RetroGamingNow

RetroGamingNow is an American Gaming and Commentary YouTuber who makes video essays, especially about Minecraft.
==History==
In the early days of RetroGamingNow's channel, he used to be a Let's Play channel. These Let's Plays would get around 3k to 5k views.
===The Minecraft Iceberg Explained===
In 2020, he shifted his focus towards video essays with the popularity of "The Minecraft Iceberg Explained","The Minecraft Iceberg Explained" - Part 1 by RetroGamingNow."The Minecraft Iceberg Explained" - Part 2 by RetroGamingNow."The Minecraft Iceberg Explained" - Part 3 by RetroGamingNow."The Minecraft Iceberg Explained" - Part 4 by RetroGamingNow. which is a four part series based off of the "Iceberg Explained" trend on YouTube where he talks about certain events or features in Minecraft with the first part getting at least 5-million views.
His style in Parts 2, 3, and 4 is where he takes around 25 entries from other Minecraft Icebergs and put them in a small Iceberg breaking down each layer as the video progresses. He uploads bi-monthly and such video essays are intended for teen audiences and above.
===Deep Dives===
He has a series called "Minecraft Deep Dives", which is a series of video essays revolved around certain aspects of Minecraft. It discusses the mystery of mobs and items in the game, like the Discs 11 and 13.
One Deep Dive talks about how one should go about theorizing on Minecraft lore, rather than covering a specific theory. Another Deep Dive covers theories submitted by Retro's fans on his discord server. Prior to the 2021 and 2022 mob votes, Retro made "shallow dives" covering the potential lore that could be introduced into the game should each mob win.
===Other Minecraft videos===
He also made some videos on how the game behaves when left alone. In "Minecraft doesn't need you.","Minecraft doesn't need you." - a video where he discusses Minecraft's Algorithm and the Infinite Monkey Theorem. he talked about a how the game's code can theoretically actually have mobs and other circumstances create a chain reaction to complete most of the game via Infinite Monkey Theorem.The Infinite Monkey Theorem - a theorem where a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. He also made a similar video called "alone.""alone." - a video about how Minecraft's mobs are behaving before the player joins the world.
 This video is about why Minecraft feels so lonely, and how it behaves when left alone.
Retro has also made many other videos on general Minecraft topics, like the game's mob votes, creepypastas, and early history.
===ARG videos===
After covering it briefly in his fourth Minecraft Iceberg video, Retro made a full video on the Oldroot ARG. HAving enjoyed the project, Retro has slowly shifted his channel's focus to ARGs, which he refers to as "internet mysteries." He has covered mostly Minecraft-related ARGs such as AlphaVer and VoidEXP (also known as Mark101), but has also covered the Lauscherhans ARG, which is not Minecraft related.
Retro also made a video covering the real-life Lost Cosmonauts conspiracy.
===ModernGamingLater===
He has a second channel called "ModernGamingLater", where he posts miscellaneous content there infrequently, such as livestreams. These videos would range from Minecraft streams, to gameplay footage.
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
====RetroGamingNow====
*1,000 Subscribers: April, 2019
*10,000 Subscribers: October 7, 2020
*50,000 Subscribers: January 6, 2021
*60,000 Subscribers: January 15, 2021
*70,000 Subscribers: January 24, 2021
*80,000 Subscribers: January 30, 2021
*90,000 Subscribers: February 10, 2021
*100,000 Subscribers: February 17, 2021
*200,000 Subscribers: July 27, 2021
==Gallery==
File:The Minecraft Iceberg Explained-2
File:Minecraft Iceberg 2- The Missing Entries
File:Minecraft Iceberg 3- The (Almost) Final Entries
File:Minecraft Iceberg 4- Yep, There's More!
File:Minecraft doesn't need you.
File:Alone.
==Trivia==
*As an April Fools Joke in 2021, he uploaded a video about how stone is the ultimate key to Minecraft.
*He had also appeared as a guest in Big Marsh's "Super Smash Bros Iceberg Part 1" video, along with other Iceberg YouTubers like Nick Robinson, Sunflower, and TheRogueRenagade.
*Retro was originally going to stop "The Minecraft Iceberg Explained" series at Part 3, but decided to release a Part 4 when a Reddit user uploaded a new Minecraft Iceberg Chart.
*His second channel's name "ModernGamingLater" is an antonym of his main channel's name "RetroGamingNow".
==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2012
Category:Verified YouTubers