Firefly 1x3 REACTION!! "Bushwhacked"

[@Judymoe]

I always loved that it was silent outside of the ship; no loud explosions.

[@Mayhemm007]

Reavers also have little regard for their own safety. For example, they will often run ships without shielding on the reactors and surgically alter themselves with unsterilized tools like we saw in this episode. Not gunning for long lifespans, the Reavers.

[@TheDoctor2nd]

Scar You forget though, they don't kill every person they come across. The cursed few that survive are intentionally turned mad as portrayed in this episode, like a sort of mental virus. Which is why their territory has actually expanded aggressively in the past few years, as said by the follow up movie.

[@jeffreynunya4716]

The Alliance soldiers are really wearing the ACTUAL costumes (just painted purple) from Starship Troopers, which came out just a few years before. A lot of movies reuse old props and costumes from other movies, but I read somewhere that Starship Troopers was one of the last sci-fi movies to use all real, full-scale props. They made hundreds of costumes, guns, etc. and most of them were kept as the props stock. After that movie CGI took over and most props will be made in 1-2 copies and than digitally applied when needed.

[@rooqbranwen8305]

Power Rangers Lost Galaxy used the uniforms/armor from Starship Troopers as well.

[@alpine_newt]

Awesome trivia!

[@SaulOhio]

They also sometimes use common items like nitrile gloves.

[@Reece_Hart]

It's funny that Eric touches on whether Reavers are meant to fill the role native Americans played in Westerns. I vaguely remember Whedon doing an interview where he said that every story needs a monster and that in the classic westerns it was the Apaches. But he wanted to remove any racial elements and make it clear that anyone could become a Reaver

[@Atomic_Acorn969]

@OriginalTharios Except we literally see in this episodes how people outside of [REDACTED] can turn into a Reaver.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

@OriginalTharios Only 1/10 of 1% became a Reaver due to biology, this is a different thing unless the Reavers have means of recognizing that biology.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

@OriginalTharios _"So either he was hiding and went nuts on his own, "becoming a Reaver" as a psychological defense mechanism...or something about their biology changed because of the chemical, and they're "contagious"."_ The episode implies the Reavers intentionally left him alive, traumatized and unable to use the ship, after forcing him to witness their habits expecting he would become like them since Mal puts it together. If there's an actual physical contagion (e.g. they bodily produce more of the compound) is unknown.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

@OriginalTharios _"They probably would."_ I suppose that makes more sense than some kind of logical analyzing. Then again they operate spaceships.

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

@OriginalTharios _"It's not that they can't rationalize or problem-solve."_ That's not what I mean. I mean that it makes more sense for them to physically recognize traits about the rare ones than to study and logically analyze everyone onboard and then decide who best fits the profile. _"They just have exactly zero impulse control, and have a weird short-circuit in their brain that turns them into the ultimate sadomasochists."_ It's not just a "weird short-circuit" and it´s not just having no impulse control, the original ones also had "their aggression and primal instincts boosted".

[@blacksheep_edge1412]

18:14 Blue Sun is a corporation in the Firefly/Serenity setting. If you go back you'll notice Blue Sun logos on some of the containers when Mal, Zoe, and Jayne are going to the meeting with Badger in the continuity order pilot. The same logo pops up from time to time on various items throughout the series and film. When ever they need to add a bit of "flare" to the items on set they might throw that logo on a box, crate, shipping container, or whatever.

[@anonymes2884]

The space visual effects are by Zoic Studios and were kind of groundbreaking at the time (with the apparent rawness of ragged zooms, dropping focus etc. all done in CGI). Zoic went on to do visual effects for "Battlestar Galactica", "Game of Thrones", "Arrow" and "Age of Ultron" among many others but i'm pretty sure 'Firefly' is the first thing they ever worked on.

[@Pyro7k]

1) Absolutely thrilled that y'all are diving into this show. 2) Did not expect the conversation to drift into the physics of farts. Yup, it's official. This is now my favorite reaction channel.

[@suinegagpf]

They never explain Blue Sun in the show, you just see it everywhere. Outside the show, Joss explained it as a ubiquitous megacorporation.

[@Endigo_Vandane]

I'd love to see their reaction to Farscape.

[@AlexandreMS71]

Damn, that would be a dream came true. Farscape is a kind of show they can love and make very long analysis.

[@chaost4544]

Three years later and it still needs to happen.

[@StarlasAiko]

Did they already do Babylon5?

[@ThePharaz]

I believe River has a few psychic abilities including Telepathy (apparently reading only), Empathy (relatively short range maybe under 100' depending on intensity maybe further), Precognition (able to see/know a few seconds or maybe minutes into the future), Postcognition (able to see the past possible years or longer ago), possibly Clairaudience/Clairvoyance (able to hear/see a location not normally possible from her location), Danger Sense (limited but something like Spider-man has).

[@garyphillips3406]

One of the 5 main stars in the system is a blue sun - but there was also meant to be a Blue Sun Corporation, another potential plot thread that never went anywhere on screen thanks to it getting cancelled.

[@Dularr]

Very sad, the Firefly Online video game seems to have faded. So many worlds to explore.

[@armchairgravy5148]

"I'd start screaming too if she held me like that." Amen, bro. Amen.

[@Dularr]

Blue Sun Corporation - Joss Whedon described it as a combination of Microsoft and Coca-Cola.

[@StarlasAiko]

After Buy'n'Large rebranded

[@CGGuy08]

Fun Fact: The Alliance armor is literally recycled wardrobe from Starship Troopers. They painted them purple and used it for this show for the Alliance.

[@lelmdrWHO]

I'm so hyped!! I watch all yalls SPN reactions and a smattering of others, but I am so excited we have someone who has never seen Firefly!! the freaking best show. It breaks your heart how short it is, but it also makes it easy to quickly rewatch the whole thing over and over. lost track of how many times I've seen it. reactions are really great way to get to enjoy it for the first time again, even if it is only vicariously.

[@floppsymoppsy5969]

🤣 🤣 🤣 You f****rs!!! I threw my phone across the room when Pennywise flashed across the screen!!!! Bravo sirs, I comend you. You got me good. Damn good 😉 😜 😘

[@QlisBbsa]

Blue Suns were a mercenary group in Mass Effect. Probably a nod to Firefly?

[@tonysanders2332]

I'm late catching these reactions, but they're great. Serenity is indeed a character, just as much as the rest of the crew.

[@Rubicon2305]

During the American Civil War, the Union or FEDERAL troops were referred to as "Blue Bellies." Therefore, the Feds in the Verse are "Purple Bellies." If you look at a map of the Verse, there are multiple systems and one in particular has a blue sun... you will also see other Blue Sun products and labeling throughout the episodes (see Ep. 1 and the crates and shipping containers in the background, etc.). Blue Sun is a Black Bag corporate entity, likely HQ'd somewhere in the system with said blue sun, that is a front for the Alliance government to have their fingers in every pie as well as launder and hide money, as well as fund and funnel secret projects and covert entities and operations - such as "the academy that no one had ever heard of before..." and agents that come in pairs, aka "two by two, hands of blue."

[@perfectharbinger1398]

What's funny about this episode is that, just looking on the Firefly episodes we got, this episode could be skipped and you would miss nothing plot-wise or even character-wise. But when you include the movie "Serenity", this episode is an essential watch because Holy Christ, does it give some context and depth to the Reavers. Speaking of which, you guys should do a reaction to the movie. Even if it's Patreon-only or something.

[@crumdogy]

PerfectHarbinger I would totally pay to see that.

[@georgial6398]

actually when you include serenity this episode makes nonsense of the reavers. or the movie makes nonsense of them. one or the other. two very different origins.

[@perfectharbinger1398]

Not really, no. Their origin in the show is basically "Hey, these are people who've gone insane out in space" and the movie basically reveals that to be Alliance propaganda and their true origin is revealed in the movie, without giving spoilers away. Which, at surface level, does sound like a retcon but it honestly isn't. I guarantee that, if the show were to go on, the reveal of the Reavers' origin was going to be part of a major episode. And I'm sure the Reavers would have made future appearances in the show along the way too. But because of the show's cancellation, Bushwhacked and the movie are really the only details we ever get on the Reavers.

[@georgial6398]

Except there's this episode. Which depicts a person literally becoming a Reaver. So - it's not Alliance propaganda. This episode confirms the "Alliance version" of the Reaver origin as true. The guy in this episode is a Reaver. He becomes one.

[@perfectharbinger1398]

Not necessarily. While it's pretty much irrefutable that the guy in the episode has basically become a Reaver, I honestly think it would be most accurate to say that there really isn't a "Bushwhacked version" or a "Serenity version" of the Reaver's origins and here's why: *SPOILER ALERT FROM HERE ON OUT FOR ANYONE READING THIS COMMENT THREAD WHO HASN'T SEEN THE MOVIE* The very first Reavers being created from citizens of Miranda being infected by that chemical, and basically having the opposite effect the chemical was supposed to have, doesn't necessarily mean every subsequent Reaver needs that chemical to become one. In Bushwhacked, we see that the Reavers basically drove that guy so insane that his only course of action was to mimic the Reavers. We can all assume this is far from the first time they've done this. Therefore, we can assume that a large amount (Probably the majority, depending on the timeline) of Reavers are men and women driven insane by previous Reavers and who have joined their ranks or whatever passes for ranks with Reavers. The reason why I say what was said in Bushwhacked is "Alliance propaganda" is because people are under the assumption ALL Reavers are simply men and women going insane out in space. Obviously, that's bullshit because of what's revealed in the movie but it's also bullshit because the reason why people are going insane and turning into Reavers isn't because "Oh, they're too far out into space" as the idea claims. It's other Reavers. And the Alliance (Or at least the higher-ups, presumably) are aware of this because they helped inadvertently create the Reavers. Tl;dr version: The origins of the Reavers revealed in Serenity can intertwine with the events of Bushwhacked and still make sense because the origins revealed in Serenity technically only apply to the very first Reavers, the ones created on Miranda while all the other Reavers are created like the pseudo-Reaver we encounter in Bushwhacked. Therefore, Serenity doesn't fuck up the info we're given in Bushwhacked and Bushwhacked doesn't fuck up the info we get in Serenity. They intertwine nicely.

[@ronjeffrey8641]

In the novelization of "Escape from New York" the police were called "black bellies" due to the flack vests they wore.

[@Kevakazii]

Just a quick recommendation to all, if you enjoy Firefly check out The Expanse. Such a great show.

[@georgial6398]

The expanse is absurd. If there's a multi-culti future, there will be no space. This show at least posits a white/Chinese dominant mixed culture - that could still get to space. But a brown future like The Expanse posits is getting nowhere, no. It wouldn't get to space and there would be misery on the ground. And will be.

[@Kevakazii]

...It's a TV show....for entertainment.

[@georgial6398]

lol if you think modern shows especially are "for entertainment". No, they're all about social engineering and leftist propaganda. They're about entertainment second - and a distant second. Just like TV ads now are about selling the product only second. First purpose is showing the white woman and black man together, or the multicultural group of friends, etc. This isn't the innocent old world you seem to still think it is. They've got their knives out.

[@Kevakazii]

I fed the troll didn't I.

[@solgnaleb]

The Expanse is the best show on tv. Season 3 was incredible. Can't believe it's over on Wednesday :-(

[@portland-182]

Blue Sun is a massive corporation in the Fiefly universe. The Crybaby was made from a Blue Sun coffee can... firefly.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_Sun_Corporation

[@zedravenfeather]

Y’all be watching the movie at the end?

[@darrenrichardson6146]

When I finally saw Cowboy Bepop after having seen Firefly, I realised how alike they were, I wonder if Wheadon had seen the anime classic at some point before writing this....... And Blindwave should react to that classic anime if they haven't already!

[@kefln]

Blue Sun was supposed to be a corporation in the Verse. You see their signs scattered in the episodes, notably in the pilot, it was on a container in the market.

[@kinagrill]

Aaaactually it's no longer alliance property if Maritime Law still exists... it's a stranded vessel in open space.... so, some would argue that they have the full rights to claim the cargo and even the ship if they wanted.

[@OnionTaylorJoy]

Cowboy Bebop and The Expanse. Vote for it patreons or whatever you do. xD DO IT.

[@matthewzeller5026]

16:49 you broke me with "me neither"

[@doomsdaypiper5008]

I'm surprised you picked up on Blue Sun. It took me several times watching this show to notice. Just keep watching for that. Apparently it was supposed to play a big role in the overall story, but you know who cancelled the show far too early.

[@YoZentrus]

5:38 This part of the episode always gets me emotional.

[@Mx.RumpusParable]

I'm really enjoying the dynamic of friend watching friend watching it for the first time and not giving any help lol.

[@zemoxian]

“Thor!” I loved that.

[@michaeloconnor5904]

9:22 "Really. Eric? Rea... actually, he's not wrong."

[@tajemna99]

You guys should watch The Expanse after this, I think you'd love it!

[@leonstrand329]

I like how he said blue sun, I wonder if he will catch on about how River doesn't like Blue Sun and acts a bit strange when it comes to that logo, doubt it, its subtle.

[@Boringusername50]

I love the sound that comes up when #firebi comes on the screen HAHAHAH XD

[@karsimunerhettcon1097]

I believe the coffee can body of the Crybaby was a blue sun one? or am I mis-remembering.

[@thontor]

Your discussion of a using a fart to propel yourself in zero G had me cracking up

[@TheGirlonfire25]

Harken: Seems odd you'd name your ship after a battle you were on the wrong side of. Mal: May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

[@paulrichards4452]

Please check out Blake's 7. The original Firefly from 1978 BBC. They must have seen Blake's 7 because the similarities are striking especially looking at Blake's 7 season 4.

[@alpine_newt]

'Blast' and 'blast it' are used commonly here in the UK, as well as 'damn and blast!', 'blast and damn it!', you'll find in a lot of old novels from the 19th century. Also, I think Battlestar might have taken 'frack' from 2000 ad (British anthology comic).

[@cirrustate8674]

If you recall from The Train Job, the federal marshals on that train had armor with purple painted on it, including their bellies.

[@sallyshipwreck4315]

River's name is Summer Glau and she was 20-21 when she was in Firefly. I always thought she had an amazing depth for such a young actor. She's also a trained ballerina.

[@VolatileSupernova]

I didn't sign up for that Pennywise shit D: but it was great lol EDIT: "Maybe.. but also no. " Shit had me rolling!

[@RogunK]

I think of Firefly as a kinda of western version of Cowboy Bebop.

[@EAZ36588]

Might be worth paying attention to where else the blue sun logo pops up in this show... And how River tends to react to it

[@EAZ36588]

2x2?

[@crapstirrer]

Calvin watched it 10 times and never worked out it was out of sequence?

[@craigmccullough7333]

The entire series was released and transmitted not in the sequence the show was written and filmed. The DVD's are numbered in the transmitted sequence. So, the series as transmitted it doesn't make sense.

[@HOSER922]

Craig McCullough Speaking as somebody who owns a box set of the series, those dvds absolutely order the episodes in proper chronological order. I have no idea what the hell you and Calvin are on about with that.

[@anonymes2884]

Yeah, I was wondering if only the region 2 DVDs were in the right episode order because mine definitely are.

[@HOSER922]

Anon Ymes Is region 2 just "Anywhere outside of the United States"? Because I'm in Canada, so I should conceivably have the same North American set, but maybe not.

[@anonymes2884]

HOSER922 It's not quite exact but region 2 is roughly Europe (plus, like, South Africa, parts of the middle east and a few other not Europe places - no idea how the powers-that-be worked it out back in the day). Canada is region 1 along with the US so yep, chances are you have the same set as Calvin. Seems like people are just mis-remembering then (thought I might have to dig through boxes looking for the DVDs to prove to myself I wasn't going crazy ;).

[@wearywanderer7018]

“Ah! Thor!” Hahahahaha

[@kurttruk2]

12:06 I just love that hand motion. WTF

[@westerssss]

Blind Wave . Please Watch The Expanse!!! Please

[@MsSteeldog]

I keep hearing and reading about that show. I really need to watch it I think.

[@westerssss]

Anyone who is interested in real Science Fiction needs to watch this Epic Show. Before you dive into it though. I would suggest watching this video first (NO SPOILERS) - An Overview of the The Expanse | Overview Pilot by The Templin Institute - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHa0kqCbZp5-jLs It's World Building so you have some history before the real story starts

[@alpine_newt]

It's a great show, unfortunately the first couple of episodes are a bit slow and confusing, which might put some people off, but it suddenly gets really good, and then better and better.

[@MrComtrend]

I can't recommend it enough, best scifi series ever produced.

[@ngatiramona]

Cosigning this request. Such a phenomenal show.

[@mshippy19]

The fart conversation was my favorite psrt of this video 😅

[@garretthenderson5738]

Eric was right, the Reavers were absolutely designed to fill the "dangerous savage" role from Westerns. They were no means saying that native american's resembled reavers, but Westerns often portrayed them as the Boogeyman.

[@jgant5063]

Fart propulsion... you guys never disappoint. Keep ‘em coming. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@emmag3783]

Did I mention that I love that your reaction to this.

[@TheBS1000]

Calvin said Arkansas, but then proceeded to describe Kansas

[@Ryn_theObsessed]

TheBS1000 I know right? I live in Arkansas. We definitely have mountains.

[@MandoWookie]

@@Ryn_theObsessed Drive a mile as the crows flies in the Ozarks, and you will have actually covered five on the odometer, most of it vertical. And some sideways.

[@toddjolly8543]

27:55 What the internet was made for.

[@ZachsMind]

Regarding the cargo being Alliance property, that's essentially why Mal fought in the war in the first place. Alliance believes everything it can see belongs to it - like a lion surveying its domain, protecting its pride. Joss Whedon calls it The Alliance for a reason. He toys with the similarity in the episode Objects In Space. "Had to. Couldn't let us profit. Wouldn't be civilized." To Mal that's what civilization means to the border planets. The Alliance steals all resources it can to make sure the core planets are well served. We have similar problems in modern society. I often wonder if the reason why Firefly was treated so poorly by certain FOX executives is because they disagreed with Whedon's politics. Bushwhacked happens to be my favorite episode. Okay they're all my favorite but back a long time ago I did an audio commentary for this episode. I doubt the mp3 is online anymore... wow! I lied! just googled on a lark and it's available on archive.org/details/ZachsWhacked and I can't believe it's still there... I can't listen to it now. I'm smoking in it. My last cigarette was in April of 2006. This was recorded a few months before that. I'm gonna start hankering for a cig if I keep listening. Great to know people are still talking about this episode over a decade later. It reveals a lot about the Reavers, and also Book. Many fans feel you can skip this episode and not miss anything. I disagree strongly. It's a lot of fun with Simon and Jayne picking on each other like school kids. We get a glimpse of Kaylee having a crush on Simon, and Joss Whedon makes a point to film River's feet as she explores the derelict. Then the 'interrogations" towards the end are priceless, and reveal a lot about the characters. Also one of Mal's best speeches is hidden towards the end. The bit about the only way to survive facing the Reavers is to become them. Very eerie and almost prophetic. I love Nathan's delivery in that speech, and how he knows more about the Reavers then one might glean merely from bar hopping stories with scared drunks. There's back story unexplored regarding Mal and Reavers. Perhaps it's for the best. Anyway. Great episode. Deserves more love than it gets. Thanks guys for doing your part to change that.

[@eddiemi]

I learned more about farting from this reaction, than I ever learned in school.

[@gregweatherup3649]

You’ve had “Blue Sun” logos in the background of previous episodes 😁

[@theglennturner]

They talk about farting in space, and I must highly recommend Thunderpants, a story about a boy played by Rupert Grint who harnesses the power of his farts to bring a rocket to space and save ass-tronauts who are stranded there. Very real-to-life, believable, epic science fiction.

[@-hasamastersdegreeinwumbol8565]

Holy shit I thought I dreamed that entire movie.

[@davididiart5934]

Please end this series with a Serenity reaction!

[@TheBunnyboy2010]

Hope you guys are gonna watch and review the Serenity movie once this is all done.

[@colinarmstrong8612]

Blue Sun is the richest and most politically connected megacorporation in Firefly, they make nearly everything from food to parts for ships.

[@jhr_illustrations4159]

Cant wait for you to react to serenity

[@mradriankool]

Eric seems a complete blank canvas to this, so assume he hasn't seen serenity. Hoping that after the show run we get a Serenity review/reaction.

[@babybalrog]

you need be be able to name the eleven characters in this show. The nine humans, Serenity, and River's feet. Besides "gorram" there is also "shinny" as an in universe word worth adopting to real life. As far as the realism, notice there is no sound in space, they always add music. And it has realistic lighting, instead of Star Trek's perfect illumination

[@notimportant2508]

if you want a whedon show to really get to love and know and remember even more so then firefly, check out Buffy if you ever get a chance. I would personally love seeing your reaction and it truly is a show you will cherish.

[@abhinow7]

The Blue Suns are a mecenary group in Mass Effect...probably a reference to this.

[@saintmatthias8187]

I don't why, but the leader of the flagship Magellan. Looks like peeta from the hunger games. Just older.

[@tycol322]

Also you talk about Book not being a misfit. His back history is deep

[@becca1189]

Well... just subscribed. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@renscool527]

The more common cuss words are made up words, like gorram. However, a lot of the very creative cursing on this show is done in Chinese. When you're done watching you should look up some of the translations.

[@LeeCarlson]

Take a look at the Alliance Trooper's body armor.

[@carsoncasmirri3874]

The reavers were based off the highly feared and war like Apache and tribes similar

[@Philbert-s2c]

One of the common terms for Union soldiers during the Civil War was "bluebellies" due to the blue uniforms most Union troops wore. The Alliance=The Union, therefore "Purplebellies."

[@mossomness]

You're not alone with the KFC thing. I have totally done that.

[@Epics00]

What happened to the conversation at the end? I've heard it a couple of times now and I still don't know how it became that. :-)

[@ngatiramona]

Really enjoy you watching this show. Can you please watch The Expanse? It's breathtaking.. Sorta like Black Sails and Westworld enthralling acting and writing. Thanks lads.

[@LoSTRaMaiR]

Haven’t watched The Expanse yet (or made it through season 2 of Black Sails, only seen first season of Westworld). All of that to say, I read some negative reviews of The Expanse that kept me away.

[@brandondeese7438]

@@LoSTRaMaiR Pro life tip: Don't let reviews and other peoples' opinions affect your decision to try something out. YOU make your opinion.

[@LoSTRaMaiR]

Brandon Deese While for most people I would agree, that’s not how it works for me. I am constantly worried about what other people think about things. I have watched all 4 seasons at this point. I did like it. The CG stuff is probably unparalleled for space Sci fi.

[@clarissathompson]

I watched the Fox order when it aired, why would I ever do that to myself again? LOL! NO thanks!

[@Schmidteren]

also watch the movie afterwards. :)

[@Dularr]

I would place this similar to very late Frontier life. Well past the civil war, closer to 1912 when all the territories had become states.

[@cjonesnealdeal7817]

WooHoo more Firefly!

[@funlovincop]

Anyone else bothered by the fact that one dead guy hitting the ship made the whole ship shake? Sorry, had to get it out of my system

[@allyourmoney]

So I guess he had Reaper Madness?

[@triplebackspace3623]

Are you going to end this series with a review of the Serenity movie ?

[@RogunK]

Arkansas is flat? What about the Ozark mountains?

[@saintmatthias8187]

As I haven't memorized their names yet, I will simply call him "the dude with the beard" his laugh is exactly like Seth rogen's laugh. Anyone else notice this?

[@reflectionist]

What if I told you that the blue hands were part of a onesie?

[@marcinchwesiuk9898]

maybe you will record series "Cloak&Dagger"?

[@yugoxgc]

Makes you Wonder how sth this mad could fly a ship

[@uptowntrigor]

PLEASE watch Serenity after the series and do a full length.

[@Hiraghm]

Purple-belly == Blue-belly == yankee Union soldier. This is based largely on a book Whedon read about the Confederate War.

[@AlexandreMS71]

Have you ever watched Babylon 5 or Farscape?

[@Mauther]

An important element of this episode is showing that the Alliance isn't the bad guys. It's a threat to the protagonists, but only because they are outlaws. The Alliance isn't evil, it's just impersonal.

[@UatuOmega]

5:39 Dear editor, #HateYouLoveYou ;)

[@deadsirius5871]

You may have gotten Reapers from Grimm if you have watched it.. If you havent, you really should!

[@zanecastle2.0]

Second favorite blind wave #teamdudepower

[@Ser_Nox]

Yeah, do The Expance.

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

I believe the Incas played a similar game.