List of video links
Some YouTube channels and videos I like. This is a non-exhaustive list.
Tech
Channels
- Technology Connections
- Technological history and technology of today. Highly varied and deeply detailed.
- The 8-Bit Guy
- Retrocomputing.
- Techmoan
- Reviews of old and new consumer technology.
Games
Channels
- Lazy Game Reviews
- A more laid-back, cozy approach to reviewing old computers and their games.
- Ragnar Rox
- In-depth love-letters to horror and slightly obscurer games.
- Splash Wave
- Video game making-of videos with very high production value.
- My Life In Gaming
- Well-produced video guides to modern-day retrogaming.
- AustinSV
- Comparisons of ports of video games.
Specific videos
- How The Sims Made New-Age Jazz Piano the Soundtrack of Our Lives
- A look at one of my favorite video game soundtracks.
Nostalgia and pop culture
Channels
- Defunctland
- Documentaries on extinct themed experiences.
- J.J. McCullough
- Sometimes controversial channel about culture in a Canadian, American and global context. Also available on Nebula.
- R.R. Slugger
- Deeply-detailed and way-too-much effort videos about late 90s and early 2000s LEGO. And I am not exaggerating with the effort: not only does he fill his videos with truly superfluous stop motion animation, he even writes the background music himself!
Specific videos
- Hey Arnold! Virtual Tour
- A virtual tour of Arnold's bedroom. As a kid it always seemed like the most awesome bedroom ever.
- Remember When
- A bittersweet nostalgic romp that's now old enough to be nostalgic in itself.
Internet culture
Channels
- Smosh
- Since the reunion it kinda feels like old times again.
- Harry Partridge
- Animations by Harry Partridge.
- Auralnauts
- Musical and comical remixes of media, especially Star Wars.
- Bill Wurtz
- Very surreal animations tied to musical compositions.
- Worthikids
- Really eccentric animations.
Specific videos
- Fabulous Secret Powers
- The origin of the He-Man Sings meme.
- Defender of the Basic
- A comedy sketch that imparts a wonderful life lesson.
Miscellaneous
Channels
- Tantacrul
- Videos about music and UI design
- Tantacrul
- Analysis of visual effects in videos that often intend to mislead
- Stephen Patula
- Videos by someone who runs a McDonald's. The efficient and almost robotic way the kitchen works is a big part of what fascinates me so much about fast food.
- Adam Ragusea
- Deep dives into food, the cooking thereof, and the historical and scientific basis for it.
- Atomic Shrimp
- Random odds and ends, including but not limited to: scam-baiting, foraging, cooking on a budget, and reviews of weird canned food.
- Liam Carpenter and Uyen Ninh
- These two YouTubers show an expat's perspective on Germany, coming from England and Vietnam respectively, and primarily do so in Shorts. They're also active on Instagram Reels and TikTok.
Specific videos
- The Magic of Disney Comes to Tony Baxter's Home Remodel and Backyard Renovation
- One of the videos chronicling Tony Baxter's amazing house.
- The Voice of Movie Trailers and His Ultimate Disney House!
- A house stuffed full of neat memorabilia.
- How I Rewrote the History of Garfield
- A passionate Garfield fan digs into the archives to re-discover how Garfield truly got its start.
- Oregon, Only Slightly Exaggerated
- Touristic ads that depict Oregon as a magical land of wonders right out of a Studio Ghibli movie.