I'd really appreciate it if you watched this one to the end Watch the full playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-lX_Vrb3nf_rIhproFqCQNRqBYtc8Fqy&si=lAhfW5kfQ7nzmD5y Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/LeadTalk Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Minecraft and Ico OSTs

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/Leadtalk Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the MGSV and MGS2 OSTs by Ludvig Forssell and Harry-Gregson Williams

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/LeadTalk Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Minecraft, Ico, and Cruelty Squad OSTs

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/Leadtalk Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain The music in this video is from the Minecraft OST

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain The music in this video is from the Minecraft OST by Lena Raine, and Kumi Tanioka, and the Nintendogs OST by Hajime Wakai

Full video here: https://youtu.be/5ZJv8Qxl7X4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/leadtalk Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth OST by Keitaro Hanada, Kazuki Takagi, Chihiro Aoki, Satoshi Okamura, Hyd Lunch, Ryo Fukuda, Hidenori Shoji, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Rintaro Soma, Yuri Fukuda, 83Key, Naoto Oike, Etsuko Shimada, Saori Yoshida, Tadashi Kinukawa, Kenichi Tokoi, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Tomoki Kikuya, Mitsuharu Fukuyama, and Kiyo

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Solid 2 OST by Norihiko Hibino and Harry Gregson-Williams, as well as a cover of Carcelera by Vince Py, linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66fjjc9-9K4

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Minecraft OST by Lena Raine and Rikiya Yamashita, as well as the Event[0] OST by Julie Robert & Camille Giraudeau

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the MGS2 OST by Harry Gregson-Williams

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Life is Strange OST by Jonathan Morali

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Chulip OST by Hirofumi Taniguchi, and the JoJo's Bizzare Adventure Part 4 OST by Yugo Kanno

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Dishonored OST by Daniel Licht

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Minecraft OST by C418, Lena Raine, and Kumi Tanloka, and the Mother 3 OST by Shogo Sakai

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/Leadtalk Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is Solace, by Earl Sweatshirt

The 17 year long metanarrative behind the Metal Gear Solid series Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT This is a compilation of my previous 5 videos on the Metal Gear series. They were originally written with the intent of being a single, large video. This is that video. The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Solid 1,2,3,4,V OSTs by Harry-Gregson Williams, Norihiko Hibino, KCE Japan, and Ludvig Forssell

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Solid V OST by Ludvig Forssell

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots OST by Harry Gregson-Williams, Nobuko Toda, Shuuichi Kobori and Kazuma Jinnouchi, as well as the Metal Gear Solid V OST by Ludvig Forssell

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 OST's by Harry Gregson-Williams and Norihiko Hibino

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Solid 2 soundtrack by Harry Gregson-Williams and Norihiko Hibino

This video is part 1 of a 5-part analysis of the entire Metal Gear Solid series, and the metatextual story it tells. Stay tuned for the rest! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the MGS1 soundtrack by KCE Japan Sound Team and Rika Muranaka

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Part 2 coming soon! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Half Life 2 OST by Kelly Bailey

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt I promise the next vid will be less depressing! The music in this video is from the OSTs of Ico and The Last Guardian, as well as "Solace" by Earl Sweatshirt

ft. @TransVoiceLessons, @JessieGender1, @AdequateEmily Everything you might want to know as you begin your transition. The Transfemme Field Guide was peer reviewed by a several trans women, and transfeminine nonbinary people, from a wide range of backgrounds. I have made it available in text form, for those who cannot safely or comfortably watch a video about these topics: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YfsLNDa3L6IQD2R39RcrXyYnbT_sAN7TJOR8eE6lL1Y/edit?usp=sharing The DIY HRT wiki: diyhrt.wiki/ Erin’s Informed Consent HRT map of the US: google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1DxyOTw8dI8n96BHFF2JVUMK7bXsRKtzA&hl=en_US&ll=21.93350789191198%2C-109.09443705000001&z=3 AskTransgender subreddit: reddit.com/r/asktransgender/ MtF subreddit: reddit.com/r/MtF/ TransTimelines subreddit: reddit.com/r/transtimelines/ My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT My Discord Server: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU My Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt My DMs are always open on all available platforms if you have any questions. The music in this video is from the Coffee Talk OST by Andrew Jeremy, The Beginner's Guide OST by Ryan Roth, the Firewatch OST by Chris Reno, and "Solace" by Earl Sweatshirt Remember, you're beautiful, strong, and brave. I couldn't be more proud of all of you.

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I'd like to specify here that this video isn't a callout to anyone in particular. This video is largely about fears and feelings that have manifested in my own head, rather than specific experiences. I'd also like to apologize for the one month gap between this upload, and my previous video. Life got very complicated for a few weeks. Things have stabilized now, and I can get back to work on larger scale projects again. Thanks everyone ❤ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Firewatch OST by Chris Reno

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the PT soundtrack by Ludvig Forssell

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt Massive thanks to Azeal for contributing so much to this video! You can find his channel here. I highly recommend checking out his work https://www.youtube.com/azeal

My Patreon is nearly halfway to it's goal, at which I'll stop running ads on future videos! Patrons see all my videos a week early. https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Death Stranding OST by Ludvig Forssell (PS, sorry the music is so loud during the ending patron read. I didn't realize during editing, and I stupidly deleted my project files before I noticed. This vid really took a lot out of me lol)

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Coffee Talk OST by Andrew Jeremy

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Silent Hill 2 OST by Akira Yamaoka, the Mother 2 OST by Keiichi Suzuki, the Firewatch OST by Chris Remo, the Life is Strange OST by Jonathan Morali, and the Mother 3 OST by Shogo Sakai

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Donut County OST by Daniel Koestner and Ben Esposito, The Beginner's Guide OST by Ryan Roth, The Limbo OST by Martin Stig Andersen, The Disco Elysium OST by British Sea Power, and the Firewatch OST by Chris Remo

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is the Far Cry 2 OST by Marc Canham

I'm not quitting YouTube. I'm just starting the next chapter. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from The OSTs of Outer Wilds, Firewatch, The Beginners Guide, Silent Hill 2, and Disco Elysium

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Rising licensed soundtrack by Tyson Yen, Jimmy Gnecco, Graime Cornies, Kit Walters, and Jason Charles Miller, as well as the Metal Gear Solid OST by KCE Japan Sound Team

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe Edition OST by the Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Life is Strange OST by Jonathan Morali, as well as Lua by Bright Eyes, covered by Em_t

Rest in peace, Fahmi. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Coffee Talk OST by Andrew Jeremy

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Left 4 Dead 2 OST by Mike Morasky.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Portal 2 OST by Mike Morasky

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is The Firewatch OST by Chris Remo The Donut County OST by Daniel Koestner and Ben Esposito The Coffee Talk OST by Andrew Jeremy The Beginners Guide OST by Ryan Roth The Chulip OST by Hirofumi Taniguchi

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/leadtalk Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Halo 3: ODST OST by Marty O'Donnel

Check out my homie's SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/Y25RM Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT​ Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/leadtalk Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Deathloop OST by Tom Salta, Ross Tregenza, FJØRA, and Sencit

Check out my channel to see a slew of deep artistic dives into over a hundred games! First time trying out a short! Figured it could be fun. Let me know what you guys think, and I might do more. These of course won't replace the main content on my channel. (also, I know that putting a hashtag in the title is tacky and ugly, but apparently you need to do that to be listed as a short)

POST VOID is an absolute banger that snuck up on me on the Steam front page, and quickly became the best $3 I've ever spent. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt I'm sure a lot of you are wondering why it's been a bit since my last upload. I recently finished a 60 page script on the whole MGS series, and that's going to take a long, long time to put together. Like, /hopefully/ it'll be done by the end of '21. In the meantime, I'm going to focus mainly on smaller scale videos, and try to maintain a shorter interval between them. Thanks for watching!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Cruelty Squad OST by Consumer Softproducts

Pick up Hotline Miami on GOG: https://bit.ly/LeadheadMiamike Hotline Miami was a difficult game to write about. It feels like everything that can be said about it doesn't even need to be said. It seems like the game does a great job of speaking for itself, but there's some more subtle details, that paint a pretty clear picture of how exactly our protagonist got to be this way, and what it's like for him. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt TF2 server: 160.202.165.26:27500

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Grab Atlas VPN for $1.39/mo before the deal expires: http://atlasv.pn/LeadHead Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The Source Engine has led me to so many fantastic experiences, memories, and times, that I just had to make a video about it! The music in this video is from the Mother 2 OST, and the Half-Life 1 OST

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt Kane & Lynch 2 is a weird, weird game. The gameplay isn't particularly fun, if I'm being honest, but everything about the experience is so unified, and considered, all with the aim of bringing you a truly disgusting, gritty experience, and it does that so, so well. It's an experience that I can't haven't in any other game, and that alone demands that I recommend this game. The music in this video is from the Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days OST by Mona Mur

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt LSD: Dream Emulator is a weirdo game that I can't really "explain", but I can use it as a springboard to talk about my own life, and in doing so, maybe start to understand why this thing exists in the first place. The music in this video is from Haruomi Hosono's "Watering a Flower", as well as the Half-Life 2 OST by Kelly Bailey

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt For my first entry in a series of short, admittedly lower effort game recommendations, I can't think of a better candidate than the original Deus Ex. To this day, when somebody asks you what an immersive sim is, this is the game you should point to. Every little detail is important, and every decision is impactful. You guys gotta get this one. The music in this video is from the Deus Ex soundtrack by Alexander Brandon, Michiel van den Bos, Dan Gardopée, and Reeves Gabrels

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT​ Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt While Half-Life 2 has such a heavy story focus, I'd say Half-Life 1 is even more mysterious. There are so many questions to answer, and I just about never hear anyone talking about them. Factor in how much the waters have been muddied by Black Mesa, the fan made remake, and the questionably-canon Gearbox expansions, Decay, Blue Shift, and Opposing Force, and you've got a game who's story is pretty difficult to talk about, but today we're going to try to put all of the pieces together. The music in this video is from the Half-Life soundtrack by Kelly Bailey

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt It looks like such a simple game, but I think Celeste just helped me find the power to say to myself, "You can do this, Leadhead", and actually believe it. The music in this video is from the Celeste OST by Lena Raine

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt Spiritfarer was one of those games that brought up a bunch of thoughts that I don't have too often; not my death. I think about what that's going to be like all the time, but the deaths of my friends, and family members, and how impacted I feel by them on a day-to-day basis, all these years later. The music in this video is from the Spiritfarer OST by Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT​ Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt From financial woes, to my first lonely Christmas, to moving out, to starting my gender transition, to general burnout, to the pandemic, to the cold, this has been an incredibly rough, difficult Winter for me. This hacking situation, and the dark thoughts that resulted from it, felt like my final boss before Spring could finally come. I made it through, though, and it's all uphill from here. Love you guys. The music in this video is from the Firewatch OST by Chris Reno, The Beginner's Guide OST by Ryan Roth, The Mother 2 OST by Hirokazu Tanaka & Keiichi Suzuki, The Silent Hill 2 OST by Akira Yamaoka, and The Mother 3 OST by Shogo Sakai

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So, the hack situation. I'm 98% sure everything is resolved. I'm going to just breathe, and take my time on this next video. This whole thing was the biggest stress I've endured in maybe my entire life, and I just need some time. I'll be back shortly. Thanks for sticking with me, everybody. ❤ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT​ Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT​ Merch: https://leadheadshop.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/PVvXESU7WU Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Half-Life 2 OST by Kelly Bailey

https://leadheadshop.com/ The music in this video is a cover of "Campfire" by Tyler, The Creator, made by YouTuber "Screen On My Chest" https://youtu.be/M2JL6YXcvWM

pl_upward made me the Team Fortress 2 player I am, and taught me how to love the game. Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/leadhead Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Insta: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Mother 3 OST by Shogo Sakai and the Team Fortress 2 OST by Mike Morasky and The Valve Studio Orchestra

Go to https://nordvpn.com/lead or use code "lead" to get a 2-year plan plus 1 additional month with a huge discount. Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/leadhead Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Insta: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the GTA V OST by Oh No, FlyLo, Tangerine Dream, Woody Jackson, Alchemist, and DJ Shadow

Thanks gamers. It's been a crazy couple of months, and this is the last hurdle I need to pass before I can truly say I "survived" it. Fear is how the phobes win. 0:00 - Introduction 2:05 - A bit of history 4:12 - The Mr. Plinkett Knockoff 19:05 - Evil Leadhead vs Leadhead 21:32 - Coming out 24:14 - Outro Insta: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/leadhead Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from The Special Herbs Box Set by MF DOOM, and the Donut County OST by Daniel Koestner and Ben Esposito

Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/leadhead Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Insta: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Dishonored OST by Daniel Licht

Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/leadhead Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Insta: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is, of course, all MF DOOM, and his various aliases. The background music comes from his instrumental compilation: Metal Fingers Presents: Special Herbs

Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/leadhead Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt The music in this video is from the Mother 2 OST by Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, Toshiyuki Ueno and the Half-Life 2 OST by Kelly Bailey

Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/_S2yeNihIy0

Watch the intro first: https://youtu.be/S018lcO_dAs Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/leadhead Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Insta: https://www.instagram.com/leadheadyt/ The music in this video is from the Fallout: New Vegas OST by Inon Zur

Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/leadhead Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the OSTs of all games mentioned Elephant in the room: This was obviously a super low-effort video, but one that I thought I should probably make regardless. I know I took a good bit of time off recently getting set up in my new place, but consider this low-effort vid a little Christmas gift for myself. Rest assured, next week's vid is VERY high effort. Happy New Year!

Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/leadhead Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from Tyler, The Creator's "Cherry Bomb", and the Event[0] OST by Julie Robert & Camille Giraudeau

Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/leadhead Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Fallout: New Vegas OST by Inon Zur

Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/leadhead Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Dishonored OST by Daniel Licht

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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Mother 3 OST by Shogo Sakai

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Watch the match where Lonkus finally beat me: https://youtu.be/GvJE1Nco2n4 The music in this video is from the Ratz Instagib OST by Jazzassins and Paul SG

Happy Halloween! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is from the Amnesia: Rebirth OST by Mikko Tarmia

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain The music in this video is from the Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs OST by Jessica Curry

Full spoilers for Mother 3 and Mother 2 (Earthbound) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/porkbrain The music in this video is from the Mother 3 and Mother 2 Soundtracks, by Shogo Sakai, Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, and Toshiyuki Ueno.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/porkbrain The music in this video is from the Half-Life 2 soundtrack by Kelly Bailey

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT The music in this video is the fantastic Superliminal OST by 2 Mello

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/Porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT This video is in the midst of a copyright dispute. Special thanks to the patrons for giving me the security I need to cover protected media 💕 The music in this video is from the Fargo OST by Jeff Russo

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Patrons got to watch this video over a week early! Thanks guys 💕 The music in this video is from the BioShock and BioShock 2 OST by Garry Schyman, as well as '20th Century Blues' by Noël Coward

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Patrons got to watch this video over a week early! Thanks guys 💕 The music in this video is from the Coffee Talk OST by Andrew Jeremy

Happy birthday to me! 🍰 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Patrons got to watch this video over a week early! Thanks guys 💕 The music in this video is from the OSTs of LIMBO and INSIDE by Martin Stig Andersen and SØS Gunver Ryberg

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/porkbrain Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Patrons got to watch this video over a week early! Thanks guys 💕 The music in this video is from the Max Payne OST by Kärtsy Hatakka & Kimmo Kajasto

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Patrons got to watch this video over a week early! Thanks guys 💕 The music in this video is from King of the Hill (duh)

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Patrons got to watch this video over a week early! Thanks guys 💕 The music in this video is from the Halo 3 OST by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Patrons got to watch this video over a week early! Thanks guys 💕 The music in this video is from: The Hitman 2 OST (the pause screen music, and the mission complete music)

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Channels mentioned and my recommended videos: 1:28 - Accursed Farms - https://youtu.be/3qRCzIj9QEo 4:27 - RennsReviews - https://youtu.be/6huxzeKdgFM 6:28 - Noah Caldwell-Gervais - https://youtu.be/c6-4oSTboqE 8:00 - Super Bunnyhop - https://youtu.be/X8NO6hAB4z8 9:08 - 2KliksPhilip - https://youtu.be/kotPSqVp4uU 10:10 - Ars Technica - https://youtu.be/KFNxJVTJleE 10:40 - SimpleFlips - https://youtu.be/cyvRsDMmVi8 11:39 - Zero Punctuation (On The Escapist channel) - https://youtu.be/Hi0pyPwxz6Y 12:27 - Late Night Gaming - https://youtu.be/LxXE6daBM5A 13:23 - IKG Productions - https://youtu.be/mQ_vwFlvbVI 14:47 - (I start going rapidfire) Fredrik Knudsen (Down The Rabbit Hole) - https://youtu.be/UCgoxQCf5Jg Ahoy - https://youtu.be/15dxuAbTC0A Jim Sterling (The Jimquisition) - https://youtu.be/qS-LXvhy1Do NakeyJakey - https://youtu.be/KMZ4kkSVrBw LGR - https://youtu.be/X9ywgxbGEZ8 LazyPurple (How it FEELS to play... Series) - https://youtu.be/l8g0z8yZ6FU Ralphthemoviemaker - https://youtu.be/Mz6UVqqSWeA RedLetterMedia - https://youtu.be/AHUV8QLpEAc Civvie 11 - https://youtu.be/yzQ9ADQgLfk Summoning Salt - https://youtu.be/_XkKufyIiAY JonTronShow - https://youtu.be/YuRYaTVSuhs Writing on Games - https://youtu.be/JI5P8u_c7ig Errant Signal - https://youtu.be/zAtAyycx-uY Joseph Anderson - https://youtu.be/jVyjRhSX92E Game Maker's Tool Kit - https://youtu.be/SnpAAX9CkIc Seriously, I'm not fishing for shoutouts here. If you were mentioned in this video, know that it's 100% because I love your content and want to help you out a bit. Sorry to any channels I forgot to mention here. There are plenty that I like, but whose content I almost never actually watch. I made sure to show my entire subscription list a couple of times to account for that. Thanks for making my dreams come true, guys. All the music in this video is from the Donut County OST by Daniel Koestner & Ben Esposito, as well as "Gourmet Race" from the Kirby Super Star OST by Jun Ishikawa

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeadheadYT Patrons got to watch this video over a week early! Thanks guys 💕 The music in this video is from: The 'Earthbound' (Mother 2) OST by Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, and Hiroshi Kanazu The 'A Plague Tale: Innocence' OST by Olivier Derivière The 'Papers, Please' OST by Lucas Pope

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Thanks guys, I know I put out two videos last week, and said that there wouldn't be one this week, but it just feels weird to not put up a video on Monday. I probably should've saved this one for the 100k subs milestone, but I've got my other plans for that. Hopefully this is interesting, or at least helpful to other YouTubers who are looking forward to their 'lucky break'. The music in this video is from Haruomi Hosono's 'Watering a Flower' Love you guys!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Today marks the channels second birthday, and to think that I'm already half as big as some of the decade old channels that inspired me to start YouTube in the first place is just the craziest thing in the world. I'm almost half-way to making a career out of this, and fulfilling a dream I've had since I first discovered YouTube as a kid. I can't possibly thank you guys enough, whether you're a patron or a viewer, you guys are the reason I get up every morning. The music in this video is all from The Beginner's Guide Sountrack, by Ryan Roth and Halina Heron

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg The music in this video is from the Mirror's Edge OST and instrumentals by A Tribe Called Quest

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Since many of the Yakuza games are exclusive to console, some footage was used from: Devilleon7 GoggleBoxFairy Red Venom Corp. ALUF Kazuma AnimersiveXP Video Games Source SheanWalsh The music in this video is from the Yakuza film soundtrack, and the Yakuza 4 OST

So I think it's safe to say that there have been a lot of bad implementations of quick-time events over the years, but that doesn't mean that the concept isn't worth exploring it. I think that fighting games make the perfect home for them. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g Since many of the Yakuza games are exclusive to PS4, and my capture card seems to have stopped working, footage was borrowed from the following channels: Devilleon7 ALUF Kazuma FBWalshyFTW SheanWalsh

So yeah, sorry to not have a video for you all this week. Just wanted to give a bit more to my patrons, so by releasing this, instead of the actual video I made this week, I've got it so that patrons can see the videos a week early. Thanks for baring with me! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g

Between this contest, and with the release of the Half-Life: Alyx level editor, we've gotten loads of content for this incredibly polished game, and more coming out every day. Let's look at these contest entries and see if there isn't a bit more to learn about VR game design moving forward. I recommend joining the Alyx Modding Hub Discord to get more in touch with the community, and their content: https://discord.gg/jgWysFa To play these maps, you can subscribe to these two packages on the workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2105627441 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2105647614 (Some of these maps have been updated and posted independently on the workshop. If you can be bothered, I'd recommend searching for them individually) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Half-Life Alyx OST by Mike Morasky (I know what the credits say, but I didn't actually use any Half-Life 2 music in this, my bad!)

Half-Life 1, while amazing, doesn't do a great job at teaching it's players what the optimal playstyle is. It's in an awkward position where it's age obscures it's intricacies and realism. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Half-Life 2 OST by Kelly Bailey

Half-Life Alyx's community has really come out swinging on the content creation front. Before the official map editor or the workshop was even out, the community made some incredible maps! Let's check them out, and see what they can teach us. NOTE: Many of the maps showcased in this video are under active development, and anything I mention is subject to change. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g Maps mentioned: Emergence - StrangerThanYou https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2097748703 Treasure Trouble - Gvarados - https://t.co/C6mAWZ9rO2?amp=1 Crash Course - SadlyItsBradley - https://alyxmods.com/mappage?m=19-Crash%20Course Garage Master - Gbarados - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2097770104 XenThug Warehouse - Manello - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2097677207 Shipyard - 82fgdt - https://alyxmods.com/mappage?m=17-Shipyard

Comedy in gaming goes much deeper than good writing, or good slapstick. Between prompting the player to do funny things, and a fine balance between immersion, and the intentional undermining of immersion. It's a lot more complicated than the simple joy it generates. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/2Aej8sW Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g Music used in this video: Earthbound (Mother 2) OST by Keiichi Suzuki Undertale OST by Toby Fox Firewatch OST by Chris Remo Thanks to 'Story SpeedThrough' for the footage of Resident Evil 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSSx9TxKR7Q

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g Music used in this video: Haruomi Hosono - Watering a Flower - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34UutDrXV2Q Tim Follin - Mission Briefing (50Hz) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX4-NfrDN58 Mark Morgan - Final Journey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU2Fb61ubSo Keiichi Suzuku - Pokey Means Business! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLR4mnndnj0 Kelly Bailey - CP Violation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5FsGscsY78 Dr. Dre - The Message (Instrumental) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cxMsln5Ig4

Outer Wilds has a relatively simple message, but that message is delivered with about as much consistency as I've seen from any other medium. The game mechanics, the level design, the music, the atmosphere, the visuals, everything about this game points to one key phrase. Because of this, it's a great introduction to the type of content I make. Enjoy! 'Trying to explain the ending of Outer Wilds' by 8-Bit Bulldog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8TXNhLvqwU Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Outer Wilds OST by Andrew Prahlow, and the credits song from Event[0], 'Hey Judy' by Julie Robert & Camille Giraudeau additional footage of Amnesia: The Dark Descent was taken from Cao Cao Gamers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twb-p15jwyc

You take the engine, Kim. I’ll hold the boombox. Sorry for the reupload. Had some technical difficulties, and this was the only way to ensure that you all got an actual notification. Enjoy! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Disco Elysium OST by British Sea Power

Gordon Freeman has always acted as a bringer of gaming revolutions. Do we need Gordon to bring about those revolutions, or can Alyx fill those shoes? Again, sorry for the various issues with the footage. Recording high quality VR footage can be a real hassle. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Half-Life 2 OST by Kelly Bailey

Wendy's has utterly changed the way we think about food in an artistic setting. We all know that. However, what I haven't seen anyone talking about in all the years of discussion on forums and collegiate councils is, what I see, as the under recognized third layer of meaning to the 4 for 4 combo. How it relates to, not only the Wendy's corporation, but ourselves as individuals. As persons. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is Canon, by Johann Pachelbel

While almost all of Valve's games were trend setters, Half-Life has always gone above and beyond, not just setting trends, but defining an entire generation of gaming with each release. On the wild frontier that is VR game design, it's fitting that Half-Life has once again written the rules of game design for years to come. The design lessons that this game teaches will be listened to for years, exactly as with previous Half-Life games. Sorry for the various issues with the footage. Recording high quality VR footage can be a real hassle. Expect a proper poetic analysis of Half-Life: Alyx within the week. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/2Aej8sW Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Half-Life 2 OST by Kelly Bailey

Silent Hill 2 is a deep, rich metaphor on where depression is born from, and how we relate to it. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Silent Hill 2 Soundtrack by Akira Yamaoka

Firewatch is a tricky game to talk about. It may seem like nothing happens over the course of the story, but that sense of being frozen in time is exactly what the game was going for. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Firewatch OST by Chris Remo

Silver Smoke - Player Teaser download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g/view?usp=drivesdk Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT If you want to get in on this subscriber play session, just join that Discord. Within a few days we can figure out a good time for as many people as possible, and maybe add some more games to the queue!

Saints and Sinners isn't only the darkest, most story heavy, and mechanically intensive VR game to date, it's also, from what I've played, the game with the heaviest emphasis on themes. In the world of The Walking Dead, it's made clear time and time again that a ton of the humans aren't all that different from the walkers. Well, this game is all about how one crosses that line. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video was a freestyle by yours truly, inspired by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin

Earthbound is a rare example of a game that appears to be made specifically for kids, but one whose message can reach a lot of adults in a powerful way. It definitely did for me. Hopefully it will for any of you who feel like you don't stand a chance. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Earthbound / Mother 2 OST by Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, and Toshiyuki Ueno.

Undertale is a game constructed of layers upon layers of one-upping. What starts with a few simple fourth wall breaks cascades into the game, and it's creator, having a laugh at the entire player base, who so desperately want to pick it apart until it's nothing but code. Every bit of discourse about this game online was all part of Toby's master plan. We'll never truly finish this game, because we'll never outsmart it. We won't outsmart it by save scumming. We won't outsmart it by resetting our save. We won't outsmart it by editing our save. We won't outsmart it by datamining. We won't outsmart it figuring out who WD Gaster is, and we won't outsmart it by making video essays analyzing it's artistic intent. Toby is still one step ahead of all of us, so after twenty playthroughs, can we really say we've finished the game? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is all from the Undertale OST by Toby Fox Big thanks to Giphy user xponentialdesign for the Ouroboros animation

Sorry for making two VR videos in a row. After this experience I was downright inspired. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 Soundtracks by Harry Gregson-Williams and Starry. K, The Donut County soundtrack by Ben Esposito, and the Mother 3 Soundtrack by Shogo Sakai

As with flat screen games over the past 23 years, we're about to see an artistic revolution sparked by VR. I call games the greatest artistic medium because they have the tools of every other medium at their disposal, as well as their own: ludology. Well, the same can be said for VR gaming, except now the creators get to use our fatigue, our vertigo, our stamina, and every other thing our body does as a part of their canvas. They can paint sweatiness and exhaustion onto us, in the same way that Resident Evil famously paints panic and tension with it's mechanics. Once you set aside the development costs inherent to all games, this is the most liberating artistic medium ever conceived. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Donut County OST by Daniel Koestner and Ben Esposito Richie's Plank Experience with my mom: https://youtu.be/vcpcudlGJSE

Metal Gear Solid 4 was not a mistake. It was the best thing that possibly could've happened to series, short of it simply ending. As fans of Metal Gear Solid, wouldn't you rather it die a dignified death? Well, that's what MGS4 was trying to give it. Before Kojima inevitably left the series, and games like Metal Gear Survive started being made, Metal Gear Solid 4 was an attempt to close the book on this utterly epic series, and pull the plug before it became completely bastardized. While, ultimately, it failed in it's mission, that mission was to stop the series from becoming what it is now: A husk of what it once was, a Kojima-less era of Metal Gear. This game was an attempt to stop this deeply personal and important series from becoming less personal and less important, and I can't think of a more noble, and courageous goal than that. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/2Aej8sW Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Solid 4 OST by Harry Gregson-Williams, Jackie Presti, and Nobuko Toda x Shuichi Kobori x Kazuma Jinnouchi

This video, naturally, was copyright claimed by Columbia Records, so while they've chosen to run advertisements on this video, it wasn't my choice, nor do I get any of the revenue. The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking is an incredibly relatable album, using a parable of a man fantasizing about cheating on his wife to describe the yearning that we all inevitably feel once we settle into a stable lifestyle. Whether we abandon our free-spirited life for one of stability, or do the exact opposite, we'll always be left wondering what could've been. The music in this video, naturally, is entirely from "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" by Roger Waters, with guitar work from Eric Clapton, music conduction from Michael Kamen, voice acting by Jack Palance, saxaphone work by David Sanborn, and backup vocals from Madeline Bell, Katie Kissoon, and Doreen Chante. This video is dedicated to you all, and to moving on from the past. Without you, I'd be stuck at some gas station. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g

Sorry it took me so long to do this. It was one part Death Stranding, one part VR, one part, laziness, and two parts fear of showing my singing. I've already got a couple videos up on Porkbrain, so check it out if you're interested in low effort gameplay and music videos, and above all else, thank you! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Hotline Miami OST by Scattle, and the Earthbound OST by Kimitaka Matsumae, Kenji Kondo, and Tomoko Kataoka

Here's my analysis of Bioshock Infinte in case you missed it. You're gonna be pretty confused without having watched it first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZOZ6ho8L9k **SPOILERS** Naturally, one game doesn't have the power to end a series as beloved and acclaimed as the Shock series. At the end of the day, whether Bioshock decided to destroy itself or not, it would feel the same regret and claustrophobia that all decisions contribute to in the long run, and that regret is what Burial at Sea is all about. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Bioshock Infinite and Burial at Sea OST's by Garry Schyman, as well as Ada R. Habershon's "Will The Circle be Unbroken?" as performed by Bioshock Infinite's Courtnee Draper

In a lot of classic FPS games, it seems like the hitscanning enemies only serve to break up the flow state that you get into when fighting projectile enemies. In Blood however, the tricks you use to fight the hitscanners become the flow state, and that, combined with the atmosphere, makes Blood my favorite game prior to Thief 2. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Doom (2016) OST by Mick Gordon Footage used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc0iIPY0HBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztFzlMILdXE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8o0a5ntxfc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BHKshqoN60 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIQdbU8vSJc

Fight Club manages to tackle concepts like toxic gender roles in a way that feels incredibly even handed and unbiased, meaning that it's lessons can easily transcend politics, whereas lesser films might be deemed genderist dogma. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music used the this video is from Scattle and El Huervo's contribution's to the Hotline Miami soundtrack I think I'll be able to get back to my normal upload schedule! My vertigo, while not completely dealt with, has gotten to the point where I don't think about it most days. Thanks again for bearing with me through this whole thing.

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As a young adult who has a lot of childhood memories tied to the Halo series, I can't help but be nostalgic for the games, even as I hardly think about them nowadays, but regardless of that, it's impossible for me to ignore how much of an impact they had on my young, malleable mind growing up. I didn't see the games as a route to some cathartic violence, for me, they were a route to the majesty of our universe, and the incredible world that exists in all of our minds. They played a huge part in my development as a social presence, and as an isolated thinker, and while I'm sure I'd be much as I am today without the series, they completely colored so much of my early "philosophy", and were responsible for my transformation from a child, to a true person. While you obviously shouldn't let the games do the parenting, you shouldn't disregard the series as mindless violence, rotting your kids brain away either. The series truly is life changing in all of the right ways to a young, malleable mind. Thanks to YouTuber Corat for the intro and outro footage of the Halo 1 main menu without any text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Halo 1 OST by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori

Seeing as I live such a solitary lifestyle, Death Stranding connected with me in a powerful way. It's the most relatable game I've played since Metal Gear Solid 2. While it's impact on me wasn't necessarily as immediate as that of Planescape: Torment, I suspect that in the future, when I'm at some of my lowest points, not sure of what to do with myself next, I'll look back on some of the lessons I took from this game for guidance. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from Low Roar's contribution to the "Death Stranding" OST. "The Music Scene" by Blockhead, and the "Donut County" OST by Daniel Koestner & Ben Esposito

Don't worry, the full analysis of the game is still coming alone nicely, but in the meantime, here's a ski lift I built by the Distro center north of Mountain Knot City. Hopefully it will appear in your game too!

Postal 2 is the exact opposite of everything I look for in a game. It's so far from what I like that it somehow comes full circle, and turns in to a game that I absolutely love. Let's find out how. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Postal 3 Soundtrack. The songs used are by Patrick Jones, and Worldwide Harmonics

The Stanley Parable seems like an almost cautionary tale about the dangers of autorism. You have to find the perfect balance between what the audience wants, and getting your message across. In games in particular, what the audience wants is usually freedom, which tends to only undermine the story you want to tell. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g As for my health situation, for anyone who doesn't know yet, it's nothing life threatening, just really bad vertigo attacks. I've been talking to doctors, but I won't be able to go in for more testing until December. So, aside from Death Stranding, I'm going to be doing smaller videos like this until then, but I still won't be back on my normal weekly schedule. Thanks for sticking with me. The music in this video is from The Stanley Parable OST. All pieces used are by Blake Robinson (and yes, I do understand the irony in my covering this game *after* The Beginners Guide)

Feels good to finally upload again. I'm still slowing production for my vertigo, but the next video won't be nearly this ambitious, and will therefore get out much faster. Thanks for bearing with me. Fumito Ueda's The Last Guardian pulled the *very* hard trick of getting me to cry purely at the literal events of a work of fiction, whereas it's usually the subtext that gets to me. By the end of the game, Trico felt almost as real to me as any other animal I've dealt with in my life, and the game did an incredibly job at taking advantage of that bond to deliver some incredibly powerful moments. This video also serves as a bit of a break from my usual pretentiousness, as this is mostly a surface level analysis. I don't even mention postmodernism or metanarratives once! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g I borrowed a little bit of Ico footage from YouTuber Games from Mars, Thanks! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KcuflvX2H5fZNo6W0STyQ The music in this video is from: Haruomi Hosono's Watering a Flower cassette, as commissioned by Japanese home supply store, Muji The OST to The Last Guardian, composed by Takeshi Furukawa The Earthbound/ Mother 2 OST by Hirokazu Tanaka

I know this video is incredibly low quality. it took me like an hour tops to put together, but this vertigo situation really has been that bad lately. I'm not fit to do the hokey pokey right now, much less sitting in front of a computer doing my typically meticulous editing. Here, I more or less explain the situation, with a bit of an anecdote about diminishing returns from art analysis that comes with a battle between my OCD and my ADHD, so at least there's some substance from my channel this week. And yes, I do understand the hypocrisy of saying that I don't use most graphics mods while showing footage of a remaster that the original director had nothing to do with. I've played through Shadow of the Colossus so many times that I don't really overthink it like that anymore. Anyways, even with all of this, I am genuinely excited about this next video on The Last Guardian. I think it's a pretty unique essay for an incredibly unique game. (don't watch Evil Dead 2 if you feel like I feel)

The StereoFidelics easily have the cruelest talent to recognition ratio I've ever seen. Not only is every single song they've ever produced a pure banger, but they tell a linear story about a couple that runs away from civilization together, only to find out that their goals don't line up as much as it first seemed. I'd like to apologize for the varying quality of footage used in this video. These guys were huge in 2010, so a lot of the footage was recorded with outdated cameras by drunk people trying to contain their dancing. That being said, the footage is sourced from the following: CloseShaveMusic (Youtube) The Lab in Asheville, NC (Bar) Erik Olsen (Youtube) Chris Padgett (Youtube - the bands guitarist, bassist, and synth player) The Acoustic Coffeehouse (Cafe) Here's the present to you all. The StereoFidelics' opening album, "Only Sleeping", which is *very* close to being completely lost to time. You can either get it on Amazon Italy if you're able to in your region: https://www.amazon.it/Only-Sleeping-Stereofidelics/dp/B00CRS0Y22/ref=sr_1_11?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&keywords=only+sleeping&qid=1568605908&s=gateway&sr=8-11 Or you can download a copy I sourced, ripped directly from my own CD here: FLAC: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12uVBLpTB67RLLYwdBeJ6CwDaAZTzZRA0/view?usp=sharing MP3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13FTY_FJoD2cQ8GCSOGLeI63MMCPBbW3C/view?usp=sharing and here are YouTube playlists for the other two StereoFidelics albums: You Are Having A Wonderful Time: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nu49fkoL8eN_9AaOpenFLvQhBQE8VAxPw Dynamite Fist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lseTr2wFswzKWUSd4gAeJLz_SmIYcfmMA Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g All the music in this video is, obviously, by The StereoFidelics. I love you two with all my heart.

Spy has made me laugh more loudly more times than any other mechanic in any other game. As a master of stealth whose a bit of a bitch when he's face to face with the enemy, it's impossible to not grin as you sit there blatantly fooling 6 people who could all kill you in a second. This was definitely a more simple video, and not my traditional style, but hey, I had a lot of fun making it. This is the stuff I would regret not experimenting with earlier if I ever get to a larger sub count. I admit I'm not the best at comedy editing, and using TF2's amazing voice lines is practically cheating in that field, but this video brought me a lot of laughs as I was making it. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is all from the Team Fortress 2 Soundtrack by Mike Morasky and the Valve Studio Orchestra

I'm sorry this video is so late. It's been done since Saturday, but mountain internet messed up my upload 4 times now, and these things take all day to upload as is. Dishonored is, as I've said before, easily one of my favorite games of all time. It fills me with a sense of pure wonder that is hard to even put to words, even after 20 playthroughs. I love Dishonored 2, but I just can't say the same about it. I really hate to make a negative video, even if this does turn into a recommendation by the end. However, I think that making a more negative video was the release I needed after making my Planescape: Torment video. I haven't really loved a single idea I've had since then, even the videos I actually made. Ever since this video was nearing completion, I've had a bunch of ideas I'm excited about. Long story short, I'm sorry that the mood has been so dour around here lately. Next week's video will be light hearted, about something I completely love, and hopefully hilarious too. I think I'm heading out of a short burnout phase I was having. Final note: I'm sorry if you really love this game, and I spoil a bit of the magic for you. As petty as this is, I intentionally avoid negative reviews of games I love, and I really do hate to out out negativity, but the mystery of why this game didn't work for me has been haunting me ever since it came out, and I think it's a very interesting one to solve. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/2Aej8sW Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g I know I cut some corners on the outro, but bare with me, I didn't want to be editing this thing on my birthday. The music in this video is from the Dishonored 1 and 2 OST's by the late and great Daniel Licht, rest in peace, as well as a single track by Voodoo Highway

Spoilers! Ads are running on this video, but that wasn't my choice, an Universal studios will be getting all the proceeds. Sorry! Alfonso Caurón's "Children of Men" has a density to it that I've never seen matched. Every single frame has some sort of subtext or subtle world building that goes miles to immerse you in the world. Factor that in with the long takes, and you have a film that will practically leave you shell shocked. However, what I'm more interested in with this video is the sound design. Sure, like most great films, you can watch Children of Men without audio and still get the basic premise and themes, but the same can be said for it's bare audio track, with no accompanying images. There are a boatload of subtle tricks that this films audio uses to immerse you in the world, and I'll be focusing on some of them today. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The single song used in this video is Fragments of a Prayer by John Ravener from the Children of Men score, as well as the first couple seconds of Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima by Krzysztof Penderecki in the outro; also from the films score.

This is a far cry from my normal content, but after spending a month working on a single video, I really needed a break, so I took the opportunity to play some Thief 2. In my last two videos on this game, I realized that for as much as I could talk about it, I was having a hard time actually putting what made it so great to words. Since the game is themed around subtlety, I think it's the sort of thing you have to see with your own eyes to understand. So, here's commentary over one of the cooler levels in the game: The First City Bank & Trust" Gameplay commentaries aren't a new trend for me, there will be another essay up next week, probably either on the film 'Children of Men', or the game 'Journey'. Thanks again for bearing with me while I produced that Planescape: Torment video. It really was one of those "I have to make this video before I die" situations. My brow is lead

You'll probably get something out of this video even if you haven't played the game, though I'd highly recommend it. It totally holds up. Chris Avellone's Planescape: Torment is a deeply troubling, dialogue driven CRPG about the nature of regret and personal growth. It's influenced the way I look at my past more than any other single thing has, and is a major part of the way I think about the mistakes of myself and my peers. It has a hell of a lot to teach anybody whose willing to learn it's lessons, and I think that just about anybody with a few years behind them will be able to relate to the story of The Nameless One, and use it to reexamine their own past. I spent roughly a month away from the channel to replay the game, and produce this video because this game is so incredibly important to me. I know it's a niche game that most of you probably haven't even heard of, and that this video naturally won't be too popular, but thanks for baring with me, as again, I wouldn't be able to sleep right if I never did this video. With this, I've now covered all of my top ten games of all time. One month in the making, and I notice one mistake just a couple hours before this video is meant to go live. Chapter 4 is labeled "Chapter 3". Too late to fix it now. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/DvuzqBt Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The picture of The Nameless One used at 12:43 was made by Newgrounds user Xaltotun The music in this video is from the soundtracks of Planescape: Torment, and it's excellent spiritual successor: Torment: Tides of Numenera, both by Mark Morgan

While I intended to hold off on making any videos until I finished Planescape: Torment, I realized I actually get pretty down when I'm not making content, so here's a quick little spoiler-light video focusing on one scene in the game in order to recommend it. The game is full to the brim with writing with this much subtext and intrigue, and will without a doubt shake up your own perception of yourself, almost definitely for the better. There are almost no other works of art in any medium that have affected me as much as Planescape: Torment has, and while you'll probably look at this game and think it's old and impenetrable, it absolutely isn't. With very light walkthrough usage you can absolutely breeze through this game, and be making dozens of interesting decisions every hour throughout. The music in this video is from the Planescape: Torment and Torment: Tides of Numenera soundtracks by Mark Morgan. I highly recommend the track "The Smoldering Corpse Bar (Alternate)"

Most games coming out of the triple A, big budget gaming scene are on death row, just waiting to be erased from playability a few years down the road. This is a serious problem. Not even piracy can save most of these games from eventual erasure. As a firm believer in archival, this is a nightmare to me, and as fans of gaming, it should be a nightmare to you all too. Spread the word. The music in this video is from the Mother 3 OST by Shogo Sakai

To celebrate the one year anniversary of the channel, July 1st, I remade my first video, 'Discussing Prey's Metanarrative'. I had zero experience editing, recording audio, or writing these sorts of essays, so needless to say I've improved a lot! See the original here: https://youtu.be/seIBqUpECSM Prey's ending reveals a subtextual story that lines up perfectly with the real world motivation behind many aspects of the games design. This is a classic example of a metanarrative, and it elevates one of the best games I've ever played just a little bit higher, giving it the artsy edge that so many great games still fail to pull off so subtly. The music in this video is from the Prey 2017 OST by Mick Gordon and Ben Crossbones Happy anniversary!

Just before hitting the one year mark, we've managed to hit 300 subscribers, and I can't tell you how thankful I am. Not only that; since I made it public in the 200 subscriber video, the Discord server has been doing fantastically. I switched to a weekly schedule and instantly got out of a short burnout phase, and in general everything has been nothing but positive with the way the channels going and growing. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g I won't be putting up a video on Monday, because of some stuff that happened with my family this week (nobodies hurt), and as a result of that my next video will be out around the time of the channels anniversary, July 1st. Whenever my channel hits an anniversary, I'm going to be remaking one of my older videos from the ground up, starting with my very first video: Discussing Prey's Metanarrative. I'm pretty excited to get a clear comparison of how much I've grown since the start of the channel, as I had zero editing experience, zero essay writing experience, and zero voice work experience. Should be lots of fun! Thank you all! I seriously love you guys.

As massively clever as it is even after one viewing, 2001: A Space Odyssey is full of hidden details and explanations that elevate it to one of, if not the most well thought out film of all time. Every single thing that Hal does has a logical explanation, and amounts to more than him just malfunctioning. From the very first moment we see the Jupiter Missions vessel, Hal is planning out how he's going to kill the crew if he decides he needs too, and moments later, he decides. The following points were from other peoples analyses, but we're too compelling for me to not subscribe to: Hal's "mistake" when notating his winning chess move The monolith representing a film screen Dave breaking the water glass representing the barrier between film and audience being shattered As I expected, this video was blocked before it even went live. Guess I should've addressed my opening word to Warner Bros. as well as MGM. If this video went live, it means they chickened out, and were just trying to mess with me in exchange for raving about their movie. Feel free to email them explaining fair use. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the 2001: A Space Odyssey soundtrack by Richard Strauss, György Ligeti, and Aram Khachaturian

Naturally whenever I do a film analysis, I get a copyright claim. Some of the more evil companies like to take my video down as soon as it goes up, only to let it go live a week later because nobody followed up. That's right. They have bots just to mess with me. If I attempt to file a dispute, I get a big warning saying YouTube can shut down my account if the dispute fails. I'm not a lawyer, I'm just a fan of some of Warner Bros. movies and wanted to share that **EDIT** I decided to pick up the gun, and file a dispute. So now Warner as 30 days to respond. What will almost definitely happen is that the 30 days will pass without my video so much as being acknowledged by any humans at Warner. In which case, it'll be back up in a month. No way of telling if it would've been better to just ignore it. Guess we'll see. **EDIT 2** I actually managed to get the video back up within like 6 hours of filing the dispute. Believe me I'm ecstatic about that, but it doesn't mean that this isn't a huge problem with the way YouTube is run. I'm a totally unpaid, casual YouTuber, but there are plenty of people whose next meal depends on YouTube not screwing them over like that.

This is definitely one of my more overly analytical videos, but hey, over analysing is fun, and it gives me an excuse to show more badass Doom footage. Doom 2016 seems to comment on how much slower and more methodical shooters have become in the last two decades. Using a handful of subtle mind games, it managed to quickly convert my ex Call of Duty friend into a double jumping lunatic with a super shotgun, when before he never realised that such a thing existed. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the infinitely badass Doom (2016) OST by Mick Gordon

Snake's battle with The End represents a long, drawn out conflict between an old, noble and passionate generation of soldier, and a dispassionate, uncaring generation of soldier that's quickly losing itself to it's mission, with the latter ultimately winning. Each of the Cobra's deaths represent Snake losing a piece of himself, until he's eventually empty enough inside to call himself a true modern soldier, and to kill his mentor. Since I still don't have a capture card, I had to use footage from the channels following in order of appearance. SourceSpy91 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neSPha9NjEE SayVarRee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-juLaX6h3Q JRPGgamer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJRyyLvwIKo TwistedThrill44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LowUJdOxkB8 Mohsin Ali https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSgAnrLOo2Y Lask https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aYdzqjb8SM The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Solid 3 OST by Harry Gregson-Williams and Norihiko Hibino, although the two songs used are both by Norihiko Hibino Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g

Matt Bortolino's Half-Life 2 mod Research and Development does what fan campaigns are best at: reminding us of what our favorite games did best, and keeping those concepts alive long after the games release. For a game with no traditional combat in it, Research and Development feels more like how I remember Half-Life 2 than any other mod I've played. You can download the mod here: https://www.moddb.com/mods/research-and-development/downloads/research-and-development-exe I give instructions on how to install it at 1:16 as it doesn't work like it should anymore for me. Since I wasn't able to get the ending to work, I used ending footage from a long play by YouTube Bolloxed for the intro and outro. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Half-Life 2 OST by Kelly Bailey

System Shock 2 puts a ton of its creative energy into making the player feel like it doesn't care about them. You truly feel alone in this game more than any other. You can watch my fan edit of the ending here: https://youtu.be/xt_KUT-vQME Join the discussion on the official Discord: https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this video is from the Earthbound (Mother 2) Soundtrack by Hirokazu Tanaka

Part of today's video on System Shock 2's storytelling. All I really did here was add some of SHODAN's ending cutscene dialogue to the fight, so that we don't have to see our character kill SHODAN in gameplay and in cutscene. Then I cut out SHODAN messing with Tommy as Rebecca, as it seemed out of character for her. I replaced that with footage of a shuttle leaving the station from the military tour section in the beginning, only played in reverse, and I added in SHODAN taking over the Von Braun by showing a XERXES monitor change to her face. It's a little rough around the edges, but in my opinion this is much more representative of the System Shock 2 experience than the official cutscene, while getting across of all the same information.

Sorry for the bad audio quality, as I said I had to record on my phone with my PC being broken. However, my PC seems to be in working order now that I've installed a new PSU. The next video on System Shock 2 should be up on Monday. https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj Thanks for baring with me

*This video is SPOILER FREE* Part one of a three part look at System Shock 2, which will hopefully explain why it's in my top ten games of all time. This first section focuses on how it uses a vast array of understandable but complicated character build options to make you paranoid every time you have to invest skill points into your character. By having different sections of the game favor different builds, you will, at one point or another, regret every character upgrade you purchase, leading to a constant sense of dread whenever you have to level up your characters skills. The game does everything it can to tempt you into straying away from the original vision for your character build, and by the end, you're filled with regret, and lacking trust in even yourself. There will be spoilers in the next two parts of this series, so I suggest playing System Shock 2 ASAP! You won't regret it. The music in this video is from the Mother 2 (Earthbound) soundtrack by Hirokazu Tanaka Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g

There's a sort of law of life that almost all life follows. We're designed to want to spread ourselves out and make our mark on the world. Everything from a dog peeing on a lamp post to somebody playing guitar on the sidewalk, to somebody blasting music out of their car at a gas station is an example of this. It's why the drunk are so prone to interrupting people, and why people like me do videos like this, and why people use apolitical bumper stickers. This behavior of course extends to sex. Offspring used to be the ultimate extension of one's self, but humans have evolved a better way of putting themselves into other people, and diversifying their presence in the world: memes. The music in this video is from: The Donut County OST by Daniel Koestner and Ben Esposito The Earthbound (Mother 2) OST by Hirokazu Tanaka Due to the nature of this video, I had to use clips from the following channels here and there: The Lucky Urchin Sci- Inspi Veritasium 🔥Virtual Fireplace™ AlbinoBlackSheep Sunnybrook Hospital AIRBOYD Thanks for the help! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g (and yes, I do smoke, but not in my house. That was a nearly odorless Hollywood cigarette. I know its a filthy habit.)

Portal, like Half-Life, is incredible at creating a hugely dense world through giving small hints that ask and answer much bigger questions. We can guess and theorize so much about the world in these games, that they last much, much longer than their run time. It's one of the few puzzle games with tons of replay value, simply because you learn and think more about the world with each playthrough. Here's a working archived version of the original Aperturescience. com: http://web.archive.org/web/20071030080002/http://aperturescience.com/ Start with "user" username: CJOHNSON Password: TIER3 The music in this essay is from the Portal 1 and 2 soundtracks by Kelly Bailey and Mike Morasky Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g I was pretty rushed and frenzied trying to get this out on time. Not my best material to be honest. I've got some better stuff in the works. Another week like this and I'm gonna switch to a weekly schedule.

I recommend watching my previous video 'Bioshock: A Sea of Hypocrisy' before watching this, however I do recap the relevant points in the beginning of this one it's worth pointing out that I haven't yet played Burial at Sea, which was also directed by Ken Levine, and as a helpful Redditer pointed out, it falsifies a couple of the literal events I mention. Although subtextually, I doubt it will change my reading of Infinite much. Bioshock Infinite seems like a swan song for the entire Shock lineage. With it's ending, it seems to me that Infinite is acknowledging the formulaic plotting that was starting to become apparent around the time Bioshock came out. While every single game in the Shock or 0451 lineage is incredibly unique, interesting, and thought provoking, the broadest strokes of their plots are full of parallels, leading to a twinge of predictability even as the lore of the games takes dozens of unexpected twists and turns. By letting us peer across the multiverse and see how similar all of the different realities are, with nothing distinguishing them but cosmetic changes to the world and story, Bioshock Infinite acknowledges the "System Shock formula" that's present in its entire bloodline. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Bioshock Infinite OST by composer Garry Schyman and music director Jim Bonney

While they're all at least fun, Call of Duty 2 is a genuinely smart game, and as far as I'm concerned it achieves every one of it's goals by being one of the few games of it's time to generate respect for it's subject matter, rather than desensitizing me to it. While the whole game is great, The Battle of Hill 400 in particular does a fantastic job at rising tensions as your squad mates die around you and your enemy circles in closer and closer, until just when you think you don't have another inch to surrender, your air support comes in. It's a genuinely powerful battle. It starts out grim and hopeless, and it turns into incredibly hectic battle for minutes at a time, giving you just enough time to stock up and realize how few of your teammates are left between waves. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g Footage of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Remastered taken from AFGuidesHD The music in this essay is: Fight Songs! The Music of Team Fortress 2 by Mike Morasky and the Valve Studio Orchestra Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Original Soundtrack by Harry Gregson-Williams

I think that the sheer density of Bioshock 1 urges a lot of players to just accept that there's a lot going on, while mostly only taking in the surface details. That's how I viewed the game until a couple of months ago, when I had the idea for this video, and decided to look a bit closer at this massively clever game. Essentially, every chapter in the game has a separate message, be it one based in Rapture's history, or a parabolic message looking at the story of a single character, such as Sander Cohen. The purpose of this video, then, is to take a look at each individual chapter, and see how to expand on the games meaning as a whole. And no, my name didn't come from the Leadhead Splicer, and I know that Bioshock takes place in an ocean. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The fantastically drawn map I used for the "You are here" transitions was made by Redditer u/Tutankabron The music in this video is from the Bioshock 1 and Bioshock Infinite OSTs, composed by Garry Schyman

This is the sort of unchecked, isolated logic that's completely fallible, but interesting nonetheless, at least to me. I know this isn't my typical sort of content, but I would like to do the occasional high school philosophy video from time to time, and this was a fun place to start, and it was a good excuse to go driving on some beautiful roads I don't visit much anymore. More sinisterly, this buys me some time to work on what will probably be my second longest video yet, and has taken about four weeks already. You can join us on the discord to chat and play some games with us. I'm on there all the time: https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this video is from the Donut County OST by Daniel Koestner

Even with a video like this, the copyright bots have gone after me. If you see ad's on this video, it's not my choice and I don't make profit from them. Might try out the copyright deadlock one of these days. Snadler breaks new ground with his all time magnum opus Jack and Jill. What many people see a quick and dirty cash grab is actually operating on a much higher intellect than people give it credit for, and indeed, a higher intellect than all other films. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this essay is Turret Wife Serenade from the Portal 2 OST by Mike Morasky

One of the most unique aspects of Dishonored is that it's a total stealth game, but one in which, even on the highest difficulties, you can still hold your own in a fight, and even play through the whole thing as if it was an action game, and whats more? It might just be the most fun way to play the game. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Dishonored 1 and 2 soundtracks by Daniel Licht as well as one track by Voodoo Highway One bit of footage is from the fantastically stylish gameplay channel StealthGamerBR. The undisputed king of Dishonored, as well as other stealth action games. Watching this guy is a complete treat. He's so good that he was hired to do the gameplay trailers for Dishonored 2 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb2PTdRGKwLjOJQtSW2YF_A And if you're interested in doing my New Game + playthrough, you can download WeMod, and enable infinite items to buy all of the upgrades from Piero, and purchase any powers you want as soon as you get powers. New Game + is fantastically fun, but I also have to recommend an infinite mana playthrough if you're so inclined. https://www.wemod.com/cheats/dishonored-trainers

Like all of my videos on films, this has gotten a copyright claim, and in this case, the claimant has chosen to run ads on it. This wasn't my choice, nor do I get any revenue from it. Taxi Driver does a fantastic job at taking advantage of it's love story elements to build on both it's horror, and it's ultimate plot resolution, and is in general a perfect example of how to work a romance into a dark, psychological movie. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The one song in this video is Bernard Herrmann's Taxi Driver Theme

The LeadChat discord is now open to all! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj Thank you all so much! You guys have given me such a fantastic opportunity to express myself and share my thoughts with an audience that cares and listens. Every single one of you helps me press forward with the channel more than you could possibly know. I've grown so much more confident, and present as a result of your support, and every time I feel like a video or an essay isn't going anywhere, I remember that I have all of you guys backing me up, and I press on. I was going to just use the Donut County soundtrack for this video, but I was in such a good mood that I decided to play some guitar. And yes, it's just a coincidence that I say "stupid", right when I pluck the wrong string in the last song. The music covered is by Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd The Doors Rodrigo y Gabriela (Who fit Quake 3 gameplay incredibly well) The games played are: Far Cry 2 with the excellent Far Cry 2: Redux mod (I don't usually like realism mods, but Far Cry 2 comes miles closer to it's full potential with this mod), Quake 3 Arena on Nightmare (The bots can't get to the mega health, so I have a bit of an advantage)

Half-Life 2 does an especially good job at subtle world building and visual storytelling, to the point where I missed 90% of the most interesting parts of the game my first couple times playing it as a kid. This does amazing things like making the world feel so much bigger than what we get to see, and gives the game a longevity that hardly any other games can compete with. There's always a new detail you might've missed that continues to build on the larger puzzle that the entire game world makes up. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj And yes, the rant at the end is supposed to be near-incomprehensable. Just my way of quickly emphasising how much though Half-Life 2's story merits. The music in this video is from The Half-Life 2 OST by Kelly Bailey Portal 2: Songs to test by Mike Morasky

Making this video was sort of like my vacation from the channel, to celebrate how well we've been doing so far this year. As important as the subject matter is to me, this video was one of the easiest to produce that I've made yet, it was almost just an excuse to do some night driving, talk about something so personal that it almost won't be relatable, and play some guitar. I'll be back to my usually content by the time the next video goes up. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj You can listen to the original song that this video is about here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpndGZ71yww You Never Give Me Your Money is the only song to ever make me cry, and that's largely because of how much significance it holds to me in how I live my life. I'm not a sociable person, I'm completely awful at small talk, but the lesson that I took from this song has turned me from a total cynic, into a complete optimist, to the point where I now look forward to the tiny interactions I have with gas station clerks and other strangers. I don't believe in Karma, but I absolutely believe that you can cultivate happiness in yourself, and those around you, by making the first step and being a friendly person. I do my best to live my life by that policy, and never be rude or negative, regardless of the context, and I feel like it's made me so much happier a person than if I was still being rude to people because I thought it would be funny, such as in a multiplayer game when somebody is doing terribly. In my experience, I would get a copyright flag if I played even a short section of a Beatles song in my videos, so thanks to YouTuber caveonalmiron for uploading a demo version of the outro to this song that I could mix with my guitar playing to hopefully dodge a copyright robot's attention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4p6rI-LfL4 I also mentioned the Beatles cover band "Abbey Road" in this video. I absolutely recommend checking out their website and seeing if they'll be in your area. Hearing them live is the only time I've ever cried because of music. http://abbeyroadtributeband.com/ I know, I'm not too good at guitar, doesn't mean I don't love it.

Whenever I talk about Metal Gear Solid games, I always have a voice in the back of my head telling me that I'm reading too much into things. However, with Metal Gear Solid 2 being so open about it's desire to be read into, it was hard for me to believe that there wasn't more to MGS3 than met the eye, and I think writing this video made me realize that it is indeed much smarter than I gave it credit for. I always knew it was smart, but until now, I never considered it to be anywhere near MGS2 in terms of the subtextual aspcet that makes Kojima my favorite games director. Also, for a lot of this video, when I talk about "Snake", I'm referring to Snake as a concept, which means Solid Snake, Naked Snake, Venom Snake, and Raiden. I mention this during the video, but I just wanted to clarify that I know that they're different characters, as I say that Snake has been going on similar missions for four games now. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g Since I don't have a capture card, I once again had to use footage from other YouTubers for all the MGS games that aren't on PC. It's listed below in order of appearance. Thanks again to all of the archivists and letsplayers who help to preserve gaming history. Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater (Virtuous Mission) Cutscene Part 3 (Radio Call) DiamondDogs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tteimGD7qOY Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - Walkthrough - Part 15 HD - Escape Centerstrain01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQGna22CqyI Metal Gear Solid : Peace Walker " Big Boss speech (ending) " MrPlissken63 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YefmWA_exss Metal Gear Solid 3 - The Movie [HD] Full Story KefkaProduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zndcY57Tijo (Post-MGS3 Spoilers) Peace Walker - EVA's Tapes Alchanii https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD7915opVB0 Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - 02 - Hell of a Battle DoctorThor98 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scsA8jo6dIA MGS4 Werewolf Commercial CutscenesGZUS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApQD06pugLM METAL GEAR SOLID: Peace Walker ( after credits ) PARANOiA321 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SMCJf_oI84 Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - The Movie [HD] Full Story KefkaProduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cy7E76mBL0 06. Metal Gear MSX Walkthrough - Big Boss Final Battle - Ending AdamSpencer87 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLsDwx_QCPo 09. Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake MSX Walkthrough - Big Boss Final Battle and Endingc AdamSpencer87 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UThZ0VMtEYA The music in this video is: The Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater soundtrack by Harry Gregson-williams, Norihiko Hibino, and Nobuko Toda A guitar cover of Cynthia Harrell's "Snake Eater" performed by me, as inspired by and learned from YouTuber Daniel James Guitar. I can't speak French.

I'm going to be classifying some games as art, and others as toys in this video. Please understand that I don't like to draw a clear line in the sand between what is and isn't art. As far as I'm concerned, films like Paul Blart, Pixels, Unfriended, and games like Call of Duty, Street Fighter, Galaga, and yes, even G.I. Joe dolls, are all art. However, with games in particular, there's a very real spectrum, with things like Pac-Man falling closer to the toy side of the spectrum, games like Resident Evil falling somewhere in the middle, and games like Metal Gear Solid, or What Remains of Edith Finch falling on the artistic side of the spectrum. It takes a great deal of creativity to make something like Space Invaders, and even if certain arcade games were clearly following trends to get money out of kids, they are still very much art. However, they might be closer to the toy side of the gaming spectrum. I love classic arcade fun as much as anybody else. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj Thanks to the archivists on Youtube who make finding footage of classic games so easy. History, and myself, thanks you. I don't like using other people's footage, but due to the nature of this video, I had to use lots of second hand footage when talking about classic games. Rather than cover half of this video with text saying which footage came from where, I've put sources to the footage used below (in order of appearance): (Arcade) Asteroids Shane McComas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYSupJ5r2zo Colossal Cave Adventure (PC game) zxspectrumgames4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhFrWH0na0A Arcade Longplay [370] Street Fighter II: The World Warrior World of Longplays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI284D4y1q4 Space Harrier - Arcade Longplay U4iA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzgrb-mjLaM Robocop Arcade Game - Playthrough - Deathless 90's Arcade Games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17FY-1qPVeQ Arcade Game: Pac-Man (1980 Namco (Midway License for US release)) Old Classic Retro Gaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dScq4P5gn4A God of War 2 - Walkthrough Part 1 [HD] MrRetroKid91 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOgX8wUIqcE God of War – Story Trailer | PS4 Playstation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0u_kAWLJOA Amnesia : The Dark Descent - Scary Gameplay Moments danthaman15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk07BWkhzsM The music in this video is from the Donut County OST by Daniel Koestner and Ben Esposito. Thanks for the fantastic music guys!

I'll be mumbling a bit in this video, I'd look crazy if I sounded too happy to talk about this game. Video games can have an incredibly tricky time dealing with serious subject matter, simply because they typically require more imagination to fill in the gaps in the visuals, or to suspend your disbelief. Somehow, I Have no Mouth managed to handle some of the most serious topics ever brought up in a game, in a way that doesn't undermine them whatsoever. It isn't afraid to use imagery and language that most game publishers would instantly cut from a game. You can tell that they really didn't make many compromises in their vision of creating an utterly bleak game. The type that can put you in a somber mood for days as you play it. However, it's perhaps even more interesting how they managed to work so much meaning into what at first appears to be seemingly random nightmare scenarios. Every character has a unique, and personalized torment, and the stories that feature them are full of symbolism and deeper meaning.However, the second function of all of that symbolism is to make you feel like the character you're playing as, in a totally abstract way. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this video is from the I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream soundtrack by John Ottman You can buy I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream on: Gog: https://www.gog.com/game/i_have_no_mouth_and_i_must_scream Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/245390/I_Have_No_Mouth_and_I_Must_Scream/

While it's not exactly the game's main theme, Tacoma is a great vector to talk about an interesting issue we're going to be crossing yet again in my generation's lifetime: the automation of labor. More and more, jobs are being made redundant by advances in technology, from the cotton gin, to the car, and to the newest "threat" artificial intelligence. As I'm sure you all know, technology tends to advance exponentially, and the advent and normalization of industrial AI will bring about a fundamental change in the nature of economy. By the time we have AI that can evolve, creating progenitors which can surpass the original, it won't be much longer until we have interplanetary mining operations controlled entirely by AI, and at this point, the world is at our fingertips. There will be a "gold rush" that completely overshadows all the mining that's ever been done on Earth, and with that influx of materials will come the decimation of economy. In the world of Tacoma, this change in economic structure takes the form of loyalty points. You might go to a Google University, and continue to earn loyalty points so long as you work at businesses owned by google, and the entire economy is based around these loyalty points. This is just about the worst case scenario save for complete anarchy, as switching from one company to another would be financial suicide. However, the orbital mining boom could also bring about the complete removal of economy all together, and that's the secret to bringing humanity into a Utopian state as seen on Star Trek, where all humans exist to do what they please. Some will be artists, some will be scientist, and some will sit around doing nothing. The curiosity that drives humans to invent will still be hard wired into us, but there won't be a fear of going hungry, or not being able to receive medical attention, or not get a proper education. With AI operated orbital mining, the bright future of Star Trek would be in our reach. However, we just need to get past the hurdle of corporations using that technology for their own good, rather than the good of the human race. Sorry to make such an overlong description, it's a topic i'm very interested in. I want a holodeck. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this video is from the Donut County soundtrack by Daniel Koestner & Ben Esposito You can buy Tacoma on Gog and Steam: Gog: https://www.gog.com/game/tacoma_game Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/343860/Tacoma/ I wonder if anyone will catch the easter egg in this video

*Disclaimer* Unless you really know your New Vegas lore, you're not going to get a lot out of this video. Spoilers for everything New Vegas ahead. Also, this video is 100% pulled from my memory, so let me know if I got anything wrong. I'm getting close to wrapping up my most recent New Vegas playthrough, and a lot of things hit me this time around. Almost every quest in the game revolves around somebody being stuck in the past, and losing themselves because of it. Boone, Cass, Arcade, Lily, Raul, both Ed-E's, Christine, Mortimer, Elijah, House, Caesar, The minds of Big MT, Ulysses, the Boomers, the Khans, and many, many others all fit this trend. Not to mention the Courier themself, walking like a man possessed all the way to Vegas to get revenge on Benny. I think that if New Vegas has one central message, it's that you can't keep you're head stuck in the past. You have to let go, and begin again, or else you'll get the old world blues. For some reason or another, it was most natural to talk about the Courier from the perspective of a wastelander telling their story years later. Something different for me, but I think it made for a pretty fun video. Also, while I tried to only say things that were applicable to every playthrough, I made a couple of decisions set in stone to help with the flow. I also had to fill in a couple of gaps in the lore, such as Follows Chalk changing his name to Joshua, and becoming a drunk in Westside after the Courier convinces him to move to the civilized lands. If anyone's curious, I really do decorate my player home with all the trophies from my adventures. What you see in the lucky 38 master suite is exactly how it looks in my current playthrough. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is: Fight Songs! The Music of Team Fortress by the Valve Studio Orchestra Imaginarium: Songs from the Neverhood by Terry Scott Taylor You can buy Fallout: New Vegas on GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/fallout_new_vegas_ultimate_edition and Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/22380/Fallout_New_Vegas/

While it doesn't seem like it at first glance, Spec Ops' mechanics seemed to be meticulously thought out to do one thing: mock modern shooters. Think about how much more relatable and emotional it's story would be if it had shooting mechanics like that of the Far Cry series, rather than the rediculous over the top action it has now. Walker's descent into madness would only be more impactful, which leads me to believe that it's intention wasn't tragedy, but satire. With this in mind, suddenly a slightly tone deaf game with a tragic story quickly becomes a hilarious satire, right down to it's mechanics. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Solid 3 soundtrack by Harry Gregson-Williams and Norihiko Hibono You can buy Spec Ops: The Line on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/50300/Spec_Ops_The_Line/

Sorry to Bother you does a fantastic job taking advantage of all the little tools film has available to it that other mediums don't to deliver one of the tightest films I've seen in years. From it's script to it's costumes to it's direction and editing it's an incredibly well considered movie that you honestly have to see to believe. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this video is from the Sorry to Bother you soundtrack by The Coup and tUnE-yArDs and the Donut Count soundtrack by Daniel Koestner and Ben Esposito

Left 4 Dead has incredibly tight mechanics that are all centered around making strangers work together. As a result, you can build a friends list in Left 4 Dead faster than any other game that I'm aware of. Upon getting the steam URL for this game, I checked the reviews and this was the top review: 4,495.2 hrs on record "My favorite game, in large part because of everyone I got to play with... all of you. Thank you for making this game well worth playing. I know you are all wonderful people. Be kind to one another." That just goes to show how beautifully this game is designed to encourage people to be friendly. Valve is truly fantastic at game design, and their multiplayer games are the easiest way of showcasing that. They take a look beyond balancing and fairness, and try to decide what makes a genre fun, then centering everything around that idea. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj Sorry this video took longer than usual finish. It's basically impossible to get anything done when you just started a New Vegas playthrough. The music in this Video is The Left 4 Dead theme song by Mike Morasky The Dishonored soundtrack by Daniel Licht and Voodoo Highway You can buy Left 4 Dead 2 on Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/550/Left_4_Dead_2/

As predicted, Fox copyright claimed the visual content in this video, and Sony copyright claimed the song "For Nikki". Fortunately, neither of them have chosen to run ads. The first season of Fargo is by a large margin my favorite thing to be made for television, and a good candidate for my favorite thing to ever be put to video. While i'm usually not a fan of symbolism that requires foreknowledge that's external to the work, Fargo does it with so much confidence, style, and grace that it's impossible not to want to learn about it's symbols, and it does it all with fantastic characters and story to boot. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g Maybe I'll do analyses of the other seasons later on. Believe me, it took me long enough to come up with any satisfying conclusions for just these ten episodes. While this is far from my longest video, it took me much longer to make than any others of it's length. The music in this video is from the soundtracks to Fargo season 1 and 3 by Jeff Russo.

Here's a very short side video to tide me over while I work on a bigger project. I honestly lucked out on this one, I was looking for another small topic to do a short video on, and I just happened to play Emily is Away. A half hour game that there isn't much to say about, but nonetheless is super interesting. Yet another game that sets it's artistic sights on goals that only gaming can hit, Emily is Away instantly took me back to the middle school and high school years of vigorously following dozens of unspoken rules regarding how to format texts. It's an incredibly scary time for everybody that age, and when conversations inevitably started to get dull, it was way too scary to try and point out that something was wrong with the friendship, so all we could really do was just hope that we moved past it. That's not how it happens though, friendships fizzle out, and rather than ending in a fight, modern friendships end in a "seeya" and and "Emily is away". You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The one song in this video is "Study Beats" by Daniel Koestner from the "Donut County" Soundtrack. Check out Emily is Away. It's free on steam, and will deliver that special sort of melancholy that only a half hour long game can. https://store.steampowered.com/app/417860/Emily_is_Away/ 30 videos! Thanks for all the support guys, plenty more where these came from!

I couldn't fix that audio skip in the beginning. Sorry. Soma creates a unique kind of horror by forcing us to answer questions that we couldn't possibly *know* the answers to. Then making us live with our answers, and constantly having us questioning our philosophy that led us to them. If horror is the fear of the unknown, then Soma is the fear of what can't be known. I'll be waxing philosophical a bit in this one. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this video is from the Soma soundtrack, composed by Mikko Tarmia You can buy Soma on Steam or Gog. Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/282140/SOMA/ Gog: https://www.gog.com/game/soma

These past few years I've gotten away from playing many multiplayer games, with one exception. Team Fortress 2 is one of the most well designed games I've ever played, as evidenced by the fact that it still has a relatively strong player base after 11 years and countless changes. The whole reason, for me at least, is the fact that it's a casual game at heart. There's always room to mess around and do rediculous strategies that tend to work out surprisingly well. You can do well in Team Fortress 2 without just doing the same couple of strategies over and over, like in other multiplayer games. Above all else, though, you can relax while you play it. You're not gritting your teeth on the edge of your seat like in CSGO or other competitive games. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this video is from the Team Fortress 2 soundtrack by Mike Morasky and the Valve Studio Orchestra Team Fortress 2 is free on Steam and absolutely worth your time. https://store.steampowered.com/app/440/Team_Fortress_2/

The Beginner's Guide is now the second game I've ever cried at. I never thought I'd be having ethical dillemas with my YouTube channel until I played this game. This can be seen as an unplanned follow-up video to my Metal Gear Solid 2 essay. If MGS2 was the reason I started this channel, than The Beginner's Guide is the reason I might one day quit. Like Metal Gear Solid 2, it seems like it was written specifically about people like me, and YouTube channels like mine. It seems to almost be the antithesis of MGS2, suggesting that viewers don't have the right to share their ideas about works of art, and that they taint them by doing so. Not only that, we also tend to create our own ideas about a creator based on how their work speaks to us, which in reality, has more to do with us than it does the creators. Separate the art from the artist. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this video is from The Beginner's Guide soundtrack, by Ryan Roth, Davey Wreden, and Halina Heron. You can buy the Beginner's Guide on Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/303210/The_Beginners_Guide/

Fallout 76 had a ton of potential to be a totally unique game while still being Fallout to the core. Bethesda chose to take it in more of a shoot and loot, and that's fine. But I think that you could make a true multiplayer role playing game using, essentially, only the assets that we already have in Fallout 4. All it would really take is careful balancing, and a higher emphasis on base building and factions. With some of the ideas suggested in the video, Bethesda could've capitalized on the Ark Survival Evolved crowd, and changed that games mechanics to dial down the grinding, and dial up the interesting faction politics and battles in a universe we all know and love. I really try to stay away from negativity on my channel, and while I know this video is inherently negative towards Fallout 76, there's just so much potential in a multiplayer Fallout that I couldn't resist making this video. I don't *want* any game to fail, and I'm sad to see Fallout 76 disappointing so many people, but as someone who loves the Fallout 1, 2 and NV, it's hard to ignore that Bethesda's pushing the series to it's limits as far as mainstream appeal goes, and I'm worried they've broken it in the process. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this video is from the Earthbound (Mother 2) soundtrack by Hirokazu Tanaka Happy holidays!

*Spoilers ahead* Metal Gear Solid 2 is, undoubtedly *the* most important work of art of all time to me in how it relates to my life. It tells me to have faith in my own ideas and perspective, and not to let someone else's ideas change mine. There will never be a 100% objectively 'right' analysis of MGS2, or any work of art for that matter. Art as a whole is about the inherent subjectivity of human thought, not about finding out exactly what everything is *supposed* to mean. Because of this, the only person who can disprove your subjective ideas about the world is yourself. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this essay is from the Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, and 3 original soundtracks. I can't believe I finally managed to get this one out after countless iterations of the essay, and at least 30 hours of recording and editing. Thanks for sticking with me guys. Hopefully the video itself will serve as evidence, but I can't express in a mere description just how important this essay, and this game, was to me. If you want to buy the PC port of MGS2, I would recommend the PS3 port in the big boss collection or the MGS HD Collection. Both can be found on eBay.

The Simpsons is the perfect ice breaker because it appeals to so many different senses of humor, giving people who usually wouldn't like the same shows something to watch together. Whereas something like Rick and Morty or South Park is more aimed at a specific audience, The Simpsons is enjoyable to everyone thanks to it's skillful, all inclusive writing. I'm only referring to seasons 1-7 in this video. I've heard that the show starts going steeply downhill after that, so I haven't bothered to watch it. Seven seasons is plenty for me. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj I know this is my shortest video, don't worry, that's not the new trend. I was just able to get in and get out with this one. Which is all the better because I'm working on an hour+ video. That being said, I might do more videos like this where I'm just briefly touching on one small aspect of a work. However, more in depth essays are still my focus. The music in this video is The Simpsons theme composed by Danny Elfman, and an instrumental version of Daisy Bell by Harry Dacre and Mark Gasbarro

Metal Gear Solid focuses on the inherent disparity between player and player character that runs contrary to the supposedly escapist nature of games. Essentially, it's saying "you can't escape real life, you know this is fake, and so do we". However, it spends a considerable amount of time lulling the player in to thinking that it's a typical military action game before springing the outlandish story beats that Metal Gear's now known for. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Solid soundtrack You can find Metal Gear Solid on the Playstation Store, or the PC port on eBay if you're lucky.

Deus Ex has an amount of player agency that's only ever been matched by Prey (2016) in my book. For that reason, I decided to do two playthroughs consecutively, one almost entirely non-lethal, and another that was needlessly lethal any time that killing people would be even slightly convenient. What I realized is that whether you're going lethal or non-lethal, there's a huge variety of gameplay scenarios and tactics you'll need to use to progress smoothly. A lot of games can get pretty repetitive if you're going perfect stealth or entirely non-lethal, but Deus Ex has almost as many non-lethal options as it has lethal options, and you'll need to use all of them in both combat and stealth to progress. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj Since I've got family over for Thanksgiving, it took me a bit longer than usual to get this one out, but I got a lot of time to work on the Metal Gear Solid 2 Essay. Still can't put an ETA on it, but it's going smoothly. I recommend using Biomod - https://www.moddb.com/mods/biomod - for your next playthrough. I can't vouch for GMDX or other mods, so do your own research. The music in this video is from the Deus Ex Soundtrack by Alexander Brandon You can buy Deus Ex on Steam or Gog. Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/6910/Deus_Ex_Game_of_the_Year_Edition/ Gog: https://www.gog.com/game/deus_ex

No matter what you're designing - be it an arcade game, a text adventure, an RPG, or an action game - a fine balance needs to be maintained between disempowerment and empowerment. In some games, this is done narratively by giving your mission a bit of moral ambiguity, and in others, it's done by having you die over and over before a few easier sections that keep you feeling like a badass, and theres a huge spectrum of ways disempowerment is used in gaming in between those two. Even the power trip that is Doom 2016 needs its share of disempowerment to keep players hooked. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this video is from the Katamari Damacy soundtrack. Sasasan Katamari - Yu Miyake, Yuusama A Crimson Rose and a Gin Tonic - Asuka Sakai, Ado Mizumori The Moon and the Prince - Akitaka Tohyama, Kenji Ninuma There's a chance that this video will be copyright flagged for my use of the Katamari Damacy soundtrack, so this also serves as a bit of a test to see if that'll happen. I love this soundtrack and hope to use it in future videos, but if it's flagged I won't. I don't intend to run adverts on any of my videos, but if they get flagged I don't have a choice. Thanks for watching!

**THIS VIDEO SPOILS INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS** Through subversion of the tropes of World War II media, Quentin Tarantino manages to test the public perception of Nazis as ethically justifiable cannon fodder. Where many games, movies, and shows paint Nazi soldiers as one dimensional villains in both their dialogue and their deaths, Inglourious Basterds is happy to show the vulnerable, passionate, human side of Nazis, before brutally killing them as if they were the cannon fodder they're often portrayed as. Seemingly, Tarantino wanted to test our hatred of Nazis as a response to their portrayal on most media that features them. I don't mean to offend anyone with this video, and the things I say in it don't necessarily reflect my personal philosophy. Everything I mention here is simply my interpretation of what Inglourious Basterds is trying to say. It's okay to talk controversially about a controversial work. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj It's worth noting that my new GPU still hasn't come, but I was able to cobble together a video about a film without it. In order to avoid over saturating my channel with videos about films, I won't be making another video until I have my new card, and can resume making videos on games. I've been having a tough time with a seller on Mercari, so once my cancel request goes through, I'll be ordering it from Newegg and should be back in commission by the end of the week. The music in this essay is from the Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater OST and the Inglourious Basterds OST Since this video contains footage from Inglourious Basterds, it will almost definitely be copyright claimed by either Universal Pictures or The Weinstein Company. They have every right to choose to run advertisements on this video. I'd just like to note that I don't intend to run ads on any of my videos, and that I don't make any money from ads on copyright claimed content. And no, the title isn't a play on "To Kill a Mockingbird". That's just an unfortunate coincidence I didn't notice until after the video was live.

The first Dishonored is easily the most beautiful game I've ever played. It forgoes the slightly more realistic art style of Dishonored 2 in favor of a wholly imaginative oil paint art style. By utilizing cel-shading it's able to deliver more stylistic visuals that will age much better than games that try for nothing but realism, and will without a doubt always look fantastic no matter how much technology advances; just look at Team-Fortress 2 or Wind Waker. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g A minor correction: out of the games mentioned, only Wind Waker and Breath of the Wild use cel-shading. The other games just use a style that's visually similar, but with more realistic lighting. Dishonored included! It's worth pointing out that I was using cheats in order to more quickly get the footage I wanted. I have 177 hours on Steam, and have played through this game every way imaginable countless times, so you know. Dishonored sure is interesting with infinite blink distance. I'd totally recommend people who have played through dozens of times like myself do a cheat engine playthrough, I recommend the Wemod trainer. PSA: Dishonored is completely playable, comprehensible, and navigable without HUD. Even if you're doing a full frontal assault playthrough that forgoes any notion of stealth, I totally recommend playing without HUD. It just further emphasizes the still unmatched art direction discussed in this video The music in this video is from the Dishonored soundtrack by the late Daniel Licht You can buy Dishonored on Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/205100/Dishonored/

*DISCLAIMER* This video really didn't want to be made. Firstly, I wasn't able to record footage of Thief 2X with Shadowplay, probably because of the menus being in 800x600 while the game was still 1080p. None of my other recording solutions worked either. I ended up having to recycle footage from my previous Thief 2 video. Sorry about that. Secondly, the ending audio just didn't seem to want to work properly. You'll notice a small skip right as the credits music stops, and believe me, it was much worse before I spent some time trying to fix it. Sorry about that too. Mods are the purest way fans of a game can express their love for it. They give the developers the opportunity to show off everything that they think makes their favorite games special, while iterating and expanding on the ideas that those games present. When game devs have moved on to new projects, mod teams are the only ones keeping the spirit of classic games alive and fresh. Thanks for all the hard work modders, it's all because of your generosity that your fellow fans get to play even more of the game we love. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The mods mentioned in this video are: Thief 2X: Shadows of The Metal Age (Thief 2) - http://www.thief2x.com/ Research and Development (Half-Life 2) - https://www.moddb.com/mods/research-and-development Portal: Prelude (Portal 1) - https://www.moddb.com/mods/portal-prelude I'd also recommend: Death's Cold Embrace (Thief 2) - http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148371 The JSawyer Director's cut (Fallout: New Vegas) - https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/61592 Cry of Fear (Stand alone) - https://store.steampowered.com/app/223710/Cry_of_Fear/ The music in this video is from the Mother 3 Soundtrack, sorry about the glitches in the ending music.

*SPOILERS FOR A DISFAVORED-CENTRIC PLAYTHROUGH* Few games focus on stirring negative emotions in the player, but those that do are often the most memorable. Typical western RPG's serve as a bit of an ego-trip when doing pacifistic or diplomatic playthroughs, while Tyranny takes those diplomatic characters and forces them to do terrible things. It makes for an incredible surge of conflicting emotions that actually made me put down this game my first time trying it. Upon revisiting it, I can say whole-heartedly that the violence isn't taken lightly as in so many other combat-centric RPG's. It's always a bit awkward doing video essays about text based games. I try to avoid using subtitles in my videos because I always get distracted reading them, and tune out what the speaker is saying. I also try to use footage that's relevant to every point I'm making, and it's difficult balancing those two things in a game where the context of each scene is explained via the text. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this video is from Torment: Tides of Numenera. Not that I dislike the Tyranny soundtrack, I just think Numenera's is better, and equally fitting. Thanks for watching! You can get Tyranny on Gog or Steam. Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/362960/Tyranny/ Gog: https://www.gog.com/game/tyranny_commander_edition

*Minor spoilers* Fallout New Vegas essentially revolves around each groups answer to the question: "what should and shouldn't be carried over from pre war civilization to post war". Each faction showcases a different answer to that question, and this video is essentially a look at the advantages and drawbacks of the governing styles of each of the main powers in the struggle for control of the Mojave. The ulterior motive of this video is to showcase just how incredibly rich and detailed the world of New Vegas is. discussions like this one are just the very tip of the iceberg. It's that rock solid, thought provoking world building that makes New Vegas my all time favorite RPG, even when stacked against heavyweight contenders like Planescape: Torment and Tyranny. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj The music in this video is from the Mother 3 sound track. Thanks for watching! You can find Fallout: New Vegas on Gog or Steam. Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/22380/Fallout_New_Vegas/ Gog: https://www.gog.com/game/fallout_new_vegas_ultimate_edition

SPOILERS FOR SEASON 1 OF THE WALKING DEAD, AND A VERY MINOR PREY SPOILER TellTale's first season of The Walking Dead is one of the most tightly written narratives I've seen in gaming. It utilizes dialogue, course of events, and visual framing to ask thematically important questions about how much family matters once the world has gone to hell. If you'd like to skip to the second part of the video, which discusses how much branching narratives should branch in different games, it begins at 7:24 This video was copyright claimed by the owners of the song "Horse Steppin", and they've chosen to run adverts on it. They have every right to do so, but I'd like to note that I don't run ads on any of my videos by my own choice, and that if you see any, this is why. You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj This video took longer to get out than I would've liked. I've got family at my house riding out Hurricane Florence, and I haven't gotten much time alone to record. Ultimately I had to record in a smaller room than usual, so if the sound quality is a bit worse than normal, my apologies. The music in this video is from the Hotline Miami sound track. Thanks for watching, and for all the support. I'm utterly amazed by how quickly this channels been growing, with fifty subscribers just around the corner. I've had a great time making these videos, and that's in no small part due to this kind of support backing me.

In both Shadow of the Colossus and Ico, the music and camera both conflict with the gameplay in order to conjure up the thoughts of self-righteous immorality that give both games an interesting and unique loop of thoughts, stirring distrust in your companions, and in yourself, while pressing you to go on. The Shadow of the Colossus discussion: 6:42 (if you'd like to skip Ico) You can join the discussion and play some games with us on the official Discord server! https://discord.gg/V7sfnVj Unfortunately, there aren't enough console games I'd like to talk about to warrant buying a capture card, so I had to go old fashioned and record my screen with my phone. I recommend watching on your phone, or outside of full screen if the artifacts are too much to handle.

A State of Mind's "The Jade Amulet" has a creative integrity and consistency that's practically unpredcidentded in hip-hop, and pretty rare in music as a whole. Harking back to groups like Pink Floyd in its ability to use music along with lyrics to tell a story, and evolve the mood in effective and meaningful ways, all while being incredibly underheard. Give this album a listen, by the time you hit the third song, you'll be in love. All the music in this video is either instrumentals, or main tracks from The Jade Amulet by A State of Mind The Jade Amulet playlist, as uploaded by A State of Mind's official Channel: ASM (A State of Mind) - THE JADE AMULET full album: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHzM96u_MMBnUSVsf2KWDjL7Vviv-hhBQ

Very few stoner comedies seem to actually be about being a stoner on anything more than a surface level, wanting instead to focus on the act of smoking weed. In The Big Lebowski however, we see an excellent portrayal of the mindset and lifestyle that smoking weed every day for a decade can lead you to. Everything about the events of the movie, and The Dude's personality points to this idea. The music in this video is from The Big Lebowski's sound track Seeing as this video uses footage from The Big Lebowski, It's been copyright claimed by Universal Pictures, and the claimant has every right to run ads on this video, which Universal has chosen to do. Just know that when I have control over it, I don't intend to run ads on any of my videos. Thanks for watching!

Metal Gear Solid V is an incredibly flawed game with such high highs, and such low lows. In this essay, I attempt to analyse the themes of MGSV, and link them to all of the blatant issues in this incredible game. I admit I may be reaching in a few places with this one. Hopefully it's entertaining and thought provoking either way. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LeadheadYT Discord: https://discord.gg/8KAACDb Second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaT56xLbqk35gMS3KdDsWVg Playable Teaser for my game: drive.google.com/file/d/1cTdHEt9CcmhEGoxfawhycyMySE0VRZ8g The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Solid 3 Sound Track Thanks for watching! Happy late birthday to me

Each episode in TNG reminds me of a quest in a really well written RPG, and the Enterprise crew is going for a pacifist playthrough. It scratches that same itch I get when I'm not in the middle of an RPG, and I've never seen film, especially in sci-fi, that does that. It's one of the few pieces of sci-fi that focuses on the positives of evolution, rather than using it to reflect on the problems of modern humanity. The music in this video is from the Star Trek Next Generation score This video has been copyright claimed by CBS, however they haven't placed ads on it. The footage from the show is copyright protected content, so of course I won't dispute it, but I will say that I don't intend to run ads on my videos, and if any do appear, it's because a third party has monetized them.

Prey uses a wide variety of ambiguous tools to give any playstyle dozens of options on how to proceed at any given moment. Thanks to the use of recyclers, players are forced to consider how they play the game both on a long and short term basis. The music in this video is from the Mother 3 soundtrack

Far Cry 2 makes excellent use of a completely daunting open world to build on the idea that you aren't supposed to be here. It forces you to work incredibly hard to do a terrible thing for very slight personal gain through both gameplay and world design. The music in this video is from the Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater sound track

In Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick shows how denial can make people justify doing terrible things. He humorously brings this idea to it's logical conclusion in one of the best dark comedies of all time. This video has been monetized by Sony. The footage from the movie is copyright protected content, so of course I won't dispute it, but I will say that I don't intend to run ads on my videos, and if any do appear, it's because a third party has monetized them.

Resident Evil 7 takes everything that made the earlier games great, and sends they're old school design philosophies flying ahead of the modern competition from a visual and technical standpoint. Few series have used camp as effectively as Resident Evil, and 7 turns the camp up to 11. The music in this video is from the Earthbound / Mother 2 soundtrack, and the footage is from Resident Evil 7 and 4

We all know Half-Life is a revolutionary game, but there are a lot of tiny details and human touches that I feel like go under discussed. This videos the first of a double feature about the two main Half-Life games. For the section about the cockroach AI, I used footage from youtuber MarphitimusBlackimus. All his videos are worth a view. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVgZw2hguslwhERp-BRYFAg The music in this video is from MF DOOM's "Metal Fingers Presents: Special Herbs"

Half-Life 2 is an incredible game, its gameplay loops about being disempowered only to come out on top are a perfect fit for the gimmick after gimmick format.

In Thief 2, almost every single aspect of the gameplay, audio, visuals, and storytelling are used to prop up the single motif of subtlety. This results in an airtight package that may have not been matched since. The music in this video is taken from MF DOOM's "Metal Fingers Presents: Special Herbs" Almost all the footage in this video is from Thief II, but Dishonored and Bioshock 2 make brief cameos.

In my second video, I discuss how I think Far Cry 3's repetitive, and somewhat dry, emotionless gameplay experience could have adopted some of the original Metal Gear Solid trilogy's design philosophy to help it's gameplay match the tone and feel of it's great story. While Far Cry 3 is a great game, it falls into a lot of the traps of Ubisoft open worlds that it helped to establish as trends in their games. Thanks for giving my channel a chance! The music in this video is borrowed from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater MF DOOM's "Metal Fingers Presents: Special Herbs" Don't hate me for recording my console gameplay the awful way, capture cards are expensive

Remake: https://youtu.be/GkVXw4LfkQc Prey (2017) wears the inherent disconnect from reality that all games have on it's sleeve. Here we'll be discussing that in what is my first video in an as-of-now unending series of essays and discussions. Thanks for giving me a chance! I know my delivery's a little dry, so that's something I'll have to work on in future videos. Background music is from MF DOOM's 'Metal Fingers Presents: Special Herbs Box Set" I borrowed a couple pieces of footage for parts I had trouble recording from the following Youtubers: 'jsc' https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCV-lG6OUgOSDGellS8Cw5w 'Requiem of Solace' https://www.youtube.com/user/blastergames1