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Latest revision as of 06:41, 2 June 2024
The Video Game Ref was a Let's Play channel on YouTube created by Chad Brunsvold. The series acts as a sort of predecessor to the much more well known and currently ongoing YouTube channel Chadtronic, another YouTube project of Brunsvold's. The Video Game Ref YouTube channel was created on February 25, 2013, but no videos would be uploaded until the pilot episode on March 27, 2013. An excerpt of the channel's description reads as follows:
So you want to buy some games, But they all just seem the same: Boring, dull, or really lame. Well, you need a guy to make a call.
These are lyrics taken directly from the Video Game Ref theme song.
Patreon Q/A
On September 28, 2017, Chad created a Special Patreon Q/A, where members of his Patreon could ask him a question. Lane Wilkinson (the same guy who made the videos about the missing Video Game Ref videos) asked him a question about his old channel.[1][2]
"What happened to you[r] Video Game Ref videos?"
Saw a couple of you ask about this surprisingly. Video game ref was my youtube channel before Chadtronic. It was nothing special really, it only had 2-3 videos on it, all of them basically being NES let’s play videos. The videos were absolutely terrible, nothing near the level of content I make today. You’re not missing out on anything trust me.
Availability
A couple of clips are available of videos from the channel; and the theme song that was composed by Michael Betz remains. Despite Chad's claims of only 2-3 videos being made, at least 13 videos were uploaded to the channel. Most of them are Let's Plays of NES games, as stated by Chad.
Videos
Title | Upload Date | Video ID | Status and Remarks | Thumbnails |
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Kid Kool - Video Game Ref - Pilot Video [3][4] | Mar 27, 2013 | -FIgIYKTGbA [5] |
Lost (This video was updated on November 26, 2013 and January 30, 2014.[3][4]) Duration: 8:20 |
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Xexyz - Video Game Ref | Aug 1, 2013 | kskeGyVPLgk |
Lost (This video was updated on August 16, 2013 and February 28, 2014.) Duration: 8:33 |
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Grassroots Gaming Expo 2013 - Video Game Ref | Aug 4, 2013 | rYPjgMecM7c |
Lost (This video was updated on November 26, 2013.) Duration: 1:55 |
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Spy Hunter - Video Game Ref | Aug 14, 2013 | tvzw5mUxVH4 |
Lost (This video was updated on November 22, 2013 and January 18, 2014.) Duration: 9:22 |
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Punch Out - Video Game Ref | Aug 14, 2013 | pnmWCjWr42o |
Lost (This video was updated on November 22, 2013.) Duration: 10:31 |
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Donkey Kong - Video Game Ref | Aug 15, 2013 | HMtb0XrPtU0 |
Lost (This video was updated on November 22, 2013.) Duration: 11:17 |
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Deadly Towers - Video Game Ref | Aug 16, 2013 | CcCi9GRK7I8 |
Lost (This video was updated about five hours after its publication.) Duration: 9:26 |
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Minecraft Hardcore! - Part 1 (The Hole?) | Oct 2, 2013 | e0j4-Lkf4yY |
Partially Found (A muted clip of one of the Minecraft Hardcore videos of the first batch on the Chadtronic channel can be found in the outro of the Chadtronic video ZeldaVR: The Legend of Zelda BETA on the Oculus Rift. This series was uploaded at least three times throughout Chad's YouTube career, twice on the Chadtronic channel. The first batch of uploads was on Video Game Ref. The Video Game Ref upload of this video was updated on October 5, 2015.) Duration: 11:16 Chadtronic Article |
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Minecraft Hardcore! - Part 2 (Mining with Zangof) | Oct 5, 2013 | lBbdfcFX_wk |
Partially Found (A muted clip of one of the Minecraft Hardcore videos of the first batch on the Chadtronic channel can be found in the outro of the Chadtronic video ZeldaVR: The Legend of Zelda BETA on the Oculus Rift. The Video Game Ref upload of this video was updated on October 26, 2015.) Duration: 11:06 Chadtronic Article |
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Minecraft Hardcore! - Part 3 (Lost) | Oct 16, 2013 | o-S4CbcZtUc |
Partially Found (A muted clip of one of the Minecraft Hardcore videos of the first batch on the Chadtronic channel can be found in the outro of the Chadtronic video ZeldaVR: The Legend of Zelda BETA on the Oculus Rift. The Video Game Ref upload of this video was updated about six minutes after it was uploaded.) Duration: 16:53 Chadtronic Article |
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Minecraft Hardcore! - Part 4 (Farmerboy) | Oct 22, 2013 | YEmaX_h67qs |
Partially Found (A muted clip of one of the Minecraft Hardcore videos of the first batch on the Chadtronic channel can be found in the outro of the Chadtronic video ZeldaVR: The Legend of Zelda BETA on the Oculus Rift. Minecraft Hardcore! - Part 5 (Pedo-Cutter) and Minecraft Hardcore! - Part 6 (Death?) were only uploaded to the Chadtronic channel.) Duration: 17:01 Chadtronic Article |
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CHAD IS SCARED OF SLENDER!! - Part 1 | Oct 23, 2013 | 75wCwUI5fz4 |
Partially Found (A short clip of this video can be found in the video Slender: The Arrival - Part 1 - Chadtronic on the ChadtronicGames channel. In that video before the clip of this video plays, Chad claims that he made this video before he even had a YouTube channel. This, however, is untrue, and even if Chad means this video was recorded before he had made The Video Game Ref, it is more likely that Chad just means that this video was made before the Chadtronic channel's creation, ignoring The Video Game Ref's existence. And Chad also had a channel before The Video Game Ref called Darthbrunsvold, so even if this video was filmed before the creation of The Video Game Ref, Chad still had the Darthbrunsvold channel that he posted on. No evidence of a Slender: The Eight Pages (the game Chad played in this video) gameplay video on Darthbrunsvold has been found. There is also a chance that the clip shown is of CHAD IS SCARED OF SLENDER!! - Part 2, but this video is more likely to be the video shown. This video was updated on December 19, 2013 and March 21, 2014.) Duration: 14:16 |
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CHAD IS SCARED OF SLENDER!! - Part 2 | Oct 24, 2013 | ItSicp4QMQU |
Partially Found (Read the description above. This video was updated about six hours after it was uploaded.) Duration: 8:38 |
Gallery
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Alternate logo found on Chadbrunsvold.com | Permalink |
Videos
See Also
- Chadtronic (partially lost unreleased videos of let's play/reaction YouTube channel; 2013-2016)
- Chadtronic Games (partially found deleted videos of let's play YouTube channel; 2015-present)
- Webbnation (partially found deleted videos of internet podcast series; 2013)
External Links
- Michael Betz's website for listening to and purchasing The Video Game Ref's theme song
- Wayback Machine capture from January 12, 2014 of the RSS feed for the Video Game Ref YouTube channel
- Wayback Machine capture from May 17, 2014 of the RSS feed for the Video Game Ref YouTube channel
- Wayback Machine archive of The Video Game Ref's YouTube channel (1/2)
- Wayback Machine archive of The Video Game Ref's YouTube channel (2/2)
- Wayback Machine capture of the About page for the Video Game Ref YouTube channel
- The Video Game Ref's Facebook Page (Inaccessible)
- Wayback Machine capture from May 17, 2014 of The Video Game Ref's Twitter Page
- Wayback Machine capture from May 17, 2014 of The Video Game Ref's Spreadshirt page
- Wayback Machine capture from June 3, 2018 of The Video Game Ref's Spreadshirt page
- Wayback Machine capture from May 8, 2014 of the Iowagamersonline.com Video Game Ref category page
Reference
- ↑ Locked Patreon post "Special Patreon Q&A! Ask me a question!" from September 28, 2017 Retrieved 17 December '22
- ↑ Locked Patreon post "Patreon Q&A Answers!" from September 29, 2017 Retrieved 17 December '22
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wayback Machine capture from January 12, 2014 of the RSS feed of the Video Game Ref channel Retrieved 22 May '22
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wayback Machine capture from May 17, 2014 of the RSS feed of the Video Game Ref channel Retrieved 22 May '22
- ↑ Wayback Machine capture from May 17, 2014 of the Video Game Ref Twitter page Retrieved June 1 '22