Ross's Game Dungeon: Gothos

Ross experiences the night life in Gothos.
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[@GoblinModeKnives]

Killing an artist at his gallery is totally normal Ross. It's called performance art

[@38procentkrytyk]

I work in the museum of art. People would totally buy it.

[@kuwabatakesanjuro1453]

A fully functioning homicidal artist, as the Jack Napier would say.

[@banzaiperson]

It’s like going a step further than even Chris Burden was willing to go, and he had a friend shoot him for a performance and had himself crucified to the back of a Volkswagen Beetle.

[@fangorn23]

"its all part of the show, folks. alll paart of the shoooow"

[@chillhour6155]

I read that in Gary's voice for a sec

[@ycylchgames]

An evil vampire being called Gareth is hilarious from a Welsh perspective. Gareth is like, the most mundane ever here. It's like a vampire lord being called Bill or something.

[@marley7868]

begone steve back to the pit!!!

[@JRyan56]

Also "John". John Gothos.

[@blumpus8150]

It's a super mundane and silly-sounding name in the US too.

[@ycylchgames]

​@@marley7868Steve is my name by the way 😅

[@marley7868]

@@ycylchgames I said BACK TO THE PIT STEVE oh and have a nice day

[@Richiachu]

"This remind me a lot of wandering around New York, I've done that before" "I didn't kill any *women* while I was there" Glad you were specific there, Ross.

[@phoebeaurum7113]

He was walking his knife.

[@Novous]

You just don't understand what it's like being a tourist in New York. It's _what you do_ man

[@cd2220]

After that cult simulator video I'm terrified of what Ross is really capable of

[@DSzaks]

an oddly specific denial...

[@vee-bee-a]

@@phoebeaurum7113 And he was walking without rhythm.

[@christophermorlock]

Note the excessive purple light on the actors’ long hair and sheer leggings. In these days, chroma was done with a green screen fabric lit by banks of Kino-Flo’s (fluorescent tubes) with green gels. If the foreground actor or object was too close to the fabric or the green Kino banks were too bright, green light spilled onto them, creating headaches during keying. To counter this, a DP could set up Kinos with purple gels to fill the green spill. If done incorrectly, the actor or object would now have purple lighting on them instead of green. The object is to remove any green reflection, not replace it. My experience was limited to smaller low budget shows, but I saw this remedy employed when the green screen wasn’t large enough (so the actor needed to get closer to it) cuz the green screen “stage” was simply the corner of a warehouse that also housed the sets. Or-and this last isn’t mutually exclusive-the crew were mooks. The creators of Gothos, especially costuming, could’ve solved this problem beforehand by simply doing test shoots of the actors and costuming and finding that, for example, using sheer or light color leggings on the ladies of the night picked up the green Kino blaze, then changed the costume to darker nylons. Small point but my eye keeps catching on it.

[@Sewblon]

"The creators of Gothic" I think that you mean "Gothos" Gothic is a German action RPG.

[@yakacm]

Hey thanks for taking the time, to fill us in.

[@mogimbo]

I love technical tidbits, thanks!

[@nifftbatuff676]

Nice.

[@thetruegoldenknight]

THERE's someone who's done his film studies: Christopher Morlock. Cool name, too...sounds like it could easily be a badass wizard.

[@PANGPOWER]

Man this honestly doesn't seem too bad considering what I assume is a budget consisting of 5 dollars, an unbranded soda and a greenscreen.

[@baconatur4039]

Seemed like a purple screen at time, I think someone used their bed sheets.

[@lovecraftcat]

It was a blue screen in the 80s and early 90s, but apparently green reflects more light

[@cedricmaguire9329]

I dunno, it at least seems like they sprung for Shasta

[@RaposaCadela]

@@lovecraftcat Yeah, green screen reflects so much, if you look close at the pixels you can always see it (ie NARC, Tekwar)

[@Flotube444]

... and apple ads

[@michaelmaage]

"I'm impressed by your flawless judge of character" "Even if they killed me a hundred times over, I would not talk" "Let's get ready to rumbleeeeeeee" What's not to like about this dialog?

[@PeetarTheGuitar]

This is why I love Ross. He starves me of content for months. And then just when Im about to die, he feeds me with two greats in a row. He's like the old testament God. Just testing my faith.

[@1323GamerTV]

If there is one constant in my life it is that every halloween Ross will drop a masterpiece, usually 2

[@scootza1]

I'd imagine he has a similar relationship with the unspeakable horror he stitched together from computer parts and gum that he keeps locked in his basement

[@joshuadarrow]

We aren’t finished yet. There is *_another._*

[@PeetarTheGuitar]

@@joshuadarrow and my mouth is frothing for it

[@vee-bee-a]

@@joshuadarrow [Ominous music plays in the background.]

[@DangerousPuhson]

"WhAt ThE hElL iS gOiNg On HeRe In LoOnSvIlLe?" "You are a confident one, aren't you. As long as that doesn't turn into arrogance, you may survive the final conflict" "LaSt MaN sTaNdInG gEtS tO kEeP aLl ThE tOyZz!"

[@LonelySpaceDetective]

"Who are you?" "SoOn YoU'lL nEvEr FoRgeT!" "...Well, I'm honored by your presence."

[@slindber81]

@@LonelySpaceDetective The usual Malkavian playthrough...

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

@Armis I guess Malkavians are the comic relief faction?

[@Godzeller3143]

Great, now I’m never gonna be able to read that font except in that voice.

[@FumblsTheSniper]

“Loonsville” I gotta remember that

[@samz8691]

There was this weird obscure other Vampire game with digitzed Actors, that you could only play after sundown, the game would literally not let you play it in the middle of the day. It was called Erevos

[@jadegecko]

What, it looked at your system clock or something? That's an inspired decision. And probably an inconvenient one too.

[@mc_zittrer8793]

@@jadegecko I actually respect that a lot. But then, i also had a cursed PSX that literally sucked the life force from my hand in order to run, so that probably affected my tastes.

[@jadegecko]

@@mc_zittrer8793 I tend to be a night owl myself so I probably wouldn't have noticed for awhile. I'm ...curious about the lifeforce sucking PSX though. This has to be a story worth hearing

[@RKNELIAS]

@@mc_zittrer8793 your dual shock vibrated too hard too?

[@bulutcagdas1071]

@@jadegecko There was an ancient student art project thing where someone rigged an IV bag or something to drip red color dyed water down a wall whenever a player was fragged in their CS 1.6 server. Probably unrelated things but hey, people do weird art projects.

[@jabberw0k812]

Me, growing up in a Mac family: "I wanna play Vampire: The Masquerade!" Family: "We have vampires on Mac." Vampires on Mac:

[@delphicdescant]

Some of us grow up in cults, some of us grow up in gangs, some of us grow up in mac families...

[@plot6520]

@@delphicdescant I'd rather grow up in a cult rather than in a Mac family

[@pathemep]

In Mac family everyone is gay and no-one knows where the kids come from. And you constantly paying for every second of your existence.

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

@@delphicdescant Some of us grew up in big mac families.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

I'd rather be a Malkavian than being from the Mac clan.

[@CatOperated]

This really is like a VtM LARP except there’s no arguing about who contributed to the snack table or not.

[@Stiftoad]

The definition of snack probably differs depending on how deep you are in character

[@Flotube444]

It is nice to see, that that problem is in fact an international VtM-LARP phenomenon...

[@Cythil]

Never done VtM LARP. But I was thinking of it when I saw the game. Apparently my preconceived notion is spot on what VtM LARP is :)

[@Iamafishproductions]

"WHERE ARE THE CHEETOS?" "They're right next to you." "WHERE'S THE MOUNTAIN DEW?"

[@CAPT6875]

Funny how he brings up LARP and how it's more about scheming, while he's using music from V:tM Redemption, a hack and slash version of Vampire. (I do love that game though. )

[@Deathborn668]

I can't stop laughing at how ridiculous the protagonist's lines are. It's like they're randomly grabbed from a large pool and parsed through a budget text-to-speech program.

[@misfire33]

LLllet's get ready to RRRUUUUMBLE! ... excellent, yes

[@LonelySpaceDetective]

The thing that kills me is how the NPCs just, treat you normally despite how silly the player's dialogue is. It's like they're not really paying attention, or they somehow just know to expect it of you.

[@PenguinDT]

@@LonelySpaceDetective Just another part of the true LARP experience.

[@varisware]

I appreciate your great judge of CHARACTER!!!

[@zephyr8072]

So basically like any of Commander Shepard's lines.

[@novelezra]

"Dudes! I just bought a bluescreen for $100! Who wants to make the best game ever?"

[@thetruegoldenknight]

Sounds fun!

[@EdwardHowton]

I just shaved my head and bought a 15$ leather armor halloween costume! Can I be a badass in a bar?

[@Kijinn]

You honestly think they had 100$ for a budget? Far exceeds my estimation.

[@novelezra]

@@EdwardHowton "You can act right? Ah screw it! That doesn't matter does it!"

[@EdwardHowton]

@@novelezra The funny thing to me is, I've _been_ in a movie before. Disney movie. With Shia Laboeuf, no less. Literally bumped into a real actor. His improvised in-character reaction and tone as he said TWO WORDS to me convinced me I could never be an actor. ...I think I could do a better job than any of the clowns in this game. Want to see my "work"? The Greatest Game Ever Played. Bar scene where a fat guy puts a golf ball through a phone book. When he bumps a table, those are my hands in the left grabbing my drink. I'm also standing on a table in the same scene a bit later. It's embarrassing how bad I was at pretending to have fun in a bar. I mean what I said about doing better.

[@robertflinch2447]

The fact that attacking the mime makes you lose blood is actually a really nice subtle detail that shes a vampire.

[@Ruby-pw4px]

And here I was, thinking that she's such a good mime that the animation playing is just her miming being bitten, not actually being bitten. And that's why she is back to normal when you come back to that screen.

[@PhoenixFireZero]

@@Ruby-pw4px i fully accept the notion that the main character is dumb enough to believe it, too

[@danielsurvivor1372]

But Ross bit the archeologist who can randomly end up as the deceiver antagonist

[@Moonhermit-]

Still, you gotta ponder her motives that brought her to that point. She got immortality and just decided one day to put on her best leotard/turtleneck combination and do mime shit on the corner for who knows how long.

[@LW1773]

Good news Ross, there is in fact a Batman vs Dracula animated movie! It's a fun time, though it doesn't go into the gory details since it was made for television and had an audience of young children. Aside from that, it's still pretty good.

[@eccentriastes6273]

Yeah, as I recall the Joker straight up dies early in the movie so he can come back as a vampire.

[@Klancer2]

But. There's a battle between Batman and vampire Joker in a blood bank, and the joker gets covered in blood as he revels in spilling hundreds of vials of blood all over himself. The lighting is blue specifically so they could make the blood black and sneak the whole scene under the radar of the censors. It's gloriously chaotic and insane. I love it.

[@fredflintstonefan39]

Plus there's a movie where batman IS a vampire

[@Skeletons_Riding_Ostriches]

There's also the recent DC vs. vampires comic.

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

There is a trilogy of comics where Batman fights vampires and then becomes one himself; Batman & Dracula: Red Rain, Batman: Bloodstorm and Batman: Crimson Mist. Pretty good stuff from what I heard. There is also a 1967 Filipino film called Batman Fights Drácula. It's said to be a lost film.

[@nolanrux7866]

"I'm not fixing all their sync problems!" I mean, fair Ross, you aren't a plumber.

[@Centrophy]

It's like a community college acting class. Love it.

[@tomorbataar5922]

Yeah, this is great. Super bad but somehow kinda wholesome?

[@Flotube444]

It probably was at some point.

[@aggrogator4045]

Ross's Game Dungeon releases are basically the equivalent of a father that "went out for a pack of smokes", but calls on your birthday every couple of years to tell you he's doing fine and he'll "be home soon"

[@liamblack1558]

"I HAVE. TO MAKE. THE MOVIE." -internet dad

[@TheMaabusAdmiral]

Ah, a Halloween game dungeon. Now things are- Wait, didn't I do this?

[@tj2087]

Not on this one!

[@thonktank1239]

The upload schedule is so broken, even the Admiral fell out of character.

[@manifoldexultant7331]

Now things are starting to blur together. More medication later.

[@Bacony_Cakes]

Ok, Admiral Jefferson.

[@KingLich451]

@He Lan there is no family ONLY MOSS

[@hannahbriarly4192]

The first thing that ending made me think was the deceiver was actually all those people since his name implies he's like a shapeshifter or something. He just pretended to be a bunch of random people asking for scrolls and figured you'd trust one of them. I'm not sure that makes sense or is what they were going for but it does explain the person at the ending changing

[@thewingedpotato6463]

19:50 I like how the guy uses his wife as a meat-shield, then cracks a smile as the camera zooms away from the bite marks.

[@tximistarissole]

That's a pretty funny take on "wife bad" humor yeah

[@Indigo_Gaming]

"Dang, how do we create the vfx for a vampire bite?" "Ehh, squirt some Smuckers jam at the front of their throat." "Jerry, are you trying to become CEO? Because that's how you become CEO!"

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

In utter shock this man is actually up to his schedule on the fan chat

[@captainfunktastic2255]

The man is national treasure.

[@vahlok2568]

Ross doesn’t fuck around with Halloween

[@BearOldcastle]

@@vahlok2568 ja agree. Its like his elemental season.

[@lostxj]

@@vahlok2568 It's his spirit holiday

[@Chromeberd]

Ross and Mandalore always put out their best in the spooky season.

[@manoflego123]

"I didn't kill any women when I was in New York" "He wasn't a vampire... *then*." Lines like these are why I sometimes doubt Ross is mortal. But hey, even if he is there's always the Hell insurance.

[@jaroslavhorak341]

I wish he would share example of the contract he used. For research purposes..

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

@@jaroslavhorak341 If he shared the details of his time travel he would get erased.

[@jaroslavhorak341]

@@plasmaoctopus1728 Time travel? I am talking about the soul contracts he got signed back in school in exchange for candy.

[@planescaped]

@@jaroslavhorak341 That's what I assumed... seeing as Ross's time machine is too much of a pain to use.

[@thenoblepoptart]

lol yeah, can’t forget about that Hell insurance, I’m glad it was so easy to get people to part with their souls and give them over to Ross.

[@braedenmclean5304]

“God I love escalating things when I have no idea what’s going on” mood

[@roberte2945]

Politics in a nutshell.

[@Bluecho4]

The best way to foil the plans of your adversaries is to randomly mess with events, while having no idea what you're doing or what's going on. They can't manipulate or predict you if even you don't know what the end goal of your actions is, only pure chaos.

[@thepickles8833]

*”Let’s Get Ready To Rumble!!!”* Okay, I’m convinced. You’re Malkavian.

[@Sanguivore]

I nearly spit my drink out reading this. xD

[@Iamafishproductions]

I would love to have one of those stilted FMV sequences where the character you're talking to is just a stop sign. Awkward and stiff transitions included, but it's just a stop sign that never moves or says anything.

[@Phoolery]

%100 fish juice

[@corsaircarl9582]

@@Iamafishproductions "NO, YOU STOP!"

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

WAAAAAGH!

[@genericusername5520]

Ah yes, gothOS, finally, the dark operating system

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

AppleOS, Windows, Linux distros? All for conformists, trve goths use *GothOS.*

[@feliperisseto9113]

Were the Dark theme is the default, and only.

[@Xalerdane]

OK that’s actually pretty funny.

[@Yusuke_Denton]

Now things are starting to make sense.

[@PenguinDT]

Is this the "anti-OS" counterpart to TempleOS?

[@MadGameBoy]

35:40 wait... oh my god This is an attack scene, but since the receptionist is behind a glass screen, you literally cant reach her This is f*cking brilliant. I just imagine your characters face bouncing off the plane glass.

[@misfire33]

It goes well with the general vibe that the main character is some goofy Leslie Nielson-esque howdy-doody type of vamp. His random, cheerful replies to things are so unintimidating--Michael Buffer impressions? I bet his favorite dark, moody vampire music is early Beach Boys. I kind of love it. Everyone else is trying to be all dramatic and he's just WELL GEE SPORT LET'S FIND THEM SCROLLS!

[@fuzzytransmissionman]

Failed the Frenzy check. His thirst for blood overrode common sense.

[@v0Xx60]

Wow, this was so made in Ottawa, with a bit of Montreal thrown in. Having lived about a decade in both and seen most of these locations (including the bar at 5:35, that's Zaphod's), this is incredibly surreal.

[@drsnova7313]

Those tourists appear to be in Pisa, however.

[@v0Xx60]

@@drsnova7313 Yeah, there seems to be from a bit everywhere. The company that made it IS from Canada however, so that explains the highly specific interior shot from a club that used to have an active alternative scene from the 80s to the 2000s

[@cymbaline4384]

It looks like the a lot of the streets are from the old port in Montreal

[@v0Xx60]

@@cymbaline4384 Indeed they are. I actually work in the Old Port, and there's def a few shots I recognize from around the area. It's trippy to see in a no-budget FMV adventure game from the 90s lol

[@vicentgalvan70]

The best part of this obscure games are comments like this.

[@cranktherider4302]

I... May have actually been to the exact LARP Ross was showing off in the episode. I mostly played an NPC, which meant I was going out every so often for quest hooks or to be Monster Fodder for battles. It's fairly fun, kept me active whenever I went, though the shittiest part had to be the Heating Situation (you're either sweating up a storm or freezing your ass off). They've temporarily postponed operations recently FOR OBVIOUS REASONS but the group's still going strong. Seeing this actually made me want to go back sometime, or seek out something once the EVERYTHING has slowed down a bit. Wasn't expecting that, but thanks, Ross!

[@celestialnull]

This is a 5-month-old comment, but LARPing always seemed like it'd be a lot of fun to partake in. How does it work, though? How do you form a group to do these kinds of events? How is the world set up for you before you and your crew start the adventure? How are your roles divided out? Sorry for all the questions. I can't help my curiosity. I hope you're doing well by the time you read this!

[@Shenaldrac]

Lightning bolt!

[@Keirnoth]

I'm from the future. Get moving and get back with that group.

[@cerberusmutt4252]

I can only assume that LARPing is a challenge. Certainly not a *walk in the park*

[@JoshStrifeHayes]

Well that's my evening sorted

[@ImaHappy]

Definitely :)

[@jamesburton4352]

Josh I'm proud of your taste

[@ThePribinaczek]

I cant believe this? I love you BOTH OF YOU GUYS WOHO !!!!! SUPER PUMPED FOR JOSH LOVING ROSS. btw my name is also Josh hahaha.

[@Jcococola]

What are you going to do watch the video 8 times over?

[@samt3575]

I didn't expect to see you here buddy

[@evieoverride]

I have a physical copy of this game and the manual mentions you could have sent 6 photos of yourself to the developer along with $15 and they would send you back a floppy disc that allowed you to add yourself as one of the "playable" faces. There is literally no amount of money I would not pay to track down if anyone actually sent in for one of those floppies.

[@selvestertm5498]

When Ross said he was going to give us 4 videos, he meant he was going to give us 4 videos. I eagerly await October 31st at 11:59 for freeman’s mind

[@Morec0]

HOLD UP THERE'S TWO MORE!?!?!!

[@smokeythebearr95]

@@Morec0 my same reaction

[@alexanderrahl7034]

I eagerly await this movie that HE HAS TO DO. he HAS to finish this movie you guys. He told us so. Lol

[@GramLikesBread]

@@Morec0 He said at the start of the october videochat he was working on getting 3 videos out this month, maximum five. I don’t want you to get too excited

[@sparklesparklesparkle6318]

@@Morec0 welcome to the best thing to happen this Halloween if the only thing you have to look forward to is youtube videos.

[@chrispugh7834]

This consequence free open exploration where you just wander around and try stuff has a strong pre-Myst Cyan vibe to it (eg. Manhole, etc). It's like an alternative evolutionary dead end where instead of adding puzzles to make a "grown up" version of Manhole they added vampires and a scavenger hunt.

[@Morec0]

We actually DID get a Batman vs. Vampires movie: The Batman vs. Dracula. The Batman was a cool enough show with some good and bad visual depiction of the characters and a rogues gallery feature to rival the original Batman Animated Series. It was a pretty average kids show, so when The vs. Dracula movie came out and had blood coming out of the characters (however miniscule) little 10 year old me was sucked in. It's a really great watch if your a Batman fan, as well as the rest of The Batman. The show doesn't get talked about a lot.

[@Tuikkal]

And then there's the comic series where Batman turns into vampire.

[@Klancer2]

And then there's the big fight with the Joker. It's THE big scene in the movie. It's so good.

[@asuspiciousavocado3317]

@@Klancer2 The part in that fight where the blood vials break and blood falls like raindrops with Joker going berserker over it really impressed me as a kid.

[@Mugen0445]

I'm BATMAN!!! and you're dust.

[@vangelisgru7271]

He means another one... I hope

[@0ctothorp]

So it looks like Ross DID win that complete collection of Microforum games from Maabus, and we're getting some videos on them.

[@johanneshagglund1819]

As someone who has always been completely ambivalent towards Halloween, Ross has single-handedly made it my favorite time of year. A new Game Dungeon is the best thing you can see on your youtube recommended page. Ross was always right, Halloween is the best. He is converting us, one at a time.

[@djdjukic]

I'm not American, so I've always looked at Halloween as a foreign holiday... But I can really dig Ross's brand of Halloween. It's grown on me. Like mold.

[@Ashalmawia]

"A new Game Dungeon is the best thing you can see on your youtube recommended page" agreed

[@axelprino]

@@djdjukic same, for me halloween always was that odd foreign costume party thing, but now it's that time of the year when youtube and other websites get horror themed content for no particular reason. Same with april fools, to me it's an internet event.

[@harveybeaver9731]

Halloween is already one of my favourite holidays besides Christmas and maybe Dilawi. Bob Ross's Halloween special(s) happens to be a welcome addition.

[@Gt07mk]

I never knew there was a phrase I wanted to hear from Ross more than "That was the Halloween episode, stay tuned for the Halloween episode".

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

Gothos sounds like a name someone would call a goth to make fun of them. "Hey, what's up, GOTHOS?!"

[@darthlime101]

Or the official OS of Vampire: The Masquerade

[@darkmyro]

To me gothos sounds like the same kind of thing someone who names their character xxxsepirtothxxx would think is cool.

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

gothies, gothoes, gothhoes

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

Makes "Nosgoth" seem subtle in comparison.

[@Assimandeli]

Gothos sounds like something you would see on aol

[@MaxIzrin]

Grabbing something mid cutscene... Basically, a stealth quick-time event. That's my new favorite mechanic.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

See, first thing I thought of was "The Squire of Gothos", the episode of Star Trek with flamboyant 1700s nutcase Trelane. A bloody good episode.

[@johnoneil9188]

That was a special episode even for that show.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

Goddamn love that episode.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Trelaine returns in the Star Trek adventure game by Interplay.

[@deanolium]

Gareth is pretty much wearing a similar outfit too

[@Kijinn]

Fits! I always think of Star Trek as Sci-Fi LARP.

[@Rorschach003]

You gotta love these old point and click adventure games with digitized actors and some of the corniest story and dialogue. They have sort of a cozy feeling to them.

[@Soridan]

I wasn't really a fan of them back in the day when I was still used to the hand drawn stuff, but as the years pass I find them more and more charming.

[@KnjazNazrath]

Harvester was the only one I liked back in the day, but the nostalgia helps with a lot of the one's I'd never heard of like this one.

[@legateelizabeth]

I’ve never been to a VtM LARP, but I have to imagine this is exactly what it’s like.

[@Veellinn]

Pretty much.

[@Flotube444]

Pretty much, yeah. But with more complaining.

[@malonemalo]

That, and the annoying person the ST is trying to hook up with getting an overimportant role out of nowhere.

[@Popebug]

It really is, except with more fat people.

[@VicStrange9]

This. Literally this.

[@dorpth]

25:40 That conversation sounds like either spies exchanging code words, or two chat bots interacting. "Interesting evening, isn't it?" "Looks like it's about to get more interesting." "Glad you're enjoying it. Because things are about to become a lot more interesting."

[@Ved000000]

Chat GPT created a movie starring itself and sent it into the past.

[@ACompletelyRealHuman]

If only we had Graves here to protect us from these vampires...

[@KillerKrieg]

God I love Graves, what a fucking legendary hero

[@Ddarkan]

The protagonist's completely random responses is my new favorite thing. I want to see it in more games.

[@Rose-lt9io]

I’ve been to actual Vampire LARPs that have better acting, though only slightly less fetish gear.

[@scarlettNET]

Less? That's a surprise.

[@ObsoleteVodka]

The asian girl is kinda hot tbh

[@scarlettNET]

@@ObsoleteVodka Ngl they all are

[@Astrothunder_]

@@ObsoleteVodka something the vampire larping is severely lacking in.

[@alexanderrahl7034]

Civvie in the morning. Mad lads in the evening And a game Dungeon at night. What a good day.

[@SplendidCoffee0]

Holy shit, just like last Halloween, you’re flooding us with new Game Dungeons. Thank you, Ross. ❤️

[@SuperLlama42]

The weird shit with the ending makes me think this is a randomly-generated adventure game like Ripper. There's probably a playthrough where shit like the art gallery actually matter to the plot.

[@Interference22]

Hold on a second, the main bad guy is called... Gareth? I don't know if this is a universal thing or not but from where I'm from, Gareth is a comically ordinary name, akin to calling your Big Bad "Jeff." BEWARE THE SUPREME EVIL OF GARETH.

[@seanbordenkircher7854]

Watch out for Keith!

[@RayLilith]

Oh no it’s him! Bobby!

[@LonelySpaceDetective]

Oh, oh no, oh God no, it's... *John.*

[@macdeus2601]

I assume this was made in the USA, where Gareth is not a very common name. It shows up in a lot of 90's movies/games/books though, ironically a common example of a name that supposedly sounded "exotic". I guess it kinda sounds vaguely similar to "garrote" too, so maybe it's supposed to be evocative of neck injuries... or something.

[@roadent217]

@@macdeus2601 Oh man. You reminded me of 2014 /v/, where anons were taking the piss out of Thi4f by calling its main character Garrote.

[@Conservative4]

I’ve been dealing with a suicidal soldier and a lot. Thanks for taking my mind off of stress for a minute, Ross. You may not feel like you do a lot, but I really appreciate what you do.

[@TapKim]

Hope you're doing okay. Whatever happens is not you're fault 🥺

[@Conservative4]

@@TapKim We got the situation calmed. Thanks though.

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

what are you conservative 4 @@Conservative4

[@OLDE_SHYTE]

With FMV games I assume that most of the “acting” is done in front of a green screen to deter the actors chewing the scenery.

[@diegowushu]

- Mom, can we get Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines? - We have Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines at home. - Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines at home: Seriously, it even has the same plot outline, with the mysterious, powerful artifact that may or may not bring about the end of the world, being contested by the different factions.

[@cabbagemontage6999]

I can't help but to think the guys behind VTMB payed respects to this game, they share this special charm that it's rare to find.

[@FreaKill666]

20:49 "I think she broke up with him. He wasn't a vampire then." I love how this can imply that he's a vampire now and that she broke up with him because he wasn't one.

[@AlexKrossLore]

Gothos is a 1997 FMV video game developed by Mindmeld Multimedia and published by Microforum International. Plot and gameplay Gothos is an interactive mystery adventure on three CDs. The player is a vampire who is sent to investigate the unearthing of the ancient Scrolls of the First Blood. Critical reception Tap Repeatedly thought the game was "abysmal and vapid", though recommended it as a hate-playing experience.[1] Metzomagic didn't think it was a good game, but felt that it would appeal to "shock horror" fans.[2] This. This is everything wiki has to say about this game. Just 5 sentences.

[@WarHammerGmer]

Dude at 14:45 is too meta, he’s basically my reaction to this game

[@RagnarokiaNG]

Changing your facial expression to change how you interact with others was also used in Sentient, another... interesting, adventure game.

[@zulubunsen9067]

You absolutely got me with the "I'm a hero!" reference.

[@seanbordenkircher7854]

Let's go save the WORLD!

[@zulubunsen9067]

@@sedme0 An episode of Freeman's Mind when Freeman got high on "medkits".

[@djavuleniv6266]

Wasn't it originally a reference to an old Source/TF2 animation?

[@Bluecho4]

"I'm getting LARP vibes." Same. I can't shake the feeling we just walked in on a Vampire: The Masquerade LARP that we weren't invited to. "Kind of think we need a Batman vs Vampires movie." Actually exists, funnily enough. Aside from those graphic novels where Batman fights Dracula and then becomes a vampire himself, there was a movie spun off from "The Batman", an animated series that ran a few years back. Which is also about Batman facing off against Dracula. There's a lot of Batman vs Dracula, now that I think about it.

[@Giffsen]

This game legit reminds me of my 13yo self doing VtM live action sessions with both old friends and some new people, making the whole experience funny but also awkward and cringey as hell. Oh sweet 2003 lol

[@floatpvnk]

What’s vtm

[@Giffsen]

@@floatpvnk Vampire: The Masquerade, a tabletop rpg (like D&D) but set in modern days with a punk-gothic atmosphere.

[@AniSky759]

19:01 This is why I loved Outer Wilds so much. It gives you a short tutorial (And even THEN, you can still miss some of the tutorial bits), and then it just throws you into an entire solar system with complete freedom to explore, discover things, miss out on other things, and figure out how to find those things later. And the best part is that you can choose to activate the endgame sequence as early as you want, provided you know how. NOTHING in Outer Wilds is something you have to unlock conventionally, every single area is available to explore from the start of the game and all you need is the information on how to get there. That's all I'm going to say about the game, if you haven't played it yet, you really need to.

[@Aab5696]

Two Halloween episodes? Now THIS is what makes a good Halloween!

[@LucasTigy2]

sounds like there's another

[@kevinbissinger]

13:30 I like to imagine those girls were originally enthusiastic and energetic, but this was like the 200th take and it was the best one

[@chris082681]

My Dad(the museum guard) literally made this game. :D at 25:03 you said Gothos is without a Doubt... You would be very wrong. ;) It's all filmed in Ottawa Canada. The bar is Zappod Beeblebrox music venue. Much of the photography is downtown Ottawa. Sparks Street should be very identifiable to some. In the mid 90s this was just ahead of the tech for the game Myst, hence all the disk changes...

[@Contrajoe]

This would explain why it's about as corny as The Final Sacrifice. The guy at 1:28 even sounds like Satoris

[@Yusuke_Denton]

So, two questions: - Did your dad and his friends LARP as vampires when they weren't making interactive movies? - Was this game sponsored by Apple or was your dad just a fan? I'm also as curious as Ross why the archeologist was a vampire but I doubt you would know that.

[@886supernova]

@14:53 I like to imagine that this guy actually went to a bar and seeing the production he was just pissed and the director liked it so much he kept it in the game.

[@Estearius]

Hell yeah! I was thinking "I wonder if Ross had made some new halloween game dungeon already?". Searched in KZbin and here it is! A new video added 5 min ago, what a luck!

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

Hippies or truthers would call that a synchronicity lol I think it might just be subconscious learning. Like, oh hey, he does halloween vids just before halloween, its just before halloween, hmmm.

[@seigeengine]

This is the second one, actually.

[@BucketCrust]

Never before has a game convinced me that each scene would devolve into hardcore FMV porn, even though this game's totally PG. I mean, yeah, ketchup on the neck, but...

[@_playeronyt_]

Whenever there is an Accursed Farms video, it brightens up my day even more!

[@maddockemerson4603]

25:40 Since this video came out, I’ve figured out part of what’s odd about this girl’s performance, because I had a similar problem with the vampire costume I assembled for Halloween. She’s wearing custom-fit fangs and didn’t shave down the thermoplastic that holds them to her real teeth. This is giving her a bit of a lisp. You’ll notice a lot of half-formed consonants with a slight splashy sound, this is why. I don’t blame her for not taking the time to trim the stuff down because it’s really difficult to get it right; cut too much and the fangs don’t stay in well enough and you have to start over from melting the plastic; don’t cut enough and you still have a lisp. But you’d think when it came time to film, either the actress or the director would notice the lisp and decide to take the fangs out unless they need a close-up of her teeth. It’s not like most viewers would notice, and plus you could say that some vampires have shapeshifting or glamoured or retractable fangs so they look human most of the time. Instead somebody here was too dedicated to keeping this character in costume even if it damaged the performance, and nobody had the awareness and will to tell them why that was a bad idea. Well, that’s only one reason this acting is bad, but yeah, there ya go.

[@maddockemerson4603]

Okay, after finishing the video, it’s way more obvious on some characters, but it doesn’t hit the same level of awkwardness. The archaeologist seems like he’s wearing those crappy rubber fangs from a dollar store, that’s downright comical.

[@sams3533]

Ok, so I can't be the only one saying this but just in case 2:55 there already is a Batman vs Vampires movie. He takes on dracula himself, it's pretty good! Dracula doesn't fuck around.

[@SergioPower21]

When the main character was taking I legit thought it was Ross doing a mocking voiceover

[@lanceractual1180]

I always sit down to your videos with snacks, It's like watching a series of monthly movies, Thanks for being you, Ross!

[@ReachTea]

I love that you can hear the echo in the room of the recordings

[@Sarioya]

These last two games feel like somebody went, "Ya know, Vampire the Masquerade is pretty awesome, but I can totally do it better!"

[@Sarioya]

Clearly I should have just waited for that connection to come up in the video. :-p

[@LonelySpaceDetective]

Gothos feels more like an unlicensed fan game to me personally, rather than an attempt to one up VtM or anything. Terror TRAX, though? That was probably the idea yeah.

[@notyoursavior78]

This game was soo weirdly acted and I find it hard to believe those lines from the main character are actually in the game, but it was endearing in a good way. Not the kinda game I'd ever seek out to play, but this video was like watching a MST3K with a not bad movie. The source material was interesting enough and the commentary made it super enjoyable! This was a great find Ross!

[@marksmit6718]

so the game just pulls a random ending out of a hat? Imagine doing a whole nother playthrough and rolling the same ending

[@KairuHakubi]

reminds me of that ambitious but slightly misguidled Homestar Halloween toon where you had options at each stage, but.. if you went through and picked 1 every time, then 2 every time next time, etc.. you'd get the same damn result. instead you had to try different combinations?

[@marscaleb]

I think maybe you randomly get a different character, but in truth it is always the Deceiver, so you just gotta use the cross on whoever you see. I bet if the developers had it their way, you'd come across the character you made the biggest connection to.

[@planescaped]

@@marscaleb Yeah, the good ending seems to imply they're all the deceiver. Now whether all the characters were the deceiver during the game, or the deceiver is just pretending to be different people and here is where you first actually meet them is another question.

[@nicholasrockstroh6920]

This is one of those games where I cannot fully convince my brain that it exists. Like, obviously it's real and obviously you played it, but that doesn't change that the whole time I'm watching it I keep expecting to wake up surrounded by empty bottles and drug paraphernalia.

[@terribleduelist4433]

I'm disgusted the algorithm has made me miss out on the last two game dungeons

[@JosephDavies]

Use the Subscription page, that way you'll never miss a single video!

[@herrdave920]

Ross will forgive you, in time.

[@IChroniclesofNerdiaI]

Silver lining - two game dungeons to watch back to back?

[@mysticNTN]

@@JosephDavies how people don’t know this will never cease to amaze me.

[@iamlucidess]

Well atleast you remembered that's all that matters.. and telling everybody about accursed farms.

[@Karawawa]

This one of my favorite game dungeons in a while! The bizarre acting from this game and those lines from your character alone had to be show off!

[@klaykid117]

I was worried ross would miss his schedule but praise ROSS

[@mfitzger99]

"Oh no, this writing isn't good!" Also after rewatching random game dungeon episodes here and there, it felt like every one of them mentioned a halloween episode. I hoped Ross would joking say next would be the halloween episode, but even better it's not a joke?!

[@KashKey-]

I'm at the point where I don't even care that much about another Freeman's mind episode. I can't get enough Game Dungeon.

[@LittleDangerMouse]

The exchange in the bar with the two blood bags in pink gives "hello fellow kids" energy with "I'm a fun dad" sprinkles for maximum cringe/creep factor. It's a mess and it's amazing.

[@Jolmarix]

Ah, two Halloween game dungeons. Now things are starting to make sense, more later.

[@cthlbrennan]

Spent Christmas day in isolation watching my favourite episodes of game dungeon, drinking guinness and sipping whiskey Had a great time!

[@KingLich451]

Nice!

[@grfrjiglstan]

At this rate, Ross is putting out more Halloween episodes than normal ones. Note that I'm not complaining.

[@nobody2996]

Damn, how do Vampires manage to remain secret when each of them all have a loud demonic mudulator over their voice?

[@MrDowntemp0]

The game Contradiction is similar in navigation style but modernized. It might not have as much extra side stuff but it has some. There's been a bit of a modern resurgance in FMV games on steam which is lovely, but I don't think most of them will have the ludicrous amount of side stuff on display here.

[@AdriRaven]

I remember getting this when it first came out! What a blast from the past! It was so chintzy and weird, but had some neat ideas to it. It's definitely a game I'd love to see remade or reenvisioned with a better budget.

[@gonzoGnostalgic]

I like how the balding vampire dressed like a stereotype of his own people, hanging out with two roofied women in a P. F. Chang's booth feels like he has to assure you that he's not gay after paying you a single compliment.

[@ironraccoon3536]

In my head, I keep reading the player character's lines in the Postal dude's voice.

[@dreamhollow]

I'm so glad there's another Game Dungeon out. Perfect timing.

[@GoreTorn16]

Gotta admit, that vampire mime was pretty dang cute. Even if Ross killed her earlier.

[@maxlap7855]

Bonk

[@dfailsthemost]

Sounds like space ghost going undercover as a vampire.

[@KenshinMizuhara]

This video has inspired me to make my own low budget DIY FMV game in the modern day for shits and giggles and fun. Thanks, Ross!

[@ZimLuvGigan]

I miss when PC gaming was the wild west of quality.

[@maddockemerson4603]

It still is. Might always be.

[@steviemcdonut]

@@maddockemerson4603 definitely still is, remember steam greenlight?

[@creeperhunterD]

@@steviemcdonut If you're referring to the fact that it no longer exists, then yes, I have.

[@steviemcdonut]

@@creeperhunterD Lol sorry, I thought greenlight was still going, after all, there are a bunch of games getting released nowadays with greenlightish quality

[@-bold5999]

It's more of a wild west of quality now than whenever this game was made, because game development/distribution has never been more accessible.

[@punishedkid]

Something about FMV games is just so comfy, so I'm glad you're covering them.

[@awesometonio1]

"Kinda makes me think we need a Batman vs vampires movie." Well, fun fact... "And just stay with that." Ah, you've seen it, then.

[@yocapo32]

"God, I love escalating things when I have no idea what's happening." Ross, your Gordon Freeman is showing.