We Are But Worms- Infinite Jest: Hamlet, RPGs, and the Human Condition (April Fools 2024)

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  • Опубліковано 8 січ 2025

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  • @stephchaoticjamgochian3549
    @stephchaoticjamgochian3549 9 місяців тому +7

    Riverhouse Games is very important to how I think about and relate to games as an art form. I hope this video brings people to the rest of their catalog. I just love lyric games.

    • @aavoigt
      @aavoigt  9 місяців тому +4

      100%, this video is a little silly, but LaBresh is a genuinely incredible designer and more folks should head over to riverhousegames.itch.io/

  • @Blerdy_Disposition
    @Blerdy_Disposition 9 місяців тому +7

    This video is amazing. A reminder that rpgs are an experience that transcend death and life. Shakespeare truly did inspire the rpg scene, the human condition, and the earth we live in it. Truly a significant peace of our time Aaron.
    As you concluded beautifully, "In the end, we are nothing but worms, doomed to repeat the cycle of violence and decay inherent in our circle of life. We merely Are, in the moment we find ourselves." What we do, are and choose to be, is for us to decide.
    👏🏾🙏🏾

    • @aavoigt
      @aavoigt  9 місяців тому +3

      Haha this video was supposed to be jokey but I do think there's something to be said about extracting meaning from short lyric games! That's what I love about RPGs, you get as much out of them as you're willing to invest.

  • @LegalKimchi
    @LegalKimchi 9 місяців тому +9

    This is the best type of april fools joke. Excellent

  • @fancypants9558
    @fancypants9558 8 місяців тому +1

    As a student studying Hamlet, this essay will be finding its way into my work :)

    • @aavoigt
      @aavoigt  8 місяців тому

      Hell yeah

  • @anishmyfriend
    @anishmyfriend 9 місяців тому +6

    Upon my screen you bid attention here
    With claims of games and stories bringing glee.
    Your words, so sweet like nectar in mine ear,
    Enchant, entrance, and endear me to thee.
    This essay starts with promise of insight:
    I thirst for knowledge, seeking info parch’d.
    And there lies my mistake and oversight
    As twilight fades on final day of March.
    Three hundred nineteen seconds gone to waste.
    Your honeyed notes turn fetid with mistrust
    As rancid lies bring rot and foul taste
    To my poor soul. So now, I warn you thus.
    Your dreams will soon be poisoned by deceit
    Cus’ I’ll make sure the worms have food to eat.

  • @CJWproductions
    @CJWproductions 9 місяців тому +7

    hold up, let him cook

  • @piedrapapeld20
    @piedrapapeld20 9 місяців тому +2

    Dude, I'm spanish. What the f-
    It's not about being spanish (that was an exotic note), it's that this video is incredible. Being a joke, it's an impressive work and a perfect dissecture of Hamlet vs the perks of being a worm. Congrats, you're my new favorite channel, keep it going ^^

  • @FormerlyOrca
    @FormerlyOrca 9 місяців тому +6

    not gonna lie, lightly embarrassed by how long it took me to realize

  • @anedaneran5666
    @anedaneran5666 9 місяців тому

    Great work.

  • @Mr3015168
    @Mr3015168 9 місяців тому

    Incredible

  • @LectionARICCLARK
    @LectionARICCLARK 9 місяців тому

    Brilliant.

  • @therizinosauruscheloniform2162
    @therizinosauruscheloniform2162 9 місяців тому

    brilliant

  • @follypersist
    @follypersist 9 місяців тому +1

    A tour de force!

    • @aavoigt
      @aavoigt  9 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much for your ideas and inspiration, this essay doesn't happen without you!

  • @therizinosauruscheloniform2162
    @therizinosauruscheloniform2162 9 місяців тому +2

    The word is ██████ by the way.

  • @batjutsu
    @batjutsu 9 місяців тому

    ... Worm-uken! 🪱👊