Psychonauts is one of my favorite games of all time and with the sequel now out, it'd be neat if they could update the original with it's level of graphic polish. And as much as I love it, there are some parts that I feel are a little too difficult, so maybe something could be done about that in a remake.
I wish there was an alternate to Youtube (y'know, that people actually used), but I really don't have any other choice. Video essays and media analysis are some of my biggest passions and you can only seem to get stuff like that on Youtube. I also really like horror channels like Nexpo or Goose Boose and I wouldn't give that stuff up for the world.
AMVs don't ring a bell, but in my... *sigh* in my brony phase when I was like 12, I used to listen to a guy called Ken Ashcorp make MLP-themed music videos.
I shudder.
Honestly, this was the exact same case with me. I wasn't super into anime until I graduated high school, so my closest experience with old AMVs was PMVs. There used to be a time when I would go on Equestria Daily every day just to check whatever new videos were up and I found a whole lot of new music at a young age because of that.
The most nostalgic PMV to me would probably have to be the Rainbow Dash one set to You're Gonna Go Far Kid lmaoooo.
After years of using Tumblr and Twitter, something I've noticed is that neither of the staff behind both sites know what their userbase wants. They've let terrible people run amuck and harass others over stupid crap while preaching about "kid-friendly spaces" and ban people for saying naughty words. They don't care at all about protecting their communities and are obsessed with keeping things ad-friendly. On top of that, they ignore features that people have been asking for for years (art folders, an edit button, proper tagging systems, etc.) and instead give us pointless shit (like the NFT icons :drat:smile:.
Other than that, I'd say a common goal. Part of why social media as a whole in comparison to forums are more chaotic and filled with drama is that they're huge dumping grounds for every kind of community or content imaginable. Forums tend to be me more focused on a specific topic or a project, so the people who come together have similar views and values. There's a lot less discourse happening as a result.
As a screenwriter, my favorite movies are my main inspiration (of course), but I'm very passionate about other forms of media as well. I want whatever I make to have a dreamlike quality to it, so I often turn to the best mediums for loose, surreal stories: video games and web videos.
For video games, I really love rpg maker horror stuff and anything indie. Mainstream horror games (except for Silent Hill) don't do a lot for me because a lot of them feel the same. I get nothing aesthetically or thematically for darkly lit games where you fight monsters. But games like Yume Nikki or Omori or Ib have that trippy quality I'm trying to capture. It's the same with ARGs and analogue horror. I know everyone thinks they're played out and it's easy to point at the clichés and laugh, but I'm just so glad the internet has allowed so much inventive horror content to exist without any restrictions. Stuff like Petscop, Local 58, and The Walten Files have all inspired me in their own ways.
I'm in the same boat as a lot of you guys with huge pop culture phenomenons (Game of Thrones, Star Wars, MCU, etc.) and for the most part, I don't regret it in the least. These days, all I hear about these franchises these days are about how bad/corporate they've gotten and how burned the fanbase is. I've always preferred media that's short, but consistent in quality.
I guess that's why the only major pop culture franchise I care for is LOTR. Aside from The Hobbit movies and the new Amazon series, the original trilogy was able to stand alone by itself and new instalments are usually spaced out (rather than pumped out every year as content sludge).
I definitely wouldn't call myself a Sonic fan these days, but I was absolutely obsessed with those games as a kid. Sonic Adventure was the first video game I ever played (that wasn't a PC point and click edutainment thing) and I swear, I beat that thing at least five times. For some reason, I never beat Sonic Adventure 2, so I'm pretty disappointed in my younger self for that.
I'm a massive Pink Floyd fan and I could consider their music in general as something that was very formative to me, but their album The Wall (but more specifically, the movie) that's had the biggest impact on me. I first started listening to them when I was about twelve years old and when I told my dad about it, he offered to watch the film version with me. As a kid who had a mostly conventional film taste up until that point, it was like nothing I'd ever seen before. It was one of my first exposures to surrealism and psychologically-driven stories and it's responsible for my love of trippy/disturbing media. It still resonates with me now for its themes of isolation and trauma and for that, I'll always consider it my favorite movie.
I also really like Espurr and Popplio, but I think Mimikyu will always be my absolute favorite. I adore creepy things, but I what I love just slightly more are things that manage to be BOTH creepy and cute. Mimikyu strikes a perfect balance of being a horrifying little creature while also being incredibly sympathetic. Characters that scare people away and struggle with loneliness for it are an absolute weakness for me. I would love to have one as my main partner just to make it feel loved and worthy of friendship.
I consider myself to be a connoisseur of weird internet content but for the sake of brevity, I'll just post a few of my main favourites (tw: there's some gore in these):
Also, I friggin love The Mysterious Stranger scene. I don't have the strongest of feelings about the movie it came from as a whole, but that one part is absolutely fantastic and a masterpiece of existential horror.
Oh, I love Tetsuo! It's genuinely one of my favorite movies of all time. I'm a massive fan of cyberpunk and body horror, so pretty much everything about this movie appeals to me. I love the visual of humans covered and interwoven wires and machinery, and I think it's delightfully trippy to watch.
- Art and fiction! I believe that the stories we tell each other are what keep up going in life and find emotional catharsis. I've struggled with loneliness throughout most of my life, but my favorite pieces of media have always given me something to relate to and see myself in. It's a major reason as to why I became a screenwriter. I want to make something that'll help others feel seen the same way my favorite stories have.
- My boyfriend! We're long-distance and he currently lives in America, but he showed up in my life just when I needed him. He's the most kind, affectionate, and gentle person I've ever met and he can't get enough of me (for some reason). For years, he's been listening to me whenever I need him and convincing me that I'm a better person than I've been led to believe. I honestly owe my life to him.
I'm rather mixed on the idea of using physical mail again. I do think there's a lot of novelty to it and it'd be nice to have an actual letter to hold and keep (especially if it's from somebody I love), but there are a lot of inconveniences to it. Digital mail is instant, which is vastly more beneficial for communication, and sometimes letters can get lost in the mail. I don't know if I wanna take that risk.
I'd say being online is my default mode of existence, so absolutely not. Like I said in another thread, I live in a very small area in the woods, where there's next to nothing for anyone to do and most of the people around here are trailer park trash. But even before we moved here, I barely had a life outside of the internet. It honestly feels at this point that my internet self is the real me (and the only place I can truly be myself) and my irl self is a fake persona I have to perform for other people. I tried to break out of that and make an effort to find friends...but that's exactly when COVID-19 hit and my family had to move as a result.
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