PETSCOP: The Darkest Game You Cannot Play
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After stumbling upon a cryptic video game, a curious Paul uncovers more than he expected - a disturbing family secret hidden within the game.
🎥PART TWO: • PETSCOP: A Virtual Voi...
🕹Petscop: / petscop
🎶Soundtrack: • PETSCOP: The Darkest G...
📝The Comprehensive Progress Document: docs.google.com/document/d/1W...
👽r/Petscop: / petscop
💾Additional sources: pastebin.com/p9uFd6ja
🖤Special thanks to @SurvivalSpheres and @drackfreeee for providing their music.
🖤Support the channel: / nexpo
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📧Submit a mystery: NightmareExpo@gmail.com
CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Down the Rabbit Hole
14:41 - Intermission
16:28 - Welcome to Petscop!
1:20:06 - Checkpoint
1:26:57 - Home Sweet Home
2:39:39 - Ghostlight
The following content is for educational, documentary, and artistic purposes only. - บันเทิง
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The pets really seem to like you. Thanks for playing Petscop.
PART TWO: th-cam.com/video/a5kDs8I7brs/w-d-xo.html
Yesssssssss!!!!!
Thank you bro I’ve been waiting for this one 🤞
Thanks for Petscop 2
:3
Hi
i still find it crazy how someone had to either code or animate the gameplay like it was actually playable which is insane for the level of effort this series has
Right?!?!?!
you'd enjoy "Interloper"
It has to be a game they made. With 2017 technology it wouldn't be impossible. You just wouldn't need to make it cohesive in any way, allow the editing to gloss over any programming imperfections.
Yeah it has to be an actual game, even if it's made for the purpose of this series only. The movement, the visuals, interactions, popups, etc, I think it'd be harder to animate them than making an actual game.
@@skeetsmcgrew3282saying 2017 like it’s from the 1950s
If Pyrocynical can’t do a sequel video, Nexpo will
💀💀💀
Still waiting for sheriff domestic 2 😔
Wait what? I don’t watch goofy tubers , what did he do
I'm pretty sure on a pyro stream, nexpo offered help, nice to see another gaming focused video from nexpo!
Fr bro we got it
I loved it when Paul said “now I am become Petscop, destroyer of pets” and he rode off into the sunset
The part where Paul at the end says "My name is Paul Pet, and I'm here to scop!" gives me goosebumps
And he Copped all over the Pets
when he said "it's scopping time" and started to pets everywhere
This comment has been on my mind for 2 days straight and it makes me laugh intermittently, bless you
Yeah but he pronounces it "scop" which is even better! My friends and I can't stop talking about this.
holy shit, i know it's a small thing, but it's so clever that to catch care nlm he has to set the treadmill to -1, thus turning "he loves me not" into "he loves me", which simultaneously is technically a lie, because it isn't physically possible for something to have -1 petals. absolutely brillaint
Underrated comment
Yea… nice point really
Holy moly, I'm a petscop nerd and I never caught on that that's why he was able to finally catch her and that that's what the "lie" was
Christ
The man hit us with a "To Be Continued" after nearly 3 hours.
feels like the spider verse movie all over again
Learned it from pyrocynical
For Petscop, that honestly sounds about right.
well he does say halfway through the video that he is 1/3 of the way done
@linnhuman I don't remember that part, when does he say that if you don't mind?
I hear the Candace Newmaker story in every Petscop video, but it still makes me cry every time. The adults treated her so inhumanely.
The worst part to me is that... I just don't see what they were trying to accomplish.
I need to read more about the supposed theory behind it, but the general concept is that they were trying to "rebirth" her, so that her parents would accept her?
If you're having trouble accepting your child, that's a terrible thing that you should deal with yourself.
But, even more than that, the torture they put her through... how does any of that have anything to do with a bond between a parent and a child?
And there's just little bits of it that make no fucking sense. They called her a quitter... Because she was still alive, I guess? What was it that she was quitting and how?
It's just fucking baffling. I'll never actually understand it, but maybe better context will help... Not sure how it could though. lol
@@bronsoncarder2491 I'm not a psych student or anything, but I think I might be able to explain... SOME of what they were supposedly going for.
So it wasn't that her parents couldn't accept her, but that Candace couldn't accept her parents. Or, more accurately, Candace's original, biological parents were abusive, so she was taken away, and then when she was later adopted by Newmaker she acted out, being aggressive and not the most obedient or stable or happy kid at first - like, you know, probably most if not every adopted kid would act. She was probably stressed, traumatised, experiencing mental illness and symptoms of such, having her whole life upended and not knowing if her new family was going to be anything like the old one. (Also I believe she was separated from her younger siblings at that point, but I could be misremembering) Also bear in mind she was I think 7 or 8 years old?
It was Jeane Newmaker, the "new mother" who was concerned or perhaps just bothered by Candace's behaviour and attitude so she started taking her to a psychiatrist. The whole "rebirthing" thing was supposed to simulate being "born" again to "meet" Jeane and thus accept her as the role of "mother". I have zero idea if this is or was even a real treatment. Like I said, not my field. Someone else can round off if this was actually a studied thing that had been implemented before? But to me it just sounds dumb.
On its own though, it doesn't sound deadly. What pisses me off is that they then put weight on her. They made it deliberately more difficult for her to do what they expected her to do, whether or not she wanted or tried to. They called her a quitter because a CHILD was unable to push HUNDREDS OF POUNDS off of herself while at the same time fighting her way out of a pile of pillows and sheets. They called it laziness, essentially. Presumed that, again an 8 year old, would understand ALL OF that psychological symbolism and then simply choose to say, "nah, being that person's child is too much effort". They simply saw it all as Candace "rejecting" her adoptive family. Instead of, her being physically unable to do so??
Make no mistake, that poor girl died because of a blatant misunderstanding of how abuse and trauma work, and the sheer EGO of at least three people. The mother was hurt that her baby wasn't settling down quick enough, and the supposed therapists were mad at her for their "treatment" not immediately working wonders. It's truly one of the most upsetting stories I've ever heard to this day.
@@superskitty9336what’s worse is they knew she was pooping and vomiting herself. and they told her to stay in it. so disgusting. there’s a transcript to the video and it makes me sick
@@polly7141 yeah I think I would have real nightmares if I read more into it than I already have. Being told to "die for real" and "quitter" was enough for me. Nexpo called it murder in the video and that's where I stand on the matter. Nothing about any of the choices made there were accidental. Maybe the final result was unintentional, but the suffering aspect was not.
@@polly7141 Just looked at the case myself and Watkins (unsure about the other sentenced 16 years) got away with only serving 7.. honestly ALL of them deserved 16 for what they did, sick and twisted bastards. There's a special place in hell for them to writhe in.
The fact that the items disappear and then move around after every save makes me realize that petscop is an indie roguelike
Lol
I'm sure this has been noticed before, but the mashing he does when he's checking the discs beside the bed when he can't see, matches up with the 1 minute pressing of the "bye-bye" soundcheck
Brooooo why does this comment have so little likes
Wow I had no idea! How do you people even figure this stuff out?!? So cool
So what you are saying is the real Petscop is the friends we made along the way. Heartwarming.
LOL
This comment before watching the video: "Ugh. This joke again."
After watching the video: "oooooohhhhhhhhhhhh fuck"
@@jamesmoore3879 haha exactly, it's a lore accurate comment
Yeah, but considering that this game is about as controversial as Cannibal Holocaust, I'm not shocked to see family abuse being the most common horror found in real life and online.
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Mark 1.15
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Hebrews 11:6
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I love it when Ryan breaks tone of the usual calm, worried narrator by cursing and sounding just absolutely fed up with paranormal bullshit
"he bombasticly claims that a freaking windmill vanished"
the windmill and "oh yeah, and neptune's fucking missing" from the gemini video are certified nexpo classic moments
"Wait a goddamn minute, there it is AGAIN!"
@@Diamond-404it’s soooo good trust😭
Who in the fuck is Ryan?? I'd guess it's Nexpo's actual name, but since that really ruins my immersion I'm going to call the MIB to swing by my place and zap that shit straight outta my brain. I like to think this man in the vid exists in a void of mystery and horror, and the friendly looking gentleman doing the ad is just incidental.
Petscop is for sure one of the best internet web series ever made. The amount of interconnectedness between seemingly unrelated videos, the eerie and dark atmosphere, the story, and the music. It definitely is the "creepy lost video game" gold standard in my book.
How is it an ARG
@@Primordialsoap I've looked it up and you're right (even though you'll find some people mistakenly calling it one). I'll change it to web series then.
Nowadays, people name ARG almost any unfiction series with mysterious narrative, where you have to heavily rely on theory crafting and look for clues to uncover the truth. I don't blame myself for calling it as such.
@@_Killkor I wasn’t trying to be hostile or rude I thought maybe there was something I was missing.
@@Primordialsoap It's fine. I appreciate your input.
I love the civility here. ❤
Hey, CSA survivor here, that calendar gave me chills. Since this game is very obviously pointing towards child abuse, the calendar starting with some green, and increasing until it's completely green could imply the abuse started gradually and then turned into a daily affair. Again, my hypothesis, I haven't finished the video
Same! i personally don't think it would be appropriate for this to be the case (tired of this being a common horror plot) but as a survivor I feel seen almost. It isn't explicit but I feel that same feeling. especially the phrase nobody loves me
that’s a really interesting interpretation. I’m personally in the camp of thinking it’s maybe a split child custody calendar, where all the green day’s representing marvin’s custody over care, with the calendar turning all green after he kidnapped her. That’s just what stood out to me as a kid of a split custody divorce, the schedule flip flopped around pretty often before eventually i just started living with my mom full time, so seeing similar shifts reflected in the patterns on the calendar is part of what drew me towards that conclusion.
@@Piiiiiiiiit That makes a lot more sense.
So guys we did it, finally Petscop 2
this is so epic
We had the same joke😭
wow that was quick!
Child predator reference
Luminous He literally explained the whole situation very well, tf you on bro. Also, we’re not even allowed to reference him because of your dumbass worldview?
Finally, we now have Petscop 2. Thanks, Pyro, for making us wait over almost 5 years for this.
The closest we’ll ever get 😭😭😭😭 I cant believe we’ve been blessed
Everyone was thinking it
I cannot express how giddy I am that this saga is finally going to be finished. Pyrolazical really kept us starved for so damn long
@@REvoLverj98 he's so busy being an eboi now
@@nachgeben LMAO, hes too busy with slop.
Dude, the ‘your friend was reborn as your daughter’ is a reference to his predatory attraction to them both.
damn
WHAT 😨
ew
@@28_futaba certainly
@@Myth_Investagator yeah, the main story is that Marvin is a p3do who kidnapped kids after becoming a teacher/school councilor. The ‘your friend disappeared’ is a result of Marvin victimizing her. Then, ‘your friend was reborn as your daughter’ meant that she looked like Lena and Marvin was attracted to her as well, leading to him abusing her at home and then kidnapping her once Care’s mom (Marvin’s wife and Lena’s sister) figured out what was going on and kicked him out of the house.
OK whoa, this is my first time hearing about Paul casually humming what he played on the Needles Piano three episodes prior. That’s fucking wild. I don’t think I’ll ever stop learning about this series and its secrets
The words "Go ahead, die right now" coming from the mouth of one's supposed adoptive parents is such a sickening happening to think about.
Especially because of what happens next
I don't think the parent said that but yea still messed up
@@theofficialnationwidehater34:33
I dont have any kids however i do have several siblings significantly younger than me who i changed diapers for and cared for, when i saw that scene my stomach churned and my heart dropped so hard i thought it stopped.
@@birdup1_2 my bad I haven't gotten to that part yet but I'm basing it of what pyrocynical said but I might have
misremembered
Im still in a middle of video, but noticed small detail about catching Care NLM.
By moving treadmill to -1 it would remove one more chamomile petal. So, "They love me not" changes to "They love me". And that allowed to catch Care.
"To catch her to had to lie"
Great observation!
Then what are the other petal words? if -1 word removes the not then what was the word before not? and goes on
@@kaviarnciggarettesthe flower references the game where you pluck the petals of a flower saying "they love me" and "they love me not" so, by moving the treadmill to -1, it's like you're plucking an additional petal.
The most unnerving part of this whole video was 1:26:35, when you said "refill that mineral water and grab a couple string cheeses". I just refilled my tequila and mineral and ate some cheese. It feels like it ties into the recording/ predicting movement you mentioned in Petscop.
You gotta love Nexpo and his checkpoints. In one he says "if I were you, I'd grab a Monster" while I was grabbing one from the fridge near me lol
When nexpo said “grab your pp” i was spooked because my pp was already in my hand!
I’m sorry Pauls doing what? 59:27
I love how nexpo just randomly goes from dark serious mode to silly little guy and then right back
One thing you forgot to mention is that when the treadmill was set to -1 it meant that Care was loved, and that’s why in care’s description it said you lied in order to get her.
oh shit that’s crazy i didn’t even think of that
YOOO HES SO GOD DAMN RIGHT thanks for the insight man
was wondering what that meant exactly, that has to be it
Im confused how does it being on -1 mean care was loved?
@@AliAbbas-iy3cmits you love me, you love me not, the flower went you love me not but he couted an extra time sot that it was possible to get you love me
Three hours of solid analysis and it still feels like we've only scratched the surface of Petscop. It's truly a masterpiece of the internet age.
I just reached the ending and thought "Wait, that's all?"
I'm so confused and lost that it's actually hurting my brain
Lmfaooooooo “masterpiece” 😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡
@@richardtherichard26you know You've lost whatever point you were trying to make when you include 🤡🤡🤡 in your comment
@@hashtags_YTits really deeper than it seems. Sorry if yall cant grasp it because youre really missing a lot.
yeah no I don't get it either
Am I the only one who LOVES the snap sound before the dialogue? So creative.
I was zoned out then tuned back in at “fucking bingo. Marvin is green.” Made me spit out my coffee
I love how despite being generally neutral, Nexpo still manages to slip in some personality like mentioning how Paul is "shitting around" or saying "they bombastically claim that a fucking windmill vanished."
i need the timestamps for these oh my godd😭😭
@@v33n4_c4rn1s
59:32 “Shitting around”
1:10:35 “Bombastic”
The character has no arms...
WHICH KINDA SUCKS
Bombastically 😭😭
Also 1:07:11 "To the right is tool, who after interacting with it, gives him bits"
"You had to lie, but it might not always be a lie" The treadmill represents the number of flower petals. Normally you pull the petals off and it ends at "loves me not", so the lie was counting an extra petal that wasn't there(-1) saying "loves me".
Thats a great observation oml
you are actually genius for this
Oh my god wait that's awesome
You’re so smart for this!🤯
"You don't have to love them right away"
"If an individual neglects a child, we call this unethical at best and criminal at worst. So what do we call a society who collectively neglects millions of our children?"
- Marianne Williamson
America?
@@hamper6511LOL
@@hamper6511damn
*mic drop*
@@hamper6511why does everyone insist on blaming Americans for other people's problems?
If the conversation about the CDs with Jill is a conversation that Paul had, he knows a Jill. If Yellow is also Care’s “color”, she has an aunt named Jill, looks like Paul, knows Care’s song, and shares the same birthday as Paul… I’m starting to think that Paul might BE Care, but successfully rebirthed, unlike Tiara. I think this game is made for Paul by Rainer to make him “wake up” like he said. It’s a stretch, especially because it doesn’t explain the difference in gender, but that’s my theory.
I think you’re absolutely right on this. I’ve been thinking the same thing since he made a note about how he looked the same
it doesnt explain the difference in gender, you say? if i may make a suggestion: 🏳️⚧️
I assumed it meant Paul and Care are twins?
@@RivLabsThat could be one way to look at it.
But I wonder if Rebirthing could completely alter how someone could perceive themselves, i.e., their gender. If I understand the concept of Rebirthing right in Petscop, it could almost completely wipe away their original identity and replace it with a new one. If it can replace someone’s identity with another’s, it *could* be possible that their gender is perceived differently in their minds. How that would work when they go to the bathroom and take showers is a different thing. Maybe their mind completely blocks out their body parts? This is a HUGE “What If” thing that I don’t think I could properly explain on what all this shit could mean 😅🤦🏼♀️ Bc I’m kinda lost as fuck, ngl, even tho I’m deeply invested.
there are many cases of pacients who developed multiple identities whose gender were different from the birth sex, it is really not uncommon between cases like that.
The Newmaker murder never ceases to both disgust and anger me. I hope they all suffered for what they did
Honestly I hope someone pays them a special visit
I hope they have a nice evening one day and then suddenly get their bathtubs overflown with lava and burn alive in pain and suffering
Who’s Newmaker?
I don't know what's worse, the tragic murder itself or that the victim's legacy will be in the form of a paycheck to shithead theorists, instead of serving as a cautionary tale on the atrocities of child abuse and the dangers of unregulated practitioners and therapists.
@@mrpumperknuckles1631Idk, research it.
I love so much how smart of a character Paul is. He's a detective, unafraid of the eerie content within. He makes the immediate connection that Petscop is more than just lost media. It's meant FOR him. At first, shocked to see direct connections to him, but he quickly rationalizes what's going on. Paul is absolutely one of my favorite youtube ARG-style story characters
He made petscop for me, it literally would not be the same without him. His method of discovery but ambiguous nature of his information is was keeps me hooked
Reminds me of the Godzilla NES creepypasta sequel, the guy immediately realizes the nature of the Cartridge, that the game has a whole ecosystem existing
Paul is such an amazing character and its incredibly entertaining
He’s smart as hell I don’t think I would’ve made it past that first door in the newmaker plane 💀
He was in on it.
I remember when Petscop was this little known hidden gem, back when no one knew it was a ARG. It was a lot of fun, people at first interacted with Paul like a normal Let's Player, giving him ideas on what to do, it was great, but best of all, it was incredibly eerie. It could've just been me though, I find old or glitchy 90s CG super creepy. Man... I miss Paul's stereotypical nerd🤓voice...
Do not fall asleep watching this video. Woke up at 3AM this morning thinking I was about to get murdered because of the burn in warning noise. Great video except for that part
Damn, exact same thing happened to me twice 😅
Mannnn… I remember when a lot of content creators used to make videos like this. I especially miss Night Minds deconstructions. Huge props to you for keeping it up this long
night mind still makes them
For real. Money and Big Corp has made people make SO MUCH GARBAGE on yotube now... Bow down to the almighty dollar...
which other TH-camrs? I wanna watch them
@@swagdoeYeah but he leans into the livestream format now more than anything else. It's a format some people don't enjoy as much, so I get it.
@@swagdoe Not as much as he used to. And like moth2120 said, he's been doing a lot more "livestream" style videos instead of more curated ones, and it's not as good.
59:32 dude that "shitting around on the road" bit had me rolling, caught me so off guard i swear
LMAO, fr fr.
I rewound my video because I thought I hadn't heard him right lmao
give riggy a raise
YOOOO DANNO PETSCOP FAN?
@@darklitskies everyone is bro
Odd thing I noticed:
When he enters the code, he doesn't even attempt to catch the last pet. He immediately says "alright I'm going to show you what it's like outside" and stays quiet.
To me, it shows he knows exactly what's about to happen next...
he said he's played the game up until that point before, it's just the parts after finding the bunker thing that are new to him
@@jellos9699it's not real
@@AcidPhos69Wow thanks, Sherlock, I would’ve never known.
@@AcidPhos69we know lmao 😭 can you imagine saying that to someone analyzing a david lynch movie like just because it's fictional doesn't mean we just immediately dismiss it
I’m weirdly addicted to this video. I’m addicted to the mystery of Petscop, but I want to wait for part 2 before I go look up the rest and free myself from this mystery. It’s like I joined a cult, and I love it. As always, fabulous video crafting.
I love the dialogue in petscop so much. "I just checked the recording, because I was recording." "I think there is something to see. I just, haven't seen it yet." Etc. It sounds so perfectly like how a little boy would explain something to his cousin unscripted. So fantastically written and acted.
It sounds pretty scripted to me I'm sorry
@@meljXD2because it's hokey and awkward. Like someone in real life recording a game for their cousin.
It has that 2009 amateur early let's play vibe.
Totally monotone presentation and stuff.
It's cute and well done.
@N-i-L not at all, it sounds on purpose like it's scripted.
@meljXD2 you're an idiot. I said that it does, because it's hokey and awkward. Like a bad or inexperienced actor. Like how someone not comfortable in front of a camera would act. Like someone, I dunno, *recording a video for their cousin would be like*
The meta of the entire Petscop series is pretty insane when you think about it, an entire game created by "Paul." and everything in it was purposeful, the glitches, the "random" events and way in which the game is talked about is all done to sell the idea that this game is real, truly masterful work. I can't imagine how much time was put behind the scenes.
It is art through and through. Petscop has haunted me and stayed in the back of my mind for yearsss!! Anything that can do that to a person is an incredible piece of art. 🖤
There’s a lot of interesting story telling formats that have been coming out recently through ARG’s
The guy doing the player is so convincing, like almost every bit of commentary feels super on-point in both the voice and the writing. You can really tell that whoever did this really grew up with old LP's to get the vibe of things down like this.
it was created by rainer plz 😭😭 if ur not gonna watch the original at least pay attention to this video
@@fistbowl1848they mean the real life creator, unless I’m just stupid or smth lmao
1:53:46 "17.5 years is an impossibly vast amount of time to be playing a videogame"
*Laughs in Runescape*
I know that laugh, for I have done it, too...I think even literally, by this point.
I bet the WoW folks are wheezing on the floor right now.
It would be infinitely hilarious if they made a spoof video of the series, but if it was a speedrunner that found the game and they just 100% fc it in like 10 minutes
"Yeah, I had the 'trauma%' WR for a few months but 'Spodermuff' took it from me. I'm working on some new strats, though, and I'm gonna take it back. People say that 'Windmill Skip' is impossible but I think I know a way to pull it off."
Not exactly what you're looking for but if you want a good parody of the series check out sheriff domestic
@@ASpooneyBard*Que Summoning Salt intro*
This would be hilarious@@blazrrr-4082
After watching this again, I noticed something potentially chilling in Rainer's note.
At the very end of the note he says: "Fuck you all, and fuck me as well. Merry Christmas. Check your bathroom now."
We all seem to assume he means the bathroom in game, because that's what Paul does. But this could have a double meaning. Rainer could be asking them to check the house's real bathroom, that Christmas day...to check the bathroom for him.
I think Rainer killed himself in that bathroom.
With other references to Rainer being dead in the note to Tiara/Belle, and with some of his implied guilt/complicitness in Marvin's shenanigans, this would not surprise me very much. That being said, the threads I have given are unfortunately rather tenous evidence-wise, and this is just speculation. Let me know if you find anything else interesting related to this potential plot thread!
Tbh there is a bit more of evidence regarding the idea that Rainer actually DID kill himself inside that bathroom since in "Petscop Soundtrack" there is an "unused" track called "Bathroom Tomb" with the image representing it being the Ever Care's version of Marvin's House, to be exact it shows where the bathroom would be in Marvin's House
@@ellisbros6355this is more of a fact than a theory. I mean, "bathroom tomb" is as explicit as this series gets
@@ellisbros6355confirmed 😮
As if this series needed to be even more bone chilling.
great. it's midnight and now i'm scared to go pee 💀
It's honestly incredible that someone was able to 1:1 recreate Petscop, making this video entirely possible. Hats off to them
Why was the recreation necessary if footage is already online?
@@Dxck It's a nearly 3 hour long video. I'd think he ended up needing supplementary footage.
@@Dxcknot necessary, as nothing is, really. But if someone is passionate enough about something, it will happen
As I understand, most of what we watch here is the original recording. Only certain transitions were from the recreation.
@@ericknorskr8568 What an unoriginal, bleak take.
I'm at around 1:36:00 and I want to write down a thought to see if it's right. Marvin and his wife divorced and had split custody of Care. At first they switched custody every other day. But then they changed to Marvin having custody on weekends and his ex-wife having custody during the week. On June 5th, 1997 Marvin kidnapped Care, and then she escaped and returned to her mother on November 10th.
😂
I remember when Petscop came out on TH-cam, I was so convinced it was real, as I was only 13 or so. This documentary is so easy to follow and really wraps everything neatly into a gift for viewers to enjoy. Thank you Nexpo, I will 100% be checking you out more often. :)
(You also have a witty style of content, love it!)
Oh. Right. Nexpo was literally the only major horror content creator who didn't cover Petscop already. Well. This is going to be epic.
classic
Okay, this is epic
*ebin
Bro came to show them how it's done
A small correction at 8:33 - Paul doesn't collect Amber just by glitching through a wall. He opens both gates, then closes one, and gets in before it closes - thus locking himself in Amber's cage - before escaping through a secret passage in the side, leading to the other gate. It's a small detail, but it's relevant to the context of Amber as a character, and what "catching" her means.
I feel like he’s mentioned that before and about every TH-cam I saw has said it like that. Kinda dumb he misunderstood it.
Would love to know more about how that relates to her character, is there more info in a wiki or specific video?
@@sabresister Lol, I think OP was just trying to make a stupid element of the game sound important but it came off as rather pretentious.
what's so relevant about that, just looks like a puzzle
Your comment is ok but there is something I think you forgot. IJR also has a statement, even non customers or wrestling insiders can't state otherwise, that WCW Nitro crew including Paul Heyman kidnapped Amber
Sent: Friday, June 6, 2008 4:00 am
Subject: my powerful tell during tonight's tv ad
On tonight's Nitro, an ad promoting the eBay Auction of WCW "library and more" was aired. My comment, printed in purple font, follows:
Little did World Championship Wrestling know their Nitro crew, includingPaul Heyman, kidnapped Amber during a session on April 19th of this year. Fans can attest to this fact by checking recent PPV results, Awn7mFktpB4
Im happy u kept Candace's story short because when game theory did it I remember it being a whole thing and it was honestly really disturbing hearing matpat read a bunch of the quotes dramatically
oh my god yeah and the worst part is that he made it seem like petscop was only about her story and didnt touch on any other aspects in the game until later theories (its been a long time since i watched that vid so im not entirely sure)
I love it when he curses cause it just entirely changes the mood and makes me burst out laughing
The Candace Newmaker story makes me so enraged, that poor girl. I’m glad something like this exists so more people learn about her and won’t forget what she had to go through, and the horror that adults can and do put children through. Never forget and I hope she is resting in peace.
@@Cerealbox352The result of the trial is insane. It should have been life in prison for child murder. There is no excuse whatsoever
Game theory's petscop video is very in-depth on exactly what happened, as well
Im thanking every one of these creators because I finally could put a name to some of the things my mother put me through. It really helps in therapies, knowing that you arent alone. That it is definitely disgusting and what she actually did.
@@fronthal157 um maybe don't take MatPat's theories seriously. Just saying.
@@greenhowie I mean, the petscop theory i believe wasn't really that bad compared to his, well, other theories. Though yeah, he's just the "Hello Internet" funny guy.
1:45:42 "I'll come out in a minute. Keep playing" and then later when Paul checks the description for Care A, which presumably was the big moment the game was leading up to, it says "Check your bathroom now". Idk if you'll ever get back to this, but it's strongly implied that Rainer offed himself in that bathroom after showing the game to the family.
Wait woah im really interested
Mind briefly explaining how it is implied that rainer offed himself??
@@starsreachshreya2017 i think its the combination of the tone of the message (fuck you all and fuck me as well. merry christmas. check your bathroom now) and that to get to this dialogue, paul has to jump into the bathtub. you could interpret that as drowning himself
@@fiend-ish1090 exactly. Rainer prevents them from checking on him prematurely by saying that he’ll come out soon. Then at the crescendo moment he pretty much orders them to check on him, because he won’t be able to come out himself since he’s dead. It’s the tone of the message and the sequence of calls to action that Rainer makes that made me think this, plus the importance of the in game moment of catching Care A and shining light on Marvin’s crimes.
I really love the idea of "you're not playing a game, the game is playing you" vibe
Well that was fantastic, thank you! I'm actually glad I missed this upload so I can go straight onto part 2. Also as another massive SOMA fan I wanted to mention something: The brain scans in SOMA really *were* just intended to be used to simulate medical treatments and their outcomes for each individual person's brain, I don't think there was any shady or malicious intent behind them. It was only after the impact that the scans were retrieved and essentially misused by the WAU to produce new 'living' conscious entities with all the questionable ethics that entails. At least that was my take. Incredible game I think about a lot.
I like how his video has no jump scares or loud noises yet the random pauses he leaves is more horrifying and unsettlingly then whatever jumpscare Ive experienced in the past
Psychological horror is truly the best
My favorite scary silence was at 7:10
lol noticing an object in care's room that was dimly lit scared the hell outta me
@@heath6802 I've been preaching this for the longest. I don't even remember when the subtle switch of me going from horror to psychological horror happened.
His well-timed pauses are absolutely top notch.
My God, he goes dark forever, but then comes back with a two hour and 48 minute epic. Thank you my guy. We are always here for you.
When he says “and spam it for an entire fucking minute” threw me off guard haha 2:30:25
The "room impulse" menu is full of "impulse responses," which are ways to characterize the acoustics of a room when a very simple sound is played in them. They can be used to make a sound heard as if it were played inside that room. The "gen." parameter likely allows you to choose a sound to test the effects of the impulse response.
The people who makes this sort of stuff are incredibly creative.
and/or very traumatized lmao
@@sodakuwun0707Definitely both
@sodakuwun0707 the dev actually confirmed that he has no trauma, or at least nothing related to Petscop, i dont remember correctly. It was answered in their only interview
So its even more empressive that they managed to do with Petscop
@@nerdError0XFwhere can we find this interview? Genuinely curious
legitimately better than almost any full-length movie
35:50 I just wanted to say thank you for making sure to include this information. The Petscop story is one of my favorites web horrors but i always get a bit worried when people find the Numaker connection and suddenly hijacks the story's lore for that of a "True Crime" AU.
All stories are up to the reader's interpretation, but its good when the author is able to encourage or discourage particular readings of a text.
Yup and Tony even apologized for using a real, murdered child in his arg-he definitely wasn’t trying to make it about her
I love how the sponsor segment has the saferoom music from RE1, because it's technically out of the "mansion" like in the game. It's a moment in the video without any mystery and eeriness, no darkness and suspense. Just a safe moment for a quick sponsor break. A saferoom.
How many years passed since Petscop ended...? Nostalgia's hitting man.
- "When Care A goes missing, she goes missing forever."
- "My brother didn't want us to find him, because he knew we were all looking for Michael A."
These lines are so profound. Like a gut-punch to the soul.
Man, I can't wait for your next vid on this gem.
right, considering the A seems to mean healthy and not traumatized
Micheal A?
MICHEAL,! DONT LEAVE ME HERE-
Congrats on hitting 3 mil any minute now Ryan. Your work deserves all the recognition in the world. love ya buddy
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@@Nexpo bro Ik it’s your video but why you gotta ruin the streak 🤣
I love the fact that if this wasn't an arg or any type of horror and an actual modern game with the pet game idea I would play the hell out of it because I love those type of games
I can actually hear the fear in his voice and when the warning said "amnesia" he said "I don't remember" he clearly is losing himself in the game to be honest
Nexpo doing what pyrocynical couldn’t
20:05 "was, reportedly, a gift." the way he says that like it was a professional documentation on the character of the child is hilarious
Purportedly, not reportedly. Similar meaning but with the implication that it might be untrue.
@@XavierTheNeonTiger
I was thinking on this word as he said it on this recording and reflecting on what a great word it is: stating the info one has received, with the understanding that the info might be incorrect, but with no implied assumption that the info is faulty or incorrect or should be dismissed. It's such a great factual, inoffensive word! I wish it were used more commonly in everyday language so that I wouldn't've been taken aback by a purported let's-player using it in their game recording.
I return to this analysis again and again, simply for the build and execution of the cut to SOMA. The crashing waves, the ambiance from Dark Souls, the "Bingo"-moment... gets me every time. Beautiful edit.
I watched petscop a couple years ago after it had finished and i was very impressed, but i couldnt find anybody discussing the end! So many theories were crafted before the ending but never updated, it was very frustrating and im glad to see a video about petscop that has the advantage of hindsight
I seriously do not recall Paul catching Amber glitching through the wall. I remember him catching her by deceiving her and waiting in her locked cell for her to jump back in.
You're not the only one
Yes, you are right. It wasn't a glitch
weird i remember both
I also remember that??? Was that video deleted and a different one posted instead??
So I just went back and watched it real quick. There's no glitch. After opening both gates, he interacts with the switch that operates the left gate, and runs in while it is closing.
I think at its core, this is the story of family secrets. What happens when “keeping it in the family,” “us vs them,” “don’t let anyone see we’re not perfect” morphs into being complicit to something truly evil. There’s no way the family didn’t know to some degree or capacity. I refuse to believe that *no one* had an inkling that something was off about Marvin and how he treated his daughter and wife. They saw it but they kept it quiet because that’s what you do. You keep family problems in the family. Don’t involve police, don’t show your dirty laundry, don’t show anyone outside of the family the truth. It sounds so ridiculous like if they thought for a moment that he could hurt his daughter of *course* they’d do something! But no. Family’s like this are the reason we have the “creepy uncle” stereotype that was so prevalent in pop culture in the past (thankfully were moving past it in the last decade but this is still a thing that happens and that some families just accept, putting the responsibility on the young kids to not wear “provocative” clothes and shit like that). The level of delusion that’s possible when you refuse to accept that there are serious issues in your family, is truly hard to fathom. These are the people who stand by their relatives when their accused of rape or murder or kidnapping etc. despite the evidence, the witnesses, the verdict. Care and Michael and Bella never had a goddamn chance.
Oh fuck this is way too relatable and i hate that as the victim in my scenario
That is why teaching children what good touch bad touch is and that people of the same sex as them can also abuse them and such. And what abuse even means so that these monsters can gets what is due.
That makes sense.
I’m the despised black sheep in my family because I don’t give a fuck, if someone is immensely shitty I’ll shout it
and they’ve never programmed me with that “keep secrets and present a perfect image” shit
Fuck that noise
@@manuelh.4147 You must be fun at parties
I know this is just an elaborate and genius gourmet creepy pasta, but this just makes me yearn for a sandbox game that just progressively gets weirder and weirder the more you discover and peel back each layer. You could happily play the base sandbox game filled with hundreds or thousands of different activities from tons of different genres. But with with each activity, the longer you stay the weirder things start to get, and it leads you down a rabbit hole. And as everyone starts to discover all of them they just keep stacking up and leading to crazier and crazier stuff. So fun.
This reminds me of one I heard about a few years ago, it starts off with just a girl in a house but she leaves and starts exploring just level after level of weirdness in a never ending cycle but I'm kicking myself that I can't find it now. I've always wanted to try and play it myself
@@clementinebun1105maybe it was yume nikki?
@@garlicbreadwarrior It is! Thank you so much!!! It was legitimately bothering me
Sorry for being a nerd but I feel the game Omori pulls this idea off perfectly! :]
I've gotta say props to Paul's VA, those episodes without his voice feel somewhat less impactful without his live analysis
Yo the title card reveal at 14:20 was SO well done because I didn't even remotely expect that we were still in the intro, haha. Your editing has gotten so goddamned good over the years, and your sense of _timing_ is spot on. Thank you for sharing that talent with us, bruv.
Do you mean his sense of.....................................timing
right?
When Pyro couldn’t, Nexpo could
Explain. I don’t know anything about pyro aside from he likes TF2 blow up porn or something, my gf likes him but that’s all I know about him
@@--Lumiinous-- evidence?
@@ninxq4980 he knowingly sexted a child and sent them fetish porn, and when admitting to knowing they were underage while sexting them, he tried justifying it with consent laws like a massive creep
He admits to all of this in his response video at 9:30 :))
@@--Lumiinous--what? 😂😂
@@item404notfound he sexted a minor knowingly and used them for sexual gratification. Which idk about you but that sounds predatory to me
2:22:40 I have a thought about what that censor could’ve been. Firstly, I think it was a text box.
Secondly, this connects back to the other “caskets”(the censored items). One of the caskets was related to a chalkboard.
It’s description is…
“Five words. Written on a chalkboard, in the dirty building you inhabit.” (We later see that in petscop 23, this refers to a chalkboard in the school).
I believe that those five words written on the chalkboard was a question central to petscop.
*Do You Remember Being Born?*
And I believe that that is what the censor was at the end of Petscop 14. The game asked him “Do you remember being born?”. and I think the reason why it unnerved him so much was because it was the moment he realized that Care was meant to represent him in the game. I believe this because we’ve seen this question in the Quitter’s room, more than likely being for Belle. And Belle, as we have assumed, is a victim of Marvin (and possibly Rainer) trying to rebirth her into Tiara.
So, hear me out, according to Nexpo’s explanation, Care was never a real person. Care was meant to represent Paul. And that when Marvin and Anna had a child, it was a boy, who they named Paul. Marvin couldn’t stand this, and he tried to essentially force Paul to be like Lina, doing things like showing Paul his reflection in a flower vase and describing his “grisly deformities”, and possibly plucking his eyebrows. Now, the connection between Paul and Belle is that Belle was a victim of attempted rebirthing because she fought back against, and in Marvin’s eyes, she was a quitter. So like her, Paul was not what Marvin wanted him to be and thus, would also be seen as a quitter by Marvin. And So the censor in Petscop 14 asking Paul “Do You Remember Being Born?” unnerved him so much because it was the moment when everything clicked. The flower vase, the conversation care had with her mom paralleling a conversation he had with his mom, and finally, this question, first directed at Belle, is now directed at him, almost like the game is asking him if he remembers the abuse he suffered as a child. “Do you remember being born?”.
Sorry for the long comment!
Love this theory
@@palmerscott23 thank you!
I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE CONTINUATION i fell into this rabbit hole of a video almost immediately. i can't believe this is nearly 3 hours-- i love this so much!
As someone who can get confused easily when there’s a lot of info thrown at them, I really appreciate the recap at 1:20:06, especially since it’s a longer video :)
I was actually hoping for more later on too… perhaps that is what’s to follow when he says “to be continued”
@@desioner Yeah i hope that Nexpo wi put a little recap at the beginning of the next video about Petscop
I’m at 1:04:34 and I feel like I missed something’s
@@offthetrail636same
@@offthetrail636there’s definitely a few tiny details that go unsaid you could just watch the videos on the Petscop channel or check out pyro’s analysis
Wow! I often have videos on in the background while I do other things, but this video made me stop and come back to watch, riveted, over and over again. Absolutely incredible work.
you know what i love about nexpo videos and this video specifially? everything about the topic and how nexpo brings up the topics is so damn near interesting and replayable that when u view the scrubbing bar you can see that almost every part has a replayability, theres not one single high most watched part, its multiple. idk i thought id say how much i love seeing that
What surprises me the most is how Nexpo always does the subtitles with great attention even on videos that are longer than 2 hours. It's just that extra touch that makes this video seem as polished as it can be, great stuff
its really considerate how every video (except the older ones) has captions tbh, really nice of him for people like me who sometimes need captions
he has captions sure but they're kinda dogshit
Polished videos are getting so rare, even with the big creators. I love the effort put in. Makes for such a better experience than some live stream with no effort or editing. Love you Nexpo!!!!
The completely authentic PS1 aesthetic, the genius synchronicity of scripted events, the incredible symbolism, the nuanced use of mechanics to reveal the story, the odd blend of 2D and 3D, the speed run-like button recreation, and everything in between cement this "game" as the greatest portrayal of meaning in the history of modern digital "punk" art. This is FSR level.
What does FSR mean?
Flower Sun and Rain. Look it up, you won't regret it.@@clarethecat5199
@@clarethecat5199 Flower, Sun, and Rain. A PS2/DS game by Grasshopper Manufacture
@@clarethecat5199 Fist, rock, scissors
@@clarethecat5199flower, sun and rain. It's a puzzle game where a guy, who's a searcher, got stuck in a timeloop where he's stuck on an island and must find the bomb before it explodes
it’s truly amazing and lucky for us that Paul is the person that he is. I feel as if so much would go unnoticed or undiscovered if the game was played by someone who was even a little less meticulous than he is. he has this weird sensibility to him where the things and actions he does and theories he makes are so logical and traceable, but i think unprompted i think i would’ve never thought about trying/doing them or even the possibility of them
Paul is a character. He was created like this purposely by the creators of petscop. Petscop is not a real game, but a TH-cam horros series
@@el-maiki I fuckin' knew it! I'm only 26 minutes into it and I knew "Paul" was off. My original guess was that he made the game himself and was doing a weird guerilla marketing thing.
the replies are making me crack up 😭😭
This video helped me when I was in the ICU, just wanted to say thanks for the awesome videos Nexpo!! With a lot of love!!
I've been so obsessed with this series, how utterly haunting it is without using any cheesy scary BGM or old happy tunes from yesterdecades. Just. Pure silence. And the things that made you jump were little breaks of sounds we've heard before and have yet to hear later. It's what sets it apart from so many series and makes it so memorable for me
Is this like, a fake found video game thing? I’m very confused lol non of the comments help.
@@TheQueenOfShebayeah, its an ARG (alternate reality game i think it stands for) so like its jst a story told as if it was real gameplay
that screen about there being no input for a long time was so jarring that i just stared at a wall for a minute because of how much the sound shocked me
My take on the whole thing with Care's father, or at least his obsession with her, is that he originally wanted to be with the sister that 'vanished' but settled on his current wife. They had a daughter that looked somewhat like the vanished sister and the dad's fucked mind believed it was his 'second chance' to be with the woman he actually wanted. So he thought about her in the bath, he got excited over something that was perhaps similar to the sister's behavior, and kidnapped Care to groom her into being the person he wanted and do whatever monsterous things to her.
Well damn
@@nemesis021 LMFAO
Fr i think he was a incestous pedo.
Eerily enough, there is actually a real story who married his own daughter and eventually killed her as well.
So that's why Pen's original design had its legs stretched...
(I think the Pets have very faint connections to the human characters)
“Grab a cup of mineral water and a couple string cheeses” was so out of pocket 💀
Not string cheese being my fiance and I’s go to TH-cam video snack😂😂
I love everything about this video. The editing, the voiceovers, the way everything is put together, It's just so perfect, and I really enjoyed watching this!
I find it interesting that the main events of the game are apart in 20 year gaps, Lina’s death in 1977, Care’s kidnapping in 1997, the creation of the channel and Paul’s playthrough in 2017. For it to be consistent and this precise has to mean something, knowing petscop, but I honestly can’t pinpoint to what exactly.
Idk if it's this but the average generational gap is around 20 years.. maybe symbolism around intergenerational trauma, made more precise to 20 years like that to fit the themes of time repetition?
And 20 seconds before Tool responds to the question “Who are you?”
Waiting to see what happens in 2037 😊
@@finn_in_the_bin5263 yep, I think the time gaps being 20 years represents that a generation has come and gone. If we’re to assume that the characters are at least 10-12 while the events happened, the characters that were alive in 1977 would be around 50 in 2017, those alive in 1997 would be at least 30 in 2017, which should mean that a generation has passed. But each generation doesn’t heal from it because of petscop, aka the story being retold, either through verbal recounts or active abuse which are like the abuse of Marvin
@@alzhanvoid Paul, Lina and Belle make their grand entrance and say one big old “fuck you” to the family /hj
"To be continued"
Ah cool, now the wait for Petscop 2 applies to two videos, not just one. At least this time I'm fairly certain this one is more likely to come into existence.
It's Half Life 3 all over again
Nexpo you make some of the best videos on the site. It always amazes me the quality and effort that goes into each video. I remember before you had million subs. Now you have over 3 million. Cheers my friend you deserve it 😁
I was not expecting this to become an existential crisis about the definition of humanity, and the terrifying implications of AI learning potential. I’m frightened and I love it!😁
7:13 The delayed "Which kinda sucks" after talking about how the player's character doesn't have any hands and thus can't open doors got a chuckle out of me 😂
Thank you so much for making Petscop 2 Nexpo! Since Pyro couldn’t make it, you decided to make it and we appreciate that! 😃
pyro's a lazy bastard
@@kane8649 thats what he deserves for using the same title for his drama videos for a year
Can someone explain the joke to me please
@@nyekomimiPyrocynical, a commentary youtuber made a video on petscop that is seen as one of his best videos. It left off with a "promise" (not sure if he said he would or if he said he might) of a followup video dubbed "petscop 2". Since then for years ppl have been jokingly asking when petscop 2 is comming out. (pyro has pretty much said it isnt by now iirc. i dont follow him much but last i heard it was completely canceled) But pyros comments love bullying him for it (and many other reasons such as "slop" and "the incident")
@@kok8346 commenter hating on pyrocynical HUGE DRAMA
41:39 he's just standing there.. menacingly.
wow, i've been wanting to watch this vid ever since you announced it on twitter and wow was this great im so happy you got to finish this video because i love petscop and the story, good work Nexpo!!
2:26:00 Interesting fact here, "Nifty" is actual the name of a game previously made by the creator of Petscop that not only dealt with using a level editor to solve puzzles, but also had an AI as the antagonist. Also should be noted that they were both made by Garalina in-universe so...
i've never heard of that. is it actually playable?
@@5uperMyeah you can download it on the creator's website
I used to tear out my eyebrows, eyelashes and hair (still pull out body hair) as a stress response to a very traumatic home life. This story really hit hard.
Same :( !!!
Omg i have that problem and its really bad i wrap bandages around my arms to stop myself from pulling the hair on them
Oh my goodness that sounds awful, I had no idea it could be a trauma response. I experience ptsd but having that struggle added on top sounds so hard, maybe body dysmorphia could play a part in it too which I struggle with, I would pull hairs because of it
@CaliforniaHigh-SpeedRail dude
@CaliforniaHigh-SpeedRail consider leaving the internet
Petscop is so deep, no explanation could fully do it justice, but these videos did the best job I've seen so far. The end music captures the feeling of petscop so perfectly too.
Once you read « House of leaves », every uncanny horror game seems to have some sort of influence from this book
Isnt that one gmod house mod inspired heavilly from that book?
@movingstar0909 Yeah, the house mod definitely had a lot of inspiration from that book