The Game Deep friends dive into the depths of video game myths, rumors and legends! Join us as we discuss what drives people to make stuff up about their favorite games. Creepypastas, unsolved mysteries, whispers of hidden secrets and more await in this episode!
- 0:00 - Banter about the origins of the podcast, scrapped names, future episode ideas!
- 09:09 - The reasons for video game rumors compared to other media. Who starts rumors? Are there any trends?
- 14:55 - Legends we heard or believed growing up: Pokemon Red/Blue, Tekken, playground rumors.
- 17:57 - Polybius - An arcade game that allegedly appeared in a Portland, OR arcade temporarily, making players sick with various symptoms, then disappeared with scarce information and few witnesses.
- 25:50 - Creepypastas and "Ben Drowned" - A Majora's Mask N64 cartridge found at a garage sale that was supposedly haunted by a previous owner.
- 38:03 - MyHouse.WAD - A DOOM mod started by a [fictional] person who passed away and finished by a friend who was driven mad by completing it.
- 40:55 - Bio Force Ape - A canceled NES that was actually in production, but documentation about it since then was fabricated as a hoax (until a real prototype was discovered a few years later).
- 47:05 - Fallout 3 Numbers Station - A "numbers station" radio station in-game which played audio code that corresponded to actual real world events.
- 52:10 - Nintendo's partnership with Sony for the original PlayStation and rumors of a prototype, until 2015 when a real console appeared at an auction.
- 1:03:00 - N64: "L is real 2401": Luigi is secretly an unlockable character in Super Mario 64? Accidental "liminal spaces" in games. Every cartridge is personalized to each player.
- 1:12:50 - The Madden Curse, Tomb Raider's nude code, Diablo's cow level.
- 1:21:28 - "Hot Coffee" in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Real content on the disc, but misinformation about its accessibility.
- 1:29:08 to 1:34:40 - SPOILERS for Final Fantasy VII. GameShark.
- 1:34:40 - The hilarious rumor of Saddam Hussein building a supercomputer using 4,000 PlayStation 2s.
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Xander - @xanwithaplan on Twitch and Twitter
Zac - @zacaroniandcheez on Twitch, @GaijinWota on Twitter and Instagram
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