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- (Markiplier yelps) What the [bleep]?!
- What the goose?
- (Markiplier) That was bad. Screw you--
- This guy is funny.
(in game: shriek)
- (Markiplier) Fuuu-hooo! What was that?!
(Markiplier babbles) - (sighs) "Nervous babbling."
That's my life, nervous babbling.
(laughing)
- (Markiplier) What are you?! Okay, bye!!!
(cracks up)
(in game: shriek) (Markiplier screams)
- (Markiplier) The lights may be blaring--
- You know, on YouTubers React you don't see this side
of him as much.
- (Markiplier) ...my heart for you--
(in game: clock chimes) - (Markiplier) YEAH-HA-HA!
- I like it 'cause even though he's scared,
he's actually enjoying the video games.
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- (Finebros) Why do you enjoy watching gamers on YouTube?
- I don't know, it's weird.
When someone else plays it, it's just funny to see their reaction.
- I think it's really good for horror games especially
because I don't like to play them on my own,
so it's good to see other people play it 'cause then it's less scary.
- (Finebros) What are the entertaining qualities of watching someone game?
- The expression and the reaction.
- You're not watching it to watch the game.
You're watching it for their reaction.
- I feel like a lot of times, when I play video games on my own,
I'm very just silently playing, whereas these guys, they're hilarious!
- (Finebros) So back to Markiplier, many feel he has a very unique personality.
How would you describe him and his channel to someone?
- I'd like to say he's very outgoing. (laughs)
- He's just funny and outgoing.
- Colorful. We'll go with colorful.
- Funny, sporadic, random.
He has that spazzy thing going on.
Everything's just like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
Even the subtitles are all over the place.
- In the nicest way, I would explain it
as an obnoxious, hilarious guy who plays good games.
And I mean obnoxious in a loving way.
- Markiplier is the internet.
He's so sporadic and curious and confused.
It's like a little kid discovering something that he likes for the first time.
It's a beautiful thing to watch.
- (Finebros) People also talk about how much they love Markiplier's voice.
- I could see that.
- It's a very unique voice.
- His radio/movie theatre voice.
- Yeah! On YouTubers React he's like,
he almost sounds like Kevin Connolly.
He's crazy. He could play Batman in an animated series maybe.
- (Finebros) Do you feel that video game content online
and video games themselves are gonna continue to be
a big part of people's entertainment for a long time?
- Well, yeah, probably.
- Oh yeah, definitely.
- There's absolutely no reason to stop playing with it.
They only keep getting better and better.
- Now it's so accessible.
Even stuff on your phone, like apps.
You know, they're like, "Oh, I don't play games. It's stupid."
But you do on your phone. You do.
- Games are just getting better. The graphics are getting better.
The stories are being told in a much better way.
It's almost better than movies in some aspects
just 'cause of how immersive it can be.
- Now they have a lot more mature games
and they're a lot more movie-like too, which I really like.
Like The Last of Us, superb game.
I like that kind of cinematic value it has to it
because then it appeals to the more mature audience
who understands it and appreciates it more.
- Video games are so mainstream now.
Personally, I'm gonna be playing Pokémon till I'm 50.
- (Finebros snickers) - I'm gonna be playing video games forever.
- I will be a gamer till I die.
I will be floating around and my soul will be playing video games.
- (Finebros) A lot of his subscribers also feel very close to him
because, from the very beginning, he's done more than the usual
top YouTuber when it comes to interacting with his fanbase.
Why does talking to your fans directly like that
make you feel closer to the YouTuber, even though you know
that you don't actually know them?
- I just feel like they're actually talking to us.
- You may not know them, but you still have this bond with them.
They talk to you.
- It just feels nice that even though we are screens apart,
there's still that connection.
- You're out here, supporting this guy, subscribing,
watching and liking all his videos, so it does feel kinda nice
to get that, "Hey, man. Thanks for the support."
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