Yahtzee Croshaw provides his thoughts and insights in this video essay series focused on games industry topics. New episodes every other Thursday at 10 AM CT.
Curated by: Second Wind (68 videos)
00:00:00 Intro 00:00:18 The Difficulty Paradox 00:06:32 The Rise and Fall of Video Game Titles 00:13:47 The Importance of an Ending 00:20:12 How to Predict The Game Awards 00:27:55 The Rules of a Good Plot Twist 00:34:54 An Explanation of "Post-Punk" Games 00:42:25 The Lost Art of the Tutorial Level 00:49:15 The Moral Dilemmas that Weren't 00:55:37 Why Truly Original Games Are So Rare 01:01:44 The Importance of a Good Monster Introduction 01:08:10 The Language of Color in Games 01:15:06 Oh, That Darn Yellow Paint 01:22:16 Screw Nuance, Give Me A Memorable Villain 01:28:53 Could Every Video Game Happen in the Same World? 01:36:38 Framing, Agency, and AAA Female Protagonists 01:44:13 A Postmortem on Starstruck Vagabond 01:51:32 A Case of Soulslike Fatigue 01:59:19 Card Game? I've Got a World to Save! 02:06:07 Can an NPC Feel Like A Friend? 02:13:45 Should A Game Never Be Boring? 02:19:58 The Games I Like, But Don't Actually Play 02:26:55 Resident Evil 4 is Stupid If You Think About It 02:34:35 The Rise of the Dad Game 02:42:24 Silent Hill 2 and the Hidden Costs of Remakes 02:49:36 Breaking Down My Dislike of Strategy Games 02:56:09 Symphony of the Night's UI is Fascinatingly Bad 03:03:49 I May Have Been Wrong About Some of My Favorite Games 03:10:22 Get Me Out of this Stupid Void 03:17:54 Yahtzee Finally Explores His Feelings 03:23:58 I Love VR, But It Also Makes Me Sad 03:31:45 My Big Dumb Nintendo Switch 2 Predictions 03:38:27 Live-Service Games Ruined Crafting 03:44:58 I Was Bored, So I Did a Black Mesa Ironman Run 03:52:00 The Games That Drove Me Insane 03:57:37 Video Game Adaptations Need to Mind Their Manners 04:03:23 Split Fiction s Writing Is Bad, so Let s Fix It 04:10:43 Oh, It's Another Roguelike 04:16:38 Remakes, Remasters, and Re-Whatevers 04:22:51 Why Are Modern Games Obsessed With Parrying? 04:30:00 Why I Hated the Story of DOOM: The Dark Ages 04:36:11 What Makes Us Care About Video Game Homes? 04:43:03 The Standard Mario Biome Checklist Theory 04:50:20 The Slippery Slope of AI in Games 04:56:32 A Rant About Video Game Puns 05:03:28 Enough With the Pointless Skill Trees 05:10:14 I'm Ashamed to Admit It, I Play YouTube Playables 05:16:22 The Stupidity of Big Boss 05:23:13 I Love Silksong, and I Also Hate Silksong 05:30:39 Optional Content Isn't Really Optional 05:36:44 Good Luck Modernizing Silent Hill 1, Bloober Team 05:44:06 Let's Talk About Cutscene Incompetence 05:51:11 AAA Development vs. a Bag of Chips 05:58:00 The End! Every Semi-Ramblomatic from the last two years, just for you. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SecondWindGroup Second Wind Merch: https://store.dftba.com/collections/second-wind https://sharkrobot.com/collections/second-wind