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[Shoeberto]

Yeah, nostalgia's definitely a motivator for it, plus plain curiosity. Speedruns of some games are awesome just because of how wtf they are.

[Markus. D]

ilu youtube <3

[o_O]

When I was a kid I used to have Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on Sega Master System, but it's one of the most ridiculously hard games to play because of the appalling controls. I finally saw what happens after the third level a little while ago by watching a playthrough on Youtube.

[Vermachtnis]

I've look up a couple of scenes for Xenosaga a few times. Plus it's awesome watching people take a Super Ultimate Boss in games while making it look like cakewalk.

[Ultima Shadow]

Originally Posted by Roto13 ^

I can't imagine anything I'd want to do less than to watch someone play a game. It's like watching someone eat a cupcake or watching someone exercise on a treadmill. You're just watching someone doing something pleasant or productive instead of actually doing it.

I'm with Roto on this one. I mean... sure, watching someone do something crazy and/or skilled in a video game, watching game trailers or watching Smash vs-matches etc... that's one thing. But watching someone play trough an 20+ hours RPG storyline? Nahhh.... I think I'll pass.

[JKTrix]

YouTube - Super Mario Chaos play pt 1
YouTube - Super Mario Chaos play pt 2
YouTube - Super Mario Chaos play pt 3

YouTube is indeed great , but NicoNicoDouga is better...if you can understand it. There are oodles of this stuff on there, and is actually where these videos originated.

[DMKA]

Originally Posted by Roto13 ^

I can't imagine anything I'd want to do less than to watch someone play a game. It's like watching someone eat a cupcake or watching someone exercise on a treadmill. You're just watching someone doing something pleasant or productive instead of actually doing it.

Basically.

[darkchrono]

Originally Posted by Roto13 ^

I can't imagine anything I'd want to do less than to watch someone play a game. It's like watching someone eat a cupcake or watching someone exercise on a treadmill. You're just watching someone doing something pleasant or productive instead of actually doing it.

You don't watch it to see them play the game. You watch it to see the story if you don't necessarily want to bother with playing the game yourself.

I agree just watching a playthrough for the gameplay would be dumb. But watching for the story makes alot of sense (if you are interested in the story(you can just fastforward through the gameplay parts anyhow)).