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Blake & Friends Play is the ongoing flagship series of Diamond Entertainment Enterprises, and consists of multiple Let's Plays connected through a yet-to-be-started live-action storyline, a la Atop the Fourth Wall or The Spoony Experiment.

Games that Blake & Friends play:

Completed:

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    Phase 1 X Phase 2 Combo 

    Phase 3 

    Phase 1, Intermission 1 

In Progress:

On Hiatus:

  • Aura Kingdom (played with Silas J. Kaiser, Half Demonn, Murishani047, and in a commentary-only role, Fearful the Crazy Canadian)
  • Unturned (played with Silas J. Kaiser, Half Demonn, Murishani047, and in a commentary-only role, Fearful the Crazy Canadian. Edited by Katarina Clark.)
  • Harem Protagonist (played the demo with Silas J. Kaiser, Half Demonn, and Murishani047)
  • A Nuzlocke Run of Pokémon Emerald
  • Bacon Man: An Adventure (much like Cuphead, the game was deemed too impossibly hard and got shelved)
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (the game was supposed to be the main series of livestreams, but due to it being overmodded, it got shelved)
  • Shantae (the game was deemed "too hard" and was put on the back burner)
  • Mega Man (Blake Rage Quit the game and refused to even put it on the back burner)
  • Brütal Legend (the one stream the group did for the game was immediately taken down due to copyright claims)
  • Dot Hack G.U. Last Recode Vol. 1: Rebirth (every time a video was uploaded, it was immediately taken down due to fraudulent copyright claims, and although they all came back, Blake decided to shelve the series at part 9, due to the constant legal battles slowing his upload schedule down to a crawl)
  • Hacknet (streamed during Humble Week, but was deemed "too boring" and got shelved)
  • A Story About My Uncle (streamed during Humble Week, but was deemed "not interesting enough" and got shelved)
  • Shadowrun Returns (streamed during Humble Week, but was deemed "mid" and got shelved)
  • DiRT Rally (streamed during Humble Week, but Blake noted that he's not a big racing game fan, and thus the game was shelved)
  • Big Action Mega Fight! (streamed during a second Humble Week, but was deemed "too boring" and got shleved)
  • Satellite Reign (streamed during a second Humble Week, but Blake Rage Quit near the start and has shelved the game ever since)
  • Disgaea PC (after 50 parts, Blake Rage Quit after getting stuck on a chapter)
  • A Tokulocke Run of Pokemon HeartGold
  • Layers of Fear (attempted a one-shot playthrough, but got softlocked 2 hours in)

In addition, Blake also has a tradition of getting together with his friends, drinking himself stupid, and playing Pretend You're Xyzzy (the online version of Cards Against Humanity) at the end of each month.

All of their videos can be viewed here

Blake And Friends Play includes tropes such as:

  • Affectionate Nickname: Wolf and Cherry refer to Blake as "Blakey" and in return he's given them the pet names "Wolfie" and "Lexi" (a reference to Cherry's chosen name of Alexis).
  • Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Blake, Andy, and Kaiser love to get ridiculously drunk during the Cards Against Humanity videos, which only causes the cards they play to be even more hilarious and over the top. During game 6, Blake was so drunk that he passed out in the middle of the video.
  • Amicable Exes: Blake and Greg, who broke up in late September 2019 but have remained friends.
  • Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other:
    • Blake and Katie, whenever they're in the same video, can be almost certainly be guarantied to be complementing one another and talking about their future plans as a couple.
    • Even before they started dating, Blake and Greg flirted with each other very heavily, and once the two became an item, their on-screen affection for each other was magnified.
  • Badasses Wear Bandanas: Blake started wearing bandanas as of the Journey (2012) Let's Play.
  • Berserk Button: For Blake, he does not take it well when his equipment begins to fail on him. For Kaiser, it's Blake's stupid and often overused jokes. For Andy, it's bad puns.
  • Bookends: 2015 began and ended with Blake playing a Jak and Daxter game.
  • Boring, but Practical: Any time Blake plays Yu-Gi-Oh!, expect his deck to be loaded with Equip Spells, Trap Cards that negate attacks, and monsters that deal Piercing Damage. This even applies to his signature monster, Flamvell Uruquizas, and his ace Spell Card, Power of the Guardians. While not as flashy as the popular theme decks or meta decks, it gets the job done.
  • But Not Too White: Blake, Andy, and Shiloh are all different shades of non-white, despite their pasty skin. Blake is Hawaiian and Portuguese, Andy is Spanish (thus making him at least one shade of Hispanic), and Shiloh is Cherokee.
  • Canine Companion:
  • Childhood Friend Romance: Blake and Greg started out as friends in middle school, but began to date after reconnecting in 2019.
  • Conspiracy Theorist: Katie is a proud 9/11 truther, and explained her take on the "inside job" theory during one of the Silent Hill 2 videos.
  • Cosplay: Blake dressed up as Captain America for the 2015 Cards Against Humanity Halloween Special, and also cosplayed as Banjou Ryuga for a handful of videos during the Let's Play of Darksiders Warmastered Edition.
  • Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat:
    • Near the end of the Five Nights at Freddy's LP with Katie, Blake was so desperate to finish Night 5 that he resorted to using a cheat in order to automatically reach 6am.
    • He attempted to cheat again during Night 2.5 of Five Nights at Freddy's 2, but for whatever reason, the code failed.
  • Earn Your Happy Ending: This is Blake's philosophy when it comes to games with Multiple Endings or a Moral Choice system, as evidenced by his playthroughs of Silent Hill 2 and Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. Not so much in his Dishonored Let's Play, but especially in his playthroughs of Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness and Nightcry.
  • Eccentric Mentor: Andy during the Nightcry Let's Play, and Ruby during the OMORI Let's Play.
  • Ethical Slut: Shiloh is a sex worker and regularly promotes their "services", but is also an avid advocate for child safety, mental health awareness, and worker's rights, among other causes.
  • Gentle Giant: Andy is the tallest member of the crew, standing at a whopping 6 ft 8 (although his teammates often round his height up to an even 7 feet) and also the most jovial and easygoing.
  • Guest-Star Party Member:
    • One of the main points of the Cards Against Humanity videos is to have someone outside of the main group become involved in their shenanigans. Notable guests include Team Salmon members Firewolf109 and Bill of Kenntucky, Templar Gamer, Nintendogal55, IonXtreme, Dylan (from It Came from the Internet), and Mage (the voice of Nico Saiba from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: The Abridged Series).
    • Blake himself tends to guest star on a number of channels, having frequently worked with Shiloh, Twitch streamer Karn McCloud, and YouTube streamers ForNoGoodReason and Ruza, on top of being a regular guest on the Random Assault/Career Suicide podcast.
  • Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist: Blake has a number of Hawaiian shirts that he wears when recording in spring and summer. Hand Waved due to Blake actually being of Hawaiian decent.
  • Hard-Drinking Party Girl: Blake, Andy, and on a number of occasions, Kaiser. At least two of his guests from the Cards Against Humanity videos played while being absolutely wasted, as well. Katie claims to be one too, but because of her health issues, we don't get to see her be as smashed as the boys.
  • Like an Old Married Couple:
    • Blake and Katie bicker incessantly during the Jak II: Renegade Let's Play. It got to the point that some critics say she was like a "Backseat Gamer".
    • Blake and Max also tend to jab and tease each other during the Pokémon FireRed Nuzlocke.
  • Lovable Coward: Blake was so terrified of Five Nights at Freddy's that he begged his fiance, Katie, to be there for him to help calm his nerves and provide commentary.
  • Loveable Sex Maniac: Blake is openly pansexual, as evidenced by his exes and crushes being male, female, and everything in between. Even when he's in a relationship, he will still make perverted comments and have rather inappropriate discussions with his friends, including offering to have a threesome with the guest of one of his Cards Against Humanity videos.
  • Mentor in Queerness: Shiloh serves as one for Blake despite their respective ages, due to the elder Blake being naive and sheltered, while the younger Shiloh is more immersed in their culture.
  • Mission Control Is Off Its Meds: Any time Blake relies on one of his friends to guide him, expect things to go sideways very quickly.
  • Out of Focus: Austin and Wyatt don't appear in videos as much as the other co-hosts due to their decreased availability
  • Polyamory: Blake is openly polyamorous, and has been in an open polycule with Wolf, Cherry, Ruby, and Max since Halloween of 2020.
  • Recycled In Space: Attempts to be "Atop the Fourth Wall...But with VIDEO GAMES!", but it currently lacks the overlapping storyline that AT4W has. This will reportedly be changed during the upcoming Phase 2 of the series.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blake is the Red to everyone else's Blue.
  • Refuge in Vulgarity: Pretty much every Cards Against Humanity video can be summed up as such.
  • Save Scumming: One of the biggest reasons why Blake was able to keep a (mostly) high stealth rating throughout his Let's Play of Hitman 2: Silent Assassin was by either reloading previous saves or restarting the mission the second things went south.
  • The Stoner: Shiloh regularly tokes up to ease their chronic pain. If Shiloh is in a video, there's a good chance they won't be sober.
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: This more or less describes Dylan's "mentorship" of Blake during the Cuphead and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy streams, with Dylan trying to give Blake advice and Blake either mouthing off at Dylan or reluctantly trying his strategies.
  • Trickster Mentor: During the OMORI Let's Play, Ruby promised to guide Blake towards the Golden Ending. This didn't mean she wasn't going to absolutely love watching him get scared shitless during the process.
  • Unknown Rival: To Markiplier. During Night 2 of the Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Let's Play, Blake had become overconfident after he and Katie beat Night 1 on their first try, and boasted that he was coming for Mark's crown as the king of Five Nights at Freddy's. He then got his ass kicked by Toy Chica, the Puppet, and Foxy, which lead to him apologizing at the end of the video.
  • We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties: A massive problem in his earlier videos, due to the fact that he was using recording software that required more data space than his computer could handle. Even after switching devices, Blake will still have to deal with tech issues from time to time.
    • It's gotten so bad in the Borderlands Let's Play, that Austin (Murishani047) had to make a special Technical Difficulties screen for Blake to use so that all the banter they had in different takes wouldn't be lost.
    • As of the Prince of Persia and Devil May Cry 2 videos, the "Technical Difficulties" screen is pretty much used to avoid any cases of Leaving the Camera Running.

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