Oh, no, no. Ohh. Oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Hello internet. Welcome to Game Theory where today it's the best of times and it's the worst of times.

First let me catch you up on the big

fenaf drama. Let me set the stage. It's April all of team theorists over here is

just finished slaving away on our massive timeline for the series. We've done it. We are

on the beach coconut drinks in our hands eager to take a break from the franchise until ruins release later in the year

But nope Scott had himself some other plans he smacked those beverages clean out of our hands and released three new books,

sub-mechanophobia, the Bobby Dot's conclusion, and Nexsey.

Now, normally that wouldn't be too much of a concern, right?

Books tied to this franchise have been coming out for years.

It's just part of the content treadmill at this point.

And it's not like they tend to add a whole lot. Only one in like every six stories is even

remotely lore relevant. And even then the connection back to the games only exists if you

squint at it. But oh no friends not this time. Across the three books

story after story after story seems to have significant lore implications and not only that they're also much more direct in the way that the information is presented

with characters and events mapping largely one for one onto characters and events from the games.

If you're not in the habit of reading these things and let's honest, why would you when I could just do the homework for you?

What I'm talking about might be a bit confusing, so I'm just going to explain by way of example.

In GGY, one of the four stories that set the internet on fire, a young boy named Greg with brown hair and big brown eyes

is a master hacker who's been reprogramming the animatronics at the pizzaplex for evil deeds,

including bumping off three school counselors that seem to be getting too close to the truth.

He also has himself a habit of being really good at the Pizza Plex's Arcade Games, leaving behind

his initials GGY at the top of the game's leaderboards.

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