Quotes aphilosopherOut oftouchjokeDoesn'tactuallyunderstand thetopic they'retalking about"You may bewondering..."Shout-outto theirPatreonWeirdfontson textRefers topreviousvideosLots of bigcomplexwordsTransitioncards withtoo long ofa pause"Some maysay/argue..."Text wallappearson screenQuotes thedirector/authorBook/moviediscussed inbackground/setOne or moresources arefrom othervideoessayistsSourceslinked indescription"We have tostart fromthebeginning..."AwkwardtransitionintosponsorVideo is>= 1hour longFluffsentencethat doesn'tsay anythingRandomsoundeffectsOne or moresources arefrom socialmedia (e.g.,Tumblr, Reddit,YouTube, etc.)DramaticintroRandomtangent at thestart that'svaguely relatedto the topicUnnecessarycensorship(e.g., "game-ended", "pew-pew", etc.)Forgets tocitesourceproperlyUnnecessarypolitical rantZerosources indescriptionScriptlikelywritten byAIQuotes aphilosopherOut oftouchjokeDoesn'tactuallyunderstand thetopic they'retalking about"You may bewondering..."Shout-outto theirPatreonWeirdfontson textRefers topreviousvideosLots of bigcomplexwordsTransitioncards withtoo long ofa pause"Some maysay/argue..."Text wallappearson screenQuotes thedirector/authorBook/moviediscussed inbackground/setOne or moresources arefrom othervideoessayistsSourceslinked indescription"We have tostart fromthebeginning..."AwkwardtransitionintosponsorVideo is>= 1hour longFluffsentencethat doesn'tsay anythingRandomsoundeffectsOne or moresources arefrom socialmedia (e.g.,Tumblr, Reddit,YouTube, etc.)DramaticintroRandomtangent at thestart that'svaguely relatedto the topicUnnecessarycensorship(e.g., "game-ended", "pew-pew", etc.)Forgets tocitesourceproperlyUnnecessarypolitical rantZerosources indescriptionScriptlikelywritten byAI

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