Artificial Loneliness

I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed,
nothing between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths



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Games shown: Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, Far Cry: Primal, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Super Mario Bros., The Witcher 3

Music used: Main Menu (Modern Warfare 2), Golden Ratio, On the Motorway (Dear Esther), It All Makes Sense Now, Blessed are the Peacemakers, By 1889 The Age of Outlaws and Gunslingers Was at an End (Red Dead Redemption 2), Born Unto Trouble (Red Dead Redemption 1), Prologue, Camp Approach (Firewatch)

Description Source: Sleeping in the Forest by Mary Oliver

[NintendoCokeBear]

"Things don't have to be constantly happening to remind you of being alive."
Such a simple statement yet so reassuring.

[fuckshit]

thought this was a review, ended up being psychologically evaluated

[anthonysimpson]

you know it's a good game when it starts to not feel like a game anymore

[lafleurRddl]

I always found it strangely satisfying not to be forced into doing the next mission, but also loved the fact that if you’re gone too long, a member of the gang will come and find you and remind you that there are people waiting on you. There are still things to be done, but you are by no means forced to go back.

[jacobp-i.]

“this world may be artificial, the isolation coded, the darkness an illusion... but the feeling is real.”

video games are art.

[Munch]

Another appropriate title would be 'I played so much red dead I had an existential crisis'

[liam]

This is the same feeling I get when I sit outside at a party and watch everyone else go about their thing, like you watching the world go by

[spiderill]

Yesterday I was stood in my garden; hungover, bare feet on wet grass, watching birds in a tree. A cat crept over the fence and joined me for a while. I had this amazing sense that we don't always need a narrative to enjoy being alive. Sometimes simply existing is the most wonderfully serene feeling. I then watched this video today and have had that belief confirmed.

[GetYaWhat]

this makes me think of arthur, and the fact that he's lost in history. Yes, millions of people know of him, because we play as him, but in the game, he is forgotten. And that shows how a game can be 'alive' I think.

[ColdHawk]

My guy, if you felt like this playing through that part of the game you should actually go hiking alone in the deserts of the Southwest. I did that in my twenties, just after getting out of the Army when my head was clouded by a lot I needed to sort out. Out in the desert, 3 days after last seeing another person, was the first time in my life that my mind actually got quiet. There is indescribable value in silence, simplicity, and solitude.

[buruguduystunstugudunstuy]

“Loneliness is dangerous. It's addicting. Once you see how peaceful it is, you don't wanna deal with people.”

[MrFlyingLamma]

"What, am I going to be alone with my thoughts?"

Me, listening to all of Jacob Geller's videos at work while trying not to be alone with my thoughts: "Yep."

[Louiscare]

"there is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock, people so tired, mutilated by either love or no love"
- Charles Bukowski

[damonmcknight]

"My pa used to say, you look into the fire long enough you can see the whole world pass by" - Hosea Matthews

[troystephen]

Same feeling when I get back to my home after my wife's funeral. Front door is waiting locked and knowing that I always have to unlock it by myself forever. I miss you honey...

[jimmyoats]

The finding of a secret place in a game gives the same feeling. Not an intended secret place, where some reward is hiding. But genuinely somewhere meaningless you didn’t think you could access or initially didn’t notice. Great video.

[tatesherman]

This game is a masterpiece. I miss the first hours of playing through it, when I discovered St Denis by accident in the middle of the night and was amazed.

[georgemuller]

“Artificial Loneliness” dude I’ve already got enough real loneliness I don’t need artificial loneliness.

[switch_cave]

These are the kinds of videos I love to find in my recommended feed. Thoughtful, advancing, amazing. I love it.

[NameNik]

I remember how Hayao Miyazaki once said that he always tries to put in his animated movies some moments where nothing important happens so the movies would feel more alive. The train scene in Spirited Away is a good example of that. Just a train ride from a city to a suburban forest and yet that's one of the most memorable scenes from all the movies of Studio Ghibli.