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“Every kid in the world wants to dig a great big hole,” said X-Ray. “To China, right?” | Watch all my exclusive videos by joining Nebula at https://go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller

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Sources:
Amateur treasure hunter plunges 130 feet: https://nypost.com/2024/01/08/news/amateur-treasure-hunter-plunges-130ft-to-his-death-in-hole-he-dug-inside-his-home/
After 40 years’ burrowing, Mole Man of Hackney is ordered to stop: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/aug/08/communities.uknews
The deepest hole we have ever dug: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190503-the-deepest-hole-we-have-ever-dug
The Kola superdeep borehole in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4mzEGeMNAI&t=1200s
Kola Superdeep Borehole: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kola-superdeep-borehole?mc_cid=69025636df
At 2.8 km down, a 1-of-a-kind microorganism lives all alone: https://phys.org/news/2008-10-km-of-a-kind-microorganism.html

Media shown: A Game About Digging A Hole, Motherload, Minecraft, Holes, The Shawshank Redemption, The Core, Fantastic Mr. Fox, God of War II, Dragon’s Dogma II, 1000xRESIST, Neva, Echo Point Nova, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Cookie Clicker, PegIdle, Uzumaki

Music Used (Chronologically): Main Theme (SteamWorld Dig), New Heights in El Machino (SteamWorld Dig 2), Heavy Industry HQ (Motherload), Mergo’s Lullaby (Bloodborne), Ending (SteamWorld Dig), Human Resources (Perfect Vermin), Old World (SteamWorld Dig), The Rattlesnake (Holes), Dig It (Holes), Lorena 2 (Red Dead Redemption 2), Outlaws From the West (Red Dead Redemption 2), The Magnificent Four (Sunset Riders), The Sticks-for-Hands Rag (West of Loathing), Stage Clear (Sunset Riders), Ear to the Ground (Hanna Lindgren), Thorofare Hike (Firewatch),

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Description credit: “Holes” by Louis Sachar

To grow old is to lose everything. Aging, everybody knows it. | Watch my exclusive videos on Peggle and many other topics by joining Nebula at https://go.nebula.tv/jacob-geller

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Renata Price on Dragon’s Dogma 2: https://bulletpointsmonthly.com/2024/05/24/learning-the-script-dragons-dogma-2
Additional editing by Isaac Holland
Thanks to Grittyhamy for capturing footage of Dragon’s Dogma 2: https://x.com/GrittyHamy

Media shown: Earth Defense Force 6, Earth Defense Force 5, Earth Defense Force 4.1 – The Shadow of New Despair, Earth Defense Force 2017, Monster Attack, Global Defense Force, World of Goo, World of Goo 2, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, Dragon’s Dogma, Dragon’s Dogma 2, 500 Caliber Contractz, Hades 2, Children of the Sun, Echo Point Nova, Metal Gear Solid 2, Metal Gear Solid 4, Yakuza 0, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Nine Sols, Inscryption, I Am Your Beast, Persona 3 Reload, A Highland Song, God of War (2005), God of War (2018), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Raising Arizona, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning,

Music Used (Chronologically): Human Resources (Perfect Vermin), Jeopardy! (Game Gear), Main Theme (Streets of Rage 4), The Heatseeker (Pistol Whip), The Long Juicy Road (World of Goo 2), Tumbler (World of Goo 2), Exhibition (The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe), Destroyer Destroyed (The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe), Atomic Express (World of Goo 2), The Memory Zone (The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe), HELL (The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe), Epilogue (The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe), Havre (Dragon’s Dogma 2), True Ending (Dragon’s Dogma 2), Farewell Rook (Dragon’s Dogma 2), Epilogue (The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe), A Dark Knight at El Sol (World of Goo 2), EDF Songs (EDF 4.1 – Shadow of New Despair)

Additional music and sound effects from Epidemic Sound

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Description credit: “Affirmation” by Donald Hall