First off, if you want access to some extra content (a podcast and a monthly highlight reel of Gaming For A Non-Gamer) while simultaneously support the channel big time, check out my patreon: www.patreon.com/razbuten Anyway, with all the talk around TLOU2, I wanted to put something out that viewed it through a different lens than "it good" or "it bad", and I also wanted to shine some light onto Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts because it is a really great show that I don't think has gotten enough attention yet. Regardless, I hope you enjoyed this one. As for future projects, I have a bunch of stuff in the works and no idea when it will all come out lol. Gaming For A Non-Gamer has been on a bit of a break because my wife has been wildly busy with her actual job, BUT I recently bought a VR headset, and that will be the focus of the next episode for that series. It may be a bit until that actually comes out, but it is on the horizon. As always, I appreciate you all and the support you've given me and the channel. It means a lot, like, I just hit 400k subs, wtf what is even happening...like WHAT? Anyway, peace!
Was wondering when you'd release this video. See you got your recent watchthrough of Kipo to be relevant too lol. Definitely an interesting video and not what I was expecting at all. Keep up the fine work ^-^
One of my favorite part of a lot of fallout games is how many people in the wasteland just *don't care* about their state of living. They make communities, they play country music on the radio and have casinos and tourist attractions. You can tell how the wanderers have made the old world their own. Sure, there's still dangerous gangs and monsters wandering around but people in the wasteland have grown used to it and decide to carry on, holding onto the humanity they have left and making the most of it.
I always liked that about fallout. Another thing they do very well is actually addressing the desire for the past and how it can strangle the life in the present. It is present in all of fallout: new Vegas and its DLCS but it is not given a name until the third DLC, the same as its title; "Old world blues". It represents a idea that a person can be so consumed with the past, of trying to make things go back too the way they were, regardless of if its even possible or not, that instead they would forsake the present and the potential future they could shape, all in the chance of having some of the supposed past glories. The game world shows us how destructive and fruitless this mind set is time and time again and not just that, but that people can not only survive, but thrive in a strange new future; and I like that fact. Its a small detail, but a important one
I think that shows how much they _do care_ about their state of living. They have every excuse to degenerate into cynical gangs who prey on the weak or to give up in the face of the horrors of the wasteland, but despite this, they hold on to the things worth treasuring and remembering because it maintains their humanity.
That's a good point. I never thought of that. I'd like to think it would be a mixture of all of this. People trying to build something better, people trying to get to the past and people not caring and just running wild or living life as is in the remnants of the world lol. I like that contrast. Thanks for bringing that up. Now I want to give fallout 4 a go again. I got distracted and didn't play through more than a quarter of that game lol. I'm trying to finish last of us part 2 now but man I hope there is at least some light at the end of the tunnel. If only younger Ellie could have met Kippo. That would have been awesome
@@nossea I dont see anything but its not like theres much to talk about. I prefer apocolyptic worlds as depicted in games like wasteland or kenshi. It doesnt make sense for things to be "happy go lucky" unless they basically recreated a perfect society. In which case its not an apocalyptic world... its just less populated.
This reminds me a lot of the show, *"Dr. Stone"* A *Post-Apocalyptic* world wherein ALL human inhabitants on Earth were suddenly turned into Stone. A *Hope* that the progress of Science and Human Civilization will be restored through what is currently the most Intelligent human on Earth that is the Main Character. A battle of Philosophy and *Humanity* of whether ALL life must be restored both Old and New OR the Older Generation must be destroyed and only the New Generation must live so that the they may not corrupt the minds of the Young like they did back before Apocalypse.
@@razbuten Show ends at a weird time in the story, if you want a proper grasp on it you'll have to pick up the manga for another couple chapters to conclude the arc they *started* and ended in the middle of. Dirty buggers xD
@@Orbitz2x I have written maybe 10 comments in my complete UA-cam "life". I enjoy many UA-camrs but these Video essays are great so I decided to appreciate the work of razbuten.
damn Kipo and TLOU2 cross-analysis wasn't something I'd think I want and I'm a huge fan of both of these things. amazing video per usual dude, good job. love your content.
Fuck yeah! It was not something I thought I would actually be able to pull off, but there are a lot of parallels between the two, so it was fun to explore them.
@@razbuten -obligatory fangirling response - OMG Razbuten responded to me!!! seriously though at the beginning of the video I was skeptical, but then as you continued with the parallels my mind was kinda blown.
Infinity is so hard to understand, it feels so difficult that the universe will outlive us with billions of years. So it feels kinda nice (not moraly right but it feels great) to believe that the world could end before us. That I could outlive the world with some apocalypse. This is why they interest me so much
I just think it would be an awesome way to go. Being the last people to have lived on earth. Most likely it won't be cool with zombies and all that and it will be something you can't really fight against like disease or the effects of CO2, but I always found the idea of having something world-ending be the end of our lives cool for some reason. Nobody has ever seen something like that, and you're the person alive at the time zombies take over the world? Epic. Probably PTSD inducing and anxiety filled, but epic.
Same here... I was about to comment on how the hardest thing to get over in my life is that I won't be a survivor in a post-apocalyptic world, that I'll just have to live a normal human life and this destroys me everytime. I know it doesn't feel morally great, but I can't think about anything else that makes me feel that way.
Have you considered the possibility that you have an immortal soul that has inhabited many bodies with many personalities, and you (the REAL you) will outlive THIS universe and help plan the next one? The GAME goes on.😊
@@wilhelmernst7660as a Christian, this gave me HOPE and fascinating imagination for what God has in store for the future beyond this reality. Thanks for the comment!
Media in general don't make me cry very often... But you, talking about hope, over Ellies excitement, launching in a space shuttle turned the switch on me...😭 Very good video!🤧😊
theres like one moment i really remember that made me cry in a videogame everytime... the game is by no measure a masterpiece bit also kinda fits the apocalypse them its called "One Shot" it for like ten bucks on steam both the normal ending and the true ending get me every time cant even thinm about that game without tearing up it has amzing puzzles and is very cute it feels a bit like old lucasarts point and clicks but its a lot simpler and not point and click (its also giving deadpool a run for his money with its 4th wall breaking)
@@coobk Never heard of it before your comment. Thanks for sharing, the 97% good reviews and the "don't spoil yourself, just know it's amazing" ones achieved to pull this game in my wishlist.
@@coobk Ah, I just played that for the first time a few weeks ago! Agreed, I would definitely recommend it. I would also note that the game being apocalyptic refers to the deteriorating world rather than a zombie wasteland like in the media examples in the video haha. One Shot is great, and some of the puzzles can be challenging! :)
I'm one of the twelve people who still don't know what happens in thae first one. And I HIGHLY appreciate the warning. I'll watch your video after I play it.
I guess that means I'm fourth... Lucky for you though, I didn't care about it being spoiled but then when I watched through that part, I remembered that it was already spoiled for me way back :P
“When a hope becomes an impossibility, it can cause people to lose who they are.” So true. This exact sentiment is one of the reasons I disagree with the criticism many people have that Ellie was acting out of character in TLOU2. She makes decisions that the Ellie from the first game wouldn’t make because she _is_ a different Ellie than she was before because of this revelation about Joel/Fireflies.
You are right, but I think the reason is that, sure its realistic, but its just not what people wanted from the sequel. Its not real life, its fiction... they could have written anything, and the thing they wrote was just not what a lot of people wanted. Personally I wanted to play a game about those two characters I fell in love with, and I didn't get that and was dissapointed. The development of Ellie had already happened when we rejoin her so it just didn't feel right. By the time we learn why, its with only a few minutes of cutscenes fairly late in the game. It's kinda like Danerys from GoT. I don't mind where she ended up, but just felt the journey there was sloppy.
My problem with TLOU2 is how both predictable and boring story it was. The first game introduced something heartwrenching immediately and you could see how broken Joel was and how Ellie was his redemption. In the second game, almost everything story-wise just went in a completely wrong direction. The build-up for the ending was noticeably predictable, it was obvious once they told a typical revenge story, all the clichés would show up. Pulled the pregnant card 3 times, you know the dog you killed? Here it is again, don't you feel bad? Oh wait, now show Abby's backstory and how it led up to this moment. Not by sprinkling in details about her during Ellie's journey, no, make the players play her for hours. Who's Jessie? I don't remember, he got shot, that means he's erased from the story. The whole game slowly became something that focused on a drawn out message about revenge being bad and trying to make you feel bad rather than focusing on the characters, with the exception of Lev and Yara. Another point, I feel like most people KNEW Ellie wouldn't kill Abby. It was just that predictable. If you want to tell a revenge story with Ellie noticably changing, oh I don't know, make Ellie the villain by her killing Abby, and make an example through Ellie to the audience why revenge is bad?
Phenomenal video! The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II are my favorite games of all time and this was such a great analysis of who Ellie is and becomes over the course of the story. I love that despite all of the hopelessness over the course of the narrative, she is able to find her humanity once again, despite everything that she had lost by that point. Many people say this is a story about revenge, but really it's about forgiveness and empathy and *hope.* By the final moments of her journey, Ellie makes a choice to abandon the relentless and futile quest she had been on and forgive the person that wronged her, just like she forgave Joel.
@@razbuten Same here. I honestly feel that the ending and overall takeaway of Part II was much more optimistic and hopeful than the first game, in that I think that Ellie now has an opportunity to move on to a better life that isn't always stuck in the shadow of her past and those that have left her behind. Her life so far has been all about what she can do for other people and/or how she has failed other people, through her inability to save them. I think she now has a chance to live for herself.
Color me intrigued by Kipo! Gonna give that a shot. I love seeing a different take on the post apocalypse that explores more themes of humanity than despair. I think a great downside in many of these stories, most apparent in the zombie ones, is how quick they are to dehumanize people and make killing someone less impactful on a person when in reality even tho zombiefied you will always carry that with you. Turning the mutation into actual beings with agency is a great spin on it and I'm happy to see creators exploring more themes of humanity and compassion in their works.
Solar punk is about civilization using nature as part of the aesthetic and using alternative energies, the trope you're looking for is called "reclaimed by nature" just that lmao
"It's interesting to consider what life would be like if all the social structures we've come to rely on collapse." Never before has a single sentence made it so clear exactly why I can never get comfortable with post-apocalyptic games. I have enough trouble *with* those social structures in place and working to keep me afloat.
Interesting, because I love apocalyptic games exactly because I also have issues with the structures in place! Amazing how the same subject matter can have two opposite effects for the same reason!
@@Draconicrose Heh, in my case, I know for a fact that it's the stability of the situation of those around me that gives me the life I lead. I'm quite sure that if there's a major disaster that wipes out a good chunk of society, I'm one of the ones in the "too dead to care" set.
@@rashkavar Same for me, but honestly sometimes it feels like I'd have the drive to help people and try to become part of a commune instead of caring about a useless job for money.
@@Draconicrose Same here. I feel like our modern way of life has us preoccupied with things that, at the end of the day, are pointless: money, jobs, keeping a schedule, buying stuff to impress people we hate, but we have to work with in oder to earn money to buy more stuff. I feel like a breakdown of society would lead to us collectively being forced, to care about things that are actually important: the people we like, what we can contribute to society by our actions and not the money we make and last but not least survival. Especially survival is a drive found in every living being, that can actively interact with the world and it is something that has become a chore to participate in, rather than a goal to strive for. In modern society we mostly have to go out of our way, to be in any situation in which survival is not a guarantied outcome, therefore the ultimate goal of life has somewhat become a default result. A breakdown of society would also (in a negative way, but still) be the absolute proof, that rapid changes across an entire society are not some fever dream of revolutionary teenagers, but a real possibility and in some cases a necessity.
@@creativedesignation7880 wow. just... wow. you're right. thanks for summing up my feelings about society. I tried finding words but never could... thanks
@@andrade9172 Halo, Gears Of War, Age Of Empire, Sea Of Thieves, Minecraft, Quantum Break, Hellblade, Perfect Dark. We are in some big troubles here folks
After all those comments on all those videos. It's like you left a trail of thoughts that led me here once again. Watching this video is more of an experience than anything else. Goddamn. This js a good video.
@@razbuten haha. To be honest. Your comments on All those videos had me resonate with a lot of your opinions. I feel like you reached out and grasped the concept and meaning of the theme of hope and the post apocalypse really really well. This video is a perfect reflection of that. This is magnificent. Magnificent.
The way that you take the most simple of things and make a deep and personal connection to them is really amazing to see. Its fantastic that someone else truly understands that you can learn so many things you never thought you could from things you never could’ve imagined. I’ve never met anyone who gets that, who gets me. But you razbuten, give me hope, that I will.
Hope is vital to being human. When you lose hope, you become less a person and more of an animal. Instincts overriding emotions as we lose sight of what made us, us! I like the story of Pandora’a jar. She released everything into the world, demons, monsters, plagues etc. and the only thing she managed to preserve in the jar was hope. As the story progresses, humans begin to die and are slain by the innumerable enemies in the world until eventually Pandora is forced to release hope into the world. And with that power of hope, they rise to the top. They have power to push beyond what makes them biologically human and what makes us truly “Human” by the definition of today’s world. I think it’s those of us who lose hope who lose our compassion for humanity. We see this in the example of The girl from TLOU2. (I can’t remember her name lol) she treats everyone as less than human in order to ignore the crippling loss she would have to face if she were to recognise all the things she has done. I’ll draw on another example here. Noxamillion the watchmaker. He was one of the greatest animated villains of all time (Imo) and he did absolutely horrible things. He killed millions of people in an attempt to undo his mistakes. In an attempt to bring back his dead family. He hoped, for the past. And he became lost in it. He was willing to do anything because if he succeeded, none of the evil would matter and if he failed, well.....He didn’t care for a world without the family he loved and lost. His humanity was tied to his family and he lost it a long time ago. So when at last he finally failed, all that weight of the sins he had committed finally set in and he weeped for the wrongs he had committed as his humanity was returned to him. In conclusion, I think hopeful=Human. Never lose hope. In the darkest times of our lives, we can persevere if we just hope that things will change. And one day, it will, and all that hoping will pay off. Never lose hope
I decided to check out kipo before cheking out this video and oh boy, the 2 seaons went so fast for me, is so good and I really hope more of this stuff becomes mainstream, more post post apocalyptic, being hopeful and the use of electro and hip hop as soundtrack
Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell. That quote pretty much sums up Ellie's decent into despair and frustration with her focus on revenge. Also thank you got showing this comparison. I loved Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts. Such a great show. And loved the comparison between both stories. Poor Ellie. If only she met Kipo when she was 14.
One of the few UA-camrs, alongside Jacob Geller, who create genuinely considered, articulate and lingering content on this platform. Thanks man. Appreciate the work you put in to sharing your thoughts and ideas with us.
Hey Raz, I just finished Kipo and wanted to say thanks for showing me it. I had just finished TLOU2 and had been feeling pretty hopeless myself (on top of the pandemic + winter) and Kipo was a good source of wholesome inspiration. It reminded me of the best in humanity. Thanks
Hearing that Kipo title music and seeing the text in the same font and colour gave me such warm feelings. Thanks for that. I do hope more people will discover the show.
this video made me start watching Kipo yesterday. i just finished binging the whole thing and WOW thank you for bringing it to my attention. everything about it was so refreshing and great
I saw/got the notification a day late but uhhhhhhh.. i still got hella excited when i saw it bc you are one of my favorite content creators, regardless of the topic or games/etc in it bc i know it's gonna be great. In short ily and your content and the lady you live with ❤
Raz, immediately after watching the intro of this video, I realised that if I had seen those 2 minutes and 50 seconds from any other content creator I would've freaked out thinking "What the fuck, this guy's insane". But it seems I've grown used to how fucking good you are and I have come to expect it, and that's not good. So I proceeded to freak out and mumble to myself about how fucking good your production (and video in general) is for a couple minutes.
lol well I appreciate your faith in me. I may have overestimated how many others would share that faith, but either way I am happy with this piece AND I am happy you enjoyed it.
Unrelated but this video sparked a memory. A book I read a while ago, I stopped right befote the halfway point. I was so in love with where everything and everyone was, that I didn't want it to change. So, for me, it didn't. I never finished the book. I crystallized something I loved because I wasn't willing to see it go. There's this quote from doctor who, "Oh I always rip out the last page of a book. Then it doesn't have to end. I hate endings." It hits right at the center of this very specific terror of the pain of loss. Both a developed reaction from previous trauma and an irrational attempt to forever escape into The Good Times™️. I wrote this merely because I felt inspired to, but Razbuten if by some wild chance you read this comment on a months-old video: I would quite enjoy hearing your take on attachment to escapism (or whatever one wants to call it). Your storytelling and insight is beautiful.
Raz gonna make me start crying up in here. I felt a strong personal attachment to TLOU2 and with everything around COVID-19 this video feels more relevant than ever. Thanks for sharing
Your background music choice had me getting choked up throughout this video. Really worked to emphasize your words. Also nice to hear someone appreciating Kipo :)
I so align myself with the kipo meaning of hope. That's why I loved death stranding. The premise is now get back to the past, but to deal with the tomorrow, how are we grow as a society once a new variable is introduced.
I know this is an apocalypse-themed video but that Outer Wilds (which I bought after watching your video) music is just so nostalgic despite me playing the game in October :)
This was the first time I've heard of Kipo and after this video I binged the whole 2 seasons and it was amazing! Definitely one of the best cartoons I've watched in a long time
I decided to give kipo a try two weeks after watching this video, and man I am glad I did. That show was much better than I thought it would be going in, much like how I felt about the dragon prince
@@StarlightTrail3 Nah, so many people blindly hate the game, calling it garbage when, even if you don't like the story, the other aspects of the game make it at least a 7.
At work listening to this and started crying when revisiting the trip to the museum in TLOU2 because I am so unreasonably attached to all my video game children
I am happy to see another video of you on the one side. At the other hand I am afraid that this video will touch my feelings. Damn, your video about Outer Wilds made me disconnect with everyone for a couple of months and rethink everything. the life I lived, the choices I made and much more. "You can't save the world in one day alone." - This made me watching the video over and over while a inner wall is crumbling which held me even more back from everything, Thank you Raz.
You're welcome. This one is definitely less of an existential crisis but still some stuff to chew on. I am glad that the Outer Wilds helped you reflect.
Little late to the video, but I really just wanted to show my appreciation to the music and sounds used in the video. Thank you for that, I believe music is such a powerful tool and not enough people utilize. Great video, hope to see more.
This is one of my favorite videos. I love how you compared and contrasted Kipo and TLOU by exploring the ideas of hope and humanity. Hope really can come in many different ways and essentially influence the way we behave. Its incredible that many who disliked part 2 don’t see that.
I never would have thought to compare these two pieces of art, but it worked beautifully. Which made me think of our current "apocalypse", how can I show the world that there's still hope? That we can make it it through and be stronger, better, and more united than ever! I don't have the complete answer but I'm still here and I'll keep doing my best even if it's just getting myself up in the morning!
Brooo. I’m so glad you covered kipo. That’s one of my favorite shows. I binged both seasons in a day right when they came out. My girlfriend even painted me a kipo painting
Thank you for doing these videos and thank you for talking about Kipo. Avatar the last Airbender and kipo and the only series that I have watched over and over and over and though everyone talks about avatar its nice to see someone talk about Kipo. Keep up the amazing videos.
Agreed, but it's pretty easy to understand why ATLA get's tons of talk but not Kipo *yet* ATLA has had TWO "lives" as it were, and I'm not just talking about the sequel. As well, many young adults/adults now had it as a fundamental core experience in their early teens. Kipo is still relatively new, given it's content I imagine it will have quite it's own following as it reaches new people in it's "lifespan" and, when those teens watching it now reach adulthood, it will likely be as talked about. That's my hope anyway!
I finally decided to try Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts 100% because of this video and I am 3 episodes in and absolutely captivated. So I just wanted to say thank you for sharing and awesome video.
Thank you for this video! I am an English teacher and one of my senior classes are studying the post apocalyptic novel ''Station Eleven''. This is a great video to get the students thinking about the conventions and messages within post apocalyptic narratives.
It’s nice to finally see a comment section from a video with TLOU2 as a main point that doesn’t have any toxicity. Everywhere I go, if I say that I loved the game, I get a long essay on why I’m not allowed to enjoy the story or the game itself
I find it amazing how much your videos make me reflect about life and society, and give me hope about what we can do to change it for the better through understanding. Thanks for your work
That reminds me of what is written in the doors of hell "Give up on all hope those who cross these gates" I don't remember where, but once I saw someone defend that this message is actually merciful, that there truly there is no hope for those in hell, and that living in a hopeless apathetic state could be less painful than on an optimistic, hopeful one that will never come to truth
The Last of Us Part 1 and 2 are my favourite games of all time. They are sad depressing and brutal but their is a melancholic and bittersweet hope to it. People have the capacity for evil (Hunters David’s men) but they also have the capacity for happiness and good (Jackson) I love these games so much Joel and Ellie are my favourite characters of all time. They mean so much to me. Joel is a man who lost everything but gained happiness when he never thought he would. Ellie Is a girl born into the apocalypse she has hope and dreams of a better world but she is swallowed by pain and anger. However I think she will be able to seek happiness. She got closure for Joel’s death so she can move on.
probably not a big detail, but i loved the touch of using the last of us 1 score when talking about the old world and using the last of us 2 score when talking about the new one
Damn I just love your videos. I'm a big fan of The Last of Us and the world around it, so when I watched Kipo a few months before the second game came out, I was immediately drawn to this world. Of course it's hard to say that a kids show and a 18+ game have simalerietes but you did such an amazing job doing it. This is definitely one of my favourite videos on UA-cam, thank you.
Same, I love the stories that are in the post-apocalypse, not in the apocalypse but the after because then you can see how humanity changed and adepted in the situation if it is a nuclear war and the radiation or a zombie apocalypse that ripped the world apart and always I imagine a world of grey we’re the cities are lonely and empty we’re humans were before but know I like the overgrown cities and plants everywhere we’re humanity builded their own little cities that they builded by the remains of the old world. And that’s why I love post-apocalyptic stories
I started this video unsure of how you could make enough connections between these two pieces of media and was tearing up by the halfway point. 10/10 vid
That is awesome. Yeah, the comparison definitely seems a little out there on the surface, but the two have a lot in common, and honestly, I could have gone even deeper by talking about the end of TLOU2 and S2 of Kipo (I just didn't want to get too spoilery).
Great choice of music for the intro. No story other than Outer Wilds comes to mind that so effectively conveys the idea of hope following an apocalyptical event.
I think the book "Humankind. A Hopeful History" by Dutch journalist Rutger Bregman also explains very well and in depth why a post-apocalyptic world would seem so hopeful and appealing!
Imo it's pretty good, especially once Scarlamagne is introduced towards the middle of Season 1. It isn't particularly profound or complex, of course, but it's still fun and heartfelt (and the music fucking slaps).
@@MaylocBrittinorum YES, love that music. As you said, it's pretty clearly a kid's show, Scarlamagne is pretty cliche as an antagonist imo. Personally though I get it Cassie, I tried Kipo and didn't really like the first episode, brother did and we were watching together so I agreed to another and just played a game on the side. By the end of the third/fourth I had to quit cause I kept getting distracted by the show xD It is indeed a fun, good show.
@@Force2reckonVods Yeah, Scarlamagne is indeed a rather standard antagonist, but at least once he is introduced the series' path is clearly laid out, so to speak (I'm not a native English speaker so I don't know how properly explain myself). Also, his leitmotiv is great.
Just wow, this video struck a nerve with me. I don't want to go into detail, but I started off my young life with an exorbitant amount of hope. But I've been met with so much disappointment in my life, to the point that my hope has been worn down. Some small embers of it still linger deep down, seemingly refusing to be blown out. I guess I'll see if, under current conditions, those embers remain and grow or evaporate. I'm hoping for hope.
Do what you can to tend those embers. Life is long and full of surprises, and you'll want that hope later. It is very hard right now to keep it all stable, but you're not alone in that. Most of us are here covering our embers from the wind of everything happening while giving it small, tenuous breathes in the hopes of making it burn again. You've got this.
I don't really know and/or explain what is it about your videos that make me go to my small balcony and look up at the sky, think for at least an hour. It might be that I'm not a native English speaker so I don't have the vocabulary for it but I really can't explain what it is.
I have always enjoyed the insightful nature of your content with the amazing points of view you adopt, and (most times) embrace. Thank You, and keep it up.
Fair. It is much more an examination of themes between the two stories, and it isn't a super bleak outlook on stuff, BUT ALSO you do what you gotta do to stay in a good mental space!
I like this. The same could also apply to Jedi Survivor. Technically not post apocalypse, but it certainly feels that way for jedi. And hope is dangerous, because of how easy it is for things to go the other way. For a jedi, hope gives them a goal, but it can really hurt -or even unravel them- when their expectation that they can change fate is futile. Most people are ultimately powerless to the waves of change.
First off, if you want access to some extra content (a podcast and a monthly highlight reel of Gaming For A Non-Gamer) while simultaneously support the channel big time, check out my patreon: www.patreon.com/razbuten
Anyway, with all the talk around TLOU2, I wanted to put something out that viewed it through a different lens than "it good" or "it bad", and I also wanted to shine some light onto Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts because it is a really great show that I don't think has gotten enough attention yet. Regardless, I hope you enjoyed this one.
As for future projects, I have a bunch of stuff in the works and no idea when it will all come out lol. Gaming For A Non-Gamer has been on a bit of a break because my wife has been wildly busy with her actual job, BUT I recently bought a VR headset, and that will be the focus of the next episode for that series. It may be a bit until that actually comes out, but it is on the horizon. As always, I appreciate you all and the support you've given me and the channel. It means a lot, like, I just hit 400k subs, wtf what is even happening...like WHAT? Anyway, peace!
Side note: Thank you so much for adding the comma before "and" in the title. It is necessary.
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Was wondering when you'd release this video. See you got your recent watchthrough of Kipo to be relevant too lol. Definitely an interesting video and not what I was expecting at all. Keep up the fine work ^-^
The podcast is a RPG right??
Dude, I really love all your videos, and I will anxiously wait for the VR gaming for a non gamer video.
Man, just wannted to drop by to say that I love your content man :heart:
One of my favorite part of a lot of fallout games is how many people in the wasteland just *don't care* about their state of living. They make communities, they play country music on the radio and have casinos and tourist attractions. You can tell how the wanderers have made the old world their own. Sure, there's still dangerous gangs and monsters wandering around but people in the wasteland have grown used to it and decide to carry on, holding onto the humanity they have left and making the most of it.
Until I get there and obliterate everyone for a couple of caps that they had in the inventory
I always liked that about fallout. Another thing they do very well is actually addressing the desire for the past and how it can strangle the life in the present. It is present in all of fallout: new Vegas and its DLCS but it is not given a name until the third DLC, the same as its title; "Old world blues". It represents a idea that a person can be so consumed with the past, of trying to make things go back too the way they were, regardless of if its even possible or not, that instead they would forsake the present and the potential future they could shape, all in the chance of having some of the supposed past glories. The game world shows us how destructive and fruitless this mind set is time and time again and not just that, but that people can not only survive, but thrive in a strange new future; and I like that fact. Its a small detail, but a important one
I think that shows how much they _do care_ about their state of living. They have every excuse to degenerate into cynical gangs who prey on the weak or to give up in the face of the horrors of the wasteland, but despite this, they hold on to the things worth treasuring and remembering because it maintains their humanity.
That's a good point. I never thought of that.
I'd like to think it would be a mixture of all of this. People trying to build something better, people trying to get to the past and people not caring and just running wild or living life as is in the remnants of the world lol.
I like that contrast. Thanks for bringing that up.
Now I want to give fallout 4 a go again. I got distracted and didn't play through more than a quarter of that game lol. I'm trying to finish last of us part 2 now but man I hope there is at least some light at the end of the tunnel.
If only younger Ellie could have met Kippo. That would have been awesome
Makes sense. The fallout games take places *centuries* after apocalypse
A+ usage of the Kipo opening sequence, that "woo" right when the screen cuts to black just gets me excited every time
Bum-badoombuh boom-badoombuh
That show has the best music!
Im actually not a fan of all the "childish" apocolypse shit weve been seeing. It was dumb in adventure time and its dumb now.
@@nullakjg767 The comments are already a warzone, let's not light an extra fuse.
@@nossea I dont see anything but its not like theres much to talk about. I prefer apocolyptic worlds as depicted in games like wasteland or kenshi. It doesnt make sense for things to be "happy go lucky" unless they basically recreated a perfect society. In which case its not an apocalyptic world... its just less populated.
When I heard the word "balance" I immediately thought "this would be a perfect Raycon segue" and lo and behold you did it. Very proud
Anything to make you proud, dad.
@@razbuten Son, you're winning
@@patch-fm he always was... and always will be
"If our primary drive in life"
*Shows clip of car being driven*
Excellent editing
lol I was worried that I was too on the nose with that one
It made me laugh and helped the video flow, not a problem at all
This reminds me a lot of the show, *"Dr. Stone"*
A *Post-Apocalyptic* world wherein ALL human inhabitants on Earth were suddenly turned into Stone.
A *Hope* that the progress of Science and Human Civilization will be restored through what is currently the most Intelligent human on Earth that is the Main Character.
A battle of Philosophy and *Humanity* of whether ALL life must be restored both Old and New OR the Older Generation must be destroyed and only the New Generation must live so that the they may not corrupt the minds of the Young like they did back before Apocalypse.
I always interpreted that not as a battle of philosophy but instead showing the inevitability of the evolution of science for as long as there is life
I have gotten a lot of comments about Dr. Stone, so I think it is time for me to watch a new show...
@@razbuten, A brief Summary of what Dr. Stone is about:
_"Jimmy Neutron goes on a Real Life Journey of Minecraft/Terraria"_
@@razbuten Show ends at a weird time in the story, if you want a proper grasp on it you'll have to pick up the manga for another couple chapters to conclude the arc they *started* and ended in the middle of. Dirty buggers xD
@@razbuten With Dr. Stone, I prefer the anime over the manga
As someone who doesn’t write comments at all, I just want to appreciate the work you are doing with your videos.
Thank you
Thank you. It means a lot.
What is commenting for someone who doesnt comment
@@Orbitz2x I have written maybe 10 comments in my complete UA-cam "life". I enjoy many UA-camrs but these Video essays are great so I decided to appreciate the work of razbuten.
I want to echo that. Your point of view is very interesting and the editing really well done. Thank you for this :)
10 comments but you have 24 subs? wow that’s cool, every comment got you 2 subs! totally not suspicious at all
damn Kipo and TLOU2 cross-analysis wasn't something I'd think I want and I'm a huge fan of both of these things. amazing video per usual dude, good job. love your content.
Fuck yeah! It was not something I thought I would actually be able to pull off, but there are a lot of parallels between the two, so it was fun to explore them.
@@razbuten -obligatory fangirling response - OMG Razbuten responded to me!!!
seriously though at the beginning of the video I was skeptical, but then as you continued with the parallels my mind was kinda blown.
I had never heard of Kipo, i'll be sure to check that show out! Thanks for a great video
Infinity is so hard to understand, it feels so difficult that the universe will outlive us with billions of years.
So it feels kinda nice (not moraly right but it feels great) to believe that the world could end before us. That I could outlive the world with some apocalypse. This is why they interest me so much
Damn. This hit something in me.
I just think it would be an awesome way to go. Being the last people to have lived on earth. Most likely it won't be cool with zombies and all that and it will be something you can't really fight against like disease or the effects of CO2, but I always found the idea of having something world-ending be the end of our lives cool for some reason. Nobody has ever seen something like that, and you're the person alive at the time zombies take over the world? Epic. Probably PTSD inducing and anxiety filled, but epic.
Same here... I was about to comment on how the hardest thing to get over in my life is that I won't be a survivor in a post-apocalyptic world, that I'll just have to live a normal human life and this destroys me everytime. I know it doesn't feel morally great, but I can't think about anything else that makes me feel that way.
Have you considered the possibility that you have an immortal soul that has inhabited many bodies with many personalities, and you (the REAL you) will outlive THIS universe and help plan the next one? The GAME goes on.😊
@@wilhelmernst7660as a Christian, this gave me HOPE and fascinating imagination for what God has in store for the future beyond this reality. Thanks for the comment!
Media in general don't make me cry very often... But you, talking about hope, over Ellies excitement, launching in a space shuttle turned the switch on me...😭
Very good video!🤧😊
theres like one moment i really remember that made me cry in a videogame everytime...
the game is by no measure a masterpiece bit also kinda fits the apocalypse them
its called
"One Shot"
it for like ten bucks on steam
both the normal ending and the true ending get me every time
cant even thinm about that game without tearing up
it has amzing puzzles and is very cute
it feels a bit like old lucasarts point and clicks but its a lot simpler and not point and click
(its also giving deadpool a run for his money with its 4th wall breaking)
@@coobk Never heard of it before your comment. Thanks for sharing, the 97% good reviews and the "don't spoil yourself, just know it's amazing" ones achieved to pull this game in my wishlist.
@@coobk Ah, I just played that for the first time a few weeks ago! Agreed, I would definitely recommend it. I would also note that the game being apocalyptic refers to the deteriorating world rather than a zombie wasteland like in the media examples in the video haha. One Shot is great, and some of the puzzles can be challenging! :)
I'm one of the twelve people who still don't know what happens in thae first one. And I HIGHLY appreciate the warning. I'll watch your video after I play it.
hamza malik I am a second one. Let’s get the other 10 in here
Joel throws a lot of bricks. Like, an insane amount of bricks.
The man is basically a mason.
Third
I guess that means I'm fourth... Lucky for you though, I didn't care about it being spoiled but then when I watched through that part, I remembered that it was already spoiled for me way back :P
@@iskenuz he can in no way measure up to the Brick 'Fucking' Master that is Ellie, though
“When a hope becomes an impossibility, it can cause people to lose who they are.”
So true. This exact sentiment is one of the reasons I disagree with the criticism many people have that Ellie was acting out of character in TLOU2. She makes decisions that the Ellie from the first game wouldn’t make because she _is_ a different Ellie than she was before because of this revelation about Joel/Fireflies.
Give Patrick a microphone so people in the back can hear.
@@razbuten 🎤
"test one two test"
*taps mic and hands it over
Here in Brazil most people really liked it and understood the game. I don't think I saw more than 1 guy saying that it's bad.
You are right, but I think the reason is that, sure its realistic, but its just not what people wanted from the sequel. Its not real life, its fiction... they could have written anything, and the thing they wrote was just not what a lot of people wanted.
Personally I wanted to play a game about those two characters I fell in love with, and I didn't get that and was dissapointed. The development of Ellie had already happened when we rejoin her so it just didn't feel right.
By the time we learn why, its with only a few minutes of cutscenes fairly late in the game.
It's kinda like Danerys from GoT. I don't mind where she ended up, but just felt the journey there was sloppy.
My problem with TLOU2 is how both predictable and boring story it was. The first game introduced something heartwrenching immediately and you could see how broken Joel was and how Ellie was his redemption. In the second game, almost everything story-wise just went in a completely wrong direction.
The build-up for the ending was noticeably predictable, it was obvious once they told a typical revenge story, all the clichés would show up.
Pulled the pregnant card 3 times, you know the dog you killed? Here it is again, don't you feel bad?
Oh wait, now show Abby's backstory and how it led up to this moment. Not by sprinkling in details about her during Ellie's journey, no, make the players play her for hours. Who's Jessie? I don't remember, he got shot, that means he's erased from the story.
The whole game slowly became something that focused on a drawn out message about revenge being bad and trying to make you feel bad rather than focusing on the characters, with the exception of Lev and Yara.
Another point, I feel like most people KNEW Ellie wouldn't kill Abby. It was just that predictable. If you want to tell a revenge story with Ellie noticably changing, oh I don't know, make Ellie the villain by her killing Abby, and make an example through Ellie to the audience why revenge is bad?
Fire title card. Great video! I gotta start watching Kipo smh
Me too
Phenomenal video! The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II are my favorite games of all time and this was such a great analysis of who Ellie is and becomes over the course of the story. I love that despite all of the hopelessness over the course of the narrative, she is able to find her humanity once again, despite everything that she had lost by that point. Many people say this is a story about revenge, but really it's about forgiveness and empathy and *hope.* By the final moments of her journey, Ellie makes a choice to abandon the relentless and futile quest she had been on and forgive the person that wronged her, just like she forgave Joel.
Yeah! I definitely get why people were exhausted by it, but I walked away feeling like there was tons of hope.
@@razbuten Same here. I honestly feel that the ending and overall takeaway of Part II was much more optimistic and hopeful than the first game, in that I think that Ellie now has an opportunity to move on to a better life that isn't always stuck in the shadow of her past and those that have left her behind. Her life so far has been all about what she can do for other people and/or how she has failed other people, through her inability to save them. I think she now has a chance to live for herself.
Color me intrigued by Kipo! Gonna give that a shot. I love seeing a different take on the post apocalypse that explores more themes of humanity than despair. I think a great downside in many of these stories, most apparent in the zombie ones, is how quick they are to dehumanize people and make killing someone less impactful on a person when in reality even tho zombiefied you will always carry that with you. Turning the mutation into actual beings with agency is a great spin on it and I'm happy to see creators exploring more themes of humanity and compassion in their works.
glad Kipo is getting some love
"the city reclaimed by nature aesthetic" is called solar punk. just found that phrase the other day
Love that word
solarpunk is amazing
I think Solarpunk is less "city reclaimed by nature" and more "city built in harmony with nature".
@@13PB-wren its both . I'm pretty sure its both at least when you are talking about just the aesthetic and not the philosophy
Solar punk is about civilization using nature as part of the aesthetic and using alternative energies, the trope you're looking for is called "reclaimed by nature" just that lmao
"It's interesting to consider what life would be like if all the social structures we've come to rely on collapse."
Never before has a single sentence made it so clear exactly why I can never get comfortable with post-apocalyptic games. I have enough trouble *with* those social structures in place and working to keep me afloat.
Interesting, because I love apocalyptic games exactly because I also have issues with the structures in place! Amazing how the same subject matter can have two opposite effects for the same reason!
@@Draconicrose Heh, in my case, I know for a fact that it's the stability of the situation of those around me that gives me the life I lead. I'm quite sure that if there's a major disaster that wipes out a good chunk of society, I'm one of the ones in the "too dead to care" set.
@@rashkavar Same for me, but honestly sometimes it feels like I'd have the drive to help people and try to become part of a commune instead of caring about a useless job for money.
@@Draconicrose Same here. I feel like our modern way of life has us preoccupied with things that, at the end of the day, are pointless: money, jobs, keeping a schedule, buying stuff to impress people we hate, but we have to work with in oder to earn money to buy more stuff.
I feel like a breakdown of society would lead to us collectively being forced, to care about things that are actually important: the people we like, what we can contribute to society by our actions and not the money we make and last but not least survival. Especially survival is a drive found in every living being, that can actively interact with the world and it is something that has become a chore to participate in, rather than a goal to strive for. In modern society we mostly have to go out of our way, to be in any situation in which survival is not a guarantied outcome, therefore the ultimate goal of life has somewhat become a default result.
A breakdown of society would also (in a negative way, but still) be the absolute proof, that rapid changes across an entire society are not some fever dream of revolutionary teenagers, but a real possibility and in some cases a necessity.
@@creativedesignation7880 wow. just... wow. you're right. thanks for summing up my feelings about society. I tried finding words but never could... thanks
Good lord, Kipo's intro gives me chills every time.
Journey, Bloodborne, Horizon Zero Dawn, Days Gone, Death Stranding, The Last Of Us. Is Sony trying to say something to us?
Oh god, I feel like you have just cracked a code.
Then microsoft is allerting us about alien invasions?
yes, the post apocalypse is a popular genera for gaming and sells well
@@andrade9172 Halo, Gears Of War, Age Of Empire, Sea Of Thieves, Minecraft, Quantum Break, Hellblade, Perfect Dark. We are in some big troubles here folks
Does that mean the next game they make would be “2020”?
After all those comments on all those videos. It's like you left a trail of thoughts that led me here once again.
Watching this video is more of an experience than anything else.
Goddamn. This js a good video.
lol all those comments was just me desperately not wanting to shut up about this game. glad you enjoyed this!
@@razbuten haha. To be honest. Your comments on All those videos had me resonate with a lot of your opinions.
I feel like you reached out and grasped the concept and meaning of the theme of hope and the post apocalypse really really well. This video is a perfect reflection of that.
This is magnificent.
Magnificent.
You started with Outer Wilds and Timber Hearth and now i'm gonna cry. Dang it man I thought I was over it.
The Outer Wilds feels never end.
The way that you take the most simple of things and make a deep and personal connection to them is really amazing to see. Its fantastic that someone else truly understands that you can learn so many things you never thought you could from things you never could’ve imagined. I’ve never met anyone who gets that, who gets me. But you razbuten, give me hope, that I will.
The spaceship part of last of us 2 made me cry so hard it was so sweet, yet so sad
when I heard you say kipo I was like "YES THIS MAN KNOWS THE WAY"
Hope is vital to being human. When you lose hope, you become less a person and more of an animal. Instincts overriding emotions as we lose sight of what made us, us!
I like the story of Pandora’a jar. She released everything into the world, demons, monsters, plagues etc. and the only thing she managed to preserve in the jar was hope. As the story progresses, humans begin to die and are slain by the innumerable enemies in the world until eventually Pandora is forced to release hope into the world. And with that power of hope, they rise to the top. They have power to push beyond what makes them biologically human and what makes us truly “Human” by the definition of today’s world. I think it’s those of us who lose hope who lose our compassion for humanity. We see this in the example of The girl from TLOU2. (I can’t remember her name lol) she treats everyone as less than human in order to ignore the crippling loss she would have to face if she were to recognise all the things she has done.
I’ll draw on another example here. Noxamillion the watchmaker. He was one of the greatest animated villains of all time (Imo) and he did absolutely horrible things. He killed millions of people in an attempt to undo his mistakes. In an attempt to bring back his dead family. He hoped, for the past. And he became lost in it. He was willing to do anything because if he succeeded, none of the evil would matter and if he failed, well.....He didn’t care for a world without the family he loved and lost. His humanity was tied to his family and he lost it a long time ago. So when at last he finally failed, all that weight of the sins he had committed finally set in and he weeped for the wrongs he had committed as his humanity was returned to him.
In conclusion, I think hopeful=Human. Never lose hope. In the darkest times of our lives, we can persevere if we just hope that things will change. And one day, it will, and all that hoping will pay off.
Never lose hope
amazing way to say this all.
I won't lose hope and stay safe
THE MYSTIC POTATO I’m glad I had some impact. Back at you dude
@@The_Court_Poet yeah it was a really good comment
Earned my like with the Kipo style intro. That musical riff brings me so much joy.
"Hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."
Andy Dufresne
I know what I’d do in the apocalypse
Die
Honestly...me too probably. I have zombie fodder written all over me.
I don't know if I would die in the apocalypse, but I sure as heaven't would just be a dead extra in some hero's quest in the post apocalypse.
Thingaloo with my luck, I wouldn’t be surprised if in a zombie apocalypse, I was patient zero
G E N I U S
@@theghostofjeffgoldblumdail9613 that's probably the best role you could get
You don't have to experience the aftermath
I decided to check out kipo before cheking out this video and oh boy, the 2 seaons went so fast for me, is so good and I really hope more of this stuff becomes mainstream, more post post apocalyptic, being hopeful and the use of electro and hip hop as soundtrack
Yeah, the music in that show is just so good and well used. I would have used more of it, but I was worried about it getting claimed
great show. can't wait for season 3
Revenge, the sweetest morsel to the mouth that ever was cooked in hell.
That quote pretty much sums up Ellie's decent into despair and frustration with her focus on revenge.
Also thank you got showing this comparison. I loved Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts. Such a great show. And loved the comparison between both stories. Poor Ellie. If only she met Kipo when she was 14.
One of the few UA-camrs, alongside Jacob Geller, who create genuinely considered, articulate and lingering content on this platform. Thanks man. Appreciate the work you put in to sharing your thoughts and ideas with us.
Thank you!
your intro sequence is always so musically pleasing and very on point, I love it all the time!!
Hey Raz, I just finished Kipo and wanted to say thanks for showing me it. I had just finished TLOU2 and had been feeling pretty hopeless myself (on top of the pandemic + winter) and Kipo was a good source of wholesome inspiration. It reminded me of the best in humanity. Thanks
Hearing that Kipo title music and seeing the text in the same font and colour gave me such warm feelings. Thanks for that.
I do hope more people will discover the show.
this video made me start watching Kipo yesterday. i just finished binging the whole thing and WOW thank you for bringing it to my attention. everything about it was so refreshing and great
I am glad you enjoyed it! I hoped people would be interested in checking it out after seeing this video, so that is awesome to hear
I saw/got the notification a day late but uhhhhhhh.. i still got hella excited when i saw it bc you are one of my favorite content creators, regardless of the topic or games/etc in it bc i know it's gonna be great.
In short ily and your content and the lady you live with ❤
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
the kipo title music always makes me emotional
so happy you talked about the show!
Raz, immediately after watching the intro of this video, I realised that if I had seen those 2 minutes and 50 seconds from any other content creator I would've freaked out thinking "What the fuck, this guy's insane". But it seems I've grown used to how fucking good you are and I have come to expect it, and that's not good. So I proceeded to freak out and mumble to myself about how fucking good your production (and video in general) is for a couple minutes.
lol well I appreciate your faith in me. I may have overestimated how many others would share that faith, but either way I am happy with this piece AND I am happy you enjoyed it.
Unrelated but this video sparked a memory. A book I read a while ago, I stopped right befote the halfway point. I was so in love with where everything and everyone was, that I didn't want it to change. So, for me, it didn't. I never finished the book. I crystallized something I loved because I wasn't willing to see it go. There's this quote from doctor who, "Oh I always rip out the last page of a book. Then it doesn't have to end. I hate endings." It hits right at the center of this very specific terror of the pain of loss. Both a developed reaction from previous trauma and an irrational attempt to forever escape into The Good Times™️. I wrote this merely because I felt inspired to, but Razbuten if by some wild chance you read this comment on a months-old video: I would quite enjoy hearing your take on attachment to escapism (or whatever one wants to call it). Your storytelling and insight is beautiful.
Raz gonna make me start crying up in here. I felt a strong personal attachment to TLOU2 and with everything around COVID-19 this video feels more relevant than ever. Thanks for sharing
Your background music choice had me getting choked up throughout this video. Really worked to emphasize your words. Also nice to hear someone appreciating Kipo :)
I so align myself with the kipo meaning of hope. That's why I loved death stranding. The premise is now get back to the past, but to deal with the tomorrow, how are we grow as a society once a new variable is introduced.
Such an amazing video that connects two things I absolutely love.
Thanks Raz, keep it up!
Thanks, I tried to present it in a way to pull in folks who probably have not seen Kipo lol so I hope it paid off
@@razbuten People should consider watching after just hearing its Intro Music here tbh
I know this is an apocalypse-themed video but that Outer Wilds (which I bought after watching your video) music is just so nostalgic despite me playing the game in October :)
This was the first time I've heard of Kipo and after this video I binged the whole 2 seasons and it was amazing! Definitely one of the best cartoons I've watched in a long time
Hell yeah! The show is has gotten really high acclaim, but it still seems like not a lot of people have seen it, so I’m glad you checked it out.
I loved the last of us part II so much and i am definitely going to watch kipo and the age of the wonder beasts
Dude, why did you feel the need to play “Allowed to be Happy” in the background? I’m back in the last of us p2 feels. Was not prepared
we all need to cry sometimes.
It's okay to feel sad.
I decided to give kipo a try two weeks after watching this video, and man I am glad I did. That show was much better than I thought it would be going in, much like how I felt about the dragon prince
Now I have to see Kipo. Probably fill the void TLoU2 left me with its story
you won't be disappointed, its a great show
It's definitely a departure from TloU2, but yeah it's fun
@Alexander Supertramp literally the only salty one here is you lmfao
@@StarlightTrail3 Nah, so many people blindly hate the game, calling it garbage when, even if you don't like the story, the other aspects of the game make it at least a 7.
This start music isn't fair! I wasn't prepared for all the onions!
Outer Wilds hits something I don't understand, but god dang do I love it
At work listening to this and started crying when revisiting the trip to the museum in TLOU2 because I am so unreasonably attached to all my video game children
I am happy to see another video of you on the one side. At the other hand I am afraid that this video will touch my feelings.
Damn, your video about Outer Wilds made me disconnect with everyone for a couple of months and rethink everything. the life I lived, the choices I made and much more. "You can't save the world in one day alone." - This made me watching the video over and over while a inner wall is crumbling which held me even more back from everything,
Thank you Raz.
You're welcome. This one is definitely less of an existential crisis but still some stuff to chew on. I am glad that the Outer Wilds helped you reflect.
Little late to the video, but I really just wanted to show my appreciation to the music and sounds used in the video. Thank you for that, I believe music is such a powerful tool and not enough people utilize. Great video, hope to see more.
That was a really good ad, it totally sells Kipo to people. Oh, the raycon thing was okay I guess.
My man, Razbuten back with quality content.
I've always been fascinated with stories like these. If I were to write a story, it would be post-apocalyptic.
Dr Stone also follows much of these footsteps, especially wanting to go to space. Although he wasn't born into the apocalypse.
This is one of my favorite videos. I love how you compared and contrasted Kipo and TLOU by exploring the ideas of hope and humanity. Hope really can come in many different ways and essentially influence the way we behave. Its incredible that many who disliked part 2 don’t see that.
I've been playing Danganronpa so much that everytime i think of hope, a image of Nagito appears inside my head.
Btw I think you could talk about that
I never would have thought to compare these two pieces of art, but it worked beautifully. Which made me think of our current "apocalypse", how can I show the world that there's still hope? That we can make it it through and be stronger, better, and more united than ever! I don't have the complete answer but I'm still here and I'll keep doing my best even if it's just getting myself up in the morning!
Brooo. I’m so glad you covered kipo. That’s one of my favorite shows. I binged both seasons in a day right when they came out. My girlfriend even painted me a kipo painting
Kipo is so good.
Thank you for doing these videos and thank you for talking about Kipo. Avatar the last Airbender and kipo and the only series that I have watched over and over and over and though everyone talks about avatar its nice to see someone talk about Kipo. Keep up the amazing videos.
Agreed, but it's pretty easy to understand why ATLA get's tons of talk but not Kipo *yet*
ATLA has had TWO "lives" as it were, and I'm not just talking about the sequel. As well, many young adults/adults now had it as a fundamental core experience in their early teens.
Kipo is still relatively new, given it's content I imagine it will have quite it's own following as it reaches new people in it's "lifespan" and, when those teens watching it now reach adulthood, it will likely be as talked about. That's my hope anyway!
your videos are helping me so much during quarentine, I just love your channel, thank you
Thank you for watching!
I finally decided to try Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts 100% because of this video and I am 3 episodes in and absolutely captivated. So I just wanted to say thank you for sharing and awesome video.
Thank you for this video! I am an English teacher and one of my senior classes are studying the post apocalyptic novel ''Station Eleven''. This is a great video to get the students thinking about the conventions and messages within post apocalyptic narratives.
It’s nice to finally see a comment section from a video with TLOU2 as a main point that doesn’t have any toxicity. Everywhere I go, if I say that I loved the game, I get a long essay on why I’m not allowed to enjoy the story or the game itself
I find it amazing how much your videos make me reflect about life and society, and give me hope about what we can do to change it for the better through understanding. Thanks for your work
That reminds me of what is written in the doors of hell "Give up on all hope those who cross these gates" I don't remember where, but once I saw someone defend that this message is actually merciful, that there truly there is no hope for those in hell, and that living in a hopeless apathetic state could be less painful than on an optimistic, hopeful one that will never come to truth
A very deep game once taught me that "hope makes us strong it is why we are here it is was we fight with when all else is lost"
*Thank.* *You.*
The Last of Us Part 1 and 2 are my favourite games of all time. They are sad depressing and brutal but their is a melancholic and bittersweet hope to it. People have the capacity for evil (Hunters David’s men) but they also have the capacity for happiness and good (Jackson) I love these games so much Joel and Ellie are my favourite characters of all time. They mean so much to me. Joel is a man who lost everything but gained happiness when he never thought he would. Ellie
Is a girl born into the apocalypse she has hope and dreams of a better world but she is swallowed by pain and anger. However I think she will be able to seek happiness. She got closure for Joel’s death so she can move on.
WOW this was a good one. I like how by using a post-apocalypse as an example, you amplify whatever you talk about (hope) so much more.
This video is so underrated and tour channel is so underrated.
Everyone who recognised the title: I know that show I watched it he likes the thing I like
Yeah I wanted to have elements of both in the thumb, and i figured Kipo fans would al recognize the font lol
probably not a big detail, but i loved the touch of using the last of us 1 score when talking about the old world and using the last of us 2 score when talking about the new one
Can we all just agree that his thumbnails are pure art?
Damn I just love your videos. I'm a big fan of The Last of Us and the world around it, so when I watched Kipo a few months before the second game came out, I was immediately drawn to this world. Of course it's hard to say that a kids show and a 18+ game have simalerietes but you did such an amazing job doing it. This is definitely one of my favourite videos on UA-cam, thank you.
Thank you for this inofficial recommendation to watch Kipo. It is so great, go watch it everyone.
Same, I love the stories that are in the post-apocalypse, not in the apocalypse but the after because then you can see how humanity changed and adepted in the situation if it is a nuclear war and the radiation or a zombie apocalypse that ripped the world apart and always I imagine a world of grey we’re the cities are lonely and empty we’re humans were before but know I like the overgrown cities and plants everywhere we’re humanity builded their own little cities that they builded by the remains of the old world. And that’s why I love post-apocalyptic stories
Man I never get bored of your videos and the message you want to communicate
I swear your voice, along with the background music is so relaxing
The fact that you used the kipo opening is so awesome
10:13 That was a really nice edit! I hadn't noticed the similarity between those two shots before!
I started this video unsure of how you could make enough connections between these two pieces of media and was tearing up by the halfway point. 10/10 vid
That is awesome. Yeah, the comparison definitely seems a little out there on the surface, but the two have a lot in common, and honestly, I could have gone even deeper by talking about the end of TLOU2 and S2 of Kipo (I just didn't want to get too spoilery).
For anyone wondering what the song in the beginning is, it’s Timber Hearth from the Outer Wilds soundtrack. Great OST, great song.
Love the Outer Wilds plugs at the beginning and especially the music. Perfect fit for the discussion 👌
That intro gave me chills
That Kipo opening made me feel so many unexpected things. I wanna rewatch that show
Great choice of music for the intro. No story other than Outer Wilds comes to mind that so effectively conveys the idea of hope following an apocalyptical event.
Yeah, I originally had a different song in there, but then I was like...what if? and it worked very well
@@razbuten Have you heard Andrew Prahlow's "Reprise"? He made it recently and it's another Outer Wilds song, very beautiful stuff.
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@@razbuten Be warned, the first few chords hit like a truck. Though you've probably heard it by now.
Idk but I really feel that Razbuten puts the essay in “video essay”. Every video has clear points, examples, and are all put together near perfectly
thank you. this is very nice
I think the book "Humankind. A Hopeful History" by Dutch journalist Rutger Bregman also explains very well and in depth why a post-apocalyptic world would seem so hopeful and appealing!
I just saw the font and just thought “KIPO!!!!”
that's what it is supposed to be. I love it too
Might have to try Kipo again. I wasn't super into the first episode, but perhaps I'll give it another chance
Imo it's pretty good, especially once Scarlamagne is introduced towards the middle of Season 1. It isn't particularly profound or complex, of course, but it's still fun and heartfelt (and the music fucking slaps).
@@MaylocBrittinorum YES, love that music. As you said, it's pretty clearly a kid's show, Scarlamagne is pretty cliche as an antagonist imo. Personally though I get it Cassie, I tried Kipo and didn't really like the first episode, brother did and we were watching together so I agreed to another and just played a game on the side. By the end of the third/fourth I had to quit cause I kept getting distracted by the show xD
It is indeed a fun, good show.
@@Force2reckonVods Yeah, Scarlamagne is indeed a rather standard antagonist, but at least once he is introduced the series' path is clearly laid out, so to speak (I'm not a native English speaker so I don't know how properly explain myself). Also, his leitmotiv is great.
The Last of Us Part II is easily the most painful game I've ever played in my life. I loved it.
Just wow, this video struck a nerve with me. I don't want to go into detail, but I started off my young life with an exorbitant amount of hope. But I've been met with so much disappointment in my life, to the point that my hope has been worn down. Some small embers of it still linger deep down, seemingly refusing to be blown out. I guess I'll see if, under current conditions, those embers remain and grow or evaporate. I'm hoping for hope.
Do what you can to tend those embers. Life is long and full of surprises, and you'll want that hope later. It is very hard right now to keep it all stable, but you're not alone in that. Most of us are here covering our embers from the wind of everything happening while giving it small, tenuous breathes in the hopes of making it burn again. You've got this.
I don't really know and/or explain what is it about your videos that make me go to my small balcony and look up at the sky, think for at least an hour. It might be that I'm not a native English speaker so I don't have the vocabulary for it but I really can't explain what it is.
As someone who has not played TLOUII but enjoyed Kipo this was helpful to get what everyone’s up about, thx
I have always enjoyed the insightful nature of your content with the amazing points of view you adopt, and (most times) embrace. Thank You, and keep it up.
Having a chronic disease I know that in such a case I'd be among the first to pass away... yea, not gonna watch this one. :P
Fair. It is much more an examination of themes between the two stories, and it isn't a super bleak outlook on stuff, BUT ALSO you do what you gotta do to stay in a good mental space!
I highly recommend you the anime The Girls' Last Tour. It also post-apocalypse with the main theme being hopelessness and finding security in it.
I like this.
The same could also apply to Jedi Survivor. Technically not post apocalypse, but it certainly feels that way for jedi. And hope is dangerous, because of how easy it is for things to go the other way. For a jedi, hope gives them a goal, but it can really hurt -or even unravel them- when their expectation that they can change fate is futile. Most people are ultimately powerless to the waves of change.