The Post-Apocalyptic Aesthetic

So why are we so obsessed with post-apocalyptia and how do the aesthetics play a part in it? Join me in this video essay as I journey through the worlds of post-apocalyptic video games…

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Thumbnail by HotCyder:
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A huge thank you to Jacob Geller and HeavyEyed for supplying their voices! Be sure to check out their channels here:
   / yacobg42  
   / @heavyeyed  

A big thanks to Corrupted Save for help with the script, artbook scans and HZD footage:
   / @corruptedsave  

Video inspired by the fantastic work by Mark Minkjan and Simone Pizzagalli:
Mark Minkjan https://failedarchitecture.com/maybe-...
Simone Pizzagalli
http://modi-operandi.bk.tudelft.nl/wp...

I also highly recommend reading these fantastic pieces that take a look into the real life ruins that surround us and how they’re replicated in games:
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...

Links for the urbex creators and COD 4 Bloc vs Real Life Pripyat video mentioned:
The Proper People (Urbex)
   • Exploring the Abandoned Northridge Mall  
   • Exploring an Abandoned Chinese Ghost ...  
Shiey (Urbex)
   • ILLEGAL FREEDOM: Journey Across Chern...  
Call of Duty 4 Chernobyl / Pripyat Game vs Real Life Comparison
   • Call of Duty 4 Chernobyl / Pripyat Ga...  

OTHER SOURCES

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/2018...
https://www.aesdes.org/2016/01/20/pos...
https://failedarchitecture.com/the-po...
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/2014...
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/bookri...
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/feat...
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/14/chern...
   • DYING LIGHT 2 Official Trailer (2019)...  
   • Chernobyl Becomes Hot Tourist Spot Th...  
https://www.pexels.com/video/a-house-...

MUSIC USED

TLOU OST - The Last of Us (You and Me) - Gustavo Santaolalla
Death Stranding OST - The Timefall - Ludvig Forssell
Rule of Rose OST - Backbiting - Yutaka Minobe
Death Stranding OST - Chiralium - Ludvig Forssell
Solo Cello Passion - Doug Maxwell, Media Right Productions
Metro Exodus OST - Lacrimosa - Oleksii Omelchuk
Silent Hill 3 OST - Never Forgive Me, Never Forget Me
TLOU OST - Vanishing Grace - Gustavo Santaolalla
Death Stranding OST - Heartman - Ludvig Forssell
Resident Evil 0 OST - Save Room Theme - Seiko Kobuchi


GAME FOOTAGE USED
Resident Evil 3 Remake, The Last of Us, The Last of Us Part 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, NieR:Automata, Metro Exodus, Dying Light, Death Stranding, Dying Light 2, Mad Max, Days Gone, Fallout 76, The Walking Dead, Chernobylite

ART MENTIONED/SHOWN
View of the Grande Galerie in Ruins (1796) - Hubert Robert
The New Zealander (1872) - Gustave Doré
A Bird’s-eye view of the Bank of England (1830) - Joseph Michael Gandy
Tintern Abbey: The Crossing and Chancel, Looking towards the East Window (1794) - Joseph Mallord William Turner
Stormy Coast Scene after a Shipwreck - Horace Vernet
Valley of Aosta: Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm (1837) - Joseph Mallord William Turner
Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct (1818) - Théodore Gericault
The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen (1841) - Joseph Mallord William Turner