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
- 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.
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.