The /v/ boys have done it again. New Mega64 vid.

https://youtu.be/MaH478R--9I

Gotta be honest, this one was not for me.

>>712818735 (OP)
They really need to start using a different VHS 90s filter

>>712818735 (OP)
>almost lost their company
>beg for money
>video in a gex costume wandering down the street
huh you'd think they'd actually put effort into their content now

Had no idea the Todd & Aaron's Game Awards channel had so many videos that are not related to Todd & Aaron's Game Awards.

this is a very kojima-esque video, which is interesting because mega64 and kojima have close ties that go back all the way to mgs4 possibly as early as mgs2. Speaking of kojima and MGS I've got something on my mind id like to share.

Kojima was on to something with that one character in MGS2 having armpit stubble. he truly is a genius. however i think he made a mistake not expanding on that concept in MGS4. I think that the female soldiers should all have had armpit cutouts where there was an area without fabric to show them off. I also think he should have made a list of 20 or so armpit hair styles and made it so every female soldier spawns with a randomized one. He had access to the technology with PS3s advanced hardware. i also think that he should have made some gear for Snake to use where he could detect the path that those guards had taken that operates on detecting armpit sweat clouds in the air. it would have looked like night vision. the controller would vibrate more frequently the closer you get.

>Trilogy
there was more than one Gex?

>>712818735 (OP)
rip kevin, killed by a giant homosexual lizard

>>712818735 (OP)
they havent been funny for almost 20 years now

>>712818735 (OP)
They'd get way more views if they knew how to properly title their videos

wow that was fucking terrible, hope they got paid well for it

>>712822149
They only recently realized flooding their main channel with podcast uploads was a bad idea after 10 years of people telling them, so that ship has probably sailed

>>712822685
I recently looked at their old uploading schedule during their golden years of early 2010s and they used to;
1. Put out a video/commercial/skit
2. Upload a podcast that would talk about the skit
3. Upload behind the scenes after
They used to have a decent variety including the podcast as a weekly catch-up to what they were working on. But when they really stopped making any public shit and just did the podcast because it was clearly easier, they shifted to some weird parasocial patreon cult where they make subpar and lazy content.

Now behind the scenes are paid content on patreon as well as the podcast after show. Instead of creating new content they paywall shut that was already free. They got a second wind but I don't see them lasting long enough for another Christmas cast.

They even fell off as a t-shirt company. Rocco keeps bringing up decisive political topics. They're unaware that they're actually polarizing because they live in fucking California where you're not allowed to have any other opinion. They make shit content. Their edits are very old fashioned. Honestly they look like amatuer shit.

>>712823406
On an Insta AMA, Rocco called JK Rowling a trash person which was wild to me.

>>712823406
>>712823679
You guys sound like my gossiping grandmothers

They get about 5k-8k unique viewers watching the podcast on twitch every week. I can't see them lasting another year.

>>712823882
Johnny is so fucking shit man
that recent podcast episode they had with Eric was one of the best things they've put out in years simply because Eric knows the group and knows how to get them fired up and how to bounce back and forth and when to give them shit to stir the pot and make content, meanwhile Johnny just seethes in a corner at right-wing people all day but the moment he gets pushback he has a fucking anxiety panic attack and has to hide off camera for another 6 months, fucking loser

>>712824081
They left Johnny all alone at their stupid switch 2 launch stream lmao, he's definitely just a fan employee, he's too afraid to show the same grit as Eric. Eric was the fucking tard wrangler on the podcast

>>712824276
he was in a separate line because he didn't have a preorder

>>712824081
Eric knows how to run a YT channel and it's why he's so successful now. I was crying laughing at the segment where they talked about Garrett's thumbnail creation process

>>712823406
It was easier to stand out back then, shit changed and getting your stuff noticed is way harder now, but they didn't change with the times.

>>712819263
this is effort, they completely got away from this type of shit which is why things got so bad. you had derrick making coloring books, rocco doing podcasts about disney rides and shawn was doing record reviews. that and they kept hiring people when they obviously couldn't afford.

>>712824348
BRITISH
CHIN

the room was probably the best idea they've had in many years

>>712824081
Remember when he was begging fans on Twitter for money when he got a flat tire?

>>712824586
i think about it almost every day. that was incredible entertainment and i never really thought about how lucrative The Truman Show would be in reality until it happened

>>712818735 (OP)
It's just sad watching these geriatric millennials pretend it is 2007. Who is entertained by this shit? For fucks sake these guys have kids in high school and they act like this

>>712824505
I just went to go rewatch it and there's no clip of it on their channel and no timecodes for segments in the podcast. No wonder Eric needs to tard wrangle them

IIIIIII love it...

>>712824791
it was recently sold physically

>>712824898
I was talking about the segment about Garrett's retarded thumbnails, probably one of the best podcast moments in years and they haven't highlighted it. But the compilation they did for The Room was way too short and they didn't put it on the main channel for some reason, again with a really bad title

>>712825036
the compilation video of the room they did put up unironically would have done better with their original title of idea of "WE TORTURED A WHITE GUY IN A ROOM FOR A WEEK"

>>712824693
They'll inevitably bring it back. I just hope they're able to do it again without fucking it up. I hate how overproduced the Christmascast has become. I miss the old days when they'd just consume copious amounts of food items of their choice.

what's their endgame? I can't see them doing this into their late 40s early 50s.

>>712825129
Title it "We locked Rocco in a room in an entire week" with a clickbait thumbnail of him basedfacing and a red arrow and they'd get at least 10x the views, make it an hour long. Selling the entire thing on a USB is fucking retarded, nobody is going to sift through a literal week's worth of footage and the official compilation is only 7 minutes long. I love them but holy fuck they need to learn how to run a channel

for anyone who thinks these guys were always bleeding heart liberal fags I got them to sign a copy of mein kampf years ago and they put jokes all over it, they're just scared of being cancelled

>>712825345
they're too lazy and irony poisoned to give a fuck about really caring

>>712825345
the thumb drive sold out almost immediately retard

derek's looking pretty good for having his face smashed open on the rocks

>>712824791
Could you link it? When did this happen?

>>712825432
That's just Derrick. He gets pissed off any time somebody gives legitimate advice and reads their comments in a mocking tone

>>712825470
And they could've made way more money by putting a proper video out for it also. Relying solely on paypigs is what nearly killed the channel half a year ago

so what happened after that shitty podcast episode, are they still doing it?

>>712825686
more are coming

>>712825741
I bought a DVD for Black Friday to support them and still haven't gotten it yet...

The main fuckup after their begging stream was instead of trying to get new fans, they tried to convert current fans into subbing to their Patreon.
All of their decisions are based around getting more Patreon subscribers instead of getting more viewers overall.

PHILLY GOING DOWN
TO YELLOW AND BROWN

>>712825658
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OHM9MC5tN0&t=2077s

>>712825973
Not saying theyll pull it off, but patreon subs are worth a thousand more times than views. Views are nice but fickle and wholly reliant on if youtubes algorithm and moderation decide to buttfuck you or make you a king. Patreon locks those fans into subscriptions services theyll forget about and net you pure liquid cash

mega64 was never that funny.

>>712824339
T. Johnny

>>712826518
i'd argue the podcast was funny in the arcade era and everything before it
derrick is the worst member and the fact that he got more control in it sucks because you can tell rocco and garret are doing it for fun

>guys, our in 5 minutes parodies that are made cheaply with dollar store and household items gets millions of views and are a smash hit, what kind of content should we push out?
>uhhh how about "skit video where we collab with a youtuber" and get 20k views"
>great idea!

I don't care how much it would be "selling out" their form of comedy still works just fine in a sweded context and they could parody a million popular games and anime with this format, I'm convinced it's too much work for them to edit and they don't want to do it

>>712826750
1:51:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etu59ucFAvg&t

>>712826841
Johnny it's okay I'm just havin a giggle

>>712826769
Their editing has always been dogwater even back in the day.

they're very funny people when improvising but that goes out the window when they actually have to make a video and try to appeal to every online audience to go "viral". They really struggle with marketing themselves.

>>712827289
i don't think they were ever that funny. it's just longtime fans with rose tinted glasses and nostalgia. genuinely baffling how long people have followed these dudes despite not doing anything decent in like 15 years.

>>712827572
they're still funny you've just become more bitter and disillusioned

>>712827848
no i was here 15+ years ago. they were not funny then and aren't now. they have never deserved such a loyal fanbase. it's a very strange thing all around.

>>712823406
>They even fell off as a t-shirt company.
GOD, RESTOCK DEATH IS CERTAIN! IT'S CLEARLY A POPULAR DESIGN! IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE IN STOCK!

>>712818735 (OP)
They haven't been relevant in 15 years

>>712828021
you probably thought you were straight 15 years ago too

>>712828359
actually i thought i might be gay because society and women have submissive neurotic men. turns out i was never gay and thankfully didn't actually experiment. i still hate women though and will probably die a virgin.

>6'8"
Finally, Big Gex

>>712828552
based

>>712828552
hate submissive neurotic men*

this vid kinda sucked and wasn't very funny. havent watched mega64 in over a decade at this point kind of a shame they're the first internet people i liked enoguh to actually buy their dvds. although i remember bringing over the first season of whatever it was called to some friends house to show them expecting funny video games irl and the second hand embarassment from showing them what felt like some kids' communication technlogy project was very awful

more like sex trilogy

The people on their subreddit fucking suck. Biggest sycophants you can find.

IMO the best era of Mega64 was when they were doing commercials. Also when they were part of the IGN Insider subscription thingy.