Why You Get Spooked From 4th Wall Breaks
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- Опубліковано 17 кві 2020
- How many times have you felt just a little spooked when the 4th wall was broken in a game or a movie? Today on Psych of Play, we’re going to be dissecting WHY that feeling is so bizarre and how deindividualization, the dual function of gaze, and the power of anonymity all play a part in making 4th wall breaks such a visceral sensation.
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-Spoiler Titles
Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009)
Doki Doki Literature Club (2017)
Bravely Second: End Layer (2015)
Metal Gear Solid (1998)
Undertale (2015)
Spec Ops: The Line (2012)
Assassin's Creed II (2009)
OneShot (2016) - Team OneShot
The Road to Morocco (1942)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2003)
Spaceballs (1987)**
Deadpool (2016)
Derren Brown: The Experiments original video: • Derren Brown: Remote C...
-Special thanks to these videos for reference!
• The Evolution of Fourt...
• The Milgram Experiment...
• Top 10 4th Wall Breaks...
• How to Break the Fourt...
• Top 10 Fourth Wall Bre...
• 4th Wall Breaks in Vid...
-Games Shown
Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) - Rockstar Games
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door (2004) - Intelligent Systems, Nintendo
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019) - Intelligent Systems
The Messenger (2018) - Sabotage Studio
Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012) - Sora Ltd.
Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009) - Rocksteady **
Detroit Become Human (2018) - David Cage
Animal Crossing: City Folk (2008) - Nintendo
Doki Doki Literature Club (2017) - Team Salvato **
The Stanley Parable (2011) - Davey Wreden, Galactic Cafe
Bravely Second: End Layer (2015) - Silicon Studio **
Eternal Darkness (2002) - Silicon Knights
Metal Gear Solid (1998) - Konami **
X-Men (1993) - Western Technologies Inc.
Undertale (2015) - Toby Fox **
Spec Ops: The Line (2012) - YAGER Development GmbH **
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) - Hal Laboratory
Dandara (2018) - Long Hat House
Radio the Universe (2018) - 6E6E6E
Assassin's Creed II (2009) - Ubisoft **
Tomb Raider (1996) - Core Design, Aspyr
OneShot (2016) - Team OneShot **
-Clips/Movies Shown
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Social Network (2011)
Key and Peele (2012)
Inside (2016) - PlayDead
Memento (2000)
Birdman (2014)
The Wedding Ringer (2015)
The Road to Morocco (1942)**
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)**
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2003)**
Spaceballs (1987)**
Deadpool (2016)**
Wayne's World (2012)
Mean Girls (2004)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
Psycho (1960)
I, Tonya (2018)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Mulan (1998)
Southpaw (2015)
• Big Bang Theory Behind...
• Kevin Hart⎢Watching Pe...
• Best Fan Reactions - W...
• Take Me to the River (...
• Kid Icarus Uprising Fu...
• The really weird way t...
• Under Armour: Will Mak...
• Under Armour: Will Mak...
• Undercover Cops Catch ...
• Video For Practicing E...
-Music Sources:
Menu Music - Dishonored OST
Checker Dance - Deltarune OST
Reconstructing More Science (Alex Giudici Remix) V2 - Portal 2
When The Moon's Reaching Out Stars/Tokyo Daylight - Persona 3 & 5 OST
Hyrule field at night - Zelda Twilight Princess OST
Your Precious Moon (Alex Giudici Remix) - Portal 2
Here We Are - Undertale OST
Forest Temple (Arr. By Andrew De Lange) - Zelda - Ocarina of Time
Fly Me To The Moon (synthwave/80s instrumental remix) - Astrophysics
-Research Articles Cited
The Dual Function of Gaze eyethink.org/resources/lab_pap...
How is player immersion affected by breaking the fourth wall?
www.gamasutra.com/blogs/Barry...
Zimmardo Hooded shocks study
www.psychologicalscience.org/...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deindiv...
Derren Brown Deindividualization Masked “experiment”
• Derren Brown: Remote C...
Online Disinhibition Effect
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...
Eyes watching Bike Thieves
journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
[11] Audience Effect and Donating
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
[12] MIrrors and Self-Awareness
economictimes.indiatimes.com/...
[13] Child Candy Mirror’s Study
psycnet.apa.org/record/1981-0...
[14] Security Cameras and cheating
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
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Yo! There is one game that came out last year that I would have loved to include in this video had it been released at the time.
Luckily, I decided to make a whole episode on that game ;) here you go! - ua-cam.com/video/fOcjDxW1g4k/v-deo.html
Ooh yeah the first thing I thought when I watched this video was that boss fight where you have to use the files in your computer or use cards that online people make. And Inscryption is not even the nest indie game of 2021.Even though I didn't even play the game myself, I don't even enjoy card games, I'm so mad that it is so underappreciated
hi
Do you still think this video is mediocre compared to the Animal Crossing one?
@@lilithium3940 Lmao solid question. Definitely not performance-wise, obviously it’s killing it on views. But as far as how good a job I did on it? Still sits at a solid 7 for me
All these twist ending's date back to enders game.
While ender thought he was just playing a game the whole time in the end he found out he was fighting a real war.
“He encourages the audience to heckle poor Chris” CHECKER DANCE
NdbF123 KRound
During that entire section, I was just imagining the checker piece dancing.
I love that it trying to bow looks like headbanging
Ismael San Antonio Can you guess which boss is my favorite?
Skidaddle Skidoodle not sure, that’s a tough one
Imagine laughing and clapping as you watch someone you chose to be kidnapped
If they had the person look at the audience and mouth something along the lines “why” would really be the cherry on top for me.
Ikr like that’s terrifying when its happened to you but its suddenly funny if it happened to someone else? That’s insane. Those people are insane.
The Mickey Squad but they know it’s staged and he’ll be safe
Baconninja it wasn't staged tho
@@declaniii6324 Even if it's staged, that doesn't account for any trauma inflicted during the kidnapping.
a more subtle 4th wall break in Doki Doki Literature Club is that every single version of Monika’s poses all have her eyes looking directly at you
Now reading this just creeps me out😢
And she has a sprite(her neutral one, actually), where she is literally facing to you(both with eyes and body), instead of being a bit tilted like the other characters.
Yes, Natsuki and Yuri have player-facing sprites too, but they are not looking at the player in those sprites.
Also, she's the only one with black socks that are a higher length, an English name, and she also seems to be the only European girl (green eyes light brown hair) among the Dokis, Sayori looks the second most realistic but especially Natsuki and Yuri are super anime-like with their colorful eyes and hair. If you think about it, Natsuki and Yuri are not only anime-girl looking, but acting as well. Natsuki is the stereotypical Tsundere weeb girl, And Yuri is the sweet-turns-bloody masochistic Yandere. Their body types are also part of this stereotype, Natsuki being the short, petite hothead Tsundere, Yuri being the busty, tall, goddess-like bookworm. Compare them to Sayori and Monika who aren't as stereotypical at all. But yeah her front facing sprites are a huge giveaway to her weird behavior. Playing Doki doki again, Monika seems suspicious right from the get-go. She was made to stand out from the rest.
@@Chippur you mean Monika wearing black thigh highs, instead of white almost knee high socks like the other 3, right?
The fact that the game is made in such a way that you think that someone is actually spying on you makes me adore it. Simply plays with your thoughts and feelings.
My creepiest experience of a 4th wall break was doki doki. The way they envelope you in the game then destroy the entire concept of you being in control. I started tripping when monika had my actual name in the dialogue box bruh💀💀
My heart literally sank when that happened 😅
She never was able to find my name even tho I was still on steam
I literally closed the game and uninstalled when i saw that line with my name lmao i was scared sh*tless
@@ringo4568 It just came out of nowhere bruh. It’s like a jumpscare but with words.
@@artagle_14 literally
Imagine you bought a book and the first words were " Hello *FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME LAST NAME* "
Yea whenever i get a book for a present
That books being heccin bought. gotta know who left me a message in a HECCIN ALREADY PRINTED BOOK
Imagine that book was second-hand. The person you got it from commented in your conversation about buying it that it had their name in the first sentence of the first page. You get the book and open it up. You skim the first sentence and see your own name, not the seller’s, in the first sentence.
You realize it was actually written over and the seller was pulling your leg. Or were they...?
It would be better if it would say my real name
Press show more at your own risk
i know what you actually mean. That it says your real name.
Thats some Goosebumps stuff right there
The "game calls you by name" trick can be effective...until you see Monika call you "UserPC" or if your Steam name is just some random current meme
DDLC failed to find my name, but One Shot somehow got it right, and i still havent found out how
Damn
I was called Toshiba-something lmao
@@reveriesance Toshiba-kun wa baka desu
this computer is my dads and it is a mixture of his first and last name and some even got cut off so it was like "or do you go by smill or something like that" and i died of laughter
Fun fact the girl who made one-shot lives in my state and she used to regularly go to conventions to promote and sell her game and merch, she'd also bring her parents to help out and they where the most sweet and supportive parents you could ever see. She gave my friend a free copy of her game after we approached her and I told her how much I enjoyed the game. Super nice people.
This is so wholesome, I love it
That’s nice to see that the developer of one of my favorite games is wholesome like that.
That's wonderful, goodness! I found oneshot to be a really powerful experience and reading that comment helped get a better picture of the background behind it 💜
Hearing that makes me want to like that game but sadly i cant
@@Exel3ncewhy can't you like the game?
i always thought the 4th wall was scary as it kind of suggests that there could be a "5th wall" which separates me from the "actual world" that im not aware of, and that i, too, could be being watched.
no, no he's got a point hold on.
the fog is coming
it falls on that question that everyone has asked yourself atleast once.
God always watching you.
Hear me out, the 5th wall is self consciousness. Breaking the 5th wall is something like a spiritual awakening
The fourth wall feels like you're suddenly not watching characters anymore, they're watching you.
Well thats the case, lets see if they can still watch me when I started fapping infront of them
SSJ Arnold *W H A T -*
When you stare at the abyss
The abyss stares backs at you
It's that kind of feeling
@@SSJCrusader well...
That escalated quicklyehkfhrhducjg
@@SSJCrusader r/cursedcomments
I named my undertale character Idiot and when flowey said “you really are an idiot” I freaked the hell out
He also breaks the first wall if you kill toriel and go back to save her.
Edit: I just realized he mentioned that. I was writing from experience
Heh you oofed but i hope you got the ending you wanted
Yeah I remember watching that timeline
Flowey gives me fuckin chills for some reason.. just how much he is portrayed to know.
Flowey and Sans are the literal definition of 4th wall breaking.
Honestly, Doki Doki is a genius psychological horror masterpiece. The way the story flows and the tough moments you go through makes it feel you are responsible for EVERYTHING. You feel guilt, emotions, and you are not mentally / emotionally prepared. The more you progress, the more the characters watch you... (If you've played DDLC then you know what I mean)
Definitely, it was a terrifying experience.
There is one part in Deltarune that really stands out to me with its break of the fourth wall: Kris pulls out their little heart icon because they don’t want to be controlled anymore. It doesn’t work for them, but it’s quite a shocking moment, especially when I was playing it through for the first time as someone who’s interests weren’t really in Undertale or Deltarune.
You can also still control it while it's in the cage if you look closely
@reply above this kris takes out the heart for *them* to not be controlled. the heart is still being controlled, but in that moment, kris is not
Guy: *gets kidnaped
The adiance: funniest shit i ever seen
Bruh facts
When u are not a good gay
He turned himself into a pickle funniest shit i ever seen
"he turned himself into a pickle"
That scared me, how they laughed at a guy getting freaking kidnapped
Imagin doki doki literature club was made in the early 2000's they might think the game was cursed
it IS cursed, but dope too.
There was an old VN that was made that had a 4th wall break like that
@@MegaRazor619 Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi?
@@andyrajendra3103 we've got a winner
@@andyrajendra3103 Watched a playthrough of that and bloody hell, it was one hell of a ride. Makes you think again when picking choices in any game after going through that experience
A few years ago I played a game called "Madrid Zombi". It's a choice book kind of thing where you lead your character to survive through a zombie apocalypse in the capital of Spain. Lots of fun until the character has a nightmare, wakes up and stares at a window...the music stops until finally he breaks down and hits the window, causing your phone to vibrate as font suddenly changes to a messy handwriting and your character questions YOU about your choices and how much control do you truly have. Not even mentioning the villain that literally taunts you personally, for example by giving the character a black king, then letting you play as him only to finish by showing a white king and telling you that he is eager to see the next move of your pawn
I guess this is a bit odd apparently but if I were in that crowd I probably would have picked the nice options because when I watch or play things often my favorite scenes are just of the characters having a good time, no action, no drama, just the characters hanging out and having fun
Same lol, in Skyrim I couldn't get myself to do the thieves guild questline or the assassins guild questline (can't remember how it's called)
Just imagine if Chris got kidnapped, then they drove to television studio, let him inside and tell "this is the group responsible for everything bad happened with you today!"
They gotta pay him a million dollars.
@@st4rdyy no no no. Just activate a secret lever where all the people who were mean burn. Not to death but burn.
@@Vukan.Kos. i feel like thats a tad much
A mass homocide would happen that day
@@okuyasuniijimura idk then what to do
4th wall breaks in VR games are gonna be the spookiest. Imagine an NPC stopping the world and addressing you, the person, by your Steam ID or even real name. It'd make people shit bricks.
There is a game like that
not kidding... Its on steam and it's called "One Shot"
It is amazing! It's not VR though
@@Reverie876 niko best girl
@@bruhwhatswrongwitchu2458 💜💜💜
so basically the monika 4th wall break but in vr
@@Reverie876 Hello kitten
Undertale and DDLC are the perfect examples. You can play through the games once completely naive. ONCE. After you realise these characters can react to what you do, you can play again, but with the constant shadow of the fact that your actions have consequences looming over you. It puts pressure to appeal to your favourite character. And in Undertale especially, the characters try to punish your curiosity by negating your actions, rebelling against what YOU want to happen.
I wanna make a game FILLED with fourth wall breaks.
just be sure to use enough that it gets scary, but not so many that the player becomes used to it
i’d find it funny if there was a game with 4th wall breaks, but each time the character breaking the 4th wall keeps telling the player its a part of the game, further breaking the wall
The Stanley Parable
Just make a Deadpool game
High on Life
True 4th wall breaking is when the loading screen comes up and you see yourself in the screen
I WANTED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN THIS VIDEO. But I couldn’t guarantee everyone was sitting in the right lighting for it to happen haha
@@DarylTalksGames well I thought I saw myself for a sec at the end of the video, so I'd say you found a pretty clever solution to be honest lol
@@DarylTalksGames or anti-glare screens hehe
that would only work on a specific type of monitor (most monitors don't reflect properly) and with a specific type of lighting
visualizing this in my head sent shivers down my spine that is very creepy
There is a scene in the game Pony Island where you are asked to type "the most vile thought that comes to your brain" and then you get a spoofed Steam message from one of your friends as if that vile thought had just been sent to them. It's pretty... creepy.
that never happen when i played it. i remember the game want us to write "the most disgusting thought that comes to your mind" then you get a spoofed Steam message "(the disgusting thing you typed) really?" by someone with a profile pic of a snowman.
the reason why it never happen when i played it, could be that i played it on origin and need to be on steam for the game get your friend list.
@@urbanawp Yeah, it picks one of your Steam friends.
Wait, what happends when you play with steam offline?
*what if i put having an awsome day*
@@ch33pmeme67 then that's what it sends. I typed "I love you"
when he spoke about doing stuff in private, or thinking whatever you want knowing it’s your brian, and only your brain; that hit hard. i never have any moments like that since i’m paranoid. i truly feel like someone knows what i’m thinking or doing. i believe there are micro cameras all round me, watching only me. i acknowledge it sounds stupid, but i really do believe that. i don’t know what’s wrong with me and i can’t get rid of it.
I also struggle with a similar feeling as you. I think it’s called psychosis. Something that might help is contacting a therapist
this is pretty common for people with religious trauma. idk if that helps at all
truman show??
No, it's true, they're around me also. That's why I cover my webcam. They also listen when you talk out your thoughts. The context is what they say it means. They'll pay actors to make you question your own intelligence. While hackers monitor the screen. And installing cameras all along the path you use to walk, drive to work. We don't have privacy if others believe us to do wrong.
It's the hidden list of names to keep tabs of, so we 'don't cause a disaster.' Mostly because of all the messed-up stuff that's happened in the last few generations. Psycho Pass, Minority report. The Great Reset. Ect.
If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it's a duck. Same thing with investigating people. Dress like everyone else, talk like them, hold your pousteir in the right position, do the commonsense smile small talk. Then they'll see you as not a threat and let you have some privacy. . . hopefully.
I vaguely remember, when I was a kid and me and my sister played Hotel 626. It displayed our picture in that one minigame where you have to select from a dozen of pictures hung up right before you can escape. Felt the chills right then and there and exited the browser cause that felt really, really, creepy and weird.
No way was "Chris" a real person and not an actor. Otherwise even minus the kidnapping this would be multimillion dollar lawsuit material.
TuiCatNZ no shit Sherlock
Can be a real person who signed a contract with the TV show but didn't know when will start or what will they do
no people are actually chill and lots of people don't sue at any chance they get
@@adrher1999 Moral of the story: Don't sign contracts with TV shows. It's just a bad idea.
ture, and I can't believe the audience didn't think this either
Why would you? Why would you pick all the bad options? Chris looks like a cool guy.
Is a gameshow, most likely rigged, and Chris is most likely an actor too. Stunt double was used for the car too.
Because you can. When you can do you whatever you want without reprecussions, the dark side comes out.
@@adithharish5972 Meanwhile, I revert to my last save in a game if I pick a dialogue option that makes the NPC sad
@@MegaDario35 because you want to be friends with that npc. What if you didn't want to be friends?
so hide ur identity u will become true to ur identity
5:10 I think you have explained perfectly the psychology of why some celebrities are ridiculed to an intense degree people like Britney Spears, Marilyn Monroe or Elvis Presley people tend to forget they ARE humans they have feelings and are not perfect.
My favorite thing about the fourth wall and breaking it is when the game actively uses you as a part of the story. Take Hello Charlotte as an example. It incorporates the audience itself, the players, into the story. In a really amazing way, too.
masked audience: cheering and laughing at kidnapping
me: crying bc i accidentally chose the meaner dialogue when talking to an npc
*cries when being mean to a sim so my other sim can have a decent story*
*cries when you decided to go the genocide route in undertale just bc curiousity*
Phoebe Lo *When you find the game called rimworld:*
Goddamn i forgot one organ
holy shit brother, are we connected by soul or something?
Feel like this is only a response due to the video, despicable human
Yeah, whenever Dora asks me where the mountain is, I get chills. Literal chills.
A Makoto Naegi Kinnie were is the mountain makoto.
Yeah, mountains are just that cold.
This comment is waaayyy too underappreciated
Weak. Real men got sleepless nights over Mickey telling us to say the magic words
Gosh, so underrated-
Seeing characters break through the 4th wall is super cool but kinda scary at the same time… you don’t realize how much control you really have and it feels like so much more then just some video game your playing when they interact with you and all the choices you’ve made up until that point..
I do love the constant 4th wall breaking in control. Jesse addresses the entity in her head as "you" and thereby effectively talks to the player. You can even do a very interesting analysis of the game interpreting polaris as the player.
Chris: *gets kidnapped*
Masked people: YES, THIS, IS COMEDY
They're creepy af
Now we know why Antigua and BLM act the way they do
Antifa
What's the name of the show?
@@und3ad3 didn't the video already say it?
Chris: gets kidnapped
Audience: Ahh, yes, comedy gold
*Cronch*
It reminds me of that one website where it showed how people died like live or some shit and people were laughing at it in my school. I dont get how or why, there's no way that was nervous laughter
@@nelser1160 Ahh yes JUAN the pinnacle of comedy
Well that's a big Oof for chris
dang.
For any form of media to execute the 4th wall troupe well has to be subtlety which is why a game like Doki, which I and many others presumed it to be a normal visual novel game, ended up being straight fear (I think it was the first time of my life I experienced extreme paranoia lmao).
"you wont make peter kavinsky uncomfortable if you get lost in his eyes... as we all have"
*was looking directly at chest*
At 2:53 I was extremely uncomfortable. The joy that it brought those people, watching a man get kidnapped..
:c ikr
They're all demons
Same, I felt terrified. The second the kidnappers jumped out I was scared for Chris and hearing the laughter of those people didnt make it any better it made me sick.
ikr wtf is wrong with dese guys
@@st4rdyy We*
I feel so bad for Chris, I’d feel bad even if I was anonymous
Same i mean it's scary and imagine that happening to u smh
How do you know you would?
@@danthemusicmannew but now after watching this video if he come across a similar situation he would feel bad
Same :( I’d never do something like that even if I was anonymous
Are u sure Are u sure Are u sure Are u sure Are u sure Are u sure Are u sure
Incredible video! I watched this video when it initially came out over 2 years ago and it inspired me to take psychology as a school subject, and now I'm in the process of writing my final HS psychology essay on how video games create a fear response in people which was inspired by this video.
Doki Doki is probably the best 4th wall breaks i have seen in the game. It reakly takes the concept that you mentioned of buklding anonymity then destroying it to a whole different level. Foreshadowing, saying tour real name, monika honting she knows you are a 'real person' its all so terrifying
The audience laughing and clapping at the kidnapping part was like something straight out of Black Mirror. Humanity in a nutshell.
That part actully made me feel anger
I would definetly pick the worst thing to happen to him
Why?
Because in that situation i would think that Chris is an actor that knows that the people that kidnapped him are also actors and that they were just acting and pretending that chris was just pretending
@VelocityRaptor Damn just damn
@VelocityRaptor yea cause i'm just imagining how little amount of people would be getting the 100 grand and all the people feeling guilty for picking the terrible option
Exactly - it was eerie and disgustingly real to hear them cheer and shit the worse it got, then their fake asses gonna go quiet when he gets hit?
Random sign: *“Warning people are looking at you”*
*CRIME RATE DROPS TO -1%*
WARNING: *I'M WATCHING YOU*
Remember your never alone and you are always being watched
Crime is illegal
Fellkitten OWO SO SCARED AAAAAAAAAAA :
I sometimes leave spare bikes around if I know I'm being watched.
Man, Here We Are from Undertale was such a good choice for music. The eerie feel of the True Lab and the knowledge that the characters know of you, the player, is the reason that Undertale stands as my favorite game. It, as well, had some amazing wall breaks, especially during the Sans fight. The fact that he knows that you (once again, the player, not the character) are the "bad guy" of his story really makes you think about just how scary it would be if you figured out that you, too, were living in a game, completely unaware.
Great story, editing, and overall video! Thanks for releasing this for us all to see!
I remember playing some game in which your character constantly got warning sings that they are being watched and it's all kinda creepy a bit but then they suddenly make one photo from your PC appear in the game and ask you do you recognize it. Scared the shit out of me
the “experiment” could easily be a black mirror episode that i would love
Ulttsoftie I THOUGHT THIS TOO!!!!!
Reminds me of White Bear honestly, one of the best episodes
It's really cruel tho-
The Last episode of black mirror was the best one
@@charpa2891 Totally
15:25 "Why don't you just play Overwatch so you can let teammates down instead of us?"
That cuts.
That cuts DEEP.
It would be really cool to have a large dialogue selection for different games, man I could think of so many cool ideas for fourth wall breaks but not have any idea how to execute them.
I feel that as a mercy main
i feel nothing as a TF2 player
with Megalovania playing in the background.
just. perfect.
lmao
I used to imagine characters from movies suddenly being teleported to a cinema to watch the movie they’re in.
This is why I always close my door I feel like there's someone watching me. I feel always being watched with open doors when I see blinds down
Chris: *GETS RUN OVER BY CAR*
Crowd: *GASP*
That one women that still laughes:
That one nigga who stood up and was like "FUCK!" killed me💀
@@movinginsilence1254 timestamp?
@@tommyblade8093 3:06 I think, around the time that dude got hit by the car
@@movinginsilence1254 i think i heard it bc it was quite soft
I saw this live and knowing the hosts previous work you could tell it was a set up.
wait so chris wasn't another paid actor? they just sent him a letter like "oh soz have a tv lol"?? nono that's awful!!!
i'm pretty sure they were all actors, they'd probably get in a whole lot of trouble if chris wasn't. also at the end they show him viewing the tv through a camera located in the house. it would be highly likely he is an actor, and illegal if wasn't.
@@kali6155 that makes sense
I would've given him a lot of money. Like, hundreds of thousands for the shit day he had.
@@kali6155 It would be kynda poetic funny if chris snap at the end and tried a rampage against the study and the people participating... or just put a demand to everyone
@C R But when Santa does it, it's special
Well presented! I have never known this perception being called the "4th wall" until now. I have known other's explaining this to be something that affects us and our decisions we make, just as kids sneaking things when they believe no one is there to see. I however, have not been much into gaming, so I didn't realize that they have This aspect integrated into them! Thank you for broadening My world!
even in anonymous spaces i act as i would irl, most of the time
so when i saw this “experiment” for the first time i was surprised, like why are people so cruel?!
if i was given a choice, i’d like to give the guy something good
like, if i’m not happy, why can’t someone else be, especially if i’m the reason
same with games, i just can’t decide/do something when i know i need to, even with npc’s that rarely/one-time appear in the game
i guess i just get too attached to characters
It's so weird to hear a crowd of people laughing hysterically when a guy is being kidnapped by masked strangers....
Yeah that’s kinda fucked up
hilarity is so much fun
Look up Milgram and Zimbardo too
It was only until he got hit by a car they realized how fucked up it was.
@@jutsumaniac4569 caRAYZIE
*Chris gets kidnapped*
Audience: that’s poggers
*Chris gets hit by a car*
Audience: that’s not poggers.
LMAKAKAKALAKAOAOAO
Twitch says no
Poggersn't
I said it in Quackity's voice
I READ IT IN QUACKITY'S VOICE LMAOO
I know this is years old now but randomly mixing in the occasional fourth wall break outro, would be just top fucking tier.
It's not anonimity that gives the "comfort zone", it is that we "know that there will be no serious consequences".
Which is causes by anonymity
I disagree. I'm sure 100% minus a fraction of one that, in the Experiment show Daryl showed, the audiences know there's going to be consequences; and not a light one. Yet, they still picked the worst option possible every time. Of course, many other factors included.
Anonymity removes our identity, and thus if we do something normally bad, no one knows. No one to take the consequences if nobody did it.
@@haveiszalfaroqie1628 i meant consequences for the perpetrator, a.k.a the audiences.
@@claudiaguillot not really. Even if you're anonymous, if your action is somehow also put you in danger for example... you'll most likely won't do it.
@@klauserji You have a positive yet naive outlook on people. Kind of ironic considering your profile pic.
when they laughed at Chris being kidnapped I was so uncomfortable 😦
It looked like a cult 0-0”
I was like "yo wtf?"
I know I kept repeating “that’s disgusting”
The audience laughs because, from their perspective, no harm should be coming to Chris. Therefore, his feelings of terror aren't 'real' because they know, or at least think they do, about what's really happening. It's another version of Perspective Bias. If you have information about a given situation that another person doesn't have, you will react to that situation from the vantage of your perspective because it provides you with an advantage. When Chris got 'hit' by the car, that moment made the audience and Chris 'equal' in their perspective, making them lose that advantage, thus allowing them to feel horror and empathy for him, which they didn't have before.
The college experiment is really an examination of the layers by which depersonalization of oneself as well as another person takes place. The more abstract that person is in your mind, the more the consequences you make them go through become abstract ideas as well. Another thing to consider is sunk-cost and escalation. It is far easier to do a horrible thing the 100th time than it is the 1st time. The experiment starts off with the person not screaming in utter agony (you haven't been conditioned enough yet to ignore that response) but with each press of the button, and increase in scream, your sunk-cost investment in the 'morality' of the situation lessens, so that it becomes easier for you to press the next button, even as the screaming escalates. Also, while the patient's reaction changes with each press of the button, notice.....how all the buttons look exactly the same. Our brains can be 'tricked' into performing an action if the conditions of it are very similar to one we have previously engaged with. The experimental subject is only tasked with pressing a button or a lever...just like they did previously. Furthermore, with each encouragement from the 'authority figure' that its ok to keep pressing the buttons, a familiar pattern of behavior begins to emerge. Again, the experiment is very clear that the person only needs to press another button....and the way our brains think, we go "if I wasn't evil when I pressed the first button....how can I be evil now?" Subtle, abstract details are things most of us are not conditioned to be aware of....for reasons such as we don't crawl into a ball and start screaming when a thousand flakes of snow start falling.
Reminds me of nerve
Thank you so much for this video. I’ve been contemplating it for a while, and this finally got me to play OneShot, and I didn’t know it would be nearly as good or even as life changing as it was. Thanks.
I watched the video until the end even though I knew about the 4th wall. This is the first video of yours I’ve come across and I found it pretty good. And I liked the references.
Doki doki literature club is not free game, you have to pay for the therapy.
Heh. Jokes on them I was already in therapy
Therapist: So why are you here?
Me: I played Doki Doki Literature Club.
Therapist: One second, please.
*calls boss*
Boss: yes what?
Therapist: We have a level one case.
Boss: That's impossible, no on could experience that much trauma
Therapist: He played Doki Doki, sir.
Boss: Well shit.
@@lukeviggers9947 lowkey could make a story outta this
@@kwith9555 lol maybe
@@lukeviggers9947 if doki doki is a level one case, what level is omori? fnnsjfjdjfy
I really like Flowey's line of "at least we're better than the sickos who just watch it happen" cause it's shot at the people who do the good ending in the game an look up the bad endings on UA-cam, which is exactly what I did.
Apparently that line only happens if the program registers screen recording software on the device. It's specifically made for the people who watch youtubers and streamers.
Rachel That’s actually not true, I played the genocide ending without recording, and flowey said the same thing to me
Mmm.... Don't like that
@@Rachel-og8jy Holy spagetti onions.
I got that "bad ending" as my first ending XD
Flowey sent chills to me but also satisfaction that a character confirmed these things.
It sometimes creeps me out how actual evil and selfish us humans can be.
when i see my reflection unexpectedly my first reaction is to judge what i see the way i would judge any person walking by me and then realizing it is in fact me, i have judged myself without the excuses i usually make. cant come back from that
Chris: *tries to enjoy his evening*
audience: haha "bad thing happen" button go clicc
ahaha lolol funni funni button go clicc
NOOO you cant just ruin this innocent man's perfectly happy life and not feel any remorse for him whatsoever!!!
haha button go clicc
They really pulled a sans with that kidnapping part jeez.
Lovro M. Haha like button go blue
Omg, honestly I wouldn't dare to make bad choices for Chris, like, I feel bad. Anonymous or not, I would feel terrible if I just ruined another human's evening.
To me, as a writer, you slightly have more conscience to fictional characters and actually hesitate to kill them or make them have bad days.
Even though it's highly likely that 'Chris' and even the voting results were scripted as well, what kind of deranged psychopath do you have to be to *laugh* at seeing somebody thinking they are getting kidnapped? Gave me chills.
You don't even need to be a psychopath. I'd guess Chris was an actor too, but I think the audience was real. Not necessarily the voting results tho, although the real ones would probably be about the same, with most common emotion being "Let's test how far the show hosts can go... Even more... Further... HOLY SHIT DID THEY GO THIS FAR?!"
I'd say they called in people with a vague description of what it'd be, as they tend to with TV audiences. That alone primes them to end up with a group of people more inclined to be entertained/amused/comfortable with this kind of show. They also framed it as a gameshow and generally went to lengths to encourage the desired result. People are really eeasy to manipulate, even when they look back and wonder what the fuck had gotten into them.
No matter what the host and producers claim, there's no way that audience wasn't seeded with confederates that helped lead people in the "right" direction for the scripted votes. It's an old and effective con that stage-show "psychics" and "mind readers" still use, as well as the kind of scammers who run "self help" and "business opportunity" seminars. Doesn't many people to get a crowd cheering or laughing or shouting.
I also noticed that when Chris gets hit by the car, the audience is sort of patched in a red light which again could have provoked a feeling of panic/horror as the colour red is usually associated with something bad.
I feel like I'd laugh because I know that he's not actually being kidnapped, and in no real danger. But surprisingly, I felt worse seeing him framed or getting a drink spilled on him. Kidnapping just seems way out of left field, and makes it obviously unrealistic.
I had no problem finishing the eye contact video, i could be also biased by my brain trying to manipulate me into thinking that i did a good job but i genuely feel that i finished it without much problem not lose eye contact.
Great video, subscribed.
For uncertain reasons, my UA-cam autoplay always brings me back to this video no matter how many times I’ve watched it. Looks like I should probably subscribe.
Chris: gets kidnapped, accused of sexual acts, and a bunch of other stuff
Audience: * cheering *
Chris: gets hit by car
Audience: *oh no*
The thing is they were in control of the situations so they laughed knowing the outcome (even when they were bad just because they chose it), when something unexpected happened they couldn't react the same. It happens a lot in normal situations just as well.
69th like (I’m sorry)
@@cristal1460 They would've believed that even when he's getting kidnapped, he won't be hurt as it's all an act. But the car hitting him likely translated as a freak accident and something that wasn't meant to happen.
I think that kinda shows that people are less aware or feel less guilty of it when someone gets damaged mentally than when they hurt someone physically
Like in social media, people keep insulting and harassing the victim to the point where the victim kill themselves. Then, they'll act like they care even though they are the one who did it. Pathetic. Truly pathetic.
me: breaks 4th wall
the guy building the house: >: l
Bruh
Underrated comment
wait?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? THE HECK THE
COMMENTS ARE FROM 2 MONTHS AGO BUT THE VIDEO WAS POSTED YESTERDAY.. ????????????????
@@superlovescakes no it aint
@@doorknobeater2499 yes look at the date
I love 4th wall breaks they aren’t always scary but in games like Inscryption where your steam friends get turned into cards and you need to find certain files in your computer to defeat a boss is so cool
I finally watched this after so long. Great video. Wish I'd have watched it sooner.
Bruh I’ve lost faith in humanity with that “experiment”
The clip of them getting kidnapped freaked me out
The experiment was staged you idiot everything done by Derren Brown is fake
@@theshermantanker7043 not everything. Most of that was actually real. @Ayesha Nazir Tbh, i really liked this video but watching it gave me more anxiety than im used to
The only thing that was fake was the kidnapping i think
Resh yea if was
It*
The “experiment” sounds like the concept behind a very interesting horror movie, especially with the creepy masks, and the extremely unsettling laughter of the crowd, and that’s not a good thing
Welcome to the world of Darren Brown. Dude does shit like that all the time. He blends the macabre with the fantastical.
It reminds me of white bear, black mirror.
I'd honestly watch that
Yeah imagine having the fear that maybe thousands of people are watching every where you go. And when you're doing private stuff, it'll constantly be at the back of your head that someone is watching you
I suggest maybe you watch Cabin in the woods.
Really wish I discovered your videos before my social psychology exam this morning, this somehow has more info on the topic than my actual lectures
The illusion behind the Audience Effect is that when your behavior is monitored, people tend to act more formal to show a good alibi. When they're not monitered, everything is spilled. You're behaviour, temper, attitude; everything is shown.
A few years ago, someone insulted me in Turkish. I answered him also in Turkish. He was totally astonished and asked me, why I can talk Turkish. I answered, that I do not talk Turkish at all, I just read the subtitles, which left him even more confused.
This is def an underrated comment
if u didn't know turkish how the hell are u understand he is insulting u?
@@Tofsar because I read the subtitles. I also wrote the script.
It’s at 69 time to ruin it
I- i do that too-
holy shit when everybody was laughing at chris getting kidnapped i almost cried
@Maeen Rahman yeahh !! exactly :'0
I got the chills
Tbh I feel like they knew the previous stuff as fake. So they weren’t as phased but they didn’t expect the car.
I'm really gay
@@gram. same
This was a nice video. Pretty cool to think about this stuff actually!
i remember seeing a game on a random website that kinda caught my attention. after downloading the game i played it through, it was sorta like a indie horror that will record your microphone and make whatever sound you make the sound of the thing chasing you like for example i started to get a bit scared and said "where the fuck is the monster at?" and i could hear myself right behind me. i hate horror games now.
The experiment on chris feels like a black mirror episode
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To be fair, you could say the exact same thing about a fair amount of Derren Brown's work.
I thought the exact same thing
tbh thats how the world works these days knowing u more than urself and them making it go like that . is kinda how this worlds works right now
There's a quote saying
"Give man a mask and he will show his true face"
There’s a Japanese saying of the three masks the first mask is the mask you show everyone the way you present yourself to people and how you want to be seen the second mask is the mask you show your family and friends the. There’s the third mask this is the real you the you you don’t wanna show
@Arden Winter
Yo, ever heard of punctuation?
Sorry bro’s basically what I was saying was that people generally don’t want their true side or their wrongful thoughts exposed so they’ll put on a mask or an appearance to conceal it but once they have to opportunity to slip into anonymity often times this true mask or persona is more apparent even more so when multiple people are doing it
The one with the largest mast is not always the fastest
Imagine actually caring about punctuation in a youtube comment section
I didn’t know that about the original version of OneShot. I played it myself last year and the way the handled turning it off and other fourth wall stuff is so good!
First time watching this channel. I was surprised hearing the astrophysics remix in the end of it.
I have made a video for my 100 subs milestone back in the day that has a horror 4th wall break in it. I have made quite a few videos but the 4th wall break moment is one of my favorites.
Its all fun and games until Chris pulls out a Glock-17
I already would have lost it at he bar that waiter seariously was begging for a Beer glass geting smashed in his face.
I think you mean a Sean McGlocklin-17
You mean his fun loaded with freedom ?
*about to get kidnapped*
*pulls out glock*
*shoots one of the kidnappers*
"WOAH! IT'S JUST A PRANK BRO! CAMERA'S RIGHT THERE!"
He’s an American he should have one
That "experiment" thing is something straight out of Black Mirror
Lmfao
It feels like the episode white bear
so true!
With the advances in vocal AI, it is very likely that a game will come out that uses this technology to say the player's username.
Not just put it in a text box, or address you as Player, but your actual username.
This video gave me another idea for something to cover in my Masters essay, thank you :)
An example of a fourth wall break I love: in animal crossing, one of Goldie's things that she says is something along the lines of "have you seen that lab on the cover of nintendogs? He's so dreamy..."
One of my villagers in new leaf straight up asked me when the new animal crossing game was coming out (this was before new horizons came out). I was freaked
Lazy villagers legit prank you by saying they think they live in a game and list all the weird things in ac
@@nocctea lazy villagers are probably my favorite ngl. They're just a lot more interesting than some of the other personalities.
Mine has to be when they recognize in the first game that deleting your save pretty much kills everyone in the town so you essentially get told do you want to kill us all anytime you want to start fresh.
I saw a Tik tok where one villager was questioning the music and the nonsense behind Tom nook. I got real creeped out by that.
*Gets hit by car*
One guy in audience: “Yeah! Woo!”
Everyone else: 🤭😰
💀
3:21
That's kinda fake tho
Bro. Watching this video made me pause the video, take a deep breath, look up, and literally get severe chills from how deep this type of thinking is 🤔 💭
That was really really cool Daryl.
You got yourself a new sub. 😎👌
Haha I was right after the hint you gave me. Games pretending to glitch or "crash" or pulling up fake windows is a mechanic I always loved. I don't think any other thing actually freaks me out as much as that.
Right?? It’s way too close to home, hits so different than a typical jump scare
When it happened in an ending of Aot I was lowkey scared, especially since I watch every single opening and ending. They had me in a routine of enjoying the music and visuals so I was absolutely not prepared. Then the glitch and the stuff that happened freaked me out. That was very nicely done.
@@ulysseh4598 what's aot? Attack on Titan?
@@nerveinz6453 Yep
Ulysse H What episode?
When I saw “Chris” get hit by a car my heart literally sank
@Allen Andrich We care so much about your opinion.
No actually I really dont. If you dont have something nice to say, dont say it. Acting all self righteous is just so extravagantly stupid in more ways than one.
Allen Andrich oh you must be fun at parties innit?
It’s kinda ironic how this video correlates to how you’re so much of a dipshit behind a screen @Allen Andrich
Allen Andrich I agree it’s a lot of work but no effort most gacha vids are just bull shit that their community like
Most gacha vids are just two people having s*x or a group of people escaping prison
Gacha is all bull shit and having s*x or kissing
Navorry Leaf Not a single thing you just said is true. Yes there are some dirty gacha videos that aren’t appropriate, but those are dirty romance stories probably made by teens who’s hormones are going crazy, and the majority of gacha videos aren’t like that. And yeah there bunch of terrible gacha videos, but there are also really amazing gacha videos. Judging gacha life based on those is like judging western music by jojo siwa, that’s the more toxic side, and just like everything else, the toxic sides usually appear more. And by the way, some people put hours apron hours of effort into gacha videos (you have no idea how long it takes, to take the photos, and then to edit them into a video). People who actually try to make quality videos write scripts, spends tons of time designing characters and background characters, does more frames to make it more smooth, and sometimes people would do fully animated videos. Oh and also, gacha isn’t only about making stories, people also do lots of art edits, edit memes, tweening, and actual animation. Through gacha life, I have learnt to properly write scripts and bring characters to life, I have also crazily improved my English skills through gacha life, I know how to edit videos, I have heavily improved my art, and I’m really good at voice acting. I do post gacha (on a separate account) and I haven’t posted a single video (except for my really bad first ones) that fits your description. So yeah. Lol wasn’t expecting this to be long, but I’m hella bored anyways so why not.
Amazing! You kept my attention for 16 minutes! amazing!
4th wall breaks are so cool and amazing video man :]
The thing that bothers me about the experiment is that fact that it's based on majority. There were probably a ton of people in that audience who voted for good outcomes but were outnumbered.
Those people were made to feel guilty for something they didn't even cause, they had to watch all these terrible things happening despite them trying to stop it.
Honestly, it's disgusting
Yeah, whats the vote ratios? No one is told.
@@kaistzar2831 yah all of the adience were laughing at the guys misurey i honestly feel bad for the guy
I think I would rather be gone out of the room than stay in that crowd, ´cause holy shit this is messed up.
_gets up, tears mask off, walks away in silence_
eh, i mean if it were real id feel a lot worse but everything on that show is so pathetically and embarrassingly fake, so i cant say i feel too bad
Democracy: 2 wolves and 1 sheep vote what's for dinner
Wow that “experiment” show is really some stuff straight out of black mirror.
@bellaaa rogerss they already kinda do, it’s called white bear or something like that
it literally seems like something they would make into an episode doesn't it
@Dmitry TKR I mean you can be a douche and make a comment to mock him but thats the type of stuff black mirror is about..
THATS WHAT I SAID,IKR
Bravely Default comes to mind in terms of some interesting 4th wall breaking moments. From the one of the main characters pleading directly to you in the initial cutscene to using the Nintendo 3DS camera to show your face during the final fight.
Honestly for me, watching these fourth wall breaks makes me chuckle, it’s never made me feel uneased.