100% That video where he voice changes as an old lady and convinces a scammer that she wont use any piece of technology because she was afraid of the robot uprising was gold. His ability to improv like 3-4 people on the phone switching voice changers seamlessly is amazing
Yes!!! I genuinely think he's the best improv artist I've ever seen, and he can multitask so well. I've also learned a ton about scams from him and use the information to reach out to companies and try to enact change.
Something else I appreciate is that he treats anyone and everyone with respect (no matter how vile they are towards him); not something you see on the internet often.
By topic, in order of how likely I am to immediately click on their video if I see a new one:
D&D:
• Viva La Dirt League D&D
(Including hammy greenscreen reenactments! Beyond hilarious. Top of the list. My god.)
Skits:
• Viva La Dirt League (gaming)
• Dr. Glaucomflecken (medicine)
• Ryan George
• Paint (parody music)
• MTGRemy (Magic: The Gathering parody music)
• Brian David Gilbert (music)
• Fire Department Chronicles
• Steven He (being Asian)
• Daniel Thrasher
Interesting/horrible facts:
• Casual Geographic
• Tom Scott
• Kurzgesagt
Movies:
• Pitch Meeting
• CinemaTherapy (psychology of movies)
Psychiatry (gaming bent):
• HealthyGamerGG
History:
• Tierzoo (prehistory if it were an MMO)
• Linfamy (Japanese)
• Fall of Civilizations (all 1-3hrs long but great)
• Townsends (US colonial)
• Shadiversity (medieval)
Gaming:
• The Escapist (zero punctuation)
• JelloPlaysGames
• Razbuten (highly recommend checking out his "Gaming for a Non-Gamer" series)
Art (chill):
• Sultan Sketches
• LavenderTowne
• ABD Illustrates
Art (tutorial):
• David Finch
• Bobbo Andonova
• Winged Canvas
Misc:
• OwlKitty (cat greenscreened into movie trailers)
• Exurb1a (emotionally distressing prose)
• LegalEagle (lawyer drama)
• JelloApocalyse (misc/gaming, can genuinely recommend the hilarity of a video about lemonade reviews, of all things. His delivery is fantastic.)
Please keep this up, because I need to be able to come back to this and check out the stuff I don't already follow and look at. Since you had quite a few I already enjoy I'm mostly assuming you've got good taste...
So glad youtube has these kinds of channels and its not all just clickbait cringey trash. I wish there were a browser plugin or something to filter out reaction videos and anything where there’s a gen-Z-er just straight overreacting and yelling at their phone
I’ve been obsessed with Jacob Geller’s video essays for months now. There’s just something about the way he writes that lands with such a punch for me, I can’t get enough of it. Notable mentions are his video on orbital lasers— one of the best openings to a video essay I’ve ever listened to— and the comparison video between RE4R, HBO’s TLOU and Dead Space Remake. If you’re into video essays and/or gaming in any capacity, check him out. You won’t regret it.
I really like Corridor Crew / Corridor Digital: I have been following them for over a decade and they have so many good videos where they dissect Visual Effects and stunts or experiment with new tools (lately they have been toying with Stable Diffusion and they did with Deep Fakes earlier).
On a similar subject, Captain Disillusion is underrated, he's debunking viral videos using his knowledge of VFX.
Ahoy makes mini-documentaries on video game history (mainly retro PC gaming) with really nice graphics and music made by himself.
And lastly, not so much a creator, but a documentary series that sucked me in: PsychOdyssey follows the developers from Double Fine during the production of Psychonauts 2. It's a very rare and honest look into the creation process of video games and it particularly hit with me because Psychonauts 2 is my favorite game of 2021.
Value Select
Multi-talented (really) independent content creator, who flavours his borderline surrealist humour with 80's stylings and DnD/medieval vocabulary and theatrics. Pushes for good vibes while keenly aware of the grind "Embrace the mirth".
I'm surprised he hasn't been mentioned so far, but DougDoug is my favorite YouTuber/streamer. He has some of the most creative and entertaining videos of any currently active content creator imho.
• Thorhighheels: Video game analysis, mainly older or more obscure games. Tends to focus more on vibes than gameplay. Makes really good music too.
• Jacob Geller: Another mainly game analysis channel but he covers other forms of media as well. Check him out on Nebula if you like his content for extra and longer videos.
My Favorite Youtube Channels (Not in any particular order):
Jacksepticeye - Gaming and variety content - Very wholesome Irish dude, never heard of any controversies about him
Ted-Ed - Education channel with variety of history, science, some philosophy, and a lot of good riddles (actual good riddles, unlike some other channels)
CGP Grey - Hexagon is the bestagon! - But seriously, it's a bunch of cool stuff about various topics
Exurb1a - Philosophy that can trigger an Existential Crisis
Vsauce - Science, but weird
Veritasium - Science, but interesting
Mark Rober - Engineering, and pranking scammers and "porch pirates" with a fake package containing a device that shoots out glitter
Mentour Pilot - Interesting stuff about Aviation, story-telling of aircraft accidents/incidents with an explanation of the technical stuff he knows as a pilot (I don't work in the aviation industry and I'm not a frequent flier, I'm just obsessed with aviation stuff)
Louis Rossmann - Right to repair, technology stuff, and occasional cat videos (and some in the "shorts" section)
I'll eat up anything they put out:
Perun (War economics, logistics, procurement, etc)
The Chieftain (Tank history and doctrine)
CGP Grey (Deep dives on random topics)
The Operations Room (High quality visualizations of historical battles)
The Intel Report (Followup topics related to Operations Room)
dnsl (Trolling in games)
Channels I'll binge on once in a while:
Drachinifel (Naval history)
agadmator (Chess breakdowns)
Forgotten Weapons (Firearm history and mechanics)
Lockpicking Lawyer (Lock history and picking)
LifesAGlitchTV (StarCraft 2 commentary duo)
Spookston (War Thunder gameplay)
The Tank Museum (More tank history)
Real Engineering (Deep dives on interesting engineering)
Scott Manley (Space & rocketry related topics)
One of my favorite yt channels is currently Stumpt. They got a ton of series on mc from their older backlog, and a variety of other games they've done videos as well if you don't necessarily like mc.
Thoraya's yt channel has been one of my faves for years now. She basically asks questions and such to stranger on the streets, I love hearing about peoples' experiences, thoughts, life stories etc
I also enjoy EXPLORE WITH US' content, it's a yt channel focused on true crime, unsolved cases etc. The majority of their videos include clips in the interrogation room that are being analysed, it's super interesting
There aren't many I follow. I don't watch much YouTube, but I like Kand Hayati. She posts videos of her life in rural Azerbaijan, showing some of the family's small scale agriculture and lots of the delicious food that they make.