Pims CryptPathologic might be my favorite game of all time. Together with its sequel/remake it fundamentally changed not just my view on video game design - but even the people who create games.
0:00 Content Warning & Intro 1:04 Pathologic 5:54 The Changeling (And What It's All About) 11:00 Pathologic 2 16:53 Final Thoughts 20:32 Patrons & End Credits
Pathologic & the Friendly Rivalry Between Developers and PlayersPims Crypt2020-11-07 | Pathologic might be my favorite game of all time. Together with its sequel/remake it fundamentally changed not just my view on video game design - but even the people who create games.
0:00 Content Warning & Intro 1:04 Pathologic 5:54 The Changeling (And What It's All About) 11:00 Pathologic 2 16:53 Final Thoughts 20:32 Patrons & End Credits
#VideoEssayThe Religious Gamification of IndikaPims Crypt2024-07-27 | The indie game Indika caught a lot of attention with its odd blend of grey realism and classic 8 and 16 bit retro gaming aesthetic. But what is the actual purpose of this aesthetic clash? And what's the deal with this point system the game explicitly claims to be pointless? In this video, I explore how Indika uses the conventions and language of video games to critique the topic of religion, and religious institutions.
0:00 Intro (Pascal's Wager) 1:18 The Plot 3:41 The (Allegedly) Pointless Point System 6:18 Finding Value & Meaning 7:28 Mortification of the Flesh & Religious Trauma 11:33 The Story of Saint John 13:05 The Ending 15:16 Understanding the Ending 17:03 A Commentary on Video Games Themselves 18:14 End Credits 19:46 Outro
Special thanks: @Aranock @PixelLit @miraprime474 @VZed
#videoessay #religion(VERY LATE) 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY LIVESTREAM | Luigis Mansion Playthrough feat. GUESTS!Pims Crypt2024-07-26 | ...Scorn is a Misunderstood MasterpiecePims Crypt2024-06-27 | As Scorn was revealed to the world, it didn't take long for it to recieve the label of "that H.R. Giger/Zdzisław Beksiński looking game". However, there is so much more to Scorn than its aesthetic, and I believe it's about time to acknowledge that.
0:00 Intro 1:03 Background 5:14 H.R. Giger, Zdzisław Beksiński & Aesthetics 8:41 Puzzles, Exploration & Progression 13:30 The Story 16:05 The Scorpion & The Frog 19:22 Themes & Media Literacy 24:25 The Combat System 28:26 Understanding The Ending 30:51 Conclusion 33:18 End Credits
#scorngame #retrospectiveMy Life, Alone in the Dark | A Self-Indulgent RetrospectivePims Crypt2024-04-27 | Alone in the Dark changed my life. But Pim, I hear you say, are you talking about the 1992 game, the 2008 reboot or the 2024 remake? Yes! Join me on a self-indulgent journey through three Alone in the Dark games, how they reflect the evolution of the franchise, as well as my personal evolution as... a person.
0:00 Intro 1:26 Alone in the Dark (1992) 19:51 Alone in the Dark (2008) 50:28 Alone in the Dark (2024) 1:15:10 Conclusion 1:22:58 End Credits 1:24:29 Post Credits Scene
Special thanks: @eurothug4000 @Gameservatory @hotcyder @InPraiseofShadows @miraprime474 @MontyZander @PixelaDay
#aloneinthedark #retrospective #pimscryptAlan Wake 1 & 2 | A Self-Indulgent RetrospectivePims Crypt2023-12-08 | In 2010, finnish developer Remedy released the original Alan Wake, the follow-up to their successful series of Max Payne games. Since then it has been the topic of endless discussions. Is the game good? Bad? Profound? Pretentious? I have personally shifted my opinion from one side to the other, multiple times, for the better part of a decade. Now I aim to find a definitive answer to these questions, but especially to one: Is Alan Wake as interesting to talk about as it is to actually play? Now that the long awaited sequel, Alan Wake 2, has survived its 13 years in development hell, maybe it can add the last vital piece to this puzzle.
0:00 Intro 2:38 Part 1: Alan Wake 31:27 The Collectors Edition... 33:01 Part 2: Alan Wake 2 1:08:53 Part 3: Conclusion 1:11:16 End Credits
#retrospective #videoessayHow the Internet Changed Found Footage HorrorPims Crypt2023-09-19 | Ever since the Blair Witch Project came out in 1999, the internet has had an important part to play in the evolution found footage horror genre. It has now reached a point where an entirely new subgenre has emerged, one that has been called "screenlife horror". In this video, I explore what changes the internet made to the original genre to warrant this distinction, and what has remained the same.
0:00 Intro 1:42 What Is Screenlife Horror? 3:29 Unfriended 8:32 Host 15:26 We're All Going to the World's Fair 22:11 Spree 29:38 David Holzman's Diary 34:46 Final Thoughts 36:57 End Credits
Patreon link: patreon.com/pimscryptRemaking Horror Games is Good ActuallyPims Crypt2023-06-21 | Yes, the quickly increasing amount of video game remakes, and remakes in general, has become concerning. However, that does not mean that the concept of the remake lacks artistic merits. In this video we explore some of these merits, and how especially horror games, like the Resident Evil series, can benefit from the remake treatment.
0:00 Content Warning 0:09 Intro 1:02 Dead Space (2008) vs Dead Space (2023) 2:58 Resident Evil (1996) vs Resident Evil (2002) 4:31 Remakes As Meta Sequels 5:27 Resident Evil 2 (1998) vs Resident Evil 2 (2019) 7:25 Resident Evil 3.5 & "What If's" 9:00 Resident Evil 4 (2005) vs Resident Evil 4 (2023) 14:38 Remakes In a World Without Capitalism 16:16 Should There Be More Remakes? 17:45 Conclusion 21:53 End Credits 23:10 Movie Recommendation
"We're Not Remaking Horror Games, We're Chasing Nightmares", by @JacobGeller youtu.be/V8Hs8_DzU3M
#videoessayScary Movie: A Serious Franchise Analysis (feat. Yhara zayd)Pims Crypt2023-05-12 | During the early 2000s, the Wayan's brothers were the kings of spoof films. While Scary Movie and its sequels perhaps aren't so fondly remembered today, mostly due to their crude sense of humor, there is no denying that they did had some comments to make about the horror genre. Question is: What did the Scary Movie franchise ultimately end up telling us? And do those things still ring true today?
0:00 Intro 1:07 Part 1: Feminism in Scary Movie 13:15 Part 1.5: Blackness in Scary Movie 20:08 Part 2: Ableism in Scary Movie 2 26:01 Patreon Ad 26:46 Part 3: Racism in Scary Movie 3 & 4 34:18 Part 4: The Gimmick of Scary Movie 5 39:48 Conclusion 44:02 End Credits
#videoessayThe Wholesome Bubba Project: Countering Toxicity in Dead By DaylightPims Crypt2023-02-03 | Dead by Daylight needs to change. I made a 40 page long study in an attempt to contribute to that change. Then I made a video about it. Which is this one. The one you're gonna watch. Or have watched. Hope you like it!
0:00 Intro 1:30 Some Background 6:30 The Wholesome Bubba & Wholesome Play 12:30 Wholesome Play Activities 15:15 Analyzing Player Feedback 19:47 NUMBERS 22:04 Potential Counterpoints 25:17 Overwatch Anecdote 26:22 Conclusion 28:26 End Credits 30:10 I'M GONNA BE IN A FRICKING VIDEO GAME!!
#dbd #videoessayWhat Halloween 3 Was Actually AboutPims Crypt2022-10-28 | What better way is there to celebrate the spooky season than by making a video about a Halloween film that doesn't even like the spooky season? A film which, coincidentally, is one of the best in the whole franchise?
0:00 Spoilers & Trigger Warnings 0:09 Intro 1:10 The Plot 2:50 Real Life Connections 3:53 The Sinister Twist 5:53 What Halloween 3 Says About Halloween 8:44 Dissecting Cochran's Plan 11:14 On a Lighter Note 13:56 Conclusion 14:39 End Credits 17:15 No!
#videoessay #halloween3The Saw Films Are Secretly GreatPims Crypt2022-09-07 | Despite being one of the most successful horror movie franchises of all time, clearly resonating with a whole lot of people, the Saw films have never gotten much love from critics. Even fans, myself included, sometimes struggle with trying to justify exactly what it is that make these films so alluring. They're just self important and dumb torture fests, right? Well, actually, there's way more to it than that.
0:00 Intro 3:03 Part 1: The Story 12:04 Part 2: The Surface Level Stuff 21:51 Patreon Ad 22:37 Part 3: The Deep Cuts, Or What the Saw Films Are Really About 38:01 Conclusion 44:14 Back in the Bathroom 45:02 End Credits 46:54 Outtakes 48:01 Nothing 49:50 Chris Rock screams
#saw #videoessay #horrorOlder-Looking Horror Games Are ScarierPims Crypt2022-07-15 | What's with the resurgence of the classic low-poly horror aesthetic? Are developers like Puppet Combo, Kitty Horroshow and Lilith Walther simply trying to evoke a sense of nostalgia, or is there more to it than that? Well... if you've read the video title I guess you've got the answer right there don't you?
NOTE: I forgot to mention during the end credits that the thumbnail for this video was made by friend of the channel @hotcyder. I feel genuienly terrible about this, so it would mean the world to me if you all went over to his channel, watched his videos, and smashed the living hell out of that subscribe button. Tell your parents, grandparents and pets to do it as well!
0:00 Intro 2:06 Some Explanations 3:08 Strenghts Within Limitations 7:23 Bloodborne vs Bloodborne PSX 10:49 The PSX Horror Revival 11:52 Patreon Ad 12:47 A Deeper Dive 17:25 Room For Experimentation 18:10 The Evil Within & Nightmares 19:04 Paratopic 20:26 The Space Between 22:10 Breaking Walls & Video Games 23:26 Anatomy 26:34 The Night of the Scissors 29:01 Conclusion 29:59 End Credits 31:22 Something To Look Forward To...
#lowpoly #psx #kittyhorrorshowThe Real Life Horror of Retail WorkPims Crypt2022-05-14 | Retail work has, unsurprisingly, become the main topic of several indie horror games in recent years. In this video I take a closer look at some of these games, and compare them to some of my personal experiences of working in retail.
0:00 Intro (Or Why Coffee Talk Makes Me Uncomfortable) 2:07 Part 1: Night Shift, The Convenience Store & The Intrusive Customer 10:15 Part 2: Night of the Consumers & The Day of the Panic Attack 17:48 An Important Message 18:58 Part 3: Happy's Humble Burger Farm & Brand Loyalty 28:10 Part 4: Conclusion 30:00 End Credits
#nightoftheconsumers #happyshumbleburgerfarm #theconveniencestore #puppetcombo4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY LIVESTREAM | Luigis Mansion Playthrough feat. GUESTS!Pims Crypt2022-04-24 | ...Evil Ed & Swedens Greatest Moral PanicPims Crypt2022-03-31 | Back in the 80s a debate show called Studio S started what, at least at the time, was the greatest moral panic in swedish history. One decade later a low budget horror film would make the perfect albeit indirect critique of this panic. This is the story of Evil Ed - and how the event it was loosley based on was itself based on a lie.
0:00 Intro 0:46 Evil Ed 2:43 The History of The State's Cinema Agency 5:40 The Studio S Debate 11:58 The Consequence 13:29 Studio S Exposed 16:05 How Does It All Connect to Evil Ed? 22:43 The State of The Swedish Film Industry 24:09 End Credits
0:00 Intro 0:08 Queer Monsters, Queer Superheroes, and The Hays Code 3:40 Spider-Man 3 (and What Venom Even Is) 8:10 Venom (2018) 24:56 Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) 44:20 Conclusion: Yup, They're Queer Alright! 48:45 End Credits
#Venom #LGBTQIA #VideoEssayWhy the Aesthetics of Mundaun MatterPims Crypt2021-12-22 | Mundaun is a visually beautiful indie horror game, with a hand crafted graphite pencil aesthetic that evokes feelings of walking through old sepia toned photographs. What makes this aesthetic truly great however is how it not only complements the game's narrative - but enhances it. In this video I will explain why.
0:00 Intro 1:35 Monochrome Nostalgia 3:59 Memories VS Interpretations 6:34 The Roads, Hills and Valleys 8:14 No Black and White Choices 9:11 The Story of Graphite 10:55 "Good Graphics" 12:53 ...The Rest is Still Unwritten 14:16 End Credits
#Mundaun #VideoEssayCry of Fear Is The Most Swedish Horror Game Ever MadePims Crypt2021-11-08 | It's probably fair to say that most enjoyers of horror have a clear picture in their mind when they think about japanese horror. The same can probably be said about american horror, or the giallo films of Italy. But what about swedish horror? What does swedish horror look like? What does swedish horror video games look like? Today we answer that question by looking at the most swedish horror game ever made.
0:00 Content Warning 0:34 Intro 3:38 Part 1: Stockholm In My Heart 17:12 Part 2: Who Is Simon? And Why Is He Wrong? 33:19 Part 3: The Edginess 42:34 Conclusion: This Is Sweden, Please Cry When No One Sees 48:23 End Credits
#CryOfFear #VideoEssayIn Defense of Terminator: ResistancePims Crypt2021-09-03 | The Terminator franchise isn't exactly what it used to be. Some would even argue that there hasn't been a good Terminator film since the second one came out, back in 1991. Terminator: Resistance might not be a movie, but it might be the closest thing to a proper ending to the franchise we're ever gonna get. It also happens to be a kind of great blend of the horror of the first film and the action of the second.
0:00 Intro 3:24 A Faithful Re-creation 5:05 The Horror 10:08 The Action 12:02 The Roleplaying 14:53 The Problematic 16:31 The Door 20:15 The Final Battle 24:21 Final Thoughts 26:57 End Credits
#VideoEssay #TerminatorMy Love/Hate Relationship With Dead By DaylightPims Crypt2021-07-30 | Dead By Daylight is one of my favorite horror games to date, but it could be so much better. This is an attempt to both praise the game for its achievements and to point out what it does so terribly wrong - and how it can be fixed.
0:00 Intro 2:08 Part 1: The (Supposedly) Intended Experience 11:46 Part 2: The Actual Experience 24:39 Part Error Message: The Game is Literally Broken!! 27:25 Part 3: Microtransactions & Numbers 32:43 Part 4: Conclusion 40:18 End Credits
#VideoEssay #DeadByDaylight #DbdScott Cawthon Supported Trump, Now What?Pims Crypt2021-06-28 | The creator of the world famous Five Nights At Freddy's franchise, Scott Cawthon, recently went under fire for having donated money to various republican politicians - former president Donald Trump included. Since I've previously made a video where I praised both Scott and his games, I felt obligated to make a statement about this.
0:00 Intro 1:16 The Controversy Explained 8:04 Scott Cawthon's Response 10:11 Scott's Other Donations 11:48 So, Now What? 15:15 Scott's Sudden Retirement 16:28 End Credits
#VideoEssayHorror Has An Ugliness ProblemPims Crypt2021-06-12 | There has been a quite harmful trend among horror movie monsters, villains and killers for quite some time - specifically how things such as physical (often congential) anomalies and scars are synonymous with evil and ugliness. In this video we take a closer look at films like A Nightmare On Elm Street and Wrong Turn to find out how these stereotypes can manifest.
0:00 Intro 0:59 Clarification 2:06 The Sideshow 4:23 The Study 6:29 Freddy Krueger & Scars 9:53 Wrong Turn & The Depiction of "Hillbillies" 13:55 Midsommar & The Subtlety of Evil 17:25 Conclusion 18:04 End Credits
#VideoEssay #WrongTurn #ANightmareOnElmStreetFrictional Games Reviewed: From Overture to RebirthPims Crypt2021-04-02 | With the recent release of Rebirth, and the tenth anniversary of the Amnesia series, I figured it was an opportune time to take a closer look at the entire gameography of the swedish game studio behind it all: Frictional Games.
0:00 Intro 1:58 Penumbra: Overture 17:45 Penumbra: Black Plague 32:28 Penumbra: Requiem 41:43 Patreon Ad 42:44 Amnesia: The Dark Descent 58:14 Amnesia: Justine 1:07:22 Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs 1:21:20 Soma 1:37:07 Amnesia: Rebirth 1:56:23 Final Thoughts 1:58:24 End Credits
#Penumbra #Amnesia #SomaWhy I Will Never Forget Blinx the Time SweeperPims Crypt2021-01-28 | What was supposedly meant to be Microsoft's answer to Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog is now perhaps mostly known as the face of a Twitter account called "Poorly Aged Things". This video was made with the sole intention of having Blinx, the time sweeper, be associated with something a little more positive.
0:00 Intro 0:14 Growing Up With the Xbox 1:54 The History of Blinx the Time Sweeper 4:01 Who Is Blinx? 7:25 Who Am I? 11:12 In Defense of Video Game Nostalgia 14:09 Final Thoughts 14:58 Patrons & Credits
#VideoEssayParadise Killer: A Game About Rejecting Convenience (GOTY 2020)Pims Crypt2021-01-03 | Numbered game of the year lists are pretty dull. And bad. So here is a video about Paradise Killer - a game that really deserves some extra attention.
0:00 Intro 1:24 Paradise Killer: The Opposite to Pathologic 2:28 Overview 4:07 Exploring the Game's Major Theme 8:29 Subverting Genres 10:57 Final Thoughts 11:21 Patrons and End Credits
#VideoEssayDeath Stranding & The Meaning of Wasted TimePims Crypt2020-12-07 | What was originally going to be a video about Death Stranding ended up becoming an exploration of time wasting, how and when we're wasting it and what wasted time even is. The answer will (absolutely not) surprise you.
0:00 Intro 1:20 Is Death Stranding a Waste of Time? 5:49 Are Video Games a Waste of Time? 8:47 What Even Is a Waste of Time? 13:33 The Actual Problem (and the Solution) 16:31 Final Thoughts 18:15 End Credits
#VideoEssayFive Nights At Freddys 4 is a Horror Masterpiece (No, Really!)Pims Crypt2020-10-12 | It's time that I self destruct my career by claiming that a Five Nights At Freddy's game was one of the very best horror games of the 2010s.
0:00 Intro 0:55 Part 1: Knowing Your Limitations 8:42 Part 2: The Story (And Why I'm Not Gonna Talk About It) 13:26 Part 3: Jumpscares 17:31 Part 4: Why We Are Really Here 28:12 Part 5: Conclusion 31:35 Patrons and End Credits
#VideoEssayElevated Horror & The Purpose of a GenrePims Crypt2020-08-21 | Horror has not been a very well respected genre for quite sometime. Some thought this was gonna change with the birth of so called "elevated horror films" in the 2010s, but is this kind of horror film actually new? And what is the actual point of categorizing films into genres in the first place?
0:00 Content Warning 0:06 Intro 0:39 What Does Elevated Horror Even Mean?? 2:32 Why Is the Term Being Used Now? 4:50 Rebranding Horror 7:56 The Purpose of a Genre 11:20 Consider, "The Golden Age of Horror" 13:36 Final Thoughts 15:07 End Credits
#VideoEssayTell Dont Show: The Suicide of Rachel FosterPims Crypt2020-08-04 | There is this very common misconception that showing is always better than telling in fiction. While there are plenty of examples of why this isn't the case, few pieces of media makes that more clear than the 2020 video game "The Suicide of Rachel Foster". This could be considered to be a review - but it's more like a warning.
0:00 Content/Trigger Warning 0:40 The Matrix, Sex Scenes and What Needs to Be Shown 4:08 Summarizing The Suicide of Rachel Foster 9:42 The Developers' Take 12:31 The Game's Ending 15:07 How Should One Depict Suicide? 20:09 The Missing J.J. Macfield and the Island of Mysteries 23:54 Using Shocking Content to Cope 26:48 The Importance of Content and Trigger Warnings 29:42 Final Thoughts 30:42 End Credits
#VideoEssayTrans Tribulations: A Short Critique of Deadly Premonition 2Pims Crypt2020-07-10 | Almost exactly 10 years after the release of cult classic Deadly Premonition we got a sequel. Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise sadly has its fair share of technical and creative issues, and one of the big ones is the games attempt at respectfully representing trans people.
0:00 Full Disclosure 0:27 Intro 2:06 The First Game 3:15 Deadly Premonition 2 Is... Not Very Good 3:53 Defining the Trans Tribulations Trope 5:01 The Transphobia of Deadly Premonition 2 9:49 We Are More Than Our Dysphoria 10:27 Game Tips 12:39 Final Thoughts 13:13 End Credits
Games recommended in the video: Knife Sisters - store.steampowered.com/app/944910/Knife_Sisters (Because of Steam's awful way of age restricting store pages you have to be logged in to see this one) Arcade Spirits - store.steampowered.com/app/910630/Arcade_Spirits 2064: Read Only Memories - store.steampowered.com/app/330820/2064_Read_Only_MemoriesThe Pro Vegan Message of Dead RisingPims Crypt2020-06-23 | Like Cannibal Holocaust and Dawn of the Dead before it, the 2006 video game Dead Rising sure has a thing or two to say about american imperialism and consumer culture. Surprisingly it also kind of has a pro vegan aspect that seems to have been somewhat overlooked. And the message about the state of our food and agriculture might be even more important today than when the game was originally released.
0:00 Intro 1:22 Gameplay and Story Summary 4:18 A Vegan Reading 7:25 The Real World Statistics 11:34 Why Do We Eat So Much Meat? 13:08 Video Games as Tools for Learning 18:01 Final Thoughts 18:31 End Credits
#DeadRising #VideoEssay #VeganismTank Controls & What Bad Controls Really MeanPims Crypt2020-06-15 | It's about time we put this discussion to rest for good.
0:00 Intro 00:53 What Are Tank Controls? 2:08 Tank Controls in Resident Evil 3:34 The Pros of Tank Controls 5:03 Good and Bad Controls Are Contextual 7:09 Shoul Controls Always Be Easy to Use? 10:31 Getting Used to It 12:42 Final Thoughts 13:05 End Credits
#TankControls #ResidentEvil #VideoEssayHow Silent Hill Could Have Been SavedPims Crypt2020-05-23 | There is always a chance that famous horror series Silent Hill will make a return, but as of now it has not yet recovered from its very sudden death back in 2015. Things could, and should, have turned out differently.
0:00 Disclaimer 0:08 Intro 2:20 Recapping the First Four Silent Hill Games 5:44 Post Team Silent 7:25 The Limitations of a Singular Town 10:37 But What If Silent Hill Was an Anthology Series? 12:43 The Games Silent Hill Inspired 15:52 How Could Silent Hill Have Been Saved? 17:43 My Apology 19:51 End Credits
#SilentHill #VideoEssayWorld of Horror: Adapting Junji ItoPims Crypt2020-05-15 | Translating the manga pages of Junji Ito to any other kind of media seems to be somewhat of a problem. But why? And how is one supposed to do it right? There is one video game that might give us the answer.
0:00 Intro 2:11 Comparing Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft 6:02 Failed Junji Ito Adaptations 11:42 The Part Where I Finally Talk About World of Horror 20:40 Final Thoughts 21:55 End Credits