HyperTextHero Livestream
My livestream is a place for talking about flights between the realities of work and play, especially as experienced through computer simulations and video games where one can be a hero or fool without risk of getting hurt. ✨ I’ve made a living making things we see as a designer and photographer, and am now entering the world of sound to make things we listen to and feel, using music, the language of the soul. 🌱 Contact me at simon@hypertexthero.com
During the pandemic I learned to livestream using Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) at twitch.tv/hypertexthero, travelling in a ballet of motion, sound, light, and interesting decisions in video game play and digital sound spaces for work. Give me good sound and music in simulated, somewhat random open worlds and I’m happy.
Some favorites: Microsoft Flight Simulator, KitHack Model Club, Elite, the IL-2 Great Battles series, Noita, Generation Zero, Elden Ring, Helldivers 2, Dead Cells, Starfield, the Arma series, Jagged Alliance 2 and 3, and Valheim.
Find highlights and past play streams on YouTube and video game and IRL photographs on Instagram.
Schedule
Currently unschedule streams only due to the haphazardity of life.
Channel points
Hanging out at my livestream earns you points called Hyper Texts that you can use to make things like videos images, and sounds appear. To see what you can do with your points click on the little flying 
icon on the bottom-left of the chat area.
Chat commands
When playing Noita, type !wand to see the wands I am carrying.
When flying in MS Flight Simulator the !g [-###] command is used to guess how hard my next landing will be. For example: !g -100 to predict a -100 feet-per-minute landing.
I keep a guesstimator scoreboard that is updated manually, with seasonal prizes.
Cheering with bits
Cheering with bits is like throwing coins or bills in a hat to see things happen during the livestream. There are custom notifications for the following precise amounts:
- 2 - Yin yang 1st cheered by Talkittynora
- 3 - Triforce
- 7 - The Saint aka 007 1st cheered by Talkittynora
- 9 - LOTR desire power 1st cheered by Schippah
- 10 - Pelé 1st cheered by CmdrSpaceDog
- 11 - Sophie Germain prime 1st cheered by Schippah
- 19 - Movement of the people
- 21 - Met Office Solstice
- 23 - 23 vs 33 1st cheered by Schippah
- 42 - The Answer 1st cheered by KirerWT
- 65 - Aeronca Thunder Kiss
- 88 - Back to the Future 1st cheered by KirerWT
- 93 - The truth is out there 1st cheered by Sokolas
- 99 - Tuskegee Airmen
- 100 - Bolt 100m 1st cheered by Schippah
- 117 - Boo Halo Chief 1st cheered by Niborius
- 200 - Bolt 200m
- 314 - Pi
- 332 - Expeditionary Operations Group
- 375 - 37.5Hz Deep Note
- 420 - Jammin’ with Bob and Jerry 1st cheered by Schippah
- 500 - Cinquecento 1st cheered by RazWasabi
- 1000 - Dollar spiral 1st cheered by Schippah
- 1701 - Enterprise
- 1780 - Mary Fairfax
- 1990 - Enigma
- 2001 - A Space Odyssey
- 5000 - In the name of the Gods! 1st cheered by Schippah
- 10000 - Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21
- 56000 - 56K baud modem connection sound
- 65000 - Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand
Chat rules
- Be kind to others. Don’t be mean.
- Don’t forget your dreams.
- Cultivate friendships.
- Take it easy.
- Be happy.
Hardware specs
The personal computer I use to play and stream video games is currently Interwebs Communotron 2023 along with customized accessories.
Games completed live
Video games I have completed from beginning to end live on stream, most often over the course of several sessions, sometimes in one go, sometimes carried by friends!
- Arma Antistasi cooperative campaigns on Livonia and Tanoa maps!
- Arma Reforger Conflict, Resistance Ops, and Overthrow mod game modes in coop.
- Elden Ring (carried by Arthur in seamless coop mod!)
- Generation Zero
- Ghost Recon Breakpoint
- Noita
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Perth to Sydney endurance flight for charity
- Paris to Dakar endurance flight for charity
- No Man’s Sky
- Sopwith
- Starfield
- Watch Dogs: Legion
I’ve also finished some games before livestreaming existed. When I remember one, it appears in this list.
Quotes of the stream
Quotations from stream chat that made me laugh out loud or were particularly concise and informative at one time or another.
Thank you
谢谢, Gracias, ευχαριστώ, Merci, धन्यवाद, Grazie, ありがとうございました, Obrigado, شكرا, Спасибо
Thank you for flying with me for a while on our living spaceship, Earth!
Charity donation drives
Amazon Conservation Association · $100
Special thanks
artwongt
carl reinemann
cmdrspacedog
eduardo tunni
eliasspeaks
esa
francodellafamiglia
futura_light
galaxiacat
grantalf
henrique vianna
obs project
icebird4all
lawiebloom
m0rt75
mattrogg
mike239x
nasa
niborius
quincas moreira
razwasabi
responder505
schippah
seaplanesarenotaphase
simon brown
sokolas
somafm
stéphane pigeon
timmythumb
vampaca
vinonam
wildcraze
yuji oshimoto
…and all friends near and far.
A little goes a long way.
Simon 
Help HyperTextHero
Send me a tip on Ko-fi, an excellent way to help as I receive close to the full amount.
Subscribe to my Twitch channel for the following benefits:
- No mid-stream ad breaks (subscribing with Amazon Prime does not disable ads.)
- Custom badges and access to a growing number of hand-made emotes.
Tips and subscriptions are not refundable.