FearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoThe amount of video essays about video games is bordering on the level "angry guy screams about bad video games" videos were at 12-15 years agomessage-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareThe amount of video essays about video games is bordering on the level "angry guy screams about bad video games" videos were at 12-15 years agoFearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square49fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 months agoActually true. It used to be when people like Jacob Gellar or Noah Caldwell Gervais, put out long form critiques, they were a rare treat. Now everyone and their mother wants to make 30 minute plus videos talking about video games. Rarely do books get the same sort of analysis. i dont mind video games. I enjoy them, i just dont want everything i consume to be about video games
minus-squareFearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoAnything other than video game treats would be nice. The treatbrained im sure are in hog heaven, myself not so much
minus-squaredoublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThere is probably some reason video games lend themselves to the medium of videos better than books
minus-squareSpiderFarmer [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoFuck that. I’m discussing the ancomm subtext of Kao the Kangaroo in concrete poetry.
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoI’d watch that. That sounds good and new and cool.
minus-squareFearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoYou consume these video essays aye?
minus-squaredoublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoI love me some long-form reviews and retrospectives
minus-squareFearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI did, its way too oversaturated with that type of content right now.
minus-squaredoublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThat just means there’s an overall increase of high quality videos due to sheer volume while you can ignore the shitty ones
minus-squareFearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoYou are too gaming treatbrained
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoYouTube doesn’t work that way
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoThat presumes I subscribe to trash in the first place
minus-squareFearsomeJoeandmac [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agodeleted by creator
Actually true. It used to be when people like Jacob Gellar or Noah Caldwell Gervais, put out long form critiques, they were a rare treat.
Now everyone and their mother wants to make 30 minute plus videos talking about video games. Rarely do books get the same sort of analysis.
i dont mind video games. I enjoy them, i just dont want everything i consume to be about video games
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Anything other than video game treats would be nice.
The treatbrained im sure are in hog heaven, myself not so much
There is probably some reason video games lend themselves to the medium of videos better than books
Fuck that. I’m discussing the ancomm subtext of Kao the Kangaroo in concrete poetry.
I’d watch that. That sounds good and new and cool.
You consume these video essays aye?
I love me some long-form reviews and retrospectives
I did, its way too oversaturated with that type of content right now.
That just means there’s an overall increase of high quality videos due to sheer volume while you can ignore the shitty ones
You are too gaming treatbrained
YouTube doesn’t work that way
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That presumes I subscribe to trash in the first place
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