Why Do We Play Games?

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  • @Snuni93
    @Snuni93 8 років тому +4188

    3:51
    Life is a game?
    Aren't games supposed to be fun?

    • @John-Pennacchini
      @John-Pennacchini 8 років тому +59

      good one

    • @nullstress
      @nullstress 8 років тому +101

      It's a challenging one with lots of ups and downs.

    • @marcellofesta8678
      @marcellofesta8678 8 років тому +199

      indeed it got a 2.0 rating on Steam

    • @woah5333
      @woah5333 8 років тому +19

      a bad game

    • @laughercake3156
      @laughercake3156 8 років тому +18

      I prefer a game that gives me an experience and a challenge, not necessarily a good or bad one, but an experience, and with out that, the game of life would be boring.

  • @jasons8458
    @jasons8458 5 років тому +342

    5:31 Everytime this music starts, my expectations for an interesting or amazing twist go high...

    • @Vaporstruck
      @Vaporstruck 4 роки тому +22

      Or do they?

    • @red.animations
      @red.animations 3 роки тому

      @@Vaporstruck cool profile, uh.. what was i gonna say?

    • @Vaporstruck
      @Vaporstruck 3 роки тому

      @@red.animations you were gonna say T̷̢̝̟̝̳͖̳͖͙̦͔̲̋͛͑̈́͆͋̈́̓͝H̷͔̘́̿̋̀̉͑̕̕Ĩ̸̧̖̪̭̟͔̫Ş̷̻͈͙̍͌͋̋̉͗͠ ̶̟͉̠̞̟͕̐̍̋͠S̷̠͈̰̬̰̰̞̺̼̆̔̀̓̾̈̉̆͒͜Ȇ̵̛̤̰͛͑̇̈́̅͋̾̕Ḷ̵̀̄̈́̀̈́͒̔̈͛̚E̸̜͚͔̦͎͂̋́͐̂͌́̒͘̚͠͠͝Ç̶̧̟̭͎̦͇̮͖̺͇̝̗̆̅͐̓̄̾̚͝ͅT̶̨̧͓͎̭̎͊̀͆̈́͑̏͛Í̸͖̗̠͎̤̙̫̝̱̩͙̗̞̮̓̈́̓̃̒̅̐̀̄̈́͝͠͠ͅƠ̴̡̯̂͌̉͛̇͝ͅŅ̴̡̛̙̮̤̠̰̮̙̪̝̊̈́͒̈̎̐͘͝͠͠ ̵̡͕͇̅̇̿̓̈́̓͑̕͘͠W̵̢̢̲̺̦͙̠̪̖̩̥̌̇̐̋̈́̒̂̓̎Ỉ̴̙͓̭̬͚̃̈́̀͒̌̌͋͜͝Ļ̶͔͔͚̝̦͋͛̂̀̾̓̔̾̋͘͘ͅL̷̠̹̖̫̬͎̫͉̞̩̪͙͋͋̆͌̐̂͝͝ͅ ̶̝͚̠̼̻̳̘̃̊̏̏͜B̵̢̫̱̲̪͍̪̞͚͕̯̏́͐͜͝Ę̸̢̛̛̣̖̦͍̯̮̞̫̗̳̯̑͑̈́̍̄̂̈́͝ ̵̢̭͖͍̻̯͍͍̋̆͘͜͜͜͠A̴̧͓͉̣̙̫̒̋̀̚ ̶̛̖̤̬̰̓̇̓̀̒̑̄͊͑̕͘M̵̛̺̬͋̋̅̍̃̋́̈̀̚̕A̶̧̛̯̬͌͑̄͜͝Ṅ̵̡̯̻̮̌̐̆̈́̓Ḏ̶̩͎͙̼͈̠̗̿͛̈́͆̐̄Ơ̶̡̡̙̦̬͈̝̖̳̻̼͉̺̓̽̿̏͛̉̎̒͛̾̈́͝ͅͅL̷̻͙̖͒̅̅̃̀͊̎̈́̍̽̔͗̚͝I̶̡̨̨̘̪̘̹̦̘̳̻̙͍͖̣͑̍͐͌͛̂͑̅̎Ņ̶̨̛̺̼̤͚̥͕̤͙͕͍̓͛͒́͝͝ ̷̨̡̻̙̘̱̯̘̲̪̼̩͒Ş̸̯̮̤̗̙̯̩͇̺͍̪̬̞͖̏̈́͌͐̆͑̌͊̊͂O̵̯̰̙̠͇̮̠̜̪̓̎͝L̶͇͇̗̮͇̟̗̩͇̞͔̝̣̹̑͊̒͗́Ő̵̢̭̲̘̼̜̬͍̗̊͋́̈́̿͑͐̇͑̋̀̔̚͝ͅ ̴̨̛̯̩̺̤̩̺̦̠͎̱̜̮̦͔̊͘B̶̡̗͖̰̞̠̥̂̆Y̶̙̣̖͇͉̭̟̖̗̲̲̦̲̹̌̒͂̄̈́̄̑̊̕ ̵̛̪̦̮̼͎̫̙͙̮̌̎͊M̴̻͖̦̼͚̙͖͕̱̲͚̯̥̓̾̇̾ͅͅI̸̻͙̰̟̦͚̬͑̓̀̈́͌̋̊͌̉͘͝Ś̸͔͇͔̜͕͖̦̼̥̗̗̝͊̾͆̉̽̓̿̚Ţ̵̱̤͓̘̣̝͍̜̰̀̆̍̊̉͜É̷̲̥͚͌̕͝Ŕ̴̨̯̺͖̙̣̭̪̥̣͔̦̘͓͒̔̉̏̔̚ ̸̢̢̳̰̳̜̩̣͙̹̜̭͌̑̍̓́̈̎͗͂̽͂́͜J̸̜͕̀͆̉͂̏͗̿̄̍̒͂̿̓͆͂Á̶̰̟̫̈́̈̊͗̂̎̈́͗̀͛͝ͅM̸̧̨̰̠͓̜͙̀̍E̵̡̝͈̺̞̝͇͙͔̗͗͛̂Ş̴̡̩͚̖̏̈́̋́ ̸̡̪̩̫̝̠͎̫̪̫̗͔̋͆̏̔͆̈̀̔F̵̡̛̰̞̣̥̹̙͎̹͈̠͈͕̺͐͗̊͋̓̀́͐̍͝͝I̸̢͚̝̰̩̙̝̜͕͙̠͓̹̳͋̄̉́̍̋̄͘͜Ţ̶̡̧̺͙̮̪̙͇̳̯̦̘̰̰̋̒̔Z̵̧̧̦͍̫͕̗̗̰̳̰̈̐̏̈́G̴͚̜̝̮̜͙̉͒͊̆̿͝͠E̶̠͓̰̳͇̹͎̠̠̰͓̔͆̀́̔̚͠͠͝R̷̭̉̀͒̂̎̈́̾Ạ̸̛͆̈̈́̂̔͂̇͊́̚͝ͅḼ̷̛̞̭̣̞̄͗̊̉̎̇̇̀́̅̓̐̃͘Ď̸̨̡̛̯͍̳̰͍̱̦̜̂̄͒̔̊̆̕

  • @lukes4110
    @lukes4110 4 роки тому +5254

    Vsauce: there's 2 types of interactive play. Toys and-
    Me: *games*
    V: challenges. And there's 2 types of those too. Puzzles and-
    Me: *games*
    V: conflict. And that branches off even more, into competition and-
    Me: 🤷‍♂️
    V: games

  • @afghanticket173
    @afghanticket173 3 роки тому +1716

    Thinking about how many times Michael has probably squatted in front of the camera to rise up into view makes me laugh

  • @alligatoronastick1528
    @alligatoronastick1528 5 років тому +5299

    *I'm about to do what's called a pro gamer move*

    • @jimidunbeck9438
      @jimidunbeck9438 5 років тому +16

      What he said

    • @jesus5870
      @jesus5870 5 років тому +38

      Kids doing fortnite dances on the road near a school zone

    • @johnrubensaragi4125
      @johnrubensaragi4125 5 років тому +19

      Timestamp pls

    • @alligatoronastick1528
      @alligatoronastick1528 5 років тому +21

      @@johnrubensaragi4125 its not actually in this video, j just figured it related to the subject

    • @terrarianangel8274
      @terrarianangel8274 5 років тому +7

      @@alligatoronastick1528 do you know who said it?

  • @vernie7882
    @vernie7882 8 років тому +187

    He just blew my mind with Knurd.

    • @_lol69_17
      @_lol69_17 6 років тому +10

      The hair works better than the spider

    • @housellama
      @housellama 3 роки тому +3

      According to Terry Pratchett, Knurd is also the inverse of being drunk. It's being so sober you can actually see the world without filters and is a terrible, terrible state.

  • @parallel4
    @parallel4 9 років тому +2400

    It's been ages since Life got an update! The developers did an awful job. Eighteen-year impossible tutorial, no reseting or pausing, no hacks or mods or cheats, no methods, and unfair advantages depending on a random spawnpoint. But I must say, the developers did do a great job on physics and graphics. But it really needs an update.

    • @p1ayr389
      @p1ayr389 9 років тому +261

      Physics are 9/10. Would be better if it had ragdoll physics, it would be funnier.

    • @mr.turtle4574
      @mr.turtle4574 9 років тому +58

      P1ayr 3 and a better spell check system

    • @cormacdonnelly5015
      @cormacdonnelly5015 9 років тому +43

      Someone give this guy a medal 😂

    • @thelivingglitch307
      @thelivingglitch307 9 років тому +114

      Their has been so many attempts at fraud for the developers identity, know one has concrete evidence on who they really are.

    • @chadthundercock4982
      @chadthundercock4982 9 років тому +38

      TheLivingGlitch Nature Studios

  • @dannymartial7997
    @dannymartial7997 2 роки тому +2731

    My mom once said "Soccer is dumb. It's just a bunch of men chasing after a single ball. Why not just give each person a ball and they'll all be happy?" LMAO

    • @karenbenton1503
      @karenbenton1503 2 роки тому

      The ball chasing is part of it

    • @kitsunesden8085
      @kitsunesden8085 2 роки тому +301

      Your mom: My *goals* are beyond your understanding my child.

    • @Lucciii32
      @Lucciii32 2 роки тому

      @@kitsunesden8085 moms goals: spread legs

    • @nisargbhavsar25
      @nisargbhavsar25 2 роки тому +175

      And when they get the ball, they kick it away. 😂

    • @donnythedealer9761
      @donnythedealer9761 2 роки тому +48

      but theyre not chasing after the ball. theyre trying to get the ball to one of the two nets

  • @SongS0984
    @SongS0984 4 роки тому +779

    TITLE : why do we play games ?
    MICHAEL: Starts explaining the word soccer

    • @partyinplantedaquarium7362
      @partyinplantedaquarium7362 4 роки тому +1

      ADD guy

    • @xYottabyte
      @xYottabyte 4 роки тому

      @Rajeev Vij still understandable

    • @RedOctober_
      @RedOctober_ 4 роки тому +4

      Hey vsauce michael here and what is here and here is what??? Well to get started we need to explore the history of the soviet union...

    • @mpad4497
      @mpad4497 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you for calling him Michael and not Vsauce

  • @yesko9658
    @yesko9658 5 років тому +599

    0:40 to this day, i still wonder how many times you failed to catch it

    • @Sans_The_Skeleton
      @Sans_The_Skeleton 5 років тому +15

      True lmao

    • @dogsaregood8166
      @dogsaregood8166 5 років тому +6

      5

    • @adrianpulta1498
      @adrianpulta1498 4 роки тому +1

      Nah it's not like he's reaction time and reflexes are *Sharp*

    • @osnarv8597
      @osnarv8597 4 роки тому

      Let's confirm if that's true. Are you still thinking about it? After 1 year?

    • @demekagamine
      @demekagamine 3 роки тому +1

      The dark lord michael is all knowing and all powerful. He is perfect in all he does.

  • @Zear641
    @Zear641 5 років тому +7076

    Life is pay to win af

  • @Entropy67
    @Entropy67 Рік тому +9

    7:43 I just realized I prioritize my life on this triangle from the top down. Great

  • @scottpickett1819
    @scottpickett1819 6 років тому +243

    9:33 "I don't know how to explain something to a child."
    Don't worry, you've explained lots of things for me.

  • @wtfnigga9329
    @wtfnigga9329 7 років тому +1367

    0:52
    Me: Oh... Canada???
    Him: *Moves finger*
    Me: YO

    • @suborgtfo.4433
      @suborgtfo.4433 5 років тому +60

      Lol, they once ruled 1/4 of the world sometime, and Now they're living on a land that's less than Michigan..

    • @istopdabbingnowok1455
      @istopdabbingnowok1455 5 років тому

      Yep

    • @zerin4244
      @zerin4244 5 років тому

      Jebaited

    • @flynner1909
      @flynner1909 5 років тому +2

      where is Nunavut... holy shit

    • @mecheeto1483
      @mecheeto1483 5 років тому

      I liked for your name

  • @Karolcreepers
    @Karolcreepers 8 років тому +1151

    Does anyone know how to lower the difficulty in this game called "life"?

    • @zamiraroza1975
      @zamiraroza1975 8 років тому +34

      Karolcreepers let me know if you find the answer

    • @borkwoof696
      @borkwoof696 8 років тому +2

      Karolcreepers old

    • @xen3433
      @xen3433 8 років тому +37

      Karolcreepers move to USA and become a middle-aged white man

    • @musicaccount3340
      @musicaccount3340 8 років тому +103

      I'm more interested in cheat codes. So far I just know about 911 to increase your wanted level.

    • @oneforyou6071
      @oneforyou6071 7 років тому

      xen 辈 lol nice try

  • @barretprivateer8768
    @barretprivateer8768 Рік тому +78

    I truly miss 3 Vsauce vids a month rather than 3 a year.

  • @knighty0220
    @knighty0220 8 років тому +315

    Life's a game?
    R.I.P The Completionist

  • @Efreeti
    @Efreeti 8 років тому +275

    8:16 "Arguably life is the largest and most complicated game on Earth" I dunno Michael, have you played Dwarf Fortress?

    • @Lowezar
      @Lowezar 8 років тому +21

      Well, Dwarf Fortress is a minigame inside the game of life, no? So technically life is at very least equally or more complex than DF. And since there are more components in Life in addition to DF, we can drop the "equally" part.

    • @Efreeti
      @Efreeti 8 років тому +66

      Lowezar You know, they say analyzing a joke is like dissecting a frog. No one is really THAT interested and the frog dies. Thanks.

    • @Lowezar
      @Lowezar 8 років тому +12

      Efreeti Ok I get it, you aren't in for mental exercise after watching a Vsauce video :)

    • @Efreeti
      @Efreeti 8 років тому +11

      Lowezar Again, if it wasn't clear, mentioning Dwarf Fortress was intended to be tongue-in-cheek. And what do you mean, after? A week after? Because it's a week after.

    • @TheBest-gf8qo
      @TheBest-gf8qo 8 років тому +8

      +Lowezar You're just embarrassed you didn't get the joke.

  • @howardhamlin3114
    @howardhamlin3114 4 роки тому +13

    0:41 why does it sound like a sick beat

  • @quillquestions6530
    @quillquestions6530 7 років тому +390

    Graphics 9/10 (I need glasses)
    Gameplay, 7/10, highly interactive with very complex physics, but the rewards are hard to reach and setbacks are common
    Tutorial, it has no rating, our tutorial lasts all life.
    Checkpoints unknown, perhaps we can respawn?

    • @littlechickeyhudak
      @littlechickeyhudak 6 років тому +54

      Time limit is bullshit
      “Stubbed toe” feature sucks, plz nerf

    • @ultimatum97
      @ultimatum97 6 років тому +52

      Pay to play. Bad pricing. Need lots of money for survival.

    • @studyzee1741
      @studyzee1741 6 років тому +10

      Ultimatum its not real money thats game money itself

    • @jeffbell4434
      @jeffbell4434 5 років тому +1

      Liked because of the "I need glasses" part. Lmao

    • @billy1998vn
      @billy1998vn 5 років тому +2

      No checkpoint. It's rogue-like.

  • @zhouhuanyue
    @zhouhuanyue 9 років тому +166

    at 2:05 i thought he was going to point out that it has the word "ass" in it -.-

  • @Acc_-rh8tx
    @Acc_-rh8tx 5 років тому +7087

    If life is a game, the Antivax's children are Speed runners

    • @thenasiudk1337
      @thenasiudk1337 5 років тому +180

      Wait wtf LMAO

    • @z-mkgaming7464
      @z-mkgaming7464 5 років тому +211

      nah nah, Anti-Vaxx Kids are the Warp Zone Runners, Older people are the Warpless runs, elders are the Warpless Glitchless and Dead People hit the flagpole.

    • @trwluis
      @trwluis 5 років тому +339

      Kids who die at birth are hackers

    • @nicolaifeldthaus4649
      @nicolaifeldthaus4649 5 років тому +275

      People who gone missing are banned

    • @trwluis
      @trwluis 5 років тому +171

      People who get abducted are dlc's

  • @manta7039
    @manta7039 2 роки тому +13

    damn i'm discovering this guy right now and he's asking all the question that i've been asking myself. Cant stop watching his content!!!

  • @VideoGameGirl86
    @VideoGameGirl86 10 років тому +93

    when the background music kicks in you know shit's about to get deep

  • @bigCdog98
    @bigCdog98 5 років тому +1848

    Vsauce: Technically speaking, life is a game
    *Kills self*
    Vsauce: Or is it?

    • @floyd4611
      @floyd4611 5 років тому +3

      You can't say something if you're dead

    • @bigCdog98
      @bigCdog98 5 років тому +18

      the meme master r/whoosh

    • @floyd4611
      @floyd4611 5 років тому +5

      @@bigCdog98 you got wooooshed

    • @chrs.7845
      @chrs.7845 5 років тому +52

      Both of you suck at telling jokes tbh

    • @poysona
      @poysona 5 років тому +20

      @@floyd4611 WOW kid you just got r/WOOOOOOSHED!!!! 😂😂👀
      "Wooosh" means you didn't get the joke, as in the sound made when the joke "woooshes" over your head. I bet you're too stupid to get it, IDIOT!! 😤😤😂
      My joke was so thoughtfully crafted and took me a total of 3 minutes, you SHOULD be laughing. 🤬 What's that? My joke is bad? I think that's just because you failed. I outsmarted you, nitwit.🤭
      In conclusion, I am posting this to the community known as "r/Wooooosh" to claim my internet points in your embarrassment 😏. Imbecile. The Germans refer to this action as "Schadenfreude," which means "harm-joy" 😬😲. WOW! 🤪 Another reference I had to explain to you. 🤦‍♂️🤭 I am going to cease this conversation for I do not converse with simple minded persons.😏😂

  • @nickster6929
    @nickster6929 4 роки тому +55

    I literally cant stop binge watching these videos. There amazing.

    • @JamieOGman
      @JamieOGman Рік тому +9

      They're

    • @Orange_Fever
      @Orange_Fever Рік тому +4

      @@JamieOGman I knew this was going to be the one reply on this comment

    • @matthiewg12
      @matthiewg12 11 місяців тому

      ​@@Orange_Feveryou lie. Now theres more😢

  • @prestonplayzminecraft8116
    @prestonplayzminecraft8116 4 роки тому +329

    Parents: why do you play games so much?
    Me: its entertaining
    Vsauce: why do we play games?
    Me: lets find out

  • @DJ_Jarq
    @DJ_Jarq 5 років тому +3183

    *Man: exists outside of a Gulag*
    *Me: I'm about to do what's called a pro gamer move*

    • @rubennunez4299
      @rubennunez4299 5 років тому +20

      WHY DIDN'T YOU WENT INTO A GULAG ITSELF

    • @zoard3620
      @zoard3620 5 років тому +74

      @@rubennunez4299 God can't go to gulag

    • @prithvithakur7950
      @prithvithakur7950 5 років тому +20

      Stalin fought fascism. ✊ ✊ ✊

    • @CreativeZachGaminglebestvids
      @CreativeZachGaminglebestvids 5 років тому +39

      23 million innocent people: *are alive*
      Stalin: I’m about to what’s called a pro gamer move

    • @strathattack4325
      @strathattack4325 5 років тому +10

      @@prithvithakur7950 Then he fought capitalism and lost, see ya Stalin

  • @MegaChickenfish
    @MegaChickenfish 5 років тому +22

    7:17 "acceptance of facts" being so much lower in priority to self-esteem, friendship, belonging, etc. explains *sooo* much.

  • @catalinionescu8222
    @catalinionescu8222 8 років тому +1584

    Cuz I can't 360 no scope in real life

  • @ScientificZoom
    @ScientificZoom Рік тому +15

    A question most people seems to neglect, but the energy it creates, the satisfaction is received from it is just epic

  • @maddoxr__
    @maddoxr__ 5 років тому +575

    [1:02] Top Ten Anime Betrayals

  • @potatobob5781
    @potatobob5781 6 років тому +82

    9:24 **and they ask you how you are, and you just have to say that you're fine, when you're not really fine--**

    • @bexer2172
      @bexer2172 5 років тому

      Best comment 10/10

    • @jakefromstatefarm7363
      @jakefromstatefarm7363 5 років тому +6

      But you just cant get into it because they would never understand

    • @q0zm0s75
      @q0zm0s75 4 роки тому

      U wrote it wrong

  • @svp-3015
    @svp-3015 7 років тому +144

    1:19 Michael: "we have been playing games with balls"
    Me: "and how does that make you feel?"

  • @TheUnderscore_
    @TheUnderscore_ 3 роки тому +4

    9:41 DUDE THE NOSTALGIA

  • @editname6868
    @editname6868 6 років тому +248

    0:00 GIF

  • @diavoloisamasochist4986
    @diavoloisamasochist4986 5 років тому +3604

    Cute girl: talks to me in class
    Me when I get home: 5:02

  • @omniboo1762
    @omniboo1762 6 років тому +189

    7:20 We need sex to live?
    Well I'm gonna die soon

    • @TheDjd111
      @TheDjd111 6 років тому +8

      ImOmniscient it’s a General thing we need sex to keep the population going so we good lol

    • @gabrielnobrev
      @gabrielnobrev 5 років тому +2

      i think i'm' immortal

    • @Hookpowerful789
      @Hookpowerful789 5 років тому +1

      @@gabrielnobrev Yeah, sure dude

    • @benxvariety8878
      @benxvariety8878 5 років тому

      me too

  • @OTRGlobal
    @OTRGlobal 10 місяців тому +1

    His ability to make me think about every day things in a completely different way is amazing

  • @boltfantasticated9705
    @boltfantasticated9705 6 років тому +46

    3:26 for a second I thought the fourth guy on the right of the picture only had one leg...

  • @XPStormCraft
    @XPStormCraft 9 років тому +1281

    REAL LIFE
    Graphics - 10/10
    Difficulty - (The higher the rank the harder it is) 10/10
    Physics - 10/10
    Fun Factor (lol) - 1/10
    Overall rank: 7/10 - IGN "Would play again"

    • @hydrocannons7573
      @hydrocannons7573 9 років тому +192

      XPStorm 7.8/10 - "Too much water"

    • @ProbablySky
      @ProbablySky 9 років тому +54

      +Hydro Cannons ffs the Atlantic map takes like a week to cross

    • @TheDjordjeSS
      @TheDjordjeSS 9 років тому +94

      XPStorm so games in real life are actually easter eggs :)

    • @piehamcake1
      @piehamcake1 9 років тому +5

      +TheDjordjeSS but you can create them if you are clever enough!

    • @TheDjordjeSS
      @TheDjordjeSS 9 років тому +1

      piehamcake1 make what games?

  • @dongle2449
    @dongle2449 6 років тому +39

    Boss: do you think this is a game?
    Michael: weeeeelll...

  • @CapoeiraIoannina
    @CapoeiraIoannina Рік тому +4

    I believe Play along with a few other things like love and art (which is a form of playing ) lies closer than anything else to the answer to why life is worth living. So maybe the playing doesn't have a utilitarian purpose that prepares us to face life's adversities but is instead a guide that shows us how to live our lives.

  • @Dajan456
    @Dajan456 7 років тому +3742

    life is a shitty game but it has awesome graphics. 2/10 IGN

    • @americancheese9103
      @americancheese9103 7 років тому +156

      IGN gives everything a 10/10 tho

    • @5ilver42
      @5ilver42 7 років тому +345

      "A terrible game with no purpose." 9.5/10 IGN

    • @spammyca
      @spammyca 6 років тому +31

      Not if ur near or far-sighted

    • @SeaBeast4Life
      @SeaBeast4Life 6 років тому +76

      Too much water 2/10

    • @ChickentNug
      @ChickentNug 5 років тому +64

      Life is great. People suck. 10/10 game mechanics 6/10 npcs

  • @thewidow7864
    @thewidow7864 8 років тому +1117

    Videogames are art

    • @TheLegend-fe2vs
      @TheLegend-fe2vs 7 років тому +15

      J'adore Almería pictochat is an emotion

    • @keroberos2781
      @keroberos2781 7 років тому +9

      Video Games are a collection of art forms like writing, cinematography, and music. I don't think they're an art form themselves

    • @TV-xk6nm
      @TV-xk6nm 7 років тому +17

      J'adore Almería lol nert

    • @wehavecookies56
      @wehavecookies56 7 років тому +41

      +Cer Berus by that logic films also aren't an art form either

    • @keroberos2781
      @keroberos2781 7 років тому +2

      Films are a collection of arts as well. You can have a film without music, or without speech. Films aren't "atomic" in their composition like music, writing, etc.

  • @LRC2322
    @LRC2322 5 років тому +149

    Vsauce: *exists
    Meme makers: “I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move”

  • @abelmekonnen9491
    @abelmekonnen9491 Рік тому +7

    I just love the way Michel goes extra to dig deep on simple trivial life phenomenon.
    He is just talented!

  • @music4lifesux
    @music4lifesux 9 років тому +43

    0:58 "BLAME CANADA, BLAME CANA---oh wait . . . dang it"

    • @arvy7765
      @arvy7765 6 років тому +2

      Why what did Canada do? Sorry Idk anything about this.

  • @amv062184
    @amv062184 9 років тому +54

    vsauce is like my classroom... i learn soooo much from this channel

    • @XPStormCraft
      @XPStormCraft 9 років тому +7

      I learn more than I do at school :P

    • @user-og6ol2im7v
      @user-og6ol2im7v 9 років тому +2

      XPStorm I learn nothing at school cause I'm drunk and sleep on my desk

    • @amv062184
      @amv062184 9 років тому

      *****
      if what you say is true, then i am very fortunate to have been protected from having to go to public/private schools. :)

    • @amv062184
      @amv062184 9 років тому

      *****
      america is shit... theres no real comparison dude

    • @Tapster2010
      @Tapster2010 9 років тому

      +anthony vadala *USA you mean ? America (North and South ) is pretty big bro just saying since your trying to be so smart

  • @MithgalAlFayez01
    @MithgalAlFayez01 10 років тому +129

    You guys are all lucky that you play Life with good graphics , me on the other hand have sight issues .

    • @sunnysideup36
      @sunnysideup36 10 років тому +30

      I play at like medium, with short render distance

    • @VenetinOfficial
      @VenetinOfficial 10 років тому +8

      ***** I play at the creative level, short render distance like you (why i need glasses), playing games in a game, the only drawback is we can't respawn...

    • @gemberss
      @gemberss 10 років тому +44

      you can upgrade your eyes with laser surgeon but it will cost you some in-game money.

    • @VenetinOfficial
      @VenetinOfficial 10 років тому +27

      Are you gonna Ragequit?

    • @hodir7049
      @hodir7049 10 років тому +3

      ThracianKing Spartacus
      that could turn out even worse then you already are tho

  • @gumarks_
    @gumarks_ 2 роки тому +3

    About BIRG-ing and CORF-ing in football (and sports in general). For me, a true fan of a, for example, football team will not CORF when the team fails. Instead, they will support the team even harder, in order to get it back to the glory. The sense of belonging of many sports fans is so strong that they will take both the victories and the failures of their team, and be alongside it no matter how it's going.
    As we say here in Spain, "en las buenas y en las malas" (in the "goods" and in the "bads").
    Sincerely,
    A wholehearted football fan from Spain.

    • @gamingmaster6377
      @gamingmaster6377 5 місяців тому +1

      Como pierda el Valencia me paso al Madrid

    • @gumarks_
      @gumarks_ 5 місяців тому

      @@gamingmaster6377 Fans de plástico 🥱🥱🥱

  • @cursedshark7125
    @cursedshark7125 5 років тому +920

    Them: Soccer/Football
    Me, an intellectual: Associationer

  • @StrazdasLT
    @StrazdasLT 10 років тому +274

    Football - you use foot to kick a ball
    Egghand - you use your hands to pass egg shaped ball.

    • @daraj02
      @daraj02 10 років тому +49

      Handegg

    • @StrazdasLT
      @StrazdasLT 10 років тому +8

      *****
      Thank you for the correct.

    • @daraj02
      @daraj02 10 років тому +5

      Strazdas you're welcome

    • @thatwavyblackguy
      @thatwavyblackguy 10 років тому +23

      Just because it makes grammatical sense doesn't mean that is what the sport should be called. in the same sense
      Golf- Stickball
      Rugby- Handegg
      Archery- Bowarrow
      Volleyball- Handball
      Hockey- Stickpuck
      See these all sound stupid and that's why its called football instead of Handegg

    • @StrazdasLT
      @StrazdasLT 10 років тому +12

      *****
      The word "gold" originates from the germanic languages and it literally means "stick/club"
      Archer comes from latin origins and mean "bowmaker". so archery is competition ogf people using bows.
      Volleyball is actually accurate, because it uses a ball and you need to volley it (volley means to discharge, remove, get rid off). as your goal is to get rid of the ball from your side before it reaches the ground.
      The word Hockey is a description of the shape of staffs used to play it.
      Sorry, i dont know about rugby.

  • @SmileyNoteblock
    @SmileyNoteblock 6 років тому +1638

    _"Games are basically life, but simplified"_
    *_WeLl ExPlAiN cHeSs ThEn_*

    • @jameshall5171
      @jameshall5171 5 років тому +149

      Chess can be learned just like any other game. The rules aren’t complicated. It’s the strategy of chess that most people have problems with.

    • @MrFirefox
      @MrFirefox 5 років тому +30

      Thou has'th not watch'd Ser Rickton und Duke Mortimus

    • @dstinnettmusic
      @dstinnettmusic 5 років тому +14

      Mr.Firefox one must possess a large and superior intellect, often measured using the results ascertained in the form of an intelligence quotient test, which is a problematic testing format developed in France in the 1800’s for French school children in order to measure their cognitive abilities in order to better instruct them, to properly comprehend the complexity of Richard and Mortimer Sanchez, a paternal grandfather and grandson, respectively.

    • @ferociousmaliciousghost
      @ferociousmaliciousghost 5 років тому +4

      Chess? Tic-tac-toe is harder!

    • @matthewavilez318
      @matthewavilez318 5 років тому +37

      War. It's a war simulator. Overly simplified war simulator.

  • @aunty_ivy9902
    @aunty_ivy9902 4 роки тому +223

    Dad, I want the PS5
    Michael: Why Do We Play Games?

    • @justsomejuice
      @justsomejuice 3 роки тому +3

      H..how did you know there's ps5.......

    • @hassuassu
      @hassuassu 3 роки тому +1

      @@justsomejuice if she/he meant persona

    • @greatdayforpizza6974
      @greatdayforpizza6974 2 роки тому +1

      @@justsomejuice there is now

    • @TheSilverShadow17
      @TheSilverShadow17 7 місяців тому

      ​@@greatdayforpizza6974Indeed, because I own one myself

  • @JacobLoebel
    @JacobLoebel 6 років тому +13

    0:03 i see something ill never have in the stadium seats

  • @boodle399
    @boodle399 4 роки тому +111

    I love how the origin of Jock and Nerd accurately sum up the stereotypes
    Jocks = Simple undisputed origin comes from an immature genital joke, kinda dumb and simple
    Nerds= Origin is constantly disputed and debated, have multiple theories about it, the first known use of it comes from something targeted at a younger audience

    • @Aethryx
      @Aethryx 7 місяців тому +6

      Thankfully the real world is much more nuanced than Hollywood stereotypes. There are people likely who grew up as "nerds" who were bullied by the "jocks", but it's also very common for people to be athletically talented and smart at the same time while also being wonderful people. From personal experience, I went through school as a scrawny nerd but the jocks were nice protective people while the bullies were other random kids. I was friends with a few jock types, and it was kinda funny admittedly watching them immediately get fat after high school ended.

  • @Somersalsa
    @Somersalsa 5 років тому +186

    4:33 "And who are you if you don't get drunk?"
    My brain: *_Drunkn't_*

    • @filobio6871
      @filobio6871 3 роки тому +1

      *NEOLOGISMS VIBES INTENSIFIES*

  • @ליאורלייפר
    @ליאורלייפר 4 роки тому +114

    Imagine dying and then someone gets a vr headset off your head and asks:" So how was it?"

    • @Entropy1318
      @Entropy1318 3 роки тому +8

      I- I have no idea we were immortals bruh, I got addicted to that mortalish game. Kinda gave an idea of how it would be to not live forever in an imperfect universe tho, ig.

    • @elad5889
      @elad5889 3 роки тому +3

      היו לי את המחשבות האלה בגיל10

    • @albertjackinson
      @albertjackinson 3 роки тому

      This is the Altus Space...confirmed.
      1. I know, it's a joke.
      2. I understand if you don't get the reference; the book is only almost a year old.

    • @nottoofast
      @nottoofast 3 роки тому +2

      "Why did you guys have to make my family suck so much bruh"

    • @NecronHandlee
      @NecronHandlee 3 роки тому

      and then u die again in that world and then the same thing happens
      infinite loop

  • @justinr.9171
    @justinr.9171 4 роки тому +161

    I wanna see a sport where people dont know who is on their team. The mind games would be sick and would open up so much personality in individual players.

  • @OctoNoctoCringeFest
    @OctoNoctoCringeFest 8 років тому +471

    "We have been playing games with balls and our feet since ancient times."
    -Vsauce/Michael, 2013

  • @pwnership3292
    @pwnership3292 5 років тому +35

    2:04 Michael: you see whats hiding in there?
    Me: ...Ass

  • @toastboii
    @toastboii 3 роки тому +3

    He made the right decision to make this channel for all of us to enjoy

  • @miriamkorver1443
    @miriamkorver1443 5 років тому +248

    0:52 The US is the only country with borders.

    • @p4m209
      @p4m209 4 роки тому +48

      What about Canada

    • @jimbcanine
      @jimbcanine 4 роки тому +8

      Everyone wants to get in the US to take what they can get and many give nothing in return.

    • @nathanielgrey4091
      @nathanielgrey4091 4 роки тому +46

      @@jimbcanine Fox News is that way
      --------------->

    • @charleygame-loata5683
      @charleygame-loata5683 4 роки тому +3

      The border planes 4 me referenced is between Canada and Alaska, which is an American territory. There is non American border below that however, between Mexico and... somewhere small I can't recall

    • @jimbcanine
      @jimbcanine 4 роки тому +8

      @@nathanielgrey4091 Irrevelant to my comment. What I said stands true.

  • @majesticredneck4093
    @majesticredneck4093 5 років тому +6

    3:37
    I think the interesting thing to think about is, do we draw the line of “sport” where game is, or where conflict is?
    If sports were games instead of just any conflict with other people, then that would remove things like track and cheerleading from being considered sports and would instead be known as competitions.

  • @diatonicdissonance
    @diatonicdissonance 4 роки тому +51

    0:52
    australia: *chuckles* i’m in danger

    • @arandomsupra
      @arandomsupra 3 роки тому +8

      Well australia is actually a mini earth in a different universe where other living things are much wierder and all humans are a combination of southern americans and british people, but we decided to include it in the world map because they talk funny

    • @vladirackpubama6785
      @vladirackpubama6785 3 роки тому

      @@arandomsupra You need more likes

  • @georgewashington673
    @georgewashington673 3 роки тому +3

    4:55 That book is one of the 6 Dr. Seuss books that are no longer published.

  • @Darbydootx
    @Darbydootx 10 років тому +24

    I would love to have you as a teacher wow.

  • @simmythesmurf4250
    @simmythesmurf4250 5 років тому +45

    "we have been playing games with balls and our feet" 1:19

  • @StrangerHappened
    @StrangerHappened 5 років тому +172

    *SUMMARY:*
    fun + interactive = play
    with no goal = toy
    with objective = challange
    with no other players = puzzle
    with other players = conflict
    with no interaction between them = competition
    with interaction = game

    • @watermalone5782
      @watermalone5782 4 роки тому +10

      Masturbation= puzzle
      Handjob= conflict

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 4 роки тому +4

      @@watermalone5782 Handjob = game, since there's an interaction between the different players.

    • @SP-bb2ni
      @SP-bb2ni 3 роки тому

      @@watermalone5782 yes

    • @artursgabrusevs5153
      @artursgabrusevs5153 3 роки тому +2

      So war is just a game?

    • @Bibi-jq5wt
      @Bibi-jq5wt 2 роки тому

      @@artursgabrusevs5153 in a sense yes, one country wins and one country loses that game

  • @AaronMQuantz
    @AaronMQuantz Рік тому +1

    @4.33 drunk backwards is knurd 😂😂😂 love Michael

  • @rokzabukovec4685
    @rokzabukovec4685 8 років тому +33

    why do we play games.
    .
    .
    .
    Now Im asking myself "Why do I even live?"

  • @Henny0321
    @Henny0321 7 років тому +5555

    I edited this so the replies make no sense

  • @supertommy7226
    @supertommy7226 8 років тому +231

    LIFE IS A GAME!? UPUPDOWNDOWNLEFTRIGHTLEFTRIGHTBASTART
    *You cannot obtain achievements during this session
    **starts flying around blowing up buildings**
    "XxX_5up3r_t0my69420_XxX has been banned from "G0D"'s server"

    • @Sinberg
      @Sinberg 8 років тому +3

      LMAO

    • @lucasmichael1271
      @lucasmichael1271 8 років тому +19

      I physically cringed.

    • @therogue1542
      @therogue1542 8 років тому +2

      lol when u said up up down down, I was like wait thats a backtrack

    • @PonzooonTheGreat
      @PonzooonTheGreat 8 років тому +6

      One word: Mods

    • @serubyne57
      @serubyne57 8 років тому +6

      Hold up, I gotta update my hacks.

  • @AdamJHMusic
    @AdamJHMusic 3 роки тому +5

    As a life long Gillingham fan, this isn’t the combo I thought I wanted, but the one I needed

  • @baraahalak4366
    @baraahalak4366 5 років тому +86

    -Michael : Animals can play games too
    -*"shows a football match"*

  • @naryosh_
    @naryosh_ 8 років тому +6

    0:54- Wirld Mup of the 5 continents: Nerth Amarika, Sooth Amerika, Eyes-land, Yerup, and Afriker. Main Focus is the Yoonighted Stats of Americant

  • @davesargent8748
    @davesargent8748 5 років тому +92

    Michael: Makes this video
    Mind games: Am I a joke to you?

  • @Oscuros
    @Oscuros 4 роки тому +2

    Other mammals even with small brains, like cats are seen to engage in play-fighting when young where fighting is simulated, but play is broken if one party is injured.
    These are seen as clearly linked with survival practice and mammalian behaviour, which can be taught by learning and conditioning.
    This was easily extended to human with not just fighting and sports, but also with forms of social play that children are seen to engage with, which is more abstracted and therefore human, but still within that mammalian ambit of play.
    There have been extensions from that into psychological game playing, politics, economics, game theory.
    I like that your videos initially answered those questions that you might not get taught in the normal school system, but children often ask, like about why we wear clothes. I didn't even mention how social, linguistic norms also go into that mix but hey, it's a learned behaviour that's also innate to us.

  • @FizzyK-45
    @FizzyK-45 10 років тому +723

    But what if someone is a Jock and a Nerd at the same time? What do we call them?
    Jock + Nerd = a *Jerk*?

    • @MaAnMaZeN
      @MaAnMaZeN 9 років тому +117

      That hurt.

    • @vizthex
      @vizthex 9 років тому +74

      That's an oxymoron

    • @kyru8290
      @kyru8290 9 років тому +1

      im fine with that :D

    • @vizthex
      @vizthex 9 років тому

      Kaas Ambrook
      What are you talking about?

    • @doesitmatter1667
      @doesitmatter1667 9 років тому +35

      Or a nock.

  • @BlockWorks
    @BlockWorks 5 років тому +580

    When you are in CS:GO and find a AFK guy
    Me: Im gonna do what is called *"pro gamer move"*

    • @shataph19
      @shataph19 5 років тому

      S.Universal Ball Hhahaah XD noice

    • @09EpicGamerBoi
      @09EpicGamerBoi 5 років тому +3

      When your playing skywars and the last dude is afk

    • @TheBlueKnight-
      @TheBlueKnight- 5 років тому

      @@09EpicGamerBoi 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 and then you bow him and do some 360's 😂😂😂

    • @frehesh.4386
      @frehesh.4386 4 роки тому

      @@09EpicGamerBoi I get a clip of me air comboeing him

    • @adrianpulta1498
      @adrianpulta1498 4 роки тому

      Then you got surprised.....
      *The guy just faked it*
      Guy: *Sike*

  • @xsauce3858
    @xsauce3858 8 років тому +755

    I have been watching vsauce for a week, and it seems like your knowledge extends to infinity

    • @SkorpionYassine
      @SkorpionYassine 8 років тому +4

      same

    • @PurlaneMauve
      @PurlaneMauve 8 років тому +61

      +Parmanand Brijwala But how much is "Infinity"?
      *Smooth jazz plays*

    • @xsauce3858
      @xsauce3858 8 років тому +24

      Go watch the video "how to count pass infinity"

    • @PurlaneMauve
      @PurlaneMauve 8 років тому +16

      Parmanand Brijwala Yeah, it was a reference to that.

    • @risvangonzales
      @risvangonzales 8 років тому +8

      a good channel for a mindfuck isn't it?

  • @tomkaidalov6345
    @tomkaidalov6345 6 років тому +124

    "We been playing with balls under our feet since..."
    XDDDDD
    1:23

  • @jean-kiara
    @jean-kiara 5 місяців тому

    2:17
    he unknowingly taught me how to tell games, challenge, and those things apart.
    it's amazing. I can't believe that is a thing.

  • @Shortninja66
    @Shortninja66 9 років тому +6

    I love how he says "The blame for this goes to..." and then hovers over Canada. Reminds me of South Park's song where they just say BLAME CANADA over and over LOL

  • @bencal1454
    @bencal1454 11 років тому +40

    We'll life does have good graphics

    • @nuegai4642
      @nuegai4642 10 років тому +2

      Fady kosa
      Video games are not the same as games in general. Why do people play video games is an entirely different question... and people who do play video games probably wont like the answers.

    • @TotemPatrol
      @TotemPatrol 10 років тому +14

      I'm a gamer i don't grow up, i level up ;)

    • @MrTacticalinuit
      @MrTacticalinuit 10 років тому +12

      Super slow gameplay tho

    • @CommieJesus
      @CommieJesus 10 років тому +8

      Too much everyday grinding to be fun

    • @TotemPatrol
      @TotemPatrol 10 років тому

      no multiple lives, no saving no rest !!

  • @Awesomness401
    @Awesomness401 10 років тому +10

    1:05 i really thought he was gonna say Canada as a twist

  • @AaronRodriguez-vm5gs
    @AaronRodriguez-vm5gs 3 роки тому +1

    Please make more videos i genuinely love watching the videos

  • @EmmyLynnVids
    @EmmyLynnVids 7 років тому +82

    Masturbation is a puzzle and an orgy is a conflict

  • @ChrisChoi123
    @ChrisChoi123 8 років тому +11

    2:55, looks like you got yourself a PLL parity there mate.

  • @Gia1911Logous
    @Gia1911Logous 5 років тому +796

    Wait... so if you're in Singleplayer, you're not playing a game?

    • @tullydireen
      @tullydireen 4 роки тому +249

      I think it counts because you're playing against the game itself. The game, in effect becomes a player.

    • @edwin7788
      @edwin7788 4 роки тому +62

      @@tullydireen nah, still not a game...
      it is a challange, which lead to Puzzle
      since there's pattern on single player game unlike multiplayer

    • @juliuskingsley4434
      @juliuskingsley4434 4 роки тому +40

      @@edwin7788 nah, that's why npcs exist. They are essentially humans in the example. They just didn't include that possibility.

    • @edwin7788
      @edwin7788 4 роки тому +9

      @@juliuskingsley4434 nahhh
      ...
      Tetris have no npc...
      and npc have limited movement.... and certain pattern...
      u can think it as in example labyrinth puzzle...imagine some wall of labyrinth can move in 100 different move, and more than 1000 pattern make a new route everytime...
      labirynth for sure is puzzle, just because they can move, doesnt make them become a game
      remember, i dont really think single player isnt game, i just try to see from this video perpective

    • @juliuskingsley4434
      @juliuskingsley4434 4 роки тому +23

      @@edwin7788 we're not reffering to tetris though, atleast I'm reffering to modern single player games. Such as skyrim. Which have an ai, which in turn, makes it a game because it has a conflict.
      I do agree that tetris is a puzzle. It's just a self guided one so to speak

  • @afghanticket173
    @afghanticket173 3 роки тому +39

    "Yo Michael what time is it?"
    Michael: "but what is time"

    • @greatwavefan397
      @greatwavefan397 3 роки тому +2

      I literally asked this in front if my dad and he laughed.

  • @arelpasha9309
    @arelpasha9309 7 років тому +60

    Life is the worst free game ever
    And a lot of free games are bad

    • @arvy7765
      @arvy7765 6 років тому +1

      LOL
      Roblox! Growtopia! All cancer

    • @McCaroni_Sup
      @McCaroni_Sup 6 років тому +7

      There are a lot of microtransactions.

    • @daneshoemaker545
      @daneshoemaker545 6 років тому +3

      Jaiden Animations
      That’s called suicide

    • @brokenwave6125
      @brokenwave6125 6 років тому

      @Jaiden Animations SIDS

    • @alaagharz907
      @alaagharz907 5 років тому

      Thats why u need money

  • @nzubechukwu
    @nzubechukwu 5 років тому +33

    Ahh my favorite candy
    *K N U R D S*

  • @thelycanthrope1984
    @thelycanthrope1984 8 років тому +465

    I lost my cheat code book, could someone tell me the cheat for infinite money in real life?

    • @squidpizza6320
      @squidpizza6320 8 років тому +23

      Bouncing checks, hacking banks, stealing money, and winning the lottery several times

    • @bflat5274
      @bflat5274 8 років тому +16

      Just type "rosebud" into the message tab and- oh... That's the sims...

    • @smlegg
      @smlegg 8 років тому +54

      Go to C:/Users/Milky.way/Earth/human.exe, open it, choose you then type in - &&£UnLimited./Money£&& and bingo! You have got infinite money.

    • @PotassiumBromide
      @PotassiumBromide 8 років тому +40

      +TMC Gaming
      Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Select, Start

    • @quintfl
      @quintfl 8 років тому

      +xXLoAfBlOkEXx Is that for Contra or Super Contra?

  • @imaginedauthority9455
    @imaginedauthority9455 3 роки тому +8

    I've probably watched every vsauce video at least 2 or 3 times and always feel enlightened empowered and a little smarter each time.

  • @kigut7443
    @kigut7443 9 років тому +6

    I get the feeling games are also sort of about character building -- entertainment. If you're stuck in a rut of menial tasks, you begin to feel sort of depressed, or bored. Games not only help us internally achieve goals, but they also keep us from growing cynical, I think. It's an expression of happiness or even a social thing, I bet.

  • @ionutzstruna9465
    @ionutzstruna9465 5 років тому +12

    Title: "Why do we play games?"
    4:32 "And who are you if you don't get drunk?"

  • @adammartinelli8274
    @adammartinelli8274 8 років тому +30

    2:45 Refers to toy, interacts with toy
    3:09 Refers to puzzle, interacts with puzzle
    3:20 Refers to physical activity, points to picture of physical activity

  • @AdamAbdallanot
    @AdamAbdallanot Рік тому +2

    We actually call the Radcliffe Camera ‘The Radcam’. Could have been different in the past but I’ve never heard anyone say ‘The Radder’ since starting at Oxford University in 2022. Interesting history, though!