I think it’s also probably somewhat endemic to the format as the handful of tim’s kotaku videos I’ve watched also come way closer to “you are selling this to me” than I’m comfortable with, and I don’t really keep up with any other video reviewers or youtubers; SU&SD occupy a unique role for me in bringing this perspective and happening to do it as video rather than as text.
just because it’s basically Good where so much else isn’t doesn’t mean it’s not stifling