WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:15.320 You'll be Gon'll be bad. It's the Internet. You're busy. Let's do 2 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:19.079 this for July fifteenth, twenty twenty four. For the next hour or so, 3 00:00:19.519 --> 00:00:22.440 let me help you sort through the world of gaming on Game Mess Mornings 4 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:26.519 Live with Me Jeff Greb. Today we get an update on a beloved franchise 5 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:30.719 that may disappoint its fans, and Nintendo may do something surprising with its next 6 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:34.240 Zelda game. But first, please join me and welcoming today's co host, 7 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:37.719 the Game Mess Mornings. It's Emma Fife. Everybody, Emma, how are 8 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:44.560 you doing. I'm just great. It's very warm, I would say in 9 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:49.399 Los Angeles, but truly all over the country everywhere. Yes, it's yeah, 10 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:53.200 it's just a terrible time. But you know, it's just prepping me 11 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:57.159 for when I go to Japan in a few weeks in the summer. Not 12 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:00.119 the time I would choose to go. But if somebody else is paying for 13 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:03.560 me to go, then who am I to say? Exactly, yeah, 14 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:04.760 yeah, you got to go in dure it. If someone else is paying 15 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:08.680 for sure, yes, exactly, yeah, yeah. Jan is actually in 16 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:14.040 Japan this week. He's having a good time. He'll be back next week. 17 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:17.000 It's going to be a fun one because I think Back of Ours also 18 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:19.879 out, and I think Dan's got some time off later this week, so 19 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:23.120 I'm running the shop and I'm going to do some crazy stuff. I don't 20 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:26.959 know what that means, but I'll come up with something. So I'm looking 21 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:30.000 forward to all that. You are getting ready for Comic Gun though, how's 22 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.920 that been? I am, yeah, I am waiting for the other shoe 23 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:42.879 to drop. I've been talking with Hayner over GameSpot on the entertainment editorial team, 24 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:47.760 and he and I are both kind of like this is going really smoothly. 25 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:53.280 We're so busy, Like we're so booked and busy in our press suite 26 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:57.159 is going to be crazy, which Jan is going to be helping run with 27 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:02.120 myself and some others. But yeah, it's just like it's I truly am 28 00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:06.599 like, when is something going to go horribly, terribly wrong, because so 29 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:09.560 far it's been really good. You just wait till you're there in the thick 30 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:13.879 of it. Then that's when something will go wrong for sure, exactly exactly, 31 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:15.680 well, I mean it always does exactly. Yeah. You can't you 32 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:20.960 can't prepare for these, Like I'm the kind of person that I go into 33 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:23.360 every production being like, well, something's going to go wrong, so I'm 34 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:25.439 just gonna roll with it. When it does. It sounds right. And 35 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:28.840 at least you'll be in San Diego, a town that I enjoy. That 36 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:32.000 was exactly. Yeah, it's very very pleasant down there, And at least 37 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:36.400 I will be in a press suite with air conditioning all day and not running 38 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:39.560 around to appointments, which is really nice. Exactly. In terms of games, 39 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:43.319 this week is a pretty exciting one for me. It's a college football 40 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:50.080 drops this week, and then so does nes World Championships, which I've been 41 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:53.400 waiting for. It comes out. I think it comes out the eighteenth. 42 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:58.120 I got to keep remembering that Nintendo doesn't do the Friday releases anymore. No, 43 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:04.960 they're on the Thursday, Sourday. Wednesday night we might have it usually 44 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:07.479 like nine o'clock Pacific time, so like midnight Easter. Yeah, so midnight 45 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:10.919 Eastern we might have it. So I'm gonna be playing this game in like 46 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:15.639 two days. That's incredible. I'm so excited. So to those those are 47 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:17.680 the two games I've really been looking forward to. I want to spend some 48 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:23.639 time with both. We should have a chance to play some college football during 49 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:30.360 the week. That is that out early Scottie college football. I'm asking chat 50 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:34.000 now for the college football fans that might be in chat. I know the 51 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:36.479 release date was like later this week, but I think there was maybe an 52 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:39.360 early access period that people might be I might start playing today and if that's 53 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:44.080 the case, we'll get our hands on that and try to play it earlier 54 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:46.319 in the week so everyone can get a look at that saus It's, you 55 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:50.919 know, the first time they've made one of these games in ten eleven years 56 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:53.800 or something like that, and a lot of excitement around it. So looking 57 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:58.680 forward to it early is tomorrow, thank you, Purple people Eater. Okay, 58 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:00.400 well then we'll get it on the way site as best we can. 59 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:04.520 Let's explain what we do here most weekdays. I Jeff Grub will help piece 60 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:08.919 your gaming life back together. That includes breaking news and maybe even some of 61 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:12.280 our own original reporting. For all these topics, I'll get the input of 62 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:15.800 a bona fide expert who will make me look smart. If you were watching 63 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:18.240 live on Twitch welcome. You can always listen to the show later on podcast 64 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:23.759 feeds by searching for Games Mornings, or find the RSS on giant bomb dot 65 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:28.079 com. You can also catch the show later with chapters and timestamps on YouTube. 66 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:30.720 Hello YouTube. All right, we have a lot to get into, 67 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:35.639 so let's start the morning mess with Crash Bandicoot artists claims a fifth game was 68 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:41.279 canceled. This is from Andy Robinson at VGC. A former Toys for Bob 69 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:44.759 artist, has claimed that a fifth Crash Bandicoot game was canceled at the studio. 70 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:48.079 Concept artist Nicholas Cole made the claim in a Twitter thread this weekend, 71 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:53.199 in which they shared news that a separate project they'd been working on with another 72 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:58.360 studio called Project Dragon had been canceled. Responding to fans speculating that the project 73 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.040 could could be related to Spyro due to its code name, Cole said that 74 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:04.399 it was not, but claimed that a version of Crash five had been canceled. 75 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:09.319 It is not Spiro, but someday folks will hear about the Crash five 76 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:12.680 that never was, and it's going to break hearts, they wrote. In 77 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:16.279 another reply, Cole claimed that Project Dragon and Crash five were two totally separate 78 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:21.560 canceled projects at two totally separate different studios. Crash Bandicoot developer Toys for Bob 79 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:27.279 split from Activision this year following Microsoft's acquisition of the Call of Duty publisher. 80 00:05:27.480 --> 00:05:30.920 The studio later revealed it had signed a publishing agreement with Microsoft for its next 81 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:36.000 game. Speculation around that is that it could be spiral related. Yeah, 82 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:39.839 this is a bit of a bummer that they were, Like, there was 83 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:43.800 Crash five following up, though, the kind of critically beloved Crash four. 84 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:46.160 I know, a lot of fans really liked that game. I like that 85 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:47.439 game, and I don't really like playing a lot of Crash games. I 86 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:53.639 think Crash I, yeah, was really good. And I and so I 87 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:56.680 was Crash band you know, I was a PlayStation kid. I played so 88 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:00.199 much Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot two, and Crash Team Race, saying, 89 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:04.160 which is a Crash Bandicoot equivalent of Mario Kart. It's really fun. It's 90 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:09.680 really really fun. And then yeah, I mean Crash four. I remember, 91 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:12.480 you know, it had been a while since I picked up a Crash 92 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:15.720 game, and I picked it up, and the thing that was crazy to 93 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:19.000 me was that it was really really really fun platforming and the kind of wacky 94 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:24.800 way that Crash does it, which is typically you know, it kind of 95 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:28.680 shifts between the like two point five D and the three D you know, 96 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:30.399 view from behind going down, and then of course who could ever forget being 97 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:34.480 chased by boulders and dinosaurs. I mean, uh, yeah, I love 98 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:40.759 Crash Bandicoot and Tom Payne. You don't have to explain what Crash Team Racing 99 00:06:40.839 --> 00:06:44.120 is to this audience. Thank you, Thank you. I find that, 100 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:46.240 you know, there's a lot of very young people that work in the gaming 101 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:51.319 industry and are that watch gaming things, and they're all like, we don't 102 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:57.240 know what anything is but League of Legends, And I'm like, sorry, 103 00:06:57.279 --> 00:07:00.079 I'm trying to get the headlines on and I have the wrong headline. I 104 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:03.879 have the jan headlines. They're separate Turbo Shan headlines that I need to be 105 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:05.680 focused on. You know what, We got to leave that up because otherwise 106 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:09.759 it's going to play the intro again. Sean's going to send it to me 107 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:13.439 on slack right now. But yeah, no, you play Crash For you 108 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:16.800 really like it, just Crash for. It's really good. It's really good. 109 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:21.160 I remember I was streaming it and on that first boss it took me 110 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:25.639 a little while to figure out, like how you do the box because like 111 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:29.279 That's the thing that's fun about it is that all the levels and the boss 112 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:30.720 fights, they all have something about them, and it's like, once you 113 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:33.800 figure it out, it's like, oh, Okay, now I know what 114 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:38.360 I'm supposed to be doing. Yes, I don't know. It makes me 115 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:45.600 sad because I thought Crash for was stupendous and it would be nice to see 116 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:49.439 them keep building on the ideas that they had in that game, because I 117 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:54.959 thought it was very fresh. And my my thinking was that, I know 118 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:59.920 the Crash Insane trilogy remakes did very well. I know those games. Yeah, 119 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:03.360 that game sold a ton I thought Crash four didn't do that well, 120 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.279 but I thought it did pretty well compared to that. I thought it was 121 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.959 like several million copies, maybe maybe most of those right discount sales. I 122 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:13.040 don't know. I haven't really kept the track, but in my memory i'm 123 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.560 I'm like, no, I thought Crash four did all right. And then 124 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:18.639 it's I think, usually it turns out when I think, like, these 125 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:22.120 games do even a little bit better than that. I thought it was like, 126 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:26.240 yeah, Tony Hawk did really well and the Crash four did pretty good 127 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:31.800 as well. I could see them being like the Crash five game is is, 128 00:08:31.039 --> 00:08:33.799 you know, canceled or never really got started in the first place. 129 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:37.720 It's always it's always murky with with game development, as you know. I 130 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:41.879 remember the Dead Space two thing where it was like I'm like, oh, 131 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:43.679 yeah, that game canceled, shelved or whatever, and I'm like, they 132 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:46.399 never started it. I'm like, Okay, they were thinking about it though, 133 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:48.639 And I think it was the same thing here. They were probably thinking 134 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:52.399 about it looking at what they were going to do next, and like we 135 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:54.679 could go right to Crash five, but we, uh, you know, 136 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:58.080 just did the The Insane Trilogy and then we did Crash four. Let's give 137 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:03.039 this franchise some breathing room work on some other stuff in the meantime, and 138 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:07.799 that's that probably is what led to the current thing where like Toys or Bob 139 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:09.759 is making maybe a spiral game and again and maybe they're making a spiral game. 140 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:16.519 We don't really know, and hopefully they come back to Crash I say, 141 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:20.360 hopefully they'll inevitably come back to Crash Bandicoot. Right, Crash Bandicoot's not 142 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:24.440 going to disappear forever. It did well enough at least to justify a return 143 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:28.000 at some point. Just the immediate Crash five is probably what we're not getting, 144 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:33.399 right. Yeah, I think there's room on the PlayStation for multiple mascots 145 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:37.840 because I always thought of Crash as kind of being the PlayStation's mascot. Now 146 00:09:37.919 --> 00:09:43.559 obviously it's Astro yes, and Crash it is now an Xbox mascot because Xbox 147 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:48.919 owns exactly bizarre, bizarre world we live in. So weird, Yeah, 148 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:54.000 but it's so okay. So then if we have a Crash five, do 149 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:56.600 you think that it can kind of continue what they were what they were doing 150 00:09:56.639 --> 00:10:01.039 and Crash four or does it need to be rethought once again? Because I'm 151 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:03.799 like, ah, I think more Crash for is kind of what I'm okay 152 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:05.919 with. I think more Yeah, I was going to say, I think 153 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:07.879 more Crash for it. It's in some ways similar to and you know, 154 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:13.840 we've talked about this at length obviously, though Crash four was a complete game, 155 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:20.080 whereas Astro was a pre pack that was surprisingly robust for being a prepack, 156 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:22.960 sure, but was not a full game experience. So I think that 157 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:24.559 again, it's like, we just want more Astro, we just want more 158 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:30.919 Crash yep. And I think that yes, And I think they can probably 159 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:35.879 look around and see what's working for Astro and recent Mario games. But Crash 160 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.320 has always been its own things. So if they want to just make totally 161 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:43.320 more Crash for as Crash five, I would be happy. I just hope 162 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:46.799 it doesn't take, like you know, with game development taking longer and longer. 163 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:48.440 I hope it doesn't get to a point where it's like, oh, 164 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:50.799 yeah, we're six seven years later and I guess maybe we'll do a Crash 165 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:54.440 fivew does anyone care anymore? I hope they could find some way to hit 166 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:58.960 these things like every three to four years, and there was a time when 167 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:03.039 it was like we were getting them every year without fail, and a lot 168 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:05.559 of those were bad in that time for being activision days. But I will 169 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:11.240 also say that as far as Crash four goes again, I had not touched 170 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:18.120 a Crash Bandicoot since og Crash Bandicoot two on the PlayStation, and I think 171 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:22.240 that I wasn't entirely alone in that it was a lot of people going, 172 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:26.080 oh, well, Crash Bandicoot's kind of back on my radar here, especially 173 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:30.279 with the Ensane trilogy. You're doing really, really well. So I think 174 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:31.519 that, you know, because part of me saying, oh, okay, 175 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:35.080 is it going to be another seven years until we had a new Crash game? 176 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:37.919 Is Crash opsolete at that point? And the answer is I don't think 177 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:43.840 so. Yeah, agreed. Uh so we'll see what happens with Crash. 178 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:48.360 Crash five canceled for now, you know, put on the shelf for now. 179 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:50.679 That's not going to last forever. But you know, look for the 180 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:54.840 Crash Bandicoot fans out there, I bet you your day will come once again. 181 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:58.799 And for the rest of you, if you haven't played Crash Bandicoot four, 182 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:01.120 go fix. That's the one where likely recommend. I was like, 183 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:03.240 I don't like Crash Mike, and Mike's saying, no, you'll. I 184 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:05.519 think you'll like Crash four. And I tried to Mike, Okay, you 185 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:09.879 were right. This is a good one. They finally finally made a good 186 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:13.240 one. Now I like Crash band good enough, but yeah, no four? 187 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.960 Is that really excellent? Absolutely? All right? This next one, 188 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.639 here he goes, is the headline from Ali Welship Polygon. Excuse me, 189 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:26.399 Princess Link will be playable in Zelda Echoes of Wisdom. Well done, Ali. 190 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:31.159 It's not often that Link's gallantry is called into question. But today is 191 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:33.879 one of those sad days. After thirty eight years of hogging the limelight, 192 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:37.559 the hero in Green has finally seated the starring role in the next The Legend 193 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:41.399 Zelda game to Princess Zelda herself. Who will be playable? Who will be 194 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:46.159 the playable protagonists of the Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom? But mere weeks 195 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:48.440 after her Big Enough a Big Moment was announced, it's been revealed that Link 196 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:52.799 couldn't help himself and his crashing Zelda's party. He'll be playable in the game 197 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:56.720 two. The news has emerged from an ESRB listing from the game rating the 198 00:12:56.720 --> 00:13:01.679 game E for everyone. The SRB note that this is an adventure game in 199 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:05.799 which players assume the role of Zelda as she attempts to dispel riffs through high 200 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:09.080 Rule and rescue Link. From a three quarters overhead perspective. Players explore various 201 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:15.679 environment environments, will fighting stylized enemies like humans and creatures. Then the ESRB 202 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:18.759 dropped the bombshell as Link players use a sword and arrows to defeat enemies. 203 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:24.399 Zelda can use magic wand to summon creatures like wind up knights, pig soldiers, 204 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:30.159 Slime for Battle. I this is making headlines like across a bunch of 205 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:33.519 like Nintendo websites and stuff like Polygon. But I think we might have already 206 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:39.480 seen it because there is that intro moment in the trailer where Link runs into 207 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:43.799 the dungeon to save Zelda, and I bet you actually play that moment, 208 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:46.360 and that's maybe the extent of it. Yeah, that may be the excit. 209 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:52.360 Look, the only way that I could see this being fun and cool 210 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:54.600 instead of it being like, come on, y'all, you've played is Link 211 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:58.399 a bazillion times? We don't need to play is Link. The way I 212 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:03.759 could see it's being fun and cool is if there was like a parallel storyline 213 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:09.480 of like Link trying to escape the Negaverse or wherever the heck key is. 214 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.240 But yeah, I mean I I but again it's like I this was a 215 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:18.320 game I didn't know I needed. But I love that Link's Awakening. Uh 216 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:24.279 switch rema. I was about to say, DS what what? Years? 217 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:28.919 I would have played a Links Awakening remake on the DS for sure. I 218 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:31.879 do like that. I actually I loved the Link between Worlds DS game. 219 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:35.759 That was really really fun. It's so good. Uh. But yeah, 220 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:39.480 I loved that little link so I was so cute. Oh my god, 221 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:43.799 I remember there e three displays where they actually had little dioramas of the stages. 222 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:48.240 It was so amazing. Yeah, it's so cute. Uh. And 223 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:52.480 I think this is a great way to get get Zelda in on the action, 224 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:56.840 long long Overdale. Yeah. I mean from the beginning, I love 225 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:58.440 that. When they announced this, it's like, oh, Echo's wisdom and 226 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:01.919 she was the thing is the triforce piece of wisdom, wisdom right, and 227 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:05.440 things like that. And it even got me like looking at that old CD 228 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:11.240 I game where you play as as Zelda Ga, there's Wand of Gamalon and 229 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:16.000 then there's just another one though three actually the third and the third one is 230 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:20.279 like the top down like real kind of it plays like a Zelda game, 231 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:24.919 but you play Zelda one and it's it's very Yes, it's very weird. 232 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:28.639 Yeah, there's Faces of Evil and Zelda does Adventures the one I'm thinking of, 233 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:31.879 yes, doctor Randall. And I was looking at that there was there 234 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:35.679 were fan remakes of like Wand of Gamalon and Faces of Evil that like make 235 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:41.000 those games kind of like okay playable, playable yes, uh. And then 236 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:43.600 I don't know if they have the same thing for Zelda's Adventure, but I 237 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:46.759 might track that down. We'll see, all right, let's keep moving here. 238 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:52.200 The first BioShock four images has a reportedly has reportedly appeared online. This 239 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:56.759 is from Andy Robinson at VGC. In early mid development image of BioShock four 240 00:15:56.759 --> 00:16:00.039 has repeatedly been shared online, showing an early glimpse at the two K A 241 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:04.080 sequels UI design. The image published by MP first is said to originate from 242 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:08.200 a work reel belonging to a two K visual effect artist, which hasn't been 243 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:12.559 linked to protect their privacy. Notably, the images feature the code name park 244 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:17.240 Side, which was referenced by journalist Colin Moriarty back in twenty twenty one, 245 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:21.200 in which he revealed alleged details on the new BioShock game, including its setting. 246 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:25.559 Two K First announced back into December twenty nineteen that work had begun on 247 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:29.159 a new entry in the BioShock series, but it has been tight lipped about 248 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:32.320 the pop project in the year since. The game is being created by two 249 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:36.840 k's new Cloud Chamber Studio, which was established especially for the project in two 250 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:41.440 k's San Francisco Bay Area headquarters in California, as well as in Montreal, 251 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:45.519 Quebec. Cloud Chambers team includes a number of BioShock veterans, including designer director, 252 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:52.759 design director Jonathan Pelling, and creative director hogy De la Plant. Yeah, 253 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:55.559 I'll get this picture up here for everybody to see. In a second. 254 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:57.720 There's not much to it. Mostly, I just wanted to like check 255 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:02.200 in and like, what do you think is happening with BioShock four? Because 256 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:07.519 we heard last week that you heard there was like a job hosting that was 257 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:11.200 like, hey, we were looking for someone to come and design some stuff. 258 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:15.480 And whenever people read this see that myself included it's say, oh, 259 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:17.839 I thought, you know, I thought you'd be way further than needing someone 260 00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:21.640 to come in and do this job, but also game development. So MESSI 261 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:26.039 who knows if that's what it means? Do you think we see BioShock four 262 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:30.680 anytime soon? And does like a image from like maybe twenty twenty one do 263 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:37.079 anything for you? Does an image from twenty twenty one do anything for me? 264 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:45.839 No? I think Look, if it's anytime soon, I would say 265 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:53.319 summer twenty twenty six. Yeah maybe, if that I think would be the 266 00:17:53.480 --> 00:18:00.319 soon, especially as you say the coming in to do design work. I 267 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:06.279 mean that can also be a later stage thing of ooh, you know what, 268 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:08.599 here's something we're testing in this game. It's kind of like when you're 269 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:11.519 making a movie and you're like, you know what, it's really missing a 270 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:17.799 scene that establishes the relationship between these characters better. Maybe it's something like that. 271 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:22.200 Game development doesn't work quite the same way, but you know, yeah, 272 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:30.279 I don't know, I'm with you where it's like it's let me reset 273 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:33.880 this. There we go. Yeah, So, I mean people can see 274 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:38.960 this image and okay, so it does show like the character looking up at 275 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:44.680 like some sort of obelisks, some sort of like temple thing where there's a 276 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:48.000 glowing light at the top of a structure, a glowing ball of fire. 277 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:52.359 Maybe okay, well, people can read into that what they want. But 278 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:56.119 we also do see the UI, the UX design, and to that I 279 00:18:56.119 --> 00:19:00.960 would say, there's almost no way it looks like this all these years later. 280 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:04.880 It's probably had several revisions and mostly changed, and UX is all about, 281 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:07.680 like, you know, the very fine specific details, and that stuff 282 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:11.960 just wouldn't be settled at this point. So yeah, I think at the 283 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:15.079 very least the fact that like this happened, and I saw a bunch of 284 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:21.920 headlines about it. Shows that there's still a strong thirst for information and there's 285 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:26.279 a lot of just overall desire for a new BioShock game, something that's like, 286 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.359 you know, I don't think it's guaranteed. At a certain point, 287 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:30.440 people just put that in the back of their mind and they forget about it, 288 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:32.000 and they're like, yeah, I don't know. At one point I 289 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:34.119 cared about BioShock, but I don't anymore. Seems like people still at the 290 00:19:34.200 --> 00:19:40.039 very least care about BioShock and are perking up when they're like they see even 291 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:45.480 a little bit of you know, a tiny little crumb like this has you 292 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:48.200 know, is the world still going to be like ready for or is BioShock 293 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:51.720 going to be ready for? How the world is going to you know, 294 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:55.160 take it in in a couple of years, Like, will BioShock still be 295 00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:59.400 a big deal when it comes out? Do you think? I mean, 296 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:03.920 I think there are people who are BioShock heads. I think it'll be a 297 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:11.839 big deal to the existing fans of the franchise. It's becoming so difficult I 298 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:22.480 feel to be cross everything relevant. Yeah, you know, I feel like 299 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:29.000 it's very difficult to reach people outside of your core fan base in general. 300 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:36.720 Yep. I would put BioShock in that category. Yeah, And it's you 301 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:41.440 know, the gaming industry has grown so much since like two thousand and seven 302 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:45.599 and then when when was like twenty twelve for BioShock Infinite and then a BioShock 303 00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:51.880 two. Between those two, yeah, they're like, there's so much has 304 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:55.799 changed and it is so different. And I remember thinking at a time when 305 00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:59.160 BioShock Infinite came along, BioShock Infinite is like one of those games that made 306 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:03.279 me sort of look around and be like, is this does this whole industry 307 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:07.440 make sense? Because they spent so long on this game, and it obviously 308 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:11.400 costs so much money, and they could have taken several more years developing it 309 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:15.400 to obviously complete some of these features that they had to cut. This seems 310 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:19.119 unsustainable. And now we have this this new game that's taking even longer and 311 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:22.640 it's probably gonna be even more expensive, and is it going to be able 312 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:27.160 to hit even as hard as BioShock Infinite did? I don't know. That's 313 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:33.079 like that's still a big question. So it's a question. BioShock Incident sold 314 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:40.319 decently well, yes, but yeah. But again, it's like it's at 315 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:44.039 the point that we're getting a new BioShock game. It is a completely different 316 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:49.279 market than BioShock Infinite went into. Yep, definitely, and I just I 317 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:53.920 just wonder if it's the kind of thing where this game can it is going 318 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:57.079 to come out and most people would be like, yeah, that's great, 319 00:21:57.079 --> 00:22:02.559 but I'm like already playing a bunch of freedom play games with my friends or 320 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.799 or you know, some people will show up. But it's like, is 321 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:07.920 it going to be five million or is it going to be fifteen million? 322 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:14.519 And that's a there's a massive difference obviously between those two. And I remember, 323 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:17.079 you know, Boshok Gnvident it was like, is this game a success 324 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:19.279 unless it sells like twelve million copies? Like, is that the only way 325 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:22.759 it could be a success. And now it feels like even the bar is 326 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:26.160 even higher for something like this at this point. But hey, but people 327 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:30.200 like BioShock. I hope this one's good. Hope it comes out and hits 328 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:33.240 the mark for a lot of people. All right, let's hit this next 329 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:40.039 quick story here. Sony Interactive Entertainment announces China Joy twenty twenty four lineup. 330 00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:45.039 This is from sal Ramano at Kamatsu Sony. Interactive Entertainment has announced its lineup 331 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:48.880 for China Joy twenty twenty four, which will run from July twenty sixth through 332 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:52.920 the twenty ninth at Shanghai New International Exposenter in Shanghai, China. The company's 333 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:57.880 full lineup of playable titles is as follows. They have a PlayStation China Hero 334 00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:02.759 Project, which I think is them teaming up with local, you know, 335 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:07.119 domestic developers in China. And there's several games there, none none that are 336 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:11.079 that are recognized, stuff like Daba, Land of the Water Scar and Evo 337 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:15.680 Tinction or Evo Tinction. Yeah, that's a good name right there. I 338 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:18.359 actually really like Evo Tinction. I don't know, I don't know how to 339 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:21.440 say it, but I like it. But for first party games, they 340 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:25.640 will have Astrobot, Hell, Divers to Horizon, Forbid and West and Ratchet 341 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:27.359 and Clean Grift Apart, and then they have a bunch of third party games. 342 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:32.519 I think this kind of just shows a couple of things that. For 343 00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:34.640 one, yeah, they have a new first party game that they're showing off. 344 00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:37.599 It is the new first party game that they have across the board. 345 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:42.160 Astrobot and they don't have much else there, and then they have some older 346 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:47.720 games that probably aren't out in China because of regulatory processes slowing those things up, 347 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:49.960 or maybe localization as well, probably a combination of those two things. 348 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:56.720 But they they are showing up and doing an event in China showing a bunch 349 00:23:56.720 --> 00:24:02.960 of games. I do wonder if this is like the new strategy at Sony 350 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:04.880 because I was talking to someone else somewhere, I think I was doing my 351 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:08.119 Q and A over the weekend and someone mentioned like, oh, they're going 352 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:12.359 to be a Tokyo game show. Is this like Sony's new direction of showing 353 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:15.920 up to these events where Jim Ryan maybe didn't always like doing that because it 354 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:18.200 seemed like when Jim Ryan was in charge, they you know, that's when 355 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:22.400 they pulled out a E three and there was no more like PlayStation experience and 356 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:26.519 things like that. And now he's gone and it's like they're right back in 357 00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:30.640 doing these events. Do you think this is the kind of thing where Sony 358 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:34.599 is trying to while they don't have a ton of games to show off, 359 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:38.440 go out and do like a public outreach in person, And do you think 360 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:42.079 that can make a difference for them. I definitely think it's it is them 361 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:47.119 trying to go out and do public outreach in person because again, and I 362 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:48.920 mean it kind of goes back in some ways to what we were talking about 363 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:56.119 with BioShock. Its that, like, the gaming market is so oversaturated now, 364 00:24:57.400 --> 00:25:06.839 so anything you can do to try to reach new markets is something that 365 00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:10.119 you are going to be doing. You have to at this point. And 366 00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:15.079 you know, if if they don't, you know, really make a market 367 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:18.720 in the Chinese gaming marketplace this way, then you know, I'd be curious 368 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:23.039 to see what they do in the future. But this is definitely especially as 369 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:27.119 you know, with with something like hell Divers, which has had such a 370 00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:32.759 big I mean, obviously there's been all the drama over it being pulled from 371 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:36.039 the Steam Store in different regions that don't have PlayStation and blah blah blah. 372 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:41.440 But I but again, they're in a position wherein they have to because I 373 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:45.319 mean, this is such a this is such an eclectic mix of games that 374 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:49.000 they're bringing to this show. So I think they're just cast in a wide 375 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:52.920 net and seeing what fish they catch. Yeah, and if you know, 376 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:59.079 it feels like a distinction between what they're doing in Europe where games come. 377 00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:00.799 They aren't showing up to games Com and it's like, well, you know, 378 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:06.519 they've dominated Europe and and they like they could sort they really can soar 379 00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:10.759 on their momentum in that on that continent because, uh, there is not 380 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:12.599 a lot of other competition, Like we saw we had a story last week 381 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:18.960 about Microsoft kind of like limiting what they're going to be doing in EMEA territories, 382 00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:22.400 and so you know Europe, Middle East and Africa is like Xbox just 383 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:25.960 may may just say, hey, don't even worry about getting a console. 384 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:30.880 Here's other ways of playing Xbox games. So Sony's like, well, you 385 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:33.160 know that, maybe that's a waste of money to show up to games comm. 386 00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:37.480 Now, China is a huge, massive, untapped market. They spend 387 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:41.440 it, they are they It goes back and forth between the United States and 388 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:45.599 China in terms of spending on video games. Uh. And in several of 389 00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:48.279 the recent years, China was close to number one, if not number one. 390 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:52.160 Uh And they're probably gonna be number one, you know, going into 391 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:56.559 the future, especially if their economy rebounds here in the next several years. 392 00:26:56.160 --> 00:27:00.960 Is China a console market the way that Japan no, not really market. 393 00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:07.000 Yeah, PC mobile, uh mobile, it's a mobile market, Yes, 394 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:11.839 definitely. They they basically had regulation in place for a very long time that 395 00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:17.559 they made releasing consoles in the country almost impossible, at least in the you 396 00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:19.400 know, in the way that these companies would have been comfortable with. Uh. 397 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:22.599 You know that that would lead to things like the the I think it 398 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:27.720 was called the IQ, which was a sixty four controller that you plug directly 399 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:32.319 into a TV and could play in sixty four games. Yes, I v 400 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:36.839 yes, And that would happen like like during I think it was like during 401 00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:40.359 like the GameCube years that Nintenda would release that in China, so they would 402 00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:44.519 be behind. That's all changed. Those regulations are are uh, well, 403 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:48.599 they go. That's the sort of rubber bands where sometimes it's like much less 404 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:52.960 of of a of a blockage for these companies to get into China, but 405 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:56.279 then there's still a lot of regulations about releasing the specific games, uh, 406 00:27:56.519 --> 00:28:00.559 where there's a massive backlog of trying to get stuff approved because if you don't 407 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:04.359 get explicit approval from the government in China, you can't release those games. 408 00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:08.200 At least that's how it is at the moment. So yeah, at the 409 00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:15.160 very least though Sony and Nintendo and Microsoft to a certain extent, I'm sure 410 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:18.440 I'll see China as a market of like, if we can make some of 411 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:21.599 this work, all of those headaches will be worth it. So yeah, 412 00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:26.559 I expect Sony Interactive Interactive Entertainment to be at China Joy for the foreseeable future. 413 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:29.960 All Right, we're gonna take a quick break. When we get back. 414 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:34.039 We have updates on the Driver franchise, multiple updates on that as well, 415 00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:45.599 and what's up with the Concord beta right after this. All right, 416 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:49.279 we are back and we're getting right back into it as promised. Ubisoft says 417 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:55.240 it's actively working on the Driver franchise. This is from Andy Robinson at VGC. 418 00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:59.720 Plans for a live action series based on ubisoft a franchise A Driver, 419 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:03.599 have been shelved. The company has confirmed and actually, real quick, I'll 420 00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:06.839 just hit that from Steven Toatillo, Ubisoft nicked to the Driver show. He 421 00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:11.359 reported on this on his Game File email service. You could sign up for 422 00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:17.839 a live action series based on Ubisoft's open world car franchise, Driver, announced 423 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:21.640 back in twenty twenty one, is not happening at least not as originally planned 424 00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:26.480 with the upstart streaming service Binge. Game File can exclusively confirm we are no 425 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:30.200 longer moving forward with our partnership with Bene for a Driver series. A Ubisoft 426 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:33.599 rep told me this week. There were plenty of red flags about the project 427 00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:37.440 already, given that the gaming centric bench was expected to launch in twenty twenty 428 00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:40.960 two, but most recently in late twenty twenty three, was telling its social 429 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:45.799 media followers that we are alive, well charged up, and preparing for launch 430 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:51.359 and that never happened. All right, So, but that does not mean 431 00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:55.480 the Driver franchise is done. The company has claimed it's still planning projects related 432 00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:59.599 to this series, despite no major game release in over a decade. Ubisoft 433 00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:03.759 announced back in twenty twenty one that had partnered with upstart streaming service Binge for 434 00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:07.400 the series. However, the company told game File on Friday that it's now 435 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:11.400 not moving ahead with the company. The discovery was made after Ubisoft disclosed that 436 00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:15.720 one of its movie slash video related subsidiaries, hot Rod Tanner, LLC, 437 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:19.599 named after the protagonists for the Driver series. Hot Rod Tanner's a great name 438 00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:22.960 for someone who does about the drugs cars. Yeah, it's a really good 439 00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:27.960 name that was dissolved in January that hot Rod Tanner LLC, which was over 440 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:32.519 was going to oversee The Driver's Show. We are no longer moving forward with 441 00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:36.319 our partnership with Binge This and This is back over at VGC with Andy Robinson, 442 00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:40.839 but we are actively working on other exciting projects related to the franchise and 443 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:45.920 can't wait to share more information in the future, a rep said. Earlier 444 00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:49.839 this month, Ubisoft confirmed that production had begun on a Watchdog's movie starring Sophie 445 00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:56.119 Wilde and Tom Blythe and director by from director Matthew Turrey, who did The 446 00:30:56.119 --> 00:31:00.200 Deep Dark. Yeah, The Driver, Fran You ever played this much? 447 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:03.799 I only played a very tiny bit of Driver, which was kind of a 448 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:07.440 you know, I can't remember how Driver one went, but eventually, like 449 00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:11.640 Driver Too, you could get out of the car and take other people's cars. 450 00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:14.799 So it was an open world crime game, sort of like GTA, 451 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:18.160 but with a different tone. Yeah, it was. Yes, it had 452 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:25.319 its fans, I know that. Yeah. I think we maybe rented Og 453 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:30.240 Driver because it was on PlayStation. Like I played a lot of PS one 454 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:36.480 games because we would just go to Blockbuster and rent whatever. And I feel 455 00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:38.599 like, we played this a little tiny bit and I went, this is 456 00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:45.039 boring. I was a kid, you know. Yeah, And they supported 457 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:48.559 the franchise for a while. There was Driver two, and I remember Driver 458 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:52.160 three being very hyped up and being on magazine covers and things like that, 459 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:57.440 and then Driver San Francisco, which I never even really looked at. People 460 00:31:57.440 --> 00:32:00.960 were in chatterstand I would like it. I'll play a Driver game. I 461 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:02.960 don't care. I was always more of a stunt man guy, give me 462 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:07.039 stunt man. Those were That's a real video game right there. Now that 463 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:10.319 I know about hot Rod Tanner, that was na. Like, you know, 464 00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:14.880 I'm more interested. Now there's a piece of culture missing from from my 465 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:19.359 personal encyclopedia that I need to add to it, and that is hot Rod 466 00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:22.440 Tanner himself. Yeah. The Wheelman I also should play. That was with 467 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:25.440 one of those with Vin Diesel. Is Vin Diesel in the video game of 468 00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:28.720 the Wheelman? Or? Am I making that up? I can't keep these 469 00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:34.880 things straight anymore. Do you think that there's appetite for a return to the 470 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:38.200 to Driver the video game series? I could. I could kind of see 471 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:44.680 it, just because so many of these other companies have like left open or 472 00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:49.079 have like left the open world gaming a genre because they're so afraid of grand 473 00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:52.880 theft auto. Maybe Driver could be like, hey, no, we're gonna 474 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:55.440 do that. We're gonna do it slightly different with a different tone again, 475 00:32:55.799 --> 00:32:59.119 and maybe that could hit. Now. I don't know, what do you 476 00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:06.400 think? You know, I'm not against them dipping a toe in the open 477 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:10.519 world driving an ahem market because, as you say, tonally, it is 478 00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:17.160 different from my understanding. And again I'm not a driver player per se. 479 00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:22.799 I think that competition is good, you know what I mean? Like, 480 00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:25.839 competition is good. It would be nice if they were like, you know 481 00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:30.279 what, we are going to make Driver, We're going to keep it being 482 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:37.759 tonally different from a GTA. We're gonna just live the the Adventures of hot 483 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:42.799 Rod Tanner and family. Uh, you get a collater sponsorship, you send 484 00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:45.359 a car to space, you know, just go full fence and the Furious 485 00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:50.839 on it. You help Danny Tanner clean up the house, yeah, you 486 00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:53.640 know, his brother. Of course I would. I would love that crossover 487 00:33:57.400 --> 00:34:00.680 see that happen in the video game. But yeah, yeah, I think 488 00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:05.599 that there's come in with a different tone. And someone in chat mentioned why 489 00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:08.360 they like Drivers so much and was like there was apparently good plot but also 490 00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:13.320 the realistic car handling, and I'm like, oh yeah, I think that 491 00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:15.840 would work even better today. I think there's more of an audience today of 492 00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:21.159 sikos who are like, yeah, give me grand Theft Auto but very realistic. 493 00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:24.039 I want to check that out, and I think like Grand Turismo, 494 00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:30.960 yeah, version of of GTA, Yeah exactly, so I could and like 495 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:35.360 maybe even like you are the driver, so it's like it's your job to 496 00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:37.880 make sure that the car is ready and doing all the stuff. I'm I'm 497 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:39.880 sure a lot of stuff was in Driver. Again, I never played that 498 00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:44.480 much of it, but it's like I could see that totally working as being 499 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:50.199 like the sim version of of GTA now, but it's you be soft. 500 00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:52.599 So I don't necessarily know that they'll go in that direction. They will probably 501 00:34:52.599 --> 00:35:00.960 try to make it like a Assassin's Creed with cars drive up atwe mor assassin's 502 00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:06.239 screen, you have to drive up a tower sync with your bird, like 503 00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:10.519 your bird's a drone. Your bird is the firebird symbol from the front of 504 00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:15.079 that car. Yeah, yeah, hey, go for it. I'm not 505 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:19.519 against it. I kind of like right now after talking about it curious. 506 00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:22.119 I'm like, I should go back and put try Driver too, and then 507 00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:27.440 try some of the other Driver games because I'm interested. Sticking with Ubisoft, 508 00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:32.000 Ubisoft tests cardboard packaging. This is also from Steven Totilo at game file What's 509 00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:37.960 Old is New as Ubisoft's annual report shows that it is exploring using cardboard packaging 510 00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:42.679 for the physical release of its games. That's explained in a section about Ubisoft's 511 00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:46.559 efforts to address climate change and decrease its carbon footprint. In twenty twenty three, 512 00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:51.559 cardboard packaging was developed for the physical PC edition of Skull and Bones. 513 00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:55.800 This cardboard version has the emissions linked to the manufacture of the box compared with 514 00:35:55.840 --> 00:36:00.679 the plastic version. The first development is part of a I have to explore 515 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:04.719 eco design possibilities and help reduce the use of plastic. Also, it probably 516 00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:08.280 costs less less, although you know it's plastic cases are probably pennies, but 517 00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:13.920 cardboards even even less. Uh yeah, I don't know. If people saw 518 00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:17.800 this, it was like it's almost like a not necessarily like the old PC 519 00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:22.440 games that would come in like a big cardboard box. I think this is 520 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:24.800 so much just like a fold and half like pamphlet sort of thing with the 521 00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:28.719 disc inside there, and it makes can you get uh, like you get 522 00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:34.760 screeners? Yeah? Uh for if you're a member of a union and they 523 00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:39.039 send you screeners that have been nominated for awards. Yeah yeah, I wonder 524 00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:43.960 if. And they're testing it, and they're testing it with the PC version, 525 00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:47.559 so almost no one would have seen this because who's buying a fucking physical 526 00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:52.039 version of Skull and Bones? Show me that person. I need to know 527 00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:54.480 who that person is. I would use buying Skull and Bones at all exactly, 528 00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:59.519 and let alone the fiscal version on PC. But I gotta meet that 529 00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:06.119 person out there. The implication here, though, is this could replace their 530 00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:09.639 physical cases for all their games going forward. And I wonder how like collectors 531 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:15.760 feel about that, because I think part of part of the collection thing is 532 00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:17.440 like, Hey, I want to have something that feels like the thing I've 533 00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:21.159 always had, and I want to put it right on the shelf next to 534 00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:22.400 all my other games, and I want it to be a part to feel 535 00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:29.519 a part of that collection. And having different cases that are cheaper and lighter 536 00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:32.239 and cardboard and thinner. I won if that turns some people off or if 537 00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:37.039 they're like Listen, we get it. We understand what's happening physical games. 538 00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:40.480 Can we if you're switching this, does this mean you're going to stick with 539 00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:44.559 physical games and I'll just take whatever you can give me. And how do 540 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:49.639 you think happen? I mean, it is interesting because in the physical game 541 00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:52.719 buying market, you do have both types of people. You have the people 542 00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:57.519 that are buying it because they are collectors, the people who are buying it 543 00:37:57.559 --> 00:38:01.760 because they are just physical media stamps. And I know a lot of people 544 00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:05.719 who not a lot, but I do have a handful of friends who are 545 00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:12.599 like that. Certainly when it comes to film and like you know, getting 546 00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:15.800 television series box sets on Blu Ray or whatever the case may be, because 547 00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:21.920 with good reason. I mean, we've seen instances of oh, this streamer 548 00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:24.119 has been bought by this company, so they no longer have the rights to 549 00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:30.039 things that you had previously purchased. So I totally totally get it. Gaming 550 00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:37.400 is a different market, So I wonder if amongst gamers there are still a 551 00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:40.440 lot of people that are just getting physical games because they're physical media people. 552 00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:44.760 I think you're going to have more people that are part of the collector's market 553 00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:49.599 and the way that these if I'm understanding how this cardboard packaging is, they're 554 00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:52.760 these flat envelopes, So it's not like you can you know, fill up 555 00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:58.679 a shelf with them and have that kind of display. Now from the point 556 00:38:58.679 --> 00:39:00.000 of view of if you wanted to have it on display in the background of 557 00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:04.280 something that needed to be you know, on camera, if you put it 558 00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:07.199 forward in its cardboard, so much better than that plastic casing which will give 559 00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:15.119 you a glare and this won't. But are they shooting themselves in the foot 560 00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:23.760 in terms of sales on physical releases because they are alienating the collector's market and 561 00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:30.119 are there people that are buying stuff more for the collection aspect than the I'm 562 00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:36.159 playing it aspect. Now, I'm really in support of this because they should 563 00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:38.599 have happened a long long time ago. Yeah, I think it's so much 564 00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:45.559 better the planet. Yes, And I do think that they can make these 565 00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:47.920 cardboard boxes much more sturdy than they've been in the past. I mean the 566 00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:53.320 oh yeah, yeah, sixty four boxes. Those things basically disintegrated the day 567 00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:58.440 you got them. They would just fall like you would look at them Donald's 568 00:39:58.440 --> 00:40:04.400 Hamburger case if that, and it was like they would just instantly fall apart, 569 00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:07.280 you know, which is why I think it makes collecting like Dan does 570 00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:10.639 complete in box collecting for in sixty four, and I think that's been pretty 571 00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:15.960 challenging for that reason. These look like those you know, the shiny plastic 572 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:20.400 and I'm showing it on the stream right now if anyone listen wants to check 573 00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:23.719 it out. This looks like you know that that shiny plastic you know. 574 00:40:23.760 --> 00:40:29.880 I had a Pirates Sid Myers Sid Meyers Pirates. I think it probably came 575 00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:31.440 in the big one, but the way that they actually held the disc inside 576 00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:37.480 of that big box was a folding cardboard and that shiny cardboard and that thing 577 00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:39.320 is still I still have that somewhere and it's mostly intact. I think, 578 00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:45.239 like basically the spine show somewhere and tear, and that'll be the biggest point 579 00:40:45.239 --> 00:40:47.760 of concern. But also, you know, if you are the sicko collector, 580 00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:52.760 you know, get your own box, like source your own jewel case 581 00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:57.320 or your own cases, not jewel cases anymore, put in your own cover 582 00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:00.239 art and all that stuff. I guess that's maybe defeat the defeats the point 583 00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:01.800 of collecting, but I don't know, maybe not, maybe it shouldn't. 584 00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:06.719 That could be fun too either way, You're right, I this seems like 585 00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:10.119 a The plastic we were using seem pretty wasteful. We don't need to use 586 00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:13.800 that, and of course you'd be Seft is likely going to save some money 587 00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:16.079 by doing this as well, which may encourage them to keep doing physical games, 588 00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:22.280 which is what a lot of people want. All right. Concord's beta 589 00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:27.639 weekend has been extended. This is from Andy Robinson at VGC PlayStation has extended 590 00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:31.159 the Concord Beta early access weekend until later today. I think if you're listening 591 00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:36.159 to this live right now, I think you're going to have about three hours 592 00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:39.199 left to play it today. I think it'll end this afternoon as my Yes, 593 00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:44.679 see, the beta will run till twelve pm Pacific time three pm Eastern. 594 00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:50.039 That's nine pm Central European standard time or summertime, yes, Central European 595 00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:54.000 summertime, and that's today. That'll come to an end. Did you get 596 00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:57.960 a chance to play Concord you see anyone playing it on stream or anything like 597 00:41:58.000 --> 00:42:04.719 that. I was playing Immortality all weekend with Gabe. We're in our fmv 598 00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:08.880 era. Oh yeah, that's a fun one. It's really good. I 599 00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:13.960 enjoyed mostly mostly was that point of discovery of like, oh I can do 600 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:17.159 this, Oh my god. Like I went into it only knowing that people 601 00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:20.760 really liked it, and I was like, well, okay, we wanted 602 00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:25.519 to play something light together and it's so good. Yep. So we played 603 00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:29.119 some on Friday, and I meant to play more, but I didn't. 604 00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:30.800 Maybe I'll play something like right after this so I can talk about it more 605 00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:37.559 on BombCast. Yeah, it's it's the kind of thing where I think I 606 00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:42.880 enjoyed myself enough, but I also am not. I think I said wasn't 607 00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:45.519 stirred by it on BombCast re Vengeance. Yeah, it wasn't like two moved 608 00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:49.679 by what I played. But I think they made something that's decently solid, 609 00:42:50.159 --> 00:42:52.599 and they're typinitely going to be better served by having people play it than the 610 00:42:52.960 --> 00:42:55.800 trailer they put out. So I get why they keeped like opening it up 611 00:42:55.840 --> 00:43:00.920 and extending these things. But I also don't necessarily know that they're they're not 612 00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:04.519 winning over the whole world. There are a lot of people are like, 613 00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:06.320 hey, this is more fun than I thought it would be, and then 614 00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:07.519 there's a lot of people who are like, I'm good. I don't need 615 00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:10.480 to play this, so, uh but what choice do they have. They 616 00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:14.599 like have to like get it out there and try to try their best to 617 00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:17.039 like the people they can win over, win them over. I don't know. 618 00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:20.760 Have you heard buzz about Concord? You have people in your life that 619 00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:22.360 are talking about it because they think they were hoping. Yeah, I think 620 00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:25.599 they were hoping for some more word of mouth and it's just not coming down. 621 00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:30.159 Well, there's an open baita next weekend. Do you think you'll check 622 00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:36.320 that out? No? Yeah? Yeah, Well, I mean you used 623 00:43:36.320 --> 00:43:38.280 to need the real Guardians of the Galaxy, right, you don't need these 624 00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:43.760 imitators. Absolutely. The Galaxy game was pretty fun. Actually that was good. 625 00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:47.199 Yes, I love that Guardians of the Galaxy game. Yeah. So, 626 00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:51.159 I don't know, I feel like at this point of my good luck, 627 00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:54.360 I don't know, I don't necessarily feel like paying much attention myself with 628 00:43:54.440 --> 00:44:00.960 this game. Uh, so do what you gotta do. But yeah, 629 00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:04.000 this does not feel like it's going to be a Hell Divers two situation, 630 00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:06.360 right, This does not feel like it's going to take over the world. 631 00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:08.920 Yeah no, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah. 632 00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:14.400 Well everyone I know is playing Chained Together so yeah, that's a real game, 633 00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:17.719 tooky, I'm doing more chain together. I should. I should just 634 00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:22.719 like call up Jan you know, on the computer right now in Japan to 635 00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:27.199 go to internet cafe cafe in the middle of the night and we're going to 636 00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:30.920 play some chain together, all right. Final story here. PS two emulation 637 00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:36.880 just took a massive step forward thanks to pcsx two two point zero. This 638 00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:42.480 is from Damian McFerrin at time. Extension PS two emulator pcsx two has just 639 00:44:42.519 --> 00:44:45.440 been updated Diversion two point zero, bringing with it a raft of improvements. 640 00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:50.559 The update comes four years after the previous stable revision, during which time the 641 00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:54.840 emulator received over six thousand changes, passed one hundred million downloads, and celebrated 642 00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:59.920 its twenty feth anniversary. This update includes a new UI design, the assimi 643 00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:05.519 of plug ins, simplified configuration files, automatic game fixes, per game settings, 644 00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:09.559 big picture mode, improve translation support, and vastly enhanced compatibility. There's 645 00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:15.960 also fast mem e e and VU recompil our optimization, vulcan support, better 646 00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:20.400 sound, improved controller mapping and retro achievements, as well as much much more. 647 00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:27.239 Pcsx two is was already a really good emulator if you've been like downloading 648 00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:30.360 the nightly builds. A lot of this should be in there already, but 649 00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:32.679 a lot of people just go with that stable build and stick with that, 650 00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:37.960 and they're about to get a lot of improvements with this two point zero version. 651 00:45:37.119 --> 00:45:44.239 So very exciting and boy, I kind of I can't recommend emulation enough. 652 00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:46.639 People always talk about Dolphin. Pcsx two has been out there as well, 653 00:45:46.760 --> 00:45:50.480 kicking it, kicking button, and it's very good. I've been I 654 00:45:50.519 --> 00:45:54.360 actually reinstall PS pcsx two this past weekend because I was like, oh, 655 00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:58.679 there's some games I want to check out, and now I'm like, man, 656 00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:00.239 I didn't want to do the thing that Dan did where I think he's 657 00:46:00.400 --> 00:46:04.239 going to get one of like a hard drive or something for his PS two 658 00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:07.559 and just have all the games on there. And I'm like, I definitely 659 00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:10.239 could do that, but then that would lead me down the road of getting 660 00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:15.960 a retro tink and and maybe a bunch of other and then that would lead 661 00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:19.320 me to get all the other hardware that I don't have and get that plugged 662 00:46:19.320 --> 00:46:22.239 into the retro tink, and then I'd have to mod each one of those 663 00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:25.320 consoles or get the appropriate like special memory card then ena able to see to 664 00:46:25.320 --> 00:46:30.800 play games off the SD I could just see myself going down that route so 665 00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:35.079 hard, and Dan saying, join us. I want to. I just 666 00:46:35.079 --> 00:46:39.079 don't have the money, so instead I redownloaded PCSX two. And then they 667 00:46:39.079 --> 00:46:43.280 announced this, and that's that's very exciting. It's a very good still has 668 00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:49.480 all of our PlayStation memory cards my parents' house. My brother came across the 669 00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:52.599 memory cards and went this when my parents were retiring and moving to Arizona. 670 00:46:53.599 --> 00:47:00.199 He was like, I just couldn't quite bring myself to throw our memory Uh 671 00:47:00.280 --> 00:47:02.719 huh you back that stuff, back that stuff up. I think there's like 672 00:47:02.760 --> 00:47:07.079 ways to like save that in the cloud. Now. God, I would 673 00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:13.440 be so curious to know what's I mean. They are labeled like we had 674 00:47:13.440 --> 00:47:20.320 one memory card that was just for Saga Frontier. I mean they re released 675 00:47:20.360 --> 00:47:22.960 it on switch to the stuff. It's not it's not as obscure as it 676 00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:30.920 once maybe was. But yeah, it's it's wild. Oh yeah, somebody 677 00:47:30.280 --> 00:47:37.320 in chat uh my PS one memory cards with lunar stickers on them, yep, 678 00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:40.400 definitely would find some lunar files on there. Uh yeah, you know. 679 00:47:42.800 --> 00:47:45.880 But anyway, as far as as emulation goes, you know, I 680 00:47:45.960 --> 00:47:51.000 gotta get back in the emulation game. I was a big emulator player on 681 00:47:51.159 --> 00:47:55.960 PC as a young person because we never had a Super Nintendo. We had 682 00:47:55.960 --> 00:48:01.280 a satis uh and then we had some friends that brought us a disc that 683 00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:07.400 was just full of SNS games. Yeah, so like that was how I 684 00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:09.360 played, you know, like Legend of Zelda Link to the Past for the 685 00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:14.840 first time was like on a PC emulating it, you know, so true 686 00:48:14.840 --> 00:48:19.800 for a lot of people. Yep, absolutely early on Super Nintendo emulation and 687 00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:22.480 yes, and Super Nintendo emulation was just massive, and then the N sixty 688 00:48:22.480 --> 00:48:29.280 four actually got one pretty early as well. Yeah, PCSX two two point 689 00:48:29.360 --> 00:48:31.559 zero will be out, and then obviously stuff like the big Picture mode shouldn't 690 00:48:31.559 --> 00:48:37.559 improve how it works on things like the Steam Deck. So very excited. 691 00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:42.519 I'm going to mess around with this. Maybe we'll do some PlayStation stuff, 692 00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:45.400 put PlayStation two stuff on the site this week, and maybe we can mess 693 00:48:45.400 --> 00:48:51.239 around with this a little bit. Yeah, I play then not here that 694 00:48:51.400 --> 00:48:54.440 Yes, that's actually a great idea because then it will make changelous and that's 695 00:48:54.440 --> 00:48:59.880 what we try to do when people take time off here, all right, 696 00:49:00.199 --> 00:49:04.679 let's see here. I got a pull question from last week that we are 697 00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:07.880 going to get to right now. There it is, are you going to 698 00:49:07.880 --> 00:49:13.760 play the Concord Beta? Let's see if you have anyone joining at you? 699 00:49:13.880 --> 00:49:19.159 Emma, eighty seven percent said no, yes, the eighty seven percent of 700 00:49:19.159 --> 00:49:22.679 people know what's up? Thirteen percent said yes, which is going to make 701 00:49:22.719 --> 00:49:25.159 it more challenging for the next poll question, where I'm going to ask what 702 00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:31.599 people what they thought about Concord Beta. But hey, I think part of 703 00:49:31.599 --> 00:49:37.960 this is this was the like technically closed beta, so it was like a 704 00:49:37.000 --> 00:49:39.400 little bit more challenging to get in there, even though they opened up to 705 00:49:39.400 --> 00:49:44.360 anyone ps plus. But really, what's happening here, I think is people 706 00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:46.280 are just don't seem to be in the mood for this game. People are 707 00:49:46.280 --> 00:49:49.639 just not in the mood for it. Yeah, what can they do about 708 00:49:49.639 --> 00:49:52.079 that? I don't know if there's much they can other than put it out 709 00:49:52.119 --> 00:49:57.599 and hope that word of mouth sort of just steamrolls people into there. I 710 00:49:57.639 --> 00:50:00.039 don't know. All right, I got a new question here in a moment, 711 00:50:00.079 --> 00:50:02.559 but before we get to that, m A Fife, why don't tell 712 00:50:02.559 --> 00:50:05.800 people where they can find you on the internet, what you have going on 713 00:50:05.880 --> 00:50:09.239 and all that good stuff. Well, well, yes, I am at 714 00:50:09.320 --> 00:50:15.199 em a fife on Instagram also technically on Twitter, but I don't use Twitter 715 00:50:15.239 --> 00:50:20.039 anymore and my life is a lot better for it. I was getting a 716 00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:23.199 lot of great information on there this week. You're reading good info on Twitter. 717 00:50:23.480 --> 00:50:28.559 Yeah, it was just a real good source of calm, collected information. 718 00:50:28.639 --> 00:50:30.719 Yeah, totally, yeah, Yeah, I'm sure it was all Harry. 719 00:50:31.119 --> 00:50:37.599 I'm not saying anything, Chipowski, I'm all yeah. But what I 720 00:50:37.639 --> 00:50:44.639 would like to say is to make sure that y'all head on over to GameSpot 721 00:50:44.679 --> 00:50:50.880 if you're not watching on the game spot YouTube at nine am Pacific time today, 722 00:50:51.039 --> 00:50:53.960 we're dropping a new episode of Star Players. It is the end of 723 00:50:54.039 --> 00:51:00.960 our first block of four episodes, and our guest is Steve Oh. Yeah, 724 00:51:00.760 --> 00:51:07.800 he was so delightful. Yeah. I directed all four episodes of this 725 00:51:07.960 --> 00:51:14.400 first uh collection of episodes of Star Players and yeah, so you know, 726 00:51:14.480 --> 00:51:19.119 please please check those out. We've so far we have episodes out with mona 727 00:51:19.199 --> 00:51:25.880 exchange with uh Dominic, Monahan, with Aisha Tyler and Steve O will complete 728 00:51:25.880 --> 00:51:30.199 the set. And he was he was really really fun, like he's just 729 00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:37.400 a really like cool, open, honest. Yeah, he's great. So 730 00:51:37.440 --> 00:51:40.800 I hope that y'all will check that out and enjoy and he and he has 731 00:51:40.840 --> 00:51:49.639 great stories about how he really doesn't recall making the Jackass video game. Yeah, 732 00:51:49.719 --> 00:51:52.599 fantastic. Okay, Yeah, I can't wait to hear this. It's 733 00:51:52.719 --> 00:51:57.320 it's been looks like a lot of fun. The episodes have been a lot 734 00:51:57.400 --> 00:52:00.880 of fun. Yeah, thanks, great work all around. I'm over here 735 00:52:00.880 --> 00:52:05.280 like being like, oh man, this week's voicemail Dump Truck is going to 736 00:52:05.320 --> 00:52:07.440 be fraught. I don't have to be careful. We have to be very 737 00:52:07.440 --> 00:52:12.800 careful this week, everybody. All right, let's see new poll question. 738 00:52:13.679 --> 00:52:16.000 If you played the Concord beta, how would you rate your time with it? 739 00:52:16.440 --> 00:52:21.119 Out of five stars? And we'll have like the five star options there. 740 00:52:21.119 --> 00:52:22.679 I think you can have more than if you can if you can't do 741 00:52:22.679 --> 00:52:25.000 more than five on you my YouTube's is the one. I think you can 742 00:52:25.039 --> 00:52:29.000 do more than four options on there. So yeah, out of five stars, 743 00:52:29.760 --> 00:52:31.880 go ahead and rate that. We'll get the results and discuss it on 744 00:52:31.960 --> 00:52:37.079 Game Mess Mornings on Wednesday. Here on Giant Bomb. Speaking of Giant Bomb, 745 00:52:37.519 --> 00:52:40.719 tomorrow Dump Truck or no No, Tomorrow's no. Tomorrow is bomb Cast. 746 00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:45.239 Uh Jan's out back of ours out. I guess i' might have to 747 00:52:45.239 --> 00:52:47.480 host this show, So tune in for that train wreck everybody. It's gonna 748 00:52:47.480 --> 00:52:52.920 be a good time. And then Wednesday Blake Clubs should return. Daiktana, 749 00:52:53.079 --> 00:52:59.079 Yeah, yeah, I guess it's back. Jesus Christ. I was right 750 00:52:59.119 --> 00:53:00.039 at the end though, right Dan, I was right at the end. 751 00:53:00.079 --> 00:53:04.760 I was at the last boss. So if I had my save ready to 752 00:53:04.800 --> 00:53:07.039 go where I was at the last boss and I just like firing the gun 753 00:53:07.079 --> 00:53:09.039 and the game was over, we would be able to just move on, 754 00:53:09.159 --> 00:53:15.000 right, and that's not cheating. Dake Aitana, look look forward to that. 755 00:53:15.199 --> 00:53:20.960 I suppose because I'm not Game Best Mornings will return for the rest of 756 00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:24.440 the week, starting on Wednesday. Of course, the dump Truck will happen 757 00:53:24.480 --> 00:53:30.760 on Thursday, BombCast Revengeance on Friday. I will probably also get upf going. 758 00:53:30.960 --> 00:53:32.599 We'll figure it all out. It's going to be somewhat of a lighter 759 00:53:32.639 --> 00:53:36.639 week, but we'll hit most of the big things for you. Everybody do 760 00:53:36.760 --> 00:53:38.760 our best on that, all right, Emma, thank you so much for 761 00:53:38.800 --> 00:53:43.280 spending today talking with me about video games. I really appreciate it, of 762 00:53:43.360 --> 00:53:50.519 course, anytime, but when I don't have conflicts. Hey, we appreciate 763 00:53:50.599 --> 00:53:52.719 it anytime you can make it happen. We love it. Oh yeah, 764 00:53:52.719 --> 00:53:57.880 real quick, here's the correction from will Hus College Football. Early access is 765 00:53:57.920 --> 00:54:02.440 today at four pm Eastern. I'll probably listen. I don't know. I 766 00:54:02.519 --> 00:54:06.679 might be back. Maybe we'll play some today then on the site. Maybe 767 00:54:06.960 --> 00:54:09.480 it depends on how much time I have during getting back from taking a kid 768 00:54:09.480 --> 00:54:14.800 to therapy. We'll see, all right, everybody, thank you for watching, 769 00:54:14.840 --> 00:54:17.039 Thank you for listening. You are the best audience in gaming. Until 770 00:54:17.079 --> 00:54:22.000 next time, have a good one, take care of yourself, and goodbye.