WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:03.279 It's the wrong button. I hit the run button. Tam. Let's go 2 00:00:03.359 --> 00:00:17.519 there, there we go. It's the internet. You're busy. Let's do 3 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:21.199 this for December fifteenth, twenty twenty three. For the next hour or so, 4 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:24.519 let me help you sort through the world of gaming on Games Morning's Live 5 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:29.480 with Me Jeff Grubb. Today, PlayStation canceled one of its few publicly announced 6 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:33.359 projects, and the Game Awards set a new record. But first, please 7 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:36.719 join me and welcome me today's co host the Game Mess Mornings. It's tamor 8 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:41.320 Husseining everybody. Tam, how are you doing. I'm here. I am 9 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:45.759 ready for Dregs Day. I'm always ready for Dregs Day. I am the 10 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:50.840 dreg We are together, we drags. We are drags and I forever shall 11 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:57.159 drag. Yeah, listen to Judge Dregs. Judge Dregs. I want that 12 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:00.960 aren't real bad? Everybody get that as Tam, please immediately. Yeah, 13 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.079 you know, there is like the big story today and then everything else Dregs 14 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:07.680 Day. It's how it goes sometimes. We'll get into all of it pretty 15 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:11.079 soon, but we're wrapping up the year. I think all of our Game 16 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:15.719 of the Year content is behind us. Over Game Spot as well. I 17 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:19.040 saw you guys hand the award to the Valerian guys. That was really that 18 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:21.319 was a really nice moment. I'm glad you were able to do that. 19 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:25.319 But are you like, okay now I can play what I want or are 20 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:26.480 you still catching up on games that you feel you want to play from this 21 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.519 year? Man? So I am still doing a little bit of both. 22 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:34.959 So there's a bunch of games that I know that I would want to sink 23 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:37.760 way more time into. Like Pizza Tower. I only played a little bit. 24 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:41.000 I got enough of it to make a good kind of like, uh 25 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:44.159 have a good understanding of it, so I can factor into end of your 26 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:48.439 discussions. But I just need that random Stimps game in my life a bit 27 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:53.599 more that. I also want to go and finish up yause the guide in 28 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:59.000 the Man Who Raised His Name. I want to finish that up. I 29 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:01.159 still haven't. I've still got bits of Lives of p that I need to 30 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:05.519 wrap up as well that I want to do. So I'm playing a mixture 31 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:07.719 of games I want to. I want to tick off some major ones to 32 00:02:07.759 --> 00:02:13.960 say, I might try and finish Tears of the Kingdom. Where Where Where 33 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:17.240 did you leave that off at I fell off like I did that thing, 34 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:21.240 and I can't stop myself from doing it. But I know it's why it 35 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:24.280 always kills it for me. I don't stick to the main the critical path, 36 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:29.280 the golden path, and I think that's why I burn out pretty quickly. 37 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:30.639 I end up doing a lot of the other things where it's like, 38 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:35.039 oh, I'm going to unlock all the towers before i even go to the 39 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:38.120 first you know, I'm going to bring up all of these seeds first, 40 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:40.240 and then by the time it's like by the time I'm ready to play, 41 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:44.639 I'm like, I'm done with this, man. Yeah, you have to 42 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:47.599 just embrace the the op like in Pigment for the Dan Door is like, 43 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:51.400 oh, optimizing your perfect play in Tears of the Kingdom, you have to 44 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:53.840 play the exact opposite. You just got to take it as it comes and 45 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:58.159 go with the flow a little bit there. And that means, oh, 46 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:00.680 you have an idea about what you're going to do when you get distracted, 47 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:02.879 go do that thing, and then use that to bring you back to the 48 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:07.759 critical path. That's definitely true. I think I got two or three of 49 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:12.199 the tiers or memories or whatever the hell they were called. Yeah, I 50 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:17.159 did two of the dungeons getting the tears. Those memories through the tiers is 51 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:20.800 the thing. I do recommend everyone at least try to do that because that 52 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:23.680 will kind of keep you on a straight and arrow a little bit. And 53 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:28.960 I like the story that gets portrayed there. I think there's some really cool 54 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:31.560 moments and then that culminates at the end with the one of the better momentes 55 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:35.680 and Zelda. It's really emotional, I'll say, at the very least. 56 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:40.280 Yeah, the thing that I got called up in was the then Undersea. 57 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:46.599 Yes, the underground is just what I call it. Yes, Yeah, 58 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:50.319 I ended up exploring that way too much. Yeah. It's like our our 59 00:03:50.360 --> 00:03:53.240 friend, well, I'm sure you know him, Andrew Goldfarb who works Sucker 60 00:03:53.280 --> 00:04:00.919 Punch. He he basically completed the game without touching the main question before starting 61 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:04.400 it, so he had everything and then he started the main quest and it 62 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:10.479 was weird for him. He's like, I've already done this, what are 63 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:14.719 you talking about? Identitly had some moments like that where I'm like, I've 64 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:17.160 been there and did that whole thing that you're trying to tell me you and 65 00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:19.160 they're like, oh, okay, well then I guess just go talk to 66 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:24.319 this person. All right, Yeah, I wish I could live that life, 67 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:28.759 but yeah, I'm I want to play a bit of that. There's 68 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:30.959 a bunch of other games that I want to play. I also just want 69 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.199 to read a bit. And yeah, I've got a pile up of books, 70 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:38.839 and I've got anime that I need to watch still night in chat, 71 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:41.800 says Kirie and Tim actually have a thing in common, but no spiders. 72 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:44.160 I know what that thing is. We've never done crimes. It's right, 73 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:47.839 I's ever done crime, and its little angels is how we describe both of 74 00:04:47.879 --> 00:04:50.759 you. M hm uh, you know what. Let's explain what we do 75 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:54.519 here most weekdays, I, Jeff Gravel, help piece your gaming life back 76 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:58.160 together. That includes breaking news and maybe even some of our own original reporting. 77 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:00.160 For all these topics, I'll get the input of a bona fide expert 78 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:03.120 who will make me look smart. 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The Last of US multiplayer project, which Naughty Dog says 86 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:36.120 it had been calling the Last of Us Online internally, has been canceled. 87 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:41.600 The studio revealed the news in a blog post, citing the game's ambitious ambitions 88 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:44.560 as being so big that it would require the full attention of the studio, 89 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:48.079 thereby taking any part of the team off of narrative driven single player games, 90 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:53.439 the likes of which have been Naughty Dog's mo up to this point. Here's 91 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:56.000 a quote. In ramping up the full production, the massive scope of our 92 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:59.600 ambition became clear. The statement reads, in part, to release and support 93 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:02.000 the Last US Online, we'd have to put all of our studios resources behind 94 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:08.199 supporting post launch content for years to come, severely impacting development on future single 95 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:11.519 player games. So we had two paths in front of us become a solely 96 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:15.639 live service game studio, or continue to focus on single player narrative games that 97 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:18.600 have to find Naughty Dog's heritage obviously, tam they chose to go with the 98 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:23.360 single player games. If that's your choice, that's probably the right decision. 99 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:25.839 At a certain point you're like, man, how do you kind of force 100 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:28.839 yourself into this corner? And I get that a little bit as well, 101 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:31.600 But what do you think about all this? I mean, it makes perfect 102 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:36.920 sense. The thing that has me on edge is did they scale up to 103 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:41.399 make this game? And does that mean that now that they're canceled it, 104 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:45.199 they need to scale back down hopefully now? And what we mean by that 105 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:49.439 is will there be layoffs for this? Yeah? And right now it's hot 106 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:54.879 for video game developers and people working there, as in people are getting laid 107 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:57.720 off a lot. This is the kind of time of year where people do 108 00:06:57.800 --> 00:07:02.639 get laid off unfortunately. Yeah, and that a few companies, some companies 109 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:09.319 try and do it quietly and hide that layoff under different other news or in 110 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:12.720 between other news. So this is definitely want to keep an eye on. 111 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:16.920 My hope is that there are no layoffs and that Naughty Dog Studio, as 112 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:20.839 big as it is and is as successful as it is, is able to 113 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:28.240 retain the talent it brought on and pivot it into making the games that they 114 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:31.800 say that they are special they are specialists at making and the fans want and 115 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:35.600 if that is the case, then I think this is a pretty good assessment 116 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:43.199 it takes. It shows a measure of self reflection that very few other developers 117 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:48.639 and publishers have. Usually we see developers doubling down. And there's a good 118 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:53.600 chance where when you see a games as a service live service thing happening, 119 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:57.160 most people can look at that, just even on paper, and go that's 120 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:00.600 probably not gonna work. Man. Yeah. And the fact that they've looked 121 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:03.839 at their game which could have worked. I'm sure of all the life service 122 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:07.399 games, Last of Us Online would have been one that popped off pretty hard 123 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:11.560 for a while and they went, yeah, but what means that we won't 124 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:16.040 be able to do this other thing that we really want to do and really 125 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:22.160 are good at doing. And let's be clear, Sony sees a value, 126 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:28.959 a business value in letting Naughty Dog do that, because they don't just make 127 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.440 single player games that they release and then they're done. They make single player 128 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:37.399 games that they released that impact the culture of video games and then extend beyond 129 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:43.159 video games themselves. HBO's Last of Us TV series huge for them now untried 130 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:48.840 it was a movie not necessarily huge, but nevertheless more immediate impact. They 131 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:54.120 would rather get that out of Naughty Dog and not really kind of upset the 132 00:08:54.919 --> 00:09:01.039 c's right now then risks so much on a life service game. I think 133 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:05.360 that's that's right. I agree that if this is the choice you're facing, 134 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:11.120 this is the decision you have to make the cultural impact of those games the 135 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:15.840 sort of you know, posterification. You could put those games on posters for 136 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:18.720 your PlayStation five, on the sides of buses and it will make a big 137 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:22.639 impact. And you're kind of rolling the dice with an online live service game 138 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:24.919 about whether or not that's going to become the thing you need it to be. 139 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:30.480 And in order to see if that can happen, They're right, they 140 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:33.879 would have to dedicate a ton of resources to that. It would be all 141 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.440 consuming, and I think that's probably what Bungeie came and told them, like, 142 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:41.039 hey, the game you have is fun, but you're not accounting for 143 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:46.720 doing things the Naughty Dog way for a live service game has a whole other 144 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.759 implications than doing it for a game that you're going to put out as a 145 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:52.879 product, and you can eventually put behind you. Yes, yes, the 146 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:56.720 Last of Us part too takes a ton of years to make you guys, 147 00:09:56.759 --> 00:09:58.600 took a very long time of that. It costs a lot of money. 148 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:03.200 Yeah, but it's still very different because once you put that out, Yeah, 149 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.720 there's some updates, you'll have some DLC down the line, sure, 150 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.679 but you are able to look ahead in a way you just won't be able 151 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:13.759 to do. This thing will be an anchor around your neck, and that's 152 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:16.960 a risk of its own. Even at this point, even after all this 153 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:20.360 investment. You know, we could say what took them so long to come 154 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:22.679 to this decision? You're right, A lot of other developers, a lot 155 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:24.759 of other publishers would have just pushed through it, would have put it out 156 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:28.120 there and would have been like, man, we should have canceled this earlier. 157 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:31.799 We should have just abandoned this when we really knew what it was going 158 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:35.120 to take. But we were like, maybe maybe maybe they're not saying maybe 159 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:39.000 here they know what works for them, And I think that's pretty good now. 160 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:41.000 I think you know. The other question is, man, why don't 161 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:43.879 we live in a world where a multiplayer mode in the Last of Us, 162 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:48.919 the way it worked previously, could just could have just happened. Why aren't 163 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:50.600 we getting those anymore? And I mean we get that as well, But 164 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:56.000 what do you think, Tam, Yeah, I mean again, like let's 165 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:01.480 look back at what that multiplayer mode was. It was fun, it was 166 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:05.879 a surprise for a lot of people, but in terms of like business return, 167 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:11.240 it wasn't super great and it had like a limited lifespan at the risk 168 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:13.440 of devaluing, you know, the work and the love that people have. 169 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:16.600 I enjoyed factions or whatever it was. It's called factions, right, I 170 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:22.399 think, Yeah, I enjoyed that for a while too, but they were 171 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:26.639 very much of an era where multiplayer was tacked on to take a box to 172 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:31.440 a lot of those and some of them were really good as in factions, 173 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:37.279 but some of them are like whatever, like they were just there just to 174 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:43.039 be there. And we got lucky with factions and then that is what people 175 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:46.600 really like, uh, caught onto and like really hitch their wagon term like 176 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:50.799 we want more of this that I don't think can happen these days because it's 177 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:54.679 a similar thing, like you have to set up a kind of separate team 178 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:58.240 to work on that stuff or even I remember when this was happening there were 179 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:03.840 people would out source the multiplayer mode other developers, right right, And and 180 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:11.759 I don't think that we're in a kind of landscape of development where that's feasible 181 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:18.000 unless you are collaborating in a meaningful way and are going to have a future 182 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:22.840 path on this multiplayer mode. Throw Away multiplayer modes are a thing of the 183 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:26.320 past these days. You either commit or you don't. And if you commit, 184 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:31.080 you are committing for potentially forever and into that thing, because if it 185 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:35.960 succeeds, that's all people are gonna want. The business model dictates that that 186 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:39.120 is what people will chase, like as in the on the kind of like 187 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:43.559 corporate side, because a successful live service game is a constant stream of money, 188 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:46.559 which when you tell them, all right, we're done with live service 189 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:50.159 now, that's a hard thing to pivot away from. Like you you're going 190 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:54.279 to be stuck in that world forever. So you don't do one of these 191 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:56.279 and then peace out for a little bit. I feel like you have to 192 00:12:56.279 --> 00:13:01.440 commit entirely. It kind of sucks, But yeah, those kind of like 193 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:05.480 it's weird. I have a weird nostalgic fondness for throw away multiplayer mode. 194 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:09.679 Now I think about the remember the Biostruck one yep, that was a metrid 195 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:16.240 prime to had the multiplayer mode kind of one. Melgi had themt bit and 196 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:18.679 we get and we get like you're right, like back then it was it 197 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:22.120 was it was checking a box. It was also trying to stem people from 198 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:26.200 returning the game or not returning it. But like selling it used on the 199 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:28.000 secondary market. Oh, they're gonna play it a little bit longer, and 200 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:33.559 that increases our profits because that means there's fewer secondary games or second hand games 201 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:37.080 on the market, so more people are buying it new. Uh, they 202 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:41.279 were doing that math, but now they're like the calculus is, do we 203 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:45.320 spend a lot of money, a lot more money that it would cost today 204 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:48.559 to make a mode like that than it did back then to try to stop 205 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:52.000 people from selling their game, or do we try to make it a live 206 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:56.600 service mode separate from everything that can make you know, ideally, if it 207 00:13:56.639 --> 00:14:00.120 pops off infinite money. And so they're looking at that and it's in that 208 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:01.440 world. Even just doing these modes at all anymore, it doesn't make a 209 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:05.759 lot of sense adding that huge extra cost having to outsource to teams, and 210 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:09.919 there's not like a lot of teams out there, Like, there's just not 211 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:11.639 a list of people who are like, oh, we're not doing anything, 212 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:13.360 sure you want to come hire us? It's like, no, you are 213 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:16.440 competing for their time and they've got five other projects they're working on. So 214 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:18.559 yeah, we just live in a world where that stuff doesn't make a lot 215 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:24.399 of sense anymore. Metric Prime four mean comes out, you know whenever, 216 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:26.120 that's not going to have a multiplayer mode in it, right, Tam, 217 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:33.159 I don't think so. I think Nintendo is going to be very very careful 218 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:37.600 about the games that they add multiplayer to these days. Yep. And I 219 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:41.759 just again, like Metro Prime, I feel like also was one of those 220 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:43.559 games where it's like, wouldn't it be nice? Everyone expects us, let's 221 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:48.000 do it, but actually it had very little impact. It was like fun 222 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:50.720 for a laugh. But yeah, I don't think so. I think I 223 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:54.519 think that game has had enough of a rocky road that they don't want to 224 00:14:54.519 --> 00:15:00.480 add more pitfalls to it. Agreed for sure. I guess the last few 225 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:03.440 things here with the Naughty Dog, what do they what's the next game for 226 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:07.559 them? Do you think it's Last of Us Part three? I think it's 227 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:11.879 a mixture of Last of Us and Uncharted where Nathan Drake gets infected by other 228 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:20.360 virus and uh you already here first? Everybody go right the story? Yeah, 229 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:22.240 I would. I would love to see them do something completely you know, 230 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:26.559 different. I think they probably have that in the works, right, 231 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:30.159 something completely different that's probably in the world. Yeah. I like a character 232 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:33.399 driven I just don't know what like. I Initially I was like sci fi, 233 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:39.120 but I'm just too much right now. And then I was like, 234 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:43.120 they could probably pull off a really interesting like Game of Thrones style game in 235 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:48.639 FANTASYE we got so much of that, I don't know. Make a car 236 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:50.919 racer. There we go. That's what I really wanted. Did they were 237 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:56.240 they? Were they the ones that made Crash Team Racing or did they outsource 238 00:15:56.279 --> 00:16:02.440 that? I don't think that that was them. Let me Crash Team Racing 239 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:06.039 again. It's pretty good. I might be wrong. I have no member. 240 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:07.559 I do not know for sure at all. Oh it was it was 241 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:10.799 by them? Wow? Okay, all right, we'll follow it up Crash 242 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:15.960 Team Racing too. Design of designed by Evan Wells. Autist Barb brofel Brucetraani 243 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:21.960 is on this. Bring it back. Go call Phil Spencer and say we 244 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:25.440 need Crash back to make Crash Team Racing too. Crash Team Racing, Phil 245 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:29.159 Spencer. Yeah, they own Crash now, right, Yeah, yep, 246 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:33.879 Jesus get on this. Yeah, okay, give us I I yeah, 247 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:37.600 I don't know what they're gonna do, but I would listen. I would 248 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:40.600 welcome a kart racer. Let's make it happen. I guess I won't be 249 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:42.240 surprised if the next game for them actually is the last was Part three, 250 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:45.600 just because that ends up being like the Path of Least Resistance at a certain 251 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:49.399 point. But I think they will have something new and different ready to go, 252 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:53.840 not soon after that, maybe even before. We'll see, all right, 253 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:57.600 next story. The Game Awards set a new viewership record. We'll stop 254 00:16:57.679 --> 00:17:04.200 out. Royal two. There you go. Did you like that first one? 255 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:11.079 I don't know, absolutely good one. There you go. They did 256 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:12.880 say that like, for all the work they did for this, they applied 257 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:17.400 like it will improve the technology of our games going forward, But they didn't 258 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:18.559 say like, oh, we're going to use this to make a different kind 259 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:22.440 of multiplayer mode. They made it sound like they're not going to do anything 260 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:26.519 multiplayer at all going forward. So yeah, uh, all right, Yeah, 261 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:29.119 the Game Awards set of viewership record. This is from Jonas Maki at 262 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:32.279 Game Reactor. If you were watching the Game Awards last week, you weren't 263 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:34.200 alone. As revealed by the founder, producer, and host Jeff Keeley, 264 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:38.039 this was actually the most watched the Game Awards ever, with a whopping one 265 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:42.319 hundred and eighteen million global live streams. Amongst the highlights was Sega delivering the 266 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:47.960 return of several Leagues, legacy franchises, Kojima taking the stage for OD and 267 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:55.000 more. Yeah. I mean you cannot deny the success of getting eyeballs on 268 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:59.200 game trailers and the awards that Jeff keey is accomplished here, right, Like 269 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:02.880 that's a huge, huge number. Yeah, my man knows what he's doing, 270 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:08.279 and it is let's be real for a little bit, Like there has 271 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:15.160 been criticisms. Everyone's got criticisms of the Game Awards, and I'm going to 272 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:18.440 say some stuff that might sound like I'm defending what Jeff did, and I'm 273 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:21.920 not trying to defend it. I've made my position very clear on it. 274 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:27.200 I put up an article yesterday which was like involves over three hundred developers quoted 275 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:33.920 in it, but like, thank you. I appreciate it, but like 276 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:37.880 Jeff is very, very receptive to feedback. That's one thing that I can 277 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:42.160 very confidently say about him. And his heart is also in the right place. 278 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:45.799 And now everyone calls him the Pope and all that kind of stuff. 279 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:49.279 He I have. I have spoken to him a few times. I have 280 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:52.880 seen other people speak to him. I have seen I've spoken to people who 281 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:56.000 have worked with him on the Game Awards, and everyone says he gives a 282 00:18:56.039 --> 00:19:02.240 shit about this stuff. So baseline, I feel like he's he is aware 283 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:06.680 of what has happened to this year. I also feel like he is the 284 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:10.799 person who has the best grasp of what it takes to reach these numbers. 285 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:15.119 And unfortunately, or maybe not unfortunately, but like the realities of the situation 286 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:19.599 is everything that you see and chances are pissing you off, is what needs 287 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:25.559 to happen to make this kind of story happen, Like this record viewership is 288 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:30.960 because in part of factors like having celebrities that are annoying to us and that 289 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:36.440 kind of stuff, the tricky part is finding the balance and making it better. 290 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:40.559 That's the thing where it's That's the thing where I know Jeff is probably 291 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:45.400 like shit, I need to focus a bit more on that. And and 292 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:48.440 that is I think once it's never going to be perfect. It will never 293 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:52.519 be perfect when we when we say when we let the developers talk for too 294 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:56.680 long, I remember this. I've seen it in other developer in other awards 295 00:19:56.680 --> 00:20:00.279 ceremonies. I have seen people go with these people are talking too long, 296 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:03.920 show me something, of course. I mean that was with what's the name 297 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:06.599 from God of War the year before Chris Judge, Yeah, yeah, yeah. 298 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:10.319 And then when they when they show Austrailers, the people are like, 299 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:15.119 you know, rightly, so let developer speak. I think there's it needs 300 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:18.960 to be a balance. It's hard to find. I think Jeff is going 301 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:22.920 to keep trying to find it, and I probably he's probably going to make 302 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:27.079 mistakes going forward. For me, the important thing is that he keeps at 303 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:30.559 it and the team keeps at it. Because I talked about it on spot 304 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:33.680 on it the game was has an important place now more than ever that E 305 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:40.480 three is gone, and like you can see the impact that it has it 306 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:45.200 had and it could potentially have when stories like this come out where it's like 307 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:49.319 record viewers. You know, there were one hundred and eighteen million people globally 308 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:53.839 live streaming this. That is a lot of potential for the video game industry 309 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:56.920 to do good. We just have to find a way to make it a 310 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:03.880 little less serving of others and a little more of ourselves a bit and showing 311 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:07.519 ourselves. I say ourselves as if I make the games, but like I'm 312 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:11.559 speaking as a voice for people who make the games, as someone who loves 313 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:15.200 those games and the work they do, making them feel a little more special 314 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:22.920 than Anthony Mackie or seemingly talking about his fucking broken leg. I don't give 315 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:26.279 a shit about it, yep, that kind of stuff. Yeah, and 316 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:30.079 I think I agree. I think the shape it's like a puddle, right, 317 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:33.599 we like look at the puddle. If you were like a puddle suddenly 318 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:36.680 came a lot to life, it would be like, oh my god, 319 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:38.839 it's a miracle. This thing had to be shaped exactly like this for me 320 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:41.559 to be like this. And it's like, no, that's not how it 321 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:44.920 works. Things sort of just water just fills in the space and it takes 322 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:48.359 the shape of what it needs to take to exist, and it's that's the 323 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:51.640 game Awards is just sort of filling in the space. It needs to fill 324 00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:55.720 in to be what it needs to be to be financially feasible and to get 325 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:59.400 eyeballs. It just is almost nature taking its course at a certain point. 326 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:03.920 So the thing where it's like the balance absolutely. So I'm not saying don't 327 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:07.160 have simuli up there, maybe not Semulu, but but but if you do 328 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.599 have a celebrity up there, just put a game developer next to them, 329 00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:12.119 and I think for me, that's like half the battle one already. So 330 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:15.920 yeah, and I agree. The reason we can keep saying these criticisms and 331 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:19.799 not feel like it's hopeless is that Jeff Keey does listen. I've also spoken 332 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:23.000 to him, but he's like asked for feedback before, and it's like, 333 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:26.279 yeah, most people don't do that, and you do see year to year 334 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:30.079 he implements and sometimes he overcorrects, and I think that's kind of what happened 335 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:33.759 this year, over correcting on the length of the speeches and being worried about 336 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:37.359 keeping a good pacing to the show, something that is a difficult thing to 337 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:45.160 pull off. So I also like feel like the I like it when celebrities 338 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:48.079 come up and they talk about the games that they like. Yes, well 339 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:53.039 it's it's never meaningful in any way. Right. The person who, like 340 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:57.599 Jordan Peel, came up right and he was speaking to Kajima. I am 341 00:22:57.839 --> 00:23:03.119 on record as being a fucking Kajima pervert, like I love everything he does. 342 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:07.319 I vibe with his work, you know, I am a fan of 343 00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:11.319 Kajima. Jordan Pill comes up. I'm like, oh shit, Jordan Peele. 344 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:12.559 They're doing that thing that they were gonna do it. And then they 345 00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:21.440 talk and I cannot tell you how empty those words are. They literally said 346 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:25.000 nothing, and they were pointing at each other and going, this guy, 347 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:26.920 man, this guy. It's like, you don't need to tell me that 348 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:32.279 Kajima is is. The guy is one hundred and thirty million people out there 349 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:37.279 or whatever listening, But you also haven't told them anything about Kajima, Like 350 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:41.000 they don't talk about it. The person who, I mean, like the 351 00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:44.119 best he got was like talking about Metal Solid two, but like, tell 352 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:47.799 me why, like speak about why this partnership is good instead of just like, 353 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:51.000 yeah, man, we're gonna do partnership. It's gonna be sick, 354 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:52.839 it's gonna be awesome. You had nothing interesting say. It was. This 355 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:56.160 was just a stunt, and that's fine, you can have a stunt, 356 00:23:56.440 --> 00:24:00.960 but don't have a stunt for ten minutes. The most impactful, the most 357 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:07.240 impactful celebrity talking about their video game history moment was Abbo Bucker Salim, who 358 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:12.359 showed off his new game. And he obviously is known by knows for Raised 359 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:17.839 by Wolves and and he's in Game of Thrones, I believe, And he's 360 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:22.200 on a bunch of different things, right, and that is the thing that 361 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.880 was the moment for us. That was like, oh, that was awesome. 362 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:27.960 He was in tears and like talking about video games and how he loved 363 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:32.880 them, and it was meaningful. Said we're looking for meaning moment. Yeah, 364 00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:36.400 yeah, that was a good use of celebrities. So good on Jeff 365 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:40.359 for making that happen and giving them platform we don't need. We don't need, 366 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:42.799 we don't need Jordan Peel glazing up ka and we don't need like maybe, 367 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:45.920 like you know, twelve celebrities. He maybe pair it back a little 368 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:48.240 bit. But again, if you don't want to pair it back, Jeff, 369 00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:52.759 that's fine. Just put developers on the stage too, that's all. 370 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:56.039 There are interesting developers. We're worried about them being boring. Well, you 371 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:57.920 have the celebrity next to them, they could be entertaining and let the developer 372 00:24:57.960 --> 00:25:00.519 be boring up there. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Well, 373 00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:06.400 again, there's a very c there is a path to improvement that I 374 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:11.160 know Jeff can see and is always looking for, right and I am extremely 375 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:15.599 hopeful that the next year will be much better balanced. Again, it's not 376 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:18.440 going to be perfect. We'll find something else to complain about, and that's 377 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:22.640 good. That's a curse Jeff has placed on himself, but I know that 378 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:25.960 he'll improve it. The other side of things, in terms of the games 379 00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:30.680 getting revealed, getting eyeballs on that stuff, unmitigated success. No caveats there 380 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:36.079 are. It works exactly as advertised to the people who are paying to get 381 00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:38.880 their stuff in that show, and it seems clearly worth it. Everyone who 382 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:41.920 I've asked about it sort of on background be like, hey, is it 383 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:45.920 worth it? Like yes, we tell like I'll talk to pr like they 384 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.640 say, we tell all our clients if you have a chance to put something 385 00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:52.000 in the game awards, it's worth it, go for it. Yeah, 386 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:55.400 it could be expensive, but it's it's an expense that makes a lot of 387 00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:57.920 sense in a lot of ways. So on that side of things, it 388 00:25:57.960 --> 00:26:03.640 was I think a lot of the ouncements were very impressive and entertaining and exciting, 389 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:06.039 so it's like, yeah, all that stuff's working. This really does 390 00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:11.440 feel like Winter e three, and the criticisms can be reserved for the game 391 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:15.640 awards side of things. Speaking of like getting attention by being in the game 392 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:21.079 awards, Alan Wake two has sold an estimated eight hundred and fifty thousand copies 393 00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:25.960 on console. This comes from Magnus grot Anderson at Game Reactor. Neither Remedy 394 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:29.359 nor Epic Games have yet to comment on how Alan Wake two has performed in 395 00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.839 terms of sales. This could be due to a number of reasons, but 396 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:34.119 in the absence of official figures, analysts have begun to speculate, and that's 397 00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:38.000 where that number comes from. That comes from Peers Harding Roles, who is 398 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:44.680 an analyst at Ampere Analysis, who says they estimated it sold around eight hundred 399 00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:48.599 and fifty thousand copies. But we've seen in the past a game do well 400 00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.920 at the game Awards and then get a big bump, And I guess that's 401 00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:52.759 my question here. You think, like we're going to see alan Wake two 402 00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:56.359 kind of continue to have a lot of momentum coming out of the end of 403 00:26:56.359 --> 00:27:00.680 the year. I think it's gonna have a little momentum going forward. I 404 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:07.200 just did like a quick search and Alan Wake two was released in Europe on 405 00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:11.119 like twenty May twenty ten, and then we have a story in March of 406 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:18.440 twenty fifteen where it had reached four point five million units for sale, and 407 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:22.079 it's like a different world, right, this game. There are no physical 408 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:25.440 copies of this game, right, not currently? No? Right, no, 409 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:29.000 no, no, that's I mean that's a big uphill climb on its 410 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:33.480 own. Not being on shelves actually does still hurt games a lot. Yeah, 411 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:37.240 I think that it definitely does. And who knows going forward, We 412 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:41.079 don't know the details of this deal. Epic has a big hand in that, 413 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:45.359 yep, and like we want sales to be high, but there's also 414 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:52.759 factors beyond how much of game sales that that are that there are fact contributing 415 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:56.720 factors into whether a game is a success, especially for a situation where Epic 416 00:27:56.759 --> 00:28:00.279 is getting involved to publish it, publishing it, it's physical, it's yeah, 417 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:04.559 they numbers real quick are console only, so this doesn't include however it's 418 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:08.799 sold on epic. This is estimated for Xbox and PlayStation. Yeah, And 419 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:11.680 like I'm not saying this is the case, but for epic sales, like 420 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:15.839 you know, astronomical sales may not be the metric they're interested in. It 421 00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:18.880 may be a case of like epic game store adoption, yes, what you 422 00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:23.200 win for epic game store Yeah yeah, or even like just perception like this 423 00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:27.480 is a major moment for epic games, like as a business to be like, 424 00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:33.839 oh shit, they funded a game that you know would never have else 425 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:37.200 never else get made, got made, and it popped off and it's award 426 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:41.440 winning. I definitely feel like it's going to continue to sell and sell very 427 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:45.799 well. I agree. I wouldn't be surprised if there is I'm speculating entirely 428 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:51.359 here that there's some sort of like clause in the contract or a time based 429 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:55.480 kind of agreement in the contract where it's like, after this time has expired, 430 00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:57.599 you can work out a deal with someone to make a physical version of 431 00:28:57.640 --> 00:29:00.279 this, And I don't know, they go to it like a limited run 432 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:03.559 games or something like that, or another publisher, and I just like, 433 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:08.640 do you want to puy out the physical version of this? And I probably 434 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:11.960 will end up. I think that will end up seeing ount Know Wake two 435 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:15.720 on shelves. Yeah, if they did the ballers Gate three route, where 436 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:21.359 it's like you can get a physical version that is only as a collector's edition 437 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:23.240 starting at eighty dollars, I think they could do that with alan Wick two. 438 00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:30.759 I think there's enough adoration for alan Wake that that would appeal to that 439 00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:33.440 audience for sure. But I mean, yeah, I think there will be 440 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:37.160 a significant bump coming out of the game awards. You know, it didn't 441 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:38.880 win Game of the Year, but it was on stage a lot. It 442 00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:45.160 did win several awards, and I think that we saw with What It Takes 443 00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:48.279 two right, got to like seven million copies sold or something like that. 444 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:52.680 Now that's a more affordable game if the price was lower for that one. 445 00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:56.880 But still it's like that that sold really well. I would hope that alan 446 00:29:56.920 --> 00:30:00.960 Way two could have a similar trajectory. Probably not gonna get seven million copies 447 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:04.200 sold, but if you can like get up there into several million copies, 448 00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:07.480 I think that would be great for this and it deserves it. Yeah, 449 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:14.000 I've seen a few people asking how does that compare to Control last time? 450 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:18.240 Like a December ninth twenty twenty. GameSpot has a story that says fifteen months 451 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:23.240 after launch, it had sold over two million copies, so it took about 452 00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:27.079 fifteen months control to get there. I think this could be two three million 453 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:30.279 copies in that same timeframe. Yeah. Yeah, And by the time that 454 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:34.839 story was reported, we were aware of the aw expansion as well, so 455 00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:38.680 they had done some extra stuff to extra work to it. I feel very 456 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:44.599 confident like that it will continue to sell and it will, you know, 457 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:48.519 net out to be a huge benefit for them to be this award winning and 458 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:52.119 exposed on the Game Awards. Yep. And I think the word of mouth 459 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:56.160 is super positive, and I think that's just going to continue pushing it. 460 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.559 All Right, We're gonna take a quick break. When we get back, 461 00:30:57.559 --> 00:31:07.720 we have a lot more news right after this. All Right, we're back, 462 00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:11.680 and like I said, we've got more news. While it looks like 463 00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:15.279 the Busted GTA Trilogy is much better on mobile. This is from Zack Swizen 464 00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:19.759 at Kotaku. Fans jumping into the newly released mobile ports of Grand Theft Auto 465 00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:25.559 the Trilogy the Definitive Edition games are discovering something surprising. It seems to include 466 00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:30.000 improved visual settings that more closely match the look of the original PlayStation two games, 467 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:33.079 as well as new bug fixes. That's good news, but folks are 468 00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:36.720 wondering if these improvements will make the leap back to other platforms in the future. 469 00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:40.519 They have not so far. In November, Rockstar Games and Netflix announced 470 00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:44.519 that the highly criticized Definitive editions of GTA three, Vice City, and San 471 00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:48.440 Andreas would be arriving on mobile devices in December. The games would be included 472 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:52.880 in Netflix Growing Game Library, letting anyone with a subscription access them on iOS 473 00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:57.119 or Android at no extra costs. The reaction was mostly a lot of shrugging 474 00:31:57.160 --> 00:32:00.319 from fans who feel like the Definitive Edition version. So these beloved PS two 475 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:05.720 era open world games are still in bad shape two years after release on console 476 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:09.920 and PC, but yeah, people started diving into this and say it looks 477 00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:13.599 better now. The big problem with the Definitive editions in terms of the visuals 478 00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:17.640 TAM was that they seem to use a lot of let's just call them development 479 00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:22.519 assist tools but AI tools that tried to upres many of the textures and the 480 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:27.119 character models, and it ended up coming out fuzzy on the other side, 481 00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:30.119 and looking pretty rough. Trying to get things back to looking like the ORIGINALPS 482 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:34.279 two game should be the goal, because you could just upraise a lot of 483 00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:37.640 that stuff the normal way and not lose a ton of the detail, which 484 00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:39.839 they did. So it's nice to hear that this happened. But hopefully this 485 00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:43.319 stuff does come back to the other versions. Do you think that's possible or 486 00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:46.680 Netflix's weirdness going to get in the way here. No, I think it 487 00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:52.240 is a possibility. Whether it actually it happens remains to be seen, but 488 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:55.920 I would like that. I mean, I think there's a good case for 489 00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:00.799 it to happen, especially given the renewed and I don't want to say renewed 490 00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:06.119 it because I don't think there's every ever a interest in Grand right. Yeah, 491 00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:10.200 yeah, yeah, but like a a kind of reignited nostalgia for those 492 00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:15.599 old games in light of the Grand Theft six trailer, which is popping off 493 00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:21.359 like crazy. I imagine rock Star is thinking we clean up these old games 494 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:25.720 again, you know. But then again, I'm sure that those versions that 495 00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:30.599 we said were busted sold like one trillion copies probably or whatever. Yeah, 496 00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:37.119 but like a Rockstar has shown it kind of it's slow and kind of like 497 00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:40.759 very far in between. But Rockstar has shown an interest in improving their old 498 00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:45.519 games post fact, post release, so I wouldn't be surprised if it pops 499 00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:52.720 up eventually. The iPhone or whatever Netflix Star approach isn't my chosen way of 500 00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:55.599 playing those games, course, so I do hope that they make their way 501 00:33:55.640 --> 00:34:00.680 back into the other versions of it so I can enjoy them for like an 502 00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:06.119 hour each on a console with a controller or something like that. But yeah, 503 00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:08.559 I don't know. I hope. So there's a little bunch of people 504 00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:12.760 who could be real piste off if that happens. If it doesn't happen, 505 00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:19.000 Yeah, it's the kind of thing where it can never tell. Like rock 506 00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:22.679 Stars very busy making their game right, and so this stuff feels like, 507 00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.760 yeah, someone at Rockstar's paying attention to this, but a lot of it's 508 00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:30.159 probably just Take two two k not too but Take two sort of like overseeing 509 00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:32.400 some of these things and like do they just want these things farted out? 510 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:37.199 And that seemed to be what happened with the Definitive edition this time. Apparently, 511 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:40.519 a potscoll on Chat says that ex Team BONDI staff members were on a 512 00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:45.480 team that did this specific port and that's why it's better around. That is 513 00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:47.599 interesting. I'm like, oh, that's that's going team Team Bondi is l 514 00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:52.239 E Noir, right, yeah, and that team's no longer going concern, 515 00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:55.960 but yes, so that's that's pretty neat and that does show like, oh, 516 00:34:57.039 --> 00:35:00.880 they maybe found the right people to actually work on it and show some 517 00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:05.920 sort of guidance in terms of stewarding classic Grand Theft Auto games in some way 518 00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:10.400 that wasn't being stewarded before. But yeah, I think Grand Theft Auto is 519 00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:14.599 something that they want to be treated with a certain level of respect, and 520 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.679 that means they need to treat it with a certain level of respect. So 521 00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:21.119 I think you're right. They will backpoard all these improvements in some way in 522 00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:23.519 some time, maybe not right away, and again, who knows what the 523 00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:28.360 deal is, Like Netflix could have some hand in this, and so that 524 00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:30.400 could take some time as well, because it's like, oh Netflix fiels ownership 525 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:34.360 of this, so six months and then we can port that stuff. That 526 00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:37.760 would be weird, but Netflix is a weird sort of entry into the gaming 527 00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:39.880 space, and so it's hard to predict what that would be. Like. 528 00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:45.320 Ubisoft just to listit a game without warning, and it will kill its servers 529 00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:49.239 next year. This is certain, zachs ys in a Kotaku once again shout 530 00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:52.960 out to Zach. Ubisofts The Crew, which was released in twenty fourteen for 531 00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:55.880 Xbox three, sixty, Xbox one and plays PlayStation four and PC, was 532 00:35:57.000 --> 00:36:00.000 really twenty fourteen. Man, it has been delisted without warning. Its servers 533 00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:05.079 will shut off next year two and because the game is an always online experience, 534 00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:08.199 ubisoftists confirmed that it will become unplayable once that happens. The Crew is 535 00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:12.519 a massive, open world driving game set in a digital but not the scale 536 00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:16.039 recreation of the United States of America. While its narrative was a weird melodrum 537 00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:20.119 had a tale of car gangs and criminals, the real reason to play The 538 00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:23.320 Crew was to go on road trips across the Ubisoft Ivory towers squished but charming 539 00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:28.840 recreation of the USA. Yeah, so they're basically this game. I don't 540 00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:31.159 think you could buy it at all anymore. And and yes, and the 541 00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:37.119 servers are going to shut down here pretty soon the next year. It's like, 542 00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:39.239 yeah, and then the game is just going to go away. Uh. 543 00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:43.000 In an ideal world, tam there is a way to like flip a 544 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:45.920 switch and make the games like be like, Okay, here's an offline mode 545 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:49.239 so you can keep playing. This doesn't feel like we're anywhere close to that 546 00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:52.079 being a kind of work that these companies are going to put into it, 547 00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:54.599 right, No, capitalism will never allow that to happen, huh, Like 548 00:36:54.639 --> 00:37:00.000 people will never give up these these kind of like these experiences. Let it's 549 00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:04.679 it's so weird because like, on the one hand, I'm like, who 550 00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:07.119 fucking cares, right, it's the crew. There's the crew to us out 551 00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:10.119 there now, and the crew Motiffests is also out there so you can play 552 00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:15.079 different kind of games. But also there are probably like a people that really 553 00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:19.280 love the Crew and are still super into it right now and really want that 554 00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:24.400 to exist in some way or another, or like people who have nostalgia for 555 00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:28.320 it because they've played it when it came out. But yeah, I do 556 00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:31.480 wish, for preservation's sake, that you know, when it came time, 557 00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:35.880 that they would just like be like, we released this into the world, 558 00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:40.320 good luck, keep it alive, have fun, and and the fact that 559 00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:47.679 they don't do that just means that people who are technically deemed pirates or like 560 00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:52.440 hackers, I will do the work and for them more, more and more. 561 00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:55.800 I'm like God speed you hackers. Thank you for your work, Thank 562 00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:58.880 you for your service. Thank you for your work. Thank you for your 563 00:37:58.880 --> 00:38:01.960 service. These come I'm never gonna sanction it, They'll never do it officially. 564 00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:06.199 So I have nothing but love and support for you who are doing this 565 00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:09.079 stuff. Yep, you are doing the work these companies never would and you 566 00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:13.639 do it just because you love it, and that's some powerful stuff. So 567 00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:17.440 yeah, I'm right there with you. Three D Realms hit with the latest 568 00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:22.039 round of Embracer layoffs. This is from Stephen Mills at Destructoid. According to 569 00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:25.639 three D Realms founder Scott Miller, the Danish development company is the latest to 570 00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:30.280 be hit with layoffs from parent company Embracer Group. Miller confirmed that several sources 571 00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:32.960 from the company told him that at least half of the company had been laid 572 00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:37.000 off. Three D Realms has had quite a few recent releases, including Iron 573 00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:43.320 Fury, Aftershock, Ripout, the Kinderman Remedy, and Kingpin reloaded. Embracer 574 00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:46.719 Group acquire three D Realms in twenty twenty one. This continues the almost weekly 575 00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:51.760 trend of Embraser Group enacting layoffs, with over nine hundred employees losing their jobs 576 00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:54.679 just this year at the hands of Embracer alone. According to an interim report 577 00:38:54.679 --> 00:39:00.159 by Embracer, the layoffs are due to a reduced number of projects across the 578 00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:04.840 board, all while posting a thirteen percent increase in net sales this year. 579 00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:08.079 The Bracer can acquire these nuts, that's what they can. Just jump up 580 00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:15.119 my butt. They are really doing okay, and you fucking lose it and 581 00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:20.480 now we see what it's really about. Also, stop laying people off like 582 00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:28.119 that, you really ip, I will. I will immediately give it like 583 00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:32.400 it's just a hot dog and handshake. Get the work there you go, 584 00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:37.039 Yeah, I'll buy you just to give it to Crystal Dynamics for free. 585 00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:40.320 Yeah, I mean, we know Embracers are fucking mess there there. It's 586 00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:45.639 been a question is and I asked this question because I am I'm a stupid 587 00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:50.280 idiot on the internet that doesn't really know that way, kind of know a 588 00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:53.920 little bit, but like, where were the checks and balances to stop this 589 00:39:53.960 --> 00:40:00.639 from happening? Yeah, Like I get the feeling, or at least I 590 00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:04.519 imagine people will be like everything was above board. They were acquiring you know 591 00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:10.480 these kind of assets through legal means. Where is this setting precedent now? 592 00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:15.880 Like is there the impact of this should at least be used to set precedent 593 00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:20.199 where you know in a similar way that non you know, competition laws exist 594 00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:27.280 to avoid singular companies becoming outsized in power in a certain like field. Why 595 00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:30.760 doesn't that happen in an acquisition based situation that needs to be there now? 596 00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:37.960 Because they Brakeshaw has fucked this industry is industry? Yes, yeah, so 597 00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:42.880 badly that some of those people I would argue should go to jail, like 598 00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:49.360 it is insane. The lives they have ruined is is unbelievable, Like someone 599 00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:52.719 needs to go in there. And this is the only time I'm willing to 600 00:40:52.719 --> 00:41:00.800 support cops, okay, fucking arrests these people, Like we actually would like 601 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:04.199 to speak to the manager so you can butt them up. I am the 602 00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:09.519 caaren Now let's get our haircut. Let's get in there and see the manager. 603 00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:13.960 But like you know, there's just some like grubby losers at the top, 604 00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:27.199 not you, grubby, greedy, greedy losers like CEO executives at the 605 00:41:27.239 --> 00:41:31.480 top that everything on this investment deal that they were waiting for and bought everything 606 00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:37.360 up like those other people that need to be reprimanded and and like punished for 607 00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:43.400 this because like yeah, like you said, they they they are are crater 608 00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:49.000 in this industry that people will spend years recovering from if at all. Yep, 609 00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:53.199 I mean, we know the answer about why there's no checks and balances, 610 00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:55.079 and when we like just think about it for a second, we know 611 00:41:55.119 --> 00:42:00.079 it's it's because the governments are afraid of getting the way of being like like, 612 00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:01.360 Okay, you started this company, you want to sell to someone else, 613 00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:05.440 I guess you should be allowed to do that, And they're afraid to 614 00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:07.519 be like, well, what's gonna happen next? What about all the people 615 00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:13.039 that work here? And clearly this is the prime example of how it can 616 00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:16.880 go bad and how it can actually be severely detrimental to an overall marketplace. 617 00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:21.800 And yeah, maybe the answer is not to step in, but maybe the 618 00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:24.079 answer is to slow them up a little bit so they could not have swallowed 619 00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:29.039 up so much so quickly, to the point where it's like there was no 620 00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:32.360 plan, especially if things start going wrong, especially if money becomes more more 621 00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:37.440 unaffordable to borrow, and now they're fucked net sales are up thirteen percent. 622 00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:43.119 They've had multiple blockbusters this year, multiple millions selling games embraced or group pass, 623 00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:45.000 and this is where we're at with this company. They're like, this 624 00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:51.320 is a fucking disaster. Between this and like the HBO, like Warner Brothers 625 00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:54.559 stuff where they're just like we've created this. Now what just killer in front 626 00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:59.239 of your eyes? I It's like, what the fuck is happening in this 627 00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:02.920 world? What is going on? This is like capitalism gone just absolutely sick 628 00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:07.400 hole mode on everyone. I don't know, man, it's just terrifying, 629 00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:13.079 Like these corporations need to be stopped. We need Johnny Silverhand. Yeah, 630 00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:16.679 yeah, let's take care of these corpos all right. Over half of Call 631 00:43:16.719 --> 00:43:21.079 of Duty Modern Warfare two players have used the game's accessibility settings. This is 632 00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:24.920 from se Doster at GameSpot. A new blog from Activision details some of Call 633 00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:30.159 of Duty Modern Warfare three's current accessibility settings, and it also provides statistics that 634 00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:35.960 show nearly half of the player base customize their settings using the accessibility options in 635 00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:37.840 last year's Call of Duty Well. The main focus of the blog is to 636 00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:44.639 highlight the accessibility settings from Modern Warfare three. Activision provides a few interesting statistics 637 00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:47.159 for last year's Modern Warfare two, revealing more than half of all players adjusted 638 00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:52.119 the graphical accessibility settings. This includes making changes to motion blur, field of 639 00:43:52.199 --> 00:43:54.719 view, and camera movement. More than forty percent of Modern Warfare two players 640 00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:59.760 customize their dead zone input as well. This year's Modern Warfare three includes the 641 00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:04.639 same accessibility options, but pushes the range of customization even further with brand new 642 00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:07.960 features such as the stick tester for a better adjustment of the analog stick dead 643 00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:12.719 zone input, the graphical high contrast mode, and the low motor strain setting. 644 00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:17.760 Every time anyone complains about adding accessibilities modes, like in reminding, almost 645 00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:23.360 certainly you've used something that would qualify as accessibility right close captions a million things. 646 00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:29.119 Having the ability to invert your stick for me is an accessibility setting. 647 00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:31.079 Yeah, it's just how my brain works. Like that's at a certain points, 648 00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:36.920 if we're adjusting for the way my brain has been built, that's accessibility. 649 00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:40.559 So the idea of expanding it make that, making that more and better 650 00:44:40.679 --> 00:44:45.079 and more inclusive, Clearly that's the way it should be, and it's a 651 00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:46.639 call of duty. Being a prime example of that is fantastic because that's like 652 00:44:46.719 --> 00:44:52.639 the game right, yeah, yeah, like dead zones, like FLV all 653 00:44:52.719 --> 00:44:58.159 this kind of stuff is people take your foot granted as like cool video game 654 00:44:58.239 --> 00:45:01.760 feature. Actually it's like no, those are also helping people and making games 655 00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:07.079 more accessible for them, so get behind it. Like there's no downside to 656 00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:15.679 improving accessibility. There is literally none is It doesn't impact you in any way. 657 00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:19.840 It creates options for other people, and if you don't need it, 658 00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:22.000 you can ignore it. It's not an issue. I'm glad that you know. 659 00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:25.840 I feel like, like you said, a game and a franchise like 660 00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:30.360 quality, you should be leading the way in accessibility because then you know, 661 00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:36.000 it blazes the trail for other developers to do the same and ensure that they 662 00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:39.559 are spending the appropriate amount of time, energy, resources, that kind of 663 00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:45.119 stuff, researching what needs to happen and then implementing it so as a whole, 664 00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:51.599 the industry can move forward and kind of like open its doors to people 665 00:45:51.679 --> 00:45:54.920 from all walks of life to play video games and that just only strengthens the 666 00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:59.800 medium as a whole. Agreed, And I think we'll continue to see the 667 00:45:59.800 --> 00:46:02.400 benefits of it. For me, it's like I'll be playing a game that 668 00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:07.079 has a really good accessibility and or or like it's bigged into the UI at 669 00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:09.280 a certain point where like the way they're presenting information to me, it's like, 670 00:46:09.280 --> 00:46:13.519 oh, they're thinking about people who are better at reading, better at 671 00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:15.800 listening, better at whatever, and they're giving you multiple pathways to learn how 672 00:46:15.800 --> 00:46:20.559 the game works. And for me, as someone severely ADHD, that's a 673 00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:22.400 god send. It's like, Okay, multiple pathways is the only way I 674 00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:25.599 can really get this stuff to be ingrained inside of me. And so it 675 00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:30.440 feels like, Okay, if it's benefiting the one percent of people that you're 676 00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:31.119 like, oh, why are we doing this? Only one percent of players 677 00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:35.280 are like this, I guarantee it's making the game better for you as well. 678 00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:38.360 And important to remember final store here, it's to quick you know. 679 00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:42.960 Heads up Sweak a game is now available for Nintendo Switch Online members as a 680 00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:45.639 game trial. If you want to try out that thing that everyone's been talking 681 00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:47.960 about and everyone's been playing on Twitch, you could just go try it now. 682 00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:52.239 It's going to be I think it's a game trap weekend. I guarantee 683 00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:53.239 this is what's going to happen when you download and play. You're going to 684 00:46:53.280 --> 00:47:00.639 play it and go like yes, all right again and then and then you're 685 00:47:00.679 --> 00:47:02.639 playing more and be like yes, yes, good, yeah, dancing like 686 00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:07.239 super into it suddenly out of nowhere. So but I'm gonna try it. 687 00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:08.639 I have not played it yet, so I'm going to look into this. 688 00:47:08.800 --> 00:47:12.519 It's fine, Like, I don't know what the entire WA is losing this 689 00:47:12.599 --> 00:47:15.280 shit over. I'm a huge lover of Wamelons as well, Like, so 690 00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:19.719 I have a big guy I am. I am a mark for this. 691 00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:23.079 Yeah, And I was like, audience, yeah it's me. I'm like, 692 00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:27.519 yeah, it's all right. It was fun chances that's how he feels 693 00:47:27.519 --> 00:47:30.000 about connections connected. I like connections a lot, but we definitely maybe pucked 694 00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:34.360 it up a bit more than it needed. All right. Poll question, 695 00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:37.079 let's bring that up. This is from yesterday. Do you want a multiplayer 696 00:47:37.199 --> 00:47:42.679 Spider Verse game from Insomniac in addition to Spider Man three and Wolverine? Nineteen 697 00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:46.239 percent said yes, eighty one percent said no. Tam, the rumors are 698 00:47:46.679 --> 00:47:52.440 maybe that Spider Verse thing that's in the leaked documentation out of Insomniac could be 699 00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:57.440 referring to the multiplayer project that Insomniac says it is working on Somnia needs to 700 00:47:57.480 --> 00:48:00.880 have a word with NOI dogs see what's going on? Yeah, see how 701 00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:04.800 that grows for you? Like on paper, makes sense? I think, 702 00:48:04.800 --> 00:48:07.079 I yeah, maybe we don't need that. You don't need to do it. 703 00:48:07.320 --> 00:48:13.360 I think it could work. But stop making live service games. Yeah, 704 00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:16.280 so stop so much destiny. Look at Bungeee is probably one of the 705 00:48:16.320 --> 00:48:21.400 most successful ones. They're getting their ass is clapped right now, and it's 706 00:48:21.440 --> 00:48:23.280 just like, why is everyone just so set on this ship? Man? 707 00:48:24.719 --> 00:48:29.159 You'll hands to every developer out there, You'll never be Fortnite. Take it 708 00:48:29.159 --> 00:48:30.719 from me. Trust now. You don't know me, I don't know you. 709 00:48:30.719 --> 00:48:34.559 You probably don't need to trust me. But listen, you're never going 710 00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:36.760 to be for you look at a Fortnite and we're going to be that. 711 00:48:37.079 --> 00:48:39.800 You know you can't. Actually it's only one. When water Warcraft was Kingship, 712 00:48:39.960 --> 00:48:44.480 no one could be water Warcraft yep, okay, And now Fortnite is 713 00:48:44.559 --> 00:48:46.039 Kingship. No one's going to be Fortnite. You're done, you're cook. 714 00:48:46.119 --> 00:48:51.360 Don't try it, all right? That does for the last time's Paul, 715 00:48:51.400 --> 00:48:52.440 We have a new pole put up here in a second. In the meantime, 716 00:48:52.480 --> 00:48:54.079 though, before we get to that, Tam, what do you have 717 00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:57.000 going on? What do you want to tell the people? Where can they 718 00:48:57.000 --> 00:49:00.000 find you on the internet? All that good stuff. People, I think 719 00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:02.400 thank you're very pretty. I think you smell nice. I think you're very 720 00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:07.000 smart, and I think you should be kind to yourself and love yourself. 721 00:49:08.039 --> 00:49:12.840 What we do we have going on? We are going to be playing Lethal 722 00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:15.679 Company, Yes we are, and that is going to be a mess. 723 00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:21.400 I imagine that should be fun. So we're gonna do that a bit later 724 00:49:21.480 --> 00:49:25.280 on. And then we also have bomb Costs for Vengeance happening this afternoon, 725 00:49:27.440 --> 00:49:29.840 and that is gonna be a fun one. You should tune in for that. 726 00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:31.000 Yeah, it's gonna be our our music episode. That reminds me I 727 00:49:31.039 --> 00:49:35.639 got a turbushon if you're listening, add the Pizza Tower theme song in there. 728 00:49:36.400 --> 00:49:37.320 Yeah, it's some of the best music of the year for sure. 729 00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:42.280 We got we got the big Dog Sean handling it. It's gonna be fun. 730 00:49:42.440 --> 00:49:44.639 Yep, it's gonna be a good time. Yeah, packed as to 731 00:49:44.679 --> 00:49:47.400 day. Yeah, thank you. Sean is here. Great. Let's see 732 00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:51.840 what was gonna mention? Oh yes, Marino and Chad just said that community 733 00:49:51.920 --> 00:49:53.840 Voting for Game of the Year will start on Monday. Make sure you check 734 00:49:53.880 --> 00:49:57.239 that out. I think that it happens on the forums, right Marino, 735 00:49:57.360 --> 00:50:00.719 So sign in, go ahead and do some voting there. Mike is going 736 00:50:00.800 --> 00:50:07.119 to be doing his part of uh uh the what's the what's our charity thing? 737 00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:09.440 God, I can't slip my mind. Thank you, extra Life. 738 00:50:09.519 --> 00:50:15.280 He's gonna be doing his Extra Life stream tomorrow. It's going to be Kingdom 739 00:50:15.400 --> 00:50:20.400 mixed. Miss. I think he's basically Kingdom Hearts for a Yeah, yeah, 740 00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:24.360 there it is. No, that's how I feel too. I agree. 741 00:50:25.199 --> 00:50:30.679 Uh. We're gonna be publishing guest lists fairly soon as well. Right, 742 00:50:30.679 --> 00:50:32.519 Guest lists are coming in hot and heavy, and those will begin getting 743 00:50:32.559 --> 00:50:37.239 put up maybe at the end of next week, but definitely over the holidays, 744 00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:39.400 So look out for that. When you see those, make sure you 745 00:50:39.400 --> 00:50:45.280 share them everywhere so that it's floods of the internet. Yeah, there's there's 746 00:50:45.320 --> 00:50:49.039 some fun fun friends. Uh uh that's sent over there was so far, 747 00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:52.760 so it'll be good now, all right, I think that's gonna do it. 748 00:50:52.960 --> 00:50:54.599 Uh. In an hour from now is when we're gonna start lethal companies, 749 00:50:54.599 --> 00:50:57.760 So we'll rate somebody here in a second. Everybody, if you're watching 750 00:50:57.800 --> 00:51:00.800 live uh. In the meantime, though, Tam, thank you so much 751 00:51:00.840 --> 00:51:05.440 for watching U. Sorry, know what's up. Someone called Todd Howard just 752 00:51:05.480 --> 00:51:10.199 appeared in the chats. Todd Howard was in the chat earlier answering questions and 753 00:51:12.119 --> 00:51:14.440 God, They're like, why why did you add maps the game earlier? 754 00:51:14.480 --> 00:51:19.039 And Todd says the astronauts didn't land on the moon with maps, which I 755 00:51:19.079 --> 00:51:23.360 actually don't think it's true. I really love and people role playing the Yeah 756 00:51:23.360 --> 00:51:27.760 we got on my other podcast, I got people give me super chats and 757 00:51:27.800 --> 00:51:31.039 it's Jim Ryan and Shiroboto and they like snipe back and forth with each other. 758 00:51:31.239 --> 00:51:35.440 I think it might be the same person. The role playing is fantastic. 759 00:51:35.480 --> 00:51:38.519 Everyone to thank Todd how I love you man, You're the best. 760 00:51:39.039 --> 00:51:42.800 Tam. Thank you so much for spending today talking with me about video games. 761 00:51:42.800 --> 00:51:45.360 Man, I really appreciate it. Thank you for having me. I 762 00:51:45.400 --> 00:51:50.079 love Dreg's day. I love talking to the Big dog, my homie Jeff 763 00:51:50.119 --> 00:51:52.000 Grubb. Thank you, Tam, and I love you all. Have a 764 00:51:52.039 --> 00:51:54.400 good weekend. Everyone. We love you all. You're the best audience in 765 00:51:54.400 --> 00:51:58.039 gaming. Until next time, have a good one, take care of yourself 766 00:51:58.440 --> 00:52:00.480 and goodbye. That's why Paul few mouties and chats sometimes as well.