Game Theory: We Let Them Out (Boneworks / Duck Season)

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Last episode, we explored the big secret hiding beneath the surface of Boneworks - the double agent Arthur Ford and his quest for immortality. I left you with the idea that this all comes full circle with the evil Dog from Duck Season, another game from Stress Level Zero. Today, we are opening the void to let out all the horrible, terrifying secrets hidden inside. We can't go back Theorists, we can only survive what we - the player - have unleashed.
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Writers: Matthew Patrick
Researcher: Justin Kuiper
Editors: Tyler Mascola, Marc Schneider, Danial "BanditRants" Keristoufi, and Dan "Cybert" Seibert
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[@yanzthemanz392]

Arthur Fleck: "We live in a society." Arthur Ford: *"We live in a virtual reality."*

[@yanzthemanz392]

@@Username-vn1wx 👍

[@davidloza9316]

The guy in machine king has blonde hair and so does David, coincidence? David has fought the Dog and I think that experience early in life is gonna help him fight the force of Arthur Ford. But this is just speculation.

[@yanzthemanz392]

@@davidloza9316 but that's just a theory... A GAAAAME THEORY

[@grandadmiralthrawn2023]

Arthur Morgan: "We're living a life of crime, boah!"

[@PanJee]

Smart 👍

[@natetso3307]

The dog is Arthur. The dog points at David, then at himself, then makes a cradling motion. “You, Me, Child” MatPat originally interpreted this to mean: “You are my child”. But what if instead it meant: “You are me *as a child*”? That would tie in with MatPat’s headcanon that Arthur is a grown up version of David, and would also mean that the dog is the form Arthur takes once he enters the void and become a cryptid himself, and that he’s using the void’s power to circumvent time and space and influence his own past. But that’s just a theory. A comment theory. Thanks for reading. EDIT: We did it boys

[@nevergonnagiveyouup8828]

But why would he do this?

[@kaiburrows1271]

🤯

[@pammie9772]

Nate TSO you are me in the comments on so many levels

[@aproposracer855]

Kinda what I was thinking, but instead we’ll have to give home more watch time in a week to find out

[@noob_art2397]

Nice good job lets het more commonts

[@ElectricBongos]

“The problem is”- Ad: Once you start smoking you can’t stop-

[@xavis7617]

Yeah the FDA really wants to be annoying with that campaign.

[@Matthew_Klepadlo]

Bolt XZ FTW It’s not a virus… Not a disease… Not an infection… It’s YOU!!! *Game Theory titlecard pops up*

[@kro1483]

I know right at first I was like come on not another ad but then I started laughing once I put two and two together

[@DaDeadDuck]

Yeah, that is bad news lol

[@donna_k_kerns]

666 like wtf

[@sugarsprinkles5802]

The Evolution of Arthur. Step 1: Blonde child with blue eyes. Step 2: Brown-haired man, brown eyes. Step 3: Literal dog

[@gracious5114]

@Cayden Reed Yeah he couldn’t just run around looking the same. The police would probably be hunting him because they think he killed his mom.

[@Pred.]

Yeah matpat is kinda batshit crazy with this stuff, arthur ford's story is pretty much primer mixed in with infinite hims and reaching true immortality over and over.

[@sugarsprinkles5802]

@@Pred. Honestly, I love it!

[@anthonywilliamces3949]

Basically just like Little Nightmares 2, it's just a never ending loop, and even Monitor Kernel Access feels the same way... I guess if she remembers everything

[@johnathanegbert9277]

MONItor Kernel Access? As in Monika.chr from DDLC?

[@candy_c0rn_cat201]

“Do you do anything when you eat breakfast?” “Oh yeah I just do a summoning ritual why do you ask?”

[@HalaNixNyx]

LMAO

[@xdsmile5359]

well that's escalated quickly

[@endoplasmaa]

me: *decides to watch this at midnight* video: *has freaky intro* me: *cha cha real smooth outta here*

[@showtimeethann2712]

That's why I skip the intro

[@alexanderrose2314]

😂😂😂😂 I'm screaming

[@awkwardukulele6077]

It’s 11:43 right now, the vid’s 16 min, if I hurry up and don’t waste a minute I should be good👻😦 Edit: I made it lads, finished at 11:59

[@ThiccFurryBoi34]

le.donnie I’m watching at 12:00

[@motheryukiproductions5317]

SamE

[@bobby29001]

He needs to make a bonelabs theory now that it’s released, it fixes a lot of plot holes like what myth is. And what the radio channel is.

[@V_ansy]

I love that matpat didnt take down the other video despite his theory being wrong, its all trial and error because, whether hes clever or not, he is still human.. ..maybe

[@maxamillion3287]

he aint human. no human would go to his lengths to research.

[@MichaelNaugher]

​@@maxamillion3287His genius is showing.

[@BgChf-dg5lv]

Ducks: it’s a great day huh? MatPat: picks up shotgun. Duck: why do I hear boss music?

[@masternetboss2984]

Noice

[@dudl3men]

I'm going to send this to someone, it sounds insane out of context.

[@callmekremit7147]

funnie

[@yaboitoj9409]

Funnie

[@bluegloop8023]

@@callmekremit7147 funny*

[@Idk22223]

I bet that the twist in the mini theory is that the dog basically “created” or “controlled” his destiny so he will grow up, enter the void, and start a chain off events ending humanity. That is why they have stuff like badkidbaddad. It represents the fact that the dog “created” his destiny, so he is represented as a “father”. David is the bad kid who enters the void and ends humanity as we know it. This also explains the its me tape.

[@chocolatechipbiscuitsauce6646]

Give this man a 🏆

[@Zedryx69]

Or stress level zero is hinting a crossover between FNAF and whatever this is..

[@charax-1]

Makes sense solid theory come here gentleman and receive your donuts sorry I got no prize

[@shellolechello]

WHAT THE FU- FREAK! HOW?! THIS GUY A LEGEND!!!! (CLAP IT UP!!!!!)

[@loserscorner6746]

This is false. Duck Season is actually an experiment run by Monogon into void energy. The Dad is the Dog but what MatPat missed was how the Dad isn't a real person but actually an AI just like David.

[@alicageorge2413]

'We just released an evil cat demon into the world. WHOOPSIES!' Legit the best sentence ever

[@mrtee2630]

I feel like the dog is actually a step dad whom the mom had an affair with, which is why the biological father isn't there and why there's the phrase "Bad Dad Bad Kid". So I believe the biological dad worked for Gammon and as revenge trapped the step dad in the game. The creators did mention they were gonna have an ending where the father is the dog, but didn't say which father...

[@thepaintpad9817]

This is the quickest he’s ever put out a part two/three

[@armaggedon390]

He needs money and knows people are going to click in this video.

[@user-bg5rb8qv3x]

@@armaggedon390 or hes really interested and already planned this out

[@user-bg5rb8qv3x]

@@armaggedon390 so stop thinking the worst of people

[@Octocide]

He knew we couldn't wait lmao XD

[@MG-nr2mo]

Cough Minecraft cough

[@tattieverb265]

Matt: talkes about it being a trilogy Dead FM:

[@weasel7491]

Lmao I was thinking that like "Mat--uh you really gonna just leave out that whole one with the possessed cat demon you talked about to?"

[@gabedurno6780]

Exactly, the cat is kinda left out at the end of this one.

[@jsingh4227]

Yup! He totally forgot about it!!!!

[@rentisme]

MatPat, you've missed the nod 13:50 to hall of the mountain king, and the storyline of that how the little one tries desperately to evade the bigger one in an endless struggle.

[@Xajiquin]

The cat named 9 says 30 YEARS and writes it in INK feels like a bendy reference

[@soulmaster9481]

They smile perfectly.

[@jacobpreston8069]

"The bad news is-" *Commercial Appears* "College has endless opportunities" ..huh

[@JuJiJa]

Same hahaahhaha

[@neonkrypton]

OOF

[@Fun-K-Board]

I got a pregnancy ad

[@moonshroom5632]

@@Fun-K-Board oh man lol

[@justsomeguywithhalfamustac6837]

𝕾𝖊𝖓𝖕𝖆𝖎

[@nickstump9384]

Matpat: “...in this trilogy..” DeadFM: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@nojo9308]

I was thinking that exact thing when he said that

[@notmobi]

Yeah can't believe he forgot about that

[@clouddd8053]

Yup

[@naomirodoye7096]

Yes

[@Neyan42]

wait are we about to play DeadFM in as Bonelab??

[@toontantv8846]

I wasn’t scared in the intro, I saw a pleasant Môńkęÿ and a super nice Çæt

[@katdroid1464]

Bonelab came out last year and it's full of lore.

[@bonelabguy1]

🎉

[@thatpersonwiththerandomani5166]

Ok hear me out, Arthur is also the dog, he's trying to stop this whole thing from happening in the first place and since he already exists beyond time and space, life and death. He doesn't want the future he knows is coming to come to be. Instead of that message being "I am your dad" he's saying "you're me, kid"

[@philsky1137]

Yeah that is what i was thinking as well

[@reubenoakley8967]

It's an interesting idea, but it doesn't make sense to me that he would charade cradling a baby in that context. David was obviously not a baby. A better signing in that context would be for Dog Arthur to point at David, then at himself, at himself again, and then back at David. "You're me, and I'm you." IMHO

[@fancygaming2883]

i was actually thinking the same thing

[@natetso3307]

Reuben Oakley That could easily be interpreted as “you and me”, though. Throwing the baby cradle in as a reference to childhood is a better way to convey that message.

[@iambadatnamingthings3547]

Let’s all conclude, sign language is complicated

[@shifahasan8543]

Matpat:this theory is already long Matpat’s fnaf theories: am i a joke to you

[@soysoytechnologies3141]

scott:no its not * SPAMS EASTER EGGS *

[@kobebryant1973]

Shifa Hasan kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXnJdp2Zi6yHnrc

[@Ribbons0121R121]

yes, yes they are

[@jirachisyt5386]

Shifa Hasan it’s not over yet Scott isn’t satisfied

[@kyriakostheo]

WCCK is in bonelab so potentially the cat cryptid is in bonelab somewhere in that game. Now we wait for matpats theory 👍 Also for anyone reading this right now after the first day of bonelab Hi 👋

[@PeeSippa]

cat cryptid is def in bonelab i saw in lvl 1

[@freakyTime09]

you need to review this all over again with bonelab

[@hamburgersandwich4273]

Maybe all of Arthur’s clones are from the “serial item duping” thing that the employees are talking about, it could be a glitch that Arthur exploited to make an army

[@brandonmoore3283]

Hamburger Sandwich no I'm pretty sure they are alternate versions of Ford from alternate versions of reality and all the writing on the wall are from Ford's that gave up.

[@wissamfakih4561]

Im pretty sure its the usb he used

[@Tyrant.162]

jesus, all of the fords just saying: what up son?

[@brandonmoore3283]

Just read the wiki thing in Ford

[@bussyeater-xc6xs]

Brain size MEGA

[@diacosiapentacontahex]

MatPat: "I feel like I forgot something." Stress Level Zero: "If you forgot, then it probably wasn't important." MatPat: "Yeah, you're probably right." DeadFM:

[@thepotatopirate8789]

Yeah I was wondering about that

[@DeathAngel-ft8oz]

What's DeadFM again? I forgot. Been a while since I looked into the Boneworks lore. EDIT: Nevermind, watched more of the vid. It's one of the games listed on the thing.

[@theg-man4840]

@@DeathAngel-ft8oz the 5th game SLZ is making. OFC the one called Project 4 is their 4th game, and will apparently be a spin-off of Boneworks. and HOTMK is the 6th. or maybe DeadFM is the 6th game and HOTMK is the 5th.

[@Emmett_Br0wn]

Dayum. Poor DeadFM

[@BarioIDL]

probably some siren head wanabe

[@3xoticG4m3r]

Boneworks was such a great game, just finished it and i am so sweating. VR can be so intense its unbelieveable

[@ultragamer760]

Minecraft normal: it’s fiiinneee Minecraft VR: oh Jesus!

[@user-ty3cq7nm8x]

We need another Stress Level 0 project released soon.

[@chamoari15]

MatPat: "The bad news is-" Ad: "Imagine. A home without a family." *ouch, that's deep*

[@Ver0ssgz]

I had the same ad

[@finleyforevermore]

I got a Purdue University ad. I guess it's bad to go to college.

[@annoying_guy923]

*oh no*

[@torathegamer6325]

BAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAH

[@Jaclynn9]

I had: MatPat: "The bad news is-" Ad: You can log into your Audible account-"

[@Gnatalie_]

wait, what if the X characters name is really "ten", like roman numerals and they are related to 9? like a sequence of cryptids Edit: thank you matpat ILY

[@privateuser3726]

Would be interesting, but why would this cryptid want to prevent the others from escaping

[@Gnatalie_]

@@privateuser3726 maybe it is just Ford? Like X(or ten) is just Ford and because of the void time stuff he is communicating with past him?

[@MattiaBulgarelli]

What if it's NOT an "X" but it's instead a "χ" (Greek letter)? It's used in math for a variety of things, and the | signs may mean something, too. What if the signature is "absolute value of χ" ?

[@matthewwilliams8267]

Or. I X I One ten one. Remember, it's not just an X. Any and all clues could point to completely different ideas and theories. Given that it's always phrased as I X I, not just X, in a circle, i think it's either absolute 10 (which just means ten units, so it can be both positive and negative equally) or one X one, which leads to a crazy road of nonsense. If it's IXI (l10l), it would have little sense. More than my other theories. IXI exists solely in the Void, but as an absolute character, being both extremes of a scale. Maybe they're against the cryptids because they pose an unpredictable threat to their plan? Idk.

[@asadelfadillah8008]

@@MattiaBulgarelli but I want to actually know, what does "χ"/"Chi" actually means though? I know that in Neuroanatomy it means the "crossings of peripheral nerves", but since Ford and the cryptids are already pure consciousness in the void, what does it stand for?

[@nah4136]

Poor devs, they can make a great game. But can't use the right "than" when they need to.

[@Hulemap]

Now that bonelab is announced, im looking forward to the next episode!

[@Hulemap]

@@natewilson3880 what?

[@blakepeters4137]

Matpat: "Duck season." Daffy: *rips sign* "Theory Season!"

[@xaviereason3137]

Matpat: A theory? YOU GOT IT! Daffy: I've made a terrible mistake.

[@Pannenkaka]

F;DL

[@cringeanarchy7675]

Funny. Laughed

[@glitterdragonthegreatprote6627]

**WHEEZE**

[@ch2pp]

Daffy the duck: Theory Theathon

[@dark3yes_225]

Game Maker: glances at game... | *Matt Patt: WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN!!!*

[@theboul8099]

😂😂😂

[@ddwar1589]

The gate 3 door symbol reminds me of a turn off button like you know those buttons that you two have to like push

[@rrogest]

15:20 His past self that we play in on PC Duck Season was getting close to stopping Arthur (himself but in the future) so Arthur dressed up as the dog and killed him so he couldn’t stop him in the future, the you are my baby message could mean that the child is his younger self (baby version you could say)

[@CreeplexHD]

I don't know if anyone has found this yet, but here I go. In the Tower-level of Boneworks there is a shop where you find the green key. There are cabinets mounted on the wall. On the top left cabinet, there are a handful of video game cartridges, each one made by Gammon. One of them is Duck Season. It looks a bit used and it has a rental sticker on it - just like the one the player uses in the Duck Season game.

[@uboa8060]

Crap.

[@bentgi]

oh snap, here we go again

[@NicholasDePizzo-lc6me]

This channel is for revenue. Tons of your subscribers think you people are sincere about cancer. Even though you did it for a tax write off.

[@jacksonarnold9669]

Nick D. What ?

[@-_-rickowens-_-._.]

MATPATT SEE THIS

[@GHOST-vu6ux]

Matpat: makes a duck season theory Duck season dev: *Well yes, but actually no*

[@fanficAddict404]

Elaborate

[@napkinalsoknownasnapkin]

True.

[@emmalenaofield8202]

Bruh.... SCOTT CAWTHON IS THE DUCK SEASON DEV?! IS ThIS THE UNCONFIRMED NEW FNAF?!?!?!?! XD

[@emmalenaofield8202]

basically im saying this is what scott does XD

[@matiabayneh4192]

¿ǝuoɥd ɹnoʎ ƃuᴉddᴉlɟ noʎ ǝɹɐ ʎɥM I dunno what if I’m not on a phone

[@Thatoneguywhostole]

When mat plays bone works:there is a theory When slime plays it:goblin vent

[@j_cutiey]

watching these theories again because BoneLab came out this year in september !!!! hyped to see if matpat will make follow up theories

[@axiomaticisak4350]

Wait, if the void is outside of space and time, and we know that arthur went into the void, could arthur have used the void to go back in time to the time of duck season to become the dog?

[@juanokug4]

And why would he do that??

[@ultraman6644]

That's what I thought mabey he gets stuck and trys to stop his younger self to try to get to the void

[@senorbones1869]

To stop him from going further. The next two will be his breaking point

[@justsomeguywithahandlebarm2456]

That's what matsaid in the last few sec and also he whloud do it to countue a paradox of him making his younger self do what the older one will

[@Dingo701]

It's probably that he maid it that others can enter the void

[@socksanimations4688]

"The bad news is-" *"AT AGE 39 MIKE BLOOMBERG-"*

[@Nya-ub9ue]

This is funny I just got the ad for Sonic the hedgehog 🤣

[@cobraglatiator]

*puking sounds*

[@IceRiver1020]

Boo!

[@Content_Deleted]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Brettjnash]

Voteing is Violence. Who is really the majority when > 50% do?

[@haha-hn3fw]

ok, but no one's gonna talk about the who let the dogs out meme at the end? ok

[@justinayers5356]

The only thing I'm trying to connect is.. The last episode had 3 doors, 1 was open which was explained as boneworks...

[@Tennishangman]

“The bad news is...” *Commercial Appears* “Mike Bloomberg.”

[@soysoytechnologies3141]

Lol

[@brennanpawley9237]

Too true

[@maxysnaxy6648]

A shaken city

[@ElevatedOak]

Lololololol

[@blake2697]

MIKE WILL GET IT DONE

[@DogsWithPurpose]

I can’t get over the fact whenever Arthur is mentioned his character is just standing there like a frozen model.

[@donutholebandit6212]

He t posin lad

[@SlimeBeast-xp7xf]

He is imprisoned for his crimes

[@pyromaster9101]

A-posing like the god he is

[@onyxpatato3691]

The machine king logo at 8:34 seconds is the same logo as the rival companies logo in boneworks. You can see the symbol on the container Arthur Ford gets the headset out of.

[@andrewwatson151]

Can we get like a hour long theory marathon one day just a ton of theories about a topic

[@gnat6884]

Me: Oh yay I get to see the end to this theory! MatPat: So actually it’s three parts...uh see you soon!

[@userk9]

Towards the end, you kept talking about it being a trilogy and there being 3 games and u theorized about the last game but you forgot about DEADFM

[@iambobo227]

Haha so true their is also hover junkie vr that game is shown in the showroom in dyck duck season and in the main tower in Boneworks

[@logancressy2259]

I believe DEADFM will have 3 episodes including hover junkie and hall of the machine king

[@brianburkhardt3692]

Yeah, he’s been using an image of 4 monitors implying 4 games, then he said a trilogy and I got thrown off. Also he literally mentioned DeadFM in this video. Oh well, maybe that goes less with his headcanon, since he started talking about the trilogy being the story of Arthur. Maybe he thinks DeadFM will be in that world but not directly tied to Arthur. But that’s just a Game Theory theory.

[@TheBaldrickk]

He forgot about DeadFM, but also Project 4 AND Curvelight

[@Hentai7890The2nd]

I think we meant by dead FM It's going to be. The story from a different point of view That's also experiencing the same thing As the other three games

[@ilikeminecrafteducation5932]

I thought there was only 1 duck season video, then I was shocked, and DELIGHTED at the same time :D

[@antqueen540]

Listen me out: the guy from the second game, who fought against clones is the dad of the kid from the duck hunt game (BAD DAD BAD KID) and he IS the bad guy in the future, as he stays in the void (thats why he isn't around). The dog comes from the same void as the dad- possibly the void CONTROLLED by the dad and the dad tries to communicate with his son through him (loving messages). Mayby the dad even found another way to leave these notes instead? Who knows what left these notes! Alternatively the dog can be the kid from the future and the guy from the second game in the future (as the kid and the guy could be the same person), but thats a theory in progress. Edit: by the way if anyone notices this theory they can comment ideas under it and help me improve it

[@VassionCo]

"Who let the dogs out? " Dog: Arthur, Arthur, Arthur, Arthur

[@YBWSinn]

You mean David,David,David

[@taxidriver3298]

Every day when you walking down the street

[@_awkwardness_5884]

@@YBWSinn they are the same same same same same

[@artsyrache]

Not the necrophiliac Arthur chase, that’s a different Arthur chase

[@fayekendrick]

13:43 is this a reference to the piano piece “hall of the mountain king”? it’s weird actually because that song was used to advertise the smiler ride at alton towers. the ride and aesthetic of the ride is a cat like the clock in duck season. coincidence i would assume but you never know lol

[@Breveline]

Oh, it's no coincidence. The King trapped under the mountain is Typhoeus.

[@alexhill6676]

the Hall of the Mountain King is just Alton Tower's signature theme song. They use it to advertise everything.

[@Proprietor11]

The fact that this could be true, it fills me with determination.

[@fayekendrick]

Alexander Hill oh right i didn’t know that. i just remember only ever hearing/seeing the song when it was advertising the smiler. good catch.

[@jbelly8946]

I looked it up, and it was written to be in a play. Act 2, Scene 6 of Peer Gynt. In it, Peer is given tasks to become king of the mountain, and hand of the previous king's daughter. If you really want to learn about it, you can look it up yourself.

[@Loleylikescats]

Bro you guys fr need to make a bone lab theory it would be so cool please man we’re waiting for you

[@dizzy3083]

Onggggg I literally loooove going this deep into things, I have goosebumps!!!!

[@galacticgila219]

Keep in mind what you thought the dog was saying: “You are my son” “You are me, but younger”

[@Hartbreak1]

That actually sounds plausible.

[@jajajau9136]

Omg that actually makes a ton of sense

[@maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337]

He's in the Voidway outside time and space, I have a feeling it would be rather easy to travel back in time if that's the type of place you'd be in

[@sylviee_]

GeeVee KillMe there never are any specific words, so the cradle could mean younger

[@orphancloud1132]

I had that same theory but couldn't figure how to word it. Building off of what you wrote, what if he only came in contact with products of the company that got him there in the first place twice in his life? (Reliably at least) If he is the guy in the dog suit, I see this as a way of him ending everything and ever preventing the nightmare that he would later get into when he becomes a double agent.

[@doru440]

Is no one gonna talk about this "Sabrelake" company that also has access to the void? 10:50

[@squigglyline8513]

Dorutto Probably will be in the next theory. I’d be really surprised if Mat just overlooked that.

[@philiphockenbury6563]

It could be that there isn’t enough information to go upon besides wild guesses.

[@penisjonson]

Sabrelake is a security company that works with Gammon and Monogon. Arthur Ford also just so happens to work with/for Sabrelake, since he's the security director at Monogon.

[@tdpod6109]

Probably what DeadFM is about.

[@penisjonson]

TDTF Pod Actually, Hall of the Machine King is about a Sabrelake employee if you looked closely at the picture/outfit found in Duck Season.

[@Neon_Toffee]

Hey, Mat, BoneLab is out, you should probably cover that

[@nighthawk4502]

Huh, Bone Lab actually kinda fits Dead FM, since the main helper is a radio broadcaster.

[@Playboi-nex]

Aint that the name of jimmys radio station? Or am i just dumb?

[@riccardofascetti9674]

Mini Theory: Arthur may have killed his own mother so that his younger self would feel loss, leading to determination to bring her back and so tries to become immortal so that he doesn’t end up like his mother or something along those lines.

[@soysoytechnologies3141]

Yep

[@bees___]

I like this 1

[@kobebryant1973]

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[@pengupw7809]

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[@impboi6231]

this one doesn't have evidence to it.

[@officergreg1318]

MatPat: This video is already WAY too long Me: **checks watch time** Me: Bro it’s like 15 min

[@reubenoakley8967]

Gotta conform to the algorithms, man

[@willspeakman2461]

Back in the day 5 minute videos were long

[@hoptrop2869]

I can’t wait for the Bonelab video. Also the deadfm 98.6 is a reference to the Bonelab story.

[@kellukee]

7:00 I love how the one reading that is a cat 🐈

[@mr.pierogi6824]

"The Bad News is-" "Raid: Shadow Legends"

[@patricksammon6238]

4:44 also it’s a Metallica thing

[@Ribbons0121R121]

RAID SHADOW LEGGINGS

[@pandemicaunt6341]

Those are some REALLY bad news!

[@datnoobbee8576]

I just got an ad for this forsaken app

[@jtbayliss1005]

What if the reason Arthur was fighting clones of himself was to stop himself from doing it, like he regretted it.

[@newsonic17112]

true

[@quackquack1480]

This reminds me of the song 'my r'

[@hagenspringtrap9431]

I kinda think it was just for fun he was basically a god so he was just doing it because he could

[@technicolorgodship2242]

@@quackquack1480 damn same

[@israeldelarosa5461]

Deep AF

[@tacos-mk4mv]

You should do a vid connecting all three games, bone labs, bone works and duck season

[@setyourhandle741]

The cat does in fact go through the door as in bonelab, the second game of boneworks, the cat says this quote "see you on the other side" that quote can also be found near the ending of bonelab

[@K.Lee.Cosplay]

"The bad news is..." "he's sitting right next to you" It was a commercial for "The Invisible Man" lol

[@lettu6199]

MissRandomness 11 same

[@AnOriginalBreakfast]

The bad news is “Someone’s sitting in that chair”

[@itsfuzzzy185]

mini theory: going off of what mattpat said, "the void exists outside of *time* and space", arthur ford, after tears of being alone in that void, went crazy with loneliness and decided to travel back, taking to form of a dog in a video game made by the same people who got him there, sort of as payback for his eternal loneliness. but hey thats just a theory, a game theory. EDIT: this is literally the most appreciated comment ive ever had. also, ive been reading replies and i appreciate the feedback.

[@LemurG]

I feel like that might be what Mat could talk about next episode. I mean, why would the dog want to leave the Void if it was supposedly so cool and let you live forever?

[@noodlezbunny]

did you just make a game theory theory?

[@enti1102]

Diet*

[@hechsb3371]

*years

[@Colejackson999]

I was seriously thinking the same thing

[@EpicHeroes713]

So I think DeadFM will fit into the series as a post-apocolyptic world after HOTMK and the radio system is either: A) A last ditch effort for a resistance group trying to see if anyone else is out there or B) Some sort of mind control radio station like the one from Brawl Stars (Starr Park's whole shenanagins) and perhaps the cat walked through that door because the cat cyrptid (or ever arthur) is in charge of the whole mind control thing (if the arthur thing is true in this case, I think the cat will be trying to oppose arthur)

[@miaulol2297]

This is the only way i can watch creepy vids for a Long Time your voice is Just calming

[@mrr4067]

Dog wasn’t miming “your my baby” it is “You are me as a baby”, dog is the Duck Hunt kid grown up

[@mr.colacat6615]

This feeds into @the Isak Serhan Syndicate comment of how he would have gotten into the game in the first place, since the void exist out of time and space itself. Makes sense.

[@tcat1]

BRUH

[@katelenway5586]

Mr R no

[@RedVelvet_EdgeMuffin]

Mr R And that actually may play into my theory quite well... 👏👏👏

[@suspectlogo9]

Mr R a valid point

[@user-zt8yq8fj3h]

I feel like "The hall of the machine king" is a reference to "In the hall of the mountain king", that was just my immediate thought.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

The Atari game Mountain King is known for its famous glitch heaven.

[@nellb7307]

I immediately thought so too. I was thinking the story behind the song could be a part of it

[@robertroundtree3759]

Same lol

[@boffloff6745]

Dovremaskinens hall

[@kingcrypt5764]

what if the world that boneworks was created in, the one with overlords monogon and gammon, are not the same world as duck hunt, they're in a world/planet with much higher technology, and the only thing that linked the two were the void. what if the dog was actually arthur, and the reason he wanted to escape so badly is because he has been stuck in the void for so incredibly long. the only immediate problem with this is that gammon exists in this other, less advanced world. if it was separate planets then maybe gammon decided to go look on other planets to spread their fame and enhance their technology? for example, david's world/planet. gammon heads to that planet, observes the most popular games, and makes something like those. like duck season and duck hunt. or what if arthur took for as one of the cryptids? if it was the cat, the "these fools" line would show arthurs regret for getting himself stuck in the voidway. or he'll be a cryptid to be introduced in a later game. just a theory.

[@jasonabernethy99]

14:35 I think that you were slightly off the mark. I think that Arthur isn't David, but that after Duck Season Monogon found David and got him to tell them everything, And since David was already missing, then no one would notice if he disappeared entirely. I think Monogon used David as a Guinea pig to see how far they could go and David becomes / became The Machine King as a way to sirvivr and save himself / get back at Monogon, As head of security, Arthur might've learned about this and decided to try and rescue David before the robo-apocalypse and void beings getting released, leading to the events of Boneworks, I'm going off of what was said in these videos, haven't played them myself, and I'd love to hear some feedback,

[@bigboi4858]

I believe the Dog from Duck Season is Arthur/David. The IT'S ME tape when played shows the Dog pointing at the player, David, and then back at him, proceeding to make a cradling hand motion indicating a baby. We previously thought this meant he was saying, "You are my baby," but after that was proved wrong by the developers, I think he was trying to say something else. "You are me as a baby/kid." He points toward the player, back at himself, then makes the baby arm gestures. After Arthur/David materialized in the void, maybe he got stuck and found the dog costume from when he was a child. After going mad from spending what seemed like an eternity in the void, he decided to recreate his past, becoming the very thing that killed his mother. It may also explain the 7th ending in which it shows the Dog controlling what's happening. After reaching immortality in the void, he tried everything he could to help contact his past self, but nothing would work. That's when he decided to use brute force instead. It's also why in the Nuke Ending, the Dog comforts David. Please give me your comments and like this so Matt can see.

[@cartofqueen4576]

Big Boi that’s a solid idea, good stuff

[@coolboymcswag2040]

So did david go back in time or went into another dimension where he was still a child

[@bigboi4858]

@@coolboymcswag2040 the void exists outside of time and space, so he could have very easily traveled to any time he would've liked. He did travel back in time. I don't know why he chose the dog costume but he did.

[@GojiraFan25]

The Dog is David going back in time to stop David from doing all of this. It’s why in “It’s Me” he points to David then him, then cradles a baby “You’re me as a child.”

[@ytv2779]

My exact thought since the dad is confirmed as incorrect. What else could he mean but "you're me, but younger".

[@CapnTender]

I think you nailed it

[@serena6054]

Stolen.

[@serena6054]

I mean you could’ve at least credited Nate TSO

[@wilmagregg3131]

it looks like the void isnt a really pleasnt existence considering how the shadow people are shaking and slumped over like we see when arthurs body dies or the void is actually heck and being like the cat live there as either the evil dead or demons and opeing the door way like arthur did lets them back into the real world

[@ethan_mx5168]

8:24 they fooled us with bonelab realese lol but dead fm is actually a part of the bonelab's story you should make a theory about it.

[@Crystalline_cos2548]

“A tape labelled ‘It’s me’” Cassidy: WHO SUMMONED ME?

[@tropical_7736]

What if X is actually supposed to be called “Absolute X” it would explain the lines on either side of the x- they look like the absolute value sign. Maybe that could have larger implications later?

[@peiithos]

Or Maybe like being x , like from youjo senki. A god like figure.

[@ionmassaci1742]

【ღMoon Lightღ】 being X

[@bulbaseth3412]

Maybe the absolute x then there's a negative x

[@heeff]

Only a sith deals in absolutes

[@user-th9oz1mr3f]

Absolute X implies perhaps a Prime Arthur Ford? Like the head arthur or something similar

[@pandemicaunt6341]

MatPat: the war between man and machine My brain: STOP THINKING ABOUT TF2, you left it behind, GO OVER IT!

[@bulbaseth3412]

Bruh I thought about Terminator cause it wasn't Mann vs machine lol

[@kehrbotrsupporter5097]

You dont escape tf2 you pause tf2

[@bagofbeans1174]

No man could ever get over that magnificent game

[@bobrick3851]

Is this titanfall two or team fortress two

[@technical_difficulties_]

@@bobrick3851 Team Fortress 2

[@muntahashams8072]

I'm ROLLING 🤣🤣🤣 MatPat:the bad news is- Ad: one~ oh yeah~

[@theepicface7724]

Bonelab: I’m gonna destroy this man’s whole career

[@vixenvine3246]

Nobody: Not a single soul: Matpat every episode: "this is just like fnaf"

[@keahibailey2646]

Ok

[@july4378]

Ok, but it is :v

[@wishfuldentochoosensilver3923]

It’s a dude killing kids in a gold colored dog suit

[@july4378]

@@wishfuldentochoosensilver3923 Inside a vr game wanting to get out to the real world

[@lewisroach8723]

@@july4378 I think a lot of games that want to scare people these days are indirectly tapping in to the biggest fears of this era which includes the impact of social media allowing people to make post after post with intent to alter peoples thoughts and actions even to the point of committing lethal violence and VR ai's escaping to cause harm or infect peoples minds is a more direct and entertaining way of showing it.

[@clumsiiconfidant5780]

Stress Level Zero: **Shows a new game with possible bloody violence and many other things that will be harmful and not child appropriate** Matpat: So I have chosen... *demonetization*

[@MelodySweetheart]

Shouldn’t be that much of a problem given Coppa’s KZbin Policy meaning this channel is not for kids.

[@ytv2779]

If that is how it works, I find the logic behind it quite silly. To put it simply, adults buy things for themselves as well as their children and cutting all ad revenue just because a video is not accessible to a certain demographic makes zero sense.

[@Blackbird74733]

I think the name Stress Level Zero refers to their production style (prioritizing the health of their creators) and not the games

[@X-SPONGED]

Mat : "The bad news is-" [7:32] Ad : "So when your son starts asking questions about his past-"

[@Billious]

X: the monkey and cat are tricksters, (meaning they lie, there for bad dad bad kid is a lie) matpat 2018: Imma pretend like i didn't see that.

[@juanmoreno6591]

Honestly if that's all there is to it, then maybe we're giving the developers more credit than they deserve. First of, tricksters doesn't necesarilly mean everything they say is a lie, a lot of tricksters in fiction aren't liars, some of the best of all time bascally never lie. If that was the intention, simply saying "they are liars" would have been infinetly better, saying "they are tricksters" make it seem like there's some game they're playing that you should pay attention to in order to "beat them". Second, if the Bad Dad Bad Kid was just something they told you, then sure, but is actually an important part of the game, directly being part of the solution of a puzzle. If they are making it such a point to emphatize it, you can't simply say "well there was one line that implies it isn't trustworthy so you should have known better than to pay any attention to it" that's just bad storytelling. Thirdly, the fact that there are a number of other elements troughout the game, a lot of thhem actually hidden meaning you have to make an effort to find them, that points towards it being true, many of which are *not* related to the cat and/or monkey can't be explained away by that line, so that alone completely eliminates the idea that you should disregard the Bad Dad Bad Kid thing based on that line by X.

[@EmbiggenedJ]

...They tricked MatPat. There is no fourth wall. None of us are safe.

[@maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337]

I've seen some other diet theories about how Arthur traveled back in time when he was in the Voidway because he was outside time and space which leads me to the tape of 'It's Me' which I'm stealing from another comment What MatPat thought it meant: "You are my baby" What it probably means: "You are me, but younger"

[@potatobeans9893]

IVE NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS AND NOW I CAN'T STOP

[@_theknighthawk_7018]

Yeah true 😂😂😂

[@NicholasDePizzo-lc6me]

This channel IS for revenue. Tons of your subscribers think you people are sincere about cancer. Even though you did it for a tax write off.

[@maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337]

@@NicholasDePizzo-lc6me I'm confused, what is this about?

[@NicholasDePizzo-lc6me]

@@maxzapsgamingzepzeap2337 I don't expect low IQ mentality to grasp any of this. It's ok.

[@nightowl6324]

You should do another video but with bonelab it all connects together

[@kaanyasin3733]

I think more that the doors show a vital plot item. Boneworks was like a middle man between mythOS and the void way. And the radio station in bonelab is just the radio station. So i belive the mashine king will be like an attack on the void way

[@slugcat6226]

“The Void” *hollow knight intensifies*

[@grass2556]

Im having path of pain flashbacks

[@leviewings4689]

*Distant shouts of pure vessel*

[@cybersearcher1041]

*Bass boosted path of pain intensifies*

[@estebanmontoya5809]

"The Void" League of Legends intensifies

[@hasangozuack5223]

I see you're man of culture as well...

[@CherryBlossomKid]

Mat: That's the good news, the bad news is- Ad: *DOMINO'S TRACKER NOW HAS GPS WITH DELIVERY-*

[@cqbjones4861]

OH NO!

[@ForkLefts]

OH FRICC!

[@Sheriff_Curtis]

I KNEW IT!

[@radio9052]

all i want is this: I want them to continue Arthur Fords Story. Boneworks was awesome

[@user-yj8id1jb2x]

i love how the mum is so chill about this

[@atanmelan1261]

"The bad news is"- Ad: there's an epidemic spreading.

[@pencils7351]

"It can expose your lungs to acrolein, which can cause irreversible damage. It's not a parasite. Not a virus. It's vaping."

[@CodeKirby]

Omg same

[@cielphantommage8494]

Omg mine is Cornetto

[@jxjjxjjx1067]

I rarely get ads on tablet. Maybe one at the start but that is usually it.

[@Ace-hn5mq]

ATanMelan bro I can literally quote this ad from memory lol

[@BlazinInfernape]

Hey Matpat, when you referred to this series as a trilogy near the end of the video, did you forget that there was a game between Boneworks and Hall of the Machine King on that door labeled "DeadFM" or do you believe it's in some way separate to the other three?

[@agentj2012]

I think he’s suggesting that “DeadFM” isn’t related to the games including Arthur Ford and it’s more a game about stopping the the animal cryptids but dumb thought, probably wrong.

[@zoe1315]

Yeah, i was thinking that

[@kickinchickenformerlysunkist]

DEADFM is the radio station thing in bonelab, it has the same name on the radio in the levels, could that mean that the cat named “9” is in the depths of monogon and mythos?

[@lucca9924]

Now you should do bone lab