DarksydePhil

""I didn't mean to do that! The controls are fucking lagging!" "Did you see that? There was nothing I could do man, come on!""

Phil Burnell, more commonly known as Darksyde Phil or "The King of Hate", is a YouTube Let's Player, formerly partnered with Machinima. He has gathered a sizable Hatedom for his unpleasant and angry Let's Plays.


 * Aborted Arc: Project 7 was introduced fairly early in Phil's YouTube career, but vanished after several videos.
 * It was brought back in spectacular fashion in January of 2012.
 * Accentuate the Negative: Even when praising games, he seems to be having bad times playing them, due to his bad gameplay and tactics.
 * April Fools' Day: Every April Fools' Day, Phil will play "The Greatest (Insert Genre) Game Of All Time." They're not great.
 * Catch Phrase: Oh boy, does Phil have a lot of these! So many in fact, that just listing them would turn this page into a checklist.
 * The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard: Invoked often, accurately or otherwise.
 * Crippling Overspecialization: If there's one thing Phil struggles with, it is adaptability; any time he plays a game that's vastly different from the last one he played, he often resorts to using the same/similar tactics to try and breeze through, only to be shocked that it didn't work the same way. If he kept dying to an enemy, or even a Wake Up Call Boss, he will continuously attempt to power past them without ever coming up with a different strategy.
 * Phil will often complain about randomness in games, but that's just his preference for fixed AI patterns talking. In Crash Bandicoot for example, he complained about not being able to defeat enemies by jumping on them despite doing so beforehand, but he continued to jump on them without thinking to use the spin attack which is the preferred method of attack in that game. His attitude towards unpredictable AI applies to platforming as well.
 * The Ditz: Let's just say that Phil isn't the smartest guy alive. He has a tendency to forget certain game mechanics right after being told about them. Even when his stream chat gives him advice on how to play a game, he still forgets just moments later. Half the time though, this is because he doesn't pay attention.
 * Fan Hater: Phil can be incredibly nasty when he's angry, but he tends to take out his frustrations on his own fans.
 * Gasshole: Phil has a habit of snorting or belching loudly into his microphone.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper: Particularly if Phil is having a miserable time with a certain segment of a game. Even the slightest jab at him, no matter how harmless can cause him to flip a bitch!
 * Hypocrite: So many examples to list, but in particular he complains about other people receiving early copies of certain video games, and stating that he thinks it kills the industry. Don't think anyone needs to be reminded that Phil has received advanced copies of games himself in the past.
 * It Got Worse: The original channel, darksydephil, was taken down by YouTube for copyright claims. DSP created new channels, and got Google Ad-Sense activated on his The King of Hate HD channel, allowing him to make money off of his videos. Phil lost his job during that time. His Ad-Sense privileges were revoked due to claims of fraudulent actions designed to exploit the Ad-Sense system. DSP moves to Blip.tv and gains a partnership. That account was later closed by Blip.tv due to some poorly thought out humor about Those Wacky Nazis.
 * Large Ham: Project 7 thrives on this. In fact, one could even say his angry moments qualify as this, even though he may try to deny it.
 * Left It In: All of Phil's commentary is live and unedited. This often leads to the viewers watching Phil struggle for minutes on end to get past a section of whatever game he is playing.
 * Let's Play: The consistent basis for his content, more or less.
 * Never My Fault: Around 97% of Phil's content can be summed up in four little words: "I didn't do that!". Or some variation on that.
 * Sore Loser: It's no secret that Phil cannot take a loss in a video game, whether he's playing with AI or other players.
 * When All You Have Is a Hammer: In MGS3, Phil went to fight The End in a sniper battle, the weapon (SVG) that he had used on every enemy up until this fight. However, what's the first thing out of Phil's mouth when the battle starts? "Where's my shotgun?"
 * In Dark Souls, Phil tends to rely heavily on using magic spells to attack from a distance.