You may have noticed that I've been running a lot more streams than usually lately, and fairly random ones at that. From a late-night SSX3 fit to Shelby and I playing Pokemon Snap, I've been running a lot of test streams not only for technical purposes, but to figure out what folks enjoy watching most when we're out of the tournament season.

I have a lot of fun hosting these streams as I like playing games in a more social fashion and so Im looking to turn these into regularly scheduled events. This is where I need your help because I'd like some input on what you'd be interested in watching. To startthings off, here are the ideas I've currently been kicking around.

Social Gatherings & Tournaments: This is the big obvious one, and from the Thursday Night San Jose gathering to co-ops with iPlayWinner.com, gatherings and tournaments are my top priority when it comes to streaming game footage. Most of the time this boils down to Street Fighter and Tekken, but it's also meant Bomberman and other random games in a group setting.

Jared vs The World: You may have seen this before, where I play Street Fighter IV and ask viewers to send me game invites for everyone to see. It's a lot of fun since and everyone gets to showcase their skills. I want to make this a regular occurrence, though extend its reach beyond just Street Fighter IV. It'd be fun to do this with other competitive multiplayer games.

Endurance Runs: Similar to what my friends at GiantBomb did with Persona 4, this is where we pick a game and then I play it until its completion. When I lift an idea, however, I like to put my own unique twist on it. I was thinking of possibly attempting a multiplayer endurance run featuring Diablo II or even possibly 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, with the viewers filling in the co-op slots.

Retro Nights: I love introducing people to my favorite games, or those they may have missed, so I'm interested in having a night where I run through a favorite classic of mine. This could also turn into something of a challenge night where I push myself to complete a very difficult game.

These are just a few of my ideas, but I'd really love to hear what you guys think since you're most likely one of my viewers. 

Having avoided most of the pre-release coverage and picking up the game a few days too late (I was too busy putting off my replay of the original to be trusted with the sequel) I've been without much Mass Effect 2 discussion. Even now, having dropped twenty hours of my life into Bioware's latest (and possibly greatest), I live in constant fear of spoilers and that means no message boards.

 I'm at that point in the game where every one in my party recognizes that we're on a mission of galactic importance, but it'd be really sweet if we could drop everything and run a personal errand across the universe, so this is as good a time as any to slow down and jot down some of my thoughts. If you're like me and you're in the middle of your first play through, don't worry, I'll keep it spoiler free. 

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I have an assignment for you readers out there: a simple two-step questionaire for you to spring upon your friends. 

First, ask any video game fan who they think the strongest woman in the world is. Chances are they'll respond with Chun-Li, and why not? While Samus Aran may be considered the original "strong female lead" of video games, Chun-Li proved once and for all that women could kick just as much ass as the boys, still be sexy and at the end of the game she didn't even strip down to her underpants to prove it. With her iconic fashion sense and ferocious fighting style, Chun-Li has become a timeless icon for women in gaming. 

Now for the second question: would you still respect Chun-Li had she entered a girls-only Street Fighter tournament? Suddenly, the persona of Chun-Li doesn't sound all that fierce or, for lack of a better term, badass. This is what the organizers of the annual EVO Championship Series fighting game tournament (whom I love dearly) are asking the community to do and I for one can't stand the idea one bit. 

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