History WebVideo / Ahoy

* BassoProfundo: Stuart has a deep and commanding voice, and this is mentioned in the comments on pretty much every video he releases.
-->'''Typical Comment:''' ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome This guy could talk about a paperclip for two hours and make it sound dangerous and intimidating.]]''

Stuart Brown, known as '''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/XboxAhoy/ Ahoy]]''' (formerly [=XboxAhoy=]), is a gaming [=YouTuber=] focused primarily on creating [[AnalysisChannel documentary-style videos]] on video games and gaming culture. Originally known for creating multiplayer weapon guides for the [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Call of Duty]] series, he is today primarily known for his series detailing the real life and in-game history of various firearms (''Iconic Arms''), as well as videos on other more general topics, such as ''A Brief History of Graphics'', and more famously, ''Myth/{{Polybius}}: The Video Game That Doesn't Exist''.

Stuart Brown, known as '''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/XboxAhoy/ Ahoy]]''' (formerly [=XboxAhoy=]), is a gaming [=YouTuber=] focused primarily on creating [[AnalysisChannel documentary-style videos]] on video games and gaming culture. Originally known for creating multiplayer weapon guides for the [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Call of Duty]] series, he is today primarily known for his series detailing the real life and in-game history of various firearms (''Iconic Arms''), as well as videos on other more general topics, such as ''A Brief History of Graphics'', and more famously, ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}: The Video Game That Doesn't Exist''.

* ImplausibleDeniability: Throughout his research on the history of ''VideoGame/{{Polybius}}'', Stuart confronts suspected hoaxers with very strong evidence of their misdeeds, only for them to promptly deny it without even attempting to refute it. "Steven Roach" refuses to admit he's a fraud even though there is IP evidence that he is a SockPuppet for someone else; Kurt Koller insists that the coinop.org page for ''Polybius'' was added in 1998 even though the Wayback Machine provides irrefutable evidence that it was added in early 2000.

** The ending poem for "POLYBIUS - The Video Game That Doesn't Exist" refers to [[VideoGame/{{Polybius}} the titular game]] as "an essential inclusion" for "low-effort listicles". The line is paired with a screenshot of a ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' listicle which mentions the game.

* ThatLiarLies: Stuart flat-out calls "[=PRG017=]," a Japanese "ex-Sega employee," as a fraud, due to having also based his claims of creating ''Polybius'' on the established myth.

* BoringButPractical: Likewise, he also comments on such weapons. The conclusion of the Glock video might as well be the trope page's headline quote:

* BadassBaritone: Stuart has a deep and commanding voice, and this is mentioned in the comments on pretty much every video he releases.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Shows up in some videos and it seems he's quite fond of this.

** Put it another way, he ''starts'' the video by admitting that he considers it a pretty boring weapon. His last word about it? '''Perfect.'''

* CoolGuns / GunPorn: ''Iconic Arms'' is built around this trope. The show documents notable firearms, their history, and their appearances and roles in popular culture, all while showing footage showing the gun being fired or how it works.

* ExplodingBarrels: ''[[https://youtu.be/LMYEE8lvlvA Explosive Barrels.]]''
* FireBreathingWeapon / KillItWithFire: ''[[https://youtu.be/xeMr9FhUC3U Flamethrower.]]''
* GatlingGood: ''Minigun.'', obviously.

* RemovableTurretGun: Mentioned in ''Minigun''.

** The ending poem for "POLYBIUS - The Video Game That Doesn't Exist" refers to [[VideoGame/Polybius the titular game]] as "an essential inclusion" for "low-effort listicles". The line is paired with a screenshot of a ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' listicle which mentions the game.

Stuart Brown, known as '''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/XboxAhoy/ Ahoy]]''' (formerly [=XboxAhoy=]), is a gaming [=YouTuber=] focused primarily on creating [[AnalysisChannel documentary-style videos]] on video games and gaming culture. Originally known for creating multiplayer weapon guides for the [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty Call of Duty]] series, he is today primarily known for his series detailing the real life and in-game history of various firearms (''Iconic Arms''), as well as videos on other more general topics, such as ''A Brief History of Graphics'', and more famously, ''Polybius: The Video Game That Doesn't Exist''.

* ImmediateSelfContradiction: The ''Magnum Revolvers'' video has a particularly funny moment where Stuart is quoting the famous "Five shots or six" line from Film/DirtyHarry... as he reloads the revolver from Bulletstorm, which holds ''[[UpToEleven eight]]'' rounds.

* RedHerring: He calls out "Steven Roach", a "Welshman" who "worked as a programmer in 1980s Czechoslovakia", as this, due to the many inaccuracies in the latter's claim about having created ''Polybius'', such as "being consulted by a South American company", "moving to Communist Czechia to do business" and having based his claims entirely on the established ''Polybius'' myth, not to mention sharing the name with an American ex-policeman who ran a scandalous troubled-youth camp in that country around the same time.
* RemovableTurretGun: Mentioned in ''Minigun.''.

* ThatLiarLies: Stuart flat-out calls "[=PRG017=]", a Japanese "ex-Sega employee", as a fraud, due to having also based his claims of creating ''Polybius'' on the established myth.

--> "The trouble with zombies is that they keep coming back. Shoot 'em, maim 'em... doesn't matter. Unless you destroy the head, they'll just keep coming. The living dead saturate cinema, television and games- a cultural phenomenon that seems impossible to stop. An unholy congregation with limitless appetite. It's not a matter of ''if'' they'll get you, but ''when''.