Let me tell you a story, a true story. A story about an email I received from a game developer that, for privacy reasons, has to go nameless.

But let me assure you that it's someone who works on a game franchise that you're quite familiar with.

Anyway, we've done a theory or two trying to predict the plot line and some early twists for their upcoming game.

Out of the blue, I received this email from the CEO of the company asking me if I had a mole on the inside feeding me information.

Now obviously it was a joke, but also not quite a joke.

Anyway, I was just ecstatic that we were on the right track.

And then the game came out, and it was nothing like our theory had predicted.

It also seemed rushed and a bit unpolished, like a lot had been changed in the game last minute.

It got me wondering whether our theories had

prompted them to change the game in order to move the storyline away from what

I predicted. But no, that that couldn't be right, right? Our developers actually

changing their games in response to fan theories?

Well friends, that's exactly what I aim to to be here. Hello internet. Welcome to Game Theory, the show that 60% of the time gets it right every time.

Lately, and maybe it's just me, I've been seeing a lot of discussion around my role,

this channel's role in the wider games industry.

Obviously I got that email that I mentioned in the cold open,

but I also had this random conversation the other week

with someone who said that getting a theory video made for your series

is like landing a white whale.

Let's just make sure that there are fewer harpoons there, Ahab.

There's also been videos from creators like Dags and Sagan Hawks that explore the evolution

of indie horror and our specific role in that.

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