Getting Over It - Full Speech, All the Monologue, Full Commentary by Bennett Foddy

NEW GAME INSPIRED BY GETTING OVER IT, CHECK OUT THAT FLIPPING MOUNTAIN: • That Flipping Mountain...
Getting Over It complete audio commentary, speech, monologue, dialogue by Bennett Foddy.
1. There’s no feeling more intense than starting over. If you’ve deleted your homework the day before it was due, as I have. Or if you left your wallet at home and you have to go back, after spending an hour in the commute. If you won some money at the casino and then put all your winnings on red, and it came up black. If you won an argument with a friend and then later discovered they just returned to their original view. Starting over is harder than starting up. If you’re not ready for that, like if you’ve already had a bad day, then what you’re about to go through might be too much. Feel free to go away and come back. I’ll be here.
2. Alright, thanks for coming with me on this trip. I’ll understand if you have to take a break at any point… Just find a safe place to stop, and quit the game. Don’t worry, I’ll save your progress, always, even your mistakes.
3. This game is a homage to a free game that came out in 2002, titled ‘Sexy Hiking’. The author of the game was Jazzuo, a mysterious Czech designer who was known at the time as the father of B-games. B-Games are rough assemblages of found objects. Designers slap them together very quickly and freely, and they’re often too rough and unfriendly to gain much of a following. They’re built more for the joy of building them than as polished products.
4. In a certain way Sexy Hiking is the perfect embodiment of a B-game. It’s built almost entirely of found and recycled parts, and it’s one of the most unusual and unfriendly games of its time. In it, your task is simply to drag yourself up a mountain with a hammer. The act of climbing, in the digital world or in real life, has certain essential properties that give the game it’s flavour. No amount of forward progress is guaranteed; some cliffs are too sheer or too slippery. And the player is constantly, unremittingly in danger of falling and losing everything.
5. Anyway when you start Sexy Hiking, you’re standing next to a tree, which blocks the way to the entire reset of the game. It might take you an hour to get over that tree. A lot of people never got past it. You prod and poke at it, exploring the limits of your reach and strength, trying to find a way up. There’s a sense of truth in that lack of compromise. Most obstacles in videogames are fake - you can be completely confident in your ability to get through them, once you have the correct method of the correct equipment, or just by spending enough time. In that sense, every pixellated obstacle in Sexy Hiking is real.
6. The obstacles in Sexy Hiking are unyielding, and that makes the game uniquely frustrating. But I’m not sure Jazzuo intended to make a frustrating game - the frustration is just essential to the act of climbing and it’s authentic to the process of building a game about climbing. A funny thing that happened to me as I was building this mountain: I’d have an idea for an obstacle, and I’d build it, test it, and… it would usually turn out to be unreasonably hard. But I couldn’t bring myself to make it easier. It already felt like my inability to get past the new obstacle was my fault as a player, rather than as the builder. Imaginary mountains build themselves from our efforts to climb them, and it’s our repeated attempts to reach the summit that turns those mountains into something real.
7. When you’re building a videogame world you’re building with ideas. And that can be like working with quick-cement. You mold your ideas into a certain shape that can be played with and in the process of playing with them they begin to harden and set until they are immutable, like rock. At that point you can’t change the world - not without breaking it into pieces and starting fresh with new ideas.
8. For years now people have been predicting that games would soon be made of prefabricated objects, bought in a store and assembled into a void. For the most part, that hasn’t happened, because the objects in the stores are trash. I don’t mean they look bad or they’re badly made, although a lot of them are. I mean they’re trash in the way that food becomes trash as soon as you put it in the sink. Things are made to be consumed in a certain context, and once the moment is gone they transform into garbage. In the context of technology those moments pass by in seconds.
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[@ludophilia]

*NEW GAME INSPIRED BY GETTING OVER IT, CHECK OUT THAT FLIPPING MOUNTAIN: **kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3KvZoGkmraGfLc* 1. There's no feeling more intense than starting over. If you've deleted your homework the day before it was due, as I have. Or if you left your wallet at home and you have to go back, after spending an hour in the commute. If you won some money at the casino and then put all your winnings on red, and it came up black. If you got your best shirt dry-cleaned before a wedding and then immediately dropped food on it. If you won an argument with a friend and then later discovered they just returned to their original view. Starting over is harder than starting up. If you're not ready for that, like if you've already had a bad day, then what you're about to go through might be too much. Feel free to go away and come back. I'll be here. 2. Alright, thanks for coming with me on this trip. I'll understand if you have to take a break at any point… Just find a safe place to stop, and quit the game. Don't worry, I'll save your progress, always, even your mistakes. 3. This game is a homage to a free game that came out in 2002, titled ‘Sexy Hiking'. The author of the game was Jazzuo, a mysterious Czech designer who was known at the time as the father of B-games. B-Games are rough assemblages of found objects. Designers slap them together very quickly and freely, and they're often too rough and unfriendly to gain much of a following. They're built more for the joy of building them than as polished products. 4. In a certain way Sexy Hiking is the perfect embodiment of a B-game. It's built almost entirely of found and recycled parts, and it's one of the most unusual and unfriendly games of its time. In it, your task is simply to drag yourself up a mountain with a hammer. The act of climbing, in the digital world or in real life, has certain essential properties that give the game it's flavour. No amount of forward progress is guaranteed; some cliffs are too sheer or too slippery. And the player is constantly, unremittingly in danger of falling and losing everything. 5. Anyway when you start Sexy Hiking, you're standing next to a tree, which blocks the way to the entire reset of the game. It might take you an hour to get over that tree. A lot of people never got past it. You prod and poke at it, exploring the limits of your reach and strength, trying to find a way up. There's a sense of truth in that lack of compromise. Most obstacles in videogames are fake - you can be completely confident in your ability to get through them, once you have the correct method of the correct equipment, or just by spending enough time. In that sense, every pixellated obstacle in Sexy Hiking is real. 6. The obstacles in Sexy Hiking are unyielding, and that makes the game uniquely frustrating. But I'm not sure Jazzuo intended to make a frustrating game - the frustration is just essential to the act of climbing and it's authentic to the process of building a game about climbing. A funny thing that happened to me as I was building this mountain: I'd have an idea for an obstacle, and I'd build it, test it, and… it would usually turn out to be unreasonably hard. But I couldn't bring myself to make it easier. It already felt like my inability to get past the new obstacle was my fault as a player, rather than as the builder. Imaginary mountains build themselves from our efforts to climb them, and it's our repeated attempts to reach the summit that turns those mountains into something real. 7. When you're building a videogame world you're building with ideas. And that can be like working with quick-cement. You mold your ideas into a certain shape that can be played with and in the process of playing with them they begin to harden and set until they are immutable, like rock. At that point you can't change the world - not without breaking it into pieces and starting fresh with new ideas. 8. For years now people have been predicting that games would soon be made of prefabricated objects, bought in a store and assembled into a void. For the most part, that hasn't happened, because the objects in the stores are trash. I don't mean they look bad or they're badly made, although a lot of them are. I mean they're trash in the way that food becomes trash as soon as you put it in the sink. Things are made to be consumed in a certain context, and once the moment is gone they transform into garbage. In the context of technology those moments pass by in seconds. 9. Overtime we've poured more and more refuse into this vast digital landfill we call the internet. It now vastly outnumbers and outweighs the things that are fresh and untainted and unused. When everything around us is cultural trash, trash becomes the new medium, the lingua franca of the digital age. You can build culture out of trash, but only trash culture. B-games, B-movies, B-music, B-philosophy. 10. Maybe this is what this digital culture is. A monstrous mountain of trash, the ash-heap of creativity's fountain. A landfill with everything we ever thought of in it. Grand, infinite and unsorted. There's 3D models of breakfast, gen-xer's fanfic novels, scanned magazines, green-screen Shia LaBeouf, banned snuff scenes on liveleak, Facebook's got lifelike bots with unbranded adverts, and candid shots of Kanye, and taylor swift mashups, car crash epic fail gifs, Russian dash cam vids, discussions of McRibs, discarded, forgotten, unrecycled, muddled, rotten, and untitled. 11. Everything's fresh for about six seconds, until some newer thing beckons and we hit refresh. And there's years of persevering, disappearing into the pile, out of style, out of sight. 12. In this context it's tempting to make friendly content, that's gentle, that lets you churn through it but not earn it. Why make something demanding, if it just gets piled up in the landfill. Filled with bland things? 13. When games were new, they wanted a lot from you. Daunting you, taunting you, resetting and delaying you. Players played stoically. Now everyone's turned off by that, they want to burn through it quickly, a quick fix for the fickle, some tricks for the clicks of the feckless. But that's not your, you're an acrobat, you could swallow a baseball bat. 14. Now I know most likely you're watching this on KZbin of Twitch while some dude with 10 million views does it for you, like a baby bird being fed chewed up food. That's culture too. 15. But on the off-chance you're playing this, what I'm saying is Trash is disposable but maybe it doesn't have to be approachable. What's the feeling like? Are you stressed? I guess you don't hate it if you got this far Feeling frustrated it's underrated. 16. An orange is sweet juicy fruit locked inside a bitter peel. That's not how I feel about a challenge. I only want the bitterness, its coffee, its grapefruit, its licorice. 17. It feels like we're closer now, composer and climber, designer and user. You could have refused but you didn't. There was something in you that was hidden, that chose to continue. 19 It means a lot to me that you've come this far, endured this much. Every wisecrack, every insensitivity, every setback you've forgiven me is a kingly gift you've given me. 20. We have the same taste, you and I. It's not ambition. It's ambition's opposite. An obdurate mission to taste defeat. You'll feel bad if you win so I put this snake in for you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnzFlX1vgcqLjq8 21. Have you ever thought about who you are in this. Are you the man in the pot, Diogenes? Are you his hand? Are you the top of his hammer? I think not- where your hand moves, the hammer may not follow, nor the man, nor the man's hand. In this you are his WILL. His intent. The embodied resolve in his uphill ascent . 22. Now you've conquered the ice cliff, the platforms, the church and the rectory, the living room and the factory, the playground and the construction site, the granite rocks and the lakeside. You've learned to hike. There's no way left to go but up and in a moment I'll shut up, but let me say I'm glad you came. 23. I dedicate this game to you, the one who came this far. I give it to you with all my love.

[@whiplash3376]

Ludophiles how long did this shit take

[@ludophilia]

@@whiplash3376 Compared to finishing the game it was an incredible pleasure that was over all too fast ;)

[@lukec.7305]

@@ludophilia Thank you, i use this as my go-to sleep-aid

[@silphy2677]

You missed one sentence in the 1. point. At least you tried.

[@ludophilia]

@@silphy2677 thanks, fixed it :)

[@donovansmith5633]

one thing i really like is how as you progress, he gets more personal. his voice changes from a booming showman to the deep voice of a friend, a sweet melancholy drawl.

[@yaboynel5024]

Beautiful to know, understand, and bear witness to, isn’t it?

[@TerranPersoid725]

I really like that too.

[@danielngtx1850]

I feel like nearing the end, he sounds more defeated but you do sound more accurate.

[@strategypoint8258]

why did I read this in his voice-

[@FurtherProof]

This aspect of the performance also makes for a really good twist in the monologue he's doing. At the start, he's talking matter-of-factly about B-games and Sexy Hiking, and introduces the concept of "trash culture", and makes a joke poking fun at stuff like KZbinrs playing his rage-bait game for easy clicks. But once he's introduced this, it's only a matter of time before you realize: this is literally a B-game. It's a Unity asset flip with gameplay based on something he's played before. He highlights this by making all the specific references really of-their-time, like when he starts spitting bars about "green-screen Shia LeBoeuf, liveleak, scanned magazines, epic fail gifs", stuff that is kinda getting old if you revisit it nowadays. And in the line that separates the first half and the second half is his request to you: if you want to enjoy his B-game, you need to be okay with finding joy even in a purely bitter experience without it promising any sweetness at the end. Then, once he's done setting all this up, he starts getting more personal (and closer to the mic/closer to you). It's not him breaking down because you're beating his impossible game, but because despite it being a B-game, he still put his heart and soul into it, and he feels connected to you because if you played the game up to that point (especially with the orange bit being a huge wall for most people) you get what he's trying to do and you still enjoy it enough to see it through to the end.

[@cameronm1231]

"Don't worry, I'll save your progress, always. Even your mistakes." - Bennette Foddy

[@a17yearoldonyoutubeluigi]

Oddly comforting even though this quote in hindsight is evil.

[@thiagaotunadao]

"Starting over is harder than starting up" thats so fkn true

[@ludophilia]

fully agree.

[@Krunschy]

To me it's the only thing I can't relate to. It might be more frustrating, but you're already familiar with the task, so it's way easier and less daunting. Odds are you'll do a better job ín less time on your second go. In that sense you're hardly ever *truly* start over, since you always get to keep what you learned.

[@thiagaotunadao]

@@Krunschy Yeah, i understand that view too, your skills get better at every try, but your motivation is always lower than on the first attempt, at least for me, idk.

[@AlliwantisAIDSHelpImKidnapped]

@@Krunschy the reason why starting over is harder than starting up is because you're already confident that you'll get past this or that obstacle, but when u fail, because of your ego, you get pissed off, or after hours of hours of progress you finally get past a certain obstacle and you fail, you are filled with uncontrollable amount of rage that you won't be able to focus.

[@bentleykennedy-stone673]

This is literally a poem.

[@ludophilia]

Absolutely. Some parts remind me of poetry slams.

[@The_Egomaniac]

Notice how he stars rhyming in almost every sentence after 5:35

[@jupiterstarr8954]

@@ludophilia omg I love poetry slams

[@dublduu6190]

It's crazy how he recognizes that there are people watching on KZbin and he's been talking to us as a viewer the whole time, not the guy playing the game

[@kristofkoszorus2090]

He is mainly talking to the player.

[@absentee8717]

The game was updating. Maybe, this quote was added on the wave of popularity.

[@RezzyNitro99]

Stop tryna be deep

[@realhumanbean7915]

Stoned GhostFace He’s not trying to be deep you fuckin tard

[@weed75black35]

The game started out only available as part of a package on Humble Bundle, and he gave away keys to a bunch of streamers. At one point, watching people on KZbin or Twitch was the only way for people to see the game.

[@PetikG]

Some speedrunners were able to finish it before Bennett was able to get into half of his speech.

[@ludophilia]

Yep, it's insane. Current world record would finish at the beginning of the 4th sequence when Bennett starts introducing Sexy Hiking.

[@the_prado]

Well, the record now is 1:24

[@Plututo]

Diego Rizzo its 1:13 wdym

[@Plututo]

I finished it when he started talking about orange hell

[@ghosty3034]

@@Plututo 1:09 now

[@Rickfernello]

"Have you thought about who you are in this? Are you the man in the pot, Diogenes? Are you his hand? Are you the top of his hammer? I think not. Where your hand moves, the hammer may not follow. Nor the man, nor the man's hand. In this you're his WILL. His intent. The embodied resolve in this uphill ascent." That is one of the best quotes I've heard in a game, and it's what makes this game beautiful; a real mountain climb.

[@Beach-bn2nj]

At the beginning of the game, I hated his voice and everything he said. But, I refused to mute the dialogue. I kept it on throughout my entire week long journey of completing this game. Near the middle, at the orange, I started to enjoy his monologue. At the end, I felt a lot better about myself and my life. I felt like I've known Bennett my whole life, and his voice went from a typical narrator annoyance, to a friend that I valued and considered. His words felt more personal than most things people have ever said to me in my life. Really shows how gaming can be an art form?

[@shulmpino5505]

I always appreciated his dialogue, even the taunting

[@rbx511]

I don’t think gaming is an art form, more like a lesson to eventually be digested

[@nerochromatic]

Though this game was a pain in the ass, his philosophy had some justifiable points on reality.

[@ludophilia]

Totally agree :)

[@iamlordstarbuilder5595]

I didn’t like that he offered little resolution to the trash issue. More often than not, I find myself genuinely searching for trash as he defines it, but it’s tough to find irrelevant content in a search engine designed specifically to send you to relevant content.

[@zoetje9817]

@@iamlordstarbuilder5595 Attempt to find accurate information on healthy food, I dare you. Three quarters of what you’ll find is the irrelevant blabbing of food bloggers.

[@iamlordstarbuilder5595]

@@zoetje9817 I suppose healthy food information lingers among the trash. I also wonder what scientific evidence sits in a pile of scientific trash, unseen by almost anyone, yet disproving something that is consensus.

[@liquidvicinity]

​@@iamlordstarbuilder5595 I think the belief of neuroplasticity almost sat in the pile of trash for a while, scientists love reduction-ism and metaphors that things are like machines, leading to the belief that if you break one part of the brain: its screwed forever, but we eventually found that that was not the case

[@kenpanderz672]

Getting Over It is not just an allegory for struggle, but a celebration of it.

[@CoolGuy-dy3kq]

His voice is so relaxing

[@gamjam7065]

Cool Guy I think so too. :)

[@finnd517]

Yet unintentionally condescending at the same time

[@noeldiazexposito8788]

Is night in Spain I’m gonna sleep

[@Zanyzane]

I really love his dialogue. It's super annoying when gamers mute it! Thank you for making this video. 💚

[@ludophilia]

Gladly, Bennett Foddy's commentary is an absolutely essential part of the experience. Really helped the motivation to keep going, I simply wanted to know what he says next :)

[@crOncH-wj6to]

Keyless listening to these things are so calming but I can never find them

[@Zanyzane]

Ava Bjorkman Me too, I love what Bennett is talking about in this. And the tone of his voice is really calming.

[@민뎨]

Felix muted it..

[@m1-]

Mute it? Its annoying when people talk over it and insult him.

[@zigzag7838]

As you near the end, Bennett’s speech becomes more personal and more emotional. You can tell that he’s enjoyed watching you progress and he’s deeply moved by the fact that you continued despite how challenging he made it for you, he’s proud. But it’s also because he’s sad. He’s watched you the entire time as you progress and in doing so he’s grown attached to you. You’re the only friend he has in the lonely world that is this game and he knows that when you reach the top of the mountain, it will be time for him to say goodbye, for by that point you’ve won. The game will be over, and it will all reset back to the beginning. That’s the real reason he added the snake in there, he didn’t really believe you would “feel bad if you won”, he just knew it would keep you around for a little longer so he wouldn’t have to say goodbye just yet. Though when that time would eventually come, he would no longer have that selfishness. Nothing but pure, undisputed pride and gratitude for you, the player.

[@ravenaussie3760]

Dang, man.

[@CookiesAndSharks]

damn thats a really nice theory

[@CookiesAndSharks]

damn thats a really nice theory

[@zigzag7838]

@@CookiesAndSharks thanks

[@TheOriginalEwan]

“Now I know most likely you’re watching this on KZbin or twitch while some dude with 10 million views does it for you, like a baby bird being fed chewed up food.” That hit hard ngl

[@meddle3558]

that quote alone made me download the game. I dont have a PC or high value laptop, just a 6 year old macbook that can barely render a io game. I had to play with headphones so I could hear the narrator because the fan of my computer was so loud, but when I finished the game, I thanked bennett foddy for creating such a fantastic metaphor of someone's will

[@leomartino3902]

like flowey pointing out that the viewer of lets plays are cowards for not trying the game out in undertale

[@carrot1c]

That's culture too.

[@GenUrobutcher]

He's literally saying that to goad you into buying his game.

[@RaghavBabbar]

@@GenUrobutcher lmao

[@Fractorification]

So many obnoxious let’s players shat on his commentary for a cheap laugh, because they knew damn well that they could turn the dialogue off if it bothered them that much. No kidding, even Gerard the completionist got furious enough to label this one the worst games of 2017 for him partly due to the narration. People kinda just missed the point of it being part of the experience, not so much to mock the player, but to encourage them.

[@Metaknightkirby2]

Seriously. I'm really glad I played through the game myself instead of watching some Markiplier/Jacksepticeye/Pewdiepie scream their head off at it. This game is aimed at a very certain kind of player, anyone who thinks this game is made to make you rage just doesn't get it.

[@Metaknightkirby2]

@Hemisphere’s Upright Nope, first time up the mountain took me a few weeks though. I've completed it like 7 times since. I was gonna go for the 50 wins achievement but it just got repetitive and I didn't wanna ruin the game for myself.

[@alexboccia1090]

why didn't people just mute da game tho

[@commie281]

honestly it’s really all related to life and lots of tasks that require a lot of effort.

[@leongkinwai9709]

I mean, I _do_ agree it's part of the experience, but I wonder if it isn't meant to somewhat unnerve you - at least in the game itself, he comments on the player forgiving him for the (seemingly) snide remarks that he's made? I think the reaction by LPers towards what appears to be mockery is not... entirely unjustified; it's probably exaggerated for the attention economy (it sells to overreact to shit), but it's also a natural response. Also, hi from 8 months after this comment.

[@jukeboxhero30]

As frustrating as this game looks, I firmly believe that this game is EXTREMELY underrated simply because of the message contained in it. That there's rewards in failure and getting back up and trying again, and that there's satisfaction to be had from perseverance through struggle.

[@tortellinifettuccine]

I'm not sure that's what the message is. Sure you can take that from it, but if you actually listen to him I think it's obvious this is more so about giving up more than anything. Why stop if you already gave up? "There's nowhere to go but up." He chose his words very specifically.

[@richardlee5412]

This guy basically solo developped a game, put his heart into it and ended up with a piece that spoke at the same time towards the absurdity of it's premise but also to the nature of challenge and of life every person faces. It sold three million copies at eight dollars a piece.

[@red_h38]

9:12 This and his last dialogue broke me. It made me feel bad. He watches everyone come and go for all eternity. It makes you feel bad for him

[@SaintMaxxi]

"You could swallow a baseball bat." -Bennett Foddy

[@cut_the_freakin_steak_or_else]

I mean he’s not wrong

[@gallery7536]

Ehh I’ve swallowed harder

[@enricus2479]

The opening monologue about how most video game obstacles are fake because they aren't actual obstacles is the best argument for uncompromising difficulty in video games and why it deserves to exist.

[@ludophilia]

Yep, if you can't totally fail it's not a game at all.

[@marianokaz1503]

I feel bad for Bennet being yelled at by Markiplier in the angriest way possible.

[@maxrichards3881]

Banner was asking for that. He made a rage game.

[@Theodore1999]

Motivational speech, relaxing music, missing time limit, i don’t understand how could anyone rage over this

[@david-rr8pi]

Brass mouse movement, bad control by the player, being influenced by the game's impossible looking summit

[@funnybunny954]

@@david-rr8pi which makes the ending even more rewarding

[@lee-oe7rr]

​@@funnybunny954 only to get stuck at the last tower

[@funnybunny954]

@@lee-oe7rr well, pray for my PC if that ever happens

[@mattwolfen]

I want Bennett Foddy to write memoirs. This feels like but a taste of a deeper understanding of much of what we don't dig deep enough within ourselves to understand and appreciate.

[@annaijustwanttoliveachilll9162]

I, honestly, second this motion. I want that too, weirdly enough. Although having to sell or even give such archival personal memoirs of his for free to people especially the people familiar with the game goes entirely against his standpoint and philosophy described in the game.

[@alva6874]

"every setback that you have forgiven me, is a kingly gift that you have given me" The fisrt time I heard this, i bawled my eyes out. I dont know why but this hits so, so hard. Every time that you allow me to hear this, to listen, to feel, is just as much as a kingly gift that you have given me

[@Urmom-mw5uu]

I actually love to listen to this before I study/ do work. it's super calming to me, and especially the line "if you've already had a bad day, then what you're about to go through might be too much" because it gives me a sense of choice, and makes me want to do it more. it also reminds me that it's ok if I don't get to it now, just as long as I do eventually, then it'll be alright. school gives me serious anxiety and panic attacks, so it really helps to have that reminder, that I can always do it at another time.

[@delta4881]

😄👍

[@Redacted_Ruler]

I like that as you go higher, he gains more respect of you and talks deeper and more personally.

[@bbubbatea]

Am I the only one who finds his voice very attractive?

[@Shadi2]

he should read non-fiction books for the blind

[@cosmikdebris777]

Nope

[@glowing_galaxy]

Yes, I aint gay

[@MaxTgaX]

@@glowing_galaxy that's very random of you but ok

[@MySweetMelodie.]

I fell in love with his voice

[@mr.truffles9294]

His voice is irritating when your the gamer His voice is soothing when your watching

[@scottpeltier3977]

Honestly when the narrator has the mic, I usually stop and listen so I could calm down enough to keep going cuz this game really got on my nerves

[@TyperMarlinGames]

I thought that this was making sexy hiking seem like a beautiful masterpiece, then I realized that it actually is.

[@ludophilia]

They both are :)

[@clydesmith6850]

ending couldn’t have been any more perfect. i love this version of the song too

[@Danwolfstone]

What's the name of the song?

[@julianadams4399]

//DanWolfstone Going down the road feeling bad. Its an old folk song with a lot of covers.

[@clydesmith6850]

original audio is sung by ford ward.

[@GameCatastrophe]

@@DanwolfstoneIt’s a song repeated so many times that the credits to the original song have been lost to history. The credits one was sung by Bennet himself.

[@therambler5895]

Golf clap, golf clap. It's nice to be able to hear this without sudden millisecond jumps that make it feel unnatural.

[@floofzykitty5072]

It is very meta, and actually acknowledges the two audiences, the people playing the game and the people watching others play the game. The dialogue also has two separate effects. For the people playing the game, it is the equivalent of giving someone who is depressed a "live, laugh, love" pillow case. For people watching others play the game, the dialogue seems perfectly innocent and even uplifting.

[@The_Deep_Blue]

ive played the game, and to be honest it feels like the opposite its really just lets players raging there asses off

[@minizeequeen711]

"Frustration, it's underrated, right?" My favorite quote by far. While some are only interested in a task or challenge that they can fly through simply for the prize at the end, this quote recognizes that there is a better reward that can only come from tougher and more frustrating challenges. This reward that people seem to never be able to understand the true value of is, accomplishment. The first quote has more meaning when combined with another, "Whenever I climb, I am followed by a dog called ego." This quote recognizes the hurt that frustration can cause, the hurt to ones ego. People want something easy because struggling means your weak, right? But the frustration and struggle of climbing, of running towards an amazingly difficult to attain goal, ultimately builds character, and is not something to be seen as a total negative of truly daunting challenges. Continue to persevere through tough challenges because the reward that the frustration provides is worth it. This is what I believe to be the true message behind Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy.

[@fishcanroll8558]

the green screen shia labouf part killed me

[@ludophilia]

5:19 :)

[@kosakukawajiri5007]

"A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them." this game is purgatory in a certain sense, you go in confident and foolish, along the way you break down, you fall and nearly give up, get back and feel relieved, then fall again, feel hopeless, get back again and when you reach the top you come out a new person.

[@thefirely1439]

I love it. The smooth piano in the background bennets calm voice. This game shoulda really got more credit. This game tought me some serious patience. In my first playthrough i took the snake willingly because looking back on the game from that point i loved it. Everything about it from the background to the atmosphere to the obstacles is just beautiful and i got to the point where i found this game calming. No other game does this.

[@rjswonson]

7:33 The quote sticks with me to this day.

[@youshorts5424]

What does it mean?

[@rjswonson]

@@youshorts5424 It's about how the joy of a challenge is the pain felt along the way. He creates the metaphor of and orange (Something you have to work at to get to the true prize) and and then denies it, stating that the work is the truly desirable part.

[@raptionman]

He is *VERY* philosophical

[@0mik3mik3]

Well, he is a philosopher. He has a doctoral degree in philosophy.

[@Bxii]

"Every Wisecrack every insensitivity every setback youve forgiven me is a kingly gift youve given me" amazing quote

[@lgd_stryker2971]

The line about watching some dude on KZbin do it for me had me feeling guilty ^^"7

[@stinkygoingout4074]

Jolevi that was a lie, and if not, a humble brag. Do yourself a favor and read over comments and see if they seem douchey or off putting before you post them.

[@fadziana]

@@JotechLung shut up and stop being pathetic to other people, maybe YOU finished it but atleast other people *actually* tried

[@Altair584]

@@JotechLung Amazing how you missed one of the ideas of the game. It's not even a "game" in the traditional sense. I agree people should play this, rather than watch it online. But holding the fact that you played and finished it as a status symbol to wave over others shows you've gained nothing from it. You just put time into it. It's tragic that everything in the game went over your head. Absolutely tragic.

[@theducklord777]

8:23 From this point on, the dialogue made me want to cry. The way his voice suddenly gets deeper, it’s just beautiful 🥹🥹

[@twilightcyber4543]

Man, I never realized how much Bennett Foddy affected me as a writer. Though I've never played this game (I already get rage from Valorant), he's still had a great effect in how I make my essays, the way he uses different examples in his words is one example as to how he's affected the way I write.

[@Jkoo.27]

I like how as he talks to the player, everything he says still relates to real life problems. I find comfort in his voice.

[@mirefizer6582]

Thank you so much for this video and commentary. For a long time I am waiting for someone to write down the full commentary for reference and finally find it here. Bennett said this game is designed for a certain kind of person, to hurt them. But I also think this game could educate or enlighten some people like me. Lots of audience think this game is a "rage game" or "game designed for streaming". But it is more than that. The commentary and the dialogue when falls is the core of this game, along with the process of failing and climbing of the player *him/herself*. Just as Bennett says, it gives the game its unique flavor. It is the bitterness and also the juicy part. This video show the true flavor and the complete experience in game. But I only recommend to watch it after you finish this game. Cause only when you play it yourself, get raged will give you the sense and the precious experience of getting over it. (edit typos)

[@ludophilia]

That's a very good summary of what Getting Over It is all about :)

[@YagizBagdatli]

This game is just a beautiful piece of art, and these quotes make it what it is. I just can't understand how could anyone break their stuff from anger over this. I like to see this as a soothing and relaxing, at times kind of angering but still, a very well teaching journey about philosophy and life in general.

[@a17yearoldonyoutubeluigi]

His voice is oddly soothing. I could listen to him talk all day.

[@thatoneguy611]

There no better feeling than going through the obstacles to fast that Bennett is several queues behind. I did it for the first time the other day. It took me 16 painstaking play throughs to get there.

[@suave_Rico]

I would like to call this poetry. amazing. thank you

[@secondagent5998]

Pure artistic passion and philosophy in a game. And the hand written note at the end is just so personal and beautiful

[@StraferXD]

now...now im sad...but good sad... the sad that is for a good reason... you get sad over a good thing. Like when a kid moves out. They now start there own life. This was beautiful. Thank you for reading my comment about how this game...has a deeper meaning. Its not just a game. Its a message. To everyone and thing. There is more to what your doing right now like reading this. Your a person and no matter how many people say your just a spec in the universe, your important. Mabye not now. And mabye not before.. but at one point, you are/were/going to be important and thats awsome. Your not a nobody. You are you. Be you. Life is a hike and a journey you could fall all the way down and have to start from the ground. Or you could get stuck and not know what to do. Its ok for help, its ok to not be perfect, and its ok to get over it -Elijah Lounder. Age 11, at 2020

[@Venom-je7rf]

ok

[@bigboiinanut9967]

Wow

[@punkassparker]

In its beginnings it was so easy to overlook that this game is actually a work of art and a dissection of modern culture

[@RamenLlama]

No, it was pretty lauded for its observation and commentary at the time of its release, if you were in the right circles.

[@funnylittlecreature]

@@RamenLlama"In the right circles" is doing a _lot_ of heavy lifting here.

[@The_Egomaniac]

Am I the only one who noticed how he starts rhyming in almost every sentence after 5:35?

[@RedPlumber]

I left a comment here on an old account and i wanted to just say it again, Bennett Foddys commentary is amazing and I love the philosophy on what at the time was the modern world and I think more people need to delve into philosophy because it might just contain the answers you look for in your life.

[@duncanm4061]

This is one of the few games I felt sad when I beat it. This truly was an experience unlike any other.

[@ludophilia]

You are absolutely right, I'll never forget this experience ':)

[@Icarus961]

Should have ridden the snake

[@ScruffyGD]

"You'll feel bad if you win, so I put this snake in for you." I felt exactly the same way when I beat it.

[@sambrowdy6827]

I thought this was very inspirational and soothing, but I got a small chuckle out of one thing... B-movies... (ya like jazz?)

[@GregJonson]

Ya like Jazzuo?

[@tylerp5915]

More like: Ya like Jazzuo?

[@jacks3740]

9:12 best quote of the whole game

[@riechen]

never played this game never watched a full gameplay but seein references to this calm commentary as people lose their shit is the most funny thing ive seen in a while 😭

[@mathbuster0999]

I like how he’s so correct. He says that everything gets piled up in the landfill, and now that’s where this game lies.

[@anthonyvita886]

I honestly love the monologues. A mixture of poetry and philosophy. A philosophy lost and unthought of today. I'm glad he brings this game to life.

[@ludophilia]

Yep, his commentary is the most valuable part of the game.

[@mysticalspace2596]

There’s something interesting about overcoming a challenge you know was hard. Some ppl find enjoyment out of it while others are disappointed usually with a “Huh…that’s it?” And that’s what makes it interesting we sometimes get so caught up in the moment or chase of the goal, that when we achieve it. We may have enjoyed the chase rather than the location. Getting over it is definitely in between that area, your glad you finally beat it but the drive is what made you enjoy it.

[@grit1]

This is an interesting monologue. It's part history, part encouragement, part sympathy, part philosophy, and part self-reflection.

[@janeredcliff1550]

I watched a yt video to this game and was so annoyed by the ytber constantly talking over the monologue in the background bc I found it to be really relaxing and kinda comforting, so I searched for a "speech only" version... And now I'm here

[@SuperWarrior64]

I definitely found the “starting over is harder than starting up” part in the beginning game relatable

[@Juic_d]

I don't know why, but the dialogue and this game as a whole resonates with me

[@ryanlally8116]

Best 12 minutes of laundry in my life

[@iansanabria1481]

The message of this game is really great if you’re willing to listen to it.

[@simplyeason]

i.love.his.accent.and.voice he speaks in cursive 🥺🥰

[@lugefluchtige9874]

No matter i played this game over and over, i failed a lot but there’s still someone with me and talking about life, about the game i played.

[@daniballard27]

His voice is so relaxing which is funny bc everything is calm even though you rage during the game.

[@ludophilia]

His explanations can really reduce the rage :)

[@-._Radixerus_.-]

I love bennet foddy like a very good freind

[@fukou_da]

It's interesting how his speech comes off as irritating and pretentious when you're playing, but here it's actually nice and thought-provoking. I'm sure he did this on purpose too.

[@Gordon_Freeman484]

When I was playing, I never found his voice annoying. I was actually looking forward to hearing the next line of dialogue

[@SilverLining1]

@@Gordon_Freeman484 Seconding this. I was in awe that someone was able to perfectly articulate why I like hard video games and finding ways to make games harder. This monologue is the entirety of my gaming philosophy now, and also always was.

[@cut_the_freakin_steak_or_else]

@@Gordon_Freeman484 same

[@cronchy_leaves3192]

This was poetic in every way

[@Marvi5962]

i was watching this half expecting the player to scream at the top of his lungs.

[@ricku7765]

I like to listen to this full dialogue when I'm sleeping. I'm already done at the game and completed with a speedrun. I wonder if there's a channel out there that has this like monologues that I can listen too, I would like to check it out because it's interesting and the voice is very calm with a bg music.

[@landonscobee]

As a aspiring video game creator, it's super interesting to hear Bennett's thoughts on his product, his inspirations, and overall views on the world.

[@vesta680]

his voice is so attractive and relaxing i’m-

[@wowpoopstaylorsversion3267]

5:32 YES.

[@Alexander.0671]

Nothing soothes my soul like "going down the road feelin bad" to the space background and sound effects

[@funnylittlecreature]

This game made me cry. Not from rage, but from fondness. It really touched my heart.

[@willazillaprime492]

8:22 that damned snake

[@karawik8797]

I cried at the end

[@ghosty3034]

It has a sad vibe to it ngl

[@Poptart21000]

I just want this guy to record hours of commentary so I can play him in the background while playing totk.

[@The_Lost_And_Forgotten2009]

8:43 is where it stars to get relaxing.

[@kwark4115]

In the beginning I thought he was a monster for commenting on all my mistakes. But in the end I realised that I was the monster...

[@awesomesnowman2453]

3:58 - 5:58 is actually so beautiful

[@32992]

his voice is so calming and his accent somehow makes it even better

[@user-ys8bu1li1r]

The dialogue is amazing and I wouldn’t have been able to finish it otherwise

[@BasicXavier]

This game actually represents my entire middle school experience. Not only as a metaphor, but the fact that i was OBSESSED with this game. I used to play it sneakily during class all the way up until my last year. THREE YEARS OF PLAY almost every day. My record was 7 minutes and i never really got past it. When i got into my 9th year, i got a new computer and lost my old steam account. I will probably never touch this game again, but it holds a very special place in my heart. I completed 215 times and impressed my classmates by memorising the entire 10 minute monologue. As I'm watching this, I'm still mouthing the words perfectly, 3 years on. Thank you, bennett, for being part of my happy past. and holy fuck that background jazz actually triggers my nostalgia so god damn bad.

[@somerandomguyonlineforsome7870]

Nice 👍

[@ShugaR_Automata]

That was surprisingly educational

[@ludophilia]

Yep, it is :)

[@cymbaline4384]

11:36 I new the beginnings guide was an awesome an inspiration for this

[@MortisProfessional]

"Now, you’ve conquered the ice cliff. The platforms, the church, and the rectory. The living room and the factory. The playground and the construction site. The granite rocks and the lakeside. You’ve learned to hike." -Bennet Foddy 2017

[@chunixlegend2939]

I Crushed your dreams and hopes, Climbing a mountain with a hammer and no ropes -bennett foddy

[@mathiaswilhelm1902]

this game is like a therapy session

[@stopmefoamjumping]

This is so sweet, makes me want to play the game for real.. haha, I would definitely take a lot of long breaks though

[@ludophilia]

It's just a mountain, you can do it, get over it! :)

[@cyanworm1545]

The last part was really touching

[@hiro2201]

8:24 ASMR

[@tylerp5915]

The closer Bennett gets to finishing his speech, he gets more ASMR.

[@corbanferguson8407]

Bennett could make an ebook about watching grass grow and I would buy it

[@missmeeper]

Best Ted talk ever

[@AllantheBob]

First time I beat this game was on my phone. Took me a week or so and the skin on my thumb was rubbed raw on my screen. I really liked the narration and the game, good stuff.