Arcade 1993
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00:02:50I never believed in heaven.
00:02:52But I learned to believe in hell when Mom sent me there.
00:03:07Just when you think I'm here, the moment's gone.
00:03:20Either everything's in the past or it's in the future.
00:03:24There isn't a now.
00:03:27So where are you then?
00:03:30I'm in the past.
00:03:35We don't have to stop now.
00:03:37Oh, no, that's okay.
00:03:39I've got a class coming up anyway.
00:03:42I've got to study.
00:03:44I must tell you, I'm a little concerned about you, Alex.
00:03:48Your grades have fallen.
00:03:50That's going to limit your options in terms of college.
00:03:54It's been almost a year now since your mother...
00:03:58Killed herself?
00:04:00Yes.
00:04:02And now your father...
00:04:03He's a basket case.
00:04:04You know that.
00:04:05You've talked to him.
00:04:07He might as well be dead, too.
00:04:11Alex, would you like to come back again next week?
00:04:15Look, Dr. Weaver, I don't even know why I came down here.
00:04:20I can't get her out of my head,
00:04:22and there's nothing that you can say is going to change that.
00:04:26It's all my fault.
00:04:27I didn't try hard enough.
00:04:29I must have let her down.
00:04:51Hey, Alex.
00:04:52What's going on?
00:04:53All right, I'll show you.
00:04:54I'll definitely show you.
00:04:59How did it go?
00:05:01She thinks I'm sublimating.
00:05:03What the hell does that mean?
00:05:04It means she's screwed up.
00:05:06Fucked up, that's what they said I was.
00:05:08You are fucked up.
00:05:09Yeah, but only because I want to be.
00:05:12Come on, you guys, cut it out, all right?
00:05:14Please?
00:05:19Look, those counselors don't know what they're talking about.
00:05:21They're full of shit.
00:05:22You don't fit the perfect mold of a student.
00:05:24They freak.
00:05:25I know, Greg.
00:05:26All right, so why don't you tell me you're all right, then?
00:05:28I'm all right.
00:05:29Good.
00:05:33Because I'd freak if you weren't.
00:05:39Watch this.
00:05:41Take off the glasses.
00:05:43Come on, just take them off.
00:05:47Give me one of those smiles I love so much.
00:05:54Can you hold this?
00:05:55Let me see.
00:05:58All right, well, the key is you got to move the emulsion around
00:06:02while it's still warm, but it should come out.
00:06:08There.
00:06:09Hey, cool, right on.
00:06:15Safekeeping, all right, buddy?
00:06:19Oh, are you guys going to Donny's after school?
00:06:22Um, I don't know.
00:06:24Check it out.
00:06:29It's the new Vertigo Tronics game.
00:06:31It's interactive.
00:06:32The graphics are unbelievable.
00:06:34Yeah, they were handing these out at Dante's,
00:06:36test marketing it or something.
00:06:38Going to have a demonstration today.
00:06:40So how about it?
00:06:42I'm game.
00:06:44Greg?
00:06:46Um...
00:06:48All right, we'll go.
00:06:49We'll stop by Dante's Inferno,
00:06:51and then we'll get some dinner after.
00:06:53Keep on driving?
00:06:55Yeah.
00:06:56Disappear forever?
00:07:02Want to go?
00:07:12Mothers, daughters
00:07:16Fathers, sons
00:07:21Truth is elation
00:07:25We'll overcome
00:07:30Many say
00:07:34All is well
00:07:39Call Hosanna
00:07:43Israel
00:07:54Hey, Mr. Finster!
00:07:56What's up?
00:07:57No, God damn it!
00:07:58I got my eye on you!
00:08:01Games like arcade go beyond interaction.
00:08:03I'm telling you, man,
00:08:04virtual reality is the wave of the future.
00:08:07I'm choking skies out of your punitive
00:08:11I'm the
00:08:14civilization
00:08:17I'm the
00:08:19civilization
00:08:22I'm the
00:08:24civilization
00:08:27I'm the
00:08:30civilization
00:08:43Hey, Alex.
00:08:45Sorry, man, I didn't see you there.
00:08:47Stiltz, I thought I told you to stay out of here.
00:08:50Well, I'm just, you know,
00:08:51checking out the preview for, uh, Arcade.
00:08:54Check it out. It's gonna be in there.
00:08:55It's supposed to be real cool.
00:08:56If it's so cool,
00:08:57then how come they're previewing it in this shithole?
00:09:00Maybe if you weren't such a dick,
00:09:02you'd see how cool this place really is.
00:09:04Give me a break, man.
00:09:05They got fucking space invaders in here.
00:09:06That shit's for retards.
00:09:08So what are you saying?
00:09:09I'm, like, retarded?
00:09:10Is that what you're implying?
00:09:12No.
00:09:13Cool.
00:09:14Now that I'm standing here,
00:09:15I'm noticing you're an ugly little fuck,
00:09:17and you're making me sick.
00:09:19Stiltz, cut it out, man.
00:09:20It'll kick your ass.
00:09:21Hey, hey, hey.
00:09:22You stay out of my face, too.
00:09:23Back off.
00:09:24I said back off.
00:09:30You know what?
00:09:31You gonna go after this guy?
00:09:32Shut up.
00:09:33Come on, now, Mr. Fish.
00:09:34Everything's all right, man.
00:09:35Everything's okay.
00:09:36No, it's not.
00:09:37What's the matter with you?
00:09:38Look at the size of him.
00:09:39Shut up.
00:09:42It's funny, huh?
00:09:43You think it's funny?
00:09:45You're shit.
00:09:47And I want you out of here.
00:09:49Yeah?
00:09:50Well, your place sucks, man.
00:09:52Who gives a fuck about arcade, anyway?
00:09:55Try saying that to my face.
00:10:01Ooh, pretty scary.
00:10:11Out of the way, kids.
00:10:12Out of the way.
00:10:13Mr. Finster, how are you?
00:10:15You look rested.
00:10:16Come on, kids.
00:10:17I got something to show you in the other room.
00:10:19It'll blow a hole in your shorts.
00:10:37Okay, out of the way.
00:10:38Out of the way.
00:10:40Okay, kids, come on in here.
00:10:42Don't be frightened.
00:10:45Don't be shy.
00:10:47Come on in.
00:10:49This is arcade.
00:10:52We think it's gonna be a big seller.
00:10:55But you know what?
00:10:57You're the guys that make it happen.
00:10:59You're the mark and share that we're all tearing each other apart to get at.
00:11:03It's your opinion that's gonna make us or break us.
00:11:06So how about you?
00:11:07You wanna give it a try?
00:11:08Oh, no, no.
00:11:09It wouldn't be much of a challenge.
00:11:10See, uh, Alex always loses.
00:11:13Never-ending design problems.
00:11:16That's what I heard.
00:11:20So aside from the package, what makes arcade so different?
00:11:24Now, there's a man after my own heart.
00:11:26Straight to the point.
00:11:28What makes arcade different is the way it reacts.
00:11:32It responds like a human does.
00:11:35Each time you play it, it changes its strategy.
00:11:38It learns.
00:11:39It adapts.
00:11:41And it's all done in virtual reality.
00:11:43It's so real, you'll actually think that you're in the game.
00:11:47That's impossible.
00:11:49You think so?
00:11:50Why don't you give it a go?
00:11:52Show him what's up, Nick.
00:12:01The cyber gloves are key to the game's response mechanism.
00:12:04You'll be able to pick things up inside the world.
00:12:06Tools, weapons.
00:12:08And they'll actually feel as if they're in your own hands.
00:12:12The goggles, they hype the experience.
00:12:15When we said reality will never be the same,
00:12:18we weren't kidding.
00:12:25What's this button?
00:12:27Escape?
00:12:29Yeah, well, that's in case things get a little intense.
00:12:32It's kind of like an eject button.
00:12:34Things can get a little squirrely, you know.
00:12:36Nick won't need it.
00:12:40Oh, yeah?
00:12:41You're good, huh?
00:12:42The best.
00:12:45So what's the scenario?
00:12:47Am I trying to save a princess?
00:12:49Fighting zombies?
00:12:50Kill mutants?
00:12:52Well, it changes.
00:12:53There are seven levels.
00:12:55Each one is a different layer of the arcade universe.
00:12:58The concept is you enter the video world itself.
00:13:02The virtual world.
00:13:04You make your way across the game board to Arcade's brain and soul.
00:13:09Okay, so let me ask you something.
00:13:11If I die, is it a virtual death or a real death?
00:13:16Like, do I go to a virtual heaven?
00:13:18Do my parents collect virtual insurance benefits?
00:13:23Funny guy.
00:13:26Anyway, how do I start?
00:13:29My treat.
00:13:31Here, do something useful.
00:13:35Okay.
00:13:38Enjoy.
00:13:40Stand back.
00:13:43Do you hear that?
00:14:01I am the future.
00:14:04I am Arcade.
00:14:07You didn't want to make games.
00:14:10You picked the wrong machine.
00:14:13What's your name?
00:14:16Nick.
00:14:17It's reality.
00:14:19Goodbye.
00:14:22What's it doing?
00:14:26It's memorizing its features.
00:14:31Nick.
00:14:38Be careful, Nick.
00:14:40If you spend too much time on one level,
00:14:44I'll send out the streamer.
00:14:47Then there's no escape.
00:14:57What's your name?
00:14:59Nick.
00:15:01It's reality.
00:15:03Goodbye.
00:15:05What's your name?
00:15:07Nick.
00:15:09It's reality.
00:15:11Goodbye.
00:15:13What's your name?
00:15:15Nick.
00:15:17It's reality.
00:15:19Goodbye.
00:15:21What's your name?
00:15:23Nick.
00:15:25It's reality.
00:15:27Goodbye.
00:15:29What's your name?
00:15:31Nick.
00:15:33Goodbye.
00:15:35What's your name?
00:15:37Nick.
00:15:39Goodbye.
00:15:41What's your name?
00:15:43Nick.
00:15:45Goodbye.
00:15:47What's your name?
00:15:49Nick.
00:15:51Goodbye.
00:15:53What's your name?
00:15:55Nick.
00:15:57Goodbye.
00:15:59What's your name?
00:16:02What the hell?
00:16:24You've got to try this thing.
00:16:32If you really want to.
00:16:36You want my keys?
00:16:47I thought you had a good time.
00:16:50Let's see if you're tougher than your friend here.
00:16:55Enjoy.
00:17:02Kids, why don't you come out with me in the other room?
00:17:05I got an offer that you're not going to be able to refuse.
00:17:09I got a bunch of arcades.
00:17:12Home versions.
00:17:14And they're free.
00:17:20Well, let's get grade one.
00:17:22Okay.
00:17:32Son of a bitch.
00:17:44Reg.
00:17:46Kiss reality goodbye.
00:17:52Come on, kids, come on, come on, come on.
00:17:55Now, arcade's going to be released in a month or so.
00:18:02We need a little fine-tuning, and that's where you kids luck out.
00:18:06This is my world.
00:18:09And you're a part of my game.
00:18:13Here are some home versions of arcade that I'm going to give you.
00:18:17As long as you fill out these marketing questionnaires and bring them back.
00:18:32Ah!
00:18:37Ah!
00:18:44Welcome, Greg.
00:18:57Greg?
00:19:01Greg?
00:19:32Stacy, Stacy, where's Greg?
00:19:35How should I know, Alex?
00:19:38Michael, stick a cigarette in my exhaust, Michael.
00:19:41Hey, Alex!
00:19:43Has anyone seen Greg?
00:19:45He's probably outside, you know, because he gets really bored.
00:19:48So let's go, let's go.
00:19:51After you, after you and you.
00:19:54You still love me, don't you, Alex?
00:19:58Hi!
00:20:02So where is he?
00:20:04I guess he took off.
00:20:06You have his keys, right?
00:20:08And he said you were going to have dinner, so just go home and wait.
00:20:11Nick, why would he leave without telling me?
00:20:13Maybe he's up to a surprise or something.
00:20:15I don't know, Alex. I have to go.
00:20:17Okay.
00:20:19Bye.
00:20:21Bye.
00:20:23Bye.
00:20:25I have to go. Sorry.
00:20:28I'm sure I'll call you later. Bye.
00:20:31Nick!
00:20:33Bye, guys.
00:20:35Bye, Alex.
00:20:55Bye.
00:21:26Dad?
00:21:32Dad?
00:21:34Did Greg call?
00:21:39No.
00:21:43You should go to bed, Dad.
00:21:49I'm sorry.
00:21:51I'm sorry.
00:21:54Yeah.
00:22:16She comes and tears
00:22:19Like a rosary
00:22:22Like a rosary
00:22:29She paints pictures
00:22:32Of memories
00:22:40Takes you places
00:22:43That you've never been
00:22:47Marches in waves
00:23:00If I could
00:23:03I would set her free
00:23:11Broken promise
00:23:14One down again
00:23:44Wow.
00:23:47Hello, Alex.
00:23:49What?
00:23:51I saw you watching me.
00:23:53I heard your mind.
00:23:55It wants to play,
00:23:57just like your boyfriend did.
00:24:00Where is Greg?
00:24:02In here.
00:24:04He lost the game.
00:24:06He lost the game.
00:24:08He lost the game.
00:24:10He lost the game.
00:24:12He lost the game.
00:24:14And I won his soul.
00:24:17Let's see if you will be more of a challenge.
00:24:21Join us.
00:24:32No matter which corridor you choose, Alex,
00:24:36they'll all lead to your doom.
00:24:43Because you always fail.
00:24:47Time's wasting.
00:24:50Choose a corridor.
00:24:53I'm coming for you.
00:24:57No!
00:25:18You've failed again, Alex.
00:25:22You've let me down.
00:25:26Are you ready to play again?
00:25:28Greg's counting on you.
00:25:32Oh, getting up so soon, Alex.
00:25:37Then why don't you check your clock?
00:25:40After all, time flies when you're having fun.
00:25:48Hello?
00:25:50Mrs. Halston?
00:25:52Yes?
00:25:53Is Greg there?
00:25:54No, Alex, he hasn't come home yet.
00:25:57All right, can you have him call me when he gets home?
00:25:59I will.
00:26:00I'm sorry to wake you.
00:26:01It's okay.
00:26:04He's never coming home.
00:26:15Nick?
00:26:16Hey, Alex, what's up?
00:26:18I just called Greg.
00:26:19He hasn't come home yet.
00:26:21Alex, he's your boyfriend.
00:26:22You keep track of him.
00:26:24You there?
00:26:25He's right here, bitch!
00:26:28I have to talk to you.
00:26:30We are talking.
00:26:31No, in person.
00:26:33Now.
00:26:34It's 12.30.
00:26:35I'm coming over.
00:26:37For Christ's sake.
00:26:52You can't just turn me off, Alex.
00:26:56I'm everywhere.
00:26:58Now.
00:27:08Alex!
00:27:11Just don't think about it.
00:27:41Nick?
00:27:52Nick?
00:28:11Nick?
00:28:15Nick?
00:28:22That's amazing.
00:28:24It must be some kind of a screen saver.
00:28:26What are you seeing?
00:28:27I can't take my eyes off it.
00:28:30I think it's a fractal, but it's beating like a heart.
00:28:34It's alive somehow.
00:28:37This game is brilliant.
00:28:39I mean, look at it.
00:28:41It's like a DNA molecule or something.
00:28:45Something weird is happening.
00:28:48What do you mean by weird?
00:28:51Greg never came home, Nick.
00:28:54I mean, a few hours is one thing, but this is different.
00:28:59Something's happened to him.
00:29:04Can you turn off the game, please?
00:29:07Right in the middle of it.
00:29:08Turn it off.
00:29:14Happy?
00:29:15No.
00:29:23Okay, look.
00:29:25I know you're not going to believe me, but just listen anyway, okay?
00:29:33I think the game is alive somehow.
00:29:38Just listen.
00:29:41Now, I hooked it up earlier this evening, and it said my name.
00:29:46I mean, just as I plugged it in, Nick, it said my name.
00:29:48How could it know that?
00:29:50Alex.
00:29:51And then I asked it where Greg was.
00:29:57And it said in here.
00:30:03Alex, I think you're freaking out here.
00:30:06Greg's gone, and maybe he's in trouble, but it's not Arcade that's doing it.
00:30:12It is.
00:30:13How?
00:30:14Alex, it's a machine.
00:30:16Machines don't think.
00:30:17They're not alive.
00:30:20It's a good program, a brilliant program.
00:30:23And it was designed to act as if it were alive, but it's not alive.
00:30:28Okay, so how did it know my name then?
00:30:32Maybe you just imagined it.
00:30:34You're always imagining things.
00:30:36For Christ's sake, Alex, you're paranoid.
00:30:38Everything scares you.
00:30:41You're just like my father.
00:30:45Okay, I've been having some problems lately.
00:30:49I've been spaced out sometimes.
00:30:54But I did not imagine this.
00:30:56I did not imagine this, Nick.
00:30:58I do with parents, you know.
00:31:02There, look.
00:31:04It turned itself back on.
00:31:07No, it didn't.
00:31:09It's just a faulty relay or something.
00:31:12It happens.
00:31:13It's alive, Nick.
00:31:14It's listening to it.
00:31:15Shut up.
00:31:16Enough.
00:31:26I'm sorry.
00:31:38Can you just call the others?
00:31:43I'll try still.
00:31:45It's got me something.
00:31:54It's busy.
00:31:57Okay, Lori, then.
00:32:05It's busy, too.
00:32:07Alex, she's probably just talking to stills.
00:32:09Try bends.
00:32:18It's busy, too.
00:32:21All of them?
00:32:26It's one o'clock.
00:32:28Go home.
00:32:29Get some sleep.
00:32:31We'll figure things out in the morning.
00:32:34It's not this weird.
00:32:36Everything will make sense tomorrow.
00:32:38Hey, things always get weird this late at night.
00:32:41Right?
00:32:45I'm not crazy, you know.
00:32:48Just don't play the game again, okay?
00:32:50Please?
00:33:02Hey, man, how did your date go last night?
00:33:26Oh, dude, well, okay.
00:33:28I took that girl, Laura out.
00:33:30Laura, yeah, the one with the big...
00:33:31Yeah, and I grabbed him and squeezed him.
00:33:33Oh, you grabbed him and you went whoop.
00:33:35She punched me in the head.
00:33:36Did you put your face in him like that?
00:33:37She kicked me in the balls, man.
00:33:40Hi, Alex.
00:33:42So where is everyone?
00:33:45Sick.
00:33:47Everyone's sick, huh?
00:33:50Dammit, it's a quarter after.
00:33:51We always meet here at a quarter after.
00:33:53Take it easy.
00:33:54Chill out.
00:33:56What's her problem?
00:33:57Did you play arcade last night?
00:33:59No, actually, as I was just telling Nick,
00:34:01my T.V. was busted.
00:34:03My dad was watching his T.V.'s on the news
00:34:05or some other boy or something.
00:34:06Something else, Nick?
00:34:08I called them all again this morning.
00:34:10All of their phones are out of order.
00:34:14So I made up a list
00:34:16of everyone that was at Dante's yesterday,
00:34:18including Deloach and all those other jerks,
00:34:20and all of their phones are out of order.
00:34:24Well, sounds like it's obviously a plot
00:34:26to take over the world, Nick.
00:34:27Do you want to get the straitjacket or should I?
00:34:29Alex, what do you want me to do?
00:34:31We should find out what's happened to them.
00:34:33No way.
00:34:36Nick, if they're fine, great.
00:34:39Let's just make sure.
00:34:42Come on, Nick.
00:34:45Okay, but if things are cool, Alex,
00:34:47I don't want to hear anything more about this.
00:34:50Life's too short, you know what I mean?
00:34:56Hey, are you guys cutting?
00:34:57Let me go with you.
00:34:58Just stay here, Stiltz.
00:34:59And don't watch any T.V.
00:35:01Oh, okay.
00:35:02I'll hold down the fort, Nick.
00:35:03No one will get by me.
00:35:05Just do what she says, Stiltz.
00:35:07And if not, back by, say...
00:35:09Oh, don't worry.
00:35:10I'll call out the National Guard
00:35:11and, like, this police patrol or something.
00:35:13Listen, Alex, I just want to ask you one more thing.
00:35:15Is it like, um, supernatural evil that you're fighting
00:35:18or is it like space aliens, like pod people and stuff?
00:35:20Because there is a difference, you know.
00:35:22I mean, one, you need garlic and silver...
00:35:23Stiltz, look at me.
00:35:25Am I laughing?
00:35:26Just do what she says.
00:35:29And don't watch any T.V.
00:35:32Okay.
00:35:35That's cool.
00:36:06Wait here.
00:36:08No way.
00:36:26Lori?
00:36:29Let's go around back.
00:36:35Okay.
00:36:55She's here.
00:36:58Lori?
00:37:01Lori?
00:37:04Lori?
00:37:09Nick, what are we going to do?
00:37:10Lori?
00:37:13Lori?
00:37:14Alex, no.
00:37:15Stand back!
00:37:17Jesus, Alex, calm down.
00:37:21Lori?
00:37:24What the fuck?
00:37:27Lori, wake up.
00:37:30Wake up.
00:37:31Family.
00:37:36Don't you see them?
00:37:42See what, Lori?
00:37:45The angels.
00:37:49There's angels.
00:37:53I am the future.
00:37:55I am Arcade.
00:37:57What's your name?
00:38:00Turn it off, Lori.
00:38:02I'm going to turn it off.
00:38:04No!
00:38:06Get out of my house!
00:38:09What do you care about me?
00:38:10You don't care about me.
00:38:16Alex, don't leave me here.
00:38:20You could leave Greg here, Nick, and have Alex all to yourself.
00:38:28Change the channel.
00:38:29Alex, if you won't play the game by my rules, then I'll play in your world.
00:38:37Nothing's happening.
00:38:59God.
00:39:02Lori!
00:39:05Nick, what's happening?
00:39:10No!
00:39:14Alex, come on.
00:39:19No!
00:39:22No!
00:39:25No!
00:39:28No!
00:39:31No!
00:39:34No!
00:39:37No!
00:39:41No!
00:39:44No!
00:39:47No!
00:39:50No!
00:39:52No!
00:39:54No!
00:39:56No!
00:40:02Come on, baby.
00:40:16Is she breathing?
00:40:22Then let's just go.
00:40:23We can't.
00:40:24You're right, Alex.
00:40:25We'll call 911.
00:40:26Alex, look around.
00:40:27We broke in.
00:40:28We smashed the TV.
00:40:29No one is going to believe what's happened here.
00:40:33I believe you now.
00:40:34I don't know what the fuck has happened.
00:40:35But it did.
00:40:36Let's just get the hell out of here.
00:40:39I'm taking Lardin.
00:40:49Let's get the hell out of here.
00:41:00You're going to do it.
00:41:01No.
00:41:04Verticotronics.
00:41:05What?
00:41:06Well, they made arcade.
00:41:08Look, it's still a game, isn't it?
00:41:10Somebody had to program it in the first place.
00:41:13So what do you mean?
00:41:14We learn the rules?
00:41:15It made it its own game.
00:41:30You realize that to do this, we have
00:41:31to actually play the game?
00:41:34Yeah.
00:41:39OK.
00:41:40Let's get going.
00:41:43It's a long drive.
00:41:44Let's go.
00:42:00Hi.
00:42:01May I help you?
00:42:02We'd like to see Mr. Difford, please.
00:42:04I see.
00:42:05And do you have an appointment?
00:42:07No, but we've been driving all the way.
00:42:09Oh, I'm sorry.
00:42:10But if you don't have an appointment,
00:42:11I won't be able to help you.
00:42:13If you'd like, you can leave your name and number,
00:42:15and I'll have Mr. Difford for you.
00:42:16Look, pal, if Difford's not out here in one minute,
00:42:18I'm calling the news and informing them
00:42:20that your fucking game is whispering in our ears
00:42:22and telling us to commit suicide.
00:42:24I'm talking public relations nightmare here, pal.
00:42:26Virgin sacrifices, Satanism, the whole bit.
00:42:32One moment, please.
00:42:40Yes?
00:42:41Rachel, would you be kind enough to tell Mr. Difford
00:42:44that we have a situation in the lobby which
00:42:47requires his immediate attention?
00:42:57Difford.
00:42:58Heard the rumors.
00:43:00They're going to axe some people if RK doesn't penetrate.
00:43:03How's your quote this month?
00:43:05None of your business.
00:43:07Well, then I guess you've got nothing to worry about.
00:43:09Do you?
00:43:10See you in the morning?
00:43:16Hello?
00:43:19Frank, there's some kids causing trouble in reception.
00:43:22They say they're having problems with RK.
00:43:24OK, I'll be right there, Annette.
00:43:29He's on his way.
00:43:34Mr. Difford will be right with you.
00:43:36Have a seat, please.
00:43:41OK.
00:43:50Virgin sacrifices?
00:43:52Gets them every time.
00:44:07So, what's up?
00:44:09It's about the home version of RK.
00:44:11What about it?
00:44:12It's hurting people.
00:44:13What about it's hurting people?
00:44:15We're not joking, Mr. Difford.
00:44:16There's something wrong with RK.
00:44:20Send him my office.
00:44:34So what's the problem?
00:44:36The game is alive.
00:44:37What Alex was trying to say is that the game seems like it's alive.
00:44:40You see, we're not getting very far into the levels.
00:44:43We were kind of wondering if maybe you had some tricks or something.
00:44:47I mean, you don't want us kids running around school saying your game's too hard, do you?
00:44:50No, no.
00:44:52I don't want that.
00:44:54I mean, that's it?
00:44:55You just want to learn some tricks?
00:45:00I'll tell you what.
00:45:02Would you like to meet the programmer?
00:45:03That'd be great.
00:45:06He's probably in the lab right now.
00:45:07Come on, let's go down.
00:45:08I'll show you.
00:45:12No!
00:45:13God!
00:45:14Shit!
00:45:17Shit.
00:45:19Albert.
00:45:20What?
00:45:21Having a bad day?
00:45:22Listen, I got a couple of kids here.
00:45:24They want to know about RK.
00:45:26I thought you might, you know, give them some of your secrets.
00:45:29Secrets?
00:45:31Your tricks.
00:45:32They want to beat their friends.
00:45:34Come on, kids.
00:45:35I leave you in very capable hands.
00:45:38Thanks, Mr. Different.
00:45:40Yeah, thanks a lot, Different.
00:45:48Yeah, well, uh...
00:45:50Secrets and tricks, huh?
00:45:55What do you want?
00:45:56We're having some problems with RK.
00:45:59Oh, shit.
00:46:01Well, who isn't?
00:46:04What do you mean?
00:46:05Uh, well, I mean, it's a...
00:46:08It's a tough game.
00:46:10It's hard to pin that bastard down.
00:46:12Keeps on changing the rules.
00:46:14Um, we were thinking maybe you had, like,
00:46:16some, uh, programmer's tricks or something.
00:46:18Like some surprises and stuff that you had worked into the game.
00:46:21Well, you know, every game's got surprises.
00:46:24Even RK's.
00:46:26Uh...
00:46:31Well, okay.
00:46:34Come here.
00:46:35I'll show you the schematics.
00:46:37It'll lay out the entire virtual game board for you.
00:46:42Now, pay attention, all right?
00:46:46Now...
00:46:49That's the virtual world.
00:46:51The virtual world consists of...
00:46:54seven levels.
00:46:57Now, each level...
00:47:00has an exit, a doorway...
00:47:03out of that world.
00:47:05Now, the doorways aren't always what they seem.
00:47:08But at least the schematic will show us where they are.
00:47:12So in each world,
00:47:14you have to find the doorway to the next level.
00:47:18And with it, a key.
00:47:21Six in all.
00:47:23How do you beat the game?
00:47:25Right.
00:47:28The keys.
00:47:30The keys are the key.
00:47:32See, they unlock RK's heart.
00:47:35From there, you can escape RK's brain back to our reality.
00:47:41Only problem is...
00:47:43nobody's been able to quite do it yet.
00:47:47Well, anyway...
00:47:49Where were we? Oh, right.
00:47:52Right, the schematics.
00:47:56The doorways.
00:47:58Here.
00:48:01Now...
00:48:04Fabled doorways.
00:48:10There.
00:48:11You've only got so much time to find them.
00:48:14If you're too late,
00:48:16the Screamer comes.
00:48:18Right. How do you stop the Screamer?
00:48:21Oh, you can't.
00:48:23You can only escape.
00:48:25If he gets you,
00:48:27you're dead. It's like, um...
00:48:30time catching up with you, you know?
00:48:32Fate.
00:48:37Each level,
00:48:39you have progressively less time to complete
00:48:43until...
00:48:46And if you can't find the doorway...
00:48:50Bam! You know?
00:48:53If you're lucky enough
00:48:55to cross the Sea of Darkness
00:48:58and collect your fourth key,
00:49:00you get a free life. Without a free life,
00:49:03there's no margin of error and it gets harder.
00:49:06The next half of the game takes place inside RK's brain.
00:49:10Urban scenario.
00:49:12Lots of concrete and steel.
00:49:14Ugly and mean.
00:49:18Screamer comes even faster.
00:49:20Screamer comes even faster here.
00:49:22What aren't you telling us?
00:49:24All right.
00:49:26All I can tell you...
00:49:29is that it involves a donor.
00:49:31All right?
00:49:35Look, he was brain-dead already,
00:49:37so it's not like anything unethical happened.
00:49:40We only used a few hundred thousand brain cells.
00:49:43It's not a big deal.
00:49:45No. That's just it.
00:49:47It's alive there. It's the one changing the rules.
00:49:50It was supposed to be the ultimate challenge.
00:49:52People driving themselves crazy trying to beat it,
00:49:55sitting in front of their television for days,
00:49:57frying their brains.
00:49:59I mean, that's the whole point, isn't it?
00:50:02Keep them glued to the tube?
00:50:08Listen.
00:50:10You want my best advice?
00:50:14Don't play this game.
00:50:17Stay clear of it, period.
00:50:19I'd like to, but I'm afraid that's not an option anymore.
00:50:22Alex, come on. Let's go.
00:50:24Wait a minute. What do you mean?
00:50:26I've heard enough. Thanks. Alex, let's go.
00:50:28Wait. Wait.
00:50:30You gonna play the game again?
00:50:33Here. You might as well take the schematics.
00:50:41Just remember...
00:50:44it's only a program.
00:50:46It's not really alive.
00:50:48If things get too intense,
00:50:50you can always push the escape button,
00:50:54and you're out of the game.
00:50:57What if the escape button doesn't work?
00:51:02Come on, Nick. Let's go.
00:51:13We've got ourselves a pretty big glitch, don't we?
00:51:38So where do you want to play the game, Nick?
00:51:43Nick?
00:51:49I was thinking about that.
00:51:53I don't know.
00:51:55Maybe we just shouldn't play the game at all.
00:51:59Just keep on driving.
00:52:03I wish we could.
00:52:14Arcade's a virus,
00:52:16so it seems to me the place to hit it is where the virus started.
00:52:21You know, like the point of origin.
00:52:43Stay.
00:53:03Just don't listen to it.
00:53:13Wait here. I'll go check it out.
00:53:44Nothing.
00:53:46Is it plugged in?
00:54:13I don't get it.
00:54:15It wants us to play.
00:54:17It's been taunting us.
00:54:19You have to put in money.
00:54:21Alex, you don't need to put money in.
00:54:23This game can run on its own.
00:54:25Yes, you do. Don't you see? That's what it wants.
00:54:28We have to play by its rules.
00:54:44Two players, Nick.
00:54:46Alex, you're not coming.
00:54:47Yes, I am.
00:54:48No, you're not.
00:54:49Alex, I'm good at these games.
00:54:51I play them all the time.
00:54:53You never play.
00:54:55You just get nailed in an instant.
00:54:57And what am I supposed to do if something happens to you?
00:54:59Go in by myself?
00:55:00No.
00:55:01If you're smart, you'll just run like hell.
00:55:04Nick, I've already lost my mother.
00:55:06My father doesn't care about me.
00:55:08He doesn't care about me.
00:55:10Nick, I've already lost my mother.
00:55:12My father doesn't care if I live or die.
00:55:14If I lose Greg too, I have nothing.
00:55:16I'm going.
00:55:21You don't get it, do you?
00:55:23What?
00:55:28I don't want anything to happen to you.
00:55:33I care about you, Alex.
00:55:41It's tough being a hero, isn't it?
00:55:49Here goes nothing.
00:56:05Nick, Alex.
00:56:08All of your friends are here.
00:56:11We know what you are.
00:56:13A heartless monster.
00:56:15I'm nothing compared to the pain of your world.
00:56:18You should know that, Alex.
00:56:21Fuck you.
00:56:23Our parents destroyed us.
00:56:25Your mother turned you into a hollow human shell.
00:56:29Mine changed me into a monster inside this machine.
00:56:33Hold on.
00:56:35I'm cold.
00:56:37And I need young souls to keep me warm.
00:56:40Now kiss reality goodbye forever.
00:56:44I love you.
00:57:04Are you okay?
00:57:08Shit, the schematics.
00:57:11Nick, right here.
00:57:16Good thinking, Alex.
00:57:18Okay, I'll watch out for the screamer and the spikes.
00:57:21See if your schematics tell us anything about where the first key is located.
00:57:24Okay.
00:57:26There, that corridor. I think it leads to the second level.
00:57:35Now remember, once we got all the keys,
00:57:38we can unlock Arcade's heart and find his soul.
00:57:41And Alex, no matter what happens, don't worry about me.
00:57:44Keep moving forward.
00:57:46We're all getting out, Nick.
00:57:48Then let's go.
00:58:08There.
00:58:10It's a doorway.
00:58:14Gotta try it.
00:58:29First key, Nick.
00:58:32This goes outside.
00:58:34Are you sure it's level 2?
00:58:37There's only one way to find out.
00:59:01Alex!
00:59:11Alex!
00:59:13Alex!
00:59:15Don't look at the fractal for so long.
00:59:17Keep moving forward.
00:59:20Alex!
00:59:22Alex!
00:59:29Holy shit.
00:59:32This is for real.
00:59:36Come on, Nick. We gotta find the next doorway.
00:59:41Alex, keep going.
00:59:44I'll be right there.
00:59:47Alex!
00:59:49Help! Help me!
00:59:51Over here! Help!
00:59:53Alex!
00:59:55Ben, hang on, okay? I'm coming.
00:59:57Just hold on. I'm on my way.
00:59:59Don't let go.
01:00:01Just hold on, Ben.
01:00:05I'll be right there.
01:00:08Ben, just hold on.
01:00:11Alex, I'm sinking.
01:00:13I'm on my way.
01:00:15Help!
01:00:17I have the key!
01:00:19The key!
01:00:21Grab my hand! Grab it!
01:00:24Ben, just...
01:00:26Grab onto my hand, Ben!
01:00:28Ben!
01:00:30Ben!
01:00:46Alex!
01:00:49Baby!
01:00:51Mom?
01:00:58Oh, my God.
01:01:00Nick, look out!
01:01:05Nick, don't look at the fractal!
01:01:07The creeper's coming!
01:01:09Nick!
01:01:11Oh, my God.
01:01:42Nick?
01:01:44Kiddo?
01:01:50Thank God.
01:01:52What happened?
01:01:54I invaded the system
01:01:56and manually activated the escape program.
01:01:58See, I knew something was wrong.
01:02:00That's why I'm here.
01:02:02I needed to see it myself.
01:02:04But I'm seeing it,
01:02:06and I don't believe it.
01:02:08A program can't come...
01:02:10Where is Alex?
01:02:12Oh, God.
01:02:14Wait, Nick, Nick.
01:02:17Get her out of there.
01:02:19I can't.
01:02:21Arcade frog by interface.
01:02:23You've realized what I was up to.
01:02:25Do something! You fucked it up! Now get her out of there!
01:02:27There's nothing I can do.
01:02:29She's on her own, Nick.
01:02:31She has to play the game through
01:02:33to its end.
01:02:40Nick?
01:03:10Lori...
01:03:12Stiltz...
01:03:16You may ask one of us a question.
01:03:18One tells the truth,
01:03:20the other lies.
01:03:22Who you ask remains your discretion.
01:03:24But if the answer's wrong,
01:03:26the questioner dies.
01:03:28The city of truth
01:03:30is the place you seek.
01:03:32Either boatman will take you there,
01:03:34but the other boatman
01:03:36will take you back.
01:03:38You may be there,
01:03:40but the other city is dark and bleak.
01:03:42This is the teller of lies domain.
01:03:44Beware.
01:03:46I am the liar.
01:03:48Where shall I take you?
01:03:50I am the truth teller.
01:03:52Where should I take you?
01:03:54What did he do to you?
01:03:56Is that your question?
01:03:58No, wait. No, that's not it.
01:04:00Oh, okay.
01:04:02I want the city of truth,
01:04:04so I want the truth teller.
01:04:06I want the truth teller, but which one is which?
01:04:08You have no time.
01:04:10What is your question?
01:04:12I'm thinking.
01:04:14You have no time.
01:04:16Okay, what did he say?
01:04:18The riddle involves a paradox.
01:04:22Liar.
01:04:24Did you come from the city on the left
01:04:26or the city on the right?
01:04:28I came from the city...
01:04:32on the left.
01:04:34But you always lie,
01:04:36so you didn't come from the city on the left,
01:04:38which means the city on the left
01:04:40is the city of truth.
01:04:42Too late.
01:04:44You're taking me to the city on the left.
01:05:04What happened to you?
01:05:06Lost, Alex.
01:05:10I won't.
01:05:18Please, lady, help me!
01:05:20I can't swim!
01:05:22Help me!
01:05:24Come on!
01:05:34The city of truth is at hand.
01:06:04We made it pretty far into the levels.
01:06:06You must be pretty good.
01:06:08I don't want to play anymore.
01:06:10But you're going to have to hang on me.
01:06:12I don't want to stay here.
01:06:14I want to go home.
01:06:16I know. So do I.
01:06:18There's a monster here.
01:06:20We have to get out of here.
01:06:22I don't want to stay here.
01:06:24I want to go home.
01:06:26I know. So do I.
01:06:28There's a monster here.
01:06:30We have to get out of here.
01:06:32There's a monster here.
01:06:34We have to kill him before we can leave.
01:06:36I know it's scary.
01:06:38But I'm not going to let anything happen to you, okay?
01:06:40Then we'll go home?
01:06:42Then we'll go home.
01:06:48Stay close to me.
01:07:02Dark Riders!
01:07:04If they touch us, we're dead!
01:07:14They're getting closer!
01:07:32The last key!
01:08:02All right, Arcade.
01:08:04I've made it.
01:08:06Where are you?
01:08:12Damn it, where are you?
01:08:16Right here, bitch.
01:08:18I'm going to kill you!
01:08:20I'm going to kill you!
01:08:22I'm going to kill you!
01:08:24I'm going to kill you!
01:08:26I'm going to kill you!
01:08:28I'm going to kill you!
01:08:30Right here, bitch.
01:08:36Jesus Christ, Albert!
01:08:38The kid's Arcade!
01:08:40Do something, you asshole!
01:08:42All right, all right!
01:08:44What do you think I'm doing?
01:08:48Congratulations, Alex.
01:08:50You've almost made it to the final level.
01:08:54You're Arcade?
01:08:56You're the donor?
01:08:58The donor was a little boy.
01:09:00His mommy hid him
01:09:02until he went to sleep forever.
01:09:04But Verticotronic stole his pain
01:09:06and I was born.
01:09:12Now,
01:09:14no one can play with me anymore.
01:09:18Find my soul
01:09:20in your hell
01:09:22and die with it.
01:09:28I...
01:09:58I...
01:10:28Mom?
01:10:52Mom?
01:10:54Hi, honey.
01:10:56Feeling better?
01:10:58Huh?
01:11:00How you doing?
01:11:04Oh, you're still feeling feverish.
01:11:06Why don't you run upstairs
01:11:08and crawl back into bed
01:11:10and I'll make you a nice breakfast.
01:11:14Oh, baby, what's wrong?
01:11:16Huh?
01:11:18I had the worst nightmare.
01:11:20Oh.
01:11:22Oh.
01:11:24It was awful, Mom.
01:11:26It was this game
01:11:28and it was taking everyone.
01:11:30It took Greg and Nick and...
01:11:36Now, everything's all right,
01:11:38isn't it?
01:11:40I mean, if you had a problem or something,
01:11:42you would tell me, wouldn't you?
01:11:44You'd try and let me help you.
01:11:46Of course I would.
01:11:48Everything's fine.
01:11:50Come here. Big hug.
01:11:56God, I dreamt you were dead.
01:12:04Sweetheart, I am dead.
01:12:08What?
01:12:10I said
01:12:12I am dead.
01:12:14Watch.
01:12:16Watch.
01:12:20Mom!
01:12:22Mom!
01:12:36Oh, don't worry, baby.
01:12:38Don't worry.
01:12:40It's not so bad being dead.
01:12:42You'll see.
01:12:44Alex.
01:12:46Alex.
01:12:48You never believed in an afterlife,
01:12:50but it's real.
01:12:52There is a heaven
01:12:54and I'm gonna take you there.
01:12:58I'll take you with me
01:13:00so you never have to worry
01:13:02about letting me down again.
01:13:04I didn't let you down.
01:13:14It's over, Alex.
01:13:16And you've failed
01:13:18for the last time.
01:13:22You've let everyone down.
01:13:26But don't worry.
01:13:28I can bring your soul back
01:13:30and we can play again
01:13:32and again
01:13:34and again
01:13:36and again
01:13:40and again.
01:13:44What?
01:13:46What's happening to me?
01:14:04No!
01:14:06I play by my rules!
01:14:08But guess what, asshole?
01:14:10You forgot my fruit.
01:14:12You forgot my free life.
01:14:24Alex.
01:14:26Alex.
01:14:28You did it.
01:14:32Greg.
01:14:42Alex.
01:14:48Nick.
01:14:50How'd you make it?
01:14:52I had a little help.
01:14:54Congratulations, Alex.
01:14:56Great job.
01:15:12Oh, baby.
01:15:20Hey.
01:15:22We gonna send these things in or what?
01:15:24No, I'm serious.
01:15:26I liked it.
01:15:28I want the portable.
01:15:30Okay.
01:15:50How'd you do it, Alex, huh?
01:15:52How'd you do it?
01:15:54It's a long story.
01:15:56What are you telling me?
01:16:00I just thought of something.
01:16:02You guys, if we all came out of the game,
01:16:04what if Arcade did, too?
01:16:06No. No, Alex, you won.
01:16:08I mean, you played by Arcade's rules.
01:16:10Of course. You're right.
01:16:12Forget I said anything.
01:16:14Okay, so start at the beginning.
01:16:16Give her a chance, will you?
01:16:18Hey, I am giving her a chance.
01:16:20Get off my back.
01:16:22Start from the beginning.
01:16:30And if you are the only one
01:16:34It's easy to tell the truth
01:16:38It's easy to lie
01:16:42It's not so hard to give up
01:16:47It's so hard to try
01:16:51It's so easy to run away
01:16:55Good night, Alex.
01:16:58I'll see you guys tomorrow.
01:17:00It's so hard to believe in yourself
01:17:04If you never look inside
01:17:09You've got to believe in yourself
01:17:13Come on now, be strong
01:17:18Yeah
01:17:20You can't just turn me off, Alex.
01:17:30I'm everywhere now.
01:17:33All right, Arcade.
01:17:35I've made it.
01:17:37Dammit, where are you?
01:17:45Right here.
01:17:46Bitch.
01:17:50Kiss reality goodbye.
01:18:21?
01:18:29?
01:18:39?
01:18:49?
01:18:57? Naked ghost light on darkened stage ?
01:19:01? Lonesome soul in a human cage ?
01:19:05? All is moving, all is still ?
01:19:09? An emptiness that you must fill ?
01:19:13? Find yourself in an empty space ?
01:19:17? Sit and wait in an eerie place ?
01:19:21? Spirits whisper inside your ear ?
01:19:25? Are you free of fear ?
01:19:29? Fear is here to capture your soul ?
01:19:35? But don't let go ?
01:19:37? Fear is here to capture your soul ?
01:19:44?
01:19:52?
01:20:02? Place is empty except for you ?
01:20:06? Shadows dancing all around you ?
01:20:11? You wonder you're all alone ?
01:20:15? The fear of the unknown ?
01:20:19? You find you have a troubled mind ?
01:20:23? Prepare yourself for what you find ?
01:20:27? Spirits whisper inside your ear ?
01:20:31? Are you free of fear ?
01:20:35? Fear is here to capture your soul ?
01:20:41? But don't let go ?
01:20:43? Fear is here to capture your soul ?
01:20:50? But don't let go ?
01:20:58?