It’s all here. The gameplay. The story. The mystery. The animatronics. The sound design. Even the Phone Guy. It’s all discussed here. It’s finally time. Freddy Time, that is. This is the first episode of FOREVER FREDDY – A FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S CRITIQUE AND RETROSPECTIVE

Chapters/Time Stamps:
1. Introduction – 00:00
2. Indie Game History Matters – 18:43
3. The Case For Five Nights At Freddy’s - 41:50
4. The Characters – 01:14:18
5. A Word About Jumpscares – 01:46:58
6. Tangent Time: The Minimum Wage - 01:58:48
7. Mediocrity Is The Theme - 02:25:59
8. Conclusion - 02:36:45
9. …But - 02:38:31
10. Episode 2 Teaser - 02:40:33
11. Outro - 02:41:12

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Original Music:

It’s Freddy Time !!! (Forever Freddy Theme Song Produced By Yours Truly)
Toys In The Withered Attic (Episode 2 Teaser Music Produced By Yours Truly)

References, Sources and Background Music - See Google Doc [too large for description]:

The Freddy Files
Graeber, David. Bullsh!t Jobs – A Theory
Kushner, David. Masters Of Doom
Marx, Karl. Das Kapital
Marx, Karl. “Wages Of Labor”
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Schreier, Jason. Blood, Sweat, And Pixels

All Five Nights At Freddy’s footage captured by me playing Mac through Wineskin and Nintendo Switch

Five Night’s At Freddy’s - Deluxe Edition (must have a bought copy of FNAF 1 before playing):
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All Game Footage Captured By Me Unless Otherwise Noted

Games Referenced:
Alien: Isolation
Amnesia – The Dark Descent
Amnesia – A Machine For Pigs
Animal Well
Another World
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
Braid - Anniversary Edition
The Cat Lady
Celeste
Coffee Talk
Cuphead
Dave The Diver
Dead Cells
Doom
Doom (2016)
Dredge
Fez
Firewatch
Five Nights At Freddy’s
Five Nights At Freddy’s 2
Five Nights At Freddy’s 3
Five Nights At Freddy’s 4
Five Nights At Freddy’s 5 - Sister Location
Five Nights At Freddy’s 6 - Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator
Five Nights At Freddy's - Into The Pit
FNAF World
Freddy In Space 2
Gone Home
Grand Theft Auto – Vice City
Gris
Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo 2
Hollow Knight
Hyper Light Drifter
Inside
Journey
Limbo
Nine Sols
Night In The Woods
Omori
Papers, Please
Plague Inc. Evolved
Quake
Return Of The Obra Dinn
The 7th Guest
Stardew Valley
System Shock 2
Thief - The Dark Project
Ultimate Custom Night
Undertale
What Remains Of Edith Finch
The Witness
Wolfenstein 3D

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