PickVidsBest Games (other) Videos
The 10 Games (other) videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 0 introductory, 0 intermediate, 10 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a commentary. What they share is that something that already happened gets one reading. Channels you will keep seeing include Coffeezilla, spinout3, People Make Games.
golden balls. the weirdest split or steal ever!
A Golden Balls episode in which one contestant announces he will steal, leading to an unexpected outcome in the split-or-steal prisoner's dilemma.
How Valve is Profiting from Steam's Back-Door Casinos
People Make Games investigates the unregulated CS:GO skin gambling economy and Valve's role in it.
The Dark Side of Counter-Strike 2
Coffeezilla's investigation into the Counter-Strike 2 skin gambling ecosystem, covering casino sites, influencers and esports teams that profit from it.
Deception, Lies, and Valve
Coffeezilla investigates Counter-Strike skin gambling, the role of Valve and the legal and PR response, including effects on minors.
The Addictive Cost Of Predatory Videogame Monetization (The Jimquisition)
A Jimquisition episode examining the human cost of predatory videogame monetization, focusing on loot boxes and microtransactions.
I Got Bribed By Casinos, But I Exposed Them Instead
Coffeezilla recounts being offered a $20k bounty to expose a Counter-Strike skin casino, then investigates and finds a different story.
This Arcade Game is a SCAM (I have proof)
Mark Rober builds a machine that plays the Cyclone arcade game with perfect timing and discovers the game is rigged so that perfect play still loses.
Daily Fantasy Sports: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on daily fantasy sports, arguing the sites are effectively gambling operations despite their claims.
Deception, Lies, and CSGO
An h3h3Productions video on the CSGO gambling scandal involving the YouTubers ProSyndicate and TmarTn, who promoted a gambling site they owned without disclosing it.
Wargames Ending
The final scene of the 1983 film WarGames, in which the WOPR computer runs through nuclear war scenarios and concludes that the only winning move is not to play.