I linked a Warlockracy video because I really enjoy his choice of games and presentation.
Other channels I really enjoy: Mandalore, Grim Beard, Civvie11, Oboeshoesgames, and Boulder Punch.
If you can’t tell, I like longform, scripted and edited videos on older games and niche games and mods.
Not really a content creator, but rather a network of creators - The Yogscast. They’re fun, they’re all friends, they make me laugh, they’re wholesome and cursed at the same time, I love em.
Dunkey, Let’s Game It Out, NakeyJakey, Digital Foundry, and Gameranx are the ones I watch most regularly.
The Architect of Games and Razbuten are fun ones if you like video essays, and Keenengraz is great for finding lots of insane free games to play. ThatGuyGlen has some cool, short docu-style videos on the making of indie games that are really well done.
I’m sure I’m forgetting plenty, but those are some of my favorites, for sure.
U Can Beat Videogames and quinbobin are two smaller channels I really like.
“Hey its me, Videogamedunkey!”
“Hey guys it’s me, Cr1tikal!”
BigMoist =? Dunkey
It was a reference to one of his videos where he joined Overwatch voice chat with another Youtuber (I want to say Ethan Klein) and was messing with the rest of the team. They’re different people.
Id add Skillup and ACG to this list as well. For more technical DF style stuff, GamersNexus is the best PC gaming hardware channel on youtube
Also +1 for digital foundry. Great hosts who look at both console/pc games, old and new, with technical or general analysis
I like Quill18 as a non-hypey gamer who plays a nice array of games. He’s mostly into stategic sims, but ventures out to other game types every now and than. He has a solid understanding of the games he plays, yet he doesn’t cheese it.
love his fundraising streams too!
Christopher Odd, hands down.
Discovered him around the time XCOM2 got released, because I was looking for someone to learn a trick or two from. Learned a lot from how he plays tactical games, but stayed for his calm and down to earth way (I absolutely can’t stand that hyper, over-the-top crap that a ton of Let’s Players do). Have also discovered the one or other gem through his videos.
Can only recommend!
Oh, and I also watch a ton of stuff on game design due to an interest into game development and recently did a blog post on my favourites there. To quickly summarise that: The Architect of Games, Design Doc, Game Maker’s Toolkit, GDC, Noclip, Razbuten
I love Christopher Odd too, he has a great pick of games and always pumps out content pretty quick. Also highly recommend.
Robbaz - He is a Swedish guy I have watched for a very long time now. He has the ability of turning what could be mundane games to watch, into wild and crazy stories. Highlight series he’s done are Skyrim, Kerbal Space Program, and The Sims.
He posts a lot less than he used to on YouTube, but they’re great everytime he does.
Pre-warning - His videos contain a lot of dark humour, so may not be for everyone.
Robbaz isn’t just any Swedish guy… he’s the King of Sweden! 😁
He’s by far my favourite streamer, the only one I don’t get bored of after a while 🙂
I can’t believe I didn’t refer to him using his full title! I hope he can forgive this transgression 😅
Many A True Nerd, Mikeburnfire… does Jerma count? I’ll add him
I really love That Trav Guy, he makes super interesting and entertaining videos on the history behind and gameplay of games and game series, his MegaMan X6 video got me to finally finish the game after struggling with it since I was like 6. I also follow him on Twitter and he just seems like a swell guy!
His System Shock review was excellent! Extremely thorough.
Josh Strife Hayes makes really good videos about mmos and retro games ( on his other channel ). I love the constructive criticism he gives devs and his sarcastic delivery.
RTGame, callmeKevin, ambiguousamphibian, t90official
I love RTGame and CallMeKevin. Their wholesome evil brings so much joy
Hi my name is Kevin and today I am a menace to Society. I love Kevin and RT!
I’m a Dark Souls addict, so Iron Pineapple, Ymfah, VaatiVidya, Lobos Jr, and The Backlogs are all weekly watches for me.
And of course the MVP, Dunkey.
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Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll check it out.
Have you seen TBSkyen’s Boss Designs series? Because they’re some of the best blind playthroughs I’ve seen period. He puts a lot of effort into flexing his art degree and writing a mini-essay about the boss he just fought at the end of each video. So far he’s gone through Dark Souls, Dark Souls 2 and just finished Bloodborne. Honestly I like his DS2 series the most because he actually genuinely appreciates what FromSoft was doing.
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I’m a big fan of Baalorlord. He’s a top-level slay the spire player with a bunch of world-record streaks, and his main channel is primarily spire play… which may not interest you if you’re not into that game. But his archives and variety channel and Baalorlord plays channels have more game variety, with a strategy bent. Recent plays I can think of include xcom, cult of the lamb, brotato and vampire survivors, several deckbuilders other than spire, into the breach, slice and dice, and has a running series where he plays the old snes game chronotrigger.
Super melodious voice, very positive vibe… he never shit talks or makes excuses, top tier strategic analysis on the thinky games, great punny jokes and light atmosphere. Highly recommend.
I’ve been watching videogamedunkey since I was a highschool freshman. I love his humour, style, and his insights in games and other media.
I second this, he’s always been so unique and hilarious, yet oddly genuine.
I watch a lot of skill up and the rest of the members from the friends per second podcast. Razbuten and nakeyjakey are good as well. I’m into yugioh as well so I watch dzeef and their group.
The three gaming YouTubers I watch most right now are Hutts, ProJared, and jacksepticeye.
None of them take themselves too seriously, and love a good laugh. There’s a mix of long form and short form content there, but it’s all unscripted and most of it is largely unedited.
I love KatherineOfSky, Let’s Game it Out, Summoning Salt and recently started following Real Civil Engineer.
Except for Summoning Salt that makes INCREDIBLE documentaries about speedrunning, the others play the kind of games I enjoy playing, so I enjoy watching them too: building games, tycoons and all the like.
Seconding KoS. Sometimes to learn, sometimes for just a cosy 45 minutes of listening to someone who sounds shockingly similar to the Canadian girlfriend I sort of lived with at the turn of the century.
She’s great, I love listening to her even if I’m not actively watching the video. It’ll be fiiiiiiiiiine.
Real Civil Engineer started popping up in my recs out of nowhere – he’s fun! Made me want to download Mini Metro again (and do super not great at it again).
Same!
I was just watching Let’s Game It Out, and clicked on another video thinking it was another video of his and it was Real Civil Engineer (both were pushing the limits on Hydroneer, so I didn’t notice it was from another creator).
Now I’m checking his old videos, especially those about Timberborn, at the same t ime I follow KoS Timberborn series. I’m a bit short on money now but I can’t wait to buy it.
You basically hit 3/4 of my list here.
- Let’s Game it Out - Josh is a gaming goblin and i’m here for it.
- RCE - He’s hit or miss since his popularity really spiked, but his Infra and Mini Metro/Highways playthroughs were always fun to watch
- Summoning Salt - Great docu-style videos on speedruns. Shame his channel got hit for a 1-second clip of someone saying ‘fuck’.
I also enjoy Vinesauce and his gaming corruptions.
Insym is great as well for his horror-style longplays.
I’ll check them both, and I recommend you to check KoS too! She’s lovely, I practicaly learned English by listening to her 🥰
