WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:14.919 He'll be don't be ber, it's the Internet. You're busy. Let's do 2 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:18.719 this from March thirteenth, twenty twenty four, for the next hour or so, 3 00:00:18.839 --> 00:00:21.879 let me help you sort through the world of gaming on Game Mess Mornings 4 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:26.079 Live with Me Jeff Grebb. Today we figure out if Mega Man is important 5 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:30.559 and don't believe the propaganda about flying bugs and hell divers too. But first 6 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:34.479 please join me and welcoming today's co host a Game Mess Mornings. It's Lex 7 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:39.840 Luddy. Everybody, LEXI, how are you doing well? This needs to 8 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:43.039 be said. You should watch Showgun. You should just watch it. Yeah, 9 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:47.159 it's happening. It is. I've officially decided to watch it. Now 10 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:52.960 it's a matter of actually following through on that decision. I have Hulu, 11 00:00:53.119 --> 00:00:56.119 which is where I believe I could watch it here in the United States, 12 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:00.359 and I've been like ie in it a whole bunch of time. I just 13 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:03.280 haven't had time for it. But it seems real good now for me. 14 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:07.239 It looked cool from the outset and I was like, this looks really neat. 15 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:10.920 I hope it's good. And then I heard the showrunner or one of 16 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:15.000 the showrunners is Justin Marx who did Counterpart, which is one of my favorite 17 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:19.400 shows. It's that's the JK. Simmons Jake. Yeah, I always mix 18 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:23.079 his name up with Jay Jonah Jamison. JK. Simmons a show where he 19 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:29.000 plays two characters from two worlds that got created when someone did like a quantum 20 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:32.519 test and it like split time off and then there's this hallway and you could 21 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:34.640 walk from one world to the other and they would. It's a whole thing. 22 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.959 It's a whole allegory. It's great. It's a great show. I 23 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:42.400 had two seasons on not Show Time Stars. I think either way, I 24 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:46.439 love that show. It's like a very good show, like to watch like 25 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:49.640 during the pandemic as well, because it deals with some stuff about that as 26 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:53.480 well. But I'm like, Okay, they're doing the showgun show. I'll 27 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:55.560 show it for that. And I also like crying. It's based on a 28 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:59.400 book that's pretty old. I'm like kind of interested in checking out the book 29 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:01.920 as well. So, yeah, have you watched all the episodes so far? 30 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:07.919 Yes, everything that's come out. Anna I think is her name. 31 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:14.680 She was also in Monarch Legacy of Monsters and Pachinko and she is fucking great 32 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:19.960 in it. And the main dude, Cosmo Javis, which is just the 33 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:23.879 most made up actor name I have ever, but I'm so happy he chose 34 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:30.680 that name when he was getting into acting, and she is the most He's 35 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:34.919 the British man that I like the most currently in the world. And he 36 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:38.479 looks a lot like Tom Hardy without you know, all the Tom Hardy. 37 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:43.759 Yeah, he looks like a match up between Tom Hardy, Logan Marshall Green, 38 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:47.360 and like five other white guys with a beard. If I were a 39 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:51.879 director and writer in Hollywood, I would be making a movie where all those 40 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:54.520 guys that look exactly like our brothers and telling the story about that. It's 41 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:58.120 like, that's half the battle, right there is. Man, those guys 42 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:00.240 do look alike. That rules to make a movie about that. But yeah, 43 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:07.159 Cosmo Jarvis's incredible name. What's the deal with white people in this show? 44 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:10.479 Like I was watching it first, Yeah, yeah, tell me, 45 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:15.599 Yeah, So it's it's basically like it opens with like a master and command 46 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:20.639 of fucking black screen and a bit of text which is already like oh hell 47 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:28.599 yes, and it's sesh. Basically, Spain has been in Japan for a 48 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:32.520 while and basically told Japan hey, we're like the only other continent. Let's 49 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:37.879 trade. And then this Portuguese vessel shows up and he's like, oh, 50 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:40.080 sorry, other way around, and the Portuguese have been there, They've been 51 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:44.759 telling the Japanese that they're the only people there. And then a Spanish vessel 52 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:51.439 shows up with this British pilot Armish and he's like, hey, there's more 53 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:57.960 of the world than like just the Portuguese. And then war starts happening because 54 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:03.879 shit is also going down to it's real good and the who are the folk? 55 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:06.560 Like, who are the primary characters are they? Are they the Japanese 56 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:11.719 characters or is it like, is it a story about white guys in Japan. 57 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:15.399 It's like what I'm like wondering Portuguese people in Japan and Hispanic people. 58 00:04:15.399 --> 00:04:19.879 I suppose, Yeah, so they all speak English, but when they're speaking 59 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:25.279 English, they're usually in the universe speaking Portuguese, because like they'll be a 60 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:30.680 Japanese character who understands Portuguese and she'll speak in English with with Cosmo, and 61 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:34.279 so the idea is is that she's one of the main characters, and then 62 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:41.800 it's also one of the members of the council. Right before this the shogunate 63 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:46.160 was dissolved, and so now it's a council leading Japan, and there's a 64 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:49.519 bunch of infighting between the councils. So it becomes a very not game of 65 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:55.399 thronesy. But suddenly there's factions at play and they realize like, hey, 66 00:04:55.519 --> 00:05:00.680 maybe having a foreign army might fucking help. Pretty soon, it's really it's 67 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:03.199 really good. Well, I'm gonna check it out. I've been looking forward 68 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:05.639 to like spending some time with it. Maybe I'll mix it time this weekend, 69 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:10.879 make it my workout show. I suppose we'll see. But you know 70 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:13.800 what, we should explain what we do here most weekdays, I Jeff Grubwelt, 71 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:16.079 piece your gaming life back together. That includes breaking news and maybe even 72 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:19.680 some of our own original reporting. For all these topics, I'll get the 73 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:23.759 input of a bona fide expert who will make me look smart. If you 74 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:27.480 are watching live on twitch, welcome. You can always listen to the show 75 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:30.800 later on podcast feeds by searching for Game mess Mornings, or find the RSS 76 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:34.680 on giant bomb dot com. You can also catch the show later with chapters 77 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:41.040 and timestamps on YouTube. Hello YouTube. All right, we have a lot 78 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:45.519 to get into so let's start the morning mess with. Arika's vice president has 79 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:50.360 shared an image of a mysterious Mega Man design ins and outs to the story. 80 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:56.160 This is from Chris Scullion at BGC. The vice president of Japanese developer 81 00:05:56.160 --> 00:06:00.079 and publisher Areka, who's doing Endless Ocean for Nintendo at that last Nintendo direc 82 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:02.360 and they also do like street Fighter ex in the past, has shared a 83 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:08.639 mysterious image of a previously unseen Mega Man design, as reported by Rockman Corner. 84 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:14.079 Arika vice president each Heiro Mahara was responding on Twitter to a message posted 85 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:17.680 about Mega Man, known as Rockman in Japan by Menga manga artists Hotshi Ariga. 86 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:21.240 Ariga has previously worked with Capcom on a number of Mega Man projects, 87 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:28.240 including numerous manga comics. I used to draw Rockman manga and create encyclopedias and 88 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:31.079 books with Capcom's official artwork, so I know a little bit about Rockman, 89 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:36.800 Ariga wrote, alongside an illustration of Mega Man. Mahara responded Mahara from Arica 90 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:42.040 with a post he had redacted himself, saying I used to make Rockman's blank 91 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:46.519 blank and blank and official blank. So I'm a bit familiar with Rockman. 92 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:49.839 This was accompanied by a close up image of a Mega Man helmet helmet which 93 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:55.720 has puzzled fans because the design of its paneling, the positioning of a bolt, 94 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:59.839 and Mega Man's glowing eyes don't fit with any previous game in the series. 95 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:02.319 So basically, this is a new Mega Man design that people have not 96 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:08.079 seen before. You can see it here if you're watching the video version now. 97 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:11.759 Mahara was the producer of two thousand and three GameCube title Mega Man Network 98 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:15.279 Transmission, so some are suggesting it may be unused concept art from from that 99 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:19.680 game. Others believe that Mahara's decision to censor the post may suggest he's teasing 100 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:25.199 a future Mega Man project. Last year, Capcom said that they are trying 101 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:29.000 to investigate and consider how to approach making a new Mega Man game in the 102 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:34.199 future. Uh this rings to me as there might be something happening here, 103 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:39.240 and especially because it's Arica. I think Arika is the kind of team that 104 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:42.680 Capcom would approach and say, hey, what are you working on? Could 105 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:44.839 you give us some help making a game like this? What do you think? 106 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:47.920 Yeah, it doesn't seem like something they'd make in house, purely because 107 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:53.839 Capcom has bigger money makers at the moment that they would probably put their in 108 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:58.639 house teams to work on first. Maybe this is just more concept art for 109 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:03.279 Mega Man in Exothimal. Yeah, that's that's got to be what they just 110 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:09.720 know they need more content for Exo Primal. Capcom wild about that. Yeah, 111 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:13.800 this looking this look of Mega Man here with the glowing eyes, I'm 112 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:15.959 like even, I'm like, hey, I don't recognize this at all, 113 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:18.079 and I'm not like someone who's consuming all Mega Man content. But it's like, 114 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:22.639 no, this does look like something new, and it is. It 115 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.839 is very zoomed in. I suppose that, like because of the pixelation of 116 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:28.879 zooming in on a JPEG. It's like, yeah, that could be old 117 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:33.120 concept art that you were making for something for the GameCube. But I don't 118 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:35.960 I guess I don't know why you just don't show the whole thing if that's 119 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:41.240 the case, because that is twenty one years ago. You were probably okay 120 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:46.799 to share that that art without breaking any Japanese NDA's at that point. So 121 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:50.720 the fact that it's like it is censored and it is kind of teasing makes 122 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:56.159 it feel like, hey, something is happening here, and Capcom is not 123 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:01.120 going to be done with Mega Man despite all the success with like a Resident 124 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:03.960 Evils growing, Monster Hunter's growing, we expect Dragons Dogma two to grow in 125 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:07.919 a big way compared to the first game, and all these things are skyrocketing 126 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:15.039 and Mega Man not necessarily having that same trajectory necessarily. I think that doesn't 127 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:18.519 mean that Capcom's like, well, we abandon anything that's not growing that fast. 128 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:24.039 I think they're like, well, we allocate the appropriate resources to keeping 129 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:28.000 our mascot Mega Man as relevant as possible. And sure we're not going to 130 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:31.399 like be having our core teams work on a Mega Man game that takes them 131 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:35.799 away from working on one of these other franchises, But that doesn't mean that 132 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:39.000 we're done. I think a lot of these pieces fit together where Capcom doesn't 133 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:43.159 want to be done with Mega Man. Arika is a work for hired studio 134 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:46.440 that has and has a producer that has a history of working on the franchise. 135 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:50.600 I think they probably make this happen. My question to you, Lexi 136 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:58.919 is does Mega Man matter to you as a younger gamer? Is a very 137 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:01.240 strong word? Sure, yeah, Well, how would you describe it? 138 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:05.159 It's like important. Mega Man is something that like you know of if you 139 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:09.480 are into games to any certain extent, purely because it's just Mega Man. 140 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:16.399 I don't think when I was young there were any Mega Man games that were 141 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:20.399 like catching my eye. Bear in mind that I started playing games around the 142 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:26.279 PS two and so I don't think that anyone in that generation has had any 143 00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:31.320 big, main mainline Mega Man games that haven't been retro throwbacks. They've all 144 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:35.919 been you know, Mega Man eight or nine were very odd nine to ten 145 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:43.679 very much so throwbacks to the classics. So I don't know if there's like 146 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.159 a young audience for this, but there is an audience for it because people 147 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:50.759 in who are older are still playing games. Obviously. I think that like 148 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:54.919 thing that's kind of exciting about all of this, And I only realized the 149 00:10:54.960 --> 00:11:00.879 other day is with Dragon Sogma two coming out, we're like finally escaped the 150 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:05.000 whole Capcom leak, Like there's no more games left on that leak as far 151 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:07.440 as I can remember, that haven't been announced. Yesh. So now it 152 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:09.679 was a Mega Man game on there, but I think it was that mobile 153 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:13.039 game that came out a few years ago. I think I think that's how 154 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:18.000 what it was the Dive something X dive or something. But yeah, it's 155 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:22.320 interesting that we're now back in the place where we don't quite know what Capcom 156 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:28.559 is working on anymore other than like informed guessing, so who knows. Yeah, 157 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:35.000 And I think Mega Man is has a sort of sonic like appeal where 158 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:39.600 I think the character just looks cool, people respond to it. That's why 159 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:43.120 it works so well as a mascot. And and people were like, yeah, 160 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:46.639 I still want like the merchant stuff. Of course, even if the 161 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:48.399 games aren't the first thing I think when I think of Mega Man anymore. 162 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:52.879 And that's something that you know, for a game company, they can play 163 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.159 on that and if they have a good idea, could bring that back, 164 00:11:56.279 --> 00:12:01.240 get people excited, get people back into the game. I you know, 165 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:05.600 for Capcom, their strategy of doubling down on the things that are working is 166 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:09.159 correct, but I think that opens up opportunities for them to take risks here 167 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:13.960 and there, and like smart, you know, relatively safe risks would include 168 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:18.399 let's try to do something new with Mega Man again. You know Mega Man 169 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:22.360 eleven. I know that internally they weren't thrilled with the performance of that game, 170 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:26.559 but you know, things change, and if you could deliver something that 171 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:30.679 is I think, you know, nostalgic and at the same time doing some 172 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:33.120 new stuff with a either a two D game or maybe they go the Legends 173 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:35.559 route. I'm not going to try to get the fans of that series as 174 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:39.440 hopes up because they're lunatics, but you know, maybe something along those lines. 175 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.399 I think they could get a big pop and get people excited again. 176 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:46.519 And at the very least it's not gonna be something that won't make its money 177 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:50.639 back. It'll do that at least. It just might be a small opportunity 178 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:52.559 costs where it's like, I guess we could have spent that money we spent 179 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:58.480 partnering with Arika doing something else that maybe would have made more money. But 180 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:01.360 I think they view it as any investment into Mega Man to keep him, 181 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:05.679 you know, floating up to the surface every once in a while, will 182 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:07.440 be worth it in the long run because Mega Man is valuable to them in 183 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:13.120 other ways. I think something that's also interesting I'm just looking at like Capcom's 184 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:16.840 announced Slash after Dragons Dogma two. The only other game announced from Capcom is 185 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:24.480 Monster Hunter Wilds, so at some point soon it feels like we're due form 186 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:28.480 announcing a bunch of other games, and Pragma has obviously also announced, but 187 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:31.000 the game isn't real. Yeah, and that's who let's not that's gonna be 188 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:37.639 at the same time as deep Down. For the PS four the the they 189 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:41.039 had a Capcom event like last week and the ext they had stuff like a 190 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:45.360 Kuma or street Fighter, and I had no idea this thing even happened until 191 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:50.159 I started seeing like sporadic headlines from that thing. They did a second stream 192 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:52.639 last night with even smaller announcements, just like more. That's where they announced 193 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:58.200 Mega Man for them for Exo Pimal because he is coming to Exobimal Wild. 194 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:03.360 What I'm not looking forward to, LEXI is when they remake Residable five. 195 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:09.159 I'm not I don't want to deal with that again. I played that game 196 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:13.919 in twenty twenty one, and you know, as someone who defends tank those 197 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:18.879 tank controls, Like I really I think that Deadly Premonition is like a fun 198 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:24.440 game to play in the modern day because of those terrible controls. Yeah, 199 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:30.559 no, that game kind of fucking sucks five. I just like there was 200 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:33.679 the controversy around it where it's like, hey, you're you're playing as this 201 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:37.879 white guy and you're throwing down all these tribal people in Africa. Boy, 202 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:41.679 that looks pretty racist on its surface, and like, let's talk about that. 203 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:46.840 And then there was such a backlash of like, we know, how 204 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:50.200 dare you even suggest it's racist, and it's like, we're going to do 205 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.679 it again, and it's going to be a nightmare. It's going to be 206 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:58.120 so frustrating. I also just don't think that like that game would benefit a 207 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:01.039 remake as much as some of the other games, Like it's for sure, 208 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:05.879 Yeah, like it's kind of like remaking six because ultimately the big problem with 209 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:09.240 six is it's just not that engaging. It's overbloated, there's way too much 210 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:13.679 in it, and it's kind of a fucking mess. And yeah, I 211 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:18.440 think that there's like interesting things that they still could do with the Residentieval franchise, 212 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:24.279 the Zero there's all those other games that they haven't remained, there's one 213 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:28.320 which could still be remade in the modern sense. And yeah, I'm curious 214 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:33.559 if they do decide to go back to five, because I just don't think 215 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:35.879 that game is interesting in twenty twenty three, Yeah, and I think they 216 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:41.559 will. I mean what they want to keep that gravy training rolling. What 217 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:43.759 choice do they have other than I mean, I know Kdaronic and stuff like 218 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:48.120 that. That stuff could happen still as well. But they will eventually get 219 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:50.559 to a point where it's like, the only thing left to remake is five 220 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:56.159 and six, and I think they will do that, and you're but you're 221 00:15:56.240 --> 00:16:00.639 right, it's just gonna have much less of an impact. For one, 222 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:03.600 you know, those games have mixed reputations. I think five is a fine 223 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:08.000 game when you're especially when you're playing a co op six that is bad, 224 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:12.879 but you know the chapter, Yeah, six has one good chapter, And 225 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:15.840 someone in chat bought this up that they should remake six, but make it 226 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:22.120 only the Leon Kennedy section because that section that is like actually not terrible. 227 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:25.840 It's like a fun action ramp. But then by time you get to the 228 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:27.360 one where it's like, let's do Gears of War, You're like, this 229 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:32.679 is fucking miserable. Yeah, and you know, they could make it a 230 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:36.639 lot better with remakes. So I suppose that's one thing. I just you 231 00:16:36.639 --> 00:16:40.600 know, I think there's a strong chance that they won't be able to make 232 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:42.399 them that much better. We saw that happen kind of with three a little 233 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:45.120 bit. Now. I suppose that could be down to the teams that are 234 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:48.120 working on it. There's a number of factors. But just like hey, 235 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:52.799 five and six inherently are less interesting to me, like you said, but 236 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:56.559 hey, I'll give them a chance once they come out. Doctor Ryan and 237 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:59.840 Chap just said that six is better than the original four. And I think 238 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:03.720 you should adact his medical license. Yeah, well, I'll send the board 239 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:07.079 after him. Don't worry, everybody. I know what to do with doctor 240 00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:11.640 Ryan, all right. Moving on, Saber Interactive has removed references to Embracer 241 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:15.920 from its site, suggesting it's been sold. This from Chris Scullian at VGC 242 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:19.279 as well. Saber Interactive has removed references to Embraser Group from its website, 243 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:23.119 suggesting the reports of its sale are actually accurate. Late last month, a 244 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:27.039 Bloomberg report, citing a source familiar with the transaction, said the studio was 245 00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:30.319 being sold to a group of private investors in a deal worth up to five 246 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:34.359 hundred million dollars. At the time, the Saber website featured the studio logo 247 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:40.119 above the words an Embracer Group company. The site's bio also read Saber Interactive 248 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:44.000 as a US based developer and publisher of video games, consisting of over twenty 249 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:47.559 studios and more than two thousand, five hundred employees worldwide. We are one 250 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:53.319 of the key operative operative businesses or operative business units of Embracer Group, and 251 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:57.759 hey, when business people just make up terms. However, as noted by 252 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:02.960 Twitter user Lee june A, at some point in early March, the site 253 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:07.039 changed to remove references to the Embraser Group, with an Embraser Group company message 254 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:11.119 removed from underneath the logo they Farazomore. It's still have not like publicly confirmed 255 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:15.200 that this has happened. This has all been reporting and now people putting two 256 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:18.640 and two together with what's happening on the website. If I were Saber, 257 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:22.000 I'd be shouting from the rooftops. We don't work for Embracer anymore. Holy 258 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:23.599 shit, we got out. We got out. Look, it's possible you 259 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:27.599 could save yourselves. This is good news for someone. As for me, 260 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:33.160 who's in a Saber Interactive fan and proud of it, I'm glad that they 261 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:37.720 are will make this happen. There is such a stink of death around Embracer 262 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:45.200 that there is a world in which a company like Saber just dwindles and falls 263 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:48.119 apart. Because of Embracer. I'm glad that they were able to get basically 264 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:51.920 what it sounds like. They were able to get private investors to come in 265 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:56.559 back their bid to buy themselves out from Embracer for around five hundred million dollars, 266 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:59.599 and now they are going to take their twenty studios and go out and 267 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:03.359 be into it yet again. And they have a lot of stuff in the 268 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:06.839 works, including apparently still that Knights of the Old Republic remake, although again 269 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:08.559 Sony doesn't seem to want anything to do with it, they're still making it, 270 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:12.079 so Yeah, a lot of stuff still happening over there, including you 271 00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:15.839 know, expeditions, which I'm still playing and really enjoying. But yeah, 272 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:19.960 this is good news for a studio and a publisher that has a lot of 273 00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:26.519 games in the works. Yeah, I think I'm fascinated by Embraser. I 274 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:30.000 know you are too, and you've been on the speed as long as I 275 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:34.279 have. But like ever since games Com twenty nineteen was when it really hit 276 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:40.079 me of like, oh, Embrasa is like throwing around money and you'd see 277 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:44.839 it on the show floor because Embracer owns a bunch of publishers, and each 278 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:48.359 one of the publishers would have their own booth on the show floor. And 279 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:53.519 by the end of it, they were taking up like maybe like just under 280 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:59.079 a quarter of the business space in games Calm, Like it was ridiculous how 281 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:03.920 much they were spreading out. And as the years have gone on, it's 282 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:07.559 become like this thing of like, hey, do they do they know that 283 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:11.000 they're like the Roman Empire? Do they know that? Like this isn't gonna 284 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:15.279 last? And I feel like literally everyone has been telling them that it wasn't 285 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:22.039 gonna last. And I double checked the numbers there. Embracer bosh Saber Interactive 286 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:26.519 for five hundred and twenty five million euro and the reporting that came out the 287 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:32.799 other week was that Saber bart themselves back for five hundred million. And so 288 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:36.920 they're really fucking good at business over there at Embracer, they're really good at 289 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:45.400 maximizing their investments. And yeah, I would just fucking love to see someone 290 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:53.480 interview Lars Wingerford because very often based on my attempts in the past, Yeah, 291 00:20:53.519 --> 00:21:00.039 and man, what what Embracer has done should be fucking illegal when you 292 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:03.240 look at it, like the damage they caused the way that they so recklessly 293 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:11.039 just bought companies to inflation their value. And now they realize like, oh, 294 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:14.799 we have to make games like oh shit, like what and no matter 295 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:17.440 how much those games make, no matter how much Dead Island makes, it 296 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:22.200 will never be enough. Like they have racked up too much dash. And 297 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:26.880 yeah, I get really fucking angry thinking about Embracer. Yeah, I mean, 298 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:30.880 I mean, just the the picture you painted of a game show floor 299 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:36.400 where all these booths are owned by the one company. It's like, clearly 300 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:41.720 we understand at a very basic level how inefficient that is. And it's like, 301 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:45.400 well, you know, it's one thing when all these companies are separate 302 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:48.799 and technically competing and trying to like, you know, get the most attention 303 00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:52.960 for themselves. But when you're a one big company and you have all these 304 00:21:52.039 --> 00:22:00.640 subsidiaries competing with each other for attention, it's the inevitable conclusion for any sane 305 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:03.359 person running that is, oh, we've messed up here. We could save 306 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:07.920 a lot more if we slim down and streamlined, and that means cutting a 307 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:11.640 lot of these companies, cutting jobs, and all the all this other stuff 308 00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:14.759 that is inherently bad for the industry. So it's like just from the beginning, 309 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:18.000 this was set up as a bad thing and it only got worse. 310 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:22.640 And we were all like, okay, well, Lars, what's the upside 311 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:26.559 here, buddy, Like, what what's the positive? How how is this 312 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:30.200 good for anything? And it was well, we look like we're growing that 313 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:33.920 motherfucker, and some interviews said in that interview, I think he's talking to 314 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:37.640 investors, said some shit like about organic growth and how they're going to continue 315 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:42.319 to organic growth. Fucking angry, I could slap a motherfucker. The still 316 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:49.200 growth of any company that whatever thing to say. I think like that became 317 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:53.039 the most apparent when they announced, oh, we're setting up our own pure 318 00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:57.559 company and not all of their pre goes through that company. Yep, Like 319 00:22:57.599 --> 00:23:03.160 the other parts of Embracive Group still hire out other PR companies to do that 320 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:07.400 PR. Why the fuck would you set up an entire PR company and still 321 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:11.759 hire out other companies. Yeah, it's like, and you know why, 322 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:15.720 because they're so big, one PR group inside of company would never be able 323 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:19.279 to handle all of the requests and all of the time needed of them. 324 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:25.960 It's like so unwieldy that again it's just it is self evident how this doesn't 325 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:29.119 work. And you know, you don't have to come listen to this show. 326 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:32.599 You don't have to listen to us talk about these specific incidents. Everyone 327 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:37.920 everyone's gut reaction from the beginning. Every time Embracer picked up something told them 328 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:41.400 the truth about what was going to happen here and here we are. Yeah, 329 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:45.400 I'm just I'm just glad for the most part that a team like Saber 330 00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:49.880 was able to extract themselves. That's that's some good news at the very least. 331 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:55.240 Oh no, Hell Divers has flying bugs to deal with now, or 332 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:57.599 does it. Don't believe all the propaganda. This is from Darren bamf Use 333 00:23:57.680 --> 00:24:02.759 at GameSpot Held two players have a new threat to watch out for following this 334 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:06.279 week's patch, as a new breed of termined enemies have been introduced to the 335 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:08.480 game. While de terminive ground forces live up to their name and terrain, 336 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:14.079 these new bugs are an airborne minist that have been gun appearing in the game. 337 00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:18.359 But are they even real? Helldivers two director Johann Pilstett took to Twitter 338 00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:23.279 to rubbish these claims, rejecting the reality of flying bugs and substituting the own 339 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:27.799 Ministry of Truth approved spin on the claims. I've heard rumors of flying bugs 340 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:33.480 and helldivers two, Pilstatt wrote, I want to officially refute such preposterous claims. 341 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:37.200 Everyone knows that bugs can't fly, and I'm not alone in thinking this. 342 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:41.160 The Ministry of Truth agrees that this is propaganda from bugs sympathizers that want 343 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:48.640 to brainwash good people. This is a fun game. This is so fly 344 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:56.079 down, fly down, This is so much fun that they are taking this 345 00:24:56.160 --> 00:25:00.240 route with like their new features in the game, it's, you know, 346 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:03.279 kind it's it's kind of cheesy in hokey a little bit, but in a 347 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:08.160 completely fun and harmless way. I think the more interesting thing about how they're 348 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:12.720 treating as a live service is it isn't like they're not doing seasons. They're 349 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:15.759 just doing, Hey, this week, we're adding one thing, We're adding 350 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:21.160 a couple of weapons, we're adding a like it's a trickle to the realistic 351 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:23.640 sent that I've ever seen with a live service game, where it does feel 352 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:30.240 like things are like arriving right on like as they're done being manufactured within the 353 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:33.839 universe, and they're building that intoish and I think it's keeping people engaged way 354 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:38.400 more than you've seen with other seasons, because people arrive for the first week 355 00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:41.519 when there's a new Fortnite season, and then they drop off once they realize, 356 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:45.079 oh, I'm never fucking completing this battle pass. Yeah, but if 357 00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:48.440 there's always a new thing to check out, and it's an evolution of the 358 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:55.000 kind of live service storytelling slash content drops that we've gotten from other games, 359 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:59.000 but done in a really cohesive and fun way. I mean, Fortnite's like 360 00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:02.880 evolving. Man was always something that, like early on, people have their 361 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:06.200 problems with these days, but early on it was like Man that they got 362 00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.880 rid of this whole town and replaced there was something else. We got to 363 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:11.079 go check that out and see what that's like. And you know, there 364 00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:14.759 was not. There wasn't a ton of low reasons early excuse me, early 365 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:18.640 on. They added some stuff later, but it was never as interesting or 366 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:22.759 in world truthful as this is. And then there's like stuff like Hitman twenty 367 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:27.200 sixteen and its sequels, where they would have all these live service things like 368 00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:32.039 here's an elusive target, and it's like that stuff never had the connective tissue 369 00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:36.559 of here's why this new target is here. Here's how it fits into the 370 00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:40.640 story. Here's like what's happening in the wider lore all that stuff, and 371 00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:42.599 it's like that would have been very cool, but I get why that's also 372 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:47.039 difficult. So them coming in with this, it doesn't feel like a roadmap, 373 00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:48.599 like when Destiny comes out. It's it's kind of weird that, like, 374 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:52.200 oh, the big event always happens once every six month, right months, 375 00:26:52.359 --> 00:27:00.400 And I do think something that's worth highlighting and diego over a polygone tastic 376 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:04.079 piece on this about how the bit of in the way that they're treating a 377 00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:10.079 lot of their communications in an in world sense has had a adverse effect on 378 00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:15.319 the community in some circumstances and has limited their ability to actually like moderate their 379 00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:19.160 community in quite a serious way. And it's a really interesting read because on 380 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:22.720 one hand, this like in universe stuff, it's fun and it's really good. 381 00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:26.400 On the other hand, there are people who don't fucking get that it's 382 00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:30.960 satire still, and by playing into that, they're feeding a lot of the 383 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:34.200 people who don't get that, like this game is mocking the fascists, And 384 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:38.720 so you've had situations where there are groups of players who are becoming emboldened by 385 00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:45.200 their toxicity because they see the developers essentially approving it by staying in character. 386 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:48.119 It's kind of like the Warhammer effect where you have a bunch of fans who 387 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:52.440 are like, oh no, these guys are fucking great because the Warhammer company 388 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:56.559 is like always promoting them and like they love them, and they don't realize 389 00:27:56.559 --> 00:28:00.880 like, oh wait, maybe God Kings are bad. Yeah, it's it's 390 00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:03.400 depitely played with player a little bit. I think that's it's important to point 391 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:07.920 that out because this could you know, turn on a dime and suddenly, 392 00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:14.119 yeah, there is these people role playing or actually being kind of fascisty, 393 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:18.559 you know, the fascit and and towards other players and then towards the developers, 394 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:22.880 and they, like you said, feel emboldened. That is definitely something 395 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:26.720 that could burn out the studio really quickly, and you know, a couple 396 00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.799 of years from now, it's like why did they stop doing that? And 397 00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:30.359 then we look back at the history, it's like all these new stories of 398 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:34.319 either you know, harassment or people not just getting it, or players treating 399 00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:37.839 other players poorly, which is something that does happen a little bit with like 400 00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:41.880 the people being kicked if they're not properly. If they don't have the proper 401 00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:45.759 metaspec for their character and they join a certain like leveled mission, the other 402 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:48.559 people be like, well you're not you don't have the right gun, so 403 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:52.680 we're gonna kick you. And the studios like, hey, we don't we 404 00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:55.000 don't know how to deal with this. We need help figuring this out. 405 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.559 And it's like, eventually, I think they're going to get to a point 406 00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:59.960 where they've learned that the community is not going to be helpful with solution. 407 00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:02.880 Even if they're pointing this is a problem, they don't know what the solution 408 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.680 is. And if you're looking at the community to help you with that, 409 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:08.640 especially one that you're like keeping on a string with with this lore, it's 410 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:11.599 yeah, they could step in it in a bad way and it could burn 411 00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:15.960 them out. Yeah. I think that it's something that other companies have learned 412 00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:21.079 the very hard way. Bungie definitely learned it, Like it's definitely one yes. 413 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:27.240 Yeah, Like community management and community development is a core part of being 414 00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:33.160 a developer with a live service game. It's important and if you don't have 415 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:41.440 a healthy relationship that also like puts boundaries on like where the community can and 416 00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:47.440 can't step like you wind up with straight up. You know, these relationships 417 00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:51.000 where the community basically decides they're making the game as much as the developers, 418 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:56.640 and things can get toxic very quickly. Yeah. I think that Hell divers 419 00:29:56.680 --> 00:30:02.160 is fucking awesome. I really like playing it. I just worry that there 420 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:07.000 are parts of it that they have like it seems like they're shocked by the 421 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:10.440 success by it as well. And when something breaks out as big as that, 422 00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:14.079 there's always an element of like, Okay, people are going to interpret 423 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:18.240 this in the worst possible way, and you lose control of your art once 424 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.480 you put it into the world, and that's kind of what's happening here, 425 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:25.440 is they're losing control of their ash. So yeah, I really hope that 426 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:30.720 they can keep their community. They can keep their community moderated and positive in 427 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:36.319 a way that keeps that like role playing going and it's fun but also doesn't 428 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:40.440 entertain dipshits. Yep, agreed. All right, we are going to take 429 00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.440 a quick break when we get back. We have a lot more headlines to 430 00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:52.119 get into right after this. All right, we are back, and let's 431 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:57.279 head right back into it. Actually, first, apparently the House of representatives 432 00:30:57.279 --> 00:31:03.200 just devoted to ban TikTok. So that's fun. People have a hard time 433 00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:07.599 convinced me that this is anything other than if you were to search the term 434 00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:11.200 capitalism on TikTok. You get a lot of people telling you why it's bad, 435 00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:15.319 and I think that's just Yeah, they're frightened of its ability to sway 436 00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:21.079 people and their opinion. Obviously there's bad sides of the TikTok, of course, 437 00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:23.559 but it's not worth banning. I hope it's just freedom. Yeah, 438 00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:30.039 I love freedom so much. But don't worry. Bobby Cootyck's gonna buy it 439 00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:34.480 because she has such a good relationship with all the American senators. I'm sure 440 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:38.839 he'll be able to smooth talk them once he buys it. As the Finals, 441 00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:42.200 too did announce its new season. It has private matches, and yeah, 442 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:45.160 maybe we'll return to that for T and T at some time. That 443 00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:48.799 would be fun. I would like to check that out, all right. 444 00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:52.240 Here's the next headline. Unicorn Overlord physical copies sold out at retail in Japan. 445 00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:56.039 This is from Aiden at Mins Window News. Atlas, the publisher of 446 00:31:56.119 --> 00:32:00.559 Unicorn Overlord, recently announced that physical copies the game have sold out at retail 447 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:06.240 stores across Japan. Released worldwide on March eight, twenty twenty four, the 448 00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:09.079 game has seen an overwhelming response from fans, leading to a sudden shortage of 449 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:15.160 physical copies and a statement addressing the shortage, Atlas expressed its apologies for any 450 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:19.799 inconvenience caused by the sold out status of Unicorn Overlord. The company also conveyed 451 00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:24.240 its deep gratitude for fans for their overwhelming support. This is a combination of 452 00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:28.480 things, LEXI. Obviously, they probably did not print a ton of physical 453 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:30.240 physical copies. It was probably difficult to predict how well this was gonna do. 454 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:36.119 And then also I think demand is significantly higher than they would have even 455 00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:39.839 expected on the high end. I remember earlier this week we did a poll, 456 00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:43.599 Hey are you gonna play Unicorn Overlord? This is not like you don't 457 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:45.759 have to put any money down to vote yes on that, but almost half 458 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:51.480 of respondents said yes. And that it's like way way more of a response 459 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:53.319 than I was expecting for that game. And I think it's coming down to 460 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:58.480 strong word of mouth, great reviews of Vanila Ware, having a good reputation 461 00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:01.599 among developer among gamers, and the game just kind of like filling niche. 462 00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:07.759 That's like, hey, it's it's different and and and familiar at the same 463 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:09.720 time. It's like, you know, this turn based strategy kind of thing, 464 00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:13.039 but it's got auto battles and and and I think it's like, Okay, 465 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:15.759 well I'm going to get in there, and it's just experienced something new. 466 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.920 I think it has a ton of mechanics people I haven't seen before. 467 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:21.039 And then of course it just looks really nice. Yeah, you're you're a 468 00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:24.119 great industry analyst. But I'm kind of surprised that you have forgotten the most 469 00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:29.759 major factor in all of this. What's that game is b horny? Yeah? 470 00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:35.799 The mommies. Yeah, there's real fucking horny for for the characters in 471 00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:37.920 that game. Yeah. I mean that's that's just that's true across the all 472 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:42.160 Vdillaware games. Uh. And I think they're embracing that here as well. 473 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:45.839 Yeah, the m and chat for mommies. Uh. I am. I 474 00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:50.799 have not touched this game yet. I will. It's I keep forgetting it's 475 00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:52.160 not on PC. So I'm always like, what is that new game I 476 00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:54.039 want to play? And I'm like checking the Steam Store. I'm like, 477 00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:58.039 huh, nothing news come out what I must be making it up, and 478 00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:59.640 I'm like, oh, yeah, I gotta go down on the steam. 479 00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:02.599 Are the switch to actually play this game, which I suppose I will do, 480 00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:07.880 But yeah, I'm this game is due. They're going to do way 481 00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:12.119 better than what seems like any previous vanilla ware game. A big part of 482 00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:16.119 that is going to be the power of the switch driving the excitement for that 483 00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:19.719 game a little bit. But also I think it's just like this is the 484 00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:22.920 right game at the right time, and hoariness has never been more popular. 485 00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:29.760 ATLEASO having a big year between this Persona and Metaphour, we Fantasio. They 486 00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:34.719 have like three games that could sell really fucking well this year, which will 487 00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:38.880 only embolden them to be more weird. Yeah that's what we need. Yes, 488 00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:45.679 absolutely all right. We could be getting Final Fantasy seven Rebirth rebirths Queen's 489 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:50.400 Blood expansions. This is from Georgiang at GameSpot. Square Enix is open to 490 00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:53.519 expanding Queen's Blood, the in game card game in Final Fantasy seven Rebirth. 491 00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:58.639 The mini game has been incredibly popular and well received. There are one hundred 492 00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:00.920 and forty five cards in total. He's a quote we haven't decided anything in 493 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:07.039 terms of future development for Queen's Blood, said director Naoki Hamaguchi in an interview 494 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:10.000 with Red Bull. But so far the media who played it have provided very 495 00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:15.079 positive feedback on it, so we want to consider further expansions as a possibility 496 00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:19.559 real quick. I love that, Like, in this world where media companies 497 00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:22.559 are closing, Red Bulls still doing their gaming stuff. I'm glad that that's 498 00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:25.679 still not I'm glad that's not been shuddered yet. That's something. Yeah, 499 00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:29.360 hey, Queen's Blood. I like Queen's Blood a ton. It's like my 500 00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:34.679 favorite mini game in Final Fantasy seven Rebirth. I think it could stand alone 501 00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:37.800 very easily, and I think that they should expand it and do a ton 502 00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:39.760 of fun stuff. I don't know if they should necessarily expand it within the 503 00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:45.280 confines of a rebirth though. I don't know how that would work necessarily, 504 00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:47.960 But if it's like, if they make that like something you could play, 505 00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:51.880 I guess if you could boot it up from the menu and just start playing 506 00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:57.079 games from Final Fasty seven Rebirth and you could get booster packs there, I 507 00:35:57.159 --> 00:36:00.599 think I would be down. But as it stands, it's like I'm not 508 00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:02.360 looking for them to like hide a character in the world I gotta go talk 509 00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:06.559 to that will now suddenly show up and sell me more inside the world of 510 00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:12.840 Final Fantasy seven Rebirth. Yeah, I'm super torn because I beat Final Fantasy 511 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:16.360 seven remake the other week and I did not enjoy the back half of that 512 00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:22.559 game, and I thought it was straight up pretty bad. But every time 513 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:25.519 I hear something about Final Fancy seven Rebirth, I'm like, maybe I should 514 00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:30.039 like give it. I've bought it, I know I'm gonna play it at 515 00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:31.960 some point. But then I hear like one thing that's like, oh, 516 00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:36.920 I'm really gonna like this, I'll lose a bunch of time to Queen's Blood. 517 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.119 And then I hear something else where it's like, oh yeah, it 518 00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:43.199 gets even more like bullshit and no more like nonsense. Towards the end, 519 00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:47.159 I'm like, oh, that doesn't sound like a great use of sixty hours 520 00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:52.920 for me. Yeah, right. I think, like, if that stuff 521 00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:58.079 is something that you're worried about, Dan's strategy of playing until you're done is 522 00:36:58.159 --> 00:37:00.239 because there's a great game in there. There's a lot of fun stuff, 523 00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:05.519 so uh, I think you probably will know when you're done. Uh. 524 00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:10.639 And and that's a completely valid way to play that game. I think I'm 525 00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:15.760 not gonna let it discourage me too much, although upcoming games like Dragon's Dogma 526 00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:19.679 two and and some other stuff, it's gonna probably pull me away a little 527 00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:22.760 bit, But like I want to, I do want to get back to 528 00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:25.320 more Final Fantasy seven Rebirth. I did. I was playing that this morning 529 00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:29.960 a little bit. I was actually just trying to like get you. I 530 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:32.079 hadn't played it really since the stream. I'm like, how do I open 531 00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:36.360 up the map? So That's where I'm at with that game now, which 532 00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:38.920 is always frustrating, but I'll give it another shot. But yeah, I 533 00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:44.880 think that, like they're like stuff, stuff like Queen's Blood is worth experiencing, 534 00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:47.440 and you could set the story aside at least, especially how it ends, 535 00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:52.360 because characters are great, the world is great. I think the way 536 00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:54.559 it looks is fantastic. I think the open world is really well done. 537 00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:59.639 It's like one of the better RPG open worlds. So yeah, I think 538 00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:01.360 it's still worth getting in there and checking out. Yeah, I do think 539 00:38:01.400 --> 00:38:05.079 that. Like the thing that suck out most to me about Final Nancy seven 540 00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:07.719 we Make was how much I enjoyed the first half where I was just hanging 541 00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:09.239 out with these characters and I was getting to know them, and I was 542 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:15.039 like, Oh, they made these characters who've I've only known through memes and 543 00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:19.199 references for all these years, like super likable and I actually care about them. 544 00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:22.719 And then when it became more of an overarching end of the world plot 545 00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:24.159 towards the end, I was like, Okay, a bit less about this. 546 00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:28.400 I'd just like to hang out with these cool dudes and do debts. 547 00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:30.280 Yep. And I yeah again, I think that's a completely fine way to 548 00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:36.800 experience that game. Uh see. WW two K twenty four feature has players 549 00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:43.400 uploading porn yet again to the game from LEAs one Joshua James Harris at GameSpot. 550 00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:46.360 WW two K twenty four launched last week, but in the game's community 551 00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:51.480 creation hub, some players are already up up to their old tricks. The 552 00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:54.679 new creative sign feature allows users to create, the create and share custom signs 553 00:38:54.679 --> 00:39:00.000 for audience NPCs to hold during matches. Instead of having signs with the usual 554 00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:05.159 WWE banter on them, some players are uploading sexually explicit images. It's worth 555 00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:08.719 noting that there is a system that allows players to flag content as inappropriate if 556 00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:14.039 you're a goddamn nark. But despite that, many of them have made their 557 00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:16.880 way to the top of the most downloaded and most uploaded pages. Some images 558 00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:22.320 are featured prominently despite even being days old, making it unclear whether the flagging 559 00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:24.880 system is unreliable or if players just aren't flagging them in the first place. 560 00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:30.719 WWE two K is rated T by the ESRB, but wrestling games are often 561 00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:34.559 played by younger kids, and in any event, the sexually explicit content exceeds 562 00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:38.360 even in M rating. Having adult content in WWE games isn't new in the 563 00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:43.039 past. Some players use the games create a logo feature to upload sexually explicit 564 00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:45.320 images that would make their ways to the top of the most downloaded and most 565 00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:50.719 uploaded pages according to Reddit threads that are sometimes months or even years old. 566 00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:55.840 Yeah, the online games, especially with user created aspects, are the wild 567 00:39:55.880 --> 00:40:00.400 West definitely the kind of thing where if you are parent of a kid, 568 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:04.119 you gotta you just gotta be watching that or not even letting the kids engage 569 00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:07.199 with that stuff in the first place, because it is it's not really part 570 00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:10.159 of that that rating, that TEA rating is it really has nothing to do 571 00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:14.239 with what's going to happen once you go online. That is a whole other 572 00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:19.559 world. It goes back to what we were talking about earlier, like jobs. 573 00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:22.039 I would not like to have community management for a live service game, 574 00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:29.360 running a Twitter account for a brand, and working for the WWE right now, 575 00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:34.119 and this combines all of those and it just seems like a fucking nightmare 576 00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:37.760 trying to manage that. Like, how many fucking vinces have people created and 577 00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:40.960 uploaded to that already? Do you want to besh? Yes, it's probably 578 00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:45.840 just a fucking nightmare on there. I mean I always have, Like Chrispinoire, 579 00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:49.239 I think is like always one of the most creative characters that people download 580 00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:51.840 and stuff like that. So yeah, that's there's a long history of that 581 00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:55.039 sort of thing. Yeah. And I saw Alex over at Nexlander was playing 582 00:40:55.079 --> 00:41:00.239 it and this like fucking thumbnail for it was just Peter Green and I was 583 00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:02.679 like, okay, yeah, this this game is still this, This is 584 00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:07.199 still what people do every time it's the Nevers, they just create Peter Griffin 585 00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:12.800 like okay, yep, and uh and that's I mean, it's uh the 586 00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:15.760 wild West and it's uh, there's going to be porn on there. But 587 00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:19.079 it's also the best part of the game, all the all the user created 588 00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:22.800 stuff and messing around with the creativity features, uh and telling your own stories 589 00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:27.679 and you know, setting up matches with that are impossible, and look, 590 00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:30.800 you know the game facilitates that to a certain extent. Like Damn was talking 591 00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:35.559 about having Muhammad Ali fighting God. I can't remember who it was now, 592 00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:37.280 but it was like, yeah, it was yeah, like these dream matches 593 00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:40.679 and it's, well, you could do that with the characters that they give 594 00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:45.320 you, but obviously they know that the creator wrestler and sharing those creations is 595 00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:51.639 important because it's these things are downloaded tens of thousands of times and they do 596 00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:57.559 enable even wilder matches of like Ultraman fighting al Gore or whatever, and that's 597 00:41:57.639 --> 00:42:00.360 like, that's a ton of fun. Ultimately, we joke about this, 598 00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:05.199 but like I would be devastated if they ever removed this like system, because 599 00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:07.000 you look at like what kind of funny do you look at? Like dead 600 00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:12.079 Meat has been doing one for horror movie characters, and like those are really 601 00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:15.519 fucking fun. They're really dumb and really fun. Germa used to do ones 602 00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:20.119 on Twitch that would get like thousands of youers watching Live that were just fucking 603 00:42:20.199 --> 00:42:22.639 ridiculous, Like, yeah, I would be. It's some of the best 604 00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:28.960 stuff in that game because it is the most player driven thing that you can 605 00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:34.719 do in that game. Yeah, it's You're right, like if this went 606 00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:37.599 away, and it's like, there's always the risk of that with things like 607 00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:39.679 this, and that's why the moderation is so important. You got to keep 608 00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:44.760 things on the up and up. You have to keep things sort of cool 609 00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:49.239 because it could ruin it for everybody. And you're never gonna be able to 610 00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:54.559 stop some idiot kid uploading a picture of a butthole to assign creator in WWE. 611 00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:57.559 You're not gonna be able to stop that. So what you have to 612 00:42:57.559 --> 00:43:00.679 do is you have to then cut it out and cut it off as soon 613 00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:06.519 as possible so it doesn't spread and don't take that literally so you don't have 614 00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:09.239 more of that everywhere. And then you start attracting unwanted attention for people, 615 00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:13.039 and like, we can't have this. Someone needs to do something. The 616 00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:17.559 only thing that's left is to have the United States House of Representatives and WWE's 617 00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:21.960 create a wrestler mode, which you know you could easily get to. That's 618 00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:24.559 the kind of thing that that creates moral panics all the time, So you 619 00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:29.360 kind of want to get on top of this if you're two k and stop 620 00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:34.880 the buttholes. The latest side. I just wanted to make sure there was 621 00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:37.840 a clean lead on that final line. Yeah, of course. Yeah, 622 00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:39.760 it's a good show, everybody, it's a good show. You don't have 623 00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:42.639 to tell me it's a bad show. I know it's a good show. 624 00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:46.199 The latest p S five system update adds dual shock improvements and it also lets 625 00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:50.320 you dim the console light. This is from Chris going at VGC. Shout 626 00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:53.159 out to Chris for all the hard work. The version nine point zero firmware 627 00:43:53.239 --> 00:43:58.920 update improves the volume of the controller speakers. It also uses AI machine learning 628 00:43:58.960 --> 00:44:05.239 to improve the quality of controller microphone. Don't improve that thing. Don't encourage 629 00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:10.199 people to use that stupid microphone. To disable it permanently. Yeah, just 630 00:44:10.239 --> 00:44:14.559 like, get rid of it, Please get rid of it. The amount 631 00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:19.559 of times that I've like joined into multiplayer games and it's just someone who has 632 00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:24.480 not never turned that thing off. Yeah, fucking red hot Chili Pepper's playing 633 00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:30.519 in the background, their child is crying and you can hear them eating chips 634 00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:35.559 all the time, and it's like, oh, man, fucking video games. 635 00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:38.159 What a mistake. Uh huh, Brenda Chili Pepper's being called as the 636 00:44:38.199 --> 00:44:42.559 boomer band of the of the guy that does not intern out the microphone. 637 00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:46.679 It's harsh, but fair, Alexi, You're absolutely right. Uh yeah, 638 00:44:46.719 --> 00:44:51.400 So they're going to improve the sound quality of that. I please just use 639 00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:53.440 a headset if you actually are going to talk online, everybody, please. 640 00:44:54.239 --> 00:44:58.480 There's a whole bunch of other additions, but yeah, I mean, hey, 641 00:44:58.679 --> 00:45:01.760 I guess mostly with this, I'm wondering, like, you do you 642 00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:06.519 think that the PS five like user interface and and menu system and all that 643 00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:15.760 stuff is good. So I've been visiting my parents a lot recently and my 644 00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:20.239 PS four is there, and loading up the PS four and using that again, 645 00:45:20.280 --> 00:45:22.639 I'm like, this is just so much fucking better. Like it's not 646 00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:25.599 that much different, but it's just more intuitive in every single fucking way. 647 00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:32.760 And also, like everything in the PS five UI is designed to annoy the 648 00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:38.039 shit out of me. Specifically, if you go to the PlayStation Plus Games 649 00:45:38.400 --> 00:45:43.519 and you subscribe to their tier that gives you the electro games, they'll have 650 00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:46.920 a thing that's like sort by release stage, but it's not actually fucking release 651 00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:52.880 state. It's when they added them to p s N two titles that are 652 00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:57.199 Yeah, they have PS four and PS two titles that are sort hit as 653 00:45:57.280 --> 00:46:00.480 newer than PS four and PS three titles. I fucking hate it. It's 654 00:46:00.599 --> 00:46:05.960 just it's not that hot, it's not that hard. It's wild that they 655 00:46:05.960 --> 00:46:09.119 do things that way. For me, it's like I could just see so 656 00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:15.519 transparently through what happened here they this is the PS five interface is basically built 657 00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:19.480 on top of the PS four interface. They took that and they slapped a 658 00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:22.400 bunch of shit on top to make it feel new and different for you know, 659 00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:24.360 before stops the lessons reasons that we always talk about, and it's just 660 00:46:24.400 --> 00:46:29.639 like, okay, we're past that period. You should start peeling away some 661 00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:31.039 of this horseshit and just going back to what you had with the PS four 662 00:46:31.239 --> 00:46:37.320 that was like that just worked. This doesn't. This is annoying and I 663 00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:42.119 but you know, it's it's never gonna be the thing that stops people from 664 00:46:42.320 --> 00:46:45.920 buying the games, right, So this is not like a priority for them 665 00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:47.320 to fix. And yet boy, I wish they would. I wish they 666 00:46:47.320 --> 00:46:51.360 would just take a little bit of time to make it less shitty. I 667 00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:54.920 just know there's like UX designers who every time you bring up the fact that 668 00:46:54.960 --> 00:47:00.400 they swapped the way that you hold down the bush in or press the station 669 00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:05.920 bosion to shut down the console, Like who fucking decided that? Who was 670 00:47:05.920 --> 00:47:09.519 like, let's just invertish from from one game to another, like h from 671 00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:14.320 one console to another. Who Jesus Christ. Even the stuff that was cool, 672 00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:17.119 like when it launched, like being able to keep track of whether I 673 00:47:17.159 --> 00:47:21.519 want want to play inverted in every game, like the PS five launch dance, 674 00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:23.960 Like we're gonna like have something set across all your games that just stopped 675 00:47:23.960 --> 00:47:27.880 working, that just stopped working at some point and I got to go into 676 00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:30.920 every game and invert my controls again and set my stuff to performance mode instead 677 00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:34.199 of graphics mode. I mean, maybe I saw I'll go back to check, 678 00:47:34.199 --> 00:47:37.000 maybe that stuff got turned off, but I'm pretty sure it's on the 679 00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:38.320 last time I checked, and it's still. Some games are like, yeah, 680 00:47:38.320 --> 00:47:42.320 we're not. We don't get about that because it came up on content. 681 00:47:42.440 --> 00:47:45.079 I went back and I've been playing sac Boy on the PS five because 682 00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:51.000 I played it on PC when I reviewed it, and I was like fucking 683 00:47:51.119 --> 00:47:53.760 shocked when one of those game cards came up and it was like pick up 684 00:47:53.800 --> 00:47:58.000 your activity where you're going? And then I finished a level and I was 685 00:47:58.039 --> 00:48:01.039 like review the challenge like stars on a five? Would you hear this? 686 00:48:01.119 --> 00:48:05.760 I was like, what the fuck are these notifications? I think I went 687 00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:08.239 to a game card in a recent game, or tried to go to a 688 00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:13.519 game card and like like like I clicked it and it was basically the PlayStation 689 00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:15.360 five O cool than like four oh four not found. It's like, we 690 00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:17.840 don't know what you're trying to do. This is not connected to anything. 691 00:48:19.079 --> 00:48:22.519 This is just a box that exists here. Oh okay, I mean, 692 00:48:22.719 --> 00:48:25.800 and it's what we all kind of predicted. It's like saying the things are 693 00:48:25.840 --> 00:48:29.400 cool if they're going to use it, but we know they're not. Yes 694 00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:32.280 said at the beginning, and here we are. Whatever. It doesn't once 695 00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:36.039 you're in the games, it's fine. They play great. Play Station five 696 00:48:36.079 --> 00:48:42.360 is a good console. But I'm more and more appreciative of Xbox not changing 697 00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:44.599 things and be like, listen, our shitty thing is kind of you're kind 698 00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:46.280 of used to it, right, Just keep using the shitty thing and we'll 699 00:48:46.320 --> 00:48:50.360 make it a little bit better here and there. Uh, as opposed to 700 00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:53.840 like, let's just remix everything because we're playing so long trying to make the 701 00:48:53.960 --> 00:48:59.360 Xbox ones you are fucking usable, and we're just about there. We are 702 00:48:59.400 --> 00:49:02.199 not sounding from square one again. And Nihilox says ranking of console You why 703 00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:07.039 I would do a tier list of consoles. Yeah, I would be way 704 00:49:07.079 --> 00:49:09.679 into that. That sounds incredible. I We'll find some time on a BCR 705 00:49:09.719 --> 00:49:15.599 in the future for that. Uh okay, let's see here. Yeah, 706 00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:20.000 there are David Bowie. There's just straight up a David Bowie song, Let's 707 00:49:20.079 --> 00:49:23.599 Dance in sac Boy and the level is set to the music and it's incredible. 708 00:49:23.639 --> 00:49:27.320 And then you go to the next level and it's an instrumental version of 709 00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:31.119 like a Virgin by Madonna without it, and that's like, that's just as 710 00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:36.079 good. It's such a good game. There's there's the level with Toxic as 711 00:49:36.119 --> 00:49:38.760 well. Yeah. It's like that game is really annoying to me in one 712 00:49:38.760 --> 00:49:42.880 way because I when I play it, I'm like, oh, this game 713 00:49:42.960 --> 00:49:45.360 is like so close to being a nine out of ten, and then I 714 00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:46.559 remember that if you get hit twice, you die and you have to go 715 00:49:46.599 --> 00:49:50.679 back to a check bo and I'm like, this is really annoying. Why 716 00:49:50.800 --> 00:49:57.800 is why are you my kids? For sure, it's close if it's really 717 00:49:57.800 --> 00:50:00.840 close to being great, and if they had just, like what, I 718 00:50:00.840 --> 00:50:04.280 don't know, if they had just taken a few different approaches to balancing. 719 00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:07.360 I think the movement in that game actually feels super good. Yes, yeah, 720 00:50:07.440 --> 00:50:12.000 it's like it's not quite Super Mario three D World in terms of quality, 721 00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:15.119 but it's like the closest thing from that anyone else has ever made. 722 00:50:15.440 --> 00:50:22.280 And the needle drops, the very illumination animation style needle drops are better than 723 00:50:22.280 --> 00:50:25.000 they are in any illumination movie. It's so yeah. I think they just 724 00:50:25.000 --> 00:50:30.320 did a great job with making that game feel fun and alive, and the 725 00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:31.920 kids really do love it. And she's passed out, all right, Cool, 726 00:50:32.039 --> 00:50:36.400 she's mad at me, and now she's sleeping, all right. Resident 727 00:50:36.400 --> 00:50:38.960 Evil four has sold seven million copies. This is from Jonas Mackett Game Reactor. 728 00:50:39.679 --> 00:50:44.519 It was the remake everyone was asking for, and almost exactly a year 729 00:50:44.559 --> 00:50:49.880 ago, Capcom finally released completely reworked Resident Evil four. The Predecessor is often 730 00:50:49.920 --> 00:50:52.280 considered one of the best games of all time, and that legacy has preserved 731 00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:55.440 and improved, leading to great ratings and satisfied fans. When it was released 732 00:50:55.480 --> 00:50:59.639 in March twenty twenty three, in just two days, three million copies were 733 00:50:59.639 --> 00:51:02.679 sold with and within a week four million games have been sold. Since then, 734 00:51:02.719 --> 00:51:06.760 it has continued to grow, and recently an Apple version was launched. 735 00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:09.639 Has anyone played that version? I just I think it's an insane thing to 736 00:51:09.639 --> 00:51:13.360 buy that game on your iPhone and have it take up half of your storage 737 00:51:13.400 --> 00:51:19.159 on your phone. But whatever for seventy dollars. Yeah, but the game 738 00:51:19.159 --> 00:51:22.840 has now surpassed seven million copies sold, which is I think that's like right 739 00:51:22.880 --> 00:51:28.679 in the range where that's a huge success for these games Residny Evil in the 740 00:51:28.719 --> 00:51:31.760 past. It's like some of the best games before this spat of remakes. 741 00:51:32.119 --> 00:51:36.000 We're right around seven million. I think that's what Resident Evil six did, 742 00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:39.199 which is unfortunately that was the best selling one for a very long time. 743 00:51:39.920 --> 00:51:43.159 And then this game is probably going to continue to sell. I guess it 744 00:51:43.239 --> 00:51:45.599 gets more sales. It's gonna easily get over to ten million, I think 745 00:51:45.800 --> 00:51:49.880 in the next couple of years. So that's pretty good, and I think 746 00:51:49.880 --> 00:51:52.400 it's it's it's you know, they're going to be very happy with that. 747 00:51:52.639 --> 00:51:54.639 Are you surprised by that number? Would you expect more? What do you 748 00:51:54.679 --> 00:51:59.800 think? No? I fucking love the Resident Evil games. At the moment, 749 00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:02.679 really wanted to talk shit about Resident Evil for just to upset Mike, 750 00:52:02.800 --> 00:52:07.840 But I love that getting too much. Yes, And I do think Resident 751 00:52:07.920 --> 00:52:12.199 Evil is like one of my favorite gaming franchises at this point. It just 752 00:52:12.280 --> 00:52:15.320 hits the hits every note. Yeah, looking at the sales for or E 753 00:52:15.440 --> 00:52:20.400 to remake, the latest numbers on that were like twelve point six million, 754 00:52:21.079 --> 00:52:23.760 So this is going to keep selling. I think that it's just a really 755 00:52:23.800 --> 00:52:30.639 fucking well made game. It's like everything about it is designed really cleverly. 756 00:52:30.920 --> 00:52:35.679 It like feels really good to play, and they made really sensible changes to 757 00:52:35.800 --> 00:52:40.559 both the story and the gameplay. Yep, that's right, and it's it's 758 00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:45.800 getting the sales it deserves, and I think Resident Evil will just keep getting 759 00:52:45.800 --> 00:52:49.320 bigger. The way that they're making these games and the quality coming out of 760 00:52:49.320 --> 00:52:52.280 Capcom right now, they're just they're nailing it, and Residevil forres is benefiting 761 00:52:52.320 --> 00:52:55.360 from that. One of these days they'll figure out how to turn it into 762 00:52:55.360 --> 00:53:00.280 a movie. Is attempts that seems impossible, all right. Last story here, 763 00:53:00.320 --> 00:53:04.840 a new Nintendo switch emulator has a few tricks up at sleeve to avoid 764 00:53:05.119 --> 00:53:08.079 getting sued. This is from Alex Hopley at Game Reactor. Yuzu, the 765 00:53:08.119 --> 00:53:12.760 most popular switch emulator out there, recently shut down, and already we are 766 00:53:12.800 --> 00:53:16.679 seeing another emulator take its place. Do you know what it's called? Cleverly 767 00:53:17.239 --> 00:53:22.880 sue you? Sue you is looking to avoid a similar laws It's the giant 768 00:53:22.880 --> 00:53:25.960 bomb naming scheme. What's the dubbest fucking baby we can call this thing? 769 00:53:27.519 --> 00:53:30.480 Sue you is looking to avoid a similar lawsuit from Nintendo, is preparing to 770 00:53:30.599 --> 00:53:36.199 utilize some legal loopholes to get around one. Sue YOUU is currently currently existing 771 00:53:36.159 --> 00:53:37.719 in a legal gray area, and we are trying to work out work our 772 00:53:37.719 --> 00:53:43.079 way out of discord. Moderator sharply told as are excuse me ours technica. 773 00:53:43.840 --> 00:53:45.840 There are multiple plans and possibilities for what to do next. Things are still 774 00:53:45.840 --> 00:53:52.360 being organized in planned but the general plan is to avoid promoting piracy. They're 775 00:53:52.400 --> 00:53:55.679 not going to include official tutorials on how to download copyrighted games, and they 776 00:53:55.719 --> 00:54:00.280 will not monetize it. Seems to be their plan is the plan we don't 777 00:54:00.280 --> 00:54:06.519 commit crimes. Yeah, we like read the DMCA and then don't do those 778 00:54:06.559 --> 00:54:10.000 things. Yeah, that seems to be it. Honestly, youzu again the 779 00:54:10.119 --> 00:54:14.199 emulator itself, even when it was suing it. They're not saying you can't 780 00:54:14.239 --> 00:54:15.800 build an emulator. It was the end, never the emulator. It was 781 00:54:16.280 --> 00:54:22.639 bypassing encryption. It was explaining how to bypass you know, the copyright law 782 00:54:22.880 --> 00:54:24.639 things like that that Nintendo was going after. That's what they built their case 783 00:54:24.679 --> 00:54:30.119 on. And if you can avoid those things, like many emulators do, 784 00:54:30.719 --> 00:54:35.159 you should continue to be fine. So Sue, you look out for that 785 00:54:35.320 --> 00:54:39.320 at a shady place on the internet near you. What an incredible name. 786 00:54:39.760 --> 00:54:43.599 All right, Lexie, I have a poll question. I'm gonna get to 787 00:54:43.599 --> 00:54:45.519 you while I get that set up. Why don't you tell people where they 788 00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:49.320 can find you what you have going on, all that good stuff. Yeah, 789 00:54:49.360 --> 00:54:51.320 so you can find me all over the place. At the moment, 790 00:54:51.679 --> 00:54:53.639 I'm on statmanu dot co dot uk, a website for young people trying to 791 00:54:53.639 --> 00:54:59.000 break into the industry as game journalists. We try to have like a safe 792 00:54:59.000 --> 00:55:02.480 and supportive place for people to find opportunities and to get working with an editor 793 00:55:02.559 --> 00:55:07.480 and get their work out there, and you will also be able to find 794 00:55:07.519 --> 00:55:10.719 me on Shock News over the next couple of weeks. There is a game 795 00:55:10.760 --> 00:55:15.840 Somish on in Galway that I will be attending and interviewing a few people Lash 796 00:55:15.920 --> 00:55:22.280 so you can see my ride ups from Nash sometime early April, and you 797 00:55:22.320 --> 00:55:25.599 can see me around the place in the giant bomb jash annoying people with my 798 00:55:25.719 --> 00:55:30.360 own emote. Now, and let's get some lex wins in chat for that. 799 00:55:30.559 --> 00:55:35.159 Absolutely, I'm really I'm discovering I'm really good at Superman sixty four. 800 00:55:35.480 --> 00:55:43.000 Oh really, you always when I always win. It's we'll get to more 801 00:55:43.000 --> 00:55:45.239 of that here in a second. Let's see, let's do this poor question 802 00:55:45.440 --> 00:55:49.679 all right, did you ever play an adult swim game? Fifty three percent 803 00:55:49.719 --> 00:55:53.199 said yes, Forty seven percent said no. Adult swim games. I real 804 00:55:53.320 --> 00:55:57.119 soft spot for them. I just every time they were putting out anything, 805 00:55:57.159 --> 00:56:00.400 I was like, I'm at least interested. They were the team I would 806 00:56:00.400 --> 00:56:05.000 seek out whenever I was at any sort of indie gaming event at a show, 807 00:56:05.719 --> 00:56:07.960 because I knew they would find something that had like an attitude, and 808 00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:10.679 that's what that's like. The thing I prized the most from an indie game, 809 00:56:10.719 --> 00:56:14.599 lex is, give me something with a voice, give me something that's 810 00:56:14.639 --> 00:56:17.719 like screaming at me in some way, and adult swim games always did that. 811 00:56:19.360 --> 00:56:23.199 I if someone knows a way to play Unicorn or yeah, Unicorn Rainbow 812 00:56:23.199 --> 00:56:27.360 Attack? Is that what it's called Rainbow Unicorn Attack? If someone knows how 813 00:56:27.400 --> 00:56:30.920 to play that original one still somewhere, let me know. I would appreciate 814 00:56:30.920 --> 00:56:32.079 that. I want to track that down. My kids I think would really 815 00:56:32.119 --> 00:56:37.000 dig that. That does remind me quick shout out to my old co worker 816 00:56:37.039 --> 00:56:39.199 Andy Kelly, who used to work at The Gamer and now Rock Evolver. 817 00:56:40.440 --> 00:56:45.440 He now works at Devolver, but he's been doing like SNS style manuals for 818 00:56:45.480 --> 00:56:46.920 all their games coming up. So he did one for Pepper Grinder, and 819 00:56:46.960 --> 00:56:52.639 he did one for Children of the Sun and they look fucking great like they 820 00:56:52.920 --> 00:56:58.559 they're real cool. So yeah, those indie game studios that have a bit 821 00:56:58.559 --> 00:57:00.440 of money behind them or polish to have a bit of money behind them, 822 00:57:00.480 --> 00:57:04.719 and we're funding weird shit. There's not enough of them, and it's a 823 00:57:04.719 --> 00:57:12.480 real shame that is less every month. Fuck w B. Let's see next 824 00:57:12.480 --> 00:57:15.320 pole. Question is Mega Man important? Yes or no? You can vote 825 00:57:15.360 --> 00:57:19.519 on that right now. By going to YouTube dot com slash at giant Bomb 826 00:57:20.119 --> 00:57:23.280 under the community tab, there you will find our poll questions. I will 827 00:57:23.320 --> 00:57:28.360 talk about this on Game Mess Mornings here on Giant Bomb tomorrow. That's where 828 00:57:28.400 --> 00:57:32.159 we'll discuss the results. Speaking a Giant Bomb later today, it's Blake Club 829 00:57:32.320 --> 00:57:37.679 with super Dance sixty four, the Dan of Steel. It's it's gonna be 830 00:57:37.719 --> 00:57:43.239 a big moment for him. He has to decide because Mike did go back 831 00:57:43.239 --> 00:57:46.800 and beat Shinak for shoot. In Mortal Kombat mythology sub zero, Mike is 832 00:57:46.880 --> 00:57:51.280 number nine in the world if his speed runt gets accepted. He is a 833 00:57:51.320 --> 00:57:54.800 sick sick man. But his sickness has effect. It affects us all, 834 00:57:55.039 --> 00:58:00.159 mostly Dan, though, who agreed to beat the game on Superman difficulty, 835 00:58:00.199 --> 00:58:05.440 the highest difficulty, to steal the to see the shoot credits. If Mike 836 00:58:05.480 --> 00:58:08.760 beat Shanak, well that's happened. Now Dan is into Superman sixty four. 837 00:58:08.800 --> 00:58:12.599 He has to decide if he wants to take the chance of playing it on 838 00:58:12.639 --> 00:58:15.719 the normal difficulty and then just playing the last level on the Superman difficulty to 839 00:58:15.719 --> 00:58:17.840 see if that works, which someone said, but we don't know if that's 840 00:58:17.880 --> 00:58:22.440 the case, or if he was going to restart the whole game right now 841 00:58:22.719 --> 00:58:24.280 and play it on Superman difficulty, So tune in for that. You're not 842 00:58:24.280 --> 00:58:27.639 gonna want to miss it. As always, Blake Club is gonna be so 843 00:58:27.760 --> 00:58:34.360 much fun. Do you think Dan is more of a Zack Snyder Superman or 844 00:58:34.360 --> 00:58:38.320 more of a James Gunn Superman or is he more of a Leaves Superman? 845 00:58:38.880 --> 00:58:43.519 Yeah, he's He's a mix between a Snyder and a Richard Donner Superman. 846 00:58:43.639 --> 00:58:49.599 Yeah, so like Richard Donner. It was actually like went to prison for 847 00:58:49.639 --> 00:58:51.880 a little bit, right, I gotta look into that. I can't remember 848 00:58:51.880 --> 00:58:54.639 why she went to jail. I think that's right though. So yeah, 849 00:58:54.639 --> 00:59:00.360 so a criminal director and a real criminal director in Zack Snyder. O' lock 850 00:59:00.440 --> 00:59:02.559 in chat said, he's more of George Reaves. I know, no, 851 00:59:04.480 --> 00:59:09.119 let's not do that, all right. Yeah, he's a Brandon Ralph. 852 00:59:09.239 --> 00:59:14.880 He's a Ralph Superman. Yeah. And if you missed that first episode, 853 00:59:14.880 --> 00:59:16.880 go watch it right now so you're ready, because I had some fun stuff 854 00:59:16.920 --> 00:59:21.400 happening there, and that's continues to be one of my favorite franchises that we 855 00:59:21.440 --> 00:59:25.039 got going over here at Giant Bomb Lexie once again. Once again you've won. 856 00:59:25.079 --> 00:59:28.559 Thank you so much for spinning today with me talking about video games. 857 00:59:28.599 --> 00:59:32.400 I really appreciate it. Anytime, anytime. Thank you all for watching as 858 00:59:32.400 --> 00:59:36.239 well. You're the best audience in gaming. Until next time, have a 859 00:59:36.280 --> 00:59:38.920 good one, take care of yourselves and goodbye. Thanks for being cool too. 860 00:59:39.079 --> 00:59:44.679 Appreciate everybody.