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[-] Esoteir@hexbear.net 23 points 3 days ago

lmaoo, the first one was both-sides "robert was a bit of a dick, maybe both sides should be heard out..." and then they make a two hour video where the first twenty minutes is them going "ermm... maybe we could have put that one better..."

kris-dubois id rather chew sand and swallow thumbtacks than watch two hours of this uncurated slop

[-] aanes_appreciator@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

Youtube "documentaries" are just pure filler sometimes. If you need to take over 45 minutes to explain this kind of topic you're just adding filler to boost your ad revenue from folks who fell asleep halfway through.

I only broke that rule for shit like the Disney Fastpass doc (1hr42) because it had entertaining visuals, deep research, and covered an expansive generation-long history of the topic in question.

PMG isn't bad on those fronts, but I think they lean heavily on being a podcast woth visuals over an actual video producer.

[-] dRLY@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago

I agree about them being a lot of filler for a lot of things (really depends on the channel and the topic). That Disney Fastpass one was really good, and really made me glad that I only went to Disney World twice back in the early 00s when the passes were much simpler. Was shocked but not surprised to see how fucked they made it into. If you have to pre-plan what you want to do each hour of the trip, it really takes all the fun out of shit (and really fucks anyone that hasn't been before not knowing anything). It is impressive how much joy the min/max crowd get out of the current system, but really sad all at the same time.

The only mostly gaming long-form YT docs that I get excited to see pop-up are from Down the Rabbit Hole. I was not prepared to actually get interested enough in learning about EVE Online to sit through a 6hr video (broke it into a few chunks). I went to check out some other ones to see what others have made, and even with much much shorter run-times they weren't as interesting.

Also recommend "The Story of the Internet Hero Who Grinded to Level 99 in the First Area of Final Fantasy VII" from Cybershell. Pretty funny watch all about a guy that grinded out getting Cloud and Berret to level 99 in the first part of the game. All because of spite. Only a 18min run-time.

[-] save_vs_death@hexbear.net 23 points 3 days ago

the first one was an unmitigated cumshow (and not the fun kind) ready to be dissapointed by more milquetoast corrections in this one

[-] CriticalOtaku@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This one's much better than the first one, although it's also mostly focused on Argo Tulik and Dora Klindzic and how uniquely they got screwed over at Zaum post-initial interview, and then by 2 of the different successor studios after leaving Zaum.

It's worth the watch, if for nothing else than for the summary of all the Disco "successors" and who owns what, and in how comprehensive (within reason) they get into the legalese surrounding all the various law suits.

[-] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 18 points 3 days ago

videogame journalism

[-] koncertejo@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago

Can someone give me a tl;dw on all of this haha I'm not watching several hours of YouTube just to be up to date on the drama

[-] CriticalOtaku@hexbear.net 15 points 3 days ago

Creatives get screwed over by C-Suite after Creatives make something profitable; subsequently C-Suite find new and more creative ways to exploit and screw over Creatives in a race to recapture the magic.

“Capital has the ability to subsume all critiques into itself. Even those who would critique capital end up reinforcing it instead.”

[-] daniyeg@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago

i have watched it, and to be honest i forgot already. good video though.

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