learning to drive for the first time | self care gaming: itchio games about cars

[@any_austin]

You are literally so fucking funny

[@Xris_Kinder]

Austin can't lie, so this has to be true. And I can't lie, so you should definitely trust me. Mem = f***in funny. Its actual science. Can't be disproven.

[@moosetiger]

That's it man I'm putting you guys posting the same day as an official conspiracy theory

[@Xris_Kinder]

@@moosetiger corporate synergy at its finest

[@htspencer9084]

I love when y'all collab. Your humour gels so well on screen!

[@Vallam23]

this guy right here looks like he can drive a car. big drives a car a normal amount vibes

[@any_austin]

This is one of your best videos ever. Really funny.

[@Xris_Kinder]

This guy knows how to promote quality content.

[@htspencer9084]

@any_austin you probs have gotten asked this a lot already, but what is the random pound sign keycap next to your name about?

[@dereklantz4620]

Oh hey it’s that guy. What’s his name again? You know, he mumbles about fish a lot?

[@shmerda5565]

I feel like you’re the type to drive hunched forwards with both hands at the top of the steering wheel

[@Micolash_is_behind_you]

lolololol

[@htspencer9084]

Man, you soul read Mem hard! 😂

[@MemoriaMatters]

😭

[@flandersnatch2285]

screaming all the way

[@Everetses]

Thank you so much for posting a video I can watch while driving. All the other ones tell me not to do it and I get scared and hit the brakes too hard.

[@whatsupthom]

that footage at the beginning! i had no idea the indiana dunes were so gorgeous!

[@MemoriaMatters]

the gem of the midwest ! 🌄

[@Lt_Marlboro]

I like that they won’t drive up a steep slope but WILL accelerate into both a fence and traffic

[@wornouttrends]

Your opening shots are everything and more

[@Rad_Dan]

“Imagine being a left-handed freak.” Don’t have to, I live that life 😎

[@ph03beuwu]

me too

[@simjans7633]

> I'm a person with thoughts and feelings and legs Same Mem, same.

[@aegidiusaurelius]

Followed by, "this looks just like Indiana, I'm so depressed."

[@Minimal_M]

How does she not have 100x the current subs she has now.

[@Xris_Kinder]

patriarchy, probs

[@l2ic3]

Thanks for playing my game. More levels and features coming soon.

[@Xris_Kinder]

I recently used your content as the prime example in a discussion I had about the value of content creation being more intrinsically connected to the enjoyment created in each individual that consumes the content, as opposed to the value being connected to the total number of people that consume the content. Basically; I was helping encourage another content creator by explaining to them that videos posted by you bring me so much more joy than videos postsd by any account that gets millions of views. So for even just one person; your content may (and in this case successfully does) have more value then the most popular videos posted on this platform. I also spoke highly of @anyaustin as an example for promoting smaller content creators because he was able to recognize their talent and value. Anyway, thanks for the continued entertainment and inspiration. I always get a solid rush of dopamine and serotonin whenever your videos drop.

[@htspencer9084]

This is a really good point and I think it highlights that there is a "spectrum" of content creation. There are channels with broad content appeal but low "connectivity" (if thats the right word?) and there are more "niche" content creators that produce stuff that has a far stronger bond with its audience. Neither extremes are better than the other and I feel like all channels lie somewhere on that line and that position is independant of quality and "worthiness". You don't have to be a multimillion subscriber youtuber to have value. Likewise, it's OK to make content that has broad yet "shallow" appeal. Both have their place and both are valid. I hope your friend continues to create, if that indeed is what brings them joy.

[@MemoriaMatters]

that's so nice, thank you 🥲 it's very true that there are a lot of great people on the internet that don't get a ton of attention. but attention isn't everything.

[@tomnewsom9124]

I think if you have fun, and at least one other person finds some joy in your fun, you've done the thing 👍!

[@Xris_Kinder]

@@tomnewsom9124 this is a guy who knows how to efficiently TL;DR a comment

[@htspencer9084]

@@tomnewsom9124 yeah! Do not underestimate the "first follower" effect! Find your people :)

[@htspencer9084]

Mem. I need to say something. I am always in constant awe of how you are able to make content that is both simultaneously super zen and yet batshit chaotic. I don't know how you do it and at this point my only working theory is you must be some kind of eldritch being. Please keep making (if you wanna). Thank you. 👍🏽

[@htspencer9084]

((sorry for not being a member yet, I'm broke AF!))

[@MemoriaMatters]

i'm actually always surprised when people say it's zen 💀

[@htspencer9084]

@@MemoriaMatters Maybe cosy is a better word? I don't wanna make you over think it doe. Thanks for all the content :)

[@porovaara]

@@MemoriaMatters it's zen like a crazed thunderstorm.

[@Sircrapalot7696]

The sound effects made me smile so many times in this one

[@johnleecooper8520]

love that you played sebil engineering! that game rocks, and i loooove that you can walk around. lots of fun details to look at that are just there for the curious

[@yourpalfred]

I thought the pottymouthed man describing the bad roads was my favorite, until I got to the bear careening through ponds with a skunk trapped in his car

[@bimgus3907]

That Memoria guy is so silly, you should add her to more videos.

[@scrub_jay]

The first game is actually a good concept haha, I think a lot of people would play a polished game like that

[@htspencer9084]

As a hobbiest gamedev turned failed indie gamedev turned hobbiest gamedev again, lemme tell you. That "polish" you speak off. It may seem like 10% of the work, but fuck me if it doesn't feel like 90% of the effort. Getting a game to look, move, and most importantly feel "polished", is one of the hardest things to get right and is an endeavour devs, designers and artists spend lifetimes perfecting man. I'm not trying to disagree with what you said but your comment defo sparked a minor bit of trauma in me lol 😂

[@scrub_jay]

​@@htspencer9084 Oh I didn't mean to imply anything contrary to that at all. I have done some hobby dev as well, I know how insanely complex it can be. I was just trying to give props to the designer for having a pretty interesting/unique premise, which even many well-polished games cannot say.

[@pandapotato5121]

It's always so exciting when you upload, your content is some of the funniest I've seen and always makes my day soo much better. Your comentary mixed with the little zooms on the face cam always make me laugh so thank you for just being so funny

[@zicse]

This is the most under rated channels on youtube.

[@ChaseCares]

14:33 Mem plotting her escape from prison haha

[@MuddsThomas]

Omfg the way that multiple bandaids show up between cuts that's so funny

[@iokat64]

Very good energy in this video. Didn't know you were such a gearhead

[@zsagefox]

god that rant at the beginning about other people driving is just so relatable

[@KIager]

Some friends drive cars, others say "jif." You can never truly know someone.

[@jensheilman4179]

I feel like this video was the quintessential Memoria video: Niche games, high quality absurdist humour and commentary on the simplest life aspects which shouldn't feel as deep as they do. And all the games seemed fun and lovely, great picks.

[@preliminarypetrichor]

I wish we had good public transportation in the states. Brooding feels better when you can close your eyes and throw your head back dramatically.

[@htspencer9084]

Yes! Finally someone else who gets how frickin' weird it is that we've normalised cars being operated by pretty much everyone. Ok, so I get they're designed to be "safe" to drive and for them to run in a "standard" manner. But like... Everyone? Everyone. You're telling me: everyone. Nope. No. No thanks. Nah. Add the fact that all it takes is for *one* person, whom apparantly has been allowed to drive, to decide that today is the day they're not going to take it seriously enough... Bam, everyone else around is getting fucked up. If you had to explain the concept of big metal machines that weigh orders of magnitude heavier than us and go orders of magnitude faster than us to aliens, they'd be like "Woah, that sounds super dangerous. So like, only a select group of people get to pilot these and you keep them away from your weak, feeble fleshy meat sacks right?" No little alien buddy, pretty much anyone who just keeps throwing money at the tests and eventually pass (and never gets tested again FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIFE) can do it and we keep all the metal death machines whizzing by us within like a couple of metres. Those alien bros would think we were bonkers, and rightly so!

[@alienhatz3265]

When u turn to the side, you're SO right

[@Damnchaosemerald_e.e]

11:50 I wouldn't be surprised now if she's committed a few hit and runs

[@xHideousFoxx]

your videos have put such a smile on my face! thank you.

[@mirandagreen3546]

i am right there with you about seeing people drive for the first time

[@jacobstair7311]

1:18 This reminded me of the first time I rode with a high school buddy. He's doing 65 down a country road, smoking a cigarette with one hand, the other hand switching between fiddling with CDs and shifting back and forth between 4th and 5th gears for no apparent reason. His knees were doing all the steering. It was equal parts impressive and terrifying.

[@alecgarza1160]

this is art. you need to preserve this video in the smithsonian

[@user-kt3zv1cm5j]

6:04 TOOK ME THE FUCK OUT BSBDHDHDH I HOWLED

[@FoxaLawt]

Memoria: “Imagine being a left handed freak” Me, a left handed freak: :o

[@phocapss6912]

I really like to watch your videos with my SO before going to sleep. You have very calming voice. Your videos have both high production value and are enterteining, weird that you don't have more views.

[@Joubles]

NO I TOTALLY GET THAT DRIVING THING. IM LIKE WAIT.... YOU CAN DO THATT??

[@captaincombat3987]

World’s best motorist AND civil engineer.

[@nelson187reyes2]

It's taken me a awhile to understand the channel. I was looking for top tier gameplay, which it's not, it's something else. It's the enjoyment of playing new games and not to take gaming seriously. Playing video games is a form of peace. This channel embodies that statement to a tee.

[@bmj220]

Learning atm and I geninuely feel like you've helped me learn to park

[@Hellooo134]

Missed the opportunity to call it self car gaming

[@ivanruiz2218]

"omg imagine being a left-handed freak"

[@DogNamedWatson]

"Oh my god, imagine being a left-handed freak" (Slowly raises head, looking at my left-handed mouse)

[@Holital]

memoria i love your videos i hope you make them for a long time and they make you happy!!!!!

[@MemoriaMatters]

me too !!

[@lordedmundblackadder9321]

memoria when they see a left-handed “person”:

[@gunkisswindleswag]

dude what the FLIP i was like "man i haven't gotten a memoria vid in my recommended in a while and literally the day after i get a memoria vid in my recommended

[@monopoly2170]

12:45 at my old apartment, there was a Mustang that always parked like a dick. Often, you’d need to park terribly since he did. When he left, and it looked like you just parked like an idiot, we’d call it “Getting stang’d”

[@natejoseph4121]

Looking at all my car driving friends differently now

[@tylerprock6981]

On a nine hour drive driving infinitely with my peripherals

[@MazzVG]

That red car's about to get a strongly worded letter on the windscreen

[@birdsfeet]

Wanted to thank you for keeping me company during my sleepless nights with my newborn - I'm so happy to have found your channel!

[@NonEuclideanBoners]

I did the best parallel parking of my life just now thanks to this video. (only hit the car in front of me TWO times)

[@mob8502]

Honestly that intro is the best thing ever.

[@ubermut1]

"penalized for parking 'too good', they don't want people to know that it's actually possible" 😂

[@mexicanhalloween]

your poor wheels must be so curbed. you are criminally underrated, I don't know how I find these kind of channels or what agency I should be reporting the criminality to

[@flat.k3x]

I only just discovered your content and I am literally howling inside 😂

[@MarylandResident]

This is fantastic stuff, really fun.

[@scrub_jay]

I tell myself I miss taking the bus but I think I really just miss the idea of taking the bus.

[@liquidmetalface]

hair is giving Devil May Cry Lady 💇‍♂️

[@Levacque]

"It really doesn't let you run into it-" yeah that's driving for you

[@Smogshaik]

Heck yea I get lots of brooding done on public transport!

[@dirtfriend]

self car-e

[@ceeeej132]

Had a Chicago apartment spot. You're spot on. I'm so good at parking now.

[@Wavarii]

An Instant Classic

[@TheLegendOfRetro]

During the Simpsons videos I was literally thinking "I can't imagine her driving " haha! #PleaseLoad

[@ramenboop]

I feel I can take drive test now

[@inner_void]

This is SO fucking peak. I'm dead😂. Thanks Mem. You help dissolve my bad thoughts.

[@Pockeywn]

genuinely learned some tips on parallel parking today

[@Hppjohg]

2:59 i am a left-handed freak 😖 but i use a right-handed mouse 👍🏻

[@hakarlrs9817]

Holy shit that's the bear car game from Dunkey's top 100 games never knew where it was from

[@CowboiBeb09]

I really like your style

[@DiegeticDogma]

Your video title is so musleading! Learning to drive for the first time? as if you hadnt just 100% completed your simpsons hit & run playthrough

[@MrFreshBanana]

Let me impart some of my German car-driving-wisdom here, since -- as far as I understand -- Americans get their licenses thrown at them as soon as they turn 16. For effective parallel parking: 1. Line up your A column with their B column 2. Turn your wheel 100% to the right 3. As soon as you reach 45 degrees to the parking spot turn the wheel 100% to the left 4. Your lined up perfectly. Get out with a smug smile for any potential onlookers

[@liteniteTheOne]

I totally watched fullscreen on my way to work. Had to swerve to miss this crazy engineer chick. She tried to spawn a ramp in front of my car for some reason 🤷‍♂️

[@JoelFazio]

I have driven a literal F1 car IRL, but I'm balding. Based on math and logic, you are the better driver.

[@EvilOverlord1662]

I don't need to imagine being a left-handed freak. That's my reality 😔

[@ScubaPrison]

Holy shit thanks for reminding me about envirobear 2000! That's a calssic 4 sure

[@this_connor_guy]

As someone who lives in Chicago - yes. This is exactly how it is.

[@TheVoid_Dweller]

Vroom Vroom

[@solarclock]

i like how yt decided it actually means pious pious. idk what does it mean but i agree

[@minivanmegafun]

watching mems play: “this is like parking at my old apartment on Halsted” mems: “this is just like parking at a Chicago apartment”

[@fvhaudsilhvdfs]

i feel seen when you talkeda bout being surprised that people you know drive cars

[@bubbyguppy]

....i was watching this while driving to get whataburger Edit:mostly in the drive through to be clear. But It was my 7:30 pm Whataburger run company Edit to edit: yes humans could climb that with if they had the balls Free climbing exists love

[@mantasiliuskaitis9581]

PLEAAASSE come back to that first game if it has an update i BEG

[@killerdeathty]

It's a curse being a left-handed freak! I didn't ask for this terrible gift thrust upon me at birth.

[@neutrino1011]

I agree with the vibes about driving

[@collintwiss]

Left handed freak here. I would never use a mouse like this. Though I could

[@-._.-o-._.-]

Oh no, Mem says jif 😔

[@MemoriaMatters]

u know what, i actually said "giff" on a stream recently and it felt inauthentic so i decided to be myself in this video. and this is what i get

[@-._.-o-._.-]

you can never get too comfortable on the Internet i guess

[@raymondbulte3891]

I watched this while driving

[@EvKem]

thank you for another wonderful video . just locked in with some cheap ass ramen . i am Here for eighteen dam minutes we're so ready

[@MrMister5555]

I don't have to imagine being a left handed freak... I am a left handed freak. 😭

[@IIITrunks]

People who drive cars are trying way too hard. Get out of that box and walk along side me, you freak.

[@DedicatedAngler]

U ever do a sparkle slay or no?

[@jameverywhere]

That was amazing

[@khiralshimmer]

7:55 subbing for the God Cube (and the lovely non sequitur intro B-roll)

[@JokeDeity2]

"This looks just like Indiana." If you said that because you're from Indiana then everything suddenly makes sense as to why you're relatable. XD 260 here.

[@joaoclarindo7893]

I also miss taking the bus sometimes

[@fromthegamethrone]

I'm a left handed freak 😭😭😭 But I use my mouse right handed. My ex was a lefty and would literally cross her hands at the keyboard.

[@zirakzigil18]

You are a treasure

[@ross825]

Very funny video! music intro and outro were a touch loud but the vid was tightly edited and has great comedic timing.