This type of liminal space is meaningless to a 3 month old, it would probably deduce that there are different colors, also I have the sudden urge to drive scissors into my eyes
I don't know what you're talking about. I beat Herculad™: A Worm's Odyssey™ on "kiss your ass goodbye" mode when I was just a little lad. Zach has never spread a single piece of misinformation, and if you think he has, you're probably from the universe where those dastardly berenstian bears live.
Niall doing two voice lines, Chris acting like he messed it up, and Zach just coming out with "I've known a lot of people in my life and you're a scumbag" really got me
This is honestly one of my favorite kind of oneyplays moments when there is not a lot going on in game so they have to just think of shit to say and it always ends up being hilarious to me no matter how stupid
@@xSmuggen Mang, you tryna put smoke in m' brain, mang. I dunnow what to even THINK no more, mang! GET OUTTA ME HEAD! GET OUTTA ME HEAD! GET OUTTA ME HEAD! GET OUTTA ME HEAD!
Its most likely bc liminal spaces are themselves underwhelming so people keep try to make them interesting by adding lore. I'll take surrealist landscapes over liminal spaces any day of the week
@@pyrotechnick420a liminal space is like those dreams where things are somewhat different from real life and you never notice how different it was until you woke up. It is about the vibe of the space and most people who still like liminal spaces don’t even understand that completely.
22:26 I feel like liminal spaces are nostalgic in a way because its like places you've been to as a child but cant really process or remember it, its just places your brain has logged and pieces them back together in these liminal photos and brings back that feeling of being completely unaware of your surroundings while still processing it
instantly took everything unique from it. whether it was familiar nolstagia or unexplained wonder, turning it into a horror chase maze game immediately lessens it.
Silent Hill nailed liminal space horror. The problem with the backroom monster stuff for me is that it takes the focus away from the environment and atmosphere.
Nah, it’s lame that the hordes of 11 year olds that ruined SCPs with all of their OC Donut Steel monsters did the exact same thing with the liminal spaces
21:37 I really enjoy listening to Chris and Zach give their more serious thoughts on something. I felt we got a lot of that in the Sonic Heroes playthrough and Sleepycabin. Also really enjoying the Niall content, I think he's swell :)
I think liminal spaces are appealing because it's a concept that could've existed before, the idea of exploring weird but familiar spaces from our dreams. But the meme itself can be limited because of the fact that it includes photos of real places, when in reality a dream can be so much more. So you could always have dreams of really unique or weird places but trying to visualize or portray them takes effort and you may never replicate how it looked or felt exactly.
Chris has been bullying Niall NON-STOP and there needs to be a put an end. There's some real tension going on between the boys and we need to do something about it my Oneyplayers.
I just read that there are no monsters in this game (official Steam page) and I have a hard time believing that any human being would be scared playing this.
it's debatable if it makes for an exciting game or an interesting watch, but for what its worth, thats not what the liminal space genre is about. this pairs well with the oney podcast though.
The old Asian guy farting would lose, as the fat guy is used to smelling his own stench all day so the farts would have no affect. It would still be close though.
When I was a teenager, when camera phones was more a common thing for people. My friends uncle got one.. well, he thought it was funny to send pictures of his poops to people. Nobody was safe...
The Oneyboys would probably get a kick out of the St. Louis City Museum. Not so much Liminal, but it is a neat place where you can find all kinds of little connecting pathways and crawl spaces and such.
I make my kids watch Oneyplays, and I slap them hard if they don't pay attention to Zach's hypotheticals and come up with good answers because you never know when they might find themselves in those situations as the grow up.
It’s great, definitely better that his back rooms series IMO. I like both but I like the mystery of whatever the fuck is wrong with the valleyview mall so much better than the off-brand SCP stuff
He's also one of the few people to put a monster in his series and the monster is actually really cool and interesting. It's not a big angry mannequin guy who screams and runs at you.
I once took a trip to Illinois and stopped by at a pool. When I was about to get in, a man with a gold chain that had some emeralds on it asked me if I wanted to see something. Being a curious lad I followed. He said his name was Tomar and he took me into the back room. He took a barrel of hydrofluoric acid and dumped it into the pool chlorine tank. He said that was all and left. I decided not to go into the pool. Due to that fact I became a survivor of the 1983 acid pool incident. I never spoke of this event again, but I will never forget that fateful day with Tomar at the pool.
23:58 They're actually trying! The building's roof is rotted but if they can raise funds to replace it they're going to have "Backrooms Days" where they'll put up temporary walls where the photo was taken so you can come in for a photo op at the real backrooms.
23:48 The original backrooms building is actually in danger of being demolished. There's a gofundme up right so they can try and raise money for repairs with a ton of pictures of the building, but they talk about wanting to start doing an event called backrooms day where you can come visit the "original backrooms" with temporary carpet and wallpaper - if they end up not having to demolish it. It's called hobbytown in Oshkosh WI.
Yeah the first concept of the backrooms where you can literally fall into randomly at anytime and any place and never escape and there’s monster lurking somewhere is horrifying. But then it became something where scientists can just go into and people lived there made it so boring.
The monster thing wasn't a part of the original concept though either and also makes it boring, even the way you describe it makes it clear that "and there's a scary monster" was so obviously tacked on. The concept for the backrooms was floating around on 4chan between /b/ and /x/ for at least a few years before the version from 2019 that added monsters went viral.
I've been to that hotel courtyard liminal space. It's in a Holiday inn at Heathrow Airport. Its actually a very cool hotel and just below the glass railing in the image is a like a really vibrant bar. It kinda ruins the image for me now
16:58 wasn't expecting Tomar to bust out with his own rendition of the theme song of hit X TV show The New Norm, but it's not that surprising considering how he sponsors the show with the billions of dollars made from his smokestacks
i find it interesting that chris and zach's idea of a generic video game protagonist's voice is closer to the kamala khan or the lady from forspoken while niall's impression is closer to a resident evil character, shows how he's not as brainrotten as the rest of them
The backrooms fear on my end also comes from this idea that you shouldnt be there. The time period in which something like that shouldve existed has passed a long time ago and going back doesnt feel right.
I grew up in a liminal space on the outskirts of town at a beach. There used to be old school for the worst kids and a shop. By the time I was born 1991 The school was burnt down and the shop got robbed so many times they sold and moved on …when were were like 9-10 we walked across the coast to visit another beach town to get a feed and play at a long forgotten arcade room full of arcade machines that ran on free play.
At 24:20 when Zach is talking about making a backrooms attraction; itd be cool to have several rooms each that are a type of popular liminal space. And then you can have some kind of abrupt change to bring you to a different part of the building (a slide, elevator, ladder etc) then proceed with a different “level”. It could be regular backrooms, a school, a hotel, a mall and then maybe a short changing area for a poolroom before leaving
Fake news ✅ Ridiculous hypothetical ✅ Simpsons and Family Guy impressions ✅ Obscure media reference ✅ Zach goes to the bathroom ✅ Yep, OneyPlays is back 😎
Other people have mentioned it, but I am also so glad to hear their comments on the liminal space thing. The backrooms is scary because it's threatening but familiar, and it just feels like being in an incorrect, dangerous reality. Adding a ton of monsters and stories is not scary. Even that image of the hotel courtyard with the ceiling is scary because it feels like you are trapped somewhere you agent supposed to be. Not because of a specific monster.
The sparkling is Lumen's screenspace Surfel GI caching slowly catching up. That's why it happens at the edges of objects, that surface wasn't onscreen before.
the warehouse idea has already been done. The winchester mansion i think is a house that was built to make as little sense as possible to "confuse ghosts" or something. Thats actually real, I read it in a book some time ago
Showing my 3 months old son this video so he is aware of what could happen in life, this could be a true story someday.
Especially the part with the 400 pound fat guy
That news clip was in my town, I live 5 minutes from that theater
@@crankinghogdo you know the dad and/or his son?
@@crankinghogit’s true, I was the fathers mustache
This type of liminal space is meaningless to a 3 month old, it would probably deduce that there are different colors, also I have the sudden urge to drive scissors into my eyes
“You guys wanna do left 4 dead impressions?” Is the most dork-ass thing I’ve heard in a long time lol
Close your mouth and open your eyes, youll aim better
Immediately sent me back to middle school
@@bigbeefscorchoAnd you've got a test tomorrow. I hope you've been studying!!
I'm surprised he suggested it, considering there's a high chance his old Left 4 Dead parody (which he hates) will be brought up.
I heard Chris was pretty good at doing a Nick impression.
The silly clay guy munching never gets old.
Um actually it's chewing character, I am quite familiar with Oney lore 🤓
Neither do the children in the orphanage after one of them accidentally showed Tomar that gif.
His name is Brown thanks very much.
The little fella
Saaaame
There's nothing I love more than Zach making up insane bullshit and Tomar instantly buying it
theres nothing i love more than zach, tomar, and chris!
At this point in the neverending game of bit dominoes it's probably way more fun to just yes-and everything. Makes life more interesting.
I don't know what you're talking about. I beat Herculad™: A Worm's Odyssey™ on "kiss your ass goodbye" mode when I was just a little lad. Zach has never spread a single piece of misinformation, and if you think he has, you're probably from the universe where those dastardly berenstian bears live.
@@CadoonTube"You're Nothing!! I walked Herculad up on stage, who the FUCK are you!"
Niall doing two voice lines, Chris acting like he messed it up, and Zach just coming out with "I've known a lot of people in my life and you're a scumbag" really got me
This is honestly one of my favorite kind of oneyplays moments when there is not a lot going on in game so they have to just think of shit to say and it always ends up being hilarious to me no matter how stupid
I hate when they feel the need to read the commentary or just talk about what's happening in the game, I wish we still had sleepycast.
@@DaRoachDogdog, this our sleepycast now.
@@DaRoachDog theyre all busy with life and their own projects so i get it
@@DaRoachDog the shortest of attention spans.
@@Jago-Shogun how is it that I have a "short attention span" when I prefer the longform of an hour+ podcast?
Games I 100% did not expect to get a second episode LOL
r/GamesIDidNotExpect
@@soapyrainmaker5367 r/foundtheREDDITOR!!!
Bruh
@@soapyrainmaker5367r/CockForLunch
they had to use every spec of footage they could get with zach in the building
I have to show my son Smiling Friends now because it could happen to him in his future.
DJ Spit can and will break into your home. It's not a matter of if. Be prepared.
my child really liked Gwembly, said "ooh ooh ooooh" for weeks 😢
@@xSmuggen Mang, you tryna put smoke in m' brain, mang. I dunnow what to even THINK no more, mang! GET OUTTA ME HEAD! GET OUTTA ME HEAD! GET OUTTA ME HEAD! GET OUTTA ME HEAD!
I showed my brother and he finally took off his blackface and promised to be better
Ngl my mom probably would have watched it with me, we watched Superjail and Aqua Teen and I turned out... Oh wait...
21:50 finally someone who understands. Backrooms concept has been ruined by ppl wanting to add “lore” to it, instantly defeating its purpose
Its most likely bc liminal spaces are themselves underwhelming so people keep try to make them interesting by adding lore. I'll take surrealist landscapes over liminal spaces any day of the week
some people really wanted to make them a second scp foundation and they ran with that
@@pyrotechnick420 liminal spaces aren’t about what is in them but what isn’t and could be.
@@pyrotechnick420so you're boring got it
@@pyrotechnick420a liminal space is like those dreams where things are somewhat different from real life and you never notice how different it was until you woke up.
It is about the vibe of the space and most people who still like liminal spaces don’t even understand that completely.
I’m the Russian guy that’s never seen a movie and this shit alone is rocking my gourd
As russian citizen too this letsplay is literally the first video i've ever seen
I know it's hard to believe an Irish let alone two can play video games
I like this new editing where you show stuff to provide context to the convo
There is so little going on in the actual game that the editor probably feels obligated
agreed, fan highlight channels like Bibser does it all the time, good to see it on the actual main channel
Theyve done it for years
It's not new.
I like that Niall asking if he "had a mental breakdown would they monetize it" was the last clip of the video.
Can't believe Oney and Zach finally kiss in this episode. Been waiting for years
naming chris by his username and not zach is so funny
@@Joshluden Can't believe Chris and PsychicPebbles finally kiss in this episode. Been waiting for years
They kiss in every episode for those with the eyes to see
can’t believe shmormu and charlie kiss in this episode, been waiting for years
Dude i thought you were joking but i just finished the episode and... that was so fricking wholesome
12:24 I feel so embarassed for getting spooked at that
Same
I was freaking out like omg why aren't they reacting! Then I realized I'm a simple person.
Bro i yelped like a dog in fucking bright ass midday with children playing outside. The least possible scary setup for me and it genuinely got me
My heart fucking sunk when i saw it
i felt like a fool for jumping at that
They yearn for Insane Aquarium, no one can tell me otherwise
I yearn for it too
@@Dirt-3- i yearn for you
@@wehehehehe-k3g
I yearn, I burn
It's Insaniquarium you fake gamer girl
And a yearn to churn 👨🏼🌾
22:26 I feel like liminal spaces are nostalgic in a way because its like places you've been to as a child but cant really process or remember it, its just places your brain has logged and pieces them back together in these liminal photos and brings back that feeling of being completely unaware of your surroundings while still processing it
its so nostalgic and weirdly creepy you guys.......... i was born in 2014
I’ve honestly never seen a liminal space picture that actually reminds me of something I’ve seen before so I really don’t get the trend.
my wifes boyfriend gifted me liminal space games on steam
It reminds me of when I went to the baths of Diocletian as a tiny tot in the year 100. Nostaligc
@@cyanide_express tyrone is so kind!
I can’t believe they’re actually making this series longer than an episode.
ur dreaming wake up
@@teliclive i drowned…
Don’t get your hopes high up, after the boneyplays season starts the fall it’s back to 50 minute complete videos
@@KyndlingStoneCBis your name… *gulp* Ben?
@@TheDoggyDog *sigh* yeah…
Im so glad there are more people that hate the backroom monsters, i thought i was the only grumpy bastard that felt they ruined a cool concept
instantly took everything unique from it. whether it was familiar nolstagia or unexplained wonder, turning it into a horror chase maze game immediately lessens it.
Silent Hill nailed liminal space horror. The problem with the backroom monster stuff for me is that it takes the focus away from the environment and atmosphere.
Your not alone, I literally have been hating on the concept of monsters in liminal spaces for years
MUH HECKIN LIMINAL SPACES
Nah, it’s lame that the hordes of 11 year olds that ruined SCPs with all of their OC Donut Steel monsters did the exact same thing with the liminal spaces
12:25 lmao fuck you guys that actually got me hahahahaha
same lol
hoodie man scary
Man It really shouldn't of but it fuckin scared the turds out of me dude.
Came down here to say this too, scared the hell outta me 😂
YEA
21:37 I really enjoy listening to Chris and Zach give their more serious thoughts on something. I felt we got a lot of that in the Sonic Heroes playthrough and Sleepycabin. Also really enjoying the Niall content, I think he's swell :)
1:48 this is a good Dad mindset tbh
Reminds me of when my Gramma showed me The Thing movie, parents really should take their kids to horror movies tbh
Love that chewing character
A very iconic character
Yet whenever I chew on little bugs and roadkill, I get yelled at!
11:59 Chris said BOO and I immediately got an ad after. Now that’s scary.
Dude same 😂
Wtf so did I
I read your comment at the exact instant it happened in the video
This is actually the prime oney plays cast
love adam and dave tho
17:50 I love how nobody notices
I will never get tired of them doing Simpsons and Family Guy voices
Chris and Zack’s “dis is my planet” skit is unbelievably funny when Chris called them Mexicans then aliens
I think liminal spaces are appealing because it's a concept that could've existed before, the idea of exploring weird but familiar spaces from our dreams.
But the meme itself can be limited because of the fact that it includes photos of real places, when in reality a dream can be so much more.
So you could always have dreams of really unique or weird places but trying to visualize or portray them takes effort and you may never replicate how it looked or felt exactly.
Chris has been bullying Niall NON-STOP and there needs to be a put an end. There's some real tension going on between the boys and we need to do something about it my Oneyplayers.
Niall has become the new gibbon in the room
I think we should be grilling adam.
I just read that there are no monsters in this game (official Steam page) and I have a hard time believing that any human being would be scared playing this.
Seriously? ... I thought it was that game with the big snake thing
I honestly don’t think they realize it yet lol
it's debatable if it makes for an exciting game or an interesting watch, but for what its worth, thats not what the liminal space genre is about. this pairs well with the oney podcast though.
@@ey-te1jx That seems to be from a pools inspired level in another game called The classrooms
@@necromech_ the liminal space “genre” was just a bunch of pictures I don’t even know how/when it became videos and games
Pool's closed
Due to?
@@DuskLegend Don't make me say it
@@TheThreatenedSwan You and I both know you have to now
@@DuskLegendTomar “spread his Tomar gravy” all over the pool and got at least 13-27 people sick
@@DuskLegendAids.
Spongebob Analog horror and oneyplays. Worlds collide.
16:26 why was Butterbean even on Chris’s mind? What the fuck lmao
That made me laugh so hard man. He's like the last dude you'd ever expect
"Cannonball!" in fat guy voice
Okay seriously though who wins in a fight- Old Asian guy farting or cannonball fat guy
The old Asian guy farting would lose, as the fat guy is used to smelling his own stench all day so the farts would have no affect. It would still be close though.
@Opusssss the audience
When I was a teenager, when camera phones was more a common thing for people. My friends uncle got one.. well, he thought it was funny to send pictures of his poops to people. Nobody was safe...
Serial poopist
The Oneyboys would probably get a kick out of the St. Louis City Museum. Not so much Liminal, but it is a neat place where you can find all kinds of little connecting pathways and crawl spaces and such.
10:30
Chris immediately showing how much he values his word when tested
new family guy animation coming soon guaranteed
And simpins
I make my kids watch Oneyplays, and I slap them hard if they don't pay attention to Zach's hypotheticals and come up with good answers because you never know when they might find themselves in those situations as the grow up.
I think Kane Pixels's The Oldest View series is an excellent example of the "Abandoned Mall" type of liminal space horror done right.
It’s great, definitely better that his back rooms series IMO. I like both but I like the mystery of whatever the fuck is wrong with the valleyview mall so much better than the off-brand SCP stuff
@torchcato4625 same, that's why I just watch his backrooms found footage episodes
He's also one of the few people to put a monster in his series and the monster is actually really cool and interesting. It's not a big angry mannequin guy who screams and runs at you.
Kane is the man
The scariest part of the poolrooms is trying not to slip and break your tailbone.
3:40 Tomar makes a family guy reference (when peter goes to French class)
Once again praying they play the classrooms again 🙏
I want to see them experience the wyrm
May our prayers never go unheard, brother.
it was so good, amen my brutha!!
4:06 Tomars Mutant Power is his 15 Chambered Mega Heart
That also functions as a bladder
Excited to see clips from this in every best of for the next 5 years
Zach’s iconic “major piss” break strikes again
i love when they show clips or images of what they are talking about
i am embarased to admit that the gif of the guy crawling scared the freaking marbles out of me 12:24
Can’t believe we’re finally back to classic jokes; the best trio together doing family guy bits and talking about shit.
Every time zach mentions thor it makes me wonder if he knows that marvel did not invent norse mythology.
This video smells like a dentist office
Goddammit, that L4D edit actually gave me a heart palpitation. I've been OneyPLAYED
Knowing Tomar used to show his sack to people at Newgrounds still makes me laugh so hard
cant belive that actually scared me at 12:28
I once took a trip to Illinois and stopped by at a pool. When I was about to get in, a man with a gold chain that had some emeralds on it asked me if I wanted to see something. Being a curious lad I followed. He said his name was Tomar and he took me into the back room. He took a barrel of hydrofluoric acid and dumped it into the pool chlorine tank. He said that was all and left. I decided not to go into the pool. Due to that fact I became a survivor of the 1983 acid pool incident. I never spoke of this event again, but I will never forget that fateful day with Tomar at the pool.
The L4D Hunter jumpscare got me.
10:22 Ah yes Eddie Izzard's timeless bit
"No flag, no planet, you can't have one. That's the rules that I've just made up."
Satire jokes and old references aside, this has been the best Boneyplays. My thanks goes out to everyone who made it possible.
Chris is taking 2 baths in the same year??? What happened to him?
clean freak tbh
January 1st to December 31st
Ghh
Zach has 3 jokes, he does them on rotation until his friends are going insane, and he's a once-in-a-generational talent.
23:58 They're actually trying! The building's roof is rotted but if they can raise funds to replace it they're going to have "Backrooms Days" where they'll put up temporary walls where the photo was taken so you can come in for a photo op at the real backrooms.
It's been a long time since Left4Speed but it's good to see Chris can nail a Louis impression on the spot.
"Hey guys."
i am so pleased that theres another episode of this
11:34 Tomar's Bruce impression needs to be talked about, it's really good
23:48 The original backrooms building is actually in danger of being demolished. There's a gofundme up right so they can try and raise money for repairs with a ton of pictures of the building, but they talk about wanting to start doing an event called backrooms day where you can come visit the "original backrooms" with temporary carpet and wallpaper - if they end up not having to demolish it. It's called hobbytown in Oshkosh WI.
Yeah the first concept of the backrooms where you can literally fall into randomly at anytime and any place and never escape and there’s monster lurking somewhere is horrifying. But then it became something where scientists can just go into and people lived there made it so boring.
The monster thing wasn't a part of the original concept though either and also makes it boring, even the way you describe it makes it clear that "and there's a scary monster" was so obviously tacked on. The concept for the backrooms was floating around on 4chan between /b/ and /x/ for at least a few years before the version from 2019 that added monsters went viral.
I 3d printed thors hammer
I've been to that hotel courtyard liminal space. It's in a Holiday inn at Heathrow Airport. Its actually a very cool hotel and just below the glass railing in the image is a like a really vibrant bar. It kinda ruins the image for me now
The small chewing character that Zach is obsessed with is back! Good to see him again!
16:58 wasn't expecting Tomar to bust out with his own rendition of the theme song of hit X TV show The New Norm, but it's not that surprising considering how he sponsors the show with the billions of dollars made from his smokestacks
18:57 that breathing in the left ear tripped me out lol
Fucking Butterbean made me laugh harder than I have in months
There should be game that's nothing but Reddit horror. It's a liminal space with cthulus, old testament angels and grinning girls running around
Zach with the nice Grinch save after Chris' rubbing hands together comment.
im so weeettt
Refreshing callback to the man of 4 voices
Cant wait to see these clips 5 times in new best of ____ compilations
8:35 The reason why Bowlbo is taking so long is because Chris keeps adding things that have a 1 in a million chance of happening
Does anyone know how to find the video they're talking about at 19:10 ?
9:50 the beginning of the blair invasion 👽
i find it interesting that chris and zach's idea of a generic video game protagonist's voice is closer to the kamala khan or the lady from forspoken while niall's impression is closer to a resident evil character, shows how he's not as brainrotten as the rest of them
22:36 a trapped feeling since you can’t see outside or leave the interior
Niall getting passed over for butter bean made me laugh way more than I should’ve
I've had dreams where I'm in big bathrooms like this but they don't have any toilets with privacy. makes me lose my gourd
I've never been more intrigued by a game that's not done a single thing.
6:23 this one little detail changes everything
On the subject of protagonists in POOLS, we need Frey Holland Tunnel from Forspoken in The Backrooms.
The backrooms fear on my end also comes from this idea that you shouldnt be there. The time period in which something like that shouldve existed has passed a long time ago and going back doesnt feel right.
742 Evergreen Terrace
308 Negra Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104
Bran
123 Fake St
Chris: “I’m done talking about shit”
*Proceeds to talk about shit for 3 minutes*
I grew up in a liminal space on the outskirts of town at a beach. There used to be old school for the worst kids and a shop. By the time I was born 1991 The school was burnt down and the shop got robbed so many times they sold and moved on …when were were like 9-10 we walked across the coast to visit another beach town to get a feed and play at a long forgotten arcade room full of arcade machines that ran on free play.
At 24:20 when Zach is talking about making a backrooms attraction; itd be cool to have several rooms each that are a type of popular liminal space. And then you can have some kind of abrupt change to bring you to a different part of the building (a slide, elevator, ladder etc) then proceed with a different “level”. It could be regular backrooms, a school, a hotel, a mall and then maybe a short changing area for a poolroom before leaving
12:26 Alright, show of hands. Who else jumped from that edit?
Tomar calling butterbean curvy got a hearty guffaw from my chops
Fake news ✅
Ridiculous hypothetical ✅
Simpsons and Family Guy impressions ✅
Obscure media reference ✅
Zach goes to the bathroom ✅
Yep, OneyPlays is back 😎
Other people have mentioned it, but I am also so glad to hear their comments on the liminal space thing. The backrooms is scary because it's threatening but familiar, and it just feels like being in an incorrect, dangerous reality. Adding a ton of monsters and stories is not scary.
Even that image of the hotel courtyard with the ceiling is scary because it feels like you are trapped somewhere you agent supposed to be. Not because of a specific monster.
The sparkling is Lumen's screenspace Surfel GI caching slowly catching up. That's why it happens at the edges of objects, that surface wasn't onscreen before.
My best friend's dad's friend animated that aardman short the boney plays hand showed in the intro
21:30 😂😂 chris disappointment in his voice at the Noo 😢
the warehouse idea has already been done. The winchester mansion i think is a house that was built to make as little sense as possible to "confuse ghosts" or something. Thats actually real, I read it in a book some time ago