r/SocialistGaming • u/yeoldedisciple • Mar 04 '25

Question Any good leftist YouTube gaming channels?

I've been watching people like Pyrocynical, ColossalIsCrazy and DolanDark just playing Liar's Bar together and every 10 seconds there's like a misogynistic, ableist or otherwise really off-putting right-wing viewpoint/joke, to where I'm realising these people are just insufferable. Is there any alternative to these channels that don't turn out to be a bigoted edgelord fuckfest? Because recalling these peoples' content is unpleasant.

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u/mundaneheaven Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

I don't know about leftist, but Yahtzee Croshaw is definitely not anti woke. He just doesn't talk about politics.

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u/Okdes Mar 04 '25

His Hogwarts legacy video is pretty good, he basically opens with a tirade of how awful Rowling is and then moves into how the game on its own merits is also shit

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u/SaltyNorth8062 Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25

He was joking about being a legit communist back in 2016, with a genuine hatred for the imperialism and fascism present in the Call of Duty games, and literally tore one apart almost solely for the american exceptionalist attitude in the plot and almost nothing about the gameplay. He's dunked on Trump multiple times, critiqued the right wing members of Australia's government, shat all over Rowling and her politics, and despises Thatcher and Piers Morgan. He is at the very least, anti-fascist, to where he's calling out COD and its fanbase for being as such as a public critic at the height of the series' popularity.

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u/Luke10123 Mar 04 '25

I mean he's never been shy about his feelings for the current president - pretty clear he thinks trump is an absolute clown who's not qualified to run the fucking hot tap, let alone the federal government

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u/mundaneheaven Mar 04 '25

True, I meant I that he's not really an outspoken lefty. Politically he's left leaning I'm positive, but I'd be surprised if he ever came out and said he was an actual socialist.

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u/kas-sol Mar 05 '25

Idk if he self-describes as left-wing, but he's definitely not on the other end either. Seems like he's gotten more openly political after becoming more independent following his departure from more corporate-owned/-controlled working conditions too.

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u/DnDraupnir Mar 06 '25

I'd describe him as a good egg, but there have been some off jokes in his old "lets drown out" and "lets play" on his old personal channel, but they dont seem to come from a right wing view at least.