Gaming

Vinesauce, Josh Strife Hayes, TripleJump when i just need to turn my brain off with a wall of content, plus a bunch of old SomethingAwful Guys: Smight, TieTuesday, Psychadelic Eyeball, Diabetus, etc

Nowadays Markiplier is the only one of the gaming YouTubers I watch that still uploads quality content regularly. Back in the golden era of YouTube gaming channels I used to watch PewDiePie, UberHaxorNova, Cryaotic, The Creatures, Kootra, ImmortalHD, FrankieOnPc, etc. Most of those guys no longer upload so I don't have much gaming in my feed anymore...

I enjoy watching ironmouse on twitch.

I miss Two Best Friends Play.

Errant Signal does meta analysis on all types of games but focuses on obscure indie titles. He’s probably love/hate but I really enjoy his style and I love the obscure games.

Icaruslives does all doom mods. Easy 5-10 min vids on all the thousands of doom mods out there.

Game Maker’s Toolkit is all about analysis of game components with the MO of thinking about how to make a good game. Very interesting and well produced

Upisnotjump does a ton of shit but if you’re into the long form style he’s got a lot. Humor forward with quick cut editing so can be a lot but I’ve liked a lot of his stuff

I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but Noah Caldwell-Gervais is not only one of my favorite gaming related youtubers; but likely one of my favorite creators on the platform as a whole.

Excellent long-form essays on games, and his travel vlog material is even better. Genuinely one of the best voices in video essays.

EDIT: [here] (https://youtu.be/PyvlamwZ4O8) is one of my favorite pieces he's done. It's a love letter to the new forza game, as well as the mystique of rally racing as a whole.

This is a bit obscure, but does anyone know any good German YouTubers? I'm trying to practice my language skills. :)

This one is a little niche, but Harstem is a Starcraft 2 pro player who does a couple great series of videos related to the game. He's a lot of fun to watch because he has a deadpan sense of humor and an incredibly chill voice.

I'd start with his "Beating Grandmasters with Stupid Stuff" video where he pretends to be AFK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLKc5wwo7a0

If you like racing/ cars try Failrace his monthly GTA V - Survive the Hunt is so great to watch. He is also great in commentating his races.

Another racing YouTuber is AR12Gaming does mostly Forza content but occasionally does also other racing games.

Last one I want to shoutout is Blackpanthaa. He primarily focuses on Arcade Racing games especially Need for Speed.

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 just stumbled into grim beard. He good. Seems he’s doing the civvie bumper skits that are not really connected to any story.

Bingeing his library wile i wait for more content from Mandalore. I will have to try out oboeshouegames and boulder punch

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.

I've been watching Raocow for years and years and still enjoy watching him and the games he plays.

I also enjoy Wirtual (TrackMania streamer and doco creator), SimpleFlips (Especially his Trouble in Terrorist Town vids), and then Broughy1322 (GTAV/FiveM racing streamer).

I think besides Simple I tend to gravitate toward more 'relaxed' commentary.

I love GManlives for his "man on street" approach and when they were on, I watched Pretty Good Gaming (they closed a few years ago). I also watch the consumer advocate SidAlpha, although he posts rarely due to IRL committments.

Many A True Nerd, Mikeburnfire... does Jerma count? I'll add him

I basically only watch Hermitcraft at this point. My faves are Etho, MumboJumbo, Joe Hills and ZombieCleo (honorable mention to Grian and GoodTimesWithScar)

I don't watch a lot of gaming related YT, but the one I can never get enough off is the Angry Video Game Nerd (Cinemassacre). A great combination of intreseting topics/info and humour. I only feel bad for all the destroyed cartidges. I hope he uses fake ones for those scenes 🥲.

Kripparrian. Because he plays the same games as I do and because he is vegan :-). I like him a lot.

Glad to see Grim Beard getting love online. Love his stuff. Civvie is also top notch.

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 really enjoying https://www.youtube.com/@TheSaltFactory and https://www.youtube.com/@minimme. the salt factory does long form detailed examinations of games and minimme does shorter examinations of obscure games.

TBSkyen's Boss Designs Of series is pretty much the pinnacle of Souls analysis as far as I'm concerned. He uses his art degree skills to add a ton of context to what FromSoft might have been thinking about and it's incredibly fun to watch someone really consider and grasp what's happening narrative-wise rather than just vacantly watching something from Vaati after the fact.

Skillup is a great channel for reviews and news. Lately I've been enjoying FLEEKAZOID for humorous and edgy content, sometimes it's nice to not take something so seriously.

Gaming is a pretty broad topic, so I'll give a range of answers that are gaming related but not necessarily strictly gameplay.
Summoning Salt - Speedrun Historian
8-Bit Music Theory - Video Game Music Theory
Game Maker's Toolkit - Video Game Design Theory
Jacob Geller - Video Essayist with focus on Games
DougDoug - Community Influenced Gameplay with Light Coding (also hilarious)

But that's my selection.

I like watching AfroSenju, I think his personality is pretty hilarious. Though I only watching him once in awhile because sometimes the humor is just a little too one note. I also like Throne to watch Madden being a shitshow for free instead actually paying for it. But he has not posted in about a month and he sounded pretty fed up with the game at this point. I don't like other Madden YouTubers but he also reps Minnesota sports so I appreciate that as Minnesota native and sports fan.

If you like horror games Insym.

Interested in learning about some of these creators bc I only really watch Dunkey anymore. That little imp has really matured in terms of the kind of content he produces. He's insightful and he cracks me up.

Colonel Failure is great! He doesn't take himself too serious which leads to great video