1 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, welcome to Game Mess Mornings with Me Jeff Grub, 2 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,320 your host from giant bomb dot com. Thank you for 3 00:00:14,359 --> 00:00:16,399 tuning in. In this episode, we're gonna be talking about 4 00:00:16,399 --> 00:00:19,160 a rare discount on one of the big consoles and 5 00:00:19,199 --> 00:00:21,399 why Lord of the Rings fans are happy about the 6 00:00:21,519 --> 00:00:23,719 Zelda movie. It's gonna be a good one because we 7 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,440 have Lex Luddy on the show. LEXI, how are you doing? 8 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,079 Speaker 2: I'm doing okay, glob I'm hanging in there. It's been 9 00:00:30,679 --> 00:00:33,759 a year and a half so far, and somehow we're 10 00:00:33,799 --> 00:00:34,920 not at the halfway point. 11 00:00:35,759 --> 00:00:37,079 Speaker 3: Yeah, it keeps going. 12 00:00:37,679 --> 00:00:40,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's like when you are can't you always just 13 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,280 keep cutting something in half, so you can never actually 14 00:00:43,359 --> 00:00:45,359 get down to where it starts. 15 00:00:45,439 --> 00:00:47,039 Speaker 3: You just keep going in half and half half. 16 00:00:47,079 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: It feels like it feels like we're in that infinitesimal 17 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:51,520 loop here in twenty twenty six. 18 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 3: I love it. 19 00:00:53,719 --> 00:00:56,079 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, you love the suffering. 20 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 3: Ye Oh yeah, the suffering. Yeah. 21 00:00:58,039 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: I wouldn't know what to do without it anymore. At 22 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,119 this point. 23 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 2: You've been sucking black club for long enough that that's 24 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:05,319 actually pretty feasible. 25 00:01:05,599 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, all just looks the same at a certain point, 26 00:01:07,439 --> 00:01:10,480 for sure. Yeah, how you been you? Did you enjoy 27 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,680 your weekend? Yeah? 28 00:01:12,719 --> 00:01:13,439 Speaker 4: I enjoyed it fine. 29 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 2: I took it easy, not too much on lots of 30 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:20,799 those playoff rugby in Europe. All the European teams and 31 00:01:20,879 --> 00:01:24,920 South African teams were playing, so it was very exciting 32 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:26,959 for me and my team got trounced. 33 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:27,519 Speaker 4: It was bad. 34 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, so it's it's been a rough year for us. 35 00:01:31,879 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 3: Yeah. 36 00:01:32,799 --> 00:01:36,239 Speaker 1: The Red Wings were ten points up into a playoff 37 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,400 spot and now they're out of the playoffs as they're 38 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,920 about to begin because it March happened, and every March 39 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,239 they're just like, what if we stopped playing the sport 40 00:01:44,239 --> 00:01:45,000 we were paid to play. 41 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 3: It's fantastic. I love it. 42 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:48,879 Speaker 1: I'm happy about it. 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You can also catch the show later 71 00:03:03,759 --> 00:03:05,759 with chapters and timestamps on YouTube. 72 00:03:06,759 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 3: Hello YouTube. 73 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:09,879 Speaker 1: All right, we have a lot to get into so 74 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:14,000 let's start the morning mess with super Mario becomes the 75 00:03:14,039 --> 00:03:17,039 only animated movie series to open globally at more than 76 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,599 three hundred and fifty million dollars twice. 77 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,039 Speaker 3: This is from Chris Scullion at VGC. 78 00:03:22,599 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: The five day opening weekend estimates for the Super Mario 79 00:03:25,319 --> 00:03:28,159 Galaxy movie are in and it looks like another blockbuster 80 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,719 for Universal and illumination. As reported by Deadline, the film, 81 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:34,199 which had a one hundred and ten million dollar budget 82 00:03:34,199 --> 00:03:37,120 and was released on April first, took in three hundred 83 00:03:37,159 --> 00:03:40,240 and seventy two point five million dollars globally by Sunday, 84 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,199 the biggest WORLDWYE opening so far this year. As predicted, 85 00:03:44,199 --> 00:03:47,599 the film didn't quite manage to overtake its predecessor, the 86 00:03:47,639 --> 00:03:50,520 Super Mario Brothers Movie, but it wasn't far behind. The 87 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,120 first film grossed three hundred and eighty seven point eight 88 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,639 million globally over the same time period. The result means 89 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,439 Super Mario is the first ever animated film franchise to 90 00:03:59,479 --> 00:04:02,400 have two times with a global opening weekend of more 91 00:04:02,439 --> 00:04:03,400 than three hundred and. 92 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,159 Speaker 3: Fifty million dollars. 93 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: It was a huge success in the box office, but 94 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,319 just like the first one, everyone sort of showed up 95 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,520 for this movie as well. It didn't seem to lose 96 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,719 any of its luster in terms of attracting audiences. Lexi, 97 00:04:15,879 --> 00:04:18,120 I went to go see it. I had a pretty 98 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,319 good time with this movie. It is definitely one of 99 00:04:21,319 --> 00:04:25,480 those where I'm glad we went. We had a good time. 100 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:27,800 That's kind of all I want from this. I agree 101 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,279 with all of the critics. All the flaws are certainly 102 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,319 there about this movie, but at the same time, it's like, oh, 103 00:04:33,399 --> 00:04:35,399 I have these dual thoughts, but that's not what I 104 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,399 was showing up for. I was showing up for the 105 00:04:37,399 --> 00:04:41,399 fan service and I felt satisfied with that by the 106 00:04:41,439 --> 00:04:43,519 end of the movie, and the kids enjoyed themselves and 107 00:04:43,519 --> 00:04:46,720 we were all talking about our favorite parts of the 108 00:04:46,759 --> 00:04:48,800 film on the car ride home, which is kind of 109 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:50,600 all I really want when I go to take the 110 00:04:50,639 --> 00:04:51,920 family to see a movie. 111 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:53,959 Speaker 3: Lex See, I think you said you haven't seen it yet. 112 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 2: I haven't seen it yet. I'm hopefully going to get 113 00:04:55,879 --> 00:04:58,279 out and see it tomorrow. Everything in Ireland kind of 114 00:04:58,319 --> 00:05:01,920 closes over the East a weekend and so traveling around 115 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:02,920 is a bit. 116 00:05:02,759 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 4: Of a pain. But yeah, I'm hoping to get out 117 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:07,120 to see it. 118 00:05:07,399 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 2: I just I don't know, I didn't even enjoy that 119 00:05:10,319 --> 00:05:12,439 first movie that much, but I just have a sense 120 00:05:12,439 --> 00:05:15,879 of obligation, Like I'm just like, well, I feel like 121 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:16,600 I should see this. 122 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 4: I saw the Borderlines movie. I guess I should. 123 00:05:18,639 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 2: See this, Yes exactly, which boy still think about that 124 00:05:23,399 --> 00:05:29,199 sometimes what a film, what a picture? But uh, yeah, 125 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,360 I'm more curious about how your kids felt about it 126 00:05:31,399 --> 00:05:33,560 than you, because that's that's kind of who this is for. 127 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:37,079 Speaker 4: Like, did did it? Did they get home and go 128 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:38,439 I want to play more Mario? 129 00:05:38,879 --> 00:05:42,199 Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely. They had me turn on Galaxy Too and stuff, 130 00:05:42,199 --> 00:05:44,639 and we were playing some of that. Although the game 131 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:46,959 is a little bit weird with how they put all 132 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,720 the controls under one controller so you don't have the 133 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,319 we moten pointing and stuff, but whatever, that's that's beside 134 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,199 the point. Yeah, they were very like just into it. 135 00:05:55,199 --> 00:05:58,680 It kind of reignited some interest in Mario again, as 136 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,399 as it's certainly intended to do. Yeah, like I said, 137 00:06:02,399 --> 00:06:03,959 they were kind of buzzing on the ride home and 138 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,839 everyone was picking like, you know, enemy had her opinions. 139 00:06:06,959 --> 00:06:10,040 She did wish there was more Rosalina. She was saying, 140 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,959 like she didn't. She doesn't love that characters from other 141 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,120 universes are in there. She's like star Fox had too 142 00:06:16,199 --> 00:06:18,600 much a screen time. She was kind of hoping for 143 00:06:18,639 --> 00:06:21,480 a little bit less from him, and then she was. 144 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,439 She also loved everyone loved the Pickman showing up. So 145 00:06:24,519 --> 00:06:26,639 we know they're in the posters and everything like that, 146 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,040 so just kind of getting to see them and how 147 00:06:28,079 --> 00:06:29,199 they show up was really fun. 148 00:06:29,319 --> 00:06:30,199 Speaker 3: So yeah, good time. 149 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 2: I also want to get the opinion of another young child, 150 00:06:33,639 --> 00:06:37,319 Tourbo Sean, what did did you think of the movie? 151 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 5: It's like the first movie it was. 152 00:06:39,639 --> 00:06:40,319 Speaker 3: It was fine. 153 00:06:40,519 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 5: It was a lot of references, a paper thin plot, 154 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,639 but every child in the movie theater was popping off 155 00:06:46,639 --> 00:06:48,959 and cheering when they saw something alight, and they walked 156 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,199 out seeming to really like it. So I think that's 157 00:06:51,199 --> 00:06:53,160 what matters at the end of the day, even if 158 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,279 it's really pathetic that they took the most powerful being 159 00:06:56,319 --> 00:06:58,800 in the Mario universe and made her a damsel in 160 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:00,879 distress plot device that really sucked. 161 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,759 Speaker 2: And without going into the next news story too much, 162 00:07:04,879 --> 00:07:08,399 did this movie leave you more or less interested in 163 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,600 the Zelder movie or totally unaffected? 164 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,839 Speaker 3: Oh? Zelda, huh? 165 00:07:14,319 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 5: I think Zelda is just like a different thing altogether. 166 00:07:17,519 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 2: At this point, are you saying that the Mario universe 167 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:26,319 is the DCEU and the Zelda movie is joker? 168 00:07:27,519 --> 00:07:27,759 Speaker 3: Yes? 169 00:07:28,079 --> 00:07:30,319 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think when you said that, and we're gonna 170 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:33,040 pin that on you, but you're not wrong right. 171 00:07:32,959 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 3: Now, wrong? Right? Excuse me? Yeah, it's what do they 172 00:07:37,079 --> 00:07:39,399 call the joke? It's from the Elsewhere universe or something 173 00:07:39,439 --> 00:07:39,759 like that. 174 00:07:40,439 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, I mean that's that's that's Sony making Zelda. 175 00:07:44,319 --> 00:07:46,399 I don't know what to expect other than I know 176 00:07:46,519 --> 00:07:48,120 Miyamoto will be involved in both. 177 00:07:48,639 --> 00:07:48,959 Speaker 3: Uh. 178 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: I always get the sense that Miyamoto might be a 179 00:07:51,639 --> 00:07:54,079 little bit of a detriment, detriment to the Mario movies 180 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,360 where he might be the one in the room speaking 181 00:07:56,399 --> 00:07:59,560 up you. I'm like, no, these characters can't like have tension. 182 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,160 They to get along the entire time. I'm like, oh, sir, 183 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:04,680 I think it would help the movie if you just 184 00:08:04,759 --> 00:08:07,560 let them have a little bit more friction between these characters. 185 00:08:07,639 --> 00:08:08,399 Speaker 3: But I don't know. 186 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:10,279 Speaker 4: I did say it on Blue Sky. 187 00:08:10,399 --> 00:08:13,879 Speaker 2: I love how much Nintendo plays up Miamoto's involvement in 188 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,680 these movies, of like he's he's one of the only 189 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,279 two producers on it, it's him and Chris Miller Sandri 190 00:08:19,639 --> 00:08:21,199 and like he's the one who gets out there and 191 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,560 talks about it on their behalf. And it just conjures 192 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:27,560 this image of Miomoto watching hundreds and hundreds of animated 193 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,680 movies to find the right studio and then arriving at 194 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,039 the law Axe and being like, yes, these. 195 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 3: People, right, they got it. This is my Mario studio, 196 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:38,000 I think, eactly. 197 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 5: I think that's exactly the way he Didlex because this 198 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,679 movie it seems like it's coming from a person like 199 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,679 Kochuma who watches a lot of movies and then writes 200 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,320 an absolutely terrible one and doesn't actually know what a 201 00:08:50,399 --> 00:08:51,440 story is supposed to be. 202 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:52,799 Speaker 3: Yeah. 203 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I just think that if Mimoto has a similar 204 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,000 sort of relationship to the Zelda movie, it could be 205 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,600 like ah, causing some friction I think between them making 206 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,320 a good movie and not making a good movie. 207 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:09,159 Speaker 3: But either way, came away from Mario pretty pleased. 208 00:09:09,879 --> 00:09:13,639 Speaker 5: Yeah cool, that was my takeaway. Fox. Was that intro? 209 00:09:13,879 --> 00:09:17,039 Do that intro for Fox the Star Fox movie to 210 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:17,559 look like. 211 00:09:17,919 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: Yes, if they make the movie, if they make the 212 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,399 game look like that, right, that's a big part of 213 00:09:21,399 --> 00:09:23,320 like the game's aesthetic, that would be fantastic. 214 00:09:23,399 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 4: But so I genuinely do quite like Glen Powell. 215 00:09:27,279 --> 00:09:30,039 Speaker 2: He is a very funny man and he is aware 216 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,720 of the fact that he is way too handsome, like 217 00:09:32,799 --> 00:09:34,000 he plays in Tewish. 218 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:36,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm a I'm a fan as well, and I 219 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,559 thought he did a great job as Fox, so very 220 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:39,519 very cool to see. 221 00:09:39,879 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, when it comes home, I will get it. 222 00:09:42,159 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: On DVD and we'll keep in the van which has 223 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,399 a DVD player, and we'll probably watch it one hundred 224 00:09:46,399 --> 00:09:46,879 more times. 225 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:49,519 Speaker 3: And I'm fine with that. It will not like, negatively 226 00:09:49,519 --> 00:09:50,000 affect me. 227 00:09:50,039 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 1: Even if I like, don't think it's a great movie, 228 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,360 I could still have a very good time with it, 229 00:09:54,159 --> 00:09:57,840 all right, what's kind of stick in this realm coming 230 00:09:57,879 --> 00:10:00,320 out of this movie? Certainly, one thing that Nintended does 231 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,360 want is for people to then go buy its other products. 232 00:10:03,919 --> 00:10:07,120 It's other merch and it seems like they line things 233 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,600 up to take advantage of this moment with this headline. 234 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:14,120 Nintendo switch to bundle with Mario Galaxy games discounted for 235 00:10:14,279 --> 00:10:18,159 limited time. This is from my Nintendo News. April is 236 00:10:18,159 --> 00:10:20,480 shaping up to be a cosmic sized month through Mario. 237 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,919 After seeing the Super Mario Galaxy movie. Players can start 238 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,679 their own adventure with a limited time offer from Nintendo 239 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:29,600 featuring the Nintendo switch To system and the Super Mario 240 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:33,480 Galaxy plus Super Mario Galaxy two games from April twelfth 241 00:10:33,519 --> 00:10:36,399 through May ninth. Purchased Nintendo switch To at the same 242 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,360 time as the physical or digital version of these Galactic 243 00:10:39,399 --> 00:10:43,759 adventures and save twenty dollars at participating retailers such as Amazon, 244 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,679 Best Buy, Game Stop, Target, and Walmart. It's not a lot, 245 00:10:47,879 --> 00:10:49,919 it's twenty dollars and you've got to get it with 246 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,679 the game and the game is maybe arguably that this 247 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,840 bundle of older games overpriced to begin with, but maybe 248 00:10:56,879 --> 00:10:58,960 we got to take the w's where we can get them. 249 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,399 The fact that there's any discount on this at all, 250 00:11:01,759 --> 00:11:03,879 the fact that Nintendo has an appetite to put out 251 00:11:03,919 --> 00:11:07,000 discounts when we know how much costs have gone up, 252 00:11:07,639 --> 00:11:09,759 it's something of a good sign like they could still 253 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,759 roll these things out and people can act in this 254 00:11:11,879 --> 00:11:14,960 moment we are. I think it's still expecting Lexi a 255 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:18,000 potential price increase increase for the switch To. So if 256 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,679 you're in the market for this game, this collection, and 257 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,200 a switch to maybe this is the time to act. 258 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:26,519 I don't know, how are you feeling about discounts and 259 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,039 game prices and console pricing. 260 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,159 Speaker 2: You know, it's really embarrassing that some people are taken 261 00:11:31,159 --> 00:11:34,480 in so easily by cheap marketing employees that prey on 262 00:11:34,519 --> 00:11:35,279 their nostalgia. 263 00:11:35,799 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, pathetic, absolutely, just who would immediately run out and 264 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,679 just get a toy of the thing they saw in 265 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:41,320 the movie. 266 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:47,159 Speaker 2: But yeah, it's a weird time for pricing. Out of curiosity, 267 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,559 I was like, looking at prices are just stuff recently, 268 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:53,799 and every time I like look at things again, I'm like, oh, 269 00:11:53,799 --> 00:11:56,440 that's worse somehow, it's somehow got worse again. 270 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 4: I was like, I was watching a old Digital Foundry video. 271 00:12:02,159 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 2: On where they were reviewing the the fifty eighty and 272 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,200 they were like, the recommended retail price is one thousand dollars, 273 00:12:09,639 --> 00:12:11,879 And then I looked at what it's currently going for 274 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,240 and I was like, oh, that's like twenty three hundred dollars. Now, 275 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:20,159 what the fuck think some rough out there? And I 276 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:25,080 like the fact that there is a discount outside of 277 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:30,639 Black Friday is genuinely almost like refreshing of like surprising, 278 00:12:30,879 --> 00:12:34,960 there is still a ability to bite some of the 279 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:40,559 casts on some of this. Whether that is Nintendo losing 280 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,720 money on these sales or not is another thing. I 281 00:12:43,759 --> 00:12:46,559 think that they are still in that phase where they 282 00:12:46,639 --> 00:12:48,919 have to grow the user base, and they are very 283 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,759 actively trying to grow the user base. I think this 284 00:12:51,879 --> 00:12:55,600 Mario movie does a lot to excite people about Nintendo 285 00:12:55,639 --> 00:12:58,240 games again, and I think that the real thing that 286 00:12:58,279 --> 00:13:02,960 they want now is a exclusive game like Pacopia and 287 00:13:03,159 --> 00:13:06,360 maybe something else that really pushes people over the edge. 288 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,919 You're like, oh, no, I have to have this, but 289 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:15,200 as it is right now, like Donkey Kong and Mario 290 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,399 Katt really didn't do that. For a lot of the 291 00:13:17,399 --> 00:13:19,600 more casual audience, they were like, actually, I'm pretty happy 292 00:13:19,639 --> 00:13:22,440 with what I have, and so it's gonna be interesting 293 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,519 to see what what you know, triggers Nintendo pulls over 294 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,240 the coming months to try to get people to finally 295 00:13:29,279 --> 00:13:32,120 move on on this thing before the price goes up 296 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:33,600 or as the price is going up. 297 00:13:34,279 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, I was pretty happy with the switch to launch Lexi, 298 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,720 and then as we moved into this year and the 299 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,080 conversation was certainly souring around it. Before Procopia came out, 300 00:13:43,919 --> 00:13:47,720 and I think if you remove Pacopia, up until this point, 301 00:13:48,039 --> 00:13:51,799 the Switch two's year has been really grim. Actually, h 302 00:13:52,879 --> 00:13:56,480 the Mario Tennis game, which I thought was pretty good 303 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,799 but was so similar to the last game in the 304 00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:02,879 lot of ways that it felt so redundant and it 305 00:14:02,919 --> 00:14:03,600 completely missed. 306 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 3: And that's not just with. 307 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 4: It's like seventy to. 308 00:14:06,399 --> 00:14:10,159 Speaker 2: You know, it's not the these on budget titles. 309 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:12,679 Speaker 1: It's a misstep, I think, Like I think it's Nintendo 310 00:14:12,759 --> 00:14:15,159 misreading the room on what people want and what they're 311 00:14:15,159 --> 00:14:18,679 willing to pay for. When it comes to like returning 312 00:14:18,759 --> 00:14:21,159 games or whatever. It's like, yeah, just because we bought 313 00:14:21,159 --> 00:14:22,759 it last time doesn't mean it's going to do the 314 00:14:22,799 --> 00:14:23,720 same thing on switch to. 315 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 3: You kind of got to give us a little bit 316 00:14:25,639 --> 00:14:26,919 of variety here. 317 00:14:27,159 --> 00:14:29,759 Speaker 1: And then the meet up at Bella Bell Park, DLC 318 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:33,960 for Super Mario Brothers Wonder has also Oh I just 319 00:14:34,039 --> 00:14:39,200 hit a button, had that music star playing great. If like, 320 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,720 if you just take that game as an eighty dollars 321 00:14:41,759 --> 00:14:44,679 switch to release, it's absurd. It's crazy to think that 322 00:14:44,799 --> 00:14:48,360 you're paying that twenty extra dollars on top of the 323 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:51,519 sixty dollars game from the Switch one version, and what 324 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,039 it really is is just a collection of party games. 325 00:14:54,039 --> 00:14:56,639 There's some remixes to the levels and stuff like that, 326 00:14:56,679 --> 00:14:58,639 but it honestly it makes me think less of that 327 00:14:58,759 --> 00:15:02,159 game overall. And so without the Copia and then maybe 328 00:15:02,159 --> 00:15:06,320 without this movie moment that is gonna reignite excitement. 329 00:15:05,919 --> 00:15:10,759 Speaker 3: About Mario and Metroid Prime four of course Metrod Prime four, duh. 330 00:15:10,879 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: It feels like, yeah, the switch To is in this 331 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,200 rough spot and these bigger things now are sort of 332 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:19,279 glossing that over. I mean, all these things like see 333 00:15:19,279 --> 00:15:21,519 could just be growing pains for a new console, right. 334 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,639 They are trying to line things up. They haven't had 335 00:15:23,639 --> 00:15:25,960 time to get the Mario and Zelda out yet. But 336 00:15:26,519 --> 00:15:28,919 do you think this is the momentum between Pacopia and 337 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,120 the movie can carry it forward until they get to 338 00:15:31,159 --> 00:15:32,000 that point? 339 00:15:32,399 --> 00:15:32,639 Speaker 4: Yeah? 340 00:15:32,679 --> 00:15:34,279 Speaker 2: I mean like, in some ways it feels a bit 341 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,879 weird to be complaining about the launch releases or the 342 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,799 releases since launch of the switch To when you compare 343 00:15:41,799 --> 00:15:45,399 it to something like the PS five, which had a 344 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:49,399 real sparse launch when it came to new releases and 345 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,720 exclusive releases and things like that. But then you go like, O, whit, No, 346 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:55,159 this is Nintendo, and up until this point they have 347 00:15:55,279 --> 00:15:58,000 been really good at spacing out their releases, so it 348 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:01,399 seems weird that as the new cons Soul launches, that's 349 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,679 when they really stumble with their release cadence for the 350 00:16:04,679 --> 00:16:07,159 first time in like five or six years, you know, 351 00:16:07,279 --> 00:16:09,799 since the early days of the Switch one, when things 352 00:16:09,799 --> 00:16:11,720 were a little bit quieter and indie games were kind 353 00:16:11,759 --> 00:16:15,559 of keeping things going, and so it is odd to 354 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:19,440 see the pace and the quality just not there. Like, 355 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:24,039 it's it's great that that boost mode is now available, 356 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:27,559 but it's probably not a good sign that people are like, oh, 357 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,360 this is the most exciting news with the switch to 358 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,720 at the moment, Like is being able to play those 359 00:16:32,879 --> 00:16:36,559 those games in the handheld or in the dcted mode 360 00:16:36,759 --> 00:16:41,000 when you have the switch to handheld. So yeah, it's 361 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,080 it's a weird situation for them to be in. This 362 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:47,759 all changes if they go, hey, we have a direct 363 00:16:47,759 --> 00:16:52,200 in two weeks time, yes, Suddenly we forget quick yeah, 364 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:56,960 and suddenly everyone forgets how disappointed they were about like 365 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,200 a Mario Tennis game, and instead of like, well, there's 366 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:00,840 a news elder coming, so I guess I'll give them 367 00:17:00,879 --> 00:17:05,599 one hundred and fifty dollars anytime they ask fush and 368 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,920 so yeah. 369 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,559 Speaker 1: I would just hope that the Nintendo's learning from it, 370 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:13,880 like because you know, it feels like Sony and Microsoft 371 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:15,680 around their own path. They're going to figure out things 372 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,160 their own way. I was kind of feeling a little 373 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:19,680 bit at home with Nintendo during the Switch one era 374 00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:23,279 and going into the early parts of Switch to It's like, hey, look, 375 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:24,720 Donkey Kong Bananza Rules. 376 00:17:24,759 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 3: I love that game. 377 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: I thought Mario Kart World was all right. I have 378 00:17:27,759 --> 00:17:29,519 more fun with it every time I go back now, 379 00:17:30,799 --> 00:17:32,279 but yeah, some missteps. 380 00:17:32,279 --> 00:17:33,559 Speaker 3: It's like, can you just learn. 381 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: From this and come back with a Mario Sports game, 382 00:17:36,759 --> 00:17:39,880 for example, that feels like it is it is informed 383 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,880 by the criticisms of the last game, and it does 384 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,559 something new and unexpected. That would be the least they 385 00:17:45,559 --> 00:17:47,880 could do coming out of this stuff. But we'll see. 386 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 3: I just hope they're not like being. 387 00:17:49,319 --> 00:17:51,319 Speaker 1: Like, oh, Pacope has solved all our problems and we 388 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:52,720 can kind of keep doing things the way we've been 389 00:17:52,759 --> 00:17:55,359 doing business as usual. I want them to make some 390 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:59,279 improvements and stopping so you know, Lase with some of 391 00:17:59,319 --> 00:18:00,640 these releases, and it. 392 00:18:00,599 --> 00:18:01,400 Speaker 4: Has been kind of weird. 393 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:05,279 Speaker 2: You know that stuff like the Virtual Boy was one 394 00:18:05,279 --> 00:18:09,160 of the big releases for months, you know, like that, 395 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:12,759 I get it. That thing is fucking awesome that they haven't. 396 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,359 But also that brown box down in my bottom left 397 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:18,599 hand corner is an unopened Virtual Boy. 398 00:18:18,839 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 3: Yeah, I bought it. 399 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 2: I just haven't used it because you know what, turns out, 400 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,759 the Virtual Boy not exactly. 401 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 4: A great console to like play for long periods of time, So. 402 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,519 Speaker 3: You know, nope, it is. It's a weird thing. 403 00:18:29,519 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: I have it set up still, but it's like, every 404 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,480 time I look at it, I'm like, that looks cool. 405 00:18:32,799 --> 00:18:34,440 Afraid to put my face in it because I don't 406 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,000 need a headache right now. But uh yeah, I mean 407 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,799 that that's weird Nintendo doing weird stuff, and I approve 408 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,400 of that for sure. All right, let's uh, let's stick 409 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,960 with this next story here. I forgot to actually put 410 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:47,599 the text in here, but the headline is most of 411 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,240 it Zelda movie movie filming at same locations as The 412 00:18:51,279 --> 00:18:54,799 Lord of the Rings, and people are excited. Those people 413 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:57,839 are Lucy James, I guess. 414 00:18:57,039 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 3: Lord of Them. 415 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:00,559 Speaker 2: I just don't really like the idea of people who 416 00:19:00,559 --> 00:19:02,839 are so excited to hear that a movie is in 417 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:03,480 New Zealand. 418 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:06,839 Speaker 4: Wow, fantasy is real. 419 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:11,039 Speaker 2: And it's just New Zealand. That's what it's Church lads like, 420 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,920 it's fine, I get it. It's a lovely country, but 421 00:19:14,039 --> 00:19:17,279 it's just rainy and misty and there's lots of sheep around. 422 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:18,559 Speaker 3: Yeah. 423 00:19:18,599 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 1: The filming, it's filming at some of the same locations 424 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,119 that Peter Jackson's ox Oscar winning the Lord of the 425 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:26,160 Rings trilogy shot at in New Zealand. The island country 426 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:27,960 is known for gorgeous natural beauty. Yeah, we've heard of 427 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,960 New Zealand specifically. Some of the recent filming has taken 428 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,519 place in actual Paradise, which is where many iconic scenes 429 00:19:34,559 --> 00:19:39,079 from Jackson's movie were filmed, including depictions of loth florian 430 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:43,400 Icnguard and Aman Hin. So I guess people are like 431 00:19:43,559 --> 00:19:46,240 hearing this or seeing some photos or something, and the 432 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,759 Lord of the Rings fans are doing the Leo pose 433 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,640 and pointing at the screen and going, I know that thing. 434 00:19:52,839 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 3: I think that's what's happening. 435 00:19:54,039 --> 00:19:56,279 Speaker 2: So I do like the idea that they're just kind 436 00:19:56,319 --> 00:19:58,960 of like, you know, maybe they'll like they'll find Peter 437 00:19:59,079 --> 00:20:02,160 Jackson just hanging out on in that area and they'll 438 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,119 be able to get him on board, you know, like 439 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,720 they'll just they'll be able to hire because he's there. 440 00:20:06,799 --> 00:20:08,559 Speaker 4: Anyway, he won't he won't leave. 441 00:20:09,319 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: It's like when Tom Cruise apparently like landed on the 442 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,240 set of the New Star Wars Starfighter movies, like give 443 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:19,440 me the camera, I'm gonna shoot a scene. Whatever that meant, 444 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,799 whatever that story was trying to tell us. They're like 445 00:20:21,839 --> 00:20:24,119 Peter Jackson could do the same thing with the Zelda movie, 446 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,640 just you know, parachutes in films. One scene and disappears 447 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:29,279 and everyone could say he worked on it. 448 00:20:29,839 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 4: Do you think Aida Jackson has played a Zelda game? 449 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 3: I wouldn't be surprised. 450 00:20:34,559 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I bet so. 451 00:20:37,759 --> 00:20:40,039 Speaker 3: I think he might have played Zelda ie. 452 00:20:41,319 --> 00:20:43,319 Speaker 1: Like in his youth and hasn't played maybe hasn't played 453 00:20:43,319 --> 00:20:47,920 one since then, but fantastic. I'm hey, we were talking 454 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,440 about it. What to expect from this movie. I still 455 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,279 don't really know. I still think it's probably a safe 456 00:20:54,279 --> 00:20:57,160 bet to imagine it as a bad movie, because because 457 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,279 there's so many ways to that, getting this right is 458 00:20:59,319 --> 00:21:02,440 going to be very difficult. But you tell me, should 459 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,480 I get my hopes up for this Zelda movie? 460 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 2: I mean, I liked that recent Planet of the Apes 461 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,319 movie and that this guy, Yeah, that this guy did 462 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,240 Westboul that's right. And I also thought, what's his name? 463 00:21:17,319 --> 00:21:19,599 The guy who played the new season in that movie 464 00:21:19,599 --> 00:21:23,079 would be a great Gannon. I can't remember his name 465 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:24,400 now off the top of my head, but he was 466 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,839 also an Abigail chat will remind me of his name, 467 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,440 but like, he's built like a shit brick house and 468 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:34,039 he could do a good Gannon. But also, yeah, it's 469 00:21:34,039 --> 00:21:36,160 one of those things where this movie could just be 470 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,279 There's been a lot of fantasy ip like they're making 471 00:21:40,759 --> 00:21:45,680 a Masters of the Universe movie, and I also like 472 00:21:45,799 --> 00:21:48,079 that director. And I look at that Masters of the 473 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:49,279 Universe movie and I'm. 474 00:21:49,079 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 1: Like, yeah, it doesn't look great, and I agree. I mean, look, 475 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,599 there's always there's a fighter's chance that this movie comes 476 00:21:58,599 --> 00:22:02,200 down and it's surprisingly good. But I just now I'm 477 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,119 not gonna get my hopes up. Actually That's where I'm 478 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:04,440 at with it. 479 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,039 Speaker 3: Uh, Okay, let's take a break. 480 00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: When we come back, we'll talk about what's going on 481 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:10,759 at the Halo studio. 482 00:22:10,839 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 3: It seems like a mess over there. 483 00:22:12,319 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 1: As always, if you want to skip out on these 484 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:16,279 ad messages we're about to go to. 485 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:17,039 Speaker 3: You can do so. 486 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 1: Go to giant bomb dot com slash join become a 487 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,759 premium member. Once you do that, you can go to 488 00:22:21,839 --> 00:22:24,799 the site find ad free versions of the video and 489 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,720 audio program. In the meantime, though, we will be right back. 490 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 3: All right, it's. 491 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: Game mess Mornings. That's Lex Luddy. I'm Jeff grub LEXI 492 00:22:35,799 --> 00:22:38,720 let's get back into it. Veteran Halo developer accused the 493 00:22:38,759 --> 00:22:44,559 studio of quote numerous unethical and unlawful acts from Robert. 494 00:22:44,759 --> 00:22:47,640 This is from Robert de Felise at Insider Gaming. The 495 00:22:47,799 --> 00:22:50,480 art director of Halo Infinite and a veteran developer on 496 00:22:50,519 --> 00:22:54,440 the franchise, is accusing senior staff at Halo Studios of 497 00:22:54,599 --> 00:22:58,640 numerous unlawful acts. Glenn Israel worked on the Halo franchise 498 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,119 for seventeen years. He began in April twenty ten, but 499 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:05,799 left Halo Studios in October twenty twenty five. In LinkedIn posts, 500 00:23:06,039 --> 00:23:09,559 Israel states that between January twenty twenty four and June 501 00:23:09,559 --> 00:23:13,960 twenty twenty five, he witnessed several unethical or unwellful acts 502 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,960 by senior staffers at the studio, quote including but not 503 00:23:17,039 --> 00:23:22,599 limited to blacklisting, fraud, rampant favoritism, cronyism manifesting as hiring 504 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:26,319 and career growth interference, and multiple harassment campaigns designed to 505 00:23:26,319 --> 00:23:30,759 provoke the constructive discharge of unwanted employees otherwise in good standing. 506 00:23:31,279 --> 00:23:33,880 He goes on to say that he filed several complaints 507 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,359 with Microsoft's HR. Then in June twenty twenty five, a 508 00:23:37,559 --> 00:23:42,240 senior Global Employee retention representative threatened retaliation on first contact 509 00:23:42,279 --> 00:23:45,799 and promised to quash any further investigation. Israel goes on 510 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,480 to accuse the representative of engaging in a four day 511 00:23:48,519 --> 00:23:52,000 long harassment to manufacture a cause for his termination in 512 00:23:52,079 --> 00:23:56,000 July twenty twenty five. So yeah, there's plenty more here. 513 00:23:56,799 --> 00:23:59,160 I will say that when I was first reading this, 514 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:01,880 like x see, I was worried, okay, could it be 515 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,599 one upset employee? Since these posted this, there have been 516 00:24:05,759 --> 00:24:10,599 other former Halo Studios developers who were like, yeah, this 517 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,079 sounds right to me. This sounds right up the alley 518 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,240 of my experience, and in some cases I think it's 519 00:24:17,319 --> 00:24:19,480 it was worse that these are people adding their voice 520 00:24:19,519 --> 00:24:22,880 to this. Now, again that's not confirmation. I will say 521 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,359 that I've I've always heard that the leadership at the 522 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,200 Halo Studios previously three four three Industries was whatever it is, 523 00:24:31,519 --> 00:24:34,200 was a mess, and it was always it always felt 524 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,359 like people were you know, backstabby. I guess is how 525 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:38,880 I would put it, you know, not to go too 526 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:43,279 far into making accusations that I can't back up. So okay, yeah, 527 00:24:43,279 --> 00:24:45,240 that sounds like a pretty bad place to work. And 528 00:24:45,319 --> 00:24:48,319 this is this definitely echoes those sorts of things that 529 00:24:48,319 --> 00:24:50,880 I that I've heard, but again I cannot confirm any 530 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:51,119 of that. 531 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,599 Speaker 3: So what do you think, LEXI? How what I mean? 532 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: Especially for the studio that has been so maligned over 533 00:24:56,519 --> 00:24:59,240 so many years, this is just one more reason to 534 00:24:59,279 --> 00:25:00,920 be like, man, can't you just scrap the whole thing 535 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:01,559 and start over. 536 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's It's the thing that always seemed to come 537 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,839 out after each Halo release was like, yeah, everyone got 538 00:25:11,839 --> 00:25:14,880 an arguments making this thing, and no one agreed on 539 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,640 any of the things that we're really doing, and there 540 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,720 was no like the direction, and you know, people were 541 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,359 disagreeing on very fundamental aspects of the series, like what 542 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:28,359 the series was at its core and trying to emulate 543 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,039 what Bungie had done. 544 00:25:29,799 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 4: Before versus trying to carve a new path. 545 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:36,039 Speaker 2: And the vibe that I always got out of three 546 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:41,519 four three itself was it was a fiercely political studio 547 00:25:41,759 --> 00:25:47,799 in some ways, or fiercely a studio where people who 548 00:25:47,799 --> 00:25:50,359 were right and wrong on certain things that followed them 549 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:54,079 around after they were right and wrong about those things. So, 550 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:57,440 you know, things things if you if you did a 551 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,599 good job on something, people remembered it, and if you 552 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,759 did a bad job on something, people held it over you. 553 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,480 And it felt like people were everyone wanted to be 554 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,119 in charge or not in charge, but you know, progressing 555 00:26:10,079 --> 00:26:12,160 because of course you would. It's it's the studio in 556 00:26:12,279 --> 00:26:16,240 charge of Halo. That's that's a huge deal. And yeah, 557 00:26:16,279 --> 00:26:20,000 it I don't know, like it makes. It makes a 558 00:26:20,039 --> 00:26:23,119 weird amount of sense in hindsight that there would be 559 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:28,720 a lot of this kind of like infighting and things 560 00:26:28,759 --> 00:26:31,839 like that, but it's I don't know. It's another thing 561 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,359 where you look at all of the stuff that has 562 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:39,720 gone on with Microsoft studios over the years, and like 563 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:45,880 the idea of Shure, like if Microsoft is running the studio, 564 00:26:46,279 --> 00:26:48,960 it's their job to either stop this stuff from happening 565 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:50,759 or to make it happen in such a way that 566 00:26:50,799 --> 00:26:52,720 it doesn't cause a mess, and right now, neither of 567 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,599 those things are happening, you know, Like it's it's one 568 00:26:56,599 --> 00:26:59,279 of those things of like, yeah, maybe Microsoft are fine 569 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,960 with their student being you know, highly toxic workplaces. But 570 00:27:04,039 --> 00:27:05,839 if they are fine with it, they also have to 571 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:07,920 like keep the lid on that shit. And they're clearly 572 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:09,079 not able to do that either. 573 00:27:09,559 --> 00:27:11,759 Speaker 3: And it went on it and produce games that are selling. 574 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:13,720 Speaker 1: Right, It's like they're like, yeah, they're doing all this, 575 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:15,720 and on the other side of it, they continually to 576 00:27:16,039 --> 00:27:17,640 you know, trip on their own feet as they release 577 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,519 the games. So it's like they're not even getting the 578 00:27:19,519 --> 00:27:21,920 benefit of being like, well, we're making so much money, 579 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,720 who cares. Don't stop the party, guys, there is no party. 580 00:27:25,759 --> 00:27:27,440 It's just miserable on every side of it. 581 00:27:28,119 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, And so I like, I have to wonder what 582 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:34,079 the day to day like in that office must be like, 583 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:38,319 or like the the motivation and the you know vibe 584 00:27:38,319 --> 00:27:43,279 in that office of everyone's fucking pissed about what's again. 585 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,119 Campaign evolved and the fact that a single player only 586 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:50,640 and that it's multiplayer, it's multiplayers only online and all 587 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,000 these different things and you can basically do no lich 588 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,440 in that position, and now they've moved to Unreal Engine 589 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,519 and everyone's pissed about that because they don't like Unreal 590 00:27:59,559 --> 00:28:02,240 Engine four whatever reason, and all this different stuff, Like 591 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,119 it just seems like a place where no matter what 592 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:06,880 you do, it's probably going to be the wrong thing 593 00:28:07,039 --> 00:28:12,000 for the next five ten years, and there's no real 594 00:28:12,039 --> 00:28:17,519 way to like please everyone unless Halo seven, I guess, 595 00:28:18,039 --> 00:28:21,720 is just a like knockout home run, which if this 596 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,200 is the kind of you know, workplace that you are cultivating, 597 00:28:25,319 --> 00:28:28,200 it probably isn't going to be. They've had massive turnover, 598 00:28:28,279 --> 00:28:31,519 both at the top and throughout the company, like they 599 00:28:31,519 --> 00:28:33,440 have had a lot of churn at that studio. 600 00:28:34,079 --> 00:28:36,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, and Halo Infinite it's a pretty good game, 601 00:28:36,759 --> 00:28:39,079 and it's it's sin was that they couldn't get enough 602 00:28:39,079 --> 00:28:40,960 content out fast enough because the. 603 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,839 Speaker 3: Tools were difficult to work with. 604 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,039 Speaker 1: So it's like, Okay, the idea is switched to Unreal 605 00:28:46,079 --> 00:28:48,440 But like, I don't know if you if Halo Infinite 606 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,680 comes out and it does have enough content, I actually 607 00:28:50,759 --> 00:28:53,039 don't know if the conversation around it is that much different, 608 00:28:53,079 --> 00:28:55,960 because I think people just want something that if they 609 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,400 want to return to when they were you know, thirteen 610 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,799 playing on Xbox for the first time. 611 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 4: And now go home again. 612 00:29:02,039 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 2: You know, Halo is the ultimate you can't go home 613 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,640 again game. You're never going to be in college playing 614 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,200 all night with your roommates again. 615 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,319 Speaker 4: Overlap, that's just not going to happen. 616 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 2: And no type of multiplayer experienced Battle Royal, you know, big, 617 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,799 big team battle, whatever kind of new thing they try adding, 618 00:29:22,039 --> 00:29:24,680 it's not going to replicate that feeling no matter what 619 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:29,079 they do. And you know, narratively, that series has written 620 00:29:29,119 --> 00:29:32,880 itself into so many corners like what the fuck do 621 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:36,359 you even do with that story at this point? So yeah, 622 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:40,079 I don't know, they're in a real miserable spot and 623 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,440 I don't feel like I feel bad for everyone who's 624 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:47,000 stuck trying to make it work. But if this is 625 00:29:47,039 --> 00:29:49,880 how you were treating your employees and you're setting people 626 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,519 who are like seventeen year old art directors up to 627 00:29:52,559 --> 00:29:56,599 fail and to be you know, kicked out illegitimately, then 628 00:29:56,799 --> 00:30:02,200 also like, that's awful form and no wonder your studio 629 00:30:02,279 --> 00:30:04,640 is struggling if that's how leadership is acting. 630 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:09,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I'll be interested to see if Microsoft 631 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,480 like does any sort of major response to this. I mean, 632 00:30:12,519 --> 00:30:16,599 they did post a little response, but when Windows Central 633 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,160 asked them, they just said, out of respect, we don't 634 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,200 publicly discuss individual employee issues, but we do take all 635 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,440 claims seriously for both current and former employees. 636 00:30:23,839 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 3: So they're just saying what they're supposed to say. There. 637 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 1: You know, if this person is lying, you know, you 638 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:31,920 would want to be like, hey, let's sue this guy 639 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,119 for defamation. And then and then we get to see 640 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,160 like all the stuff that it comes out in discovery, 641 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,640 So we'll see if they respond in any legal way. 642 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:39,559 Speaker 3: I bet they won't. 643 00:30:39,599 --> 00:30:42,319 Speaker 1: If any of this stuff is like even close to 644 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,799 being true, they won't want it to come out like that. 645 00:30:45,839 --> 00:30:49,960 All right, From one Microsoft mess to one that maybe 646 00:30:50,119 --> 00:30:51,839 is less of a mess than people are feeling like. 647 00:30:51,839 --> 00:30:54,240 It could be A State of de kay three is 648 00:30:54,319 --> 00:30:56,079 back from the dead and you might be able to 649 00:30:56,119 --> 00:30:58,359 play it soon. That is a headline from Darren Baum. 650 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:03,759 Th use Over at GameSpot stated semaker yes for the 651 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,359 brad Shoemakers of the world. State of d K three 652 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,519 has been missing in action for several Xbox live streams 653 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:13,160 and game showcases for years now, but at long last 654 00:31:13,319 --> 00:31:16,079 the three quel has surfaced, and developer undead Labs has 655 00:31:16,119 --> 00:31:18,880 announced that it'll be hosting an alpha test for the 656 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,759 Zombie Apocalypse survival game. Sign Ups are now live for 657 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:25,240 the State of d K three alpha, and undead Labs 658 00:31:25,319 --> 00:31:28,960 also posted a new video showing off teasing showing off 659 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:29,799 the teasing. 660 00:31:29,519 --> 00:31:31,279 Speaker 3: Of the long in development title. 661 00:31:31,559 --> 00:31:33,519 Speaker 1: The alpha play test will kick off in May, and 662 00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:36,599 participants can expect four player co op, new base building 663 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:41,359 and resource strategies, and plenty of combat. So yeah, it's 664 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,440 it's here, and it's getting a test and people can 665 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,759 actually see it for themselves. Maybe not how I thought 666 00:31:46,759 --> 00:31:48,319 it would re emerge. I thought they would try to 667 00:31:48,319 --> 00:31:49,920 make a little bit more of a big deal about it, 668 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,920 because there are people who are super fans of this franchise, 669 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:59,119 including Brad Shoemaker Alexi. But seeing it like this, Okay, 670 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,039 what they want to do is just really prove that 671 00:32:01,079 --> 00:32:04,559 it's real and kind of approach the release slowly by 672 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:07,839 letting people play it and responding to their feedback. So okay, 673 00:32:07,839 --> 00:32:10,559 that's also a completely you know, viable route for this. 674 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,519 I hope it does well because I, like I said, 675 00:32:13,559 --> 00:32:15,799 I know people love their State of Decay what do 676 00:32:15,799 --> 00:32:16,480 you think about this? 677 00:32:18,359 --> 00:32:20,400 Speaker 4: Do you remember when this game was first announced? 678 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,319 Speaker 1: I know it's like more than half a decade ago, right, 679 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:24,759 I know it's more than. 680 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 2: Okay, it was announced at the Xbox Series like launch thing, 681 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,960 at their big presentation They're big blowout where they were 682 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:39,359 showing all the new Xbox Series games. Where was that 683 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,200 game in development at that point? 684 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 5: Like? 685 00:32:42,079 --> 00:32:46,640 Speaker 2: How how far into that game were they? Boy man 686 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:47,480 the like. 687 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, Marino says, apparently the head of the studio. I 688 00:32:51,039 --> 00:32:53,359 said the game only existed in a word document when 689 00:32:53,359 --> 00:32:56,240 the revealed trailer came out six years ago, so it 690 00:32:56,319 --> 00:32:57,519 was just a doc. 691 00:32:58,359 --> 00:33:02,359 Speaker 2: Great, awesome. Yeah, that's a great way to announce a video. 692 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:07,599 Gaim Man, my booty still at Xbox huh? 693 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,839 Speaker 1: He is moving on up constantly, Yeah, I mean, I mean, 694 00:33:11,319 --> 00:33:13,200 and it does often feel like a lot of those 695 00:33:13,319 --> 00:33:15,720 let's reveal this game now and try to get excitement 696 00:33:15,759 --> 00:33:18,640 going for it. Decisions do come down to him Perfect 697 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,240 Dark and all this other stuff that fizzled out or 698 00:33:21,279 --> 00:33:26,640 got canceled or didn't come out for six years. Strange. 699 00:33:26,359 --> 00:33:30,720 I'm gonna try this. I like State of de K two, 700 00:33:30,759 --> 00:33:33,319 all right. I definitely didn't get out of it what 701 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,279 some people got out of it, But it has a 702 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:37,599 ton of cool systems, and I've always been kind of 703 00:33:37,599 --> 00:33:39,559 waiting for the one that really would catch me. 704 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,039 Speaker 3: Maybe this will be it. We'll see. I'll try to get. 705 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 1: Into the alpha and see how I'm feeling about it. 706 00:33:45,759 --> 00:33:48,880 All right, let's keep going here. PlayStation Studios removes nearly 707 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:53,039 all PC references from websites. This is from Taka Kashiff 708 00:33:53,279 --> 00:33:56,880 at Game Observer. Recently, there have been reports that Sony 709 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,480 is pulling back from its aggressive PC porting push for 710 00:33:59,519 --> 00:34:03,000 big budget single player games, with claims that PC versions 711 00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:06,200 of major titles such as Ghost of Yota and Housemark's 712 00:34:06,359 --> 00:34:10,039 Sorrows may have been dropped. The speculation has gained even 713 00:34:10,079 --> 00:34:14,039 more attention after PlayStation Studios quietly updated its official website. 714 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,519 The company has refreshed its main banner, now featuring Ghost 715 00:34:17,559 --> 00:34:21,159 of Yota and Intergalactic the Heretic Profit, while removing Demon 716 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,079 Soulsiery Make from the lineup. Another noticeable change is that 717 00:34:24,119 --> 00:34:26,840 Blue Point Games and Dark Outlaw Games are no longer 718 00:34:27,039 --> 00:34:30,519 listed on the site Wonderful, following the closure of both studios. 719 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:33,400 In their place, Sony now includes Team FG, a new 720 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:37,760 first party studio comprised of former Bungie developers, as spotted 721 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:38,880 by Zoobi Tech. 722 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 4: That leaves out how Team LFG was founded. 723 00:34:41,639 --> 00:34:44,039 Speaker 3: If you were I don't what is Team LFG. 724 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:48,280 Speaker 2: That was when the huge Bungee layoffs after they first 725 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:51,800 got acquired by Sony, and Sony were like, listen, we're 726 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,519 not gonna lay all of you off. Some of you 727 00:34:53,519 --> 00:34:56,159 can stay in the same office and form a new team, 728 00:34:56,679 --> 00:34:58,159 right man. 729 00:34:58,599 --> 00:34:59,360 Speaker 3: Weird stuff. 730 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:02,519 Speaker 1: And then, as spotted by the users a Zubi tech 731 00:35:02,599 --> 00:35:05,199 on Twitter, Sony has updated these descriptions compared to the 732 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:09,239 earlier versions. For example, PlayStation XDev previously previously said it 733 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,840 was collaborating with ambitious external studios across the globe, with 734 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,440 new descriptions now reading partnering with talented. 735 00:35:15,079 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 3: People blah blah blah. 736 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 1: They basically eventually all that this all leads to and 737 00:35:19,519 --> 00:35:22,519 all these references to things coming to PC have been 738 00:35:22,599 --> 00:35:25,519 changed to basically just say console or to drop the 739 00:35:25,559 --> 00:35:28,960 reference to platforms at all. And that does include in 740 00:35:29,039 --> 00:35:32,440 like the PlayStation XTEV website, and it includes to just 741 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,239 their general references to some of their games on the website. 742 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,480 Now there is no like blog post lexi saying, and 743 00:35:39,119 --> 00:35:43,400 everyone's right, we're not doing PC games anymore, not to 744 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,159 say that that won't happen, but they will have to 745 00:35:45,199 --> 00:35:47,760 like explain it in a way that makes sense, because 746 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,679 they're not saying no PlayStation game will come to PC anymore. 747 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:55,920 The multiplayer on a live service games very likely will 748 00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:58,400 come to PC and likely will come to PC on 749 00:35:58,519 --> 00:36:01,639 day one. So do they even need to say anything 750 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,079 or is that just like these things just stop happening. 751 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:04,960 Speaker 3: What do you think? 752 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,519 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean one of the. 753 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,320 Speaker 2: This whole thing feels like it's probably gonna play out 754 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:16,840 one way, which is the PS six is going to 755 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,599 get a price announcement and it's gonna be a lot 756 00:36:20,639 --> 00:36:22,960 of fucking money and people are not gonna have a 757 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,599 lot of money to spend. It's gonna underperform, and then 758 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,000 someone that Sony will go, how do we sell more 759 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,639 copies of our video games when our console is underperforming? 760 00:36:32,079 --> 00:36:36,079 And the answer is pull this lever again, Like this 761 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,679 makes sense in the lead up to a console launch 762 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,880 that they are being like, well, we gotta make sure 763 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:45,079 that people want to buy the consoles still, But in reality, 764 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,440 the purchasing power, the way that purchasing power is going 765 00:36:48,559 --> 00:36:50,639 and the amount of money that people have and the 766 00:36:50,679 --> 00:36:54,000 amount that this thing will likely cost will probably mean 767 00:36:54,039 --> 00:36:56,960 that they will wind up in his situation where the 768 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,360 PS six is selling less than the PS five was, 769 00:37:00,519 --> 00:37:03,519 especially considering like manufacturing them is going to be even 770 00:37:03,559 --> 00:37:06,559 harder than manufacturing the PS five words and like there 771 00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:12,639 were part shortages, then there's way worse shortages now, so like, yeah, 772 00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:15,239 it's I don't know. This feels like it only ends 773 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,079 one way, which is this stuff eventually being rolled back, 774 00:37:18,519 --> 00:37:21,880 and ultimately it seems a bit silly in a way, 775 00:37:22,119 --> 00:37:24,239 like it just seems like, eh, we didn't see the 776 00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,800 returns as quickly as we wanted, so we're viewing that 777 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,960 as a failed push, and we're going back to how 778 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,039 things were, and now they're going to have to go 779 00:37:31,079 --> 00:37:34,400 back to it anyway, because ultimately they're all going the 780 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:38,719 same direction. You know, Xbox and PlayStation are all sailing 781 00:37:39,079 --> 00:37:42,119 the same sea right now and all facing the same problem. 782 00:37:42,199 --> 00:37:44,840 Like Nintendo have a bit of a thing carved out 783 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,880 for themselves, but they also have similar issues at times 784 00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,079 with their hardware and stuff like that. So it's not 785 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:54,960 like PlayStation is isolated from the problems of the industry 786 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,559 and that they will be able to just continue to 787 00:37:58,599 --> 00:38:02,199 sell their games really well on PlayStation exclusive consoles, and 788 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:06,440 we saw with like Marathon sales data, which sounds pretty accurate, 789 00:38:07,039 --> 00:38:09,679 like some of those games are not selling great on 790 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:15,440 PlayStation consoles, especially if they're not the traditional PlayStation style 791 00:38:15,599 --> 00:38:19,360 single player games, which is what Sony has invested heavily 792 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,760 in for the next several years. A lot of the 793 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:25,119 games that are still in development are not traditional single 794 00:38:25,159 --> 00:38:28,559 player PlayStation story games. They are multiplayer games. Like we 795 00:38:28,559 --> 00:38:30,639 still have fair games to get cool and stuff like that, 796 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:34,320 and those games will come to PC. But any other 797 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:38,000 game that kind of is not a big story triple 798 00:38:38,039 --> 00:38:41,679 A game or a multiplayer game, like anything outside of 799 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:48,079 Like I worry about Ceros because Cero's isn't the Last 800 00:38:48,079 --> 00:38:51,239 of Us and it's not Spider Man, but it's also 801 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,159 not coming to multiple platforms because it's not a multiplayer. 802 00:38:53,679 --> 00:38:55,880 Speaker 1: And Returnal did really well on PC, Like you know, 803 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,800 a lot of these games didn't do as well on PC, 804 00:38:57,960 --> 00:38:59,519 but I think Returnal did pretty well. 805 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,119 Speaker 2: And so I'm looking at that game and I'm like, well, 806 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:05,679 is this game just kind of snookered? 807 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:06,000 Speaker 4: Now? 808 00:39:06,079 --> 00:39:08,480 Speaker 2: Is this going to do really poorly on you know, 809 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:13,000 PS five. You know, there's probably a fair few fans 810 00:39:13,039 --> 00:39:15,480 of the first Eternal, but like that game seemed like 811 00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:17,239 it gained a lot of momentum when it got its 812 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,360 second push on PC and I got its multiplayer mode 813 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,679 and stuff like that. So I don't know, I worry 814 00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:24,639 for any of the games that are not just not 815 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:26,079 hit all games pretty. 816 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:29,719 Speaker 1: Much, Yeah, I think, you know, obviously, Sony, when they 817 00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:32,880 look at their their you know, their sheet spreadsheets, and 818 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,599 they see, Okay, when we put the stuff on PC, 819 00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:36,960 we were making more money. 820 00:39:37,119 --> 00:39:39,239 Speaker 3: But what we really want to protect. 821 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,800 Speaker 1: At the end of the day obviously is selling games 822 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:45,599 on PlayStation, and especially selling third party games on PlayStation, 823 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:47,360 and we just need to focus on making sure that 824 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,239 there's a huge install base of our consoles going forward. 825 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,559 So you're right, I think this is about setting themselves 826 00:39:52,639 --> 00:39:55,320 up for the PS six because the extra money they 827 00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:58,639 get from selling their own games on PC does not 828 00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:00,840 even begin to scratch the surface of the kind of 829 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:03,639 money they make from selling other people's games and content 830 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,280 on the PlayStation store and taking a thirty percent cut. 831 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:10,760 So well, just you know shock CODs, you know, right, yes, right, exactly, 832 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,719 Just DLC just add ons all kinds of stuff, currency 833 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,639 cards for Fortnite. Yes, they make a lot of money 834 00:40:16,679 --> 00:40:20,920 from that specifically, and so their business revolt like works 835 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,679 backward from let's make sure that that's the healthiest it 836 00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:26,960 possibly can be, and well, it's very healthy right now. 837 00:40:27,039 --> 00:40:28,800 They are always looking ahead a couple of years and 838 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:30,280 be like, Okay, we're going to have to restart the 839 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:32,239 cycle with the PlayStation six and make sure there's a 840 00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,280 lot of people who just make that transition. And there's 841 00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:37,480 a lot of reasons right now to think that's going 842 00:40:37,519 --> 00:40:39,960 to be a little bit more challenging, and you know, 843 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,760 depending on how the world goes, it could become much 844 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:46,519 more challenging without them really doing anything wrong. So they 845 00:40:47,159 --> 00:40:49,440 got to maximize their opportunities. And I think that speaks 846 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:52,480 to your point about let's have these games be exclusive 847 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,119 to our consoles so people have a reason to get 848 00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:55,320 the PS six when that launches. 849 00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,800 Speaker 3: All right, Grime two reviews. I'm picking this. 850 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:03,000 Speaker 1: Up because I think Backlar was talking about it, he 851 00:41:03,119 --> 00:41:05,039 was into it a little bit, and then I've heard 852 00:41:05,079 --> 00:41:07,480 good things from others and it's reviewing pretty well. This 853 00:41:07,599 --> 00:41:10,559 is a sequel to the Metro Advena style game. 854 00:41:10,559 --> 00:41:12,719 Speaker 3: It's a little bit gothic looking. 855 00:41:12,559 --> 00:41:15,639 Speaker 1: Kind of grim dark, a little bit edgy, and the 856 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,559 sequel apparently is much better than the first game according 857 00:41:18,559 --> 00:41:20,760 to the reviews that has an eighty three on Open Critic. 858 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,400 A nine point five out of ten from Jesse Norris 859 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:25,960 over at Day One, who says Grime two is a 860 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,119 phenomenal video game. Every aspect of it is a huge 861 00:41:29,119 --> 00:41:32,239 improvement over the original. If you have some patience in 862 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:34,920 love a good metro vana, Grime two is the best 863 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:36,960 one I've played since Prince of Prince of Persia The 864 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,360 Lost Crown. I cannot recommend it enough. That's pie praise, 865 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,679 you know. I think Prince of Persia Lost the Lost 866 00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:45,559 Ground is sort of the top of its class of 867 00:41:45,599 --> 00:41:48,000 that kind of metro auvana. It got a nine out 868 00:41:48,039 --> 00:41:51,480 of ten from Varun Karunakar at Gaming Bolt, who said 869 00:41:51,639 --> 00:41:54,960 Grime two nails down its presentation and mechanics very well. 870 00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,559 It makes them work together to present an experience that's 871 00:41:58,599 --> 00:42:04,760 purely entertaining and melocolically charming. It's melancholy and charming, is 872 00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,559 what I'll say. Seven out of ten from Anna Brazier 873 00:42:07,639 --> 00:42:11,119 at Progamers dot Life, which is a hell of a 874 00:42:11,199 --> 00:42:12,880 name for a website, but I think it's Spanish. That's 875 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,239 not really what it's supposed to be. Grime two is 876 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,960 a two D action game that blends stunning visuals with 877 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:22,039 a tactical combat system based on absorbing and creating shapes. 878 00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:25,760 With its innovative paint system and skill rewarding healing management. 879 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:26,599 Speaker 3: It establishes. 880 00:42:27,119 --> 00:42:30,639 Speaker 1: It establishes itself as a superior sequel and a must 881 00:42:30,679 --> 00:42:33,599 have title for fans of the genre. So yeah, kind 882 00:42:33,599 --> 00:42:35,599 of hearing the excitement has me curious to check this 883 00:42:35,639 --> 00:42:38,119 one out. Ever, have you tried Grime or Grime two? 884 00:42:38,119 --> 00:42:38,880 Any interest in this? 885 00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:41,800 Speaker 2: No, I've said it a few times on the show. 886 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:45,920 I'm not a super metrovenous. They just don't click with 887 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:49,519 me most of the time. So, like, I like seeing 888 00:42:49,559 --> 00:42:51,639 these games come out, and I always like it when 889 00:42:51,639 --> 00:42:54,239 they do well. I think that Silk Song and Hollow 890 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:56,519 Night doing well is like just good for the space 891 00:42:56,599 --> 00:42:59,800 and things like that. But yeah, they're just it's just 892 00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,119 not my favorite genre, So I probably won't play any 893 00:43:02,119 --> 00:43:02,280 of this. 894 00:43:03,519 --> 00:43:05,920 Speaker 1: Yes, and shout outs to fans of the genre that 895 00:43:06,039 --> 00:43:07,920 is the yeah we can get, we can get A 896 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:08,960 mixed bag quote. 897 00:43:08,679 --> 00:43:13,599 Speaker 3: In there next time. Everybody, absolutely, kun go ahead. 898 00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:17,519 Speaker 2: I was thinking a lot about, like, hey, mentorship in 899 00:43:17,559 --> 00:43:20,840 the game's media space and you know, being edited by 900 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:24,039 your peers and getting feedback and things like that. And 901 00:43:24,079 --> 00:43:26,960 I think the fact that we still regularly see fans 902 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,960 of the genre and mixed bag isn't proof that there's 903 00:43:30,039 --> 00:43:33,519 like a lack of mentorship. It's proof that there's no mentorship. 904 00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:38,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, definitely, it's uh, looky. You'll find out one 905 00:43:38,119 --> 00:43:39,679 way or another, and it might be a bunch of 906 00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:42,199 people in the chat of game mes mornings all shouting 907 00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:45,639 because you used a fan of the genre with shay. 908 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:46,760 Speaker 3: I love to see it. 909 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,840 Speaker 1: At this point, I get excited, So keep doing it, everybody, 910 00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:51,760 all right, last couple of stories. 911 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:55,000 Speaker 3: Let's hit this one. A RESTful trails for. 912 00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:59,239 Speaker 1: Yoshihisa Kishimoto, who was one of the creators or the 913 00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:02,719 creator of Kuna kun In Double Dragon, passed away at 914 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:06,800 sixty four. This is from sal Ramano at Kamatsu. Yoshihisa Kishimoto, 915 00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:09,039 creator of the Kunya kun In Double Dragon series, has 916 00:44:09,079 --> 00:44:11,679 died at age sixty four. His son confirmed on Twitter. 917 00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:15,119 This is the son of Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the director of 918 00:44:15,199 --> 00:44:18,000 Kunyo Kun. I'm sharing the notice to inform you that 919 00:44:18,079 --> 00:44:20,800 my father passed away on April second. Please feel free 920 00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:22,760 to contact me at any time for further details. I 921 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:25,639 deeply appreciate all the information shared with Kunya Kun fans 922 00:44:25,679 --> 00:44:26,320 over the years. 923 00:44:26,679 --> 00:44:28,159 Speaker 3: Thank you for your continued support. 924 00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're at that point where the old guard people 925 00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:35,840 responsible for these games are going to start just dying 926 00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:38,960 because they're old now. They are They've passed into an 927 00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:44,159 old generation. And it's weird because I will always remember 928 00:44:44,159 --> 00:44:47,079 a world where Double Dragon was one of the big 929 00:44:47,199 --> 00:44:48,400 game franchises. 930 00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:48,880 Speaker 3: It was. 931 00:44:49,079 --> 00:44:51,559 Speaker 1: There was Mario, there was Zelda, there was Mega Man, 932 00:44:51,599 --> 00:44:54,400 there was Castlevania, there was Double Dragon. It was all 933 00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:58,039 just right there among the top tier. And when a 934 00:44:58,079 --> 00:45:00,440 new Double Dragon came along, it was exciting. When they 935 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:04,440 partnered up with Battle Toads, it was exciting. And you know, 936 00:45:05,199 --> 00:45:07,480 they keep making Double Dragon games, and Kunya kun is 937 00:45:07,559 --> 00:45:10,760 certainly a series that now has a niche fan base, 938 00:45:11,679 --> 00:45:13,880 but it's just it's not that place it once was. 939 00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,159 Speaker 3: And I think the world was better when we were 940 00:45:16,199 --> 00:45:19,599 all into Double Dragon. But yes, Wrestled Trails Takishimoto. 941 00:45:20,159 --> 00:45:22,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, if you've never played any of those games, they 942 00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:27,199 are still fucking cool, Like they're coolest shit. And the 943 00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:31,000 River City Girls games that came out recently are also 944 00:45:31,639 --> 00:45:34,320 really really good and have some incredible music in them. 945 00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,679 So yeah, like just look up the cuneo o kuon 946 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:41,360 wiki and look at the list of like foshy games 947 00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:43,679 on there and all of the fan games and stuff 948 00:45:43,679 --> 00:45:45,199 like that, and just pick one of them and just 949 00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:45,760 try it out. 950 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,599 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a couple of really decent collections, I think 951 00:45:49,679 --> 00:45:50,239 on Switch. 952 00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:52,239 Speaker 3: I mean, there was a lot of platforms, but it's 953 00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:52,639 great to play. 954 00:45:52,679 --> 00:45:57,679 Speaker 1: Play cunokon soccer, play absolutely game. It's a really good game, 955 00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:01,400 all right, last or here. The Mass Effect TV show 956 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:05,079 will reportedly be rewritten to appeal to quote non gamers. 957 00:46:05,159 --> 00:46:08,480 This is from Lewis Parker at Kotaku Alexia. I'm gonna 958 00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:10,320 need your help on this one. Amazon's new head of 959 00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:13,599 Global TV, Peter Friedlander, has requested that the scripts for 960 00:46:13,639 --> 00:46:17,360 the upcoming Mass Effect TV series be rewritten to appeal 961 00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:20,719 to quote non gamers, claims a new report by The Ankler. 962 00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:23,280 Although that may sound like bad news to fans, the 963 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:25,280 flip side is that the production for the series is 964 00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:27,599 reportedly on the verge of starting. 965 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:31,840 Speaker 2: They are we need a total revisch well on the 966 00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:34,320 vergisonic production's. 967 00:46:33,559 --> 00:46:35,159 Speaker 3: Right, yeah, get these words done fast. 968 00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:40,280 Speaker 1: They describe the show as a pricey genre drama, so 969 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,400 it's gonna be a big budget show or whatever. I look, 970 00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:45,760 I know, I guess there's been some reaction to this 971 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:50,360 headline on places like the Mass Effect subreddit Lexi of 972 00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:52,760 being like, oh no, they're gonna they're gonna make the 973 00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:54,719 mistake of not appealing to gamers. 974 00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:58,000 Speaker 3: I don't know what this means, rewrite to. 975 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:01,599 Speaker 1: Appeal to non gamers. Why was the show? Like, in 976 00:47:01,639 --> 00:47:04,800 what way was it appealing to gamers? What does that mean? 977 00:47:05,559 --> 00:47:09,480 Speaker 2: Because in a lot of ways, the thing that makes 978 00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:15,360 Mass Effects so appealing is the interpersonal drama, right, which 979 00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:22,760 is so core tove filament. Yeah, it's just conversations. It's 980 00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:27,159 law and conversations and backstory, which makes up a lot 981 00:47:27,199 --> 00:47:28,599 of filmmaking. 982 00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:30,800 Speaker 3: The show, and this one as well, Like, is that 983 00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:33,199 what we're talking about here? That's the band and service. 984 00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:33,960 I don't get it. 985 00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:36,280 Speaker 2: It was actually the two guys from Amia two show 986 00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:38,599 up and they were like, listen, only gamers will understand this, 987 00:47:39,119 --> 00:47:39,559 all right. 988 00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:41,519 Speaker 3: Never mind, we got to protect them, then we got 989 00:47:41,559 --> 00:47:42,559 to get that. Yeah. 990 00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,719 Speaker 1: Just to me, I view this as I don't see 991 00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:48,559 why it needed to appeal to game. Just make a 992 00:47:48,599 --> 00:47:50,440 really good mass effect story and if you do that, 993 00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:52,679 you have a good sci fi show, and that would 994 00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:54,840 be the sign that would appeal. 995 00:47:54,559 --> 00:47:56,559 Speaker 3: To the audience that liked mass effects. 996 00:47:56,599 --> 00:47:59,079 Speaker 4: So I'm just confused what this reads. 997 00:47:59,079 --> 00:48:02,920 Speaker 2: OS is soone who really liked the mass effect games 998 00:48:03,199 --> 00:48:06,440 wrote this show and understood that it's like hard sci 999 00:48:06,440 --> 00:48:09,719 fi with a lot of like weird fucking space aliens 1000 00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:14,079 and everything, maybe codex index. And then someone from Amazon 1001 00:48:14,159 --> 00:48:16,880 read it and was like, that's some video am shit, 1002 00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:17,960 that's way too complicated. 1003 00:48:18,039 --> 00:48:20,320 Speaker 1: Make it more seifle, right, this is code for make 1004 00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:22,480 it less weird. You're right, it could be. 1005 00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:25,480 Speaker 2: That it And like I do think it is basically 1006 00:48:25,559 --> 00:48:28,559 just like, hey, spend less time explaining the stuff about 1007 00:48:28,559 --> 00:48:31,039 how the species breathe and all this different stuff, the 1008 00:48:31,079 --> 00:48:33,280 stuff that is really fucking cool and mass effect of 1009 00:48:33,639 --> 00:48:36,519 you know, there is there's non carbon life forms in 1010 00:48:36,559 --> 00:48:38,800 mass Effect and it's really fucking cool how they write 1011 00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:42,280 that stuff. But like I can see an Amazon you know, 1012 00:48:42,639 --> 00:48:45,639 exec reading that and being like, well, we don't have 1013 00:48:45,679 --> 00:48:48,599 time to explain that, and we don't want to bore 1014 00:48:48,679 --> 00:48:50,639 people with that, which is very funny when you can 1015 00:48:50,639 --> 00:48:53,360 consider that one of Apple TV's most popular shows is 1016 00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:54,239 for All Mankind. 1017 00:48:54,639 --> 00:49:00,719 Speaker 4: But you know, so yeah. 1018 00:48:59,159 --> 00:49:01,000 Speaker 3: From it can't get we After a while I stopped. 1019 00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:02,920 Speaker 1: I'm like, well and think it we just like it's 1020 00:49:03,079 --> 00:49:05,880 interest were did not overlap with mine as much. They're 1021 00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,719 like the we're gonna go so far into the interpersonal 1022 00:49:09,079 --> 00:49:10,800 drama that we're gonna stop talking. 1023 00:49:10,519 --> 00:49:11,159 Speaker 3: About the moon. 1024 00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:13,360 Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, well, I want to go back to 1025 00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:14,719 the moon and see what that's all about. 1026 00:49:16,079 --> 00:49:21,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, we'll see. 1027 00:49:22,159 --> 00:49:24,079 Speaker 1: I mean, what can you do for me in like, 1028 00:49:24,159 --> 00:49:28,920 let's say the next hour or so, LEXI. It turns 1029 00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:31,320 out that's exactly when they'll be wrapping around the moon. 1030 00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:33,440 I think that's when the broadcast starts. That's incredible. 1031 00:49:34,239 --> 00:49:35,360 Speaker 3: All right, I'm. 1032 00:49:35,119 --> 00:49:37,039 Speaker 1: Gonna check out this massive X show because I think 1033 00:49:37,079 --> 00:49:39,480 Amazon's had a decent hit rate with like Fallout and 1034 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:40,000 some stuff. 1035 00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:41,360 Speaker 3: They're working on a lot. 1036 00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:44,599 Speaker 1: Of video game property, like adaptations the tomb Raider one 1037 00:49:45,119 --> 00:49:48,960 apparently pause because Sophie Turner, that's the actor. Yeah, she 1038 00:49:49,039 --> 00:49:51,760 got she got hurt, so they pause, but it's like, Oh, 1039 00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:54,480 they're making that. They're making this. We'll see apparently this 1040 00:49:54,519 --> 00:49:55,960 is going to start, whether they have the script ready 1041 00:49:56,079 --> 00:49:56,280 or not. 1042 00:49:56,639 --> 00:49:58,440 Speaker 4: What's that they got a wall thing? 1043 00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:00,559 Speaker 3: Yeah, God, that's right, that's the as well. 1044 00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:02,400 Speaker 4: Jeff Baklas, God of War. 1045 00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:07,679 Speaker 1: Exactly, man, he does. I really wish him and did 1046 00:50:07,679 --> 00:50:08,840 would have gone as those two for. 1047 00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:12,119 Speaker 4: Pass but you could have gone to producer credit. 1048 00:50:12,639 --> 00:50:16,239 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. Incredible. All right, that does it for the headlines. 1049 00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:19,119 Let's start wrapping the show up. Thank you everybody. We 1050 00:50:19,199 --> 00:50:22,039 have no poll question from last week because we did 1051 00:50:22,079 --> 00:50:24,599 do the Bomb twelve, So let's remind you that the 1052 00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:28,000 updated Bomb twelve is upon giant bomb dot com right now. 1053 00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:29,079 Speaker 3: If you scroll down. 1054 00:50:29,079 --> 00:50:31,079 Speaker 1: By going to that website, you can see the Bomb 1055 00:50:31,119 --> 00:50:33,039 twelve from last week, as well as a vote here 1056 00:50:33,159 --> 00:50:35,079 link on the left hand side. You click on that, 1057 00:50:35,199 --> 00:50:37,599 it will take you to a Google form where you 1058 00:50:37,599 --> 00:50:40,039 could submit your game to be considered for the Bomb twelve. 1059 00:50:40,039 --> 00:50:43,280 When we wrap up this week, looking forward to doing 1060 00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:46,800 all that. As always, we do have a new poll question, 1061 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:48,960 which we'll get to in a second. Before we do that, though, 1062 00:50:49,039 --> 00:50:51,079 Lex Luddy, why don't you tell people where they can 1063 00:50:51,119 --> 00:50:53,199 find you on the internet, what you have going on 1064 00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:54,679 and all of that good stuff. 1065 00:50:55,679 --> 00:50:59,519 Speaker 2: Apparently you can find me on blue Sky at lexload 1066 00:50:59,679 --> 00:51:03,519 dot xyz, but that website seems fucked right now. It's 1067 00:51:03,639 --> 00:51:08,960 so yeah, dog, turns out vibe coding your entire fucking 1068 00:51:09,039 --> 00:51:10,960 website causes some problems. 1069 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:11,920 Speaker 4: Who would have thunk it? 1070 00:51:12,519 --> 00:51:16,400 Speaker 3: Yeah weird, So yeah you will. 1071 00:51:16,559 --> 00:51:18,400 Speaker 2: You may be able to find me there or maybe 1072 00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:22,239 other places soon if something else crops up, and you 1073 00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:24,480 can check out startmanu dot co dot uk if you 1074 00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:26,920 want to see a bunch of new and emerging talented 1075 00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:30,920 voices in the gaming space. You can also check out 1076 00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:33,519 some of my writing over at gamer Guides. 1077 00:51:33,559 --> 00:51:35,840 Speaker 4: I'm doing reviews and previews for those folks. 1078 00:51:36,199 --> 00:51:39,239 Speaker 2: I'm working on some interviews for Shaq News over this week. 1079 00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:42,079 So yeah, lots of cool stuff going on at the moment. 1080 00:51:42,159 --> 00:51:46,400 Speaker 1: Keep them busy, excellent, love to hear it, love having 1081 00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:49,280 you on. We'll make it happen again soon. Let's do 1082 00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:52,400 this new poll question which I have written down here. Yeah, 1083 00:51:52,519 --> 00:51:55,519 just grade the Super Mario Galaxy movie. If you saw it, 1084 00:51:55,639 --> 00:51:58,159 do you want to give it an ABCD or lower. 1085 00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:02,599 I'm interested to see the results because, like definitely. Talking 1086 00:52:02,639 --> 00:52:04,840 with people online, I'm like, yeah, I think The Movies 1087 00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:06,400 is a poorly mood made. 1088 00:52:06,199 --> 00:52:08,079 Speaker 3: A bad movie, and I enjoyed it. 1089 00:52:08,159 --> 00:52:12,239 Speaker 1: And there's people for whom that that's it's like actively 1090 00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:14,320 bad to think that way, like if you like it, 1091 00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:17,159 it's good, and I just that's not how I approach 1092 00:52:17,199 --> 00:52:19,880 these things. And I'm perfectly happy to accept a movie 1093 00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:21,960 being bad and be able to find the good in it, 1094 00:52:22,079 --> 00:52:25,119 especially if it's trying to deliver something specifically for me, 1095 00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:28,519 which is this movie is trying to do. But I'll 1096 00:52:28,559 --> 00:52:31,039 be interested to see how the wider audience reacts. I 1097 00:52:31,079 --> 00:52:33,920 bet we're gonna have a pretty spread out response here. 1098 00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:34,920 That would be my prediction. 1099 00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:38,760 Speaker 2: Lexi, what do you think It depends if the algorithm 1100 00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:40,679 picks this up and the phonies get a hold of it. 1101 00:52:41,159 --> 00:52:44,880 Speaker 1: Okay, that's different, right, that's different. We get it. When 1102 00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:46,519 you look at Fox McLoud, you get it. Can the 1103 00:52:46,559 --> 00:52:49,559 Shepherd's headline over there at Kotaku once again just saying 1104 00:52:49,559 --> 00:52:50,559 what we're all thinking. 1105 00:52:51,039 --> 00:52:54,000 Speaker 3: He's free. But when I look at Fox McLoud, we 1106 00:52:54,119 --> 00:52:56,559 get it. Thank you for listening. 1107 00:52:56,800 --> 00:53:00,360 Speaker 5: Yes, the classic not a furry but you. 1108 00:53:03,679 --> 00:53:06,159 Speaker 1: Look, everybody, it's it's a good time over here at 1109 00:53:06,159 --> 00:53:09,000 Giant Bomb. I think we should, we should say what's 1110 00:53:09,039 --> 00:53:11,960 happening on this website. In fact, so later today we 1111 00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:15,760 should be doing more Monday Mornings missed with Mitch. Don't 1112 00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:17,840 think there's any reason we cannot, but yes, well we'll 1113 00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:20,519 let you know for sure here in a little bit. Well, 1114 00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:22,519 we should have a couple of quick looks going up 1115 00:53:22,519 --> 00:53:24,519 here pretty soon. It was pretty busy with packs and 1116 00:53:24,559 --> 00:53:27,440 everything last weekend, but now that we were back and 1117 00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:29,400 sort of all recovered, I think we should be able 1118 00:53:29,440 --> 00:53:30,280 to kind of get back on. 1119 00:53:30,199 --> 00:53:30,719 Speaker 3: Top of that. 1120 00:53:31,199 --> 00:53:34,000 Speaker 1: And then you know, expect Blake Club, expect your voicemail, 1121 00:53:34,039 --> 00:53:36,679 dump trucks, your upfs, a few other fun things will 1122 00:53:36,679 --> 00:53:38,119 be popping off here pretty soon. 1123 00:53:39,039 --> 00:53:40,239 Speaker 3: And then a new episode. 1124 00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:44,000 Speaker 5: Yeah me and Jan Yeah, we've been doing some sweeping, 1125 00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:48,840 some dusting time. It should be time. As long as 1126 00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:51,920 servers don't break and our schedules are both still good. 1127 00:53:52,199 --> 00:53:57,079 Poke Monday Night Combat should be returning for launch day Wednesday, 1128 00:53:57,119 --> 00:54:00,480 April eighth, at noon Eastern, and then we'll decide when 1129 00:54:00,559 --> 00:54:03,360 the regularly scheduled programming will be after that. 1130 00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:11,320 Speaker 1: Who can say a lex who can say excellent? 1131 00:54:11,360 --> 00:54:13,400 Speaker 3: I'm looking forward to it. 1132 00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:16,039 Speaker 1: Turns out that's the secret. 1133 00:54:16,039 --> 00:54:17,960 Speaker 3: All the shows are missed. That's where the money so much. 1134 00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:21,000 Speaker 5: If it should be fun, everything we've been seeing looks good, 1135 00:54:21,119 --> 00:54:23,400 sounds good, So I'm looking forward to hopping in there 1136 00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:25,320 with Chan excellent. 1137 00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:26,559 Speaker 3: I'm looking forward to watching. 1138 00:54:26,639 --> 00:54:28,760 Speaker 1: I might play along at home and see if I 1139 00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:31,679 can find some fun from it because I enjoy Pokemon 1140 00:54:31,719 --> 00:54:34,360 Combat in terms of the actual system. But I don't 1141 00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:36,119 know if I'll be able to keep up with y'all, 1142 00:54:36,159 --> 00:54:40,079 so we'll see. All right, that is the schedule out 1143 00:54:40,079 --> 00:54:41,679 of the way. I think we need to just kind 1144 00:54:41,679 --> 00:54:44,400 of get get out of this show and say Lex Luddie, 1145 00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:46,159 thank you so much for hanging out with me today 1146 00:54:46,199 --> 00:54:47,360 and talking about video games. 1147 00:54:47,599 --> 00:54:48,639 Speaker 3: I really appreciate it. 1148 00:54:49,199 --> 00:54:52,760 Speaker 2: Web always lovely hanging out and always nice to chat 1149 00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:56,760 with Chahn beforehand. Much better company if we're being honest. 1150 00:54:57,280 --> 00:54:58,920 Speaker 3: Oh I get it. Yeah, I agree. 1151 00:54:59,639 --> 00:55:01,880 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you Sean for producing. We appreciate it. 1152 00:55:02,039 --> 00:55:04,320 Thank you everybody for watching and listening. You are the 1153 00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:06,800 best audience in gaming. Until next time, I have a 1154 00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:13,760 good one, Take care of yourself and goodbye.