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▶ WHAT IS CTRL+WATCH

CTRL+WATCH reviews YouTube the way Edge reviewed games and Spin reviewed records. Loud, opinionated, willing to put a number on a creator and defend it. Once a month, an issue ships. Every channel reviewed gets scored zero to one hundred. The algorithm is not consulted. Neither is the creator's PR team.

Your algorithm is broken. We're the fix.

▶ READ THESE FIRST

Five entry points across the magazine's recurring formats. Start anywhere.

BOSS FIGHT 01

Drew Gooden vs Danny Gonzalez

Two post-Vine comedy commentators enter. Drew's deadpan beats Danny's mania, 86 to 84.

#014 READ ▶
TIME CAPSULE 02

The Algorithm

A fictional sit-down interview with the recommendation engine itself. The most CTRL+WATCH thing the magazine has ever done.

#003 READ ▶
SPECIAL FEATURE 03

Type 7: The Collision

DepthCharge's framework for creators who survive at the borders of disciplines. Four sub-types, four failure modes, one five-question diagnostic.

#012 READ ▶
PLAYER PROFILE 04

Adam Neely

We reviewed him at 84. In #010 we re-reviewed him at 91. That's the largest single-issue score revision in magazine history — and the issue explains exactly why.

#010 READ ▶
LATEST ISSUE 05

THE COMEDY ISSUE

Why YouTube comedy stopped being funny — and where it quietly got funny again.

#014 READ ▶

▶ WHO'S WHO

The voices you'll meet across the issues.

YOB Editor / Mascot

Born in a dead pixel, 1987. Sole full-time employee. Does not take sponsorships. Has opinions. Catchphrase: "I've seen better pixels."

DEPTHCHARGE Contributor

Magazine theorist credited with the Type 7 (Collision, #012) and Type 8 (Wrapped Confession, #014) taxonomies. Authoritative on cross-disciplinary creators.

PRIYA M. Reader, Mumbai

Save Point letter writer. Yob's standing promise: a Hindi-language Player Profile by #016.

MARCO T. Reader, São Paulo

Save Point letter writer. Closed the magazine's Portuguese-coverage promise with Porta dos Fundos in #014. Next pick: Choque de Cultura.

▶ THE TAXONOMY

The magazine has its own framework for what creators are. Two types live here.

TYPE 7

THE COLLISION

#012 — Collisions Issue

Creators who live at the intersection of disciplines. Four sub-types, four ways the collision can fail, and a five-question diagnostic for spotting one. DepthCharge framework. Jacob Geller (Video Games × Philosophy × Art) is the exemplar.

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THE WRAPPED CONFESSION

#014 — Comedy Issue

Adopted from DepthCharge's framework in Yob's Save Point, #014. The magazine's category for long-form essays that wrap a personal admission inside the run-time. A 2025-26 phenomenon the taxonomy now accounts for.

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▶ HOW WE SCORE

Every channel gets a number, 0 to 100. The numbers mean things. They're not negotiable.

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