Episode 39 - This is Innuendo Studios

Critical Distance: Keywords in Play

Somewhat late, we present this month's interview of the Critical Distance Confab! I interview Ian Danskin of the Innuendo Studios YouTube channel.

In 2014, Ian Danskin made his first YouTube video about celebrity in internet culture, This is Phil Fish, and what that means. He expected a few views and he would build his audience over time, except that video went viral and is to date, by far, his most viewed video. Since then, he's mostly trekked his own path and talked about whatever interested him. We cover some of those interests in talking about adventure games, the challenge of discussing theory that was mostly self taught and, of course, the virality of YouTube videos and the efforts of tracking what an audience is looking for.

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Innuendo Studios YouTube Channel

This is Phil Fish

Why Are You So Angry?

Who Shot Guybrush Threepwood?

Things of Beauty: Super Smash Bros. as Spectator Sport

Story Beats: Ben There, Dan That

The Artist is Absent: Davey Wreden and The Beginner's Guide

It's Not Easy Being Blue

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Opening Theme: 'Close' by The Alpha Conspiracy

Closing Theme: 'Wishing Never' by The Alpha Conspiracy