The Ultimate Troll: Why 'Baby Steps' Devs' Speedrun Reaction Is a Masterclass in Comedy

If you clicked on the link for 'Like Baby Steps, the devs' speedrun reaction video is hilarious, unpredictable, and one giant troll' expecting a serious breakdown of strategy or technique from an expert player, you are the world's biggest sucker opening a bag labeled "dead dove do not eat." This morning, I made that incredibly foolish mistake, only to find myself in stitches within the first couple of minutes. The 16-minute video features Baby Steps co-creators Bennett Foddy and Gabe Cuzzillo completely ignoring the actual gameplay to riff on the metatextual form of reaction videos, proving that sometimes acting is reacting.

Deconstructing the Bit: When Developers Become Performers

The humor kicks off immediately as Foddy asks, "Gabe, do you think the reactions in developer react videos are ever real and authentic?" Cuzzillo deadpans, "They're false." Foddy counters that they are acting, not false, arguing there is a kind of truth to it. Their banter spirals into a philosophical debate about the nature of performance:

  • Cuzzillo: "Acting is reacting."
  • Foddy: "Well, there's truth in acting because there's truth in art."
  • Cuzzillo: "Yeah, but you know that people say acting is reacting."
  • Foddy: "Yeah, but—that's true... Like, re-acting, because you're doing it again."

They laugh, but this is nowhere near the end of the bit. The pair spend the first seven minutes ignoring a 7-minute-long speedrun that is playing in the background, instead dissecting what makes art beautiful. Foddy declares, "There's truth in beauty," prompting Cuzzillo to sagely ask if he means "ecstatic truth? Herzogian, ecstatic truth." When asked if a beach is true, Foddy retorts immediately, "Yeah, obviously," before the sentence even finishes.

The comedy relies on their ability to escalate every tangent. Just as one developer seems ready to drop the riff and talk about the Baby Steps playthrough, the other takes it further. This includes a minute-long detour discussing Markiplier throwing his chair while playing Foddy's Getting Over It. Foddy argues that even that outburst was acting, noting, "In the same way that I'm like 'ooh, this guy's going so fast'—it's not real. We've watched this five times."

The Masterful Turn: Executing the Perfect Fake Reaction

Luckily for us, as soon as the speedrun is actually over, the video only gets more beautiful. The pair rewind it to the start and deliver the kind of performance they just spent seven minutes taking the piss out of. This is where Baby Steps developers prove that being a giant troll requires perfect timing. Cuzzillo exclaims one second before the player falls for the only time in the entire speedrun, shouting, "Wow!! I mean, who knew? He would never make a mistake!"

The pair handle the wild exploit found by the speedrunner to launch himself toward the end of the game with genuine-sounding shock. The whole video reminds me of Conan O'Brien's incredible appearance on Hot Ones, where he glugs ruinous amounts of the hottest sauces before devouring them like a maniac. While normal guests feared the pain, Conan's only goal was to be funny, effectively breaking the interview show's format by ignoring his senses and drinking the sauce like he'd had a psychotic break.

"You're allowed, in the comedy world, to fake things a little bit," O'Brien joked later. But still, there is a kind of truth to that. You might even call it beautiful. This hilarious reaction video stands as a testament to how breaking the fourth wall can create something far more engaging than a standard commentary track. It is arguably the best thing you could watch on the internet today, particularly if you enjoy seeing creators deconstruct their own craft while simultaneously executing a flawless prank.

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