Monty Zander
@montyzander.bsky.social
The details matter. Video Essayist. He/Him. Host of Lore Dump. Banner by Hotcyder. https://youtube.com/MontyZander
Bonjour mon ami! Lore Dump’s back where I cover my 2025 GOTY - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Chase tries not to backseat dump, Neil becomes a fashionista, and Monty tries not to cry. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Story Explained youtu.be/DTy7sbMX82I
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Story Explained
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If the world is just, Denshattack will be in GOTY conversations in December. A game that absolutely nails what it’s going for in every single way. A 10/10 video game that had me grinning from ear to ear every minute I was playing it.
Denshattack!
ALT: Denshattack!
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Finally watched Supergirl. The first hour is quite good (not great) and then dips big time. Some great little beats (flying to space to scream. Love it.) It also relies far too much on quite bad needle drops and it’s quite an ugly film. Flashbacks are good though! Milly Alcock is superb throughout.
Just turned to my wife and said “we had good rain this morning” so I guess I’m 90 years old now.
The horror of Wolfenstein: The New Colossus is in how much monstrous machinery was already in the US, waiting for someone to plug in. In places the game feels underdeveloped. But one thing stays the same. We're in the Nazi-killing business. And business is good. youtu.be/eIIglIWwwj0?...
Wolfenstein: The New Colossus Critique - Business is Good
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The Odyssey is a very well made movie but possibly my least favourite version of the story. All of the horror and none of the charm.
The Wolfenstein: The New Colossus critique - Nazi-Killing Business - is coming along nicely! Should be out in a couple of weeks, I worked on this and the last video side by side so a lot of the heavy lifting was done when The New Order video went live. We're talking about America. Stay tuned! 👀
Proud to announce the next game Vampirium: 1997 Dracula is king of the United British Empire. Kill his enemies and find your own path through a minimalist immersive sim sandbox. Wishlists and retweets massively appreciated (and, you know, massively helpful) store.steampowered.com/app/4035190/...
Vampirium: 1997 on Steam
1997. Dracula is King of England. At his command, master your dark gifts to assassinate his enemies and secure his vampiric empire. Infiltrate locked-down locations, adapt and survive in living enviro...
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Ghost of Tsushima - Story Explained youtu.be/9oCdZ9_oUNY We’re back with a sweeping Samurai Epic tackling themes of family, class, and honour. I sure hope Chase takes this seriously.
Ghost of Tsushima - Story Explained
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So some bonafide Nazis found my Wolfenstein video. Suddenly the writer’s block for The New Colossus is gone.
The Bear’s final season was so good that it made the weaker seasons better in retrospect. Fucking fantastic show.
new youtube studio update removed the likes/dislikes section and replaced it with just how much you made from each vid and it bums me out something fierce
Heinrich Himmler wanted Germans to bang in graveyards. Nazis only get weirder from there, and Wolfenstein gets it. youtu.be/QydfhmIy9pw Thumbnail by the wonderful @hotcyder.bsky.social
Wolfenstein: The New Order Critique - The Weird Reich
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So did you cringe at Tupac as well or are you a loser. Gross. #SummerGameFest
Control 2’s September release date is a mistake. Fuck.
Our new Lore Dump episode is live! We're back in black for Batman: Arkham Shadow. Monty tries to reclaim gaming history by explaining the lore of (potentially) his favourite Arkham story while Chase and Neil try to figure out why he kept this episode a secret. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXeZ...
Batman: Arkham Shadow - Story Explained
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Just don’t make anymore movies and give me more of this please. #007FirstLight rocked. Any complaints I have feel like fun challenges for the sequel to iterate on (boss fights and gadget variety mainly!)
The 007 #FirstLight devs played Bloodstone and it shows. Absolutely glorious video game.
Today seems like a good day to announce my next two writey long longs will be on Machine Games #Wolfenstein series. I had to read a lot of weird stuff for this so you can deal with that when it’s out. Coming soon! Thumbnails by @hotcyder.bsky.social
The American Government is outright stating immigrants aren’t human now. Straight-up Nazi shit. www.whitehouse.gov/aliens/
Aliens
Search illegal alien arrests in your city and across the US on our interactive map. Discover how the Trump administration is delivering on immigration promises with record enforcement actions and larg...
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First Light’s writing gets better and better the longer it goes on. The comedy’s on point, the characters have heart, but it’s main mystery actually justifies itself as an origin story because it explains a) why Bond is the way he is in the future and b) why M lets him get away with his bullshit.
QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 In an effort to battle the algorithm, I’ve moved the Noobus Humanus series over to its own channel! 👇 All future Noobus videos will be here: youtube.com/@noobushuman...
