Episode 103
Felicia and Ryon play X-Files.
The X-Files episode is a fan favorite, with lots of riffs on the antiquated game style consisting of "navigating through an Instagram feed" and brief full motion video transitions, as well as the show and its characters. But this episode is mainly remembered for its unexpected sudden ending.
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| X-Files | |
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| Platform | PlayStation |
| Published | Fox Interactive, 1999 |
| Credits | |
| Hosts | Felicia Day Ryon Day |
| Director | Zac Eubank |
| Director of cinematography | Omer Ganai |
| Executive producers | Felicia Day Sheri Bryant |
| Editing | Aline Oliviera |
| Graphics | Natalia Daniels |
| Music | Jason Charles Miller |
| Gaffer | David Thompson |
| Makeup | Cat Paschen |
| Stats (as of January 12, 2020) | |
| First aired | August 10, 2015 |
| Duration | 15:26 |
| Views | 178,930 |
| Likes | 5,642 |
| Comments | 725 |
Quotes
Ryon: "We're gonna solve some crimes. I dunno, I mean, nothing in the X-Files could be considered a crime, specifically. You know, like alien invasion's not really a crime. Mulder was like the FBI equivalent of the guy in Office Space with the red stapler. Like, they don't know why he's employed there. He just has like an office in the basement and they just pay him. Can you imagine Mulder's annual performance review?"
Felicia: "No, there would be no performance review."
Ryon: "'Let's see how your goals lined up with your achievements, Fox. I'm thinking we need a little improvement here in the crime solving.'"
Felicia: "He got a degree in murder boards. You know, just doing string, string to string, string to string."
Ryon: "That is an art form. The local Michael's, like constantly out of twine. Like, 'Sorry, the FBI just bought us out of twine this week.'"
Ryon: "There's been a crime at the wooden pallet warehouse."
Ryon: "This credit sequence looked so cutting edge, and now it just looks like the cheapest thing that's ever been done. They've got an Etch-A-Sketch, they've got one of those things from Spencer's. Look at this, it looks like an A-Ha video."
Ryon: "Oh, he's got Big Mouth Billy Bass!"
Felicia: "Someone needs to take their finger off the synthesizer, please."
Ryon: "They just fell asleep on it. It's someone's head on the keyboard."
Felicia: "You go to the Comity Inn."
Ryon: "Comity."
Felicia: "Comity."
Ryon: "Comity. It means like friendship or bonhomie."
Felicia: "Are you kidding? Did you just say 'bonhomie'? What, do you own a cafe?"
Ryon: "In New Orleans. [in Cajun accent] Bawn hawmee!"
Felicia, as they look through a zoo brochure: "Oh, can we call them? If this doesn't work, I will call Chris Carter personally and say, Chris—"
Ryon: "Chris, what were you thinking? Okay, ready? Shh-shh. Just let it go to voicemail, or answering machine, whatever."
Felicia, as phone continues to ring: "I'm so disappointed. Why would they put something in the game and make us look at it and not pay it off with Sophie [the gorilla in the brochure] personally answering the phone?"
Felicia: "Okay, please, click on her. Talk to her, please."
Ryon: "Hold on. Look, obviously you would not be—"
Felicia: "Put your lips on her boobs and go."
Rating
Felicia: "49 failed pointer attempts to get something done"
Ryon: "55 alien anal probings, which is not a good thing"
Cue points
| 0:00 | "This week" preview |
| 0:11 | Opening theme |
| 0:20 | Host intro |
| 1:44 | Game begins |
| 7:24 | "Cartography Question of the Week" |
| 14:08 | Game over, extremely suddenly |
| 15:02 | Rating and outro |
| 15:10 | End card/promo |
| 15:25 | Closing theme |
| 15:26 | End video |
Gallery
Felicia and Ryon introducing the episode
The X-Files CD-ROM
Ryon impersonating the main character arm-sweeping an entire cabinet full of supplies into his inventory with one button press
Agent Willmore, "just walkin' around, sportin' my goggs"
Trying intently to understand why Agent Willmore is taping his nose up like a pig
Felicia impersonating the girl in the photo on Agent Willmore's desk
"Put your lips on him, make 'em look like they're his."
Ryon reacting to Felicia's admission to thinking Skinner was hot when she was younger
Game over
"And we didn't save it"
Closing out the episode
Commentary
Rocketsoup (wiki curator)
Everything about this episode makes it a classic. The game itself is such an anachronism with its FMV-heavy gameplay and obviously dated subject matter. The hosts' riffs are just nonstop, and they find something funny in everything, from the more obvious absurdities of the game mechanics to more ordinary things like the name of the Comity Inn. The editing is well paced to always have something interesting going on. And of course, it has the most memorable ending of any episode when their efforts to subvert the game's no-nonsense tone go awry. The uncontrolled laughter of Ryon and the off-camera crew while Felicia sits stunned, trying to absorb what just happened is such a high point of the series. When asked to list favorite Co-Optitudes, X-Files is in most people's top 3.
External links
- Let's Play X-FILES on PlayStation! Co-optitude with Ryon & Felicia Day on YouTube
- The X-Files Game on Wikipedia