New video's out! One of the most frustrating things about video games as a medium is how they straight-up refuse to tell people how to actually play them - but why are they like that? Let's talk about it!
Why Do Games Hate To Tell You How To Play Them? youtu.be/32WAs2JHfPc
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New video's out! One of Skyrim's biggest selling points back in 2011 was that, compared to earlier Elder Scrolls games, it offered so much more freedom to play how you wanted - but was that a good thing?
Oblivion, Skyrim, & How Limitations Can Make Games Better: youtu.be/ZVn9Ip3BzaA
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New video's out! Democracy's a tricky thing, but if you know what you're doing, it's not that hard to get away with a little bit of rigging. How do I know? Well, let's talk about what happens when my audience votes!
How To Rig A Vote & Get Away With It: youtu.be/s-Mrx-aki70
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New video's out! The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- was easily my favourite game of 2025, and probably my fave of all time. The problem is, if I tell you why, it'll ruin it for you.
The Hundred Line Is My Game of the Year - But I Can't Tell You Why: youtu.be/N4ZRd-O1Sok
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New video's out! Is length the best way to evaluate the quality of an experience? My experiences with both gaming and Grindr would suggest no, and I want to talk about why!
A Long Game Isn't Inherently A Good Game: youtu.be/m93XpH-6WZ4
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New video's out! I can't stop thinking about Domina, the new evil diva girlboss of Overwatch, and I want to talk about her more!
I Can't Stop Thinking About Domina & I'm Making That Your Problem Now: youtu.be/45_H7UiCP5A
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New video's out! A decade after Overwatch released for the first time, Overwatch is releasing once again - and I want to talk about how this game, come hell or high water, just refuses to die.
Overwatch: The Game That Just Won't Die: youtu.be/1ujCAqC1HpY
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New video's out! Even within the realm of genre fiction, mystery media has always been uniquely challenging to get right - and video games ramp that challenge up even more. So let's talk about why!
Why Video Games Struggle To Get Mysteries Right: youtu.be/3DBsVbvkDl0
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New video's out! How mental illness is portrayed has always been touchy at best and I've always wanted to talk about how this killing/death game genre handles it, so let's use Psycho-Sleuth to do it!
Psycho Sleuth & Mental Illness In Killing Games: youtu.be/fCcNX73XWzg
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New video's out! Process of Elimination is... well, it's complicated to talk about. Is it bad? No. But is it good? Well, yes, but it'll take some time to explain it.
Process of Elimination Is Complicated & I Don’t Know How To Talk About It: youtu.be/qMyHUOGx3og
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New video's out! Kaname Date deserves to be pushed down the stairs, and 10/10 Date fans agree - but how did AI: The Somnium Files manage to make such an insufferable protagonist so lovable?
Kaname Date & How To Make An Insufferable Character Lovable: youtu.be/zq_GiIc20p8
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New video's out! After more than a year of floating around in the members' choice polls, we're finally exploring how Buried Stars nails the feeling of toxic stan culture in social media!
How Buried Stars Gets Social Media Toxicity Right: youtu.be/a8-hDfq-CPc
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New video's out! I've always been terrible at handling horror, and so I wanted to see if I could use a spooky Halloween* video to get to the bottom of it!
*let's pretend it came out 24 hours ago lmao
I Can’t Enjoy Horror And It Makes Me Miserable: youtu.be/sXWNHDIYoS8
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New video's out! Generative AI is going to obliterate any semblance of the economy if the AI bros get their way, and I want to talk about why!
GenAI Is A Society-Wide Prisoner's Dilemma & We're Not Gonna Solve It In Time: youtu.be/BEYVA49eRyc
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New video's out! Something that's been on my mind over the last couple years is how my body dysmorphia's been affected by my VTubing, so that's what I wanted to talk about today!
Uh Oh I Gave Myself Body Dysmorphia With My VTubing Model, What Now?: youtu.be/LW7v2q1JMu0
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New video's out! What does it mean to be a hater? What does it mean to turn your hater behaviour into content? Let's talk about it!
What It Means To Hate A Game For Content: youtu.be/kYOgeT2mbpY
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New video's out! The process of turning a character into a mascot often has the effect of ruining their character - but what can you do about it? Let's talk about it!
Making A Mascot, Ruining A Character: youtu.be/-iis7beX3LU
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New video’s out! Updating character designs is one of the biggest challenges of making a sequel, so let’s talk about when Overwatch did it!
You don’t want to miss this one 😉
The Sequel Makeover & How Overwatch Handled Updating Its Character Designs: youtu.be/Fnhs3cPO73k
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New video's out! I've had beef with the whole concept of mythical Pokemon ever since I was a child who couldn't get any of them, and I'm making that your problem now!
Mythical Pokémon Are A Bad Idea That’s Only Gotten Worse With Time: youtu.be/jui-hi40vPY
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New video's out! Many a game has been left behind on its original console, but what happens if they're incapable of being played without that console's gimmick? Let's talk about it!
Elite Beat Agents & The Games We Lose To Changing Console Gimmicks: youtu.be/_Wl56pB68yw
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New videos out! Prepare for trouble & make it double - I've got a pair of videos about some gay stuff for you!
How Queerness Moved From Horror To Healer: youtu.be/4FzMaMuHF70
A Study Into Who The Girls, Gays, And Theys Main - And Why: youtu.be/N5jce9d78f4
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New video's out! Did I get queerbaited by Buried Stars? Maybe. Am I making that your problem? Definitely. Let's talk about queerbaiting & how it affects us when we feel like we fell for it.
Biting The Wax - What Does It Mean To Fall For Queerbaiting? youtu.be/at6aHHO465Y
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New video's out! I just have a lot of thoughts about K-pop Demon Hunters and I need to get them out of my system so I'm making that your problem!
youtu.be/3ikG-jrbUGc
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New video's out! Danganronpa V3 is a game that, for fans of the franchise, is contentious at best and killed the series at worst. I think it deserves better, so I spent 9 months making a video to try to defend it!
The Defence of V3: youtu.be/L_MTrDpA7-w
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Btw there probably won't be another new video for at least a week or two but in the meantime I would highly recommend this video to anyone who enjoyed the video about sexualizing male characters and is looking for more like it from me!
youtu.be/kUG0w_Apm8s
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New video's out! Nobody knows what it means to sexualize male characters and the discourse is dumb, so I'm appointing myself the authority on how to do it right - and telling you how to do it too!
How To Actually Sexualize a Male Character: youtu.be/ghfu3DKMMfM
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New video's out! The Culling was the first standalone battle royale game in 2016, and while the rest of the genre grew to massive heights, Xaviant's game crashed and burned. So, what lessons can be learned from it?
youtu.be/hBEreCwyMBU
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New video's out! Video games present a unique language barrier for us as players, so I wanted to explore how games change how we think and what it means to think like a computer!
How Games Force You To Think Differently: youtu.be/TEDufv7qgx0
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New video's out! The story of Overwatch's rise, fall, and maybe redemption post-Spotlight is a fascinating one, and I want to explore what goes into constructing it - and why it happens.
The Narrative Being Constructed Around The Rise & Fall of Overwatch: youtu.be/ZaTc4BLBomw
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New video's out! When it comes to the importance of various aspects of a game, there's often a lot of debate - but one aspect that enjoys a unique amount of consensus is sound, and I want to talk about it!
Why Everyone Agrees That Sound's Important: youtu.be/QanW4FJ-L1A
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