If someone asked me what are the typical YouTube channels would appeal to someone of my demographic, Pewdiepie would not be in the top 10. Or 1000 more likely. But let’s start at the beginning.
I have had mixed feelings about YouTube for several years. I
would begrudgingly play the links friends or Facebook posts would send my way.
Some videos were wonderfully amusing, cute and charming. Others made me so
livid I wanted to hurl my monitor out the window. But in the end, I would shake
my head and think, ‘who can sit there and film themselves with the presumption that
the world wants to hear their thoughts?’ (don’t get me started on the irony of
a blog—I’m well aware). So I really am behind the times when it comes to
YouTube. JennaMarbles? Sxephil? Whaa?? I don’t know who these people are and
why everyone else seems to know them. For example, I had no idea what the What Does the Fox Say video was until it had
been out for 3 months. And only then
because I clicked on the light show video (it was trending on my phone).
I’m under 30, and as a stay at home mom, logic says I should
be way more interested in what other moms out there might have vlog about, than
say, a 24 year old Swedish gamer/reviewer. Which, for the most part, is true. No
one would ever pin me as someone interested in games, and really, I’m not. I
haven’t touched our beloved PS3 system for gaming since before our daughter was
born, and even then, my game use was really limited.
What I do have, though, is a really long attention span and
the love of a good story. Some of these games have a wonderful cinematic story
line, which is interesting to me. I have no problem watching walkthroughs as a
result. Why spend $60 on a game, die a bunch of times for 15 hrs when I can
watch someone else play though it and reveal the great story cuts? Enter Pewdiepie.
The first I ever heard of him was via Finebros “Teens React to ” video. At the time, I found him
a bit annoying. A little amusing too, but mostly annoying (though the strange horror game he was playing had a lot to do with it). Sometime later, my
husband asked me about the game The Last of Us. We ran across the Pewdiepie
playthrough of it, and it actually became our entertainment at night for a few
days. Pewdie’s commentary was funny, honest and entertaining. The game was
great on its own, but his video in video setup/commentary just made it a little better.
More recently, Beyond Two Souls came out. I remember the
previews from TV and I remember thinking that it looked like a beautifully
rendered, serious game, but forgot about it until a few days ago when I
happened upon Pewdie’s playthough of it. I got the satisfaction of seeing and experiencing
the game story without having to cough up the cash or time to play it.
In honor of this, I subscribed to Pewdiepie’s channel, only
to find out that I’m one of 15 million people to do so. It doesn’t hurt that he’s
not too hard on the eyes either.
Just don’t call me a Bro. Seriously.
