Why was I invited to Beast Studios?

Clickbait Title: A Video Essay of Spectacular Inefficiency

Companion video: Beast Games 2 Strong/Smart: an Exhaustive Review - https://www.patreon.com/posts/beast-games-2-155824194

We made the decision to relentlessly A/B test the title and thumbnail as a kind of meta-performance of Beast-ness, so if you keep getting tricked into thinking this is a new video, we're sorry. The number one thing that a lot of people are going to want me to talk about is the Doug situation, to which I will say: it's fine. Doug and I are adults, we chatted amicably on the trip, there was no Epic Standoff, and he gave me permission to use his footage wherever he caught details that I didn't.

It's weird putting something like this out knowing not only that Team Beast has already seen it in one capacity or another, but also that Jimmy is very likely to watch it personally because he's so terminally online that he can't help but relentlessly name search.

Anyway: hi, Jimmy.

Performed by Dan Olson

Written by
Nathan Landel & Dan Olson

Edited by
Jessica Babineaux & Dan Olson

Produced & Directed by
Dan Olson

Executive Assistant
Crystal Donovan

Camera by
Dan Olson & Kara Artym

Grip & Lighting
Kara Artym
Natsach Atanda

Music from Epidemic Sound
3:30 AM - Christian Andersen
Dubstep Mammoth - Cecilia Lindh
God Of The Machines 3 - Cecilia Lindh
Time for Rebirth - Splasher!
Elephant Bazaar - Elvin Vanguard
Swag On - Mary Riddle
Midnight Caller - Duke Herrington

Special Thanks to
Doug Walker
Kate Riccio
How To Beat
Niagara Custom Lab
Rocky Mountain Film Studio
MBS Equipment
AstroBounce
and as always
Our Patrons

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00:00:00 - Start
00:01:12 - Opening Title
00:01:28 - Theory 1
00:06:13 - Theory 2
00:07:24 - Theory 3
00:17:40 - Theory 4
00:18:24 - Theory 5
00:25:52 - PART 2 START
00:26:03 - This is just a curtain
00:26:43 - The Product
00:37:43 - Even more firsts
00:38:31 - The Culture
00:49:30 - Shot on film
00:50:23 - The Hollowness
00:57:15 - The Optics
01:05:17 - The Fandom
01:15:09 - Twelve YouTubers