Let's Play Sherlock Holmes The Awakened ep 1 - SGT RUFFLES - Press Any Chiodini

[@ethanlappin]

My favourite tidbit about ACD's annoyance with Holmes' popularity and his desire to be rid of him is something I read claiming that when he told his mother what he planned to do she was furious with him 😂

[@queenoffabulous2156]

"Oh its nice this man cares so much his worker is missing- oh no oh no no no"

[@CaptainCathode]

1:12:21 A 'Bosun's Chair' is a knot or rope work designed to allow a sailor to work either aloft (in the mast) or over the side of the ship. A forerunner to the modern climbing harness. A Portuguese bowline does indeed make a serviceable and quick Bosun's chair, suggesting the kidnapper may have lowered the victim down into a boat.

[@spookyshran5274]

I will be mentally replacing john watson's face with watson's adorable little pig face for the duration of this series 😌

[@ferrusjackus8432]

Johnny I cannot thank you enough for that preface to this series. I have always struggled since I educated myself about how horrible the man was but this was a really interesting and helpful separation of art from artist. Taking account of these issues whilst making amazing content is why I love your channel ❤️

[@ReettaJ]

The "Pianos and Organs" shop had me thinking "Now there's an interesting combination of goods to sell". And then I remembered that organ is also a musical instrument. I had already pictured pianos on the other side of the shop and livers and kidneys on the other.

[@thelonelygamer820]

Just started watching this season and I love your intros, especially, when you address something possibly problematic and acknowledge it and then move on. You are a very smart and thoughtful person and I love that tan out you Johnny!

[@_b1ack0ut4]

Only getting to this late, because I wanted to beat it myself first, but fun fact, the Power of Love: Blood and Mandrake book in Barnes' bookshop, is a reference to the previous game, that book was a critical part of a case in the last game.

[@brianschoner3350]

Folks who like the idea of a Holmes/Sherlock crossover might also enjoy Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald."

[@barbararowley6077]

Such a great story! I also highly recommend James Lovegrove’s Cthulhu Casebooks. Could not put The Shadwell Shadows down. Lois Grech also has a series, though it wasn’t to my taste. I’d not dissuade anyone from trying them, but would suggest borrowing from a library first rather than investing in either a physical or e copy.

[@KaraDennison]

Mastering that UI is already a Holmes-level feat.

[@PanicMerchant]

I'd love for one of these games to turn around and be like "oop it was all Sherlock's cocaine-fuelled paranoia after all"

[@talmun]

I know I’m late to the party, but very well said on HPL, his abhorrent views, and his legacy. Bravo

[@NathanWeeks]

Holmes + Lovecraft, so this is Public Domain: The Game?

[@NathanWeeks]

And we again get that brilliant detective's tool of: finding the assailant's wallet. Good thing criminals just routinely drop things with their name on it.

[@persephoneunderground845]

(Paraphrasing Vimes from Terry Pratchett) "Did he leave any clues? Footprints, matchbooks, photo id?" "No, he was an inconsiderate murderer."

[@randommeasures4618]

Have been looking forward to the newest episode and might be binging all the episodes every week. Something about Johnny being so familiar with the context and the culture just adds a delightful snarkiness to the commentary 💖

[@dubbingsync]

Had I known about this playthrough months ago I would’ve watched these as they came out. Sherlock vs Cthulhu (or any sort of paranormal/supernatural entity) is always something I enjoy.

[@lauraanne341]

You pausing the game to give a little info dump about ACD made me so happy because I'd been reciting all those facts to myself. It makes my autistic brain so happy to hear other people pour facts. Very excited about this new series! Love all that you do!

[@626games]

I love how they say it how it is “ we don’t need you here” pretty much what I was thinking too

[@Lyrak]

Johnny! Yelling at that horse for resting when just in the last game you got him killed. 😢 First thing I said when I saw it was "dapple horse lives!!!"

[@theheroofkvatch8370]

I love the style of these let’s plays - a very chill time with a funny, interesting host

[@JohnnyChiodini]

That's very kind, thank you!

[@fett01]

As someone who mostly listens to these videos, the sounds of the mind palace are... something

[@quelanathecrow]

I really liked the statement about lovecraft at the beginning ^.^ I enjoy cosmic horror stuff a lot but it always feels weird when it goes unacknowledged!! I'd love to see some other cosmic horror writers get some attention too, but lovecraft's influence is so massive, and his racist paranoia is a big part of why his horror feels so unsettling and especially modern, I think. super curious to see how this game presents it!! but yeah just wanted to say I appreciated them addressing it ^.^

[@kateluvya]

I'm losing my hearing- i keep hearing "press any chiodini" as "preston chiodini" and it amuses me to imagine who preston chiodini would be.

[@JohnnyChiodini]

A cousin we no longer speak to, I imagine

[@triangulan]

I am sure that it is partly linked to the Lovecraftian Horror thing too, but I think the Mind Palace bits are meant to be brain cells? Is this another unfortunate game where it will result in Johnny examining a lot of feet again?

[@Patrick-Phelan]

Yeah, I was playing another Frogwares (is this Frogwares?) Sherlock Holmes game recently and the mind palace was similar. Admittedly less squelchy, but only somewhat.

[@jonrice9509]

It’s a good and right disclaimer Johnny. I do love Cthulhu mythos and i am glad we can do what we will with it now, without the hate.

[@Scribe13]

God bless you for that opening, Johnny! Very well said and you are about the only person I’d trust to play a game like this…and enhance the story!

[@ciotog7788]

Looking forward to more adventures in a surprisingly goopy mind palace. Hoping the names stay as delightful as SGT Ruffles, that and the map reveal had me in stitches. Just going to grab my size 9 slippers and watch the second episode now.

[@bergerchicken]

I like how Johnny adopts an English accent when they read notes and newspapers and such

[@BavoDebraekeleer]

I remember that Random Encounter stream 😅😂

[@hannarchy6554]

Oh wow those mechanics are a lot to get to grips with! I'm looking forward to more exciting mysteries being revealed by the floating imagination-sphincters next episode!

[@avaguesilhouette]

The game & Johnny: Mr. Barnes, Me, vibrating in 'any pronouns': THE VALIDATION

[@tyrannosaurusrhett]

All the cabbage he could eat? I'd have run away too.

[@SkillsLoading]

I played this game a few years back and the main thing I remember is the chunky controls. Edit: turns out this is the remake and looks a lot better. Also believe it or not they've smooted out the ui. I believe originally you actually had to go to your bedroom to change your disguise.

[@vijaypsingh]

Can we get a version of these videos where everything "Watson" says is replaced by barks from the real Watson?

[@neohamilton551]

27:20 don't tell me we're back to inspecting feet again.

[@fuzzymurdermittens]

Just listened to your intro/disclaimer. I read my first collection of Lovecraft stories relatively recently, already knowing the man had... uh... issues, but the thing that surprised me the most was how he described people who live in rural areas. Like, not people of a particular ethnicity or religion or whatever; literally just farmers. He writes about them in a bunch of different stories and it is always in the same cruel, vitriolic way, describing them as something that is sub-human. They're farmers, my dude! That's not a scary position in society! Stop talking about them like the mere thought of a farmer is supposed to have me shivering! I must admit I was very disappointed by his writing after having his prowess talked up to me for so many years. I can see that he was a skilled wordsmith, but I just don't find farmers or weird architecture scary. (The Mountains of Madness was a slog - I see an alien-looking building, I'm excited and keen, and telling me for the fiftieth time that it's supposed to feel ominous just makes me annoyed at the repetition). But enough complaining from me. I'm looking forward to the new Press Any Chiodini series :)

[@Helicon1]

I love these games but the UI is an absolute pita, you picked it up much quicker than i did playing a previous title! V much looking forward to future episodes.

[@I_am_PiT]

Not sure if you already made this out by the time you read this, but I would guess that the colour of the nodules within the mind palace blobs corresponds to the type of element to be chosen!

[@stormy7745]

I think the mind palace is supposed to neurons? Very much looking forward to uncovering the mystery with you, Johnny!

[@hannaaxelsson3687]

Five minutes in and so far the most horrific thing to happen is the fact that the game designers clearly didn't bother to research actual Swedish names (which would have taken them...three seconds on Google?) and instead naming a character "Ildurr".

[@TJEverley]

If you're interested in this, you may also be interested in Paul Kane's 'Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell', in which Moriarty gains access to the Lament Configuration puzzle box from Clive Barker's Hellraiser.

[@causewhynot6485]

Love the fact your playing this type of game!

[@phonecallsarejustoverquali1556]

As much as I enjoyed Johnny's playthrough, this game very much made me miss Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke.

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

I think this is a more advanced and fleshed out PC version of a game I played years ago on iPad...! It's really good, hope you enjoy it, Johnny!😁♥️👍

[@YoshiMochi13]

The Mind Palace links almost look Venom-like 😮

[@gak9319]

Lovecraft seems to have been quite well versed in the fear of the unknown😅

[@HinekoAkahi]

Oooh, this _is_ interesting! ...interesting enough that I think I wanna play this myself before watching someone else do it, haha! See you some time after :D

[@jonathanmorgantini8634]

Johnny, if this scratches the itch, i should point you in the direction of James Lovegrove ans his Cthulhu Casebooks. James happens ro be a friend who has written multiple novels about Holmes and Watson dealing with the Mythos.

[@Shalltear-xd1fe]

There will always be the idea of separating the art from the artist. The man himself was a troubled human being but we can still enjoy his creation and all the crazy things people created with it.

[@scouttyra]

A brilliant quote about Lovecraft by Red from Overly Sarcastic Productions apropos your disclaimer: "It would be inaccurate to describe Howard Phillips Lovecraft as a man with issues. It's more like he was a bundle of issues shambling around in a roughly bipedal approximation of a man."

[@matwetton]

Really excited for this one, I really hope the slightly janky controls of this game dont frustrate you too much and ruin your enjoyment.

[@ladycarfax2207]

No deerstalker in the city!!

[@JohnnyChiodini]

Yes yes But on the other hand, squid monsters So we're not playing by the normal rules either way

[@ladycarfax2207]

This is true, though somehow easier to believe ;-) (after all, if the films are reliable then he's already defeated steampunk dinosaurs and the Loch Ness monster)

[@aramanon]

Here is a comment so I can contribute to the channel without further denting my credit card debt 😅. Good choice of game Mx JC

[@ladycarfax2207]

Also, I remember this from the first time round. Looks like the remake has improved the controls, but irritated my Holmesian sensibilities even more than before!

[@poskeegget8043]

The noises of the mind palace reminds me of when me and a friend of mine had to stop playing starcraft (as the Zerg), while eating bacon crisps. The sounds that is. Also, Sherlock Holmes often looked silly. Most fictional detectives does. Edit: A Bosun's Chair is the seat created by a plank and ropes. Featured a lot in the Aubrey-Maturin series, or the Fred Dibnah videos about scaffholding on chimneys.

[@scottperkins5038]

I did not, for a second, recognise Alex Jordan as Holmes.

[@psoma_brufd]

An interesting game and one in which, especially this version of Sherlock is autistic (at least it reads that way to me, it is a logical extension of Sherlock's character as supposed to sociopath). This is gonna be fun!

[@davidbates9357]

I wasn't screaming USE THE MAP!!!!!! at my phone while watching this I promise 😅

[@JohnnyChiodini]

I'm glad to hear it, that sounds stressful

[@Sidistic_Atheist]

10:30 I bet they love you at Pub Quizzes.. NOT!! ha ha ha P.S. Your voice actually sounds more like Holmes than the video character.. lol WOW!! 46:40 that Policeman should return and arrest Capt Stenwick, indentured servitude was illegal in Britain at this time.

[@JohnnyChiodini]

You've absolutely done me there

[@elwood750]

I judge every Sherlock Holmes adaptation on how they portray Dr John H Watson, I hope this one does something good with him

[@LEGOEPIC1]

It's not just you on this one, Johnny. I'm normally the guy yelling "it's right there!" at the screen, but I was finding the UI in this gameplay quite obtuse. The imagination interface in particular was not explained very well.

[@loose668]

I'm always disappointed when Holmes is written as an ass, especially to Watson who he frequently acknowledges as his nearest and dearest friend in the book and who's company he enjoys as such. It's true that Holmes was cocky and aloof, but he was also extremely compassionate, and a lot of the works in his library, while not completely free of being a product of their time, also showed a remarkably liberal view, with positive looks at subjects like mixed interracial families and women's rights issues. The latter even played a MUCH larger part in a Study in Bohemia and Holmes' respect for Irene Adler than most people realize, instead reimagining their relationship as romantic despite the fact that many books repeatedly emphasize the fact that Holmes was very likely aromantic, long before Aspec identies had much representation. But despite my frustration, I have resigned myself to the fact that media is going to insist on rewriting certain aspects of Holmes' character and take comfort in the books when newer interpretations get a little too grating.

[@Leffelini]

This is the first comment that has made me want to actually read the books. I have always felt its a bit weird that people hang around Holmes, especially Watson, considering he seems like such an asshat to them, but makes sense its a product of modern media wanting to write more edgy characters.

[@loose668]

@Leffelini The books are an entirely different animal from any other interpretation, especially when it comes to Sherlock Holmes' character. Other than the Aspec identity thing, one of the biggest issues with modern portrayals which does a LOT of the heavy lifting to keep Holmes from feeling arrogant rather than the exccentric that he is, is his sense of humor. In the books, Holmes will sometimes play small, harmless pranks on Watson and others for a laugh. And, even more important than THAT, he is a character who isn't afraid to laugh at HIMSELF when his opponent outsmarts him or does something he didn't expect, and he actually encourages Watson to keep him humble a few times. Those are some of my favorite character moments, if I'm completely honest. A few lines from the book, as examples of this; "I heard the sharp sound of [Holmes'] latch-key. The instant he entered I saw by his face that he had not been successful. Amusement and chagrin seemed to be struggling for the mastery, until the former suddenly carried the day, and he burst into a hearty laugh." --- ""I think that you might offer me a cigar too," [Holmes] said. We both started in our chairs. There was Holmes sitting close to us with an air of quiet amusement. "Holmes!" I exclaimed. "You're here! But where is the old man?" "Here is the old man," said he, holding out a heap of white hair. "Here he is,-wig, whiskers, eyebrows, and all. I thought my disguise was pretty good, but I hardly expected that it would stand that test."" --- ""Watson," said [Holmes], "if it should ever strike you that I am getting a little over-confident in my powers, or giving less pains to a case than it deserves, kindly whisper 'Norbury' in my ear, and I shall be infinitely obliged to you.""

[@richardbrown3055]

While I understand your feeling that it is important to acknowledge Lovecraft’s personal beliefs and views, I feel you do yourself a disservice by not also acknowledging the fact that through out his life his views changed when he was exposed to broader perspectives. While he continued to hold many views that we would consider abhorrent, he was a man willing to change and grow. To better view another we need to be willing to acknowledge their complexity, their positives as well as their negatives.

[@JohnnyChiodini]

To be quite honest his image is already doing quite well for a man whose cat was named the N word.

[@Tenareful]

normally i like when New Zealand is mentioned in things but yikes

[@garbageday2718]

Size nine

[@JohnnyChiodini]

Size nine

[@JohnnyChiodini]

Found it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/morYlKqQl7qfo9ksi=kYBSwput1PFivEJi&t=143

[@RH1812]

Many artists are bastards. It’s always possible to hold two opposing ideas at the same time. Despise the creator, admire the work

[@triangulan]

This game seems interesting, but god is the UI opaque and unweildy.

[@JohnnyChiodini]

I get to grips with it in the next couple of episodes so things run more smoothly, I am glad to say!