For me, my comfort channels right now are all of Jimothy Cool's channels, and Shortcat. Jimothy makes Pokemon videos, Shortcat makes Mario Kart videos.
yeah but he doesn't make it iffy though, he's very respectful from what I can tell. He may or may not be chuddy irl, but it doesn't matter imo because it doesn't come through in the videos.
Came in here just to make sure he got a mention. Jacob Gellar is phenomenal. I also like Noah Caldwell Gervais a lot. He has a ton of super long and in depth videos that manage to actually stay interesting for several hours (some of his videos are loooooooooooong)
if you like pokemon, there's a guy called jrose11 that's been systematically seeing which gen 1 pokemon can solo the game the fastest. there's a pretty large backlog at this point, and the strategies get pretty inventive at points.
If you like gardening content there's also the weedy garden. He used to be a photographer before covid and moved into gardening and videography when we went into lockdown. I love his videos and his energy, he is pure Australian hippie vibes.
On the one hand he does have a bit of br*tish nationalism but on the other hand it mostly manifests as wanting to shoot arrows into fr*nchmen so it's impossible to say if it's bad or not
i like the Dead Meat Killcount, its the only way i can really watch horror movies. Having gruesome murders explained by a excited dude making silly jokes is actually way more comforting than it should be
There are a bunch but off the top of my head Oceanliner Designs makes great, well produced, videos on ships. Very cozy even when talking about shipwrecks
Jomboy if you love random silly sports breakdowns. Very short form, great even if you don't watch sports
Marcus of Cosmonaut Variety Hour. Generally just slop reviews but funny and super rewatchable. I think I've watched his Blade trilogy review like 5 times
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Jimothy is cool. I also love small-mid-size niche youtubers, I like Aegon of Astora, for a rambly, leftist academic analysis/let's play of Souls game. Infinite Cringe for Dragons Dogma and Yuri VN commentary. Alt Schift/Schwift X/Glidus for their Song of Ice and Fire analysis and ASOIAF conspiracy iceberg discussions, One Piece Podcast, and the nichest of the all, Moosebones for running Monster Rancher 2 PVP competitive tournaments.
I haven't followed much of his other stuff but recently I finished an entire playlist of a channel called "About Oliver" and him playing the Outer Wilds. He has a pretty wonderful earnest disposition about him but what's super awesome is he's apparently an astrophysicist IRL so he keys into certain parts of the game most people don't at first and its super fun to watch.
IMPORTANT: If you haven't played the outerwilds and you have even a semi vague interest in doing so DO NOT WATCH and go play it yourself instead. The outer wilds is something you can only really experience once and after you do you're likely to join the cult of people who watch lets plays just to try and recapture that magical feeling of discovery again.
Soursweet - kind and wholesome YouTuber with a soothing voice. Surprising combo of entertaining and cozy vibes watching his edited sessions of playing DayZ, a PvP zombie survival shooter.
ProcessX - Japanese YouTube channel that's shows manufacturing and crafting processes. No talking but English subtitles are available. Lots of satisfying manufacturing noises with soft classical music in the background.
SulMatul. She does in depth game videos that are a combination of playthrough retrospective, when I'm done binging one I feel like I've both played the game and talked with someone for hours about it.
Daniel Naroditsky. For some reason I love to watch chess while eating, and he's my favorite chess streamer.
Posy. Videos with an art, technology, and science bent but you never really know what to expect other than the vibes being immaculate.