Jacob Geller

Gaming's Infectious Era

916K views · 1mo ago · 21:00

Media Shown: Moldrise, Pathogenic, Citizen Sleeper 1, Citizen Sleeper 2, In Other Waters, Signet City, Bills Must be Paid, ARC Raiders, Battlefield 2042, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Concord, Dead by Daylight, Fortnite, Genshin Impact, Helldivers 2, Horizon: Hunter’s Gathering, Uma Musume: Pretty Derby, Love in Deepspace, Rainbow Six Siege, Rocket League, Rumbleverse, Zenless Zone Zero, Cookie Clicker, PegIdle, Dark Souls, The Crew 2, Slay the…

I Am Turning Myself Into a Video Game Plane

643K views · 2mo ago · 34:45

Additional footage generously provided by Rook ACF Nugget Special thanks to Luke Jones for filming Sources “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter” by Isabel Fall, 2020 Media Shown: Air Combat, Ace Combat 2, Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere, Ace Combat 04: Shatter Skies, Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War, Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, Project Wingman, 1000xRESIST, Batman: Arkham Knight, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance,…

My Favorite Piece of Stock Footage

526K views · 3mo ago · 33:27

Additional editing by Toadchurch Additional voices by Dan Olson Shots of Odessa, TX by Austin Baltes ( with additional thanks to Callaway Kobes Very special thanks to Bill Paxton, Head Librarian, Universal Film Library Paul Frosh on Stock Photography 2020 2001 Brian Barrett on the Distracted Boyfriend meme The Idée blog on The Everywhere Girl CixxFive Concepts LLC v. Getty Images Inc Obituary of Wayne D. Gilliam Sr. (“Curley”)

📄 Mentioned papers: Paper on researchgate.net · Paper on researchgate.net

📰 Mentioned news: Brian Barrett on the Distracted Boyfriend meme

Reality is a Camera Trick: Film, Bodycams, and the First-Person Shooter

723K views · 4mo ago · 55:12

Flashing lights warning: 26:25 - 26:29 Thanks to ADAMNATOR for additional color correction Sources Camera Experiments in 'Lady in the Lake', Crowther, 1947, NYT Cinema Verite: The Movement of Truth, Axmaker, 2015, PBS How we made The Blair Witch Project, Hoad, 2018, The Guardian The history of the first-person shooter, Evans-Thirlwell, 2017, PC Gamer Inspecting Video Game Historiography Through Critical Lens: Etymology of the First-Person Shooter Genre, Carl Therrien, 2015,…

🎬 Mentioned movies: Doomed from the beginning?

▶️ Mentioned videos: The Blair Witch Project · VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 141, Corridor Crew · Danny Macaskill: The Ridge, Cut Media · GoPro: Soul Flyers 33,000 ft Above Mont Blanc, GoPro

all the pixels in new york are freezing

839K views · 5mo ago · 24:04

The Evolution of YouTube by 4096 The World Trade Center in 176 Video Games (1983-2025) by Данил Карпенко Additional footage of Max Payne on PS2 from Weiss Network TV Media Shown: Parasite Eve, Max Payne, Max Payne 3, The Division, The Time Machine, The Utility Room, A Trip to the Moon, Driver Parallel Lines, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0, Final Fantasy VII, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

▶️ Mentioned videos: The Evolution of YouTube by 4096 · The World Trade Center in 176 Video Games (1983-2025) by Данил Карпенко · Additional footage of Max Payne on PS2 Weiss Network TV

Why Does Everyone Think "1984" Agrees With Them?

1.7M views · 6mo ago · 44:37

Thanks to on4word for the cover of 2+2=5 (Super Mario 64 soundfont) Sources George Orwell’s writing sourced from The Orwell Foundation The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey, 2019 On 1984: The Story of George Orwell's Masterpiece by D.J.

▶️ Mentioned videos: Thanks to on4word for the cover of 2 2 5 (Super Mario 64 soundfont)

📰 Mentioned news: He’s Dead, but He’s Everybody’s Weapon of Choice by Matthew Purdy, The York Times 2025

More Games That Save the Best for Last

573K views · 7mo ago · 31:47

Media Shown: Echo Point Nova, Despelote, Rhythm Doctor, Pistol Whip, Thumper, Star Wars (1977), Shadow of the Colossus, Saints Row the Third, Turbo Overkill, Ultrakill, The Last Guardian, Subnautica: Below Zero, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Galaga, Pac-Man, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War, Dark Souls III, Armored Core VI, Astro Bot, Battlefield 6, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Spider-Man 2, Duke Nukem Forever, Overwatch, The…

Topics: Echo Point Nova (general discussion) · Ending of Echo Point Nova · Despelote (general discussion) · Ending of Despelote · Rhythm Doctor (general discussion) · Ending of Rhythm Doctor

"I am Jesus Christ" and Other Games About Jews

730K views · 8mo ago · 40:31

Thanks to Meredith Gran for additional voices Additional footage of the IDF and Gaza from The Gospel According to Jesus by Stephen Mitchell, 1993 “Bible Adventures” by Gabe Durham, 2015 BioShock‘s Jewish Roots Run Deep by Cody Mello-Klein

📰 Mentioned news: Additional footage of the IDF and Gaza

The Future is an Empty Room

848K views · 9mo ago · 31:30

Thanks to Nickolai Boulton for VFX work Thanks to Mantron for additional footage of Death Stranding 2 Thanks to Jsco Music for providing covers of Bo Burnham’s “All Eyes on Me” and “Goodbye” “All Eyes On Me - Orchestral” by Jsco Music “Goodbye - Orchestral” by Jsco Music

▶️ Mentioned videos: All Eyes On Me - Orchestral · Goodbye - Orchestral

The Ten Best Games of 2025

398K views · 11mo ago · 31:51

Buy my first book, “How a Game Lives:” Buy my second book, “You’re Not Overthinking It:” Thanks to Jeremy Brauns Music for his cover of “Niamos:” Thanks to WillRock for his OCRemix, “Apollo Duck:” Additional Footage of Death Stranding 2 provided by DefendtheHouse and EuroThug4000

📖 Mentioned books: How a Game Lives · You

▶️ Mentioned videos: Niamos: · Apollo Duck: · Video on youtube.com · Video on youtube.com

Silksong and the Biblical Apocalypse

622K views · 11mo ago · 34:09

Thanks to BlueSR for additional footage Thanks to Sebastien Skaf for the piano cover of Cogwork Dancers Sources Everything Must Go by Dorian Lynskey, 2024 A History of the End of the World by Jonathan Kirsch, 2006 Post by u/RafflesiaArnoldii After the Tradition, by Robert Alter, 1969 On the Nature of Consciousness (Part 2) by Alan Watts, 1969

▶️ Mentioned videos: Thanks to Sebastien Skaf for the piano cover of Cogwork Dancers

3 Games / 3 Hours / 3 Cursed Computers

561K views · 1y ago · 31:33

Thanks to Power Pak for additional footage of Proximate Tom Scott — How the US Postal Service Reads Terrible Handwriting John Mulaney on SNL, 2018 Media Shown: Dead Letter Dept., Proximate, Without a Dawn, Nightmare on Elm Street, Night of the Living Dead, Rosemary’s Baby, 28 Days Later, Halloween, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Videodrome, Parasite

▶️ Mentioned videos: Tom Scott How the US Postal Service Reads Terrible Handwriting · John Mulaney on SNL, 2018

How Well Can You Really Know a Game?

540K views · 1y ago · 30:15

Special Thanks to Jasper for technical consultation Additional footage courtesy of Pannenkoek2012 Displaced Gamers Armaggedun Snark Retro Rabbit Ears Mario 64 x No Surprises by on4word Media Shown: Star Wars Episode III: The Game, Super Mario 64, Breakout, Super Breakout, Furi, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Fantastic Voyage (1966), Magic Schoolbus (1994), Missile Command, Heli Attack 2, Interactive Buddy

▶️ Mentioned videos: Pannenkoek2012 · Displaced Gamers · Armaggedun_ · Snark

Fantasies of Nuremberg

1.8M views · 1y ago · 49:19

Sources Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial (Joseph Persico, 1995) After Nuremberg: American Clemency for Nazi War Criminals (Robert Hutchinson, 2022) American Nuremberg: The U.S.

▶️ Mentioned videos: s far-right AfD co-leader Alice Weidel vows to

📄 Mentioned papers: A Profound, Abiding Hatred

📰 Mentioned news: The Soldier, Sweetheart And The Suicide Of Hermann Goering (David Usborne, 2005 · Punched, Choked, Kicked: German Police Crack Down On Student Protests (Ruari Casey, 2024

Clair Obscur is an Endless Canvas of Grief

623K views · 1y ago · 26:59

I'm going to stand here, growing colder, until every inch of my skin is numb. I can't cross over. Media shown: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Music Used (Chronologically, all from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33): Lumiere, Lumiere – The Departure, Spring Meadows – Cello Motifs, Loin D’Elle, Verso, The Reacher – Orphelin, L’amour d’une S’ouer, World Map – Forlorn, Lettre a Maelle, Verso (Music Box), Lost Voice, L’amour d’une Mere, Pres de Lui, Alicia (Music Box), Lumiere s’eteint

▶️ Mentioned videos: Giant Squid footage: Edie Widder and Nathan Robinson via OceanExplorerGov