I spent hours trawling by way of Immortality’s three movies — Ambrosia, Minsky, and Two of Everything — and different clips on the lookout for clues: What occurred to Marissa Marcel? I ultimately hit credit, and preferred to suppose I had a reasonably good concept of what occurred to the mysterious actress. But after speaking to pals and different Polygon writers, I’ve found that I haven’t truly unfolded all that a lot of the thriller.

Sure, I nonetheless had questions even after spending so lengthy with the sport. (Like why doesn’t Marissa age?) But there have been loads of questions I didn’t even know I ought to ask. After spending just a few extra hours with the sport, I turned to YouTube for solutions, and that’s the place I discovered it: YouTuber Sam Gowing put collectively an hour-long story rationalization and evaluation that’s actually thorough, explaining each the story at face worth and beneath its layers.

Gowing’s arrange Immortality in chronological order, together with clips. He’s helpfully define all three of Marissa Marcel’s films, that are difficult in their very own proper. In Immortality itself, these clips are obscured, hidden, and out of order, which is a part of the attract of the puzzle, and it’s so much to maintain straight on high of every thing else beneath the floor — which is every thing that occurred whereas filming, after which the supernatural component of all of it.

I nonetheless have questions, and I feel Gowing does, too. That’s the neat factor about Immortality, isn’t it? I don’t suppose there’s a proper reply in explaining away the sport, however such a radical evaluation has made it extra enjoyable to consider.