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The Returnal video! To me, this feels more like an old-style Jacob video; almost like a tone poem. I hope you enjoy it! 

Here is the link to the Nebula version, if you'd prefer to watch it there: https://nebula.app/videos/jacob-geller-returnal-is-a-hell-of-our-own-creation/

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Returnal is a Hell of Our Own Creation

And in those days, the Moon shuddered for every spasm of someone that dripped from the eyes of Selene | Get a Henson razor and a free pack of 100 blades with code JACOB at: https://bit.ly/3G3sa59 Support me: https://www.patreon.com/JacobGeller Follow me at: https://twitter.com/yacobg42 Merch: https://store.nebula.app/collections/jacob-geller I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (1967) - Harlan Ellison Additional Footage from Positron: https://youtu.be/_V8kFBq6dKE Visual Media Used: Returnal, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, Fugue in Void, Dark Souls, Terminator 2, Groundhog Day Music Used, chronologically: (Don’t Fear) The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult), Beacon Beach (Oxenfree), Hallway Omega (Superhot: MCD), A Mysterious Device (Returnal), Cold Comfort (Oxenfree), Nemesis, Murals (Returnal), Demo Loop (IHNMAIMS), Read Access Memory (Superhot: MCD), Murals (Returnal), The Midnight Wood (Hyper Light Drifter), Helios (Returnal), Hallway Delta (Superhot: MCD), Helios (Returnal), Sandcastle (Magnus Ludvigsson) Thumbnail Credit:https://twitter.com/HotCyder Description Credit: Returnal Additional music from Epidemic Sound

Comments

CJ

oh hell yes

Mervyn Robinson

I've only just reached the boss of the Overgrown Ruins, so it might be a while before I get to watch this video 😭

Yoav Zack

Watched this with the lights off under the sheets. Recommend.

Veelk

Should I watch this if I haven't beaten the game yet?

Hugo Dunk

Good job Mr Geller

Connor Swenke

Wow, Jacob. That was incredible. Bravo. I've though it draws quite a few parallels to Bloodborne as well. You rock, my friend.

Grambitious

I own returnal I haven't beat the first boss, but that will change, someday.

MortalGlare

Your content is always fantastic, but this was really something else!

Griffin Irradiatedsnakes

absolutely FANTASTIC video, definitely one of my favorites so far! also the reveal in the sponsor bit made me scream-laugh irl

Sydney Cottrell

I’ve never played Returnal but when you started talking about her retirement and her life... and then her death... I could feel that absolute dread of anticipating a horrible twist right before it happens. It was a perfect lead up but my god I can’t imagine experiencing that feeling while playing. Also, I was hoping you were going to talk about I have no mouth and I must scream at some point! This is my definitely a top video for me (:

Mrein

Fucking phenomenal! Once again you managed to create a work of art that took my breath away. Thank you Jacob!

Julia Saab

This one was so fantastic it made my skin crawwwlll!! I haven't read Ellison in a long time, but the minute those passages appeared all of the torment and anger that I had felt through that first reading resurfaced, and each plot point revealed from Returnal had me in a chokehold. *chefs kiss*

Of Winter

Tonal poem is exactly how I’d describe your stuff, hell yeah

Keely Parker

This may honestly be my favorite thing you’ve ever made

Theis Egeberg

I'll join the choir here. This is just golden. The time and energy poured into this really shows.

Mikhail Klakotskiy

The release of this video around Valentine's Day mirroring the lyric "Valentine is done" from "Don't Fear the Reaper." 👍👍

Dave Kasson

So so so good, I got chills when she started listing the various levels of Gehenna/Helheim/Tartarus. Keep up the magic.

Dang Nguyen

Maturing is recognising that I will never, not ever, enjoy any game that can be described with the words “difficult”, “challenging”, “grueling”, “punishing” or “Souls”. I learned my lesson after being stuck in the opening area of Bloodborne for five years.

Daniel Sciscoe

I'm a little late to the party but I keep coming back to this video and had to comment. Fantastic work that I've watched probably 4-5 times at this point. Absolutely love the juxtaposition to I Have no Mouth; did you ever think about an Annihilation/Southern Reach comparison?