Despite the game generally having a very serious tone, there are some moments of levity to be found in the cassette tapes and floppy disks you can find.
Unmarked spoilers ahead.
- One of the training tapes has a "concentration training" exercise, where you have to focus on your breathing. What does the tape do to test your ability to focus? Yell loudly of course!
- The notes on revolvers and semiautomatics illustrate a very Broken Base among Receivers about which one is better, complete with hot takes from both sides.
- One of the four tapes describing the Desert Eagle. It's chock full of Take That! moments not just to the gun itself, but to other things similar to it and in relation to it as well."The purpose of the Desert Eagle is simple: to compensate for personal insecurities, and project an image of power and wealth. It's basically the Hummer, Rolex, or Donald Trump of firearms."
- It's also funny in an ironic sense because, despite the in and out of universe reputation the gun has for being Awesome, but Impractical, in-game the Deagle is actually a massive Game-Breaker because of its .50 Action Express rounds. They utterly shred Killdrones which can be both hilarious to watch, and very cathartic to do, especially against flying taser drones. The tradeoff is that, if you aren't careful, a single negligent discharge will utterly shred you as well.
- One tape describes the grisly history of the 1911, and how Colonels Thompson and Lagarde determined the best cartridge for stopping power by firing rounds into hanged human bodies and live cows. The recording then goes on to joke that soon later Thompson developed the Tommy Gun, presumably to defend against 30-50 feral cows.
- Some of the notes you can find are from a guy who starts to doubt everyone else once he starts finding notes from a different receiver that say things like "DON'T TRUST OTHER RECEIVERS!" and such. However, once you start finding the notes from the gal who wrote those disconcerting messages, you'll find out that she wrote them after finding a cabinet full of liquor and experimenting to see if they still had their effect.
- One of the tapes describing the Glock 17 discusses its lack of an external safety and likelihood of negligent discharges, highlighting this as a point of contention with American soldiers who prefer to holster their guns with a round chambered, in contrast to Austrian soldiers, who typically holster their guns emptied. The tape also mentions that you shouldn't holster a loaded Glock in the front of your waistband unless you "really need help hitting those high notes." This also closely mirrors the playerbase's general dislike of the Glock because of this.
- Some of the tips on the pause screen are good at getting a laugh out of players who pay attention to them."Some real things are more real than others."
"In real life, it is not advisable to jump face-first through plate glass windows."
"Random tips can make games feel like they have more content."
"If you shoot down a flying taser drone, it is still a taser drone."
"These tips are not to be trusted."
"A single gunshot can permanently damage your hearing, especially if you die." - A note on trigger discipline (that can only be obtained by shooting yourself by firing while running, climbing, or airborne) is certainly dead-serious about its namesake, but it mentions that if gun safety protocol is not followed in entertainment media, "Receivers in the audience will be worrying about everyone's safety, and will lose track of the story".
- One tape for the SIG actually has the Navy SEALS mission's description redacted with loud beeps. It's heartily surprising because it's not the only gun history tape involving military history.
