Is Phil putting on an entire/partial act for his target audience?
I've only just started delving into this lolcow - mainly through watching some of the "this is how you don't plays" - but watching the MGS1 one atm, there seem to be either two options:
1) He's being genuine. He's genuinely shit at games (or, from what I've seen, at least games that require thought), and he's genuinely a shit person (can't stand anything resembling a complex story or emotion, racist as hell, juvenile-level sex obsession, unfunny as hell).
2) He's putting on an act. He exacerbates how shit he is at games, and he attempts humour that he thinks his largely juvenile fan base will actually enjoy.
It could potentially fall in the middle. I'd lean towards being genuine as he doesn't strike me as smart or talented enough to put on the act - but then, he does lots of acting when it comes to e-begging, so who knows just how far that lying goes.
Admittedly the videos I've watched thus far are from about 5 or so years ago - perhaps he has improved his gameplay and/or life skills since then - but from what I've seen, that doesn't appear to be the case. So, is Phil mostly genuine shithead, mostly fake shithead, or somewhere in the middle?