02/15/2025 @andrewgaming677: The song at the end of this video is now available on Spotify and all streaming services under my artist name: “Ohster”
https://open.spotify.com/album/78QpzlmmYO4qzJjhv2ReDx?si=pVa3YhOWS7qxDHlfgqFMrg
02/15/2025 @buisnessman1237: Thanks, Andrew!
02/15/2025 @KrispyKrackers: hey Andrew! I wanted to ask something abt this ARG, specifically the stuff wifies covered in his video 7 months ago
Your character always places fences next to the well when he enters, but when smile(I haven't finished the series yet so sorry if this stuff is already covered) took the fence with him into the well
I was wondering whether that detail was on purpose or not cus it kinda reflects their characters; you're kind and give to the world while smile resents the world and hates it, taking everything he can
03/03/2025 @thegavinside: That song is incredible, one of my new faves
02/15/2025 @terraristit3752: The thing I loved the most about this episode was how Andrew's character was shaking a little when talking with Chris, which means that his hands were shaking in real life, too. That was such a bittersweet detail. You could really tell what he was feeling, even with the Land of Towers preventing him from saying those feelings audibly.
02/15/2025 @Saturfish: in this episode, we learn andrew's using windows 11
02/15/2025 @TP_TD360: good fact to know 👍
02/15/2025 @ritayohanaFransiska: i agree
02/22/2025 @qryanvr: How
02/22/2025 @Saturfish: you can see it when the tabs pop up. the rounded window borders are a thing in windows 11
03/01/2025 @LucyStark-i4q: Oh cool…😞
02/15/2025 @AlexanderJBanks: That ending almost had me crying. Is MajorKooky the spirit of Chris? Are we getting to the end of this tale? The story that has been written before our eyes is a story written to perfection, amongst the greatest writings of all time. Andrew is such a great person because he's not some plot-armor protagonist. He's a regular person, just like you, me, and everyone else on this planet. He's human. He's experiencing these emotions and solving those puzzles and losing his mind along with us. Andrew, I, and everyone else who's been following your journey, wish you the best of luck in the next chapter
02/15/2025 @terraristit3752: Fully agree - the way all characters feel so HUMAN make this ARG so great. Andrew, Chris, Smiley. All of them seem like real people from the real world who have lived real lives with very real struggles. I think most people can find something relatable in all of them and/or emphatize with all of them. Like, I know Smiley is supposed to be the "villain" of the story, but you can't help but feel a little bit bad for him, even if the things he's done are horrible. Knowing his story, you can 100 % understand why he became the way he is now, and why he's doing what he's doing. Its for revenge, sure, but I feel like its also a cry for help. He CRAVES human connection, but because he's been mistreated and has had horrible self-esteem his entire life, this is the only way he knows how to interact with others. He KNOWS its wrong, because he's been hurt the same way, but he doesn't know any other way to do it. So I feel like a part of Smiley WANTS Andrew to succeed - a part of him WANTS to be stopped. For someone to finally put him out of his misery. But he's too far gone down the path of self-loathing to accept it. That does not, in any way, excuse or justify all the horrible things he's done, but it at least makes you hope that the story will end with Smiley's death for his OWN sake, not because you hate him and want him to suffer even more. Chris is also a very well written, sympathetic but morally gray character. At first, he seemed just as hostile and threatening as Smiley when interacting with Andrew, and he's definitely done some questionable things, like wiping Andrew's memory without his consent, apparently MULTIPLE TIMES (which I'm pretty sure Andrew would not be chill about if he knew), but it geniunely seems like he's been doing it all to protect Andrew, and he did apologize about it in the Christams texture pack video. And after knowing what he's been through in the asylum...God. After seeing that, I honestly feel like the only reason Chris didin't turn out like Smiley was because of his friendship with Andrew. After succumbing to the "Call of the Well," so to speak, Smiley remained as a ghost for revenge, and even though I'm assuming Chris' desire to take revenge on the asylum would have been unbelievably strong after his experiences in "the fixing room," his desire to protect his only friend was stronger. That's unbelievable loyalty and mental strength on Chris' part, and a great display of the value of human connections and the strength of human empathy. Geniunely makes you wonder how many "Smileys" could be avoided in the real world with a little show of empathy and forgiveness every now and then? But, I feel like that's a converstation for another time and place. Sorry for yapping so long, btw, but what I'm trying to say is - I agree with you 100 %. The characters feel so unbelievably HUMAN that it makes you really invested in the story. Its EXTREMELY well written. And in addition to this, the supernatural elements are weaved into the story in a way that is prelevant enough to be interesting, but subtle enough to not take anything away from the believability, and they all tie to the story's symbolism and themes in some way, rather than existing for the sake of being "creepy," which makes the whole story even better, in my opinion. Like, this has to be one of the best ARG's I've watched in a long time. Super excited to see what happens next!
02/15/2025 @timoty-plr: SAME ❤
02/15/2025 @haydenhowell9277: It's obviously Chris. He's standing on mossy cobble. His favorite block
02/15/2025 @frenchcrabsalt: I personally would believe so. it also seems WAY too coincidental for him to be standing on Mossy Cobblestone
02/15/2025 @Skreekyy: But guys is it just me seeing it but he had 5 bone before meeting the majorkooky after he had 4 where did the other one go??
02/15/2025 @D0NTHEMAN: Maybe this happened out of order? @Skreekyy
02/15/2025 @AxieFungie: I have several things to mention here
1) I just love how Andrew so sick of being the main character of this arg, it's hilarious
2) Ending is something that make me feel uncertain. I kinda want to believe that this MajorKooky guy is Chris bc of the mossy cobblestone blocks but when I saw this "you're" at 17:40 and remembered that Chris always talks with full words like "You are". Maybe I'm just overthinking tbh
3) This Obstacle cover in the end is super cool
That's it, have a great day! Sorry for my bad English btw I'm not a native speaker
02/15/2025 @davidmandel8960: MajorKooky is Smile, he needed the creeper mask to conceal his smile
02/15/2025 @Cubingwithasain: I don’t see any problems with your english, but I’m not a native speaker either.
02/15/2025 @bigman542: I think it’s because he’s inside the game now when typing he doesn’t waste his time using contractions but now that he is basically speaking through the game uses contractions because that’s how people talk
02/15/2025 @planetarydreams: I think it is Chris and he's using contractions because he's getting closer to Andrew again so there's not much need to sound professional anymore
02/15/2025 @BrUh-tu5nt: 18:08 Lyrics for the cover of the song "Obstacles"
Let's say sunshine for everyone
But as far as I can remember
We've been migratory animals
Living under changing weather
Someday we will foresee obstacles
Through the blizzard, through the blizzard
Today we will sell our uniform
And live together
Live together
We played hide and seek in waterfalls
We were younger
We were younger
We played hide and seek in waterfalls
We were younger
We were younger
We played hide and seek in waterfalls
We were younger
We were younger
We played hide and seek in waterfalls
We were younger
We were younger
Someday we will foresee obstacles
Through the blizzard, through the blizzard
(Also, I love how the instrumental sounds like an actual Minecraft song, it sounds beautiful.)
02/22/2025 @Frisk_Decoded: LIFE IS STRANGE REFERENCE?
03/11/2025 @Archon_Zena: where are his somgs released or like what does he call himself on spotify or soundcloud so i can listen to these songs nonstop?
03/12/2025 @Frisk_Decoded: @ syd matter
03/12/2025 @Archon_Zena: @Frisk_Decoded what? wdym by syd matter? or is that a user to find his songs with?
03/13/2025 @Frisk_Decoded: @ syd matter created the song shaka brah
03/13/2025 @Archon_Zena: @Frisk_Decoded oh thanks, i meant the cover though. Like where can i find the cover-
03/14/2025 @Archon_Zena: @ dang
02/15/2025 @jamesnurames: I love Andrews characterization in this one. He is just so angry at everything and trying and failing to play it off, it's great. Pissed of Manic Andrew is awesome.
02/15/2025 @megacyder084: 3:26 you can see Smiley on the window. Im in tree minutes in and already loving it
02/15/2025 @FUFdogeSports: Tree? 🌲🌲
02/15/2025 @jaxregona3028: OMFG!! the window was a perfect place to hide smiley
02/15/2025 @Lozaivielle: And then, a door opens
02/15/2025 @Tort_t0: Honestly, I was scared then
02/15/2025 @SomeCow-y2k: When I saw that, I expected 'phantom of the opera' music to start playing.
Du du duuuuu!!!!
Du du du du du du, du duuuuu
02/15/2025 @LostWarden: 🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳
02/15/2025 @franandwood14: Yo i didn’t even notice
03/12/2025 @shepbii1005: If you watched last video, that specific window is the one in smiley's room too
02/15/2025 @IvyLyttle-ry5ye: 8:59 "hey! Turn on the camera and get fucked with for 10 to 20 minutes straight!" Genius way to explain what is happening in Andrews game ngl
02/15/2025 @LandonBurke-l1n: That cellar image popping up really sets a new whole of horror to this. Ofc this seemed to be touching reality especially with Andrew’s sanity and the stuff with Everett and Chris. I think it’s interesting that there is indeed similarities between Andrew and Everrett. I don’t know if that one-off comment of Venting in a Minecraft world was purely a joke or did show that connection. It’s also worth nothing that Andrew has now taken the “Riffle” like Everett dad did. This seems like Andrew wasn’t some sort of random person since Everett might’ve been someone he knew,
Also I got Life Is Strange flashbacks when that song played at the end. Cool way to end it. Like Sacrificing Arcadia Bay
02/15/2025 @Zolet_lionheart: To me it feels like the well has been calling for Andrew sense he was younger like when he mentioned the story about his grandma's basement and seeing something their then we got the picture og the well in the crash it could easily mean that what he saw was bones at the bottom of this well
02/15/2025 @bigwhw4580: Knowing the end is approaching hits hard
Not much further now, the circle is closing.
02/22/2025 @adkol466: Idk If anyone has pointed this out yet but every time he starts the video (or at least the ones I've watched) Andrew begins with something along the lines of ‘things have been hard’ or ‘my lifes been hectic’ he only joins the game or continues when he's in a bad place again or feeling ‘the call of the well’. It's such an interesting metaphor because truly he could escape all of this by simply ignoring it, he could live his life but that’s not how it works you can’t just turn tail and run from those thoughts something always brings you back. And even with Chris in the equation it adds to the metaphor. It’s Chris or more accurately Chris abscess that is bringing him back. He relied on Chris when he was in a bad place in the past and now that he’s not here Andrew has the urge to follow him, follow him down that well.
03/01/2025 @terraristit3752: Interesting analysis! I'd also like to add something: as you said, its impossible to just "ignore" thoughts like this when they take hold, but not only is it impossible, its also extremely dangerous. The only way a person's problems are going to go away is if that person MAKES them go away - denial is only going to make it worse. The further and the longer you run from your fears, the more time your imagination has to make them so much worse than they are, and the scarier it becomes to actually confront them. I feel like it would be best for Andrew's mental health if he just speedran this whole thing through, because no matter how much he runs, its as you said: he's ALWAYS going to come back eventually. This will continue until either Andrew or Everette finishes it, and every day that Andrew is not playing is a day that Everette can use to strategize and rest, while Andrew is only wallowing in fear and self-doubt. Basically, he's making this so much harder on himself each time he delays it. (This is, of course, just an analysis of Andrew IN-CHARACTER: I understand that the actual reason the videos are published months apart from each other is that it takes a lot of time to record something like this, but I like how the delay between videos is woven into the story, rather than just ignored. Another example of the great writing that goes into this ARG!)
02/15/2025 @TIBKProductions: So Smile/Everette's only good friend (other than his late dog Barny) was this Oliver person, whom I have a hunch is the headless guy from "It All Comes Leaking In". After looking at the signs, it is implied that Smile/Everette was a victim of domestic violence from his father, and his mother probably committed suicide because it was too much for her ("no wonder your mom left you" from the griefers in "What Friends Are For"). Either that, or Smile/Everette's father killed her (notice how the bow at 4:07 seems to have been used). When Smile/Everette looks out from the window at 3:26 he is probably trying to think back to happier times.
02/15/2025 @gamingdogtv5237: I didn't even notice Smile st 3:26
02/22/2025 @WhiteCheddarr: That is my running theory as well, the fact the dad won’t let Everette see what is in the well based on the “really what’s in the well in the cellar anyway” paired with the bone being in the well. Unsure if either the dad killed her or she committed suicide using the rifle but I believe the bow having durability down has to be important. Everette has to know something too even if it’s being blocked out. It being a creative world as we see in the last video means Everette had to have gone into survival, lowered the durability, then switched back to creative.
02/15/2025 @portalmasterprisimbreak8512: So couple of things for this episode
1) Really love the piano sounds in important places super cool.
2) Andrew being very shaken and laughing at everything as a coping mechanism is super realistic.
3)The part woth the pop up window was actually scary i really liked that.
Overall very big improvement story wise but not my top favourite episodes still great job man Keep em coming
02/15/2025 @VivianCanRead: I think the touch of Obstacles playing is amazing. All this time, Andrew has been exploring these maps and worlds, and its like he says at 8:57, someones messing with him, and for what? But at the end, Chris finally returns, filling Andrew with hope of returning further, and reminding him that he's not alone.
02/15/2025 @memario2577: Yea he s f around with him because so called everett whats power his loves ones died and all he was left with was his abusive dad and the bullies in his school. Everett doesnt want anything byt just power, he wants Andrew to khms thats the power he needs
02/15/2025 @StellarShowdown-s2k: "Just like the old times" wow this signle line made me burst into tears
02/15/2025 @jerin1416: I wish every minecraft ARG was like this. So much depth, so much thougt put in to it, so much emotion
02/15/2025 @1-z4c_w4s_h3r3: i came from wifies video covering the videos andrew made on this channel. i saw that andrew had made a couple of newer videos recently and i kid you not, every single one started hitting harder and harder than the other. andrew slowly losing himself, the emotional songs that play at the end, everett, oliver, the asylum, majorkooky, chris, something about this arg keeps me increasingly more hooked with every video i watch. it eventually becomes more obvious that this arg isn't about an unoriginal concept that some creepy monster that is haunting andrew's game. it's about him and his friend's story. in fact, everett has also had a pretty tragic story. there are still questions that presumably all of us have; but as of now, they are still unanswered. but i have a gut feeling that there will be an episode that fills all of the gaps, something that links everything together. this is by far the most touching and thrilling minecraft arg i have ever watched, and i am incredibly eager as to what's coming in the foreseeable future. keep it up dude, loving your work. ❤
02/15/2025 @Dragonlovermaniak: I second that. I was here because of Wifies too! I just have to see how this ends too. The emotions are so strong here that I am just hooked!
02/15/2025 @JasonWood-h1r: Watching this made me ball my eyes out this is one of the best episodes in the series and im guesing majorkooky is chris and the song is top teir and even matches the theme of this being set back around 2011 the song is called obstacles by sid matters and andrew... please keep this going ive been watching since episode one and its amazing ive gotten all of my friends invested into the series as well and its beautiful how you made this series and how much time you spent. Keep up the good work.
03/02/2025 @c_x_3: Seeing an unfiction protagonist be allowed to just crash out and go off from the stress of everything weighing on him is both really refreshing and also a really nice way to loosen to tension a little because it’s so unexpected it’s almost a little funny but it’s also entirely realistic that it’s happening.
02/15/2025 @Peanut-Allergies: this series has probably broken the record for how much i have cried over a single story. the music makes everything so much more emotional.
02/15/2025 @civaiautism: on the day before my birthday .. wow this truly is an early birthday present
02/15/2025 @aanweirdhuman8987: ayo same :o also happy birthday! ^^
02/15/2025 @Piones43: Happy Birthday 🎉🎉🎉
02/15/2025 @Sillylittlebookcreature: Omg same :D
02/15/2025 @SlobodanNadazdin: Mine too
02/15/2025 @SlobodanNadazdin: Happy birthday
02/15/2025 @justdejvcz: Happy birthday!
02/15/2025 @piggyfan6353: Happy Birthday!
02/15/2025 @Newguyatwork: Happy late birthday!!!
02/15/2025 @David-f2d3t: Happy birthday
02/15/2025 @scribblerstudios9895: To those noting that supposedly only Smiles/Everrett got stronger from the bones being collected there was a scene some episodes back where Smiles said “WE” get stronger so it may be it makes all manifestations of Smiles and his victims stronger. Which also means Chris. And that it is very likely Chris will go away when the bones do as well
02/15/2025 @Cheato64: Prediction: He will go back to the house from the very first world that started this mess and get the 2-3 bones there, but before he can do it, he'll have a 10 minute conversation with chris or just have an inner monologue the whole time about how times have changed or what not.
02/15/2025 @Kanga_00: you're WRONG
02/15/2025 @SophiaYtttttt: I like this Prediction!
02/15/2025 @mcch1cken473: Pretty sure he got the Chris thing correct here
02/15/2025 @Primalxstic: @gattasara technically it’s been confirmed that andrew wanting/talking about the old times makes smile more powerful/makes andrew more vulnerable, so I doubt andrew would continue talking about the past for that long considering he knows this, but yeah we don’t actually know what he’ll do yet lol
02/15/2025 @Cheato64: Now that I have watched the video. I can confirm that I got half of the prediction right. First, wrong house. 2nd, he did talk to Chris (?) and monologued for 10+ minutes, but 3rd, it wasn't about how times have changed. Mr Roo is right.
This is more accurate of a prediction for the NEXT episode.
03/09/2025 @CrystalC9: Wow that ending hit me like a truck, covering the song used in Life is Strange. Now that's a blast from the past, haha.
02/15/2025 @Bessemaster: You can do it Andrew, keep going, we believe in you. Just push on through :)
03/11/2025 @Archon_Zena: the songs at the end make it more of a reason to watch these videos through. Theyre soooo good!!!
02/15/2025 @QuillSalmon512: This just in, Andrew is 3 countryfolk disguised in a Trench Coat!
02/15/2025 @stickbugcity: i love watching andrew as a character get more and more tired and pissed off as terrible and strange things keep happening. like, the way he responds to things as the series goes on is so realistic, i cant wait for the end (also we got to see chris!!! i love him so much. i know weve barely seen him but hes so important to me)
02/15/2025 @WeAreStillLaughing: Your pfp made me think I had a bug on my screen.
02/15/2025 @SophiaYtttttt: i almost cried when Chris (i think it’s Chris) said they were going do this together 😭
02/15/2025 @samthescotsman: this series is so good i never want it to end. it hits home with me as I was bullied every day I was at school ever and even days I was not and I have been suic**al since I was a kid and I'm 30 and I have tried many times and have obviously failed every time. i am fighting it right now. also, I'm seriously ill both mentally and physically and know I would have ended up in an asylum in the past which scares me. this series is pure storytelling magic, all told through a basic pixelated game.
02/15/2025 @earth2tonez: ah, time to cry again <3
i really resonate with this series. thanks man.
02/15/2025 @doodle-boy: Once again gotta give props to Andrew for this music. All of it is so vital for setting the mood of this series and that cover at the end which i assume is sung by Andrew is beautiful. It literally made me tear up and get emotional! What a fantastic ARG I'm so glad I've been able to experience all this as it unfolds.
02/15/2025 @Sea-gulp: 4:05 I just realized the “rifle” is used 😳 one shot it looks like
02/15/2025 @Dagsmoke: Would love to see that "venting world" some day.
02/15/2025 @LukeIsntSmart: 4:57 Yes, I've done this before, Andrew.. lol
02/15/2025 @Marth-o3y: IS IT HOT IN HERE OR IS IT JUST THIS FIRE VIDEO????
02/15/2025 @WallnutMilk: Andrew the protagonist is quite a cute and whole some guy ,I bet Andrew the Youtuber is one too!
02/15/2025 @wormystring: we getting out of the wells with this one 🗣🔥
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