Grandia II (PS2) | The Video Game Valley

Welcome to the valley. Relax, take off all your shoes, and enjoy some soothing video games. Check the description below for more info.

I stream daily from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern Time.

Current game schedule:
Mon - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Xbox)
Tue - TBD
Wed - TBD
Thu - Paper Mario (N64)
Fri - Towers II: Enhanced Stargazer Edition (Atari Jaguar)
Sat - Assorted Sega Saturn games
Sun - Games sent to my PO Box (Note: submissions closed!)

Chat rules:
No harassment.
No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, fatphobia, or other such things.
No overtly sexual comments.
No self-promotion unless given permission.
No spamming (this includes asking the same question over and over.)
No backseat gaming if the "No Backseat Gaming" cloud is displayed on the TV (unless help is asked for!)
No gimmick accounts.

Is it your birthday? We have a machine for that. Please read the following if you'd like to enter your name into the Birthday Machine queue.
The machine is turned on around 12 a.m. ET (one hour into the stream.) You must enter your name into the queue —before— then.
The queue is reset every day. Do not put your name in the queue unless it’s either your birthday today, or will be at midnight. No exceptions, unless I was unable to stream on your birthday.
You can enter your name, or a stream appropriate nickname / username.
Do not submit on behalf of someone else, unless they are watching the stream and cannot easily type for themselves. Also, no pets or young children.
Submitting false or joke entries will result in a channel ban. Requests to circumvent the rules will be ignored.

The chat command to enter your name into the queue is:
!BMQ Your Name, Your Birth Month and Day

So, if your name is Carmen Sandiego and your birthday is March 1st you would type:
!BMQ Carmen, March 1

You should get a confirmation from the chat bot if the command was entered correctly. It might take a minute or two for the bot to respond, especially if the stream has just started. If you don't get a confirmation, check to make sure you typed the command correctly (and haven’t submitted too late), then give it a few minutes and try again. If the rules were followed Birthday Machine will get to your request around 12 a.m. ET.

Community Discord:
(Be sure to read the "information" channel to fully join.)
  / discord  

Patreon:
  / filmcow  

FilmCow Subreddit:
  / filmcowofficial  

Playlist of previous streams:
   • The Video Game Valley (Complete Live ...  
(Year-based playlists are available on this channel's "Playlists" tab.)

Valley game collection:
https://vgcollect.com/filmcow

I stream from the following systems:
1st Gen - Magnavox Odyssey 3000
2nd Gen - Atari 2600, Intellivision, ColecoVision
3rd Gen - NES, Master System, Atari 7800
4th Gen - TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine, Sega Genesis / CD / 32X, SNES
5th Gen - 3DO, Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn, PS1, Casio Loopy, N64
6th Gen - Dreamcast, PS2, GameCube, Xbox
7th Gen - Xbox 360, PS3, Wii
8th Gen - Wii U, PS TV
Portable - Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Virtual Boy, PSP

FAQ:
(Do you use emulation?) No, I play on original hardware. For Game Boy games I use the GameCube's "Game Boy Player" attachment. For Virtual Boy games I use a modded console. For PSP games I use the PSP 3000's video output.
(Do you stream PC games?) No, I only stream console and portable games.
(What do you use to capture your gameplay?) I use a RetroTINK 5X to upscale older systems to HDMI, and an Elgato HD60S to capture the HDMI. For software I use OBS.
(Why do you play some games on "Easy" mode?) This is a very casual stream, and I play most games here in a laid-back, often suboptimal way.
(What is the music at the beginning of the stream?) Erik Satie’s Gymnopédie No. 2.
(Why aren't the games fullscreen?) Because we're in a peaceful valley.

PO Box:
As of January 1st, 2025 games sent to the PO Box will no longer be played on stream. Even if I start accepting games for the stream again in the future, any game sent right now will not be added to the play list, so do not send a game if you want it to be played on stream. You can still send notes, cards, or whatever else to the PO Box, just not games to be played on the VGV.

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