The industry plant got exposed

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:08]Yeah, we're gonna watch this cringe, stinky mixtape. Uh-oh. A musical delight from start to finish that sets a new standard for coming of age stories.

[00:00:19]Yeah, coming of age stories is watching teenagers kiss in HD and seeing their tongues intertwine.

[00:00:28]Also, Musical Delight, by the way, no original score, at least as far as I know. And 90% of it is all licensed music, but sure, whatever you want to say is Musical Delight.

[00:00:40]>> Hey, what's here? So, in this video, I'm going be talking about all the discussion surrounding the game Mixtape.

[00:00:46]This came out a few days ago to sterling reviews from games journalists who are already claiming this is a potential game of the year for 2026. In fact, the ratings for this game from >> if they make this game of the year, I don't know, man. It just solidifies that it's such a joke and nobody needs to take this seriously.

[00:01:14]>> Journalists are some of the highest we have ever seen.

[00:01:16]>> No shot. However, when gamers actually take a look at Mixtape, their response with 2,000 peak players, in fact, their response is nothing but mockery and claiming that this game is the epitome of modern audience slop. And despite the fact that this game feels like the most legitimate industry plant we >> a buffet of gameplay elements that come and go quickly but are always exciting.

[00:01:43]Guys, guys, the game play is putting a mixtape into the CD in the game. No way. Oh my god. You're sorting through a drawer and looking through items. That's amazing. A buffet of gameplay elements, bro.

[00:02:02]>> In quite some time, and it's being forced onto us by journalists and shills. It's only produced 2,000 concurrent players. That is the all-time peak it is experiencing a few days into its release. This game is an absolute joke. And despite being propped up by an entire industry, this is the best the modern audience can produce. So, here's the description provided. On their last night together, three friends embark on one final adventure. Play through a mixtape of memories set to the soundtrack of a generation. Now, there is this clip right here that's going viral. This is some game.

[00:02:42]>> I saw this um I was still in the middle of moving or like right at the start of moving. I can't remember. It's kind of a blur. And I saw this and I was like, "Holy [ __ ] I can't wait to see more of this shit."

[00:02:56]>> Quote unquote gameplay from Nick Tape.

[00:03:00]And you can see 5 million views.

[00:03:02]>> That's crazy on this post. And most people are understanding why >> they should ed this as a Dead by Daylight map. That would go hard.

[00:03:11]sought Chibi get through the sequence while pissing.

[00:03:14]>> Wait, did she get the take the keyboard with her to the toilet or something?

[00:03:18]>> This game is an absolute joke.

[00:03:20]>> Chibi is so funny.

[00:03:21]>> Number one, it is clunky and very unappealing to look at, but mainly it relies on '90s nostalgia bait.

[00:03:29]Unfortunately, it looks like this '9s nostalgia bait was developed by someone who didn't live in the era. instead saw the era through movies and thought that's how things actually transpired back then. But also, people were quick to point out this is hardly a game at all. And >> wait, wait, she didn't jump, so the game auto climbed.

[00:03:50]>> Quick to point out >> she she failed the space and then just climbs over.

[00:04:03]>> This is hardly a game at all. In fact, this is really just a threehour animated movie because there's almost no actual gameplay in it whatsoever. And then you can see people responding to that by saying, "Just watch this and now I understand the review scores. A game that requires no interaction and plays like a self-insert movie must feel like a dream product come to life."

[00:04:28]>> Yes, because game journalists literally don't play video games. They don't have the brain capacity. all they can do is put fries in the bag and even then I think they would struggle.

[00:04:37]>> Recall the famously published Cuphead review where the reviewer never successfully completed the tutorial section. And if you ever seen this related tutorial playthrough by an infamous journalist, you understand why they love a game like this that pretty much plays itself.

[00:04:58]>> But uh the journalists, yeah, they're hooked. Look at these reviews, okay?

[00:05:04]Nines and tens across the board. You would think this is a generational triumph of a game. I have not seen ratings.

[00:05:13]>> I bet you Balders's Gate 3 and um Expedition 33 did not get the same [ __ ] treatment.

[00:05:22]If I cross reference, they probably have lesser scores.

[00:05:27]Yeah, for some of them at the very least. across the board this high in quite some time. And of course, one of the main reviewers people are looking at is IGN, who came out and gave this a 10 out of 10, a masterpiece, according to them, saying it's a musical delight from start to finish. Mixtape sets a new standard for coming of age stories in video games and does so with a masterful sense of style. In fact, in their review, >> they gave Expedition 33 a nine out of ten and it has an original soundtrack and it has more than three hours of gameplay.

[00:06:09]>> They basically say everything happening in this game is very predictable and there's no surprise factor, but it's still super fun even though it's only a few hours long and that this reporter played through it multiple times in a row. Wow.

[00:06:28]that the outcome doesn't change. Like I would understand if it had different endings, but it's like what? Why? There's no way.

[00:06:40]>> That sounds so interesting. But here's the replies to the related tweet saying, "No wonder they gave it a high score."

[00:06:47]And of course, it has LGBTQ plus tags here and female protagonist. This one saying, "A 10 from IGN. You know the game a story is crazy woke turbo trash 7,000 likes. Here's a very very helpful guide here. Got to keep this handy at all times. Normal reviews versus IGN reviews. They're basically the inverse of one another. Now you can see the shills coming out in full force. This will be a theme for the rest of the video. This individual is saying, "If you're mad at the score, you're outing yourself as never having hobbies, never having a friend group, never having a relationship, and never being able to just stare at the ceiling with a buddy talking about life.

[00:07:39]It's it's a movie about kids getting high and kissing and talking about life and not liking their parents.

[00:07:51]I don't think even kids would [ __ ] play this game. It's too [ __ ] weird, man.

[00:07:57]>> Holy Reddit, ladies.

[00:07:59]>> The only thing that was missing was saying that people are the people that are disliking this are incelss >> and gentlemen. Yeah, check out this cool guy. Check out this guy with all the friends and cool memories. This is totally not some fantasy this guy has created in his head. This is very sad to read. And of course, people in the replies are saying, "You may say whatever you want, but 10 out of 10 should be reserved for generational games, and this ain't it." And >> if you grew up in the 80s or 90s, it's a generational Oh my [ __ ] god.

[00:08:34]Oh my god. You're laring. You're actually just full-blown laring at this point. You can't be what.

[00:08:43]And the original poster says, "If you grew up in the 80s/90s, it's a generational game." And of course, the replies to that say, "I grew up in the '9s. This game is nothing like that." Lo, what >> the soundtrack is literally just you listening to old bangers. And I'm not saying that '8s 90s music isn't bangers.

[00:09:04]There's there's so many bangers in there. But it's like they're overlooking the fact that it's just trash because it has some soy pog references in it. Oh my god. Can you believe they played this song while the while the character is running to their friend to save them? Oh my god, look at that story development.

[00:09:25]>> This game is literally what some 2000s kid would think the 80s/90s was like.

[00:09:31]It's so off base. And that's pretty much the feeling a lot of people have about >> and also rich. If you look at the bedroom, it's a rich kids bedroom.

[00:09:41]>> Yeah, for sure.

[00:09:43]>> Sort of ' 90s nostalgia aesthetic they were going for. It seems basically crafted by someone who never actually lived through the era, but instead experienced it through movies or media in general. But down here, you can see an interesting reply saying '9s here. Uh, effing no. Do I think a teenage kissing miniame is a generational game? This game is generational. If you peaked in the '9s, not grew up in it.

[00:10:15]>> Yeah.

[00:10:15]>> So, you're probably wondering, what are they referring to here? Well, one of the very few pieces of gameplay involves this right here.

[00:10:23]>> I can't look at this. It is a mini game where the two teenagers look away tonging each other and that's it. And uh this little uh >> that's enough message. Yeah, I feel like this whole thing was enough. Now, of course, like you know, we're not here to uh go crazy about uh what's contained in a video game, right? Like it's not really me who's going to judge you for that sort of stuff.

[00:10:47]>> But keep in mind the journalists who are glazing this up, giving it a 10. They're the same journalists who are giving games like Stellar Blade a seven, essentially mocking the fact that it has appealing character design.

[00:11:01]>> Well, here you go. Look, here's the reason. Several frustrating elements of its RPG. Oh, no. I had some friction having to beat the bosses cuz I didn't have to I I I couldn't like just like turn my brain off and not play the game.

[00:11:18]That's that's part of the reason why the score is low >> and fan service and things like that.

[00:11:23]They call this a masterpiece. And we're not even getting into all the journalists who will call you all sorts of things for enjoying more Japanese style games who are praising this as some sort of masterpiece. But let's go back to a video I uploaded two days ago where I talked about Lords of the Fallen 2. Now, this is a game that has so many promising elements.

[00:11:44]>> Oh my god. based. Holy honkers to the publishing team that wants to give gamers what they're asking for. They have been very proactive with their community, asking them, "What do you guys want to see?" And one of the things they have provided in addition to everything else the game is bringing to the table is the option to have more revealing armor designs for female characters. And you can see from push square here saying Lords of the Fallen 2's idea of female armor is downright embarrassing. Having hot shakes in a game is embarrassing then. Why do so many men that play MMOs, I can name specifically World of Warcraft, why they pick night elves and drain eye females and then give them skimpy clothing.

[00:12:42]Like I've seen it with girls, too. They want to have hot chick characters. Like if I went to go on Twitter, like on WoW Twitter, and I went to go look at their characters, it's all just hot chicks.

[00:12:54]the cat girls for Final Fantasy and Night Elves for World of Warcraft.

[00:13:00]>> And of course, this is Liam Crofts, the journalist who wrote that article. He also did a mixtape review.

[00:13:08]>> That's tough.

[00:13:08]>> And wouldn't you know it, he calls it an instant genre classic. The second game from Beethoven and Dinosaur is a beautiful, endearing, and delightful deep dive into the teenaged angst and rebellion of the 1990s. In fact, he goes, >> "Rich, rich kids rebelling in the 1990s, teepeeing [ __ ] rich people's houses and getting mad at their parents for not letting them be with their loser boyfriend who doesn't do anything in life.

[00:13:44]Yeah, we watched another video that explained the plot. One of the characters, I think the third chick, not the not the protagonist. There was a there was the boy and then the third chick, her dad tells her not to [ __ ] hang out with her with her loser boyfriend and tells her to get a real boyfriend and he's like she's like no >> of the 19 she gets all mad. In fact, he goes further to say it is a sensational achievement with an endearing story. A meaning >> fantastic and meaningful soundtrack. Ah, yes. The Spotify playlist from the 80s and 90s. Hey, uh Siri, can you pull it on uh the 80s and 90s best hits list?

[00:14:31]>> Amazing performances and dialogue, beautiful visuals and animation, and even gave it a nine out of 10.

[00:14:39]Now, as everyone's able to quickly point out, there is a lot of hypocrisy, right?

[00:14:44]Games like Stellar Blade demonized for having fan service, but Mixtape, nope.

[00:14:49]That one's great in their eyes. And also, you have people comparing it to the reaction that Pragmata got. This post saying, "Let's >> yeah, zero sexualization in this game, but you know, obvious sexualization of teenagers."

[00:15:03]Starting to think that maybe these people are just weird or something.

[00:15:08]review mixtape a walking scene.

[00:15:11]>> And for the record, if I was a teenager, I would still think this is really weird.

[00:15:15]>> Where you take part in an explicit interactive kissing scene between underage children is considered a 10 out of 10 masterpiece by journalists.

[00:15:23]Pragmatada, a sci-fi action game built around a wholesome fatherdaughter bonding story that legitimately touched people's hearts, isounded by journalists and Twitter freaks as, and I quote, problematic and pedophilic. Yes, that was the reaction many people had. But now the shills are in a weird place where they're trying to hype up this game and they're being confronted with this particular scene. Now, of course, who cares, right? We're talking about fictional content. fans of video game, but so many people were quick to judge others about their choice of fictional content. In many cases, completely wholesome fictional content, and now they're hyping this game up >> and hyperfixating on the fact that Diana has feet, even though in the lore, there's actually a given reason. What is the point of this?

[00:16:12]>> What is the point of this scene?

[00:16:15]Oh, it's so awkward being a teenager.

[00:16:18]Let's remind everyone that it's awkward when you're kissing.

[00:16:24]>> And they're getting hit, okay, >> with complaints.

[00:16:27]>> That's so sensational.

[00:16:28]>> You see, Mighty Kef here, a gigantic shill for the industry, says, "I have absolutely zero knowledge of this mixtape game, but why is it making the usual weirdos, >> Ah, we're the weirdos, yes, of course, >> mad." And this person says, "Might be justified this time, man. This stuff is weird, especially since you play as minors with that scene in mind. And Mighty Keef says, "Oh, I saw the clip but didn't know it was minor doing it."

[00:16:56]That is mad weird. Not going to lie. Is this a revolving theme of the game? Oh, take a step back, dude. You're ready to chill for this game because it's making the usual weirdos mad, but you didn't actually look into it. And now you got to play some moral Puritan who's pretending to hate this stuff. this particular element of the game while trying to hype up the game to spite the weirdos on the internet.

[00:17:21]>> It doesn't convey a feeling of awkwardness and is it being actually weird and gross. That's what I'm saying.

[00:17:26]Like it it's just like it doesn't accomplish what it sets out to. And then the journalists in the article say like, "Yeah, it made me feel really awkward and icky." And I'm like, "That's not how it should be." Like you just completely missed the point of this, man.

[00:17:45]When you're a teenager and you're going in for a kiss and you don't know what's going on, it's not gross. It's just you're both not knowing what you're doing and you're not in this [ __ ] weird spectator seat where you're looking at two people licking each other. It's just so weird.

[00:18:05]>> Masterful gambit, sir. Have fun with that.

[00:18:08]>> But of course, the shills are in full force. You can see this guy right here saying, "Wow, these mixtape packages, >> soy pog, my consumeristic feelings."

[00:18:20]Yes. Oh, the dopamine >> the development team sent contain a fully functioning CD player and retro headphones straight from the game. This is so cool.

[00:18:32]>> This is so cool. Look at this thing that cost like a dollar to make.

[00:18:39]Wow. Oh, a hacky sack. Bro, >> guys, remember hacky sacks? Remember the headphones?

[00:18:46]>> Man, I wonder why this guy is speaking positively about this game. And you can see the comment saying, "Y'all got a goodie bag." So, you have it higher review. Effing low lives. And the original poster said, "Didn't review it, slob."

[00:19:01]>> That is such cap.

[00:19:04]If you get something for free, that's you getting incentivized to [ __ ] do something. There's no shot.

[00:19:11]>> Well, the fact that you feel so defensive about someone pointing that out is >> very suspect. I wonder if you would be speaking so positively or having such a >> cavalier attitude towards this game >> if they didn't provide you a goodie bag.

[00:19:25]>> This whole first tweet is a commercial.

[00:19:27]>> I love when they just don't disclose that. People realize it like pretty much immediately.

[00:19:33]>> Fair question. But then again, people, >> oh my god, they actually this this is how you know it's Red. It's ordinary [ __ ] like objects under the guise of it being like special. Hable chewing gum you can get at the [ __ ] store for like a dollar or maybe not a dollar now, but like $2.

[00:19:56]>> Question.

[00:19:57]>> A hacky set. A ring pop. Like, bro, this is so this is so Reddit coded.

[00:20:05]>> Also pointing out something very important.

[00:20:08]>> Indie game owned by the daughter of Oracle founder >> somehow has the capital to fill their interactive Nepo baby movie with licensed music and ship soy crates full of branded BS to the softest Reddit manchildren.

[00:20:26]>> Yes, >> you've ever seen. But don't you dare call this an industry plant. And >> bro, that is >> Don't you dare call >> Yeah, bro. Yeah, I'm I'm like head nodding. I'm playing music right now.

[00:20:41]Just >> Bro, no, no music's playing. What are you doing?

[00:20:44]>> Call this an industry plant. And that is a very good point. Okay.

[00:20:48]>> Well, bro, >> the indie game is in fact owned by the daughter of the Oracle founder, an incredibly wealthy baby. And this game just so happens to come out with the approval of the entire gaming industry. While the >> I also love the fact that they give you a mixtape, but it's not a CD of the original soundtrack.

[00:21:14]It's a CD full of licensed music that's not even for the game.

[00:21:25]I Yeah. And it's not even a [ __ ] tape either. It's a Yeah, it's a burnt CD with a bunch of licensed music. Like I I'm not [ __ ] on like actually getting CDs in the mail from like deluxe editions or whatever the [ __ ] because it's like you're supporting the game.

[00:21:41]This is literally just like all the songs they put in the game that they bought >> the approval of the entire gaming industry >> while the game itself and its studio is shipping out these deluxe boxes to everyone.

[00:21:57]>> Meanwhile, it's grabbing roughly >> 2,000 players.

[00:22:02]>> How would they ever >> have the budget and the reach to accomplish all of this? But the shills aren't done. You can see Andy Cortez here who took a break from wishing weird thoughts about Asmin Gold's dad to say this mixtape is going >> parasoccially saying what Asmin's dad would think of him. I [ __ ] hate that [ __ ] >> That is parasocial skitso [ __ ] that I will never understand >> to deservedly win so many awards.

[00:22:32]Everyone will be very normal about it.

[00:22:35]Yikes, dude. Uh, this person says, "The tourist wants to believe a game with a current peak of just under 1.8K is going to win so many awards."

[00:22:45]>> I have a feeling because he's so confident in saying this, and I don't want it to be true, but I think he actually might be right.

[00:22:55]He actually might be right because he knows that they're going to pay to give them awards at the award show.

[00:23:06]I He's giving it away >> and he says he's supposed to make it so often.

[00:23:12]>> Well, I guess the tourist complaint could be inside the room.

[00:23:15]>> That would be That would be cool if it wasn't, but >> who cares? Okay, if this game does win awards, it just proves that this whole thing is a bunch of nonsense, right?

[00:23:27]It's just a club of people pat patting each other on the back. That's all it is, right? Mixtape getting all this praise from games journalists. Yeah, it might go off and win awards. Not because gamers actually like it, >> but because journalist shills like this >> are praising it because they want to get some sort of an own on people they don't like. And it's very very transparent.

[00:23:52]This is the most >> There are certain companies that don't give out sponsorships to people to play games, but they still allow them to play games because it would be morally incorrect to bar them from playing games. But I take the people that don't take sponsorships more seriously. Like, yeah, obviously if I want to support my favorite streamer and watch them play a sponsored game, I'm going to do it because I want them to get their bag, but I'll also take it with a grain of salt.

[00:24:22]force game we've seen in some moment.

[00:24:25]Uh, industry plant is a phrase we hear all the time. Even like expedition 33 had that label. That was not deserved.

[00:24:34]>> Mistake.

[00:24:35]>> Industry plant. That is a label that is welld deserved, ladies and gentlemen.

[00:24:41]But here's a pretty good rundown. Okay.

[00:24:44]Choppy animation, coming of age story, '9s nostalgia bait.

[00:24:48]>> The choppy animation is on purpose. It's not even because it's poorly optimized.

[00:24:52]That was a decision made to mimic the animations that like Spider-Man verse or whatever the [ __ ] it's called and um the studio that makes these types of games. They're trying to mimic them so bad.

[00:25:05]>> Flipping things off blows them up. Yeah, this might be the most Reddit video game of all time. At the end of the day, despite all of the shilling, all of the motion directed towards this game, trying to convince you it is >> a generational achievement, >> 2,000 players, that's it.

[00:25:26]>> Will this game even really make a profit for them? I mean, think about they they licensed mainstream music labels, by the way. The cost of this game had to be significant, especially for an indie studio. But I guess this is really just a passion project for someone who is a Nepo baby, right? And now there's going around funds to make sure the entire industry is propping this up and all of the journalists and shills have a reason to defend and promote it. And it's so transparent. Like I said, every game >> Well, the more obvious they make it, the easier it is to point it out without sounding like a skitso. I actually appreciate it more that they're making it more obvious rather than gaslighting you and make you feel like you're crazy.

[00:26:10]>> Sees through this. There's such a dichotomy here where on the one side you got the shills, the activists, the journalists saying this is the greatest thing ever and everyone else the real target audience gamers who are saying this is a load of pretentious nonsense.

[00:26:28]But anyways, that's going to do it for this discussion. And if you enjoyed this video, please leave a like, consider subscribing, and turning on notifications for daily uploads and multiple streams a week here on YouTube.

[00:26:39]But I hope you guys enjoyed this video and I'll see you next time.

[00:26:42]>> What other games are more deserving of the game of the year award? I will eat my own tail rope.

[00:26:50]If this [ __ ] game gets a [ __ ] game of the year or like even gets nominated, honestly, if it even gets nominated, that's honestly a sign that it's just a meme.

[00:27:02]Regada R9. Yeah, it's going to be nominated. I will eat my own rope. Tail tail rope.

[00:27:12]Forza. Forza. D's nuts.

[00:27:17]That's insane. Yo, Kai, what up? Thank you for the raid. I appreciate it.

[00:27:24]What does your tail taste like? Cotton candy. The blue one. The blue cotton candy.

[00:27:32]You got to remember, daddy's a billionaire, so he's going to get nominated. That's so sad. I feel like if I was a billionaire, if my kid was failing constantly, I would just tell him like, "Bro, just hang it up already, dude.

[00:27:46]I'll buy you a McDonald's franchise and you can like make passive income off of that instead of wasting my [ __ ] money on this garbage dog [ __ ] I would just do that.

[00:28:01]Go check them out. That's fun. Add soon.

[00:28:05]Okay.

[00:28:06]All right.

[00:28:09]The breaks little bro. Yeah.

[00:28:12]Then you can't fail constantly to put some good content in the past. No, I'm I I know what you're talking about. We discussed this. The people that made the good games before, they all left.

[00:28:24]They all left way before this game came out cuz apparently the studio that made Stray, the devs and the people that made that game, they left. I'm like, so it's a husk of a corpse basically. Not even made published. Oh, I didn't even I don't think I remember that.

[00:28:43]Maybe I did. I remember someone did say that. Maybe I don't remember. Yeah, so they even published it. So it's just a publisher.

[00:28:51]Anna Perno says the publisher. Yeah. Oh, I see. So, that makes it even funnier.

[00:28:57]Honestly, I published this game. It's a massive success.

[00:29:11]Uh, I'm going to go grab some water. I'm drying out super bad.

[00:29:19]Outer Wilds as well.

[00:29:22]Was it Outer Wilds? Kind of a [ __ ] flop though.

[00:29:26]Oh no, wait. I'm thinking of another one. Not Outer Wilds.

[00:29:31]Why did I say Outer Wilds? What's the game that Activision published? That was ass.

[00:29:37]Uh, Outer Worlds. Outer Worlds. That was I was thinking of. That was ass.

[00:29:47]Yeah, I got those two mixed up.

[00:29:51]Mhm.

[00:29:55]Overwatch. Over snatch. Inner worlds.

[00:29:58]When that's when you inwardly look at yourself that you're a piece of [ __ ] How do I do that?

[00:30:08]Yeah.

[00:30:10]Oh yeah.