Control | Dead Letters True or Not?

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Hello everyone. The Oldest House contains various documents that fill out the setting, backstory, and world of Control. One of the largest recurring series of collectibles involves a department in the Executive Sector.
The Dead Letters Archive receives mail that has been classified as 'undeliverable' and brings it back to the bureau for analysis. They all have strange contents ranging from talking feet to mesmerizing cat clocks. In this episode we will attempt to analyze each of the letters and determine if they are Fact or Fiction.
Please feel free to have free discussion in the comments section below.
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  • @MattHall
    @MattHall Жыл бұрын

    That Computer Program letter is heartbreaking

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Sad thing is I'm sure reactions like that really happen

  • @efxnews4776

    @efxnews4776

    Жыл бұрын

    I would to like your comment but it is the same number of stages as the monomith, wich are very important thing for Remedy shared universe. 17 is a good number.

  • @SuperRONDALE

    @SuperRONDALE

    7 ай бұрын

    The real victim is at 20:45

  • @lkotro21

    @lkotro21

    4 күн бұрын

    I think, this wasn't just a filler. There is a long-running series of stories, talking about a program called "Master PC Control Center", created via DOS adaptation of an ancient spellbook, then upgraded to Windows and Mac. It does things. Mostly altering targets, rejuvinating/restoring/corrupting.

  • @Generallybreak
    @Generallybreak Жыл бұрын

    Regarding Were-Everything, you left out one big detail about skinwalkers: in the Navajo legends, whatever form they assume, they cannot disguise their eyes. So any animal might be a skinwalker, but if you can get close enough to see its eyes, if it's a skinwalker the eyes will be human.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting bit right there. Makes it even more likely then.

  • @Stiftoad

    @Stiftoad

    Жыл бұрын

    I think if you get close enough to see it's human eyes it's a bit too late innit. Guess it adds to the horror...

  • @pixelshiftinc7829

    @pixelshiftinc7829

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh boy new nightmare fuel.

  • @efxnews4776

    @efxnews4776

    Жыл бұрын

    I do not think a skinwalker would turn into a pet... Maybe if we look in some other mythologies, like greek one, for instance there was the sorcerer Circe who can turn people into animals. Maybe this could be the case here, if possible... The letter seems to be written by a kid, it is probably a normal kid projecting humanity into his pet, nothing more.

  • @Zectifin

    @Zectifin

    7 ай бұрын

    @@efxnews4776 maybe theres more to skinwalkers than we know

  • @AxelJRose-oi8bd
    @AxelJRose-oi8bd Жыл бұрын

    The salamander letter is possibly a reference to Julio Cortazar's Axolotl. It's a short story in which a man becomes fascinated by a specific axolotl's gaze in a zoo aquarium. More and more he stares into the animal's eyes, until one day he finds he's switched places with it and is now trapped in its body, and realizes most of the other animals are sentient beings just stuck in their present conditions, unable to escape. If this were something similar in the Remedyverse, this could definitely be up there as a paranormal event.

  • @weewee3486
    @weewee3486 Жыл бұрын

    Rest In Peace to all the letters that died in the making of this video😢

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Poor letters. They deserved better

  • @thedanielstraight
    @thedanielstraight Жыл бұрын

    The lore of Control lives rent-free in my mind, proving the Oldest House truly is extradimentional in nature. Another great video, really well done^^

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here lol

  • @jasperl.1721

    @jasperl.1721

    10 ай бұрын

    It can easily be expanded into a whole new franchise, comics, TV shows, films and of course more games.

  • @CognizantCheddar

    @CognizantCheddar

    4 ай бұрын

    The Oldest House is Yggdrasil. Technically, it's everything else that's extradimensional. :p

  • @readingbetweentheframes

    @readingbetweentheframes

    3 ай бұрын

    Facts

  • @JustinW332
    @JustinW332 Жыл бұрын

    I still sometimes think about the singing fish that sings "devil music" and obscenities and chuckle to myself now and then.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    I love that one! I'm just picturing the fish flying around and singing Ozzie

  • @1lovesoni

    @1lovesoni

    6 ай бұрын

    It sings Ghost

  • @TwistedCodex

    @TwistedCodex

    2 ай бұрын

    I like to believe it's Old God's of Asgard

  • @Curien247
    @Curien247 Жыл бұрын

    There are way more levels to the Panopticon that you just can’t reach and the other missing altered items could be up there.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh 100%. Technically, there is a crowbar, cowboy boot, salt lamp, and some others we know about but there are not any documents on them. I'm only factoring in the ones we have details on.

  • @DrMutran

    @DrMutran

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m really curious about the “Crashed Car”.

  • @cadetsparklez3300

    @cadetsparklez3300

    7 ай бұрын

    @@GamingUniversityUoGyou can get the crowvar as a weapon technically

  • @lkotro21

    @lkotro21

    4 күн бұрын

    Also, on avaliable floors there are unavailable rooms and, allegedly, empty rooms as well.

  • @Pir-o
    @Pir-o Жыл бұрын

    The idea that a computer can edit reality is quite similar to Alan Wake rewriting reality with his typewriter

  • @chexfan2000
    @chexfan2000 Жыл бұрын

    Mrs. Miller’s letter about Jeremy and the computer is heartbreaking. the first time I read it in the game, I had recently lost a very dear friend from suicide and it hit me like a train. Incredibly evocative writing

  • @Generallybreak
    @Generallybreak Жыл бұрын

    Loved the guest reading. Max and Jordan especially sounded like they were having an absolute blast with their bits.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    It all turned out amazing. everyone did amazing work.

  • @Generallybreak
    @Generallybreak Жыл бұрын

    Hold up, the one thing that makes me thing the Pinstripe World letter might be real is the one redacted line. Since the rest of the letter is identical, the redacted line must have said something else, and whatever it was apparently the FBC thought was important enough to redact. That makes me think there's a chance more is going on here.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Sadly with no details it doesn't help support a true thing. On a side note I always say that redaction as more of a joke from the devs than anything.

  • @Generallybreak

    @Generallybreak

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GamingUniversityUoG I mean, it's certainly *also* a joke, but from an in-universe perspective, it's either a joke from whoever filed it (which could get them in serious trouble) or there was something juicy in that line.

  • @DrMutran

    @DrMutran

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s possible that it may have just been something vulgar, though I’m not sure why the FBC would give a f***😉.

  • @mikewood3332

    @mikewood3332

    Жыл бұрын

    Just noticed the weird line spacing down the exact middle of the page of this letter. Surely it's not a coincidence that all the lines would sync up like that?

  • @nicholaspeters9919

    @nicholaspeters9919

    Жыл бұрын

    My favorite redaction joke was when a whole document was redacted except for one line.

  • @Katransama
    @Katransama Жыл бұрын

    I actually thought that the shapeshifter could have been more possible given Neil turned into a “melted dog” after exposure to the Meadow slide in the projector. Given the projector was in the landfill, I had wondered if it had a prior owner. Maybe one that also had enough exposure to the Meadow to not just change, but control it.

  • @Xylophytae
    @Xylophytae Жыл бұрын

    The cat clock almost seems like a mix between the salt lamp and the fridge The victim can break ocular contact with the object but doing so invokes a sense of guilt and impending doom So basically the object instills a need to look at it breaking this "ritual" forces the object to up its game by inducing further effects in the victims mind The fact that the guy mentions the cat appears "angry" also draws a similarity to the fridge with its violent nature when not observed

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    It is honestly kind of scary too considering it is intended to be such an innocent object. Even novel. Innocent things that are made creepy are scary.

  • @timidobserver
    @timidobserver Жыл бұрын

    There's some case file regarding the Surfboard where a janitor boldly talks shit to Bureau investigators, something about cleaning shit for years and he's worth like a dozen of them. When I first read the Actor For Hire letter, it immediately resonated to that file for me. Acting was probably already his thing, so the confidence boost just translated to himself I can "shapeshift" not literally, but portray literally any role so well he would have an audience BELIEVING he had transformed.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    That would be crazy if it was a method actor influenced by the surfboard.

  • @timidobserver

    @timidobserver

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GamingUniversityUoG There's a file in Investigations about The Power of the Board. You said it's ambiguous whether its about The Board (pyramid) or someone at some point had the Board and was having a motivational speaking tour because they had such raw confidence and they wanted to share it. The Actor For Hire file and the fired janitor files can together be evidence that this exhibition happened and that The Power of the (surf)Board is literally boldness. Maybe we're all nice to each other in society because we're all just a bit scared of our shortcomings in certain abilities, but The Power removes all of these constraints and makes you, well, an asshole. The Janitor is such an asshole that he fearlessly defied Bureau authority and this Actor genuinely believes so strongly in their acting that they make people think they are a dog if they're playing a dog.

  • @MontyZander
    @MontyZander Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for letting me join these legends for the video! Was great fun!

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Any time! It was great working with all of you for this one! Cheers.

  • @Fragmentsinfractals488

    @Fragmentsinfractals488

    Жыл бұрын

    Good work!

  • @osamahamdan5737
    @osamahamdan5737 Жыл бұрын

    Dude. Enough with the jump scares My soul left my body when that cat just appeared

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    So you're saying I should do more jump scares?

  • @osamahamdan5737

    @osamahamdan5737

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GamingUniversityUoG Omg nooooooo If you want to put jump scares just say in the intro that there are jump scares just to take care 😢😢😢 Thanks

  • @WeddingSingerCB
    @WeddingSingerCB Жыл бұрын

    Dead letters has always been one of my favorite bits of the game, so I’m so glad that this video got made. Incredible work as always. I’m curious about how the Sherman/Skinwaler Ranch implications could affect the claims of the shapeshifter actor. Given that paranatural entities are confirmed to be able to wear the forms of others in some capacity (Barbara Jagger/the Dark Presence and Thomas Zane/the Bright Presence), how likely is it that they could be seeking worship or influence in other ways? Something to ponder.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    It is a possability for sure. Just don't have any evidence for or against it as of now.

  • @randomdude2386
    @randomdude2386 Жыл бұрын

    For the Fish-Speak letter, I believe it’s actually a reference to Lovecraft

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Really? I havent read lovecraft. What specifically?

  • @randomdude2386

    @randomdude2386

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GamingUniversityUoG The text to me sounded like it’s from the (frankly amazing) Lovecraft-inspired game Call of the Sea. More specifically, it appears to be this nlp.fi.muni.cz/raslan/2020/paper12.pdf from Cthulhu.

  • @xboxstudent

    @xboxstudent

    Жыл бұрын

    ​​​@@GamingUniversityUoG Dagon, the Fish people to be specific. Also, it's a self- joke that is making fun of Finnish. Since Remedy Studio is from Finland btw

  • @fawlkes2246
    @fawlkes22465 ай бұрын

    What I find weirdest about the Pinstripe suin one is what the hell did they feel the need to redact.

  • @b.lazing9923
    @b.lazing99233 ай бұрын

    I love how the Fake Planes guy basically ends his letter with "Don't @ me bro"

  • @WikiSorcerer
    @WikiSorcerer Жыл бұрын

    The "Fake Planes" one reminds me of the "Birds Aren't Real" Movement, a parody of modern day conspiracy theories.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    I'll have to check it out.

  • @nickleboi6016
    @nickleboi60166 ай бұрын

    The way you said Decatur at 9:49 physically hurt me

  • @jonaz7312
    @jonaz7312 Жыл бұрын

    In defense of "Dead Presidents": if there is one president who would be willing to show you how to fix your lawnmower, it would be Theodore Roosevelt. I hope we gest to see more of these letters in the future. Even those that are false are still so entertaining to read.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Give him like a day with it to study, possibly. Intuitive understanding of engineering 50 years before it was developed is another thing.

  • @pintavodki

    @pintavodki

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@GamingUniversityUoG Who says that you can't teach the dead presidents new tricks? if they exist on some other plane of being, they can well observe our world and learn how to fix a lawnmower.

  • @E5rael

    @E5rael

    Жыл бұрын

    Also, it could be another entity disguised as a dead president.

  • @rooster3103

    @rooster3103

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GamingUniversityUoGLawnmower were invented in 1830. The writer's lawnmower may have been antique. Even if it's a modern lawnmower, a lot of the same principles apply.

  • @middlemiracle1499
    @middlemiracle14999 ай бұрын

    There are several power objects in one of the offices, I remember a singing fish among them.

  • @rasmusdegn9690
    @rasmusdegn9690 Жыл бұрын

    I'm still not convinced Foot Gossip isn't the cipher key to solving all mysteries past, present and future of the Remedyverse.

  • @Zecteiro

    @Zecteiro

    8 ай бұрын

    Do you know what's next to the foot? Achilles' tendon. This guy is protecting his vulnerability. He is the true extradimensional being helping us.

  • @IanWatson
    @IanWatson Жыл бұрын

    The Machine God letter also reminds me strongly of the Twilight Zone episode "The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon." Edgar has built a contraption in his basement out of junk but claims it's what keeps the world from collapsing into disaster.

  • @ryanschwarz3024
    @ryanschwarz3024 Жыл бұрын

    I saw the "I'm a paid suit in a pinstripe world" letter as an homage to the shining with "All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy". I kind of like the idea that the overlook hotel was object of power, or something similar to the oldest house.

  • @Beowolf-jy5rc

    @Beowolf-jy5rc

    29 күн бұрын

    quick correction, it would probably be called a place of power, not an object of power, and it is also very possible given how well known the hotel it.

  • @Ronin11111111
    @Ronin11111111 Жыл бұрын

    You really chose the letters for the actors that best brought out their talents. Especially Montys.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Everyone really surprised me with their performances. I loved how it turned out too!

  • @jordanhill9348
    @jordanhill9348 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for the collab! Always love the videos

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    You got it buddy! Thank you for the amazing work on this

  • @HrothgarHooters
    @HrothgarHooters Жыл бұрын

    the animal crossing music with the fish language letter had me fucking wheezing, s tier joke

  • @timo847-4
    @timo847-4 Жыл бұрын

    The plaid Pinstripe letter might be considered as a affected individual of some form of cognitohazard, one that affects the speaker so that they can only say that phrase. Although your decision on it being unlikely is also an option :)

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    You know what that is completely fair to point out. I've done theory crafting since I was a kid and have been proven wrong more times than I care to admit. It is why I try my best not to presume facts not in evidence before making an idea. It severely limits imagination though.

  • @carpetlayenful
    @carpetlayenful Жыл бұрын

    Another great episode! 👍 Thanks. *Edit The White Kitchen has a connection to the oldest house. There is a restroom in the astral plane. Whether the portal or an item transported it there is lost to my memory. Yet this room is one of a few rooms mainly unchanged in the Astral Plane. Leading me to believe there is a link.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    That was part of the Astral bleed for that bathroom. White kitchen is the first time we have seen something outside of the House and not associated with the board link to it. It is a weird case.

  • @crisschan2463
    @crisschan2463 Жыл бұрын

    about the white kitchen, i think it also correlates with the document where one of the restrooms inside oldest house is missing and strangely open up in astral plane, like it leaked there i believe you can also go in that location in the game (forgot exactly where but i believe i saw it in one of the dlc, probably AWE)

  • @Sammich506
    @Sammich506 Жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad people are still talking about this game. It's one of the few where I'm invested in the lore and just as knowledgeable of it. One of my favorite games of all time

  • @Gramatha
    @Gramatha Жыл бұрын

    LOVE that you made a video on dead letters! Remedy has lore that is so fun to explore. What I love about it is that you can almost always come up with a way that an Altered Item is involved one way or another. Like, I agree "Foot Gossip" is probably fake... and yet, what if the shoes are an Altered Item that causes people around them to hear voices unless they appease the shoes by wearing them? What if there's an altered pack of cigarettes that instills paranoia in the smoker in "Smoking Ban"? And maybe there's an altered plaid suit that when equipped, makes everyone else's character model wear a pinstripe suit?? (I mean, they exist in a simulation after all 😉)

  • @williambravo1084
    @williambravo10847 ай бұрын

    The amount of lore in Control makes my head spin and I mean that in the best way possible. It's like you're just barely taking a peek behind the curtain of reality. I absolutely cannot wait for the sequel.

  • @dmitrisochlioukov5003
    @dmitrisochlioukov50038 ай бұрын

    the smoking ban letter is interesting, referencing the cigarette packs of black pyramid, the notion that the government is making a secret deal with aliens is also a reference to the board and bureau, finally the signature is a reference to the speech pattern of the board etc. Were-everything could be a reference to the shape-shifting actor, thus making him a skinwaler lol.

  • @nathanjones8667
    @nathanjones86679 ай бұрын

    I wasn’t expecting to hear Monty Zander during this! What a pleasant surprise!

  • @pintavodki
    @pintavodki Жыл бұрын

    The Cat Clock is probably my favourite. (followed by planes as monsters). Everyone knows the The Cat Clock, if not from real life then from 80s movies and such. The game repeatedly states that such archetypes can gain power of their own through collective unconscious, and bam, your innocent cat from Back to the Future (or any other movie) is a creepy guilt-inducing nightmare. Jebini-rog!

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    That damn clock was everywhere when I was growing up

  • @grimnecksnapper3789
    @grimnecksnapper3789 Жыл бұрын

    It'd be so cool if some of these characters would appear in AW2. Absolutely loved this video and the voiceovers. Also got to know about 2 more cool channels !!

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    If they get mentioned in later games I'd love it! And happy viewing for the other channels.

  • @PhilieBlunt666
    @PhilieBlunt666 Жыл бұрын

    Omg, now it all makes perfect sense! Thank you foot-gossip!!

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Those feet need to use inside voices jeez

  • @PhilieBlunt666

    @PhilieBlunt666

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GamingUniversityUoG holy crap yeah! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @sayborgoussawa4424
    @sayborgoussawa4424 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing and insaane video... and what??? All of these guests are present... Matt and Jordan and Eve from hidden machine and Max Derrat and monty zander... just wooow, I really loved the voice performance of your guests, especially Jordan lol... Really, You always give us your great and unique ideas in your videos. Your analysis and conclusion of right from wrong pulled me in... Thank u The Dean and your your guests for this video.

  • @filanfyretracker
    @filanfyretracker5 ай бұрын

    the fish speaker one sounds like a way for covert agents to communicate in plain view. Odds are that letter communicated a drop point, One person dropped something for a handler to pick up or the other way around.

  • @votch2798
    @votch27987 ай бұрын

    Machine God is 100% a reference to the SCP Broken God. Control takes a lot of inspiration from the SCP Foundation and Broken God is one of its most popular stories.

  • @BangerangEliko
    @BangerangEliko Жыл бұрын

    @29:23 a little detail that many might not notice is the name Bowker is the Hebrew word for morning/daytime. - so keeping in theme of being awake and daylight

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. Good to know thank you!

  • @steeks9132
    @steeks91329 ай бұрын

    what immediately came to my mind when i read the guy who tried to build the machine god was that it's a reference to the scp foundation's "house of the worm" story and also the faction "the church of the broken god"

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    9 ай бұрын

    There is a lot of SCP influence so it would not surprise me

  • @NicolasDominique
    @NicolasDominique Жыл бұрын

    This is so enjoyable episode. I really has a great ambiance because of all of the narrators today. Interesting stories, too, especially those who we know might happened, but we cannot confirm them at all. Just the subtitles to this video seems displaced. Guess the letters changed while editing?

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh... yes I did change the order while editing. I need to go fix that when I get home. I copied my script that's in alphabetical order this morning. My bad haha.

  • @sirthanksalot97
    @sirthanksalot97 Жыл бұрын

    Fffffuuuuuuuck you for the cat clock jumpscare, I almost screamed and woke up my wife watching this at 3 AM.

  • @Scannatovivo
    @Scannatovivo Жыл бұрын

    Such a great video! I honestly can't wait for AW2 to be released, just to see even more content regarding the remedy universe from you guys!

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm going to be having a field day with all the new info with AW2

  • @b.c4440
    @b.c4440 Жыл бұрын

    The part about ear pressure being an experience you would have only on a plane isn’t strictly true. On high speed bullet trains you will experience similar sensations in the ear since the high speed creates similar air pressure issues. Doesn’t make monster trains more plausible but it’s something to keep in mind.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Copy that. I was not aware of that. I'll keep it in mind.

  • @coalnel3089
    @coalnel3089 Жыл бұрын

    I'm pretty sure the Machine God is an SCP reference as the "Church of the Broken God" and Mekhane is a very popular Group of Interest in the SCP universe.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm not familiar with the specifics most SCPs. I know I'm missing a lot of references as a result.

  • @coalnel3089

    @coalnel3089

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GamingUniversityUoG Well the Church of the Broken God is one of the more notable groups in the SCP verse. It has some crazy lore but it's mostly around broken mechanical parts or them fighting another group of flesh cultists. If Remedy ever decided to add a cult in the universe then you should do some research on them. Otherwise it's probably not too relevant.

  • @radleytadong
    @radleytadong Жыл бұрын

    Foot Gossip is by far my favorite dead letter.🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @radleytadong

    @radleytadong

    Жыл бұрын

    The guy really was weird but you guys totally made sound like a nitwit.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Just had to lol

  • @lilstarfish
    @lilstarfish Жыл бұрын

    Great video, as always. The guest speakers were fantastic!

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    They were all awesome! Loved how this all came together.

  • @GGO_Tube
    @GGO_Tube Жыл бұрын

    Your Best Control Video sooo far, Really really entertaining, thanks for the amazing work 💯

  • @L7CK7
    @L7CK7 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for more Control content. I’ll consume it all.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Got more for you all tomorrow

  • @DonnieExeter
    @DonnieExeter Жыл бұрын

    @Gaming Universiy Hey man long time fan of your content, it's awesome to see how much you're branching out and growing. Just wanna let you know if you ever need free voice acting for even a minor character I'd love to do it!

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Will do! I have a pending project which has already been voiced but I'm always looking for help in stuff.

  • @DonnieExeter

    @DonnieExeter

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GamingUniversityUoG hell yeah man anytime! also I mentioned the show a while ago in a comment I think, but did you ever get to check out the lost room? Totally understand if not, what with the busy schedule and all.

  • @readingbetweentheframes
    @readingbetweentheframesАй бұрын

    Makes me wish the letters were read out like this in game with how important they are to the lore

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Ай бұрын

    I think that's a missed opportunity for Control. I know it thematically works better to be narrative in Alan Wake considering the nature of the story. But hearing someone voice these is comedy gold waiting to be tapped.

  • @ethanlackey8048
    @ethanlackey8048 Жыл бұрын

    Does anyone else just feel like the boy becoming a “melted dog” wasn’t actually a dog and instead he was just horribly twisted into a beastly form. That is horrific.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a pretty messed up image

  • @nehvala4576
    @nehvala4576 Жыл бұрын

    I really love your Control related content. I hope you keep making these types of videos in the future.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    I have another Remedy vid dropping tomorrow.

  • @BangerangEliko
    @BangerangEliko Жыл бұрын

    @14;23 This is also drawing inspiration from SCP lore and the Church of the Broken God. a religion that worships Mekhane, a metal god that gave mankind its intellect and destroyed itself to contain a god of flesh that ought to devolve humanity to a more primal state. they believed that if they brought together anomalous machines they would rebuild their deity and usher forth a new stage in technological achievement. - there was also the House of the Worm that was built by a WWI soldier who came home from war and saw visions of a "worm" that would destroy humanity, so in he dreamed up blueprints for a prison to contain it and use it as an engine to find a new world that would be safe from the evils... but the Church of Broken God stuff is way more rich in lore and relatable

  • @Tzen03

    @Tzen03

    Жыл бұрын

    Mekhane was also my first thought on that one.

  • @raulportela3039
    @raulportela3039 Жыл бұрын

    Glad to see new content and it makes me happy to hear Monty joining in!

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    It was great working with him again!

  • @COSMIC_ZA
    @COSMIC_ZA Жыл бұрын

    Do you remeber Nose-bleed Neil? Perhaps that could be considered shapeshifting, from Dylan telling us that he turned into some kind of dog. Perhaps that actor is not 'Ordinary'

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    If we knew more about what exactly caused it sure. It sounds like an affect of the Garden threshold since he got stuck there. The thing melted stuff around the slose projector.

  • @maetheron1160
    @maetheron116010 ай бұрын

    Im loving this Channel so much! All the lore within the Remedyverse is amazing! I was just wondering if it is possible you would make a video covering the full details of the Ordinary AWE? I know there are some collectibles (I missed some ngl) but seeing it all explained in your awesome video format would be excellent!

  • @nicholasgarrett742
    @nicholasgarrett7427 ай бұрын

    Man. I was ready to get deep into foot gossip.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    7 ай бұрын

    I mean we could analyze how lack of pedicures cause gossiping feet... If you like

  • @Mikethehamham
    @Mikethehamham Жыл бұрын

    Eh nice little script you had for max derrat there. Love both of your channels

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @MCSaeid
    @MCSaeid Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic work, y’all! I definitely agree; Max and Jordan’s performances were especially impressive! Monty’s bit, being a plaid suit in a pinstripe world, was also amazing. My favorite letter of them all-which sounds so weird yet absolutely hilarious-has to be the one about fake airplanes! I can’t help but laugh at how the writer closed with “don’t contact me.” As an introvert, I wish I could put that in my email signature haha. *Update* Adding timestamps to the video would be very neat.

  • @kalin666
    @kalin6666 ай бұрын

    The machine god sounds like a straight SCP reference.

  • @robertalexander-bk5zj
    @robertalexander-bk5zj5 ай бұрын

    ~A Wild Max Derrat Appears~ Hell yeah.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    5 ай бұрын

    He just wandered in here lol

  • @msmoon6011
    @msmoon6011 Жыл бұрын

    Another great, articulate video about one my favorite games of all time. I cannot wait for your Alan Wake 2 lore content. Excellent reading everyone! Impressive acting skills! :) Props to Jordon Hill for the different voices!

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Once Alan wake 2 comes out in going to be ignoring all other content on focus on that for a while. Too excited I need to talk about it!

  • @Hanoveur
    @Hanoveur6 ай бұрын

    We saw the Singing Fish in one of the Research offices.

  • @PyramidHead316
    @PyramidHead3167 ай бұрын

    The Machine God one reminds me of SCP's Mekhane, and the recent V/H/S/85 segment with the VR god. While the writer might be mentally ill, or an artist with an overactive imagination, I can see that being a legit extra-dimensional entity trying to gain entry into the world - although one with much less resources than the Board! The salamander one is a bit creepy, because if you did get trapped in an animal form, how would you ever escape? You wouldn't. Unless you came across someone else who inherently understood your situation, and/or magic, you'd basically be stuck there forever. And for a very shortened lifespan, at that. That's some truly existential horror right there.

  • @rngwrldngnr
    @rngwrldngnr Жыл бұрын

    6:30 no, no, the human remains is because the monsters eat people.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Do they eat fully functioning toilets too? Because if so... gross.

  • @MapOfEurasia
    @MapOfEurasia Жыл бұрын

    Did you ever investigated the secret Dylan Hotline call (hidden in the game files, titled "Future") and the Dylan easter egg after completing AWE DLC and all the challenges in "The Foundation" DLC? I found out just today about those 2 things! 😨

  • @flooferderp2918
    @flooferderp2918 Жыл бұрын

    Huh. Sherman Ranch is an *actual* place. Hot damn.

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh yes it is. Lots of folklore about the place.

  • @Max44321
    @Max44321 Жыл бұрын

    That's some really good reading!

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    They all did great work

  • @countbrackmoor
    @countbrackmoor2 ай бұрын

    Regarding the airplane one, all a person would have to see is a plane taking off or landing to know they’re wrong

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Ай бұрын

    Some people will find an irrational explanation for anything.

  • @AHarp
    @AHarp3 күн бұрын

    18:43 You forgot the most obvious conclusion. There could literally be an Object of Power in her kitchen that she is unknowingly coming into physical contact with that keeps transporting her to the Astral Plane. Not sure if there is a way to leave the Astral Plane without binding the object, but just a thought.

  • @threeNinetySix
    @threeNinetySix8 ай бұрын

    the Devil Fish was my favorite letter when I came across it

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    8 ай бұрын

    I remember those singing fishes all over. Now I want one that sings devil songs

  • @steel.oneill
    @steel.oneill Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic work - thanks so much

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    You got it!

  • @Endgame_01
    @Endgame_017 ай бұрын

    This one was a banger. Great work Dean

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    7 ай бұрын

    Haha thanks dude

  • @cadetsparklez3300
    @cadetsparklez33007 ай бұрын

    The metal detector is a nightmare. The oldest house is full of them

  • @thesteampunkinc
    @thesteampunkinc Жыл бұрын

    Imagine if your feet could gossip. What would they even gossip about?

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe their opinions on socks and sandals.

  • @CallMeKes
    @CallMeKes11 ай бұрын

    There was actually a book about a pet store owner turning people into pets. I think it was a Fear Street book or something along that line at least.

  • @TheSwerve81
    @TheSwerve817 ай бұрын

    the singing fish is accounted for, it can be found in the FBC

  • @BadTeacherUA
    @BadTeacherUA Жыл бұрын

    Great job! Also, a really cool collab!

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    So glad I managed to get all these talented individuals on this one.

  • @BadTeacherUA

    @BadTeacherUA

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GamingUniversityUoG Thank you! And Control, yeah. Surely, on of the most favorite games & lore. There are lots of content coming with AW2... I bet there definitely will be Animus/Anima theme with Jesse and Alan.

  • @BadTeacherUA

    @BadTeacherUA

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GamingUniversityUoG Also was really glad to see Max here )

  • @meimei8718
    @meimei87184 ай бұрын

    I recognized most of the voice talents. Yay!

  • @imjustherefortehlulz
    @imjustherefortehlulz Жыл бұрын

    Dead Letters gotta be one of my favourite parts of the game

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    They were fun little inclusions. Probably the department I would work for.

  • @seitbekir
    @seitbekir4 ай бұрын

    3:19 there is one more document about people who trapped into animals. Like, they changed their shape being a werewolf, but left in the form for some reason. So, I think it is possibly true. The document was found in foundation many years before this letter

  • @MalebolgiaXXX
    @MalebolgiaXXX Жыл бұрын

    I haven't finished watching the video yet. I'm just over 20 minutes in but some of the stuff that people reported in were crazy!

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    All sorts of madness happens in these

  • @MalebolgiaXXX

    @MalebolgiaXXX

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GamingUniversityUoG I finished the video. Again, crazy stuff. The one that had me thinking for a minute was the guy who believed that air flight was a hoax. We know that's crazy but try this on for size. My dad honestly doesn't believe that man has been into outer space. It's all a hoax to him. He thinks that the only "true" attempts were the tragedies that happened with various space crafts such as Challenger and Columbia.

  • @babynautilus
    @babynautilus Жыл бұрын

    the "machine god" article of course reminded me of the broken god mythos from scp!

  • @TheStripeTailedFiend
    @TheStripeTailedFiend4 ай бұрын

    I feel like I’m losing my mind because I swear I saw a cat clock in control at some point but I can’t for the life of me remember where.

  • @nguyen-vuluu3150
    @nguyen-vuluu31506 ай бұрын

    12:45 that sounds just like the Church of the Broken God from SCP

  • @DrMutran
    @DrMutran Жыл бұрын

    With the slow death of hand written letters, do you suppose the Dead Letters Archives are keeping hard copies of emails as well?

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe we'll see them in Control 2. Dead Emails.

  • @Cassandra_Johnson
    @Cassandra_Johnson7 ай бұрын

    No mention that Control seems to borrow heavily from the SCP universe? The machine god part in particular seems to echo Mekhane and the Church of the Broken God. Considering it links to an SCP, I would suggest that increases the chances that it is a "real thing" in the Control universe.

  • @chrishiggins2588
    @chrishiggins25887 ай бұрын

    For a lot of these letters the fact that the FBC is willing to catalog them adds more to their interest than the content itself. Maybe they were just crazed ramblings but perhaps they were onto something but were off the mark/ don’t know something the bureau does

  • @ilregiallo4151
    @ilregiallo4151 Жыл бұрын

    About shape-shifters, do you think we will ever see Loki Darkens, former member of the Old Gods?

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    Honestly I hope so. It is just a plot point that never has been addressed

  • @richizzle39
    @richizzle397 ай бұрын

    I love how little time you spent on "Im a plaid suit in a pinstripe world" It only emboldens how curious the writing is.

  • @mmr7517
    @mmr7517 Жыл бұрын

    Love all of your videos & want to see more games Lectures from you like Bioshock , Evil within, DisHonored etc ....

  • @GamingUniversityUoG

    @GamingUniversityUoG

    Жыл бұрын

    😏 stay tuned

  • @mmr7517

    @mmr7517

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GamingUniversityUoG Waiting ❤️❤️

  • @wizcatcheslightning
    @wizcatcheslightning Жыл бұрын

    Max staying yellow during his VA on this video 😎

  • @glyphidbulkdetonator
    @glyphidbulkdetonator Жыл бұрын

    I'm not much for Control as a whole, but seeing funny situations with poor handwriting is still a fun distraction. You really did a *killer* job with this!

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