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We review and discuss media, especially video games and music! https://youtube.com/@ilovethisblank?si=Px3DwA5RQdJ0DfP-
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Hi everyone! I’m Michael. My friends and I have a YouTube channnel (I Love This [Blank]) where we review media (mostly retro media,) especially video games and music. We have a long-running series where we are reviewing all sorts of media in chronological order. We started in 1985, (1/
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It's very easy:
Just don't. The idea that Copilot or ChatGPT are suddenly essential tools is just buying into the corporate ad blitz.
Games were made just fine (well, relatively) up through...what, 2023? 2024? They didn't suddenly become VITAL for budgets or design docs in the last 2-3 years.
Just don't. The idea that Copilot or ChatGPT are suddenly essential tools is just buying into the corporate ad blitz.
Games were made just fine (well, relatively) up through...what, 2023? 2024? They didn't suddenly become VITAL for budgets or design docs in the last 2-3 years.
December 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It's very easy:
Just don't. The idea that Copilot or ChatGPT are suddenly essential tools is just buying into the corporate ad blitz.
Games were made just fine (well, relatively) up through...what, 2023? 2024? They didn't suddenly become VITAL for budgets or design docs in the last 2-3 years.
Just don't. The idea that Copilot or ChatGPT are suddenly essential tools is just buying into the corporate ad blitz.
Games were made just fine (well, relatively) up through...what, 2023? 2024? They didn't suddenly become VITAL for budgets or design docs in the last 2-3 years.
Solstice Music (NES) - Title Screen Theme
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December 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I’m so excited that we reached 300 subs. Thank you, everyone! Looking forward to making more videos for you all
December 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’m so excited that we reached 300 subs. Thank you, everyone! Looking forward to making more videos for you all
I was joking with a friend a few days ago that I think I might reach 300 youtube subscribers by the end of the year. Well, uh, now it turns out that I might reach that mini-goal by the end of the year.
So… 1000 by the end of 2026?
youtube.com/@ilovethisbl...
So… 1000 by the end of 2026?
youtube.com/@ilovethisbl...
I Love This [Blank]
We talk about the things we love, hoping you love them too! Reviews, rankings, reminiscences, and ramblings about potentially anything, but mostly music and video games. We've been working through a y...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I was joking with a friend a few days ago that I think I might reach 300 youtube subscribers by the end of the year. Well, uh, now it turns out that I might reach that mini-goal by the end of the year.
So… 1000 by the end of 2026?
youtube.com/@ilovethisbl...
So… 1000 by the end of 2026?
youtube.com/@ilovethisbl...
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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Counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 14 seconds and adding 40 will tell you the temperature in Fahrenheit.
Your phone will also give you this information.
Your phone will also give you this information.
December 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Counting the number of times a cricket chirps in 14 seconds and adding 40 will tell you the temperature in Fahrenheit.
Your phone will also give you this information.
Your phone will also give you this information.
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"I asked chatgpt--"
Shut the fuck up. I asked the Lady of the Lake, and she said you are unworthy of the sword Excalibur. You will never be king.
Shut the fuck up. I asked the Lady of the Lake, and she said you are unworthy of the sword Excalibur. You will never be king.
June 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
"I asked chatgpt--"
Shut the fuck up. I asked the Lady of the Lake, and she said you are unworthy of the sword Excalibur. You will never be king.
Shut the fuck up. I asked the Lady of the Lake, and she said you are unworthy of the sword Excalibur. You will never be king.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but:
If you play a video game and like it you are a true fan.
No need to gatekeep hobbies.
If you play a video game and like it you are a true fan.
No need to gatekeep hobbies.
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but:
If you play a video game and like it you are a true fan.
No need to gatekeep hobbies.
If you play a video game and like it you are a true fan.
No need to gatekeep hobbies.
Unfortunately, I just had serious issues with my New Characters Composition stream #12, where I was going to compose a new piece of music inspired by Marin from Link’s Awakening. I’ll still compose the piece, and you’ll see it on the channel a week from tomorrow.
December 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Unfortunately, I just had serious issues with my New Characters Composition stream #12, where I was going to compose a new piece of music inspired by Marin from Link’s Awakening. I’ll still compose the piece, and you’ll see it on the channel a week from tomorrow.
This is my favorite thing to have on while I’m working. If you’re into JRPGs and you’re not following @jrpgpursuit.bsky.social , what’s wrong with you? Get on that!
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is my favorite thing to have on while I’m working. If you’re into JRPGs and you’re not following @jrpgpursuit.bsky.social , what’s wrong with you? Get on that!
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I think, more than ever, these words from Mr. Rogers hold as true as the day he spoke them.
August 9, 2023 at 10:26 AM
I think, more than ever, these words from Mr. Rogers hold as true as the day he spoke them.
I’m excited share this video with you tomorrow - and I’m also excited for you to see the related video I recorded today that should come out a week from tomorrow!
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I’m excited share this video with you tomorrow - and I’m also excited for you to see the related video I recorded today that should come out a week from tomorrow!
I think it’s very funny that I can charge my electric kitchen scale with my ps5
November 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I think it’s very funny that I can charge my electric kitchen scale with my ps5
Rameen and I developed a simple idea for this cover. I laid down a simple accompaniment, and then challenged him to sing as delicately as he could. I was so moved by his performance, and it was so easy to record my vocal parts and the rest of the instruments around it.
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Rameen and I developed a simple idea for this cover. I laid down a simple accompaniment, and then challenged him to sing as delicately as he could. I was so moved by his performance, and it was so easy to record my vocal parts and the rest of the instruments around it.
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Gotta bump this video again, because I’m actually really proud of it, and it’s my last video game review video of the year: youtu.be/MuYFytqVryg?...
Breath of Fire III Review (1997)
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November 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Gotta bump this video again, because I’m actually really proud of it, and it’s my last video game review video of the year: youtu.be/MuYFytqVryg?...
This is a game that isn’t talked about a lot, but I found a lot to say about it. Watch this video if you have played or might be interested in playing Breath of Fire III, and let me know what you think! youtu.be/MuYFytqVryg?...
Breath of Fire III Review (1997)
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November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is a game that isn’t talked about a lot, but I found a lot to say about it. Watch this video if you have played or might be interested in playing Breath of Fire III, and let me know what you think! youtu.be/MuYFytqVryg?...
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If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
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November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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I’ve had a series going all year of composing original music inspired by video game characters live on stream once a month. It’s time for everyone to vote on the final character I use as inspiration! youtube.com/post/Ugkx6ap...
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It's the last one! Time to vote on the subject of my December edition of New Character Compositions! I'll write a new piece of music inspired by this charact...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I’ve had a series going all year of composing original music inspired by video game characters live on stream once a month. It’s time for everyone to vote on the final character I use as inspiration! youtube.com/post/Ugkx6ap...
I’m really excited to share this video on 11/17. I worked really hard on it (and destroyed my computer’s storage space) and I’m really proud of it.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I’m really excited to share this video on 11/17. I worked really hard on it (and destroyed my computer’s storage space) and I’m really proud of it.
I love having friends who are good at stuff and smart. My artist friend Michael and I looked at the character designs of Breath of Fire III: youtu.be/Gr7lA_G8A1w?...
Shapes and Colors in Breath of Fire III's Character Designs
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November 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I love having friends who are good at stuff and smart. My artist friend Michael and I looked at the character designs of Breath of Fire III: youtu.be/Gr7lA_G8A1w?...
Come hang out in like half an hour while I compose some original music inspired by Gael from Sea of Stars! www.youtube.com/live/oyR2hXa...
Compose With Me: New Character Composition #11: Garl from Sea of Stars!
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November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Come hang out in like half an hour while I compose some original music inspired by Gael from Sea of Stars! www.youtube.com/live/oyR2hXa...