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Here we go! I'm really happy with how this one turned out, and I hope y'all will be too.

There are details of "What's Spoiled?" in the video description, but importantly, this video does not spoil Control. If you've seen a trailer, you've probably seen almost everything I show in the vid. This will go live for everyone else in 24 hours. 

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Control, Anatomy, and the Legacy of the Haunted House

A world of made is not a world of born Support me: https://www.patreon.com/JacobGeller Follow me: https://twitter.com/yacobg42 What’s Spoiled? Control: No character arcs are spoiled. One mid-game sidequest is briefly mentioned. Footage shows late-game areas and abilities without context. Anatomy: Some footage and voiceover clips taken from late-game. The Haunting of Hill House (book): One character’s fate is implied. House of Leaves: Third-act actions of one character are discussed. Mokumokuren: http://yokai.com/mokumokuren/ When buildings kill: https://placesjournal.org/article/when-buildings-kill/?cn-reloaded=1 Thanks to Ewan Wilson for research consultation: https://twitter.com/ewanwilson4 Thanks to Jay Taylor for Nioh footage: https://twitter.com/JaySevenZero Footage used: Control, Anatomy, The Haunting (1963), NaissanceE, Haunted Castle Dark Ride at Santa Cruz Boardwalk (SoCal360), Mickey Mouse: The Haunted House (1929), Nioh, Scooby Doo: When Ghosts Go Boo, Yom Kippur Torah Reading (Moshe Weisblum) Music used: Various tracks from Control, various tracks from Silent Hill 2, Humphrey Seale Suite (The Haunting, 1963), Max Docks (Max Payne 3), Serenity (Resident Evil 4), Sea of Stars (Bayonetta), Mental Caverns without Sunshine (The Caretaker), Save Theme (Resident Evil 2)

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Anonymous

I may or may not be writing a comic about a paranormal investigator that moves into a haunted house and falls in love with the ghost there, so the idea of the house itself being the malicious entity is so fucking cool and new to me. I really need to finish House of Leaves. Great video as always, I love the way you make nonfiction videos (can i call them that? like nonfiction books?) into narratives themselves.

Anonymous

Ah someone else who has read House of Leaves. I knew I liked you. More on topic, it does seem to be somewhat of a reoccurring theme of yours - architecture in general obviously, but specifically the horror of physical spaces not behaving logically. Curious if this was intentional, or just a natural extension of your interests.

Anonymous

This video reminded me of the book I'm reading right now. It's a collection of short stories by Lord Dunsany Called "A Dreamer's Tales". The story "Blagdaross" is a series of ministories told by objects around the room; one by a tea kettle and its recollection of it boiling water while people danced around it, one by a bit of rope about its experience being used to hang a guy, and one by a rocking horse expressing its anger that it isn't being played with anymore. Another story, "The Madness of Andelsprutz" personifies entire cities, telling of the loss of their souls. The whole book has been really good so far. The stories are very dark and weird, but vivid and beautiful, and the prose is very good, though archaic.

Anonymous

Really enjoyed this

Jan

Just wanted to let you know this video made me read House of Leaves AND play Control the last couple of weeks. The first I have been wanting to read for maybe more than 10 years and this gave me a gentle push. :) Enjoyed the book (finished) and still playing the game. Although my brain is kind of intermixing the two universa sometimes.