How A Dream Diary Inspired One Of The Strangest Games Of All Time



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In this video, I spend 13 minutes talking about LSD Dream Emulator and 50 minutes reading Lovely Sweet Dream, an artbook/ dream diary that came out only in Japan.

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Lovely Sweet Dream: https://archive.org/details/lovelysweetdream

0:00 Intro
1:29 Osamu Sato background
4:56 Gameplay
10:40 Bonus Materials
13:05 Storytime Part 1
19:09 Storytime Part 2
22:40 Storytime Part 3
26:46 Storytime Part 4
33:37 Storytime Part 5
39:42 Storytime Part 6
44:22 Storytime Part 7
46:55 Storytime Part 8
52:18 Storytime Part 9
58:05 Storytime Part 10
1:04:32 Outro

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28 thoughts on “How A Dream Diary Inspired One Of The Strangest Games Of All Time”

  1. I absolutely love this video. I have adored this game for quite some time and indeed never heard much about this art book, but it's so insightful in a mysterious way. Thank you for making it the focus, this made my day.

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  2. LSD Dream Emulator for me exhibits this uncanny "realness," where, despite the visually abstract and low resolution surface, it possesses an ability to tap into something deeply believable and perhaps "true."

    Maybe its due to the fact that nothing that is presented is spoon fed; it all just happens to you in real time, as in a dream, or as in waking life. It seems very counter to the modern cultural mechanism where people seem to need to be told what to think or how to feel about the information they're presented.

    To make a further connection here, anyone who is a deep diver of David Lynch's talks and philosophy surrounding art and its experience will know that he is a thorough advocate for coming up with your own conclusions about what something means. He adamantly refuses to deliver explanations surrounding the meaning of his works. Instead, he simply lays it out there for you to figure out for yourself. Go figure, you have your own mind.

    But this to me is similar to the "philosophy" surrounding LSD, and other abstract and surreal works of art, and for me, this is where the real beauty lies. It is clear that there is an undercurrent of meaning below the strange surface, and it is up to you to decode the clues and come up with an explanation, and this will vary wildly between individuals who encounter the works.

    I've had a lot of realizations about things of this nature after simply walking in the city for hours at night, when there are no cars, few people, and little distraction from the moment that lay before me. It's really amazing the kind of experiences you can have when you are simply open to experience in and of itself.

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  3. yooo big childhood game let's goooooo; inspired my drive for art & art appreciation in various forms !

    /edit : you're the first we've seen to cover the book & it really does bring a genuine smile that anybody remembers about it-

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  4. Just recently discovered your channel and just finished watching all your posted videos finishing with this one, the icing on the cake. Superb presentation and content. I am glad I found you sir. Keep up the superb work!

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  5. Great video. Have been wanting to own this book for a while but it is expensive and hard to find. I do own Osamu Sato's Alphabetical Orgasm which is a collection of prints based on the English alphabet. You can see an image from this at……4:20.

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  6. My dreams would make for a dull game. They usually just involve me going to bed and falling asleep. I wake up sometimes wondering if I’m still dreaming.

    It’s like a loop.

    Like Outer Wilds.

    🤔

    Whoa! 🫨

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