If you're into games, but have never really watched analyses of them, this is the best place start! MatthewMatosis was one of the first "game analysts" and still remains one of the best. This video turned into a sort of flagship series for his channel. It is now the first of 3 parts. The last one, which will definitely get a spot here someday, is the official ending of his channel.
joniejoon
joined 1 year ago
I've kind of dropped off KingK. I found his retrospectives to be a bit too flat. Still, he was the first review I uploaded on the Other site, so let's honor that with this one :)
Do reviews count as essays? I think so! After all, they (usually) go in depth about a certain product or service.
Regardless of you opinion, I think this one definitively counts. It's an in-depth look with a year of work behind it. Which kind of shows how unintuitive labels can be.
Eliquorice is a bit of an enigma. Guy shows up, makes 3 amazing videos that each get a million views, then he is gone.
Of course, there is a life outside of the internet. He lived/lives in Beirut, which has not exactly been the best place to be in the last few years. Still, I hope he returns someday. He had some great perspectives.
Christmas I Believe
No problem! Action Button videos are truly something special. There's not a miss among them.
It's a reference to Moby Dick. It's something you really want, but seems unattainable.
I'm facing similar problems. What helped me settle here, though, were the right tools. The most helpful being:
The Lemmy Explorer, which helps you find forums across all Lemmy instances: https://lemmyverse.net/
Lemmy Link, which make it easier to show forums on the lemmy instance you are using: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lemmy-link/
And, as a bit of a wild card, I made an RSS feed. If you don't know what it is, it basically let's you subscribe to websites so that any articles or threads show up in one big personal newspaper. That way, I can get both the few Lemmy topics that are here and supplant the rest with "loose" websites like blogs or news sites.
Lemmy is fully compatible with RSS as are many other sites. If a site isn't, it's fairly easy to make it compatible with a generator. After that, it's just a matter of gathering the links you want.
I'd recommend checking out Feedly and just tinkering to see if it's something you'd enjoy. It's not a full replacement, but it does allow you to make things more personal.
Would the no-random mode be a better way to play first time compared to the other mods that are out there? I always get a bit overwhelmed with all the options and the installation process.
Honestly I disagree with some comments here. I wouldn't make a separate community. Just do it here. The community is small as-is, no need to splinter it down any further.
Also, I don't think games would just have to be cheap, they'd also have to be short. That makes the barrier of entry a bit lower.
I think Joseph Anderson has gotten a little stuck in his reputation. He is known for videos of incredible length. Question is, is that length earned?
I'd argue in his more recent Witcher video's, it is not. Way too much time is spent on recounting parts of the overarching plot. Just telling you the story without adding any new insights to it.
This Mario video sidesteps that issue, however, since Mario games don't exactly have deep plots. This makes him focus much more on gameplay and brings out some real solid points.