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HankGames

channel · in 88 videos (2010–2026)

Gaming channel launched in November 2010, with Hank's videos and John's FIFA series; its ad revenue sponsored AFC Wimbledon from 2013.

Includes: Diablo III

Videos by year: 2010: 1 · 2011: 18 · 2012: 11 · 2013: 8 · 2014: 10 · 2015: 8 · 2016: 4 · 2017: 1 · 2018: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2026: 3

Also known as: hankgames, Hank Games

Threads

Also named in the threads: Hank asks viewers to subscribe to the Truth or Fail channel (2009) · Hank's Photomatron software (2010) · Crash Course: launch of the brothers' educational channel (2011) · SciShow: launch of Hank's science channel (2011)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

AFC Wimbledon (9) · Games With Hank (2) · SciShow (7) · Crash Course (9) · Katherine Green (8) · DFTBA Records (7) · EcoGeek (3) · VidCon (5) · Tumblr (3) · Project for Awesome (5)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2010

  • 2010-11-17 · HARRY POTTER SONG! — announcement: Hank says he will play the new Assassin's Creed while talking and post the videos at YouTube.com/HankGames, admitting he stole the idea from Toby Turner. — 00:03:33
    • Hank invites anyone who wants to watch him play Assassin's Creed to come by HankGames, hoping it will be somewhat entertaining. — 00:03:33

2011

  • 2011-01-14 · Top 5 Actual Conspiracies — announcement: Hank: On his Let's Play channel HankGames, Hank will start playing Lego Harry Potter as soon as he hits 15,000 subscribers; those who want to see it should subscribe. — 00:03:39
  • 2011-02-07 · Cancer Sniffing Dog — recommendation: Hank says Katherine guest-starred with him in an episode of Hank Plays Lego Harry Potter, which he calls hilarious and adorable, and tells viewers to watch it. — 00:03:00
  • 2011-04-22 · 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) — Hank's Portal 2 play-through is going well; he just uploaded the second episode, later than he wanted. — 00:03:33
  • 2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John: Hank also created Your Pants more or less overnight, built Phototrometon and the HankGames channel, ran Truth or Fail, gave blood twice and beat Portal 2 two days ago. — 00:02:07
  • 2011-05-11 · 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! — Hank has been playing Portal 2 on his gaming channel, plus Lego Harry Potter and Assassin's Creed, which he is about to finish. — 00:00:14
  • 2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — announcement: John says he flew to Montana to be in a HankGames video, "Hank and John play FIFA 11"; they play very badly, and the second episode, out tomorrow, shows them missing 19 consecutive penalties. — 00:00:52
    • John points viewers to the series at youtube.com/hankgames, with a link in the doobly-doo. — 00:01:19
  • 2011-09-16 · Narrowly Avoiding Arrest: Some Airport Insanity — announcement: John says that, in older-brother tradition, he has 'stolen' Hank's channel HankGames for a series playing FIFA while telling life stories, such as how he met and courted the Yeti. — 00:02:54
    • John asks viewers to click his face to watch the FIFA story video and to subscribe if they like it. — 00:03:07
  • 2011-09-20 (said on 2011-09-19, implied) · Fifth Anniversary with The Katherine — Katherine Green: Katherine says she enjoys HankGames and rewatching the episodes; she never played video games alone, and growing up the fun was playing Battletoads on the NES with friends. — 00:01:33
  • 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — John jokes that the video will alienate new viewers; understanding it takes 894 Vlogbrothers videos, the Swoodilypoopers, some Hank and Katherine play videos and joining Tumblr. (playful) — 00:02:15
  • 2011-11-30 · Honey Badgers: The Crazy Truth — John: In John's FIFA game, the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers return to the FA Cup final against Chelsea, and he vows to avenge last year's (2010) final loss. (playful) — 00:02:40
  • …and 8 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

Also named in: IS THIS HEAVEN?, 2011 Presidential Anagrams!!

2012

  • 2012-01-06 · Kill your TV — announcement: Hank says he and John offer at least six YouTube videos a week across vlogbrothers, SciShow and Crash Course (launching January 25), more than doubled with HankGames and Truth or Fail. — 00:03:06
  • 2012-02-10 · How Big is the Universe? — ask: Hank: On the end screen Hank says this video is what SciShow is all the time, with nicer production values, and suggests subscribing at youtube.com/SciShow. (hedged) — 00:03:10
  • 2012-02-14 · Things I Can Do — John reminds Hank that the FIFA Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers won the 2011 FA Cup. (playful) — 00:00:58
  • 2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — John says he is preparing for season four, in which his Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers will go for a third straight title (name unclear), and insists his trophy is real, not a made-up thing or a plate. (playful) — 00:02:19
  • 2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — John thanks Hank for increasing awesome through Vlogbrothers, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow, Crash Course, HankGames, VidCon, DFTBA Records and EcoGeek, and says he does too much. (playful) — 00:02:12
  • 2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — Hank: Counting HankGames, SciShow, Crash Course, Hank's channel, Truth or Fail and forgotten second channels, Hank says they have made well over a thousand videos. — 00:00:29
  • 2012-10-05 · 21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song — announcement: Hank: Since the video is short, Hank adds a promo of the brothers' other YouTube channels, SciShow, Crash Course, Lizzie Bennet and HankGames, which he says are doing quite well. — 00:01:29
    • Hank asks viewers who are not subscribed to the brothers' other channels to check them out. — 00:01:29
  • …and 4 statements more in 2012 — all statements of 2012

Also named in: Hank Talks to Charlie McDonnell

2013

  • 2013-02-12 · Talking to the President — John says his FIFA 11 Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers have three games left in their entire FIFA 11 history and are on the cusp of winning the Premier League; link in the description. (playful) — 00:00:16
  • 2013-06-04 · A New Nerdfighter Baby — John will step away not only from vlogbrothers but also from writing and travelling, and (jokingly) from his careers as amateur historian, trivia buff and semi-professional FIFA player. (playful) — 00:00:41
    • During the leave there will be a Crash Course US History video every Thursday, a mental floss video every Wednesday, and Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers FIFA games every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. — 00:00:55
  • 2013-08-06 · Million Dollar Ideas — John explains that for about six years Hank has phoned him roughly once a week opening with 'I have a million dollar idea'. (hedged) — 00:01:02
    • John pitches his 'million dollar idea': a phone-baby app that cries, must be soothed (feeding, pacifier, shushing), can't be muted and wakes every few hours for 12 weeks, a parody of newborn care. (playful) — 00:01:31
  • 2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — John: For the last couple of years John has managed a fictional FIFA team, the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers, but got obsessed with recreating the past like Gatsby and was fired. (playful) — 00:00:01
    • John calls AFC Wimbledon a truly extraordinary club, the most awesome football club in the world, and says he wants to help it stay in the Football League. — 00:02:42
    • John will play as AFC Wimbledon in FIFA 14 but keep his vow not to be a professional FIFA player: all ad revenue from the videos will sponsor the real club. — 00:02:44
    • The sponsorship will buy billboards in the stadium and ads in the match program, all designed by Nerdfighters. — 00:02:57
    • John hopes the sponsorship helps keep the club in the Football League so he can play them in FIFA 15, 16 and beyond, and maybe one day send them to the Premier League. (hedged) — 00:03:02
    • John asks Nerdfighters who want to help to subscribe to HankGames and watch the videos, via his face or the link in the description. — 00:03:22
  • 2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — Hank tells John he thinks Nerdfighteria sponsoring a professional football team is an amazing idea that just feels pretty cool. (hedged) — 00:01:46
  • …and 10 statements more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

2014

  • 2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — announcement: John announces that the Nerdfighter community is now officially a sponsor of AFC Wimbledon, a football club owned by its fans. — 00:01:34
    • John says AFC Wimbledon play Torquay in League Two this Saturday (11 January 2014), and Nerdfighter messages will be on the side of the field and in the program. — 00:01:44
  • 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John reports that AFC Wimbledon has played its first game as a team sponsored by Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:25
  • 2014-02-07 · Kill All The Humans — announcement: Hank promises he is coming back to HankGames, which has long been 'johngames', with multiple videos a week including Pikmin 3 and Hank and Katherine playing Super Mario Brothers U. — 00:02:47
  • 2014-05-27 · ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) — John: Nerdfighteria uses ad proceeds from a FIFA video series to sponsor AFC Wimbledon, a fan-owned club that fights homophobia and racism; it finished 20th, avoiding relegation from English football's fourth tier. — 00:01:18
  • 2014-06-17 · Old. — John says all the money from his FIFA videos now goes to AFC Wimbledon, a real football club. — 00:00:42
  • 2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John: Thanks to HankGames fans, Nerdfighteria has increased its AFC Wimbledon sponsorship: next season its design will be on the shorts of the actual AFC Wimbledon uniforms. — 00:02:59
    • John tells Hank that playing as AFC Wimbledon in FIFA 15 he will see the design on their computer shorts: Nerdfighters made it to FIFA. (playful) — 00:03:17
  • 2014-09-19 · The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out — Hank praises John Plays FIFA: fictional players both named John Green raise a child while raising real money for the real team, so Nerdfighteria's logos are now on its uniforms. — 00:00:11
    • Hank launches Games with Hank as a whole new channel, different from HankGames, aiming to upload an episode every day of the week forever. — 00:00:33
  • 2014-10-14 · A Minor Crisis — John says HankGames ad revenue sponsors the real AFC Wimbledon, a fourth-tier club formed by fans after their club was moved to Milton Keynes, and this year (2014) the sponsorship is on the team's shorts. — 00:01:58
  • 2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20, implied) · The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown — ask: John: P.S.: John tells Nerdfighters the AFC Wimbly Womblys have just played the most important games in their history, with links in the description. (playful) — 00:03:00
  • …and 5 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

2015

  • 2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — John says the brothers pay for the sponsorship by sending AFC Wimbledon all the advertising revenue from their channel HankGames. — 00:00:27
    • John says this year (2015) the sponsorship grew enough that Nerdfighteria is on the shorts of the AFC Wimbledon uniform. — 00:00:35
    • John thanks everyone who watches the AFC Wimbledon Wimbly Womblys on HankGames for making the sponsorship possible. — 00:03:24
  • 2015-01-06 (said on 2015-01-05, implied) · AFC Wimbledon v. Liverpool: Thoughts from the Greatest Game on Earth — In the description John says hundreds of people at AFC Wimbledon told him how much the Nerdfighter community's support means to them, and thanks Rosianna for spearheading the sponsorship. — video description
    • John notes they are in the official match day programme and exults that Nerdfighteria sponsors a team that is playing Liverpool. — 00:01:00
  • 2015-02-06 · You Will Be Forgotten ...And That's OK — announcement: Hank: In the end screen Hank says video games give clear problems and achievements, which is why Games with Hank is back today with a new series, Hank Green Plays The Sims. — 00:02:59
  • 2015-03-31 · Hank's Haircut and Related Existential Crises — John says there are two AFC Wimbledons in his life; his fictional FIFA team, the Wimbly Womblys, has risen from League Two to its first Premier League season. — 00:02:08
    • John says the ad revenue from the FIFA series is used to sponsor the real AFC Wimbledon. — 00:02:34
  • 2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — John: Nerdfighteria-sponsored AFC Wimbledon will stay in League Two after finishing the season 15th, so they remain a full-time professional team, playable in the next FIFA game. — 00:01:24
    • On HankGames John is playing Grand Theft Auto as a mock 'moral journey' about whether people wield power or power wields people, and can't avoid running over feet. (playful) — 00:01:51
  • 2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John shows off the John Green Stand at AFC Wimbledon's stadium. — 00:01:19
  • 2015-11-03 · Monkey Hangers — John says Nerdfighteria and he sponsor fourth-tier, fan-owned AFC Wimbledon as its back-of-shorts sponsor. — 00:00:13
  • …and 6 statements more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

2016

  • 2016-05-03 · No Fumar — John says he did not shave for six consecutive weeks because AFC Wimbledon, the fourth-tier English team sponsored by Nerdfighteria, kept winning. (playful) — 00:02:13 · also in: The Most Amazing Day
  • 2016-05-24 · Easier Than IKEA: A Video in Two Parts — John says AFC Wimbledon, the fourth-tier English team Nerdfighteria sponsors, has reached the play-off final, one victory from becoming a third-tier team. — 00:02:35
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — announcement: John says he has just begun a new HankGames series in which he explores his existential anxieties while walking around a largely abandoned planet; a link is in the description. — 00:03:06
    • John lists among the good news that AFC Wimbledon is in League One and that 'our' new advertising is up in their stadium. — 00:03:20

Also named in: What's Wrong with Monopoly?

2017

2018

  • 2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — announcement: John has a new series on HankGames, John Green Solves Your Problem, in which he plays FIFA while solving people's problems. — 00:01:45
    • So far John has solved an unreachable back itch and a taste too expensive for someone's budget; over many episodes he hopes to solve all of the problems. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:51
  • 2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John is very excited for AFC Wimbledon's new season; all 'our' stadium advertisements now advertise An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, reaching third-tier English football supporters. (playful) — 00:02:52
    • John plays Fortnite as a pacifist on HankGames, refusing to let Epic make him violent, and will continue until he wins or people get bored of Fortnite, probably the latter. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:05
  • 2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — announcement: John: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing has ads around AFC Wimbledon's stadium and is the club's training kit sponsor, seen before its game against West Ham United. — 00:00:29
  • 2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — announcement: John says he will soon be back playing video games as a pacifist on HankGames. — 00:03:38
  • …and 1 statement more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

2019

  • 2019-01-29 · Do You Believe in Miracles? — John: The urge to find and share hope is why John writes books, makes videos, gardens and sponsors AFC Wimbledon, the third-tier English team wearing DFTBA on their shorts. — 00:01:55
  • 2019-04-30 · The Thing with Feathers — announcement: John tells Hank he is the training kit sponsor of AFC Wimbledon, 'America's favorite third-tier English football team'. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: Next favorite day: May 30, 2016, when AFC Wimbledon, with DFTBA on their shorts, played a play-off final at Wembley for promotion to the third tier. — 00:01:07
  • …and 1 statement more in 2019 — all statements of 2019

2020

  • 2020-09-08 · That's the way. — John suggests that might be why he is so enthralled with AFC Wimbledon, the third-tier English football team 'we' sponsor. (hedged) — 00:01:27

2021

  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says Hank has an idea every 20 seconds and has called some 7,000 times saying he has a million-dollar idea; a million dollars per idea would give John about $7 billion, nearly 3% of Jeff Bezos’ wealth. (playful) — 00:00:00
    • John says that with ideas in general, Hank's job is to be extremely enthusiastic and his own is to be extremely dubious. — 00:00:29
    • John says Hank has had many wonderful ideas, from VidCon to SciShow to Subbable, and helped make amazing things. — 00:00:29
    • John says Hank has also had terrible ideas, such as Surprisingly Edible, a store selling only things that don't look edible, and Pelifans, an Only Fans for pelicans. (playful) — 00:00:29
    • John says a Hank idea that survives his anxious, dubious filter is a great one, and he has approved almost all of Hank's best ideas, almost without exception. — 00:00:58
    • John says he was right that 2D glasses didn't make a million dollars but wrong otherwise: they were very successful and changed both brothers' lives, because Hank realized his ideas could become things. — 00:01:46
    • John says the Awesome Socks Club raised over $700,000 for charity in its first year. — 00:02:45
    • John hopes this is the year Hank proves him fully wrong and the club becomes a literal million-dollar idea, because it does a lot of good. (hedged) — 00:03:21
  • 2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — John says Hank has so many ideas that a website tracks days since he started a thing, and in a recent video John said Hank has an idea every 20 minutes and John's job is to say when they are bad. — 00:01:27

2022

  • 2022-10-14 · The Surprise Revelation of NerdfArters — Hank: Going deeper into the lore, Hank lists prompts French the Llama, Puppy-sized Elephant, Million Dollar Idea (Surprisingly Edible, the Awesome Club Club), and Pumpkins and Penguins. — 00:01:44

2023

2024

  • 2024-08-06 · What Helped Through Depression — announcement: John: A new logo on the back of AFC Wimbledon shorts, between left thigh and buttock, was made by Nerdfighter Jen Koch and is based on space mission patches; John loves it. (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 2024-08-20 · Thoughts from Places: BROMLEY! — John says this is the 11th year of sponsoring AFC Wimbledon and he falls deeper in love with the club each year. — 00:01:27

2025

  • 2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player — John says he is in a deep, loving relationship with fourth-tier AFC Wimbledon and, for the last 12 years, has held the back-of-shorts sponsorship on the club's kit. (playful) — 00:00:00
    • John explains the streams' idea: he and Stan put all Super Chat and membership money toward AFC Wimbledon's playing fund. — 00:01:27
    • John announces that the stream money, which at first seemed ludicrous for a whole player, plus matching funds from Sarah and him, has paid for an entire AFC Wimbledon player for the rest of the season. — 00:01:56
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John says that every seven to ten days for the last 20 years Hank has called him with an idea, inevitably a million-dollar idea. (playful) — 00:00:34
  • 2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — Hank concludes that making white-noise videos is a good business to be in, and wonders what it would be like to be in it for Partners In Health. — 00:00:23
    • If it works, Hank may look for other good sounds in the world and become a sound hunter for charity. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:42
  • 2025-04-22 · The Unimportant Things — John says new central attacking midfielder Marcus Browne, signed with money from John's FIFA stream, makes the team look dangerous. — 00:03:23
  • 2025-05-20 · The Double — John thanks everyone in his FIFA livestreams on John's Channel: without them AFC Wimbledon could not have signed Marcus Browne. — 00:04:22
  • 2025-08-19 · The Problem with My Brother's Hit New App — John recalls Hank calling to say he had made the app with a developer named Bria; John thought the pitch brilliant and loved the idea of buyable beans like a Hank Bean. — 00:02:11
  • 2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John jokes that most of Hank's million dollar ideas are in fact single digit dollar ideas. (playful) — 00:03:53

2026