Action Button Super high quality, super long video essays about videogames by the one and only Tim Rogers. Recommended videos: Tokimeki Memorial and Boku No Natsuyasumi
Any Austin Super strange and interesting videos about games that defy explanation. Reccomended videos: Where Do Skyrim's Rivers Come From? and How Do Fallout’s NPCs Get Home?
Polygon Donut Funny silly weird videos about aesthetics, games and Y2K nostaglia. Quirked up in a good way. Recommended videos: The History of Nostalgic Screensavers, Understanding the Meaning of Weirdcore
Redlyne Long-form videos, mostly about dead and abandoned videogames. Recommended videos: Exploring Dead Games (there are several videos in this series), A Comprehensive History of Internet Horror
Ro Ramdin Some of my favorite videos on YT. Artistic reflections on mental health, art and pop culture. I'm a long time patron of Ro and I think she deserves a lot more acknowledgement than she gets.
Recommended videos: The Ten Traits of Slop Content, The Labubu Chronicles, The Invisible Illness We Don’t Understand
Jan Misali Very dense videos on a wide array of topics, but mostly music and linguistics.
Recommended videos: who wrote Caramelldansen?, w, c
The 5Ninth Avenue Project From youtube: "5NinthAvenueProject is maintained online in memory of Nelson Sullivan, who recorded the videos, and his artistic partner Dick Richards, who created the channel and edited the videos with assistance from Robert Coddington." Lots of POV videos of gay life in 80s NYC. Sometimes featuring the likes of Rupaul, Mathu Anderson and Susanne Bartsch
Runner Eye Essential videos if you desperately need to know the history of obscure RuPaul's Drag Race memes.
In My Homosexual Opinion The Show + Podcast If you like watching humorous reviews of Drag Race spinoffs and cultivating parasocial relationships with the hosts of said review shows, then this is the channel for you. Or rather, me. Love these ladies.
Nisipisa My tumblrina queen...
Reccomended videos: Anything in the "Window Shopping" series.
Emilia Fart
Now retired from making public videos, her archive is still one of my favorites to revisit.
Reccomended videos: I'm stranded on an island and I'm going to die, I remade CATS in one single take
Naoki Saito Amazing digital art advice by Japanese illustrator Naoki Saito (In Japanese with captions)
Takuro Okuda Beautifully crafted art dolls by Takuro Okuda
Moonlight Jewel Ridiculously professional resin-printed BJDs in a cutesy style
Meltss Super relaxing wax sealing videos (captions only)
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https://www.youtube.com/@sweetstench
https://www.youtube.com/@VIVINOS
https://www.youtube.com/@Worthikids
https://www.youtube.com/@vewn
https://www.youtube.com/@joruzin
https://www.youtube.com/@JoelG Ena by Joel G
Some of my Favorite Videos
Short Videos:
"Day out in Los Angeles with Juno Birch" by Juno Birch
"IF THE THREE STOOGES WERE STILL ALIVE TODAY" by Hrabb
"Meet the Engineer Preserving The Last Analog Motion Graphics Machine" from VICE
"How To Be Alone" by Andrea Dorfman
"PAPERS" by よしながき
Long Videos:
"For-Profit (Creative) Software" by EndVertex
"Gambling and the desire machine" and "A real history of video games" by Jimmy Mcgee
"Girl's Club video review" by Polygon featuring Justin and Griffin McElroy
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