this is great post! there's a reason that i only mentioned a few videos in my post on the game development articles and resources that helped me, all of which were from experienced developers and almost all of which were completely unedited.
you can learn so much more about making games from mentors and other experienced non-influencer game developers talking about things that they have made themselves than you can from people who spend lots of their time scripting and editing videos, no matter how good those people are at telling you that a popular nintendo game is a masterpiece or that they'll totally release a great game of their own one day. you also learn a lot from making games and studying other games and talking to gamedev friends, of course! but there's no educational benefit from gamedev youtuber/influencer content in my personal experience.
