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  • Опубликовано: 19 май 2024
  • Episode: Psychology of Psychonauts | Cassie's Collection
    Good day everyone!
    Psychonauts 2 largely follows the story of the original Psychic 6. After the Battle of Grulovia, all were damaged in some form or another. Neither of them being the same.
    Hidden inside the Green Needle Gulch are two of these individuals. One has hidden herself away since the event. Becoming a hermit. Isolating herself among her bees. Something inside her changed as a result of the battle. Something that summoned forth a demon from her unconscious to possess her actions. Keeping her a prisoner of her own behaviors.
    In this episode of Psychology of Psychonauts, we will explore the world created by Cassie O'Pia. Cassie's Collection.
    As always, free discussion is encouraged in the comments!
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  • @Tbone680
    @Tbone680 Месяц назад +354

    It’s wonderful that Raz is voiced by Richard Horvits(Zim) and Raz’s Archetype is voiced by Rosearik Simons(GIR)!

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +88

      When I heard that I went nuts lol. Grew up on Invader Zim.

    • @amandaletcher1320
      @amandaletcher1320 Месяц назад +35

      Zim and Gir has finally been reunited in a different life

    • @NobodyC13
      @NobodyC13 Месяц назад +50

      Raz: "Er. . . Is my archetype supposed to be stupid?"
      Cassie O'Pia: "It's not stupid; IT'S ADVANCED!"

    • @marieisthebestsquidsister
      @marieisthebestsquidsister Месяц назад +11

      "I'm gonna sing the doom song now!"

    • @jager477
      @jager477 Месяц назад +1

      The dynamic duo! Together again.

  • @Generallybreak
    @Generallybreak Месяц назад +301

    I love the dog walking in circles explanation for instincts. It's something almost everyone has seen, and it's impersonal enough that we can easily recognize it's just a silly behavior without getting defensive.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +55

      That's what I was hoping for. Removing it from the context of people so the point was more digestible.

    • @whichcache2517
      @whichcache2517 Месяц назад +14

      I remember this one movie I enjoyed when I was younger about how dogs are actually aliens that attempted to colonize Earth, and wound up being pets instead. When one of their scouts befriends a kid, the kid asks why they move in a circle when they lay down. He explains that it's a means of protection, it produces an aura of protection that makes it so that no harm comes to you. When the kid tries it out, the dog then says "Sucker".
      I'm glad to learn that, even though this was just a silly gag in a kids' movie about dogs secretly being aliens, that it actually wound up being correct about why dogs do that.

    • @seanmcfadden3712
      @seanmcfadden3712 Месяц назад +8

      I recently watched a video from a speculative evolution project that was of sapience. They went over how some instincts (such as a strong desire for energy rich food) that used to be helpful aren't necessarily a good thing in more developed cultural environments. They called it "evolutionary lag". Feels relevant.

  • @SuperCaitball
    @SuperCaitball Месяц назад +141

    To be fair, Enablers can also buff Censors, which are typically considered a "normal" and "healthy" part of a mental system, so they can actually have positive Enablers.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +57

      I mention this throughout the video as well. Enablers alone just facilitate a thing being done. Good or bad. It tends to have a charged connotation to only be negative sadly.

    • @macaylacayton2915
      @macaylacayton2915 Месяц назад +9

      @@GamingUniversityUoG tbh about that I would've kept using enabler, it IS a nuanced term after all. I personally don't believe in removing the nuance from such a term. The fact people do with enabler is honestly disheartening to me, it's not all black, the world is never black and white, only greys.

  • @Olimar92
    @Olimar92 Месяц назад +165

    Bob's Bottles is definitely going to be heavy. I also like that you can see Lily on an island, and she has a completely different voice to the norm as Bob has never physically met her.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +45

      Already working on the video assets for it. Really going to be a bummer episode.

    • @berdlyistrans
      @berdlyistrans Месяц назад +18

      fun fact that Lili is still voiced by her actual VA if I'm remembering correctly

    • @Olimar92
      @Olimar92 Месяц назад +16

      @@GamingUniversityUoG The themes of loss, repression and addiction create a very strong mixture. Not to mention the level design being a bunch of islands, and the Bob-tatoes being his feelings that he pushes everyone away.
      Playing through that level was a roller coaster, as I have family that has dealt with all of that.
      Though I am impressed that Bob made a Mushroom Booze.

    • @cagedcoco1681
      @cagedcoco1681 Месяц назад +6

      ​@@GamingUniversityUoG Just went through that level and was fixed on why did the Moth/Butterfly have the voice of a child.
      Then it occurred to me that it may have been the idea of childhood innocence, and it's actually his childhood voice from before he "learned things the hard way"

    • @jaydenliberty9536
      @jaydenliberty9536 Месяц назад +4

      Bob’s Bottles is by far one of my favorite levels, and in all honesty I have no idea how it’s not going to end up as the longest episode yet. I don’t think there’s a single portion of the background details, level geometry, or even gameplay segments that aren’t going to be juicy to pick through (even the platforming with the heads clearing away the water, and which parts of the level are floating vs fully submerged. Even the fact that HELMUT’S bottle ride is noticably longer to enter is meaningful)

  • @Omnywrench
    @Omnywrench Месяц назад +146

    This was one of my favorite levels, mainly because of how the paper Cassies were modeled and animated. Normally for something like this a game would use 2D sprites on a single polygon always facing the camera, sort of like in Paper Mario. But here they're actual moving paper dolls with actively moving mouths and eyes. Very impressive!

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +28

      Visually this entire world is incredibly impressive. I've always looked at my head as a library as well so this is the closest thing to me personally.

    • @Temporal94
      @Temporal94 Месяц назад +2

      Funnily enough I think in the remake for TTYD they added a few pixels in the Z axis to give the characters a cardboard cutout/construction paper feel to them

  • @ianmichels6958
    @ianmichels6958 Месяц назад +114

    Two thoughts occur to me;
    It's really sad that, even though they've lived so close to each other for decades, Cassie and Bob never talked to each other.
    I think it's nice that the Librarian is still around on return visits. Like you said, letting her have full control is an issue, but isolation after traumatic events, or even just on occasion for self-reflection [Book sorting, so to speak], is normal and healthy in proper amounts

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +37

      Yeah I wouldn't classify the Librarian as a villain by any stretch of the imagination. Poor lady was just beating herself up so bad that she felt she needed to create a new personality to avoid pain. Shapeshifter is where it is at

  • @willisrose9756
    @willisrose9756 Месяц назад +197

    Glad that Psychonauts videos are still being made.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +50

      They are. This one was just a big undertaking. Something I knew would be the biggest one in the series.

    • @TheSquizzlet
      @TheSquizzlet Месяц назад +2

      @@GamingUniversityUoG It was worth it, Cassie's Collection is one of my all time favorites from the whole Psychonauts series, and your study and presentation on it was very very well done.

  • @Ryan_Celes3
    @Ryan_Celes3 Месяц назад +96

    13:36 missed opportunity to call it "Theory of Bee-haviorism"

  • @zachruminer3976
    @zachruminer3976 Месяц назад +50

    Your speech about the shadow archetype for the hero really got me thinking about the reflection of Raz with every other major antagonist in this franchise.
    Oleander and Raz both had a similar resentment towards their father, and towards themselves as they felt like an outcast. However, where Raz was able to grow, and eventually reconnect with his dad, and feel a sense of belonging, Oleander didn't, and slipped into a deep resentment for those who mocked him.
    Both Raz and Loboto were psychic whose families resented their powers, but where as Raz's family learned to accept them and move past the grudge, Loboto's decided to use an ice pick.
    For Maligula, I can't think of much other than this is what Raz could become with unchecked power. If anyone has anything else to add here, please do!
    Now for the main one, Gristol; Raz learns early on the dangers of irresponsibly altering minds for his own goals, Gristol and in turn Gristol's father, had zero qualms about what they did to Lucy. Even if it wasn't sudden like Raz and Hollis, and more of a slow manipulation, they were still ok in purposefully enabling somebody to become a killer. Something Raz could be if he didn't see the consequences of his actions other than 'suddenly rejecting the prodigy psychic.' I know Gristol's problems are a bit deeper, but it's still a comparison.
    I know this stuff was probably obvious, but it's still something I wanted to bring up.

  • @Nevict
    @Nevict Месяц назад +31

    I would like to add another neat detail. Cassie's personalities are bidimentional, just like Raz's summon. They are not full personalities, but shallow reflections of the person. Only when all these paper cutouts join together we see a full tridimentional Cassie with depth to her personality.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +12

      Yep each one is kind of a distilled done representation of a single cut of the pie that makes her up. Not complete.

  • @TheChandraraj12
    @TheChandraraj12 Месяц назад +44

    3:00 "Otto is too distracted by the opening of the MotherLobe to give her any *mind*." I see what you did there.

  • @WarriorVirtue
    @WarriorVirtue Месяц назад +33

    I don't particularly like how if someone likes being alone, people automatically assume that there's something wrong with them. I may be biased here, being a loner myself, but I staunchly believe that there's nothing wrong with wanting peace, quiet, and privacy.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +25

      I'm asocial as well. My day job is draining since I have to deal with so many people. When I get home I rarely see or talk to anyone. It is not that solitude is a bad thing. It is 'Why' we are doing it. Cassie along with the others all suffered a severe trauma.

  • @DavidHedges-kh7uy
    @DavidHedges-kh7uy Месяц назад +27

    At 47:09 Cassie has in a way used silence, destroying, and loudened, semi represents the “speak no evil, hear no evil, and see no evil” through the fight

  • @alanabyss9246
    @alanabyss9246 Месяц назад +20

    I Have ADHD. This video made me realize that I have been socially isolating myself. And I have been hyper focusing on things and neglecting sleep.

  • @RedGunnerguy
    @RedGunnerguy Месяц назад +29

    When you play though that library its good, then the level progress and suddenly it opens up to Shanghai is just beautiful.

  • @shaneens1547
    @shaneens1547 Месяц назад +27

    I think we can all agree Cassie delivers awesome one-liners.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +17

      She absolutly does. Her personal sense of humor is probably why all the paper cutouts were so humourous

  • @emoneko585
    @emoneko585 Месяц назад +35

    new psychology of psychonauts?? and it's 50 MINUTES LONG??!??? LET'S GOOO

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +10

      And that's with stuff cut lol. Yeah sometimes the rabbit hole just keeps getting deeper and deeper.

    • @macaylacayton2915
      @macaylacayton2915 Месяц назад

      @@GamingUniversityUoGI know lol you should see some of the rabbit holes I end doing via google

  • @LeafseasonMagbag
    @LeafseasonMagbag Месяц назад +10

    I would imagine the Teacher to be the most metacognitive because that part of her life would have been around when the Psychic Seven was formed, where she would have been intensively exploring her psychic abilities and mindscape.

  • @codyboise9989
    @codyboise9989 Месяц назад +6

    That's a thought: The idea that the librarian not only representing a part of her personality, but her coping mechanism as well.
    Clever

  • @kisaLuver
    @kisaLuver Месяц назад +9

    I'm so glad to see this series is still going!! Lemme take down my thoughts as I watch:
    - I never knew the meaning to the Latin in the bees book! I hadn't realized Cassie was the first one to try confronting Maligula either.
    - I mostly see the term hyperfixation used in relation to ADHD, usually as "the ADHD version of Special Interest" bc Special Interest is a term coined by and for those of us who are autistic
    - And as an autistic person, I hate staunch Behaviorism believers with the passion of a million burning suns :)
    - (Jungian psychology is mentioned) ("I'll Face Myself" from Persona 4 intensifies in my brain)
    - RIP to Carl Jung, he would've loved the use of the Morphogenetic Fields theory in the hit psychological thriller game trilogy Zero Escape
    - I feel like we need to talk more about Raz's trauma and how he thinks he's so great at hiding it and pretending he's totally fine. The archetype he makes is his inner child that he threw away, likely the first time he felt rejected by his family for being a psychic
    - I think Cassie, though she likely wouldn't want to admit it, also felt a sense of power from her codependent relationship with Compton. She'd spent so long feeling helpless, and now she was being relied on by somebody for emotional stability. Maybe that's part of why her mental version of him is kind of pathetic and talks down about himself.
    - I'm so excited for Bob's Bottles! It'll definitely be a heavy one, but that just makes the lessons all the more important.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +6

      I cut out a lot of stuff when it came to Dr. Watson and outright behaviorism. Felt it was a rabbit hole. But he applied his theories to his own four children and raised them in a controlled setting. Things turned out VERY badly for them. Governments started handing out pamphlets to advise parents to raise their kids the same way. By the end of his life he ended up a very unhappy man and burned his unpublished materials. I'm with you on Behaviorism.

  • @maxleroux
    @maxleroux Месяц назад +17

    There's nothing more dangerous than a villain that thinks they're the hero. 🧐

    • @devranyilmaz9806
      @devranyilmaz9806 Месяц назад +2

      Well, everyone’s the hero of their own story. It stands to reason that you could be a villain in someone else’s.
      It’s important to recognise that the villain in your story is more than just a villain.

  • @Tbone680
    @Tbone680 Месяц назад +31

    If my mental world was in this game, it would most likely be a battle arena of Regrets, Doubts, Judges, and Bad Moods

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +19

      Sounds exhausting. Hope you're doing okay

    • @racer927
      @racer927 Месяц назад +2

      Mind would be similar to Cassie's Collection but some stuff would be neatly categorized and put away while others are just strewn about without a care.

    • @JNJNRobin1337
      @JNJNRobin1337 Месяц назад +4

      not sure how mine would be, probably some ever-shifting landscape
      dont think neurodivergence or any attention deficit disorders have been handled in psychonauts before, so i wouldnt have a basis to generate upon

    • @victormontes7007
      @victormontes7007 Месяц назад

      My mental world would probably be censors and the enablers. I have been seeing things I don't like so I just ignore them don't know if the mind auto censors those and I think I only see what I want to see

    • @the_scrongler
      @the_scrongler Месяц назад

      Mine would be a tornado of thoughts.
      Maybe calming down every once in a while.

  • @totoroFan
    @totoroFan Месяц назад +17

    This was such a treat to watch, a full hour of Gaming University Psychonauts goodness! :D Thank you very much for your hard work on this video!

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +4

      It was my absolute pleasure. I'm glad it all came together in the end.

  • @cagedcoco1681
    @cagedcoco1681 Месяц назад +4

    Love the minor detail that Cassie is "paper thin" in disguise and emotions, but is still flexible and talented

    • @cagedcoco1681
      @cagedcoco1681 Месяц назад +2

      Also, narrative wise, the Die-brarian is another example of what Magulia is: an aspect of the mind that works of a malformation or maladapted process of trauma

  • @seanmcfadden3712
    @seanmcfadden3712 Месяц назад +4

    Bringing up Archetypes, Shadows, and The Collective Unconscious reminds me of another game franchise that deals with these themes. Persona. I'd definitely appreciate a similar series describing the mental palaces and Personas of Persona 4 or 5. Maybe in future.

  • @darkAwesome100
    @darkAwesome100 Месяц назад +6

    You know, it's a shame that Otto Mentallis doesn't have his own level. It'd be really interesting to see just what makes him so different from the others. From being seemingly unaffected by the battle of Grulovia, to never using psychic powers directly, there are some mysteries in that head.
    Given what I we know of him I suspect he might be autistic, but it's impossible to say for sure without a deeper look.

    • @magimonk
      @magimonk Месяц назад +3

      I'd either wager that the forming of the official Psychonauts allowed Otto to just focus on his work, and inadvertently come into contact with a new functioning support structure.
      There's also the fact that sometimes, trauma just doesn't hit some people. He could have just happened to be resilient to it. This doesn't make him callous or anything, just some things hit differently for people.

    • @snowblossom4961
      @snowblossom4961 Месяц назад +4

      My favorite headcanon I saw is that Otto, unlike everyone else, went to therapy and that’s why he’s stable

    • @pulsardragon1999
      @pulsardragon1999 Месяц назад +2

      Otto's postgame dialogue makes me think that we'll get a better look at his mind if there's ever a Psychonauts 3.

    • @jaysonjackson3455
      @jaysonjackson3455 28 дней назад +1

      I saw a theory that he isn't really a natural Psychic. He's just talented with psychic machinery and expressed his power through tools and weapons. You'll notice when they're activating the Astrolath, his beam of energy comes from the pendant on his necklace instead of the forehead like everyone else.

  • @offline_alien3724
    @offline_alien3724 Месяц назад +6

    I was hype asf when I saw this but I was in class so I couldn't watch it at first :( so much care went into making this video and I'm so glad my wait paid off. I love the chapter transitions, they're so lovingly made and it definitely shows!

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад

      Ooh bad timing for the release lol. Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah me and Yellowbat put a lot of care into this one. Partially because it is my favorite world but mainly because of how involved it was. The chapter titles went with the library theme.

  • @pretzelbomb6105
    @pretzelbomb6105 Месяц назад +3

    Always a treat when one of these comes out. Don't worry too much over the people griping about it taking 3 months to come out. About the same amount of time the last one took. And the one before that. And the one before that too.
    Honestly, you're one of the more consistent upload schedules on my subscription list. Great work and I definitively _can_ wait for the next one.

  • @chrimsonphantom
    @chrimsonphantom Месяц назад +3

    The one fictional character I found interesting was the knight and the dragon. I think especially in recent years people are judging characters more and are far more critical of characters. So a story of a knight fighting to slay a dragon that threatens the peace of the kingdom. Would be known as a tale of valor, but people would see it as the knight bullying a creature going off of instinct. Represented here as the dragon is a creature minding its own business, with the knight provoking the dragon. With Cassie's current mindset of isolation then she would appeal more to the dragon. As for the knight Cassie had issue with the police back home as they never fixed the problem, but put Cassie into a life or death situation for their own benefit. Which affected her view on the shining knight, a person that will come to the rescue. Probably putting more emphasis on her needing to take matters into her own hand. Making her attempt to connect with others to help all the more heartbreaking for her. It is probably why that she also feels that she has to be the one to look after Compton.

  • @SnivyTries
    @SnivyTries Месяц назад +3

    I love watching these because they actually help me learn a bit more about my own way of thinking, and the psychological impacts of what I've done in my own headspace.
    Admittedly, I'm guilty of transference. One bad individual left an effect on me that I associate (usually incorrectly) onto others with a specific trait.
    As for the more important thing, I've noticed applications of archetypes in my own mind. Due to a rather serious stimuli early in my life, I created two specific archetypes in my own mind to help cover my conscious deficit in those areas. It's kinda interesting actually learning about the psychology behind them.

  • @Luxsy_
    @Luxsy_ Месяц назад +3

    A full episode on my favorite mind from Psychonauts 2 on one of my most boring work days??
    A true blessing ❤

  • @Voltaic_Fire
    @Voltaic_Fire Месяц назад +8

    Let's go! Another episode of what I wish was called "Psychologynauts". 😁

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +5

      Haha this one took it out of us. I'm so glad it's done and out.

    • @Voltaic_Fire
      @Voltaic_Fire Месяц назад +1

      @@GamingUniversityUoG I bet, it's not easy to write, record, capture footage, and all the other things for documentary length videos. Please know that I, and many others, appreciate the effort and value your work.

  • @Generallybreak
    @Generallybreak Месяц назад +6

    29:20 Dean says I'm not a friend confirmed. 😢

  • @andistansbury4366
    @andistansbury4366 Месяц назад +1

    Glad we got another one of these, amazing as always!

  • @Subatomic625
    @Subatomic625 Месяц назад +1

    This video was awesome! Well worth the wait! Im glad my favorite Psychonauts level received a big video like this

  • @tednugent1100
    @tednugent1100 Месяц назад

    Love your Psychonauts videos, really appreciate all of the work you put into them. Well done!

  • @smudgerkat
    @smudgerkat Месяц назад

    absolutely brilliant installment and well worth the wait! i gasped when i got the notification for it lol. keep doing what you're doing, i just can't get enough of it!

  • @poisonedcoco691
    @poisonedcoco691 Месяц назад +5

    This episode was so well put together, and I loved the longer run time. Definitely worth the wait.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you so much! I didnt know how big this one was going to be but I knew it would be up there.

  • @d4n737
    @d4n737 Месяц назад +2

    It's also pretty obvious in hindsight that her "Green needle witch" persona is covered in green needles. Tiny spines that prevent people from touching her or getting close
    Also this whole entire video made me realize how much Persona series pulls from Jungian psychology. The main character is usually the perfect example of a shapeshifter, what with switching "Personas" mid battle. Basically, Persona seem to be a giant elaborate metaphor for Jungian psychology

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад

      Oh it 100% is. They mention Jung directly in most of the games. The Wild Card being the shapeshifter versus the other party members stuck in a single role. We see some evolution of their Personality when their Persona's level up and evolve. Usually at a character point where their personality pivots.

  • @alexabrica2839
    @alexabrica2839 Месяц назад

    It is good that you return with another Psychonauts video, Cassie's mental world is my favorite

  • @Doji97
    @Doji97 Месяц назад +5

    As always, love your psychonauts videos!

  • @Balloons250
    @Balloons250 19 дней назад

    I absolutely love this series! You do amazing on each video and i can't wait to see you do the next video!

  • @zara-hope5518
    @zara-hope5518 Месяц назад +2

    Oh Please remember to do Bob's Bottles next, it shows how grief can cause the same thing with Cassie but he is also drowning himself to block out reality and how much pain a widower can go through emotionally like agent Sasha 's father.

    • @macaylacayton2915
      @macaylacayton2915 Месяц назад

      He said bob’s bottles is next

    • @zara-hope5518
      @zara-hope5518 Месяц назад

      @@macaylacayton2915 WHOO HOO! Can't wait, his Psychology of Psychonauts has been a big help for my fanfics since they have elements of psychology in it and his videos on the Psychonauts have played a big role in my writing.

  • @snoochieboochyz
    @snoochieboochyz Месяц назад

    Ah I missed this series! Thank for the hard work!

  • @siramaytheshowgundragon
    @siramaytheshowgundragon Месяц назад

    YEAAHH NEXT PART! man I’m always so sad with how long these take

  • @darkAwesome100
    @darkAwesome100 Месяц назад +3

    I've been looking forward to more of these
    Hey thanks for making these, I'm glad you take the time to research and treat the matters discussed in the game with respect.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +1

      That's why these ones take longer to produce. With the Remedy stuff it is more geared to my existing knowledge base. But for the Psychonauts stuff it really does take a good deal of research. Considering how sensitive it is I do my best to not put out bad info. At the very least positive.

  • @Niv_050
    @Niv_050 Месяц назад +5

    Personal archetypes are one of the critical reasons why outsiders are terrifying. They will not just screw the truths about you due to error, but diligently.
    Whatever they think, it is crude and repulsive, and I can never tolerate that.

  • @darawlker369
    @darawlker369 Месяц назад

    yooo i am replaying psychonauts 2 and i literally just finished this level yesterday! what great timing

  • @EspoirDuVide
    @EspoirDuVide Месяц назад

    Can I just say that I absolutely LOVE these videos!

  • @M00NFL0W3RR._
    @M00NFL0W3RR._ 6 дней назад

    "to tend to the queen" also seems like it means cassie must continue to pursuit her coping to keep herself safe, tending to herself

  • @ragequit4777
    @ragequit4777 Месяц назад +10

    Its been 84 years...

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +8

      I'm glad everyone survived these long 84 years lol.

    • @victormontes7007
      @victormontes7007 Месяц назад +1

      In 1922 Steven Poplawski was the first man to mount an agitating element to a simple glass container

  • @snowblossom4961
    @snowblossom4961 Месяц назад +4

    me just after finals sitting down to more classes: oh yeah it’s big brain time

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад

      Ooh fun. Hope finals went well. At least that's one thing off your mind

  • @ComboBreakerMLP
    @ComboBreakerMLP Месяц назад +3

    Further proof that psychonauts is one of if not THE most intelligent series

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +1

      Dude this one alone has so many moving parts. I love this series.

  • @user-rv8yv4yh9n
    @user-rv8yv4yh9n 10 дней назад

    These examinations of the game have actually helped me poke at my own mental hangups by laying out the different ways of resolving issues mentally. There's a particularly nasty memory from highschool that I was able to unpack and quiet by looking into my thought processes then vs now, so thank you for that 👍

  • @zachrodan7543
    @zachrodan7543 Месяц назад +6

    I think another way to conceptualize the process of sneaking the other archetypes into the die-brarian is as pushing it back towards the shapeshifter, able to be a librarian when needed, but also a teacher, or a writer, or a survivor

  • @josephschrock8862
    @josephschrock8862 Месяц назад +1

    Always love these videos, im terrified to know how much research goes into a video

  • @shonkyhonker9347
    @shonkyhonker9347 16 дней назад

    For the longest time I had no clue why I was so fascinated by Cassie’s level ad opposed to Bob, but I think this video made me realize it. Cassie is like me, Bob is like many of my family members. I already fully understood how bobs mind worked because I’ve been around alchoholics and depression my whole life, but never anyone like me. I never realized how much Cassie’s story helped me come to terms with who I am

  • @cinnamonpumpkin7655
    @cinnamonpumpkin7655 Месяц назад +1

    Great video as always ! Cassie is truly my favorite of the 6 and also my mind probably looks a lot like hers ! The next one is going to be painful I fear ! Can't wait !

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +1

      Same here. I love Cassie and her mental world. Closest to my mind as well.

  • @moontango1753
    @moontango1753 26 дней назад

    Hey I just wanted to thank you for doing these deep dives I have been struggling with my mental health for a long time and your videos help me understand my mental health and behaviors I seriously believe that this series should be used in colleges once again thank you because you have helped me understand myself

  • @slycwby2478
    @slycwby2478 Месяц назад +1

    This video was helpful for me
    I’ve always had this weird connection with my different “personalities”
    I don’t have DID or anything, just this odd sense of multiple selves
    This helps

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад

      Same here. I have always been the type to be different people in different situations. My work personality is nothing like my regular self. I was fortunate in my youth. For example in High School I was generally okay with any clique on campus. Despite being a band geek lol. Engaging with the Shapeshifter helps with this.

  • @infinitemagenta4065
    @infinitemagenta4065 Месяц назад

    From what I remember of this next level, the next episode is gonna be a doozy! I’ve really been enjoying these and how they break down psychological concept. Can’t wait for the next one!

  • @alluviumboar
    @alluviumboar Месяц назад

    been waiting for this one

  • @ChimeratAlpha
    @ChimeratAlpha Месяц назад

    It was nice to spot this.
    Looking forward to Bob.

  • @the-floofy-mew
    @the-floofy-mew Месяц назад

    woo more to watch. having fun watching the psychonauts psychology then a lot of things.

  • @EMD766
    @EMD766 Месяц назад +1

    One thing I loved about this level is raz’s archetype being voiced by Rikki Simmons who voices GIR from invader zim and raz is voiced by Richard horvitz who voices Zim. First time I heard the archetype speak and I’m like “GIR?” It makes me laugh every time.😂

  • @dwreanchinotan
    @dwreanchinotan Месяц назад

    keep it up! love these

  • @rinkothelad
    @rinkothelad 29 дней назад

    What really ties all of this together is that when Raz asks if the Cassie formed from all the personalities merging is “the real Cassie”, she responds by saying she isn’t sure, but that she’s in there somewhere. It shows that she still believes she can never be 100% the real her, but able to still let parts of herself that she believes to be the real her escape when asked for it.

  • @deviantgazer4626
    @deviantgazer4626 Месяц назад +2

    I love these in-depth analysis videos that you perform. I sometimes wonder if you would have any interesting ideas for a world inside someone's mind.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад

      I'm sure I can come up with something fun like that. I tend to be a creative type in my free time.

  • @sunnyquartz
    @sunnyquartz Месяц назад +1

    love these psychology videos. im very excited for bobs bottles. i loved that level so much and feel for bob

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад

      Finishing up recording assets for Bob this week. Then note and research time.

  • @Invisible_C0llege
    @Invisible_C0llege Месяц назад +2

    Oh, yes! I've been looking forward to this one. I remembered Cassie telling about the archetypes to Raz, so I knew to expect you discussing Jungian psychology next after the Green Needle Gulch installation of this video series. It really was a shame the game itself didn't go quite as in-depth and explore as extensively the Jungian concepts as I would have hoped for, but your video scratched that itch splendidly. Thanks!

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +1

      She has probably my favorite world. Loved the whole concept of it.

    • @Invisible_C0llege
      @Invisible_C0llege Месяц назад

      Definitely! Some of the funniest dialogue, and visually and thematically the most pleasing map design out of all, right there with Ford's mind(s). Shame there's only so many mindscapes left to explore :S.

  • @Skimmer951
    @Skimmer951 Месяц назад +1

    My favorite mind! The wait was worth it!

  • @IanWatson
    @IanWatson Месяц назад +4

    A great choice of video for World Bee Day!

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +1

      Would you believe me if I said I had no clue we had a World Bee Day or that it was today? That was a happy accident haha.

  • @manuelmontoya8839
    @manuelmontoya8839 7 дней назад

    I remember watching the milkman conspiracy a long time ago, I really enjoyed it and recently I found this video. After that I decided to watch the entire video series and brought the Psychonauts game series as a whole because of how much I enjoy this video series.

  • @katietaylor8314
    @katietaylor8314 25 дней назад +1

    *applause* Amazing work as always! One thing that puzzled me about Cassie is that she's clearly Chinese, but has a name that is very much not Chinese. But now I think about it some more my guess would be she changed it in case Fanny sent people after her.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  19 дней назад +1

      You know what that is a good thought. Changing your name is common when immigrating when you are running from someone who may track you down.

  • @uhhno841
    @uhhno841 28 дней назад +1

    Been in 4 crashes and near miss twice (all passanger except 1 of the 2 near misses, darn seinors) being on a car is so damn terrifying a 20 min ride ends up making me stressed and scared enough to sleep the rest of the day away no matter the time of day, any age you can be conditioned not just young, just try to catch these things

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  19 дней назад

      Oh you absolutely can be conditioned at any age. According to the Neurobiologists though people are most neuroplastic between the ages of 2-4. It is the easiest to condition then.

    • @uhhno841
      @uhhno841 19 дней назад

      @@GamingUniversityUoG sadly that is where a LOT of advertising cash goes too, i hope parents can take care of their kids

  • @AnimeMe40
    @AnimeMe40 Месяц назад

    I like to think I’m pretty good at deciphering abstract concepts like this, but I’ll admit I did really get this level. That’s for helping me understand.

  • @jessithy
    @jessithy Месяц назад

    There it is. :)
    Can’t wait for the next one next year.

  • @JoshSaysStuff
    @JoshSaysStuff Месяц назад

    Wow, nice try making a video subtly calling me out for all my behavior! Haha, that was a good one. Anyway, please make a video about Cassie next time, because I’d really like to know what makes her tick

  • @nathanblackburn1193
    @nathanblackburn1193 Месяц назад

    Looking forward to Bob's video, Bob's Bottles is my favourite level and I'm looking forward to you talking about Bob and Helmut's relationship

  • @jayl5032
    @jayl5032 Месяц назад +3

    Wait... If Aperception is a filter mechanism and we never see the REAL reality, how can we actually ever see things/people unfiltered? Is there even a way?

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +3

      Communications and education. The more data we have on a thing or person the better we understand it

    • @jayl5032
      @jayl5032 Месяц назад

      @@GamingUniversityUoG Hmm. Good point!

  • @loftwingheropon2743
    @loftwingheropon2743 26 дней назад +1

    The particular concepts in this video are interesting to me. Im taking an ecology and conservation course at university and one of my current subjects is evolutionary ecology which has brought up learned verses instinct or genetically inherited behaviours. I dont have anything to add to the video i just find it cool how despite being different fields theres some overlap.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  19 дней назад +1

      That's the reason I love having some experience with as many fields of study as possible. I may not be an expert in any of them but you begin seeing patterns among them. That Overlap. Really cool! My best friend has a degree in Environmental Sciences and we have had that discussion in that past.

  • @strangethanyouwaldo437
    @strangethanyouwaldo437 Месяц назад +1

    thank you i always confused by her level . i never understood what was going on .

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +2

      Cassie was a lot more subtle than the other worlds with what is going on here.

  • @darkAwesome100
    @darkAwesome100 Месяц назад +6

    Scientists really used to get away with anything, huh?

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +4

      Sometimes they really showcase the, 'Pursuit of Science regardless of the cost' mentality. Some would argue those tendencies havent stopped.

    • @darkAwesome100
      @darkAwesome100 Месяц назад

      @@GamingUniversityUoG True. At least these days we have ethics review boards.

    • @OtterloopB
      @OtterloopB Месяц назад

      They still get away with horrific things. We just lived through one of the biggest scientific scams and assaults on humanity ever.
      "Trust the science!"

    • @lunarwaffles7696
      @lunarwaffles7696 Месяц назад +1

      @@GamingUniversityUoG the ~tendencies~ themself haven't. but at least our society is less willing to suffer them.

  • @Boss-mw1jv
    @Boss-mw1jv 26 дней назад +1

    46:12 warning!
    This boss fight is exaggerated and is not what normal librarians are like

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  19 дней назад

      Good to know. I almost developed an innate fear of Librarians.

  • @jessithy
    @jessithy Месяц назад +2

    Alan Wake video: 2k views uploaded a month ago.
    Psychonauts Video: 8k views uploaded a day ago.
    The people want more psychonauts.

  • @NicolasDominique
    @NicolasDominique Месяц назад

    Long video, but a very good one.

  • @Tbone680
    @Tbone680 Месяц назад +3

    Imagine what The Joker’s mental world might be like

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +1

      I imagine he wouldnt know what's happening anymore than we do in his head lol

  • @PlebNC
    @PlebNC Месяц назад

    It would be cool if there was a series like this for the game No Straight Roads as its characters are an interesting exploration of creativity, how it's used, what inspires it and the connections it forms.

  • @Trulightningman
    @Trulightningman Месяц назад +1

    goddamn. almost a full hour of psychonauts psychology? damn!

  • @dejaypage1575
    @dejaypage1575 8 дней назад

    Also a SPOILER for the other Psychic six to keep in mind:
    Pay attention to Bob’s flashback of Truman firing him. The man is looking like he’s about to burst into tears at the idea of having to make his own uncle leave the base. Given we don’t know anything about Lili’s grandparents, that has a implication about how he and Bob could have been

  • @voxfoxclips8684
    @voxfoxclips8684 23 дня назад +1

    Jesus. I feel horrible for Little Albert. How do you do that to a kid, barely able to think for himself, to make him fear the most basic things a child shouldn't fear? In the name of science only goes so far until you're remembered more negatively than progressively.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  19 дней назад +1

      It's a tale as old as time. I think we would be naive to think similar things don't still happen but in a different form.
      Yeah the kids story is really sad. The family moved before the trial was done so the scientists involved never got the chance to reverse the conditioning. They fully intended to. they tracked the family down decades later and apparently the boy died at the age of 8 due to a genetic disease. Really depressing.

  • @danaugust993
    @danaugust993 Месяц назад

    I missed a lot of things while playing this for the first time, most notably the symbolism of enablers being introduced here.

  • @drakofox1362
    @drakofox1362 Месяц назад +2

    FINALLY I CAN SEE THIS also WHAT THE HELL SOME PEOPLE GET IT 2 DAYS EARLY!?!? NOT FARE lol either way as always very informative Dean a good listen while i eat my breakfast
    (So....whos next?)

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад +2

      Bob will be next. And yeah I got this finalized on Friday and it went up on Patreon early access.

    • @drakofox1362
      @drakofox1362 Месяц назад

      @@GamingUniversityUoG oh boy that's gonna be heavy

  • @tomykong2915
    @tomykong2915 Месяц назад +1

    Everything can be measured theoretically, it's about whether we have the tools necessary to effectively measure them. I personally very much subscribe to the thought that humans don't have some supernatural component to them, we're creatures in the physical world, so we are dictated by the rules of the physical world. Humans aren't truly all that different than any other system. The collective unconscious is an external stimuli in a way, as we are created physically by our parent's bodies, and the archetypes are embedded inside us as part of this system, they are instincts just the same, but broader strokes of instinct of how those more specific instincts best interact on average historically. Humans do not need a ghost to function in ways we do not yet understand, and assuming there needs to be randomness to have a more complex process behind our decisions we don't yet understand, is a blind assertion that rejects the scientific method entirely
    Humans in-theory, can be engineered to behave certain ways, whether we should or not is another question, and why this process works or not is also a thing, but we do have evidence of this being factual, with you even explaining one such example of someone doing just that, engineering a behavior

  • @rottenroads1982
    @rottenroads1982 Месяц назад

    The Shadow.
    I have an original character I created named Shadow Zero. He is one of a group of 9 individuals called The Wielders of the Staves of the Multiverses, or just simply, The Wielders. Shadow Zero is the Wielder of the Staff of Villainy, Wickedness, and Destruction. He serves as the influencer of every villain. He takes on many forms, some physical, some psychological, and some Spiritual. His true form is in his very name. He is a Spirit of Shadow, a being that shows no morality of any kind, and his soul purpose is to consume the Multiverses in Darkness, all in service to the True Enemy, The Devil/Satin.
    Shadow Zero has many names. The races of Zepho Universum call him Zod Illkilmord, the Haysean Races call him Monkilador, and the Zarvanian Races call him GothDum. But no matter how he is named, he is The Shadow of the Multiverses, the ever present darkness that seeks to rule everything in complete and utter totally & death.
    Illuminar Solaristar, or Luminar Solaris, is the Arch Enemy of Shadow Zero. He takes on a more human like form, but is a beacon of hope for lost people. He states that his power comes from The Lord, the God who gave him and most of the other Wielders their staves and powers. Luminar Solaris is the wielder of the Multiversal staff of Heroism & Purity. He and Shadow Zero are in constant strife against one another as while Shadow Zero seeks to dominate everything in Darkness, Luminar wants to quell the evil and darkness once and for all (and one day, that will happen). For now, however, there is still war across the Multiverses as war is waged on all plains from the Physical, to the Psychological, to the Spiritual, and to the Unnatural and Mystical.

  • @dgc1570
    @dgc1570 Месяц назад

    Now I finally understand what the term echo chamber means

  • @codyboise9989
    @codyboise9989 Месяц назад +1

    This gives more weight when thinking that the enablers in bobs mind aren't just the enabling from his co-workers, but represents his own alcohol habits hindering his ability to work, thus creating these enablers.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад

      Oh yes his alcoholism is certainly enabling a lot of things. Something I found out while working on this is if you visit Bob's world first then go to Cassie Bad Moods show up in her world. Not sure how to factor that in.

    • @codyboise9989
      @codyboise9989 Месяц назад

      @@GamingUniversityUoG it's stuff everyone has in their mind

  • @victormontes7007
    @victormontes7007 Месяц назад

    Because of the persona series whenever i hear shadow or persona i automatically think of the games

  • @Generallybreak
    @Generallybreak Месяц назад +3

    Despite studying Latin, I completely glossed over the book because I thought it was a lorem ipsum. The Latin is... far from fluent. Things like the tense and word order are jumping around all over the place. But I think your translation is probably close to what they were trying to say.
    I think "The wasp did not love him" was probably meant to be more like "she didn't care for it", specifically mistaking "eum" as a neuter pronoun because of the -um ending (should have been "id"). My condolences to the Helmut/Lucrecia shippers.

    • @GamingUniversityUoG
      @GamingUniversityUoG  Месяц назад

      I ended up just stealing the translation from the wiki site. Served its purpose well enough.

    • @heyoyo10gaming4
      @heyoyo10gaming4 Месяц назад +1

      The wasp is Maligula, not Cassie. My condolences to the Helmut/Lucrecia shippers (Who even are they?)

    • @Generallybreak
      @Generallybreak Месяц назад

      @@heyoyo10gaming4 Ach, that's the price I pay for translating Latin before waking up in the morning.

  • @grey-spark
    @grey-spark Месяц назад

    I like how the other Psychic Six are in a high place that's very inaccessible and looks down on her.