CONTROL is one of the greatest games of the past decade - but more than that - it is also an exciting celebration of the New Weird. Just what is the New Weird? In this video, I attempt to answer this and more while keeping the spoilers as light as possible.

Correction: for some reason I kept calling Johnny Truant 'Harry' when recording the audio - and I think I somehow edited my memories to believe that name was correct. Please note that whenever I say 'Harry', I really mean 'Johnny'.

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-- Table of Contents --

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:04:38 - CONTROL
0:16:11 - The Weird
0:28:03 - The New Weird
0:39:37 - Area X
0:49:59 - House of Leaves
1:02:30 - Semiotics
1:10:33 - Conclusion