Resident Evil ASMR

My ability to play video games is limited by my less than stellar dexterity, my patience, my time, and my priorities, but I do spent a lot of time enjoying games second-hand, by watching others play them, and by immersing myself in their sonic (and, by extension, visual) pleasures. Atmospheric Gaming is one of numerous channels on YouTube where extended stretches of game ambience are captured and shared — perhaps the most applicable term is documented. They are field recordings of artificial soundscapes. This extended sequence, 10 straight hours, of windy background sound is from the new game Resident Evil Requiem, just out this year. It’s all quiet dread and threatening weather, and the billowing window does double duty as a kind of visualizer, filling the central space when gusts take it.