10 Video Game Secrets That Tell HORRIFYING Stories

3. Milla Vodello - Psychonauts

Last of Us ish
Double Fine

Psychonauts is one of the best examples of being kooky and quirky on the outside, and being just flat out messed up on the inside. There's tons of examples I could choose from on this list, but the one that by far stays with people who play this game the most is discovering the secret chamber of Milla Vodello's mind.

When we first meet Milla, she's a nice breath of fresh air from the stern Oleander and the always serious Sasha Nein. An optimistic flower child and life of the party, whose mind heavily reflects this worldview. But do not mistake her kindness for ignorance, because this woman knows the true meaning of pain and loss.

There's a secret room you can discover in her mind that shows Raz a vision of Milla's past. But unlike the others you find in the level, this one tells of a younger Milla, who once tried to raise an orphanage in her homeland of Brazil. But one day she came home to the orphanage in flames and the children trapped inside. All of them died that night.

And if that wasn't heart wrenching enough, since Milla is psychic, she could hear every. Single. Scream.

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John Tibbetts is a novelist in theory, a Whatculture contributor in practice, and a nerd all around who loves talking about movies, TV, anime, and video games more than he loves breathing. Which might be a problem in the long term, but eh, who can think that far ahead?