F.D. Signifier is a quickly growing channel that does insightful media analysis with a focus on race, masculinity, Black culture and other topics. Doesn’t touch on vidya games much but he’s quickly become a favorite in my subscriptions. Despite what some thumbnails might suggest, he’s generally pretty constructive and empathetic in his criticism.
Sam Sutherland is back with a follow up to his excellent and easily digestible “This Exist” series documenting niche Internet subcultures. These videos are great little rabbit holes. He also covers a lot of offbeat music trends like the Anti-Idol genre , which is a favorite from his earlier video essays.
The Cinema Cartography explores various themes and moods expressed through all kinds of media, ranging from games, manga, movies, static art, television, etc. A few favorites include a profile on the aesthetic of Suehiro Maruo and an accounting of big jumps of narrative storytelling techniques in video games .