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Skawo is a text-commentary Let's Player based in the UK. He mainly plays Nintendo games and ROM hacks of them, adding a heaping of snark, Pun Based Titles, programming knowledge, and Running Gags such as the ORLY?! Counter (a tally of Viewers Are Goldfish moments in a game).

He is best known for his work on the Game Mods Newer Super Mario Bros. Wiinote , Newer Super Mario Bros. DS, and Another Super Mario 3D, which he has Let's Played to add developer commentary.

Skawo has two side channels:

He also makes several videos documenting Dummied Out content for The Cutting Room Floor (TCRF).

On his main channel, Skawo has a "Hardware Stuff" playlist where he shows console hardware faults and questionable gameplay setups. This picked up in 2023 and 2024. Like the main content, these videos have no voice commentary.

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     Games Played on LawyerSkawo 

Skawo provides examples of:

Skawo: 11 parts in, and we’re finally at the first dungeon.
  • Oh, Crap!: His reaction to the Dark Back Cursya in the unused Super Paper Mario assets video.
    Skawo: This is… oh my. A Dark Back Cursya?!
  • Old Shame
    • Skawo considers Another Super Mario 3D to be a poorly designed hack. Initially just a test for making 3D models, it expanded into a full 73-star game that he does not look back fondly on.
    • Whenever older Let's Plays are mentioned, it’s in a negative light. Especially the fact that they had barely any commentary, and were rather low-quality, which is why several have been redone.
  • On the Next: Skawo often uses this format to conclude a video.
  • Other Me Annoys Me: In the purple chapter of Paper Mario: Color Splash, Skawo and Parallel Skawo switch depending on which dimension Mario is in. While they initially get along well, Parallel Skawo insults Skawo near the end, and in the bonus episode, Parallel Skawo is annoyed that Skawo took a break and left all the extra work to him.
  • Running Gag:
    Skawo: BESTES SPIEL ALLES ZE… um. Tradition. Y’know.
    • Whenever Skawo references his age or old people, he calls videogames "Videy Grams".
    • When talking about translation or the script of Nintendo games, expect a mention of Nate Bihldorff.
  • Self-Deprecation: Skawo will insult his "past self" whenever he makes a bad or unexpected decision during recording that he now has to commentate over.
    Skawo: Past self is so strange, because I am him, but why he does what he does is unknowable to even the Gods.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: The cancelled Mario & Luigi: Dream Team playthrough is the first appearance of the ORLY?! Counter. While it was intended to be a one-off Running Gag, it just stuck while the playthrough itself did not, and has become one of the staples of at least the larger Let's Plays.
  • Videogame Cruelty Potential: In the Mario RPGs, Skawo takes the opportunity to bash annoying NPCs with Mario’s hammer.
  • Viewers Are Goldfish: Lampshaded with the ORLY?! Counternote . Skawo increments the counter whenever a game says or repeats something obvious. The highest count so far is Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door at 619 ORLY?!s, although Skawo's standards for what counts have changed over time.
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