Innuendo Studios Explained
| Ian Danskin |
| Nationality: | American |
| Channel Direct Url: | mrskimps |
| Channel Display Name: | Innuendo Studios |
| Years Active: | 2015–present |
| Subscribers: | 491 thousand |
| Views: | 44.8 million |
| Silver Button: | y |
| Stats Update: | August 7, 2024 |
Ian Danskin is an American YouTuber, best known for his YouTube channel Innuendo Studios where he discusses politics from a left-wing perspective.[1] [2] [3] He is primarily known for "The Alt-Right Playbook" series of videos.[1] The channel has been described as part of "BreadTube", an informal group of left-wing YouTube channels.
Career
The first "Alt-Right Playbook" episode was released in October 2017. Since then the series has focused on examining and dismantling the online culture of the alt-right[4] and "the rhetorical strategies [it] uses to legitimize itself and gain power."[5] It uses drawings of simple figures on a grey background to illustrate its ideas.[2]
Danskin has also discussed the Gamergate harassment campaign and the techniques used by Gamergate members to recruit people into their movement.
Daniel Schindel of Polygon listed Danskin's video "Lady Eboshi is Wrong" as one of the best video essays of 2018.[6] Julie Muncy of Gizmodo lauded Danskin's video series about the 2015 post-apocalyptic action movie .[7] His video on Phil Fish covered the celebrity status of game developers and was the reason for Markus "Notch" Persson, creator of Minecraft, to sell the game to Microsoft.[8] [9]
Notes and References
- News: Somos . Christy . October 25, 2019 . Dismantling the 'Alt-Right Playbook': YouTuber explains how online radicalization works . y . . March 31, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220427152256/https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/dismantling-the-alt-right-playbook-youtuber-explains-how-online-radicalization-works-1.4655174 . April 27, 2022.
- Web site: van den Berg . Pim . October 8, 2019 . Dit zijn de linkse YouTubers die tegenwicht geven aan extreem-rechts . subscription . https://web.archive.org/web/20211104212932/https://www.vn.nl/links-youtube/ . November 4, 2021 . May 21, 2020 . VN . nl.
- Web site: McCrea . Aisling . February 15, 2019 . The magical thinking of guys who love logic . https://web.archive.org/web/20220611153339/https://theoutline.com/post/7083/the-magical-thinking-of-guys-who-love-logic . June 11, 2022 . September 22, 2020 . The Outline.
- Web site: Rouner . Jef . January 21, 2019 . 5 Myths About the Alt-Right . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321184705/https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/better-know-the-alt-right-11121456 . March 21, 2022 . September 22, 2020 . Houston Press.
- Web site: The Alt-Right Playbook: Introduction. Danskin. Ian. October 11, 2017. YouTube. April 4, 2020. November 9, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191109134336/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xGawJIseNY&list=PLJA_jUddXvY7v0VkYRbANnTnzkA_HMFtQ&index=2&t=0s. live.
- Web site: Schindel . Daniel . December 28, 2018 . The best video essays of 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220406014356/https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/28/18156334/best-youtube-video-essays-2018-watch . April 6, 2022 . May 21, 2020 . Polygon.
- Web site: Muncy . Julie . September 30, 2018 . This Fabulous Video Series Unpacks the Gender Dynamics of Mad Max: Fury Road . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821050812/https://gizmodo.com/this-fabulous-video-series-unpacks-the-gender-dynamics-1829425046 . August 21, 2022 . May 21, 2020 . Gizmodo.
- Web site: Good . Owen S. . September 15, 2014 . Here's the video that made Notch question his connection to Minecraft's fans . https://web.archive.org/web/20220630061631/https://www.polygon.com/2014/9/15/6152423/notch-sell-minecraft-microsoft-phil-fish-video . June 30, 2022 . August 21, 2022 . . en-US.
- Web site: Plante . Chris . September 15, 2014 . Watch the YouTube video that helped the creator of 'Minecraft' say goodbye . https://web.archive.org/web/20201111191756/http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/15/6152093/minecraft-notch-phil-fish-video . November 11, 2020 . August 21, 2022 . . en.
