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What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Spider-Man 2
Excelsior! We're dropping back in to Marvel's New York for an extended look at the NPC design in Insomniac Games' Spider-Man 2 (2023). Easter Eggs! Weird dialogue! Product placement! And a heap of cool details galore... all enhanced through one of the best photo modes in the biz.
A huge thank you to the following translators, who deciphered the NPC dialogue that's spoken in other languages:
* Spanish: Stradmire (@Stradmire)
* Italian: u/TomSFox, u/Leonardo-Saponara, Max,
* German: u/xia_yang, u/tutnichtkleben, Max
* Mandarin: Rui Zhang
* Korean: u/igemoko
* Japanese: Nil Nilgiree (@nil-nilgiree-7965 )
* Russian: The Book of Ive (@thebookofive )
* Opening Titles: 0:00 - 0:40
* NPCs of New York: 0:4...
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Видео

The Spider-Man Game That's So Lost...
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.2 месяца назад
What if... you had to play as a Spider-Man action figure? Join me in the distant future of 2057, as we unpack the story of the lost Spider-Man game... "Spider-Man: Size Matters." April Fools! Alternate timelines! Toy Story-core! This video was made as part of The Essay Library's April 1st anthology on "These Video Essays Do Not Exist," about things that don't exist. But who knows? Maybe they do...
What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Tears of the Kingdom
Просмотров 130 тыс.3 месяца назад
Hylians, Rito, Zora, Gorons, Gerudo & Koroks: The NPCs of Gaming series returns with a look through the camera lens at the NPCs of Hyrule! Settle in, because this is a long one. * Opening Titles: 0:00 - 0:40 * NPCs of Hyrule Part I Hylians: 0:41 - 22:51 * NPCs of Hyrule Part II Worldbuilding and Design: 22:52 - 31:00 * NPCs of Hyrule Part III The Other Hyruleans: 31:01 - 53:05 * The Camera Rune...
Russian Doll Micro-Essay: Becoming Someone Else
Просмотров 2424 месяца назад
"Mother, mother, on the wall..." This is a one-minute micro-essay on Netflix's Russian Doll, created for The Essay Library's collaboration "Becoming Someone Else." Go check out the full compilation: ruclips.net/video/zM2Fa-NpBE4/видео.htmlsi=pqoXvsJZ_2J9MjIS Some incredible micro-essays in there that push the boundaries of the medium. Honored to have been a part of it. Twitter: YouJ...
SolidArf - Channel Trailer 2.0
Просмотров 2724 месяца назад
Hi and welcome! I'm Arf, and this is what I do here. An updated channel trailer for 2023, since I made my original two years ago. Ways to follow/support me: Twitter: YouJustGotArfed Instagram: npcsofgaming Buy Me a Coffee: ko-fi.com/solidarf Website: aarafafzal.com/ Special FX from Visual Lifestyle: ruclips.net/video/OE4IylbkyLQ/видео.htmlsi=oiDS2q-zGpQKRUy5
The Kingdom Hearts 3 Trailer We Never Saw
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.8 месяцев назад
In 2014, a small crowd of Kingdom Hearts fans was shown an exclusive preview for Kingdom Hearts III. What they saw became the basis for both a marketing and storytelling arc years in the making… This is the road to Cable Town. Twitter: YouJustGotArfed Buy Me a Coffee: ko-fi.com/solidarf BEHIND-THE-SCENES: This script went through several iterations, and acts as a nice "season finale...
The Games That Helped Me Grieve
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.10 месяцев назад
This is more personal than my other videos, so please do not feel any pressure to watch it. This is for myself and my family friends first and foremost. It was written and recorded one year ago, when my grandma passed away. I wrote it over the course of a single, difficult day and recorded it over the course of two long nights. The games covered: A Short Hike: 0:00 - 8:19 Night in the Woods: 8:...
What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Guardians of the Galaxy (2021)
Просмотров 58711 месяцев назад
We're back with a look at the NPCs in Eidos-Montréal's "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2021), published by Square Enix. There are a *lot* of different types of alien races here, and their origins / cultures are more fleshed out than you might expect. It turns out there's a lot to complement my photos in developer notes and presentations. I've brought it all in one place, so sit back and enjoy our gu...
What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.Год назад
May the Fourth be with you! Just in time for Star Wars day (and the release of Survivor), the NPC series returns with a look at the NPCs of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019). There aren't a lot of them, but there *is* a lot to talk about: Stormtroopers, Clone Troopers, and Wookiees abound! Expect more new entries in the "What I Learned Photographing NPCs..." series soon. :) What I Learned Pho...
Glass Onion & See How They Run: How a Mind Deceives Itself
Просмотров 310Год назад
What do 2022's Glass Onion and See How they Run have in common? Despite being whodunnits modeled after classic Agatha Christie, both films are less interested in being puzzles and more in being cinematic roller coaster rides. Twists, turns, and surprisingly simple truths await... but that simplicity is clouded by our own desires to seek something more complex. Put your deerstalkers on, friends....
Hollow Knight's Loneliest Levels
Просмотров 420Год назад
Like everyone else, I adore the combat of Hollow Knight but in its beautiful, bug-infested world, the areas I find myself reflecting on are the ones that use combat minimally. Why do I love the White Palace and the Abyss so much? Feel free to follow me or support the channel! Twitter: YouJustGotArfed Buy Me a Coffee: ko-fi.com/solidarf BEHIND THE SCENES: - After editing this video, ...
Art and the Environment in Concrete Genie
Просмотров 349Год назад
Who is the true antagonist of Pixelopus' Concrete Genie? And what does the game have to say about art and environmentalism? The answers might be murky... but, I think, for a compelling reason. ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ BEHIND THE SCENES: - I'm a bit bummed I couldn't release the original cut for this where I used Concrete Genie’s original OST. It was one of my proudest edits. Foolishly, I like to...
TOEM, and Why I Love Scrapbooking in Games
Просмотров 553Год назад
I loved TOEM: A Photo Adventure for its gameplay but my time with it also sparked some ideas for me about *why* we scrapbook in video games. How do in-game journals, scrapbooks, and compendiums record our journeys? How can those records be made to feel personal and handmade by the player? And finally... how does it shape our relationship with collectibles? How did I come to love TOEM so dang mu...
A Hundred Histories of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Просмотров 478Год назад
Five dimensions. Renew - 0:00 - 17:52 Reboot - 17:53 - 30:14 Revise - 30:15 - 34:06 Replace - 34:07 - 40:41 Resume? - 40:42 - 44:14 I spent far too much of my formative years reading about Crash Bandicoot news. This is my strange tribute to the series: the one it is, the one it could have been, and the infinite that keeps me coming back. Ottselesque font by Christopher Kirk-Nielsen: chriskirkni...
What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Kingdom Hearts III
Просмотров 50 тыс.Год назад
My deep dive into the character design, clothing, worldbuilding, and ambient dialogue of NPCs from Kingdom Hearts 3, after I spent a year watching and photographing NPCs. KH3 is fascinating because in adapting worlds from a variety of different properties, it pulls details from each of those properties in vastly different ways. Let's dive into how it tackles its Disney worlds: the 3D animated, ...
What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Spider-Man (2018)
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What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Spider-Man (2018)
What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Gravity Rush 2
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What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Gravity Rush 2
What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Final Fantasy VII Remake
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What I Learned Photographing NPCs in Final Fantasy VII Remake
What I Learned Photographing NPCs for a Year (2021)
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.Год назад
What I Learned Photographing NPCs for a Year (2021)
The Camera(s) of NEO: The World Ends with You
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.2 года назад
The Camera(s) of NEO: The World Ends with You
Gravity Rush: A Hierarchy of Sinking Worlds
Просмотров 6 тыс.2 года назад
Gravity Rush: A Hierarchy of Sinking Worlds
Rediscovering Spira: Learning to Love Final Fantasy X-2
Просмотров 8302 года назад
Rediscovering Spira: Learning to Love Final Fantasy X-2
Psychonauts: Video Game Drowning and The Aquato Solution
Просмотров 9812 года назад
Psychonauts: Video Game Drowning and The Aquato Solution
Inside: Storytelling Without Words (But With 14 Exceptions)
Просмотров 1862 года назад
Inside: Storytelling Without Words (But With 14 Exceptions)
SolidArf - Channel Trailer
Просмотров 2652 года назад
SolidArf - Channel Trailer

Комментарии

  • @justinwilson5006
    @justinwilson5006 4 часа назад

    While I enjoyed the game I was one of those guys that thought the Zelda Devs didn't put too much effort into the story and world building, but this video makes me realize how sadly mistaken I was. The attention to detail is INSANE.

  • @TifffanyTaylor
    @TifffanyTaylor 14 дней назад

    This content is awesome & uniquely in depth. Gg my dude. Great video

  • @pseudotsugame
    @pseudotsugame 19 дней назад

    What a fantastic video! I've replayed FFX-2 several times and this gave me a whole new way to look at it.

  • @DaisyDies
    @DaisyDies 21 день назад

    i regularly almost came to tears watching this video just because of how amazed i was by the progression of the characters, their little stories, and the detail put into their behaviors. it's just so loving to see such a crafted -- sculpted and loved world.

  • @manek6153
    @manek6153 26 дней назад

    I love this video ! i can feel in every second you cherish that game like i do ! lovely

  • @noah_body_cares
    @noah_body_cares 29 дней назад

    I don't enjoy reading excessive dialogue, so I can appreciate that I can understand the tone of an in-game conversation based purely on the expressive gestures and noises the NPCs make

  • @yoteonthetoobs
    @yoteonthetoobs Месяц назад

    Cozy video

  • @Schneemann-rx6jb
    @Schneemann-rx6jb Месяц назад

    i am german so i and my friends noticed that „armes“ is also the word for poor in german so we we always joked that that he was the „armes armes“ or „poor poor“ in english!!

  • @alexanderbraund8908
    @alexanderbraund8908 Месяц назад

    Just a theory but have you ever thought of the number 64 in the camera rune which is the max amount of photos you can take is a reference to the Nintendo 64 console

  • @RB__Sun
    @RB__Sun Месяц назад

    this video feels so sweet & gentle. i love it 🥹

  • @fourthknower9831
    @fourthknower9831 Месяц назад

    You know what's funny? In BotW, Frita, the rito gal in Lurelin in TotK, wanted poultry at Gerudo town. guess she gave up on that

  • @andrewgwilliam4831
    @andrewgwilliam4831 Месяц назад

    It had completely passed me by that the chap in the Gerudo jail was the guy at the lover's pond in BotW!

  • @somerandomguy29
    @somerandomguy29 Месяц назад

    My photos are all just full of Raven

  • @afterlematch
    @afterlematch Месяц назад

    I can't imagine how much time you two spend on this. The video feels so calm and comforting. It made me realize how I never really notice these things myself but how amazing they are. The little details fly over a casual playres head so quickly, but if you take a step back you're able to see the love and care that went into the game. Thank you for making this video

  • @dantesdiscoinfernolol
    @dantesdiscoinfernolol Месяц назад

    This whole video was a delight. (I was doing such a good job of not getting too sentimental, and then you had to go and tie together just how intertwined Zelda and her love of photography is with the whole of Hyrule...)

  • @beebitbit3080
    @beebitbit3080 Месяц назад

    I remember during the totk olkin and steen sidequest I got very confused on how I showed a mastery of offense, because I pretty much just stood on a ledge and threw muddlebuds

  • @Sirdeathvids
    @Sirdeathvids Месяц назад

    Something that I really enjoyed about season 2 was that self-fulfilling prophecy: No matter how much Nadia tried to change the past, she was accidentally helping to create the present

  • @alittleminish
    @alittleminish Месяц назад

    i ADORE this video! I have a notes doc of my playthroughs of both BotW and TotK jotting down every NPC and what I can note about their lives, its literally so fun in these games !!!

  • @blacklightcarpet9252
    @blacklightcarpet9252 Месяц назад

    my favorite npc from botw is nell because hes the only character wearing armor and his story is pretty intriguing if you think about it

  • @shoofle
    @shoofle Месяц назад

    i love npc designs in zelda games SO much

  • @CaptBurgerson
    @CaptBurgerson Месяц назад

    This was a wonderful video. Thank you

  • @wolffishy
    @wolffishy Месяц назад

    Thank you for letting me see the beauty outside of just the city itself. I love taking photos in Spider-Man 2 and will now begin to pay attention to the little guy. Good luck with your channel!

  • @angrybread5303
    @angrybread5303 Месяц назад

    Thank you for this series. I really appreciate all the stories that you find in the worlds. Extra thanks for having subtitles in such a long video.

  • @Lucifer_Abysseum
    @Lucifer_Abysseum Месяц назад

    Gravity Rush is my favourite game of all times and yet i missed the side quest continuity ! This really cements my love for the game.

  • @thebatman8093
    @thebatman8093 Месяц назад

    WHAT ABOUT MUTANT INCULSIVITY??? all that effort, all of this attention to detail, even having this whole "Marvel's New York" gimmick and still not including a single Mutant related thing is so absurd. I'm not asking for District X or the Hellfire club to be locations on the map (even though that is the best option for including X-Men related memorabilia), I'm asking for a few NPCs to be Mutants or even have a Mutant rally would be nice. JUSTICE FOR MUTANT RIGHTS!! VIVA MAGNETO!!

  • @PrinceJ2314
    @PrinceJ2314 Месяц назад

    Ive never even heard of cable town. Awesome video man. Im really hoping we will see more of it or even scala in future kh games

  • @karaarcadia
    @karaarcadia Месяц назад

    I really hope you do a video on Monster Hunter’s NPCs especially World/Iceborne and Rise/Sunbreak! I find the characters and monsters in those games to be filled with so much personality it’s practically begging to be captured!

  • @actuallynotryanstopasking
    @actuallynotryanstopasking Месяц назад

    this video is genuinely amazing, dude!! hoping your channel gets big ❤❤

  • @AdamCytryn
    @AdamCytryn Месяц назад

    I've found your channel through the zelda video and I quickly fell in love with your content, photographing NPCs as well as your other videos! So I'm excited to watch this one and can't wait to see what you do in the future!

  • @limitbreaker909
    @limitbreaker909 Месяц назад

    3:34 THIS IS AN ACTUAL THING THAT HAPPENED!! Wasn't New York but somewhere in Japan. I read an article about it a few years ago when I was in High School, supposedly someone had INCREDIBLY sensitive information about nearly everyone in the whole city on a USB drive and then just accidentally left it at a restaurant.

  • @confuzedduk1008
    @confuzedduk1008 Месяц назад

    Good vibdeo

  • @Eve.Valentine
    @Eve.Valentine Месяц назад

    Please do Cyberpunk 2077 next! The NPCs in that game are so cool it's insane!

  • @sarelanie7176
    @sarelanie7176 Месяц назад

    I love this series so so so much. I’d love to see you do this with Baldur’s Gate 3 ! ;; So many of the NPCs have intricate storylines, I think you’d get a lot of enjoyment out of it ♥️

  • @nerdychocobo
    @nerdychocobo Месяц назад

    it makes me so happy that such a massive, lush and detailed world was made without any ai, I hope people remember this game whenever ai companies try to promote themselves as the only way to create something to this scale

  • @Isszzb
    @Isszzb Месяц назад

    Omg a new SolidArf video who else cheered!!!!!

  • @puricodraws
    @puricodraws Месяц назад

    these videos are so incredibly cozy and nice, thank you so much for making them!!

  • @DeadFawn
    @DeadFawn Месяц назад

    I adore the attention to detail in these games. You can't have a friendly neighborhood spider-man without the people who make up that neighborhood. The developers really put all of their heart into this game and it shows in such a beautiful way.

  • @indestrial6189
    @indestrial6189 Месяц назад

    This video brought me close to tears. I loved it, thank you. Love the zelda games so much and getting to see a bunch of NPC stories through your lens was beautiful, I even got to learn many details I'd missed! Thank you again, wonderful video :)

  • @thebookofive
    @thebookofive Месяц назад

    7:04 that shot of Mina and Spider-Man is ominous :D Congrats on the video!

  • @glowbug4603
    @glowbug4603 Месяц назад

    This is such a high-quality video, you deserve way more recognition, and I even found myself getting emotional at your talks of the friendly neighbourhood and all the details mattering as much as big picture. I also had no idea this game and insomniac in general was so receptive ans supportive of their photography community! great stuff dude, I loved your totk one as well :)

  • @CoolattasLab
    @CoolattasLab Месяц назад

    These videos always make me tear up, the genuine love for the craft and the characters is so beautiful to me <3

  • @treysandbothe3748
    @treysandbothe3748 Месяц назад

    One day, you're gonna be so popular you can just keep making these neat videos about photography and cameras and other fancy stuff and get paid so much money. Until then, I'm gonna keep commenting for the algorithm. Stay winning, Arf.

    • @SolidArf
      @SolidArf Месяц назад

      D'aww, you always leave the kindest comments. Thank you as always, Trey! You stay winning too. 👑

  • @renaigh
    @renaigh Месяц назад

    I do this kind of thing in Red Dead 2 but I often have to stop briefly because It feels like I'm intruding on someone's personal life.

  • @personwhoexists1841
    @personwhoexists1841 Месяц назад

    ‼️BABE SKIP I’M SKIPPING OUR ANNIVERSARY NEW SOLIDARF VIDEO JUST DROPPED‼️ On a serious note, dude you are so talented, but what makes me like you so much is how heartfelt you are, amazing.

    • @SolidArf
      @SolidArf Месяц назад

      Haha thank you so much! Got a good laugh-n'-smile out of this one. 😄

  • @Encyclopedia_Brown97
    @Encyclopedia_Brown97 Месяц назад

    I love this series so much

    • @SolidArf
      @SolidArf Месяц назад

      Appreciate you tuning in! 🙏🏽

  • @GamerBoy603
    @GamerBoy603 Месяц назад

    I've always loved taking screenshots in games, whether it be because of beautiful vistas or my characters looking good in specific settings. I noticed so much during my playthroughs of Spiderman and Miles Morales, but it took until Robbie's side quest of taking pictures for me to actually slow down and take in my surroundings. At first it was to complete the game, but then hearing Robbie talk about each picture, and memories he had growing up. It made me stop and think about what I was taking a picture of for the first time in a long while. I've watched your previous videos, and it was your love for npc watching that made me reevaluate my own experiences with games. I think I was so used to my surroundings in Spiderman 2 that I didn't think anything had really changed. Now when I come back to the game in the future I have much more to look forward to. Thank you for your perspective.

    • @SolidArf
      @SolidArf Месяц назад

      Thank you for the thoughtful comment! I'm humbled to know this series has resonated.

  • @apollyn.
    @apollyn. Месяц назад

    13:12 what paraglider is that it's so pretty

    • @SolidArf
      @SolidArf Месяц назад

      The Zora glider! It's one of my favorites.

  • @ununiqueusername
    @ununiqueusername Месяц назад

    how tf are there only 2 comments

  • @cassisntcool2253
    @cassisntcool2253 2 месяца назад

    what i love about botw and totk is the amount of love and care poured into each and every detail. they flesh out every single character even if they're not important

  • @Zappermint
    @Zappermint 2 месяца назад

    The way the npcs have a sort of continuity to them is extremely impressive. While a more major example to the little details you noticed here, after completing “Spirit of a Man” Eugie and Aujean will wave goodbye and begin to walk off. I feel like most people would fly away from them but I decided to follow and surprisingly, shortly after they walked away Aujean ran off down a nearby alleyway, leaving Eugie alone so he could go drink. It was such a nice detail and I was happy that much effort was put in. Tens of hours later I hear a “Kat!” as I’m walking the streets of Auldnoir and find Eugie calling out to me, lamenting that his father went right back to drinking after all that effort… which I already knew! It felt nice to be sort of rewarded for just walking around town and bumping into an acquaintance, relating about something we both watched happen.