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and then you get those videos that you think would be cool but in actuality they start saying shit like "to summarise a quote from john dickhead 45th: blah blah blah" and you just know it's one of those videos like shit man nobody is fucking watching video essays anymore man

Yeah, they've certainly lost their sovl. Compare your average modern gaming video to something from, like, 2016, like this Jacksepticeye video. Around 1/10 of the video is the intro, as he gives context for what he's going to do while playing the game, and then he gets into it now that you're familiar with the content. Much better style.