WEBVTT 1 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:28.879 Hello, and welcome to Game Spot After Dark, episode ninety four. 2 00:00:29.079 --> 00:00:33.039 It's a very exciting episode because we've got so many 3 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:35.520 games to talk about, but also because we are joined 4 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:39.079 by an extremely special guest, a good friend of ours 5 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:44.560 and a an incredible advocate within the industry, one and 6 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:46.759 only Steven Spawn. How are you doing? 7 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:52.719 Okay? But I have a question before we get started, 8 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:55.240 like this is after dark, but clearly all of us 9 00:00:55.240 --> 00:01:00.479 are in daylight. Yeah. The giant window behind me as 10 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:02.399 a light portal behind her. Yeah. 11 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:04.319 So the way the way we're coming at this, I 12 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:08.000 think we've decided is is the world is the darkness 13 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:12.319 and we are the light within it, and these podcasts 14 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:14.599 are an attempt to get to the place that is 15 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:21.920 after the dark. Oh damn, exactly. There you go, Dann 16 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:27.079 as a someone mocking hit me up. I know that. 17 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:30.879 This is like the thing that I love and hate 18 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:33.680 about some more is that he can pull something like 19 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:35.439 that out of his ass. 20 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:36.480 With no preparation. 21 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:40.840 And it's like like his death Loop preview that he 22 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:43.560 wrote the other day. It's like he's messaging with me 23 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:45.280 going like I'm really tired, I don't know how I'm 24 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:46.920 going to do this, And then he writes, just like 25 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:49.879 this beautiful copy about death loop, and I was like 26 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:52.760 I wish I was like, I wish I could write 27 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:53.079 like this. 28 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:59.280 Well that that very complimentary voice was of course James 29 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:03.760 Hi see. And we are also joined by the Maestro himself, 30 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:07.760 Jean Luke Saiki Maestro. Wow, I'm calling you the Maestro. 31 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:10.439 Now that's your new name. You're getting Maestro. 32 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:12.080 I'll take yes. 33 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:12.759 Yeah. 34 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:16.479 So this is a special episode obviously because we're gonna 35 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:18.919 have an announcement. But first to set up the announcement, 36 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:22.280 we have a traditional segment which we're gonna go through, 37 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:31.800 the Chris from Dayton, Ohio segment. Roll the sting Chris, So, Stephen, 38 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:34.240 if you're not aware, I mean like at this point 39 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:36.199 most people are aware, but I'm gonna do the spield anyway, 40 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:38.599 we have a segment in which first timers on our 41 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.759 podcast have to explain who they are, what they do, 42 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:44.639 the games and things that they love and keep coming 43 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:48.199 back to, and effectively encapsulate their whole lives in existence 44 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:52.080 and tastes in about let's say three two, let's say 45 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:55.560 like five to ten minutes ish. And this is because 46 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:58.879 someone from Chris from Dayton, Ohio emailed in and said, 47 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:01.000 I don't really know any of you, so can you 48 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:01.800 explain who you are? 49 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:05.520 I believe his words were like, I'm enjoying the podcast, 50 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:06.919 but I don't know who the hell you guys are. 51 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:11.840 So in his honor, we've created the christ from Day 52 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:13.840 and a higher segments. So Steven, tell us a little 53 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:14.599 bit about yourself. 54 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:21.159 So like, that's like a very existential question. Yeah, who oh, no, 55 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:27.000 hold on, hold on while I go through therapy real quick. Gosh. Well, 56 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:29.919 so my name is Steve. I am a gaming with disabilities. 57 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:32.879 You often see me running around the internet playing games 58 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:34.800 with a hot on my head and the mouse in 59 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:37.479 my hands because I can't use a keyboard or controller. 60 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:40.759 I use assistive technology to help me play video games, 61 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:44.120 often on Twitch. Five nights per week I'm doing that 62 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:48.680 and during the daytime, I'm the CEO of able Gamers. Generally, 63 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:50.479 you've probably have heard about us. We tend to do 64 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:53.400 okay things here and there. Usually has to deal with 65 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:56.360 people with disabilities, sometimes cats, as much as I can 66 00:03:56.439 --> 00:04:00.840 put them in cats because cats are great. Basically, my 67 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:05.240 day is pretty much filled with back end stuff and 68 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:08.919 making sure that we're giving out as much technology as 69 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:10.960 we can to people with disabilities who just want to 70 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:13.879 play games like the rest of us. It sounds like 71 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:16.680 either the best job or the most boring job, depending 72 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:18.720 on which side if you're looking at the excel side 73 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:20.560 of the job or you're looking at the going and 74 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.480 helping children side of the job, and you'd be right 75 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:28.000 either way. But it's really pretty great. I you know, 76 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:30.680 who I am as a person outside of all that 77 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:33.199 is really just a guy that's trying to make the 78 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:36.720 world a better place. So you know, where Lucy and 79 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:40.279 Tam have known me forever is basically where I'm usually 80 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:43.399 running around doing interviews with you know, kind of funny 81 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:46.560 or doing some kind of shenanigans where I'm just trying 82 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:51.680 to convince people to be better people. My entire persona 83 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:54.319 is generally telling people they need to have empathy and 84 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:56.560 care about other people, and that comes into real handy 85 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:58.560 with a job where you're trying to help disable people 86 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:02.079 to get into video game. Really, it's a it's a 87 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:05.279 great uh space that we all love in video games. 88 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:07.959 It's something that we all can connect with and enjoy. 89 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:14.240 My favorite taste is white pizza, yummy, delicious. Yeah, and 90 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:19.839 also kit Cats kick cats are also delicious. 91 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:24.040 Kit Kat, please sponsor Steve and Able Gamers. Yeah, I 92 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:26.360 think it's probably you said it well there, but it's 93 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:29.519 probably worth restating for people who might not be aware 94 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:32.639 of the impact that the stuff that able Gamers is having, Like, 95 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:36.920 not only is it making video gamings accessible to a 96 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:42.879 lot of people, but also in a time when you know, 97 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:45.560 off the back of the advocacy and the raising awareness 98 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:48.920 around it from both able gamers and other places as well, 99 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:51.839 in a time when the video game industry is trying 100 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:55.600 and is getting better at looking at the accessibility of 101 00:05:55.720 --> 00:06:00.639 their games. You know, an organization like aable game and 102 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:04.680 Steve as a person becomes more vital to the games 103 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:07.639 that you play and how they're designed and how they're developed. 104 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.600 So not only is it is it you know, important 105 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:14.319 for people to be access to games, but Able Gamers 106 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:17.800 and Steve's efforts and Steve's team's efforts are changing the 107 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:20.360 way games are made to make sure that it's not 108 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:23.199 just a matter of how can someone interface with this, 109 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:25.519 it's a matter of how can we from the ground 110 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:28.160 up look at our video game experience and keep in 111 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:30.439 mind that there are people that come from all walks 112 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.480 of lives and backgrounds and have different needs that can 113 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:36.560 play it, and that is just an incredible force for 114 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:39.519 good within the industry. So thank you for doing that. 115 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:41.639 And I'm sure everyone who's listening to this will also 116 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:46.800 appreciate the effort you're putting in. Now more importantly, before 117 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:48.879 we started this, you sent an email when we were 118 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:51.040 talking about what we should talk about, and you said, 119 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:53.839 why are cat's so cute? And now that now that 120 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:58.399 I've been appointed at seemingly the host of the show, 121 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:02.720 I can make that happen. So the question is, here's 122 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:06.480 the challenge. What part of a cat do you look 123 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:08.759 at and makes you go, holy shit, that is the 124 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:09.720 cutest thing I seen? 125 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:10.079 Is it? 126 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:12.680 There's a cat on screen right now? Is it like then? 127 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:15.040 Because some people are like, I really like the nose, 128 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:18.600 the nose of kitties. Some people are like the little 129 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:21.959 booty their bums when they're like getting ready to attack someone. 130 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:24.279 Some people like it's the eyes or the ears. What 131 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:26.279 is it for you that when you look at each 132 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:27.800 of you, when you look at a cat, you're like, 133 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:30.439 oh my god, how will we blessed with such a creature? 134 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:35.920 M Oh, the fuzziness. Cats have to be super fuzzy, 135 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:39.759 Like I realized there's hairless cats out there, and remember, 136 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:42.319 if you are owner of a hairless cat, please send 137 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:45.160 all of that angry email to Lucy James. 138 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:54.600 Oh I wish, like genuinely, I have wanted nothing more 139 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:57.800 than a cat just for the last few years, like 140 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:02.600 the cat that we had. So my family kind of 141 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:06.000 gets into the habit of getting old rescue cats who 142 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:08.000 we think will be around for like five years, but 143 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:11.040 we'll live for an extra ten out of spite. And 144 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:14.680 so we had this cat called Kick, and Kick was 145 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:17.279 like on paper, the worst cat you could get. Like 146 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:19.279 I came home one time and my mom was like 147 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:22.240 in the corner batting him off with the dining chair 148 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:24.000 because the cat was just like kissing your her for 149 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:26.639 the whole time. But he died when I was about 150 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:30.079 twenty one, and since then and it's almost ten years 151 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:32.519 later at this point, I'm like, I just want a cat, 152 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:36.519 Like I'm following Gimme Shelter in San Francisco on Instagram 153 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:38.679 to see when the next cat's going to be available. 154 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:43.080 My partner Zach, like his roommate's cat is like my 155 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:47.159 sort of surrogate cat that I have legitimate tried to 156 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:49.919 steal on more than one occasion. So don't be so steep. 157 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:51.519 Don't be telling people that I'm out here. 158 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:52.039 As a cat. 159 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:57.399 I have got the receipts. Just today, I was feeling 160 00:08:57.440 --> 00:09:02.519 a little bit down and I texted my friend Cat 161 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:08.559 and Cat messaged me a video of their cats, because 162 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:10.720 they have two cats. One is called Scully and the 163 00:09:10.799 --> 00:09:14.879 other one is called Rick. And yeah, did little voice 164 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:18.639 ever going, Hey, say hi to Lucy, so love me 165 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:19.279 a cat. 166 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:21.360 Every now and every now and then I get a 167 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:24.559 video from Cat of their cats, and I'm like, this 168 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:27.799 is the best, is so good, But you didn't answer 169 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:30.159 the question, Lucy, so thank you for wasting everyone's time. 170 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:34.720 It's the eyes, eyes and ears. And then because my 171 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:36.559 favorite thing to do with a cat is like every 172 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:38.799 that sounds weird, but whenever I see a cat for 173 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:41.399 the first time, I always do the kind of there's 174 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:44.639 no way to introduce yourself to a cat formerly, so 175 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:46.559 I just like hold out my fingers so they can 176 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:49.120 sniff it, and just that sounds weird again, but like 177 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:52.919 so they can kind of understand that you are introducing yourself, 178 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:54.679 and then that's when they usually kind of just like 179 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:55.200 I know. 180 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:59.840 What you're talking about a full dress attire the CA 181 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:01.240 I'm like, hello, sir. 182 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:07.840 I do the same put your finger out to let 183 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:11.200 them smell it on every day I've been to. So 184 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:19.639 that's probably why I'm singles. So we've got the fuzziness 185 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:22.919 from Steve, We've got the eyes from Lucy Jean Luke, 186 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.799 you're up. What is your what is your tell us 187 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:27.200 a cat story? And also what is the part of 188 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:28.039 the cat that you're like. 189 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:31.159 Well, my cat's story is that I am unfortunately allergic 190 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:37.639 to cats. To be fair, it's it's a hit or miss. 191 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:41.080 So I've been to some friends where if I'm there 192 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:44.120 for more than like thirty minutes, my eyes get all 193 00:10:44.159 --> 00:10:46.480 puffy and my notes gets stuffy, and I'm like, I 194 00:10:46.679 --> 00:10:50.600 need to leave because you're just not having a good time. 195 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:52.919 But there are other friends I've gone to where I 196 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:56.799 am perfectly fine, And so I've also been wanting a 197 00:10:56.799 --> 00:10:58.600 cat for a while, but I have to do that 198 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.559 extra step of the research to find I have to 199 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:03.480 like go I basically will need to like go to 200 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:05.320 a place and like hang out with that cat for 201 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:08.000 like thirty minutes, yeah, and like see if we're cool 202 00:11:08.039 --> 00:11:09.879 with each other. And if we are, then it's like 203 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:12.120 all right, I mean, I guess you. 204 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:12.840 I know that. 205 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:16.759 You know some breeds of dog are hypoalergenic, so maybe 206 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:21.080 it's the same for cats. But then that's weird if 207 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:23.799 you think about it. It's like humans of bread animals 208 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:27.440 so that we're not allergic to them. Yeah yeah, people, 209 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:30.159 wait wait wait, hairless cat. 210 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:34.200 See now, I'm not like that hairless cat. My partner 211 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:36.279 was like, hairless cat, we can go that, and I'm like, no, 212 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:37.679 I can't. I can't. 213 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:40.720 I've never seen I've never seen a hairless cat that 214 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:41.960 doesn't look furious. 215 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:47.679 So I respect them, but I can't. I need, I need, 216 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:50.559 I need the fluffiness. But for me, it's the it's 217 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:53.840 the pause. It's the little tobeans on a cat. I 218 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:56.919 love me some good little little paws, some little tobeans. 219 00:11:57.200 --> 00:11:59.720 They're just so cute and you want to, like velvety 220 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:01.440 and you touch them, but you shouldn't because they get 221 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:02.000 mad about it. 222 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:06.159 But yeah, I mean bellies as well, Like you have 223 00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:08.279 to be on really good terms with the cat to well. 224 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:10.240 You just have to realize that it's a trip and 225 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:13.960 it's like, uh, it's a curvyushy maroon. Right, you're never 226 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:15.720 gonna win because it's like, oh, you got to put 227 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:17.720 it exactly two and three quarters time. 228 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:20.799 Either way, Yeah, exactly. Yeah. I was gonna say the 229 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:23.919 toes as well, the little paws, but since that's taken, 230 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:27.840 I will say, my cat has this thing where sometimes 231 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:30.519 she'll forget, she'll forget to put her tongue back in 232 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:32.320 her mouth. A lot of cats do it where she 233 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:34.440 would just be like walking around and her tongue still 234 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:37.120 in her mouth, and I usually remind her that it's 235 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:39.960 there by just like it's always like hanging out a bit. 236 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:42.679 So I just like boining it a bit, and it'll 237 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:44.639 like it would just like flap a bit, and then 238 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:46.080 she'll be like, all right, I get it. Put the 239 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:49.720 put the put the tongue back in the mouth. But yeah, 240 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:53.240 I think I think we've thoroughly figured out why cats 241 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:57.240 are cute. It's the fuzziness, it's the eyes, it's the toes, 242 00:12:57.440 --> 00:13:00.039 and it's when they have their little tongue out. So 243 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:03.879 I think scientific work has been done here. 244 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:04.559 Case closed. 245 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:07.679 We did, we solved done. 246 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:12.240 Now that we've scientifically figured out how cats make us 247 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:16.519 there swoon for them and make us their their pets 248 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:20.200 in reality. Let's move on to what we've been doing 249 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:26.799 and playing. So Steven, uh, what you've been up to, 250 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:29.080 what you've been playing, what you've been enjoying lately? We 251 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:31.440 say what we've been playing, but it could be anything. If, 252 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:34.519 like you, you've eaten a good, you know, particular meal, 253 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:37.799 that counts. If you've if you've looked at the starry 254 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:40.919 sky and notice one particular stars and it moved you, 255 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:42.919 that counts like anything and everything. 256 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:46.080 I don't think those are video games, but yeah, yeah, 257 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:51.799 a weird podcast, so yeah, don't free to use that 258 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:57.639 in marketingals. So uh no for games. I have been 259 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:00.480 loving Outriders, have been doing a long lot of time 260 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:04.360 into that. Actually I did, like a lot of people, 261 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:08.559 I did, jumped into the Mass Effect Legendary edition, and 262 00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:12.639 I spent five and a half hours with my friend 263 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:15.039 Dylan or Rudism as a lot of people know him, 264 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:17.759 who does all those weird controllers on the internet that 265 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:20.279 like playing with a bagel for those of you who 266 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:23.159 may with the guy but no, no his name, that's Rudism. Uh. 267 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:29.120 Where we literally reset the game's accessibility, which wow, yeah 268 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:30.759 it was. There was a lot of files in there, 269 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:33.480 that we had to tackle and uh but took us 270 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:35.840 five hours. After that, we we've figured out how to 271 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:37.840 get me to be able to play it. So it 272 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:41.600 was exciting. Uh yeah. And then other than that, there's 273 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:45.440 my little bit of backlog. I feel like I'm starting 274 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:47.720 to ac crew because there's actually some good games out there, 275 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:50.840 like Subnatica that I want to get to, that just 276 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:53.399 seems to be this this ongoing thing. And then you know, 277 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:56.679 we're in We're in summer, so hot Game Summer is 278 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:59.759 upon us, so we're gonna end up four and more games, right. 279 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:01.559 Yeah. 280 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:03.200 Do you do you find I don't know about the 281 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:05.200 rest of you. Do you find yourself kind of preparing 282 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:08.039 for Hot Game Summer by like taking your foot off 283 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:10.279 the gas on games, because I sometimes do that where 284 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:12.519 I'm like I'm gonna I almost like I don't do 285 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:15.080 it consciously. I feel like I start playing less games 286 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:18.399 as hot game Summer as it's now been coined by 287 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:23.039 by Steve that's the official term for its as Hot 288 00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:26.159 Game Summer appears like I'm just like I'm gonna slow down, 289 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:29.600 or I'll play games that are like repeat games like 290 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:32.399 Overwatch or something like that. I mean recently, and like 291 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:34.200 I count Mass Effect as that, I don't feel like 292 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:37.279 I'm playing a new experience in a way I am, 293 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:40.039 but like I'm done with I'm almost done with Resident Evil, 294 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:42.080 but that will be the last new game I think 295 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:44.120 I'm getting into. Is that the same for you or 296 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:46.879 do you find yourself like building up to it by 297 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:52.440 keep going and new new experiences. You're asking, You're asking 298 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:54.679 the team, I'm asking everyone. You know, I was going 299 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:56.480 to see who. I was going to see who who? 300 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:02.159 Everyone's here. I'm like, I want to hear her take go. 301 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:03.879 Yeah. Yeah. 302 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:09.360 So the minute I took my little break before Hot 303 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:12.360 Game summer, just when I came back to the UK, 304 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:14.960 actually because that's when Dave and I did all Fast 305 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:17.759 and Furious movies most of Mission Impossible. We have one 306 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:21.320 more to go, and so instead of like playing games 307 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:23.679 the whole time, we were just watching movies, which is 308 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:26.919 a nice kind of break. But then Resident Evil came 309 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:30.120 out and I got way into that. I liked tim 310 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:32.320 Will was finished, but I'm at the end bit where 311 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:36.360 it's kind of going off the rails a little bit. 312 00:16:36.720 --> 00:16:40.080 It's doing that in classic Resident Evil thing, and so 313 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:42.039 I'm kind of doing that, but also then mass Efect 314 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:45.799 came out, and so now I've swung the other way 315 00:16:45.919 --> 00:16:49.080 where it's just a lot of gaming, and so. 316 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:55.879 Yeah, I think mine is just the opposite because I 317 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:58.679 never played any of the mass effects at all. So 318 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:00.639 I have a little of a have an idea of 319 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:03.080 what happened with three as I watched the YouTube video 320 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:05.559 with different endings, but it's been washed out of my 321 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:07.480 brain since then, so I really have no idea what's 322 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:07.759 going on. 323 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:13.119 Was was the ending of three the only mass effect that's. 324 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:17.200 Literally the only thing I ever saw of So I've 325 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:19.160 got like a whole bunch of catching up to do 326 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:21.960 because the accessibility when it first came out was so 327 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:26.519 true to it. So now we've been able to hack 328 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:28.799 it and make it better, so it's accessible to me now, 329 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:31.880 and you know, we're gonna actually put out some of 330 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:34.000 those files so the other people who are in my 331 00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:36.559 similar situation will be able to play as well, which is, 332 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:38.920 you know, great. I wish they had included some more 333 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:41.680 accessibility that would have been nice, But yeah, I think 334 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:45.000 that's kind of where the industry's going and kind of 335 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:48.359 where able gamers is helping push. With a lot of 336 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:52.880 good advocates out there where you know, maybe the company 337 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:56.240 themselves haven't thought of the accessibility, but someone's figured a 338 00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:59.400 way around it, and now suddenly there's you know, somebody 339 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:01.599 built a MP on top of a staircase and you 340 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:04.119 can get you to wheelsher up there now. So it 341 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:07.480 kind of allows access to these properties that everybody has 342 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:09.880 been talking about for the last decade that you could 343 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:12.880 never access. Suddenly you have the ability to go play them. 344 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:15.519 And also because I love to jump around on subjects 345 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.880 because people love that and podcasts. Also my favorite interactions 346 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:22.720 with Lissy was she was dealing the review of Fast 347 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.519 and Furious. Seriously, it was just her putting up takes 348 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.519 and me answering her. 349 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:31.599 It was great, I honestly like because I loved that too. 350 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:33.079 And I think that's one of the big things that 351 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:36.200 kind of prompted me to watch Fast and Furious is 352 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:40.160 because I've just seen this community of people and you know, 353 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:43.279 within my friends but definitely online just like become so 354 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:45.720 obsessed with Fast and Viewous and I never understood why 355 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:49.079 because I don'ly ever seen like bits and pieces of 356 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:51.119 it here and I thought, oh, this is just movies 357 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:53.880 about cars. It's not this movie that movie is about 358 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:56.839 family and now, Yeah, I'm in I'm in. 359 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:04.960 Quarter million exactly, Luke. I know you live your life 360 00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:07.279 a quarter amlet of time, but how do you live? 361 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:09.039 How do you live your life in the lead up 362 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:10.240 to Hot Game Summer A. 363 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:12.920 Hot Game Summer. Yeah, I've actually have been. I've been 364 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:15.839 slowing down a little bit. I feel like we've been 365 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:19.240 getting more into like TV and and stuff. Actually, like 366 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:24.720 I because of Lucy. I actually also introduced my girlfriend 367 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:27.279 to Fast and Furious and she's watching all of them, 368 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:33.640 so I text it, what do you want to We 369 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:36.079 just finished five is where. 370 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:40.240 We left off, so this is where it's really that's. 371 00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:45.359 Where it really gets good. Yeah, I guess I don't 372 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:48.039 really have like a like you said, like a subconscious plan. 373 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:50.799 I just kind of, I don't know, go with the 374 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:54.279 flow like I. It really is like you know, end 375 00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:56.039 of the day rolls around and I'm just like, what 376 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:58.799 am I feeling at this exact moment? My feeling a 377 00:19:58.839 --> 00:19:59.839 game and I feeling anime? 378 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:00.440 I don't. 379 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:05.000 I try and keep myself somewhat organized, but like I 380 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:08.799 think I I am so unorganized in my organization that 381 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:12.519 I think I have like five different like lists of 382 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:15.039 like things to watch and play that I like immediately 383 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:16.559 forget I made that list and I just go and 384 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:18.640 make a new one, and it's like always different. So 385 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:22.000 I'm just I've kind of given up just sort of 386 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:23.119 do what I'm feeling. 387 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:26.319 That that is exactly what Notion is for. That's what 388 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:29.839 you get for. Notion takes those lists and makes them 389 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:34.400 manageable and gives you super editing capabilities and unless you 390 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:38.000 customize boards to yourself, I've got a board callse this 391 00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:44.160 episode is I've got I've gotten a board called Consumption Junction, 392 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:47.079 which I put all my stuff in. Thank you to 393 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:50.000 Notion for sponsoring this episode. This episode to you by 394 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.319 a Notion. 395 00:20:51.119 --> 00:20:55.240 Okay, so it's not sponsored at all, but Notion literally 396 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:58.839 just released their API and people can finally connect it 397 00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:01.839 to other things like Google calendar and stuff, and it's 398 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:03.720 really just game changing. 399 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:06.440 That's real good. That's pretty good, and it's like built 400 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:08.839 it's one of those like organization tools that's kind of 401 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:12.279