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Video games go to a great many lengths to subvert our expectations as players. But there is one way games do this that I find to be particularly evil. Let’s talk about it.
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What is Xenia? (0:00)
Opera GX is just better (3:06)
Are checkpoints a right? (4:52)
Adding a mental stack to save points (8:02)
Why you don’t often see Xenia broken (12:51)
Resting in Lisa The Painful (15:51)
Fear and Hunger hates you (18:09)
The Greatest Evil (21:41)
Quick update! (23:58)
▶Games Shown
Stellar Blade (2024)
Final Fantasy XIII (2009)
Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020)
Hollow Knight (2017)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)
Elden Ring (2022)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (2024)
Final Fantasy X (2001)
Persona 5: Royal (2019)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022)
Final Fantasy VII (1997)
Signalis (2022)
Alan Wake 2 (2023)
Metroid Dread (2021)
Ghost of Tsushima (2020)
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (2017)
Death’s Door (2021)
Haven (2021)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)
Resident Evil 4 (2023)
Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance (2024)
Doki Doki Literature Club! (2017)
Eastward (2021)
Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
Shovel Knight (2014)
Dark Souls (2011)
Persona 5 (2016)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011)
Deltarune Chapter 2 (2021)
Inscryption (2021)
Florence (2018)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
Undertale (2015)
Final Fantasy V (1992)
Guilty Gear Strive (2021)
Balatro (2024)
OMORI (2020)
Axiom Verge (2015)
Final Fantasy XII (2006)
Chrono Trigger (1995)
I Wanna Be the Guy: The Movie - The Game (2007)
Earthbound (1994)
Final Fantasy VI (1994)
Resident Evil 2 (2019)
Lisa: The Painful (2014)
Dragon Quest XI (2017)
Dead Cells (2017)
▶Movies/TV/Anime Shown
Les Miserables (2012)
Beauty and The Beast (1991)
Game of Thrones
Frieren (2024)
▶Media/Clips/Considerations:
All the things that can happen when you are resting in Lisa: The Painful
Resident Evil 7 biohazard Developer Interviews: The ’Safe Room’ Theme
▶Music Sources (in Order):
Gate of Time - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword OST
Catacombs - Diablo OST
- Parasite Eve II OST
How much? - Persona 4 OST
Safe Room - Resident Evil Code Veronica OST
Descendant of Shinobi - Final Fantasy VII OST
UNATCO - Deus Ex OST
Reflections - Hollow Knight OST
Save theme - Resident Evil 4 OST
Second Mission - OST
Warm Welcome - Hollow Knight OST
Maternal Heart - Silent Hill 3 OST
Safe Room - Resident Evil 7 OST
Devil’s Bath Boys - LISA: The Painful OST
Deep Inside Me - LISA: The Painful OST
Down Time - Silent Hill OST
Menu Theme - Sword of the Berserk: Guts’ Rage OST
Ephemeral - Shin Megami Tensei V OST
▶Research Sources
(A) Excitation Transfer and Sexual Attraction
(B) Enjoyment of Mediated Fright and Violence: A Meta-Analysis
~dlowe2/documents/ - Bottom of page 3
(C) The Psychology of Horror Games
(D) Bonfire Mimics Art
(E) Game of Thrones: The Laws of Hospitality, Explained
(F) Red Wedding Historical Influences
(G) The Guest Right
#Quotes
(H) Examples of Xenia in Homer’s Odyssey
(I) TV Tropes: Treacherous Checkpoints
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