Awesome

I love this movieee

I’m not gonna say this game saved my life because that’s ridiculously melodramatic. But because Mae is such a relatable character it made me and I imagine so many other people in my generation feel heard, which is something only a few pieces of media could achieve. If most of your life is just screaming into a void, then NiTW provides a brief respite from that.

Hi, this is the first video I’ve ever seen from you. It means SO much to me to see a woman in academia who also plays video games. I’m currently pursing a master’s degree in Public Health (with the hope of one day going to med school), and it is honestly moving to see this intersection of academia, health, and video games in this video. I guess I just feel seen by it. I truly admire your work here and I can’t wait to watch the rest of your videos!

This could apply to any game. As with multiplayer competitions, you tend to feel FOMO with the Upward Social Comparisons when you see those higher-skilled more experienced players while you are of a lower rank. Those players worked out so much blood and sweat real hard and you were just chillin' till you started comparing yourself to others. Like they said "Comparison is the thief of joy", in that case to much social media scrolling have that thief stole your joy.

Nice to know it after having watched Arcane

The movie is manifestation of - a village raises a child. Well done to the writer and director.

I’ve been alone my entire life and let’s say it completely sucks most of the time.

Something that did feel abruptly cut from the game was some of the more... "shreksual" content, so to speak. While not a huge part of the game. I do wonder what was removed in order to get the lower teen rating. As, considering the rest of the game: I highly doubt it was just some jokes or whatnot. As, that is honestly very much a topic that is tiptoed around if not outright removed. Or simply the butt of a joke. Like, Bea mentions something... not really traumatic, per se. But something that can break a teen emotionally. And it's played off as a joke. And it could very much have been an emotional learning moment. Or a warning.

I would pay anything for you doing ASMR or similar.

I’ve always thought the janitor-handyman represents the god Pastor Kay worships. A god who actively helps people, gives sound advice, and encourages others.

Thank you!

finally... Ryan Gosling/Lars in now literally me

From 2013 through covid my friend and I were beyond excited for this game. We would go to GameStop often just to see the coming soon pictures on the wall. And then they did what they did. RIP Joel RIP my friend RIP the love I had for this series 😢

Great analysis! Just watched the movie last night, and I can see parts of myself reflected in Lars (without the doll of course!) Off-topic, but you have a really soothing voice.

Great Explanation Ma’am

I think this game really kinda saved my ass recently. I’ve been dealing with many of the struggles shown in Nitw. Many of which I hadn’t really realized before. But most of all it kinda broke me free from my cat god and black goat in a way. I’m still processing, and your video has been great for me right now, so thank you for making it! This game really is a masterpiece.

Don’t be a perfectionist

This video is beautiful. I'm dense to a lot of implicit meanings in games but this video explains Mae's character and the game beautifully, I really enjoyed watching!!

A very thought provoking analysis of a film that sensitively portrays a person's loneliness and isolation. The actors and screenwriters are to be commended for taking what could have been a "joke" premise and turning it into something moving. Gosling deserves credit for being in this movie and playing Lars so well.

RIP Alec and thanks for this masterpiece

As a person dealing with DP/DR, playing this game blindly, the theme of the game took me by surprise and made me tear up, it was such a relief to see my view of the world and struggles represented in such a caring and compassionate way

If they wanted us to care about that psycho, maybe not make her an unlikeable psycho POS in the first hour!!! When i had to play as her to play at the character i want to KILL!!! It was stupid AF!! 8:23 I UNINSTALLED rather than water my time on this horrible writing!!!

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I've been searching for a video like this for years! 😻🦊🙀🐊🐻🦜

very well written and poignant. I am working on a Parasite video and this is very helpful!

No group of nice people exist and rarely are there women like her who are single for long

I wanted to meet Chris Hemsworth from Luigi's Mansion, but 2 minutes of Ryan Gosling showing me that Bianca was raped is enough. Very sad and dickish (gisolfi) how the service saber wings 'yo-yo' really scares good looking people away from missions

My brain: Emotional damage - initiated.

This was extremely therapeutic to watch and your voice and diction very soothing. Thank you. Great work on this channel , even though you don't post as much ! Have you ever taken the Meyers-Briggs personality test ? What are you , I wonder ?

I just watched this movie for the first time. Something I instantly picked up on, that you mentioned in this video - is how real it feels. The way he projects his own feelings onto Bianca, the way his social anxiety and awkwardness feels (especially in the first half), and even when he is having a panic attack and feels like he is going to pass out - how the therapist had him stick his head between his legs (what you actually do when you’re going to pass out) There are so many details that make his character feel real, and feel genuine and sympathetic. It’s a very accurate portrayal of mental health, and unfortunately not one that you see often. But it’s done really well in this movie :)

this was very inspiring!

i have the same doll lars has in the movie. she is a love doll. not a sex doll. i hate the phrase sex doll. i have 5 dolls but one of the ones i have is this exact doll that is in this movie. made by abyss realdoll.

This game makes me so emotional, just thinking of it makes me cry a mix of sadness because its over and happiness becasuse i was lucky enough to know this exist

It’s sad that there are very few videos about the mental health of a war veteran that constantly throws himself into hell. Even when he can get out of despair, he throws himself back into it for sense of honor and duty only to save the world and be thrown back into darkness.

This is such a great video and channel, I love hearing these psychological analysis. Are you doing something else related to this? I am sad this seems to have stopped and would like to contribute.

KZbin Is watching me and suggested two of your videos: The Longing and A Night in the Woods. Exactly what I'm going through! You got a new subscriber!

I learned a lot regarding the components that make for a good media experience. One thing I appreciate about this video game is that it's extremely low-fomo. The game designer's intent wasn't to try to extract engagement or get you to keep purchasing content. He just updates it and rewards people for having engaged with his product. Tasks that you invest time in, come with rewards and little risk to one's experience which the worst would be starting the day over or having to wait until it cycles back to a specific season or day for cooking recipes. This channel is something else. What an interesting approach to assessing video games.