Summary of "EX-OBLIVIONE | HP Lovecraft Cosmic Horror GTA V Machinima"

Summary

This GTA V machinima reimagines an H.P. Lovecraft tale set at Miskatonic University. Professor Duncan (Nathaniel) Schmidt is told by Dr. Nelson he has a rapidly growing brain tumor and only weeks to live. Schmidt confesses he’s been plagued by waking “dreamlands” — impossible geometries, monoliths, and visions of otherworldly creatures — and a senior professor reveals he has had the same nightmares. Rather than surrender, the faculty lead Schmidt down into an old secret lab built by the “mad scholar” Nicholas Stanton to try to study his dreams.

They hook Schmidt up to monitors and a cat named Nick, then let him fall asleep so they can map his brainwaves and record the dreamland. The film shifts into vivid, surreal dream sequences: impossible colors, shapes, whispering voices urging Schmidt to “walk toward it,” and glimpses of monstrous entities — even an unsettling image of an infant “Great One.” At one point someone accuses another of having “planted this thing inside me,” suggesting something more sinister than an ordinary tumor.

The experiment ends in disaster: Schmidt’s body dissolves on the operating table after contact with one of the Great Ones, and the team fails to recover useful data. The closing scene is a grief-stricken vow from one of the survivors to “tie it all together” and find a way to stop the creeping cosmic horror — to save loved ones (Abigail, Olivia) and to avenge or rescue his friend James.

“Walk toward it.” “I’ll tie it all together.”

Highlights and memorable beats

The grim opening diagnosis that sets urgent stakes.
The bond/confession scene where multiple professors admit to sharing life-long nightmares.
Discovery of the hidden Stanton laboratory beneath Miskatonic.
Dream-sequence visuals: monoliths, impossible geometry, cosmic colors, whispering commands to “walk toward it.”
The creepy, domestic detail of a cat named Nick present during the experiment.
An ambiguous implication that someone may have implanted the tumor or influence inside Schmidt.
The tragic climax: Schmidt’s body dissipates after contacting a Great One, leaving unanswered questions and a vow for revenge and research.

Tone and standout qualities

Classic Lovecraftian dread: knowledge that leads to madness, small human experiments against incomprehensible beings, and an ending that replaces hope with obsession.
Uses GTA V visuals and machinima framing to create unsettling, surreal dream imagery.
Emotional throughline: friendship, guilt over lost loved ones, and a desperate scientist’s determination to confront an unknowable threat.

Characters / Personalities

Duncan (Nathaniel) Schmidt — professor and patient, central protagonist
Dr. Nelson — diagnosing doctor
Professor Argoma — senior professor/colleague who shares the nightmares
Nicholas Stanton — the “mad scholar” who built the hidden lab (mentioned)
James — Schmidt’s friend/war comrade (mentioned)
Abigail and Olivia — loved ones referenced as motivations
Nick — the cat present in the lab
Narrator/surviving colleague (unnamed) — vows to continue the fight and pursue answers