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"PART I. ACTION HAUNTOLOGY" contains major story spoilers that spoil the overarching mystery of the game. The rest of the video contains contextual spoilers that would ruin the game if you wanted to go into this unique survival horror completely blind.
There is horrifying imagery and sound in this video.
I may be getting quicker at making these... hope you enjoy! It takes a lot of hard work to make these videos, but I am really enjoying them. Starting from my next video, I will be releasing them earlier on Patreon. I will post a notification on KZbin every time a video is uploaded to Patreon, just in case it was one that particularly interested you.
To Siren Maniacs out there wondering why my gameplay footage is centered entirely around the earlier chapters of the game - this is because my completed save file for Forbidden Siren is on the PlayStation 2, but as I don't have a capture card, I can't record footage straight from the PS2 - so instead this is footage from early in a PS4 playthrough. I would have liked to have truly relevant footage for the whole video, but given the time required to play through this beautifully complex game again, that just wasn't possible sadly.
Finally, it is important to note that this video was inspired by Christian McCrea's 2009 essay, "Gaming's Hauntology", which focused on digital artefacts from other media, in the games "Siren", "Michigan: Report to Hell", and "Dead Rising". A special thanks to both his great essay, and the work of Project Siren, who made a terrifying (and difficult) game that has stood the test of time.
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Chapters:
0:00:00 BOOT SCREEN
0:00:26 SPOILER WARNING
0:00:47 INTRODUCTION
0:06:39 PART I. ACTION HAUNTOLOGY
0:16:33 PART II. ANALOGUE HAUNTOLOGY
0:23:42 PART III. HUMAN HAUNTOLOGY
0:39:12 END.
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