Games & digital arts

HN repeatedly recommends it as a master class in limited-palette pixel art and palette cycling, from an artist behind Loom and Monkey Island.

HN users repeatedly say it changed how they think about writing, calling it a masterclass useful far beyond academia.

Held up as a legendary deep dive into game internals, explained lucidly and with humor, and a gateway to the channel.

A perennial HN recommendation, brought up whenever sampling, copyright or music history comes up, often described as a must-watch.

Praised as a brilliant, deadpan and inventive hardware hack, and a good starting point for Tom7's videos.

The go-to recommendation on game feel and polish, cited by HN as one of the best talks for anyone making interactive things feel good.

HN recommends it as the canonical video on how music theory is really the theory of one Western tradition, with the raga example.

Recommended as the standard companion to any Adam Curtis film, since it lampoons the style and gives reasons to take his claims with skepticism.