#peri-dont

OH JEEZ! THIS IS EXCITING. Okay. Okay. So like, Red vs Blue may be my main special interest but I’m not gonna infodump right now about all my shit but I literally might soon after I post this because now I’m excited. So, I’m going to talk about Youtube and the impact it has on other media outlets because that shit fascinates me? And also Gaming and LPers. I mean, this is just what I’ve observed happen over the years, but like Youtube was completely written off as not a valid form of entertainment and as a non equal platform to other outlets like television and I’ve been watching it slowly become like the mainstream thing to the point where people really don’t watch TV anymore? And like in hopes to stay relevant so many different parts of society and entertainment have tried to emulate what’s being put out on things like Youtube or talk about them, when just a few years ago it was such a distanced platform, that no one acknowledged and now it’s like. Youtubers are the real celebrities that are being brought on to shows and being talked about. 

Especially the whole Let Player phenomena, which I personally love. It was such a foreign concept and it still is to some degree, to watch people play video games, but it never was to me? Like when I was a kid, I didn’t have the skills or fine motor controls to play video games well so I ended up watching my dad play a lot and trying to imitate him later (unsuccessfully but still) and so when LPers happened it was just the same thing, except I was also getting an idea of what the product was and was able to still enjoy new games when I was unable to afford them and sometimes getting a review or some entertaining commentary. A lot of people, still on the outside perspective, think it’s stupid waste of time and I still think the whole sport metaphor is the only way to have them understand it, like they watch people play football rather than play it themselves kinda thing.