The Last of Us’ Pedro Pascal stars in Merge Mansions’ weird-as-hell ad

When Pedro Pascal isn’t busy starring in The Last of UsAnd Mandalorian, or being daddy, he’s solving a mobile game’s weirdly intense murder mystery. Pascal joined the Merge Mansion universe, starring in the mobile game’s latest ad.

The cinematic ad is named “A Twisted Game,” where Pascal plays a detective named Tim Rockford. Now let’s talk about why you need a detective in a mobile game. Merge MansionThis is an easy match-three puzzle game. There’s some storytelling that happens between the separate puzzles, but the gist of it is that Merge MansionA grandma is the mystery. Forget about it. Merge Mansion is also a cinematic universe made up of live-action short films that’s built a mysterious lore around the game, which centers on two characters, Maddie and Grandma Ursula.

Maddie, her groom-to-be left the keys to the mansion at the altar on her wedding day finds them at the house. Maddie gets the keys to her grandfather’s house, and Grandma Ursula gives them over (through match three gameplay). Throughout the short films (which were animated before developer Metacore went live-action) we learn more about grandma’s secrets. This is all told via these ads that have become less and less relevant. Kathy Bates stars in one where she twirls a statue’s nipples to open up a secret passageway, which has seemingly been scrubbed from Merge Mansion’s YouTube channel.

The good news is that if you’re lost, Pascal’s Merge Mansion ad is a recap of basically everything — a family, a mansion, and lots of knives. This includes Merge Mansion’s infamous Grandma Ursula arrest scene, where she holds a hand up to the cop car’s window with a message: He is still alive.

But look, don’t try to understand it all — not even how this weird-as-hell mobile game got Pascal for an ad. (Hint: It’s a lot of money. You can’t forget what else? Merge MansionIt earned about $180 million from 2 million players and raised approximately $180 million funding for 2021. You’re supposed to be confused. Enjoy Pascal. I have a feeling that this mystery can’t be solved by Pedro.

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