The Haunting Peace of Being Lost
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Getting lost is a sensation that may cause a bit of panic in the real world, yet somehow in a game is one of the most rewarding, refreshing, and strangely peaceful things you can experience. Today on Psych of Play, we take a deep dive into how that feeling of being lost and then finding your way again affects our psyche, how games capitalize on our natural curiosity, and what games can do to make their environments truly captivating. Get cozy... and enjoy the ride :)
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▶Games Shown
Ori and the Blind Forest (2015) - Moon Studios
Control (2019) - Remedy Entertainment
Ghost of Tsushima (2020) - Sucker Punch Productions
Hollow Knight (2017) - Team Cherry
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011) - Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) - Nintendo
Minecraft (2009) - Mojang
Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) - Rockstar Games
Skyrim (2011) - Bethesda
Horizon Zero Dawn (2017) - Guerilla Games
Dark Souls (2011) - FromSoftware
Dark Souls 3 (2016) - FromSoftware
Super Metroid (1994) - Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) - Nintendo
Dandara (2018) - Long Hat House
The Legend of Zelda: Majoras Mask (2000) - Nintendo
Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) - Square Enix
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019) - Intelligent Systems
Dead Cells (2017) - Motion Twin
Axiom Verge (2015) - Thomas Happ Games LLC
Subnautica (2014) - Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Spiderman (2018) - Insomniac Games
No Man’s Sky (2016) - Hello Games
Far Cry 4 (2014) - Ubisoft
ABZU (2016) - Giant Squid
▶Clips/Movies Shown
Avengers: Infinity War (2019)
Carole & Tuesday (2019)
The Incredibles (2004)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
Interstellar (2014)
Django Unchained (2012)
Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999)
Looney Tunes (1930-69)
Tom and Jerry (idk, its old af)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Cellular (2004)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Primal (2019)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
TENET (2020)
Teen Titans (2003)
Her (2013)
The Shining (1980)
Midsommar (2019)
Your Lie in April (2016)
Your Name (2016)
Other Clips and Considerations:
• LOST
▶Music Sources:
Wrongnumber - will you be back?
Mewmore - Winter in Lacunosa
Stiig - Going Home
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders OST - Danger Draws Near
heartmath² - Through the Current
Mewmore - Lake Verity (Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Remix)
Wrongnumber - Maybe I Was Wrong
Iam6teen - remember me when i leave
Hollow Knight OST - Reflection (Gramophone version)
Aso - Seasons
▶Research Articles Cited
Phone Call Latency
www.statista.c...
Biophelia - Nature helps us
www.ncbi.nlm.n...
Cognitive and affective responses to natural scenes:
www.sciencedir...
Restorative Effects of Virtual Nature Settings
www.liebertpub...
Walking in Circles: The Psychology Of Getting Lost
www.ua-magazin...
Why Certain People have a terrible sense of direction:
www.psychology...
Why People Get Lost: The Psychology and Neuroscience of Spatial Cognition:
oxford.univers...
The Loneliness of the “Social Distancer” Triggers Brain Cravings Akin to Hunger
www.scientific...
Review of Psychology of Curiosity
www.ncbi.nlm.n....
The Wick in the Candle of Learning: Epistemic Curiosity Activates Reward Circuitry and Enhances Memory: journals.sagep...
Tracking restoration in natural and urban field settings:
www.sciencedir...
Prospect and Refuge:
cgscholar.com/....
Massachusetts General Hospital Atrium:
• Cubicles don't work. H...
www.nbbj.com/pr...
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#PsychofPlay
Howdy folks, I recently made a twitter. Go follow me! Or don't. Either way, I'm just glad you're here
Just wanna let you know, the F*, Kill or Marry is the cherry on top.
Video is perfect in a many ways!
Just the right amount of memes to make it feel not too tiring but funny, great pacing, and really just well laid out facts, man.
Thank you so much for making this xD Glad to be a subscriber
So glad someone actually liked that 😂
@@DarylTalksGames caught me off guard and had me laughing hard! XD
Quick question! What can we generally expect from your twitter tho? :D
I really hope you could also tweet out that a video is coming soon because RUclips notifications is weird sometimes, even if I had set it to "all"
@@DarylTalksGames i had to pause the video to stop laughing at the FMK
Chad Rose a little bit of everything, hot takes on games, memes, and definitely updates on the channel when necessary 😁
How to make my weekend better:
1st comment
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look at some treeeeeees
I wanted to like but I'd ruin your 666 likes. 🤘
Eat some pancakes.
“Loneliness is dangerous. It’s addicting. Once you see how peaceful it is, you don’t wanna deal with people.” I think Jim Carrey said that, or at least quoted it
*It’s Not addicting It’s Haunting There At Every Turn At Every Corner Watching From your back In Your mirror under the table in the shadow*
But it does makes sense
Being alone, not loneliness.
I thought he meant being alone.
Actually I'm 24 now and I can honestly relate
The amount of BS reduction and the energy you can spend on yourself to be in a place which you never could've imagined
Through college i was a imposter trynna impress people by being someone I wasnt and when I graduated i had to deal with the consequences.
I was lonely but my housemate helped me understand why I feel as such and i Started to use it for myself
I got good at where I worked,quit hazardous habits and invested a lot on health and i went places that I literally Never even dreamt off and now live in a place that I've always dreamt of getting to
It's totally us
Life is actually very simple to figure out but we just complicate ourselves with unnecessary things
Comments do not make you feel alone, even though you are alone, just not for real
Hey Daryl, long time no see. The biophilia you mentioned is fascinating to me. I wonder if we can reproduce this feeling in games, could open world games help speed up patient recovery time just like putting plants outside a window could? This could potentially be a great alternative if neccessary for patients or a supplement on top of the current treatment.
DUDE, first of all it has man! Hope all is going well in your world. And that’s such an interesting idea dude, I’d be curious to see if it’s any better than just a window to be able to experience an entire environment 🤔
I mean, that's why so many scifi settings stick you in VR nature whenever you get hospitalized.
Personally, I think Pokemon Snap is the way to go for getting people on a stimulating task while also appreciating the nature "around" them. It's why I'm surprised it took so long for anyone to do it again.
nice
Already a fair amount of work done on this, since the 90s even. I remember researching this for school back in the mid-00s. This paper goes over some previous uses and future applications, along with possible drawbacks: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6231506/
Ton of papers linked from it in case you wanted to deep dive as well.
darthtace Oh my goodness thank you so much! This is exactly what I was looking for.
7:30 This brought up an amazing memory I had of Minecraft a long time ago. I had a creative world with a taiga biome close to spawn so I built up a huge collection of dogs, necessitating a giant floating doghouse with a grass floor, mossy cobble walls, huge glass block windows (window panes weren't released yet), lapis roofs, and glowstone lighting in a modular design. Every day I'd tame some more dogs, add on another 5x5 room to the existing structure and wander about in the quickly growing mass of dogs.
One day when I was coming back from the latest taming trip, it started raining as I went up the wooden stairs with the dogs. I got them in the latest expansion and sat there for a while, looking out at the rain. Minecraft (Calm 1) started playing and I felt this amazing sense of absolute calm as the dogs barked and the rain pattered against the blue roof. I looked over the trees below the doghouse and took a screenshot that has since been lost to an old computer.
I wish that I could share that experience with others but there really isn't a way to share it. Everything has to be exactly the same; the same obsession with taming wolves, the same boring day at a school that didn't know how to handle high-functioning autism. the same gentle rain in a beta game, the same beginnings of severe anxiety disorder. That was an experience that only I could have at that exact moment in time.
That is beautiful and now I want to go play minecraft again. Thank you for this heartwarming story.
I knew the comments were going to be deep I'm not disappointed.
Yeah, i know how that feels, it really is something special.
Maybe so, but still, I understand it. I can't feel exactly what you felt, of course.
But I know it's remarkably similar to things I have felt before. And I can sense it.
I'm glad you shared it ^.^
(even if it was 3 years ago)
In the description there is a list of all the games, movies and shows shown in this video, and they are all categorized by format and given dates...
Except Tom and Jerry, which is listed as such: "Tom and Jerry (idk, its old af)"
This had me laughing way more than it should have!
Hey Daryl, have you played a game called "The Long Dark"?
I think you might like it. It's a completely new experience of isolation and loneliness.
i've tried that game three times in my life. I don't like the hunger or freezing mechanics.
@@ReubMann I think they are still trying to make it good but at the end games that really doesn't matter at all.
@@ReubMann this game for me, it's for a great feeling and experience.
I've tried the hardest mode, tbh it's for hardcore survival player, so I won't blame the mechanics.
Not good for everyone but it's just fine.
A friend played that awhile back! I didn’t see much but I was super invested. I’d love to play it at some point in the future
Daryl Talks Games I liked it. It's very atmospheric and scary last time I played.
Eating good food and consuming your quality content is such a satisfying combination
I see you everywhere
Hearing “have a damn good one” almost made me tear up.
I was as big a fan of Etika as anyone, saying that at the end of my vids is just my little way of keeping his memory alive.
watching your videos tends to help calm me down when I'm stressed so you couldn't have released this at a better time
One day at a time my friend, glad this could help :)
@Rohit Chavda indeed he is
The melancholy of loneliness in games in particular is painfully addictive, an outlet that lets you feel safe and comforted while letting you hurt, and indirectly letting you know the feelings are okay. Playing games has always been that outlet for me, but I've never been able to describe it until watching this. The end of this video nearly made me cry at the realization. Keep making content like this, it's genuinely amazing.
Amazing video again dude! This explains a lot of the reason of why I loved BOTW so much and how I'm always able to come back to it.
Thanks as always Aaron 😁
Yeah. I haven't been obsessed with a game like I was BOTW since I was a teenager (42 now) and let's not forget this is only Nintendo's first experiment into making an open world in 3d (not to mention it was originally made for the very limited wiiu). It's only going to get better from here.
And to be honest this is kind of why I struggle to get into it, I hate getting lost in games, I'm the kind of guy who likes to focus hard on goals and locations so getting lost is frustrating and confusing
Bottom of the Well or something else
My dude turns video game essays into deep philosophical lessons that allow us to grow.
Why I love the channel. Plus his voice and lil background music. 😔👌
Please check out Jacob Geller. Very similar content and high quality! My boy needs more views
Jacob Geller does the same yes!
@@jaysonagli6210 I know him. His best video is artificial loneliness and that video is a masterpiece
As someone who cares too much about my surroundings' thoughts and does too little overall to fix my own issues...
Sometimes, loneliness in games lifts that weight off for a moment, I guess.
Of course, getting lost FOR REAL invokes danger, you are physically displaced where you lack information and may be at risk of harm, so we feel bad, nervous. Loneliness brought forth by problems isn't GOOD.
But this "voluntary self-abandonment", particularly in videogame form, could work as 'unburdening yourself'.
Game mechanics and objectives aside, you're now going on your own. And, since it's a game, while you may be "alone and lost", you won't necessarily crack, because in the end it's fictional.
Of course, my comment is just what it is. An opinion.
Sorry, I'd just like to say I read part of your comment wrong and was confused but intrigued about the risk of ham.
you don't crack, but you may become hollow...
don't give up skeleton!
I've actually started to seek this feeling of being lost in real life too, in the past several months. Sometimes, when I go for a run and don't feel like doing a lot of physical effort, I go off the man-made trails and into the unknown forest. Of course, I always keep in mind the general location of trails and paths around me, and so I have the idea of the direction I will need to go to be back in familiar territory, but still, for a few minutes, there are no humans around me whatsoever. It's very relaxing.
Oh no, the part of Hollow Knight you need to do next...
@Sam Oh lord, I wasn't even talking about that. You still have lots to look forward to.
@Sam No.
@Sam You'll see.
Sam hell yeah. i just beat him too. bit sad that cloth died
I actually fought the traitor lord without Cloth. Basically used brute force to do it, as in I build a charm loadout focused on damage more than sustainability.
Me: *stressed*
Daryl: *talky talky*
me: my crops are watered, my acne is cleared, i am hydrated, stress? never heard of her
Or him.
possible hermitcraft reference?
"Yes, they shared a drink they call loneliness. But it's better than drinking alone."
8:56
R34 aritist:
WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN
wanting the women at the waffels house to be your grandma felt to real lol
Daryl makes f/m/k joke about trees in zelda, fully unaware that 10 minutes after hearing the joke my girlfriend and I would still not be in agreement over whether fucking or marrying a tree is worse
this is our first Daryl video what have you done to us
Hey, i just want to say that i'm gratefull that this type of channel exists. The idea of using something complex, far aways for the normal humans as understanding the psychology by using videogames while still using them as a serious example of study is something that requieres lots of dedication and work. And I'm gratefiul for this. Thank you so much for your time and dedication of your videos.
I can’t tell you how much I appreciated reading that ❤️
Have you ever played The Outer Wilds? It seems like a game you'd really like, It was a game changer for me
"You'll never have to search a library again."
*laughs in procrastinating librarian*
...who's working from home and works for a digital library, but yeah sometimes you gotta search those stacks. It's a high to find the thing either away.
I will search for "benefits of loneliness" medical articles to see if I can beat my horrible procrastination. :D
Good video! Very interesting. I will sub as this channel is a good procrastination discovery. I was expecting you to mention Yume Nikki unless I missed it.
It's weird. I have sedatephobia (I think that what it is) meaning that I find uncanny silence terrifying. No sounds that indicate living beings. But at the same time I love silence in nature. The sound of birds singing, water flowing and the wind blowing. Distant sounds of people. I like silence when it feels safe. Well this was just a little ramble that I wanted to share. Great video as always. ❤️
I think that makes sense, to me it feels instinctual to be afraid of just...that dead silence. With no hint of anything, like a calm before the storm in a way. But in nature, there's near always the sound of something moving and alive. Doesn't feel like something is trying to sneak up on you as much.
1:48 You did use the clip you found lol
It was definitely worth searching for it lmao
I was able to write an essay in college for a nature literature class about Nature in videogames. This video essay is so much better than mine, I wish it was made before I wrote that to cross reference and get some information from those studies. Cheers
Seriously, your content is really amazing. It always makes me feel relaxed and happy after a long day. Keep doing what you’re doing.
I swear this channel feels like Vsauce for games and I’m completely okay with that
Would love to see a video about "reverse psychology"
Me seeing Dandara gameplay at 3:44 :
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well,
He made a whole video on Dandara :))
Thanks! Saw that game in this video and wondered what that was. You timestamping it saved me a lot of time.
>Checks sources
"Why Certain People Have a Terrible Sense of Direction"
Ah so this is a personal attack we have here, interesting (imprecise navigator btw~)
Glad to see you found your way to the comments.
Beautiful username
@@patricklewis9787 thanks~
Don’t mind me, I’m just commenting for this amazing video/channel to be recommended and favored by RUclips for more people
🙂
(Daryl has hit the ball out of the park so many times he should really sign up to be a baseball star lol)
you just cant throw your lie in april like that
why would you do this?
;-;
Damn this is the video I need to tell some on how liminal spaces are NOT at all scary. They’re calming and sweet and you love them. Even though you don’t know what they are, you get a sense of nostalgia and peace and I which people acknowledged that a bit more.
"Surely you have to be lost to find the places that can't be found"
- Captain Barbosa
I like being alone. But I hate being lonely
That one moment in Hollow Knight really felt special, the music, the emptiness and the peace.
The second best thing happend after unlocking the tram, it made me realize just how big this game really is.
MY MANS HAS STARTED JOJO!
YESSIR. They just made it to Dio’s hideout in Cairo, I’m so ready for whatever the hell happens next lol
@@DarylTalksGames I just finished Part 5. Are you dub or Sub?
@@DarylTalksGames Oh wow, you made it all the way through part 3 without hesitation? Part 3 is definitely the most memorable part but imo the series just gets progrresively better. You'll enjoy the finale.
Dude I been watching like 2 episodes before bed every night lol, I’m so damn pumped to see how this wraps up
@@DarylTalksGames Im so stoked for you man! You are in for a CRAZY ride!
I like Hollow Knight lots and lots, I’m so looking forward to finally watching this!
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but one game that I thought captured the feeling of being lost very well is "A Short Hike".
It's a small game with the simple task of hiking to the top of a mountain. No guides or maps telling you which way you must go. You're free to explore in any direction and discover areas and secrets at your own pace. It's one of the most comforting experiences I've had in a game.
@4:44: The "inverted u", also known as the "n"
Watching this video made me so emotional for some reason. It might've been about all those view shots of different games, the vast night sky while talking about biophilia. And since I'm a very emotional and visual person, it struck me. I could imagine climbing a tall mountain or a tree in a video game or irl, and just stop and look around. The feeling of peace and calm being so high up, alone, without any distracting sounds or noises.
It's always nice to see and hear videos about these sorts of things because it reminds me that other people experience games the same way I do. And even though I personally haven't played Hollow Knight, the bench you were talking about, I could feel the sense of being lost, alone, and far away from others. But also, strangely at peace as well.
Beautiful video and good job, keep it up
"It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers."
- Pat Rothfuss.
Love the little shout out to Matt “The Mat Twatson” Watson from SuperMega’s new EP
I love seeing a supermega fan out in the wild, bc like, you know they get it.
Hey Daryl, thank you so much for your vids. This one was awesome as always and particularly touching to me since I'm a long time Hollow Knight player and I'm currently watching a friend play. I think we shared a lot of what you described, a sort of "shared loneliness", of feeling alone together. Just wanted to point out, that to me, your videos do the same effects that those sad songs you talk about. Your calm voice analysing feelings that we felt at some point gaming, helps remember and reinforce those shared feelings. Cheers from France and good luck getting through that wall ;)
What a beautiful and thoughtful video! I'm in that strange group which finds an elegant peace in the back alleys of GTA, an empty post-apocalyptic parking lot, or the kiss of rain in almost any circumstance.
Attuned to the novelties of Lost Spaces, we adore such areas and moments, finding them one of gaming's most fascinating, subtle rewards.
There is certainly a similar harmony to be experienced in the virtues of virtual nature, but something about the abandoned spaces of Humans speaks deeply to what is found in each of us.
Here's to all the pathfinders...
I’ve been alone most of my life.
I don’t have reactions to the absence of others anymore.
I never learned how to communicate well with people. People are terrifying to me.
Phone calls are horrible. I must mute my phone so I can breathe deeply. When on a call, I feel the need to be perfect in my speech, and that causes a ridiculous degree of stress.
I’m a slow thinker, so the longer I have to formulate my thoughts, the better. This is how I can write well in comments but almost never speak irl.
Every time I hear Cornifer (Hollow Knight) humming, I breathe a sigh of relief and get to him ASAP.
Moral of the video:Go to live in nowhere and marry a tree
Pale King: "Don't mind if I do."
Pe pi XD
It's funny that you mentioned biophilia, because until you'd said something, I'd never thought about it. I am one of those people that is straight up city: give me buildings, people (Don't let them talk to me, though! XD), electricity humming around me. I'm happy there. But even so, when you threw up the examples, I was like "Yeah, he's right: my eyes definitely tracked towards the nature." It was...interesting, to see and acknowledge that disconnect in my brain. XD Also, welcome back!
"In solitude, where we are least alone."
The example of the Ash Lake in Dark Souls reminds me of an architectural concept used by Frank Lloyd Wright in basically the same way. He used narrow, constricting, portals for doorways and hallways to emphasize openness and release in rooms.
Yume Nikki is one of those games that made me appreciate being lost and alone
Same. And watching this video I was hoping hed mention that game. I love getting lost in Yume NIkki
You really should play *Kentucky Road Zero* after finishing Hollow Knight.
I don't think you can handle how fast my dollar will be flying at you each month
Haven't finished the video yet. But i have to say i really do love how the content creators from videogames. Have a tendency to make such cool intros
The only time I felt lost in the game was when I was playing Hollow Knight, while in the Fungal Wastes. I had no map, trying to find my way, with those goddamn bomb mushrooms, constantly dying until I found the map. And I tell you, it felt great.
For me, it's all about possibilities. Gone are the days that something like Atlantis could feasibly exist in the size it was first mentioned, or at all. But exploring a video game you know nothing about is like diving into a completely new continent, with it's own landmarks and rules. That visceral desire of exploring the unknown, and to let your mind wonder about what could be.
Sometimes I dream about an infinite world, as if I could just walk forward forever and always be discovering new places even if I walked for my entire life. I sometimes wish the world was indeed like that, but recently I found that... It kind of is.
There are so many games, movies, books, animes, shows, just so many worlds I have never explored that trying to explore all of them would literally take longer than my lifetime. More than that, every person that explores each of these worlds has a different view about it that can be shared with you.
Living is kind of like being lost in Deepnest. Scary though it may be, it's beautiful in here. And that's the only life we know.
One time I took a 3 day scooter drive(yea scooter.. like 40mph lmao) , I got trapped in a icestorm, and before I could make it to the next town had to take a break and build a fire so I wouldn't freeze. The feeling I felt after that moment, in the woods by a fire changed my entire goal of the trip. After I warmed up I did head on to the closest town I could find and got lucky sleeping in a truck this kind woman working in a restaurant had parked outside of the restaurant. Staying awake all night in the frigid cold also forced me to reckon with myself, recognize my mortality, and I found more appreciation for certain things. (Like how the ice on the windshield resembled Ice People, or how even in that ice storm I still saw a red cardinal trying to make it work.) The adrenaline of knowing if you don't make the right decision on your own in a certain moment there could be deadly consequences can be really intoxicating, and freeing. Make you feel like if you can solve this crisis on your own, or experience a place that is unique just because of the function of time. Maybe keeping on living has some reason, even if its only to beat every challenge that comes your way. Though in stark contrast the feeling I felt as a kid being surround by kids but feeling alone, unwanted was a much more depressing, and different experience that just led me to want to escape into true loneliness, or disappear in some way, and even in highschool I lived for those 4 am walks with my headphones in. Skipping down the empty roads, just enjoying the feeling of being alone, with no expectations. Great video by the way. Got me thinking about those memories, and a lot of other fond memories, as well as how they compare to my feelings when I played Metroid Prime, Little Nightmares, Luigis Mansion etc for the first time.
Man, kind of bummed you didn't bring up Shadow of The Colossus here. SoTC is one of the best games to show this desolate lonely lost feeling. It's an open-world game with nothing in the open world, which is just so strange. It's basically just a game of this whole peaceful loneliness.
Great video, really enjoying the content!
I find it amazing how well the human brain can just take this changes and is not totally confused by it. Like seeing a face without body in a video call should freak us out, but it doesn't.
As someone who has been really loving metroidvania games lately and loves that feeling of being out to explore new places on my own, this video is such a treat! ^_^
Sounds like an n-curve with extra steps
Go to the lowest area of the map for that skill you need in Hollow Knight
I found it shortly before this went up!
The closest thing to getting lost and recreating my own map irl has been building an Ebike and taking it places. I don't have to deal with traffic, I get to wander the unknown bike paths, and it's not super strenuous.
So uh, if you like getting lost I suggest doing this.
Believe me, earth is not what you are told and we were never in space. Because then we would commercialize the shit out of space, what we are NOT doing. Why?
BENCH HYPE-- wait. no.
bench loneliness.
I always liked the inbetween. Travelling from somewhere to somewhere, but not really caring about the destination.
i've been playing hollow knight a lot recently and was wondering if you've done a video that talks about it. Needless to say I just about freaked out when I saw it on the thumbnail of your recent upload. great video as always
Got into playing Hollow Knight because of this. Damn you and thank you.
Bro your videos are always thought-out and well written, and I enjoy them so much! I can't wait for the next one! (I've already binged the entire Psych of Play series.. twice)
This biophellia is truly fascinating.
I'm boutta play some doom
Those lo-fi hip hop mixes gives some (manufactured) nostalgia feels, even for things I've never watched as a kid
i always get lost so naturally i look for certain landmarks which i often tend to fucking forget
Just thinking of Your Lie in April’s soundtrack is enough to break me
I did the same thing at the first bench, it was an sareal filling when i finally started playing.
I hate getting lost in videogames... such an annoyance in open world games.
I want to wander in a uncharted place in real life too... I just don't want to get lost in real life tho so I stick to getting lost in games...
"Finally! Someone who understands!" Said she, while watering her 52 plants.
Yes but have you named them all?
@@CobaltContrast I admit that I didnt :( It helps me not get too attached in the eventuality of their death
@@jessicafrancoeur9655 oof. Um. I'm sorry.
@@CobaltContrast Maybe I should call them all 'Roach'
@@jessicafrancoeur9655 this one is Marry. This one is... Mota, this ones name is Jane...
Hollow Knight its a masterpiece at that feeling nice video btw
Just found this video and I recently started playing Sky: children of the light. It for sure has a lot of the open world stuff and the part about finding places to be alone. It's a social game but also very calming if you just want to fly around and/or find hidden areas, out of the way.
I’m glad youtube led me to you. You articulated this unique sensation so well...
Especially that sensation in the tram. I felt that so often at the benches in Hollow Knight, as well as at a certain lake, beside a certain friend...
:(
Mmmm. That was indeed a moment in the game hollow knight. And it did indeed make me feel certain emotions
idk why but I have notifications on but I never get notifications
I can definitely (personally) speak on the Biophilia subject. There were a few years of my life that I spent living on a few acres of land, mostly untamed. It used to be so relaxing to have that natural light pour in from the glass doors, and going to see the field just outside. It may have been a rougher time of my life, but that is something I deeply miss.
Now I live in a more industrial area, and I can even tell the difference in the quality of the air. I remember the air back then being fresh, crisp, and even a little sweet at times. The air here is... stifling and a little bitter.
I’m getting off topic. Having that nature so close at hand put me at ease, and made me happy. Whereas living where I am now has an effect similar to the air, stifling and bitter.
There hasn’t been a single day recently where I don’t think back on the various natural areas I’ve lived in or visited. I miss it a lot. Even if the internet was awful.
Sometimes when I watch this channel's videos I feel like I must be from another planet or something. Like, I hate that feeling of being lost. I can agree with some other stuff on a personal level but others I just completely don't understand at all. This isn't the first time a topic has given me straight up "unease" while watching either.
Like I can understand the wanting to see interesting scenery and nature even in a game but I don't like feeling lost and I rarely like open world games because of the open world itself. Stuff like Gravity Rush being a notable exception I guess. Or even in Monster Hunter, I have definitely spent many hours of the course of the past couple years just exploring the maps, not hunting anything. Of course I've spent 10x that amount actually hunting but still every once in a while I like to just go around and gather stuff or whatever. But one of the reasons I think I like it is because the areas are small enough that every corner of it can be designed to be interesting in some manner, visually as well as for gameplay.
Strange, I love open world games, and I loved Gravity Rush as well! But the world of GR sometimes feels unnerving between towns, especially at the lower end of the pillar. Being lost in that world was exciting but also a little uncomfortable, more so than other open world games I've played
What you overlook here is our own evolution as a species - we didn’t evolve to live in tiny, closed spaces with modern conveniences all around us but rather we evolved to be hunter-gathers over the course of about 3 million years (to put this in perspective, the history of “civilization” is only about 5-10 thousand years in length - which is nothing in geologic terms...): we have an innate desire to wander and explore because this is how our ancestors survived - by constantly looking for resources in nature to sustain them!
As modern, “civilized” people we have all but forgotten that lifestyle yet still feel a need to live this way - video games being one of the outlets we use to reconnect with a primal instinct that the modern world has tried to beat out of us.
Great point
>this long-ass video
> video is only 20 minutes long
*doubt*
feeling alone validates the relationships you have with those around you. when overcome with other people, its good to reset, to come to the understanding that you truly are not alone
5:04 which one of you canibals made that burrito
I don´t know why but these videos are very therapeutic, thanks Daryl!
Ikr, his voice is somewhat soothing
Great video as always.
What about sounds ? I think nature sounds are relaxing and make the landscapes more pleasant to get lost in. It makes yhe World alive and also contributes to the feeling of loneliness : it's calm, there's nobody around, an untouched land...
Take 45 minutes and play mandigon
Lol @Daryl getting a package 🤣🤣🤣🤣 God I love this channel, stumbling upon it was one good thing to happen to me in 2020 at least! So Daryl if you ever read this, you're awesome and so is your channel, please keep up the good work! Hugs 🤗🤗🤗
you sound like a skyrim character and i love it
I was feeling lost in life, and spontaneously I typed "lost in game " in RUclips search bar and I stumbled upon this, I'm glad I watched this. Feeling a sense of lost and loneliness 1am alone is a bit unbearable, but this video answered some of my question, and the aesthetic and humorous delivery made me feel better. Thank you, like and subscribed. Can't believe I just found this channel, looking forward for more of your content.
So what does all this say about people like me, who hate pointlessly wandering about in games, always gunning for the next objective instead?
I kinda agree to an extent. Its weird, but i genuienly feel a little scared when im not focusing on what i need to be doing in the game.
Wow... I am so impressed with the quality and insight of your videos. Suberply researched, written, and edited 😊 My day today will consist out of watching all of your videos haha, great work!
This is one of your best videos man. Super interesting, deep and informative, keep it up!
Daryl, do we need to talk about your rice cooker addiction?
Great video! Being a hardcore traveler and amateur hiker, I do search for that feeling of oneness with nature. Feeling lost and lonely, in a good way. The only game that perfectly recreates that travel feel for me is Death Stranding. There, the landscape is not only a beautiful scenery but a challenge to overcome. I felt in the game as I felt in the Himalaya or the mountains in Albania. It's the perfect game for travelers while at home.