Friday, September 23, 2022

Ask the Ruminerds + Ulric; The Mawndella Catalogue

 Gus: Oh, the Mawndella Catalogue? That's one of my favorite ARGs. That 'alternates' art, though kinda basic, is also super visceral and unnerving. And I love anything told through the lense of analog horror.


Joel: Ohh yeah, like Local 58, or Gemewni Home entertainment...they have that low-budget public access tv feel that feels terrifyingly accurate to pre-broadband television broadcasts.


Dawn: Ooh Local 58...that video 'contingency' still gives me chills to think about.


Vernon: Same here...though gotta give an honorable mention to Mystery Flesh pit National Park. The amount o' world buildin' in that ARG is just...I mean it feels like it was a real place.


Broomie: Would you say that Kanine Pixels Backrooms stuff is Analogue horror? I mean, it is an ARG...


Gus: I'd say so, the way it's filmed very much feels like internal recordings or corporate presentations.


Vernon: As fer Ully's take on thangs...I should have y'all know that Honey kinda...screens that stuff to keep Ully's imagination on a leash. Even on his meds he...can still have trouble distinguishin' fantasy from reality. So them ARGs are really built to mess with a mind like his. I think the last thing he actually managed to catch was that story about the Inifinite Iflea, and he took that so seriously he got arrested fer trespassin' cause he tried to camp in one overnight hopin' he'd make the jump.


Dawn: Oh yeah, I remember that...are we...still keeping that one from Dori and Auddey?


Vernon: Honey handled it, so I don't see what draggin' Ma and Pa into it would do at this point only than frustrate everyone involved. Sides', I'm sure Ully's got in plenty more troublesome situations they don't know about...er me for that matter...and I'd prefer not to know...*Chuckles*



Wasty: As an author's aside, I'm a analog horror junkie. I'd say that Local 58 is my personal favorite, although it rarely updates so Gemini Home Entertainment is rapidly crawling up to dethrone it. Mystery Flesh pit's ARG is also another one high up on my list of personal favorites. I'm gonna embed some videos I really love from some of these for those who have never seen, just to get an idea.






Those are probably my personal faves, and I hope you guys like 'em too.


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