What the Hell Just Happened: So You Think You Know 2021? - Quiz of the Year!

[@thebpphantom]

Jane: "Is Twitter good now?" Andy: "Oh god no!" 🤣

[@MickHaggs]

It somehow keeps getting worse.

[@lacrossev]

@@MickHaggs just when one thinks the bar has hit the floor, the bar clips through it Skyrim style

[@madalice5134]

I spent about 15 minutes on Twitter earlier, asked myself why the hell I was on Twitter and closed the app. I don't remember why I joined Twitter in the first place, or why I haven't just deleted the app. I think it's brainwashing. 😅

[@marhawkman303]

@@lacrossev It's like minecraft. Was that the floor? nope... haven't hit Bedrock yet!

[@johnoneil9188]

It would be the great miracle of 2021 if it was.

[@coyoteone6197]

They should make a regular feature of "Andy Gives Dramatic Readings of Angry Metacritic Reviews". It's pretty life-giving.

[@samthompson1804]

I'd be quite happy to hear Andy give dramatic readings of anything. 'Andy Gives Dramatic Readings of the Backs of Shampoo Bottles...'

[@Incoherent-excitement]

Absolutely. Any time Andy gets to be overly dramatic is always entertaining.

[@matthewguthrie3989]

Yes!

[@jamesw6374]

But DARLING we got Christmas dinner from FORTNUM AND MASONS it costs £300!

[@penguingonemad]

"It's right there in the letters!" Jane Douglas vs anagrams, 2021

[@loweydude220]

"What the hell just happened" has always been a fitting name for this quiz series, but its never quite rang home so strongly than for 2021

[@narcspector]

Was thinking the same thing! I thought of it like "it's funny how the title of this series was just a 'funny' phrase, until 2020 when it became fully accurate lol." Like I can't believe some of the stuff that happened this year, actually happened THIS YEAR! Also how it's almost like each month feels like six months, while the days *fly by,* but somehow _drag_ at the same time? The flow of time (or my sense of it) is just wild now, it just goes to show how routine, normal daily activities, and regular things that we usually do are such a huge part of our ability to perceive reality normally / properly. Like when it's messed with, we lose all sense of time, and the order of events and what's going on, etc. 😂

[@AutomaticDuck300]

My health fell off a cliff, I spent most of the year in bed with chronic pain and chronic fatigue, my granddad died, and I might be getting fired soon. Can't wait for this year to be over.

[@reaganorton1710]

My favorite part of this channel is the fact that I don’t actually play video games and so my family is surprised when I randomly know everything. Thanks for being enjoyable

[@Miszczponadmiare]

Love it, especially since it is pretty similar for me as it's been months since I played any video game and years since I played any recent release, but thanks to oxbox I still can feel relevant when a discussion about video games starts ;)

[@psychronia]

They should put up a poll to see what demographic of viewers actually play video games. I'm curious now.

[@jordanleighton6893]

8:47 I genuinely wish for more editor Andy cuts

[@yaslanna7944]

I agree, that was a delightful surprise.

[@f4rr3r]

20:22 is a perfect example of the kind of hilarious juxtaposition you can create with this video style.

[@justinhoyt4170]

Haha losing it at Jane saying she noticed meleeing dead bodies not being a thing after mike questioning the necessity of the entire concept, amazing

[@a.dmccormack9097]

Gotta say, loved the segment when we can see Andy editing. Its always awesome seeing the bts of how you guys make the show.

[@Sean-ne3gx]

Mike: "D&D _wishes_ it had werewolf Santa Claus" Johnny at the DM prepping chair "hmmm, there's an idea"

[@mar_speedman]

This will hit us all like a brick next Christmas XD

[@KickyFut]

TBF, it's not like there is *not* a werewolf Santa in D & D... Yet.

[@mar_speedman]

@@KickyFut I mean all you really have to do is make an immortal werewolf with the appearance of Santa (As a bonus, his behavior as well) Closest would be a celestial werewolf, though how a DM would explain the lore behind that I have no idea To simplify things, lets just say in 3.5e I can easily make a celestial werewolf on paper. That isn't a problem. Probably tougher to do in 5e without going homebrew, though

[@KickyFut]

@@mar_speedman also... do we know Santa isn't a werewolf? Long-lived, very hairy, prefers high places, only seen at night... Hmm.... 🤔

[@mar_speedman]

@@KickyFut Yeah, he could be a special kind of werewolf that only transforms on Christmas Eve lol

[@lacrossev]

Asking a decaffeinated Mike to answer questions about this year is almost as shady as Mike telling Jane all the wrong controls for the Xmas challenge.

[@timothyoswald8618]

When people ask me anything before coffee, they die, or at least get a cold glare.

[@mar_speedman]

Forget the Andy cheater meta. I sense the rise of a new cheater meta XD

[@TheDisplacerBeast]

8:01 andy! You made it out of the white void you’ve been stuck in for like 7 years.

[@AlphaScorcher96]

Loving the end of year content! Just hope the gang didn't overburden themselves to get it all ready before they had their holiday break.

[@randyotte9599]

Thanks to the whole Ox team for getting all this content published after Christmas and before the new year! I've been lazily drinking coffee to your hard work and enjoying it immensely.

[@yaslanna7944]

I too am sat with my coffee enjoying their hard work. Cheers

[@GriffinWolf]

I love these quizzes, I wish you did more of them throughout the year (quizzes in general, not end of year quizzes, that would be weird). Jane's relief at not having to repeat 2021 is on point.

[@danielharvison7510]

Be advised, 2020 part 2, also known as 2022 is coming up!

[@johnsharplin]

Look at Editor Andy in his home office space, working hard, a true peak behind the curtain

[@nightmarethrenody8232]

The Farrantula in its natural habitat.

[@LegendaryTalesandTrails]

@@nightmarethrenody8232this comment should’ve had more likes.

[@oraclle]

It's like Jane's brain is set up for processing but not storage.

[@geraintthomas4343]

I realised that during the among us streams that Jane's short term nemory is so atrocious that she'd implicare herself by accident XD

[@abigailslade3824]

Hey that’s not why we love her anyway.

[@noratrevalyn5582]

My memory/processing is the same way. So I understand Jane there.

[@Neodeleux]

As an engineer i can relate to this statement on a spiritual level.

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

She has a GCP Coldline subscription where she dumps her long-term memory, but unfortunately Eurogamer were microwaving their lunches when this was filmed.

[@Jatt2613]

You guys missed it even more than you thought: someone posting classified tank specs to try to show how War Thunder was inaccurate happened TWICE, with a different person each time. Craziness.

[@mar_speedman]

I'm not sure which meme fits more. Spiderman's "Where do these guys keep coming from?" or Star Wars' "Oh no! Now there's two of them!" XD

[@weneedaladder8384]

Just an update on this: depending on how you count them, there's been between eleven and thirty leaks of classified documents to War Thunder.

[@FictionWriter95]

​@@weneedaladder8384 according to Wikipedia, it's happened enough times that the forum mods have had to 1) have an official policy against posting restricted documents, and 2) frequently remind forum members about said policy

[@LadyViscera]

Taking down the military industrial complex one nerd at a time

[@Charmknight015]

I really love the holidays and I love that Oxboxtra has become a huge staple of the holiday events in my life. I can't wait to catch you all in 2022. This has been the toughest year of my life and I can't even begin to tell you just how much your content has helped me through it. Thank you all, I love you, and I'll see you next year 🥳🍾

[@woongfairy]

ah, watching this made me tear up for some reason :’) maybe it’s because i’ve been a fan for 7 years and i got back into watching y’all this year (or was it last… time does not exist anymore 😂)… and you helped me a lot during these times ♡ here’s to 2022 being better!

[@notehead1884]

IMMEDIATELY clicked on this the moment it was published. Thanks for helping myself and others laugh through this year. We definitely needed to.

[@EngineerWhen]

Little fun fact: "Lemnis Gate" is a play on the words "lemniscate", the mathematical name of the infinite symbol curve, which is perfect, for a time loop game.

[@nightmarethrenody8232]

It just makes me think of lembas bread.

[@jamma.77]

Loved Andy's delivery of the Metacritic reviews.

[@Borderlines]

Oh no Jane prematurely erased her 2021 memory data after being crowned Queen of Xmas that she forgot she still needed them for the End of Year Quiz!

[@toastnuances]

Jane’s tiger jumper for the Year of the Tiger!

[@Lady_Sanctuary]

Fully missed the New Year's countdown because I was too busy watching this! Favourite bit of remembering how looooong the year has been!

[@DMBLaan]

Well Mike didn't get the Christmas Crown, but he did get the New Years Circlet

[@blakereichenbach]

“It was right there in the letters!” Can’t wait to see Jane’s run on Countdown!

[@willyum3920]

also, Hello me in 3 months time when I inevitably watch this again because its great. Appreciate the editing of it too but overall excellent fun.

[@milky__1748]

Only 7 minutes in new year and this is my first video of the year. It's was the last one too. I stopped it for the countdown and then... continue watching. Best experience so far this year. Happy New Year!

[@noirakita428]

Gratz for winning 2021, Mike! Loved seeing Editor Andy. Lots of Love for the Starlight Zone music for Sonic 1. Also lots and lots of love for the deltarune question. Love those games so much, and chapter 2 was so awesome. Also. While "My Castle Town" is lovely and wonderful like all of the UNDERTALE/deltarune music, I challenge anyone to not get "A Cyber's World?" stuck in their heads. The part right after you meet Queen for the first time and are in the first area of the cyber dark world. It gets stuck in my head so often, but I love it. One of my top songs on Spotify last year.

[@cognitivefailure]

These year-end Oxbox quizzes are some of my all-time favorite content. Kudos to Andy for coming up with the categories and questions!

[@alexthorold3496]

Best bit about the War Thunder classified documents saga is it's not the first time it's happened

[@andyg7747]

Great job on the quiz Andy. And great job everyone on another awesome year of Oxbox! Here's to an even better one next year

[@Galvamel]

Just wonderful fun, as always, but worth its weight in Gamer Points for my new favorite term "Angry people shouting at clouds".

[@ivanpetrov5255]

4:47 - I'm afraid to ask what toaster is Jane using.

[@Icam_here]

congrats on Mike on winning the quiz this year. also a nice touch to see Edit Andy pop up to explain about the GTA bit, i did wonder if this was filmed before the latest GTA dlc was officially shown and now i know

[@navtektv]

Between this, Oxtra and PlayStation Access my Christmas and New Year has been pretty much all smiles!

[@Amaritudine]

Likewise! These three channels have added a lot of enjoyment to a quiet holiday at home.

[@dogstar7925]

"With the words blurred. Internet sleuths immediately unblurred it." is just wonderful xD

[@littlefurnace]

How did Mike get half a point for mentioning Doom in passing, but Jane didn't get a point for knowing the last piece of music was from the Undertale sequel but not getting the name? Total shenanigans.

[@jamisonedwards8162]

Because Mike mentioned Doom by name as a thing that gets ported everywhere while Jane couldn't remember the game title. Doom is on everything though, even my analog watch somehow...

[@mar_speedman]

Mike literally said it was Doom. He got half a point because he changed his mind in the end and chose Dark Souls

[@littlefurnace]

@@mar_speedman Yeah, and we all knew exactly what game Jane meant, she just couldn't remember the exact title. Both of them knew, they just didn't say the right thing as their final answer. I'm just thinking fairly here.

[@mar_speedman]

@@littlefurnace They're prioritizing the name of the game more than the concept behind it. Mike managed to mention the correct game title, although he changed his mind later. Jane knew which game was the correct answer, but couldn't remember its actual title. Anyway it doesn't really matter. These half points are given usually because of an opinion or for a kindness. There's no rule for half points and the competition could never be completely fair, but there's only so many half points that could be granted anyway

[@navtektv]

Jane: Andy Is twitter good now? Andy: God no. 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@darkriversaben9163]

Thanks!

[@kovi8445]

I don't know how I found this channel, but I'm glad I did, happy new year OxBox :)

[@gearoidcotter6162]

Twas a looong year, but your videos never failed to bring a smile! Thanks for everything and look forward to next year!

[@yugoprowers]

28:50 To me it sounds like they slowed down the original Neon Genesis Evangelion opening song, and changed it just a little. I had to play it again at 1.25. Also editor Andy was a nice touch.

[@k1nddara20]

18:30 To be fair in LoTR there were creatures called werewolves, at least in the forces of Morgoth and Sauron in the First and Second Age. "The werewolves of Arda were not shape-shifters, and were always in the form of great beasts. They were similar to wolves and the later wargs, but were as intelligent as Man, rendering them capable of negotiating and communicating with others." They are said to have survived until the Third Age, were the Movies take place.

[@jordanleighton6893]

~ 4:50 “Like for a toaster” I now live in fear of Jane’s toaster

[@GenLiu]

That was super fun to watch, as always. I absolutely love Andy playing the angry reviewer on Metacritic, that was awesome and hilarious! I give him a 20/10

[@EngineerWhen]

I love these quizzes, I wish they would do them more often!

[@Hidetogy]

If only we could make some sort of new, shorter years :S

[@hello_robot]

Loved this quiz, and Happy New Year everyone! Can definitely relate to the July-feels-like-forever-ago feeling. 2021 year felt like 10 years and 10 days all at once

[@andymcp4752]

2022 headline probably- “Player/Warlock frustrated with unrealistic undead in game, posts PDFs for arcane rituals from Nercronomicon”

[@danielharvison7510]

@@khamjaninja. I imagine a few "legitimate businessmen" would be less than amused at the leaking of such data. Even less so at the signed and notarised confessions.

[@Musikur]

Wow, I even got some of the music round questions, which considering I've only played Delta Rune and pokemon this year seems impressive... glad that deltarune made the music cut ;)

[@Otakukunoichi]

Andy: What is Arcane's upcoming vampire game called? Me: Dammit, I dunno. Blood something or Red something? Mike: Blood Something Jane: It's called Red Something or other. Me: I don't know the answer but I still feel vindicated.

[@marhawkman303]

Mike's memory was twisted. There WAS a Vampire: the Masquerade game called Blood Hunt!.... but Andy was asking for a different game by a different studio! Bloodhunt was made by Sharkmob AB, not Arkane.

[@TMAC_burninator]

I can't read "what the hell just happened" without hearing it in Andy's voice. XD

[@chefrowlet]

Never before has a video prompted the question "wait that only happened *just this year*?" so many times. This year felt like three...

[@mascadadelpantion8018]

I absolutely love the fact that at the 8 minute mark. The video cuts to an editorial comment from Andy. At his home! In the most Andy Farrant looking editing room that Andy can possibly Andy............... He is Andy like all the time Because Gothic is a lifestyle and not a fashion 👩‍🎤💯

[@altyre]

During the music section I kept forgetting that I was supposed to be focusing on the music. I kept just feeling like it was the intro card because you guys always have high production values with nice sound clips.

[@dallydaydream]

Music #3: Plays Me, who hasn't played the new game but *is* obsessed with the AA franchise and recognises the style: OH! I AM DOING A DEDUCTION!

[@gustonzimasheen]

Summing up the year of 2021: Andy: "What a treat!"

[@justforkicks5112]

Considering everyone but Jane forgot Hitman 3 came out this year I am not expecting great things. Not to say I remembered Hitman 3....

[@riksweeney]

Happy New Year, Oxbox! Thanks for getting us through another daft year :)

[@nickcennamo-smith1854]

Jane: "I'm going into my mind palace, I'm fingering the spines...of my games..." Why does that make me think there's another room in Jane's mind palace with her collection of regular spines?!

[@bioLarzen]

I know literally nothing about time loop games - but I managed to anagram "Time Angels" out of "Melting sea" - and I decided I like it more than the ral game title (Lemnis Gate) ;)

[@AdamusPrime24]

I, too, often think to myself ''what the hell just happened' XD Happy new year, guys ^^

[@DrakeAurum]

Well, this mostly proves to me that I didn't buy many videogames this year (largely due to still waiting for empirical evidence of the mythical PS5).

[@SolaScientia]

It's been such a crazy year, and not really in a good way either. I did guess all the games by Metacritic reviews except for Far Cry 6. I'm really interested in Biomutant, but I'm waiting for it be cheaper. Hitman 3 should be on Steam in early 2022; they had a deal with Epic for a year of exclusivity for PC. I got only the Deathloop music, because, as Mike said, it's pretty on the nose thematically. I missed most of the questions though. Good job, you two! I want to say 2022 can't be worse, but I wouldn't bet on that considering how things have gone since 2020. At least we have Elden Ring and Stray to look forward to.

[@jamma.77]

Far Cry 6 was the only one I did guess - I'd just come from rewatching Eurogamer's end of year quiz, and the review reminded me of Ian commenting on how quickly everyone seemed to forget about the game after it released.

[@Zoso14892]

To be fair they dropped the ball massively with hitman 3 on epic. Telling us just before launch that everything they said about having access to previous content wasn't true before backpeddling. It's also the one I've seen most bugs in on release but it is a damn fine game.

[@SolaScientia]

@@Zoso14892 I wasn't aware of the issues with it on Epic since I'm playing on the PS5. I haven't really run into any bugs much. The occasional funny thing with an NPC, but nothing game-breaking.

[@Zoso14892]

@@SolaScientia Early on there was a lot. Andy had the same one as me in one of the early videos where he couldn't advance an opportunity. There was also a lot of NPCs seeing through walls especially on older maps but I imagine its settled down a bit now.

[@SolaScientia]

@@Zoso14892 I just remembered one I had. I killed the woman with the grape press in Mendoza, and the man never left the room to follow Diana. I sabotaged the wine storage area and everything, but he wouldn't move. I finally just ran in, shot him, and ran out. I did that mission again and went with the lawyer/account disguise and killed the man first and then did the vineyard tour to kill the woman. 5 stars SA then. I haven't tried it the first way again to see if it's fixed. I didn't encounter the Isle of Sgail bug Andy had though. That one has been perfect.

[@acomingextinction]

8:40 can we talk about that sick af Haunted Mansion poster tho

[@nickjeffery536]

That was very magnanimous of Jane, the Christmas Champion, to deliberately throw this quiz to make Mike happy...

[@robodogmech]

Great quiz andy, especially that time loop anagram. Great job. Also wow the music this year are GOOOOOOOD.

[@TheHopperUK]

I just got unreasonably excited because I own that captain America Christmas jumper too! Mike, twinsies!

[@remembertostayhydrated]

21:30 Fun fact: gold fishes have considerably better memory, than implied😅

[@mdgeisto8953]

Good job, Mike and Jane! I did so poorly in some of those rounds this year xD

[@VonBlade]

10:08 *Stands and applaudes Mr Mike*

[@MasterXenex]

Oh God's, I forgot Lidia Sobieska and I'm polish. The memes that came out of it here were S tier!

[@trusarmor4957]

8:01 why is Andy dressed like a low level Pirate hand when he's Home editing ? or is he supposed to be a french Mime?

[@michael_mcgowan]

The heart wants what the heart wants

[@MrUkraider]

Gotta love a good quiz, this should be very interesting indeed. Hope you guys had a good memory of 2021 games and stuff (better than what actually happened in real life, am I right) Happy New Year Andy, Jane and Mike, here's hoping 2022 is a far better year than 2021 and 2020 was.

[@NigelMelanisticSmith]

Those fan animations at 3:00 will undoubtedly be more filled with charm than the Universal movie imo

[@rossanderson1892]

I love that you put up the scores id if this was a real quiz with prizes lol

[@chrisxx5583]

Great video! (I haven’t started watching yet but they always deliver quality content) Happy New Year!

[@Michael_Lindell]

2:42 Now that Seth Rogan is involved it will be renamed Donkey Bong...

[@wheelyjon]

Is it just me with Mike giving off a real day after Christmas left New Year party? Lol Drinking coffee and a coffee related comment just the general feeling of world weariness I really wanted to pause the video and ask him if he was ok especially after the metacritic round where I kept expecting to hear that famous movie quote I'm too old for this shit lol Congratulations Mike well fought Jane thank you outside Xbox team for another great year

[@robinmoran6651]

Loving the use of Sonic music and Streets of Rage.

[@danteJcross]

"Dungeons and dragons wishes it had a werewolf Santa clause" the beauty of DnD is that if you want; it can.

[@darthstoat23]

Totally feel Jane's final spark of brain for 2021

[@DeLaKleve]

I’m starting to think Mike spends a lot of time thinking about Idris Elba

[@dallydaydream]

Don't we all?

[@gustonzimasheen]

12:05: Don't worry Jane, if this was a real game you could join #2 and #5 to read: "Poor Hole: A Poo Tale" (in HD)

[@docette2015]

Heh, nice -- I like these quizzes, if just for the Music Round -- you guys introduced me to the Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2 AM theme a while back, and I still love it. :) But good work everyone -- I am as shocked as you are that there were SIX time loop games! Gee, I wonder what all the developers were inspired by. . .

[@eliottdewitt893]

I love getting to see behind the camera 😊

[@MarkEmerAndersonII]

Andy's dramatic readings of Metacritic Reviews always make me smile. Also I love that he popped in during the edit instead of putting text on screen, that cracked me up. Also Jane - I was rooting for you, I guess you have to let Mike win sometimes.

[@scottlil01]

Appreciating the couple of instances I noticed of Sega Mega Drive music playing in the background. Andy has got fine tastes when it comes to background music. I also greatly appreciated Mike's remark about it being a nice change to be literally punched in the face by the prime minister rather than metaphorically. It is immensely frustrating having such a useless and incompetent PM.

[@ggEmolicious]

33:15 I could feel Jane staring through me, right past my soul, with that dead on look at the camera.

[@dragour8723]

"Dungeons and dragons wishes they had a werewolf santa clause" .. .. someone tell Johnny quick!!

[@Michael_Lindell]

Merry Quizmas and a Happy Know Year!

[@asbb7054]

I fully had to go rewatch the anagram round because I was so distracted by the trad track accompanying the section! Didn't realise OX were fans of traditional irish jigs!

[@AriaSerif]

Love the Sonic the Hedgehog reference after round 2

[@letfireraindown]

well, I think this is the first time I was able to state a music round one based off of one second. I've been jonesing for Psychonaughts 2 for ... I guess I played through the first in 2008?

[@Nerdznewznow]

Sadly here in the US a 51.5% is not a passing grade and a 62.5% is considered not high enough for full credit. So Jane will have to retake 2021 and Mike will have to take remedial 2022 to make sure he passes 2022 next year

[@parlmc]

28:27 come on, Mike! 1st. Phrasing; 2nd. Ouch!

[@MrGlenn442]

Loving the "end of round/level" music. XD

[@Garth45100]

Awe I love these quizzes!