A list of 12 urban legends mysteriously became 9...were the other 3 fed to Cthulhu? were they a sacrifice to satiate Aoife's rage? did they ever exist? or were they just a figment of my twisted imagination? I guess we'll never know...
#4 says there are 3 Pokémon legends worth mentioning then only mentions 2. Legend has it that the script for this whole list went through infinite rewrites.
awww mate this was a good video there's so many eerie stories out there bizarre legends and creepy online encounters bet you could do a top 100 if so inclined lol
*SPOILERS FOR BRAID* - - - No, I think the biggest clue that the princess represents a bomb in Braid is that if you perfect your run of the last level you can catch the princess and she literally detonates...
When I was a guildmaster in WoW I would take a small team and glitch into inaccessible zones. We could then summon the rest of the guild. We had a meeting in the Karazhan Crypt and those Upside-Down Sinners are far less creepy when surrounded by dancing nerds. We also had a meeting at Mount Hyjal while the zone was unfinished, and Archimonde's skull hung from the World Tree (with "Under Construction" signs everywhere like some shit Geocities website). People got worried that we'd all be banned, and so we stopped doing it after the first year. But we used the tactic to launch surprise attacks inside enemy cities instead!
I'll never understand important character deaths in final fantasy games because of the fact that i have like a million Phoenix feathers in my pocket they drop off everything and bring the dead back to life just kinda undermines the whole tragedy.
Well one analysis I've seen made a convincing case that there is and always was only ONE original source for information about Polybius, and that it's entire existence was a hoax.
2:52 Jesus christ that's horrifying! I love the Polybius myth because it's so completely believable. Stuffed suits trying to work out why people love gaming so much, having repeatedly failed in their various mind control programs.. Makes sense. I have memories of getting into the closed off Well Of Souls (as I believe it was then named in-game; now it's a quest name) in WoW before it was being reported on at all. Proper creepy place. Thanks for the final facehole. Thanks..
Polybius is great. And yea, when you do literally any light reading of what the CIA has done since its inception, it’s completely plausible. I mean, they have done far more ridiculous things that are public information.
What about Antonio Brown who didn’t get *injured* due to the curse, but instead just became increasingly erratic, violent and nonsensical, going from a top-tier All Pro to being ditched out of three teams over a few months due to his behaviour.
head injury due to the curse? (I don;t know american football but soccer has a track record of players retiring and developing dementia supposedly due to heading the ball)
@@TheOmegaXicor American footballs record for traumatic brain injuries as a result of concussion makes Soccers look like a few statistical anomalies. It’s likely he was already quite unwell by the time he was a cover athlete
...and then Squall wakes up in a church with all his buds. Then his dad opens the doors and they are enveloped in a white light of acceptance that he is dead.
@@MurrayTheMac I guess it makes Squall's sudden good fortune seem less like a plot contrivance to me. Rinoa winding up with him after showing zero interest also feels like "the hero has to get the girl", which is a trope I hate. (I like the ambiguous romances of FFVII.)
Madden one- I mean they are playing a sport with an insanely high injury rate. Like grown beast men ramming into each other as hard as possible, what could go wrong?
and they put good players on the box who are likely to be targeted by more hits than other less important players (not that anyone is intentionally trying to hurt those players but more hits means more chances for fate to roll the dice and cause a bad injury)
...American Football (where they rarely kick the ball) - as opposed to two forms of Rugby Football (where they rarely kick the ball, and is the original form) , Australian Rules Football (where they rarely kick the ball) or Association Football (where they usually kick the ball)
Please, don't talk about football (real football, American football). It's like listening to your mother trying to explain what Netflix is to one of her friends.
@@nightcatarts Because, when playing a real sport (with collisions and physical contact) you need to stop and re-set in order to keep it from turning into a melee. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that watching a bunch of guys kick a ball around, aimlessly, for 5 hours is entertaining...to some.
@@chainsawsubtlety9828 Rugby doesn't seem to have the same problem though, but then it also isn't overcommercialised & riddled with ads (the real reason why the game is all shattered).
@@nightcatarts In rugby, they don't wear pads. Trust me, you're a lot less apt to run into another big-ass man, head-first, full-tilt, without a helmet. And, all of the ads are because people actually watch football. Gotta go where the audience is.
"Let's never see that picture of Squall again"
*Shows picture over outro*
Thanks for that. So much.
You guys forgot about Link and Doomguy being the same person.
*distant noises of Luke Westaway running to Eurogamer HQ notes flying everywhere*
Frankly after that last Sasquatch pun I was half-expecting a Monty Python massive foot to come down and squish Ian.
I half expected a jumpscare at the end of the video after Squall without his face.
Zoe's second name is the coolest double barrel name I've ever seen, and I've got one.
Isn’t it something like Zoe deli Ali pro light or something like that anyway
My sister once had a teacher who´s last name was, and I kid you not, Lightfoot-Rifle. Not that cool but very memorable.
@@paulc2007 delahunty-light.
@@johnoneil9188 that's extremely cool what do you mean
A list of 12 urban legends mysteriously became 9...were the other 3 fed to Cthulhu? were they a sacrifice to satiate Aoife's rage? did they ever exist? or were they just a figment of my twisted imagination? I guess we'll never know...
some of the entries were actually multiple items
@@marhawkman303 I'm guessing you didn't notice that Zoe says 12 at the start then 9 at the end (as well as saying 9 in the title)?
@@uncannymeerkat Oh I noticed. But some of those 9 are actually more than one entry, like the Pokémon one....
@@marhawkman303 Started with 12, then 3 went missing by the end of the video (ignore the actual number of entries).
#4 says there are 3 Pokémon legends worth mentioning then only mentions 2. Legend has it that the script for this whole list went through infinite rewrites.
Isn't the Slough of Despair just actual Slough?
I needed this today. You all are awesome! Thank you.
Barely in and Ian makes a balls joke. Classic. ♥️
Hell of the Upside Down Sinners is also mentioned in ‘Big Trouble in Little China’ as one of the many Chinese hells.
Awesome video guys! Aoife, have you heard of the ff8 theory that Ultimecia is actually Rinoa who got sent to the future? Pretty bizarre stuff.
awww mate this was a good video there's so many eerie stories out there bizarre legends and creepy online encounters bet you could do a top 100 if so inclined lol
Upon hearing Polybius in this video, my mind instantly gravitated towards "Ashens and the Polybius Heist."
*SPOILERS FOR BRAID*
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No, I think the biggest clue that the princess represents a bomb in Braid is that if you perfect your run of the last level you can catch the princess and she literally detonates...
When I was a guildmaster in WoW I would take a small team and glitch into inaccessible zones. We could then summon the rest of the guild. We had a meeting in the Karazhan Crypt and those Upside-Down Sinners are far less creepy when surrounded by dancing nerds. We also had a meeting at Mount Hyjal while the zone was unfinished, and Archimonde's skull hung from the World Tree (with "Under Construction" signs everywhere like some shit Geocities website).
People got worried that we'd all be banned, and so we stopped doing it after the first year. But we used the tactic to launch surprise attacks inside enemy cities instead!
I'll never understand important character deaths in final fantasy games because of the fact that i have like a million Phoenix feathers in my pocket they drop off everything and bring the dead back to life just kinda undermines the whole tragedy.
One idea I've seen is that in-universe there's a difference between dead and unable to fight. If a character is truly dead... phoenix down won't work.
@@marhawkman303 yeah and I mean they do typically say that a character is "KO'D" but... some of those attacks definitely killed them
In FFV, iirc, someone does actually try to bring a dead character back with a Phoenix Down, and it doesn’t work.
Polybius (or at least an arcade cabinet similarly named) is an actual plot point in the indie visual novel game, Arcade Spirits.
Well one analysis I've seen made a convincing case that there is and always was only ONE original source for information about Polybius, and that it's entire existence was a hoax.
2:52 Jesus christ that's horrifying!
I love the Polybius myth because it's so completely believable. Stuffed suits trying to work out why people love gaming so much, having repeatedly failed in their various mind control programs.. Makes sense.
I have memories of getting into the closed off Well Of Souls (as I believe it was then named in-game; now it's a quest name) in WoW before it was being reported on at all. Proper creepy place.
Thanks for the final facehole. Thanks..
Polybius is great. And yea, when you do literally any light reading of what the CIA has done since its inception, it’s completely plausible. I mean, they have done far more ridiculous things that are public information.
I now have extra reasons to watch 'Ashens and the Polybius Heist'
16:14 is probably the best "Is this really my job?" face I have ever seen 😂
I haven't heard that ff8 theory. But I have heard, and agree, that Ultimecia is actually Rinoa in the future.
As soon as the Lavendar town theme kicked in, a shiver went down my spine and my eardrums quaked. Oof...
What about Antonio Brown who didn’t get *injured* due to the curse, but instead just became increasingly erratic, violent and nonsensical, going from a top-tier All Pro to being ditched out of three teams over a few months due to his behaviour.
head injury due to the curse? (I don;t know american football but soccer has a track record of players retiring and developing dementia supposedly due to heading the ball)
@@TheOmegaXicor American footballs record for traumatic brain injuries as a result of concussion makes Soccers look like a few statistical anomalies.
It’s likely he was already quite unwell by the time he was a cover athlete
Love the casual physics reference, Zoe!
😎👍
I still remember searching youtube for videos of bigfoot in GTA San Andreas.
Good video :)
Thanks
My like is only for Ian's pun!!! 🤣🤣🤣
...and then Squall wakes up in a church with all his buds. Then his dad opens the doors and they are enveloped in a white light of acceptance that he is dead.
I can't help but think that the Legend of Zelda one was a discarded plot for the Jumanji reboot.
Honestly, Squall being dead is the headcanon with which I play Final Fantasy VIII. It just elevates the entire game.
You do you, but I genuinely don't see how it improves the story.
@@MurrayTheMac I guess it makes Squall's sudden good fortune seem less like a plot contrivance to me. Rinoa winding up with him after showing zero interest also feels like "the hero has to get the girl", which is a trope I hate. (I like the ambiguous romances of FFVII.)
Very nice!
Madden one- I mean they are playing a sport with an insanely high injury rate. Like grown beast men ramming into each other as hard as possible, what could go wrong?
and they put good players on the box who are likely to be targeted by more hits than other less important players (not that anyone is intentionally trying to hurt those players but more hits means more chances for fate to roll the dice and cause a bad injury)
Zoe's in the studio, repeat: Zoe's in the studio, this is not a drill
...American Football (where they rarely kick the ball) - as opposed to two forms of Rugby Football (where they rarely kick the ball, and is the original form) , Australian Rules Football (where they rarely kick the ball) or Association Football (where they usually kick the ball)
Huh, interesting video. I did know about 7 of them but, nonetheless, I still can't make up my mind on FF8's Story.
I believe it's called football because the ball is 12 inches or 1 foot in length, not really sure if this is true I don't do sports
Thanks for acknowledging the existence of time, Zoe.
What about that Five Nights at Freddie's is based on actual crime spree? 🤔😊
American football was originally called rugby-style football, but that was mouth full
What?! Amazing
Ben Drowned will remain one of my favorite ARG’s.
Timely reminder that Briad is one of the greatest games of all time.
How to make Zoe listen to puns, make her edit the video
Wait... we live in a 4 dimensional world?
Getting hardcore outside xbox vibes
I call it hand egg
Yes. More creepy.
Please, don't talk about football (real football, American football).
It's like listening to your mother trying to explain what Netflix is to one of her friends.
Please explain why they stop playing every couple of minutes to stand around doing nothing.
@@nightcatarts Because, when playing a real sport (with collisions and physical contact) you need to stop and re-set in order to keep it from turning into a melee. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that watching a bunch of guys kick a ball around, aimlessly, for 5 hours is entertaining...to some.
@@chainsawsubtlety9828 Rugby doesn't seem to have the same problem though, but then it also isn't overcommercialised & riddled with ads (the real reason why the game is all shattered).
@@nightcatarts In rugby, they don't wear pads. Trust me, you're a lot less apt to run into another big-ass man, head-first, full-tilt, without a helmet. And, all of the ads are because people actually watch football. Gotta go where the audience is.
@@chainsawsubtlety9828 Lol.