The Internet Changed Me

[@InktheImpassive]

Sometimes, it feels like James's indirectly flexing on the fact that he can draw hands.

[@KeWDu]

If you check the description you can see the whole team of people that worked on this video and it doesn’t really say his name on any of the credits. I think at this point he might just be doing the voiceover and directing. JaidenAnimations is about the same way I think.

[@ircusing9875]

@@KeWDu yeah, its kinda sad bc I think that odd1sout's essence is gone. The essence was that theodd1sout actually drew the videos. Now that he has a team of 32530513285905123980 people, odd1sout looks more like a brand rather than a youtube story teller animator

[@KeWDu]

@@ircusing9875 I mean, dudes already made it big. It’s not practical to devote that much time and effort into animating a full video by yourself or even with a small team, when you make so much money to just relax and hire people to help. It’s hard to argue that the quality of his older videos would compare with this one. And even if he’s not directly involved in animating, just putting out the content to share with us is probably enough fulfillment for James and Jaiden. I know what you’re saying but I feel like if I were in their shoes I’d probably do the same thing.

[@AnEmu404]

@@ircusing9875 that’s an incredibly cynical way of looking at things. He’s got a devoted team of hardworking animators like himself, so that he’s not under ungodly amounts of stress and pressure. He’s still there, he’s not being controlled by a corporate company or something, he’s just gotten a team to help.

[@ircusing9875]

@@KeWDu yeah you are actually right, I am proud of him for making it so far and I am ok with the better quality of the animation team, Its just that I like to see the old videos where Odd drew and when he was having fun with Jaiden and SomethingElse with not necessarily a lot of production better

[@fluffycorn_0wO]

I was born in the Gen Z era but that pinball and paint program STILL hit me with some *hard* nostalgia!

[@josie3757]

same!

[@sweetkittykat2000]

Same. I just turned 24 and the ms paint, weird websites, neopets, and the fun little games that came installed on windows are all things I remember. I also used to play this penguin bowling game when I was like 8 that was installed on windows 7 and I loved it.

[@niftythegoblin]

Same! But also, we’re in that weird transitional generation of 96-02 that saw the internet and tech change A LOT but never saw the beginning of it.

[@PC_noobOfficial]

Same my mom kept her old computer, and I would play the pinball game while she was doing chores or cooking

[@SquirrelTheorist]

SAME oh my gosh, and on sweet 'ol 98

[@Awesomemay]

as much as we hate the internet we can also appreciate how many opportunities it has brought to creative people and artists

[@Brodogg]

Awesomemay how I love your videos

[@randomcommenter6132]

Boost this comment

[@PIasmaniac]

Bro I love your vids btw

[@stormy.wholesome.moments]

you a bot?

[@ElectricalMason]

Hey may

[@cjallday1130plays]

James, that was a fun, informative, and comedic video essay... As a 90s kid myself (born May 95), I grew up on that annoying grinding sound of the modem connecting to your landline to connect to AOL. But it was worth it to hear that "you got mail" in the end. The Internet is different than what it was 20 years ago. It changed for both the better......and unfortunately, the worse. But we as a collective people need to weed out the negative and make the positive thrive.

[@JakeTheBikerDude]

As a kid born in the 2000s I can confirm that the internet changed my life and made me into who I am today, glad that I grew up with the internet

[@lunabutterfly4081]

I reported the bots that replied earlier so hopefully no more will show up

[@erikastone9183]

Does anybody remember Kid Pix or Purble Place or Pajama Sam, or Reader Rabbit? As a 2000's kid aka gen Z baby I remember playing these computer games. I remember playing Kid Pix in elementary school when we had computer lab such nostalgia 😭 good times.

[@mlgdc2838]

@@erikastone9183 i sorta remember reader rabbit but not the others. I was born in 04 and didn’t spend a ton of time on the internet so I don’t remember it that well.

[@Sebastian_Macdonald]

ratio

[@qmahum2053]

@@erikastone9183 purple place was all i'd play!

[@PsychoChicken]

Being born in 2001, a lot of this still resonates with me. Space Cadet pinball and Mindsweeper were the best things ever.

[@kenny_nugget]

911

[@timinator900]

@@kenny_nugget Depends, if you born before that day, it's almost like it never happened. The Gen Z's born after that day have become different compared to the older Gen Z's

[@some_dude_maybe]

2004 here and I may have missed some of the "nostalgia aspects" possibly because they weren't in my country. But things like boards instead of chats, cube-like PCs (my brother had one), Might & Magic, Doom and etc... Yeah, I've been there :)

[@blueberyjuice8242]

9/11

[@KUROASHI66-j8w]

@@timinator900 no thats not true i was born in 2006 and this video is literally my childhood. just without youtube because i didnt know youtube existed back then. Pinball was like the only game i played. and solitaire but i still dont know how that game is played.

[@cloroxart]

Honestly, we don’t give enough credit to how the internet changes people

[@BeastyMan]

Haha😂😂😂😂

[@Jupiter-hi]

True

[@_xxemogachacottonxx_1273]

Yeah

[@landolordfelloff]

Ikr

[@Elite_Ram]

Fine

[@Coal_the_red_death]

7:08 James: so your master piece will go- :D *proceeds to have a bad trip*

[@DanideLouro]

As a Gen Z guy, I experienced some of this things, 'cause I was poor and didn't had access to high tier technology back in the day. I miss the days of deviantArt and Uncyclopedia.

[@equinoxonroblox]

no bots

[@TimeFrost]

yea same, I got my own computer just 3 years ago borrowing my uncle's for hw and solitaire lol

[@sonotelizabeth]

ive heard so many stories from my dad about "space cadet pinball", and hearing james talk about it took me back to conversations that are some real gems.

[@Just_Some_Gal]

just commenting to break the bot chain

[@spod2998]

dude I have so many memories of that game. Played it so much on the family's old computer, a windows ME one that lasted us 9 years before we replaced it. Good times

[@DrawciaGleam02]

I played it too! Even read the instructions on the points system!!!

[@chairforceoneYT]

I still remember the day we got the family computer with windows xp on it!

[@ishanya001]

I'm a Gen Z kid but even I got hit with nostalgia when James talked about Space Cadet Pinball and random free form selection in MS Paint.

[@GabetheMagician_22]

Me 2

[@israeldiaz4189]

Same

[@biibs]

But when he talked about 9/11... definitely don't remember it happening

[@CatBoiAnimationsIsEpic]

Exactly! For most of my childhood i had a windows xp with no internet connection, and it was truly an amazing time

[@SirusCreed]

Right! I was born in 2002 but when he thanked about the land line it hit me hard

[@TheInternetSpectator]

6:45 WOOOO SONADOW

[@jhonnypeineta]

Lol

[@LaurenEmelyanova]

I can’t believe this man ships it ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💙💙💙🖤❤️🖤❤️

[@Sat_urnz]

Hi

[@theVERYrealriot]

oh no

[@SonicM216]

lol sonic fan

[@UncleHamsBasedOpinions]

The amount of nostalgia in this video is palpable. Good on you for making me remember Pinball, James.

[@ddylan4cats]

Can you play the game on windows 10?

[@thegoods6122]

Seeing these characters with hands will never not creep me out.

[@PurplePh0enix]

Same

[@elhazelrah]

Alot of hand flexin in this episode! Show off!

[@cappy699]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6exqmpsiLSjZqc

[@duli_hawaii]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ amen brother, we must purge all the non-believers

[@Xnxieti]

@@duli_hawaii satan satan satan Satan

[@LucyTheWolf2023]

from barely still frame animation to full blown sporadic smooth animation James, you've come so far and to be here to watch that growth throughout the years has been awesome and you are still one of my favorite comfort youtubers

[@into_this]

He even has his own show

[@SquirrelTheorist]

@@into_this YEAH! I saw that when we were going somewhere, I think at a friend's house and it's advertised

[@zo0roo]

not saying he hasn't improved, but he isn't the only one who animated this video you know that right?-

[@veryepoc6949]

ok

[@disguisedcentennial835]

It’s cuz now he has employees

[@ILY95]

6:40 James is a sonadow shipper confirmed???? XD

[@CipeYug9000]

"sonadow"

[@ILY95]

@ what.

[@pelikim]

I am a gen z'er and I've never experienced late 90s to 2000s internet but I somehow understand everything you said about pre-2010s internet, the internet without social media is definitely like cereal without milk but there's alot more options to spend your time online without that "brainrotting algorithm monster" on your fingertips

[@slurples149]

MySpace was a thing back in the 2000s

[@apollolux]

Eh, the internet can survive just fine without centralized social media. Removing them would likely decentralize it back to random single-purpose message board websites.

[@Mr.French04]

By the way need a season 2 for oddballs

[@Palkia8-Bit]

No, it’s like cereal with milk, while with social media it’s cereal without.

[@bluehoodie7395]

I’m also a gen-z but I was introduced to almost everything in this video by my gen-x parents 😅. FUN FACT we still have and use a box-TV in our basement😂

[@Goblin_Heart]

James old videos: pure humor with stories James new videos: humor with a life lesson.

[@equinoxrandomness8446]

James always makes videos that have a easy-to-understand moral. I take more than an hour trying to understand the moral of a chapter I learnt in value education period

[@derpatel9760]

I want my funny stories about france back. Badly animated, preferably.

[@Yoshiclang]

True do

[@eenymeany1]

Ok...

[@ModeratelyObnoxious]

it was all the pbs as a kid 😔, he was infected with morals

[@shanicemupamombe5703]

Ok I'm not a millennial I'm a Gen Z but I can't even begin to explain the excitement I felt at 5:56. I loved pinball!!! I could spend hours on this game when I was younger.

[@Luneroz]

Sameee idk why he thinks we didn’t have it

[@PromethealBee]

PINBALL FOREVER (even if mother cuts the wifi)

[@queenc9824]

Same I love playing that game when I was younger

[@system2988]

I miss playing so I downloaded it. Now I get to play it offline whenever I feel like.

[@aadityapratapsingh9383]

me too

[@Dark_hollow1XD]

1:23 Oddball reference

[@mia-saraking5479]

wow James' team is amazing!! the animation is so smooth and expressive. hats off to everyone!!

[@Theducknextdoor]

He mostly does it alone I think

[@falcon84k]

it looks the same

[@chonk1221]

@@Theducknextdoor ? his animators do like 80 percent of it lol that would be a fuckton of animation for one person

[@chonk1221]

@@Theducknextdoor he basically just does voiceover other people do everything else (animation,editing,compositing, etc)

[@SK-fu8qh]

Ehhh I like his old video/animation better.

[@sxld_darling3709]

i used to watch james so much in and before lockdown, and i come back every once and a while. he is still and will always be my comfort youtuber.

[@WAACKK]

Ya same here

[@-Slvshy-]

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO GETS ME

[@hyrulean_cow]

SAME!!!

[@joaquinm9148]

@@Pokemanmon That makes them even better IMO

[@Drankmas]

I agree his newer stuff is more for younger children but I still watch these videos because there are genuinely jokes that will go over kids heads such as the crocodile joke and joking about “weirdos” on the internet. But I think it’s weird that his content on KZbin is for more 10 to 14 year olds but his book and Netflix show is targeted towards 7 year olds.

[@topazwolf08]

I was born in 2000 and I've experienced everything in this video. I think a lot of the tech and culture from the 90s stayed for the early 2000s because everything you said was nostalgic. Nowadays I try to harness that nostalgia to remind me that there were things in my childhood that were fun. Great video and I like your shoelaces ;3

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

Nah I discovered exactly why some 2000s kids are basically 90s kids while some aren't. It had to do with how much money your family had lol if you were lower middle class or lower, you got 90s stuff in the 2000s and lived the same childhood as 90s kids lol if your family made good money, you got all the newest 2000s tech

[@topazwolf08]

@@GlorifiedGremlin that makes sense actually, I was raised by my grandparents and they didn’t get the newest stuff

[@akilahposh]

@@GlorifiedGremlin😳 That actually makes so much sense

[@laibakhan7122]

@@GlorifiedGremlin exactlyy i def agree i technically had the same experience as the 90s kids

[@CS_Uravity_PRO]

@@GlorifiedGremlin yeah that exactly make sense. Especially if you're born in a developing country where ADSL didn't exist in affordable manner till 2010 lmao

[@fablefantasyyy]

Thank you for making such wonderful videos. My son and I have been fans for years and have gotten a lot of joy from watching your videos over and over.

[@Lion1010NT]

liar, your channel is only 3 weeks old. haha

[@roveish]

It’s fascinating that James can talk about the old internet and fascinate me.

[@ericavia9175]

Ikr

[@slasher4050]

these youngsters dont know ab the old internet smh

[@josh_6867]

this guy is 2 cool 4 youtube rite now!

[@ham8700]

@TheОdd1sOut 🅥 Your fake

[@nemlolrawrlawl2350]

I grew up fully with the internet even before James was born. It's amazing to me to think about just how much was still a thing or wasn't even made yet by this point. Hell I grew up with AoL being the only way on the internet, and it was It's own entire thing. Not even a brower, but another OS it felt. The pinball sound definitely hit me with the nostalgia, too.

[@d.l.7042]

Watching James grow as an animator has been one of my favourite KZbin experiences so thanks James, you're great

[@jaysonsworld3568]

Me too :3

[@molly_parker_1847]

Same! That’s all I was thinking about while watching this video. I know he literally came out with an animated Netflix show but it still surprises me how far he’s come lol.

[@MysteriousOwlMan]

Me as well

[@SuspiciousIguana]

To me he's only gone downhill in the recent years. His stories now feel more chosen for the viewers, instead of him just telling something he wanted to tell. Something like soubway can never happen again because well who's going to watch James tell a story about some random thing he once did that they cannot directly relate to.

[@an-animal-lover]

@@SuspiciousIguana they said _as an animator_ they weren't talking about the video topics

[@mattm7220]

The amount of references to older memes, and websites in the background of this video was a great nostalgia trip all on its own

[@alex_os_95]

@TheOdd1sout322 scammer

[@Kediil]

4:10 I have decided I want one episode in majority this style.

[@Explosiveazn321]

The level of skeletal detail to James' avatar knuckles is haunting

[@undeuxtois]

james and his team’s animation and art style improved so MUCH

[@JasonEllins]

Because he doesn't do them anymore. Its like 20 people working under him

[@undeuxtois]

@@JasonEllins damn, spoke like you were there physically

[@quackyboi5130]

@@JasonEllins Bro spoke like he did the animation

[@chattiertooth62]

@@quackyboi5130 He literally made a video about art and talked about how his artists work for him and wtv. James mainly writes and records now

[@IamERAMOS]

I actually don't like. Lost what made it special and pure. It feels over done and hollow now.

[@darioadaseq]

I haven’t watched him for a while and it’s insane too see how much better his animation is now.

[@elinacool]

he has an animation team

[@isabelchmontuenga]

I thibk you mean *their* animation

[@Sebastian_Macdonald]

ratio

[@LitRandomness]

He’s got a team doing it for him now

[@yoongiverse.]

That’s cause it’s not all his

[@AlexAnimates24]

0:33 whoever in the team made this, they need a raise immediately. 😂

[@nickmathur5950]

7:17 The pop up paper clip. Super nostalgic but also super creepy. I remember there was a pop up cat in Microsoft programs also.

[@mehiamawesome0609]

As far as I remember you could customize it Like you could select what you want, wizard, boy or cat

[@Pk-vw5ip]

I'm sooooo glad James mentioned Space Cadet Pinball, I'd spend hours on end with my brother seeing which one of us could beat the other... Ah memories :)

[@cheddarsunchipsyes8144]

Space cadet like BFN?💀😍😍

[@nostalgiaguy3902]

​@emmanuelyakubu2935I know who you are Emmanuel.

[@lucidtech-lt]

samee

[@randomcanadaguy32]

either my family holds on to old stuff or that was more recent then he thinks like I’m a 2005 kid and I remember it

[@SquirrelTheorist]

I still love it!! I have it for Windows 10 and tbh my love for it never changed

[@CommonDrawings]

4:02 I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING

[@wallacestine]

Uh ok

[@horiginsfs7561]

Okay but the placement of the duck

[@winnerboycards]

@@horiginsfs7561 fr tho

[@myvividmemories]

I am making it my new ringtone

[@aguy5321]

I have to admit, it is pretty funny

[@WhitneyTrent-i6i]

The shadow and the sonic making out picture is crazy 6:46

[@jacobtorres2136]

It's crazy how far he's come from a boardgame to a show and he still uploads

[@alex.g7317]

The show didn’t seem like it was targeting us but also seemed like it was imo

[@Narra0002]

Not really long videos, but shorts are something at least

[@BettyMareeHOHCountry]

both of them are in the kids section when his channel is not for kids.

[@umok8083]

Yep

[@thefunniman.7470]

and a videogame

[@icewaterforicequeen]

I was born in 2004. It speaks to how behind-the-times my family was that I understood every reference James made here.

[@derpboi42]

Same, except I didn’t get every reference

[@ssr8555]

I’m an ‘03 but I have 5 older brothers so I grew up with a lot of the 90’s things.

[@thewafflegamer6152]

Sadly an ‘07 but did see some of the things James showed in the video, like the ratio of KZbin videos and the early web at the time. It was like the internet’s late puberty like if you were in your late teens.

[@virfah]

Same! As a fellow '04er, i understood everything. I'm laughing because i feel like i'm being treated like a child watching this video. I'm an adult.

[@Penguingoats]

oh I was born in 2013 NO JUDGEMENT

[@BlueDracoAnimates]

I may be a Gen Z kid, but DAMN, nostalgia hit hard when James talked about how old youtube looks like cuz I still managed to see that when I was young. I spent an unhealthy amount playing space cadet pinball, and boy OH BOY MS paint, I loved that thing hahaha. I love this video, the quality and the animation is so expressive 💖👌

[@Usernsj8383]

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[@SaltiedPizza]

@@Usernsj8383 Wow! It's the real TheNormal0937sIn! omg!!!😮😮😀😮☺😯!!!

[@movedchannel2000]

I used to watch KZbin and search stuff on a ds

[@Invixnlty]

Remeber th cake baking game?

[@Invixnlty]

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ shut up You ruin the moment

[@Voyager24-n2w]

5:11 James: Everyone likes to dunk on Bing Me: I'm watching this on a Microsoft computer James at the end of the video: GO TOUCH YOUR TOES! Me sitting down on a couch: Ok. (touches toes) I did it! 🙂😉

[@bhaveshladdagiri2675]

I'm a Gen Z kid born in 2001 and this video really hit me with some sweet nostalgia. Pinball and that free form ms paint is so relatable. I used to be so proud of having 256 kbps and 10 GB per month along with carry forward of the left out data. Using torrent to download movies which would take days on end and then finally watching it. Being dazzled by the visualizer in the windows media player. watching the screensaver continuously to see if it hits the corner. As the internet evolved in the late 2000s, I remember playing webcam games with my friends which were so fun and felt like the technology from the future when you could just hit and control players with your body movements. The era when justin bieber released baby was also one to cherish. Playing club penguin with my friends day and night. Using a fake birthday to create a facebook account and then coming home after school to chat with my homies. Damn! Simple days are the sweetest memories.

[@notmomoayase]

before twitch there was unregistered hypercam to stream old retro games like metal gear on the nes

[@chijindu2002]

I was born in 2002 and this filled me so much nostalgia especially Purble Place 💜💜🤣

[@burningwolf_9641]

Even though I’m Gen Z (2005) I’m not familiar with any of the things in this video

[@Duckduckduckduckgoose]

I’m so glad I grew up an early 2000s kid. We had the internet minus all the stress. It was just me and my dorky friends making blogs and playing the pizzeria games. It was so simple. No one felt the need to put on a show for social media. No one counted likes. I’m sure kids nowadays love growing up with tiktok and fast internet and whatever, but I think our generation of the internet was so much better. But maybe that’s the boomer in me🙃

[@MeganJester]

Also born in 2001! Anyone else illegally download music onto their mp3 players with lime wire, and when lime wire became ridden with viruses and was taken down, did the same thing with frost wire? Those were the DAYS lmao

[@donutman438]

Even as a 21st century child, i still grew up with almost all of those. I grew up with my grandparents. The sound of space cadet spinball is just sweet nostalgia

[@sytherwusky]

my nostalgia was on LAN cafes playing starcraft before discovering starcraft in Korea

[@32mazechannel]

Never played soace cadet pinball but damn this video is pure nostalgia

[@swarajpatil3042]

Yea

[@zgau0817]

I’m 14 and my mum owns a old as computer, pinball was fire

[@mac23806]

Yes I can agree that game was the epitome of entertainment back when

[@Soesim]

Can we talk about how impressive James' animation has become?

[@drivingatruck3270]

4:11 was amazing

[@indiranarayan9576]

he has an animation team now

[@ZayeedBaksh]

Yes we can

[@estee_navro8524]

Definitely. He's super creative.

[@unstableanimations]

Eh. It's still not fully animated, which is kind of sad for someone who claims to be a KZbin Animator.

[@madelynn_enns]

7:02 not my disorder being called out by my favourite KZbinr lmao

[@susannakhalil408]

I’m proud to say that I lived long enough to see James animate himself some hands

[@bittersweetmelofficial]

Fr

[@Zelologist]

i didn’t even realize he animated hands until you pointed it out haha

[@coin4246]

james doesnt even animate his own videos anymore

[@some_dude_maybe]

@@coin4246 exactly

[@AbsolutelyBonkers270]

He doesn't animate his own videos, including the hands.

[@superinggoneil]

6:45 LMAO THE ROMANTIC SONIC AND SHADOW DRAWING ON THE CIRCLE TOOL PART WAS SO HILARIOUS XD

[@amy_wolf_10]

and 4:37 was.... uhh..... how did he know about that website

[@Restarted-1-000]

​@@amy_wolf_10 ####hub

[@Restarted-1-000]

Not

[@OwenWatkins-y8z]

@@amy_wolf_10 What, everyone knows about crochub!

[@amy_wolf_10]

@@OwenWatkins-y8z ok clearly you don't know what website its based on and I'm glad you dont

[@bookworm_vortex]

It's actually really cool to hear what the Internet used to be like. I really like everything about this video from the details in the story to the drawings

[@Just_Some_Gal]

just commenting to break the bot chain

[@Chillagon_Productions]

Yuh yeah

[@IPostdaily-]

Hello

[@wild4934]

Yeah and back before bots were a thing

[@Md5offical]

yes

[@Dragonguy-l9r]

I don’t know why but this guys amazing!😀

[@ryanperkins8127]

As an elderly millennial, I gotta say this brought back some memories. Mostly frustrating ones

[@NoSteps]

@odd1st_outshush scam

[@sa1ko152]

Pinball was the greatest game to ever exist😂

[@shadedway5277]

How does it feel to be a dinosaur, like the one you play as when you don't have Internet on that Google Chrome thing?

[@alex.g7317]

@@shadedway5277 … so your saying you’ve never lost internet?

[@RandomGamer-]

@@shadedway5277 tf

[@ridwancoding5646]

I am the only one who just loves those little moments when his animation is fluid as heck?

[@jennyybarra4233]

Nope

[@zyansheep]

Yes!!!

[@terrariafan8939]

Yes sir

[@Bancanana]

Dang, half these replies are bots. Impressive

[@BlockMasterT]

No, they wouldn’t put that much effort in if people didn’t enjoy it

[@justliz92]

As a 92 baby, hearing the dial up sound took me back to the terror of my mom yelling at me for going online while she was on the phone. Oh man the internet has changed so much! I remember OG KZbin too. Nostalgic times♡

[@Jordanthefluffbat]

2:58 The internet being an emo kid with a Marble Hornets shirt couldn’t be more accurate.

[@rehpicllib4745]

That’s some interesting fan art at 6:45 there James…

[@DanideLouro]

Back when the sonic fandom was everywhere, that was the most common type of fanart you would see.

[@9deekay]

@@DanideLouro 🤨

[@Spongyboi897]

@@9deekay As a Sonic fan, you wouldn't understand and you might put down that emoji when you actually see what is in the bad side of the Sonic fandom

[@SillyfellaX]

@@Spongyboi897 *yeah…*

[@stanssbf]

@@DanideLouro I wanna go back in time then ☺️

[@kentongodfrey7641]

James as someone who was also born in 1996, this video gave me huge waves of nostalgia. The early 2000’s computers/internet were a beautiful thing!

[@manimations7007]

I’m Gen Z but was raised with millennial Generation and definitely agree that the internet has changed for the good and bad for people/society. My family’s computer was a old windows with big chunky keyboard that took a minute to start up and you had to hold the start up button for a bit for it to wake up. I also remember when KZbin was just getting started and it’s page was so weird looking with mostly cat video uploads. This brought back a lot of nostalgia! 👍

[@SailorStudent]

Same!!!😅

[@lorenzostavern649]

Yeah me too. I remember those annoying KZbin captions haha. I'm becoming old.

[@gabesarti7184]

Same here. I wasn’t allowed to use the internet though so I mainly kept playing old games like Fate, Dungeon Siege II, Morrowind, etc. either that, or I would watch my dad play them before I went to bed.

[@cathymyers8286]

6:10 do you hear how fast hes clicking on it

[@saige_0]

4:11 my most favorite scene to ever exist

[@lucilucid]

Growing up on the internet has affected me in the sense where I was pushed intro a relationship with an adult when I was a kid and I saw things I shouldn't have seen. But at the same time, my parents and education failed me in a sense where I wasn't taught the things I needed and the internet has helped me learn about things I wouldn't have known otherwise.

[@nethowarrior3294]

Ouch, that must've been awful

[@itsjestjay]

The internet is uh.. double edged sword you could say? I guess it's also kinda like handling any addiction, and just use it carefully and don't use it for 10 hours a day ( which I totally don't do). Have you guys had a nice day?

[@sammiethompson1672]

Yeah I’ve been through same thing

[@justsomegirlwithamoustache]

Same...

[@jaydejots1674]

I was born in the early 2000s, and I still remember all this from a young age. When KZbin still had those little transparent speech box things, and because my internet time was limited when I was 6 whenever my mum disconnected me from the internet I'd play in that paint program or play pinball. Ever since I turned to my teens though I've never sat at a TV unless it was to play a console game.

[@SmolPinecones]

Same my dude, I also had Petz 4 and og farmville (although that requited internet)

[@gagixd]

Me too! When James showed the paint ball game I got hit with nostalgia.

[@huuuuunny9385]

literally

[@Dkgow]

Crazy thing is, I was born in 93, and I don't remember the start of KZbin. I was to into Myspace, that a video sharing site meant nothing to me at the time. Crazy thinking back on it now. Middle school when youtube came out and I was on Runescape, WoW and Myspace only.

[@AxlPayette-Bergeron]

I needed to Touch my toes

[@OfficialGowilaGuy]

Wtf

[@IDK47367]

Fr tho

[@hadriansandt4462]

Probably one of your best videos so far, really brings back the old Odd1sOut feel!

[@Chesburger]

Ikr, miss this

[@agentorder4604]

It’s nice to see how much James’ animation improved over these years!

[@sirspaghetti7821]

It's not even his animation anymore

[@calo8381]

He has animators yk

[@kaleidico]

I personally don't like the hands.

[@samandhakal2118]

@Idot. fr

[@kaitella_7746]

It's going so fast😰 I'm not used to it

[@ShazelFableArt]

As someone who was born in the early 90s, this is way too nostalgic! Hearing that tone every time my mom picked up the phone while my dad was on the internet, thinking MS paint was the best thing in the world, Playing pinball and pajama Sam. MAN this brings me back XD

[@princessleira2663]

YES PAJAMA SAM! You know Pajama Sam, Freddi Fish, Putt Putt, and Spy Fox games are on the nintendo switch now?! They are still as fun as I remembered them to be!

[@ShazelFableArt]

@@princessleira2663 No way! They're on the switch?! I need to get them :O

[@TheGame_overbro]

0:39 bros lost it💀☠️😭

[@jheanie6812]

Hearing the startup for Space Cadet literally brought tears to my eyes. We had it on our old home desktop and I remember spending so much time playing that game when I had nothing else to do. It's crazy looking back on how the internet used to be when u don't actively think about how its progressed this quickly

[@PikaKip32]

I loved it!

[@HeyLookItsFNaFb]

God, I loved playing Space Cadet after elementary school. I miss those days 🥲

[@thegamedanalyst2169]

I may have been born in ‘97, but everything James referenced hit me with the nostalgias hard

[@starlord9272]

Me too but...I was born 2008 and I don't know what's wrong 😭😭😭

[@TheRooster1337]

no because according to James you've experienced none of it, you inferior Gen Z

[@whyiamafs]

@@starlord9272 I was born in '96 but I know that feeling well (virtual comfort hugs)

[@ugotvectored1628]

@Seeing Star askers?

[@RiOSquINTos]

I can relate

[@believeinthelostengine3326]

Man, the animation in these videos is insane. I guess working on a Netflix show has perks.

[@jujubinx-0001]

No replies? Let me fix that

[@Evelyn-qp8vj]

How does this have only one comment? I'll help fix this

[@Shadoe51]

The odd balls references 😭😭

[@MarcLinquist-l6e]

5:20 is the funniest thing….😂

[@veronicaharding8044]

Even as a 2003 baby, seeing that pinball game HIT ME with some nostalgia. (Also loved the Land Before Time dinosaur on one of the TVs!)

[@Amphibilaterz]

I noticed that it hit me with lots of nostalgia:(

[@J_dnvg]

Even being a 2002 kid every bit of this was immensely relatable. [Especially Space Pinball and the message board stuff. Those were indeed the days.]

[@nikolais.4477]

Same, as a 2005 kid I fondly look back on the pinball game

[@NullCantHandleFreddie]

As someone from 04,that pinball game was literally my life. Me and my brother would play on that game for ages Including purple place

[@nikolais.4477]

@@NullCantHandleFreddie I think about purple place from time to time and wonder about it, and that game I think was called Destroy, where you would literally just screw up the desktop screen...good times

[@someguy2135]

Before wide scale use of the internet, dial-up bulletin board systems (BBS's) were the only option other than running a program on your computer. KZbin has some videos about them. I grew up long before personal computers or home use of the internet or smartphones, or wireless phones. I'm basically a fossil. Any questions?

[@DosDosDosDosDos787]

#2009 kid

[@StylishIrish1927]

Now I'm not a millennial, but every time we went to my grandpa's house on the weekends, all there was to do was tv, space cadet pinball on a computer the size of a mini fridge, and an Atari. I was raised with the classics growing up. That space cadet pinball game footage and neopets just fired so many nostalgia shots it's insane!

[@DaRogueRenegade]

bury that e.t atari 2600 cartridge underwater

[@embryspinks]

i ruined the 69 likes :(

[@DaRogueRenegade]

@@embryspinks yay

[@lolliii5477]

yes, and i saw th last sparks of them. *i literacy learnt to draw with ms paint, played the space cadet pinball, and saw someone kinda photoshopped my picture with ms paint itself.* man i felt olde *and im not even 16 yet*

[@Purplecorgi10]

Wow

[@Mariaa_luvs_youu]

6:45 WE GOT SONADOW??

[@keniadorno]

I love how accurate James is about pretty much everything 💀

[@WHATTHEWHAT123abc]

Here

[@Kk-lt1hs]

Yep 😭

[@Spooder_Man1421]

Especially about typing in p 😈

[@SkarjOS]

Bro the video has been up for 5 minutes. You commented this before even finishing the 9 minute video in hopes of farming likes off of children that like any comment that sucks James off.

[@hypo-critical]

Ha

[@ourfeelings277]

Nice to see how much James' animations have improved over the years!

[@daymations]

i do kinda miss the old simple videos tho

[@EperogiLimousine]

Npc comment

[@EperogiLimousine]

@Meiji Samurai Official yeah, most KZbinrs besides flamingo and kurzgesagt don’t talk about their team much and get all the credit which is kinda sad

[@General_greviouss]

H 😊

[@EperogiLimousine]

@@General_greviouss understandable have a nice day

[@moclerszn]

8 years of watching this man's content and still entertained

[@zangimation1234]

Ikrr

[@johhangarcia7362]

It say that you joined KZbin 7 months ago

[@zangimation1234]

@@johhangarcia7362 eh Ive had different accounts over the years

[@linkhyrule1483]

i have for maybe 4

[@deidreiannelli5660]

Elder millennial here. Can confirm that Space Cadet Pinball was the best thing ever and coming in at a very close second was other timeless classic, SkiFree.

[@glamourchick21]

SkiFree! I loved to set the trees on fire. But was it even possible to get past the Yeti?

[@GemSurge95]

I was born in December '95 so I'm also on the fine line between millenials and Gen Z. I think those that are a mix of both generations had it the best. We didn't have to deal with dialup and internet didn't consume our entire lives. Smart phones started taking over around when we were in high school. I love the references in this video! I loved Space Cadet Pinball and MS Paint!

[@jj2059]

I was born that time and had dial up

[@GemSurge95]

@@jj2059 There are always exceptions. The technology was still there, but it wasn't as common.

[@Platypus-Books]

Yup, I never owned a smart phone until after highschool. The only reason was because my Razr flip phone got damaged by sunscreen when I went to celebrate my graduation at the beach. That thing was reliable, I dropped it several times in the 7 years I've owned it and the fact that it went down to sunscreen after graduation was like life telling me; "Hey, you're childhood is over."

[@GemSurge95]

@@Platypus-Books I got a smart phone sometime in high school. It was my 3rd phone. My first was a flip phone with a small antenna. My second was one with the slide out keyboard. The second one was my favorite!

[@neosurya75]

@chad007. YOU JUST BEEN HIT BY THE DUCK TRUCK, STOP THE SPAM AND YOU WILL GET 10 YEARS OF LUCK *ignore this and the user behind the spam will be hit by a truck*

[@DONUTS4LIFE_YT]

1:23 I love how you added max from your tv show 😂

[@MrSirSir]

4:11 I love this animation, I’ve played it over about fifteen times.

[@Stayhydrated-q6l]

E

[@This_handle]

I watched this for 7 days

[@user-g0hst]

yessss it’s so smooth

[@thing4201]

​@@This_handle rookie numbers

[@guynamedjoeFTW]

You're right, as a millennial, this video hit me with a huge wave of nostalgia.

[@That1_TrashMan]

I am effectively Gen Z as I born in 2005, but damn I had the same experience on the internet as James. Space cadet pinball was something I spent a lot of time playing as kid.

[@hohho56oy]

But did you play Hover for Windows 95?

[@elijahk.82]

Lol, yeah, i was born 2004, but i moved around quite a bit and one of my houses actually still had dial-up. Never played space cadet pinball, but i do remember youtube from back in 2010 when the way my family would watch a video is that we'd click on it, wait 45 minutes to an hour, come back, and watch all 10-20 minutes of whatever. And god was it weird. what you could just find on there. Kinda miss it tbh.

[@smithsunleashed]

Same, 2004 and all these experiences that some of the 90s babys talk about, I can relate because I’ve had the same experience too

[@NightCloudI]

​@@smithsunleashedyeah, I was born in 2006 and my childhood was nothing like the later gen z kids'. It was more like the 2000s. I grew up on DVDs and TV. When I was 11 my parents got their first smartphones and I was borowing them to listen to audiobooks.

[@nnadidavidson6713]

I was on 2010

[@LogiBear21513]

4:36 ah yes, I love the croc hub 🐊🐊

[@AxelEscher]

Bro…😭😭😭

[@Kayoxic]

The fact that I understood almost everything in this video and im only 18 really just shows that kids born from 1986 to 2010 need to be a separate generation. I think what really defines it isn’t just the memories we made as kids during this time, but the different parenting styles. Half of gen Z has been raised by gen X while the other is being raised my millennials.

[@tachobrenner]

People born after 2011 or so are considered Generation Alpha, if I remember correctly.

[@blursed2858]

*Me raised by a gen x AND millennial parent

[@bigfishenjoyer]

my parents are boomers and I'm 22

[@ViolyreArt]

1996-2010 is the span of Gen Z already... did you mean to write 2000? But if you're 18, weren't you born after 2000?

[@SquirrelTheorist]

Same here, I'm 19 and totally relate. I was raised by gen-X so that could have something to do with it. Love the idea of a sub-gen, that would be cool.

[@SNN95]

Man... The Pinball startup sound really hit me like a truck. I am crying and goosebump at the same time.

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

If that brought you to tears, please seek help lmao

[@SNN95]

@@GlorifiedGremlin I need a nostalgia psychiatrist xDD

[@oopsitried6174]

I remember accidently finding the games files on my computer when i was younger. Man, that's all i every player growing up, and some cd games my parents bought for us once

[@SNN95]

@@oopsitried6174 Windows XP: "All entertainment and the simplicity you can have at home with or without internet~ You want games? We have a lot pre-installed like Pinball!" Windows 8: "Pinball? What's that? Can I eat it?" Windows 10 and above: "Games? Go to the Internet you noob! Download them there!"

[@TaylorStrutton]

as a fellow 96' baby, I feel you on the halfway-between-generations thing. I am too young to know the struggles of the broke millennial, but too old to be cool with the gen-z. Dialup was so painful - watching a website load LINE BY LINE, only to have someone need to use the phone just as it fully loaded. Spending time off the internet was also accomplished by cereal box games - boy do I miss those.

[@jaisonn25]

old

[@MAnt-ng7uf]

@@jaisonn25 ur probs a late 2010s kid

[@Arvak]

100%, I'm a '97 kid and my partner is a '95 kid, and neither of us can relate to the struggles of millenials OR gen Zs

[@davetech1269]

'94 and still honestly relate quite a bit

[@jaisonn25]

@@MAnt-ng7uf I am 2010

[@TheTriplets_340]

"May I have ur attention please, would the real slim James please stand up""were gonna have a problem here"

[@gman5701]

I love how his animation has evolved so much since 2018

[@izzie2070]

cuz 20 people help him make it

[@UniverseSalvation]

Your animations have become so smooth and detailed, you can immediately tell all the effort and dedication you have put into this video. Excellent work!

[@super__sad]

He didn't make it, all he does is the voice over

[@MythicBeanProductions]

He has a whole team now that does these

[@A_Weed_Naturally]

@@super__sad I think he still helps on the videos it's just not only hi

[@super__sad]

@@A_Weed_Naturally he doesn't, check the description

[@A_Weed_Naturally]

@@super__sad huh damn

[@e.g.199]

As a fellow 96' baby this brought me so much happiness to watch. So many Easter Eggs in the background that brought back nostalgia. Space Cadet was legit! Wish it still came pre-installed on computers nowadays.

[@PhoenixMoth]

Same!

[@emini6]

Same here 96'er. Man I miss trying out PC games from the library, so many memories around our time.

[@neosurya75]

@see3422 YOU JUST BEEN HIT BY THE DUCK TRUCK, STOP THE SPAM AND YOU WILL GET 10 YEARS OF LUCK *ignore this and the user behind the spam will be hit by a truck*

[@neosurya75]

@josiaslourenco4549 are you also a spammer or not

[@VeryRandomTheo]

my mom walked in and got blasted with nostalgia ( 1:32 btw) she was going to ask me something XD

[@carvinkelybastien9389]

5:24 wait, JAMES HAS CLOTHES ON THIS WHOLE TIME?!

[@StephenDurnan]

Or maybe it's skin over clothes over skin over more clothes

[@Wormiedude]

@@StephenDurnan my brain cannot comprehend what u just said-

[@BabspzhzpKLal]

maybe he ripped off a layer of his skin and under the skin was a shirt

[@hellokittyl8vr]

Wha~

[@plushmode506]

Nah, he just likes stuff tight and white.

[@nturgiss3081]

As a fellow ‘96er, I got hit with a wave of nostalgia that I didn’t even know I could possibly have once you played the startup sound for Space Cadet Pinball

[@Daydream_Chaser]

I'm an older Gen Z (1999) and, honestly, I had pretty much the same childhood. I think people don't understand just how similar the experience was. I feel like a millennial when I see what younger Gen Z's are up to.

[@sebastian597]

You can remember it because those things were still around, but the world around you wasn’t the same. Like you could’ve had a myspace, but all your friends from school weren’t on there using it with you or borrowing someone’s digital camera to take pictures because the pictures you took on flip phones (if you had a nice one) weren’t pictures you could use on MySpace. Maybe you used our things, but you didn’t live it. We’re only 5 years apart so there’s still a lot similarities between our childhoods.

[@Navarkhali]

no ur definately genz with that profile pic

[@PterodactylFN]

I believe this is called a zillennial but I’m not sure

[@Heisenberg_6353]

I am a younger gen z but I'll have to say I hate these vaping kids

[@santiagopueblamendoza3891]

@@sebastian597 damn you are saying so like it was your possession and older gen zs dont have the rights to have lived like this xD Like I am of the 2000 and i had a frightening similar childhood (exact same as my older brother who was born in the 97). No, i didnt use myspace because in my country (Spain) we used tuenti around the 2010, but yeah we pretty much had the same problems you discussed. My first phone with internet access was when i was 13 and i was quite one of the firsts in my gen... I guess what I am trying to say is that yeah, i felt really identified with this vid and your comment seems kinda of "Don't you dare to compare yourself with us!" (Eventhough i get your point, don't assume how other people's childhoods were ^^) PD: Sorry if any mistake was made, not native :P

[@Xstep7878]

4:35 that’s an insane reference for James to put in his video

[@Awesomemay]

i love nostalgia induced content this is so real

[@GeorgeMotivational]

Hello there Awesomemay, I didn't forget. Give me that shrek cosplay

[@SilvaStreamer6130]

i hate bots

[@mr.ogaming3001]

He's not a bit he's awesomemay

[@dezs.5202]

The internet is a little older than me, but I still got to experience some of the early youtube life through my older siblings. The Mr. Happy Face video traumatized me, Llamas with Hats was epic, and that one horse video still gets stuck in my head randomly.

[@evasmojang]

charlie the unicorn > llamas with hats

[@tlogic3179]

My dad still tells me stories about internet infancy and how simple yet glorious it was.

[@M0xYTh3NeRd]

I love the KZbin poop reference 4:30

[@Melon_Ponter]

Finally, somebody gets this

[@charbbigonee]

i love how you're able to express that the internet has done so much for society but it can also be one of the worst places to be

[@johnroscher]

I was born in 2003, and u just unlocked a core memory of my father showing me pinball on the compter for the first time. Great video James!