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Eventually, we will see mascot horror die off.

Well, I called it.

Hello internet. Welcome to Game Theory, the show that's been overthinking mascot horror for the last 12 years.

You know, it's funny. This channel was started by applying math and science to retro video games, but as time went on, we began to use our massive brains to break down

the stories hidden within haunted animatronics and old abandoned locations from our childhood.

So I always understood when we would get comments saying, I miss the math and science episodes,

or I miss the industry discussions, or they only talk about indie horror now.

To be clear, we still do those science episodes. It just

wasn't as much as we used to, and last year I made a concerted effort to do more than I did

in my first year as host. Hence, I created this green screen format. What I wasn't expecting

was some of the comments I saw on our last one of these meta videos about the console wars,

that said, where are the law theories? Where's the

mascot horror? Just goes to show you can't win them all. But as I read those comments,

I did realize they might actually be onto something. I mean, just look here. These are all the

videos we covered on this channel in my first year as the host of game theory. Now, take a look

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