Amnesia Rebirth-ing Cosmic Horror: The Problems of Monstrous Motherhood

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Published on March 5, 2021 5:00:03 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48LtjOzs5cM

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Amnesia: Rebirth (2020)

Duration: 44:26

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NOT ANOTHER REVIEW 🤦 I mean, if you wanted an Amnesia Rebirth Review, you'd probably check out IGN instead, right? WELL ANYWAYS, join Zmora and Zorja as they review and analyze Amnesia: Rebirth and breakdown key narrative components, game mechanics, and of course…the cosmic horror. Spoiler: it's more problematic than you may think and this review is brutally honest.


This "review" is broken into pros and cons for the overall execution of the game and is rooted in our experience playing (and editing!) it. Disagree with our thoughts? Not a problem. Let us know if the comments below!

Did you miss our critical mementary of the game? Catch up on it here! ➡️https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYzjnFdmtMaoa1SD0JkCdC-3qcftxID04

Consult the chapters if you only want to watch certain parts of the review 😊

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction

Part 1: Narrative
1:56 Game Plot
5:41 Family Tropes
8:10 Monstrous Motherhood
16:45 Environmental Storytelling and Game Mechanics

Part 2: The Actual Horror
20:10 Jumpscares
21:57 Algerian Cultural Elements
24:35 Cosmic Horror
30:28 Racial Undertones
35:37 Ghouls and Zombies
39:28 Sound

42:37 Part 3: Final Verdict

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✨The Cosmology of Games✨ is a collective of rogue scholarship, broadly in Games and Media studies, Interaction Science produced by (ex)academics, friends, and good ol' nerds. Simply put, we like games, we like culture, and we like talking about these things in a way that's accessible and mobilizes knowledge. Content includes critical playthroughs of current and old (video)games, reviews, and commentaries on games and gaming culture. Warning, we're salty. We like to think of roasting more as a gentle braise and none of this content is curated from a malicious place—but we refuse to mince our words if we're calling out bullshit. We want to encourage conversation and discussion—we can share our opinions, and disagree, without being bigoted. Keep the comments classy.

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📕Articles and Books Referenced:

1. "Monstrous Feminine" by Barbara Creed (book)
2. "The Power of Horror" by Julia Kristeva (book)
3. "The Age of Lovecraft" by Jed Mayer (article)
4. "Playing Subaltern: Video Games and Postcolonialism" by Souvik Mukherjhee (essay)
5. "Supernatural Horror in Literature" H.P. Lovecraft (essay)
6. "The Quran and Extraterrestrial Life" (https://www.alislam.org/library/books/revelation/part_4_section_7.html)
7. "Sonic Spaces in Dark Souls" by Dylan Armitage (article)

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