FeedVid Live Is A Found Footage Horror Set In Twitch

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The found footage genre in films have inevitably inched its way to games, typically presented as VHS horror games that present its scares through layers of degradation, static grain, and rough scanlines. In these games, where murders and other unspeakable horrors are seemingly recorded as VHS tapes, its footage is grainy and even hazy, and is recorded from the first-person perspective, almost as if these scenes weren’t supposed to be found or watched. But in today’s digital age, the found footage genre is due for an upgrade. Who else, other than retro aficionados, still uses VHS tapes and CRT televisions to watch lost footage?

One example of an updated found footage game is the mobile horror game Sara Is Missing, which mimics the interface of a phone such that players have to rummage through the phone’s content to discover its missing owner’s last whereabouts. Our familiarity with mobile phones is what fuels the uncanny feeling of dread in Sara is Missing, as you rifle through text messages, private pictures and emails for more clues, all while hoping that you won’t stumble across anything appalling. Then there’s FeedVid Live, a game that takes place on a live-streaming app that looks suspiciously similar to Twitch—complete with in-game chats, screenshots of classic Twitch streams titled ‘EPICJAKE CRIES ON STREAM (MENTAL BREAKDOWN)’ and ‘Addressing the drama…’, and generous donations from subscribers.

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FeedVid Live is, at its heart, an escape room game. It begins with you being gifted a subscription from a stranger. You’ll eventually find your way to a mysterious, green-tinted live stream that resembles the set of torture porn horror Saw, and an eerily empty chatroom—at