17Apr2023 – Warhammer Monday Evening Open Thread – “Have we got a video?”

Per Usual: Images and links are from Lexicanum or the Warhammer 40k wiki 

Except for those from youtube of course.

No actual items to hand out, just my everlasting admiration if you know the provenance of the quote in the title.

As my addiction to Satisfactory continues to evolve, I am now watching videos about how to play a computer game, while I play the game in the background.  I must say, I have a long way to go before I can complete such masterpieces as I have seen created, it is like creating one of Gaudi’s finest Barcelona buildings out of the basic set of Lego.  I have much to learn.  While doing this I also came across Stan and Token playing Warhammer in the Spring Break Episode of South Park, so in honor of that I am sharing my favorite Youtube creators who focus on Warhammer Lore.  Also, Riki-Tiki sent me this which I found hilarious:

https://youtu.be/X6RCLJ4pDaw

First up, and the one who got me started down this very, very deep and extensive rabbit hole we have Baldemort:

He has a fantastic voice to listen to while he delves into the lore of Warhammer and he does so as a story teller, usually telling a short story he has created based on the lore he will cover in the video.  He also has several original serial stories he does which bring the lore to life, he is a great story teller.

Next we have Luetin09, who I have also enjoyed his channel for quite awhile, always well produced, nice use of music, not much in the way of visuals, because Games Workshop seems to have an AI (or servitor) that scours the web for anything that could be considered as infringing and can fire off a cease-and-desist in a nanosecond.  He also uses stories to bring the lore to life.  He also goes just right amount of depth, you get a good idea about the subject, and he also discusses the lore in terms of the game as well.

And last, but definitely not least, we have Oculus Imperia who does his videos as an actual character – a historian working both for Guilleman and the Inquisition, voluntarily for Gulleman, voluntold by the Inquisition to do his job, send the Inquisition select bits and leave certain things out of what goes to Guilleman.  He does a really neat video about his “induction” into working for the Inquisition.  So everything he talks about is done as if this is history he has unearthed and is sometimes scared or bothered by what he has found.  The video comes across as listening to a friend talk about some of the things he has recently learned and his worries about the fall out of this information becoming widely known.  He does a really good job of creating the right atmosphere for this information to be disseminated.

Blood for the Blood God!  Skulls for the Skull throne!

I should be online this evening and commenting myself.  After visiting Washing State last week, I was able to restock my consumables as well as some smokeables, so I will be blazing while watching anime (no choice as of yet, maybe Arifureta or Chainsaw man).  Why yes, my wife is traveling, how could you tell.  Have fun this evening watching whatever form of sports ball you enjoy – ice or dirt.