Maligula Is NOT A Villain 

This is truly amazing, and I really loved how you went about this. A spectacular follow-up video for what was an already remarkable telling of the events in Psychonauts 2! Phenomenal video! Psychonauts 2 especially feels like a love letter to mental health, it's approach makes what some people would think the "villain" to be someone more sorrowful and a person that is troubled and needs help. My math teacher from 8th grade (who was the former SSR teacher) had said this phrase; "This is no such thing as bad people, just people who made bad choices." In a sense, that also doesn't make Gristle Malik a villain either, he made bad decisions yes, and things could've ended very poorly for everyone because of it. Yet, he's not someone to blame... Psychonauts 2 does an excellent presentation that nobody is bad, after all, we all have something that made us think/behave this way in our minds. Again, really incredible video!

The fact that Gristol/Nick was able to hide all that from an entire organization of psychics is actually pretty impressive.

I think this quote fits maligula well "just because a character is a antagonist doesn't mean they are a villain"

God, that "Is that really.. is that really how I look in your mind?.." hits hard

"Naaah not much, it was all Ford's fault" I honestly had a feeling when I first met Otto that he would be my favorite of the Psychic Six.... and he did end up being my favorite.

Can we appreciate the small lil' fact that, as far as I remember, the Doubt enemies NEVER show up in Gristol/Nick's mind? It's the only enemy type that doesn't show up. Regrets DO show up but as the video explains, his regrets come from a selfish place like thinking his father wasn't ruthless enough. Meanwhile, he never DOUBTS himself of his plan or actions due to his endless narcissism. This also goes to all enemy types in that mind. Enemies never show up patrolling or poping up to attack Raz until either him or Lily step off the designated ride, showing how sure of himself Nick is that he WANTS people to admire his line of thought; He is THAT full of himself. At first I found it odd that Panic Atatcks show up when Gristol/Nick is suppose to be so full of himself, but that specific enemy only appears in the level in one specific combat arena: The one shaped like angry grulovian protesters. Heck, the emotional baggage is also a great little detail in the level! You always find the bags all across the Ride's setpieces, but never the tags. All of the tags are usually hidden inside these black deep pockets of darkness Raz has to break into and sue Mental Conenction to reach, really far away from the Amusement Ride that Gristol/Nick created in his mind. So basically, he likes to show off his emotional turmoil, probably as a way to allow himself to feel a victim, but he is deliberately hindering the progress of ever resolving that emotional baggage. A lot of people like to show off the Milkman Conspiracy as THE greatest Psychonauts example of story and themes melding with gameplay and level design, but after playing Psychonauts 2 I'd put Fatherland Follies , and Bob's Bottles, right up with it in the high echelon of brilliant levelmaking in the franchise.

On one hand, the idea of the being something sinister with Otto has plenty of evidence, especially considering when you go into the minds of the psychic 6, none of them have anything nice to say about him. Cassie thinks he's not really that smart, Helmut kind of ignores him, he's a source of anxiety in Compton's mind, and he represents the other Psychonauts ignoring Bob in his mind. However, I think painting him as a villain is a bit unfair. Most of these depictions are probably just due to him being a bit more cold and distant than the others, kind of like Sasha, who he gets along quite well with. Plus, it's not like he forced anyone to use the astralathe, nor did he lie about what it did, Ford likely would have mentioned it if he did. Even Bob and Cassie subconsciously keeping people from the machine is less an indictment of Otto and more just a fear of the machine after what it did to Lucy. Plus, if Otto did all this so he could sell mini-astralathes, why is he only floating the idea now, 20 years after the original was created. There's an argument to be made that Otto doesn't take nearly as much responsibility for his actions as he should but calling him evil or the true villain of psychonauts 2 is a bit much.

I kinda like to think Otto is basically a dysfunctional parallel of Sasha's mindscape; outwardly extremely controlled, but done in a way that's less healthy than Sasha's method, even if it's not evident right now, is in reality in danger of causing problems for him once he can't control the problem anymore. He basically detaches himself from the pain of the past via his machinery and inventions, but it's still there. And given his statement about the astrolathe, who's to say he didn't end up using it on himself to make himself more detached from that pain? It's not like it was unusable for the entirety of the time between the breaking up of the Psychic Six and the present day.

Something I love about Maligula's fight is that, if you find a moment to use clairvoyance on her, you realize she sees you as a lice with protest signs. Lucrecia is so far gone that she actually sees other people as insects. I think it is obvious to everyone who played Hairdresser Ford's mental world that the lice you "wash" away end up being a metaphor for all the people Maligula killed in Grulovia, and how Ford goes from saying "that was just an accident, right?" to realizing she killed peaceful protesters. I just found it so impactful to realize that was not a metaphor... that she ACTUALLY saw people as just lice, that she fell so deep into the heart of darkness to cope with the guilt of killing her sister that she just dehumanized everyone.

After everything that happened, after all the pain and trauma she caused her friends, intentionally or not, the first instinct the psychic six has upon seeing their old friend is to hug her and welcome her back with open arms, no questions asked.

Oh my GOD literally everyone I've seen talks abut how sus it is that Otto is just chill the WHOLE TIME but no one has ever pointed at him and gone "yea this guy is kinda... he's the most likely to be evil."

The best part is that you never get to go into Otto's mind, who KNOWS how whacked out it is in there. He's clearly a bit reckless and self-centered, but I don't think he's actively malicious, he's just never considered the consequences of his actions before he takes them. He stuck some random brain he found in his collection and never Once checked who it might be!

I can't stress enough how cool it was that the battle between Maligula and The Psychic Six happened 20 years ago specifically. It gives the scene of Ford calling down Raz after the reveal a second meaning. "Tim, you're telling me that you've been keeping this secret for 20 fucking years ever since the first game???"

21:00 I had caviar (and I mean real, high end one, not the supermarket kind) and it was actually really good (though might be subjective). However what I find really interesting is the the fact how Gristol is assossiated with caviar and his *need* for Maligula. Caviar is a potent mixture of umami, acidic and salty flavours and if a child consumed it in the amounts shown in his memories, they'd easily become *dehydrated.* Either that or his liver would give out.

I love how the ball rolling mechanics always directly relate to joy. Mia says that explicitly for the levitation power, and the other instances of it are Ford's memories of love sickness, tennis balls in the flea circus, and the golden egg in malicks mind that you ride down a mental construct of his royal blood line

It's a little thing but watching Bob walk up to Nona and without saying a word, he just hugs her... that brought me to tears the first time i played the game, you have to realize that, out of the rest of the psychic six, Bob lost the most in the battle against Maligul(next to Ford of course), so for him to embrace her, even after all the years grief, it's so touching

Otto may not be as fine as he appears in the game. There is one extra response to emotional trauma that people have, and thats by distracting yourself with busy work, and I think thats what Otto was supposed to represent - even if we didnt dive into his mind - through his lab. Related to that note, one of the gadgets he gives to Raz, the thought tuner, probably was created to try to help look for Helmut Fullbear, as he theoretically would have a lot of stray thoughts around where he is located All in all, I dont think Otto is the villan in this story, as his inventions were only supposed to explore the secrets of their minds, its just that one of his inventions has a side effect of opening a psychic's door to their own power way too far while the group was still seeing what the extent of their powers were

I’m pretty sure everyone’s noticed this but when Raz uses his psychic powers his eyes (well his goggles) glow Considering he is Maligula’s great-nephew I’m at least 99% sure that was intentional

Something that I find funny, is how"nick from the mail room" sounds like a scooby-doo reveal. But actually makes sense.

Interesting detail about Fatherland Follies: you fight every enemy in the game ACCEPT Regrets. Judges? yes. Panic attacks? Plenty. Doubts? A few. But that man doesn’t have a single regret in his mind.

I still can not tell if Otto has problems or not. If they are just a reasonable well adjusted person or a person who hid behind a mask after the trauma and then became the mask. Has Otto dealed with the Trauma? Or has he burried it? Has he even been traumatised? Cause Otto handles death kinda like I do: By just going on and living on (reasonable) normally.

Maligula may not be a villain but she's definitely got one part of a supervillain down: *PRESENTATION*

Blaming everything on Otto... it's an interesting take, possible certainly, but it's also one I disagree with. In my opinion, the world of Psychonauts doesn't have one singular major villain, it has several minor ones. Otto is counted amongst them, but only in so far as being a person who, while not actively malicious in his actions, is... neglectful, passively letting tragedy happen to his friends without supporting them. Certainly he was an active combatant against Maligula and helped his friends against Maligula in battle, with his tech, but Otto, for all his technical expertise, isn't a Psychologist/Psychotherapist, he's great for exploring technologies and abilities related to Psychic phenomena, but not the actual structure of the Psyche. The Last Gzar of Grulovia is a villain, for obvious reasons (heck, even Gristol is right about one of them, namely betraying Maligula, though he's wrong on WHEN that betrayal really occurred, which was basically after Gristol gave her her position of power within the Grulovian Government, using her for war and submission of his opponents). And love struck Ford Cruller is a villain too, but the kind who does horrible things for the right reasons, though shattering his own mind, in protectiveness and penance really was a big mistake. But no, Psychonauts' World doesn't (yet) have a single true big villain.

One of my favorite things about Psychonauts is the people with truly deep-seeded mental issues are NEVER the villain. In the original, they made it clear that Boyd is not rational and was essentially picked to be the guard BECAUSE he couldn't truly understand what was going on. And Dr Loboto, one of the most obvious cliche looking doctor-themed villains you could find, is ALSO being manipulated into the plot because he can't rationally understand the harm he's doing. And it's not a throw away thing. In Psychonauts 2 Loboto doesn't cooperate with people wanting to help and protect him because he STILL can't reason out that he's safe and that revealing his boss would help him. It just does not connect. He cannot process his world like that. Psychonauts 2 is very clear that Maligula is NOT because Lucy was weak or inherently evil. They say it over and over that every single person on earth has a "maligula" inside them buried so deep down a vast majority of people never even know it exists. The whole Maligula fight has Lucy literally reaching out to escape. Lucy WANTED to stop. But she couldn't. Her mind was in overdrive and would never stop until it was forced to stop.

I'm sort of on the fence about Otto having ulterior motives. While it would definitely make for an interesting story, ultimately I think he's meant to show a thematic purpose that while a lot of people are scarred from their experiences, it doesn't always mean every person that makes it out is damaged in some way. Some people really do just have their priorities straight with what they value so even a situation like with Maligula wouldn't have a massive effect on Otto. To be fair though, if they showed he had just a bit more remorse for the situation and still feels a bit sad that his friends are split apart and hurt I would buy that he isn't uh, slightly nuts.

Incredibly well done video! Personally I believe that Grulovia and it's leaders are the villains here. Had Gristol's father never appointed Lucy to minister of war, maybe things would've went differently.

While it is pretty funny to pin the whole thing on Otto, Yea it really is a combination of Grulovia's leaders and the Psychic Six as a whole. Obviously the Royal Family are pretty much just assholes and really put a lot of the events in motion, but they were worsened by the Psychic Six's experiments taking things too far without considering their own well being. Presumably Lucy does actually take *some* blame as she was a fairly early member of the group and thus almost certainly was involved in a lot of those experiments. But at the end of the day she's obviously far more of a victim than a villain. And I do love that the game does a pretty good job of portraying Lucy as a victim imo. As her full story was unravelling in the ending, I never really thought of her as the villain.

21:00 As someone who's tried caviar, I can confirm that. Other than a status symbol, why anyone would eat it is beyond me

“Maligula is not a villain” “Those were peaceful protestors Lucy…”

Who, playing this game all the way through, thought that Maligula was the antagonist? Who would think that?

Also, something funny (Or maybe dark) about the game's start menu is that when you go to "New Game", you enter a brain and the game starts... that brain is probably Raz's brain, remember when Otto said that Raz's brain will be in the hall of brains someday too

If that's the case then, imagine how cool it will be if Nonna taught us Hydrokinesis if there was a third game, that ability would be pretty useful, if you actually think about it

Otto is more of the cause of the game's events rather than the villain. Gristol, as the mole, is the villain of the game. Maligula is more akin to Coach Oleander in this game's story.

Depends on whether or not we'll be graced with a Psychonauts 3, but yeah, so much potential in this observation.

Thank you for pointing out that water detail after the fight with Maligula. It was so cute to play after that part and fall in water and not have it drag Raz under, but hold him up in like a trapeze stance. I haven't seen enough people talk about it

In hindsight, we should have been suspicious about Nick from the beginning, since his fake name contains two first names, "Nick" and "John". As Ray Narvaez Jr always says, never just a person with two first names

I didn't need much motivation to love psychonauts 2 more but you've gone and taken it to new depths. Thanks for such a solid and rounded video essay on my favourite game this year.

Man, I love Raz so much, he's not like a perfect brave hero, it's clear that he's afraid and unsure most of the time, but he knows that if he thinks too much the fear will get to him so he dives in before that and hopes to do his best. He is the best boy. Also yeah, I wonder if there ever is gonna be a Psychonatus 3 (Or a DLC expansion with say, more 4 hours of content) if it's gonna be about Otto, he do be sus, but not exactly hatable either.

Psychonauts has always had a habit of revealing some detail that makes it's villains not be villains. We saw it with Coach, Loboto, Maligula and Gristol. However, now that the magnifying glass of determining villains is on Otto, to some extent Gristol's dad, and even Loboto's parents and Oleander's father, I can't wait for the detail that makes their life decisions somehow understandable. This loop is kind of genious if you look at it from the point of view of creating more media.

About the "retcon" from the end of Rhombus of Ruin to the beginning of Psychonauts 2: I assumed that Loboto snuck aboard the ship, as shown in the ending, but was subsequently captured while aboard.

It’s obvious Lucy in some way pushed forward the events of the psychonauts game. Though her mind was altered to more or less forget and bury, enough was able to seep out and change things. This would also affect the real world as the curse Rasputin’s family experience. The water curse could have been caused by 3 factors. The first is the repression of Lucy’s power and Ford’s tampering so they avoided water. The second is Lucy and her family’s adamant avoidance of water, with a bunch of psychics this would unconsciously make the curse real amplified by Lucy. Third Maligula subconsciously reaching out from Lucy’s mind making the curse that much more real

Fun fact, about the timeline: Psy series is sent in the early 80's, and the events of Deluge of Grulovia in the early 60's. As there's a magazine cover in "Ford's Follicles" which has a date - October 1962.

If they do a third game I'd like to see Oleander's father. It would be interesting to see what he was actually like, like maybe he comes by HQ to try to make up with a son that he hasn't seen for decades, never realising what he did. My head-canon is that he bought the rabbits specifically to sell as meat and never realised how attached Morceau had gotten to them, and never noticed that his son saw him kill them.

When Lucy pulled out her shears I was like Ohh Shitt Granny bout to cut a bitch. but the emotional value values it

It's not fully a good point of evidence But it's a nice detail that maligula is the opposite color palette of Lucy Blues and purples instead of oranges and yellows As well the blues and purples could be a reference to how drowned victims turn a slight blue from lack of oxygen Or maybe this is all a style choice

It's explained in game she's not the villain. She's always explained as the Fight response. The need to protect one's self at any means necessary. All beings not only have this, but the right to have this. It's required. It's needed. It's not evil, but like the ID portion of the mind it's not a warm and fuzzy thing. But the deepest parts of nature have teeth and aggression. She's less an enemy and more a mental trauma like El Odio or Raz's mental image of his father. Edit: Something interesting to notice with the symbolism is that all water in the game is dangerous, but most of the water in Fatherland's Folly is not a threat. He's too shallow to bring Raz harm.

I loved how the inside gristols mind the record players playing the grulovia song are all hidden away backstage, showing that it was propaganda and the people running around while the town is being flooded aren’t singing at all and are just running for their lives or are being swept up by the waves.

Amazing video! Your readings of the Psychonauts games have given me a deeper appreciation for the great work that went into them. The section where you detail the direct contrasts of Raz and Nick I didn't even think of when I first played the game. I also just realized why Nick as Truman said "I know" when Raz told him "That's not Nick from the mailroom" because he already knew about the identity swap twist. I thought he somehow knew that was Helmut but in retrospect that makes no sense.

Phenominal video! I love your explanation of things and I loved playing this game and the story! I was sus of Otto in the very beginning but after it was proved to be "Nick", I felt he was off the hook, but that still didnt explain why he was "happy" in those magazine covers while everyone else was sad, I KNEW something was up with him, maybe more in a dlc or sequel?

I dont think Gristol Malik is completely unredeemable and incomprehensible, imagine beign fed all your life stories if what you were supposed to be and then have it stripped away.

You know, I think Otto maybe one of those scientists who does an experiment to see the results of it, without any clear goal

- My name....Is Razputin! But everybody calls me... - My God!

Honestly I kind of wonder if Otto really is okay. It doesn't seem like he wanders too far from his lab anymore and it makes me wonder if that's his way of coping: staying in his lab which is kind of a safe place for him where he has complete control. Where he feels like he can keep control and he won't lose anything again

Counterpoint: the building of the Astralathe and adding Lucy to the team happened long before the events of the game or what happened in Grulovia. The team falling out afterwards could be argued to be on his shoulders, but not what happened to Lucy.

Otto is the only one in the Psychic Six always be happy after the fight, as seen in photos and memory vaults. Raz even commented once. Either he went to therapy, or he is too busy with his own stuff and let it go, or maybe he just hide his emotion as Lucy did.

i heavily doubt that otto is the antagonist, i think he was just the one who took it best with inviting lucrecia, it wasnt like he had the foresight that she would become maligula with the astralathe, i assume he wouldve perfected it and made it not as extreme and with the whole guilt thing, it would be certainly easier for him to dismiss the idea that he was at fault, and also although its a joke, i do think he had some form of therapy that the others didnt have the courage to go for he does seem like the most outgoing of the group, after all

I was really on the fence about this video. Watched it all the way through, and having played it, I had one person in mind as the main culprit, being that of Ford Cruller, for selfishly hiding the identity of his S.O., but that ending is something I never did piece together in my head. At no point did I connect the parts together and realize THAT was the main villain.

The twist about the mole's true identity is absolutly great. At 1st I thought that Otto was gonna be the mole, because his mind is the only 1 you don't get to enter. I also thought that Nick was Otto's acomplice whose brain was removed by Otto, because Nick was planning to back out of the plan. I'm gladd that I was dead wrong. Not only is the twist super insane, but it makes complete sence both with the naritive and with glues that have been presented to the player. It's also a good thing that this twist at the end of the game as it gives the player more reasons to replay the entire game all over game as well as the previous games. The only thing I don't really like is that after the twist is revealed, you are forced endure a big exposition dump that you can't skip. Off you could, Fatherland's Folly would be a really short level.

Otto probably just went to therapy. Or maybe he is one of those people who can move on faster? Like I know a few people that get devastated when a tragedy in their life happens but move on faster than others, that doesn’t mean they don’t feel bad about those things, it just means that they find their own peace of mind faster than others.

Also something to mention: Gristol Malik and his family WERE exiled from their homeland, but they lived in a fancy suite in a casino eating Caviar. They weren't hurting for money, and clearly lived a wealthy life, but Gristol wanted that seat of power despite his lavish upbringing.

"Maligula" may also be a reference to "Malignant". Like a tumor. Also, interesting how 'Nick' is obsessed with eggs, and one of the weirdest memories in P1 was "The World Shall Taste My Eggs". And also how he never truly grew up and has the motivations of a fragile child sheltered from the world.

I say that the tyrant Gzar of Gulovia also has something to do with it, through his influences in created the climate in Gulovia where Lucy had experienced all that pain in, and as we see with Nick, even his son hates him so imagine what would have happened if he was better and more good willed influence?

I think a quote fits here: "War makes monsters of us all."

The villain of Psychonauts 2 is not Gristol Malik, but his father Theodore. If he hadn't pushed Lucy to protect his reign, the events that created Maligula wouldn't have happened. If he'd been a better father, Gristol wouldn't have grown into the monster he became. He quite literally created both the antagonistic forces in the game, even if he never shows up. That said, I never realized just how involved Otto was in all this. And we never got to explore his mind, did we?

One thing: Nona is not the italian for grandma *Nonna* is the italian for grandma

Otto is SUPER suspicious, but tbh I have an idea what might've happened with him. He and Ford were the original 2 Psychonauts. He's the only brain of the Psychic 7 we never enter. He was once Ford's closest friend... ...maybe they made the same choice in the wake of what happened, but in different ways. Remember how when we first enter Otto's lab, he shows Raz a bunch of inventions that focus around one emotion each? I think Otto Mentalis used the Astrolathe to remove or suppress his negative emotions. Including his ability to feel regret. But this also caused him to no longer be able to see other people as people. Remember: when you use Clairvoyance on him, all he sees is another brain in a jar.

I somehow completely missed that, with Raz, there were seven Psychonaut interns on my playthrough. Thanks for pointing that out.

Also: Otto has a similar face shape to Lucy, Marona, and Gristol. 🧐🤔

Dude you also so the suspicions in Otto too. I found it so messed after finishing the game the one person we didn't enter the Brain was Otto. I still think something is up with Otto because compared to the other he seemed fine, which is so suspicious.

25:30 It's actually not the first time the water helps you back to shore. In Psychonauts 1, the first time the hand grabs you at the lake, there's a cutscene of it *throwing* you out of the water. The implication is that every time you get grabbed, the hand merely tosses you out. This tracks, because it is a manifestation of the Aquatos' intense hydrophobia.

I love the fact Raz save Lily in Psychonauts 1 and in Psychonauts 2 Lily saves Raz in Gristol's mind xD

Love the foreshadowing with the clip from Big Lebowski, nice touch. 👍

I think Otto is potentially something that i never thought I'd see in psychonauts: a good example. Assuming he's doing so well because he went to therapy and sorted out all that trauma with Lucy and Isn't just distracting himself with inventing to avoid it, (which isn't healthy at all if you needed to be told that) then he's the only one of the psychic six to cope with the deluge of grulovia in a healthy way

Interesting detail about Fatherland Follies: you fight every enemy in the game EXCEPT Regrets. Judges? yes. Panic attacks? Plenty. Doubts? A few. But that man doesn’t have a single regret in his mind.

The Lili/Raz weak in the knees callback was soo freaking adorable, I can't 😭

The true villain is Gristol for getting that goddamn song stuck in my brain for a solid week after completing the game.

16:29 "My name...is Rasputin. But everybody calls me--" *"--MY GOD!"*

The conclusion of the video is 110% what I was thinking at the end! I was like, "Huh...we never did go into Otto's mind, get to know him better or resolve any of his issues. Maybe it was a cut level?" But then he seemed so disconnected emotionally from everything going on, was so focused on profit, the others obviously didn't think well of him in general...mmmyeah. I'm anticipating a rugpull moment about him in a future game.

Her name could also be a portmanteau of the word Malignant which shares a common definition of the word malevolent but also refers to a virus or illness that has gone untreated or is highly virulent or infectious. Which definitely works as she has infected the minds of the other characters and raz spends the game curring the malignant damage cause so long ago

You and I have the same thoughts about otto being the bad guy. I honestly thought for sure he was going to be the mole before nick was reviled. But even afterwards he still felt off to me.

I can't believe how much did I miss about the story, or maybe I forgot it but still it's impressive. Great video

Therapy worked for Otto, I think that’s the only confirmation we need of him being unaffected

I have ALL the collectables in psychonauts 1. EXCEPT THE FINAL EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE OUT SIDE THE FINAL BOSS. Because I was rail grinding too fast and couldn't stop myself in time to grab it.

15:13 - I'm speechless. Just... thank you for pointing this out. 25:31 - Holy shit what a brilliant realization!! I hope Psychonauts 3 (if it ever comes out) leans into this and lets you go on missions with the other members of the 7! (Though I kinda wish Lili was part of that 7... Psychic 8 no longer has that ring). Thank you for bringing this up! I LOVE THIS CONCLUSION! This will be headcanon until further notice. Great video! Subscribed!

Yeah, I think they're setting Otto up as an antagonist for a potential next game. Right up until the post-game when I found that last conversation with him, I had been wondering why he was the only member of the Psychic 7 who's mind we didn't enter... Whatever they end up doing, I hope they bring Loboto back. He doesn't need to be an antagonist again, I'd be happy with a cameo. I just really like his character.

I know that it wasn't a thing, but when playing the game my brain automatically made a connection between Maligula's name and the world "malígna" ("evil") in Portuguese (my mother tongue). I mean, at least for me it made a 100% sense, since the game says that her name was given by the people from Grulovia, and that they probably saw her as some kind of monster.

One thing I notice with Nick is his name. If you think on it his name, Nick Johnsmith, is a combination of 3 common names, Nick, John, and Smith.

Excellent detailed analysis here! Really tied in well with the mental health themes in the game!

23:00 it looks like the hands help raz through the water wall. They rip it open or pull him through or smt. It happens while maligula blinks. Maybe it's the same situation with bob and the vine.

omg... Otto... wow ok I didn't put the pieces together before but now it's hard to NOT see how he's responsible for all of this happening.

In a way, a lot makes sense in the original after the Tomb of the Sharkophogas. The water curse, which drags you underwater, could be saving Raz from going to far from helping figure out both the truth of his father and Coach Oleander. It also shows how Augustus was able to have psychic powers. In this way, it allows Raz to fight his own inner demons of being told psychics are bad.

I was so excited for this. Your love for Psychonauts really shines through in your content. Great Stuff!

Oh my god... I never thought of that. The only member that you never help was right there, in our friggin' faces, and we never batted an eyelid at the guy.

This video deserves millions of views and I hope one day you will get them. Thanks!

Otto is more of a Tertiary character for the franchise. The one who has a part of starting it all, and the one who made the neuro lathe to cause the finale of Psychonauts 2.

I am by no means an expert gamer, in fact I'm pretty terrible, but to find out that doublefine made the final level even easier is so funny because I beat that back in 2006 when I was 16 years old and I found it to be surprisingly easy.

27:12 Look at Otto's face on the photo. Like, compared to others, who are in different state of distress, he's friggin' SMILING.

why can't I stop watching these three videos?

Anyone else think Maligula looks astonishingly like Izma from the Emperor's New Groove?

this video was great! its funny how I feel remorse for maligula because its just like you said she was a defense mechanism crated by lucy. In the end the weight of ones burdens can often be too much to carry and by hiding her own remorse it sparked that emotion from me when she was banished. Im just glad lucy chose to be at peace instead of letting her win. we all have our own battles...