Top 10 YouTube gaming videos of the week: Do you want to be a YouTubebillionaire?
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Your support makes all the difference.The top 10 gaming videos watched by YouTube users in the last week include a new type of quiz show -- a YouTube multiple choice general knowledge quiz, in the style of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, but this time played for fun and the chance to win a theoretical, imaginary billion dollars.
The top 10 gaming videos watched by YouTube users in the last week include a new type of quiz show - a YouTube multiple choice general knowledge quiz, in the style of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, but this time played for fun and the chance to win a theoretical, imaginary billion dollars.
Top 10 YouTube gaming videos on Wednesday, March 10 at 4:00pm GMT
1) Super Street Fighter IV - Hakan Trailer - 403,281 total views
The next iteration of the Street Fighter series is coming at the end of April and features ten characters on top of Street Fighter IV's roster of 19. Here, Hakan the Turkish wrestler makes his oily debut, hurling opponents around the screen and reveling in the opportunity to crush fighters in his mighty embrace, sending them flying like a human bowling ball.
2) Modern Warfare 2 - No Russian Machinima - 297,271 total views
A fantastic alternate take on Modern Warfare 2's controversial No Russian mission. Using in-game footage, Michael Barnes employs Hollywood-style cuts and positions to turn the hard-hitting episode into a six-minute short film, as an embedded American secret agent is forced to take part in an act of Russian terrorism designed to ignite an intercontinental conflict.
3) Modern Warfare 2 Camper's Search and Destroy 11 - 259,609 total views
Judicious use of speeded-up gameplay footage is employed as a Modern Warfare 2 (MW2) player shows how a "noobtube" or grenade launcher focussed set-up can be used to good effect, especially in tandem with a good bunch of friends who support each other.
4) Who Wants To Be A YouTubillionaire 2!? - 335,832 total views
The latest trick filling up YouTube videos everywhere is the annotation - a little box overlay that, when clicked on, takes the viewer to a different video. Thus, an element of choice is introduced. This vid is just part of the Who Wants To Be A YouTubillionaire, a fun quiz game that here asks YouTubing musician Joe the MysteryGuitarMan the name of The Beatles before they became The Beatles.
5) Modern Warfare 2: SeaNanners' Throwing Knife only - total views
The popular Machinima presenter SeanAnners teams up with the also popular MW2 player and commentator ONLYUSEmeBLADE to chat over one of Sean's videos, where he goes up against gun-toting players using only the throwing knife (plus a handy heartbeat sensor to track opponents).
6) START HERE! - Who Wants To Be A YouTubillionaire 2!? - 241,332 total views
Just as over-the-top and entertaining host Dan Brown (not of The Da Vinci Code fame, but a young Nebraskan of YouTube fame) explains, it's a real interactive YouTube gameshow sequel offering the chance to win real imaginary money. The way the game works is by asking a series of multiple choice questions, à la Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and users click areas of the screen according to their answer.
7) Who Wants To Be A YouTubillionaire 2!? - total views
Dan Brown asks a crucial half-a-million imaginary dollar question, concerning the origin story of The Beatles. Were they previously known as The Crickets, The Cadets, The Majors, or The Quarrymen? Answer the question or let Dan phone a friend for a useful hint.
8) Modern Warfare 2: Camp Hutch - Frag Cup Qualifier - total views
Hutch from the Machinima Channel presents a preview edition for the upcoming Machinima Frag Cup, conversing with two members of the OpTic team who are well experienced in competitive match play, as they prepare for Machinima's Frag Cup which offers $5,000 to the eventual winners.
9) Who Wants To Be A YouTubillionaire 2!? - total views
The correct answer to the question "before they were The Beatles, what was the name of the band featuring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison?", and the million (theoretical) dollar question - is the loudest animal in the world a type of shrimp, monkey, whale or bird?
10) Modern Warfare 2: Knife Only Dual Commentary - total views
OnlyUseMeBlade interviews his distasteful alterego Blunt, who takes the game far too seriously and is only happy when laying waste to all before him, unable to appreciate other "fun" ways of playing Modern Warfare 2 or, indeed, any other video game outside of the Call of Duty franchise.
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