The content creator Maximilian “HandOfBlood” Knabe was known for absurd Twitch videos before focusing on YouTube.
The popular content creator HandOfBlood was previously more focused on YouTube before his current Twitch era. With his team, he selected different games and brainstormed costumes, props, and his own storylines for them.
Although the gaming videos were mostly just simple Let’s Plays, HandOfBlood and his team always went the extra mile in the videos. His Let’s Plays were enriched in a very special way and gained a reputation in the YouTube community for being very elaborate.
What is this list about? The entries of this list were made based on popularity in views on the YouTube channel HandOfBlood and the author’s subjective assessment of the absurdity of the videos.
In HandOfBlood’s video library, there are some classic Let’s Plays that have made their way into the hearts of the community. Without wanting to extend the framework of this list, we have noted down some “Honorable Mentions”:
- Hitman 2 – Since there were various scenarios in this contract killer simulator, HandOfBlood was able to use the most diverse costumes and props. These Let’s Plays thrive on the costume changes and how the creator discovers the funniest ways to commit murder.
- Cooking Simulator 2 Pizza DLC – To date, this video is the most successful on HandOfBlood’s main channel. The YouTube video has over 8 million views, in which HandOfBlood tests the limits of his PC. He discovers a bug in the game that spits out an infinite number of olives.
- Police Helicopter Simulator – This Let’s Play is the birthplace of the meme
That didn’t go so well yesterday
. HandOfBlood struggles with this game, which doesn’t tell him what he’s doing wrong but just punishes him by constantly aborting the missions. He is trapped in an almost endless loop where his superior says this sentence. - Highway Police Simulator 2 – It would probably be easier to describe what is not absurd about this Let’s Play: The story, the character creator, or HandOfBlood’s reactions to the sometimes rather strange game.
- Thief Simulator – The most iconic aspect of this Let’s Play is probably how HandOfBlood repeatedly wears a balaclava that doesn’t cover his face most of the time.
Kayak Simulator
For this video, HandOfBlood’s team put in a lot of effort. The creatives built a huge green screen background on which a kayak was then placed. Wild.
Some employees of HandOfBlood then donned green suits to unnoticeably rock the kayak back and forth. This was synchronized with the movements in the game.
HandOfBlood controlled the kayak with a paddle. A controller was attached to it, which reacted to the movements of the YouTuber, sometimes more accurately, sometimes less.
Getting Over It
The already absurd game Getting Over It became even more absurd when it became clear that HandOfBlood sat half-naked in a cauldron like the character in the game. Here, the control was supposed to be done with the prop, in this case, a hammer.
This became somewhat more difficult with this setup. The control is already complicated when using just a mouse and keyboard. With a hammer that was often not recognized correctly, the difficulty level increased noticeably.
Getting Over It is a so-called rage game, a game designed to be particularly difficult or unfair to drive players to frustration. The game did this with HandOfBlood: The YouTuber got clearly angry more than once.
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