YouTubers You Watch

[Bhazor]

A couple gaming youtube channels I watch

Crowbcat
He's only been doing them a couple of months but he does anti-hype montages of how games or consoles were hyped by the press and then fell apart on release.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTqhyHuKVKA
He also has a really interesting video on the real life inspiration for Dark Soul locations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEnCz6goaB0

Bestfriendsplay
Used to like them a lot but they've gone downhill the last year. Their Machinima series was great but since that ended they've become both more successful and more lazy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kDDLYyo__E
That said their Yakuza 4 lets Play is still a glorious thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOKx_79BEhY
But most of their recent stuff sucks.

[Custard]

Best Friends Play are great, but I do miss their edited videos. Now it's all just lengthy playthroughs, and you need to devote hours to it

I'd recommend their podcast, too. Very rambly, but they discuss other things than just games. Comics, films, telly, etc. Good stuff

[Bhazor]

I don't know, to me they just sound disinterested most of the time.  Pat in paticular just seems to be bored. I think part of it might be that he's fallen into the trap many funny misanthropes fall for of spunking in an attractive lady. Like Charlie Brooker and David Mitchell before him he's going out with a super hot chick and now you can't take his "Oh the world is horrible" jokes seriously. In this case its a hourglass red haired bisexual, bilingual voice actress, who is also a former Hooters waitress and fitness fanatic. Pat meanwhile looks like a fatter, balder, shorter and gingerer Louis CK.

Also Woolie is just getting really fucking annoying with his endless forced rap references and fake hype man stuff.

Again, more popular and more content but with less effort. They've stopped their cleverly scripted and edited videos and just do straight lets plays.

[BritishHobo]

Hmm. So Ethan and Hila of h3h3 are getting sued for copyright infringement. They've done a video derisively talking about the YouTuber who's brought it against them, and reading through the legal documents with disdain.

Now, I don't know much about the law, but isn't that a terrible idea? I know Jim Sterling, presumably under legal advice, has chosen to say NOTHING about the lawsuit he's being faced with. Isn't discussing the case so publicly a terrible idea? All their fans in the comments seem to be under the impression that they can just show this video in court and the judge and jury will roll about laughing and go 'yeah, fuck that guy!'

On top of all that, I feel like the user may have more of a case than they're all confidently thinking. If they used enough of his video without permission, it won't matter how many platitudes they or their commenters have about what should be right on YouTube.

I say this as someone who's a big fan of their channel - it just all seems a bit ill-advised, to me.

[lazarou]

Youtubers seem to think Fair Use is an almost limitless shield against any and all content claims, and I can't help but feel someone's going to get proved very wrong on that fairly soon. I'm sure there's more than a few out there who would get absolutely slaughtered if certain rights owners actually pushed their case, and the only thing that seems to be stopping something like that is the risk of bad PR or it simply not being worth their time. Someone's bound to piss someone off enough eventually though, and it's going to be a right fucking mess.

[BritishHobo]

Indeed. Fair enough for them to dream of a free YouTube where you can use clips to your heart's content, but when a very real court case comes about, you can't just toss around 'Fair Use' as a catch-all. Shit, if they lose this lawsuit then a precedent will have been set that should leave most of these 'reaction' YouTubers cacking themselves.

I rarely read YouTube comments, and this is a great example of why. The majority of people on that video seem completely out of touch with reality, or anything outside of YouTube drama.

[Barry Admin]

I've recently had to admit to myself that I do actually like Angry Joe and Onision.

With Angry Joe, you have to overlook the embarrassing catchphrases ("they done fucked it up"), and the occasional contrived rage-mode. Oh, and his influence on other YouTubers, who think screaming and shouting automatically makes them interesting. His long-form reviews are really well informed, and he usually tells you all you need to know.

Onision is the cunt's cunt. The sort of quality shit-house that Leafy wants to be. Leafy really is AIDS. Anyway, Onision's been doing more interesting videos, with different styles, of late, and he's much improved for it. Was bored of seeing him just sitting in the corner of the screen, reacting.

The ultra-harsh jump-cutting is still a bit annoying, but that's YouTube for you. He's very entertaining, and superb at being provocative. Well worth checking out if you enjoy a quality bastard.

And The Banana Song genuinely is wonderful.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LH5ay10RTGY

[Kelvin]

I've mentioned him before on here, but I really like this guy's videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-b6fNXAV-0

Sometimes ridiculous, sometimes sexy, always impressive. I really like how loose he keeps his movements, how he's more interested in improvising, dancing in the moment, rather than choreographing entire routines. He's also got great taste in music and provides me with half the stuff I listen to these days.

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I also like Josh Thomas, of the Bitblock; a Nintendo focused channel that makes far more effort than most Lets Players and games vloggers. I don't really agree with many of his opinions on Nintendo news stories, but I like how contrary and eccentric he is; he only plays "wintery" games at winter, only plays "summery" games during summer, he decorated the set in his flat to look like a pirate ship for 10 days themed around Disney games: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AisjTSRUWuQ

and devoted months to making idealised games for his "Make Believe" series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt1LHFlBO6M

But on top of that, he's an interesting combination of cynical and innocent, bad tempered and whimsical. An unconventional voice who eschews - and actively dislikes - the tropes and choices of many vloggers in the same field. 

[biggytitbo]

Nostalgia Nerd is good for retro games and old computer/tech stuff - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7qPftDWPw9XuExpSgfkmJQ

[Twed]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-RvYV9cvOA

This guy. Fishing, cooking low-carb meals and always smiling. He's lovely.

[Rolf Lundgren]

I love James and Mike Mondays from AVGN, especially when they have Bootsy in who is like a zen master of Nintendo gaming. The video where he completes Battletoads is a joy to watch but most of their videos are the same and remind me of sitting around with my brothers and my friends growing up playing games.

I still watch Boogie2988 but he really is dull. It doesn't help that I don't care about Pokemon Go or Magic. I do wonder about his popularity though because he is insanely loved on there. I think his life of making videos, playing games and hanging out with friends is an inspiration to a lot of them but he doesn't look in the best of health and I hope he can get the help he needs.

[marquis_de_sad]

I still watch Boogie2988 but he really is dull. It doesn't help that I don't care about Pokemon Go or Magic. I do wonder about his popularity though because he is insanely loved on there. I think his life of making videos, playing games and hanging out with friends is an inspiration to a lot of them but he doesn't look in the best of health and I hope he can get the help he needs.

I've never been a big fan (although some of the Francis stuff is very funny) but I think the reason he's so loved might be because he somehow managed to cultivate an audience that weren't being edgy cunts to each other in the comments and were actually often very supportive. It was a rarity to not have a comment section full of what's now called "cancer" and probably makes a lot of his fans see him as a mate rather than someone who has to always be entertaining.

[BritishHobo]

I was watching a clip of him on Supersize vs Superskinny the other day and was pretty shocked by what he said about his health. I guess I just never thought about it, I don't watch him that much so I only ever see his little head in the thumbnails. He was talking about a lot of his organs starting to fail, and how on his wedding day he physically couldn't dance with his wife. Pretty heartbreaking stuff.

I've always enjoyed his Francis videos. Just playing a real-life Cartman from South Park, gleefully revelling in all the immature tantrums. And the running joke of him being an increasingly unwanted presence in his sister's house, resenting her new boyfriend more and more. Must be fun to act. And while I avoid YouTube drama like dogshit in the street (there's almost nothing I could care about less than fucking YouTube drama), he seems like a pretty levelheaded mediator who looks past tribal notions and just calls for calm.

[Puce Moment]

What's the worst and most embarrassing channel that you actually regularly watch that you would prefer people didn't know about?

My nomination would be Wreckless Eating.

Shit and childish, but also quite earnest. I can't even eat 99% of the food.

[Rolf Lundgren]

I've never been a big fan (although some of the Francis stuff is very funny) but I think the reason he's so loved might be because he somehow managed to cultivate an audience that weren't being edgy cunts to each other in the comments and were actually often very supportive. It was a rarity to not have a comment section full of what's now called "cancer" and probably makes a lot of his fans see him as a mate rather than someone who has to always be entertaining.

You're right and the few people who do leave nasty comments are heavily rounded on and shouted down. There does seem to be something genuine about him too compared to other YouTubers. He is a guy who enjoys doing what he does and would still be doing the same thing if he had 3 subscribers instead of 3 million.

I was watching a clip of him on Supersize vs Superskinny the other day and was pretty shocked by what he said about his health. I guess I just never thought about it, I don't watch him that much so I only ever see his little head in the thumbnails. He was talking about a lot of his organs starting to fail, and how on his wedding day he physically couldn't dance with his wife. Pretty heartbreaking stuff.

Any video where he talks about his health is very eye-opening and it doesn't look like it's going to change. He had to knock Pokemon Go on the head because he could only walk for 20 mins at best.

[Black Ship]

Good Mythical Morning.

Love me a bit of Rhett and Link, although some of the food challenges have left me feeling pretty nauseous.

[Natnar]

Good Mythical Morning.

Love me a bit of Rhett and Link, although some of the food challenges have left me feeling pretty nauseous.

I'm a fan of Good Mythical Morning as well ever since i binge watched a load of them last year. It's a shame that they only seem to do quizzes and food/taste tests these days. I liked the early GMMs when they'd talk about more personal stuff and it wasn't just "oh let's see if we can deep fry a iphone" type stuff.

I've also been watching the This Is Dan Bell channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/moviedan/featured

He spends most of the time wandering around abandoned or run down places, such as dead malls,  old asylums and hotels. He's really good at creating a spooky/scary atmosphere.

A playlist of his Dead Mall series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNz4Un92pGNxQ9vNgmnCx7dwchPJGJ3IQ

A playlist of his creepy videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNz4Un92pGNyYF4twxErGwWr5T3RY3yMP

[Spiteface]

I quite enjoy Todd in the Shadows' "One Hit Wonderland" series, even if he stretches the definition of "One Hit Wonder" a little.

[Porter Dimi]

I quite enjoy Todd in the Shadows' "One Hit Wonderland" series, even if he stretches the definition of "One Hit Wonder" a little.

Big fan of his also. Even if he has recently gone down the dreaded Patreon-suggestion route, he's still very informative and entertaining for someone under the TGWTG umbrella.

Also, US one-hit wonders can be drastically different to UK one-hit wonders. As he himself mentions in the Come on Eileen episode, Dexys were much more popular here than in the US.

[Howj Begg]

I also watch Brittany Venti regularly, and adore her.

Want to thank you for introducing me to her, she's is brill. Some of the best corpsing I've ever seen. Admirable dedication to the hateful inanity of her character.

[hedgehog90]

Techmoan.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan

Excellent channel if you're somewhat into tech but not a total geek.
He mainly reviews small cameras...  skip that shit, the best stuff is where he demonstrates an old extinct bit of tech, particularly music players and recording formats.
It's fascinating to see all the different formats which failed. I'd heard of laserdisc but have you ever heard of the RCA CED videodisc?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LrPe0rwXOU

His video on cassette tapes is very good too, dispelling many myths on tape audio fidelity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVoSQP2yUYA

Just flick through his videos, avoid the shit that looks dull because they often are. I watch them anyway cos I like his dulcet tones.
Seems like a nice chap too.

[C_Larence]

Dashie.

I generally hate let's players, and Dashie has everything that I dislike about them. He's not particularly witty, most of his jokes are crude, he's very loud and his fanbase is pretty dumb judging from their comments. However, there is something I find so inherently watchable about his videos. I think it's the editing. I could spend hours watching the snippets he puts at the beginning of his videos, even though they are essentially the same joke a lot of the time (loud shouting cutting off abruptly). See:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oWa-PUgQKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2hko56Sln0 (the death at 3:00 is good too)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nx4LAdFrCM

His Mario Maker videos are probably my favourites, he plays levels made by his viewers. I find the way he sings along with the "bah"s. (https://youtu.be/NzyVopQqOeU?t=2m45s) very endearing.

He hates Donkey Kong too, which is kind of funny. Recently he played Mario Kart with 11 other players all playing as Donkey Kong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlrsdZ_1J7M

[Bhazor]

Another gaming series Twin Perfect's The Real Silent Hill Experience. An exhaustive look at everything Silent Hill from games to comics to films to live interactive haunted house experiences. Ranging in length and tone from 10 minute love letters to Silent Hill 3 through to a brutal 2 hour autopsy of Silent Hill HD's twitching cadaver. Always presented with a thread of self aware nihilism and pomposity that occasionaly breaks into weird skits mid review. I mainly like them because they make Silent Hill fans who like the new games utterly furious. Nevertheless they know their spuds when it comes to twitchy bloody horse meat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wya4XhTPMcc

[Bhazor]

Viva Reverie

A MyLittlePony account that happens to do some of the funniest mini videos on youtube. If nothing else it shows that no matter what you say acuse 4chan of they will make a point of pride to be far far worse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL0sh5vKrjA&list=PLQEGe-lOzOlbJLctfpbKSSLkC_Ct287f8&index=1

[Ron Maels Moustache]

I've also been watching the This Is Dan Bell channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/moviedan/featured

He spends most of the time wandering around abandoned or run down places, such as dead malls,  old asylums and hotels. He's really good at creating a spooky/scary atmosphere.

A playlist of his Dead Mall series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNz4Un92pGNxQ9vNgmnCx7dwchPJGJ3IQ

A playlist of his creepy videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNz4Un92pGNyYF4twxErGwWr5T3RY3yMP

Good call, his stuff is really good. The fact that he doesn't oversell the creepiness makes it all the more unsettling when creepy things do happen.

I'm halfway through the one where him and his mate are in the abandoned meat factory. Jesus, it's horrific, genuinely like a real-life Silent Hill level. What possessed him to go there three times?

[Black Ship]

Zombie go Boom is always good, messy fun, especially if you have a slight weapons fetish like me.

Also, love me a bit of Slow-Mo guys. Mentally taking bets on how Dan is going to be injured this time.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw is a bit hit and miss as a games reviewer (all too often falling into that internet thing of being hyperbolically negative instead of insightful) but I've enjoyed his, now concluded, Let's Drown Out series; a combination of Let's Play and podcast, in which he and his Aussie chum Gabriel play through a game while having rambling conversations over the top - the first episode has them divert from discussing Quake 2 to Gabriel cheerfully recounting his past as a self-harming alcoholic.

This Is Dan Bell channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/moviedan/featured

He spends most of the time wandering around abandoned or run down places, such as dead malls,  old asylums and hotels. He's really good at creating a spooky/scary atmosphere.

Techmoan.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan

Excellent channel if you're somewhat into tech but not a total geek... the best stuff is where he demonstrates an old extinct bit of tech, particularly music players and recording formats.
It's fascinating to see all the different formats which failed. I'd heard of laserdisc but have you ever heard of the RCA CED videodisc?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LrPe0rwXOU

Great. I love all this kind of stuff.

[biggytitbo]

I think Kim Justice's channel is just about the best source of retro gaming documentaries available, often touching on films, tv and so on as con text for the gaming. Really top quality stuff and so much of it - Kim's[nb]not sure how he prefers to be addressed as he is transexual[/nb] recent docs on Psygnosis, Peter Molyneux and Ocean software are stellar stuff an a must watch for anyone with even the slightest interest in the subject.

[Twed]

Happy to be a supporter of Kim Justice on Patreon.

[Dannyhood91]

Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw is a bit hit and miss as a games reviewer (all too often falling into that internet thing of being hyperbolically negative instead of insightful) but I've enjoyed his, now concluded, Let's Drown Out series; a combination of Let's Play and podcast, in which he and his Aussie chum Gabriel play through a game while having rambling conversations over the top - the first episode has them divert from discussing Quake 2 to Gabriel cheerfully recounting his past as a self-harming alcoholic.
Great. I love all this kind of stuff.

I love his Podcast. It's a shame it's finished now because he's buggered off to the USA.