WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:15.080 You'll be bed. It's the internet. You're busy. Let's do this for 2 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:18.480 August eighteen, twenty twenty three. For the next hour or so, let 3 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:22.120 me help you sort through the world of gaming on Game Mess Mornings Live with 4 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:25.839 Me Jeff Grubb. Today, Sony is probably gonna make another God of War 5 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:29.079 and Call of Duty is finally official. But first please join me and welcoming 6 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:32.280 today's co host a Game Mess Mornings. It's Tamore who's saying, everybody, 7 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:35.119 tam how are you doing? You know, Jeff, I've been better. 8 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:39.079 It's Treg's day. I'm gonna do my best to raise the spirits, but 9 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:45.439 I'm gonna be coughing my way through this. You my understanding is you were 10 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:48.759 the four time COVID champion. I am the full time COVID champion. No 11 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:51.560 one can come from my boat because nobody wants to come from my vote. 12 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:57.479 No one wants to everybody is the belt wide birth. Yeah, I'm like, 13 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:00.759 I'm the four time COVID champion. Everyone goes yep, hopefully says that 14 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:07.040 way. How you doing? But that's fucking sucks. That's insane. So 15 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:08.719 sorry, man, it's not great. I keep that I have to say 16 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:12.599 it repeatedly, but like each time has like fundamentally changed my body in a 17 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:17.879 way that it hasn't recovered from like I have. Last time I got it, 18 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:19.760 I got fatigued pretty badly, and now I've got permit fatigue. So 19 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:23.480 I've just got a lifelong debuff. Now that's what COVID is for me. 20 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:26.439 Someone costs a lifelong debuff. And now I have this cough, which is 21 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:33.560 like I'm hoping it will go away, but so far it's been quite severe. 22 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:37.040 Like yesterday I had to like I went to lay down to sleep and 23 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:38.640 the coughing was so bad. I just was like, I just have to 24 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:44.840 sit up and let this play out until there's like a pause, sucking trying 25 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:49.480 to fall asleep again. Yeah, that terrifies me because I'm when I get 26 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:53.280 like just a normal cold, I cough for like months literally after. Yeah, 27 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:57.799 and I don't think I've had COVID yet. Somehow, some insane way, 28 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.920 apparently all the COVID I was getting I just gave the instead. It's 29 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:02.599 like how I think it works. I've been taking the hit. People are 30 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:05.959 like I tweet about this just to explain it, because like I was on 31 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:07.240 a bunch of things yesterday and I was coughing a lot, and I was 32 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:10.599 like, that probably sucks to kind of see and watch and listen to. 33 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:14.479 So I explained it a bit and everyone was like, what, it's your 34 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:16.759 fault for not masking up, and I was, I am. I took 35 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:21.360 it. I took it very seriously, like I took COVID. Yeah, 36 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:23.840 but also it's not how it works, like I still don't get how people 37 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:27.280 like masking is protecting other people everybody, guys, come on, but we're 38 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:30.479 it's it's been three years. Catch on like, cutch up, we're grow 39 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:35.840 up in fact, figure it out. Yeah okay, but either way, 40 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:38.120 Tam, I you know, I'm glad you're you're up an atom and you're 41 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:42.520 recovering as much as you can. But man, I'm sorry about that. 42 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:45.599 That really stinks. So gravy baby, let's do it. It'srega. It 43 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:50.199 is Dregs Day, Tam as a president to you. I I'm coming off 44 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:53.039 a cold shower and I'm fucking ready to go. I was gonna say, 45 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:55.240 you look great, like you look like very smart, you look refreshed. 46 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:59.879 I love it. I want to ask you. I'm wearing just there's this 47 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:02.319 it's two buttons? How slutty? Should my shirt be just one or two? 48 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:06.240 But no? I think you should open one more buttons. Okay, 49 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:07.280 here we go, There we go, there we go. All right, 50 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:13.479 now we're good. That does feel fresh and fancy free. Maybe let's go 51 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:17.439 Oh my god, it's not I can do some game news. This is 52 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:23.360 some eye show speed levels of reveals. Who next time, I'm gonna show 53 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:28.599 some ankle meat everybody? Look at all right, let's get into this and 54 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:30.280 explain what we do here most weekdays, I, Jeff Greb, will help 55 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:34.919 piece your gaming life back together. That includes breaking news and maybe even some 56 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:38.520 of our own original reporting. For all these topics, I'll get the input 57 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:40.639 of a bona fide expert who will make me look smart. If you were 58 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:44.719 watching live on twitch welcome. You can always listen to the show later on 59 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:47.439 podcast feeds by searching for Game Mess Mornings, or find the RSS on giant 60 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:52.199 bomb dot com. You can also catch the show later with chapters and timestamps 61 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:55.560 on YouTube. Hello, Hello YouTube. Okay, we have a lot to 62 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:59.800 get into, so let's start the Morning Mess with there's a rumor that there's 63 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.319 a new God of War game and development from Alex Hopley at Game Reactor. 64 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:06.360 Big surprise, but here we go. It appears that Sony Santa Monica they 65 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:10.840 already be working on a new God of War game and a new John listing 66 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:13.960 looking for a combat designer, fans have found some hints that could point to 67 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:16.759 the studio gearing up for a return to the franchise. While there isn't any 68 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:19.920 specific statement saying the combat designer will work on a new God of War, 69 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:24.319 there is a mention that the candidate must have knowledge of God of War and 70 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:27.959 God of War Ragnarok. Also, they'll be working on a new unannounced title. 71 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:32.959 This is probably I mean Sony Santa Sony Santa Maka is going to make 72 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:38.000 another God of War probably next right, That still makes sense even though you 73 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:40.720 know the last two were like that's a duology and it wraps up a bunch 74 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:44.600 of stuff there. They will probably just take what they did with that game 75 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:46.759 and put it in a new setting, have some other other ways to refresh 76 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:50.560 everything and get right back into it. Right. Oh yeah, almost certainly, 77 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:56.160 Like I mean, Sony Santa Monica is a stage now, I think 78 00:04:56.199 --> 00:05:00.519 they could probably they probably are doing like multiple titles at this point like, 79 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:05.160 so it wouldn't be because like Corey is supposed to be working on something like 80 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:09.759 he wasn't he's doing this like sci fi game right or whatever. Well, 81 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:13.720 I don't know if there's any like concrete reation. I don't think there is, 82 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:15.560 but a little bit. I don't know exactly what. Yeah, yeah, 83 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.399 exactly. So that leads me to and as far as I know, 84 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:23.319 he hasn't like left selling Santa American staff a new studios, So there are 85 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:29.040 a team where they were. They are making something new and also holding it 86 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:32.160 down by making the thing that most people know and want and probably Sony once 87 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:36.959 as well, considering the success of Ragnarok and the God of All reboot. 88 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:44.839 So this makes perfect sense, and like it, evolving it to the next 89 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:47.600 kind of like setting or whatever it may be, and figuring out new ways 90 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:51.319 to approach the mechanics and that kind of stuff makes perfect sense to kind of 91 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:56.079 revitalize it. If they do the exact same thing again, I think that's 92 00:05:56.079 --> 00:06:00.279 when it becomes more of an issue. If they had a third Norse game, 93 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:04.839 I think that the the the idea of another God of All game would 94 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:09.480 feel less exciting than I agree the idea all of a duology is done. 95 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:13.439 Now something new is happening, right, something unpredictable, right, something I 96 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:17.040 mean, uh, you know I've mentioned this before, but now I'm forgetting 97 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:19.560 his name, but the guy that directs the Mission Impossible movies with Tom Chris 98 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:23.720 Christopher McCorry saying like, but he's like he was talking about like the Star 99 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:28.199 Wars sequel trilogy and he was like, you know, the difficulty here is 100 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:30.480 for this kind of thing, you got to give people what they want in 101 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:33.959 a way they don't expect. And that's what God of War twenty eighteen did. 102 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:38.040 And then obviously you follow that up because people will do want more, 103 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:42.639 but by the third game you're gonna see diminishing returns because now it's people it's 104 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:46.199 what they want, but it's not it's not in a way they're not expecting. 105 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:49.040 So like that, by you know, nailing those two games and then 106 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:51.759 now going back to that, like resetting that a little bit and doing things 107 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:56.079 that people might not be expecting, now you have a chance to wow everyone 108 00:06:56.120 --> 00:07:00.480 again, and that like makes me want is that kind of what's happening with 109 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:03.399 Spider Man Marvel Spider Man two right now? Where it's like everyone knows what 110 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:08.639 to expect from it, so that's why there's everyone's a little bit ho hum 111 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:11.120 about it. I think that game is going to be an amazing seller, 112 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:13.800 but just the excitement for it right now, maybe that's just because there's so 113 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:15.560 many other games to play. But is there something else there? Like, 114 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:19.279 is there are these other Sony franchise is going to be in a similar situation 115 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:24.319 suit soon Tam where they're gonna have to look to do the kind of reset 116 00:07:24.360 --> 00:07:29.199 that God of War is done. I think that there are a couple that 117 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:32.639 will. I don't think Spider Man is among them. I feel like Spider 118 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:40.000 Man is like a persistent world that is growing. Is something that is expected 119 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:43.879 from the Spider Man I p with, regardless of where you come for it, 120 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:47.680 come from it, like in the movies currently and previously as well as 121 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:50.120 well as in the comics, there's always just you know, the world of 122 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:55.560 Spider Man, and this is a new story within it. So I think 123 00:07:55.639 --> 00:08:00.839 in this case, like moving to another villain after this latest Man is done 124 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:03.519 is is probably the way to do it. I'm sure like they will introduce 125 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:07.560 Yeah, I'm sure they'll introduce like a new thread like in the way that 126 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:09.800 you know, they brought in miles and now they combine them into one game. 127 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:13.480 You know, maybe Gwen shows up in this, or maybe like you 128 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:18.879 know, a Spider Man appears from a different dimension or whatever at the end 129 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:22.040 of it, hinting at that, and then that's where it goes next. 130 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:28.160 I think that Spider Man franchise doesn't need a crazy like table clear of a 131 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:31.240 reset. Yeah. I think a franchise like Horizon probably does, or a 132 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:37.159 franchise I don't know, yeah, like Ratchean Clank or something like that, 133 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:43.240 where something more drastic needs to happen. Yeah, I think I'm right there 134 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:46.679 with you where where it's uh. I think Spider Man people are home. 135 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:50.000 I'm about Spider Man right now, and the second it's available, they'll be 136 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.720 like, well, I love Spider Man, I'm and I'm going to show 137 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:56.639 up for this. This is going it's going to be completely fine. Certainly, 138 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:58.600 we'll see that reflected in the numbers of sales and the excitement and selling 139 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:01.720 ps vibes, and they'll bet we can Spider Make could be the thing we 140 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:05.000 rely on, and that it could be a known quantity and it's going to 141 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:07.799 be fine almost no matter what as long as the quality of the games is 142 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:11.360 going to be there. And I think we can assume that's a safe assumption 143 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:16.039 because of Insomniac the other games. See, it's like, yeah, there's 144 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:20.440 always that risk of of of that diminishing returns at a certain point. For 145 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:24.600 going back to God of War and you know this this news, these rumors. 146 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:28.799 You know, I think there's a lot of stuff that they could do 147 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:33.679 with with Kratos necks that could be I think unexpected and exciting. But I'm 148 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:37.120 like when I when I think about it, it's like, you know, 149 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:41.000 they did Nurse, and my mind merely goes, Okay, what would be 150 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:45.399 like basically that same thing, but new and different and exciting. I go 151 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:48.799 to like the Egyptian gods, the Egyptian pantheon. I think that would be 152 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:52.080 fun. But there's something more exciting than that. I mean, I think 153 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:56.559 at this point it should. My personal idea would be to do the middle 154 00:09:56.600 --> 00:10:01.039 guess at it too, And you know, Melga sold to. One of 155 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:03.440 the best things about it was like you got to witness the legion legend of 156 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:07.120 Solid Snake instead of make the legend of Solid Snake. You know, write 157 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:11.200 in a lot of people hate him, but like, the coolest moments in 158 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:13.679 that game is when you are fighting alongside Snake or he's giving you back up. 159 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:20.480 And that idea of witnessing the impact of a character from outside of it, 160 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:24.679 impact that you know, is something that I really love. I think 161 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:28.559 in this game Creatos has become a god multiple times. I think it's time 162 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:35.559 for him to be the god. Right you are trying to hunt down or 163 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:37.759 something like that, and in the process, I feel like you could still 164 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:45.000 maintain his kind of current values and the idea of discovering that the gods are 165 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:52.519 more duplicitous than they then we realized, and they are more like evil than 166 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:56.240 we realized, and flawed then we realized could be told through the journey of 167 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:01.480 like trying to get to kill and create. By the time you get there, 168 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:05.159 you realize this dude is not all that bad, because I've the people 169 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:09.200 who put me on this path are way worse. I don't think he needs 170 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:13.840 to be evil. I still think that he can maintain the antagonist lean but 171 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:20.480 also have like the kind of like protagonist that you hate protagonists that you're designed 172 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:22.639 that is designed for you to feel like, oh, this guy sucks, 173 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:26.879 but actually is you know, more reasonable than you might realize. Like I 174 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:33.279 would love to see like the the gravitas of a world where Kratos is God 175 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:37.080 God. I think that's a yeah, that's a really good idea. I 176 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:39.960 think in a perfect world where we could, you know, spend all the 177 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:43.039 money required to make a game like this, but do something that is completely 178 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:50.000 unexpected, I think, yeah, playing as a different character and and and 179 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:54.159 and seeing that stuff. Uh, you know it, there's I think that 180 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:58.159 yourself too is the best example that there that that would be very interesting. 181 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:03.480 I think it would give people chance to step out and and understand the character 182 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:05.919 in different ways. But you know, that would be the kind of thing 183 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:09.799 that would be very difficult, I think to pitch internally, like they would 184 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:13.399 be like we we got to play as Credos. But you know, if 185 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.000 they could get away with it just one time, I think they probably should 186 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:20.600 go for it. I don't know, I think the idea of Kredos being 187 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:22.559 like a full god, I'm like, maybe it should just be black and 188 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:26.000 white, a black and white game black and white three with Krados up there 189 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:31.720 just using his big hand throwing little people around or something like that. I 190 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:37.440 don't expect this game anytime soon. Uh, but you know these games take 191 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:39.759 years and years now, But do you think that they try to like get 192 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:43.279 it out before the end of the PS five general like like like twenty twenty 193 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:50.480 eight? Is that realistic? If I think there's one more left four generation, 194 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:54.919 I think they can get one out and maybe have like a transitional one 195 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:58.759 as well. Yeah, well, I think that's right. I think that's 196 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:01.320 the kind of thing that they could. Uh, because you know, we're 197 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:03.159 twenty twenty three right now. They you know, I'm sure they're spinning stuff 198 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:07.960 up right as we're speaking as this comes out. I think we get it 199 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:11.720 by twenty twenty eight. That sounds right, and then that's that's also around 200 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:13.720 the time we are hearing about the PS six and then they're moved on. 201 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:18.840 Uh all right, let's see here. Call of Duty Modern Warfare three officially 202 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:22.440 announced launches with sixteen maps from two thousand nine so Modern Warfare two. Some 203 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:26.440 Eddie mccou at game Spot Activision is officially announced Call of Duty Modern Warfare three, 204 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:31.360 following a week long teaser campaign that culminated in war Zones Shadow Siege event. 205 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:33.799 This is a direct sequel to twenty twenty two's Modern Warfare two, and 206 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:37.799 that's notable because it's the first time Activision has ever done that. In back 207 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:41.080 to back years. We've talked about this a whole bunch. I might have 208 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:46.480 talked about it yesterday, but just overall, they came out and they confirmed 209 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:50.120 everything all the rumors we've heard. Basically the big things being like the multiplayers 210 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:54.799 got all the sixteen maps from Modern Warfare two two thousand and nine remastered for 211 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:58.919 this game. There's gonna be zombies. Zombies is gonna have a larger sort 212 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:03.519 like element to it, where it's like it's a more open area. There's 213 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:07.200 there's gonna be new multiplayer systems, a lot of the stuff from your that 214 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:11.639 you've got in a Modern Warfare two is going to carry over. It's the 215 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:15.399 campaign, Uh, it will be able to You'll be able to play the 216 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:18.120 campaign a week early if you pre order the game, things like that. 217 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:20.840 So yeah, they're they're going for it. But man, this is something 218 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:24.639 about it still really feels like this was a DLC pack turned into a full 219 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:28.159 game somehow. It also at the same time it feels like a full game, 220 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:31.360 right. I do like they put a lot of stuff in there. 221 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:35.159 Yeah, it's clearly like content rich. But what's the campaign based on? 222 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:39.679 Is it a new one? It's it's it's a Modern Warfare campaign of some 223 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:43.679 sort. So I think, uh I Macarov is that the name of the 224 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:46.679 character. I think he's coming back and this is the story's gonna revolve around 225 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:50.639 him. I'm just going off memory now. Oh so it is a new 226 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:52.320 story, right, it's a new story. It's a new story. Yes, 227 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:56.960 this is not remaster of like Modern Warfare two story that's for the multiplayer 228 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:58.519 mode. Yeah, okay, got check out to that makes most sense. 229 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:01.840 I was no rushing guys, that's right, Thank you everybody. Yes, 230 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:05.120 yeah, yeah, yeah, so yeah, I mean like, yeah, 231 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:09.240 it does feel I mean, there's nothing inherently wrong. We're looking at DLC 232 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:11.080 aging. This can be much bigger like that. Yeah, but it does 233 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:13.759 feel like that. Yeah, it's I mean, as long as you give 234 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:18.879 people the amount of content they that needs to justify it. Yeah, there's 235 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:20.399 like I think that's kind of like where Call of Duty has been for a 236 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:24.320 while now, and this one is just like the most bold and in your 237 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:26.960 face about it, where it's like, yeah, we do these updates every 238 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:30.639 year. We're gonna make sure there's enough content, and it's like this one, 239 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:31.840 they're like, it seemed like they worked up from the bottom of like 240 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:37.080 we are making a lot of content for DLC. What if we just put 241 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:39.440 packaged it all together again and sold it as a full game, and here 242 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:46.960 we are. Yeah, I think that it's probably not going to be too 243 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:50.960 much by that, even that insinuation. I think people are going to show 244 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:54.279 up Call of Duty like normal, and this is almost it could be a 245 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:56.080 really good thing for the for the you know, the series, because Modern 246 00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:00.879 Warfare two and war Zone aren't a weird place where fans aren't super happy with 247 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:04.039 it. They really liked Modern Warfare one. I can't remember. The game 248 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:07.360 in between was at a World War two game I don't even remember anymore. 249 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:11.279 Or it was a planning it was a black ops, I can't remember, 250 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:15.679 but either way, like they're not super thrilled with the Vanguard, thank you 251 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:18.399 everybody now, I'm super thrilled with the state of Modern Warfare two and war 252 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:22.000 Zone right now. So they can adjust a few things, put out a 253 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:26.320 new game, get seventy dollars from everybody again, and maybe make everyone happy 254 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:27.759 to come back to war Zone three point zero wherever they're gonna call it, 255 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:33.799 and we'll see. I dam I was a big modern warfare player back in 256 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:36.840 the two thousand and nine, you know, starting with like Call of Duty 257 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:38.200 four Modern Warfare in two thousand and seven, but by this point I was 258 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:41.440 definitely still playing a ton of Call of Duty and so these maps are going 259 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:45.039 to be very nostalgic for me. So I'm probably going to check in on 260 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:48.159 this. Yeah, I think this is the era where I was most into 261 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:52.039 it as well. So I feel like it makes sense that they're doing that, 262 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:56.799 Like they are making a big nostalgia play here, especially full multi player. 263 00:16:56.840 --> 00:17:00.879 That's why you can really leverage the history that people have with modern warfare 264 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:07.559 and use it to your advantage, to the benefit of war Zone. I 265 00:17:07.559 --> 00:17:10.440 feel like it makes perfect sense, even though it might seem like they're just 266 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:12.240 remaking the same stuff over and over again. Yeah, they pretty much all. 267 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:17.039 But yeah, can you really blame them if it's going to bring back, 268 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:18.960 you know, people into who people like us who are like, oh 269 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:22.920 I remember that map. I'm kind of into that. What a mind checking 270 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:26.599 it out again? Yep, exactly, Yeah, And I'm this I'll at 271 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:29.079 least be poking in and that's what you know, that's kind of what they 272 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:32.799 need to be doing because they've grown so much. There's so many people who 273 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:33.839 played Call of Duty. You can't just be like, well, I'm like, 274 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:36.599 we'll get the new players, like, yeah, there's a lot of 275 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:38.480 young people coming up who are going to get into Call of Duty. But 276 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:42.240 you gotta get some of that Uh, you know, we've got to recapture 277 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:45.680 some of that old spirit to keep make sure that you're making enough money on 278 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:48.279 these huge investments that they're making. Because Call of Duty is still their primary 279 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:52.680 investment over at Activisions, so the growth still makes to happen, and for 280 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:55.119 growth to appen, you've got to maintain that foundation and get some of those 281 00:17:55.119 --> 00:18:00.160 players back. Uh. Call of Duty or Modern Warfare three beta. Everything 282 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.160 we know. This comes from Eddie mccood at game Spot. A multiplayer beta 283 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:07.680 for Call of Duty Modern Warfare three has been officially announced as part of the 284 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:11.799 game's wider reveal. Like in past years, the beta for Modern Warfare three 285 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:15.559 will will begin first on PlayStation, but will eventually open to everyone. Here's 286 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:18.880 everything we know so far about the beta. The beta dates. The dates 287 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:22.160 for the Modern Warfare three beta have not been confirmed yet, but a previous 288 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:27.000 report from Insider Gaming said there will be multiple beta weekends taking place October sixth 289 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:32.480 through the tenth for PlayStation and October twelfth through the sixteenth for everyone else. 290 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:34.720 These dates are not confirmed. This would be a few weeks later than the 291 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:38.559 dates from twenty two for twenty twenty two so Modern Warfare two, but that 292 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:44.119 game also released in October and not November, like Modern Warfare three will to 293 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:47.799 get in Modern Warf for three, the beta is free and open everyone. 294 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:52.559 However, people who pre order will get early access and what's in the beta. 295 00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:55.400 Activision is only said that there will be a Modern Warfare three beta and 296 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:57.920 has not shared any details on what will be included, but if history is 297 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:03.279 any indication, should contain a selection of maps and modes. Modern Warfare three 298 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:07.000 will launch with sixteen modernized maps from two thousand and nine Modern Warfare two, 299 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:10.000 so it's a safe bet some of those will be featured in the beta. 300 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:12.839 And then don't expect your progress in the beta to carry over that. They've 301 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:17.200 never really done that before, although it'd be cool if they started. Uh 302 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:19.079 yeah, I don't know. I like the progressions, so maybe not. 303 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:26.200 This is you know, this is the company that I think it's like created 304 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:29.200 the idea of the beta as a demo, like, you know, going 305 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:32.039 back to two thousand and seven and Call of Duty four Modern Warfare, I 306 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:36.880 remember rushing the game spot to get a code. Uh, and like they 307 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:40.359 were handing out thousands of codes and rushing out to get one. Uh and 308 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:45.559 game Spot we were given out code. Yes, absolutely, yeah that's like 309 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:48.799 I was like, I was like, oh man, yeah, all right. 310 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:51.480 I don't even remember, like because that was like before Twitter, and 311 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:52.160 I have no idea how I felt. I think I was listening to a 312 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:56.400 podcast and so I talked about it and uh like I'm okay, I'll go 313 00:19:56.519 --> 00:20:00.279 get on that and uh yeah I got a code and it played on my 314 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:03.400 CRT and I was like, man, this is really good, and you 315 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:06.640 know you get to only like level fourteen or something like that, and then 316 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.359 I'm like, okay, well, I guess that's the game I'm getting this 317 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:10.319 holiday, because you know, I was poor. I can only for a 318 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:14.200 few games, so yeah that's the one I got. Yeah, this is 319 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:17.640 you know, still that same strategy, the beta as a demo and they'll 320 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:21.960 take it from there. Yeah. Uh, all right, another Steam Deck 321 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:25.279 competitor might be around the corner. This is from Claire Jackson at Kotaku. 322 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:29.720 If the steam Deck or Roger Ally have caught your attention, but you said 323 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:33.799 I'd like something more Nintendo switchish, first I tell you not to say the 324 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:37.599 words switchish. Then I'd tell you about a possible new Steam Deck competitor from 325 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:41.960 Lenovo called the Legion Go Portable. Like the Deck and Ally, it seems 326 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:45.480 like it will also feature switchish and then damn it, removable controls and a 327 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:48.559 built in kickstand. Valve Steam Deck had pressed us all with a mini PC 328 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:53.319 form factor connected to one of the largest PC gaming storefronts out there, Steam, 329 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:56.200 choosing to run a Linux operating system called Steam Os. However, the 330 00:20:56.200 --> 00:21:00.720 deck has been somewhat restricted in what games it can run line, instead on 331 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:06.119 an impressive though limited compatibility layer to translate Windows games. While more than enough 332 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:10.839 games run on Valves hardware, many mini gamers have desired a fully functioning Windows 333 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:15.720 device which would have access to titles that Deck can't run, like Destiny two 334 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:18.720 or Diablo four or Call of Duty because of the anti cheat stuff. Asus 335 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:22.000 has made an impressive and largely successful attempt to do so with the Roger ally, 336 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:26.720 but it looks like it won't be the only PC manufacturer to deliver a 337 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:30.279 portable solution for PC gamers. First reported by Windows Central last month, details 338 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:37.960 about the Legion Go indicated that Novo's device would utilize AMD's Phoenix processor to push 339 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:41.839 pixels to an eight inch display while running Windows eleven. That's a whole inch 340 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:45.400 larger than the switch Deck and Ally. Other details like pricing and potential launch 341 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:48.920 timeframe aren't known at the moment, but shortly after Windows Central's first report on 342 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:52.680 the possible device, some images leaked and it would seem the device will feature 343 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:59.400 two detachable Joycon like controllers with a kickstand to prop the screen up. Have 344 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:02.319 you seen the images of this thing? It does look a lot like a 345 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:04.519 switch, especially when you take off the controllers attached to the screen in the 346 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:07.839 middle. Uh, that's the kind of thing, Tam that I would assume 347 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:11.519 Nintenda would have a patent on. But then you know, I think, 348 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:14.559 I guess other things have probably done that in the past, so maybe I 349 00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.960 don't know, maybe someone someone does have a patent and they're like, these 350 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:19.559 companies are just going out and paying the fee to get it. But either 351 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:23.759 way, yeah, I am very happy that more companies are going into this 352 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:27.839 space. That's a good thing. And for one thing, it will encourage 353 00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:33.079 companies like AMD to continue to make more and more efficient processors. And I 354 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:36.519 think that's a great place for AMD to be focused because they tend to lose 355 00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:38.519 the fight with the Nvidia on the high end, but they can make a 356 00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:42.720 lot more money by focusing on the low end and efficiency, and that seems 357 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:45.839 to be where they're aiming. There there, there, you know their resources, 358 00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:48.519 and that's a very good thing. Where are you at with these mini 359 00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:52.319 pc? Would these handheld PCs? So I actually talked about this yesterday on 360 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:59.680 uh kind of panty games eily with Blessing, But I so uh cause some 361 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:04.519 transparency as has sent me a rogue ally say recently. And I've been giving 362 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:08.079 it, putting it through his paces, and I really like it, Like 363 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:14.720 I enjoy that thing a lot. I've been playing it quite a bit compared 364 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:17.160 to my Steam deck, mainly because I want to put it through his paces 365 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:21.799 and check it out, but also because it feels easier to move around and 366 00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:25.799 it's not as bulky and heavy and for longer sessions, So I've been playing 367 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:33.359 a decent chunk of Bowls Gate three on it, which runs well and better 368 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:37.720 than well, it runs great even and he also like plays pretty much everything 369 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:44.079 else. So but I do still go back to my steam Deck now and 370 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:48.720 then and frequently find myself thinking about playing a game on steam Deck because I'm 371 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:53.240 one of those people who I like the idea of a PC in a handheld 372 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:57.400 device, but I don't want it to feel like a PC one million percent 373 00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:02.680 degree. Yeah, my main, my only, really main issue with the 374 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:07.720 rog ally in terms of beyond its hardware itself, there's something's there, but 375 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:11.720 like in terms of the software is that it boots up into Windows like and 376 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:17.880 I am not a fan of that. It Like there's something about that element 377 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:21.599 of it that really puts me because it's bad. It's bad Windows on a 378 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:25.799 touchscreen PC with no mouse and keyboard. It's bad. It's not fun to 379 00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:30.240 use. It's not it's not fun to use, and it still looks like 380 00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:37.119 a Windows device and it feels like you're like doing something illegal with it. 381 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:41.440 It's like weird, and like sometimes I like the things that you have to 382 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:45.240 do to like on a PC, to make things work when they break you 383 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:48.960 still I don't like the amount of times I've gone on my rog ally to 384 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:53.519 like the speaker icon in the bottom and like hit the toggle through the various 385 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:57.119 sound devices that are like it's trying to connect to. I was like, 386 00:24:57.160 --> 00:25:00.720 I don't want to do this, man, Yeah, what it feels like. 387 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:03.799 It feels like, you know, how like China would have like Bespoke 388 00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:08.440 in sixty four controllers you plugged into your TV, like could it feels like 389 00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:12.599 a gaming device that came from a country that's not allowed to have gaming devices, 390 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:18.720 is exactly. It feels like a bootleg device, yes, and very 391 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:21.599 powerful. It is awesome once the games are up and running in Plane, 392 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:23.799 but uh boy, I really dislike Windows. So it's like I think I'm 393 00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:27.200 right there, Like Lenovo, yeah, sure, getting the space a sus 394 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:33.480 Yeah, and keep like Asus has their you know, their own skin on 395 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:37.799 top of Windows to the Armory Crate stuff Amory Crate that doesn't work that great 396 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:41.559 either, it's not very good software, but that it's like, clearly they 397 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:44.759 need to be That's what they need to be focusing is put your own stuff 398 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:47.720 on top of Windows and then hopefully at the same time Microsoft sees a bit 399 00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:51.759 like they've already said that they're going to invest in like handheld gaming PC like 400 00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:56.440 versions of Windows hopefully, but in the meantime, like steam Os has already 401 00:25:56.440 --> 00:26:00.799 figured this stuff out. The Steam decos is all the consolized version of this, 402 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:04.759 and it's it's it's great. I think it's really great. It's except 403 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:08.359 for the compatible compatibility then, because it's running Linux, and even that's like 404 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:12.240 getting better every single day. You know. At the same time, I'm 405 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:15.160 not like one or the others should be the only one exists. I think 406 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:18.519 we'm glad that we have both these tracks happening at the same time. They 407 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:22.160 should push each other forward and uh and yeah. But for me, it's 408 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:26.279 like I'm glad I have both. Keep testing them out and I'll Lenovo, 409 00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:29.599 I'll look into it. We'll see. I feel like it's interesting because it 410 00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:34.079 feels like there's a very familiar fork being created in these devices where it's like 411 00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:42.720 the companies like Lenovo and and Asis are basically creating the high end PC version 412 00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:49.039 of gaming handheld PC game devices where it's like these ones are beefy, they 413 00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:52.920 feel like a computer, they're like a little more for the technical people, 414 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:59.279 and that is amazing. But I think where Valve will continue to have the 415 00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:03.839 edges it appeals to a much broader audience because one, it has a name 416 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:11.359 recognition, but also the experience of playing it feels more welcoming to people who 417 00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:15.240 don't have the inclination to be like super tech savvy or have the understanding of 418 00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:18.519 the lineage of PC gaming and what you need to do that the ins and 419 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:22.160 outs of it. They just want a almost Nintendo like experience where they turn 420 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:26.079 the thing on, it makes a nice noise and then when you move around 421 00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:27.880 it makes sense and it's got big tiles on it and you hear it. 422 00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:33.200 And I think like that's the edge that will for now keep Valve ahead for 423 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:37.680 as long as people are trying. Until someone presents an alternative to that that 424 00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:42.119 is as welcoming and as easy to pick up and play. It's I feel 425 00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:45.640 like the steam deck is going to remain the market leader. Yeah, and 426 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:52.799 I think that's right. And like, if someone comes to me and hey, 427 00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:55.799 I've never, you know, had a PC before, there's a lot 428 00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:57.319 of people that ask this questions. Why I'm framing it this way. I've 429 00:27:57.359 --> 00:28:00.920 never had a PC for before, I've an interest in the Steam Deck. 430 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:03.960 But now I see the Asus Frog Alli or the Lenovo Legion, go which 431 00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:07.680 one should I get. I'm going to almost always point people to the Steam 432 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:11.119 Deck for now because it is so much easier to use and more welcoming. 433 00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:14.359 Like you said, you know, of course I'll ask, well, what 434 00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.440 are you going to? Are you trying to play Call of Duty? Are 435 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:18.000 you trying to play Destiny too? It's dey two like what you want to 436 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:21.839 play on there? Clearly, clearly at that point go with one of the 437 00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:26.880 Windows machines. But otherwise that Steam deck is just going to be much more 438 00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:30.839 friendly, you know. But that's you know, it's not like that the 439 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:33.599 Windows ones are so impossible to use. It's just they're a little bit more 440 00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:37.359 annoying, and I think that my people might get a little bit of frustration 441 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.839 out there. But at the same time, I know a lot of people 442 00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:41.799 who have been completely fine with them, so I don't want to overstate the 443 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:47.799 problem. H Grand Theft Auto five AI NPC mode has been nuked from the 444 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:51.920 internet. This comes from Ethan Gootch at Kotaku. In case you thought rock 445 00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:56.599 Stars Games is acquisition of Grand Theft Auto five creator group A cfx dot or 446 00:28:56.920 --> 00:29:00.880 meant a brave new error for opening open moding and to hit open world game. 447 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:03.559 Don't worry, publisher Take two is still going after fan projects it doesn't 448 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:08.319 like. Case in point is it's recent sacking of a mod called Synthient Streets, 449 00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:14.400 which used AI technology to generate NPC conversation dialogue on the fly. Take 450 00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:18.960 two had the mods out scoured from both YouTube and Nexus Mods, leaving its 451 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:22.680 creators confused and discouraged. The Synthient Streets mod, which was previously covered by 452 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:26.480 you by a number of sites like IGN and Eurogamer, had a story that 453 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:32.559 revolved around an AI worshiping death cult and MPCs whose dialogues was randomly generated by 454 00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:37.319 tool called in World Character Engine. YouTuber user Block, who created the gt 455 00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:41.640 F five mode a videos showing it off head over excuse me one hundred thousand 456 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:44.920 views before it was removed, while the mod itself had apparently been downloaded over 457 00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:48.680 three thousand times before Nexus Mods, where it was hosted, took it down. 458 00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:53.839 This is not too surprising. This feels like the kind of thing that 459 00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:57.559 rock Star would have gone off, gone gone after in the past, and 460 00:29:57.599 --> 00:30:00.039 now here it is doing it again. It also feels like the kind of 461 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:04.119 thing that rock Star is probably gonna want to do itself eventually. This is, 462 00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:11.880 you know, ais very new but world where NPCs are smart and know 463 00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:15.799 how to react to certain things in certain ways is differently something we've benefited a 464 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:18.960 Grand Theft auto game, and so I just wonder if they're like, no, 465 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:22.319 we're gonna do that ourselves. We don't want people to get certain expectations 466 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:26.759 or what. But I think it's unfortunate rock Stars should lay off this stuff. 467 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:29.599 I don't know, it's it's pretty stupid. You could probably still find 468 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:33.599 this somewhere, it's just not on Nexus Mods. So it's frustrating. Yeah, 469 00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:40.039 I think it's like, it is unfortunate that it looks like a gutting 470 00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:44.359 of a small community, you know, like and from the outside looking and 471 00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:48.279 it definitely does not look good when you purchase the you know, a team 472 00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:51.359 that is known for this thing and then kill the thing that they're known for. 473 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:56.400 Like, even if the intentions are, hey, we're gonna put this 474 00:30:56.480 --> 00:31:00.279 team to work on something that is sanctioned and official and supported by us, 475 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:04.440 from the outside looking in, it does not look good At the same time, 476 00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:10.559 Like what you said was about expectations is also kind of a major factor 477 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:12.839 from their side. I'm not saying I agree with it, but there is 478 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:17.839 a I'm able to put myself into their shoes and Okay, yeah, if 479 00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:21.640 they if they are making their own version of it, and people have this 480 00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:26.279 other one to compare it to, then it does create this conversation that's difficult 481 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:30.799 for them to have or control. And if they're implementing it in a new 482 00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:33.559 game, while that whole thing exists, there's going to be an expectation of 483 00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:37.839 why don't you put make it so that works with this as well, you 484 00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:40.960 know, and or whatever it may be. People start having a lot of 485 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:47.079 issues with it, with like keeping their own game and the expectations around it 486 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:52.519 under under reasonable you know degrees, while other things that are you know, 487 00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:56.799 exciting are out there. So that's probably why they're doing this, but right 488 00:31:56.880 --> 00:32:00.720 it's not it's not great to see. I would prefer or if it didn't 489 00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:04.960 happen, especially given that, you know, some of the coolest things that 490 00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:08.799 come out of or some of the coolest implications of what a new grand theft 491 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:14.480 or could be are things that fans of the current one are making. Yes, 492 00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:19.359 exactly like I expect the GTA six and GTA Online too to look a 493 00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:22.039 lot like what the stuff you can find on NEXTUS modes and obviously are the 494 00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:28.839 Yeah, if the RP stuff isn't somehow like at the core of the next 495 00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:31.640 GTA, even if it's not supported, but like a thing that's possible. 496 00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:36.160 I mean, like people have always figured out how to make RP work on 497 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:39.799 GTA since like San Andreas, even before that, I think. But if 498 00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:44.319 it isn't there, I would be extremely surprised, like that, the success 499 00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:49.839 of RP is unreal. Yes, uh, the there is some speculation that 500 00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:54.119 maybe this has to do with the the origin of the of the you know, 501 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:59.319 the deep learning audio and it's stuff like oh you know, where does 502 00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:05.200 that come from? Who has the rights to that? But mods a flout 503 00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:08.079 copyright constantly. That's the whole point of mods in a lot of ways, 504 00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:12.000 for a lot of people, it's to put the thing I like that they 505 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:14.720 could never sell in the game in the game, and now I can go 506 00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:17.759 play with it. And these companies never try to almost never try to do 507 00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:21.359 anything about that. So I'd be surprised that that was the reason. But 508 00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:23.519 that I mean, it's definitely a concern for sure, but Rockstar would not 509 00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:25.799 be liable for that if that with that even if that were the case, 510 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:31.119 because it's it's happening outside their purview, but whatever, Alright, Sega to 511 00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:35.960 reveal Sonic Superstars news at Opening Night Live. This comes from Liam Dowlan and 512 00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:39.480 at Nintendo Life. Sonic Superstars will be launching at some point in the near 513 00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:44.880 future on the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms to build hype for this brand 514 00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:49.359 new multiplayer platform or there will be apparently be a world premier for the Blue 515 00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:52.400 Blur's new game at Opening Night Live next week. According to the show's host 516 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:58.000 and hype man Jeff Keeley, Saga will be sharing some Superstars news then and 517 00:33:58.119 --> 00:34:00.440 there. While the game has been rated in certain locations around the world, 518 00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:05.559 Sega hasn't actually locked in a release date yet, so we could finally get 519 00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:08.280 one. Sonic will be in good company with Keiley previously revealing there will There 520 00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:13.679 will also be a Mortal Kombat one trailer airing at Opening Night Live. All 521 00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:16.119 that stuff and this included is in line with what Keiley's been saying tom about 522 00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:20.760 how there's going to be a lot of updates on games that were previously announced, 523 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:23.800 and this I think it's it's going to be at this range of kind 524 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:28.480 of game of like Sonic Superstars and Mortal Kombat one, games that are just 525 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:31.119 about to come out and people and like, this is a big marketing beat, 526 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:35.239 a chance for them to market and that's what we can expect for Opening 527 00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:37.159 Night Live. You're gonna be there, I'm not gonna I know that you 528 00:34:37.239 --> 00:34:40.719 probably have some appointments to see stuff, but outside of that, you have 529 00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:45.440 any expectations for Opening Night Live beyond like I'm talking about this funny enough, 530 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:50.639 like the latest episode of spot On that Lucy and I had done and will 531 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:54.280 be available today is about expectations for shows like this. Okay, yeah, 532 00:34:54.440 --> 00:35:00.800 how how like as a community, we've allowed ourselves to kind of get run 533 00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:05.639 away with what our expectations are four shows like this, like we are we 534 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:08.360 drum up something that we want to happen and then turn it into something that 535 00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:12.000 is going to happen, and then when it doesn't, it like we get 536 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:16.360 very upset about it. And the whole episode is is about that kind of 537 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:22.760 element of it. But I don't really have any expectations beyond what is being 538 00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:25.960 told to me. You know, and that's the kind of way that I 539 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:31.559 approach it. Now. I've definitely been in the situation where I have done 540 00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:36.000 exactly that, especially with elden Ring. Like I always believed elden Ring was 541 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:38.880 going to show up, and a lot of times it didn't. Now it 542 00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:42.760 was supposed to tam and then they just kept putting it exactly and it would 543 00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:45.320 kept moving. And that was partly why I was excited, because I was 544 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:51.239 like, I would know that it was about the last minute, the real 545 00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:55.880 bad exactly. But these days I look at what people are saying, like 546 00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:59.679 Killy is we talked about this in the episodes. Well, Kelly is way 547 00:35:59.719 --> 00:36:01.519 more focused on being like, hey, this is what it's going to be. 548 00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:06.360 Like, this is the tone. Sometimes he'll outright say I have these 549 00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:09.519 games. Sometimes he'll be like I can't. He's clearly saying I can't tell 550 00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:13.119 you what's going to be there, but just manage your expectations. It's going 551 00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:15.119 to be updates and that kind of stuff. And these days I'm just taking 552 00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:19.559 that and using that as the core of what to expect. So I expect 553 00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:22.719 there to be updates like this on a bunch of games on MK on Sonic 554 00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:28.639 probably some other ones that will be somewhat of a surprise, and if I 555 00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:30.800 get those, I'm already excited about it. We're going to see Alan Wake. 556 00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:35.519 That's pretty awesome. Like, I'm excited about that. There's a few 557 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.920 other games that are likely to pop up if we get a major announcement or 558 00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:42.360 a major surprise beyond that, I'm excited. That is like a cherry on 559 00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:46.119 top of something that over that I'm already enjoying, if you know what I 560 00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:52.079 mean. Yeah, yeah, And I think Keeley's shows are in a place. 561 00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:54.880 We talked about this yesterday, but I'm interested in how you feel about 562 00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:59.000 it. He's in a place where I think he knows people are gonna watch. 563 00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:01.599 There was a time where he had to sort of whatever he had he 564 00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:05.079 had. He was just like, no, we have like thirty thirty forty 565 00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:07.039 games are going to be there, and then that's people would be like, 566 00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:08.199 Okay, well let's start trying to figure out what that is. And then 567 00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:12.719 they get their hopes way up because you know, three of them were big 568 00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:15.519 deals. In the rest were you know, kind of things we knew about. 569 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:17.719 Let's say a number, never say a number. Yeah, right, 570 00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:20.440 And I think he's at a point where he I think he knows that, 571 00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:24.960 right, and he seems to be at this happy point where people come to 572 00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:29.599 these shows now because Jeff Killy's putting on a show, and you know, 573 00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:32.119 there's a chance that could be exciting or at the very least it's a fun 574 00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:37.199 reason to get everyone together and watch together on Twitch or however however you're going 575 00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:39.320 to consume it. And so I don't think he feels the need to make 576 00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:43.000 those big promises anymore. And I think that's a good thing, right, 577 00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:46.360 Yeah, I think so it helps manage, like we said, what people 578 00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:52.480 expect from it to a degree, and it also it creates a good diversity 579 00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:55.519 of the kinds of shows that he's making, Like we know that now Games 580 00:37:55.559 --> 00:38:00.360 Calm, where opening that live happens is likely to be the show he does 581 00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:02.920 updates, yeah, and Game Awards his way, he's gonna pop off and 582 00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:07.000 show like the big thing. You know that he's he's worked well year to 583 00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:12.559 secure and I think that that helps us in a major way as well. 584 00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:15.039 Yep. And I you know, there could be always could be like other 585 00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:20.760 weird surprises like AMD's probably gonna announce their new GPU there or whatever, So, 586 00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:23.480 yeah, there will be things to talk about it. It might not 587 00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:30.320 be Got of War, you know three or yeah, okay, let's see 588 00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:34.199 here. Sega has successfully acquired ro Vio. This is reminding Tindo News. 589 00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:37.000 Sega has announced today that their acquisition of mobile video game maker ro Vio has 590 00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:42.320 been successful. The finished developer is best known for its ultra successful Angry Bird 591 00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:45.719 series of games, which initially initially took the world by storm due to its 592 00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:49.360 simplistic and addictive gameplay. Uh dam, I forgot that they did this, 593 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:52.599 completely, forgot that Sega forgot that they were trying to acquire ro Vio. 594 00:38:52.920 --> 00:38:57.719 Yeah, it's a it's a good it's a actually a good fit in my 595 00:38:57.800 --> 00:39:00.840 brain lamp for some reason, like Sonic and the Red Bird from Angry Birds 596 00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:04.880 occupied the exact same spot, like they are. I mean, they should 597 00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:07.480 be buds. Take Angry Birds, but replace it with Sonic doing his spin 598 00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:12.320 dash yeah, and flick him into like you know, I don't know if 599 00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:20.119 pulls of robotics yeh, of cute animals Yeah, yeah, exactly. And 600 00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:23.320 and and you're golden easy makes its money some sounds something, but it's just 601 00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:27.760 like it feels it feels right. U. Ro ViOS like always kind of 602 00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:31.639 struggled to figure out what to do after Angry Birds, but you know that 603 00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:35.400 now they can be like, we'll just do We'll just ro veo up a 604 00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:37.639 bunch of Sega stuff and that That's what I mean. They did Angry Birds 605 00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:43.400 Angry Birds too, and then they did that bad Piggy's spin off. Yeah, 606 00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:47.119 there was the Angry Birds movie. For a bit, there was Angry 607 00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:50.559 Birds. Yeah, they did Angry Birds Star Wars at one point, and 608 00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:52.519 yeah they didn't. Yeah, so they know how to work with licenses and 609 00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:57.599 such, but yeah, they they do. They do do one of my 610 00:39:57.639 --> 00:40:01.079 favorite mobile games of all time called Retry, which is no longer available, 611 00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:05.599 but I still have it on my phone because I always just re download and 612 00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:08.000 sideloaded on there. It's just like one where you plays the plane and like 613 00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:12.079 if you hold hold it down it'll spin around, and then if so you 614 00:40:12.159 --> 00:40:13.920 have to kind of like just tap it to get it to go in there. 615 00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:15.719 It's it's similarly like other early games, but I just really liked it 616 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:21.679 has really good music. Minecraft has been rated for Xbox Series X and S. 617 00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:24.239 This is from Tom Ivan at VGC. It looks like Microsoft could be 618 00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:29.920 gearing up to release a native Xbox Series X and S version of Minecraft, 619 00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:35.480 as spotted by VGC contributor Andrew Marmow, Minecraft as it was classified for Xbox 620 00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:38.599 Series consoles in Germany earlier this month. Currently, the Xbox One version of 621 00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:44.079 the game is playable on Xbox Series X and S via backward compatibility. One 622 00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:47.159 feature that could potentially be supported in an optimized version for the game on Xbox 623 00:40:47.239 --> 00:40:52.000 Series consoles is ray tracing, which Microsoft has been teasing since before the platforms 624 00:40:52.079 --> 00:40:59.199 launched in twenty twenty. This. Yeah, I it's weird because thisst of 625 00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:01.559 like was a big pot contention, like during the trial about oh Minecraft, 626 00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:05.639 it doesn't have an XT generative version. That's why there's no PS five version, 627 00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:07.039 there's no Xbox Series X and S version. But now it seems like 628 00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:12.639 that's probably gonna happen. This is a game that is probably gonna get announced 629 00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:16.039 the games come you think, right, uh maybe, Yeah. I just 630 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:20.280 love the idea of Mike Stoft being like, we have not made a next 631 00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:22.719 gen one. That's why we don't have a PlayStation one. And then the 632 00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:24.920 court's going, all right, you can buy Activision and they're like, whoa 633 00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:30.199 is that? Next? You go for it? The oldest trick in the 634 00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:36.719 book. We've always had a Minecraft next Gen version. Minecraft Tracy looks fantastic. 635 00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:43.239 I really really like that tech and in that game specifically. I still 636 00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:45.360 am not convinced that that's what this is going to be. Then it's just 637 00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:50.840 he think Xbox Series X on the shelves or whatever. I think a great 638 00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:53.880 deal of it is also a future proofing it because Minecraft is, to their 639 00:41:53.960 --> 00:42:00.119 mind and historically proven, one of those like perennial things that is popular and 640 00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:04.880 it needs to always be around, like a Lego or even like a Snakes 641 00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:07.400 and lad whatever it may be, like a game that always needs to be 642 00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:10.199 there. And they're probably starting to do the work on Hey, at some 643 00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:15.519 point we're gonna have to phase out the Xbox One and the architecture involved on 644 00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:19.119 it. Maybe not now, maybe not next year, maybe five years in 645 00:42:19.159 --> 00:42:22.360 the future. But we want to be in a position where we don't have 646 00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:25.639 to stress about moving Minecraft, one of the biggest games in the world for 647 00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:30.880 the last multiple years, to a new architecture or a new device, and 648 00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:37.079 you know, the architecture or like the from what I've heard and what we've 649 00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:39.360 been led to believe. The moving you know, games from Xbox One to 650 00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:45.119 Xbox Series X and S is not super hard. It's not like PS three 651 00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:50.679 to PS four. The kind of like common architecture is good enough that they 652 00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:54.039 can do it without too much issue. But I think they're just probably covering 653 00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:58.679 their arses. And also they could probably chuck in aque few things updates since 654 00:42:58.840 --> 00:43:00.559 sell it again and put it on boxes and that kind of stuff as well. 655 00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:05.320 But to my mind, I think the major work is probably for to 656 00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:08.559 make sure that it's just there and available on platforms once, you know, 657 00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:13.400 the tide turns and they don't need to think about Xbox one anymore. Right, 658 00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:17.559 The benefit of like using the same hardware basically you know, more powerful 659 00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:22.320 hardware, but the same the same family of hardware between Xbox One, Xbox 660 00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:25.119 Series X and S is that these a lot of these games could happily keep 661 00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:29.719 their backward compatible version going as their main the main going concern for years and 662 00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:31.880 years. You can't do it forever. Eventually, you do. You want 663 00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:35.320 to get moved on to data for There's a bunch of reasons, I'm sure, 664 00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:37.039 but all the stuff you laid out there's probably the biggest stef And and 665 00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:40.599 also like if they're thinking about like the future of like cloud gaming and that 666 00:43:40.679 --> 00:43:44.559 kind of stuff, it might just be like that it's better to use like 667 00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:47.280 the the series X and the series S as the foundation for some of that 668 00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:51.000 stuff. And if it's just on the one it might you know, it 669 00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:53.039 might not be as optimal as they want. So there's a bunch of like 670 00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:58.599 initiatives and ideas or like a kind of future ideas that that it could be 671 00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:01.039 for as well. All right, moving on, Zelda, Tears of the 672 00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:05.519 Kingdom's blood Moon has a secret purpose. I like the story a lot times 673 00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:08.159 from Anna Diaz egg Polygon the Blood Moon and the legends all the Tears of 674 00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:13.000 the Kingdom is one of the game's creepiest moments. Scarlet clouds paint the sky 675 00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:16.320 and a ghostly aura reanimates monsters from the dead. The scene is among the 676 00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:20.719 scarier parts of the game, but beneath its red ooze, this event hides 677 00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:24.559 a practical application. The blood Moon functions functions as a way to refresh the 678 00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:29.599 game's memory use and stop link from pushing the Nintendo Switch to its limits. 679 00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:34.199 The regular, non glitched blood Moon rises every one hundred and sixty eight minutes, 680 00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:37.519 the equivalent to one week of in game time. Once the cut scene 681 00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:42.159 plays, enemies in Hybral respawn and Link gets a refresh batch of monsters to 682 00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:45.440 fight. Although waiting for the elapsed time is the more common method to experience 683 00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:49.440 a blood moon, it isn't the only way. Players can force a blood 684 00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:52.960 moon scene by overloading the switches memories. Fans have dubbed the phenomenon a panic 685 00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:57.880 moon because the games uses the moon as a fail safe to stop things from 686 00:44:57.880 --> 00:45:00.400 crashing when players push the game's memory usage to its limits. And a previous 687 00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:07.360 article, Polygon spoke to mister Stage, an expert builder from the Hiral Engineering 688 00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:09.440 subreddit. In his work, the builder explained how the game itself can be 689 00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:13.599 a limiting factor in what can or can't be built in the game. The 690 00:45:13.679 --> 00:45:15.920 builder explained to Polygon how the blood moon is actually used as way to wake 691 00:45:16.039 --> 00:45:20.480 to wake to make the makeup for the switches limitations. The game has a 692 00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:23.800 built in memory refresher which automatically triggers a blood moon once you start pressuring the 693 00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:29.000 game with, for example, too many objects in links Vicinity, the blood 694 00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:32.519 moon. The blood moon then removes all objects around you that cause this overload 695 00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:37.519 and resets enemies all because the switch is not powerful enough. There's examples of 696 00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:42.679 like how people are triggering this town with like attaching like opals to arrows, 697 00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:45.960 using a linelbow that fires three arrows at a time and firing it all at 698 00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:50.760 a breakable wall. So you're breaking the wall and you're shooting all these arrows 699 00:45:50.800 --> 00:45:53.960 that are causing all these waterfall effects to happen because opals cause water to spread 700 00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:57.199 out of the arrows, and it's like once that you do with that a 701 00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:59.199 few times, and the game's like, oh, here's a blood moon. 702 00:45:59.280 --> 00:46:02.679 We're racing all this because that we just can't handle that. Yeah, damn 703 00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:07.280 for me, this is an example of just really good design if you have, 704 00:46:08.199 --> 00:46:10.360 if you have limitations, and you built it into like the lore of 705 00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:14.960 the game to explain it, that's cool, right, Yeah, I thought 706 00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:17.679 this was like relatively well known. Isn't this the same thing that they might 707 00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:21.360 it was it was doing in breath of the word it might have been doing. 708 00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:23.119 It's easier to trigger in this because they're like, there's so much more 709 00:46:23.159 --> 00:46:27.159 you can do. Yeah, I imagine. So I love that the community 710 00:46:27.320 --> 00:46:30.119 has like embraced it and caught it a panic moon. Stuff. That's that's 711 00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:34.079 the real fun part of this. But yeah, it is is I mean 712 00:46:34.159 --> 00:46:37.719 like it's Nintendo being brilliant again. Yeah, big surprise, good for them, 713 00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:43.280 Wow wow, because Nintendo did something amazing, right, But is the 714 00:46:43.320 --> 00:46:45.159 experience of playing that game. It's like every sort of you could tell the 715 00:46:45.239 --> 00:46:51.159 limitations were considered and they're like, how can we work that to our advantage 716 00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:52.360 or at least have a fun way of explain it. And it's like, 717 00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:54.559 you know, the switch is only going to be able to have so many 718 00:46:54.639 --> 00:47:00.199 people on the screen at once. So this is a post apocalyptics kind of 719 00:47:00.280 --> 00:47:04.440 high Rule where there's a lot of ruins and it's like the remnants of civilization 720 00:47:04.840 --> 00:47:07.280 and the game like completely embraces that. In the whole game is built around 721 00:47:07.360 --> 00:47:10.320 that. So it's like God just really well thought out from top to bottom. 722 00:47:10.599 --> 00:47:14.719 And this is another example of that. I'm gonna go try to cause 723 00:47:14.760 --> 00:47:16.840 a panic moon tonight, if you know what I mean. All Right, 724 00:47:17.199 --> 00:47:22.119 Pickman four comfortably holds onto it's thrown in Japan. I'm gonna keep hyping up 725 00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:25.719 Pickman for sales because I'm excited about it. This is from Ali Reynolds at 726 00:47:25.800 --> 00:47:30.440 Nintendo Life. The latest Japanese charts are in courtesy of Famitsu, and once 727 00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:35.760 again Pickman four. It takes the crown with an additional sixty nine thousand units 728 00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:39.119 and unit sales. Nice. This takes the game's total sales to a rather 729 00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:44.519 ominous looking six hundred and sixty six thousand. Uh that the following this, 730 00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:47.159 we've got Mario Kart eight of course, always always still there, but that's 731 00:47:47.719 --> 00:47:52.280 just physical sales in Japan again, really really good for Pickman four. A 732 00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:54.760 game is so smash success now, it's just kind of there's no other way 733 00:47:54.800 --> 00:47:59.119 to say it. They have really found their footing with this franchise, especially 734 00:47:59.199 --> 00:48:01.519 in Japan, but it seems like worldwide. So I'm just very excited about 735 00:48:01.519 --> 00:48:06.440 it. Yeah, I'm happy that Pickman has finally caught on. Yes it 736 00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:08.159 really had, because it had not before, and that it definitely had not 737 00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:10.880 caught on. It did. It did fine, It did okay, you 738 00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:14.239 know, it's it's not like it was never like some failure. It's why 739 00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:17.039 they kept making them. But it has caught on. It's got that switch 740 00:48:17.079 --> 00:48:21.280 bump, and it's really coming to its own and that Pickman four really really 741 00:48:21.320 --> 00:48:24.639 love that game, just absolutely adore it. All right, So let's see 742 00:48:24.760 --> 00:48:29.039 here and I have the last story. Open World Paw Patrol game is available 743 00:48:29.039 --> 00:48:32.159 to pre order. As a parent, I'm legally obligated to point that out. 744 00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:37.400 I think more children's games should be open world games, TAM, because 745 00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:40.480 I most most the way kids play games the way when I watched them. 746 00:48:40.719 --> 00:48:45.079 They're looking for sandbocks, they're looking for playgrounds just to like play around in. 747 00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:46.360 They don't like so much care about what the game wants them to do. 748 00:48:46.800 --> 00:48:50.400 They have ideas about what they want to do. So I hope this 749 00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:52.599 game facilitates that. But also that seems like a lot. It would take 750 00:48:52.599 --> 00:48:54.559 a lot of time and money, so it's probably why we don't get it 751 00:48:54.599 --> 00:48:58.400 too frequently. I don't know, you gotta play it. You gonna play 752 00:48:58.480 --> 00:49:00.639 an open world Paw Patrol game? To am? Hell? No, you 753 00:49:00.679 --> 00:49:05.119 know you're not. You're not down with that copaganda shit. No, I 754 00:49:05.519 --> 00:49:10.000 am supporting no cops, whether the dogs or not. What it was? 755 00:49:10.039 --> 00:49:14.039 What was the thing? What was our new a cab? All cops appreciate 756 00:49:14.199 --> 00:49:19.559 bubbsy? I can't remember it was all right? I got I gotta Paul 757 00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:21.320 bring it up here in a second. But before I do, Tam, 758 00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:23.280 why don't you tell people what you've got going on, what's happening the rest 759 00:49:23.280 --> 00:49:25.360 of the week, all that stuff where they could find you on the internet 760 00:49:27.199 --> 00:49:30.960 at two more h everywhere. I am preparing to go to Games Calm. 761 00:49:31.599 --> 00:49:36.239 Thankfully. People have pointed out should you be going into games com if you've 762 00:49:36.239 --> 00:49:38.599 got a cough? I am COVID free. Yes, this is I have 763 00:49:38.719 --> 00:49:45.639 been very careful, so I just have this cough and various other things. 764 00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:49.079 And the doctor has been like you might have that forever, so I can't 765 00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:52.599 like stop life. Yea, yeah, yeah, I'm going to Games Calm, 766 00:49:53.159 --> 00:49:59.239 so please be excited for content around that next week. Spot On is 767 00:49:59.320 --> 00:50:04.199 up today very soon. Hopefully we're doing UPF. I don't know what we're 768 00:50:04.239 --> 00:50:07.519 doing for UPF. I think I think we're gonna play some Boulder's Gate three 769 00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:12.159 multiplayer again, and I think that I have a couple of slots left on 770 00:50:12.199 --> 00:50:14.760 my my saved for that. So if you want to create a character, 771 00:50:14.800 --> 00:50:16.880 I think you can hop in and then maybe someone could take over Dan's doorf 772 00:50:17.000 --> 00:50:22.119 on golf as well. So interesting, Yeah, have you have you tried 773 00:50:22.159 --> 00:50:24.760 to play multiplayer on a handheld device? No, I'm not. No, 774 00:50:25.599 --> 00:50:30.239 it should be, it should work. I might try that. That would 775 00:50:30.239 --> 00:50:31.519 be fun. If you're like, yeah, just hopping with the you canna 776 00:50:31.519 --> 00:50:35.719 do with the Roger? Yeah, I'll say, okay, that would be. 777 00:50:35.840 --> 00:50:38.719 That would be interested to have that happened that because is is it best 778 00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:43.559 for me to create a new character? So for the multiplayer mode, if 779 00:50:43.559 --> 00:50:45.880 you are joining someone else's game, you have to create a new character. 780 00:50:45.199 --> 00:50:49.639 That's the way it works. It's it's uh, you are joining someone else's 781 00:50:49.679 --> 00:50:52.480 campaign and you have to Okay, you can't just bring it up. So 782 00:50:52.519 --> 00:50:55.559 that process will that process thought when I try and join you or think so 783 00:50:57.320 --> 00:50:59.559 okay, cool, I think so I have to do anything ahead of then 784 00:51:00.039 --> 00:51:01.960 yeah I don't. I don't think so. Yes, I'm not exactly sure, 785 00:51:02.000 --> 00:51:05.159 you know what. Let's figure it out, I think because I will 786 00:51:05.199 --> 00:51:09.320 tell you the multiplayer of Walter's Gate three is amazing, but also it's a 787 00:51:09.360 --> 00:51:13.719 bit of enigma of like how exactly does all this stuff work? So let's 788 00:51:14.159 --> 00:51:15.079 make that part of the string today. I'll be fun to figure that out. 789 00:51:16.360 --> 00:51:21.199 All right, Let's see here, I'll still have the blue beetle. 790 00:51:21.280 --> 00:51:24.320 There, blue beetle Mania. It's sweet Me and Tam. We're talking about 791 00:51:24.320 --> 00:51:28.760 nothing but blue beetle. Before the show started, of course, people are 792 00:51:28.800 --> 00:51:31.760 wild about this thing. In the meantime, though, will you use mods 793 00:51:31.880 --> 00:51:36.840 on your first run of Starfield? Five percent said yes, so many of 794 00:51:36.880 --> 00:51:40.199 them. Thirteen percents said yes, but quality of life only eighty two percent 795 00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:45.159 said no. Uh yeah, that sounds about right. I am definitely in 796 00:51:45.199 --> 00:51:47.320 the yes, but quality of life only. Uh. I say that though, 797 00:51:47.480 --> 00:51:52.000 we'll see. For me, it's like first run of Starfield? What 798 00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:54.599 does that mean? Because I am I tell you now, I might have 799 00:51:54.800 --> 00:51:58.679 zero interest in beating a game like that. I never have. I like 800 00:51:59.239 --> 00:52:01.119 making my own store, exploring the world in my own terms, so I 801 00:52:01.199 --> 00:52:04.039 might get to a certain poem. I'm like, I've done that. Now 802 00:52:04.119 --> 00:52:07.079 let's start putting some crazy mods in here and see what happens. So yeah, 803 00:52:07.159 --> 00:52:10.719 yeah, good stuff you Uh do you play with mods on the first 804 00:52:10.760 --> 00:52:15.360 run? Absolutely? No. No. That's for me as someone who's like 805 00:52:15.519 --> 00:52:20.239 got to, you know, praise a game to a degree and understand it. 806 00:52:20.519 --> 00:52:23.039 I feel like quickly modifying it to be something developers didn't intend it to 807 00:52:23.079 --> 00:52:25.480 be is probably the worst way to do my job. Yeah yeah, I 808 00:52:27.360 --> 00:52:31.719 would uh install something like sky Ui on Skyrim, but but that's you know 809 00:52:31.880 --> 00:52:35.760 again, I'm not going to be reviewing a game like that. So yes, 810 00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:39.199 all right, new pole that we are going to put up for you 811 00:52:39.519 --> 00:52:46.920 your consideration. Which gods will create us kill next Egyptian Santa Celtic Shinto or 812 00:52:46.960 --> 00:52:52.800 American American parentheses presidents? Yeah, parenthesis presidents jan if you if you need 813 00:52:52.840 --> 00:52:59.480 to get that in there, yes, create as destroying Abraham Lincoln. That's 814 00:52:59.480 --> 00:53:01.119 what I need. I need that be a good fight. I think it 815 00:53:01.119 --> 00:53:06.679 could be a pretty good fight. I did everything right and Cradles destroyed me. 816 00:53:07.880 --> 00:53:14.639 You did everything riding ripped out my spine. God damn it. Listen 817 00:53:14.760 --> 00:53:15.880 dumb show we do here, Tam, and I'm very glad we do it 818 00:53:16.000 --> 00:53:19.679 every Friday Dregs Day. Thank you so much ranging out and talk with me 819 00:53:19.719 --> 00:53:21.840 about video games. Man, you know, I love it, my pleasure. 820 00:53:21.840 --> 00:53:23.679 I apologies to have everyone for the coffin. I'm sorry, It's just 821 00:53:23.920 --> 00:53:27.599 this is how I exist now, ye know. No no apologies needed, 822 00:53:27.639 --> 00:53:31.480 Tam. I'm I'm glad you're here. Glad you typed someone just for Ben 823 00:53:31.920 --> 00:53:37.239 Craos on the Grassy Noo and I just I just need to see that. 824 00:53:37.760 --> 00:53:43.800 I just need to see that. Okay, ah, everyone needs a weekend. 825 00:53:43.800 --> 00:53:45.880 I think I think that's what that means. Thank you everybody for watching, 826 00:53:45.920 --> 00:53:49.880 your the best audience and gaming despite what is happening in the chat right 827 00:53:49.960 --> 00:53:52.880 now. Until next time, I have a good one, Take care of 828 00:53:52.960 --> 00:53:54.719 yourself and goodbye. Go see Blue Beetle