Jacob Geller

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the Lower Pthumeru Chalice in the dead of night.

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Big thanks to these fine folks for additional footage:
JollyMoonMan: https://youtu.be/xqPW0Ehh-Sk
Unachemaxwell: https://youtu.be/mlm-FBB1PtM
Moros Nyx: https://youtu.be/j0vRq6U0F8c

Visual Media used: Bloodborne, Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls 1, Dark Souls 2, Dark Souls 3, Bioshock, The Enigma of Amigara Fault

Music used: Love (Under the Skin), The Alien (Annihilation), Secret Betrayal (Dark Souls 3)
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You say I took the name in vain; I don’t even know the name. But if I did, well, really, what’s it to you? | See tons of bonus videos and support more work like this by joining my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JacobGeller

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Additional Voices by Sarah Z: https://www.youtube.com/@SarahZ

Sources:
The Holy Grail: History and Legend (Juliette M Wood, 2012)
Danika Parikh on the Sankara Stones: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/indiana-jones-archaeology-temple-doom
“Ancient Crash, Epic Wave” by Sandra Blakeslee: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/science/14WAVE.html
Steven Spielberg talks directing and fatherhood: https://youtu.be/ak8rWmAj7rU?si=KIR59z11yP7awJTd

Media shown: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Fifty Shades of Grey, The Ten Commandments, Saturday Night Live,

Music Used (Chronologically): Count G (Great Circle), Enthroned on Mount Olympus (God of War 2005), The Parchment (Great Circle), Etcetera Etcetera (Great Circle), Art - Subverted (Immortality), Tierras de Azafrán (Blasphemous), Näcken's Polska (Bramble: The Mountain King), Birdwatching (Great Circle), Largas Sombras (Blasphemous 2), Del Santo Nombre (Blasphemous 2), Klezmer Feeling (Alexandra Woodward), Until the Next Adventure (Great Circle), A New Adventure Awaits (Great Circle)

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

Thumbnail and Graphic Design by https://twitter.com/HotCyder
Description credit: “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen

Shall I compare thee to a plastic guitar
Thou art more lovely, and more kinetic


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To start modding Beat Saber, check out: https://bsaber.com/

Visual Media used: Beat Saber, God of War 3, Thumper, Furi, Budget Cuts, SUPERHOT VR, Rez Infinite, Red Dead Redemption 2, The Mask, Shadow of the Colossus, The Beginner’s Guide, Tetris Effect, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Music: Credited within video

YouTube content from:
Great Yazer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtVi7raCx7YIseHU7domDCA
BennyDaBeast: https://www.youtube.com/user/benofthewhite
hu hu hu hu hu hu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=div0zQA5viY
Ragesaq: https://www.youtube.com/user/fermentumergosum
AdumPlaze: https://www.youtube.com/user/AdumPlaze
Theme Park Review: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT-LpxQVr4JlrC_mYwJGJ3Q

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Perhaps the heap of bodies clangs a bell, reminds me of love; a closeness gone missing. | See tons of bonus videos and support more work like this by joining my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JacobGeller

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Sources:
We Play Doom with John Romero (IGN): https://youtu.be/YUU7_BthBWM?si=3877k3abc1tPAoBX
How Mortal Kombat Invented the ESRB (Nicole Carpenter): https://www.polygon.com/22346875/mortal-kombat-violence-esrb-ratings-lieberman
City of Darkness Revisited (Greg Girard and Ian Lambot, 2014)
They’re Made Out of Meat (Terry Bisson, 1991)
Gaming Magazines found via Archive.org
Forum post on gibbing: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.computer.quake.misc/c/VRQIdF97Us4/m/D5Ici85V-igJ

Additional Voices by Big Joel and Mothcub
Additional editing by Isaac Holland
Additional Footage from Errant Signal: https://www.youtube.com/@ErrantSignal

Media shown: Slitterhead, Prototype, Humanity, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat 1 (2023), DOOM, Quake, Quake III Arena, Half-Life, Blood, Rise of the Triad, Shadow Warrior, Killzone 3, Gears of War: Judgment, ULTRAKILL, The Pony Factory, Infamous, Bull Durham

Music Used (Chronologically): The King of Speed (Daytona USA), Graydo (Stealth Inc 2), Main Theme (Mortal Kombat), You Will Never Know (Katana Zero), The Last Man (Prototype), Memory in Death (Prototype), Remorse (Hotline Miami 2), Overture (Slitterhead), Shore of Wandering (Slitterhead), Within the Cage (Slitterhead), Parched City (Slitterhead), Night is Watching (Slitterhead), UnearthU (UnearthU), THRIVE (Humanity), MINGLE (Humanity), Smooth Talking (Nocturnal Spirits), THRIVE (Humanity)

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

Thumbnail and Graphic Design by https://twitter.com/HotCyder
Description credit: “Meditations on Flesh” by Felicia Zamora

with the power of their lives while from the dim-lit halls of other places forms that could never be writhe for the impatience of the few who have never seen or been seen.

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Heterotopias: http://www.heterotopiaszine.com/

Visual Media used: NaissanceE, Super Mario Odyssey, Blade Runner, Dead Space 2, Detention, Clustertruck, Proteus, Blame!, Why You Get Howls On Your Radio (1932, British Pathé), Power Pylons on Wappinger Creek (Milo Tsukroff)

Music: Interloper (Off-Peak, Cosmo D), Les Louves (Patricia Dallio), Lear (Pauline Oliveros), Prométhée (Thierry Zaboitzeff), Flight to LAPD (Blade Runner 2049, Hans Zimmer)

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No, darkness is but a ghost of an idea, the least remembered, most estranged prayer, and your fear but a lingering, limbic fear torn from shreds of forgotten years.

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“Forgiving the Darkness”
Song by Ashley Young and Ric O'Shea: https://ashleydaydreaming.bandcamp.com/track/forgiving-darkness
Adapted from the poem by Alice B. Fogel

Thumbnail Painting: “Deimos,” used with permission from Dragan Bibin: https://www.draganbibin.com/

Additional Footage by Timmm: https://www.youtube.com/@timmm_

Additional Voice by “Voice of Czath”

Sources
“Visual Hallucinations During Prolonged Blindfolding in Sighted Subjects,” Merabet Et al., 2004: https://journals.lww.com/jneuro-ophthalmology/fulltext/2004/06000/visual_hallucinations_during_prolonged.3.aspx
“Into the Dark: What Darkness Is and Why It Matters,” Jacqueline Yallop, 2023
“The Woman Who Spent Five Hundred Days in a Cave,” D. T. Max, 2024: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/29/the-woman-who-spent-five-hundred-days-in-a-cave
Beatriz Flamini’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beatriz_flamini/?hl=en
“Milutin Lived For 464 Days Walled Up In A Cave,” Juzne Vesti, 2020: https://www.telegraf.rs/english/3243609-milutin-lived-for-464-days-walled-up-in-a-cave-at-one-point-he-had-to-pull-out-his-own-tooth
“Caveman: An Interview with Michel Siffre,” Joshua Foer, 2008: https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/30/foer_siffre.php
“Beyond Time,” Michel Siffre, 1964
“Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet,” Will Hunt, 2018
“Worst Outage Cripples North India,” Mehdudia and Ramachandaran, 2012: https://web.archive.org/web/20121117052357/http://www.thehindu.com:80/news/national/article3702075.ece?homepage=true
“Indian Blackouts of July 2012: What Happened and Why?” Anubhav Rath, 2016: https://medium.com/clean-energy-for-billions/indian-blackouts-of-july-2012-what-happened-andwhy-639e31fb52ad
“Power Blackout Strands 200 Indian Coal Miners,” Dhar and Daniel, 2012: https://www.reuters.com/article/india-blackout-trapped-idUSL4E8IV4RS20120731/
“At Day's Close: Night in Times Past,” A. Roger Ekirch, 2005
“U.S. Risks National Blackout From Small-Scale Attack,” Rebecca Smith, 2014: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304020104579433670284061220
“Investigators are zeroing in on two possible motives...in NC power stations attacks,” Miller, Almasy, Wild, 2022: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/us/power-outage-moore-county-investigation-wednesday/index.html
“'Intentional, willful and malicious': 40K without power after substation attacks in Moore County,” Shook and Norton, 2022: https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/crime/2022/12/04/moore-county-power-outage-investigated-as-vandalism/69699328007/
“Why White Supremacists Are Trying to Attack Energy Grids,” Ruberg, 2024: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/us/white-supremacist-power-grid-attacks.html
Dark Sky International- Darkness Areas: https://darksky.org/what-we-do/international-dark-sky-places/all-places/
Light Pollution Map: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/
“How Darkness Shaped History,” Silver and Ransom, 2010: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_XZdmg4ZLU
“Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses,” John C. Dvorak, 2017
Solar Eclipse List: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/list-solar.html
“Revolution in Science,” The Times, 1919: https://www.thetimes.com/article/revolution-in-science-f63xmv8207t
“Point Nemo, the Most Remote Place on Earth,” Cullen Murphy, 2024: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/point-nemo-most-remote-place/679947/
“Life after Life,” Raymond Moody, 1975

“Darkness,” Lord Byron, 1816

Additional footage used from the games NaissanceE (2014), Space Engine (2024), and Shadow of the Colossus (2005)

Music Used (Chronologically): Francesco (Aerian), To

We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white hollows go
To the place where Lordran ends.
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Daughters of Ash: https://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls/mods/1524
Amazing Lo-Fi Dark Souls remixes from Jesse Miller: https://youtu.be/r6kdkkcOxtU
Gwyn, lord of Kazoos: https://youtu.be/XZEg9xXMmho
Dark Souls Dance Party: https://youtu.be/mp28JPs25ek

Visual Media used: Dark Souls, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin, Dark Souls 3, Beat Saber

Music used: Gourmet Race (Kirby Super Star), Kirby Retro Medley (SSBU), Spooky Scary Skeletons (Andrew Gold), Vs. Tina (Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend), Be Like You (Sim Gretina), Lo-Fi tracks from Jesse Miller
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a child carrying flowers walks toward the new year | See tons of bonus videos and support more work like this by joining my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JacobGeller

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Music Used (Chronologically): Main Theme, Drop Point and Stratagem Loadout (Helldivers 2), Credits Clash (Astro Bot), Blood Snow (Slitterhead), The Putrescent Knight (Shadow of the Erdtree), Home Improvement (Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth), Main Theme (Mouthwashing), Wings of Freedom (Metaphor: ReFantazio), The Orchard at Peace (1000xResist), End Credits (Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown), Final Boss Theme, Duelist’s Delight (Nine Sols), Main Theme (Balatro), Watcher (1000xResist), Follow Me Into the Storm, Restore Power, Retro Rampage (Astro Bot), Judgement -Shinpan- (Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth)

Additional music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound

Thumbnail and Graphic Design by https://twitter.com/HotCyder
Description credit: “New Year” by Bei Dao (translated by David Hinton with Yanbing Chen)

“Where are the people?” resumed the little prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too,” said the snake.

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Super Mario Galaxy - Relaxing Medley by AJ DiSpirito: https://youtu.be/cL0AHxwMt2I

Isle of Skye Footage by Stefan Zimmerman: https://youtu.be/sb6WlQiaJeM

Visual Media used: Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Odyssey, The Little Prince (2015)

Music used: Various tracks from Super Mario Galaxy, Excerpts from AJ DiSpirito’s Mario Galaxy Medley
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To grow old is to lose everything. Aging, everybody knows it. | See tons of bonus videos and support more work like this by joining my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/JacobGeller

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Renata Price on Dragon’s Dogma 2: https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/2024/05/24/learning-the-script-dragons-dogma-2
Additional editing by Isaac Holland
Thanks to Grittyhamy for capturing footage of Dragon’s Dogma 2: https://x.com/GrittyHamy

Media shown: Earth Defense Force 6, Earth Defense Force 5, Earth Defense Force 4.1 - The Shadow of New Despair, Earth Defense Force 2017, Monster Attack, Global Defense Force, World of Goo, World of Goo 2, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Dragon’s Dogma, Dragon’s Dogma 2, 500 Caliber Contractz, Hades 2, Children of the Sun, Echo Point Nova, Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Solid 4, Yakuza 0, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Nine Sols, Inscryption, I Am Your Beast, Persona 3 Reload, A Highland Song, God of War (2005), God of War (2018), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Raising Arizona, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning,

Music Used (Chronologically): Human Resources (Perfect Vermin), Jeopardy! (Game Gear), Main Theme (Streets of Rage 4), The Heatseeker (Pistol Whip), The Long Juicy Road (World of Goo 2), Tumbler (World of Goo 2), Exhibition (The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe), Destroyer Destroyed (The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe), Atomic Express (World of Goo 2), The Memory Zone (The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe), HELL (The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe), Epilogue (The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe), Havre (Dragon’s Dogma 2), True Ending (Dragon’s Dogma 2), Farewell Rook (Dragon’s Dogma 2), Epilogue (The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe), A Dark Knight at El Sol (World of Goo 2), EDF Songs (EDF 4.1 - Shadow of New Despair)

Additional music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound

Thumbnail and Graphic Design by https://twitter.com/HotCyder
Description credit: “Affirmation” by Donald Hall