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I'll start with an ez one.

HotlineWeeaboo

These two little old men

BigCatDerek

Hot dad

Khonjin

Nico B is great and deserves so many more fans.

SomeOrdinaryGamers

I honestly like him because I like his creepypasta reviews and Deep Web exploration and honestly just how he cares for his fans.

soulbrothanumba3

Noah Caldwell-Gervais

This guy's channel could use a lot more love. He carefully analyses video games, usually PC games and often entire franchises in the same video, in amazing depth. Take for example his retrospective on the System Shock and Bioshock series:

In just over an hour, he discusses the place of each game in the context of the series and in the history of gaming, and how one builds on another and represents the conventions of the time. At the same time, he explains what inspired each game design choice and how to contributed to the game's success or failure. All while using an eloquent vocabulary and satisfying vocal talent (though he does trip over his words sometimes). In short, it's a channel for people who take game design seriously and want to learn more.

Not to jump on the internet hate bandwagon, but I like Noah Gervais' channel for the same reason I often find the Game Theory channel disappointing. When you listen to MatPat describe his headcanon, it can be entertaining to listen to him go to such lengths to justify his nonsense, but it probably isn't going to enhance your enjoyment of whatever game he's talking about. After watching a video by Noah, on the other hand, you will have a much better understanding of where a game comes from, what makes it special from both a technical and artistic standpoint, and how it fits into the industry as a whole.

Classical Nerd

This entire thread is underrated! Get it back to the top pages now!

Also, here's yet another underrated YouTuber worth checking out.

I can describe appahend as the Indonesian Sargon of Akkad but mostly focuses on gaming related topics. You may not like his use of Rage Comics, but he's aware no one likes them. he can keep the memes anyway Overall, he's worth checking out.

Mr. Joy and Aaox.

Continue?

They have 200k subs, but I never hear people talk about them. I find them much more entertaining than Game Grumps.

Preston Jacobs

If you're a Game of Thrones fan, check him out. His main focus is the books, including GRRM's other writing, and he gets pretty deep into theory, but he does episode reviews as well. Strikes a good balance between being serious and flippant, is somewhat critical of the later seasons but not in a obnoxious book-elitist way. Unlike some of the other GoT reviewers, you get the sense he genuinely loves the source material and is not cashing in on the show's popularity.

Mayes T

I hate to mention another GoT channel, but Mayes T deserves attention. Great History and Lore segments with voice acting that is sometimes hard to distinguish from the show's cast. A nice fix for offseason withdrawls.

Offical Mystery Science Theater 3000

Full episodes of MST3K, in HD and annotated references and jokes. Has hosted Turkey Day Marathons the past two years. Also has some behind the scenes stuff. Not a "YouTuber" but currently only has 74,000 subs. I don't think a lot of people know about it.

Ahoy spent 5 fucking months making an hour long doucmentary about the Quake series and it's impact, with ambient soundtrack, gameplay, narration and artwork all made by himself.
And it has only 400,000 views
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Super Bunnyhop. He goes into depth talking about video games and video game-related trends.

The second one is interesting, especially considering how Konami left game development for Pachinko machines last year.