every game analysis video essay

[@StringierHail56]

I love the fact that this video has like three intros with no payoff

[@squidboy6404]

Lol

[@ketaminepoptarts]

thats honestly what some of the essays this is making fun of feel like

[@eclownery]

well lets… jump into it

[@haileyen353]

I would watch the first one lmao

[@jazzman2516]

It’s killing me! I’ve not laughed so hard in a while! 😂😂😂

[@GeeVee1978]

"A delayed jump is eventually jumped, but a rushed jump is unjumped forever" -Shigeru Iwata

[@GalaxyStandard77]

"Damn, I jumped." - Duke Jumper

[@whatr0]

@@GalaxyStandard77 "It's time to jump ass and double jump and I'm all out of ass." - Master Chief

[@DuoVersal]

@@whatr0 I laughed way too hard at this, man I am immature

[@thenoseguy]

A wise man once said, "a wise man once said, 'a wise man once said, 'a wise man once said... Jumping is cool''" - a wise man

[@vreikezen8268]

@@whatr0 "Gordon Freeman... In the ass... or rather in the jump ass suit..." -Princess Peach

[@akeneo1169]

Imagine if you could jump in real life, I would jump all the time.

[@schwa4883]

Should we tell them?

[@pierreo33]

@@schwa4883 shut uppppppppp

[@kosbos2650]

​@@schwa4883 Let's kill him

[@sale544]

@@schwa4883 but we cant jump on hat irl

[@guilhermeteodosio40]

The expansion 2017 banned jumping for most sedentary players, I miss those jumps man

[@bordibalint]

fun fact: video games were named after their inventor, Video Kojima

[@olzhas1one755]

Video Kojima? The same one who made the camera? Colour me impressed.

[@utopes]

IM CRYIG 😢😢😢😭😭😭

[@donieee9607]

@@olzhas1one755 No, the camera was invented by Kamera Miyazaki

[@LennoxThePhoenix]

@@donieee9607 person who invented the ice cream cone was actually named Kone uhhh insert japanese last name here

[@fafau06]

​@@LennoxThePhoenixKone was the nickname he's more known as, but his full name is Hideakone Anno

[@terryscott524]

The ability to jump introduces a subtle yet profound concept known as ludonarrative dissonance. The freedom to move along the vertical axis allows the player to travel directly orthogonal to the main goal of the game. Very few games can manage to handle this apparent contradiction without compromising the agency given to the player.

[@islandboy9381]

Was waiting for someone to force in that pretentious concept that was made up on the spot

[@Palendrome]

"but this isn't as simple as you'd think"

[@nairocamilo]

God, I can see the words slide in onscreen when I read "LUDONARRATIVE DISSONANCE"

[@ashtonhoward5582]

​@@nairocamilo goddamnit you're right. I think me understanding this means I'm in too deep with videogame essays.

[@chemitchell7697]

@@islandboy9381 it wasn’t made up on the spot. The phrase ‘ludonarrative dissonance’ was first used in a blog critique of BioShock in 2007 and has been used (and now overused) commonly since. Still pretentious though

[@JGar453]

The Jung quote followed by not explaining it at all is on point

[@johnleorid]

Isn't this Mark Brown from GMTK ?

[@TucoBenedicto]

@@johnleorid It is. Which is part of what makes the joke funny I guess.

[@Rise65487]

they either don't explain it, or goes on 30 minutes long monologues to explain why there is most-definitely a link between doing a basic action and some abstract schyzophrenic link to a real-life event or some psychological mecanism

[@brgd9tu9ca99]

@@Rise65487 you do not know that schizophrenia 😑

[@elipticalecliptic481]

@@Rise65487sometimes it's fun tho

[@TotallyNotMark]

The pace of delivery here is insufferable but hilarious.

[@TomOReganYT]

Fun Fact: The script for this video was only 389 words long, but contained 79 commas.

[@Ashamedofmypast]

Trolling GMTK, hilarious but I also respect Mark brown.

[@meci6625]

Oh, hi Mark!

[@helloneighbour2408]

Thats literally every single video essay tho. I hate their voices

[@spacedoutorca4550]

So………. Lets……………………………. JUMP………………..………. Into it

[@SharlaBlades]

You can HEAR how proud he is after every pause before jump. Like that was just so clever.

[@primalfeline]

The fact that he said “let’s jump into it” 3 times made this so much better.

[@saiashadoesstuff1133]

You could say he triple jumped

[@Luxembourgish]

It's so fucking pretentious, I love it

[@butterfreedom5357]

Can you edit a youtube video .. with dementia?

[@hayk3000]

I don't know... I didn't pay much attention to the video, I wasn't sufficiently prepared. I feel that he should've said it one more time

[@windwakergirl7]

I hate when video essays have an interesting question to answer, like "What happened to *insert old series here?*" And it makes you think "Hmm, what DID happen to that old series I use to play as a kid?" So you click on the video thinking it's going to give you a straight forward answer. Only for the first 30 mins to be a history lesson on how the game was made, 30 MORE mins on how the game's story progresses, and THEN the last 5 mins answers the question with "It didn't sell well I guess idk."

[@APersonThat]

I hate video essays that do that… they pull random facts out of their asses to stretch the video out…

[@Itakepicturesofthesun]

The biggest problem with videos like that is that they bring up an interesting question, that gets the viewer engaged, and then DON'T ANSWER IT.

[@WeirdWimp]

You could always use google

[@autumn702]

@@Itakepicturesofthesun Hey, Vsauce! Michael here!

[@cyborgchicken3502]

​@@autumn702 you can jump in video games.... Press a button to input the action and your character... Jumps....right? It's... A simple enough concept.... Press button, and my character will jump..... But... Do they really jump? *vsauce music plays

[@ShadowHawk180]

Fun Fact: Megaman’s name is not actually “Megaman” in Japan. There, he’s actually called “Jumpman.”

[@FluxLemniskat]

underrated comment

[@lepapanouwel4663]

And did you know MegaMan X was actually called Doki Doki Panic in Japan?

[@Josuh]

Yeah, it's so wild to think that they skipped from Mega Man V on the gameboy straight to Mega Man X on the super gameboy, that's a whole 5 titles!

[@Sr.Anonimo-bk1uz]

​@@lepapanouwel4663 No no it was Doki doki literature robot

[@woollypar353]

This almost tricked me.....

[@HappyNBoy]

This is brutal. You clearly have seen plenty of these. Only a true fan can roast with such honesty.

[@atomic5134]

I remember reading a comment on LGR's video on microshaft winblows that said they had an english teacher who told them to only write a parody on something they loved. otherwise your hate would shine through and it's not as funny as when you give honest criticism

[@big_sea]

yes

[@deadliestvice5356]

Meh. Unadulterated, hyper-focused hatred directed at mental dwarvism is plenty hilarious.

[@szeretemahansant226]

@@deadliestvice5356 💀💀💀

[@melvint-p9500]

@@deadliestvice5356cool words

[@Ikcatcher]

Every video essay has to include a philosophical lesson about depression or society

[@Lumberjack_king]

Yeah what the fuck is wrong with that

[@alanhasmemes]

​@@Lumberjack_king it's corny as fuck and most of the time pseudointellectual nonsense they heard from their favourite reddit-tier internet idols

[@yaboi3839]

And capitalism. Dont forget thar

[@lunarna]

Karl Marx would have a lot to say about jumping. It brings our main character up higher than would be ever possible for the proletariat (goombas), and ends with stomping on their heads.

[@alanhasmemes]

@@lunarna don't forget misconstruing any social commentary on america as marxist

[@neelmaniyadav7216]

The fact that he credited Nintendo for the games they didn't even make it very accurate considering how most of these videos tend to credit Nintendo for stuff they didn't even invent in the first place

[@ikagura]

Nintendo still is responsible for perfecting and making more common game design elements. Sure Pac-Man was the first video game mascot but Jumpman aka Mario is the first to have even more games for him and making gaming mascots trendy in the next years. Nintendo popularised motion gaming with the Wii, they also made official non-retrocompatibility based retrogaming with the Virtual console and they also created handheld gaming as a whole. Inventing and popularising things are two different concepts.

[@SilverAsakura]

You forgot to talk about your unique childhood and how you can't enjoy games anymore. Then end with you putting the controller down and leaving the video frame.

[@No_Life_Alex]

you also forgot the rant about how shooters are bad and "why aren't there any mascot platformers anymore?"

[@fauxpolecat3456]

⁠​⁠@@No_Life_Alexliek pizza tower, and antonblast, and godammit both those games are inspired by Wario Land 4. I look like I have a small reference pool now.

[@janky477]

Bonus points for being The Boy who cried Woke.

[@nekosaiyajin8529]

I was completely straight faced for the whole video until the 1-1 joke at the end then I just burst out laughing

[@mek2472]

@@fauxpolecat3456we need more of the time limit overpowered mascot platforming genre😭 it has so much potential to be innovated upon and the fact the only three of this type of platforming genre is antonblast, pizza tower, and wario land 4 feels WAY more depressing than losing all those 3d platformers. Quick rant as a nerd

[@codolt4708]

I consider myself more of a fan of the "very long video essay that's actually just a plot summary of a game with surface level analysis that you probably had internalized already" essay.

[@hb-robo]

I love it when Deep Critical Analysis Retrospectives spend 20 minutes explaining basic plot and setup without analyzing it at all

[@shawklan27]

​@@hb-robo it's fucking annoying that's what it is

[@jmagrippis]

KZbin recommended me one of those but for a film, the Matrix, the other day! Turned it off quickly when I realised might as well just watch it again 😂 At least for games, it’s a much bigger time commitment, so that style of video essay has slightly more value.

[@zerir.3726]

i like putting those on while doing something else because paying attention to them specifically often makes me want to yell at the screen especially since half the time of the analyzations ARE made by the person they’re terrible

[@TheGuzeinbuick]

Oh my God I haaaaaaate those. I never want to hear another plot summary ever. We wouldn't have clicked on the video if we weren't already familiar with the property and know the fucking plot already fucking God fucking fuck.

[@actualhyena]

The entire essay landscape got real quiet after this dropped.

[@Lumberjack_king]

Game maker's toolkit still makes videos so you assholes failed

[@calebhessing7593]

You could say they got quiet after this...jumped...into the fray.

[@islandboy9381]

But how exactly did it silence the landscape? Well let's JUMP Into it.........

[@cliffturbo2146]

​@@calebhessing7593 It's too early to... Jump to conclusions.

[@VictorADino]

Without “Jump” Nintendo sure wouldn’t be the Nintendo we know today. Just look at the description with all those fantastic games about jumping.

[@ultimaxkom8728]

**

[@hazukichanx408]

Imagine a world where Mario actually has to do a lot of plumbing because he can't just jump over everything to escape work. Where he has to actually put up his dukes and fight the turtles that he can no longer soar into the air and stomp on like some wrathful stereotype deity. Where the princess being in another castle means he has to take a long trip on a train or in a carpool because there's no way for him to just hop onto an airship. And eventually he just sinks into depression and withers away. I want to play _that_ Mario game! =D

[@MinibossMakaque]

I wouldn't have checked the description without your comment. Now I'm dying 😂

[@Starpotion]

I love how the people who are notorious for this sort of content can't talk about anything outside of Nintendo

[@AndrewTheYouTubeCommentator]

Everything about this pissed me off. From the incorrect info, to the bottom left credit for “sources” that weren’t correct, and the padding for time that shows the person in the video was just saying the first thing that came to their head. I love it.

[@orangelessjuice]

ts video pmo so much

[@Pyromania-ew8jp]

My personal favorite are the elaborate and overly drawn out metaphors for concepts that could have been explained in a simple sentence

[@APersonThat]

Gotta reach that 1 hour mark Y’know

[@lukecwolf]

I'm only 40 seconds in and I recognize too many tropes that blew past me when I watched these videos. The music, the pausing, the jump cuts, the trivial history. It's too spot on and too good.

[@islandboy9381]

You could say it made you...... JUMP Back into the past for a second.........................

[@Artur-kp4hj]

Furry 🤮

[@Starpotion]

The history lesson shit irritates me so much, finish your first point!!!!

[@HermitKing731]

The American dad porn. Very common trope in these essay videos.

[@jaredtherock5692]

My favorite jump was in the most popular game: Sonic CD. Where if you wait for 3 minutes, Sonic will say "I'm out of here" and quickly jump off the level and making a Game Over.

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

the best jump in sonic is in adventure 2 when he jumps off a helicopter to start the good music

[@deadliestvice5356]

Toot Toot, Sonic Warrior.

[@Ultimatedogfan]

Yeah truly an astounding game design choice from the developers

[@Minisoderr]

He’s not joking, this is a real mechanic in sonic cd that happens if you don’t touch the controller for 3 minutes

[@TildeAmpersandCaret]

Spot. Fucking. On. The pacing and forced pun pause, the type of music used, throwing up random quotes and trying to have shit tie together to have some random philosophy relate to a game mechanic or a part of a story element, the fade into the end credits....Like, dude, you hit every checklist for those kinds of vids and recreated it perfectly. Even down to the thumbnail. The ONLY thing disappointing about this vid is this could have been easily a kill-shot april fools upload and you went and blew it in octobre~ Still though, this is damn good. It's as handsome as you are.

[@itsnicetoseeyou]

The forced puns every 6 seconds is essential

[@NoxysPlace]

And the fact that it is not 3 hours long.

[@bobobsen]

Weeb

[@aubreyjarvis4759]

the fuck is with the random ~ there

[@TildeAmpersandCaret]

@@aubreyjarvis4759 Just flair. Makes the sentence read different. Like, you look at "I cooka da pizza." and "I cooka da pizza~" and the tilde adds a bit more to it. It's visually appealin'.

[@luzislost]

each subsequent "let's j u m p into it" made me more and more murderous

[@No_Life_Alex]

you nailed it with the constant footage that's like 70% Nintendo games 29% indie games and 1% other games

[@dorkfishieSailor]

My favorite part HAS to be the "game descriptors" and the fact that, apparently, Nintendo made every single game ever made

[@Platitudinous9000]

"me tomorrow" is a standout, and the description has even more good ones

[@gayflower900]

As well as orchestrate a high stakes ransom for the president’s life

[@brightblackhole2442]

super mario odyssey (260 AD) absolutely blew my MIND. it was such a good game that people were even playing it while watching roman usurper postumus execute saloninus, son of emperor gallienus

[@Grim_Pinata]

You didn't mention how good Celeste and Hollow Knight are 7 times in a row, so I'm not really sure I can actually consider this a game analysis video, sorry :(

[@stonecoggins107]

Don’t forget Dark Souls

[@Regigigas_YT]

And mention how Pokemon doesn’t allow jumps if you’re not riding a pokemon

[@revimfadli4666]

Don't forget spelunky

[@tallesrodrigues5994]

@@stonecoggins107 You cant jump in Dark Souls

[@huhneat1076]

@@tallesrodrigues5994 Watch the video but stare at the bottom left

[@JesseColton]

Oh my God it's so pretentious and condescending I love it

[@kingofpigs6630]

Game Maker's Toolkit isn't pretentious :(

[@blackdragoncyrus]

It kind of is.

[@your_fathers]

@@kingofpigs6630 GMT is so garbage lol

[@kingofpigs6630]

@@your_fathers I respectfully disagree, I find his analyses on specific parts of game design really interesting

[@weirdo7319]

@@your_fathers wrong opinion

[@MrGetownedLP]

Renaming Megaman to the "Blue Bomber" as to not sound redundant is the most video essay thing I've heard

[@Sanicfan9192]

As a Megaman fan, it pisses me off when people call him that or just “mega”. (I call him rock because that’s his canon name, and name in Japan)

[@ToaderTheToad]

@Sanicfan9192 Capcom USA renaming Rock to Mega in later games (starting with Powered Up iirc) was so idiotic They called him Rock in that Secret Level teaser, I wonder if they finally backtracked on it?

[@sealingfan6889]

I think my favorite detail of the video was how he used the Crash Bandicoot 1 remake as an example for double jumps when you can't even do that without modding the game.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

"A reskin of the Japanese game Mega Man X." This is one of those instances where you know exactly what the joke is going to be, but it still makes you laugh loud enough to spit toast at your laptop.

[@joshraid1550]

It’s especially funny because it contradicts what he just said about super mario bros 2 inventing the jump in video games.

[@hipersonicc9736]

@@joshraid1550 ...and the fact that not only Mario 2 didn't do It, but It has "2" in the title, and the fact that... That isn't even Mario 2 in Japan. This shit's hilarious.

[@joshraid1550]

@@hipersonicc9736 Yeah the two makes it really funny because it implies super Mario bros one didn't have Mario jump at all.

[@yourmum69_420]

you didn't know it was going there

[@Sr.Anonimo-bk1uz]

​@@hipersonicc9736 To be fair, zela dudnt have hump but zrkda 2 did invebt it

[@BlueV205]

The fact that GMTK actually made a video about Mario's jumping mechanics 3 years prior to this video makes this even funnier

[@eduardo_moya]

His picture is actually on thw video at 2:01

[@gab_gallard]

It's a great essay though.

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

@@gab_gallard Except it never explains the secret to Mario's jump.

[@visualgagging]

@@BaldorfBreakdowns tldw: the jump does the whole game. it scales obstacles and attacks enemies, and thas all you really need

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

@@visualgagging That's not a secret, though.

[@nighthawk4502]

My favorite jump is the one where you go up by a certain amount of units per second, followed by going down a certain amount of units per second.

[@DuneDudeNG]

I had like 3 outcomes in my head for what the joke of the quote having anything to do with jumping was but straight up not answering was something i didn't expect and made it so much funnier

[@artistsanomalous7369]

The over analysis and intellectualisation of a basic concept. The measured, purposeful delivery to make it sound like your simple, obvious statements are actually profound and insightful. The generic royalty-free elevator music playing in the background throughout. Damn. It's just too good.

[@ikagura]

intellectualisation is not bad (especially when everything is simplified to the lowest common denominator) but on the other hand I feel that many people are trying to sound smarter than what they actually are.

[@bulb9970]

⁠@@ikaguraThat’s because anyone with decent editing skills can make a video like this today. So someone with the same knowledge as you and me has to make vague shit up in order to sound smarter.

[@ikagura]

@@bulb9970 I'm feeling like people are more willingly to listen to people that are more eloquent than those who have a bigger knowledge.

[@thesteelsquid863]

Reddit syndrome

[@Tredenix]

“But what makes a jump... _feel good?”_ The way you said this really reminds me of JacksFilms’ VSauce parodies

[@jarmarmarn4323]

This felt about six hours long, good work

[@PEPERSTEAK]

I wish jumping was real.

[@Mikewee777]

I know how you feel . I try to change direction while in the middle of a jump but nothing happens besides twirling . Mods need to fix this .

[@xtfgrw]

I know. Sucks being white.

[@sledgen.]

"you might be wandering what this has to do with jumping in video games" _long pause_ ......... _continues on as if nothing happened_

[@grenouillesupreme]

I love how he says "now you might be wondering what this has to do with jumping in video games" and never answer

[@doubt2022]

That might sound crazy, but after seeing jumping in videogames I wanna try jumping in real life. I wonder if anyone has done that before.

[@whosaidthat84]

It was once attempted by Adolf Hitler but on that same day the Allies won. I wouldn't recommend it.

[@mertensiam3384]

Don't do everything you see in videogames! It might be dangerous!!

[@lighting7508]

@@mertensiam3384 video games are known to incite violence 😔

[@Just_Jasen]

Yeah you can double jump pretty easily

[@Zubatticus]

This video made me want to, jump, out a window. Everyone knows Dark Souls invented jumping, along with difficulty in video games.

[@Ani-uw7mu]

dark souls invented the sword mechanic in video games

[@randocalzone8772]

False! Only real g4ym3rz know Cuphead invented difficult video games and that horrible imitator Poop Souls just stole the idea!

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

Actually no. sonic invented bullshit difficulty in games, and glitches too. Specifically the 3d games because the 2d ones are obviously fucking perfect and there has been no good sonic game for 20 years totally and they were praised by critics, adults and kids alike for no reason...

[@ball0000]

dark souls invented swords

[@Cam1417-TK]

Dark Souls invented souls.

[@user-rd3jw7pv7i]

"This is Game Players University and let's.... jump, into it." I literally almost throw my laptop across the room when I hear that

[@teej7244]

I was waiting for him to say ludonarrative dissonance

[@jeromealday614]

sadly this was before TLOU 2 😂

[@kokirikid121]

"I will never again feel as carefree, as I did in summer 2007, jumping with my friends in all of these exciting new Wii titles. Nowadays games with their much more complex mechanic possibilities, they make my characters jump for sure, but somehow they never made my heart jump like this again"

[@Jazz-dh2ds]

That "Carl Jung" quote's delivery is absolutely spot on. And delivery of the rest of the script was perfect to what shitty essays do.

[@flamehairedkev]

Actually it was Van Halen that invented the Jump, though it was a very linear affair until the House of Pain was in effect, and made it a far more free form affair, you could jump around anywhere

[@whosaidthat84]

But it really became mainstream when Criss Cross made you Jump, jump.

[@IIIOldSchooLIII]

I agree but I think Harry Belafonte took things in an interesting, experimental direction when he got us to Jump in the Line.

[@gansmith]

You forgot to mention that this mechanic became the predecesor of the current horror genre stable: Jump scares.

[@carltontheduke2571]

When a three minute video feels like like thirty minutes, you’ve nailed the aesthetic.

[@cuckoobrain7999]

0:37 please explain

[@SkyQuakee]

I also want someone to explain

[@fealca1622]

Doing an image search, it seems it's from an adult film parody of American Dad

[@Kyumifun]

Erm what the hell

[@SkyQuakee]

@@fealca1622 now im even more confused

[@switchclaw]

neuron activation

[@johnspence234]

More content from my favourite channel? Let's jump, Into it.

[@avery-gee]

Let's, jump, right, into, it.

[@fluffy_tail4365]

The final "level 1-1 teaches you how to play" made me really feel like -batman- a video game essayer

[@GunnarClovis]

All game analysis channels can retire now as this will never be topped

[@luffynotcringe]

The video essay wouldn't be complete without adding in the fact that "Mario Bros 2 is ACTUALLY A RESKIN OF ANOTHER POPULAR GAME DOKI DOKI PANIC" 🤓

[@isavenewspapers8890]

That's a weird way to say Mega Man X.

[@kaptenteo]

Yeah, the truly mind boggling thing about empty video essays, is how much money the creators get for them.

[@czarkowskipawelyt]

£8,175 PER MONTH Like what an actual fuck

[@hb-robo]

Fools are quickly parted with their money

[@mrosskne]

sounds like they have a better strategy than you, you should start using it

[@Hemlocker]

I think people really like listening to things that make them feel intelligent for understanding them. (Myself included, I'm sure)

[@pip9533]

I've seen so many video essay parodies but this is the first time I've laughed out loud at one I'm literally alone in my room giggling like an idiot.

[@DBZMacky]

This is my favorite game analysis video essay

[@jacques2368]

American Dad's jumping mechanics really pioneered the movie industry

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

I feel like I could get my grandma to watch this and afterwards she would feel like she had a comprehensive understanding over game dev theory.

[@punchthecake82]

"Health, heath is a core part of the videogames that let you die, it adds a difficulty, it make you try to not lose it. Health isnt what you think, it adds a whole new layer of possibilities to the game, It comes in various forms, it isnt what you think, it (Pretend i somehow escalated from health in videogames to religions and the meaning of life, with very generic and cliche answerd) The sky is blue"

[@jamiemccreath3959]

How Mario 1-1 teaches you how to play This is truly the frontier of game analysis

[@shaww8721]

0:00 - Celest 0:05 - Super Mario Bros. 1 / 3 0:10 - Shovel Knight 0:12 - Crash Bandicoot (1998) 0:13 - Untitled Goose Game 0:16 Super Mario 64 (260 AD) Let’s jump into it… 0:38 - One of the Raymans (???) 0:42- Supa Mario Bruddas 2 (8:45PM) 0:47 - The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 0:56 - Jeffery Epstein was Murdered (2019) 1:03 - Megaman X (A few years ago) Let’s jump into it… 1:21 - Mighty No.9 1:40 - The Discovery of Jumping (1786) 1:46 - Wreck it Ralph 2 1:53 - Dark Souls (9) Let’s jump into it… 2:14 - Days Gone (2019) 2:23 - I will assassinate the president on March 25th if I am not gived 204 million dollars in untaxed bills you have 24 hours to respond don’t play games with me 2:32 - Bloodborne (1890) 2:35 - A Hat in Time 2:36 - Metal Gear Solid (1998) 2:41 - Me (tomorrow)

[@DPedroBoh]

Excuse me, what about 0:36, right after Dragon Ball Fighterz?

[@justinc.5591]

And they were all made by Nintendo.

[@ninjadude183]

@@DPedroBoh American Dad vs Family Guy Kung Fu 2

[@mwagsoney37]

Its rayman Legends.

[@DPedroBoh]

@@ninjadude183 thanks

[@vadkram463]

"What does that have to do with jumping, in video games?........" That wonderful pause and immediate subject change got me.

[@PlasuMinasu]

This video literally jumped from the intro into it's ending, good job man

[@DougWIngate]

"remember that this is just my opinion" "gameplay loop" "very interesting mechanics" "meaningful gameplay decisions"

[@neverritt]

"For me, it is far better to grasp the mechanics of jumping as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Wheezer

[@metawarp7446]

"You might wonder what this has to do woth jumping" Video's gold man

[@stacklysm]

In a video game..... *silence intensifies*

[@ArborealOreo]

I love Gamemakers Toolkit, and apparently so do you, because this is meticulously recreated.

[@Theyungcity23]

No they’re trash for precisely the reasons that this makes fun of. It’s laughably shallow analysis.

[@Infiny92]

@@Theyungcity23 Are you a dev ?

[@Gutalol]

​@@Theyungcity23 Not really, at least not the videos that I saw. Unless you have some examples of what you're talking about then you just sound like a contrarian.

[@KOTEBANAROT]

@@Infiny92 gamemakers toolkit isnt a dev either bro

[@cinthiaMP]

@@KOTEBANAROT they literally have a series of videos detailing the development of his own game.......

[@purplenerdsplushie]

its amazing that high quality educational content like this is just available for free on youtube. thank you for all that you do.

[@buboniccraig896]

I clicked on the thumbnail hoping for an actual video essay on the mechanics of jumping and didn't realize it was a parody until embarrassingly late into the video

[@aggrogator4045]

We're hitting levels of satire I didn't think was possible 😂

[@Gobfull]

The pacing of this is making me burst a blood vessel. Well done.

[@riggityrooahh7665]

This video gives off such a pretentious and know-it-all feeling. I love it.

[@saikitonia]

2:55 I love parody videos like this that just take things, especially numbers, extremely out of proportion and I NEED more of it

[@clairecaldwell1611]

I fucking love how in the intro, the release year for Shovel Knight was given as 1986 and then Celeste was called Untitled Goose Game.

[@ianmalxoln6527]

Later on, Bubsy 3D is Days Gone, made in 2019 by Nintendo 2:17

[@samuelkristensen6685]

Ending it with Home Resonance was perfect. Was expecting a random VHS filter at some point but otherwise perfect.

[@Neon64gamer]

Finally some actually educational stuff about gaming, not like all that other shlock called content. Very convincing, don't even have to site my sources to without a doubt prove this video is 100% fact. Thank you Tom, i'll never look at jumping in video games the same way again!

[@nathanblue5548]

I lost it when you brought in Jung.

[@Roescoe]

This reminds me of Karl Marx.

[@Roescoe]

@@JohnSmith-XYZ Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat.

[@huvarda]

the shoehorned in mention of mario/doki doki panic and the subversion of it being megaman make this video great

[@Trazynn]

Of course, no analysis is complete without the 2001 A Space Odyssey reference.

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

Oh man, does Mark Brown know he's a philosopher at 2:05?

[@TomOReganYT]

Holy fuck, dude, I LOVE your videos! Wild to see you in my comment section!

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

@@TomOReganYT Mate, this video is golden. You've captured the whole editing aesthetic of these video essays, I was giggling the whole way through this, especially when you said Mario 2 was a reskin of Mega Man X, and I love the completely not-at-all accurate titles of games in the corner. Also, I love that genuine laugh at the end! Honestly, I think taking the piss out of these sorts of videos would be both refreshing and funny, and oddly clever. Sometimes, getting something _properly_ wrong you have to know exactly what makes it _right_ Like Garth Marenghi's Dark Place. Keep it up!

[@IanIanaSpencer]

"But at the time, gamers had never seen anything like it" I love that this low-key implies no one knew what jumping was in the 1980s

[@IanIanaSpencer]

Time traveller: *does jumping jacks* 1980s stoner teen: Woooaahhhoohh what the flipping hell is THAT dude????????

[@mokeyjoe8357]

those titles that pop up when you show the games that have jumping are just so perfect

[@UnfamiliarPlace]

1:20 somehow it already feels like we're 13 minutes into it

[@Platitudinous9000]

I love the use of Mark Brown as the photo of Carl Jung, like hey, might as well sneak him in there while riffing on his style

[@onionsilk]

A S C E N S I O N

[@nPhlames]

i have never seen so many words convey so little information Imao

[@TheShanicpower]

You should watch a MauLer video sometime then, lmao

[@Skylos]

It makes me angry how I watched it and immediatly just realised it is every single game analysist channel that I am subscribed to lmao

[@danielsherwood3880]

Try novacanoo or turbo button. They're a bit easier to swallow haha

[@johncra8982]

the internet was a mistake

[@Flip-a-dip-dip]

“Things are a little more complicated” If I had a nickel every time I’ve heard that or a similar phrase in one of these videos I’d be a millionaire

[@jarofpickles4057]

"Sometimes even jump... and then. Jump. Again." God damn this line kills me haha

[@princessmaly]

I'm amazed that Carl has stayed so young all this time. Must be all the jumping.

[@FayhemFR]

Underappreciated comment lmao

[@schribbler1592]

For how many good and bad essays on things like this I've unironically watched/ loved / hated...this hit perfectly. Well done sir. If I had a P to give you, so you could jump and fly forever, I would. This video was golden.

[@aaronking2020]

The terrible citations in the bottom left corner are an underrated gag

[@hamburgerboy]

An intriguing inversion of the "jump" trope can be found in the original Deus Ex (2000), in which the trenchcoat-donned hero, JC Denton, approaches a massive ventilation shaft on the surface of Area 51. The trillionaire antagonist, Bob Page, encourages the player, shouting "Jump, you can make it!" However, it is revealed to be sarcasm if the nanoaugmented sunglasses-wearer jumps into the shaft, being that he, in fact, does not make it, but is instead shredded to bits by an industrial fan. I think video game developers, particularly indies with the freedom to experiment artistically, could learn from Deus Ex and develop new, daring game modes in which deadly holes, perhaps "Pitfalls", also exist to trick the player.

[@MemoriesLP]

You should have showed one rule that applies to a few games, and say that it should apply to all, as if you were so smart that you have discovered a universal rule of game design that all games must follow. Like: all games should have double jump because it adds depth to the decision making of the moment to moment gameplay.

[@hb-robo]

The more narrative choices I can make, the more better the story is. No choices, no more better :(

[@lukaszspychaj9210]

I love how this is a parody 3 minute long video, yet it is exactly as meaningful as mark browns versatile verb video

[@Lumberjack_king]

Fuck you that was a good video

[@rakshitmishra4932]

His versatile verbs video is probably one of the least good videos he's ever made. But in general, his videos are really good!

[@greatsupper]

There's just something so comforting about listening to a guy ramble for 7 hours about a game they love where they don't say anything new or interesting

[@fido9745]

bro, this parody is legit fascinating. just keep going and tricking us, it works.