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

Halo Infinite is coming out... Halo Infinite is already here. On July 30, 2019, Brian David Gilbert set out to read every single Halo novel. He has finally unraveled all of them, but it's come at a price: No one wants to talk to him about Halo anymore.
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Video Sections:
00:00 - Prologue
06:21 - Chapter 1: The Indoctrination
14:35 - Chapter 2: The Universe
21:00 - Chapter 3: The Isolation
23:56 - Chapter 4: The Unknown

[@polygon]

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[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@Vulpilux]

One year of work...

[@sebastianwillows]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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+

[@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

[@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.

[@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_

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@papercutsrock2403]

He does actually have a degree in creative writing so 🥲

[@Hamppdur]

@@papercutsrock2403 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.

[@myboithomas1085]

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

[@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

[@normalyo5571]

I think the saddest thing is knowing that he spent his last normal summer reading halo novels... if only we could have warned him.

[@evincollins5198]

Last?

[@normalyo5571]

@@evincollins5198 yea last before covid

[@Lukkundant]

@@normalyo5571 christ that's awful

[@mechanicalmonk2020]

@@normalyo5571 I mean, we're back to normal this summer in most of the US at least...

[@normalyo5571]

@@mechanicalmonk2020 ^^^

[@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.

[@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

[@percysuckscock]

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.

[@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."

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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-5049]

chris sonofpear1 link? 👀

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@expressnumber-5049 Sure: www.fanfiction.net/u/7240238/CaptChris42

[@expressnumber-5049]

chris sonofpear1 thabks

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@ted-kaczynski]

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!

[@custodeon]

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

[@target0330]

ok obama

[@orielsy]

Aizen Sama?

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@serotonin7365]

Those books change a man

[@magnenoalex2]

The star wars expanded Universe for me

[@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

[@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

[@lleer00na.79]

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

[@xdarin_]

"For my Skyrim Book Report, I read 571 pages. For this, I read 10,920 pages. Which is _more"_

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@ClownGirl1225]

just started playing halo infinite today and this helped alot when understanding everything that happened before that opening cutscene because ive never played or read or seen halo before

[@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 ❤️

[@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.

[@Almontri]

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

[@logangate6049]

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

[@TitanFM]

This video was hilarious but the whole thing was worth it for 'I was behind the wheel of the warthog of literature'

[@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.

[@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?

[@ThewouldbePrince]

This is hilarious to watch considering the writers didn't even play the games

[@drakenhoff]

I mean neither did BDG

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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._

[@allyd1824]

Because of this video I completely got sucked into the Halo universe. I just finished reading the Kilo-Five trilogy. I spent Labor Day 2020 sitting on the couch watching all the cutscenes for Halo 1-5 (and cried at the end of Halo 4). It is super ironic that FPS games make me motion sick. I would love to hear BDG's thoughts about the series. I love it a lot and it's been funny reading the end of Mortal Dictata while watching the first half of the season.

[@pasta-and-heroin]

dude its been crazy to see people who weren't previously fans get into it after watching this. it made my heart so full to read that! if you play video games (just not FPS) and have an itch to actually grab the controls of a halo game for once, Halo Wars is such a strange, unique little experiment that works surprisingly well. if you've played Age of Empires, you'll be able to figure it out. funnily enough, i believe the first Halo Wars can without a doubt be credited as the first real-time strategy game exclusively made for consoles - and made VERY well! totally shocked the industry that an RTS could work at all. anyways sorry for rambling, HALO IS FUN! hope you're well mate (:

[@aishas.6895]

bdg is actually leaving polygon to write the halo show

[@dreeraven5838]

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.

[@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

[@pharaohbubbles1547]

Boy that Halo TV show enthusiasm did NOT age well, huh?

[@thetango797]

I really would like to see even a short follow up with Brian about how the show turned out. I haven't seen it but all my mates who have and are also Halo fans were disappointed. Plus it would be the perfect excuse for Brian to put his limitless knowledge about the universe to good use again!

[@Eagle3302PL]

Master Cheeks would be an insult of Brian's commitment to this project.

[@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.

[@zacharydzieciol7563]

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

[@Penguin_pablo17]

I'm very curious what BDG thinks of the show so far if he's bothered to watch Any of it.

[@woodchair6867]

love how the constant cutting that's in every unraveled makes it looks so much less unnatural for the halo novels to appear out of thin air

[@sirmanmcdude508]

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.

[@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.

[@RangerHouston]

*They* _really_ *should’ve let Brian write for the Halo TV show…*

[@knavishroot1238]

Remember when he said that the TV show was made for Halo fans like himself who have read the books? Well that that was a fucking lie.

[@Brent-jj6qi]

@\f_a/ they clearly didn’t read or play any of the games because they fucking admitted to the latter and butchered everything

[@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

[@Misspupperz]

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

[@Relgar47]

@19:15 if only we knew then, what we know now...

[@Flaris]

Poor guy…

[@arbiter5999]

19:40 all the people raging over the halo show right now

[@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.

[@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.

[@MaxTrogmore42]

Little did Brian know, the Halo TV show could of done with someone who read even the title of one of the books or even the back of the game box / digital description

[@samuellillge9319]

18:15 oh, to be as hopeful as Brian about the halo TV show.

[@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.

[@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

[@fidd0042]

The scream of terror gets me everytime

[@knight_with_a_gun5377]

Man they should have just let him write it given how it turned out.

[@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

[@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

[@saulgallagher5668]

Honestly, a longer version of this sounds pretty interesting... though it would probably mean BDG unravels his own sanity more having to reread the books

[@austinwilburn1772]

The books instantly showing up on the table is done perfectly. Great acting.

[@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!

[@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]

+

[@FrederickStark]

Monetizing ADHD

[@milkbiscuit166]

"bad blood. Sequel to new blood. The blood is bad now." Your words speak volumes my friend.

[@user-sr3ip8ut5k]

Honestly, Brian SHOULD write for Halo.

[@LawffleCopter]

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

[@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.

[@bridgecrewdave]

So turns out Brian DID know more than the writers of the Halo TV show/

[@isaiahdavila9876]

Hey bro... Thanks for the Halo show. They made it just for you and unleashed it on the rest of us

[@nerolemon]

they need to hire a person at polygon whose entire job description is just to give brian a hug whenever he starts losing his mind during an unraveled video

[@revsdoeschem]

I accept that task wholeheartedly

[@floatingpyro2050]

@@revsdoeschem I'd do it for free ngl

[@DotRD12]

Don’t think hugs are permissible given *coughs* current circumstances.

[@skyew.3939]

I want to say that that's pat gill's job

[@jillianlampman8639]

@@DotRD12 was that a cough???? have you been exposed in the last 14 days???????

[@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

[@konatea]

“This Halo show is being made specifically for me!!” Well I guess I can’t complain about it anymore