![#07: Mystery of da Ladder Boxing — [Penumbra: Overture] @helswake](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rwn0O7Yf6dY/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Let's Play Penumbra: Overture (PC) — Blind
#07: Mystery of da Ladder Boxing
It's time to wander about, searching the dark corridors of the area for a clue as to what to do, doing battle with the vicious zombie dogs as I go. I find the "metal monster" that Red spoke of, but still no key to operate it; it must be in the storage area, which is accessed only via the upper tunnel in the cave... but how do I reach it with a busted ladder?
SERIES PLAYLIST:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r9OD45xbY4uL-XdG2tyblcA
SOCIAL:
twitter.com/helswake
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ABOUT THE GAME:
Penumbra: Overture (2007), by Frictional Games, is the first chapter of a survival horror series that preceded the more well-known game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It features much of the same elements - a dynamic physics engine, gameplay that emphasizes puzzle-solving, and instilling psychological horror based on an inability to fight back against the game's monsters.
The story begins when our character, Philip, receives a mysterious letter from the father he never knew shortly after his mother's funeral. A series of clues leads Philip to an isolated part of Northern Greenland, where he begins searching for answers.
"If fate frowns, we all perish."
Let's Play Penumbra: Overture (PC) — Blind
#07: Mystery of da Ladder Boxing
It's time to wander about, searching the dark corridors of the area for a clue as to what to do, doing battle with the vicious zombie dogs as I go. I find the "metal monster" that Red spoke of, but still no key to operate it; it must be in the storage area, which is accessed only via the upper tunnel in the cave... but how do I reach it with a busted ladder?
SERIES PLAYLIST:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r9OD45xbY4uL-XdG2tyblcA
SOCIAL:
twitter.com/helswake
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ABOUT THE GAME:
Penumbra: Overture (2007), by Frictional Games, is the first chapter of a survival horror series that preceded the more well-known game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It features much of the same elements - a dynamic physics engine, gameplay that emphasizes puzzle-solving, and instilling psychological horror based on an inability to fight back against the game's monsters.
The story begins when our character, Philip, receives a mysterious letter from the father he never knew shortly after his mother's funeral. A series of clues leads Philip to an isolated part of Northern Greenland, where he begins searching for answers.
"If fate frowns, we all perish."
![#07: Mystery of da Ladder Boxing — [Penumbra: Overture]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rwn0O7Yf6dY/mqdefault.jpg "#07: Mystery of da Ladder Boxing — [Penumbra: Overture]
Lets Play Penumbra: Overture (PC) — Blind
#07: Mystery of da Ladder Boxing
Its time to wander about, searching the dark corridors of the area for a clue as to what to do, doing battle with the vicious zombie dogs as I go. I find the metal monster that Red spoke of, but still no key to operate it; it must be in the storage area, which is accessed only via the upper tunnel in the cave... but how do I reach it with a busted ladder?
SERIES PLAYLIST:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r9OD45xbY4uL-XdG2tyblcA
SOCIAL:
https://twitter.com/helswake
ABOUT THE GAME:
Penumbra: Overture (2007), by Frictional Games, is the first chapter of a survival horror series that preceded the more well-known game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It features much of the same elements - a dynamic physics engine, gameplay that emphasizes puzzle-solving, and instilling psychological horror based on an inability to fight back against the games monsters.
The story begins when our character, Philip, receives a mysterious letter from the father he never knew shortly after his mothers funeral. A series of clues leads Philip to an isolated part of Northern Greenland, where he begins searching for answers.
If fate frowns, we all perish.")
![#12: Amazon | Hell — Act 4 [Diablo II: Going through Hell]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s1gnpdDKksc/mqdefault.jpg "#12: Amazon | Hell — Act 4 [Diablo II: Going through Hell]
Diablo II: Going through HELL
( All Classes Solo Hell Difficulty )
Part 12: Amazon | Hell — Act 4
An abridged series wherein I complete Hell difficulty with each of the games 7 classes: Amazon, Assassin, Barbarian, Druid, Necromancer, Paladin, and Sorceress. The characters are chosen at random, and each playthrough must use self-found gear only. Played on singleplayer using PlugY.
PLAYLIST:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r8FTnrC4tdIzI0L6DO1Ge14")
![#23: Stopping the Coronation — [Baldurs Gate: Enhanced Edition]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s6i3aOYWFJQ/mqdefault.jpg "#23: Stopping the Coronation — [Baldurs Gate: Enhanced Edition]
Lets Play Baldurs Gate: Enhanced Edition (PC)
#23: Stopping the Coronation
Thanks to Slythe and his lady assassin, we have an invitation to enter Ducal Palace. We must go now to stop Sarevok from being declared Grand Duke!
SERIES PLAYLIST:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r_mK-7m0EoaL1vtzC_Mm1cI
SOCIAL:
https://twitter.com/helswake
ABOUT THE GAME:
Baldurs Gate: Enhanced Edition (Beamdog, 2013) is a remastering of the original (Bioware, 1998). Baldurs Gate is an isometric, top-down, western-style RPG that is based on 2nd edition AD&D rules and set in the Forgotten Realms campaign. The Enhanced Edition includes the original expansion, Tales of the Sword Coast, new characters, a new adventure The Black Pits, as well as many graphical and gameplay improvements.")
![#24: Assassin | Hell — Act 5, p2 [Diablo II: Going through Hell]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sFeTL7Q5tFs/mqdefault.jpg "#24: Assassin | Hell — Act 5, p2 [Diablo II: Going through Hell]
Diablo II: Going through HELL
( All Classes Solo Hell Difficulty )
Part 24: Assassin | Hell — Act 4 Worldstone Keep & Baal
An abridged series wherein I complete Hell difficulty with each of the games 7 classes: Amazon, Assassin, Barbarian, Druid, Necromancer, Paladin, and Sorceress. The characters are chosen at random, and each playthrough must use self-found gear only. Played on singleplayer using PlugY.
PLAYLIST:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r8FTnrC4tdIzI0L6DO1Ge14")
![#04: Shrine of the Dead — [Morrowind: Tribunal]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sOGySHV1fVo/mqdefault.jpg "#04: Shrine of the Dead — [Morrowind: Tribunal]
Lets Play The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Tribunal)
#04: Shrine of the Dead
Im getting the run-around by both the Temple and the Palace guards, so I might as well play along for a bit longer and see what happens. Today, the Archcanon sends us down to cleanse some shrine in the ruins beneath the Temple.
VIDEO BREAKDOWN:
Start - Words of the Widow
04:45 - Captains Request
09:14 - Archcanons Quest
14:40 - The Discontent
17:20 - Cleansing the Shrine
27:15 - A Chat with Tienius
SERIES PLAYLIST:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r85-r4AFYWbR3WjTX98kUoe
CHARACTER BUILD:
http://i.imgur.com/3Z0ZIp8.png
QUESTS ACQUIRED:
- Temple Informant
- Evidence of Conspiracy
- Shrine of the Dead
QUESTS COMPLETED:
- Speak to the People
- Shrine of the Dead
- Temple Informant
GAME VERSION:
Steam / Game of the Year Edition (patch 1.6.1820)
(Includes Tribunal & Bloodmoon)
PLUGINS USED:
-Morrowind Patch 1.6.6
-All Official Plugins (Bitter Coast Sounds, AoE Arrows, Helm of Tohan, Master Index, Entertainers, LeFemm Armor, Adamantium Armor, & Siege at Firemoth)
-DB Attack Mod
-Illys Solstheim Rumour Fix
-Charming Ash Vampires
-GreetDistanceReducer
-Morrowind Acoustic Overhaul
-XE Sky Variations
NON-ESP MODS:
-Better Dialogue Font
-Pluginless NoGlow
-Jas Crosshairs
3rd PARTY TOOLS & SETTINGS:
Morrowind Code Patch (2.2 beta)
-All Graphics Changes (except camera)
-All Bug Fixes
-Toggle Sneak
-Swift Casting
-Pickpocket Overhaul
-On-use extra ring slot
-Fortify maximum health
-Scripted music uninterruptible
-Separate axe inventory sounds
-Disable Map Smoothing
-UI Display Quality Fix
-Convenient defaults
-Dont loot on dispose
-Shortcut key improvements
-Unrestrict menu size
-Larger service/chargen menus
-Level-up skills tooltip
-Persuasion Improvement
-Better ingredient and item selector
-Better spell merchants
-Improved inventory filters
-Display More Accurate Item Weight
Morrowind Graphics Extender XE (0.10.0 beta)
-Resolution: 1920x1080 (Windowed / Borderless)
-Menu UI Scale: 1.5
-Horz. FOV: 91.31
-8xAA, 16xAF, Vsync ON
-Shaders: [SSAO HQ, DoF, Underwater, Underwater Int, Sunshafts, Bloom Fine, HDR]
-Custom 3rd Person Camera (25, -120, 0)")
![#13: Bugs & Liches — [Daggerfall]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sgw9LtKiHLE/mqdefault.jpg "#13: Bugs & Liches — [Daggerfall]
Lets Play The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
#13: Bugs & Liches
The confusion begins!
SERIES PLAYLIST:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r-u7I5Jz4Qh0Wbhu45OOfDg
CHARACTER BUILD:
http://imgur.com/a/JYH62
SOCIAL:
https://twitter.com/helswake
ABOUT THE GAME:
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
Prepare to experience your new obsession it claims on the box. Yes, but also confusion and frustration. Daggerfall is a first-person dungeon-crawler, second installment of the Elder Scrolls series, and it pioneered some of the elements that would become standard in later titles. It was a highly-ambitious project, and it did some interesting things that were never seen again within the series.
Played using the DaggerfallSetup.exe found on the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages:
http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Files")
![#25: The Burnt Ivory King [ Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin — PC ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t0C0UBow-1k/mqdefault.jpg "#25: The Burnt Ivory King [ Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin — PC ]
Lets Play Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (PC)
#25: The Burnt Ivory King
Below the Grand Cathedral, the Old Chaos beckons... but first we must recruit the additional 3 Knights of Eleum Loyce if we are to stand a proper chance against it. Alsanna has broken the seal across Eleum Loyce, so now its time for another journey through to find them.
There is a couple of areas that we could not get to previously, and loads of treasure chests to collect. Theres also a few scandalous NPCs waiting to prey on the unwary, including an old friend.
With the 4 Knights ready for battle, we plummit downwards, to fight the charred army within the Old Chaos, and put the Burnt Ivory King to rest so that we may claim his crown.
SERIES PLAYLIST:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r8y55B6Cg0IpiAOKfRBOII2
ABOUT THIS SERIES:
This is a casual playthrough where I recreate my favorite old DEX/INT build. The pacing is a bit faster than my usual style; this is not a comprehensive walkthrough, and I will be skipping some items/enemies/sections. I will kill all bosses. I have not played DkS2 since before the release of the third game earlier this year, and in recent months Ive been very engrossed in DkS1; this is my revisitation of DkS2, to once and for all gain a proper perspective on all three games in the series.")
![#11: Of Ice and Annelids — [Penumbra: Overture]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t2SHgTBfMBc/mqdefault.jpg "#11: Of Ice and Annelids — [Penumbra: Overture]
Lets Play Penumbra: Overture (PC) — Blind
#11: Of Ice and Annelids
Red is getting close, as we are now in the deeper lead mines of Section C; he hints that we may be able to utilize the nearby chemical storage area for some mixing of sorts, but not without his maddened ramblings that also point toward cannibalization...
Red, youre going to have a lot of explaining to do when I find you.
SERIES PLAYLIST:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r9OD45xbY4uL-XdG2tyblcA
SOCIAL:
https://twitter.com/helswake
ABOUT THE GAME:
Penumbra: Overture (2007), by Frictional Games, is the first chapter of a survival horror series that preceded the more well-known game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It features much of the same elements - a dynamic physics engine, gameplay that emphasizes puzzle-solving, and instilling psychological horror based on an inability to fight back against the games monsters.
The story begins when our character, Philip, receives a mysterious letter from the father he never knew shortly after his mothers funeral. A series of clues leads Philip to an isolated part of Northern Greenland, where he begins searching for answers.
If fate frowns, we all perish.")
![#03: Signs of Life... and Death — [Penumbra: Overture]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tYAP39fpCDY/mqdefault.jpg "#03: Signs of Life... and Death — [Penumbra: Overture]
Lets Play Penumbra: Overture (PC) — Blind
#03: Signs of Life... and Death
Time to make way across the main area and check out the storage room; the door leading further into the mine is locked, so I hope to find a key there.
Inside, I can hear an unsettling slavering behind a locked door; could it be someone else, or perhaps a monster? The tunnels underneath the storage area are full of spider webs, and also littered with a trail of notes left by someone who was living down here.
SERIES PLAYLIST:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r9OD45xbY4uL-XdG2tyblcA
SOCIAL:
https://twitter.com/helswake
ABOUT THE GAME:
Penumbra: Overture (2007), by Frictional Games, is the first chapter of a survival horror series that preceded the more well-known game Amnesia: The Dark Descent. It features much of the same elements - a dynamic physics engine, gameplay that emphasizes puzzle-solving, and instilling psychological horror based on an inability to fight back against the games monsters.
The story begins when our character, Philip, receives a mysterious letter from the father he never knew shortly after his mothers funeral. A series of clues leads Philip to an isolated part of Northern Greenland, where he begins searching for answers.
If fate frowns, we all perish.")
![#13: The Davaeorn Connection — [Baldurs Gate: Enhanced Edition]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u_Jx5I3kwd8/mqdefault.jpg "#13: The Davaeorn Connection — [Baldurs Gate: Enhanced Edition]
Lets Play Baldurs Gate: Enhanced Edition (PC)
#13: The Davaeorn Connection
With the local manager of the mines lying in a bloody mess, we gather the clues and unfold the Iron Thrones plot a bit further.
SERIES PLAYLIST:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r_mK-7m0EoaL1vtzC_Mm1cI
SOCIAL:
https://twitter.com/helswake
ABOUT THE GAME:
Baldurs Gate: Enhanced Edition (Beamdog, 2013) is a remastering of the original (Bioware, 1998). Baldurs Gate is an isometric, top-down, western-style RPG that is based on 2nd edition AD&D rules and set in the Forgotten Realms campaign. The Enhanced Edition includes the original expansion, Tales of the Sword Coast, new characters, a new adventure The Black Pits, as well as many graphical and gameplay improvements.")
![#21: Sinh the Slumbering Dragon & the Gank Squad [ Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin — PC ]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v7OK3jIm5GU/mqdefault.jpg "#21: Sinh the Slumbering Dragon & the Gank Squad [ Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin — PC ]
Lets Play Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (PC)
#21: Sinh the Slumbering Dragon & the Gank Squad
Just beyond Elanas chamber is the resting place of Sinh, the Slumbering Dragon; yep, a boss right after a boss. Sinh has a few notable qualities: his fire attacks also induce poison, his flesh is rock hard and breaks your weapon quite quickly, and he flies around ALOT, and can cause frustration in sometimes never letting you have a chance to attack.
With the sanctum key we picked up in the chamber full of ghost-bodies, we can access the far tower in Sanctum City, where we can find a third, optional boss fight known among players as the Gank Squad. Its a band of three tomb-robbing adventurers, garbed as recognizable characters from the lore. Taking them head-on is likely to result in overwhelming defeat; the safe strategy is to keep moving around the room in a circular fashion, using hit and run tactics to kill Cerah, the great-bow user. With only two left, the fight becomes a lot more manageable.
Crown of the Ivory King in hand, we can return to the Memory of Vendrick and chat with him to see what he says...
SERIES PLAYLIST:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUycoBGiV0r8y55B6Cg0IpiAOKfRBOII2
ABOUT THIS SERIES:
This is a casual playthrough where I recreate my favorite old DEX/INT build. The pacing is a bit faster than my usual style; this is not a comprehensive walkthrough, and I will be skipping some items/enemies/sections. I will kill all bosses. I have not played DkS2 since before the release of the third game earlier this year, and in recent months Ive been very engrossed in DkS1; this is my revisitation of DkS2, to once and for all gain a proper perspective on all three games in the series.")
