Gaming & Review Videos
Gaming is a recurring production format in the HIMR archive, not merely an occasional subject of conversation. The examples below span Elden Ring, Diablo 4, Helldivers 2 and Path of Exile 2: build guides, a weapon-focused test and a comparative review. Their titles establish how the recordings were presented; sampled raw frames add limited visual context. This is a selected sequence, not a complete catalogue or a count of all gaming uploads.
For making games rather than reviewing or playing them, see the separate game-development videos. The technology-review article covers hardware demonstrations rather than game verdicts.
This page covers both the videos and how reviews are made: capturing footage, recording narration, editing and packaging the result. Channel names and platform history remain on Channel Bans & Platforms, while Work & Income covers attributed earnings and work claims. Game balance, prices and promotional offers below are historical source content, not current advice or endorsements.
“DO NOT BUY” and the review-title vocabulary
Section titled ““DO NOT BUY” and the review-title vocabulary”“DO NOT BUY” is a recurring title formula across both hardware and game reviews. These selected archive records carry the wording years before the newer livestream production examples below:
| Archive date label | Retained review title |
|---|---|
| 2019-07-06 | DO NOT BUY THE MICROSOFT SURFACE PRO 6 |
| 2019-07-12 | DO NOT BUY THE GOPRO HERO7 |
| 2022-02-23 | DO NOT BUY Elden Ring - VERY Disappointing |
| 2023-06-01 | DO NOT BUY Diablo 4 - Very Disappointing |
| 2025-09-04 | DO NOT BUY Hollow Knight： Silksong |
The wording is quoted from the titles, not certified as a spoken catchphrase. The dates identify the archive labels, and the table is a set of examples rather than a count of distinct uploads or a claim about when the phrase originated.
Other recurring headline forms include “VERY disappointing”, “INSANE”, “Why I regret buying” and “I WAS SO WRONG”. The title comparisons below show how negative, emphatic and reversal framing can surround the same subject; they do not, by themselves, explain why a title was chosen.
Contrasting review titles
Section titled “Contrasting review titles”Elden Ring: changing title framing
Section titled “Elden Ring: changing title framing”Archive metadata preserves a short Elden Ring title sequence: a February 26, 2022 record labelled Elden Ring is a MASSIVE disappointment, a March 2 record labelled I WAS SO WRONG about Elden Ring, and a March 15 record labelled Why I HATE Elden Ring (after playing for 200 hours). This documents changing title framing, not a complete or settled account of Daniel’s opinions. The titles do not verify a refund attempt, hours played, the game’s quality, or a numeric rating.
Silksong: contrasting titles under one date
Section titled “Silksong: contrasting titles under one date”The September 4, 2025 archive labels also include four distinct Hollow Knight: Silksong records: DO NOT BUY Hollow Knight: Silksong, why i HATE Hollow Knight: Silksong - VERY disappointing, Hollow Knight: Silksong is INSANE On Nintendo Switch 2 | Performance Review, and Why i regret buying Hollow Knight: Silksong. They show that several contrasting title framings appeared under the same archive filename date; they do not establish that the recordings were published that day, that the game received a particular score, or that the titles accurately summarize their contents.
Reversing the handheld recommendation
Section titled “Reversing the handheld recommendation”Two November 2023-labelled hardware records reverse the same recommendation. The November 23 title tells readers not to buy a Steam Deck OLED and recommends a ROG Ally; the November 26 title tells readers not to buy a ROG Ally and recommends a Steam Deck OLED. The reversal is visible in the retained labels. It is not, on its own, evidence of dishonesty, a complete change of opinion, or a verdict about which device is better.
A negative headline can introduce a mixed review
Section titled “A negative headline can introduce a mixed review”The older Why I Regret Buying The iPhone X, labelled 23 May 2018, is a useful counterpoint. At 00:18.963–00:54.983, its machine transcript introduces the regret framing but then separates liked and disliked features, beginning with positive comments about design, handling and cameras. This is an unreviewed lead to the review’s structure, not a checked quotation or independent endorsement of those features. A headline alone is not a substitute for the full recording.
Builds and equipment demonstrations
Section titled “Builds and equipment demonstrations”Elden Ring: samurai build
Section titled “Elden Ring: samurai build”The April 13, 2022 archive-labelled Elden Ring — SAMURAI KATANA Build contains a samurai-styled character at 00:05 and an Ashes of War equipment menu at 03:00. These frames support the recording’s build-guide presentation; they do not establish the effectiveness of the setup or who was operating the game.
The unreviewed transcript’s opening at 00:00.112–00:16.382 presents a proposed samurai build and playstyle. This is a lead to the video’s stated purpose, not a verified quotation or a finding that its recommendations work.
Diablo 4: seasonal levelling guide
Section titled “Diablo 4: seasonal levelling guide”The July 24, 2023 archive-labelled sorcerer-levelling video combines a combat image at 00:05 with skill-tree screens at 01:00 and 03:00, including visible Flickering Spark and Unstable Currents panels. This is a different recording from the Elden Ring guide, not a renamed copy of it.
At 00:00.112–00:47.990, the machine transcript presents the build as a way of levelling a new seasonal character and experimenting with Malignant Hearts. The wiki does not adopt the title’s claims about speed or superiority.
Helldivers 2: weapon-focused test
Section titled “Helldivers 2: weapon-focused test”The March 6, 2024 archive-labelled The Breaker Incendiary is presented as a weapon test. Raw frames at 00:05, 01:00 and 03:00 show third-person combat imagery and mission-interface screens. Those samples do not verify the title’s dramatic damage claim or prove a controlled comparison.
The 00:00.016–00:37.951 machine lead compares the weapon with other shotguns and discusses its fire effect. That distinguishes its proposed equipment-review focus from a full-game review; the spoken comparison remains unverified.
Comparative criticism
Section titled “Comparative criticism”The February 11, 2025 archive-labelled Why Path of Exile 2 Falls Short as an ARPG Compared to Diablo 4 uses explicit comparative criticism in its title. Raw frames at 01:00 and 03:00 show gameplay and an inventory panel. The title is the recording’s argument, not the wiki’s verdict on either game.
At 00:10.800–00:57.882, the machine transcript introduces disappointment after playing the game and contrasts that experience with initial expectations. Neither the wording nor the claimed playing history has been verified; it is an attributed review argument, not an objective assessment.
Promotional inserts
Section titled “Promotional inserts”The samurai-build frame at 01:00 visibly contains an AOEAH.COM promotional card with an HIMR coupon label. The Path of Exile comparison frame at 00:05 contains another AOEAH card, this time with an Expert coupon label. This records promotional material within two distinct videos, not proof of payment, contract terms, endorsement compliance, or continuity of a sponsorship between those dates.
No screenshots are reproduced here: the retained copies permit source inspection, but no permission to republish these game, video or promotional images was established. The citations link readers to the underlying recordings instead.
Livestream play
Section titled “Livestream play”The livestream sources below are mapped to public Archive.org video renditions. The dates below come from their filenames; they are not independently established recording or publication dates. No human listener checked these passages, and unlabelled voices are not assigned a name from machine summaries.
Chivalry: a long-stream format
Section titled “Chivalry: a long-stream format”Machine-generated and unreviewed; may be wrong; not a verified quotation.
The November 10, 2025-labelled 7 hours streaming provides a different kind of gaming lead from the edited build guides above. Its machine transcript moves from a plan to play Chivalry to later commentary about low frame rates and realizing that the laptop’s power connection had been unplugged. This points toward ordinary play and troubleshooting within a long broadcast, not an independently measured performance test or a verified account of the hardware problem.
Review-making
Section titled “Review-making”The finished verdict is only one part of the format. Earlier recordings and the newer torrent streams contain leads to capture, editing, narration and packaging. The sources below are already mapped to exact public archive files, but their machine-rendered speech has not been checked by a human listener. Unlabelled speech is described at recording level rather than assigned a name from a summary.
Earlier editing: framing and looking back at the footage
Section titled “Earlier editing: framing and looking back at the footage”Two early hardware-test transcripts describe editing as part of the test itself:
- In the 18 December 2015-labelled sony 16mm f2.8 lens video test, 01:22.858–01:33.241 describes cropping a shot in iMovie.
- In the 2 November 2016-labelled iPad pro 12.9 as a vlogging camera, 12:22.215–12:32.678 describes looking back over the footage after editing in iMovie and reassessing how it looks.
These are source-specific workflow leads, not independently verified lens specifications, image-quality tests, or proof of which editor made the final upload. The 2016 raw source is separate from the 2015 source linked in the evidence record.
Capturing game footage separately from speech
Section titled “Capturing game footage separately from speech”In the 14 June 2023-labelled grinding to level 60, the machine transcript proposes opening Bandicam to record a game moment as a video introduction (02:24:18.175–02:24:26.032). It then distinguishes game sound from microphone audio (02:25:42.090–02:25:50.058) and describes disabling the microphone and trying again (02:26:37.924–02:26:51.767). The lead is about selecting and recording a usable clip, not a verified fault in the software.
The 11 February 2024-labelled How to build a Castle in Palworld supplies a clearer plan for repurposing a livestream. Its machine transcript proposes downloading the broadcast and editing it into a video (00:08:59.049–00:09:08.318), then describes clipping a section, speeding it up and adding voiceover (01:23:41.721–01:23:53.876). Although this is a guide rather than a purchase verdict, it provides an earlier lead to separating gameplay footage from the narration placed over it. It does not establish that the proposed edit was published.
Borderlands 4: footage, voiceover and upload preparation
Section titled “Borderlands 4: footage, voiceover and upload preparation”Machine-generated and unreviewed; may be wrong; not a verified quotation.
In the September 11, 2025-labelled BIG DAY HUGE NEWS, the selected machine transcript describes a plan to record Borderlands 4 footage first and add a voiceover afterward. Later passages run through export, thumbnail preparation, title, description and upload controls. This is a behind-the-scenes production lead rather than another game verdict: it does not establish the review’s final contents, score, public availability or commercial success. The broader technology article covers the recording and editing equipment thread.
Hades 2: narration, reused headings and title alternatives
Section titled “Hades 2: narration, reused headings and title alternatives”The 27 September 2025-labelled BIG DAY stream connects the production work to the headline vocabulary. At 01:03:35.103–01:04:59.871, its machine text moves from finding iMovie’s voiceover controls to successive Hades 2 review introductions and a sound-quality question. The repeated introductions are a lead to recording or checking narration; they could include playback, so they do not establish an exact number of fresh takes.
Later, 01:32:43.460–01:34:40.736 contains a machine-rendered discussion of reusing a Silksong headline pattern for Hades 2, including the “DO NOT BUY” formula. At 01:43:00.114–01:43:57.699, it proposes testing three approaches: a purchase warning, regret about buying, and dislike of the game.
This is a more direct lead to choosing and comparing titles, rather than inferring that process from finished headlines alone. The wording remains unreviewed; the passage does not show that a test actually ran, which version won, or whether the earlier title caused better results.
Ninja Gaiden 4: description and thumbnail work
Section titled “Ninja Gaiden 4: description and thumbnail work”Machine-generated and unreviewed; may be wrong; not a verified quotation.
The October 21, 2025-labelled segesdgesdfgsd contains another review-making sequence. Its machine transcript has a Ninja Gaiden 4 introduction, then description preparation and a move to Canva for a thumbnail, followed later by an upload announcement. Alongside the Borderlands source, this suggests a recurring format in which a livestream includes work on a separate review video. It does not verify the spoken wording, authenticate the announcement as a completed publication, or adopt the presenter’s assessment of the game.