10 WEIRD Gaming Stories of January 2022

[@bkzach]

The one handed controller is freaking awesome and the guy deserves a lot of recognition for it. Also it is sadly true that a lot of people find their kids and "adult" kids spending huge amounts on micro transactions, my mother works for a bank gets calls about this at least once a week if not more

[@lonzodaman]

I am a bit surprised that Sony hasn't sued him yet.

[@wisdoom9153]

To begin with, kids should *never* have a means to use parents' credit card; even better, give them allocated money for a month with no supervision, but if they ran out of it, that's it. No begging anymore. That's what my parents do, there's a day when i spent it carelessly & have to bear with not buying any snack for the rest of the month; i even got slammed by my dad after being caught stealing their money. Brutal? Yes. But it teaches you the value of money.

[@greatkunglajos8287]

I am working in a bank, a can approve.

[@Always-Hustle]

@@lonzodaman sue him for what?

[@nilexianpersonal]

@@Always-Hustle The one handed controller. Sony would probably say he's ruined their creation or some bulls*it.

[@PitchforkStudios]

Weird gaming stories is my most fav series from you guys. I look forward to this list more than others haha.

[@Peelbacks]

I'm with you. These segments are a "must see" for me.

[@mattyt1961]

I love this, 2 awesome moments in gaming this month between Hello Games re-releasing their game (honestly makes me want to buy their games just to support them) and the guy that made the 1 hand controller interface, so far this is a good month, let's hope we can get more and more positive gamer/gaming stories throughout the year

[@HalfWarrior]

As a hemiplegic stroke survivor; the device for using one hand sounds awesome; as I can’t move my left hand at all.

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

I really hope you can get/make one.

[@damikey18]

Is there any way to gain function of your left hand back.

[@HalfWarrior]

@@damikey18 I don’t know if I will be able to use my left hand again; I really hope so! I had one neurosurgeon tell me I would never be able to.move it again; so far that has been true for the past 2.5 years.But I believe that I will; just don’t know when. Thanks for your kindness!

[@damikey18]

@@HalfWarriorKeep working for it bro I hope in the near future that you will regain full functionality of your left hand😁

[@HalfWarrior]

@@damikey18 Thank you!

[@Optimusprime809]

I had a feeling Tifa may be appearing on this list HAHA Definitely prime Weird gaming stories material, as you so rightly said.

[@CLove511]

Interestingly, that story was unrelated to the one-handed controller mod story.

[@Optimusprime809]

@@CLove511 Ayyyy but it certainly might cu- I mean come in handy 😏

[@mattgrigsby8907]

Bro I laughed so hard because I have her as my mouse pad and you can probably guess on what my wrist rest is 🤣🤣🤣

[@Optimusprime809]

@@mattgrigsby8907 Ah you must've REALLY enjoyed the incident then 😂

[@pichaelthompson]

That first one about the 18yr old buying $20,000 in genshin, is so common over in Asia. Generally, you stick with your parents until you get a really good job or get married. I have cousins in Korea who are nearing their 40’s and they have never had a real job in their lives, live with their parents, and mooch money off them every day. And they spend their money solely on alcohol, games at the Internet cafe, and cigarettes. There’s a reason why I don’t speak to them.

[@THECASUALco]

WANG! Pay attention! Sorry, had to get that out. BUT to add to your point, I live in Japan and the amount of 35+ers that I see wasting their time away is astounding. It's no wonder they don't get married or have kids out here.

[@drewhalcro6082]

I knew a guy in school that had one functional hand. He said it was fortunate that the games he liked to play didn't require super fast reactions. I think he liked sport games like FIFA and such and he had a method where he would balance the controller to use the buttons he needed. The point is it's cool that a fully working controller can be used with one hand. I hope this gets adopted by the companies.

[@michaelmonstar4276]

Naughty Dog put so many accessibility-options into 'The Last of Us Part II' that you could practically play it with one hand. So why use all that additional mechanical stuff if you can just program it to work for one hand?...

[@sgthop]

Hello Games has thoroughly redeemed themselves since the release of No Man's Sky. What a turnaround by a company.

[@roxaskinghearts]

you can only accept so much from handouts remember thats as a game gains popularity thats millions of players your having to maintain servers for create timely content and its only a matter of time till the monetization comes forth or the game patches itself and ends it right here maintaining itself thru donations which will only sustain it for so many years as eve elite danger or something els over takes it like star citizen when it goes f2p in 2050 anything and everything will be a player aginst this and there start ups while no mans sky is self sustained from launch with just the price tag as its sustaining cost like minecraft and minecraft still does well but they will need donations unless the person sustaining this is a multi millionaire willing to burn it

[@darkfire4206]

Thanks again for another great video, cause this is by far one of your best and my favorite series you guys do.

[@gameranxTV]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@darkfire4206]

@@gameranxTV first time I got a reply from a channel thanks

[@mikewolf8437]

it is the fault of companies but also the parents for having their card info on 1 click buy with no authentication. i know how annoying it is to have to authorize every time you go to buy a game or something else but that authentication is there to protect you from not only hackers but from KIDS as well

[@diekritischestimme]

I might even add: well deserved. Some people only learn the hard way. I only feel sorry for the banking officials who are not responsible for all that stuff, but get all the backlash from the parents.

[@rukitomikutochi8764]

2:42 No corruption of Police you say? The Officers actually tried to Justify their actions by claiming it to be a "Breach of Privacy" basically and they were caught in 4k. Also, massive amounts of respect to Hello games. That's honestly awesome.

[@SmashBrosmike85]

I always wait eagerly for this month’s weird things, I enjoy these videos very much.

[@venomouzelite4380]

same here, its so good! i feel like one hasn't came out in forever

[@darrian3224]

The best series

[@matthewwyers4342]

Not just forever but forever and ever-ur

[@brianrosie1762]

It's on both the companies for pushing this gambling garbage and the parents for not educating their kids properly about it

[@SensaiGaia1]

But you also have parents who don't understand how these things work, even if you tell them over and over again. I have to re-explain to my mum about what microtransactions are and to be careful with my younger sibling about it. I do get your point though 😊

[@90sGasPrices]

Nah dude, even the best parents can’t control their adult children’s’ actions , nor can they be prepared for every possibility ever. I’m sure the 18 year old girl knows full well that “stealing is wrong”. She didn’t do it because she wasn’t taught well enough. She did it because she had an addiction facilitated by parasitic game devs. Imagine your mom handing you a card to pick up some groceries only to find that you withdrew $20k for a new car or something. At some point it’s just about not being a piece of garbage, especially by the time you’re 18.

[@brianrosie1762]

@@90sGasPrices this is true

[@abrealgaming5649]

Editors please use that meerkat more often at 11 minutes. It truly made my day.

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

Ah the first of the year Weird Gaming Stories ❤️

[@Forever_Zero]

There should be at least a limit of how much money you can spend on lootboxes within a certain amount of time, sure, people are free to spend their money in anyway they want, but no one should spend 20,000 dollars on microtransactions for a videogames so quickly

[@Abishek2314]

streamers be like: so anyway i started spending

[@worngspelling6231]

I saw someone posted that nsfw tifa clip at the italian senate on twitter and it was bloody awkward and hilarious. Poor tifa, square enix just wanted to make her less of a rule 34ish type of character by "nerfing" her outfit in the ff7 remake and then that happened

[@itsalpacici]

Always love these videos. I look forward to it all the time haha

[@gameranxTV]

Glad you like them!

[@Abishek2314]

@@gameranxTV why u always reply to random comment lol

[@lizardguyNA]

The credit card one is making me consider how I'd teach kids about finance. That's where I am in life.

[@aaronmontgomery2055]

The age old headlock still works, jokes.

[@1IGG]

To be fair, those gambling lootbox games need to be heavily regulated. You couldn't easily gamble away 20k in a casino as an addict. But apparently in free2play scams you can.

[@GrillerRohde]

@@1IGG Yeah but just raising the child properly can prevent this. Take me for example. I want to have Dying Light 2, GTFO, Assetto Corsa Competizione DLCs, DayZ and RimWorld. But my parents taught me the value of money and raised me properly so I don’t even dare to touch my dads PayPal for example.

[@Statikshade]

The credit card one is making me wonder how many parents have an addiction and try to get out of their debt by blaming their kids.

[@kyleunderhill9126]

@@GrillerRohde highly debatable. I'm the oldest of 13 blood siblings and most of us and my dad would never do this, but 2 of my youngest siblings have spent money on games without permission. My dad had 9 siblings. 1 stole his wedding rings for drug money and another has gifted him money in hard times. My kid is brutally honest and compassionate, yet snuck her favorite junk food after dinner and dessert. Addiction is crazy and some people are just narcissistic. Honestly, my kid has a better perspective now, but I can't 100% prevent addiction in her; nor can I teach my crazy aunt to feel empathy.

[@Getttte]

Now i feel less weird, thanks to you guys!

[@SuperAussie999]

You're still a weirdo

[@airyshark324]

🤣

[@wutthabuck8772]

Never been this early to a Falcon video 💪🏾 2022 first month of weirdness 😂

[@gameranxTV]

💪🏾

[@Poopfartofficial]

💪🏾

[@Ki_Adi_Mundi]

That one kid's dad literally turned into Tom Nook when he went into debt...

[@simulationone]

😩

[@wutthabuck8772]

Imagine being in a government meeting 'So we need to discuss spending budgets, Chad what can u tell us?' ***Chad proceeds to play 4k video of his Final Fantasy with Tifa*** 🤣🤣🤣

[@jediprotector216]

Honestly for #10, do not give that child a credit card but a debit card with a preset limit on it.

[@Dakarai_Knight]

For the animal crossing story. It could be about teaching the child the cost of their actions and that you have to fix the damage you do.

[@apathyguy8338]

I'm getting the impression that Falcon doesn't realize American Farm kids are not covered by child labor laws. They aren't protected in any way from them.

[@orbitalchild]

It's still an inappropriate way to teach that lesson

[@kyleholloway3470]

All those kids racking up debts on their parent's cards make me very glad I'm never having kids. Also, if I ever found the guy who is telling the scalpers where to buy all those consoles, I'd smash his face in.

[@wayneaustin5229]

Falcon I'm a fan 👍🏼 love your work

[@gameranxTV]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@daneanderson7437]

The girl dropping 20k is all on the parentals. You don’t do something like that at that age unless you’ve lived your whole life getting everything you want, and having zero consequences for your actions.

[@SkyRied1]

Very, very true.

[@moonlightaffairs]

From my understand for the news on the 20k spent on Genshin Impact, the credit card was linked to a fare card that is use to pay for bus fare. Every time the fare card run out of money it will top up automatically from the credit card. So the game company allow payment using fare card. The girl in the news keep using the fare card to pay for the gambling activities in Genshin Impact. It was like a back door for the game company access to the parent's credit cards if parents linked the fare card to their credit cards for schooling children transportation. You can use this fare card to pay for Macdonald in Singapore too. Last but not least, Genshin Impact is by a China company.

[@SkyRied1]

They should top up manually or from a debit card. Anyway, that's how they learn their lesson. Still, $ 20,000??? That's a ton of money!!! Couldn't she spend like $50 or $100 at most for microtransactions? Wtf is wrong with people? Credit card money isn't free money.

[@raviamodernepic]

Here for the heart warming stories 🙌🏾 much appreciated

[@Joey77889]

Ah yes the Singapore story classic Great stuff keep it up👍

[@kjellvb1979]

A bit sad, but hilarious, my first thought when he said 'what Tifa is known for' I thought 'her awesome dolphin limit break'....I need to get out more.

[@viperson9818]

the microtransaction for every company is meant to put people into debt. Buy the same things hundreds of time. So parents would lose a ton of money since their kid can use their credit card on their google play store, app store infinite amount of time with no password needed. End of the day don't put your credit card anywhere in reach of a kid. Especially on the same account. Just don't.

[@riosfel95]

Love what you guys do. Always been here since 2012. You've been my inspiration for gaming content and go to for reviews! Thank you!

[@sohailsayeed9361]

$20,000 is a huuuuge credit limit, im assuming the guy has like 3 or 5 credit cards

[@EyesOfByes]

This and VSAUCE are the two YT videos I don't wanna miss 👍🏽

[@Always-Hustle]

The guy who designed the one handed controller, Sony or MS needs to hire him ASAP.

[@MrBUTTMAN17]

need that for watching that tifa vid and playing final fantasy at the same time

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Totally amazing video of the weirdest gaming stories of January in 2022,fantastic job gameranx.

[@foxmind2490]

Is there a playlist of these? Hands down my favorite videos Gameranx puts out.

[@robertespinoza5958]

I really appreciate what hello games has done lately, making no man's sky a actually good game and remaking that game for that kid, they seam like they genuinely wanna improve there reputation and be known as a good company

[@diekritischestimme]

A PR-gag, if you ask me.

[@xerothedarkstar]

@@diekritischestimme everything a company, any company, does is a PR-gag, some are just done for less cynical reasons and actually make the world a tiny bit nicer.

[@FallOfTroyML]

@@diekritischestimme then no mans sky is a long lasting pr-gag i suppose

[@EmbraceSocialChange]

Aha the cops not responding to a robbery just to catch a Snorlax 😂

[@emiliojgaming]

THE ONE HAND CONTROLLER MOD IS SICK BUT I'LL BE ALRIGHT WITHOUT IT, GOING 17 YEARS WITHOUT 💯

[@rolandssavdons7993]

Those stories about kids spending tons of money with credit cards are absolutely real. Our family was on the receiving side of blow and it honestly sucks. Especially when that person denied it multiple times and I genuinely thought that we were under cyber attack.

[@rolandssavdons7993]

@@Zakthextremest I meant it as a punch.

[@FireStormHR]

Another top ten, another ten flashbangs watching this in bed because of the countdown transition

[@denesk2794]

My kids adjusted their date ahead to get some future item from a give-away. Then because of how cryptography works all the logins stopped working after restarting. No steam, no epis, no origin.... Took me an an hour of going crazy as none of these apps give you a reasonable error message....... then I noticed the time a year into the future :O ....

[@nekolink7167]

This just show how adaptive and resilient gamers are

[@schadenfreude6274]

As a Singaporean, I can confirm that many people, young or old here are very naive with money. People here love to spend money on everything especially if it makes them look cool or richer than other people. In Singapore, everyone looks down on everyone if they are even slightly less well off than them. :)

[@RinKaPlays]

Damn the guy who created that one handed controller is amazing.

[@andybrown4284]

Parents do have control, they don't have to give their spawn access to their credit cards. If it was for expenses then give them a prepaid debit card that gets a monthly allowance or one with a very small limit.

[@nwigchert10]

Yet there isn't a single spending limit in a 24hr period on a single game.....

[@theonetruecatgod]

there are some businesses that allow you to set monthly limits, but I don't think kids should have direct access to their parents money anyway.

[@Aysentaro]

"parents have no control" so why the hell does your kid have access to your credit card again?

[@JB2FROSTY]

Bro if i spent 20 thousand dollars on my parents card i would be behind bars quicker than i could get into a game of genshin😂

[@gakamech]

A bit more info about the Tifa porn from an Italian: One of the political participants published all the credentials to enter the Zoom meeting on her Facebook page, so ANYONE could enter. The guy used a fake name, put 20 seconds of Tifa porn and (if I'm not mistaken) also put some Xiangling porn. My country is great

[@l88ch3r]

I wish that was the kind of craziness that happened in my government.

[@danielthomas7193]

I need to visit Italy... for... research. 👀

[@key0777]

@@danielthomas7193 Because someone posted a porn video in a zoom meeting you can watch in most other Countries?

[@danielthomas7193]

@@key0777 no because Italy sounds like it has a great government! 😁

[@ahmadiqbal4555]

Wait, 'some'? There is more? I thought it just 2 videos

[@EricJCaraballoso]

If anyone hasn't checked out that letter that father sent to HG about his son with autism, do yourself a favor and read up on it. That game really helped the kid out for years, and to just hear why he even sent that letter to begin with is heartwarming.

[@tutunaku]

That was the least damaging thing an LAPD officer has ever done.

[@richardwingo2675]

Guys as always I love the video, but that blinking during the breath of the wild part needs a sezisure warning lol

[@tokiwartuthe]

This still is the only channel I hit like on before I even watch the videos...I enjoy your content so much Falcon and Jake!

[@gameranxTV]

Thanks!

[@OrggsOrggs]

They make the same video over and over.

[@xHideousFoxx]

That 3D print one hand device is AWESOME. Know a guy who is awesome at games and loves um but his left hand is well not there. so this kinda thing is amazing to see.

[@WillLI05]

I hate seeing people say 'kids' spending huge amount of money is microtransactions/lootboxes fault. You can find plenty of stories about kids buying thoughts of dollars worth of stuff from amazon with alexa. Or other stories of kids taking their parents card info to buy things without permission. We need to stop hiding behind the fact that the company gives you the freedom to buy what you want and just accept that no matter how 'predatory' their business model is, at the end of the day they are not forcing you to do anything. The people who have problems with this are people with addictive personalities or have a bad understanding of the value of money. These people would have the same problems elsewhere if something else interested them. It's just that games are interesting to most people so of course there's a lot of stories.

[@microw1612]

funny how people think it was a hacker that got in to the meeting but they left instructions on how to get in to the meeting in the call and showed it live on tv

[@justifiedfun9811]

Thank you for doing this series love it

[@djprojugs6606]

When I see articles about kids spending parent's money all I end up thinking is "should I be upset or glad that my kids prevent me from having any money for them to steal"

[@Dead8Head]

Always love your content

[@carsonj4031]

That genshin story was the parent's fault. If your kid doesn't understand to spend 20k on ANYTHING like that by the age of 18 you have done something wrong as a parent.

[@Bruh-zg2fj]

It's pretty interesting to know that most people in the comment said it was the daughter's fault for spending $20000 on this game, some said it's the company's fault for putting microtransaction into this game. And very few people said that it's the father fault for poor parenting

[@mopalamimosemudi09]

6:11 hit me hard “it's weird to hear something nice for once”

[@zoso1up]

Favorite episode of gameranx every month

[@Gartimus_Prime]

Has to be the first time you guys wait until the next month to post this video. I was waiting 1/30-1/31 for this vid

[@lilcheezebag1708]

If my kid spent even 1k of my money on microtransactions, they're gonna take a trip to the nearest fire station

[@LysergicKids]

Saying it's the companies fault that adults with no self control, knowingly spend ludicrous amounts of money on microtransactions, only furthers the cognitive dissonance of those who make these outrageous purchases. They're addicted. And as long as everyone keeps blaming it on the companies, these individuals will never take action and overcome their impulsive behavior. Even if you take away microtransactions, they'll just find something else to get that dopamine hit. Mind you, there's nothing to be ashamed of if anyone reading this has these unhealthy impulses. I have an addictive personality. I've just learned how to channel that emery into more productive and fulfilling activities. It's not easy but I know it's doable and I would like for people like to me to get the help they need. And passing the blame will never achieve this. The buck stops with you.

[@pickford3152]

My favourite series👍 love that there is weirder ppl in the world then myself lol..love the content boys

[@Aeturnalis]

lol i thought my ex's parents were generous for giving her a credit card with a $1000 limit for college expenses. $20k for transportation?

[@magnusschveing2409]

Always look forward to seeing these videos.

[@kevinkusman2081]

just fyi about singapore... they have very good public transportation... and most people there get around singapore using the public bus and trains as they are very accessible to almost every high traffic areas and public locations and in this example, one such locations are schools... this is the main way for almost every students in singapore to travel to school... and these cards that they issue does comes with those ez-link/nets flashpay features... my friend had those types of card before and the convenient part about them is the fact that they automatically refill your balance or was it charging your account directly but basically it means you don't have to top up your balance every single time it is about to run out when using the public transport system.... as you would need to go to a MRT station or a bus depot station to top them up... the father should have just left her with a normal ez-link card and not bother giving her a bank related card if she was never taught to be responsible with money...

[@stagger9660]

It kind of bothers me a game lets you spend 20,000 dollars on it for basically virtual stuff

[@GrillerRohde]

There‘s no law against it and the game studio profits from this. So nobody wants a Limit.

[@Cinetiste]

I agree ! What must be seen as far worst than "weird" is that it may even be possible to spend 20 000 $ in a sole video game. A virtual "service", not even a product, that we physically do not own , in which values are disguised in different ways. At the end, the fact that there are ways to prevent it do not lower the immorality of it.

[@timothyoswald8618]

Parents have no control over who uses their own credit card?

[@pc4mlc451]

With more and more adults living with their parents these days, I don't find the first story surprising. She may have been 18 years of age, but 6 years mentally.

[@TacoDeMaciza]

This was such a great video. Thanks!

[@kingshadow8782]

Hello Gameranx!

[@AjumSheiCaydaresh13579]

0:20 Next day headlines : "Corpse of a girl found with both kidneys missing."

[@Onlybadtakes2589]

I think the guy from the first story meant by no control as in some form of purchase confirmation before finalizing the transaction

[@Barnicalsify]

I used to work at a bank and it was VERY common to have children smash through thousands of dollars on microtransactions. Parents were often reimbursed through Google Play.

[@nickg77]

Falcon you a savage for that one

[@jessebott1879]

The dad that made his kid play the switch is today’s equivalent of when the kid gets caught smoking and has to smoke a carton in a sitting

[@SlothinAintEasy]

So uhh. You got the sauce to that tifa clip bro?

[@Akiro367]

Love these videos

[@ALAPINO]

Your opinion that it is the fault of the gaming companies that "children" steal their parent's credit card and spend huge sums on video game microtransactions is just hilariously incorrect. By that line of logic, everyone else is also to blame... the sticky bun that girl ate that gave her the caloric energy to do the act is also to blame.

[@GrillerRohde]

Sure it’s not their fault but they always want people to fall for their traps.

[@ALAPINO]

@@GrillerRohde A trap is not illegal in this case, therefore allowed. It's always funny to hear some people say, "That should be illegal!" What they actually mean is, "That should be illegal but I don't actually care enough to make this happen because I only care enough about this issue to make this blanket token statement of concern." Pressure to make this behaviour by gaming companies illegal is not happening in most countries. "We" have the power to influence law makers to make that change, but we haven't cared enough to do so, collectively. I will freely admit there are those, some governments in Europe, for instance, that do not like this predatory gaming/gambling and have made inroads to force change. For me, I'm not stupid enough to give my children my credit cards, or leave them around to be stolen (or have kids who would steal from me instead of just puppy-dog-eye scamming me as usual). Who is responsible for minors: Their guardians. Re: That instance, I am surprised his bank gave him back $10,000 as the act was committed by an 18 year old child. The world is a silly place.

[@sadxsap2268]

So did she buy it all at once? Like unless it happened overnight then I don’t see how you couldnt notice your funds decreasing drastically

[@billyalarie929]

the story of the relaunch of Joe Danger is so good.

[@billyalarie929]

....on the other hand, i need the specific name of that Tifa Lockheart video. for science.

[@AgentKryos]

Ff7 tifa NSFW... Heads must have turned real hard xD

[@paranoyd70]

Parents = "Something needs to be done about the micro-transactions that are scamming kids." Politician = "Its horrendous what some of these greedy companies are doing by scamming kids with M-T's." Mega Corporations = "Here senator or Congress-Person, take this large sum of money for your next election run." Politician = "I've looked into the matter and decided that its none of our business what private companies do." Parents = "WTF?!"

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

That is how it goes almost word for word

[@fuel8555]

Maybe parents could educate their kids ? just maybe....

[@nemesisencounter2060]

The " click clack " is so good🤣🤣

[@ALAPINO]

Talks about the wonderful sound of a mechanical key switch, shows a brown switch.

[@theCongoleseDude]

The Gameranx editor must be a troll because he makes me laugh, sometimes more than Falcon but this is my favorite combination. Falcon and The Editor. 😁😁😁

[@papakamirneron2514]

I once had an internet safety training at school and they used a quote I really like: "If it's free, you're the product".

[@Paulkjoss]

A mouse with WASD keys for one hand and UDLR arrows for the other + all other trigger buttons and scroll - sounds awesome

imagine loosing your job to a video game

[@Skooby59]

… bruh the police and pokemon go had me dead

[@JudgeMagisterSnow]

Well...now I know what was up with Tifa and the Italian flag jokes.

[@leeonardodienfield402]

Well done Hello Games. What a redemption arc.