WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:14.640 You don't. Don't be bad. It's the Internet. You're busy. Let's 2 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:18.440 do this for November twenty seventh, twenty twenty three. For the next hour 3 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:21.519 or so, let me help you sort through the world of gaming on Games 4 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:26.120 Morning's Live with me Jeff Grubb Today what to expect from the Game Awards other 5 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:30.440 than lapses insecurity. But first, please join me and welcoming today's co host 6 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:34.000 the Games Mornings. It's Lex Ludi. Everybody, Lexi, how are you 7 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:38.240 doing well? I'm not doing too bad. This is the most scuffed setup 8 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:42.000 I've ever had for this show. I'm visiting my parents, so I have 9 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:47.359 a pile of washing and I have a headset SOLN from my brother so that 10 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:54.359 I can actually record again. I have a ten cap five cable. I 11 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:59.000 didn't overplug in, okay, whoa yeah, and if anybody and we're getting 12 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:03.799 etheranet tomorrows. So also this is also fucked. That picture that I posted 13 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:07.239 on Twitter with me holding a giant bomb mug there was fucking nothing in it. 14 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:12.000 Whoa, Okay, you're working us? Huh yeah, yeah, I 15 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:17.640 was working the social media angle again. Who played? You gotta do what 16 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:21.879 you gotta do. A real quick couple of announcements. Everyone should go to 17 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:26.439 store dot giant bomb dot com. We got some new merch up, including 18 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:30.239 this amazing fanny pack. There's a new dad hat has the Dizzy Bomb logo 19 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:34.359 on it, voicemail dump truck shirt. My favorite though, of course, 20 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:40.480 is the Fucko Land shirt. Fucko Land, of course it has the logo 21 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:45.319 that looks like Funko Land. It is I'm getting this thing. I'm getting 22 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:49.640 this. I really want to get that because Funko Land was never a thing 23 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:56.040 in Europe. They're wearing and I also do love the joggas. The joggers 24 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:57.599 look great. Yes, I'm getting joggers to the joggers do look really good. 25 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:01.040 They got a nice little class see bomb logo right there on the hip 26 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:06.200 kind of region and it just looks nice. There's a ton of great stuff. 27 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:10.919 There's that woodcut poster. The limited edition of the woodcut posters already sold 28 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:14.400 out, but you can still get the normal version. And if you go 29 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:16.319 to our social media you can see how this was made. It's really really 30 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:20.639 really cool how it actually all worked out. So go to store dot giant 31 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:23.400 bomb dot com for all that. Also, I think tickets are still on 32 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:27.879 sale. For our Game of the Year Finale spectacular where we will decide the 33 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:32.840 real Game of the Year in Los Angeles on December ninth at the Terragram. 34 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:38.439 That's all right, we switch venues to have a more seating. Tickets still 35 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:40.759 available, hop on those because they are still going pretty fast. So I 36 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:45.680 expect by you know, by this time next week, I honestly, we'll 37 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:47.759 be in town getting ready to make all that stuff happen, or being close 38 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:51.520 to getting into town. But by this time next week, I expect the 39 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.240 stuff to all be sold out. So if you want to get your tickets 40 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:58.159 for the show, get them right now. If you're in chat Nikky just 41 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:00.000 popped a link, but otherwise we'll make sure we put a link in the 42 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:05.000 description. If you are listening to this later. I wish I could, 43 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:07.719 Yeah, I wish I could go to that, But I do need to 44 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:12.960 ask. And do you think Jeff Keeley will try to like rush the stage 45 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:15.639 and talk about President Clinton? I think so, yes, I expect him 46 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:19.800 too, Yeah, he'll Okay, keep an eye out from Yeah, I 47 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:23.280 mean, I'm ready for I'm ready for anything. Unlike Jeff Keeley. Of 48 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:25.599 course, you had some stuff going on too, LEXI that we should talk 49 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:30.960 about. Yes, yes, And so I am currently down with my parents 50 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:35.879 because I'm going to London because I got nominated for a thirty under thirty thing 51 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:39.919 which is very cool, so you might see me at Bash. And the 52 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:44.360 thing that I want to announce and talk about is some of the guests for 53 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:50.439 my website's Winter Spectacular, which is not to be confused or conflated with Giant 54 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:53.360 Bombs Winter Spectacular that they held in twenty nineteen. This is a very different 55 00:03:53.400 --> 00:04:00.080 idea and I didn't seal the name in convention and basically it's something that I 56 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:03.159 run with my website start menu, where we it's a writing jam. We 57 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:05.879 try to get young writers to write their games of the year, the top 58 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:10.400 ten lists, their you know, perspective on the year that was. But 59 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:14.639 we also get guests in and we get the guests into sort of have established 60 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:19.079 names from around the industry to also be up there with these new voices and 61 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:23.319 have everyone up there as equals, and we try to get everyone from game 62 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:30.560 developers, YouTubers, bad YouTubers did would say, we try to get pure 63 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:34.439 people, lots of people who you know, usually wouldn't get to write about 64 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:38.560 games. In any critical sense or give advice, and we try to give 65 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:42.160 them a platform at the end of the year. And so this year we 66 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:46.439 have a couple of special guests from the GB extended universe, including grub Jam, 67 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:55.040 Turbo Sean and Mike. Very exciting, yes, yes. And we 68 00:04:55.160 --> 00:05:00.000 also have some other YouTubers who are friends of mine. Squige Rugby, who 69 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.639 who's one of the is probably the best Rugby YouTuber out there. He's an 70 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:08.360 incredibly lovely guy. We have dead Domain and who's doing great work at the 71 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:13.240 moment. And we have a bunch of journalists like Sarah Twaits and Jordan Oloman, 72 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:15.879 Henry Stockdale who's close personal friend of mine. We have some pure people 73 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:19.920 whose names you might not know, but I think they gave a really interesting 74 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:24.959 perspective on the industry that you basically never get to hear as the audience. 75 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:30.759 And we also have some developers that will hopefully be involved. So after the 76 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.160 show, I'm going to finish writing up the list of all the confirmed people 77 00:05:33.160 --> 00:05:39.240 we have so far and I will post that on Twitter. Very very excited 78 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:42.199 about this. Where do I have to get my thing to you? When 79 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:46.360 do I have to have it written? People sent meself on like the twentieth 80 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:47.680 of December last year, and I still got it up, So you're fine, 81 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:51.160 all right, we'll get that done. I got to get our lists, 82 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:54.879 our guest list things going. We got a bunch of people confirmed. 83 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:58.120 There's some cool names on our list there, but I had not done the 84 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:00.680 legwork to get the thing completely filled. So that's something I have to do 85 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:03.639 this week. All right, you know what, Let's explain what we do 86 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:06.639 here most weekdays. I, Jeff Grubb, will help piece your gaming life 87 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:11.319 back together. That includes breaking news and maybe even some of our own original 88 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:14.879 reporting. For all these topics, I'll get the input of a bona fide 89 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:17.600 expert who will make me look smart. If you're watching live on twitch welcome. 90 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:20.560 You can always listen to the show later on podcast feeds by searching for 91 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:26.040 games Mornings, or find the RSS on giant bomb dot com. You can 92 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:30.360 also catch the show later with chapters in timestamps on YouTube. Hello YouTube. 93 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:32.519 All right, we have a lot to get into, so let's start the 94 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:36.279 morning mess with the Game Awards. Security is getting beefed up this year. 95 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:42.720 This is from Darren bomb Thuse at GameSpot after incidents involving unauthorized people appearing on 96 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:46.480 stage to disrupt proceedings at Jeff Keeley's produce to show the Game Awards. We'll 97 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:49.680 see its security tightened up for this year's event. Kieley, the host and 98 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:53.720 producer of the Game Awards, was asked in a Twitch Q and a live 99 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:57.839 stream if there would be any increased security measures for the show and explain that 100 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:01.560 plans workplace to prevent yet another stage invasion. We don't want to talk about 101 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:05.560 that stuff too publicly, just because it's security, Keeley said. We definitely 102 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:09.040 have plans and we're trying to do all we can to keep me safe, 103 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:12.879 but also everyone watching the show, the audience, people participating in the show 104 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:15.720 and everything. I just what if something happens to Jeff Keeley, That is 105 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:26.040 the biggest concern. I have just total moment of reaction and like nothing else, 106 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:29.600 like very clearly an unplanned question, and just like, Okay, it's 107 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:33.079 about keeping me safe some otherfuckers. I don't know. If people watch it 108 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:38.560 at home, should I be keeping them safe? I don't know. Everyone 109 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:42.120 watching at home will be kept safe from video games. There will be no 110 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:45.160 video games at this show. We will protect you from the video games. 111 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:48.439 Yeah, In this story from Darren Bontu, so we're in GameSpot is a 112 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:53.920 good image of ED two nine from RoboCop on the stage, and I'm just 113 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:56.399 like imagining, like, yeah, what if they did just have a bunch 114 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:00.560 of people dressed up as RoboCop characters doing security. I said, like, 115 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:05.800 any chance to have like an advertisement, a theme advertisement, especially one that 116 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:07.759 involves Hollywood. Killey would jump all over that. And so I just want, 117 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:13.040 Yeah, RoboCop security guards just blowing people's sticks off to protect Jeff Keeley. 118 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:16.720 I think that's the future. I hope Chick hydro Bosh turns up again. 119 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:20.839 And I spoke about I spoke about this on Twitter. But the actual 120 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:24.519 reason I'm not going to the game wards is because Shick Hydrobot hasn't apologized to 121 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:26.680 me. Yeah, and I don't want to talk about it publicly, but 122 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:33.399 Shick like cool, and it's uncol that the industry keeps backing Shick and the 123 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:37.360 Hydrobot like cop on, it's not cool. Yeah, it's hard to separate 124 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:41.600 the art from the artist, but in this case, I don't think we 125 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:43.240 have to. I think we could just throw the razor blades out with the 126 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:48.679 razor Uh Yeah, Hey, there's not a lot of news going on, 127 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:50.799 That's why we're leading with this. But I'll say, uh, it was 128 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:54.240 weird the second time that happened, right, because the first one was to 129 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:58.559 build Bill Clinton Kid, and I don't even remember what the second one was. 130 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:00.840 I was just like, oh fuck, that happened. Econdone was games 131 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:05.279 Tom second one was Games Time, which was like even grand theft auto right, 132 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:11.559 yeah, yeah, and behavior Yeah. Like I think the thing was 133 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:16.039 when people left Games Come that year, which is a show which Keeley is 134 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:20.080 now quite heavily involved and he's basically the face of that show, and people 135 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:26.360 felt pretty fucking unsafe. The security going in when there's like three hundred thousand 136 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:30.159 people going in and out of that place was about as loose as you could 137 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:33.080 gesh. It was about as tight as the Game Awards security, which you've 138 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:37.080 been to and you know that, like that's basically just if you have a 139 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:41.919 ticket, you can come in and yeah, it really people didn't feel good 140 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:46.159 after that show. So I'm not surprised that they're taking this to harsh. 141 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:48.759 I just fucking hope that like they actually get their shit together this year. 142 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:54.000 The one Game Awards I went to was in Las Vegas at a casino hotel, 143 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:58.559 and so I felt incredibly safe because that because they don't do it in 144 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:01.120 Las Vega anymore. So I wouldn't feel safe, but in Vegas, like 145 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:05.080 they got cameras everywhere, and they have people who could tell if you're doing 146 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:07.600 math in your head. So I'm just like, Okay, this is the 147 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:11.639 safest place on our like they got at every square inch is covered with cameras. 148 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:16.120 We're gonna be completely safe here. But yeah, since then, it's 149 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:18.639 been Oh I just dropped a glass. Okay, that's a good show. 150 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:24.159 No, I'm just gonna let it lay there as as to remind me of 151 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:28.960 my shame for being such a dumbass. It was empty, thankfully. Uh 152 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:31.679 but yeah, let's let's just move on. Great, good job, Jeff, 153 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:35.919 great show. Uh. I told you this will be the most cursed 154 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:37.200 episode of Yeah. Well you know what, let's see if we can go 155 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:39.440 hit rock bottom. We haven't gotten there yet, We'll see we can get 156 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:43.240 there, all right. Keeley explains why the TGAs are moving away from the 157 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:48.080 World Premiere branding. This is from Andy Robinson at VGC. The Game Awards 158 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:52.519 host and producer Jeff Keeley has revealed that this year's show is moving away from 159 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:56.559 its familiar, familiar World Premiere branding. Speaking during that Twitch Q and A 160 00:10:56.679 --> 00:11:01.279 on Sunday, Keeley explained that for this year's show, the organizers wanted all 161 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:03.519 of its game reveals, whether they're game announcements or first looks, to be 162 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.679 able to stand side by side at the event. Asked by a viewer about 163 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:11.399 the number of World Premiers the public should expect from the Game Awards twenty twenty 164 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:15.080 three, Keeley replied, I don't know if there will be the same amount. 165 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:18.120 I haven't counted. Honestly, I think there are around the same, 166 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:20.720 but I don't know. Also, what is a world premiere. It's like, 167 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:24.039 Jeff Kelley, if you don't know, who the fuck would you're the 168 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:28.759 World Premier guy? What do you mean? What's a world premiere? My 169 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:31.000 world means nothing. Now. Actually, you'll see this year we often put 170 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:35.679 up those cards world Premiere, World Premiere. We're kind of moving away from 171 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:39.480 that just because everything's kind of is it a first look, first look, 172 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:43.000 is an announcement, etc. So we just treat it all as great game 173 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:46.919 content. I think that's right, but I think that's also some of the 174 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:50.440 people have been saying for a long time, and yet the world Premiere branding 175 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:56.000 did stick around until now are you gonna miss World Premiers? LEXI? I 176 00:11:56.039 --> 00:12:00.080 mean, how else am I gonna know when to like, yeah, I 177 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:03.919 let my computer screen. So this this is gonna be tough for me. 178 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:09.440 In particular, I'm curious what they will replace it with, because like they're 179 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:13.080 kind of there for a practical reason. It's like it's you know, it's 180 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:16.799 an audience that's watching it, and when the wild premiere thing goes, it's 181 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:18.120 like, Okay, shut the fuck up so that you don't you know, 182 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:22.799 bleed over onto MIC's or you know, just so that people can hear the 183 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:26.960 trailers, and also for like YouTubers to know now is the time to like, 184 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:31.080 yeah, commentating. And I'm curious if they'll replace it with anything, 185 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:33.879 and if so, if this will become like the new do Souls You Died 186 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:37.840 font text, I would like that very much if we had yet another one 187 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:41.960 of those. This is a thing I feel like I was watching last year 188 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:46.159 and I don't remember them doing as many World premieres. I feel like I 189 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:50.480 even remember someone commenting on it like oh yeah, well there hasn't been that 190 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:54.320 many whirlpayers, they're just saying something else, but I don't remember what they 191 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:58.759 say. They do say stuff like you know, trailer premiere. I think 192 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:01.679 still on stuff like that. But you're right, they'll still have to communicant 193 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:05.080 some way. That's a big part of what this show is. It's like 194 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:07.879 there's so much bomb bast and a lot going on that when it's time to 195 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:13.600 show off a big game trailer, they have to have like codified language around 196 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:16.559 how they do that so that they're right, so they can signify to the 197 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:18.919 audience. Now now you want to pay attention, so we get our money's 198 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:22.799 worth here. Then yeah, go ahead. I was going to say, 199 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:28.120 do you think that this year they will because they always seem to try to 200 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:33.159 correct to some extent based off of last year's reception. Do you think they 201 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:35.720 lean more into the awards this year because they got a lot of flax for 202 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:39.200 it last year, but they are are flak for it every year. Do 203 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:43.120 you think they'll be even tighter on you know, people stigning up there and 204 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:46.840 giving their speeches and getting them down because of the whole the whole God of 205 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:52.120 War thing, Like I actually really liked Christopher Judges got a war acceptance speech. 206 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:58.080 It's genuinely a really nice, wholesome moment, and the idea that we're 207 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:01.480 now not going to get any of that is like depressing. Yeah, I 208 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:07.000 mean I think that we'll still have the same balance of games versus award content 209 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:09.799 that we've had in the past. I think it's I think he feels pretty 210 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.080 good about the balance. He's struck. He did like during this Q and 211 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:16.159 A, he did joke about Christopher Judge talking for so long. He's like, 212 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:20.000 we tried to have a short, a shorter show last year, but 213 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:24.279 then Christopher Judge and it's like, oh ha haha. But I I mean 214 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:28.559 I expect them to if someone tries to talk for eight minutes again like Christopher 215 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:31.639 Judge did, I think I would expect them to be a little bit more 216 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:35.480 aggressive with the music to push them off. But the security is actually that's 217 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:39.519 what's stopping people coming up on stage. It's to beat the crop out of 218 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:43.720 Christopher Judge. If he tries to talk too long again, exactly two nine 219 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:46.080 is going to be blowing off dicks left and right. It's going to be 220 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:52.440 crazy. Uh. I do think though, that they probably will not get 221 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:56.519 too far away from what they've done recently, it's gonna look exactly the same. 222 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:00.000 I think I don't know how much this show is ever going to check. 223 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:01.960 If it does, I don't think Jeff Keelly is going to turn back 224 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:05.759 more towards the awards because that's just not where his bread is buttered. That's 225 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:11.360 not where the money is made. That is the backbone for why the show 226 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:15.159 exists. But as far as like an excuse, it's like it is almost 227 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.960 just an excuse. And now let's get to like the things that actually make 228 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:20.080 the money, which is all these commercials and the eyeballs on these trailers. 229 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:26.960 So the final most important question about the Game Awards for me is do we 230 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:31.840 see some Lake dancing live on stage? They should have a musical number and 231 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:35.879 Sam Lake should be on stage performing. Kind of would love that. I 232 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:39.240 mean, if the game industry is actually going to be any good, we 233 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:43.320 do get stuff like that, right, Like that is the thing that you 234 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.039 know, not everyone in the like, you know, it's not the call 235 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:48.080 duty audience is paying attention to that, but like that stuff is like important 236 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:52.399 to an audience of people who are tuning into the Game Awards and to have 237 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:56.519 that, you know, that time you put into games rewarded by being like, 238 00:15:56.519 --> 00:16:00.399 oh, yeah, we are acknowledging this thing that you love game. 239 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:03.600 Yeah, that would be great, but I don't know. We'll see they 240 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:06.919 do. He does go on to say he doesn't want like a quote a 241 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:08.919 number for a number of new games that people can expect to be announced, 242 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:12.639 because then he says it's going to reverberate on the internet. But it's probably 243 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:15.879 similar to past years in terms of the length of the show and content. 244 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:19.159 And then then he talks about we went a little bit shorter last year, 245 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:22.559 but then Chris Judge took his sweet time with the speech. It's probably going 246 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:26.440 to be similar to last year with a little bit with a little bit shorter 247 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:30.679 show. I thought last year's show was okay in terms of announcements and pacing 248 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:33.240 and all that stuff. And I think you thought it was okay because it's 249 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:37.799 started at like five o'clock in the afternoon view it was not at three am. 250 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:41.519 To me, I don't see anything wrong with that. He was dead 251 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:45.039 and I have to go into work the next morning. Yeah, okay, 252 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:47.679 these things can drag us if once they start getting later in the night, 253 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:51.200 especially if they start later for you, Yes, but I mean, I 254 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:52.360 don't know. For the last couple of years, I've been pretty okay with 255 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:55.159 it, but I don't know. What are you expecting in terms of big 256 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:59.519 announcements. Do you think there will be games that we haven't heard about yet 257 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:03.360 that are like really big and we'll make waves that are going to appear at 258 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:07.000 the show. I think there's so much stuff on the books at the moment 259 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:11.160 that there's probably a lot of devs that want to just get things shown in 260 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.039 more detail. You know, you have stuff like Wonder Woman, you have 261 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:18.480 all of Sony's Live service games. You have a bunch of stuff on Microsoft's 262 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:22.480 end. Like there are a lot of companies with things announced, we just 263 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:27.200 don't know dates or what they'll actually look like in practice. So I don't 264 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:30.640 think there'll be many new like new games. We are Judas last year. 265 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:37.319 We're not going to get like another Judas because I just don't know what long 266 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:41.039 gestag things we would be seeing. You might see the new BioShock game, 267 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:45.319 because that's been banging around for years. I think something that's really interesting is 268 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:51.519 the stuff that comes up here later when you're on a show about the global 269 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:55.920 media or the media publications having ninety percent of the vote and the fans having 270 00:17:55.920 --> 00:18:00.559 ten percent of the vote. It's weird to me how much of a black 271 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:04.200 box they've turned that voting system into. I know, they got quite annoyed 272 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:11.680 when people started explaining it. Yes they did, yeah, and hey, 273 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:14.799 yeah, hey, I'm not on the voting panel, so if anyone wants 274 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:18.599 to know how the voting works, just ask me because I remember. But 275 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:25.599 yeah, it's it's super interesting that I know there's something. It's the bit 276 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:27.160 that they're open about here is that like, oh yeah, ninety percent of 277 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:32.240 the votes you know, publications and ten percent is the fan vote, which 278 00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:37.640 I get. That's a reasonable splitsh But then the split that I've never really 279 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:41.880 understood how they grapple with is IGN is on the ballot as part of the 280 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:48.039 jury, but also Jeff Gersman is and IGN is a staff of how many 281 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:51.240 hundred people, and Jeff is in his basement on his own, and like, 282 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:53.680 I'm not saying that they should wait them differently, but it's real that 283 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:57.720 their way should the same. And a lot of the time, like the 284 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:02.920 case that we had at my old job, the one year that or Outlet 285 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:08.200 was on the list, was everyone you know, did a vote, and 286 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:11.799 we took it very seriously. But I also know that the other outlets where 287 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:14.480 I was like, Okay, we're just going to give it to one person 288 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:17.519 who fills it in as best they think the site would think. Yes, 289 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:26.440 So it's kind of Yeah, it's weird to figure out, like how this 290 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:30.039 jury actually works. It's very messy, yeah, I mean, which is 291 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:36.079 why I think people demphasize the awards importance when they're actually watching the show. 292 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:37.160 I mean, like in the moment, it's like, man, I hope 293 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:41.599 the game that's nominated that I really like wins. But beyond that, I 294 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:44.279 don't think people are thinking about it too deeply. And I mean I think 295 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:48.079 that goes for the jury as well. I mean, it's just it's totally 296 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:51.279 the jury who play it down the most, who are just like, you 297 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:55.000 know, we just voted whatever, Like we're just we're here for the news 298 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:59.480 and the awards, and then we have our own actual awards at the end 299 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:02.319 of the year. So these outlets, most of these people do their own 300 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:06.599 awards. Yeah, but they actually, you know, think people if they 301 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:11.319 really care, they'll listen to yep, exactly in terms of like announcements, 302 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:15.079 I mean, I think you're right. I think we'll probably uh you know, 303 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:18.279 GTA six will being out separately that won't be at the show. Stuff 304 00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:22.759 like dragon Age could appear there. I think there's a lot of movie license 305 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:26.839 games that are in the works at various places that could get announced or get 306 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:30.880 revealed here. There's some stuff happening, like more stuff happening with Jurassic Park 307 00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:36.079 that I think might pop up here. I think that like maybe some of 308 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:38.680 those other Star Wars Respawn games, maybe we get a teaser. Maybe it's 309 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:41.759 still too early, I don't know, but all that kind of stuff is 310 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:47.079 these cat net for Jeff Keeley. I think it's the kind of place where 311 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:51.519 this this show reaches a mass enough audience that these companies would feel good about 312 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:55.279 having something like that appear here. And then and then yeah, there'll be 313 00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:56.759 a couple other surprises that we just haven't even heard of or thought of, 314 00:20:57.079 --> 00:21:00.079 and then things that also we'll see them we like, do I care about 315 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:03.000 this? I have no idea until I play it. I think there'll be 316 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:06.400 a lot of that as well. I think the big thing for me with 317 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:08.240 the Game Awards this year, and again it's something you might not want to 318 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:12.680 talk about in case of pissing anyone off, but it is how it handles 319 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:18.599 a lot of the things surrounding the show. I think that the Golden Joysticks 320 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:23.559 were on a couple of weeks ago and someone who was presenting the Best Narrative 321 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:27.920 Design Award, she said that she wanted to make a comment on the confliction 322 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:32.319 and power sign and they told her that there were no political comments allowed, 323 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:36.119 and then they were placed to a Troy Baker who went up on stage wearing 324 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:42.079 a puppy, which I'm not going to get into the politics of that on 325 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:48.079 Like the people who have written open letters I have signed some of those open 326 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:52.559 letters are going around to the Game Awards that they should address the ongoing conflict, 327 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:56.480 because they addressed things like Ukraine last year, and they should have address 328 00:21:56.559 --> 00:22:00.319 things like the layoffs in the industry. I think that the Game Awards can't 329 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:06.480 be a celebration of the industry only because if you're only celebrating the industry, 330 00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:08.720 you're covering up a lot of shit, and it's never going to get better 331 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:12.000 if you cover up the shit, If you cover up the bad stuff, 332 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:15.480 the industry will never get better. And if you pretend that the bad stuff 333 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:21.759 isn't happening. We've seen it in like the past with the oscars and how 334 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:26.240 people have approached their you know awards, how they've approached you know, who 335 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:30.599 they send up to accept their award. I don't think that the Game Award 336 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:36.160 should be any different because someone says that game shouldn't be political or this isn't 337 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:40.960 the place for politics. I think it's just as much a valid venue because 338 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:44.160 at the end of the day, it's a place where you're celebrating ash made 339 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:48.880 by diverse artists, and those diverse artists have a vast array of opinions who 340 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:55.480 should also be listened to. Yeah, I think it's tough because it's like 341 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.240 you say, should be listened to, and I'm gonna be like, I 342 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.680 don't. I don't have to listen to that. I just want to hear 343 00:22:57.720 --> 00:23:03.920 to play your games. But I think it is the I don't know if 344 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:07.400 I want Kighey going up there and saying here's what I think about the conflict 345 00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:10.319 in Palestine. I don't need that from Kighley. I don't think he thinks 346 00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:15.160 that deeply about these things. He's four to seven thinking about trying to get 347 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:18.240 the next game announcement ahead his show and has no thoughts in his head other 348 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:21.319 than that and shout outs to him, you know, more power, live 349 00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:23.359 your life the way you're gonna live it. But I think if someone says, 350 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:26.759 hey, I'm gonna use my platform. I won an award, or 351 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:30.920 I am you asked me to come here and announce some category and I'm gonna 352 00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:34.720 say something, Yeah, let him say something. I mean that. I 353 00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:38.640 think we should not be trying to stop people at that point. Now that 354 00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:42.400 you know it again, I get these people being afraid of being associated with 355 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:45.279 that. But I think that's why you just make it clear. It's like 356 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:48.400 I'm speaking on my own. I'm up here saying what I believe, and 357 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:51.680 all of the people associated with the game wards had nothing to do with this. 358 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:53.720 I can say what I want. I hope that they're protecting and able 359 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:56.359 to do that in a way that they work. Definitely not at the Golden 360 00:23:56.400 --> 00:24:02.680 Joysticks. So that was embarrassing. Uh all right, let's see here U 361 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:07.480 time for something just as controversial. Yes, uh huh. Jeff Killy then 362 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:11.279 explains why Dave the Diver has been nominated as an indie game from This comes 363 00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:17.920 from Spangaliso Similane at Destructoid. The annual Game Awards ceremony is coming up. 364 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:21.640 Thanks for the amazing titles we received this year, the competition is tight. 365 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:25.960 Host Jeff quie Lee recently had a Twitch stream where he addressed questions about the 366 00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:29.720 public and spoke a bit about why Dave the Diver has found itself in the 367 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:33.920 Best Independent Game category. As kighe highlights people interpret the term indie differently. 368 00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:37.400 While some might consider a game's budget, others will look at the team size, 369 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:41.279 and it's also possible to focus on the aesthetic or scale of the game. 370 00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:44.880 Consequently, some have argued that Bowlder Skate three is an indie game Lady 371 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:48.200 Ben dest Stranding which was created by an independent studio despite receiving major funding from 372 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:52.279 PlayStation. In the case of Dave the Diver, the game is made by 373 00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:55.599 Mint Rocket, which is a small South Korean group. The group is a 374 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:59.079 part of Nexon, which is a very large publisher. Killy explains that you 375 00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:02.880 could argue both ways, as the game could be considered Indian spirit as it 376 00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:06.279 was made by a small team that likely had relatively small budget. However, 377 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:11.240 this doesn't cancel the fact that it's still from a larger entity. How I 378 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:14.720 read this, LEXI is basically like, I don't know, man, She's 379 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:21.200 like whatever it's on made up. I aggregated the votes. Listen, don't 380 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:26.319 fucking blame me that other people vote for this. Yeah. I think this 381 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:32.240 conversation topic has been pretty exhausted. And my opinion is of the vein that 382 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:34.519 like, No, Dave, the Diver isn't really an indie game because like, 383 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:37.680 there is a lot of money behind it, the same way that I 384 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:41.920 would argue that maybe a lot of devolved digital games aren't indie anymore because they're 385 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:48.480 a million dollar publicly traded company or a multimillion dollar publicly traded company and they're 386 00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:56.279 not like this fresh young Star shop or anything. Yeah, I think the 387 00:25:56.400 --> 00:26:00.799 game. The real damage here is that people association games as like a style, 388 00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:04.640 and then they decide whether a game is like good or not based on 389 00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:07.799 that style. And I think that's where some of the harm comes from in 390 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:11.440 this And like, oh, this game is nominated for Best Indie Game, 391 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:17.319 but not best Game. I won't play it because it's you know, looks 392 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:21.079 like a PS one game or something. Yeah, I think, And he 393 00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:23.119 basically just says it's like there are no set rules. People use their best 394 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:26.480 judgment and it's like yeah, again, like this stuff's all made up and 395 00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:33.279 he's not thinking too deeply about these things, so the argument's about about them. 396 00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:36.440 Kind of feel like it's not what effect is this going to have. 397 00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:38.599 It's not like the indie game game category is going to be better defined next 398 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:41.480 year. It's going to be the same thing again. We'll be right back 399 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:47.119 here. So at a certain points, like whatever if maybe we should just 400 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:51.400 like be finding other ways to lift up indie games outside of this one category 401 00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:55.079 and this one award show. All right, we're gonna take a quick break. 402 00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:56.119 We got we got a lot more news to talk about. We'll get 403 00:26:56.160 --> 00:27:07.960 to all that right after this, and we're back and we have more news. 404 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:11.880 Twenty five years later, Virtual Fighter three is getting a new arcade version. 405 00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:15.920 This is from Andy Robinson at VGC. More than twenty five years after 406 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:21.559 its initial release, Sega is bringing its classic fighting game Virtual Fighter three back 407 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:26.680 to Japanese arcades. The publisher announced on Saturday that Virtual Fighter three TV Online 408 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:30.759 will be released via It's All dot Net arcade download system on November twenty eighth. 409 00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:36.960 Virtual Fighter three TV online builds on Virtual Fighter three TV, which was 410 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:41.599 released in nineteen ninety seven as an upgraded version of Virtual Fighter three Online, 411 00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:44.880 will keep the balance of the original game, but as its name suggests, 412 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:48.319 add online battles and ranking alongside the game. Sega has launched a website where 413 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:52.799 players can check their results and rankings in the new game. This is pretty 414 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:57.759 cool. Part of me is just really happy to see one Virtual Fighters still 415 00:27:57.759 --> 00:28:02.759 being something that like Sega cares about in some way, and to see that 416 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:06.440 Sega is still doing stuff in arcades, even though it's very unlikely I'm ever 417 00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:08.079 going to come across this machine, LEXI, how about you? You got 418 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:15.759 do you have an arcade anywhere near you? There is an arcade in all 419 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:18.279 Till in Galway, which is a seaside town, and it is the most 420 00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:22.599 miserable fucking thing I've ever seen as a rough out there for arcades. Right. 421 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:27.519 Yeah. There is a Space Invaders Frenzy machine there, which is not 422 00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:33.480 good. There's a Minecraft Dungeons machine, which I did not know was a 423 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:37.000 thing, and then there's a lot of like Pachinko things and coin games. 424 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:42.400 My relationship with Virtual Fighter extends basically as far as the ones that have been 425 00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:48.039 in Yakuza games. Sure, Virtual Fighter five Showdown was almost like the I 426 00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:52.960 think it was. Actually the arcade version was in judgment and they have a 427 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:57.319 whole sub story where you play through that and a tournament and it's really fucking 428 00:28:57.359 --> 00:29:03.720 funny. I think Fighter is fucking cool fighters. It's probably, yeah, 429 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:07.440 it's probably the best thing used Zuki ever worked on, and it would be 430 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:11.559 a real yeah, probably, yeah, yeah, I don't think I disagree 431 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:15.880 with that. Uh yeah, Virtue Fighter's great. Virtual Fighter was always really 432 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:18.559 like my third three D fighting game back in the day of three D fighting 433 00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:23.720 games. And my favorite thing about Virtual Fighter three is the nostalgia I feel 434 00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:27.119 when I when I think about that game is opening up. I think an 435 00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:30.680 old and egm, it could have been a game player's magazine. And then 436 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:33.160 just talking of how good Virtual Fighter three looked and the graphics were so amazing, 437 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:37.759 and the main character I can't remember Kira, is that the name of 438 00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:41.640 the main character, and that I think he was yeah, yeah, he 439 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:44.559 was wearing like a jacket and he was like spinning and the jacket was like 440 00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:48.079 flying up because it had physics and it's like, oh my god, jacket 441 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:52.519 physics in a video game. It was pretty cool times back there in the 442 00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:55.839 late nineteen nineties, uh, in three D fighting games. So yeah, 443 00:29:56.079 --> 00:30:00.000 I I hope this is Sega being like, yeah, we're just kind of 444 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:02.359 we're gonna have a Killer Instinct story in a little bit. And I hope 445 00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.240 like these things are like, yeah, yeah, we're doing things with these 446 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:07.720 old games because things are happening with these franchises, and we're going to be 447 00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:11.319 carrying all this momentum forward into new games. I hope there's a new Virtual 448 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:15.920 Fighter. I think it's time fighting games have like really found their footing where 449 00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:18.359 I think for a while there it's like how big are they going to get? 450 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:22.319 How small are they going to get? Who cares about the fighting games? 451 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:25.119 Like in a mainstream audience? And so well, No, it turns 452 00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:27.920 out a lot of people care about fighting games, and that fighting game audience 453 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:30.599 is so solid you can rely on them. So if you could build a 454 00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:36.119 game that scale with the hopes of reaching a wider audience, because you know, 455 00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:37.559 some of these fighting games do break out, you can have a ton 456 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:41.880 of success. And I just hope Sega can get its shit together and really 457 00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:45.640 do that with Virtual Fighter. Yeah, I'm chilling with what the what Sega's 458 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:48.279 last fighting game was. I think it might have been Virtual Fight five Showdown. 459 00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:52.839 That sounds right, Yes, I don't think they've had anything else since 460 00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:56.440 then. Yeah fight, They need to bring back fighters Megamix, I think 461 00:30:56.440 --> 00:31:00.319 that was them. That's because that's how the Daytona car fighting, right. 462 00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:02.640 So yeah, let's get smoke. Yeah, yeah, that's all we need. 463 00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:07.079 Uh. Silent Hill to remake dev says game is on schedule, asks 464 00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:11.559 for patients. This is from Georgiang at GameSpot. Blueber Team has provided an 465 00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:15.119 update on the Silent Hill two remakes production. The team said that everything is 466 00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:18.599 going according to plan and that it just needs a bit more time Before revealing 467 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:22.039 anything else. On behalf of our development team, we would like to clarify 468 00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:26.519 that the production is progressing smoothly and in accordance with our schedule. Bloober Team 469 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:30.000 said in a statement. We understand that many players around the world are eagerly 470 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:33.640 anticipating news about the game, and we appreciate your dedication. However, we 471 00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:37.920 kindly ask for a bit more patience. Once Konami, as the game's publisher, 472 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:40.680 shares more information. We are confident that we that the weight will be 473 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:44.920 worthwhile, lex, you do mean an idea why they came out and said 474 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:51.279 this is there like some story ives step broke. Yes. So Silent Hill 475 00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:53.799 Ascension continues to be a shit show people hate. Yes, they do hate 476 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:59.160 Ascension, don't they. Yes, yes, And so like I'm kind of 477 00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:04.440 at the point where like this Silent Hill fans don't deserve nice things anymore. 478 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:08.119 I've said for years, yeah, yeah, and they've gotten to the point 479 00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:14.839 where they're just so self loathing that they're like lashing out at everyone and anyone. 480 00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:17.599 I get it. Blueber Team is not a great dev I don't like 481 00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:21.400 any of their games. I don't like their stories. I don't like the 482 00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:25.519 messages that they entail in them. I also think that it's fucking hilarious that 483 00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:29.440 they're like, you haven't shown anything in ages. This is your fault. 484 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:32.279 Why aren't you showing us stuff? And it's like, that's not Bloober's job. 485 00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:37.319 They're not the publisher, they're not in the story in this state exactly. 486 00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:40.599 Yes. The statement is literally just like, hey, we don't get 487 00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:45.079 to decide when we say this, when we talk about this, and it's 488 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:51.039 fucking wild that they have to issue an apology in fucking notes app like they 489 00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:55.440 fucking said a slur or some shit because they didn't like confirm a release state 490 00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:02.160 soon enough that the fans wanted. It's really frustrating because Silent Hill, the 491 00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:06.200 incredible Silent Hill game some of the most important games of all time as Silent 492 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:12.200 Hill games, but literally nothing that Konami or any other developer or publisher could 493 00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:15.400 release will ever live up to what Silent Hill fans want in the twenty twenty 494 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:22.119 three It does not matter what they do. There's such an idealized version of 495 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:25.039 Silent Hill at this point that is just never going to live up to USh. 496 00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:30.200 Yeah, I mean, Ascension is sort in the wound right Like these 497 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:35.680 these are totally fans who have already feeling discarded and abused, and they're looking 498 00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:39.559 over at the feast that resident evil fans are getting and not all. I 499 00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:44.200 mean, there's like a lot of other franchises that kind of what we're maybe 500 00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:47.880 in the similar tier to Silent Hill, that have been doing very well recently, 501 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:52.519 and then Silent fans get fucking Ascension, which likely I want to ask, 502 00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:57.519 do you know, as someone who's missed Ascension, if I wanted to 503 00:33:57.559 --> 00:34:00.680 like catch up on it, should I just go watch people's streams, past 504 00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:04.480 streams of like them playing along with it or what. Yeah, So as 505 00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:07.039 far as I know, you can watch just like the Viobs, you can 506 00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:10.480 basically just pay for it as a TV show and or but I would recommend 507 00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:15.840 just watching someone's stream and then seeing the live trap before they disabled it when 508 00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:22.159 they had like things like the Edward weren't banned oh no, and what yeah, 509 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:25.960 and they like a chat system in twenty twenty three, just not having 510 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:31.039 that one on by default, like that's just they banned that after they banged 511 00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:38.280 Kojima. They ban first the greatest of all. Uh okay, what the 512 00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:42.840 fuck? That's incredible. I can't, like literally, I mean incredible, 513 00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:45.719 as in, I am incredulous. I cannot believe that that is actually something 514 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:50.320 that that's how it went down really bad. Uh okay, yeah, so 515 00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:53.320 I get it, Silent Hill fans, it's bad over there. But the 516 00:34:53.440 --> 00:35:00.159 reality is, like this, these sound Hill like projects weren't announced all that 517 00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:02.280 long ago, Like that reveal event was last year, right, like, 518 00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:07.000 so it's not like we're so well, they're not split apart so distantly that 519 00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.159 it's like, oh my god, they haven't talked about it in years. 520 00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:12.039 It's like, no, they're building back up to like when this stuff is 521 00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:15.360 actually gonna happen. In the meantime, they're doing Ascension and they're focused on 522 00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:19.039 that. Yeah, it sucks and actually maybe is an insult to your fandom. 523 00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:22.000 I get it. But they want to get through that before they start 524 00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:29.000 talking about these other things had but they have nothing on beyond good and Evil 525 00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:36.559 fans. Well, yeah, let me listen. Was never Good? Is 526 00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:39.400 an okay game? All right? It's like an okay Zelda Like it's not 527 00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:44.599 it was overblown, Like definitely, the fandom's overblown for that game. It's 528 00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:49.000 not like some all time great game. It's okay for note Ubisoft game. 529 00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:53.679 All right, let's see here. Next story is Professor Layton and Level five 530 00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:59.280 fans should be excited for November twenty ninth, So Wednesday. This is from 531 00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:02.719 Truman two at game Rant. Level five has announced a special event taking place 532 00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:08.119 on November twenty ninth, featuring an extensive showcase that will reveal the release date 533 00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:13.679 of Professor Layton and the New World of Steam and other games from the developer. 534 00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:17.000 Level five has made a surprise comeback during the February twenty twenty three Nintendo 535 00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:22.840 Direct announcing three new games for the Nintendo Switch, some being multi platform while 536 00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:28.440 others are exclusive. These three games are Deca Police, Fantasy Life I, 537 00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:31.079 The Girl Who Steals Time, and Professor Layton and the New World of Steam. 538 00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:36.760 While the developers continue to release several games on the Nintendo Switch, many 539 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:40.119 of them were Japanese exclusive titles, especially when the studio cut back its North 540 00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:44.679 American operations in twenty twenty. At the start of twenty twenty three, however, 541 00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:49.559 Level five expanded its global operations again, looking to release a brand new 542 00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:52.960 series of ips and games. This is evident with the presence at the February 543 00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:58.159 Nintendo Direct, with the aforementioned three games being unique titles that enhance the switches 544 00:36:58.239 --> 00:37:01.079 upcoming library whatever, blah blah blah. This thing that does sound like, 545 00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:06.119 hey, yeah, we will get the Professor Layton release date, but we 546 00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:08.320 also Deca Police. Seems like that's going to be coming out pretty soon too, 547 00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:10.960 so we might get information on that one as well. Have you ever 548 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:15.239 been a Level five person? Have you ever been a Professor Layton person? 549 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:19.920 Level five? I love you to bits, but where the fuck is on? 550 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:23.000 Nuno Cooney we need a new Nino Cooney that isn't a goddamn awful mobile 551 00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:27.880 game. I think they're like out in like the Penalty Box, because like 552 00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:30.800 they had such a good premise for Nino Cooney two and they beefed it. 553 00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:34.800 They beefed it bad. Yeah, because yeah, I don't like that game, 554 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:37.519 but the first game is maybe the best game I have not finished. 555 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:40.679 Like it is incredible. And now Jan's last night for dark Cloud three. 556 00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:45.480 Yeah, dark Cloud three will never happen. Yeah, well I don't think 557 00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:52.760 another Nino Cooney is gonna happen necessarily either, So but I think I am 558 00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:57.280 pretty excited about this Layton game. It's hard to like Laighton, I fell 559 00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:59.719 off that series eventually because it's like, oh, yeah, you can play 560 00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:01.880 one, play them all. But I've been playing the first one again, 561 00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:06.239 a game I've already played before since Like I remember some of these public puzzles, 562 00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:07.519 some of them I don't, uh, but like I'm like, uh, 563 00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:10.800 I think I could go back into that and get some experience or get 564 00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:14.920 some enjoyment out of a new experience. Uh. But I do wonder how 565 00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:16.400 much they're going to change things up. I wonder if they feel the need 566 00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:21.199 to be like, Okay, I can't just be a little cute visual novel 567 00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:23.679 with puzzles. It's got to be something more than that. It's hard to 568 00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:28.199 tell, but I love those kinds of puzzles and I've been like kind of 569 00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:30.320 craving it recently. So I'm hopeful that they're going to give a gun. 570 00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:34.760 Yeah, needs a fucking gun. They listen, they gave the president a 571 00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:36.760 gun and they didn't know what to do with it. So I don't trust 572 00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:39.599 these people, is what I'm trying to say. We'll see, uh, 573 00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:45.159 all right. Read Pop seeks buyer for Eurogamer game is this g I said, 574 00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:47.480 games industry Dot is Is that under them? Yeah? Okay, yeah, 575 00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:52.079 this is VG twenty four to seven, Rock, Paper Shotgun and more. 576 00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:54.960 This is from Christopher Dreing at games industry dot is. Read Pop is 577 00:38:55.000 --> 00:39:00.239 investigating the potential sale of its Gamer Network business. The UK based operation includes 578 00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:05.280 Games Industry app Is, Eurogamer, Rock paper shotgum, VG twenty four to 579 00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:08.840 seven, and dice Breaker. Business also holds shares in Outside Xbox, Digital 580 00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:14.480 Foundry and hook Shot. Not included in the sale are UK based events EGX 581 00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:19.039 or MCM or the digital brand pop Verse. Read Pop acquired gamer Network in 582 00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:22.039 twenty eighteen to create a world's leading events and media group for the gaming community. 583 00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:25.960 The company already operated major shows, including packs and New York Comic Con. 584 00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:30.199 However, the COVID nineteen pandemic put a stop to these events, forcing 585 00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:34.159 the business to cut back, which led to the closure of US gamer Rip 586 00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:37.840 in the standalone EGX res event. The company sent in a statement read Pop 587 00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:43.320 part of RX, has reviewed its UK businesses and decided to investigate the potential 588 00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:50.480 sale of its Gamer Network and associated associated editorial digital properties. This stuff. 589 00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:53.239 We believe that new ownership offers the best conditions for growth and blah blah blah. 590 00:39:54.400 --> 00:40:00.599 This is rough because this is what's happening all across the very industries, 591 00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:02.679 especially in Europe, where there's not a lot of capital out there, not 592 00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:07.199 a lot of affordable capital that people can borrow money to pay employees, which 593 00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:10.679 is something that's been happening in many companies for years and years now. Cheap 594 00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:14.800 capital made it very easy to just keep growing and hope that the big bet 595 00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:20.440 is going to pay off. But this also just feels like read Pop never 596 00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:24.800 used these properties to their maximum benefit. These I mean someone I came from 597 00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:30.639 games Be and games Beat is a small, privately owned company basically, and 598 00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:34.639 it's you know, it's never been some like huge money maker, but they 599 00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:38.079 did figure out how to make money by having events. And like Dean Takahashi 600 00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:43.519 over there, you guys probably know him because he like did some stories he 601 00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:45.800 didn't like before. He's really good at like getting people who matter to come 602 00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:49.920 speak on a stage, and then that draws attention. And it's like this 603 00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:53.480 these small events where important people come and then sponsors want to be a part 604 00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:57.119 of it, and that kind of pays for the whole business. And it's 605 00:40:57.159 --> 00:41:00.679 like, man, you have games Industry dot biz and even like I could 606 00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:05.400 see like a rock, paper shotgun and Eurogamer being able to do similar kinds 607 00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:07.079 of things. And I know games Industry that is does have some of those 608 00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:09.880 events, but it's like, man, you could probably make them even bigger, 609 00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:14.119 more important because you are an event company. This should just be your 610 00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:16.079 bread and butter. So it's like, man, that's rough that you didn't 611 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:21.159 know how to maximize the value of these properties and now you're just going to 612 00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:24.039 shunt them off somewhere else because you can't see a brighter future. I guess 613 00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:27.880 I don't know. How do you feel about this? LEXI, Yeah, 614 00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:30.840 I have like super complex feelings about this because I know so many people so 615 00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:37.159 deeply involved in those companies, and I have worked alongside a lot of those 616 00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:43.000 people, and I have interviewed for positions at those places. I think that 617 00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:45.000 it's kind of there's a couple of things, so I think it's super wild. 618 00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:51.800 Bash and read Pop is divesting from these institutions which are quite old and 619 00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:55.480 stable, before they divest from something like EGX, which has been shrinking every 620 00:41:55.559 --> 00:42:00.880 year and it hasn't felt particularly healthy the last few years. And on top 621 00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:06.920 of that, when you're at EGX, pretty much everything that eg X runs 622 00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:15.920 itself is staffed by people from the gamer network outlets. It's staffed by games 623 00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:22.440 industry up is people. Christoph Dring interviewed Sam Lake joining their big panel outside 624 00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:25.599 Xbox. People were constantly on the live stage show, keeping fans entertained and 625 00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:30.000 getting people to come to the event because they're the biggest draw out of the 626 00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:35.599 UK games industry when it comes to like engaged communities. They had your game 627 00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:40.719 of people constantly everywhere. GIPS ran the two of their stages. In fact, 628 00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:45.000 I think or one of their smaller stages which I spoke ash. I 629 00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:52.119 think it's very got sighted and to get rid of basically all the people who 630 00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:57.760 have been manning your money makers. And on top of that, I also 631 00:42:57.800 --> 00:43:05.320 think that like the companies that would be looking to buy these websites, I 632 00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:12.760 would not like them to buy these websites based off of experience and based off 633 00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:20.159 of the amount of either like the amount that they would control over the industry 634 00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:23.199 that they would have if they had all of these outlets along with their existing 635 00:43:23.239 --> 00:43:30.639 ones. I would not like certain companies to buy them. And I think 636 00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:36.239 that it would be a real shitty situation to put people in because it would 637 00:43:36.280 --> 00:43:40.360 result in a lot of redundancies. It would result in definitely some websites closed 638 00:43:42.199 --> 00:43:46.519 and that LEXI we're losing you a little bit. You're still there. I 639 00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:52.800 think this is fucking tragic. And it's oh yeah, yeah, so you 640 00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:55.320 sound better now. There might be a delay, but I think we're I 641 00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:58.920 think we might be back in business. Okay, yeah you're there, so 642 00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:01.880 yeah, finish up your thoughts. Yeah, And I think this is like 643 00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:07.159 fucking tragic. This is really shitty for everyone in the UK games media and 644 00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:14.280 it's already like a very competitive scene. It's already a pretty intense scene, 645 00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:19.960 and I think that more consolidation wouldn't benefit anyone. Yeah, And I mean, 646 00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:22.559 like you said, I mean the people you can think of that might 647 00:44:22.639 --> 00:44:24.639 want to, you know, purchase this group, It's like, man, 648 00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:29.360 it's going to be like venture capital or something like that. That's going to 649 00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:34.800 be rough. So, I mean, you never know. I do know 650 00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:38.159 that the people that work at these sites are hard workers and creative and have 651 00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:43.239 built brands that have value because of their work and their efforts, and that 652 00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:46.320 I check these sites because I trust them and I know that they're going to 653 00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:51.239 do that good work and that stuff's not going to necessarily just evaporate overnight. 654 00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:53.480 So I hope they're able to kind of continue that stuff because that's, you 655 00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:57.760 know, really the benefit that they bring to the game and industry is that 656 00:44:57.800 --> 00:45:00.079 there's a lot of great insight coming from these sites and that's able to continue, 657 00:45:01.280 --> 00:45:05.599 all right. The Division Heartland has been rated, suggesting a release state 658 00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:08.559 could be close. This is from Jordan Midler at VGC. The Division Heartland 659 00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:12.760 has been raided in Taiwan, suggesting a release state could be close. The 660 00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:16.039 game's page on the Rating Support states it was rated on November fourteenth. The 661 00:45:16.119 --> 00:45:22.559 PVEVP focused survival action shooter is set in the rural American Midwest town of Silver 662 00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:28.039 Creek, which has been left in ruins following the spread of the dollar flu. 663 00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:30.320 That's happening. What's happening Silver Creek? Uncover the mystery before a new 664 00:45:30.320 --> 00:45:35.159 breed of poison spreads everywhere, reads a description for the game. Following the 665 00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:38.519 expanded expanding story to discover why this once peaceful town has become the center of 666 00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:44.360 a violent conflict between a group of dangerous rogue Division agents and an aggressive band 667 00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:49.199 of nomadic survivors. But the AI factions and other player squads aren't the only 668 00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:52.760 danger. The game is yet to receive a release date, and according to 669 00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:57.559 the game's website, further PC tests are expected in the future, suggesting that 670 00:45:57.599 --> 00:46:01.280 the game could launch in early access see. In September, UBI Stuffing announced 671 00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:06.239 that The Division three is in early development. This is one that has been 672 00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:08.320 kind of back and forth in development over at Ubisoft. I remember it got 673 00:46:08.320 --> 00:46:10.400 put on the shelf for a little bit and they're like, okay, we're 674 00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:14.719 going to go back to that. UBI SAUA has been so desperate for one 675 00:46:14.760 --> 00:46:19.079 of these live service shooters to take off in the wake, and I said 676 00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:21.840 the wake as if it's like a recent thing. But in the long wake 677 00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:25.239 of Rainbow six Siege, it's like, well they have that going for them. 678 00:46:25.239 --> 00:46:29.480 They try to get something else going and nothing's really stuck. Now they're 679 00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:32.760 back to time clancy stuff. I don't know. I really don't know what 680 00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:37.920 rum there is in the space of PVVP shooters, but maybe something like this 681 00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:40.280 could work. People do like the Division. I don't know, a LEXI, 682 00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:45.000 are you one of those people. I remember the first Division feeling like 683 00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:51.639 a birth of fresh air, and I remember getting it with prize money that 684 00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:54.079 I won for coming second in a debation competition because I was really cool in 685 00:46:54.119 --> 00:47:00.960 school and I'm not totally unbearable. But at this point, we now have 686 00:47:00.039 --> 00:47:04.880 like three Division games in various states of development. We have Heartland, Resurgence 687 00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:09.320 and the Division three. And I don't know if there is like an appetite 688 00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:15.920 of returning players, and like, I know that the people who still play 689 00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:20.079 the Division and love the Division, but I really don't know if there's going 690 00:47:20.119 --> 00:47:23.079 to be people who played the Division one and fell half years ago, and 691 00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:27.000 I'm like, no, I want to get back into the Division heartland. 692 00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:30.599 I don't know if it's held its own like that as a franchise. Yeah, 693 00:47:30.679 --> 00:47:35.519 I it's for me. It's like one that's so easy to forget about. 694 00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:37.880 I put in that zone of like, oh yeah, I mean I 695 00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:39.840 think I like that game while I'm playing it, and then I never think 696 00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:45.000 about it again. But I do know people who are like, The Division 697 00:47:45.199 --> 00:47:49.000 is my game the way other people play Destiny, I play The Division. 698 00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:52.480 So I imagine any game that's able to produce that sort of response from even 699 00:47:52.519 --> 00:47:55.960 a smaller group, because it's not as popular as Destiny, but it's still 700 00:47:57.079 --> 00:47:59.920 is like a pretty big game, and if it's able to produce that response, 701 00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:01.639 there's some reason to keep going back to that. Well, I just 702 00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:07.039 don't it's I don't know. I don't think Ubisoft knows how to translate that 703 00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:14.119 success into Okay, now we are going to expand the brand into all these 704 00:48:14.159 --> 00:48:17.320 other smaller live service games. You know they tried that with Rainbow six Extraction. 705 00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:20.880 Is that what that one was called? Yeah? Like that, well 706 00:48:20.920 --> 00:48:22.440 that went nowhere. They tried this a bunch of times, and that was 707 00:48:22.480 --> 00:48:25.400 like their whole strategy for a while, their strategy, and I talked about 708 00:48:25.400 --> 00:48:29.039 this on a I think about it. Maybe it was a grub Snacks a 709 00:48:29.079 --> 00:48:31.000 while ago, but their strategy for many years ago, yes, was the 710 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:35.920 blueprint strategy of we have a blueprint for how we make games in this franchise, 711 00:48:35.960 --> 00:48:37.559 and we're just gonna keep doing that blueprint over and over. And then 712 00:48:37.599 --> 00:48:40.400 they switched to the mothership strategy is how they called it, where it's like, 713 00:48:40.559 --> 00:48:44.840 there's the Mothership game in this franchise, and then it's gonna have all 714 00:48:44.840 --> 00:48:49.320 these little off, smaller offshoots in that same franchise that we're gonna just pepper 715 00:48:49.679 --> 00:48:53.360 fans with. And it's like that has already seemingly fizzled out, and now 716 00:48:53.400 --> 00:48:57.199 they're in like this weird hybrid of like, yeah, we'll have some blueprints, 717 00:48:57.239 --> 00:49:00.119 but then also we're gonna maybe have a big live serve version of Assassin's 718 00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:04.119 Creed, but we have fifteen Assassin's Creeds in the works and all this stuff. 719 00:49:04.199 --> 00:49:08.320 So yeah, I don't know if they see this working, but I'm 720 00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:12.400 like, I feel like they feel like they keep rolling the dice into one 721 00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:15.880 of these hits and we'll see. I mean, in three years, this 722 00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:16.719 could be one of those games where p'ay oh yeah, no, a million 723 00:49:16.719 --> 00:49:20.639 people are still playing that every day. I don't know. It's hard to 724 00:49:20.639 --> 00:49:23.360 predict. Yeah, you motherfuckers are laughing now, But when Skull and Bones 725 00:49:23.360 --> 00:49:28.920 has eight bazillion players who will be laughing, then I will be crying, 726 00:49:29.039 --> 00:49:31.000 is what I'll be doing. Lex can you me a favorite? Could you 727 00:49:31.039 --> 00:49:34.679 read this Killer Instinct story? Why go help a kid on the toilet? 728 00:49:34.719 --> 00:49:42.280 Real quick cours. Killer Instinct is getting a new anniversary edition, and this 729 00:49:42.400 --> 00:49:47.199 comes from Jordan Middle at VGC Never Heard of the Guy and twenty thirteen's reboosh 730 00:49:47.239 --> 00:49:52.960 of Killer Instinct is returning with a free to play version on Xbox and PC. 731 00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:58.480 During a livestream to celebrate the tenh anniversary of the Xbox One launch game, 732 00:49:58.639 --> 00:50:02.480 develop an Iron Galaxy anounced plans to split the game title into two versions. 733 00:50:02.760 --> 00:50:08.039 Killer Instinct bas Edition game will be a free to play on console and 734 00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:15.119 PC and features one weekly rotation fighter, as well as a single player local 735 00:50:15.239 --> 00:50:20.480 and ranked co op or local and ranked modes. The thirty dollars Killer Instinct 736 00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:28.400 Anniversary Edition will include all twenty nine fighters and premium content. Oh sorry, 737 00:50:28.440 --> 00:50:32.079 I thought Turbo Sean joined me. Oh he did. Yeah, if only 738 00:50:32.199 --> 00:50:37.760 if only Alexi had someone who actually knew about fighting games. Literally was about 739 00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:39.440 the tapid chat. Hey Sean, could you join the show? We talked 740 00:50:39.440 --> 00:50:44.719 about Killer Instinct? Hey yeah, Hey, what's going on Killer Instinct? 741 00:50:45.199 --> 00:50:49.760 I take issue with the way mister Middler if that is his real name, 742 00:50:50.079 --> 00:50:53.400 worded things in this article because, first of all, Killer Instinct has always 743 00:50:53.440 --> 00:50:58.719 been free to play, says twenty freaking fifteens. I was wondering about that, 744 00:50:58.960 --> 00:51:01.679 like I launched on the Xbox One. Yes, it has always been 745 00:51:01.679 --> 00:51:06.280 free to play. What's new here is that it was never free you play 746 00:51:06.320 --> 00:51:08.840 on Steam because of the way certain things worked back then when they first put 747 00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:13.519 on Steam. Now Steam will have a free play version as well. That's 748 00:51:13.559 --> 00:51:17.360 like the big change that's happening here. Okay, And how do you feel 749 00:51:17.400 --> 00:51:22.239 about it as a certified Killer Instinct freak? I think that everything that's happening 750 00:51:22.280 --> 00:51:27.559 here is very good. So what adversary addition is is it's a balance patch 751 00:51:27.639 --> 00:51:30.199 to sort This is unprecedented, Like ten years after the game launched, they're 752 00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:36.119 finally getting Iron Galaxy back in they're getting them to fix everything that is sort 753 00:51:36.119 --> 00:51:40.760 of like overpowered in the game right now, like hands on knees working day 754 00:51:40.800 --> 00:51:46.159 and niche. Yeah, they're they're they're just taking things down. It's like 755 00:51:46.199 --> 00:51:50.480 a rash. Unfortunately, my main the ballot to it it was op as 756 00:51:50.519 --> 00:51:53.599 hell. So they're nerving him and they're doing other stuff like that. It's 757 00:51:53.639 --> 00:51:57.719 a very cool thing that they're doing here that we don't see much of in 758 00:51:57.800 --> 00:52:00.840 the fine game community. But yeah, the bait change is that Steam is 759 00:52:00.840 --> 00:52:06.440 game for you play. If you own a definitive edition already or that's also 760 00:52:06.480 --> 00:52:08.639 what's in game Pass, you will be automactually upgraded to this, like it 761 00:52:08.719 --> 00:52:15.320 says in the article, And uh god, I'm so happy they're freaking conjoint 762 00:52:15.519 --> 00:52:20.079 back, John, I do have a question for you. What's up. 763 00:52:20.679 --> 00:52:23.320 Let's have a question more of a statement. The bottle toads fucking suck. 764 00:52:24.559 --> 00:52:29.719 Well, you're just wrong about that, as you are most things, Saxi. 765 00:52:29.800 --> 00:52:32.280 But that's okay. Well we still be friends. Yeah, I mean 766 00:52:32.280 --> 00:52:36.639 that the Battletoe's Oar Kid game, was it at least pretty pretty good? 767 00:52:36.719 --> 00:52:38.599 Yeah, I mean I don't know. I mean, the battletotes are like 768 00:52:38.679 --> 00:52:44.639 I think they're in a higher tier of like nineties animal action stars, right, 769 00:52:45.400 --> 00:52:49.840 yeah, like ship Ninja turtles. Why would you ever want a bottle 770 00:52:49.920 --> 00:52:52.119 toad when you could have a turtle that's a fucking ninja. I think I 771 00:52:52.199 --> 00:52:57.000 might like them better than the ninja turtle. But their hands grow really big 772 00:52:57.039 --> 00:53:01.360 and and slamming the the wall and like, yeah, rash turns into a 773 00:53:01.400 --> 00:53:07.280 wrecking ball, and thea that they just do it because yeah, yeah, 774 00:53:07.559 --> 00:53:10.719 and killer Instinct is cool and hey, like I said, it's free to 775 00:53:10.840 --> 00:53:15.400 play on Xbox right now, it's going to be free to play on Steam. 776 00:53:15.679 --> 00:53:17.719 Unfortunately, there's some funkiness. This was sort of before cross play was 777 00:53:17.760 --> 00:53:22.280 like really established, so there's a limited cross play between the Xbox and Steam 778 00:53:22.320 --> 00:53:25.519 versions. So just go fire up the Xbox app or fire up your Xbox 779 00:53:25.559 --> 00:53:30.719 console play k I. It's so much fun. I've neglected to mention. 780 00:53:30.840 --> 00:53:36.719 Yeah. The one downside here is that the game was rated. So the 781 00:53:36.920 --> 00:53:40.280 definitive edition was rated M for mature because of the classic ones, because of 782 00:53:40.440 --> 00:53:45.880 like Orchid Show under boobs as a fatality and stuff like that. They are 783 00:53:45.920 --> 00:53:50.800 removing that content when this drops, So if you already own it, like, 784 00:53:50.840 --> 00:53:52.639 if you buy it an now or you are a owner or whatever, 785 00:53:52.840 --> 00:53:57.000 you will keep the classic versions of the games, okay, I one two 786 00:53:57.119 --> 00:54:00.119 that they poured to Xbox, all that stuff, you'll keep that. But 787 00:54:00.320 --> 00:54:02.599 after that they are retiring that portion of the game. So that's that's the 788 00:54:02.599 --> 00:54:07.000 only like negative to all this, But largely it's a I don't believe Dave 789 00:54:07.079 --> 00:54:09.760 Lang is getting rid of the vagina bones. If anyone was going to it 790 00:54:09.800 --> 00:54:14.000 was going to be he is always going to eliminate the vagina bones. That 791 00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:20.239 was inevitable. Do you think this is a sign that Moore's happening with Killer 792 00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:22.519 Instinct beyond this, because I mean, we've heard for a while that they 793 00:54:22.519 --> 00:54:25.639 wanted to make a Killer Instinct sequel, and the problem was that they didn't 794 00:54:25.679 --> 00:54:30.320 have a studio. Everyone was too busy, And we definitely knew Iron Galaxy 795 00:54:30.400 --> 00:54:34.760 was too busy because they were working on their live service wrestling Battle Rayale game 796 00:54:34.840 --> 00:54:38.320 that Hey rips. It deserved a better faith than it received. Yeah, 797 00:54:38.360 --> 00:54:40.440 my game of the year last year, by the way, it was that 798 00:54:40.559 --> 00:54:45.480 good grumble Verse deserved better. Man, it deserved better. Now they're not 799 00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:49.960 busy with that. That game is dead as hell, and they're working on 800 00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:53.079 this. Do you think this signifies that they're back on the Killer Instinct tip 801 00:54:53.320 --> 00:54:58.599 in full? I think it's them floating the idea of, like, you 802 00:54:58.639 --> 00:55:01.400 know, Phill's over. They're like talking about how they own up a developer 803 00:55:01.400 --> 00:55:05.000 and everything like that, and then it's just like, oh, magically that 804 00:55:05.119 --> 00:55:08.280 game that the okay, it doesn't work out, gout canceled by a terrible, 805 00:55:08.360 --> 00:55:13.199 terrible company. Uh hm, what if we you know, sort of 806 00:55:13.280 --> 00:55:15.199 open the door a little bit, get them back in here, get them 807 00:55:15.199 --> 00:55:19.000 working out uff. Yeah, I think it's them testing the waters and seeing 808 00:55:19.039 --> 00:55:22.400 how things go. Obviously, if they're working on this actively and this is 809 00:55:22.400 --> 00:55:27.960 the project and they were working on Rumble versus actively with nothing else in development, 810 00:55:28.039 --> 00:55:31.519 also have some port work and stuff. Anything KI related would be quite 811 00:55:31.599 --> 00:55:36.000 a ways out at this point in terms of a KI four or whatever. 812 00:55:36.159 --> 00:55:39.960 So yeah, I think it's a sign of what could come though, and 813 00:55:39.960 --> 00:55:45.199 that that makes me sean one one last question, So what the fuck is 814 00:55:45.199 --> 00:55:50.559 the kil Gore? Oh that's cool, dude, they got they got funky 815 00:55:50.639 --> 00:55:53.079 with the later season KI as the budget started to run out a little bit, 816 00:55:53.079 --> 00:55:55.559 so they had to like stretch things a little bit, because uh, 817 00:55:55.920 --> 00:56:00.239 this was like an Xbox Live arcade game essentially went started, so they they 818 00:56:00.440 --> 00:56:02.320 have a lot of money to work with, and so they basically did like 819 00:56:02.800 --> 00:56:07.000 not palette swappy, but sot like making new characters based on existing characters. 820 00:56:07.000 --> 00:56:10.480 So kill Gore is based on full Gore, the robot they see on the 821 00:56:10.480 --> 00:56:15.000 cover of Ki. They have Shin Hissako as opposed to the Hissako that they 822 00:56:15.320 --> 00:56:19.599 introduced earlier in the game. Yeah, there's stuff like that later in the 823 00:56:19.599 --> 00:56:22.199 game that gall little not great, l a little weird, but hey, 824 00:56:22.760 --> 00:56:27.840 they were fun characters as well, especially after this new balance Pash. I'm 825 00:56:27.840 --> 00:56:30.280 gonna check it out. I always enjoyed playing playing this newer Killer Instinct. 826 00:56:30.920 --> 00:56:35.800 It's got a good game feel, juice, It's got the juice, got 827 00:56:35.880 --> 00:56:38.800 juice. Yeah, we determined that A is in the top four juiciest games 828 00:56:38.800 --> 00:56:43.159 of all time. In this new Giant Bomb series where Jeff Club plays through 829 00:56:43.239 --> 00:56:45.559 all of the Killer Instinct story modes, let's go, let's make it happen. 830 00:56:45.960 --> 00:56:50.719 What are the story modes like in a Killer Instinct? Exactly what you 831 00:56:50.800 --> 00:56:54.320 expect and not great. Hell yeah, I'll do it. I'm in all 832 00:56:54.440 --> 00:56:58.199 right, thanks, Sean, I appreciate that. Let's see, I got 833 00:56:58.199 --> 00:57:01.320 a pull question from last week somewhere. If I can get that up, 834 00:57:01.400 --> 00:57:07.159 there we go. It's sort of a Tuesday Tuesday last week. Yeah, 835 00:57:07.159 --> 00:57:10.199 it was Tuesday Monday. This was Monday Monday. You're right, you know, 836 00:57:10.239 --> 00:57:14.760 okay, jesus Monday. Are you going to update the Last of Us 837 00:57:14.800 --> 00:57:17.880 Part two for ten dollars? I'm gonna say yes, because who gives a 838 00:57:17.880 --> 00:57:22.000 show I want to play that mode? Twenty five percent say yes, fifty 839 00:57:22.039 --> 00:57:25.199 six percent cent say no, and twenty percent say not now but maybe one 840 00:57:25.280 --> 00:57:30.840 day. So it's like, hey, forty five percent saying at some point 841 00:57:30.880 --> 00:57:34.400 I might spend upwards of ten dollars or if I see it on the shelf, 842 00:57:34.400 --> 00:57:36.679 I'll pick it up. This is why they do it, right, 843 00:57:36.719 --> 00:57:39.960 because it will have an effect, it will sell, right. Yeah. 844 00:57:40.400 --> 00:57:44.360 Yeah, and it's fucking tired of the Last of Us. Man. I 845 00:57:44.400 --> 00:57:46.760 remember when the Last of Us Part two came out and some people on GB 846 00:57:46.880 --> 00:57:50.320 were like, I feel like tired of this franchise. I was like, 847 00:57:50.320 --> 00:57:52.639 oh, I don't get that at all. Like this, I'm like, 848 00:57:52.840 --> 00:57:55.559 this game is like fucking miserable. I love it it's great, it's dark 849 00:57:55.599 --> 00:57:59.559 as hell, and like I actually really enjoyed what they were trying to do 850 00:57:59.599 --> 00:58:05.840 with this, and years later that game is now totally unpalatable to me, 851 00:58:06.000 --> 00:58:08.960 Like I could not imagine ever playing that game again right now, and just 852 00:58:09.039 --> 00:58:15.599 complete distaste for the politics behind is, the message of it, the way 853 00:58:15.599 --> 00:58:21.000 that that game plays, a lot of the figures involved with I'm just like 854 00:58:21.199 --> 00:58:23.599 tired of hearing about it. I liked the TV show, I watched it, 855 00:58:23.760 --> 00:58:27.960 but I just have no interest engaging with the Last of Us Part two 856 00:58:28.400 --> 00:58:32.199 ever again right now. Yeah. Yeah, I've been sitting over here the 857 00:58:32.199 --> 00:58:36.480 whole time, and like not for me, so kind of like watching this 858 00:58:36.559 --> 00:58:38.440 unfolding people being like, ah, this is a bit too much, like 859 00:58:38.519 --> 00:58:45.239 yeah, cool, let's go play Mario. Let's let's fucking go. Yeah. 860 00:58:45.840 --> 00:58:51.239 It looks worse in context, right because there's been so little news about 861 00:58:51.280 --> 00:58:54.320 what else is happening with future PlayStation Studios games that it's like, oh my 862 00:58:54.320 --> 00:58:58.719 god, they're going back to the Last of Us well again already that's all 863 00:58:58.760 --> 00:59:00.519 they do, And that's just that that's not true, It's not all they 864 00:59:00.519 --> 00:59:05.400 do. It just kind of feels that way at this particular moment. Yeah, 865 00:59:05.440 --> 00:59:09.519 it's bad that the majority of their news beats this year have involved you 866 00:59:09.559 --> 00:59:15.239 know, some several franchises that we've heard of very recently, and everyone just 867 00:59:15.280 --> 00:59:20.559 feels like we're getting the same you know stories again and again coming out of 868 00:59:20.559 --> 00:59:24.519 PlayStation and it's pretty frustrating. I think, Yeah, I do think PlayStation 869 00:59:24.719 --> 00:59:28.679 Like they're obviously cooking up stuff. They have lots of studios under them, 870 00:59:28.719 --> 00:59:31.639 they have lots of talented people. But I'm just curious if they'll ever move 871 00:59:31.679 --> 00:59:36.559 away from like the five franchises that they've decided are like their mainstays. Now. 872 00:59:36.639 --> 00:59:38.800 It's tough. It's at a certain point, like their pot committed, 873 00:59:39.280 --> 00:59:44.400 and then it's it's difficult to spin up something new and think people are going 874 00:59:44.440 --> 00:59:45.639 to care about it the way they cared about that thing. They've done it 875 00:59:45.639 --> 00:59:49.679 before, though, which is why they probably will turn back to that style 876 00:59:49.800 --> 00:59:53.679 eventually. It's just at two hundred million dollars per game, that risk is 877 00:59:53.800 --> 00:59:58.599 a lot more, a lot scarier for these companies. All Right, we 878 00:59:58.639 --> 01:00:00.079 got a new pole question I'll put up in second It's a dumb one, 879 01:00:00.519 --> 01:00:04.440 so I'm looking forward to that. But in the meantime, Lexie, why 880 01:00:04.440 --> 01:00:07.079 don't you tell people where they can find you on the internet, Remind them 881 01:00:07.159 --> 01:00:10.760 about your Winter Spectacular, all that, all those good things. Yes, 882 01:00:10.880 --> 01:00:15.519 so on Wednesday you can find me somewhere in London. I have no fucking 883 01:00:15.599 --> 01:00:21.119 idea where I'm just following other people at a MVC developed thirty under thirty thing. 884 01:00:21.519 --> 01:00:24.639 And you can find me on Twitter at basically lexi both spelt with eyes, 885 01:00:25.559 --> 01:00:29.639 or you can follow ash v start Menu, which is the website I 886 01:00:29.760 --> 01:00:31.800 run. We'll be running our Winter Spectacular, which we'll have a bunch of 887 01:00:31.800 --> 01:00:37.159 guest pieces, game of the Year lists from a load of different people, 888 01:00:37.599 --> 01:00:40.599 and a bunch of interesting voices on there and generally just a good time. 889 01:00:40.599 --> 01:00:49.239 We're also currently working on our group awards, and we are currently deciding who 890 01:00:49.239 --> 01:00:52.639 the best hunks are of the year, and we are deciding what's the funniest 891 01:00:52.679 --> 01:01:00.639 game complimentary and funniest game derogatory. And we are just working on the Gay 892 01:01:00.760 --> 01:01:05.320 Stay Winning Award. So it's all go over in Stop Menu at the moment. 893 01:01:05.800 --> 01:01:09.880 Looking forward to all of that. Let's see anything else. Yeah, 894 01:01:09.960 --> 01:01:13.320 the new poll question, let's get to that. The new pole question is 895 01:01:13.400 --> 01:01:16.079 RoboCop is working security? At the Game Awards. What is his prime directive? 896 01:01:16.760 --> 01:01:22.199 Your options are serve the public trust, protect the KILI, or uphold 897 01:01:22.280 --> 01:01:25.599 gamer law. So go ahead vote on that. We'll discuss it on Wednesday. 898 01:01:25.920 --> 01:01:29.960 Why, I don't know. I couldn't come up with another pole question, 899 01:01:30.119 --> 01:01:34.440 So deal with it. Speaking of Giant Bomb, which is where we 900 01:01:34.480 --> 01:01:37.960 will have Game Best Mornings on Wednesday, we're gonna figure out what's going on 901 01:01:37.960 --> 01:01:39.639 this week. I do believe we should be able to do a Blight Club, 902 01:01:39.719 --> 01:01:43.960 so look forward to that on Wednesday. I'm gonna play a bunch of 903 01:01:43.960 --> 01:01:49.440 Alan Wake this week on the site. That's my plan because we have we 904 01:01:49.599 --> 01:01:52.320 have awards starting soon. I think we're gonna be having stuff happening by the 905 01:01:52.400 --> 01:01:54.239 end of this week, in fact, so I want to get that out 906 01:01:54.280 --> 01:01:57.880 of the way. I've been playing Poulders Kate three as well, a game 907 01:01:57.880 --> 01:02:00.159 I'm enjoyed, but I don't know if I would still be playing if it 908 01:02:00.199 --> 01:02:04.519 wasn't for the awards. I showed my dad we sing last night, which 909 01:02:04.639 --> 01:02:07.119 was very entertaining. Again, it does seem like the kind of thing where 910 01:02:07.119 --> 01:02:10.960 it's like if you show, like did he get what was happening there? 911 01:02:12.719 --> 01:02:15.159 So she got a bit of it because he had like read my preview or 912 01:02:15.159 --> 01:02:17.760 my interview with Sam Lake where I had set up what the game was a 913 01:02:17.760 --> 01:02:22.480 bit, and she was the thing that I didn't realize until the very end 914 01:02:22.599 --> 01:02:27.880 was he didn't realize the stuff that was on screens in the video game were 915 01:02:28.199 --> 01:02:30.960 live action, right, And I just kind of was wondering, like, 916 01:02:30.000 --> 01:02:35.199 can people parse a little bit of like why this is fun and impressive? 917 01:02:35.960 --> 01:02:37.920 Yeah, she did get that, like, oh, they're changing between live 918 01:02:37.920 --> 01:02:43.719 action scenes and like game scenes, but she didn't realize that the live action 919 01:02:43.800 --> 01:02:46.320 bits inside of the video game were live action, which was very funny to 920 01:02:46.360 --> 01:02:51.480 me. He also like was like, you know, this is like something 921 01:02:51.480 --> 01:02:52.800 that i'd watch, like, you know, it's not like you know, 922 01:02:53.159 --> 01:02:57.880 video games. I was like, yeah, yeah, I see where the 923 01:02:57.920 --> 01:03:01.000 disconnect here is of like there is still an element to people who don't even 924 01:03:01.079 --> 01:03:08.159 know that the whole like elevated Sony style linear action game story based games is 925 01:03:08.199 --> 01:03:10.440 like a big part of the video game industry. There's a lot of people 926 01:03:10.440 --> 01:03:14.559 who think video games are Mario count of Strike and Legal Legends, yep. 927 01:03:14.800 --> 01:03:19.159 And it's very interesting to see him look at it and go like this is 928 01:03:19.280 --> 01:03:22.599 like fucking True Detective. I'm like, yeah, yeah, this is basically 929 01:03:22.679 --> 01:03:28.360 True Detective. It's like if True Detective was like fucking fun cool. Yeah, 930 01:03:28.559 --> 01:03:30.639 I'm I'm, I don't know. There's gonna be a lot of fun 931 01:03:30.679 --> 01:03:34.079 games to talk about. I tell you what I'm not looking forward to is 932 01:03:34.119 --> 01:03:38.360 this motherfucker Gianna Chowa fucking finding a new favorite game this goddamn week. I 933 01:03:38.480 --> 01:03:40.920 was. I thought I was through all the games I felt I needed to 934 01:03:40.920 --> 01:03:45.039 play, and now he's coming at me with fucking l Passo elsewhere. I 935 01:03:45.119 --> 01:03:51.199 don't have time. I refuse. The guy didn't finish a game for like 936 01:03:51.599 --> 01:03:52.960 nine months of the year and now we're at the end of the year and 937 01:03:53.239 --> 01:03:58.320 just like every game is the best game ever and he platinumed it. It's 938 01:03:58.480 --> 01:04:01.280 it's bullshit. If you ask me, slut, I've had enough of them. 939 01:04:01.880 --> 01:04:06.960 Also, El Paso Tos fucking I'm I'm playing Chance to Sinar and that 940 01:04:08.039 --> 01:04:13.880 It's just that's my bullshit. That's my bullshit. But also Cocoon has been 941 01:04:14.000 --> 01:04:16.119 very good, and like I said, a lot of Boulder Skate three I 942 01:04:16.159 --> 01:04:19.519 will I feel like I got I didn't. Cocoon's not that long I feel 943 01:04:19.519 --> 01:04:21.920 like I could finish it pretty quick. I'm gonna put that aside. I'm 944 01:04:21.920 --> 01:04:26.599 gonna play a little l Passo by the end of this week. God damn 945 01:04:26.599 --> 01:04:29.360 it. All right, Lexi, thank you so much for hanging out with 946 01:04:29.360 --> 01:04:31.440 me and talking about video games. You know how I appreciate it. Yeah, 947 01:04:31.440 --> 01:04:34.239 thank you for having me on and said if the setup was a little 948 01:04:34.239 --> 01:04:36.639 bit scuffed, No, you did great. This is awesome. You sounded 949 01:04:36.679 --> 01:04:40.840 fine. That's all people care about. Uh. Thank you everybody for watching. 950 01:04:40.880 --> 01:04:44.199 You're the best audience in gaming. One more time stored dot giant bomb 951 01:04:44.239 --> 01:04:46.920 dot com. Go go buy the fanny pack. It's time. We're in 952 01:04:47.000 --> 01:04:51.599 fanny pack season. We're in the fanny pack era for the next several years. 953 01:04:51.760 --> 01:04:55.400 Fanny packs are gonna be cool because of this one. Go pick that 954 01:04:55.480 --> 01:04:57.519 up. There's a bunch of other cool stuff in there as well. Uh. 955 01:04:57.679 --> 01:05:00.519 And then if you go to there's a link in the description to where 956 01:05:00.519 --> 01:05:05.000 you need to go for the Game of the Year Spectacular finale in Los Angeles. 957 01:05:05.159 --> 01:05:06.719 Come hang out with us. It's going to be a good time. 958 01:05:08.400 --> 01:05:10.480 All right, We're gonna get out of here. Thanks for watch everybody. 959 01:05:10.519 --> 01:05:13.400 Until next time, have a good one, take care of yourself and goodbye.