Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
They walk out under the branches of hopelessness
They think of this world welcoming
the bodies of their sons.
Support me and receive a full-length video commentary on this essay: patreon.com/JacobGeller
Follow me: twitter.com/yacobg42
Additional voices provided by Zac Frazier (youtube.com/c/ZacFrazier) and Laura Crone (youtube.com/c/lauracrone)
Additional footage provided by Jesse Guarascia
Robert Cockrell, Battlefield 4 Footage: youtu.be/T0Y3G-kLBYs
Arronmunroe, Time Crisis Arcade: youtu.be/DjOnbYXhrBo
LopMusic1, Red Dead Redemption 2 Sunrise: youtu.be/XiPXXPVnlB4
The Mad Rush to Bulletproof American Schools: slate.com/business/2019/08/school-shootings-design-architecture-sandy-hook-columbine.html?src=longreads
How UT architecture restricts activism: courses.jilliansayre.net/files/Politics%20of%20UT%20architecture.pdf
Metal Detectors and Feeling Safe at School: https://journals-sagepub-com.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/doi/abs/10.1177/0013124510380717
Were Brutalist Buildings on College Campuses Really Designed to Thwart Student Riots?: slate.com/human-interest/2013/10/campus-brutalism-were-the-buildings-designed-to-thwart-student-riots.html
13 On Your Side- Fruitport High School: youtu.be/mXeMGMtOB2Y
NBC News- Inside the Safest School in America: youtu.be/kcpsnrxHdCc
CBS News- New Sandy Hook School Opens: youtu.be/Ayi69eQd6A8
UNC Protests, September 8 2018: youtu.be/iRKuNTY6yKM
University of Texas Austin Tour: youtu.be/QklCIStFv5I
On the Humanist Ethic Behind Brutalism: spiked-online.com/2016/02/25/brutalism-and-the-word-was-made-concrete
Games shown: Gears of War, Red Dead Redemption II, Max Payne 3, Vanquish, Minecraft, Uncharted 4, The Evil Within, Battlefield 4, Spec Ops: The Line, Time Crisis, Control
Music used: Red Dead Redemption II (Fleeting Joy, Outlaws from the West, Icarus and Friend, The Wheel), Max Payne 3 (DEAD, Painkiller), Sunset (Dancing in the Sand), Uncharted 2 (Bustin’ Chops)
They walk out under the branches of hopelessness
They think of this world welcoming
the bodies of their sons.
Support me and receive a full-length video commentary on this essay: patreon.com/JacobGeller
Follow me: twitter.com/yacobg42
Additional voices provided by Zac Frazier (youtube.com/c/ZacFrazier) and Laura Crone (youtube.com/c/lauracrone)
Additional footage provided by Jesse Guarascia
Robert Cockrell, Battlefield 4 Footage: youtu.be/T0Y3G-kLBYs
Arronmunroe, Time Crisis Arcade: youtu.be/DjOnbYXhrBo
LopMusic1, Red Dead Redemption 2 Sunrise: youtu.be/XiPXXPVnlB4
The Mad Rush to Bulletproof American Schools: slate.com/business/2019/08/school-shootings-design-architecture-sandy-hook-columbine.html?src=longreads
How UT architecture restricts activism: courses.jilliansayre.net/files/Politics%20of%20UT%20architecture.pdf
Metal Detectors and Feeling Safe at School: https://journals-sagepub-com.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/doi/abs/10.1177/0013124510380717
Were Brutalist Buildings on College Campuses Really Designed to Thwart Student Riots?: slate.com/human-interest/2013/10/campus-brutalism-were-the-buildings-designed-to-thwart-student-riots.html
13 On Your Side- Fruitport High School: youtu.be/mXeMGMtOB2Y
NBC News- Inside the Safest School in America: youtu.be/kcpsnrxHdCc
CBS News- New Sandy Hook School Opens: youtu.be/Ayi69eQd6A8
UNC Protests, September 8 2018: youtu.be/iRKuNTY6yKM
University of Texas Austin Tour: youtu.be/QklCIStFv5I
On the Humanist Ethic Behind Brutalism: spiked-online.com/2016/02/25/brutalism-and-the-word-was-made-concrete
Games shown: Gears of War, Red Dead Redemption II, Max Payne 3, Vanquish, Minecraft, Uncharted 4, The Evil Within, Battlefield 4, Spec Ops: The Line, Time Crisis, Control
Music used: Red Dead Redemption II (Fleeting Joy, Outlaws from the West, Icarus and Friend, The Wheel), Max Payne 3 (DEAD, Painkiller), Sunset (Dancing in the Sand), Uncharted 2 (Bustin’ Chops)
