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Gaming culture & analysis Videos Recommended on Hacker News (92)
Gaming culture & analysis is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 92 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2011 and 2026 — 226 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Gaming culture: video essays about games, MMORPG culture, World of Warcraft, esports, game communities, Folding Ideas, game criticism, horror games and mods, Let's Plays.
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3 mo on HNGames, Schools, and Worlds Designed for Violence
Jacob Geller
3 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNThe largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games
Accursed Farms
3 HN recommender · 2024–2024
2 mo on HNGacha Drama and the Korean Gender War
Moon Channel
1 HN recommend · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNDeception, Lies, and Valve
Coffeezilla
2 HN recommender · 2025–2025
2 mo on HNDeus Ex Morpheus Conversation [1080p Widescreen]
Darkangel754
2 HN recommender · 2016–2021
2 mo on HNThe Addictive Cost Of Predatory Videogame Monetization (The Jimquisition)
Stephanie Sterling
2 HN recommender · 2020–2022
2 mo on HNSIMCITY 3000 - MAGNASANTI - 6 MILLION - ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM.flv
tasrhgs02
2 HN recommender · 2012–2023
2 mo on HNMaking Sense of VRChat, the "Metaverse" People Actually Like
People Make Games
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
2 mo on HN[Highlight] StarCraft Remastered Rant
Day9TV
2 HN recommender · 2017–2019
2 mo on HNGame Theory: How PewDiePie Conquered YouTube
The Game Theorists
2 HN recommender · 2014–2017
2 mo on HNRopecon 2019: Essi Santala, Sampo Juustila: Odysseus – Where Code Meets Light and Sound
Ropecon
2 HN recommender · 2021–2026
2 mo on HNThe Next Major RTS Will Fail. This Is Why.
GiantGrantGames
2 HN recommender · 2023–2024
2 mo on HNCities Without People
Jacob Geller
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HNThe Fall of Minecraft's 2b2t
FitMC
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNGoogle's DeepMind AI vs StarCraft 2 World Champion - Game 1
ArtosisTV
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
2 mo on HNHareraiser (The Worst Game Ever) - Stuart Ashen - Norwich Gaming Festival 2017
Norwich Games Festival
2 HN recommender · 2018–2023
2 mo on HNI Got Bribed By Casinos, But I Exposed Them Instead
Coffeezilla
2 HN recommender · 2024–2025
1 mo on HNTraining an unbeatable AI in Trackmania
Yosh
1 HN recommend · 2024–2025
1 mo on HNHow the Minecraft Title Screen Seed was Found
SalC1
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNCopyright Deadlock (The Jimquisition)
Stephanie Sterling
1 HN recommend · 2016–2021
1 mo on HNSid Meier's Alpha Centauri Secret Project: The Planetary Datalinks
matsku84
1 HN recommend · 2013–2020
1 mo on HNThe Witness - A Great Game That You Shouldn't Play
Joseph Anderson
1 HN recommend · 2021–2025
1 mo on HNDoes High FPS make you a better gamer? Ft. Shroud - FINAL ANSWER
Linus Tech Tips
1 HN recommend · 2020–2025
1 mo on HN[Minecraft Computer Engineering] - Quad-Core Redstone Computer v5.0 [12k sub special!]
legomasta99
1 HN recommend · 2019–2022
1 mo on HNVACNET Anti-cheat
3kliksphilip
1 HN recommend · 2019–2023
1 mo on HNResident Evil Village PC DRM: Cracked Code Really Does Run Better - Confirmed
Digital Foundry
1 HN recommend · 2021–2024
1 mo on HNArmok Invaders
BaronWable
1 HN recommend · 2016–2025
1 mo on HNTASBot plays Brain Age by micro500, xy2_ in 20:06 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 - Part 154
Games Done Quick
1 HN recommend · 2019–2022
1 mo on HNNew NES Tetris Technique: Faster Than Hypertapping!
aGameScout
1 HN recommend · 2021–2024
1 mo on HNThe Immoral Design of Diablo Immortal
Josh Strife Hayes
1 HN recommend · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNHotline Miami Soundtrack (Full)
SoundtrackVideoGame
1 HN recommend · 2013–2024
1 mo on HNExposing FRAUD And DECEPTION In The Retro Video Game Market
Karl Jobst
1 HN recommend · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNMMO Economies - Hyperinflation, Reserve Currencies & You! - Extra Credits
Extra Credits
1 HN recommend · 2016–2020
1 mo on HNFirst NetHack bot ascension
Jan K
1 HN recommend · 2015–2022
1 mo on HNCode Monkey
spiffworld
1 HN recommend · 2020–2021
1 mo on HNSacrifices to the Church of Nintendo
EmpLemon
1 HN recommend · 2024–2025