/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2619319
trollboi/10

>>2619319
Get out of here. Youtubers and the hipsters and youngfags who watch them are the reason prices are so retarded now.

>>2619319
Get outta' here.

Don't do this.

my wife and I love AVGN

>>2619345
>>2619360

I agree. Even so, fuck off.

OP, I also like Gamesacks, they may not be funny all the time but they know what they are talking about and have a neat collection. I fucking loved their Ys episode.

I also like Metal Jesus Rocks, his videos are good and straight to the point (that is, the fucking games) and he even gives tips for collecting.

>>2619330
>>2619345
>>2619352
>>2619360
>>2619439
You realized these threads wouldn't be such a problem if you all didn't have these knee-jerk reactions the moment they're started?

>>2619319
pewdiepie is the berst of corus!

>>2619516
when has that screaming faggot ever played a retro game?

Classic Game Room is obligatory. I also enjoy James Rolfes out-of-character game videos like his 16-bit console smackdown. The Let's Plays are hit and miss. More hits though.

Come to think about it, that's about all I watch right now. Who else is worth following these days?

>>2619541
Pretty sure they were being facetious.

The only acceptable youtube videos about retro games are longplays/let's plays where nobody talks and there's no outside audio besides the game itself. Youtube 'celebrities' are a blight.

>>2619541
God help us if he actually did. It's already bad enough with the likes of AVGN and Game Grumps driving up prices.

I find Bootsy Spankins's new walkthrough series to be decent. I'm sure people will call it eceleb bullshit, but it is certainly more game-focused than Arino playing on GCCX.

I liek JonTron xD

>>2619612
lol he yells a lot xD

>>2619541
He played Conker's Bad Fur Day.

Do guys like pukedikpie, schlongthong and the lame grumps actually go out and buy these games, or are they also emulator fags?

>>2619631
their beta cuck fans give them their own games to play

>>2619631
why wouldn't they, they are rich

>>2619319
gggggggggggggguuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I like Le Shouty Man. He screams and yells a lot whilst playing video games. It's great because I get to pretend he's my friend and that I'm not a 14 year old loser with no friends!

>>2619345
>e-celebs get out REEEEEEEE

>>2619319

Game Sack is terrible. Their videos are poorly researched, they hate on any game they can't work out within 5 seconds of playing, their presentation is stiff and unnatural, their "humour" is cringy and their little fanboy vs. fanboy thing annoys the shit out of me. Most of all I just can't stand the Sega one; I forget his name. Like, just fundamentally as a human being I dislike him. He has a stupid face with weird, baby-like fine hair that he styles like his mother probably did when he was 5. He has these caveman teeth that add a slight wispiness to everything he says and his body looks like a basketball with two sticks taped on. Fuck him.

My niece told be she wanted to grow up to be a youtuber the other day. I wasn't sure how to respond.

>>2619553
I enjoy the passion from both of them for classic gaming but CGR doesn't go very deep review-wise and the AVGN shtick I never found funny.

>>2619695
Smother her with a pillow. I'm sorry bro but it's the only way.

>>2619707

This. You'd be doing her, her parents and frankly the world a service.

I like AVGN, even if I disagree with him a lot of the time, and rarely find the toilet humor funny. I'll say that his Nerd videos hasn't all been the best the past year or so. I like Board James but they've become so oddly dark lately.
His better videos are the ones where he focuses on a topic, like the Jaguar, Castlevania, Sega 32X/CD, NES Accessories, or Pong Console videos.
His opinions are typically more nuanced out of character, I like his film buff stuff.
Some people here have a gargantuan hateboner for him.

Pat is kind of interesting, if only because he shows games which aren't necessarily declared the best/worst all the time, sometimes they just are. His awkward humor is sort of charming sometimes.

Ashens sometimes shows old European computer games which can be interesting.

Say, anyone think of a channel which talks a bit about gaming before the NES? Like goes a bit into the history of companies and all that.

> Game Sack for me. Yes it's stiff and unnatural but it's interesting to me.

> Metal Jesus Rocks used to be OK, but he's gotten very stale and full of himself since he split from All Gen Gamers. I don't watch his stuff that often anymore, also he says "guys" too much and isn't very good with scripting his shows which is something I can't stand

> The other All Gen gamers members are pretty lame now, pete door is annoying as hell. Gamester81 never researches shit and just strikes me as a con man all around. Dunno what how to describe it, just a feeling. Jason Heine is OK, drum solos are top notch.

> CGR and CGR Undertow are musts as well, but there's just so much rift raft to go through now. Still top notch, even with the annoying ginger kid on Undertow

> HappyConsoleGamer occasionally, he has good taste in 16-32 bit era stuff, but more of a short talk show more than anything now.

> Then there's the Normal Boots channel where Jon Tron also lives. OK not great

> Last, Retroware TV has a great series of documentaries ongoing describing the years of gaming since the 70's. They're up to 88 now. I just don't like this "Interview" style, who the fuck are you talking to??

That's all the comes to mind.

>>2619717
Oh and I have to mention Lazy Game Reviews (LGR) for PC games. Dude is awesome for retro PC stuff and oddware. Just ignore his millions of sims related videow

>>2619716
>>Say, anyone think of a channel which talks a bit about gaming before the NES? Like goes a bit into the history of companies and all that.
The Video Game Years

>>2619695
It's a cushy job if you can make it big, but that assumes she has something to capture people's attention.

Let her try, worst thing that happens is nobody cares and she moves on with her life. Best case, she actually lands herself a sweet spot and earns six figures a month.

>>2619716
Oh, and I guess JonTron.

>>2619723
Alright, I'll check that out.

>>2619724
Maybe she'll get big boobs, that would certainly help her career.

>>2619724
She's at a weird stage where she draws youtubers, minecraft, and youtubers youtubing minecraft with crayon. She will go to college and, god willing, have a normal job. There is still time to correct.

I like this guy.

https://youtu.be/SHiFWVZDwiM?t=9m30s

>>2619510
Nope because then you'd feel as if your kind is welcome here and then spread your toxic shitposting into unrelated threads. I don't need to see ebin Youtube memes in discussions about my favorite 3DO games.

I find it funny that almost every shitpost is from people complaining how awful these threads, some even before anyone else could even post something relevant.

Anyway, I like lukemorse1. He doesn't seem to update too often, but I like the simple presentation, how little he seems to care about popularity, and the "you never know what he'll post next" nature of his videos.

>>2619764
You got it mixed up buckaroo. Posting positively about Youtube is the real shitposting here, take your lil fanclub back to /v/ kiddo.

>>2619757
This is stunningly similar to the mindset of The Reddit Scare of /v/, which was without a doubt the most cancerous response to a problem in the history of 4chan.

>>2619607
Agreed. What a breath of fresh air.

I enjoy an episode of Chrontendo before bed as well. And, say what you will about the guy, but I always found Jew Wario's famicom game reviews enjoyable. Damn shame.

>>2619660
I don't like Joe much either, but he's nowhere near the cunt you are, buddy.

>>2619802
Hey buddy why don't you go to /v/ and reddit where they freely discuss ecelebs 24/7 while leaving this board alone mmmmkay?

e-celebs go on /v/

The 14 year olds there will appreciate it more.

Thanks.

>>2619816
Yeah look at how this mindset worked for /v/, they're now Reddit central.

It's as if the US lost to the Soviet Union and became a communist state. How fucking worthless.
Keep shitting where you eat I guess.

>>2619717
For all his cringe-inducing banter, I still think HappyConsoleGamer is an authentic and enjoyable guy. I'm not really a fan of his content, but I enjoy his personality and demeanor.

Not retro

>watch a game sack video
>they trash the shit out of Chibi Robo saying it's a crappy game

Fucking retarded assholes. Youtubers are cancer.

Do the GCCX threads get this many shitposters bitching?

I like Game Theory.

>>2619829
I like johnny too, he used to really piss me off but I like his videos when hes actually talking about his experiences when he was growing up. Him talking about current gaming news though is no thanks.

>>2619717
MJR kind of sucks cause all his hidden gems videos are all shit that everybody and their dog knows already. I agree pete door is fucking awful, it saddens me people actually watch that autistic cunt and give him money.

>>2619902
Dave never said that faggot, he just said that he didn't like it. You shitty fucking gamecube kids have horrible taste though so you don't even know what a good game is.

I really like Jeremy Parish's Gameboy World.
Its a nice and well informed show.
Some people find his voice monotonous, but I like it.

>>2619979
>hidden gems videos are all shit that everybody and their dog knows already
The thing is that there are no hidden gems anymore, we're talking about a game library that is 25+ years old. Nearly everything has been dumped, played, and discussed. Even unreleased prototypes like Bio Force Ape are relatively well known. This is why streamers and youtubers are now doing bootlegs and edutainment, there's nothing obscure left -- maybe old DOS shareware or spreadsheets.

>>2619987
>Jeremy Parish
That dude is pretty awesome, he's been around since The GIA in the late 1990s.

>>2620007
>That dude is pretty awesome
I only know him through the couple of Retronauts I've listened to, but he seemed pretty clueless to me. Also sage for not /vr/ related.

>>2620007
Yeah I hate to show my age as a youngun, but I grew up on his Retronauts podcast.
>>2620012
Wait how is this not retro related?

Classic Game Room master race

>>2620019
>how is this not retro related?
This board is for the discussion of classic, or "retro" games. Retro gaming means consoles, computer games, arcade games (including pinball) and any other forms of video games on platforms launched in 1999 and earlier.

>>2620043
So we are allowed to talk about old games but, not about other people who talk about old games?
That's just stupid.

>>2619319
Game Sack is awesome. good blend of /vr/ information and humor. I regularly marathon episodes

Joe Redifer is based

He's not really youtube, but I like ProtonJon.

I just hope one day he actually gets all the recording done with Superman.

Ehh, not so sure about Game Sack. Their videos are super informative but goddamn they are fucking awkward as shit.

>>2620107
They are, and the bald one is an idiot who just likes bright colors, but they admit they are awkward and play on it, so whatever.

My Life in Gaming is pretty good

their RGB 101 videos about scart and scalers and shit are interesting even though I'm not going to use the information

also their theme song and opening sequence are top notch. that shouldn't seem like it affects anything, but it makes me more eager to start up the video when they put out a new one.

https://youtu.be/r3QNALuSkLA

>>2619319
>Best Retro Gaming YouTubers?

I like "sage, "report" and "hide".

What are Game Sack's best videos?

>>2620131
mega drive shooters

>>2620131
Any of the system-based ones.

>>2619717
With Normal Boots in mind I do enjoy ProJared because he is informative and funny.

Also I really like Continueshow if I just want good comedy and banter though I will admit some episodes are better than others but if you ever find a good episode it's really good.

as well as Jontron if he ever put out any content, I understand that he probably makes good money seeing that he lives in an apartment in Manhattan but damn dude, your last main content video was months ago (not counting StarCade because that's more of a Maker/Polaris thing)

I like PBG but a ton of his stuff is really hit or miss a lot of his silly humor just gets old after a few videos in a row. I do like his gameplay stuff and his new show PB & Jeff (Jeff being another pretty good Youtuber Spachamster but he does more abandonware ,edutainment games and some bootlegs)

the only correct answer to the OP is ROSS'S GAME DUNGEON.

>>2619619
and the robotic parrot xDD

I think I've unsubscribed from pretty much every gaming channel on youtube. But I am super picky with my subs.

Even Cinemassacre finally bit it.

I can't stand watching other people play games in the youtube format, its so I dunno, just soul less. Same thing with "reviews". Everyone and their mother reviews. I don't care to see "Pseudo-angry nerd review #17" about "obscure retro game you've never heard of" :Skyblazer.

Its old. The schtick is done. The really sad part was my friends and I were all ready to do a podcast about it then we just decided it was a stupid waste of time since its only worth it if you're popular, and you only get popular by being a panderer. So if you want to get the views, you gotta talk about shit everyone already knows and loves with a contrarian opinion, which is stupid as fuck.

Call me old and bitter. I just play my games and stream them so my friends can watch if they wanna nostalgia bomb or give me hints or tips if I've never played before. But streaming is also incredibly cancerous and the average twitch user is a fucking retard.

There's this one, she's a mix of /v/ /vr/ and /a/, Erika Szabo. BUT... do some googling and see what she did before this.. haven't found any of her old articles. kek

>>2620208
dude pete door gets views and hes the most autistic cringelord cretin ever and people still eat his shit up. I thought about making my own videos not for views or anything but just because there are games I know about I think other people should try and I want to share that with them. I have had the same feeling like you do then I see the LJN defender, darksydephil, and all these other fucking retards with huge fanbases and realize I could do it too. Quality doesn't matter apparently you just have to talk vidya.

>>2620230
shitty typical gamer girl

>>2620241
used to do Dildo and general sex toy reviews. Site is long gone, but there's an interview with her about it out there and it's listed in her linkdin

>>2620084
how can anyone like these guys? they are so opinionated and complain about the smallest shit.

>>2620245
you can find the articles on wayback machine for the site xoxoamore.com

>>2620245
doesn't surprise me those girls with the shitty died hair always love to pretend to be sexually open and love that kind of stuff but when you actually get them in the sack they just lay there like a beanbag chair.

>>2620265
They don't realize that having dyed hair isn't a substitute fora personality bruv.

>>2620280
what do you mean don't you see my hair it's so unique and different. I am an interesting person I swear xD

>>2619720
Second LGR, well researched and lots of nostalgia for old DOS games, systems from the 80s/90s (computers) and weird peripherals from that era

Gaming Historian is definitely one of my favorites. His videos are in depth and heavily researched, the topics are very interesting, and his stuff feels really professional.

>>2620369
Oil up, and hit the gym.

>>2620369
the one he made about Nintendo vs. Tengen is absolutely amazing. It feels so proffesional.

>>2620252
You mean like the average poster on /vr/?

>>2619319
LGR is one of my favs and got me into classic PC gaming. I like clanofthegraywolf his topics are well researched and entertaining but his jokes are cringe worthy but luckily he keeps that to a minimum

I like happy console gamer when he's talking about him growing up playing vidya , I wish he'd do even more of those.
Great material to watch hungover.

I like CGR but I'm kinding get of sick of el camino jokes.

LGR is the best gaming-related channel I know of, the guy is chill and even with his increasing popularity still replies to random posts

I enjoy James and Mike and occasional AVGN videos though they seem to vary between cringeworthy and funny (Atari Sports is prolly the last one I loved)

Classic Game Room is alright but the guy somehow seems to love every game so it's not much of a review at all

Jontron actually makes sketch videos work IMO, I still laugh at his stuff.

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No, Arino apparently doesn't count as eceleb bullshit because he's Japanese or something. It's quite often that you see people spew incredible hatred on gaming channels and defend GCCX at the same time. The dissonance e is hilarious

>>2619909
No, Arino apparently doesn't count as eceleb bullshit because he's Japanese or something. It's quite often that you see people spew incredible hatred on gaming channels and defend GCCX at the same time. The dissonance e is hilarious

>>2619319
Fuck off Game Sack... That Alfred E. Numan looking guy is fucking annoying. The show sucks dick...

Old Game Box is really cool. He advertises himself from time to time on 4chan, but he doesn't get too much attention.

Retro Game On is a fun reviewers and the best, he is not American. Gives some variety, but he is only 95% retro and doesn't focus on a console.

Jimmy Happa and his import series is interesting, but his humor is terrible, really terrible. But he does have good insight and interesting games.

Avalanche Reviews is just pretty damn good, but rarely puts out new content.

Console Wars focus on the console wars, Genesis vs SNES. Shitty humor and decent insight. Can be fun.

Game vs Game for actually good game comparisons. Lot of variety, MD vs SNES, SNES vs GB, NES vs PSP, N64 vs PS1. He has it. Barely any humor, plus for me!

Cygnus Destroyer/The LJN Defender focuses on retro license games. He does these walkthrough reviews that many untalented people use. Still decent, except for the nerd rage. You'll know what I mean.

Mike Ironfist and his Game Boy reviews are great, but it seems like he is dead.

N64 Glenn focuses solely on N64 and is really good, well edited, informative and entirely devoid of humor. A bit dry but it works.

SpaceKappa is actually not as stupid as it sounds. Focuses on cheap retro games. Is decent.

Super Samicom "analyses" all kinds of games, is good, hit or miss humor and dead channel.

Boku no Eruption makes humor based reviews, but with actually insight, unlike JonTron. Some videos are shit, others are great.

SuperDerek reviews RPGs, is informative, shows his face way too much and is boring.

GameBoyle is fantastic through and through.

Hard4Games, they are good and rarely talked about.

>>2619660
I must admit, your oddly accurate physical description made me laugh.

>>2620369
It's fun to occasionally tune in for "what hip aesthetic is he trying to pull off now?" I stopped watching when he started a new "series" every week and most were derivative shit everyone's said and covered before.

>>2620725
>SpaceKappa is actually not as stupid as it sounds. Focuses on cheap retro games. Is decent.

SpaceKappa himself is a tool though. His blog site is alright, but before he started his "Backlog" series, he begged and begged and BEGGED all over social media for his friends to fund his kickstarter for a new camera. I will sorta give him some credit though: his first Backlog video was shit, and someone said it was like he filmed in his mom's basement or something. He brushed it off as "my first hatemail!" but he actually did address that stuff in future videos.

I watch a lot of retro video game channels. Some I watch because I want to learn some cool stuff, others because I just want to be entertained. Some channels I watch just to hear their personal views and experiences with the games. Most of these people I personally know as well, so I've come to trust them as legitimate sources for information.

>LGR
>ClassicGameRoom
>GameSack
>AlphaOmegaSin
>ItsADogandGame
>JKB
>8-BitEric
>PushingUpRoses
>CeeMarshall (Who I discovered right here on 4Chan)
>AVGN
>DeadHorse
>DexTheSwede
>JonTron
>ErikaSzabo
>ErrantSignal
>Furst
>GamingHistorian
>Gamester81
>NitroRad
>Generation16
>GillyTheKid
>HappyConsoleGamer
>GameChasers
>iRetroGamer
>LeftoverCultureReview
>MatthewMatosis
>Spoony
>PortsCenter
>RagnarRox
>SatchbagsGoods
>TheCompletionist
>EasterEggHunter
>LonelyGoomba

And of course, my brothers in arms:
>8BitDuke
>MyLifeInGaming
>GameDave

I'm probably missing a whole bunch but these are just a few of the ones I can think of right now.

>>2620725

All of these channels are pretty solid in my opinion.

Is there a series in which random devout gamers are forced to play games they have never played before and give there raw opinion?

>>2619319
>>2619510
I don't have a problem with these threads, they fit this board just fine. But I am curious why people these days seem to like watching others play games more than playing them themselves.

It just makes no sense to me. Even if you prefer using original hardware, at this point your toaster is probably powerful enough to emulate most of these games. Why don't people try them out for themselves instead of watching other people play them? I'm honestly curious what the appeal of youtubers is.

>>2621168
>AlphaOmegaSin

I can only hope this falls under "to be entertained," in the "by all accounts this should be a cartoon character, but no, this is an actual person" sense.

>>2621231

I watch, listen, and speak to AlphaOmegaSin regularly. He presents his thoughts in a very entertaining and engaging way. We agree on a lot of stuff, but even when I don't I still listen to him. It's important to hear different ideas from your own to broaden your views and give you a better understanding of alternate opinions.

I've taken the chance on some video games that I would never have played just because I listen to folks like Alpha. Tons of people have opinions that differ from my own, but I try not to attack them for it.

>God Tier
- Playing original retro games on original hardware

>Great Tier
- Playing flashcarts of retro games on original hardware

>Good Tier
- Playing retro games emulators

>Shit Tier
- Watching youtube videos where people talk over themselves (or someone else) playing retro games.

>>2621254
>- Watching youtube videos where people talk over themselves (or someone else) playing retro games.
Praise Asgard for World of Longplays

>>2621241
I'd be less inclined to mock AOS if his opinions had more substance. It's not a matter of having to agree with him, it's the presentation of those opinions and their basis. It's also hard to take someone's perspective seriously when they are adhering to tightly to a persona--a cliched one at that--which often feels like a mask. He's like the Guy Fieri of Youtube gamers.

>I speak to AOS regularly

You said you know a lot of these guys personally. Are you part of the "community," or are you overstating the regular exchange of Youtube comments?

It literally says "video game culture" in /v/'s rules and not /vr/s. This is /v/ related, it shouldn't be here.

>>2621189
>But I am curious why people these days seem to like watching others play games more than playing them themselves.

I think it's a matter of investment (but it's also that some people will also show games and stuff which not everyone knows about).
I love the idea, of the old Resident Evil games, the plot is interesting (even if it gets exponentially more convoluted with each entry), the characters, the setting, it's all just really interesting to me.

However, I really have a terrible time trying to make myself adapt to tank controls and fixed cameras, it's a set of controls which never felt right to me, even in the 90's, I don't have the mindset or patience to adapt to them.

If I'm watching someone who's good at these games, I can tag along with the plot and setting and all that without being terribly frustrated by controls and aiming. Of course, it's nowhere near as fun to watch someone play a game as it is to play one yourself.

I really like Resident Evil 4 as an action adventure game, it's kind of campy, it's like the Army Of Darkness of the series, I think it's great, but at the same time, I hate how the later games desperately ape it and fail.

Now, I like how the older games are a bit more low key and down to earth (even though I thought the Plagas and Los Illuminados were pretty cool in their own way), I like the intrigue and stuff, I like the idea of moving through a city full of the undead and biological monsters, research stations, tunnels, etc.
If the remakes of the old games had actual 3D environments allowing for an over the shoulder camera, as well as the aiming system like in 4, I feel I would have no problem at all getting into them.

I would never watch videos of someone playing 4 because it's a game I can easily pick up and play and I'm good at it, and I know what happens.

>>2621189
Paralysis of choice and time invested requirements. There are so many games to play these days, its easier to look up a video of the game than to play it and figure out all the nuances you have to know to get anywhere.

Why buy a game when you can watch some guy play it on youtube for practically free? Why face the trouble of setting up an emulator and sorting through games you may or may not like to find something that MAY be good?

It's basically free, amateur reviews that are presented in the form of being able to actually watch someone play the game than having to read their write up of it.

Thanks for the responses
>>2621324
This is interesting, and I hadn't thought of it like that. I actually feel very similarly about the Resident Evils in that I don't enjoy playing the earlier ones, but had a great time with IV.

I guess the difference with us is that when I don't like something I don't want to watch someone else play it either. The setting and stuff is kind of cool, but not nearly enough to make me want to just watch it. If it works for you though, that's great.

>>2621375
> Why face the trouble of setting up an emulator and sorting through games you may or may not like to find something that MAY be good?

Partly it's that I think emulators are super easy to get working well these days. From my perspective why would I want to spend my time watching videos of games by people who's opinions I might not agree with in the end anyways when I can just boot up the game and try it myself.

But again, if it works for you then cool and thanks for replying. I've never been able to put a ton of stock into reviews since my tastes usually seem out of the norm anyways.

>>2621274

AOS isn't a persona. He's a real person like any of us who likes video games, he just happens to make videos. I know this because I actually physically speak to him.

>>2621462
dude FUCK

I think the issue with "people would rather watch games then play them" is that its way easier to watch someone do something, then do it yourself.

Yes.

Even play a videogame.

A JRPG on average is 20 hours casually. Thats no joke of a time investment, and its usually pretty "focused" in that you need to physically sit there, controller in hand and play through the game, while maybe taking occasional breaks to chat with friends or look something up during your session.

Watching a Lets play or stream (or even a review to a lesser extent) basically lets you have 0 commitment but still get the rewards. You see the ending, you see the cool cutscenes, you see the successes and failures but you literally did nothing. You didn't accomplish anything (yes, even something as simple as beating a game can be considered an accomplishment, especially when the alternative was vegging out on the couch), you didn't gain anything meaningful from the experience, and chances are you've just set yourself up to never actually play the game now because you saw all the good parts, and "basically" finished it "yourself", since you experienced it vicariously.

Reviews are another beast. They usually are super digestible in length (10-30 minutes), are entertaining/try to be funny, can be informative and almost always rely heavily on showing you most of the cool shit. Its like watching a trailer for a game or movie, you get bombarded with the best segments, and none of the tedium or boring bits.

So yeah, it mostly just equates to it being "easier". I still watch reviews and gameplay (preference is gameplay, I don't want strong opinions either way to really influence my own thinking and decisions) to expose myself to new games to look into purchasing.

But if we're talking retro, you spend 10 seconds on google and you find hundreds of games, hell, most of the libraries are posted at this point for every system.

>>2621462
>>2621168
Oh hey you're back! nice to see you around here. Also how did you get your those 8BitDuke
, MyLifeInGaming, GameDave and the other guy to produce stuff for your channel? Some sort of business deal because it looks like your going from yourself to making it to a big gaming channel. Did you ask other people to join in as well or this what you wanted for now?

>>2621504

My channel started to grow and I had friends who created similar content to what I was doing. I asked them if they wanted to make videos on my channel. I don't own anything they make and I don't collect any money from what they produce. My only goal is that more people watch they awesome stuff they are making. That's it.

>>2621510
Not bashing you because I like your stuff and ask whenever your here
i hope you know who this is[/spoilers]
btw your list is huge and i like a majority of the people there. Awesome now I know. I might want to do something online got any ideas for good places to blog and good ideas for making a successful youtube channel.

>>2621518

If you want to make a successful YouTube channel all I would say is follow these rules that I wrote for myself.

1. Make original & unique content.
2. Be personal and friendly.
3. Don't undermine your viewers.
4. Don't sell out.

The most happily successful people on YouTube follow rules similar to this.

>>2621524
>1. Make original & unique content.
>2. Be personal and friendly.
>3. Don't undermine your viewers.
>4. Don't sell out.

I think thats exactly how you make an unsuccessful youtube channel friend.

I think your list should look more like this:
1. Pander like a mother fucker
2. Sellout like a mother fucker
3. Have high production values

>>2621491
>lets you have 0 commitment but still get the rewards.
>You see the ending, you see the cool cutscenes, you see the successes and failures but you literally did nothing.

This is where it gets me, but to me seeing the cutscenes and whatnot is never my interest when playing a game. In fact that's the part I usually skip if the game lets me. I rarely even sit through endings. I don't even want to watch the cutscenes of a game I'm playing, I can't imagine wanting to watch the cutscenes of a game I'm not.

For me, the fun of games has always been entirely in playing them. I boot something up, see if I enjoy what the game is giving me and if I do then I keep playing it. It's all about the gameplay, and I'd far rather just experience it myself than watch a video describing what it would be like if I was playing it.

With Playstation era on up it makes a little more sense since there's a time investment in downloading full disk images. But for 16 bit and earlier I'd always rather just play.

>>2621527
i mean he's pretty successful not whiteknighting but do you have anything to say ? I know some people hate ecelebs in general all over the boards but i think this is why people usually avoid coming here but this is still 10x better than leddit or 9gag.

>>2621531
49k subs is hardly what I'd call "successful"

Maybe on the way to being successful, but you should always look to the big guys. The guys with 100k, 500k, 1 million subs.

He's basically giving really fucking shitty advice and people are eating it up because he's "e-famous'

Oh yeah.

4. Get lucky like a mother fucker.

>>2621527

I don't mark success by viewership numbers or the amount of subscribers I have. My channel is small, but even if I had no viewers I would still be making what I do. The rules I mentioned are the ones I follow and they've worked for me so far.

>>2621538
>4. Get lucky like a mother fucker
I def agree with that its no wonder alot of those people like pewdiepie and markphile and anita sharkquiesha.
>49k subs is hardly what i call successful
idk he might be happy with that but im not him. some people enjoy having dedicate fanbases rather than mil subs and all them being retarded 13 year olds screaming and sucking all the shit other people let out.

>>2620117

Probably the most informative video. I knew everything except for C-SYNC vs Composite on Sync. Good shit.

>>2621538
Dude, not him, but if I had almost fifty thousand people following me, I'd probably be comfortable with that.

I'd rather reach 50k people I who actually share my point of view than trying to appeal to a million all at once.

>>2621462
This brings us back to "by all accounts this should be a cartoon character, but no, this is an actual person."

>>2619660
So glad you can find the time to pop in every thread about this subject to give your same exact, detailed analysis of Joe's physical appearance. I was about to go check out their channel, but thank God you were there to warn me about how ugly he is! Listening to them would have been a total waste of time, on account of how ugly they are. I will only watch Youtubers with nice teeth and hair like Pewdiepie because I don't want anyone's ugly opinions and physically unattractive content rubbing off on me.

Stanburdman is an underrated reviewer. His honesty and genuineness makes up for his sometimes questionable opinions.

LGR is great.

>>2619319
>piewdipieee is le funny xD
Nah, I'd rather play games than watch people play them unless I'm watching a walkthrough or something. I never understood how people watch hours of let's plays rather than actually playing the damn game.

I like Yo Videogames when they do retro stuff.

Well, I like Simmons anyway. Max is just kinda "there" half the time.

>>2621939
>all videogame related content on youtube is let's plays
>before PDP they didn't exist
What?

>>2621168
you remember some shitty tumblr hair dildo reviewer but not turboviews on of the best channels on youtube? They call you re rez cause you scrape rez out of old weed pipes and smoke it cause you blunted as fuck.

>>2621462
so he's actually a sperglord little chimpmunk in real life too. Guy is the biggest example of autistic metalhead ever, if I ever saw him at a bolt thrower concert I would kick his fucking stupid chipmunk teeth into the stage. AoS is a complete faggot who can't convey his thoughts at an adult level and has to resort to saying fuck every other word. I hate the angry video game chipmunk and I hate how he is starting to permeate every channel with his autism.

>>2619319
ITT: neo-/v/

>>2622110
>if I ever saw him at a bolt thrower concert I would kick his fucking stupid chipmunk teeth into the stage

Because he made some videos you didn't like? That's really stupid of you.

>>2622126
no because he's a poseur faggot who should go find a genre of music more suited to his faggotry.

>>2622125
>Nintentdo
>Rockstar
:^)

>>2622139
So says famous internet tough guy: anonymous.

Why are people even arguing about AlphaOmegaSin? He doesn't even have anything to do with retro games. He just uploads 15 minute rants about stupid shit concerning the modern game industry that are completely devoid of editing.

>>2622157
I'd jersey pull that goofy ass job for a faggot shirt right over his head then throw him head first into a wall.

I fucking hate World of Longplays because they're savestate-abusing casual fucks that give you a wrong idea of a game's actual difficulty.

>>2622175
What does that have to do with this thread, if true?

Also, that's a silly reason to hate them. Someone really good can make any game look easy. It doesn't take away from anything.

>>2622187
Usually it's obvious when a player is legitimately really good and when he's just using savestates. Savestates take away a game's legitimacy.

>>2622198
>Savestates take away a game's legitimacy.

Did using the Konami code in Contra take away from its legitimacy? Did the game genie/shark take away from a game's legitimacy?

No, because the vanilla experience is still there.

>>2622175
I hope they reply to me.

>>2622203
>Did using the Konami code in Contra take away from its legitimacy? Did the game genie/shark take away from a game's legitimacy?
yes

>>2622270
No.

>>2622226
>shitty at viddy
adorable

>>2622464
hahahah they replied and confirmed it too. I actually thanked them for the high quality videos cause I honestly don't care I am just a shit disturbed hence the edgy as fuck name. I like the channel cause it helps me decide what I want to buy. Mostly just because they have good footage of games that don't have any other videos.

>>2622453
How much of a casual are you?
You're essentially saying credit-feeding an arcade game is the same as 1cc'ing it.

>>2622485
I wasn't even following the conversation, I just walked in and saw you were upset at some perceived legitimacy concern and wanted to mess with you.

>>2622468
Honestly, I'm okay with this as well since I imagine it makes the recording and editing process a little shorter. Besides, nobody wants to watch someone's fuckups in a longplay.

>>2622453
Maybe.

>>2622575
I don't know.

>>2622573
I don't want to watch someone get a flawless victory on Dracula in Castlevania 3 by savescumming either.

>>2622609
don't watch them, I don't want to watch that either but I do think the videos are handy to see if I want to buy a game cause its more useful than a screenshot. Screenshots cant have annoying sound effects haha

>>2619748
I have 7 nieces, between ages 1 and 14. I'm so happy they're still normies, I would be weirded out if they revered youtubers like that.

>>2622609
I would if I wanted to know a perfect strategy for a boss or something.

>>2622609
Then don't? They already told that other anon their purpose here is to archive games, not to show off how good they are.

Lazy Game Reviews and Classic Gaming Room, the latter being a fellow Pittsburgh native

>>2622609
I don't want to watch someone get a flawless victory on Dracula in Castlevania 3 by savescumming either, the same way as I don't want to watch someone get a flawless victory on Dracula in Castlevania 3 without savesumming either.

Both seem boring as hell compared to getting so I can get a flawless victory on Dracula in Castlevania 3. But watching videos on how to do it is the lamest way of learning. All you're doing is watching someone else who has already figured out the correct patterns so you can copy them yourself. It's so much more satisfying to actually play the game, learn and get better as you go.

I seriously believe kids these days are robbing themselves of a huge part of the satisfaction that can come from video games when they do this.

>>2621324
That's why the Resident Evil books actually exist though. They're pretty decent.

It's always infuriating when I want to look up what a game looks and feels like, type in the name of the game, and have to scroll past dozens of videos where obnoxious assholes are constantly screaming memes into the mic. I just want to know what the gameplay is like, man.

>>2622582
Can you repeat the question?

>>2623371
I don't see those things all that much, but then, I never look at let's plays of newer games.

As for the Resident Evil books, I wouldn't quite know where to find them, I also recall hearing that the writer would inexplicably describe various weapons as being chambered for .22LR (when they are not) for little discernible reason, which would tickle my /k/ autism.

>>2623384
To be frank, I did read them when I was a teenager, so my memory of the books may not be that great. At the very least, they should be enjoyable.

>>2623382
You're not the boss of me now.

>>2623384
To be fair, a pistol in .22lr is probably one of your best bets in an apocalypse scenario.

I know /k/ loves its stoppin powah, but .22lr is so readily available, light as fuck, small as fuck (50 rounds = basically10 9mm size wise)and still has the power to take down a person at close proximity with well aimed shots.

Is there a series where a gamer plays a hidden gem or well known game that they have never played and have no nostalgic ties to and gives there honest first impression and review?

>>2622203
>Did using the Konami code in Contra take away from its legitimacy? Did the game genie/shark take away from a game's legitimacy?

Those codes being there, or the existence of game genies certainly don't take away the game's legitimacy.

However, beating one of them by using codes or a genie certainly does take away the legitimacy of having beat it.

You can enter god mode and no clipping and blaze through Doom in no time at all. But you didn't really beat it.

>>2623371
>have to scroll past dozens of videos where obnoxious assholes are constantly screaming memes into the mic. I just want to know what the gameplay is like, man.

Search for "long plays" and curse the dynamic evolution of language on the internet for creating index terms that aren't helpful unless you already know them.

>>2623483
They're called blind playthroughs.

>>2623451
The Resident Evil books are awful.

>>2623508
Example please...channels?

>>2623509
still better than the movies as far as accurateness goes and not any worse than the odyssey or to kill a mocking bird

>>2623516
>still better than the movies as far as accurateness goes

Whatever you say, Trent.

>>2623514
I don't actually watch many gaming vids on youtube, so I have no recommendations. Its actually kind of hard to find anyone who isn't annoying with their commentary.

>>2623516
I would kill for a great movie adaptation of The Illiad and The Odyssey. I had foolishly high hopes for Troy, having been something of a Pitt fan back then but wow is that movie bad.

Illiad would make an incredible action movie if accurately put on screen though. Achilles finally going into battle, slaughtering so many Trojan soldiers that they start fleeing into the rive to get away from him.

But he follows them and keeps killing, so much that the river becomes so clogged with bodies that the god of the river tries to drown him. But Achilles is too pissed off for that bullshit, a prayer to Athena and gouts of fire start spewing from his head till the whole river is dry and he resumes his slaughter...

God damn that book is so good.

>>2623526
What do you find annoying just curious as I'm about to start a channel of this kind with more than one personality.

>>2623361
I'm this guy >>2622682
Typically I'll bumble through a game the first time, and then go back and watch how it was supposed to be done. I don't care about "spoiling" a game I've already beaten.

>>2623558
Usually I like to see someone providing context for whatever it is they're playing instead of trying to fill air time with reactions or "boom headhshot".

>>2623569
That's fair, and if it's how you like to play games then more power to you. Personally for me, figuring out a boss and how to beat it and then perfect beating it is the fun meat of the game. To each their own though.

>>2623558
-Forced reactions/Acting
-Overreacting
-Yelling, screaming
-Facecams
-Rhetorical questions every 5 seconds
-Parroting memes
Plus some people just have annoying voices or are bad at speaking.

Basically, watch these. It should give you an idea of what not to do.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo4M1tlpv9ruhc93wyQz9MbxdAj_TiUoe

What could you even do thats different with a gaming channel?

I like the idea of a Game Center CX inspired show where its a guy vs. a game with really high production values and maybe bring in a few other people as you go to be "experts" or give tips and tricks.

I also had the idea to do a retrospective on trilogies to compare the good and bad and have a "winner" declared at the end as the definitive entry. But I'll never get around to doing it because I'm a lazy cunt and I don't wanna spend tons of money on Camera equipment.

>>2623463
.22 is handy for lots of things, but there's some issues to consider.

First, .22 out of a pistol barrel isn't the hottest performer.
Second, poor range.
Third, poor penetration
Four, inherently unreliable ignition (I know better quality ammunition is available today, but in the 90's when early RE took place, you'd get way more duds in a box of ammo).
Five, inherently dirty to shoot and will require frequent cleaning.

I would definitively carry around a little AR-7 rifle or 10/22 rifle for SHTF if only because it has lots of versatile purposes and ammo is typically found in large quantities, but I would not want it to be my main gun.
I would prefer to have some sort of centerfire rifle or carbine which is more reliable, has better range, better magazines, and overall better suited for things a .22 just isn't good at.

A .22, even out of a rifle barrel, would be hopelessly underpowered for many of the bioweapons in Resident Evil, that's why I would want something larger. But it'd be fine for picking off lone unaware zombies, or for small game hunting, which is what you want it for, and .22 suppresses quite well, so if you find or make a suppressor, it can be very quiet.

>>2623603
Personally, I'm looking to do an intense retrospective starting at basically a home pong machine and working up through the years from the Atari 2600 in 1977 to basically every year thereafter.

The idea is to play just about all the games that were released in a given year and note where good ideas arose and where games took a concept and did it better than their predecessor.

For example, Legend of Zelda has a whole lot of similarities to Adventure on the 2600, down to the compartmentalized areas even though the NES could handle scrolling just fine. Basically, I want to build a sort of memetic map that covers where ideas are birthed and where they are carried on to future generations.

>>2623508
>>2623514
They don't actually exist. Every so-called "blind" playthrough is actually a fake where they've already played or researched the game before. They'll try to pretend by mispronouncing thing and exaggerating their surprise. They just fake it all because they think it's a draw that will make them the next e-celeb.

>>2620725
>Old Game Box is really cool. He advertises himself from time to time on 4chan, but he doesn't get too much attention.
I didn't see that coming, thanks for mentioning me, man. Glad you like the videos.
Unfortunately I suck at every single aspect of social media.

>>2620725
>Old Game Box is really cool. He advertises himself from time to time on 4chan, but he doesn't get too much attention.
I didn't see that coming, thanks for mentioning me, man. Glad you like the videos.
Unfortunately I suck at every single aspect of social media, so yeah, the low view count is kinda discouraging.
Hey, thanks for liking the content, really. It's very appreciated.

>>2619505

>MetalJesusRocks

Guy is a greedy cunt. Look up his unsuccessful funding for 50K trip and now he is ripping his fans off over Patreon so he can release two or three shitty videos per week..

somecallmejohnny, even though his playthrough channel is pure unadulterated autism at its finest, mainly because of the co-hosts

not totally retro, but he reviews retro games pretty often

also his sonic adventure and sonic 06 reviews are goat

>>2624461
He is a cool reviewer. I like that he doesn't buy into hype. His Shantae and Shovel Knight reviews are a good example.

I liked AVGN a lot, but every AVGN episode that came out after his movie has sucked really bad.

The plot to every episode since his movie has been "epic." Not in the meme sense, but the scale sense.

>dude, big rigs! speed thrice that of infinity!
>dude, hong kong 87! the number between 8 and 7 is 6 and that's three numbers, 666! worldwide conspiracy!
>dude, this makes everything worthwhile! this is awesome! triumphant music plays and a montage of things that are "epic" happens
>dude, FUUUUUUUUUUCK! another montage of "epic" with exploding volcanoes and blooming flowers and shit

Not to mention half of the episode is literally a face shot of james talking into his camera or his forced reactions like laughing.

It's almost like he doesn't know what makes an AVGN episode good. I don't quite know either, but whatever it is, it's been missing since that movie came out.

Ironically I like Mike a lot better and Boots too during James and Mike Mondays. James himself is not only bad at videogames, but it feels like Mike is babysitting him sometimes with how he has to suggest the obvious to James for him to notice. Mike sometimes also has to rescue the videos when James is getting unironically angry over the games by saying something to defuse him, which can be cringey. Not Mike's fault though.

I don't think all this epic stuff is a product of James ego inflating, I just think it's an aftereffect of the AVGN movie and its grandiose plot. I hope it goes away, though. He should downgrade from his HD camera to get back in the mindset.

>>2624585
>
It's almost like he doesn't know what makes an AVGN episode good. I don't quite know either, but whatever it is, it's been missing since that movie came out.

I think overproduced is the word you're looking for. It doesn't feel as natural, and it doesn't feel like an angry nerd in his basement anymore. It feels like he's talking to the audience instead of just filming his pissed off ranting. His HD camera and lighting setup also make it seem less like a dark dingy gaming room.

The charm of his earlier stuff (I particularly enjoy his console reviews, and stuff like the Pong consoles) is its basically a guy just showing stuff off and making interesting, silly, or upset comments about stuff. He was more like a mouthpiece for what the viewer's initial expectations might be. His new stuff doesn't feel that way at all, due to all the production. His focus on "epic" also takes away the ability to relate from the viewer. We've all experienced a game like Dick Tracy, where renting meant playing it and being upset at how shitty it was, but we haven't experienced a grandiose plot of worldwide conspiracy.

I find those sorts of stories amusing now and again, but definitely not in the number's he's been using this season.

I think he needs to take a step back to basics.

>>2624585

Also that 666 conspiracy shit was ripped straight from his SMB 3 episode and in the Beetlejuice episode he lists game design sins with names like "caca-dookie control scheme" or whatever, and that's also ripped from one of his previous episodes more or less.

>>2619319
I agree. Also I like avgn.

>>2623594

How about this one? I actually like his channel a lot

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL266DBEDBE6892C11

>AVGN
Awesome despite the potty mouth.
>JonTron
Hilarious but he only has a handful of videos.
>LGR
How can you NOT like LGR?
>Stanburdman
He's a solid reviewer. None of the humor is forced.
>Game Grumps
If Lets Plays are your thing, these guys are the best.

>>2624958
stanburdmans humor is fucking awful the guy is an annoying faggot hes the epitome of angry video game faggot. He just rants about shitty games everybody and their dog knows are already shitty. Only retards such as yourself would go to that sperglord echo chamber.

>>2624958
>JonTron
>Hilarious but he only has a handful of videos.

>Game Grumps
>If Lets Plays are your thing, these guys are the best.

This is a troll, right?

>>2624991
>He just rants about shitty games everybody and their dog knows are already shitty.
That's every youtuber out there.

AVGN doesn't know jack shit about video games. He's good at what he does (toilet humor), but for actual video game knowledge he's piss-poor. He'd be better off reviewing old horror movies which seem to be his actual forte than video games tbh.

>"Retro" focus, and by "retro," we mean "games and systems I grew up with"
check
>Video game music/sound cues and "8-bit font" throughout
check
>Massive wall of video games that couldn't possibly have all been actually played
check
>Fairly obvious and/or commonplace observations and opinions
check
>bland personality coupled with terrible sense of humor, yielding awkward delivery of cringeworthy content
check
>patreon link
check
>forced gimmick to differentiate this cookie-cutter channel concept for the billion other retro channels
you gotta be fucking kidding me

>>2625060
what is that thing?

>>2623558
The number one thing most youtubers should do before posting a video (but don't):

Ask yourself "do I have anything interesting and original to say? Am I ADDING or REPEATING?"

What is the consensus on ClanOfTheGrayWolf?
I like their 16-bit Gems stuff, but they haven't really uploaded anything besides podcasts for a long while.

>>2625040
I have a lot of respect for that guy. I really loved to watch his movie reviews and did find him pretty funny at a time. Im glad to see he finally fulfilled his dream of making a movie.

>>2625084
Roo has super lame cringe dad humor but hes actually pretty endearing cause of that. I like his RPG history videos and dragon quest overviews. Im not the biggest RPG guy myself but its cool to see someone talk about them who obviously knows a lot and loves the genre.

>>2625069
"Host" of some segments on On The Stick. Granted, the puppet isn't used exclusively (the actual person is in other videos), but there is literally no reason to use the puppet. There's nothing about these segments that differentiate them from his non-puppet videos or otherwise necessitate the use of a puppet. But, no, this guy decided to buy or create a puppet (one that, oddly, looks or dresses nothing like him but shares his exact same personality, views, and voice) and play with it while filming "Top Five NES Games" and shit. As best I can tell he just abruptly started using the puppet with absolutely no explanation. He apparently also has a professional wrestling persona.

>>2625108
Oh god I went to look him up and I remember that retarded caveman he showed up in some other video I watched. That puppet is pure autism

>>2624958

>JonTron

>Hilarious

You eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?

>no good british retro youtubers
suffering

>>2619804
>I enjoy an episode of Chrontendo before bed as well
Same. I mainly watch it because of how relaxing it is, but it's still incredibly well done.

>>2625842
i always watch chrontendo when I am drifting off to sleep too

AVGN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PyVFYLZTms

>>2623730
Nice channel, I like the variety of your videos, overall with a nice cool mood to them.
I don't know why you have so few views, poor advertising maybe?

>>2625000
>>2625803
I think he's funny.

>>2625809

Jimplaysgames maybe? I like Steve Benway and Lawnboyspost1975 as well

>listen to LGR
>dat asmr

>>2619319
I don't watch any because I'm not 12.

>>2625909
Thanks man! Glad you like it. I'm trying a bit of everything, at least a bit of everything I enjoy making. I don't want to enter neither too happy or too angry territory.

Related to the thread, what do you guys look for, when watching youtube, content wise? Information, just entertainment, reviews, let's plays?

>>2625909
Not to sound too critical, but none of the videos in his channel are that entertaining. The guy has some talent for video editing, but the channel is filled with tiny art projects and retrospectives that are just spliced footage, with a smattering of uninteresting opinion pieces on things like emulation and a vague jab at SJWs.

>>2626193
I see, I respect that. What do you think would it take for you to really get interested in the channel?

>>2619319
PortsCenter is pretty good. It's largely retro though not always exclusively.

The guy is basically doing a Charlie Brooker type bit, but he actually has interesting videos and a neat concept, unlike LPers or 'reviewers' who just try games out that their fanbases sent in and suck at. His video on all the revised luigi sprites in SMW was pretty interesting and he actually does shit like amiga ports and commodore shit, unlike the nintendo only fags.

>>2626218
I'd like to see the retrospectives have someone providing dialogue as to why some franchise or game was significant. Which I know is kind of hard. Writing isn't easy for this type of thing.

For example, Alex Kidd has like 4 games on the master system, but I don't know what the deal with them is. I could go look it up on Wikipedia, but getting an informed presentation in video form would be more entertaining.

Some voice over for art videos would be good too. Not about how to draw, but like the Tron Bonne one would be good just to hear someone talking about Tron and Jet Set Radio and what inspired the piece.

The delivery on the voice overs with videos that have it could also use some work. There needs to be more confidence in the delivery, which might be hard to nail down if English is not one's first language.

>>2626267
I get what you mean. I try to keep it interesting with the music choice, because when asking or looking around, the thing people complained the most about was of somebody not shutting up in the videos. So it seems that for you, the content you go for is more informational, yes? I was trying to stay away from the "let's play" or "Game reviewer" pattern, going for something not annoying. Also, thanks for the honest comment, man. I appreciate it.

Oh and >>2625909 sorry for not commenting before, but thanks a lot man. Glad you like it.

>>2619754
Best fucking youtuber. I found his channel a few months ago and caught up on every video. Hasn't posted a video in two months and it's killing me. Right before he dropped off the planet he agreed to be on my podcast... I am maximum sad that didn't happen.

>>2625803
>Mocks others' sense of humor by copying a joke verbatim from a LCD movie

>>2626283
I know, its a tough balance, largely because its not a matter how much you talk, but how entertaining it is when you do. The people who don't shut up are the ones basically doing long plays, but trying to fill dead air time by talking to themselves, which is really terrible because they're either faking reactions or rambling.

I suppose the key thing here is that you don't necessarily have to add audio, but a video does have to be engaging if you want returning subscribers.

Maybe that's not why you make videos. Maybe you make them because you enjoy the creative process. Lord knows I'm guilty of that. I've got an account with nothing but me splicing together Resident Evil footage from a bunch of different games to provide a timeline of events as they run concurrently, what with the half dozen games that occur during the Raccoon City outbreak and all the path crossing in 6.

>>2623953
>tfw MetalJesusRocks' wife is the one who provides for him as he doesn'thave a steady job
>tfw he is living the dream and his fans are dumb enough to support him

To be honest, I don't know if I'd do any different if my wife and my fans were willing to pay for me playing videogames.

Retsupurae. They staryed as a MSK3000 esque show that riffed shitty let's plays but they've branched out into riffing other things, too.

Check out their Rise of the Dragon riff, it's hilarious:

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

"This game sucks worse than diarrhea dick farts coming out of a rabid zebra's asshole."

So ebin.

>>2626458
Doesn't he work in the games industry? I at least remember him mentioning that he and his wife used to work for Sierra.

>>2627547
>used to

>>2627524
This. How can anyone over age 10 possibly like this?

>>2626505
>Retsupurae
>good

Are you kidding?

>>2624461

I honestly don't like Elliotts commentary in SGB. He seems nice, but he's your typical meme spouting idiot. Matt on the other hand is okay in my book. As for Johnny, he does know his shit when it comes to game mechanics, and you can tell that when he loves a game, he really gets to know it inside and out, but his personality is a bit lacking.

jasu bakuhatsu

>>2626283
Started watching your videos I like them very slick and clean. Are you french or spanish?
keep it up got another subscriber

I dont know if all her content is /vr/ but PushingUpRoses is a fair 7/10 in terms of content.

>>2627562
Did retsupurae make fun of one of your LPs?

>>2627872
>PushingUpRoses
>google brings up her site
>it's a huge blog about bulimia
screw you

>>2627878
all LPs are cancer, but so are Retsupurae

>>2627878
not him but retsupurae sucks dick not even funny at all

I stop watching obnoxious, loud, lets players and start watching Frenchpets youtube channel. Its got a bevis and butthead feel to it. Hes one of the first lets players and game by game youtubers.

>Blip shuts down
>All of Spoony's old reviews gone, loved his old shit to death
>Spoony mentions on his Twitter he plans to reup edited versions of his old reviews on YT
Should I be worried?

Me and a buddy of mine are working on a series. It's the two of us reviewing retro games, usually games that only one of us had played before. No skits, no meme screaming, no stupid bullshit, just two guys having a discussion.

>>2628293
If you can do limited absurd humor like early RedLetterMedia did, that's fine.

>>2628298
I was hoping I could enhance our upcoming Marble Madness episode by making as many terrible marble jokes as I could
sorry in advance

>>2626505
The fuck is this shit? Just a couple of annoying turds rambling

>>2628258
Wait, what happened, why is there cause for worry?

>Ashens will never review /vr/ games because people keep sending him bling bags

tfw

What /vr/ shows focus on hardware or the development process of /vr/ games? I want to see more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfh0ytz8S0k

>>2626340
You have a point there. I'm kinda new to youtube, considering all things, the channel is 4 months old or so, but ever since the beginning I decided that I would do only content I enjoyed. So, you know how it is. If people like it or not, that's another story.

>>2627759
Thanks a lot man! I'm neither.
The accent is that obvious? I bet I misspell a lot of words and I wouldn't even know where to start.

>>2623508
>>2623483
>They're called blind playthroughs
I've been thinking about that. I never had a NES growing up, so there are a lot of good games I haven't even tried yet, but at the same time I think the interesting thing is to see someone playing through something for the first time in it's full, and nobody wants to watch 30 minutes of that, do they? It sucked having a Master System. It was a good system, but man, there is a limit to how many times you can replay Black Belt.

>>2628459
>how old school graphics worked
>Peach is only one sprite

Dropped from the thumbnail.

>>2628476

The video contradicts the thumbnail and points out that Mario/Peach were made of multiple sprites.

>>2628459
that was a great video thanks for sharing

>>2627879
I had a feeling you guys would go "TUMBLR" on 'em without actually commenting on the content itself

>>2628447
Blip.tv officially shut down as of yesterday and many content creators started moving back to YouTube when the news got out about a month ago However Spoony, despite being well aware of it's imminent demise, did jack all and didn't really say anything till' a day away from the site going down, and when he did, he mention something about putting up edited versions of his old reviews up which kinda worries me.

>>2628447
Blip.tv officially shut down as of yesterday and many content creators started moving their shit back to YouTube when the news got out about a month ago. However Spoony, despite being well aware of it's imminent demise, did jack all and didn't really say anything till' a day away from the site going down, and when he did, he mention something about putting up edited versions of his old reviews up which kinda worries me since many of his videos were exclusively hosted on Blip. I even tried to download a few, but I kept getting an "we're unable to play this episode" error on some of his videos. And some of those videos which had that error go as far back as a year ago or even longer, so that should tell you something.

Who has the most cringeworthy awful sketches? Nostalgia Critic is one I can't even watch without experiencing embarassment, his humor is so fucking bad.

>>2628683
you can still watch the originals with russian subs

>>2628683

Has he made anything worth a watch since Ultima and FF13 videos?

About Spoony, dude didn't even make a Rebruary this year

Someone please send him his prescription drugs already dammit

>>2628473
you're understandable and really? I was thinking maybe spanish like latin america or something and yeah i can hear the accent. Either way what video editor do you use btw?
>>2628293
or do something like the old Game room with Mark and dave. those were entertaining

>>2628683
What would the edits be about? I haven't really kept up with him 100%.

>>2628790
Oh shit, I forgot about Brown History Month, did he stop doing them?
I mean, I guess there's only so many movies the guy made which are worth discussing.

>>2627883
Fuck you. Slowbeef and Diabeetus are 10x funnier than you will ever be. You're just jealous that you could not be half as entertaining as them.

>>2628916
get outta here slowbeef/diabeetus, your shit sucks and is stale as fuck

>>2620803
his backlog videos are okay, but he's sjw tweeting liberal slogans, wresting, steven universe and retweeting his wife.

what a bitch

>>2628939
>steven universe

it's like i'm back on /co/

No talk for Ancient Dos Games? Guy is a legend.

>>2619319
I like LGR. He's got a nice toned down sense of humor and a fine radio voice.

worst thread on /vr/

He seems to be dead to the world buy Sryth seems to be pretty funny, even if it's just let's plays.

>>2628473
>The accent is that obvious
Yes. I don't want to insult you or anything, but yes, it really is. I don't know what kind of accent that is, but I heard it in your first sentence. Still like your stuff.

>>2622110
>liking bolt thrower
>taking yourself this seriously
People actually do this?

>>2629452
Bolt Thrower is one of the best death metal bands out there, anon. Now if only they'd make another fucking album before they retire

>>2629468
Oh, I'm not denying that they're great.

But the lyrical content is a bit goofy, they base half their stuff on Warhammer, for fucks sakes. I don't really see it as music for like super, super serious people.

>>2629485
>But the lyrical content is a bit goofy, they base half their stuff on Warhammer, for fucks sakes
That's only their first album's lyrics, and they had Warhammer for the coverart a few times. The rest is just about war and its consequences. It's fun to game to though, I'll give you that.

>>2629485
>Liking a single band dictates the kind of person you can and cannot be

You're arguing for the sake of arguing.

I've been getting into My Life in Gaming, but their voices really grate on me. The one guy sounds like he's a member of Bill Swerski's Super Fans and the other guy "try4ce" (what a cringey username) sounds like a side character form Revenge of the Nerds with a giant retainer in this mouth.

>>2619319
Gamehoarder is a cool guy. He even has some cooking videos!

>>2629513
So does MetalJesusRocks!

>dorito crusted chicken
>mountain dew jelly
I wish I was joking

>>2629468

I think they're consistently pretty good but it's one of the least varied DM bands I listen to. They've been doing the midtempo formulaic thing since forever, you can anticipate the riffs by now.

But I'm mostly into shit like Death and Atheist so I like my DM with some technical wankery.

>>2628805
I use after effects for everything. Well, and photoshop.

>>2629291
Oh, don't worry. I don't intend to sound fluent or native, just understandable. If I achieve that, then it's all cool. Unless it sounds annoying, then something is really wrong.

>>2629521
I would try the Dorito crusted chicken. Especially if it's Cool Ranch.

Dustinkreis

He's pretty obscure honestly but it's kind of nice watching the channel of a guy that isn't on youtube to make money. He just wants to talk about games he likes.

It's a really relaxing thing to have on honestly. He might bore you, but give him a try if you want.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84auLCPPrrI

>>2623690

I've seen plenty of blind playthroughs.

Granted 90% of them is one person playing Dark Souls blind for the first time while someone with them constantly gives bad/false advice.

>>2629452
that was the last concert I went to so I used their name. AlphaOmegaSins taste in metal is so fucking pleb its embarassing. Wearing a job for a cowboy shirt in metal is like saying your a gamer and your favorite game is call of duty. The guy is a fucking pleb who only listens to metal cause its loud and edgy, like most of the other stupid fans of that genre do. Metal just attracts retards like alpha omega sin thats all there is to it.

Are there some youtubers who review games without humor, and sound like they have beaten the games, not just given them a try?
And arent young people who get frustrated easily with difficulty?

>>2630615
No humor and having beaten the game are tall orders.

Most of the retro youtubers I have seen are in their 30s and 40s though.

>>2630640
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oyuqAIgfN4

We used to rip on this kid I think he reuploaded cause I know more than 2 people have seen this shitty video.

>>2630641
Generally, I switch off immediately when I see a thirteen year old at a computer chair trying to be AVGN.

>>2630660
you think anyone watches that to learn more about games?

>>2629508
yeah, similar reaction when I started watching them. but I like them pretty good.

they seem like that's just who they are so I got over it. if they were doing those voices as characters, it would be inexcusable.

coury mentions being married and having a daughter. otherwise I'd swear...

>>2630640
I can't imagine someone could play through difficult old games, especially with bad translations back in the day, and not have ANYTHING funny to say about them.

what kind of person could spend that kind of time with a game and not find humorous quirks to show off in their videos?

>>2630665
I don't think people are watching him, period.

>>2630672
No idea. Even the most fact-based videos will try to throw in a little humor.

>>2630694
And honestly they should. Or at least add a bit of character.

>>2619651
You sure told them, anon

This topic is shit

Been watching a bloke called Croooow111 for years now, has a big game collection, has pinball machines, and seems like a nice guy.

>>2628724
He doesn't really do retro game reviews though.
Well, he's done a couple, but it's not what he focuses on.

I agree that his humor can be very cringe inducing at times.

>296 posts
>123 posters

So we can agree that a lot of this off topic thread is just one pathetic guy, right?

>>2630829
>rough math is about equal to 100 people, 3 posts each on average
Wow, sure looks like samefagging to me.

I am going to make my own retro youtube channel.

Is there some format and/or feature you'd like to see? I am not sure yet what kind of videos I'd like to do in order to attract viewers and stand out from the crowd.

>>2625809
Portscenter is so GOAT

>>2631764
make sure to scream as loud as possible into the mic and say lots of naughty potty words like shit & fuck.

>>2631912
We get it, you have a hateboner for AVGN due to peer-pressure from the 'mature' crowd on /v/.

>>2631764
Real talk, unless you're very handsome or pretty, don't have a lot of footage of just a talking head, if at all. Do you have at good voice? Have you taken acting, improv, or theatre classes, worked in tv or radio production? Have you edited video before? Do you have an interesting, original hook? Not just a gimmick like a puppet or Tim & Eric style graphic fx, but what is something unique you can bring to the format -- either in the content itself, or in the way it's being delivered to your audience. Lastly, remember that brevity is the soul of wit; a three minute long discussion about one interesting concept or mechanic that is engaging is always going to be preferable to a ten minute review.

>>2631957
Adding to this (not the same guy)...

>don't have a lot of footage of just a talking head, if at all.
This is really important. The focal point is ostensibly retro games, not you.

>something unique you can bring to the format
At this point, you need this to make a blip. No one really cares what your top 10 NES games are, especially if they're the same ones on everyone else's lists. The channels I follow (and videos I like) tend to have a narrow scope.

If your content is just you sharing your opinion, neat, but if you're attempting to report on history or retrospective or something, cite specific sources, and preferably primary sources. For example: if you're going to do a video on the evolution of Mario's character design, don't just say "he had overalls to make his arm movement easier to see" (because it's common knowledge); find the interview where that was said and cite it. Don't say "Mario's overalls were switched to blue because it made him look more heroic (because that's my theory)" unless you have SOMETHING that backs it up, even if it's not officially corroborated. This will help stop the spread of bad information.

>>2619319
Pleb

>>2631957
>>2631982


This fucking shit is hardly /vr/.

Take this threads to /tv/ already.

>>2632513
This thread has been here for five days, and it's not going anywhere. Live with it. (And thanks for the front page bump!)

>>2624585
>it feels like Mike is babysitting him sometimes with how he has to suggest the obvious to James for him to notice
this so hard. It's fucking amazing how dense James can be. We all get stumped every once in a while, but still.

>>2624585
>tfw finally unsubbed from Cinemassacre.
I enjoyed some stuff, the recent Board James episodes were kind of funny and had potential to be a great ending for the series, but they just backpedaled on it super hard by going "Everythings back to normal, just don't ask questions" which is insulting.

The AVGN movie was terrible and its relative success probably went to James' head as he is now official a film maker and director.

I would've much rather have seen a Monster movie from James though, since I know he's way more passionate about that then games.

>>2619813

I might be a cunt but at least I'm not him.

>>2621880

First post I've ever made about it but OK.

Game Sack seems like it belongs on /tv/ rather than /vr/

the games for the most part are /vr/ related

but it's not where you go as a reference for /vr/ information. it's just a tremendously entertaining show. It should be praised for what good hosts Joe and Dave are, and how well put together it is. those aspects are more /tv/ related than /vr/

CGR, despite Mark terrorizing the young guys here and there and constantly talking about El Caminos, Truxton, Vectrex, flamethrowers, and Robocop, is a pretty good reference. After he's done with the nonsense, he gives a pretty reasonable and straightforward verdict on each game.

AVGN seems to have (or had) a knack for pointing out specific flaws in games. It's just a shame he gets so wacky for the "character" and also a shame that he's such a bore as himself. I could imagine a good version of what he's trying to do.

>>2632520
>Live with it.

Nah, I don't watch youtubers, but I browse this board. I don't want you people here, go to /tv/

>(And thanks for the front page bump!)

Shows how much you are not part of this board. I posted after 5 minutes of the other anon, meaning the thread was already on the front page, you see, /vr/ is not a fast board. Also I'm not bumping, as I'm sage'ing.

>>2633172
>Nah, I don't watch youtubers, but I browse this board. I don't want you people here, go to /tv/

You don't have a choice. Just because you browse here doesn't give you any special rights. We browse here too. If you don't like a given topic, don't read the thread. You are not obligated to read every post on /vr/, and you certainly have no ability to police the board.

If you don't like the topic, go away.
If you don't think the topic is /vr/, wow, that doesn't mean anything to anyone.

>>2633226
>If you don't think the topic is /vr/, wow, that doesn't mean anything to anyone.

It's not that I don't think this topic is /vr/.

It is, in fact, not about video games. You're basically talking about random people who talk on camera (happen to be about video games sometimes, but that's just a coincidence, you're also talking about youtubers who talk about board games or films, that is certainly, factually, not a /vr/ topic, on top of youtubers not being /vr/ by default).

At this point we need a /tv/ sister board, /yt/, to fill it in with all this toxic youtuber crap that helped to keep necrofucking /v/, and is effectively killing /vr/

>>2633251
You do not have the authority to deem what constitutes /vr/ material. You don't have the power to enforce your judgments. Those that do have allowed this thread to stay.

If you don't want to discuss this topic, exit the thread. Impotently flailing about over how you don't think it deserves to be here achieves nothing (and, according to your line of argument, isn't talking specifically about retro video games and thus is a grave misstep, how could you?). I shall join the rest of us and ignore you.

>>2633261
>You do not have the authority to deem what constitutes /vr/ material

I don't need any authority, just common sense, man.

You guys are talking about certain personalities that have never worked on any /vr/ (or non /vr/ for that matter) game whatsoever so they're completely irrelevant to this board.
You're talking about ways to edit videos, talking about how you should behave if you want to be a youtuber (take acting classes, etc)... none of that has any correlation with this board's theme. /tv/ or even /diy/ would be more suitable.

>>2619319
TNT counts, right? He and his business almost exlcusively focus on retro arcade and pinball machines. He's obviously not a great player, and his technical knowledge far exceeds his knowledge of a given game's nuances (though I often learn at least one interesting tidbit per video), but his enthusiasm for the industry is palpable and infectious. He's the king of corny dad humor too, seems really easy to get along with.

Apparently there's been a feud between him and another pinball repair shop/Youtube channel, mostly one-sided. Considering how flamboyant Todd can be, it's kind of interesting how he took it all in stride while the more straightlaced adults made some pretty cringeworthy "TNT sucks" videos.

>This board is for the discussion of classic, or "retro" games. Retro gaming means consoles, computer games, arcade games (including pinball) and any other forms of video games on platforms launched in 1999 and earlier.

Funny, I'm not seeing "talk about people who play games on camera" in there at all.

"Video game culture" is /v/.

I think it's about time we stop complaining about the discussion of YouTube channels on /v/ and /vr/. We've love video games, all of us, otherwise we wouldn't be here. Both boards have created great discussions and expanded our views on modern and retro gaming. My extension into making videos has been largely because of what we talk about every day here. I want to share my appreciation for video games with others in the hope that I can attract more people to play the games that I enjoy. Every time one of these posts breaks into a "NOT ON MY /VR/" it's damn cringeworthy. We are all gamers, we are all in the video game community, it's time to stop acting like we're not.

>>2633294
This is the faggiest shit I've ever read.

>>2633294
>we
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>we
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>>2633294

can't tell if sarcastic or not

anyway my appreciation for videogames came from playing them nigga, not because of watching youtube or discussing on /v/

>>2633294
>I want to share my appreciation for video games with others in the hope that I can attract more people to play the games that I enjoy.
Then do it. On Youtube. Not here, where it's against the rules.

>>2633295
>>2633297
>>2633298
>>2633301

>Same person

>>2633306

At least 3 of these are not the same person.

>>2633294
> Every time one of these posts breaks into a "NOT ON MY /VR/"

EVERY post does. It's clear that some people either get a rise out of being irritating or are unhealthily vested in policing anonymous boards as a way to spend free time. Just ignore them.

It's like watching a bunch of complete fucking morons scream at a wall. Some say the YouTubers brought the mindless asshole children, I say they were here all along.

Why don't people just hide this thread and move on? It's just one thread, you know. It's not like on /v/, where one of those is created every 5 seconds.

>>2633351
>I have little control over the course of my own life, so I'm going to lord over topics I don't like, preventing others from enjoying! I can't just let it go--if I can't enjoy myself, nobody can! Ha! Ha! Look what I did! All on the pretense of moral/principle superiority! I'm better than them!

That's why.

>>2623504
>Search for "long plays"

That doesn't work anymore because people will put it in their description. Same goes for "no commentary", I lost count of how many times I wanted to show someone a specific part of a game in order for them to get interested in it just to slog through a bunch of HEY GUYS! because they keep putting in all the search terms to avoid LPs in their tags or description box.

>>2633360

>I'm going to project all my insecurities to people I don't agree with so maybe that'll show them!

>>2633369
Exactly.

>>2633372

But when people are against Youtube, they aren't projecting. They are presenting an idea as to why they think Youtuber threads should not be allowed on /vr/. I'm not projecting anything, I don't have anything against you or people who enjoy the Youtubers on a personal level.
As I said I think it's about time a /yt/ board is created.

>>2633294
Yeah let's all listen to the guy who virals the shit out of his videos here and constantly posts with his Youtube channel name on for no reason other than attention when it comes to Youtube channel discussion. I'm sure he totally has the board's priorities in mind and doesn't wanna just use this place for easy views.

>>2633374
> They are presenting an idea as to why they think Youtuber threads should not be allowed on /vr/.

Once? Fine. Over and over and over again, they're trying to start shit.

When people go out of their way to constantly disrupt conversations they don't like instead of simply ignoring/not participating in the conversation, yeah, they're the ones with the problem.

>>2633385

Maybe there's more than one person that share the same view? I never complained on a Youtuber thread before.

>>2633391
>127 posters
>334 posts
Sure, everyone's complained exactly once.

>>2633402
What is the poster and post count supposed to convey in your post?

>>2633402
How is that even evidence? Don't believe me if you don't want to, but you'd be stubborn to think it's only a few people who are against this kind of threads on here.

>>2633425
Just as you'd be stubborn to believe that none of them continually belabor the same point over and over.

>>2633425
>a few people who are against this kind of threads on here.

THEN STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THE FUCKING THREADS YOU FUCKING MORON

>>2620725
>Jimmy happa
This. While yes his humor isn't too great he has fantastic amounts of information on many different Japanese games and consoles. My backlog is literally full of games he has recommended, and I wouldn't have found them otherwise. Unfortunately, he is on hiatus at the moment, but his videos are still great to go through.

>>2633427

Some of them might, others don't. The points still remain, Youtuber and tips for getting a Youtuber channel running aren't part of the /vr/ discussion.

>>2633430

Calm down

>>2633469
Honestly, I don't think there are any gaming oriented Youtubers that actually have good humor. But as long as they make up for it with something actually interesting to say it's okay, which Jimmy definitely does right.

>>2624598
I think the earlier ones are the best episodes because they are games that he actually played as a kid, and is remembering all those things that fucked him off rather than playing and actively trying to find things that are shit.

I prefer when hes reviewing/talking about things as James Rolfe/board James rather than the AVGN, he seems like a chill guy.

>>2634071
I think he was actually quite good up until the movie, whereupon things started to kind of taper off.

I think he's kind of run out of ideas on what else to do with the character and the show.

I think the Seaman episode was one of the best ever. The whole "conspiracy" angle, it was funny, and yet he genuinely explained and showed the game. However I haven't see all that he did previously. It could be that after watching X amount hours of AVGN that you are done with it. Happens in life, can be sad, but I didn't feel that he lost his touch.

>>2634872
I liked it as well. Although, it may have been because the game is so bizarre in concept and execution. There's actually some depth there for him to work with.

board james is great. the dark shit is stupid and they know it. at least they have more fun making the videos. it must be kinda shitty just to make videos without doing any camerawork and just recording the game. thats why i don't mind the cringe. its more for their own amusement than for anyone elses

>>2634872
>The whole "conspiracy" angle, it was funny

It was just a rehash of the Hong Kong 97 video which came out not even three months before that one and even that was just a rehash of the Mario 3 joke.

>>2634872
I thought it was just OK.

>>2634992
I actually don't like how Board James got so dark. I mean, I loved Mr. Bucket and Dreamphone, but it was better when those were treated as just Halloween episodes, and not really canon, it's kind of just sad to see the whole thing were James' character is actually just delusional and everything, and his friends are dead, as a joke it was funny once, but eventually it just becomes uncomfortable.

>>2623508
>>2623483
What games do you think would be interesting for this? Long games like the first Legend of Zelda looks interesting, but would take a shitload of time, and I don't know if people would be interested in watching it.

>>2635723
I like how dark it got. It somehow makes it funny because it's so ridiculous. Some mentally ill guy talking with his dead friends about nothing but shitty old board games, that hilarious.

It has to be dark to make up for the edge that AVGN just doesn't possess anymore. AVGN isn't angry now, some episodes he sounds so whiny it's almost like he is crying. At some point James Rolfe just completely forgot what the character is really about. The movie was truly awful. It's incredibly offending when people say "you probably didn't enjoy it because it was made purely for fans", when in reality, it takes a piss in the face of anyone who enjoyed the web series.

>>2634992
>its more for their own amusement than for anyone elses
You're a fucking delusional AVGN fanboy if you seriously believe this. The AVGN channel is Rolfe's primary source of income. James himself said in one of his videos that the AVGN schtick was getting tired but obviously he keeps doing it because he needs to take care of his family.

>>2620659
>Arino apparently doesn't count as eceleb
Because he's an actual celebrity, his show airs on TV and shit.

>>2636898
It's not like you watch him on TV though.

>>2637052
Pirating his show online doesn't suddenly mean he's an internet celebrity, anon.

>>2637060
Wasn't suggesting that, but watching him do his thing on Youtube isn't terribly far from watching anyone else doing the same thing on Youtube.

>watching people play games
I can understand reviews, I guess, but just them playing videogames?

It's even worse when the person playing is uninteresting and shit at games like Arino.

>>2637070
I definitely agree with you there. I just find him more likable and the segments more interesting than most Youtubers.

It's also nice to have something from a non-American perspective as well since it almost guarantees I will learn about gaming culture in other countries.

>>2637052
so because he is on the electric kike that makes a difference? Fuck just because something is on TV doesn't mean its good lol TV sucks dick.

>>2637806

Mainly the difference between Arino fans and Youtuber fans is that Arino fans just aren't obnoxious. They don't spout random shit Arino says about games, because Arino really isn't trying to be a game critic, so there is no bullshit to spout from Arino. Youtuber fans will argue about who are the friends of said eceleb, who is he dating, if he's a cuck, etc, etc.

Very very easy to separate Arino from Youtubers just from the fanbase alone.

>>2637819
except for the fact you faggots lump avgn fans in with all of youtube which another show could have a completely different fanbase. You're just talking out of your ass as a fan of le angry chinese gamer.

>>2637821

I know I'm generalizing, but really, youtubers are different from GCCX.
You won't see new threads everyday with [arino's opinion] as a bait line on the OP, firstly because Arino has TV episodes, not "youtube updates"; they are not that often, and secondly, because Arino doesn't give opinions, again he's not trying to be a game critic. Funnily enough, you can learn a lot more with GCCX than with youtubers, since GCCX's production actually has good souces and even gets Arino to interview industry figures, or visit different video game companies. Youtubers mostly get their info from wikipedia and most of the time their youtube channel is just a way to show off their collections and at the same time try to get people "donate" them shit, which I think it's the lowest of it all.

Totally different ways of making a similar idea ("a guy playing games/talking about games")

>>2637832
>youtubers
again stop not every youtuber is the AVGN.

>>2637837

I'm not just talking about AVGN, I said I'm generalizing, so I'm talking about youtubers in general.
I've tried to watch the shit you people reccommend, from Egoraptor and JonTron as per /v/'s suggestion, to Classic Game Room and Game Sack as per /vr/'s suggestion. While some were less annoying than others, I still group them all in the Youtuber/e-celeb bag. Their way of making videos are all similar, whereas GCCX is still a totally different thing.

>>2637843
>Egoraptor and JonTron as per /v/'s suggestion
Holy shit has /v/ gotten that bad? I haven't been there in years.

>>2637854

Yep.
Come on, a few months ago we had Jon Torn threads here in our very own /vr/. And people still parrot Egoraptor's opinions on OOT and Castlevania threads around here too.

>>2637860
> Castlevania

Fucking hell that made Super Castlevania IV unbearable to talk about.

>>2637948
Hoh, yeah.
You can't say you like Super Castlevania or you're parroting AVGN, you can't say that you don't like it, or you're parroting Egoraptor.

I really hate that kind of poster who tries to deflect an argument with "get your own opinion instead of parroting e-celebs"

>>2638051
I suppose the one thing I dislike about e-celebs is that their opinions have weight even with people that hate them.

Perhaps even moreso with people that REALLY hate them that seem to have watched every video.

Game Grumps is funny when they're trying to be funny but most of the time they just fuck around and talk about farts and being Jewish. Egoraptor actually literally shit his pants in one episode.
Ross and Egoraptor are the funny ones and Danny just goes along. I think Barry is funnier than Danny tbh.

>>2638765
>2015
>Still watching the grumps

I stopped watching long before Jon left. The novelty wore off really, really fast.

Egoraptor is a cuck, Jon just screams ECH, Danny is kinda cool but he's a typical jew, and thats all he fucking talks about (I've never watched a GG with Danny, but I know him frmo NSP). Barry seems normal, but I can't help but feel no one would give a shit about him if he wasn't on GG.

>>2619319
Classic AVGN and Pat the NES punk

I like the HappyConsoleGamer because he seems so passionate about video games, along with his friends that he has on the show.

>>2637091
It's no different than watching people play sports. I don't like it either (and I don't like sports), but it's not some weird thing, millions of people do it.

>>2639647
Nah, watching sports is more like watching a speedrun marathon like AGDQ. Having Neckbeard McAutism play some shitty Famicom game on Twitch is closer to watching the Special Olympics.

It's different. Unless you're actually watching their hands push the buttons. That's what sports are, actually doing it with your body. Mario is not the "athlete", and when you watch basketball you're watching their actual movements, not some digital manifestation of the buttons they push with their movements.

>>2639650
No. It's like watching the local high school football game, or an amateur league baseball game.

There is a spectrum of talent in the sports people watch, from amateur to pro, and it's the same with e-sports. I think there is more interest in amateurs in e-sports because the e-sports pro leagues are still in their infancy, at least compared with physical sports, and so people looking to watch some games must turn to amateurs because there isn't enough pro-content out there.

>>2639652
Most of the time you can't really tell what they are doing by looking at the controller. It just looks like pushing buttons, unless they are doing something really crazy.

You get better information about what they are doing by looking at the screen. From there you can easily imagine what button pushes they must be making (especially if you've played the game before.)

>>2638778
I never watched it, but JonTron is pretty funny to me when he does his own thing.

>>2639673
Well, whenever I've seen him he's been an annoying, unfunny, unlikable person. Post a link to a video where he's actually good then; I'd love to be wrong.

>>2639681
I guess it's a matter of taste.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx9srMlojDg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foXTsDKvRgc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYk1Obt9UGQ

The Drug PSA one is my personal favorite, but again, I guess he isn't for everyone.

>>2639745
>load up first video
>first comment is "XD omf XD damn dat thud noise of dat girl hitting the cement at 4:40 XD omf dat had to hurt XD"
>Entire comment thread is two people *doing action* "flirting".
>Close Tab

No thanks. Maybe if you are younger you'll like it, but I think I'm just too old for this shit.

>>2639770
If you don't like a video on YouTube because of the comments then there aren't many YouTube videos you are going to like.

If you find JonTron unlikeable then that says more about you than him. Even if you don't think he's funny there is nothing unlikable about him.

>>2639770
If you load up a video and head straight to the comments, ignoring the video that you were originally going to watch, in order to find something "younger" to bitch about, then yeah I guess you are "too old for this shit"

>>2639783
I find him cloying, and pandering to an audience that is not me. He also has an annoying voice.

>>2639785
I can't help but see it, it's right there when I load the page. Maybe if you have a low resolution screen (I have Retina) you can't see it, but on my screen I can see the comments and video on the same page.

I watch the Irate Gamer! Kidding of course. If I want to know if a oldschool game is worth my time I go to http://www.retromags.com and download old EGM and GamePro magazines and read the reviews that were put out when the game was originally released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBv-Z_6a7Aw

>>2639918

>not posting the best irate nerd video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSB9SZvtP2I

>>2639770
>reading the comment section of YouTube
Did your mom drink during pregnancy?

>>2639934
Funny video./ Thanks for sharing, dude (or dudette)

>>2636156
>>2623508
You know, I tried making blind playthroughs of some games like the NES Zelda games and Metroid, but even though I never played those before, having played other versions kind of ruins the entire idea behind a blind playthrough, I mean, I also tried playing the NES Ghosts 'n Goblins and having played the SNES one, it didn't feel like it would make for an interesting video.
I don't know, but it feels it would only work if the person doesn't really play games at all.

>>2641294
You'll get called a youngfag who doesn't understand. A lot of the secrets of LoZ and Metroid became common knowledge to everyone quickly. A truly blind play through doesn't exist even in the 80s, except for maybe the first week the game was released. No we didn't have internet, but the social aspect, and finding out secrets from your friends or Nintendo Power or whatever was part of the genuine experience. Nintendo understood this at the time.

>tldr: you can't recreate the 80s, just because we didn't have internet guides doesn't mean it was a "blind" experience that made the game great.

>>2641314
>Played a bit of LoZ when I was a kid when my mom picked up an NES at a garage sale.
>SNES was already out
>Literally only got the sword and wandered around a bit. Never got to a dungeon
>Give no fucks about it since I always would just play Link to the Past instead.
>When I finally do my pseudo-Zelda marathon in my backlog I'll be doing Legend of Zelda, Adventure of Link, Alttp, Links awakening, OoT, MM, WW, TP and SS in a row
>My LoZ and AoL runs are going to be blind.

>My LoZ and AoL runs are going to be blind.

You will give in and look shit up or you will quit. I know you don't think you will. But you will.

Good luck!

>>2641341
You seem salty.

>>2641327
See, that's not a blind playthrough, though, which was my point in >>2641294
You know how the game works, you know some of the mechanics or items that exist, therefore, it's only "blind" in terms of story or so.

>>2641356
I'm not wrong though, I'm just an asshole

>>2641359
Ive never watched a LoZ lets play, speedrun, or whatever else. I literally know nothing about it. Like I said, pick up the sword from the dude, wandered around, killed monsters then dropped it.

You can argue that its not "blind" because "everything is common knowledge" but thats just in your head.

>>2641341
>>2641356
>>2641363
I never look shit up.

I'll stream it, so if some guys come in and want to give me some hot tips I'll gladly accept. I mean I obviously don't have the manual and map and shit that came with the game so you know.

>>2641367
You're confusing my two points.

Disregard the point about the 80s and the genuine experience.

I'm now saying those games are really hard and cryptic (esp AoL) without "common knowledge" or help. You will get stuck or keep dying or founder around for hours until you give in or give up

>>2641341
So do you believe that no one ever beats games blind, or just people on youtube never beat games blind?

Not the guy you're talking to, but I pretty well never look at guides until I've finished something for the first time. If I like the game enough, I'll keep pushing and figuring things out till I get past a point that I'm stuck on. Or alternately if I'm playing something I'm not totally loving and get stuck I'll usually just drop it.

Reading a guide playing something for the first time ruins it. If it's a game I liked enough to do a second playthrough of though I'll then often get some guides and dig into what I've missed.

>>2641363
And what exactly makes you think you're so right? Just because you like playing by having a cheat book beside you the whole time doesn't mean that's how everyone plays.

>>2641398
I generally accept this idea.

I try not to drop games though. I try to beat them, so if theres a part thats really difficult or really cryptic and obtuse (certain puzzles, like the Ice Pillar one in Alundra) I will use a guide to get through then resume going guideless as much as possible.

>>2641408
I have to be really, really loving a game and be crazy stuck before I look up on a guide. Though that almost never happens. Not so much because I have such a strong aversion to guides, but because playing the game and figuring it out as I go along is the fun for me. So usually when I get to the point where I would need a guide, I'm already at the point of dropping it to move onto something else. I'm crazy picky though and have way too many games I'm interested in and far too little time to spend any on something I don't find fun.

I've been trying to remember an example as I type this. I know there must have been others, but the only one I can recall is looking up how to deal with the Asterite in Ecco the Dolphin, and that was like 20 years ago now.

>>2641404
It's not about using a cheat book. It's about knowing those games. I know what you're getting into.

I dislike using guides, they are only a last resort. The one thing I dislike more is getting stuck for four hours solid not knowing wtf to do and it's not something to "figure out" it's just completely off the wall cryptic bullshit

Here's a newsflash: some games are literally impossible without prior knowledge or outside help. NES Zelda games are in that territory. As I said they were never meant to be played blind.

So I hope folks enjoy your twitch stream of you going "shit wtf do I do?" for weeks solid

>>2641443
Horse shit. Stop projecting your own inadequacies on to others. Zelda I and II have a lot of poking around, but nothing that can't be figured out by a 12 year old.

Sure there are games that require you to know a password from the instruction manual or to look up a radio frequency on the back of a jewel case, or an edutainment game expecting you to know some subject or other, or various other meta-knowledge based things, but Zelda isn't one of those.

Hell, half the fun of playing Zelda was exploring and poking everything in sight. WORST case, someone streaming a blind playthrough is going to get assaulted by the chat about what to do next, which is basically what the communal aspect of streaming is about.

>Mike streaming Mega Man right now

>>2643839
They've been pushing their streaming a bunch lately. Not too impressed with it since its kind of Mike talking about shit and not interacting with the channel.

>three grown ass adult white men couldn't stop to think and check their inventory/start screen while trying to figure out how to cure poison

Why do we watch these chucklefucks again?

What's the point with that new gaming youtube? Streaming?

>>2644521
I think their idea was to shoot themselves in the foot or something.

Michael's Retro Game Reviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94naroXzDFw

>>2644521
They want the money twitch gets. They don't realize no one wants to deal with youtube's copyright algorithms and other shit.