
ive always understood the tapes saving part but now im confused abt wtf is meant by "map" like after theyve explored all easter eggs of the map it's then completed? just walking arnd the whole map area is enough? fuckin what

The mining area/map is saved because Youngtaek’s cassette tape was already in the cassette player. Even after it stopped, it automatically registers the map in the game system, rather than the memory of the player. Which is why he doesn’t recollect putting that specific tape into the cassette player.
gosh i hope they explain the backstory of why 5 were even playing the game and how they entered man
it’ll get there