History LetsPlay / Northernlion

** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LygyUsWoOfs&feature=youtu.be&t=20m14s Shackleton ER]]'', Northernlion's pitch for a [[CanadaEh Canadian]] [[EskimoLand Arctic]] MedicalDrama.

Northernlion (real name Ryan Letourneau) is a Let's Player, hailing from Canada. His channel is host primarily to various Let's Play series, and ''The Northernlion Live Super Show'' (see below). ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' was both his first breakout series and by FAR the longest running, extending into the range of 5,000 videos across all the versions and expansions of the game. Other frequent or long running games on the channel include Creator/FromSoftware games, Creator/ParadoxInteractive games, VideoGame/SuperAutoPets, and indie {{Roguelike}}s in general. His wife, Kate, along with a cast of regular guests and collaborates make appearances in his videos and streams. His videos can be found on his Website/YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Northernlion here]] and his streams can be watched live [[http://www.twitch.tv/northernlion here]] or as [=VODs=] on his [=YouTube=] channel.

He hosted a {{Machinima}} series named ''Poison Mushroom'' which featured him riffing on various objectively terrible games and ran for two seasons. Originally, his channel was host to a podcast named ''Saving Progress'', featuring himself, LetsPlay/{{JSmithOTI}} and Michael AL Fox, but this ended after 17 episodes late 2012, though Fox reportedly wants to bring it back at some point.

* OfficialCouple: Him and Kate (who also does videos as LovelyMomo / ProBoxStudio).

Northernlion (real name Ryan Letourneau) is a Let's Player, hailing from Canada. His channel is host primarily to various Let's Play series (the most prolific being the over one thousand episodes total of ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' and its expansion and remake, as well as group play-throughs of various Creator/ParadoxInteractive games), the ''Let's Look At'' series (a one-time look at a new game providing his thoughts on it) and ''The Northernlion Live Super Show'' (see below). His wife, Kate, along with a cast of regular guests, often make appearances in his videos and streams. His videos can be found on his Website/YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Northernlion here]] and his streams can be watched live [[http://www.twitch.tv/northernlion here]] or as [=VODs=] on his [=YouTube=] channel.

Since February 2013 (although the show took a few months to evolve to its now-usual format), he has hosted a thrice-weekly three-hour livestream on Twitch with his co-host Nick, a.k.a. [[https://www.youtube.com/user/RockLeeSmile RockLeeSmile]] and initially with Josh ([=JSmithOTI=]) (until he became an [[DemotedToExtra occasional guest]] due to real-life business) named ''The Northernlion Live Super Show'', or the NLSS. The show has a build-up of continuity and [[RunningGag in-jokes]] and often features a wide plethora of their friends as guests.

In 2015, a fortnightly podcast crowdfunded via Patreon was started featuring Ryan and Nick along with [=MathasGames=] (or [[RunningGag Mat Has Games]]) and [=BaerTaffy=] named the ''Roundtable Podcast''. It now airs on Twitch every Friday as ''Roundtable Live''.

* {{VideoGame/Borderlands 2}} (Abandoned)

* VideoGame/{{Banished}}

* VideoGame/{{Facade}}

* BadassBaritone

* [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Monster Hunter: World]]

* VideoGame/{{Inside}}

** "Everything seems to be [[TheSimpsons coming up Milhouse]]."

* BaldOfAwesome: A prime example.

* {{Smurfing}}: The first time he and his ''VideoGame/PlayerunknownsBattlegrounds'' crew latch on to the word "acquiesce", [[YouKeepUsingThatWord clearly with no idea what it means]], it gets abused to this degree over the course of the episode. It continues to crop up as a RunningGag, but usage tapers off significantly.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He addressed on his ''Let's Look At'' ''VideoGame/InsanelyTwistedShadowPlanet'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8hrDNSSQx8 video]] that the deep sea and its creatures, particularly jellyfishes, seriously creep him out.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: When playing ''VideoGame/PlayerunknownsBattlegrounds'', he and his cohorts manage to invent several brand new meanings of the word "acquiesce", most commonly "request" or "give/offer".

* Malaproper: He will often latch onto a word and constantly use it incorrectly, probably accidentally to start with, then [[{{Troll}} on purpose.]] 'Acquiesce' is one of these, as in 'We need to acquiesce some hearts'.

Northernlion (real name Ryan Letourneau) is a Let's Player, hailing from Canada. His channel is host primarily to various Let's Play series (the most prolific being the over one thousand episodes total of ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' and its expansion and remake, as well as group play-throughs of various Creator/ParadoxInteractive games), the ''Let's Look At'' series (a one-time look at a new game providing his thoughts on it) and ''The Northernlion Live Super Show'' (see below). His wife, Kate, along with a cast of regular guests, often make appearances in his videos and streams. His videos can be found on his {{YouTube}} channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Northernlion here]] and his streams can be watched live [[http://www.twitch.tv/northernlion here]] or as [=VODs=] on his [=YouTube=] channel.

* [[TitleDrop Subtitle Drop]]: Plenty of times during ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'' LP.

* WaxingLyrical: Constantly.