Quotes thedirector/authorUnnecessarycensorship(e.g., "game-ended", "pew-pew", etc.)Scriptlikelywritten byAIFluffsentencethat doesn'tsay anythingForgets tocitesourceproperlyDoesn'tactuallyunderstand thetopic they'retalking aboutBook/moviediscussed inbackground/setOne or moresources arefrom othervideoessayistsQuotes aphilosopherSourceslinked indescriptionShout-outto theirPatreonRandomtangent at thestart that'svaguely relatedto the topicVideo is>= 1hour long"You may bewondering...""Some maysay/argue..."AwkwardtransitionintosponsorOne or moresources arefrom socialmedia (e.g.,Tumblr, Reddit,YouTube, etc.)Zerosources indescriptionUnnecessarypolitical rantText wallappearson screenDramaticintro"We have tostart fromthebeginning..."Weirdfontson textRandomsoundeffectsOut oftouchjokeTransitioncards withtoo long ofa pauseRefers topreviousvideosLots of bigcomplexwordsQuotes thedirector/authorUnnecessarycensorship(e.g., "game-ended", "pew-pew", etc.)Scriptlikelywritten byAIFluffsentencethat doesn'tsay anythingForgets tocitesourceproperlyDoesn'tactuallyunderstand thetopic they'retalking aboutBook/moviediscussed inbackground/setOne or moresources arefrom othervideoessayistsQuotes aphilosopherSourceslinked indescriptionShout-outto theirPatreonRandomtangent at thestart that'svaguely relatedto the topicVideo is>= 1hour long"You may bewondering...""Some maysay/argue..."AwkwardtransitionintosponsorOne or moresources arefrom socialmedia (e.g.,Tumblr, Reddit,YouTube, etc.)Zerosources indescriptionUnnecessarypolitical rantText wallappearson screenDramaticintro"We have tostart fromthebeginning..."Weirdfontson textRandomsoundeffectsOut oftouchjokeTransitioncards withtoo long ofa pauseRefers topreviousvideosLots of bigcomplexwords

Video Essay Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Quotes the director/author
  2. Unnecessary censorship (e.g., "game-ended", "pew-pew", etc.)
  3. Script likely written by AI
  4. Fluff sentence that doesn't say anything
  5. Forgets to cite source properly
  6. Doesn't actually understand the topic they're talking about
  7. Book/movie discussed in background/set
  8. One or more sources are from other video essayists
  9. Quotes a philosopher
  10. Sources linked in description
  11. Shout-out to their Patreon
  12. Random tangent at the start that's vaguely related to the topic
  13. Video is >= 1 hour long
  14. "You may be wondering..."
  15. "Some may say/argue..."
  16. Awkward transition into sponsor
  17. One or more sources are from social media (e.g., Tumblr, Reddit, YouTube, etc.)
  18. Zero sources in description
  19. Unnecessary political rant
  20. Text wall appears on screen
  21. Dramatic intro
  22. "We have to start from the beginning..."
  23. Weird fonts on text
  24. Random sound effects
  25. Out of touch joke
  26. Transition cards with too long of a pause
  27. Refers to previous videos
  28. Lots of big complex words