StephenPlays

Stephen Georg is a YouTube content creator who runs several channels on YouTube, most notably StephenVlog and StephenPlays.

About Stephen
Stephen Georg was born March 20th, 1989, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. At age 12 he received a video camera and began to make silly home videos with his friends. In 2005 he began a website to host all of his video creations, and garnered attention from various news outlets, being written about by the Canadian press and even featured in video game magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly for his various works. In 2007 he started college at SCAD, the Savannah College of Art and Design, in Savannah, GA. While in college he became "serious" about YouTube, starting StephenVlog (2009) and StephenPlays (2011). He graduated with honors from college with a BFA in Film and Television, focusing in video editing, in June 2011, and married his fiancé, Mallory, two months later. They currently reside in Columbia, SC. YouTube is Stephen's full-time job.

History
Stephen had originally seen vlogs of people who sit in front of their computers and talk to the camera, and he thought it was terribly boring. In November 2009, however, he saw a few vlogs where people were leaving the house and not simply talking to webcams. He decided that once he went home for winter break that he would start "StephenVlog", and attempt to film his life.

In his first video (Day Zero) he explains that he doesn't know how long he'll be doing the project for. He has been vlogging everyday for over 2 years now. On Day 364 he received YouTube partnership. There are now over 800 StephenVlog days (and counting).

Notable Days

 * Day 234 - Stephen proposes to his girlfriend, Mallory.
 * Day 500 - The "best" moments from the first 500 days, as voted by fans.
 * Day 557 - Stephen and friends graduate from college.
 * Day 620 - Stephen and Mallory get married.
 * Day 703 - The first of many appearances by Chuggaaconroy.

History
Stephen's original exposure to Let's Plays were through Emile (Chuggaaconroy), a personal friend of his. They had met on Earthbound fansite Starmen.net in 2005, and always kept in touch. Emile would frequently bring projects and episodes to Stephen for critique before releasing them to the public, as Stephen was an experienced editor (later earning his BFA in editing). In late 2010, after successfully vlogging for one year, Stephen decided he would start "StephenPlays", his own Let's Play channel, in February 2011. In September 2011 he joined The Game Station network.

Completed LPs

 * Kirby Super Star (SNES)
 * Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers (Xbox 360)
 * Halo Anniversary (Xbox 360)
 * Half-Life 2: Episode Two (PC)
 * Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
 * Portal 2 (Co-op with Mal, PC)
 * Half-Life 2: Episode One (PC)
 * Portal 2 (Single Player, PC)
 * Amnesia: The Dark Descent (PC)
 * Minecraft (PC)
 * Earthbound (SNES)
 * Left 4 Dead 2 (PC)
 * Half-Life 2 (PC)
 * Portal (PC)

Current LPs

 * '''Shadow of the Colossus (PS3)
 * '''Portal 2 (Co-op with Mal, PC)
 * Skyrim (PC, Xbox 360)

Other Projects

 * Memorable Moments - Highlights from favorite StephenPlays episodes, debuting every Monday.
 * Demo Fridays - A new demo every Friday in addition to the LP for that day.

Devotion to Fans
Stephen has attracted attention to his channels by acknowledging that he always reads every comment posted, and will reply personally to any comment that requires a response. He likes to be easily reached by anyone, and reads and replies to all YouTube messages he receives. He recently did a Network Spotlight video for TGS, and predominantly featured his fans.

Skyrim LP
One of his current LPs, Skyrim, has focused on putting the "let's" back in "let's play", by only being recorded one episode at a time. Unlike most Let's Plays which are completely pre-recorded, Stephen's Skyrim LP is recorded one at a time, giving the audience time to comment on the video and offer suggestions, advice, or pointing out things he may have missed.

Collaborations
Stephen doesn't normally do collaborations, but has done several "Demo Fridays" videos with fellow LP-er, Chuggaaconroy.
 * Stephen & Chuggaa: Castle Crashers Demo
 * Stephen & Chuggaa: Zombie Apocalypse Demo
 * Stephen & Chuggaa: Guardian Heroes Demo

Tools
Stephen's Vlogs are primarily shot on the Flip Ultra HD camera. Stephen's LPs are recorded using Screenflow (Mac recordings), Fraps (Windows recordings), and the Black Magic Intensity Pro (console games). Stephen uses a Hackintosh computer with OSX Snow Leopard. He does all video editing in Final Cut Pro 7.

Other Channels
Stephen runs several other channels on YouTube.
 * xfisjmg1 - His original YouTube account, containing old projects.
 * NintenSpeaks - A video series based off of Mother 1.
 * DailyPack - A channel about booster pack openings of Magic, Pokémon, and Yu-Gi-Oh.