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Jenna Stoeber
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Приєднався 21 жов 2022
Welcome to my video essay channel! I have a master's degree in media and culture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I researched horror media and video game culture.
And I make video essays about all that, and more.
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Social media links here: linktr.ee/thejenna
And I make video essays about all that, and more.
Subscribe now! Patreon.com/TheJenna
Social media links here: linktr.ee/thejenna
Anticipated game award categories for 2025
It's that time again, gamers! Time to guess what game award categories we expect to see in 2025. OBVIOUSLY we can expect to see Best Game, Best Voice Actor, Best mocap backflip, etc. But what about the more elusive categories? What game trends will define this year - and this year's game awards?
It's shaping up to be another year of video games, and I can't wait to see what's in store for us!
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It's shaping up to be another year of video games, and I can't wait to see what's in store for us!
Join my patreon at: www.patreon.com/thejenna
Visit my linktr.ee to find all my social media accounts: linktr.ee/thejenna
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Game of the Year 2024!
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It's December! That means it's time for my GAME OF THE YEAR 2024 list. What an insane year for games and game STUDIOS. Concord was canceled after two weeks, Alan Wake 2 hasn't recouped its costs. A lot of great game developers lost their jobs, while a bunch of business people floated along without any consequences. But because of all of this, a lot of great indie games got the attention they de...
Nintendo's Swimsuit Problem
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Companies like Nintendo and Sega have a big problem on their hand: gamers. They're obsessed with little details, like nipples and belly buttons, and they'll run with any scissors you hand them. Given this, how do you design swimsuits for Peach and Daisy and Mario and Wario and the rest of the gang? Do you ignore swimsuits all together? Or succumb to fandom pressure? See a process video, with cu...
This Video Can Produce Mind-Boggling Effects | Meme Minute with Jenna Stoeber
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Do you know the secret story behind the "PlayStation Can Produce Mind-Boggling Effects" meme? It originated 30 (!) years ago this month, and features a screenshot from a beloved video game company. But what does FromSoftware have to do with this parachuting creature? Welcome to Meme Minutes, where Jenna Stoeber has technically more than 1 minute to explain a beloved meme. Join my patreon at: ww...
but genres are also important. Here's why.
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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH, this video is secretly very queer, you're welcome. You can probably define a horror game or a puzzle game, but what is a “thriller game”? You might not think of Alan Wake. It’s usually classified as “action-adventure,” whatever that means. In fact, the only person I’ve ever seen define Alan Wake as a “thriller game”... is Sam Lake, the lead writer of Alan Wake. And what does ...
How do you adapt a video game... without abandoning the mechanics?
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How do you adapt a video game... without abandoning the mechanics?
Best horror game demos from Next Fest 2024
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Best horror game demos from Next Fest 2024
Best indie game demos from Next Fest 2024
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Best indie game demos from Next Fest 2024
you can zone out to this video, I won't mind
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you can zone out to this video, I won't mind
Most regretted least anticipated games of 2023
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Most regretted least anticipated games of 2023
Why do we think our ancestors were stupid?
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Why do we think our ancestors were stupid?
THREE facts about The Wicker Man that will improve your enjoyment of it (spoiler free!)
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THREE facts about The Wicker Man that will improve your enjoyment of it (spoiler free!)
game trailers I still remember from Summer Game Fest 2023
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game trailers I still remember from Summer Game Fest 2023
JUMP SCARES are GOOD, let me (and science) convince you
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JUMP SCARES are GOOD, let me (and science) convince you
I promise, this video is only 9 minutes long
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I promise, this video is only 9 minutes long
Action/Inaction in Neon White, Loop Hero, and Firewatch
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Action/Inaction in Neon White, Loop Hero, and Firewatch
2023 games I am cautiously hyped for (assuming they come out this year)
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2023 games I am cautiously hyped for (assuming they come out this year)
Did Home Alone rip off this obscure french horror movie?
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Did Home Alone rip off this obscure french horror movie?
Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop has two great episodes (and here’s why the rest are rough)
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Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop has two great episodes (and here’s why the rest are rough)
I have watched this film hundreds of times and I know all the words that are to be spoken before they are said. 😀. The internet version I watch thou misses out the police station scene 😌 unfortunately. I do have a directors cut which is the best version. 🙂. Get your hair cut Mactagert 😂😆😃😅😆.
did this video need to exist
❤🤣😂💖
Jenna, this is gold!
Jenna, Sonic has never worn shoes. Those are his feet.
I didn't know Polygon and RLM existed in the same multiverse until now
It's a crazy crossover but I'm digging it
So much so I had to go to the comments to confirm that was him
This video could've been half of its runtime
the Wheat Thins of design: Is it the same every time
WORLDS ARE COLLIDING!
The Jenna/RLM crossover I didn't know I needed!
I love my princesses complicated
Yaaay Jack! Yaaaay Jenna!
I'm looking out for *Best Effort to Resist Putting An Unnecessary Crafting System in a Game* and, a sister to Best Catformer: *Best Real Time Categy*
Hi Jenna 👋 I’m excited to watch your video 😊
Jenna you got me so fucking good with some of these I'm dying
Big brain hunger
I really like how this video was written. You made this video so enjoyable, your delivery is amazing
Great essay
Oh I remember something else that made the Internet explode, involving Luigi. Can't remember if it was another Olympics game or if it was another kind of sport game, but Luigi was in tennis getup wielding a tennis racket. The problem came from Luigi having a... Realistic detail that caught everyone's attention: When a dude wears a loose sport shorts you can see a slight impression, or bulge, where the genitals are. This is normal. However, this realistic detail on a character as cartoonist looking as Luigi came as a shock to a lot of people.
My favorite Nintendo Swimsuit story was when Xenoblade 2, one of the most unabashed horny games Nintendo has ever produced, was announced to get swimsuit DLC people assumed it was going to be something scandalous… and Pyra ended up having a pretty modest one piece.
Who is "us?"
"Best game using the word 'satire' to try and downplay any criticism it receives for being overtly racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic.". I'm rooting for GTA6.
Best monster hunted and khezu mentioned? This is rage bait, I was stuck on G1 khezu in MHFU for weeks.
Tetris Effect 😢
"the gloves stay on, baby"
Best Game Described As "It's Balatro But (INSERT OTHER TYPE OF GAME YOU PLAY AT A CASINO)"
Laughed hard at the chicken category, laughed harder at the lack of horniness in Veilguard joke (we laugh so we don't cry)
i can't wait for you to come back to this a year from now to give out these awards to the games that you think should win these categories
reading the novel at the moment, they have planted the bait in the first chapter. Howie ends up martyred for this faith.
I cannot bellieve Caves of Qud won all the categories!
I like to think the final line before the credits also applies to the "genre" that means gender
Good video, great punchline, awesome to have the actual context for the meme
Genuinely been loving seeing Jenna lean into being openly queer and horny with these videos lol Shout out to all the other queer, horny freaks(affectionate) in chat 💜
Out: “I’m bisexual” In: “I thirst for swappable genitalia”
"Best Franchise Singularity". Fortnite probably has it on lock, but Dead By Daylight is really gunning for it
I don’t really think that “Mario Mario” came from the Mario movie, it’s from “Super Mario Bros” They ain’t the Mario brothers if only one of them has Mario in his name
I bet "Best Game we can't enjoy properly due to Studio Drama/Controversy" is gonna be contentious this year
Oh this one is going to be a nail-biter.
Pathologic 3 is already working towards this award :/
Waluigi would of had purple nipples, thats why
This format is godamn hilarious and the script just delivers, perfection for niche game references thank you
Best game to watch other people play while playing a different game.
Can we get a category for "Game with the greatest ratio of trans content to transgender consultants/devs" for all the games that keep trying to force us into their narratives for brownie points, but aren't really bothered about the execution because the content is aimed primarily at titillating a cis audience.
"the goopiest game"
I think we complement that best indie game (sub 2 hours) category with best indie game (over 100 hours)
Hades 2 is a lock for that one tbh
why the fuck..... why the fuck?
Best Traditional Game Given the Balatro Treatment. I'm thinking mancala or yacht dice.
"Best Trans Depiction" for sure, but the catch is, the judges are all Gamers™ who have never personally met a trans person and wonder why we always have to make things so political
Jenna's "like when you put a pot of stew on the stove to boil and you go for a walk" reminded me that I had turned the oven on and accidentally let it preheat for a whole hour OTL
best game that fills out the 2025 bingo card
Absolutely brilliant.
Listen I really want to boost engagement by commenting with a witty and incisive game category, but how can I be expected to when "Best Catformer" is already the epitome of the craft?