Early Access: CO-VID on Dropsy and Alum
Hey all, this is done and going public tomorrow morning most likely. One of my more left-field subjects. Curious how it's going to go over.
Still looking for a title, all I've got so far is "Dropsy/Alum," which isn't very punchy. I think simply revealing what the video is actually about would bring in a lot of clicks, but it's a stronger essay if it's a reveal? Not sure how to straddle those lines.
If you've got suggestions, I wanna hear them!
-I
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"Christianity: Crusade and Practice", maybe? That said I kind of like the symmetry of these games yanking you into a Christianity narrative without forewarning and your video doing the same, even though I know that doesn't drive clicks.
"Dropsy and Alum and the Messianic Adventure" "Dropsy/Alum: Two Gospels" There's gotta be a way to maybe get the idea in the title without using the J word and spilling all the beans.
I went to Christian School until I was 22 and stopped going to church after the 2016 election and this video has my seal of approval
Omigosh, plz don't put Jesus in the title. Your setup is fantastic and you lead the way there in a straightforward fashion. My double take when I saw Jesus? On the screen left me yearning to know how that's possible. If you say it in the title, you're almost forcing me to accept the analogy before even hearing what the games are about. I kinda like The Unfeigned Altruist as a title even tho it obv favors one of the two stories. Maybe The Golden Rule? Religion vs Praxis? Or Dogma vs Praxis?
Never heard of either game but great video on them. Holy vs Spirit
I don’t have any punchy headline ideas (could only think of They’re Both About Jesus), but re: mechanical kindness and lack of physical reward in Dropsy, I definitely felt that while playing A Short Hike, though ASH has a clearer path of progression. It was a really interesting mechanic that made that game stand out so much more to me.
"Mechanical Kindness" is a pretty good title.
Confucius is misspelled at 12:27
"It' almost like there is no belief system under which people can't rationalise crappy behaviour." <---- SOLID GOLD.
I think there's definitely merits with either way; full burying the lede or 'signalling' the theme via the title to clear up any of the 'where are they going with this' in the opening. "Context of Kindness" for the former is what comes to mind for me, and the latter I just keep getting served snarky stuff like "Christian and Christ-out"