Obviously this is an adorable bit but I'm so struck by how different this is from so many little kid shows today like.......the muted colors. no background noise. no sound effects. you can literally hear Jim Henson breathing between his lines. Ernie is talking very slowly, meandering, letting the kids digest the info. it's a full minute before you get the payoff of it all. man
who are you when you are not watching tv or movies? when you aren't playing video games or reading a book or fanfiction or listening to music or whatever other kind of media that you engage with? who are you when your mind isn't in another world or story, when you are forced to sit with yourself and the only experience you have is your own sensorial life? can you define yourself outside of what you consume? who is that person? do you like them? can you bear it? can you bear it?
i definitely think minecraft won't be the game for everyone in the end and that's just how things are no problem but i do think *some* people who don't get the hype of it just need to play with their friends and build a house with them. its also for doing things like this.
Was rewatching HLVRAI and (until the Mutant Mayhem movie comes out and potentially proves me wrong) I'm going to interpret Leos relationship with his brother as exactly the same as Gordons relationship with the science team. AKA the single braincell, in a group full of batshit insane idiots, desperately trying to keep everyone alive.
Audio from Half-Life VR but the AI is Self-Aware (ACT 3: PART 1) (20:10-21:10)