Game adaptations and scam lessons share The Modern Rogue's week

Brian Brushwood joins Tom Merritt for Cordkillers and brings magic to a workshop about social engineering.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

We Watched the Last Episode of 1978's BSG, and... - Cordkillers #622

Tom Merritt offers a useful warning amid all the Hollywood adaptation talk: "An option does not mean they are going to make it." On The Modern Rogue's most-watched new upload, he and Brian Brushwood explore the distance between acquiring a story and actually getting it onto a screen.

"We Watched the Last Episode of 1978's BSG, and... - Cordkillers #622" drew roughly 13,000 views. Its description marks the pair's arrival at "The Hand of God," the original Battlestar Galactica finale, but the conversation ranges well beyond the Colonial fleet. Xbox's screen ambitions and a reported Cyberpunk 2077 adaptation prompt Brushwood to compare game movies' changing reputation with the earlier evolution of superhero adaptations. Later, his recommendation of For All Mankind keeps the science-fiction thread running.

The week's four uploads also put Brushwood's other skills to work. "Workshop Wednesday w/ Co-Host Brian Brushwood (plus magic!)" pairs a magic show with a lesson about scammers' social engineering techniques, followed by a chance to apply the lesson. Great Night adds entertainment chatter, while "Weird Things Podcast #1002 - We Tell You The Future" brings Brushwood together with Andrew Mayne and Justin Robert Young.

The channel added about 218,000 views over the week, with subscribers unchanged. Its current daily viewing is around half its usual pace. Nearby science-and-experiment channels have had different rhythms: Scott Manley's daily audience is more than twice his usual level, while Domain of Science is close to its normal pace.

Within The Modern Rogue's own lineup, Weird Things currently has the most daily momentum, ahead of both the workshop and Cordkillers. The biggest new-upload audience went to the television conversation; the freshest continuing activity belongs to the future-telling trio.

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The videos drawing views on The Modern Rogue right now

Workshop Wednesday w/ Co-Host Brian Brushwood (plus magic!)10,733 views · 2026-10-14 We Break Down the REAL Kelly Clarkson/Art of Play Fight! GN#2738,746 views · 2026-10-14 Weird Things Podcast #1002 - We Tell You The Future8,124 views · 2026-10-16

The numbers

Here is how The Modern Rogue's week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Beyond the Observable Uni…

14,092,858

Chris Boden

4,857,591

BBC Earth Science

1,923,212

Scott Manley

1,854,400

Undecided with Matt Ferre…

907,601

Animagraffs

661,125

Destiny

342,943

The Modern Rogue

218,459

Domain of Science

115,061

subscribers

1,720,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

679,572,789

views per day

20,292

typical day: 38,434

first-day views of each video posted this week

We Watched the Last Episode of 1978's B…

11,696

Workshop Wednesday w/ Co-Host Brian Bru…

7,540

We Break Down the REAL Kelly Clarkson/A…

7,680

Weird Things Podcast #1002 - We Tell Yo…

6,226

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Beyond the Observable Uni…

2,070,000

Destiny

2,010,000

Animagraffs

1,940,000

Scott Manley

1,870,000

BBC Earth Science

1,820,000

Undecided with Matt Ferre…

1,810,000

Chris Boden

1,790,000

The Modern Rogue

1,720,000

Domain of Science

1,670,000

As of October 20, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.