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Accursed Farms: the videos Hacker News recommends

Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, ""Games as a service" is fraud.", it is the go-to explanation of why games that die when servers shut down harm consumers, and it is repeatedly cited in Stop Killing Games and game-delisting threads.

4 videos on HackerTube.

  1. commentary recommended in 5 different months by 5 HN users, 2019–2024
    It is the go-to explanation of why games that die when servers shut down harm consumers, and it is repeatedly cited in Stop Killing Games and game-delisting threads.
  2. commentary recommended in 4 different months by 4 HN users, 2017–2024
    HN recommends it as a deeper look at Deus Ex's themes, and as the best essay on its politics and economics.
  3. commentary recommended in 3 different months by 4 HN users, 2020–2024
    Recommended as a thought-provoking critique that makes people notice how poor everyday GUIs are.
  4. commentary recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users, 2020–2022
    HN commenters recommend it as a witty critique of the game, and cite it in discussions of the yellow filter in games.

Questions

Which Accursed Farms video does Hacker News recommend most?

"Games as a service" is fraud.: recommended in 5 different months by 5 HN users between 2019 and 2024.

Is this every Accursed Farms video?

No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.

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