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Being as most of us are game designers here I was wondering what sources you use to learn about video game design? I mostly use Youtube, but I do read a number of articles as well. Do you try to learn about game design or do you just wing it? I'm so very interested not only in creating games, but the whole process of designing a game. I watch so many design videos while working I feel I'm beginning to find them more relaxing than music. 


Some of my favorites include:


Extra Credits, probably the most famous of the ones I'll list here. Extra Credits has been running some of the best content of Game Design out there for years. I cannot suggest them enough. If you are making games and you aren't watching Extra Credits you're doing it wrong. (j/k) 


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg


Super Bunnyhop: great looks at what make games great. You have to watch his videos on the Witcher series and Metal Gear Solid series. His ideas are solid, and he truly understands what should and shouldn't be in games to make them the best possible. I love listening to his opinions.


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWqr2tH3dPshNhPjV5h1xRw


Mark Brown, Mark Brown is intelligent and concise. Watch his Boss Key series about the LoZ dungeon designs. He can explain things in such a way it always makes sense. His Game Maker's Toolkit should be in everyone's Toolkit.


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqJ-Xo29CKyLTjn6z2XwYAw


While I'm not a fan of Game Grumps at all, Egoraptor's Sequelitis is sooooo good. Seriously, go check them out. Though I think you can skip everything else on his channel.


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0gEw6pgNkLkkzMwzX4UtHA


Though not about video games perse Every Frame a Painting is a look at film that is so well done it constant influences me in how I make games. 


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFqcJQXGZ6T6sxyFB-5i6A


What do you read or watch to learn and study games?