Squirrel Stapler is Absolutely Nuts 

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Fun fact: The squirrel facts are MOSTLY facts about lobsters

Back in my day we could staple squirrels to our miss's without being called "crazy" or a "psychopath"

That "commiting sins" screen just looks like a shitpost and I love it so much for some reason

"I'm sure she's just hungry." Followed by the sound of stapling five squirrels to your wife is the funniest thing to me

"The flies have made her rotten" I love how the main character is casting blame off of himself like the psycho he is. He deep down knows the truth but is in denial, hoping that the more he kill squirrels, the better his wife will become.

"God is Here" gotta be one of the funniest yet horrifying lines in any of David Szymanski's games

I think the funniest thing about the game is that the siren wailing at the end is actually just his infant kid pitch shifted and slowed down

idk why but "i wish she were beautiful like the squirrels of the wood, and so i will cover her in the squirrels of the wood," is such a fire line to me.

Imagine an infinite mode. Endless days of just hunting squirrels.

Fun fact: in my area we have grey, red and black squirrels. A lot of the local population is also crossbreeds. This is partly because they changed the city ordinances so cats weren't allowed outside anymore. Now we have more squirrels of every kind than ever before, plus an out of control rabbit situation.

8:56 I love how neither you nor the game specifies the "sins" comitted, leaves the viewers fantasy to visualize the implied horrible crimes against nature taking place in the shack. And the dry, cheerful tone you have when complete, like you went shopping for groceries or fixed the car and not... you know, "committed sins" I love this game.

I remember Jolly playing this and laughing at his attempts to play off all the weird stuff happening as seemingly normal.

Thanks for the video!

After watching this I decided to check the game out for myself and actually noticed that if you step into that stone henge type thing that damages you when “God Appears” and die before that final jumpscare- you can “restart day” and then go straight to sleep- you wake up on day 6 and it seems to just keep going… no more notes from what I’ve seen but endless squirrel stapling. I haven’t seen anyone say anything about this anywhere so I thought I would share it!

Mfs will be like "I must make my wife beautiful again!" No you don't, God is coming😂

My humor has gone so weird. I'm laughing at the loading screen cause it has a low resolution picture of a real squirrel and it says "You are sleeping" What's more hilarious is the Commit Sin one.

Can't wait to leave this on in the background and hear the most unholy things this game could possibly supply being called "Squirrel Stapler" and being made by Mr Szymanski himself.

As soon as I heard this game was produced by the same person who made Iron Lung, this immediately went to the top of my "Must Play" games list edit: I just played it and came back to watch this video and I followed exactly the same logic near the end lol. "god is coming? right now? ok, I'll go home... oh... well I'll go the radio tower then. There's a health pack, bullets and a vantage point. It's the safest spot on the map". Daniel is weirdly good at using simple things to make us think the same way.

18:50 I like the appreciation of a PROPER jumpscare that has actual effort put in it. And thought as well.

I only noticed this on rewatch, but I think the chanting is coming from the squirrels and animals of the forest, based on the pitch and weird noises interspersed. Adds an even creepier aspect to the scene, knowing that *everything* in the forest, no matter where they are or what they are, are all chanting in unison for the arrival of God. It also sounds like if someone hired The Chipmunks to score an A24 movie

‘Squirrel Stapler’ really remind me of other games like ’Flesh Birds’ and ‘The Repairing Mantis’ games I don’t know the meaning of noir what they represent, but still hold important to me in a one of a kind experience.

The ‘you are sleeping’ was a laugh out loud moment for me the first time I played it Edit: the jump cuts in this video are even funnier. Perfectly encapsulates the feeling of the game

14:17 not sure if this was intentional but I love the narrative of this scene. The seemingly crazed hunter is still taken aback by the fact that his dead wife has moved to the table. Like its a disturbance in his endless zen-like orderly cycle and it really unsettles him.

"You might know him as the creator of Iron Lung." 10-4! I'll be back to actually watch this video once I immediately purchase and play through all of Squirrel Stapler. I've run this race before and I know that going in blind only enhances the experience.

This guy really knows how to build an atmosphere. Really excited to see what he makes next.

I love that this version of the game adds other sound effects in the environment to give the illusion of more animals or even people like someone cutting a tree with an axe, it reminds me of older hunting games from my childhood. There's also some other creepy sounds like hearing a Squirrelbear growling days before they appear, the sound of breathing nearby, the sound of movement when there's nothing there, and creepiest of them all, the quiet voice of a woman whispering "come back."

Big fan of the quiet horror of "to help you find ammo and health refills" early in the vid so one asks themself "...why do I need health refills" lmao

I think the ending of Squirrel Stapler is better, like it's so omnious, just the message "In 2 minutes, god is coming" is such a scary message. Then when it gets down to one minute there is a chorus singing that God is Coming, becoming more and more chaotic to that crescendo. Sure Iron Lung one was spookier we could say more built up but I don't nothing beats "GOD IS COMING: 01:59"

A small detail I love that a lot of players might not see, if you shoot God your score goes down

I have no idea why, but for some reason the fullscreen crusty squirrel jpeg with YOU ARE SLEEPING plastered over it takes me out every time.

FAITH did the jumpscare thing pretty well too. I remember being very startled everytime when micheal came on screen. The atmosphere of the forest was just really unsettling. Just walking around the forest endlessly looping was just weird and then even the smallest thing would startle me

I think it's really eerie how "YOU ARE SLEEPING" shows up in the game. I mean, yeah technically it's an indicator that the next stage is coming, but the more you think about it... Maybe it's some obscure sign or vestige of the hunter's fragile mind reminding him that his day-to-day routine is not what it seems and how warped his conception of reality is. Like a dream... or a nightmare... YOU ARE SLEEPING.

The game calls itself a small game hunting sim, but I think the best label is Absurdist horror. When I first played through, at the end I ran around in front of my house frantically demanding god come out and face me. Like I became the character of this mad hunter in the woods What makes this ending great, i think, is that you either feel as though god will be another target, or it flips the anticipation of the hunt around, making you a prey item that must run and find shelter before you’re caught by god. Something great about the ending is that god doesn’t appear as soon as the countdown reaches 0, it gives you a moment to register that God is here, and then he appears behind you, only cutting to black when you turn to face him

Probably my favourite piece of gameplay story telling in this game is the fact that you have a health bar in this game, which i feel like is not the most usual thing in hunting games, even less so in ones centered around hunting squirrels

I actually think a squirrel stapler movie could be really effective, the same horror beats and unease play out but the man clearly sees these things as normal. Not so much a descent to madness as what it would be like in the deepest part of that madness. And just like the game, it could end with the face of god no sound, no screaming, just cut to black

Bro it’s 3 in the morning right now and 15:20 made me almost have a heart attack. Good video though, been loving your content since THAT video

I have never ever felt as much dread as I have when completing the end sequence. There's something else about religious horror when done right.

As a Squirrel Stapler I can confirm It's a Hard Job.

I feel like any horror game where you play as a “antagonist” is gonna be more disturbing than the rest.

I think the thing that makes me more nervous (apart of stapling squirrels to her corpse of a wife) is the "Committing sins" cabin since...we don't know what is the hunter is doing there...

The low-poly style really added to my experience. I kept on seeing things that I thought were like giant squirrel corpses or monsters but it was just a log.

The thing that I love about squirrel stapler, is that they give you a whole 5 day advance. And when you first see it, you may chuckle a little bit. Walking past the message 4 more times. But when you reach day 5, and it says that God is coming today, you feel off. And when you finally kill that final squirrel, when you finally place the straw to break the camels back, your met with a timer. God is coming. _In two minutes._ For the first minute, it is silent. You run back to the house, but you are only met with _I must meet god._ You don't hear any squirrels. The forest silent until the silence is broken by a horrific choir, singing in a unfathomablely uncanny pitch repeating 3 words. _God is coming._ The angels choir growing louder and louder, becoming more and more warped. You grab ammo. You grab health. _then the clock hits zero._ *God is here.* You turn left and right, you can't see him, the choir now screaming into your ears, over and over! Then, in your frantic search, you turn and finally meet God. Then nothingness.

the ending sequence of squirrel stapler has to be one of my favorite pieces of horror media. i actually had no idea szymanski was behind both this and iron lung though!

The chilling realisation that the chanting at the end of Day 5 is not gibberish made the final scene so much more terrifying.

I deeply appreciate you making a point of mentioning your attachment to the radio tower and then working it into the finale as your final bastion of comfort. That's solid storytelling flow.

Fun Squirrel Fact! There's a specific town in North Carolina that is home to a special breed of Eastern Grey Squirrel that has naturally white fur! They're visually different from albino squirrels because they have totally normal squirrel eyes instead of the red eyes that albino squirrels have.

The tools a game gives you sets the expectation for how the player is meant to interact with them. Squirrel Stapler day 1 gives you a health bar, and a slow-firing weapon that you must manually cycle.

It’s one of the few games that gets me freaked out just thinking about it. Even as funny and absurd as it is, I’ll never get over that “God is coming” sequence or the parts where the Wife appears outside the house. I remember one night I was honestly scared to get out of bed because I kept thinking about those parts. Definitely a great game though, David is super talented as both a game dev and storyteller.

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“You are sleeping “ absolutely floored me

David is one of my favorite devs because he gets deranged ideas for games and then just creates them. It's so good.

man, this is a great analysis! i’ve been wondering if anyone had covered this game yet- it’s so uncanny and unsettling which really adds to the atmosphere, and awesome video, as always

It’s the ambush before a pounce, that is the preparation for a jumpscare.

Powerpak always having the best taste in games

The final bit of that game is so disgustingly tense. I knew what was coming and it still put me wildly on edge.

"Take things slowly" I was high off of energy drinks 24/7 once I found a path to interconnect the three points of them I found. I treated this game like Doom at the end.

The final part with the 2 minute timer gave me an actual mini panic attack The way that the singing gets slowly louder and louder and slighly out of tune makes my skin crawl

The fact that you made a reference to Markiplier's Iron Lung movie the day after a movie about that Titan "submersible" was announced... David Szymanski and everything surrounding him has been cursed, I'm certain of it 😬

Ah, Squirrel Stapler. What a blast from the past this was. Also, if anyone ever read the "Section 8" comic strip, I'm pretty sure the protagonist is Dogwelder.

David apparently recently had a child, can you imagine them being asked what their dad does for a living and telling that person about this?

"give me my skin i dont want squirrels" "im sure shes just hungry" *staples squirrels*

JUMPSCARE #1 AT 10:46 Wait, only one? I expected more from it, What a relief!

Always good to hear someone understanding how a good jumpscares work. Fnaf is another good example. It's a punishment for losing to have that high alert stress and fear forced out of you via jumpscare. For 5 bucks back in the day that was some quality jumpscare. Horror elitism can get pretty annoying so it's nice to hear different.

0:27 And chop goblins, and co-developer of gloomwood He's been busy, bless his soul

I played Dread X Collection: The Hunt recently, and it had a great reference about this game when you listened to the radio in story mode. There was this dude that listened to callers from around the world and after some time he received a call from the wife of the main protagonist from Squirrel Stapler, at first it's not that noticable, she talks about his husband hunting squirrels but later says about him stapling them to her and that he made the god angry. It's a nice easter egg, but now I wonder if at least some of these games from Dread X Collection are from the same universe the actual story of the main game is. I'm pretty sure that wasn't the only game referenced in the radio from these series, but I don't remember which one was also mentioned there.

When the wife appeared behind me I was like “Hello honey! Pleasure to see you!”

22:16 You can’t just casually summon Elster and then make her disappear like it’s nothing

"Squirrel stapler has had its nuts burried in my brain" 💀 All jokes aside, the game when you start hunting kinda reminds me of the carnivores game

Dang i unironicly want to make a squirrel stapler movie now lol My only issue is how i would handle creating the gore of the "wife" and having the squirrels without just killing 25 of then for real i could possibly get a taxidermis but idk Either way its possible i just need a crappy cabin in the woods and i could do it

the little stapling at the end was just too cute

Just letting you know how much I appreciate your editing that lets us all experience the full range of emotions in all of these games for ourselves

im so glad myhouse introduced me to your videos because they're just such a joy and so interesting. please keep up the wonderful work!!!

Bit of a stretch here but at 4:52 Im pretty sure is a reference to Part 7 Steel Ball Run of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, a place called "The Devil's Palm" which is a lot bigger than the formation you see here but it has a similar rock formation, that being in the shape of fingers sticking out like a hand, inside the Devil's Palm you basically could die if you're not "worthy" and in videogame depictions, you slowly die, losing health again, it's a stretch so it may not be referencing anything, just a hunch

Great video, dude! The way you narrates the events suit the game itself so well!

Signalis video next?!? LETS FUCKING GO IM SO HYPED

The greatest sin here was that you reminded me of one thing. I payed to go see Meet the Spartans as a teenager.

Fun fact there was a game before this called rat stapler where you do the same thing but without a gun it was made on the roblox a while ago

15:20 Bro that me jump out of my skin 💀

In the words of Uncle Jobel… “S H I Ë T B Ö Ö N E R”

Boris is beautiful without the squirrels being stapled to him :'(

I watched this last night at 3 AM alone in the dark and it genuinely terrified me like nothing else has in my life. I still dont understand why

If your channel doesn't pop off soon, I'm going to eat my hat. This is awesome. Keep up the great work

You're extremely good at narration and creating tension with editing/pacing

No matter how many times i play this game the tension still gets my heart rate up

Your explorations into these weird and wonderful games are so enthralling and a joy to watch. I really hope you keep finding these gems and creating these videos!

Just hear it was the dev of disk and go “oooooooohhhhhhh it all makes sense”

...so were people actually saying Squirrel Stapler was a meme game?

Props to your beautiful cat for putting up with those staples!

I love the ‘commiting sins’ screen because it’s uncomfortable. the reason is kinda unknown to me, but my best guess is that it makes the squirrel and its reversed image look like one, wide, staring creature- and since it’s still squirrel-esque, it looks like a huge squirrel with front-facing eyes. Front facing eyes are solely for predator animals, and implies that much of the squirrels in the forest now.

7:30 that “come back” with headphones terrifies me

I love how much your voice fits the vibe of this game like “‘give me your skin’… huh… that’s probably fine”

You cover games in such an engaging and immersive way. So glad I found your channel!!

"The big squirrel's eyes can see lightyears" "The small ghastly squirrel's beak open its mouth to punish unworthy people" "And the god squirrel scales the sin of the bad" "Then, in the middle of hunting there cries. Its the squirrel! Its the squirrel from the big dark forest!"

The uses of the soundtracks of dusk and iron lung is a great detail which adds to the videos atmosphere!

Wife jumpscare at 15:00 scared the crap out of me- but this game is actually kinda interesting- in a weird way? It’s like the weirdness of it makes it interesting to want to experience if that makes sense.

Very enjoyable video and great commentary. Especially loved the joke at the end at 24:25. Did not expect that at all xD

Housebound, my beloved!

the way you make videos about video games and the content within, it feels fresh. I want to keep on watching these videos, I dont just want to finish them so that i can pass time. Keep up the good work.

The low quality image of a squirrel that popped up as the dreaming image had me on the fucking FLOOR