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CHAOS | Undead Nightmare | Part 1 · Replay Reviews

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scary christmas merry christmas eve we are playing
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undead nightmare which is the dlc for red dead
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redemption i think you didn't know it was gonna
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be no i saw the intro like the rock star i'm
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like didn't we play a game that was from them
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and then you're just keeping quiet and it makes
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sense that it is the dlc for red dead redemption
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well in this episode ain't you a sweet little
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lady Are you constipated? And why the Long John's
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double cheat close -up? Didn't need that. It's
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in your face. Thank you for coming back for more
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replay reviews. My name is Leah. And my name
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is Kathy. We are two friends who are here to
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replay, review, and analyze your favorite video
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games. And since Kathy has never seen the games
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before, it helps me view them through her fresh
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eyes, almost like I'm discovering them again
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for the first time. We hope it will be a similar
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experience for you. So yeah, as we discussed,
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you had no idea this was going to be Red Dead.
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And I didn't want you to know because I wanted
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you to be confused. Because obviously John dies
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at the end of the game. I was worried we'd have
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to see him die twice. Thankfully not. So the
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timeline is after he gets back to his farm. But
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before the Pinkertons come and shoot him. So
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we start seeing John return from an errand. I
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don't know about you, but I really enjoy just
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how committed they are to the theme in this game.
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Just the narration, the sound effects. Immediately,
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I'm invested. It has that really radio type of
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horror story. The more you see it, the more unhinged
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it gets. So we then see Abigail and Jack. They're
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having a nice, sarcastic, rainy day inside. When
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John gets home, he and Abigail discuss Uncle's
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whereabouts. During which we see a hand raising
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over the window sill. And it seems like they
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kind of see it, but choose to ignore it. Again,
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fantastic. They're just leaning so into, like,
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the old goofy horror. The ignorance is at an
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all -time high. Speaking of, I love that John
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comes in and he's like, it's... Things are getting
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weird out there. He's like, dogs are barking.
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Birds are flying. It's like everything he said
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is completely normal and it cracks me up. What's
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your next note? Mine is, is he scratching his
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butt? There's a moment it looks like he's just
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digging in. Mine is about when Jack talks about
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the book he's reading. Okay. So he talks about
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a story about the Aztecs and worshipping the
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moon. And just weird things going on, which I
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know it's trying to foreshadow something, but
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I don't understand why John spaces out at that
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type of story. Is it that he's hearing something
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and it reminds him of something or he's just
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so bored that he just spaces out? This is what
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I wrote. John staring at Jack describing the
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book he's reading is heartbreaking. Because in
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that moment, I feel like he's just, yes, he's
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spacing out, but he's spacing out in a way where
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he's like admiring Jack. Like he's just looking
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at him lovingly and being like, man, I love my
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son. Look at how happy reading makes him and
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all this stuff. And to me, it was heartbreaking
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because it's like he didn't get to enjoy that
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for very much longer. Next note. When he kills
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uncle. Yeah. Okay. So first they all go to bed.
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First of all, that bed is huge, is it not? They
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look tiny in that bed. Yeah, you could fit like
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a dog in there. Massive dog. But yes, so then
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Uncle comes barging into their room. Clearly
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a zombie. John grabs him by the throat and smashes
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a lamp into his head. But how did Uncle get in?
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How did they know how to open doors and find
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the right room to attack? I'm just going to chalk
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it up to muscle memory. Maybe he watched them
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sleep often. I mean, it could have been prevented
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if they freaking locked the front door. Unless
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he has keys. Like, how much do they remember?
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How much motor skills do they retain? When John
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runs out to get his gun, Abigail is attacked
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by Uncle. They come running out of the house.
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Wouldn't the better decision have been John saying,
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I'll stay here, you go out and run and grab my
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gun, or we're going to lock him in. Don't they
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realize that leaving your distressed wife in
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with a zombie thing, that's not a good idea.
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Why didn't she leave either? I find it hard to
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believe his gun is out in the shed. You can't
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tell me this man doesn't sleep with his gun under
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his pillow. So many questions. Anyway, poor decisions
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were made. Everyone's outside. Uncle takes down
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Abigail. John kills Uncle. And then Jack shows
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up. And Abigail bites Jack. Chaos. So many things
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could have been prevented. My goodness. I think
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that's the point, though. I think it's kind of
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like making fun of or paying homage to horror
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shows. You know what I mean? It's frustrating
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to watch. So I think it's intended to be funny.
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And this entire time, John and Jack are wearing
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matching long johns or little onesies. At least
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it doesn't have the butt flap, but it doesn't
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prevent the zoom in. So we have to hog tie Abigail
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and Jack. First, there's enough when we're tying
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up Abigail, but then we tie up Jack and it's
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like, hello. Right up his butthole. Is the camera
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going in between his cheeks? What's happening
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here? Okay, also, I don't know if you noticed
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when he was hog -tying Abigail. In the background,
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you can see Jack chasing Rufus. Oh, I did notice
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that. What? Great little touch to add in there.
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So he brings his hog -tied family into the bedroom
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and brings them plates of food. And then he leaves
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to go find help in Blackwater. Isn't he worried
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about his family leaving the house, leaving the
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room? I don't think so, because they're tied
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up. Oh, okay. So he must have great confidence
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in his... Not tying abilities. Mm -hmm. Guess
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who's back? Oh my goodness. How did this guy
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make it so far amongst everything happening?
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Oh, where he goes, trouble follows. It's McDougal.
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John wanders the streets until he runs into him.
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And they discuss what's going on. And I have
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to say, the line delivery is impeccable. He's
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talking about all these things that he knows
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about. But of this, he says, I haven't got a
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fucking clue. Great. Perhaps better, though,
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is when he insists on walking down the street
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on his own, where a zombie Nastas attacks him.
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And that just feels good. After he insults people
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and then he gets killed. I like it. At a minimum.
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John finds another survivor in Blackwater. Come
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out. I don't bite. Bad joke. Sassy John is back.
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He's back in full force. There are a number of
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eye rolls that the camera actually follows. So
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in this conversation, some things to note. She
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says, all the dead folk have come back to life,
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mister. And then if you can burn them, maybe
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you can put their souls to rest. And she asks
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him to especially kill her uncle Mordecai. I
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have to say, this chick is kind of creepy, though,
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the way she like clings onto John. I almost thought
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that she was going to pull past him like, just
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kidding, I'm dead. And just. bite his arm yeah
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she's kind of creepy the way she follows him
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their whole family by the sounds of it is they're
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all kind of you wouldn't want them to be your
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neighbors nope so at the graveyard we burn coffins
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and then burn all the zombies in there including
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uncle mordecai who i think when he pops out of
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his grave says ain't you a sweet little lady
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which gives a little bit of a disturbing background
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as to why she wants him dead so badly But with
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Uncle Mordecai dead and the graveyard cleansed,
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John heads back to Blackwater where he helps
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survivors clear the town. One survivor tells
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John it's the freak with the glass eye, and then
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someone else says no, it's the snake oil guy,
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among other theories, and they say it's worse
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in New Austin. So I don't understand what unique
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traits New Austin has that would have increased
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more undead people, but also how do they know
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this information? It's all seeming like just
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fear speaking, and there's nothing to back up
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any of what they're saying. So after this, John
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heads out in search of Wes Dickens and Seth.
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Okay, so on our way to New Austin, we stop in
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to see Bonnie. They have a nice long hug, and
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then she tells him that her father has been in
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the barn since yesterday. Bonnie. I think she
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knows what happened to her dad. 100%. She knows.
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We find Wes Dickens at Fort Mercer peddling tonic
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until John threatens him into handing them out
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for free. How is Wes Dickens alive? I feel like
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someone like him should have been the first few
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people dead. Maybe his tonic really does work,
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Kathy. Does it? We'll see. I think not. But I
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love how John... He already knows Wes Dickens
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at this point, so he's like shutting down the
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BS before it even starts. I appreciate that because
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Mexico John would have never done that. Wes Dickens
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is peddling this thing like, oh, it keeps the
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zombies away. And he's like, it works, John,
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trust me. So they test it out. Turns out it's
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the exact opposite. It most definitely attracts
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zombies. But somehow Wes Dickens convinces John
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to gather some ingredients for him. And I'm back
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to annoy that John for helping Wes Dickens. So
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he collects Desert Sage and then heads to find
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Violet Snowdrops, which are on the northern part
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of the map. However, on the way, he stops in
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Armadillo to see the Marshal, who needs help
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locating his deputies. I think we knew how that
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was going to turn out. No surprise there. They're
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eating each other, and then John kills them.
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I'm surprised that the Sheriff is alive. I know
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he's a smart man, but... How are these undead
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people not seeking their revenge on their share?
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Especially those who have been wronged or killed
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by him. I'm glad he's alive. I'm surprised he's
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alive, though. So after helping in Armadillo,
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John continues west in search of the Violet Snowdrops
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when he finds Seth. Oh my gosh. Oh, buddy. This
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guy. So Moses is back. Yes. And they're playing
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cards together. I'm confused how... And why Moses
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isn't immediately attacking Seth, is it that
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Seth feels like one of their own? This whole
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thing must be Seth's, like, biggest dream come
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realized. So Seth is not wanting to be helpful,
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and is trying to get Moses to attack John. Moses,
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get him. Go. Yeah. Get him. Get me, Moses. And
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that just makes Seth pause in the middle of his
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step. But I love how John isn't afraid. What's
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the worst that could happen? I could take him
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on. So in the end, Seth does at least suggest
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clearing out their graveyards. So we leave him.
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We go farther north, gather the flowers we need.
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Then we return to Wes Dickens, clearing out graveyards
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on his way, as Seth suggested. And then when
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we find Wes Dickens, he's being pursued by a
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zombie. He looks so pathetic trying to get back
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in his thing while trying to fight off a zombie
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person. And really, John's in no rush to shoot
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the zombie and help Wes Dickens. This is so John's
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natural response compared to what we've seen
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him in Red Dead Redemption. And I love this for
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John. I love how he's able to just hold off from
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helping someone and just enjoy the moment of
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someone struggling. Props to the writers for...
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John's character being a bit more, he knows what
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he's doing and he's a little bit more lighthearted
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because he's got his family back. Yeah, they're
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zombies. But, you know, he's not being held at
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gunpoint to do other people's biddings. And you
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can tell, it shows. Well, of course, he sends
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John to go get something else. And then we move
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on to scene five. John cleanses the tumbleweed
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cemetery before returning to Seth. what's wrong
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with him now there's a whole dance party where
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is he collecting these zombies that was my note
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which is how and from where and why aren't they
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attacking him there's a lot of questions here
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and they're all good questions speaking of questions
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when john appears angry as any sane person would
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seth asks him are you constipated not such a
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seth answer though or seth question right just
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where is this question coming from It makes me
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think that Seth is constipated often and it makes
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him angry, frustrated at the very least. He has
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hemorrhoids. If he doesn't, he's gonna because
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he swallowed the glass eye. Oh my gosh. How?
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I thought he was going to choke and die. It looked
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like it for a second there. So we press him again
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and we finally get some info out of him. He blames
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this whole thing on an Incan or Aztec curse and
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says, go to Mexico. No. Yeah, I think Seth's
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just on cloud nine right now. He doesn't know
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what the hell's going on, but he's enjoying it.
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Well, he's finally getting the attention of,
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in parentheses, women. And so... Why do I still
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feel bad for that zombie? Anyone around his company
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we feel bad for. Okay, final scene. I find another
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horse of the apocalypse, which I forgot to note
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the first one. But there's a lot of cool, like,
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supernatural elements to it. this game like side
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content wise and one of those is the four horses
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of the apocalypse john then heads to the location
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riley's charge where west dickens said to find
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parts he gets the parts delivers them to west
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dickens i also love that west dickens is on all
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fours oh my gosh underneath the carriage and
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john's just like get out here he's just over
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it but west dickens looks ridiculous i mean when
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does he not look ridiculous I know. I feel like
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they just doubled down, though, in this game.
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Probably to no one's surprise, Wes Dickens was
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run out of town, as people are blaming him for
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all the zombie uprising that's happening. And
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he plans to go to Mexico because he's heard things
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are calmer there. All roads lead to Mexico. As
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long as he can immediately kill Alende and DeSanto,
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I'm cool with that. You were so close on both
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those names, but incorrect. Alende and DeSanto.
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It was fantastic. So that's part one of Undead
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Nightmare. I'm sure you can all tell I am enthused
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to be talking about this game. I'm having a great
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time. How are you feeling? It's a good horror
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game, right? It's not too icky. I wouldn't even
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say it's a horror game. I think this is just
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DLC. What's some fun, absurd 90s horror sitcom
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included. Somehow it fits so well. The main game's
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interesting because it's kind of like Spaghetti
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Western on half of it, but the other half is
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really serious and emotional. And somehow it
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works. And then somehow this works. Somehow a
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zombie apocalypse in the Wild West just works.
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It helps that this is Jon's natural state, and
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I like seeing him like this. If I had started
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with... seeing John here and then seeing him
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in Red Dead Redemption, I'm going to be like,
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what happened, John? It's refreshing to see how
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he should be. Scary Christmas Eve, part two will
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be out tomorrow. Thank you for joining us. Hopefully
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everyone's having a good Christmas. Good December.
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Yes. Stay tuned as we wrap it up tomorrow. Audacity
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