Kids sure have wild imaginations.

So here's a story. I've played this game before. Not on stream though. This was way back in ye' ol' pre-COVID times. In the great year of 2019. My younger bro shared with me his Steam library and this so happened to be a game he owned and wanted me to check out. And when I was shopping during the Winter sale, I saw the game and was like... yeah... I should revisit it! What much would I remember?

Truth me told... not much really. If anything. The game is essentially a big story written by... well none other than our girl Edith Finch herself! Who looks to be the last remaining of the family. At least as of now. Edith only chooses to return to their... Hello Neighbor fucking looking house only because she was left a key given to her by her mother. But with no knowing where it actually goes. And that one single key is the reason why Edith even returned to it. To be given answers she had never been given before. Of course the key doesn't open the front door, that would be fucking silly. Thankfully the doggy door was JUST big enough for her to fit through. Entering the house... it really does feel like as if someone had just left it. There's a shit load of books, bottles, and dishes just hanging around. As if someone had actually planned on returning to the place. Only for... nobody to return. It was just... sat there. Alone... abandoned. But damn did it tell stories. Like how the only restaurant that would deliver was a Chinese place. I mean hey Chinese food is good! No the key didn't go to the basement either. Especially given how much Edith's mom didn't want her going to said basement. Next to the basement door was a very... very innocent music box. Very peaceful tune it plays! The library is sealed off but I can take a peek inside through a peep hole. Allegedly every Finch who ever lived in the house is buried in said library. Spoopy. Speaking of sealed up, turns out... every bedroom door was sealed shut after Milton Finch had passed away. Until Edie installed peep holes so she could still look into the rooms. Except one room wasn't sealed. Great Uncle Walter. For some reason his room was wide open. There was a book in here. Closed and locked. And here is where we find where the key goes to. And in fact... this book isn't a book. It opens up a secret passageway! Now this is where shit gets good! Making my way through eventually leads me inside Molly's room. Left just as it was. Gerbil cage and everything. Molly kept her own diary here. I know it's unethical to snoop around but... I think one exception is okay. Molly's story begins when she was sent to bed... with no dinner! Sheesh I don't know what the fuck this girl did. But even then... being denied food? That's just wrong.

Poor girl, she was desperate. Literally having to eat her gerbil's food and even fucking toothpaste. That's just horrible! And I don't know if this was just Molly's wild imagination or the fact that she started to go crazy. But apparently after hearing a bird outside her window?... yeah all of a sudden Molly is a fucking cat. Chasing that damn bird until she's suddenly an owl! Damn, Molly sure went on a hell of an adventure. After gobbling up a couple rabbits, she becomes a shark. Rolling down the snowy fields until she reaches the ocean. Hunting down seals until she becomes a deadly, slithery snake. Don't let its skinny frame fool you. It can swallow you. WHOLE! Eventually, I find myself slithering back to Molly's room. What don't tell me Molly eats her mother. No thankfully Molly just wakes up. With a growling stomach. I don't think the toothpaste is sitting very well. But something will be there. To devour her whole. Fuck that gives me the shudders. Going out the window myself, no I don't turn into a cat. But we do learn that they did adopt a cat... and named it Molly. Huh. Going through another unlocked window lets me into Great-Grandma Edie's room. Almost a safe haven for Edith. I find one of those... reel toy thingies where you put it to your eyes and you can scroll through a collection of stills. This tells us the story of Odin Finch. After burying his wife and child, sails off... with the fucking house itself. Sure okay. Let's just float a whole fucking house on water. It didn't work. It sounds like while Edie, Sven, and Molly survived, Odin was... unfortunately buried. Heh. A full cycle. One of the doors here is unlocked which leads me to the worlds pinkest bathroom. Oh yeah point of advice, never carpet your fucking bathroom. It's just a recipe for disaster. Though the bathroom does open up another secret passage. Damn this house is just FULL of secrets. We head now to a bedroom. Belonged by Calvin Finch. Grandpa Sam's twin brother. And boy was his room wholesome. Calvin sure had a love for space that's for sure! The story we're given here though was written by Sam. Not Calvin. Though as we experience the story, we're listening in the POV of Sam but looking in the POV of Calvin as he rides the swing. Higher and higher. Gaining more and more momentum.

And the more he spins around, he is eventually flung off the swing as he is able to finally live his dream. To be able to fly... for about 3 seconds before presumably plunging into the water. But dammit he lives his dream! I think I have time to explore one more Finch. Barbara Finch. Little Ms. Movie star. With a very fucking Home Alone looking expression. No I'm not joking. Growing up, she had always been known for her iconic scream. But growing up, she just didn't have it in her anymore. No matter what. Even her father's gruesome injury caused no noise out of her. So Barbara and her boyfriend Rick had to babysit had to baby sit her younger brother Walter. All while there are apparently reports of maniac's terrorizing Orcas Island residents. When a sudden noise comes from the basement, Rick investigates what it could be. And there was also find out that the key to the basement was hidden in the little winding crank of the music box. But when Rick doesn't return, we have to investigate ourselves what the hell is going on. Oh and cue the main theme from Halloween. Yeah shit is about to go down. After picking his crutch up as a weapon, it's time to fight whatever fuckers we might have to. When we see the basement fridge is... shaking... a little too much. AND OUT COMES A MONSTER LOOKING TO EAT BARBARA ALIVE HOLY SH... oh wait no... it was just Rick... just trying to scare her... it didn't work. Only later that night when Barbara hears a scream up from Walter. She comes to look for him. Only to see that... he isn't in his bed. But the hookman sure as hell was. And he wasn't looking for mercy. Hook against crutch. Who would win? Despite thinking she had him down... the tale still wouldn't be over. Going downstairs would reveal that the hookman was suddenly... gone... And right on cue... ding... dong... The door bell goes off. And right behind her? All the monsters that had invaded her home. But I guess it turns out Barbara was just in one big act. They didn't actually want to hurt her. They just wanted to support her! Aww... how sweet!... and then they ate her. But hey, at least she finally let out her iconic scream!

Mission a-fucking-ccomplished!