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Dungeon chill is a good choice if the game being completely unknown is part of what you are looking for.
Thank you, Hbomberguy!
And Noah Caldwell-Gervais.
And Fredrik Knudsen.
retrospective
Hats off to my man MrEdders. Yes, I’ll absolutely watch your three hour video on some obscure 90’s FMV noir game!
Or a video about speedruns of a game I’ve never played.
Oh, turns out I’m not the only one who does that
I have never played Mario 64 outside of a couple five-minute sessions on a Toys-R-Us demo when I was maybe 10, but the Watch for Rolling Rocks half-A-press video - a speedrun with the added condition that a longer time will trump a shorter time if the player presses ‘A’ (jump) less than in the faster run - is almost unquestionably my favorite youtube video ever. It’s a hilariously silly niche thing, but beyond that it’s like watching someone try to explain their doctoral dissertation, making their best attempt while knowing full-well both that they won’t be able to get their audience to follow every piece and also that no one else is as engaged in the topic as they are. As long aa I don’t feel like a captive audience, I can find a real joy in exposure to that sort of enthusiasm. Laying that on top of something that’s just a little funny hits the spot for me so much.
Now, you’re probably wondering what I’m gonna need all this speed for. After all, I do build up speed for twelve hours. But to answer that, we need to talk about parallel universes, and if you thought my other tangents were complicated, just you wait. Okay, so Mario’s position is a floating point number, but it’s converted to a short when the game uses it to test for collision with floor triangles…
The video explaining invisible “walls” in Mario 64 is similarly great.
heck yeah
Every Goomba Glitch in Super Mario 64
But you have to be careful right, can’t watch a multi hour video game video about a game you might play. Many a video I’ve skipped from people I’m subbed to because our interests are too similar.
I just rewatch old series. If I don’t I’ll be too distracted with the new information.
American Dad, on repeat forever
What does the video add to the experience of doing something else?
My brain is either at 100% or 0%.
If I’m doing something monotonous, I need something to keep me stimulated, like listening to an audiobook, podcast, YouTube video, or music I can sing to.If I’m doing something taxing, I need some background dopamine to stay focused or I’ll get bored, tired, or unmotivated. I could be tapping, fidgetting, rocking, or listening to music I can move to (but not sing to).
Apparently, your body is supposed to have some base level of dopamine, but some people’s base level is too low. There are links to this and ADHD.
If you have ADHD, it’s literally impossible to work without the background distraction.
Sometimes i need something to keep the dopamine comming to my brain so i can be productive, but sometimes that thing steals all of my focus, so it’s always a gamble
Is this supposed to be Funny?
It just seems like good advice.
Noah Caldwell Gervais. Thank me later.
Don’t forget Action Button!
Came here to add Action Button, especially the Tokimeki Memorial episode.
Noah is great. I Finished a Video Game also hits this sweet spot very well.
