I collect music videos, and feel like I need to share some of my favorites.-UNR

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For as long as I can remember, a good music video has touched a part of my soul that nothing else can. I've collected them across all genres and levels of fame, but definitely have a fondness for animated ones. I appreciate them as decorating both space & time, and felt compelled to share some of them with others that may appreciate them too.

The Masterpieces:

• "Fly for your Life" by Gunship. Love and / is war.
• "SORRY NOT SORRY" by Tyler, the Creator. Get on stage, bare your soul, bury the past, fuck 'em.
• "NEVER GIVE UP" by S+C+A+R+R. This video is just so damn well-produced and clean.

No specific Category, just Fun:

• "Turn Down for What" by DJ Snake, Lil Jon. How do you do, fellow millennials?
• "SICK OF BEING HONEST" by MILKBLOOD. An eldritch monster stalks the halls of a Russian apartment building. It yearns to dance.
• "DISCO CLOSURE" by MILKBLOOD. Your sleep paralysis demon has terrifying moves. (I'm biased I like these guys. Watch this video for kawaii monster.)
• "Time in a Tree" by Raleigh Ritchie. We're all looking for our time in a tree, in some way or another. (Raleigh Ritchie is the stage name of Jacob Anderson, who played Grey Worm on Game of Thrones, and Louis in Interview with the Vampire).
• "Lover Chanting" by Little Dragon. I think all of us have some fond memories of an game like this.
• "I Feel Better" by Hot Chip. I'm certain there's some deeper meaning to this music video, but I dare you to attempt finding it.
• "Pop Culture" by Madeon, edited by Chris Taylor. Madeon mixed a great song together using samples of other significant music, and Chris Taylor composited all of the music videos for those songs into a satisfying video.
• "Wild Side (Anime Ver)" by ALI. This is the intro to Beastars, and regardless of how you feel about anime, this is impressive stop-motion cloth animation.
• "Fear & Delight" by The Correspondents. A catchy tune with clever camera work to make 3D zoetropes.
• "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" by The Darkness. What if Star Trek was significantly more Glam Rock?
• "Solid Gold feat. Kira Divine & Marques Toliver" by PNAU. A golden kaleidoscope.
• "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" by Elton John, Dua Lipa. Ok the figurines might be a little creepy, but this is still a fun music video.
• "Don't Wanna Fight" by Alabama Shakes. Every day is a different struggle.
• "Loretta" by Ginger Root. When you have to do everything yourself.
• "Move in the Right Direction" by Gossip. A rare kinetic-typography music video.

Animated (2D or 3D):

• "C2C" by Delta. Change is terrifying. Change is unstoppable. But it can be beautiful.
• "Fever the Ghost" by SOURCE. Felix Colgrave animated this wonderfully.
• "Starlight Brigade" by TWRP. Vibrance versus desaturation.
• "Lost River" by Murder By Death. Hush, now creature.
• "Beautiful" by Seeed. You wouldn't know it, but this is a German Reggae band.
• "Sing Along" by Sturgill Simpson. What if Mad Max fought Lust and Greed? And both this song & video have an immediate follow-up.
• "Lone Digger" by Caravan Palace. We're just urban animals.
• "Mr. FEAR" by SIAMÉS. You could any SIAMÉS music video in this section, but Mr. FEAR is my favorite.
• "Bye Bye Macadam" by Rone. There's a feeling of calm infinity in this video.
• NSFW • "Full Bodied (feat. AL!CE)" by Ghost Data, animated by Moikaloop. You're going to need to dab the sweat from your brow after this.

Melancholic:

• "The Curse of the Blackened Eye" by Orville Peck. Trauma, depression, guilt, pain- we all carry something. Sometimes it's Norman Reedus.
• "Boy & Bear" by Pogo. Winnie the Pooh doesn't have to grow up. But we do.
• "On my Way Out ft. Joji" by Getter. Looking different also means looking unique.

Dancing:

• "Forever (Pt. II)" by Snakehips. This video and the one below feature the (former) dance couple AyaBambi performing Vogue dancing.
• "Show Me" by DJ Zinc. This one has a twist.
• "The Rest Of My Days" by S+C+A+R+R. Another clean video from S+C+A+R+R.
• "Call Your Girlfriend" by Robyn. It's time you had the talk.
• "APOLLO" by Last Dinosaurs. I'm sure we've all danced without reserve when we're alone.
• "still feel." by half•alive. Pretty sure this was filmed in the Nolan Batcave.
• "Genghis Khan" by Miike Snow. What if Bond was chasing the villain... figuratively?
• "Bass Inside" by AC Slater. Assemble the team. Feel the bass inside.
• "Back on 74" by Jungle. I could post every Jungle music video in this section. If you like well-choreographed dancing music videos, just go through their catalog.
• "Casio" by Jungle. I wasn't joking.
• "Tokyo Calling" by ATARASHII GAKKO! A different kind of sailor scouts.
• "Cameo Lover" by Kimbra. This one is just charming.

Salvatore Ganacci- this guy gets his own section. You'll see why:

• "Fight Dirty." If you like any sort of anime, you'll appreciate this.
• "Horse." Our intrepid hero hears the call of animals in need, and rushes to save them in his Shoemobile.
• "Step-Grandma." This video will demonstrate how to get your very own step-grandma.
• NSFW • "Ass & Titties." with Tommy Cash. Nothing will prepare you for this one. You'll like it though.

The Weird Shit:

• "VERY NOISE" by IGORRR. This music video is a memetic virus that I am blessed/cursed to spread. Also I am not joking when I say this is probably IGORRR's most 'normal' music.
• "RACKED" by TOMMY CASH. This is one of those music videos that you watch once, think it's absurd... and replay it in your head for weeks after.
• "Deep Down Low" by Valentino Khan. The drugs are starting to kick in.
• "UH OH! (feat. BENEE)" by Sub Urban. The Missionary has targeted you. Resistance is futile.
• "Gay Bar" by Electric Six. Abe Lincoln poles dances in this video.
• "Danger! High Voltage" by Electric Six. I'm biased, I love these guys.
• NSFW • "Fantasy" by DyE. Four teenagers sneak into a pool. They encounter indescribable horrors.

Mashups:

• "I did (not) mean to blow your mind." by Camhcom. Tenacious D x Evangelion. It's better than you think.

I'll post more if I can find them.

EDIT:

• "Windowlicker" by Aphex Twin. Put a smile on that face.
• "Go With The Flow" by Queens Of The Stone Age. This song is about conception.
• "Komm, süsser Tod (from Neon Genesis Evangelion)" by Platina Jazz. I wish, that I could turn back time...
• "Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver" by Primus. Imagine if animatronic cowboys sang a dirty song about lady parts.

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I built a massive library of in-game screenshots with natural-language and visual search. It's free.-UNR

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TL;DR: I built a free visual reference library for game developers: natural language search, "more like this," study modes (lighting/color/composition), and image analysis that suggests ways to elevate your work as you iterate. I'd love feedback from game developers.

Try it here. 

I've been a professional artist and art director for almost 20 years. And to my great dismay, I could never find enough time to play all the games that I knew were stunning and could meaningfully expand my imagination and visual library. The busier I got, the more I felt like the ideas that would elevate my craft kept passing by, unseen. That bothered me. A plight I'm sure is familiar to many of you.

So over the last few months, I took this on as a side project.

The library is designed to be actively useful during the creative process, not just browsed. Using image-based and natural-language search, you can research and prepare references by describing what you're working on - or by uploading sketches and references to discover visually similar ideas across mediums, eras, and styles.

More importantly, as you upload iterations and projects evolve, you can get distinct suggestions for lighting, color, and composition grounded in relevant, high-quality visual precedents. This gives you a practical way to answer the most difficult question in creative work: "what would elevate this?" before committing to days, weeks, or years of work.

How it works:

Natural language search - No fixed tags. Describe anything and get the closest visual matches: stunning landscapes, fantastic costume design, weapon detail.

"More Like This" - Language fails when expressing truly visual ideas. That's why every image has a "More like this" button attached to it. Robot Dinosaurs, Knights, Norman Reedus.

Study modes - Sort by light, color, composition. Want Cyberpunk 2077's strongest lighting work? Ghost of Yotei's boldest colors? Study what makes great art great.

Image-based search - Upload images (WIP, references) to find "more like this" from the library.

Image Analysis Mode - This is the main one for me: a feature for professional artists that helps you explore alternative approaches to the same frame by analyzing it through the lens of artistic fundamentals. See how improved composition, lighting, or color choices could elevate the work.

Two quick examples of what that looks like:

Example 1: Forest Scene

An example of how we can take a solid image and investigate what could elevate it to exceptional.

• Subject - considerations for narrative objects and details that could be added to the scene to elevate the interest
• Color - considerations for color choices and details that could add significant visual interest
• Composition - options for layering and foreground/background elements that could add depth and interest to the image
• Lighting - lighting ideas to push it even further

Example 2: Character Medium Shot

The character is in shade in the initial image, resulting in flat lighting.

• Lighting - suggestions on how lighting could add drama and depth
• Color - how more saturation and color contrast could improve visual interest

Cross-medium inspiration - Pull ideas from film and classical art too.

I've gotten into the habit of checking everything I work on against this library. And I keep finding ideas I wouldn't have considered otherwise - even after 20 years. That is priceless to me.

That's why I wanted to share it with you. We spend months, years on a project, yet there are only a handful of truly pivotal visual decisions we have to make. And I'd love it if we could make every single one count. Push the edge of what's been done before just a bit. And it's very hard to do if we can't even find the edge.

And if you give it a try - I'd really love your help making it better: Which games are missing? What's broken? What would make this genuinely useful for your workflow? I'd love to make sure all your favorites are well-represented.

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Did you enjoy the 1st or 2nd more?-UNR

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Hey ya’ll.

Just beat Death Stranding 2 and can’t help, but think it was much better. I felt like it had much more variety in terms of missions, vehicles were more accessible and overall the story was much easier and fun to follow. Lots of interesting twists that kinda caught me atleast off guard.

I admit I didn’t really like Death Stranding 1, but after hearing about the changes and also I like Norman Reedus as an actor I cave in and bought 2. Glad I did.. Great game.

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Kojima sent flowers to Marty Rhone (Tarman in DS2) after his open-heart surgery.-UNR

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I really appreciate this game-UNR

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When I played the first one, I was upset for all the typical reasons. Yknow too slow, no action, whatever. But now that I’m trying to be like less stimulated I realize now how perfect this game is for that. Its slow and thoughtful, and when Norman Reedus said that Hideo had wild ideas about where the gaming world will go I think I know what he means. This seriously might be the only game that forces you to just slow down, and in the age where I feel like im just consuming, I don’t feel bad about playing this game because its not a constant dopamine slop. I guess I wrote this for anyone who doesn’t understand what this games means like how I used to think

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Norman Reedus (Daryl's actor) posted dbd gameplay on his Instagram story-UNR

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