Good gaming channels on Youtube?

[Ravielsk]

Noah Caldwell-Gervais does not belong into this thread. He is a clown whose greatest skill is taking a 10 word sentence and turning it into a 100 word one. The little detail that the made up 90 words are usually pure unfiltered bullshit is just a cherry on top.

 

[Baron Dupek]

who greatest skill is taking a 10 word sentence and turning it into a 100 word one

isn't that sort of standard for 99.9% (with large margin of error) of those "content* creators"?

*content=filler

 

[flyingjohn]

 

[Ravielsk]

who greatest skill is taking a 10 word sentence and turning it into a 100 word one

isn't that sort of standard for 99.9% (with large margin of error) of those "content* creators"?

*content=filler

No, PatricianTV or Mauler produce extremely long videos but no part of them is really filler, redundant at worst but there is always a point to it beyond run time. Gervais is a hack that makes long winding videos to hide the fact that every other statement he is pulling straight out of his ass.

 

[El Presidente]

BETRAAAAAAYAL

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Dude's still going, gotta applaud his dedication. He's a pretty level headed reviewer and his stuff is often informative and interesting.

 

[Halfling Rodeo]

No, PatricianTV or Mauler produce extremely long videos but no part of them is really filler, redundant at worst but there is always a point to it beyond run time. Gervais is a hack that makes long winding videos to hide the fact that every other statement he is pulling straight out of his ass.

My E-daddy is better than your E-daddy!


Sega Lord X is a total fanboy but he digs up interesting stuff. I enjoy his videos as a bit worse SNES Drunk.

 

[Spike]

BETRAAAAAAYAL

 

[Spike]

 

[Baron Dupek]

 

[ferratilis]

Codex's favorite lullaby channel has posted another one.

 

[Butter]

Codex's favorite lullaby channel has posted another one.

Metacritic scores prove that 2023 is one of the greatest years for gaming. Just pretend that several high budget catastrophes never happened.

 

[Just Locus]

I recommend Josh Strife Hayes to anyone interested in gaming channels - The dude is a seriously humble gentleman and every one of his videos is a shining quality critique.

His primary YouTube channel covers MMOs and other related topics, and his secondary channel "Josh Strife Plays" is where he covers non-MMO related games and has covered old games such as "Baldur's Gate 1", "Chrono Trigger" and The Original God of War etc. Great critique channel and his reviews do not waste a single second of your time and discuss almost every nook and cranny of it.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Codex's favorite lullaby channel has posted another one.

Metacritic scores prove that 2023 is one of the greatest years for gaming. Just pretend that several high budget catastrophes never happened.

The dude actually mentions that in the video. Apparently, the current most popular metacritic scores are 10 and 0, which should not happen if the ratings were statistically normal.

 

[Butter]

Codex's favorite lullaby channel has posted another one.

Metacritic scores prove that 2023 is one of the greatest years for gaming. Just pretend that several high budget catastrophes never happened.

The dude actually mentions that in the video. Apparently, the current most popular metacritic scores are 10 and 0, which should not happen if the ratings were statistically normal.

I don't think any stock should be put in Metacritic scores. Games journalists are notoriously retarded and corrupt, and while gamers are more accurate judges of quality, they still tend towards hyperbole in one direction or the other.

The narrative that 2023 is a red letter year for gaming started months ago, and it seems to be built mainly on BG3 + Zelda. I don't see how that's especially impressive, nor how it outweighs the fuckups of Starfield, Forspoken, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, and Redfall.

 

[Cat Headed Eagle]

Codex's favorite lullaby channel has posted another one.

Metacritic scores prove that 2023 is one of the greatest years for gaming. Just pretend that several high budget catastrophes never happened.

The dude actually mentions that in the video. Apparently, the current most popular metacritic scores are 10 and 0, which should not happen if the ratings were statistically normal.

I don't think any stock should be put in Metacritic scores. Games journalists are notoriously retarded and corrupt, and while gamers are more accurate judges of quality, they still tend towards hyperbole in one direction or the other.

The narrative that 2023 is a red letter year for gaming started months ago, and it seems to be built mainly on BG3 + Zelda. I don't see how that's especially impressive, nor how it outweighs the fuckups of Starfield, Forspoken, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, and Redfall.

The dude mentions it as an expression of the angry reaction that seems to be driving gaming commentary and how negative criticism drives the likes and views. And then criticism is driven by expectations and opinions people have about things related to the games but not the games themselves. I sort of agree that people don't really judge games on their own merits anymore, it's all part of a common experience that may or may not fit with their preconceptions and desires.

 

[VonMiskov]

I recommend Josh Strife Hayes to anyone interested in gaming channels - The dude is a seriously humble gentleman and every one of his videos is a shining quality critique.

His primary YouTube channel covers MMOs and other related topics, and his secondary channel "Josh Strife Plays" is where he covers non-MMO related games and has covered old games such as "Baldur's Gate 1", "Chrono Trigger" and The Original God of War etc. Great critique channel and his reviews do not waste a single second of your time and discuss almost every nook and cranny of it.

I really like the "Josh Strife Says" that concentrate on the funny parts but his regular channels put me to sleep. ¯\(°_o)/¯

 

[Nifft Batuff]

 

[Jarpie]

Conquest of the Longbow reminds me a bit of the tv-show Robin of Sherwood, which also had some fantasy elements, I wonder if it was partially influenced by it.

 

[Halfling Rodeo]

I recommend Josh Strife Hayes to anyone interested in gaming channels - The dude is a seriously humble gentleman and every one of his videos is a shining quality critique.

His primary YouTube channel covers MMOs and other related topics, and his secondary channel "Josh Strife Plays" is where he covers non-MMO related games and has covered old games such as "Baldur's Gate 1", "Chrono Trigger" and The Original God of War etc. Great critique channel and his reviews do not waste a single second of your time and discuss almost every nook and cranny of it.

He tries too hard to create parasocial relationships but being an e-daddy on stream and on his says channel. His PS1 reviews are decent if a bit up his own arse.

Codex's favorite lullaby channel has posted another one.

Metacritic scores prove that 2023 is one of the greatest years for gaming. Just pretend that several high budget catastrophes never happened.

The dude actually mentions that in the video. Apparently, the current most popular metacritic scores are 10 and 0, which should not happen if the ratings were statistically normal.

Isn't this a problem with reviews in general? 7 has become average and anything below that has to be beyond broken and not have a publisher paying for ads. I would also say review aggrigates are stupid and shouldn't be used. I want reviews to give Dark souls a 0/10 and say "This games way too hard, it fucking sucks" so people who feel the same way can turn to that reviewer and find games they will enjoy. This whole "IGN gave is 10/10" when IGN has a bunch of different people reviewing games does nothing but help marketing. As a customer wanting reviews you need to find someone who aligns with your preferences and turn to their advice for things you agree on. If Billy Bob shooty man has great taste in FPS but awful ARPG then don't expect him to give both equal quality reviews.

Conquest of the Longbow reminds me a bit of the tv-show Robin of Sherwood, which also had some fantasy elements, I wonder if it was partially influenced by it.

I thought you were going to link this..


This guy is super comfy. He gets old magazines and does on screen read throughs. It's a good time when you want some background noise while fiddling with things.

 

[Spike]

Conquest of the Longbow reminds me a bit of the tv-show Robin of Sherwood, which also had some fantasy elements, I wonder if it was partially influenced by it.

Been meaning to watch this show at some point. This, and Arthur of the Britons. And others...Lots of good stuff from back in the day.

 

[Hagashager]

I'm partial to Sharpes. Good piece of '90s Britonian Masturbation. It stars Sean Bean!

https://youtu.be/ZqYVubRIDuU?si=YrVRTw3IdJJSDTm7

 

[911 Jumper]

Watched a bit of NeverKnowsBest's recent vid on bad games. I plan to stick with it out of curiosity.

Classic Gaming Quarterly's console launch vids are pretty good. Here's the one for the Dreamcast (no memes or bad language, which is always welcome):

 

[HansDampf]

Codex's favorite lullaby channel has posted another one.

Interesting topic, but the video could have been half the length. He tends to repeat himself often.

 

[Rahdulan]

Codex's favorite lullaby channel has posted another one.

He conveniently dances around the subject of why this seems like a year stacked with outstanding games - continued practice of score inflation. He touches on community Metacritic ratings due to how prominent 0s and 10s are, but that's just people having a naive notion of "fighting" the critics' ratings, and those are the real issue. Let's be honest and just say most of those highly vaunted titles like new Zelda or Spider-Man are just 7.5 rehashed sequels at best. Novelty of the last game, whatever it may have been, cannot apply to the sequel as well. There can never be genuinely meaningful scores as long as people treat AVERAGE as some kind of dirty word.