Shout out to EthosLab for doing the exact same format of content for ten years with minimal changes
Oh man, I haven’t watched any of his videos in forever but I’m so glad he’s stuck to what he likes doing.
Occasionally he uses star wipes instead of jump cuts between scenes, but the style is incredibly consistent.
Perun is a fantastic channel to keep up with the Ukraine war. Probably the best resource out there. Pleasant to listen to as well, guy deserves the appreciation he gets.
Only because of the Ukraine channels did I notice that he also used to put out great videos about Dominions 5, a somewhat obscure game. I wish he had enough time to do both.
He has another channel where he still plays games occasionally. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCPYJiiMoA0yOMHI-aiB44RQ/videos
Yeah, I know that one, but it’s not filling the gaps in the dominions 5 nation guide collection.
Or they made good edited youtube videos and then they starting chasing the streaming trend like Critikal and other youtubers I used to watch. Sorry I want to watch a single 10-30 min video once or twice a week and not hours of unscripted rambling. The only person I can watch do that is Nothernlion but even then I don’t watch most of his content anyway.
Former Gaming YouTuber: “Hey everybody, today we’re making more Dragon Puppets. 13forlife2010 requested a pink bedazzled male dragon puppet, so that’s what we’ll be assembling.”
Oh no! What will I play in the background while I do the dishes???
Ugh, I used to follow a wildlife channel. The head of their YouTube had a kid, and then every other video was her repeating “can you say jackal?” over and over and OVER. I’m here for wildlife videos, not to watch your kid ignore the camera getting shoved in their face. But everyone was super positive towards the first kid video and she thought it was encouragement. For shame.
At this point I suspect half the internet is bots making content for the enjoyment of other bots.
I remember the transition of prank channels from pranking each other in more or less controlled settings to “pranking” (harassing) strangers in public. Not saying that pranking each other was the pinnacle of comedy, there are definitely still problems with it, but why do people like watching random unrelated people being accosted at all, let alone enough for the prank channels to catch on and start catering to that crowd?
PushingUpRoses doesn’t do gaming content much anymore, practically every video she uploads is about Murder She Wrote or sometimes other old daytime TV, and I’m just not into it. If it’s working for her more power to her but I guess I’m her “old audience.”
Vsauce went from a kinda smarmy gaming channel to that kind of smug “look at a bunch of random smart things that ultimately don’t matter” show, then stopped uploading regular episodes for awhile and instead created some long-form ready for television crap on Youtube Red or whatever that subscription-only service that failed was, and then kinda puttered out.
The Modern Rogue has done a lot to make it difficult to be a subscriber of theirs, and both the quality and quantity of uploads has gone downhill. They’re apparently still at it, but I dunno man.
And a whole bunch of 'em just don’t upload anymore.
I liked mind field
I see what you’re saying about moving away from smarmy pop culture videos, but the claim that all the “random smart things” ultimately don’t matter is weak when you’re comparing them to topics that literally do not matter at all. I’m not invalidating your example, just pointing something out.
Critikal’s channel is amazing at this. It died like 3 identity deaths.
Jerma985 was my most favoritest TF2 youtuber, and now look him, a big streamer with wide meme reach. I remember the first Jerma Rumbles, the pinnacle of simulated wrestling and the first inklings of his creative genius. I don’t watch streams and I don’t watch VODs, but I’m just happy he’s shooting for the stars.
Idk if this comment is a joke or not but i have to say you’re really missing out. Jerma’s new content has really grown so well and I’d say he’s one of the few who did shift but ultimately its only grown in quality.
Same here, I stopped watching Jerma after he stopped posting TF2 content, but I’m glad he’s made it and is still doing a bunch of cool stuff.
Watching the Adam Conover AI video is like watching somebody do a wacky parody of Adam Conover.
How so?
Just compare the Adam in that video to any of his TV or podcast stuff.
Veritasium has really gone down hill. I honestly think it started when he did the video on “clickbait” and actually realized how much more lucrative it was to make shittier clickbaity content than make straightforward science content.
It went from “here’s why magnetism is just electric field + relativity” to “I buried myself in cement - you won’t believe what happens!”
LTT is just an apology video channel now
How about the ones that seem to have just fucking quit? Barely Sociable popped up, produced a bunch of pretty cool videos, and has just fucking disappeared. Same with Fredrick Knudsen or however you spell the name of the “Down The Rabbit Hole” guy. Apparently some noise about making a 5 hour video followed by months of radio silence. Like my dude…break that up into parts.
The way you phrase this comes off as incredibly entitled. Sometimes, a lot of times even, people make something and put it out there; then something else in their life happens that just pulls them away.
They’re not beholden to continue to make anything for anyone.
Love Fredrick. That seems to be his MO for years now. A couple releases a year that are hours long. I just hope he’s doing well.
There was a very early YouTuber and Something Awful Goon that went by the YouTube handle Research Indicates.
Dropped the gold standard for Let’s Play videoes and then never uploaded another one again.
Something Awful Goon
Well there’s your problem, the nursing home he’s been put in probably doesn’t let him upload.
I love how Dunkey had a week where he did this sarcastically – and they still ended up being some of his most popular videos. Thankfully he’s stayed himself though and not abandoned what he does best.
