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I’m going to be honest. This was one of the most difficult videos I’ve ever written or edited because I’m trying to describe a particular sensation that I get when I wake up some mornings. This is a video about that sensation, how the game Soma started it, and how a few other pieces of media made it worse and then… somehow helped me come to peace with it. It’s taken me about a year to finally write this and that’s because it is deeply personal and esoteric. I hope you enjoy it.

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The Automation of the Film Buff (0:00)
Remembering You Exist (2:12)
Soma is Built on A Lie (4:17)
Signalis, A Dream about Dreaming (7:17)
Serendipitously, Manta Sleep (10:20)
Advantageous (11:51)
"We're Here" (14:53)
Which was the dream? (18:57)
Revisiting Signalis (21:43)
Missing the other side (24:14)
Goodbye, Eri (24:56)
"They're out there, among the stars" (33:56)
"Fin" (35:40)

▶Games Shown

Soma (2015)
Signalis (2022)
Citizen Sleeper (2022)

▶Movies/TV/Anime Shown

Advantageous (2015)
Usuzumi No Hate (2022)
Goodbye Eri (2022)

▶Media/Clips/Considerations:

   • Mind Uploading  

▶Music Sources (in Order):

NieR Automata OST - Fortress of Lies
Soma OST - Soma Theme
Portal OST - No Cake For You
Soma OST - Tau Arrive
Soma OST - Ark Reveal
Signalis OST - 3000 Cycles I Missed you
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky OST - Goodnight
Silent Hill 3 OST - Never Forgive Me, Never Forget Me
Celeste OST - Quiet and Falling
Little Busters! OST - A world where nothing happened
Soma OST - Alone, end credits
Little Busters! OST - A world where nothing happened
Little Nightmares 2 OST - Main Theme
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo OST - Seven Mysteries
Signalis OST - Die Toteninsel Emptiness
Resident Evil 7 OST - Saferoom Theme
Iron Lung OST - Ghostlight

– Kinissue - Sacrifice
– Provided by Lofi Girl
– Watch:    • Sacrifice  
– Listen: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4CSOd...

Silent Hill 2 OST - The Day Of Night
Halo Reach OST - Ashes

– Tenno - Bittersweet Sorrow
– Watch:    • Bittersweet Sorrow  
– Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/1kAPNI...