I spend a lot of my free time watching gaming videos on youtube. Most of these would fall into the ‘essay’ style. Who are your favourite videogame subs on youtube?
Game Makers Toolkit - Game development and how and why games do the things they do
Girlfriend Reviews - Comedy, reviews etc etc
VaatiVidya - Fromsoft stuff; Lore, mechanics etc etc
New Frame Plus - The art, animation and style of games
People Make Games - Video Game documentaries
What about you?
I’m personally a fan of Noah Caldwell-Gervais. His essays can be quite long, like several hours long, but it’s always very thought-provoking. I like to watch them on a second monitor while doing something brainless to wind down at the end of the day