The Hypnotic History of Fight Knight | Full Documentary

[@Technicals]

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[@michaeljohnson905]

Bruh they better have paid you hella good for this

[@DaftGamesAr]

Raid is dodgy (e.g gambling with real money to skip painfully dull grinding).

[@JordiumZ]

Technicals has fallen

[@shaunalbert7681]

Hypnosis allegations? Dam Son

[@stewart950]

Boy we know you aint play that shit 😭

[@SrPelo]

DUDE!! I remember when this shit was going on, I even remember the dev for Super Benbo Quest defended him and some peeps were shitting on him for days. Man shit got wild! I hope Fight Knight grows more and Boen is better mentally!

[@bassbusterx]

Hello Sr. Pelo, have you considered playing the game? It's really fun

[@brotherwarren5103]

Man this story was way more wild then I first knew. I only heard about the game because of a friend talking about funny bird reviews on Steam for this game. Wacky times.

[@LomusMcBardman]

Ok, so first as a neuropsychologist I want to say EXCELLENT job on identifying how easily therapists could be manipulated, even unintentionally, by patients own reporting being taken solely as fact. Second, I literally was given your channel in my feed yesterday - I was enthralled by the skullgirls analysis, followed by a full on bingeing of the channel PLUS other videos like “how technicals changed the smash community” lore binge as well. Fuck John swan, fuck de’orio, turkey tom you’re cool, fuck jisu/risu Oh and ban nairo

[@Technicals]

Thanks for the professional opinion and I’m glad you enjoyed the backlog! Trying to branch out with projects like this so if you know anything interesting, (particularly in the gaming sphere), I’m all ears!

[@2girls1aaron11]

Absolutely based

[@Jpeg_skeleton]

​@@TechnicalsYou should talk about "Mortal sin" really cool rogue lite hack and slash with a unique visual style.

[@tumultoustortellini]

As someone currently going to school for psychology, it had me humbled. I hope my work is never looked as an example of what not to do, even if I never end up getting named.

[@samstarnes6229]

Fire take

[@megasoniczxx]

Man, reading that document she wrote up makes me question how so many people just bought this at face value?

[@321cheeseman]

I'm more struck by how typical it all feels, I've given up questioning because a shocking amount of these situations are like this. People just believe shit. It's wild.

[@peacemaster8117]

And of-course the "activist" repeats it as truth, passes off the most insane parts as "sarcasm" and accuses any skeptics of being racist trolls. It's all so tiresome.

[@Hon3yWa5p]

I can’t believe you’re covering this, I fucking love FIGHT KNIGHT and it’s a shame what happened to it.

[@Kolbiathan]

As a solo game dev wanting to make a full game, this story is horrifying. I can't imagine dealing with the stress of game dev and then having a crazy ex-gf losing her mind and publicly putting you on blast.

[@tumultoustortellini]

Honestly, we don't call crazy exes crazy often enough. Look at the georgenotfound situation. She literally admitted to having bpd, and the internet was still somehow split once he explained all the situations surrounding it

[@MegaCygnusX1]

So, the cat lady turns out to be crazy. Huh.

[@RealKeetz]

That's why you get a dog! 🤣

[@peacemaster8117]

I felt so bad for Boen, I'm glad he hasn't let this break him.

[@blacknwhite58]

Oh i love fight knight, a hidden gem that didnt get the appreciation it deserves, was not aware of any of the drama or issues with development, excited to watch

[@IRUKANJI]

I used to play TF2 all the time with the lead Dev on a set of servers and this whole thing about "audio hypnosis" all I could think about was that one player that kept playing Frances E. Dec monologues over micspam.

[@xra1750]

Bad day ---> Technicals uploads ---> Good day

[@howisthis8849]

42:50 i was trying to process the whole flashback thing and then the fucking akira meme hit me like a truck 10/10

[@doomman7349]

I am glad to see someone covered this game and the history, because I still think a lot of people ignore it because they faintly remember the controversy surrounding it and it deserves more than that. Also thanks for showing my casual clothing rivali drawing lmao

[@Vaporwarez]

Well, that was a trip. Can't honestly say I thought hypno-assault would be part of a documentary about the history of the punching knight game.

[@ParrotMan01276]

I never heard of Fight Knight, but I have heard of Devil Engine. I knew all about Sinoc's never ending headaches with both Dangan AND the composer. Also, I had no idea that Ben was the CEO. I just know him as the original voice of Phoenix Wright. I also knew him as a guy who made PR for Might No 9 10x worse by inserting his own opinion when he was translating for Inafune DURING AN INTERVIEW.

[@Fishman465]

He was basically grimes worntongue to Inafune

[@yeez13]

He was also the sole reason why Capcom entertained the idea of rebooting an obscure game like Bionic Commando and how it even came out in 2009 🤷🏽‍♂️ Imagine that…a localizer being the only person who likes your old games 😂

[@ParrotMan01276]

Here are the practical lessons in this: 1. Don't date or sleep with coworkers 2. Don't date or sleep with crazy girls 3. Don't involve yourself with shady companies 4. Stay true to your purpose and principles 5. Seriously, stop dating obviously damaged gals. It's not funny anymore and they ALWAYS try to ruin you

[@cliffordwilson8070]

but I can fix her

[@VaSoapman]

The problem with #2 is that you never know if they're crazy until its too late.

[@ParrotMan01276]

​@@VaSoapman There's signs, there's always red flags. The eyes are a dead giveaway, but that's an easy one. Also watch how they interact with others, ie: watch their actions in general: -Calling all of their Exes abusive and crazy...and I mean ALL of them. Don't fall for it. -Doesn't seem to have any friends OR their friends are absolute dog water humans but she's the only "normal" one somehow. Why doesn't she have friends? If the latter, why is she even friends with them if she's such a great girl? -Their family situation is a complete mess and they seem completely ok with it or think dysfunction is normal. She will bring that into your life. That could be YOUR future. -Has hints of trying to control you or already is in subtle ways -Seemingly hates your friends and family(This is an isolation move that'll eventually happen if you stay) -Throws temper tantrums over small things or just Anger issues. Personally...I don't get why guys ignore this one, because then I hear about how "She always has a bit of a temper". No, that's not normal. -Substance abuse or Addictive Behaviors. There's always signs of alcoholism and drug use. You can't just hide these with thick layers of makeup. These are just a few red flags that you can probably find out before you even date them or at the latest, 3 dates in. More than early enough to call it there and move on.

[@DeusMachina_EXE]

I'll add one, No you can't fix her.

[@Colebankzz]

My type is crazy coworkers lmao

[@ZeroFact0r]

Hopefully this video gives some spotlight to Fight Knight as a game. Totally worth playing, solid music and fun simplistic gameplay. A little hard at first but once you understand limitations you're in for a treat.

[@1kenjo]

Fight Knight documentary??? From Technicals of all people??? Craziest combination ever, man truly cooked

[@unknownpleasures_nic]

The algorithm hates this vid btw, I just noticed you uploaded this when you mentioned it during the newest video that is about smash

[@vla1ne]

i never got notified either, i found out just checking up on why he was so quiet lately.

[@jimhaverlock9784]

Same.

[@dylcor]

BABE WAKE UP, TECHNICALS UPLOADED

[@ENCHANTED_EDMANGO]

Hold up, HYPNOSIS is involved on why no one talks about Fight Knight!??!!? I don't think I'm ready for this lmao

[@Slidius]

Annnnd this is why allegations need to be taken way more level headed approach instead of jumping on any side weather it be a man or woman getting allegations thrown at them

[@DukeBluedevil70]

I’ve said it before, but I’m pretty impressed with how you managed to expand beyond Smash but still keep somewhat of the format. Great content.

[@Kyfow]

I was there to witness the whole sham happen in real time. Words can't describe what I feel about the bullshit that Thomas had to go through

[@nerfthat]

A video about Fight Knight is really a surprise. I love this game to bits despite everything surrounding it and I really hope more people check it out -- it's a really charming game! Wonderful video and commentary :)!

[@TheNoMoreGamer]

Yoooooo I asked for this and he delivered!!!! Tech you are the man!!!!! After finally finishing this I wanna thank you. There's a lot of people out there who really took this dumb-ass slander story and ran with it, dragging Boen's name and trying to ruin him. I saw journalists, other indie devs and a lot of other bottom feeders try to make this guy they'd never met out to be a monster and to all of them I say, go fuck yourself, you stood behind some psycho who talked about bird hypnosis and you should very much feel like the retard in this situation.

[@Technicals]

W suggestion

[@andrewcetnarowski1196]

Holy shit, Tech uploaded before a month passed and its almost an hour long? W Tech, W.

[@thegreendank1]

I remember arguing with the youtube channel (best indie games) because he wouldn't talk about fight knight due to the allegations. Pissed me off that someone would believe any of her nonsense.

[@tommydonnysalami4716]

Its crazy to me that even if allegations are proven to be false or are VERY obviously bullshit that it'll still do irreperable damage to someones reputation. Alot of creators don't like drama so when they see a game and or its developer getting drama they refuse to give it the light of day even if all the drama was malarchy anyway.

[@WriteSound]

The boy Tech with the Raid sponsor! What a time to be alive 🐐

[@radiak55]

Congrats on the developer to set a good example that you don't have to be in fear after defamation, to me it feels that he was taking it chill but not wanting to let the hard times live on and just turn the page and look forward because he never did anything wrong. Props for having that mindset along with wanting to let others accused wrongfully that it's not over

[@konundrumite]

Real shame what twitter psychos did to the rep of this awesome and creative game. Was waiting for a vid to be made about this, and I really hope this gets some traction and gets more ppl trying the game out.

[@doremiancleff1508]

Great job on covering the topic. I am actually glad to hear that Fight Knigth doing alright. I am not involved in community in any way and don't really follow it, aside Boens himself on twtr. Ever since release, all i really cared about is that game is good and more people should play it, so whenever possible, i mention it, whether for it's fantastic soundtrack or because gameplay is really fun. But knowing that games community is strong and still sell occassional copy, i can rest easy knowing that whatever time and effort was put into it wasn't for nothing.

[@mdsmatheus]

Fight Knight is a great and fun ass game really gotta finish it. Thank you for making such an unique game

[@MasterEth]

If technical makes a video about an indie game, you KNOW it is about to get serious.

[@Maelthel]

Fight Knight is one of the most wonderful games I've ever played, very hapoy to see it still talked about!

[@mastahshonuff]

And if you can remember a second thing... Technicals finally got that Raid Shadow Legends sponsorship.

[@ImTakingYouToFlavorTown]

That part about her trying to take credit for all of the writing does tickle my angry bone. I'm a writer, and in my delusions of grandeur, I get one of my stories adapted to TV or comics/manga. I think about what I would be willing to change, what others were likely to change for it to be somewhat more palatable or to just remove certain things for the sake of flow. But there are things that I wouldn't let anyone change about my story, because there are edges that are not meant to be sanded down, because that sharpness is important to me.

[@chedisLoL]

Right theres a difference between I created the story and I was a dialog writer.

[@duwanglover3424]

Absolutely a banger of a game. Perfect diffuclty and length swith an outstanding soundtrack. Im glad to see people are still talking about it

[@TheEpicRooster]

Raid Shadow Legends sponsor is finally canon LETS GOOO!

[@mrmach2741]

So fucking glad someone is talking about this game its so underrated

[@Charnel_Heart]

Imagine purposefully invoking God hand only to end up with a similarly cursed yet distinct meme worthy launch

[@capitainemmhenri1299]

This is a great change! I'm not americain (Canadian) and was wondering what would stop me from going to the US, walking in front of a random house and calling the cops saying that "my landlord changed locks". Then I stay for a few weeks before leaving

[@morey..]

crazy how you can make an hour long video about something i have no knowledge about and keep me watching the entire time. great stuff bro. very sad about what happened to fight knight.

[@OverratedGames]

I came here planning to drop a nice but vague comment of support and dipping, but i just finished the whole thing and was really captivated throughout the whole thing. This is genuinely a great video tech.

[@XSarte96X]

I expected a video about how this game cause hipnotization event similar to the pokemon soundtrack of lavender town. Instead i find myself following the tale of a brave man punching his way through false accusation while all he has created crumbles before him and then what he does is simply rebuild it all from almost zero. All of this just like the story of a brave knight he imagined and drew as a kid. I hope he and a lot more people can follow the path he talks at 55:20 cause people with these ideals are hard to come by

[@AofCastle]

I love Fight Knight, it's the first game I've had trouble describing. I've been recommending it to as many people as I can reach but nobody ever seems interested :(

[@alexvasquez7047]

that you for covering the fight knight drama. i was really confused when looking at the reviews and info on the game.

[@WhiplashPuppet]

So glad to see this being talked about. Fight Knight is an amazing game, front to back. Hope more people will give it a try now.

[@SpectreXS]

I was hypnotized for the whole duration of the video.

[@Alexander_Grant]

It is insane how Raid Shadow Legends has gone from being something everyone was tired of seeing, to a meme which creators want to actually cover. The ad and referring to it like you did seems so meta lmao.

[@dimmadeluxe6278]

i watched this shit day one. i have no clue how more people haven't seen this. it's so fire

[@dimmadeluxe6278]

Don’t worry Tech. I’ll jerk your meat all week and keep watching this video

[@da_kracken8879]

​@@dimmadeluxe6278lmaoo

[@Kayas]

Crazy, I clicked on this after watching a bunch of your vids back to back and ended up enjoying this way more than the Smash hit pieces (even if I do think those videos are great). A lot of care went into this video and I ended up really liking it a lot, good stuff man

[@williamwolfkiel3652]

This is a really good documentary. Not just on false accusations and legal issues, but also on indie game development. Very good video

[@Daemondog]

After finding out why the release fizzled, I spread the word of Fight Knight whenever possible. Of course I would anyway since it's a great game, just gives even more reason to do so.

[@affingtones2570]

That was the longest Fight Knight ad I'd ever thought I'd encounter. Raid really jobbed for this game.

[@kusaribruh]

loving this style of videos, keep it up brotha. this shit is right up my alley

[@Technicals]

Ty Kusari ❤

[@fenneko3116]

Yo Tech, good job on this video. I hope more people in your audience give it a shot too since you always make well chronicled presentations. Its all too easy to make the mistake of front loading your conclusion in videos like these, but you're pretty deliberate in holding off on side picking until all the data's on the table. Keep up the good work!

[@S3N0ii]

through the like 4 different youtube accounts I've lost passwords to and created new ones, always comin back to tech 💜

[@spvrda]

For some reason I thought this would be a regular indie documentary but I guess Technicals just doesn't do things that don't involve batshit fuckery. Well done though. In the end I'm happy for Boen, he's got a great mindset for the future.

[@ecilimE]

Your content keeps on getting better and better. The coverage is super easy to understand. Well done, Tech.❤

[@thegreendank1]

Hope he keeps making games because fight knight was a breath of fresh air and im excited for whats next. And amazing job tech, love your shit brother.

[@jpc7795]

I dont understand why people dont like you, maybe the facts arent something people wanna hear.

[@WhiplashPuppet]

1000% this. People would rather continue to believe something that's an ABSOLUTE OUTRIGHT LIE than admit they were wrong. Frail egos, all of them.

[@HitoriSanzo]

Glad to know you're alive man, thanks for the vid

[@bromachrome]

YOOOOO Technicals is talking about my favorite game??? It must be Christmas

[@superequinox4185]

Reminds me of the skullgirls situation. Gotta remember to never be socially awkward around "gamer women"

[@radspiderjackson]

never thought I'd hit the subscribe button because of a raid shadowlegends ad..

[@Technicals]

lmao

[@itsjustflare]

This was a really well-made video! Hopefully more of these will come around 🔥

[@GSEleven]

Until recently, I thought you were talking about, "Fight Night" the EA boxing game. Ironic that this game involves throwing hands, didn't expect you back this soon. W videoo!

[@TeamOneDay]

I remember finishing Fight Knight a while ago, several times. I remember the wild ride that were the allegations, his video on the debunking allegations (I recommend watching it), and the hilarity that followed. Never would've thought in a million years Technicals would talk about this.

[@ILoveNeko96]

What an amazing guy Boen is. Im impressed that he still cared about that women like that and didnt feel hate or anything for her but genuiely was scared and felt pitty for her. Good guy

[@Smarrels]

i never thought i'd see anyone talk about fight knight, thought I was the only one who'd heard of it

[@KnjazNazrath]

>I'm not gonna do this guy, so I'll call him "Karl" >The guy's name was "Carl" You couldn't write it....but comfy could...

[@odeegrotsniffer4166]

This video was fantastic. I hope to see more of this caliber of content.

[@jige6121]

that audio recording its horror fuel... imagine that a person you appreciate sends you something like that.. hell no

[@Gorgod69]

If nothing else I hope this video gets the game more exposure because it was a damn shame to see such a great game get its publicity and thus public awareness kneecapped in such a way.

[@nomernomznomz6015]

This was effing awesome mate!! Keep up the content homie.

[@hjalmarnilsson1756]

it just makes me think of "night in the woods" of just tragedies and crazy shit happening with being accused, like i own two copies of it on different platforms but i literally cant play it due to feeling so sad i cant continue, the message of that game becomes so bitter after seeing it proven not to be true at all in the end

[@odeegrotsniffer4166]

Oh man, the algorithm didn't show me this video, but it did show your bro smash one.

[@citrussockawn2245]

I bought this game on sale so i hope this video doesnt make me regret it Edit: WHAT IS COMFY SAYING Edit 2: i dont regret it thankfully. I just thought the game looked cool and got it but crazy that there's lore outside the game like this! I've also never heard of hypno rape before, wicked

[@trappercap]

BPD strikes again!

[@__-be1gk]

God you know this is ancient history when the fucking Super Best Friends made a video about it

[@Nothing-Special-]

This shit left me more confused then when I started watching😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 Good to see you uploading! Keep it up!

[@Lucky-qv6or]

I'm definitely going to play this game after all the bs these people went through

[@sladikk]

it is eerie how similar these events are to other events a decade ago

[@alex.real.]

I loved this video so so much, I have seen fight knight through most of its stages and seeing everything surrounding it and how much the drama affected the sales was just, really saddening. I have spoken with the dev but very much from 'im a big fan' sort of conversation, they gave me a copy of the game to review before i unlisted everything and I really enjoyed the game, it was sad how my video was the longest video on fight knight there was lmao. I wish this games gets the love it deserves someday because its something truly special, I don't think we will ever see a game quite like fight knight again.

[@ToaEnemis]

Hour long Technicals vid? We eatin good tonight 🤚😤👌

[@iwantanapple1848]

HOLLOW KNIGHT MENTIONED LIKING THE VIDEO!!!!

[@thegreendank1]

I was following this game for years and i remember this story. Right off the bat i didn't believe it, then when he dropped that bombshell video on her being a total lunatic i knew i was buying this game to help support this guy after what he was put through.

[@neurosis51]

I'm considering buying the ost of fight night due to hearing the soundtrack during this vid. Unique composition.

[@gmjammin4367]

Great game, glad to see someone big is talking about it!

[@carljones9640]

I said I'd watch it because you literally begged in the other videos. I'm here to watch it. I'll come back when I'm done with a better comment. EDIT: Okay, it took a bit longer to get through it than expected. I legit thought this was somehow going to be a happy-go-lucky documentary of a developer overcoming some shenanigans. I did not expect to once again have my brain shredded by witnessing the bounds of pesonality disorders taken to extremes. Excellent video and discourse, with an entertaining presentation as always. I've always watched your non-Smash stuff, and I'm never disappointed. Maybe I'll even subscribe to your patreon one of these days (P.S. I'll subscribe as soon as I find my wallet).

[@Sin606]

I swear I look forward to your stuff. Keep up the good work.

[@MichaelAlberto]

Metokur did this topic first tho.

[@Jborras8]

you said in your "craziest fake allegation" video that you released right after this, that this might be your best video ever, and i wanna say idk about that, but its a banger. great editing, great story, great everything. your content is A1 and i love supporting and always look forward to the next video. mainly commenting to help the algorithm but also gotaa show some support for the boy

[@Technicals]

I said it’s one of the better videos I’ve uploaded

[@Zeecarver]

homie got that Slope's Game Room swag in his title 😃

[@OneTreyOneWorld]

just bought it on a steam sale for like $4. I'm no PR crony, but I'd definitely say it's worth checking out.

[@howisthis8849]

28:47 DOES YEAT FINALLY HAVE COMPETITION⁉️🗣🔥🔥

[@dogethen00b]

I feel like I live under a rock everytime I play a game like fight knight and don’t know about a controversy as insane as this one after a year from downloading 😭

[@bawlinmork]

i don't know if i will play it but this just convinced me to buy the game just to support it

[@grundlehunter69]

holy shit. I'd played the game, loved it, and had it in the back of my brain as a representation of the amazing potential for indie game aesthetics and game design all within a week of it coming out. all of this is news to me however... this is disturbing and saddening. what a cruel reality we live in edit: I almost forgot, is that fucking SWERY at 13:03?