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Tardigrade (Hypsibius dujardini)

ARGs and analog horror series on youtube are probably one of the last bastions of creativity for creativity’s sake on the internet because by their nature they are extremely hard to monetize. you cant do sponsorships because it would break the immersion, same goes for ads. the best ive seen creators do is patreon support but even by doing a patreon theyre calling attention to the fact that theres one singular human behind every series and none of this is “real”, as in, these vhs tapes recordings were never tapes, theyre avi files created in premiere pro etc. ofc im not condemning patreons, im just saying they can break the immersion a bit. when it comes to horror series , youre never meant to see the guy behind the curtain so to speak, so all of this makes it super hard for the creators to make money off youtube. i dont think ppl pick this form of creativity to profit or to get popular , they just had an idea and put it out there for the sake of making something… and i like that : ) in the era of monetizing everything, including ur art and hobbies, analog horror and args remain very genuine and authentic.

Okay i have to talk about this because it drives me fucjing INSANE every time i see it.

i know an engineer-type dude who said fiction bored him, because fiction is mostly-formulaic and tropey, and you can generally guess what’s gonna happen next, and yada yada

like i tried to tell him suspense isn’t about having no fucking clue what’s going on, it’s about having expectations subverted in novel and interesting ways that nonetheless accord with one’s understanding of the story’s universe, etc

I think the thing I respect about him is he has this opinion that would make him unable to enjoy most media

Lesser known small mammals (or mammals whenever i bring up people have no idea what im talking about)

I can always tell when people have been misgendering me around the 4yo because she comes home, points very firmly at me and says, “[Derin], you’re a they.”

a couple of months ago when i was 100%ing luigis mansion 3 i was doing a lot of multiplayer mansion games trying to get the rare ghosts and after one of these sessions i got a friend request from one of the people i played randomly with. anyway his name is luigi his profile pic is luigi and his library consists solely of luigi games and i’ve never seen him play anything else so i just have to assume luigi himself is my friend on switch

Oh, hey, I was wondering when I’d get to use this again.

Fellas, if your game has: