YouTube Review: OfficialNerdCubed

There are lots of YouTubers out there who post gaming commentaries, yet none do so with as much humour and wit as Dan Hardcastle (more commonly known as ‘NerdCubed’ or more simply ‘Nerd³’). His ‘Nerd³ Plays…’ series is extremely clever, as he doesn’t string out the game into dozens of videos to create a walkthrough, he simply shortens one play session of the game into a single 20-60 minute video. This means we get to watch all of the hilarious, witty moments at once, instead of waiting through a bundle of boring ones. Something else I like about him is his urge to play some unknown, yet brilliant games (see Nerd³ Plays… DLC Quest). Something all of his fans adore is his ability to make any terrible game funny, and that is a huge part of why he became so popular (he is currently riding on a huge 678,000 subscribers) – he plays a lot of ‘Simulator’ games. These are made by small companies with small budgets and are usually pretty badly designed and animated. This manages to gain him millions of his views because we just love to laugh along with him. With it being Friday, it seems fitting to mention another of his series’ – Three Free Games Friday. In this, he plays 3 free games (usually Flash Games) which he finds interesting, and talks along with it. This gives fans the ability to play the games that he enjoys without having to spend valuable cash on them. Recently, his Dad started a channel following the popularity of Dan’s series ‘Father and Son-Days’ (that pun illustrates his maturity, which is why we love him). Apparently, people like to see a father with an Essex accent struggle to play video games because that account alone has already gained 115,000 subscribers within just 6 days of posting his first video. Dan’s other series’ include ‘Permadeath’ (in which he plays a game until he dies once, then it ends) and ‘Nerd³ Completes’ (in which he does a complete walkthrough of the game, though edited to maintain humour). Overall, Daniel Hardcastle is one of the funniest YouTube commentators out there, and his low subscriber count (compared to millions some get) could be due to the controversy over what he likes (PS3 over Xbox, dislikes popular games such as Halo and Skyrim) but as long as the content is good, why should that matter? I personally agree with Dan over the previous points, which might just be why I prefer him over a lot of other gamers. Oh, and he also owns a Vlog channel in which he talks about his life every once in a while, and abuses his roommate, Wot. Links to some of his content below!

HIS GAMING CHANNEL (OfficialNerdCubed)
HIS VLOG CHANNEL (OfficiallyNerdCubed)
Nerd³ Plays… Cleverbot
Nerd³ Plays… Bully
Nerd³ Plays… Just Cause 2
Nerd³ Plays... Farming Simulator 2011