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Ephemera
Великобритания
Добавлен 22 ноя 2022
Existential crises about art.
The Joy of Breaking Games Apart
This video is about the joy of breaking games apart. Games are these incredible art pieces that take hundreds of people and years to create. They show us life-like worlds and characters that feel real, and yet we still crave to break them and tear apart that illusion.
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🎧 PODCAST VERSION: open.spotify.com/episode/799QVbsO5tyMEgrGjbRqXE?si=a63793135cb24bb3
🎵 MUSIC: No Happy Endings (GTA V), Prologue (Firewatch), Remember (Donnelly) (Dear Esther), Camp Approach (Firewatch), His Mentor (GTA V), On The Motorway (Dear Esther), Mines (Arcanum), Libertango (Atomic Heart), Song #6 (Laika: Aged Through Blood), B Red (Laika: Aged T...
Boundary Break: @BoundaryBreak
💛 DONATE: www.patreon.com/EphemeraEssays/
🎧 PODCAST VERSION: open.spotify.com/episode/799QVbsO5tyMEgrGjbRqXE?si=a63793135cb24bb3
🎵 MUSIC: No Happy Endings (GTA V), Prologue (Firewatch), Remember (Donnelly) (Dear Esther), Camp Approach (Firewatch), His Mentor (GTA V), On The Motorway (Dear Esther), Mines (Arcanum), Libertango (Atomic Heart), Song #6 (Laika: Aged Through Blood), B Red (Laika: Aged T...
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Fake Languages, Storytelling & Chants of Sennaar
Просмотров 15 тыс.9 месяцев назад
There's many ways for games to do storytelling, but the indie puzzle game Chants of Sennaar manages to create a whole world entirely through it's fake languages. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: patreon.com/EphemeraEssays BECOME A MEMBER: ruclips.net/channel/UCHplE-gqA2FK8Of3zpPyKjwjoin ALL MUSIC (Chronologically): Baldur's Gate 3 - Harpy Song The Talos Principle - The Dance of Eternity Baldur's Gate 3 - N...
The Many Endings of Red Dead Redemption
Просмотров 10 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Red Dead Redemption is a story about endings. Over the course of two games we see as many as five, and each of them forms a pattern, a cycle, of second chances given and second chances squandered. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: patreon.com/EphemeraEssays BECOME A MEMBER: ruclips.net/channel/UCHplE-gqA2FK8Of3zpPyKjwjoin ENDING THEME: Red Dead Redemption 2 - Cielito Lindo (Campfire) ALL MUSIC (Chronologica...
How to Make Something New
Просмотров 76910 месяцев назад
A little guide on how to make something new. I've been experimenting with different ways of editing for fun and thought I'd throw it up. This won't be a new style or anything, but I had a lot of fun making it. Think of it as a kid showing their parents an arts & crafts project. Not technically an essay so the patrons are not getting charged for this one, we'll be back to your regularly schedule...
Motherhood & The Domestic Horror Genre
Просмотров 6 тыс.11 месяцев назад
There is a niche genre of horror I rarely see discussed: Mother Horror. It's an offshoot of the Domestic Horror genre, but focused on the specific existential realities of motherhood. In this essay I'll be looking at the works of Shuzo Oshimi and the films The Babadook and Mother! to dig deeper into this underrated genre. BECOME A PATRON: patreon.com/EphemeraEssays OR A RUclips MEMBER: ruclips....
A Love Letter to the Clockwork Mansion
Просмотров 703Год назад
A good level, like a game of chess, needs a good opponent. And the best opponent is the level designer themselves. I think one of the finest examples of that is The Clockwork Mansion from Dishonored 2, a level I absolutely love and that literally personifies that player vs designer mentality. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: patreon.com/EphemeraEssays ALL MUSIC (Chronologically): Dishonored 2 - Main Theme ...
The Soviet Town Inside a Morrowind Mod
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.Год назад
Sometimes video games can be the most real depiction of a place, and that goes double for places that no longer exist. In this essay I want to explore the town of Emba-5, a Soviet era village that still lives on in The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: www.patreon.com/EphemeraEssays ENDING THEME: The Banner Saga - We Will Not Be Forgotten and a conversation with Shivers from Disc...
The Problem with Survival Games
Просмотров 2,8 тыс.Год назад
I used to hate survival games, and no matter how much I tried to connect with them I never could. That is, until I discovered one mechanic that opened this world up to me: time scale. MY PATREON: If you feel like buying me a beer, you can use this link patreon.com/EphemeraEssays ENDING THEME: Cyberpunk 2077 - So It Goes (Fingers and the Outlaw) ALL MUSIC (Chronologically): Red Dead Redemption 2...
Resident Evil 4 Will Never Be Done
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.Год назад
Resident Evil 4 has been rereleased more time than I can count, it feels like a piece of art that will never be done. The recent remake release made me consider why this game stuck around for so long, and why it does something only video games can do. MY PATREON: If you feel like buying me a beer, you can use this link patreon.com/EphemeraEssays ENDING THEME: Dishonored 2 - Silver and Dust ALL ...
The Beauty of Magical Realist Games
Просмотров 3,5 тыс.Год назад
Magical Realist fiction is a genre most associated with novels, but it's permeated the world so deeply at this point that games can't help but take influence, even unknowingly. I think we can find a unique perspective on the genre, one that shows a lot of beauty, by examining the way it manifests in video games. MY PATREON: If you feel like buying me a beer, you can use this link patreon.com/Ep...
The Heart of Darkness in Battlefield 2042
Просмотров 994Год назад
With the release of Battlefield 2042, we now have games spanning every major era of military conflict. Playing through these in order and seeing how the depiction of conflict changes reminds me a lot of Joseph Conrad's novella The Heart of Darkness. MY PATREON: patreon.com/EphemeraEssays ENDING THEME: Wasteland 3 - Battle Hymn of the Republic OTHER MUSIC (Chronologically): Call of Duty: Black O...
Strategy Games & How The State Sees Us
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.Год назад
The language of strategy games is perfectly mathematical and controllable. It's designed to be legible and clear, and empower players to make changes that solve problems. But the way these games reduce down our reality parallels closely the way the state in the real world sees us. The Instagram channel I used for photos of the Jefferson grid: the.jefferson.grid MY PATREON: patreo...
Giant Neon Monsters
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Cyberpunk media is defined by light: screens, neon, holograms. But Blade Runner does something different, it creates giant monsters of light. MY PATREON: patreon.com/EphemeraEssays MUSIC (Chronologically): The Forest - Casette 7, Kentucky Route Zero - My Light Heaven, Prey - No Gravity, Prey - Typhon Voices, Transistor - The Spine GAMES & MOVIES (Chronologically): Altered Carbon, Ghost in the S...
How Disco Elysium Makes You Feel Hopeless
Просмотров 41 тыс.Год назад
Spoiler warning for Disco Elysium (Obviously). There are a lot of game design "rules" that are common knowledge, but there are also many that work under the surface. They are fundamental to how we interact with games, and Disco Elysium breaks them to make you feel inadequate. MY PATREON: patreon.com/EphemeraEssays ENDING THEME: Paul Looney - God, Please (The Lieutenant' Theme) ruclips.net/video...
The Shame of Poverty
Просмотров 85 тыс.Год назад
MY PATREON: patreon.com/EphemeraEssays Games Disco Elysium and Fallout 4. Music Red Rock Riviera, Whirling Cafeteria, and Joyce from the Disco Elysium OST. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:06 Disco Elysium 00:22 The Premise 00:55 Asking for Money 01:17 Meeting Joyce 01:44 Inland Empire 03:11 Conclusion 03:35 End Card #discoelysium #discoelysiumfinalcut