Worst news interview ever

this is a certified boomer moment
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[@acethetics3878]

It astounds me how little research Fox does for their stories. They literally got every aspect of the game wrong. They didn’t even bother getting real gameplay footage, they just played a fan animated music video

[@kcmuir957]

Yea, They didn’t even get the idea of the game right

[@isaiahsimmons5776]

news when they have to put 'effort' in (too liberal and conservative for their taste they stand bipartisan)

[@fastfox57]

They're as equivalent as an out of touch teacher, a nice teacher, but out of touch who uses pop culture references on their lessons using images you'd see on the first row of google images

[@akira8393]

and this is the news that we have to believe when they cant even do the basic minimum research.

[@lua2wood]

this is all journalism and news and its sad

[@MusicDecomposer]

Other things they got wrong besides the title: The video they showed is fan-made, used without permission of course. The character doesn’t whisper songs in people’s ears. That’s not even close. I don’t know where they got that misinformation.

[@MaxSchmidGame]

ts true all they do is slink around and chase the player

[@runderdog7436]

Yea, huggy doesn’t even say anything, it just screams. Not to mention, it doesn’t even hug people, cause there is no one to hug!

[@kurtger4120]

since this was fox, probably joe rogan

[@Leo._...]

They exaggerate shit, it's stupid

[@peterandleestudios2023]

@@kurtger4120 no, actually, all parents describe it like this. The Blue Whale and The MoMo games were more threatening than this. But parents are just snowflakes now and get worried if their child doesn't know how to spell a 5 letter word

[@lynx4082]

As someone who was an early teen when fnaf came out I was absolutely terrified of it and the lore so imagine my surprise when my child brother would constantly play pretend with his figures as if they were the fnaf characters and still to this day has a giant collection of the action figures and plushies, it's so weird seeing actual horror games be marketed to kids so I can't even imagine what it's like now or what it'll be like when the circle inevitably loops again in a few years

[@buggle6118]

@Depp wgat the hell

[@ZaFakeFoilo]

Make him watch the squimpus vhs

[@SockLove]

It's a new "horror games for kids" trend that started with FNaF precisely

[@ma.2089]

For FNAF it works though. While there r some horror themed FNAF merch, there’s also merch that feels like it would be sold in universe and I think that’s what works about selling merchandise of these games. For something like poppy playtime, it should’ve been easy. Sell huggy as a cute toy as depicted in the game universe. But the ppl behind the games don’t know how to actually market themselves

[@da_zoup2009]

@@buggle6118 what was it i dont wanna click it

[@Lowtiervergil347]

just to clarify: the girls who did the Slender man stabbing on another girl are both in jail, and the girl they stabbed is still alive.

[@OctolingGonePostal]

Jesus Christ

[@snkybrki]

Good. Yeah, I said it. Proud of the justice system, for once.

[@OctolingGonePostal]

@@snkybrki This is a once in a lifetime moment

[@tedtheodore5715]

im still trying to wrap my head around the fact that they seriously stabbed somebody over Slenderman, i gotta know the full story here.

[@snkybrki]

@@tedtheodore5715 There's a documentary movie about it, called "Fear the Slenderman" or something. Basically, three girls got super into the creepypasta lore, and two (?) of them decided to stab the third in order to be inducted into the creepypasta world and join Slondyman and his homies. I'm probably missing a bunch of details, but that's the short of it.

[@Laxhoop]

“Time is a flat circle” -Less than a minute later- “The popular game Huggy Wuggy” Ah, yes. The modern “The hacker known as 4chan”, time truly is a flat circle, how thematically relevant to the video.

[@someperson4536]

ah yes the child killer five nights at freddys

[@warmination7891]

Tall tentacle man murderer

[@AxxLAfriku]

GAGAGAGAGA I just disliked my own face because I am unpretty. HOWEVER: I always like my GOOD videos however. No dislikes allowed where I come from. Don't be mean, dear lax

[@Phantomato2000]

**Inhale* His name IS POPPY PLAYTIME!

[@petrwarthursty2011]

Ah yes, Carl Johnson: San Andreas

[@noxithrius]

In my day (2015) we used to talk about being stuffed into spring loaded suits that lock and literally squish someone's internal organs. Murdered children, more murdered children, invading a neighbor's house, and being trapped in a forest having to find 8 pages while being chased by an 8ft tall man.

[@sharonv3597]

Those were the days.

[@ForkLefts]

Yes that is what the comment shown in the video said.

[@thatsnotnormal5673]

@@ForkLefts no way really?!?!?!?!?!!!111 😱😱😱😱😨😱😨😱😨😱😨😱😱😱🗿

[@Patterrz]

boomers letting a phone raise their kids then doing shocked pikachu face when it turns out maybe that was a silly idea

[@warsawpact1548]

TV raised them and they turned out "fine" and "normal"

[@waterh2o299]

For real

[@frtherealj2]

YOOOO HI PATTERZ

[@heyguysiguessthatsit4610]

No way its you

[@KirboCheesecake]

this is the most reddit comment i have ever seen

[@CrasherHasCrashed]

I think everyone who ever heard the cave noises in minecraft can agree that it deserves the fear rating

[@pieniadz9156]

I remember getting nightmares from hearing them as a child lmao

[@Disknode]

when i first had minecraft (PS3) i saw the fear thing and thought it was for the spiders!

[@nman551]

I am embarrassed to say that herobrine used to scare me

[@SwaggyG_2102]

If you really think about it, Fnaf really did make an impact on the indie horror game genre. Had Fnaf never existed, I'm pretty sure Poppy Playtime would also not exist, or just be your average indie horror game that nobody would give a shit about.

[@blyat8832]

for real. amnesia, slender and FNAF were the founding fathers of shaping indie horror to what it is now. without them, bendy, tattletail, poppy, etc would never have existed

[@tobiaswerner4418]

I like how poppy playtime is purposfully trying to get a story that builds up on hints. meanwhile Scott Cawthon didnt bother adding a story in the first game anyway and it worked

[@zealousgiraffe1010]

@@bt_Havok yeah pain

[@AOTheKidd]

But Poppy Playtime was made as a plagarised game or a copied game because of petty revenge

[@redmarine2717]

yes it had a big impact but you forgot about amnesia wich started the whole thing

[@chadthedrunkard4941]

I was taking the interview seriously until I realized they were unironically using a fanmade music video for visuals because any footage of Huggy himself would contradict them and show he very clearly does not hug you

[@Hansss24]

“If you have any younger siblings, this will be their five nights at freddy’s.” I hate how true this is

[@cabbagecart-u3x]

not true at all, my baby sister is 6 and talks of FNAF fondly, has never heard of poppy playtime (we dont control what she watches)

[@MyaVii]

@@cabbagecart-u3x my little brother was into fnaf for a while but now all he talks about is huggy wuggy 💀

[@sillyfreakinggoose]

I love how they completely got everything wrong about the character as well, I don’t think there was a single moment in the game where he walked up to me and started singing a spooky song into my ears

[@nman551]

Yeah he never did

[@lookstothetroon]

I think it's a major plot point in chapter 3, huggy wuggy starts whispering scary songs and dead memes into your ears

[@Miggggy]

This game haunted me yesterday, I was at a mall and 4 shops had a lot of poppy's playtime stuff in it for some reason.

[@Cl1tmaster3000]

I hate those small little stands at malls so much dude

[@deadeyeguys]

there was a market stall in my town that was selling poppy playtime toys for some reason.

[@Miggggy]

@@deadeyeguys yeah same here dude a full on square market area with anime shit cuz it was some mini comic con

[@gdottothegamer1001]

They have poppy toys now?

[@isuckatusernames4297]

oh yeha, I know the kind of stores you're talking about

[@icy_liquid58]

This is in the same level when two parents went after valve because Wheatley or glados said to the player they were adopted as an insult

[@isaiahsimmons5776]

game theory time

[@dr.buttcheeks]

Lol yeah I remember that

[@idklol781]

back in my day, (2016) i watched 5 different vanoss gaming gameplays in a row and watched 4 people cyberbully a kid

[@mcmayo7870]

Same

[@juljasmah]

leafy momeent

[@littlejuan3045]

'Twas a simpler time.

[@XerxesTheUndead]

Kid: *playing Poppy’s Playtime* Mom: *gasps* Are you playing that Huggy Wuggy game!? Kid: No I’m playing Poppy’s Playtime. Mom: Okay have fun!

[@samuelpotters]

When the media covered poppy's playtime it should not have been about the content of the game, rather it should have been the sketchy practices that have been done by the people who made the game, there has been a lot of allegations made against the creators about some abusive behavior or atleast how it's clear that the entire game is just a cash-grab for the horror games for kids trend

[@conkersuprfan]

the mainstream media doesn't care about that, they just want to panic parents with these kinds of reports

[@deathnukem6994]

Samuel

[@crackerjack0349]

Nah that’s hard.

[@duckywinks]

The guy who came out with a lot of the allegations has said that he thinks he may have gotten the plagiarism wrong. He’s also friends with some ex-devs, and they’re all apparently nice people. There is some sketchy stuff with the guy who owns the company that owns the Poppy Playtime studio, but they’re not the ones actually making the game.

[@Kirinet]

Honestly I don't know much about this game but it does look very uninspiring.... Then again I'm not a 10 year old.

[@the_numb_skull]

I HAVE played the game and that character does NOT ever go around “hugging and whispering things into peoples ears” he literally just shows up and chases you once and kills you as soon as he gets you… he has no voice

[@games_on_phone89]

although having him ACTUALLY go around hugging and whispering things into peoples ears would be cool

[@Juno__Music]

I never would have expected Fox News to utter the words “Poppy Playtime” and “Squid Games” but here we are.

[@Disknode]

squid poppy

[@Nexgenss]

poppy squidtime

[@Notkryo]

@@Disknode sounds like one of those runner discount temple run type of mobile games.

[@nman551]

We’re in a fucking simulation

[@sbevexlr848]

Lmao they made news segments about Sexy m&ms green girl and chris chan, modern news outlets are a joke

[@oxsiafreys3494]

I disagree. Huggy Wuggy came into my house at 3 am last night and force fed me the Elmo potion, he should be in jail and I'm very scared. I'm going to Sandwich house now

[@Simbala-bq5vy]

Whatever you ate don't eat that again 💀

[@TheVillager69]

Poppy Playtime had the biggest and quickest downfall of any game. First the NFT's, then ALL of the EnchantedMob drama and even the movie...The fact that I was genuinely excited for this seems unbelievable.

[@maland2016]

The fact that they pushed for a movie _this_ quickly is... just a bit off. Even FNAF, whose movie was (so Wikipedia tells me) announced all the way back in 2015, still had at least 2 to 3 games already out by that time, so there was plenty of already existing material to cover if needed. I don't even think it's been a _year_ since Poppy first came out, and already they're pushing for a movie, and their game's story (seeing as the movie's likely an adaptation) is *_NOWHERE NEAR DONE,_* meaning this movie won't even come out for a good few years at least, so _what_ was the rush to start a movie when your game isn't even done?

[@Xendrick]

@@maland2016 The main difference between FNAF and PPlaytime is that, Scott had rejected so many scripts because he really cares for his franchise and wants the movie to actually feel like the games Now we have Mob who REALLY wants to push a movie out even though they only released the 1st chapter, which feels like a demo than an actual full game, and the 2nd chapter isn't even out yet

[@Xendrick]

I think it just says so much about Mob that they aren't here to make something good with meaningful effort, but rather capitalize on that popular indie horror nostalgia horror genre and make as much as they can out of it

[@CitrusRev]

@@Xendrick if scott actually cared about the franchise then he would have realized that after 2 games. You dont need another one it would get stale. Hell, even the second one was stale and boring

[@WitheredDayZz]

I'm excited for this game's downfall

[@Adrionic]

The way this lady explains the game makes it seem like it's disturbing throughout when in reality the first 20 minutes are insanely calm and all the heavy spooky stuff is crammed into the last 5 to 10 minutes, and compared to the vast majority of indie horror games I've played, it's still fairly tame lol.

[@shadow-squid4872]

The first 20 minutes have buildup through the atmosphere, seeing Huggy gone from where he was standing and then catching a glimpse of his arm slither away into a dark room that you’re forced to go into in order to progress and stuff like that

[@Adrionic]

@@shadow-squid4872 It does! Sorry, the way I worded my comment seems like I'm clowning on the game in retrospect lol. Not my intention at all, they did a lot of stuff right when it comes to horror games. Just meant that the news story on this game seems to blow it way out of proportion, I guess trying to make parents afraid of their kids playing it when in reality it's pretty tame compared to other stuff that's out there.

[@shadow-squid4872]

@@Adrionic Definitely, there are much scarier games out there but tbh I think the genuinely scary games don’t have to worry about little kids obsessing over it like Amnesia and Outlast for example

[@disposable_income_andy]

its basically a scripted tech demo, the rest is all just puzzles to get to see it

[@Equilate]

Yeah, Huggy doesn't go around hugging and whispering to people. I have no idea how they came up with that. What he actually does is grabs you and eats you when you get caught by him. I have no idea how kids are gonna mimic that in the playground.

[@AnimatedTerror]

@UCd5F_vG2DZEV9fV_65x9VYQ hmmmmmmm Noice.

[@ShuTheIdiot]

I was so surprised by the fact they said "kids hugging each other is bad." And then. As if to further show how out of touch they are brought up squid game. Like... squid game is just adults playing children's games but if they lose they die...remove the dying from that and thats just a kids game where they play for keeps and if you loose you're out.

[@Sk0die]

@@ShuTheIdiot I think the hugging was talked about because of covid, could be wrong tho but I know teachers in my country and really struggling to stop kids at school making any physical contact with each other that could cause spread.

[@Equilate]

@@Sk0die I don't think that was what they implied. I think it was mainly the whispering part? Even though I have no idea where they got that idea from.

[@Sk0die]

@@Equilate yea that's true, also If my childhood taught anything, then I can imagine that the "hugging" would be more like a inescapable bear hug.

[@truebornseeker9767]

I love how boomers act like kids hugging other kids and whispering creepy shit and playing red-light green-light is the most violent shit ever Like they’re not killing each other, the worst thing there is the whispering creepy shit, but kids do that anyway lol If your kids are watching or playing horror that’s like entirely your fault lol They act like everyone but themselves should protect their child from potentially scary or weird things, like fully ‘no fun’ zone

[@nman551]

I completely agree

[@ricestrange]

Red light green light was a good game until squid game released...

[@kenshiku]

Well if anyone didn't know, this dogshit game was also in NFT controversy because the clowns we know as devs decided it was a good idea to add NFTs into the game.

[@slav5033]

Ah yes, locking the lore behind overpriced, harmful for the enviroment pngs. What a great business practice...

[@revine9243]

@@slav5033 jpeg*

[@thenightjackal]

Do you speak Japanese or are learning it? I see a lot of Japanese names (usually in katakana) in KZbin comment sections now, and I wonder how they chose them. I'm assuming by you using Kanji to write your name in your "About" section on your channel that you are at least more involved with the language than most people.

[@Jason-qh2nw]

That and EnchantedMob, the original KZbinrs behind the game, have an extremely fucking sketchy upbringing that involves allegedly bullying minors.

[@revine9243]

@@thenightjackal his vids from like 5 years ago has Japanese titles so he prob speaks English and Japanese

[@randomparable]

"Oh my fucking god, we should ban these types of content!" "And also, I forgot to monitor my child's activity on the internet, what I should have done at the beginning to prevent this from happening. But that doesn't matter, this shit is still hitting the fan HARD" Every news reporting parents ever.

[@Laxhoop]

What’s so baffling about this, is the fact that there are plenty of legitimate reasons to dislike the game, such as it being $5 for half an hour max of gameplay, with only one actual spook, all with no replay value. Or the NFT sh*t.

[@AnimatedTerror]

Exactly. There’s the shady way they go about managing their team. The controversy regarding stolen ideas from ex devs and partners. The fact the game isn’t even scary and is clearly designed as such on purpose to cater to a young demographic in order to milk it like a cash cow IE bendy, baldi, hello neighbor and sucks to say but even fnaf as it went along. Then there’s the bug question regarding art vs profit and if it’s ok to make something so soulless as long as you get paid or if something should be substantial in the slightest before being given recognition. But no let’s talk about how our kids are playing da spooky game and how bad that is when really you should just be a better parent and monitor what content you let them watch.

[@Sphere-Friend]

Out of the loop, what was the NFT shit?

[@someperson4536]

@@Sphere-Friend basically the clowns that the devs are decided locking lore behind a png paywall would be good, and of course it got backlash

[@olivia892]

@@someperson4536 and that lore was literally just the name of a character no less

[@marihanderkhan5663]

And that is the new price. Pretty sure I remember it being like 15-20$ at release

[@soulsilver9991]

"Boomers - the people who bought their house at a fraction of a cost" hit harder than a dump truck

[@unknownvariable9239]

Scott was a genius. It’s a real shame that everyone wants to be him nowadays but they always forget the passion he put into his games. They just don’t make them like that anymore

[@shantamjohri]

Back in My day

[@internalizedhappyness9774]

I bet Scott just thinks your the coolest internet stranger.

[@ghost_walker2]

@@massiveidiot77 some these game developers became greedy and prioritized profit over creativity, while scott only continued with the series because he was having fun doing it

[@Papacarrot]

I saw this comment on another video. So either you copied it or you're just copy-pasting this comment on anything Poppy's Playtime related.

[@jerryberry3501]

Scott?

[@MrSomeDonkus]

"Go play wine cope" Is probably one of my newest favorite phrases to have come out of pyros mouth.

[@shgooshgeesh]

This reminded me of the time my mom saw a news article saying undertale and deltarune were virus games showing children and everyone who played them horrifying gorey and explicit images and i had to tell her to look up the polybius thing to prove that anyone will lie about just anything to get a click

[@AnimatedTerror]

Did they at least learn not to trust the first article they see? Cause that’s the important lesson I’d hope someone less savy with the internet would learn from that.

[@PercydeRoloFangirl]

Wasn't the Polybius thing just an internet horror story.

[@shgooshgeesh]

@@PercydeRoloFangirl ye

[@Kinography]

Real Poppy Playtime controversies involving NFTs, obvious cash grabs, abusive and exploitative business practices against young animators, potential plagiarism, and more. The news stories about the game: “It’s scary”

[@genethebean7597]

I've recently ended up in an American mall and they were selling Poppy Playtime dolls next to the Amogus Pop-its. It was such a strange thing to equate the two on a store shelf

[@DONKFORTRESS6956]

pain

[@ricestrange]

Very stupid... VERY. STUPID.

[@nashvontookus7451]

8:06 Nicest American police officer

[@GourmetPickle]

You know what parents can do to avoid this? By not giving their young kids access to internet, at least not until they're in middle/high school.

[@Flizz0]

My little brother is 4 and has his own iPad and watches KZbin on the tv so he thinks he’s privileged to always watch the shit he does on the tv 😐

[@GourmetPickle]

@@Flizz0 I only got my first smartphone in my second semester of 10th grade. My youngest brother got his hands on one since around he's 5 and now in 7th grade he can't take his eyes away from it.

[@Flizz0]

@@GourmetPickle yeah exactly

[@isaiahsimmons5776]

but they already do. and they still get mad, it still happens.

[@Pashaok.]

@@GourmetPickle cocomelon! bum, badah, bum bum!

[@egcooper3800]

Honestly this is a little disturbing, especially since there are some legitimate concerns to this game but they chose the most surface level, almost non existent issues. This just makes me wonder- if journalists can be so misinformed about a video game that would only take one simple thirty minute play through to watch, how can we trust any other claims they make? ANYONE who has either played the game, watched a playthrough, or even simply seen the final chase sequence knows none of that information is accurate. Them messing up the title of the game alone is a huge red flag. This is the easiest story to write on, yet they clearly did no research whatsoever. It just makes me wonder.

[@ik2254]

Rise and shine mr Freeman. Better late than never, huh? The media has been like this since early 2000s right when the internet started to push them out from the scene. Because of this they decided that the best course of action is to paint their own targets and make up their own villains, because otherwise they will be perpetually late to the scene. Hence the constant drama, overinflated stories and narratives e t c. But the journalism in mass media died even before that - somewhere on the border of 1980s and 1990s. Trusting mass media is always wrong. The best course of action is to do analysis by yourself. Yeah, time-consuming, but you won't get near the truth otherwise.

[@Nixxori]

the silly goofy thing is poppy's playtime has blood. when you pull the wooden box down in the end of the chase scene and huggy wuggy falls, there's blood splatter on the pipes huggy wuggy falls on. but it may be rust but the pipes look rather clean and it's on the exact places huggy wuggy falls on.

[@bruh_original]

yeah but that doesn't really count. in pvz there is bloodsplatter on the buckets on the zombies heads, but there is no context or anything that the blood is coming from so its basically just decoration.

[@inu7369]

@@bruh_original The "Blood" on the Buckethead Zombie is Red Paint, you Dufus Corndog son of a Wicked Nasty Witch. This is because of his early designs of him in a white clothing and smothered with red paint, giving it the illusion of "Blood" everywhere, but its actually just red paint.

[@nashvontookus7451]

It's blood. You can see the pipe before Wuggy falls on it, it's clean beforehand.

[@pizzadeliveryguy5276]

@@bruh_original fun fact. It's stated that the red splatter in the buckethead's bucket is red paint.

[@captaincrystal3705]

@@bruh_original In the original design for the bucket zombie is shows him with red paint which means that it’s not blood but red paint

[@skrbblr2370]

"If you have any younger family members or siblings, this will be their Five Nights at Freddy's" The fact that FNAF is now considered this nostalgic franchise that the past generation enjoyed is hitting me harder than I feel like it should. I swear it was only yesterday that FNAF 3's trailer released dammit 😭I'm not that olddd

[@deadeyeguys]

there’s so much sketchy shit to do with poppy playtime that could’ve been covered, but of course they decided to cover the most surface level aspect of it. i think there’s a point to be made about horror games targeted at kids, but it goes way deeper than just “ooh spooky game!” and definitely isn’t just poppy playtime that’s done it. news outlets are terrible at covering anything to do with video games/horror and this is just another example of that. i remember when doki doki came out, it was on bbc news and they were talking about how bad it because it’s got disturbing content, but a cutesy artstyle. despite the game having content warnings when you boot it up.

[@moistisverydead9191]

news outlets in general like to spread misinformation

[@Tomiply]

7:32 Tbf, I've been scared so many times in Minecraft, and that's despite playing games like Amnesia, Outlast, Alien: Isolation and so on. You know whenever you're deep in a cave system with very little health, just trying to get out with good loot. Everything can be scary at that point lol

[@cannon9009]

"The theorists like it because they're given the equivalent of a Slenderman drawing to try and understand the lore." Or, in the case of this game, fucking NFTs...

[@DaikonDev_]

I went to see my cousins recently and one of them was trying to convince me talking ben was out to kill him and baldi was our last hope.

[@Mezzy..]

Pyro: I'm a complete coward Also pyro: Cry of fear, idk I can't think of a joke.

[@dezgasting]

Honestly tho. CoF was my first horror game and it's the most terrifying experience I've ever enjoyed.

[@spugg713]

lost in vivo, petscop

[@marcelinepink]

Ok, literally almost everything they said in the interview was fake. Like, since when does huggy wuggy sing creepy songs? And kids hugging each other? Isn't that something you should be proud of?

[@AnimePlaysMinecraft]

News segments like these actually feel malicious. A random parent-run website is not going to be the expert on a horror video game, and I can't believe "journalists" don't even bother to do bare minimum research. They even said the wrong name for the game, that's just lazy. It takes almost no effort to either play through the VERY short game, watch a playthrough, or clip breakdowns and find the age ratings, see if there are content warnings etc. The outcry at the original mortal kombat made sense - we didn't have age ratings on videos back then and the controversy those games sparked led to the ESRB rating games and the creation of PEGI. Although Poppy's playtime has no rating by the ESRB yet, app stores have already given it a 12+ or Teen rating, and on steam it very obviously says "horror" and "dark" and the description is "you must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned factory." The game is explicit about it being a horror, the trailers also show this so it really comes down to parents being negligent of their children's online presence - why is anyone younger than 13 on TikTok to see clips anyways? It reminds me of outrage over Doki Doki Literature club, despite the tags including the fact it was a horror and the game opening with content warnings...

[@nobleradical2158]

It’s worth noting that this is Fox News, so misinformed, malicious reactionary bullshit is their thing.

[@JValor]

Fox, CNN, etc and every other alphabet soup news agency does this on anything people can unify behind and enjoy together - video games, firearms, memes, etc

[@shadow-squid4872]

Even the people who have actual knowledge on the game still call it “Poppy’s Playtime” when the game is just called “Poppy Playtime” like Pyro and half of the comments here

[@noseal1293]

Wait there was drama about DDLC?

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

@@JValor one of these is not like the other

[@TheAsobi]

Holy Shit! I did not expect to suddenly hear the name "Heart of Darkness" again anytime soon. What a cool game

[@HeisenbergTheFirst]

That image of the "criminal" in Squimpus mcgrimpus's fnaf found footage video is the most scarring thing anyone could see on KZbin

[@ForkLefts]

criminal criminal criminal criminal criminal criminal criminal criminal criminal

[@petrwarthursty2011]

crimina- 😈

[@lookstothetroon]

tfw criminal

[@pogsothoth]

Squimpus sure is a criminal now 💀

[@doublenoodlesoup2254]

5:40 Can we talk about how this kid has IMDB in the category labeled Fun?

[@lookstothetroon]

also amazon and the political chart meme

[@keatonwastaken]

Really enjoying these random videos on this channel.. It's like a chill news/commentary thing, keep doing more!

[@ghost_walker2]

Reminds me of how his main channel was back in the day

[@CeschiArt]

This explains why my dad entered my room asking me what is an "huggy waggy" It took me a minute, i thought he found out i was a furry by seeing a furry meme from 2013

[@afloofyvixen9514]

uwu

[@sazarian]

why man, why

[@sbevexlr848]

Uh?? A furry with a father figure in life?? Impossible!!

[@hottoh9171]

lies, a furry can't have a father figure.

[@kapkant6197]

I still have never seen Poppy's Playtime in my life and I constantly get it confused with that horror game about the evil Furby. All these streamer/child bait horror games really blend together now

[@JeanMarceaux]

From what I know, Tattletail was at least a bit more open and contained an actual full game within the package, not a demo, basically.

[@joshzuker8308]

I think that game was supposed to be a bit more satirical compared to this one though lol

[@alicesytchannl]

9:02 how to demonetize yourself in 5 seconds

[@_galacticfates]

Kinda unrelated but I seriously appreciate these recent videos here as they remind me a ton of the commentary vids Pyro used to make back in 2017 - 2019 just talking about random stuff that was going on at the time. This + the twitch reuploads + the analysis-type vids he's doing on his main channel are just amazing to have

[@PurpulPancakes]

i honestly thought this was going to be about the allegations surrounding the creators of the game, and bringing some form of awareness about it. but seeing that fox news is still running those "your kids might be watching scary videos that we know nothing about and heavily exaggerating the material." is honestly really surprising to me!

[@idklol781]

they’re really recommending parents to talk to their children to ask them if they’ve watched huggy wuggy as if they wont lie??

[@AnimatedTerror]

Or they’ll be confused cause that’s not the name and so they’re just gonna say no and assume their parent is crazy.

[@heydudewhatdidudotomygarli5081]

"oohh noo my child would never lie to me because i monitor their every move online or offline ensuring that they never ever have a taste of privacy and/or freedom"

[@shadow-squid4872]

@@heydudewhatdidudotomygarli5081 The internet is a dangerous place, letting you 4 year old with their crusty iPad have free reign on KZbin for hours every single day isn’t a good thing, KZbin isn’t a daycare for children that you can use to parent your children for you

[@heydudewhatdidudotomygarli5081]

@@shadow-squid4872 talking to your child about not doing dangerous shit online is different from watching them like they're on the FBI watchlist

[@shadow-squid4872]

@@heydudewhatdidudotomygarli5081 I’m talking about basic supervision. A 6 year old doesn’t understand or care about dangerous stuff on the internet, so if you insist on giving them access to the internet at such a young age then the least you can do as a parent is to make sure they aren’t watching or looking at something harmful

[@undramaticc]

Okay, I know no one will read this but I'd like to add on to some points: Now, the interviewer who was stating that Huggy Wuggy would sing songs and hug children is SO wrong. I was literally facepalming when I heard this. This lady clearly hasn't educated herself enough and started rambling on the spot and was probably paid to say this for her little site. Huggy Wuggy is an enemy you face in the game so far and the only way to escape the creature is to climb inside the vents or whatever they're called and find shortcuts, Huggy does NOT sing any songs to you it just chases you near the end of the game which adds tension. That's one point, another is that this lady is clearly trying to make the game look bad. If children really stumbled upon this game then what's the worst that could happen? They go and sleep in their parents bed and then get over it after a few days. It's like scraping your knee. You get a little bit of pain but then you're basically over it. Fear is what makes us stronger. Children shouldn't be sheltered all their life since it doesn't give them a chance to explore and have their own personal opinion. This entire interview is obviously a staged scene which is opinion based and very non-factual. Yes, I feel very strongly when people don't have the facts and just blurt out random things without thinking nor having played the game themselves to experience it. It's just embarrassing for everyone. The speaker, the listener and most importantly the audience who choose to listen to this gibberish. My other point is that there have been way worse games that have been produced in the gaming communities but not a single karen mother in her late 40s has chosen to pick on it. They choose to pick on a game that is not nearly as scary. Now, Poppy Playtime has done a few questionable things, like take part in possible movies, make NFTs, merch etc. in order to make their game and brand known so of course there's going to be haters and there's also going to be supporters. I believe that there are more supporters than haters because the supporters have at least two braincells to put together and realise how this game is solely created for enjoyment and not meant to threaten anyone. It's crazy to think that someone would go to such crazy measures to make it on to the news and start talking about their said experience about this game. At the beginning of the news report you can see an irrelevant image stating how this is the one and only 'Huggy Wuggy game'. In big bold letters you can see 'GRANNY' on the bottom right of the image, it comes to show how these 'reporters' haven't done their research and are just using their evidence based on an offbrand game that is clearly fan made. It's not hard to search for 'Poppy Playtime' and find a compelling image that will maybe go in your favour, but no, they couldn't even do something that simple. Anyway thats my opinion, I don't usually post things but this really got me mad so to get over it I decided to write a little rant, Thank you for reading.

[@Pashaok.]

Dude wrote an entire essay and only got 3 likes. Underrated comment

[@undramaticc]

@@Pashaok. thanks lmao

[@yourmanjimbo]

@@undramaticc Despite your original statement I have read this comment. We'd probably have flying cars by now if people put this much effort in their homework.

[@fishiplayz70]

I mean the game isn’t even that bad. It’s just the shit the devs did.

[@00M_Clanks]

Just saw a video on the controversy with the Poppy’s Playtime devs bullying this 15 year old, and not even 10 minutes later this comes out. Poggers.

[@beeleav]

Them saying "Huggy Wuggy game" is basically equivelant to saying "the freddy brown bear game".

[@splinter4161]

Jesus That heart of darkness gameplay brought some childhood horror-filled memories back. Thank you, Pyro.

[@JeanMarceaux]

You should play it NOW!

[@jest_a_runt]

like the direction you’re taking with the platform pyro. plenty of diversity in your content and i’m happy to see you’re branching out. excellent production quality in your videos and can’t wait to see what’s in store for each of your channels! :) keep on it and i look forward to the years ahead and what’s in store

[@Ramsker]

bizarre petri dish channel. good video 👍

[@rahseh]

roll wherl

[@meloyellow]

Incredible

[@ZZFOR3V3R2]

2 days ago?!!

[@PrototheDodo]

throw a brick at me

[@Noahwott]

nah

[@no-mb6fu]

4:12 hey, Mario has died in some pretty gruesome ways too. In super mario galaxy, he can get disintegrated by dark matter.

[@Gerbsert]

these kinds of oblivious and worried elderly types are dying out. very saddening, we will soon have nobody to laugh at as they attempt to comprehend modern culture while also being in the societal equivalent of a sensory depravation chamber

[@AnimatedTerror]

Hahaha oh but we shall become that elderly type attempting to understand popular culture. You think you’ll always know what’s going on? Ha! The cruel reality of the situation is that we can laugh at these rubes all we want but give it a minute and it’ll be us trying to figure out what the hell kids are into these days. The game will then become not making a fool of yourself like these guys and just going with the flow.

[@yourmanjimbo]

@@AnimatedTerror Yeah all too soon we'll be the boomers.

[@chungus100]

2:54 Pyro teleports to Mexico

[@vancatapro7250]

Oh...... JESSER!

[@laytonspuzzle]

Huggy Wuggy doesn't whisper creepy things into your ear! It chases you through the vent in one of the most intense horror sequences I've ever seen, which to be honest is way worse, but they should at least have their facts straight.

[@laytonspuzzle]

@Bearded good for u for not finding the horror game scary

[@BaofuTheCanonicalPersonaHater]

huggy wuggy vented

[@AGnar0k]

@@BaofuTheCanonicalPersonaHater huggy wuggy becomes sussy wussy 😳

[@chefboyardeeznuts8465]

8:36 Pyro trying to hide his internet presence from his future children by literally turning them into cavemen. Cancel him. Ban him.

[@dictatorvert2491]

0:19 It's called a Romcom I BEG of you British man

[@dylandreisbach1986]

Instantly, if someone says "computer videogame" you know they don't know what they are talking about. They probably still call most consoles "a Nintendo."

[@dumbonaw7762]

I feel like a terrible person knowing that a news station heard abt a popular game before me

[@Absolutecinemakinoscorceses]

With this logic, I’m surprised Undertale didn’t make it on the News because of Omega Flowey.

[@misato6529]

7:32 I was afraid of playing Minecraft when I was in middle school because of cave sounds, darkness and mobs

[@ARuarkGuy]

After seeing this 3:38 , this is at least the third time I have seen my animator friend in the news where they use that same exact video he made of poppy playtime. Gotta admit though it's good marketing for his video.

[@gratianray2]

I haven't played the game but seen at least a few playthroughs since the game is like 2 minutes long, but it's nice to see these attention seeking "protect the children" orgs are still doing the same shit of just making up things on the spot, the tall cookie monster in the game is not hugging and whispering into the player's ears to steal from the cookie jar or something, and most likely kids aren't on the playground copying something that doesn't happen, they can say whatever they want to blow things out of proportions because they're speaking on behalf of kids who can't talk back, and the message is for parents who are not told "do your research about this stuff" instead it's "prohibit your child to come near this" with all the weird fear mongering that the game has some other motives other than being entertainment I seen wuggy plushies where i live on toy store windows, with the sharp teeth and all, kids aren't traumatized by this stuff, they're just intrigued by something more out of the norm

[@shadow-squid4872]

They aren’t scared because they’re introduced to it by loud and obnoxious KZbinrs who scream and explain everything that’s happening in front of them for their tiny children audience, and then the kids go on to watch other stupid videos that make the game even less scary to them

[@sxfvtn6510]

This is the greatest worst news interview ever of all time.

[@genethebean7597]

6:01 Back in my day (2006) my iPod was so up to date that I was able to listen to nearly every song imaginable by blink-182, Greenday, and Train all in the same evening. Too bad my mum's workout albums always got shuffled and I pelted the thing with rocks one day

[@AlexAegisOfficial]

Wow that charlie cameo at the end was unexpected. Glad to see you two collab

[@Katsabian]

"I will never be caught doing an analysis of a horror game" lost in vivo: am I a joke to you?

[@AnimatedTerror]

Uh no uh vivo is a- it’s a- uh…uh It’s a high school harem anime. Nailed it.

[@shadow-squid4872]

L pfp

[@Katsabian]

@@shadow-squid4872?

[@shadow-squid4872]

@@Katsabian MaximilianMus? The guy that thinks legitimate child pornography is “funny”?

[@Katsabian]

@@shadow-squid4872 I don't support him you dense melt, i just like deus ex.

[@Doopyhpp]

“Bowser is a demon”, “Pokémon are demons” ,”animal crossing is watching kids”, “watch out for sml” You see the news works on a circular schedule

[@EvilDead7836]

Hearing people on Fox News say huggy wuggy makes me laugh so hard

[@crustypng]

I literally got goosebumps down my whole arms when she said "the huggy wuggy game"

[@neartheplumtree]

3:43 you're not sure if this is true or not, and it ISN'T, because no, the news got it wrong again, Huggy Wuggy isn't going around singing songs or whatever, that is another controversy where a youtuber made a Poppy Playtime song (age restricted btw, not on the YT Kids app) and the children still found it. So not only did their parents not restrict their kids' internet access (with a YT Kids app), they also got so many things about the actual game wrong their judgement is very skewed, and the news just picked up the story for the views and the clicks as they always do. The game sucks (they did NFTs lol) but so do the parents who don't pay enough attention to their kids' safety and then go around blaming everyone but themselves, without doing any actual research on what the thing theyre so afraid of actually is.

[@radflip]

honestly pyro keep doing these random vids on this channel, its always fun to watch

[@gabsnandes7818]

Feels like vintage 2017-2018 pyro, i enjoy it

[@vektor451]

no no, minecraft definitely deserves the "fear" discriptor, that shit is the scariest game i've ever played

[@masked_one1441]

Watching even just clips of that interview was so bad I think I would've rather put lemon juice in my eyes

[@tirwd.]

people get mad over a scary game being scary what a time to be alive

[@LowLevelLemmy]

It’s funny how in the archival 2007 news footage. All app icons look way different from what they look now. But Skype looks the same.

[@X-SPONGED]

"Hug them and whisper creepy songs" Isn't Huggy's main thing is that he'll pick you up and swallow you whole ??? When did they get _"He'll hug you and sing creepy songs into your ear"_ ??? I'm genuinely confused.

[@pillofyawn1321]

Going into light mode in 2022 is probably scarier than playing poppy playtime.

[@ghostbeats3214]

To be fair the games hate-able as is, you’re paying for an interactive movie with a completely pre made path and the game offers no unique experience.

[@Gamer23car]

this was done on purpose, just to make their shitty youtube horror movie ass game take off because a bunch of children would see the easy to follow lore and then get hooked into their bs further, there's literally no secondary path to follow, no easter eggs, no nothing that would make it anywhere worth the time to play yourself

[@shadow-squid4872]

Well I mean there are plenty of great games that are just a linear, just look at Amnesia and Outlast, they’re all similar first-person horror games that follow linear paths, but that doesn’t mean they’re not good

[@goto228i]

@@shadow-squid4872 yeah, they are linear, but they offer a unique experience

[@shadow-squid4872]

@@goto228i And as far as I know there aren’t many other games with similar mechanics like the stretchy arm things. It’s just a short little first chapter, the game isn’t completed yet

[@ghostbeats3214]

@@shadow-squid4872 and charging 5$ for extra chapters is ridiculous, considering how they already charge you 5$ for an unfinished game

[@pteroid11]

“Uncle Ben what happened to you!?” “HUGGY WUGGIES!”

[@yoshidaaimi34]

0:22 "If anyone's wondering btw, Cry of Fear is a romantic comedy." Then wtf is condemned?

[@AeridesEntertainment]

Pyro really out here reminding me that the level of secondhand embarrassment and, I hesitate to say the word, _cringe_ you can get from local news stations and their performative outrage over dipshit video games, awakens some primal fear in me.

[@cihloun]

Yep They even have it in kindergartens THE HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF

[@zenniththefolf4888]

Times like this make me glad my dad is a PC gamer so I don't have to explain that I can't pause a multiplayer game, and he understands that it's not the horror game's fault it's the parents who throw a phone at their kid so they can ignore them for the entire day.

[@jetstreamsam0799]

0:30 45 million fatherless children

[@Duckamoly]

"they're going around and hugging each other on the playground" If only this happened to me on the playground..

[@TheJigsaw1591]

04:22 I vivedly remember the neck snap noise from the wall worms and watching your character's body go limp that shit was brutal

[@rodrigotkm8429]

Lol, for the longest time now I've come to accept that a Pyro video will only come around 2-3 times a month. I've been really enjoying your "casual" videos :). Your "casual" videos are way better than most, and I bet the vast majority of us appreciate your effort in YT. Being consistent, super high quality, never aging comedy/MEMES and well thought/planned/scripted. Thanks for your longing here, Pyrocynical. You definitely is the most unique you tuber I follow :V (in a fan of ~20 channels, still, I assure you it's commendable :V)

[@xephys8788]

I like how boomers are entitled "i raise my kid how i want" Then get a panic attack when the child dresses up as a japanese school girl and gets groomed on discord. "worst case scenarion, he discovers the internet"

[@shadow-squid4872]

We’re gonna see a whole lot more of stuff like that in the next 5-10 years when the iPad kids who were raised by watching KZbin 24/7 on their crusty iPads grow up

[@vanidy0115]

mlg teletubbies will always be the optimal childhood to grow up from