Technoblade's dad.
Technoblade's dad.
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YouTube’s top video of the year is somber but beautiful

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 2 min

YouTube has always been destination for gaming content, and this year is no different as the two of the top ten videos involving gaming. However, the top video of the year is a somber yet beautiful story about a gaming creator’s farewell.

Gaming creators are represented across the Top Creators and Breakout Creators lists — with the tribute video to creator Technoblade, “so long nerds” taking the No. 1 trending video of 2022. I tell ya. It was hard to watch.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.