Fear of Depths

Jacob should really read a manga named the Enigma of Amigara fault by Junji Ito. It has similar themes shown on this video and i think you will really like it.

This video struck me so deeply that I sent it to people I know who don't even okay video games, ones who would appreciate the examination of the human psyche and description of the common theme in the games you touched on.

That was my exact same response

This was lovely. I imagine you are at least passingly familiar with the Magnus Archives, and the entire time I was listening to it I was thinking 'I think this is kind of what the Buried is missing'. The fear and the love and the terror and the awe are all there. I don't have a fear of caves (though I do not spelunk) but I feel like I understand it much better.

AV

My parents have a series of books focusing on various aspects of the world. Even though I have leafed through them many times today I only remember that one was about volcanoes, and one about caves, and the story of Floyd Collins is the only thing I remember from that book. This video was as usual very good, and almost literally a solid piece of work, nicely homogenic (if that's the right word) with no jagged edges. But still, at one point I remember thinking "how did we get here?", ie. what was the chain of reasoning that led you from caves and Floyd to wherever that moment was, and I realized that that feeling was a good companion to cave exploration as you describe it: Going forward always feels natural, but looking back it's hard to see the way you came. Loved the mood all the way through, and this also reminds me that I should finish playing Kentucky Route Zero.

Great work on this. Keep it up.

A palpably religious experience to watch

Been following your work for a while but this is the video that made me want to support you and your work. I dont think Ive ever seen someone who puts as much care into their essay and isnt afraid to work outside of their niche when it comes to their essays. Keep up the amazing work, cant wait to see whats next!

shish

What a captivating watch. Brilliant work!

Nacho

Now I wanna make a game about the future civilization opening our nuclear waste dumps. Don’t know how you come up with this but it’s just so fascinating. Great work.

Somehow every video you release feels like your best one.

have to say, this one was quite deep

Jack Deeth

You are right to have this be one of your favourite videos, this was excellent! :D

Calliope Rannis

Below gets the deep cave asthetics very down. And with the Explorer mode now out, a little more tempting to journey down too.

Calliope Rannis

Fantastic job. I could not stop shivering despite how hot it was in my room. I really don't know how you do it but I hope you continue.

BRO. This is one of my favorite videos now. I didn't know about any of this stuff, so it was an eye opening experience for sure. Holy crap dude.

Amazing video. I'm curious if you've played the game Below.

thank you so much!!!

Jacob Geller

This... is amazing. Im glad you mentioned WIPP, its been a fascination of mine for a while now. You tie a lot of concepts and real world things and games together beautifully.

Teryeasta Breadloaf

This video is one of the most jaw-droppingly incredible you’ve made. This and your video on haunted houses are my two favorite videos on YouTube, thank you for creating them.