Video Essay Recommendations

The algorythm fed me this

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I’m a little late to the conversation, but I inexplicably watched that whole Folding Ideas video about AVGN today. I liked the part where he makes a scale model of the AVGN’s room and leans over it menacingly.

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Does this count? I’m putting it here anyway. A lovely video from John.

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damn i was thinking of buying this….a sign?

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https://www.youtube.com/@cyborc7415/videos recommending this channel, they are kinda amateurish and a few of their videos have flashing lights but I enjoy their stuff.

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calling in sick

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I watched this bewilderingly detailed documentary on Sega Rally Championship earlier this week, and have been obsessed with PandaMonium’s channel ever since, all because @hellomrkearns shared it in the Saturn thread a short while back. thank you

In the interest of offering up something new, here’s a shorter (but still feature-length) vid on Corpse Killer and the history of FMV games, which I really quite enjoyed. Especially the original interview footage with the actress who plays your journo bud.

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the fanmade Korean leisure suit larry video mentions the creator learning english to answer the game’s copy-protection questions. This is what a korean leisure suit larry fan was up against lol. That’s real dedication

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one struggle for all the worldwide leisure suiters

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In a just world, we wouldn’t have to put in so much work in pursuit of a little leisure.

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They’re all really good. I’m part way through the Virtua Cop one now.

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Ahhhhhhhh!

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This made me cry earlier today. What a beautiful epilogue to what is hardly disputably the greatest non-fiction work about working in the industry. Bless.

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I’ve been watching a lot of Angela Collier’s videos lately. She’s a theoretical physicist (which is what I became in an only slightly different universe where I studied harder in my calculus classes) and is an amazing “General” science communicator.

Here most recent one on “10 lame physics things” is a good entry.

Her piece on how physicists only have 5 jokes (which she realizes are actually only 3 jokes halfway through) is also a good entry point. Look, all of them are great, OK?

The first one of hers I watched is a takedown on String Theory and why it’s not a great theory of really anything very much resonated (heh, string theory joke) with me as someone who read “The Elegant Universe” when it was first published. But if you’re a hardcore Insert Credit head, you’ll also love it because she explains why String Theory is bankrupt while she plays and beats the Binding of Isaac! It’s amazing!

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strong seconding of the recommendation for her stuff.

She has a small 2nd channel where she talks about books:

Her video there about The Stepford Wives is excellent. There’s nothing groundbreaking in her analysis, but the last couple of seconds of the video successfully insta-stunned me and I am sure if you were looking at me you’d have seen me turn ghost white.

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if you like obscure japanese music this channel might be for you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weWgdpWkQeM

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This may not be of everybody’s taste, but I think what Jacob tries to present here is at least something I was against for a long time, and it’s making me think a little bit.

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future of web 3 gaming looking great!

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