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Bury me in analog

Here are some of the things we mentioned in this episode:

Black Mirror, a crowning jewel of “phones bad” cinema
VCR versus VHS, a distinction that was lost on Elizabeth
Land of the Giants episode on the iPhone
The TV Tropes page on Analog Horror
Aidan’s analog horror video
An analysis of Lovecraft’s Eldritch Horror
- And some more analysis
The SCP foundation
Local 58
Mothman, the best boy
Remember Professor Kitzel?
Public/Community access TV
The Walten Files Episode 1
- (NOT “The Waltons”, no matter what autocorrect says)
- The deeply unsettling jumpscare face a la screamers
How the original FNAF uses sound to terrify
Ben Drowned, the story of a haunted game cartridge
Cassette, an early Welcome to Night Vale episode
An important message from Omega Mart
Makeshift Stories
An episode of Paranormal Paranoids (complete with earwormy theme song)
The Power of VHS by hbomberguy
The cinematic potential of cave art
Control, Anatomy and the Legacy of the Haunted House by Jacob Geller
Tsukumogami and Mokumokuren
Do not adjust your podcast feed because next month we’ll be tuning in to another piece of art with opinions about technology, Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper’s PG powerhouse, Poltergeist.

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