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ive been using twitter a bit today but i just cant fucking take it, thats the second time this year that my feed is filled with fucking dunkey discourse

the fact that people are trying to defend him is so weird to me, like, he posted an incredibly nitpicky review, and then posted the fucking metacritic user score of this game next to games that he thinks are "deserving" of a higher score. do you think inducting review bombing wasn't his intention? do you think he doesn't know what his own fanbase is like??? cuz, like, he bery clearly does.

i just,, really dont like this man.

Dunkey announced his own game publishing company, Bigmode, and the response was... not universally calm. So let's talk about that. And Vampire Survivors. And baffling outrage.

Ryo Hazuki - Shenmue

Dunkey Voice:

"Gotta get the toooooyyys in Sheeeenmueeee!"

Dunkey's really starting a game publishing company under the guise of "I played so many games, which means I know how to perfectly make the best indie game. However, that doesn't mean I will actually make something myself, but that I am cosigning devs that will work for me and maybe they'll make the games I want in life. This is how I win."

Average Twitter gamer: [[game reviewer]] didn't like the 10/10 game!!!!!!

Me: Ok. (leaves)

An actual person: They just casually showed off endgame spoilers without war-

Me:

Xenophobic: Bigoted against people from different countries

Xenoblade: A JRPG series developed by Monolith Soft

Xenobladephobic: dunkey fan

Go B I G M O D E

i think the worst moment ive ever had was watching a dunkey video from 2 years ago and taking it to my dad to show him only to discover he was watching the exact same dunkey video

Alright tumblr, let’s see how much of a Nazi I am for posting this.

What do you think about Dunkey publishing indie games now?

I want to say that up front, I think Dunkey is usually pretty entertaining. He's got a sharp wit and generally knows how to be funny. But I tend to agree that he's about to learn some very hard lessons.

Dunkey spins himself in his pitch as if he's the smartest guy on earth. That he "knows how to pick them," so to speak. I think, to some degree, that speaks to a guy who is a little drunk on his own fame. He's got 7 million subscribers and has been listening to a deafening echo chamber for years.

Now, there's no shame for having confidence in yourself. I've struggled with a lot in my life, and one thing I've learned is that often the key ingredient to success is just doing something confidently. Even if you're wrong, if you do it with enough confidence, people tend to get behind you. Entire careers have been built and maintained exclusively on the idea of confidence.

But Dunkey's video makes it sound like he expects the next Celeste to just magically fall in to his lap just because he left the door open. He has absolutely no experience in this arena outside of just "I've played a lot of games." If I wanted to guarantee my game to be a success, would I go with him, or say, Devolver Digital, who have had a decade of success?

Chances are, you're going to go for Devolver first, and if they reject you... well, then there's Raw Fury. After that... well, there's Thunderful. And Paradox. And Curve. And Team17. And Microids. And Humble. And tinyBuild.

And then way, way, way down at the bottom of the list is Big Mode, Dunkey's new publishing label.

Dunkey's talk about "knowing how to pick them" isn't going to matter when he'll be lucky to take whatever filters down his drain. He's never run a marketing campaign. He's never contacted the press before. Does he plan to? That's what a publisher does. Or is that part of his "I won't be controlling" promise? That he's just going to give the developer money when they ask for it, and stay out of their way otherwise? Because the whole point of a publisher for indies is handling hard stuff for them, like booth space at conventions and talking to people the developer doesn't have the time or energy to deal with, and maybe even something like health insurance.

But Dunkey also wants to do this along side Youtube. How many Youtubers work at all the places I just listed? Devolver puts on a good show once a year, but they hire a talent studio for that. Because the people at Devolver are publishers first.

I am absolutely positive Dunkey has the best intentions here but he makes this sound like sunshine and rainbows when to me it just sounds like either nothing will ever come of it (because the golden goose never walks through his door) or it'll become a huge money pit when he tries to keep his hands off and indie developers do the thing that they do... which is take ten years to release anything.

Best of luck to the guy. And if he thinks he has the world eating out of the palm of his hand, maybe a dose of reality will be a good thing for him.

That being said, if he wants to use his Youtube wealth to pay my bills while I make a proper, real version of OverBite that wasn't slapped together for a Game Jam... well, Devolver did already reject me, so I'm on my way down the ladder. Hit me up, Dunkey, there's a "business inquires" email address on my Youtube channel. I promise that I'll only be a small train wreck.

here is another peculiar yet effective way that I have found to chase the blues or the BRAINFOGS away

So hear me out

You fellas ever watch videodunkey? If you don't, go pick just one video of his to watch, so you get the kinda jist about who he is.

Ok now seriously, stay with me, hold up.

Some of you are gonna like this video. Some of you are gonna find it dumb or annoying. Either reaction equally is okay. No concern if you actively play or like videogames, or you like or dislike this guy's opinion on any game franchise, or if you like HIM, as in the irl guy, or his persona. You do not have to regularly be a fan of his to do this. You can even dislike him if you want. BUT. But. Here is the thing, here is your new amazing coping mechanism tool that I swear totally works at getting me out of my own negative head, whenever I'm in a braindead funk...

You gotta narrate your life, like a game commenter. A stupid ass comedic sort of game commenter. You are reviewing this game, which stars you, the avatar of the main character, but you are also, either out loud, or in thought, gonna pretend you are the guy PLAYING WITH THE CONTROLS. You are not merely talking to yourself, but imagine you're always talking from a safe distance behind a mic and a fourth wall.

And the game, of "Your Name Goes Here", does not have to be *good.* In fact, the more stupid, boringly mundane, broken or confusing the game is, usually the more popular and funnier a videogame review is too. -So every time you just are pulling thru your regular day, even if you screw up or panic, try to remind yourself that this is only a glitchy dollar bin game you randomly picked up. You don't know what each day holds same way a reviewer doesn't know how good or lame their first playthru is. Speak honestly about it and your feelings as you 'play,' exactly how you are feeling and what you are planning to do, moment to moment, like you're just blindly puppeting around the character thru the level.

"I'm gonna make some spaghetti! Here we go...oh, I hafta collect my ingredients first..."

"man my chest hurts, this sucks...I need a recharge. This is so tiresome."

"I can't get this character to do the thing again...jeesh, OOH looky HERE ladies and gentlemen, we found the car keys, YES!

Or you just breathe and think it out in your head and imagine your doofy game nerd is patiently coaxing you on.

"Cmon guy. Make the bed. You can do it. Up. Up we go. Outta bed now. Here we go ye-...yes....uh....ah UP. HERE WE GO, AWRIGHT, THAT'S IT!-"

If you don't wanna use dunkey, use Jacksepticeye or GameGrumps, whoever your favorite gamer reviewer is. Or even better, if you like OC making, then why not invent your own gamer critic nerd persona? Make them as charming or geeky and scummy as you want, they can be like you, or they can be as far fetchedly different as you can imagine, make em be a fat gay octopus, or anime catgirls or aliens from space if you want. It doesn't matter. The idea is to playfully distance yourself without dissociation but total lighthearted IMMERSION into your present moment of life.

Next time that you're arriving into a cloud of melancholic doom, a pointless meandering, a miserable gloomy frustrated tired burnout crapfest; or just another regular day of ADHD braindead funk.... I want you to verbally talk to yourself, or at least mentally, like the character persona of videodunkey does. His voice is too stupid to be taken seriously and that is kind of half the point.

Imagine your day is a crappy little new videogame that this guy or some otyouher doofus is reviewing and trying out. They are there to hawk and support you, show you off and talk you up as a product, but, at end of the day, they might also simultaneously call you out on all of your stupid bullshit flaws- and what's funny about people like dunkey in particular is troll creators like these often both talk insultingly AND ironically AND sincerely in genuine praise of a game ALL AT ONCE IN THE SAME REVIEW. Say whatever you want about him or his videos, the guy might be nice or a total piece of shit for all I could know irl. But, if there is one thing him and his ilk are good at, it is nuance and THAT is fundamentally what you are as a human being. Neither good or bad as a whole, like most games, nuanced. You have times when you as a game work, and times where you glitch and times when you get away with cool cheat codes and times when you grind, you frustratingly grind, you work so hard and get so far but in the end it doesn't even matter... Times when the graphics and the level music are beautiful and sometimes there are levels that they suck, some stages have intensely annoying themes, or a hard water maze that you can't stand, but, maybe you find a treasure chest you will need, to get a cool ability. Every day is a new unique stage. Life is like a videogame, I mean no not in THAT way but...look.

By pretending your life is a game demo with some laidback wacky nerd in the background just nitpicking and praising and mumbling about your daily every move, you start feeling ironically more confident, and accomplished, because you feel both a lot more self aware, and yet a lot less bad about yourself. You realize how *trivial* your failings and mistakes are, how silly and annoying yet sometimes worthwhile it is to both nitpick your every flaw but also NOT take it seriously at all. Cos why should your own actual emotions, or more toxic peers, hold you in the same light? Imperfections are what make these dumb kind of video reviews funny, and what make us human.

Meanwhile, whenever you comment upon your every tiny *victories*, every time you 'beat' a 'high score' by just feeding yourself, doing chores, getting done hard tasks, beating any 'boss 'character (aka positively communicating with that one rude guy at work or your stressful mom) in conversation, you get a win.

*Celebrate* every victory, with 'upgrades and prizes' when you can. Pat yourself verbally on the back, buy a snack, go have a bubble bath or something you enjoy to do. Yor omniscient gamer inner monologue isn't only there to tear you down, they are there to ALSO PRAISE YOU AND HAVE FUN. Even if your persona is a scoundrel!- you can make them have in a snobby bragging gamer voice things to say like "Ooohooo, look I did it you guyshh, you fucks all didn't believe me, but here I am, proving you dicks wrong, YEAHHHUUH!" Be as pompously over the top, or kind and gracious to your audience in your mind as you like. You start to feel this goofy but genuine sense of confidence. Cos the more you treat yourself like you are aren't sucking as a whole abstract, you are just currently are sucking at TODAY'S CURRENT *LEVEL*, your mind starts operating a whole lot more differently. When your day is good, you really start to feel gradually more permanently self-encouraged, cos it has always been now like you pulled off a bigger over arcing success.

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Show me all of your game reviewer OCs!!!!

1.

hear them cry

the long dead

the long gone

speak to us

from beyond the grave

guide us

that we may learn

all the ways

to hold tender this land

hard clay direct

rock upon rock

charred earth

in time

strong green growth

will rise here

trees back to life

native flowers

pushing the fragrance of hope

the promise of resurrection