#obscure videos

[mellonhead58]

Ok so I was randomly recommended this video on youtube

And I kind of assumed it was some generic low-effort video essay that I wouldn't enjoy but I had to put something on in the background while I pretended I was about to do work so I put it on and like, holy shit it's actually pretty good. It's not a high production value and he's clearly inexperienced in the realm of making videos but it is anything but "low-effort." It feels like one of those videos you should be watching under the blanket on a cracked ipod touch at 2am on a school night in 2012, except it's 2024.

So then I put another video on about the fucking New York City Mole People thinking it has to be (decent) schlock that I could keep on in the background.

And like, holy shit it's good. Not just a fun little jaunt about the concept of whether or not there are people living in NYC's sewers and subways, but he spends most of the latter half of the video going through a pretty earnest discussion of homelessness in America which I'm not gonna pretend is totally out of left field for a youtube video essayist in principle, but in the neighborhood of conspiracytubers inspired by Wendigoon and Nexpo, I'd argue it's pretty atypical and a welcome change in my opinion.

Anyway maybe he drops like 27 N-bombs in his other videos or some other youtuber type shit, and if he has then I'll put it on this post, but for now the point of this post is please check out Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities (ft Jolibee the Durian)

[grayoil]

Mexican cartel claymation videos and Tim Firth

I’ve been thinking a lot about violence lately and how we depict it. How far is too far? Is the depiction of hyper violence in visual arts romanticization or just an acknowledgment of what is already all around us? Is there a point, does there have to be one? Most of the time violence is totally avoidable, yet we are surrou-nded by it. If art is just a reflection of society and we already live in a world filled with meaningless blood, death and gore is it unfair to dismiss this art as being pointless?

What if you recreated the brutalization and death of a person? 

I was watching the video YouTube‘s Unwatched Horrors [Vol.2] and it introduced me to the channel Tim Firth. Most of their videos get 40 or a few hundred views. Through claymation, they re-create videos of fights, gore, Mexican cartel videos and videos in Ukrainian using the same audio. But they also make their own short films-ish. They have a playlist called Hand Sketch Animation, I don’t really know how to describe it so if you’re curious go watch it.

I think there most popular video is Mexican Chainsaw Video, re-creating an infamous video that want around the Internet of the cartel killing and torturing two men. This strangely enough, is a genre in its own right. Not all of these claymations are recreating real videos, though they often use real audio of shootings. Cicada Cult Studios is another channel that depicts gang warfare and shootings. Unlike Tim Frith they don’t seem to re-create real life events but that does not make the subject matter of these animations any less real.  

In the video titled Warfare Shooting Gun Fight Stop Motion Claymation one commenter writes “ dang dude this is art…. No glory no happy endings, no one wins... just sadness, suffering, and death.” Despite the real intentions of the creator, whatever they may be and you or my personal feelings, these animations speak to a truth that people connect with. 

After I watched a fair amount of Tim Firth’s videos and watched their YouTube shorts, I was left wondering why? What is the commentary? Is this just for pure fun, a morbid fascination? Yes Why recreate this through stock motion? I don’t think I’ll ever get an answer, but it left me thinking.

If nothing else go watch the Hand Sketch Animation videos. It could be me being delusional, but I do think there’s genuine social commentary in this playlist and even if there isn’t and its all just totally meaningless crude drawings, I don’t care because I connected with them.

One things for certain and it’s that I’m probably an idiot for overthinking all this. Here’s a film review of Wolfs

[prokopetz]

I mean this with as little judgment as possible, but I think some of y'all have a warped notion of what "obscure" looks like when it comes to video games. I routinely get comments on my game rec posts to the effect of "wow, I can't believe @prokopetz knows about my obscure fave", and when I look up the game in question on Steam to make sure I'm not missing something here, it's like

Y'all, these are not "obscure" numbers. These are "very slightly off the mainstream" numbers. If you're going to call anything on Steam obscure (and that's a stretch right from the jump), at least let it be something that's been on the platform for a decade and still hasn't racked up enough user reviews to generate a rating!

[swirlytwirly2249]

since we’re onthe topic of obscure videos,

https://youtu.be/ep9SRAV0DhE

this is a video of someone reuploading a version of lovesliescrushing by AERO GROS M

when i say “a version”, i mean its just like the normal song except it has a soort of rapper in the background named Lan Lan. More details are in the desc and in the comment section but yeah. it is a dear video to me and i would cry the day i would no longer find this version.

[acquired-stardust]

Tenchu: Fatal Shadows Playstation 2 2004

[sofy-tofy]

Where I can buy this?!? I need it-

[sheriffofmagic]

being into polygon was INSANE

*twirls hair* so there's this video game journalism website

LITERALLY it was sooo funny trying to explain to people what the fuck i was interested in like imagine telling people you stan IGN. that's what it sounded like

[my-darling-boy]

A professional in their field: we have found a very new piece of information that challenges what we knew previously about this particular subject. Evidence may suggest this new thing is possible, but it is still being investigated as it may be an incredibly multifaceted discovery and cannot be implemented into mainstream knowledge at this time until more is known

Some content creator who found out about this 5 seconds ago: DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS ABSOLUTE FACT???? This massively researched thing we have known about for a hundred years???? This thing YOU should know about and implement into irrevocable truth immediately??? This incredibly complex thing I stopped reading about after two sentences and thought sounded sooooo cool for a 60 second video???? PLEASE go around telling people about this in an even more watered down, one dimensional way than I am doing!!! I IMPLORE you to accept this information without any analysis whatsoever!!!!!!

[arconinternet]

Cosmology of Kyoto (Windows & Classic Mac, SOFTEDGE, 1995)

Roger Ebert's favorite game, simulating life, afterlife and reincarnation in Japan's Heian period. You can download it here or here, or download it pre-configured to run on modern versions of Windows here.

[olvaheiner]

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025)

[lady-quen]

Isgarren's architectural choices

Featuring @shroomlet 's beautiful art with permission ¬‿¬

[ratatatastic]

Panthers React to NICE Tweets 🥹

[trainwrecksys]

Viktor stroked Jayces arm Viktor stroked Jayces arm Viktor stroked Jayces arm Viktor stroked Jayces arm I am not ok I am not ok

[caelanglang]

… I finally collected my guts to catch up with Akai angst… suddenly ao3 went down…

@itotypes I think the universe is telling me something……

anyways drawing this to cope… I’m sorry it’s bad and messy……

[somos-deseos]

Blues Room: Childhood.

[acquired-stardust]

LSD Dream Emulator Playstation 1998