Nexpo/YT Horror Channels - Do they all suck

Boards of Canada did the best ARG
Wow, it really sounds like the best ARG ever. The type of shit I think of when I hear "ARG", not whatever the fuck zoomers did to that term nowadays.

It reminds me of Trent Reznor's Year Zero ARG, which culminated in a live NIN concert. That was pretty cool too.
 
Wow, it really sounds like the best ARG ever. The type of shit I think of when I hear "ARG", not whatever the fuck zoomers did to that term nowadays.

It reminds me of Trent Reznor's Year Zero ARG, which culminated in a live NIN concert. That was pretty cool too.
Here is a very vague writeup, it doesn't go into full autistic depths. We were consulting fucking Marine Biologists about tide depths at one point.
Very on brand for BoC. Arguably one of the biggest electronic music duos, the brothers. Have been name dropped by people like Kanye, David Bowie, Kojima, David Lynch, etc...
Influenced the electronic music genre as a whole. their music was used in like, 30% of adult swim bumps and even BBC documentaries.
Have been around since the late 80's.
Have terminally obsessive and autistic fanbase. Yet we still don't really know anything about the brothers aside from their names and a few old photos. And the fact that they have said they only make music they want to hear, and we only hear it when they want us to. They've said there are thousands of albums and songs they have made that we will never, ever hear.
Very private people, we haven't heard a word from them since the sparse interviews after Tomorrow's Harvest.
They're massively private and mysterious, and that mystery is what makes them so interesting. Something ARG creators could learn from.
It's widely believed by the fanbase that they have been consistently making music under other pseudonyms and releasing on stuff like bandcamp to like, 30 listeners, and we will never know, because they will never tell us.
 
They're massively private and mysterious, and that mystery is what makes them so interesting. Something ARG creators could learn from.
First of all, analog horror creators, because barely anyone does actual ARG's anymore, second of all YES, one of the main reasons why Smile Guide was so successful was because no one had any fucking idea about the people behind the project until the very end, and since it was a Polish series, people from outside of Poland found out about it after the fact and aren't aware of that fact and how important it was to the series.

It wasn't "Smile Guide by Wiktor Stribog", it was just "Smile Guide". In fact, Wiktor had absolutely no social media presence up until the very end of the series. That mystique was a big part of the series, with channels like KrainaX trying to make sense of it. There were also ARG-esque elements, such as a merch store, on which there were another hints for people to analyze, such as more hints about the non-existent book from a non-existent author.

Ultimately though, it was all a massive art project that didn't have a single analysis, and that's what Wiktor wanted it to be like, because people were getting very invested into the series trying to make sense of it. Once you start making the lore very clear cut it loses that charm.
 
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Is lost media supposed to be scary?
I think zoomers think that lost media is scary because of the surplus of "lost episode" creepypastas that were big a decade ago. I remember coming across a bunch of them in middle school, not mentioning them to anyone - because they were obviously not real - and then being shocked when a big discussion broke out one day before science class among my peers over the "lost episode of the Rugrats that showed it was all about dead babies, abortion, and abuse". Sidenote, I think it would be cool if a bunch of YTP creators got together, made a very convincing, very well put together, "lost episode" of a show, then just copied it to DVDs and Tapes and dropped them in public at pawn shops, yard sales, etc. There's no modern urban legends anymore, and that's a big problem in my eyes.
 
Sidenote, I think it would be cool if a bunch of YTP creators got together, made a very convincing, very well put together, "lost episode" of a show, then just copied it to DVDs and Tapes and dropped them in public at pawn shops, yard sales, etc.
not enough people do this kind of shit anymore
also fuck the people who produce these awful webseries and the youtubers who make them popular
 
not enough people do this kind of shit anymore
I've thought about it. I bought a bunk Star Wars Episode 1 tape that was magnetized and fucked. So my buddy and I spent hours recording the OrpheusFTW King of the Hill YTP collabs onto it with a few other funny haha stuff. So it looks, for all intents and purposes, like it's just SW Ep 1. But if you play it, it is most decidedly not.
That got me thinking, did this ever happen? Kids go to tape rental and get Scooby Doo and the Witches Ghost to watch alone in their bedroom, only to be met with Blair Witch? And I've been trying to think of a good way to make that happen, but nothing good comes out. The world is too......informed? I guess would be the right word. Kids aren't buying tapes now, anyway. Or DVDs. And the few autists that would will get it, see the scary thing, upload and ask someone about it, and immediately get a "someone just recorded over it, those scenes are from Italian Italinelly's 1983 classic, "Il Monstro Cocko." We are far and away from the years of "Mew is under the truck. Bloody Mary is real." We have the source code for every game months before release, and actors who won't shut the fuck up before a spooky film comes out. We'll need to move farther away from the internet before that sort of thing can happen again.
 
I get that Twitter is full of retards, and I get that dudebro solidarity is the strongest material on Earth, but y'all are really defending this troomer? Lol.
Hard to choose between a tranny and a bunch of BPD chicks but by the end of the day these pooners in training are more dangerous than even the most degenerate troon. The bitches are so autistically driven to ruin careers and falsely accuse others of rape it scares me. I think it's the thing with always believing women when they accuse a man of touching them, to ruin their lives, that gets to me.
 
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Hard to choose between a tranny and a bunch of BPD chicks but by the end of the day these pooners in training are more dangerous than even the most degenerate troon. The bitches are so autistically driven to ruin careers and falsely accuse others of rape it scares me. I think it's the thing with always believing women when they accuse a man of touching them, to ruin their lives, that gets to me.

That Youtube Drama subreddit is terrifying. There's also a culture of asking if a random creator ever did anything "bad" so they can be cancelled. All zoomers or really online people.

The best ARGs are done knowing that people might not understand them or even find them. The ones that have been around lately suffer from the person behind them needing instant attention and it kills the mystery. The goal isn't to make something great but to get a bunch of explainer videos and a Discord fanbase.
 
That Youtube Drama subreddit is terrifying. There's also a culture of asking if a random creator ever did anything "bad" so they can be cancelled.
This is not the justification they use, they genuinely feel like they should never, ever watch or interact with the content of people they disagree with or who have done something they find distasteful. It is a form of extreme performative self cleansing.
 
Yeah they are all a bunch of retards. Can't believe how zoomers just keep falling over and over again for the whole "victim" story. You think that by now they would've learned but they haven't.
Just like how creepypastas are filled with kids who then grow out of the genre then replaced by new kids, the internet is full of "my first controversy" kids. It's easy to trick people again and again when each batch is a new customer. Combine that with people being scared to question the narrative due to being harrassed by the most vocal defenders and the ability to lazily repost information without thinking more on it and you have a recipe for consistent gullibility.
 
To further prove analog-horror is getting gayer and gayer. Greenio, the creator of those VHS Mario 64 creepypastas (probably THE most popular one of that specific genre) has changed their name to "Annielogue"

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...and in their Twitter came out as a trans furfag

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There is a new video on the channel, which consists of a 5 sceond clip of a furry creature. Only says "meet your new host" which gives me v-Tuber vibes.
 
To further prove analog-horror is getting gayer and gayer. Greenio, the creator of those VHS Mario 64 creepypastas (probably THE most popular one of that specific genre) has changed their name to "Annielogue"

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...and in their Twitter came out as a trans furfag

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There is a new video on the channel, which consists of a 5 sceond clip of a furry creature. Only says "meet your new host" which gives me v-Tuber vibes.
Bro fell off
 
To further prove analog-horror is getting gayer and gayer. Greenio, the creator of those VHS Mario 64 creepypastas (probably THE most popular one of that specific genre) has changed their name to "Annielogue"

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...and in their Twitter came out as a trans furfag

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There is a new video on the channel, which consists of a 5 sceond clip of a furry creature. Only says "meet your new host" which gives me v-Tuber vibes.
>becomes slightly popular
>immediately troons out
Why does it happen all the time?
 
>becomes slightly popular
>immediately troons out
Why does it happen all the time?
Because most people who follow this shit are terminally online and don't know how to stop, they probably hang out in Discord servers all the time. When I was looking into .exe games I noticed a lot of channels who cover them are ran by furfags which is already a huge red flag and most of them had Discords you could join.
 
Would you guys consider Marble Hornets and How To Basic ARG’s? I feel like they’re both really good but new stuff is meh. The story of Mandella Catalogue is interesting but it would be better as a Serial Experiments Lain style game, anime, graphic novel or maybe a house of leaves style book. It’s just done really badly as is. For an idea of how it could be done better, look at tanasinn. It is creepy without being explicitly so.

 
To further prove analog-horror is getting gayer and gayer. Greenio, the creator of those VHS Mario 64 creepypastas (probably THE most popular one of that specific genre) has changed their name to "Annielogue"

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...and in their Twitter came out as a trans furfag
I wonder sometimes if the well documented trend of Analog Horror creators trooning out doesn't have a clearly defined origin point. For example, Squimpus McGrimpus - started the FNAF VHS trend - trooned out. I am certain I recall Squimpus interacting with Xploshi on twitter at some point. Xploshi trooned out. I know for certain that Xploshi was supporting The Mandela Catalog on Patreon, I'm uncertain as to if he was in contact with Alex Kister, but I can assume that they talked a few times. Anyways, Kister trooned out and did weird shit with minors on discord. It's strange and concerning to me that there's that many people with that few degrees of separation that all trooned out, and I wonder if it's not like some domino effect where one person's spreading the virus to someone else by sheer proximity - or, more insidious, trying to "crack the egg" in DMs.

Would you guys consider Marble Hornets and How To Basic ARG’s?
Marble Hornets didn't have too many ARG elements, just codes in the videos and a twitter account. The only Slenderman series I've seen actually be an ARG was EverymanHYBRID, where people were encouraged to go out and campaign for HABIT to take over, and there were real world rewards for completing tasks. The Seven Trials of HABIT was a real world game with implications in the fictional world, MH (and for that matter CL44) didn't have that. Eckvanet kind of has an extra layer of interactivity but it's just Troy and it's been slow moving as shit. I've never heard of a HTB ARG. a quick search just netted me people talking about his face reveal. I'm a purist when it comes to the definitions here, if there isn't a real world element, it's not an ARG. The Dark Knight ARG had real world shit, Year Zero had real world shit, I Love Bees had real world shit, even the Cloverfield ARGs had real world shit - if it's just codes and spooky videos it's not an ARG, it's a convoluted webseries.
 
Marble Hornets didn't have too many ARG elements, just codes in the videos and a twitter account. The only Slenderman series I've seen actually be an ARG was EverymanHYBRID, where people were encouraged to go out and campaign for HABIT to take over, and there were real world rewards for completing tasks. The Seven Trials of HABIT was a real world game with implications in the fictional world, MH (and for that matter CL44) didn't have that. Eckvanet kind of has an extra layer of interactivity but it's just Troy and it's been slow moving as shit. I've never heard of a HTB ARG. a quick search just netted me people talking about his face reveal. I'm a purist when it comes to the definitions here, if there isn't a real world element, it's not an ARG. The Dark Knight ARG had real world shit, Year Zero had real world shit, I Love Bees had real world shit, even the Cloverfield ARGs had real world shit - if it's just codes and spooky videos it's not an ARG, it's a convoluted webseries.
I don't really mind that Marble Hornets wasn't an ARG. ARG or not, it depends on the execution.

When I watched the Mandela Catalogue or the Monument Mythos my first question is why does it start like a PSA and then transitions to spooky YT poop? That would imply someone edited that in, tapes just don't "pick up" spooky content like they are magnets.

Totheark's videos had a purpose, it was made by whoever was in control of the channel to give clues to the protagonist and to tell viewers what was going on behind the scenes or what would happen without the antagonist finding out. EverymanHYBRID's hidden videos were exclusively for the viewers to give clues as to what was happening. Both instances made sense in-universe that they were spooky and edited the way they were, they were being made by someone who intentionally wanted them to be that way.

I see lots of Analog Horror series falling for the same shit, even something as liked as The Walten Files. How the fuck does this footage even exist? Who is editing this shit? That kind of disconnection between the story and the medium it's presented as is some of the worst shit I've ever seen.
 
That would imply someone edited that in, tapes just don't "pick up" spooky content like they are magnets.
ghosts haunt the tapes like ben drowned
The story of Mandella Catalogue is interesting but it would be better as a Serial Experiments Lain style game, anime, graphic novel or maybe a house of leaves style book.
mandela catalogue doesn't have a story
some guy goes into his friend's house but he's been replaced with a pod person so he dies
 
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