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yall I physically cannot with these folks. I love them so much

[right to left: Pat Gill- tired old man detective pikachu that is 2 days from retirement putting a knife in an evidence bag, BDG- a round friend of a pikachu that says "no crimes please" and may or may not be digital for the sake of using a stock image of a police car, Karen Han- a very noir movie poster take on detective pikachu with a stern handsome man face and gun]

sorry about this one but im right

Brian David Gilbert.. He is  so handsom, 

follow for more BDG aesthetics

Gender change changes the change

Anime kings so much

Coach

Coach

Coach

A couple of Pat moments from this very underappreciated stream that absolutely eviscerated me

bdg really said ‘i will subconsciously trick you into learning self care practices and listening to messages about how worth shouldn’t be based on productivity by making a funny haha video’

this screencap had huge meme potential, so i made template out of it

this screencap had huge meme potential, so i made template out of it

finish this post. walk into the club like w

we all know the perfect pokerap is a gesamtkunstwerk but may i present to you:

the perfect pokerap is a what hell yeah what

your local pat pic dealer comin atcha with images that give serotonin from todays stream

Tara’s officially the boss, but Clayton is actually the boss

videos that changed me as a person

why are videos that my phone make about bdg so much funnier than i will ever be

I couldn’t help myself.  It kept echoing in my brain.

pat being upset at Way To The Woods is the cutest thing ever

Hey I hit 1500 followers so here’s a bunch of cyberpunk gifs (Part 4 of 4)

Hey I hit 1500 followers so here’s a bunch of cyberpunk gifs (Part 3 of 4)

Hey I hit 1500 followers so here’s a bunch of cyberpunk gifs (Part 2 of 4)

Hey I hit 1500 followers so here’s a bunch of cyberpunk gifs (Part 1 of 4)

Polygon fans on Tumblr will follow every Polygon blog even though we all share one brain cell. But I love y'all for it, thank you.

To be clear I also follow all the Polygon blogs (I hope!)

straight friend groups: *blonde girl* *chad* *the funny one* *kyle* *brunette girl* *frat boy*

gay friend groups: *amnesiac twitch streamer* *farmboy with a cool van* *winona ryder super fan* *keanu reeves' ghost*

@ brian: are you... are you doing okay?????

If you could get an honest answer to one question from any Polygon employee (past or present), what would you ask?

polygon, what does soon mean. what do you mean by soon, polygon

rbing to add:

- Bri’s old youtube channel, PlasmaP, which has some fantastic and beautiful solo songs (my favorite is the humble knight but disclaimer is also a BOP)

- Pat and Bri’s shortish eight-episode series Brian’s First Half-Life which includes Brian doing his best to play video games and conversations about things ranging from food crimes they’d commit to Woodstock to bee guns. There’s also some bonus Smash Bros content where you can watch them come up with increasingly dumb Smash Bros loadouts (pinball, anyone?

- The E3 testing streams where you can watch Pat insult an AirBnB, Brian sprint around a pitch-black California suburban neighborhood after having Escaped His Confinement, and Tara talk about feet. This is not a joke.

bdg content that isn't unraveled

ALRIGHT

we all know and love polygon’s unraveled series, but you know what else deserves attention? brian david gilbert’s original content!! ive seen people recommend different shows and things that he’s done replying to other posts but haven’t seen a masterlist of everywhere you can find his stuff, so here it is (including links!) :

HIS PERSONAL CHANNEL

a collection of mostly short surreal humor videos with a couple series thrown in for spice.

my personal favorites: how to make jorts, the series Dances Moving (only a ~25 minute series but a true gesamtkunstwerk that will punch you in the gut), and Bri and Jo’s Tryin’ Show (aka what evolved into lmam a few years later. if you look in the descriptions after episode two, you’ll find the link to the full streams!!)

LET’S MAKE A MUSIC

a wonderful series of 30-minute comedy podcasts where Brian, his sister Laura Kathryn Gilbert, and their roommate Jonah Scott take suggestions from twitter users and use them to a write a new song every week! they’re currently on a hiatus (might be coming back at some point?) but there are 41 episodes to feed the content hunger

my personal favorite episodes: Thankstaking with Mr. Dad (2), Smooth as Wax (5), and Horsecar (34). find their music here on bandcamp where you can download the songs for $1 each or $5 for an album to support them

THE ALTOGETHER

a band consisting of bdg, Jonah Scott, and Jonah’s sister Sierra. they recently leaked that they’re releasing an LP soon and ive been thinking about it for days. find their music on youtube (linked above) or spotify. im listening to them while putting together this very long post

my personal favorite songs: Follow Through, Clean Slates State, and Let’s Be Realistic. also every single other song

LESSER KNOWN POLYGON SHOWS

this is last because it’s not necessarily his own content, but content that still deserves attention

Gill & Gilbert: a variety show (sort of) about video games (vaguely) where bdg and Patrick Gill play video games with weird challenges (like having to carry each other when they climb on a colossus in Shadow of the Colossus, or piling bananas on their shoulders while playing Donkey Kong). probably my favorite thing on youtube right now

my personal favorite episodes: the two I just mentioned and cucco nugget feast, though I would recommend watching this in order. they develop a lot of running jokes that are more way fun if you’ve seen it all

Week in Revue: I think one of the first things Brian did for polygon where he rapped/sang about video game news. like most polygon shows, it evolves into a psychological horror. this one I would recommend watching in order as well

Good Cheap Games: only four episodes long but very interesting videos mostly about his thoughts on indie games. a very weird experience as he is outside in one episode, a place I didnt know he was aware of. not listing favorites because there are only four episodes, watch them all

I think that’s everything I know about but if you have anything else, please feel free to add on!

Someone asked for the rest of the crew and in honor of new episode soon, here is my favorite himbo in the entire world

Anyone speculating on what Ring Box means or are we all just collectively too tired to mess with it?