>>102487984The Let's Plays are just to make money, anon. They explain time and time again in Sleepycast how animating for YouTube isn't a sustainable business model.
By doing OneyPlays, all Chris has to do is play a few hours of video games with some friends before shipping it off to Lyle or Niall or someone else to edit it. They put out a video a day and that brings in ad revenue he uses to keep the lights on while doing his own creative projects.
Last we heard Chris was working on a short pilot now that he's taught himself 3D animation, and that's in addition to doing music for Nightmare Cops.
Meanwhile Zach is making shit with Justin Roiland for Adult Swim, and I remember seeing that Chris was in on some of that as well, doing bumpers and music videos and whatnot.
Just because they're not making another Hellbenders or Dragonzball P or whatever doesn't mean the dudes ain't working. It's literally impossible to make a living making the kind of content they used to on YouTube nowadays unless you've got an insane Patreon or rich parents.