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I would never play Poppy Playtime myself, but I really really love watching YouTubers I like play horror games. I don’t know why but it’s so addicting and thrilling. I first saw Dan and Phil play Poppy Playtime (I haven’t watched their main channels in years but I will probably still be watching DanAndPhilGames when I’m 40) and I just couldn’t get the game out of my head. Then I saw Shane and Ryan from Watcher (prev Buzzfeed Unsolved!) play it and I got to relive it. I don’t know what it is about this game but I cannot stop thinking about it, maybe it’s the world building or the scares or the design but either way I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for the next chapter to come out, and then for Dan and Phil and Shane and Ryan to play it. I won’t watch it unless it’s a YouTuber I know and love cause what if that person is annoying. I‘m waiting for the day Drew Gooden or Danny Gonzalez start a gaming channel.
Jan 27, 2024
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It’s funny cause I’m too scared to actually play most of the games, I watch other people play them on Youtube. I’m just obsessed with the storytelling you can do with this medium. Especially sick if the game is made by just one obsessed person. My favorite of all time is Sally Face. But I’ve also watched a ton of Silent Hill and Fear and Hunger playthroughs.
Oct 23, 2023
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I’ve recently been watching Rule of Rose (remake) on youtube. It’s a masterfully twisted game and beautifully done. Something about watching gameplays has always soothed me. I would always fall asleep to Silent Hill 2 gameplays during the pandemic. You just have to turn down the boss fights when you’re finally trying to sleep; it can get a little abrasive. Stay away from gameplays with commentary please. You don’t need a random white guy's opinion on the creature design right now- just too goddamn annoying
Jan 30, 2024
Just randomly came up on my recommended page and clicked in it for something to play in the background while doing the dishes. ended up getting way more emotional than I thought. it’s pretty much a video about YouTuber globert playing a dying game for 30 days and really showcases the communities of ol’ that we lost when the internet became more centralised. watching globert interact with this small community of dedicated players to a game that is boarder-line lost to time really made me long to what the internet used to be, People trying to make real connections in a virtual spaces. give it a watch.
Apr 18, 2025
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I saw this yesterday at Prince Charles Cinema and the final shot kinda made me wanna pump my fist in the air at this triumph of cinema but someone else had already been told off for being rowdy so I resisted
Jan 27, 2024
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It is soooooooo hard to believe in these days when everyone is set on villainising one another because that’s just easier than empathising or understanding, and then also to not use this to slip into an “I can fix him” mindset. But I am a bell hooks babe and I believe that the true power of love is to transform us. To be loved is to be CHANGED!!!!
May 3, 2024
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Support our independent cinema screens!! I am a Londoner so I have memberships with BFI, Prince Charles and Picturehouse and it is totally worth it, especially as watching movies takes up a good chunk of my personality and I dislike watching things at home. Advanced screenings, access to smaller films, discounted tickets are all great but it’s also just nice to support these places who do so much in preserving the British independent film scene which is currently in an abysmal state. Curzon, Everyman, The Garden, Genesis, ICA and many more are also all great and I would be members of them all if I could. Big up BFI especially because I probably wouldn’t have got as far in both my career and love of film without them, and the Northampton Filmhouse in my hometown which was my first independent cinema.
These are of course London based examples but I encourage everyone to support their local independents 🫶🏻
Jan 27, 2024