I think we can all agree that mascot horror has been a defining genre of the online gaming scene.

Every year there are dozens of new contenders all vying to make their mark.

Franchises like Bendy, Hello Neighbor, Baldy's Basics, Rainbow Friends, Chu-Chu Charles, Amanda The Adventure, Poppy Playtime,

All of them competing for your attention and your gamer dollars.

But I think we can all agree that one franchise has truly stood above them all.

One series with gameplay so deceptively simple that it took the internet by storm.

One series that pushed out sequels at a blistering pace to keep the height train going.

One series with a story that was so convoluted that it makes theorists like me weep.

And that series is, Ban Ban.

Wait, are we, are we doing this?

Are we really doing this?

Oh boy, all right. Hello internet, Welcome to Game Theory where today I give up my last

shred of dignity and stare into the abyss that is Garden of Ban Ban.

Kish you missed it. Congratulations you missed it. You missed it. Garden of Ban Ban. Keesh you missed it. Congratulations. You missed it.

Garden of Ban Ban is no joke, the most searched new horror IP on YouTube.

But believe me it wasn't always this way. Upon first release back in January, this broke the internet and not in a good way

people got mad like mad mad mad about the phoned in graphics the incredibly short first

chapter the basic monster design and the clear attempt to cash in with a merch page on the main menu of its first installment.

It was hailed as the final nail in the mascot horror coffin.

The moment that the genre jumped the shark, a cash grab with no thought or care put into it to which I say,

yeah, them and every other mascot horror game out there. I mean mob games announced a movie and made

NFTs immediately after the success of chapter one, which, mind you, was only a half hour experience.

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