The Ego Review: Trilby's Notes (1/2)

[@treemasterbob]

where is the bag of salt for them to eat? this is unrealistic.

[@Bedinsis]

Something I discovered while replaying the game was that if you enter the key phrase "Simone" the game treats it as if you have written "Siobhan".

[@Nadiustheone]

27:15 - It took me like 45 min before I realized there was an envelope on the sink, because command ¨look¨ doesn't tell you about it. For the rest of the game my save file was called ¨Goddammit, Yahtzee¨

[@boltonatorsaomd9368]

Interesting to note that the leather apron is missing from the table when Matthew is heading towards the basement. If you look closely Sir Roderick is wearing it so he doesn’t get his clothes bloody

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Bastard meant to live beyond the death of his son. Joke is on him, I suppose.

[@rlrsk8r1]

In 1821, there were no welding helmets. Arc welding had been theorized as early as 1802, but the first arc welding equipment was invented in the 1880's. Oxyfuel welding is even younger; the oxy-acetylene welding process was invented in 1900. The only welding process used in in 1821 would have been forge welding, a blacksmithing technique, and blacksmiths seldom wore face or eye protection. It is possible such a mask would have existed for working a blast furnace for smelting metal, to protect the worker from extreme heat, but I can't find any evidence of that.

[@rlrsk8r1]

+rlrsk8r1 It's fun to nitpick, MeFromThePast.

[@jessegauthier6985]

I'm from the future, I've come to warn you that your nitpicking ways will lead to grave disaster.

[@Plankensen]

Are you rewatching these a lot too?

[@drkinferno72]

Planken yes, how’d you know?

[@monopoly2170]

@@drkinferno72 maybe Dev Diary will lead into Ego Review 2. It won't, but I can dream

[@jamesgreenwood8728]

"The Prince touched the child" Yahtzee knew about Andrew 4 years before it hit the headlines

[@TooMuchSascha]

Dog I think everyone knew about Andrew for decades

[@WildcardRoyale]

I'm on Anglesey and i was taken by surprise when they mentioned it, it's not often that this little corner of Wales is mentioned at all in anything.

[@Arkygator]

I imagine a sign as you enter Anglesey with the text "made famous by author Yahtzee Croshaw and lardass Gabriel Morton."

[@johnjenison9472]

Well Yahtzee is English.. and Anglesey is pretty commonly referenced in UK and Ireland..

[@tobiaslesquid352]

Well. Now I HAVE to find an excuse to start a conversation with the words, "This may sound like an odd question, but did your family run a shipping company in the late 18th century?"

[@gassnake2004]

For a second I thought that Yahtzee had specifically planned to play this game on July 28th like it is in the game, and it took me until the end of the video to realize that it's still June. Wow

[@uselessDM]

gassnake2004 Well, like he said, the actual right date is the 26th of june.

[@juancariasr7932]

useless1997 It's the 28th.

[@uselessDM]

juan arias Um, yes :) But my point still stands.

[@stromsgardiii5671]

useless1997 Actually, the original date of the murders was 28th June. :P He just got the month wrong in later games.

[@uselessDM]

Stromsgard III That's what I meant.

[@hairyson94]

This is THE one I've been waiting for since you two started the Ego Review

[@WandererRedux]

Harry Weir Hey Gyro, how's it goin'?

[@SadButter]

Harry Weir I'm just waiting for him to get to talk about Poacher. That's going to take a looooooong time isn't it.

[@hairyson94]

Redux Just eating a lovely pizza. Guess what cheese is on it.

[@GGCrono]

RandomGuy1994 Not that much longer. There's the final Chzo game, then Art of Theft, and then Poacher.

[@WandererRedux]

Harry Weir Mozzarella! Rella! Rella! Rella! Rella!

[@Jeffrey_Watkins]

I remember an old youtuber trasknari playing these super creepy Chyzo games and I was enraptured by them. Years later I discovered Zero Punctuation, which made me laugh my ass off. But only TODAY did I discover that both of these are made by the same fucking dude.

[@LayerInfinity]

man, trask... hella memories right there.

[@playaPeep180]

@@LayerInfinity He was my OG favorite growing up, last I heard he was working at Blizzard!!

[@LayerInfinity]

@@playaPeep180 yea tho i think he quit. hope he's doing well, wherever he is.

[@playaPeep180]

@LayerInfinity he deserves it, really. I still love the guy

[@systemrestart120]

Was also introduced by Trasknari!! He was one of the first "Let's Players" I ever watched, alongside DeceasedCrab, NCS, and Chuggaconroy.

[@BurntFrost]

Oh man, I cannot _wait_ for 6 Days. I just know Gabe is gonna have some _amazing_ things to say about *that* scene.

[@awelcruiz]

Game starts. First words: Game Over. Me: "Blimey, that was fast!"

[@VikingFyre]

I'm doubtful this will ever reach the eyes of Yahtzee or Gabe but for the sake of asking, "Yahtzee, do you ever have plans to write a novel that is set in your Chzo mythos such as a new adventure or just a retelling of the Defoe manner case?"

[@CplYakob]

VikingFyre I hope he does find this comment and answers affirmatively, because I'd love to read more about this universe.

[@aNerdNamedJames]

Consuming Shadow is set in the Chzo universe

[@MrJesusToast]

***** Lol mad

[@TheVGMajor]

***** Excuse me waiter, there's too much salt in this post.

[@gordonpetten6553]

VikingFyre You'd probably have better luck tweeting them, they usually answer good questions.

[@COYADD]

The karate game that Gabe refers to 18 minutes in is called Karate Master 2: Knock Down Blow. $10 for 5 hours. I liked it. Mildly replayable.

[@PizzaPlatypus]

these are always uploaded at a good time for me to eat my lunch while watching

[@MegaFat1]

This is my favourite in the chorizo mythos.

[@MegaFat1]

Wait, this isn't an ongoing series about the aftereffects of eating too many chorizo sausages?

[@MegaFat1]

I thought it was called "Yahtzee's Sausage Party: Mouthful's of Sausage."

[@yeetyeet3695]

MegaFat1 Me Too

[@EmperorZ19]

I really love the text parser input that this game uses. Instead of just clicking on things because they're there, you have to think "What do I want to do with this?". It adds an extra layer of thought and immersion, even when the actions are obvious. Parsers can cause issues where the player doesn't phrase their action the same way as was intended, but still, I wish there were more games of this style

[@Mauricekaip]

"Who else do we know with the last name O'Malley?" The alley cat?

[@BTAL1ama]

If I ever start a band I am absoutely going to name it "Pan-Dimensional Meat". I hope to god I remember this.

[@tastychunks]

Reminder!

[@Arkygator]

Well, did you?

[@drtoonie]

My favourite was "Brain Penis"

[@Archedgar]

I hope Pan-Dimensional Meat happened.

[@8bitJuggernaut]

You two put a fucking smile on my face every week. I don't think you can know how much that means to me, but thanks.

[@DefinitivNichtSascha]

_Lenken_ in German means to steer, or to direct and _mann_ means man. So Lenkmann is the steering man.

[@monopoly2170]

Lenken meaning steer, but you are insane if you think mann = man!

[@ethzero]

When will this game be ported to Unreal Engine 5? Can't wait for Lumen to really bring out the detail in t the shadows.

[@Monroe-is1sz]

The only name worse that Trilby could have picked would have been Tom Rilby

[@weneedaladder8384]

Fred Dora Bob O’wler Steve Etson Sam Brero Ulric Shanka Diedrich Stalker Pork P. Iehat I’m not that good at this.

[@Archedgar]

@@weneedaladder8384 'Sam Brero' lmao.

[@jumbo4billion]

@@weneedaladder8384 Yes Sam Brero hits the bullseye.

[@noizepusher7594]

Or “Tee Rilbey

[@Roronoa2zoro]

​@@Archedgar Sam Brero was the one that got me too

[@inferno232]

I like imagining the Tall Man as just The Worst Fertility God.

[@Wulfsmasher]

That hotel was clearly ransacked by 20 good men

[@krullachief669]

Wulfsmasher They needed to find money cause they wanted to go into space.

[@SAMagic]

hWhat're Yedoinson Plot twist: the idol just wanted TO GO INTO SPACE

[@whealler100]

Wulfsmasher and NO camera time, I mean it NONE.

[@xSaraxMxNeffx]

im seriously dying here. there are freaking tumblr ask and rp blogs for chzo characters.

[@sebastiangorka200]

THEY STILL EXIST HOW, HOW? That's fucking it, I'm making my own shoddy adventure game series with spooky.

[@ashleywilliams4896]

"And the prince touched the child"-Yahtzee predicting the Prince Andrew scandal. Yes I'm still watching this in 2021.

[@Arkygator]

Yahtzee is a modern day Nostradamus.

[@drkinferno72]

Same

[@hanniballahr94]

Greetings from 2024. It doesn't get better.

[@mlpfan1986]

As someone named Siobhan, thank you for the public service announcement re: the pronunciation. Yes, it's a stupid spelling.

[@LOLquendoTV]

Still not as bad as niamh

[@Archedgar]

Responding to a 3 year old comment; You're hilariously right. I actually had a client named "Siobhan" and she was blown away that I immediately knew how to pronounce her name. Apparently no one ever gets it right so thank you Yahtzee.

[@Teohoho]

Isn't Chahal the name of the captain (Barry Chahal) of the ship in 7 Days?

[@klakkat]

I somehow don't think Yahtzee was thinking of this when he wrote it... but funny enough for the dates: June 28 is the day Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, while July 28 was the declaration of war by Austria-Hungary on Serbia, the official start of WW1, which would define the political and military climate for most of the world through this day. So yeah, significant dates.

[@Archedgar]

Nah. The only thing WWI 'defined' was how catastrophically stupid & corrupt the euros are. WWII showed that nations learned nothing except for Socialist Germany and only because they were forced to do so by the treaty of versailles.

[@GSSAGE7]

19:51 "If you know a jump scare is coming, then the Jump Scare has failed". But didn't Hitchcock once say that tension is showing a bomb under a table, and then showing a normal conversation at that table, before blowing it up? If anything, if you KNOW a Jump Scare is coming, but you don't know WHEN, that's when you get the good scares.

[@TheAlpar]

Where is the "Gabe and Yahtzee are my favourite X on the internet" guy D:

[@jigsaw117able]

DoomsdayOdd Yahtzee and Gabe are my favorite bronies on the internet

[@milesnorsworthy946]

After this affair Trilby spends his days sending text messages to paranormal investigators. He then signs off by using the letter "T".

[@7722591]

Welding can trace its historic development back to ancient times. The earliest examples come from the Bronze Age. Small gold circular boxes were made by pressure welding lap joints together. It is estimated that these boxes were made more than 2000 years ago. During the Iron Age the Egyptians and people in the eastern Mediterranean area learned to weld pieces of iron together. Many tools were found which were made approximately 1000 B.C. During the Middle Ages, the art of blacksmithing was developed and many items of iron were produced which were welded by hammering. It was not until the 19th century that welding, as we know it today was invented.

[@guilhermesfk]

Damn. That was informative as fuck.

[@zerouncounted]

I can't help but notice as I watch these videos that when Yahtzee doesn't like one of Gabe's questions he either straight ignores it or gives us a random fact about himself and his game design...or thought or whatever. Either way he just ignores the guy and Gabe takes it rather well.

[@opium3aterzz]

comfort channel

[@wisdompowerdonut1964]

The wooden idol didn't burn in the fire because it's magic duh.

[@lcmiracle]

The magic ward gives a 3+ saving roll against heat-based damage, but space ship exhausts confers a -2 penalty to ward saves and that time the idol did not pass it.

[@spacehitler4537]

@@lcmiracle I mean the difference between the heat generated by a house fire, and a nuclear engine exhaust.

[@fluffydragonslayer3688]

thanks for making games that really kicked off my 11 year old girl creepy shit phase, preciate u yahtzee

[@Zeburaman2005]

I'm sure I'm not the only one to think of this, but how about another game starring Trilby or some other STP operative called _The Man from MoO_?

[@Monroe-is1sz]

Zeburaman2005 That would have been a kids BBC animated show from the early-mid 2000's

[@averylarsen2511]

I'd watch that

[@MrIronhat]

The consuming Shadow is sort of like that.

[@besidethebishop]

"Every time I cook steak I have to take it off the ceiling"

[@andreatipton6550]

This series has a brilliant narrative with original concepts. Chzo Mythos is one of the truly underrated freeware series of this generation.

[@Jrez]

Until the end of the 19th century, they technically had forge welding, which blacksmiths used to join iron and steel by heating and hammering. Arc welding and oxyfuel welding were among the first processes to develop late in the century, and electric resistance welding followed soon after. Welding technology advanced quickly during the early 20th century as the world wars drove the demand for reliable and inexpensive joining methods. Following the wars, several modern welding techniques were developed, including manual methods like SMAW, now one of the most popular welding methods, as well as semi-automatic and automatic processes such as GMAW, SAW, FCAW and ESW. Developments continued with the invention of laser beam welding, electron beam welding, magnetic pulse welding (MPW), and friction stir welding in the latter half of the century. Today, the science continues to advance. Robot welding is commonplace in industrial settings, and researchers continue to develop new welding methods and gain a greater understanding of weld quality.

[@x54xHantamachine]

The fact that characters in his font are of different heights is driving me crazy.

[@sebastiangorka200]

It'S lIkE eVeRyOnE tAlKs LiKe tHiS

[@Mauricekaip]

Sebastian Gorka or because it’s in a notebook, and when you write everything isn’t consistent.

[@ignorepls]

Welding was actually invented in the year 1800 so this kinda checks out for the welding mask being there, it was very very rare and very difficult but it did exist

[@Allison-qk1ws]

Mbouta is only a few letters off from Mobutu, the former dictator of Zaire. Whenever, I see that in the game I just keep reading it as Mobutu.

[@Lillian2167]

This has always been my fave of Yahtzee's games. The text input system was new to me and I quite liked it.

[@TheMCNinjas]

I can't believe Yahtzee is the creator and the blame for slenderman

[@burner-pp7bs]

He also directly invented pc master race

[@stefanstankovic4781]

@@burner-pp7bs ...and ICC still didn't put out a warrant for his arrest.

[@ThatZommy]

Had my volume muted, so when I unmuted it I just instantly heard "Mother Effers".

[@JesseCuster]

This game is genuinely creepy.

[@bnoobb]

Nobody's gonna point out that Yahtzee's cult symbol looks exactly like the IGN logo.

[@rainbowsnail4171]

Did he just call Dutch people "grotesque swamp-germans"? That is the best thing I've ever heard!

[@drkinferno72]

Rainbow Snail not wrong

[@RealKisht]

can we get one LDO with you guys on camera. The only time we've seen Gabe is in that Mana Bar promo vid.

[@Silverias_IR]

For anyone that cares, The modern welding helmet used today was first introduced in 1937 by Willson Products

[@HD_Heresy]

Just looked it up, Metal Arc Welding was invented in the very early 1800's ;)

[@Null_Experis]

Daniel Gressier But the welding mask wasn't invented until 1937.

[@zadig08]

DNSDies Nuh uh.

[@blindbeholder9713]

DNSDies I think you're talking about the auto-darkening welding helmet, invented in the 1930's. I can find no source to suggest when the normal welding helm was invented, but I did read that arc welding is impossible without one, so I guess that they may have been invented very close together, or the mask first for another purpose.

[@spontanioussponge]

Daniel Gressier Is that the next Metal Gear spinoff?

[@greatcanadianguy2157]

Late to the party, I know, but welding was first invented sometime in the latter part of the bronze age. Originally, "forge welding" was used on highly malleable metals like copper, bronze, and gold. Eventually the same process would be applied to all significant crafting metals including iron and steel. The kind of mask portrayed, however, is a basic, earlier kind of mask used in arc welding, which is what we just call regular old welding these days. They wouldn't have existed in the 1800s, but neither would black magic or hauntings so I think it's safe to assume that Trilby's world is not *this* world.

[@fintandonnelly8742]

*clap* *clap* it has been pointed out literally 2 comments above yours. And was explained in better detail

[@chrisvisser-fee2631]

You know nobody would accuse yahtzee of being woke but I appreciate how the story diverges from its influences by having the ancient evil be unrelated to what I can only assume Lovecraft wiuld describe as "the dark beliefs of gibbering natives" or something

[@Archedgar]

Old-school Yahtzee? never. Modern Yahtzee? yes, because he is and it's not subtle nor debatable.

[@chrisvisser-fee2631]

@Archedgar are you mad he doesn't say retard anymore for the sake of monetisation purposes? Genuinely don't know what you could be complaining about.

[@bc-cu4on]

Is this a joke? You do know that Lovecraft wrote Shadow over Innsmouth out of sheer disgust after learning that he was 1/4 Welsh? He would have absolutely decried ancient Celtic religion/sorcery as "the dark beliefs of gibbering natives".

[@chrisvisser-fee2631]

@@bc-cu4on Right I forgot Lovecraft wasn't just your common-or-garden racist but a SUPER racist. Black? White? Anything other than pure, inbred British aristocracy? All the same to him. Also had a Jewish wife somehow...

[@greenredblue]

It is very funny that Yahtzee took great pride in researching period accuracy for British culture, but for African culture, even just to look up one character name, he was like "enh, I got the gist." It's the "tell me you're British without telling me you're British" challenge.

[@Vej86]

IT WAS PROFESSOR PLUM IN THE KITCHEN WITH THE WRENCH.

[@badmonkey91]

That's really neat! I like that yu transition to both the past and an alternate dimension, cool! I've always had an idea similar to this that I've wanted to make. Not story-wise, but aesthetically and mechanically. Maybe I'll do it!

[@Booswap]

Love your work lads. All ways a great watch and it has been interesting to get your thoughts as the creator. Great to watch late night on a Sunday too :)

[@sandwich2473]

Ohh what a cliff hanger!

[@Mauricekaip]

I'd really love to experience these in a book format

[@Arkygator]

A chose your own adventure book seems ideal.

[@Altered-Beast]

47:12 Looks like a D-Pad 😂😂

[@jongyon7192p]

Will you be going over the Expedition? That thing about some soldier or something. That one was probably one of my favorite parts of the mythos.

[@Rintin07]

Great opportunity lost for a "find a way to open medicine bottle with unbreakable childproof lock" puzzle at 28:40

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

35:20 - Arc welding wasn't around until the 20th century (around world war 1). Other types of welding (basically, with a hammer, or with hot filler), have existed for millenia. - From wiki You can easily just assume it's a blacksmith's apron, for when they're pounding hot metal straight from the furnace (could make embers). Welding masks? Nope. :P

[@scbtripwire]

I like the detail of the text prompt being "What did I do next?" seeing as Trilby is narrating his own story. Very nice, Yahtzee. :)

[@Krendall2]

Funny you mention retcons since most fans nickname this game "1 Day a Retcon"

[@anjetto1]

There's fans? Where do they hang out?

[@Archedgar]

@@anjetto1 To be fair, back in the day these games did enjoy a somewhat 'cult fame' on certain internet circles. Whether you think they're garbage or not, they were at least actual games. Also a non-trivial part of the 'fame'/'fans' were guys seeing them as so bad they're good. *Ex:* "I JUST WANTED TO GO INTO SPAAAAACE"

[@anjetto1]

@@Archedgar I still say that line when people ask me questions

[@PenneyBack]

Why would you lock a fire exit? Shouldn't it always be openable from the inside?

[@MagisterMalleus]

Not in Wales; it's too damp for anything to burn.

[@hoshistar1717]

You guys should check out the Last Door....

[@CHIKUNHED]

July 28... When the barrier between worlds is weakest and evil creatures enter the world... Also my birthday ...*Sigh

[@CplYakob]

"It's a D-Pad of DOOM!" Fun fact: the flayed corpses nightmare dimension is exactly what GamerGate/Social Justice types will turn the games industry into, according to their opposition.

[@TheInquisitiveMug]

@42:54 And the Prince touched the child- "Well, that'll happen!" Cabadath is Prince Andrew, confirmed 2015

[@Sayrden]

0:53 Wait, Yahtzee added the drawing of the idol in Photoshop? Why not just draw it on the paper before taking the picture?

[@Arkygator]

Probably because he is more confident with drawing with the mouse than by hand.

[@Sayrden]

@@Arkygator Hmm, good point. It also occurs to me that an actual drawing might be hard to see in the wrong lighting.

[@Arkygator]

@@Sayrden Yeah, especially if he wouldn't maybe have a good camera in 2006, or whenever he made this game. Now you can just get a pretty sweet camera with a budget phone.

[@storm339]

I've seen the chzo mythos series a few times now and I must say that Gabe is very funny in these. Though I can't pinpoint why.

[@NotSoDrewby]

This is the best game in the series.

[@killingfeveronline_archives]

This video was uploaded at June 28. Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

[@Guymanbot97]

Little fun fact: The guy that made Slender man was inspired by almost every tall thin monster that wears a suit in fiction, EXCEPT good ol Princey boy here. So that's something I guess.

[@ShasOSwoll]

Terrance Railby is actually a fine alias. The rule is: Keep your first name, and the first letter of your surname

[@burner-pp7bs]

No. The rule is change your first name to Ben and keep your surname.

[@Square1production]

I think it added to the atmosphere to recount things after they happened in the notes, Trilby is writing a report on what happened at Clanbronwyn, in excruciating detail; because that's what he's supposed to do. I assume that this was Yahtzee's thought at the time.

[@Interference22]

Hey, Yahtzee: from the multiple mentions of a King, it begs the question, have you ever read Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow? It was one of a few texts that inspired Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. It's fairly short, and an interesting look at the genesis of a few delightfully creepy little ideas.

[@taekinuru2]

Woo! Anglesey is mentioned! A island-county I'm right next to and can see the shore of from my window on a clear day!

[@ikammit]

I'm not sure if it's coincidental, planned, or a subconscious thing, but the Tall Man's design is incredibly similar to the zealot from Blood 2: The Chosen.

[@qsxsqsxs]

21:30 BYE FELICIA

[@Commandelicious]

I just wanted to go into space! That's why we love yahtzee so much.

[@FurnaxIkki]

It's funny that Yahtzee talked about doing lots of research about clothes in the past eras, but not if welding existed during the Dafoe's era.

[@PsychoJosh]

This version of Gabe is substantially better. Thank you for fixing him, Mr. Crow Jaw.

[@cybern8ic]

Welding absolutely existed back then! Just not torch or arc welding.

[@t.a.hargrove1212]

Hearing him talk about this series drives me nuts, this is still to this day one of my favorite series of games alongside Zelda and Metal Gear Solid. Good. Fucking. Shit.

[@SirAsdf]

33:55 when I saw the historian guy, I thought he was facing towards the player and talking out of the side of his mouth.

[@TheEvilestPersonEver]

The "Special Talent Project" sounds like something the machete killer from 5 Days a Stranger should have been a part of if he went to school.

[@xXxLiabilityLukeexXx]

This is such a fantastic game Yahtzee! :D I'm loving The Ego Review series!

[@TheKeyser94]

Luke Paul If you love this game you would love Murder Soul Suspects, because it basically the same premise, only that Yahtzee was the one that created the trope. You remember what Yahtzee say about that game?

[@CompoundInterest-SG]

Catching up on Yahtzee and Gab videos and I am watching this one on July 28th by chance. Kind of a funny coincident.

[@BlueJoneleth]

I remember this coming out back in 06. I was a WOW addict back then and arrived late on my raid cause I wanted to see the ending of this game. Got yelled at but didn't care. :P

[@blackendrose123]

sweet, more on trilby series from the rambling duo of yahtzee and gabe. makes the weekend so much more fun

[@Detahramet]

The counter-point to text parser games, particularly in your inability to brute force puzzles, is that the issue with getting stuck. If you don't work out the precise wording the dev wants you to use, you're fucked. this is even worse on badly thought out puzzles, where you have to find the exact wording needed to do somthing, when otherwise you just had to click the thing on the thing.

[@abdelarch8038]

Vicious bloodshit sounds like a 15 year old Counterstrike player's nickname.

[@kingpin1331]

Or a cannibal corpse album

[@Tickerchicken]

Insanity shotgun

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

56:35, I thought Abed was going to take his dinner in his room, but there he is sitting in the dining room. I want my money back.

[@DjTake1One]

I'm kind of disappointed that STP didn't turn out to be Stone Temple Pilots and Trilby was actually Scott Weiland. It makes sense.