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Friday Fun Thread for May 31, 2024

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Developing on video watching speed discussion: What Youtube channels you watching? Preferably relatively less popular and of the "hidden gems" variety.

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Stupid Ones Games, - there is little to watch here, but the guy is developing Paradox-like grand strategy similar to Victoria II in Unreal Engine. Right now there are no dev blog style videos, only snippets of some features no longer than 3 minutes, but I expect this to change in the future.

Min Maxer Gaming, Quite niche content and only two videos, but if like you old RTS and specifically solo missions there is something for you. Currently he tries to complete Age of Mythology campaign without losing a single unit.

Engel, Dead channel, but author already made quite a number of video essay style game reviews which were sadly never popular.

DiploStrats, Main and only focus is analysis of Diplomacy matches, which because of their interwoven strategic and social nature are interesting even for people who never played it.

The Distributist, I think many people here already heard of him, but still I wanted to mention this channel for its interesting far rightist perspective, that maybe is common here, but expressed in much better form, than you can expect from mottizens with similar views.

This video is probably the funniest I've watched this year or last year.

Gundam Battle Operation 2 gameplay: Spider-Chieftain, Flailthroughs, Sneed Plays, Ninjaguy _12, Salty Walty, xLord Anubis

Miscellaneous gameplay: Raocow (longtime let's-player with 13,000 videos)

War Thunder gameplay: Orangefan

Splatoon 3 gameplay: DH1125

Magic: The Gathering: Arena limited-format gameplay: Gomlet X

interesting far rightist perspective, that maybe is common here, but expressed in much better form, than you can expect from mottizens with similar views.

I feel personally attacked.

And can also offer no protest to your assertion.

My YT Submission: Horses

Very stylistic documentary shorts on ... nothing in particular? But they're very well done. The one on Icelandic Witches is a must watch.

Mental Outlaw - Based and FOSS-pilled IT news (may contain farming).

Whose Body Is It - A hippie, new-age, conspiracy-theorist feminist podcast. It might be the very anti-thesis of our forum, now that I think about it, so perhaps some of you will run away screaming. Still, lot's of interesting interviews, and I feel it's the kind of anti-thesis that, unlike the more mainstream / elite forms of feminism, could lead to a synthesis.

Transparency Podcast - Trans dudes discussing the trans-mania. I especially recommend the National Transgender Health Summit series.

EveryBodyShook - A documentary series about the totally schizo, not at all actually happening as we speak, depopulation conspiracy theory.

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