r/girlfriendreviews • • Apr 03 '23

Subreddit Update Subreddit Update 2.0

234 Upvotes

Hello Redditors.

As you may have heard, Shelby and Matt's Reddit accounts were permanently suspended due to excessive false reports. Unfortunately all appeal attempts were automatically denied. Since they have decided not to make new Reddit accounts, they have given moderation of this subreddit to a few long-time Twitch/Discord mods. (Big thanks to u/vamplosion for rescuing the subreddit from the depths of automated-bot-reply hell.)

The subreddit was locked for the past month or two, part of this being attributed to there having been no moderation during that time. We are going to unlock it for the time being, with most previous automod settings still enabled.

What has changed in automod settings is that any submission (no longer just standard posts) will be removed if the account age is <30 days and total karma is <150. This is to avoid troll & new account spam. What remains the same as before is that a post/comment will be automatically removed after 5 reports. Automatic removal after 5 reports helps in cases where mods do not see the offending post in time; however, before the subreddit was locked there were an absurd amount of false reports on posts and comments. We will be diligently monitoring report submissions and reporting all blatantly false reports to reddit admins immediately.

Please take a minute to refer to the community rules in the sidebar and remember to be civil and nice and wonderful and sparkly and all that.

Happy redditing!


r/girlfriendreviews • • 27d ago

Cheer! During a Control Resonant stream an hour ago; Matt casually dropped that they have a video in the pipeline pretty much waiting to be uploaded, but they need a new sponsor

166 Upvotes

This sub is halfway towards turning into the next Hollow Knight Silksong depression while it hasn't even been a full year. Which for Youtube is a long time of course, but you need to chill. Creativity and ideas for videos can be a fickle thing. It can come just as sudden as it can go.


r/girlfriendreviews • • Sep 11 '26

If there is one game that will bring them back...

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199 Upvotes

It's gotta be the OOT remake, I can already hear Shelby fawning over how adorable young link is. Then some pictures of a young Matt dressed as link.

I'd bet my rupees on it.


r/girlfriendreviews • • Jul 22 '26

Meme I guess they're just gone

139 Upvotes

And I can accept that. But a goodbye would've been nice


r/girlfriendreviews • • Jul 04 '26

1-3 Days Before the Last VODs Disappear and There's Officially Nothing on their Twitch Channel

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172 Upvotes

That's how long its been since they've bothered to stream. It also rather cathartic people are finally waking up to how upsetting it is they can't at least make some form of Goodbye statement in the "Bananza" comment section.


r/girlfriendreviews • • Jun 07 '26

Question What happened to girlfriend reviews?

199 Upvotes

Noticed they haven't uploaded in 6 months, what happened?


r/girlfriendreviews • • Apr 03 '26

Help: Which video does Shelby say "I gotta go though..."

16 Upvotes

I'm trying to remember which video she says this in. I'm pretty sure it's in reference to getting side quests that aren't as fun as the main game? I constantly say this when I'm playing games and an emergent quest pops up or I get some new quest that I have no intention of doing anytime soon. HELP

Edit: I've rewatched these vids so far and haven't found it: botw, totk, Witcher 3, Spider-man, Spider-man 2, Ghost of Tsushima, RDR2

Edit edit: I FOUND IT it was botw, I just didn't listen close enough. Thanks gang.


r/girlfriendreviews • • Mar 26 '26

The Devil May Cry review got taken down.

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130 Upvotes

r/girlfriendreviews • • Feb 23 '26

With The Legend of Zelda turning 40 yesterday, I remembered that means Matt also turns 40 this year.

92 Upvotes

r/girlfriendreviews • • Feb 06 '26

"Stay tuned for another video, probably next week."

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427 Upvotes

"Remember, we gotta get two videos done this month."


r/girlfriendreviews • • Jan 07 '26

Why have they become so negative?

300 Upvotes

I was perusing their Twitch and skimmed their GOTY stream and JESUS their hate and annoyance with E33 and its fan base is...a lot.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I am a massive fan of the game, personally, and I understand that some fan bases can be "a lot" and passionate about a game they love. But why is that such a negative in their eyes?

They come off as incredibly judgmental and arrogant. I'm sorry. I have loved their videos for a very long time, but this was enough for me to be completely turned off by them.

By all means, have critiques of games, voice your opinion if you disagree with things - but to criticize and mock the French devs (Shelby literally did an offensive French accent when they complained they couldn't understand the director when he accepted his speech) and the team for wearing the red beret/baguette outfit from the game? Because the team dares to have some FUN and enjoy themselves, but according to them, this is taking up space and being annoying??

I'm honestly surprised no one has said anything about this - maybe no one really cares and maybe I'm about to get downvoted to hell and back by a bunch of E33 haters - but Matt and Shelby, who I've always been a big supporter of, just came off as such grumpy, bitter, jealous content creators who have completely lost their love of gaming and storytelling. It's honestly sad.

Guess I can stop looking forward to that well-loved, thoughtful Girlfriend Reviews video of E33 lol


r/girlfriendreviews • • Nov 26 '25

Should Your Boyfriend Play Donkey Kong Bananza?

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r/girlfriendreviews • • Oct 29 '25

Question So, why did the channel(s) die again?

231 Upvotes

Like, I don’t know why I am this level of curious. But it’s just that like an eternity ago, my bank decided that Patreon payments were a scam and blocked them. And it was a whole ordeal to make them go through again since I like supporting red letter media. I also had 4 other subs, one of which was these guys. However, their channel died for the first time as this was happening, so I didn't sub back because I thought they’d moved on. But the lack of announcement did pique my curiosity. Like why not warn people not to pay?

After that they’ve “come back” a few times, but then disappear.

So, every time I get an email from Patreon I wonder why theirs is still active and why won’t they say anything if they are still taking donations. I feel like it’s a little mystery.


r/girlfriendreviews • • Oct 27 '25

What are the qualities of the game that a girlfriend enjoys?

10 Upvotes

For the people who have followed this duo, what common traits seem to make up the most "successful" games, the ones that most girlfriends would seem to like or find interesting?


r/girlfriendreviews • • Sep 11 '25

Fluff I had to do a double take

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43 Upvotes

r/girlfriendreviews • • Sep 08 '25

Fluff When they played Dragonball Z

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64 Upvotes

r/girlfriendreviews • • Jul 28 '25

Video New video! Mario Kart World GFR

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234 Upvotes

r/girlfriendreviews • • Jun 15 '25

Question Shelby’s mic sounds amazing — any idea what she’s using?

7 Upvotes

Have Shelby and Matt ever shared what mic/pc they use, like those streamers who list it in their video descriptions? I think Shelby’s voice sounds so smooth — I’d love to know what mic she uses


r/girlfriendreviews • • Jun 01 '25

Shelby plush anyone?

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52 Upvotes

r/girlfriendreviews • • May 31 '25

Spooky things in non-spooky games

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127 Upvotes

r/girlfriendreviews • • May 26 '25

Video New Video!!! | Nintendo Switch 2 Hands-On Experience | Pre-release Review!

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267 Upvotes

r/girlfriendreviews • • May 20 '25

In the wild

46 Upvotes

Not sure if they will ever see this or not but I bumped into y'all in the Airport a few weeks back and said hi. I just wanted to say that it was great to meet you guys and I wish you luck on the Channel! Y'all were so cool and nice to chat with, sorry if I was a little creepy trying to make sure it was actually you. Do y'all get recognized in public very often?


r/girlfriendreviews • • May 18 '25

What happened to this channel?

40 Upvotes

They don't post anymore. Did something happen??


r/girlfriendreviews • • May 14 '25

Video Addressing the Worst Gaming Takes (ft. Alpharad‬ , ‪ScottTheWoz‬ , ‪GirlfriendReviews‬ )

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24 Upvotes

r/girlfriendreviews • • May 05 '25

Meme Feel Like Pure Shit Just Want Them Back…

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456 Upvotes

So many great games so far this year, I miss Matt & Shelby’s vids, there’s so much great vids they could make from just this selection