10 Most Mysterious Unsolved Objects in Video Games

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    Sometimes you find something in a video game that makes you think … how did this get here? Today we’re diving into the 10 most mysterious objects ever found in video games.
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    Games featured (Spoilers)
    Accounting
    Superliminal
    No Man’s Sky
    Horizon Zero Dawn
    Road 96
    UB Funkey’s
    The Ring: Terror’s Realm
    Cave Story
    The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
    Half-Life: Alyx
    Clips and References
    Accounting
    • H3 Podcast #99 - Justi...
    No Man’s Sky
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    The Ring: Terror’s Realm
    • The Mystery of the Sil...
    Cave Story
    • Cave Story 3D Announce...
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  • @GameGrumpsCompilations
    @GameGrumpsCompilations 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3272

    Best gaming mystery videos on the internet by a wide margin. The community Oddheader has built is amazing.

    • @bungobogus8132
      @bungobogus8132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      It’s crazy how well he landed into this niche which dominated old TH-cam. It’s not even like he’s documenting old game myths, the community that latched onto this seems to find new ones all the time. It’s like a beacon for glitch hunters.

    • @johnvanderbeek7535
      @johnvanderbeek7535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Is there even a [wide] margin? i only watch odd and easter egg hunter

    • @Obi-WanKannabis
      @Obi-WanKannabis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For general gaming yea. But check davidustin for the best GTA myths

    • @johnvanderbeek7535
      @johnvanderbeek7535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Obi-WanKannabis used to look at that channel but im all done with gta 5 that candle burnt out a while ago lol

    • @Obi-WanKannabis
      @Obi-WanKannabis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johnvanderbeek7535 he does other GTA games

  • @AgentRoses
    @AgentRoses 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    In Cave Story+, Curly's Panties do serve a purpose: they unlock Curly Mode, where you can play as Curly Brace, and she even has dialog as she isn't quiet like Quote.

    • @superik408
      @superik408 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Ok but
      why panties...?

    • @evilstarlegacy
      @evilstarlegacy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@superik408 Japan

    • @remmurdydooM
      @remmurdydooM 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@evilstarlegacy Japan

    • @AaronJames-ez8mb
      @AaronJames-ez8mb 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@remmurdydooMJapan

  • @F1nicky
    @F1nicky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1360

    honestly mad props for actually finding shit nobody has ever heard of instead if the low hanging fruit, it really shows that you love this stuff and dont just do it for a video's sake, keep at it dude!

    • @kevinsundelin8639
      @kevinsundelin8639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      All it shows is he has a community. Without it he couldn't make videos like these

    • @DijaVlogsGames
      @DijaVlogsGames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Well, at this point it is really just him picking the most interesting things his community shovels his way.

    • @crazyduplicate
      @crazyduplicate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@kevinsundelin8639 the community wouldn't exist if he hadn't started his channel with his own work

    • @jacobl4699
      @jacobl4699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@crazyduplicate it’s a beautiful synergy

  • @TheBeaverhouse
    @TheBeaverhouse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    Regarding the No Man's Sky "mystery," I honestly see that one as a bit of a non-entry. Speaking as somebody who plays the game regularly, the Anomalous Number Station is just one of SEVERAL space anomalies that don't actually do anything and never have. Which in themselves are one of several random objects in the game that never served any real purpose beyond worldbuilding. My takeaway is that it's either just that, worldbuilding, or a feature that's only been partially implemented such as the Station Core. (Which actually has associated items given to you during expeditions that ALSO currently serve no purpose)

    • @Raelexx
      @Raelexx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yep. Tons of these things and whichever thing you get be it a giant space worm, a listening post or a destroyed freighter, there are many mysteries in the infinite.

    • @ObsceneParadise
      @ObsceneParadise 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Apparently, converting the numbers from the Anomalous Numbers Stations can be converted to hexadecimal codes, which can then be used on the Galactic Atlas site and converted to system coordinates. Has anyone found anything specific that they lead to? Nah. CAN they lead somewhere given some screwing around? Sure. In my opinion it's a good way to try and get you outside your comfort zone, I tend to stick to a cluster of systems and this would be a great way to get to a whole new part of a galaxy to explore.

    • @TheBeaverhouse
      @TheBeaverhouse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Interesting. Do these lead to like.. valid systems in the portal network, or does it act like it does when you punch in a random address? Cause a portal will always take you SOMEWHERE, regardless of what you give it. It will however give you an error before doing so.

    • @ObsceneParadise
      @ObsceneParadise 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheBeaverhouse I can't say for sure whether it leads to valid addresses or it just gives you the approximate address, I haven't tried it for myself. Next time I find a numbers station I'll try to remember to come back and let you know.

    • @greenscreencarcrash
      @greenscreencarcrash 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ObsceneParadise you're thinking of the hyperspace navigation stations. And as far as I know, the coordinates just lead to a random nearby system.

  • @BrickFighter13
    @BrickFighter13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5904

    Oddheader is seriously the only TH-camr that I know who actually covers stuff that I've never heard of

    • @avashapava1528
      @avashapava1528 2 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      That’s why everyone watches him, and him only!

    • @KennyHedgehog
      @KennyHedgehog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Right? I feel like he's way underrated

    • @jimdino77
      @jimdino77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      He’s the goat right now

    • @cfu5305
      @cfu5305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      The fact this man still has stuff to cover shows how much research he actually does.
      Mad respect.

    • @daffierpython7755
      @daffierpython7755 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Even better is if you did know about it he usually covers how it was found/ how to find it or obscure facts like how yummer from that SpongeBob game was found in more than one level

  • @arkthecat9212
    @arkthecat9212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    7:54 Anyone notice how the UI says "ODDHEADER RULES" on the top left corner? I definitely agree with it, easter eggs are cool as hell.

    • @mareeeedensos6348
      @mareeeedensos6348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whoever made Road 96 must've noticed him.

  • @Tinkuwu
    @Tinkuwu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1668

    I have a theory for the buttons in the UBFunky game.
    It's just a tracker that developers like to have in their games, even if it's pointless. Kind of like how Dark Souls 2 has a global counter for deaths in the game and how websites used to have a tracker of how many "hits" they had.
    So it's likely just a thing the developers wanted to see, like "How many people would push this pointless button?" and then smile when they see the button has been pressed billions of times by millions of players.

    • @hoodedman6579
      @hoodedman6579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      But why make it per person then?

    • @__sweatbobatea__uwu8156
      @__sweatbobatea__uwu8156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      @@hoodedman6579 useless button pressing leaderboards ?

    • @D_YellowMadness
      @D_YellowMadness 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      @@__sweatbobatea__uwu8156 Maybe? It might be interesting (or sad) to see what's the largest amount of times anyone pushed 'em.

    • @zeallust8542
      @zeallust8542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      DS2s global death count did have a purpose though, the team who made the game were obsessed with how hard Dark Souls was. And they wanted a way for people to see the gimmick of death. (I love ds2 btw, this isnt hate)

    • @beardalaxy
      @beardalaxy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      it probably was intended to do something originally but then whatever it was intended to do got scrapped or never happened.

  • @walnzell9328
    @walnzell9328 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    God, I remember UB Funkies.
    Even named my pet goldfish after them.
    That goldfish lived longer than the franchise. Way longer.

  • @Mr_Spaghetti
    @Mr_Spaghetti 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    5:30 Wait… Horizon Zero Dawn is _one_ of your favorite recent games about a post apocalyptic Western United States where society has fallen and become overrrun by sentient robot beasts? Can you tell me what your top 5 are in that genre?

    • @kimzee59
      @kimzee59 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was about to say that you could add Nier Automata to that list. Then I remembered it canonically takes place in Japan

  • @mody1710
    @mody1710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    As a professional game dev myself, the radio thing is intriguing but the programming isn’t that weird. The only thing that raises an alarm for me is the use of the word “secret” to mark the event data. My guess is that it might be a leftover of a test feature. But weighted randomness is common when you’re showing an item from a list of random assets. You want to show the best takes more often.
    But even then, a feature goes through multiple iterations and you might end up with a system that’s no longer needed for the feature (e.g. weighted randomness)...and might just use it for the heck of it anyway.
    As for the game crashing when you take a radio somewhere else...I’ve seen that a lot. That’s probably a feature with faulty wiring for the dependencies. Probably something that didn’t come up in testing, or was in the backlog and I’d imagine there to be a lot more important bugs to fix near release.
    P.s. great stuff!

  • @themonotonist
    @themonotonist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    woah, I didn't expect to be mentioned in an Oddheader video (about the HLA thing). Thanks for bringing attention to it! That radio is still one of my most thought about mysteries to this day, as a long time Half Life fan

    • @MrBonethrower
      @MrBonethrower ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey Mono, cool seeing you on another side of TH-cam other than Vinesauce :)

  • @AnomalyArcadie
    @AnomalyArcadie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    I ran into one of those bizarre number stations in No Man's Sky myself but like everyone else had no clue what its for! After some thought I believe its more of a nod to the lore. I dont want to spoil anything so all I'll say is I think its meant to be a way to send messages between Atlas and an important being to The Atlas, which is why there is never a reply. It only sends out a coded message. I dont think there will ever actually be something we do with it. Puzzles like that haven't ever been in No Man's Sky.
    Regardless, I'm assuming people have already bugged Sean Murray about it on Twitter? In case y'all didn't know, the emojis he uses in some of his Tweets have ended up being clues. If you see someone asking him about the number stations, take note if he replies with an emoji!

    • @jojoversus1100
      @jojoversus1100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your facemask is AMAZING and I NEED one!

  • @Zalheide
    @Zalheide 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Omg i have those ub funkies on my desk, and for the longest time i could never remember what they were called or how i even got them, i am so happy that you mentioned them 🙏🙏

  • @joshuabarredo8057
    @joshuabarredo8057 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    my soul flew away after hearing that "NO" from 10:50

  • @artkholodov2465
    @artkholodov2465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Has anyone considered the Half-Life Alyx secret to be a cryptographic secret? It's believable to me that "A14", "D7", "B4" can be part of a hexadecimal string, the most common format for storing these

    • @gustavodutra3633
      @gustavodutra3633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There must be an file in the game that when you search in that hexadecimal thing it shows a clue or something like that

    • @MrLins-wv3tg
      @MrLins-wv3tg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thought of the same thing

    • @requiemforameme1
      @requiemforameme1 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think it's a type of UTF encoding, however "A14" throws that for a loop sort of.
      In the transcriptions of the synthy_ID files, there are simple patterns being repeated if you plot the alphabet out. Some examples:
      synthy_01 ("SW TX UY"): Each first character moves 4 characters to the right (if S = W then V = Z for example).
      synthy_02 ("SPTQU"): The pattern is Left 3, Right 4. (Continuing this pattern leads to R as it is 3 Left from the letter U).
      I'll edit this post if I find anything, but I'm only going off an old Reddit post as the game itself makes me puke (motion sickness, I'd probably like the game).
      Edit: Think I figured it out. If you keep going with this pattern of logic you will get an instruction... or at least, a button.

    • @rollanddev
      @rollanddev ปีที่แล้ว

      "A14" breaks that hypothesis pretty hard. 14 is "E" in hex, not "14".

    • @artkholodov2465
      @artkholodov2465 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rollanddev Not necessarily, A14 is a perfectly valid hexadecimal representation of a 12 bit number:
      A 1 4
      = 1010 0001 0100
      Combining the 3 constant sequences we get 28 bits of information total, which while uncommon in cryptography is seen in DES, which uses 2 28 bit keys individually as the basis of a key rotation schedule implementation.
      To be clear I highly doubt that's what's going on here, just wanted to point out it is not entirely outside the realm of possibility

  • @gertrudechumblegobb
    @gertrudechumblegobb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    9:10 oh my god, that just unlocked a memory of some obsurce toy i got when i was little and didnt know the purpose of but since it looked cool i liked it.

  • @angelsinger4574
    @angelsinger4574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    Britney has already won something far better than an Oscar: her freedom.

    • @Danblak08
      @Danblak08 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Exactly

    • @Nathan-rh3sg
      @Nathan-rh3sg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      She recently announced she’s gonna be in a film SO the Oscar part could actually come true

    • @petemadrona2252
      @petemadrona2252 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Damn fucking straight

    • @k4rec4
      @k4rec4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Freedom of what? 🤔

    • @AbombOO7
      @AbombOO7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Leave Britney Alone!

  • @Rathersillydude
    @Rathersillydude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The accounting+ one is actually terrifying. I played it. The ambience is this ominous sea sound mixed with crying in a White Sea. The mass in the corner is so scary because you don’t know what it is. Yet, it’s very alive and breathing, and it becomes clear that it’s fucking aware of you once you pick up the “baby”.
    Wait…
    Oh…
    It’s the Orphan of Kos, isn’t it?

  • @milkyway1653
    @milkyway1653 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm sure someone probably already pointed out that the place you get teleported to after planting the seed in Accounting, is a reference to LISA: THE PAINFUL. the flesh blob is one of the joy consuming mutants of the game and the baby carriage references the beginning of the game. The setting it takes place is the post-apocalyptic world of the game.

  • @A-ZoneG4ming
    @A-ZoneG4ming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There is a game called: INFRA ,it has tons of cool Easter eggs and unsolved mysteries. It is an excellent game, highly underated, it should be featured in one of this episodes.

  • @willbunyan
    @willbunyan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, I never knew the radio in Half-Life: Alyx was so complex. I always thought the only interesting thing about it was the creepy radio song that was first featured in HL2.

    • @gustavodutra3633
      @gustavodutra3633 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The radio in Half-Life 2: Beta has something weird, unlike the final version.

  • @9000tastebuds
    @9000tastebuds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The odd place in “accounting” with that blob on the sand is probably a reference to INSIDE ending considering the pretty similiar lighting and place those 2 shares. But as for the baby carriage, I had no idea with it

  • @Pensive_Scarlet
    @Pensive_Scarlet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Also, the silver ring in the crazy Ring spinoff game says it apparently belonged to Sadako Yamamura, who is the OG Ring girl. So, pretty sure that's just a standard egg, referencing the origin of all Ring related fiction. It feels like a bit of a Japanese pun, too. You found Sadako's literal ring. That's funny to me, anyway.

  • @MimickFox
    @MimickFox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember when I used to watch TatsTopsVideos with similar stuff about this. Been watching OddHeader for a few years now cuz of this crazy stuff. I told a friend about the glitched version of the orc from Shadow of War and he thought that was reaaaaal trippy. And he played that game religiously! Good video, Odd!

  • @CaveyMoth
    @CaveyMoth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I miss Death Standing SO MUCH! November 2019 was one of the best months of my life. I need to play that dang game again.

  • @fizz576
    @fizz576 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have played through The Ring Terrors Realm twice over the years but I had no Idea it was supposed to be an adaptations of the Ring series.

  • @Beeyo176
    @Beeyo176 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "You'd be funking kidding yourself"
    Okay. That got a laugh

  • @bigd1798
    @bigd1798 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m always so hyped when these videos drop

  • @blankadams3120
    @blankadams3120 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Clearly you're meant to give those socks to Dumbledore for Christmas.

  • @iamstig150
    @iamstig150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You playing that video from the ring reminded me how afraid I used to be of that movie. I immediately unconsciously looked away and got hit with a wave of pure fear lol.

  • @Reniachii
    @Reniachii 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is possible that the beast fang in Cave Story is a "debug item" used for chests/item givers without a proper id for testing purposes

  • @Traenny
    @Traenny 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ODDHEADER SIR PLEASE I ALMOST CRIED IVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR YEARS TO FIGURE OUT A GAME ONLY TO BE GRACED BY U.B FUNKEYS IN THIS VIDEO, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW COMPLETE I FEEL! WE USED TO OWN LIKE ALOT OF THE FIGURINES AND GAME AND OH MY GOD THANK YOU

  • @ThisFace
    @ThisFace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just as I ended my Oddheader marathon, this comes out. What a timing!

  • @requiemforameme1
    @requiemforameme1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    7:21 …maybe there’s nothing else? DS is a walking simulator in a dystopian world with deadly 4D rain. Who wouldn’t want some nice cozy socks?

  • @PinkAndPathetic
    @PinkAndPathetic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    12:51 The panties belong to Curly Brace. Collecting the panties allows you to play an alternate version of the game in which Curly and Quote (the main character) swap places

  • @Aiden-hd8hw
    @Aiden-hd8hw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Huge respect for you and the community to find these mysteries. Never get tired of these videos.

    • @ScaryStoriesAt2AM
      @ScaryStoriesAt2AM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreeed, I'm always amazed at the dedication in finding some (most?) of these easter eggs

  • @earthrise2001
    @earthrise2001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the sponsored segments! always creative.

  • @CraigFromTheLand
    @CraigFromTheLand 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the only channel I automatically give a like for every video without even starting it yet, There's never been a video I didn't love. Best channel on youtube

  • @DiverseCurse
    @DiverseCurse 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    12:52 Curly's Panties unlocks Curly's Story mode in Cave Story+ as well as the WiiWare, 3DS and Nintendo Switch versions (but not Cave Story 3D and the freeware versions) allowing you to play through the story regularly but with the characters Quote and Curly swapping places. The only other result is minor dialogue changes as Curly will actually reply to NPCs whereas Quote would remain silent for most of the game.

  • @PizzaHutAsuka
    @PizzaHutAsuka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ive played accounting plus extensively, and tried every possible method to find the zoo level numerous times. it simply doesnt exist, nor does the waterpark level

  • @thetimeempress1518
    @thetimeempress1518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:59 actually she died on September 2022

  • @muscleman125
    @muscleman125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro I used to LOVE the UB Funkeys. They were really nice vinyl figurines, and they were only like 10 bucks. You get a toy and a video game for 10 dollars!

  • @0PercentImagination
    @0PercentImagination 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Always nice to watch these videos especially seeing mysteries that aren't just arg's or horror games. Makes me want to play some old games and just wander around to see if I stumble on something lol.

  • @ShadeMeadows
    @ShadeMeadows 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sis got very into Oddheader!
    So good to have another thing i love to watch with 'er~🖤

  • @aritgirlfoamflinging4816
    @aritgirlfoamflinging4816 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4:42 as a semi long time NMS player, I'd have to guess that, yes this is most likely the case, as the strings can't be converted to Signal Booster Coordinate string. I also have a personal theory that it may tie in with the 65 Days of Static Wreckage Systems project somehow, as they have a system named "Number Station" that performs a similar routine

  • @whatislife176
    @whatislife176 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I was messing around in the keyhole room in superliminal, I was able to use the door to clip past the table and into a white void. A few other glitches happened in a different stage with a small SomnaSculpt building that was managed to clip out of bounds. When I walked through the door and a weird square that would shape shift into other blocky shapes. There was another glitch where the game started when the logo was still loading. You can find the video on my channel.

  • @zackbinks9778
    @zackbinks9778 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bethesda was 8 years off from the Queen's death

  • @VinceOmega
    @VinceOmega 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That UB Funkey’s pun was smooth, not going to lie.

  • @gilagal777
    @gilagal777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was *not* ready to see Funkeys on here, oh my childhood--

  • @MrMoviemaker300
    @MrMoviemaker300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Accounting one kinda reminds me of the encounter with the Orphan of Kos in Bloodborn.

  • @bidoof367
    @bidoof367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    damn strange head individual is on trending. this is a certified gamer moment.

  • @SuupurSanicc
    @SuupurSanicc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The panties in cave story were needed to access the secret level 'hell' I think?? I remember needing to get them when I originally played it.

  • @JoshSweetvale
    @JoshSweetvale 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:55 Wait... HOLY CATS THAT'S PASSENGR FROM JESSE COX'S CO-OPTIONAL PODCAST.

  • @Aeihd
    @Aeihd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not march 19th 2014, sep 8th 2022
    Rest in peace queen.

  • @jonathanchang7783
    @jonathanchang7783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that youre covering more VR games! I'd love to see more VR related mysteries!

  • @suburbanvibes3466
    @suburbanvibes3466 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What we ought to do with the Half Life radio is hire a professional game developer to fix the crash when you leave the room with the radio so we can see what happens

  • @capthowitzer
    @capthowitzer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On the subject of the numbers station radio - I can't say for certain, nor can anybody outside of Valve, but my suspicion is that the radio is a very convincing red herring. The usage of random numbers is just going to end up causing you to end up with nonsense values for the message. What makes me believe it's likely to be a red herring is the repeating use of specific number/letter pairs - I believe this is actually a trick to stump cryptographers. By utilizing certain numbers more frequently than others, you can create the *impression* of more commonly used characters, which can then be used to narrow down the possible 'words' contained in the message (when using many popular "breakable" cyphers.) This is a characteristic found within the English language, for instance, in which the letter E is the single most commonly used one on average.
    The fact that they're spoofing this kind of behaviour, along with the random selection of soundbytes would suggest that in all likelihood, the radio is spitting out pure gibberish.
    As another small aside - this isn't really anything complex for Valve. The original Half-Life contained support for this kind of 'soundclip aseembly' (it's used by the HECU Grunts to string their speech together, along with Black Mesa's announcement system.) My gut tells me that this is likely a programmer having some fun rebuilding a legacy system to mess with a few players.

  • @indigowendigo8165
    @indigowendigo8165 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    12:55 - Cave Story: The panties are actually extremely useful, at least in the original 2D version which you can get on the 3DS or whatever. :p I'm pretty sure it actually lets you play as Curly of all things. ^^;

  • @radical5418
    @radical5418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There's also the (at the moment) meaningless eggs that can be found in deltarune that multiply when put in a fridge

  • @madmanadam1
    @madmanadam1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God the way you pronounced Monotonist made me choke a little from laughter, Good to see mono get some representation somewhere I didnt expect, but i totally should've
    Love the video anyway Oddheader :D

  • @Vamptonius
    @Vamptonius ปีที่แล้ว

    "…as well as Hideo Kojima's nature in general." Brilliant!

  • @pastelfromgreece9603
    @pastelfromgreece9603 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    when oddheader uploads makes my day is 5x better

  • @jjj5413
    @jjj5413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm just wondering if we will ever find out what the error cubes in Deep Rock Galactic are for.

  • @m.corviousblack8274
    @m.corviousblack8274 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Warm socks? Sounds like something Dumbledore would ask for in Sorcerer's stone

  • @alyctro8158
    @alyctro8158 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those numbers in the Alyx easter egg are Hex values referring to data which you can track down using a Hex editor, if put correctly in order.

  • @ShadowPrime69
    @ShadowPrime69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6:39 Every FNAF fan’s dream

  • @combatrobot1443
    @combatrobot1443 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    An unidentifiable flesh mound and a baby carriage sitting in a formless void feels like a Bloodborne reference but maybe I'm crazy.

  • @MyWhiteAbode
    @MyWhiteAbode 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The accounting + Easter egg gives me massive old hunters dlc vibes from bloodborne. The body of kos in the fishing hamlet. Even the stroller looks like the one from Mergo's Wet Nurse arena.

  • @isair81
    @isair81 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jesus, the audio of the numbers-station from the Alyx game scared the shit outta me, wasn't looking at the monitor at the time, lol

  • @telliex
    @telliex 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have been trying to remember the name of U.B Funkies and find it for YEARS! You saved me on this!

  • @M00SHTY
    @M00SHTY 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I lvoe your videos mate, good effort finding ones that are actually rarely mentioined. Road to 1 million subs!

  • @ZannyAisling
    @ZannyAisling 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the panties are just an easter egg thats been pretty infamous since the original game’s release, theres not much of a mystery on that one (the actual item discussed in that segment being more of an enigma though, i’m just overexplaining a bit part not taking issue with their mention :p), in the + remake they apparently unlock the gamemode where you can play as curly?

  • @willem6605
    @willem6605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's the key! Quick, everyone, let's get drunk and play Futurama!

  • @streetpunkstreams4730
    @streetpunkstreams4730 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm fairly sure the creepy accounting plus scene is a bloodborne reference. Mergot is an invisible baby from that game who is only represented by an empty stroller, and there's a big fleshy beached seamonster with bloated skin just like that called Kos
    or some say Kosm

  • @pantufla2178
    @pantufla2178 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Accounting fleshy thing and the baby stroll are definitely Bloodborne references, like, 100%.
    This video is quite old so i suppose everyone knows that but just in case xd.

  • @EromangaSensei
    @EromangaSensei 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My toxic trait is thinking I can figure out that golden owl puzzle irl because I'm less smart than the rest and would think outside the box

  • @sourbees
    @sourbees 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Actually lost my mind when you mentioned UB Funkeys. Love that game

  • @macd2915
    @macd2915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    naah the queen died at 8 September 2022 sed. and no sed

    • @DetectiveJones
      @DetectiveJones 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dammit I was laying in bed while watching this and snapped up to make this comment when I heard the number station thing but had to check if someone beat me

    • @macd2915
      @macd2915 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hehe i won less goo

  • @dancarter5775
    @dancarter5775 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, just randomly showed up for me, but the algorithm got you another subscriber. Kudos.

  • @davidpyramid2623
    @davidpyramid2623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The best part of my day, week, month. Look forward to your videos like a damn fiend, once I hear that Dark Colour... oh hell yeah

  • @bobgreta3280
    @bobgreta3280 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just got the biggest flash from the past when u put up ub funkeys all these memories rushing in holyyy

  • @someoneunknown6553
    @someoneunknown6553 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You chould be very proud of that Ubifunk pun at the end of its segment!

  • @MadokaTokisaki
    @MadokaTokisaki 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel like the Warm Socks are just a joke about how valuable good footwear is in Death Stranding

  • @starstruck_PCs
    @starstruck_PCs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every time I see another odd header video I know my day is better

  • @galaxyjumper6780
    @galaxyjumper6780 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    For the No Man’s Sky Easter egg, I believe that it’s galactic coordinates for a certain place, but I’m not too sure

  • @WRENCHDOGS
    @WRENCHDOGS 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    people in the funkeys server not knowing what the buttons do is so funny

  • @gavinconway3501
    @gavinconway3501 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love seeing hidden stuff in games like this, especially when some of the games are ones I’ve played

  • @zeetwei
    @zeetwei 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As for the beast fang, I think it was generally a joke referencing how you weren't supposed to get it, but as for why it's there, likely one of those cases in which they have it specifically to avoid you getting a crash or something similar over a null value. If I'm correct (and I very well might not be) the beast fang could be achieved through any other glitch that gives you an item value the game sees as null.

  • @phadedfantom5790
    @phadedfantom5790 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I literally checked last night if you posted any new videos. Well here we are now.

  • @WorldWalker128
    @WorldWalker128 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Somebody probably already found the golden owl, melted it down, and sold the gold which is why no one has found it yet despite decades going by. Wouldn't be the first time something like that happened.

  • @pirate4460
    @pirate4460 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In Morrowind - save your game while looking at the pool of forgetfulness and reload the save, and you'll see a special animation effect.

  • @tyfoon555
    @tyfoon555 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "[Displate wall prints] are not that expensive so you should definitely check them out"
    > $44 as a starting price

  • @denifnaf5874
    @denifnaf5874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:50 mutated headcrab in hl alyx

  • @killaken2000
    @killaken2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is warm socks a Harry Potter reference? Dumbledore tells Harry that's he wants a pair of socks..
    >Dumbledore looked in the Mirror of Erised, “I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks” said Dumbledore

  • @millerwrightt
    @millerwrightt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1473

    The pause quit bug in cave story 3d is so fun to mess around with. You can actually get the beast fang many ways using that bug, the prefab house is just a simple one.

    • @Silverizael
      @Silverizael 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Which really does imply that, at least for 3D, the beast fang was just included as the error bug response if you break the game in some way. There's likely nothing deeper to it than that.

    • @millerwrightt
      @millerwrightt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@Silverizael Well to be fair, the fang is actually in the exact same place as the original game. The pause quit bug just lets you apply the flags of one room to another, so you can put it "in bounds".

  • @Slystral
    @Slystral 2 ปีที่แล้ว +389

    The pool of forgetfulness was most likely gonna be for resetting all your stats. In Morrowind Multiplayer Nerevarine Prophecies they made it into a working reset tool.

    • @ChrisWoollett
      @ChrisWoollett 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Camelworks should do a video on The Pool of Forgetfulness with his Elder Scrolls Detective series.

    • @zeyface6366
      @zeyface6366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ChrisWoollett would probably be too short

    • @dylanhodgson7605
      @dylanhodgson7605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or it could be a reference to the Well of forgetfulness from He-Man

    • @Wickpheme
      @Wickpheme 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      His explanation was actually most likely spot on. We know for sure there was going to be more branching plots that would have lead to multiple possible endings, including and especially joining up directly with the baddies, all of which was cut. We know also that Sixth house cultists are brainwashed and insane, and everything involving Dagoth Ur ties directly into dream, hallucination, and/or memories of past lives, all of which leads to the pretty obvious conclusion that the pool was something the player would use as a Sixth house cultist and is just another piece of cut content. I expect that Dagoth Ur would want the possible Nerevarine to sever any dreamsleeve connection to their past self and the pool's purpose was to allow the player to choose for sure that they were not the hero, which is in keeping with the game's theme of the interplay of fate and choice and history.

  • @_comment
    @_comment 2 ปีที่แล้ว +660

    10:57 The author said that the book is named Ring due to way it spreads. Ring is not only the name of the virus. In the novel, the original film, and the remake, there were various things the word Ring related to. The phone "rings" for example.
    It seems pretty obvious that the silver ring is a joke. Especially since the description says it's Sadako's Ring.

    • @fatalfelix6807
      @fatalfelix6807 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I just wanted to add that the final book of the ring series "Loop" summarize that it really is a simulation so I think its all kinda related?

    • @marhawkman303
      @marhawkman303 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wait, the silver ring belonging to Sadako suddenly makes a lot more sense. It's just an easter egg, but as a useless item you can pick up.

    • @k4rec4
      @k4rec4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I would've said that if you didn't... It seems 'The Ring' actually is a reference to a bunch of things related to the case: the small group of people involved, the sunbeam through the well's cover, and, specially, the phone's ring sound.

    • @CopiousDoinksLLC
      @CopiousDoinksLLC 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@fatalfelix6807 Yep, I'm almost certain that's where the devs were trying to go with this. It's actually kind of cool that they tried to work in the later stages of the author's work in the Ring universe but it was too obscure for most people to get the reference.

  • @toaolisi761
    @toaolisi761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    I remember when Oddheader was experimenting with hidden things in movies because he was running out of game-related content to show. Now he is the go-to channel for gaming mysteries and always shows us stuff no other channel has covered before.

    • @jojoversus1100
      @jojoversus1100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I actually thought the "DVD Easter Eggs" was kinda cool.

    • @ScaryStoriesAt2AM
      @ScaryStoriesAt2AM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jojoversus1100 I did too! One of my fav videos, definitely wouldn't mind seeing a couple more of them done

    • @toaolisi761
      @toaolisi761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jojoversus1100 even that video covered things from movies that no other channel has covered before.

  • @PaperFlare
    @PaperFlare 2 ปีที่แล้ว +821

    As an elder scrolls turbonerd, I can all but guess the meaning of the Pool Of Forgetfulness.
    Early in develop of Morrowind, House Dagoth was actually a joinable faction. You could become a dreamer and fight the tribunal and the empire, rather than work to unite Morrowind and stop Dagoth Ur. Given the constraints of the time period of the game's development, this was ultimately scrapped because of the logistics of having such a dramatically branching storyline.
    That said, there are a number of quests, interactions, dialogue, and even bits of code that serve as hints towards this early vision of the game. Most theorists believe the Pool of Forgetfulness was part of this early design (given Sharapli's location, ease of access, and the lack of high leveled 6th House agents like Ghouls or Vampires) where you would join the 6th House. Which would make sense that, as an early House Dagoth quest, it would have been one of the first things made before the plans were scrapped.
    Plus, people have asked Michael Kirkbride (the guy responsible for Morrowind's lore and much of its writings), and he doesn't remember. So lol.

    • @Shadrake
      @Shadrake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thanks for the info!

    • @the_birthday_skeleton
      @the_birthday_skeleton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The waters of L337H

    • @fourty-u4g
      @fourty-u4g 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Noone knows what it does because everyone forgot

    • @ZeranZeran
      @ZeranZeran 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      how do you forget the plotline for something you wrote?
      What is he hiding.. another oddheader secret is in that room!

    • @generalautism7406
      @generalautism7406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@ZeranZeran He was on drugs for a lot of his writing. Which you would be able to tell the moment you get into some deeplore.

  • @ColdFuse96
    @ColdFuse96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    People were disappointed the mystery box contained warm socks, but just think about it. In a post apocalyptic world, they probably rely on fire for warmth, and fire as a heat source isn't exactly something you can just carry around anywhere. A pair of warm socks would be a godsend for situation where you're trapped in a snowy tundra where the cold penetrates your boots. You can't run and you can barely walk if you have frostbiten feet, so warm socks become as underrated as toilet paper or glasses cleaning solution in an apocalypse.

    • @thecaretaker9571
      @thecaretaker9571 ปีที่แล้ว

      reminds me ofthe quote "home is warm socks" I forgot who said that