Howdy viewer. Here's a little preamble to this video for context.

This is a paired down and censored version of the original video released on the 19th of October. YouTube flagged it as inappropriate for ads, so I had to excise a pretty big chunk from the video. Case in point: my entire review of Phantasmagoria 2 was removed! In addition to that, there are many small edits made to avoid "excessive" violence or mention of heavy topics.

When talking about a game, I always like to have a balanced discussion on the cultural significance of certain aspects of that game, even when those subjects are controversial. I was careful to give ample warning, censor, and provide context, but the algorithm cares not for such things (and especially not the latter of those three).

If you'd like to hear me discuss the ramifications of "that scene" in Phantasmagoria, how weird and transgressive much of Phantasmagoria 2 is, and you want to see some of the cartoonish violence in these games, please watch the video for free on Patreon here:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/114260961

The video's privacy level is set to public, so you can watch it without paying a dime (although if you're on mobile, you may need to make a free account). I won't earn any ad revenue from the Patreon version, so if you prefer YouTube as a platform and want to help me out, by all means, enjoy this version too (or consider chipping in a few bucks on Patreon if you're in a position to do so). Broadly speaking, you're still getting the FMV horror experience with this version. But I'll be damned if I spent several months on this video just to hide it in shame!

Before the video was demonetized, I was given a Super Thanks from 3 different people:
lilpigg8324
Akouryo
bobbypadlock
Just wanted to recognize the three of you here for you generosity. It is sincerely appreciated.

Anyway, thanks for reading this and watching the video. I know reupload situations like this typically don't do well in terms of viewership, so I really do appreciate your attention here. Have a very happy Halloween or a happy whatever time of year you're watching this.

I know the Phantasmagoria 2 review isn’t here anymore, but I thought I’d mention that in 2020 Lorelei Shannon said in an interview that she now regrets killing Trevor off.

Youtube's bots are so inhuman. You handled the 1st upload with utmost respect to the subject matter while giving a really good breakdown on the games. Nothing in them seemed inappropriate. You aren't out here making trashy uploads for shock value or clickbait, the upload was a genuine project you put a lot of time into and treated it like a professional would. Like a historian would.

Youtube has no respect for art

Nooo, that extremely relatable comment from some guy where he had known about Night Trap for a long time and only now learnt that it's about vampires is now lost 😢

Thank you for not scrubbing the original from youtube and leaving a hole in my Watch Later

Getting cockblocked by demonetisation is the pits. Colossal effort as always, Maj! 10/10

Watching this with my eyes closed cause it's too scary

55:21 Look I’m not saying that shoehorning “Shady Realtor Majuular” as a voice actor to these games would have saved all of them, but I am saying that it wouldn’t have hurt.

I'll post it again, just for the info.
So, funny thing the actor who played Curtis has a youtube channel.

He's done some pretty great interviews with other Point and Click game devs/actors of the time.
Conversations with Curtis, worth checking out.
(Remembered the channel this time, perks of not being half asleep).

as a german i have to say gabriel knight 2 is extremely authentic regarding the german setting. everything is spot on for germany, even more specific bavaria, munich, in the 80s or early 90s. the clothes, the interior, the actors, the accent. i am 99% sure it was actually shot in germany with mostly german actors.
i love that they put in all that work to be super authentic, as most of the world would not even notice any of that, i would imagine. quite cool, that they did it that way!

Happy I caught the original upload! Wanted to check out the re-upload and drop a comment to help with the algorithm. This was a really great watch.

Fun fact in regards to a comment about Phantasmagoria 1: In some states, if the buyer asks the real estate agent if a house is potentially haunted, (if any deaths or unnatural occurences happened on the property) the real estate agent is legally required to answer them. I was a real estate appraiser for a few years, and appraised a few properties where weird stuff definitely happened so I did research on it. Fun stuff.

Ah man this blows, the Phantasmagoria 2 part was my favorite of the original upload, got me legit interested in the game. This site's so annoying, good on you for trucking through the mess

Watched the "Dark Seed" video more times than I can count. This is way overdue.

Not as good as my 1st contribution, but since I'm watching your Xenogears review for like the 8th time, you definitely deserve it. 😘

Sad for the loss but 10/10 rewatching what remains.

I was literally watching the Phantasmagoria 2 review, clicked away, then it was gone. I can't stand this website anymore. Great video regardless! Thank you for making the full video public elsewhere!

So sad to lose the phantasmagoria 2 review, i really enjoyed your deep dive of it.

Somewhere in the middle of that Gabriel Knight summary I say to myself, that's it, this guy's the best video game analysis guy on Youtube. Been loving the Ultima series, please keep it up!