How to Make Video Games Let's Plays

Let's think about this logically, what are you seeing and hearing when you watch a Let's Play walkthrough?

First off, you're watching the visualization of the video game. This is very often captured via a GameBridge, Dazzle, or one of many other component-based video game capture devices, that allow you to capture the audio and visual that's being sent from the console system.

Then, you have the commentary. I record my commentary into the Cakewalk Sonar system, and do all post-production sound editing within that program.

I then export the audio after I have finished mixing it, then take the video that was captured from my video game, and place them on top of one another in some sort of video editing software. I know that most people across the Internet who do Let's Plays simply use Windows Movie Maker, but there are plenty of different video editors to choose from.

Then, export from the video editing software once you've got everything aligned, and you're set! You have your video with commentary, so go post it on some video site like YouTube for everyone to watch!