Do I care about EVE Online? No, not at all. Did I watch a 5hr+ video about the history of EVE Online? Oh boy did I!
That video is dope. Dude hadn’t posted on YouTube in 2 years and then drops a 6 hour video on EVE Online. We almost lost him to that fuckin game, lmao.
As someone that played that game from 2014 to 2021…
Don’t play that game…
My character turns 10 next year, and I’m planning on doing a charity livestream where I spend all of my money on shitty fleets, getting blown up a lot, and when the ISK runs out, biomassing the character.
I played with Goonswarm back during their rise to power in 2005-2010, probably the most interesting time period in the game.
I agree, avoid it like the plague and just read about it instead. The game itself is a boring grind and playing at the top level is basically a full time job.
You cannot announce something like this and then not post a link ;)
Yep I’m in too
He hadn’t posted because of how much work he and his team were putting into the EVE Online video. They wanted to do justice to the topic and I think they succeeded.
During that time he was still streaming on Twitch regularly so he didn’t just drop off the planet.
Yeah, I couldn’t do that one. I did like 30 minutes and got tired of it. That’s like half a day of talking about the same thing.
I’m a long form content junkie.
Came here to mention that documentary. It was amazing and made me return to New Eden
Same here unironically
Do people actually sit down and watch these focused? I see longer and longer videos on YouTube because the algorithm seems to favour those, but for me, the longer it is, the more chance it has to be played as background noise or not played at all.
There are a few good ones that are absolutely worth watching, also kinda ones where if you don’t pay attention it’s meaningless.
from Folding Ideas:
as an into to him a 17 minute (nugget sized, lol) piece about Jamie Oliver and his Weird war on Nuggets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-a9VDIbZCU&pp=ygUaZm9sZGluZyBpZGVhcyBqYW1pZSBvbGl2ZXI%3D
if you like that you might wanna check out his longer videos, the most well known is probably:
The Line goes up - The problem with NFTs 2h 18m It’s a rundown of Crypto’s and NFTs and explainer of what they are their socio economical roots etc, really good.
Contrepeneurs - The mikkelsen twins 1h 50m A good video about a layered ponzi scheme.
The Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse 1h 50m this about the metaverse and similar “second life clones”
This is financial advice - 2h 30m A deep dive into GME, Apes, Diamond Hands and MOASS, also really good.
Why it’s rude to suck at World of Warcraft, 1h 25m really interesting video about WoW, game design and the meta game around WoW
In Search of Flat earth - 1h 16m deep dive into flat earthers
Another really good Video by a different Channel, some more news
A Brief Look at Jordan Peterson - 2h 55m - A methodical, step by step dismantlement of the idea that Jordan Peterson is anything else than a Right Winger and a moron.
Dan Olson and Cody Johnston are absolute treasures
I do. I don’t do nothing while I do it, but I do other things as background, and treat that as foreground.
I also do what you do, but I definitely also consume them as a primary thing.
I focus for 15 minutes as I don’t have time for 4 hours, but then they end and I realize I’ve lost another day.
I love watching Pyrocynical videos. Good editing and writing grabs your attention anyway.
That cheeky bugger got me with his eight hour Utopia video.
I love em’. Better than anything else on TV imo. I love a full breakdown of an analog horror ARG or an internet mystery rabbit hole deep dive. And usually because ots just one dedicated creator with no deadline/boss/focus group/format to appease, they have so much more character, charm and uniquenes… There’s no studio who could hold my attention with the cookie cutter slop on any of the streaming platforms.
Yeah. Sometimes I get a bit fidgety and like to do something with my hands, so I’ll do some knitting or something, but I always pay attention primarily to the video. I feel like I don’t really remember anything from videos if I listen to them in the background.
I will easily watch four 15 minute long videos, but I need to schedule some dedicated time to watch one hour-long video, or I’ll probably fall asleep.
Hbomb posted a new video?
Roblox_oof.mp3 is a masterpiece.
Second New Vegas video pleaseeeee
Hhbomberguy has a new vid?
And it’s the shit every time
Another New Vegas video would be Hella nice
Currently 4h24m into Flaw Peacock’s 7h42m analysis of Who’s Lila? and loving every minute
yess I spent a weekend watching that when it first came out and it was an awesome watch. I think about 4 hrs in is when I finally realized his name was a euphemism lol
Did someone say hour-long video-game essays?
Found this fascinating one about the old flash game World’s Hardest Game:
Holy shit! Thank you for this! I’ve seen many of these already and loved them all. It’s great to see that there are many more for me in the near future again!
This was me yesterday except I found out that all of the episodes of Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist are on YouTube.
I just want to learn about what is happening with his hair? Is it morphing into a cat? Does he have a placemat weaved into it?
Fredrik Knudsen’s 9 hour long Eve Online video, here we come!
Did someone say video essay?
Honestly, I expected at least 24 hours for the complete history of Rome.
OSP Blue is a legend, he can do it in less than 3
Literally me when Josh Strife Hayes posted the AdventureQuest video
Worst MMO Ever is incredible. The time and attention he spends deep diving into truly terrible MMOs is an artistic labor of love. I could never do it but I sure enjoy watching him do it for me.
Nexpo gang say “yeaaah!”
Edit* Also, Manykudos, Internet Historian, WavyWebSurf, Jacob Geller, The Cursed Judge and the king of kings, Karl Jobst.
Jenny Nicholson is my weak spot. Defunctland and Down the Rabbit Hole are also great.
Omg, the Evermore one was so bad because it was so good but actually 4 hours long. I lost one whole day of free time to that video. Lol
The male urge to spontaneously learn about new subjects /s
But why male models?
It’s part of the meme. “The [gender] urge to [normal thing].” It’s satire.
