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You’ve got to appreciate how manly starts every video with clarifying that the game he’s about to play is a horror game, and he does in the exact same voice and tone each time.

If Erick would have said "I don't like your attitude, Im going back to bed" he would still be alive. This is why I don't answer work related calls after I clock out.

Really happy for this news lady. I'm sure it being her last time is just because she's retiring early and no because she dies a horrible death

Can you imagine if the news reporter threw the water bottle in the lake after she finished drinking

Tom has to be in on it. In the end scene, they say that lisa and the cameraman where last seen in the garage of the studio, but tom knew that they were in the factory, and it cant be a case of "tom was another victim" since he is not mentioned has being missing in the endding

Manly randomly saying “I became a shitposter” in that Macky Maus voice outta nowhere FLOORED me😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Manly mentioned that the voices could be fake and it probably was! Linda's call with Tom has him say that he is at the door of the factory and has unlocked it. However... In the post-credits scene, the news report states that they were last seen in the garage of Channel 7. But how can that be the case when Tom was at the factory and had a call with Linda? Which leaves two options. That the voice was faked. Or... Tom was the one who was doing the killings. The improved cell reception also supports the first theory. It's likely an IMSI catcher(aka a Stingray) which would allow for a call interception.

Manly going dead still and quiet at 4:16 was the scariest part of this video. I nearly had a heart attack lol

Unless it's an emergency and the authorities have specifically told you to move the vehicle, no cameraman would park that far and out of the way for a 'puff piece'. Also, depending on the station, there will be a producer in the van in case they get a new story or need to go live.

I think I somewhat get it, though this might be a stretch. I'm guessing that the new owners turned the factory into a livestream service to post in gory websites. Actually the murderer could've been the person that bought the place himself, which emphasizes the guilt of the previous owner more. I suspect that the guy knows how to hack in video feed, which is how he's able to post the recording as a livestream. I also do suspect that he somehow messed with Linda's call and made her think she was calling the actual Tom since the game hinted that for some reason, the phone signal was stronger in that area than even in the town. It'd make a bit more sense since at the end, it's shown that no one, maybe even the producers themselves, knows where Linda and Erick actually went.

This reminds me of an old John Constantine graphic novel. He goes to this creepy old town and finds it in a similar state due to mass unemployment. Turns out that the whole town are basically taking it in turn to produce fake snuff, and other sorts of extreme material. Then selling the footage online to weirdos around the world is literally the only industry supporting the town. Although no one likes doing it, they don't have any other choice.

Why is it journalists and Horror mix so well? Is it the found footage vibe? I bet it’s the found footage vibe.

I like to imagine every time Linda left Erick behind during the black screen transitions she was doing a full on sprint with all her might.

Off topic, but Linda's thumbnail art design looks amazing. It's almost iconic.

17:21 Jokes on you Manly, you don't have to be in a video game to do that. It just makes it a lot easier, and a lot less painful and disorientating

Maybe if Linda didnt call Erick an imbicile Cameraman maybe she wouldve survived

Psychological horror is what really makes me feel some bit of horror. And I know that not back then, but now in our current day that there are websites like that shown before the credits. Knowing that it is somewhat replicating reality like that makes me feel disturbed. It makes me imagine what if these were real messages in some live stream and it wasn't just some game? That messes with my head.

Manly doesn't mention it, but at 8:39 there's a click and door closing sound that seems to be coming from the door further in the apartment. It's not the front door, so it has to be that one. And Cameraman's narration changes to say that it's stuck and he finds that weird. Somebody is in your apartment, dude!

"This is how people die, lack of communication." Please tell this to my bosses, Manly. Holy. Facking. Crap. These horror games are ASMR compared to my job.

I don't know why but Erick being spelled with both a "c" and a "k" is activating my fight or flight response

The title reminded me of a really disturbing event/case where a news journalist killed herself on camera, she was in a critical condition after she shot herself. Later, a note was found from her which she wrote herself predicting that when she shoots herself, she’ll be in a critical condition at the exact hospital she was thereafter pronounced to be in such condition

Maybe im wrong since it has been a long time i heard something about this, but during the mid 2010's there was an urban legend about some streams in the deep web, were some horrible things were mainstreamed inside some red rooms. My theory is that someone buy the factory to run some of those streams, and obviously the previous owner knew about this

The horror thing about this game is the jump scared windows notification sound that play out of nowhere.

I swear the scariest are these scenes 4:20 where manly just disappears and does not elaborate further

So its a red room type thing. Maybe the factory owner was pressured into letting whoever runs the red room use his factory but out of guilt he sold it and ran before becoming a victim Tom is likely a acomplice since they mention a camera man who disappeared before.

13:35 the perfectly timed “i became a shit poster” & then the cut to no signal killed me 😂

So the last bit where the news anchors said Linda and Eric were last seen in the news garage is some sort of clue that either 1) the news network owners are in on it, and Tom really was talking to Linda on the phone and was lying about the helicopter (I'm sure she'd have heard them landing?) and being outside to lure her out. Or it could be 2) the killer cloning the number and faking Tom's voice to lure her out, and so she never got in contact with anyone to tell them where they were stranded, and thus the news anchors were right about that being their last known location. I almost feel like option 1 is more likely, because they were obviously being stalked before, and it sounded like Tom was pressuring them to get that specific story done, pretty much sending them to the abandoned factory in the first place. They had so many other segments that they had ready to go, so why would it be that important to get it done before morning? The machine is still weird to me, too. It probably is some sort of cremation chamber/wood chipper type of thing, but they put enough emphasis on it in the story to made me think it was going to be something more.

I will never get over these PS1/PS2 styled horror games. What an awesome genre. Thank you for playing so many of them for us to see!!

This one reminds me of the lobotomy corp music machine, the one that drives people to feed it so it can keep playing.

Channel 7 owns thw building, using their broadcasting technology for the signal their own employees as unknowing, yet willing participants to ignorantly stream their own demise

"I became a shitposter" thats nice

Why did the new station act like they had no idea what happened. The boss was at the same place and they were in contact. Maybe the boss runs this whole thing.

Love how Manly play every game just voice up the character as his own personality character in every game

18:45 "well, we're dead, hey did you know we're d- huh?" Manly's timing will forever be impeccable

VHS filter aside, this dev got that old horror movies aesthetic right, from artstyle to music usage.

8:53 Hearing Manly saying a cute "moshi moshi" is not something I thought I needed until now

Wait "last seen "Station Garage." Wait a minute.....did Tom send them to their doom? Because it almost sounds like there wasn't a helicopter on its way and Tom could tell people that they just disappeared and DIDNT go to the factory.....otherwise the reports on tv would of talked about "Last connected from the abandoned factory"

I appreciate what you put out; it really is escapism for me, in a good way.

Yea, the ending spoils that the news crew was in on it. Gives me a lot of red room and most dangerous game vibes.

I love how Manly hears a noise before going thru the gate and goes "What's that!?" going back to look like some NPC or the protagonist in a horror movie. I mean I get it, it's a game and you don't want to miss any content, but it's really funny in the context of watching a main character make horror movie cliche mistakes.

I liked how it left me questioning what would happen to one or both of them every time they split up, which was about every five seconds lol. And I legit thought the uniform on the wall was a body from a distance. Nailed the atmosphere! But yeah the threat sequence was a really small fraction of the game which didn’t leave me much time to feel in suspense. Side note I like the variety of your videos! One day it could be a visual novel and the next an RPG Maker horror, it’s lots of fun.

Plots Twist: The person who bought the factory and making it his hunting ground, is the same who owns Channel 7, using the station's equipment to stream darkweb snuff stuff online.

Showing your true age, manly. Netscape is better. Always was.

The thumbnail makes Linda look like a combined Amelia Watson and REmake 4 Ashley, and I think that’s cool.

The real question is why the fuck did they park there? The entire road was empty, but they decided the best spot to put their car was around 3 corners in ally? Maybe it could stop thieves or something but it feels like such a waste of time

Linda: Come on, Erick! What're you afraid of? Manly: DEATH! LOL

For once the camera man isn't invincible. He finally turned his creative mode off, haha. Aside from getting half-clickbaited since Linda looks like Ame from hololive, this really gives a "true crime" feel. Actually spooky.

Fun fact: Netscape's web browser was actually called Navigator! But many still call it Netscape (perhaps due to the window title and/or the shortcut name?)

I think Tom is most likely in on it because the end scene mention both Erick and Linda being last seen in the station garage when he knows they are in the factory. Some people think that the Tom in Linda's call is fake but I don't think so because there isn't a single hint that points to that. In addition, neither Erick nor Linda remembered about this second recording about unemployment, maybe Tom made it up to make them go to the factory. He also doesn't display any anger at Linda's forgetfulness about her assignment, maybe he is just putting on a show of being understanding? Not to mention his line of work would somewhat explain the snuff livestream, him having access to that sort of technology. Lastly, I'm getting the impression that this town is a small one because they mention most people are reliant on the factory for work and there isn't much other places to get employment, so how does the station manage to get a helicopter? It could be that they aren't local and is a decently sized station.

I can’t even imagine how hard it must have been for the producers to make these backgrounds. I feel like I’ve actually been in these abandoned buildings and neighborhoods I swear…

Damn, I was just thinking I needed a new manly video for bedtime. Thanks ol pal.

What was hidden in that rewinding tape? Who was the man in the car? Why did Linda dissapeared, leaving Erick alone? Why the hell did that whole bridge fall? Judging by what Linda said about her last camera man, I think she is also a raptor. She was paid to bring him to get him to dissapear there. That was the whole deal with "Tom" a.k.a. the killer. It is just that in this case, the killer wanted more, so he decided to also kill her. That explains all her lies and why she wasn't scared at all. But the bridge falling is uh something wack, perhaps the killer did it so Linda wouldnt escape?

"this hole was made for me?" this is something interesting to say

This feels like a reference to Michigan Report From Hell on PS2, made by the same guys who worked on Killer 7. Channel 7, Killer 7. Hmm.

18:54 I LOVE this part bc I KNOW that if I were playing this, I'd immediately assume someone in my house is playing music/watching TV, or it's one of my noisy neighbors and at MOST I'd think I'm hallucinating or something It'd be so subtle and unnoticeable to me and I genuinely love that detail bc you don't EXPECT music to be playing somewhere like here and your brain tries to justify that sudden, unexpected sound

A shredder machine that makes music after people get grinded inside of it... Sounds like the Singing Machine from Project Moon.

Bless you man. Remember to take some time for yourself if you need it. Even the Manly Badass Hero (potentially) has a limit.

Ngl the surface concept immediately reminded me of Michigan: Report From Hell. Also ngl very surprising reveal at the end, not the best reveal but honestly took me by very big surprise. Especially compared to the previous entries. I kinda had expectations but they were definitely proven wrong.

I was SO HAPPY that this game showed the true horror of having to wait for a tape to rewind. Unsorted VHS was a fun game to watch Manly play, but the lack of rewind necessary to replay the tapes was jarring.

Finally I found the channel again... This is the one channel that I've been looking for since it's good narrations and I can listen while doing something else.

The throwback to 90s Australian television at the start was some pleasantly unexpected nostalgia

17:17 “no, it’s a video game, which is worse. The problem is, since you’re a video game, I can do this” *AGGRESSIVELY CONVULSES* “and you can’t stop me.”

Erick didnt deserve that death

Welp fuse is blown. Last day of work, hey Jim let’s tear a hole in the wall and bail!

Biggest thing about the factory - it is said it was abandoned recently, but the environment looks like it has been decaying for decades. All the windows don't get shattered and the roads and parking lots don't get covered with dirt and hay in a few months or something. Also the bridge is ridiculous, a single lane wooden structure to connect to a factory of ~1000 workers?

Oh my god I need 13:48 to be a clip somehow. My sides are GONE after that, it was too perfect

00:55 i _love_ when the video game intros are like old horror movies :D!

This definitely doesn't seem sustainable for Tom. This is now at least 3 of his crew missing while on the job. And since he seems to be in charge, in places where he sent them. Even assuming there have been no disappearances that we weren't told about, there's now an established pattern for the police to follow.

Manly suddenly stopping to do something offscreen was like that part in Marble Hornets when Jay says he sees The Operator outside of the building he's in but when he pulls the camera up to show there's nothing out there

Oh my god that why it had those random ads! Also for the stream! What a neat twist

Before the Baton Rouge Centroplex text popped up on the screen, I thought I recognized that old commercial. 😂😂 I remember that old gun show commercial from when I was a kid.

He killed you because you left the gate open

That odd live action ad at 13:46 seems more 1992 than 2000....maybe even 80s. Visually. BUT! We knew what the internet was, did not need silly ads! The fringe was more fringe and less mainstream, and no one looked that clean cut.

This game reminded me of this one really old found footage game that was really terrible and buggy. It was called "Michigan: Report from Hell" the premise of this game just reminded me of it. And I cant seem to find it but I swear I remember Manly having done a lets play of it a long time ago.

"I became a shitposter!" almost spit my drink there lmfao

I don’t always comment on KZfaq videos. But when I do it’s to support ManlyBadassHero for posting at 1am to give me his soothing voice over spooky videos to help me fall asleep.

17:21 when manly said “I can do this” and went ballistic has me on the floor rn😂

Manly making cracks about how this is a game, and thus worse, was solid gold.

Erick had 1 job, and that was supose to be the role of the Camaraman. The other camaramans out there must be dissapointed since he failed. (Because everyone knows the camaraman never dies)

"The fuse box broke and was unable to be repaired, however, there's a fuse in the next room you can use to repair it." What?

The start of the video gave me clippy throwbacks ☹️🤣

I'm only at 5:26 in & it's already reminding me of a few reasons why we shouldn't pollute the environment: a long time ago, a river actually caught fire because of all the pollutants in it. Also during 1 nasty winter in Europe a bunch of people were burning cheap coal and driving everywhere to get presents and stuff. For days the smog was bad and people ended up dying or very sick from inhaling the smog. Turns out a rare reverse tornado was over the area keeping the smog down closer to the ground but it still forced them to take up a clean air act of their own.

In the thumbnail Linda looked like a nice anime waifu but in gameplay she looks like Ashley graham from old resident evil 4

Hey, the font used for the main title instantly brought Rebuild 1 and 2 back to my mind! Great games.

Being a news reporter on location in a creepy small town is my dream job

Why on EARTH did they park their van in a mini maze when the could have just parked on the side on that road?!?!

ILY thank you for always posting 🤍

that actually scared me. you did good, creator!

This is amazing! I love to watch your horror videos because they show me new games. Definitely going to play this on my own

I love listening to these when sleeping. Such a calming voice 🫢

just finished the video and i could be wrong but im pretty sure that the whole thing was planned by tom (and likely the rest of the news crew too) and the killer was most likely just tom or maybe a guy who was hired by him

I get back to this video watching another one ur video rn

Ah yes Playing as a News Reporter In a Creepy Little Town

This game gave me Power drill Massacre vibes. I love these types of games. Thanks for the playthrough, Manly.

Man I've been watching him since he had 100k subs and very underrated. I rlly thought that he will be big someday like other streamers. Im proud of him

Linda: "This isnt a movie!" Manly: "nah this is a video game...which is worse" XP

Nothing like the game version of watching a snuff. (Joking.)

The way Linda treated Erick before he died made my stomach hurt when she found him.

Given that Tom could unlock the door, knew other coworkers, didn't sound fake and did "disappear" with the others that implies that Tom was the killer right