So regarding Reckless Ben, a thought crossed my mind about his kind of content. He's a Youtuber who has done things from sneaking into the McKamey Manor, to following a cult, to turning himself into a trouble teen facility. All that on his videos, I feel are gonna backfire on him in the sense that with his growing popularity, it'll be an instant red flag to any of his future investigations.

Like similar to other investigators like Coffeezilla or Nick Shirley, what he's doing with his videos about spreading awareness and trying to stop the evils of our society, it's a double-edged sword because by making his findings public, it's gonna instantly tip to future perpetrators that if he shows up, destroy all of the evidence.

Meaning he wouldn't be able to sneak into another cult or organization, because it'll instantly tip off to the perpetrators that if he's coming here, destroy the evidence so he doesn't expose anything

Hey guys! I'm currently scripting a YouTube video essay analyzing underrated female video game characters.
For The Buried Casualty, I am looking for the character who suffered the most because they starred in a video game that was either widely disliked by the community OR skipped entirely by casual players.
Which of these three do you think fits the "Buried Casualty" archetype best?

• Serah Farron (FF13-2): An incredibly mature, well-written lead who had to carry a complex time-travel plot, but was completely skipped by millions of players who refused to buy the sequel after the backlash of the first FF13.
• Chloe Frazer (The Lost Legacy): Had an incredible character arc and stepped beautifully into the protagonist role, but was arguably skipped or missed by casual fans who treated the title as "just a DLC expansion" right after Uncharted 4.
• Nilin (Remember Me): Boasted an incredible character design and a groundbreaking memory-remixing mechanic, but was entirely buried when the game underperformed and the franchise was instantly abandoned.

Feel free to vote and drop your arguments in the comments below...

Recently I uploaded my first episode in a Gears Of War: E-Day playthrough. I have been doing YouTube videos of playthroughs of games for about two years and have gotten not that many views or new subs in all that time, and I keep my videos to about right under an hour each. I had heard through advice given to me here to make them longer episodes, which I tried recently with this episode at almost 2 hours and minimal editing but commentary and gameplay and a thumbnail I was proud of since I’ve only recently been making custom thumbnails, and after 8 days up, (granted I know I need to aim for daily or bi-daily uploads but I’ve been very busy this last week,) it has 0 views when I usually could at least count on 1-2 at minimum. I’d really like to turn my channel into something where I consistently improve my quality, content, and where I can do it as either one of my careers or at least have decent engagement on the side. Should I stick to this type of length playthroughs and just keep working away, or turn them into shorter episodes? I plan on starting my video essays soon on games, films, novels, and other topics I’m interested in but I am wondering what advice you may have for this? If it should be shorter should I delete and restart this play through from the beginning? Also I personally want to stick to a lot of new releases yes, but also older games from a few years ago to all the way back to when gaming was starting out that I would like to make, so is there different advice for older entries versus new games I want to put on the channel such as E-Day, Silver Pines, GTA VI, etc? I have a bonus question also about games like OW, MW4 MP and DMZ, should I make those highlights videos and shorts, stream them, just use them for background footage, or make things like tips and tricks videos and journey through ranking up vids and things like that? I am really interested in an open discourse and in depth conversation to learn what mistakes I may be making and what work I need to do to improve, so thank you all for any creative input!

Hey everyone!

I'm starting to receive opportunities from brands to review products for my YouTube channel, and I'm wondering how you handle shipping when a company offers to send you a product.

I'm not comfortable giving brands my personal home address, especially when working with companies I haven't partnered with before.

For those of you who receive review units, what do you use for shipping? Do you rent a PO Box, use a private mailbox like a UPS Store, use a virtual mailbox, or have another solution?

I'm particularly interested in options that can accept packages from international brands and carriers like DHL, FedEx, and UPS, since some of these products ship from China.

I'd also appreciate any recommendations for affordable services and things to watch out for.

Thanks!