Game Theory: The Disturbing Lore of Merge Mansion

It's just crazy how MatPat can look at several game advertisements and come up with such deep lore like this

There’s another ad where Maddie leans against a statue and an underground staircase appears. There’s also an extended version of Granny getting arrested where after Maddie sees the writing on Granny’s hand the car drives away and the cop looks at Granny in the rear view mirror, smiles and hands her the keys to her handcuffs. Granny smiles back and takes off the handcuffs .

How to make Matt download your game: 1. Add some lore 2. Add some more lore 3. Make the add packed with lore

The "you're next" message on granny's hand might not be a warning/threat, but rather granny handing off something in her secret past/present(?). Kind of like passing the torch. As to the "he's alive" one, I doubt it's about her fiancé, but rather her dad or grandfather. While the "I planned this" would have something to do with her secrets, and her getting arrested was part of it. Possibly to get Maddie to follow whatever it is granny wants, or maybe just to reassure her that granny has everything under control. The picture looked more like a polaroid or the like rather than a professional pic, but that's really subjective. It was probably taken during the wedding rehearsal. I hear that's a thing with big weddings. I think somebody planned a lot more story, but I doubt it got made. As to the game, it rather sucks for several reasons, and has nothing to do with the ads, which I'm sure qualify as deceptive advertising. Sadly they aren't the only scumbags doing that.

I’ve also seen an ad where Maddie is painting the wall, and pulls away wallpaper to reveal a door, which makes Grandma nervous, and when Maddie opens the door, grandma looks ashamed. We don’t see what’s behind the door, but whatever it is, it was clearly something that Grandma wanted to keep hidden…

Matt whenever he finds a game with even an atom of lore. “Now this looks like a job for me.”

I never played this game but have been waiting for Matpat to hit it. I do love how they added Pedro Pascal to the ads.

Yeah I constantly get ads for this a Lily’s Garden and I was totally all over it like I was like “wtf did this grandma do what?” I thought the grandma murdered the fiancé and then like buried somewhere in the mansion. So glad you made a video of this I’ve been wanting to know wtf this game even is

"The message was Granny 'showing her hand'." MatPat's pun game is strong in this one.

the way the ad campaign works is incredibly meta. You play as Maddie and are used to help rebuild the house [play the game]. Ultimately, this is for the benefit of the grandma [game devs] and they get big big moneys and u get scammed.

THERES A PEDRO PASCAL MERGE MANTION AD NOW OMG

Game with more than 3 ads:*exists* Matt:Alright,let's get to work then

Yeah, Merge Mansion totally surprised me with how little it tried to nickel and dime me at time of playing. No clue how it is recently, but it genuinely respected my time.

I love how no matter what the game is us Theorists can always look at it’s fanbase and say, “fear him, run from him, MatPat still arrives.”

never thought i'd see the day matt makes merge mansion his next victim for lore... great job!

Man Matt’s goin “now this looks like a job for me” once he sees anything with a single nano-size grain of lore

Maddie has a solid alibi for the fire: being at the wedding. Which also clears her of the potential murder. As for being an accessory, there are 2 outs for her. One is the fact that she was completely unwitting, having no reason to suspect the pie. The other is that Granny can't possibly escape. Filing your way out is impossible to accomplish, even for a younger person.

Granny committed arson and attempted murder just so her granddaughter could spend more time with her

I got an ad for merge mansion while watching this

Thank you!! I KNEW I'd come across Danny Gonzales from one of your videos! :)