HankGames: Hank's channel of commentated game-play videos (2010)
project history · status: last documented in 2018 (looked back on in 2023) · last event: milestone (2015-12-29) · last mentioned: 2023-12-24
In November 2010 Hank started HankGames, a channel where he plays games such as Assassin's Creed Brotherhood while talking, an idea he says he took from Toby Turner.
Parts: Hank asks viewers to watch him play Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood on HankGames (2010) · Hank asks viewers to subscribe to HankGames so he starts Lego Harry Potter (2011) · Hank: start playing Lego Harry Potter on HankGames at 15,000 subscribers (2011) · Hank: play Portal 2 on HankGames (2011) · John: make more HankGames videos with Hank (2011) · 'Hank and John play FIFA 11' series on HankGames (2011) · Hank plays the Diablo III beta on HankGames (2011) · John's FIFA career with Swindon Town, 'The Miracle of Swindon Town' (2011) · Hank invites viewers to watch the new Super Mario Brothers game on HankGames (2012) · Hank: come back to HankGames with multiple videos a week, including Pikmin 3 and Super Mario Bros. U with Katherine (2014) · John's No Man's Sky series on HankGames (2016) · John Green Solves Your Problem: John's FIFA problem-solving series on HankGames (2018) · John: keep playing Fortnite as a pacifist on HankGames until he wins (2018)
Told alongside: John asks Nerdfighters to subscribe to HankGames and watch his AFC Wimbledon FIFA videos (2013) · John's AFC Wimbledon FIFA series on HankGames, whose ad revenue sponsors the real AFC Wimbledon with Nerdfighter-designed ads (2013) · John points viewers to 'Hank and John play FIFA 11' on HankGames (2011)
About: HankGames, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Toby Turner
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11-17 | launched | Hank announces he will play games while talking and put the videos up at YouTube.com/HankGames, starting with Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. | HARRY POTTER SONG! 00:03:33 |
| 2011-08-15 | milestone | 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. | HANKLERFISH! 00:00:52 |
| 2011-09-16 | milestone | 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. | Narrowly Avoiding Arrest: Some Airport Insanity 00:02:54 |
| 2011-11-28 | milestone | Hank reports on HankGames: The Miracle of Swindon Town is up, Katherine plays Skyward Sword alone, they play Super Mario Bros. Wii together, and he plays Assassin's Creed Revelations. | Stuffed with STUFF! 00:00:29 |
| 2015-12-29 | milestone | John says he is off to play FIFA as the AFC Wimbledon Wimbly-Womblies, which can be found on HankGames. | How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars 00:02:33 |
| 2023-12-24 | looked back | John points to a HankGames video of the brothers playing FIFA 11 badly and says he will make more HankGames videos with Hank. | John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 02:07:35 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — ask: John points viewers to the series at youtube.com/hankgames, with a link in the doobly-doo. — 00:01:19
- 2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — announcement: John says he will make more HankGames videos with Hank: he is really bad at video games but passionate about them, as he was about skateboarding at ten. — 00:01:24
- 2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — Hank's Minecraft playing, not shown on HankGames, is going well; he worked all weekend to get his nether portal working. — 00:00:29