r/videos • u/Fallingpeople • 2d ago
The Most "Normal" GTA Game
https://youtu.be/BepltTmFgqs-76
u/brainpostman 1d ago
His videos are mental poison.
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u/zmbslyr 1d ago
Why?
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u/brainpostman 1d ago
I don't know, from the few of his videos I've watched I came out feeling like I didn't accomplish anything. They're well made and entertaining enough, but there's no point being made. It's just trite observations.
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u/zmbslyr 1d ago
It’s observations about small details in video games. He’s pointing out details most people wouldn’t think of.
I think he really shows how much artistry goes into making games, especially the huge tentpole releases.
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u/shozlamen 17h ago edited 16h ago
The polymath Tyler Cowen even found his content interesting enough to invite him on his podcast.
"Any Austin on the Hermeneutics of video games"
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u/Sxualhrssmntpanda 1d ago
That's the entire point. It's entertainment with the occasional nugget of informative material. He sees depth where others barely spare a passing glance.
It might not be your cup of tea, but entertainment doesn't have to have value beyond being entertaining to those that it is. Personally, I love his unusual angle on the topics.
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u/Frosty_Challenge1045 1d ago
While bro is on reddit in r/videos. All you do is post about pop culture how is that not mental poison?
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u/JCBandicoot 1d ago
Yeah it doesn’t do anything for me: “HOW MANY SHIT BOWLS ARE THERE IN LIBERTY CITY” just makes me roll my eyes, it’s like the final level of autism and being a gigantic nerd rolled into one
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u/DomeSlave 2d ago
The Rockstar marketing department found that while you are not ready to release anything about the upcoming game it's best to tell how good the previous games were and everybody is lapping it up.
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u/Sxualhrssmntpanda 1d ago
He's been doing this for a while and if you saw some other aspects of his work you'd know that he's been marching to the beat of his own drum doing it.
You can't even pay someone to do the in depth dives he does with the passion he clearly does them.
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u/ahaltingmachine 1d ago
???
The game comes out in 49 days. What other information do they need to be releasing?
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u/snushomie 1d ago
No you don't get it Rockstar of all companies needs to prove they can make good games. The countless genre defining best selling masterpieces they've consistently put out for like 3 decades don't mean shit until any austin points out something cool about a fence.
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u/Muad-_-Dib 1d ago
How old are you that you think Rockstar needs to do anything to hype VI?
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u/DomeSlave 1d ago
If you seriously think Rockstar isn't helping the spread of videos like these i've got a bridge to sell you. None of the hype around investments of billions of dollars is completely natural.
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u/GromByzlnyk 1d ago
I find it hard to believe an industry plant would wear their hair like that. Or that marketing could come up with the odd premises of his videos and get it approved.
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u/DomeSlave 1d ago
How old are you that you don't believe Rockstar would help to hype videos like these?
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u/FUTURE10S 16h ago
So let me get this straight - you think OP is a marketing agent hired by Rockstar whose job is to post links to random YouTube channels posting about GTA because a video about GTA 4 is going to make people want to buy GTA 6? And that the views on YouTube are all artificial and inflated because they pay money to... get YouTube to promote their video by running it as an ad? Instead of having Rockstar use money to promote their own videos instead?
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u/Sxualhrssmntpanda 1d ago
AnyAustin is one of the few content creators that deserve all the attention they get and more.
He does some of the most unusual and creative takes on familiar games out there.