Hello everyone. In case you missed the Tex Avery video, I am quarantined, or in self-isolation.
Let’s not get too dramatic, and as an exercise I’ve been recording my thoughts and feelings
as an attempt to improve my voice.
Make it sound more casual.
I know that’s a point of contention for some viewers and I wanted to extend that and
share and let you all know how I dealing with this crisis that's happening right now, this pandemic,
and probably more interestingly, what I’m consuming as I sit in my room alone.
Honestly it feels like a dream, or a monkey’s paw situation, where I am allowed to stay home
and focus on producing content with the caveat that society is crumbling.
COVID-19 is infecting people the world over.
The threat is real but we are being sent mixed messages, to stay home but also keep the economy
going.
Profits before people, rent is nearly due and the immediate future is pretty uncertain.
To cope, I have thrown myself head first into horror media, primarily film and video games.
Now that may sound weird in such scary and uncertain times but personally I think it
is fitting.
Like sci-fi, horror is speculative fiction.
It imagines scenarios that are horrifying and navigates them, providing understanding
and possibly, even solutions to our darkest fears.
I have been using it as an escape and have looked backwards to my adolescence.
I started a playthrough of Resident Evil 4.
This is one of my favourite games.
For those unfamiliar, this series deals with a virus that turns people into zombies, though
in 4 it’s more of a parasite.
4 is also considerably less scary and more action based, but for my horror fix, to feel
truly terrified, I have Resident Evil’s cousin, Silent Hill.
I’m planning on replaying the Silent Hill games, at least 1-3.
Currently, I’m on the first one.
It’s a much more cerebral type of horror, dealing with psychological imbalance and past
trauma.
Right in my wheelhouse.
These games give you just enough exposition, they introduce themes and situations and let
your imagination fill in the rest.
I also got a free month of Shudder, promo code SHUTIN.
This is not a paid endorsement but I love seeing streaming platforms providing those
stuck at home with accessible and comforting entertainment when the world is seemingly
coming down all around us.
For me, horror movies usually have a lifespan of a month, October, and then I move on but
this past Halloween while researching horror hosts, I became interested and wanted to see more.
I’m using Shudder as a jumping off point but plan on exploring the output of Hammer Films.
I love my horror cerebral and psychedelic, as well as a bit campy, and everything I’ve
seen from them has been absolutely excellent. So looking forward to that though I am trying not to enjoy
this quarantine too much because I am very lucky to be in the situation that I am in.
It’s difficult seeing how people are reacting to this, be it nonchalantly or over-panicking.
Knife attacks have also gone up in my city which is horrifying.
The homeless have nowhere to go.
It’s now spreading through them.
This feels like a living nightmare.
But still we are going on with our lives.
We have to.
I’ve been out a few times for groceries and on the streets it’s like any other day,
which can be infuriating.
Stay home if you can, if you are lucky enough to.
Some people are still clinging their routine, to normalcy.
I can’t fault them for that but what’s happening isn’t normal.
And in horror media we find abnormal and surreal situations.
We find constant fear and in these terrifying times I think that can be comforting.
At least that’s what’s working for me.
How are you holding up?
What are you watching or playing?
Let me know in the comments below.
Content is hopefully going to be coming out much more regularly. It already has been.
I’m hoping to do more of these short videos in addition to my planned content, barring
I don’t get sicker.
Also hoping to get some fresh Sleepcore out.
I know people find that comforting.
If you can, you can support us over on Patreon but do prioritize your and your loved ones
needs first.
I know it’s very tough out there right now but we will get through this.
As always thank you so much for your interest in this channel and thank you so much for watching!