Trapped in a TV show! - American Arcadia

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[@MattDoesHisBest]

The fact that turtle being placed in the center of the kitchen so it has constant attention from the people in the house makes me happy.

[@fawaaztoefy9334]

I was not expecting Yuri Lowenthal to be voicing the Main Character. He's been everywhere this year.

[@fiabeanie]

Definitely a pleasant surprise! I thought I was tripping but he’s definitely the voice ahaha

[@SukiHayashiGaming]

bro i thought that was the voice!

[@user-dm7zk3ue2v]

I was expecting him to ask what’s happening to Harry Osborn

[@x_Evo_x]

I heard it and was like is that Peter Parker? Glad to know it is.

[@mattotis8412]

I totally was hearing Yuri.

[@helenaalessi2418]

Haha this is literally if Walt Disney made a dystopian world based off of Epcot haha.

[@daniellamalcolm7328]

I was thinking this too!!!! Although, with a little bit of that Scarlett Johanson movie "The Island" as well.

[@ShinyGG]

or just Epcot if it were exactly how Walt Disney wanted...

[@JonHazzard]

Monorail, the guy at the start , poinciana (by Disney) yep it’s all there

[@KittyKatReacts]

I was just gonna say this guy reminds me of walt Disney.. that was probably his plan for tomorrow land.

[@JulianLurain]

literally WALTon XD

[@Avandra]

That's Peter Parker's voice!! From the Spiderman games!

[@Felttipfuzzywuzzyflyguy]

Oh my gosh, you're totally right! His voice is perfect for this role.

[@user-nr2bg2by3b]

Yes

[@SfmGamer9]

Who? (Im only in the beginning)

[@scotst2662]

Fucking knew it, as soon as he started talking!

[@sirwilliam0909]

I had the same thought as soon as he talked

[@billbill6094]

Yuri Lowenthal: "I'm not exactly a Daredevil." No, you're Spider-Man

[@DrewTrox]

4:53 I always like those early 80's analogous color schemes. That red, orange, yellow is so good. My favorite is that Miami Vice neon pink and blue!

[@stargirl7646]

I took a screenshot of that part because me too haha!

[@JiaChan0602]

Please finish this! It’s so much fun to watch 😊

[@MrDevintcoleman]

I was thinking Truman Show too, when you said it, and then seconds later they say Gus is going to Fiji! Definitely feels like a nod to the movie!

[@rubyylubi]

YESSSSs

[@rubyylubi]

and how everyone's acting normal and the cameras (including us) were focused on the main character

[@eternall06]

the fact that im more worried about the turtle than the actual character says a lot about me

[@brindlekintales]

It says you're a very nice person!

[@somerandomguy-3102]

@@brindlekintales-to turtles

[@brindlekintales]

@@somerandomguy-3102 Turtles need more human friends. 💖 🐢

[@Felttipfuzzywuzzyflyguy]

This is so cool! It gives me big time "The Island" vibes. It was a 2005 movie with Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor that has the same story threads along the lines of the "dream vacation escape". Thank you for playing this Gab!

[@kittehgo]

I was thinking Running Man, winning trips.

[@anondecepticon]

Reminded me of The Island too, albeit a bit less sinister.

[@gargamellenoir8460]

Yeah I thought of that movie immediately. Especially with the "prize" of leaving. The beginning and end of that movie were really good. Too bad the rest was just a soulless succession of Bayxplosions.

[@Bridenbrad]

i literally thought the same thing when the subject of the dream vacation came up in game. i thought "man this kinda reminds me of that movie The Island" lol.

[@stefsn638]

thats what I thought too!

[@jupii17]

So excited for you to continue this series! The colors and style are super cute & the writing and voice acting are so nice

[@mrorion4794]

The vibes this game gives off feels like a mix between the lego movie and the Truman show

[@DrewTrox]

This game is dripping with style. Great job, Art Team!

[@lunalena9377]

This is so cool - I kind of wonder if the style was influenced a bit by Meet the Robinsons! Such a fun movie

[@mirandag.3277]

OMG!!!!!! trevor's voice didnt sound familar until it started to go bad with the voice talking to him and him panicking and i was like "huh...he kinda sounds like spider-man" AND LO AND BEHOLD I GOOGLE IT AND YURI LOWENTHAL IS THE VOICE ACTOR!!! HOW AWESOME! and i also think the lady who you play as that was talking to trevor(havent finished the game lol) was the voice of delilah in firewatch!! she also sounds familiar

[@simonadances3942]

I've had this game in my wishlist for months and when I found out today that it came out I was so sad bc I couldn't play it. But then I thought "This game is really a Gab kind of game, I wonder if she'll play it". I guess I'm psychic now?

[@DrewTrox]

18:48 That transition is so cool! I love the audio shift.

[@WWonderLust]

Grateful that gab has subtitles because when she talks through what theyre saying i literally cant make out what shes saying at all

[@Bridenbrad]

im sure she doesnt mean to do it. shes gotta balance her game commentary with the in game commentary.

[@miamouse]

Thanks for playing this. It's fun to watch, but I don't think I would like to play it myself. Just not my cup of tea for the game play style. Still very enjoyable! I bet his "daring escape" is part of the show too. Maybe gus isn't dead and they just did that to get him moving.

[@2LaneTraveler]

I get "Truman Show" and "Running Man" vibes from this. Pretty cool, looking forward to more.

[@gravesghostly]

This game is SO good, extremely happy to hear you’ll continue playing it too!!

[@SafariLari1]

I love the voice acting, but also i cannot hear anything but Spider Man talking because its Yuri Lowenthal doing the main voice xD

[@theaudithor1083]

Oh Gab I NEED you to finish this so bad!! This was so fun!!

[@Wayazaexa42]

10:15 Hah! I love that the "moron new manager" Romano looks just like the crappy moron of a manager Bill from Office Space! XD The hair, the glasses, the blue shirt, the red suspenders, the brown pants, the yellow and brown tie... Heck, even how he stands around Trevor's cubicle! Definitely a nice tribute! 😄

[@sk8rgirlo]

Ahhh this game is so cool, you’re getting such amazing sponsorships lately!

[@parabolaofmystery9317]

I'll always say yes to hearing more Yuri. Love this

[@Sourdoughxblush]

The voice acting is perfection. The art style is so warm and lovely. The tropes, quotes and parallels are exquisite. Needless to say I'm obsessed

[@johnnyd.seducedmarilynm.7599]

Yay let's go! With Yuri's voice it's even cooler. I might just buy a game for the story and his VA skills

[@amberpye4752]

A friend of mine told me spider plants were unkillable and low light. It tried dying. Low light for people is WAY too low for even low light plants. I bought it a light. Then I had space for more plants. Then I ran out of space and got another light... And another. I'm now growing 11 plants, some of which are called "dramatic" by plant people 😂 100% it was a watering or light issue. Most plants are really happy drying up between waterings. They're dying to sit under the average aquarium light if they can't be in a window, though!

[@Palitato]

SOOO many people over water their plants! It doesn't rain every day (unless you're in Florida...) plants need time to let their roots dry a little bit so they don't get rot.

[@LilRedWitch]

Goobus… I stand with you as someone who killed three “unkillable” plants even after following the watering directions by the book 💀 Ps. Amazing game and amazing VA work! I LOVED everyone’s voice work and this game is OOZING with style

[@caprial]

I was literally looking for a gab video to watch and then saw this was posted 5 minutes ago! Perfect timing

[@MandaRenegade]

LMAOOOOO the references are ABUNDANT! I tried to find them all for everyone 😂 - Arcadia itself = totally a play on EPCOT. Even has a lot of the similar "worlds" - Steve Just = Steve Jobs (Apple) - DJ Zoom = could easily be DJ Khalid, but also DJ Zhu (American musician) - Tiffany Amber Gaines = Tiffany Amber Thiessen (Saved by the Bell) - Walton last name = Walton family owns the monopoly of Walmart, also mix with Walt as in Disney (Elijah has Disney vibes) - speaking of Elijah, his little 2D friend is a play on Figment from Journey Into Your Imagination - "Bargain Beastie Boys" is a reference to the Sabotage music video I'll find more in the next video! ❤

[@focornali4349]

This art style reminds me of Agent A, which is a fun little James Bond-like mystery game

[@Betsy-Jean]

Can't wait for the second one

[@maxaroni39]

Really enjoying this one! Hoping you play the rest of the game on here :D

[@anomalythewriter]

Gab, you have to recommend this to Jack! The stylization of the movement is a lot like inside, and I think that’s one of his favorite games.

[@sammyg6888]

Please do the full game! I was so invested in that 😂

[@luna-lu-2016]

This was amazing! So much fun watching Gab play! Also it’s Yuri Lowenthal! That’s so awesome.

[@rhiannajd4412]

Wow the graphics are just incredible. That opening scene had me gasping.

[@gpcheng87]

totally agree with the other comments here about how parts of this game are referencing movies (obviously "The Truman Show", "winning" island getaways from "The Island", the first guy giving off Walt Disney vibes, the Walton family in this game might be a reference to Walt D. but also maybe the Walton family that founded/owns Walmart...etc). Just wanted to add to the list that I think new manager at 10:15 is 100% giving me Bill Lumbergh from "Office Space" vibes, down to the glasses, suspenders and even the yellow tie. 😅

[@miyamagoo]

Ahhh!!! No way, Yuri Lowenthal did the main voice ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@zm138]

Really loving the game so far. Would love to see more

[@Princessmoonlight818]

American Arcadia! let’s go! thanks for the video gab!❤ I love the styles of this game!

[@archienoyce2453]

bro the way i GASPED when you said they made call of the sea ahhhhhhh I'm so excited

[@habiba_hb]

I really love your taste in games, we are being spoiled 😍

[@mushibug9332]

I can't wait to see more of this!!

[@agcornia2012]

I knew Trevor's voice was familiar! It's Yuri Lowenthal (had to look up his name of course) but its the same guy who voices Peter Parker in the 2023 Spiderman 2 game!

[@DrewTrox]

Wow, there's more? I was expecting one episode. Awesome!

[@rogertemple7193]

American Arcadia sounds great Thanks Gab.📺📺🇺🇲📺📺

[@DarkJoshua100]

this game is amazing so far, id love to see more on stream or as a video

[@AvidCat5000]

Great pacing and visuals, good concept, excellent voice acting. Truman Show will be streamed many times because of this one.

[@markimoofan1239]

This game is amazing! its like Truman Show/The Maxtrix and this world is like Tommrowland in Epcot lol i cant wait to see more :)

[@JoyceW-Art]

I was not expecting to get sucked in as much as I did, but I loveee Trevor so much already! And the gameplay looks really fun too!

[@drazman9]

Living this kinda nightmare in my country is just mind blowing!! State media says what the main party wants it to say, images and video altercated so it fits the context!! 21st century Hungary, in midst of the EU for you... :( Kovacs - the Hungarian scientist!! LMAO I felt so proud!

[@UtaShirokage]

Watching Gab doing the phone puzzle while ignoring the huge paintings physically hurt me

[@TheLibertyRyan]

That was so grating

[@lauren3173]

It’s kinda amazing that people can just go stay in the land of their favorite show and meet their favorite characters and it’s not fake like meeting a princess at disney because it’s the real world they live in.

[@EdinMike]

This has the feeling of someone who didn’t see The Truman show when it came out in the 90s just seen it recently and made a game loosely based off of it, it’s great though visually !

[@nox4498]

As we all know, this kind of narrative has been done only and just only in The Truman Show, in the history of forever.

[@afiqahmuhsin]

I wished more KZbinrs play this! its honestly great, from the visuals to the gameplay and story

[@vickyvien]

I love this style so much! Can't wait to see more later :))

[@titaniumman02]

Walt Disney World Cast Member here, this game is exactly how I clock into work.

[@Katpuccino91]

I love that this got put on KZbin so quickly! Was only able to catch chunks of stream but now I get to enjoy the full thing! ❤

[@AvengedButUsed]

I’m so excited for more of this game!

[@lyncc89]

Absolutely loved the game!! Cant wait for the next episode!

[@01s.61]

had such a great time watching you play an hour flew by! now I can't wait for more

[@RachelHubbell]

This is so good!! I'm really looking forward to seeing more 😁

[@roseb7399]

Wow- loved it! What a cool concept! Reminds me of "The Island"

[@elijahfoltz3755]

Only one episode in and I'm already getting vibes of the book series I'm currently reading. See, I just finished Wool, the first part of Hugh Howey's Silo series, and in the silo, the higher-ups don't like when you try to talk about what happened or what's outside the silo. When they catch you, you're fitted into a custom-made cleaning suit and sent outside the silo to clean the sensors that provide an image of the bleak wasteland outside to the screens in the silo's topmost floor. But once you're out there, you only have just enough time to clean the sensors before you run out of oxygen and the toxins in the environment break down your suit, slowly killing you. Being selected for the Edge Travel Grant sounds disturbingly like being sent out to clean, and I LOVE it. (also, go read the Silo series if you haven't; I've only read Wool so far, but it's great. I'd watch the TV show that premiered earlier this year, but I don't have Apple TV+.)

[@xCielorosax]

This is really fun to watch! I love the art style of everything! It's very colorful and lively!

[@AshleeRoseElder]

I'm So Excited for more of this!!

[@katiehavie4528]

I need to see the rest of this, best video game so far ever

[@azadalamiq]

like the fact that arcadia and the presentation is built on walt disney's "world of tomorrow". pretty much before it turned into disney world park after his death, the site was going to be for experimental innovations of a future city. With auto moving sidewalks etc etc.

[@tomcat7493]

Yuri Lowenthal went from fighting with the police to running from them.

[@melaniep8761]

As an accounting major, i find Trevor being an account manager a lot more fun than i probably should 🤣🤣

[@stephanieannmorris4625]

I always wanted a mail tube when I grew up. This reminds me of this old ride at Disney Epcot in Florida. It was made by an airplane company like delta maybe and it showed you cool scenic things from the future, with cheesy mannequins. There was like an underwater bubble with people living in it 😊

[@blazeit69bigb00b]

oh my godddd i can not WAIT to watch more this is SO GOOD

[@sophia_LK5222]

Wow! What an Amazing looking game! Definitely gonna check this one out on my own. Thanks Gab for playing!

[@destinyassefa8545]

Yay I just woke up and the first thing I see is a Gab video!!❤❤❤

[@psiimoth]

Oh this is awesome. This is excellent, I can’t wait to see more, their cast is great, it’s pretty, the story is SO interesting- aaaa

[@mollandaisesauce]

Love this art style, gameplay and story so much! The voice acting too…. I actually like everything about this. Can’t wait for the next part of the playthrough! ❤

[@stephenlee1108]

What a game! Love how stylized it is. Definitely could be a movie

[@stargirl7646]

38:48 this on and off light switch guy was me today with a motion activated light in a bathroom 😂😂😂

[@kaitlenddien2385]

Really excited for the next episode!

[@alicialg4757]

Love this game so far its so cool! Cant wait for more! Hope all is well ❤

[@kuroon7553]

Omg I can't wait for more!!!! This looks amazing!

[@queenoftriforce]

This style is so nice! Loved it ❤

[@Alie_R]

This was so much fun to watch! I myself have never watched The Truman Show and all of the other references of movies Gab made in the vid but now I am tempted to watch! Gonna put them all down in a list. I can't wait to see you play this game again! It was such a joy to watch the different perspectives and smooth operation of the two characters. I also loved the 2d-ness(?). Always loved these types of games where the movement is always forward. Thanks for another enjoyable playthrough, Gab!

[@jasonmero2245]

love it!! Id love to see more!!!

[@jenniferreddin8788]

This was so fun. Can't wait for the next upload.

[@LadyBlueRaven]

Not gonna lie, the transitions at the beginning of the video really caught me off guard. I was like, why is Gab skipping scenes?? I wanna know!Jaja

[@FireySparrow]

I LOVED THIS GAME video Thank you! Can’t wait to watch more

[@lauralennon5615]

Really enjoyed this can't wait for more. 👍

[@soulangela7154]

The colours and style in this game are to die for. It looks so stunning.

[@alexpopona]

This game looks sooo good! and I like that the gameplay is not very difficult so it doesn’t distract too much from the story

[@rizahawks99]

Yaaaaaaas!! I need more of this!!! Eeee!!

[@dfgdfg_]

Fun fact: 'Route add' is a real linux networking command. 26:18

[@daniellebresette5804]

oooh more!! i wanna see more!! this is so good!

[@whispersbymadison]

Oooh I loved it! Can’t wait to watch you play more!!

[@CrazyPaine]

Yes I did enjoy this. I can't wait until you record more episodes on KZbin. I'm totally invested now.

[@mellisafan4470]

Loving the style of this game and looking forward to seeing more! ❤

[@quirkyviper]

This looks so good! I wonder why "Kovacs" is helping him and how the producers will handle what I'm sure will be a dilemma - IRL Trevor's track ratings would certainly skyrocket after all of this.