BackSeethers

After 150+ videos, we can finally introduce ourselves to you! We're Ria and Nas, your humble BackSeethers, and we try our best to show you that you don't need to be a master at videogames to have fun.

Today's episode has us find ourselves out of the TV studio and in New York. At least, a version of it created by the Dark Place. It seems, however, that Alan isn't the only one stuck in here... youtube.com/watch?v=YxrEz-…

Having a map in a videogame doesn't always make things easier to find, but this isn't that bad. Take #AlanWake2, for example. Updating your map might show you a few points of interest, but you still need to work out what is it you'll find: a word of power, a big stash, and so on.

It's Alan's turn to dip into the strangeness of the Dark Place. We make our way through a creepy late night show, find a janitor buddy, and get a cool little item to shine our path better. So far, so good? youtube.com/watch?v=VEnfNV…

No time like the weekend to have your plans change suddenly and out of nowhere. It's like flipping a switch, as you'd do with a light: one click, and all's both familiar and different. Boy, this post will read so weird to people who haven't played #AlanWake2.

As Ria finishes up the forest clearing (heh), it looks like we might be stepping into Alan's shoes going forward. Which is too bad, because all those missing storage keys are sure to nag at us. youtube.com/watch?v=UuGuSo…

#DidYouKnow: Prolonged exposure to #AlanWake2 has been linked to increase in cool, noir-styled monologue whenever one might feel the need to narrate one's current predicament. #FakeGameTrivia

Exploring around in #AlanWake2 this time, which would technically count as a breather episode. You know, if you discount the possessed cultists and wildlife. youtube.com/watch?v=AJ6_kk…

Just because you might find your partner's otherwise innocuous hobbies a little strange doesn't mean you should make fun of them. It's not a big deal if they're into bird watching, reading YA fiction, enacting supernatural rituals with dolls, collecting fridge magnets, and so on.

Questionable adherence to forest floor realism aside, that was one of the more interesting encounters we've had since the start of our channel. And speaking of encounters, we finally meet a certain missing writer in today's episode. youtube.com/watch?v=uhIslV…

You don't really appreciate good level design until you find yourself struggling with basic stuff like the terrain. Ria having Saga get stuck during the Nightingale fight in #AlanWake2 was not too dissimilar to her bumping Wuchang against that rock when battling General Honglan.

Today's episode marks a few milestones. We can finally save our game, Ria gets properly jumpscared, and a first attempt at a bossfight is made. Well, more than one attempt. youtube.com/watch?v=FGWPHd…

#DidYouKnow: The release of #AlanWake2 corresponded with a sharp uptick in online searches for flashlight prices. After we started our playthrough, Ria demanded we check the batteries of ours. #FakeGameTrivia

All that ammo and battery Ria's been collecting in #AlanWake2 is about to come to use in our latest episode, it looks like. youtube.com/watch?v=rvvTqJ…

Heartbreak feels different to us all, but it's mostly the same experience: it's as though your chest has actually been hollowed, you're an echo of yourself, moving as if numbed to the world. Attacking cops and feds while mumbling incoherently is optional.

Welcome to Bright Falls! Come for the small town charm, stay because you might be tied to reality-shattering events that are yet to happen unless you can do something about it. youtube.com/watch?v=ianM7K…

Videogame flavor text can both add some fleshing out to the game world, making it feel lived-in, and become a nightmare to people who want to make sure they're not missing anything. Thankfully, we're barely at the start of #AlanWake2, so it's not that big of an issue so far.

#AlanWake2 awaits, as we try to get used to the whole 3rd-person-after-long-streches-of-1st-person situation. At least our investigation is going well. youtube.com/watch?v=o0KykP…

After 150+ videos, we can finally introduce ourselves to you! We're Ria and Nas, your humble BackSeethers, and we try our best to show you that you don't need to be a master at videogames to have fun.

Weather's bad again, just after we had the better part of a week being sunny and as warm as spring gets come end of March. And given Ria's chosen a horror game to play, home isn't exactly your regular, run-of-the-mill definition of cozy, either. You folks have similar routines?

Yes, we're doing survival horror (but not the currently trending one). Yes, Ria gets scared easily (always in vogue). No, we haven't played the first one. Nor the time one. Nor the X-Files one. We might be in over our heads. youtube.com/watch?v=ZOEONL…

#DidYouKnow: Since the first game made multiple allusions to Stephen King, #AlanWake2 also references a horror author. Be on the lookout for Colleen Hoover quotes hidden throughout the game! #FakeGameTrivia