Dennis Ljeti
Dennis Ljeti
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Signalis and Selfdom
"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God!"
An examination of survival horror game Signalis' story and themes.
CHAPTERS
Intro: 00:00 - 1:19
Set and Setting : 1:20 - 7:26
Synchronicity; S23 - Sierpinski: 7:27 - 16:56
Synchronicity; Hospital:16:67 - 32:47
Liminality; Mines: 32:48 - 37:45
Liminality; Nowhere: 37:46 - 44:22
Liminality; Beyond the Red Gate: 44:23 - 1:00:59
The King in Yellow; 1:01:00 - 1:13:34
Gestaltzerfall; S̴̰̪̞̿̏23̸̿̈́͐̀ - Sieŗ̸͉̀pi̴͚̾̋ͅn̴̦̓ş̴̪̂ki̷̘̤͐ : 1:13:35 - 1:15:25
Gestaltzerfall; Rotfront: 1:15:26 - 1:27:29
Gestaltzerfall; The Way Home : 1:27:30 - 1:35:22
Memory, Leave, and Promise: 1:35:23 - 1:41:12
Artifact: 1:41:13 - 1:48:51
Outro: 1:48:51 - 1:51:57
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Відео

The Cosmic Horror of Fear and Hunger
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"Song of my soul, my voice is dead, | Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed | Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa." An examination of survival horror JRPG Fear & Hunger's mechanics and themes through the lens of cosmic horror. CHAPTERS Intro: 00:00 - 1:39 New Game and Characters: 1:40 - 6:34 What is Cosmic Horror?: 6:35 - 13:04 The Upper Floors - Primal Terror & Entropy: 13:05 - 20:43 The Mines - Eld...
What's a Paladin?
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"My good blade carves the casques of men, | My tough lance thrusteth sure, | My strength is as the strength of ten, | Because my heart is pure." Taking a (brief) look at the Dungeons and Dragons Paladin and its origins in Welsh poetry and chivalric romance. CHAPTERS Introduction: 00:00 What's a Paladin?: 00:39 Paladins and King Arthur: 01:31 Paladins and Charlemagne: 04:23 Paladins and the Crus...
Forging a Fantasy - A (Short) Examination of the Origin of Dwarfs in Popular Fiction
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Therein lie, | On yonder mountain high, | Treasures hungered for, | By both king and beast of sky. A (short) examination of the history of dwarfs in myth and fiction, the evolution of their depictions, and their inclusions in various fantasy works. CHAPTERS Introduction: 00:00 Pygmies and Ancient Greece: 01:20 Dwarfs in Old Norse Myth: 04:00 Dwarfs in Germanic Folklore Post-Christianization: 18...

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  • @kimtgf7152
    @kimtgf7152 4 дні тому

    I thought I was a masochist, but then I saw the people who play fear and hunger willingly, I have been enlightened that I cannot be farther than what that term means.

  • @Milchers
    @Milchers 8 днів тому

    Super interisting video! You did great!

  • @Ekplaysgames-w
    @Ekplaysgames-w 10 днів тому

    I think part of the cycles are that everyone she comes back she becomes a little more of 512 which is why in the first cycle she can’t bring herself to do it, in the second she isn’t recognized because she isn’t the android analine fell in love with. This is suggested by elsters focus on the room more then on her, contrary to when 2301 is synchronized with her gesalt consciousness and 512 becoming the android that alaine fell in love with to start with, which is where she fulfills her promise.

  • @backupnoname
    @backupnoname 11 днів тому

    14:30 enemy has a bigger stinger than you? HACK IT OFF!

  • @sypern2X
    @sypern2X 12 днів тому

    i would say a good version of cosmic horror in the sense of the perspective of the in game characters is cassette beasts, as to the players the bosses look normal but to the in game peoples they are impossible

  • @sypern2X
    @sypern2X 12 днів тому

    at 4:50 he turns into wambu lmao

  • @arbi9506
    @arbi9506 12 днів тому

    dude come on i get it was a joke but why would you drop unannounced silent hill 2 spoilers in there

  • @TactlessRedacted
    @TactlessRedacted 13 днів тому

    18:39 Who did this? 😂

  • @orangjeuic7530
    @orangjeuic7530 13 днів тому

    i havent played fear and hunger but i've been really interested in it since it came out. the blood meridian call out at the end got me fucked up

  • @KittyCat.
    @KittyCat. 14 днів тому

    I was like "What is he cencoring on the guard?" So I looked it up and HOLY SHIT?!?!

  • @goodnaturedgamer8181
    @goodnaturedgamer8181 16 днів тому

    Great video new subscriber from me well done

  • @amy_grace
    @amy_grace 16 днів тому

    The only thing more embarrassing than not watching Evangelion is watching Evangelion.

  • @niteshanthony2324
    @niteshanthony2324 17 днів тому

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.🎉❤😊

  • @niteshanthony2324
    @niteshanthony2324 17 днів тому

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.🎉😊😊😊

  • @ianhelgerson6146
    @ianhelgerson6146 19 днів тому

    Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords. Believe in Jesus, his blood sacrifice on the cross for you to be forgiven of your sins. Do it today 😊!!! Romans 3: 23 1 Corinthians 15: 1-4

  • @bwillsskates2638
    @bwillsskates2638 21 день тому

    I’m in love with long form video game related essays, someone recommend more channels like this to me please!!!! I watch sphere hunter and act man a lot. Also bluelad and boofcan

  • @thomasderosso5625
    @thomasderosso5625 21 день тому

    The most horrible thing about the Penrose Program is how they had *_no_* shot at all. The ships were supposedly launched via mass driver, but wherever they were launched from it took 1500 cycles for them to get to the far side of the Oort Cloud. Then at cycle 3000, they get the "jk you're dead lol" fax. Assuming Vineta is Earth, the ships had only 1500 days-that is to say, _about four years_-after leaving the Solar System to find and land on a habitable planet. Meanwhile Proxima Centauri is 4.24 years away _at light speed._ The Penrose ships were simply much too slow, and probably not even pointed in the right direction. It's like having a bomb implanted in your head and the only way to defuse it is to run the length of the US East Coast before time runs out, then getting told that time's halfway up before you leave your front yard. They may be the worst, cruelest PR stunt ever conceived.

  • @sonsofliberty0788
    @sonsofliberty0788 25 днів тому

    Awesome game....just refuse to do all the fun shit

  • @muhammedensarsen
    @muhammedensarsen 29 днів тому

    Good stuff i want more please do the same thing to oder games

  • @dhiabasedjug
    @dhiabasedjug Місяць тому

    saying chonky , spoopy and hungy as a grown man in 2024 is rlly something

  • @ArikGST
    @ArikGST Місяць тому

    Yuri and Barbara (the two people that are Rose-Engine) really made a masterpiece here. Two random people crafting this beautiful, sad, wonderful, game.

  • @STAR-S2320
    @STAR-S2320 Місяць тому

    real

  • @josedorsaith5261
    @josedorsaith5261 Місяць тому

    Chivalry and the Chivalric code of conduct were far deeper than we learn about on history. I have an old book titled something like: 'An Introduction to Age of Chivalry.' Key word here is 'introduction' because the book is more voluminous than the KJV Bible. Shows how tremebdous the age was it, despite our historical ignorance. What amazed me is how Japan, separated from England by a months-long sea voyage and total isolation, developed a mirror-image of our Chivalric code. Even the belief in a God-King and the knights/samurai serving them is shared.

  • @aurorialgaming1935
    @aurorialgaming1935 Місяць тому

    Picked this game up thanks to you. First room gave me more anxiety than majority of my 20+ years of gaming. Gonna be a wild ride.

  • @masshysteria3549
    @masshysteria3549 Місяць тому

    Take Allen wake 2 off that list. That game ruined everything that was great about the first game and it's dlc

  • @sarahs.2913
    @sarahs.2913 Місяць тому

    The intermittent deadpan humor of just calling it how it is makes me so happy 😂

  • @loganmejorado1539
    @loganmejorado1539 Місяць тому

    Pls come back

  • @ninetyninex19
    @ninetyninex19 Місяць тому

    16:45 what game is this????

  • @zechariahhh
    @zechariahhh Місяць тому

    can anyone tell me what game is shown in the very first second of the video ?

  • @UberWolf712
    @UberWolf712 Місяць тому

    You didn't get to see sylvians final form where the human dingy takes full shape resembling one of the party members at random

  • @hurfhimself1426
    @hurfhimself1426 Місяць тому

    Every time the crow mauler massacres my party I can feel my irl mind gauge draining. It's hovering somewhere around 30 rn

  • @spyguy4096
    @spyguy4096 Місяць тому

    You're interpretation of the Artifact ending might be my favorite one that I've heard so far. Like you said, in might be cope, and personally I would like them to be happy and alive, but yours is really satisfying in a bitter but hopeful way that I really enjoy,

  • @BigDulles
    @BigDulles Місяць тому

    I've been falling down a huge King in Yellow rabbit hole, and this game and your video are just fueling my fire. I know you said "at risk of becoming the Cosmic Horror guy" like its a bad thing, but you're one of the best I've seen on the subject. Looking forward to whatever comes next!

  • @thatone452
    @thatone452 Місяць тому

    7:47 IS THAT MR BEAST

  • @RainyBat
    @RainyBat Місяць тому

    Great video, I enjoyed it a lot.

  • @DANTVSVERGIL
    @DANTVSVERGIL Місяць тому

    Thank the gods I’m not the only one who thought Ragnvaldr looked like Ayami Kojima’s version of Simon Belmont. It’s also funny since Rag’s story is rather reminiscent of Simon Belmonts from Lords of Shadows. Both want revenge for the death of a loved one: Rag wanting revenge for his wife, and Simon wanting revenge for his mother. And they both want revenge for the destruction of their homes: Rag wanting revenge for his tribe, while Simon’s home town was destroyed which caused Sypha to die which in turn caused him to run to and be taken in by the Northern mountain tribesmen and women to be raised into a warrior. All Rag needed was a whip made. They’re both essentially dressed the same, they got the red hair, the scar on the face and everything, all Rag needed was to start off with a whip of several different monster/beast skins and he’d be set lol.

  • @ridleyroid9060
    @ridleyroid9060 Місяць тому

    Almost every new video I watch on signalis, I learn something new. In my mind, there are 4 types of media: - Ones that seemed good when you consumed them, but get worse the more you think about them and sit on what you actually experienced (and discuss with others). - The ones that seemed good when you consumed them and don't really enter your thoughts afterwards - Ones that seemed bad or mediocre and only get worse the more you think about them - Ones that never leave your thoughts and every subsequent mental or revisit of that media introduces a new piece of information or makes you think about it in a different way. Needless to say I am sure I made it clear where Signalis falls, it is a monumental magnum opus, it's amazing to think it was made by 2 people for whom this was (to my knowledge) their first game.

  • @ExaltedUriel
    @ExaltedUriel Місяць тому

    20:18 This edit is so perfect I'm shocked I haven't seen anyone do it before, lmao

  • @fahadqureshi5005
    @fahadqureshi5005 Місяць тому

    what is the song name at 56:25 can someone please tell me.

    • @redcarti6666
      @redcarti6666 28 днів тому

      SAME I WANT TO KNOW IT TOO

    • @redcarti6666
      @redcarti6666 28 днів тому

      Dark city by Andreas Ronnberg, it’s a cry of fear song, you’re welcome man

  • @MossOwnsYouYT
    @MossOwnsYouYT Місяць тому

    Okay, so this is like my 6th Signalis essay I have watched through (love your work Dennis, this and Funger are both Art) but one thing I really do not understand about the universe of this game. Modern LSTR units are all based on a scan of Elster (512), right? The original was damaged and was replaced with a scan from the Penrose program. Sure, that's fine but... how? The body was out over 5000 cycles in a straight line from Sol, or whicher planet the platform for the ship was on. That's one of the later entries, at least. Inertia causes the ship to keep moving as long as no external force is acting on it, so how did the Govt manage to retrieve that Elster in the first place? Their ships aren't designed to last more than 3000 cycles and any retrieval attempt gets harder the longer you wait to go get the Penrose. I can even understand that using such an LSTR copy in the Leng mine around Bioresonant people can cause the game's events but, like... How did they get Elster to copy that instance in the first place? If they recovered LSTR-512, why wouldn't that also be when Ariane was removed from cryostasis and die? Thier equipment has limits and lag so you couldn't remotely copy the mind of a dead LSTR-512 from afar; you need her body. Does anyone have these answers for me? Am I misunderstanding something vital here?

    • @mdd4296
      @mdd4296 19 днів тому

      The file never confirmed the template lstr was 512. It's just speculation from his part only. The way i see it, that document confirmed creating replika of replika brain is possible. And since another file raised question about what happen to the receiving brain of replication and falke's consciousness being slowly replaced through her journal + what happened to "alina", there's more to suggest that this elster was being overriden with 512, not merely remembered her template.

  • @rklover13
    @rklover13 Місяць тому

    Heading back into my Fear and Hunger rabbit hole. It seems weird to me that the bodysnatcher is incomprehensible, because, to me, the player, it just looks like a humanoid figure with four arms. It isn't that different to other enemies encountered, shape-wise. I guess it is just because of the strong influence of the god of the depths. Cosmic horror isn't a genre I'm drawn to. I don't find it scary as a horror concept, and my feeble human mind just writes off the concepts as "yeah okay, there are gods. The end." But, Fear and Hunger? The cosmic horror is interesting in this.

  • @a.a.v.8219
    @a.a.v.8219 Місяць тому

    That silent hill 2 spoiler is not cool… thankfully i’ve already played it but damn… spoiling such a game without any warning, in a video that’s not even about sh2

  • @carlosamillano6314
    @carlosamillano6314 Місяць тому

    1 hour and not pocket cat mentioned..hmmmm

  • @TheGreatWha
    @TheGreatWha Місяць тому

    You are literally trying to draw out the run tine as much as possible. More than half this video is pointless ramblings or a sad attempt at comedy

  • @davidmortimer9764
    @davidmortimer9764 2 місяці тому

    Goddamn it. I'm doing a first playthrough of FF7 as I watch this, and I hate the fact that I'm immature enough to have choke-laughed at "Poofuck." Well played.

  • @RandomAnimeFighter
    @RandomAnimeFighter 2 місяці тому

    You and worm girl have good videos on this

  • @chaoticzer0688
    @chaoticzer0688 2 місяці тому

    One of the things I love about this game (and there’s an absolute ton I love about this game) is it’s story has an overall set of events we can clearly point to as happening. However, it’s vague and open enough that there’s things open to interpretation of the player. You still managed to capture and explain everything with how complicated things are. Awesome video man, This game fucking annihilates my soul by the way, the tragedy and sadness of the story and the different endings aside from the secret one all resulting in death. The game really asks “How far are you willing to go for the ones you love” and the fact Arianne asks “Do you remember your promise?” Hurts sooooo bad. The only bit of light is through the secret ending (in my interpretation) which Elster and Arianne have that final dance they both desperately wanted and being able to hold each other in their arms once more… no pain… no suffering… just love prevailing.

  • @cable_g0re
    @cable_g0re 2 місяці тому

    Signalis's story and mindfuckery makes me the same kind of insane as undertale/deltarune. Not joking those two games have inflicted upon me a horror i never thought possible and i am suffering the consequences because my mind wants to know more. Ive been dealing with 9 years and counting of insanity given to me be toby fox and its only gotten more complex and unfathomable as the months pass. The number 6 has personally attacked me in both utdr and signalis. Aw fuck i have another theory about the core's 3 routes you can take to progress GUUUHHH i don't wanna be charlie day on pepe silvia anymore my brain hurts

  • @pecetabla8042
    @pecetabla8042 2 місяці тому

    "you don't win in cosmic horror, you only hope to ever hold the line" Then steel division 2 is a cosmic horror to me, like it's already because i go into battles like a chad (totally ignore the enemy's attacking forces) and my stubborness won't let me lose and i just send reinforcement after reinforcment in panic to at least fall back into my defensive lines

  • @absolutezerochill2700
    @absolutezerochill2700 2 місяці тому

    26:07 Now um, thats a bit funny, though from a little research it turns out it was originally his uncles cat, named by his uncle. Though he didn't change the cats name, so...