Links

Websites:

• Blue Moon Falls - A site dedicated to information on the generation 1 and 2 Pokémon games. There are plenty of interesting articles here, guides on how to enjoy these generations to the fullest, and research on somewhat forgotten mechanics within these games.
• Hallowed Tower - Another Pokémon fansite dedicated to a specific era of games, this time the generation 4 games! You can find lots of useful tools here to make your next playthrough of D/P/Pt or HG/SS even more enjoyable, or simply read up on some interesting mechanics that are in these games.
• Pamtre Berry - A Pokémon fansite that hosts recreations of minigame content, such as the Secret Base Decorator and Contest Dress-Up Game. The site also has plenty of other interesting articles, useful tools and guides, a collection showcase, and fanart.
• Nose Club - A Pokémon fansite full of articles, handmade art by the webmaster, and some useful artwork resources.
• wrongwarp - A website that hosts the creator's writing projects, both original fiction and Poképastas. I Am Your Gift is a personal favourite of mine! The site also has a few generators, a Poképasta generator and sparkleanimal generator that can be fun to use for prompts.
• Broken Halo - A website that logs the progress of the creator's singleplayer Minecraft world in great detail. The world also has a unique spin on it in which it mixes multiple versions of the game together.
• The Let's Play Archive - An archive dedicated mostly to text-based video game playthroughs, although there are some video playthroughs archived here as well. You can use the search function to find a playthrough of a game you're already familiar with, or use it to find new games to follow along someone's adventure with!
• Nintendogs Media - A very old fansite dedicated to Nintendogs. This page was made before the original games were even released outside of Japan! It contains old screenshots and magazine scans of the game, profiles for the dog breeds you can adopt in the game, and info on the game itself.
• Nintendo 64 Guide - An old official Nintendo page that lists games for the Nintendo 64. Each game has its own unique webpage and design, along with information on the game itself. The pages are only in Japanese, but are fun to take a look at regardless of whether you understand the language or not.
• EMGE's FinFin Homepage - A Fin Fin fansite that contains plenty of info about the game Fin Fin on Teo the Magic Planet and its related products. The site has both a German and an English version.

For fun, here's a handful of site buttons! Some aren't written about in the main list, so be sure to click around if you'd like to discover even more sites.

Videos:

• A Normal Creepypasta Retrospective - When I first saw this video in my feed, I admit my hopes weren't very high, as videos covering creepypasta and other web horror content have become pretty repetitive in my opinion. However, this video subverts those expectations by instead telling its own new creepypasta stories, some based on already existing ones, but with something not quite right about them. It's a video that I originally didn't expect to think much of, but quickly became one of my favourites, and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone interested in this type of horror content.
  • "A Normal Creepypasta Restrospective" Explained - Best watched after seeing the video linked above. The creators of the original video go into detail about the creative process behind the stories they told, what inspired them to create the project, and clear up exactly what was made up for the video and what was based on already existing media.
  • Bad Egg Glitch - An Alternate Universe Pokémon Creepypasta - An extended reading of the Bad Egg Glitch creepypasta that was featured in the original video. The story itself is presented through a series of forum posts that eventually reveal something darker may have been hidden within the generation 2 Pokémon games.
• The Alternate Universe Pokémon Iceberg Explained - This video was a big inspiration for the previous videos I linked, and after watching it, it's pretty clear how and why it was. Most obscure or creepy facts about the Pokémon series are well known by this point, so instead of rehashing the same information that many people already know, this video creates its own new rumours for the games. Watching this brings me back to the original rush of the Mario 64 iceberg and its mysteries, which I haven't seen many other icebergs quite recreate the feeling of. I'd also recommend checking out the rest of Midnight Krick's channel if you end up enjoying this as much as I did!
• A Breakthrough Discovery in Pokémon - Originally titled something along the lines of "Pokémon Isn't Fantasy, It's Ancient History" which I found to be a slightly more fitting and unique title for the subject matter of the video, but I digress... This video covers some very interesting intended connections between the Johto region in Pokémon and actual locations in Japan, and goes into detail about the location and history that inspired the mysterious Ruins of Alph. The creator even travels to this location and shares some beautiful footage of it within the video. This video gives me an immense appreciation for the amount of details that were put into the Pokémon games, and puts into context exactly why these games feel so special to so many people.
• The Last Beta Player - A short film about a Beta Minecraft player's experience with the game. This is one of my personal favourite Minecraft "horror" projects, as it perfectly encapsulates how strangely lonely and unsettling playing the game alone can feel. It leans even more into the feeling of isolation when the player's world is in such an old version of Minecraft that many have moved on from at this point. The use of a camera that only tracks the player's body movements without speech or facial expressions otherwise is also really unique. This video shows off the creepy feelings one can get from playing the game without adding anything that feels too tacky or overt, and overall really feels like the heart of Minecraft horror to me.
  • The Last Beta Player (With Commentary) - Creator's commentary on the previous video, best watched after seeing the original in full. It includes a lot of interesting behind the scenes details about creating the film, what inspired it, and little details you might have missed.
• Liminal Spaces in Rugrats Games - Despite never having played the Rugrats games or even watched the show as a kid, this video really spoke to me as someone who loves the feeling of discovering strange or unknown areas and events in games. For me, these were things like the secret flowers in Kirby Air Ride, or the UFO in Motocross Madness 2. This video goes over some really interesting details within the Rugrats games that I would have never known about otherwise, and you can tell how much they stuck with the creator, as well.
• My Peculiar Super Mario 64 DS Experience - A fun little video talking about the things the creator did in Super Mario 64 DS after beating the game. Hearing about the imaginary scenarios someone played out in video games also reminds me of how vast games felt as a kid, like there was always something more to do within them, especially in 3D games like this. It's really special knowing we could make up adventures for ourselves that weren't even intended within the games we were playing, so I'm really glad this video exists to document experiences like this.