I read every Halo novel and became the Master Chief of loneliness | Unraveled

[@polygon]

Enjoyed this? Well, check out this video from before Brian learned how to read: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2m4oXSerqlmrcU

[@dandischinosvarietyhour1655]

...why was this posted today?

[@ratom_]

@@dandischinosvarietyhour1655 ...circumstances.

[@elcorhamlet4858]

Hit me up, i own them all, I love talking about them

[@DaciGotYou]

HELL YES

[@chloeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

@@dandischinosvarietyhour1655 they’re trying to get people to watch non-unraveled stuff so Brian leaving isn’t the death of polygon :þ

[@calebherring387]

Brian was so absorbed in the halo universe that when listing his qualifications for writing for the halo tv show he didn't even mention his degree in creative writing.

[@sycastells1212]

Everyone knows a degree in creative writing never gets you a job in the field

[@logicaltips4107]

@@sycastells1212 Judging by what we know about the show's story, the writers probably would've liked Brian more if he only listed his creative writing degree and skipped out on the Halo lore

[@percy.549]

t

[@skeletor7928]

I like how unlike his other episodes, this time he genuinely had me like "Yeah, i can actually see him getting that job"

[@kimberhoven4214]

now that the tv show is actually happening I'm wondering if he is in the writing room.

[@MorallyCorrupted]

I love how almost every Unraveled turns into BDG trying to audition for other jobs

[@elpaublo3420]

Perhaps he's trying to say something

[@peaceprinceshaxi5978]

It all started with him calculating his retirement x)

[@vordjoncus]

If making a video got him this job, then making more videos can get him *every other job*

[@joshuapotts2514]

@@vordjoncus 2020, video resumes are now the only way to apply for jobs

[@Silverwind87]

What a millennial.

[@livingfailure3071]

Let’s be real nobody would have been mad if this video was 2 hours long

[@SignumImperativ]

God, can you imagine a collaboration between Brian Gilbert and Jon Bois? They would probably talk for seven hours about the most trivial topic possible and it would be the most interesting thing you have ever watched.

[@patrickstonecrusher]

Hell, I watched an over 2 hour video about how The Lion King didn't rip off Simba The White Lion. Two hours of this would be *nothing* .

[@donutholebandit6212]

I would have loved that honestly

[@Amyphere]

If Jenny Nicholson can produce a 2 hour video on a terrible conservative novel or a bootleg published Star Wars fanfiction and have people begging for more then BDG could produce a 5 hour Halo novel analysis and no one would bat an eye

[@mr.stuffdoer8483]

Dude he could’ve gone for 16 hours and I’d be cool with it

[@TheWorldBelowDnD]

In hindsight... I wish Brian wrote for the halo show :(

[@muhuee]

I agree 100%.

[@YodaOnABender]

Hindsight? We should’ve seen the trouble from a mile away lol

[@DanteTorn]

@@YodaOnABender Good writers are rare and good writers who are not creatively suppressed in mainstream media almost don't exist.

[@DucksAndStuff117]

Me with double the hindsight, I agree

[@theillusionist1494]

“A brief two-hour meeting” is a five-word horror story

[@PlaySA]

Strong "baby shoes, never worn" energy

[@thatoneguy9582]

@@PlaySA cant flush no hands

[@revivvles6736]

“Would have been six”

[@alexanderyoon9163]

@@revivvles6736 "It's me, your daughter"

[@crungler]

thats all dnd is really

[@Sam-on5jf]

Brian: I should write for the Halo show Brian: lists why Brian: DOESNT LIST THAT HE WENT TO HOPKINS AND HAS A DEGREE IN CREATIVE WRITING

[@funkuro]

he actually deserves to write for a show though

[@malaizze]

That doesn't seem to be helping him

[@Sam-on5jf]

@@funkuro he does!!!

[@funkuro]

@@Sam-on5jf :o for what?

[@kilo3989]

He actually set his degree on fire in one of his videos so he can't use that anymore

[@rogue-taxidermy_griffin]

"God has cursed me for my hubris and my work is never finished" really comes home with the reappearing novels in the beginning.

[@cassun603]

At least we know what a degree in creative writing qualifies you for: Eternal toil at the indenture of an unforgiving muse, gaming

[@kayundae4411]

Cassun *currently studying creative writing in uni* _oh no_

[@cassun603]

@@kayundae4411 Don't fret! You could just write slash fiction for a living. It doesn't have to be gaming

[@rogue-taxidermy_griffin]

@@kayundae4411 there's only two job options for creative writing: fanfiction or gaming. /s

[@elizabethdesruisseau7826]

lmaooo

[@thezman4869]

Honestly the Halo Show would’ve probably been better had Brian written it

[@Flaris]

It would have been far better.

[@mikecameron6667]

He probably likes the show because he doesn't give a damn about stupid things like wanting Master Chief's helmet on all the time.

[@bloodyhell8201]

@@mikecameron6667 he probably likes the show because the AI woman got cucked

[@BiomechanicalBrick]

No it would've been the exact same.

[@ABrazilianDude]

@@mikecameron6667 I’m about to start a full fledged immature rant on why this statement is wrong, if you play the games, you realize master chief is a stoic, silent, respectful individual, the show brutally assassinated his character, the show turned him into a rebellious, talkative, shouty moron. But more on your statement, the reason we hate to see him without his helmet is because not only does it disrespect the character and everything he’s been for the past two decades, its also utterly useless and the “emotion” they try to portray is just him being whiny or angry, it’s not master chief. You don’t even need to read the novels to understand who he is, halo doesn’t always need to revolve around him, Halo 3 ODST displayed this perfectly, it made the player enjoy the fresh take on the halo universe and find interest in character not known in the games. The show could have gone with that route, but we got a politically correct, utterly garbage, non canon joke of a show. I’m never going to see it as Halo, it’s a fan fiction set in the halo universe the show writers want, not what’s established, I’m no longer giving paramount my money or attention, that’s one way to destroy my interest.

[@xyrissavage4983]

"Wait why is he in the office? America is still in lockdown-" "Today, july 30th 2019" "O h, o h n o"

[@pishoopy]

"A lot has changed since I started this project" Oh boy has it

[@marvelholt21]

Uhoh john!

[@n14d14]

pishoopy i mean he no longer has a mustache

[@erickfadness4427]

Hehehehe

[@LuperisNone]

One year of work...

[@AuroraVeil_]

I feel like the breakdowns are shifting from what they used to be: the ramblings of a serial killer. Now they are the sad whispers of a broken man.

[@echannel6162]

+

[@egg5802]

Respect the avatar miboi

[@theabreetz13]

It all started with Waluigi. Waluigi broke him, though he is still wonderfully amazing.

[@AlicedeTerre]

I believe this is called character development

[@AuroraVeil_]

@@AlicedeTerre yeah bdg's character arc is really investing, can't wait to see where it goes

[@kittykat490]

Wait this is legitimately so heartbreaking because I know that feeling of getting really into something and having absolutely nobody to talk to about it...

[@brianmayfield3474]

i feel the same...

[@aeonxou1443]

Same

[@internetual7350]

Yep :(

[@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer]

Same. And Halo is that thing.

[@brianmayfield3474]

@@Aging_Casually_Late_Gamer wanna chat about Halo? Cause I could use someone to talk to

[@TheFigureofspeech]

BDG asking "who are they making this show for?" really hits differently after watching the "Halo" tv show

[@beebfajeejy]

the answer seems to be "mass effect fans" originally, given that just by changing a few of the names and locations of the existing halo show you end up with pretty much the mass effect plot.

[@beebfajeejy]

@@BiomechanicalBrick they completely butchered the characters so clearly not

[@CN-yb5gn]

@@BiomechanicalBrick in episode 8 master chief has sex. BDG EXPLICITLY STATES THAT THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, SINCE THE BIOIMPLANTS ESSENTIALLY CASTRATE HIM. In conclusion: do not dirty bdg’s good name over your fanboying over a show that doesn’t follow halo lore at all.

[@CN-yb5gn]

@@BiomechanicalBrick 10:17

[@BiomechanicalBrick]

@@CN-yb5gn that's just what the video says, that's partially incorrect. "Akin to". The augmentation process messes with their libidos but does not castrate them.

[@TalexTheLich]

Brian from Oct 28, 2018 : "i had to read all the skyrim books UGH!" Brian from Jul 30, 2020 : "you child, you babe swaddled in the cloth of ignorance"

[@schippai3308]

*2019

[@sovietyunyun1352]

I'm almost disappointed that noone gets the unraveled reference.

[@Turalcar]

@@schippai3308 2020 is correct as it reflect the state after the books are read

[@Turalcar]

*cashmere blanket of ignorance

[@DanielSantos-bn6nz]

Best comment

[@myrin265]

The real reason Brian didn’t want to read the novels is because they’re not by Waughin Jarth.

[@mikaroni_and_cheez]

Hes a big ol Jarth-head

[@Fraser-Gosden]

I'm a mega jarth-head

[@bradenscribner3866]

I’m a fookin jarthhead

[@maxvonfeldman5595]

JARTH YOU DID IT AGAIN!

[@Sandux930]

This one's for you Jarth!

[@rainyrayrae]

Brian.... just write fanfiction. That’s what you do when you feel empty because you know too much about a franchise. You write fanfiction.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Been doing so myself, to close up some loose ends from the Forerunner/Flood war, and the, cough, um, Logic Plague...

[@anegwa]

Write for rvb😝

[@expressnumber]

chris sonofpear1 link? 👀

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@expressnumber Sure: www.fanfiction.net/u/7240238/CaptChris42

[@expressnumber]

chris sonofpear1 thabks

[@captaincapitalism9535]

The worst part about being a lore nerd is that you really really want to tell people a bunch of useless information about fake people and fake events, but the only people who would care to listen are other lore nerds, but they already know what you’re talking about so there’s no point in explaining it to them.

[@AdamDj-ic3kr]

Well,you could also track down newer halo fans interested in the lore

[@captaincapitalism9535]

@@AdamDj-ic3kr Becoming a wise old sage on the mountaintop that aspiring catechumens must climb in an arduous test of mental and physical fortitude for me to tell them “Master Chief’s suit jerks him off”

[@AdamDj-ic3kr]

@@captaincapitalism9535 wait is that true?

[@hazeltree7738]

Trust me, just find an autistic halo fan (As in the actual thing autism not any kind of insult), they will be HAPPY to hear you ramble about lore for hours on end even if they already know what you're talking about

[@ssjbread2803]

​@@AdamDj-ic3krnah, just an in-joke

[@Nyaeris]

"his vocaloid waifu" Never have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with.

[@Crixtoll]

Sooooooooo not a weeb

[@scharra1234]

wow, just as i was reading that comment it was at the part where brian david gilbert said that, was trippyXD

[@coolpeepsunite]

James Acaster fan?

[@TheAxmore]

In the fall of reach Cortana even says that Chief is hot

[@xcmodev1558]

_it do be like that sometimes_

[@aishas.6895]

bdg is actually leaving polygon to write the halo show

[@Dreeraven]

How amazing would that actually be though

[@javierminguez3420]

We all know al ready that bdg left polygon becouse he had been hired by nintendo to be the voice of Samus in Metroid 4

[@groofay]

@@javierminguez3420 Odd, I thought he'd been hired by nintendo for the role of Waluigi in a FMV game and DEFINITELY not also Luigi.

[@stravensongorglyforgly3427]

@@groofay Are you sure about that? I was under the impression that he found out a way to be his own boss.

[@harryganz1]

I've heard it's a musical.

[@mloveless9924]

Brian, whatever polygon is paying you, it isn't enough. Jesus.

[@adaritter9597]

Seriously, can we start like a GoFundMe to pay Brian what he's worth?

[@mixmastermind]

What do you mean they gave him like 300 dollars in free Halo books

[@fantin298]

mixmastermind yeah I’d love to have all of these books even if I’d take a long time to read them I just want them for collection

[@GarrettBurchell]

Agreed.

[@sunnyjones8682]

Actually VOX is paying him more than anyone else on the team, there is a huge pay disparity. If you like their content you should support them and look more into supporting the VOX union

[@Woodland_Adventures]

"Halo's gonna have a tv show!" He said with enthusiasm. "Not much is known about it!" _Little did he know, the entire halo community would agree the show fucking sucked(s), and would have actually been much better if he had actually gotten to write for the show_

[@Brent-jj6qi]

Why does the worked sucked have an optional plural?

[@Woodland_Adventures]

@@Brent-jj6qi not sure if its still going or not.

[@madmangogaming]

literally the only thing the Halo community has ever unanimously agreed on

[@TheSpaceWanderer101]

They're making another season

[@oriongurtner7293]

As someone who genuinely enjoys the show (present tense since it is, in fact, still going), even _I_ feel like it would have been better with BDG in the writing department It would have been _much_ better written by BDG Hands down Missed opportunity right there

[@animecosplaypanda72]

This is what it feels like to force yourself to enjoy something your friends like, then it becoming your hyperfixation after all your friends have moved on

[@huhuu7093]

That's what happened to when h3 came out and after Reach they all moved on. This was 10 years ago.

[@animecosplaypanda72]

Hu Huu felt- I just now got into kingdom hearts years after its release and no one I know cares about it anymore and it’s all I want to discuss

[@williamsmith6921]

I have autism so I hyperfixate to everything and this has been basically my whole social life

[@flashqm8291]

Kingdom Hearts has already taken my soul. And my wallet.

[@belot217]

Me, knowing nothing about Broadway and just now getting into Hamilton because of D+

[@beacnjones24]

Polygon Unraveled: how can we get Brian to have a mental breakdown for people's amusement Brian on Overboard: *how can I get my revenge on all of my coworkers?*

[@djcwittz3012]

*attempted amusement

[@mr.wonderfulwisdomouswonde2991]

@@djcwittz3012 SUCCESSFUL AMUSEMENT

[@djcwittz3012]

@@mr.wonderfulwisdomouswonde2991 no... No only attempted

[@barrsido7070]

DJ Cwittz wdym, this stuff is great

[@djcwittz3012]

@@barrsido7070 maybe for you

[@littlesnowflakepunk855]

So when are we getting the full uncut eight hundred hours of Brian's check-ins after finishing every book

[@fearless_cloud]

I actually want that fr

[@iluvuradio2021]

I really want him to release it. i would watch it. I also want to see his reaction to RVB

[@dkz8394]

I really need this

[@cass1115]

Ok genuinely I'd love to hear some of his thoughts on the individual books because uh...I really don't want to read the books but the way he dives into some of them here makes me really interested in hearing a longer analysis

[@TheAxmore]

@@cass1115 If youre a decent fan of the games I'd say they are worth a shot. The original bungie novels are all pretty solid but the ones he highlighted as good are actually really good

[@poofa4009]

"I have, no clue, what's going on in these games" As someone who has played practically all of them, neither do I my friend.

[@Brent-jj6qi]

Honestly, the plot was fine in 1, 2, and 3. 4 was good writing, even if it was simple, and helped develop master chief and his relationship with cortina, then 5 drove a bus straight through everything and caused a nuclear catastrophe, that infinite is trying to kinda sorta maybe fix but not really

[@shawno8253]

@@Brent-jj6qi Don't forget the massive retcon that halo reach is.

[@double1777]

@@shawno8253Yeah, that game is weird to me. On the one hand, I love the artistic style and gameplay, as well as Noble Team and some of the things they do on Reach. But the massive contradictions to previously established lore are rather… distasteful. Especially when you consider how people who’d read the books probably felt when nothing was known about the game, versus when they learned. Overall, I love it, but I wish it stayed faithful

[@KitKatHexe]

​@@double1777TBF, Bungie was against the books from the beginning. They didn't even want fall of reach to be published in the first place, but daddy Microsoft has other ideas.

[@chozochiefxiii3298]

​​@@KitKatHexeConsidering a lot of these books are better stories than pretty much any of the actual games, as well as game writers actually writing some of the books. I accept them as canon. Bungie can't convince me otherwise.

[@marsvilla7128]

**At any point during the year** Someone: Hey Brian, what're you reading? Brian: *Horrified screaming*

[@user-pp5oh9ee1k]

Brian: no the suit doesn’t jack him off Someone: that’s not what I asked

[@Silverwind87]

Brian: *goes off on a tangent*

[@Sugugus_421]

"Can't tell you. I'm saving it for a video."

[@derptomistic]

This is the only universe where "Don't worry, they used orphans this time" is a positive thing to say...

[@8-bitsarda747]

hey, one of my friends got into a half-hour/hour long debate during a D&D session about why it is the more ethical choice to use orphans, if you're going to sacrifice children

[@muhammadammarrasyid5780]

@@8-bitsarda747 i guess its a quantitative measurement more than anything. "Instead of violating the human rights of a father and his son/daughter, you will only be violating the human rights of his son/daughter!"

[@Gavite]

The only universe? * Laughs in Warhammer 40k lore *

[@Condorito380]

"Well, I didn't use ALL of it!"

[@River-pg1uk]

@@8-bitsarda747 to be fair its kids that have been orphaned by the covenant so they get a chance to fight the covenant. since the covenants spread was so wide that they needed spartans to fight the covenant and taking the orphans of the covenants conflicts it means you can have soldiers that have a personal stake in the conflict. still definitely ethically icky butfar better than taking children from their family lives into a conflict they have no stake in.

[@melodypond215]

brian i think you need to start writing Halo fanfiction, that's the only logical use for this knowledge

[@angelito3795]

Melody Pond yes I would love that

[@ShrodingersCatgirl]

I'd read it

[@kevinbourne7377]

tags: Halo, comedy, tragedy, philosophy, suit-jacking

[@mrsteamie4196]

God fuck that would be a trip

[@marymurphy1429]

I don't care about Halo at all, but I would read it

[@Hamppdur]

Brian put more love and care into this entire video than the paramount writers did for the million dollar Halo show. I really do wish they let him write for the show

[@Peason95]

He does actually have a degree in creative writing so 🥲

[@Hamppdur]

@@Peason95 lol it definitely shows. Still makes me sad that they gave this beloved IP to writers who openly admit to never reading the source material or looking at any of the games for inspiration.

[@delusion5867]

@@Hamppdurhoping the fallout show turns out different, the people behind it are actually fans and care about the games and accuracy

[@katherinebrown5720]

​@@Hamppdur Are you serious?! What the actual crap?? I just started the show, I'm literally on the second episode right now... are you telling me it's going to suck?

[@xtravagentk1275]

@@katherinebrown5720Big suck unfortunately.

[@10GildedPennies]

Absolutely hysterical to me that the moment Brian confessed that he's alienated from his friends and peers the video got interrupted by a halo infinite ad that, upon ending, left me with an uncomfortably long shot of Brian's distraught face. Bravo.

[@SpryMahiMahi]

the one time i'm sad i have adblockers on, is because of beautiful moments like this

[@matthewsmith3950]

Mine was an ad for beer, which I feel was a bit of a self destructive suggestion in that moment

[@sarahoshea9603]

These r the things you miss when you download an adfree browser😞

[@coma7623]

Capital one for me, not sure what the connection is there

[@LawffleCopter]

"his home would not fall...uh oh, John" absolutely killed me

[@zacharydzieciol531]

The fact that he started exactly 1 year ago is the most bdg thing I've ever seen

[@beatrizcosta9945]

Exactly my thoughts

[@maxenporter]

This is why I love him so much

[@gasleona]

I thought to myself, "Brian...are you alright?"

[@chickenperson5209]

Keep in mind that all the unraveleds for the past year were done on top of this

[@critch7514]

You've underestimated the powers of theatre kids

[@chirpynsleepy958]

"let ME write the halo show! as a real true fan, I know more about this universe than you do!" ... Oh boy ... This bit didn't age well

[@Flaris]

I think it aged great. He was right in that he should have been writing for the show. Though he was wrong in thinking they cared about the lore.

[@Gamma_249]

@@Flaris they kicked the lore in the balls so hard, the brain got flattened inside that skull

[@mikecameron6667]

@@Gamma_249 How so? Examples?

[@veryoriginalname2515]

@@mikecameron6667 they didnt wven play the games so that they could do their own thing

[@kevinwillems8720]

@@Flaris See, but he wasn't though. That moment was talking about fandom entitlement, getting to the core of the social isolation that can happen when someone is so obsessed with a singular franchise.

[@reddyu4259]

I was legit disappointed when he said he was shortening it so it didn’t go on for hours. I want to watch him go in depth into the halo lore with the clips of his gut reactions cut in. I would watch the whole thing no matter the length

[@AlbinoKiwi47]

petition for bdg to do a several hour halo analysis

[@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice]

♡♡♡♡♡

[@PauaP]

@@AlbinoKiwi47 Have mercy to the man, he had already gone through enough. Have you no sympathy?!

[@xyrissavage4983]

@@PauaP no We do not

[@JamEngulfer]

I watched a 2 and a half hour video on RWBY, a show I haven’t even watched before. I’m absolutely down to watch Brian talking about Halo for at least that long.

[@featheredicarus]

The implication that he does not choose the topic, rather the universe chooses it for him, is enlightening.

[@Znijik]

Previously, he has willingly chosen to cover topics destined for him to cover, but when Brian tries to change the threads of fate, the universe must dip its hand in to intervene.

[@jqs.20]

Brian David Gilbert Unravels Why the Universe Torments Him So

[@Misspupperz]

“Because God has cursed me for my hubris, and my work is never finished.”

[@SignalRaptor_]

20:02 “I know more about this universe than you do” Oh how we laughed. For we did not know the legitimacy of this claim at the time.

[@deerecoyote2040]

Yeah, he was NOT kidding on that one.

[@myboithomas]

Brian: "Today, July 30th" Me: "Wait today is July 30th" Brian: "Of 2019" Oh *Oh no*

[@jellydarling1008]

I felt that

[@MichaelDavidWiller]

Samesies 😆

[@deadgonk1]

I timeskipped back like 3 or 4 times because I thought HE READ EVERY NOVEL IN A SINGLE DAY?!......... IT TOOK A YEAR?!

[@ezranian]

Oh good, that explains the mustache continuity error

[@thepaintingbanjo8894]

" I've read 571 pages in my Skyrim book report. For this, I've read 10,920. *Which is more.* " Dude knows his math.

[@008TheDen]

Can we have a stream where Brian just answers halo lore questions and goes on all the weird tangents that couldn't fit into this video?

[@RL-rw9dy]

Yes that would be so good

[@TfDblog]

That would be absolutely horrible... I love it!

[@williamlipayon1311]

HiddenXperia would like to have a word

[@swans184]

I want to see his 30 minute gut reactions to each book

[@advogadododiabo6940]

We need it

[@helpme5785]

27:12 if you want the fact that his one partner that has always been on his side has turned on him to become even more fucked up, Brian didn't even mention the fact that Cortana is modelled after Halsey, the doctor/mother figure of john who is the core person behind his abduction and abuse

[@MortDork]

Things that have changed since July 30, 2019: -Brian no longer has a mustache -His brain is filled with Halo knowledge Nothing else. Everything else in the world is still the same

[@figisfruit8256]

Nothing else

[@hilosky]

Absolutely nothing else

[@Sasha-ff5ce]

Nope, completely fine here, nothing changed

[@realpauldano]

zero. nada. zilch. nothing at all has happened

[@cozy_comet2626]

everything is completely normal except for those 2 things

[@lanaelise4464]

The knowledge that BDG spent LITERALLY the entire 28th year of my life doing a Halo book report is fantastic. Birthday to birthday, he suffered for my entertainment.

[@JGirDesu]

Happy Birthday!

[@thedom2753]

Happy birthday! Try not to dissect Brian's actions too much or you'll go mad from the revelation

[@BeccaMoses]

happy birthday !!! hope u can find safe ways to celebrate w the people u love ❤️

[@neveerland]

"today, on july 30th..." What? That's today, how is he- "...2019" oh. Oh no.

[@ookamichigire123]

Dude same

[@dylanchouinard6141]

Vanessa what a difference a year makes

[@benderaps4937]

Sameee

[@beretperson]

Oh Brian. Oh David. Oh Gilbert, what have you Done?

[@stormlordeternal7663]

Seeing the halo show finally release, what a massive yike. Brian must have discovered a new despair when the show abandoned all the novels, lore, and everything else of substance. He really should have written it (after playing the games)

[@BiomechanicalBrick]

The show actually only abandoned things that had no substance whatsoever, like chief having his helmet in inappropriate situations and chief having stockholm syndrome about being kidnapped and brainwashed. The cool and important stuff is in the show such as Soren

[@bobross9581]

@@BiomechanicalBrick You re a clown

[@Brent-jj6qi]

@@BiomechanicalBrick the thing is that the helmet and extended suit are like a second skin, they’re even more basic to him then the clothes you wear, so of course he doesn’t take it off. Also, it pays off in Halo 2, because the covenant attacked during a ceremony where SGT Johnson told him to wear something nice. Also, of course he has weird Stockholm syndrome over the whole situation, he is one of the main reasons that the humans didn’t lose the war against the covenant, which would’ve spelled death for all sentient life in the entire fucking galaxy. If you were in that situation, you would probably excuse the horrible treatment because you would’ve been dead before retirement age anyways, along with everyone you know and love.

[@RDR911]

@@BiomechanicalBrick You forgot to mention how he takes his helmet off every episode, and has sex with a prisoner of war.

[@bloodrune329]

Brian is literally Polygon’s biggest asset. The single biggest asset that they have is Brian.

[@IOTewks]

my asset definitely becomes the biggest when he uploads

[@meaninglesscommenter8457]

heheh ass et

[@DavidEdwards1]

mega props to the rest of the video team on these videos though - BDG subjects himself to all sorts of personal hells, but the story crafting and editing is what makes it all worthwhile.

[@bloodrune329]

David Edwards I’m pretty sure Brian does the majority of his own editing. But, the cameramen make the video a thousand times more alive too

[@idkwhatimdoimg2165]

His back must hurt from carrying the channel

[@wyattshoemaker7018]

Next episode: “I read every single Warhammer 40,000 novel and am now the Emperor of being dead.”

[@joshuavidrine889]

This man is clearly not the God Emperor, you heretic! I'm calling the Inquisition!

[@RegretExegersi]

God. I would love to see this one happen.

[@russelldavis1875]

Oh dear god. Everything not written by Dan Abnett is trash though

[@maggiescarlet]

Honestly not sure if it would be possible to fit them into one lifetime... And that thought is darker than many of the events that take place in 40k 💀

[@darthmelsie]

Featuring several (SEVERAL) videos discussing what is canon and what isn't.

[@custodeon]

"To become God is the lonliest achievement of all."

[@soupo-sandwich]

ok obama

[@orielsy]

Aizen Sama?

[@therealneal9980]

"This Halo show is being made specifically for me, because this universe is incredibly interesting to me" Oh Brian, how I wish we had known

[@BiomechanicalBrick]

He would same the same thing today tbh. The show only halo book nerds can understand.

[@HankyInTheTanky]

@@BiomechanicalBrickyea where book nerds could see how they butchered the lore, they follow nothing in the books. They literally just pick and choose characters, locations, and programs and butcher them.

[@rainbowroadthekilljoy8]

I want all the hours of unedited footage of BDG talking about each Halo book.

[@Gray963]

saaaaame

[@marymurphy1429]

Same

[@TheLacunae]

Same

[@coltenpatton6102]

wait he didnt post those somewhere? thats what i was going to look for next.

[@johnherrera5261]

You think they'll actually do this is like an in depth version

[@lsmithrulez]

Petition to have an entire video on Brian just telling us everything he wants to tell us about the Novels so he doesn’t feel so alone because we care. We wanna know.

[@bluejaypirate4560]

I cannot fucking describe how much I would be on board with this

[@Detahramet]

Worst case scenario: Make it a drinking game. Tonnes of fun either way.

[@zeppie_]

Right? I don't care if it's 4 hours long, just give me all those juicy deets

[@ebolapie]

proud to upvote this petition to the weed number

[@Embattled5211]

Ha, when he said "July 30th" I didn't get it because that's today's date. But then I realized it's been 1 whole year.

[@malinalmqvist1080]

I got seriously worried about him for a second! No one can read all those books in a day and live!

[@aidansilber2028]

I first wondered cause he was in the studio, and he shouldn't be cause corona. So I had to rewind it.

[@Mlafleur1864]

Malin Almqvist according to my calculations that's 455 pages an hour

[@jman2001jt]

This video unironically inspired me to get into Halo and now its one of my favorite franchises so I have to thank Brian for his suffering.

[@GerryTheProdigy]

Dude same, the audiobooks have been fantastic!

[@PedroKing19]

You are a braver person than I! I refuse to get into them for fears that the new games will butcher the canon.

[@dib-worm]

Brian's Unraveled breakdowns went from him screaming to him turning into an empty husk by the end of the video. Really not sure how I feel about this character development, but it's still a big mood

[@jqs.20]

i feel like at this point Brian's mostly making videos about the hubris of man. or well i guess he always was, but it's really been popping lately. we're just building to BDG unravels the fundamental flaws of humankind

[@thecynicalone7655]

@@jqs.20 the final unraveled will be "How to understand and overcome your Fatal flaw, that you cannot escape from"

[@heftymagic4814]

ew normie speak

[@silasnelson2482]

“I am 0 books a year,” *Previously read every book in Skyrim

[@MerkhVision]

The books in skyrim aren’t full books, they’re only a few pages each so they don’t really count

[@tommynickerson2697]

@@MerkhVision if he counts them all in one, then he could count at least 1

[@adv78]

It was more than a year ago...

[@TobiasFangorIsntCis]

@@MerkhVision Short stories are still books, dude

[@8-bitsarda747]

that graphic was for how many non-Halo books he read for that year, it's not how many books he reads on average per year

[@malignantdentistry8912]

“His home would not fall...” *looks at title of novel* “UH-OH JOHN!”

[@limbonlegs1662]

@Fluffle Truflle ruh roh raggy

[@mastermarkus5307]

That joke is so simple, but it _killed me_ .

[@Silverwind87]

Whenever I see blatant foreshadowing, I will respond with a huge UH OH!

[@stephbenson7340]

damn maybe Brian SHOULD have written for the Halo show

[@JJAB91]

Considering he loves the garbage mess that is the KT trilogy and the cave man guilty spark nonsense maybe it would have somehow been even worse.

[@BrokenCircle1]

No definitely not. He liked the Karen Travis trilogy. I feel like the people who liked that wrote the show.

[@stolasish1184]

The realization that the past year of Brian’s life was spent reading halo books recontextualize every single video he has put out

[@zamsparkle6883]

Just like the novels :0

[@margaretsevertson8450]

Can we get Pat to host an Unraveled called "Is Brian Okay" that shows the behind-the-scenes process for coming up with these wild and torturous ideas and in which Brian is sitting off to the side with a blanket and a cup of cocoa. So that he can, at least briefly, rest.

[@rachelladue1572]

i also would like to see cuts of karen videoing him during his quarantine episodes

[@blouiaie]

BDG himself | Unraveled ft. Pat

[@stylesnivy1839]

His home would not fall. “The fall of Reach” Uh oh John

[@statementofjoespooky1660]

@@owenshirrell1150 apologies for the deception

[@emerz3530]

@@statementofjoespooky1660 there's so much going in this one comment

[@gooseegg617]

Age like milk

[@dustindubbo2892]

Technically his first home was Eridanus II so double yikes.

[@emerz3530]

@@dustindubbo2892 *Uh oh John*

[@Installation00]

You got no one to talk to about Halo? You got me bud. Always up for a chat on Halo. Its what I do.

[@Liaison_Verequiem]

the GOAT

[@iforgotmyname1885]

@@Liaison_Verequiem get GOATed

[@snarkmarx]

"Brian, you mind telling me what you're doing on that site?" "Sir, finishing this fight." (Opens editing tools for Halopedia)

[@alexnavyseal38]

*Halo theme starts playing*

[@Eric-ei8es]

Finishing this site**

[@snarkmarx]

@@Eric-ei8es damnit that's way better!

[@kwithhhh]

“And ended up getting his brain stuck in a roomba for 100,000 years” is the single best quote I have ever heard

[@kapmando]

“Because God has cursed me for my hubris, and my work is never finished.” You thought this an idle joke? No. It is real!

[@camstech1]

I can't tell you how much I love this, The Fall of Reach was the first book I ever read outside of school at 10 years old. Even my Halo loving friends felt the same way about me when I'd go on a tangent about the spartan III's while playing Reach. I bought the Halo encyclopedia just to happily sit down and go "haha I knew that"

[@pasta-and-heroin]

dude that last sentence was so fucking funny & so fucking inspiring.... currently googling my way to purchasing a copy as i am the same type of person as you lol

[@ashlenz7033]

Unraveled Season 1 finale: brian writes and performs a new pokerap Unraveled Season 2 finale: brian becomes guilty spark 2 and destroys all sentient life

[@kilo3989]

But if all sentient life is destroyed, who will sing the Pokerap?

[@ghostmiyu]

@@kilo3989 Guilty Spark 2

[@hippotripo6145]

“July 30 2019” Me: there’s no way he read that many books, write a script and edit in a week! Is there? “July 30 *2019”* Me: oh.

[@zeng6042]

Is that a Hollow Knight mixed with Lego Star Wars profile pic?

[@thepan4ever]

@@zeng6042 definitely.

[@futuresoonest]

I'm Greg Bear's daughter, and I linked him to the bits of this video that mention his books. He calls it "Very cool appreciation of pure genius!", which I think means he liked it. Bit surreal to see my dad's name in one of these videos, but hey, at least Brian was nice about it.

[@willbass86]

I'm disappointed he didn't go into more depth on those. There are some huge, powerful concepts which influence the whole lore.

[@kingja2000]

You should check out "Halo Conversationalists". They spend hours talking about your father's work, and I am sure he'd love to hear it!

[@InveterateMendaciousness]

@@kingja2000 installation00's channel is a great source for concepts found in the forerunner trilogy as well

[@jonnystrange3617]

The Forerunner Saga is my favourite piece of Halo lore out there. Give the good man my personal thanks, hes a terrific writer.

[@drew5637]

Your fathers work was one of the highlights of my teen years, send him my thanks.

[@aderoseimplied]

i am here once again almost 3 years later to say release the full Brian halo novel recaps, i would pay real money to hear over 10 hours of Brian talking and recaping the halo novels to me

[@sapphireblue4031]

BDG left Polygon years ago

[@dittoroxursox1o1]

Me: confused how he started reading these books on July 30th when it is July 30th Description: July 30, **2019**

[@7kingly241]

2020*

[@andrewtabery]

@@7kingly241 2019 *and* 2020*

[@RobinNashVideos]

He literally says 2019 in the video though

[@leviadams1847]

he also says 2019.. with his mouf

[@noahlindeman1875]

Brian has turned ‘getting way too into something as a bit’ into a lifestyle and a career and I can only respect that.

[@blank0s162]

Somebody once told him "it's just a phase" and he turned his entire career into going in and out of phases out of spite.

[@TheBluestflamingos]

+

[@coagmano]

Monetizing ADHD

[@BoloJolo]

"It's like trying to explain Shaw-Fujikawa drives to an Unggoy" I don't know what's sadder, the sentence or the fact that I understood the sentence.

[@CHmLgN]

I laughed along with him at that line. Then I realized that I had laughed. I then swore loudly.

[@pixelpatch]

We are all in the same boat, everyone grab a drink.

[@highjumpstudios2384]

Eesh. I truly am sad.

[@thatguy4544]

I think that fact that it made sense to all of us is the sadder part.

[@tkts8782]

Facts

[@preyforcougars3601]

To the show producers: “I know more about this universe than you do” It is *painful* how true that joke turned out to be.

[@simon11889]

I think these short summaries are a waste of his time investment. Who would also watch a 4 Hour uncut narrated video with me?

[@Monki-Birthday]

Just finished typing out my own comment-rant on the exact same thing. Totally agree

[@zackymas2000]

me!!

[@HuchiaZ]

The bigger irony being how many people I know that have read all if not nearly all the books and I'm working on doing the same but all media.

[@reconarmor99]

I watched that procrastinators video on Animorphs as well

[@jacedoes7824]

I would watch an entire series, release the full synopsees 2020.

[@leejohnson9314]

This kinda feels like when your friend is talking about their newest hyperfixation and I absolutely love it. Then he got really sad.

[@Revan-ek3su]

YEAH I WANNA HEAR MORE

[@basilmemories]

Right? Like it's sort of like when you're watching a really good video essay on something you know absolutely nothing about. You go in with little to no intention of taking in the media the essayist is talking about, but their enthusiasm and downright love of the thing gets you interested. I sorta knew about the plot of the series, and i'm used to hearing about military sci-fi from my old roomate who loved honor harrington, so those middle trilogies sound actually pretty neat.

[@Revan-ek3su]

@@GimmickBox39 HELL yeah! My friends talking about their hyperfixations and passions is...the best fucking thing ever

[@TheBluestflamingos]

Oh thank god for people like you that actually enjoy hearing my crazy long hyper-analytical rambles! Of course I understand that not everyone can keep up with a breakneck impromptu lecture on the finer points of whatever show I just got into, but it does tend to be pretty frustrating that so few people are willing to engage a topic beyond a brief mention.

[@TheNotTakenName2]

Makes me wish I could get his Discord or something so he could info dump to his heart's content. Alas

[@Electroporcupine]

ME: *sees title* ME: Oh god no Brian don't- BDG: It's July 30th, 2019 ME: Oh no, he already did it...

[@deltaone2837]

'' Dom, he is not a comic book vilain. Do you think he would explain his master-plan if you had the slightest chance to stop it? He did it 12 months ago'' Ozymandias.

[@tomsparrow1823]

I think the progression of BDG from "funny guy losing his mind from taking things too seriously" to "man haunted by an unknowable cosmic force forcing him to try to comprehend everything on an absurdly deep level" was actually a slow enough build that I didn't even notice the change all that much until the show was over and I started rewatching unrevaled episodes out of order.

[@TheDeadDXD]

Cortana Being Described As A Vocaloid Waifu Is Too Damn Funny

[@funkuro]

Cortana = Hatsune Miku

[@Chestyfriend]

Honestly the love story between John and Cortana is one of the purest ever told. Until 343 turned it into really bad erotic fan fiction.

[@Soft-Revolution]

This man is a titan of his industry...Now if I could just figure out what that industry is

[@chrischin_94]

Ikr like what degree do you need for this job? Journalism? Media?

[@kenziebalhatchet3918]

@@chrischin_94 yes

[@cevichegrace]

His industry is having three first names and no last name

[@CygnusTheSilly]

Chaos

[@vilkarmooringstead5346]

You just gotta watch his video about how to make 20,000 a month by being your own boss

[@kaylaharrell2529]

Everyone is sleeping on, “It’s a hard age to shop for.”

[@fidly4]

I have come here when your like count, your number, is 117. You are the master chief of comments.

[@unixmoon4842]

Checking in at 700 likes and 2 replies, I'm investing in this comment now

[@AMZYbananaLuVR]

Checking in at 920 likes and 3 replies. The anticipation is killing me

[@Lucy666Fernandez]

Not being able to talk about anything else after reading that many books is such a fucking mood. 14 volumes of the Overlord light novel ripped my personality to shreds.

[@Nonzerotonin]

Those books change a man

[@magnenoalex2]

The star wars expanded Universe for me

[@MiniMii550]

Hey Brian, now that we're in quarantine and people are losing their minds with nothing to do, how about you reconsider uploading that hour long Castlevania video about all the monsters?

[@beesgold1487]

Three hour

[@chilipeppa7388]

Bees ? Even better

[@jinxthedestroyr2405]

i s2g ive never played a single Castlevania game but i would watch all 3 hours with undivided attention

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

jinxthedestroyr hard same lol

[@imaginarysheeps]

honestly please tho

[@spec0117]

Brian's descent into madness is a clear example why the UNSC discontinues their AIs after 7 years of service.

[@Sammie1053]

Oh my god BDG went rampant

[@nylonkid01]

They used Replika and the Royal Fandom as their Neo-key. United Nations Sec. Council pays anything but attention *coughing 19xs*

[@PixelatedBlu]

Brian: Aliens are bad and Humans are good ONI: *laughs with malicious intent*

[@RebelOfTheNorm242]

Justified malicious intent*

[@giantzombiechild]

ONI are basically the space CIA and I mean that in the worst way possible lol. Think about the worst things the CIA has ever done in Cuba in the Middle East and in America and then realize that ONI might actually be even more morally bankrupt and shitty than even they are.

[@kornofilo]

@@giantzombiechild They might just as morally bankrupt. There might be a ton of things we don't know about yet.

[@lleer00na.79]

19:23 this poor dude. this poor dude. i feel so sorry for him.

[@henryfleischer404]

"Vocaloid waifu girlfriend" Now I want to see an unraveled about Vocaloid.

[@mr.stuffdoer8483]

Considering how intense those songs can be that could actually work very well, however I think unraveled is just for games

[@yeontanseyebrows5588]

Mr. Stuff Doer but I mean technically it’s about games if he talked about songs from the Project Diva games

[@TheBluestflamingos]

...or the Hello Kitty game

[@Sours56]

On one hand I feel like there's too much data in Vocaloid lore for him to properly cover (over 200 separate voicebanks released since 2004, not to mention an almost infinite amount of songs). On the other hand, I now have a fantasy episode of Unraveled in my head where Brian figures out how to make a UTAU voicebank and falls down the rabbit hole of vocal synths...

[@oberon3684]

unraveled about the deep hidden lore in the project diva games

[@osaka_lilac]

seeing mustache brian again gave me whiplash

[@JoesMusicandMemes]

He looks so weird with it

[@JoesMusicandMemes]

I get Waluigi Brian PTSD

[@Eshanas]

Was it ever truly gone?

[@DannOfSteel]

The mustache is powerful and good

[@justalostlocal]

@@JoesMusicandMemes Don't worry, his mustache is shaped like a friend.

[@Patterrz]

"we created massive weapons of galaxywide destruction just to stop the flood" flood: "guys wtf"

[@BirdKeeperToby]

Hello stranger

[@Ares_gaming_117]

at least they took all life's dna to re-seed the galaxy

[@essentialjazzforaspiringmu1605]

@@Ares_gaming_117 And still ended up not killing all of the flood like some cocky jackasses

[@elipsorange]

It was the Precursors plan all along. Flood won the fight and forerunners thought they won the war. Turns out the flood is testing tool for humanity for the Mantle of Responsibility

[@aishiksinha2751]

Patterrz, big fan of your content!

[@logangate6049]

God I’d kill to hear his thoughts on the now fully released show.

[@Moggetslittlesister]

"Finding a Pizza Hut that is open" hits way different in July 2020 than it did in July 2019

[@MasterDarkenRahl]

You can really hear the resignation in his voice as he accepts this task. Climb, Sisyphus, climb for our amusement!

[@greeninkmagic]

“Climb, Sisyphus, climb for our amusement!” omg, ruthless... but true

[@Fallenemiko]

MasterDarkenRahl out of all the comments, this one hit hardest😂😂😂

[@Reac2]

"So, who will read all the Halo Novels?" *BDG sitting in the corner, desperately trying to hide his creative writing degree*

[@roedoresdeoliveira]

Imagining that he does carry it around on him all the time makes it even funnier

[@karmallarma5871]

To add onto why the K-5 trilogy is so good; they're just fun reads. They detail some really cool concepts and sequences and all of the chatacters are actually quite well-done and distinct. Naomi, the Spartan, especially shines here; she's successfully depicted as deeply damaged and asocial owing to her upbringing while simultaneously forming very quick bonds with her military brethren, allowing for the relaxed interactions and occasional one-liners that made Spartans like Chief so personable in the first few Halo games. Basically she's not a shell, but rather a deeply damaged yet rounded out _person._

[@NicksNameGoesHere]

I'm surprised that you didn't mention the really weird tradition that the first three books had where they would each have a scene where a guy would get so scared that he would piss his pants. They all had that and it's always stuck with me how bizarre that was when I realized it.

[@morganalabeille5004]

All Quiet on the Western Front reference

[@theallinonegamer8482]

every single Bungee game also had a scared marine hiding in certain levels (mainly flood missions)

[@rolanslide8509]

"I can't talk about Halo without going on unrelated longwinded tangents!" me infodumping about my hyperfixations to my unfortunate siblings

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

Always feel grateful to have autistic siblings who'll infodump with me.

[@jaynenunya6070]

@@clockworkkirlia7475 I'm so incredibly jealous

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

@@jaynenunya6070 I wish all autistic folk had that chance tbh, whether through siblings or friends, whether autistic or simply very interested/interesting. It turns what is often considered a symptom into a genuine boon.

[@jaynenunya6070]

@@clockworkkirlia7475 my friends are generally really into my info dumping, but I really really wish I had someone in my house growing up, because I annoyed my parents and bro a lot infodumping growing up

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

@@jaynenunya6070 Ah, that's fair, and I'm sorry to hear that you didn't have that, but I'm really glad that your friends are good with it!

[@bavarianbanshee]

This is one of the greatest videos on the internet. It is criminally underviewed.

[@waluigiw.8132]

Me: "Man, I don't think he's the Master Chief. He's a lot more like Chakas. I mean, he got alienated from his species, isolated until he turned mad. Wow, I can't believe he didn't make that connection." 20 minutes later: "Or maybe I could be Chakas!" *y e s*

[@cyanimation1605]

Serious lack of a laserface though

[@Pikaton659]

I only figured it out when he reviewed Renegades last, which was out of order from the rest of the books.

[@megamode]

Wa

[@Naturetoa]

This took exactly a year and that power terrifies me. Worse than that, I understood the joke he made about the Shaw-Fujikawa drive. My god. Who am i?

[@IwinMahWay]

Primordial himself.

[@IronCow8]

Can you explain it?

[@IReallyLikeTreessmileyface]

@@IronCow8 so the S-F drive is basically a slip space engine, which creates a wormhole a little bigger than the size of the ship so that the ship flies through it and it gets to i technically gets to its destination faster than Light. to put it even more simply the hyperspace drive from star wars, to put it even more simply, it makes ship go zoom zoom at almost instant speeds

[@BrentAmati]

I started re-reading the novels like 5 years ago and I'm ashamed to say I'm still like 1.3 books behind. I cannot IMAGINE trying to read all the books in a single year. Like... you would have no room left in your brain for anything else if you wanted to be able to process it all. (granted he skipped all the comics, but I forgive that easily)

[@Vysard]

You're the friend Brian can talk to about Halo! Maybe YOU'RE the Master Chief now!

[@CragynosII]

As a guy that grew up on 'The Spectrum' with ADHD to boot and sperged on Halo my entire childhood, I know how this guy feels to my core and just wanna give him a warm hug and tell him I know his pain. Don't worry, Brian, I'll nerd out on Halo lore with you.

[@Paycheck2fan]

Same. Same.

[@Giganfan2k1]

I don't know this particular pain. However, same with another book series.

[@sharksuperiority9736]

Awwww

[@derekw9724]

Love this. Same minus the Halo

[@zahnabi1681]

felt this in my soul

[@billyalarie929]

I want the full length vids we are only given tiny hints about. Yes, all of them.

[@iforgotmyname1885]

EVERY. SINGLE. DETAIL.

[@hollowedshadow2822]

MORE, WE NEED MORE!