File:Indie Mascot Horror Games Are Undead-2

Years ago Five Nights at Freddy's and the rest of the niche of indie mascot horror games were legendary, a bastion of creativity inspiring a generation and innovating gaming for millions. Yet today they harbour a cesspit of soulless garbage. How did this happen? Why? What does this mean for the future, and is there any hope of resolving the devolution of this gaming subculture?

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:47 EXPOSITION (The What) 10:55 CAUSES (The How) 16:22 REASONS (The Why) 19:27 The Future... 25:15 The Past. 27:33 Outro

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REFERENCED VIDEOS: "Horror Games for Kids" and The Problem with Indie Horror https://youtu.be/wwb2Rh9MFQM Can Bad Fanbases RUIN Gaming? (Etra Games) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNWCytlbBqk An Insult to Indie Horror (Garten of Banban) https://youtu.be/2VXY8LlCsCY Indie Horror for Kids.... Sucks https://youtu.be/nddkNKD7vxI How to make a HIT INDIE Horror Game https://youtu.be/fKY9FbskkK4 The Ups and Downs of Mascot Horror https://youtu.be/j17sLJGAKBI The Fundamental Problem With Slender Fangames | A Deep Dive https://youtu.be/8x9J-V6rluM How can Mascot Horror save itself? https://youtu.be/NqpnRBa9oio

MUSIC: Intro Music by Gabriel Saban: https://youtu.be/7BnfRHagfuQ Watch Your Six by Leon Riskin Melancholy by Jacek "Fragik" Rogal Don't Do It by Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories Remnants of Joy by Nathan Hanover Mrs. Sadie Adler, Widow by Woody Jackson Resurrections by Lena Raine Ghostlight by David Szymanski Dear Sunshine by Varien & Azuria Sky

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