The Nameless City (Lovecraftian Exploration) 

bless you librarian, thanks to your video now I have a wife and kids, a home and a stable job

Hey Librarian, there’s this early access for a really cool horror game called Full Fathom out right now. I think you’ll love it, it’s basically Iron Lung meets Subnautica.

I haven't read a single Lovecraft's book and I know next to nothing about the Lovecraftian lore but if I see a Librarian exploration video, I instantly click. Your videos are the best.

this game is loosely based on the story by Lovecraft of the same name! However, in the story, it's revealed that the "sandstorm" is the spirits of the creatures funneling in and out of the giant door. The explorer narrator ends up trapped within the creatures' "afterlife" of sorts, and is implied to remain there eternally.

I was eating a big bowl of rice drowned in soy sauce while I was watching this, and it dawned on me that I was the monstrous and insatiable creature.

OMG! The Nameless City was the short story that got me into Lovecraft's works. It's not my favorite of his, but it's still a great old one.

this city is no longer nameless. i have named it Steve

Is there a man whose name is not Shane?

Some backstory: there's a lost city called Iram or Irem mentioned in the Quran. The narrator of the original story compares the lost city he finds to this actual legend along with HPLs' invented stuff about Alhazared. HPL mixed historical and mythic references together with stuff he made up to give his stories a kind of verisimilitude.

Hey :) regarding generative AI... there are no 'two sides' to it. If you think it's anything short of hellish for corporations to very explicitly break the law and steal from creators without any consequences, your brain is not working 😀👍🏻

I’m an archaeologist + author, and I am always amazed it’s not used as a horror setting more often. Lots of long hours, often near-alone, in a hostile environment with a thick air of mystery around you.

Thanks for playing the game! I'm glad you liked it!

TLDR: What if the world is older than we thought? What if the oldest of ancient secrets should remain secret?

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torch being an enormous match is straight up genius

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Oh wow, dude. I've never read anything written by Lovecraft, though I've been meaning to. That said, your narration is so unbelievably fucking

The eyes on that first statue moved

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