Motherlobe Lobby

Motherlobe Lobby

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Motherlobe Lobby
General view of the area.
Game	Psychonauts 2
Location	Motherlobe
Sub-Locations	Agent's Offices Classroom Cruller's Cuts Astral Lanes Bowling Alley The Mailroom Nerve Center Noodle Bowl
Amount of PSI Cards	Total: 5
Amount of PSI Challenge Markers	Total: 1
Visitable Minds	Hollis' Classroom PSI King's Sensorium Ford's Fractured Mind Ford's Follicles Strike City Cruller's Correspondence Tomb of the Sharkophagus

“It’s an interesting space that went through a few different iterations before evolving into the retro-futuristic psychic headquarters you know and love “I think The Motherlobe is one several areas in the game that had different lives and different looks as the project developed”.”

–Psychonauts 2 Art Director, Lisette Titre-Montgomery.

The Motherlobe Lobby, simply referred as the Lobby, is the central hub room inside the Motherlobe. On all sides of the room there are halls that leads to various other wings of the building; and it notably features a Psychonauts' interactive history exhibit, and a large mural of the Psychic Six.

Description

“Wow! I can’t believe I’m really here! Psychonauts Headquarters.”

–Razputin.

The Motherlobe's Lobby is the first area accessible past reception, and therefore the first real look at the Psychonauts' headquarters Razputin gets upon arriving and being accepted as an intern. It serves as the hub area for most of his activity in the building. The area leads to various areas and sub-areas of the whole place, the west side having the Classroom, the cafeteria known as the Noodle Bowl and the hair salon Cruller's Cuts; at the east side the Agents' Offices, Mailroom and bowling area (Astral Lanes) are situated. The Lobby is also where Razputin drops the package holding Nick Johnsmith's brainless body, whereupon the Psychonauts find the key to a suite in the Lady Luctopus and prepare to go on a mission to the casino.

The Motherlobe Lobby, or at least a memory of it, makes another notable appearance in Bob Zanotto's mind. A memory version of it that is overgrown and partially flooded is part of the area that represents Bob's painful memories of being fired by his nephew Truman for causing an accident while drunk on the job. There are various figments in this area that look like other drunk Psychonauts, perhaps suggesting that drinking is part of the office culture at the Motherlobe.

PSI Cards

All PSI Cards and their locations. (Click expand to open)

1.– It's right in front of the supply vendor for Otto's supplies. 2.– When you're first in the Motherlobe and see Lili arguing with the agent in front of the Nerve Center entrance, look to the right and there will be a PSI Challenge card in the bushes next to the rock. 3.– When you go into the hallway for the Classroom, the PSI Challenge Card will be right at the entrance. 4.– Two cards on the floating platforms above the Atrium. Requires the Stray Thought Tuner and Mental Connection. The first card is on the platform above Ford's barbershop. 5.– The second PSI Challenge card is on the floating platform above the Mailroom. Need the Thought Tuner from Otto's Lab. Information obtained from this IGN page.

PSI Challenge Marker

• It requires the thought tuner to unlock a set of stray thoughts that leads to the floating platform that has the challenge marker. Or just head to the agents' offices ramp and while on top of it, try using the super jump by compressing the levitation ball to gain enough height to psi float towards the platform.

Trivia

• This is one of the few real world locations that Raz gets to interact in both physical and mental representations. Other locations being Whispering Rock which has its own recreation in the final level of Psychonauts 2.