Creator / Polaris

aka: The Game Station

Polaris was a gaming network on YouTube and affiliated with Disney Digital Network, as an offshoot of Maker Studios. Created in 2007 as TheGameStation, its official website is its YouTube page. The company revolves around sponsoring gamers and giving them partnerships on YouTube, although changes to how this functions are leading to increased tension between the gamers and YouTube. The YouTube channel itself mostly covers real life affectionate parodies and skits related to gaming, which are produced and cast by its members whom work for Polaris offices in Los Angeles.

Some of Polaris' more successful videos include their spin-off LORE in a Minute series, after a premier Diablo lore short, and a popular Web Original series, "The Street Fighter". They had also embarked on a new adventure called "Broken Quest," an animated spoof of MMORPGs, Tabletop Games and fantasy gaming in general.

Following JonTron's leaving from Game Grumps on June 25, 2013, sequential episodes of Remag Daily had a number of the hosts "leaving" the show. It was finally announced on July 4-5, 2013 that TheGameStation was rebranded to Polaris in order to include more non-gaming related channels and original programming.

Polaris would cease operations following the closure of its parent company Maker Studios in 2019. However, the majority of channels listed continue to produce content, either independently or under new networks.

Gaming Channels

• Aphmau (Formerly Challenge Accepted Inc, changed after two of the channel personalities retired from Youtube)
• Artosis TV, the channel of Starcraft II player Artosis. He is one of the most popular English commentators of StarCraft and is currently living in South Korea as a Gom TV official caster.
• Call Me Nerve
• Chuggaaconroy
• Comm Ft
• Continue?
• Criken2
• Cryaotic
• Day Nine Tv, an ex-professional Starcraft Brood War player and current Starcraft II caster.
• deranker
• Game Grumps (since left)
• Haydunn
• HC Bailly
• HD Starcraft, the second most subscribed English Starcraft II channel on YouTube.
• Husky Starcraft, the most subscribed English Starcraft II channel on YouTube.
• JoshJepson
• Koshi Sushi
• Life's a Glitch TV
• NintendoCapriSun
• Nin Buzz
• Markiplier
• Meat Wagon 22
• Muzza Fuzza Gaming
• Myndflame
• Next Gen Tactics
• Oplim77
• PewDiePie
• Pokemoshpit
• ProtonJon
• Psy Starcraft, aka Starcraft II player VilePsy.
• The Sandy Ravage
• SlimKirby
• SomeOrdinaryGamers
• StephenPlays
• Super Jeenius
• Super Skarmory
• Team Liquid Net, the Starcraft II channel of the Team Liquid Website, which is one of the largest English StarCraft fansites.
• Tear of Grace
• That Guy Who Camps
• Unit Lost
• Veridiya Gooru 22
• WowCrendor
• Zam Official

Gaming networks within Polaris

• The Yogscast
  • Area 11, specifically Parv and Sparkles*
  • Lewis Brindley
  • DaveChaos
  • Hat Films
  • Hybrid Panda
  • InTheLittleWood
  • Duncan Jones
  • Simon Lane
  • Nilesy
  • Zoey Proasheck
  • Kim Richards
  • Hannah Rutherford
  • Sips
  • Sjin
  • William Strife
  • Strippin
  • Turpster

Review Channels

• The Angry Joe Show
• Knight Wing 01
• LORE in a Minute
• Zeitgeist Review
• Zelda Universe

VLog Channels

• Press Heart To Continue
• Nintendo Fan Girl

Variety Show

• Chris Cross Media
• The Cynical Brit, TotalBiscuit's main channel
  • The Co-Optional Podcast
• Flimsii
• Jimquisition
• JonTron
• Nerdy Nummies
• PeanutButterGamer
• ProJared
• Rinry Game Game

Comedy

• Broken Quest
• The Warp Zone

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Polaris/TheGameStation itself provides examples of:

• Aerith and Bob: Some of the members go by their real names, and some go by nicknames or stage names, so when they collaborate it can have this effect.
• Didn't Think This Through: A truly epic example after practising Executive Meddling and Screwed by the Network - after running the Polaris Civil War cross-channel event into the ground, Polaris decided to lie to both Jesse Cox and Angry Joe that the other had approved a wrap-up video for the series, only to release the video without their permission, and the video was in fact not wrapping up the series but announcing a new host and blaming the decline of the series on Jesse. Jesse promptly called Polaris out in the video comments and Twitter, causing a massive backlash against Polaris. Polaris pulled the video, but not before losing around 3000 subscribers in less than 24 hours.
• Gamer Chick: Press Heart To Continue, Rinry Game Game, and Nintendo Fan Girl, among many others.
• Podcast: A weekly one featuring Total Biscuit, Jesse Cox, and Dodger, plus one random guest.
• Running Gag: Wailmers in trees in the background of "Lore in a Minute" videos. Ever since a few complaints about the Pokémon lore involving the Kanto region that somehow contained a Wailmer (hiding in the forest, nonetheless), a Wailmer has sneaked itself in the Left 4 Dead and Guild Wars lores.

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