User:KEVON-SPANISH/Videogamedunkey

Views and style
According to Gastrow, while sometimes he writes a script for a video and records voice-overs during post-production, other times he records himself while he plays. Gastrow's videos depicting League of Legends and Overwatch (2016) are examples of the latter; he stated in an interview that he "would try to cut out the funniest parts." Gastrow's most viewed video, "Ultimate Skyrim", depicts him playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) using a variety of user-created modifications to the point of breaking the game. Gastrow has cited people he knows, Adult Swim television series such as Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and the Tim & Eric shows as inspiration, and has said he enjoys watching videos by YouTubers ProJared and Gaming Historian. Gastrow is known for his "Trolling" videos in which he uses satire and comedy to express his views on gaming rather than straightforward opinions. This is something that was evident in how he approached his views on gaming youtube content. In 2020, Dunkey went on to make videos around why he would be moving to more clickbait content saying "I look around at the current YouTube landscape and I don’t really see a future for my type of videos anymore".

According to Tone Madison Reid Kurkerewicz, Gastrow is an example of "new games criticism", a reviewing approach inspired by New Journalism. While most of Gastrow's videos are intended to be humorous, he makes serious ones as well. Gastrow has been noted as a "fierce consumer advocate, deeply skeptical of corporate marketing machines." For instance, he has criticized Nintendo for demonetizing his review of Super Mario Odyssey (2017) on copyright grounds, and Microsoft for its business practices, including the cancellation of their Summer of Arcade deal. In his 2017 video "Game Critics", Gastrow denounced websites such as IGN for their decentralized opinions, poor writing, "the fuzzy ethics of building relationships with the companies [they're] meant to cover," and the divide between critics and audiences.

Reputation
Gene Park of The Washington Post described Gastrow as one of the most influential critics on YouTube, noting he has inspired a number of imitators, and called him the Lester Bangs of video games. Like Bangs, Park wrote, Gastrow is an industry outsider, has created modern vernacular, and is an advocate for consumers. Patrick Klepek, writing for Vice, said Gastrow is one of the few YouTubers he subscribes to, calling him "a video editing maestro whose ability to make you laugh and understand why a game's interesting at the same time is unmatched. Even my wife, who barely plays games, loves Dunkey." While Gastrow has received praise, he has received criticism for his crude humor, with Kurkerewicz accusing him of "[using] racist, sexist and ableist language." Gastrow's ban from League of Legends for verbal abuse divided his followers; some defended him while others expressed surprise he considered insulting other players acceptable. Gastrow has also been been called out by other gaming Youtubers for his claiming that they do not make authentic content. After recieving critisism and a response from those he called out, Dunkey issued an apology stating that he got to caught up in the drama but also saying that many fell for the same points he was talking about.