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Multiplayer, virtual reality, help us improve, want more escape rooms, mature content description.

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This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: General Mature Content

System Requirements

• OS *: Windows 7+ (64bit)
• Processor: Intel i3 / AMD FX series or equivalent
• Memory: 6 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia 450 / AMD equivalent
• DirectX: Version 11
• Network: Broadband Internet connection
• Storage: 3 GB available space
• VR Support: SteamVR. Standing or Room Scale
• Additional Notes: For Non-VR players
• Processor: Intel i5 4650 / AMD FX-8320 or equivalent
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: Nvidia 970/AMD 390 or equivalent
• Additional Notes: For VR players

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Psychological horror game for PC

Insomnis Experiment is a free adventure title for PC coming from Vidas Games and is a first-person horror game that takes inspiration from The Russian Sleep Experiment urban legend for its story. Players will be exploring the facility where the test was conducted and find out what happened.

Insomnis Experiment is based on the infamous Russian experiment where five subjects were kept awake for fifteen days using a mysterious gas-based stimulant. The participant slowly exhibited strange behavior, self-mutilation, and disturbing thoughts . The events that transpired inside remain a mystery to the outside world.

However, you will venture deep into the place where it happened to find out the truth of what happened and check what remains. Thus, begins a dark and creepy exploration without knowing what possible dangers could lie ahead. That said, the game itself is short, only lasting around ten minutes to finish everything.

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This game is a chapter based indie horror game, where you try to find your Missing friend!

This game will have Some patches and updates with new chapters. Maybe some Dlc's if you buy this early, your in for a treat, as I said its gonna get updated. With every update comes a new chapter, so be ready. one day you might just find your friend.

This game includes: A lever, food, enemy's, jumpscare's, music, menu, chapters, walking, a hut, a lab, skinless guys, fire, caves (soon), smoke, fog, chase scene and much more!

In the first Chapter you start as a Nightguard that have chosen to work at a Laboratory, Keeping watch on the experiment While being supervised by the Head Scientist.

In the Second Chapter you switch to the protagonist John, You get a call from your friend Billy. saying he needs your help with something at his cabin, John then drives to the cabin expecting Billy there but finds something else...

The third chapter will be out soon.....

The fourth chapter will be out soon.....

The fifth chapter will be out soon.....

if this game does well I will focus on making the game better in every aspect I can, For now it is a hobby but if I earn enough money to support myself. I will make this my full time job!

I'm gonna stop spoiling the entire game and let you enjoy it for yourself!

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Game added June 5, 2023. Last modified June 5, 2023.

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The Experiment (2022)

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• This game is a chapter based indie horror game, where you try to find your missing friend! In the first Chapter you start as a Nightguard that have chosen to work at a laboratory, keeping watch on the experiment while being supervised by the Head Scientist. In the second Chapter you switch to the protagonist John. You get a call from your friend Billy, saying he needs your help with something at his cabin. John then drives to the cabin expecting Billy there, but finds something else...

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EXPERIMENT: GROCERIES

A downloadable psychological horror for Windows

You go to the local supermarket every day, but you notice that something changes. You should figure out the truth about this place

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-Controllers-

WASD - move

LMB - interact

RBM - throw

Esc - pause and settings

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My twitter account - https://twitter.com/artemy_medvedev

Discord server - https://discord.gg/exAdMYCkZg

Install instructions

Download the .zip file, extract the folder, and run EXPERIMENT GROCERIES.exe.

If you see the warning from Windows, click 'more information and 'run anyway'; It doesn't contain viruses, but Windows might think so because the file is not signed. Thanks for understanding!

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cool game yo | (go to 2nd game)

Cool.Spooky.

Muy divertido! corto pero intenso! Gracias creador!

Though short, I liked this horror game. The retro feel was the first part I liked. Then, for me, it was that every time I went grocery shopping (man, I was I ever hungry!), something changes, gets just a tad more...off. What makes it worse on you, is of course (spoiler!) lights go off at one point and you discover what is REALLY wrong with the grocery store! I completed this game in about ten minutes. 

So scary. love it

The lady at the till is literally me, all day, every day

HAD MY HEART RACING!

Cool game and I loved the creepy atmosphere.

This game was actually fun to play!

Great Game ! 

Suara latarnya pas masuk bagian seramnya bikin merinding, dan tidak disangka ternyata tokonya perlahan-lahan menjadi ditinggalkan dan seram..

THIS IS WHY I QUIT RETAIL

Buena experiencia, buen juego.

great expericance , liked it very much . but if you can lower the volume of the music cuz it's TOO LOUD . and thx <3

what happen at end overall great game

that was great, well done!

Very noice :) https://youtu.be/9LBfByCuv60?feature=shared

I thoroughly enjoyed the game; the graphics brought a wave of nostalgia, and the tempo was spot on. It had me on edge and sweating at times, anticipating the next scare. A well-crafted game indeed!

It looks too kind to be scared of what is happening

I loved the build up towards the end which was so stressful but in a good, scary way. I loved the graphic and art style of the game. Nice job.

Here's my gameplay of it:

Plz sir can i have some more

Cool concept, keep it up

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The experiment is a game with many codes. This page will tell you what the codes are, and where to find them. There are two types of codes, random and not random.

the door code is random and can be found in these rooms in the order being: containment B, office, observation, containment A.

the door code for containment B can be found in observation.

the abyss paper code can be found when you play the abyss disk and translate it with the board found in the control room. (this hasn't been working for me)

the color code for the tube can be found in headquarters (panel) service tunnels, and room 8 at the archive.

the safe code can be any one of these codes, and use the blue disk to find out:

1967 (directors birth)

director birth years

8264 (staff id)

my staff id

1732 (storage code)

storage code

2011 (current year)

current year form not real current year

0306 (note in his office somewhere)

1964 (founding of foundation)

founding of foundation?

2002 (son's birth year)

son birthday year

2008 (the previous database was built)

1972 (safe's owner birth year)

safe owner birthday year

9032 (in the note on his desk).

the note his desk

the omega code can be found by recycling the cyan disk, room 7 in the archive, and the secret package (time in office complex 3) then translate the numbers using the board in the control room, then add the 3 letters on omega to the front (Example: Once it was KAMDDD but we didn't add dev to it).

the code for office 3c is also random, but can be of these words: localhost, lost, error, load, xyz, death, xxx, xxxx, xxxxx, remove, exception, runtime, halt, null, recovery and more i'll write later

the codes for unending are: experiment, containment, research, ghost, shadow, delta, medicine, process, escape, aftermath/consequence.

• bonus: eyes, office.

the code for the abyss disk is, surprise, abyss

the code for omega note: omega

Codes for disfigured reality: Scorn, rage, pain, hate, delirium, misery, despair, control, eternity, misery and death.

(btw unfinished)

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The Experiment

A downloadable game for Windows and macOS

The Experiment is a mystery/horror puzzle game. The player control Tegan, a child who awakes to find themself an experiment in a facility where are animal subjects were no longer enough. At first you cannot see anything in the dark room, then you see the eyes of a cat glow in the darkness. You know that you need to escape; maybe this cat can help you? It's eyes track you intelligently as you sit up…

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House Of Torment

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Experience the chilling terror of " House of Torment ," a gripping horror game where you, Andrew Carter, wake up lost in a dark forest with no memory of how you arrived and only a flashlight to guide you. Desperate for shelter, you stumble upon a mysterious house. Inside, you must uncover the dark secrets of its infamous owner, the renowned streamer Asmongold.

Can you Survive?

Navigate eerie rooms, solve intricate puzzles, and avoid terrifying encounters, as you are not a fighter. Survival depends on your wits and stealth. With stunning graphics and immersive sound design, your journey through the House of Torment will be a spine-chilling experience.

Can you unravel the mysteries and escape the house? Download now and face your fears.

Disclaimer: This game is made with Unreal Engine. It is a fan-made project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Asmongold. All characters and references are used in a fictional context for entertainment purposes only.

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How to Run the game: Extract the folder "HouseOfTorment1.0" from the zip file, then open the extracted "HouseOfTorment1.0" folder, go to the "windows" folder inside it, and run the "horrorgame.exe" file to play the game.

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Does Life imitate art? or does art imitate life? Fun game overall good effort for being your first game, presumably made in 4 monthes. You have potential nero.

Life imitates art! Bug Report: if you leave Asmon's house after the shadows in the woods chase, it resets you back at the shack.

You should have released this on steam & included controller support or a way to map keys so players dont need to resort to third party mappers.

Awesome game! Some bugs, but to be honest it was a really fun experience. Worth it. You did very well putting it together too :D

Loved watching your video! Your reactions were gold!

Just watched Asmon play this and Im very impressed! Fantastic Work!

okay i have to say, really fun game.. the playground mode is a little messed up.. THE LONGER YOU PLAY IT THE MORE THE VIDEO GETS CORRUPTED AND YOUR GAME LAGS.. AND THE MOVING PLATFORMS ARENT FUN, BUT OVERALL SUPER FUN.. AND THE SECRET WAS WELL WORTH THE 200+ FAILURES TO GET TO.. 

Cant believe someone actually finished the playground! Amazing job man!

it was so glitchy and that made it fun. If you make an only up style game, I’ll def play it. 

Great game  That said the oppousm hole is missing on the sealing.

anyone encounter the box not opening when you have the key, i opened the safe in the garden and got to the shed but it wouldn't open

Once you open safe you need to go straight to the chest on the cabin to open it. 

do not go inside the house after opening the safe outside, its a bug I didnt know existed till now. sorry!

Was eager to play it but there are some aspects that keeps me from fully enjoying it. I am left handed and there is no option for rebinding keys. Also no invert mouse option for the y-axis on top no mouse sensitivity options. Would be nice to have those options in the future.

every time i hide under the bed, the game error and i lose all my progress. 

i would prefer to have collision wall instead of out of boundary, cause i'm blind can't see the area where it's out of boundary. lol.

when I  hide in the locker, there are lots of kids, when i get out i am stuck and die

Sorry about your bad experiences with the game, I have seen other people's game crash when hiding under the bed but unfortunately after many attempts that has never happened to me so I dont know what is causing it to some people therefore I dont know how to fix it.

By kids, did you mean shadow figures? Hiding in the locker doesnt work with them, you need to stare at them constantly, they only move when you're not looking at them or you are hidden from them (in this case its the locker).

I apologize again for your bad experience, I recommend watching asmongold's walkthrough the game to understand how to get through the shadow people part of the game:

thank you!! I am going to try again with the kids. about the bug under the bed, lemme explain the situation so perhaps you can find the bug. Usually when Asmon comes out from his attic room after we unlock the room where we see the first victim's body. 

that time, I hurriedly went under the bed but then it crashed after staying under the bed for 3 seconds. may be the bug exist after, Asmon comes to the room, where we hide under the bed, to check on us. May be there's an error whenever someone hide under the bed after we open the first locked door? idk.

It, is time.

i cant wait to do a video on this!!!!

we are waiting ;)

THIS GAVE ME A BONER

OOOOKAAAAAY DUUUUUDE

WIll the house have a DOT Debuff? 

i'd tap

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The Experiment: Escape Room Review

OnSkull Development are a Greek independent studio that have, for a few years now, been putting out video game escape rooms. They’ve been trying to capture the immersion of an escape room through virtual reality, and the social aspect of them through multiplayer modes. Until roughly two months ago, their games had been locked away on the PC and HTC Vive, but it’s safe to say that they’re truly multiplatform now. We’ve had five of their games hit the Xbox in the past three months alone. 

OnSkull started by releasing escape room compendiums in the form of Escape First 1, 2 and Curious Cases, but are trying something new with Escape 2088 and now The Experiment: Escape Room. These are single escape rooms at a tempting £3.29 – just enough to purchase without feeling the twinge of guilt. 

The Experiment: Escape Room is emblematic of OnSkull’s escape rooms, in that you can free-roam around. Escape 2088 had you locked in place in the middle of a room, but The Experiment: Escape Room gives you free rein over its puzzle space. There are five rooms, unlocked sequentially, and you are going to be moving from one to the other quite regularly. 

There must be something in the Greek water, because almost all of OnSkull Development’s Xbox escape rooms are dark, dingy and horrific. We’re used to physical, real-life escape rooms mostly being about Cleopatra’s fortune, or a ticking bomb in a spy bunker. But, to the last, the OnSkull escape rooms look like the inside of iron maidens. You expect a Licker to appear on the walls at any moment. And The Experiment: Escape Room is perhaps the darkest of the bunch. 

You start in a laboratory where presumably you have been experimented on. There’s a blood test machine on one wall, and a dentist’s chair in the middle, because nothing says ‘horror’ than some fillings. Soon, you will be opening doors to find an animal testing facility, a mortuary, a storage cupboard and the doctor’s office, full of mahogany furnishings and ornate decorations. There’s no Tomb of Tutankhamun to be found. 

We blame Escape Academy , which has thoroughly spoiled us – and spoiled most escape rooms that have followed – because we craved some of its humour and colour. While The Experiment: Escape Room is cooperative, we didn’t fancy bringing a partner into its walls, simply because it’s so depressing, and it’s oppressively dark, to the degree that the simplest details can’t be seen. 

A torch is found about halfway through The Experiment: Escape Room, which would have helped matters. But you can only carry one item at a time, so it’s constantly in the way. We soon abandoned it in favour of being able to pick up keys, statues and documents. At least we could solve puzzles. It’s a half-hearted attempt to solve the drabness of The Experiment: Escape Room, and it doesn’t really work. 

Escape rooms are all about the puzzles, and The Experiment: Escape Room is drowning in them. But they are a thoroughly hit and miss affair. The animal testing laboratory is a good example of a room done right. It opts for a ‘search everything’ approach to puzzling, with drawers containing empty slots where toy bananas and plastic hearts should be. You quickly realise that they are hidden in other drawers and lockers, so it’s a game of Finders Keepers as you empty everything onto the floor. The room has a discrete theme, a clear objective, and can be completed without a guide. 

But for every strong example, there’s a poor one. Take the mirror in the storage cupboard, which showcases everything that’s wrong with OnSkull escape rooms. It’s congruous in the extreme, looking like any other decorative item. You’d be lucky to spot it in the dark, let alone think that it’s important. Hover the cursor over the mirror, and that cursor doesn’t change shape or give feedback that, yep, the mirror has a role in the game. Tap A button, and there won’t be a message or hint about the mirror being dirty. But what The Experiment: Escape Room wants you to do is find a roll of tissue paper in the cupboard (again, looking completely unimportant, like the hundreds of other background decorations) and use it to wipe the mirror. A number appears on the mirror, and you can punch it into a nearby terminal. 

This is what grinds our gears about OnSkull escape rooms. There should be breadcrumbs to puzzles, and breadcrumbs to solve them. A good escape room winks and nudges at you, using shorthand like audio cues, text hints and flashing ‘look here’ signs to help you along the way. Otherwise, you are trying to interact with everything , and that road leads unto madness. 

The Experiment: Escape Room doesn’t believe in any of that handholding nonsense. It gets its environment artists to create rooms with dozens of drawers, lockers and cupboards, and then fills them with precisely nothing of use. It throws decorative items around like confetti, filling the space to make it believable. And then it says ‘have at it’: try to find that needle in the puzzle haystack. 

So, you’re opening drawers and tossing items on the floor, in the hope that something will be of use. Soon, you have a carpet of scalpels and vials. Items disappear, falling into the cracks of the code, and you’re left to press a ‘reset puzzle’ button that does its best to return items to whence they came.

Rooms like the mortuary become a challenge, simply because you can open everything in the room, which means you can barely move. The Experiment: Escape Room can’t decide whether stuff should block you or not, and more often than not, you’re spending time shutting things so you can actually pass. You begin to realise why Escape 2088 locked you to a single point and didn’t let you move.

We love escape rooms, we really do. We have the deepest of love for Escape Academy, the best escape room on the Xbox by several leagues. We have spent too many stag dos locked in rooms with our mates and stale hangover breath. There’s something intensely satisfying about working together to push out the boundaries of a puzzle. Gaining parts of yet another puzzle as a reward is a major joy.

But The Experiment: Escape Room does its damnedest to strip out all of those joys. You’re not going to enjoy an escape room if you can barely see it, and you’re not going to feel the satisfaction of completing a puzzle if you are forced to use a guide. The Experiment: Escape Room is that murky, and that obscure. 

We’ve reviewed and played Escape 2088 and now The Experiment: Escape Room, and we’re genuinely scared that three more of these games await us to review. Please, let us escape.

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The Experiment: Escape Room

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"The Experiment" is a multiplayer escape room puzzle game! It can be played competitively, co-op or solo. Story While visiting a well renowned doctor, you notice something is amiss at his office. Before you realize what's going on, he drugs you and you fall asleep. When you wake up, you are sitting on a chair in the back room, locked and unable to get out of the building. You can tell that the doctor is running some kind of experiment on animals and people and you are his next subject! Can you figure out what's going on and escape before it's too late? Multiplayer Gather up to 6 people and play as one team that tries to solve the puzzles or try the "Versus" mode, where each player is locked alone and tries to escape the room before the others do!

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• Online co-op (2-6)
• Online multiplayer (2-6)
• Xbox cross-platform multiplayer
• Single player
• Xbox cross-platform co-op
• Xbox Live Cross-Gen Multiplayer
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• Xbox achievements
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The team behind Evil Dead: The Game has announced two new games based on John Carpenter ’s Halloween, with one being made in Unreal Engine 5.

Ever since Dead By Daylight became a huge success, there’s been a wave of officially licensed horror games which have attempted to steal its thunder.

In recent years, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Killer Klowns From Outer Space , Predator , and The Evil Dead have all taken a stab at the same online asymmetrical multiplayer format, to mixed success.

Boss Team Games, the developers behind Evil Dead: The Game, has now announced it is working on two new projects based on John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic Halloween, although it is unclear whether it will be multiplayer orientated.

While there’s no specific details about how each game will play, the developers have said the titles will allow players ‘to relive moments from the film and play as classic characters from one of the most iconic and important horror films of all time’.

As revealed by IGN , one of the games is being developed in Unreal Engine 5 with input from Halloween director John Carpenter, who is ‘intimately involved’ in the project.

‘As a huge gamer myself, I’m thrilled to help bring Michael Myers to life again in this game, and my hope is to scare you silly,’ Carpenter said.

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The director is already working on a video game titled John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando, which was announced at Summer Game Fest last year , although there’s been no updates about it since.

Based on the artwork from the announcement, one of the titles will be called Halloween: The Game, which might be a multiplayer orientated take on the series considering it follows the same naming convention as Evil Dead: The Game.

There has only been one game based on Halloween before, which was an Atari 2600 title from 1983 that didn’t actually include references to the film’s characters. Michael Myers is also playable in Dead By Daylight, where he’s called ‘The Shape’.

While Evil Dead: The Game was flawed in its gameplay, it was at least a well crafted homage to the franchise, so there’s reason to have some optimism for these Halloween projects.

No release date has been announced for either Halloween game, but the Unreal Engine 5 title is said to be early in development.

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Best Survival Horror Games Featuring Reluctant Heroes, Ranked

8 best horror games that are too short, best horror games set in japan, ranked.

• Developer DALOAR is set to release The Occultist in 2025, promising a chilling horror experience for PS5, Xbox, and Steam players.
• The game follows Alan Rebels, a paranormal investigator, as he navigates the eerie island of GodStone filled with dark spirits and mysteries.
• The Occultist focuses on stealth over combat, offering a unique survival horror experience with intricate puzzles and immersive storytelling.

A chilling new horror game, The Occultist , has been officially announced for release in 2025. Developer DALOAR has unveiled a creepy trailer, giving PS5 and Xbox players a glimpse into the game's eerie atmosphere.

Horror video games are thriving in today's gaming industry , captivating players with their blend of psychological tension, survival elements, and immersive storytelling. The genre has seen significant innovation, with developers exploring diverse styles: from the traditional survival horror of Resident Evil to the more narrative-driven experiences of games like Until Dawn . Multiplayer horror games such as Dead by Daylight have also gained popularity, offering cooperative and competitive experiences. Meanwhile, upcoming titles on the horizon promise to deliver fresh and exciting experiences for fans of the genre.

Not every protagonist is eager to save the day and themselves. These survival horror heroes have been put through the wringer to become who they are.

The Occultist will be released in 2025 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam. The announcement was accompanied by a trailer that begins with a lone man entering what appears to be a haunted mansion while clutching a mysterious pendulum-like amulet. The mansion, with its crumbling walls and eerie silence, has an air of abandonment and decay. As the man walks deeper into the corridors, he begins to manipulate the amulet, which suddenly awakens an evil spirit. The ghost's sudden attack marks the trailer's climax, showcasing the game's atmosphere and hinting at the horrors that await players. This game adds to the list of other promising upcoming horror titles like Slitterhead .

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The story of The Occultist follows Alan Rebels, a skilled paranormal investigator searching for his missing father on the mysterious island of GodStone. Armed with a mystical pendulum, Alan explores the island’s eerie, foggy streets and abandoned buildings. GodStone was once home to a dark cult known for gruesome experiments, but it was mysteriously deserted in 1950. As Alan uncovers the island’s secrets, he encounters spirits seeking peace and others with darker intentions.

The trailer showing Alan armed only with a pendulum gives the impression of a horror game where players will feel defenseless . However, the mystical pendulum is more than just a weapon; it allows Alan to interact with and alter his environment. Players will explore this eerie world through Alan's eyes in a tense, survival horror experience, where exploration and atmosphere are key.

Unlike traditional horror video games , The Occultist focuses on stealth rather than combat, requiring players to avoid detection. The island of GodStone is filled with memorable characters and enemies, each adding to the nightmare. Additionally, the game features a range of puzzles, from simple to complex. With all these elements, The Occultist' s developer promises to deliver a fresh and terrifying experience for horror fans in 2025.

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Harris Chooses Walz

A guide to the career, politics and sudden stardom of gov. tim walz of minnesota, now vice president kamala harris’s running mate..

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Today, the story of how a little known Midwestern governor became Kamala Harris’s choice for a running mate. My colleague Ernesto Londoño walks us through the career, politics, and sudden stardom of Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota.

It’s Wednesday, August 7.

Ernesto, over the past few days, we watched Vice President Harris bring the final three contenders for her running mate to her house in Washington, DC, for a set of in-person interviews. And then we watched as she seemed to narrow her pool of choices down to a final two — the governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, and the governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz. And now, of course, we know that she has made her choice. What has she told us about her campaign strategy, the way she views this race, in ultimately choosing Tim Walz?

Michael, I think what the choice tells us is that Kamala Harris was drawn to two qualities that Governor Walz brings to the table. And what’s interesting is they may seem to be in tension. For starters, here’s the ultimate everyday man, somebody who grew up in a small town in Middle America, served in the National Guard, was a high school teacher, a football coach, very plain-spoken, goes to campaign events wearing T-shirts and baseball caps, is a gun owner and very proud about it. He sort of embodies the Midwest.

And she clearly thinks that that is going to bring the kind of moderate, white, working class voters that the campaign needs in swing states to come to them, to make this feel like a balanced ticket and something that will give her enough of the crucial votes to defeat Donald Trump in the fall.

On the other hand, as governor, he passed a slew of pretty progressive legislation in the past couple of years, everything from abortion rights to gun control. So these things are likely to appeal to bread and butter Democrats.

But the question is, when voters have examined these two facets of Tim Walz, may it bring them enough enthusiasm from the base and enough undecided voters that the campaign desperately needs, or at some point, do these two aspects of him start canceling each other out?

Right. In short, you’re saying Harris is betting on a dual appeal from Walz to two essential constituencies, but the risk is that the appeal to one of them is just much, much greater than to the other.

Right. You could definitely see a scenario where voters, once they’ve examined Tim Walz’s story and legacy, may conclude that both of these candidates are quite liberal.

OK, so tell us the story of Tim Walz, a story that I think a lot of us don’t know because we really don’t know Walz all that well, and how he has come to embody these two qualities and that tension that you just described.

Michael, the origin story of Tim Walz’s political career is quite fascinating.

He and his wife were teachers in a small city south of Minneapolis. And in 2004, when George W. Bush was running for re-election, Walz took a group of his students to a political rally in his hometown. They wanted to just see the president make his case. And a strange scuffle happened when they were trying to get in.

Well, one of the kids had a John Kerry sticker on his wallet. And this is where the individual says, well, you’re not going to be allowed to enter. You’ve been deemed a threat.

Apparently, one of the students had a sticker for Bush’s rival, John Kerry, on his wallet. And security officials at the rally didn’t want to let them in.

And I said, oh, it’s OK. They’re with me. And who are you? And I said, I’m Tim Walz. I’m their teacher here, and showed them my ID. And they said, well, you two have been deemed a threat to the president. And I said, well, that’s not true. And it kind of escalated.

And this really ticked off Tim Walz. He was really upset. There was a fight and a confrontation at the rally.

At this point in time, I’m kind of nervous. I’m getting arrested. So I’m like saying, well, I’m Teacher of the Year in Mankato. And they didn’t care about that. And it was kind of a sad epiphany moment, how it felt for people to be looked right through by people. These people didn’t see me. And this is happening.

And ultimately, he sort of walks away from this moment feeling really sick of the Bush administration, the politics of the day. And he turns around and volunteers for the Kerry campaign.

And then the more interested he becomes in politics in this era, he starts looking around his congressional district, and there’s a Republican who’s held the seat for many, many years. This was a largely rural district in southern Minnesota. And there’s no reason to believe that a newcomer to politics, somebody without a donor base, could make a run for this seat and win.

But Walz signs up for this weekend boot camp, where expert campaigners train newcomers who want to run for office. And he gets really enthused by the idea that he can pull it off. So he starts raising money with the support of an army of students who become so thrilled and energized by the prospect that their nerdy and kind geography teacher is making this uphill bid for a congressional race.

So his campaign staff is basically his former students.

That’s right. And he proves to be a formidable candidate. He draws a lot of attention to his experience in the classroom and as a coach.

When I coached football, these stands held about 3,000 people. That’s a lot. It’s also the number of American soldiers who have died fighting in Iraq.

He’s a very strong advocate for pulling out of the war in Iraq.

Serving right now are kids that I taught, coached, and trained to be soldiers. They deserve a plan for Iraq to govern itself, so they can come home.

And one thing that happens in the campaign that is really surprising to people is he comes out as being in favor of same-sex marriage. Now, it’s useful to remember that this is 2006, when the vast majority of Democrats, Democrats running for most elected office, were not ready to come out in favor of same-sex marriage.

And here’s a guy who’s new to politics, who’s trying to unseat a Republican who’s held on to his seat for more than 12 years, taking what appeared to be a reckless position on something. And when he was asked about it at the time, Tim Walz told a supporter, this just happens to be what I believe in. And I’d rather lose a race that I’ve ran being true and consistent to my values than try to run as somebody I’m not.

And of course, he wins.

Yes. To everybody’s surprise, he pulled it off.

So from the get-go, he shows a kind of maverick, “politics be damned” quality, taking stands that he knows may be unpopular among the voters he’s trying to win over. But he’s got some innate political gifts that are all making it work.

Yeah, I think that first campaign showed us that Tim Walz had real political chops. He was a very effective campaigner. And people really liked him. When he was knocking on doors, when he was introducing himself to voters, they saw him as somebody who was very genuine and who was admirable.

So once he gets elected in this conservative leaning district in Minnesota, what does he actually do in Congress?

In Congress, he develops a reputation for being somebody who can work across the aisle. And this is a period where Democrats and Republicans were deeply polarized over the Iraq War. He spends a lot of his time lobbying to expand benefits for veterans, so it’s easier for them to go to college after their service, and also becomes a leading voice in the quest to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the policy that prohibited openly gay servicemen from serving in uniform.

And he remained really popular. He easily won re-election five times. The last time he runs for his seat happens to be 2016, when President Trump wins his district by about 15 points.

And still, voters kept Tim Walz in office.

I think it’s important to note what you just said. Walz is distinguishing himself as a Democrat who can take some pretty progressive positions, as he did in that first campaign on gay rights, as he did with Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and keep winning in very Trump-friendly districts of his state.

That’s right. And as he’s serving his sixth term in office, he sets his sights on the governor’s mansion and decides to run for office in 2018. He wins that race easily. And early on, during his time as governor, the eyes of the world are on Minnesota after a police officer kills George Floyd. And what we see is massive looting and protests in Minneapolis.

Right, and remind us how Governor Walz handles that violence, those protests.

Yeah, I think that’s a crucial chapter in Tim Walz’s political career and one that will come under scrutiny in the days ahead.

After George Floyd was killed on a Monday —

People are upset, and they’re tired. And being Black in Minnesota already has a stigma and a mark on your back.

— protests took root in Minneapolis.

Y’all want to sit out here and shoot off your rubber bullets and tear gas.

And they got progressively larger and more violent.

There comes a point where the mayor and the police chief in Minneapolis plead for help. They ask the governor to send in the National Guard. And crucially, that request was not immediately heeded.

This is the third precinct here. There are fires burning to the left of it at the —

And at the height of the crisis, a police precinct building was abandoned.

There’s someone climbing up the wall right now, kicking the window in, trying to climb up the wall.

Because city officials grew concerned that protesters were about to overrun it and may attack the cops inside their own turf.

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And the building is set on fire.

Right, a very memorable image. I can recall it happening in real-time.

Yeah, and in the days that followed, I think there were a lot of questions of why the governor didn’t send in troops earlier and whether a more muscular, decisive response could have averted some of the destruction that spread through the city.

And how does Walz end up explaining his decision not to send in the National Guard more quickly?

The governor and his administration have said that they were really, really dealing with an unprecedented challenge. And I think there was a concern that sending in troops into this really, really tense situation could have done more to escalate rather than pacify things on the street.

But in the weeks and months that followed, there were a lot of questions about Governor Walz’s leadership. And there were critics who said, during what may have been the most challenging week of his life, we saw a governor who was indecisive and who waited too long to send in resources that ultimately allowed the city to get to a semblance of order.

Right, and it feels like this is a moment that will almost assuredly be used against him by Donald Trump and JD Vance, the Republican ticket, which has made law and order so central to their message in this campaign.

Yeah, absolutely. And here in Minnesota, that was certainly a liability for him when he ran for re-election in 2022. But voters kept him in office, and he won that race handily. And not only did he win, but Democrats managed to flip the Senate and have full control of the legislature on his watch.

And that sets in motion one of the most productive legislative sessions in Minnesota history, where Tim Walz and his allies in the House and the Senate managed to pass a trove of really progressive legislation, oftentimes on a party vote.

Tell us about some of that legislation.

Well, Minnesota becomes the first state in the wake of the Supreme Court ending the constitutional right to abortion to actually codify this right under state statute. And they did a lot more stuff. They had a huge budget surplus, and they used that, for instance, to fund meals for all school children.

They managed to pass a couple of gun control laws that were very contentious. They gave the right to undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses. They legalized recreational marijuana. And finally, the governor takes a pretty bold stance on this issue of gender affirming care for transgender kids and teenagers, and says that Minnesota will be a safe haven for people who want that health care.

So, Ernesto, so how should we think about that blitz of legislation and the largely progressive tone of it, given the way that Walz had campaigned and succeeded up to that moment as somebody with such broad appeal across the political spectrum?

When the governor was asked whether this had been too much too quickly in terms of progressive legislation, his answer was that these were broadly popular policies, that these are issues Democrats had campaigned on. And here, Democrats had a window of opportunity where they were in control of the governor’s mansion and control of the House, the Senate, and that when you have political capital, you spend it.

But when you start listening to Republicans in Minnesota, they say, here’s a guy who campaigned on this mantra of “One Minnesota.” That was his campaign slogan. And he sort of came into office with this promise that he would govern in a bipartisan way, reach across the aisle.

But when they had all the votes they needed to pass their policies, Republicans felt that Walz was not bothering to bring them into the fold and to pass legislation that was going to be palatable to conservatives in the state. So I think people who once regarded him as a moderate now start seeing him as somebody who, when he had the power, acted in ways that were really progressive and liberal.

So at the height of his power, Governor Walz emerges as somebody who, when given a shot at getting done what he really wants to get done with a Democratic legislature, is a pretty progressive leader, even at the risk of being somewhat at odds with his earlier image as more moderate, because in his mind, enough people in the state are behind these policies.

Yeah, and I think he assumed that he had banked enough goodwill and that people across the state liked him enough to tolerate policies they may have disagreed with. And I think it’s safe to say, among the people who cover him here regularly, there was never any real hint that Tim Walz was eyeing a run for higher office. He’s not somebody who has written the kind of political memoir that oftentimes serves as a case of what you would bring to a national ticket or to the White House. And he seems pretty happy with a state job.

So it was a huge surprise when Tim Walz starts going viral through a string of cable news appearances right after President Biden drops out of the race, and the Democrats are scrambling to put Harris at the top of the ticket. And what becomes clear is that Walz is very forcefully auditioning for the role of vice president, and Vice President. Harris starts taking him very seriously.

We’ll be right back.

So, Ernesto, tell us about this cable news audition that Governor Walz undertakes over the past few weeks and how, ultimately, it seemed to help him land this job of being Harris’s running mate.

I think Walz does something really interesting, and that is that he says that Democrats shouldn’t be talking about Trump and Vance as existential threats. He kind of makes the case that Democrats have been in this state of fear and paralysis for too long, and that it’s not serving them well. So the word he latches onto is “weird.”

Well, it’s true. These guys are just weird.

It is. It is.

And they’re running for he-man women hater’s club or something. That’s what they go at. That’s not what people are interested in.

And I think one other thing we see in Walz is somebody who’s putting himself out there as a foil to JD Vance.

That angst that JD Vance talks about in “Hillbilly Elegy,” none of my hillbilly cousins went to Yale, and none of them went on to be venture capitalists or whatever. It’s not —

I think the case he’s making is that Tim Walz is a more authentic embodiment of small town values.

What I know is, is that people like JD Vance know nothing about small town America. My town had 400 people in it, 24 kids in my graduating class. 12 were cousins. And he gets it all wrong. It’s not about hate.

And behind the scenes, people from Tim Walz’s days on Capitol Hill start calling everybody they know in the Harris campaign and the Harris orbit and saying, here’s a guy who has executive experience as governor, but also somebody who has a really impressive record from his time on Capitol Hill and somebody who could be an asset in helping a Harris administration pass tough legislation. So you should take a hard look at this guy.

Which is, of course, exactly what Harris ends up doing. And I want to talk for a moment about how Harris announces Walz as her running mate on Tuesday morning. She did it in an Instagram message. And it felt like the way she did it very much embraced this idea that you raised earlier, Ernesto, that Walz contains these two appeals, one to the Democratic base, one to the white working class.

Harris specifically cites the work that Walz did with Republicans on infrastructure and then cites his work on gun control. She mentions that he was a football coach and the founder of the high school Gay Straight Alliance. She’s straddling these two versions of Walz.

But I want to linger on the idea for a moment of Walz’s vulnerabilities, because once he becomes Harris’s running mate, Harris and Walz are going to lose a fair amount of control over how they present him to the country, because he’s going to become the subject of very fierce attacks from the Republicans in this race. So talk about that for just a moment.

Yeah, I mean, it’s important to keep in mind that Governor Walz has never endured the scrutiny of a presidential race. So the questions he’s going to be asked and the way his record is going to be looked at is going to be different and sharper. I think the Harris campaign is billing him as, first and foremost, a fighter for the middle class. And I think that certainly will have some appeal.

But I think in coming days, there’s going to be a lot of attention drawn to parts of his record that may be unpopular with many voters. For instance, giving undocumented immigrants driver’s licenses, which Governor Walz championed. It’s likely to provide fodder for an attack ad.

The very dramatic footage of Minneapolis burning in 2020 is also something that I think people will be drawn to. And there’s going to be interest in reexamining what the governor did and what he could have done differently to avert the chaos.

And on Tuesday, we saw that the Trump campaign wasted no time in trying to define Tim Walz as soft on crime, permissive on immigration policy. And they also made clear they wanted to relitigate the era of George Floyd’s killing. And specifically, they want to try to tie him to the effort at the time to defund the police, which is a movement that Walz personally never endorsed.

So the Republican attack here will be pretty simple. Walz is liberal. Harris is liberal. So, in their efforts to speak to especially white working class and rural voters in swing states, the Trump campaign is going to say this is not the ticket for that group of voters. This is the ticket of burning police precincts and gun control. And of course, that may not be fair, but that’s very likely going to be the message over the next couple of months.

Right. I think there’s going to be effort to portray him as a radical liberal who has used his small town roots to put on this sort of veneer of being a moderate and a really sort of understanding and being part of the segments of the electorate that I think are critical in this election.

I want to speak for just a moment about the person Harris did not pick when she chose Walz because many Democrats had felt that Walz was a potentially too liberal seeming running mate for a candidate, Kamala Harris, who herself comes from a blue state and is caricatured by the Republicans as liberal herself.

And the person she didn’t choose was Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who was seen as having a huge appeal in that particular key swing state, but also presented risks of his own of alienating parts of the Democratic base with his well-documented support for Israel and his criticism of campus protesters. How should we think about the fact that, ultimately, Harris chose Walz over Shapiro?

Yeah, I think in the final stretch of this campaign to be the vice presidential pick, we started seeing a lot of acrimony in pockets of the Democratic base, drawing attention to the fact that Governor Shapiro could be divisive on Gaza, which has really sort of split the party in recent months.

So I think at the end of the day, they made a calculation that Tim Walz would be more of a unifying figure and would be somebody who would inspire and energize enough pockets of the electorate that they need, particularly in the Midwest, to make him the stronger and more exciting pick and somebody who wouldn’t force them to go back to defending and relitigating the Biden administration’s record on Israel and on the war in Gaza.

Right, and then, on Tuesday night, we got our first glimpse of Harris and Walz together on stage for the first time at a campaign rally. I’m curious, what struck you about their debut together.

Good evening, Philadelphia.

I think everybody was watching the opening scene of this rally to see what the chemistry between these two people was going to be like. And they both seemed giddy. They were literally, at times, bouncing with enthusiasm.

Since the day that I announced my candidacy, I set out to find a partner who can help build this brighter future.

So Pennsylvania, I’m here today because I found such a leader.

Governor Tim Walz of the great state of Minnesota.

They soon got down to business. And that business was how to define Tim Waltz for voters who don’t know him well.

To those who know him best, Tim is more than a governor.

And right off the bat, we saw that Kamala Harris really highlighted a lot of pieces of his pre-political career.

To his former high school football players, he was Coach.

She repeatedly called him Coach Walz, Mr. Walz, evoking his time in the classroom, and even used his military title from his days in the Army.

To his fellow veterans, he is Sergeant Major Walz.

And then when it came time for Tim Walz to introduce himself on this massive stage —

Welcome the next vice president of the United States, Tim Walz.

— he drew a lot of attention to his small town roots.

I was born in West Point, Nebraska. I lived in Butte, a small town of 400.

He said something that he said repeatedly recently in campaign appearances, which is —

In Minnesota, we respect our neighbors and their personal choices that they make. Even if we wouldn’t make the same choice for ourselves, there’s a golden rule — mind your own damn business.

The golden rule of small towns is you mind your own damn business, which is something he said in the context of his argument that Republicans have been limiting, rather than expanding, people’s rights. But he also drew attention to the fact that he’s a gun owner.

By the way, as you heard, I was one of the best shots in Congress. But in Minnesota, we believe in the Second Amendment, but we also believe in common sense gun violence laws.

And then when it came time to draw a sharp contrast with their opponents, Tim Walz said, these guys are phonies.

Donald Trump is not fighting for you or your family. He never sat at that kitchen table like the one I grew up at, wondering how we were going to pay the bills. He sat at his country club in Mar-a-Lago, wondering how he can cut taxes for his rich friends.

He said it’s actually people like me and Kamala Harris who come from humble origins and showed what is possible in America when you hail from a working class background, and you seize opportunities that were available to you.

Thank you, Philadelphia. Thank you, Vice President. God bless America.

So when it comes to this question of Walz’s dual identities and dual appeals, what did we learn on day one of this new Democratic ticket, do you think?

I think the campaign is trying to convey that these two facets of Tim Walz’s life are not mutually exclusive, that they don’t need to be in tension. They don’t cancel each other out. They’re both part of Tim Walz’s story. And I think that’s how they’re going to present him from now until Election Day.

Ernesto, thank you very much. We appreciate it.

It’s my pleasure, Michael.

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And the US Department of Justice has charged a Pakistani man with ties to Iran with trying to hire a hitman to assassinate political figures in the United States. The man recently traveled to the US and was arrested in New York last month. American authorities believe that his potential targets likely included former President Trump.

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Earlier this summer, few Democrats could have identified Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota.

But, in a matter of weeks, Mr. Walz has garnered an enthusiastic following in his party, particularly among the liberals who cheer on his progressive policies. On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris named him as her running mate. Ernesto Londoño, who reports for The Times from Minnesota, walks us through Mr. Walz’s career, politics and sudden stardom.

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