Mate, I don’t think anyone is watching these hour long videos you post of identikit gamers talking into mics in their bedrooms.

That was 10 years ago. Acceptable standards change.

I found them a bit slow at first, but then I always wind the acceleration way up on my games anyway.

Maybe try that? And reduce the dead zone, too.

Or just stop playing it.

Well the video's been live for less than two days and it's had 100,000 views already, so people clearly are watching them.

I know you're tremendously sniffy and superior when it comes to a lot of YouTube content, and of course there's an astonishing amount of horseshit on the platform. However, many of the content creators take an awful lot of time over their videos and produce them to a very high standard, and SkillUp is one such creator.

The vast majority of my watching time is spent on YouTube, far outstripping Netflix, iPlayer and Amazon Prime combined.

For example, where else am I going to find really detailed and in-depth commentary on the upcoming WoW Classic release and the recent beta of it? It's the kind of thing that is completely ignored by 'traditional' video media outlets, but YouTube has me covered.

That was 10 years ago. Acceptable standards change.

Well the video's been live for less than two days and it's had 100,000 views already, so people clearly are watching them.

Have human reaction times changed in the last ten years?

I don’t know. Perhaps you could play the games and find out.

I mean people here.

That’s cause I’m an idiot and I’ll watch any old shit.

As for long YouTube videos, I love them! Sometimes I watch other people play through a game instead of buying it myself. Saved a fortune that way.

Are you gents arguing about the controls being subjectivity awful?

Good luck with that!

As for long YouTube videos, I love them! Sometimes I watch other people play through a game instead of buying it myself. Saved a fortune that way.

I watch videos about games I'm interested in, want to play, or have played. RDR2 interests me, hence I enjoy watching videos about it and I find the discussion around it engaging. (I've watched a fuckton of Destiny 2 videos but haven't played the game, as I find the journey its gone on fascinating. For WoW Classic I didn't have access to the beta and the game itself isn't released until next year, and I don't even know if I'll play it yet either, but there are loads of fantastic videos being made about it.)

I respect SkillUp as a diligent reviewer and as such shared a link to his review video here, which people are free to watch, or not watch, as they see fit.

For example, I watched all of this guy's videos discussing each of the classes from Classic WoW in tremendous nerdy detail, which as I've said, is a game I may very well never end up playing. The Mage video is nearly 40 minutes long and has an extensive section covering AoE grinding mechanics. There's nothing on Netflix about this.

It's true, he will...

It's true, he will...

Well yeah. An hour long *review*? Fuck that.

My main issue with most Youtube things is that just like on other ['popular video hosting sites' - Ed.] I really don't need all the introductory crap and just want to get to the good stuff.

That fucking guy has a second channel!?

I'm happy to watch a half-hour Shut up & Sit Down review of a board game I'm never going to play (either due to complexity, number of people, or fucking orcs).

My main issue with most Youtube things is that just like on other ['popular video hosting sites' - Ed.] I really don't need all the introductory crap and just want to get to the good stuff.

If only there was a way to skip bits of these videos, what a world that would be...

YouTube has those little yellow markers along the timeline though

so does pornhub

YouTube has those little yellow markers along the timeline though

Also they make you hold down the button for *everything* which I fucking hate. I want to donate these 5 pocket watches to the gang, because I'm a good boy. I have to press and hold the donate button on the donation menu five times? Fuck's sake.

Also, I don't like the way the weapon/item wheel works. But the controls are adequate.

Anyone know how you get your horse to stop following you without getting on it again?

Can you sell excess guns?

Also, I don't like the way the weapon/item wheel works. But the controls are adequate.

I totally don't get how the item wheel works. Like there will be loads of food items in my satchel and some of them are available from the wheel and some aren't but I don't know which or why.

so I was basically hammering A A A A A A A A A A A A to race home (because that’s back again)

The drunken bar scene was hilarious.

Yes.