Games about BALLS.

[@TheCursedJudge]

Just throwing this out there for those who don't know, all of my most recent videos both have a list of songs used and games shown with timestamps in the description, if you're curious. Enjoy!

[@seanh1355]

Literally just downloaded Super Monkey Ball 2 iso no more than 12 hours ago, on a total whim The timing of this is crazy and your video is super well done. Bravo 👏🏼

[@Sunny_Haven]

Thank youuuuuu, it always annoyed me so much that so many KZbinrs don't say what music they used in their videos. Also thank you so much for the games shown list as well!! It's forever appreciated

[@sylv512]

i see you like balls too

[@kailorcobb7543]

i c u

[@BenCormier]

Fantastic work

[@VanLupen]

Dude how can you make something as simple as rolling a ball become so beautifully existential? Thank you!

[@RakastanPorkkanakakkua]

we live in a very ballcentric society. even our world is shaped like a ball

[@VanLupen]

@@RakastanPorkkanakakkua Ballception

[@QUBIQUBED]

@@VanLupen I like to believe that the two ball games we see based on platforming puzzles and physics were from alien worlds in Exo1 and that after you go through the blackhole and reverse time and save your girlfriend something similar to the balls of alien worlds is made on earth using Monekys Truly. The BALLS Universe, is complete 😭

[@rogeras5966]

That's the awesomeness of this channel

[@HeisenbergFam]

As a balls enjoyer, I greatly appreciate you talking about balls, always a vibe to see games being creative

[@holykebabempire]

balls

[@Kiwi_J]

Hi again

[@DoctorBallsStrikesAgain]

Balls

[@apotatoman4862]

we all love balls here

[@masterboa6321]

heisenballs

[@3b4b21]

this guy thinks theyre the ball professor

[@DoctorBallsStrikesAgain]

The ball inspector

[@tonightsbigloser]

Yeahh who does he think he is?? Some kinda ball fella?

[@noahr607]

the orb observer

[@m.f.3347]

the sphere scholar

[@AT-vv3dx]

The globe guide

[@kryrimstercat]

I am a ballsologist, and this video was very well researched

[@Hundeputzmunter]

I am a scrotologist, and I appreciate how well he carried the topic

[@maccamachine]

He posted your comment in the community tab

[@jellyfrogfish]

wow what the hell. everytime i watch your videos i’m baffled by how much meaning you can extrapolate from these games. this was genuinely beautiful. i love your channel soooo much

[@sylv512]

the funniest part of the video was ball

[@Nono_istired]

Ball

[@garfleid2773]

As a professional ball inspector,lots of these games let me study or work from home, maybe even just enjoy looking at balls. Anyways, these ball games are fun and im glad it’s getting recognised now

[@Aranock]

This was a beuatiful examination of meaning in ludonarratives and the changing nature of our relationship with even simple genres.

[@CoreHope1331]

I was quite surprised to see a marble game video not mentioning Venineth. Pleasantly surprised to learn about Exo One, with similar vibes. will definitely be getting it at some point to play

[@icannotbeseen]

I was also waiting for Venineth 🙁 definitely going to try Exo One as well. It looks amazing

[@TheNotSneakyNinjaa]

Seconding Venineth, but I'd never heard of EXO One before either. Theres hidden gems of balls!

[@iyeetdog4853]

The draining of balls games was definetly a dark period of gaming history

[@joesizzle10]

can we just take a second to appreciate how much care this guy put into our balls ❤️

[@sylv512]

Why are there no comments lmaoooooo

[@jessicaplayz2872]

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[@CapitandodleR]

Outside of the jokes regarding balls (which I find quite funny haha) the ending with how videogames have progressed was quite profound and a really great introspection on the genre. I'm also greatful for this video because otherwise I wouldn't have found out about Exo one, and the fact it's currently on game pass! Great work with the analysis.

[@TheWaffleLord6787]

For the last minute or so of the Exo One section I just had my mouth hanging open and tears in my eyes, good GOD you are an amazing storyteller

[@torockiusz8836]

Ballance was the peak of playing with balls

[@SatanasExMachina]

I loved Marble Blast Ultra. I actually got my time on one of its levels down to 3 seconds and change by brute force speed jumping across like 99% of the mapand aiming at spot that looks like its just the void, but actually was the end zone. Good times

[@Ninja_Decoy]

When i was a kid my parents has a puzzle ball game on the PS2 called Mojo, little disappointed that it wasnt showcased here as i recall it being a rather difficult but interesting ball game, requiring you to change your balls color to hit matching colored blocks while under a short time limit and having to traverse complicated floating structures in a void

[@RustyNips]

Glad someone mentioned this It also had a really good level Editor and each level would take a separate save on your memory card so one of mine just had a ton of MOJO save icons lol There's also plenty of ball games that came out before monkey ball he could have talked about

[@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034]

These games are very fun and love the mysterious dream-like feeling they inspire with their skylines and vast views to the void.

[@knoxianpanda]

You must have a wormhole directly to my brain, every video seems like it's exactly what I wanted before I even knew it lol.

[@qasimahmad6748]

OMG TY TY TY IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE GAME BALLANCE MY ENTIRE LIFE. My uncle installed this game on the pc decades ago and i tried to play it and am not joking, got scared by the secluding and lonely atmosphere and closed the game and never touched it again. but growing up, i got this crave to figure this game out but could never find out what the name was. but now I know because of you. TYSM BRO!

[@TheCursedJudge]

No problem lmao

[@MakeyJu]

omg BALLANCE! ♥️ I both loved and hated this game, as it was a bit too difficult for my child self but also very compelling I remember loving the wooden ball the most, I think it was some kind of proto-ASMR experience for me

[@hawkingstar1698]

Thank you for showing the ever incredible progress of mankind through the round lens of a ball

[@Xeschel]

bro I get so much nostalgia seeing marble blast gold again, that was the first game that I did a complete play through of.

[@The-EJ-Factor]

Here's something I got from an ai a while ago when I asked an ai to give a essay on bacon from a philosophical perspective, and then replaced bacon with the word "balls" I challenge you to read it out loud with a straight face Balls is often thought of as a simple food, something that is enjoyed for its taste and texture. However, if we consider balls from a philosophical perspective, it can actually raise some interesting questions. One possible philosophical angle to consider is the concept of pleasure and indulgence. Balls is often seen as a indulgent food, something that is enjoyed as a treat rather than a part of a regular diet. This raises the question of whether pleasure is a valid or even desirable goal in life. Do we seek pleasure for its own sake, or is there a deeper purpose to our pursuit of happiness? Another philosophical angle to consider is the idea of cultural values and norms. Balls is a food that is particularly associated with Western culture, and its popularity has spread to other parts of the world as well. This raises the question of whether our cultural values and norms shape our preferences and desires, and whether these values and norms are universal or culturally specific. Finally, balls can also be seen as a symbol of abundance and excess. In many parts of the world, balls is seen as a luxury food that is associated with wealth and privilege. This raises the question of whether our pursuit of abundance and excess is a positive or negative trait, and whether there is such a thing as having too much of a good thing.

[@bcm9821]

I didn’t know I needed to finally see someone recognize marble blast gold after decades of telling my friends how iconic it is lol, thank you

[@glazestelar]

I think one of the most interesting things about this video is that to anyone who knows anything about marble games, it is very obvious what game you are building too but that doesn’t make the build up any less exciting or the reveal any less satisfying. Absolute banger video

[@CanteLizzie]

My family had marble Blast Ultra on olur Xbox 360. It was actually quite fun. My very young brother ADORED that game and called it "The Ball Game"

[@mat0vm]

I still, to this days, adore playing ball games, I strive on them, and while I've played a ton more of them than what you talk about in this video, and while I agree that ball games used to be about juste showing of a 3D engine, weirdly enough, the ball game I consider to be the absolute best is NightSky. Which is 2D. But that doesn't matter, because what it tries to do isn't to show off, but to put you into an ambiance of relaxation and wonder. By giving you precise and unmovable rules about how it's system works and very different environement with a very few unique setpieces in each of them, the question you keep asking yourself is "where will I go next?" knowing it's always going to be peacefull, yet interesting and beautiful. This, to me, is the epitome of what the simplicity of a ball game can do.

[@tw507]

Since you liked Exo One so much, I highly(!) recommend Thumper to you (and anyone else). It really redefines what a rhythm game can be and is such a unique and memorable experience!

[@MrWhygodwhy]

Thumper, Exo One, and Venineth. For those who like their balls mixed with sci fi and existential dread.

[@90z79]

“So there’s a recent space ball game and its aesthetics are awesome” YES! FINALLY WE’RE ALMOST AT THE END AND I’M NOT SAD! “And the main character’s wife is dead” GODDAMNIT!

[@jeremygreen2883]

Glyph is a really fun "marble" game I downloaded on my switch. The gimmick is that you get a boost by turning your marble into a scarab beetle when you need to hover a bit. It's a cool little indie game.

[@daedalus332]

How. How does he make even a video about balls somehow a masterpeice?! Please, keep making videos, when I see them on my recommended it makes me smile, because I know that it's gonna be good

[@joeypowers1434]

It’s poetic that exo one is about balls considering it shows that men are willing to do anything, even go through a black hole, when their balls are motivating them

[@nathanblue5548]

Somehow youtube unsubscribed me from this channel. I thought, goodness, this video is something odd to come back to. And then you started talking about Exo One. This is an amazing video

[@pir_hana]

I remember playing switchball as a kid, it was a super vague memory being just a demo on XBLA before I discovered it last year since it was remastered in like 2021 I think, and it plays exactly how I thought it did. i love the physics based elements of the game

[@fossil98]

I've been looking for this game for a loooong time.. Think I played it on an old subscription service called metaboli, or downloaded a PC demo, but could have been xbla. Exceptionally good looking game for its time.

[@jennietsai1260]

Your vids are so incredible man. Just fantastic explorations of the feelings and experiences behind games as well as the ones they can give us beyond the surface level. They’re not depressing, they’re fascinating

[@justinjustin7224]

Dang, I was hoping that you'd go far back enough to mention marble madness; I use to play it as a kid on my grandfather's apple computer, and was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this video's title.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Paperball came out in 2020 and has a lot of the charm of the older ball games, especially Super Monkey Ball. It's not as arcade-y but it does share a lot of the challenge nonetheless. It also has to be said, your mention of Twilight Princess should have included a mention of the Rollgoal minigame, presented as an in-universe handheld marble game that Link has to tilt to roll a marble around until he get into a goal at the end. It was an interesting little bit of early physics simulation in the 3D Zelda era, but felt more like an experiment than a fully formed idea.

[@CosmicCrowMC]

I was a little sad you didn't have a segment for Marble It Up. I think its visual style, fun music, and awesome level design are all enough to make it stand out as something more than a nostalgia trip where "the magic just isn't there anymore". I'm glad you introduced me to Exo One because that looks pretty awesome, but I think a storyless, silly platformer about a marble hopping around is a fantastic complement to games that offer in-depth worlds and deep stories.

[@lorenzschreiber3459]

found your channel today and watched a ton of your stuff. i really enjoy what you do and especially your way of writing and pacing

[@timolino567]

The Spongebob Movie game and Spongebob: Battle for Bikini Bottom also had a Spongeball ability. The former had special stages that you had to complete with that ability forced on, while the latter incorporated into existing stages.

[@josef5636]

the fact that you can make a video that's this emotional about balls, is frankly impressive

[@greg8379]

Balls are pretty cool glad he made a video on em

[@BonkExclamationPoint]

i had a feeling ballance would be here, thank you for reminding me about it right before actually seeing it in the timestamps lmao.

[@dionnehendricks1763]

SWITCHBALL!! I played that game as a little kid and LOVED IT. I couldn’t remember the name of it for years and could never find it. This video has solved decades old mystery

[@bloodswarms]

Marble Madness is one of my favorite original NES titles. Absolute classic.

[@TGCPhilip]

"I love playing with balls" -Sun Tzu

[@Inkie420]

The fact youre able to make a video about balls a poetic experience is nothing whort of amazing. Keep up the great work.

[@trex2647]

I don't think your videos are depressing at all, it's like watching a documentary or a lecture but it's actually engaging and makes you think

[@PoleTooke]

Marble Blast Ball's ball has always has such a deeply pleasing aesrhetic to me. Like i expect it to have the texture of play dough. And I have no idea why. I guess because it looks like the result of the left overs of play dough that have fallen off and you make a small ball out of what you pick up

[@MichaelEMJAYARE]

After having a sudden nostalgia flashback of Marble Blast - THANKFULLY I discovered Marble It Up! Ultra for PS4. I was a giddy fucking kid when I first played it. Its the perfect pick up and play - and frustrate yourself - game. It feels like it needs more updates to make it a bit less buggy but I implore those who want to relive those Marble Blast days to try it. So many marbles and things to unlock. Exo 1 looks GORGEOUS.

[@TwoBagels]

I would argue the game in this genre was marble madness for arcades and the nes in the late eighties

[@sonus8837]

I don't know if that many people played it but when I was younger I was obsessed with Hamsterball. Me and my friend would go over to each others houses to play the multiplayer races on each others family PCs. I managed to download a copy a couple years back and replayed it and was hit by nostalgia seeing those funky colored sets, I think it's still my favorite game in this genre

[@greendragon1869]

Same, it’s on ps plus now as well

[@humanperson6357]

I love ball games so much when I was little there was an xbox arcade marble game that I never knew the name of, but it has made me love ball games and has likely changed the course of my life. I am so happy that another person actually also loves ball games

[@c0zy__]

i didn't look at your channel for like 2 weeks and you're at 210k god damn bro is speedrunning youtube and i'm glad to be a spectator❤

[@corey57255]

The dark and depressing videos are definitely why I watch this channel

[@thekillingjoke8982]

thanks for your narration over the gameplay for Exo One. That spun me into a comfortable mood for the rest of the evening.

[@clayleone9111]

Man, that was beautiful. Truly looking forward to this channel grow

[@ikefromsmashbros9237]

For a content space as saturated as that of KZbin gaming, your videos are a breath of fresh air. So many unique, deep, and nuanced analyses. Keep up the good work!

[@sylv512]

so many balls… too many to choose…

[@joaquinceriani5033]

How can you have such a conept as "video about balls" and still find a way to make it deep and meaningful, I was expecting everything but this

[@MercurySG3M]

YOOOO BRO TALKED ABOUT MARBLE BLAST thats my childhood and i think those games aren't talked about enough, i had so much fun with those growing up, especially marble blast platinum

[@Falconhoof_]

Nice video, but a big omission was Rock of Ages 1 & 2. Both games had really solid gameplay which understood the appeal of rolling something heavy downhill. They also had some of the best humour I've experienced in a video game

[@theycallmeobama1491]

I remember yesterday night I discovered your channel and was watching your content which made me think about my own mortality and the absolutism of being forgotten and then the next day you come talking about balls

[@MuscarV2]

I absolutely love Switchball, Ballance and Marbe Blast Ultra. Physics in games is fun, so games that are pure physics while also being fun are amazing. I spent a stupid amount of time with all those games back in the early xbox 360 days. Another physics based ball game that's great but pretty different is Armadillo Run, it's a 2d puzzle game a bit similar to bridge builder games. You basically build the levels from floors, ropes, cloth, rubber, rockets, etc. and everything has physics and can break. The Armadillo "ball" is only affected by physics, you don't directly control it and it doesnt roll on its own which makes it a perfect combination of the two genres. People have made some insane things in it. Highly recommend!

[@JHXC]

I remember playing the demo of marble blast gold once as a kid, and forgetting about it entirely, then rediscovering it again last year, and I have to say the community surrounding it is incredible. Also, Switchball is baller.

[@lordmpfree4564]

I really like it when you talk about these somber and meaningful themes. You also make really good videos, that will have me invested until I watched them all

[@sa-k]

I love how the aliens came just for a ball lmao, I have two for free

[@fntthesmth423]

It's really funny seeing this after Patricia Paxxton's video on the Marble Blast series! What an interesting different perspective

[@TheCursedJudge]

She makes fantastic stuff

[@t.s]

This comment is probably a bit late. However, a good ball game I would of liked to see in the video is Spin-Off (IncaGold Ltd., 2004) a PC game that was my childhood. I have no idea where it came from just vast memories of playing it on a laptop with a track pad. Empty levels, a timer with no time limit, and the continuous music playing in the background. I think the company went bust. Maybe some interesting history with the owner and company. No. 1 games at the time produced by the company but Spin-Off went under the radar. Though I played it. I enjoyed it.

[@marcellosilva9286]

I fucking ragequit in the second to last level in Switchball, kudos to you for having the patience to finish it, the amount of precision asked out of the player was insane.

[@TheGuangmaster]

When i was a kid I liked a simple bowling game on pc that had progressively long and winding tracks leading to the pins. I always thought it was clever the way to control the ball was with the mouse tracking, which at the time had a ball in it as well.

[@salocin2149]

How tf does he make talking about balls sound like he is a philosopher? I love your videos man!

[@Fluxbyte141]

Your videos have this insane quality that we REALLY needed on KZbin, thank you for filling the gap and making us all appreciate the work you put into your ideas.

[@prisonmike80]

Dear Cursed Judge, In my opinion, you are to gaming video content what Christopher Nolan is to the movie industry. Always writing about popular and heavily discussed topics, but in a new, insightful and refreshed way. Regarding those "stop making depressing videos" comments I would say "keep going". They're not depressing, they are, again, insightful. Thanks for making KZbin a more interesting place. Greetings from Argentina!

[@nayzal]

In all honesty, I was starting to tear up at the end... and then you gave me emotional whiplash xD

[@LumaTr1xx]

I remember playing Super monkey ball as a tournament style after school to see who could get the best time. Good times

[@htxmb1]

Average Marble Blast Gold enjoyer here, Great video! Most of my gaming experience is with ball games lol. Been playing Marble Blast since 2007 and constantly play it as of today.

[@LiquidSevens]

clicked on this vid expecting marble blast, and u delivered! both marble blast games were MY JAM as a kid lmfaoo. love to see a video talk about them, even if theres a lot of negative criticism.

[@mrhalfsaid1389]

Some guy decided one day that a game about a B O L would be a game about saving a loved one at all expenses, that just makes me smilr

[@RakastanPorkkanakakkua]

You cracked the algorithm. 2 hours after you uploaded and your video appeared in my recommendations. I have never seen or heard about your channel in my life but I will click on any video with a title like that.

[@ileutur6863]

I was expecting the culmination of this video to be Venenith, but instead I hot something much, much better

[@kowloonbroadcast]

i kid you not, i’ve been struggling to remember the name of Marble Blaster, which I liked a lot for some reason, but it was so long ago that there was no way I could retrieve the name from the device it was on, ‘cause the device was an iBook - yeah, pre-Macbook Apple laptops. moreover, it was really difficult to meaningfully google it without the title, ‘cause it was developed to run only on PowerPC computers, so it once Apple switched to Intel, the info about the most of the PPC software was less and less easy to find due to irrelevance. so thank you loool 🙌🏼

[@TheJudgeCursed]

12:42 "Two years ago in 2021" Wow I'm only 9 and I already feel so old when you said that.

[@Dima064]

I like how this is the first video that you uploaded after I subscribed to you. You don't disappoint because I like games about balls. Balance was my childhood.

[@harrisonnnnn]

i've always had a special place in my heart for ball games like switchball and marble blast. thank you for bringing the beauty of these games to light

[@spyrotikus]

This has nothing to do with the video, I just appreciate that you put Ico in the video

[@PlayBoX-qq9kr]

I never knew that balls were such a mysterious and complex topic. I must do my own research into balls.

[@needlesslycritical6199]

Great video, although there are 2 ball games that I think deserve mentioning in some way. The game Mojo for the PS2 which is a very alien feeling, clean looking game, full of ceramic textures and abstract cubes floating in space. It is a very meditative game that I remember playing as a kid a lot. Also, venineth which feels somewhere in between marble blast and exo one, is intentionally very alien feeling, cold and distant. Really cool aesthetic wise, though don't have as much to say about it since I only learned of it from a Jacob Geller video. Edit: Also, Marble Madness

[@Expochant]

Best channel I've found this year by a long shot. Amazing stuff!

[@tipmroblepop]

I am angered by the lack of mention of hamster ball

[@delusionoid]

Did not expect his video to be deep, what the hell, I got goosebumps

[@phorchybug3286]

The original Monkey Ball looks like a lost build of the series.

[@BluuuoArt]

I still find it so incredibly funny that the guy that made monkey ball also made Yakuza. The duality of man I suppose lol.

[@jackbates7467]

In the words of the band Sparks "All You Need Are Balls, To Succeed Are Balls"

[@creepi_lp5091]

you forgot wii balance challenge. the ball game where you play a journey through a cool world to find the golden sunflower for the ants

[@bethanyblueberry]

this feels like a spiritual follow-up to Jacob Geller's video on marbke games. love it!

[@LStudioos]

Balls are my favourite pastime, I love monkey balls, soccer balls, footballs, golf balls. I even sometimes like dribbling and fondling balls.

[@moviedevil12]

Absolutely beautiful video (as always)! I'm so glad that I stumbled upon your channel :) Looking forward to the next one!

[@xerces1135]

man for real made ball games existentially terrifying

[@DevotedHoshiyomi_]

I don't know how to explain it but this video is both funny, hopeful, and informative. Good stuff

[@saintallison]

YO! EXO ONE is the one of my favorite indie titles ever! So glad to see it getting some exposure! :D