PERFECT VERMIN - A Game Where You Hunt Your Furniture, Because You Can't Trust It

[@ManlyBadassHero]

New game by the Dev: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZbOgGR9f8-Bj9U

[@vanessavidal1942]

First

[@mentothemento2543]

A pinned comment with only 1 reply *Hmmm*

[@electronalsoihavenocontent4715]

@@mentothemento2543 3 ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

[@jboydayz]

I feel like the vermin were actually people, I mean they were in places where people were, like in occupied toilets and in places where someone would likely be. The person who you might be playing has gone mad and is killing people to get revenge for something which happened to him.

[@3RR0RNULL]

@@mentothemento2543 how strange

[@supleted]

So essentially, cancer cells are very similar to normal cells, only that they proliferate very fast, and grow in places they're not supposed to, thereby causing organ damage and ultimately death. In this game, the furniture are an allegory for the cancer growing inside of the reporter; each furniture smash run indicates a round of chemotherapy, where the hammer man tries their best to eliminate any cancer cells without harming the normal ones, and his ultimate failure at eradicating the furniture and the office building's ultimate transformation into an unrecognizable mess indicates the reporter's failing health, and ultimately his demise at the hands of his own body cells.

[@raiden144]

This should be the Top comment.

[@Dullahan2]

Which makes it somewhat scary that Manly's first instinct was to stall as much as possible, and smash everything but the Vermin to save them for last, even when they hid about as well as red on blue paint

[@TheSoCalledZoner1]

I thought all fandoms were like that

[@fayolahh]

@@TheSoCalledZoner1 That's not a woosh. A woosh is when someone doesn't get a joke. There is no joke here.

[@Dullahan2]

@Hentai Semitism Neither the release trailer, announcement trailer, or OST link to your channel. Theres no mention of your channel on the game's page. I highly doubt you're actually one of the developers.

[@carsonspinks1067]

God, seeing him look back and forth at the two fridges and then proceed to smash the chair which happened to be a vermin was the funniest thing I have seen all day.

[@jeffumbach]

And he played it off without missing a beat.

[@Kyumifun]

It's like a perfect comedy skit

[@Axcyantol]

Right there.

[@Axcyantol]

3y ago???

[@carsonspinks1067]

@@Axcyantol lol yeah

[@beansmcbongo140]

"The important thing is not that they feel pain, it's that I have fun." -Manly, 2020

[@boneheaded8919]

I wish I feel that way when swatting flying roaches

[@Here_is_Waldo]

Everyone's a hero until you remember they can fly.

[@cecilchesley7406]

Still the best presidential pitch this time around

[@nessbradley7785]

Nope QQ

[@kdratio7339]

Easy

[@mw9527]

What a good game. Side note, I'm a medical lab scientist and it is a bizzare feeling to be the only one in a moment to know someone has cancer or leukemia. Had a patient come into our ER, 60ish y.o. male just having some swelling in one of his hands. I can't remember from an injury or whatever. Doc orders a basic screening panel - blood counts, chemistries, nothing crazy. So I run his complete blood count and it flags abnormal. I go check what it's flagging (maybe just an elevated white count because of his swollen hand I was thinking). It was his white count. But it was 200x10^3. Normal is like 4-11(x10^3). Infections usually don't run any higher than 20 unless it's pretty bad. The only thing that runs that high is leukemias. So I make a slide from the blood to manually check whats going on, stain it, and put it on my microscope for a manual count. But there they are. Blasts (the most immature form of white blood cells), and other forms of immature white blood cells that should not be in normal circulation. And for about 30 minutes, I am the only one in the world that knows. I may not know the exact type (the patient would need flow cytometry for that). But I know it's there. It is never a fun call to a physician. And I'm sure it's an even worse walk to the patient's room to let him know. Maybe the patient had the same reaction as the man in the game? I never know. I'm just a gal with a microscope and a slide full of blasts that tell a hidden story.

[@samgills5703]

as a medical lab science student this was very interesting to read through! thank you for sharing

[@squishidestiny]

Honestly that's pretty horrifying to think about out the patient's end. He came in thinking he might've just got hurt, or something else minimal like that. Only to find out it's leukemia.

[@KAREEEEGG]

I think if I was a doc and I had to tell the patients they were dying, I think I would break at some point.

[@mark6302]

You sound wicked smart

[@danielgoobler7608]

Just checked your KZbin, not even 5 months ago you posted a video about you talking and you’re clearly not even 18. Why do you feel like you have to lie on KZbin comment sections?

[@Rong_Rong]

This is a good horror video to show IKEA staff members.

[@zhiawei4252]

Hey man, don't give them funny ideas

[@colinhays3456]

i've seen you before

[@thedog2123]

Rong rong can you make me long long? :D

[@maxischew514]

Haven't seen you in a while.

[@stevespam9636]

Rong Rong WRONG THEY DONT EVEN HAVE EYES.

[@hocuspocusfocus6229]

Game: "Destroy anything that is out of place" ManlyBadassHero: "Everything is out of place" proceeds to destroy the whole office.

[@virus404notfound2]

Lol

[@lance4377]

*Destroy everything that's normal, save the out of place ones for last

[@pokemonplayer5214]

haha I made your comment to 666 likes now!. >:)

[@prosword8826]

Ye kinda annoyed me

[@spoilerguy7285]

@@prosword8826 don't watch it then? why are you complaining

[@hiveknight7416]

Memes aside this game is a really good analogy for cancer

[@donsancho6690]

yeah, chemo targets your healthy cells (innocent furniture) as well as the cancer (vermin)

[@ryanrigley2558]

@@TheSoCalledZoner1 sweetie, the adults are talking. I know you haven't ever gone more than 2 minutes without making a tasteless unfunny joke, but please go somewhere else

[@LandBoundFish]

Ryan Rigley what did he say??

[@hiveknight7416]

@@TheSoCalledZoner1 kinda depends on how you define a fandom, to be honest.

[@ReiChiquita567]

@Macarthur Beldia ?

[@ruffethereal1904]

The setup for the "Trick question!" joke was an excellent piece of comedy and misdirection. I like how you made it blatantly "obvious" that you were going to smash the actual fridge by deliberately looking between them, then you spin around hit the also fake chair afterward. I laughed very hard at that.

[@badjumpcuts6599]

That was the best joke for me

[@EojinsReviews]

5:26 for anyone like me ;)

[@StarGazer.ExE21]

Actual comedy gold

[@pomyang1940]

OBSESSED with this kind of spontaneity

[@arc6185]

Good job dissecting the joke so hard it isn’t funny to anyone reading this:/

[@hack45993]

This was a legitimately great game and had an amazing story with its symbolism. Hardcore news reporter struggles to chase after a news story about some massacre and ignores his cancer that his mother "gave" him because he knows he's about to die anyway. Just to be remembered after death. That final message hits very hard: "No one will care about my death if I don't prove to them that I lived." Most people would spend time with their loved ones and friends, but someone like him must not have had many people who cared about him, or the other way round. He knows that no one will care or remember him after his death, and that's why he tries so hard to be remembered with that news story. He doesn't realize that everyone is forgotten after death. What a sad story.

[@mathieuw3899]

Well some aren't forgotten, some are even implemented into our history lessons.

[@TheSoCalledZoner1]

@@mathieuw3899 history is somehow forgetful too ya know

[@Dullsonic3]

A man truly dies if they are forgotten.

[@bensoncheung2801]

Christopher Columbus

[@towel_gaming]

The real reason he died is because this dude destroyed all of his healthy cells along with his unhelpful. He destroyed everything like in a nuking

[@TeemoIsMySon]

Manly- "this is about your immune system" Also manly- "lets smash everything in this dudes body lmao"

[@ManlyBadassHero]

I'm technically acting like how I should.

[@lukaszdluzak3905]

@@ManlyBadassHero As a mindless cell that gets his orders through pheromons?

[@coffeetoffee0x019]

@@lukaszdluzak3905 yeah pretty much

[@the13throse]

Well that's kinda how chemo works so yeah

[@lukaszdluzak3905]

@@the13throse Horror games Fun and educational

[@Tridelo100]

The last line about proving to have lived is the most haunting part of the game for me

[@acronolozki]

See you, space cowboy...

[@nicolekosch4429]

It is haunting... I think no matter what walk of life you are on we can all relate to that line. I sometimes think that and I have to remind myself there a thousands of people that pass away and their story will never be retold as some of the more famous beings. It is kind of a reality check. It is also a damn depressing thought as we all want to make an impression. What I think it is truly ironic is that we rarely remember or learn about the good people in history it is those who were evil or evil was done upon them.

[@KaosRift]

"Remember us. Remember that we once lived."

[@wilmagregg3131]

the three deaths is of body of soul and the final one is when you are forgotten by all when your name is remeberd by no one

[@ธนาเดชศุภนัทนพร]

I’ve somewhat accepted it We won’t be remember for history We just Pass our legacy onto our children Our friend And Family Leaving behind Traces and Records of our existence

[@Huskie297]

Ooof, this is rough. Watching the reporter becoming more and more clearly out of breath, fatigued, his nails turn black, he starts sprouting unnatural growths and boils, internal bleeding that most likely stems from the respiratory system (bleeding from mouth and nose), and the way his body just contorts as a result of his nicotine addiction and the excessive amount of smoking he's done in his life. Obviously, this stuff doesn't happen so quickly or dramatically, but I watched my grandfather essentially break down physically over years of smoking, though he ironically didn't pass away from lung cancer despite smoking since age 16. It's surreal.

[@sylverthefolf7677]

Not to mention the fact his body starts fusing to itself

[@lessdogeplays8689]

What’s happening as you smash the things he starts to die. You’re destroying him.

[@sylverthefolf7677]

@@lessdogeplays8689 Player represents the treatment he goes through, Normal objects shattered are normal cells that are damaged, resulting in damage being inflicted to him.

[@LehySnek]

Actually, It's really kind of like that. I've seen my gran die of cancer. First thing her counciousness started to slip, day after day until she became unconcious (also because of the massive doses of morphine). After that she started to look "decomposed"... I'm just going to say that during the last two days, there was a unbearable stench of rot in that room, yet she was alive and fought till the very end.

[@agentburningbutters3655]

Same my dad smokes and he’s still alive and healthy also I think those boils are eyes because idk why but they seem like eyes to me

[@hollowedboi5937]

I understand the underlying meaning of the game, but Goddamn those sounds of the impact and crash of each piece of furniture is freaking satisfying as heck.

[@cerulean8624]

Indeed

[@dumbdannia6326]

fr

[@TheMerryMagpie]

Huh. The whole therapy thing (cathardic furniture smashing being an allegory for chemo) and the reporter's expectations (getting increasingly desperate as things get worse but the player is still only armed with the same tool) even his painfully defeated acceptance were all a wonderfully twisted way to explain the truth of the matter. I also liked the little details; like the no smoking signs, mounting pile of cigarettes, the "odd" plants resembling the health posters from the doctors office, and the notes at the desks (I didn't see them all) representing his relations to his mother. I see people in the comments thinking the reporter (Mr. Sphitz) was also the killer at the office, but I think that that assessment is wrong. The conversation with the doctor shows us; the severity of the disease, the reporter's desperate fixation on his work (that we know is tied to his fear of being forgotten or pitied for an unlived life), his alarming disregard for his own health, and Mr. Sphitz's false (even to himself, he knows the truth) belief that it can still be treated. Honestly? I think in the end he just kept going. Reporting incidents left and right while he continued to deteriorate. The office building incident probably stuck with him, given how big an opportunity he considered it and the timing with his own bad news. I wonder if his spouse knew? He was married at some point given his left hand. Anyway, thanks for playing and sharing this neat surreal game. ;)

[@nevermore7285]

The fact he is so determined to be remembered kind of suggests he doesn’t have anyone close to him, meaning his wife is probably either dead or otherwise gone(maybe in the process of divorce or some such?)

[@TheMerryMagpie]

@@nevermore7285 I wondered that too, figured it was divorce but her being dead would be a pretty sad option. •~•

[@cinereo_argento]

What about the notes at the desk? How do they represent his relationship with his mom?

[@pixelcat29]

So is this whole game about why you shouldn’t smoke?

[@kailevil3444]

@@pixelcat29 Unfortunely people can still get cancer withouth smoking, but could be that you are part right on the game, at least as a theory because I don't know truly either.

[@Halcryder]

The pen is mightier than the sword, but none is mightier than the stapler.

[@mgsgamer8340]

But gravity is. *proceeds to flip the entire building*

[@Sigurdur_the_bumbling_idiot]

​@@mgsgamer8340you know what's even better? *The all new Ford F150*

[@Kyumifun]

Poor squirrels

[@cadenceanubis1041]

“I was cruel to you before,” said the dying man to his body, stacking yet more smoked cigarettes into the overflowing ashtray. “Your task was always impossible.” He was numbly aware of his unachievable expectations; the futility of demanding his body to heal in the face of a growing problem, with only the same tools it had always had. “Pay no mind to the timer. It is not for you.”

[@Rowcan]

I don't think he's talking to his body. I think he's talking to you, as the person doing the treatment. The whole game he's demanding; telling you to quit screwing around, do your job, do it quicker, do it better. Until the very end where he realizes you've been doing all you can this whole time, and that he's been unreasonable and unkind to you.

[@MariusThePaladin]

This game makes me want to eat vegetables....

[@donutsandmilk3131]

Oh how the turns have tabled

[@thesoundisdead3752]

Amazing

[@dclassbroadcast3165]

Or smashed

[@isaiah-the-starborn]

Oh how the turn tables...

[@IHateHardThings]

Sorry, my table is broken, so...

[@GrumpyOldMilk]

I love how you can tell Manly totally knows where the last vermin is and is just smashing everything else out of principle.

[@thatcrimsongamer1674]

Lol

[@randomfluffkingt.9364]

Man I love games like this, where they would have a deeper meaning. And I love the fact you can see how he is slowly changing, and that there’s more cigarettes in the thing. While you could see it coming I still enjoyed it a lot.

[@peripateticmind8461]

To be honest, I didn't even connect the smashing to the body's immune system until Manly said so... And smashing relating to the massacre was even more unexpected for me! The game was amusing enough with finding the vermin, but the story really does add an extra level of interest for me!

[@asiansupport630]

Ah, so you like allegorical stories? Me too.

[@ToxicAutisticTrash]

I know that the “vermin” are cancer cells, but when you think about everything else are normal cells, the gameplay gets very morbid

[@frostyvoid827]

Manlybadasshero: that sure is cool! But I sure don’t care! *proceeds to smash the entire building*

[@morganicsmoothie964]

chemo destroys healthy cells, too.

[@DynoSkrimisher]

@@morganicsmoothie964 Yeah, accidentally. But in the game, you're playing as a Chemotherapy session, so you have full control of this guy's internals.

[@ulforcemegamon3094]

@@DynoSkrimisher that is why there is an achievement in the game that you earn when you never destroy healthy cells , is called "surgical precision" or something like that

[@atroposV]

Chemo gameplay

[@brittanybecker170]

"They look like furniture to you"?

[@Waffles-Mcnachos]

F you Vincent.

[@hadengoforth5146]

A are ya'll okay?

[@hermitfox3053]

Dang it Vincent

[@drea7474]

Get the f out of here Vincent, Heather's already had to deal with your shit

[@DeathnoteBB]

That’s what I was thinking was the plot twist... 😅

[@egglord9796]

as someone who’s family has had a history with cancer, i would say you the player are probably a metaphor for chemotherapy, it destroys the cancer cells, but it also destroys other cells. I’ve never had cancer but my mother has (she’s alive and well) so she explained what chemo basically did. i’m not sure if this is correct but that’s what i gathered from the game

[@PanicLedisko]

I lost my dad to metastasized melanoma, it was terrible.. my poor dad.. it kills me not only did he have to suffer through that it took him too.. It was so terrible watching him just deteriorate... Nobody deserves to suffer through cancer.. It's... some how been 5 years.. June 16th 2015

[@vageyboi1181]

@@PanicLedisko I'm sorry for your loss, the grieving pain and the darkness inside you just wraps you up completely. I hope you and your mom can live a peaceful life safe and well. I'm sorry.

[@allopeep543]

So now horror games say I can't even trust the desk that my laptop is on? Frick.

[@superexplosion5985]

better smash it to be sure

[@SamHoward-l9q]

that always been true

[@mightypurplelicious3209]

DESTROY IT

[@shayray8764]

Can you even trust your laptop??

[@ifsaitamafacegetsyouageblo7198]

@@superexplosion5985 How's the guarantee that the desk would not moan and say "harder daddy,uwu" after getting smashed?

[@LaserGadgets]

Thats how I do that all the time. Smash in the toilet room door with a hammer, THEN say EXCUSE MEEEE.

[@androgynousbadassvillain]

Same. Although, saying excuse me is kinda lame lol

[@Mr.Martian00]

Prop hunt as a horror game? Surprised it hasn't been done sooner

[@TheThesteffens]

Check out the game ‘prey’

[@Heuheuheu7]

“Oh crap it’s symbolism” - Manly 2020

[@maftuhbillahtrisaputro3960]

You cant trust anybody, even furniture itself. Me : *Watching Mirror* Noo Noo dont look at me like taht

[@foxxbaker]

This comment deserves a pin

[@Gnagniel]

you can't trust anybody, not even your shelf

[@estinsidebottom]

@@Gnagniel Take All Of My Money

[@bordwithasword]

“They hide poorly” *Manly proceeds to hit everything except what doesn’t fit in*

[@kdratio7339]

5:30 Manly: Which one's the real one? Also Manly: *Smashes the chair, which happens to be vermin* _"Trick question!"_

[@gwennorthcutt421]

often symbolism in indie games can be really hamfisted, but it works really well here. starting out with a fun prop hunt game with horror flavor but the metastasized lung cancer is nicely foreshadowed in all the "no smoking" signs and the increasingly filled ashtray. it's a clever analogy of chemo with a touching dialogue on the man's dying thoughts. the bit about being "unborn" and appreciating colors is so haunting yet poignant. i like the last bit where the vermin count is much higher but you cant reach all of them due to the orientation. sometimes things dont work out.

[@themainman8754]

I attributed this game to addictions and it hit me really hard. When you have an addiction you want to deal with it later, and say you have more important things to do. In reality breaking free is the most important thing to do.

[@mr.cup6yearsago211]

I think it’s a sign of a really meaningful game that even though the game’s obviously about cancer, people can still find it meaningful even if they aren’t struggling with it in particular.

[@Absolutely_Nobody]

The internet has allowed for art pieces like this to flourish, yet at the same time had caused the same gems to become buried. Imagine if this had been made in the mid to late 90s. We would still be talking about it today. It would have won awards.

[@BrendanishLeo]

Maybe if it still used modern tech, but stories like this aren't uncommon by any means. Is it a good story with a great analogy? Yeah sure, but it's nowhere near "iconic" levels. it's good, no need to aggrandize

[@fursona_au_chocolat]

it's odd how he didn't notice that the medical digrams in the office were the weird discolored plants from before

[@donsancho6690]

bruh fr why do gameplay youtubers be so slow at making connections

[@passerby9991]

Maybe because he hasn't thought much of it? And besides, it isn't that serious, but good on you for spotting something that we didn't see, I guess? Anyways, here's your medal: 🏆

[@panthekirb7561]

@@donsancho6690 Wtf how does a normal person notice that immediately

[@PravusTheKid]

@@donsancho6690 as a video creator specifically for games, its a thing we call "KZbin tax" lol. Missing obvious or simple things/puzzles is the tax that give up in order to focus on commentary to be entertaining

[@replayarena8429]

don sancho you must be new here cuz Manly usually catches onto to connections. That part just happened to not be one of them.

[@Deepseashark]

This game is pretty interesting with its message, it always sucks that the human body can get sicknesses that pretty much make the body kill itself. We are our own worst enemies as they say.

[@NaturalFlirtGamer]

_Legacy_ We all want our lives to have meaning when looking back. At the beginning, I thought it was just about smashing stuff - some alien organisms had invaded a building. That was extremely clever that the 'vermin' cancer cells were invading his life, his body. Poor Mr Sphitz's speech during your last smashing was very poetically sad. I felt bad at the end of the game & that says something good about the game.

[@deluxeedition4639]

man this game's last line of dialogue, that's such a hard-hitter and is such a great thing to end the game with sometimes I worry about whether or not I'll leave my mark in the world by the time I die, whenever that might be-- hopefully not for a very, very long time RIP

[@vageyboi1181]

Just a live a happy life, even when one day you are forgotten by everyone, faded into everyone's memories, just remember that you lived. Remember yourself.

[@hasanmuttaqin464]

even if everyone forget you, mother nature will remember what you did, remember the butterfly effect, even if you only live a day after you born you did a great change in the long run

[@IBM-5100]

@@hasanmuttaqin464 Mother nature is not a conscious being, it can't remember anything, plus the effects of the human race will disappear regardless of that, so that's not a wise thing to say.

[@shawnheatherly]

That was cool. Smashing furniture like that has a sort of cathartic feel to it in general, and it spiraling into the truth helped bring out some creepiness. The white blood cell does what it can with its sledgehammer, but it just reached the point of an impossible battle.

[@Ziceni]

now why would you not include the intro? i think the "in loving memory" would've given people some clue, plus it would also be nice. ah, btw for the people who don't know, this game was dedicated to the creator's deceased friend (? or family?), who is also the main subject of the game.

[@ileanabriannemari]

OHHHH

[@vageyboi1181]

Perhaps the creator of this game did not have any deceased friends friends or family members.

[@Mausmoth]

@@vageyboi1181 lucky guy then

[@IBM-5100]

@@vageyboi1181 What you're on about? Weirdo

[@BrendanishLeo]

That explains why he seemed to catch on so fast lol. It felt like manly noticed almost immediately, but all I saw was him breaking shit prior to the reporter becoming worse off, felt like he pulled it out his rear

[@shaleecem]

The chunks flying and blood spatter out of random ass furniture gave me goosebumps no matter how many times it happened. Bizarre af.

[@nerathechildoflight9974]

*The smashing mechanic is satisfying lol.*

[@donsancho6690]

why do you be making your comments bold its not like theyre more important than anybody elses

[@nerathechildoflight9974]

It’s not harming anyone, really now, that’s nothing you should get your shorts in a twist for, nothing you should be concerned about, it’s literally just a comment with bold letters.

[@IBM-5100]

@@donsancho6690 Because they get likes and attention more often and most people seek this meaningless pleasure of being acknowledged for something they do, regardless of how pointless it is to begin with.

[@TheTexorcist]

My dad had stomach cancer that spread to his liver and was given 4 weeks to live. It’s scary to see them become weaker and smaller from the disease, especially when it’s untreatable. You feel helpless watching them waste away. Didn’t expect this game to take a turn like that, I though it was just gonna be like prop hunt or smth

[@arcticdino1650]

Good thing I keep my freezer well fed with plenty of m e a t.

[@obscurez7136]

yeow

[@misscath28]

Fed

[@ultimaT]

"No one will care about my death if I don't prove to them that I lived." Reminds me of, "I'm not going there to die, i'm going there to find out if i'm really alive."

[@whoyoulookinat3939]

see you, space cowboy

[@Kinsume1]

At the start of this video: it's so wild, I remember watching manly bad ass doing so many rpg horror games, and now it's come to to this. Games have really evolved and changed and it's beautiful At the end of the video: OKAY THAT'S ENOUGH BEAUTY OF ART FOR ME BOY HOWDY

[@andyzhang7890]

Wow, in a really twisted way, that was beautiful. I've never really understood the true magnitude of the challenge and horror of cancer until now... Despite its short length, this might be one of the most profound pieces of video game I've watched.

[@nerathechildoflight9974]

Imagine just chilling in your room home alone when you suddenly sneeze. *And you hear a “bless you” from under your bed.*

[@thesoundisdead3752]

I will scream

[@crehujx]

should i be afraid, concernened, or be happy

[@Diamond1234]

Question is, did that person do it out of genuine kindness, to scare you, or on accident and they just blew their cover? X'D

[@uberwachen7451]

well, at least it's polite..?

[@waywardbulbasaur658]

I'd say thanks - whoever they are, they sound very polite.

[@gunsevenwhillans420]

Someone: in this game you need to find suspicious furniture that is in places where it's not supposed to be and smash it ManlyBadassHero: got it **smashes absolutely everything**

[@808xander]

In another video someone compared the game to chemo therapy. The treatment kills cancer cells as well as healthy cells. EDIT: Senpai finally noticed me! UwU

[@ZeroTheHeartlessKing]

the ironic and morbid side of it, manly is a good example of people reacting badly to chemo.... "The important thing is not that they feel pain, it's that I have fun."

[@poketosonic88834]

808xander Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. Especially with all the smoking.

[@annabelleprinz2770]

Isn't that intentional?

[@MrHatoi]

Given that analogy, I think it would be really cool if you got a different ending depending on how many non-vermin items you smashed.

[@jeyarr7930]

yeah I heard it was a reference to smoking and lung/pancreatic cancer

[@adamjarzabek7960]

This is very hard to watch. The connection to immune system is scary accurate. Please, keep the content flowing and play through more emotionally difficult games. Best regards Adam

[@jadetuin9086]

This game is so uncanny. I’m gonna have nightmares tonight.

[@Brainjarmen]

Nah I think my autism makes me handle emotions differently because I don’t scream when there is a jump scare I just feel scared for a moment then get back to normal but this isn’t that unsettling for me and I handle complex emotions like grief differently it’s really weird can anyone back me up on this if it happens too?

[@Aeternum_Zephyria]

@@HaHa-gg9dl wha-

[@efflorescentcrystal]

@@Brainjarmen how-

[@SzarnyasLany]

This game drew out the most hysterical laughter from me. Game of the year! Edit: until the final message came up. That just shot me down brutally. This hit too closer to home that I thought it would.

[@speedslider3913]

Wow, the way Manly plays this game is pretty ironic, considering the themes of this game

[@donsancho6690]

yea bruh the whole idea is how youre hurting your healthy cells with chemotherapy while trying to just kill the cancer

[@speedslider3913]

@@donsancho6690 I know that. I just find it fitting how he literally destroyed every conceivable object in the first level, like how the symbolism is that chemotherapy is incredibly destructive.

[@AngelVocal]

@@speedslider3913 i mean, even if harmful it can fix things. Granted the guy is also smoking like crazy, but I get the pain.

[@donsancho6690]

@@speedslider3913 yea yea i wasnt saying you were wrong lol just adding on

[@embercoral]

Coincidental. Ironic would be if he was smashing things very methodically and harming as little innocent furniture as possible.

[@darielgibson8623]

The way I was yelling at manly “no over there” is that way I talk to my own immune system ...like imagining actual cells in a body go “ but which ones the real one” and proceed to smash everything but the obvious is hilarious

[@maokai09]

fun at first, uncomfortable af at the end

[@greenhellrecords979]

Kind of like addiction itself.

[@usedsoup9269]

Trust no one not even your shelf.

[@yazidefirenze]

God, that;s funny

[@lewishancock3526]

Remember children: don't forget your sledgehammers.

[@IHateHardThings]

Ok, sir

[@opposite2715]

Remember too, don’t take manly’s treatment if you want to live. If you want to die as a badass then take his treatment.

[@frostyvoid827]

@@IHateHardThings •

[@sagejungwirth4155]

All the plants in the office are shaped like the varies lung images you can see in the doctors office

[@frostyvoid827]

The red plants are the trachea, the blue ones are spines, and the purple ones are tumors

[@upbrightlight5242]

I know I'm early, but I just gotta say I love this channel and it's content. The commentary is amazing too!

[@abderianagelast7868]

This reminds me of Kill It with Fire, or maybe vice versa depending on which of these games came out first. The biggest difference is that this one has an underlying theme and distressing message, whereas Kill It with Fire revels in the joy of rampant destruction in your pursuit of killing spiders. It's definitely good if you want more of this style of gameplay, but of course it's not exactly the same.

[@gamzeemakara7708]

All I can think of while seeing Manly destroy the regular furniture is how he's gonna explain the the owner of the building why everything is destroyed

[@frostyvoid827]

It won’t matter bc the owner of the building would have been killed by a combination of lung cancer and autoimmune disease

[@XxMeatShakexX]

Really painful watching him smash everything in sight when it was really obvious which were the ones you had to smash.

[@salemcrow5078]

I think he was just smashing extra stuff for the fun of it

[@BatuhanDere]

If the hammer is supposed to represent chemotherapy then manly did everything right. chemotherapy kills everything

[@ab-m8124]

Early to see Manly's new video! Wonderful voice over as always, def helps me destress after I work on what the professors assign

[@allopeep543]

I wish you luck on your assignment :^)

[@ab-m8124]

@@allopeep543 Awh! Thank you, I hope you stay safe :D

[@AxolinaAxolotl]

his voice is hot

[@anthonyp.4734]

The fridge was someone trying to be a hero and distract you from the chair who was hiding under the sink. My god that's dark. It wasn't furniture it was people!

[@gilliansaunders8070]

This game has been pretty picked apart already, but one thing I would like to point out is how the map changes orientation (you start walking on the ceiling, then on the walls). I think this could represent how at first the chemotherapy seemed to be working at first. Sure it's harmful to his body but it was also getting the cancer cells out. When the orientation shifts and you're on the ceiling, the chemo is still working but not as well. At the end, where you're walking on the walls, you cannot even reach the vermin/cancer cells. At this point is where we see the reported looking at his worst. The chemo is no longer working, just destroying his own cells and no longer destroying the cancer cells. There's no way to complete the objective at this point, and no way for him to survive.

[@afluffylittlefriend4597]

Reporter:"Keep going. They do not feel pain." Manly:"Rip and tear until it is done."

[@Reznikcore]

the vermin fridge watching everything around him getting destroyed, waiting for their turn: 👁💧👄💧👁

[@bluephox2963]

Watching Manly mindlessly destroy everything around him while keeping his calm demeanor is an experience

[@stevenguitink5947]

I suspect that the patient was actually a news reporter who contracted cancer. The dialogue at the end seems to imply that he needed one last big scoop so that his death would have meaning, hence his chemotherapy symbolized by a massacre with a hammer.

[@oboll6064]

I wonder if avoiding what isn't vermin will actually alter certain aspects. I wouldn't be surprised if there was only one ending, though.

[@maosensei6889]

"Doctor, doctor... ...I wanna be famous doctor." Guy with a hammer on the tv: Hi mom! 💀

[@keilstar222]

I thought about recommending you this game a few days back. Glad you played it.

[@zeefeer0543]

it's hard watching him smash everything when you know the ending hhhahah

[@mgsgamer8340]

Just want to point out that every time you have to retry, the boss has more symptoms of cancer. Protagonist = White blood cell / Chemotherapy Living Vermin = Cancer and Tumors Boss = Body Furniture = Healthy Cells Office Building = A metaphor for his body 🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀 Symptom 1: No symptoms yet except for tumors. Posture could’ve just meant a habit and the only external signs belong to breathing. Symptom 2: Nosebleeds and Black nails appear. Earliest signs of cancer. Teeth become yellow too after smoking. The earliest signs of tumors appear too. Symptom 3: His eyes show more tiredness, he’s balding even more and the nosebleed starts to drip down more. Loss of teeth and expansion of tumors start to begin. His posture changes and tumors start to turn red. Symptom 4: Tumors start to grow on his head and he coughs blood. This teeth have degraded even more and singular tumors grow into dozens each bag. His posture turns him into a hunchback too. Symptom 5: Holes start opening up everywhere and there are lumps of tumors in obvious regions. This is the worst symptom found in the game, he even cries blood too. His posture becomes so bad to the point where he can’t even lift his face. 🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀 Also, notice who the building changes after every round? It means damage caused by cancer, and more smoking signs appear due to smoking too. You know this because of the ashtray. The ashtray becomes bigger and bigger.

[@appjack8265]

5:26 Manly using his Ki Sensing Skills.

[@schufck5272]

The idea behind this game absolutely terrified me.

[@ashrodgers7670]

When I quit my job I'm running around smashing everything is sight yelling "I'M LOOKING FOR THE VERMIN!!!"

[@yazidefirenze]

Smashing everything? As in with a sledgehammer Or do you mean *smashing* everything?

[@guy6609]

@@yazidefirenze 😉

[@thememeboimcmeme7666]

I think the sickness referenced here is specifically metastatic lung cancer, because of the increasing cigarette pile and spreading of the cancer, and how things keep deteriorating because chemo can’t target cancer cells specifically, but all cells in the treatment area. I also noticed how the plants in the office were like the diagrams in the clinic, which is pretty cool

[@ominousowl4530]

This gives me ptsd flashbacks to hunting down mimics in Prey.

[@jirachiswish690]

I was waiting for this video! You always put out the best quality.

[@kagekao1631]

Manly: busts down door with a sledgehammer "That's the way to do it!" and anything you can't smash with a sledgehammer is SAcreD!!

[@natxolin2441]

"Do not worry yourself with the timer. It is not for you." was such a relaxing and comforting line to say

[@eclipciadarkmoon4105]

The first time I watched someone play this game, they did it properly. x3 But your method is far more entertaining, Manly!

[@TheAceJ]

How he proceeds to smash everything that seems to be in place is giving me a headache

[@sinfurihaart]

What a bizarre game but the concept was unique. Smashing things is definitely therapeutic!

[@gu.m1449]

"No one will care about my death if I don't prove to them that I lived" GODDAMN

[@callisto22]

This game is the only place appropriate to smash all your furniture with a sledgehammer.

[@blitzo4766]

A chair is a piece of furniture with a raised surface used to sit on, commonly used to seat a single person. Chairs are most often supported by four legs and have a back;[1][2] however, a chair can have three legs or could have a different shape.[3] A chair without a back or arm rests is a stool,[4] or when raised up, a bar stool.[5] A chair with arms is an armchair[6] and with folding action and inclining footrest, a recliner.[7] A permanently fixed chair in a train or theater is a seat[8] or, in an airplane, airline seat;[9] when riding, it is a saddle[10] and bicycle saddle,[11] and for an automobile, a car seat[12] or infant car seat.[13] With wheels it is a wheelchair[14] and when hung from above, a swing.[15] A chair for more than one person is a couch, sofa, settee, or "loveseat";[16] or a bench.[17] A separate footrest for a chair is known as an ottoman,[18] hassock[19] or pouffe.[20] The chair is known for its antiquity and simplicity, although for many centuries it was an article of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use. "The chair" is still extensively used as the emblem of authority in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom[21] and Canada,[22] and in many other settings.

[@ku8408]

Well this is a fun game of hide and seek :) Edit: oh wow, when you know what chemo therapy does (kills living cells along with cancer cells) and seen it first hand, this is such a deep thought piece (if that's the right term?) Very good game, and good with what it was showing, was still fun to watch you smash stuff too ^^

[@Shaljroan30750]

Thank you for uploading this. You're a great youtuber, i appreciate you.

[@goldcream1499]

Oh boy! Can't wait to show up for work! *Smashes door* If only I could do that irl...maybe I should join the FBI?

[@nataliemorett1911]

Yes

[@ViniciusSouza-rb2oz]

I got a furniture ad before this video

[@iistaydevilish]

What if Manly one day said he was playing a scary game but the whole video is him playing My Little Pony

[@exeye3227]

That's probably the scariest thing he could play!

[@lalhs421]

Something something Luna Game

[@aliceiscalling]

You mean those old creepypasta games? The ponies without marks and Luna games. I could see that

[@reyernestambayec1686]

@Aces Spades He could play that Story of the Blanks game, I dunno

[@101Volts]

Ohoho, have you not read the "Background Pony" fanfic? That's where one innocent musician is struck with a curse that leaves her unable to leave Ponyville. She's also forgotten by literally everyone. Even if she meets them again and again, she's forgotten not long after she meets them, no matter if she was a friend for years; they always act like they met her the first time. It's almost like Groundhog Day, but worse. She couldn't even save a family from an abusive father, except that her small circle of influence of music in the son's ear shot made the son run away from his Dad... Which caused his Dad to try suffocating his son in front of the whole school yard, which lead to the Dad's capture. Now, I'm not some wide-read literary genius, but that fic left an immeasurable impression on me.

[@kingseekerbackup3085]

Game: *is about immune system* Manly: *Demolition time!*

[@FireyDeath4]

I wonder if it's actually possible to beat (strictly destroying all vermin, and maybe some doors) It's like every time he goes out for a smoke, a random thing he touches or breathes on sows tobacco on it and grows a monster in it. (and only just now noticed how out of place they are) Every smoker should play this game. lol you know it should be an advertisement, maybe just the whole thing

[@PositiveVibes94]

12:45 that moment where the 2 bathrooms sync up is so satisfying

[@Killersquirrel66]

Manly finally found the horror game that IS in fact just an interactive anti-smoking commercial. We all knew it had to happen sooner or later.

[@abreathingcoffin8089]

This is one of the best games of the year. It's a small project, but this is something I would hold as an experience that should be played in a museum years from now.

[@Im_katty56]

I like that that’s wholesome (Continues destroying everything in sight)

[@ruli6871]

this was a pain to watch because manly spent so much time breaking obviously non vermins and screwing up