CO-VIDs: 25 good things that got me through

[@InnuendoStudios]

1. Just One of the Guys: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6PZlJlsmaieY80 2. Little Woods: www.hulu.com/movie/little-woods-731bbb18-2a1e-45cb-812d-1813acddc6ea 3. Point Blank: play.hbomax.com/page/urn:hbo:page:GXjS6GwlilI7CZgEAAAU7:type:feature 4. Mindhunter: www.netflix.com/title/80114855 5. Lust, Caution: www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00D5UNZ1S 6. Save Yourselves!: www.hulu.com/movie/save-yourselves-eb2aa07b-7140-4ab2-bce8-e1592489e5b6 7. Portishead - Third: open.spotify.com/album/4BnNSzOWadogStvyYshJIo 8. Snow Tha Product - NoWhere To Go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIiYk6CIm9x_fqc 9. Obduction: store.steampowered.com/app/306760/Obduction/ 10. Project Warlock: store.steampowered.com/app/893680/Project_Warlock/ 11. Outer Wilds: store.steampowered.com/app/753640/Outer_Wilds/ 12. The Procession to Calvary: store.steampowered.com/app/1071130/The_Procession_to_Calvary/ 13. Disco Elysium: store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/ 14: 80 Days: store.steampowered.com/app/381780/80_Days/ 15: Prodeus: store.steampowered.com/app/964800/Prodeus/ 16: Death of the Outsider: store.steampowered.com/app/614570/Dishonored_Death_of_the_Outsider/ 17: Prey: store.steampowered.com/app/480490/Prey/ 18. Mutazione: store.steampowered.com/app/1080750/Mutazione/ 19. Wonderbook: www.amazon.com/Wonderbook-Revised-Expanded-Illustrated-Imaginative/dp/1419729667/ 20. Embassytown: www.amazon.com/Embassytown-Novel-China-Mi%C3%A9ville/dp/0345524500 21. The City in the Middle of the Night: www.amazon.com/City-Middle-Night-Charlie-Anders/dp/076537997X 22. Samuel R. Delany on Twitter: twitter.com/SamuelRDelany1 23. Errant Signal - Children of DOOM: kzbin.info/aero/PLvTOVWzS1f6-ptFCaXVnl41LZIc4x8Zmo 24. What's So Great About That? - Hamilton: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHPcmIiCgct3nNk 25. Carlos Maza - Coronavirus and America's Death Cult: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHiWaKqtnceGbpo

[@leolong2984]

He's back! Good to see you again duder, love your vids!

[@gaurd3]

My steam wishlist and eventually backlog has just grown by leaps and bounds. But first, Mindhunter!

[@mgmcdb7606]

What a great list! Thanks.

[@madcountofdumont7742]

I also discovered Errant Signal this yeah and have noticed you in the comments of like so many videos fangirling so hard. I get the feeling your praise means a lot to him.

[@wvrym]

I came out of this video with at least three books to check out and one video series to watch. Thanks!

[@fishy658]

As one of the lesbians who lost my mind, I am glad to have contributed to bringing you some sort of joy. That music video fueled me for weeks.

[@penname8441]

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[@darkestlight660]

Honestly, lesbian comment sections that are just so wholesome in youtube have helped me get over many a break up.

[@j0nnyism]

As a cisgender male i totally get it

[@vintheguy]

genuine question from me, i don't mean to be an asshole or anything honestly: but why?

[@shoesncheese]

I still go back to that one Totino's skit from SNL.

[@jennyrodriguez811]

This last year has been a fever dream, sometimes whole weeks pass by and nothing significant happens, then some days are just eternal, so glad you posted this.

[@kenhall3518]

Goddamn, I felt this comment. There are years where nothing happens, and then there are weeks where years happen. This year, somehow, was both. Several times over.

[@kenhall3518]

@@chronictown4330 Jesus, yeah, I feel that really hard. Logically I know that these conspiracies are ridiculous, but there is a certain draw to them, if only to blame SOMETHING for how miserable we all are right now. And there are things to blame, absolutely, but they're all very broad and unsatisfying, like "Runaway unregulated capitalism," etc, or "A generation of highly active, but low-information voters who play for a team, rather than voting based on the issues." Reality, as always, resists simplicity. But simplicity is what we desperately want, when our head is swimming in cortisol, everything is stress, and anxiety, and the thin veil of civilization is giving off very distressing tearing noises as we all struggle to get by in a world that feels increasingly unstable. I think, one way or another, we're about to see real change. People can't feel this way forever, it's unsustainable.

[@kenhall3518]

​@@chronictown4330 One of the big takeaways from 2020 for me was that, given the choice between ANY minor inconvenience for themselves, and possibly saving/changing/improving someone else's condition in the world, a dangerous percentage of people will go to any lengths to avoid that minor inconvenience, and that scares the shit out of me. We have grown ass adults who throw hissy fits when asked to wear a mask indoors, and it feels like watching a child bite and claw and cry and beg rather than brush their teeth before bed. Going into a world that's going to demand greater and greater individual sacrifices going forward, if we're all going to survive to see the year 2100, it's... deeply uncomfortable, to say the least.

[@RighteousRage]

@@kenhall3518Only two weeks to flatten the curve! 🤪 Ya, seems to me people dont like being lied to and forced to do something they dont want for years on end over something with an extremely low death rate 😂

[@SheeplessNW6]

Somehow it's always a surprise to me when I'm reminded that Samuel R. Delany is still with us. I mean, he's not THAT old, but it just feels like he's been around forever.

[@falconJB]

He is nearly 80, he is 'THAT old.'

[@SheeplessNW6]

@@falconJB nah... being old-ish myself, I reserve "THAT old" for 90+

[@falconJB]

@@SheeplessNW6 I guess very few people ever become 'that old' then.

[@KillahMate]

@@falconJB That's why it's _'that_ old', after all.

[@InnuendoStudios]

ftr, Delany's aunts were actually in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the oldest sisters in the world, so, by the standards of his family, 79 is probably not that old

[@lily_lxndr]

So glad you’re back! Your back catalog was such a comfort this year.

[@KYUBIMATIAS]

It's not on KZbin anymore, but I watch his "Lady Eboshi is Wrong" video like once every 2-3 months.

[@ryaneble7869]

@@KYUBIMATIAS lady eboshi is wrong video? Where is it?

[@roshango125ab]

At the risk of sounding like brown nosing I got into you from the Alt right pipeline and found myself diving into all your earlier work. And It was one of many things that got me through the pandemic. Also I rewatched your Daria video like 100 times. I was born in the mid 90s so I'm just barely classified as a millennial and didn't see Daria as a kid but still related a ton to that video

[@teethgrinder83]

Question-what would you class as a millennial? Because I was born in 83 and can never figure out if I'd be classed as an early millennial or on the ass end of being Gen X lol I feel like I have no generational home! 😭😂

[@corneliaxaos2745]

@@teethgrinder83 I could be wrong, but I think they consider you a millennial if you were born before and would "come of age" or "become an adult" before the turn of the millennium. So.. 1982 - 1999? It's probably shifted around a bit, but that seems correct to me.

[@teethgrinder83]

@@corneliaxaos2745 thanks! I was just curious-sometimes I feel like I'm in a generational limbo 🤣

[@Ninjaeule97]

I spent my pandemic realizing that the degree I picked was utter crap and wishing to switch right at the time if it weren't for the fact that going to university during the pandemic with online classes sucked even more. So I spend a lot of time playing video games and watching all kinds of media. Hadn't spotted this channel back then, so I'm now watching all the videos during the semester brake studying for a better degree. Luckily Germany does saddle you with tons of debt for going to college. I was born in 97 so I only get put in the Millennial category by people smoking stones. I however can identify with the Daria video a bit. There was a period where I believed nothing in life matters⛈ instead of ✨NOTHING ✨ IN ✨LIFE ✨MATTERS ✨. I still hold some optimism for the future but it's more the kind of optimism where we can get all the stuff outside the house before it burns down instead of the kind where you think you can save the house from burning down. In my opinion, that kind of thinking is pretty freeing.

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

This

[@oliviaashleighkillion4873]

I pretty much never comment on anything, but I watch and re-watch your videos AVIDLY. You've taught me so very much about the world and how to look at it and I can't thank you enough for that. I was worried about the silence here on your channel, and hoped you were alright. And I just wanted to say I'm glad that you took the time you needed to heal. It's great to have you back.

[@SamuelBoshier]

5:57 I got Outer Wilds 2 months ago, played through it in a couple of weeks and it was the most incredible experience I've ever had with a game. Strongly recommend.

[@leftovernoise]

In case you hadn't heard yet, they have doc coming out soon and I am unreasonably excited

[@shitpostingstevebecauseall6279]

I read this wrong and thought there was an Outer Wilds 2. I'm sad now. (Not that the game needs or even seems like it should have a sequel, but it's kinda one of those things that I want even though I know it probably isn't a good idea.)

[@SamuelBoshier]

​@@leftovernoise You mean Echoes of the Eye? Yeah that is exciting, although I am managing my expectations - not sure what there is to add, but they seemed very aware of that in the announcement. Also, very pedantic side note (sry), but they're calling it an expansion, not DLC, the main difference I think being that it may not be free.

[@leftovernoise]

@@SamuelBoshier No apology needed! I appreciate the correction! I definitely felt like it ended where it needed to end. But considering that it's one of my favorite gaming experiences of all time, I have some faith they will make something amazing again. I also don't care how much they charge for it, I am happy to support them. If it turns out less than spectacular, I don't think it would soil my experience I had with the base game. I don't think anything can ruin that for me. I also hope this may get some more people to play the game in general.

[@ThePondus430]

outer wilds is an absolute banger and i don't know if I will ever be able to play a game like outer wilds ever, and it's frigging amazing

[@pedroh.pereira8292]

I just want to thank you! Discovering your channel was one of the few thing that helped me through 2020. I even shared your video on the begginner guide to my professor while we were discussing post struturalism in online class. Thank so much!

[@TalkingVidya]

Can I say how your co-vid about Daria helped me trough the pandemic? Because it hella did

[@daegon1985]

I've watched it at least 5 times over now. Yet, I never watched a full episode of Daria owing to my parents staunch hatred of MTV and cable TV

[@Guruc13]

@@daegon1985 Ditto. I actually put it as an MP3 on my phone

[@sarahherbison5419]

I'm rewatching it, and dang that was me in high school.

[@MsScarletwings]

@@daegon1985 that’s how I am with the alt right playbook sometimes

[@knightwing5169]

@@daegon1985 I have never watched that video or the show. Will that video spoil too much of what happens in it?

[@CrudusViscus]

Innuendo: "Alright, we're done with CO-VIDs." Delta: "Might wanna rethink that one, chief."

[@ndf3]

Haha fun good fine slow motion callapse cute uuhh dumpster fire much right no future mercy killing sadism emoji

[@D9992.]

At the very beginning when I started playing Disco Elysium, I tried to customize my cop to have stats that are similar to mine irl and I kept dying repeatedly. I finally accepted that I simply can't be a cop, but I was already in love with the game.

[@Jamandabop]

A few moments in games that floored me: Overcoming Chapter 9 of Celeste The opening sequence of Metroid Prime Defeating Bernard in Furi The ending of Portal

[@gayfrog68]

Me still clenching my fists when reading Celeste Chapter 9

[@GeneralBolas]

One I mentioned elsewhere: Level is Baba. It is incredible how a game can give you a thing that is simultaneously incredibly surprising and not at all surprising at the same time.

[@ramywiles]

Me: *spends the entirety of COVID spending exorbitant amounts of money on books* Me: *has an enormous backlog of books to go through that will likely take years* Me: *_very much does not need to be buying more books_* Also me: Ooh, book recs!

[@latikatika3112]

I have two shelves of books I haven’t read yet plus more and yet I still go to bookstores

[@juliamaria3807]

Same but for video games. Thankfully for my wallet I already played Disco Elysium and Outer Wilds, but I cannot resist a game thats apparently like both Oxenfree AND Kentucky Route Zero.

[@ashleybyrd2015]

Over the course of COVID I've bought 90 books... Of those books I've finished reading 5

[@tychoclavius4818]

Beware the addictive hobby that is spending money on another hobby.

[@xxxWolFangxxx]

Me with Blu-rays 🥴

[@DrPav]

As we go into our sixth lockdown here in the land of Aus, this video is keeping me alive. Thank you. I missed you. Be well.

[@HonestyJZ]

I'm a big fan of your 'usual shit', but this was great! I have a deep appreciation for sharing things that I love and that had an influence on me with others, and I'm glad you have a platform to do that!

[@saladfingers123243]

I am soooo ready for some more Innuendo Studios goodness. This is one of those channels whose content I rewatch constantly and always feel joy when the little bell tells me you've uploaded something.

[@brandonsaffell4100]

A world without joy is not worth building. Sharing the joy we find along the way makes the ends more possible, and the means more powerful. Thanks for your work in both making a better world, and sharing the joys of the world we've built so far.

[@valeriaflow3546]

I watched all of your videos, but I don’t comment often. A year pre covid you helped me escape the alt right pipeline. I really like your non dogmatic approach to politics and a focus on unity, but not compromising your values. I feel similar to you in that covid was a way for me to escape and do the things I enjoyed. I discovered that I am a girl and that was nice. I still recommend people to watch your conservatism video because how helpful I see it to talk about political ideologies. I am glad you are doing ok and I can’t wait to watch more of your content

[@imallergictotomatoes3369]

Over Covid I discovered I wasn’t a girl I wish I could give you a high five

[@N8-198]

If you reading this, this youtube channel.. helped turn me from a conservative to a socailist. THANK you

[@Rain-King]

I've arrived at this video - and the channel in general - way after the fact, but it still resonates with my own discovery of little nuggets of joy and empathy throughout various iterations of "lockdown" - in a completely different country, no less. It seems like as good a place as any to say thanks and that this channel has been a marvellous find.

[@SerpentiCaptain]

I love how all you had to do was say "Dummy was big for me" and flash a single frame of text, and while I did scrounge through to find it, it was only to find out how you said it; we already knew what it said.

[@supermassivegiant8441]

Genuinely so excited and happy to see Disco Elysium on the list

[@beetljam792]

this is literally my reaction when i see de mentioned anywhere. so fucking good

[@k.-flynn]

Kim kitsuragi, best boy

[@Charlie_Victor7]

I just finished Embassytown and I don't think I will ever be the same again.

[@pluppkalsson]

It’s really nice to hear your voice again! You made a lot of good recommendations and I might have to get some books and play some video games after this!

[@manhathaway]

I like that youtubers are getting closer to their audience by daring to drop a facade of 'one type of content' to a more human, fluid adoption of content that is flexible/variable in appearance and focus.I seriously love when I percieved that someone is self-gratifying and cutting loose or being themselves, it's just so much more fun to be part of, even if I'm just a parasociall witness I'm hoping you had fun making this because I feel like you were. And do that more. :)

[@MaryamofShomal]

You are so vastly under appreciated. I adore your work - and you. Thank you for sharing!

[@jakec9522]

Thanks for making this video. Sorry to hear about your back. That's a special kind of pain. You'll heal, but it'll be slow and that makes the little moments that give you joy that much more precious.

[@jordansimmons5315]

I just started binging these again because they got referenced in a Black Mesa review video, and now this drops. Good to have you back, and condolences about the medical issues.

[@InnuendoStudios]

Ooh, which vid mentioned me?

[@jordansimmons5315]

@@InnuendoStudios "Black Mesa Is Genius And Here's Why" (by Soup Emporium) briefly brought up your video on arsenal design as a way of pointing out how Half-Life's arsenal and Black Mesa's differ.

[@Se7enRemain]

As strange as it sounds: It helps so much to just hear what someone else was driving joy from this past year. In times where I'm struggling to make the good parts stick, with bad parts lined with deified adhesive. You listing the parts that brought you joy, are the springboard needed for me to make connections to the joyful memories *I* have. They were just hidden behind some fluff. Thank you

[@Se7enRemain]

Side note: There is no group I feel more envy towards than Lesbians. I've been a gay man, a bi man, and a bi woman at different points in my life, and none of those groups are as infectiously passionate just about... Art?? And all women in general? I have a lot of negative connotations with the more toxic elements of the L in LGBT. Terfs make me wanna light myself on fire; but in general. Lesbians are just making the world so much better

[@InnuendoStudios]

thing about lesbians is, the ones who aren't TERFs often hate TERFs' guts

[@fanboy50]

Glad you've recovered and are feeling better! Also thanks for reminding me that I need to read Wonderbook and the rec on City in the Middle of the Night. Glad to see something new from you in my recs again, and best wishes to you!

[@Jamandabop]

I played Hollow Knight, Furi, and Celeste during quarantine, not to mention the entire Portal, 3D Mario, and Souls series. It was a good time.

[@skeet7903]

I played Hollow Knight also and even as someone who hates metroidvania type games I really enjoyed it.

[@k.-flynn]

I was on a Furi binge for weeks and then never touched it since. I'll never get that fast again.

[@gorgannan5177]

@@skeet7903 I love Metroidvanias, but even still, Hollow Knight is the best of them. It's been my 2nd favorite game for almost half a decade. Jeez, time flies.

[@LeoFieTv]

This video honestly hepled me through some dark days. Made my own list of things that bring me joy regardless of context. It was hard to do, because as an autistic person you can get incredibly invested in a certain thing (we call that special interest), but suddenly you fall out of love with it and can never enter that blissful headspace again. It's only sadness and cringe now, like thinking back to that stupid band you were super into when you were 12. Things that bring me lasting joy are rare. But I made a list and honestly it brings tears to my eyes only reading it in my notebook.

[@mikiasyenealem7626]

Came back here because I just finished reading The City in the Middle of the Night after this recommendation and was just absolutely floored. So thanks, Ian!

[@artemkanarchist]

Thank you for your wonderful work!❤️🖤Your videos got me through almost a year of quarantine!

[@Yossus]

A new innuendo studios production is reason enough to celebrate, but coming out of this with two new KZbin channels to follow and three more books (at least) added to my reading list? Ian, you're really spoiling me.

[@agostinarusso5082]

The wholesome content we needed. For what is worth your alt right playbook is weirdly (because of the content) my comfort watch. Love the pace, the humor, the notions and it kinda gives me hope. Hope you're better now, welcome back!

[@MashedIrony]

As someone who went back into a new lockdown today I needed this. Thank you Innuendo Studios

[@draexian530]

Your video on the cucks has been in my feed like 7 or 9 times this year. Always puts a smile on my face. Thanks for keeping at it through all this, and my condolences for the back trouble. Good luck.

[@hacksignify]

I loved every second of this series. It's one of my things that got me through, that and watching your backlog over

[@Leftistattheparty]

I only knew about 5 or 6 references that you made and I loved it. Your videos always show me how so many different people can live so many different lives.

[@memesarekeem]

Thank you, for making this series. Though it may sound cliche, that video about Daria was truly eye-opening and life changing. I am forever changed because of you.

[@carlygoodrich3448]

I literally applauded when the video stopped. So glad to have you back. I can't think of a better way to have ended CO-VIDs.

[@SpunkMonkey]

Had I known I'd have walked Jamaica Plain just to be among the cheering mood. I'm in Central MA where there are still signs and flags for that guy, so through you I'm vicariously enjoying that moment.

[@gallaetha_matt]

I'm so glad of this video, not just because I've got some really good book recommendations from it. It's so enjoyable hearing other people talking about the things they're passionate about. The world needs more of stuff like this

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

Back again, because the way you describe #1 on the list never fails to lift my mood. Talking about your happy place, made a happy place for someone else. Neat!

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Good Supplement to this video would be the Channel of 'Second Thought'.

[@oliverbuckley-mellor158]

Regarding point 13: I am so happy others experienced this same rush of confused joy that comes with realising you've found a game that is truly special.

[@Packbat]

I feel like I enjoy KZbin comment sections a lot more than most people who have ever talked about the idea of reading KZbin comment sections, and I'm not entirely clear on why my experience is so different. Thank you for your CO-VIDs. Here's hoping for better health for you going forward.

[@saf_saffy]

Mindhunter is David Fincher finally putting his talents not just towards artistry or faithful adaptation but making a salient point and it is so good. As someone with no interest in true crime or profiler copaganda but just the human psyche it was beautifully filmed and such a great deconstruction of the mythos. Just tremendous acting, tremendous framing and honesty.

[@brandonyohn]

I've really enjoyed these lighter videos this past year! Thanks for bringing some levity to it!

[@stephbingham7522]

hey dude hope u feel better soon !!! ur videos are often the things that helped me thru lockdown as well, so, thank u

[@JuliusGvoz]

I wanted to thank you for your post on Outer Wilds - I didn't read much of it before heeding the advice of "this is a game you want to approach knowing as little as possible", but it made me add it to my wish list, until I eventually bought and played it. I was an amazing game and it's a shame there are none like it!

[@MatthewMe]

Welcome back, my friend. Your videos are some of my favorite things on KZbin. Thank you for all you do.

[@littleblu33]

Some things that really got me through: - starting to really get into Tom "Abbadon's" works, especially Lancer. Incredible stuff, and playing in that world and creating stories and characters online has been an irreplaceable experience. - spaces like your channel and other places where people are discussing interesting ideas in both media and our wider society has broadened my horizons and brought me a new perspective on art - i have listened to the Magnus Archives podcast up to the season 4 finale about 3 times now and specifically seasons 3 and 4 another time on their own. my 3 general comments: "this show makes me want to create audio dramas," "my mom liked this show," and "you should listen to it yourself if you haven't yet". - watching Star Trek TNG and DS9, really taking a lens to the creative processes and messages throughout the series. I'd never watched either series before so it was a great experience to see a lot of great (and not-so-great) sci-fi on screen. Yes I Know this one isn't really an original 'thing that got me through something' but I'm not going for originality here - listening to a lot of old R&B and soul music. Curtis Mayfield, my beloved.

[@linkkenni]

I am happy to see you're still making content. To speak to your list, I adore Disco Elysium, and Carlos Maza's Plague video brought me to tears, and am happy to hear you like his work. Glad to see you're returning to your usual stuff. Thank you for your work!

[@LadyGoggles]

As a fellow chronic pain due to herniated disk sufferer: I see you. Hope you find some relief and thank you for the wonderful videos.

[@BobbySignor]

The absolute horror of knowing what's about to happen but being unable to stop it or tell anyone about it is a recurring theme in The Outer Wilds, but the horror of that really hits you if you solve the quantum moon after discovering the fate of your predecessors. It absolutely broke me.

[@DarkMachine2501]

Another person here to say your Daria vid really struck a chord with me and cheered me up when I was down. My millennial angst was really hard to define to myself let alone others, but your vid really helped clarify some things for me. I’d also never seen Daria and it made me really want to. Also, I really like these ‘recommendations’ videos from my favourite creators. It gives me insight into their tastes and thoughts whilst also giving me new stuff to enjoy. So thank you for sharing! 😊

[@georgewambushVO]

Hearing "throwback shooter" instead of "boomer shooter" was jarring, but not in a bad way? I've just never heard that term before

[@Hayanomie]

I LOVE Innuendo Studios. I have been radicalized by covid and watched breadtube through and through but the channel I recommend most is you, vids like the Ghandi trap and the alt right playbook series have been incredible resources for me.

[@liagolec2438]

So happy you're back, I've missed your videos. This channel has been one of the two best things I've discovered while in quarantine. The other best thing is something I think you might like. Its not a shooter or an adventure game, but its very surreal and unique. Anodyne 1 and 2. Give them a shot, they're both amazing. Keep up the good work!

[@Ddddddddddd381]

you know what? damn good video. I love this concept. I think I'll make a short list of my own 25 things that got me through, filling it with things that I really enjoyed. good on you. hope your recovery goes smoothly

[@vriskaserket1120]

Welcome back! Glad you’re still kicking.

[@barbarayhivjaneahl3198]

Third is So Underrated. Thank you for putting more people on to it.

[@oieusouobixo]

it's so great to hear from you. my day's got exponentially better just because of you. thanks.

[@jmlkinc]

You reminded me about Obduction and Outer Wilds which I had intended to play but completely forgotten. Thank you.

[@lt_alenko]

Look, I've seen Parasocial Hell by Shannon Strucci, I know we're just Strangers on the Internet, but HOLY SHIT I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK

[@daishoryujin95]

I finished embassytown last night and I loved it.

[@aidenbutterfield754]

Happy that your going back to regular content, and stuff I’ve been re-watching the backlog a ton over the pandemic so I’m very excited to see what you’ve got next

[@J_Stronsky]

Can relate to that new PC feeling. After making do for so many years, it feels amazing to own something that is actually top of the line; it actually does what I want, when I want it to. It feels self-centred or consumeristic, or something, but I don't mind admitting that it made a huge difference to my headspace in the last year.

[@KillahMate]

Our computers are in a very real sense extensions of ourselves, now (just as our phones are after all). I may be biased as an IT sort of guy, but having a good computer is the same as having a good living space - it may be a luxury, but it's a meaningful one that - as you say - genuinely makes a difference in one's life.

[@J_Stronsky]

@@KillahMate yeah love this take. That and my phone are definitely extensions of my mind, they certainly store half of all my memories :P

[@Minihood31770]

3 good things that got me through are Drawfee, Playframe, and Bisnap. Drawfee is four artists goofing around and playing off each other, and honestly if nothing else watch the episode where they draw tarot cards it gave me life. Playframe is a let's play channel. They've done the Kingdom Hearts series, soulsborne games, and more, and the personalities of everyone involved are delightful. Bisnap is a youtuber who has been going for a while now. I've been watching him play the Binding of Isaac since it was a flash game, and he still uploads Isaac daily. It is just such a comfort to watch him play.

[@DarkestMirrored]

EMBASSYTOWN That's one of my top books, probably. China Mieville is an excellent writer and I absolutely adore his dive into scifi.

[@lyndonwesthaven6623]

The first half was a beautiful case study in how to do an immersive world build without a drop of exposition necessary, and screw any writing theory that says it needed plot sooner.

[@emilmullerv3519]

I discovered Errant signal right after my kitchen burnt and I had to move to a hotel, it burnt because my sister had brought a boyfriend of hers that was supposed to be an architect to fix an electrical problem, it happened after my mom got diagnosed with cancer, and later we got infected by Covid. The children of doom and doom alone really helped me out, and I'm glad I'm not the only one

[@MrInsideEye]

The most prominent thing I can thank for carrying me through the pandemic was the zachtronics catalog

[@RodTejada502]

I was so happy to see one of your videos, I was concerned something might have happened. Hope you recover from your back soon!

[@pedroff_1]

During this pandemic, I got to listen to a few albums with a friend so we could discuss them one song at a time. And one I absolutely loved and would recommend despite the language barrier is "Tropicália ou Panis et Circenses". Made a few years into Brazil's dictatorship, it is innovative, cheerful and, at the same time, highly critical of the things that were happening in society

[@InnuendoStudios]

Oh, the title track on that one by Os Mutantes is so good.

[@emmadrew50]

thank you for making these

[@RhysticStudies]

i love this video so much. so so much.

[@HoneyGlzedHam]

Sadly, this might not be the last covids after all.

[@percival_am]

Amazing to have you back! Hope that disc is much much better now.

[@lukelyon1781]

This man doesn't post often, but when he does it feels like all is right with the world.

[@floramew]

I have no idea what almost anything on this list is, but it's so good to hear folks just being happy about things.

[@busterampleforth9806]

Love your vids, man. Glad to see you in my feed again.

[@benwasserman8223]

So glad to see one of your videos again. There is a LOT of horrifying stuff to talk about this year.

[@gweilojohn]

I did not know this about the Jenny Lewis comment section but I have separately been a little bit obsessed with how f*ing great that song is over the last few months, returning to it or a shuffle mix of her works every few weeks. Just one of the Guys is her Nessun Dorma.

[@elliethekidd9417]

Was wondering where you've been the last couple months. Glad to hear you're recovering. I look forward to hear what you have to say next.

[@imallergictotomatoes3369]

I have never played a video game other than Minecraft, but I do read manga and I really wish I could be a life forever to read every single one of them

[@ramblinman6383]

Glad to have you back! I had just rewatched your old Melee video, I hope you’re enjoying the new era of the game and Slippi on your swanky new laptop as much as I have

[@sptony2718]

Accelerando is really a wild book. I love Charles Stross. He always writes those books that start really slow and seemingly unspectacular, but they always pick up such a wild momentum with jaw dropping twists and turns. You'll probably also enjoy Saturn's Children and You Are Dead.

[@Lawnie]

Sorry to hear about your spine! Hope it's doing better! Also glad to see you back!

[@eancycler1112]

I just started playing Project Warlock (because of the mention in your 90s fps arsenal video) two days ago and I already have eight hours in it- right when you started number ten I already knew you were talking about Project Warlock. It’s gameplay style is hard to miss.

[@guillermotizon4938]

Glad you recovered from that herniated disc man! It's great to hear you again

[@EE-hw6cm]

It’s nice to hear your voice again and I hope the upload means you’re feeling a bit better 🤍

[@Pingwn]

I hope you feel better now, every video you post keeps my sanity in this pandemic but it is most important that you are healthy and well.

[@calebsmith4530]

Similarly to Procession to Calvary, Transistor has a designated button to stop what you're doing and listen to Ashley Barrett hum with the soundtrack and it's the greatest thing.

[@autosadist]

didn't expect this video to just be you talking about all my favorite movement shooters and immersive sims

[@Puketapu]

China Mieville is truly wonderful.

[@daishoryujin95]

The city and the city blew my mind.

[@Pazliacci]

I fucking got shivers .. at the 80 Days one, because I viscerally remembered that same experience and it all just came back to me of just how amazing the writing of that moment was ..

[@Getatron]

I mean, for my part, I'd love some more of this every now and then. Even though your "usual bullshit" is what earned you my subscription, these smaller essays have been... I struggle to find a better word than refreshing, because while it has been that too, the feeling of something genuine is so much better, especially in the shared traumatic event that is a pandemic. Obviously not saying your "usual bullshit" is not genuine, but I think you understand the spirit of what I'm getting at. Point is, thank you for sharing your co-vids. It's been a good thing.

[@calvinstaropoli4448]

i had the same experience with Third this year as well. Always liked now but now it's my favorite Portishead record and is quickly becoming one of my all time favorites