VideoGame_Discussion

Patman QC
https://m.youtube.com/@patmanqc-historyofarcadega6...

Does a ton of mini documentaries about the history of various games and series. Sometimes well known ones like Space Harrier, and sometimes less common ones like Guardians of the Hood.

BastichB 64k
https://m.youtube.com/@BastichB64K

Lots of documentaries, including recently a 10 and a half hour epic on Arcade games through the 90's. Has a big focus on retro games, especially Commodore 64.

Classic Game Room
https://m.youtube.com/@classicgameroom

Mark is back at it, after several years' hiatus. The original and best irreverent YouTube video review show.

PSX Gaming Memories
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCpjBHgzaFb2ud6DxL16...

An Irish guy playing PS1 games and talking about them in a really conversational style. He also has a PS2 channel with similar content for that system.

TheLonelyGoomba

“I’m a lonely Goomba, stuck between two pipes. Guess I’ll play this Game Boy for the rest of my life.”

He has good animation, a funny presenting style, and nuanced takes on many classic (or terrible) games. He’s gotten better as the years have passed, to the point of being a great content creator. Highly recommend!

Ahoy is a classic, makes mini-docs on the development history of big games from the 90s (Half-Life, Doom, Quake, Monkey Island, XCOM, etc). He also does a couple other series in Video Game Origins which discusses the origins of certain aspects of games (Explosive barrels, open world games, dual-wielding) and then Iconic Arms where he talks about the irl lore of guns that are popular in FPS titles.

https://www.youtube.com/@XboxAhoy

Coding Secrets/GameHut (Same guy. Separate channels, but very similar content so I'm lumping them together.)
https://www.youtube.com/@CodingSecrets
https://www.youtube.com/@GameHut

He founded TT Games and worked for Sega in the 90s and talks about how Sega, and later TT, achieved things that should have been "impossible" using very clever coding tricks when developing games like Mickey Mania, Sonic 3D Blast, Toy Story, Very cool look at the making of some of your favorite games from the 90s from someone who actually made them.

NoClip - More documentaries!

https://www.youtube.com/@NoclipDocs

Gets in touch with developers who worked on various games and talks about their historical impact, development struggles, etc. Very fascinating stuff.

Summoning Salt - Speedrunning world record history.
https://www.youtube.com/@SummoningSalt

Ever wonder how fast you can beat a game? So does he. Takes a game and tracks the speedrun history from the first recorded attempts to where the record stands as of his recording the video. He'll show you exactly who discovered certain tricks to break the games and when, how that impacted their record times, and if possible, what COULD theoretically be done to push the record down even further.

yakkocmn - https://www.youtube.com/@yakkocmn

This one's not a documentary, I promise.
Yakko's a dude who's very passionate about indie games and video game OSTs and he wants you to be too. He'll just spaz out for 30-45 minutes about games he's super excited about at the time. Excellent editing, highly entertaining, and he has great recommendations for indie titles that may have slipped under your radar.

videogamedunkey - https://youtube.com/@videogamedunkey?si=DYJ1aHcwiY...

Game reviews with a bit of humor.

Console Wars
https://www.youtube.com/@ConsoleWars

They review 16-bit games on SNES and Genesis and compare them to each other. The videos often feature comedy bits as well. I asked them like 4 or 5 years ago if they had ever planned to do Master System vs NES, GameBoy vs GameGear, N64 vs Saturn and/or Dreamcast and they said that was in the plans, but they haven't done any of those yet, I guess they're waiting until they've done every SNES and Genesis release first.

Angry Video Game Nerd - https://www.youtube.com/@JamesNintendoNerd

Oldie but still a goodie. He's made me laugh for years, and it's always comforting when I rewatch an old episode. If you're on the fence check out his Silver Surfer and ROB the Robot videos.

https://www.youtube.com/@Nintendrew

Nintendrew- local YouTube guy, friend of OMG!Con and overall good dude. He made the game CARL, which is pretty fun, especially if you like platformers that are a bit mean. And cute robots.

A couple of funny stories: We delayed our teardown at OMG!Con 2022 so he could have a go at the Wii CyberBike. Nothing quite that cool happened this year; we had to speed up our teardown because sportsball.

We did also send him home with a copy of Slide Adventure MagKid for DS, featured in the Weird DS facts video. It has a place of honor near the CARL plushie.

zidimo wrote:

This is the only one listed so far that I’ve actually heard of. I should check out more of their content because the stuff I have watched is fantastic!

Heavyd814life wrote:

Thats kind of the whole reason for this thread - YouTube algorithm is so skewed towards the biggest channels that a lot of the other ones - even those making excellent content - get lost in the shuffle.

sailorneorune wrote:

@benstylus Where have I heard that tune before?

Hey weird DS games are a thing to be shared

These are my favorite gaming related channels. I watch some others like JackFrags, TheBrokenMachine, VideoGameDunkey, but the ones listed below are kinda more specific to a topic/genre/etc.

For survival horror and Resident Evil games/mods/speedruns:
https://www.youtube.com/@Bawkbasoup

For before-you-buys, news, and top ## lists, like "top 10 upcoming games" and "10 things I wish I knew before playing xxx":
https://www.youtube.com/@gameranxTV

Great for learning about lesser-known gaming facts and killing time (Like hour long facts videos about PS1 games for example):
https://www.youtube.com/@DidYouKnowGamin

Out-of-bounds camera discoveries and stuff like that, pretty neat:
https://www.youtube.com/@BoundaryBreak

Austin Eruption - Short documentaries about random gaming stuff (bad licensed games, games so bad they're good, GTA clones). Bonus, Austin's voice isn't annoying
https://www.youtube.com/@austineruption

ICEnJAM - Prank phone calls using video game dialogue and audio clips. Super frickin hilarious
https://www.youtube.com/@ICEnJAM

Caddicarious - EXTREMELY detailed and well researched video game documentaries
https://www.youtube.com/@Caddicarus

Framerater - Retro tech, neat 20 minute mini documentaries
https://www.youtube.com/@FrameRater

47 Rage - Gamers losing their crap via livestream, some great cringe
https://www.youtube.com/@47rage

Nuropsych - Super old channel but worth a deep dive. It's roller coasters/dark rides made IN MINECRAFT with full soundtracks. They're all mindblowing
https://www.youtube.com/@nuropsych1

Oddheader - Video game urban legends, creepy secrets and deep dives
https://www.youtube.com/@oddheader

I'm baffled two people posted gameranxtv. Like, the whole point of this topic is to let people find things that are the complete opposite of that channel.

Archer wrote:

Oh my goodness, i edited my post.
Calm down.

Simon_Belmont wrote:

I will not. They are my panties, and I can bunch them if I want.

Anyone heard of DidYouKnowGaming? I used to contribute to them back when they made simple, daily facts. They've become way more valuable as game preservationists, doing tons of research and getting exclusive developer interviews. They are currently making a board game for some reason.

SupremeSarna wrote:

Yes! Did You Know Gaming?
https://www.youtube.com/@DidYouKnowGamin

Electric Playground
https://www.youtube.com/@EPN

Gaming Historian
https://www.youtube.com/@GamingHistorian

Macho Nacho Productions (console modding)
https://www.youtube.com/@MachoNachoProductions

Matt McMuscles
https://www.youtube.com/@MattMcMuscles

My Life in Gaming
https://www.youtube.com/@mylifeingaming

Sega Lord X
https://www.youtube.com/@SegaLordX

Wrestling with Gaming (he hasn't posted in a long time, but he's still around)
https://www.youtube.com/@WrestlingWithGaming

My number one used to be Easy Allies, but after three of their more journalistic members left (Kyle Bosman, Brandon Jones, Ben Moore), most of their content is sitting around talking. Reviews have slowed and come late, they prioritize streaming on Twitch and they've faded into the likes of other channels that, again, just sit around and talk mostly. It feels like their professionalism has taken a backseat too.

benstylus wrote:

I briefly got excited for him to be back, but not much has changed, in a not-so-good way. He mostly rambles, throwing out 80s references and doesn't actually spend much time reviewing a game. He used to, but that fell away towards the end of his previous CGR stretch anyway.

I liked CGR Undertow so much more than the main CGR channel. Something about the way Mark talks, it just bugs me (not enough to make his opinion invalid or anything, but sometimes I wish I could read his reviews instead of having to listen to them).
I felt like Derek of CGR Undertow was much better at reviewing and discussing games. Though after CGR Undertow was killed off I started following him on Twitter hoping he'd just start up his own channel or team with someone else, but his Tweets were from someone who clearly needed help. Lots of stuff about how depressed and lonely he was. I eventually had to unfollow him because of it but I hope he's doing better now.

There was an old channel called GeminiLaser about a guy who was extremely skilled at Mega Man slooooowly playing through every Classic game while giving witty commentary. He was fun to watch, but it would take him a whole year to play through half of each game—his schedule was his biggest detractor. He’s been long defunct, but his old videos are enjoyable.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

https://twitter.com/deathbyderek?ref_src=twsrc%5Eg...

Seems to be.

https://www.youtube.com/@SpawnWave

Example

We love video games, TV shows, Movies and all other types of media. Check out our videos and have fun on our channel!

https://www.youtube.com/@GirlfriendReviews/about

Example

We are Shelby and Matt, just a couple of gamers making comedy videos about our favorite thing!

https://www.youtube.com/@SNESdrunk

Example

One person making short, to-the-point reviews of retro games. Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Arcade, PC, NES, GBA, and more.

https://www.youtube.com/@METPoland

Example

Does guitar playthroughs of Mega Man games: https://youtu.be/u1pQDCAPM24?si=k7xYlgv_s8xNnhUm

Today is September 18th

Bandcamp:
https://krzysztofslowikowski.bandcamp.com
GP Archive (MP3):
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/sznv9w82ocf6l

https://www.youtube.com/@hydreix/about

Example

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Content Creator

https://www.youtube.com/@vinesaucefullsauce

Example

Full streams from the Twitch Vinesauce stream.

https://www.youtube.com/@ReviewTechUSA

ReviewTechUSA is a gaming And technology YouTube channel that focuses on industry current events and gadget reviews. New content is uploaded daily so subscribe to stay up to date!

https://www.youtube.com/@RGT85/about

I'm an average man who talks about video games, retro games, Nintendo Switch games, and more.

https://www.youtube.com/@PowerGuygg

Videogame Character Vtuber 🕹️!
I stream games and then make funny videos on them 😁!
My favorite series is Mega Man!

https://www.youtube.com/@Larry

Welcome to the official Larry Bundy Jr YouTube channel!

Want to know obscure, weird and funny gaming facts you've never heard before? Then trust me you’re at the right place!!! 😄

On this channel, you’ll find a variety obscure games, movies and a bizarre sense of humour as well as fun
and shocking facts that’ll leave you in awe including;

Top 5 Botched Console Launches,
5 Suspicious Review Scores with Insane Backlashes,
Top 5 Offensive Easter Eggs,
4 Times Nintendo Got Sued ...and a whole lot more!

https://www.youtube.com/@TopHatGamingManChannel

The Top Hat Gaming Man is a Gaming YouTuber who covers over 40 years of gaming history on his channel. He has produced a number of in-depth documentary-style videos on a number of different gaming platforms including consoles which have never seen releases.

He has also produced a series on the channel known as Handhelds Around The World which has so far been shot across five different continents looking at various handheld systems, discussing whether or not they are still worth playing today.

The Top Hat Gaming Man has used his showmanship gained from over a decade of Pro Wrestling experience and combined it with his knowledge of gaming, procured from a life time of collecting. Together he has used this skill set to produce one of the fastest growing YouTube channels within the retro gaming community.