You know, it dawns on me: there's probably a kid out there somewhere who's Uncle actually does work for Nintendo... They're probably freaking the heck out after seeing this.
I love the sort of horror games that can genuinely terrify you without jump scares. I despise jump scares, but I love any horror game or movie without them.
Same when ever I a watch games like five nights at freddy I cant even hold it close to my face without turning down the volume to try not be freaked out by the jumpscares.
@Derrick Yeri we all losers around here, fam, we just all show it in different ways. For example I show it by being a Coward™ and you show it by bullying random people on the internet for no reason :)
I could be entirely wrong but I think there's the possibility of the uncle eating children being a metaphor of pouring hours upon hours into games, and letting everything else fall away, sacrificing everything else (your friendships, your relationship with your parents, etc. are the children that Dave fed to the uncle) for the sake of being the best at a game (essentially, pursuits that generally don't benefit you at all, beyond simple entertainment). Sort of pushing it here, but the seemingly detached and fake world could be because as you spend more and more time isolated and away from others, they no longer remember you. The world grows distant. Nobody cares about you, having to think hard (the teacher) if you leave, because you didn't make much of an impact on them. The fire ending could very well represent everything finally collapsing when you have nothing left to feed the uncle--you have given everything else away, and the last thing to go is yourself.
Damn, I think you're right because the texture-less walls and boxes represent how because you're in your room so often the you lose familiarity with the rest of your house. The final ending where you and your friend beat the uncle shows that no matter how far you think you've gone you can still get help from people you care about, which is why turning off the game with a friend by your side to help you is the thing that kills the uncle. This also explains 29:10 when he says "It wants us to hate each other" this emphasises how to the uncle (representing the addiction itself) wants to isolate Dave so he can't get help and would eventually get consumed by it as you talked about in the 'fire ending' which is why when the player holds Dave's hand it's so important.
The beauty of themes is that they are true so long as you can back them up with evidence. So, while I doubt this was the author's conscious intent after reading through the Author's Notes, this is a very valid theme you've brought up. It isn't "wrong" if you can back up your claim, which you did.
The Uncle Who Works For Nintendo The Aunt Who Works For SEGA The Mom Who Works For Sony The Dad Who Works For Microsoft The Step-Sister Who Works For Atari
This managed to be really tense and creepy without any jumpscares (or even visuals for the most part), and that was just watching that. Also I liked the fact that there was actually a happy ending available; far too many horror games feel the need for everything to end in cosmic, eternal destruction these days. Here, you and your friend managed to actually destroy the eldritch horror and be free. They'll need at least ten years of therapy, but still. It's better than being permanently trapped and fed on by a horrific weeping angel/Cthulhu/slenderman hybrid.
Sharif Brown No, constant bad endings without any optimism is edgy emo teen bullshit. Variety is the spice of life, my friend, and horror games have been two-alarm at best lately.
Same reason why people like the video even before they finish it. The only diffrence is one of them is hater, the other one is fangirl/boy. Both of them are equally suck tbh :p
Before I start the video, the name reminds me of one of my friends in elementary school. He claimed that his uncle not only worked for Nintendo, but that his uncle was Shigeru Miyamoto
I actually played the game before I found out about this video, and dear Lord did it scare me. I went into not knowing it was a horror game, so when it started basically fax machining at me, I almost died. Headphones make a world of difference. The sound design in that is spot on. Also if you play it, I would read the authors notes. It is pretty cool. And I also found it interesting how the dialog for male and female were so different. The female one really focuses on her being insecure from being a girl gamer.
But he could have been a Pokémon blue guy and nobody would really care. It doesn’t matter what shirt he’s wearing... It’s about which Pokémon he prefers!
well it also could've been that mark was thinking of his best friend when he was at that age, which I would assume would be his brother's name. i'm sure mark and ryan are still cool
Game: -Dave is not quite yelling right now, but you think if you keep pressing the subject he might.- Mark: well, let’s keep pressing the subject what are you waiting for
So the "Uncle" is amalgamation of something that always lost at games. It probably used to be a kid that was picked on A LOT for being bad at games and always lost. Judging by the red text at the end, it fed on all the children who were better or worse and made the one child who made a deal with it THE BEST. Idk this is just something I came up with based on the ending.
@@briang8579 It's sharing their reaction to a particular part of the game. It's one of the FEW instances where someone actually uses the comments for what they're supposed to be for: _commenting on the video._
So I think the plot was a homage to Are You Afraid of The Dark? Because they had a similar plot for an episode. Basically the kid trapped his bully in the basement and then made the creature take him and he got what he wanted and the voice said he could have anything he wanted, as long as he fed him.
I wish there were more Horror games like this, there's no needed jump-scares and pointless chase scenes. These games though, they have just such a great ambiance with a creepy story
1:36 I just imagine one day the school bully will be like, "You didn't kiss your mom goodbye? What a jerk, jerks get punished!" And proceeds to give you a swirly.
I think I have a handle on what this game is about. Namely, what the uncle is. From what I saw in the video, the game makes the uncle out to be some sort of inter-dimensional being who, through getting lost (as he said when Dave describes him first at 20:44), arrives at another dimension. There's not a lot of information given about the uncle that exists earlier than this in his timeline, so this is as close to an origin story as you'll get. The uncle, who was "weakened from travel," (29:32) comes to a new reality starving and nearly powerless. Fortunately for it, the sentient life forms it first encountered were easily exploited ("A thousand strategies minds fears pleasures desires boiling deep in its belly and hungry for more" 29:32), and, extra fortunately, he had the ability to warp reality in this dimension to persuade people to feed him. Not strong enough to directly control them, but enough to promise them their greatest dreams. This is relatively concrete for me and I could stop here, but I personally believe that it goes a little deeper. I think the Uncle is meta-aware. In other words, it's aware that this reality is nothing but a game. It, through means unknown, got cast down from some reality with denizens of immense power and into the imagination of all of us in the form of a game. Every time you restart the "game" and feed it, you bring it closer to its return to whatever dimension it came from, or even our own reality. It would explain the keysmashing effects at 29:30 and its ability to seemingly alter text as if it's aware that someone has to read it and interact with it to either feed or kill him. Heck, he even actively tries to prevent you from hitting buttons that would kill him at 29:00. TL;DR- The Uncle is an inter-dimensional being who 'got lost' in a dimension of human subconscious manifested as a video game. He was too weak to directly influence the minds of those playing or the characters, therefore it still had to 'play by the rules' to feed himself in an endlessly looping game.
Rather than considering what the Uncle "is", I think it's a better angle to consider what the narrative is supposed to represent. There's pretty much no doubt that we're looking at an atmospheric horror experience with an urban legend approach, something that definitely works well as the game is genuinely chilling to listen to with the volume cranked up in the dead of night. But I think what sells the narrative for me is that for many gamers of the 80s 90s and even early 2000s we've all met or perhaps even BEEN the friend in this story. What the Uncle actually is ends up being somewhat irrelevant, honestly the less conclusive information the better as far as cosmic horror is concerned, but the implication of its existence upon gamers is profound. This is what happens when video game obsessions go too far, friends, family, entire lifestyles are destroyed for the sake of the game, the pursuit of being the best and having some kind of nebulous advantage over one's peers. It's a childish, playground philosophy taken to the utmost extreme, and it's terrifying because somewhere deep down we know that there's a hint of truth to it. The nice thing about this game is that the creators didn't opt for a lazy horror conclusion where the monster disappears unexplained. Unlike typical horror narratives, the threat of the Uncle is something that's beatable. By breaking the loop, the player is able to reach the conclusion that in order to get their lives back, balance needs to be restored by giving back room for human connections rather than superficial ones made through video games. Compared to the buildup of the game's story the conclusion is predictable and a bit dry, but I think that's the point. This is a stumbling point in gamer mentality that occurs so terrifyingly often it probably belongs in psychology classes, and this unique narrative pulls double duty by being an entertaining gaming experience while delivering on an important message. Admittedly, the story is a bit old at this point, but with other narrative focused gaming experiences like DokiDoki Literature Club gaining massive appeal in gaming culture it's at least safe to say that we're not bored of it.
was literally thinking the same thing. Its kinda confirmed at the end where the narrator says something on the lines of "We dont need games we need us" and "It wants us to hate each other". Great explanation, saved me a lot of time. ;)
Does anybody notice the endings in sequence? it's the text for what would be said upon exiting without saving: "Exit" "All Unsaved Data will be lost" "Do you want to continue?" *Delete save* "New Game"
Laslo the dad who works for ps4 The mom who works for xbox The uncle who works for nintendo The cousin who works forEA The step sister who works for atari The brother who works for wii The brother in law who works for snes The aunt who works for nes. That was unexpected I came up with those in a few seconds beside the nintendo and the cousin thing
I feel like this is a metaphor for being addicted to games. it eats away your life, it takes you from your friends, it makes everything perfect only if you feed it.
Technically in the supplementary reading the author of this game makes it clear that he was an anti-gg, and this is an attack on those who hold onto the gamer identity. How this makes any sense, I do not know. The anti-gg folks were not really known for being connected to reality...
Basically a group of people wanted to advocate greater ethics in game journalism. The glaring issues with game journalism had been building up for quite awhile, and there were already people speaking out against it. But the hair that broke the camel's back was a game journalist who covered a very niche indie game.... without telling anyone that he was sleeping with the creator of said game. This movement called itself "Gamergate" Now, it unfortunately came about that another group for, the "anti-gamergate" group. This anti-gg group, backed up by the media (the very games media that was under criticism from the gg group), labeled the entire gg movement as consisting of anti-women manchildren. And then, backed up by the media, the anti-gg conduct an incredibly vicious campaign of "justified harassment" against the anti-gg group.
I like how in 4:28 it mentions how the "Unknown Items" are from the future "Large black box with green highlights" - Xbox 360 or just any Xbox "A smaller purple box" - Gamecube But then there's some that I'm not sure of: "A strange white and yellow tower with what look like gloves resting on hooks on either side" - ??? "A compact white cone" - ??? Tell me what you think the last two are in the comments.
All the consoles were from the future in this game's time period... And I have no idea what consoles they were referring to nor have I seen anyone else know what they were. Maybe it's implying they're so far into the future, even in our current time we haven't even seen them yet? Unless I'm an idiot and I just don't know the console based on the description.
i thought the gloves were supposed to be a power glove but i'm not sure now the white thing could be a wii? it's not cone shaped, so the text might be a mistake?
When I was younger, I stayed over at a friends place. I was meant to stay the whole night, but me and my friend got into fight, and I ended up leaving early. I felt really bad about it for some reason, and to this day I still feel pretty bad about it. This game reminded me of that night. Fuck you game. Ruined my day.
AHA! I cracked the mystery! Dave didn't get a special edition Mew, he got a special edition Mewtwo! How else would it be strong enough to one-hit KO all their pokemon and look fierce?
Mark-There's nothing that can scare me! *jumpscare* Mark-*Lays down and cries like a little girl* Why did I play this game!? Me-*Facepalms* This is why I love you Mark!
I have two theories on why the “uncle” came to Dave. Also i made these theories after the first ending and after i finished watching the video. Theory 1: Dave heard about a myth about a being that could make anything come true if you “fed” it and that you would have to do something specific Dave a 11 year old didn’t understand what he was doing or he was blinded by greed and did it and then invited you the player to complete the deal. Theory 2: his family was cursed by some sort of thing and every 100 years or something the “uncle” would come back and if you didn’t “feed” it, it would kill your family (this is the end of the two theories but i have something else to say) and thats also why Dave’s mother and father were holding his shoulders they knew what he had done and that they would die and nobody would know that they died because they know the “uncle” change reality and thats why the teacher said “oh Dave didn’t tell you? They moved away.” They just died and everyone thought they moved. You don’t have to like i don’t really care it’s your own opinion.
@Celly Milton Given the numerous glitches in the visuals and texts, the constant references back to the first generation of Pokemon games, and the mentioning of it “not having any hands”, the “uncle” is actually Missingo!
It took me 15 minutes after the video was over to realise the *uncle* was the Creepy Pasta known as "Zalgo" Because there's a thingy in this website that let's you make names and alphabets with fancy fonts. One of the fonts is called *Zalgo* and it has the exact same writing style as the *uncle* 's speech do
It's 2019 and I still come back and watch this video because I absolutely loved this game. I wish the creator would have made a second one. Like....The Aunt Who Works For SEGA
Ah, right. This is what started my slight obsession with The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo. Every so often I’ll replay it just to get all the endings again and sketch some stuff up
Despite no real jumpscares, I'm terrified of this game...it's idea of repetition with a slight difference is amazing and creative. And shows what happens when you're willing to be selfish to help yourself...
16:06 sudden loud knocking ouo 16:24 weird loud music 16:43 not really a jumpscare or anything but creepy af 17:00 computer voice? 18:17 knocking again 18:18 more knocking
You know, it dawns on me: there's probably a kid out there somewhere who's Uncle actually does work for Nintendo...
They're probably freaking the heck out after seeing this.
There is actually and his surname is Mario also he was teased for lying because of it.
I’m pretty sure there’s more than one mate, but I
Ike the way you think.
That kid must feel like a legend
Helpful book idea:
Is your uncle a demon who eats children?
Scared random child noises
I love the sort of horror games that can genuinely terrify you without jump scares. I despise jump scares, but I love any horror game or movie without them.
Same when ever I a watch games like five nights at freddy I cant even hold it close to my face without turning down the volume to try not be freaked out by the jumpscares.
Not same, I like jumpscares
damn straight uzumaki is a great manga series that does just that
Jumpscares give me hardcore anxiety tbh, I like my spooks without em.
@Derrick Yeri we all losers around here, fam, we just all show it in different ways. For example I show it by being a Coward™ and you show it by bullying random people on the internet for no reason :)
Mark getting excited about the ending is everything.
*bouncing in his seat* we’re gonna be here a while. *smiles*
That was so cute.
We have to protecc
Yes
@@WriterGirl719 excuse me
@@keithflippers4429 lol excuse you what? it was adorable
Dave found a MewTwo, that's why it don't look like a Mew
That what’s I said... you and me both
Same I'm a pokemon master (o)
nahhhhhhh this bro had MewThree
lol
@@guitarlamb9295 mewfive
"You're my friend Dave, even though YOU TRIED TO FEED ME, TO A DAMN MONSTER, FOR BUNCH OF FREAKIN' GAMES!"
but he said he would die if he didnt
SPNgirl44 I agree with you. But fear can really do something to a person huh?
poisonshroom81 Yes, self-preservation is instinct.
I would do the same thing
SPNgirl44 lol I would say the same thing
Im gonna get a job at Nintendo just so my brothers kids can have an uncle who works at Nintendo.
@Notyep Dranel did you do it?
A true hero
The Confusing Riddle It wouldn’t work then
Notyep Dranel then you can eat their souls
@Stockton Stringfield also assuming that they'd actually get a job at nentendo
Omg I love how Mark just got so excited about the fact that there were five endings
Same. I love how he started jumping up and down, it was cute.
+ Hope Leo "OO THERES 5 ENDING WERE GONNA BE HERE AWHILE"
LaylaBeastly I love geting jump scared and slowly dying every time the heart stops
6 years later this is still a total classic
I’ve watched it like 5 times and it’s still eerie to me
Same!!!
So real
you seem like a total chad
I appreciate it, I could say in my own humble opinion that I am
This is one of my favourite videos I always go back to
Was anyone else actually fucking terrified even though they never saw a single face in this game?
That was a pretty creepy story, of that there can be no doubt.
I'm glad everyone knows le feeling xD
J a d e C o r e I imagine that the uncle looks like Freaky Fred from Courage the Cowardly Dog.
CreeperFace204 omg XD I can actually picture him like that!
T_T
This is actually one of my favorite Horror Games from the ones I've ever seen, and there aren't even any jumpscares.
Well, no ear deafening, facial jumpscares.
five nights of garbage.
EnderWolf this is honestly more scary than a game with jump scares
I get scared because of the noises lol
Cool! :D I wanted to know if it even had jumpscares cause I didn't see any.
Wait.. Dave said his dad was out at a bar.. but Dave's dad doesn't drink....
XxRoxinatorxX dun dun din
XxRoxinatorxX i thought that as soon as i saw it! It was probably the uncle controlling the world
Oh, well that's another way to put it
And it's okay 😅
XxRoxinatorxX bar tender
art
The name of this game reminds me of that time when Mark once said in a Drunk Minecraft episode "my dad works at fucktendo"
That's fucking amazing.
Sounds are what got me. Glad it was text based, not sure how I would've handled it if it was some kinda first person thing.
I could be entirely wrong but I think there's the possibility of the uncle eating children being a metaphor of pouring hours upon hours into games, and letting everything else fall away, sacrificing everything else (your friendships, your relationship with your parents, etc. are the children that Dave fed to the uncle) for the sake of being the best at a game (essentially, pursuits that generally don't benefit you at all, beyond simple entertainment).
Sort of pushing it here, but the seemingly detached and fake world could be because as you spend more and more time isolated and away from others, they no longer remember you. The world grows distant. Nobody cares about you, having to think hard (the teacher) if you leave, because you didn't make much of an impact on them. The fire ending could very well represent everything finally collapsing when you have nothing left to feed the uncle--you have given everything else away, and the last thing to go is yourself.
Damn, I think you're right because the texture-less walls and boxes represent how because you're in your room so often the you lose familiarity with the rest of your house. The final ending where you and your friend beat the uncle shows that no matter how far you think you've gone you can still get help from people you care about, which is why turning off the game with a friend by your side to help you is the thing that kills the uncle.
This also explains 29:10 when he says "It wants us to hate each other" this emphasises how to the uncle (representing the addiction itself) wants to isolate Dave so he can't get help and would eventually get consumed by it as you talked about in the 'fire ending' which is why when the player holds Dave's hand it's so important.
The beauty of themes is that they are true so long as you can back them up with evidence. So, while I doubt this was the author's conscious intent after reading through the Author's Notes, this is a very valid theme you've brought up. It isn't "wrong" if you can back up your claim, which you did.
The game analogy doesn't really work, addiction would fit better although I still don't think it works
John Doe DIOOOOOOOOOOOOO
So sort of like an addiction...
"You are my friend and I am here for you" I got chills
Ofcourse you did, Sasuke. you've been hearing that for so many years but only recently came to know of the importance of 'friend'. EMBRACE THE NAKAMA
Sasuke Uchiha bruh I'm dead inside from thisss
.... Dattebayo
they're multiplying; and I'm losing control
all the power your supplying, it's electrifying
“Dave looks at you, his eyes watering” that is implying he fed his brother to the thing
holy crap
Oh god.
Dave said he fed his parents to it too.
@@brvan oh gosh..
Oh god that’s sad
The Uncle Who Works For Nintendo
The Aunt Who Works For SEGA
The Mom Who Works For Sony
The Dad Who Works For Microsoft
The Step-Sister Who Works For Atari
Frysken the step sister was disabled and died
Frysken i have 12 uncles and 15 aunts
Frysken the grandpa who works for mojang
The grandmother that works for Rare
the dad who works for telltale
"Lots of jumpscares"
Jumpscares: _none_
Ah yes! i love Lots of *atmosphere*
@@Nonexistility Lmao
@@Nonexistility I live for *O X Y G E N* ! literally!
i think they meant the abrupt sounds...that or there were suppose to be jumpscares but it didnt work
*NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN*
Gonna be original here and make the game the Aunt who works for Sega
hears "gotta go fast" in the background...
FOKIN SANIC 😂
Lene Lefiti
sonic.exe was scary as fuck for me.
yaaasss
SWiFTzZ9001 you called?
Did anyone realize that the black and green box is an Xbox and the smaller purple one is a game cube
Cars Explained i fucking thought that
So what was the white and yellow tower? My guess its the Wii
probably because it was this was set before those things were made for the public
@@harpritamdhaliwal1636 that's the only explanation I can think of.
@@thecommonman9524 ikr
The 5th cousin thrice removed who works for team salvato
Invader Bes NOOOOOO NOT MORE DOKI DOKI FLASHBACKS except Yuri is best girl
H a h. M e t a h o r r o r j o k e s
Cousin Salvato
Yes
DOKI DOKI!!!
This was really interesting, I like it a lot. I think it's amazing that text based games can still have a place today
There are a ton of text-based games still being made.
They have the advantage that they're (relatively) easy to make.
Smart phones have a lot of text based games. Ranging from zombie survival to mage fights lol.
What I could imagine is that you have to be very creative and type a whooooollllee lot.
Check out "Choice of Robots", it's amazing
Easy to make yes but writing a good one is a whole other thing
This managed to be really tense and creepy without any jumpscares (or even visuals for the most part), and that was just watching that. Also I liked the fact that there was actually a happy ending available; far too many horror games feel the need for everything to end in cosmic, eternal destruction these days. Here, you and your friend managed to actually destroy the eldritch horror and be free. They'll need at least ten years of therapy, but still. It's better than being permanently trapped and fed on by a horrific weeping angel/Cthulhu/slenderman hybrid.
I agree, there's another text-based game that 8-Bit Ryan recently played that combined text-horror with environmental horror on a great level.
Althalus2010
Matthew Purple Uh... yes?
Happy endings are bullshit.
Sharif Brown No, constant bad endings without any optimism is edgy emo teen bullshit. Variety is the spice of life, my friend, and horror games have been two-alarm at best lately.
I’m convinced the uncle is somehow an SCP
He is in the wiki there is a scp like it
@@mrmann4208 yo which one?
@@thetamaximum1901 i dunno the name but he is there
The uncle is a demon
Ah i See there are some from Scp foundation to, an interesting game and characters ( My favorite scp is Anantasesha( scp 3000 )
Its a 31 minute video, it got uploaded 2 minutes ago. How come there is already 1 dislike on this, you haven't even watched it completely yet :\
there 2 now.. I really don't know why but I'm pretty sure there tsundere stalking this channel just to dislike his videos xD
and hundreds of likes..
+Hollow Ghast
No. Just no.
People dislike Markiplier, and automatically dislike his videos.
Fucking weeb.
Trolls, of course
Same reason why people like the video even before they finish it. The only diffrence is one of them is hater, the other one is fangirl/boy.
Both of them are equally suck tbh :p
The grandfather clock chimes IN WITH A HAVEN'T YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF....
CLOSING THE GODDAMN
Hello Child.
I have found my people \(O^O)/
Welcome. Feed us.
Fam
CLOSING THE DAMN DOOR
first ending mark got was sad and, unfortunately, relatable.
fuck
JasonTube lol
Hang on, does your uncle work at Nintendo too? :O
Terra shit shit shit shit shit shit shit SHIT! how'd u kno tho?
Just a hunch :^ )
11:16 two kids are brutally fighting
Mario: YEAH HA HA HA
"You are my friend, and I am here for you."
*END*
Sobbing
So how do they explain the fact that now dave has no house and no family because he fed them to a game demon?
@@leafmario4319 I mean, if they can prove that he fed his family to a demon then he’d be pretty famous/infamous
@@leafmario4319 His family and friends talk to him at one point saying they're still alive. It's at around 28:41
"Cause I'm with you to the end."
No one else getting Winter Soldier flashbacks?
Just me?
Before I start the video, the name reminds me of one of my friends in elementary school.
He claimed that his uncle not only worked for Nintendo, but that his uncle was Shigeru Miyamoto
He was probably telling the truth.
Doubt it. He probably fabricated it.
Can you not respond seriously to sarcasm?
Did he at least have similar ethnicities to Shigeru, lol
N A N I
I actually played the game before I found out about this video, and dear Lord did it scare me. I went into not knowing it was a horror game, so when it started basically fax machining at me, I almost died. Headphones make a world of difference. The sound design in that is spot on. Also if you play it, I would read the authors notes. It is pretty cool. And I also found it interesting how the dialog for male and female were so different. The female one really focuses on her being insecure from being a girl gamer.
HAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA!:.....(
Oh my god what did it fax xD
It just hit me that Dave caused the fire in his house out of the fear what the “uncle” would have done to him without having someone to “feed him”
I thought the uncle was the one who started the fire
bad expression: I'M HUNGRY CHILD
BAD TOUCH BAD TOUCH!!!!
STRANGER DANGER!!
Lel Jontron
Cursor Eu Bobby : I DON'T KNOW YOU
so scary
SSSSAAAAAAANNNNNNSSSSS DDDDAAAAANNNNCCCEEEE????
Brice Coe
did you touch-a the child?
"I'm a pokemon red kind of guy"
...oh we COULDNT TELL, MR. RED-HAIR-AND-SHIRT.
TOTALLY COULDNT TELL
NOT LIKE YOURE *COVERED* IN RED, *MARK*
Ki Silver Calm down bro
Ki Silver is
But he could have been a Pokémon blue guy and nobody would really care. It doesn’t matter what shirt he’s wearing... It’s about which Pokémon he prefers!
SLOBS
phillip ennis .......why slobs
What is your best friend's name?
Mark: *none of these people*
Ryan: 😒
Who?
well it also could've been that mark was thinking of his best friend when he was at that age, which I would assume would be his brother's name. i'm sure mark and ryan are still cool
Awww 🥺👉👈
i was about to say that
Your name too, I guess?
Game: -Dave is not quite yelling right now, but you think if you keep pressing the subject he might.-
Mark: well, let’s keep pressing the subject what are you waiting for
anyone else find mark's reaction when he finds out how many endings there are completely adorable?
He looked so excited :D
XD he did
DarkRhiannon, you're not alone on that one. Mark's reactions are so completely adorable!
When you're watching this on the Wii U your uncle got you for Christmas...
how are you still alive
@@Lukeriel well you see not all uncles eat people like Dave's
*leaves a jar of cookies in here for wolfie gamer*
I was watching it on my Wii U aswell but my parents got it for me .
WereWolfieGamer oh god no...
It's like Choose Your Own Adventure and Goosebumps all in one! The nostalgia is real. XD
Yeah it does.
there is a gosebumbs choese your own advantre book. (sorry for shit spelling)
Nothing is real.
Everything is permitted.
TheNinjaFuckr ...
I was not expecting such a triumphant ending from this
lmao the uncle wearing a shrek costume
And oblivion horse armour
Desmey SOMEBODY ONCE TOLD ME
And adding stuff that are randomly name or your a noob and a big fat fat fat *repeats* dum dum
worst cat in the hat costume with a belt
Nice aizawa pic
So the "Uncle" is amalgamation of something that always lost at games. It probably used to be a kid that was picked on A LOT for being bad at games and always lost. Judging by the red text at the end, it fed on all the children who were better or worse and made the one child who made a deal with it THE BEST. Idk this is just something I came up with based on the ending.
so im the uncle? i cant ,malke you betetr
The grandma who works for Ubisoft
Flash Gaming The Cousin who works for Rovio
The crab who works for WALMART
Flash Gaming the grandpa who works for mojang😂
The Brother who works for Bandai Namco.
**Goes back scrolling down**
The Grandaughter that works for Atari
14:23 mark bounces excitedly in his seat, made me smile :)
Dave wanted to be the very best, that no one ever was. ;)
To catch kids was his real test; to feed him was his cause.
Thank you for getting that!
X3 Welcome, I guess.
Also... CHILDREN! GOTTA KILL 'EM ALL
XD
" The uncle who works for Nintendo has been replaced with Dreamworks beloved character, Shrek" yes please
😎😎😎😎😎😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
*OH, HELLO THERE CHILD*
SOMEBODY
Aw fuck, twinsies
The popcorn is so tasty because of all of the...
Exotic butters
called it
Lol
I'm gonna hang my dog.
You need to exit stage right
Screeeeeeeee
24:33 _"Don't you remember?" she asks. "Your uncle is coming over for dinner, to celebrate his new job."_
*IM CURRENTLY **_SCREAMING_*
ok
Are you still screaming?
@@noriakikakyoin2687 it's all for attention, just like "JSHSJSHHSHJ" or "I-" . It's so stupid
@@briang8579 I know
@@briang8579 It's sharing their reaction to a particular part of the game. It's one of the FEW instances where someone actually uses the comments for what they're supposed to be for: _commenting on the video._
So I think the plot was a homage to Are You Afraid of The Dark? Because they had a similar plot for an episode. Basically the kid trapped his bully in the basement and then made the creature take him and he got what he wanted and the voice said he could have anything he wanted, as long as he fed him.
HOLY CRAP YOU'RE RIGHT.
The Leafeon Kid
I was thinking that XD
I think I tried to forget that show for a reason...
And now I remember why
I only know of that cause of JonTron XD
Yea..
Your profile pic is adorable btw
i bet atleast one viewer has an uncle who indeed works for nintendo
this must feel very ironic for them
There's a high chance of that
Yeah it's pretty weird
My uncle does work for nintendo 0-O help
Not what irony means but ok
One of my favorite Markiplier videos
defedently
Absolutely same. I really wish that he did more videos of this style of game, it's so entertaining and interesting.
Wright i agree with your agreement :)
Creeper Crunch mine too
Creeper Crunch jdjddjdidjddijdjcic
Mark: ahhh there’s five endings!
*jumps up and down*
Mark: We’re going to be here a while!
He even smiled 🥺
@Alexander Hamilton
That brightened my day
Holy shit I loved this
I loved "this" too. This is life. This is love
Shrek?
+roman reigns likes editor This is SPARTA
Is that DHMIS? +Skippie Dean
wa
I wish there were more Horror games like this, there's no needed jump-scares and pointless chase scenes. These games though, they have just such a great ambiance with a creepy story
Danielle Law Yeah, I agree 😀
These kind of horror games scare you with the LORE itself.
No creepy jumpscares needed.
When mark got the undefined error my computer froze and scared the shit out of me. I thought it was all real for a split second. God I'm a wuss!
Mine crashed and I thought it died
i love ur profile pic. i like green day :3
+AlexRosales Sure thats hard to believe. But hell that would be scary as fuck if it did happen.
green day American idiot you just gave me the only bit of joy in my day
no you're not... I would have reacted the same way
1:36 I just imagine one day the school bully will be like, "You didn't kiss your mom goodbye? What a jerk, jerks get punished!" And proceeds to give you a swirly.
Is it just me or is markimoo a good narrator
hAcKeR mUsIc *he is a good narrator*
I bet he would be great at it
its not just u
He has the right voice to be a good narrator, unfortunately he squanders it with stupid commentary.
He’s a good narrator
I think I have a handle on what this game is about. Namely, what the uncle is.
From what I saw in the video, the game makes the uncle out to be some sort of inter-dimensional being who, through getting lost (as he said when Dave describes him first at 20:44), arrives at another dimension. There's not a lot of information given about the uncle that exists earlier than this in his timeline, so this is as close to an origin story as you'll get.
The uncle, who was "weakened from travel," (29:32) comes to a new reality starving and nearly powerless. Fortunately for it, the sentient life forms it first encountered were easily exploited ("A thousand strategies minds fears pleasures desires boiling deep in its belly and hungry for more" 29:32), and, extra fortunately, he had the ability to warp reality in this dimension to persuade people to feed him. Not strong enough to directly control them, but enough to promise them their greatest dreams.
This is relatively concrete for me and I could stop here, but I personally believe that it goes a little deeper.
I think the Uncle is meta-aware. In other words, it's aware that this reality is nothing but a game. It, through means unknown, got cast down from some reality with denizens of immense power and into the imagination of all of us in the form of a game. Every time you restart the "game" and feed it, you bring it closer to its return to whatever dimension it came from, or even our own reality. It would explain the keysmashing effects at 29:30 and its ability to seemingly alter text as if it's aware that someone has to read it and interact with it to either feed or kill him. Heck, he even actively tries to prevent you from hitting buttons that would kill him at 29:00.
TL;DR- The Uncle is an inter-dimensional being who 'got lost' in a dimension of human subconscious manifested as a video game. He was too weak to directly influence the minds of those playing or the characters, therefore it still had to 'play by the rules' to feed himself in an endlessly looping game.
The Grandfather who worked for the Citadel of Ricks.
Rather than considering what the Uncle "is", I think it's a better angle to consider what the narrative is supposed to represent. There's pretty much no doubt that we're looking at an atmospheric horror experience with an urban legend approach, something that definitely works well as the game is genuinely chilling to listen to with the volume cranked up in the dead of night.
But I think what sells the narrative for me is that for many gamers of the 80s 90s and even early 2000s we've all met or perhaps even BEEN the friend in this story. What the Uncle actually is ends up being somewhat irrelevant, honestly the less conclusive information the better as far as cosmic horror is concerned, but the implication of its existence upon gamers is profound. This is what happens when video game obsessions go too far, friends, family, entire lifestyles are destroyed for the sake of the game, the pursuit of being the best and having some kind of nebulous advantage over one's peers. It's a childish, playground philosophy taken to the utmost extreme, and it's terrifying because somewhere deep down we know that there's a hint of truth to it.
The nice thing about this game is that the creators didn't opt for a lazy horror conclusion where the monster disappears unexplained. Unlike typical horror narratives, the threat of the Uncle is something that's beatable. By breaking the loop, the player is able to reach the conclusion that in order to get their lives back, balance needs to be restored by giving back room for human connections rather than superficial ones made through video games. Compared to the buildup of the game's story the conclusion is predictable and a bit dry, but I think that's the point. This is a stumbling point in gamer mentality that occurs so terrifyingly often it probably belongs in psychology classes, and this unique narrative pulls double duty by being an entertaining gaming experience while delivering on an important message.
Admittedly, the story is a bit old at this point, but with other narrative focused gaming experiences like DokiDoki Literature Club gaining massive appeal in gaming culture it's at least safe to say that we're not bored of it.
lol
was literally thinking the same thing. Its kinda confirmed at the end where the narrator says something on the lines of "We dont need games we need us" and "It wants us to hate each other". Great explanation, saved me a lot of time. ;)
Umm... what?
Uncle: Hęłłø çhįłd
Uncle: IM HUNGRY CHILD
Uncle: DONT WORRY CHILD
Uncle: COME CLOSER CHILD
Uncle: HĘŁŁØ ÇHĮŁD
Me: ok no thank you
Me:leave me the fuck alone *kicks uncle in the balls* BITCH
Uncle: FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*_COME ALONG C H I L D_*
B'Dazzled The Rainwing no
shadow dorcha no
game: what was your best friend's name
Mark : i was too poor to have friends actually
jump scare warnings
17:08
19:00
20:50
26:40
Hey buddy, how about you stick those into a read more?
thanks bro
what jumpscares? I didn't see any
+Dore Walker "Cod" coins?
omg you are the best thanks
Does anybody notice the endings in sequence? it's the text for what would be said upon exiting without saving:
"Exit"
"All Unsaved Data will be lost"
"Do you want to continue?"
*Delete save*
"New Game"
Dead?
Delete save? Is that another ending or just something you added?
TheUnusualBearSuit Voices What, you don't remember?
gabattack98 no i dont...
Is it the one where you feed your friend to the uncle?
My uncle who works for Nintendo sent me this video
You’re fucked.
O O F
**skeptical of this story**
That’s called foreshadowing!
@@aidandillon8402 You better not pout coz I'm telling you why*
Also, how do you use you're correctly then use your the next sentence wrongly? Lol
“If it’s important, I’m sure I would have remembered it.”
*BEEP* My _Red Flag Detector_ seems to be blaring *BEEP BEEP*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
*sees mother die* i probably just need some rest*
*car explodes* probably just a cat*
*bells ring very hard* just my head
16:13
"As he leaves the den, you realise you could follow, but a part of you really feels like being scarce for a bit. "
Hay whats up guys..
18:26 if you want to be Scarce for a bit..
oh my god XDDD
Peter Mcavory exactly what I thought lol
This needs more likes lol
Peter Mcavory SCARCE HERE
The cousin who works for EA.
The whole game would be dlc
i n a c t i v e LOL that's so true XD
Laslo he would charge you $50.00 just to kill you
Well, at least _then_ you'd want to die.
Laslo the dad who works for ps4
The mom who works for xbox
The uncle who works for nintendo
The cousin who works forEA
The step sister who works for atari
The brother who works for wii
The brother in law who works for snes
The aunt who works for nes.
That was unexpected
I came up with those in a few seconds beside the nintendo and the cousin thing
I feel like this is a metaphor for being addicted to games. it eats away your life, it takes you from your friends, it makes everything perfect only if you feed it.
+coolkid18751 so it's really not the uncle who works for Nintendo, it's really Nintendo (as well as other game companies) itself.
Not just Nintendo,but Video Games themselves.
Technically in the supplementary reading the author of this game makes it clear that he was an anti-gg, and this is an attack on those who hold onto the gamer identity. How this makes any sense, I do not know. The anti-gg folks were not really known for being connected to reality...
Shane Vincent Anti-gg?
Basically a group of people wanted to advocate greater ethics in game journalism. The glaring issues with game journalism had been building up for quite awhile, and there were already people speaking out against it. But the hair that broke the camel's back was a game journalist who covered a very niche indie game.... without telling anyone that he was sleeping with the creator of said game.
This movement called itself "Gamergate"
Now, it unfortunately came about that another group for, the "anti-gamergate" group. This anti-gg group, backed up by the media (the very games media that was under criticism from the gg group), labeled the entire gg movement as consisting of anti-women manchildren. And then, backed up by the media, the anti-gg conduct an incredibly vicious campaign of "justified harassment" against the anti-gg group.
I like how in 4:28 it mentions how the "Unknown Items" are from the future
"Large black box with green highlights" - Xbox 360 or just any Xbox
"A smaller purple box" - Gamecube
But then there's some that I'm not sure of:
"A strange white and yellow tower with what look like gloves resting on hooks on either side" - ???
"A compact white cone" - ???
Tell me what you think the last two are in the comments.
A strang white and yellow thing could be a wii but a wii colour is either black and blue or white and blue
All the consoles were from the future in this game's time period... And I have no idea what consoles they were referring to nor have I seen anyone else know what they were. Maybe it's implying they're so far into the future, even in our current time we haven't even seen them yet?
Unless I'm an idiot and I just don't know the console based on the description.
i thought the gloves were supposed to be a power glove but i'm not sure now
the white thing could be a wii? it's not cone shaped, so the text might be a mistake?
How about consoles from the FAR future... like consoles created In 2223
Well, I bet that those are fictional consoles. :)
I wanna be the very best but my uncle ate my friends
Herooftwilight13 *OH NO*
Feeding him is my true quest, or I'll meet my end!
Gotta munch em all
Thomas Walker *OM NOM NOM!*
Thomas Walker it sounds better whit "or i'll meet my very end!"
When I was younger, I stayed over at a friends place. I was meant to stay the whole night, but me and my friend got into fight, and I ended up leaving early. I felt really bad about it for some reason, and to this day I still feel pretty bad about it. This game reminded me of that night.
Fuck you game. Ruined my day.
Ben Matthews Hope you guys re-friend
did his uncle work for nintendo
At least you avoided your friend's uncle before he got home. Otherwise you would've been on the munchies list.
Ben Matthews I hope u watched do not laugh markiplier after to cheer u up
Sorry but that was fucking hilarious as hell
14:24 those little jumps are adorable mark! i love this game, its such a nice creepy game to just relax to :)
AHA! I cracked the mystery! Dave didn't get a special edition Mew, he got a special edition Mewtwo! How else would it be strong enough to one-hit KO all their pokemon and look fierce?
but... mewtwo isn't mew. and you can get it in a regular playthrough.
Lol! Dave's uncle is Missing No.!
IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE NOW
OMG
UR SO RIGHT
He totally is!
I'm surprised they Didn't sneak in a Bit of "Lavender Town"
"It would be a bad idea to save when things are so messed up."
*sees name in list of best friends*
*gentle gasp*
*Mark picks Dave*
"fuck"
Literally I had the same experience hahaha
A pet named Dave
I dont get it
Comfy Couch Gaming's name was on the list at the beginning. Mark didn't pick his name and now he's upset about it,, lol
Comfy Couch Gaming My name is Andrew. I had that same experience. FML
Mark-There's nothing that can scare me!
*jumpscare*
Mark-*Lays down and cries like a little girl* Why did I play this game!?
Me-*Facepalms* This is why I love you Mark!
Dawnfox Tumblr user?
freaken sweet
Darth Vader I looked at this comment and laughed for 9 minutes
Same Darth Vader, same
Offensive much??
I have two theories on why the “uncle” came to Dave. Also i made these theories after the first ending and after i finished watching the video. Theory 1: Dave heard about a myth about a being that could make anything come true if you “fed” it and that you would have to do something specific Dave a 11 year old didn’t understand what he was doing or he was blinded by greed and did it and then invited you the player to complete the deal. Theory 2: his family was cursed by some sort of thing and every 100 years or something the “uncle” would come back and if you didn’t “feed” it, it would kill your family (this is the end of the two theories but i have something else to say) and thats also why Dave’s mother and father were holding his shoulders they knew what he had done and that they would die and nobody would know that they died because they know the “uncle” change reality and thats why the teacher said “oh Dave didn’t tell you? They moved away.” They just died and everyone thought they moved. You don’t have to like i don’t really care it’s your own opinion.
Wow i would use my all brain cells (2) i would NEVER create such a good theories good job👍💯
@Celly Milton Given the numerous glitches in the visuals and texts, the constant references back to the first generation of Pokemon games, and the mentioning of it “not having any hands”, the “uncle” is actually Missingo!
I actually love all of these theories very nice!
I wrote an essay about this game, I got an A! Thanks Mark
Vostrike whuuuuuuu how
NO CHEATIN', CATOONS!
Oh wow
Etoraaa can I read it?
Etoraaa I’m literally working on mine now.
JESUS MY PARENTS ARE LISTENING TO SOME RADIO SHOW AND RIGHT AT THE END IT STARTS PLAYING THE MARIO THEME AND I SCREAMMMEEDDD
Pastel Yeemo oof
zoo wee mother
00F
Chase Grow *Target Aquired*
Pussy.
wow this game was awesome!
truee!!
KylePlays I legit see you comment everywhere
Trev Woods fuck u
+Trev Woods pound my ass to make me type this shit
literally love this video, wish he could find more games like this. i’ve watched it countless times since it came out
This sounds like a story from one of those 90's kids/teens horror shows.
Except it's really original, well done, and scary.
It puts in mind the Goosebumps episode where the kid trades the lives of people to the demon in his basement for new shit.
Blackemperess that's from are you afraid of the dark? Not Goosebumps, but you were close. ;)
Yeah, like GooseBumps or somthing
Logan B. Haha I also get Are You Afraid of the Dark and Goosebumps mixed up and I was totally convinced this was a Goosebumps tale hah
It took me 15 minutes after the video was over to realise the *uncle* was the Creepy Pasta known as "Zalgo"
Because there's a thingy in this website that let's you make names and alphabets with fancy fonts. One of the fonts is called *Zalgo* and it has the exact same writing style as the *uncle* 's speech do
Just Aguy He comes
heh heh
Just Aguy Sonic.exe 😂
Just Aguy Those "fonts" are actually characters you can use on your keyboard
Jugginator 12 where do I get them?
Just Aguy that's a myth, trust me
So in the first story we are going to just ignore the fact that he CRACKED HIS SKULL and nobody cared
Anikin Meeker right!😂😂
I think that refers to the sound he made hitting the floor rather than a legitimate skull fracture. Otherwise he'd be in unspeakable pain.
bad expression: NOTHING BAD HAPPENED
It's 2019 and I still come back and watch this video because I absolutely loved this game. I wish the creator would have made a second one. Like....The Aunt Who Works For SEGA
Or the pervert who works for Playstation
@@Neftosklad don't call me out like that
It’s 2022 and i still come back to this video
@@alleymercuryway7777 same
@@alleymercuryway7777 I first watched this when i was a lot younger and rewatching it in 2022 is so much more terrifying
"Think about Dave's uncle"
That sounds wrong.
I'm so sorry I posted this comment.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Mark I'm in math class right now, trying to watch this without my teacher catching me, shhhhhhhhh....
What time zone are you in? It's only 3:20 pm where I am.
3.20am?
8.25 pm for me lol
Oh really? It's 9.32 pm here.
do your damn work
Watching this at 3 am and I may or may not have cried out of fear when the "Run" ending happened.
*:') intensifies*
Ooof
ComfySpecs i did the same but on a nintendo switch that broke and sometimes glitches out doing some weird sounds.
I'm horryfied
Undefined error
But the secret end tho-
Ah, right. This is what started my slight obsession with The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo. Every so often I’ll replay it just to get all the endings again and sketch some stuff up
Ooh, sketches?
My uncle works at Nintendo wtf
isaac ruano tell me lies tell me sweet little lies
can I have a a glass of your juices
isaac ruano shots
yes
isaac ruano THATS CREEPY!!
0:43 I couldn't help but laugh when chose Dave
...For ironic reasons.....
Were doin this
Where MAKIN THIS HAPEN
YES!
WE ARE DOING THIS!!!
>:D
The_Amazing_Imptini I don't get it. Please Explain
+Randy Toranzo Homestuck dave
The_Amazing_Imptini You mean HOME RUN?
I'm so early the video hasn't been out long enough for jumpscare warning comments...
I just finished a list for you guys.
There aren't actually any jumpscares. Mark was misled. Lol
Huh. There aren't any bad jumpscares. Yay!
"Bad", there straight up aren't any jumpscares at all, dude.
DAMMIT !
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I loved the last ending the best, where both Dave and the character survive.
Despite no real jumpscares, I'm terrified of this game...it's idea of repetition with a slight difference is amazing and creative. And shows what happens when you're willing to be selfish to help yourself...
*OH MY GOD DAVE FED HIS BROTHER TO HIS UNCLE*
Simultaneous mind explosions
Well, yeah. That’ll pretty reasonable decision
And his parents. Those things were some sort of puppets.
"Dead daves are the enemy"
eh?...
eh?.........
ok im just gonna sit on a corner
H o m e s t u c k
*O N A C O R N E R*
dont go sit in a corner come back
You were warned about the stairs, you were warned bro
Yes
I love how Mark always has the same expression every time *The Unc* knocks on the door
I come back and listen to this and sleep to it for some reason. I just love Markiplier reading the text and telling a story basically
16:06 sudden loud knocking ouo
16:24 weird loud music
16:43 not really a jumpscare or anything but creepy af
17:00 computer voice?
18:17 knocking again
18:18 more knocking
Chelsea C thanks
+James Prinse meow
26:22 more loud knocking
yes
Now I'm just waiting for "The Aunt Who Works for Blizzard".
yup
The father who works at valve
"The Cousin Who Works for Microsoft"
The grandpa who works at Sony
The Mother-in-law who works for Bethesda.
I don’t know why but I whenever I want to watch some classic Markiplier I can always rely on this video. I don’t know why I just love this video.