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videos!
I have conjoured up some videos you may find simply sensational
(In other words just YouTube video recommedations).
Alot of these are going to be video essays because you can watch them while doing house cleaning and etc,
so that tends to be the time that I actually find some use for YouTube.
Be sure to check these videos out by clicking the titles, they are links!!!
Art, Furries and God by Patricia Taxxon
This video is probably one I wouldn't be the same without it.
It really helped me to understand we shouldn't be so concerned how our art is percieved,
or even how we are percieved. We should be honest in our art, perhaps disarmingly so.
Patricia has some other good videos like "The Autistic Horror of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared",
so be sure to check her out!
Deltarune, or how do you become a Body without Organs? by WIREGRRRL
Best Deltarune video essay, period.
Combining something as interesting as philosophy with something I love like Deltarune is just sensational.
A concept like a Body Without Organs, in essence being a "virtual body of pure potentiality",
is something genuinely intriguing and interesting!
WIREGRRRL is also on neocities here,
be sure to check them out!
DELTARUNE and the Fourth Wall || THE DEVICE THEORY by mollystars
Okay fine it's actually a tie for the best Deltarune video essay...
The fourth wall is something that has probably been talked and done to death,
but trust me this video is great!!!
There is a reason why so many games and some media break the fourth wall or do something with it,
because the idea of a fourth wall is interesting as hell!!!
mollystars also has a neocities here,
be sure to check it out!
NezumiVA
Yes, she deserves her own section. There are multiple video essays that are my favourite but I'll just recommend two. I watch the Undertale Retrospective almost every time I get cozy like on Christmas. Undertale was probably one of the earliest things I was fixated on (others being JoJo and Dragonball, weird combination ik), but even up to this day, I still continue to love whatever Toby Fox pushes out.
Single-handedly changed my opinion on v3 into it being my fav Dangan game. Was really annoyed about the ending of v3 and dropped it without sticking for the few minutes left til the end. Watching the video essay and hearing Nezumi's take on how fiction impacts us really changed my mind about the ending. Also, the little interviews at the end with 'Closing Argument' by Masafumi Tadaka playing were a nice touch to the video :).
the death of monoculture: a video essay by Noah McAlister
A great video talking about the weird way 'mainstream' media has kinda died.
There are so many hobbies and interests you can get into now simply because of the internet,
leading to most people finding stuff other than the mainstream.
Probably the reason I love the internet so much (yes ik i sound like a NEET but idc),
it just opens up so many stuff for you to explore and discover.
Alot of what I am now and what you are now would not be there without the internet.
Generative A.I - We Aren't Ready. by Kyle Hill
This video is what I feel like we are heading to,
we can see A.I. art fill boards and social media and it seems like generated shiny slop.
No hate towards anyone but it seems so trained to look like instagram like bait most times and that sucks.
At the end of the day its more so a prediction so we shall see how it plays out in the future :)
Video Game Communities are Saving Third Spaces. by Yosoku
I think all us chronically online people can see that alot of the friends we have we met through online activites.
Well, this video focuses on more so the gaming aspect of that, which we can probably relate to.
Hopping on random matchmaking for a game with chat and routinely playing with them,
to then slowly building up the relationship from there, making it basically a third space.
Undertale, Deltarune, and Shattering The 4th Wall - Deep Dive & Analysis by Pet Brick Productions
The most comprehensive look at both Undertale and Deltarune in a single video that I have watched.
The thought of being able to hear their voice change throughout the video speaks lengths on how long the video took.
It also reminds you of the impact of both games to compel someone to finish a video as long as this.
Highly recommended to watch it as the video also recommends some cool pieces of fan content too!
YOU Are Why This Game is Broken by Glamrock Dusky
This game is so amazing, like the concept and the execution is phenomenal. I love the stylistic choices,
as it really makes you understand these sprites are trapped in a very confined bit space.
Also, the idea of the player being the reason that everything now is coming to an end is extremely cool.
It feels every interaction with dread especially thinking of how amazing that sentience was developed there
but the act of observing it leads to its death.
How to Escape the Neoliberal Lie | Kendrick Lamar & Whiplash by The Stories We Tell
This one made me realise so many things I've been doing are just for the sake of ambition.
Especially realising that a lot of these ambitions are unrealistic
and will lead to every other area of your life deteriorating just for you to not reach it.
This isn't to say do nothing but reminding you Uncle Sam is not acting in your best interest
and at the same time do not be consumed by ambition without reason.
Maybe just watch the video to get what I mean lol.