If manly wasn't gonna comment on the fish tank, I was. Angelfish and cardinal tetras are a good choice to have together, a classic. They can work with the usually snappy and territorial angels if you've got enough hiding places and plants. The tank itself seems to be decently landscaped, if a touch sparse for my tastes. It's the right size for a school of tetras and angels, nice and big, possibly a 50 or 75 gallon from the scale of it, plenty of fish space to school and swim. This game designer knows their fish, I'll give them that! Love to see a game that has correct takes on aquariums and tanks. It's properly stocked, the fish in game behave naturally and exhibit natural behaviors instead of loop swimming (my nemesis), and I feel I could watch it for an hour. Oh, and the rest of the game is pretty cool too, I guess. It's no aquarium, but it'll do.
Cardinals become vulnerable if the Angelfish become extremely large. Neon tetras are usually more of their natural prey, but a multi year Angelfish may try to squeeze a cardinal in its mouth.
@@ManlyBadassHero right! That's why heavy foliage is important if one chooses to keep them together. They're not my personal choice, and, personally, I wouldn't keep them together. I prefer community schoolers like honey gourami, pygmy and otocinculus cats, ember tetras, and khuli loaches. Wait... I'm describing my actual community fish tank, woops lol.
This conversation is very interesting to watch. I didn't think I was gonna be taught about angelfish and cardinal tetras on a MBH video! Please carry on your conversation you two great fish gods.
I like amazon tanks with schools of fish. I plan to start a new 75g semi biotope (might flub some of the plant stocking for aesthetics and practicality) and maybe some new container ponds once spring hits next year.
The stalker is probably the ex in my opinion. He was the one to give the statue and had access to the appartment to put together the back alley computer set up. I think after they divorced he still was obsessed with her and took to forums (under a pseudonym) and illegally filming to further his obsession. Then when he couldn't continue to gain both attention and money from filming her after she had plastic surgery, he flew into a rage and rallied people online to torment her. Eventually either she escapes, or (more likely with the elevator broken) he kills her. This also explains how the stalker could get into the penthouse. He was known by the door.. guards? people? or had an old key.
Wait, what if it’s Drew? Gin did mention the clock was gifted to her by Drew and she did mention he was possessive. But the statue was also given to her by her ex so..maybe it could even be both?
moral of the story: don't live in a house with this many windows it gives stalkers an easy view of you and where you are, like come on at least close the curtains
Even if you live up high where people can't see from their own rooftops, it's still not the safest to leave windows open. The higher up you live, the more trapped you can be if fire safety exits aren't available somehow
I think she was genuinely being stalked. But in combination with the meds and stress, she subconsciously picked up she was in danger and suffered hallucinations. She shouldve called the cops, she shouldve responded to her manager to call the cops (or anything) so I kind of wish the phone went missing sooner. It just doesnt make sense that she wouldnt do something about someone taking pictures of her and throwing bricks in her window. Kind of aggravating, really! But it still had a really cool feel to it and the jumpscares got me bad so I like it a lot.
I think the reason why she didn't call the cops was because of how scared she was, i know that sounds dumb but i think she wasn't thinking rationally because of fear, meds, and (some) alchohol combined.
It's not even certain that the cops would have done much in that scenario. I mean, the early 2000s had some pretty gnarly celebrity misogyny, and there's a good chance she would have been brushed off as just some crazy chick. I think the way Britney Spears was treated during her mental breakdown encapsulates this. If she had left her apartment, the paparazzi would have swarmed her like flies to a carcass, and the hate would have increased exponentially. Combine it with the pills messing with her head, the constant pressure from everyone else to keep the situation "under control" (as if other people hating her botched surgery is her fault), you can sort of see why she stayed. Even now, you see people in clearly unsafe or abusive situations staying, because they have been lead to believe that leaving is somehow the worse option as opposed to staying in a dangerous environment. I sure wouldn't want to be a celebrity. Peer pressure in highschool was bad enough!
Whole building might be nice and spacious but I feel like there is some serious structural violations in there. For starters, there is no emergency stairways to go down in case the elevators were to fail.
This gives me major "Perfect Blue" vibes. - The story follows a popular female celebrity who goes through some sort of situation that causes a divide in its fanbase. - Is set around the late 90s to early 2000s. - There is a stalker involved. - Both stories utilize late 90s/early 2000s internet chat rooms. Let's just hope there's not a scene where a delivery man stabs someone in the eye with an ice pick. Quick Pre-Uploaded Edit: Just heard Manly say the same thing, glad I'm not the only one who thinks this.
The ending sequence was unusually cinematic and well done. It also showed us very clearly where each camera is located. I wonder if there's any way to find and break them all? I was honestly expecting the reveal that the boyfriend is DarkCrusader and that you'd find cameras in every item Gin mentions was a gift from him. I mean, I guess we sort of got that implication, since the clock was definitely from him and I think the bedroom statue was too?
nah u gotta burn the whole house and go live in a one room apartment at that point. shoot xD idk how you'd even live in a house with anything in it after that mess.
@@iriswinter yeah, but again. People forget life hinges on choices and their consequences it’s easier to pretend it’s “a plot device” and not… like important to her work? Kinda odd.
I think the scariest part is why tf does she have mirror cabinets? jfc its like every rich person's home have to be the most accidental horror invested place. Just in general if i was living with someone in this apartment i'd be scared of opening it and closing it in hopes someone isn't behind me when i close it. The entire house in general gave me anxiety without the horror aspects.
As someone who was stalked in real life in the past, this was incredibly unsettling. In a good way! They did a good job of capturing things. I feel sorry for Gin tbh, first she's being talked to into having face surgery she (according to her aggressive reaction) didn't even want (or need, like, she was very pretty already?), then that gets fucked up, which makes the post-op pain even worse probably, and THEN she finds she's being stalked. Not to mention her fans being general assholes (minus the stalker, that's a whole other level, and it could have been the ex too), and the press, of course, milking her butchered op for everything it can give them. And, you know, her may or may not dying in the end. Also kinda sucks. The fact that all this isn't even far off from reality is both sad and scary.
If the stalker and secret room are real then I'd say she died. The elevator was broken which is why she couldn't leave in the first place. So if she left the room, the elevator would still be broken and she'd be stuck in the corridor with her stalker. But to me it seems like the painkillers were causing hallucinations. And she takes a painkiller right before the computer tells her to go to that secret room. So while parts of the stalking may be real, the other parts, after taking a pill, may be due to hallucinations and paranoia.
@@TemmiePlays No. But they do dull your senses and warps your thought process. Depends on the painkiller and dosage (and whether you take them properly) and how you respond to them. I had to take some when I had my gallbladder removed and it puts me in a "fog". It takes me longer to put my thoughts together and respond to things (like if someone is telling me to do something). I'm also allergic to Requip, a medication for Restless Leg Syndrome. It makes me meaner than a racoon with rabies. I'd punch you in the face for literally no reason and don't feel remorse for doing it. We could also assume there's poisons in the body due to the botched surgery. Like the tools used weren't sterilized properly. Or an infection sets in.
@@TabbyCatq I was abusing oxyconton for nearly a decade. literally strongest narcotic on the market. they just make you hungry and/ or high. and sleepy.
@@FallenAngelHiroko a little different. psychosis isnt akin to seeing imaginary ppl, hidden compartments and rooms on your penthouse suite, or magically breaking and self fixing vases. there's some good ideas here, and they kinda flop when you have to pull yourself out of immersion to reason why this is happening.
@@FallenAngelHiroko also an elective surgery wouldn't use any thing like a poison, unless she was getting Botox injections ( it's literally botulism ) she got a face lift, and aside of local anesthetic - that's all shed have
what's both pathetic and scary is that these guys went on to murder Gin all because she had to postpone her acting for Silent Dark 3 because she got an injury on her face. That is really pathetic but...also scary to think about how some fans are so obsessed to the point they'll get mad at the person they idolize over the most minor thing if it doesn't fit their view, like take that crazy bitch who kidnaps a wheel-chair bound book writer to write a book in her view
As someone who did private and commercial housekeeping for 10 years, her penthouse looks like a cleaning friggin' nightmare. All those surfaces, and those goddamn TCHOTCHKIES that need dusting, the floors my God the floors! Girl needs to edit her living space. It would take all day to do that place up right. I guess she's got the money to hire someone, but my word that apartment is horrifying on this merit alone.
For those who want the reasoning behind the dartboard puzzle at the end, the order for the code is given by the Silent Dark references. The protagonist has two framed posters in her living room, which give you Diamond and Heart for Silent Dark 1 and 2, respectively. But we don't have a poster for the third movie. Instead, we take a look at the script for the Silent Dark 3 movie, which is next to the computer, and find the Club symbol on the back. See 4:51 and 3:43.
Ah yes Perfect Blue, the movie my sister wanted so bad that she bought it as a birthday present for me and kept for herself after. The animation quality on it was great and the story was pretty solid but it was a little too strong for me. It left me with the same feeling I got when Negan bashed Glen's head in, it was just a little too real for me.🤢
@@pandacat17 paprika was a trip. I think I will give it a rewatch in English. Normally I prefer Japanese and don't mind reading subtitles, but that film is just soooooo visually dense.
I might have laugh too hard at the fish tank. I used to work in Aquatics so I know my fish but the fact you said carnal tetras over neon (witch you were correct) shocked me and i clapped stating "you know your fish." The timing of you saying "yes i know my fresh water fish" just put me on my ass.
Being stalked or doxxed is quite a common fear, something that could conceivably happen to anyone. Celebrities, all the more so thanks to being in the public eye and some fans wrongly feeling "entitled" as being responsible for their rise to fame. Gin's mental health is already getting barraged, it lets the player be unsure what's real and what's just in her head for some great tension. Ignoring the vase, I do think it's all actually happening if only because that makes it scarier and it lets the ending have some mystery to it, though I assume she got out.
Jean Harlow was a real actress who died in the 1930s at only 26yo, so I'm thinking the protagonist in this game being called Gin Harlow is an homage to the late actress. Really cool actually
“I’m losing my mind… I think I need a drink” oh yea lady thats a great idea when you are zooted out of your mind, knock a few back. It’s not like you’ll over dose lmao
Watching Perfect Blue now because of your mentions of it during this playthrough. Even only half-way through, I can see the inspiration the developer got from the film. Same computer, same fish (only tetras), same layout for the stalker hideout, imagining things, etc. Thanks for mentioning it Manly!
There’s an important small info that may add to the theory that this isn’t real! The time where you start seeing Gin exiting the hidden room, the security cam stops recording if you look at the top left! 35:36
that's actually an incredible detail - electronics seem to stop behaving normally during dreams/hallucinations. when my meds got taken away, i'd check my phone or other technology & usually nip hallucinations in the bud
The stalker could have also just turned off the live feed since they were in that room anyways. They were somehow behind her, so they probably turned off the recording as to not expose themselves when they went after her.
The game does address the issues that there are groups of fans in any fandom that I think have real mental problems or deep rooted issues in their life where they emotionally attach to a person, where if that icon does anything that those fans dont approve they all snap. and I have seen people get worked up in a frenzy just because they found out a super-model favorite colour was blue, oh boy they where very toxic over it.
I read the title and nearly had a heart attack... this was literally my childhood/teenager years :( I was doxxed and stalked for nearly 10 years, right into adulthood
had a ex bf who stalked me over the internet. mainly psn. Would make account after account just to harass me. would block every account till the block list hit the cap. with a friends help i got a new psn ID and he rebought me some games i lost by doing this, as i was also dealing with a toxic homelife and the games i had were my only "break" from it.
Hoo boy, this game just gave me some serious flashbacks. Flashbacks to probably the darkest time in my life. I once accidentally doxxed myself a little in a game. Just my first name, but I got so spooked when my creepy cyberbully immediately messaged me. "So…[REDACTED], huh? Fortunately for you, I think that's a lovely name. Unfortunately for you, I won't forget it." Then, he brought up some of the things I had said on Tumblr. I panicked and told him to shut up and go away. His response was, "Aww, you're so mean, [REDACTED]!" After that, I went completely offline for a few months. I was too scared to enjoy my life. I thought he might show up at my house and hurt me or my family. So, I took it upon myself to protect everyone I cared about. I refused to let my guard down, to the point where I wouldn't even smile. I thought I had to stay vigilant at all times, lest he appear and do something awful. Fortunately, he never showed up, and I started slowly recovering after a few months. Eventually, I was able to laugh at jokes relating to the character he played. It was about two years ago. The whole thing doesn't weigh on my like it used to, but occasionally I see things that being back bad memories. Sorry for dumping all that on you. I just wanted to share how this game made me feel. Edit: Context as to why I overreacted so bad. My parents had taught me that if someone gets a little bit of information about you, they can start looking around the internet and finding more and more info until they have a whole profile put together. I, having dealt with anxiety issues since elementary school, took this to its logical extreme, thinking that a first name and a few silly stories from my life would be enough for him to track me down, even though no people or places were named in the stories.
My creep met me at my job, and it took a restraining order to get him to stop trying to find my house because no is not a word he understood, jail on the other hand, he did. It can real mess with you. I checked cameras in my windows when I heard a truck outside because I knew what truck he drove. Heck, I parked beside it at the court house for the long term order. I stayed inside with police until he left. I was afraid he would follow me to my parents' house, and no way was I risking leading him to mine.
The lighting, shading and art for this is really great. Makes all the painting and objects look like eyes and suspicious figures whenever she is affected by hallucinations.
I love how detailed the apartment was! It really tells us a lot about the character through visual design alone. That being said, where the heck is the fire escape? This building isn't up to code!
@@hylin4179 you can make one, it's not hard, all you need is a pipe, some gunpowder, which can be made from household items, a cap for one end of the pipe, a knife to cut a hole in the cap, a rope, something that burns fast, then all you do is fit something to be used as a bullet into the pipe on top of the gunpowder light the rope and you have made a homemade musket
I bet the stalker was Drew. He had previous access to the apartment and could've set up the monitoring room. He was pretty hostile when you didn't go to dinner with him. Or maybe it was a previous ex since the statue that had the camera was from an ex boyfriend and they would've had previous access to the apartment as well. The banging from the apartment that the landlord complaining about was the person setting up the cameras while the protag was out of the house working, doing shoots, etc.
Everything that happened was all in her head. While the threat of stalking is very prevalent, it was pretty obvious from the moment she was getting forum posts that definitely shouldn't have gotten through the "moderation team." I think the bad press about her face was very real, but most of everything else was in her head.
Even the bad press could just be her worst fears manifesting. I think it was all in her head: - the stalker = her fear of her ex, but also her own unwillingness to let him go. (Why does she keep his stuff around?) - being mocked for her face = manifestation of her fear regarding losing her fame and the love of her fans - the cameras in her house = common celebrity fear of the public eye becoming more and more intrusive - the broken elevator = fear of never being able to step out in public again - that brick = fear of assault, feeling unsafe everywhere (because honestly hardly anybody would be able to make that throw) - no neighbours being home, yet having that somewhat aggressive note, only real contact are a business relation and the haters online = social isolation - I'm honestly not sure I buy the botched surgery, as that too screams celebrity fear and who would do such a surgery right before filming is set to start? That makes no sense, as even if everything had gone well, it would have had to heal. Personally, I think the botched surgery caused a mental breakdown or she is taken other meds than she is letting on. They may have even been switched, if you want to go really dark. Either way, she is more confused than she should be and appears to have acted weirdly before. She is unable to find reasons for her past actions. Her hallucinations are not typical for normal painkillers.
@@JuMiKu Not to mention that you can't tell if a surgery is botched that early really - everyone looks like death immediately after surgery, since the bruising and damage is part of it. Further, the site streaming her is ridiculous - there are modern day places where people post revenge porn, sure, but that's a far cry from a public mass stalk streaming site on the open web, even for the 'old' web. Definitely seems like something out of someone's nightmare.
@@vivaldi_is_dreaming if you see her phone & other context clues, it's very likely this did take place during the "old days" of the Internet, so it's plausible
The part that absolutely gets me too is the "moderators have approved of these messages" tag that appears on the top of each comment section. At first it was easy to assume it was just "a few bad apples getting though" but by the end it was clear that the entire thing was rotten all the way to the core.
@@Solinaru Mhm. The one user who tried to help the protagonist even said that their post might get removed and their account banned, but I've a feeling that user also would've been their next target, simply for trying to help the protag.
@@ReesesBees I doubt that post is even real, because the posts have to be approved by moderator beforehand so if they didn't want Jen warned they'd simply not approve it.
@@Colddirector moderators still have biases, they could be just as crazy but they have act like they act all invincible by having a sliver of authority on the internet. Great combo
Man haven't seen an indie game this good in so long! I love when there's really detail and story behind the main spooky event, this game perfectly balanced the little notes and comments on decor to flesh out Gins life in a way that paints the picture so well, such a great concept for horror too yet not done enough (Perfect Blue and Misery being the only good examples I can think of?) This game really did a great job, the only thing I'd say is lacking is the actual character models and animations but that's pretty minor. So glad I got to watch you play it Manly!
8:30 *"Goodbye,* Drew." Manly drinks his Respect Women juice daily. King. Edit: I loved the game's setting & the atmosphere of her house. I'd like to see future games set in this universe, or made by the same dev.
I love how he keeps saying tropey lines like "this can't be happening." The game was an interesting exploration of the psychology of young famous people, but MBH's commentary just adds a certain _je ne sais quoi_ that almost makes the whole thing humorous.
@@euriditia It's just a bad writing thing. If you ever watched creepypasta readings back in the early 2010s, a staple of bad writing from that era consisted of characters saying things like "this can't be happening."
did anyone else notice the statue's left eye blinking red? its also said that drew was a possesive type, which i think is said because he had to get a camera in her room just to know where she is and what shes doing.
I was thinking in Perfect Blue just at the moment where you actually mention it lmao. All the thing about a movie, the fishes and the doxxing... Edit: I just watched the part of the computer with that comment saying they prefer Gin "sweet and virginal". Highly disturbing 🤡
i like to think she made it to the door before the stalker caught up to her. shes limping and hurt, but it seems like the stalker was hurt too. she got out of the room first, he was lying on the ground, i bet he attacked her at the computer, but didnt expect her to fight back so hard. then they fought to get to the closet first, and clearly gin won. the elevator is still broken, but she might b able to hold the door shut till police arrive her manager did ask if he should call the police, but she didnt reply. (was probably too far into panic mode to think logically and reply) that being said, if your client texts you saying theyre in danger and someone smashed their window with a brick, then go radio silent, youd probably call the cops anyways. if thats the case she just needs to hold out until they get to her
Cannot believe I was today years old when I learned Manly has a passion for fish and aquarium keeping. Been watching this man for years and I somehow missed this.
Love this guy! Awesome videos and hilarious commentary! He’s like the super smart and funny best buddy I’ve never had! The one that knows all the cultural references.
Just a tip for anyone who is getting into or does streaming people will do stuff like order pizzas to the suspected house when your on stream to confirm. Just do your self a favour and don’t answer the door while streaming
Oh boy, another video from Manly! This will be such a fun and normal episode. Let's hope there aren't any unwanted visitors at this lovely woman's house. 🙃
Damn man, you can't just drop a title like Perfect Blue and then just be like oh, it's just a Satoshi Kon piece... and leave it at that. The dude is legendary.. Can see the influence though, gonna have to watch it again now. Also got a laugh when you mentioned the fish, literally thought "hey, Manly knows his fish" mere moments before you said it yourself.
Ok, this one was really cool. I love the concept and the setting and the Perfect Blue comparison was pretty accurate. I don't care for the ambiguous ending to be honest, but overall I enjoyed this one. The hidden stalker camera room was a bit dumb, though, since it couldn't possibly fit there. Although, I wonder how much of it was real or not, given the pills she was on were clearly messing with her.
This game is so sad cuz this is actually what can happen to anybody, at any time, for whatever reason (or sometimes no reason at all) and you can't do anything about it. I don't get why people can't have common sense and realize that maybe leaking someone's whole life on the internet because they feel like it can kill that person.
I'm reading the chat boxes, and wow, are people actually like this? They can't even fathom the idea of someone getting surgery because they simply want to???
Tbh the comments on that forum are the most believable part of the game. Parasocial feelings towards celebs can make random people feel entitled to them as well as their body and this has happened many times before, mostly with kpop and jpop idols and even that incident with a crazed fan who tried to send a parcel bomb I believe to a singer called Björk
The way stronger meds can make people hallucinate, there stands a chance the comments about a stalker teamed with meds could generate this without the real stalker being present.
Assuming these aren't knock-out grade painkillers, she wouldn't be having vivid visual hallucinations like this. I think the stalker is real, likely drew. But that's the beauty of a game like this: It's completely open-ended. It could be the pills she took, it could be a real stalker, or it could be something else.
unless she was literally on the verge of passing out (hypnagogic hallucinations) the whole time, even strong opioids shouldn't do that. maybe she had a reaction to the meds?
I usually don’t comment, but want to say that this game is unusually great!! There’s a lot of cool short indies with potential, but this one really feels like it’s the start of something truly special!! I hope there’s a sequel or expansion coming. And, as always, great gaming and great commentary, Manly.
Having this going on in the background while working from home and I will be the first to say one drink can hurt. Was put on some new meds and never had any issues and don't drink much. Didn't think about it. Drank one small drink and was drunk for the first time in my life at 29. Went from 0 to 100 real quick. Worst moment in my life that I could've easily prevented.
I think it was all in her head, simply because she acts so helpless and you're confined to a small play area, but I like the premise. It's a pretty neat game!
okay.. horror doesn't get me anymore. i'm completely desensitized to every horror trope, game, movie, story, etc But this.. was spooky. The premise, i mean. i was actually pretty nervous there for a minute; people like those on the blog really do exist. also.. great aquarium. 10/10; watch the size of those angels though.
@@conq1273 A person gets doxxed but turns out they are a serial killer that lives in a nightmare murderhouse and the one in actual danger is the stalker.
Hven't finished watching yet but it's almost comical how many actual men sound like some of the dudes in this game. The old, super sweet and nice until you (politely) decline and then you get hit with every name in the book 😂 I hate it but I have to laugh not to cry
I believe this game is a criticism about how a fandom can be come toxic with a certain artist because of any mistakes has made. Fans are hypocrite. They idolize a idol but when a controversy happens with him, his fans turn against It. And yes doxxing can happen as an attack on an artist if they have a controversy. Internet can be cruel sometimes. 💀
the fact that men still act like those blog posts today irl… seeing those posts in the game really shook me up because that’s such a big part of womens realities now
Welcome to the I Sure Hope No Comments Are Behind Me Club, how I Sure Hope No Comments Are Behind Me are ya?
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Nah… it’s just your imagination
this comment is infront of you, hehe
Run.
*Stands behind you with a cloth full of Chloroform:*
If manly wasn't gonna comment on the fish tank, I was. Angelfish and cardinal tetras are a good choice to have together, a classic. They can work with the usually snappy and territorial angels if you've got enough hiding places and plants. The tank itself seems to be decently landscaped, if a touch sparse for my tastes. It's the right size for a school of tetras and angels, nice and big, possibly a 50 or 75 gallon from the scale of it, plenty of fish space to school and swim. This game designer knows their fish, I'll give them that! Love to see a game that has correct takes on aquariums and tanks. It's properly stocked, the fish in game behave naturally and exhibit natural behaviors instead of loop swimming (my nemesis), and I feel I could watch it for an hour. Oh, and the rest of the game is pretty cool too, I guess. It's no aquarium, but it'll do.
Cardinals become vulnerable if the Angelfish become extremely large. Neon tetras are usually more of their natural prey, but a multi year Angelfish may try to squeeze a cardinal in its mouth.
@@ManlyBadassHero right! That's why heavy foliage is important if one chooses to keep them together. They're not my personal choice, and, personally, I wouldn't keep them together. I prefer community schoolers like honey gourami, pygmy and otocinculus cats, ember tetras, and khuli loaches. Wait... I'm describing my actual community fish tank, woops lol.
This conversation is very interesting to watch. I didn't think I was gonna be taught about angelfish and cardinal tetras on a MBH video! Please carry on your conversation you two great fish gods.
I like amazon tanks with schools of fish. I plan to start a new 75g semi biotope (might flub some of the plant stocking for aesthetics and practicality) and maybe some new container ponds once spring hits next year.
Jokes on you! He commented now!
The stalker is probably the ex in my opinion. He was the one to give the statue and had access to the appartment to put together the back alley computer set up. I think after they divorced he still was obsessed with her and took to forums (under a pseudonym) and illegally filming to further his obsession. Then when he couldn't continue to gain both attention and money from filming her after she had plastic surgery, he flew into a rage and rallied people online to torment her. Eventually either she escapes, or (more likely with the elevator broken) he kills her. This also explains how the stalker could get into the penthouse. He was known by the door.. guards? people? or had an old key.
Yeah and there was stuff about the ex around the house to hint at it
Also, the clock she was given as a gift leads to the surveillance room.
An apartment with no emergency stairs, sad.
Wait, what if it’s Drew? Gin did mention the clock was gifted to her by Drew and she did mention he was possessive. But the statue was also given to her by her ex so..maybe it could even be both?
@@S0m3B0z0OnTheInternet Drew seems to be her current boyfriend, while the statue was from her ex-husband I think?
moral of the story: don't live in a house with this many windows
it gives stalkers an easy view of you and where you are, like come on at least close the curtains
Even if you live up high where people can't see from their own rooftops, it's still not the safest to leave windows open. The higher up you live, the more trapped you can be if fire safety exits aren't available somehow
or to break into ur house easily
Or, you know.. invest in curtains.
Hah, I can't be stalked if nobody even acknowledges my existence.
Or live in an apartment that has no emergency stairs or fire escapes....
I think she was genuinely being stalked. But in combination with the meds and stress, she subconsciously picked up she was in danger and suffered hallucinations.
She shouldve called the cops, she shouldve responded to her manager to call the cops (or anything) so I kind of wish the phone went missing sooner. It just doesnt make sense that she wouldnt do something about someone taking pictures of her and throwing bricks in her window. Kind of aggravating, really! But it still had a really cool feel to it and the jumpscares got me bad so I like it a lot.
I think the reason why she didn't call the cops was because of how scared she was, i know that sounds dumb but i think she wasn't thinking rationally because of fear, meds, and (some) alchohol combined.
@@TabbyCatq true on that. as someone who has been in some pretty dangerous situations, you get too scared to act and your mind crashes
I literally lost my mind seeing the choices she made. I figured her first instinct would be to call the cops and hide in her room.
It's not even certain that the cops would have done much in that scenario. I mean, the early 2000s had some pretty gnarly celebrity misogyny, and there's a good chance she would have been brushed off as just some crazy chick. I think the way Britney Spears was treated during her mental breakdown encapsulates this.
If she had left her apartment, the paparazzi would have swarmed her like flies to a carcass, and the hate would have increased exponentially. Combine it with the pills messing with her head, the constant pressure from everyone else to keep the situation "under control" (as if other people hating her botched surgery is her fault), you can sort of see why she stayed. Even now, you see people in clearly unsafe or abusive situations staying, because they have been lead to believe that leaving is somehow the worse option as opposed to staying in a dangerous environment.
I sure wouldn't want to be a celebrity. Peer pressure in highschool was bad enough!
Someone's never been on strong painkillers before
the speed that Manly identified those tetra fish was amazing
he know his feeesh
@@JoanLamrack He knows his fresh water feeesh, at least.
but didnt noticed the red glowing eye in the statue
@@0Blueaura he’s good at identifying fresh water fish tho!
@@chucklebutt4470 emil pfp..!! 👁👁💞
Whole building might be nice and spacious but I feel like there is some serious structural violations in there. For starters, there is no emergency stairways to go down in case the elevators were to fail.
Also a window breaking that easily in a high-rise is a concern.
She had money for a nice one, but not the best of the nice ones. Budget luxury. 😅
Even if the elevator was working fine, in case of a fire you’re supposed to use the stairs
and..theres a million windows surroundign every single part of the apartment so she can easily be watched..
@@DeathnoteBB oh whoops my stair has an electric door.
This gives me major "Perfect Blue" vibes.
- The story follows a popular female celebrity who goes through some sort of situation that causes a divide in its fanbase.
- Is set around the late 90s to early 2000s.
- There is a stalker involved.
- Both stories utilize late 90s/early 2000s internet chat rooms.
Let's just hope there's not a scene where a delivery man stabs someone in the eye with an ice pick.
Quick Pre-Uploaded Edit: Just heard Manly say the same thing, glad I'm not the only one who thinks this.
Ice pick lobotomy
That movie is so gas
@@jaidusjones6844 gayus
.... perfect dark?
@@nicholasreale7998 perfect dark is a game. perfect blue is an animated movie about a jpop idol and her stalker.
The ending sequence was unusually cinematic and well done. It also showed us very clearly where each camera is located. I wonder if there's any way to find and break them all?
I was honestly expecting the reveal that the boyfriend is DarkCrusader and that you'd find cameras in every item Gin mentions was a gift from him. I mean, I guess we sort of got that implication, since the clock was definitely from him and I think the bedroom statue was too?
It might've been him but our character never reacts as if he is though that can be chalked up to other things.
nah u gotta burn the whole house and go live in a one room apartment at that point. shoot xD idk how you'd even live in a house with anything in it after that mess.
I'm pretty sure why they use the botched face lift in the game is to give a reason why she stays in one place.
Also why she's taking heavy painkillers and isolating herself.
It’s the whole cause of the plot’s events, not just a plot device to make her stay in one place. The whole story is built around it.
@@iriswinter yeah, but again. People forget life hinges on choices and their consequences it’s easier to pretend it’s “a plot device” and not… like important to her work? Kinda odd.
Quite clever, the dev doesn't have to worry about facial animations or lip syncing. Makes sense as well because their story behind the bandages
Plot inconvenience.
The scariest part of the bathroom is the idea of having to clean it
Don't worry, rich people hardly ever clean their own homes
I deep cleaning my bathroom on a weekly basis. It’s small and usually clean but I hate cleaning bathrooms lol
All those small tiles...so much grout to scrub...
The scariest part of my bathroom is that it has 3 mirrors and severely drops my FPS when I need to take a grumpy dumpy.
I think the scariest part is why tf does she have mirror cabinets? jfc its like every rich person's home have to be the most accidental horror invested place. Just in general if i was living with someone in this apartment i'd be scared of opening it and closing it in hopes someone isn't behind me when i close it. The entire house in general gave me anxiety without the horror aspects.
As someone who was stalked in real life in the past, this was incredibly unsettling. In a good way! They did a good job of capturing things.
I feel sorry for Gin tbh, first she's being talked to into having face surgery she (according to her aggressive reaction) didn't even want (or need, like, she was very pretty already?), then that gets fucked up, which makes the post-op pain even worse probably, and THEN she finds she's being stalked. Not to mention her fans being general assholes (minus the stalker, that's a whole other level, and it could have been the ex too), and the press, of course, milking her butchered op for everything it can give them.
And, you know, her may or may not dying in the end. Also kinda sucks.
The fact that all this isn't even far off from reality is both sad and scary.
I'm sorry to hear you were stalked. Hopefully that got resolved and is now over.
And yeah, holy shit those fans were ... _something_ .
I’m watching u 🤡
@@BuetifullPersun 🤦🏿♂️
@@BuetifullPersun wow hilarious and totally not mocking at all
@@BuetifullPersun You’re being weird and not funny lol
If the stalker and secret room are real then I'd say she died.
The elevator was broken which is why she couldn't leave in the first place.
So if she left the room, the elevator would still be broken and she'd be stuck in the corridor with her stalker.
But to me it seems like the painkillers were causing hallucinations.
And she takes a painkiller right before the computer tells her to go to that secret room.
So while parts of the stalking may be real, the other parts, after taking a pill, may be due to hallucinations and paranoia.
painkillers do not have hallucinating properties
@@TemmiePlays No. But they do dull your senses and warps your thought process. Depends on the painkiller and dosage (and whether you take them properly) and how you respond to them. I had to take some when I had my gallbladder removed and it puts me in a "fog". It takes me longer to put my thoughts together and respond to things (like if someone is telling me to do something). I'm also allergic to Requip, a medication for Restless Leg Syndrome. It makes me meaner than a racoon with rabies. I'd punch you in the face for literally no reason and don't feel remorse for doing it. We could also assume there's poisons in the body due to the botched surgery. Like the tools used weren't sterilized properly. Or an infection sets in.
@@TabbyCatq I was abusing oxyconton for nearly a decade.
literally strongest narcotic on the market.
they just make you hungry and/ or high.
and sleepy.
@@FallenAngelHiroko a little different.
psychosis isnt akin to seeing imaginary ppl, hidden compartments and rooms on your penthouse suite, or magically breaking and self fixing vases.
there's some good ideas here, and they kinda flop when you have to pull yourself out of immersion to reason why this is happening.
@@FallenAngelHiroko also an elective surgery wouldn't use any thing like a poison, unless she was getting Botox injections ( it's literally botulism )
she got a face lift, and aside of local anesthetic - that's all shed have
what's both pathetic and scary is that these guys went on to murder Gin all because she had to postpone her acting for Silent Dark 3 because she got an injury on her face. That is really pathetic but...also scary to think about how some fans are so obsessed to the point they'll get mad at the person they idolize over the most minor thing if it doesn't fit their view, like take that crazy bitch who kidnaps a wheel-chair bound book writer to write a book in her view
That was a underated movie ngl
Genshin twitter police belike:
@XXV Misery
Misery! One of my faves :)
Oh, the Misery...
- Free pizza gets delivered out of nowhere
- She eats it
...Lady, you are so dumb.
She's still affected by her medication though
Well, it's free pizza
Hungry College Student: wuh?
*caught with pizza in mouth
right
I like how this comment attracts either the most cautious or the people that love pizza too much.
"Ugh! Jesus Christ, I look like shit!"
You sure do! You're polygons, Gin!
Why is there no replies on this comment? I shall be sitting here.
@@TabbyCatq *Pets the Tabby*
@@TheNexusChan Yes human, I thank you for the pets.
😂😂😂
@@TabbyCatq hiiii KITTY!!!!
maybe the stalker broke in to ask about her amazing interior design
They wanted to reach out for her cars extended warranty
Maybe she need a little surprise in her life
honestly, the apartment was really beautiful lol
honestly that would be my motive too. literally every area in her house is beautiful
As someone who did private and commercial housekeeping for 10 years, her penthouse looks like a cleaning friggin' nightmare. All those surfaces, and those goddamn TCHOTCHKIES that need dusting, the floors my God the floors! Girl needs to edit her living space. It would take all day to do that place up right. I guess she's got the money to hire someone, but my word that apartment is horrifying on this merit alone.
For those who want the reasoning behind the dartboard puzzle at the end, the order for the code is given by the Silent Dark references. The protagonist has two framed posters in her living room, which give you Diamond and Heart for Silent Dark 1 and 2, respectively. But we don't have a poster for the third movie. Instead, we take a look at the script for the Silent Dark 3 movie, which is next to the computer, and find the Club symbol on the back. See 4:51 and 3:43.
Ah yes Perfect Blue, the movie my sister wanted so bad that she bought it as a birthday present for me and kept for herself after. The animation quality on it was great and the story was pretty solid but it was a little too strong for me. It left me with the same feeling I got when Negan bashed Glen's head in, it was just a little too real for me.🤢
Its a solid movie.
It's definitely not for everyone, but got the animation is super good.
@@ReesesBees yeah a classic..something all weebs should watch allong with millenium actress and paprika for the amelie anime starter pack
@@pandacat17 Millenium Actress was amazing.
@@pandacat17 paprika was a trip. I think I will give it a rewatch in English. Normally I prefer Japanese and don't mind reading subtitles, but that film is just soooooo visually dense.
This what is like making a horror game of Twitter.
I might have laugh too hard at the fish tank. I used to work in Aquatics so I know my fish but the fact you said carnal tetras over neon (witch you were correct) shocked me and i clapped stating "you know your fish." The timing of you saying "yes i know my fresh water fish" just put me on my ass.
Being stalked or doxxed is quite a common fear, something that could conceivably happen to anyone. Celebrities, all the more so thanks to being in the public eye and some fans wrongly feeling "entitled" as being responsible for their rise to fame. Gin's mental health is already getting barraged, it lets the player be unsure what's real and what's just in her head for some great tension. Ignoring the vase, I do think it's all actually happening if only because that makes it scarier and it lets the ending have some mystery to it, though I assume she got out.
Jean Harlow was a real actress who died in the 1930s at only 26yo, so I'm thinking the protagonist in this game being called Gin Harlow is an homage to the late actress. Really cool actually
“I’m losing my mind… I think I need a drink” oh yea lady thats a great idea when you are zooted out of your mind, knock a few back. It’s not like you’ll over dose lmao
Watching Perfect Blue now because of your mentions of it during this playthrough. Even only half-way through, I can see the inspiration the developer got from the film. Same computer, same fish (only tetras), same layout for the stalker hideout, imagining things, etc. Thanks for mentioning it Manly!
The part where Manly said "It's Hammering Time" was legendary, it almost made me tear up, it made the movie Morbillion times better.
*Manlylion
There’s an important small info that may add to the theory that this isn’t real! The time where you start seeing Gin exiting the hidden room, the security cam stops recording if you look at the top left! 35:36
that's actually an incredible detail - electronics seem to stop behaving normally during dreams/hallucinations.
when my meds got taken away, i'd check my phone or other technology & usually nip hallucinations in the bud
The stalker could have also just turned off the live feed since they were in that room anyways. They were somehow behind her, so they probably turned off the recording as to not expose themselves when they went after her.
The game does address the issues that there are groups of fans in any fandom that I think have real mental problems or deep rooted issues in their life where they emotionally attach to a person, where if that icon does anything that those fans dont approve they all snap. and I have seen people get worked up in a frenzy just because they found out a super-model favorite colour was blue, oh boy they where very toxic over it.
This dude has the perfect voice for ever game and horror games
he's a manly man badass
Damn, she just ate 3/4 of a pizza like it was nothing
Gotta regrow face lol
she was hungry she needed to eat SOMETHING and then she did
I read the title and nearly had a heart attack... this was literally my childhood/teenager years :( I was doxxed and stalked for nearly 10 years, right into adulthood
Dang, I’m sorry you went through that. I hope you’re doing better now. ❤️
sheesh 10 years??? Hope you're ok and your stalker's in prison
I've been through it too and had the same near heart attack. I was like "oh, what? huh... oh... right... okay"
I wanna ask what or how it happened but then that is a dangerously specific information
had a ex bf who stalked me over the internet. mainly psn. Would make account after account just to harass me. would block every account till the block list hit the cap. with a friends help i got a new psn ID and he rebought me some games i lost by doing this, as i was also dealing with a toxic homelife and the games i had were my only "break" from it.
Manly, you have the best “lullaby” type of voice. You should get into reading stories on here too
true
Pumpkin eater 👀
literally
Now I wanna hear him sing Somewhere Over The Rainbow for some reason (now that I think about, his voice probably sounds amazing when he sings)
I think he should do more story based games
24:35 - okay, drunk, on pills or high, this should automatically warrant a trip to the cops' department. Holy shit that's terrifying.
Hoo boy, this game just gave me some serious flashbacks. Flashbacks to probably the darkest time in my life.
I once accidentally doxxed myself a little in a game. Just my first name, but I got so spooked when my creepy cyberbully immediately messaged me. "So…[REDACTED], huh? Fortunately for you, I think that's a lovely name. Unfortunately for you, I won't forget it." Then, he brought up some of the things I had said on Tumblr. I panicked and told him to shut up and go away. His response was, "Aww, you're so mean, [REDACTED]!"
After that, I went completely offline for a few months. I was too scared to enjoy my life. I thought he might show up at my house and hurt me or my family. So, I took it upon myself to protect everyone I cared about. I refused to let my guard down, to the point where I wouldn't even smile. I thought I had to stay vigilant at all times, lest he appear and do something awful.
Fortunately, he never showed up, and I started slowly recovering after a few months. Eventually, I was able to laugh at jokes relating to the character he played. It was about two years ago. The whole thing doesn't weigh on my like it used to, but occasionally I see things that being back bad memories.
Sorry for dumping all that on you. I just wanted to share how this game made me feel.
Edit: Context as to why I overreacted so bad. My parents had taught me that if someone gets a little bit of information about you, they can start looking around the internet and finding more and more info until they have a whole profile put together. I, having dealt with anxiety issues since elementary school, took this to its logical extreme, thinking that a first name and a few silly stories from my life would be enough for him to track me down, even though no people or places were named in the stories.
Bro what 😭. You doxxed your first name and thought he was gonna fucking pull up and beat the shit out of you or smn? What?
Dang, im sorry that happened to you, altho im happy you recovered and nothing bad happened to u :>
Nice to see you again, old friend. You didn't think I forgot about you, did you? I'm standing outside your front door right now. Let me in.
Im currently under your bed, honey
My creep met me at my job, and it took a restraining order to get him to stop trying to find my house because no is not a word he understood, jail on the other hand, he did. It can real mess with you. I checked cameras in my windows when I heard a truck outside because I knew what truck he drove. Heck, I parked beside it at the court house for the long term order. I stayed inside with police until he left. I was afraid he would follow me to my parents' house, and no way was I risking leading him to mine.
The lighting, shading and art for this is really great. Makes all the painting and objects look like eyes and suspicious figures whenever she is affected by hallucinations.
Getting a call from not just any normal lawyer, it's Saul Goodman!
I love how detailed the apartment was! It really tells us a lot about the character through visual design alone. That being said, where the heck is the fire escape? This building isn't up to code!
20:34 "I think I need a drink"
*manly opens the medicine cabinet*
Me: "MANLY NO!" 😨
Gin's voice actress did a really fantastic job
Manly: “At this point…”
Me: “Get a gun”
Manly: “run”
I like your response better
Kinda hard to "get a gun" if you don't already own one and are trapped in your apartment with your stalker.
@@hylin4179 you can make one, it's not hard, all you need is a pipe, some gunpowder, which can be made from household items, a cap for one end of the pipe, a knife to cut a hole in the cap, a rope, something that burns fast, then all you do is fit something to be used as a bullet into the pipe on top of the gunpowder light the rope and you have made a homemade musket
Buy a parachute and start praying
I can see this game really utilize that medicine cabinet mirror 😖 always bracing myself everytime manly closed the cabinet.
Something happens:
Manly: "This can't be happening."
I wonder if the stalker did something to/switched her meds to something stronger.
You would think that with all this money she could have a good security system installed.
Or at least some blinds
I bet the stalker was Drew. He had previous access to the apartment and could've set up the monitoring room. He was pretty hostile when you didn't go to dinner with him. Or maybe it was a previous ex since the statue that had the camera was from an ex boyfriend and they would've had previous access to the apartment as well. The banging from the apartment that the landlord complaining about was the person setting up the cameras while the protag was out of the house working, doing shoots, etc.
Everything that happened was all in her head. While the threat of stalking is very prevalent, it was pretty obvious from the moment she was getting forum posts that definitely shouldn't have gotten through the "moderation team." I think the bad press about her face was very real, but most of everything else was in her head.
Even the bad press could just be her worst fears manifesting. I think it was all in her head:
- the stalker = her fear of her ex, but also her own unwillingness to let him go. (Why does she keep his stuff around?)
- being mocked for her face = manifestation of her fear regarding losing her fame and the love of her fans
- the cameras in her house = common celebrity fear of the public eye becoming more and more intrusive
- the broken elevator = fear of never being able to step out in public again
- that brick = fear of assault, feeling unsafe everywhere (because honestly hardly anybody would be able to make that throw)
- no neighbours being home, yet having that somewhat aggressive note, only real contact are a business relation and the haters online = social isolation
- I'm honestly not sure I buy the botched surgery, as that too screams celebrity fear and who would do such a surgery right before filming is set to start? That makes no sense, as even if everything had gone well, it would have had to heal.
Personally, I think the botched surgery caused a mental breakdown or she is taken other meds than she is letting on. They may have even been switched, if you want to go really dark. Either way, she is more confused than she should be and appears to have acted weirdly before. She is unable to find reasons for her past actions. Her hallucinations are not typical for normal painkillers.
@@JuMiKu You summed it up well.
True the vase part really sells it for me
@@JuMiKu Not to mention that you can't tell if a surgery is botched that early really - everyone looks like death immediately after surgery, since the bruising and damage is part of it. Further, the site streaming her is ridiculous - there are modern day places where people post revenge porn, sure, but that's a far cry from a public mass stalk streaming site on the open web, even for the 'old' web. Definitely seems like something out of someone's nightmare.
@@vivaldi_is_dreaming if you see her phone & other context clues, it's very likely this did take place during the "old days" of the Internet, so it's plausible
I know those blog messages are fake, but it still fills me with so much anxiety knowing there’s men out there who’ve said/done stuff like this :(
The part that absolutely gets me too is the "moderators have approved of these messages" tag that appears on the top of each comment section.
At first it was easy to assume it was just "a few bad apples getting though" but by the end it was clear that the entire thing was rotten all the way to the core.
@@Solinaru Mhm. The one user who tried to help the protagonist even said that their post might get removed and their account banned, but I've a feeling that user also would've been their next target, simply for trying to help the protag.
@@ReesesBees I doubt that post is even real, because the posts have to be approved by moderator beforehand so if they didn't want Jen warned they'd simply not approve it.
@@Colddirector moderators still have biases, they could be just as crazy but they have act like they act all invincible by having a sliver of authority on the internet. Great combo
It's so much worse then you think
Man haven't seen an indie game this good in so long! I love when there's really detail and story behind the main spooky event, this game perfectly balanced the little notes and comments on decor to flesh out Gins life in a way that paints the picture so well, such a great concept for horror too yet not done enough (Perfect Blue and Misery being the only good examples I can think of?) This game really did a great job, the only thing I'd say is lacking is the actual character models and animations but that's pretty minor. So glad I got to watch you play it Manly!
8:30 *"Goodbye,* Drew."
Manly drinks his Respect Women juice daily. King.
Edit: I loved the game's setting & the atmosphere of her house. I'd like to see future games set in this universe, or made by the same dev.
Regular phenomenon, horrifying reality, and everything nice! That is what horror games are made of
"Your stalker is behind you" I always knew my dog was stalking me
I love how he keeps saying tropey lines like "this can't be happening." The game was an interesting exploration of the psychology of young famous people, but MBH's commentary just adds a certain _je ne sais quoi_ that almost makes the whole thing humorous.
Is it from a anime or a movie? I always hear MBH say it but I never understood where the origin is from lol.
@@euriditia It's just a bad writing thing. If you ever watched creepypasta readings back in the early 2010s, a staple of bad writing from that era consisted of characters saying things like "this can't be happening."
did anyone else notice the statue's left eye blinking red? its also said that drew was a possesive type, which i think is said because he had to get a camera in her room just to know where she is and what shes doing.
I was thinking in Perfect Blue just at the moment where you actually mention it lmao. All the thing about a movie, the fishes and the doxxing...
Edit: I just watched the part of the computer with that comment saying they prefer Gin "sweet and virginal". Highly disturbing 🤡
same omg i got so excited
People love the presentation the media gives but know jack about the actual person
i like to think she made it to the door before the stalker caught up to her. shes limping and hurt, but it seems like the stalker was hurt too. she got out of the room first, he was lying on the ground, i bet he attacked her at the computer, but didnt expect her to fight back so hard. then they fought to get to the closet first, and clearly gin won. the elevator is still broken, but she might b able to hold the door shut till police arrive
her manager did ask if he should call the police, but she didnt reply. (was probably too far into panic mode to think logically and reply)
that being said, if your client texts you saying theyre in danger and someone smashed their window with a brick, then go radio silent, youd probably call the cops anyways.
if thats the case she just needs to hold out until they get to her
Cannot believe I was today years old when I learned Manly has a passion for fish and aquarium keeping. Been watching this man for years and I somehow missed this.
Love this guy! Awesome videos and hilarious commentary! He’s like the super smart and funny best buddy I’ve never had! The one that knows all the cultural references.
Just a tip for anyone who is getting into or does streaming people will do stuff like order pizzas to the suspected house when your on stream to confirm. Just do your self a favour and don’t answer the door while streaming
OMG YES PERFECT BLUE! I freaking LOVE Satoshi Kon films aaaa!
Oh boy, another video from Manly! This will be such a fun and normal episode. Let's hope there aren't any unwanted visitors at this lovely woman's house. 🙃
Damn man, you can't just drop a title like Perfect Blue and then just be like oh, it's just a Satoshi Kon piece... and leave it at that. The dude is legendary.. Can see the influence though, gonna have to watch it again now. Also got a laugh when you mentioned the fish, literally thought "hey, Manly knows his fish" mere moments before you said it yourself.
Ok, this one was really cool. I love the concept and the setting and the Perfect Blue comparison was pretty accurate. I don't care for the ambiguous ending to be honest, but overall I enjoyed this one. The hidden stalker camera room was a bit dumb, though, since it couldn't possibly fit there. Although, I wonder how much of it was real or not, given the pills she was on were clearly messing with her.
This game is so sad cuz this is actually what can happen to anybody, at any time, for whatever reason (or sometimes no reason at all) and you can't do anything about it. I don't get why people can't have common sense and realize that maybe leaking someone's whole life on the internet because they feel like it can kill that person.
This idea is genuinely terrifying
i love the fact that you mentioned perfect blue, it definitely match the vibes of the game
I'm reading the chat boxes, and wow, are people actually like this? They can't even fathom the idea of someone getting surgery because they simply want to???
there are definitely people like that! it’s real crappy, to put it lightly
Tbh the comments on that forum are the most believable part of the game. Parasocial feelings towards celebs can make random people feel entitled to them as well as their body and this has happened many times before, mostly with kpop and jpop idols and even that incident with a crazed fan who tried to send a parcel bomb I believe to a singer called Björk
@Clementine Everett facts
Welcome to the world of anonymous internet forums
@@_stillborn Ah yes, cultivating a stalking cult because of those opinions is not awful.
Imagine an apartment building without stairs for escaping stalkers.
Or fires. That's a violation.
Or The Green Flu.
Honestly, I would’ve brought a parachute just for this bloody apartment.
The whole time I was hoping Gin was hallucinating from the pain pills and alcohol but the ending leaves me uncertain
This was a really neat and creative horror game. Really enjoyed it.
As soon as a random pizza shows up at your door.. you know.. you are in danger
The way stronger meds can make people hallucinate, there stands a chance the comments about a stalker teamed with meds could generate this without the real stalker being present.
Assuming these aren't knock-out grade painkillers, she wouldn't be having vivid visual hallucinations like this. I think the stalker is real, likely drew. But that's the beauty of a game like this: It's completely open-ended. It could be the pills she took, it could be a real stalker, or it could be something else.
I feel like it's probably a hallucination mainly because of the vase but who knows
Pizza was drugged.
unless she was literally on the verge of passing out (hypnagogic hallucinations) the whole time, even strong opioids shouldn't do that. maybe she had a reaction to the meds?
I usually don’t comment, but want to say that this game is unusually great!! There’s a lot of cool short indies with potential, but this one really feels like it’s the start of something truly special!! I hope there’s a sequel or expansion coming.
And, as always, great gaming and great commentary, Manly.
The bathroom gives off the vaporwave vibe like ❤️
Having this going on in the background while working from home and I will be the first to say one drink can hurt. Was put on some new meds and never had any issues and don't drink much. Didn't think about it. Drank one small drink and was drunk for the first time in my life at 29. Went from 0 to 100 real quick. Worst moment in my life that I could've easily prevented.
Having an opinion on Twitter, the G
game
DUDE Perfect Blue is really great! I watch your videos a bunch and it's awesome you mentioned it! ❤️
I'm loving the references to Eternal Darkness as you play these games, lol.
it is literally the third time I'm trying to watch this video and everytime I just fell asleep at night because your voice is so calming god dammit
I think it was all in her head, simply because she acts so helpless and you're confined to a small play area, but I like the premise. It's a pretty neat game!
okay.. horror doesn't get me anymore.
i'm completely desensitized to every horror trope, game, movie, story, etc
But this.. was spooky.
The premise, i mean.
i was actually pretty nervous there for a
minute; people like those on the blog really do exist.
also.. great aquarium. 10/10; watch the size of those angels though.
Yeah,that game was awesome! Story,atmosphere,setting. This was good!
I lowkey expected the tunnel to lead to the annoying neighbors house
average dream twitter user
When the concept here is more real than the most horror games.
Watching Manly's gameplays is so relaxing, even if the game is so fucking disturbing, I just love his voice so much- ♥️😩
Quite interesting seeing this game where a celeb is being stalked. Never get Doxxed y’all cause it can happen to u.
@@moimoiyoop you have some weird kinks 😳
@@moimoiyoop that... that feels like a good twist movie
@@moimoiyoop hehehe good one. Just make sure to keep a close eye on your surroundings
@@conq1273 A person gets doxxed but turns out they are a serial killer that lives in a nightmare murderhouse and the one in actual danger is the stalker.
@@RK_TENGU sounds like "killing and stalking" to me
despite being set in 2004, she says her neighbor has her air fryer, a term which wasn't introduced until 2010.... literally unplayable
is this a joke or not
Did anyone else notice the blinking red light in the left eye of the Statue form the Ex?
you're right about Perfect Blue! gosh, what a masterpiece.. 💖 i'd also love to have a bathroom like that too!
Another thing to add to Manly lore: he knows his tropical fish
And yeah, this game has Perfect Blue vibes
Manly posting is free serotonin
Hven't finished watching yet but it's almost comical how many actual men sound like some of the dudes in this game. The old, super sweet and nice until you (politely) decline and then you get hit with every name in the book 😂 I hate it but I have to laugh not to cry
Manly is Aquarium expert? That's what we never seen before.
I believe this game is a criticism about how a fandom can be come toxic with a certain artist because of any mistakes has made. Fans are hypocrite. They idolize a idol but when a controversy happens with him, his fans turn against It. And yes doxxing can happen as an attack on an artist if they have a controversy. Internet can be cruel sometimes. 💀
the fact that men still act like those blog posts today irl… seeing those posts in the game really shook me up because that’s such a big part of womens realities now
can't believe theres no emergency staircase smh
Gonna be honest man, the moment I fell in love with you was you identifying the fish
saw someone else upload this game, but I decided to wait to see if you’d play it and sure enough the very next day lol
We gotta give some credit to the Stalker for being able to throe a brick one handed with enough strength to fly over a highway and through a window
0:21 me when i look at myself in the mirror after i wake up
You knowing your fish impressed me and made me giggle haha