Jacob Geller

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Podcast- Something Rotten:
-Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0fI2yUm3vCr4GlzcWBeH0TC3HmLIpMTC
-Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IwFIGcSlhbFLaTsOqf7a8?si=JPcIbndZS--OwbEyUk-12Q

Script Consultation and Additional Voices by Laura Crone: https://www.youtube.com/c/lauracrone
Script Consultation by Blake Hester: https://twitter.com/metallicaisrad
Cinematography by Caroline Amico

Yes, A Games Writer Was Fired Over Review Scores: https://kotaku.com/yes-a-games-writer-was-fired-over-review-scores-5893785
Jeff Gerstmann’s Kane and Lynch Review: https://youtu.be/5FuJ81sDR2o

Rockstar Spouse’s Letter: https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RockstarSpouse/20100107/86315/Wives_of_Rockstar_San_Diego_employees_have_collected_themselves.php
Experience at Rockstar Vancouver: https://www.engadget.com/2010-01-14-source-max-payne-3-development-allegedly-also-suffering-from-mi.html

Theater of Cruelty:
-The Theater and Its Double, 1958, Antonin Artaud
-Theater History Podcast #9: https://howlround.com/theatre-history-podcast-9
-The Spurt of Blood: http://spurtofblood.com/
-Antonin Artaud and the Theater of Cruelty: Crash Course Theater #43: https://youtu.be/DK_vZuLYHcw

Visual Media Used: Kane and Lynch: Dead Men, Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days, Max Payne 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Red Dead Redemption 2

Music Used (Chronologically):
DLC Arena War Track One (GTAO), Captain Toad Goes Forth (Super Mario 3D World), FUTURE, One Card Left to Play (Max Payne 3), The Doomed Commercial Area (Disco Elysium), Max Payne 3 Theme (Max Payne 3), Sweatshop (Kane and Lynch 2), 12PM Whirling-in-Rags, Your Body Betrays Your Degeneracy (Disco Elysium), Silent Heaven (Silent Hill 2), Escape (Kane and Lynch 2), Main Menu Variation 3 (Max Payne 3)

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Cover of “Va” by Emily Hopkins: https://youtu.be/qxYF8oDn6_M?si=bCFgEFtmQ672egKw

*Sources*
City:
Triple Aught Foundation: http://www.tripleaughtfoundation.org/
“Nevada’s proposed national monument…” Brean, 2015: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/nevadas-proposed-national-monument-full-of-artwork-undisturbed-land/
“A Monument to Outlast Humanity” Goodyear, 2016: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/29/michael-heizers-city
“Polyneuropathy,” Rubin 2024: https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/brain,-spinal-cord,-and-nerve-disorders/peripheral-nerve-and-related-disorders/polyneuropathy
“Onward and Upward with the Arts,” Calvin Tomkins, 1972: https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1972-02-05/flipbook/042/
“In Nevada, a monument to violence built on stolen land,” Ahtone, 2022: https://grist.org/culture/land-art-megasculpture-built-stolen-indigenous-land-nevada-city-heizer/
“Michael Heizer,” Gagosian: https://gagosian.com/artists/michael-heizer/
“It Was a Mystery in the Desert for 50 Years,” Kimmelman, 2022: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/19/arts/design/michael-heizer-city.html

Nazca:
“Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa,” Unesco: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/700/
“Nazca Lines,” Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/place/Nazca-Lines
“No Place Compares to the Unrelenting Lifelessness..,” Bland, 2013: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/no-place-compares-to-the-unrelenting-lifelessness-of-perus-sechura-desert-810663/
“Flooding and tourism threaten Peru's mysterious Nazca Lines,” Meghji 2004: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/flooding-and-tourism-threaten-peru-s-mysterious-nazca-lines-553471.html

Helfrecht:
“Alone Together,” Aristotle Roufanis: https://aristotle.photography/
“Plexus,” Helfrecht, 2023: https://void.photo/plexus

Goya:
“Goya,” Hughes 2003
“Los Goya: de la Quinta a Burdeos y vuelta,” Junquera 2003: https://xn--archivoespaoldearte-53b.revistas.csic.es/index.php/aea/article/view/263
“The Most Disturbing Painting,” Nerdwriter, 2018: https://youtu.be/g15-lvmIrcg?si=RPkS17ojYQyC-T3K
“The Most Disturbing Painting - A Different Take on Saturn Devouring His Son,” The Canvas, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qCngjk3nQw&t

Prince:
“Prince To Sue YouTube, eBay Over Unauthorized Content,” Collett-White, 2007: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL13643284/
“‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Says Prince Turned Down at Least 4 Parody Ideas,” Craddock, 2016: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/prince-weird-al-yankovic-michael-jackson-7460907/
This American Life Episode 750, The Ferryman: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/750/transcript
“60 Minutes Peeked into Prince's Vault and Discovered a Beautiful Mess,” Covington, 2021: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a36084663/60-minutes-prince-vault-paisley-park-welcome-2-america/
“Prince’s Sister on Honoring Her Brother’s Vault of Unreleased Music,” Holt, 2021: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/prince-vault-sister-tyka-nelson-1153227/
“I would hide 4 U: what’s in Prince’s secret vault?,” Azhar, 2015: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/19/i-would-hide-4-u-whats-in-princes-secret-vault

“The Beginner’s Guide,” 2015: https://store.steampowered.com/app/303210/The_Beginners_Guide/
“Kunst für Keinen (Art for No One): 1933-1945,” published by Hirmer, 2022

Music Used (Chronologically): Let Me Explain (Michael Vignola), A Somber View (Andres Cantu), Ear to the Ground (Hanna Lindgren), A Cold Wind (Savvun), Monster Machine (Ethan Sloan), Lemniscate (Ethan Sloan), A Massive Mist (Ethan Sloan), Vert

The swear jar isn’t empty. Full of flowers instead of coins |
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Additional Voices by Professor Flowers: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGZrqXTq3GW2wNRz9M44Baw

Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life by Margit Rowell (1997)

Additional Footage of Half Life: Alyx provided by Harry101UK: https://youtu.be/n0WysuGVzmw
Cézanne’s Still Lifes at His Studio: https://youtu.be/B2m1FKbbkjY
Van Gogh Museum Tour: https://youtu.be/dd2byOFsXpo

Visual Media Used: Half Life: Alyx, Florence, The Lab, Adventure, Gone Home, Job Simulator, The Last of Us, Resident Evil 1, The Stanley Parable, Final Fantasy VII Remake

Music Used (Chronologically):
Anti-Citizen, Intro Radio (Half Life: Alyx), Staff Roll (Streets of Rage 4), Ending Triumph, Strider Battle, Tower Puzzle, Vault Sideways Piano, Russel’s Radio (Clean) (Half Life: Alyx), First Dates (Florence), The House Pt. 1, Hanging Out With Girls (Gone Home), Florence, Adult Life, Inspiration (Florence), Splash of Color (Flower), Moving Out, Music (Florence)

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Description Credit: Giornata: On Faith

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Footage of Metal Gear Solid 4 provided by George Salonikh: https://www.youtube.com/@GeorgeSalonikh

Sifu's Brawler Is A Soulless Caricature by Khee Hoon Chan: https://www.thegamer.com/sifus-brawler-soulless-caricature-racism/

Jackie Chan - How to Do Action Comedy by Every Frame a Painting: https://youtu.be/Z1PCtIaM_GQ?si=11lOeitu6wLBTYWg

Real GTA by Corridor Digital: https://youtu.be/0ZZquVylLEo?si=LgDtLxs2yjJ5Yqs5

Media shown: Ip Man, The Raid, The Raid 2, Merantau, The Matrix, John Wick, John Wick 3, John Wick 4, Police Story, Police Story 2, Who Am I?, Sifu, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, Metal Gear Solid 4, The Last of Us Part 2, Asteroid City, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, The Villainess, Hardcore Henry, Project A 2, Fist of Fury, Die Hard, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat One, Punch-Out, Street Fighter 2, Dead Space 2, Bayonetta, Devil May Cry 4, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Amnesia: The Bunker, Dark Souls 3, Absolver, Bioshock, The Hong Kong Massacre, Hotline Miami, God Hand, Tekken 8, Grand Theft Auto V, Returnal, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Music Used (Chronologically): The Wuguan, Martial Mastery (Sifu), Untitled (Dag Unenge, Hotline Miami 2), The Human Factor (Edward Karl Hanson), Canonical Aside (Dead Space 2), Crash the Dancefloor (Sifu), Aerial Fight 1 (The Path of Neo), Blood is on Fire (Sifu), Hydrogen (M.O.O.N., Hotline Miami), Daisuke (El Huervo, Hotline Miami 2), Sins of the Father (Metal Gear Solid V), Metal Gear Saga (Metal Gear Solid 4), Encounter (Metal Gear Solid), Tanker Incident (Metal Gear Solid 2), Snake Eater (Metal Gear Solid 3), Old Snake (Metal Gear Solid 4), Ride!! (Mad World)

Additional music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound

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Description credit: The Ikons by James K. Baxter

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Voices by:
Suriel Vasquez: https://twitter.com/SurielVazquez
Noah Caldwell-Gervais: https://twitter.com/MrGervaisWrites
Toussaint Egan: https://twitter.com/TheSaintOfTous
Ana Diaz: https://twitter.com/Pokachee
Heather Alexandra: https://twitter.com/transgamerthink
Yussef Cole: https://twitter.com/youmeyou
Leonardo Da Sidci: https://twitter.com/leonardodasidci

Script Consultation and Re-Dubbing Himself by Razbuten: https://twitter.com/theRazbuten

ICO Plot/Story Guide by PeterEliot: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/367472-ico/faqs/29015
MVC2 Crowd Pleaser’s Guide by Joseph Christopher: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/561477-marvel-vs-capcom-2/faqs/8306
How We Talk About Games by HeavyEyed: https://youtu.be/JVN9h-5UHMk
The Last of Us Part II review by Julie Muncy: https://www.wired.com/story/last-of-us-part-ii-review/
Infinity Blade review by J. Nicolas Geist: https://geekabouttown.com/oddities/infinity-blade/
Games Criticism is a Kindness by Heather Alexandra: https://kotaku.com/games-criticism-is-a-kindness-1843320046
Broken People, Broken Worlds by Carolyn Petit: https://medium.com/@carolynpetit/broken-people-broken-worlds-thoughts-on-the-last-of-us-part-ii-a012de5d2acf
White Supremacy, Black Liberation, and the Power Dynamics of Gun Violence by Yussef Cole: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kzxevx/white-supremacy-black-liberation-and-the-power-dynamics-of-gun-violence
Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain by Jamil Jan Kochai: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/06/playing-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain

DED LED: https://dedled.itch.io/dedled
Heterotopias: http://www.heterotopiaszine.com/
Unwinnable: https://unwinnable.com/
Critical Distance: https://critical-distance.com/

Visual Media Used: ICO, Infinity Blade, Metal Gear Solid V, Shadow of the Colossus, Mafia 3, Battlefield Hardline, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, The Last of Us Part II, The Stanley Parable, Mothergunship, Bayonetta, Resident Evil 4, Doom Eternal, The Beginner’s Guide, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Control, Anatomy, Citizen Kane

Music Used (Chronologically): The Gate (ICO), The Gates of Hell (Bayonetta), Castle in the Mist (ICO), Inertia (Thomas Was Alone), Precinct 41 Major Crime Unit (Disco Elysium), Regurgitation Pumping Station (World of Goo), Everything is Going to be Okay (Prey), Deference for Darkness (Halo ODST), Pirates Style (Roller Coaster Tycoon 2), Chiasm (Gris), Allowed to Be Happy (The Last of Us Part II), Old Snake (Metal Gear Solid 4), Shadow (ICO), Father and Son (Metal Gear Solid 4), Vs. Tina (Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend)

Description Credit: Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain by Jamil Jan Kochai

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Additional Editing by Isaac Holland
Translation by Katherine Incandenza

Sources:
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, 1883
Additional Pinocchio Art from PINOCCHIO: Atlante delle edizioni italiane dal 1883 al 2022
Pinocchio in Venice by Robert Coover, 1991
I, Fellini by Charlotte Chandler, 1995
The Will to be Human by Silvano Arieti, 1972
Ma Collodi Non Esiste by Italo Calvino, 1981
Pinocchio and Pinocchiology by Jennifer Stone: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26304056
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Sculpted to Life by Matt Zoller Seitz: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8337-guillermo-del-toros-pinocchio-sculpted-to-life
From Puppet to Cyborg: Posthuman and Postmodern Retellings of the Pinocchio Myth by Georgia Panteli: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1528658/13/Panteli_Georgia_PhD%20Thesis.pdf
Fellini's Language of Dreams by Jonathan Cott: https://www.maryellenmark.com/bibliography/magazines/article/rolling-stone/fellinis-language-of-dreams-637526308774480767/R#:~:text=It%27s%20a%20language%20made%20of,and%20it%20reduces%20its%20proportions.
From Kubrick to Spielberg: The Story of ‘A.I.’ by Tim Greiving: https://www.theringer.com/movies/2021/6/29/22553929/ai-artificial-intelligence-steven-spielberg-stanley-kubrick
Coppola loses $20m compensation for lost Pinocchio by Duncan Campbell: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/22/filmnews.film
The Real Life Adventures of Pinocchio by Rebecca West: https://magazine.uchicago.edu/0212/features/puppet.html
Blank Check with Griffin and David (A.I. Artificial Intelligence, 2017): https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ABydvRDL3hmF64lPMBB1D

Media shown: Disney’s 1940 Pinocchio, Disney’s 2022 Pinocchio, Pinocchio: A True Story, Gullermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Lies of P, Handcarved Cinema: The Making of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, The Polar Express, A Christmas Carol, Beowulf, Welcome to Marwen, Dark Souls III, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Bloodborne,

Music Used (Chronologically): Cohen’s Masterpiece– Accordion (Bioshock Infinite), Lost in Thessaloniki (Trabant 33), Peaceful Sleep– Music Box (Nier Automata), I’ll See You in My Dreams (Isham Jones), March of the Ducks (Mike Franklyn), Invention No. 4 in D Minor (Bach), Last Move (White Bones), A New Power (SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE), The Midnight Woods (Hyper Light Drifter), Hallway Omega (SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE), Estella Opera House (Lies of P), Far East Princess (Lies of P), Saintess of Mercy Statue (Lies of P), Etude No. 3 for String Quartet (Peter Sandberg), Fallow Deer (Martin Klem), The Angels Descend A (Bayonetta), Marche Militaire Version 2 (Epidemic Sound), Ave Maria (Epidemic Sound), Only Human (Philip Ayers), Smooth Talking (Nocturnal Spirits), Feel (Lies of P)

Additional music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound
Additional footage from Razbuten

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Description credit: Ma Collodi Non Esiste by Italo Calvino

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Consultation by Donoteat01: https://www.youtube.com/user/donoteat01

Additional Voices by:
Bobby Broccoli: https://twitter.com/BobbyBroccole
SuperEyePatchWolf: https://twitter.com/EyePatchWolf

Jon Bois’ Football 17776: https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football

The Storm Cloud of Death Stranding: https://uppercutcrit.com/the-storm-cloud-of-death-stranding/

The Blood-Red Sky of the Scream: https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200405/backpage.cfm

The Horse Manure Crisis: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Great-Horse-Manure-Crisis-of-1894/

Himalayas Visible from India: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/himalayas-visible-lockdown-india-scli-intl/index.html

Drone Footage of San Francisco: https://youtu.be/v6geL5rkt1s and https://youtu.be/xBolnN8aiX8

Parking and Cars:
The Mobility Space Report: https://www.move-lab.com/project/whatthestreet/chicago
Paved, but Still Alive: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/arts/design/taking-parking-lots-seriously-as-public-spaces.html
Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities: https://www.ghsa.org/resources/Pedestrians20
See Just How Much Of A City’s Land Is Used For Parking Spaces: https://www.fastcompany.com/40441392/see-just-how-much-of-a-citys-land-is-used-for-parking-spaces

Visual Media Used: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, The Matrix

Music Used (Chronologically): Cloudy Court Galaxy, Star Ball Rolling (Super Mario Galaxy 2), Reporting from the Weather Balloon (Little Inferno), Mii Plaza (Wii), Heightmap (Transistor), The Moon (Duck Tales), Menu Theme (LA Noire), The Museum (Outer Wilds), White Palace (Hollow Knight), Dancers on a String (Bioshock), Left Alone (Detention), End Time (Outer Wilds), Issun’s Theme (Okami), Cosmic Cove Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy 2)

Description Credit: The Tim Tebow CFL Chronicles by Jon Bois

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Media shown: Alan Wake 2, Armored Core 6, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Like a Dragon: Ishin, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, Hi-Fi Rush, Humanity, Jusant, Lies of P, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Tchia, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Final Fantasy XVI, El Paso Elsewhere, Call of Duty: World at War, The Darkness, Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Killer7, Silent Hill 3, No More Heroes, Manhunt, Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties: The Definitive Edition, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Viewfinder, Goodbye Volcano High, Iron Lung, Tetris Effect, REZ, Scavenger’s Reign, How To with John Wilson, Across the Spider-Verse

Music Used (Chronologically): Go For the Fastest (LaD: Gaiden), Blackburn (Killer7), Herald of Darkness (Alan Wake 2), Shooting Range (Resident Evil 4), Surfacing (Hi-Fi Rush), Jusant (Jusant), Origins (Marvel’s Midnight Suns), Sailing (Tchia), Thrive (Humanity), Contact With You (Armored Core VI), Memory of Beach- Golden (Lies of P), Mattison’s Independence (Tears of the Kingdom), Welcome to Bright Falls (Alan Wake), The Clicker (Alan Wake), Yötön Yö (Alan Wake 2)

Additional music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound
Additional footage from Getty Images and Writing on Games

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Description credit: When I Met the Pope by Patricia Lockwood

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The Resident Evil 4 HD Project: https://www.re4hd.com/
Huge thanks to Albert Marin for information and additional footage

Baumgartner Painting Restoration: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvZe6ZCbF9xgbbbdkiodPKQ
The Cleaning Process or Time Travel in 100 swabs: https://youtu.be/aX1RP537o6Q
A New Dawn: The Restoration of L'Aurora Part 2: https://youtu.be/A8zXSNAscmg
Blue Skies Smilin' At Me; Conserving A Henry Ranger Seascape: https://youtu.be/uFGLpt_r90E
The Restoration of Guy Wiggins' Frame in ASMR: https://youtu.be/m0zW3FEQddE

The Making of Day of the Tentacle: Remastered: https://youtu.be/LjF4eMrYfG0

Designing 2D graphics in the Japanese industry: https://vgdensetsu.tumblr.com/post/179656817318/designing-2d-graphics-in-the-japanese-industry

Additional Resident Evil 2 footage provided by: https://www.youtube.com/user/BlackFox2240

Games shown: Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 2: Remake, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Shadow of the Colossus (PS2, PS3, PS4), Day of the Tentacle

Music used (chronologically): Pachelbel’s Canon, Wesker’s Theme, Ada’s Theme (Resident Evil 4), Credits Roll (Streets of Rage 4), Buy You a Drank (T-Pain), Level 0 (Tetris CD-I), Tierras de Azafrán (Blasphemous), Ending theme (Half Life: Alyx), Save theme (Resident Evil 7), Falling Into a Dream (Far Cry 3)

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Description credit: Like an Auto-Tune of Authentic Love by Carmen Giménez Smith

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Media shown: Amnesia: The Bunker, Who’s Lila, The Utility Room, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, SOMA, Outlast, Devotion, Prey, Dead Space, Signalis, Resident Evil 4 (Remake), Silent Hill 2, Half Life: Alyx, Beat Saber, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Myst, Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Destiny 2, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Super Mario 64, Alan Wake II

Music Used (Chronologically): Lacrimosa (Dead Space 2), Turned Around (Signalis), Rose (Resident Evil 8), The Blank Canvas (Inscryption), Safe Room (Amnesia: The Bunker), Officer Hub (Amnesia: The Bunker), End Credits (Amnesia: The Bunker), LilaChase (Who’s Lila?), Quiet Floors (Who’s Lila?), Misremembered (Signalis), Strupnev (Who’s Lila?), Submarine (INSIDE), Amid Bones (Iron Lung), A Mysterious Device (Returnal), Tendrils (Manifold Garden), Pilgrimage (Gorogoa), Nemesis (Returnal), Left Alone (Detention), Safe Room (Resident Evil), End Credits (Amnesia: The Bunker)

Additional music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound
Additional footage from Getty Images

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Description credit: Zero: Terror by Albert Goldbarth