The games we forget. 

Hello. This video is kinda experimental, and also somewhat of a 100,000 subscriber special. If this isn't what you expected, I apologize, but I hope you enjoy regardless. OH also from now on, on top of the song list I put in the descriptions, I'm also putting games shown in a separate list so people can find anything that interests them. Enjoy!

The concept of playing an old, forgotten game and it just being a conversation between you and the ghost of the developer's passion really hits. They are the experiences that you can't share since others simply won't understand nor care. Playing something purely for your own sake is the most profound and genuine you can be yet isolating from everyone else

the hardest part of getting over it for me wasn't even reaching 100% completion, scaling the mountain 50 times. it was convincing my friends that it was a worthwhile experience. they simply couldn't belive that it had any actual value

Oh my god. 6:12. Thats my game! My friend and co-creator of the game showed this to me the other day and i had a huge double-take seeing a clip from Dead Mans Fault in it. Even if it was only 2 seconds, this is still so surreal! I hope you enjoyed it!

When he said "do you like this video?" I got chills down my spine. This is one of the first famous youtubers I've found that genuinely seem to mainly care about the audience rather than themselves. Thank you for everything, and it's really hard to say - but the only other video I've seen of yours was "Games you can never play again.", because that's what youtube recommended to me and I mindlessly watched it, enjoyed it, and moved on with my life. But now you've made me become self aware of my actions as a viewer. I liked, subbed, and commented on this video just to show you the love of yet another new fan. Keep up the good work - If you feel like it.

The part about the ghost of an abandoned game… I never felt like my experience had a sentence until now. There’s a feeling of loneliness when playing an old game, one forgotten, it’s not nostalgia, it’s because you ARE alone.

holy heck i love these videos. they're NOT about games and NOT about youtube. They're about me, you, everyone. Thanks.

Beginner’s Guide is a top forgotten game in this regard, made by the creator of The Stanley Parable and being simply a conversation between you and the creator about how good art doesn’t necessarily equal a “tragic and damaged” artist all the time. It’s so beautiful and deserves everyone’s time

It's like the ambiguity of doing something for yourself but deeply hoping it blows up into something bigger

This was beautiful. A nice introspective on forgotten things, or sometimes unseen things. This video, about forgotten things, should never be forgotten. You did a fucking amazing job. Keep that shit up.

"It'll be a silent conversation between you, and the ghost of the creators passion." - That line gave me chills

I thought this was just gonna be a standard video essay, and it was 1000x better than I was expecting. Thank you, Judge. That was fantastic

I loved both videos 😊

I'm a game developer, and I have quite a few game developer friends. It's wild how often their games often move me or inspire me in ways you just can't get anywhere else. But they're all rough around the edges in ways I don't expect to really take off the way something like a Pizza Tower would. It's hard to even recommend these types of games to other people, but they still mean a lot to me.

“The ghost of the creator’s passion” is a line I don’t think I’ll ever forget

I lost my mother recently and i think you are describing some feelings that are very close to grief. Playing an old or niche game that maybe the community has moved on from and having nobody to talk to about it hits close to home.

I actually found getting over it quite relaxing, it's probably because my regular life is suffering, so two painful things even each other out and make it peaceful somehow.

4:23 DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE ?!

I really do love the awareness in that line about how video game videos on youtube can be a gateway to talk about more indept and fascinating stuff. I mainly watch video game stuff on RU-vid, yet as much as I've learned about games and others opinions from them, I've also learned about peoples life stories on how they made a game and how inspirational it is, themes about stuff I can barely grasp but love to hear about due to how it Grabs me and makes me think about stuff and the world in ways I couldn't expect from clicking on a video about why a game is good. What I saying is, is that I'm happy someone finally found the words for when I get deeply invested in an irl development story about a game I like I wouldn't usually watch, or when I've watched a deep and thought provoking video all about hotline miami, or yakuza, far cry, or Tony hawk for the ds (ok not that one but) Also your videos remind me of eyepatchwolf and that is a high compliment. Now watch as this becomes an unseen and forgotten comment. Heh, Ironic.

4:18 ROCK AND STONE TO THE BONE

As someone who’s been struggling to write a story I’ve been thinking about and building for years, the beginning of this video really hit me. Every time I start typing words out, I’m not really having fun. The process itself started feeling like work. Even worse, I’m seeing all the imperfections of my story all exposed. Writing the story for others to see makes it, and essentially me, vulnerable. I had to ask myself why I was so dead set on writing this story. I was having so much more fun thinking and building it in my head. And somewhere, I realized that I had the (misguided) thought that for something to have value, it must be perceived/used by others. And in the process of writing it out, it was no longer my story, but a story meant for others to consume. So hearing that you “made that choice,” has kind of…grounded me in a way. That there is things you can create that won’t necessarily be “good” for everyone, but are good for you. And if you’re not trying to make something bigger out of it, that’s enough.

This video is a such a great way to explain a really confusing part of any creative process. Sometimes i feel like whenever I make either videos or music, I have to look at it through the audience’s lense. There are times I feel like I’ve lost myself in trying to bridge the gap to the viewer, and I’m always asking if my authenticity alone is enough to make something enjoyable. Amazing video and although I know almost all artists go through this, it still really eased my mind hearing you explain it concisely with such great depth. I really enjoyed the video!

I started watching videos off your channel a few days ago because I like video games, but the more I watch your videos the more I notice and appreciate how you interject your philosophy and your thoughts. I love it for 3 reasons - 1. It’s so nice having someone to relate to. I have a lot of thoughts and a lot of ideas about the world, a weak way for me to understand it and to understand myself. Didn’t really make my life any better and I’d say it made it worse, but what was super shitty is feeling alone. I can’t connect these thoughts with my friends or my family or teachers or my therapist or anyone like that. People may understand, but they don’t feel the same way. So a lot of the time it feels like the bane of my existence is just a huge secret. The people who do say what I think are the famous artists or writers or philosophers which forces some kind of ‘intellect’ superiority on these thoughts and makes them a lot less down to earth than I would’ve liked. So having someone like you who has these thoughts but presents them through something down to earth like video games, it makes me feel heard and more normal. It’s nice to have someone to relate to and so I thank you a million times for doing this 2. I love how video games are being used to portray these concepts. This video probably isn’t the best example because no game intends to be forgotten, but it’s stupid to think that all art is intensional. There’s an artist called Naum Gabo that works with negative space which means the subject of his sculptures isn’t what he had physically made but rather the gaps of empty space between them. The whole idea of the subject of art being in something other than what the artist has tangibly made allows art to be portrayed in so many more things - e.g., the reaction of the viewer (in this case, the player). If these forgotten games themselves were the subject of the art then maybe they wouldn’t be much, but the context of playing these games knowing that you are probably one of the only people who remember it and are enjoying it completely reinvents the game and therefore the subject is in your reaction and the circumstances that have made you react to the game this way. It makes me so happy that video games, again this not being the best example since being forgotten was not intentional, are being treated like any other art medium now - whether it be intentional or through ‘negative space’ 3. I love how connected we as a viewer feel to you as a creator. I truly don’t think I’ve ever watched a RU-vid video and felt it was more a conversation than a video. This is only from the viewers perspective, of course, since us viewers are watching with all of us but you as a creator are only putting forward what would appeal to the viewers (like you said yourself) so I’m not gonna say there is an inherent connection between us subscribers and you, but I will say that you create a really comforting environment. Almost like being exposed but safe. Like a conversation haha

you have a way of connecting with your audience that almost no one has. I appreciate your work and the way you present it, it’s unique, it’s refreshing.

Hey judge, I know you've heard this a million times, but I really really love your channel. If no one else will, I'll remember you :)

I found your channel from the “Games we can never play again” video, which I had to send to my friend after seeing how profound the message behind it was. After watching this video I’m humbled to be able to find such an amazing channel with a creator so passionate and dedicated to their craft. I think I speak for everyone who stuck around to the end of the video, this mountain that you design over the hopefully long years of this channel would be an honour to climb with you.

This is such a banger video, I love video essays but I never comment on any of them. This is my first exception, you're doing something truly special with this channel, thanks so much!

Dang this is a very surreal video, but not in a pretentious way. It's just genuine thoughts on art and artists. I dig it.

you're the first one in a while to make me feel seen and heard and made me reflect on many different topics that maybe i wouldn't have thought about ever. tearing up over a video that isn't even supposed to be emotional feels okay or even nice when it's your content. you really have a way with words, and your voice and the background footage really tie the experience that is your channel all together. please keep it up ^^

I didn't forget getting over it, because I'm still trying to reach the top for the first time.

i honestly wasnt expecting this to be heartfelt. i thought it was gonna be just another random video essay, but it honestly shocked me in the best way possible. thank you for making this, it was really great and i’ll honestly remember it for a long time :)

This may be the best video essay I've ever seen. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing yourself so candidly with us

I’ve slowly worked my way through your discography of videos through the past couple days and have enjoyed every one of them. Thought you would like to know that I truly did “like this video”

Y'know, I've never been much a gamer. But I always find myself returning to the gaming world even still. I do abstract painting in my spare time, and these concepts from these videos always inspire me with a comfort or utter dread that I can translate into something for myself, a personal experience on canvas created by the fibers of my brush. Even if one day this video is forgotten, even if this genre dies, the ideas and style will live even if it's just through personal experiences such as the ones I partake in. I've been watching your channel for a while and this is my first comment on one of your videos I believe, may be the last even. Having said that, I adore the content you make, thank you for posting it mate and keep doing you.

I love the philosophical discussion of video games and entertainment in general this channel fosters. Watched three of your vids so far, I'll definitely be sticking around for more

So glad RU-vid recommended me your channel, super deep thoughts and intriguing video essays, great catalog of videos too. I absolutely love your stuff man. You'll hit 200k in no time for sure!

more videos about getting over it need to be made, after playing the game for 35 hours and getting all the achievements, i think it is one of the best games on the world, hearing the dialogue feels like a talk with someone close, sometimes i think it really is.

another insanely good video, it really makes you appreciate the work that youtubers put into their content to entertain an audience. thank you

just want you to know that your videos have made me cry on multiple occasions, and thats about the highest compliment i cam give to any art. well done

one of the best videos i've seen in ages, usually i get my attention elsewhere really easily, but with this one, you hit me really deep, keep up the good work.

It's fitting you show Jacob Geller's video as an example, he became one of my absolute favorite youtubers at around the same stage of his channel as you are now for many of the same reasons you're becoming one of my favorite recent finds. It's true that maybe the videos that blow up don't always have anything specific that makes them more deserving of it than any other video but them blowing up is the culmination of all the hard work you've been putting in into all of your videos and the audience you've been building over time. And while some people might just watch that one video and remember you only for it, me and I'm sure many others have now watched a lot more of your videos now and are very excited to see where this channel grows!

i love every video you’ve made so far, but this one just hit me different. i vividly remember playing all of these, some not even that long ago but with the rapid growth of other games stealing the spotlight, it’s easy to lose sight of what the industry once was. Great video as always!

I have only seen a few videos in your channel and I’m sold. I understand this feeling you experience, but your uniqueness in your eloquence of describing it is plenty enough to set yourself apart :)

That ending bit is absolutely haunting in a very visceral way that I love, I found this account only two days ago but I think I've already watched around half your stuff and I absolutely love it all

I don't know how you do it but every time you manage to trigger some crazy emotion combination I have never felt before. So I like your vids because they trigger an emotional engaging experience within me. So THANKS😁

This video was so fantastic. I can tell it was extremely well thought out. Your artful introspectiveness is so unique and i hope you make more like this in the future

I just recently got recommended your videos and I cannot get enough of them. They way that you put them together and your storytelling keeps me captivated and excited to watch till the very end. Keep it up!!!

I must say, your format of video making and your analysis of topics is very good, love listening to your videos and just think. Thank you for another great video.

I don't remember when I subscribed, but I have watched all of your videos ( I will watch the unlisted ones when I'm done writing this). I just wanted to say that your videos give me something, something that I'm longing for, something that is missing. They give me a calm voice that is filling my thoughts with thoughts that I want. Your video guide me through a process that I find interesting, a concept that has struck my mind without being resolved, finnaly being finished, or atleast built closer to an end. Thank you. I appreciate your videos, videos that I find comforting in when my thoughts are racing. I'll follow your journey with great interest. Thank you.

Most of the creators or videos on this platform I watch for reasons like wanting to get a good laugh or to just pass time or even occasionally for entertainment but this channel is different it’s definitely entertaining but in a different way. The way these videos are made just makes them so entertaining to watch and listen to and they are thought provoking in some ways i I love that I hope this channel finds more success because it deserves it for being one of the more unique channels I know and I really hope one day this guy owns a gold or even diamond play button

The way you approach the philosophical and metaphorical sense in things, the way you do it has been very rare to find in individuals I tend to find in my life. Its very endearing to my heart you have found your own opera own beacon in this sea of digital grief and numbness. Even sharing a playlist for the ones who want to climb the mountain you just gave them the rope to start with... But in the end to answer your question I loved the video you poet don't stop your opera g

Your videos are top quality, I've been binging them since I found your channel. Thank you for covering the bizarre and intriguing subjects related to gaming, love them.

Thank you. This is one of the most genuine and beautiful videos that I've seen on this site.

I love these kinds of videos. RU-vidrs like you and Jacob Geller giving a new perspective on video games and other topics as a whole will always be so fascinating to me. Your videos are both relaxing yet thought provoking at once. I love it. Keep up the good work man 👍

This is like the second or 3rd video that you made me cry on. But in a very good way!! Thank you so much, wish I found you before the blow up video

I’m glad to have found your channel. I almost immediately subscribed after watching just a few of your videos. They scratch an itch for me and hit the right notes for me most of the time. Thank you for making these! I also have a very small channel with gameplay videos that almost no one cares about, but very few still might and that’s ok for me. It’s what I’ll leave behind in this world once I’m gone.

This was a very heartfelt video. Love the content

I’m ashamed that I didn’t find your channel sooner, and am one of the thousands of people that found you through the “games you can never play again”. Your channel, despite being a drop in the ocean of undiscovered channels, is still amazingly entertaining and you explain the topics you explore with such thoroughness but clarity it’s stunning. Thank you for being selfless enough to make these for other people.

You're videos are heart wrenching. I always feel gloom looming over me but also a sense of remorse for myself. This video has opened my eyes a creator and a person. I dont want to be forgotten. Even if one single person could remember once I'm long gone it would comfort me. I loved the video, keep it up.

one of my most favorite things, ever, is just watching people being passionate, about the things they like. and that was what drew me to your channel; just hearing you talk, i loved every minute of it and binged the rest of your channel. and i especially love this kind of videos, hearing the person behind the microphone. so yes, i absolutely loved this videos. every minute and second of it

I am not the type of person to leave comments on videos, but this is possibly one of the most meaningful videos I have watched. It speaks volumes to me how these pieces of content, whether it be games or videos or otherwise, can be so revolutionary for a person, or a group or whole generation of content going forward, and yet the ones who have spawned that wave for one or more people may lay in obscurity for the rest, and maybe even those who have encountered it before. It’s amazing to realize how much we’ll never know to exist in the first place, and how much will lay dormant in our heads for years to come. You are a brilliant mind, and I hope to see more from you in the future.

*slow clap* Please keep making more content like this. Critically thinking about the meta experience of gaming at its core as it relates to making/viewing content is sauce. Your reach may be limited, but the impact is far more profound. Great stuff!

This is beautifully created, heartfelt and really enjoyed every second of it. Loved the pacing and the vibe it gives, how it hits something familiar and then something from life, how it's actually a philosophical view in real life concealed behind a video about a videogame, this is art.

The fact that after you realised your recent success you reflected on it and on the overall nature of RU-vid really shows what kind of creator you are, and for that I'm subbed for life

this is probably the most engaged i have ever felt while watching a youtube video. its hard to put into words but all the other content anywhere else almost feels like a monotone dopamine-inducing drone in comparison. truly something special to fit so much into 15 minutes.

I can't explain exactly why but the things you mentioned, the things you described and gave them life from your perspective - I'm really amazed how you managed such a hard thing! I truly cried at the end of this video! The whole storytelling is really unique and so human - but also not.. It's not only for the games right now in general but you managed to open a door to the scariest thoughts of a human being which are the eternity itself! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this work! It's a little silly but I really appreciated this video and it changed the way I see the world.

Its been awhile since ive found a youtuber this good. Thank you for this video it was really nice and you did a really good job. I am going to watch the playlist now

This says a lot about art and why it's made. Very thought provoking

I really enjoy your videos. Love from Brazil 🇧🇷❤

The mention of the previous video, Games You can Never Play Again was really cool. Looked forward to this one! This video's topic is well great, and easy to resonate with. I recorded plenty of old videos playing games as a kid myself, haha. This is a nice opinion on why it's perfectly fine to create something just for the joy of creating it! Last edit, yea I'm checking out the unlisted playlist

Wow, I have never seen something that personal on youtube. It really is refreshing and im lucky that the algorithm gave me the gift of your channel. Keep it up!!

this is art, your vision is something else, this introspective take is really something that was lacking in my youtube feed, and i'm thankfull for getting this video recommended, love it!

It's like 1:27 AM right now, and as a person trying to craft their way into content creation, I can understand what you're saying so deeply, I hope you can grow even more into the future, I truly appreciate your work and dedication, cheers! PS: thanks for the gift!

I feel sad for all the future generations that's won't be able to enjoy the great and awesome internet games, like endless war 1-6, feudalism 2, and many more, gone are the days of going to miniclips or kongregate and enjoying the smaller games 😢

This gotta be one of the most genuine and beautiful videos I’ve ever seen bro. Earned a subscription and hopefully more from others 🙏

This is one of the most touching videos I've ever watched. Thank you for this.

This is why videogame preservation is so important. Millions of hours, dollars, & hundreds of employees, to just a group of friends with a month or two to work on a game, either way it's a form of art & a show of dedication. No matter how awful, how treacherous, how unfair, how cheap, how expensive, or how forgiving it is, we should be able to remember it & experience it for years to come. They say a person truly dies 3 times: -When you physically die, your soul leaves you body. -When someone says your name for the very last time. -When the last memory of what you looked like is scrubbed off the Earth, leaving you truly forgotten. In a sense, videogames go through this: -Eventually, the game is no longer sold / manufactured, left to rot on older hardware. -One day, unless that game was popular or re-released, someone will mention it one last time. -At some point, any pictures, files, or gameplay of that game will be lost & forgotten. It's unfortunate when this happens, & that's why every videogame deserves preservation. At any point, that game could be delisted, unavailable by official means for the rest of time, & without preservation, left to it's rotting cartridge shell. One final point, there are some retro consoles, like for example, the Commodore 64, which had thousands of games, without labels & just on floppy disks. Many of these completely lost to time. Hell, even real games from big franchises are completely lost to time, like Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games (2012) which was an iPhone app that lasted around a week, before disappearing from the store & to this day barely anything is known about it except a couple of screenshots. Sega Swirl 2 is a lost PC game that was only on a short-lived online site from 2005-2015, possibly delisted before that, & today barely anyone knows it ever even existed.

You are the only RU-vidr that isn’t direct to the theme that I like

I hadn't seen your videos before but this one was a nice surprise. It's really helped me think about how I approach my creations. Thank you.

I love how incredibly personal your videos are. They reach some deep part of my soul and I've love how introspective they are. Also I love your voice ☺

It feels difficult writing comments on videos like these because it's so hard for me to truly give my thoughts on it or express my appreciation. So I'll just say this. These are _exactly_ the kinds of videos I hope to make on my own someday. Thank you.

The odd balance between thought provoking ideas and interesting games and their history strucks me constantly!

I actually LOVED this video- found your channel today and *really* love your views on videogames as an art. Thank you for making these!

I rarely comment on RU-vid videos, but this video combined with the one that got me into this channel (Games you can never play again), I got so many nostalgic feelings and chills that I rarely get on this platform. Regardless of the time spent on the content you make, the amount of emotions it makes me feel combined with the surprising depth you have in your videos warrants far more attention, if I could I would subscribe twice. Can’t wait to see your future content!

I never actually realized how few subscribers you have until you mentioned it in this video. Don't get me wrong, 100k is a lot, but it's quite a small amount in comparison to what you usually see these days. It reminds me that I'm lucky to have stumbled upon your channel, and I hope that others recieve the same fortune from the algorithm. You deserve more attention.

Your videos always feel like a super eyepatch wolf video but shortened and more condensed

Going into this, I was not expecting the type of video this one is. Fantastic work. Very much enjoyed this.

This video, and what you did at the end, it top tier. I'm so happy you are finding success.

Man I love long form content. With the world becoming more obsessed with shorter videos, long videos have become pretty much a guarantee for good content. For a scripted video to be this long, it means that the person creating it is passionate about the subject matter and is willing to sink many hours into one video. Many people seem to find long videos boring and not engaging so maybe I'm an outlier but I love to just sit down with a video for 15 minutes or hours and relax. This has almost nothing to do with the content of the video but I just felt like I needed to say.

I could never forget the trauma that is Getting over it, I envy the people who are able to forget it.

This was one of the best videos I've seen in a long time, it was genuinely beautiful

You are correct I did find you through your games you cant play anymore video and I like your videos and I like how you write them my fav in this one is how you used the couple sentences about your old video as both an opener in the intro and a closer in the outro feels poetic.

Getting over it ?? I never forgot that game for sure

When I watch your videos, I disable Adblock. This is the highest honor I can give to a RU-vidr.

I really enjoy your videos because you talk in a way I do. When people are doing through something, I say “this happened to me, I understand you”. Not to bring attention to me, not to detract from what’s happening, but it’s how I talk and comfort. I think it helps people to understand that stuff happens and I can relate and be there for them. Sometimes in your videos (as I’ve binged them) I have to look at the video title to remember what it’s about. I say to myself, “why is he talking about his early RU-vid videos in a video about forgotten games?” And then you always suck me back in at the end and I’m slapped with a very real and literal understanding. I got shivers at the end of the video, you truly are talented and craft videos with so much love in such a different way, I’m always looking for the next.

I think you'll go far on youtube, these scripts and subjects from your content is really fun and refreshing because of how much they feel like introspective and conceptual. They get into why we /like/ games and not why we *play* games, I think that's a fun philosophical subject to talk about that has a great niche you're fulfilling. I'm definitely subscribing, and look forward to your other videos.

I'm so glad you mentioned Urban Chaos. I remember being so little that wasn't able to pass the tutorial at the time but is one of those things I just won't forget. Maybe things get lost in time, but someone is bound to find them and get their own experience from them.

You are my favorite youtuber.

I'm so glad I played Manifold Garden and searched for video essays about it on RU-vid, which led me to your channel. The way you intertwine deep topics with mundane aspects in video games is amazing stuff. Thank you for dedicating your videos to all of us :) sending love from Panama 🇵🇦

I watched this and the video you mention in it back to back. I constantly kept thinking Your content is some of the best content I’ve ever watched on RU-vid. If I could be you I would. I was thinking about my own content and how I could be more like you 💀what an amazing experience these two videos brought me through. I cried twice through this, I just want to let you know how your video impacted me because I feel this video made me realize as a creator it’s nearly impossible to know how your video impacted someone.