Watching Let's Plays can help those who don't usually engage themselves with playing games (especially in our course). There are people who would rather watch another person play through a horror game than play the game themselves. For example watching someone play Amnesia or Slender; they can avoid experiencing first hand the jump scares - alone, I must add - because they are watching someone else play. It’s also very entertaining being able to see the different reactions that people have while playing certain games. You can see how they deal with certain situations which can be irritating, horrifying or funny to watch. Let's Plays can be of a person playing their way through an adventure game of some kind (e.g. The Walking Dead series). When watching another person play the game, it can inspire the viewer to play the game themselves and in their own way.
Popular Let’s players~ (I'll only mention a few because there's far too much to cover, sorry for leaving a lot out)
In our
lectures, Rooster Teeth has been mentioned a few times. They’re
the creators of ‘Red vs. Blue’ which they are most popularly known by. "Achievement Hunter" is a subsidiary of Rooster Teeth. Achievement Hunter upload many different shows, all recorded in video games, such as "Things To Do In" in which the staff show the viewer interesting activities in the game that weren't the developers original idea . Videos of Let's Plays from the Achievement Hunter staff are posted under Rooster Teeth's Youtube channel. Some of the games that they make Let's Play videos of are Minecraft,Worms, Farm
Simulator 2013 etc.
The Yogscast
The Yogscast is a very popular Youtube channel that does a lot of videos about Minecraft and Garry's Mod (as well as others, like Guild Wars II, Diablo III, Borderlands etc). Their Minecraft videos are the most popular of the genre on YouTube. One series of these videos feature the Yogscast members building and playing in a game mod known as Tekkit. Using the mod, which adds a more industrial side to building in Minecraft, the Yogscast have been able to create a story in which two groups of Yogscast members act as industrial rivals, squaring off in a story as "Honeydew Inc" and "SipsCo." This adds an "acting" element to the Let's Play, creating an almost movie-like experience for the viewer.
Solo Youtube uploaders usually have a facecam active while they play videogames. This allows the viewers to see their reactions, as well as make them feel closer to the person they're watching play. A lot of Youtubers have their own styles and importantly own personalities. Often they will also stream themselves playing which allow viewers to join in with them while they are in online games. The relationship created between Youtubers and their subscribers is important as it is where most of their success comes from. Often you'll see a lot of conflict between fan-armies for certain Youtube channels.
It's interesting how popular posting videos of yourself playing video games are on Youtube. As well as how entertaining it can be to watch someone else play the game instead. It isn't something to be left out when thinking about the popularity of games as it is a growing fashion upon gamers to stream online games.
I'm not gonna go any deeper into this but I'll post some youtube channels that I've subscribed to which have pretty good gaming videos. :)
- Pewdiepie
- SeaNanners
- Tobuscus
- Dunkey
feel free to comment more!
- Georgia C
Solo Youtube uploaders usually have a facecam active while they play videogames. This allows the viewers to see their reactions, as well as make them feel closer to the person they're watching play. A lot of Youtubers have their own styles and importantly own personalities. Often they will also stream themselves playing which allow viewers to join in with them while they are in online games. The relationship created between Youtubers and their subscribers is important as it is where most of their success comes from. Often you'll see a lot of conflict between fan-armies for certain Youtube channels.
It's interesting how popular posting videos of yourself playing video games are on Youtube. As well as how entertaining it can be to watch someone else play the game instead. It isn't something to be left out when thinking about the popularity of games as it is a growing fashion upon gamers to stream online games.
I'm not gonna go any deeper into this but I'll post some youtube channels that I've subscribed to which have pretty good gaming videos. :)
- Pewdiepie
- SeaNanners
- Tobuscus
- Dunkey
feel free to comment more!
- Georgia C
For those who want a little more quality assurance in their Let's Play searches, look no further than http://lparchive.org/. LP Archive is a moderated site that posts completed LPs in a variety of formats, hosting some of the most acclaimed Let's Plays of all time. My personal favourite LPs from this catalogue are...
ReplyDeleteNier, by The Dark ID: http://lparchive.org/NIER/
The Dark ID, using text and pictures, documents his experiences playing Nier-- a little-known sequel to the PS2 game Drakengard. He strives for 100% completion of the game, while also giving insight into the extremely detailed history of the game world.
Animal Crossing, by Chewbot: http://lparchive.org/Animal-Crossing/
Instead of playing through the game normally, Chewbot spins a terrifying tale of a quiet farming town turned nightmarish.
Princess Maker 2, by SynthOrange: http://lparchive.org/Princess-Maker-2/
SynthOrange plays through an old child-raising simulator while allowing his commenters to direct how he brings up his daughter. Disaster ensues.
Killer7 by ChipCheezum and GeneralIronicus: http://lparchive.org/Killer7/
Two popular LPers team up to take on the most incomprehensible Gamecube game ever made; Killer7.
:D <3
DeleteAs someone who does not play games I am definitely going to watch some Let's Plays in order to get a better idea of the games, so thanks for posting them.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing I have found interesting about Youtube is even when a particular clip is loading, you can move the arrow keys on your key board and the white loading circle turns into a game like Snake. I thought that was a clever thing for Youtube to add along with all their videos, and interesting that even a simple game like Snake is embedded into other media forms.