Video Game Megastructures That Make You Feel Temporary

Daryl Talks Games June 15, 2024
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Click this link https://sponsr.is/bootdev_daryltalksgames and use my code DARYLTALKSGAMES to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev. That’s 25% your first month or your first year, depending on the subscription you choose. I might have discovered a new obsession… Space Elevators, Dyson Spheres, Hanging Cities, there are so many larger than life megastructures in games and other media that have captivated me recently. But among all of that wonder… There is something haunting and dreadful about them. A truth hidden in their concept that chills me to my bones. Let’s talk about it. Thumbnail art by Mikko Kinnunen - https://www.artstation.com/mikkoart Support Daryl Talks Games on Patreon! ▶▶ https://www.patreon.com/daryltalksgames Bonus content, early access, YOUR name at the end of videos, and more all for $1/month! Twitter ▶https://twitter.com/DarylTalksGames Twitch ▶https://www.twitch.tv/daryltalksgames DTG Intro motion graphic by Icaro, if you’d like to hire him for a Twitch overlay/motion design just like this one, hit him up here! ▶ https://twitter.com/icarogabriel17 Toward the Heavens (0:00) Boot.dev could be your future! (3:28) The Lost Beauty of Building (5:05) Attempts at Realism (9:12) A Place to Call Home (15:41) The Cost (25:00) Acceptance and Hope (32:24) You've been a lovely audience, xoxo (35:11) ▶Games Shown Stellar Blade (2024) Mass Effect (2007) Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2018) Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (2019) Dead Space 2 (2011) Satisfactory (2019) Destiny 2 (2017) Dyson Sphere Program (2021) Knights of the Old Republic II (2004) Final Fantasy XIII (2009) NieR:Automata (2017) Final Fantasy XIV (always lmao) Citizen Sleeper (2022) BioShock Infinite (2013) Sonic Colors (2010) Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) Halo 3: ODST (2009) ▶Movies/TV/Anime Shown Niel Blevins’ Megastructures Encyclopedia: http://www.neilblevins.com/books/megastructures/megastructures.htm Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi (1983) Castle in the Sky (1986) Alien: Isolation (2014) Deliver us the Moon (2018) Interstellar (2014) Foundation (2021) Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (2015) Cowboy Bebop (1998) Gunbuster (1988) Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) RocketMan (1997) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (2010) Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) Don't Look Up (2021) Up (2009) Blame! (2003) A Ghost Story (2017) ▶Media/Clips/Considerations: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwABHajSLTc_sAiDUUA6MXk2_RHKgHq0_&si=by1zknWGqHRyCV3g ▶Music Sources (in Order): Stellar Blade OST - Flooded Commercial Sector Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye OST - A Dream of Home YU-NO (PC-98) OST - 1-20 - Activation (Crisis) Dyson Sphere Program OST - Phlogistic Stellaris OST - Infinite Being Stellaris OST - In Search of Life eightiesheadachetape - what we did in the desert https://soundcloud.com/eightiesheadachetape https://spoti.fi/3LNoh7z https://apple.co/39B6zXj Mewmore - Kalos Power Plant (Pokémon X & Y Remix) 13 Sentinels : Aegis Rim OST - Just Because There Came an Echo OST - Sass Effect Track: Dark Cyber Tech (No Copyright Music) by MokkaMusic / Spectrum https://youtu.be/CkJeg9k1UtU?si=nQ1SyRbgA3MwxV2b Music provided by "MokkaMusic" channel and https://inaudio.org 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim OST - Ennui Vibes S.T.A.L.K.E.R. OST - MoozE S.A.D. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 OST - A Faint Hope Stellar Blade OST - Passenger Lift Stellaris OST - Dark Minds Sid Acharya - Falling Through The Hourglass (Slowed + Reverb) https://youtu.be/NCl6D2WfMpQ?si=ljd8V8xMZiNjf7wE Tenno - Overgrown Dyson Sphere Program OST - Realm Super Mario Galaxy OST - Family ▶Research Sources The Kármán Line: Where space begins https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/the-karman-line-where-does-space-begin/ Space Debris 101 https://aerospace.org/article/space-debris-101#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20ISS%20shielding,to%20penetrate%20the%20last%20layer. Interview: Knights of Sidonia Mangaka Tsutomu Nihei https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2016-08-26/knights-of-sidonia-mangaka-tsutomu-nihei/.105800 Lessons from the Japanese Miracle: Building the Foundations for a New Growth Paradigm https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a04003/ The Japanese Economic Miracle https://econreview.studentorg.berkeley.edu/the-japanese-economic-miracle/ Tokyo Tower of Babel: World’s Tallest Building Ever Planned https://malevus.com/tokyo-tower-of-babel/ Clouds Architecture Office https://cloudsao.com ONE OF A KIND: THE KOWLOON WALLED CITY THROUGH THE EYES OF PHOTOGRAPHER GREG GIRARD https://zolimacitymag.com/one-of-a-kind-the-kowloon-walled-city-through-the-eyes-of-photographer-greg-girard/

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