History WebVideo / Brutalmoose

Ian [=MacLeod=], otherwise known as [[https://www.youtube.com/user/brutalmoose brutalmoose]], is a video game reviewer on WebSite/YouTube and [[http://hiddenblock.com/ Hidden Block]]. He does reviews mostly of PC titles, though he occasionally does console games too. His style is more relaxed than most of the other comedic video game reviewers on [=YouTube=] with a notably more informative direction, although he does mostly do it for the humor. He has since branched out to include reviews of old movies, videos, TV shows, recipes and frozen meals—anything with a retro or nostalgic charm, really.

* ''[[VideoGame/BlasterSeries Math Blaster Episode I: In Search of Spot]]''

* FiveManBand: Present in Ian's wagon party in the ''Oregon Trail: Third Edition'' video;
** TheLeader: Ian
** TheLancer: Austin Billings, the meek and humble blacksmith to Ian's overconfident and gung ho banker. [[spoiler: He is also [[BlackDudeDiesFirst the first of the group to go down]] in contrast to Ian being the SoleSurvivor.]]
** TheBigGuy: Billy Barnes, a rough-and-tumble adventurer who boasts about his strength and fighting skill.
** TheSmartGuy: Nicholas J. Tillman, a smarmy merchant in a tacky suit who pitches himself to Ian by emphasizing his wit and intellect.
** TheChick: Ana Tillman, Nicholas' wife and the only woman in the group. While she has no survival skills of note, Ian is endeared by her hobby of painting.

* KudzuPlot: All of ''Invisible Dad'', apparently.

** "Banger" [[note]]A slang term for a gang member[[/note]] in his ''911 Paramedic'' video.

-->'''Brutalmoose:''' The next level is called "Schoolz Out"... with a ''z''. Because, y'know, [[SarcasmMode z is the hippest letter of the alphabet.]] It's what all the kids are into.

* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: His reaction to all of the AddedAlliterativeAppeal in ''ViceoGame/JazzJackrabbit'', albeit replacing "Have got to" with "Gotta," and adding an expletive.

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: In his reveiw of Super Solvers: Mission T.H.I.N.K. "Sorting things into appropriate venn diagrams rivals the thrill of sorting laundry. Selecting the appropriate car parts to navigate to the exit is slightly more exciting than trying to understand which overpriced cable bundle package to purchase. And the assembly line is basicly a nice little reminder that we're all going to die one day, and nothing really matters, and we're all just a speck of dust in an ever-expanding universe and no matter how hard I try, all of my accomplishments are going to be lost to the endless void of time! So, yeah. That's the assembly line."

* ''[[Series/CarmenSandiego Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego?]]''

** A more... awkward example is in "Gerbert: The Gift of Giving" there is a donation drive being held for those who have a hard time affording Christmas presents, or as they put it, people who have "special needs." Yeah...

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Ian and Luke's take on ''The Thirteenth Year.''

* Ranking 43 Halloween Candies''

* ''Film/TheThirteenthYear'' (Featuring WebVideo/{{Yungtown}})

* Top 5 GuiltyPleasure Games (Featuring WebVideo/{{Yungtown}})

* ''The Thirteenth Year'' (Featuring WebVideo/{{Yungtown}})

** In spite of it being the highest-grossing animated film of all time, Ian reveals in his Kid Cuisine review that not only has he never seen ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', he knows nothing about it.

** In his ''Bad Milk'' video, not only does he not recognize the line "TheWalrusIsPaul" was a [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum Beatles reference,]] but he also [[{{Mondogreen}} mishears it as "the walrus's paw".]]

* Bread,Eggs,Milk,Squik: In his reveiw of Super Solvers: Mission T.H.I.N.K. "Sorting things into appropriate venn diagrams rivals the thrill of sorting laundry. Selecting the appropriate car parts to navigate to the exit is slightly more exciting than trying to understand which overpriced cable bundle package to purchase. And the assembly line is basicly a nice little reminder that we're all going to die one day, and nothing really matters, and we're all just a speck of dust in an ever-expanding universe and no matter how hard I try, all of my accomplishments are going to be lost to the endless void of time! So, yeah. That's the assembly line."

* EverythingIsBetterWithSpinning: In most of his videos, the on-screen image is guaranteed to start randomly spinning with little-or-no provocation.