Highlighting Smaller gaming channels
So I don't know if this is the right place to say this but, How does one find smaller (& new) gaming channels, especially when those cool channels get algorithmically burried ??
Also please do list out your favorite small-medium gaming channel & why you like them
EDIT: Thank you for your reccomendations, please do keep this list active for others to see
Brutalmoose (moose2 on YouTube) is the comfiest channel I’ve ever watched and the community he’s cultivated is excellent and full of nice people. He plays a lot of retro and fairly unknown games. He set up a bingo system where he draws a number, plays a game (starting with Windows 98) for 15 minutes, then everyone watching decides whether to play another 15 minutes or pass and draw another number+game. “Bingo98” was the first. It’s excellent and very funny.
Not sure what qualifies as small-medium. I have appreciated Let's Game It Out (6.02M subs), ymfah (1.19M subs), Tech Rules (432K subs), MartSnacks (80.1K subs). All focusing on cool gaming content, no being A YouTube Personality who shows their face and tries to form a parasocial relationship with you.
Let's Game It Out seems to focus on !tycoon@lemmy.world type games, maybe !citybuilders@sh.itjust.works and tries to mess with or break the game. ymfah takes on some interesting self-imposed challenges in FromSoftware and Bethesda games and I think some of them are really well-put-together and funny, particularly Skyrim No Walking which comes with narrative arcs. Tech Rules explains stuff, kind of a video essay thing. MartSnacks basically has three videos of self-imposed challenges with Pokémon and does not seem to upload too often.
Keith Ballard is excellent for puzzle games - and, well, most other game types that show up there. He's my personal favorite.
Not sure if "smaller" but definitely Many A True Nerd. Funny, chaotic, wholesome and total allies with a great community. Plus pets!
The one channel that I have never stopped watching is Vash12349 as it is always a good time.
As for finding them you just have to search for games that your interested in and start watching untill something clocks with you.
Always gotta recommend Keepetclassy! Gabe and Amber are two Australian friends who have been making gaming videos for a while now. Amber is trans and often speaks about her experiences now which is always interesting.
Can also highly recommend Skurry. They make some really cozy videos on metrodvanias and the like.
+1 for keepetclassy. Good stuff there.
Originally found the channel via "Lets drown out" -series Gabe and Yahtzee (Zero punctuation, Second Wind, etc) did aaaaaages ago.
I'm not sure how small is small, but Splattercat Gaming is fun. It's not the place to go for series unfortunately, though I wish he'd get back into them.
But Splat has a lot of interesting life experiences and he's fun to listen to.
I don’t know if you’d consider them that small, but I love Kindafunny’s content! Especially blessing and Andy Cortez.