The Left Right Game - OFFICIAL PODCAST - "The End of the Road" - Episode 10

On the streets of Phoenix, Arizona, and the otherworldly highway of The Road, two long lost friends approach a final crossroads. Both have a choice to make; to keep going on the road ahead, or turn back to the world they know. However, a few ultimate revelations remain, just a few turns away, which may have already made the choice for them.
The Left Right Game is produced by Tessa Thompson, Automatik & QCODE.
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[@valoxsen6003]

Notes (and spoilers) for those who haven't read the original version: 1. This podcast leaves out the fact that Alice has heard the celestial entity's voice before: once when she was first examining the C4 in the field, and once when she was trying to reach the radio in Bluejay's car after Bluejay had shot Rob. When the entity says, "I've watched you questioning; I've watched you struggle," in the written version it conjures those scenes specifically, and the reader realizes that when she had initially heard its voice, it had been from this very conversation, reaching through the fractals of time. 2. The celestial entity's physical description is: "composed entirely from electric arcs of brilliant, magnesic light which burst from a volatile and blinding central core ... its plasmatic tendrils snapping and crackling, bursting chaotically through the night air." So its appearance is like a giant galaxy-patterned tentacle humanoid. And yes, it is Alice, or what she will eventually become as she travels the road. 3. The child-creature from Part 8 is speculated to be Marjorie and Rob Jr.'s unborn child, and Rob Sr.'s grandchild. The podcast changed its introduction to have it come out of a deer, but in the original, the stampede of deer were running away from it as it terrorized the forest. Marjorie's obsession with the road while she was pregnant likely led to the fetus becoming stillborn. She possibly left its remains in the forest and continued on the road until she met her own demise in the vast lake, where Alice eventually finds her. 4. After Marjorie's body is buried and her spirit was finally able to confront Alice to obtain closure, it's heavily implied that she no longer occupies the 34th turn and that Rob has taken her place. Which likely means that he _did_ make it out of the silent city, but had to walk back through the tunnel. And it was established at the beginning of the game that you need to be in a car while passing through the tunnel to return to the normal world correctly. 5. In the written version, while recording her good byes, Alice intends to leave her notes and sound clips to Tom, not Rob (though she doesn't explicitly say Tom's name). When Tom makes it to Phoenix, he drives around with the mirror shop as the starting point and inadvertently starts playing the game. As his route is in the reverse direction from the one the convoy took at the beginning, Tom's 34th turn takes him to Rob's street, and in the distance in front of Rob's house, he sees the silhouette of a man (implied to be Rob, who replaced Marjorie on the 34th turn). The tunnel also appears for Tom, and the story ends with him having to make a choice but hesitating. It is then reiterated that only Alice is destined to make the farthest journey on the road.

[@probably_beth]

I've actually read the original before and i still really appreciated your explanations! For some reason i knew Rob was stuck on the road but i never put it together that he was Marjorie's replacement on the 34th turn. Also regarding #1 i found it really strange that they included the entity saying "I've watched you questioning" during the c4 scene but didn't include "I've watched you struggle" while she was hiding from bluejay. Its like they forgot to put the line in, i actually took it back to see if i missed it when it was supposed to happen. They even put in the wind whipping around like the entity was about to speak and then it just didn't lol

[@sandman2470]

@@probably_bethI’m glad I’m not the only one that noticed that I was at work listening to the forest part and knowing the story expecting to hear I’ve watched you struggle and just didn’t I thought work got in the way and I just missed it

[@deviantsemicolon618]

Listening back to the beginning of episode one and the end of episode ten, the car crash sound effects are the same. I think Tom is stuck in a time loop of waking up in the hospital and then crashing the car later when he tries to play the game.

[@rawman44]

Nah, our boy Rob didn't make it out. You said it yourself, he took Marjorie's place. Was Marjorie alive, then? No, clearly not. That's Rob's spirit. He has taken his rightful role of the ferryman, there to help those who wish to cross.

[@kingstongames-zw4sf]

"oh you listened to 6 hours of story? well electric monster go brrrr the end"

[@SleepyChloeFist]

Too bad that's all you took from it :/

[@GoatCemetery]

There is a serious lack of narration throughout the story. While I enjoyed the voices, there were many, MANY times where the only reason I knew what was going on was because I already knew the story. How could a studio put this much work into something yet fall so flat when it comes to narration?

[@ethanmorrow8274]

seriously lmao im so confused

[@GoatCemetery]

@@ethanmorrow8274 I recommend B.busta’s reading of it

[@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777]

I went into this blind and was also blind most of the time 😂

[@Aleksas-oj1bi]

Then you guys are kinda dumb. I've never heard about it and am still able understand everything. If i can do it then so can you...

[@Itsmoraka]

I’ve had to rewind SOOOOOOO much. An hour of the left right game takes me like two hours to listen to at least. 😂

[@jimmothydick6440]

Studio: pours their heart and soul into expanding Tom's story. Me: skips the whole section consistently.

[@PaigeBook]

😂

[@delaney9383]

I thought Tom’s story was quite compelling

[@Yiyyoyo]

Great podcast, I enjoyed this so much week to week! I'll miss it, but did like the ending. Looking forward to the TV show. My big "miss" with this show is that I feel the action sequences sounded good, but weren't always clear. Some narration or description during or after the fact would've been nice. Here are my interpretations of the end for those who care: * The being Alice interviews is herself from the future, in the form of a spirit deer (see the artwork). Future Alice pushed people into the game so that Alice would eventually get prompted to go. She showed Alice to Rob in AokiGahara, pushed Margery down the road to cause Rob to continue expeditions until he did this current one where Alice joined the expedition, etc.. Alice will continue on the road until she basically ascends, and then continue going further and further. Note that the being tells her it remembers when she says it doubts what it says, hinting that she's talking to herself. I'm sure it also sounds exactly like her for a reason. If you listen to the interview a couple times, it is quite interesting. Ultimately, she decides to push on down the road and never comes back, leaving a blankness where she was in our world. * Rob gets out and escaped the silent city. It sounds like Tom does find him at the end, although a little worse for wear. I suppose he ultimately decided that his time in that particular run was over. Rather than press onward, he retreated. He got about as much closure as he'll ever get, and seems to understand that Alice is the only one the other dimension desires. (After relistening, it sounds like Alice uses her powers to send him back so he can later be found.) * Tom's main purpose was ultimately to go find and help Rob. I do believe that Alice does care about him, but she doesn't want to be found. She only wants to help Rob one final time. * Worth noting that Tom followed the rules of the game, but an entrance didn't appear. Sounds like Alice or something within the dimension is satisfied and doesn't need or want anyone else to enter... For now anyway.

[@glowingunknown5625]

TV show?

[@Yiyyoyo]

@@glowingunknown5625 it got picked up by Amazon Studios. There's an article on deadline about it.

[@ezequieln.8957]

@@Yiyyoyo seriously a TV show😲😲. If you don't mind can you share a link to were you read that info. I absolutely love this series. I agree with you there is some stuff left that would of been nice that atleast one more episode would of came out to explain more. I mean its self explanatory atleast I got it but like you said some before and mostly after of everything after the end would of been good to do. But beats me it was AMAZING either way!

[@juicypopcookie]

Marjorie did say she's been following a beautiful being witch turned out to be Alice, I think you're right about that entity is future Alice.

[@jawjagrrl]

A pretty amazing analysis. I found this story a year ago as narrated by the Dark Somnium, and it features more narrative dialog than this version. The chaotic moments are more clear as I suspect it is a faithful retelling of the original reddit story. It would be interesting to see if you reached the same conclusions after listening to it as well. I think a repeat of it for me is in order now.

[@jaydinotjd]

I loved the voices and the creative decision to make some of the narration into dialogue for the sake of the Left Right audio rendition. It honestly helped the story a lot to make it more comprehensive. It was lacking in some aspects however like the emotional impact of most of the character deaths are diminished. It’s not completely absent but it misses the mark on how dreadful Apollo and Eve’s death was considering the story breaks it down how terrible it was to watch Eve slip. Also those scenes are really hard to grasp if the original story isn’t referenced. Like it’s hard to follow since all we have are voices to go off of. The style reminds me a lot of The Magnus Archives so this was a very pleasant experience to me.

[@jerbear7177]

“I remember” shivers

[@SleepyChloeFist]

The real tragedy is realising that the Rob Jr. monster wasn't even chasing the convoy, and Eve and Apollo died for literally NO reason.

[@gospel2dgeek]

Thanks for bringing my favorite nosleep story to life! Couldn't remember the ending of it so I looked it up on KZbin and imagine my surprise to find this. Still hard to believe that a humble story like this from nosleep is getting a TV show. Can't wait!

[@turhamkey]

WHAT?!

[@TheDeep609]

Sooo did the tv series ever come to fruition?

[@adrianpuluse9566]

Cant wait for the amazon show glad that they at least already hired Tessa

[@joshuahendricks9558]

Best Jeep Commercial

[@merlink.7287]

"I could say a lot to you...not going to" This part really grinded my gears but it was a good story. I really didn't like the ending but after listening a few times, it's not really confusing and I don't hate it. Great listen and the sound design was amazing.

[@ledarbyromeo9667]

I felt it was both heartwrenching and beautiful at the same time. That sentence seems to want to confirm to Tom that connection they once had was real and could have become something more. But her drive forward down the road is more important to her.

[@youtubecommenter4113]

Well, that was a tad confusing.

[@larryfoulkeofficial8609]

Read the dark sominums version

[@ledarbyromeo9667]

I love that Tom got closure.

[@pilloeglade5463]

I loved hearing all the car driving and internal sounds of vehicles in this podcast.

[@SleepyChloeFist]

Ended too soon, i just wanna keep driving.

[@BraveRubberDuck]

Amazing work, you guys gave me chills!

[@barelyusechannel4546]

Thank you so much for this narration! This is my favorite nosleep series. Everything were so excellent. I love this! Cheers to everyone who made it happen!

[@Risuchuu]

awesome job guys :D Great buildup couldnt stop listening :D

[@misakidelalune7]

And yet again I'm in shock and also quite confused about the ending of a podcast series. You can only get so much out of the characters telling you what's going on combined with the sound effects... Anyone mind telling me what happened at the end?

[@nishiji9]

I think Tom sent all recording back to himself. Inside the tunnel is a different world and it has a different time from the real world. Tom forgot Alice before he got these messages which explains why Alice hadn’t contact Tom for a year. I think the car crash sound at the end is when Tom had the car accident. He was injured at the beginning, do you remember? I think they created a time loop or something. It’s a very nice story, but I’m confused sometimes(even listening twice will not help). I hope they can have a TV drama. It will be nice to watch it.

[@Yiyyoyo]

Here are my interpretations: * The being Alice interviews is herself from the future, in the form of a spirit deer (see the artwork). Future Alice pushed people into the game so that Alice would eventually get prompted to go. She showed Alice to Rob in AokiGahara, pushed Margery down the road to cause Rob to continue expeditions until he did this current one where Alice joined the expedition, etc.. Alice will continue on the road until she basically ascends, and then continue going further and further. Note that the being tells her it remembers when she says it doubts what it says, hinting that she's talking to herself. I'm sure it also sounds exactly like her for a reason. If you listen to the interview a couple times, it is quite interesting. Ultimately, she decides to push on down the road and never comes back, leaving a blankness where she was in our world. * Rob gets out and escaped the silent city. It sounds like Tom does find him at the end, although a little worse for wear. I suppose he ultimately decided that his time in that particular run was over. Rather than press onward, he retreated. He got about as much closure as he'll ever get, and seems to understand that Alice is the only one the other dimension desires. (After relistening again, it sounds like Alice uses her powers to send him back so he can later be found.) * Tom's main purpose was ultimately to go find and help Rob. I do believe that Alice does care about him, but she doesn't want to be found. She only wants to help Rob one final time. * Worth noting that Tom followed the rules of the game, but an entrance didn't appear. Sounds like Alice or something within the dimension is satisfied and doesn't need or want anyone else to enter... For now anyway. I liked it a lot, but it is a bittersweet ending.

[@misakidelalune7]

@@Yiyyoyo Those are some very interesting observations! I was wondering why the being that was talking to Alice was speaking to her in Alice's voice... And the fact she knew her so well is also explained by your theories. Thanks for sharing.

[@corbinfobbs6409]

@@misakidelalune7 which episode is that again

[@manp112]

@@Yiyyoyo I was reading the Reddit version in between so I got lost a little, guess some changes they made fit more with your explanation in this version

[@chronos5882]

This was so gooooddd I'm definitely going to read the book too just to get a better image in my head of what things looked like.

[@phantomremixadventure5597]

That ending though wow!!!! Loved this story.

[@drnewfie]

Excited to find out how this ends!

[@BogOwl]

This is the end tho

[@drnewfie]

@@BogOwl I know, I wrote that before I listened to it! I really liked it. I think it will make an awesome video series!

[@draztiktunez7104]

Just wow , I didn't think anyone else could do this story as good as dark somnium as far as effects and background noise etc but you blew my mind with this for real it sounds so real like a movie in my ears . Really great job .

[@jacklynbustamante5613]

Such a great telling of this creepy pasta. The cast was amazing and I am excited to see where this goes, great job Q Code!

[@thewalkinglitch]

Very good story telling, the sound people are fucking phenomenal! At times things got a bit indecipherable but all in all I'm blown away. Pretty impressed by the writing of it all too, very capitating and interesting and original. Granted personally i think time travel is a huge cop out most of the time. And so is a character achieving what was essentially God hood. I can at least admire the journey and metaphorical aspects of it. so glad i bought into legion m right now!

[@DanteInferno11]

Loved this series! Binged it in about a day five or take, but man I love it! Loving Borrasca too! Quick question: how do you audition for one of these? I think it would be a lot of fun to bring a character to life or help write a whole new story!

[@moxxibekk]

Like most voice acting work, unless it's an unpaid fan thing, they likely go through a casting call via agents and actor unions. There are websites with listing for different jobs.

[@glowingunknown5625]

How can one little street swallow so many lives?

[@oddessy2g]

Some people swallow alot of lives everyday. Just saying

[@glowingunknown5625]

@@oddessy2g -Chances thrown, Nothing's free, Longing for what used to be. Still it's hard, Hard to see, Fragile lives, Shattered dreams.

[@benjaminjohnston8641]

This was amazing. It was similar to steins gate. Which I recommend if you like the whole time loop thing.

[@probably_beth]

Someone please explain that crash at the end to me, I'm so utterly confused

[@AyAerith]

The car crash was not in the original written story - Which leads me to interpret that it is the same car crash Tom was recovering from in the beginning of the series. Some time fuckery going on so it sounds like Tom's part of the story is all contained within a time loop

[@VEXBIT]

Does qcode respond to comments

[@mayanormasbutt]

Just realised its a modern retelling of Alice in Wonderland or more so Alice through the Looking Glass

[@PeeWee1476]

That feels like a pretty big stretch. It has the elements of going to an unknown world, but beyond that, not really. For one thing, craploads of people don't die around Alice (In Wonderland) and she also makes it back home.

[@TPG_Plagues]

Maybe in the absolute simplest way. But both this and Alice are far from simple. Mostly that's just a huge stretch

[@javeedkhan7650]

Is this podcast over???

[@kates.6086]

I wonder what would happen if you never drop off the hitchhiker where he wants to stop. What would've happened if you choose to take him to Wintery Bay instead of where he needed to go?

[@Someone-or8tp]

Ace didn't stop to pick up the hitchhiker and he ended up in his car. I assume he ends up leaving even if you didn't drop him off... but why would you want that man in your car? he's the WORST

[@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777]

​@@Someone-or8tp same reason why you would embark on this trip. 😂

[@Doesnt_matter330]

This is a good story. I have to say I prefer the narration of this done by The Dark Somnium. It has some audio hiccups at the beginning but I feel much more emotion from his version. I have some things I don’t like about this version but in the end no hate.

[@caitlinkaminski8654]

Did Alice hit Tom at the end?? With the crash? It would seem plausible right? because the road pretty much seems to ascend their timeline and she did want to save Rob and i guess she did??

[@ss9392]

Somnium's king👑

[@ed4409]

I thought Alice committed suicide by crashing herself into something.

[@ledarbyromeo9667]

I think it was a vision of the timeline where Tom first got hit and he's watching the vision while listening to the end of the audio log.

[@KINOkyra]

Season Finale?!

[@jwcopley]

This is the end of the story.

[@agricola]

Have to wait till the TV series gets this far....I bet the show will take the story further.....

[@chronos5882]

Lets go robbbbb

[@Lex-mf3nk]

Hey what happened to Tom? As in did he himself send those records for himself??? He says you gave me a choice if I don't do it, I wouldn't have crashed, I wouldn't have remembered you, I wouldn't have missed you. What happened there? Why those messages are the reason he crashed??? I didn't get that part. 😫 Did he crashed into himself???

[@imnotbisan9029]

41 minute mark and I have no idea what is happening

[@MisterPippy01]

Bru read the original first dude

[@stormy_eyes_7891]

Damn i hate that ending

[@jacobekker]

Down vote for the Sonos ads that advertise immersion while pulling me out of the immersion

[@schmiddisen2450]

Get the sponsorblock expansion, sponsors submitted by other users will be skipped on youtube

[@rawman44]

The voices in this are great, particularly Rob, he really stole the show. But, as many people have said, removing the narration and changing some plot beats to accommodate to that was a mistake. I understand that's how you guys do it, but maybe you should... not do that. One thing I really didn't like is that Alice finds Rob before losing her arm. That part of the original story was really good, the tension was crazy cause you don't know if Alice is the only one left or not. I don't know if that was changed to accommodate the lack of narration but whatever the reason it detracts heavily from that part of the story.

[@ouroborbros]

The Dark Somnium did it better fr

[@muffin_gobblin]

They definitely should have used his music too.

[@justinTime077]

This version is a farce and a stool sample vs the original and Dark Somnium’s rendition of it in audio form. You guys managed to strip out the context of great shit while adding nothing of significance.

[@Paradoxed25]

Youre a clown with no friends. Your voice is unbearably annoying and have a face not even a mother could love.