Criminal this hasn't gotten a thread yet. Started watching him around 2010, and he only got better and more focused when he dropped the Happy Video Game Nerd label. One of the rare old guard who's not just stayed around to the present, but didn't degenerate or devolve their content to do so.
The history of the N Gage:
The Man with a Different Mind
I recently watched him when I was looking for an overview of the Chainsaw controller for Resident Evil 4, which by the way is just an overglorified PS 2 (and Gamecube) controller. It's one of the few instances where over glorification strangley works because you can actually use it for other games. Even kid-friendly games, too!
Crazy stupid in battle. Crazy cupid on a nice date.
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The infamous taco. Not the last time that a hybrid phone/console would flop. Anyone remember the Xperia Play?
Oh wow, I had completely forgotten about that. That's wild.
she/her friend to the hooved
oh wow it took a bit of digging to find this thread, I was just about to start a new one
Anyway, let's start things up again with his Past Mortem on the Zeebo, a now-defunct Brazilian game console from back in the late 00s, covering its development, release, and prompt fall from grace:
He later goes on to cover its library, the vast majority of which is... ports from mobile and decade-old consoles, albeit with some pleasant surprises here and there:
Edited by Chortleous on Dec 20th 2023 at 2:22:26 PM
she/her friend to the hooved
New video, this time it's the first episode of a new Patreon-exclusive series, released to the public as a preview! Longer and a bit more mellow than the usual format, he discusses various weird and unique game cartridges.
Hey, it's Derek, that's him Derek!
Stop Skeletons From Fighting
is a YouTube channel by Derek Alexander and Grace Kramer.
I started watching them recently when I ran out of videos to watch on other similar channels I watch, like Matt McMuscles and SomecallmeJohnny. If you like them, you'll probably like SSFF.
The channel mostly focuses on video game history and obscure gaming oddities. For example, did you know that Sonic the Hedgehog was ported to the iPod? Not iPhone, iPod:
Or that Half-Life 2 got a Japan-exclusive arcade port?
Edited by Primis on May 3rd 2021 at 10:31:56 AM