The Skill Issue, or: How I Learned I Could Learn, and So Can You! (also capitalism is a disease)

https://www.patreon.com/c/saneretry/home https://ko-fi.com/saneretry https://throne.com/saneretry This is the story of my life made out of video games, focused through the lens of one topic: SKILL. An autobiographical video essay about video games, poverty, and learning. I know that might sound very serious, but there's a lot of jokes in here! Sadness too. And anger. Chapters: 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:29 Chapter 1: Born Skilled 0:15:22 Chapter 2: Virtual Skill 0:30:48 Chapter 3: Failure to Learn 0:50:57 Chapter 4: Learning Rekindled 1:15:01 Chapter 5: The Price of Skill 1:30:11 Epilogue: Mission Statement Stick Figure Drawings made with Wigglypaint by Internet Janitor https://internet-janitor.itch.io/wigglypaint Music by Loyalty Freak Music/Komiku (Rrrrrose) https://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/ Koi-discovery https://freemusicarchive.org/music/koi-discovery/ Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier Prelude No.1 in C major performed by Kimiko Ishizaka, The Open Well-Tempered Clavier (CC0) also a tiny (fair use) bit from Super Mario 64: Dire, Dire Docks & Batman: Arkham City Games captured for footage: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, both Old and Special Edition Fallout 3, New Vegas, and 4 The Sims Shenmue Deus Ex GTAV Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout Assassin's Creed: Origins & Syndicate Final Fantasy 1 & 8 Dark Souls Yakuza 0 Resident Evil for PS1 Metal Gear Solid 1 & 5 Donkey Kong Country TMNT: Turtles in Time Batman: Arkham City Death Stranding Disco Elysium Eastshade What Remains of Edith Finch Stardew Valley Sim City Classic Half-Life Unreal Tournament Thief System Shock 2 Neverwinter Nights Smurf Rescue in Gargamel's Castle Main mods used: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/55555 https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/73101 https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/10870 https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/66047 Additional footage from: Beyond 2000 opening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhNrKpB_8sU Kenner Swamp Thing action figure commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj1t9AQsYpM The Matrix (1999) Shaolin Temple (1982) Raising Arizona (1987) The Big City (1956) Tuberculosis (1955) Pick of the Pod (1939) Understand Your Emotions (1950) https://lparchive.org/Deadly-Premonition/ Creators mentioned or shown: @CJacobsLP https://www.twitch.tv/cjacobslp @supergreatfriend https://www.twitch.tv/supergreatfrien https://www.twitch.tv/voxandra/ @Voxandra @ActionButton https://www.twitch.tv/actionbutton @storylearning @struthless @yogawithadriene @VoidBurgerGaming @ChipCheezumLPs @broadcaststsatic @NoclipDocs @hbomberguy @TheMcElroyFamily @WelcometoNightVale @takashiifromjapan @Onomappu @JapaneseAmmowithMisa @kanamenaito Still Images from Unsplash by: https://unsplash.com/@elsbethcat https://unsplash.com/@cytngl https://unsplash.com/@othentikisra https://unsplash.com/@dev https://unsplash.com/@rayhennessy https://unsplash.com/@smailynsalazarphoto https://unsplash.com/@ph_an_tom https://unsplash.com/@sebaspenalambarri https://unsplash.com/@wwwynand https://unsplash.com/@purzlbaum https://unsplash.com/@rowanfreeman https://unsplash.com/@brettjordan https://unsplash.com/@handywicaksono https://unsplash.com/@superstraho https://unsplash.com/@arstyy https://unsplash.com/@karsten116 https://unsplash.com/@dancristianpaduret https://unsplash.com/@tetromino https://unsplash.com/@miguel_photo https://unsplash.com/@nickxshotz https://unsplash.com/@aesullivan2010 https://unsplash.com/@agathadepine https://unsplash.com/@victoriakubiaki https://unsplash.com/@sirajatmachizo https://unsplash.com/@hendrikmorkel and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_JET_magnetic_fusion_experiment_in_1991.jpg licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Video footage from Pexels by: https://www.pexels.com/@yankrukov/ https://www.pexels.com/@ron-lach/ https://www.pexels.com/@zakaria/ https://www.pexels.com/@larryvink/ https://www.pexels.com/@rdne/ https://www.pexels.com/@shkrabaanthony/ https://www.pexels.com/@kelly-1179532/ https://www.pexels.com/@pressmaster/ https://www.pexels.com/@cottonbro/ https://www.pexels.com/@oleg-gamulinskii-755060/ https://www.pexels.com/@osamanaser/ https://www.pexels.com/@spacetraveler/ https://www.pexels.com/@kampus/ https://www.pexels.com/@djimmer-koster-909614619/ https://www.pexels.com/@cedric-estienne-25433351/ https://www.pexels.com/@enginakyurt/ https://www.pexels.com/@susan-wood-1239150/ https://www.pexels.com/@vladimir-koshenkov-2187789/ https://www.pexels.com/@cavemantraining/ https://www.pexels.com/@deniz-bostanov-1265314/ https://www.pexels.com/@wilson-malone-739912/ https://www.pexels.com/@shvetsa/ https://www.pexels.com/@pixabay/ https://www.pexels.com/@irfan-patel-3780424/ https://www.pexels.com/@sumonerror/ https://www.pexels.com/@arnavkainthola/ https://www.pexels.com/@arthousestudio/ If I left anyone out, it's not on purpose, just a mistake! I tried to attribute everyone I could.