I think Phil legitimately has fans right now, and the only explanation I can come up with is that they must be
so unimaginably bad at the video games that Phil's streams seem like decent playthroughs and insightful assessments of titles they would seriously struggle with. Nothing else makes sense to me.
exactly what it would take for Phil to turn his perspective around and for him to say, "It was me. I own all of what's happened to my career and life."
Honestly I think he's too far gone. he's getting older and more set in his ways, and his isolation is accelerating that process. I think DSP's lifestyle could break, but the attitude that he's the best and deserves everything and more never will. You know how some homeless people meekly hold up a sign and a cup, passively asking you for help, and some stumble at you in a fast food parking lot and say "Give me some money, you're going to get food so I know you've got some money, I need it more than you."? This is where the second kind of homeless person comes from.
Wow, listening to his old playthroughs is actually kind of surreal considering how hateful and mean spirited he's turned. Yeah he was always a bitter dim-witted asshole, but even just a few years ago his voice had this tinge of optimism, his attitude had a sliver of hopefulness, he almost sounded like playing a video game might be a tiny bit enjoyable for him. His attitude seemed so caustic the first time you heard him, but there was this softness to his demeanor that you didn't even notice was there until it went away. You can only tell what's missing because it's gone.
Watch that video and then re-watch the video of him shouting "Fuck you nintendo, fuck your game nintendo" after he
wins and beats the boss he was struggling with, and it's like you can hear the last of his inner child suffocating under all of his hate.
I'd feel bad for him, but it's DSP so lol.