8 Unexpectedly Dark Secrets in Video Games

[@sansnom5269]

The strange creatures in the golf game, are actually a joke on the famous "Flatwood Monster" sights rumored to be aliens. Those guys also appeared in Majora's Mask as "ghosts" that abduct cows. For some reason it seems that japanese people love the Flatwood aliens. And all that for one nocturne owl mistaken as a person...

[@zixea3318]

OMG YES FINALLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS IT WAS A BARN OWL

[@crabohato4954]

I was about to say that.

[@ironraccoon3536]

Showed up in Tomodachi Life aswell

[@mrfluffytailthethird]

yep barn owl holding it head low and tail up in defensive posture because it was spooked

[@randomidkreal]

I wonder how confused the owl was when the guys who saw it started screaming for no reason.

[@trollge3424]

Hey, so. In the golf game. The figure is called "Flatwoods Monster" Pretty sure

[@BakaTaco]

I was going to say that. That figure looks like the Flatwoods Monster, which is an urban legend about a creature/alien that lives in... West Virginia (Thanks for enlightening this Aussie man, KZbin comments!)?? I could be wrong about that, but I do know that it looks a LOT like that monster. Very creepy looking.

[@wartortle577]

it's the top comment..

[@BakaTaco]

@@wartortle577 I actually went through a few comments before I saw this one first, but yes, the most liked comment is indeed about it too.

[@BakaTaco]

@@pioletjethorse9134 There we go, I thought it was something along those lines.

[@xAnnXettEx]

That's exactly what I thought and was gonna comment! It looks just like the depictions of the Flatwoods Monster.

[@tigerfestivals5137]

The Psycholonauts one isn't really that out of place, there is a ton of dark undertones and themes in that game.

[@elzi8391]

it fits with milla's character too. each of the counselors seem to deal with a different mental health issue, and milla's issue seems to be PTSD and the unhealthy suppression of her trauma as opposed to dealing with it appropriately. those details is part of what i love about psychonauts. milla is a flawed character but not in an unlikeable way. she just has shit to deal with like everyone else.

[@rachelnelson3765]

i'm only a little bit into the game and honestly, despite only playing a couple hours, even i gotta agree

[@TheBearWithOrangeFur]

@@rachelnelson3765 Hope you’re excited for the sequel. :)

[@ActionGamerAaron]

He hasn't played the game. He often doesn't. Just another gaming channel repeating facts they are only vaguely familiar with instead of doing proper research & actually playing the games themselves.

[@Mr_Spaghetti]

A Gamer Aaron i mean sure he isn’t super familiar with all the games he covers but Oddheader does a decent amount of work compared to others. He contacts and interviews developers who work on the games, has a network of info gatherers across his Discord, reddit, and email, and does general research beyond what a google search will give you. I get what you’re saying about gaming youtubers just repeating something they’ve read, but Oddheader isn’t the best target for that kind of criticism

[@burntbacn]

Regarding that "plush man spider" thing, my guess is they were going to make a spider plushie, tested out the design with an existing model, then decided against it but left that model in.

[@brosthestickmandude]

ACCIDENtally OR nOT

[@dreadlordhg360]

Doesn't explain how they went out of their way to name the model 'PlushieManSpider'.

[@brosthestickmandude]

@@dreadlordhg360 yea and the humanlike appearance

[@ConFlow247]

They probably just thought that it was funny and left it in

[@jieeyoo]

@@ConFlow247 "hey bro! Look at my plushiemanspider" *show a terrifying spider with human body "Lmao thats so funny"

[@mr.trouble9100]

The manspider looks like one of the 3d modellers got bored and made something silly for fun

[@playmaker.3596]

looks like a pun on Spider-Man, yknow, Man-Spider. Instead of a Man in a Spider suit, it's a Spider in a Man suit

[@unsweeteneddoll]

It reminds me of the form patches takes in bloodborne actually

[@paymankhayree8552]

I think he did a nice job

[@amarshonx-box796]

@@paymankhayree8552 he did do a good job modeling it

[@DerpySnake]

I believe tower unite used fuse to create 3d models, I've seen a lot of games do that. It's interesting to see they've got a semi custom model, though. Weird.

[@RobbinRams]

Thats a HUGE ASSet 1:31 I see what you did there buddy haha

[@atoastedbox1903]

*_thicc_*

[@00FMklary]

*E X T R A T H I C C*

[@DamagedLocked]

caught robbin again bro

[@spectre3344]

Just thought of that

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Clever, oddheader, sooooo clever.

[@KAIIRU.]

Imagine playing a meme game solving a puzzle just to be abducted.

[@anakinjovanus1135]

nono i aint dealing with that shit

[@Twizer911]

I’ll say one thing, all the Japanese games I’ve played haunt me. The Japanese delve so deep into horror that I wouldn’t be surprised if someone went insane creating it.

[@charbomber110]

I know... Super Mario Bros. gave me nightmares after I beat Bowser.

[@sirlambchops.]

D:

[@Dqpeanutbuster]

@@charbomber110 me too I had sleep paralysis after killing a goomba...

[@Freaky1347]

@@Dqpeanutbuster Same. I remember all their faces 😥

[@funny-vn6de]

Same i now have flashbacks of Vietnam after playing Pokémon emerald

[@Spelonker]

10:57 "GeGeGe no Kitarō" is the name of a long running, classic manga series about ghost and yokai, well worth checking out. Wouldn't be surprised if there are more references to it in that whole spooky section.

[@Phasma_Tacitus]

Seems like a great manga, nothing like the things Japan have been doing recently. Art style is really pretty, I'll look into it, as I like the themes

[@charlieterz5033]

Does it relate

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@Phasma_Tacitus How pretty is the art style?

[@Phasma_Tacitus]

​@@michaelandreipalon359 Pretty old pretty

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@Phasma_Tacitus Please elaborate.

[@Fede0779]

The dark secret in that japanese game should be one of the biggest wtf in the history of games. Godalmighty , I feel sorry for whoever employee went that batshit crazy

[@drsipp407]

I heard that it’s just part of the game

[@my667thgoogleaccount7]

Art shall calm the irritated and irritate the calm.

[@lukethelegend9705]

@@drsipp407 where

[@Vallshen]

if it's true, then the "this is such a game" one might've been them going crazy trying to convince themselves it was a game

[@royalblanket]

@@drsipp407 That's the most likely one

[@crangejo]

It's so odd, but the creepiest possible display for the Japanese game is the fourth one, where it just shows the beach image and then goes back quickly It's like... It's so normal that something must be off... But it's changed so quickly, like you're not supposed to see it......

[@prizmarvalschi1319]

The number 4 is unlucky in Japan cuz one way to pronounce it is "shi" which also means "death/死"

[@weirdsailorman4070]

Japan is filled with these out of this world disturbing things while other regions also have it mostly they stuck homebrew or people usually being locked down for everyone's safety while in Japan these type of things become products.

[@raven-0621]

people should try to find that place in real world, like those thousand people that found the location/seed from minecraft's vanilla texture pack preview image

[@dapotatoboii8601]

Yeah, i literally threw up when i inspected the picture thoroughly. As I'm watching right now, i feel goosebumps even if it's noon

[@iSomeDood]

@@dapotatoboii8601 im late but what did you find?

[@Zilkenian_Davenport]

In the Psychonauts one, if you activate the subtitles, they'll always have the face of the character who's talking in that moment. In this case, you'll see ghostly faces engulfed in flames and screaming while saying those things to Mila. Mila will also try to keep you from going in there saying things like "There's nothing to see here, why don't you come back to the party?"

[@AzureRoxe]

If that thing is NOT a very troubled employee trying to get back at the developer/trying to document what he was going through using the game, the dude needs to be given a raise because that was dark as hell.

[@xChimkin]

the best game mysteries seem to be caused by schizophrenic developers

[@eban.]

the kamaitachi no yoru 2 thing was absolutely intentional - the first game contained a similar fourth-wall-breaking easter egg (found by reading just the first letter of every line) left by the supposed “writer” as well, saying that the company is going to kill him once him once he finishes work on this game, that the company has been putting subliminal messages in their games since torneko’s mystery dungeon, and that once all the little kids who grew up playing chunsoft games grow up they’ll be brainwashed into buying chunsoft-brand food, life insurance, etc. and then the easter egg cuts off mid sentence saying “oh god i think i hear their footsteps outsi-“ so, yeah. 100% a series staple, though i’m not surprised there’s not much information out there in english about this.

[@SammEater]

Either that or someone trolling whoever is datamining their games.

[@AzureRoxe]

@@eban. That's even cooler if it's a nice creepy staple.

[@JargonMadjin]

@@eban. I've been playing enough video games to know that developers love to mess with the players, so whenever stuff like this shows up I immediately assume that it's intentional. And anything recent is done to get on lists like this one. These things are usually done to get people talking about the game, and it works

[@TeamCGS2005]

2:01 Hotshots Golf is a depiction of the 1952 Flatwoods Monster.

[@nozoto]

I was about to comment about their striking similarity, but you beat me to heat by three solid hours. Good job =)

[@-Anthonyperez]

i thought he would know what it was

[@crushersbutlessedgynow]

Yep, and fun fact, the flatwoods monster is now believed to just be a afraid owl, which owls are common in the area the first sighting was spotted, and most owls are afraid of humans and try to scare them away before hitting the road

[@breadcat9290]

@@crushersbutlessedgynow I personally believe that it was too brief and strange of an encounter to have any set answer that we know, if the group got a better look or there were multiple encounters than maybe but I think it's better to leave it as a mystery and let it rest as an unexplained myth (basically, it probably was an owl but I want to believe)

[@crushersbutlessedgynow]

@@breadcat9290 multiple encounters aren't reliable though, they always come after the first and we always have to account for the fact that they wanted to be famous Also, when someone shot a snowy owl (if i remember correctly was one of the 4 that originally saw the flatwoods monster), the reliable sightings ended

[@Orwin_Crossheart]

I found the Psychonauts one while playing it. It was horrifying.

[@Monkerey]

How old were you?

[@Orwin_Crossheart]

@@Monkerey I was 19. The idea of children dying in the fire and their caretaker hearing their cries of pain and calls for help was just unsettling and creepy in the way they presented it. It was an unexpected form of psychological terror.

[@migueeeelet]

I like how it takes special significance ingame - those monsters (nightmares) are hard to deal with, and there's like 6 or 8 of them... Goes to show you how well under control the camp counselor has them (she mentions this herself)

[@Orwin_Crossheart]

@@migueeeelet Indeed. But I heard the team behind Psychonauts wanted to have her nightmares get out and terrorize other minds and task Raz in stopping them before deciding Mila wouldn't let that happen due to her mastery of her mind and scrapped the idea.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

I really pity Milla with that survivor's guilt of hers. Good thing she got someone who cares for her (despite him having some "difficulties" about his father) and is more stronger than that poor general. Well, here's hoping the sequel's another success.

[@Anri0]

The "Neck Snapping Ghost" in Outer Wilds is probably because there's Ghost Matter which kills you if you get near it, and when you die in Outer Wilds, the sound that plays is your neck snapping.

[@EmberlyGenesis]

That's exactly what I was thinking too.

[@frozenfiredarknight3764]

so it IS there but we just never realized it. makes sense knowing that Ghosts aren't usually visible

[@rachelsenf4826]

Well that surely was unexpected

[@Groinkickerman]

And now the invisible planet has been "solved".

[@mr.anonymous9556]

Mild Spoilers for Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye. The Outer Wilds 'neck snapping ghost' is actually code for a DLC which has now been released, 'Echoes of the Eye' in which there are mysterious figures that you meet. These figures are met under a simulation, where you hold an artefact to join their realm, and they are hostile to you. Usually they would blow out your artefact's flame to send you out of the simulation, but if you are not holding it and get caught, they instead, snap your neck. The 'Invisible Planet' is literally what it says on the tin, it is an invisible planet which you fly into to get to the DLC itself, nothing more can be said about it, it is just the method of getting to the DLC. Hope this clears things up, hello future answer-seekers!

[@StrumstarHammer]

The cut dialogue from the Psychonauts Easter egg probably refers to the fact that the nightmare monster was going to be part of the main level. Mila was supposed to have a flashback and lose control of her nightmare, causing it to attack the kids in her mind. It was cut because it didn't make sense story-wise. Mila was supposed to be a professional so the idea of her randomly losing control and putting the kids in danger made her seem incompetent.

[@lucasmartinez5703]

I like how they just made it as a little backstory thing you can miss.

[@lovelysweet558]

Is that why the nightmare monster can be found in boyd's level

[@36Jon36]

"This sentence was edited in by oddheader, as I just added it just for the sake of a joke, so if you're reading, congrats, you just found yourself an easter egg. I wonder how long this will take to find. I also fixed a typo that was in the definition." 13:31

[@nikkiofthevalley]

How long did it take to find?

[@vincentyzer1627]

Wut i dont see it

[@LoponStormbased]

​@@vincentyzer1627 13:31 OP's comment is right before the transition to where it is.

[@sdude50]

Curious

[@vincentyzer1627]

@\\Hugh M Janus// in the last sentence

[@marcusdallacqua4790]

The Playstation 2 getting crushed hurt me in a spiritual level.

[@nitsuagaming6121]

Ikr

[@migueeeelet]

Don't worry it's a slim

[@crustea4779]

Same

[@Synthenoid_]

I paused and went "nooooo....whyyyy"

[@sgatcha1443]

As someone who had a PS2 *it hurts*

[@cah137-y4s]

For those watching in the future, the Outer Wilds mystery has been solved! The "invisible planet", "haunted" areas, and even the "Neck Snap Ghost", are all assets that are used- no spoilers as to how- in the game's expansion pack, "Echoes of the Eye". I guess these are just aspects that were left in the base game while it was being developed.

[@masonoreilly7512]

MAN imagine being one of those players to initially discover the code and then see the trailer months later and like instantly connect those dots that's gotta be really exhilarating

[@Wickpheme]

@@masonoreilly7512 I actually had something like that happen. There is an area of the game, Dark Bramble, which is bigger on the inside when the player travels in. To make this happen the game actually creates a massive black sphere on the far edge of the map to put you in. If you've fired a scout probe into Dark Bramble the game will have to create this extra space where you could potentially stumble into it, so it's entirely black, making it impossible to see far off. Unless you're randomly trucking around the solar system and fly into it. There aren't any physics attached to it so you can't actually collide with it, you just sort of slide off the surface of a sudden mass of starless empty sky. There's just a patch of no stars that grows as you get closer. It took me ages to figure out what it was when it suddenly disappeared because I recalled my scout probe and I understood, and for that time of confusion I was shitting bricks about not being alone in space. Kind of a massive relief to find out I'd just hit a wall of code and not some horrific eldritch terror lurking around. Then I got the DLC and they added in a lurking terror planet anyways so whatever.

[@Pinka13]

The second one is a reference to the Flatwoods Monster. A famous cryptid/alien sighting in West Virginia.

[@Blankult]

I watched a vid about it yesterday lol

[@BeanzBakedBoy]

I knew it looked familiar.

[@SIZLL]

The kanye quest cult is just an arg created by the game developer to get his music career going, which failed.

[@Asupreme]

is there any hard proof of this anywhere? i mean i could understand if it was a failed arg

[@SIZLL]

@@Asupreme there actually is! im pretty sure if you look up Kanye quest cult on youtube theres a video that goes into detail about it. the guy who made the video doesn't straight up say it's an arg (cause they want to make everything spooky for content) but theres alot of evidence of it just being an arg for the creators harsh noise/ electronic music project which i personally think is a very creative way of doing so. many bands like kfc murder chicks, pachinko, etc have done something similar.

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

XD

[@Paparoulis]

Nexpo?

[@psyjinx]

@@Paparoulis Yeah, Nexpo.

[@redlily2893]

I think the "Neck Snap Ghost" stuff in Outer Wild's code might have something to do with the ghost matter mechanic in the game. It could be the early version of how the ghost matter kills your character because in the final game it kills you like theres energy physically crushing your character.

[@TheOverachiever7]

I’m not familiar with this game but the way its assets were named, it sounds like it could also work as a reference to PT. “HauntedRoom”, “HauntedEntrance” sounds like a hallway and a single a la the demo and the ghost connected to a neck snap, what Lisa does to the player when found.

[@redlily2893]

​@@TheOverachiever7 In the game theres areas that have ghost matter crystals scattered around and they indicate that ghost matter is nearby. It's highly dangerous and kills your character in seconds, it's practically invisible unless you use a probe to scout too. Its usually found in the ruins of the old civilization so those areas could be considered as haunted.

[@JargonMadjin]

I just assumed it's there to mess with anyone viewing the code

[@veryexciteddog963]

just don't blink

[@SoraMotto]

@calv1nXh0bbes yeah, invisible planet sounds like the quantum moon. Idk about everything else tho

[@DonVito18]

Gordon: * can survive 100 bullets without dying * Gordon in the death scene: * instantly dies from a single bullet *

[@AZodiacCancer]

So Non-music is a musical genre. Yeah, that makes sense.

[@inyakiiiyu]

Well, noise "music" exists and I can warn you it isn't for everyone.

[@djvibekiller]

The non-music label on Discogs is supposed to refer to releases like audiobooks, speeches, sound effects, etc. Seems like it's not being used correctly here

[@michaelwashboard2323]

I think this is supposed to be a similar term to anti-music. "Any form of music that defies convention to such a degree that some people would not recognise it as musical" ~ en.wiktionary.org/wiki/antimusic The anti-music movement can be tracked to Noisecore and Goregrind related genres.

[@laughingfurry]

I first thought it would be like what Tantacrul referred to in his "corporate music" video. That's still not music to me. Honestly, what's presented sounds like gibberish more incoherent than a drunkard rambling about aliens. And yes, I know what that sounds like.

[@michaelwashboard2323]

@@laughingfurry Well it sounds like that because the music is cut up into random pieces in this video, the original source material isn't actually that chaotic, here's the album he pulled the songs from: kzbin.info/aero/PLoPm0Yp0LD5TiCUtYDI7OtZdj2YGOsHiu

[@danielbueno8474]

*Oddheader:* "Well, time to make a new video. I wonder what I should do for the intro..." *His old consoles:* _Nervously sweating_

[@camrynhamme]

The hidden body in shadow tower reminds me a lot of the Resident Evil “Easter egg”, where if you were to hack the camera you would be able to see a body on one of the ceilings that was never used, and instead of removing it they knew you’d never see it because of the locked camera angles.

[@kousis3759]

If you are talking about the one head on re2 after you meet the lickers, i believe he has already covered that in a previous video

[@marhawkman303]

@@kousis3759 the remake has dynamic camera, and they had fun with that bit of the game :D

[@kousis3759]

@@marhawkman303 oh really? I didn't knew it about the remake. I will look it up

[@MelbourneChazz]

Do you have sources/links for this easter egg? Can't find anything about it

[@camrynhamme]

@@MelbourneChazz if you look into the Resident evil licker head it should Come up. I’m fairly sure odd has covered it before.

[@gilbertgotfried]

Number 2 just sounds like a great easter egg for what I understand to be a genuinely good horror VN series. Most likely pure fiction, but the uncertainty and strangeness of it really adds to the power of its presentation. Nothing's quite as uniquely creepy as finding something like this hidden in a video game. The first four dothack games actually used this feeling to its advantage.

[@cosmostupid123]

Do they really? I always wanted to play those games but I thought they were just regular JRPGs

[@nathand3468]

I loved dothack for that exact reason, the unexplainable creepy mysteries

[@mrhandler2219]

Remember how some sand zones randomly had massive celestial human bodies that would fly by and then disappear?

[@komi___]

The Psychonauts one is pretty well known, that was the most unexpected thing in this video, to find something that wasn't obscure.

[@bloodrunsclear]

Except I didn't know about the cut audio (that was harrowing)

[@fitandfunky8352]

@@bloodrunsclear There's a lot of cut audio for Milla's stage. The ones where she's hearing the orphanage burn are the most infamous due to the in-game easter egg. There's also cut audio of her either fantasizing about making out with Sasha or it's audio of a memory she had with him, but it's never been explained why it's there.

[@Thebossstage1]

It's the cut audio thats less known

[@shilohwhiloh9636]

I had no idea about the cut audio. I feel sick to my stomach ;-;

[@gentrydean3789]

Yikes why do I watch before going to sleep?

[@eriksmith3089]

2:20 that figure has a striking resembles to the flatwoods monster, aka west virginia's second most popular urban legend

[@bloodrunsclear]

Wait, what's the first one?

[@zixea3318]

Flatwoods monster, AKA: a barn owl

[@eriksmith3089]

@@bloodrunsclear mothman

[@krvproductions6642]

I think that's what it's supposed to be

[@LynnTheOne]

Thank you for saying that, it was driving me nuts that he didn't know the reference

[@mrmiffmiff]

So the KanyeQuest pastebin poster was actually a friend of mine. We were all part of an ARG group that originally got together over Jadusable's Haunted Majora's Mask ARG. He did discover all this genuinely, it was a crazy time. He considers it his claim to fame. Kotaku accused him of just being the creator of the game who got mad that nobody had found his secret so that's funny.

[@n-nyt8153]

Oh ok Nice ya told us

[@keithchadwick7661]

Right...

[@josephcross3746]

Sure

[@nighurt478]

your such a fucking liar lmao😂

[@Angel_alanis]

Yeah, sure pal

[@ryantao2946]

Japanese horror never fail to give us chills, I literally feel a cold current running through my body even my fingers started to shake in place when the scene with the weird sound played

[@junosoft]

2:30 It is clearly a reference to the flatwoods monster

[@Orkenstei]

Indeed.

[@romayeel5797]

My fav cryptid, very popular in Japan

[@Kasmodamous]

i love cryptids

[@stuart9411]

Agreed.

[@ivelliosc4770]

I came to say this too... Nice

[@dr.loboto1171]

Oddheader: Mentions Psychonauts Me: He's gonna talk about Milla's secret room, isn't he.

[@unknown360gamer5]

I AM THE MILKMAN MY MILK IS DELICIOUSE SPECIAL DELIVERY

[@hellyeah385]

Yep

[@waterbottle73]

ok

[@Fede0779]

Yup

[@Octopixel40]

I think that I already heard about it in an Easter Egg video.

[@savannahjackson7347]

I feel for the Komaitachi one. Being diagnosed with an illness, especially one that a doctor can’t help you with or with no known cure really does feel like a curse. I can see this person being diagnosed with severe neuropathy and just having a mental break after being told the only real option was to just live with it. It really seems that way, especially with references to seeing things and maybe hearing a loud buzzing, like you do during some of the scenes. Those are things that can happen to people under a large amount of mental distress. And to suffer with it to the point that it affected their work enough for their identity to be scrubbed from the game’s credits, even when they were clearly a good developer or coder - perhaps even someone that had a large enough work load to trigger this level of anxiety. Seems to me like this person was just trying to find some sort of relief by hiding their feelings within the game like this - like screaming into the void or something. I truly hope they’re doing better now, whoever they are. Seems to me like they were someone that had a lot of empathy (talking about being unnerved by the deaths of characters in the game and clearly having a vivid memory of dissecting a frog, probably from back when they were just a kid). Pour one out for unnamed Komaitachi developer, folks.

[@terrydavis146]

It's kamaitachi, it's a mythological creature, and it's just the devs being purposely scary

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@FstSergeant8595 That depends.

[@savannahjackson7347]

I truly hope you guys are right. I’d hate to think of anyone being in that kind of pain. You really have to put a lot of yourself forward when you’re crafting a video game - I just don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility that after immersing ones’ self into developing something like this game, on top of having something personally traumatic happen, for someone to want to get their troubled thoughts down in the form of a truly bananas fourth wall break.

[@TakeFlightRaven]

Bless you for being the one person so far (that I've seen) that gives a single shit about a person who, quite possibly, was suffering from a mental illness or malady of some type. I can relate, too.

[@darkninjaoflightness]

​@@savannahjackson7347 The first Kamaitachi no Yoru also had a similar easter egg with hidden messages from a supposed developer of the game. It's definitely just for spook factor.

[@somenerdidk]

this is why i love oddheader, when he started talking about the creepy room in psychonauts i was like "i have seen this secret in a million videos, give me something new" but then he busts out cut dialogue from the files that i had never heard of! its amazing oddheader always brings up tottaly new super interesting mysteries that i never heard about, you do some seriously amazing stuff man

[@anthonys.3085]

I love how oddheader breaks video game consoles just for a 10 second clip

[@n-nyt8153]

Yeah

[@SadCoffeeBear]

Hopefully they are dead consoles lol

[@dirtfriend]

@@SadCoffeeBear the ps2 was like the best selling console of all time, there's millions of them. i don't think it's that bad if he smashes a slim for a sketch

[@kyun1711]

I grew up with a ps2 slim. That thing overheated all the time -.-

[@Drizzlla]

I'd be very surprised if Odd's not already planning on smashing up the new Xbox or PlayStation in a few years time 😆

[@QuartzRoolz]

2:30 is the flatwoods monster, A very famous Cryptid from west Virginia the Kanye quest one feels like a failed ARG more than an actual recruitment tool.

[@Rahkoi]

I was about to comment that about the Flatwoods Monster. It's generally considered to have been an owl, but the story is very spooky and full of coincidences. That's a really cool reference lol

[@nivannakingsman1383]

@Quartz Roolz glad you saw it

[@easymb3069]

yep was about to say the same thing

[@veloi3]

That Japanese game one actually terrified me, there’s just something about it that deeply disturbs me

[@Gaming_Legend2]

there is a thing that old japanese indie games have that they are highly disturbing for me, they feel like things put there at random but in a spooky way

[@helloagainperson]

I don't think it's was a disgruntled employee or even a fictional disgruntled one. The translation seems to tell the story of a debug tester getting cursed by the game, then erased from history entirely, he ominously warns the player of impending doom and maybe there is hope for you if you haven't heard "the voice" yet, followed immediately by what can interpreted as high pitched screaming. It just seems like standard spooky shit that'd be in a game like this.

[@zachstack3133]

My firsy guess is a spooky story involving Japanese ghost story themes and motifs. Possibly a disgruntled employee with neurosis, but the likelihood he was able to code that much into the game after he was supposedly fired? Possible, but not probable.

[@athffunnymoments]

I just laughed because mid-way I thought of "HEY SHITASS" there's something wrong with me

[@Quandry1]

@@zachstack3133 Likely not even possible. Because to be fired under conditions that they wouldn't even put your name on the project either means they fired you so early you'd never have been able to insert something like that or that they fired you so suddenly because of some other issue that you wouldn't have had access or time to put in your little extra piece and adequately hide it. So it's either completely intentional... Or it's completely fake. Since the only proof we have is some supposed old video of it from a completely different language. The second is more likely considering such fake editions have been done in other languages (particularly some form of spanish) quite a few times before and then entered english speaking circles as either a secret or some kind of misrepresented creepy thing completely seperated from the truth. (Anybody Remember MOMO for example?)

[@elfarlaur]

God the Japanese are on another level entirely with their horror.

[@ultrablueslime8216]

Yeah. That's all I can say, just... yeah.

[@frozenfiredarknight3764]

I mean... they make games bigger and "better than what we can do. (example: Nintendo lol) I wouldn't be surprised if the horror games are scarier than the movies we've seen

[@subtleusername5475]

@@frozenfiredarknight3764 not every game is bigger and better in Japan lmao they make small and garbage games too. also, American horror movies are pretty trash because they're mostly jumpscares. it's not hard to find things that are scarier.

[@TwistedFireX]

@@frozenfiredarknight3764 I mean Rockstar is pretty god tier, dare I say better, than Nintendo.

[@Meowzipan]

@@frozenfiredarknight3764 Place, Japan headass

[@thewastelandwanderer6099]

The millas children is one of the finished levels when psychonaughts was originally going to be a much darker game

[@PIXELPUNCH3x3]

The disgruntled employee one legit scared the shit out of me

[@bekindtotheonesthatyoulove4894]

Me too

[@toceeno874]

15:20 was that ASCII? I tried translating it and the results were: I gave a cry of astonishment. I saw and thought nothing of the other four Martian monsters; my attention was riveted upon the nearer incident. Simultaneously two other shells burst in the air near the body as the hood twisted round in time to receive, but not in time to dodge, the fourth shell.

[@ohanakauhako8186]

GENIUS!!!!!

[@scarecat]

how? theres not even enough characters

[@Blakbox92]

That looks like it's from The War of the Worlds

[@brayonyx14]

@@Blakbox92 it is

[@cantbejawsome]

10:57 After saying "game" so many times, the text starts saying the lyrics to Gegege no Kitaro, which is a cartoon from the 60s. I think after reading the word "game (geimu)" repeatedly, the developer got the theme song to Gegege no Kitaro stuck in their head. This is actually quite funny, and makes the easter egg a lot less scary!

[@apple-de8tx]

Dude has to go see a therapist

[@SpringySpring04]

The last game was made in RPG Maker VX Ace, the theory that it can "track players" is completely false. RPG Maker VX Ace is extremely simple to use, and if there was a networking script, it would require credit to the script authors.

[@SgtLion]

It supports custom Ruby scripting, so it's perfectly capable of networking without _that_ much effort. Also, there's no betting scripts weren't used without credit anyways.

[@SpringySpring04]

@@SgtLion Yeah but its really easy to just find out if they did add credit to script authors, you'd just open it up in VX Ace and open the script editor - see if they had any scripts or whatever

[@Lions2th]

Nevermind, I get what you're saying now

[@isaiahminott]

Mmm I see *nods in confusion*

[@ucitymetalhead]

The only weird thing about the kanye game is that it actually exists.

[@hdofu]

Not as weird as the fact there was a flash game about Bill Cosby that predicted he was a racist well before the news broke.

[@DougJK]

@@hdofu Rumors of him being a rapist were around LONG before it all went public tbh

[@GrugGangGrugGang]

It really just looks like a less interesting version of Shut Up and Jam Gaiden.

[@garbageboystinkman4159]

Nexpo did a video on it and the cultish vibe it gives off. Goes way deeper into it than Oddheader could've in his usual video length.

[@nighurt478]

@@DougJK he make great water 👍

[@heather99ful]

Well the robot you talked about it’s actually a West Virginian ufo story about a alien with a oval head and a metal maid dress with claws they call it the flat woods monster because it has been found in the town of flat woods so it’s an Easter egg 🥚

[@seymoorepoone9512]

It was said to stand 15 feet tall and emitted a horrible smell. It was also seen by multiple witnesses.

[@fatherjack3088]

Yeah. I was hoping I wasn't the only one to notice that.

[@3possumsinatrenchcoat]

basking shark

[@celtictheknight]

That Kamaitachi no Yoru one made sure i'll never be able to sleep again

[@SnugLife]

I've been waaaaaiting for the next VID let's gooo!

[@napalmkitty6686]

IVE BEEN WAAAAAIITING FOR A GAME LIKE YOU TO COME IN TO MYY LIIFE

[@crunchymunchiegames6092]

I watched you're latest vid ;)

[@ItsN1naBabyyy]

Same bro.

[@reaperraffy5710]

same i love oddheader he is such a cool guy, he brings mystery to the gaming world

[@SnugLife]

@@reaperraffy5710 YESS! I love classic games, old games. I love things with (Glitches) and DARK PASTS! I enjoy these type of videos! I find them fascinating and they keep me hooked

[@DarkCrowI]

In Mia's mind in Psychonauts those aren't ghosts, those are nightmares.

[@aswertyuiol]

I was thinking this. Oddheader unfortunately missed the point of the easter egg in that it's a representation of Milla's guilt and trauma, hence why it's so distressing and locked away.

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

Has “Milla’s Children” never been on this channel before? It’s not really hidden it’s one of the only collectibles in the game

[@icecreamsandwitch3008]

It has

[@TheRealAmericanMan]

@@icecreamsandwitch3008 that makes this entry EXTRA bizarre

[@horriblechronicdiseases]

It has been shown on this channel.

[@vallore.arcana]

For that Japanese horror game, I have much reason to believe that it's talking about seppuku, where the host would not only cut themselves open in the abdomen, but would also disembowel themselves, sometimes used as a protesting gesture. Because some game designer found themselves fired, they added this in as a way of punishment toward the rest of the development team. When it refers to knowing that Christ was the Messiah, the text also mentions "That's why I shed blood and tore my belly to remove the yellow fat balls. It's like a frog dissection.". What else would they be talking about?

[@SpicyRess808]

Nice! Very interesting observation!

[@DiggerDeeper01]

I always hope when people do the "Destroy my tech" bit that the thing they destroyed was at least ancient and stopped working.

[@lilacKurage]

Ngl same

[@supremechaosbeing2696]

it’s also a dumb bit. unfortunately i am also a scott the woz subscriber

[@kevinm5940]

Fun fact: after going down a youtube rabbit hole, I found out that that is also a fetish!

[@DiggerDeeper01]

@@kevinm5940 Why? Why is this a fetish?

[@largeboi4678]

@@kevinm5940 What? What?

[@medijate]

13:57 I'm impressed you didn't include the ARG theory behind the Acensionism game. I think there are a few videos about it.

[@thothorus]

That second one on the golf course is the flatwoods monster!

[@taximaxi1431]

Yuup

[@dustwing7597]

Jup

[@Kevvyh20]

you beat me and I live there😂

[@Andrei_Ulmeyda]

yep, it's huge in japanese folklore and was also the basis for the aliens that invade the ranch in majora's mask. (It's legit just an owl that someone saw in the dark though)

[@maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337]

The golf one is a figure called the Flatwoods Monster. Not only is its shape entirely identical to the real world legend, but there's an enemy based off it in Fallout 76 that is called the Flatwoods Monster with very very similar features

[@kablammo123]

It's even in majora's mask

[@axovoxel]

2:03 That thing looks and is obviously inspired by “The Flatwoods Monster” which is a West Virginia cryptid. Just look you images for it and you’ll see the undeniable resemblance.

[@randomlygenerated9182]

I agree, i knew what it was right when i saw it but couldn't remember the name

[@tankbusterJ]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking too

[@n-nyt8153]

I never knew That was a monster

[@BakanoWeeby]

OH GOD, Nicolasloquendero is a very close friend of mine from years ago! He makes a TON of videos about videogame mysteries, so happy he was mentioned here, thanks man I'll give him the news!

[@mrrithexthesilent6385]

Grande el Nico

[@tomipalasnenas9844]

@@mrrithexthesilent6385 orgullo

[@praiserofthesun3645]

No esperaba verlo al we aqui, Grande el boi

[@chadthundercock9218]

Un capo el Nico

[@NicolasLoq]

Gracias por avisarme :D

[@scooterpatrollin7818]

10:58 Weird fun fact, at the bottom of the screen you can see repeated the phrase 'Gegege no Kitaro', which is the colloquial name of a 1960s manga called 'Kitaro of the Graveyard'. 'Kitaro of the Graveyard' followed the misadventures of a half-human, half-demon boy named Kitaro and his involvements with both Japanese people and their many yokai. "Gegege" is a Japanese onomatopoeia for when something is creepy, eerie, or otherwise unnerving. What a weirdly specific thing to see tucked away in a game like this.

[@Xamsims]

Kamaitachi is what sleep deprivation does to you.

[@chubbyhubby2065]

The one with that Japanese game that seems to intentionally crash, and all those nonsensical ramblings. During the screeching part, after the word "game" keeps being repeated. There's "gegegegegege" being repeated too. Then it says "no Kitaro." What they're trying to say is Gegege no Kitaro, which is an anime about a ghost boy who deals with yo-kai

[@robtoes5937]

Yokai Watch?

[@lovaniagengar7941]

@@robtoes5937 I hope you're joking. I really really hope you're joking. If you're being serious, then I'm just gonna tell you that yokai are deities from Shintoism. They're wandering spirits imbued with different formes of magic. For example, the kyubi, kappa, yukki onna, and oni are the best known.

[@robtoes5937]

@@lovaniagengar7941 oh so they're pokemon... I get it now

[@lovaniagengar7941]

@@robtoes5937 ah, so you are joking.

[@peabee7538]

@@lovaniagengar7941 bro shut up 😭

[@YokoshimaSTAR]

'Genre: Rock, *Non music* ' whatever sh!t these producers be smokin... don't want it.

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

lol

[@gaminggladiator06]

From a comment i read, the cult easter egg was actually to attempt to start up his music career, which ended poorly. Guess i can see why. Even for alternate music, that still sucked.

[@meowdynyall9284]

Genre: Non-music rock, as in “this sounds comparable to the way rough gravel feels"

[@pliskin101]

Lol, it's just harsh noise. There are much louder, weirder and better stuff out there.

[@SpyroTheEternalNight]

Discogs doesn't just deal with music, but with all audio CDs. the "non-music" tag is meant to be used for things like recordings of comedy routines, people reading books, etc. it doesn't actually apply to the recording in this video. someone must have added it by mistake.

[@ArekusaSan]

Pretty sure "ManSpider" is just a joke about reversing the order of "SpiderMan", and it was in the plush folder since it's such a contrast from the cute models. Also, the creature in the golf game looks like illustrated renditions of the Flatwoods monsters, a popular alien sigting event. That's probably just a fun easter egg by the developers, as the aliens were reported to be seen in the middle of a forest.

[@FizzieWebb]

It could have also just been a place holder for a scrapped spider plush that never got passed the the conceptual stage.

[@mspark400smith2]

Or maybe even a Sunny reference lol

[@Vargseld]

There's absolutely no doubt that's the Flatwoods Monster.

[@chaoz7370]

Yeah its definetely just a Flatwoods Monster reference

[@MiikeFoxx]

Mystery solved. I love you.

[@maija_]

I am an extremely empathetic person and that thing and audio of Mila made my heart ache...

[@Keedisgay]

“Heartaches, heartaches, By loving you meant only heaaartacches. Your kiss was such a sacred thing to meee, I can’t believe *It’s just a burning memory* Heartaches, heartaches, What does it matter how my heart breaks? I should be happy with someone neeew, but, My Heart Aches For You!”

[@RandomHandleLol1738]

@@Keedisgay that’s my favorite song

[@lforlost131]

That's how I felt for the worker of the Japanese visual novel entry.

[@k-leb4671]

Eh, the acting wasn't good enough to faze me.

[@retrospect]

*sPOokY*

[@viewingdownn]

6 minutes ago

[@ScarlettObsidian]

Huh

[@DrWho2008t101]

Great Video!

[@nivannakingsman1383]

@Retro-Spect random seeing you here

[@ezioauditore5533]

Yo retro fancy seeing you here

[@AquaDoesStuff_]

I was JUST thinking of watching an oddheader video a few minutes ago, then I refresh your channel page and this video comes up. Amazing

[@SMKurama]

That last one was actually really cool! Not the cult thing, but the fact that someone actually found it and researched it, definitely one of the reasons why I love watching Easter egg/hidden mystery videos on video games!

[@erpmario]

Looking back on that Outer Wilds mystery, it's definitely referring to the Echoes of the Eye DLC. Crazy how Mobius already had plans for it from the beginning.

[@damoosh4679]

2:23 that’s a reference to a cryptid known as the “flat woods monster”

[@Wired_User]

9:50 I love every time Oddheader sees an ODD HEAD. It makes me happy :)

[@kablammo123]

*ODD HEAD*

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

First time I've seen his face, this is a pleasant surprise

[@crow8385]

He shows his face in many other videos.

[@ilzamqiyami1257]

Ah yes you again

[@someguy3370]

I wish to be as big as you one day

[@kablammo123]

In case you didn't know justin y. is subbed to you [pls don't get mad if you knew]

[@kablammo123]

@Swag Monke I don't know

[@R3SerialPro]

Something that should be noted about the Psychonauts secret is that, in addition to the obvious, since Mila is psychic she could presumably also feel the agony of their last moments. This could even be inferred from one of the stills in the Viewmaster reel.

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

That last one maybe put that dudes music through a spectrogram. See what happens then.

[@willnewton706]

Whats a spectrogram

[@pinekel8987]

@@willnewton706 google it

[@DWandLoZfan_and_Knuckles]

Will Newton it a machine that makes pictures out of sound

[@ssholum]

Eh, just sounded like noise to me. That's actually a musical (? audio?) genre. The whole point is to be dissonant and noisy (of course). Hipster garbage, IMO, but maybe there are actually people that like it unironically...

[@ivanvenne]

@@ssholum The point of putting it through a spectrogram is to see if there are any images hidden in the music though. It's not about whether it sounds just like noise are not, Mick Gordon (the original music composer for the new Doom games) was able to hide images within his tracks. Even C418 who works on Minecraft was able to hide images of herobrine I belive in disc 11 (I believe there is another disc that even has an image of a creeper)

[@nicolasdacanay216]

2:44 That’s the Flatwoods Monster, a cryptid.

[@Unkn0wn4200]

I could easily tell due to living near the place it supposedly happened in, West Virginia is where other cryptids appeared like mothman

[@anotherrandomguy8871]

I knew I was thinking of some sort of monster or alien. For me it was the head shape that gave it away.

[@NasikaSakura]

The text isn't nonsensical. It's simply disjointed. Let me try to translate for you again! :) Please thumbs up so hopefully oddheader can see! Thank you.

[@funkie1221]

I thought so at first, too. But looking closely at it the "anata" seems to be a coincidence. It's not nonsensical, but parts of the sentences are missing. Also you got the 10:40 one wrong. Its not 縁たの but 縁だよ and そうだろ　　　　う　 which would mean "so it's like this, isn't it", so most likely not any name. I also haven't played the game but I am pretty fluent in Japanese :)

[@romanzotoryjec7154]

Am I the only one who thinks GeGe = GG = good game? Right before it says "This is such a game"

[@NasikaSakura]

@@romanzotoryjec7154 Ah, that may be because of the pronunciation. You may be reading it as "gē" (ぎ) with a hard g (as apposed to a j sound, but it is actually pronounced "gé" (げ) with a hard g. :)

[@NasikaSakura]

@@funkie1221 Ah, thank you! I will check again once at the computer. Tenten is a rascally thing, isn't it? Especially with blurry text. Kanji is much harder! I love it artistically and historically, but it is certainly a beast!

[@NasikaSakura]

@@funkie1221 I've updated my comment, and removed the speculation about the false Soutarou, haha. Thank you again!

[@dryest-bones]

i really shouldn't be watching videos like this this late because now i keep thinking im hearing mysterious sounds in my room smh

[@nighurt478]

ik this was a year ago but ur good trust me you just tend to get more scared than you think just make sure to watch some funny vids right after

[@bubjubs]

Saw a notif and clicked immediately. Made my day

[@tomfrommicromanagement]

Same, I do that everytime I see one of his videos

[@Cul_Kon8888]

Ikr I love when he posts best days

[@totallyrealcia]

Everytime Oddheader posts I click immediately

[@Chocolatepain]

Same

[@FranDC4]

Oddheader is love Oddehader is life

[@comms9803]

That second figure is a reference to a famous early alien sighting. Pretty cool find!

[@danielhendricksen6970]

I see you are a man of culture! The flatwoods monster is quite an interesting story

[@JarvisMH]

@Archie Elison Huang 2:02

[@danielhendricksen6970]

@Archie Elison Huang Starts at around 2:02 but the figure is able to be seen at 2:24

[@vovabars1234]

It’s pretty weird he didn’t catch on that I mean even aliens from Zelda are based on the flat wood monster

[@jamesharold2964]

leeeeettssss gooooo the old background music is back

[@vitaawl]

It is very strange to consider the developer's message separately from the context. It all started with the Chunsoft conspiracy in the first part. In the second part, the idea of ​​a conspiracy was continued with a message in a cave. Also, this secret message affects the unlocking of the four "buggy" messages that you talked about. I recently discovered a lot of unused content in the game and there are images to visualisation the developer's story. These images look very unusual and strange. It is possible that there are still undisclosed secrets in the game. And judging by the large number of unused death scenes, about five endings were not implemented in the game.

[@fatstrategist]

2:47 I believe that's supposed to be the Flatwoods Monster

[@jerecsoria]

Everybody talking about the Flatwood monster but nobody is mentioning the truly HORRIFIC #2 secret......... Edit: I mean the #2 on he the list for the video not a second creepy thing in the games that has the Fleetwood Monster

[@redroze9196]

I’m curious now tell me!

[@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419]

Yeah tell me

[@DSXYT-]

TELL ME (US)

[@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419]

@@DSXYT- *Russian anthem starts playing *

[@lukethelegend9705]

That was disturbing, it doesn’t fit in the game at all. I think a very mentally ill person made all that, there’s no way it’s part of the game. Very disturbing.

[@Dodolord679]

The creature in the golf game is a reference to the flatwoods monster, a famous real world alien encounter.

[@zixea3318]

“Alien” also known as a misidentified barn owl

[@diegodeluquev1433]

You should watch the Trey the Explainer's video. It shows that it was just some people trying to get some fame. They couldn't even get the stpry straight.

[@Dodolord679]

Diego De Luque V look, I’m not saying that I actually believe that it was an alien, all I was trying to clarify that that’s what the Easter egg is based on. Jeez, does every skeptic on this website gotta be the guy who raises his glasses and go, “well actually...”, damn.

[@Dodolord679]

Diego De Luque V and yes I have seen the trey the explainer video, it’s ok.

[@Arkouchie]

Also the flatwoods monster is weirdly popular in japan.

[@xxsuperproductionsxx138]

the plushman spider looks like a rejected earthbound encounter.

[@Iksi_]

You are keeping this platform the way it was years ago, and that is why everybody who likes that era and or grew up with it salutes to you!

[@pillgrimm]

Was expecting secrets with really poor lighting tbh.

[@joshuaberndt7993]

Lol

[@Quitting.Byeeeeee]

I can't tell if you're some kind of comedic genius or not very clever (no offense.)

[@1venusflytrap]

@@Quitting.Byeeeeee -_-

[@greengamma569]

Number 2 is the scariest thing I’ve ever seen on this channel

[@dogwithahat0383]

"Phyc-" "This is the burning orphanage story, right?" "yeah" "Kany-" "ASCEND?" "yeah"

[@groove4528]

lol i feel that as soon as i hear either of those words mentioned in an easter egg video i just skip ahead to the next section

[@tk7977]

wow ur so smart and so much better than anyone for knowing about those things before watching the video!!! XDDDD so epic

[@groove4528]

@@tk7977 thank you someone finally agrees with me

[@Phhase]

Yes, but more specifically, the extra cut audio. It's a new facet to an already known secret.

[@erratasss_]

0:13 Dude! That almost gave me a heart attack! Love the music oddheader! I bought your plush!

[@n-nyt8153]

Gud boi

[@otaking3582]

10:57 A Gegege no Kitaro reference? A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@megamewtwox193]

We are 3 alrwdy

[@jonathanwilliams1271]

2:30 is the flatwoods monster, also referenced in Majora's Mask.

[@renno2679]

Developer: *forgets to delete a joke asset* KZbinrs: "This is very scary!"

[@willfish4428]

Intro idea: Sometimes you see something in a game that just calls for the holy water.

[@darkpixelz3167]

The figure in Hotshots Golf instantly reminded me of The Flatwoods Monster

[@chrisbeach423]

8:20 he says that the visual novel is an unusual game for him to cover on the channel.. even though Crono Triggers SNES sequel was a visual novel.... he then proceeds to cover a Kanye West fan made game 😂 i love OddHeader

[@thestanman1486]

That Japanese game might need a whole video dedicated to it. Maybe not by Odd, but I hope someone who may speak Japanese will dive deeper into it.

[@masonoreilly7512]

I saw the Outer Wilds segment and nearly fell out of my chair it's literally describing the new DLC content lmao

[@masonoreilly7512]

All things considered the Echoes of the Eye DLC is no less dark and creepy than this video makes the hidden code out to be haha

[@MerynMTG]

2:03 I was the one who submitted that. Thanks for using it ^.^ So I'm not sure what that thing is, but it looks a lot like the aliens from Majora's Mask.

[@mewboo3606]

It’s the flatwoods monster. A cryptid from West Virginia that was most likely a barn owl misidentified in the dark (what the person saw as the head was the owl with its wings out and around it. The weird staticy noises it made are noises barn owls can make). The majoras mask aliens are references to it to.

[@unholyknight9167]

You know, that robot thing in Hot-Shots golf looks an awful like the Flatwoods monster

[@littlescarfo]

love this dude. best time to watch is when you’ve been awake for too long, seeing someone else with big bags under their eyes just like yourself is comforting.