Bumbling Through Home Safety Hotline p.2 - The Mystery of Mice

[@ZeroCaim]

"Thank you for holding, your son is dead."

[@NiaStrawberryRush]

I like how several of the callers straight up sound like they’re voiced by sgf, it makes me smile every time I hear them. I find this game pretty charming, it’s nice when a horror game can be kinda silly and doesn’t need everyone to take it super seriously. I think after rewatching the Bloober bumbles, in preparation for when the sh2 remake comes out, I’ve come to have more of an appreciation for horror games that aren’t so self-important. It’s also nice to hear sgf enjoying a game after the terror of having to play saw 2, it was easy to just hear his soul gradually dying during that bumble lol.

[@nazonougami1818]

I love how SGF reads Mike's messages like he's from the Black Lodge.

[@shjilz]

That's so perfect, and being named Mike too, niceee

[@jernfuglen]

"Keep up the great work, employee, our eyes rest soundly upon thee." I hope that no one will ever be adressed in this way ever.

[@manjackson2772]

I think the idea that curses can't be broken, only passed on to someone else, is a fairly old tradition. I've seen it come up in a few places - Dark Souls, for one thing.

[@blackdog9698919]

Also _Paranormal Activity._

[@PurpleWind64]

I think the Ring too. At least the American one.

[@ThingsOnDemand]

The Grudge/Ju-On operates on the same principle.

[@nikodem123asdf]

I love how this could actually be used as a training tool for call center employees as the game relies on you thinking for yourself about what the problem is, rather than going down the rabbit hole of what the client thinks the problem is. Certainly would be loads more fun than an actual e-learning.

[@applefendor]

Very casually after having to deal with Erdrich monstrosities “you know we haven’t really had any house fires” lol

[@Grazden]

A perfect game to receive the SGF treatment, really enjoying this one.

[@jamesmason3734]

I like how the woman who was concerned about those "dungeondragon" cultist wasn't too concerned about her teen who dissappeared, really seemed like she hated her teen.

[@irrelevant8414]

love how the dark figure on the desktop is getting closer every day

[@RanMouri82]

SGF, you answered so many questions *perfectly* that it was sad to see you finally break your streak by answering "Animation". Great work, employee!

[@GuntherSchmidl]

This is a really fun game, so much so I had to break my rule and peek ahead at the Twitch streams to see how it ends. You sold at least one copy!

[@AllisonIsLivid]

WOW, that Flipper call was unnerving! I can count the number of times a videogame genuinely managed to be scary, and not just startling, and that was an instant addition. Tremendous stuff! The sound design in this game is genius.

[@blackdog9698919]

We never found out if his dumbbells were named Arnold and Sylvester, though... And if he can't get them clean, how will he complete his full workout menu??

[@Songbearer]

If there's one things RE has taught me it's that the silver medallion will really come in handy for making a statue give you... That Key.

[@Halligan1983]

I looked at the real estate video from the first part to see if any of the houses had anything obviously wrong with them, but the only thing I could see was the last one probably got the Spriggan Vines going on. But I guess it makes sense that you wouldn't notice much from the outside, since most of it happens inside the house. But it's a pretty good racket that HSH has gotten into, selling off infected homes. I also noticed the missing kid would be a case of the false rosebush or whatever it's called, but I can't recall if SGF mentioned that or not in the video later on.

[@130lukas]

The cat was the name of the pet from the caller from the first part yes~ Ps: fae are known to be weak to iron:hence the references to iron chains and used horse shoes

[@aluco-strix6866]

I wonder what it'd be like to be a renter in this world. If a boggart ended up in the basement of my apartment building I hope I'd at least be able to break my lease

[@fostoshi]

Wow i really caught this fast, it says no views yet. Really enjoying this series!

[@terracannon876]

Admittedly some of these pests I would've gotten wrong. I'm impressed.

[@SulfurousAcid]

That brings up a good question, could enough hobbs counteract the horde

[@blackdog9698919]

I feel like, as an alternative to trying to keep your house totally pest-free, you could try to just get infested by everything all at once. Moles, stair slugs, gophers, night wisps, spriggans, bats, black mold, cellar grottos, boggarts, etc., all of it, simultaneously. They might just cancel each other out if you get enough of them.

[@sc065]

Was just finishing up the first one, perfect SGF game, thanks!

[@CreepyPersonCube.]

Wouldn't it be extremely simple to prove whether the mouse is smart or not? "If you said help me, blink twice. Now do it again for confirmation... hm, yes." (writing on clipboard) Perhaps you were the victim of a boggart, or slept with the wrong woman's husband?" ALSO: The Travel Gnome is in the upper right, takin' a little peek. ALSO ALSO: I would kill to see a sequel where you play the Home Safety Hotline's other teams. Like a superstition-themed SCP.

[@manjackson2772]

...is Mike a smart mouse?

[@CreepyPersonCube.]

@@manjackson2772 Oh I just named the first scary critter from the database that came to mind, I didn't watch ahead or anything. It's entirely possible, given how intensely inhospitable our own homes have become in this universe. We're more like the unwelcome rodents than the owners...

[@RanMouri82]

Agreed! I'd love to play as the various removal teams.

[@Walpurgisnackt]

What are birds? We just don't know.

[@DrymouthCWW]

What even are they?

[@TheBlackPigeon]

Waiting for a caller to start complaining about the Luke Hobb running around in their garage. Incredibly fast and furiously trying to get them to take a trip down 'jabroni drive'. *shudders*

[@NotJonJost]

1:07:10 The most menacing monster really is Longmont Potion Castle.

[@Karma20XX]

This game is great. Curious to know where it's going.

[@natp8387]

I think the first one was a pipe hob, if you listen to the full sound clip it clatters about some.

[@d34dnes]

41:28 Uh, was there always someone standing there?

[@TMMQuicksilver]

Man, these chats with the boss are getting kind of ominous. I hope you get a raise soon. ... you ARE getting paid for this, right?

[@DJMankiewicz]

Is the prank caller a Longmont Potioncastle reference?

[@foxyshibata3783]

Your Dog, Goblin? ....Dog?! GOBLIN!?!? DOG GOBLIN!??!?!?!?!?! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGAHAA

[@Maverynthia]

Kobold :3

[@segaherman_twitch]

Ooh what are you playing this time 😮

[@john963]

Carl from ATHF @ 31:28

[@john963]

I also enjoy the longmont potion castle references

[@ebrules]

honestly the devs not realizing that hoard and horde are spelled differently is really distracting me haha

[@Halligan1983]

It describes The Horde as an invisible collective consciousness, so it is a horde that hoards.

[@ebrules]

@@Halligan1983 right, that wasn't the issue. In the text it says something like 'they will horde items'

[@kingborehaha]

This game is cool

[@drivemecloser]

Robert was a trick-out. Because it was a Common Hobb, but Robert wouldn't know the hobb isn't going anywhere and that the instructions he was given just prevent it from turning into a boggart. It's the player's job to realize that and just rebound him the same instructions he was already given.

[@Aethonic]

I think the answer to 58:30 was wrong

[@marthedge]

Yeah that's supposed to be common hobb

[@GooeyGremlin]

Looks like Robert didn't pay attention, that hobb ain't going anywhere unless he gets a Stair Slug.

[@nonsquarepixels]

I would have said the last one wasn't a soap sprite but a cockroach.

[@1Hol1Tiger]

I thought it was only bumblin' if it was a bad game

[@LordNagash]

no, bumbling is just meant to show they're different from full planned out lets plays

[@FluoriteRhodochrosite]

"Let's Play" is for thorough examinations of games he already knows his way around. "Bumbling Through" is for blind playthroughs.

[@goldenalpaca3881]

Oh ok Carole. I'm sure the guy was annoying but you didn't have to turn him into a mouse

[@blackdog9698919]

This game mines a lot of tension out of the changing times. Back when all these fairy tales were invented, people were way more comfortable with dying horribly or having their pets and/or children be eaten by monsters, and they were pretty blasé about it. I mean God Himself is just a child murdering machine in the Bible. If our ancestors' dog or baby was taken by the fae with no hope of rescue or survival, they'd just be like "Well, nuts." and move on with their day. People who are likely to play this video game, on the other hand, would be disturbed by just imagining such a thing happening.