Nov 9, 2020

https://youtu.be/MlfRhpOy6Yc

I think the first time I ever really cared about a game columnist was when Jeff Gerstman (I think I’m spelling that right) got fired from IGN for giving a low rating to a critically derided game that was paying for ad spots on their website. He went on to form Giant Bomb, which I still look to for reviews to this day.

For a while I didn’t “get” the appeal of Anthony Fantano. I just, sincerely, aggressively find his perspective on rap and the very qualities that might make a song appealing or interesting to not vibe with my own. But after spending way way too much free time watching longform video essays on dozens of games I’ve played and dozen I haven’t, I get the appeal of having a voice to anchor your critique and discussion around.

Especially as I’ve realized no matter how intelligent someone seems and how much you agree, it’s never good to take their word as gospel (seems obv but hey took me a while). I disliked Fantano partially for my own disagreements but partially for the annoying way his fans acted online and in my irl friend groups. I knew people that were essentially walking /mu/ charts that would just repeat fantanos words verbatim when asked about the specifics of any given project or artist, and in hindsight that’s probably what turned me off from him or his fan base as a whole.

All that to say that, as long as you’re taking a few grains of salt with it all, finding a specific author and engaging with the medium thru their lenses can be fascinating

 

Nov 9, 2020

I like horror game walkthroughs when I’m smacked

 

Nov 9, 2020

Bruh I used to watch these all the time back in the day and after lockdown started I’ve been watching them more than ever. Some of my favorites are:

 

Nov 16, 2020

i’m feeling like dunkey’s past his prime lately after 2018, but i still like his new videos still, just not as much as the old ones

 

Nov 9, 2020

I caught the no Todd’s no masters in my feed but never peeped, prolly gonna do that today. Joseph Anderson is great, if u have the stomach for his longer videos pls pls check out Noah Caldwell Gervais; his videos are some of the most thoughtful and enlightening I’ve seen. All writers add their own “flavor” and his seems to be engaging the political and thematic implications of a text in as good faith as possible which is super refreshing, but also doing so from a distinctly folksy americana kinda way

his videos on Kentucky route zero and the red dead series capture this the best imo

 

Nov 9, 2020

recommend channels itt pls