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Forgot to mention - Tyler J (Cleanprincegaming on Youtube) has been doing a bunch of interesting analysis videos on various games and the backstory behind their development and marketing. It's pretty good if you're actually into that sort of thing.



Sahuagin posted...

no... I appreciate what he does, but he's a little *too* obsessed with focusing on problems in the game industry. like, ok, there are problems, maybe there are a lot of problems, but where's the good stuff?

To be fair, he does talk about games he likes, just less so in his actual Jimquisition episodes and more in other videos on his channel.

But honestly, negative criticism is almost more important and necessary than positive criticism. Because when an awesome game comes out that tons of people love, they're going to blast that shit across the entire Internet in the desperate hope that they can evangelize everyone to love their particular favorite baby as much as they do (even if that sort of hype tends to die down over time). But having someone call out industry bullshit (and occasionally pre-emptively warn potential buyers that a game is going to have those sorts of anti-consumer practices in a game and detract from the overall experience) is pretty invaluable, because most people DON'T do it, and most publishers have a vested interest in silencing that sort of dissent.

I've been steered away from buying games I would otherwise have wasted money on (like Shadow of War) by negative Internet reaction, and I'm very happy it happened. Whereas I almost tune people crowing about how awesome [insert current flavor of the month game here] is because people always seem to be far more ready to heap praise on games that barely deserve it than they are to be critical of games that have terminal problems.



Cruddy_horse posted...

I don't understand how people like that insufferable lard.

Because he's right 90% of the time.

And because a lot of his persona is pretty clearly a deliberate performance. In the same way the Redlettermedia Star Wars prequel reviews are presented by a "character" and not as a serious critical film review (that everyone would have found dry and boring - and certainly wouldn't have constantly forwarded to friends until it pretty much became memetic). In the oversaturated world of Youtube videos, you pretty much have to be an over-the-top character to get enough attention to grow out of being a niche.

And honestly, playing a ridiculous cartoonish villain character is still vastly preferable to the usual immature overreacting shouting manbabies that flood so many popular gaming channels (and Twitch streamers). Just because most YouTube videos are either 12 years old or have the emotional maturity of the same doesn't mean every host or performer should come across like a sixth grader with terminal ADHD.


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