#i watched snapcube play 7

[sceebybeeby]

yakuza 7 restaurant healing cutscene save me…

[ryanthel0ser]

Me playing FF7 seeing Cloud and Tifa: oh they're cute, are they in love?

Me watching FF7 Rebirth: oh they're in LOVE love

[gwasgy]

Was there. Something. Recently. That had an evil jester. Did I imagine or dream this

[infizero]

ive been watching penny snapcube play final fantasy 7 and ive quickly become extremely attached to cloud i fear

[sunflowergamer6]

Hello! I've decided to make a pinned post because I'm bored!!!!

So who am I? Well, online, I like to use the name Gamer(it was just bestowed upon me because of my username). I use he/him and I am a man enthusiast, and I'm a little bit silly and whimsical.

"Gamer, I have now become infatuated with you and want to know what you like." Thank you person reading this, I will now tell people what I like.

Generally speaking, I like a lot of mythology and video games. Besides that I like a lot of horror and action media, and I also like watching some youtubers/streamers like Grian, Mithzan, Snapcube. Now onto actual fandoms.

Webtoons(I have phases where I just marathon read a bunch of webtoons I need to catch up on and then I basically dont read them for half a year, damn this is gettting a bit long, I'm gonna list them now):

- Hero Killer(episode 145)

- Surviving Romance(finished)

- Spicy Mints(episode 72)

- Jackson's Diary(season 2 finale)

- Omniscient Reader(episode 76)

- more but I'm not too much into them.

Books(unfortunately, I barely read at all and I'm trying to fix that):

- Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Games:

- Splatoon 3

- Hades

- River City Girls 1 and 2

- Zelda botw/totk

- Bayonetta(mainly 1 and 2, I was so disappointed by 3's story)

- Persona 5

- Persona 5 Strikers

- Pokémon, but I've played moon, let's go eevee, sword, legends arceus, and violet.

- Animal crossing

- Danganronpa(I hate to say it but I do love them games)

- Omori

- Resident Evil 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8.

- Silent Hill 1 and 2

- fnaf

- God of War 2018 and Ragnarok

- PS4 Spiderman 2018 and Spiderman 2

- Doom 2016/Eternal

- There's definitely a lot more I'm forgetting

Musicals:

- Heathers

- Six

- Beetlejuice

- I mainly try to avoid some musicals until I can actually see them so that's it.

Series/Animes/Movies:

- BEST ANIME EVER NYAN NEKO SUGAR GIRLS

- FAN SEQUAL TO THE BEST ANIME EVER, NYAN NEKO SUGAR GIRLS: MAYONAKA

- SERIES INSPIRED BY BEST ANIME EVER, HAIMI! SWEET AND SOUR BOYS!

- SERIES ALSO PROBABLY INSPI- you get it, it's called Sparkle On Raven! The life of Drillgirl

- Yandere Highschool(Samgladiator)

- Heartstopper

- Komi Can't Comunicate

- Way of the House Husband

- Stranger Things

- The Spiderverse movies

- Jennifer's Body

- Heathers(the movie this time)

- the newer Godzilla movies( I do wanna soo some of the older ones though)

- yeah as you guessed it, there's probably more I'm forgetting

Music artists:

- Melanie Martinez

- Rina Sawayama

- Mitski

- Jazmin Bean

- Poppy

- DeathbyRomy

So, uh, yeah, that's about it. Uh, you can ask questions if you want, but beware, you might be cursed by the wizard.

[atlasllm]

I know you're blog title is probably exaggerating, but I wanna know exactly what moments and what about them made you cry. Hold nothing back. I'm willing to read a Bible's worth of this stuff. I love hearing about how people emotionally connect to pieces of fiction in a positive way, especially if it's something near and dear to me like Sonic.

nope i am not exaggerating in the slightest lol, i've kept count for the past year

That being said, I don't remember ALL of each moments that made me cry, but I answered a similar question a year ago (back then the count was only 6 times)

I cried because Sonic reminds me of a very obscure comfort character of mine and one of the 2 people I talk to who know about this character confirm that he is exactly like him, which hits deep because they both are optimistic punk guitarists who would definitely fit My Chemical Romance's "Danger Days" album due to their life philosophies

I made a new friend recently One of my friends has been a Sonic fan longer than I've been alive, and since I got into Sonic post-Forces they said that they were glad the first game I can experience be released is Sonic Frontiers because of how massively amazing it is in comparison to how the franchise has been for the past decade

Catching up with a friend since they're working and I'm in college and they allowed me to infodump on Discord call about Sonic Frontiers... I forget WHY exactly it made me cry at the moment but like, god this game was so good and I was only WATCHING gameplay

I think more recent ones I remember have been:

Outright crying because it took me so many hours to finally beat the Master King Koco Trial (I have video of this but I don't think I'm ready to use vids of me crying for internet clout yet LMAO)

Hearing I'm Here (Revisited) for the first time and hearing the instrumental + Kellin Quinn's vocals as Eggman aims the rifle, seeing Sonic grow so powerful he defeats The End in one shot, floats through space unconscious, and lands back down onto the planet okay and finally able to be with his friends again

I'm not 100% sure about these ones, but I guarantee-ish moments I have cried were:

Watching Penny "Snapcube" Parker play Sonic Frontiers (like I've said, this is the first Sonic game I've actively followed coming out + would have just watched let's plays before realizing it looked so fun to play that I wanted it for Christmas) and her playing the entire Chaos Island storyline where Sonic admits Tails is basically his little brother and he'll miss him when he goes out on his own adventure

Sage's sacrifice + hearing Dear Father

That shot in the original ending (Penny played Hard Mode so it was getting me antsy enough to see what the ending would be after the bullet hell section) where it's just Sonic flying through the air like a shooting star; the shot of Sonic being a literal star coupled with the specific part of I'm With You that plays just looked so incredibly beautiful

While once again I'm not sure if I can name specific moments, but Sonic Frontiers is genuinely one of the best experiences I've had. For the longest time I've only played free-to-play MMOs like Wizard101 and Toontown (and also Minecraft Bedrock edition), and while I have yet to catch up to Wizard101, I've never really gotten attatched to triple A games.

Watching Penny play Sonic Frontiers, after ages of hearing that "oh this old Sonic game is the best" "eugh these past few Sonic games are terrible" and seeing a human just genuinely enjoy this fresh new game, especially as the first Sonic game that I as a newer fan was seeing experience in real time, just filled me with so much joy. Seeing each update come out to make it better and better, and seeing Frontiers completely blow itself out of the water and put Sonic on-par with other triple A games instead of being seen as a joke 24/7, it made the experience of Sonic Frontiers being my first real Sonic game so much more sweeter. And heck, it's incredibly accessible! Wizard101 is basically a card game simulator and even I with a keyboard was able to 100% it, play hard mode, and complete the DLC!

I think that in itself, seeing Frontiers as my first Sonic game and seeing how good it is, just makes the entire experience really emotional for me. How so many of my friends who've been fans longer than me are excited I get to experience the same joy they felt when they first became Sonic fans. It's like seeing an old friend that you haven't seen for a long time mixed with the sheer joy of waking up on Christmas morning during your childhood.

I have a lot of feelings about this game ;w;

EDIT: OH OH that part where Sonic grabs the giant sword and slashes Knight in half coupled with the ending of Find Your Flame 100% made me cry too

[sapphire-mage]

If I told you that Final Fantasy 7 is only my sixth favorite Final Fantasy, you'd assume that I don't like it that much.

But then you watch me watch Snapcube play Remake, as I have joyous panic attacks! Bouncing up and down with excitement as she goes through different story beats and action scenes that both replicate and defy a game I played when I was ten years old...

You'd figure I'm just completely un-normal about the other five games on my Top 6. And you'd be right!

[doggyboyf]

i was replaying re8 and also watch snapcube play it and thought "x is my favorite character" and it occurred to me i've never listed out my favorite from every resident evil game :O (that I'VE played at least) so i decided i'm doing that here and now teehee resident evil 0 - rebecca chambers by far i love her so much resident evil - rebecca is in this one but 1: gets 0 characterization and 2: i'd wanna pick someone else, so my answer is jill valentine, shes great i love her resident evil 2 - i don't actually like anyone that much here, like i like leon a lot but more from other games, i like leon, william, and annette, and i think i'll have to go with william birkin on this one resident evil 3 - nemesis? i guess :/ hes pretty cool, i'd say jill but while i have fun playing the game itself, it honestly butchers her re1 personality that i love, plus i don't fuck with the redesign, nemesis looks sick, he has scary fun moments, and his boss fight are very fun resident evil 4 - leon kennedy 100% deserves this hes awesome in re4 and so fucking funny i love him, but honorable mention to bitores mendez bc he was rlly cool and fucking scary, favorite bad guy for sure resident evil revelations - i rlly like revelations and its characters o this ones kinda hard, love jill here but i already picked her, i love both jessica and raymond but i think i'll go with jessica sherawat resident evil 5 - chris is flat, wesker is fun to fight and has some fun dialogue but i'm just not attached tbh? jills there and i like it but once again shes flat, i love sheva but shes sadly a pretty flat character and feels like a jill fill in hm :/ can i pick rebecca since shes in merceneries? jnhjhnbhjjhnj resident evil revelations 2 + resident evil 6 i haven't played so :/ but i do own them resident evil 7 - i really love mia and eveline but lucas is too fucking fun, it probably has a lot to do with the extent he gets for characterization via the main game + 2 dlcs so but yeah lucas baker for sure resident evil 8 - a lot of characters in village are very fun and have very very good characterization, the 4 lords + miranda have very well developed personalities that make each of them fun and very favorite material, but i personally have an attachment to donna and her doll angie, as much as i love the dimitrescu daughters, the vibes of donna/angie as a character + their whole section is so so good, donna beneviento for sure

[coderiderr]

cant believe i forgot abt speedruns lol. makes getting thru resident evil way quicker, i can just watch the cutscenes after and i get to catch gameplay dialogue id miss just watching cutscenes :)

[wishfxljikan]

me: alright new fnaf game don’t get attached don’t get attached don’t get attached don’t go to the community

me, about 8 hours later: fuck

me, 12 hours after that: god damnit I’m attached.

I can’t escape the himbo bear and the sassy child, the gay gator, trans rights roxanne and Trash eating bi bird

anyways h/cs with hopefully no spoilers without understanding of the timeline cuz it’s been a good 7 years since I decided to think about the lore and all I know is “haha dead kids” from fnaf2

personal h/cs - I don’t like the trend of dead childrens possess animatronics so what if they were their own sentience entities instead, meaning everyone below is of my own base of this h/c so brrrrr - None of these guys go off batteries / power, they’re all self-powered and self sustainable, their own wills and needs/wants

ROXANNE - trans, fight me and die if you disagree - Listens to more Rock music than Monty ever has in his lifetime - actually really wants to see what Actual cars can do and not the toy ones in the Pizza Plex - “Monty is such a fucking dumbass don’t listen to him” (instantly listens in on him) - Playfully jabs @ Monty and Freddy - Always tries to be just as flashy and out there to impress the others but they’re fine with just how she is. - hardcore inferiority complex, the others know of this and help them through it when possible. - Listens to Eurobeat / Eurodance in secret. - Sits at the racing game arcade machines in free time. - Lesbian

MONTGOMERY - Gay I C O N - Is the only one who knows Rox’s likes for Eurobeat / Eurodance - Not the smartest but has good intentions i.e giving the sassy child a gun to fend themselves with - Yeah good luck finding out where he gets those weapons - actively swears off stage - Unironically has memorized all of Alfred’s Eggman Lines - The swear jar exists only for Monty and the occasion Roxanne / Chica - Actually prefers J-Rock and Chill Electronic stuff over Rock/Punk Rock/etc... - Is the only one that plays the Dance Dance Revolution Arcade Machine out of the four - Super competitive, like, REALLY competitive. He likes watching the competition. - Sadly the easiest to manipulate, anger issues are something he’s been working on but there’s a blindspot that easily allows him to be controlled :( - Rhythm Game nerd - Yeah he’s FC’ed Soulless 4 Unnerfed, what about it?

FREDDY - Dad. - Not that dad, filthy animal, Family-Dad - A himbo, we all know this by now, huh? - These three are his best friends, and if anything bad were to happen to them he’d shut down emotionally. - Secretly yearns to escape from the Fazbear Company with his friends, he and chica have been there the longest and they want out - Has kept himself sane through all of this hell over the years. Doesn’t know how, but he’s completely mellowed out. - Secretly in love with Montgomery - Scans Monty just to call him “yep, gay” every day. - They never get tired of it. - He lowkey acts as Monty’s therapist and honestly some nights they all have just personal singing sessions, let it all out, guys. - Prefers to listen to Jazz / Pop Rock / J-Rock / Electronic Swing, taking notes from everyone’s interests - He’s slowly learning how to draw from the kids... - Bleed-in memories from the past, was that him, or was it someone else as him? Doesn’t know. - Also Bisexual

CHICA - Has been alongside Freddy since the beginning, also shares that bleed-in memory effect, very confusing - Punk Rock, Rock, Speedmetal, Trance, Jazz--the most unpredictable music genre one of all of them. - Was the one who showed Guitar Hero to Monty. - Bisexual - You realize no one here is straight, right? - The main one there with Coming Out parties - “ GET THIS HET OFF OF ME, FREDDY.” - Get them something that isn’t trash...pls--the FINEST metals and stuff like come on-- - “I miss my wife, Freddy, I’ll be back---” - Also joins Monty on the memorizing the snapcube lines - Genuinely enjoys everything Roxanne does and says

THEY. ADOPT. THE. CHILD.

that’s it, that’s the post.

edit -- oooo secret link, wonder where this goes

[thefloatingstone]

The 2007 LotR Bakshi comedy dub

Back in 2007 - 2009, there was a fandub of the Ralph Bakshi rotoscoped Lord of the Rings movie from 1978 that had been uploaded to youtube in 10 parts, created by Walking Taco Dubs/LordPhillock and a few of his buddies.

The fandub is one of those early youtube essential viewings, however in the years past, youtube has become extremely strict on copyright and the film no longer exists on the platform and gets deleted pretty quick when re-uploaded. There even used to be an ISO with a DVD menu and everything, but it seems this too has been wiped off the internet. (I actually have the ISO on my old hard drive but the hard drive doesn't want to be read by the faster USB plugs on my laptop, so I still need to find someone who can transfer my data for me.

However that does not mean the fandub is lost media, as people have taken it upon themselves to archive it on other sites and make sure it is not completely lost.

A few meta details you need to know before watching this dub or it won't make much sense;

1: Bakshi's Lord of the Rings has a very infamous production history and release history. Originally the 3 books were going to be released in 2 movies, but this was not advertised. As such, people were very angry when they went to watch the film and it ended before the end of the story, this led to terrible reviews and the second film was never started.

2: The film is done fully rotoscoped rather than traditional animation. This caused many problems, mostly the studio publishing the film did not understand rotoscoping and were very unhappy with the work in progress live action footage because youcould see powerlines in the background. The actors all over-act their parts to a ridiculous degree to "sell" the characters once they were to be painted over, however it just ended up looking awkward and silly. On top of this, you can see the animation quality decline as the movie goes on, starting out pretty ok and by the end of the film almost falling apart.

3: Despite all this, the Peter Jackson lotr movies actually used a lot of this film as inspiration, and you'll see some scenes that were almost completely remade for Jackson's version decades later

4: Pippin has no purpose in the movie WHATSOEVER. And as a result, his character is dubbed with nothing but meaningless noise because you could literally remove him and it would make no difference.

5: Some things happen in the film without any explanation unless you have prior knowledge of the books beforehand.

6: The dubbers clearly have a deep love and respect for Bakshi's version of these books, and despite them making fun of it in this dub, you can tell they do it out of love, and not to be mean or malicious.

7: For whatever reason in Bakshi's movie Saruman was called "Aruman"

There might be a few more details but I think you get the idea.

I would describe this dub as the Sonic Improv fandub from Snapcube, except these were done before Google bought youtube and are less polished. At one point you can hear someone playing Metal Gear Solid in the background and at another point you can hear someone feeding the voice actor his lines.

I haven't watched it in YEARS so some of the jokes may have aged badly, I can't remember, but I feel it is one of those fan projects that is absolutely essential to keep alive in fandom spaces, and I truly wish it would hold the fame in fandom spaces as Snapcube's Sonic dubs does.

Anyway, here is the film *cut into pieces for quality reasons) please enjoy!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Final Part

Link to the film on Archive.org

https://archive.org/details/LotrDubYoutube2015Fin

I recommend downloading a copy of the film to help archive it as its incredibly vulnerable to abuse of copyright and fair use laws by companies who own the rights to the original.

There used to be a dance mix of the "One Ring to Rule them all" youtubepoop song but I can't find it online anymoreit's.

[alyimoss]

i was into sonic when i was like. idk 7-8?? aka the age at which i was allowed precisely nothing. so i didnt have any games (except like. a couple online flash games?? that were either emulating the 2d sonic style or straight up rips of the game i do not know) but i did watch the sonic x anime. and copious ytps of it. and loads of other youtube content (sidenote i cant be the only one who watched shitloads of like- sonic tts videos?? idk how to describe them bc the memory is hazy but they were like. pixel art of sonic characters and them speaking using those couple generic tts voices. bc of those i will forever associate one specific tts with sonic the hedgehog lmfao) and some playthroughs/cutscene movies but i have. basically no memory of them. i also own several comics but not the memory of how i got them?? so ig those just materialized out of thin air.

also vividly remember those like. online coloring book type websites. where id color in sonic characters. good times. (my art journey started with sonic recolors isnt that beautiful)

anyway yeah then i came to the states and was bullied by my aunt for watching sonic the hedgehog cartoons and had to carefully survey and be aware of my surroundings while watching sonic underground on her bigass living room tv using her netflix account. also had an esol class and there were these. i honestly?? dont remember what they were?? but they were some sort of like. educational game consoles?? or some such. and one of them was sonic themed and the hyperfixation went brr (and then promptly went silent in shame bc the only volume settings those thing had were "jet engine" and headphones didnt exist back then or something. vividly remember turning that thing on and having an entire class of children turn to stare at me in unison. harrowing experience)

anyway yeah. basically never played a sonic game in my life and i desperately want to change that. thank you snapcube live fandub for reminding me about sonic the hedgehog and thank you sonic fandom for. also doing that same thing but also showing me its fun

i miss when i was into sonic. like those were good times i should get back into that

[unbearablylight]

2021 Favorites

Well, another year has come to a close, and I have Opinions™. Here are some of my favorite things from this past year!

Television

I have a terrible memory so I had to edit this list about thrice, but Wandavision was always going to come out on top. It may be the last piece of Marvel media I consume for a very long time because they aren't going to best it soon. As an homage to sitcoms and a raw expression of human loss and grief, it's not just good for Marvel, it's Great television.

1. Wandavision (Disney+) 2. Shadow and Bone (Netflix) 3. Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) 4. Midnight Mass (Netflix) 5. The White Lotus (HBO)

Honorable Mention: Nancy Drew (CW), The Witcher (Netflix).

Movies

Okay, so I haven't seen many movies this year, but what else is new? I did watch these three, though, and I did love them all dearly. tick, tick... BOOM! has stayed with me from the moment I watched it, and I'm rooting for Andrew at the Oscars this year.

1. tick, tick... BOOM! (dir. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Netflix) 2. Being the Ricardos (dir. Aaron Sorkin, Amazon Prime) 3. Luca (dir. Enrico Casarosa, Disney+)

Music

My opinion on songs changes by the minute, so these are in no particular order, and I'm giving you two extra to make up for the two missing movies. I've also tried to rein in my personal feelings and add a bit of objectivity to this category, so while some tracks are not my ~particular~ favorites from the artist, I do love the song and have included it instead for its lyricism, originality, creativity, or impact. And boy did Miss Rodrigo have one hell of an impact.

1. drivers license — Olivia Rodrigo 2. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault) — Taylor Swift 3. Next — Olivia Holt 4. People Watching — Conan Gray 5. Set Me Free — Joshua Bassett 6. Easier than Lying — Halsey 7. NGL — Rebecca Black

Video Games

This was a good year for games!!!! As you can see, a lot of the ones that impacted me personally were ones I got to share. But as a brand new fan to Ratchet & Clank this year, Rift Apart stole my heart and was an absolute blast from start to finish.

1. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games; PS5) 2. It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios; PS4/5, Xbox One/X/S, PC) 3. Resident Evil Village (Capcom; PS4/5, Xbox One/X/S, PC) 4. Mario Party Superstars (NDcube; Switch) 5. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Nintendo; Switch)

Honorable Mention: That Animal Crossing update.

Video Games (New to Me)

I played a lot of video games this year. Many of them were not released in 2021, but I didn't want to NOT talk about them. So, here are my favorite games that were new to me this year, led by my actual favorite game I played for the first time this year.

1. Hades (Supergiant Games; Switch, PS4/5, Xbox One/X/S, PC, Mac) 2. Resident Evil 2 (Capcom; PS4/5, Xbox One/X/S, PC) 3. Control (Remedy Entertainment; Switch, PS4/5, Xbox One/X/S, PC) 4. Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games; PS4, PC) 5. Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games; PS4/5)

Honorable Mention: Prey, The Last of Us, Resident Evil 7.

Special Shoutout

I don't really have a category... or a good gif for this. But at the start of this year I discovered Snapcube and I don't know what my year would have been like without Penny Parker in it. This was without a doubt my most binged content of the entire year (I'm still going!) and I just wanted to give a special little thank you to Penny and everyone involved for a whole lot of laughs.

Alright, that's it. As always I love talking about the media I consume, so feel free to leave a question or anything. Hope everyone has a wonderful and healthy New Year!

[candycatstuffs]

oh! I saw you're doing an ask-thing! If you don't mind, asks 1, 3 and 5?

I dont mind at all!

1. It all started when i watched the live action movie. That kicked off my d e s c e n t. After that I started playing the 8 bit version of the first game and watched the snapcube dubs. I rly liked both, but the killing blow was when I saw the Sonic Mania Adventures miniseries on youtube. The incedible animation and personality in those shorts taco bell bonged me into sonic hell

3. Goin on 7 months baybeeeeeee

5. I love Rouge and Amy with all of my heart 💕

[atlasllm]

sometimes i'll just suddenly get REALLY obsessed with listening to a specific kind of youtube video and it'd be the ONLY thing that i can listen to to finish my homework or something and so far i can name, in no particular order:

This very no-substance series of videos by a weirdly popular channel called Reaction Time and for some reason the hosts' actual name is Tal Fishman

RT Game's Kirby and the Forgotten Land video

Wilbur Soot (Geoguessr videos)

Wilbur Soot (you laugh you lose)

Dream Team Minecraft challenges (literally anything but the manhunts bc those were too intense for homework)

Markiplier's The Mortuary Assistant let's play

Literally any Markiplier x Analog Horror video

Jacksepticeye watching tiktoks and other react videos

Emkay reddit narrations, specifically by Lexi (currently in this phase)

Blameitonjorge lost media documentaries

Gab Smolders' I'm On Observation Duty videos

Markiplier's RAFT series

Overly Sarcastic Production's Trope Talks

Crit1kal's Tier Lists, specifically on Baby Food, Toddler Food, then Adult Diapers

Crit1kal's psycho serum saga

Crit1kal reacting to bad cooking channels

PhantomStrider's Spongebob lists

Quackity soap opera VODs

Saberspark reacting to bad movies

Snapcube's Sonic Destruction + Sonic Dubs, but literally only listening to them and hearing the voices rather than sitting down to laugh at the bits

Also Snapcube's Puyo Puyo Tetris, Team Sonic Racing

Snapcube playing Neopets: The Darkest Faerie was a HUGE one for a while

Snapcube Sonic Unleashed VODs

Snapcube Resident Evil 7

Markiplier Phasmophobia

Markiplier Reviews

Markiplier UNO

Literally any Jacksepticeye/Markiplier video about playing Whack Your ___ games

etc

Like, this shit would be the ONLY thing my brain would pay attention to and therefore the ONLY thing that would help me focus on homework, but the struggle would be trying to find out which one it'd be for the current time period

[ccliffjumperr]

you should totally tell me all abt psychonauts since i still havent gotten into it im v busy but spill 👀

Well, spoilers ahead! But I would really, really recommend watching a lets play or all cutscene compilation of the games, one of the most fun parts is piecing together the story when you don't know everything. And maybe if you happen to be in my discord server, I can get another server playthrough to happen depending on if anyone who can stream it wants to play.

So spoilers under the cut.

I don't even know where to start!!!! This game has so, so much. The first and the second! I just finished watching Snapcube play through Bob's Bottles. Happy(?) to report that I still tear up. It's such a good level!!!

Like I know that everyone loves this level, but it's for a good reason! There's so many layers! The bottles not only match the whole island theme (and it's an island because of how alone Bob is) but also it's because he's an alcoholic but ALSO it's because he bottles up his feelings and memories.

And the Sensorium... oh I still have wonderful memories of playing that for the first time. My friend Reven and I were staying up super late to play Psychonauts 2, and the only things I knew about it was the brain in a jar level, so as soon as I heard about getting Nick a brain, I was on my way to Otto's lab asap. I didn't even get the gadgets from Otto, I was too distracted! I missed a lot of dialogue. But anyway, when I went into that level, I really did have no idea who it was. I was just wandering around with my little buddy Psi King, taking in all the beautiful sights. Eventually I was convinced that this brain belonged to "that guy with the beard from the psychic 7" because of all the figments of him. And that he seemed to match the aesthetic the place had going on.

So I was very surprised when Psi King started to sing and then turned into Helmut. I grabbed my friend's arm and went "it's the viking guy!!! it's the viking guy!!". I didn't expect to like that character, but as soon as I saw him it was favorite character at first sight. I fell in love instantly. His design is so good. It was like. 4 am. When we got to his memories, it took me so, so long to figure out that the senses were his friends. Even when Dr. Touch directly got called Otto. It did click when he was talking about Bob though. To quote Reven, "the only reason they didn't kiss was because he's a fucking ear". We went to bed around 6 am and I could not stop thinking about Helmut Fullbear.

I can't think about Helmut and Bob for too long without getting sad, or angry. Both of their lives were ruined because Ford was like "whoopsie!! I fucked up and forgot!". I don't forgive him for what he did, but he is still my friend. Bob and Helmut lost so much time together. Twenty years... (or thirty years. I know they say 20 but it makes a lot more sense if it was 30 years). And when Helmut gets back? Bob is old, and he's been drinking for years. How much time does he have left? Ten years? Twenty years? And with Helmut, did the hyperice stop him from aging? Maybe, but would it still be like he had aged normally? Like he still looks the same, but physically he's in his 60s. Is it better to lose twenty years of your life and die "early", or is it better to still have those years but you're living them without your husband? These two make me sad. And it didn't have to happen if Ford had just not forgotten. Or labeled the jar. Or Otto investigated this random brain he found more. If Ford had just TOLD PEOPLE. Ok now I'm angry at Ford again haha. He fucked up. Didn't even say "I'm sorry." I mean at least he knows he fucked up and he regrets it and he tells Raz this, but come on. At least say I'm sorry.

Now I'm just going off on hypothetical scenarios, but if Ford apologizes to Bob, Bob would get angry and yell at him. But that doesn't make anything better. It doesn't even make Bob feel better. Having someone to direct his anger at should have helped, right? Part of him wanted Ford to argue back, to stop standing there quietly, but that was selfish of him to think. There was nothing left to be done. Ford knew he had done something wrong. He knew it was his fault. And he had apologized. Yelling at him wouldn't change anything.

I was gonna talk about all of Psychonauts but I ended up just talking about Bob and Helmut again. Whoops! I really, really like them. I wish I could replay the Sensorium right now. Ok but to talk about something other than those two!!! My top five favorite characters are Helmut, Bob, Cassie, Lizzie, and Mirtala. Yes, I know Mirtala does like. nothing. I don't care. I think she's neat. I also think Cassie is neat. She still wants things to go back to how they were before. I mean, who doesn't? But that won't happen. However, that isn't going to stop her from trying to trying to spend time with her friends again!

I've found myself talking about Helmut again. He is my friend. I mean, he does call Raz his friend as the Mote of Light, which I think is nice. And now, Raz is kind of like a nephew to him! Also I love the idea of him mentoring Frazie when she becomes an intern. I think that's really good.

I don't know how to end things so um. Ending! Yeah. Now I kinda want to write something about Psychonauts. I have ideas, I just don't really know where to start. Maybe one day...