Hello one and all and welcome back to another episode of Surviving the Horror! Every once in a while a horror game franchise comes around and captures the zeitgeist of the time, causing streamers, content creators and the like to all get involved in examining it. In 2014, one such game came in to being. Following in the footsteps of indie horror darlings like Slender, Scott Cawthon's Five Nights at Freddy's released in August of 2014 and quickly became a cult hit. With ports in the same year for IOS and Android, Five Night's or FNAF, captured the imaginations and hearts of many a content creator and horror enthusiast. Blending together tight but simplistic gameplay, a rich dosing of lore, and terrifying animatronics, FNAF was the full package. Now, over ten years since it's initial creation, the FNAF franchise boasts over 12 games, a movie, several books and countless hours of YouTube content dedicated to its lore. FNAF is one of those franchises that seemingly keeps giving, and garnering a community of people who love it. Having never played any of these games before, it seemed only right that at some point we (Josh and Colin) had to get to FNAF.

The lore for these games is tricky though, with a story spanning several decades and told non-chronologically through the games. We figured we'd need a little help to really parse through some of this stuff in our freshman outing. For this reason, we brought on special guest Kade, AKA TheGreenGorillaGamer. Kade is a long time fan of FNAF, being first introduced to the series as a kid. His breakdowns of lore, mechanics, and overall themes helped immensely as we tried to navigate our first five (really seven) nights at Freddy Fazebear's Pizza as a security guard. Can we make it through all seven nights? Is our battery management good enough to not be constantly on edge? Only time will tell. Come along with us though as we explore the topic of FNAF in what will undoubtedly be the first of several later episodes to come on the franchise. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!