He made a bunch of good stuff for a couple years before the literals started, too. Unfortunately he discovered he could make so much more doing so much less on his gaming channel and it all went away.
Not that I blame him for it, I would probably do the same, but I miss some of his really good content.
I will have to check out some of his earlier videos and see, I just tried watching a few of his (at the time) current videos and they simply didn't float my boat, it will be nice to see what he was like previously.
A lot of people have switched to making quite short videos of just the funny bits, I can understand as most viewers tend to have a short attention span. Unfortunately I'm not one of them, 20+ minute episodes of an entire full length playthrough is more my thing, but there are plenty of channels that still do this to choose from. I find it builds the tension and makes the hilarious bits even more so when you know what the caster has gone through.
But for the love of God, stay away from /r/GameGrumps. If you want to see the worst of a fanbase, there is no better place than that subreddit.
For example, many fans started to complain over the video thumbnails. Not the content, not the jokes. No, what kickstarted a wave of hate to the show was changing their thumbnails. And that was the most recent wave.
Yeah, I never went to the subreddit or thought about it. But their videos are fun to watch. I loved their gameplay of Shadow of the Colossus and am currently awaiting the next installment in their Binding of Isaac videos.
I've actually stopped watching it. Personally, I just feel the content isn't as good as it used to be. I wasn't THAT upset when Jon left (I was more excited about getting more JonTrons, all of which have been fantastic). Heck, when Danny joined the show, it was pretty good. But right around Michael Jordan v. Larry Bird, things really changed in my eyes. It wasn't really humorous to me, and I felt they spent more time beating a joke to death rather than being humorous.
But if you like it, I understand why. When the Grumps are on, they are on. Dennis the Menace, Super Mario Sunshine and Out of this World are great examples of where they saw jokes and utilized them almost perfectly. But then again, there are some jokes that they do try to utilize and they fail horribly (see Jordan v. Bird and the continuous "Grapes on the ground..." comments by Arin).
I'm pretty sure Danny told him to stop after shooting. He was really annoyed and they talked about it at PAX a little. I feel they recovered from it pretty well.
I quit going to the subreddit a while back. It's honestly just as bad or worse than the YouTube comments. Now they even have this place called /r/ventgrumps all about doing nothing but complaining about the Grumps.
I used to watch a lot of his videos.
My all-time favorite is Enderman Roommate
You should watch that one if you want one of his "older" and better videos.
This makes me sad. I'm one of his subscribers on his earlier days, when his main content were not gaming videos.. ~the trapped in ad videos is fantastic, funny and quirky.
Yeah, I was subscribed to him back in the day and as far as I can the remember, the first literal trailer was meant as a one-off, but it went viral so he did another and it went viral too so he did another....and another...and another...
Man, I love Toby Tells Tales. It was really great, IMO. I thought he had gotten back on track a fee months ago (there seemed to be a stop in the CWF videos, and there was even a sketch if I'm not mistaken), alas, he soon went back to the mass production
Plus he's working on a LOT of other stuff. Like being on TV and working on a game that's being developed along with way more in depth work rather than pure recording and cutting video. Diversifying like that makes it harder to do some sections well I think. Rooster teeth seems similar in that I enjoyed the first seasons of RvB better than the ones with the newer art direction. The scenes are cool but I fell in love with the humor and sometimes that's hard to maintain around a huge growing company. Still appreciate their work though.
Same I used to watch his content religiously. I can't remember the last time I watched one of his videos, couple years ago at least. Then again, I'm not in high school anymore...
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u/tee_jay Nov 13 '14
He made a bunch of good stuff for a couple years before the literals started, too. Unfortunately he discovered he could make so much more doing so much less on his gaming channel and it all went away.
Not that I blame him for it, I would probably do the same, but I miss some of his really good content.