Usually Monday uploads but today is Tuesday. Tetanus shot. What can ya do? Still humbled at how many people care about skyboxes. See you next Monday or on Patreon. www.patreon.com/any_austin
"Tetanus Shot", sure. We all know you waited to upload it now because I literally just watched your OoT Skybox video. I'm onto you, Any... if that's even your real name.
Week 5 of suggesting this: You should really include "Drakkhen" on SNES in your skyboxes series. The game is an open-world 3D RPG with a day and night cycle, and amazing vibey music. Please at least check out the game!
Yo didn't expect seeing you here, I swear I see your comments all over the place on everything Majora's Mask related. Fairly sure I saw one of your comments on the Marble Pawns "Ｚｅｌｄａｗａｖｅ ＩＩ"
I think that the rain on the second day is more about producing a feeling of disappointment and melancholy rather than urgency. After everything is bright and sunny on the first day, this is like a solemn moment when everyone is beginning to lose hope and realize that the moon is actually falling. This is probably about the point when many of the NPC's dialogue goes from "There's no way that the moon is falling!" to "Oh, shit, it really is falling... This is going to negatively impact the festival, isn't it?" It is about disillusionment and the sickening realization that things might not actually turn out okay in the end.
I took it as just a sign that things are still going along as usual. If you just stop the moon, everything else in the world will continue as if nothing happened. Just that bit of continuity. That and reinforcing the groundhog day loop because it ALWAYS rains on day 2.
12:47 That guy's actually the part-timer that works at night. The owner is the one who's there during the day; he changes into a different outfit and is the one who runs the Curiosity Shop at night. The part-timer actually is working part-time because he's in a band that apparently isn't making much money. You can see him in a tree in Termina Field trying to get some red rupees during the day. He says he stole the rupees from a crow... The same crow that circles Clock Town and is "fond of musical instruments" (according to a gossip stone) and will drop rupees for you if you play songs for it, implying he played music for the crow so it would drop rupees. Yeah, this game is amazing. Maybe the skybox that's left out is the one at the beginning of the game in the forest since you already covered it kind of?
If you're thinking of takkuri the crow by milk road, it steals your ocarina and money haha. you can hit it to get money and killing it drops 200 rupees iirc
@@Drew_150 No, I'm referring to an unnamed guay that circles Clock Town and drops rupees if you play ocarina songs for it. It could be referring to Takkuri and that adds another element if it is because then he's stealing from his boss's side hustle lol. But he's much closer to Clock Town and pretty far from the entrance to Milk Road where Takkuri is at.
My brother and I were at the hospital stuck in a small room over the last 8 days while he had tests run and I introduced him to your videos. They really cheered him up--he loves your sense of humor. However, I turned one of your videos up loud when he needed to take a crap in the bathroom to drown out some noise, and then it became a tradition. Anytime either of us had to poop, we'd pick out another egg busters and turn it up loud. He insisted I make you aware of this. edit: Oh and also I really liked this video too. I probably should have mentioned that.
I’ve always felt like the skyboxes in Majora’s Mask did a lot more for the atmosphere than they did in Ocarina of Time. One of the things I remember most vividly was how beautiful the night sky looked, with its rich purples and blues and reds on the final night especially. It was oddly serene; even though you’re going to die in a couple hours, the sky offers some level of comfort in your final hours.
You ever just turn on Majora's Mask and just walk around and absorb the atmosphere? Like no doing quests or anything, just taking in the world the developers crafted.
I do that with 3D Zelda games in general. They're very immersive, atmospheric games that are awesome to just vibe in. Though what's great is how the three day cycle really adds to that in Majora's Mask case.
Yea, but I'll play for like 8 hours to do all the quests and get all the masks from a blank file. Then go walk around and talk to people with obscure masks
my 6yo ass was too scared to ever actually do any quests or even fully complete woodfall, but i still sunk hours into just exploring and experiencing the atmosphere and even though i wouldn't actually progress and beat the game for another TEN YEARS, remembering the atmosphere (and all the unexplored content i read about online) solidified it as my favorite zelda game
When you're just outside of a large thunderstorm the sky can turn green, so I can definitely feel the sense of foreboding from it. Especially coming from somewhere where a relatively calm looking green sky means tornado weather.
It's large hail cores specifically that are responsible for this, for the curious. Don't stay outside if you see it because there are going to be tennis-ball-sized ice chunks falling down at terminal velocity soon.
Your talk of interior painted skyboxes brought back a core memory of mine. I went to las vegas when I was really young and one of my strongest memories is the underground shopping area under ceasar's palace. It's all painted up to look like a picturesque blue sky and all the shopfronts are made to look like exterior buildings, but it's so dimly lit that you constantly remember you're underground. The vibes were so surreal that I've been having dreams about it for basically my whole life ever since.
Majora's Mask is by far my favorite work of art and I am happy that someone else takes the time to appreciate it and its details, such as the skyboxes. Learning about these skyboxes was super interesting, even if I already knew a few stuff about them. You should absolutely do more videos on the appreciation of video game atmosphere (is that almost a pun?) and other ways of interpreting video games as an art form.
It didn't occur to me until watching your video that the shop is heavily themed around fishing, and the daytime clerk is the same NPC as the fishing hole clerk in OoT. I'm still figuring stuff out about this game like two decades later. I'm wondering if there's anything else that I missed that was completely in plain sight like that. Your videos are great and I can always tell you're aiming to offer something different than most other channels, and for me your style of dry delivery is always preferable to the standardized overenthusiasm of other internet people.
I appreciate that when you mimed a villager smacking something with their hammer, you used not just any old hammer PNG, but a Martinez hammer. They are light weight, ergonomic, have plenty of features, and are weighted to strike hard despite their comparative lightness. Good choice.
Agreed. The 3DS version didn't have that, which is another small but interesting detail. In the N64 it's scary because you know you're not gonna get to see the sun fully rise, while in the 3DS Version it's as if the Sun has also abandoned the world of Termina
I've stayed awake for many summer sunrises and they have a very weird feeling, like a change in pressure in the air that comes in front of the actual sunlit portion. And the though of that being the last one before cataclysm, that's spooky.
The 3D effect in the walls of the Astral Observatory remind me a lot of the room in Ocarina of Time where you learn the Serenade of Water (at the end of the Ice Cavern). Those magical walls combined with Sheik's monologue and the beautiful music make it such a special place to be, if only for a short time.
Woah this is odd I was just watching your Adult Swim iceberg vids. It's especially odd seeing underappreciated TH-camrs commenting on videos for other underappreciated TH-camrs. Small world.
i see what your saying The Rain stands as an indifferent force to the goings on in the world. and by introducing this rain it gives you a little bit of normalcy and a kind of hope that despite the moon crashing into the earth that nature stands in an indifferent defiance of it, the world keeps turning even tho you or someone you know have died reminding you or them that life goes on and so must you
I think the unmentioned skybox is from the Giants' "rooms". The weird pastel subspace with the bubbles. Granted, it's not playable in there, but you can still see around.
Oh yeah love those rooms, wish we could revisit them in the same file. But ig it shows that a higher power actually does recognize the progression you're making
I think this is your best skybox video yet! Like you mentioned, as compared to SM64 where you just talked about which ones you liked or not, this video really feels like more of an essay on Majora's Mask, where you use the skyboxes as the vehicle for analysis (like how an essay on an entire book may only use a handful of quotes to make its point). Longer videos like this are more than welcome
I love how seriously and honestly you take these videos. Taking the time to analyze-and admire!-these small yet essential elements, scenes, moments really explains how and why a video game experience can be so satisfying, and divine. And it pays tribute to the developers, who undoubtedly put so much work into nailing down every aspect of these games, all in the interest of storytelling 😇
When you reset the clock and go back to dawn of the first day and walk out of the clocktower into the town at 6am it always captured that feeling of getting up early on a saturday morning, free and with things to do (like play video games) and knowing you have a few days to do what you want before the world ends (or go back to school). Atleast it did for me, such a vibe.
These very in-depth videos about absurdly simple things are really hitting the spot for me. Please do as many of these as possible!! Skybox, unremarkable locations, etc. All pure goldddddd
I gotta say I love your format and presentation. It's so refreshing to see someone else that appreciates games for the artwork they are and finds the beauty in the details.
I really love this series. I hadn't considered sky boxes in as much depth as you describe, and your reflections are always a refreshing perspective. Now I'm going back to these games and really considering what I see!
I like you. You bring up a lot of the mundane things that almost always go unnoticed in games, and I appreciate that someone takes time out of their life to point them out and give them some love too.
Incredible, I don't think I've ever seen or met anyone who really gets the little details that make this game (and the other games you've looked at) so beautiful. And long videos are great!
Can't get enough of your relentlessly contemplative, hyper-self-aware style. You make me feel better about my own neurosis haha. And if I may say so, its rather inspiring and energizing that you're such a productive artist with your music and videos in addition to apparently holding down a day job. Such a _personal_ channel, and hey, the unique look at some of our favorite games is refreshing as well. Sorry to gush, but I like it here
Really enjoying this series. I’m a game developer myself, and the importance of skyboxes (or I guess skyspheres now) and how they interact with the overall environment was never really something I thought heavily about.
Perfect content. I love your comedic sensibilities, timing, and overall vibe. Great attention to detail, and talented musician. I wouldn't change a thing, you've got this. Subscribed!
Bro.....I subbed to your channel like 8 years ago when you did eggbusters and just now am stumbling on your channel again. Crazy to see how much you and your content has grown. Keep up the great work man I love these vids
Majora's Mask is my favorite game so I'm always glad to see videos on anything about it. As far as the skyboxes are concerned, I wholeheartedly agree that they really add to the atmosphere more that Ocarina's did, and reminds me more of SM64's skyboxes for that reason. I definitely would love more of these in the future (and more odd things and unremarkable places I've never looked at). The way the sky changes kind of feels like the sky (or the world) itself is experiencing the same changes that the people are. It starts with normalcy (clear blue sky), then more and more people begin to realize the Moon is actually falling (overcast and rainy). Afterwards, even more people begin to truly fall into despair and sorrow as they realize their fate (sickly green). Finally, the final day's beautiful night sky is when almost everyone accepts their fate and instead of being sorrowful, some find peace in knowing the end is nigh (best evidenced by Anju and Kafei's quest ending). Am I reading too far into this? Probably. Does this make any sense? Probably not. But this video made me realize this and so here is a long winded comment that says a lot of nothing. Awesome video, dude, keep up the great work.
Your dry style of comedy is refreshing and very funny. While these videos are likely drawing a very niche crowd, I’ve no doubt that your channel is going to skyrocket as long as you continue making videos. I will say to you what a girl who once broke my heart said to me: you have a great personality. I hope to see much more of it.
I personally like anything that you do. Doesnt matter how long or short the videos are. Not to sound weird or creepy but I find your voice to be very relaxing to listen to. Plus you're wicked cute, so please keep making videos of any kind :)
The green Majoras mask box evokes green skies that can come when tornadoes are nearby churning up leaves.. although I don’t know if they considered that
Hey! I liked this video. Please make more. I never noticed the skybox in a few of those areas like the astral observatory. Such an interesting video. Good work
The rain gives me a sort of loneliness in the world (as link). I know it will always rain on the second day. Every single time. It reinforces the idea that Link isn’t of this world, and that he is the one who can change things.
Majora's Mask is one of those games that makes you view life differently after playing. They did time travel and created a sense of urgency in an alive world perfectly.
I loved that video a lot! Its also my favorite game! You should make more videos about this! Also I really enjoy listening to you, the videos can be longer! :)
I just replayed this game for the first time in forever and having seen your ocarina skybox video I was paying more attention to them while I was playing. I love how you emphasized the feelings the sky brings out in context to the events of the game. Great video!
This is such an interesting video! I love stuff like that, to see the little details of the game. A sugestion: talk about spyro skyboxes! They're all so different and cool!
I think you'd like the vibe at some of the casinos in Las Vegas. They have fake skies inside the casino, and is kind of a "real world" skybox that you can truly feel.
I think I know what you mean about the rain. The moon's closing in, sure, but... it's also just some rainy day. Rainy days happen. The world as a whole does not revolve around the moon falling, and it really drives home how this is supposed to be a normal town full of normal people. Which also emphasizes how much of a tragedy the moon falling is, frankly. The world is not an expendable stage that exists to be crushed. People here have their own business to attend to; they even experience things like denial that their lives are about to end. This is a very human game. How many games out there just have the townsfolk not react to the world around them? Or they have 4 lines of dialogue, 1 of which is reacting to whatever disaster is plaguing their game. Or they stand in the same spot the entire game, greeting you or mentioning something that happened ages ago (from your perspective) in the context of it being recent or still happening, as though they exist in a single moment of time. Majora's Mask is a very human game.
During significantly severe storms the sky will have a green hue, people also believe it means a tornado is coming since the two often go hand in hand. Because of that I think the sky box being green is supposed to represent impending disaster, plus it gives a eerie feeling
I think the green sky on day 3 gives off an unreal feeling. It's surreal, that the moon is going to crush the world. That this is all a result of Majora's Mask being used to do so. This is not natural, and the closer you get to the night of the final day, the more you can just Feel how unnatural it is. Also of interest is that the sky is tinted a bit differently when you have time slowed down after playing the Inverted Song of Time. For example, it's sorta greenish on the first day when you do that i think, altho i might be misremembering.
Inverted Stone Tower Temple has a cool thing going on, especially at night. The sky is below you, and at night it actually looks like the temple is in space.
Usually Monday uploads but today is Tuesday. Tetanus shot. What can ya do? Still humbled at how many people care about skyboxes. See you next Monday or on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/any_austin
"Tetanus Shot", sure. We all know you waited to upload it now because I literally just watched your OoT Skybox video. I'm onto you, Any... if that's even your real name.
Week 5 of suggesting this: You should really include "Drakkhen" on SNES in your skyboxes series. The game is an open-world 3D RPG with a day and night cycle, and amazing vibey music. Please at least check out the game!
ey yo i would watch some 2022 art appreciation, curious of your takes on dadaism and minimalism
Odd and weird places: Breakdown for OG Xbox. It's a strange and amazing game.
We appreciate that you have to fight off rusty ironknucks to get these videos out to us.
I have never felt so in the target audience for anything in my life.
Yes.
He gets us.
exactly, skyboxes and mundane areas in video games are so fascinating and comforting
How old are we? I'm 24
Ya can't live with em, ya can't live without em... ya can't live without em
More of this please, as well as more "unremarkable locations" too if you can squeeze it in 😄
nice seeing you around here, cool to see this channel is starting to gain a bit more notoriety
yesss
Agreed.
I agree; this kind of content is honestly so cool, and I hope the creator continues to receive enough support to make the videos they want to make 🤞
Yo didn't expect seeing you here, I swear I see your comments all over the place on everything Majora's Mask related.
Fairly sure I saw one of your comments on the Marble Pawns "Ｚｅｌｄａｗａｖｅ ＩＩ"
I think that the rain on the second day is more about producing a feeling of disappointment and melancholy rather than urgency. After everything is bright and sunny on the first day, this is like a solemn moment when everyone is beginning to lose hope and realize that the moon is actually falling. This is probably about the point when many of the NPC's dialogue goes from "There's no way that the moon is falling!" to "Oh, shit, it really is falling... This is going to negatively impact the festival, isn't it?" It is about disillusionment and the sickening realization that things might not actually turn out okay in the end.
I took it as just a sign that things are still going along as usual. If you just stop the moon, everything else in the world will continue as if nothing happened. Just that bit of continuity. That and reinforcing the groundhog day loop because it ALWAYS rains on day 2.
12:47 That guy's actually the part-timer that works at night. The owner is the one who's there during the day; he changes into a different outfit and is the one who runs the Curiosity Shop at night. The part-timer actually is working part-time because he's in a band that apparently isn't making much money. You can see him in a tree in Termina Field trying to get some red rupees during the day. He says he stole the rupees from a crow... The same crow that circles Clock Town and is "fond of musical instruments" (according to a gossip stone) and will drop rupees for you if you play songs for it, implying he played music for the crow so it would drop rupees. Yeah, this game is amazing.
Maybe the skybox that's left out is the one at the beginning of the game in the forest since you already covered it kind of?
Yep, was just about to comment about the shop owner. Lol
If you're thinking of takkuri the crow by milk road, it steals your ocarina and money haha. you can hit it to get money and killing it drops 200 rupees iirc
@@Drew_150 No, I'm referring to an unnamed guay that circles Clock Town and drops rupees if you play ocarina songs for it. It could be referring to Takkuri and that adds another element if it is because then he's stealing from his boss's side hustle lol. But he's much closer to Clock Town and pretty far from the entrance to Milk Road where Takkuri is at.
He did a side by side comparison of the Curiosity shop guy and he only seemed to change what his head looked like between jobs.
My brother and I were at the hospital stuck in a small room over the last 8 days while he had tests run and I introduced him to your videos. They really cheered him up--he loves your sense of humor. However, I turned one of your videos up loud when he needed to take a crap in the bathroom to drown out some noise, and then it became a tradition. Anytime either of us had to poop, we'd pick out another egg busters and turn it up loud. He insisted I make you aware of this.
edit: Oh and also I really liked this video too. I probably should have mentioned that.
youtuber goals right here
incredible comment
Amazing the traditions one starts.
Friendship goals as well
I’ve always felt like the skyboxes in Majora’s Mask did a lot more for the atmosphere than they did in Ocarina of Time. One of the things I remember most vividly was how beautiful the night sky looked, with its rich purples and blues and reds on the final night especially. It was oddly serene; even though you’re going to die in a couple hours, the sky offers some level of comfort in your final hours.
You ever just turn on Majora's Mask and just walk around and absorb the atmosphere? Like no doing quests or anything, just taking in the world the developers crafted.
I do that with 3D Zelda games in general. They're very immersive, atmospheric games that are awesome to just vibe in. Though what's great is how the three day cycle really adds to that in Majora's Mask case.
Me too man
To this very day. I’m glad it’s been ported over to switch so I no longer have to slam in the n64 cart anymore.
Yea, but I'll play for like 8 hours to do all the quests and get all the masks from a blank file. Then go walk around and talk to people with obscure masks
my 6yo ass was too scared to ever actually do any quests or even fully complete woodfall, but i still sunk hours into just exploring and experiencing the atmosphere and even though i wouldn't actually progress and beat the game for another TEN YEARS, remembering the atmosphere (and all the unexplored content i read about online) solidified it as my favorite zelda game
Not easy to create a unique series of gaming videos in the year of our lord 2022 but you're really nailing it
what is that a reference to
@@guccisega Anno Domini (A.D.)?
When you're just outside of a large thunderstorm the sky can turn green, so I can definitely feel the sense of foreboding from it. Especially coming from somewhere where a relatively calm looking green sky means tornado weather.
The cloudy green sky is something we get in Oklahoma at least once a year during tornado season. It was a great choice for Majora’s
That's the weirdest thing. It's like the yellow "Mexico filter" in Breaking Bad but IRL
@@bigboncho Tulsa here! Lol can confirm, green skies indeed.
It's large hail cores specifically that are responsible for this, for the curious. Don't stay outside if you see it because there are going to be tennis-ball-sized ice chunks falling down at terminal velocity soon.
Your talk of interior painted skyboxes brought back a core memory of mine. I went to las vegas when I was really young and one of my strongest memories is the underground shopping area under ceasar's palace. It's all painted up to look like a picturesque blue sky and all the shopfronts are made to look like exterior buildings, but it's so dimly lit that you constantly remember you're underground. The vibes were so surreal that I've been having dreams about it for basically my whole life ever since.
Majora's Mask is by far my favorite work of art and I am happy that someone else takes the time to appreciate it and its details, such as the skyboxes. Learning about these skyboxes was super interesting, even if I already knew a few stuff about them. You should absolutely do more videos on the appreciation of video game atmosphere (is that almost a pun?) and other ways of interpreting video games as an art form.
There's a Schafrillas video that talks about why this game is a piece of art for like an hour
@@bookedfox yeah I saw it it's great
I honestly prefer the longer skybox appreciation vids. Gives more time to sink in to the vibe they give off.
It didn't occur to me until watching your video that the shop is heavily themed around fishing, and the daytime clerk is the same NPC as the fishing hole clerk in OoT. I'm still figuring stuff out about this game like two decades later. I'm wondering if there's anything else that I missed that was completely in plain sight like that.
Your videos are great and I can always tell you're aiming to offer something different than most other channels, and for me your style of dry delivery is always preferable to the standardized overenthusiasm of other internet people.
shop interiors in this game really go all-out. so much junk to look at.
Go into the curiosity shop, walk up to the counter, turn on free view and turn around and look into the box behind you
I appreciate that when you mimed a villager smacking something with their hammer, you used not just any old hammer PNG, but a Martinez hammer. They are light weight, ergonomic, have plenty of features, and are weighted to strike hard despite their comparative lightness. Good choice.
They’re the gold standard at the moment
@@any_austin I know you put plenty of thought into that moment
Very quickly became one of my favorite TH-camrs. Every video is a must watch. Such a cool chill demeanor and unabashedly nerdy. Keep it up!
The whole "Sunrise during the world ending" thing was a great observation. Gives me chills
Agreed. The 3DS version didn't have that, which is another small but interesting detail. In the N64 it's scary because you know you're not gonna get to see the sun fully rise, while in the 3DS Version it's as if the Sun has also abandoned the world of Termina
I've stayed awake for many summer sunrises and they have a very weird feeling, like a change in pressure in the air that comes in front of the actual sunlit portion. And the though of that being the last one before cataclysm, that's spooky.
@@chaotickreg7024 I've had a few cocaine sunrises that broke a similar form of dread.
The 3D effect in the walls of the Astral Observatory remind me a lot of the room in Ocarina of Time where you learn the Serenade of Water (at the end of the Ice Cavern). Those magical walls combined with Sheik's monologue and the beautiful music make it such a special place to be, if only for a short time.
And giving you proper feedback, I wouldn't mind watching longer videos at all. Interesting content like this deserves appreciation.
Love the length of the upload! The longer the better.
I'll admit I never really took in the skybox in Majora until this but it's cool now. Just super subtly noticed it I guess.
Woah this is odd I was just watching your Adult Swim iceberg vids. It's especially odd seeing underappreciated TH-camrs commenting on videos for other underappreciated TH-camrs. Small world.
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i see what your saying The Rain stands as an indifferent force to the goings on in the world. and by introducing this rain it gives you a little bit of normalcy and a kind of hope that despite the moon crashing into the earth that nature stands in an indifferent defiance of it, the world keeps turning even tho you or someone you know have died reminding you or them that life goes on and so must you
I think the unmentioned skybox is from the Giants' "rooms".
The weird pastel subspace with the bubbles.
Granted, it's not playable in there, but you can still see around.
there was also no mention of Great Bay but the giants skyboxes as well as Stone Tower Temple weren't mentioned at all.
Oh yeah love those rooms, wish we could revisit them in the same file. But ig it shows that a higher power actually does recognize the progression you're making
I think this is your best skybox video yet! Like you mentioned, as compared to SM64 where you just talked about which ones you liked or not, this video really feels like more of an essay on Majora's Mask, where you use the skyboxes as the vehicle for analysis (like how an essay on an entire book may only use a handful of quotes to make its point). Longer videos like this are more than welcome
I love how seriously and honestly you take these videos. Taking the time to analyze-and admire!-these small yet essential elements, scenes, moments really explains how and why a video game experience can be so satisfying, and divine.
And it pays tribute to the developers, who undoubtedly put so much work into nailing down every aspect of these games, all in the interest of storytelling 😇
When you reset the clock and go back to dawn of the first day and walk out of the clocktower into the town at 6am it always captured that feeling of getting up early on a saturday morning, free and with things to do (like play video games) and knowing you have a few days to do what you want before the world ends (or go back to school). Atleast it did for me, such a vibe.
Austin, I appreciate your nuanced take on my favourite game. Please continue to do more of this.
The vibe of this game was something else as a kid. It was so alive.
These very in-depth videos about absurdly simple things are really hitting the spot for me. Please do as many of these as possible!! Skybox, unremarkable locations, etc. All pure goldddddd
Austin I really enjoy your videos. Your music at the end is always really creative
I gotta say I love your format and presentation. It's so refreshing to see someone else that appreciates games for the artwork they are and finds the beauty in the details.
I really love this series. I hadn't considered sky boxes in as much depth as you describe, and your reflections are always a refreshing perspective. Now I'm going back to these games and really considering what I see!
I like you. You bring up a lot of the mundane things that almost always go unnoticed in games, and I appreciate that someone takes time out of their life to point them out and give them some love too.
Incredible, I don't think I've ever seen or met anyone who really gets the little details that make this game (and the other games you've looked at) so beautiful. And long videos are great!
The art of retro atmo yapping. One of the weirdest and coolest channels I've ever found on YT man, gj keep it up. 👍
Now THIS. This is the content I need.
i really liked the longer video, i always look forward to ur stuff!!
I like this video bc the pacing is good and lotta switching back to you as the narrator, feels like a real tv show
Best Skybox Appreciation so far. Keep 'em coming. :D
Been digging these videos. Keep doing em.
Can't get enough of your relentlessly contemplative, hyper-self-aware style. You make me feel better about my own neurosis haha. And if I may say so, its rather inspiring and energizing that you're such a productive artist with your music and videos in addition to apparently holding down a day job. Such a _personal_ channel, and hey, the unique look at some of our favorite games is refreshing as well. Sorry to gush, but I like it here
I second this!
Really enjoying this series. I’m a game developer myself, and the importance of skyboxes (or I guess skyspheres now) and how they interact with the overall environment was never really something I thought heavily about.
You are literally my favorite content creator of all time.
Love these kinds of videos!
Love these sky box and unremarkable places videos. Keep it coming bro!
Perfect content. I love your comedic sensibilities, timing, and overall vibe. Great attention to detail, and talented musician. I wouldn't change a thing, you've got this. Subscribed!
Bro.....I subbed to your channel like 8 years ago when you did eggbusters and just now am stumbling on your channel again. Crazy to see how much you and your content has grown. Keep up the great work man I love these vids
I love these videos! Please keep making them
Majora's Mask is my favorite game so I'm always glad to see videos on anything about it.
As far as the skyboxes are concerned, I wholeheartedly agree that they really add to the atmosphere more that Ocarina's did, and reminds me more of SM64's skyboxes for that reason. I definitely would love more of these in the future (and more odd things and unremarkable places I've never looked at).
The way the sky changes kind of feels like the sky (or the world) itself is experiencing the same changes that the people are. It starts with normalcy (clear blue sky), then more and more people begin to realize the Moon is actually falling (overcast and rainy). Afterwards, even more people begin to truly fall into despair and sorrow as they realize their fate (sickly green). Finally, the final day's beautiful night sky is when almost everyone accepts their fate and instead of being sorrowful, some find peace in knowing the end is nigh (best evidenced by Anju and Kafei's quest ending). Am I reading too far into this? Probably. Does this make any sense? Probably not. But this video made me realize this and so here is a long winded comment that says a lot of nothing. Awesome video, dude, keep up the great work.
Your dry style of comedy is refreshing and very funny. While these videos are likely drawing a very niche crowd, I’ve no doubt that your channel is going to skyrocket as long as you continue making videos. I will say to you what a girl who once broke my heart said to me: you have a great personality. I hope to see much more of it.
I personally like anything that you do. Doesnt matter how long or short the videos are. Not to sound weird or creepy but I find your voice to be very relaxing to listen to. Plus you're wicked cute, so please keep making videos of any kind :)
I adore the open air of Stone Tower temple.
I'm cool with the longer videos! Love those videos about simple stuff with a lot lot depth behind them!
Agreed
The green Majoras mask box evokes green skies that can come when tornadoes are nearby churning up leaves.. although I don’t know if they considered that
Hey! I liked this video. Please make more. I never noticed the skybox in a few of those areas like the astral observatory. Such an interesting video. Good work
I love these videos! Skyboxes, liminal spaces, "unremarkable locations"; they're all very enjoyable to explore with you!
Any day is a great day when I see you upload a video 😊
Whenever I am couch-locked and don't know what to watch, your channel never disappoints.
more skybox and unremarkable places videos please, this is one of my favorite TH-cam channels now 😁
Objectively the best game ever made. Still got my N64 from when I was a kid and boxed copy of the game from day of release in the UK.
I love this game
Loved this and really enjoyed the longer video, definitely do more like this!
I like the skbox you get if you do the 4th day glitch; it looks like early morning constantly with the spooky red from day 3 in there.
great video! i've liked this series a lot so far!
The second day rain is so tranquil, I agree it runs counter to the urgency the player feels.
Also: longer videos are great! I appreciate when you take the time to link the skyboxes to the game's themes and objectives.
The rain gives me a sort of loneliness in the world (as link). I know it will always rain on the second day. Every single time. It reinforces the idea that Link isn’t of this world, and that he is the one who can change things.
Majora's Mask is one of those games that makes you view life differently after playing. They did time travel and created a sense of urgency in an alive world perfectly.
I loved that video a lot! Its also my favorite game! You should make more videos about this! Also I really enjoy listening to you, the videos can be longer! :)
Been around since 2011, long time fan
Wow that’s like right when I started making anything online for NintendoEverything
I just replayed this game for the first time in forever and having seen your ocarina skybox video I was paying more attention to them while I was playing. I love how you emphasized the feelings the sky brings out in context to the events of the game. Great video!
This is such an interesting video! I love stuff like that, to see the little details of the game. A sugestion: talk about spyro skyboxes! They're all so different and cool!
This game's skyboxes are so inspiring
Your remarks reminded me that Majora's Mask really sunk mortality and the human condition into my brain as a kid, thanks for that Nintendo. :)
Good stuff. Keep doing videos like this, I love it
I think you'd like the vibe at some of the casinos in Las Vegas. They have fake skies inside the casino, and is kind of a "real world" skybox that you can truly feel.
I think I know what you mean about the rain. The moon's closing in, sure, but... it's also just some rainy day. Rainy days happen. The world as a whole does not revolve around the moon falling, and it really drives home how this is supposed to be a normal town full of normal people. Which also emphasizes how much of a tragedy the moon falling is, frankly. The world is not an expendable stage that exists to be crushed. People here have their own business to attend to; they even experience things like denial that their lives are about to end. This is a very human game. How many games out there just have the townsfolk not react to the world around them? Or they have 4 lines of dialogue, 1 of which is reacting to whatever disaster is plaguing their game. Or they stand in the same spot the entire game, greeting you or mentioning something that happened ages ago (from your perspective) in the context of it being recent or still happening, as though they exist in a single moment of time. Majora's Mask is a very human game.
During significantly severe storms the sky will have a green hue, people also believe it means a tornado is coming since the two often go hand in hand. Because of that I think the sky box being green is supposed to represent impending disaster, plus it gives a eerie feeling
I feel like the green tint is reminiscent of the yellow-y sky before a tornado or something. Gives the vibe of an incoming disaster
I liked this video, you should do more videos like this. Longer format is perfect.
Thanks for this 🙏
Austin is just like majoras mask: the best.
Nice video dude. It's cool to see those little Ghibli style details that I can take note of for art creation in the future.
Fuck man I remember you from the eggbuster days, happy to find you again!
I think the green sky on day 3 gives off an unreal feeling. It's surreal, that the moon is going to crush the world. That this is all a result of Majora's Mask being used to do so. This is not natural, and the closer you get to the night of the final day, the more you can just Feel how unnatural it is.
Also of interest is that the sky is tinted a bit differently when you have time slowed down after playing the Inverted Song of Time. For example, it's sorta greenish on the first day when you do that i think, altho i might be misremembering.
Egg buster is finally making a comeback on TH-cam let’s goooo
So pumped to chill w this
Love your channel and vids
Great video & series, please make more!
Inverted Stone Tower Temple has a cool thing going on, especially at night. The sky is below you, and at night it actually looks like the temple is in space.
Thanks
Thx Austin
Best episode yet!
you make awesome videos dude!
I love your content keep it up!!
Well here's a series I never knew I needed. Requests: Half Life series, Deus Ex 1.
Deus Ex 1 is a great shout. I’m working on Half Life 1 as we speak.
@@any_austin Good man.
Game theory: Austin is actually the skybox shopkeeper.
Not sure if it counts but the pre-rendered backgrounds of the ps1 era final fantasy games would be an awesome edition to this series
do you post your music anywhere else? I'm watching just to listen to these ends clips...hilarious vids man
A skybox is just a wallbox that's far away.
LOVE THIS CHANNEL
12:37 had me so bamboozled. It's insane how we can play these games so many times and still miss things!