Something's Hiding Outside This Game...
Sagan Hawkes2024-06-26
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💫 Short Summary
The video explores hidden secrets and mysteries outside the boundaries of Fallout New Vegas, leading to eerie discoveries, surreal environments, and unsettling encounters. It delves into abandoned structures, strange radio signals, disturbing broadcasts, and a deeper narrative connecting various elements within the game world. The exploration triggers feelings of fear, curiosity, and anticipation, hinting at a darker mystery lurking beneath the surface. References to real-life phenomena, canceled game versions, and encrypted messages add intrigue to the player's journey. The series culminates in a surreal exploration of chaotic and dangerous environments, challenging viewers to contemplate the search for meaning in a world filled with randomness and uncertainty.
✨ Highlights
📊 Transcript
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Exploration of the mysterious locked gate at the Mojave Outpost in Fallout New Vegas.
02:48The video showcases a player's journey beyond the gate, documenting discoveries and updates.
Inspired by a similar video from over 10 years ago, the exploration delves into hidden secrets and unanswered questions outside the game's boundaries.
The series seems to have originated as evidence for a discussion on an external forum, creating intrigue for viewers.
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The player discovers new clues and triggers a new quest outside the game's boundaries.
07:45The player finds a makeshift fire pit, empty whiskey bottles, and a lunchbox that leads to a new mission.
A quest marker labeled 'm Johnson ver Quest 5' appears on the player's map.
The video concludes with the player gearing up to begin this new adventure.
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Player explores new areas with mysterious items and encounters a barrier preventing them from returning to Mojave Outpost.
09:24Radio station UVB 68 emits static pulsing sounds similar to real-life UVB 76, hinting at Russian military involvement.
Connection between UVB 68 and player's quest suggests a deeper narrative.
Creepy pasta of Lone Wolf Radio involves disturbing broadcasts and sacrifices.
Player discovers field of radio equipment and encounters a smoking barrel with unclear significance.
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Exploration of a shack in the game reveals various items and references to the Gulf of Sidra incident.
13:04The player finds MREs, books, surgical equipment, and a flare gun within the shack.
Blackbox items with blueprints and audio recordings hint at a quest to increase intelligence points.
The player encounters loading screens, eerie cabin surroundings, and firearm maintenance text on computer terminals.
The video concludes with the player continuing to explore and discover items in the game world.
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Player explores a derelict site with mysterious discoveries.
18:50They find a bunker with strange terminals and photos.
A briefcase triggers a ticking noise but rewards XP instead of exploding.
Surreal sights include fish swimming through the air.
They encounter a massive pit within the mountains and a strange glow beyond a mountain.
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Discovery of Mysterious Cave System in Fallout New Vegas.
21:48The cave system is filled with blood stains, game gore, makeshift encampments, and a crib with a blue ribbon.
Mine carts with a radio playing unintelligible sounds add to the eerie atmosphere.
The dark and claustrophobic environment triggers feelings of fear, anticipation, and curiosity.
The exploration hints at a deeper mystery waiting to be uncovered within the depths of the cave system.
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Discovery of underground structure with evidence of occupancy.
23:30Finding a body matching the player's own with a mysterious note and inventory.
Exploration leading to a room resembling a test cell in New Vegas with unclear purpose.
Encountering a dining hall or bar with a mural of blacked-out faces, a plate of meat and acry nitrol, and a book titled 'trimorphic proteno'.
Discovering symbols resembling hobo signs potentially communicating information to other hobos and encountering a skeletal figure emitting radiation.
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Discussion on the Library of Babel concept, an infinite library containing all possible combinations of letters and punctuation.
26:55Text formatting mirrors the chaotic nature of the library, with occasional intelligible excerpts.
Mention of a rot 13 Cipher and encoded messages adds intrigue to the segment.
Player navigates through different areas, unlocking doors and encountering strange phenomena like a heptagram symbol and underground missile storage.
Segment concludes with player entering a surreal hallway reminiscent of previous game locations.
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Exploration of eerie and unsettling environments in video game.
31:00Player encounters strange rooms resembling a hospital or asylum and finds red liquid and odd medical equipment.
Surroundings become increasingly surreal as player navigates through distorted hallways with oversized furniture.
Footage is from over a decade ago, possibly related to Fallout New Vegas.
Paintings by Francisco Goya, known for dark and introspective works, are featured in the game.
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Highlights of Exploration in the Video Game:
34:10The player encounters a medical pod with a skeletal corpse and virtual reality elements.
Various eerie bodies and glitched environments are discovered during exploration.
Clues and items such as a shotgun and revolver are found for defense against threats.
The player navigates through thresholds, caves, and wastelands, uncovering underground wreckage and makeshift camps.
Terrifying ambiances are encountered, leading to the discovery of a deeper mystery surrounding crossed realities.
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Exploration of a ruined city and dilapidated skyscrapers in a corrupted video file.
38:07Investigation into military communication procedures and high-ranking government officials.
References to Mr. House from the Fallout universe and strange lights over Parump.
Hints at UFOs and eerie environments, with paintings resembling hell.
Discovery of key items and paintings during exploration.
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Discovery of invisible barrier in Fallout New Vegas leads to corrupted hard drive.
42:40Videos uploaded in 2012 showcase journey fragments, connection to Van Beren in Fallout series noted.
Fallout series originally created by Black Isle Studios, handed over to Bethesda Softworks.
Obsidian Games develops Fallout New Vegas, ties to original Van Beren Fallout 3 code in Mojave Desert.
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Development and history of New Vegas feature elements from various games, including Van Buren, creating a unique mix of concepts and connections.
46:27Details such as items from Fallout 3 and DLCs, name changes due to censorship, and references to HP Lovecraft are integrated throughout the game.
The portrayal of Mr. House and the Lucky 38 in the game's story differs from their depiction in the intro video, suggesting alternate versions and scrapped ideas.
The mishmash of different game elements in New Vegas hints at a purgatory of influences and changes, showcasing a graveyard of creativity beyond the game's intended narrative.
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Exploration of cut content from a game during development and leaked design documents.
48:11Incomplete information and connections are examined, drawing parallels to the film Mad God.
Themes of post-World War philosophy, nihilism, despair, and questioning societal structures are discussed in the film.
Characters in the film search for solutions to the world's suffering, questioning the possibility of finding meaning in a chaotic world.
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The exploration of Gnosticism and the search for hidden truths in ancient texts and beliefs.
51:01Judas is presented as a misunderstood figure with a deeper interpretation of his role in religious history.
Judas as a sacrificial figure challenges traditional views and offers a provocative perspective on redemption and divine sacrifice.
Various literary works within the series enhance the exploration of dark metaphysical truths and the quest for enlightenment.
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The universe as a library filled with books containing every possible combination of letters, with most books being meaningless.
55:31People die trying in vain to find answers and are thrown into the void.
Philosophical movements and belief systems attempt to decipher the endless randomness.
The paintings of Bosch and Goya depict disturbing and cruel worlds, drawing viewers to the core theme of truth in chaos.
Goya's Black Paintings, created in private, remain a mystery, inviting viewers to uncover hidden meanings within the horrifying scenes.
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Series theme of bleak world filled with chaos and danger.
57:17Depiction of chaotic, obscure world lacking rhyme or reason.
Encourages contemplation on finding meaning in randomness.
Prompts reflection on humanity's drive to create and search for meaning.
Raises questions about the possibility of finding any meaning at all.
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Creator emphasizes importance of supporting niche interests and encourages viewers to check out a series and join the community.
01:00:28Behind-the-scenes content available on Patreon for a low cost and a song promoted on Spotify.
Creator expresses gratitude to viewers and hints at future content.
Video concludes with a teaser for upcoming content.
00:03in the southwestern most part of the map
00:05in Fallout New Vegas you'll find a
00:07location called the NCR Ranger Outpost
00:09Mojave or just the Mojave Outpost
00:12notable for the massive unification
00:14Monument which can be seen from vast
00:16distances throughout the game at the far
00:18end there is a gate beyond the Wasteland
00:21stretches for as far as the player can
00:23see this gate is locked behind a key
00:25that doesn't exist it functions as one
00:28of the borders of the game World a
00:30bogetic barrier keeping the player
00:31inside the confines of the game but it
00:34doesn't exist solely to keep the player
00:36in this gate is keeping something out
00:39something which the developers left to
00:40be forgotten something dangerous beyond
00:44the barriers they placed there are
00:46unanswered questions ghosts which refuse
00:48to be forgotten there's something hiding
00:51outside of bounds in Fallout New Vegas
00:55[Music]
01:04in theave Wasteland where the
01:07Geck there is a single signal that makes
01:10this place its home just out good
01:13Springs come all
01:15theone a bu trailer and they call it
01:19theone Wolf Radio
01:21[Music]
01:31now come on Bo I have to tell you
01:33something about that
01:35[Music]
01:41place Saturday November 25th 2023 Reddit
01:45user code name Rojo Vivo post to the R/C
01:49Creepy Gaming subreddit weird new
01:51Fallout New Vegas Channel that I found
01:53art project ARG mod side note if you're
01:56looking for a place to find some of
01:58these web series and get in on on the
02:00ground floor keep an eye on R/C Creepy
02:02Gaming they get posted there a lot the
02:04post links to a Channel with the name Dr
02:06Bosch created in May of 20122 the name
02:09is a reference to heronimus Bosch a
02:11painter from the early Renaissance and
02:12the profile picture meets us with the
02:14Eerie gaze of an NCR Ranger the
02:16description informs us that we will be
02:18looking at a collection of old vids
02:20taking a look at these old vids
02:22published to the channel we can see that
02:23they're all centered around gameplay of
02:25Fallout New Vegas as someone with a
02:27fairly limited experience with the
02:29Fallout Universe I'll also be referring
02:31to the comments of other viewers a few
02:33times throughout this video when they
02:34point out an interesting connection or
02:36detail so I'll be putting those on
02:38screen when I mention them without any
02:39more delay let's take a look at Dr
02:42Bosch's first video Fallout New Vegas
02:44outside the move Outpost the video
02:48starts at the Mojave Outpost text on the
02:51screen informs us that the player
02:52accidentally discovered that they can
02:54jump out of the outposts invisible
02:56barrier or lack thereof and into the
02:58Wasteland Beyond a place that should
03:01just be background decoration spanning
03:03for unknown miles after making it over
03:05and looking around a bit they decide to
03:07continue exploring and making updates on
03:09what they find looking to the
03:11description we can gather a little bit
03:12more context this video seems to have
03:15originally been made as evidence for a
03:16discussion taking place on an outside
03:18Forum with someone named Mark suggesting
03:20they record
03:23[Music]
03:25it interestingly enough over 10 years
03:28ago July 25th 2013 a YouTube channel by
03:31the name of Jacob Novak uploaded a video
03:33titled how to get through the gate at
03:35the Mojave Outpost in Fallout perhaps an
03:38inspiration for this series the video
03:40appears to be 100% genuine and though
03:43their Route Around the gate is different
03:45it ends up in the same place I went to
03:47check on it myself to see if it was real
03:49and yeah okay so we're going to want to
03:53go
03:56here okay let me see if I can remember
03:59how they did did this it's up this
04:04way up on
04:07here and
04:09then from
04:11[Music]
04:18here we go up around this way I
04:25believe it's up through this way maybe
04:29yes
04:30I believe I'm on the right track here we
04:34are
04:37officially out of
04:40bounds of the
04:42game you could just no clip through
04:47here uh but that's you know like that's
04:50cheating plus like I don't know if
04:51you're on Console if you could do that
04:53this is a there's something to this I
04:56think that makes it a little bit extra
04:58here we are outside of the bounds of the
05:00game it was almost a little bit Eerie
05:03finding myself in the same place as Dr
05:05Bosch knowing what they discover here
05:07only a few videos later though I found
05:10nothing more than empty desert
05:18myself I'm here in agaia Arizona that
05:21name will be familiar to you if you've
05:23listened to Marty Robins gunfighter
05:25ballad classic big
05:28Iron so Dr Bosch sets out into a newly
05:32unexplored environment outside of the
05:35bounds of the game outside of the scope
05:37of the developers the Journey Begins
05:39into a wasteland unknown
05:55[Music]
06:03[Music]
06:10though this video has a much longer
06:12title with a string of characters for
06:14the purposes of this video I'll just be
06:15calling it Mojave raw 1 the description
06:18of the video explains that this is raw
06:19unedited gameplay footage initially just
06:22passed around to friends and the Forum
06:24the player continues wandering through
06:25the outof bounds Wasteland as they pass
06:28the last few telephone poles and the
06:29last sights of The Outpost disappear the
06:32sound of crickets and the radio from
06:33their pit boy provide Ambience to an
06:35otherwise silent atmosphere as the last
06:38of the fractured Road gives way to the
06:39dusty terrain and the player moves
06:41further out of the map they catch a
06:43glimpse of something it appears to be
06:45some kind of radio equipment perhaps an
06:48antenna or receiver I'm not really sure
06:50I should again preface here that I'm not
06:52really a Fallout expert and I've never
06:54even finished New Vegas so pardon some
06:56of the blind spots if you can I've done
06:58my best further into the Wasteland as
07:00the Sun is setting the player spots a
07:02building and they make their way over on
07:04the way they find that they are
07:05officially out of the map's boundaries
07:07arriving at the small building they find
07:09it to be a dilapidated Shack with
07:11inconsistent Collision nearby there are
07:13more bits of ruined architecture the
07:15existence of these so far outside of the
07:18map is completely strange it suggests
07:20some kind of intentionality behind their
07:22placement despite being outside the
07:24scope of the game in one of the burnt
07:26out buildings the player finds a series
07:28of bottles cans and a plate laid out
07:30neatly on a slab of concrete and a
07:33mattress nearby like someone's been here
07:36this suspicion of occupation seems to be
07:38reinforced when they stumble across a
07:40makeshift fire P pit surrounded by
07:41benches empty whiskey bottles and a
07:43lunchbox as the player interacts with
07:45this lunch boox the game adds a quest M
07:48Johnson ver question marks ye e d g h c
07:54very strange the quest places a marker
07:56on their map displayed in the pit boy as
07:59m Johnson ver Quest 5 and with this new
08:02Target in mind the video
08:05ends the next video starts with the
08:08player flipping through the pit boy
08:09radio most of the stations Play Nothing
08:12some Amit static eventually they make
08:14their way back to the Mojave Outpost and
08:16try to clip back into the map presumably
08:18to make their way to the quest marker
08:20only to find that the barrier which had
08:22previously been absent allowing the
08:23player to get to this area in the first
08:25place has reappeared they can't get back
08:28in and can't even fast travel to other
08:30areas of the map in order to escape
08:32they're trapped in an endless expanse
08:35strangely they stumble across some items
08:37in the ruins just outside the Outpost
08:39which weren't there before more evidence
08:42to the idea that the player isn't
08:44entirely alone out here now stuck with
08:46no other options than to continue
08:48exploring the Wasteland a few bits of
08:50Ambience seem to spook
08:58them so they whip out the pit boy and
09:00try to put some music on still nothing I
09:04just think it's a great character moment
09:05trying to drown out the spooky ambient
09:10sounds still stuck out of bounds the
09:13player slowly attempts to make their way
09:14around to the quest marker As the Wind
09:17blusters Through the Wasteland they
09:18notice some small objects in the
09:20distance and as they approach their
09:22radio picks up a signal a station called
09:24UVB 68 emitting static pulsing sounds
09:28and difficult to turn
09:31[Applause]
09:55voices that name may sound familiar to
09:57you because it is very simil ilar to the
09:59real life shortwave broadcast UVB 76 aka
10:04the buzzer this shortwave station
10:06transmits a repeating buzzing sound all
10:08day every day occasionally interrupted
10:11by messages in Russian the exact purpose
10:13of this station is unclear the most
10:15theories Center on some kind of Russian
10:17military use this is very likely a
10:19direct reference being made here with
10:21the UVB 68 station and there are
10:24portions where you can even hear what
10:26sounds like the buzzer coming from the
10:27static of UV b68 even more interestingly
10:31other call signs have been transmitted
10:32from UVB 776 over the years one of which
10:35is y d g shch the string of characters
10:40we see at the end of The Player's
10:41mysterious M Johnson Quest it's as if
10:44this Quest is being directed by or
10:46correlated to this UVB 68 station while
10:50we're on the topic of the radio though I
10:52think it's probably relevant to bring up
10:54one of the more popular creepy pastas
10:56surrounding New Vegas the Lone Wolf
10:58Radio the Lone Wolf Radio is a location
11:01in the game a busted trailer filled with
11:03radio equipment graffiti on the trailer
11:05reads keep out everyone is gone I am all
11:08alone let it all end the creepy pasta
11:11goes that there was a cut quest line
11:13which involved the Lone Wolf who
11:15occupied the makeshift radio station
11:17broadcasting disturbing ramblings at 2:
11:19a.m. in game time and even sacrificing
11:22people on air the author of the creepy
11:25pasta gets the cut Quest working in
11:27their game and finds that the voice Act
11:29for these sections seems to include real
11:31sounds of murder and discover files
11:34within the game which show the victims
11:36all in all it's a pretty standard creepy
11:37pasta but its focus on Sinister radio
11:40frequencies feels significant to this
11:42series the player makes their way to
11:44those small objects and finds them to be
11:46a kind of field of more radio equipment
11:49of some kind actually I want to make a
11:51note of something here I don't have it
11:53written in the script because I wasn't
11:54sure the importance of it but the player
11:56ends up finding this smoking Barrel this
12:00uh trash can which seems like it's lit
12:02on fire they approach it and then it
12:05stops emitting smoke and I really wasn't
12:08sure what its importance was so I was
12:10going to skip over it initially but I
12:12was realizing while going back through
12:14this video is called signal and so the
12:17first part of the signal is this UVB
12:20station but it occurs to me that another
12:22signal this title could be referencing
12:24is this as a smoke signal that this is
12:27somehow directing the player on this
12:29path further continuing to wander the
12:31Wasteland and moving further toward
12:33their Quest marker they find a shack
12:35with a dead tree and a car outside
12:37entering the door to the shack they find
12:39themselves in a dark dilapidated wooden
12:42room the radio signal is
12:47lost the video ends
13:04inside the furnished Shack the player
13:07finds MREs books what looks to be
13:09surgical equipment and even a hunting
13:11shotgun in a bathtub which they can't
13:13pick up the inside of the bathroom
13:14appears to be flipped upside down tables
13:17and chairs a fixed to the ceiling in one
13:18of the most brilliant moments of the
13:20series so far the player picks up a
13:22physics object in the form of a
13:23children's play block a tool tip appears
13:26reading good now push Z to let go of the
13:29skull causing the player to drop the
13:31item in alarm after rooting through the
13:33shack and finding a finger they discover
13:35the items blackbox 1019 a.m. blackbox
13:391017 a.m. picture 10:15 a.m. and
13:43developed film after picking these items
13:45up a new point of interest is added to
13:47their quest with the title mjv code
13:50yourself smarter this name is a
13:52reference to a Quest from Van Beren the
13:54code name for black Isle Studios
13:56canceled version of Fallout 3 which
13:58inspired large part parts of Fallout New
14:00Vegas we'll be coming back to Van Beren
14:02but for now the quest it's referencing
14:03seems fairly innocuous if you had a low
14:06enough intelligence you could use a
14:07computer to fix a defect in your brain
14:10and increase your intelligence points
14:12after the player picks up a flare gun
14:13they find within the shack they look
14:15over the items they found blackbox 1019
14:18appears to be some set of blueprints or
14:20schematics 1017 is an audio recording
14:40as those in the comments have pointed
14:41out this is actually audio from the Gulf
14:43of cidra incident a territory dispute
14:46between Libya and the US in the Gulf of
14:48cidra which led to multiple air combat
14:50engagements between the US and Libyan
14:52pilots in 1981 and 1989 the audio we
14:55hear is the radio chatter between us
14:57pilots in 1989
14:59as far as I've been able to identify an
15:01interesting incident to reference but
15:03it's difficult to make heads or Tales of
15:04its importance Within These videos when
15:06the liban government claimed the Gulf of
15:08cidra they called this border the line
15:10of death and perhaps this reference is
15:13telling the player that they have
15:14crossed their own virtual line of death
15:17an ominous warning of the dangers
15:19therein 1015 shows some kind of
15:21landscape from somewhere up high and
15:23developed film appears to be an image of
15:25radio towers at top of mountain which
15:26appears to be Black Mountain in Nevada
15:29which also appears as a location in the
15:31game without much else to discover
15:32within the Eerie cabin the player leaves
15:35two different loading screens appear in
15:36Rapid succession and the video
15:41ends the player Roots around the
15:44exterior of the shack finding various
15:46Loot and an ear this whole place is
15:48littered with dismembered pieces out
15:51back UVB 68 picks up again and they find
15:54some computers the terminals are filled
15:56with mostly errors but one opens to text
15:59about firearm maintenance in the game
16:01from here the player spots a large radio
16:03tower and heads toward it as they
16:05approach more Towers load in massive and
16:07derel a site reminiscent of Black
16:10Mountain another makeshift Camp has been
16:12set up inside one of the buildings
16:13nearby they find a hunk simply called
16:16remains which has a file not found eror
16:19and eat it okay I guess I'm not one to
16:22judge then more radio equipment inside a
16:25nearby camper which I can't help but
16:27feel evokes the Lone Wolf Radio
16:29continuing to wander the mountains after
16:31finding an area of scorched and IR
16:32radiated Rock the player attempts to
16:34make their way up the mountain further
16:36toward the towers only to be met with
16:39invisible barriers trying to navigate
16:41around them they discover a massive sort
16:43of fence or wall made of concrete rebar
16:46and barbed wire finding a break in the
16:48wall on the other side there's yet more
16:51blustering Wasteland in this Valley of
16:53sorts the player finds yet more ruins
16:56which leads them to an area called
16:57canyon wreckage also a place that can be
17:00found in the actual surface area of the
17:01game interestingly enough actually
17:04pretty near the Lone Wolf Radio trailer
17:06it's like this is an area where the two
17:08worlds are overlapping but the player is
17:10still trapped in their side of the
17:15Wasteland in the wreckage of the canyon
17:18the player finds a hatch that leads to a
17:20bunker they enter and descend the stairs
17:22reaching a large door at the bottom
17:24which opens into a sort of storage or
17:26computer room there are these strange
17:28small hatch doors in the walls and a bed
17:30roll with the item description well
17:32preserved sleeping bag hasn't been used
17:35in a while the player interacts with one
17:36of the terminals and tries to open a
17:38series of menus all with the title null
17:41meaning whatever text is supposed to be
17:42there if anything at all is missing or
17:45empty however clicking on a few of these
17:47null menus does reveal some information
17:50mostly photos which have been cropped
17:51too much to really make anything useful
17:53of except for what may be part of the
17:55Lucky 38 Casino from the game with some
17:58kind of aircraft CFT Trails above it
17:59planes missiles another appears to be an
18:02email loading it into the console
18:04crashes everything I knew he'd pull
18:05something like this and subject truck
18:08you sure this is the right truck and
18:10another showcasing some kind of cargo
18:12manifest which eagley viewers have
18:14pointed out seems to be that of the
18:15Platinum chip at the center of Fallout
18:17new Vegas's Story the player then
18:19stumbles across a briefcase which acts
18:21as if it will count as being stolen if
18:23you take it naturally the player picks
18:25it up and tries to use it this activates
18:27a ticking noise in a danger indication
18:30as if it might explode but it
18:50doesn't instead they're rewarded with XP
18:53like they've completed some part of a
18:55quest strange heading out of the bunker
18:58and back into to the Wasteland they
18:59noticed something altogether odd fish
19:03swimming through the air it's one of the
19:05more surreal moments in these videos
19:07floating by slowly maneuvering through
19:09the air reality Works differently here
19:12just as the player is shaking off this
19:14peculiar sight they stumble across a
19:16massive pit within the mountains
19:18continuing the episode's theme of
19:20descents into the Earth it
19:23ends the description of this video
19:25informs us that this footage was sent in
19:27from someone else and alleges to contain
19:29gameplay showing a strange glow Beyond a
19:31mountain Dr Bosch admits they can't
19:33really see it themselves the player in
19:35this clip does seem to be looking at
19:37something but with the quality of the
19:38video it's hard for me to tell either
19:40even turning up the brightness and
19:42contrast doesn't reveal much though it's
19:44possible to maybe make out a faint red
19:46glow what this video does reveal however
19:49is the possibility of other people's
19:51experiences with strange happenings in
19:53Fallout New Vegas being possible topics
19:55for future uploads on the channel one
19:57other thing of note is that this ridg
19:59line does have specific importance in
20:01New Vegas this is where you can find a
20:03crash UFO in the game here however it's
20:06empty for now though we're back to Dr
20:08Bosch's
20:10Wasteland the player begins their
20:13descent into the inky darkness of the
20:15pit they discovered in ground the light
20:17of the flare gun does little to reveal
20:19what's at the bottom but eventually
20:20something does appear a light a radio or
20:24Black Box emitting static and a chess
20:26board on one side there's a place for a
20:28person to sit on the other a computer
20:31this feels as if it's evoking Maniac one
20:34the first computer to defeat a human
20:35opponent in a game of chess though
20:37technically a modified version of the
20:39game or perhaps Zach a type of computer
20:42intelligence in the Fallout games at one
20:44point the radio plays a series of Beeps
20:46in quick succession Morse code though
20:49it's difficult to make out using the
20:50spectrogram of the audio to transcribe
20:52it we can find the morse code reads this
20:55thing's Hollow it goes on forever and
20:58this is this is a quote from Arthur C
20:59Clark's novelization of 2001 A Space
21:02Odyssey spoken by David Bowman as he's
21:04entering the Stargate the full quote is
21:07the thing's Hollow it goes on forever
21:09and oh my God it's full of stars
21:12elsewhere in the massive darkness of
21:14this pit the player finds a door
21:16entering it they find themselves in a
21:18near pitch black cave system empty aside
21:21from a few drained whiskey bottles
21:23littering the floor
21:30Dr Bosch entering this system of caves
21:33marks a decided shift in the series a
21:36new chapter while the Wasteland isn't
21:39gone for good for now it's going to be
21:41replaced with these claustrophobic Halls
21:43of stone while there's no doubt there's
21:45an eeriness to the expansive Wasteland
21:48there's something different about a cave
21:52it's like there's nowhere to run that
21:54there could be anything in the dark and
21:56getting lost out in the open is one
21:58thing but getting lost in here is
22:01altogether more terrifying this isn't my
22:03first time in this cave uh the first
22:06time was for a video that hasn't
22:08finished yet and I'm feeling now what I
22:11felt then that sure the fear of getting
22:14stuck or lost or trapped or that there's
22:17something in the darkness is scary but
22:20the scariest feeling is the thought in
22:23the back of your head the call of the
22:26Cave the explicable feeling the calling
22:30to just keep going forward just around
22:33the next bent then the next until
22:36there's nowhere to go with that in mind
22:39let's head back to Dr Bosch what the
22:44hell my God the player picks up a knife
22:47from the ground and then proceeds to
22:49stumble upon some mine carts with a
22:50radio inside playing some barely
22:52intelligible sounds as they continue
22:54exploring they come across an alarming
22:56sight blood stains and massive Gibbs AKA
23:00pieces of game Gore that have been
23:02scaled up rib cages bloody chunks of
23:04meat the discoveries continue with
23:06makeshift encampments heads on spikes
23:08and a crib with a blue first place
23:11ribbon the ambience in the cave gives
23:13the impression they're not alone not to
23:15mention all the evidence of occupancy
23:17computer consoles more encampments water
23:19pumps massive face statues sticking
23:22through the stone finding a sheer pit
23:24further into darkness the player is
23:26faced with the option to exit to null
23:28deeper into the cave system where
23:30disturbingly they find a body which
23:32matches perfectly to the player it even
23:35has the name Honus B in its inventory
23:38there's a note titled instructions set
23:40it up you will know where unknown
23:43friends will come to you ominous nearby
23:46another pit invites the player to enter
23:48tunnel to null which leads them yet
23:50further into the cave this time
23:51appearing a little bit more like an
23:53organized M shaft wooden supports and
23:56metal gates a final Doorway to n brings
23:59them into a room the cave walls giving
24:02way to artificially lit wallpaper it's
24:05nondescript some raised platforms doors
24:08leading to bathrooms a counter of some
24:10kind it's unclear what this space is
24:12even for if anything at all lights with
24:15no Source illuminate the room it appears
24:17to be one of the test cells in New Vegas
24:19essentially Dev levels within the game's
24:21files through another doorway in this
24:23room the player finds themselves
24:25descending a staircase attempting to
24:27open the door at the Bott
24:29the video corrupts for a moment then
24:34ends at the beginning of this video it
24:36almost appears as if the game has spit
24:38the player back out after a brief glitch
24:41they find themselves back in a stairwell
24:43half their health missing and their
24:45items scattered with no way back up the
24:47door at the bottom opens into another
24:49room similar to the one from the
24:51previous video but brighter and more
24:53furnished like some kind of Unfinished
24:55dining hall restaurant or bar a mural of
24:58blacked out faces is painted and cracked
25:00on the wall next to the bar sitting at
25:02one of the tables they are met with a
25:04plate full of meat and acry nitrol and a
25:07book titled trimorphic proteno the book
25:10gives an error message in the pit boy
25:12but does increase the character's speech
25:13acry nital is a kind of chemical used in
25:16the creation of plastics known for
25:18having a garlic or onion smell to it and
25:20the book is the title of a gnostic text
25:23split into three descents in the voice
25:25of barbalo a deity which appears in many
25:27ancient Gnostic Christian works if
25:30you're not super familiar with
25:31gnosticism we'll talk about it later so
25:33don't worry the player continues to
25:35explore this strange underground
25:37structure entering into the blinding
25:39light behind one door it leads to yet
25:41more increasingly dilapidated rooms at
25:44the end the player can see some kind of
25:46skeletal figure but getting too close
25:48exposes the character to an immense
25:50amount of radiation so for now they back
25:52off in another room two symbols are
25:54found these belong to what are called
25:56the hobo signs language of symbols used
25:59to communicate information about
26:00noteworthy locations to other hobos
26:03whether these were actually ever
26:04commonly used among this population is
26:06debatable but these symbols do appear in
26:08new Vegas's game files and here they are
26:11on the wall to the best of my research
26:13this means something to the effect of
26:14hold your tongue nothing is here
26:17doubtful eventually the player makes
26:19their way into what seems to be the
26:21interior of a house the architecture is
26:24strange areas flipped upside down
26:26doorways blocked by radios the player
26:28opens a computer the terminal filled
26:30with more null tabs leading to what
26:32appears at first to just be gibberish
26:35then passages from Melville's Moby Dick
26:37and what appears to be exerpts from
26:39boris's three versions of Judas we'll
26:42definitely be coming back to the
26:43significance of these texts but for now
26:45I want to actually focus on this
26:47gibberish it's actually formatted in a
26:49very specific way a way that seems to
26:51replicate the website the library of
26:53Babel itself based on another short
26:55story by bores again we'll talk more in
26:58depth about it later but the concept is
27:00that of a near endless Library which
27:02contains books filled with what are
27:03believed to be every single combination
27:05of letters and punctuation possible
27:08though this means most of the volumes
27:09contain a meaningless mish mash of
27:12letters it also means that somewhere in
27:14there you can find every book ever
27:16written as well as every book ever
27:18written but off by one word or one
27:20letter it's a bit like the monkeys at a
27:22typewriter hypothetical the website
27:24Library of.in creates a virtual version
27:27of this Library and the text appears in
27:29a format very similar to that shown in
27:31these computers I think the idea here is
27:33that these exerpts from Melville or
27:35bores are a part of an endless Library
27:38like this with the chaos occasionally
27:39bubbling up with something intelligible
27:41or even previously written before being
27:44swallowed again into the jumble of the
27:45alphabet the choices of literature are
27:48important to the themes of the story but
27:49that reference to this infinite random
27:51library is the main takeaway I want to
27:54stick with here finally the last bit of
27:55text appears again to just be random
27:57letters but its formatting suggests that
27:59this may actually be an encoded message
28:02and it is using a rot 13 Cipher we can
28:04find that it's actually a passage from
28:06another Gnostic text yoo's the Blessed
28:09again we'll be coming back to all of
28:11these but this series is so dense with
28:12things like this it's best not to dwell
28:14on them until we've gone all the way
28:16through after exploring this strange
28:17house the player moves back to the
28:19lounge area and sits at the bar
28:35the player enters a door from the lounge
28:37leading to a series of pool and
28:39showering areas another leads to a
28:41heavily locked door they attempt to use
28:43a console command to unlock it causing a
28:45jolt and more Health to be taken
28:53away no cheats allowed here it seems
28:56checking the map it's been overlaid with
28:58this seven-pointed starlike flowery
29:01symbol a heptagram hellish colors
29:03surrounding it and more doors lead to
29:05yet more doors after walking through a
29:07catwalk in Pitch darkness and glimpsing
29:10some kind of perhaps radio tower in the
29:12dark the player finds a key in an
29:14industrial looking Zone and is now able
29:16to unlock the Fortified door inside
29:18things seem a bit worse for wear and
29:20further in we find a tunnel stretching
29:22out into some kind of underground sci-fi
29:25adjacent navigational area through a
29:27window series of nuclear missiles are
29:29stored beneath the Earth nearby oddly
29:32there's a door with one rad roach in a
29:34white void after being hit it falls in
29:36an endless
29:38loop the player then finds themselves in
29:40a series of hallways reminiscent of the
29:42Gamora hotel in the regular game this
29:44area seems to defy logic in similar ways
29:47to places we've seen before like upside
29:49down rooms the player takes a rest in
29:51one of the Beds which briefly gives us
29:53the in-game date of 12
29:569879 a clearly impossible possible date
29:58after briefly encountering a static
30:00emitting radio one of the doors opens by
30:03itself cautiously entering the player
30:05finds a bathtub full of dark liquid
30:07inviting them to once again enter null
30:10they're taken to a series of halls and
30:12rooms that feel reminiscent of a
30:14hospital or Asylum though most of the
30:16rooms are filled with bathroom stalls
30:17and red dice when the player finds a
30:20pool of red liquid in the corner of a
30:22dilapidated room they drink it they are
30:25definitely going to get some kind of
30:26disease peering into an inex accessible
30:28doorway the player finds cages and
30:30medical equipment cluttering the room
30:32with some kind of body laid out on a
30:34medical table as the player attempts to
30:36get a good look a sound catches their
30:37attention down the
30:42hall the sound of soft but quickly
30:45approaching footsteps frantically the
30:47player runs in the opposite direction as
30:48the footsteps continue gaining
30:56ground and the video
31:00the description of this video reads June
31:011st 2012
31:04185823 scraping the hard drive managed
31:06to salvage this judging by the date we
31:09get the idea that this footage is from
31:10over a decade ago it's unclear if all
31:13the footage we've seen so far is that
31:14old or if it's just this bit the
31:16description also seems to tell us that
31:18something has happened to Dr Bosch's
31:20hard drive and the fate of any further
31:22videos is at this point unclear the
31:24video itself appears to be the opening
31:26screens for Fallout New Vegas but
31:28there's a very important detail here the
31:30black Isle Studios and interplay logos
31:33black Isle Studios and publisher
31:34interplay were the team working on Van
31:36Beren that earlier attempt at Fallout 3
31:39which would Inspire parts of New Vegas
31:40that I mentioned earlier they did not
31:43however actually work on New Vegas it
31:45does still seem to end on the title
31:46screen for New Vegas so it's really
31:48unclear if this is supposed to be some
31:50alternate lost version of New Vegas
31:52created by black house Studios or a
31:54strange mishmash of the two games or an
31:57alternate un ierse either way it ends
31:59just as quickly as it
32:01began the description of this video
32:04confirms our suspicions on the fate of
32:06future video captures a vid or two left
32:08to salvage the rest are Beyond repair so
32:11something happened to Dr Bosch's
32:12computer which corrupted much of the
32:13footage that was recorded let's see
32:16what's left the player has made their
32:17way out of the hospital area where they
32:19were being chased and back to the hotel
32:21hallways things within this area
32:23continue to be reality bending with one
32:25room even featuring massive oversized
32:27furniture like everything has been
32:29scaled up while wandering the Halls the
32:31player continuously passes various
32:33paintings on the walls I've been able to
32:35identify most of them which appear in
32:37this video they all seem to be paintings
32:39from Francisco Goya specifically goya's
32:42black paintings a series of pieces Goya
32:44created seemingly without any intent on
32:46ever sharing with the public in the
32:48later part of his life the most famous
32:50of these probably being Saturn devouring
32:52his son though none of these pieces were
32:54ever given names by Goya himself the
32:56ones I've been able to identify this
32:58video specifically are a pilgrimage to
33:00the Fountain of San Isidro as Modia the
33:03dog and witch's Sabbath because of the
33:06private nature of these paintings there
33:07isn't much we know for sure about them
33:09other than that they seem to reflect
33:11goo's own bitter and pessimistic Outlook
33:13during this time due to his
33:14deteriorating health and the political
33:16and societal unrest at the time they all
33:18seem to portray moments of great Terror
33:20or misery I should also probably mention
33:23that I am not an art historian and this
33:25is all coming from very preliminary
33:27research on the topic my sources for
33:29which will be in a document below I do
33:31think it's important to note though
33:32because art and literature have
33:34continued to be important references
33:36throughout this series and these
33:37paintings will play a part in my larger
33:39analysis of the series later the picture
33:41frames around these Halls also contain a
33:43painting which I am unable to identify
33:45but appears to show a landscape at
33:47Sunset with a cross silhouetted against
33:49the Horizon and behind an inaccessible
33:51curtain there's another difficult to
33:53discern painting and a newspaper
33:54headline something about an
33:56investigation of some kind but it's
33:58really hard to make out from this
33:59distance we'll be coming back to this
34:01newspaper clipping but if any of you can
34:02identify the paintings I wasn't let me
34:04know in the comments eventually the
34:06player finds a large metallic door which
34:08leads to what appears to be some kind of
34:10medical area at the center of which is a
34:13large pod inside a skeletal corpse lies
34:15in a pile of its own viscera I believe
34:18this pod is a model used in the game as
34:20a virtual reality pod the player takes
34:22out the briefcase they collected all the
34:24way back in the video ground and tosses
34:26it at the Pod this gives us a message
34:28from the game the M Johnson Quest has
34:32been completed interesting I must share
34:34the sentiment with cometer Alexis
34:36electronic such an intuitive Quest that
34:38was without any more Direction the
34:40player finds themselves entering another
34:42doorway this time to an elevator in two
34:45n which leads them back into a Cave
34:47System this time filled with heavier
34:49vegetation here they find another body
34:51which looks eerily similar to them this
34:53time with just the name null then
34:56another body then an entire pile it's
35:00completely strange and unsettling are
35:02these threats aimed toward the player a
35:04glitch more evidence of some kind of
35:06crossed realities previous players who
35:09found themselves in the same position as
35:11Dr Bosch further into the cave they find
35:14one more doorway pure light radiating
35:16from it entering null yet
35:22again we've almost reached the end just
35:25two more videos for this video the
35:27description tells us that Dr BOS is
35:29still looking for more Clips the player
35:31finds themselves in a void full of
35:33floating platforms disconnected bits of
35:35rooms a skeleton stands on one nearby
35:38using an invisible walkway they make
35:40their way over to the skeleton which
35:41appears like a living NPC but doesn't
35:44talk hopping over to a glowing doorway
35:46the player enters another threshold
35:48through here they're back in the surface
35:50Wasteland surrounded by the dilapidated
35:52ruins nearby the radio towers from a few
35:54episodes ago it's dark almost too dark
35:57to see something not too distant bangs
35:59to the ground and kicks up dust
36:02terrifying Ambience begins then
36:04something bigger
36:24closer the terrified player finds an
36:26entrance to a just in time to
36:31escape here the player discovers the
36:34underground wreckage of a kind of
36:35Railway along with a bag of Gore and a
36:37skeleton in some kind of makeshift camp
36:39with a single shotgun taking this
36:41welcome new form of Defense the player
36:44exits through a gate into the wastes and
36:46finds themselves outside again at top a
36:48mountain in another small encampment
36:50here the player finds another corpse
36:52titled last men from which they take a
36:54revolver and though they seem to have
36:56escaped whatever Danger they had
36:57encountered by the radio towers the
36:59wastes would not leave the player in
37:01safety for too
37:13[Music]
37:21long taking into account the description
37:24of this video and the opening few
37:26seconds featuring a cloudy red sky and a
37:28high-pitched buzzing it seems pretty
37:30clear that while partially recovered
37:32this video file is still pretty
37:33corrupted the player is surrounded Again
37:35by radio towers and Mountain walls
37:38scattered lanterns barely function to
37:40light up anything a howling wind whips
37:42through the canyon cutting through the
37:44corruption the player is now inside the
37:46ruins of some kind of dilapidated
37:47skyscraper throughout this video we keep
37:50cutting between the interior and
37:51exterior of what appears to be a ruined
37:54City sagging highrises and crumbling
37:56concrete as they continue to explore a
37:59garbled radio plays it's hard to
38:01distinguish exactly what is being said
38:03as it seems to switch between multiple
38:05channels but I've done my best to
38:07subtitle what I can make
38:09out I guess I must seem very very cold
38:15blooded about this but I don't recall
38:18ever having been very
38:21much
38:24pried
38:26installation all its purpose is to
38:28promote interest and to provide training
38:32in military communication procedures
38:37and regardless of who uh is the sponsor
38:43I don't think anybody working in that
38:45time and the remot never thought that it
38:47would blow up into the kind of thing
38:48that it
38:50did Senator booster has sponsored and
38:54pushed this
38:56investigation if the Senator will stop
38:59evading the question I have asked him
39:03some kind of Investigation presumably
39:06high stakes involving the military and
39:08high-ranking government officials at
39:09this point I'm not entirely sure what
39:11the origins of these audio clips are but
39:13it feels linked if only thematically to
39:15the newspaper article scene in pod as
39:18the video continues cutting rapidly due
39:20to the files corruption we see a brief
39:22moment where the player seems to be
39:23hiding from something unseen the game
39:26ominously warning C at the top of the
39:28screen we haven't really seen anything
39:30too explicit as of yet but it seems
39:32pretty clear at this point from the
39:33footsteps to the Monstrous screeching to
39:35now this that there's something in the
39:38Wasteland pursuing our player inside one
39:40of these apocalyptic buildings the
39:42player wanders seemingly on edge as they
39:45explore their map is tinted a deep red
39:48picking up a stray key they come across
39:50yet more paintings one is a portion of
39:52the Bosch painting Garden of Earthly
39:54Delights specifically a portion of the
39:56work depicting hell which appears eerily
39:58similar to the environment which the
40:00player is currently inhabiting another
40:02painting they discover is the Son of Man
40:04by Renee mcre I'll come back to the
40:06painting analysis later interestingly we
40:09also get a closer look at the under
40:11investigation newspaper the full
40:13headline reads house under investigation
40:15Rob CO's future uncertain this is a
40:18reference to the character of Mr House
40:20the founder of Robotics Mega Corp robco
40:23in the Fallout universe and an important
40:25character to the plot of Fallout New
40:26Vegas on this page there's also a
40:28reference to strange lights over parump
40:31a real place in Nevada but one that
40:33doesn't really appear in New Vegas aside
40:35from a reference in unused graffiti it
40:37feels like it's alluding to UFOs but
40:40also perhaps the weird glow video from
40:42earlier though there's a lot to chew on
40:44the video doesn't end on such a relaxed
40:46note another cut shoves us into more
40:48dark ruins this time Ablaze as
40:51horrifying Ambience plays suddenly
40:53something jumps from the darkness the
40:55player fires and the video ends and
40:58that's the latest video on the channel
41:00as of now there is one more secret this
41:02video has to offer though running the
41:04audio of the episode through spectrogram
41:06analysis we can find that some of the
41:08glitched audio actually creates some
41:10images the first just being some kind of
41:13cute smiley face design and the second
41:15being what appears to be Mr House
41:18stepping down from an airplane as far as
41:20I've been able to find these are the
41:21only spectrogram images in the series so
41:23far but as more videos come out it's
41:26worth to keep in mind for the future as
41:28of now though that's the end
41:39[Music]
41:44[Music]
41:52[Music]
41:59the mysteries of the Wasteland only seem
42:01farther Out Of Reach but we've been
42:03given an awful lot to chew on the only
42:05thing left to do is to try and tie these
42:07threads together and see what we come up
42:09with on the other side but truly
42:11understanding the complex web of
42:13information we've been given is a
42:14journey all of its own so let's start
42:17trekking this series is dense I try not
42:19to overexplained in these breakdowns but
42:22with Dr Bosch it's like something new
42:24every minute to give ourselves an easier
42:26time with our analysis let's start
42:28simple the player who we can safely
42:30assume is Dr Bosch discovers that the
42:33invisible barrier keeping them from
42:34Crossing out to the other side of the
42:36Mojave Outpost is gone and they can
42:38simply jump over sharing this discovery
42:40on some kind of outside Forum someone
42:42named Mark suggests that they record it
42:44and show their fellow users from here
42:46the Forum discussions presumably
42:48continue as the player records more and
42:50explores further after being unable to
42:53re-enter into the surface world of the
42:54game there's nothing else to do but
42:56continue wandering ing Out of Bounds at
42:58some point I would wager due to
43:00something they ran into in the game
43:02their hard drive is corrupted and leaves
43:04the player with only pieces of their
43:06documented Journey the description of
43:07the channel calls these uploads old vids
43:10and considering the movie maker Vibe of
43:11the first one and the date given to the
43:13recovered intro recording as 2012 it's
43:16possible these are all from that same
43:18period though none of this is confirmed
43:20and the reason these are being uploaded
43:21or perhaps re-uploaded now is anyone's
43:24guess so that's what's happening outside
43:27the world of the game itself what about
43:29inside Dr Bosch's unusual copy of
43:31Fallout New Vegas it gets weird in ways
43:34I haven't even mentioned yet subtle
43:36details that you may gloss over on a
43:38first watch many things that I missed
43:40which were brought to my attention via
43:41reading the comments the element
43:43probably most obvious is the connection
43:45this series makes to Van Beren the first
43:48two entries in the Fallout series were
43:49created by black Isle Studios and
43:51interplay Productions and work
43:53eventually began on a Fallout 3 code
43:55named Van Beren this game much like New
43:57Vegas would take place in the Mojave
43:59Desert but the majority of its story and
44:01characters were completely different
44:03eventually though black Isle Studios
44:04would shut down and the Fallout series
44:06would instead be handed to Bethesda
44:08softworks who created an entirely new
44:10Fallout 3 Bethesda would then publish
44:12Fallout New Vegas developed by obsidian
44:14games New Vegas would end up
44:16incorporating elements from Vann
44:18including the main setting of the Mojave
44:20this history is important because
44:22there's a special connection there
44:23between venan and New Vegas but New
44:25Vegas was not developed by black Isle or
44:28interplay which makes it all the
44:29stranger that in that intro video we see
44:32the splash screens for black Isle and
44:34interplay the title doesn't even say
44:36Fallout 3 it still says New Vegas and
44:39the game we see is very much the
44:41Bethesda style RPG not the isometric
44:43turn-based game that was planned for
44:45vanen so what does this mean well along
44:48with other inconsistencies we'll begin
44:50to see it almost feels like we're
44:52peaking into an alternate universe where
44:54black Isle did develop the third Fallout
44:56game and both Fallout 3 and New Vegas
44:59have been combined for more vanan
45:02connections we have the direct name drop
45:05of the code yourself smarter Quest from
45:06Van Beren and the quest name m Johnson
45:09President Martin Van Bern from which the
45:11project derived its code name served
45:13with vice president Richard M Johnson
45:16and then there's the items tons of items
45:18show up in this playthrough that
45:20shouldn't be here weapons and text from
45:23Fallout 3 or DLCs at one point the
45:25player finds a syringe Ty morphine this
45:28was the original name but the actual
45:30name of this item in game is med X the
45:32name was changed due to censorship so
45:35why is it here little details like this
45:37are scattered throughout the world which
45:39seem to combine other games in the
45:40series or games that never shipped all
45:42together then there's the little things
45:44which can be extrapolated into even
45:46stranger connections like the statue
45:48heads found in the caves which have been
45:50connected to the dunwick mystery in
45:52Fallout 3 and 4 which directly
45:54references HP Lovecraft and some kind of
45:56secret of cosmic entity and what about
45:58all this stuff surrounding Mr house he
46:00shows up in newspaper clippings and
46:02spectrograms and his Lucky 38 hotel and
46:04casino appears in a photo with what may
46:06be missile streaking across the sky
46:09above it and in even stranger detail is
46:11where the Lucky 38 doesn't appear though
46:13the quality makes it difficult to
46:15discern the splash screen for New Vegas
46:17in the intro video appears to be missing
46:19something crucial the one we actually
46:21see in the game includes the Vegas
46:23Skyline in the background very
46:25prominently featuring The Lucky 30 38 in
46:27intro it's missing so what happened to
46:30Mr House in the Lucky 38 in the story of
46:33the real game Mr house is an incredibly
46:35successful Mega Corp owner who protects
46:37Vegas from the destruction of the Great
46:38War allowing the strip as well as
46:40himself and the Lucky 38 to survive with
46:43the imagery of the missiles overhead the
46:44newspaper declaring him under
46:46investigation and his fate uncertain and
46:48the missing Lucky 38 it's almost like in
46:50this alternate version of the game The
46:52Lucky 38 didn't survive the war but what
46:55does that actually even mean for the
46:57series what is this mish mash of
46:59different games Concepts and changes the
47:01other possibility I see these details
47:03spelling out is a little less
47:05straightforward that this is a regular
47:07copy of New Vegas but outside the bounds
47:09of the game is almost a Purgatory of
47:12sorts a Purgatory for the game the
47:16influences the changes the origins what
47:18could have been where scrapped Concepts
47:21and unimplemented ideas rot outside the
47:23confines of the neatly packaged world
47:25the developers meant for us to see more
47:27than a concrete place a graveyard of
47:30creativity given a physical space as the
47:32player explores in a way like the Lone
47:34Wolf Radio Creepy Pasta an exploration
47:36of the darker side of content which is
47:38cut from the game during development the
47:40reason we know so much about venen is
47:42because eventually the design documents
47:44for the game were leaked giving the
47:46community a huge amount of details about
47:48this game that never was the story
47:51characters gameplay environments though
47:53many of these documents were unfinished
47:54or placeholders in some some ways the
47:57series almost feels like sifting through
47:59the documents themselves disperate
48:01pieces of information some familiar and
48:03some new trying in vain to Cobble
48:06together a clearer picture of what the
48:07game was actually going to be it's a
48:09search for answers in incomplete
48:11information and this I think is The Core
48:14theme of the series and it's only one of
48:16many connections this series makes which
48:18explores it and as I go through more of
48:20them you'll start to see just how strong
48:22this theme is throughout to start one
48:25commenter points out another connection
48:27which might finally help us understand
48:29the Strange World our player resides in
48:32Mad God is a film by effects artist Phil
48:34tippet it combines stop motion
48:36liveaction puppetry and computer effects
48:38into an incredible hellish journey and
48:41there are some similarities here that
48:43feel too coincidental the story follows
48:46a character known as the Assassin
48:48dressed in similar Garb to our player
48:50descending into an Ever devolving pit of
48:53brutal and horrific worlds transporting
48:55a ticking briefcase of explosives the
48:57Assassin Witnesses constant Horrors
48:59Beyond Comprehension seems fairly
49:01similar right there are even more
49:03connections to be made as well we find
49:05out later that the Assassin is just one
49:07of many near identical figures sent on
49:09the same Mission calling to mind the
49:11identical bodies we see in Dr Bosch the
49:14film deals heavily with the imagery and
49:16aftermath of nuclear war and even
49:18includes a character referred to as the
49:19last man which we also see in Dr Bosch
49:22both likely references to nich's last
49:25man concept the archetypal passive
49:27nihilist and antithesis of the Uber
49:29mench now I don't think the Dr Bosch
49:31videos are a direct adaptation of Phil
49:33tippit's film but I think it's very
49:35likely that some of these references and
49:37Inspirations are deliberate and
49:39understanding mad God's themes may help
49:41us understand some of the themes present
49:43in Dr Bosch Mad God seems to deal a lot
49:46with post World War I and 2 philosophy
49:48the nihilism and despair that came from
49:50grappling with the horrors of global
49:51Warfare in the 20th century and the
49:54existential threat that nuclear weapons
49:55introduced into the world world and the
49:57questioning of the social and power
49:59structures previously taken for granted
50:01throughout the film characters all seem
50:03to be motivated with finding a solution
50:05to the endless chaotic cruelty the world
50:07of the movie is filled with for some
50:09that's simply destroying it believing
50:11there is no solution other than ending
50:13the meaningless suffering for good for
50:15others it's trying to rebirth a new
50:17universe in the hopes that the
50:18opportunity will bring a better life for
50:20those after the question at the core of
50:22these characters Minds is whether it's
50:24possible to find meaning in the universe
50:26or if it's all senseless random cruelty
50:29and it's this focus on finding answers
50:31in a callous World filled with
50:33nihilistic cruelty and passivity to that
50:35cruelty which I think holds the most
50:37relevance to Dr Bosch the wasteland out
50:39of bounds is filled with danger and
50:41terrifying imagery many times calling
50:43direct parallels to the hellish worlds
50:45of Mad God and just as terrifying as it
50:48is it at times can also feel senseless
50:50and confusing it asks us to decode
50:52messages and try to unravel its
50:54Mysteries but are there any answers to
50:56be found this theme is further explored
50:59with Dr Bosch's many literary and
51:01religious inclusions I talked before
51:03about the multiple Gnostic texts which
51:06appear throughout the series so what is
51:08gnosticism well I am again not an expert
51:10in ancient heretical Christian history
51:12but a simple way to put it is a set of
51:15religious and philosophical ideas which
51:17emerged in certain Jewish and early
51:18Christian sects in the first and second
51:20century thanks Wikipedia it's a very
51:23esoteric and spiritual school of thought
51:25believing the material world to be
51:27inherently corrupt and abhorent created
51:29by a malevolent Lesser God while a
51:31higher perfect God and spiritual plain
51:33exists outside the material world and
51:35only by shedding the material world can
51:37a soul be saved something the Gnostic
51:39beliefs and writing seem very focused on
51:42is the search or uncovering of secret
51:44truths or knowledge finding
51:46Enlightenment and spiritual Insight via
51:48uncovering hidden wisdom it seems like
51:51no accident to me that the series seems
51:53invested in bringing these writings up
51:55again and again especially writings like
51:57trimorphic proteno a cosmological text
52:00coming from the voice of barbalo the
52:02first emanation of God sharing with us
52:04truths of creation of the universe it's
52:07this search for a larger answer a truth
52:09in the corrupt world and the series
52:11continues this exploration of finding
52:13spiritual truth with its inclusion of
52:15boris's three versions of Judas this
52:18story follows a man who presents his own
52:20hypothesis on the nature of Judas in the
52:22Bible that without Judas Jesus would not
52:24have been led to his death to the
52:26Redemption of humanity his beliefs
52:28evolve until he's convinced that
52:29ultimately it was not Jesus who made the
52:31ultimate human sacrifice for mankind but
52:33was instead Judas remembered as the
52:36ultimate traitor and turning away his
52:37own salvation he was damned so that the
52:40rest of humanity could be redeemed to
52:42limit all that happened to the agony of
52:44one afternoon on the cross would be
52:46Blasphemous and he goes on to say that
52:48Judas was the true human incarnation of
52:51God God became a man completely a man to
52:54the point of infamy a man to the point
52:56of being being reprehensible all the way
52:58to the abyss in order to save us he
53:00could have chosen any of the Destinies
53:02which together weave the uncertain web
53:04of History he chose an Infamous Destiny
53:07he was Judas this discovery drives the
53:10character mad believing this knowledge
53:12to be something intended by God to
53:13remain secret and that by revealing it
53:16he had committed a grand blasphemy it
53:18calls to mind Gnostic texts like the
53:20Gospel of Judas which claims that Judas
53:22was the only one who truly understood
53:25Jesus's message while the other
53:26disciples foolishly worshiped the Lesser
53:28malevolent God who created the world
53:30which I mentioned earlier so more
53:32stories included in the series which
53:34contend with the uncovering of a hidden
53:36truth an especially dark and
53:37metaphysical one at that and it's not
53:39even the only work of bores that does
53:41this that is referenced in the series
53:43hell that's even in this collection of
53:46stories two other literary Works found
53:48within the series seem to exemplify this
53:50theme even more precisely for one Moby
53:53Dick which feels like a self-evident
53:55inclusion in a story about a perhaps
53:57doomed search for truth in chaos but
53:59boris's other work being referenced the
54:01library of Babel seems to be a perfect
54:04Showcase in the story the universe is a
54:07library filled with books which contain
54:09every possible combination of letters
54:11which could be held within one a near
54:13infinite Archive of all knowledge for
54:15the most part though the books are
54:16meaningless random assortments of
54:19letters which are in no way discernable
54:21one could spend their entire life in the
54:23Library without ever finding a coherent
54:25sentence and many do and when the people
54:27who inhabit this universe die they are
54:29lifted over the railings of the
54:30staircase of the incomprehensibly
54:32Towering library and thrown into the
54:34void falling for what may be an eternity
54:37in life they try in vain to find the
54:39answers to Life's most important
54:41questions prophecies which tell the
54:43entire future the solutions to the most
54:46difficult philosophical problems for all
54:48these exist within the library but so do
54:50false prophecies or Works which end just
54:53before the answer and the likelihood of
54:55anyone ever finding even one coherent
54:57manuscript is near zero centuries of
55:00librarians try to find meaning in the
55:02expanse of Randomness or even just the
55:04path to find meaning we hear of
55:06philosophical movements coming and going
55:08belief systems exerting power and
55:10eventually falling all motivated to find
55:13the answers to their world in the pages
55:15of these near endless books obviously
55:17the universe of this Library can be read
55:19as a mirror of our own but as it relates
55:21to Dr Bosch it seems almost too perfect
55:24of an encapsulation of our theme the
55:26search for truth in chaos but what about
55:28the paintings heronimus Bosch goya's
55:31black paintings Renee mcgree here I
55:33think the theme is Advanced twofold on
55:36the one hand they continue this idea of
55:37a disturbing and cruel world Bosch's
55:40depictions of religious imagery are
55:41especially noteworthy for their
55:43disturbing and horrific portrayals
55:45particularly of Hell goya's Black
55:47paintings are similar though in a
55:49decidedly less Fantastical fashion these
55:51paintings influenced by his Bleak
55:53Outlook and the personal suffering he
55:55experienced at this point in his life
55:56portray moments of great Terror misery
55:59and cruelty they paint the most haunting
56:01parts of the human experience but it's
56:03not only that their inclusion in my view
56:06is once again being used to draw us to
56:08this Core theme Goya created these
56:10paintings in the privacy of his home on
56:12the walls themselves he never gave them
56:14titles at least not that we know of he
56:16never discussed their meaning they were
56:18private not created with the intention
56:20of being seen by the outside world this
56:22has left an enduring mystery to these
56:24paintings no doubt ENC Ed by their
56:27Darkness their maab nature in their own
56:30way the paintings have become a search
56:32for answers within a horrifying world
56:34where viewers peer into the haunting
56:36scenes which Goya painted and try to
56:38unearth the meanings behind them some
56:40insight into goya's mind or the world in
56:42which he lived as for the son of man
56:45I'll leave this quote from mcgr himself
56:47on the painting everything we see hides
56:49another thing we always want to see what
56:51is hidden by what we see there is an
56:54interest in that which is hidden and
56:55which the visible does not show us this
56:58interest can take the form of a quite
57:00intense feeling a sort of conflict one
57:02might say between the visible that is
57:04hidden and the visible that is present I
57:07think the literary Works paintings and
57:09films which are referenced in this
57:11series are very intentional and serve to
57:13reinforce both the central theme of the
57:15series and the world in which it takes
57:17place the Wasteland we see in Dr Bosch's
57:19videos portrays a bleak World riddled
57:22with corpses body parts chaos and danger
57:25ruminating in the cancer game which
57:26inspired it left unfinished and
57:28discarded only to be picked apart for
57:30scraps it's hellish in the most
57:32traditional sense a combination of
57:34herous Bosch's Fantastical hellscapes
57:37and the post-war industrial nightmare of
57:39Mad God but in all the ways this world
57:42is horrific and dangerous it is also
57:44chaotic and obscure very rarely does
57:47there seem to be a Rhyme or Reason to
57:49the events that take place the quests
57:51are the impossible rooms and things are
57:53clearly broken defective are missing
57:55menus glitches corrupted data it can
57:57feel random and senseless but in the end
58:00the player can't help but continue
58:01exploring it's the only World they have
58:03left to explore and as the audience we
58:05can't help but continue to watch at
58:07times it feels like there's some
58:09intention in the chaos some method to
58:11the madness maybe some unseen entity
58:14guiding us or some source to everything
58:16that's here but sometimes not and the
58:18question Dr Bosch seems to ask us as all
58:21of the references it includes did before
58:23it is this in a world which is r random
58:26chaotic even cruel seemingly meaningless
58:29can you find meaning is the search for
58:31truth or answers inherently doomed are
58:34we destined to go down with the ship
58:36fall into madness or an endless void in
58:38our quest to find intentionality or
58:40purpose in Randomness this question
58:43could of course be applied to a lot of
58:45the relevant Concepts which surround
58:46this series reading too deeply into an
58:48artist life through their art something
58:50we do see at times in the web series
58:52Community or perhaps intense interest in
58:54putting together the remains of a game
58:56which has long been dead or the enduring
58:59mystery of a cryptic Russian radio
59:01broadcast which remains unsolved but I
59:04would not limit these themes to just a
59:05few applications these questions have
59:08been ruminated on since time in Memorial
59:10and exist at the very core of Humanity's
59:12drive to continue creating in the face
59:14of the universe if you'll allow me to be
59:17a little dramatic and I think what is so
59:19intriguing about Dr Bosch is it's not
59:21just about finding the answers to the
59:22mysteries in the game Dr Bosch's videos
59:25ask us to think about the search itself
59:27what the drive to find meaning says
59:29about ourselves and ask us the question
59:32whether any meaning can be found at
59:36all I want to end this video with a sort
59:39of call to action as it pertains to this
59:41series I am not an expert in any of the
59:44things I've discussed here I hope that I
59:45haven't messed up anything too badly but
59:48I am not an art historian literary
59:50Professor philosophy major or even a
59:52super hardcore Fallout player I am sure
59:54that there is a lot of stuff in the
59:56series which I missed or connections
59:58still to be made and as far as I can
59:59tell it's still in the works more
01:00:01entries are yet to come and in fact
01:00:03there is a new video that was released
01:00:06literally hours after I finished this
01:00:09video so you have something new to go
01:00:11watch right now and I think this is the
01:00:13perfect time for everyone out there who
01:00:15may be in the comments ready to correct
01:00:16a mistake I've made because this is
01:00:18exactly your type of thing the type of
01:00:20thing you know all about or are great at
01:00:22solving to go check out the series for
01:00:24yourself and join the erosion in
01:00:26community over there unraveling its
01:00:28Mysteries really I wanted to make this
01:00:30video to get more eyes on it because it
01:00:33may not be my area of expertise but I
01:00:35know there are people out there for whom
01:00:37this is exactly what they've been
01:00:38looking for thank you all for watching
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