What is it about certain games that makes them “mysterious” – strange, enthralling, and unknowable?

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The Final Fantasy VII Letters: https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/f...

Thank you to GC Vazquez, Chris Franklin (Errant Signal) and Evelynn (i am error) for providing their voices. Here are their channels:
   / gcvazquez  
   / errantsignal  
   / iamerror  

All game footage capped by me, except for a few bits and pieces, so thank you to:
SilphSpectre for Pokemon Red & Blue footage
LPDarkSoulsHD for Abyss footage
IGN for Ocarina of Time speedrun
Weegee for SM64 speedrun

Music used in this episode:
No Mercy - Ilan Eshkeri
Prologue - Kow Otani
On That Day, Five Years Ago - Nobuo Uematsu
Divine Beast Vah Ruta - Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata, and Hajime Wakai
Firelink Shrine - Motoi Sakuraba
Lovely Arps - James Primate
Sundown Theme - James Primate
Twyrin - Vasily Kashnikov
Synopsis XG Mix - Vasily Kashnikov
The Prettiest Weed - Jim Guthrie

Intro (0:00)
Hidden Things (04:17)
Strange Places (13:10)
A Living World (19:17)
An Endless Search (23:42)