Post-Apocalyptic Games Avoid Darkness 😱

Babe 2: Pig in The City is unironically darker than most post apocalyptic games. Why is that?

Is Post-Apocalyptic even a real genre?
Or is it just a cheap badge for games afraid to examine the very thing the genre was built on?

In this video we will answer these questions and many more as I take on the titans in the genre to argue that games like This War of Mine and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. are more "post-apocalyptic" than the titles that wear the genre like a badge of honor.

Videos Used
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q22dbK2O6kQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvvZ6p0_jHw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiAF1XZQeDc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tlUDx7PWco
https://x.com/extellus_/status/1951058229854622184/video/1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O59eCiycYHs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKFSt3sxTUs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB03IsgDDmI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyhoT3smJEQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phJayQSRJgc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ApXKXOJ0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScBIS5ALCLQ&t=278s

Songs Used
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCd_pxNVDTk&list=PLPMMvka0St1FMmh3--oJY8YW3sbOYeyaG&index=164
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DPnCGrNb1c&list=PLPMMvka0St1FMmh3--oJY8YW3sbOYeyaG&index=169
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So8Q97IBlvU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNiS5b0UMaY
Last of Us OST
This War of Mine OST
Journey OST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni01hSes-Kw&list=PLPMMvka0St1FMmh3--oJY8YW3sbOYeyaG&index=96
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peRbOWYwPNE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT9Qi8wYYMk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X866UqWSD4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvhhpIAbJMY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4aANyW8HMk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mobEZfSZeRs

Thumbnail inspired by TheButterAnvil

Chapters:
0:00 What the Hell is the Post Apoc Genre?
04:32 The Marketable Plushy of the Genre
10:17 The Roots of the Genre
13:18 The Last of Us
17:47 Da Sequel Is Very Dawk
24:23 Children of Men
28:00 Hydrogen Bomb Vs. Coughing Baby
33:47 A Game That Made Me Feel Something