A video on Cookie’s Bustle, an obscure Japanese point-n-click that was saved from being lost media, then almost ceased to exist after a series of cryptic copyright strikes, before finding a second life amongst archivists and new fans.
Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:53 – Cookie’s Bustle
3:50 – The Cookie Trail
8:24 – The Players Are The Game
This video has only a glimpse into the actual gameplay due to it focusing on the copyright incidents and background, specifically based on my own research and journalism on Twitter last December. My threads on the matter can be found here:
https://twitter.com/patbytes/status/1606508779692068866
https://twitter.com/patbytes/status/1602829399564648448
Articles by Hardcore Gaming 101 (2019) and Time Extension (2023):
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/01/someone-is-trying-to-erase-this-obscure-japanese-video-game-from-the-internet
Cookie’s Bustle Discord Server
https://discord.gg/FqAJYybth8
Soundtrack
* Deus Ex OST – Airfield Conversation
* Mario Artist Polygon Studio OST – Modeler Rocket 2
* Dancing Eyes OST – Cold Sleep
* AFX – subbassjzzYvEntolins
* AFX – 15 sekonda
I’ll save this video as existing footages of this game lol
you can still download it , people preserved it but it only works on windows xp.
@sampeter1471 it’s been tough trying to get it to work, JUST LET ME PLAY COOKIE’S BUSTLE, GOD DAMN IT
I still find it hilarious that a guy named Brandon White has just as much power as Nintendo taking down a Japanese Language; released in Japan only game. And you simply just need to “threaten” legal action. I’m waiting for someone with deep pockets to take the dude down.
2:53
That escalated rather quickly..
Unfortunately the clip cuts out just before Cookie asks the fried terrorists “Daijōbu?”
This video should be arming people on how to contest these fraudulent copyright claims. And taking this guy to court.