Wow, the year is almost over. Where did the time go?
As the title said, there will not be a Year End List. I just feel there's not enough to talk about.
Like all his previous comebacks, this one ended in failure. He may have gotten a view boost from working with James Rolfe, but clearly people didn't stick around as his views cratered. Hard.
Following up the big crossover with a video on cereal was a massive mistake.
This year showed he still had no idea what to do. Following up a video on Godzilla vs Kong (his highest viewed video of the year) with a retread on Kool-Aid flavors just screams "I don't have much knowledge of anything. Please let me keep doing the same shit over and over".
It's been three months since he posted a video, and he has given zero indication that he's going to keep going. Other than a Facebook post about a "custom Arcade cabinet" that hasn't been followed up on. Maybe someone convinced him that this midlife crisis shit isn't worth the hundreds of dollars he's spending?
He's still doing Puppet Steve, and the views have cratered there too. Though a video he posted earlier this week managed to score a lot of views. A video on... Squid Game toys. Oh yeah, that very child-friendly Netflix phenomenon. The series that opens on a brutal game of Red Light Green Light where over 200 people are gunned down all for a chance to pay off their crippling debt. Fun for the whole family!
Yes I know that a lot of channels are talking Squid Game, and kids know about it through cultural osmosis, basically the same way as kids in the 80's and 90's knew about Jason Voorhees or Freddy Krueger or Rambo or Mortal Kombat, despite all of that not being appropriate. Still though, if Chris is trying to make this a channel for kids, shouldn't he stick with stuff for kids?
And to those wondering if there are actual Squid Game toys? No. He bought them off Etsy, meaning they're fan-made. I doubt Squid Game would actually get toys as it would go against the show's scathing criticism of capitalism. ... *remembers The Lorax movie* Fuck...
Anywho, I think that's enough. Who knows if we'll even be back next year. Chris seems content just vanishing off the internet, hiding behind his puppets and his eBay store where he makes money off bootleg Letter People DVDs and CDs. While also lying about the toys he's selling as "Brand New" when they're clearly out of the box (and somehow more expensive than legitimate new toys).
Oh yeah, go see Spider-Man No Way Home. It is that good.