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-<p>
-<strong>
-Emergent Hyper-structural Portal Functionality AKA EHSPF [related:
-MetroidVania]
-</strong>
-<br/>
-Emergent Hyper-structural Portal Functionality or EHSPF (of which
-[[vpd]]
-'s are a subset) refers to various
-permutations of functional portals offering veiled or shielded glimpses of or
-contact with the Hidden World AKA the contents of the
-[[cybernetics]]
-by articulating a poignant and
-enveloping alternate reality. Most often EHSPF is used in reference to digital
-alternate reality platforms (
-[[error]]
-'s) containing a palpable aesthetic of
-loneliness, desolation, and longing. The concept emerged in part as a way to parse the
-emotional and psychological effects of the MetroidVania
-<sup>
-</sup>
-series of
-games originally associated with the Nintendo Entertainment System (
-[[nes]]
-). Primarily
-centering on
-[[metroid]]
-,
-[[zelda]]
-and a number of titles
-from
-[[konami]]
-and, to a lesser extent, Capcom,
-the series was characterized by the insinuation of a world beyond view via
-scrolling - elements that pre-exist (and post-exist) engagement. Thus, the
-player itself controls the scrolling, the view of the game orients a limitless
-reality around
-<em>
-self
-</em>
-. This conjuring or insinuation of the
-non-temporal non-spatial aspects of
-cyberspace led to direct engagement with
-[[apeirophobia]]
-, or fear/fascination with infinity as it pertains to the
-generation of so-called existential (and thus poignant) emotions. These
-emotions result in the digital reality taking on the properties of a
-simulacrum. Extreme examples of this technique include various "infinite loop"
-traps from the EHSPF series including, but not limited to, the
-[[lost-woods]]
-in
-<em>
-[[zelda]]
-</em>
-, the
-[[hidden-level]]
-in
-<em>
-[[solomons-key]]
-</em>
-, Level
--4 in Super Mario Bros. and, to a certain extent, the
-[[ladder-scene]]
-in
-<em>
-[[metal-gear-solid]]
-: Snake Eater
-</em>
-. Also vital in the parsing of EHSPF
-functionality is gameplay based on non-linear, self determination and
-cybernetic self-advancement via the acquisition of skills and weapons and need
-to backtrack. The practice of reality morphing/glitches
-<sup>
-</sup>
-(whether
-or not intentional) as it relates to
-[[berhold-brecht]]
-'s
-<em>
-Verfremdungseffekt
-</em>
-or "distancing effect" also serves to amplify
-emotional effects of the EHSPF series. By reinforcing the digital artifice
-inherent to such environments, players are made aware that they are inhabiting
-a parallel reality. Sometimes referred to as "glitch framing", these transparencies of machinery parallel "IRL"
-moments of contact or awareness with base reality characterized by the transcendence of cerebral conceptual frameworks
-including a discrete sense of self. Subsequently, EHSPF terminology has come to be applied to the non-digital realm.
-[[error]]
-, outdated
-[[burgundy-car-interior]]
-, certain cloud formations,
-the creation and collective acceptance of narrative myth,
-<!-- links to self *ready* -->
-[[ornithomancy]]
-bird behaviours
-<sup>
-</sup>
-–these non-digital phenomena have been cited
-as having potential ESHPF properties (especially when paired with the appropriate audio)
-<sup>
-</sup>
-. Additionally,
-portal functionality can be accessed
-internally via extended meditation, psychosis, and/or psychedelic/
-[[narcotics]]
-drugs. Hyper-structurality here refers to the emergence of portal
-functionality from larger systems of interlocking alternate reality generators with
-common practices, phenomenological parameters, and general aesthetic sense
-<sup>
-</sup>
-. In recent years, a number of
-prominent neuropsychologists have begun to posit the idea that the public's unquenchable desire for items displaying
-ESHPF actually represents a turn away from base reality, and that our pursuit of such portals amounts to a sort of
-[[imago]]
-"death wish" in the form of a non-temporal nostalgic oblivion.
-</p>
-<div class="footnote">
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-A
-<em>
-vaticinium et eventu
-</em>
-portmanteau for a series of games combining aspects of
-<em>
-Metroid
-</em>
-and the Konami title
-<em>
-Castlevania
-</em>
-.
-</p>
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-Ex. "climbing the walls" in
-<em>
-Metroid
-</em>
-and the
-[[konami]]
-.
-Notably,
-[[nes]]
-glitches commonly occurred as a result of insufficient ROM, often slowing
-and slurring gameplay in moments of violent complexity - in a sense a meta-digital "fight or flight" response.
-</p>
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-Birds, as dinosaur descendents, are the only animals able to fully traverse organic portals in full
-corporeal form.
-</p>
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-Ex: anything from
-<em>
-Hejira
-</em>
-that Jaco plans on.
-</p>
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-Playing
-<em>
-[[rygar]]
-</em>
-during a quiet rainstorm with [
-<span data="wiki-error">
-ref subscript 4
-</span>
-] while under
-<!-- link to self? -->
-the influence of Sativa-dubbed
-[[error]]
-.
-</p>
-</div>
-]]>

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