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Best Gaming culture & analysis videos, as recommended on Hacker News

68 videos about gaming culture & analysis that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2012 and 2026. Mostly commentary, documentary, explainer. Channels that come up most: Folding Ideas, People Make Games, Accursed Farms, Innuendo Studios. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is In Search Of A Flat Earth: HN treats it as the definitive, compassionate documentary on why people fall into conspiracy theories.

• documentaryIn Search Of A Flat EarthFolding Ideas · 17 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• commentaryThis Is Phil FishInnuendo Studios · 5 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• documentaryThe Engoodening of No Man's SkyInternet Historian · 9 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• commentaryContrepreneurs: The Mikkelsen TwinsFolding Ideas · 10 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
• documentaryThis is Financial AdviceFolding Ideas · 9 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• commentaryWhy Are You So Angry? Part 1: A Short History of Anita SarkeesianInnuendo Studios · 7 HN recommenders · 2015–2022
• documentaryRoblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.People Make Games · 9 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• commentaryManufactured Discontent and FortniteFolding Ideas · 6 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• commentaryThe Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the MetaverseFolding Ideas · 6 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
• documentaryHow Valve is Profiting from Steam's Back-Door CasinosPeople Make Games · 5 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• talkRobocalypse Now: Using Deep Learning to Combat Cheating in Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveGDC Festival of Gaming · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• documentaryMyHouse.WAD - Inside Doom's Most Terrifying ModPower Pak · 4 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• explainerHow lucky is too lucky?: The Minecraft Speedrunning Dream Controversy ExplainedStand-up Maths · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• documentaryFree to PlayValve · 5 HN recommenders · 2014–2022
• commentary"Games as a service" is fraud.Accursed Farms · 5 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
• explainerCities: Skylines | Power, Politics, & Planning: Episode 1: Parkingdonoteat01 · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2021
• commentaryRoss's Game Dungeon: Deus ExAccursed Farms · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
• documentaryThe First Video GameAhoy · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• documentaryRetroAhoy: The Secret of Monkey IslandAhoy · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• interviewHow Gamers Killed Ultima Online's Virtual Ecology | War Stories | Ars TechnicaArs Technica · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2026
• commentarySpace Station 13 Review | AHELP: Clown Grief Pls Ban He™SsethTzeentach · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• commentaryWhat Games Are Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play GamesRazbuten · 4 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• commentaryGame Criticsvideogamedunkey · 4 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• commentaryTUN: Un-Ruining the MMOMrBtongue · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• otherAlpha Centauri Quotes: Intro and Tech's 0-24uvwar · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2020
• musicChristopher Tin - Baba Yetu (Official Video) feat. Soweto Gospel ChoirChristopher Tin · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• otherColonel JD AI Codec Conversation MGS2 HDLouie V · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• commentaryGambling and the desire machine | Pay to WinJimmy McGee · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
• commentaryRoss's Game Dungeon: Deus Ex - Human RevolutionAccursed Farms · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• comedyRaiden Warned About AI Censorship - MGS2 Codec Call (2023 Version)CYBERGEM · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• commentarySequelitis - Mega Man Classic vs. Mega Man XEgoraptor · 3 HN recommenders · 2012–2020
• documentaryWhy It's Rude to Suck at WarcraftFolding Ideas · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
• explainerExclusive: Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition Analysis - The First Triple-A Game Built Around Ray TracingDigital Foundry · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• explainerHauntology, Lost Futures and 80s NostalgiaJonas Čeika - CCK Philosophy · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
• documentaryWhat's It Really like Working at Valve?People Make Games · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
• commentaryGames, Schools, and Worlds Designed for ViolenceJacob Geller · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• commentaryGacha Drama and the Korean Gender WarMoon Channel · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2026
• commentaryDeception, Lies, and ValveCoffeezilla · 2 HN recommenders · 2025–2025
• otherDeus Ex Morpheus Conversation [1080p Widescreen]Darkangel754 · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
• commentaryThe Addictive Cost Of Predatory Videogame Monetization (The Jimquisition)Stephanie Sterling · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• demoSIMCITY 3000 - MAGNASANTI - 6 MILLION - ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM.flvtasrhgs02 · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2023
• documentaryMaking Sense of VRChat, the "Metaverse" People Actually LikePeople Make Games · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• commentary[Highlight] StarCraft Remastered RantDay9TV · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2019
• commentaryGame Theory: How PewDiePie Conquered YouTubeThe Game Theorists · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2017
• talkRopecon 2019: Essi Santala, Sampo Juustila: Odysseus – Where Code Meets Light and SoundRopecon · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• commentaryThe Next Major RTS Will Fail. This Is Why.GiantGrantGames · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
• commentaryCities Without PeopleJacob Geller · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• commentaryThe Fall of Minecraft's 2b2tFitMC · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• talkHareraiser (The Worst Game Ever) - Stuart Ashen - Norwich Gaming Festival 2017Norwich Games Festival · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• explainerTraining an unbeatable AI in TrackmaniaYosh · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2025
• explainerHow the Minecraft Title Screen Seed was FoundSalC1 · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
• commentaryCopyright Deadlock (The Jimquisition)Stephanie Sterling · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2021
• otherSid Meier's Alpha Centauri Secret Project: The Planetary Datalinksmatsku84 · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2020
• commentaryThe Witness - A Great Game That You Shouldn't PlayJoseph Anderson · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2025
• demoDoes High FPS make you a better gamer? Ft. Shroud - FINAL ANSWERLinus Tech Tips · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2025
• demo[Minecraft Computer Engineering] - Quad-Core Redstone Computer v5.0 [12k sub special!]legomasta99 · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2022
• explainerVACNET Anti-cheat3kliksphilip · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2023
• newsResident Evil Village PC DRM: Cracked Code Really Does Run Better - ConfirmedDigital Foundry · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2024
• demoArmok InvadersBaronWable · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2025
• demoTASBot plays Brain Age by micro500, xy2_ in 20:06 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 - Part 154Games Done Quick · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2022
• explainerNew NES Tetris Technique: Faster Than Hypertapping!aGameScout · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2024
• commentaryThe Immoral Design of Diablo ImmortalJosh Strife Hayes · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2023
• musicHotline Miami Soundtrack (Full)SoundtrackVideoGame · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2024
• documentaryExposing FRAUD And DECEPTION In The Retro Video Game MarketKarl Jobst · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2023
• explainerMMO Economies - Hyperinflation, Reserve Currencies & You! - Extra CreditsExtra Credits · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2020
• demoFirst NetHack bot ascensionJan K · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2022
• musicCode Monkeyspiffworld · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2021
• commentarySacrifices to the Church of NintendoEmpLemon · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2025