Anarchic Fox on 23/4/2020 at 00:15
Quote Posted by Sulphur
I have plenty of sympathy for people with mental issues; but like Jesh says, having mental issues doesn't mean their actions can be excused or waved away.
I don't know anything about Boogie1488. However, I strongly agree with the above, and I'm speaking as a person with severe mental illness. As flawed as I am, I would be a far worse person today if I had allowed myself to use my illness as an excuse.
Thirith on 23/4/2020 at 06:54
On a different note, while (
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyNtlmLB73-7gtlBz00XOQQ) Folding Ideas and (
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fdssPqmmGhkhsJi4VcckA) Innuendo Studios mostly focus on other issues than games, I've enjoyed many of their game-related videos in the past, such as the following:
[video=youtube;4N6y6LEwsKc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N6y6LEwsKc[/video]
[video=youtube;ZHmivGmkjJw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHmivGmkjJw[/video]
They both very much come at it from an angle of cultural criticism/critique, though, and they unapologetically veer into the political. If you mind that, you're likely not to enjoy their work.
Starker on 23/4/2020 at 08:47
If game critique is what you want, I've enjoyed Errant Signal quite a bit. He occasionally veers into the more academic analysis side of things and also looks at lesser known indies from time to time. Right now, though, he's doing a series on early 90s FPS games:
[video=youtube;ZWjEqxoido0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWjEqxoido0[/video]
Jason Moyer on 23/4/2020 at 09:52
Errant Signal is great. I don't watch all of his videos, because a necessary part of his critiques is spoiling the game story/mechanics, but the stuff I've seen is great.
henke on 23/4/2020 at 17:04
(
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_6gVNVQOgq6MGDdt3h8HQ) Cloth Map uploads rarely but has some good content. Hosted by Drew Scanlon (of blinking_man.gif fame), it features interviews with game developers the world over. Their most recent video is this interview with Croteam, and it's pretty interesting hearing about just how hard it was to get a game dev studio off the ground in early 2000s Croatia.
[video=youtube;9AA33_8S4e8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AA33_8S4e8[/video]
Mr.Duck on 24/4/2020 at 06:15
LALALALALALAAAA, THERE ARE NO TREES IN THIS FOREST, WHAT THE FUCK?
OW. I BUMPED INTO A TREE.
WHERE IS IT NOW? YOUR SHITTING ME.
LALALALALALALALA, I SEE NOTHING!
june gloom on 29/4/2020 at 17:52
Folding Ideas is unquestionably one of the best channels on Youtube. I particularly liked his explainer on creepy kids' animation on Youtube and how people abuse the algorithm:
[video=youtube;LKp2gikIkD8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKp2gikIkD8[/video]
PigLick on 30/4/2020 at 09:21
The thing I dont get about that is why the creepy weirdass content? Surely if this is exploitation of algorithms for increased ad revenue streams, why wouldnt you make the content as safe and kid friendly as possible? Instead of Spiderman injects stuff up pregnant elsa ass, why not spiderman and elsa take a walk in a park. Kids would watch either just as much, and the safe content would fly under the radar so much more.
One would have to assume that at least some of it is made with malicious intent, which is fucked.
Also, dont let your 3-4 year old kid watch youtube unsupervised
henke on 30/4/2020 at 09:54
but it it wasn't for kids animation youtube we wouldn't have this masterpiece.
[video=youtube;Lw9vndDS88I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw9vndDS88I[/video]
Jeshibu on 30/4/2020 at 10:47
Quote Posted by PigLick
The thing I dont get about that is why the creepy weirdass content? Surely if this is exploitation of algorithms for increased ad revenue streams, why wouldnt you make the content as safe and kid friendly as possible? Instead of Spiderman injects stuff up pregnant elsa ass, why not spiderman and elsa take a walk in a park. Kids would watch either just as much, and the safe content would fly under the radar so much more.
One would have to assume that at least some of it is made with malicious intent, which is fucked.
Also, dont let your 3-4 year old kid watch youtube unsupervised
That assumes they're in this for the long haul. If they were, they'd probably just try to make good content. What I think happens is that they're basing the video subjects off of frequently searched words to SEO their titles, and they really don't care about their audience as long as they're getting their hits and ad revenue. They know the grift will be over at some point, so they're going for max profit before it does.
And I think the grift is now officially over, with the new youtube content-for-children policy that means that content for children is now bringing in substantially less revenue.