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What the Hell is That Thing? | The Forest | Part 1 · Replay Reviews

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So in this episode, icky babies, high -speed
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fleshy masses, and missing children. I don't
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know what the second one is. Sure you do. Say
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it again. What was a high -speed what? Fleshy
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masses. Oh, okay. High -speed fleshy masses.
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Masses of flesh. Okay. Running at you at high
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speed. Thank you for coming back for Replay Reviews
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Horror Month. My name is Leah. My name is Kathy.
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We are two friends who are here to replay, review,
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and analyze your favorite video games. And since
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Kathy has never seen the games before, it helps
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me view them through her fresh eyes. Almost like
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I am discovering them again for the first time.
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We hope it will be a similar experience for you.
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Do I sound like Dracula or just Italian? He sounded
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Italian. Happy October. Happy Horror Month. Obviously,
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we're playing The Forest. Did you say no? Yeah.
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We're playing The Forest. I really like the survival
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aspect of games like this. So I wasted a lot
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of time at the start of this game. It makes sense
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seeing your base camp now that I watched the
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video. I could see how much time and dedication
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you had to really making it big. I mean, you
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had a utility room. I had a utility room. At
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least double -walled, triple -walled in some
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areas. Very safe. Locks on all the doors. Slept
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in a treehouse. Had a blueberry garden. Rabbit
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pens. Dead rabbit pens. Can we go back? Dead
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rabbit. They're not alive. Oh, no, they're alive.
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I just kill them. I did not catch that. All I
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just saw was you murdering bunnies. Correct.
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Well, anyway, happy Horror Month for everyone
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except for Kathy. Well, let's actually start
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this episode. In scene one, we appear to be a
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father flying with his young son when the plane
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crashes. And then we come to. We see a man? Big
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question mark there. I don't know what that was.
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Human looking thing. It scoops up our son and
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carries him off. And we then have to gather what
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we can find to survive the night and go after
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our son. I feel like the thing that picked up
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our son, he kind of or she, it kind of just stood
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there. And do you get that same impression? It's
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just like. Watch this for a moment? Yeah, it
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was sort of kind of like, I dare you, come after
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me. And knowing what I know now, those things
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attack you when they see you. So why didn't that
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one attack and immediately kill us? And why didn't
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it kill Timmy? Maybe Timmy's already dead. I
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don't know. They seem to like making things out
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of people. So maybe they're just seeing pieces,
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ingredients. I don't know. Why didn't they take
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the lady? The flight attendant. Yeah, see, I
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don't know. And she appeared to have been killed.
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On impact? Maliciously. She had the axe in her
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stomach. I thought that was just as a result
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of the plane crash and then an axe flew around
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the cabin and just stabbed her. Maybe, except
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it's labeled as plane axe. So I think it's like
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a safety axe from the plane. You know what I
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mean? Like it wasn't in someone's luggage. But
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anyway, our question is, what are these things?
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people these mutants why are some people dead
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some people left alive and some people taken
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so yeah we find the axe food drinks and then
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we find a passenger manifest which unlocks the
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objective to find the missing passengers do we
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get a bonus if we find everyone i get a trophy
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okay but anyway there's 43 of them But yeah,
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so exploring the island in search of suitable
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shelter, we first run across an odd morbid stake
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in the ground thing with like heads on it. And
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then not long after that, a group of abnormal
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human -like beings, which I run away from. I
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feel like abnormal is putting it lightly. Yeah.
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What the hell's going on? That's what I want
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to ask you. What the hell's going on, Kathy?
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I don't know. I mean, it's... These people are
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mutants, and they have full dexterity like humans,
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but they're also just like flesh. Also, where
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did they come from? If they are descendants of
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humans, how did they get there? But two, if they
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are survivors of previous plane crashes that
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have coped and then they now become this thing,
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but yet they kill people, how do they have a
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population? We're confused right now, I think
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as we should be. We continue to explore the island,
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run into some more goblins. So far they don't
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seem intrinsically hostile. You know, we kind
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of check each other out from a distance, not
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much else happens at this point. But they sound
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hostile. We then see that our objective is to
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find Timmy, also build a camp, find food, find
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the missing passengers, and find a way into the
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sinkhole. Which you missed. I don't know if you
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went back to look. I don't think I highlight
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it super great in the gameplay. There's a giant
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crater in this island. It might be like a meteoroid
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kind of situation and these are aliens, but it
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also doesn't make sense that they're so similar
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to humans. It's human adjacent. Or maybe like
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twice removed. So next day, day two. You'll see
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I quickly stopped tracking the days because my
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goodness. The amount of time I waste. So anyway,
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day two, we're bothered by some more of these
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gremlin things while trying to build a treehouse.
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They no longer seem curious, but rather aggressive.
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I end up killing one. Here's what I wrote. One
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looks on while I crush the ribs of his gasping
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comrade and then toss his body at him as a sign
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of dominance. However, he does not heed this
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warning, so I must dispatch him as well. It's
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aggressive, yet... Not aggressive enough of what
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happened. It's pretty visceral. Scene two. It's
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day seven. Day seven? I continue to... I just...
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I love how you track it. Somehow that caught
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me off guard. Keep going. I continue to build
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my base when I look down and see an octoperson?
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I don't know what that is, but I decided to not
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keep looking. So then we jump to day nine, more
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base building, and then to day ten. I have a
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run in with a pack of creepy things. This time,
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though, they get me. They knock me out and they
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drag me away. Can I ask if the game forces you
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to get knocked out? Like there's no way of winning
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them? Or was it just your skills? I don't think
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so. I was just trying to run away. I was like,
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you know what? If you want to live, I want to
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live. We'll leave it at that. Let me go to my
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blueberry bushes and... Well, have a good day.
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They didn't want to do that. I don't think that
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the game ever forces you to be dragged down there.
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But I will say it'd be very difficult to not
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ever end up in that situation. But I do wake
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up tied by my feet. I don't know why I went with
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me with the first person this time, but I did.
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Anyway, hanging from the roof of a cave. Oh,
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I switch it here. We cut ourselves free. We see
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another not so fortunate. passenger from the
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crash he strung up i also find a map of the cave
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a compass some survival items and a creepy note
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that says a jealous god punishes a parent's fault
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on their children so that feels a little bit
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out of place to me yeah do you think that someone
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brought it onto the plane at some point in time
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and then it got lost here or do you think someone
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was here and then wrote that on it or do you
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think the mutants wrote that and somehow no english
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I think it's a combination of the last two. And
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I'll explain why when we learn more. The cave
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went deeper, but I decided to turn back. I was
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like, I'm not prepared for this. What also unnerved
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us was all the fingers and bones and things dangling
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in this cave. They're very artistic people. Also
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kind of reminds me of the finger painting, Father
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Martin. Look at all those brushes, Father Martin.
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So many brushes. Disturbing. I miss him. I don't.
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All right, well, topside again. We're in a creepy
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camp where we find more dead passengers and a
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guy stuffed with tennis balls. Why? I think that
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maybe one of the writers just had tennis lessons
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forced upon him growing up because we see a lot
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of unfortunate tennis -related scenes in this
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game. But after being overwhelmed by creepy things,
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I make a run for it. only to turn around and
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see I'm being chased by some flesh pile, but
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I am able to shake him at some point. It's disturbing.
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So here's where I'm confused. I don't know if
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this thing is, like, born like that, or, like,
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became like that in this game, or if they decide
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to sew more stuff to their bodies, like, you
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know what I mean? Yeah. Added on as it evolved.
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yeah like is this pokemon like you start out
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as a person then you become that like skinny
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alien looking guy then you become one of those
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bigger blue looking guys and then you become
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this thing maybe uh after this encounter i decide
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might be a good idea to start building a wall
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around my camp so what do i do spend five days
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building a wall around my camp day 15 While out
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gathering supplies, I am startled by the sound
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of a bush rustling, and to my absolute surprise,
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out pops a baby. A little glob? I don't know,
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but while investigating with intent to murder
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the baby glob, I spot two larger yet equally
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grotesque creatures a slight distance away, at
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which point I decide to run away. I feel like
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running away is a really good option here. I
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agree. And you know what? That's when we skip
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ahead to day 20. My inner wall is complete and
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I decide to start building an outer wall because
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I want somewhere to run to in these situations.
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My next bullet point is day 34, question mark.
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This is where I start to lose track. So after
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improving my base more, I head out to scavenge
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and explore when I come across a camp of tents.
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In that camp, I find a Bible, a cave entrance,
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and a photograph of trees and an X. Oh, but also,
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before I had headed out, before I left to go
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explore, I tried to leave from one of my gates,
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and a stupid, icky baby tried to get in. Like,
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it was knocking on the door. It's really creepy.
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Yeah, I just closed the door and went out the
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other way, but it actually scared me. The good
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thing of spending so much time on your camp is
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that you built multiple doors and multiple exits.
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Exactly. See, that baby became a non -issue.
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Anyway, after exploring some more, I raced back
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to camp in the dark, dodging creepies along the
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way, and I locked myself back into the security
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of my base. And that's it for Scene 3. These
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are going to be quick episodes, you guys, because,
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well, see, the amount of gameplay was maybe,
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like, should I check? Should I check how many
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hours I've spent in this game? Five hours. Per
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part. It's like one gameplay part, yeah. Per
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part, sorry. Five hours per part. Let's see.
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So 20 hours? Why is it not showing me? Why does
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it... On some games it shows you play time and
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on others it doesn't. I'll have to log in on
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my PlayStation tonight and next recording I'll
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let you guys know how many hours I have spent.
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That should be one of the stats. Playing this
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game. I can tell you how long I've played the
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second game for. Second game to the forest? Mm
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-hmm. Now I'm curious if this one ends on a cliffhanger,
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but I'd say the second game roughly the same,
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probably. 20 -something. These are going to be
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fast episodes, so maybe we spend five minutes
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with this nonsense. When did this game come out?
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2023. Okay, so it's been a couple years. That
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makes me feel a little bit better about the 239
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hours. Oh my god! Leah, that's like playing for
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10 straight days, 24 hours each day. What? That
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doesn't sound so bad when you put it that way.
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I wonder how much of that was just your shelter
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building. Oh, a lot. A lot. Half of it? At least.
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Wow. Okay, long segue. Should we move on to the
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final scene of part one? Yeah. All right. I decide
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after, you know. 98 days. You know what? Maybe
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it's time to start looking for my son. He's probably
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dead by now. So I set off back to a cave entrance
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I had earlier discovered, now more armed and
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prepared for whatever may lie below. I am immediately
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molested upon entry. I don't know what those
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are. After taking care of them, I explore the
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cave, first finding more tents like the ones
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I found outside not long ago. And at this camp,
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I also find more bibles. Piles of skulls and
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some unfortunate people. There is one thing at
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this point I was asking you while we were watching
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the game. Why some of them are blue and some
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of them are like reddish white. I'm wondering,
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do they just change colors to like blue in the
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nighttime or in the dark and they stay red and
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white during the day? Because I don't think we've
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yet to run across a blue one in the sun, in the
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daylight, have we? I don't know. The ones that
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dragged me down looked kind of blue. Maybe they're
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cave ones. That's kind of what I'm thinking.
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There's definitely different mutants, and I think
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probably there's some that stay in the caves
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and they become more, you know, cave -oriented.
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The way they laugh is so disturbing, and I think
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we both mentioned this while watching it, is
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that we don't like it. You don't know this yet,
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but one of the laughs is the audio clue. This
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game. And there's summary episode of Mafia. That's
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so creepy. That really got stuck in my throat,
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but... I hate it. Okay, keep going? Mm -hmm.
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Dive into that, though. Fun drink. Three cents.
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What happened, man? Inflation? Three cents for
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a soda? That's me talking. I just left my parents'
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house and stole six cans of Mountain Dew from
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the fridge. Your dad's probably wondering what
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happened to them. Okay, so this is a newspaper
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clipping. Basically, two children disappear without
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a trace. I'll read the transcript that's on the
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forest. wiki it's a little jumpy because i think
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it's cut off in places but also i think it just
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wasn't written well because the game wasn't expecting
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people to actually read this with such intense
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attention report by brian ritz special report
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about a pair of very special children they haven't
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been seen since november of last year not much
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is known about what will happen in june the files
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on missing children are not very open to the
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public says a correspondent Why is this young
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child missing? We might never know. What will
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the parents say? Last year, there were so many
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missing children. These ones are no different
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from the others. There are so many files on the
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children. These are no different. See what I
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mean? Like who wrote this? There's no punctuation
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marks that are accurate either. By the end of
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the year, none of the children were found. All
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of them were still missing and unaccounted for.
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The spokesman went on to say many more things.
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We need to protect our children from evil forces.
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He rambled on for a bit. We aren't sure what
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he said. The mothers are very sad about all this.
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We aren't sure what to do. I'm sorry, what is
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this? Wait until I get to the other side. Everyone
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will be held accountably. It says accountably.
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For this tragedy, they said. We weren't sure
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who they meant or who they were looking at. What?
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Research suggests they might be in shock. They
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seemed normal to us. Next header. Without a trace.
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Annual report about a pair of very special children.
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They haven't been seen since November of last
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year. Not much is known about what will happen
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in June. It's the same thing. Nothing new has
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been found in the past few months. Someone went
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back to go look for them. They said they would,
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and they never did. We don't know what to think
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about this. Repeating, repeating, repeating.
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What does that mean? That wasn't printed in the
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actual newspaper, though, was it? I don't think
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so. I think it's just like the whole article
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is repeating, maybe. But then we get like where
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it was torn off. So we get like half sentences.
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So missionaries went dot, dot, dot, boat to find
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them. The dot, dot, dot. They had some clues.
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The dot, dot, dot. Very vague. Very, very dot,
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dot, dot. Who knows if they would dot, dot, dot.
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They had maps, so we dot, dot, dot. They knew
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what the dot, dot, dot doing. My first thing
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I focused on was about the missionaries, which
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made sense for the Bible to show up on the campsite
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or in the forest. But I also don't know if they
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made it back alive or how many of them and how
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they would make it back because we see so many
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bodies on the island that there has to be more
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than the 43 passengers on the plane. I agree.
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I think all of the white tent camps are... left
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there from the missionaries who i guess just
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came here to find the children and i don't think
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any of them made it back when they said that
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last year there were so many missing children
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were the missing children all children who were
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on a plane and then they went missing or i like
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we're what yeah i don't know because it seems
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like obviously the missionaries knew where they
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were, or maybe they just knew like a general
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area. But it seems like the parents are alive.
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And so that's why I kind of leaned towards maybe
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it was like, they came here to vacation or go
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camping or something. And then like the kids
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just went missing. I don't know. Continuing on,
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we find the passenger from seat 70, a chainsaw.
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And then I blow a hole in the wall to expose
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another passageway where I find a dead body.
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another Bible, and another landscape photo with
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an X on it. And then I find a climbing axe, which
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I use to keep moving through the cave system
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and eventually back to the surface and back home
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to my amazing base that I spent 100 days building.
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Yeah, this one's definitely dead. Look, I wanted
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there to be somewhere safe and comfortable for
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him to come back to. Well, what are your thoughts
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on part one? It's not that bad. I appreciate
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the daylight scenes in this. Besides the creepy
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monster, it is nice to kind of explore the area.
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It gives me a bit of the Red Dead Redemption
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vibes because there's forest and there's landscape
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that you're running around. I think I would really
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enjoy the game for the house building part and
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not anything else. You could play it on peaceful
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mode. Really? There is a peaceful mode? Yeah.
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We can play it online together, Kathy. So, should
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I call it? Yeah. We'll be back next week for
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part two. Perfect. On one audacity. Sorry. Audacity
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on one. Thank you for listening, and don't forget
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