Inscryption and The Way Games Change

Just like I promised in the 5 Favourite Games video, here it is, my long time coming look at Inscryption, a game that so thoroughly infested my brain that I couldn't give up on it, even when making this video almost did me in entirely. After calling it my game of the year for 2021 I figured I had to talk through this game I'm stuck with in my mind now. I love a lot of what this game has to say about games and the way we interact with them. It puts so many of the unspoken angles of "gaming" into words and I wanted to try and outline how those ideas hit me, in all the layers and concepts it explores. I hope you enjoy... as much as I... enjoyed... putting this together !

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This video, as always, brought to you by my Patrons who's support I am always so grateful for!

Thanks to:
@PostMesmeric @Video Games Are Bad for feedback on thumbnail and title.

Big thanks to:
@Arcadology, @Veegie, and @Pixel a Day for tech help with the rather bizarre problems exporting this video came with. I learned a lot.

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Music:
Selections from the Inscryption soundtrack by Jonah Senzel

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Further Reading/Watching on Inscryption:

Daryl Talks Games' "How Inscryption Toys with You | Psych of Play"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOcjDxW1g4k

snomaN Gaming's "Good Game Design - Inscryption: Dismantling a Genre"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAJGev7pz4Q

Flemmonade's "The Inscryption ARG: What is the K̵̘̈́a̵̛̮ŕ̵̩n̴̆͜ó̸̗f̴̻̀f̷̞̃ě̶̻l̷̩̍ ̶͈̒C̷̢̍ō̸͖d̶̗̂è̵̲?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DkK5ZML2G0
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-Hey Cap... Cap! You awake?
-I think there's a link missing. The one going to the thing? And I think we're Short a date thingy
-Yeah, there were supposed to be 3.
-I think so. Hang on, I'll send you what I have
-There, did you get it?
-Oh, it might have shown up earlier in the video. I don't work in linear time. I am just text after all.
-But what do we do about the shifty thing?
-Sure.
--CONNECTION SEVERED--
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Like this video? Check out some of my other uploads:

5 Favourite Games 2021 ed.
https://youtu.be/WtyExRgmE4E

Exploring Resident Evil in Light of Village: A Brief Retrospective
https://youtu.be/tc5R3qXkoUk

An Unexpected Connection with Last day of June
https://youtu.be/ZxtRgkAnb1U

The Mandatory Death in Outer Wilds
https://youtu.be/Y7dUk7Wi-BA