Samir Shotaro
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Finding Faith in the Outer Wilds
This is a video essay critiquing Mobius Digital's Outer Wilds and its 2021 expansion Echoes of the Eye, examining the way the game presents science, faith, and the two intertwined.
This video assumes that you're already familiar with the game, and contains full spoilers, including for Echoes of the Eye in sections 6 and 7. Chapters are included to skip between sections.
Many thanks for watching.
Tip Jar: ko-fi.com/samirshotaro
-Chapters-
00:00 - Epigraph
00:54 - 1. The Museum: Introduction
07:00 - 2. 22 Minutes: The Scientific Method
14:26 - 3. End Times: Death
22:03 - 4. Travelers: Astronauts
27:52 - 5. Let There Be Light: Science and Faith
36:36 - 6. Into Shadow: Echoes of the Eye
44:46 - 7. Departure: Conclusion
53:05 - Credits
-Music-
Outer Wilds - The Museum
Outer Wilds - Timber Hearth
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask - Clock Town, Day 1
Apollo Justice: Tell the Truth 2007
Outer Wilds - 22 Minutes
Baba is You - Wall is Stop
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Cave Theme
Outer Wilds - Nomai Ruins
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask - Final Hours
Outer Wilds - End Times
Outer Wilds - Travelers
Hollow Knight - Greenpath
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask - Astral Observatory
Outer Wilds - Let There Be Light
Hyper Light Drifter - The Midnight Wood
Outer Wilds - 14.3 Billion Years
Echoes of the Eye - Into Shadow
Echoes of the Eye - The River
Echoes of the Eye - River’s End
Echoes of the Eye - The First Seekers
Echoes of the Eye - Forbidden Archives
Echoes of the Eye - Departure
Echoes of the Eye - The Sound of Water
Outer Wilds - Title Theme
Outer Wilds - Travelers’ Encore
-Online Sources-
Thumbnail Art - www.artstation.com/artwork/k4Bvql
The Safire Memo -
www.archives.gov/files/presidential-libraries/events/centennials/nixon/images/exhibit/rn100-6-1-2.pdf
Errant Signal, Outer Wilds - ua-cam.com/video/wg8IrnqKLMo/v-deo.html
Jacob Geller, Outer Wilds - ua-cam.com/video/H-yTZFi-_eY/v-deo.html
Jacob Geller, Time Loop Nihilism - ua-cam.com/video/dZrEayPIrVE/v-deo.html
Alex Avard GamesRadar Article - www.gamesradar.com/how-the-search-for-truth-and-meaning-in-outer-wilds-turns-a-simple-space-adventure-into-a-religious-experience/
Tom Marks IGN Article - www.ign.com/articles/2019/07/01/outer-wilds-ending-has-changed-the-way-i-think-about-death
Echoes of the Eye The Lost Reels - andrewprahlow.bandcamp.com/album/outer-wilds-echoes-of-the-eye-the-lost-reels-deluxe-original-game-soundtrack-2
NoClip Outer Wilds Documentary - ua-cam.com/video/LbY0mBXKKT0/v-deo.html
Voyager Golden Records - soundcloud.com/nasa/sets/golden-record-sounds-of
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Disco Elysium - Role-Playing in a Precarious World
Переглядів 8 тис.2 роки тому
This is a video essay critiquing ZA/UM's 2019 role-playing game Disco Elysium, organised around the broad theme of role-playing. It assumes that you're already familiar with the game, and contains full spoilers. Chapters are included to skip between sections. Many thanks for watching. Tip Jar: ko-fi.com/samirshotaro -Chapters- 00:00 - Epigraph 00:26 - 1. Actual Art Degree: Introduction 06:14 - ...

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Dootcm
    @Dootcm 9 днів тому

    "theres nothing to be feared only explored"

  • @milfgyu
    @milfgyu 29 днів тому

    this is an absolute masterclass in analysis. each point is so well crafted and articulated. fantastic job!

  • @atomicgunslinger9277
    @atomicgunslinger9277 Місяць тому

    I'm writing this comment as I sit by a slowly dying campfire, and I can't help but get teary-eyed listening to you articulate among other things how we just need to appreciate life in all of it's small comforts and that we are a way for the universe to know itself, even if all we do is look to the night sky in wonder.

  • @funny_man41
    @funny_man41 Місяць тому

    i remember i only played this game once 3 years ago and i saw the sun explode and i was terrified and stopped playing. I haven't played it since

  • @cajunking5987
    @cajunking5987 Місяць тому

    Finding faith ?? Why would I want faith

  • @seymourflux747
    @seymourflux747 Місяць тому

    Science is cool

  • @thdenwheja756
    @thdenwheja756 Місяць тому

    I really find it beautiful how, even though the Prisoner never actually makes it to the eye and neither of you see the new universe, he has hopes that carry through. This time, you're the one with answers to questions that he asks, even if he doesn't stick around to find out. The last you see of him is the projection staff essentially thinking, "Maybe, in another life, we could have been friends." The last image of the game altogether with the DLC is the reassurance that, yes, there will always be another campfire.

  • @rashkavar
    @rashkavar 2 місяці тому

    I love that the scout probe can be in the next universe. I'm just imagining the next universe's version of the Nomai going absolutely wild over this little portable camera with a lamp and, presumably, a black hole warp core? in it, going "wait, this thing's older than the universe, what does it mean!?" And what it means is someone saw a giant vortex in the sky, thought "maybe I should take pictures of what's in there before I just jump in" and shot a camera at it. A very, very long time ago.

  • @rashkavar
    @rashkavar 2 місяці тому

    "Or slowly make your way back through the white hole station, which isn't much better (than waiting to die in space)" ...Wait, did you not discover the control downstairs that turns on the rotation? There's a track the station can use to spin itself, making it come into alignment with Brittle Hollow quite a lot faster than it otherwise would. You just need to turn it on.

  • @blayderdesenhista7146
    @blayderdesenhista7146 2 місяці тому

    Peak type of UA-cam video

  • @no_payne_no_gain
    @no_payne_no_gain 2 місяці тому

    28:12 W Midnight Wood appearance. Hyper Light Drifter is so good as well

  • @xionne7849
    @xionne7849 2 місяці тому

    wait the coordonate where in the bottome left all this time ?!

  • @Dr.Callaham
    @Dr.Callaham 2 місяці тому

    Fun fact: (achivement spoiler) If you decide to cut a chase short in echos of the eye by jumping into the river (or die in general), you get the achivement "You'll Never Take Me Alive!"

  • @dangerousbeans
    @dangerousbeans 2 місяці тому

    DONT MAKE AN OMORI VIDEO 😭😭😭😭

  • @kodiakbricks5821
    @kodiakbricks5821 2 місяці тому

    Echoes of the Eye strikes me as a master class in "Show, don't tell". It frustrates me to no end that I can't point folks at it without heavy spoilers, but I appreciate your summary of the base experience, as well as the entire scope of Outer Wilds as the adventure. Thank you kindly, and keep up the impeccable work, boss 🐻

  • @Tabby3456
    @Tabby3456 3 місяці тому

    Only faith i need is knowing that my actions created another universe rather than that universe remaining non-existant or a bunch of nothingness

  • @itcouldbelupus2842
    @itcouldbelupus2842 4 місяці тому

    32:00

  • @callmetired2294
    @callmetired2294 4 місяці тому

    Went through like eight "analysis" videos of this wonderful fucking game which all turned out to be step by step explanations of the story and nothing more. Yours is the only one I've seen that actually unpacks and talks about what themes are on display bravo

  • @PloddingDream-px3fz
    @PloddingDream-px3fz 5 місяців тому

    Immortality is still the goal. This game had cemented my belief that the ultimate suffering should and will be conquered.

  • @lucianmaximus4741
    @lucianmaximus4741 5 місяців тому

    RAPTURE444:360=1.23*MONAD

  • @1kkoto
    @1kkoto 6 місяців тому

    13:56 I NEVER SAW THAT I thought that you should remember, draw them or screenshot them, I personally looked at notes on my spaceship to enter them I do remember them pretty clearly now, but I've actually never saw them like this

  • @SorryBones
    @SorryBones 6 місяців тому

    Saw a great post about each of the Outer Ventures astronauts and how ironic their situations are. MAJOR SPOILERS Esker is on the astral body closest to home but he's the loneliest, wishing for more company. Chert is the only one to figure out on his own that the universe is dying and the sun will explode. Chert has a meltdown over this and naturally, he's on the planet closest to the sun which is the problem that is freaking him out. Feldspar is in the one planet where Feldsparring your ship is the thing that destroys you. You have to do nothing to get through and Feldspar tries to stunt fly his way through, which strips him of his ship, the thing he's best with. At least it's a nice break for him. Gabbro is the chillest mf in the galaxy and is on an upsetting planet which is constantly storming and picks up entire islands to toss into space. Gabbro is just so cool it doesn't bother him in the slightest which is badass, you go Gabbro. Riebeck is a nervous wreck afraid of space that is sitting in one spot since his courage ran out. Now he is suspended above a black hole which spits you into deep space, while the planet literally falls apart around him. His fear-induced inaction is going to take him to his greatest fear. Then there's technically yourself, since you can talk to yourself at the center of the ATP if you end a loop in there. You're trapped in a 22 minute time loop and you find yourself sitting at the very machine powering it.

  • @j3en534
    @j3en534 6 місяців тому

    Nobody is going to mention how the video plays end times at 21 mins and supernovas at 22mins?

  • @dighad3824
    @dighad3824 6 місяців тому

    outer wilds reminded me why i wanted to be an astronaut as a kid

  • @blitzboy2934
    @blitzboy2934 6 місяців тому

    The black hole in brittle hollow can also be really cool, and absolutely suck. It’s gravity has saved me a lot from the momentum letting my fling myself into Riebeck’s gravity channel and saving me a bit of time.

  • @sky_rokit
    @sky_rokit 6 місяців тому

    I think in the OW documentary Alex B did mention that rumor mode made it into the game when someone had the thought “let’s just add our planning board into the game”. So, rumor confirmed?

  • @FuhrerHeisen
    @FuhrerHeisen 7 місяців тому

    This was beautiful. Thank you. ❤

  • @Amara87387
    @Amara87387 8 місяців тому

    I’m not crying, you’re crying!

  • @skitariimoment9596
    @skitariimoment9596 8 місяців тому

    Could you imagine being the explorer and seeing that the last iteration of you just straight decided he was going to fly into the sun?

  • @Sheamu5
    @Sheamu5 9 місяців тому

    To give my answer to Andrew, I think a signal of the unknown, would be the best first contact. Hopefully humanity would unite in an attempt to reach out.

  • @DatHypnoboi
    @DatHypnoboi 9 місяців тому

    I'd never heard the term "metroidbrainia" before this and the shock of hearing it absolutely broke me

  • @ogAdoptedfatty
    @ogAdoptedfatty 9 місяців тому

    I've been wanting to watch this ever since i watched the faith in outer wilds video but I hadn't finished Disco Elysium yet. I finally did recently and just watched the video and it's one of the best video essays on the platform Shame it didn't get as much traction as the outer wilds one it deserves so much more

  • @Existential_Robot
    @Existential_Robot 10 місяців тому

    This is the most beautiful video ever made. I think you should know that. I was not a man of faith; of ANY faith. But your video gave me a little something to believe in. You and your ideology has become my faith. You gave me the greatest part of myself, something I was missing for years. You gave me faith, even if it's only a little bit. And all we need is a little.

  • @bocckoka
    @bocckoka 11 місяців тому

    You can retry red checks if you start the game again.

  • @Grxblrg5757
    @Grxblrg5757 11 місяців тому

    I'm going to be honest, consistently seeing you burn and eat marshmallows over and over in the background footage was hilarious. Great video!

  • @christianpackard8674
    @christianpackard8674 11 місяців тому

    I'm gonna start off by saying that I've never played outer wilds. And I'm also going to say that i refrained from watching this video. I'll make sure I come back after I play it. Most importantly I'm a new found Christian and I just gave my life to Christ. I've strayed away from video games and am tryign to focus on my faith. I've kinda trailed off recently and have been going back to my old ways. But after looking for a game like subnautica I came across this game. It sounds pretty amazing and the reviews are just outstanding. But theres so many religious undertones in everyones review, and how it invoked a spiritual experience for them. So I decided to type in outer wilds religious in the search bar just to see what came up. And now I'm here. I'm very curious what your take is on this game because it seriously has struck some kind of cord within peoples souls. But I jsut felt compelled to leave this comment before my first and "only" play through. I get the feeling that its going to help me back on my journey with faith and just wanted to share that with you before doing so, because your comment section as well as the title of this video is what convinced me to buy the game and try it. Cheers

  • @kruxxme5372
    @kruxxme5372 Рік тому

    Thank you - an amazing tribute to an extraordinary game

  • @3rdJan
    @3rdJan Рік тому

    Finally an Outer Wilds video that doesn't just summarize the game's story and events, but an actual analysis, and such a deep and well-thought-out one! Loved every second of it, great job!

  • @usernamesgone
    @usernamesgone Рік тому

    wait what happened at 49:22?

  • @parafoxl7619
    @parafoxl7619 Рік тому

    The interloper being a dead end is such a cool line

  • @Dango428
    @Dango428 Рік тому

    49:18 Bro wtf happened there???

  • @Yuti640
    @Yuti640 Рік тому

    I can’t believe I’ve not watched this video yet, it’s amazing

  • @robrobrob51
    @robrobrob51 Рік тому

    Obligatory spoiler warning, cause the video doesn’t have one