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Dreaming Weaver
Добавлен 30 окт 2013
This RUclips channel is where I post my long-form video essays and other works analyzing game stories and game makers.
2024 End of Year Channel Update
Hey folks, skip to 7:45 if you're only interested in the channel-related info and want to skip the life stuff I chat about at first.
In this shorter video I'm just hopping in to say that I'm not dead yet, more videos are indeed coming, and explain why there hasn't been any activity for a bit. I get more into in the video, but basically: life is busy, and I do this in my spare time for fun. It doesn't always let me make as much as I'd like!
Thanks for hanging around if you have so far, and be sure that I'll be getting back to Metal Gear stuff when the time is right, but for 2025 expect videos about Alan Wake II, Twin Peaks, and Death Stranding 2 along the way.
In this shorter video I'm just hopping in to say that I'm not dead yet, more videos are indeed coming, and explain why there hasn't been any activity for a bit. I get more into in the video, but basically: life is busy, and I do this in my spare time for fun. It doesn't always let me make as much as I'd like!
Thanks for hanging around if you have so far, and be sure that I'll be getting back to Metal Gear stuff when the time is right, but for 2025 expect videos about Alan Wake II, Twin Peaks, and Death Stranding 2 along the way.
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Death Stranding 2 Predictions - Story, Characters, Gameplay, & More
Просмотров 2435 месяцев назад
About 17 hours ago from the time I'm writing this, an idea struck me. Less than 2 hours later, I had recorded this entire video. I needed to sleep after that, and this morning I did a quick assembly edit and a couple of sound passes. This video was written and made very hastily, but the amount of work that's gone into making this possible is much, much larger than this one video can communicate...
Helldivers 2 - Destruction of Meridia and Black Hole Aftermath
Просмотров 17 тыс.8 месяцев назад
The action starts around 6:56. I was logged in and in orbit of Meridia today, June 2 2024, when the mission to inject the Meridia supercolony with enough Dark Fluid to collapse the planet had finally completed. A forced FTL jump was made away from the planet at the moments before collapse, and upon return the resulting black hole can be observed from a safe distance. Liberty won today! This Hel...
Helldivers II - 2 Divers Wreck Oily Bots with Multiple Hot Spear Loads
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When managed democracy is on the line, it doesn't matter if you're the gunner or the loader. Those commie clankers aren't going to be walking after this unending series of explosions! #DestroyAllBots #Freedom #Liberty
Helldivers II - Optimizing Farming: Super Credits, Samples, And So On
Просмотров 28311 месяцев назад
Farming the various resources and currencies in Helldivers II can seem like a daunting task to a solo player, but the tips in this video will help turn even the meekest of farm boys into the toughest plough hand in the galaxy. Whether you're farming super samples, rare samples, super credits, or just want a good reliable method of clearing maps solo, whether you want to know about support weapo...
Helldivers II - Common Sample Farming, the Laziest Possible Way
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In Helldivers II, you'll be confronted with hostile planets full of alien life that are determined to kill you and force you to leave your precious sample containers behind while you extract with empty bags. If you're sick of automatons and terminids yoinking your common samples during missions, you can try this method I go over in the video to restore your faith in managed democracy with machi...
Alan Wake II - All the King's Men GMV
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SPOILERS for all of Alan Wake II All the King's Men is by The Rigs, off their album "Gray" Lyrics: When all the king's men and all their horses Can't find a way to, a way to save you I've been chasing windmills for as long as I have been Found my Dulcinea, but I don't remember when Still, I'll be your hero when that love comes to an end Somehow you lost your wonder in your quest to feel alive S...
Death Stranding 2 Trailer 2 - 12 1st Impressions
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For the new Death Stranding 2 trailer's release, I decided it was necessary to put some of my thoughts out there. If you've watched my MGSV Explained lectures, some of the stuff in these trailers might have struck a deeper chord if you were paying attention. I'll be referring back to those lectures here and there throughout this video, so go check out the MGSV Explained stuff if you want to add...
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 27 - Kojima's Methods - References, Homage, and Long Takes
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For the final lecture of the series we're going back to film school, where I'm gonna talk about a couple of stylistic conventions present in The Phantom Pain and link those to the greater traditions they exist as a part of. Tune in next time! Notes used for the lecture are copied below: Lecture 27: Kojima's Method - References I - David Lynch's use of homage and references A - Fire Walk With Me...
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 26 - Story Rundown
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For a story rundown, I mostly go into detailing the larger 9-year (plus 1) cycle that recurs within Metal Gear's overall timeline, and then as an example I go year-by-year in my own words for one of those 9 year cycles, from 75-84. The notes used for this lecture are copied below: Lecture 26: Story Rundown I - 9 Year Cycles A- 64, 65-74: Big Boss's Rise (MGS3, PO, PW) B- 75-84: Big Boss's Fall ...
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 25 - Why Is Quiet?
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You: "She breathes through her skin huhuhu" Morpheus: "You think that's clothes she's wearing?" The notes used for this lecture are copied below: Lecture 25: Why is Quiet? I - "Excuse for Kojima to have a chick in a bikini!" 1- Yes, but Hideo = Chico 2- Quiet's (non) choice & metamorphosis a- Chico's (immature) desires b- Audience's misogyny i- Lack of respect for her choices ii- Joosten's feel...
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 24 - Architecture of Mother Base
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Go to 10:04 in the video if you're looking for the timestamp for skipping to the main part of the lecture. In these final few lectures I'll go over some of the extra non-mission details from the games and relate them to various other details in the settings and narratives. Starting out is a rundown of the Mother Base architecture and its links to Afghanistan and beyond. Below is a copy of the n...
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 23 - Missions 47 - 50 - Once More, With Frank
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For the last short lecture of the initial part of the series covering the missions, I finally explain what all this time travel hullaballoo is about. After going over the last 4 missions in the game and contextualizing their existence I also chat a bit about the future of my lecture series and what's in store for the future. I hope you've enjoyed if you've been watching so far! Below is a copy ...
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 22-2 - Missions 00 & 46 - Beyond the Belly of the Beast
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In part 2 of this lecture I go over the ending portions of the hospital mission and then sort out all the differences in the two endings and what all that implies to the greater narrative. Below is a copy of the notes I used for this lecture: (Cont'd from previous video) 22- Zero a- 2001 reference b- Editing and teleportation (I didn't mention this, but the power of "zero shifts" and teleportat...
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 22-1 - Missions 00 & 46 - Infinite Mercy Hospital Rehab Program
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The prologue and "Truth" missions for The Phantom Pain share almost the same structure, but a careful analysis of the two events reveals dissonance beyond the obviously different endings in the small details of the scenario. Join me for the two-part penultimate lecture for my MGSV Explained series, where I delve into breaking down the first half of the hospital scenario and detail all the symbo...
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 21 - Mission 45 - The End of the Road
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MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 21 - Mission 45 - The End of the Road
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 20 - Missions 43 & 44 - Diamond Roots
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MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 20 - Missions 43 & 44 - Diamond Roots
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 19 - Missions 40 - 42 - Lady Luck and the Tower of Snakes
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MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 19 - Missions 40 - 42 - Lady Luck and the Tower of Snakes
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 18 - Missions 37 - 39 - Idolatry's Proliferation
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MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 18 - Missions 37 - 39 - Idolatry's Proliferation
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 17 - Missions 34 - 36 - New Bosses, Same Old Routines
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MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 17 - Missions 34 - 36 - New Bosses, Same Old Routines
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 16 - Missions 32 & 33 - 2 Snake, 2 Furious
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MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 16 - Missions 32 & 33 - 2 Snake, 2 Furious
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 15 - Missions 30 & 31 - The Final Battle
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MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 15 - Missions 30 & 31 - The Final Battle
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 14 - Missions 28 & 29 - Clash of Metal in the Wilderness
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MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 14 - Missions 28 & 29 - Clash of Metal in the Wilderness
Metal Gear Solid Delta (3) Snake Eater Remake - Trailer Analysis, Predictions, and Wild Speculation
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Metal Gear Solid Delta (3) Snake Eater Remake - Trailer Analysis, Predictions, and Wild Speculation
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 13 - Missions 25 - 27 - Boiling Down the Venomous Roots
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MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 13 - Missions 25 - 27 - Boiling Down the Venomous Roots
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 12 - Missions 23 & 24 - Dinner at El Chico, Table for Two
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MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 12 - Missions 23 & 24 - Dinner at El Chico, Table for Two
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 11 - Missions 21 & 22 - Heels and Bugs Overhead
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MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 11 - Missions 21 & 22 - Heels and Bugs Overhead
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 10 - Mission 20 - Silver-Tongued Devil
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MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 10 - Mission 20 - Silver-Tongued Devil
MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 09 - Missions 18 & 19 - Generals, Majors, and Minor Miners
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MGSV Explained Lecture Series - 09 - Missions 18 & 19 - Generals, Majors, and Minor Miners
Really enjoying this, criminally under watched video here. I am fully in the belief whatever this has all been goes far outside Kojima's own work. I am convinced Elden Ring an many other games are part of this story. The biggest part of this Ruse has always been our assumptions on what could be connected. Copyright is no issue when working at this level of abstract.
Wow!😮🎉
chatgpt recommended this video to me
Elle is possibly a new EE since amelie was cut off from the network in ds1, and we shall learn some more about whete EEs come from and how they are "born"
I personally think Elle is quiet, we encounter her "home" in a major story mission early on, and she is obviously tied in to the wider stranding/supernatural stuff with the threads and will probably have endgame story importance and throw everything upside down the same way quiets parasite did to motherbase
I mentioned that in my previous DS2 video, the 12 1st Impressions. She doesn't speak a word in the first trailer, so yes she is Quiet.
No way these videos are real, man. To me, it's just so hard to grasp the game was all a VR thing. I need to rewatch your first and this video again. I would love to see a summarized version of this, but hey, I'll still watch the rest of the series. Great stuff man.
The 3rd lecture does go back over a little bit from these first 2. It'll make sense if you keep at it (I hope).
Genuinely great to see you again, Ross❗ I love the transparency in the beginning of the video because it helps us connect with you at a human level rather than just having an impersonal relationship with your channel. Work can definitely be a barrier when it comes to creating RUclips content, but your work also helps you stabilize your day-to-day routines 🙏🏻 Nevertheless, I'm excited to see your ProjecT regarding Twin Peaks as that 'well' never dries up for an artistic mind like yourself 🎨 Alan Wake II & the Remedy Universe has interesting concepts to explore as well 👍🏻 Can't wait for 2025 & Happy Belated Birthday 🎉 🎂 Rest In Peace, Gillie 💐
Chico dies in the chopper crash. Ocelot says so in various post game tapes.
I think it’s pronounced “five”
If you watch the "flashback"after discovering "Paz" on motherboard for the first time, when the rocket hits it shows medic and snake as one person.
the cut adult chico character is a literal red herring
The real hero of this saga is not big boss, it is definitely solid snake. Damn there is so much to say about this saga.
The question "who is the real big boss" makes no sense in this game. Big Boss is not human anymore. He is an idea, a meme, a "big brother" like figure AND the players identity at the same time. Venom becomes Big Boss, Big Boss is also Jack (john), who is also very probably Ishmael. But the truth ending reveals to us that this question has no explicit and one way answer. We are not snake anymore, as there is only one boss, and one snake. We become big boss, and restart the saga (and circle of revenge) by separating the Snake from the Boss once again.
Mgs 5 = mgs PW + mgs V
On the mission where you eliminate the arms dealer, they say they will start the tour on the north hanger but actually start the tour by going to the truck in the *south* hanger.
I talk more in depth about that in this video: ruclips.net/video/3F6JJdGbOTk/видео.html
A Legendary MGSV Theory that will be more appreciated with the passing of time ⏳
Did you imagine that all Metal gear solid games would be inspired about movies in his own universe, and this movies inspired about real events, and that bring misinformation in his own world by the movies and in our world (and in soldiers of his own world) by the games, and that could be resolve this think about roles. Think about one of most importants games of all times Super Mario Bros 3 its a stage play
The book 1984 and the year in this "whole game" and its a strong influence to Kojima, so that could be one more to think that "all TPP in 1984" its fake :O
10:58 fuck, you got me when you conected Snake's fear about vampires with Skull face and his past in Transilvania. Fuck, man
You’re pretty good.
I dont get it, in the video about "chico is venon" you say Skull face is another caracter and now you say Skull face is Big Boss?
18:06 but if the médic think he is big boss in that scenario had sense
I don't think this it but a cool thought.
To this day, the opening chapter of this video is legendary, at least in my eyes❗
Futurasound Productions laughs at this videos title.
This video does not stand to reason.
what an interesting game
Not having coop feels like a massive hole in this game's soul, its just so perfect for this game that it baffles me there isnt even a mod for it.
thanks i was confused
So basically the solid gears are metal and snake was big boss
Looking forward to the Jack vid
Excellent
Bro? You ever think about being a history teacher? Your so good at making this make sense. You'd be epic at breaking down history.
I almost became a teacher in the past but academia is too restrictive and such for me. Thanks though!
Kaz Miller is still in my top three favorite characters in mgs series. Dude really made McDonald's 😂
Great vid. Only thing is the Chico=Venom Snake theory literally has no legs to stand on but i appreciated it none the less. <3
You'd appreciate it more if you didn't already have your mind made up. Go watch my other videos and tell me again about legs. I explain the Chico symbolism in The Phantom Pain in great detail in the lecture series I made after this, specifically lectures 4, 5, and 12 go over how characters like Malak, Huey, the D-Walker, Shabani, and Eli all collectively lay out what happened to Chico from 1975-1984, and how he ended up in the hospital reawakening as Venom Snake.
@@DreamingWeaver I mean I definitely didn't already have my mind made up, I even thought of other evidence that supports the theory such as when Big Boss rescues Chico from captivity back in Peacewalker he has the whole bit about "Chico, you died here today, dry your tears, then give your life to me." among others. I just think it's adding a layer of complexity that's not really there. Some of the same argument is posed in the "Quiet is Chico" theory and while that theory can have evidence to support it I don't think quiet is Chico either. Maybe saying "no legs to stand on" was too harsh. For what it's worth I really did appreciate how you put everything together and it revealed a lot of nuance in things such as a deeper understanding of Kojimas music choices and also the mirror therapy thing I definitely feel had influence to the way scenes were presented I never noticed that before.We just don't agree on the conclusion that's all no harm done 👍
I'm asking you to see the rest of my arguement before going on. This video was just the introduction into the idea. The real evidence is not here, and this video is just supposed to help people see the foundations of how it's possible. You say you just don't think the layers are there, but I have definitely done the work to show them. They're in the other works I did after this one. That's what I mean by not making up your mind. Everyone by default has the stance you do after playing MGSV. The game programs the audience to be exactly this way, to be resistant to just interpreting the art like every story, instead just accepting the surface level and the popular interpretations. If you just go listen to the rest of what I've said in the lecture series, you can then start to tell me that we just see it differently. I know stories and storytelling very well, and I'm not just some schmo spinning theories. These ideas come from the text. I can show you that if you just take the time to see it. If you simply mirror Chico's face, you will see the patch lines up one to one with Venom and his wound. Trust me here. Venom is definitely representing Chico. He's more than that, too, but that's the first step in understanding and finding real Peace.
@@DreamingWeaver To clarify I did watch I'm pretty sure all your videos in this series and also I don't think you just spun the theory out of nowhere you definitely have evidence to go with the theory. I just take the stance that the mirroring of Venom/Chico is more metaphorical than physical/literal. I agree with a lot of your points and the correlations you draw in this and in your other vids. I'm not trying to change your mind and in retrospect my initial words I used didn't do justice to how much work went into this series and the theory behind it. I mean hey I could be wrong and you could be right I don't know 100% for sure. Like I said initially, great vid. Over the years Metal Gear has been the most fun puzzle box to mentally chew on. I'll be coming back to rewatch this series! ✌️ 🕊️
This video is great!
I kmew from the very beginning vemon snake wasn't the real big boss and that Ismael was indeed the real big boss, it was way to oblivious, what i didn't know was who vemon snake was at first
Ishmael is not the same person as Jack, either. Keep looking in the mirror for the truth.
Dude keep going forget the likes
*MUST READ* Ishmael’s image in that hospital was completely warped. That person was in fact big boss … NOT the medic Venom ( the medic ) suffers from hallucinations and may not see things as they really are . This is because of the shrapnel …… pressing on his optic nerve in the brain
Excellent work! I appreciate the effort here. Lots to consider
Who is Ishmael????
I don't tackle that whole ball of knotted yarn here. That answer is in my MGSV Decoded series. Short answer is Ishmael is the future version of Ahab.
Bro. U have to read us your persuasive essay from high school. Very informative wit theories.
Just point the ship straight at it. I'm sure the reverse engines are more than enough for any problems that occur. They're powered by freedom, after all.
WHAT IN THE NAME OF MF LIBERTY HAPPENED WHILE I WAS GONE (aiting for bugs and crashed to be fixed)
The new illuminist thing or what ever theyre called bet theyll come threw black hole. Theres always another end to the hole :)
SES Pride of Pride 💀
Well, it is June now. 🌈
Rest in Peace all the brave helldivers who die in the planet just after the instand collapse for the planet.... no evac or time to leave the planet
Don't worry, Super Earth would never let any patriotic sons or daughters of liberty die without a cause The amazing black hole we created is a monument to their sacrifice 🫡
Wish i could play this Major order but bad timing with recently moving i missed all the action
log in you will see something (assuming your ships on miridia)