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… Patreon: Thumbnail by HotCyder: A huge thank you to Jacob Geller and HeavyEyed for supplying their voices! Be sure to check out their channels here: A big thanks to Corrupted Save for help with the script, artbook scans and HZD footage: Video inspired by the fantastic work by Mark Minkjan and Simone Pizzagalli: Mark Minkjan Simone Pizzagalli 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: Links for the urbex creators and COD 4 Bloc vs Real Life Pripyat video mentioned: The Proper People (Urbex) Shiey (Urbex) Call of Duty 4 Chernobyl / Pripyat Game vs Real Life Comparison OTHER SOURCES 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