Jacob Geller“You're not understanding, are you? The brain does the thinking. The meat." “Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!" "Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal!"
Visual Media used: Max Payne 3, Spec Ops: The Line, JFK Reloaded, Receiver, Resident Evil 4, This War of Mine, Metal Gear Solid 5, Surgeon Simulator, Team Fortress, GoldenEye, Halo 3, Big Buck Hunter Arcade, Red Dead Redemption, Superhot, Battlefield: Hardline, Rainbow 6: Siege, JFK (1991), The Deer Hunter (1978), The Godfather (1972), The Grinch (1966), The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Prefrontal Lobotomy in Chronic Schizophrenia (1944), JFK Election Night (NBC, 1960), Scanners (1981), The Wild Bunch (1969), Pure Pwnage (Ep. 5), John Wick (2014), The Ducktators (1942), About Face (Nate Powell, 2019), Barry (2019), Footage of Ferguson (2014, NYT), Inside Out (2015), The Punisher (2017),
Music used: Ain’t That a Kick in the Head (Dean Martin, Instrumental), Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division, Instrumental), Unfathomable (INSIDE), Max Docks (Max Payne 3), Be in This Place (The Beginner’s Guide), Ada’s Theme and Wesker’s Theme (Resident Evil 4), Epidemic Control (Guy Skornik), Forensic Scientists (Eric Volpatti), GoldenEye theme (Grant Kirkhope), Theme of Angelo Bronte (Red Dead Redemption 2), Good Riddance (Green Day),
Rationalizing Brutality: The Cultural Legacy of the HeadshotJacob Geller2019-06-09 | “You're not understanding, are you? The brain does the thinking. The meat." “Thinking meat! You're asking me to believe in thinking meat!" "Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal!"
Visual Media used: Max Payne 3, Spec Ops: The Line, JFK Reloaded, Receiver, Resident Evil 4, This War of Mine, Metal Gear Solid 5, Surgeon Simulator, Team Fortress, GoldenEye, Halo 3, Big Buck Hunter Arcade, Red Dead Redemption, Superhot, Battlefield: Hardline, Rainbow 6: Siege, JFK (1991), The Deer Hunter (1978), The Godfather (1972), The Grinch (1966), The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Prefrontal Lobotomy in Chronic Schizophrenia (1944), JFK Election Night (NBC, 1960), Scanners (1981), The Wild Bunch (1969), Pure Pwnage (Ep. 5), John Wick (2014), The Ducktators (1942), About Face (Nate Powell, 2019), Barry (2019), Footage of Ferguson (2014, NYT), Inside Out (2015), The Punisher (2017),
Music used: Ain’t That a Kick in the Head (Dean Martin, Instrumental), Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division, Instrumental), Unfathomable (INSIDE), Max Docks (Max Payne 3), Be in This Place (The Beginner’s Guide), Ada’s Theme and Wesker’s Theme (Resident Evil 4), Epidemic Control (Guy Skornik), Forensic Scientists (Eric Volpatti), GoldenEye theme (Grant Kirkhope), Theme of Angelo Bronte (Red Dead Redemption 2), Good Riddance (Green Day),What We Dont Talk About in Spec Ops The LineJacob Geller2024-10-11 | I have come to realize the body is its own pyre, that degree rises from within | Watch my exclusive video on Six Days in Fallujah by joining Nebula at go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller
Media shown: Spec Ops: The Line, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Apocalypse Now, stock footage from Getty Images and Reuters Archive
Music Used (Chronologically): The Looters, The Lost Battalion, The Pit, Burning Courtyard (all from Spec Ops: The Line), Multiplayer Menu (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2), Afterlife (Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare), Do I Look Okay To You, GP04, Human Cost (all from Spec Ops: The Line), Embassy (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019), The Lab (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019), Burning Courtyard (Spec Ops: The Line), Max: NJ (Max Payne 3), Dead (Max Payne 3), Mellifera (They Dream By Day), The Caves of Mercury (Kilian Flowers)
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Media shown: Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Dragon’s Lair, Defender of the Crown, Daytona USA, Crysis, Battlefield 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Doom 3, The Order: 1886, Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Souls, The Bouncer, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Kingdom Hearts 3, Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, Virtual Racer, Virtua Fighter, Virtua Fighter 3, Tron, Uncharted 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, Crysis 2, Crysis 3, Soul Calibur, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2, Shadow of the Colossus, Outrun, God of War 3, Grand Theft Auto VI, Silent Hill 3, Half-Life 2, Get Even, Immortality, Horizon Zero Dawn, Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil Remake, The Legend of Zelda, Kid Icarus, The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Tales from Off-Peak City, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Okami, Max Payne 3, Battlezone, Space Harrier, The Last of Us: Part 2, Donkey Kong Country, Batman: Arkham Knight, Hydro Thunder, Mirror’s Edge, Resident Evil 2 Remake, I, Robot
Music Used (Chronologically): Remorse (Hotline Miami 2), Draugar Arena (Hellblade 2), Toad Highlands (Mario Golf), Hela (Hellblade), Prisonic Fairytale (Silent Hill 2), VHS Bombstrap (Umurangi Generation), Title Theme (Defender of the Crown), Sky (Mr. Nutz), Attract Mode (Dragon’s Lair SNES), Staff Roll (Dragon’s Lair SNES), Vs. Tina (Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend), Let’s Go Away (Daytona USA), The King of Speed (Daytona USA), Silhouette (Katana Zero), THE MILLENIUM BUG (Umurangi Generation), At Doom’s Gate (DOOM), The Angel’s Descend (Bayonetta), Intro (Doom 3), Save Heaven (Resident Evil Remake), First Light (Crysis), Memories (Crysis 3), Shard (Mirror’s Edge), Ethan Mars’ Theme (Heavy Rain), The Knight’s Theme (The Order 1886), Shoegaze Protagonist (Umurangi Generation), One Legged Waltzing (Franz Gordon)
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*Sources:* Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut, 1969 Stories of Your Life and Others,Ted Chiang, 2002 DEVS, Alex Garland, 2020 1000xResist, Sunset Visitor, 2024 Atmospheric Memory, museum exhibit designed by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Ninth Bridgewater Treatise, Charles Babbage, 1837 When We Cease to Understand the World, Benjamín Labatut, 2020 Geographies of Solitude, Jacquelyn Mills, 2023 Arrival, Denis Villeneuve, 2016
*Music Used (chronologically):* Lear (Pauline Oliveros), Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven via John Michel, Wikicommons), The Occupants (1000xResist), A Teardrop ~Zip (1000xResist), Water Run (1000xResist), Bells of Laguna Bend (Cyberpunk 2077), That Was Only For You To See (1000xResist), Tear Gas (1000xResist), Hiding (1000xResist), The Nomai (Outer Wilds), Watcher Haunted (1000xResist), Smooth Talking (Nocturnal Spirits), Possible Futures (Citizen Sleeper)
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Media shown: Call of Duty: 2, 3, 4: Modern Warfare, World at War, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops, Modern Warfare 3, Black Ops II, Ghosts, Advanced Warfare, Black Ops III, Infinite Warfare, WWII, Black Ops 4, Modern Warfare (2019), Cold War, Vanguard, Modern Warfare II (2022), Modern Warfare III (2023), Black Ops 6
Music Used (Chronologically): Multiplayer Menu Theme (Infinite Warfare), Multiplayer Menu Theme (Black Ops), Downtown Sniper Soviet Tension (Call of Duty 2), Third District (Katana Zero), Captain Toad Goes Forth (Super Mario 3D World), Polina’s Vengeance (Vanguard), Multiplayer Menu Theme (Modern Warfare 2), Multiplayer Menu Theme (Ghosts), Pripyat (Call of Duty 4), Furnace (Control), Olympus Mons (Infinite Warfare), Embassy (Modern Warfare), Afterlife (Infinite Warfare), Collateral (Modern Warfare), Smooth Talking (Nocturnal Spirits)
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*Spoiler Descriptions:* Greener Grass Awaits: Some surprising gameplay hooks are discussed. The game’s story and ending are not discussed. Bonbon: The entire story is discussed in detail Bramble: The Mountain King: Some late game events are shown and discussed. The game’s overarching story and ending are not discussed. White Shadows: Various snippets from the game are shown. The game’s ending is discussed in detail.
Media shown: Greener Grass Awaits, Bonbon, Bramble: The Mountain King, White Shadows, My Name is Mayo, Crypt of the Necrodancer, Neon White, Come and See, Buckshot Roulette, El Paso, Elsewhere, Laika: Aged Through Blood, Mediterranea Inferno, Bioshock, Mirror’s Edge, What. (Bo Burnham), A Highland Song, Death of a Wish, Heart of Darkness, Limbo, INSIDE, Humanity, Guilty Gear -Strive-, Persona 3 Reload, Signalis, Little Nightmares, Anatomy, Fight Club, The Cabin in the Woods, ICO, Dark Souls, The Exit 8
Music Used (Chronologically): Over the Water (Greener Grass Awaits), Polygon Eden (Umurangi Generation), Sunset Drone (Greener Grass Awaits), Ponderous (Greener Grass Awaits), Amid Bones (Iron Lung), The Facsimile (Citizen Sleeper), VHS Bombstrap (Umurangi Generation), Dance with the Night Wind (Silent Hill 3), Ghostlight (Iron Lung), Näcken's Polska (Bramble: the Mountain King), Midnight Secrets (Bramble: the Mountain King), The Troll Forest (Bramble: the Mountain King), The Beautiful Blue Danube, Are You Coming Home, Love MOM (World of Goo), Ending Triumph (Half-Life: Alyx), Inertia (Thomas Was Alone), Ennui (Cody High),
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00:00-01:30 - Intro 01:30-09:30 - Greener Grass Awaits 09:30-14:38 - Bonbon 14:38-20:34 - Bramble: The Mountain King 20:34-28:44 - White Shadows 28:44-33:59 - ConclusionArt for No OneJacob Geller2024-03-25 | Where there’s a desert, that changes everything, as if earth hadn’t wanted to fill only her own need. | GET THE JACOB GELLER BOOK: lostincult.co.uk/howagamelives
Music Used (Chronologically): Let Me Explain (Michael Vignola), A Somber View (Andres Cantu), Ear to the Ground (Hanna Lindgren), A Cold Wind (Savvun), Monster Machine (Ethan Sloan), Lemniscate (Ethan Sloan), A Massive Mist (Ethan Sloan), Vertibrae (Ryan Roth, The Beginner’s Guide), Departure (Ryan Roth, The Beginner’s Guide), D.S. AI Coda (Ryan Roth, The Beginner’s Guide), Va (Cover by Emily Hopkins, Original by Ryan Roth- The Beginner’s Guide)
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Music (chronologically): The Triumphant Return to Earth (Kilian Flowers), Connected Improvisations (Kilian Flowers), The Cremation of Sam McGee (Seth Boyer), Did Your Prince Ever Show Up (Magnus Ludvigsson)
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Media shown: Ip Man, The Raid, The Raid 2, Merantau, The Matrix, John Wick, John Wick 3, John Wick 4, Police Story, Police Story 2, Who Am I?, Sifu, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, Metal Gear Solid 4, The Last of Us Part 2, Asteroid City, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, The Villainess, Hardcore Henry, Project A 2, Fist of Fury, Die Hard, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat One, Punch-Out, Street Fighter 2, Dead Space 2, Bayonetta, Devil May Cry 4, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Amnesia: The Bunker, Dark Souls 3, Absolver, Bioshock, The Hong Kong Massacre, Hotline Miami, God Hand, Tekken 8, Grand Theft Auto V, Returnal, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Music Used (Chronologically): The Wuguan, Martial Mastery (Sifu), Untitled (Dag Unenge, Hotline Miami 2), The Human Factor (Edward Karl Hanson), Canonical Aside (Dead Space 2), Crash the Dancefloor (Sifu), Aerial Fight 1 (The Path of Neo), Blood is on Fire (Sifu), Hydrogen (M.O.O.N., Hotline Miami), Daisuke (El Huervo, Hotline Miami 2), Sins of the Father (Metal Gear Solid V), Metal Gear Saga (Metal Gear Solid 4), Encounter (Metal Gear Solid), Tanker Incident (Metal Gear Solid 2), Snake Eater (Metal Gear Solid 3), Old Snake (Metal Gear Solid 4), Ride!! (Mad World)
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Media shown: Disney’s 1940 Pinocchio, Disney’s 2022 Pinocchio, Pinocchio: A True Story, Gullermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Lies of P, Handcarved Cinema: The Making of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, The Polar Express, A Christmas Carol, Beowulf, Welcome to Marwen, Dark Souls III, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Bloodborne,
Music Used (Chronologically): Cohen’s Masterpiece– Accordion (Bioshock Infinite), Lost in Thessaloniki (Trabant 33), Peaceful Sleep– Music Box (Nier Automata), I’ll See You in My Dreams (Isham Jones), March of the Ducks (Mike Franklyn), Invention No. 4 in D Minor (Bach), Last Move (White Bones), A New Power (SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE), The Midnight Woods (Hyper Light Drifter), Hallway Omega (SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE), Estella Opera House (Lies of P), Far East Princess (Lies of P), Saintess of Mercy Statue (Lies of P), Etude No. 3 for String Quartet (Peter Sandberg), Fallow Deer (Martin Klem), The Angels Descend A (Bayonetta), Marche Militaire Version 2 (Epidemic Sound), Ave Maria (Epidemic Sound), Only Human (Philip Ayers), Smooth Talking (Nocturnal Spirits), Feel (Lies of P)
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Media shown: Alan Wake 2, Armored Core 6, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Like a Dragon: Ishin, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Hi-Fi Rush, Humanity, Jusant, Lies of P, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Tchia, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Final Fantasy XVI, El Paso Elsewhere, Call of Duty: World at War, The Darkness, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Killer7, Silent Hill 3, No More Heroes, Manhunt, Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: The Definitive Edition, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Viewfinder, Goodbye Volcano High, Iron Lung, Tetris Effect, REZ, Scavenger’s Reign, How To with John Wilson, Across the Spider-Verse
Music Used (Chronologically): Go For the Fastest (LaD: Gaiden), Blackburn (Killer7), Herald of Darkness (Alan Wake 2), Shooting Range (Resident Evil 4), Surfacing (Hi-Fi Rush), Jusant (Jusant), Origins (Marvel’s Midnight Suns), Sailing (Tchia), Thrive (Humanity), Contact With You (Armored Core VI), Memory of Beach- Golden (Lies of P), Mattison’s Independence (Tears of the Kingdom), Welcome to Bright Falls (Alan Wake), The Clicker (Alan Wake), Yötön Yö (Alan Wake 2)
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Media shown: Amnesia: The Bunker, Who’s Lila, The Utility Room, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, SOMA, Outlast, Devotion, Prey, Dead Space, Signalis, Resident Evil 4 (Remake), Silent Hill 2, Half Life: Alyx, Beat Saber, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Myst, Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Destiny 2, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Super Mario 64, Alan Wake II
Music Used (Chronologically): Lacrimosa (Dead Space 2), Turned Around (Signalis), Rose (Resident Evil 8), The Blank Canvas (Inscryption), Safe Room (Amnesia: The Bunker), Officer Hub (Amnesia: The Bunker), End Credits (Amnesia: The Bunker), LilaChase (Who’s Lila?), Quiet Floors (Who’s Lila?), Misremembered (Signalis), Strupnev (Who’s Lila?), Submarine (INSIDE), Amid Bones (Iron Lung), A Mysterious Device (Returnal), Tendrils (Manifold Garden), Pilgrimage (Gorogoa), Nemesis (Returnal), Left Alone (Detention), Safe Room (Resident Evil), End Credits (Amnesia: The Bunker)
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Media shown: Stars Die, Pineapple on Pizza, Beton Brutal, Halo 3, Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid 4, Super Mario Galaxy, Mirror’s Edge, Super Metroid, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, Turbo: Super Stunt Squad, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12, Katamari Damacy
Music Used, chronologically: Overpriced Shop (TLoZ: Twilight Princess), Noire Clarinet, New Beginning Part 2 (L.A. Noire), In the Jailhouse Now (Jimmie Rodgers), New Eden- Puzzle (Mirror’s Edge), Blackburn (Killer7), GPigstick (Stealth Inc 2), Demo Loop (I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream), Castle in the Mist (ICO), The Timefall (Death Stranding), Russell’s Clean Radio (Half-Life: Alyx), Bells of Laguna Bend (Cyberpunk 2077), One Life to Live (UnearthU), The Salesman (Silver Maple), The Longest Night (Bladverk Band), They Dream by Day (Mellifera), Did Your Prince Ever Show Up (Magnus Ludvigsson), Infinite Love (Vendla), Útil Paisagem (Clara Mendes)
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*SPOILERS:* Final Fantasy XVI- Only the Bahamut fight and surrounding cutscenes are shown, very little discussion of other plot elements. On the Beach- The entirety of the plot is discussed. SEASON: A Letter to the Future- Many elements of the game’s plot, including its conclusion, are discussed. Umurangi Generation- The entirety of the plot is discussed. First Reformed- The plot is not discussed in detail but the climax of the movie is implied. How to Blow Up a Pipeline- The plot is not discussed in detail but the climax of the movie is implied.
0:00- Intro 0:20- Final Fantasy XVI 3:50- On the Beach 9:19- SEASON: A Letter to the Future 15:48- Umurangi Generation 22:05- Missile Command 23:06- First Reformed & How to Blow Up a Pipeline 26:50- Conclusion
*Media shown:* Final Fantasy XVI, Final Fantasy VII, Umurangi Generation, SEASON: A Letter to the Future, On the Beach (1959), First Reformed, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Men in Black, The Day After Tomorrow, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Die Another Day, Bayonetta, Missile Command, Marvel: Midnight Suns, Outer Wilds, Armageddon, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Last of Us
*Music Used:* Away, Ascension (FFXVI), Theme of Love (FFIV), One Legged Waltzing (Franz Gordon), Bells of Sorrow (Jon Algar), Title Screen (SEASON: A Letter to the Future), Pictures of the Past (Rain World), Moondown (Rain World), De belles choses vues à travers une vitre sale (SEASON, Radio), Out on the Street (Umurangi Generation), VHS Bombstrap (Umurangi Generation), Midnight Stabbings with the Lads (Umurangi Generation), Lurking 88 (Umurangi Generation), Shoegaze Protagonist (Umurangi Generation), Burning Man (World of Goo), Your Body Betrays Your Degeneracy (Disco Elysium), In Your Hands (Gris), Empathy (Gavin Luke), Highway Flash (Umurangi Generation)
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Many of this video’s citations come from essays in the book “The Sun: Source of Light in Art” (2023). Specific authors and essays are cited at relevant times in the video.
'Three Days or more ...': Turner's Varnishing Day practice and the physical evidence (Rebecca Hellen, British Art Journal 2014):
Media shown: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, The Last Guardian, Cyberpunk 2077, Minecraft, Fortnite, Dead Space (2023), Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Sunshine, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Teletubbies,
Music Used (Chronologically): Mattison’s Independence (Tears of the Kingdom), Bells of Laguna Bend (Cyberpunk 2077), Ambiguous (Rina Rinoa), Ruin Seeker (Tunic), The Weight of Rain (Tunic), Forest (The Last Guardian), The Tower (The Last Guardian), Hanging Gardens (The Last Guardian), Flashback (The Last Guardian), First Gate (Manifold Garden), The Arboretum (Manifold Garden), A Slow Realization (Papo & Yo), Light Dragon (Tears of the Kingdom), End Titles (The Last Guardian)
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Media shown: FUEL, The Crew 2, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, Silent Hill 2, Babbdi, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Super Mario 64, NaissanceE, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Manifold Garden, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Minecraft, Birthplace of Ossian, God of War 2, Elden Ring, Portal 2, Scanner Sombre, Lego The Lord of the Rings, Marginalia, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019), SOMA, Fugue in Void, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, GTA V, Ben-Hur (1959), Der Golem (1920), The Three Ages, Mad Max: Fury Road, John Wick 4, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, No Man’s Sky, Elite: Dangerous
Music Used (Chronologically): End of the World Sun (No Man’s Sky), Americana (The Crew 2), Urban Style (Roller Coaster Tycoon 2), A Story You Won’t Believe (The Witcher 3), Main Theme (The Last Clockwinder), Dire on the Rocks (Super Mario 64 OCRemix), Endless Stairs (Super Mario 64), Dance with the Night Wind (Silent Hill 3), The Tunnel Beckons (Silent Hill 2), Tears of… (Silent Hill), Hunter’s Dream (Bloodborne), Formal Properties (Manifold Garden), Falling 2 (Babbdi), Human Resources (Perfect Vermin), Wrenhaven River (Dishonored), Dark Sun Gwyndolin (Dark Souls), Main Theme (The Last Clockwinder)
Thumbnail and Graphic Design by twitter.com/HotCyderGames that Arent GamesJacob Geller2023-06-09 | What do we find in linking the sapient dream? | Get the intended version of this essay and many more of my exclusive videos (at a discount!) by joining Nebula: go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller
Media: LSD Dream Emulator, Slave of God, Mountain, Monuments to Guilt, Kid A Mnesia Exhibition, Haunted PS1 Demodisc, Daytona USA, Her, DONE (music video), Minecraft, Guggenheim and Louvre virtual tours, Who’s Afraid of Virigina Woolfe, Everything, Stephen’s Sausage Roll, Oh Shit the Cameraman Ist Arrived, Battlegrounds, Running Memories,
Music Used (Chronologically): Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker Suite, Tchaikovsky), Start Menu (Gallop Racer 3), Acid Groove, LSD Choir (LSD Dream Emulator), Season Mode (Gallop Racer 2), Temple Dojo - Ambient (LSD Dream Emulator), Slave of God OST, Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker Suite, Tchaikovsky), One Life to Live-Maya Remembers (UnearthU), The House Part 1 (Gone Home), Everything in Its Right Place (Radiohead), Floating Kite (Tellsonic), The National Anthem, Idioteque (Radiohead), Weird Fishes (on4word- Mario x Radiohead), Reminiscence Captured on Tape (Ave Air), End of the Ocean (Tellsonic), Jenny’s Theme (The Darkness), No Surprises (on4word- Mario x Radiohead)
Media: The Last of Us (game and show), Resident Evil 4 (original and remake), Dead Space (original and remake), Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, Resident Evil 8, Dead Space 2, DOOM (film and game), Max Payne 3, Gears of War, Fortnite, Breaking Bad
Music Used (Chronologically): Serenade for Strings in C Major Op. 48 (The Evil Within 2), Secure Place (Resident Evil 2), Shooting Range (Resident Evil 4 Remake), Theme of Ada (Resident Evil 4), Rules of Nature (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance), Tierras de Azafrán (Blasphemous), Serenity (Resident Evil 4), Ending Credits (Resident Evil 4), The Last of Us- You and Me (The Last of Us), Fleeting- Affection (The Last of Us), The Choice (The Last of Us), The Last of Us- Goodnight (The Last of Us), White Palace (Hollow Knight), Lacrimosa (Dead Space 2), Nicole’s Theme (Dead Space Remake), Canonical Aside (Dead Space 2), Wesker’s Theme (Resident Evil 4)
Cover of “Générique” from Lift to the Gallows performed by Henry Walsh
Sources: Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America’s Death Penalty (Austin Sarat, 2014) Lethal Injections and the False Promise of Humane Executions (Austin Sarat, 2022) A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays (Marc Bookman, 2021) Discipline and Punish (Michel Foucault, 1975) Report of the Commission to Investigate and Report the Most Humane and Practical Method of Carrying into Effect the Sentence of Death in Capital Cases (Gerry, Southwick, Hale 1888)
Music Used (Chronologically): Fallow Deer (Martin Klem), Stepping on Glass (Eneide), Biological Evidence (Alan Carlson-Green), Trivalve (Ethan Sloan), Indigo (Christophe Gorman), Behind the Curtains (Skrya), Dark Times (Etienne Roussel), Ambivalent Thoughts (Magnus Ringblom), Nocturne in G Minor (Chopin), Dead (HEALTH- Max Payne 3), Implode (Peter Sandberg), Translucency (Rikard From), Générique (Henry Walsh)
Media Used: Wanted: Dead, WET, Bullet Witch, NeverDead, Yakuza 0, Sleeping Dogs, Disco Elysium, Death Stranding, No More Heroes, Metal Gear Solid 4, Metal Gear Solid 5, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Blade Runner, The Room, Joker, Flashdance
Music Used (Chronologically): Dire Dire Docks (Super Mario 64), Crystals (M.O.O.N.), 99 Luftballons (Wanted: Dead cover), Cohen’s Masterpiece– Accordion (Bioshock Infinite), Killer Dish, Venomous Grace (Wanted: Dead), Main Theme (Streets of Rage 4), Menu Theme (Wanted: Dead), Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 (Trombone Champ), Regurgitation Pumping Station (World of Goo), Sins of the Father (MGSV), It Has to Be This Way (MGR: R), Gunsmith’s Theme (Wanted: Dead), Run (iamthekidyouknowwhatimean), Ending Triumph (Half Life: Alyx), Promise (Okami), The Heatseeker (Pistol Whip), Land of a Thousand Lakes (Trabant33), Maniac (Bella and the Switchblades)
Thumbnail Credit:twitter.com/HotCyder Description Credit: 99 Luftballons (English Translation) Additional music by Epidemic Sound Additional Footage by Getty ImagesWhy God of War Challenged Fate, Then Did It AgainJacob Geller2023-02-16 | Their father could tell the future but he never prophesied that. | Get a Henson razor and a free pack of 100 blades with code JACOB at: bit.ly/3G3sa59
Additional Editing by Isaac Holland Additional Footage from Razbuten
Media Used: God of War, God of War 2, God of War 3, God of War: Ascension, God of War (2018), God of War Ragnarök, The Last of Us Part 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, Resistance: Fall of Man, NBA 2K7, Tabletop Simulator, Mission Impossible 2, Hercules
Music Used (Chronologically): Main Titles (GoW 2), Enthroned on Mount Olympus (GoW), Svartalfheim (GoW R), Waking the Sleeping Giant (GoW 2), The Summit (GoW 2018), Giantess of Ironwood (GoW R), The Isle of Creation (GoW 2), A Son’s Path (GoW R), Phoenix Rising (GoW 2), Remembering Faye (GoW R), The Bathhouse (GoW 2), Giantess of Ironwood (GoW R), Palace of the Fates (GoW 2), To Forgive or to Kill (GoW R), The Isle of Creation (GoW 2) Ragnarok (GoW R), Dark Tavern (Walt Adams), God-Like (George TraGiC, GoW 2)
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Sources: Way Out There in the Blue (Frances Fitzgerald, 2000) The Faulty and Dangerous Logic of Missile Defense (Laura Grego, 2018) Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Additional Editing by Isaac Holland Additional Research by Phosphene Additional Production by Icarus
Media Used: AKIRA, Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Andor, Rogue One, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Command & Conquer Renegade X, GoldenEye, Diamonds are Forever, Die Another Day, Redline, Tekken 7, Vanquish, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Gears of War, Gears of War 4, Gears 5, Gears: Tactics, Arrested Development, Bedtime for Bonzo, A Wing and a Prayer, God of War 3, Katamari Damacy, Halo Wars 2
Music Used (Chronologically): Swan Lake Act 1 (Tchaikovsky), Mos Eisley Cantina (Leg Star Wars 2 DS), Main Menu (007: Agent Under Fire), N.M.H (No More Heroes), Alien Manifestation (Nier Automata), Der Monde (Wolfenstein: The New Order), Invention No. 4 in D Minor (Bach, BWV 775), Frustration in Disguise (Taylor Crane), Dies Irae (Giuseppe Verdi), Mad World- Dom’s Version (Gears of War 3), Outpost (Gears of War), Kait’s Theme (Gears 5), Panama (Max Payne 3), Pleasure of Tension (Snatcher), Memory (RUINER), Paradise for One (Mike Franklyn), Clair de Lune (The Evil Within)The Top Ten Games of 2022Jacob Geller2022-12-09 | Some part of you decays while something else feeds from that decay. And you join the chorus. And together you sing the song of growing things. | Directly support me and watch exclusive videos by joining Nebula at go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller
Games shown in opening montage (chronologically) : Metal Hellsinger, Scorn, Disc Room, Tunic, Not for Broadcast, Silt, Unbeatable [White Label], Midnight Fight Express, Bayonetta 3, Rollerdrome, Tinykin Other non-listed games shown: Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Horizon Forbidden West, Snatcher, Fortnite
Music used (chronologically): Dies Irae, Infinite Love (Vendla), Good Job, You Made it to the Bottom of the Mind Control Facility (The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe), Delirious Eyes (Norco), Die Toteninsel Emptiness (Signalis), Main Theme (The Last Clockwinder), Glass Ocean (Neon White), The End is Never the End Again, Memory Zone- French (The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe), Star Ball Rolling (Super Mario Galaxy 2), Red and Blue (Vampire Survivors), Art (Immortality), Raeb’s Lament (God of War Ragnarok), Possible Futures (Citizen Sleeper), Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon (Elden Ring), Main Theme (The Last Clockwinder), Dream Chaser (F-Zero X), Good Job, You Made it to the Bottom of the Mind Control Facility (The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe)
Thumbnail Credit:twitter.com/HotCyder Description Credit: Citizen SleeperThe Single Best Gaming Moment of 2022Jacob Geller2022-11-21 | There is no band! Il n'y a pas d'orchestre! This is all a tape-recording. No hay banda! And yet we hear a band. | Watch the intended cut of this video and directly support me by joining Nebula at go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller
Visual Media used: Immortality, Mulholland Drive, Her Story, Telling Lies, Beautiful Darling- The Life of Candy Darling, Women in Revolt, Berlin: Live at Ann’s Warehouse, various concert recordings of Anohni and Lou Reed. Additional footage provided by Getty Images.
Music Used (Chronologically): Allegretto (Beethoven Symphony no. 7), Opening, Life- Supernatural (Immortality), Etude no. 3 for String Quartet (Peter Sandberg), Quiet When Dark (The Tap Room), Art, Religion- Subverted, Religion- Supernatural (Immortality), Ave Maria, Poets (Ciaran Delany), Two of Everything (Immortality). Additional music provided by Epidemic Sound.
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Pirsig, 1974)
Games Shown: Sekiro, Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Elden Ring, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Witness, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil: Code Veronica, QWOP, Nioh 2, Hades, Cuphead, Disc Room, Boomerang X, SOMA, Dead Space 2
Music Used (Chronologically): Sekiro the One-Armed Wolf (Sekiro), Wisdom of Rage (Furi), Break the Targets! (Super Smash Bros. Melee), Dogsong (Undertale), Main Theme (Streets of Rage 4), Trois Gymnopedies (Gary Numan), Of Foreign Lands and Peoples (Robert Schumann), Overdose (Katana Zero), Avarice (Death’s Door), Various piano pieces including "On The Nature of Daylight" (Jacob Geller)
Thumbnail Credit:twitter.com/HotCyder Description Credit: Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five RingsFear of Big Things UnderwaterJacob Geller2022-10-04 | Below the thunders of the upper deep, Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea
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Chapters: Introduction: 0:00 1- The Kraken: 1:44 2- The Imagined Depths: 12:28 3- The Drowned Giants: 19:13 4- Just Before the End: 28:30 5- The Great Unknown: 34:51 Epilogue: 41:54
Media Used: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), The Drowned Giant (2021), Subnautica, Iron Lung, In Other Waters
Music Used (chronologically): Dismantle (Peter Sandberg), Deciphering Tool (Jon Bjork), Ennui (Cody High), Oceanic Adventure (Bonnie Grace), Trapped Underwater (Kikoru), Scared of Water (Kikoru), Arc Lights, Bone Fields (Subnautica), Underwater Findings (Deskant), Is (Sandra Marteleur), Humdrum Days (Franz Gordon), Thrilling India 2 (August Wilgelmsson), Heavy Respite (Martin Klem), The Deepest Cave (Farrell Wooten), Ghostlight (Iron Lung), The Carousel (The Evil Within), Amid Bones (Iron Lung), At the End of Nothing (Silver Maple), Of Sober Mind (Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen), The Kraken (Katie Dey)
Sources: Kraken (Wendy Williams, 2010) Kraken (China Mieville, 2010) Monsters of the Sea (Richard Ellis, 1994) The Kraken: When Myth Encounters Science (Salvador & Tomotani, 2013) The Natural History of Norway (Erik Pontoppidan, 1755) Underland (Robert Macfarlane, 2019) The Drowned Giant (J.G. Ballard, 1964) The Metamorphosis of Unknown Animals into Fabulous Beasts and of Fabulous Beasts into Known Animals (Bernard Heuvelmans, 1990) Chasing Ice (Orlowski, 2012) Giant Squid (Clyde Roper, Smithsonian 2018): https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/giant-squid The Squid Hunter (David Grann, 2004): newyorker.com/magazine/2004/05/24/the-squid-hunter Why Do Deep Sea Creatures Evolve Into Giants? (Real Science, 2022): youtu.be/uYR4ZMlLUwI Tsunami reveals ancient temple sites (Paddy Maguire, 2005): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4312024.stm Mahabalipuram: The Temple that Rose from the Sea (Aditi Shah, 2018): livehistoryindia.com/story/monuments/mahabalipuram Mahabalipuram: Sea, Surfing and Shore Temple (Uttara Gangopadhyay, 2018): outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/story/69050/a-guide-to-mahabalipuram-sea-surfing-and-shore-temple Tsunami Footage: youtu.be/ks5p-slN4Mc As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’ (Christopher Flavelle, 2022): nytimes.com/2022/06/07/climate/salt-lake-city-climate-disaster.html Owens Valley Salty As Los Angeles Water Battle Flows Into Court (Kirk Siegler, 2013): npr.org/2013/03/11/173463688/owens-valley-salty-as-los-angeles-water-battle-flows-into-court 3rd set of human remains discovered at Lake Mead (Adriana Navarro, 2022): accuweather.com/en/climate/3rd-set-of-human-remains-discovered-at-lake-mead/1222679 Adventuring With Beebe (Beebe, The Viking Press, New York, 1955, p.81-82): sites.google.com/site/cwilliambeebe/Home/bathysphere Discovery Channel: Monster Squid - It Lives (2011): youtu.be/k7oyNFFTi10 Edie Widder and Nathan Robinson via OceanExplorerGov: youtu.be/Lqim34DvCrs Gennaro, J.F. Jr. 1971. The Creature Revealed. Natural History, March 1971 Pierce, S., G. Smith, T. Maugel & E. Clark 1995. On the Giant Octopus (Octopus giganteus) and the Bermuda Blob: Homage to A. E. Verrill. Biological Bulletin 188: 219-230 Pierce, S., S. Massey, N. Curtis, G. Smith, C. Olavarría & T. Maugel 2004. Microscopic, Biochemical, and Molecular Characteristics of the Chilean Blob and a Comparison With the Remains of Other Sea Monsters: Nothing but Whales. Biological Bulletin 206: 125–133. Additional photos from: Swarna1311 Y23 at English Wikipedia Borgx Additional Footage from Getty Images Additional Music and Sound from Epidemic Sound
Thumbnail Credit:twitter.com/HotCyder Description Credit: Alfred Lord TennysonFixing My Brain with Automated TherapyJacob Geller2022-09-02 | People laugh about this, self-soothing engines sputtering through a nosedive. Not me. | Directly support me and watch exclusive videos by joining Nebula at go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller
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Visual Media Used: Eliza, UnearthU, Reflectly, Bloom, Youper, MoodMission, “Hour of Power”
Music Used (Chronologically): Mii Plaza (Wii), The Star-Spangled Banner, Instrument of Surrender (Disco Elysium), Consideration (Eliza), Daily Rituals, UnearthU (UnearthU), Determination, Unease, Jealousy (Eliza), Graydo (Stealth Inc. 2), Sentient (Gavin Luke), No Biscuits for a Bad Dog (Jerry Lacey), The Triumphant Return to Earth (Kilian Flowers)
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Additional footage provided by Getty Additional music and sound effects provided by Epidemic SoundGross Games about Flesh and StuffJacob Geller2022-08-12 | Long Live the New Flesh | Get a 30 day free trial of Audible by visiting audible.com/jacobgeller or text 'jacobgeller' to 500 500
Music used (chronologically): The Massacre Downtown (Perfect Vermin), Silent Heaven (Silent Hill 2), Sleep Paralysis (Ruiner), Path of the Addict (Superhot: Mind Control Delete), Nocturne op.9 No.2 (Chopin), Dies Irae (Giuseppe Verdi), Nocturne in G Minor (Chopin), Tears of… (Silent Hill), You Can Always Come Home (Mike Franklyn) Additional Music from Epidemic Sound
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Visual Media Used: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Simpsons, Scooby-Doo, Ratatouille, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Finding Nemo, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, A Link Between Worlds, Link’s Awakening, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Breath of the Wild
Music Used, chronologically: Title, Snowpeak, Light and Shadow, Meeting with Princess Zelda (Twilight Princess), Cave, Final Hours, Giant’s Theme, Clock Tower (Majora’s Mask), Fi’s Theme (Skyward Sword), Preload, Link’s Memories- “Despair” (Breath of the Wild), Forest Temple (Ocarina of Time), Farewell King Hyrule (Wind Waker), Chamber of the Sages (Ocarina of Time), Ballad of the Windfish (Link’s Awakening), Confrontation with the Demon King (Skyward Sword), Death Mountain (The Legend of Zelda), Time of the Falling Rain (A Link to the Past), Hilda and Ganon (A Link Between Worlds), Riverside (Tri Force Heroes), Courage (Twilight Princess), Eternal Gratitude- Fi’s Theme (Skyward Sword), Orchestra Piece #1 (Twilight Princess)
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Additional music from Epidemic Sound Additional video from Getty ImagesThe Real Villain of Resident Evil 4 VR is MetaJacob Geller2022-06-24 | I think it is the music of a new life, pouring over the hills with the subtlety of dawn— a cold dawn, a cruel true dawn. | Directly support me and watch exclusive videos by joining Nebula at go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller
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Visual Media Used: Resident Evil 4 (standard and VR), Doom, Metroid: Other M, Moss, Half Life: Alyx, Edge of Nowhere, Shadow of the Colossus, Pistol Whip, Beat Saber, Uncharted 4
Music Used (Chronologically): Cohen’s Masterpiece– Accordion (Bioshock Infinite), Main Theme (Roller Coaster Tycoon 2), Main Theme (Robocop- GBA), Theme of Ada, Theme of Wesker (Resident Evil 4), Beacon Beach (Oxenfree), The Heatseeker (Pistol Whip), Third District (Katana Zero), The Blank Canvas (Inscryption), Voice of No Return (Nier Automata), Sorrow [Ending Credits] (Resident Evil 4)
Thumbnail Credit: twitter.com/HotCyder Description Credit: "Regeneration" by Art SmithWhats the Point of Taking Apart a Body?Jacob Geller2022-05-20 | I am happy every time to see real personhood resist our tricks. I am happy to see bodies insist they are not shut up in this book, they are elsewhere. | Get a 30 day free trial of Audible by visiting audible.com/jacobgeller or text 'jacobgeller' to 500 500
Visual Media Used: Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 5, Disco Elysium, Community
Music Used (Chronologically): Monstrosity, A Quiet Respite II, Rose (Resident Evil Village), Twenty One (Dear Esther), Ennui (Cody High), You Can Always Come Home (Mike Franklyn), Instrument of Surrender, Your Body Betrays Your Degeneracy, Live With Me, The Field Autopsy (Disco Elysium), Exploration- Ruins (Sable), Thorofare Hike (Firewatch), Midnight Textures (Silver Maple)
Thumbnail Credit: twitter.com/HotCyder Description Credit: Priestdaddy by Patricia LockwoodWhy Does Metal Gear Rising Keep Getting More Popular?Jacob Geller2022-05-02 | And besides, this isn’t my sword. | Directly support me and watch exclusive videos by joining Nebula at go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller
Visual Media Used: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Solid 4, Dead Space 2, Bayonetta, The Wonderful 101, Breath of the Wild, Call of Duty 4, Elden Ring, Devil May Cry 4, Doom Eternal, INSIDE, Kena Bridge of Spirits, Hades, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash, OlliOlli 2, Sants Row: Gat Out of Hell, SteamWorld Heist, Resident Evil 4
Music Used (Chronologically): A Great Spirit Lies in Wait (Okami), It Has to Be This Way (MGR), Susano’s Training (Okami), Collective Consciousness (MGR), Rising Up (Streets of Rage 4), Pleasure of Tension (Snatcher), Rising Up (Streets of Rage 4), The Gates of Hell (Bayonetta), N.M.H. (No More Heroes), Rules of Nature (MGR), Oklahoma (Oklahoma! karaoke), Theme of Love (Super Smash Brothers Brawl), Collective Consciousness (MGR), Beautiful Mirage, The Vision Fades (Metal Gear Solid 5), Metal Gear Saga (Metal Gear Solid 4), Rules of Nature (MGR), It Has to Be This Way (MGR)
Thumbnail Credit: twitter.com/HotCyderHead Transplants and the Non-Existence of the SoulJacob Geller2022-04-04 | What then gives us so great a propension to ascribe an identity to these successive perceptions? | Directly support me and watch exclusive videos by joining Nebula at go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller
Opening: 0:00-8:20 CW for Animal Medical Testing: 8:20-13:30 Wolfenstein Spoilers: 13:30-18:07 Middle of Essay: 18:07-26:15 SOMA Spoilers and CW for Mentions of Suicide: 26:15- 34:25 End of Essay: 34:25-39:49
Visual Media Used: Frankenstein (1931), Young Frankenstein (1974), SOMA, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Wolfenstein: The New Colossus
Music Used (Chronologically): Deathshead (Wolfenstein: The New Order), Rivers Run Red, Never Forgotten (Cristoffer Moe Ditlevsen), Rain of Brass Petals (Silent Hill 3), Prelude in C Major (BWV 846), Má Vlast- The Moldau (Smetana), The Kreisau Circle (Wolfenstein: The New Order & The New Colossus), Sunset for Humanity (Wolfenstein: The New Order), Fallow Deer (Martin Klem), Old Time Circus, House of Mirrors (Luella Gren), Invention No. 4 in D Minor (BWV 775), Bitter Swirl (Line Neesgaard), Main Theme (Soma), Der Mond (Wolfenstein: The New Order), Alone (Soma)
Description Credit: Treatise on Human Nature by David Hume Thumbnail Credit: twitter.com/HotCyder
Additional Music provided by Epidemic SoundPerfect Moments in Bad MoviesJacob Geller2022-03-11 | Sand is overrated. It’s just tiny little rocks. | Directly support me and watch exclusive videos by joining Nebula at go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller
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Visual Media Used: Spider-Man 3 (and bonus features), The Matrix Revolutions (and bonus features), Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, Life of Pi (and bonus features), Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Blade Runner, The Thing, Annihilation, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Music Used (Chronologically): Symphony No. 9 in E Minor From the New World, Minuet in G Minor, Symphony 7 op. 92 Allegretto, Op. 15-i. Of Foreign Lands and Peoples, Russell’s Radio (Half-Life: Alyx), Mii Plaza (Wii), Navras (The Matrix Revolutions), The Timefall (Death Stranding), Full Confession (Katana Zero), In Your Hands (Gris), Tetris Effect Jazz by Henry Walsh
Thumbnail Credit:twitter.com/HotCyder Description Credit: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindReturnal is a Hell of Our Own CreationJacob Geller2022-02-11 | And in those days, the Moon shuddered for every spasm of sorrow that dripped from the eyes of Selene | Get a Henson razor and a free pack of 100 blades with code JACOB at: bit.ly/3G3sa59
Additional music from Epidemic SoundFear of ColdJacob Geller2022-01-14 | You are reduced to a crawling thing on the margin of a disintegrating world. Nothing will so quickly isolate a man.
SOURCES: Books: To Build a Fire (Jack London, 1908) Alone (Richard Byrd, 1938) The Stranger in the Woods (Michael Finkel, 2017) On the Banks of Plum Creek (Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1937) Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography (Laura Ingalls Wilder, 2014) The Long Winter (Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1940) Mountains of the Mind (Robert Macfarlane, 2003) The Shining (Stephen King, 1977) Who Goes There? (John W. Campbell, 1938)
Movies and TV: To Build A Fire (David Cobham, 1969) The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982), The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1977), Snowpiercer (Bong Joon Ho, 2013), The Day After Tomorrow (Roland Emmerich, 2004), Little House on the Prairie (Episode 22, 1975)
Games: The Long Dark (2014), Frostpunk (2018), Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Music (chronologically): Theme for The Long Dark (The Long Dark), Un Dia En Granada (Vendla), Watery Grave (Carrion), Helix Bell (Christophe Gorman), One Must Go (Alec Slayne), Doubt (The Long Dark), Freezing Cold (Breath of the Wild), Silent Heaven (Silent Hill 2), Martian Law (Jon Bjork), Ennui (Cody High), Cold New Dawn & The Darkest of Days (Frostpunk), There’s Something I Have to Say (The Long Dark), Canonical Aside (Dead Space 2), A Cold Wind (Savvun), The Cremation of Sam McGee (Seth Boyer)
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Visual Media Used: Mundaun, It Takes Two, Before Your Eyes, Metroid Dread, Resident Evil 4 VR, Returnal, UnearthU, Inscryption, Pistol Whip, Sable, Slay the Spire, Bowser’s Fury, Dark Souls 3, Ghost of Tsushima, Nex Machina, Fortnite, Genesis Noir, Halo Infinite
Music Used (Chronologically): Plessie (Bowser’s Fury), The Price is Right theme, Radio (Mundaun), The Drive, Theme of Ada (Resident Evil 4), The Ewer- Day, Exploration- Ruins (Sable), Lake Lapcat (Bowser’s Fury), Leshy’s Theme (Inscryption), Heatseeker (Pistol Whip), Clockworks (It Takes Two), Lonely Petals (Super Metroid OCRemix), Main Theme (UnearthU), Hyperion Theme (Returnal), Mesh- Instrumental, Finale (Before Your Eyes), Better the Mask (Sable)
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Additional music courtesy of Epidemic SoundTime Loop NihilismJacob Geller2021-11-12 | All you feel is infinite, knowing all the falls and leaps and sweet and death. | Directly support me and watch exclusive videos by joining Nebula at go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller
Visual Media Used: Deathloop, 12 Minutes, Dishonored, Hitman 3, Bloodborne, Devil May Cry 5, Doom Eternal, Edge of Tomorrow, Groundhog Day, Palm Springs,
Music Used (Chronologically): Fristad Rock (Deathloop), Sneaky Driver (Katana Zero), Blackreef, Karl’s Bay (Deathloop), Forecast (Transistor), Blue Moose Man (The Norwood Suite), Breath of a Serpent (Katana Zero), XII (Twelve Minutes), Regurgitation Pumping Station (World of Goo), I (Twelve Minutes), Main Theme (LA Noire), Mesquite, Texas (Wolfenstein: The New Colossus), Sunset for Humanity (Wolfenstein: The New Order), In Your Belief- Piano (Asura’s Wrath)
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Additional footage provided by Getty Images Additional Screaming Horns from "Lethargy Hill" by Kitty HorrorshowI Do Not Understand Hotline Miami 2Jacob Geller2021-10-15 | Gotta get a grip! | Directly support me and watch exclusive videos by joining Nebula at go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller
Visual Media used: The Forgotten City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Remember Me, Google Earth Studio, Blade Runner, PBS News Hour
Music used (chronologically): The Girl (Max Payne 3), Run (Hotline Miami 2), Let Us Live, Since We Must Die, Extreme Justice is Extreme Injustice, The Result Justifies The Deed (The Forgotten City), Dogsong (Undertale), We Are But Dust and Shadow (The Forgotten City), Remembrance of Stars (The Forgotten City- MOD), The Timefall (Death Stranding), Titan (Hyper Light Drifter), Rise to the Light (Remember Me), Max- Panama (Max Payne 3), Life is Long, Life is Short (The Forgotten City), Stickerbrush Symphony (Donkey Kong Country 2)
Description Credit: “Resist” by Brandy Nālani McDougall Thumbnail Credit:twitter.com/HotCyder
Additional footage provided by Getty Additional sound effects by Epidemic SoundTetris Effect and Other Games with Immaculate VibesJacob Geller2021-08-28 | With every passing day, the winds might blow stronger | Directly support me and watch exclusive videos by joining Nebula at go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller
Visual Media used: Marble Madness (Arcade), Venineth, Beyond Castle Wolfenstein, Elite, Karate Champ, Hitman 3, Wolfenstein: The New Order, Elite Dangerous, Ballance, Marble it Up!, Marble Blast Gold, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, Mortal Kombat 9, Myst, NaissanceE, Street Fighter V, Tetris Effect, Tetris CD-I, 400 other versions of tetris (see Digital Foundry video for full details)
Music used (chronologically): Connected (Tetris Effect), Level 1 (Marble Madness), Lunar Discourse (Tetris Effect), Level 0 (Tetris CD-I), Level 2 (Marble Madness), Level 8 (Tetris CD-I), Ballance OST, Level 0 (Tetris CD-I), Joy, Connected, Bright Shadow (Tetris Effect), Metamorphosis II (Carrion), End (Venineth), Connected Jazz Improvisations by Henry Walsh, Dire Dire on the Rocks (OC Remix by Geoffrey Taucer/FFmusic Dj), Level 0 (Tetris CD-I)