The Art of the Unpolished Game

[@imsushiboi]

honey, wake up, some obscure KZbin channel uploaded an 1+ hour analysis about an obscure videogame topic

[@gabriel3903]

so true

[@confusedpsyduck714]

I get those recommended all the time and they always have this skinny yt twink voice

[@confusedpsyduck714]

it’s always some skinny t wink doing these (btw apparently that word is considered bad like why)

[@CorvodaPop]

​​​​@@confusedpsyduck714is not a bad word, it just has a much more specific meaning than how people often use it. People throw the word around a lot to mean "skinny young looking white guy" when it's meant to specifically refer to twiggy, non-muscular hairless young gay men. There's also Bears, who are fat hairy older gay men. They're very different kinds of men, polar opposites in many ways. Everyone has their tastes and they're meant to be labels to help gay guys explain the kind of men they're into. Referring to any skinny dude as a twink usually results in gets a few of the lables wrong. I've seen skinny buff guys called twinks. I've seen skinny hairy guys called twinks. I've even seen guys with a bit of a gut called twinks. Look up Chipp or Anji from Guilty Gear. I've seen people call them twinks. Knowing the actual meaning of the word and hearing people say that boggles my mind sometimes lol. It's not a bad word at all, but people use it wrong all the time and some people get annoyed by that

[@Josuh]

So true oomfie

[@ramrot666]

I loved the fake ad break lead in during the neverhood section

[@formallizard7085]

I instinctively skipped and then I went back confused

[@mckelepic]

genius

[@BSNull]

made me want to sub a second time

[@jauwn]

Congratulations the algorithm has chosen you for success ! great video too

[@angraymii]

hello, youtuber who I've only watched a couple of videos from because the youtube algorythm decided you were worthy of my eyeballs. what a coincidence that the youtube algorithm decided this youtuber was worthy of our eyeballs.

[@lrobin-is8dg]

yoo its the funny NFT killer guy!

[@slaughterbook]

is that juan

[@donslyuckus]

hi jauwn

[@0jeej0]

Jauwn certification

[@eninycouzal9400]

the vpn fakeout. I had to pause to cackle. You're a bastard, I love you immediately.

[@lrgogo1517]

It was funny but I’m surprised to see people “falling for” it. if he put a real ad read *that deep* into the video the hypothetical router company would have him skinned

[@concept8192]

I love how you say "his mission is admirable" about Banana's quest to... gather fruit and find his daughter-in-law

[@Boney9551]

Mr bones genuinely one of the most slick talkers in any game, we have yet to recapture the bones rizz

[@Self-Referential]

Of course boneyzoney9551 would like Mr Bones

[@Boney9551]

@@Self-Referential you will be dust.

[@Self-Referential]

@@Boney9551 won't we all? 😔

[@LordOberic1]

Metal Fatigue was an interesting game. Excellent music in there as well.

[@RF-Ataraxia]

I love Mr. Bones, I wish skeletons were real

[@ZeDoGiCa]

on the topic of claymation being pretty rare, mason lindroth (hylics) is probably my favorite claymation animator. love the way he plays with claymation not just as a medium, but brings attention to the clay as a material through animation but also the writing and "lore" of hylics. its a game thats in a weird way about clay

[@fell-z]

KZbin always showing random good content from underrated channels from time to time instead of popular channels I don't have any interest. Typical KZbin algorithm ☕.

[@Josuh]

Yeah I've noticed that the algorithm has slightly changed over these last months and now recommends recent videos from channels with few subs so that's cool

[@gnoot50]

yea lol. its really nice

[@FabbrizioPlays]

Rare youtube W, it feels like

[@Josuh]

@@FabbrizioPlays Only KZbin W as far as I can tell

[@littlebearandchicken2077]

Must’ve been because the CEO has been absent from KZbin since a long while. Too soon? Yeah. But it’s true tho.

[@laslosermcuseless1574]

I think pikmin 1 has the same vibes as some of these games. It contrasts a lot with the later games that go for realism. I think forest navel shows this the best. Apparently its supposed to be a cave? It has cliffs that lead to endless darkness. There's two really weird bosses. One jump scares you and shakes it's knees at you one of them mind controls your pikmin. Bread bug is there as the only roaming enemy. There's also just a lot of weird design choices, like why does olimar look like that in his health bar or what are the gates supposed to be, they look like they are made from packing peanuts. I think it's also a game filled with mystery. There's a bunch of enemies you could miss seeing in a playthrough, there's rumours like beady long legs escaping it's arena. There's beta footage in the game with completely different enemy placements. It basically has it all

[@Sdat_online]

I feel like pikmin 2 also has a lot of this too, especially in the caves and with the odd juxtaposition of real world items everywhere. Certainly more polished and tutorial exposition heavy, but still weird and vibey to sit with

[@concept8192]

Yeah it's a lot less polished and more surreal. If you play it on real hardware like I do (gamecube) the darker and lower brightness output makes it kinda unsettling actually. The distant spring is full of Bulbears that could annihilate your entire squad in seconds, and they have these weird pulsing spots that never came back again. And yeah, the enemy reel during the credits is full of oddities. I'm honestly kinda sad they rerecorded it for the switch release to fix it.

[@ToaderTheToad]

Pikmin 1 and 2 are some of my favorite games of all time. The atmosphere is simply unmatched I don't think a game like Pikmin 2 will ever be made again by Nintendo, the difficulty is just so unhinged that it makes you wonder how this is coming from Nintendo but it's oddly so engaging It's not so hard it's impossible and unfun, it's just...surprising, and I love it for that No other Pikmin does it as well as the first two for me, especially 4, I hate that they basically did a full timeline retcon with 4 if they're continuing with its plot instead of the subtle world that was being built throughout the first two games

[@iantaakalla8180]

I hope Pikmin 4 is just a side story, the Oatchi species could easily relegate Pikmin 4’s world to a sideplot in another universe while Pikmin 1-3 are the main stuff.

[@franmanlemon]

i love pikmin 1s olimar icon that looks like he's an irradiated gnome

[@scribblpad]

I'm only about halfway through this video, but I think I know exactly what you mean. I've always had a soft spot for unpolished games, and sometimes I feel a little bad that I don't enjoy the more popular 'sanitized' ones that come out nowadays. The visual progress is impressive, and a lot of games of the last decade are downright gorgeous, but I think I'll always prefer the low res, pixel-y, weird style of the past. Janky mechanics are another quick way to endear me to an older or indie game, but they tend to just be annoying when coupled with modern graphics. I dunno, maybe I just focus too much on aesthetics. I'm really, really excited for your channel to get the attention it deserves. Your videos have this really calming vibe about them that I can't quite put my finger on, but its made you one of my favorite KZbinrs since the FNaF design video. The way you insert your persona into different settings is SO cool, I don't think I've seen anyone do that before. I hope the numbers don't get to you, but if they do, remember that there are people who really enjoy what you're doing. Social media can make us forget that 50, 100, 1,000 people seeing something you made is still a lot! As long as this is making you happy, please keep it up! I'll be waiting eagerly for the next video :]

[@neuroticgazer176]

deadly premonition is one of my favorite unpolished games, and the fact they made a sequel that was even more unpolished 10+ years later will forever be the funniest shit to me

[@redwario8224]

holy cow the amount of hard work put into this video is insane for someone with such a small channel, you seem to be putting 100% effort right from the start and this video is super enjoyable to watch, keep up the AMAZING work dude seriously

[@Makinri]

I'm surprised you didn't go over early ROBLOX, early ROBLOX has objectively one of the most unintentionally weird atmospheres it had super sharp high quality lighting and low quality textures mixed with random stolen sound effects and obscure music and remixes and it had probably one of the worst physics engines made by any company in the past 20 years.

[@milesofkilometerss]

I actually thought about talking about roblox! There were a whole bunch of weird tycoons and obbys that I used to play that had a really janky vibe despite being from a while after the game launched that I would have liked to have a section on. If I ever make a follow up to this video I’ll be sure to talk about it!

[@deathbunny3542]

​@@milesofkilometerss please make a follow up

[@MetalMockingjay]

​@@milesofkilometerssI'd recommend checking out Super Nostalgia Zone! It's a place that basically aims to emulate classic roblox.

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

Now the ROBLOX atmosphere is kind of... sanitized?

[@snood4743]

⁠​⁠@@milesofkilometerssI’d love to see a follow up. Really passionate overviews of bizarre games I’d never hear about otherwise is one of the best KZbin genres.

[@Proud_Knight]

OG Animal Crossing legit mentally prepared me for life in America lol

[@SmokeyChipOatley]

This is the reason why I abruptly stopped playing new horizons randomly one day about a month after release. I thought it was stupid how I was using my free time basically doing digital chores to pay off a digital loan. No hate for people who like these kinds of games but I get no joy out of decorating which is the large majority of the game’s appeal. Without that it’s just an adulting simulator with a cutesy aesthetic.

[@AluminumFusion22]

Minecraft's End Poem is so meaningful because it's so existentially comforting and uplifting. The fact that the writer was offered millions of dollars by Microsoft but not only turned the money away, but put the poem in the public domain after having an existential awakening after tripping out in the woods is such a crazy thing to think about, but I wholeheartedly respect Julian Gough for not selling out and understanding that the game's end poem touched a lot of people and is genuinely emotionally moving even divorced from the game itself. It's really existential, but is also empowering and genuinely sweet. The phrase "And the universe said 'I love you', because you are loved" is such a beautiful message to the reader.

[@napplepapple]

It’s cringe

[@iblitz95]

@@napplepapple YOU'RE cringe! Now go cry in front of a bathroom mirror.

[@Tsukistar1]

@@napplepapple And the only thing you have to lose is your chains by joining in.

[@napplepapple]

@@Tsukistar1 time is best spent on the things that move us than trying to make the project car move under its own weight. There's a lot to lose ,mainly time, investing into a discourse and message whose themes Im already far from resonant with, and whose cost to be so can't be justified. I read it and I get nothing. I listen to video about it and I get nothing. I read a comment and I get nothing, and I read a reply to the comment and I get nothing. Upon reconsideration, my verdict is cringe. How many more times do you want me to stare at this until something hits me? Good things don't need to be entirely self evident, but at least a few of the bread crumbs leading to the bigger picture do. This has none of that. This has a series of words that I can not remember one single word of after the last punction mark. It's cringe at best and a complete non starter at worst.

[@kazmakazii]

mr bones coverage and hylics background music, radical ass video

[@_thecurator]

I think part of why ACGC leaned into such a low poly style even compared to it's contemporaries is because of the sheer amount of furniture / items.from the perspectives of both design and console memory / polygon count, the art style makes perfect sense in my eyes.

[@callmealx]

The 'moog city? HATSUNE MIKU!?' bit made me laugh out loud hahaha

[@MattTOB618]

It also made me realize that "Haunt Muskie" _is_ an anagram of "Hatsune Miku". But then again, I shouldn't be surprised that the creator of Minecraft is featured in the soundtrack.

[@callmealx]

I love recognising a fellow viewer of Hazel through the music choices - also holy HELL this was so good! Super well made, super interesting, I think I could listen to you talk for ages!

[@gerrynava981]

The nord vpn fake out got me fkgkgkglg

[@lychenthrope]

this is my first time learning about mr bones and holy shit the ost. you werent kidding. really glad to see a neverhood mention too, that game is so weird but i cant help but love it.

[@TommoROM]

Damn, I was just using this as background audio at first, but I ended up stopping what I was doing and just watched the whole thing in one setting. This was really good. I'll have to check out more of your stuff.

[@Kizsiebean]

Same here, got sucked into it haha

[@Edd_Harr]

44:20 Oh man, I was already loving your sense of humor through most of the video, and then you pull this shit? I think I have a new favorite KZbin channel.

[@TheBalthassar]

I don't really know what I expected from this video, but boy did I get it.

[@lrgogo1517]

“That’s pretty quirky… uh, okay, Japan! But if you’re Japanese then it makes total sense in context” proceeds to pull up an image of Edo-era Japan being EXTREMELY quirky

[@MattTOB618]

32:41 I've developed a trick to getting them, where I put a creeper in a boat, then have that boat between me and a skeleton. On Bedrock, a Skeleton in a boat can shoot the mob in the driver's seat, meaning that it'll basically do all the work itself; on Java, it's a bit trickier because that doesn't work, so you either have to finagle with strafing to make sure the skeleton doesn't enter the boat, get a second boat to put the skeleton in, or wait until it's day so the skeleton will only run around shaded areas, drastically reducing its mobility.

[@NicoleHam]

I see Mr Bones, I click. But I watched it all, and very much enjoyed. Amazing channel and subbed, you’re goin’ places kid 💀🎸

[@chezbirb5900]

i cant describe why but this video has such a 2016 feel to it. i am watching at night in a position that is bad for my back and this video just adds to the vibe. the boarder around the content is something i haven't seen in so long and i think that adds to it but there is probably more that i just cant pinpoint, would love to see more like this!

[@princessjellyfish98]

what a lovely video! I especially loved the section about animal crossing. As someone who grew up playing the animal crossing games as they were released, I can say I do miss some of the bold swings they took creatively with the older games, but I also sort of feel like the series grew up alongside me in a way? The jank of gamecube AC hits even harder when you're a kid with no internet and games are still kind of a black box. The experimental music, the claustrophobic ambience, and some of the un-intuitive game design all lead to this very visceral experience, like you're really moving to a new town all on your own. I can't say I'm resentful of losing that with the newer games. There are definitely design choices in new horizons and even new leaf that I dislike compared to gamecube and DS, but even if they went back and added dialogue or missing game features, they could never add back in that mystery. I don't need to ask my mom to buy me a game guide anymore or trust playground rumors, I can just google what my chances are of seeing the whale on kapp'n's boat, or how to gain access to the lighthouse, or what art is real or fake. I get different joys out of NL and NH, like the satisfaction of managing my town and befriending my villagers and expressing myself creatively through decorating. I'm glad you went back and revisited GC for this video and got to experience at least some of the feelings that the game conveys, even if a lot of older AC fan's memories of the game, of that experience, are now essentially lost to time. And on top of sharing your experience so well with words, the editing and music were just wonderful! I especially loved the animation you made of the radio. thanks for posting something so thought provoking and well made! liked and subbed!

[@averypatrick5279]

I adore the creative mode music in Minecraft. Biome Fest specifically sounds bizarrely ethereal. It's so hauntingly beautiful.

[@strawby]

The animal crossing town being named redwall… nice touch!

[@Bedrockpanda-yw2jo]

Oh that's sick

[@Greatdictator]

Hearing the same guys who made Metal Fatigue did Mr bones is honestly so funny and yet again illustrates how video game development is truly a journey. May the algorythm bless you further and may your discoveries in gaming be many

[@JohnyParuwka]

I'm glad I took a gamble and checked your video. I'm so happy you didn't turn out to be yet another gamer dudebro

[@nobeyone]

amazing video. I think we have similar taste in art, love your narration too. Interested in what you do next

[@restlessparadox1953]

luv the vibe of this video :] feels so personal to you. like u talking about things u experienced, rather than trying to be about General Human Experiences or like. ur generation or whatever...i love how much of it is ur opinion and ur voice

[@hhenrycosplay5286]

I clicked on this video specifically because I saw Mr. Bones. It was actually one of my favourite games as a kid, the Sega Saturn was my first console. I am glad it held up so well, I actually put the OST from youtube on while cleaning a couple months back and showed it to my fiance. Thank you for mentioning it.

[@mybalsitch]

44:37 the fake sponsor bit got me lmao

[@minibot2.o136]

If only there was something...

[@PurplesttCoffee]

It took me a while, but I'm here from a Salty DK Dan stream where this vidoe was recommended near the very end! Really hope that the algorithm picks it up again, this is so good

[@piggo5]

one of the greatest videos i've seen in quite a while. thank you

[@0tterhead]

already falling in love with the aesthetic of your channel! Can't wait for more from you!

[@francodigennaro1236]

I just started watching the vid and I already know this is my shit, ypur comentary is very informative while also getting your opinion acrsoss, every clip is so carefully selected, the ost showcase for the Animal Crossing is so tastefull with your own art all around the screen, this feels like it comes from the heart and its so impressive, new sub fosho

[@neonboiv28]

I got kidnapped in Peru by five dudes, please help me yellow building Cuzco YELLOW BUILDING

[@omanite6129]

As a Peruvian myself I can confirm I am one of those 5 dudes

[@freshestveggies6476]

Big if true

[@WAFFENFABRIK]

Chat is this real

[@obsidianchao]

This video makes me feel old. I grew up with all these original games. For someone who didn't grow up with them, you gave a really great overview of them and I'm stoked that you connected with them. Animal Crossing was one of my favorites on the Gamecube, but there are SO many good titles on that console. Also remember Animal Crossing was originally an N64 game! Its total R*M size is only 18.4 MEGAbytes. Insane.

[@visser36]

This is an excellent video. I thoroughly enjoyed every part of it :). I hope you continue to create and share videos with us!

[@gnomegguy69]

I think Mr. Bones and Space Channel 5 are the two extremes of why I love SEGA. Both are insane in their own way. Mr. Bones with... well, everything. And Space Channel 5 with... also everything. Both feel like weird fever dreams, but they also have their own kind of class, y'know what I mean?

[@mercury5003]

Mr Bones kicks ass. I know the actual gameplay is not the greatest but everything else about it is excellent.

[@Cthoanut]

Very good writing and delivery. I ADORE your style of editing the footage and the character expression. It keeps my destroyed attention span intact. Keep it up buddy. You shall be big.

[@blebonick7088]

I love that your town is named Redwall. God that series was a big part of my childhood.

[@Bedrockpanda-yw2jo]

Yeah same

[@aidanfryling5319]

Dude this is a phenomenal video, I never rarely like videos and pretty much never comment, but after coming across this randomly in my feed I’ve done both and subscribed. I was repeatedly positively surprised by the production value, the cleverness of certain jokes (like the fake out ad read- which I fully admit I skipped immediately, got confused, and had to rewind to), and the aspects of the games you chose to highlight. This video was a crazy breath of fresh air in an unfortunately kinda stagnant genre rn, keep your work creative, keep your work passionate, and most of all keep posting it for me watch!!!

[@DeadlySprinklez]

everything about this video is really good. the author and I agree on a lot of points during the minecraft section - a lot of the charm of the game for me was the old art and while the new stuff is nice, it does detract from the soul of minecraft a fair bit, at least for me. this is also a video about games that I love, the games that you don't feel like you're supposed to be playing yet, that are unpolished noticeably but you love it anyway - I've wanted to capture that feel for so so goddamn long. PS1 Crash Bandicoot 1's vertex colors and floating point inaccuracies. Animal Crossing's Japanese mythos ties leading to just a weird game in the US. jank is something that games don't really capture nowadays but it's also something that I loved seeing in games, and something I want to try to capture in my work. thank you for making this video.

[@Luschan]

It’s cool to see someone put into words what drew me to video games since I was a kid. My fascination with novelty and experimentation above all else led to fixation on games like the first Wario Ware and Animal crossing, even before release, just from promotion in Nintendo Power. Like many other late-millennials who got an N64 for Christmas ‘96 and GameCube in ‘01, I played the Mario/Rare games, and all the other major releases that sadly trickled out. But the weirder third-party games like Mischief Makers always compelled me the most when friends were drawn to the Final Fantasies and Resident Evils and Time Splitters. As a High School senior in ‘09, disillusioned by the Wii and jealous of my PS3-owning friends, I read about Shenmue and bought a Dreamcast, which led to the rabbit hole of the Saturn and Sega-CD. All consoles that every kid heard about but never encountered; making them all the more fascinating in retrospect. To this day, that run of Sega consoles is still my favorite part of gaming. Strange unique snapshots of cutting-edge technology that lost a corporate arms race, now only embraced by obsessive enthusiasts. Successors of the Genesis, predecessors to the Xbox. Each with a library of masterpieces and experimental gems that are still being discovered and translated.

[@christopherswanson5849]

it's very validating to hear someone else compliment the other-worldly vibe of gamecube animal crossing. i played each entry in the series as they came out, and enjoyed them to an extent, but i was always left with a feeling that the game was missing the atmosphere that made the original so captivating to me. yeah, it's fun(?) catching all the fish and bugs and making your house, but it's not AS fun when you're bombarded by this saccharine, upbeat, overly positive vibe all the time. i don't think i've ever laughed at anything my islanders in new horizons have said to me, but the original is sarcastic and unpredictable and i love it so much. oh and the ability to ask for quests from your villagers is great and it makes no sense that they got rid of it

[@immensehamster2]

Whenever early Minecraft gets talked about i always get emotional, new Minecraft is fun because of the friends i have but old Minecraft is something that i don't think will be replicated

[@Red-yo8en]

LOVE the little rant-sona hanging around clock town, wonderful touch

[@MrTreespace]

smt 3 seriously is so cool looking, i havent seen yer vids before but they rock. you rock! thank you !

[@TokaDot]

You got Hazel-core down to a science

[@Josuh]

yooo Hazel mentioned

[@helpgelphelphelp]

underrated channel tbh... keep up the great work!!

[@thebillyd00]

42:27 We have the wooden giants in Kentucky as well at Bernheim forest. You can get much closer to them as well, which is really nice. Theyre spaced along one of the trails.

[@ArtByLuckyee]

Incredible insights in this video! Looked to the comments earlier and saw people talking about underrated channels, looked up, and now I’m wondering how you don’t have more subscribers?! Thank you for introducing us to Mr. Bones’s soundtrack. The music rocks! (No pun intended)

[@davebob4973]

you specifically clarified unpolished does not refer to a lack of quality but most of every non iconic game youve introduced youve offhandedly labeled as sucking

[@AROAH]

Well, there’s a reason they’re not iconic.

[@GardenArcade]

Omg I saw the title and heard the first ten seconds and immediately knew this video was made for me. Unpolished games give off this sense of intrigue for myself that I can't pull myself away from like in the era of super hyper polished games from triple AAA to indie you see these games in between that you can't help but become invested in? My fav definitely is Quest 64 and I'll champion that game to my grave even though it's not the most fun to play the world design and the music really make it for me.

[@AsyncMusic]

I love the little avatar btw, theyre so cute!

[@reptilejesus829]

Here before this blows up :) Went into this with 0 expectations, but this is a great video

[@noxxor_96]

your timing and rythm is on point, really nice and funny storytelling

[@ShatteredDreams-pw9pn]

44:25 genuinely made me sit up and reach for my mouse to rollover the video and skip the upcoming "sponsor segment"... Well played.

[@mwax3124]

This is one of the best videos I’ve watched in a while. Can’t wait to see more from your channel :)

[@user-nw4jm8np4g]

a video essay so good it prompted me to finally make my video essay playlist :) in all seriousness dude this goes HARD easy subscribe. and from one artist to another i love the 2d persona in a 3d (game?) environment. i dont know what it is recently about video essay creators with less than 5k subscribers utilizing the most creative means of showing their persona emoting but its kind of awesome

[@roadkill_52]

Thanks for putting King's Quest on the list. It's awesome to see these old pc games getting recognized today :-)

[@twinkiefluff8868]

Absolutely obsessed with the musical transition at 14:13, so neat and clever!! I adore your editing style, insta subscribe >:3

[@TheAxolotl]

i glance at the channel cause i let this autoplay and i thought it was gonna be a bigger channel, wow quality shit dude (cried at the glass shard music genuinely)

[@Pimpeaux]

Literally nothing will recreate the feeling of being a child with entirely too much reign over the internet in 2011, discovering this quirky indie game called "Minecraft", and investing the next several years of your life into learning how the game works exclusively through word-of-mouth. It's something that only could've happened at the right place and right time. I felt like I was part of something special--a real-life ARG if that makes any sense. I get emotional any time I think about it.

[@phommonteros]

with all the hylics music that played in the background I was surprised you didn't bring up Hylics 1 or even 2 up in any of this cool video !

[@Tea_Cryptid]

This is just rambling and riffing about these gems and rabbit holes and sometimes about gameplay but like, theres these cool notable things also, and then he's like, forcibily removed from the premisses and I loved it, thanks for reminding me about these cool things i love and new things i didn't know

[@newageretronerd]

The ad fakeout is so good. Your video is a piece of art indeed

[@neutralclownpose3928]

The little transition from the town theme to the music section in the animal crossing section was so fun. Really like the editing in this video in general

[@CrossbladeX]

Couldn't help but listen to the whole video. You remind me of FunkE's video style and it was nice to revisit old games I have never seen before. Mr Bone's use of like two guitar melodies creating jams was inspiring to hear. Also I felt your pain watching those Neverhood clips. The main character is so damnn slow it's unbearable, felt like an hour just watching him move at a snail's pace. It certainly makes a unique experience that way when the game conjures that feeling.

[@TheEmilyba]

The editing is top notch on all of your videos, I will be coming back to see what's next!

[@spooderman6312]

man this channel is pretty underrated, i love the soft casual convo vibe it reminds me of that other channel hazel where she talks about anime and older games. good stuff!!

[@weirdibibfishiplop3644]

i believe that minecraft has lost it's identity, but not its direction originally, it was all alien. everything was obscure, and you needed friends to find out things. the music just emanated from the world, but it's not for you. the fog blocked you from knowing what's ahead. but now, the game needs to target the literal largest gaming audience on earth, so the game is no longer alien and janky, and the game is much more about you than the world. the game never lost it's direction either. you're the one who builds the game around you, you're the one who decides what mechanics to interact with. the world is your sandbox. the original was more like, the world is itself, and you're an intruder. but the game's direction is still your decision, but some people think its lost its direction due to the new options there are.

[@tresblo]

HOLY SHIT WHY DOES THE MUSIC OF MR BONES GOES SO HARD

[@riolu7234]

I love the speaker with eyes

[@beakthebirdbot3858]

thank you for spending so much time talking about the music and overall vibes, your eye for art is great :>

[@ChemistWeb]

A series that lives rent-free in my mind is the Mia edutainment series from Kutoka Interactive. Those games could barely run on my family’s 2000s-era laptop, and when it did run properly Mia would never know how to get to where you wanted her to go, but the crusty graphics, animations, funky background tunes and intriguing voices always stuck with me to this day.

[@basisstreamvideodump5688]

It was a really big surprise to see joshw mentioned in the Mr. Bones section. I was actually the one who made the rip that's currently up on there. (It had to be redone in a lossless format because the existing rip had the songs converted into mp3s due to the space restrictions that were in place at the time.) I didn't really know anything about ripping Saturn songs (and I still don't), so I was only able to do rerips of the redbook audio tracks. I was also really disappointed that Underwater Ride wasn't one of them. (Also, while watching, I remembered that Flower Sun and Rain was one of the games published by Victor Interactive, so it caught me completely off guard when it popped up immediately after.)

[@albannomad]

Such a fantastic deep dive. Really elevated by a great script and well placed bgm. Love it.

[@Fefe-vp9yk]

There are a lot of remarkable moments in this titan of a video you've made, most of them were already pointed out by others, so I will just say that I loved your self awareness, your dedication to research on these topics, and the fact that this video, despite being an hour long, manages to be a smooth ride from start to finish. Kudos, I'm hoping to hear you again soon.

[@patratrick]

This video is incredible, excellent work man. That minecraft section definitely came from the heart.

[@crtchicanery9605]

Enjoying the video! But if I can offer a bit of critique? Any time you're gushing about how cool some super jank game is, I'm having a great time. But you lead into each one by putting out a little disclaimer about how bad it is. It feels like a preemptive defense, like you're afraid someone will scorn you for finding something worthwhile in a weird game. I think just letting your joy flow uninhibited would make for a cleaner script and a better viewing experience.

[@thecooldrawingguy]

I agree! Love and fun is awesome!!

[@MadDoodles]

I definitely feel like this had a bit of that sadly ubiquitous aversion to true sincerity, the whole post irony thing. His enjoyment of these games model had to be framed at least as slightly ironic, lest he be deemed “cringe” (which is a death sentence in this environment). We already know from the premise of the video that the games are flawed, it’s okay to enjoy them anyway. :)

[@OtakubeePunpun]

this has major early jschlatt video essay energy

[@sadgeleaf_4915]

an hour of great quality content. i hope the algorithm blesses you

[@GardenGD]

Your point about coloring the sky in pure black reminds me a lot about some of Dr. Seuss's art pieces. Almost all of them have the exact same type of characters and architecture featured in his children's books; but they are more detailed and more rendered. More interestingly, his usually bright skies are completely covered in black, which gives them all sort of vibes. It's important to note that this is a conscious decision, and if he wanted a "neutral" background, he could have just as easily used white, or even dark blue representing night. But no, he made the decision of using PURE black

[@kid14346]

Your discussion of Neverhood being a claymation game just to mess with you reminded me of the game Hylics. Like the fact that Hylics has a mechanic devoted to the number of times you die and get a game over is so weird and throws traditional game design on its head.

[@stoic_rose]

dude this video was so fucking good. never before have i heard anyone perfectly describe how i feel about games but like,, damn, this is exactly what ive been thinking all these years and you put it into words. and now i desperately need to play mr. bones and woody poko. great work on this, i cant wait to see what other stuff you have in the works :]

[@ketolcob]

Damn this video rules. Instant subscribe. Thanks for bringing these obscure aspects of obscure games to light!

[@GlobCoder]

>video titled "The Art of the Unpolished Game" >look inside >polished games

[@cookieface80]

Zoomers are used to only playing games that took 10 years and millions of dollars to make. You have to cut them a little slack.

[@baconaterlover5399]

In cases like Minecraft, I feel like the earlier days feel “better” because the original talent behind them are gone from the game. You’ll see this in other games too. People complain about a company like BioWare being worse than they used to, not realizing that many of the talents that created their earlier experiences are long gone while the illusion of it being the same company is still up. People are fooling themselves into thinking that it’s gonna be the same company when in the western game sphere, companies going under and people moving hands happens all the time. It’s the same in name only. Same deal with Minecraft, but now Notch has fuck you money and doesn’t do any development (with what he’s saying on Twitter I don’t really trust him anymore). Even with passionate devs wanting to evolve the game, it’s at the whim of Microsoft, not a guy who created a game and updated it weekly just because he felt like it.

[@alcalino5548]

I really like this unpolished quality in art in general, for me it feels like the creative drive imposes over technical hardships, wich is very admirable, specially in such a complex medium as videogames. For this very reason I also enjoy watching youtube videos of channels with only a handful of videos, seeing the early stages of this creative labour developing is something I find very encouraging.

[@darkdel]

brother, your channel is so unique. 1 hour video with an awesome script and authentic editing ! loved it, continue to do it, everything is looking so fucking cool

[@That1dood231]

this video was amazing, keep up the good work

[@dronovbiotex]

Absolutely in love with your avatar style, camera angles and 2d in 3d mix