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Mraagvpeine posted:Are you going back there later for this? You know, that's one of those things I glossed over. I'm done recording footage but I'll go back in the level and grab some shots of the fans.
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There are five fans in the game that I know have writing on them for sure. The first four are in the Eye Shrine, the last is the Cake Summit. REALITY IS; ILLUSION IS; TIME IS; PERCEPTION IS  YOU; SERVE; TIME; SERVES  FAST; SLOW; NEVER; STOPS  CAN I; STOP; YOU; TIME I read it as "Can I stop you" or "Can I stop time." Mraagvpeine got "Time can I stop you" which honestly makes more sense. And then the cake  Never; Forever; Apart; Ever Probably intended as "Never Apart" and "Forever & Ever". Anaxite fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Jun 1, 2022 |
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Free our Boi. He doesn't deserve gagging! 
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Anaxite posted:CAN I; STOP; YOU; TIME Thank you so much for checking them. I read this particular one as asking Time if they can please stop it.
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That makes a lot more sense! e: and in less related news, Psychonauts 2 got a large patch a week ago formally making it multiplatform. So if you're one of those people who really wants a macOS or Linux version, you're good to go! Anaxite fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Jun 1, 2022 |
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Slaan posted:Free our Boi. He doesn't deserve gagging! Let our buddy talk!
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Welcome back to a new week... And a new mind. The plot train is nearly at full speed.
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Oh boy, this is going to hurt. Before that though it's nice to see Bob, the character who should be pissed off with Lucy the most (recall that the Bad Mood you encountered at the wedding had its heart cage of Ford and Lucy's table, implying lingering resentment), be the first the hug her showing just what Raz had done for him. We've also got our first implanted mental construct since Loboto's Labyrinth and third overall including Lungfishopolis though chronologically this is the earliest of the three.
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Why do I have the feeling Nona knows more than what she’s letting on?
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Miz Kriss posted:Why do I have the feeling Nona knows more than what she’s letting on? Keep in mind that Linda and Loboto both fought against the constructs implanted their minds. Ford may have had the Astralathe to reinforce the flea circus construct but we've seen how easy it is to dismantle implanted constructs. Conversely however, Black Velvetopia and Milla's Dance Party showed that a mind can also maintain a constructed world as a means to either suppress or move on from trauma.
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Miz Kriss posted:Why do I have the feeling Nona knows more than what she’s letting on? Wait 'til the floodgates open! 
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I never knew that doing the entire grind rail would create a bounce pad. I wound up getting those particular figments with the levitation ball bounce and luck.
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Norma is the worst. Also, it looks like this game is currently on sale for $30 if anyone wants to try this out for themselves Miz Kriss fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Jun 10, 2022 |
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The first time I created the bounce pads, I wasn't sure what was going on. I wasn't looking out for the balls of yarn, which look so obvious now. I also want to repeat my appreciation for the enemy choices and the storytelling they bring to the table. You can always look at them and figure out their context, or wonder at why some of them don't fit in—they all do to some degree. Miz Kriss posted:Norma is the worst. Holy poo poo yes get the game if you've been on the fence
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For all the rightful critiques of this game, it's still a proper corker of a game.
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In Norma's defense, she hasn't realized exactly how badly she's screwed up. That aside as I implied in my last post, Lucy was fully aware that the Flea Circus was a construct implanted in her mind but instead of resisting/dismantling the construct as Linda and Loboto had; she chose to maintain it since like Edgar and Camilla, she found the constructed reality comfortable and wanted to protect that comfort/joy from Maligula. And speaking of Maligula: Her name may be derived from the Latin "mal" meaning to "evil" or "bad", the infamous Roman emperor Caligula, and amygdala: the primary structure of the brain responsible for fight or flight response.
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Hey Hey remember that time there was a mole in the Psychonauts and everyone was freaked out I swear it was like yesterday 
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Boy there's a lot to unpack. I think I'll wait until I see the rest before giving my thoughts on this level.
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That is totally fair. This level and its plot kind of creep up on you and jump out of nowhere.
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Id say since the world is a sort of highly propagandized version of the events in grulovia (thpugh alling the attendants propagandeers is much too on the nose) alongside the doubts and the huge waves of censors, Gristol knows that hes been given a false image of grulovia and maligula, but this is all he has and was told he rightfully deserves, so he keeps bepieving in it. Though I do think that memory vaults tend to be reliable spurces, and are relayed to the player the past as it was from the person's POV, not through their psyche's filter.
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Chimera-gui posted:In Norma's defense, she hasn't realized exactly how badly she's screwed up. All what Raz has been doing was at the behest of 'Truman', too. He's just been seeking help from the Psychic The biggest difference between Norma and Raz is that he isn't as cynical, despite him being quite astute for a ten year old.
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I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if 'Truman' was purposely setting Raz up knowing that others were already suspicious of him, Norma just had the misfortune of being the pawn in this scheme because she had been the most suspicious of him.Rigged Death Trap posted:Id say since the world is a sort of highly propagandized version of the events in grulovia (though calling the attendants propagandaneers is much too on the nose) alongside the doubts and the huge waves of censors, Gristol knows that hes been given a false image of grulovia and maligula, but this is all he has and was told he rightfully deserves, so he keeps believing in it. Basic Braining showed us that it was possible to completely fabricate a memory so it would be wise to not take every detail as 100% correct even if the general story given is, it’s possible that the false image wasn’t for Gristol himself… Chimera-gui fucked around with this message at 00:50 on Jun 18, 2022 |
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 There's a lesson to be had here, folks. Always share your caviar. We're nearly at the very end, and all mysteries are being uncovered. I'll let the video speak for itself first.
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Gristol truly is delugional if he thinks he can just turn back the clock by reviving Maligula. The Maliks are finished. As for the newspaper clipping's text, it looks like it might be from a WW2-era article on the Pacific front given the talk of Japanese warships and the Philippines. Though I'd be hard-pressed to find the original one, if it is based on a real text. I assume it'd be in an archive somewhere, since Double Fine had to have found it themselves.
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NeverHelm posted:Gristol truly is delugional if he thinks he can just turn back the clock by reviving Maligula. The Maliks are finished. That's pretty cool. Maybe they got it from the Library of Congress? I remember there was something I specifically avoided showing off in the LP because I noticed it for the first time during a test take, and realized just how much it spoils part of the mystery. Which the game's writing has a tendency to do in the first place, so... you either get points for paying attention, or otherwise you just get to stick along for the ride? So right before I show it off, how much foreshadowing is there that Nick Johnsmith is Malik? Discussion about the plot's bounciness aside, there are a few points where the game hints at the connection.
 If you use the camera on that stamp you get a very good look at a face that looks remarkably like Nick Johnsmith. If you miss that that spot, though, the reveal will definitely be more of a surprise.
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Argh I've got the stupid Grulovia song stuck in my head  I wonder if there are musical rules for reliably making annoying tunes like that
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Xun posted:I wonder if there are musical rules for reliably making annoying tunes like that There's an entire subsection of the music industry that makes little jingles and diddies. As best I can summarize, the basis for an earworm is making a specific sound unique (think the inception BWAAAAAHM) to a product, and repetition (ask any Chicagoland resident to sing the Empire Carpet jingle).
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Xun posted:Argh I've got the stupid Grulovia song stuck in my head Peter McConnell can sometimes use his gifts for evil, but in spite of this, I do not think any less of him as a composer.
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I really like how Gristol's attempt to come up with the least conspicuous U.S. name resulted in Nick Johnsmith.
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Samovar posted:I really like how Gristol's attempt to come up with the least conspicuous U.S. name resulted in Nick Johnsmith. I mean, it worked! Hell, all his plans worked, save for the whole 'Maligula will naturally agree to instantly work with me and we'll go conquer the world' part.
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Xun posted:Argh I've got the stupid Grulovia song stuck in my head Boy do I have a bonus video later on just for you.  Bootcha posted:There's an entire subsection of the music industry that makes little jingles and diddies. As best I can summarize, the basis for an earworm is making a specific sound unique (think the inception BWAAAAAHM) to a product, and repetition (ask any Chicagoland resident to sing the Empire Carpet jingle). I showed this to a Chicago friend and he led me down a rabbit hole that ended in Eagleman. So, uh, that was something.
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After seeing Gristol's backstory, there is no way I can believe him to be the mastermind behind the events of this game, and possibly the events of the first game (Loboto is the main link here). How can a person who grew up only knowing luxury and excess, and spent a good portion of his life in a casino, be able to do even half of the things he did? I can buy him tracking down Ford, but infiltrating Psychonauts HQ that has psychic mind-readers? Un-uh, no way. I'm sure if there's a third game, we will find out there's a mastermind behind Gristol's masterminding. As for the level itself, it's certainly an inspired choice to show everything like a theme park. It's very obvious Gristol wants to show-off and tell everyone everything about himself and the things he's done. And when he starts singing along with that song, it was kinda creepy. Also, it seems that he has some measure of control inside his mind; maybe Maligula taught him a thing or two about how to defend himself mentally.
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Can I just say how FRUSTRATING it was getting to that final room, watching all the collectibles in the cutscene, then getting kicked out of the room after the cutscene and not being able to collect them until you go through the level again? SO FRUSTRATING!
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Wa11y posted:Can I just say how FRUSTRATING it was getting to that final room, watching all the collectibles in the cutscene, then getting kicked out of the room after the cutscene and not being able to collect them until you go through the level again? SO FRUSTRATING! Yeah, I'm not even playing and I was like vicariously annoyed for Anaxite to have to go all the way back through to get those.
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But then you get to listen to the fun Grulovia song again! It's a win for the player, really
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 "The occupation of Batavia by the Imperial Japanese Forces will ..." Batavia, now called Jakarta, was occupied in early March of 1942. So the original article must be from around that date.
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The best part of the ride is that I had to record it multiple times due to technical issues. And in post-game there is a bubbler right at the end of the ride too, which you should really use if you're not doing it for the internet 
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Mraagvpeine posted:After seeing Gristol's backstory, there is no way I can believe him to be the mastermind behind the events of this game, and possibly the events of the first game (Loboto is the main link here). How can a person who grew up only knowing luxury and excess, and spent a good portion of his life in a casino, be able to do even half of the things he did? I can buy him tracking down Ford, but infiltrating Psychonauts HQ that has psychic mind-readers? Un-uh, no way. I'm sure if there's a third game, we will find out there's a mastermind behind Gristol's masterminding. To be fair it's been well established by now that there is a strict policy regarding trust and consent specifically because the Psychonauts are an organization of mind-readers. It's why Sasha, Hollis and even Milla got so upset with Raz following the Lady Luctopus incident and why no one realized Oleander was on a hair trigger in the first until it was too late (that said, I don't think Bristol had any involvement in the Coach's antics; he simply recruited Loboto for the brain transplant independently of Oleander). Hell given what we know about the Psychic Seven, it's possible that they were the ones to establish this policy; blaming their own lack of restraint in using the Astralathe for everything that had gone wrong regarding Grulovia and not wanting to ever repeat that again. Chimera-gui fucked around with this message at 01:02 on Jun 18, 2022 |
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