Fallout: DUST - Demon of Zion

(Dust 08) Will the Northern Passage lead to safety? What could go wrong?
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Mods used:
** No, this isn't really multiplayer. It's just video-editing magic.
DUST - Survival Simulator
DUST Tweaks
DUSTy Weather
DUST - cottonwood Cove Fix
NPCs Sprint in Combat
Craft-O-Matic Suite
Outpost Oblivion
Helpless Falling
Quick Hacking
PipBoy 2500
No NPC Compass Ticks
Killable Kids
Bubba Shot the Jukebox
NCR Doggie Buddies
lStewieAl's Tweaks
No Rest for These Bones - New Vegas OST

[@njvikesfan0162]

Here’s a fun Dust fact: The Wendigo is the spore addled corpse of Joshua Graham

[@TheTruepanther]

Oh jeez

[@drakelucian3685]

Wait I thought wendigos were made when people ate human flesh

[@TheBelatedRater]

@@drakelucian3685 think that's the case yeah, but the wendigo is just a giant spore creature, never could make the connection with Joshua Gramm tho, mostly cause I only watched this and the old alchestbreach series

[@metetural9140]

@@drakelucian3685 I think "Wendigo" is just a name someone has given old Josh

[@metetural9140]

also Graham* though Americans do pronounce it gram (ironic)

[@redhood7448]

Little did Zach know, that Zion is passable if you run away from someone who designed to kill you in one blow.

[@stangerr0267]

Or used a fire based weapon

[@ScoutTrooperMan]

@@stangerr0267 like a flare gun or a flamer, flare gun works better since it only uses one fuel per shot. which works better with the wendigo

[@saladbutt7020]

@@ScoutTrooperMan or flashbangs

[@epj0211]

If it bleeds, he can kill it.

[@stangerr0267]

@@epj0211 Actually the Wendigo is unkillable.

[@trini.two3604]

funfact:Zion is where Flame Weapons come into play,Flamers possess this attribute that Scares Abominations,this is a mechanic thats especially useful against the Wendigo,another funfact is to spam V everytime to figure out where is the wendigo coming from.

[@the-other-guy8991]

See, that's what normal, sane, players would do. Zach and Mike, however don't use VATS, and his Energy weapon stat is probably abysmal.

[@JakDivinci]

Funfact: The flare gun doesn't require ammo to use, and doesn't spend any flamer fuel.

[@МирјанаАдамовић]

Fun Fact: Wendigo is Joshua Graham's spore infected body!

[@plantainsame2049]

@@МирјанаАдамовић yeah but why is it so dangerous I get Joshua Graham was dangerous but he still just a corpse

[@garyslayton8340]

​@@plantainsame2049cause the spores turn you into a plant monster And when sombody eats enough bodys they turn in a wendigo So like a weird murder combo

[@thegentlemanpirate13]

"I'm not familiar with Vault 101. Which one was that?" "My memory banks must be faulty, I can't recall." Real faulty, given that Mike is the Lone Wanderer in their playthrough canon, and Vault 101 is thus where he comes from. As for the Spore Carriers: Those are in Zion in Vanilla, too. Refugees from Vault 22 ended up there, but, unbeknownst to them, they were already hosts to the spores.

[@joevenespineli6389]

Fugitives? As in criminals? Didnt know that

[@WhoThoughtThisWasGood]

@@joevenespineli6389 they ate a family when they arrived so yeah.

[@thegentlemanpirate13]

@@joevenespineli6389 No, I actually misphrased. I meant "refugees", as in "people who realise shit is bad and are trying to escape". My bad.

[@joevenespineli6389]

@@thegentlemanpirate13 Ah alright

[@dragonace119]

Its hinted heavily at the X-22 botanical garden in Old World Blues that the scientists at Big MT were the suppliers for said Fungi to kill insects but uh well they instead got the Spores.

[@mynameischris378]

Why do I feel like the big twist of this series is gonna be the fact that Mike was never put into a robot body, and Zach just programmed a random protectron to follow him around so he had someone to talk to? He's just hallucinating that Mike is replying.

[@DruCart]

Funnily enough, judging by the events we've seen from DUST, Zach is actually insane right now! New scripts are enabled, like the ghost Victor in Goodsprings!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Someone should make a mikeburnfire sub mod for Dust with hints of their exploits across the world. Like Doc Mitchells house full of broken weapons, Novac having a bunch of corpses in the motel courtyard or robo scorpions at the Searchlight airfield. Makes it like you run through the Dust-ified aftermath

[@dr.bright6272]

I think Mike's going to reveal that Bounties 3 and Dust were juat hallucinations Zach had

[@dreadedpixel9022]

Watching Mike using a energy weapon will never not be jarring

[@Nobark-NoBite]

Seeing anyone use energy wepons is always JARRING there trash

[@en-men-lu-ana6870]

@@Nobark-NoBite Are the Gauss Rifle and the YCS trash as well? If you think that, you just don't know how to use a damn energy weapon.

[@FuhkYouTubesMom]

@@en-men-lu-ana6870 you need to focus your build on weapons, shotguns are trash if you focus on melee and vice verse, just depends on the build

[@HectorJimenez-ee9zi]

​@@Nobark-NoBite no they're not

[@en-men-lu-ana6870]

@@FuhkKZbinsMom Exactly, Fallout games are all about specializing, you can't be a master of all.

[@drawslashplay7384]

"Why would I wear a human skin mask?" "Hear me out here." I want this in the Out of Context video.

[@Logan55689]

The thing is, the route through Zion is probably one of the best ways to escape the Mojave in DUST. You just have to hide and run from the Wendigo, and wander through the tunnels at the other end of the canyon for the way out. Edit: Of course, I know Mike and Zach aren't really "stealth" players, but it's the main route that doesn't require a significant fetch-quest/extremely high skill in repair/fighting a near literal army of enemies.

[@jacksongrantham4848]

IIRC it's counted as an abomination, so fire weapons scare it away when it's ignited

[@Logan55689]

@@jacksongrantham4848 I think you're correct, but I could have sworn there's a note somewhere that spins the Wendigo being afraid of fire as something that happens because he's actually Joshua Graham.

[@ramenking150]

i think probably they could escape any of the ways if they really wanted, i don't think their goal is escape i think they're just trying to explore the dlc.

[@Logan55689]

@@ramenking150 Oh definitely, especially since Zach brought his regular character over from their (arguably) more normal New Vegas playthrough into the DUST mod, they should be a good deal more prepared and stronger than the average DUST character.

[@Scuzz1204]

Just run, since spore carriers and tunnelers are just trogs but different they have to stand still to attack so you can easily outrun them, but the Wendigo is difficult however you can easily deal with them by fire weapons.

[@majimagaming934]

I’m pretty sure Mike was making a Zombieland reference with the Twinkie’s

[@WingMaster562]

I love that movie

[@majimagaming934]

@@WingMaster562 me too, one of my favorite movies of all time

[@delta2372]

Mike doesn't watch movies so I doubt he knows about the reference

[@ashwolf2006]

it's a referece from a mod from fallout 3 called Ties that bind which is also available for Tales of Two Wastelands. what mike said is from Amanda the lone wanderer's "Sister" who like's twinkies. since mike is canonically the Lone wanderer. also she affects the maing campaign as well. if you dont tell her to stay at the citadel before the final battle for project purity she will die. also i try to avoid that mod due to her hijacking the mainquest's scripts witch softlocks the game.

[@delta2372]

@@ashwolf2006 so the sister mod isn't good then?

[@eggy6815]

If I may, I’d advise getting the “Hand loader” perk, this allows you to get access to all hand load rounds in the reloading bench which are way better than the regular rounds you can find. 👍

[@sagenebula7120]

They stared their play through at level 50

[@jeremyhearne]

Well zach is max level so he can't pick anymore perks sadly

[@firehazardentertainment8381]

@@jeremyhearne being max level does not equate to not being able to pick more perks, especially on PC. More perks are one ~ away.

[@jeremyhearne]

@@firehazardentertainment8381 Wait wha

[@en-men-lu-ana6870]

@@jeremyhearne Console commands, he's talking about console commands.

[@abloodraven3856]

I'd love to see them do New California once they're through with DUST. Maybe the time machine breaks again and sends them back a bit too far where they're now stuck in a Vault? (Also a good excuse to bring human Mike back)

[@delta2372]

New cali while not as bad as the frontier, is still a pretty bad mod, and it's a prequel

[@ashwolf2006]

@@delta2372 it's good but it feels way too empty, as in a lot of places are just there.

[@SilenceInd]

@@ashwolf2006 It gave the Courier an origin

[@ashwolf2006]

@@SilenceInd i know it gave the courier some origin but it is still just a fan made origin for the courier's origin.

[@rodrikofharlaw6848]

@@delta2372 Theres nothing wrong with new cali. Shut up contrarian

[@Romrojal]

So for the record, Butch in the northern passage cave is actually meant to be Butch from fallout 3 who was antagonistic to the lone wanderer, being their childhood bully in vault 101 but could be friendly and become a companion to a neutral Lone Wanderer. Yes I know Mike and Zach probably know this, I just figure I should let anyone who asks if that's fo3's Butch know.

[@plantainsame2049]

So it's Mike's former bully because Mike is canonically the lone Wanderer just like Zach is The Courier

[@perturbedbatman2009]

Zach: "Mountain Goats have hooves that work like suction cups." Me: "Source?" Zach: "My source is I made it the fuck up."

[@MissNulle2000]

I can't express how happy it made me that halfway through Zach stating "Y'know.. i feel like there is Tunnelers out here..." a Tunneler rounds the corner.

[@MojaveDrifter]

I can't wait until they go into the tomb / the former Lake Mead Cave and how they have to explain the Courier

[@blablabla798]

I think that the DUST Courier is probably going to be one of Zach's clones

[@ashwolf2006]

@@blablabla798 or Legion Mike.

[@Chrono-and-Co]

​@@blablabla798wait they have their own LORE!

[@explodingbearz]

I'm glad that Cheryl found her place as Aurelius in the post-post-apocalypse

[@TheUltrahypnotoad]

YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!

[@IlahhNZL]

Phrasing.

[@whycantiwearwhiteafterlabo7661]

If this is the Post-Post apocalypse, does that mean dinosaurs were a pre-war thing or a pre-pre-war thing?

[@trevargrisham35]

whats sad is that he wears an eyebot helmet, and the only eyebot in the Mojave is ED-E so ED-E is dead.

[@alphamuplays1669]

He was eating the wonderglue... musta been a marine

[@briancaddell7565]

Plot twist mike actually used parts of fisto for his robot body Also as a Michigan native the faygo thing is true

[@KapitainvonHass]

I'm from Jersey and as a teenager about 14 or so years ago I was really into ICP. And I had a fantastical fascination with Faygo. Because we didn't have it and all I knew was it was some sort of soda. Then all of a sudden our local dot shop started to sell it and I tried it with my friends, (we were high and saw it and kinda freaked a bit but only bought one bottle just to try it.) But we tried it and none of us liked it except for the one kid. It's basically flat soda.... Never again, get that shit away from me

[@BlackIronGamer]

@@KapitainvonHass you got some bad faygo then homie

[@metetural9140]

As someone not from the states, what's Faygo?

[@Cleanurself]

@@metetural9140 Faygo is cheap Pop that copies flavors from other brands

[@briancaddell7565]

@@metetural9140 it's a regional soda brand based out of Detroit Michigan or pop as we call it

[@17nero44]

Zach: This laser gun is really powerful, especially against living things!

[@dabigork]

Thanks guy's had bad few day's so thank you for putting a smile back on my face

[@bigbobmeyers]

Hope things turn around for you. Keep moving forward!

[@londonhartill733]

Happy to know I’m not the only one who looks forward to these two

[@rayvongarlic1996]

4 out of 5 Juggalos name Faygo as their number one preferred soft drink.

[@atherisviper7361]

can confirm 👍

[@postaldude9676]

Demon of Zion huh, who knew such a holy man could be a demon

[@SinfullyHera]

You either die the hero…or become infested with spores, die anyway and then come back as a giant immortal spore demon.

[@postaldude9676]

@@SinfullyHera It would of been cooler if on his model you could see the old bandages and swat armor

[@trevargrisham35]

@@postaldude9676 limited by use of assets but yeah good point.

[@arcanus5170]

It *is* possible to make it through Zion, but it's a difficult experience. It does have a fully automatic anti-material rifle through, and *does* lead to a way to beat the mod. It's just super hard to avoid the Wendigo, which is functionally immortal.

[@Max-ke3ty]

SPOILERS It leads to Divide though, and there's no escape there, is it?

[@arcanus5170]

@@Max-ke3ty On the way to the divide, there's a locked door and a key. Find both of them, and you win. The divide itself has no way put, but has an abundance of good equipment. Basically, the Divide is a challenge gauntlet that you go through to boost yourself to say, assault Camp Golf

[@federationsoldier6833]

I have to ask, where is the full auto 50 cal by any chance?

[@arcanus5170]

@@federationsoldier6833 The so called 'Auto-Material Rifle' is in I believe White-Bird's Cave in Zion

[@the-other-guy8991]

Power armored lady at 188? Yeah that was definitely Veronica's face.

[@daltongarrett3393]

Seconded, that’s exactly what she looks like

[@trevargrisham35]

@@daltongarrett3393 if you give her a Lonesome road breathing mask it takes off her hood and you can see her hairstyle is the exact same.

[@Qardo]

To help you guys brush up on useless knowledge of Mythology: The Phoenix is a bird that is associated with fire and rebirth within Greek Mythology. The bird sports colorful feathers that are said to be the purest of the colors. Tears from the Phoenix are said to cure any aliment and the feathers can bring back one from the brink of death but not death itself. Upon the death of the Phoenix, the bird bursts into flames and burns down to ashes. To where a new Phoenix chick emerges from the ashes and the life cycle starts again. And this Mythical Bird was "Culturally Appropriated" from the Greeks by the Romans. To which, many of the Roman Gods and Myths are DIRECTLY parallel to the Greek Myths. With some additions and culture changes. Zeus became Jupiter. Ares became Mars. Hades became...Pluto....that one planetoid body that is either a planet or not a planet. Hades really got the raw end of the deal when it came to being named after planets. Also, pretty much everything from Greek was "Culturally Appropriated" by the Romans. Government, Military, and, yes, Mythologies. So if anything. The Legion is more GREEK than Roman. Also, there was an Urban Legend that Twinkies were packed full of so many preservatives. That if the end of days did come upon humanity. There would only be two things that would survive. Cockroaches and Twinkies. Though that was in the old days. These days. The size of a Twinkie could barely sustain a normal size cockroach. Let lone a giant radroach.

[@AmericanBrit9834]

Hades getting a raw deal is kinda a regular thing for him. Only good deal he ever got was with Persephone

[@Qardo]

@@AmericanBrit9834 Yeah. Well, he needs to find a new Agent. Maybe a new PR team. Hades isn't really a bad guy. Just misunderstood.

[@kylevonhahmann6444]

I thought the Phoenix was from Egyptian mythology

[@Qardo]

@@kylevonhahmann6444 Nope. Greek. And do keep in mind. Much of Egyptian History and even their Mythology was also shaped by the Greeks. As Greece had a strong foothold in the region for centuries. Until they were kicked out with the help of the Romans.

[@dahliavkarma6124]

@@Qardo my guess is they meant the bnw might have been the source of Phoenix described by the Heliopolitans, and by Egypt they meant, like, Old Kingdom Egypt (just a guess)

[@Palora01]

Dust is a re-imagined survival version of New Vegas, where the goal is survival... 16:29 for all NPC who encounter the player.

[@MacAndSheeeeesh]

My only regret in watching this series is that I am always so anxious to see the next episode

[@ConvelBlade]

22:40-22:46 Zack hears roars and noises I just imagined his character hug Mike's robot body like Scooby-Doo hugging Shaggy

[@justin2308]

20:00 I think this has to be the saddest part of the mod for me because that guy in the vault suit is supposed to be Butch DeLoria from Fallout 3. The story is he traveled west and ended up arriving around the time of the Dust events. Basically, he and Jess (the girl) just barely escaped and were trying to keep people from entering Zion and/or unleashing the Wendigo. Out of all the lore this mod brought together, that’s gotta be my favorite because it sort of redeems Butch’s entire character from a school bully to a cynical-yet-matured wanderer.

[@andrealvarez2287]

the "i wonder if there are any twinkies left" hits hard in the nostalgi, bring back hope (i think it was her, i must have been)

[@haus16a]

i thought it was a reference to wall e

[@HylianKnight02]

@@haus16a you're both wrong. It's a reference to Amanda, Mike's sister in his Fallout 3 playthrough. It's almost never focused on, but Mike is the fucking Lone Wanderer. Zach is The Courier, though he hates that title because people treat him like a god and expect him to solve all their problems. There was a sort of "episode zero" that focused on Zach being shot by Benny and doing the intro Doc Mitchell checkup. For as much as this is a modded comedy series, Zach and Mike have actually stuck to the Fallout lore quite well, they've mainly used mods that are MOSTLY lore friendly, and those that aren't, like DUST, are their own series that they're explaining away as being alternate timeline or in the future. They haven't done the MASSIVE lore breaking mods for New Vegas, things like the Fallout Who Vegas Doctor Who mod, or Tale of Two Wastelands, though it does seem like TTW could be the explanation of how Mike is in the Mojave in the first place. But no, the twinkie line is a bit of idle dialogue from the Fallout 3 Mod "Ties that Bind" that makes the Lone Wanderer have a sister. It was a mod that Mike used in his Fallout 3 playthrough, it was referenced a WHILE ago, specifically the fact that he cannibalized her at the end.

[@MikeHawk-bg5ss]

If you want to see Zach meet the friendly dude of zion click 23:47

[@metetural9140]

Big Friendly Zionian

[@SpecShadow]

*formerly Joshua Graham

[@thogren]

23:40 Mountain goats are not true goats, they belong to a group known as goat-antelope. Unlike the ridged, curved horns of true goats, the mountain goat's horns are only slightly curved and nearly smooth. Their hooves have hard outer shells and a rubbery, concave set of footpads that act as suction cups when they walk in their steep environment, and help cushion their feet when they jump from rock to rock. They have an aggressive social structure, often pushing and shoving each other. Each goat has a rank that determines the best sleeping and eating spots. The larger nannies usually rank at the top. Zach got one out of two facts correct lol!

[@Zach_Hazard]

Greetings fellow goat fan

[@thogren]

@@Zach_Hazard Saw a documentary on Mountain goats climbing sheer cliff faces. That insanity sticks with you. I enjoy the content, thank you for the reply!

[@thebaronlouis8619]

Fun fact about Fallout 4 base building: A single small slanted roof can fit well over 30 sleeping bags because they don't technically occupy the same space. No one would be able to sleep in them, but it saves you a lot of space. And if the base comes with premade beds, sleeping bags can be placed underneath them for similar reasons.

[@alcatrazthatguyontheintern1465]

Fun Fact: Yes, Deathclaws can open doors in New Vegas vanilla. Learned that the hard way.

[@russellperry9902]

You two are the best WORST ASMR team. Like I get sucked into this, laugh at yalls antics, watch the lows, get drowsy , close eyes, WAKE UP TO YELLING EXPLOSIONS AND BOISTEROUS LAUGHTER. Best asmr channel ever.

[@harrywalter2174]

I think in Fallout canon the Legion's capital is in Flagstaff, AZ.

[@metetural9140]

It is, but the Legion also control Phoenix

[@passingrando6457]

@@metetural9140 thanks, Craig. Praise Craig.

[@LifelessTooth]

4:50 That was also the same naming convention for Tulius of Prescott when you were doing the NCR spy mission mod with Esther

[@DimensionalIce]

It's refreshing to see Zack get his ass handed to him by things he can't just stimpak through or things he actually has to run from or do a little more thinking, just that the strategic tactics never come. Guess that's the "survival" part kicking in. The rest of this mod has just been repeated senseless killing though.

[@MrCairo283]

I tried out this mod, and god damn is it a pain in the ass. Unless you use the DLC pack weapons, you start in a house (or cave) that is always surrounded by enemies who spot you the instant you leave said house (or cave) and kill you in about four hits with literally anything they attack you with, while the game gives you: A gun with none-to-three bullets and a shitty no-range melee weapon and no armor. For example, one of the starts had me near south vegas with an exploding mailbox outside which *always* took off at least half my health every time I exited the building, and four tribals, two with guns, who instantly spotted me, along with a few ghouls. The only way out of this situation was to toggle god mode and just disable them through the console. After that I tried sneaking to south vegas, and a couple homeless men in rags spotted me (Reminder that I'm level one still so my sneak is still garbage). I thought that "Oh I can handle these fellas they just have melee weapons and while I only have a shotgun it does have three shells", but shooting one square in the chest did about 15% of his god damn health, while in the head I was lucky to get just over half of his health. So after this encounter I was out of ammo and down to a kitchen knife, to which two more homeless men spotted me and killed me in two hits with a tire iron while my knife did about 5% of his health per hit. Okay blog over.

[@battleland7263]

Its fun if you like extreme challenge like that. I personally enjoyed it but its certainly not for everyone. I remember running away a whole hell of a lot

[@B0tAcH1]

That's cause its not a Fallout game but a survival game set up in New Vegas. I kinda wish it did not call itself Fallout: Dust but instead called it "Dust mod" for New Vegas. The name gives the impression that it will play out like a Fallout game. Unfortunately I tried out this mod after YT kept bombarding me with videos praising this mod and got utterly dissapointed by the lack of any Fallout gameplay.

[@DruCart]

Ohhh yeah. DUST is a very rough horror survival game from once was an RPG. Very hard, and a lot of people play it permadeath (the sadists.) Not for the faint of heart, but if you enjoy DayZ, and seeing a sad, dark future of the Mojave where everything goes wrong, it's full of series and well written lore.

[@alexrazim4467]

Ultimately you gotta keep whacking your head against the brick wall till it breaks. I've done it, it worked for me. Get Ratslayer ASAP and it becomes doable, not quite impossible.

[@Treyman-yi7ei]

I played it and it just made me want to play STALKER again instead

[@rangergrim1644]

I wonder who wrote that note for Zach to go to the strip, maybe it was legion Mike's new partner?

[@docdarlin5491]

it was the forecaster - he's grown up, insane & barricaded in the ultra lux - if Zank would have searched the suitcase, he would have found the other note - not a real issue tho, there's no way these guys are going to last more than a few minutes on the strip, much less fight their way to the top of the lux

[@The_Kentuckian]

The Zion bit has been the most interesting part of this whole Dust playthough. It was kinda thematic & suspenseful, in a low-budget, indie horror game kinda way.

[@jare3459]

Zach finally admires my favorite energy weapon today is a win for me

[@Alext0250]

Laser Thompson goes pew pew , and it's great

[@Zach_Hazard]

Laser Thompson is fun! I actually like some of the laser weapons (just not in the series lol)

[@Alext0250]

@@Zach_Hazard I feel you Zack, most of them are....tasteless, but laser Thompson, that was the way to go, wish bethesda learn a thing or two about cautivating designs

[@Sambath-oc8ss]

I'm kinda disappointed Mike didn't react to the fact that they killed Butch when they got to the Northern Passage.

[@changvasejarik62]

Have they done fallout 3?

[@Sambath-oc8ss]

@@changvasejarik62 Mike had a solo run back in the days before Zach. in their 'canon', Mike is the Lone Wanderer

[@changvasejarik62]

@@Sambath-oc8ss they should go back to that.

[@Sambath-oc8ss]

@@changvasejarik62 Probably not going to happen since they dont replay entire games. i think.

[@68wAATW]

"God willing, you will not leave this valley."

[@kennethclark4599]

...So in this universe Aurelius didn't get blown up by a chair bomb?

[@Attack_Pillow]

That was in the no no bad play through.

[@jonsmith590]

5:35 Loved that Zombieland reference!

[@HylianKnight02]

It's not zombieland, it's Fallout 3: The Ties That Bind, notice how he says "Just something my- someone I knew used to say that". It's a reference to Amanda. Mike's in-universe sister who died in The Capital Wasteland

[@jonsmith590]

​@@HylianKnight02 He's making a reference to someone else who likely made a reference creating reference-ception. Fair enough.

[@nartaga1624]

Speaking of Fallout 4, I hope you guys start up that series again. Would highly recommend Sim Settlements 2. Automates everything settlement related and has a cool questline that's super well made.

[@bhart3321]

Yeah watched Al's playthrough & it was super well done. Played the 1st one, & was a complete must have for all playthroughs if you hate having to micromanage & spend time building settlements. Writing is actually good as is the acting.

[@jaxman682]

2:12 Whoop whoop... Also yes as a Juggalo can confirm, Juggalos love Faygo. It's tastes good and you can get a 2 liter for like 1 dollar (depending on where you go) and they were one of the only companies to keep selling the 24oz bottles for a 1 dollar, while all the other soda companies swapped to 20oz bottles. ICP pretty much stated that was the reason why they liked it, cheap, good taste, had a variety of flavors (Cola, Moon Mist, Redpop, Root Beer, just to name a few) and since they lived in Michigan, it was all over the place so it was super easy for them to get.

[@TFB-PSYKO]

Whoop whoop mcl

[@IAmGeeSnap]

plus a dime back for the bottle return makes um cheaper lol

[@IAmGeeSnap]

rock & rye :@)

[@visnil5010]

i love the way you guys bounce narrative off one another... it's so refreshing.

[@fearjunkie]

So, this is a spoiler but fun fact about the Wendigo in DUST It's Joshua Graham.

[@zacharybartolo5111]

Wait, is it really or are you yanking our chains?

[@passingrando6457]

@@zacharybartolo5111 No, he's telling the truth. Spoilers below: You can find Daniel's journal. Joshua got infected by the spores, and after he died, the tribals refused to burn his body as Daniel wanted done. The Wendigo came from where they interred his body, a giant, immortal and inhumanly strong spore beast.

[@Jakethesnake1281]

Fun Dust Lore Fact: And it came to pass that there arose a mist of darkness; yea, even an exceedingly great mist of darkness, insomuch that they who had commenced in the path did lose their way, that they wandered off and were lost. And it came to pass that I beheld others pressing forward, and they came forth and caught hold of the end of the rod of iron; and they did press forward through the mist of darkness, clinging to the rod of iron, even until they did come forth and partake of the fruit of the tree. Nephi 8:23-24, The Book of Mormon

[@ifuckinghategoogle4376]

As someone who met a juggalo with fridge full of cotton candy faygo, can confirm they love the stuff

[@alowishusdevadanderabercro7891]

Man we take the same route to Nellis AND you quoted Monty Python, you truly are a man of culture

[@I_watch_things376]

Love that Mike keeps just making sure that his time in the capital Wasteland is 100% Canon to this playthrough as his backstory

[@nathanbrooks2581]

So Zach was either a juggalo in his youth. Or was good friends with one. Mike clearly was not.

[@mareczek00713]

That was Veronica's vanilla hairstyle... You guys killed Veronica... though I'm not sure if you can capture anybody, still I imagine the moment of reaching you without immidiately attacking was her hesitating, thinking you should be dead.

[@teslashark]

Cass is dead too!

[@Loganberry-bf7vr]

Welcome to hell ladies and gentleman, we are now in Zion Edit: nevermind they left

[@metetural9140]

We were already in hell

[@trevargrisham35]

@@metetural9140 we didn't need to put a plague in it.

[@walnzell9328]

0:57 He keeps hackin' and wackin' and smackin'! He keeps hackin' and wackin' and smackin'! He keeps hackin' and wackin' and smackin'! He keeps hack, wack, choppin' that meat!

[@Freedom_Aviators]

*"Hey everybody did the news get around about a guy named Butcher Pete oh, Pete just flew into this town and he's choppin' up all the women's meat!"*

[@eren34558]

"You're a maniac, you are insane. " Zach, honey? THAT'S YOU!

[@samsargent284]

“Games: Fallout (1997).” that’s how hard DUST is when KZbin thinks its classic Fallout

[@GhemourMoncef]

I think this was veronica 13:18

[@mikeschlunt9885]

Everytime these lads post, the boys are back in town plays in my head.

[@C0b4ltN1nj4]

Speaking of human skin masks and Mike's appreciation for fashionable leather headgear, the last time I played dust I forgot to turn off the zank and mike companion mod. So when I finally made it to Novac guess who I found surrounded by a pile of cannibal corpses and wearing a human skin mask? Mike.

[@shawdcummings2160]

Zach: **executes 3 survivors** Also Zach to Mike: YoU Are A PSychOPATH

[@marcogenovesi8570]

it was mercy killing, they were clearly suffering

[@loonboy1996]

Oof, that's what the Colorado River looks like now out west! We are one bad harvest away from mad max!

[@AmericanBrit9834]

Better stock up on leather and gasoline

[@rbkommando5456]

I like how the wendigo depiction ties into that weird cave painting with the tall figure

[@Leiska27]

Mike and Zach just two juggalo homies hanging about in the post-post-apocalypse

[@theedittingjoke]

NCR has howitzers: Panik NCR are too dumb to work howitzers: Clm NCR does know how to use them: PANIK!!

[@MaiYass]

Cool to see you guys using my Cottonwood Cove fix, many thanks!

[@larsthedude1984]

God I am loving this series so much. Especially tin-can-Mike. But starting my daily petition to get these boys to try out Disco Elysium, I will legit pay you boys for it. I will sell my blood. I will sell other peoples’ blood! They say you can’t but I know how! But yes I think Disco Elysium would be something Zack and Mike would create a hell of a series from.

[@changvasejarik62]

Indeed but the question is would mike be Kim or the necktie? Also stay away from my blood, ITS MINE! I PROCESSED IT THROUGH BIOCHEMISTRY, ITS MINE!!! Sorry watched sfdebris’ review of the thing and saw an opportunity to claim my blood like a madman.

[@MoskHotel]

“The Walls Speak True. The Tall One. The Branch Fingers. He Hunts. He Finds. He Kills. The Walls Speak True. The Walls Speak True. The Walls Speak True.”

[@DistributionMackerel]

5:35 Cannot believe that Mike is CONFIRMED as the lone wanderer in the mikeburnfire cinematic universe. what a bomb drop bros /s Quick Edit: also i guess as like some actual advice, try using the flare gun on the wendigo. It immediately sends him running and lets you get past him.

[@battleland7263]

Dang it, now I need to watch that series!

[@I_watch_things376]

I believe this isn't even the first time he's mentioned it I remember him mentioning it before but seeing as this comment and this video are pretty old now it could have been from another video after it. I wonder if they'll ever explore that!

[@Dumbleshroom]

Hearing Zach spout facts about the ICP is the highlight of my day

[@alexanderastora8164]

I wonder if you still get the crit buff as a robot?

[@lightking6620]

Do robots have extra crit chance?

[@fyrehawke]

@@lightking6620 I think he's referring to the 1st Recon Beret that Robo-Mike's wearing.

[@lightking6620]

Oh I completely forgot about that beret

[@davidmoss6666]

As a juggalo, I can confirm that yes we love faygo

[@drunkendragondx2750]

I have learned so much more watching this KZbin channel then my years going to high school.

[@vortexlad9571]

you can't kill Wendigo but you can make it flee with fire !

[@littlelettuce936]

I think the cloud is starting to get to Zach since he's starting to kill non-hostiles they need to get out of there quick.

[@bounter_]

Little did Zach know, that the woman in power armor at 188, was in fact, Veronica.

[@pugking1233]

you can get out through Zion you just have to avoid the wendigo, find a flammer it's scared of fire

[@xxfadewolfxx]

what if you used mikes body to make another time machine

[@vendetta543]

Well Zion was a bust. Maybe the Sierra Madre will be better?

[@AmericanBrit9834]

Maybe Big MT? It's so isolated, maybe nothing changed and the Think Tank are still running things. That might still be bad.

[@МирјанаАдамовић]

5:02 Maybe pheonix is a reference that Legion arose from the ashes of the Old World, Roman Empire Reborn.

[@ashwolf2006]

just to clarify mike thinking about if there were any twinkies left isn't just a reference to Zombie land. but a reference from the Mod Ties that bind for fallout 3 and TTW. which mike had used in FO3 playthrough in where the Lone Wanderer has an Older sister who loves twinkies, that she'll say "I wonder if there are any Twinkies Left" as a random dialogue. also the TTW version of the mod is a bit unstable as it can soft lock the mainquest vanilla and dlc due to her added dialogues. dont know if they fixed it now though.

[@trevargrisham35]

Spore carriers were in Zion before, but they were relegated to caves and remote locations. When the NCR experimented with the spores it became much more aggressive and overtook Zion which allowed the spore carriers to infect more victims. the spore carriers we see are likely infected tribals who died and got taken over by the parasitic fungus. Joshua Graham got infected and Daniel wanted to burn his body so the spores wouldn't take him, but the tribals refused. So when Joshua died, the spores took over, and as before with Caesar he came back, now as the abomination known simply as wendigo.

[@phillipcaudill1991]

As a juggalo zac is right we love faygo but we also love kicking it with friends

[@psycosanches589]

I don't know if you guys were just doing bit or genuinely missed the reference, but Butcher Pete is the name of one of the songs played on the radio in Fallout 3 and 4 which is about a character of the aforementioned name.

[@zombied1016]

You know this is a great opportunity for legion mike to team up with this version of Zach to do some funny shit.

[@pops_approved]

19:44 nice Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference there Zach

[@zacharybartolo5111]

What exactly is the goal of this mod? There doesn't seem to be a way out or "win" so to speak and as far as I've seen they haven't been given a direction. Gotta say, from what I've seen, this mod seems more tedious than fun since everything is trying to kill you, your supplies are limited and no interactions whatsoever other than combat. That being said, it's cool that Zion is included and has its own Mr. X roaming around.

[@randomguy3849]

Basically the whole goal is to GTFO the Mojave. There's multiple different paths you can take out from what I remember. It may be tedious and hard as hell, but the atmosphere is pretty well done

[@metetural9140]

The goal is to escape the Mojave. Zion is one of the escape routes, you just have to sneak past the "Wendigo"

[@couldbeusabaker7532]

they already heard of the airfield escape thing through notes, and according to the comments there really is a lot of ways out of the Mojave. escaping’s the ultimate goal unless you wanna learn more about the lore

[@dylanw3875]

can speak to alexander at 188, vendertron north of vault 34. get access to these and ammo is much less of a problem , buy surplus 5mm and 5.56, break it down and make normal bulleys

[@JNun-pr8rh]

You can leave, Mike and Zach either want to elongate the series or havent figured out what to do yet.

[@patrickquillen5359]

5:36 is that a Zombieland reference Mike ?

[@SpecShadow]

ye

[@nathanlevesque7812]

I thought that was a stretched out deathclaw for a minute but upon further inspection it's an elongated spore carrier.

[@trevargrisham35]

it would have been really thematic given how demonic the deathclaw is but whatever.

[@radishlordrak]

You guys should see how the Big MT is holding up after the Cloud

[@akumasstorytime3910]

Zach's anger filled gun rants are music to a German gun repairman. He hits the nail on the head.

[@elementalgamer0732]

Siren head has invaded Zion and bitch slapped Zach.

[@Kortegard0341]

As a Juggalo, we do love Faygo

[@marcoscerqueda6353]

Pro tip here for you guys is that a flamethrower type weapon will help you guys fight the abominations

[@PsychopathicV2]

Been a while since I had Faygo. Haven’t thought of that in years.

[@johnthezero]

Juggalos do love Faygo. It’s referenced in the song Joker’s Wild. “The Joker’s Wild is bought to you in part by. FAYGO. Everybody sing! Send yo momma straight up to the store, tell that bitch to bring home a Faygo.”

[@rattlestormrepublic4874]

Alas, Zach and Mike found the way to Utah barred, and they would soon succumb to the madness of their own entropy...