Daz Games

Darren "Daz" Blackmore (born: ), better known online as Daz Games, is an English YouTuber known for his gaming and reaction videos, as well as his second channel, Off The Hook (formerly Daz Black) and his time on Vine.
==Beginning==
Daz's initial claim to fame was via the social network 'Vine'; on which he became popular by means of comedy sketches. He uploaded his first YouTube video on January 2, 2014, entitled "Welcome to Daz Games! Killzone Start Up!" and initially created gaming videos exclusively.
=="Daz Watches..."==
Daz has an ongoing series of reaction videos entitled "Daz Watches...". These consist of Try Not To Laugh (TNTL) videos and animations; as well as videos suggested to him via Twitter. He is known for laughing at almost everything he watches; therefore consistently failing the Try Not To Laugh challenges he is set.
One of the first "Daz Watches" (known as "Daz Reacts To:" when the series first began) was in 2015, where he reacted to a video called "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared". But, a year earlier, in 2014, the first Daz Watches, was actually a blooper from him playing Happy Wheels. An ad opened on a new page and began playing a video, Daz then switched over to the tab to reveal a video about a sex toy called "The AutoBlow", where Daz then proceeds to react to the video, thus creating "Daz Watches".
He has a dedicated "Daz Watches" playlist on his channel. It currently contains 117 videos and has gained over 16.1M+ views combined as of April 28, 2021.
Daz Watches Playlist
Daz Watches Kickstarter: Reactions to Kickstarter videos
==Gaming==
===Horror Games===
Youtube Playlist: All Horror Games
Daz has played some horror games on his channel. These include:
==== Big Games ====
*Alien: Isolation 
*Amnesia: The Dark Descent - Not Completed
*Araya
*Blair Witch
*The Evil Within - Not Completed
*Fran Bow
*Friday the 13th
*Home Sweet Home - Not Completed
**HSH Demo
**HSH Failed Attempt to Finish - Livestream (0:00 - 47:30)
* Inside
* The Last of Us - Not Completed
*The Last of Us 2 - Decided to complete it on his own
*Layers of Fear (Early Access / DLC / Layers of Fear 2 - Not Completed)
*Little Nightmares / DLC / Little Nightmares 2
*Outlast / Outlast: Whistleblower
*Outlast 2 
**Outlast 2 End Video
*Resident Evil 7
*Silent Hill PT
*Until Dawn
==== Small Games ====
* Bunker 16
* Dungeon Nightmares - Not Completed
* Daylight - Not Completed
* Twin Soul
*Suit 776
*Ghost of Tomorrow
*Lurk in the Dark
*Minds Eyes
*The Sinner
*This Game is Real
===Comedy Games===
Daz has also played a variety of comedy-related games. These include:
*Mother Simulator
*Grandma Simulator
*Octodad
*Hand Simulator: Survival
*The Sims
=== Other Games ===
* Ark
** Ark Season 2
* Far Cry 4 - Not Completed
* The Forest
* Game of Thrones
* GTA V
* Happy Wheels
* Life is Strange
* Minecraft
* Raft
* Rise of the Tomb Raider
* Skate 3
* South Park: The Fractured But Whole - Not Completed
* Uncharted 4 - Not Completed
* Uncharted Lost Legacy - Not Completed
== Other Videos ==
Collection of other types of videos
* Daz Challenges: Challenges such as Try Not To Laugh, Would You Rather, and Clickbait
* Ghost Hunts: Live action ghost hunting
* Live Streams: Collection of livestreams
* Parody Skits: Videos parodying movies and other popular videos
* Other Random Live Videos: Collection of other random live videos
* Skits and Funny Videos: Sketches, responses, unboxing, vlogs, and more
=== Serious ===
Daz has also gotten serious at times, bringing attention to controversial and/or serious things
===DaddyOfive===
Daz created a video focusing on now-terminated YouTube channel "DaddyOFive", who have been brought to the attention of Child Protective Services for the apparent mental and physical abuse of their children. Daz agrees with these claims while reacting to the video; stating that the children do not see the humor in the pranks and that they should not have been subjected to this abuse at all.
===Logan Paul===
Daz also created a video focusing on the controversy caused by YouTuber Logan Paul. The video in question was Paul filming a dead body in Japan's Aokigahara Forest, infamously known as the "Suicide Forest".
==Second Channel==
Daz has a second YouTube channel by the name of Daz Black, on which he is semi-active. The channel mainly consists of sketches and comedy clips; reminiscing his time on Vine and as a comedian.
==Subscriber milestones==
===Daz Games===
===Daz Black===
==Video View milestones==
*100 million views: July 4, 2016
*200 million views: February 19, 2017
*300 million views: November 10, 2017
*400 million views: June 1, 2018
*500 million views: October 20, 2018
*600 million views: March 23, 2019
*700 million views: August 19, 2019
*800 million views: January 26, 2020
*900 million views: April 5, 2020
*1 billion views: April 28, 2020
== Quotes ==
* "How's it going, Dazzlers?! Welcome back to Daz Games..." - Intro
* "Jesus Tapdancing Christ!" - When he gets jumpscared, taken from a South Park quote from Mr. Garrison in the episode "Trapper Keeper"
*"I can't f**king masturbate!" - Jumpscared by a falling garbage bag in SO GOOD! Home Sweet Home (Demo) (4:15)
*"B**ches on the ceiling!" - Jumpscared by female monster running past him on a wall in BIGGEST SCARE IN A GAME EVER (Annabelle Demo) (8:09)
== Trivia ==
* He refers to his fans as "Dazzlers".
* Daz has a daughter, Sarah, with whom he has made a few Vines and YouTube videos.
*Many of his fans seem to be unaware that his name is Darren, despite the fact that "Daz" is literally short for "Darren" and that his last name is blackmore as it normally gets shortened to just black.
*Daz is a skilled guitarist.
*His mother is black south African
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