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New Sincerity Video Essays

YT: https://youtube.com/@phantomichiban
Feels weird to post this here, with how much other people have already done to share it, but here ya go.

Not gonna put a meme in the description this time, it's kinda a heavy video.
Please Don't Stop Loving Fighting Games
YouTube video by PhantomIchiban
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November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Picked up VF5 Revo on my Xbox tonight. Got more emotional than I thought I would playing it again for the first time in years.

DEFINITELY gonna need to hit training room, though.
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
First episode of Haha You Clowns was tonight after, as always, an excellent Smiling Friends episode.

Really liked it, though like the shorts, I can't tell if it's a parody of sentimental melodrama or if it's making the point that sincerity is inherently easy to mock, while still being sincere.
October 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Who up video-ing they essay right now?
My Life Is A Fromsoft Game
YouTube video by PhantomIchiban
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October 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Finally got around to watching Superman. Was NOT expecting Lex to break out the fighting game numpad notation. I'm not the only one who noticed that, right?
September 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
You ever just, like, make a video essay?

Yeah, me neither.
PRESS X TO FIGHT GOD
YouTube video by PhantomIchiban
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August 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Movies are what books see when they die

also new vid
The Worst Day of My Filmmaking Career
YouTube video by PhantomIchiban
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July 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Forgot to say, new vid is out.

My apologies, I was too busy annihilating my opps
The Only Way Out Is Through - Knee At Evo Japan And What It Meant To Me
YouTube video by PhantomIchiban
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July 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I've begun to think that the end goal of any life is to find the things you're willing to be inconvenienced by.
June 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
*hits blunt* You know, in a way, Dog Day Afternoon is a harem anime.
June 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I love being a YouTuber because conversations like these are not out of the ordinary.
June 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
new video also Trans Rights
A Game Based On The "Worst Movie Ever Made"
YouTube video by PhantomIchiban
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June 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
God, Smile is so fucking good. Rest in peace Brian Wilson
June 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day
Check out Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day - <b>An essential introduction to trans history, from ancient times to the present day, in full-color graphic nonfiction...
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June 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Oh, hey. *Flexes knowledge of video game marginalia*

I didn't see you there
The Importance of Fan-Made Game Translations
YouTube video by PhantomIchiban
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June 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I made a video

Bottom Text
How This Terrible Game Inspires Me - A Video About ParanoiaScape
YouTube video by PhantomIchiban
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May 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I'm late, but JAFAR MOTHERFUCKING PANAHI LET'S FUCKING GOOOO
May 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I caught a vibe.

It's terminal.
May 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Almost done with Doom the Dark Ages. It's been fun so far. Probably like it a little less than Eternal, but that's a high bar, and it's understandable that they would go in a different direction.
May 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
It puts the video in its eyeballs or else it gets the hose again.

Shit, that kinda kills the rhyme, doesn't it?
God Help Me, I LIKE Training Mode
YouTube video by PhantomIchiban
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May 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Me starting to get into Tekken 8 right as it hits Peak Controversy is just another sign from the universe that I'm incapable of ever backing the right horse.

Like, it's a wonder I didn't own an Ouya or an N-Gage back in the day.
May 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Moroccan music fucks.
May 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I don't think anything left this Mania week will top Brodie Jr winning the Clusterfuck. Cried like a baby when that happened late last night
April 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Took less than a year for me to reach "make a navel-gazing video about making videos" territory.

Watch, if thou art so inclined.
Four Videos I Didn't Make - My Month of Writer's Block
YouTube video by PhantomIchiban
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April 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Shadows of the Damned is fucking great, holy shit.
April 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM