The Petscop Investigation - Part 5

Cold Open: 0:00
Intro: 1:39
Refresher: 5:56
Petscop 11: 10:56
Petscop 12: 30:40
Petscop 13: 34:11
Final Thoughts: 38:34


This is the fifth part of my analysis on the enigmatic web series Petscop. And, while the opening of this video might’ve been a bit of an exaggeration—you know, I haven’t lost my grip on sanity quite yet, but this series has definitely left me scratching my head on many occasions. The 11th video came out last Christmas after months of radio silence from the channel. And the 12th video came out not too long after that. And, in March of this year, the 13th video was released. It is safe to say that there’s plenty of new material to cover here. And I am fairly confident in saying that my analysis will cover some new and compelling ground.

But be warned. As is often the case with great works of art, this web series goes to some uncomfortable places. So, if you're not in the right emotional state for this sort of thing, you should probably sit this one out.

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References and Additional Reading

The Petscop Youtube Channel:    / @petscop  

The Petscop Subreddit:   / petscop  

Comprehensive Progress Document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w...

Petscop was covered in the New Yorker!
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rab...

Someone figured out the code for the language in the game:
  / the_typing_system_is_phonetic_heres_a_hope...  

DIGITAL IMMORTALITY: SELF OR 0010110?. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Does my algorithm have a mental-health problem? https://aeon.co/ideas/made-in-our-own...

Jack Zipes (2013). “Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale”, p.4, University Press of Kentucky: https://books.google.com/books/about/...

Room photo by Felipe Micaroni Lalli (CC-By-SA)

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