech Tuber Tells the Truth (Ft. Dad Life Gaming)

November 7, 20250 comments♥ 0

00:00Hello, everyone, and welcome to episode 213, God, 213 of the NXC podcast, the official podcast at the NXC community.His podcast scored live on Fridays at 10-year Pacific Standard Time on the official N60 Twitch.It is available to stream on demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.My name is Mike, and with me, as always is Ivan.How are you doing, Ivan?How we do, Baby Boo, episode 213.I treat every single episode, though, as it's episode 6-7.So it doesn't matter what the number is.

00:31Oh, God.We do have a very special guest with us today.I'm excited to talk to them.But before we introduce them, I do want to make two quick announcements.So announcement number one is if you are tuned in live right now on Twitch.com.You're in for a treat type exclamation giveaway in the chat.You will get a link to a giveaway where you could win a free Intel shirt from our homies at Intel.So exclamation giveaway in the chat.

01:02And if you stick around to the end of the show,you will get a secret word, which will give you a bunch of bonus entries into that giveaway.The other announcement is later today, we're going to be announcing a giveaway on social for some new NZT performance fans.We're going to give away three sets of fans, winners get to choose whatever size and color they want.And as a treat, for those who are tuned into the podcast, whether they're live or after the fact, we are going to give a giveaway at the end of this stream as well.So stick around.And without further ado, I will let Mike introduce our special guest today.All right, everyone.

01:46Introducing a creator who's always fighting the good fight for your wallet.He's the champion of the budget.He's a reviewer who will always think of the customers and fans before anything else.He's a devoted father of three, so, you know, he can handle anything the world could throw on him.Please give a huge welcome to the man of the hour, Dad Life Gaming.Dad Life Gaming or Christian, can you please introduce yourself to our audience and tell us what you're all about?Hey, what's up, guys?My name is Christian.

02:14I run the Dad Life Gaming YouTube channel.And a little bit about myself, I have three amazing little girls that they drive me crazy on a daily basis, but I love them until the day.I'm not in this world anymore.And more about myself is I love working out.I love spending time with my family, with my kids.I think that that's something very important when you have childrenis being able to find a happy median in between everything that you have going on as an adultand making them happy as well at the same time.

02:51I think it took me some time to be able to figure that outbecause at the beginning it was tough.creating content, being a dad, being a family man, and all that kind of stuff, it just kind ofstarted consuming me. I had to pull back a little bit and try to figure out, okay, what are thethings that matter the most? Obviously, family is very important. Your kids are very important,but I also wanted to do this side thing, which is the content creation part, because I feelthat that's something that I've always wanted to do. And I kind of figure it out, and now I bangout videos on a weekly basis. Sometimes I do batch for filming just because of the fact that I'm always

03:27busy. So my early mornings start at 4 a.m. to go to the gym and then I start work and then fromthere's my kids in the afternoon. So I try to do it in between while I'm at home. I'll do some filmingwhen my kids are at school or some editing and stuff like that, which has allowed me, you know,to be able to get to this point. Well, your name is Dad Life Gaming and Surprise, Surprise.eyes, we are going to ask you questions about being a dad, your life, and gaming.But I do want to start with gaming because that is probably what started this whole journeyfor you in the beginning, right?So how did you get into gaming in the first place?

04:07So it actually, man, I never disclose how old I am, but you could probably tell from the grayhairs on my beard.It actually started back in the 80s.When I was about five or six years old, my aunt would give me a $5.on a weekly basis, I saved that up to the point where I had enough to buy the Atari 7800.And that's where my love for gaming began with Pac-Man ET, all these 68-bit, 16-bit video games, you know,and then from there I moved on to the Nintendo and then the Super Nintendo and it just like a domino effect.They just started falling in place.

04:45But everything started off with Atari 7800.Yeah, that's, we're probably around the same age.That was my first console.Awesome.And my favorite, I remember I got it for Christmas in 85 or 86.Yeah, that's about a rent when it came out.Had a Miss Pac-Man and Pole Position 2.Oh, well, Pole Position would always piss me off.

05:12Yeah.So what were like, what were some of those first games you played in the Atari?I know you mentioned Pac-Man and ET, but what else?I'm trying to remember.They also had, you mentioned one pole position, which is an awesome game.And then the original, it was kind of like a tennis game that came out on a previous, I think it was a Commodore or something like that.But you have the two little rectangles on each side and you have the ball just bouncing off the walls.Now that I think about it, I'm like, wait, wow, it's technology.

05:47and gaming has come along so far that it's,I'm very happy to have been able to live those,those times because I was alive during,when gaming started,I was alive when the internet was created.I was alive when everything else fell along and up to the point nowwhere we have AI literally making videos for you.And it's like, wait a minute,

06:08is that fake or is that real?You don't know anymore.Yeah, it's definitely the craziest time.Like the craziest timeline, I think,that it has ever existed is like we're living it right now for good or bad somebody said inoticed in the chat someone said is it bad that i don't know what games you're what game i'm talkingabout no it's not bad it's just it we'll just call it retro gaming at this point yeah that was mikethat's me i was i don't know what to say my my first console was a game queue the one i physically

06:39own i played on uh uh an s nes uh i was from my uncle but the first one i owned was a game cubeSo I'm like, I have no idea.I never, I never even owned or even played on an Atari console.So I feel very outdated.I still have mine.I just, it's so difficult to find a TV where you could actually connect that output to see and just to relive that moment, you know, to see if it actually still works after 30-something years.We're going to be honest.It has that RF switch.

07:07Yeah.Yeah.I think, Ivan, you probably have one of those TVs where you turn.I mean, exactly sound.Yeah, I mean, I used to.And I still have that Atari.It's in my parents' attic.But I have no way of connecting it.

07:22I don't have a TV.Yeah, same here.Everything is up mounted on the wall now and there's HDMI or it's just streaming at this point.You know what was cool about the Atari, too, was like once the Nintendo came out and like nobody wanted an Atari anymore, all those Atari games were literally 99 cents.Yeah, I remember.So I had a bunch of games, man.It was so expensive back then.You know, $200-something dollars were a lot of money back then.

07:55You know, for a 7-8-year-old to have that after like about a year and a half,it took me a long time to save $5 every Sunday.Yeah.So, you know, we talked about the first games.Do you have like a favorite game during your childhood that you love?So I really, it was a love and hate relationship.shit between Zelda, the one with the gold cartridge for the original Nintendo.The reason why I was loving Hayes, because I enjoyed playing it, but I got to the point

08:26where I don't remember the name of that particular boss, but he looked, I can't recall,but the problem is this guy would always beat me, and it was time to go to school, and I wouldbe on the last life, and it was like, I hit, okay, well, time to go to school now.And I kept repeating over and over, just trying to beat that final boss.And I couldn't get to it.But then my second favorite would end up being Super Mario Bros.That is the correct answer.I'm a Mario Bros. Freak myself.

08:58Which one?Which Mario number is your favorite?The original, the first one.Okay.But then when Super Mario World and all that came out,that's when you had the ability to finally save your games,where the only problem with the original Super Mario is that if you died,you go back to the beginning.

09:15Yeah.Also, I felt like the controls on the first one were not as good as later ones.Oh, yeah.Because the first one was rectangle and you kind of dig into your fingers.Yeah.You would get calluses.What eventually made you transition from, like, did you continue gaming throughout childhood?And then eventually you, you know, started joining like the new consoles and everything like that.

09:41So I've always been into technology ever since I was a kid.and I tried to keep up with it.My mom tried her best to be able to get me the next generation consolesthat were coming out during that time.But obviously, being a single parent,she had a difficult time trying to keep up with technologyand keep up with the things that I wanted.So I couldn't be asking for too much.

10:04And when I was able to get it,I was very grateful for it because I know how hard it was to obtain it.I also saw something that you wrote to us is that,You created a Halo 3 community called the, was it the bungee call facility, the B5D community?No, it's so it's facility B5D, which is a, it's a facility within the Halo 3 game.This started off with a group of friends.You know, it was kind of, it was a clan.That's what it was.

10:35You know, I'm going to call it for what it is.And we had a lot of fun playing late nights 3 a.m. 4 a.m. until the next game, last game.Nope.If you died, you knew that we had.had to end the game with a win. But Facility B5D was an amazing experience because I got to meet a lot ofpeople. And I don't know if any of you know who Green Skull is. He's a very popular person now thatdoes a lot of work for Microsoft. He actually was part of Facility B5D when it was created. And Ireached out to him a few months ago. And I say, hey, do you remember me? This is tech from

11:11Facility B5D, and he actually did remember.And it made me very happy to know the fact that even though he blew up, he still rememberedfacility B5D.And we actually hosted a charity event for Child's Play charity back in, I think it was like 2008 or somewherearound there.I don't recall the year.But Bungee gave us 10 sets of the coveted recon armor that everybody wanted.And from there, we were actually able to get about 20.

11:41$700 to $3,000 and donated it all to Child's Play charity.And we gave away the recon armor in exchange for them joining.So for me, that was like a huge accomplishment when it comes down to gaming and just beingpart of a community.Yeah, that's an awesome story.And you're right, they did blow up.I see they have over half a million subscribers on YouTube, which is-Yeah.

12:07So all this love for video games with Atari and theNintendo, et cetera.How did you transition into PC?Do you remember your first PC?Oh, I definitely remember my first PC.It was bought at Best Buy.I'm not Best Buy.Sorry, Circuit City.

12:26Many of you might not know what Circuit City is, but, Ivan, you probably will know who it is.I did.And it was an NEC 75 megahertz Intel Pentium, not even a Pentium 1, Intel Pentium,with I think it was like eight megabytes of RAM and I think a 60 megabyte hard drive.It was not even in gigabytes.And that was, I was the happiest kid in the world when my mom bought me that.And I got the whole setup, the CRT monitor, the brand spanking new PC with a printer, everythingfor a whopping $3,700.

13:03Man, so expensive.They were very expensive back then.But that actually, that's where my love for PCs began.because from there, I started reading up more, you know,and I do recall trying to install the first Doom off of the disc drives.If you remember those little 3.5-inch, I don't remember which ones it was.I ran out of space.I couldn't install the game.

13:28I was so pissed off because I was sitting there excited, wait, I'm going to play the new Doom.Oh, out of memory.And there was no way for me to fix it because memory was so expensive back then.You know, to add a couple more megabytes, you have.had to spend a couple hundred dollars just to be able to obtain it.Yeah.I think you and I had the same exact childhood because Doom is the reason why I startedtinkering with computers for that, for what you said right now.

13:56Like I needed more RAM.I had a PC.My dad bought a PC and I wanted to play this game called Doom that my friend told me itwas awesome.And then I was like, oh, I need RAM.What the heck is RAM?And then I started opening the PC and like,tinkering with it. So that's awesome, man. So how did, um, so now that you got your PC,

14:16how did that experience lead you down the path of, you know, PC gaming and building PCsand all that? So basically, I always wanted, like I said before, I've always been intotechnology. And I always wanted to try to keep up with it, which we all know we cannotkeep up with technology, especially when it comes down to PCs. There's a new processor, a newvideo card, a new whatever it is, always coming out. So it's pretty hard to stay up to date with it.All you could do is really read, not unless you have a deep pocket and you're able to buy it on thespot. But, you know, it's, it transitioned into building PCs all thanks to my homeroom teacher when I was in sixth grade. His name, his name is or was Mr. Bell. I'm not sure

15:02if he's still alive. If he is, good looking out for Mr. Bell, if you're out there. But instead ofspending time with my friends playing in the yard, having recess, I would stay in a home roomlearning more about what made a computer work, how to build it, how to be able to,you know, get around certain errors and stuff like that. From there, that's where my lovefor building computers began. So then I went home, took my computer apart, which my mom did notenjoy me seeing, her seeing me do that. And I just started, you know, cleaning it here and therewith whatever I had available.And from there, we started escalating to where it got to the point where I had another

15:46PC, which was a pre-built one.It was an HP Pavilion.It was a huge tower.I don't know if you remember that one.It was a gray computer.I don't remember the model number, but that was my next computer after the NEC.And from that one, I built my own water-cooled PC.This was like in the early, like late 90s that I built it.

16:12This was when water cooling was very expensive.I don't even know how the heck in the world.I was able to afford it.But yeah.I mean, that must have cost like $10,000 back then.You know what?All I remember is that the actual block, the pump was like $800.That's what I remember.

16:29And that was a lot of money back then.I could imagine how much it was, how much that money is now.That's a lot of money now.So you're, so now you're in, you're in the part of your life where you're into building and PC gaming and all this stuff.What, what made you decide?You know what?I'm going to start a YouTube channel.So basically everything happened because of the fact that I hated spending money in things that were not worth it.

16:59You know, and YouTube back then was not what it is now.there wasn't that many people reviewing products.You know, so it was kind of like, well, trial and error.Let me go to the store and buy this game or this PC component or anything that had to do with technologyand figure it out if I liked it or not.Most of the times when the item was open, GameStop,they don't accept things back once you open them.So you're stuck with the item that you no longer like.

17:27So from there, I told myself, well, you know what?it'll be a good idea to give people insight on the product, but also be very candid.You know, be transparent.Let them know, hey, these are the good things why this product is worth your money.But then again, these are the bad things why this product is not worth your money.It's all up to you if you want to make that final decision.I'm just giving you the pros and cons on both sides.And this is not my first YouTube channel.

17:56I actually started one with my best friend from my childhood back in 2018.It didn't really take off because, you know, he lost interest for whatever reason.And we decided to just part ways when it came down to the YouTube channel.We're still friends.We've been friends for over 40 years now.And from there, I told myself, you know what?I really like this content creating thing.You know, they think that I'm able to connect with a lot of people and share my insights on what I have,

18:25which at the beginning, I ended up buying everything.Any headset that I would buy, I would review it and give them my honest feedback.And then from there, that's when I started trying to reach out to companies and get them to send me a product.Hey, you know what?If you send me this, I'll do it for free.I'm not a big, you know, my channel's not that big, but I'm willing to put your product out there in front of the world and let them know why the product is good to buy.but I want to be honest with you, I'm also going to tell them the bad part about it.Because I feel that transparency is not always there when it comes to YouTube.

19:03You know, a lot of people say, oh, he's a sellout because he's saying, no, go actually watch the video.And you will see, I will, I won't down talk to the product, but I'm going to say, call out the company and say, hey, guys, by the way, this part of the product, I think that it's not good because of this reason.You know, if you actually update it or do it a little bit better, then you have a hitter right there.You'll have something that's well worth the people's money.That actually leads into a couple of questions that we had, you know, like people, whenever they see it like a sponsor's segment or they do a review most of the time, you know, if they're paid, sometimes they're going to kind of, you know, accentuate it a little bit or maybe lower, lessen like the bad parts on it.So like, what is your perspective on creators that are, you know, trying to earn a living through, you know, doing these reviews and stuff, but also being really authentic in product reviews?So I feel that when it comes down to paid collaborations, because I'm not going to like you, I have had some paid collaborations, but I tell them right off the bat, look, please don't be upset.I know it might go against your guidelines, but you have to understand that transparency is what people like.

20:19you know, I'm already part of the minority.I'm a Mexican man that is in YouTube that a lot of people don't think is going to be popular because of where I come from.You know, so being able to tell them all these things and reassuring them that their product is going to be okay with me is something that was kind of hard to be able to do.And I understand a lot of people make a living off of this.This is not a living for me.This is more of a hobby.This is what I enjoy doing.I enjoy putting myself through 16 hours of editing a video to get 100 views.

20:56You know, so it's like, okay, fine.Maybe one day it'll actually blow up and it'll be well worth all my time.But for the time being, you know, I enjoy doing everything that I do.And going towards those content creators that only talk about the pros of the product,I think that's not being authentic because you're misleading the audience.to buying a particular product because you're recommending it to them.But now you're putting your word on the line to let these people know that your product is that good.But then the person that you entice to buy it comes back and say,

21:35hey, you said this was great.It actually sucks.And that's something that a lot of companies don't like.But they need to understand that we're in a world where people want transparency.and that's something that's not available now.You know, there's a lot of things hidden under the rug,and unfortunately, there's going to be a few people,I include myself in those,

21:55that will tell you the honest truth about a particular product.Well, you're definitely authentic and transparent,and you also have a history of,I guess you can say even fighting for your audience,and you successfully convinced a keyboard manufacturerto drop their price from, I think it was $120 to $80, which is a lot of money.It is.You know, and like how critical do you think it is for creators such as yourself to be advocates

22:27for customers in the community?Because I think it's very critical because I put myself as a customer first because I stillcontinue to buy things.Just because I get items from companies here and there is not always what I want.want. You know, it's like, okay, it's something that I could possibly see myself using. And a lot ofthe things I still use them or I pass them down to my kids. My kids are always waiting at the front door.Hey, Daddy, UPS FedEx where the postman is here. What do you have now? Are you going to give it to us?You know, it all depends if I actually have a need for it in my setup, which I have cleared up

23:01quite a bit because it was starting to get too cluttered. It's a small space and I try to go for aminimalistic approach.Obviously, there's nothing minimalistic of five, six controllers dangling in the backwith headsets and all that.But going back to that, it's been quite the ride because, sorry, guys, I just, I blanked out.No, it's good.I did have a follow-up question for that.Okay.

23:35Not necessarily related, but I do, I am curious, because I think your first video was a PlayStation 5 unboxing, correct?Yes.Is that correct?Yeah, I'm going to pull it out because I always do this.I always scrounge around a little bit.That's so clean, my kids say.I want to show the B-roll, the beautiful B-roll that you have in the beginning here.Oh, man, you guys are taking me back.

24:03I love to slow B-roll.And then, hey, you can even see, there's an old H-5-10 right here.Yeah, that's actually my first PC build with this particular channel.And as you can see, a lot of things changed there.I was showing my mic, you know, and I, it was just trying to find my comfort zone when it camedown to creating content.It's been a struggle and it still continues to, you know, evolve because there's a lot of thingsthat I want to be able to do, but the space is really constraining.

24:35So I have to work with what I have.I really wish I had a bigger room to do so.But I'm happy that I'm able to do what I do in the space that I have.So the question I had about this video is, you know, why the PlayStation 5?Because like Mike pointed out, you have the PC in the background.You had a Nintendo switch right there.You have all this tech.And then if you decide to do the PS5, what made you decide to inbox the PS5?

25:01So the whole, I've always been into consoles as well.I have never been into console wars because if you're able to obtain it, get it.You know, every console has their pros and cons.The PS5 was a battle to obtain when the pre-orders dropped.I spent about five hours clicking away, making sure that I had to cart and buy now.And I just felt that because it was the latest and greatest piece of technology or gaming technology,at that point available, I thought it was a good thing because not everybody was able to obtain onebecause they sold out so quick.

25:40You know, and if you were able to get one, I was very lucky to obtain it.But I kind of felt bad when I saw that the views were not there.You know, it was my first video.And I'm like, oh, my God, people are going to watch this because not everybody's able to get aPS5.I was lucky enough to be able to obtain one.And I'm going to share my experience.But it's a nice stepping stone that evolves.

26:01into what I have now.We should do a side by side of your beard from that video.Oh, yeah.No,don't do that.That's crazy.It's like,look how much your beard has grown since then.

26:14Oh,I have to trim.I have every two weeks I go to the barber and have it trimmed or else it'll be like down here.And then you have all the oil all over your shirt.So no,that's not.That's not good.Mike has the same problem.

26:25Yes.Yeah,my,my,my beautiful beard.So this is.the first video that you've done.And you are over,

26:35I think, 800 videos now,which is insane.We talked a little bit.It's been a grind.Yeah, we talked a little bit about this pre-stream.So I want other people to also hear it as because,you know,content creation's a grind.

26:49And, you know,you maintain a really high volume.Sometimes you're dealing with slow growth.Sometimes you're dealing with burnout.Like, how do you,deal with it and do you have any advice for people that inevitably, you know, come to havingburnout or these slow growth periods? I think that it's very important to keep in mind thatyour mental health is very important. The burnouts happen when, at least for me, when I see

27:21that content is not moving the way that you thought it would. So you're always trying to findor you're nitpicking at things that you see while you're,you're editing and oh, I could do better with this.Maybe this is why they didn't watch the video.So I've always tried to keep my videos with a certain amount of time, maybe 10 to 15 minutes,but I started noticing that when products started getting more advanced, more featureswere available.So I noticed that the time in my videos started growing 15 minutes, 18 minutes.

27:54My last one is 26 minutes.But I dropped a Nebula capsule 3 laser projector.and I feel that a lot of,I'm not bashing on other content creatorsbecause everybody does their content however they want.I feel that being able to create a full review of all the featuresand showing, for example, with this particular projector,I showed a daytime shot indoors, nighttime shot indoors,

28:20daytime shot outdoors and nighttime shot outdoors.So being able to show the person that's watching itor a potential customer,all these little things is very important.But then you think about it and like, who's going to sit there for 26 minutes?Well, maybe the person that's very interested in this particular product.You know, a lot of people might lose interest within the first two minutes and it's okay.You know, that's part of the burnout where you start noticing your drop off happening very early on your videos.

28:51My advice is don't get discouraged.And I'm telling this to myself as well because it continues to happen.And it will happen.You know, you will get discouraged throughout the time that you're a content creator because everyone has options, as I told you guys earlier, we're all human and we all have the ability of what we enjoy, what we want to watch.You know, the only thing I don't understand is when someone has like very negative feedback to say and they start spewing everything negatively towards you, but luckily the filters catch it and you see it on the back end only.and you think about it's like, why did this person take that amount of time to try and belittle youon something that you enjoy doing as a hobby, you know?And then I thought about like, well, maybe that person is just unhappy.

29:38You know, you got to give them the benefit of the doubt.And at the end of the day, like I said before, if they want to watch it, they're going to watch it.If not, then they're just free to click away.Yeah, and Mike and I talk about that every once in a while because, you know, we get negative comments on social media.And I feel like when you see that, I don't know, there's something about it.Like when you see it so much that you kind of, you have to have a thick skin, right?You can't really take it personal.Like you said, it's like it's your hobby, right?

30:06Yeah.It's not you as a person.And same thing with Mike and I, right?Like if someone has a really negative, hurtful thing to say about the account that we're tweeting from, you know, we have to remind ourselves, it's actually not us.And what he said earlier is true, man.Like mental health is super important.And I think the second you start letting that stuff get to you personally,then, you know, it's not good.

30:31Yeah, I'm not going to lie to you guys at the beginning of this whole YouTube journey.It did get to me.The negative comments got to me.So I would always be told like, why are you doing this if you're going to be complaining about it?But you have to understand, you know, it's a process.I'm a human being.And obviously these words, I'm not used to seeing all this.negativity, even though it's always out there in the world.

30:53But when it's being directed towards you all, not all the time, but occasionally,it tends to make you think twice if you want to continue doing this or not.But you cannot give them the win just because they're unhappy with what they're watching.Maybe someone else likes it.You know, I've gotten a lot of positive feedback from a lot of customers, not customer, sorry,viewers that turned into subscribers and said, hey, thanks for, thanks to your video.I actually did go out and buy it and I'm really enjoying it.It was well worth watching the content and it was worth buying the product.

31:24Sometimes I'm able to get them a little discount with the affiliate program and all that.You know, sometimes I can't.And I'm sure all those people saying bad things to you, they wouldn't say it into your face, right?I tend to tell myself all the time.Say it to my beard, bro.And it's funny.You guys mentioned the whole content creator thing.My kids, I catch them unboxing stuff.

31:50they don't have a youth.My oldest daughter does have a YouTube channel,but she's kind of like,she's a really good artist,and I've always told her,hey, do tutorials on how to draw.But, you know, children,they just want to enjoy playing Roblox

32:03or any other game and they drop it,but my other two smaller girls,I catch them filming themselves,unboxing the little toys that they get.And like, hey, guys,today I got this at the mall and all that.They just keep it there.You know, I'm like,

32:17I think to myself,but they're not uploading it anywhere,but it's what they see at home that they try to portray.So to me, they're my number one fans all the time.They always tell me, Daddy, he reads the new video yet.You guys are not going to watch it.Just leave it alone.Love that.

32:33You mentioned earlier, you know, that you're already different on YouTubebecause you are a Mexican man.And I do want to ask you, you know, as a Mexican content creator,did you ever deal with any hardships because of that?And second part of that question,how does that cultural background actually influencewhat you're doing on the internet?So you really hit a,

33:04you really struck a chord with that.I even got chills just thinking about my answer.My first language is not English.My first language is Spanish.And I do have an accent.I don't notice it because I hear myself when I'm editing, but other people notice it.I've gotten called out for having an accent.They say that I talk like a gangbanger, which I'm actually not.

33:26You know, I'm like, why would you guys pick on the person that's part of your race?But I've always told myself, the worst enemy of a Mexican is another Mexican.Because for some strange reason in our culture, it's always been, I'm not speaking for you, Ivan,but the way I see it, it's always been competition.You know, oh, Juanito over there is, he has a store,but I'll have a better store of the same things and I'll have cheaper prices.Everybody can do whatever they want, but it's always that competition.And something I actually love about the Asian culture is that they're very united.

34:03You know, when it comes down to things like maybe possibly buying a property or anything like that,they come together and they, you know, they buy that particular property and they both become successful.So the one thing that I've been attempting to divert from is that a stigma that just because you're Mexican, it doesn't mean that you cannot do the content that other races are actually doing.You know, I don't see any, I don't see color in people.I just see another human being.And it sucks that with my own people, I tend not to get the support as much.So then that's when I thought about it.I said, hey, you know what?

34:44what about if I actually speak Spanish in the videos, then people won't think that I only speak English.And now I've actually gotten questions in Spanish.And I go in there and I answer them.I try my best to reply to everyone.But it's just so hard.It's very time consuming.But it has been a struggle.Funny stories, they said that I sound like a Mexican wrestler.

35:06I can't remember which it was.But they've told me that.Some people have said they love my accent.I'm thankful for the positive onesyou know the bad ones I'm like okay dudejust just be quietyou got nothing nice to say just don't say nothingI guess that the podcast in Spanish

35:23so Mike no entiendaOh no, we're going to have many problemsDo you have any advicefor people who are lookingto enter the content creation spacenot just Mexicans or Spanish speakersbut just people in generallike what advice would you give them

35:42Number one is be prepared for a heavy, heavy grind.Because I know a lot of content creators outsource for editing and all that.But from my personal experience, you get the full benefit and the full, how can I say it?The feeling of being a content creator from doing everything yourself.You know, I'm not going to lie.I actually don't, I don't create my own thumbnails for the same reason because I suck.you guys could go back to my videos and see my other thumbnails.I have all this text all over the place and you can't really read it.

36:18So I had to find someone that can actually create thumbnails that were attractive.That's my only thing that I'm not good at is actually creating the thumbnails.But as far as marketing my own brand and everything, I do it myself.And people trying to get into this, I don't discourage them.I don't discourage anyone to get out of it.I actually encourage people to get into it because it's fun.You get to meet great people.You get to connect with amazing companies.

36:47Sometimes you build great friendships with people that don't even live in this country.I have friends that live out in Europe.You know, and in England and stuff like that, we communicate like in the middle of the night because it's another time over there.But I've built a lot of great friendships if you can call that to a virtual friend because of content creating.What are your thoughts on the current state of content creation and YouTube in particular,like what you see out there?So the one thing that really irks me is all the AI generated videos where there's literallyno effort placed into creating it.

37:29You type what you want.It creates it for you.And it defeats the purpose of you as a content creator, a human being, puttingyour face on the camera and talking to it as if it was another individual and getting used to that.You know, I feel that YouTube is starting to get a little bit better with the AI generatedvideos. For example, I think they stopped monetizing those type of channels because obviouslythey figured out they're not putting no effort whatsoever into creating original content.That's what a lot of us bring to our own channels is originality. Yeah, everybody does

38:03reviews. But the way you do them, no one does them. Your personality, your charisma is what bringspeople to your channel. Obviously, your content, you has to be on point. You have to really be able totalk about the product. But you as a person, it's what attracts the people to your channel. At leastthat's the way I see it. Yeah, there was a viral video last week. I don't know if you guys saw it.It was like an old people's home. And they did this video of like what they were dressed up asHalloween.And it was like, all the comments were like, oh, my God, it is so cute.They're so cute.

38:39And I love these old people.And then it went viral, like super viral.And then today they found out that it was all AI.So it's like some guy just made this video and like, you know.Yeah, I've seen a, I don't know if you've seen them, Ivan or Mike, the AI generatedvideos of the grandma in supposedly war in Mexico, fucking all this smack.I'm like, this has gotten ridiculously too good.It looks legit.

39:08But, you know, obviously there's not going to be a grandma with two belts of 50-cow bullets wrapped around her.And she's running around with a machine gun.No, that's just AI generated.But some of them, I've actually fallen for a few.And then I think about it, I'm like, I feel dumb.You know, I shouldn't be in a content creator, being into technology, I should be well aware that this could possibly be AI generated.Well, surprise.is Mike and I are actually AI.

39:34Oh, man.I...No, go for it.No, go for. I was going to say,Ivan, A-I-V-A-I-V-A.A-I-V-A.A-I-I-E-I-V-A.So, you know, we talked a lot about you working with brands and everything like that.

39:51So now we kind of, I kind of want to ship this into, like,how you work with brands, specifically.So, like, when a brand comes up to you and says, like,hey, I want you.to review our product.Like, what is, like, the most important thing that you or, you know, what you recommendpeople should prioritize, you know, before agreeing to, you know, that partnership orthat product review?

40:17Is it, like, creative freedom?Like, you can say whatever you want.Is it, like, you know, timing, you know, they are like, we need to done ASAP or theytell you you can do it at any time.Like, what's the most important thing when doing this brand?So for me, creative freedom is very important because you're not tied down to a script.I don't like scripting any of my things.A lot of people, this is how they do the content.

40:43They script it.And I'm okay with it.Everybody does it the way they want.But I feel that by not scripting something, the viewer is going to get more of an original reaction to when you unbox the product.Obviously, I want to try it out right away.but I want the viewer to be able to share with me that same.Wow, you know, this thing is actually awesome.And I like how it feels when I'm holding it.

41:06And it performs like so and so.And this reminds me of this other product, you know.And I feel that being allowed to have creative freedom is very important.But also number two would be, are you actually going to use the product?I got an offer a while back ago for a pool cleaning robot.Don't get me wrong.That thing looked amazing.It was worth like $5,000.

41:29I don't have a pool.I had an above the ground pool,but I had to take it down when my first child was born.But other than that,I'm not going to sit there and create content on a productthat I'm not going to use.I think you using a product, for example, my microphone,my NZXT mic, I use it all the time.

41:50And those are things that are very important for me.And then when you're doing these posts,Like you do these reviews, you make the post and you do all this stuff.What, like, do you consider as like success to you?Like, is it how many views it gets or is it like, you know, you get a DM saying like,hey, you know, I appreciate this.Thank you so much.Or is it like, you know, a specific number of subscribers or anything like that?

42:20So don't get me wrong.I think that every content creator focuses on the subscriber count, which you shouldn'tin reality.And I always bash myself for it.because you start thinking about it, well, I've been content creating for the past five years.I only have 5,000 subscribers that rounds off to about 1,000 a year.Am I really doing good?But then when I get that comment or the DM or, hey, you know what?

42:44I love what you're doing, the fact that you're a dad and you have kids,and you're still able to grind out and bring out content for your channel,whether it's for IG or TikTok or YouTube.it really more, they've told me before that it's motivated them to be able to start their own channelor be able to get into content tech reviews.I'm making a, someone says it does count in my opinion because it keeps your drive going.And I was going to make a statement that like, you know, the number goes bigger.It makes you happy.

43:15Oh, of course.Yeah.Obviously it does.I mean, don't get me wrong.I've possibly grown about 200 plus subscribers in the last month, which is my biggest.growth in a while.And that makes me very happy becauseI know that people are actually enjoying the content

43:31and they're subscribing because they legitimatelylike what I'm providing. Don't get me wrong.They're not going to go all the way back five years agoand bring out the video that you did of the PS5 unboxing.You know, but when I've hadactually a few comments on older videosof tech that's possibly not even relevantanymore and the spot is not even being used,

43:52but I greatly appreciate people taking the timeto go into my channel, scroll through everything I have,all 800 and something videos, which include shorts,and then just taking their time,because time to me is the most valuable thing that we all own.And that's something that you have to learnto be able to disperse wherever you feel that it's worth it.Imagine scrolling back, Mike,

44:15all the way to his very first video,and it's an Atari 7,800 unboxing.I've actually thought about buying the new Atari,but I'm not trying to get into monetary problems.anymore.And, you know, obviously, you know, we have a collaboration like that.I would love to hear from your side how you got introduced to NSXT and maybe you can givesome advice to the people of working with companies like us.

44:41So I got introduced to NST as you guys saw my H5 elite back in 2020 when we were all onlockdown because of all this situation that happened.and I got introduced to that from my best friend.He said, hey, look, check out this case.That looks pretty dope.You know, it has white and it has both colors.It's black and white.And you get a window on the side for you to be able to see what your internals look like.

45:08So I always tried to get the attention of you guys ever since I got that PC.Little did I know that later on down the line, I would actually get contacted by you guys and, you know, provide it, for example, I got the mouse.and the TKL keyboard and the latest and greatest.You guys can't see it right now,but I shared it on my stories is my H9,my H9 case that also has a cracking 420 RGB light,RGB AIO.I feel that you should always try your best

45:41to post good quality content.Even though at the beginning you're learning how to do things,the companies are always going to see it.Just because you think that they're not,seen it doesn't mean they're not.You guys just told me offline that you guys have seen my content as I started.That made me feel real good because it's like, okay, well, my effort was worth it becauselook where I am now.

46:02You know, I'm not, I'm not of what, go ahead.No, it's like, you're totally right because, and I'm glad you brought it up becauseI think a lot of people don't realize that, you know, and like every single day, like,I'm on Instagram and I see everyone that's tagging us, every single day, right?That's a lot of tags.Yeah, and I literally vividly, very vividly remember seeing Dad Life gaming five years ago.And I remember the awesome setup and I remember seeing all the LED lights.And I would always like the post and put them on our stories.

46:42You just thought it was cool.And then last year, and like you said, this is why I'm bringing this up because you never know, right?last year when we launched our keyboard and my mouse and microphone and we were thinkingwho would do a good job at showing this stuff off I was like hey there's this one accountthat life gave me and I think we should hit him up because you know they have like really greatcontent and I know they also have an NXT PC you know we should probably upgrade their PC and allthat stuff and it took five years to do to get to that point worth the way trust me you never knowyou never know who's watching and um you know eventually like you know it could lead to something right so

47:24i'm glad that we were able to do that man because you've been i'm really i want to thank you guys toobecause you guys were actually the start of my me wanting to do my next build which is my newbuild that i have now i've been wanting to upgrade my old h5 elite and i've reached i would reach outto other companies and stuff like that to try to get a new case but i thought to myself well why get a newcase and keep the same old internals old technology from 2020.The only thing that I would actually buy new is just the GPU.On my old H5, I had a 3070, which I handed down to my oldest daughter.And all my kids, my three kids were fighting over that PC.

48:02But I told them, you guys need to wait.The oldest one gets it first.And then if she wants, she could hand over what she had and just drops along the line.But because of that H9, I was able to build my new PC.And now, you know, I have this beast of a computer, at least for this year, because I don't know what next year is going to bring with new processors, a new GPU, you know, and things like that.The Nvidia, G4, RtX, 6,7.All right.So you brought up your daughters and the fact that, you know, they're playing video games.

48:40And, you know, your whole brand is basically the point of view of a.dad of three girls who's into playing games, right?How has gaming impacted your relationship with your three daughters?So that it's, it's a very touchy subject because growing up, I always wanted my mom to play with me,but the interest was not there.She comes from a different generation, you know?So I always told myself, when I get to have kids, I want to be able to share with them what I love.So me being into gaming and my kids being into gaming as well has really made this special bond because I play Roblox with them, you know?

49:29And they kick my butt, but that's okay because they're really good at it.I'm not into Roblox, but I'll play with them because they love spending that time with that and being able to just play a murder mystery game.man, here comes my middle child.Daddy, daddy, don't worry.I'm not going to take you out.Then stabs me in the back and there goes dad and I lose.But being able to create those special memories, I think that's very important,especially when you have kids.

49:56And being able to share something that you love and they love,it's very heartwarming for me.Yeah.And I think that's super important to not just try to get your kids to like what you like.I don't think that's the point.but to like be present and do things with the things they like right and if they like gaming that'sawesome you know so of course yeah i'm glad that your your girls are gamers um so i know you you playwith your daughters but you probably also play video games by yourself right yes how do you

50:32balance that time like when is it dad time and then when is it christian timeSo for me, that balance has, it still is very difficult to find because as a parent, you feel guilty when you find time for yourself.You feel guilty because that hour, two hours that you spend playing a video game, you think about it like, oh, I could have spent it with my kids.I spend the whole weekend with my kids all the time.But during the week, I try my best to get a few games here and there.It's impossible because I work 10-hour days.So I also have a full-time job.So it's like, okay, I work from home.

51:17I have this awesome stuff to play with, but I also have a responsibility because at the end of the week,I have to show proof that I was able to work.So once I get off at 6 o'clock, is that one hour, 45-minute window that I get an opportunityto sit down and play, I play Battlefield 6 right now because that's the reason why I built this PCis because I wanted a monster PC to be able to handle the game, even though.though I've got bashed on because I only have a 50-70.And I'm like, that's all I was able to afford.They didn't give it to me.

51:47Because this is amazing too.What?Yeah.Then it's like, okay, well, if somebody can give me a 50-80, then I don't mind taking it.But I don't have $1,600 to chuck out, you know, and buy a new GPU.But there's times that my kids asked for me.Like, hey, daddy, can you get me this?So I'm always playing like this.

52:08I call that dad mode.So one ear's in the house.and the other ears in the game.And I tend to switch between both of thembecause I get tired of hearing the game only on one ear,but that still keeps me aware of what's going on in my houseif my kids are fighting with each otheror if they're having a good time

52:26or if they actually have a question.You know, and sometimes I'm in a gameand my oldest knows if I'm playing a multiplayer,I can't get interrupted at that momentbecause it's going to cost you the kill, you know?And there's times that I just,you know what?Okay, fine.

52:41I'll put it down.Oh, go ahead.You guys can win.I don't care.What do you want?And I'll give in.And that's the part where you feel like you have guilt for spending time for yourself.But in reality, we need to remember that we're also human.

52:54We also deserve that time for ourselves because then the mental health comes in.And that's when you start feeling the burnout and thinking twice about what you're doing.And is it even worth it to be able to do it?Just know that there's always an answer to every.you just have to find a way to get it.Gamer guilt is real.That's a thing.I didn't realize it was a thing until I became a dad myself,

53:23but I do feel guilty sometimes when, you know,I see my daughters playing with each other and then I'm like,you know, I want to play some Stardue Valley for like 15 minutes or something.Man, I should probably play with my kids.Do you think being a dad,with daughters, especially daughters, not just kids, but daughters,changed your outlook on, like, privacy for games or, like, toxicity in gaming or anything like that?Yes, it has, especially because the world is well aware of what's been going on with Roblox.

54:07And that's a very scary game to get into because of,everything that it involves, and I feel that Roblox should be held accountable for it.But that's not a subject to touch based on this podcast.But I always tell my kids, don't ever talk to anyone that's not your actual physical friend.You can make friends online, but those are not your real friends.You will start growing.When you grow up, you'll be of age to be able to get, you know, like online friends and stuff like that that are not with a malicious intent.And that's one thing that I always put in their mind is be careful.

54:44I cannot monitor.I don't like being a helicopter parent because I feel that we all deserve our own privacy.We all deserve our own time.And being a helicopter parent just stresses your kids out even more.You know, being out, oh, what are you playing?And why are you playing that?I don't want you playing that.No, you could play it.

55:01But once things start hitting the fan where someone contacts you and they ask you certainquestions that are not a part of the actual game, then you call that and I'll take care of it anddon't worry about that. You just ignore the people, don't answer, especially don't type in the chatin Roblox. Leave it alone because a lot of people think that they're grammatically correct all thetime. There's no such thing as perfection. I've always told my kids, the way you talk,no one's going to change it. If you get, if you, if you spell something wrong, try again. But the problem isthe toxicity comes in where people start making fun of children.Hey, you type this wrong.

55:40Ah, you are a moron.You're not spelling this right.No, leave it alone.There is no proper way to type in the internet.Back in the 90s, it used to be where you type camel case because you thought you were all elite, you know, and all that it transitions into now.You know, and my kids have all these terminologies that, I can't even remember what they use nowadays.days, but they tell me all these things where I'm like, what are you talking about?Well, Daddy, it's the new word.

56:11It's the new trend.That's six, seven.Somebody typed it in there.And I said it one time, my kids are like, six, seven.I'm like, what are you talking about?You know, my kids next week, it's going to be six, seven day at school because it's the67th day at school.And they're going to hide, I know, they're going to hide six sevens in the playground and

56:32they have to go find them.That's awesome.So I'm going to pass that idea along to my kids' school, have them do something interesting.I don't know.You might regret it because my kids cannot stop saying six, seven.It's driving me crazy.Oh, they still do it, you know.But going back to the whole toxic thing and finding time to be able to talk to my kids about it,

56:53they're well aware that people, especially my oldest, my oldest, she is the girl version of myself.she does just not know how to be quiet.Put it in a nice way.She tends to go into posts.She defends people.She defends anyone on the internetthat's being gayed, that they get made fun of.And she told me, hey, daddy, you know what?

57:20This person typed this so-and-so comment on this video.And I just went in there and told them, well, if you don't like it,don't watch it.Nobody needs your negativity.I told her you need to relax and not reply to every single negative comment you see.because that's an open door invitation for they will come backand make you feel bad for something that you might have typed wrong.And she said, oh, no, I have a thick skin.

57:42I'm like, that's what you think.But one day, they might hit a cord.Don't let me read it because then it's going to make me mad because I'm your dad.You know, I'm always a dad first and everything else just comes behind that.Yeah, I think I like that advice.I'm going to steal that one.So for someone who is time constrained like yourself, I mean, you work 10-hour days.That's a long day.

58:08What would you say is the most important innovation that's making gaming, like, easier for you to be a part of?I think the most important one would be the fact that you're able to stream games now.you're able to play on your phone,you're able to play on your portal,you're able to play on your rogue ally,whatever mobile device you might have.I sometimes,I have like this tech bag that I tend to put stuff in there

58:41and I'll take it with me once in a while,but then I think to myself,is it really worth pulling out an objectthat I'm able to use when no one is homewhen I'm actually,with my family?And it's like,it's not worth to pull.

58:56it out right now because then my kids call me out.Daddy, no phones on the table because of this, we're very big with no technology on thetable when we're eating dinner, especially out in restaurants.That's smart.You know, I'm not saying that parents should listen to the way that we do it here, but it'sjust very important that I feel that when it comes down to dinner, lunch or breakfast,that's family time.That's time that you get to spend with your family

59:28and hey, how's your day or what are you doing today?Instead of just doing the death scrolland just sitting there and eating away,you know, my kids know not to take their phone outwhile we're having dinner out in publicbecause they already know they're going to get that.Mexican look like you already knowyou're not supposed to be doing that.

59:48Put it away.You know, it's just a special bonding momentas a parent.I could just imagine you walking your daughters down the aisle when they're married and you have the brogalli on the side.Don't remember.I don't want to think about that right now.My oldest is 12.She's turning 13 next year.

01:00:08Wow.It's got many more years.Yeah.But looking ahead, you know, what do you believe will fundamentally change how parents game over like the next five years, let's say?Do you think there's anything out there that can change?I think because the majority of parents now grew up when gaming initiated or when gaming started,I feel that we're all going to be able to connect in a more, how can I say,in a more distinct way with our kids.

01:00:48And technology is getting so advanced where we have VR headsets now.then you guys can play together with VR headsets and be able to have that family time playing something that you all enjoy doing.You know, and I think, I don't know where technology is going to be in the next five years.I feel that AI is just taking over everything and it's very scary because it reminds me of the movies growing up like Terminator and all that.And now I'm seeing all these AI robots that they have built out in Asia.Like, yeah, that's a little too realistic now.You saw that robot yesterday, huh?Yeah.

01:01:26I've seen ads for some that, I don't know if you guys seen it.They're selling a robot that has not been created yet for $20,000 or $500 a month.And it's supposed to be like a nanny slash, I call it.It's just basically your, I'm going to say, like in Spanish, it's your cha-cha, youryour sivianta, you know, your waitress, like that they're supposed to wash your dishes and allthat. But I don't think I would feel comfortable having a robot taking over human responsibilitiesand being in your household walking around freely. All of a sudden in the middle of the night,you hear, oh, no, no, that's not good. Would you do it, though, if it could do your job?

01:02:13And your employer would never know. Like, you can just, you pay $500 a month for this.robot and it would sit at the computer and do your job even better than you and you know andi'm not going to answer this just because my my boss might be watching because they know that i have ayoutube channel uh no i wouldn't because i love my job i'm a software developer so it's somethingthat i really wanted to do growing up and once i was finally able to get it i feel that having a robotdo it. Yeah, it might make your job easier, but it's going to take the love out of what you enjoy doing.Yeah, I would never do it either. You hear that, Johnny, in case you're watching, I would never get a robot to do my job.Or AI.

01:03:01Or AI, a million years. That's not me. All right. It's now time for my favorite part of the podcast. That is where my sidekick, Mike, just asked you a bunch of random questions. So take it away, Mike.Yeah, answer it is however you like.So I have, so I'm doing good to do this rapid fire and I have a little little mini game at the end that we can play.It's a something we're a try out.But first, we'll start easy.You know, what games are you playing as a right now?So as of right now, playing Battlefield 6.Nice.

01:03:35My PC, which I've unfortunately abandoned my Xbox Series X and my PS5 just because I love the way it looks at my new PC.I play mobile gameshere and there whenever I canbut the majority of the timeis actually spent on Battlefield 6and that's something I'm trying to get out ofis just focusing on one game all the timeI have been reading a lot about this new game

01:04:00I think it's called Arc Raiders or something like thatthe new PC gameand I looked at him like man that looks pretty funso it might be something that would draw me awayfrom Battlefield 6 for a whilebut those are the only two gamesfor the time being.Yeah, that game is popular right now.

01:04:16I'm going to, I'm going to be buying that soon, too,because my friends are addicted to it right now.And I love it.And it's only like $40.It's like $40, right?Yeah, okay, it's not like that $80, $100 game that we tend to throw money atand you don't play it anymore.What is the best Halo game of all time?

01:04:36Oh.Yeah, this is the debate right here.So,even though I've played Halo,I didn't play the first one,combat involved.I played the second one,but my favorite one is Halo 3.

01:04:53Because that's when I was able to build that communitythat we mentioned at the beginning of the podcast,facility B5D,that's when we were able to play even more.And I think that the storyline on that gamewas possibly the best one,in my opinion.I'm a reach boy.

01:05:12I love three.I love ODG.I love Reach will always have my heart.I think it is the best HAL game of all time.Correct answer was combat evolved.Ooh, C's good too.They are redoing that one too.They're remastering it.

01:05:26So I'm wanting to try that out.Yeah.What is your favorite game of all time?Wow.I'll go back to Nintendo.It would have to be Super Mario Brothers.The first one?Yeah, the first one.

01:05:46It's a classic one.Yeah, there you go.Get the coins out of the box.Nice.What is your favorite console you've ever had?My favorite console.Man, I'm trying to think about all the ones I've actually had already.You have all the consoles?

01:06:13Yeah.Yeah.Yeah.Yeah, it's, it's hard to buy them, but I end up obtaining some of them, not all of them.But I would have to say it was an Xbox 360.Because that was a turning point for, at least for me, for gaming.We went from the regular Xbox where you still had those not cartoonish graphics,but they were not up to par yet with the 3D effects.

01:06:38Once the 360 came out, it was a game changer minus the three red ring of death or whatever it was.Let's see.What is the rarest game or console you own?The rarest one would be, I would have to say it's my Atari.It has to be my Atari because I've had various consoles and handhelds,but that would wind up being the rarest one.And just because of the time that it was built and I still actually own the Atari,I still have the joystick controllers.

01:07:17I'm not too sure if it still works though.Push-pull legs, upper-lower, or full-body?Push-pull leg.Man, you got to get me with that one.I heard you're working out, but I got to ask some exercise questions.I like the push part, but I really enjoy full-bodybecause I could focus a lot on the body parts that I really, really do like.I like that.

01:07:48What is your favorite exercise?Favorite exercise.It used to be benching up to the point where I tore my peck.Ooh.That sounds bad.Not once, but twice.So I learned my lesson after the second one.Same one or both of them?

01:08:07So the same is by my right peck, my right peck, I tore it about four years ago.All I heard was like a million rubber bands just going, pique, bing, bing, it got hot.It was a minor tear.It got a little, kind of like the purple from the NZXC logo.And from there, I let it rest for about a year, started benching again.Then I tore it again.When I felt comfortable enough to raise up the weight, I tore it with that weight.How much were you benching when you tore it the first time?

01:08:39315.Oh, my gosh.Yeah, no water.Oh, my gosh.It just, I don't know if it was bad spotting, bad posture.whatever it was, I just felt that thing crashed down.And then I heard the pool.Oh, my God.

01:08:53That's a lot of weight.Yeah.That's a lot of weight.Yeah.That's like most of people's squats.Bro.If someone wanted to start working out, what do you recommend something that they always should do?Number one, walk in there with your head high.

01:09:11Don't care what anybody thinks.We all start at zero.There is no such thing as a perfect body because you need to realize that.we're all different.We all have a different DNA.We all have a different body type.We got endomorph, ectomorph, and mesomorph.I wish I had a mesomorph body, I think it was,

01:09:37because that's the one that has the broad frame,kind of like a Samoan type of frame.You got the big, rigid frame.Fortunately, I'm an ectomorf where I have a fast metabolism.I've always had a fast metabolism my whole life.And the one thing is, remember that you won't see the change right away, but others will.And stay away from forums.That's the advice I will give to everybody.

01:10:05Because a lot of people are there just to make you feel bad for whatever.Any progress is better than no progress.So if you have a little bit of progress, people are going to bash on you.If you have a lot of progress, they're still going to bash on you.So just leave it alone and stay away from forums.You know, I just had this flashback.There was a lot of, I went to high school with a lot of Samoans,and they all played football.

01:10:28They were all on the football team.And, like, when you watch them, like, play football against other schools,it looked like it was, like, a professional, like, NFL.I could imagine.Man, it was actually sad watching it.We were just, like.They get ran over, right, by these big guys.They were huge.

01:10:47They were huge.Yeah, but you're right.It's just, you know, some body types are just built different.Yeah.I always wanted to play football when I was in high school, but my mom didn't approve of it,obviously, that that's a parent just taking care of their kid just due to the amount of injuriesthat not only happened to your body, but mainly to your head.And I always wanted to play quarterback or running back, one of those two.

01:11:10And it never happened.Then I'm like, that's okay.I mean, it is what it is.I did get to enjoy playing many other sports.and it's something that I try my kids to be able to get into nowbecause I feel that technology has come such a long waythat kids don't go outside and play as much as they used to,like when I was growing up,

01:11:32I used to go back indoors when the light came on in the street.That was time to go home.But other than that, it's like the whole time,playing video games or playing on the phone.And it's, I feel, I tell my kids,enjoy your childhood because you only get one try.After that is adulting the whole way.Once you hit 18,

01:11:53that's when the responsibilities kick in.Especially once you're done with college or whatever like that.And when you got like that full-time job, like it's bills.That's it.That's it.Worked bills.That's all you got.Yeah, exactly.

01:12:06What is the best,single best item you've ever reviewed?Say that again.What is the single best item you've ever reviewed?the best single item I've ever,it's hard to pick because I'm trying to think back at all those videos that I've actually made already.You got 800.So I would have to say that the best one would end up being,

01:12:38I would say is headsets.Not one particular headset,but it would be headsets because I'm a type of person where I don't like to bother other peoplewith the sound that my game is making.So I really want the,not the latest and greatest or the best one,because obviously some are like $5,600.I'm not about to throw five or $600 on some headphones

01:13:01that I can only use maybe one hour a day.You know,not unless I was a professional gamer than I would,but I think that headphones are possibly the best item that I've done so far.What is one dream collab you hope to happen?Oh man, I would have to say it's a combination of three.It would be there with Xbox that I've been trying to get their attention for such a long time, PlayStation, or people are going to bash me for this one.Apple.

01:13:36I've been using Apple devices since 2010.No, wait, 2000, yeah, about 2011 when I started school, they gave me a match.Book Pro to be able to do my work on it.And that would end up being my third dream co-lab to be able to participate in.If you could, oh, what would your last meal be?I love asking you this question because you kind of learn a lot about the person and like how they grow up.Last meal.Last meal.

01:14:13Tacos.I have to go with tacos all the way.What type?That's what type.So I have various types, but it has to be one.It has to be asada with some avanero sauce and onion, cilantro, and a wedge of lime with some wacamole on the side.Oh, gosh.That was the correct answer.

01:14:43Ooh, now I'm hungry.Now I'm hungry.It's almost this time.Uh, oh, if you didn't review tech, what would you be doing else in your off time?Like, would you be doing like another hobby?Would you, you know, be spending more time with your family?Like, what would, what would you be doing if you weren't having, if you didn't have this?That's a very good question because I'm not too sure what I would be doing.

01:15:09Um, I try to divide my time amongst different things that I really enjoy doing.Um, working out is one of them.That's early in the morning, though, because everyone's asleep at that time.I go at four in the morning to the gym because that's the only time I have for myself,aside from when I'm working, but that's the business side of things.I wish I could actually ride my motorcycle a lot more.I've been riding a motorcycle since 2014, and that's something that I want to try to be able and do a little bit more.but then the selfish parent thing kicks in.

01:15:47And it's like you're going to be out there having fun on your bike when your kids are still at home.So it's like, okay, no.But I do hope that, you know, maybe next year I'll get to ride at least once in a while.All right.All right.We're going to do something new.Basically, I am going to do this thing.I'll pull it up.

01:16:10It is called the millionaire ladder.okay so right now i have there's different sections basically we're to start we start from the bottomand we'll start going up each one of these you do you will keep that money so like for 100kthere'll be a prompt 250k okay you'll get a problem this is money that you will keep you don't have todo it but i do want to see how much money you make at the end but remember you you have to do theseokay okay all right i've been you're all right i've been you'realso part of this because I have everyone's chart.So I want to see like how much money we're going to make at the end.

01:16:47People at home, you guys can also play as well.Just keep track of which ones you want.So we're going to start front of the bottom.We're going to start $100,000.It's $100,000 USD, no tax, nothing like that, right?Like this, you're getting the straight.That's the best part.Exactly.

01:17:02You're getting straight to your bag.All right.So for the first one,for $100,000, you have to make a go fund me saying you need money.And you have to like parade.around town and you have to tell people about it.You have to say like you're sick or you're losing your home,but you're not actually doing it.

01:17:22Would you do it for $100,000?Oh, I don't like saying that you're sick.That's bad.Or like I'm losing my home.Can you guys like send me money?Like you have to do this.You have to do this for one year, one year.Oh, man.

01:17:39Can it be something else like not saying that you're sick?Because that's like what they say,bad juju you don't want to lie about things like that what are you thinking what do youthink yes or no hundred thousand dollars can you name something else to do instead of beingcalling out that you're sick or you're losing your home yeah it has to be like a good reasonlike you know like people like you know like you can say like you're losing your home you'reuh go and get surgery i don't know something has be bad enough for you to be like oh it has to bebad enough yeah yeah yeah and uh someone says will they catch you um

01:18:12It depends on how good you are at keeping a secret.That is up to you and how well you want to keep it.That's a hard one.One year.You have to do it for one year.You can try to avoid people for a year, but that's, that's tough.That's impossible.Being a content create, you can't avoid people.

01:18:29If you make any videos, you're going to have to, you have to get to sell.Hey, that's the guy that said that he was losing his house, but he's filming indoors.So what do you think?You know what?I think I'll lose $100,000 because I can't think of anything that I would end.end up doing that's actually bad.It's just against my morals to say something bad like that.The next couple, it can be easier or better depending on how it.

01:18:53So don't feel bad if you're losing $100,000.There's a lot more.Okay.Ivan, what about you?I would, I would do it.And my go fund me would be to help me raise money to help my podcast co-host getknee extensions.To be taller.

01:19:10To be taller.To put a perspective, I'm 5-7.So I'm very short.You know what?I kind of like that.Help my man get to 5-8, y'all.Let's go.Donate.

01:19:23Someone said that they have children, nothing wrong with them.They just eat a lot.That's actually a good one.Oh, I should have thought about that because my kids do eat a lot, especially during the summer.You could say that.Do you want to say you're going to do 100,000?You know what?I'll say I'll do 100,000.

01:19:40for a struggling, struggling parents with very hungry children during the summertime.All right.I will also be doing this.So we are now at $100,000.Next one, $250,000.You have to eat every hot meal cold or every cold meal hot.Oh, ice cream.That sounds disgusting.

01:20:00Just thinking about it.Soup.Soup, you can't do cold because it just gets very thick.Yeah.And it thought more than lightly is going to feel nasty as you're trying to swallow.it. But I wish I had my oldest daughter's stomach. She could eat pizza cold. I can do that. I can't. I can't. Ivan, you do pizza cold as well? I prefer cold pizza. Like I, I'm kind of on the same boat. Like, for me, the best pizza is, um, I leave it out overnight. I just leave it on the counter. And then in the morning, like, I take a bite. Like, it tastes way better to me. Yeah. No, I always get on my daughter's case. I'm like, what do you mean you eating the pizza cold?Let me throw it in the little oven and warm it up a little bit.You know, get the cheese going.

01:20:46But other than that, I cannot.You're saying no.I don't think I could.No.How about you going to?Are you sticking with it or?That's everything, by the way.So it's the opposite.

01:20:57So everything.Everything.So any food that you're thinking of like you're eating like you're going to a restaurant.You know, if it's like a pasta, it's going to be cold pasta, you know?Like it's going to be kind of.You're going to get to all the, the entire chunk of pasta.Yeah.For 250K, I think I would do it.

01:21:14You would do it.Wow.For how long, though?For how long?That's the question.On the prompt, it didn't specify.So I think this is forever.Oh, no.

01:21:25Yeah.If it was for one day, I'll do it, but not forever.Yeah.I think I could do it because even, like, you brought up pasta and my wife gets on me all the time.Because my favorite dish is spaghetti.And then, you know, I'll eat.the spaghetti warm when she makes it.And then for like the rest of the week, like I'll just like go in the fridge and just get cold

01:21:46spaghetti.I need it up.And I'm like, no, it tastes fine.I think I could do it.You know what?Now that you mentioned that it makes me think about being a parent, us parents always wind upeating our food cold at the end because kids always want something.So now that I think about it, okay, well, everything winds up being cold anyways.

01:22:05But warming up food that's meant to be cold, then that's a no.That's tough.all right650Kso farIvan has 5has 350,000and you and I

01:22:16we have 100,000but don't worryit getswe'll get moregot more comingfor 650,000you cannot usetoilet paper for a year

01:22:25you can use a bidetbutI mean that's likethe only optionor you're going to have togo through a lot ofa lot ofyou know

01:22:38clothYou know what?I'll have to reach out to my Filipino friend and ask them,what tips do you give to be able to handle doing that?And I think I'll do it.You're doing it?I am also going to be doing that because it only just gives me an excuse to get a bidet.You know?

01:22:58How are you having?I've never used a bidet.Yeah, exactly.I've never used one.Me either.But for $650,000, I don't.will use a bidet.There you go.

01:23:11All right.This is going to get, yeah, you can use rags.It's going to be really nasty.Those plausible things.The dude wipes.All right.The next ones.This was going to be a tougher one, I think, because of how we are, you know, as people and as

01:23:26a working thing.For $1 million, you cannot have cell service or Wi-Fi for a year.Yeah.That's tough.Or so cell service or Wi-Fi.Both.Sorry, both.Both.

01:23:39You cannot have self-service and Wi-Fi.Sorry, my bad.So you can't use,you can't, like, call or text people or anything like that.And you can't, like, you know, use the internet.You can't play online videos.You can still play offline video.It's, but you can only, it's tough.

01:23:55This one's so tough.But can you be hardwired?I'm going to say for this prompt,since it's for only a year, no, no hardwire.It's only for a year.No emails, no.Oh, man, that's tough.Basically, you're like off the grid.

01:24:14You're off the grid for one year.But you're making a mill.So I don't know.Maybe worth it.Yeah, you know what?If I got my family with me, go out to Yosemite or something.Yeah, go camping, read a book, you know.My beard will probably be down to my stomach by that point.

01:24:29But I think I'll give it a try.Yeah.It's kind of like grounding yourself, you know, being able to just reconnect with what the whole purpose of life is.That's what I'm like, you know, it gives me.excuse to go off the grid for a bit.Have you, Evan?Is it only on your phone or like, is it everything?Everything.

01:24:48Like, you know, no laptops, no computers, no phones, no iPads, Apple Watches, anything like that.No Wi-Fi or calling and texting.For how long?One year.Yeah, I mean, I would probably get fired because I would be able to do my job.Yeah, but you're also making a million dollars.But you're making a mill, though, right?At this point, I would have what.

01:25:10what, two million dollars?Yeah, you're making, you're making a mill for just going off.I'm like, I'll do that for a mill.Yeah.I mean, honestly, I would because, um, I would say for the last, man, so probably like fiveyears at this point.Like, um, I've been like slowly like little, like taking parts of my digital life away, youknow?

01:25:35So I try to avoid the, the internet and things like that.Um, I'm always carrying around a little.notebook instead of to jot notes down instead of my phone so I think I could do it.All right.We're all doing this one as well.All right.Now this is going to be a little, these are going to get a little tougher, all right?For $3 million for the rest of your life, everyone that greets you, you have to do a magic trick for them, even if you're bad at it.

01:26:04Can it be the same magic trick to every person?Yeah, yeah, yeah.But you have to do a magic trick.Like a greet or a Walmart goes, hey, are you doing?Like you have to do it to anyone.I would try my best to avoid people and just run into just a few at a time or just stay home.I'll do it.You're going to do it?

01:26:23Oh, my gosh.Wow.As long as you don't say throwing some goo on my head or anything like that, I'll do a magic trick.Okay.Oh, you have it.Be like, nice to meet you.Got your nose.Yeah, there you go.

01:26:37I don't know if anyone would like that.We got a weird one aisle five.Yeah, I've got a weirdo.The NXC chinchilla is requesting a magic trick.So I'm going to do it for them.All right.Can you see this?Yeah.

01:26:55The old pull the thumb off the fan of the hand.The old thumb trick.So, I mean, you're going to do it?Yeah.I mean, for this much money, I would do a lot of things, Michael.I would also do it.I'll just learn.a lot of cool card tricks.

01:27:11Let's keep it PG.Yeah.Okay.This one I think is not, is going to be okay for me.I think it's going to be a lot tougher for you guys.For $5 million for the rest of your life, every Thanksgiving and Christmas,you have to spend it alone.Oh, I can't.

01:27:31It's a no.Yeah.That's what I was like, ooh.Yeah.You can move to date, but like it loses the meat if it's not.Exactly.And just to be honest, my kids are always looking forward to those two particular days.So it's kind of like if you're not there, you're going to hear it.

01:27:49Yeah.Yeah.Same thing with my kids, man.Like we have a calendar in the kitchen and every day they're looking at it.And they've been counting down for Halloween and Thanksgiving.And I was like, yeah.No amount of money in the world could take that away from me.I was like, oh, maybe I can move it the next day or day before.

01:28:09I'm like, nah, it's too much.And then, you know, eventually I'll have a family as well.And I'm like, nah, I can't do that for them.And being Mexican, they'll just question like,yeah, then you don't stay this?Like, where's this dude?Because no, Christian.Exactly.

01:28:26All right.Well, so far, we're making some pretty good bank so far.So these are words going to get a little tougher, right?$10 million.Yes, I would do it.For five years, you can,not have any entertainment.That means no movies,

01:28:43music,TV,podcasts,social media,books,anything.For five years,you cannot do that.

01:28:55But you get 10 mil out of it.10,mil, five years,no entertainment.That's a tough one becausethe world we live in,it revolves around entertainment.I would even say playing

01:29:15like toys.with your kids would also count as entertainment as well.It actually is.Yeah.Because that is it.Yeah.Yeah.I can't do it because even the minute you wake up, just by reaching over and stopping your alarm from ringing, that's already a form of entertainment in some way.

01:29:35Because you want to, you need to wake up and you don't want to entertain.I feel like that would be okay.It is more like things in like your leisure, you know, I think it's more like leisure time.You know, things like, like, alarm, I don't think that's entertainment, but like, if you are, you know, like at home, powers, you know, like your powers out or anything like that, you can't just like, oh, I'm going to go read a book.You know, it's just, you're just going to sit.The alarm would actually be the entertainment if you decided to do this.I'll let me turn on my alarm.Yeah, that would be, yeah, five years.

01:30:08I would say no.No.I would fail at the first moment.I would say yes.because I think I found the loophole.I would create the entertainment.So I would spend those five years instead of like reading a book or listening to music,I would be writing a book or writing songs.

01:30:32And I wouldn't count that as entertainment, right?Because I'm not consuming it.I'm creating it.I could say that.I could see.I could see that.Yeah.It's something where it's like someone made it for you kind of thing.

01:30:43Yeah.Yeah.So I would just, you know, I would probably just.to use those five years to get good at the guitar or something.And then just like, you know, after five years, I have extra 10 million bucks.I would say, I would say guitar, you can't because that's technically music.But yeah, that's, yeah.But I'm not consuming it.

01:31:02I'm creating it.That's a tough one.That may be a little bit of a.Yeah, I told you I found a loophole.I can see that.Yeah.You know, you could, you know, you could spend those five years learning like a language.or how would you learn it though you can't consume from books yeah well even with music if you don't know

01:31:21how to have you don't know how to play the guitar yeah how would you create music you're just gonnastrum away yeah it sounds great it sounds great yeah i got a new song for you guysso ivin are you going to do it i you know what i would probably write a book okay i wouldwrite a book and my and then the book would be you know my five years without consuming entertainmentAnd then every day I was just journal like, you know, day, day six, seven.You know, I really wanted to listen to my alarm today, but I resisted temptation, things like that.So, yeah, I think I could do it.Just meditate a lot.

01:32:02All right.Three left.These are the big ones.You got 15, 25, 40 mil.15 million.One random day throughout this, you know, throughout any time, you will have to groundhog day.that's that singular day for one year.A random day?

01:32:20It's random.It'll happen random.But for 15 mil,you know,ground holiday for those that don't know,it's,you repeat the same day over and over,you know,

01:32:31like the moment you fall asleepor,you know,something happens,you wake up that next morning.You have to do it for one year.Do the same thing over and over?Yeah.

01:32:43So like,like, let's say today it was a day.You'd wake up due to podcast.After the podcast, you go eat, like you have to do the same thing over and over and over for one year.The next day you have to do a podcast again.And the next day, same thing.But it could be a random day.It could be literally like a random Saturday where, like, you could do whatever you want.

01:32:59It could be a Monday where you have to go to work every single day.Or, you know, eventually you can like, you know, you'd be like, I'm not going to go to work today or something like that to change it up.Like you have to do it every day for a year, 365 days.Every day for a year.Yeah.Just repeating this one day.You know, you can try changing it up.But, you know, once that day resets, it's back to square one.

01:33:25There might be a loophole to that because you can find ways to include a lot of things that you would be able to do throughout the whole year.Yeah, exactly.Like, you can, like, if you're supposed to go to work, you can be like, I'm going to not go to work and then go kayaking.And then all the side of the next day, you restart and you're like, hey, you need come to work.You just do something else.You can totally do that.That's just possible.You just have to find ways to entertain yourself.

01:33:49You just have to find ways to entertain yourself because everyone is going to repeat the same thing.But you obviously.I think I'll give it a try.Ivan?I would totally do it because Groundhog Day is one of my favorite movies.And I would do exactly what you just said, like, where every day you just try something different.I would also, like, come up with, like, in the movie, I would try to come up with, like, interesting ways to die.I know I'm going to wake up in the same.

01:34:20thing right same day the next day so why not you know um i think yeah i would totally do it that soundslike an actual fun thing uh what thing that also oh sorry and then also you could umyou know going back to the couple questions ago like let's say you know by the middle of thisyear you really miss christmas or something you can just tell your kids like hey we're gonnado christmas in july or whatever oh that'd be fine yeah they just do your thing soSo I think it would cool.Yeah.I think one thing that is underrated, because I was thinking about this question,

01:34:55is you could learn stuff in this year.It would be tough for like, you know, why don't you play a game?Because, you know, you're to restart the game.But like learning a language, playing an instrument.You just play.And then the next day, you just go, oh, I could just go ahead and keep going after that.So you can do stuff in that year.I think that was my way to think I'm like, I can totally do that for a year.

01:35:19Yeah, the playing music, the play music part, you're part.probably be really good at the guitar or whatever instrument you pick by the time that year's over.Exactly.And then I even could go play his music.Who knows?This one's going to be tough.I'm curious, but I don't know if anyone will do these ones.But it's $25 to $40 million.

01:35:40$25 million.You forget how to read.You forget.Yeah.You can restart.Like you don't, like you look at these things.It's just scribbles.like what I don't understand this video games writing your name anything like that you have to

01:35:59restart from scratch right now I would lose my job right away because I but you make 25 millionbut 25 minutes money goes away just like water through your hands mm-hmm but I would say noyou're saying I can't do that yeah no Ivan I mean that is a lot of money I love readingLike, it's like one of my favorite hobbies is reading books.But then I'm not even thinking about reading a book.I'm thinking more like you're driving somewhere and then you can't read the sign.Yeah, you can't read a clock.You literally cannot read a clock.

01:36:41Or like you go to a restaurant, you can't read the money.It's just, yeah, I don't think the money is worth the inconvenience because.You have to relearn 18, 20 years of language.Yeah.Like that.Yeah.I don't think I could.I would totally do it.

01:36:59$25 million.I pay someone to tutor.I'm like, oh, heck, yeah.I'll just relearn again.And you know what?Maybe Kiki in the chat actually made a pretty good one.You could try to learn a new English.That would be kind of interesting.

01:37:15You know, I never grew up with a second language.I barely spoke English when I was a kid.So like, it would be kind of cool to speak Korean.It would be tough, you know, being 27.and all of a sudden, hey, yeah, you don't know, you can't read letters again.You have to redo it.Oh, but I think I'll put in the effort.This last one, I don't think anyone would do, but I'm curious.

01:37:37$40 million.Everyone hears your thought.Oh.That's, well, what do you guys think, kid?No.No.You can't do that.Yeah.

01:37:54That's a, that's a big no-no for me.Screw that.That reminds me of that movie,The Yes Man or something.Jim Carrey where he's saying yes to everything.I think that just winds up being,oh, yeah,that would go south real quick.

01:38:11All right.So let's tally up everyone's,everyone's thing.Let's see,$650,000 plus $100,000.You have made $19.7 million for you.you, Christian.That's pretty dang good.

01:38:32That's a nice, a number.25, 28, 29.So you had 29 million pluslet's see.Wow, you did everything, so.Not everything.Well, almost everything in the bottom one.I can't believe you actually did some of these.

01:38:51I just want to make sure I do it.Right.You made a cool 30 million, Ivan.I can get by with that.Yeah, I mean, yeah, I'll take that.Let's see, I did 25, 40, 43, 44, 4.Yeah, I was like, wait, did I do it all right?Yeah, 47.

01:39:11Wait, did I do it right?404.44 million and 7.5.You know what?Yeah, the learning to read again.I think that was what pushed me up there because I was like, I don't know if I could do any of these, but I think I'd put it into work.there you go there you go we are so much rich when can we expect this moneyI will see you later maybe okay I'm gonna get through a couple of announcements and then

01:39:43Christian I'll get headed back to you to talk about some up to the upcoming stuffokay so let me get through a couple of announcers real quick we have a lot of stuffhappening for an n-s6t site right now we have nsacist's 12 days of deals every day we'lllaunch a new deal from discounts on PCs or gaming peripherals or bundles and stuff like that.You go to nzc.com or exclamation point deals in chat.We also just launched a new Founders Edition PC.If you want a 5090 50 Founders Edition graphics card, we have the Player 3 Founders Edition that isavailable in sight as a AMD, Ryson 7, 9800 X3D, 128 gigabytes gigabytes gigabytes of

01:40:26of DDR5 memory and, of course, the 5090 Founders Edition graphics card.You can do FEPC, Sclamation point FEPC in chat, or again, go to nfixcom.We just launched our new performance fans, which is really awesome.These are available in a 120, 140, 240, 283, 60 milliliters.Thank you, Ivan.These have liquid crystal palmer construction, hybrid magnetic levitation, fluid dynamicBarry and a minimized gap between the blades to maximize airflow.You can check them out at nzc.com.

01:41:00We're also doing a giveaway as well.We'll give the code word out to you guys soon because you guys are early.And we want to make Christians intro a little special.So we're doing two giveaways today.We are also doing the Intel NZXT Club.You can see some people in chat are getting some points.Basically, special thanks to Intel for helping us sponsor this club.We can give away tons of free stuff

01:41:24We're giving away shirts,clushies, gift cards,and the biggest prize of allEvery month we are giving awayan NCXTFree PCAnd who doesn't love, free PCYes, exactly, thank you.

01:41:35Thanks Intel for that.You go to nccc.com slash club,sign up and participate in our communityTo earn poochie points.You basically,the more you participate in our communityfor more points you get.So if you want to gain entries

01:41:51into the giveaway,more entries, start now.Because the more points you get now,the more points you'll get into the giveaway.So start now, nzc.co slash club or SMAship point club in chat.Okay, after I got due to this announcements,Christian, got a couple things for you.So first of all, what's next for you?

01:42:09Do you have any exciting projects or content you're working on that you can reveal?So I did have an awesome collab with, I think it ended already,with AT&T.So I'm trying to find out what's going to happen with it or how is it going to be placed out there.I don't want to get too specific because I don't want to kind of go outside of the agreement.But there was a co-lab with AT&T.And other than that, I really want to start getting a lot more into tech stuff, which I've been trying to do so with the project.I'll be sorry, with the projector videos and all that.

01:42:51I'm still going to do gaming content because gaming will be forever.And I think that that's where most of the people enjoy my content for.Where can our audience find your content and everything like that?So they can go on YouTube, search for DadLife Gaming.You'll see a little icon with an animated picture of myself or on Instagram, dad.dot life. Gaming.On TikTok is the same thing.And on Twitter or

01:43:24X, it's DadLife Gaming1, I believe it is.Perfect.And do you have anyfinal thoughts or messages you'd like toshare with our audience?I just want to thankeverybody for being

01:43:40part of the Dad Life Gaming community.And if you're not, I welcome you in withopen arms to enjoy the contentfrom athat point of view from a dad,a girl dad,and also a Hispanic content creator.Love that.

01:43:56Okay, so we are giving way two things.First of all, we are giving wayan cool Intel shirt,you know,obviously sponsored with the Intel NZXT Club.We usually have a secret code wordthat gives you a thousand extra entries into the giveaway.That's our way saying thank you to the audience

01:44:16for joining us live and also ourway of kind of holding that hostage.So, Christian, do you have an idea of what you'd like that code were to be?Dad live gaming.Easy.Easy, easy, easy.All right.Let me go ahead and change that right now.

01:44:36Boom.Make sure to refresh your gleams.So remember, this is the first giveaway.We'll also talk about the second giveaway after.But the first one to the shirt giveaway is Dad Life Gaming.Real easy.And then.Someone asked if one, one.

01:44:49Word.Yes, one word.Yes.There's no spaces in gleam.So when you type it in, it'll automatically keep it together.So Dad Life Gaming for Shirt giveaway.Bam.And we are also doing a fan giveaway.

01:45:07As you talked about and I haven't showed earlier, we're giving away some performance fans.We're giving away three of them.You guys can choose the size and the color of what you guys want because everyone has different cases.That is actually going.going out tomorrow, but we're giving you guys the early access as our way of saying, you know,thank you for joining us live and, of course, helping Christian out and, you know, introducing himto our community.So for that one, you guys can do a escomission point fan giveaway.

01:45:36Let me check that in.You guys can do ncccc.co slash fan giveaway or estimation point fan giveaway in chat.There's a other option for code word that will give you more entries into the fan giveawayas well.And the code word for that is these blow.These blow.That is the code word for the fan giveaway.And that's our way saying thank you everyone for joining us live.

01:46:04Thank you, Christian, for joining us on the NCC podcast.Ivan, do you have anything before I go into the outro?Yeah, I just want to thank Christian for his time.Like I said, on the podcast, I've been seeing his setup with NZXT PC.for years now and I'm glad that we were finally able to send him some goodies and have him onthe podcast and I hope he can come visit us soon at the office so we can show him some top secretstuff that no one else is seeing before so thank you Christian appreciate it man I thank you guysfor everything I greatly appreciate it for us and remember tune in live on the Fridays at 10

01:46:44a.m. Pacific Standard Time on official NCZ Twitch and don't forget to listen to previous episodeson Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.If you have any questions for us, send an email to podcast at nzzyxed.comor tag at NZXT on social media platforms.Thank you, Dad Life, Gave for joining us today.Everyone follow him, estimation point, DLG in chat.So do you guys follow him on all his socials?And we'll see you guys soon.

01:47:06Have a good weekend, everyone.Thank you, guys.Have a good weekend.

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