This was the MANLIEST SHOW IN GAMING!!!

In which we take a time machine back to 2004, when collars popped and t-shirts made peace with long sleeves. When video games were on the precipice of a long winter, and Spike TV wanted to advertise the military to kids. It's time to watch The Ultimate Gamer. CTC Patreon→   / taigenmoon   Ko-fi→ https://ko-fi.com/taigenmoon Subscribe → https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCellarTa... BlueSky → https://bsky.app/profile/taigenmoon.b... Music used (in approximate order): Shop Channel - Nintendo Wii Pause Screen - Banjo Kazooie OST Strange Dreamer - Melty Blood Actress Again OST The Re-coming - Guilty gear 2 Overture OST Metamorphosis I - Castlevania Symphony of the Night OST Main Theme - Halo OST Sakura Koi Uta - Melty Blood Actress Again OST Title - Brain Age OST Karin's Theme - Street Fighter V OST The Town Where Sunlight Doesn't Reach - Final Fantasy Crisis Core OST Scent of Love - Bayonetta Pachislot OST Until Death - Silent Hill OST 13 Angels Standing Guard 'Round the Side of Your Bed - A Silver Mt. Zion Shadow's Theme - Final Fantasy VI OST Authentic Sky - Tekken 4 OST A-mong Family - Eastern Mind OST Mass Destruction - Persona 3 OST Over - Silent Hill OST The End of 1000 Years - Melty Blood OST Sources: Ultimate Gamer YouTube playlist-    • Spike TV's: The Ultimate Gamer   Herodotus writing about the eclipse- https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/... Video game industry sales data- https://www.visualcapitalist.com/vide... Eclipse explanation by Jared Owen-    • Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse   Solar Eclipse footage by Veritasium-    • What it’s like to watch a Total Solar Eclipse   Spinning Dice stock footage by Rudolfs Klintsons- https://www.pexels.com/video/video-of... Marty O'Donnell quote about Halo 2- https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-c... Halo 2 crunch quote Halo 2 crunch quote- https://www.eurogamer.net/bungie-reca... CRT safety blog- https://www.nedt.org/the-dangers-of-c... CRT explosion story- https://www.quora.com/Can-a-tube-tele... US Invasion of Iraq footage-    • Iraq War: Shock and Awe Assault on Baghdad...   US troops vs Taliban footage-    • U.S. Attacks Afghan Taliban   Post 9 11 casualties report- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/... America’s Army coverage on Military .com- https://web.archive.org/web/200811190... Andy THPS's videos-    • ADAM IS THE ULTIMATE GAMER FOR TONY HAWK'S...      • SCOT IS THE ULTIMATE GAMER FOR TONY HAWK'S...   Metadata stuff: #cellar JJJreact