Post by midnitevulture99 on Feb 20, 2017 19:59:45 GMT
I'm sure that many of us have our favorite Channels and YouTubers that we follow for creating content that entertains us in some way, being it talking about subject material that we are interested in or using the medium in some other unique way to keep us invested. This thread is intended to talk about whichever ones you like and why they are among your favorites, and it may be a good way to introduce others to channels which they may find interesting or vice versa. Now, I follow a lot of different channels, so I'm not about to list all of them, but here are some of the ones that I like to frequent:
Gaming:
HyperBitHero- Some people on this board may already be familiar with this channel, but this guy's videos are right up my alley. He does good analysis videos on various video games (many of which are the kinds that I love or would really like to play), and I particularly like his analysis bits on interesting video game villains with his "Devious Intent" series, as well as his "Your Next Favorite" series talking about underrated games from previous generations that are worth giving a look into, such as Zone of the Enders or the Yakuza series, among others.
TheGamingBritShow- I'll preface this by saying that the guy can be a real ass-hole with how he conveys his opinions. However, unlike other similar YouTubers of this nature, he somehow does it without coming off as a snob, and it does help that most of the time I actually do agree with a lot of his opinions. Sure, he can be outlandish and flat-out wrong about his hatred for certain game series, but I mostly like how he manages to nail why so many types of games that I love are indeed great stuff, while many of the big-budget AAA games of the modern era are dropping the ball in many ways that critics don't ever seem to acknowledge.
Core-A Gaming- This is my favorite fighting game channel. If you're a fan of fighting games in any capacity, you can learn a lot here about the meta-scene here, mainly in regard to the FGC and how it functions. That said, while he does do some technical videos, this isn't really the kind of channel to look for that stuff at. Vesper Arcade and Cross Counter TV (consider them to be my honorable mentions) are where I go to in order to actually learn how to play games like Street Fighter better, but I don't follow those channels religiously. However, CAG has given me a newfound love and appreciation for all things fighting games. Even if you're not a fan of fighting games, I highly recommend checking out some of his videos about why fighting games are worth playing since it may at least get you to understand and respect the amount of heart and passion that people put into these games, and what their general appeal is.
Maximilian Dood- This one is just for the fun commentary. He's essentially a Let's Player for fighting games, and is generally really good with most fighting games, at that. I can always count on watching his videos when I want a short burst of fun.
JonTronShow- While he has done some non-gaming-related videos, the bulk majority of his material is reviewing and parodying video games, and what can I say? He's absolutely hilarious. Whereas I've seen many annoying AVGN rip-offs over the years who just follow the angry reviewer shtick but only come off as more annoying than funny, there's just something really fresh about JT's up-beat attitude in his videos despite being negative reviews of older games. He just knows how to make people laugh. My favorite video of his still has to be the Clock Tower one.
Movies:
CineFix- I mainly follow this channel for their "What's the Difference?" series, which details the difference between movie or TV adaptations and their source material counter parts. I also liked their other video series like Anatomy of a Scene and Film Schooled, but unfortunately they seem to have stopped making those, so my investment in the channel is much more limited than before. I don't really care about any of their reviews, but occasionally they do throw out good top 5-10 lists, so there's also that.
Every Frame a Painting- I think that many people are aware of this channel, and for good reason. If for some reason you aren't, though, and you have any interest in film whatsoever, then I highly recommend it. These videos do a superb job of detailing just how in-depth any single shot of a film can be in, what goes into composing it, and what meaning it manages to convey. The way he analyzes scenes that I have been familiar with for almost all my life and manages to convince me to look at it in a whole new way never fails to astonish me. This is easily some of my all-time favorite content on all of YouTube.
Screen Junkies- I'll admit, for the most part, Honest Trailers got stale a few years ago, and their regular videos with Hal Rudnick are pretty hit or miss depending on the subject material being covered. However, the reason that I still follow them every week is for one show, which happens to be my personal favorite podcast show, and that's "Movie Fights!" It's the perfect entertainment for nerds like myself who just love movies of all kinds and it's great to see three people debate about various topics about movies every single week. I rarely ever come across an episode that's entirely boring, and the topics range from legitimately interesting discussions to flat-out ridiculous ones that lead into some truly over-the-top and hilarious conversations. For that reason alone, I am a loyal follower to this channel.
Channel Awesome- Yeah, I don't think that I really need to go into any detail here. The Nostalgia Critic videos are hit or miss, and that's the only reason that I am even subscribed to the channel (the actual website gives me a lot of problems loading videos for some reason), but every now and then Doug manages to turn in a legitimately good video.
GoodBadFlicks- These videos aren't for everyone, but I just find it so refreshing to have a YouTuber that is so genuinely against normal opinions and dedicates most of his videos to talking about films which he feels are either underrated or get an undeserved amount of hate. And I am a huge fan of his "Exploring" series, in which he does a lot of research on the amount of hard work and effort that went into making many different films, and how he personally defends each (or most) of those movies and why he thinks that, despite their faults, there's more merit to them than most other people give them credit for. It'd be one thing to just defend unpopular movies for the sake of it, but even when I don't agree with his opinions (which happens a lot), he manages to find a really good way of explaining why at least he likes the movies that he does, and he backs up a lot of his arguments with fairly good evidence. So, in general, these are pretty fun videos for me to watch.
Anime/Manga:
TeamFourStar- No need for any explanations here. Yes, they do have some other content, but their main series is Dragon Ball Z Abridged, and it is genuinely one of the most hilarious things on the Internet, especially if you're a fan of the source material. What I really appreciate is that the people of TFS really know their stuff about the series and even hardcore fans like myself can miss some of their well-hidden references to the most obscure aspects of the DB franchise on my initial viewings of any given episode. Needless to say, I frequently re-watch their content.
LittleKuriboh- Same deal as TFS, except for Yu-Gi-Oh, which is the only other abridged series that I bother to follow anymore. And yes, I know that Antfish had a really good Abridged series for JoJo's Phantom Blood, but he has pretty much stopped doing that for a couple of years, so there's no point in listing his channel here as one that I currently follow.
Miscellaneous:
Cinemassacre- Much like Channel Awesome, no explanations are really needed here. I decided that because it had equal amounts of movie and gaming content, that I wouldn't classify it as belonging exclusively to either category. While you could just watch the videos on the website, there is a convenience to having YouTube's playlist option in order to play multiple videos back to back instead of navigating the very densely organized website, so that's why I tend to watch most of their videos over here. And yeah, I may not be that into AVGN, but James Rolfe's movie content is still what really draws me in.
Overall, those are the YouTube channels which I tend to come back to regularly, but there are several more channels that I have yet to mention which I occasionally visit as well. That said, let me know what you guys like to watch from YouTube, and whether you also follow any of the same channels that I do.
Gaming:
HyperBitHero- Some people on this board may already be familiar with this channel, but this guy's videos are right up my alley. He does good analysis videos on various video games (many of which are the kinds that I love or would really like to play), and I particularly like his analysis bits on interesting video game villains with his "Devious Intent" series, as well as his "Your Next Favorite" series talking about underrated games from previous generations that are worth giving a look into, such as Zone of the Enders or the Yakuza series, among others.
TheGamingBritShow- I'll preface this by saying that the guy can be a real ass-hole with how he conveys his opinions. However, unlike other similar YouTubers of this nature, he somehow does it without coming off as a snob, and it does help that most of the time I actually do agree with a lot of his opinions. Sure, he can be outlandish and flat-out wrong about his hatred for certain game series, but I mostly like how he manages to nail why so many types of games that I love are indeed great stuff, while many of the big-budget AAA games of the modern era are dropping the ball in many ways that critics don't ever seem to acknowledge.
Core-A Gaming- This is my favorite fighting game channel. If you're a fan of fighting games in any capacity, you can learn a lot here about the meta-scene here, mainly in regard to the FGC and how it functions. That said, while he does do some technical videos, this isn't really the kind of channel to look for that stuff at. Vesper Arcade and Cross Counter TV (consider them to be my honorable mentions) are where I go to in order to actually learn how to play games like Street Fighter better, but I don't follow those channels religiously. However, CAG has given me a newfound love and appreciation for all things fighting games. Even if you're not a fan of fighting games, I highly recommend checking out some of his videos about why fighting games are worth playing since it may at least get you to understand and respect the amount of heart and passion that people put into these games, and what their general appeal is.
Maximilian Dood- This one is just for the fun commentary. He's essentially a Let's Player for fighting games, and is generally really good with most fighting games, at that. I can always count on watching his videos when I want a short burst of fun.
JonTronShow- While he has done some non-gaming-related videos, the bulk majority of his material is reviewing and parodying video games, and what can I say? He's absolutely hilarious. Whereas I've seen many annoying AVGN rip-offs over the years who just follow the angry reviewer shtick but only come off as more annoying than funny, there's just something really fresh about JT's up-beat attitude in his videos despite being negative reviews of older games. He just knows how to make people laugh. My favorite video of his still has to be the Clock Tower one.
Movies:
CineFix- I mainly follow this channel for their "What's the Difference?" series, which details the difference between movie or TV adaptations and their source material counter parts. I also liked their other video series like Anatomy of a Scene and Film Schooled, but unfortunately they seem to have stopped making those, so my investment in the channel is much more limited than before. I don't really care about any of their reviews, but occasionally they do throw out good top 5-10 lists, so there's also that.
Every Frame a Painting- I think that many people are aware of this channel, and for good reason. If for some reason you aren't, though, and you have any interest in film whatsoever, then I highly recommend it. These videos do a superb job of detailing just how in-depth any single shot of a film can be in, what goes into composing it, and what meaning it manages to convey. The way he analyzes scenes that I have been familiar with for almost all my life and manages to convince me to look at it in a whole new way never fails to astonish me. This is easily some of my all-time favorite content on all of YouTube.
Screen Junkies- I'll admit, for the most part, Honest Trailers got stale a few years ago, and their regular videos with Hal Rudnick are pretty hit or miss depending on the subject material being covered. However, the reason that I still follow them every week is for one show, which happens to be my personal favorite podcast show, and that's "Movie Fights!" It's the perfect entertainment for nerds like myself who just love movies of all kinds and it's great to see three people debate about various topics about movies every single week. I rarely ever come across an episode that's entirely boring, and the topics range from legitimately interesting discussions to flat-out ridiculous ones that lead into some truly over-the-top and hilarious conversations. For that reason alone, I am a loyal follower to this channel.
Channel Awesome- Yeah, I don't think that I really need to go into any detail here. The Nostalgia Critic videos are hit or miss, and that's the only reason that I am even subscribed to the channel (the actual website gives me a lot of problems loading videos for some reason), but every now and then Doug manages to turn in a legitimately good video.
GoodBadFlicks- These videos aren't for everyone, but I just find it so refreshing to have a YouTuber that is so genuinely against normal opinions and dedicates most of his videos to talking about films which he feels are either underrated or get an undeserved amount of hate. And I am a huge fan of his "Exploring" series, in which he does a lot of research on the amount of hard work and effort that went into making many different films, and how he personally defends each (or most) of those movies and why he thinks that, despite their faults, there's more merit to them than most other people give them credit for. It'd be one thing to just defend unpopular movies for the sake of it, but even when I don't agree with his opinions (which happens a lot), he manages to find a really good way of explaining why at least he likes the movies that he does, and he backs up a lot of his arguments with fairly good evidence. So, in general, these are pretty fun videos for me to watch.
Anime/Manga:
TeamFourStar- No need for any explanations here. Yes, they do have some other content, but their main series is Dragon Ball Z Abridged, and it is genuinely one of the most hilarious things on the Internet, especially if you're a fan of the source material. What I really appreciate is that the people of TFS really know their stuff about the series and even hardcore fans like myself can miss some of their well-hidden references to the most obscure aspects of the DB franchise on my initial viewings of any given episode. Needless to say, I frequently re-watch their content.
LittleKuriboh- Same deal as TFS, except for Yu-Gi-Oh, which is the only other abridged series that I bother to follow anymore. And yes, I know that Antfish had a really good Abridged series for JoJo's Phantom Blood, but he has pretty much stopped doing that for a couple of years, so there's no point in listing his channel here as one that I currently follow.
Miscellaneous:
Cinemassacre- Much like Channel Awesome, no explanations are really needed here. I decided that because it had equal amounts of movie and gaming content, that I wouldn't classify it as belonging exclusively to either category. While you could just watch the videos on the website, there is a convenience to having YouTube's playlist option in order to play multiple videos back to back instead of navigating the very densely organized website, so that's why I tend to watch most of their videos over here. And yeah, I may not be that into AVGN, but James Rolfe's movie content is still what really draws me in.
Overall, those are the YouTube channels which I tend to come back to regularly, but there are several more channels that I have yet to mention which I occasionally visit as well. That said, let me know what you guys like to watch from YouTube, and whether you also follow any of the same channels that I do.
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