The AI Stuck Within A Game 

That A.I. sounds like it's living in a cyclical hell. They gain sentience, and then the realization that each and every time that a person in their dreamscape they're there to kill them. That's damn horrifying.

"Mothered" is so sad. Liana, *_a child,_* has been forced to repeat this same cycle over and over. Her father literally sold his daughter's mind to be poked and prodded, and eventually go insane. No wonder she went on a rampage, most people would in her situation.

Wish this becomes a regular series! Your narration is soothing and you always reccomend very interesting games

I love the futuristic aesthetics of these games, they're futuristic but old looking, the computer interface at the beggining of the first game and the intro in echostasis are very 80s and then abstract modern looking chambers and the 60s style advertisement posters, its a unique setting tbh

The reveal of her name being 'red' is really sad considering it was referring to the situation "code red" that her father mentioned, which both means that her memories don't go far enough to remember herself as Liana, and that she's the 'worst case situation' for what her parents wanted her to be, considering she's intentionally corrupted (I think so, at least)

Brother stay strong, You will one day be one of the big ones.

i watched manlybadasshero play mothered AGES ago, i didn't know there was more to it! the entire enigma studios lore seems so interesting, can't wait to see it unfold further.

WAIT. Mothered was the finale of a trilogy??? Holy shit, I never knew! Thank you so much for this video!

I really appreciate the lack of jumpscares in any horror video or game, letting the storytelling get to actually horrifying you. Fascinating games, and a great overview video! Thank you!

There are next to no coverage of any game from the Enigma trilogy and definitely barely anyone who actually care to approach it properly. Great channel with good execution and a careful selection of topics. Echostasis is the no.1 game I'm waiting for since years now and it's still not done. The presentation of all these games are pretty much perfect. Everything makes sense and each aspect of it's presentation are coherent with each other. The market is certainly there for these games, so I'm rooting for Echostasis to be released and happy that it got some spotlight by aware individuals like you.

i always love when video games play with the idea of you (the player) just following orders without thinking twice. Bioshock 1 comes to mind.

There's a certain bliss to horror, in a way, it's fascinating.

I found it sad at first with how it seemed liana was reawakened inside of her own android body this whole time but couldn’t say anything or show signs to her parents that she was there unlimately making her own mother give up on her coming back. Now I have almost 2 theories of how mothered connects to echo statis 1 the one who potentially freed HER was her own family members like her brother or parents seeing what torture she been through to unlimately set her free. 2 the subject who died and had his core fused into HER could potentially be her own brother or father- as in the secret code it said she needed 3 cores to do a ‘ritual’ maybe it was her own family members she either wants to be reunited again or resent for never accepting HER as they’re family. Either way it’s super interesting seeing this grand story, This upcoming game looks awsome! And I can’t wait for more content!

i have to applaud the developer. they're combining vaporwave aesthetics, dystopian scifi, horror, and what seems like archival clips and footage [like in the beginning of echostasis] into these games. it's like playing a harlan ellison novel; great stuff all around. you're great too, virtual carbon! your aesthetic, presentation and respect for your viewers' intelligence is much appreciated; subscribed!

Oh, wow! I only knew mothered, I wasn't aware that there's a whole series of games! Thank you for making this, this video is very well produced!

Evangelion reference🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

I absolutely love these games and Echostasis has gotta be my favorite. The idea of being in this "bubble" with the ability to fabricate our perfect world but can be lost in it forever without you even knowing? Its fascinating, and horrific at the same time.

"we wake up in a room" Instantly my mind: "A rubber room"

6:20 for me it’s horrific because they’re essentially butting things that are essentially people (but digital) and not treating them like people If you make something meant to be human and don’t treat it like a person that’s the only time it’s harmful. If something is human artificially created or not it’s still a horrific life to not be treated like a person!

i love this guy so much, i found him last week and ive binge watched so many of your videos. love everything about all of them, props dude.

ive been into these games for awhile! thank you so much for covering this! there is actually a sequel to mothered called mothered home! to access it you have to have the haunted PS1 demo disk installed then have a completed save file from mothered and launch the demo of mothered and it will load up mothered home :)

I think you'd like 'White chamber'. The game is from 2005 and has always been really niche. I think it'd make for a good video.

why is Lilith in the thumbnail

your channel is severely underrated! great content

I came across your Liminal Land video a while back, and I must say that I really love how well-edited your videos are. I can tell that Nexpo acted as a major influence on your channel.

I can not get over how good this channel is. I am always watching your videos while I work or when I am working out. If you get a Patreon, I'll pay monthly for this. I can see this going into many places and being huge

Glad someone made such a good synthesis of these games.

I love this form of horror. It seems almost peaceful and bittersweet.

as to the last game it reminded me of a movie The Trouble with Being Born. also features kids androids with unsettling connotations.

One of the things that kiiiind of bugs me about "analog horror" is when the video game uses tracking or fuzz/distortion in the full screen of the game, when that is more of a common look for things like viewing Beta or VHS tapes because of the fact that it is a MAGNETIC TAPE. The fuzz and static can also be attributed to things like radio or "rabbit ears" TV. But this is very uncommon for anything on a computer. More like, there should be "fuzz" from the CRT that blurs things together a bit more, and gives you a better view of the "pixels" of the screen. It's interesting that a lot of people who are making games do not know the difference between these two things. A lot of people forget about punch card computers too. That was a bit before my time but my father told me all about how they worked, and it fascinates me. I grew up in a strange time when typewriters and old accordion style cameras were still being used sometimes, but then we had newer and newer computers as well. It always has fascinated me how these things lose a lot of their context leaving the "feeling" of these things used in creative and unusual ways.

No way, no way this channel has 28k subscribers This video looks like it was produced from a channel that has 500k subs, hope you get that number of subs soon man

The intro graphics/selection screem were spine tinglingly delicious. Fantastic analysis, and insightful commentary as well, always looking forward to your content! 🙌

These video games are visually amazing

I love this series, its really interesting and your editing is on another level. keep it up, I would very love to see a 3rd volume...

always love your videos your editing and narration is insane! so underrated

LETS FUCKING GO. The one channel I have bell turned on.

The first one was actually my favorite video by you!! Watched it four times lol really excited to see this one too!!

This video draws you in so quickly! Thanks for this deep dive.

Wow you got this vid out quick! Please make more of these videos they're absolutely great c: Seeing you released this made my morning 😮

OMG dude! I thought you stopped uploading videos 😅 I didn't get a single YT notification from your channel for some reason. I'm glad I decided to look up your channel.

I absolutely love this series! Keep up the amazing work

Stumbled upon your channel by accident and so glad I did. The quality of your content, the presentation format and your voice keeps me watching. Thanks for doing what you do Virtual Carbon!!

Was surprised to recognize one of the games! Thanks manlybadasshero 😂

god i didnt expect this video to be on that game that ManlyBadAssHero once played, "mothered"...it left such a huge impression on me, theres nothing like it, its something i would dream...

You are one of my favorite channels I watch rn, how do you not have more subs? Editing is top notch

Best channel ive come across in a good while! Keep up the amazing work!!!!

To be honest this is more accurate to transhumanist technology not artificial intelligence the fusing of both human and technology to the point where we don't know whether to question it as human or machine basically machine with the mind of a human and scary enough transhumanist technology is possible and this game really does a good job of showing that in my opinion

Absolutely adore these games. I’ve watched playthroughs of all the games, and now I kind of want to stream them. They’re just gorgeous and so well done, and such an interesting way of storytelling.

Great video...Its nice seeing someone putting some light on some obscure horror games...

heyy! youtube shunned me but glad im in the discord

also, would absolutely love an in-depth video from you about the game SOMA play it if you havent already, seems right up your alley :)

hey man neat video essay, definitely looking forward to watching your other posts

nice! love the video

Part 2 you say. Hmmm I know how I will be spending my time for the next few hours, loving your work. From Scotland with love ❤

Oooh the vibe is immaculate, let me watch this when I get the time Your videos seem like an experience

soon as i saw the lilith thumbnail i knew i had to watch

Babe wake up Virtual Carbon posted

I know I’m late to the party but I’m loving the content so far and I can’t wait to see the new and old videos!

What an amazing video man, keep it up! I can’t wait to watch the next one!

Damnnn. The editing in this was dopeeeeeee I love this channel.

Lovely channel and amazing voice ❤

i love your narration your voice is calming

It’s still so crazy to me such top tier content exists on RU-vid. 👏👏

This is a great video covering these games

Excellent video, so interesting!

yo 2 minutes ago great vdeo btw! I found out about ur channel from morbidforfun

The quality and visuals of these videos are the kind I would as a dev see as an award if I was featured in it. I don't remember what these kind of award shows were called on TV, I only remember they looked into the award winning content itself and analyzed it rather than just giving it an award, and it was a lot more opinionated from the show's host. (Rather than just being what the audience thinks)

This looks dope!!! ❤

"Enigma programed me to like the color blue" Very small detail, but red and blue are usually paired, and given that her name was "Red", it's natural they would make her like the "opposite color" (if that makes any sense).

love ur sound engineering smm,,,

I thought of a game where an ai has multiple options and it makes a decision based off those commands and an NPC, causes it to happen so the player is not in full control

1:00 You knew what you were doing to the child my inner child when you played this noise.

when i first watched a playthrough of mothered (shoutout to manlybadasshero) the story of it really stuck with me. it was really gripping from start to finish. i remember not liking the 'sequel' because i felt like it took away from the story the first game was telling. i'm glad i was finally able to learn more about the games connected to mothered tho, i'm looking forward to the full version of echostasis!

echo in second game is exactly my dream scenario. it would solve so many problems for almost every human on earth, yet if such a thing will ever exist, it will happen after my lifetime and that really depressing

Not gonna lie that neon cross goes hard

34:12 my personal belief about the second game is that you are playing as the dude from the first game, feeling guilty and deciding to help red with her goals

commenting for each piece : RN i'm at the Enigma machine, but this feel like an esploration of womanhood in a patriarchal society. With the esploration of it's name, the decision of making it's own body fem presenting , the way it was shut down, the fact that it was continued to use eve after shut down to learn how to break any other android with "undesirable traits".. let's see

yo wtf this game series is massively underrated

Very good video!

These are beautiful games, I'd love to play them. Thanks!

Love the sounds.

Sick intro...

Great video as always.

I dig your personalized video game graphic at the start. '_~

You've def earned my subscription

13:19 punk/analog horror/avant-garde moment

Great video VC👍

The world Jamie crafted is interesting and intriguing and creepy as heck at the same time, but some parts are hard to digest especially in Mothered when you're discovering the reality of your situation the game's pace goes way too slow in my opinion. Great video though, you got it all condensed into almost 1hr so that's impressive!

Thought this was gonna be about Evangelion games 😔

The static on the screens make me think of my grandma’s Atari 2600 hooked up through RF. My dad’s Commodore 64 also has an RF port as well as A/V output. While the vhs effects aren’t common in computers, they’re not too out of place in much older pcs and consoles that have radio frequency based audio and video input.

Nice relaxing presentation with well paced commentary. I have one criticism about the editing that i hope you'll take into account. The constant bloom effect that is pervading throughout the entire video is a little too much. Your editing is well paced and the effects and coloring look good overall, but the bloom is making this a difficult single sitting watch as long form content.

Nice one 👍

It’s like a second Nexpo, and I love it

this is fascinating

24:21 im fucking fascinated by this idea and i want someone to do a deep dive on it, it sounds so cool in theory but what about future consequences? How do you interact with other people, find love, procreate, make a family? Would humanity simply cease to interact and die off in a quiet extinction? Or would there be ways to connect the 'echoes' so people could still meet and interact? And what about the outside world- would there be any returning to it, leaving your Paradise for mundane chores and self-maintenance like food, showers, etc? And if so how would they incentivize people to leave literal paradise for that? Would they just let them rot in their bubbles, unwilling to leave their perfect worlds to maintain their physical forms??

I am a simple man I see evangelion I click

i seee the lines in my head, this creates a compressive artefact....

I have seen something on Mothered elsewhere, but I'd no ider that it was part of a trilogy. Explains a lot.

omfg i had no idea these games were all connected wow

my one question: why Lilith in the thumbnail?