Jacob Geller joins us to talk about the sustainability of AAA, Prestige Graphics, the indulgent nature of "apolitical" war games, The toxic effects of Youtube algorithms, and Cosmo D.
Plugs:
Jacob Geller's channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeTfBygNb1TahcNpZyELO8g
Jacob Geller's twitter https://twitter.com/yacobg42
Jacob Geller's list of his favorite video essays on youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX4DApdGFnsn8g72Oo1oyMuV3NIPVgR10
Notes:
Documentary Series "The Mayfair Set" by Adam Curtis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuqYbohCLFM
Tv Show "Barry"
Call Of Duty + Vice Documentary about PMCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE17D8C6O4A
Jacob Geller's video essay "Does Call of Duty Believe in Anything?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtCV421T52s
Jacob Geller's video essay Control, Anatomy, and the Legacy of the Haunted House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mexs39y0Imw
Errant Signal's video essay "Blips 5: Kings, Robocops, and Clay "Comedy" Games" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lefmwWPdhrk
Folding Ideas' video essay "Annihilation and Decoding Metaphor" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URo66iLNEZw
Jacob Geller's videossay "An Uncanny Reality" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTYRWUVip-I
Jonathan Cooper's twitter thread about Naughty Dog work conditions https://twitter.com/GameAnim/status/1238199242256052224
Crowbcat's video essay "CSGO hysteria and forgotten TF2 design" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9RjDRLBWio
Crowbcat's video essay "ex-Bungie next to 343 Industries" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qfx9eoB-88
Cosmo D's games https://cosmod.net/
Game "Leechbowl" from the Haunted Cities collection by Kitty Horrorshow https://kittyhorrorshow.itch.io/haunted-cities
Noah Caldwell-Gervais channel https://www.youtube.com/user/broadcaststsatic