Video Essays on film and gaming

[Lulcielid]

 

[Rydeen]

I forgot how good this show was

 

[ForceStealer]

Great show

 

[Lulcielid]

 

[Shadowfox]

"Final Fantasy VII - A Literary Analysis" on Games As Literature:

Really nice, long video that talks deeply about (among other things) the core themes in FFVII, and how the devs created the story and world of the game to bring these themes across to its audience.

 

[Obsidian Fire]

Sometimes they more right then we think they do!

 

[Lulcielid]

How movies should portray speed differently.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

How movies should portray speed differently.

Really well put. Has needed to be said for a while.

 

[ForceStealer]

 

[Lulcielid]

Make sustainable gaming the norm.

 

[Obsidian Fire]

Not exactly film and gaming... but boy is this presentation of swords everywhere... and something that could actually be made to work!

 

[Lulcielid]

 

[Lulcielid]

Color theory and the MCU.

 

[Lulcielid]

Fighting game series with the most introspectic look at what killing your opponent means.

 

[Lulcielid]

 

[Lulcielid]

 

[Shadowfox]

 

[Lulcielid]

How Pokémon Became a Logistical Nightmare of Design

 

[Theozilla]

How Pokémon Became a Logistical Nightmare of Design

This was an amazing breakdown of the Pokemon franchise and its strengths and weaknesses and how they are interlinked to its longevity.

 

[Obsidian Fire]

 

[Prism]

(35) Mother 3 - Mind of a Thief (Folk/Rock Cover) - YouTube

A good friend of mine made a video essay on a MOTHER 3 track, then posted a cover of it!

 

[Lulcielid]

Maybe an extreme example, but i feel this illustrates well how warped our perception of RPGs is and how we’re intrinsically willing to give them allowances that, to most people, aren’t actually reasonable

 

[Obsidian Fire]

The part on Menu-Based Content is something I very much understand. I get *very* frustrated in action games when I know the overall strategy I have to do but don't have the reflexes needed to pull it off. Which was one of the reasons I started playing older Final Fantasy games in the first place...

Nowadays I play a lot more Visual Novels and (older) isometric RPGs. They keep the story focus without the more active combat and are less frustrating over all. Or I play FFXIV because the Global CoolDown system it uses might as well be called 2.5 Sec ATB...

 

[Shadowfox]

Indigo Gaming's been making a documentary about the cyberpunk genre, from its origins, common themes and tropes, and the developments it's undergone throughout decades of fictional works in the genre across all types of media. Planned as a four-part documentary, they've currently released the first two.

Cyberpunk Documentary PART 1:

PART 2:

 

[Obsidian Fire]

Not exactly on "film"... but on old photography! and Victorian Influencers!

Turns out Photoshop and Facetune are... simply new tools for a very old idea...