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Well, actually I only watched half of that review. I never understood the charm of listening to someone talking about a game, or a book, or a movie he/she plays/reads/watches outside of a more or less short review in written form. Used to write some myself, and heck! it's far more fun to write a negative review than to be wax lyrical about something which actually was good. Alas, that someone can earn a living by doing videos which are almost an hour long I find quite puzzling, although I appreciate the effort that goes into it - writing a script, cutting the video, doing the narration, and in between dressing up, fresh from the hairdresser, to record on-screen appearances.

I obviously did sit through the video linked by Elke, which sort of did amuse me - partly because of all the effort to look good and sort of relaxed, striving to deliver a perfect talk - again scripted, pretty obviously, and rehearsed. The amusing bit amongst the (very respectable) hard work is that he's holding that empty mug for seventeen minutes - a prop to underline the relaxed performance, but, well, just a prop.

Also amusing in a way is the attitude on display, putting, as Elke writes, "his commenting into perspective". It does, as fundamentally he says what has to be done to please his patreons and YouTube followers. Even in he would hate, say, WoW, with all his heart, he wouldn't do a "the worst MMO game ever" video about it, as it would cost him followers. The "worst games" have to be those with the smallest player base - those which are obscure enough to enrage, if at all, only few, while pleasing his herd for exactly the reason he states: that negativity is shareable and popular. ;)