Oxenfree

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An old school title, a new school title, or like an indie darling, like the one we're talking about today, or take you through the production, the creation, and then the actual game itself.

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Yes, we are.

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Yes, and this is actually a very special episode because a member of our Discord, Allie, hi Allie, asked if we could do Oxenfree, and I was like, you know what?

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I did play this, so I'm doing it for you, girl.

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So if you want to hang out with us on Discord and suggest games you want to hear us do, that's an option.

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I won't always take them seriously, but you know.

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Yeah, we can't take every single suggestion that's thrown at us.

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No, I just, the pigeon fucking games.

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I don't understand it.

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I respect it.

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Like if that's your jam, fucking cluck, cluck, bitch, let's go, but I want to shoot something.

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I don't want to date the bird.

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Like honestly, also, Tom and I have been together for a very long time.

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I've never had a dating app, so I don't think the gamification of a relationship really hit for me.

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Tom and I started dating before Tinder existed, just to date that.

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But like by two months.

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But still, that shit still counts though.

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So yeah, just the gamification of finding a partner or navigating a relationship, like that's not fun for me.

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I don't understand this world at all.

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That's fine.

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We're doing Oxenfree today anyway, and I have no idea what this is about.

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So it could have been a dating sim, and I would not have known.

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This is a dating sim where you go hang out with a bunch of birds.

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Oh, really?

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No.

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Baby, sit tight.

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I'll tell you everything that's going on.

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So in June of 2014 in Glendale, California, home to possibly the better mall in the LA area, I think that the Americana is better than the Grove.

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I'ma throw it out there.

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Hot take, everyone.

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Two cousins met up and started a video game company.

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Fucking dream, right?

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Yeah.

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These cousins are Sean Crankle and Adam Hines.

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Both of these boys had experience in video games prior to starting this new company with Sean working at Universal Interactive, where he worked on some of the later generation Crash Bandicoot properties, and Adam coming from Telltale, where he worked on The Wolf Among Us.

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That's really cool.

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I mean, he worked on one of our favorite games of all time then.

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Oh my God, right?

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I love The Wolf Among Us so goddamn much.

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It's so good.

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And he was a writer on there.

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And a big part of his whole deal was the dialogue that makes things feel real, which we'll pay off later in this, I promise.

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Okay, good.

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So with their powers combined, the team made up Night School Studios.

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Now, Night School Studios very quickly ended up using Sean and Adam's impressive resume to sell their first game.

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So they really were like, hey, homeboy from Telltale writes a new game.

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Please give us money.

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And I get where they're coming from because it is an indie title and it's very difficult to break through.

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We just did Fort Solace, which was Fallen Leaf Studios' first title, and they had to book the best talent in the entire fucking genre to help sell units of that.

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That's true.

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On March 1st, 2015, the team pushed the first Oxenfree trailer on their YouTube channel.

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The trailer to date is still under 400,000 views, which feels kind of wild.

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Wow.

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Yeah, because it's such a big game and it's been around for so long and people really do love it.

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I'm surprised that the original trailer's not popping off on YouTube.

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The trailer was accompanied with this description.

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Night School Studios' Oxenfree is a supernatural teen thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghost rift.

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Players control Alex, who brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party gone wrong off the coast of their hometown.

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Alex and Jonas, those are great names.

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Yeah, and if I want to give you, because you haven't played this, right?

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No, I have nothing on this game.

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Okay, I've played this twice.

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I played this a couple of years ago when my friend Anna was playing it and told me I had to.

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And I kind of was like, great, put it down, moved on with my life.

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And then I picked it up in the last week or so to run through again, to finish it for this episode.

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So I've run through it twice, and from doing some research, I'm pretty knowledgeable.

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But coming from the outside, Oxenfree doesn't look like it's about a lot of stuff.

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So I wanted to give you Night School Studios' perspective on what the game is about and what those core values are, since you probably haven't seen a ton about it in the media.

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Yeah, I mean, hardly anybody's seen the trailer, so.

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You are amongst the populace.

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Yeah.

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The video also included a note on the studio itself, which read, Night School is an independent studio.

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We make stories, games and story games.

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Established in 2014 by Telltale and Disney alumni, with a perchant for entertainment filled with wonder, danger and humor.

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That very much is kind of like a Telltale sign of a Telltale game.

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Yeah.

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You know, like, that's exactly how I would describe that.

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That's perfect.

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So internally, the team really wanted to recapture some of that, like, Telltale artistry, like you said, with what they've called a Spielberg-esque 80s era, like, nostalgia for the world.

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Oh, 80s is so popular.

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They also, the team has gone on saying that they did the 80s nostalgia thing before Stranger Things.

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Like, they've made it a very big point to combat that energy right there.

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I mean, it's not like Stranger Things invented the idea of setting things in the 80s.

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I thought they invented the 80s.

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I was born in the 90s, so I wasn't around, I can't tell you.

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But that's kind of the energy we're looking for through this.

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So when we're talking about the game, we're talking about a lot of showing off character work.

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And in addition to that, Adam from Telltale was able to reunite with video game performer, Erin Yvette, who was Snow in The Wolf Among Us to helm the role of Alex in Oxenfree.

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Oh, wonderful, that's great.

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So we're getting a Telltale Queen alum doing kind of an open dialogue character study.

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It's also just a sign that these are people that are good to work with, that people are willing to work with them more than once.

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That's a fact, and I think that's an underrated quality in performers and creators of saying, oh, if you guys can continue to work together even outside of contracts with studios and things like that, that means you trust each other.

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Yeah, entirely.

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I love to see it.

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Now, the game itself really centers around Alex, who the team modeled a bit after the main girl, Lindsay, from Freaks and Geeks.

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Now, if you're reasonably too young to have seen it, I think I'm too young to have seen it, to be real.

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She's an awkward teen who's leaving her childhood behind to figure out who she is, which I guess if you're Gen Z, that's Lady Bird.

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I didn't like Lady Bird.

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One big feature of this game is that Night School really wanted to avoid falling into being just a cutscene chaser.

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A major aspect they wanted to bring through for the characters is to be able to have a conversation while moving around the environment, rather than like walking and standing here and being stuck just not moving while I talk.

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Like, that sucks.

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They didn't want that.

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It's a walk and talk simulator?

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Yes, and it's fucking great.

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They wanted the player to be able to dramatically storm out of scenes, which I think is so fucking funny when you can just be extra shit in the video game for no reason.

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I'm out of here.

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Yeah, flips a table and shit.

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The team developed Oxenfree and its following sequel, Oxenfree 2, on the Unity engine.

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And we are gonna get a little timely right now and talk about the Unity engine.

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So we are recording this as of early October, 2023.

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That's where all my information is in.

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So don't come for me in a couple of years if this is all fucked up.

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Yeah, right.

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So in a quick summary, during the team's development of Oxenfree and its sequel, Unity was a platform that would charge developers a rate off of the net sales of a game that was made with its engine after a certain threshold only.

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So like, if I make a dollar, you're not coming for half that dollar.

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But if I make a million dollars, we're going to talk about cutting you a check.

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You know what I mean?

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Yeah, it's pretty common within the engine world to give it for free, and then anybody that makes a lot of money off of it, get a cut of it.

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Unreal works in that same way, right?

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Yeah, definitely do.

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Yeah, and this structure also works great for indie developers who don't necessarily want to bog down their game with a bunch of microtransactions, shit like that.

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They're kind of like, well, if we get there, we'll get there, but I can kind of keep the lights on, just kind of rolling with this shit right now.

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Yeah, it still costs money to make a game.

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Right, well, on September 12th, 2023, Unity announced that they were adjusting their model to charge developers a rate based on how many times the game would be downloaded instead of how much money the game net.

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Oh, it's such a horseshit plan.

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So tell me why it's a horseshit plan.

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There's so many reasons why it's a horseshit plan.

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Like you're charging them every time it gets downloaded, not every time it gets bought.

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That's, ugh, you can really screw over a company that way.

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Entirely, if you say put out a game for free, it gets downloaded a million times, Unity charges a dollar for each download, you're on a million dollars.

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That's obviously a very general ballpark example, but that's an example to show how this can fuck people over.

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Right, but the problem being is, let's say you only sold 100,000 copies, but it still got downloaded a million times.

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Exactly, you're at negative money now.

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That's a possibility.

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Ugh, well, it's fucking wild, but on September 22nd, 2023, Unity published an open letter to the community where Mark Whitten, the head of Unity Create, apologized.

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They backtracked, reset how they're doing the charges, and basically tucked their tail between their legs and said they fucked up.

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It was like when Sonic got redesigned in the movie.

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It was beautiful.

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I was thinking like Watsi when they walked back their whole bullshit plan as well.

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Oh, with the Dungeons and Dragons mods and shit like that?

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Yeah, definitely.

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Yeah, so just in the trail up to this game, it's littered with wild shit that's in the news that I'm just also dying to talk about.

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So thank you for indulging me.

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But also don't let anybody ever tell you that your voice doesn't matter.

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It's because of all these voices rising up that this changed.

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Absolutely, that's true.

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Now, we've covered Among Us and our Patreon, and I did bring us up through the uni drama where one of the heads of Innersloth, the developers behind Among Us were like, well, you're gonna force our hand, like fucking boss the wall all about it, it was so cool.

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And then they dropped the fungal two days later.

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Yeah.

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So back to this game.

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So we've got some serious talent from Telltale alumni, a vision of a quirky, personal, character-driven interactive piece.

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We're set, we're in a good place.

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Night School Studios released Oxenfree on January 15th, 2016 on PC and Xbox One.

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A few months later, they expanded to PlayStation and then the Switch in 2017.

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Now, as the game was released, something truly magical happened that we have to talk about.

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Hidden within the game was a secret ARG, an augmented reality game that culminated in a real life experience for some fans.

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You love a good ARG.

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Oh, bitch, I love a good ARG.

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Now, I'm not gonna spoil anything yet, but within the actual game, there was a code players could interact with to find a phone number.

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The phone number findable in the game was 916-936-3733 or 91-OXENFREE.

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Nice, sorry, they started it with 91?

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Is it Sacramento area code?

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Yeah, I don't-

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Okay, it just feels very dangerous lying to walk.

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It is.

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For players who found this phone number and called it, they would hear a song from the game's soundtrack.

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This specific song, Beacon Beach, has a Morse code message embedded in the beat that spelled a character's name over and over again.

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Holy shit.

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Two weeks after the game had launched, any players who called that Oxenfree phone number got a mysterious text on January 28th, 2016 that had a Morse code.

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The code translates to Good Work, DLBB, Listen Close.

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Now, the curious part that people were pouring over was the DLBB.

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Like, what does that mean?

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There's a full subreddit losing their minds over this.

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I can imagine.

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I mean, I've seen some mystery subreddits and they do lose their minds.

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I'm immediately trying to figure out what DLBB.

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I'm thinking, like, download baby butt?

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I don't know.

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Download the baby butt.

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You're not wrong.

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Okay.

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Drown little baby butt.

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It is DL for download.

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But wait, the song on the answering machine?

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That was called Beacon Beach?

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Yes, it was.

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Okay.

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The DL was download Beacon Beach.

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If the song was downloaded on Bandcamp, the Morse code in the song was different this time.

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It was a completely different file.

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Fucking different file for different places that you play it on?

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Isn't this so fucking cool already?

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Holy shit.

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Instead of the Morse code being that character name over and over again, the code had a different message.

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Search Twitter number four, N-U-M.

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Search Twitter four.

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So now we have to search Twitter for a number, but what could it be?

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Aha, it's the phone number.

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So players searched for the phone number on Twitter, and there was only one account with that number, at X-Ray with the phone number.

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Right now, that account has about 1.4 thousand followers.

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That's it?

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Yeah.

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I mean, this is an indie game ARG from 2016.

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The world was different.

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That's fair.

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It's just funny that it's just such a low engagement on this thing.

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The feed of that Twitter page consists of reports of the date, time, city, state, and transcript of any messages that came into that phone number from fans.

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What does it all mean?

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So if you're like, oh, I found the phone number, let me call.

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And then you leave a message being like, hello, Oxenfree.

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It would automatically tweet it saying, we got a phone call from this fucking city with a message saying, hey, what's up?

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It's Oxenfree and shit like that.

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Okay.

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Oh, it's so fucking cool.

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The feed would, however, delete random tweets here and there.

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So the subreddit, it was like, holy shit, we have to document this.

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We have to get every screenshot of every fucking tweet.

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Of course.

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This went on for a few more weeks until February 11th, when the Night School Studios composer for Oxenfree tweeted, again, reminding gently, Beacon Beach from the Oxenfree soundtrack is a free DL.

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And then he linked to it.

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Why would he say DL and not download?

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Right.

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Because he's in on it.

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So the players were like, okay, we know about the DL thing.

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We have to download it.

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Wait, what if we download it again?

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This is the sound guy.

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He's changed the file.

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So the players went back to that link, re-downloaded Beacon Beach, and lo and behold, the Morse code had changed.

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On this new version of the song, once downloaded, the code, that Morse code that had different Morse code throughout the song this time, it had two messages.

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The messages were, deletes not needed, please stand by, SOS.

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So I think they're talking exactly to Twitter, being like, don't trip on when we delete them.

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Sometimes people just want their message deleted, like calm down.

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And then on the other way of the Morse code, it said, SOS Caneloa, SOS Caneloa.

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So from here, the ARG went fucking wild.

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These cryptic puzzles were dropped on the Twitter page, and sometimes the phone number's voicemail message would change, sometimes it was music, sometimes it was in-game characters leaving messages in the phone number, fucking crazy.

00:16:17.297 --> 00:16:21.377
And people are losing their minds, fully capturing all of this as we're going forward.

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All 14 of them.

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It got so wild that Night School Studios actually reached out to one of the participating members of the mystery-solving subreddit and their Discord, an alternative version of the PS4 trailer of this game.

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Because again, no one's seen it.

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Right.

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Which had a secret code that translated to a secret website.

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Oh my God.

00:16:45.277 --> 00:16:48.257
Too much moving the goalpost, holy shit.

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So there were a lot more puzzles, especially on the website, but it all culminates in the community who had been following along, being invited by Night School Studios to Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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They took a ferry and landed on an island where they were able to interact with in-world clues on an island similar to the one the game is fully set in.

00:17:10.557 --> 00:17:12.717
What the fuck is going on?

00:17:13.037 --> 00:17:15.877
The wildest shit a marketer could do.

00:17:16.717 --> 00:17:21.157
So all these people, if they actually managed to get to that location, they got to just go on this trip?

00:17:21.337 --> 00:17:21.637
Yeah.

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The island had music boxes with music playing from the game, letters from characters and other in-world totems that they could take home with them after experiencing the game in real life.

00:17:33.917 --> 00:17:42.657
Although I do want to tell you, I watched a video about this, and there was one lull, and they were kind of just walking around, and one guy goes, Shit, is this Firewatch?

00:17:45.417 --> 00:17:50.097
So the walking sim energy is a little there, but that brought me so much joy.

00:17:50.117 --> 00:17:51.157
I was like, you're my Henry.

00:17:52.437 --> 00:17:59.217
Now, even with this wild as fuck real world game element aside, the game did pretty well across the board.

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It was scoring a solid four out of five stars and got nominated for like a handful of awards.

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Nothing crazy.

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The only one it did take home was the Excellence in Visual Art Award from the Independent Game Festival, which is pretty cool.

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Visual art's really important in a video game, so I'm really happy that this game did something different.

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Absolutely.

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Following the success of the game, Night School Studios also sold the rights to an adaptation of the game as a movie.

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In 2016, it was reported that the writer of The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, was working on this project.

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Over the years, this would fall apart, but keep this in mind for later.

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By October of 2019, three and a half years after release, Oxenfree crossed the three million copy mark.

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Oh, damn.

00:18:45.297 --> 00:18:47.697
I was really expecting this not even to sell a million copies.

00:18:47.917 --> 00:18:48.137
Oh.

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The hype train is a chewing, though, and in September of 2021, Netflix bought out Night School Studios and brought them under their wing under that Netflix gaming umbrella.

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This made Oxenfree 2 one of the first waves of Netflix games, and while we're at it, the Oxenfree project has been revived as a TV show, allegedly.

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I'm sorry, I'm still reeling over a Netflix video game.

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So you remember, oh, goodness, was it called Bandersnatch from Black Mirror?

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So they have that.

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There are some trivia games, and there are some kind of Dora the Explorer-esque games and Netflix kids, but they are exploring with interactive content.

00:19:30.017 --> 00:19:31.597
How have they not done Dragon's Lair yet?

00:19:31.617 --> 00:19:33.857
How have they not done goddamn any Telltale?

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Just buy out the old catalog.

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Seriously.

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You cowards.

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Netflix video games.

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I thought it was weird when Amazon got into video games with Valorant.

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We all still kind of think that's weird.

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No one's really taking it seriously.

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Respect to Valorant players, but come on.

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It's an Amazon game, guys.

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But then I guess Oxenfree 2 is gonna be a Netflix game, so who cares?

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Yeah, and it is.

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It's out.

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It did the thing.

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There's also talk of some development of After Party, which is a game that came between Oxenfree 1 and 2, and that may also come out as a TV show, also from Night School, so they really were just like, give us the catalog, we'll figure it out, fuck it.

00:20:13.797 --> 00:20:15.737
Oh, a different After Party TV show?

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Right.

00:20:16.297 --> 00:20:16.677
Okay.

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In 2021, Screen Rant declared Oxenfree as the best game you should know nothing about before playing.

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Oh, I love those games.

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So this is your last final fucking warning here.

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Point and no return.

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Because this is Oxenfree.

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I'll let you know right now, there are multiple endings to this game.

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Hell yeah.

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You love when you have to do that.

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I fucking don't.

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It's a lot of work and I, you know, I'm very dedicated to this, so like I'll watch every play through to see how to split hairs.

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I'm tired.

00:20:49.997 --> 00:20:50.997
You're already tired.

00:20:51.357 --> 00:20:59.037
Usually when I have a game that I cover where you do this, I try and also tell you about all the endings and what to do and how to pivot.

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I just did the fucking quarry.

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You want to hear how that goes?

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I'll tell you all about how that goes.

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It sucks.

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It's so long.

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Anyway, I love gaming, though.

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I do this for experience.

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I do this for the fun of it.

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I do it for the study on stories.

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But for this one, and you're gonna give me this one, I think it's more interesting to go over what I as a player would do.

00:21:20.757 --> 00:21:21.197
Okay.

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Now, the first time I played this game, like I said, was years ago, and I just remember that I didn't get a good ending.

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But it's been years.

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I barely remember the game.

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I was like, radio's on an island, got it.

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But I forgot that this is also considered a horror game.

00:21:37.917 --> 00:21:38.397
Oh, is it?

00:21:38.417 --> 00:21:40.477
I was gonna ask too, how many endings are there?

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A handful.

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It's more of like a configuration.

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It's certainly not up there with the quarry.

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Where each character has nine to 10 deaths, but you know, there's a sprawl, and I think I got the worst one.

00:21:52.957 --> 00:21:55.017
You really went for a theme this season, didn't you?

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No, I didn't.

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I didn't mean to.

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I just promised Ally I would do this, and I don't want to be rude.

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And I also didn't try to get a bad ending, to be very clear.

00:22:05.917 --> 00:22:14.537
I was reacting how I would react, and I'm kind of a butthole, so I apologize, but you know what?

00:22:14.577 --> 00:22:15.717
I played with flair.

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I left it all in the field, and at the end, it was just a game, so it's okay.

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That's how I want to emotionally prepare us going into this.

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Your mom did congratulate you just this week for not getting in a fight at Costco.

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I have a reputation.

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To uphold.

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In this town.

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So aesthetically, when we look at Oxenfree and not me fighting someone in a Costco, this has a dreamlike softness to the world.

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Colors and movement are gentle and delicate in a way.

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Okay, so this is gonna be the pretty game half of the season.

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Yeah.

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All right.

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The game opens with a foggy scene of a boat and some teens talking about an island.

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They're talking about Edward's Island.

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It's 8 p.m.

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and we take control of Alex.

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She's 17, she has cool blue hair, and she's on this lonely ferry with two friends.

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The chatty and sweet Ren, who likes to smoke weed and chill.

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He's pretty awesome.

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I like Ren.

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And someone she just met today, actually.

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Jonas.

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Jonas is Alex's step-brother, and they are literally just now meeting for the first time.

00:23:24.137 --> 00:23:24.797
Oh, damn.

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It was weird with shuffling school schedules, and their parents had kind of a fast wedding.

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So for some reason, today is the first time they're ever seeing each other.

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Even at the wedding, one of them missed it.

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Yeah.

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These teens chat a bit as the ferry comes up to Edward's Island, a former mining island then termed former military base, then turned into a tourist trap that has since kind of run down.

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In our world, it's implied by the ARG that this is a Washington slash Pacific Northwest Island.

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Within the conversation, Alex can react to other people in different ways, or even decide she's over a conversation and can just fuck off.

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And instead of having a silent option where the other characters nod, they're like, okay, whatever.

00:24:08.257 --> 00:24:10.917
These characters go, oh, you ain't got shit to say to me?

00:24:12.317 --> 00:24:13.737
You're just gonna walk away, bitch?

00:24:13.757 --> 00:24:15.017
They will heckle you.

00:24:15.117 --> 00:24:16.477
I love when a game does that.

00:24:16.517 --> 00:24:17.757
When a game will heckle you?

00:24:17.797 --> 00:24:19.597
Yeah, I think Cyberpunk does that too.

00:24:19.617 --> 00:24:22.477
If you just walk away while somebody's talking, they're like, okay, I guess I'm done.

00:24:23.097 --> 00:24:37.557
One of my favorite ones in Red Dead 2, where Arthur, you go to camp, you talk to Dutch, he'll ask you a question, and as Arthur, you wander away, Dutch just screams from across the camp over all the tents, well, fuck you too, then.

00:24:38.777 --> 00:24:41.337
And it's like the one F-bomb you get from Dutch.

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It's so fucking fun.

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That's great.

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So Jonas, new brother, asks Ren and Alex how long they know each other.

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You guys seem pretty close.

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And Ren says, oh, we've known each other so long.

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I've seen her in a bathtub and it was never weird.

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It's weird to say it.

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As Alex, I screamed, why are you talking about this?

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And then stormed out of the boat onto the deck.

00:25:03.417 --> 00:25:04.037
Damn right.

00:25:04.257 --> 00:25:07.817
I think my Alex is a little bit of a drama queen, but I love this for her.

00:25:08.757 --> 00:25:09.297
It's you.

00:25:09.837 --> 00:25:10.177
What?

00:25:10.857 --> 00:25:14.897
Wren has the three take a selfie before the boat gets to docking at Edward's Island.

00:25:15.357 --> 00:25:20.477
Wren asks Alex if she brought that portable radio with her because it's important for the plot.

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Your quick tutorial is a local radio station hosted by Wren's friend, dedicating a song to Wren and everyone who's going to the beach bash tonight.

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When people talk about Oxenfree, radio is inevitably come up.

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You, the player and Jonas are gonna wonder why.

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Wren goes on to say that there's no radio reception on the island, and Jonas and you are gonna be like, so why the fuck are we talking about radios?

00:25:46.137 --> 00:25:46.777
They don't work.

00:25:47.337 --> 00:25:49.417
And Wren is like, you'll see.

00:25:50.437 --> 00:25:52.397
So mysteries abound already.

00:25:52.517 --> 00:25:55.197
Yeah, what the fuck's going on with radios on this island?

00:25:55.837 --> 00:26:03.817
As the ferry approaches the dock, we see that selfie that Wren took with him right in the middle, and Jonas and Alex smiling on either side of him.

00:26:05.077 --> 00:26:11.817
After leaving the last ferry of the night, Wren tells the other two to take in that clean island air, just, ah.

00:26:12.577 --> 00:26:14.097
Jonas goes, yeah, it's great.

00:26:14.437 --> 00:26:15.317
I need a cigarette.

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Does anyone want one?

00:26:16.957 --> 00:26:20.097
And when you're 17, cigarettes are fucking currency.

00:26:20.237 --> 00:26:20.637
Yeah.

00:26:20.757 --> 00:26:21.697
Holy shit.

00:26:21.717 --> 00:26:24.997
And I think the age now for tobacco is 21 in the States.

00:26:25.117 --> 00:26:26.337
Which is wild to me.

00:26:26.417 --> 00:26:28.837
I'm amazed that passed, to be real.

00:26:28.897 --> 00:26:29.837
Couldn't believe it.

00:26:29.857 --> 00:26:35.697
As a teenage cigarette smoker, I was like, this is like a holy grail to pretend I'm 18 to buy fuck cigarettes.

00:26:35.917 --> 00:26:40.577
Now I'm like, I have to pretend I'm like paying taxes and already dropped out of college and shit.

00:26:40.597 --> 00:26:41.097
What the fuck?

00:26:41.617 --> 00:26:44.777
You know, there's just a big maturity jump, but I get it.

00:26:44.837 --> 00:26:45.737
Don't smoke tobacco.

00:26:45.757 --> 00:26:46.577
No, that's gross.

00:26:46.957 --> 00:26:52.877
Wren is like, hey, I just talked about how clean the air is, so no, I don't want a fucking cigarette, new guy.

00:26:53.357 --> 00:26:56.137
Alex is like, I want a cigarette, abso-fucking-lutely.

00:26:56.657 --> 00:26:58.117
Again, my Alex.

00:26:59.497 --> 00:27:05.717
So she goes up, has a cigarette with Jonas, puffs and immediately crumbles into a coughing fit.

00:27:06.337 --> 00:27:07.777
Oh, so she doesn't even smoke.

00:27:07.857 --> 00:27:10.577
No, she just wanted to look cool in front of her new brother-in-law.

00:27:11.257 --> 00:27:15.297
Wren leads Jonas and Alex through the landing area of the island.

00:27:15.497 --> 00:27:20.117
Right when you get there, there's a small town with some tourist traps, but they're all closed.

00:27:20.657 --> 00:27:27.697
He says that the place has become a ghost town, and there's only one resident on the island, an old lady named Mrs.

00:27:27.757 --> 00:27:28.197
Adler.

00:27:28.217 --> 00:27:29.377
Mrs.

00:27:29.477 --> 00:27:29.937
Adler?

00:27:30.057 --> 00:27:31.557
It is not Sadie Adler.

00:27:31.637 --> 00:27:33.057
Are you sure about that?

00:27:33.497 --> 00:27:34.117
Yeah.

00:27:35.357 --> 00:27:37.937
But also, why is there only one resident?

00:27:37.957 --> 00:27:39.057
That's so creepy.

00:27:39.217 --> 00:27:43.317
Her family owned the island, so she was like, yeah, I'll just fucking live here.

00:27:43.557 --> 00:27:44.577
No one else can.

00:27:44.617 --> 00:27:45.497
I hate neighbors.

00:27:46.037 --> 00:27:46.857
I mean, I get that.

00:27:48.017 --> 00:27:49.837
Oh, you're like, I fully understand Mrs.

00:27:49.837 --> 00:27:50.757
Adler on her shit.

00:27:51.617 --> 00:27:54.657
All right, that's a weird stance to take so early in the game.

00:27:54.717 --> 00:27:55.777
No, hating the neighbors.

00:27:56.297 --> 00:27:57.337
Oh, fair.

00:27:57.877 --> 00:28:05.857
Wren goes on to say that it's a long local tradition for high school kids to come out to the island to party, and he intends on holding up that tradition.

00:28:06.417 --> 00:28:12.437
He reiterates the island is completely empty, so they don't have to worry about the old lady or fucking anyone else.

00:28:12.457 --> 00:28:13.277
There's no security.

00:28:13.357 --> 00:28:19.117
It's just teens here to party their stupid fucking faces off, as is their right as underaged kids.

00:28:20.037 --> 00:28:24.257
And also, aside from the partying, just one more thing.

00:28:24.837 --> 00:28:26.557
I do want to check out the Weirdo Caves.

00:28:26.957 --> 00:28:28.357
The Weirdo Caves.

00:28:28.877 --> 00:28:38.897
Wren explains to Jonas here that if you pick up a radio into the mouth of the cave, sometimes you can pick up signals from radio stations that don't exist.

00:28:39.497 --> 00:28:40.377
Don't exist.

00:28:40.637 --> 00:28:40.977
Yep.

00:28:41.197 --> 00:28:42.177
Like aliens.

00:28:42.617 --> 00:28:43.497
Aliens.

00:28:44.397 --> 00:28:49.837
Alex is like, it's probably echoes from the rock, you know, like fucking up the waves or some shit.

00:28:50.537 --> 00:28:54.337
And Wren and Tom clearly go, it's aliens.

00:28:54.417 --> 00:28:55.757
Yeah, it's obviously aliens.

00:28:56.677 --> 00:29:04.357
So you're just fully Wren, like you have associated with the one character that's a chill guy that smokes a lot of weed, and you're like, this guy's onto some shit.

00:29:04.417 --> 00:29:04.797
Yeah.

00:29:05.237 --> 00:29:05.877
Remember that.

00:29:06.037 --> 00:29:08.977
I think Wren probably looks like the aliens guy from the fucking meme.

00:29:11.257 --> 00:29:12.597
I'm not gonna fight you.

00:29:14.457 --> 00:29:15.137
God damn it.

00:29:15.397 --> 00:29:20.477
But as a teen, anyway, Alex is like, it's not goddamn aliens, but whatever.

00:29:21.037 --> 00:29:25.977
All three of them hop a fence, and they get down towards the beach where the other drunk, horny teens should be.

00:29:26.917 --> 00:29:33.037
As they get closer, Wren subtly tells Alex and Jonas to be cool, but he's also not being cool about telling them to be cool.

00:29:33.057 --> 00:29:34.497
He's really just like, be fucking cool.

00:29:34.877 --> 00:29:37.477
Because there's a girl that he has a crush on, and she's gonna be there.

00:29:37.497 --> 00:29:38.397
Her name is Nona.

00:29:38.417 --> 00:29:39.937
She's super fucking cool.

00:29:40.677 --> 00:29:45.657
Also, Nona brought Clarissa, and Alex is like fucking Clarissa.

00:29:45.677 --> 00:29:46.717
She's such a know-it-all.

00:29:48.337 --> 00:29:56.197
So we get up there, and we meet the girl Wren has a crush on, Nona, and a girl that has, well, a complicated relationship with Alex.

00:29:56.977 --> 00:30:06.077
Now, Nona is like this sweet, cozy, core, girly, she's probably Animal Crossing, Nintendo Switch, one of those clacky keyboards kind of energy.

00:30:07.137 --> 00:30:11.277
And Clarissa has a fuck-ass bob, and just seems cunty.

00:30:13.597 --> 00:30:19.517
Upon hearing that Jonas is Alex's new stepbrother, complicated Clarissa is upset.

00:30:19.957 --> 00:30:26.357
She is like angry, smoking a cigarette, and interrupts everyone, and is like, okay, whatever, I guess this is fucking happening.

00:30:26.937 --> 00:30:30.637
Alex brushes it off, and she's like, okay, well, where is everyone?

00:30:30.657 --> 00:30:31.937
This is a fucking rager, right?

00:30:31.957 --> 00:30:33.097
There's five people here.

00:30:33.777 --> 00:30:41.137
And the whole group is like, yeah, there's five people here, and you guys took the last ferry, so no one else is coming tonight.

00:30:41.377 --> 00:30:41.877
Oh no.

00:30:41.997 --> 00:30:44.897
And we are trapped here until the first ferry together.

00:30:45.217 --> 00:30:46.917
So they're stuck here until dawn.

00:30:46.937 --> 00:30:47.097
Dawn.

00:30:48.197 --> 00:30:49.637
Shut up.

00:30:50.237 --> 00:30:51.257
Yeah, it's awkward.

00:30:51.997 --> 00:30:55.677
It comes out that Clarissa is only here because of Nona anyway.

00:30:55.997 --> 00:30:56.617
Oh damn it.

00:30:56.757 --> 00:31:01.237
Wren invited Nona out, and Nona was like, I wanna go, but I'm not gonna go alone.

00:31:01.257 --> 00:31:01.957
That's crazy.

00:31:01.977 --> 00:31:04.937
I'm not gonna go to a beach overnight with a strange boy.

00:31:05.037 --> 00:31:06.617
Clarissa, you have to come with me.

00:31:07.057 --> 00:31:10.317
So Clarissa is only there because of Nona, Nona's only there because of Wren.

00:31:10.337 --> 00:31:14.477
And then Wren was like, well shit, if she's bringing a friend, I can't be weird and show up by myself.

00:31:14.617 --> 00:31:19.997
So Wren invited Alex, and Alex was like, hey, can my new brother come?

00:31:20.757 --> 00:31:21.877
We have to bond.

00:31:22.017 --> 00:31:23.317
I have to bring my little brother.

00:31:24.017 --> 00:31:28.517
Jonas is watching all of this happen, and he's like, so are you guys not friends?

00:31:28.777 --> 00:31:31.197
You guys aren't even friends and you're doing this together?

00:31:31.217 --> 00:31:35.717
And Clarissa says, no, I'm friends with Nona, and that's it.

00:31:37.277 --> 00:31:41.537
Alex refuses to acknowledge her because Alex is too good for this petty dumb shit.

00:31:41.797 --> 00:31:42.237
Fully.

00:31:42.797 --> 00:31:48.997
Jonas is like, oh great, you all hate each other, except two of you want to make out, and now it's all of our problems.

00:31:50.037 --> 00:31:50.857
I hate this.

00:31:51.037 --> 00:31:52.557
I am just meeting all of you.

00:31:52.997 --> 00:31:53.997
This kind of sucks.

00:31:54.537 --> 00:31:56.477
Horny teens ruin the mood again.

00:31:56.497 --> 00:31:57.057
Again.

00:31:58.237 --> 00:32:03.057
They at least have a bonfire on the beach, and Clarissa gives us the news that old lady Mrs.

00:32:03.057 --> 00:32:05.357
Adler apparently died three days ago.

00:32:06.217 --> 00:32:13.477
Alex demands that they start binge drinking immediately and then stands up and throws rocks at the sky for most of the seed.

00:32:14.197 --> 00:32:15.057
You love Alex.

00:32:15.237 --> 00:32:15.677
I do.

00:32:16.457 --> 00:32:17.657
I love my Alex.

00:32:17.677 --> 00:32:20.177
Regular Alex can sit in the group and participate.

00:32:20.417 --> 00:32:25.697
Mine says, we should all binge drink and then goes over and throws rocks at the sky.

00:32:25.857 --> 00:32:27.577
Goblin ass manic Alex.

00:32:28.697 --> 00:32:35.277
Not all the playthroughs represent this category of Alex, so I feel compelled to speak on behalf of the Goblin community.

00:32:35.337 --> 00:32:36.397
You're here to represent.

00:32:36.497 --> 00:32:36.857
Yeah.

00:32:37.077 --> 00:32:39.857
Representation matters, and the Goblin community needs it.

00:32:41.017 --> 00:32:46.277
Ren suggests a round of truth or slap, which is played exactly how it sounds.

00:32:47.417 --> 00:32:48.837
Truth or slap?

00:32:48.857 --> 00:32:49.177
Yeah.

00:32:49.177 --> 00:32:50.177
Do you want to play really quick?

00:32:50.197 --> 00:32:50.537
Never.

00:32:50.897 --> 00:32:51.277
Never?

00:32:52.657 --> 00:32:53.057
Truth.

00:32:53.337 --> 00:32:57.317
Well, you say it's truth, and if I can prove that you're lying, I get to slap you.

00:32:57.337 --> 00:32:59.037
Yeah, no, not playing that one.

00:32:59.057 --> 00:32:59.237
No?

00:33:00.137 --> 00:33:00.717
Fair enough.

00:33:00.877 --> 00:33:02.197
Don't play this with your friends.

00:33:03.897 --> 00:33:05.277
Clarissa goes, great.

00:33:05.537 --> 00:33:06.417
I'll go first.

00:33:06.637 --> 00:33:08.657
Hey Ren, do you want to go out with Nona?

00:33:09.257 --> 00:33:10.577
Oh my God.

00:33:10.597 --> 00:33:12.557
Just open with the big guns.

00:33:12.957 --> 00:33:19.137
He stutters his way through this, and he's like, I mean, I think she's cool, but I respect her, and I don't want to get slapped right now.

00:33:19.717 --> 00:33:21.077
So can we do another one?

00:33:22.677 --> 00:33:32.137
And then Ren looks at Alex, his friend, his ally in this situation, the only person he trusts here, and he goes, hey Alex, marry, fuck, kill me, Nona Clarissa.

00:33:32.477 --> 00:33:35.317
That's not an underhand pitch to your friend, you know?

00:33:35.617 --> 00:33:40.177
No, especially when like, we haven't really established everybody's sexualities necessarily.

00:33:40.897 --> 00:33:44.257
True, and we haven't established everyone's relationships.

00:33:44.277 --> 00:33:46.717
Like, Alex really hasn't spent a lot of time with Nona.

00:33:46.737 --> 00:33:48.037
We don't know what her deal is.

00:33:48.117 --> 00:33:48.537
Right.

00:33:48.977 --> 00:33:53.237
I went with marry Nona though, because I do like a quiet, cozy babe.

00:33:53.257 --> 00:33:55.177
Like she's giving some golden retriever energy.

00:33:55.837 --> 00:33:59.797
I said fuck Ren, because we know each other really well, so like less weird, you know?

00:34:00.137 --> 00:34:02.477
With friends, you can kind of roll off and be like, yeah, yeah.

00:34:02.597 --> 00:34:03.617
Yeah, toss a dog a bone.

00:34:04.537 --> 00:34:10.037
And obviously, I would strangle Clarissa in her sleep if I ever got the chance.

00:34:10.337 --> 00:34:11.597
Hell, she can be awake even.

00:34:11.697 --> 00:34:13.897
And then Alex goes, she got what was coming.

00:34:13.917 --> 00:34:17.037
Because my Alex is like, violence.

00:34:17.517 --> 00:34:23.657
This game goes on and on, and then Clarissa just like, Clarissa finds ways to just be cunty to Alex.

00:34:23.997 --> 00:34:31.557
And when she comes to her turn, she has this long roundabout way of asking Alex why her parents got divorced.

00:34:31.957 --> 00:34:33.257
Holy shit.

00:34:33.357 --> 00:34:34.617
Which is so fucked.

00:34:35.337 --> 00:34:42.557
Alex is impatient and isn't here to play a game like with this kind of weird mind shit when everyone else is going, oh, you want a kiss?

00:34:43.397 --> 00:34:48.177
Tells Clarissa, well, you know, it's because my brother Michael died and they couldn't handle it.

00:34:48.217 --> 00:34:49.417
It fucked up their marriage.

00:34:49.797 --> 00:34:50.317
Straight up.

00:34:51.257 --> 00:34:56.357
Clarissa turns to Jonas, Alex's new stepbrother, and tells him, you heard it.

00:34:56.417 --> 00:34:58.717
If you don't die, everything will be fine.

00:34:59.177 --> 00:35:00.417
Oh my God.

00:35:00.437 --> 00:35:01.277
Do we hate her?

00:35:02.637 --> 00:35:04.077
We hate her so much.

00:35:04.117 --> 00:35:05.077
Fuck Clarissa.

00:35:05.097 --> 00:35:06.617
Holy shit, Clarissa.

00:35:06.777 --> 00:35:08.757
Keep your mouth fucking shut.

00:35:08.997 --> 00:35:11.757
I hope she told some lies because this girl needs to get slapped.

00:35:11.997 --> 00:35:14.537
Like regardless of the game, we could be playing Monopoly.

00:35:14.557 --> 00:35:15.877
I don't want to slap this bitch.

00:35:17.017 --> 00:35:21.897
Jonas says, I'm ready to do literally anything else except for continue playing this game.

00:35:23.697 --> 00:35:25.397
Jonas is like, you don't know me.

00:35:25.417 --> 00:35:27.317
I could lie about everything.

00:35:27.417 --> 00:35:29.417
But I hate listening to all of you.

00:35:30.537 --> 00:35:31.537
I love Jonas.

00:35:31.937 --> 00:35:37.017
Clarissa says, well, you can all fuck off because I'm going to hang out on the beach and just be bitchy beach.

00:35:37.437 --> 00:35:41.217
Alex is like, well, you are annoying and you suck, so have fun doing that.

00:35:41.237 --> 00:35:42.497
We're going to go do cool shit.

00:35:42.897 --> 00:35:50.017
Wren, bless his fucking soul, is like, I'm just trying to have everyone be excited about beach night, so please stop fighting.

00:35:50.177 --> 00:35:53.277
Oh, hey, Nona, Nona, why don't we go for a walk?

00:35:53.277 --> 00:35:55.557
Like, I want to show you the caves.

00:35:56.137 --> 00:36:00.977
Clarissa interrupts and says, she's not going because Nona has to sit by me.

00:36:01.077 --> 00:36:02.277
I'm very clingy.

00:36:04.657 --> 00:36:11.217
Ren, who is socially devastated, is like, all right, Jonas, you want to check out the caves, brother?

00:36:11.237 --> 00:36:16.217
I guess, and Alex is like, I'm going to, because otherwise I'm going to stab Clarissa.

00:36:16.617 --> 00:36:17.017
Right.

00:36:17.197 --> 00:36:22.097
Here's the thing, is that she was right to bring Clarissa, and I'm going to, you're going to hate me for saying it.

00:36:22.397 --> 00:36:28.457
No, I get it, because as a girl who's been asked on dates, there were a lot I should have brought a friend on.

00:36:28.657 --> 00:36:31.437
Yeah, and you need the friend that's going to kind of cock block you.

00:36:31.557 --> 00:36:35.897
Even if you're in high school, you know, like, it doesn't matter.

00:36:35.897 --> 00:36:39.677
Just if you, especially if you're going overnight, that's fucking wild.

00:36:39.697 --> 00:36:46.177
Like, if it was to a concert or a club or an event, totally get bringing a friend, kind of making it a hang, whatever.

00:36:46.197 --> 00:36:50.877
If you're going to an island overnight, that's a whole nother fucking level.

00:36:50.897 --> 00:36:51.577
Your whole mother.

00:36:51.577 --> 00:36:52.737
Absolutely bring your friend.

00:36:52.797 --> 00:36:54.197
It's amazing she only brought one.

00:36:54.297 --> 00:36:54.677
Right.

00:36:54.897 --> 00:36:56.257
To be real real.

00:36:56.397 --> 00:36:57.957
That's why she brought her meanest one.

00:36:58.597 --> 00:37:01.157
Okay, so I'm arguing just for the existence of a friend.

00:37:01.177 --> 00:37:03.277
You're like, we should definitely bring the mean one.

00:37:03.357 --> 00:37:04.777
Yeah, you want the meanest one.

00:37:04.917 --> 00:37:06.377
Just to be like, absolutely not.

00:37:06.397 --> 00:37:07.557
Take your hands off my girl.

00:37:08.457 --> 00:37:08.757
Me.

00:37:10.277 --> 00:37:16.037
So Jonas is like, he's really trying to make conversation with Alex because he's like, hey, we're going to live together.

00:37:16.457 --> 00:37:18.857
Are you cool or are you like fucked up?

00:37:19.037 --> 00:37:19.757
What's your deal?

00:37:20.617 --> 00:37:22.917
Which is, you know, great day one sibling shit.

00:37:22.917 --> 00:37:25.197
I'm an only child, so I don't know what this shit means.

00:37:25.957 --> 00:37:32.337
Wren apologizes to the group for Clarissa being Clarissa, and then he says some misogynistic shit.

00:37:32.357 --> 00:37:36.617
Okay, straight up, her gender has nothing to do with the fact that she's a fuckface fart fruit.

00:37:37.137 --> 00:37:38.257
She just is, okay?

00:37:38.277 --> 00:37:41.377
We don't need to make gendered comments about this bitch.

00:37:41.397 --> 00:37:42.137
But she's a bitch.

00:37:43.057 --> 00:37:51.577
In the mouth of a nearby cave, Wren whips out some homemade edibles that he refuses to share with Alex, even though as Alex, I said, gimme.

00:37:51.597 --> 00:37:59.777
Wren whole face fists his edibles and then calmly explains that in the caves, there's going to be some rock piles.

00:37:59.977 --> 00:38:03.517
So he eats a handful of drugs and is like, tutorial time, kids.

00:38:03.817 --> 00:38:05.237
But like, who does that?

00:38:05.437 --> 00:38:07.397
Do it in quiet if you're not going to share.

00:38:07.417 --> 00:38:09.337
If you're not going to share, keep it to your goddamn self.

00:38:09.457 --> 00:38:10.557
Abso-fucking-lutely.

00:38:10.797 --> 00:38:16.637
And while we're here, Tom, I would like to introduce you to Edible Safety Corner.

00:38:19.157 --> 00:38:24.097
Alright, if you're going to do a drug, cut it in half and start with half.

00:38:24.237 --> 00:38:27.137
Figure out how long it takes to kick and then go from there.

00:38:27.357 --> 00:38:32.397
If you're taking a fistful of weed edibles all at once in two hours, you won't be awake.

00:38:32.697 --> 00:38:36.817
You'll have the best goddamn nap of your life, but you want to break it in half.

00:38:36.957 --> 00:38:37.857
See how you feel.

00:38:37.977 --> 00:38:38.637
Ease into it.

00:38:38.637 --> 00:38:39.897
The drugs will still be there.

00:38:39.957 --> 00:38:40.637
It's okay.

00:38:40.717 --> 00:38:41.457
Take your time.

00:38:41.977 --> 00:38:45.617
You'll end up like Ness and his friends in Earthbound when they took too many drugs.

00:38:45.817 --> 00:38:46.737
Just in a vibe.

00:38:46.757 --> 00:38:47.857
Yeah, they just took a nap.

00:38:48.117 --> 00:38:52.537
Yeah, but this is not one good drug etiquette, two good drug use.

00:38:52.817 --> 00:38:54.577
There is healthy drug use, kids.

00:38:55.117 --> 00:38:57.037
God, I hope kids aren't listening to this.

00:38:57.077 --> 00:38:57.357
Fuck.

00:38:57.557 --> 00:38:59.037
I'm like, I'm gonna tell you about video games.

00:38:59.097 --> 00:39:00.457
Here's how to do drugs.

00:39:01.477 --> 00:39:01.977
Shit.

00:39:02.477 --> 00:39:03.797
This is so aggressive.

00:39:03.817 --> 00:39:05.337
This is like a sweet indie game.

00:39:05.437 --> 00:39:10.957
Anyway, Wren eats a bunch of drugs, and then he explains that in the cave, there's gonna be rock piles.

00:39:11.497 --> 00:39:19.817
Generations of kids before them would leave rock piles in places to get the best chance of catching one of these suspicious signals on the radio.

00:39:20.577 --> 00:39:28.037
So during the ARG, when the kids actually went to the island, they had these rock piles everywhere to indicate this is where you should look for a signal.

00:39:28.257 --> 00:39:29.157
Oh, that's super cool.

00:39:29.177 --> 00:39:30.177
That's so fucking cool.

00:39:30.737 --> 00:39:33.897
On your first try, Alex finds a signal after tuning the dial.

00:39:34.337 --> 00:39:35.637
Your controller shakes.

00:39:35.997 --> 00:39:38.937
I played on PS5, so won't apply to PC.

00:39:39.137 --> 00:39:47.817
But the controller shakes, and as the radio plays, the strange tones from a mysterious source, a light deep in the cave illuminates.

00:39:48.637 --> 00:39:50.297
The sound is almost like a static moment.

00:39:50.317 --> 00:39:53.957
You kind of just get like a whistle as you get to the right place.

00:39:53.977 --> 00:40:01.077
But there are some visual clues, like on the radio dial, it'll glow red a little bit and get a little stronger in color, but it's nothing too crazy yet.

00:40:01.377 --> 00:40:06.877
They do this again near another rock pile, and Jonas is like, holy shit, this is fucking wild.

00:40:07.217 --> 00:40:09.317
Hey, should we go tell Nona and Clarissa?

00:40:09.337 --> 00:40:10.457
Like, this is really cool.

00:40:10.477 --> 00:40:13.317
Even if you guys fucking hate each other, this is just a cool experience.

00:40:14.517 --> 00:40:16.717
Also, why do you guys all fucking hate each other?

00:40:16.737 --> 00:40:18.637
This feels deeper than high school bullshit.

00:40:19.197 --> 00:40:26.777
Alex is a big believer in honesty, so she says, well, Clarissa dated my dead brother when he was alive, and now he's dead.

00:40:27.317 --> 00:40:30.057
She never really liked me, so now we're here.

00:40:30.537 --> 00:40:31.637
God damn.

00:40:32.357 --> 00:40:34.317
Holy shit, the baggage.

00:40:34.557 --> 00:40:37.797
That is a lot of baggage, and I take it they were still dating when he died?

00:40:38.237 --> 00:40:39.677
Yeah, that's the implication here.

00:40:39.997 --> 00:40:42.537
Oh, why is she so mean to her then?

00:40:42.557 --> 00:40:48.037
Wren actually says that Clarissa never feels good unless she's being mean to someone else.

00:40:48.877 --> 00:40:50.957
But she picked Alex to be mean to?

00:40:51.117 --> 00:40:53.077
Your boyfriend's little sister.

00:40:53.097 --> 00:40:54.737
That's fucked up.

00:40:54.757 --> 00:40:57.917
And they're probably like a year, maybe two apart, you know?

00:40:58.137 --> 00:40:59.897
Fucking, oh, it sucks.

00:40:59.957 --> 00:41:00.777
That's terrible.

00:41:01.577 --> 00:41:10.197
Alex triggers a third sound in the cave, and then Jonas notices something deep in the cave glowing even bigger, and it's like, it's almost like it's calling to him.

00:41:11.057 --> 00:41:16.017
He's like, hey, guys, we should check this out because it's fucking late at night, and the cave is glowing.

00:41:16.037 --> 00:41:16.797
That's fucking crazy.

00:41:16.797 --> 00:41:18.437
Maybe it's a watering hole or some shit.

00:41:18.497 --> 00:41:18.877
I don't know.

00:41:18.877 --> 00:41:19.497
I want to touch it.

00:41:20.817 --> 00:41:26.617
Wren is like, well, this feels like a horror movie, and my edibles are kicking in, so I'm going to sit down.

00:41:28.577 --> 00:41:36.497
So Alex and Jonas go off to explore together because she's like, well, somebody wanted to share their fucking weed with me, so yeah, let's check out the fucking cave, I guess.

00:41:37.697 --> 00:41:42.197
Wren is like, that's totally fine, my edibles are absolutely kicking in, have fun.

00:41:42.337 --> 00:41:44.237
He just lays there and looks at the stars.

00:41:44.257 --> 00:41:46.877
Yeah, and also not a safe thing to do.

00:41:46.877 --> 00:41:57.577
If you are also on drugs, and as we return to Edible Corner, if you're going to do drugs that are new, don't do them in an island that you can't escape from.

00:41:57.917 --> 00:42:00.757
And don't tell people, leave me here, I'll be okay.

00:42:01.977 --> 00:42:04.257
He knows this isn't a horror movie, and he's like, let's split up.

00:42:04.277 --> 00:42:05.777
Like, no, dipshit.

00:42:06.757 --> 00:42:08.897
This is bad, and you're high as shit.

00:42:09.077 --> 00:42:10.697
Bad idea, bad, bad, bad.

00:42:11.397 --> 00:42:15.257
Between sequences, we see a picture that Nona took of the gang on the beach.

00:42:15.717 --> 00:42:16.957
It's now 10 p.m.

00:42:17.557 --> 00:42:21.317
Jonas has dashed down the cave to explore while Alex chases after him.

00:42:21.937 --> 00:42:26.057
She catches up, and Jonas says, it's, swear to God, it sounded like someone was down here.

00:42:26.857 --> 00:42:29.517
The cave groans, and he says, that's what it was.

00:42:29.717 --> 00:42:30.777
Oh shit, we gotta go.

00:42:31.297 --> 00:42:34.737
He really wants to explore and see what's going on in here before they get back.

00:42:35.137 --> 00:42:36.917
If this was the quarry, they'd say, it's a bear.

00:42:39.037 --> 00:42:42.537
The bear slander in the quarry is unrelenting.

00:42:43.997 --> 00:42:47.477
Deep in the cave, they come up on this natural crystal area.

00:42:47.497 --> 00:42:52.777
The walls look like watercolor paintings, and they're lit up from deeper within the cave.

00:42:53.417 --> 00:42:58.457
Above at the top of the cave, there's a light in the shape of a triangle, and it's turning.

00:42:58.477 --> 00:42:59.497
That's so crazy.

00:43:00.257 --> 00:43:03.577
Jonas is like, is that one of those rainbow refraction things?

00:43:03.597 --> 00:43:04.597
That's so wild.

00:43:05.117 --> 00:43:06.797
Wait, do you think they're related to the signals?

00:43:07.477 --> 00:43:12.397
Maybe you kickstarted this with the signals if the waves were kicking up through the cave.

00:43:13.017 --> 00:43:18.357
Alex says calmly that radio transmissions do not summon lights because that's not a fucking thing.

00:43:19.957 --> 00:43:22.917
Jonas is like, yes, OK, basic science, but hear me out.

00:43:23.397 --> 00:43:24.777
This place is weird, right?

00:43:25.417 --> 00:43:26.477
Just try it.

00:43:26.517 --> 00:43:28.257
Like, see what happens just for funsies.

00:43:28.277 --> 00:43:28.877
Just do it for me.

00:43:29.817 --> 00:43:35.137
Alex does and finds the signal, and as she does, the light begins to turn.

00:43:36.077 --> 00:43:40.057
It spins like it's waking up and then points down at Alex and Jonas.

00:43:40.657 --> 00:43:50.157
The triangle itself is red and yellow with like weird, warm undertones and a yellow and green tail dangling down towards Alex and Jonas now.

00:43:50.397 --> 00:43:51.637
So like, eat shit, Alex.

00:43:51.637 --> 00:43:53.457
Radio transmissions can summon lights.

00:43:54.617 --> 00:43:56.517
Jonas is like, oh, I think you're doing it.

00:43:56.537 --> 00:43:57.657
Like, this is actually working.

00:43:58.737 --> 00:44:02.137
Alex turns the dial again to another station and the tail extends.

00:44:02.737 --> 00:44:06.057
It goes down into the cave and at the base, another triangle appears.

00:44:06.737 --> 00:44:11.277
Two triangles now with one light ray connecting them float up in the ceiling of the cave.

00:44:11.817 --> 00:44:21.537
Alex finds one more radio transmission and one more triangle appears along with tails that connect the now three triangles together into one big triangle.

00:44:22.477 --> 00:44:27.157
Between the triangles, the light glows green with a red tone coming from the middle.

00:44:27.737 --> 00:44:31.017
Through the triangle, we hear, hello?

00:44:31.877 --> 00:44:34.337
Alex responds, hello, triangle.

00:44:34.897 --> 00:44:37.737
The triangle leaves them a message saying they're sleepy.

00:44:38.237 --> 00:44:40.937
It asks if leave is possible.

00:44:41.917 --> 00:44:43.677
It says it will see them soon.

00:44:43.697 --> 00:44:47.057
And I want to talk to you about how the radio talks to you.

00:44:47.297 --> 00:44:47.777
Please.

00:44:47.897 --> 00:44:49.657
The voices you hear are patchwork.

00:44:50.197 --> 00:44:53.837
It's what those ransom notes cut out with magazine letters would sound like.

00:44:54.817 --> 00:45:00.317
It's like the radio is using what it's heard before on broadcasts to patch together what they want to say.

00:45:00.657 --> 00:45:05.177
It's different voices and they're layered in a collage, not created with like one brushstroke.

00:45:05.577 --> 00:45:11.037
Okay, so the only thing that I can think of that operates the same way is Bumblebee in the Transformers movies.

00:45:11.277 --> 00:45:11.697
Okay.

00:45:11.897 --> 00:45:18.157
He uses radio, like songs and radio broadcasts to string together what he's trying to say as well.

00:45:18.317 --> 00:45:19.537
Oh, yeah, dead on.

00:45:20.177 --> 00:45:26.357
The screen that you're playing in begins to twitch in static, and then suddenly we're underwater.

00:45:26.397 --> 00:45:30.637
Jonas and Alex are watching debris sink to the bottom of the river.

00:45:30.997 --> 00:45:32.317
And then the screen cuts to black.

00:45:33.537 --> 00:45:35.597
In the dark, Jonas yells for Alex.

00:45:36.557 --> 00:45:38.917
The screen lights up and tells us it's 11 p.m.

00:45:38.957 --> 00:45:44.997
and Jonas and Alex are outside of the cave now, out on another part of the island at the base of a trail.

00:45:46.117 --> 00:45:50.077
Jonas woke up first and is confused and is like, what's going on?

00:45:50.097 --> 00:45:51.317
And Alex is like, yeah, I'm catching up.

00:45:51.357 --> 00:45:52.297
I also don't know.

00:45:53.157 --> 00:46:01.497
He's a bit frantic now, unsure of what he just saw or heard or even more so unsure of also how they got here, like they moved.

00:46:02.237 --> 00:46:03.177
And then he goes, you know what?

00:46:03.197 --> 00:46:05.777
I don't give a fuck if you think I'm a dork or a buzzkill.

00:46:06.157 --> 00:46:07.297
I need to get off this island.

00:46:07.317 --> 00:46:09.137
Yeah, I don't blame him.

00:46:09.357 --> 00:46:12.477
Let's figure out how to get to a comm station and reach out for help.

00:46:12.857 --> 00:46:21.037
Alex has a headache from whatever the fuck just happened, and she and Jonas both feel like their fingernails are shooting off of their hands.

00:46:22.397 --> 00:46:24.917
Oh, that's a literal torture method.

00:46:25.097 --> 00:46:26.577
It's so gross to say.

00:46:26.577 --> 00:46:28.017
I wrote it and was like, gross.

00:46:28.037 --> 00:46:30.417
And then I saw it in the game and was like, ah.

00:46:30.537 --> 00:46:31.697
And they both feel that?

00:46:31.757 --> 00:46:32.237
Yeah.

00:46:32.497 --> 00:46:36.457
Honestly, anytime you lose time is not a good fucking sign.

00:46:36.737 --> 00:46:38.617
No, you want to take back to Edible Corner?

00:46:38.637 --> 00:46:39.437
Yeah.

00:46:39.577 --> 00:46:40.257
Just take a nap.

00:46:41.137 --> 00:46:43.277
I used to drink to a blackout point.

00:46:43.297 --> 00:46:44.517
It was scary every time.

00:46:44.997 --> 00:46:48.057
Also, what happened to blackout stony guy, Ren?

00:46:48.217 --> 00:46:49.337
What did happen to him?

00:46:49.337 --> 00:46:52.937
We left him earlier at the base of the cave, and then we wandered in.

00:46:53.157 --> 00:46:54.277
He's not here right now.

00:46:54.597 --> 00:46:55.237
Oh, shit.

00:46:55.417 --> 00:47:02.297
Jonas and Alex do find a comms tower, and they go up to look for walkie talkies or working comms or some sort of thing.

00:47:02.317 --> 00:47:06.437
This island isn't huge, but it does have stations throughout because it was a military base.

00:47:06.437 --> 00:47:08.817
So you should be able to connect with everything else here.

00:47:09.237 --> 00:47:11.297
There isn't anything fucking in this tower, though.

00:47:11.317 --> 00:47:18.837
There's a radio that is completely dead, a phone that doesn't dial out, and something that Tom's actually going to be a little upset about.

00:47:18.857 --> 00:47:19.837
Oh, my God.

00:47:19.857 --> 00:47:21.377
Is there a goddamn generator?

00:47:21.397 --> 00:47:23.537
And a goddamn generator.

00:47:23.557 --> 00:47:25.737
There's always a goddamn generator.

00:47:26.477 --> 00:47:29.577
Alex tries to use the phone, but it needs a station code to work.

00:47:30.077 --> 00:47:34.157
She and Jonas are sad, but then their phone rings, and it scares the shit out of them.

00:47:34.537 --> 00:47:36.917
Alex picks up, and it's Ren.

00:47:36.957 --> 00:47:37.817
Oh, my God, it's Ren.

00:47:38.637 --> 00:47:42.857
They both confirm it's each other, and Ren goes, Holy shit, I am so glad it's you.

00:47:43.197 --> 00:47:48.637
You and Jonas went into that hole, and a bunch of weird stuff happened, and I just woke up 15 minutes ago.

00:47:48.977 --> 00:47:50.957
Explain the bunch of weird stuff, please.

00:47:51.357 --> 00:47:52.857
He does not elaborate.

00:47:53.337 --> 00:47:58.817
Ren is at a way station in the woods that can call other in-network facilities through the island.

00:47:59.137 --> 00:48:02.477
He saw the light on in their tower and figured he'd give it a shot.

00:48:02.497 --> 00:48:03.757
He'd fire watch this shit.

00:48:05.777 --> 00:48:08.717
Ren has no idea how he got there, though.

00:48:09.157 --> 00:48:12.217
The other line rings out, and as Alex, I was like, you know what?

00:48:12.237 --> 00:48:14.177
It's probably Clarissa, and I hate her.

00:48:14.477 --> 00:48:16.917
So I never answered what she called me.

00:48:17.997 --> 00:48:20.357
I stayed on the phone with Ren the entire time.

00:48:21.197 --> 00:48:24.917
Ren tells Alex to heed these words, heed these words.

00:48:25.237 --> 00:48:26.737
Whatever you do, don't.

00:48:26.857 --> 00:48:27.877
And then the line cuts out.

00:48:27.897 --> 00:48:29.297
Of course it does.

00:48:29.317 --> 00:48:34.777
Because Ren is Jamie Kennedy in the Scream movies and kind of knows he's in a horror movie.

00:48:34.797 --> 00:48:35.537
Fully aware.

00:48:35.957 --> 00:48:42.437
Jonas and Alex strategize, and then in game, we get the prompt to save Ren on our map, which is Darling.

00:48:42.837 --> 00:48:50.777
To get this to work, they have to kill the electric fence that's kind of keeping the island separated by turning off the generator.

00:48:50.977 --> 00:48:52.297
Well, at least we get to turn it off.

00:48:52.317 --> 00:48:53.617
This one's for you, Tom.

00:48:54.797 --> 00:48:59.017
Jonas and Alex take off towards the station Ren was hiding in, and it's now about midnight.

00:48:59.397 --> 00:49:01.597
Jonas is nervous about this whole thing.

00:49:01.597 --> 00:49:03.097
He's not an outdoorsy kid.

00:49:03.117 --> 00:49:03.977
He's not a forest kid.

00:49:03.997 --> 00:49:04.877
He's not a hiker.

00:49:05.317 --> 00:49:08.457
He's an indoor cat, and now he's trapped on an island.

00:49:09.137 --> 00:49:15.397
On their journey, Alex points out the smallest cemetery in the Pacific Northwest, all the way back from the 1800s.

00:49:16.197 --> 00:49:19.817
Next to the littlest cemetery, we run into our first anomaly.

00:49:20.697 --> 00:49:27.077
This is a pile of rocks, so in the Outerlands without a cave, we can catch a signal that someone has caught before.

00:49:27.097 --> 00:49:29.697
You know, little pile of rocks, that means something crazy is going on.

00:49:30.817 --> 00:49:41.997
This one that we see here has something to do with the Abbot and a guideline book for monks, but these are collectibles, and these were related to the ARG, so collecting these were how people found the phone number in the first place.

00:49:43.377 --> 00:49:50.457
I would just be remiss to not mention that these are spread throughout, and there's all kinds of puzzles that people have activated through the radios in the world.

00:49:50.477 --> 00:49:51.257
It's really cool.

00:49:51.417 --> 00:49:51.817
Got it.

00:49:52.097 --> 00:49:55.457
You always feel like such a badass for finding these, too.

00:49:55.937 --> 00:49:58.837
Oh, yeah, especially when it's like not supposed to be found.

00:49:58.937 --> 00:50:01.377
Yeah, or it's just like a very small visual clue.

00:50:01.397 --> 00:50:02.877
You're like, I fucking saw that.

00:50:03.037 --> 00:50:03.537
I win.

00:50:03.877 --> 00:50:09.657
Now, to get to run, Jonas and Alex have to take this little island gondola through the forest up to where he is.

00:50:10.197 --> 00:50:14.917
The power is out, so they go to a nearby control station, and Jonas flips the circuit breaker.

00:50:15.337 --> 00:50:17.477
He does this, and the lights go fully out.

00:50:17.837 --> 00:50:20.097
Jonas is like, ah, shit, I beefed it.

00:50:20.837 --> 00:50:27.557
And in the station, amongst this blanket of blackness, a table lamp glows pure red.

00:50:27.877 --> 00:50:30.337
Alex goes towards it, and starts tuning the radio.

00:50:30.657 --> 00:50:33.097
A station catches Alex, and the colors light up.

00:50:33.557 --> 00:50:35.977
And then it all goes out, and it is all black again.

00:50:36.677 --> 00:50:38.217
Jonas and Alex are silent.

00:50:38.657 --> 00:50:43.337
A little melody fills the station, and Jonas says, hey, that's something my mom used to listen to.

00:50:44.417 --> 00:50:48.557
Then the lights all kick back on, and scare Jonas out of his nostalgia entirely.

00:50:49.617 --> 00:50:51.457
He says, oh my god, this is ridiculous.

00:50:51.477 --> 00:50:52.917
I'm so sick of this shit.

00:50:53.477 --> 00:50:56.817
And then the camera pans out to show that all the lights are now on.

00:50:56.977 --> 00:51:00.117
So, hey, sorry about the drama, but you fixed it, buddy.

00:51:00.157 --> 00:51:00.577
All good.

00:51:01.817 --> 00:51:06.137
Upon leaving the power station, there is a chair there in the trail that wasn't there before.

00:51:06.937 --> 00:51:08.697
Jonas is like, that's fucking weird.

00:51:08.717 --> 00:51:13.037
We were in there for two seconds, and now there's furniture that I've never seen before.

00:51:13.957 --> 00:51:21.957
Alex goes over to it, sits in it, pauses, and then screams as loud as she can, but just to scare Jonas.

00:51:23.677 --> 00:51:26.637
Jonas does not enjoy this and is not having a good evening.

00:51:27.057 --> 00:51:28.377
But hey, the gondola is working.

00:51:28.697 --> 00:51:30.957
They're an actual brother-sister relationship now.

00:51:30.957 --> 00:51:32.197
Just like, let me fuck with you?

00:51:33.817 --> 00:51:39.737
Across the forest and using a gondola, Jonas and Alex get over and towards Wren, and then they start walking.

00:51:40.377 --> 00:51:43.757
They talk about Alex going to visit the island as a kid with her brother.

00:51:44.717 --> 00:51:47.157
They come up on a tent that looks like it was abandoned.

00:51:47.257 --> 00:51:50.437
It's dumpy and trashy, but it's still set up from a long time ago.

00:51:51.177 --> 00:51:53.497
There's some still water near this campsite.

00:51:54.477 --> 00:51:56.297
Then the screen statics out.

00:51:56.677 --> 00:51:57.717
Everything goes fuzzy.

00:51:58.237 --> 00:52:00.877
Then suddenly we're back to the gondola landing across the forest.

00:52:01.437 --> 00:52:04.617
Jonas asks Alex if she came here as a kid, and she goes, What?

00:52:05.137 --> 00:52:06.577
You just fucking asked me that.

00:52:07.697 --> 00:52:10.557
They come up on the campsite and Alex sees the fire burning.

00:52:11.297 --> 00:52:12.917
She says, this wasn't burning a minute ago.

00:52:12.937 --> 00:52:13.597
I was just here.

00:52:13.617 --> 00:52:14.257
What's going on?

00:52:14.877 --> 00:52:16.517
What is the fuck going on?

00:52:16.897 --> 00:52:20.757
Jonas, like Tom, is very confused and is like, This is weird.

00:52:20.897 --> 00:52:21.877
I don't know what's happening.

00:52:23.057 --> 00:52:24.377
The screen statics out again.

00:52:24.837 --> 00:52:25.937
Everything goes fuzzy.

00:52:26.377 --> 00:52:29.217
Then suddenly we're back to the gondola landing across the forest.

00:52:30.117 --> 00:52:34.357
Jonas asks Alex if she ever came here as a kid, and Alex screams at Jonas.

00:52:34.677 --> 00:52:35.917
We're caught in this moment.

00:52:35.937 --> 00:52:36.917
We've done this before.

00:52:36.977 --> 00:52:37.917
We're in a loop.

00:52:38.217 --> 00:52:40.877
Jonas blows it off a little and says, Hey, you know what?

00:52:40.877 --> 00:52:41.937
My head really hurts.

00:52:43.057 --> 00:52:45.237
I don't know what's happening, but sure, let's look into your thing.

00:52:46.357 --> 00:52:48.437
Alex goes to the campsite and sees a ball.

00:52:48.897 --> 00:52:50.937
She had one just like it when she was a kid.

00:52:51.557 --> 00:52:53.517
She kicks it, and it rolls back.

00:52:53.797 --> 00:52:56.797
Jonas has a moment where he's like, Wait, that's really strange.

00:52:56.857 --> 00:52:59.877
You kicked it, it stopped, and then it got kicked back to you, but no one's there?

00:53:01.137 --> 00:53:04.317
Alex kicks the ball, and it appears to go and reverse right back at her.

00:53:05.377 --> 00:53:09.797
Then, through the whispers of the trees, we hear radio static.

00:53:10.477 --> 00:53:15.097
Then the words fetch, fetch come through the night.

00:53:16.317 --> 00:53:18.297
Alex kicks the ball, and it rolls through.

00:53:19.197 --> 00:53:21.017
She's like, this is fucking weird.

00:53:21.297 --> 00:53:23.897
And then the ball snaps out of existence.

00:53:24.917 --> 00:53:26.737
The flying fuck is going on.

00:53:26.857 --> 00:53:29.937
Jonas tells Alex, I think we're dealing with ghosts.

00:53:30.757 --> 00:53:31.337
Something.

00:53:31.397 --> 00:53:34.137
I mean, I don't think it's ghosts, but this is fucking weird.

00:53:34.597 --> 00:53:36.637
You're like, it might not be a ghost though.

00:53:37.317 --> 00:53:41.957
As he starts to explain, hey, it's ghosts, the screen statics out again.

00:53:42.577 --> 00:53:43.657
Everything goes fuzzy.

00:53:44.157 --> 00:53:47.057
Then suddenly we're back to the gondola landing across the forest.

00:53:47.517 --> 00:53:53.537
With each refresh, the screen looks more and more distorted, with some of the static lingering through the scene again.

00:53:54.377 --> 00:53:58.697
Jonas is not here anymore, and some of the static remains around the screen are actually gone.

00:53:59.497 --> 00:54:05.097
As Alex moves forward, her reflection in that still water next to the campsite glistens in the night.

00:54:06.117 --> 00:54:09.057
As Alex keeps walking, her reflection stops.

00:54:10.197 --> 00:54:14.257
Alex notices she's a few steps ahead of her reflection and looks back at herself.

00:54:15.277 --> 00:54:20.257
Underwater and upside down, reflection Alex shows some prompts to real world Alex.

00:54:21.277 --> 00:54:26.297
Real world Alex picks a message of herself saying to tell Michael to break up with Clarissa.

00:54:26.857 --> 00:54:29.797
Alex tells her reflection, Michael is dead.

00:54:30.177 --> 00:54:32.317
What in the fuck is happening?

00:54:33.177 --> 00:54:34.077
This is just...

00:54:35.217 --> 00:54:36.917
There's some time travel shit going on.

00:54:37.657 --> 00:54:39.057
The screen statics out again.

00:54:39.617 --> 00:54:43.637
Everything goes fuzzy, then suddenly we're back to the gondola landing across the forest.

00:54:43.637 --> 00:54:44.377
Son of a bitch.

00:54:44.437 --> 00:54:47.357
Jonas is there and tells Alex, we've done this before.

00:54:48.357 --> 00:54:51.177
Alex is screaming, but I kicked the ball!

00:54:52.437 --> 00:54:57.297
Alex runs down to the campsite, and now there's a hand crank radio magnetophone thing.

00:54:58.017 --> 00:55:02.917
Alex gives it a crank, and then there's a flash, and the world looks less distorted now.

00:55:04.097 --> 00:55:08.877
Jonas has a headache, but he's like, hey, maybe that tape player you just played fixed the loop.

00:55:09.077 --> 00:55:11.097
His hypothesis is correct here.

00:55:11.657 --> 00:55:14.057
And Alex and Jonas finally move forward.

00:55:14.077 --> 00:55:19.477
See, I thought it was kind of ambiguous whether Jonas was going through the time loop as well, but he clearly was.

00:55:20.457 --> 00:55:24.897
Yeah, and Alex is like, hey, by the way, do you believe ghosts are real?

00:55:26.897 --> 00:55:31.037
Jonas is like, you know, I don't know, but based on that, maybe.

00:55:31.057 --> 00:55:32.217
They could be real.

00:55:33.477 --> 00:55:34.137
What do you think?

00:55:34.257 --> 00:55:36.057
Alex, what do you think the ghosts want?

00:55:36.617 --> 00:55:38.437
Alex says, vengeance.

00:55:40.337 --> 00:55:41.617
This is my Alex, bitch.

00:55:42.397 --> 00:55:45.097
Deep in the forest, Jonas and Alex come up on Nona.

00:55:45.597 --> 00:55:52.077
Nona is curled up in the fetal position in a ball, in the middle of a trail, in the middle of the night.

00:55:52.837 --> 00:55:56.777
She's alone, she looks cold, and she looks at them, and she starts stuttering.

00:55:57.337 --> 00:55:58.357
Don't come near me.

00:55:58.777 --> 00:56:06.877
This night has turned banana bread really fast, and I'm seeing things and forgetting things, and I've bumped into you once already, and it was horrible.

00:56:07.817 --> 00:56:10.417
Also, you're saying things like, tonight turned banana bread.

00:56:10.437 --> 00:56:13.697
That was in one of the trailers, and it made me laugh so much.

00:56:14.677 --> 00:56:22.597
Alex gets closer and closer to Nona to find out what happened, and Nona gets furious and scared, and just gets up and runs off deep into the woods.

00:56:23.557 --> 00:56:26.917
This pisses off Jonah, who's like, oh my god, give her space.

00:56:26.917 --> 00:56:29.117
Now she's out there, and she could hurt herself.

00:56:29.137 --> 00:56:30.957
You shouldn't have rolled up on her so fast.

00:56:31.757 --> 00:56:37.517
Alex goes, well, if she ran that fast from us, imagine how fast she'll run away from actual danger.

00:56:37.537 --> 00:56:39.597
I fucking love Alex.

00:56:39.697 --> 00:56:41.537
You love Alex because you made her you.

00:56:41.557 --> 00:56:43.897
I made her cool as fuck.

00:56:44.917 --> 00:56:49.497
They get up to the way station that Ren was hiding out in, and Jonas is like, oh shit, I see it.

00:56:50.137 --> 00:56:53.937
Wait, why would this weird-as-fuck island even need a way station?

00:56:53.957 --> 00:56:55.157
What are they fucking weighing?

00:56:55.917 --> 00:57:00.057
Alex explains that before this was a military base, it was actually a mining island.

00:57:00.537 --> 00:57:00.957
Oh, okay.

00:57:00.977 --> 00:57:03.457
There are just all kinds of crazy haunted shit here.

00:57:03.617 --> 00:57:05.097
Yeah, haunted mines are very common.

00:57:05.277 --> 00:57:05.617
Right?

00:57:05.817 --> 00:57:08.017
Especially in a supermassive game.

00:57:08.097 --> 00:57:10.217
Oh my god, every supermassive game.

00:57:10.877 --> 00:57:17.937
Jonas takes a beat, and he's like, hey, just as an analysis, do you think I'm smart or dumb?

00:57:18.557 --> 00:57:23.457
Alex is like, we just met a couple hours ago, and now ghosts are real.

00:57:24.137 --> 00:57:25.917
You seem average, you know what, you're mid.

00:57:26.457 --> 00:57:27.597
You seem regular.

00:57:28.057 --> 00:57:32.337
I'm not going to make that claim, because we've known each other for three hours, and two have been spent with ghosts.

00:57:34.017 --> 00:57:37.437
And he's like, OK, that's pretty valid, actually.

00:57:37.457 --> 00:57:38.017
OK, cool.

00:57:38.257 --> 00:57:38.957
Fair assessment.

00:57:39.557 --> 00:57:43.017
Alex enters the way station, and Ren is sitting cross-legged on the floor.

00:57:43.717 --> 00:57:46.317
He jumps up at Alex and is like, oh, thank god.

00:57:46.337 --> 00:57:47.737
I thought you were a werewolf.

00:57:47.757 --> 00:57:49.017
I thought I was in the quarry.

00:57:51.057 --> 00:57:56.297
They all calm down, and Ren is like, OK, so tell me what's going on, like they fucking know.

00:57:56.797 --> 00:58:02.877
And then the static screen cuts in, and Jonas and Alex are at the base of this hill under the way station.

00:58:03.597 --> 00:58:05.237
What the shit?

00:58:06.657 --> 00:58:07.717
We're looping again.

00:58:08.517 --> 00:58:12.677
In another loop, they start down the trail towards the station, and then they see Ren.

00:58:13.197 --> 00:58:16.537
He's catatonic, and he's walking up the trail towards the station.

00:58:17.537 --> 00:58:23.237
Alex tells Ren, hey, you can have a drug meltdown on your own time, but right now, I need you to get your shit together.

00:58:24.417 --> 00:58:28.457
Ren stops between two tape players and turns them both on.

00:58:28.997 --> 00:58:32.817
Jonas looks on at Ren, who is dead in the eyes and completely unresponsive.

00:58:33.337 --> 00:58:36.157
With the two tape players on, the screen snaps and Ren is gone.

00:58:36.717 --> 00:58:39.037
Jonas is like, oh shit, where did he go?

00:58:39.057 --> 00:58:40.257
What the fuck is happening?

00:58:40.337 --> 00:58:41.537
The radio's killed Ren.

00:58:42.197 --> 00:58:44.517
Inside the way station, Ren is also gone.

00:58:44.717 --> 00:58:46.877
He is nowhere to be found right now.

00:58:46.977 --> 00:58:47.617
The fuck?

00:58:47.857 --> 00:58:52.457
Alex clocks the broken phone Ren used to call them and is just like, god damn it.

00:58:53.397 --> 00:58:55.837
Jonas says the phone looks like it was smashed.

00:58:56.157 --> 00:59:00.837
Just past the way station on the edge of a cliff, here we find Ren now.

00:59:01.557 --> 00:59:04.557
He's standing, but he's slumped over and he's muttering to himself.

00:59:05.417 --> 00:59:07.837
Jonas looks at Alex and is like, bitch, you better be careful.

00:59:09.077 --> 00:59:12.397
Alex calls out to Ren, but he isn't looking up or even acknowledging her.

00:59:13.097 --> 00:59:16.717
There's a dark fog around him and he keeps muttering to himself.

00:59:17.637 --> 00:59:20.577
Alex and Jonas approach Ren and Alex whips out her radio.

00:59:21.337 --> 00:59:24.037
Once again, she picks up a signal and a triangle appears.

00:59:24.737 --> 00:59:30.557
When she lands on the second signal and the second triangle appears, Ren's body is lifted off the ground.

00:59:30.977 --> 00:59:31.537
Oh shit.

00:59:31.637 --> 00:59:35.477
He gurgles as he levitates over his friends and below the triangles.

00:59:36.297 --> 00:59:40.897
The third triangle is formed and Ren struggles against whatever is inside of him.

00:59:41.617 --> 00:59:44.717
The lights in the triangle shine on and then they drop Ren.

00:59:45.217 --> 00:59:49.317
The cloud around him is gone and he is on his knees and then fully on the ground.

00:59:49.457 --> 00:59:50.897
Oh, I was worried he was over the cliff.

00:59:51.757 --> 00:59:55.077
The triangle says, Hard to talk through child.

00:59:55.977 --> 01:00:00.457
Alex stands up and asks if the entity, Hey, were you in Ren?

01:00:01.377 --> 01:00:04.297
The entity says, Yes, sometimes, but don't be scared.

01:00:04.757 --> 01:00:05.737
You are dolls.

01:00:06.117 --> 01:00:07.077
Would never hurt you.

01:00:07.097 --> 01:00:08.777
Oh my god.

01:00:08.797 --> 01:00:10.897
The implications that are going on right now.

01:00:11.437 --> 01:00:15.897
Alex asks if it can help them because they're stuck and they just want to go home.

01:00:17.077 --> 01:00:17.457
Home.

01:00:18.317 --> 01:00:19.317
We will go home.

01:00:19.917 --> 01:00:20.497
All of us.

01:00:20.937 --> 01:00:21.297
Leave.

01:00:21.537 --> 01:00:22.117
Possible.

01:00:22.457 --> 01:00:23.557
Grounded by Adler.

01:00:24.037 --> 01:00:24.517
Margaret.

01:00:25.297 --> 01:00:26.937
Alex says, Maggie Adler?

01:00:26.957 --> 01:00:27.857
The old lady?

01:00:28.537 --> 01:00:29.617
She was young once.

01:00:30.417 --> 01:00:31.837
We were young once.

01:00:32.857 --> 01:00:35.537
The radio concludes by saying, Tag.

01:00:36.217 --> 01:00:36.757
You it.

01:00:37.857 --> 01:00:41.577
The triangle snaps out of existence, and Jonas and Ren come to Alex.

01:00:42.517 --> 01:00:48.797
Ren screams causing Alex and Jonas to scream because he just really was like possessed, walked up and went, Ah!

01:00:50.317 --> 01:00:52.417
Ren is freaking out, and he's like, What the?

01:00:52.557 --> 01:00:53.137
What happened?

01:00:53.197 --> 01:00:53.917
What happened?

01:00:54.557 --> 01:00:58.177
Alex just goes, Well, the entire island is haunted as shit.

01:00:58.977 --> 01:01:00.117
Still don't think it's ghosts.

01:01:00.577 --> 01:01:05.277
Over some loudspeakers, Nona's voice comes over and says, Hey, hello, whoever can hear this?

01:01:05.737 --> 01:01:08.597
I'm at the comms tower on Edward's Island, and I need help.

01:01:09.217 --> 01:01:10.117
Please help me.

01:01:10.257 --> 01:01:11.717
SOS, save our ship.

01:01:12.397 --> 01:01:14.437
Jonas is like, Okay, good for her.

01:01:14.497 --> 01:01:15.597
She figured out something.

01:01:15.637 --> 01:01:18.457
Now we know where she is, and she can reach out if she needs something.

01:01:19.437 --> 01:01:20.737
Ren goes, Okay, perfect.

01:01:20.737 --> 01:01:23.617
Nona's at the tower, and Clarissa's at the other station.

01:01:23.637 --> 01:01:26.397
And Jonas goes, Wait, how do you know where Clarissa is?

01:01:26.957 --> 01:01:30.297
Ren says he talked to Clarissa on the phone right after he talked to them.

01:01:30.917 --> 01:01:33.397
Jonas was like, Oh yeah, that's who was trying to call us.

01:01:33.617 --> 01:01:35.317
Now Alex goes, Yeah, fuck her.

01:01:35.477 --> 01:01:36.417
I figured it was her.

01:01:36.917 --> 01:01:38.077
That's why I didn't take the call.

01:01:38.637 --> 01:01:42.997
So with this, and knowing he's in a horror movie, Ren says, Okay, let's split up.

01:01:44.117 --> 01:01:46.877
He says, I'm going to go save Nona, my damsel in distress.

01:01:47.277 --> 01:01:50.077
You guys find Clarissa, we'll rendezvous and figure it out.

01:01:51.177 --> 01:01:52.157
It's 1 a.m.

01:01:54.117 --> 01:01:59.357
Clarissa has also managed to find a PA system and is screaming where she is and that she needs help.

01:02:00.177 --> 01:02:05.717
Alex says, even when everything is dire as fuck, she still finds a way to be so goddamn annoying.

01:02:07.757 --> 01:02:10.797
Jonas looks at the station that Clarissa is in, Fort Milner.

01:02:11.377 --> 01:02:17.297
He says, hey, Alex, so what if this decommissioned military island wasn't decommissioned?

01:02:17.717 --> 01:02:22.857
Like, what if it was very much commissioned and they're doing experiments here or some shit?

01:02:22.877 --> 01:02:24.257
Like, this is a government island.

01:02:24.377 --> 01:02:26.097
And Alex goes, look around.

01:02:26.517 --> 01:02:28.057
Do you see any fucking security?

01:02:28.597 --> 01:02:36.337
Do you think the government would do a secret fucking experiment with no one guarding it and letting teens run around it?

01:02:36.877 --> 01:02:38.857
Alex clearly never watched Lost.

01:02:39.357 --> 01:02:40.137
Oh, is that a thing?

01:02:40.237 --> 01:02:41.237
Oh, very much a thing.

01:02:41.237 --> 01:02:41.757
Oh shit.

01:02:42.097 --> 01:02:43.657
I also haven't seen Lost.

01:02:44.737 --> 01:02:46.517
They find a door, but it's locked.

01:02:47.157 --> 01:02:50.257
Then they find a glowing red light in a tower.

01:02:50.977 --> 01:02:55.657
At the top of the tower, the radio voice says, do you want to play a game?

01:02:56.577 --> 01:02:58.937
And then the door that was locked swings open.

01:03:00.057 --> 01:03:02.637
Jonas is wildly upset at all of this.

01:03:03.077 --> 01:03:05.897
As they pass into the building, the door locks behind them.

01:03:06.597 --> 01:03:11.877
It's pitch black in this decommissioned base, and Jonas finds a new level of frustration here.

01:03:12.337 --> 01:03:15.597
He's like, well, Clarissa is somewhere, and we have to find her.

01:03:16.397 --> 01:03:19.657
And the only drama between you guys is that she dated your brother?

01:03:19.937 --> 01:03:21.057
Like, seriously?

01:03:21.317 --> 01:03:23.837
Seems like some really petty reason to not like each other.

01:03:24.057 --> 01:03:25.137
And Alex goes, yes.

01:03:26.677 --> 01:03:27.817
It's super annoying.

01:03:27.897 --> 01:03:28.957
And I'm super petty.

01:03:29.097 --> 01:03:30.617
And I'm fucking here for it.

01:03:31.317 --> 01:03:39.557
They go through these dark buildings, and then static comes across, and we see two red eyes illuminated across the hallway from them.

01:03:40.317 --> 01:03:41.777
Jonas yells out, Clarissa!

01:03:41.977 --> 01:03:43.117
And runs after her.

01:03:43.757 --> 01:03:45.837
He goes through a doorway that closes after him.

01:03:46.257 --> 01:03:48.617
Alex runs after them, and the door is now locked.

01:03:49.257 --> 01:03:52.457
The whole world is dark, and Alex can't see anything at all.

01:03:53.137 --> 01:03:59.757
Alex runs through more of the house, and through static, we see eyes looking in at her through the windows on the third floor.

01:04:02.097 --> 01:04:07.657
She manages to get the lights turned on through the house, and Jonas yells out at Alex that Clarissa's not even here.

01:04:08.137 --> 01:04:09.737
He can't even get out of this room.

01:04:10.417 --> 01:04:19.337
Alex comes back down towards the room Jonas ran into, and in this full-sized mirror on the wall, a figure of Alex looks out at her.

01:04:20.277 --> 01:04:26.317
Real Alex talks to Mirror Alex, and Mirror Alex says, When the time comes, let Jonas talk to his mom.

01:04:26.897 --> 01:04:29.237
Jonas' mom died when he was young.

01:04:30.077 --> 01:04:31.397
What the fuck, Mirror Me?

01:04:32.597 --> 01:04:35.517
The figure leaves, and Alex opens the door to save Jonas.

01:04:36.137 --> 01:04:39.497
He says, Hey, there's a mirror out there, and it had a weird reflection on it.

01:04:40.137 --> 01:04:43.337
Alex says, Yeah, yeah, it talked to me and gave me some fatherly advice.

01:04:45.357 --> 01:04:53.257
We had a loading screen here, and we see a picture of Jonas and Alex, and in the background, there is a figure with red eyes watching down at them.

01:04:54.837 --> 01:05:00.057
In the next building, we actually see bitch-ass Clarissa scuttle down between buildings into the next one.

01:05:00.797 --> 01:05:04.677
She's hurried, and she doesn't respond to Jonas yelling for her, so they're like, What the fuck?

01:05:05.277 --> 01:05:09.137
And Jonas goes, Wait, what if she's having an episode like Wren just had?

01:05:09.157 --> 01:05:10.457
A rena-soad?

01:05:11.617 --> 01:05:12.837
Maybe she's possessed.

01:05:13.497 --> 01:05:14.997
Now, are you playing as Clarissa here?

01:05:15.317 --> 01:05:16.737
You're only playing as Alex.

01:05:16.757 --> 01:05:18.337
Only play as Alex throughout the game, okay.

01:05:18.337 --> 01:05:20.837
We just see Clarissa, and we're like, Where the fuck is this bitch going?

01:05:21.017 --> 01:05:21.377
Got it.

01:05:21.837 --> 01:05:27.077
Through this area, they can still hear Clarissa yelling on the mic, so Jonas is like, Well, we have to find her.

01:05:27.077 --> 01:05:31.077
We're at least close, you know, and Alex just rolls her eyes because she wanted nothing to do with this.

01:05:32.217 --> 01:05:37.237
The next building is a school house room complete with children's handprints on the walls.

01:05:38.777 --> 01:05:39.377
You're out.

01:05:39.557 --> 01:05:39.777
Out.

01:05:40.057 --> 01:05:40.697
You're out.

01:05:40.737 --> 01:05:41.877
Not walking in that classroom.

01:05:41.897 --> 01:05:42.857
Just fully done.

01:05:42.877 --> 01:05:43.197
Done.

01:05:43.317 --> 01:05:44.477
That's some Blair Witch shit.

01:05:44.497 --> 01:05:47.097
Well, that's what Jonas thinks because he's immediately on edge.

01:05:47.117 --> 01:05:48.637
He was like, This is terrifying.

01:05:49.337 --> 01:05:52.577
Above the handprints, a red light comes on from above.

01:05:53.637 --> 01:06:01.537
When we activate the radio here, the lights blow out and tells a story about the world's largest radio station for the Navy.

01:06:02.257 --> 01:06:05.677
Then on a chalkboard, a hangman game shows up.

01:06:06.157 --> 01:06:09.057
The radio asks the kids if they want to play a game.

01:06:09.577 --> 01:06:11.877
The radio asks questions like, Hey, where are you now?

01:06:11.897 --> 01:06:12.957
What's the name of the space?

01:06:13.757 --> 01:06:19.497
The radio statics out and goes back to that ghost voice and says, Do you think us cruel?

01:06:19.517 --> 01:06:20.677
A little bit.

01:06:20.877 --> 01:06:29.437
The screen flips upside down, goes completely dark, and a set of red eyes watch on as we see Jonas and Alex continue with the radio show.

01:06:30.277 --> 01:06:32.617
There's a spark, and then the room is upright again.

01:06:32.697 --> 01:06:36.837
The lights are on, but now Jonas is floating and his eyes are glowing red.

01:06:38.137 --> 01:06:45.557
The tone from the radio station starts to come through Jonas' voice as he becomes possessed by the ghosts on the island.

01:06:46.357 --> 01:06:47.277
So it is ghosts.

01:06:47.977 --> 01:06:48.877
Yeah, it's fucking ghosts.

01:06:49.157 --> 01:06:49.877
Oh, man.

01:06:50.537 --> 01:06:52.937
The radio asks more trivia of the island and the military.

01:06:53.817 --> 01:06:56.437
As Alex, I got one out of three questions, right?

01:06:57.597 --> 01:06:59.217
Admittedly was not big attention.

01:06:59.977 --> 01:07:01.197
It's a fun game, I swear.

01:07:01.777 --> 01:07:08.337
After the exam, the radio cuts out and Jonas is slumped over standing, mumbling to himself just like Ren was.

01:07:09.057 --> 01:07:13.937
While the room is lit in the deepest corner of your screen, the red eyes are still watching on.

01:07:15.017 --> 01:07:19.797
Just like with Ren, Alex uses the radio to create the Triangle of Triangles.

01:07:20.617 --> 01:07:25.437
In the process, Jonas is lifted in the air and then drops when the whole Triangle is formed.

01:07:26.257 --> 01:07:34.797
The radio ghost talks about the Navy, about how the commander looked out at the ocean when the USS Kanaloa was thought to be lost at sea.

01:07:35.717 --> 01:07:39.537
It was carrying a big radio like nuclear device.

01:07:40.457 --> 01:07:48.597
In reality, the ship was struck down accidentally by friendly fire, and 83 soldiers were killed during the capsizing.

01:07:48.997 --> 01:07:49.877
Hot shit.

01:07:49.937 --> 01:07:51.337
Most were very young.

01:07:52.797 --> 01:07:54.797
Alex asks, what do you want?

01:07:55.257 --> 01:07:56.197
They say time.

01:07:57.177 --> 01:07:59.157
All we want is time.

01:08:00.337 --> 01:08:03.297
On the chalkboard, more and more hand prints appear on the wall.

01:08:04.097 --> 01:08:06.577
We snap back into regular time without the ghosts.

01:08:07.397 --> 01:08:09.657
Jonas is like, that fucking sucked.

01:08:10.117 --> 01:08:11.397
I want to get the fuck out of here.

01:08:11.677 --> 01:08:12.837
I'm with Jonas on this one.

01:08:13.397 --> 01:08:20.057
And to Jonas, he saw a wall half full with hand prints, blacked out and came back, wall was full of hand prints.

01:08:20.097 --> 01:08:21.157
Still, with more.

01:08:21.777 --> 01:08:22.937
He is fucking out.

01:08:23.197 --> 01:08:27.057
I also want to say that the USS Canaloa sank in 1947.

01:08:27.057 --> 01:08:28.977
So this is like wartime.

01:08:29.017 --> 01:08:29.777
It's been sank.

01:08:31.397 --> 01:08:34.937
Over the PA, Clarissa says, Clarissa is asleep.

01:08:35.477 --> 01:08:36.317
Don't wake her.

01:08:37.097 --> 01:08:38.777
Alex hates her so goddamn much.

01:08:39.337 --> 01:08:40.597
Yeah, don't care what Clarissa wants.

01:08:40.917 --> 01:08:44.957
Quickly after this, Alex does find Clarissa, curled up in a ball on the floor.

01:08:45.617 --> 01:08:47.497
She says, how did you know I was here?

01:08:48.517 --> 01:08:55.517
They explain Wren and the towers and the radios, and Clarissa is just annoyed and is like, why did you save Wren first?

01:08:57.477 --> 01:09:00.177
Clarissa continues to be a bitch and continues to whine.

01:09:01.057 --> 01:09:04.377
And then a time loop starts just outside of where Clarissa was found.

01:09:04.777 --> 01:09:05.377
Oh, shit.

01:09:05.537 --> 01:09:09.257
Alex feels this, the static coming on, and she just screams out the sky, no!

01:09:11.537 --> 01:09:13.817
So the time loop is moving to different parts, though.

01:09:14.117 --> 01:09:14.537
Yes.

01:09:14.737 --> 01:09:15.417
Interesting.

01:09:16.097 --> 01:09:19.797
They walk into a room, and Clarissa is hanging by the ceiling.

01:09:20.517 --> 01:09:22.537
Jonas asks, can we cut her down?

01:09:22.557 --> 01:09:23.017
What do we do?

01:09:23.657 --> 01:09:24.937
And then the loop starts again.

01:09:25.577 --> 01:09:27.757
They run in, and now there's just a tape player.

01:09:28.477 --> 01:09:30.577
Jonas is like, oh, thank god she's not dead.

01:09:30.997 --> 01:09:33.397
The tape player worked last time, let's fucking do that.

01:09:34.097 --> 01:09:37.177
Alex plays the tape player, and time snaps out of a loop.

01:09:37.697 --> 01:09:44.117
And we see Clarissa standing in the window sill on that third story, a hole above that tetanus-infected ground.

01:09:45.157 --> 01:09:47.777
Alex is like, hey, are you good?

01:09:47.917 --> 01:09:48.737
Are you okay?

01:09:49.557 --> 01:09:52.017
Clarissa says, Alex, don't worry.

01:09:52.897 --> 01:09:56.777
We know he or she is possessed by ghosts because she would never be this nice to Alex.

01:09:58.177 --> 01:10:06.637
In a voice laced with radio feedback, Clarissa looks out and says, there will be other ships and other souls to sell to them.

01:10:07.497 --> 01:10:11.657
And then she lets go and lets herself fall out of the window to her death.

01:10:12.337 --> 01:10:13.017
Oh my God.

01:10:13.037 --> 01:10:17.237
Jonas screams and Alex starts going, holy shit, she killed herself.

01:10:17.257 --> 01:10:17.877
She killed herself.

01:10:18.057 --> 01:10:19.857
They made her kill herself.

01:10:20.317 --> 01:10:23.917
Jonas is terrified and says, we have to go, we have to get to the others.

01:10:24.657 --> 01:10:27.817
Alex interrupts and says, how am I going to tell her fucking mom?

01:10:28.537 --> 01:10:29.077
I was here.

01:10:29.097 --> 01:10:29.797
Oh my God.

01:10:29.817 --> 01:10:30.337
I was here.

01:10:30.357 --> 01:10:31.297
I watched it happen.

01:10:31.737 --> 01:10:33.577
Jonas says, hey, we'll figure it out.

01:10:34.077 --> 01:10:35.297
We will work together.

01:10:35.537 --> 01:10:38.497
We will let everyone know what happened, and we'll get off the fucking island.

01:10:38.517 --> 01:10:39.677
Okay, let's get off the island.

01:10:39.697 --> 01:10:41.117
What are you going to fucking say, Jonas?

01:10:41.137 --> 01:10:43.637
She was possessed by ghosts, and they made her jump?

01:10:45.077 --> 01:10:47.277
It's not the first draft of the plan.

01:10:48.517 --> 01:10:53.197
Alex and Jonas run down to the bottom of the building, but her body is gone.

01:10:53.377 --> 01:10:53.917
Gone.

01:10:54.457 --> 01:10:57.197
Alex is like, how did this bitch do this?

01:10:57.537 --> 01:11:00.017
And Jonas goes, I don't know, she's goddamn dead, Alex.

01:11:00.877 --> 01:11:02.337
At this point, it's 2 a.m.

01:11:02.897 --> 01:11:04.597
They're like, okay, everything is awful.

01:11:05.017 --> 01:11:05.477
You know what?

01:11:05.497 --> 01:11:07.017
Let's go to the comms tower.

01:11:07.237 --> 01:11:08.697
Let's meet back up with Ren.

01:11:08.717 --> 01:11:12.197
He's probably got Nona there too, and they're probably hunkering down.

01:11:12.677 --> 01:11:15.237
This just sucks, but we'll figure it out, okay?

01:11:16.657 --> 01:11:22.457
On route to the comms tower, Ren comes running down saying, hey, are you guys okay?

01:11:23.517 --> 01:11:25.337
Alex is like, kinda, not really.

01:11:25.657 --> 01:11:26.777
How's it going with Nona?

01:11:27.557 --> 01:11:36.597
And Ren is like, well, she gets stressed out, which stresses me out, and then she wants to people please and calm me down, but calming me down stresses her out, and then I get stressed out, seeing her get stressed out.

01:11:36.957 --> 01:11:38.157
It's a vicious cycle.

01:11:39.777 --> 01:11:44.137
They haven't had any progress in reaching out for help, so that actually really sucks.

01:11:44.617 --> 01:11:48.077
Ren is like, man, I'm really glad I ate that second brownie though.

01:11:50.457 --> 01:11:52.337
Dick is rubbing it in now.

01:11:52.657 --> 01:11:56.957
Okay, so edible safety corner, don't take this many drugs.

01:11:58.037 --> 01:12:02.097
If you are in a high stress situation, drugs may not be the answer.

01:12:02.117 --> 01:12:03.017
Probably not the right time.

01:12:03.157 --> 01:12:04.977
No, probably a bad idea.

01:12:05.437 --> 01:12:07.737
Also, homemade edibles, unpredictable.

01:12:07.937 --> 01:12:09.297
Stop doing that shit.

01:12:09.317 --> 01:12:10.237
Fully unpredictable.

01:12:10.257 --> 01:12:12.097
You have no idea how potent that's going to be.

01:12:12.157 --> 01:12:17.097
I'm glad that we can bookend this pretty dark subject matter with talking about drugs.

01:12:18.977 --> 01:12:25.877
So the three of them, Ren, Jonas, Alex, they climb back up to the comms tower where Nona has been sitting and waiting.

01:12:25.937 --> 01:12:28.557
She's like, fuck this, I ran up here on my hangout.

01:12:28.957 --> 01:12:35.337
She tells them that nothing in the fucking tower works, and she's also like, hey, Alex, Jonas, I'm sorry, I was being weird.

01:12:35.757 --> 01:12:38.697
I'm having a weird night, and they're like, bitch, tell me about it.

01:12:39.697 --> 01:12:41.557
Alex is like, Nona, I get it.

01:12:42.077 --> 01:12:43.757
There's ghosts on the island.

01:12:44.377 --> 01:12:47.577
Ren tells the group that Maggie Adler had a boat.

01:12:47.597 --> 01:12:52.397
Maybe they could go to her property, grab the boat and just take that home and fuck off out of here.

01:12:52.997 --> 01:13:02.457
He says his sister used to work on the island, and because Maggie Adler was the only citizen, they would deliver mail to her, so he knows that the city has a key to her gate somewhere.

01:13:03.637 --> 01:13:07.777
They figure they can get the key, get in her house, get on the boat, get the fuck out of here.

01:13:07.997 --> 01:13:10.317
Who locks their house if you're the only one on the island?

01:13:10.977 --> 01:13:15.737
Well, if it was a tourist trap and you're on a side, you don't want teens rushing in to steal your boat.

01:13:15.837 --> 01:13:16.597
I guess that's true.

01:13:17.437 --> 01:13:19.337
You don't want this exact situation.

01:13:20.137 --> 01:13:21.657
But she's dead now, so...

01:13:21.917 --> 01:13:22.937
Who gives a shit?

01:13:23.797 --> 01:13:30.957
So for some reason, Jonas and Ren have a little dude fight, and they're like, I don't trust you, I don't trust you, why should we be the alphas?

01:13:31.057 --> 01:13:32.737
And like, shut the fuck up.

01:13:32.837 --> 01:13:33.917
And neither are alphas.

01:13:34.237 --> 01:13:35.497
Right, it's so annoying.

01:13:35.597 --> 01:13:38.057
So Alex is like, well, I'm going because I have the radio.

01:13:39.197 --> 01:13:40.397
Jonas, you come with me.

01:13:40.477 --> 01:13:42.377
We should bond as siblings now.

01:13:42.937 --> 01:13:52.417
For this one, you can pick any of the three to go with you, but I figured I want to bring my new brother, I want to get to know him, and I want to leave Nona and Ren together so they can make out.

01:13:52.577 --> 01:13:53.277
Hell yeah.

01:13:53.377 --> 01:13:54.737
I'm a girl's girl, you know?

01:13:54.757 --> 01:13:56.697
That bitch ass Clarissa's out of the picture.

01:13:58.097 --> 01:14:02.837
Ren is annoyed at this because it was his plan, so he wanted some of the glory, but shut up.

01:14:02.857 --> 01:14:04.257
I'm going to let you make out with baby girl.

01:14:04.977 --> 01:14:06.857
Nona says, hey, good luck.

01:14:07.117 --> 01:14:10.057
And then she and Ren hunker down in the comms tower.

01:14:11.177 --> 01:14:19.317
As Jonas and Alex go out in the night to find the key to get the boat, Jonas is like, hey, by the way, I don't know if you heard, but I did go to Juvie.

01:14:20.277 --> 01:14:22.397
And Alex is like, damn, that's crazy.

01:14:23.137 --> 01:14:24.737
Why are we having this conversation right now?

01:14:25.317 --> 01:14:28.397
This seriously is starting to sound like it's going to end up like a Pornhub video.

01:14:28.817 --> 01:14:30.017
Ew, a stepbrother shit.

01:14:32.197 --> 01:14:32.837
The fuck?

01:14:33.297 --> 01:14:37.177
But Jonas is like, no, I mean, my mom started getting really sick.

01:14:37.197 --> 01:14:39.057
Like she was on her last legs.

01:14:39.157 --> 01:14:39.957
It's what took her.

01:14:40.437 --> 01:14:41.157
I was at school.

01:14:41.177 --> 01:14:45.377
This kid threw a ball at me and was teasing me for having a dying mom, and I just fucking lost it.

01:14:45.637 --> 01:14:46.577
Kick the shit out of him.

01:14:47.037 --> 01:14:48.537
And I went to juvie for a little bit.

01:14:49.117 --> 01:14:50.997
Alex is like, yeah, that's crazy.

01:14:51.017 --> 01:14:52.737
That's very Dom Toretto of him.

01:14:54.517 --> 01:14:57.357
That is in Fast 9, if you are curious.

01:14:57.617 --> 01:15:02.497
I know that's like the one you haven't seen, but they do flashback and Dom does go to juvie.

01:15:03.097 --> 01:15:04.117
Maybe real jail?

01:15:04.137 --> 01:15:06.077
He does some time for an assault.

01:15:06.177 --> 01:15:07.897
He tells the story of it in the first one.

01:15:08.137 --> 01:15:08.697
Does he?

01:15:08.717 --> 01:15:11.997
Yeah, he says that he tells the full story of how he ended up in St.

01:15:12.017 --> 01:15:12.257
Quentin.

01:15:12.637 --> 01:15:13.097
Oh shit.

01:15:13.117 --> 01:15:15.717
Okay, so we see that in nine and I'm never going back.

01:15:17.337 --> 01:15:19.877
I love the Fast and Furious movies so much.

01:15:20.217 --> 01:15:22.317
I thrifted a Fast and Furious shirt yesterday.

01:15:22.817 --> 01:15:25.257
What's amazing is that you know the first one the least.

01:15:25.477 --> 01:15:28.077
Yeah, it's the longest since I've seen that one.

01:15:28.877 --> 01:15:30.457
I think I don't know.

01:15:30.477 --> 01:15:32.017
I just watch from five on.

01:15:32.037 --> 01:15:38.757
They're so fun, but they are completely different pace from this because now Jonas is like, Hey, Alex, are you religious?

01:15:39.657 --> 01:15:42.857
And Alex is like, We are just jumping into this shit, huh?

01:15:43.217 --> 01:15:44.977
Okay, I'm not.

01:15:45.017 --> 01:15:45.937
I don't think I am.

01:15:45.977 --> 01:15:46.717
What about you?

01:15:46.717 --> 01:15:49.457
And Jonas goes, Well, I think I am now.

01:15:50.837 --> 01:15:55.177
Now the needle is moving towards maybe because what the fuck?

01:15:55.277 --> 01:15:55.677
Yeah.

01:15:56.097 --> 01:16:05.897
This confession of religion is interrupted when they get down to town and see Clarissa sitting on top of a street light, swinging her legs back and forth like she's goddamn Spider-Man.

01:16:06.917 --> 01:16:08.137
Just all hunky-dory.

01:16:08.657 --> 01:16:10.997
Alex is like, Hey, how are you alive?

01:16:11.057 --> 01:16:13.257
I saw you swan dive out of a building.

01:16:14.077 --> 01:16:17.757
Clarissa's eyes glow red, and Jonas goes, Oh, goddamn it.

01:16:17.777 --> 01:16:18.517
She's possessed.

01:16:20.377 --> 01:16:25.457
Alex asks the ghosts inside Clarissa what they want, and Clarissa starts mumbling to herself.

01:16:26.297 --> 01:16:28.377
They talk to her a bit, but she doesn't answer.

01:16:28.537 --> 01:16:29.317
She just mumbles.

01:16:29.657 --> 01:16:32.057
So it's time for Alex to summon the spirits via radio.

01:16:33.457 --> 01:16:39.837
Before Alex can get to create all the triangles, the screen flickers, and Clarissa begins answering them.

01:16:40.817 --> 01:16:44.457
Clarissa is possessed, and she says she's full of anger and rage.

01:16:45.377 --> 01:16:50.197
She says some haunting shit and is like, If it's ghosts, you better sleep with the lights on.

01:16:50.997 --> 01:16:53.017
And then Clarissa falls off of the light pole.

01:16:53.677 --> 01:16:57.197
She stands up on the ground and is like, Oh, my God, I'm fine.

01:16:57.217 --> 01:17:01.997
See, I was thinking of like a light pole that's like 30 feet in the air.

01:17:02.017 --> 01:17:03.277
I'm like, OK, so she's still dead.

01:17:03.297 --> 01:17:04.857
No, OK, she's she's up.

01:17:04.957 --> 01:17:09.597
And you're thinking of the right ass shit, like a street lamp, like outside, like, Oh, the lights are on.

01:17:09.617 --> 01:17:10.597
Go home kind of shit.

01:17:10.617 --> 01:17:11.737
She fell that far still.

01:17:11.817 --> 01:17:12.117
Yeah.

01:17:12.497 --> 01:17:14.117
And she just got up like, damn it.

01:17:14.297 --> 01:17:21.537
She got up annoyed and was like, Alex and Jonas are like, Do you remember what just happened?

01:17:22.257 --> 01:17:23.617
Do you know anything?

01:17:23.717 --> 01:17:24.597
She's like, I fell.

01:17:24.617 --> 01:17:25.397
I'm concussed.

01:17:25.397 --> 01:17:26.457
I don't know anything.

01:17:26.597 --> 01:17:27.777
She has no idea.

01:17:27.797 --> 01:17:28.717
And she's annoyed.

01:17:28.737 --> 01:17:30.257
And she's just like, I don't know.

01:17:30.257 --> 01:17:31.477
Why is this my fault?

01:17:31.497 --> 01:17:33.057
This feels like Alex's fault.

01:17:35.157 --> 01:17:38.717
The fact that she just wants to blame Alex immediately.

01:17:38.717 --> 01:17:41.457
That's all she has in her arsenal is like, fuck Alex.

01:17:41.477 --> 01:17:42.357
This is your fault.

01:17:42.437 --> 01:17:46.077
She just admitted she knows nothing about what's going on.

01:17:46.277 --> 01:17:49.217
Except she knows Alex is behind this some fucking way.

01:17:50.857 --> 01:17:52.937
Oh, the mean girl is always so fun, isn't she?

01:17:53.577 --> 01:17:56.397
Then the screen statics out and we see the bonfire.

01:17:57.117 --> 01:17:58.737
And all five of the kids are together.

01:17:59.437 --> 01:18:01.537
Clarissa says, so it's my turn already?

01:18:02.357 --> 01:18:04.137
Alex says, guys, this isn't real.

01:18:04.157 --> 01:18:05.377
This isn't truth or slap.

01:18:05.397 --> 01:18:06.077
What the fuck?

01:18:06.757 --> 01:18:09.157
But they're not listening, and they keep doing truth or slap.

01:18:10.057 --> 01:18:12.197
Clarissa asks Alex what happened.

01:18:12.777 --> 01:18:18.237
Alex says, we tuned into something in the cave, and it woke something up, and I don't know what's happening.

01:18:19.177 --> 01:18:21.517
Bren tells Clarissa, it's not Alex's fault.

01:18:21.697 --> 01:18:24.817
But Clarissa says, no, this is Alex's fault.

01:18:26.637 --> 01:18:29.377
Clarissa also says, you know what else is your fault?

01:18:29.737 --> 01:18:31.177
Michael dying.

01:18:31.577 --> 01:18:33.517
Jesus Christ.

01:18:33.537 --> 01:18:36.137
So she blames Alex for his death.

01:18:36.657 --> 01:18:45.537
Clarissa says Michael wanted to leave town and make something of himself, but just before he left, Alex insisted that they go swimming together, and he drowned.

01:18:46.117 --> 01:18:47.317
Oh no.

01:18:47.797 --> 01:18:51.277
Alex is screaming at Clarissa to shut up, but Clarissa keeps going.

01:18:52.217 --> 01:18:59.477
There is no reason Alex should have taken him swimming, and the only reason that Michael is dead is because of Alex.

01:19:00.157 --> 01:19:02.017
Jonas says, hey, calm down.

01:19:02.097 --> 01:19:02.417
Stop.

01:19:02.437 --> 01:19:04.237
We just need to get the key, and we need to go home.

01:19:04.477 --> 01:19:06.077
You guys can scream at each other later.

01:19:06.337 --> 01:19:08.217
Please, for the love of God, let me get on the boat.

01:19:08.777 --> 01:19:11.877
Clarissa's eyes switch to red, and she says no.

01:19:12.497 --> 01:19:17.077
The screen statics again, then it's just Jonas and Alex again at the edge of the town area.

01:19:17.797 --> 01:19:19.977
Jonas is like, what the fuck?

01:19:19.997 --> 01:19:21.437
Clarissa was just here.

01:19:22.257 --> 01:19:25.637
Alex goes, well, we looped again, so who knows where she is?

01:19:27.177 --> 01:19:31.777
Here's the thing, these loops don't even seem to be going to the exact same, like, universe.

01:19:31.797 --> 01:19:36.597
Yeah, they're definitely different situations that you can see in all of these loops.

01:19:36.697 --> 01:19:39.377
Yeah, they feel like alternate timelines almost.

01:19:39.437 --> 01:19:41.297
Where they're blending together almost.

01:19:43.537 --> 01:19:50.437
Jonas and Alex go through the town, and they find another small pocket radio, but it has a way larger range of stations to pick up.

01:19:51.117 --> 01:19:53.157
It belonged to Maggie Adler, which is weird.

01:19:53.597 --> 01:20:01.457
But actually not so weird, because Maggie Adler used these kind of radios to tune into gates and doors on the island and turn them on.

01:20:02.197 --> 01:20:04.037
So actually the radio is our key.

01:20:05.577 --> 01:20:11.797
Jonas also finds a letter from Maggie Adler saying that there are secrets on the island that others have been trying to cover up.

01:20:12.597 --> 01:20:18.697
She says she's left clues in a scavenger hunt around the island leading up to the truth about what's going on.

01:20:19.417 --> 01:20:21.397
Why don't you just write out what the truth is, bitch?

01:20:21.477 --> 01:20:24.037
She did, and then she made it a scavenger hunt.

01:20:24.057 --> 01:20:25.237
And then made it whimsical.

01:20:26.517 --> 01:20:31.097
It also says she is ashamed of the lies she helped preserve.

01:20:31.557 --> 01:20:33.177
What the fuck, Maggie Adler?

01:20:33.997 --> 01:20:36.157
Maggie, what's some shit that you're up to?

01:20:36.817 --> 01:20:39.517
So this ends up being another collectible, the Adler letters.

01:20:40.257 --> 01:20:44.517
Some are just like her thoughts being like, huh, it's nice out, this shit cool.

01:20:44.797 --> 01:20:47.797
But some do shed light on what's going on in the island.

01:20:49.017 --> 01:20:54.637
Deep in the night as they keep going, Jonas stops Alex and is like, hey, why are you wearing that jacket?

01:20:55.177 --> 01:20:57.117
It's 75 degrees and the sun is out.

01:20:58.497 --> 01:21:02.537
Alex turns to him in pitch darkness and says, the sun is not out.

01:21:03.517 --> 01:21:06.037
But then the screen statics and it's 1 p.m.

01:21:07.017 --> 01:21:09.297
last year.

01:21:09.317 --> 01:21:09.917
A year earlier?

01:21:10.117 --> 01:21:12.217
It's Alex, Clarissa and Michael.

01:21:12.677 --> 01:21:13.477
Oh, no.

01:21:13.497 --> 01:21:15.357
And they're exploring the island together.

01:21:15.377 --> 01:21:17.797
This isn't a flashback, though.

01:21:18.577 --> 01:21:21.157
Alex is lost in a loop she's never seen before.

01:21:22.257 --> 01:21:25.237
Alex asks Michael if he's a ghost and he laughs it off.

01:21:26.257 --> 01:21:28.297
Alex is like, you drowned in the lake.

01:21:29.197 --> 01:21:30.617
You drowned, you're dead.

01:21:30.657 --> 01:21:32.697
And he says, no, Alex, you're crazy.

01:21:33.797 --> 01:21:36.117
Alex insists she doesn't know what's going on.

01:21:36.497 --> 01:21:39.717
But Michael and Clarissa blow it off and they're like, oh, you're being silly.

01:21:40.757 --> 01:21:44.757
The three get to the beach and Michael is like, oh, shit, I left my phone on the ferry.

01:21:44.777 --> 01:21:45.597
I'm going to be right back.

01:21:46.037 --> 01:21:47.917
Leaving Clarissa and Alex alone.

01:21:48.397 --> 01:21:52.117
This Clarissa from last year doesn't know about what happened on the island.

01:21:52.857 --> 01:21:54.057
She's sweet here.

01:21:54.077 --> 01:21:56.557
She thanks Alex for hanging out with them and bonding.

01:21:57.257 --> 01:22:00.897
She says Michael loves Alex a lot and talks about her all the time.

01:22:01.777 --> 01:22:03.457
Alex says she loves him too.

01:22:04.257 --> 01:22:08.877
Michael comes back and joins them on the beach, and Clarissa runs out to the little town square to grab a soda.

01:22:09.797 --> 01:22:14.257
Alone with Michael, Alex tells Michael she misses him a lot.

01:22:14.657 --> 01:22:16.377
He says he missed her too.

01:22:17.097 --> 01:22:21.257
They have a sweet sibling moment, and Alex asks Michael what he sees in Clarissa.

01:22:22.077 --> 01:22:23.017
Like, why date her?

01:22:23.037 --> 01:22:24.517
She's the fucking worst.

01:22:25.317 --> 01:22:32.257
Michael tells a story about how Clarissa dragged him to a comedy club and forced him on stage to do open mic.

01:22:32.497 --> 01:22:32.917
What?

01:22:33.177 --> 01:22:35.417
And Alex is like, that is a fucking nightmare.

01:22:35.437 --> 01:22:36.297
You need to dump her.

01:22:37.977 --> 01:22:40.457
Michael then is like, hey, you're wearing my jacket.

01:22:40.797 --> 01:22:43.477
And this is the same jacket she's wearing in the present day.

01:22:43.817 --> 01:22:44.717
Oh, shit.

01:22:44.817 --> 01:22:48.897
The screen statics out, and we're back in the timeline, and Michael is dead again.

01:22:49.957 --> 01:22:56.157
It is 320 a.m., and we're back with Jonas, who's like, Alex, hey, you've been weird for the last five minutes.

01:22:56.177 --> 01:22:56.917
Are you good?

01:22:57.177 --> 01:22:59.437
So Alex has just been sitting there staring off into space.

01:22:59.857 --> 01:23:02.977
Fully, she said, I was fully gone.

01:23:02.997 --> 01:23:04.817
I leapfrogged back in time.

01:23:04.957 --> 01:23:07.357
And Jonas says, no, you've been standing here.

01:23:08.077 --> 01:23:11.857
And then she just goes, man, it really fucking sucks that Michael's gone.

01:23:12.757 --> 01:23:19.117
Alex and Jonas make it to Maggie Adler's house, and Ren and Nona are already there at the gate being like, hell yeah, let's go.

01:23:19.137 --> 01:23:22.377
Nona is like, I'm really glad neither of you died.

01:23:23.857 --> 01:23:28.877
Alex goes, actually, we lost Clarissa, but that's not really a loss, am I right, ladies?

01:23:29.077 --> 01:23:31.097
Did we really lose Clarissa?

01:23:31.097 --> 01:23:31.957
Nah, fuck her.

01:23:33.457 --> 01:23:40.517
Alex uses a little radio to open the gate to the Adler estate, and everyone is like, holy shit, that was so cool that you opened a gate with a radio.

01:23:41.237 --> 01:23:44.917
On the estate grounds, they're met with the sight of a boat, which relieves Alex.

01:23:45.197 --> 01:23:48.197
Ren is in shock at how big the estate is.

01:23:48.557 --> 01:23:50.957
It's like the Knives' outhouse, like it's fucking huge.

01:23:50.977 --> 01:23:53.577
It's called an estate, it's gonna be huge.

01:23:53.597 --> 01:23:55.957
Yeah, I said estate, that should be clear.

01:23:56.677 --> 01:24:01.397
Now, the boat needs a key to operate, and it's not a radio key, so they have to go into the house to find it.

01:24:02.097 --> 01:24:06.097
The Adler House is also locked by radio, which is wild and very cool to see.

01:24:06.477 --> 01:24:10.777
The four group up and go into the Adler House, where they're met by Clarissa.

01:24:11.097 --> 01:24:13.017
She scares the shit out of everyone.

01:24:13.417 --> 01:24:14.377
Still not dead again.

01:24:14.797 --> 01:24:17.357
Nona is like, okay, thank God, we're all together.

01:24:17.557 --> 01:24:19.697
Let's get the boat key and get the fuck out of here.

01:24:20.237 --> 01:24:24.977
Nona, Ren and Clarissa step aside to the boat while Alex and Jonas dig through the house.

01:24:25.657 --> 01:24:32.297
In the attic, Alex finds evidence that Maggie Adler knew about the ghosts and the radio frequencies.

01:24:32.817 --> 01:24:35.437
And also Jonas finds the boat keys, so like hell yeah.

01:24:36.477 --> 01:24:38.817
As they start to leave, the screen statics out.

01:24:40.097 --> 01:24:42.837
Alex is in the attic and her friends are spread throughout the house.

01:24:43.317 --> 01:24:46.697
We see the house holistically, like a doll house with all the rooms visible.

01:24:47.837 --> 01:24:53.417
Nona, Ren and Jonas are all in different rooms, but are catatonic and unresponsive to Alex.

01:24:54.397 --> 01:24:58.357
Clarissa appears in the kitchen and tells Alex her training is almost over.

01:24:59.517 --> 01:25:02.057
Alex says, just stop and let my friends go.

01:25:02.737 --> 01:25:07.257
Clarissa says, your friends are as fine as they've ever been and it's nothing to bleed over.

01:25:08.217 --> 01:25:13.757
That Alex signed up for this by summoning everything with the radio and she's like, bitch, I didn't try to.

01:25:14.797 --> 01:25:16.577
Clarissa says everything will be fine.

01:25:17.117 --> 01:25:20.037
That the final test is to gather things in the house for the ghosts.

01:25:20.557 --> 01:25:23.617
And if she doesn't comply, there will be grim consequences.

01:25:25.197 --> 01:25:29.297
There's a short game of possess Clarissa telling Alex to find things in the house.

01:25:29.717 --> 01:25:33.817
And if she doesn't find them, one of her friends disappears into the nothingness.

01:25:34.937 --> 01:25:39.777
This is some abusive behavior, like do as I say or bad things happen.

01:25:39.937 --> 01:25:41.597
Yeah, that's not that's toxic bitch.

01:25:42.937 --> 01:25:47.737
This all leads up to Alex finding a picture of Maggie Adler young and with a friend.

01:25:48.977 --> 01:25:52.077
Clarissa Ghost explains that's Maggie and her friend Anna.

01:25:52.637 --> 01:25:58.057
Many years ago, the two tried to sport with the ghosts, but only one survived.

01:25:58.537 --> 01:26:04.077
But in that process, the ghosts found a way to return, but it takes a lot of time.

01:26:05.197 --> 01:26:11.717
Clarissa Ghost goes on to explain that the ghosts can ride the waves to take over the bodies of her friends and they can return to life.

01:26:12.357 --> 01:26:15.137
They said they tried it before with Anna, but they didn't do it right.

01:26:15.677 --> 01:26:18.377
And that's why Anna had to go away.

01:26:19.057 --> 01:26:25.337
Anna was eventually eaten by the rift that had eaten the ghosts, and now she's a part of the spirits that are trapped there.

01:26:25.517 --> 01:26:29.497
Sorry, there's like a spirit realm black hole eating everything too?

01:26:30.297 --> 01:26:32.017
Just the people that are like fucking with it.

01:26:32.597 --> 01:26:39.757
I mean, I get if you're living on this like fucked up, possessed island, you might as well try to live with it than work against it.

01:26:40.437 --> 01:26:49.477
Yeah, but this is Maggie Adler and her friend Anna were really trying to help fix the ghosts and like open up this portal to help them escape and find peace.

01:26:49.517 --> 01:26:55.317
And it just didn't work out where Anna, instead of helping them get out, got trapped within.

01:26:55.617 --> 01:27:00.177
So they tried to open a portal to hell and then realized, oh shit, we opened a portal to hell.

01:27:00.217 --> 01:27:01.337
It's like island hell.

01:27:02.377 --> 01:27:05.457
It's like if Jimmy Buffett were an asshole, that's where he'd be.

01:27:06.517 --> 01:27:08.037
I think he's going to the good place though.

01:27:08.057 --> 01:27:09.877
He seemed like he did a lot for a lot of people.

01:27:09.977 --> 01:27:10.737
I think so too.

01:27:11.237 --> 01:27:12.677
So they tried to do this before with Anna.

01:27:12.977 --> 01:27:13.917
It just didn't work out.

01:27:13.997 --> 01:27:15.897
But they can take other bodies.

01:27:16.657 --> 01:27:18.697
They just need Alex to stay on the island.

01:27:18.977 --> 01:27:21.497
And they tell her this is actually a great honor for her.

01:27:22.537 --> 01:27:26.797
She said, whoa, no, you had your time.

01:27:26.817 --> 01:27:29.017
Don't take ours because you had an accident.

01:27:29.257 --> 01:27:31.377
Yeah, don't Johnny Silver hand me.

01:27:32.297 --> 01:27:34.577
The ghosts say they didn't have time.

01:27:34.617 --> 01:27:36.077
It was ripped away from them.

01:27:36.837 --> 01:27:42.057
They say when our vessel smashed on those rocks, they had until dawn, and so do you.

01:27:42.737 --> 01:27:46.437
All of the teens except for Alex are now standing with their eyes glowing red.

01:27:47.197 --> 01:27:49.957
Alex goes, well, shit, I hate this.

01:27:51.337 --> 01:27:55.497
The house is empty and staticky again, and there are three tape players that Alex uses.

01:27:56.177 --> 01:28:02.837
After they're all up and running, the screen returns to normal, and the four of them, Alex, Ren, Jonas and Nona, are all in the house.

01:28:03.317 --> 01:28:04.057
No Clarissa.

01:28:05.277 --> 01:28:08.237
Nona crumbles, and she's like, oh my God, I'm going to be sick.

01:28:08.377 --> 01:28:10.337
And Ren is like, I do not feel good.

01:28:11.157 --> 01:28:14.577
They're all agreeing Clarissa was right here, and now she's not.

01:28:14.637 --> 01:28:18.817
And oh my God, if we don't bring Clarissa home, we're going to be in so much fucking trouble.

01:28:19.457 --> 01:28:21.197
We need to get everyone off the island.

01:28:21.237 --> 01:28:22.297
No man left behind.

01:28:22.317 --> 01:28:23.277
This is fucking crazy.

01:28:23.377 --> 01:28:25.817
Yeah, we can't come back with fewer people than we left with.

01:28:26.277 --> 01:28:27.257
Alex thinks we can.

01:28:27.277 --> 01:28:29.557
Well, you hate fucking Clarissa.

01:28:29.657 --> 01:28:30.877
She's like, we should all leave.

01:28:30.897 --> 01:28:31.977
This is fucking stupid.

01:28:31.997 --> 01:28:32.997
There's four of us here.

01:28:33.017 --> 01:28:33.877
We have the boat.

01:28:33.897 --> 01:28:36.697
Let's hit the fucking not road, water.

01:28:36.717 --> 01:28:37.537
Let's hit the water.

01:28:38.177 --> 01:28:40.797
Nona says we cannot leave someone here.

01:28:41.417 --> 01:28:45.277
There's things killing her and trying to kill her, and she's just going to get sick.

01:28:45.297 --> 01:28:46.857
She's like, no, no, this is my fucking friend.

01:28:47.157 --> 01:28:48.937
And Nona did drag her here.

01:28:48.957 --> 01:28:53.257
So there's some sense of ownership of Clarissa's being a bitch here.

01:28:53.457 --> 01:28:54.557
It's the buddy system.

01:28:54.577 --> 01:28:56.677
That's the basis of the buddy system.

01:28:56.697 --> 01:28:57.297
That is true.

01:28:57.317 --> 01:28:58.377
That is the buddy system.

01:28:59.177 --> 01:29:00.917
Ren is like, hey, you know what?

01:29:00.937 --> 01:29:08.897
There's a lot of military tunnels we can probably use to get around because actually after Jonas and Alex went through the cave, it fucking collapsed.

01:29:09.437 --> 01:29:09.997
Oh, shit.

01:29:10.057 --> 01:29:12.297
And Jonas and Alex are like, ah, damn, that's crazy.

01:29:13.217 --> 01:29:14.857
They're like, well, you know what?

01:29:15.077 --> 01:29:16.337
We're in the best possible place.

01:29:16.377 --> 01:29:17.757
Maggie Adler lived here.

01:29:17.777 --> 01:29:20.457
I'm sure she has a ton of the military info of how to get around.

01:29:20.957 --> 01:29:24.377
Let's figure out what she knows and use that to our advantage.

01:29:25.217 --> 01:29:33.797
They see a projector and a reel marked experiments and findings of experienced phenomenon 1952, and they pop that in the projector.

01:29:34.637 --> 01:29:40.677
They do find some mapping to get through the caves and into the bomb shelters and other ways that the military used to get around.

01:29:41.577 --> 01:29:50.897
Then a slide on triangles called a temporal tear, and apparently these triangles can be used to transpose to the other side.

01:29:52.137 --> 01:30:00.937
It shows the triangle with the radio waves coming back and forth in a triangle shape, just like how Alex has gotten people out of being possessed, creating a triangle with the triangles.

01:30:01.977 --> 01:30:04.097
Nona is like, I think we can use this.

01:30:04.417 --> 01:30:05.397
We're on to something.

01:30:06.177 --> 01:30:07.397
She might be a little dumb.

01:30:09.557 --> 01:30:12.517
Jonas is like, all right, me and Alex, we're going to go back into the woods.

01:30:12.757 --> 01:30:16.917
We're going to use the radio to trigger up the bomb shelter so we can get in through the bomb shelter.

01:30:16.997 --> 01:30:17.877
That feels safe.

01:30:17.897 --> 01:30:19.657
And then we can get around, we can find Clarissa.

01:30:19.677 --> 01:30:21.137
And then we're in a bomb shelter.

01:30:21.277 --> 01:30:23.297
Yeah, also, that feels pretty good.

01:30:23.897 --> 01:30:31.557
The thing with the bomb shelter is you need to have two different radios creating the right frequency at the same time across the island.

01:30:31.577 --> 01:30:34.477
So Ren and Nona are like, cool, we'll go to this comms tower.

01:30:34.757 --> 01:30:38.857
You guys go out to the one way the fuck out there because you guys are way more resilient.

01:30:39.017 --> 01:30:41.237
Ren's high out of his fucking mind.

01:30:41.637 --> 01:30:42.757
Nona's terrified.

01:30:42.777 --> 01:30:44.017
We're going to take the easier route.

01:30:44.637 --> 01:30:45.697
Let's split up the group.

01:30:47.857 --> 01:30:51.117
On the way out, Alex gets dizzy and appears to pass out.

01:30:51.937 --> 01:30:54.237
She sees a world filled with water.

01:30:54.697 --> 01:30:58.657
And in the middle, Ren drowning just like her brother.

01:30:59.157 --> 01:31:00.037
Oh shit.

01:31:00.377 --> 01:31:04.097
She wakes up and Jonas is standing over her like, you stay with me, Alex.

01:31:04.357 --> 01:31:06.077
Come on, don't leave me like this.

01:31:06.657 --> 01:31:07.277
What the fuck?

01:31:07.797 --> 01:31:08.637
You're my new sister.

01:31:08.717 --> 01:31:09.717
I'm responsible for you.

01:31:10.197 --> 01:31:13.197
Alex is like, damn, I saw something crazy.

01:31:13.217 --> 01:31:15.877
And Jonas goes, yeah, your eyes turned red.

01:31:16.397 --> 01:31:17.697
You were possessed.

01:31:17.997 --> 01:31:18.637
Oh no.

01:31:18.717 --> 01:31:20.117
That shit's crazy, huh?

01:31:20.637 --> 01:31:23.237
And Alex goes, it is 4 a.m.

01:31:24.797 --> 01:31:28.817
Jonas and Alex make their way out to the right station to open up the bomb shelter.

01:31:29.417 --> 01:31:35.097
They get caught in one loop cycle and see Wren dead on the rocks in the water with Nona nearby.

01:31:35.957 --> 01:31:43.757
Alex is annoyed at being in another fucking loop, and then the screen statics out to another scene of Wren dead, and another and another.

01:31:43.777 --> 01:31:46.257
She's just seeing her friend die in different ways.

01:31:47.377 --> 01:31:54.357
And then Alex is alone in a station with Jonas, and Jonas' eyes are glowing red and he is possessed.

01:31:54.537 --> 01:31:54.937
Shit.

01:31:55.477 --> 01:31:57.997
Alex looks at him and goes, I know you're not Jonas.

01:31:59.217 --> 01:32:03.577
Ghost Jonas says, soon it won't be pretense, it'll be absolute.

01:32:05.797 --> 01:32:09.877
Ghost Jonas then tells Alex, they have a proposition for her.

01:32:10.577 --> 01:32:18.157
They say Clarissa is gone and theirs, and they will control her through existence, and there's nothing that can be done about that.

01:32:19.077 --> 01:32:26.457
But if they let the ghost take Clarissa without any fuss or fighting, they won't slaughter the rest of Alex's friends.

01:32:28.157 --> 01:32:28.537
Hmm.

01:32:28.817 --> 01:32:30.517
So Alex says, yeah, absolutely.

01:32:30.537 --> 01:32:31.537
Yeah, go ahead, take her.

01:32:31.557 --> 01:32:32.017
She's yours.

01:32:32.037 --> 01:32:32.337
Take her.

01:32:32.357 --> 01:32:34.377
If she's already gone, leave the rest of us alone.

01:32:34.457 --> 01:32:36.037
Deal, ghost dude, just go away.

01:32:36.137 --> 01:32:39.577
Sounds like her dying is a canon event, so just go ahead and let it happen.

01:32:39.597 --> 01:32:40.697
It's a fully canon event.

01:32:40.717 --> 01:32:42.377
Like, I'm not going to stand in the way of that.

01:32:43.237 --> 01:32:46.657
The ghost calls Alex very mature for her age and fucks off.

01:32:46.977 --> 01:32:48.817
You are very mature for letting her die.

01:32:48.837 --> 01:32:51.897
What a great 17-year-old child.

01:32:52.337 --> 01:32:57.937
Alex resets the scene with tape players, and Jonas catches himself mid-sentence, coming out of a loop.

01:32:58.917 --> 01:33:00.817
Alex is like, hey man, you're possessed.

01:33:01.277 --> 01:33:01.997
Super sucked.

01:33:02.737 --> 01:33:06.677
They let that shit go, and then Ren and Nona are heard over the speakers.

01:33:07.357 --> 01:33:13.257
Alex is just relieved to hear Ren's voice, knowing he's alive after seeing him die so many times so quickly.

01:33:14.117 --> 01:33:15.617
But they're like, perfect, they're in position.

01:33:16.297 --> 01:33:23.477
Jonas and Alex get into the comm station, and they're able to connect to the system, talk to Ren and Nona, and boom, looks like it worked.

01:33:23.717 --> 01:33:26.877
They got the radios up, they got the bunkers open, we are fucking set.

01:33:27.057 --> 01:33:27.557
Hell yeah.

01:33:28.417 --> 01:33:34.857
Now all Alex and Jonas have to do is go meet back up with Ren and Nona, close the time hole, and save the day.

01:33:35.937 --> 01:33:40.277
Along the way, Jonas is like, hey, you know, I think it'll be cool to live together.

01:33:41.057 --> 01:33:44.317
I think we're gonna be friends, at least.

01:33:44.457 --> 01:33:46.037
Maybe not siblings yet, but friends.

01:33:47.197 --> 01:33:53.237
At 5 a goddamn m, Jonas starts glitching again.

01:33:53.257 --> 01:33:59.557
And then in a flash, Alex is in a memory with Michael instead of here with Jonas.

01:34:00.277 --> 01:34:00.737
Again.

01:34:00.937 --> 01:34:05.297
Michael is giving Alex shit for letting a friend down, and they have a little heart to heart.

01:34:06.097 --> 01:34:10.217
Michael lets Alex know he took her advice and he broke things off with Clarissa.

01:34:11.477 --> 01:34:11.777
What?

01:34:12.537 --> 01:34:18.257
Alex comes out of this daze at 5:30 a.m., half an hour, with Jonas standing over her.

01:34:18.557 --> 01:34:22.537
They shake it off and meet back up with Ren and Nona down by the open bomb shelter.

01:34:23.277 --> 01:34:27.057
Ren insists on getting a selfie with the group before anything else happens.

01:34:28.597 --> 01:34:31.977
Ren also warns everyone that the bomb shelter is the point of no return.

01:34:32.337 --> 01:34:34.697
So if you have any other collectibles, go get them right now.

01:34:36.037 --> 01:34:41.637
Now I will discuss one thing quickly, and those are those Maggie Adler letters that we talked about briefly.

01:34:41.657 --> 01:34:42.177
Yeah.

01:34:42.277 --> 01:34:43.497
They're kind of all over.

01:34:43.657 --> 01:34:52.377
It turns out Maggie Adler was on the island and saw a submarine and reported it as an anomaly and assumed it was an enemy vessel.

01:34:53.217 --> 01:34:58.137
The sub was shot down, and it was covered up saying, oh, a Japanese group shot it down.

01:34:58.157 --> 01:34:58.917
Oh, shit.

01:34:59.437 --> 01:35:03.677
To not showcase the big mistake that killed so many people.

01:35:04.897 --> 01:35:05.917
It's Maggie's fault.

01:35:06.077 --> 01:35:07.557
Fucking Maggie Adler.

01:35:07.577 --> 01:35:08.657
And then it was covered up.

01:35:09.777 --> 01:35:15.577
So everyone is like, damn, that's crazy, but only a couple of people actually know what happened and why all these kids are dead.

01:35:16.797 --> 01:35:20.337
Maggie knew, and Maggie dedicated all her shit to making it right.

01:35:20.537 --> 01:35:25.957
She knew she was responsible for these deaths, and she started catching hints of ghosts on the radio.

01:35:25.977 --> 01:35:27.857
And she was like, I can figure this out.

01:35:27.877 --> 01:35:28.777
I can fix it.

01:35:28.797 --> 01:35:29.977
I'll figure out the rifts.

01:35:30.257 --> 01:35:31.737
I'll figure out the souls.

01:35:31.757 --> 01:35:34.917
I'll figure out a way to get everyone to peace.

01:35:35.157 --> 01:35:35.957
I owe it to them.

01:35:36.037 --> 01:35:41.777
And that's why she eventually kind of ran down the tourist traps and kind of stopped giving a shit about the island.

01:35:41.797 --> 01:35:43.537
She's like, let's keep people off this thing.

01:35:43.977 --> 01:35:47.397
I don't want anyone else to get sucked up into some shit after what happened to Anna.

01:35:47.997 --> 01:35:49.777
I need to protect this, and I need to fix it.

01:35:49.897 --> 01:35:52.797
But she died before she could do anything.

01:35:53.437 --> 01:35:54.057
Damn.

01:35:54.537 --> 01:35:59.377
Between scenes, we see the selfie that Ren had us take, and no one looks fucking happy.

01:36:00.737 --> 01:36:02.677
It's 6 goddamn a.m.

01:36:03.617 --> 01:36:07.097
And Jonas and Alex are going down a ladder into the bomb shelter.

01:36:07.817 --> 01:36:13.597
Deep in the bomb shelter, they see barracks and beds and one of the tape players that have shown up in the time loops.

01:36:14.477 --> 01:36:19.697
This one starts playing the song that Jonas' mom would play for him, and he gets distracted.

01:36:20.857 --> 01:36:25.917
Alex and Jonas go up to the tape player, and Jonas is like, I swear, it almost sounds like a recording of her.

01:36:26.957 --> 01:36:28.677
He asks Alex to pull out her radio.

01:36:29.977 --> 01:36:34.177
They've been talking to and talking through ghosts all night.

01:36:35.077 --> 01:36:38.697
What if I could talk to the right ghost?

01:36:39.797 --> 01:36:40.537
Like my mom.

01:36:41.577 --> 01:36:42.437
Like a seance.

01:36:43.157 --> 01:36:48.977
Alex finds the sweet spot on the radio, and then Jonas is snapped away in his own memory with his mom.

01:36:49.957 --> 01:36:53.017
Alex, though, is now alone in a bomb shelter.

01:36:53.977 --> 01:36:56.397
Alex asks Jonas, Hey, where'd you go?

01:36:57.177 --> 01:37:00.477
Oh, so this is what he was seeing of Alex when she was in her little memories?

01:37:00.497 --> 01:37:01.237
Of just gone.

01:37:01.257 --> 01:37:02.657
I'm like, fuck.

01:37:03.117 --> 01:37:07.517
Then alone, she enters the caves to save bitch ass Clarissa.

01:37:08.677 --> 01:37:12.197
In the caves, she does almost immediately run into a possessed Clarissa.

01:37:13.477 --> 01:37:16.717
Possessed ghost Clarissa is like, Hey, Alex, we had a contract.

01:37:17.097 --> 01:37:18.997
And Alex says, I can't leave.

01:37:19.717 --> 01:37:22.277
I have to get Clarissa because Nona is making me.

01:37:23.317 --> 01:37:26.337
The ghost says, then you have truly drowned yourself.

01:37:27.477 --> 01:37:30.017
Clarissa disappears and Alex whips out her radio.

01:37:30.577 --> 01:37:37.417
She does one triangle in the air, and as she turns the dial to activate the second, a bunch show up in the air, unconnecting.

01:37:38.237 --> 01:37:44.737
When she does this a third time, one large triangle is formed with all of these multiple points, and everything goes black.

01:37:46.137 --> 01:37:49.357
Alex goes, oof, might have beefed it.

01:37:50.797 --> 01:37:53.277
The screen is completely black except for her.

01:37:53.857 --> 01:37:59.177
She runs looking for Jonas, for anyone, frankly, and then she finds herself on the beach.

01:38:00.377 --> 01:38:05.697
Except as the camera reveals more and more, she's underwater on the beach.

01:38:06.577 --> 01:38:11.597
And then as she's looking out into the ocean, she's looking at a huge submarine.

01:38:12.897 --> 01:38:13.697
Oh, shit.

01:38:13.857 --> 01:38:15.277
She says, I'm underwater?

01:38:16.197 --> 01:38:17.657
And then the screen blacks out again.

01:38:19.317 --> 01:38:26.177
Alex and Clarissa are in a different part of the island, and ghost-ass Clarissa shows up and explains, this is happening.

01:38:27.117 --> 01:38:28.477
You don't have to die.

01:38:29.277 --> 01:38:30.737
You can still walk away.

01:38:32.237 --> 01:38:33.057
So I did.

01:38:33.717 --> 01:38:41.817
Alex walks through its hair created by the ghosts, and as she does, ghost Clarissa tells Alex, you know it was friendly fire that killed us.

01:38:42.897 --> 01:38:45.137
It was awful and they didn't deserve it.

01:38:46.137 --> 01:38:48.857
Alex tells the ghosts it was a catastrophic event.

01:38:49.717 --> 01:38:52.397
The ghost said, that makes it sound like it was fate.

01:38:53.697 --> 01:38:59.517
The ghost warns Alex to leave because she's just getting way too close to the tear and the ghosts.

01:39:00.277 --> 01:39:04.817
The ghost warns Alex she has a minute to leave or she'll be eaten up by the rift and never go home.

01:39:05.517 --> 01:39:07.377
That's what happened to Anna, at least.

01:39:08.437 --> 01:39:16.357
So Alex leaves through the rift, and as she does, the ghost says, remember your friends as they were, because they will never be that again.

01:39:17.997 --> 01:39:18.837
Alex is gone.

01:39:19.637 --> 01:39:25.677
Then Alex starts appearing in loops, and not just any loops, loops she's experienced before tonight.

01:39:26.517 --> 01:39:31.237
Through water, she watches herself in the loop where she and Jonas got caught near a campsite.

01:39:31.997 --> 01:39:35.697
She talks to herself through the mirrors she thought she was talking to her through.

01:39:36.537 --> 01:39:41.477
She was the ghost of herself just ahead of her own timeline on the same loop.

01:39:41.497 --> 01:39:42.797
What the fuck?

01:39:43.697 --> 01:39:50.217
Then she's in a white dreamlike world at her house, talking to Michael.

01:39:51.217 --> 01:39:57.677
Michael's room is illuminated in a triangle in the same configuration we've seen all the ghosts connect through tonight.

01:39:58.697 --> 01:40:04.937
Michael is thinking about college and leaving town after high school, but he doesn't really know what he wants to do yet.

01:40:05.657 --> 01:40:09.997
He has a free ride to one school, but he doesn't even know if he wants to go to that school.

01:40:10.917 --> 01:40:13.197
Alex tells him to leave town and see what happens.

01:40:14.417 --> 01:40:17.957
Michael starts giving Alex life advice, like, hey, watch out for boys.

01:40:18.997 --> 01:40:21.497
He says, you know, it's just in case I'm not around.

01:40:23.097 --> 01:40:26.537
He says he loves her, and she says, I love you too.

01:40:27.977 --> 01:40:32.217
The screen comes out, and now it's 7 a.m., and four teens are on a ferry.

01:40:33.357 --> 01:40:36.357
Alex is like, are we dead, or are we in ghost heaven?

01:40:37.497 --> 01:40:42.357
Wren says, no, we made it out alive, but I feel like ass.

01:40:42.597 --> 01:40:44.497
That's just an edible hangover, you're fine.

01:40:45.737 --> 01:40:51.037
Jonas says, hey, you know what, whatever you did in the cage worked, because the ghosts are gone, and we're going home.

01:40:52.537 --> 01:40:56.037
Alex says, I saw Michael again, and I'm a little rattled.

01:40:57.037 --> 01:40:59.777
Jonas is like, damn, that's crazy, but it's over.

01:41:01.537 --> 01:41:03.977
Jonas says, oh, my God, we have to tell everyone.

01:41:04.377 --> 01:41:05.897
Maybe I can go on a book tour.

01:41:06.757 --> 01:41:14.197
Alex is like, yeah, we have no proof, and we're not as smart as the teens in the quarry that took phone footage of everything, so this is not going to happen.

01:41:14.217 --> 01:41:15.897
You also need to write the book first.

01:41:17.277 --> 01:41:20.797
Then as teens do, they digress and start talking about prom.

01:41:21.317 --> 01:41:22.377
What the fuck?

01:41:22.757 --> 01:41:27.197
Alex is like, oh, my God, I wouldn't go unless I have a date, because that's so embarrassing to go alone.

01:41:27.757 --> 01:41:29.337
Which it's not, first of all.

01:41:29.357 --> 01:41:31.537
I don't think it's weird to go by yourself.

01:41:31.957 --> 01:41:34.337
It's super regular to go with a bunch of friends.

01:41:34.417 --> 01:41:34.857
Right.

01:41:35.077 --> 01:41:37.637
It's not like, what generation are you?

01:41:37.657 --> 01:41:38.337
Calm down.

01:41:38.357 --> 01:41:41.077
You don't have to be formally asked to go to a high school dance.

01:41:41.237 --> 01:41:43.637
You are entitled to go to as a high school student.

01:41:43.657 --> 01:41:44.237
Shut up.

01:41:44.737 --> 01:41:48.237
Anyway, Nona is like, it is picture time.

01:41:48.297 --> 01:41:51.357
Tonight has been absolutely noteworthy, so why not?

01:41:52.037 --> 01:41:55.697
Nona moves everyone into the sunrise light, and they get ready for a photo.

01:41:56.397 --> 01:42:00.257
Nona takes a photo, says cheese, and the screen cuts to black.

01:42:01.637 --> 01:42:06.897
Then all we get is that last photo of Ren, Jonas, Alex and Nona.

01:42:07.817 --> 01:42:16.197
The screen lingers on this photo as they take the ferry home, and Alex comes over with a voiceover as she looks at the photo and talks about what happened to everyone.

01:42:17.457 --> 01:42:20.537
Ren ended up going to school in California, and he started a band.

01:42:21.197 --> 01:42:23.657
Nona moved away and went to a ballet academy?

01:42:23.877 --> 01:42:24.397
Wild.

01:42:24.857 --> 01:42:26.377
But they kind of fell out of touch.

01:42:26.577 --> 01:42:28.397
They were never really friends, to be real.

01:42:28.637 --> 01:42:28.977
Yeah.

01:42:29.357 --> 01:42:37.177
Jonas and Alex hang out a lot, and he was the first one to refer to Alex as his sister, not just a stepsister.

01:42:37.677 --> 01:42:37.917
Oh.

01:42:39.217 --> 01:42:50.997
Alex talks about how what happened on the island that night used to cross her mind every single day, and then every other day, and then weeks would go by where she didn't think of it at all.

01:42:52.577 --> 01:43:00.577
She says she's taking some time off to relax and figure out what she wants to do with her life, and then she says, oh, shit, what time is it?

01:43:00.677 --> 01:43:01.837
I have to go catch the ferry.

01:43:01.857 --> 01:43:07.377
Wren's making me go to this beach bash thing, and I have to go pick up, oh, fuck, what's his name?

01:43:07.417 --> 01:43:07.957
Jonas?

01:43:08.337 --> 01:43:09.297
Oh, my God.

01:43:09.317 --> 01:43:10.377
I hope it'll be fun.

01:43:11.157 --> 01:43:20.577
And as Alex leaves to start the loop over again, the screen statics out and the timeline resets, and we get the title card, Oxenfree.

01:43:22.857 --> 01:43:25.497
Fuck you, Bendy and the Ink Machine.

01:43:29.497 --> 01:43:37.037
You were very good about not bringing up Bendy and the Ink Machine in a time loop thing until the very end, and I'm very proud of you.

01:43:39.277 --> 01:43:43.237
So that is the ending that I got.

01:43:43.577 --> 01:43:47.997
There are multiple endings, however, for the most part, Alex is trapped in the loop entirely.

01:43:48.117 --> 01:43:54.657
They do keep her trapped to be able to use her friends and harvest them for youth and shit like that.

01:43:54.737 --> 01:43:58.377
So that is like canon that you will always end up in the loop.

01:43:58.517 --> 01:43:59.237
For the most part.

01:43:59.257 --> 01:44:04.957
Now, the biggest differences you can get, though, aside from Alex is trapped, what happens to the gang?

01:44:05.577 --> 01:44:10.357
And there is a majority world where you can save Clarissa.

01:44:10.697 --> 01:44:11.257
Oh, really?

01:44:11.477 --> 01:44:15.977
So Clarissa can fully be saved in the section where I left the terror.

01:44:15.997 --> 01:44:17.437
I'm like, you guys fucking take her.

01:44:17.457 --> 01:44:17.977
I'm out.

01:44:17.997 --> 01:44:19.617
You can fully save Clarissa.

01:44:20.937 --> 01:44:22.997
But I was like, nah, she's been rude as shit.

01:44:23.277 --> 01:44:24.897
Let the island ghosts have her.

01:44:26.817 --> 01:44:31.417
So to go through the other opportunities, Clarissa can be saved and she'll be in the picture.

01:44:31.877 --> 01:44:35.637
And she can be cool with Alex after all, or still fucking hate Alex.

01:44:36.537 --> 01:44:43.077
There's a world where Ren and Nona can be dating, or at least like heavily talking, although they are long distance.

01:44:43.337 --> 01:44:44.057
Okay, good.

01:44:44.397 --> 01:44:49.677
You can fully fuck things up with Jonas where he wants nothing to do with Alex.

01:44:50.657 --> 01:44:51.217
Damn.

01:44:51.377 --> 01:44:57.977
And most importantly, if you play your cards right, you can get Michael to still be alive.

01:44:58.057 --> 01:45:01.297
I was wondering if there was going to be an option where Michael was alive.

01:45:01.477 --> 01:45:03.677
That was what I thought all of it was leading up to.

01:45:04.057 --> 01:45:08.637
It can, and it just has Jonas being like, that's my friend from school.

01:45:08.657 --> 01:45:09.337
He just moved here.

01:45:09.357 --> 01:45:09.817
What's up?

01:45:09.897 --> 01:45:10.737
He seems fine.

01:45:12.317 --> 01:45:17.417
Now, there's also one hidden as fuck ending that people largely say is the best one.

01:45:18.097 --> 01:45:24.977
There is a new game plus opportunity where Alex can send a signal to herself from the island loop.

01:45:25.717 --> 01:45:26.657
You get this scene.

01:45:26.677 --> 01:45:31.977
You're in a supermarket parking lot with Alex, Jonas and Ren before they get on the ferry.

01:45:32.397 --> 01:45:34.577
They're doing the thing where they're like, Hey, mister.

01:45:35.637 --> 01:45:36.477
Trying to get some beer?

01:45:36.497 --> 01:45:37.777
A little hey mister moment.

01:45:38.317 --> 01:45:40.257
Did you guys call it like a hey mister thing?

01:45:40.277 --> 01:45:40.897
No.

01:45:40.917 --> 01:45:41.917
We had scheme names.

01:45:42.497 --> 01:45:43.877
Like I'm gonna go pull a hey mister.

01:45:45.437 --> 01:45:50.977
Well, it was mostly like pull a hey mister or make Andrea do it, which I did not appreciate.

01:45:51.697 --> 01:45:52.197
Friends.

01:45:52.477 --> 01:45:54.037
Yeah, we had enough people with fake IDs.

01:45:54.637 --> 01:45:55.337
That was me.

01:45:56.917 --> 01:46:00.557
I had fake IDs and like stretched out ears and like looked alt as fuck.

01:46:00.577 --> 01:46:02.297
So they're like, you seem like you're old.

01:46:02.317 --> 01:46:04.597
And I'm like, that's not a great thing to sell a 15 year old.

01:46:04.617 --> 01:46:07.717
But the amount of times I didn't get carted, it tracks.

01:46:07.737 --> 01:46:08.397
So my bad.

01:46:09.717 --> 01:46:13.097
Alex can whip out her radio while they're just sitting in this parking lot.

01:46:13.097 --> 01:46:17.257
And she gets a message from herself from the island loop.

01:46:17.897 --> 01:46:22.617
This message can convince the group to not even get on the ferry and just go get pizza.

01:46:23.937 --> 01:46:24.317
Yeah.

01:46:24.337 --> 01:46:25.957
And then they just don't have an Oxenfree.

01:46:25.977 --> 01:46:26.837
They just have heartburn.

01:46:27.077 --> 01:46:28.317
Like, it's fine.

01:46:29.757 --> 01:46:34.917
I also have two cultural pinpoints that I want to talk about now that we're on this side of it.

01:46:35.457 --> 01:46:43.817
So in Life is Strange 2, which is a road trip story, in the very last episode, this is not a spoiler, there's a radio that you could listen to.

01:46:43.977 --> 01:46:45.637
It's like a police radio situation.

01:46:45.657 --> 01:46:46.557
It's like a flat thing.

01:46:47.177 --> 01:46:50.377
You can hear someone calling out for Alex and Jonas.

01:46:50.817 --> 01:46:51.637
Wait, really?

01:46:51.657 --> 01:46:51.957
Yeah.

01:46:51.977 --> 01:46:54.077
It's like, Alex, Jonas, copy, where are you?

01:46:54.097 --> 01:46:57.997
And it sounds like it would be Ren from a comms tower asking for them.

01:46:58.017 --> 01:47:05.317
It's a male voice, and it really aligns with all the times Ren has reached out and be like, hey, can you guys hear me?

01:47:05.337 --> 01:47:06.977
I'm looking for literally anyone.

01:47:07.637 --> 01:47:12.297
But this game is about radio transmissions and signals showing up where they shouldn't be.

01:47:12.317 --> 01:47:13.417
It's fucking perfect.

01:47:13.477 --> 01:47:18.077
Well, real life ghost hunters use radios all the time to try to find ghosts.

01:47:18.097 --> 01:47:19.397
Like frequencies and shit.

01:47:19.397 --> 01:47:21.797
Yeah, they're on like certain frequencies, they think.

01:47:23.117 --> 01:47:23.977
Ghosts aren't real.

01:47:25.377 --> 01:47:25.917
I'm sorry.

01:47:25.937 --> 01:47:31.357
I'm just like, that's one of the reasons why I don't like horror so much is just that I don't believe in ghosts.

01:47:31.377 --> 01:47:32.577
I don't believe in monsters.

01:47:32.597 --> 01:47:34.677
I don't believe in goblins and shit like that.

01:47:34.677 --> 01:47:38.557
So like any of those kinds of horror things just do nothing for me.

01:47:38.697 --> 01:47:47.697
I think that's why I like horror, because I'm fascinated by these metaphors of pain and anguish, how they're manifesting and stuff like that.

01:47:47.957 --> 01:47:50.837
But when you put a dragon in front of me, my brain goes blank.

01:47:50.857 --> 01:47:52.877
I'm like, I don't know what the fuck that shit is.

01:47:52.897 --> 01:47:55.217
I want nothing to do with it.

01:47:55.237 --> 01:47:57.377
You said gnome, I'm the fuck out.

01:47:58.637 --> 01:48:02.377
So even a horror is me to fantasy.

01:48:04.797 --> 01:48:09.117
So my other thing that I want to bring out with this property is how it has evolved.

01:48:09.137 --> 01:48:14.477
So like we know, in the ARG, the game was out, and it continued to evolve, dropping more messages and things.

01:48:14.817 --> 01:48:16.217
That's a core value here.

01:48:16.877 --> 01:48:18.757
So this game came out in 2016.

01:48:19.297 --> 01:48:23.857
In July of 2021, the Steam version of the game got an update.

01:48:24.437 --> 01:48:35.117
In the notes, Night School asked players to report any unusual radio signals, and within that message dropped a link to the Oxenfree 2 Lost Signals game page.

01:48:37.017 --> 01:48:40.897
Then, in September of 2021, a patch for Oxenfree was launched.

01:48:41.377 --> 01:48:53.437
It came along with a note saying that something is invading the game's radio waves and that the team had tried but failed to stop the signals from breaking into the original Oxenfree.

01:48:53.657 --> 01:48:54.437
The fuck?

01:48:54.457 --> 01:48:55.237
That's awesome.

01:48:55.657 --> 01:49:03.177
These patches and strange radio waves were from Oxenfree 2 Lost Signals and did relate to the second game.

01:49:03.817 --> 01:49:04.837
That's awesome.

01:49:04.857 --> 01:49:10.277
That is super like what Portal did with their radio waves and stuff when they announced the second game in that.

01:49:10.797 --> 01:49:12.097
That's what I was thinking too.

01:49:12.117 --> 01:49:13.297
I was like, oh, Portal did this.

01:49:13.317 --> 01:49:14.537
It was so fucking cool.

01:49:14.777 --> 01:49:17.437
Like with radio waves too, which is even fucking crazier.

01:49:17.457 --> 01:49:19.237
Yeah, I mean, the one thought.

01:49:20.237 --> 01:49:20.897
We got there though.

01:49:21.157 --> 01:49:22.337
And it was for the Steam release.

01:49:22.957 --> 01:49:23.897
Of course it was.

01:49:25.117 --> 01:49:29.497
But also, you know, I think there's just a special affinity from indie developers on Steam.

01:49:29.517 --> 01:49:31.677
They're like, you are the fucking bread and butter.

01:49:31.677 --> 01:49:32.857
You get the treat, you know?

01:49:34.057 --> 01:49:40.437
And that is Oxenfree, all the way up to Oxenfree 2 Lost Signals, which is now available.

01:49:40.677 --> 01:49:41.557
It is out, okay.

01:49:41.657 --> 01:49:43.477
And this was for you, Ally.

01:49:45.477 --> 01:49:50.677
And also for my friends at Viori, which make very comfy pants, but mostly for Ally.

01:49:50.777 --> 01:49:54.317
This is what happens if you get in the Discord and bully me into doing something.

01:49:54.357 --> 01:49:55.517
I will fucking do it.

01:49:55.997 --> 01:49:58.497
I will drop whatever Easter eggs I can find.

01:49:58.517 --> 01:50:01.817
I will drop a reference from another game into this.

01:50:01.837 --> 01:50:03.557
Like, I'll still go hard for you.

01:50:03.577 --> 01:50:04.257
I feel it.

01:50:04.357 --> 01:50:08.777
And, you know, the first time I played this game, I didn't think twice about it.

01:50:08.797 --> 01:50:09.537
I was like, cool.

01:50:09.557 --> 01:50:10.457
That was a couple hours.

01:50:10.897 --> 01:50:12.017
Move on to the next one.

01:50:12.557 --> 01:50:16.937
This second round, when I was paying attention, I'm hearing myself say I paid attention.

01:50:16.957 --> 01:50:18.017
It was a better experience.

01:50:18.097 --> 01:50:20.757
But that's true.

01:50:20.797 --> 01:50:22.057
That's exactly what happened.

01:50:22.077 --> 01:50:25.897
I had a great fucking time, and I hope you all did too on the island with me.

01:50:26.037 --> 01:50:30.457
And I am so stupid jealous of the people that got to do the ARG.

01:50:30.777 --> 01:50:32.257
I fucking love ARGs.

01:50:32.777 --> 01:50:34.197
Yeah, no, that's really cool.

01:50:34.277 --> 01:50:38.797
And, you know, I'm sad that it was ghosts, because again, I kept saying, like, it's probably not ghosts.

01:50:38.817 --> 01:50:39.637
It's probably not ghosts.

01:50:39.657 --> 01:50:40.557
It was totally fucking ghosts.

01:50:40.577 --> 01:50:42.057
It's probably not ghost shadow.

01:50:42.397 --> 01:50:46.717
Yeah, no, it's fully fucking ghosts and possession and time loops.

01:50:47.137 --> 01:50:48.617
I love the time loop aspect.

01:50:48.637 --> 01:50:52.557
I think that was really cool, because it's different from like Bendy and the Ink Machines time loop.

01:50:52.577 --> 01:50:54.237
It's different from Hades time loop.

01:50:54.257 --> 01:50:56.617
It's different from all the other time loops that we've dealt with.

01:50:56.837 --> 01:50:59.017
I forgot we did another time loop game.

01:51:00.177 --> 01:51:05.037
Not just, I mean, this season, I know we've done Bendy, and we did the second one earlier this season.

01:51:05.057 --> 01:51:08.157
But yeah, I know to the Hades point, it is just kind of a cyclical thing.

01:51:08.197 --> 01:51:10.517
But in a fully different lens.

01:51:11.537 --> 01:51:15.977
Supergiant isn't like a AAA studio, but they're relatively big indie.

01:51:16.017 --> 01:51:17.617
They're on the big end of indie.

01:51:17.757 --> 01:51:18.737
Popular indie, yeah.

01:51:18.757 --> 01:51:21.837
Yeah, at this time, night school, they were like, this is all we got.

01:51:21.857 --> 01:51:23.157
Let's hope this shit lands.

01:51:23.177 --> 01:51:25.097
And now they're doing Netflix shit.

01:51:25.397 --> 01:51:26.057
Yeah, right.

01:51:26.577 --> 01:51:29.717
I think this would also translate well into a Netflix property.

01:51:29.997 --> 01:51:31.037
It sounds like it would.

01:51:31.277 --> 01:51:33.137
It doesn't need a huge budget.

01:51:33.337 --> 01:51:34.657
It's a really small cast.

01:51:34.677 --> 01:51:35.637
It's tight as fuck.

01:51:36.077 --> 01:51:45.137
And I think they could do some really creative things to tell this story in a sadder, more fucked up way than a four and a half hour game can do.

01:51:45.157 --> 01:51:47.437
And again, this is a short game to that point.

01:51:47.457 --> 01:51:48.637
You can do this in an afternoon.

01:51:48.657 --> 01:51:58.717
I think I did it in two nights because I was taking notes and looking things up and checking through everything and trying to figure out what my Alex would do in this situation.

01:51:58.737 --> 01:52:00.737
So it's a cool quick bench.

01:52:01.057 --> 01:52:08.997
Yeah, and because of the New Game Plus and being able to get different endings and get different collectibles, it has a pretty good replay value.

01:52:09.497 --> 01:52:18.357
I got this on Switch for 10 bucks, and I could easily play it a couple more times and get a completely different story at the end of it, so it feels like $10 well spent.

01:52:18.617 --> 01:52:21.717
Hell yeah, 10 bucks is not difficult to spend on a good game.

01:52:22.057 --> 01:52:26.997
No, and because this one doesn't have online elements, like this could be an airplane game.

01:52:27.237 --> 01:52:27.617
Nice.

01:52:27.757 --> 01:52:31.837
And you know, you could get this done in a east to west coast flight easily.

01:52:32.517 --> 01:52:33.097
That's awesome.

01:52:33.117 --> 01:52:34.317
With room for TV.

01:52:35.477 --> 01:52:37.717
So that is Oxenfree.

01:52:38.017 --> 01:52:39.757
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01:52:39.757 --> 01:52:44.717
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01:52:44.817 --> 01:52:48.197
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01:52:49.157 --> 01:52:49.557
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01:52:49.657 --> 01:52:53.977
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01:52:53.997 --> 01:52:57.897
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01:52:57.917 --> 01:53:05.537
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01:53:05.817 --> 01:53:07.337
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01:53:07.497 --> 01:53:09.977
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01:53:09.997 --> 01:53:11.757
Yeah, that Among Us.

01:53:13.577 --> 01:53:19.877
Going through the inception all the way through fucking Benoit Blanc up to the fungal, baby.

01:53:19.897 --> 01:53:23.137
Yeah, we got really recent with that one, too.

01:53:23.177 --> 01:53:24.277
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01:53:24.757 --> 01:53:29.577
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01:53:39.277 --> 01:53:41.117
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01:53:41.137 --> 01:53:42.277
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01:53:42.297 --> 01:53:43.077
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01:53:43.417 --> 01:53:44.157
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01:53:45.097 --> 01:53:49.857
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01:53:50.057 --> 01:53:57.037
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01:53:57.537 --> 01:53:59.057
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01:53:59.077 --> 01:54:01.637
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01:54:08.437 --> 01:54:12.177
All right, Goombas, until next time, this is Tom and Andrea reminding you...

01:54:12.417 --> 01:54:13.397
Ghosts aren't real.

01:54:13.577 --> 01:54:15.137
And don't skip the cutscenes.