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{{short description|Let's Play web series hosted by Vtuber Flye}}
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'''''Argie Bee Plays''''' (or simply '''''Argie Bee''''') is an upcoming Australian Let's Play web series hosted by [[Flye (Vtuber)|Vtuber Flye]] (an avatar based on the NeonWabbit character [[Flye]]; created and portrayed by [[NeonWabbit|Darien Brice Dickinson]]). After initial attempts at getting a Let's Play series off the ground in 2013, including one which would start with the game ''OXO'' (EDSAC, 1952) and work up through the history of gaming<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqA64rGkhC8</ref>, Dickinson returned to the idea ten years later, as the technology for streaming and recording gameplay rapidly improved.

The name of the series is derived from combining the term "RGB" with bees - two things which have been used in [[Studio RGB-Newt]] branding in the past, and likewise, the bee-inspired phrases "Buzz On" and "Buzz Off" cap the beginning and end of each video, respectively.

== Format ==

Each episode of the series showcases a game usually being played in its entirety, a format that is also known as a "longplay". Instead of a webcam feed of a human player in the corner, a half-body Live2D facial-tracking avatar of the host, a furred dragon character named Vtuber Flye (also known as Flye Gaming) is displayed, as their actor provides commentary on events of the games through him.

Even though Vtuber Flye is a character being portrayed through motion capture, most vocal reactions to unexpected things such as game glitches, jumpscares, and plot twists are genuine. The episodes are also truncated to exclude most of the downtime moments when nothing of interest is happening, but at the end of each series, everything that does get cut out is still released in a seperate video as "Bee-Roll".

All episodes open with some preliminary info about the game about to be played before the text "Buzz: On" appears, the word "Buzz" being an allusion to the word "Bee" in the title of the show. Likewise, they close with the text "Buzz: Off" (sometimes with the colon symbol omitted to drive ''the stinger'' home).

== History ==

== Personnel ==

=== Host ===

* [[Flye (Vtuber)|Vtuber Flye]] – voiced and puppeteered by [[NeonWabbit|Darien Brice Dickinson]] in real-time using Virtual YouTuber software like Live2D Cubism and Vtube Studio, Vtuber Flye is considered a seperate character to the [[Flye]] character of other NeonWabbit productions, such as ''[[Flye 'n' Frie]]'', only sharing their base design (which was created by [[Hioshiru]], and further refined by [[The-F0X]]).

== Episodes ==

{{Main|List of Argie Bee episodes}}

== Legacy ==

=== Accolades ===

== References ==

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== External links ==

* [https://youtube.com/@ArgieBee Argie Bee] on YouTube

[[Category:Argie Bee]]