The Batlord

If you don't want to risk spending money on a system and games that you'll end up not even liking then there's always Youtube Let's Plays, where you can watch personalities play video games in much the same format as a podcast. There's a delightful and very insightful one by the name of Pewdiepie who I think you would find very interesting.

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innerspaceboy

Thanks, Bat. I've enjoyed a few Let's Plays in the past, but had never heard of this guy before, (nor have I seen a vlog if that is what I'm witnessing). May I speak frankly? I'm hoping you guys can help me understand this phenomenon.

I clicked through Pew... (no, screw it, the name is absurd. Why the hell would anyone adopt such a moniker?) ...I clicked through several of his videos and stomached as many minutes as I could stand in an effort to develop some sort of understanding of why anyone on this planet would watch this a**hat.

Why did he spend eight full minutes exploring the subtle nuances and philosophy of the phrase, "Pen Pineapple Apple Pen?"

I respect a few of the socio-cultural positions he appears to take on various trivial matters, (though I try to frame his arguments in the grander context of social impact, free speech, etc. rather than on the inconsequential happenings of other teenage dolts filming themselves on the web.)

But his humor and language are elementary, his attire and set design are juvenile at best and would end a critical conversation with a potential peer long before he'd had the opportunity to open his mouth.

Please, please pardon my woeful ignorance here - you must understand that I've had conversations with, at most, 7 or 8 persons under the age of 30 "IRL" as they say between 2010 and the present. In my day-to-day routine, I encounter two coworkers (aged 65 or older) and one CEO of 50-odd years. Apart from the briefest of exchanges with the occasional client picking up an order, I really don't ever speak to anyone, so I'm a bit in the dark with regard to what people look like or sound like these days.

Do ladies and gents actually conduct themselves like this Pewdiepie fellow? If so, how do they receive any respect or acknowledgment from those around them?

I ask this genuinely, as I am perplexed by what I've seen this evening.

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