WEBVTT 1 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:27.359 Hey everybody, it's Tuesday. I'm your host Jeff Grove for 2 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:31.440 the Giant BombCast here on giant bomb dot Com. I 3 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:34.880 am standing in for our boy Jan Ochoa, who is 4 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:40.759 busy in a living email. Joined by a new co 5 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:42.960 captain of the ship. Let's see, I'm gonna pick who 6 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:46.000 Am I gonna pick? Sean Turbo Sean McDowell, how are 7 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:46.359 you doing? 8 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:48.320 I was really worried you were gonna pick someone who 9 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:50.039 isn't actually running the show today. 10 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:51.600 I will be very upset. 11 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:55.799 Yeah, someone actually running the ship with me. Yeah, Sean 12 00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:00.000 is streaming because we're It's a well run operation over here. 13 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:02.200 But thank you so much Sean for handling the levers, 14 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:07.120 the ones and the twos. I appreciate it. Also joined 15 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:09.239 by Mike Manatti. Mike, how are you doing? 16 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:11.400 Hi? It's me. It's Mike Manatti. 17 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:14.760 Uh yeah, yeah, I'm good, warming up a little bit 18 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:15.439 out here. 19 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:18.159 I'm able to go outside and not feel pain all 20 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:19.519 the time, so that's nice. 21 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:21.239 Yeah, I'm right there with you. I was like, I 22 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:23.319 am going to go on a walk today, feeling pretty good, 23 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:27.879 feeling chipper, looking chipper. Dan Reichert, how's it going in Minneapolis? 24 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:29.680 I'm also going to be walking today because it is 25 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:32.159 above freezing for the first time in a long time. 26 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:34.439 Little snow's melting ice. 27 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:36.400 The ice that was in my cooler that I threw 28 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:38.599 out after my New Year's party is starting to melt 29 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:39.040 on the deck. 30 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:44.000 Hell yeah, yep, the frozen tundry. I'm like beginning to 31 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:46.760 see like a little bit of ground again. So that's 32 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:49.560 it's nice out there. Yeah, we're gonna talk about video 33 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:51.920 games at some point on this show. But how's everyone doing? 34 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:52.920 What's everyone been up to? 35 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:54.840 I finally saw Wicked? 36 00:01:56.560 --> 00:01:57.840 Yes, what's going on with you? 37 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:01.280 I need Jan here for this one. 38 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:03.799 I watched half of Wicked. 39 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:06.040 I want to hear about it on your phone or 40 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:07.519 you're checking your phone during. 41 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:09.080 I was checking my phone of course. Yeah, we can 42 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:13.560 talk about that too if you want it. Like I 43 00:02:13.639 --> 00:02:16.280 knew you watched Wicked because before we started you were 44 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:18.199 singing Wicked, yeah, NonStop? 45 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:21.439 Yeah yeah, man, Wicked should have been my whole personality 46 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:22.599 like fifteen years ago. 47 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:25.000 I don't know, I've never could see this thing before. 48 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:27.039 Is that anything? 49 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:31.479 No one morens than Michid No, not your best work. 50 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:32.560 I kind of like it. 51 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:34.000 That's yeah, I mean lost. 52 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:36.560 It's not terrible, but I remember it before the show 53 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:38.639 that you've gotten good improvde I take. 54 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:38.919 It all back. 55 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:41.120 No, that's fairly. 56 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:42.520 When you say you saw half of it, you mean 57 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:44.080 that you saw half a part? What do you just 58 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:44.879 saw part one? 59 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:49.039 Very good, very good point. I should clarify. I've seen 60 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:51.599 half of part one. I started watching with the family 61 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:53.800 and then we got busy, as we do, and uh, 62 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:55.719 I'll we paused it and we'll go back to it at. 63 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:57.840 Something my nieces are obsessed with. 64 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:01.520 They're nine good, like yeah, like they like watched The 65 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:03.759 Wizard of Oz the other day because they're so into 66 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:04.520 liquid right now. 67 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:07.039 So that's how I do. Wonder how do they feel 68 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:09.639 about the Wizard of Oz? My brother says they liked 69 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:11.599 it right. I would like to check. Maybe they were 70 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:14.840 on their phones the whole time to like it for sure? 71 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:15.120 Yeah? 72 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:18.919 Yeah, do you know I'm so vindicated about this phone 73 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:22.199 conversation when I did the Next Landern thing and Vinnie 74 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:26.759 Caravella beloved Vinnie caravellas. I will go further than you, Dan. 75 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:29.199 If I'm watching a movie and my wife falls out 76 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:31.800 her phone, I will pause the movie and just look 77 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:33.520 at her and then when she puts the phone away, 78 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:34.919 he'll be like, Okay, are you good for me to 79 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:35.439 start again? 80 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:40.680 Like that sounds like I love Vinnie. I would slap 81 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:41.560 somebody if they did that. 82 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:45.240 Yeah. Also, not the conversation, which is how I knew. 83 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:47.639 You know, this is one where you guys are all 84 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:49.000 misrepresenting a conversation. 85 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:52.520 Now literally here's how it literally happened. You were saying, 86 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:55.400 I'm doing this new thing where I watch a movie 87 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:57.520 and then I don't look at anything about the movie afterward, 88 00:03:57.599 --> 00:03:59.879 and I'm like, oh, I say that. 89 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:02.120 Wait what I did not say that. I do look 90 00:04:02.199 --> 00:04:04.520 up the movie afterwards. I do keep a running roller 91 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:05.840 decks in my head of like, oh, this is gonna 92 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:07.159 drive me nuts. I got to look this up after 93 00:04:07.159 --> 00:04:08.000 the movie. Who was that guy? 94 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:10.479 I always I letterbox the movie. I look it up. 95 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:12.719 Somebody else was saying the thing, maybe that was Backler 96 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:14.280 or something. I always look up the movie out. 97 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:16.959 Okay. So someone said that and I'm like okay, and 98 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:19.360 I was like, yeah, I'll just look up during the movie. 99 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:21.079 I will just look up who. Like if we have 100 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:23.639 a conversation with my wife, I wonder who that is. 101 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:24.959 We'll just look it up. Real quick, and you're like, 102 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:27.720 you're like during the movie, and you were, and I'm like, yeah, 103 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:29.959 everyone does that. It's really normal. And so when I 104 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:32.279 asked ninety five percent of people okay, it was like 105 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:37.079 ninety two point five perf. I don't remember where I 106 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:37.480 put that. 107 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:41.560 No, because that is reasonable, Like I don't look up 108 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:43.279 stuff about the movie during the movie. But if you're 109 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:44.839 just trying to see like who's this actor or when 110 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:47.279 did this come out or who directed this something, I 111 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:49.879 would not have taken a hard stance on that. It's 112 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:53.519 It's literally general argument was are you on your phone? 113 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:55.079 Are you checking your phone during you? 114 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:55.600 Yes? 115 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:57.600 You get turned it into that right, But that was 116 00:04:57.639 --> 00:05:00.360 in two different conversations because I was there and I 117 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:03.959 edited the show. You two were having two entirely different conversations. 118 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:07.480 You you imagine a scenario and got mad at that. Dan, Yes, 119 00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:07.839 that is. 120 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:10.399 Correct, and I was saying, I'm hardline on that, like 121 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:13.040 airplane mode, throw the phone off the deck, you know, 122 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:14.360 like nowhere near me. 123 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:17.439 And I think that's I would love to do that. 124 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:20.079 That's commendable. We just you know, I usually when we 125 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:22.000 sit down to watch a movie these days, it is 126 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:23.439 like me and my wife are like, this is still 127 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:25.240 a time when we're also talking because we don't get 128 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:26.160 a lot of time to do that. 129 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:27.759 Oh no, but Bunk and I have. We used to 130 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:29.759 do a whole podcast where we talk about movies after 131 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:31.639 we watch movie. Now we're just in the movie. The 132 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:33.279 credits are rolling. Then we talked talk about it for 133 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:34.720 a while. Then we letter Box said, so, yeah, we 134 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:36.279 do talk about him stuff, but like, oh no, you're 135 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:39.199 focused during the movie, you know. Yeah, No, I just, uh, 136 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:40.600 we don't have that kind of time. So it's like, 137 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:42.199 I want to spend this time with you, and that's 138 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:44.279 more important than the people in the box on the TV. 139 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:47.959 All right, So he just loves his wife more than 140 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:48.360 you did. 141 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:48.839 I think. 142 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:58.600 Every week I think I can't give my opinion on 143 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:00.600 this because I'm going to like, I'm gonna lose a 144 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:02.759 lot of my likability if I start going. 145 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:06.720 On, please do, He'll turn, He'll turn. 146 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:09.079 All I'm gonna say is like some people like like 147 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:11.759 there's a lot of comments, like people are addicted to screens. 148 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:13.800 They have to look at their phone during movie. The 149 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:15.800 movie is also on a screen. 150 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:20.639 Just dedicating your attention to one thing for an hour 151 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:21.639 and a half is not that. 152 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:25.240 Crazy, Mike, your brothers are on the record saying it's 153 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:27.360 a problem how to your phone. 154 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:30.439 I believe that it is a problem because they're jealous 155 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:31.199 of my life. 156 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:33.839 No, every time I see a comment about Mike Banati, 157 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:36.480 I strolled out two inches and I see a response 158 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:39.600 from Mike Manatti everything said about him on the internet, 159 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:40.120 I believe. 160 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:45.680 Okay, I'm gonna shift. We were having a conversation about 161 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:49.120 whatever before the show today, and uh, there was Mike. 162 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:52.439 You made some reference to the three bes of Dwight 163 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:56.000 and you spelled beats B E, A T s now. 164 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:58.839 The vegetable is not spelled that way, and I just 165 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:00.879 thought that was very on brand for you to misspell 166 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:01.480 the vegetable. 167 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:03.120 Yeah, But as I was doing it, I'm like, I 168 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:03.839 think this is wrong. 169 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:06.000 I think I'm getting I think I'm having a Beatles 170 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:09.240 problem here, or or the beats from. 171 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:12.040 Doug, the beats from Dog right. Yes, look, I'm. 172 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:17.720 I'm not thinking about beats very much. 173 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:22.879 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm I'm a big I'm turning into 174 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:23.759 a veggie guy here. 175 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:26.160 And beads not really on those shortlists. 176 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:28.800 Beats are the ones that are like, uh, they're like 177 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:31.600 asparagus where they can change your out it like your 178 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:33.800 waist and it's like a scary thing when you when 179 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:35.279 it happens the first time, you're like, why is it 180 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:37.399 that color? And you're like, oh, okay, I had beats. 181 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:40.240 You have to learn that one the hard way. But yeah, 182 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:42.759 how how are the vegetables going? Dan? Great? 183 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:45.720 Having every day? I had some bone list skinless chicken, breast, 184 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:47.800 and brussels. I had like a pound of Brussels sprouts 185 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:51.160 last night. That was good as hell. What about your injury? 186 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:53.879 Oh yeah, that's actually a hell. And I mean none 187 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:55.639 of the cuts were deep. I mean the worst is 188 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:56.800 there's the one on the. 189 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:00.839 What happened that aren't paying attention to your social media feeds? 190 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.920 Okay, so I was chopped. No, I wasn't even chopping. 191 00:08:03.959 --> 00:08:05.879 I thought I was gonna chop onions, but then I 192 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:07.560 looked up, like because I like Caesar salads and know 193 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:09.639 they're very basic, but like I do like the taste, 194 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:10.920 and so I got an onion out and I got 195 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:12.800 the veggie slicer out. It's one of those like waffle 196 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:15.279 you know, like grid things for trunk to chunk, you know, 197 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:15.759 like I. 198 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:18.959 Have to say It's almost comical how much like protective 199 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:20.959 plastic shielding is on the face. 200 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:22.600 But that's the thing. 201 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:24.279 I cut it in a weird way, Like I've used 202 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:25.839 that a million times and it's not hard to just 203 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:29.040 don't don't do it safely. But I thought I was 204 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:31.399 gonna need it and I didn't, and so I was 205 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:34.200 like just cleaning it basically, and I had the top 206 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:36.000 part and I didn't take the blades out, even though 207 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:38.559 you can easily remove that square blade thing. I was like, ah, 208 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:40.519 I'm just running some water over, getting the like onion 209 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:42.399 bits off it or whatever. And then I like, I 210 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:45.240 must have it all happened very quickly. I dropped it 211 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:47.320 and I must have gone to grab it and my 212 00:08:47.559 --> 00:08:50.279 right hand went in between and then it fell on 213 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:53.960 the counter and like slammed shut. And I felt the 214 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:55.919 pain immediately, and I was like oh. And then I 215 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:58.720 looked at my hand and all that like from five 216 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:01.200 different cuts down my hand. I just saw blood like plot. 217 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:03.440 I was like, ah, it's at this point in that 218 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:05.720 moment your brain doesn't know if, like did I cut 219 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:07.799 to the bone, Like that hurts really bad, and I'm 220 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:10.159 seeing a lot of blood and I just turned to 221 00:09:10.279 --> 00:09:14.440 like back, and then she comes running in and she 222 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:17.320 told me she's like she has walked into many rooms 223 00:09:17.320 --> 00:09:20.600 while I've just been bleeding profusely, and so she never 224 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:22.519 knows what to expect. So she said she walked into 225 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:27.480 the kitchen and thinking like this could be anything, this. 226 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:29.120 Could be the big one. 227 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:31.120 She's walked into the basement and seen me laying on 228 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:33.039 the ground with blood pouring out of my head. She 229 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:36.720 is the exact same scenario in the kitchen. So yeah, 230 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:38.519 she just went and got a bunch of like alcohol 231 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:41.200 and cleaners and bandages and bandaged me up and everything. 232 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:43.559 And yeah, it's been healing quickly. None of the cuts 233 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:45.200 were super deep. The only one to see, the one 234 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:47.200 on the knuckle is like every time I bend it, 235 00:09:47.200 --> 00:09:48.279 it like opens up more. 236 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:50.960 Yeah it's a problem, Yeah, but you feel better. I 237 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:54.200 was getting annoyed because the same time you're doing this, 238 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:56.919 I was just making a stew and like I made 239 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:59.159 it with red wine, and I drink the red wine. 240 00:09:59.159 --> 00:09:59.639 It hit me. 241 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:02.120 Expect herd So I did like a drunk sweet and 242 00:10:02.200 --> 00:10:04.159 all of a sudden, you do that. Everyone's like, man, 243 00:10:04.279 --> 00:10:08.080 nobody a giant ball can be trusted to cook It's 244 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:13.759 like me in with them profusely. 245 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:17.799 Mike is just slightly buzzed rays over here. 246 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:20.759 It's like, sure me grow like our fast food, but 247 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:22.080 we also can cook, like. 248 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:25.279 I'm getting. 249 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:29.000 I do like pitting Mike and Jan against one another 250 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:31.240 in the cooking thing and like only acknowledging one of 251 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:32.679 them being able to cook at one time, because it 252 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:34.919 does deeply bother each of them. When you do that. 253 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:39.000 Jan is definitely a much more impressive and better cook 254 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:39.679 than I am. 255 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:40.440 I don't want to. 256 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:42.840 I don't need to put a chance level. I just 257 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:45.159 don't want to. No Fitstan be put on the level 258 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:47.320 of the guy who just waffle iron cut his hand. 259 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:50.480 There was a freak accent. I had nothing to do 260 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:54.240 with cooking, all. 261 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:57.639 Right, and anyone else have anything else going on? Uh? 262 00:10:57.759 --> 00:10:59.360 I know, Sean, we talked about your TV a little, 263 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:01.600 but you got your settle bit. 264 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:04.440 Yeah, all this retro stuff that we're doing in general, 265 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:05.440 especially some this. 266 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:07.240 Is this is your family CRT. 267 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:07.759 Yeah. 268 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:09.840 That's what makes it so cool is that this is 269 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:14.000 this literally the CRT I played games on as a kid, 270 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:17.759 and so I kind of forgot that. We never actually 271 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:19.960 end up taking it to a recycling center. It was 272 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:24.559 just in storage, my mom's storage closet for like what 273 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:27.159 a decade and a half, and I took it out 274 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:30.679 and it's dusty, it's dingy, it's dirty. I cleaned it up. 275 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:33.080 I unfortunately took a little bit of the paint off 276 00:11:33.080 --> 00:11:34.600 and doing so. But you know that can that can 277 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:38.960 be fixed later. No, this is it's just a sanyo, 278 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:41.879 you know, just when we got Walmart back in the day. Yeah, 279 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:45.679 I didn't realize, like it has really good connections and everything. 280 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:49.159 So it has a composite component andn S video. 281 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:53.200 The picture surprisingly rare because when I go to like 282 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:57.399 look for a good CRT on Facebook marketplace, most of 283 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:59.240 the time like, okay, this looks pretty solid. Let me 284 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:03.039 see the connect and it's just coax. That's nuts to me, 285 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:07.240 of course. Yeah, even the relatively modern ones only have 286 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:09.720 rf co x. Yeah, so that's awesome they had to have. 287 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:12.559 Yeah, it's a very late CRT. We bought it to 288 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:14.879 replace our TV that was dying. This is from two 289 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:17.559 thousand and five. So yeah, oh wow, I guess the 290 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:19.759 rand scheme of thing you didn't see that much use 291 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:22.919 because what we did get in HDTV late, but it 292 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:26.440 was still like twenty thirteen ish, so yeah, this is 293 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:28.759 it's pretty gently used. The only thing is because it's 294 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:31.360 a late one, there's some quirts there, Like it's a 295 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:33.879 flat screen, so I can't use light guns on and stuff, 296 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:37.279 which not a huge deal. But yeah, it's awesome. Right now, 297 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:39.440 I got my modded. We hooked up to it, so 298 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:42.960 I just got that loaded up with games video viewers 299 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:45.279 can see. I got MARTU sixty four playing track mode 300 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:46.399 back there, and. 301 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:48.480 I always like that, like we have one on cam. 302 00:12:48.480 --> 00:12:49.799 It's so nice to just like, oh, I can just 303 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:52.559 pick something thematically appropriate or something I'm meant to right now, 304 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:53.559 Like I love having that shure. 305 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:54.240 Yeah, exactly. 306 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:55.679 Like the r day I was thinking, I was thinking 307 00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:57.639 about putting Ninja Guide in on in the background, and 308 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:00.519 I'm like, oh, that attract mode is like one cutscene 309 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:01.519 and that's kind of out. 310 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:02.360 Yeah. 311 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:04.600 Yeah, this is kind of the rabbit hole I'm going 312 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:07.879 down now. You know, Grub has his handheld Dan Gondola 313 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:11.759 as well. But I'm getting more and more retro systems. 314 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:16.240 I did get my Xbox three sixty I'm getting that 315 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:19.279 modded in time here because I want to just have. 316 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:21.039 All original hardware. 317 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:23.919 This is My thing is I love having original hardware 318 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:26.279 and then combining it with like a flash cart or 319 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:28.039 a mod or something like that. You just play all 320 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:31.000 all the classic games but the old hardware. And yeah, 321 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:33.320 it's it's super cheap to do. So I got a 322 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:36.720 three sixty with the power cable with the controller in 323 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:39.039 the box for eighty bucks on eBay. 324 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:40.600 Like nice, Yeah, I. 325 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:42.639 Sorted that sweet spot there. If you don't want super 326 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:45.279 rare stuff, you kind of just want older stuff, it's 327 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:46.480 a good time to do it right now. 328 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:50.480 Yeah, the three SIXTYPS three wei era is very cheap 329 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:52.759 right now, even like original Xbox, you can't find too 330 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:54.279 much of a super expensive right now. 331 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:55.559 But that's how I started the two. 332 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:57.519 It was just like I got all the actual consoles 333 00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:59.000 and I just got ever drives for everything. 334 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:00.840 And then you move on to misters. We wanted the 335 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:01.559 handhelds and all that. 336 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:04.480 Well, that's the thing over the weekend talking. You don't 337 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:06.879 put out his mister slash. 338 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:09.000 P s one here. 339 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:13.039 Transparent blue? 340 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:15.159 I did. I did transparent blue as well. I got 341 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:19.720 the gron right, I think I'm gonna be jealous of 342 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:23.039 you guys. What's my blue one rive? Well, that's the 343 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:24.960 funny thing that was grass always greener. 344 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:27.159 The one that I wanted was the only one that 345 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:28.840 they're not doing as Founders dish. I want the white 346 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:31.399 because it's mild after the PS one slimy. 347 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:36.200 So yes, right, yes, I have then I should get 348 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:37.120 that out and see what I can do. 349 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:37.759 I've got that too. 350 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:39.440 Yeah, if you find something, let me know, because I 351 00:14:39.679 --> 00:14:40.399 just sitting on the shelf. 352 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:44.000 Okay, I bet there's like an om sort of drive replacement. 353 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:46.840 Oh I would love that. Yeah, say what the superst 354 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:48.120 always say what the superstation is? 355 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:50.559 You know what's funny is Like I was trying to 356 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:52.559 talk myself out of it, like why am I getting this? 357 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:54.799 I have original places you want? I have a retro 358 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:55.519 tap up. 359 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:58.799 What really got me was the idea of I don't 360 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.000 have a mister at all, and also the idea of 361 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:03.200 loading up the Saturn core on that thing. 362 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:05.840 That sounds nice. There's so many Saturn games I want 363 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:06.399 to play lately. 364 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:09.039 Yeah, if anybody doesn't have the full details yet because 365 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:11.200 we've lost over Yeah, I'm talking you done. Who's been 366 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:13.480 putting on, like, you know, more and more retro stuff 367 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:16.720 under his company Retro remake they did the Mister pie, 368 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:19.360 which is, you know, like a mister clone that's way 369 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:22.080 cheaper this new one that they're pointing out. It was 370 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:27.559 basically a simple but pre configured basically a mister It's 371 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:30.320 designed to do PS one stuff first and foremost as 372 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:33.559 PS one controller reports, PS one memory card ports, uh, 373 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:36.480 and those are configured using snack if people know what 374 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:38.480 that is. So yeah, it kind of just works out 375 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:40.960 of the boxes, kind of like analog. The company like 376 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:43.399 analog pocket and all that, kind of like their consoles. 377 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:46.159 But also it can just load up every mister course, 378 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:49.360 so you can just play retro cap retro consoles with 379 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:52.519 a hardware accurate emulation. It's very very cool stuff. 380 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:55.159 Speaking of the analog like that. Sixty four has got 381 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:58.840 to be soon, right, I prefer that one one, I thought, so, yes, 382 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:02.759 me too, skew one. Yeah, yeah, that'd be nice if 383 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:05.480 I just showed up one day. I'm very excited about that. 384 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:07.480 Even though I did get this and sixty four up 385 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:09.879 and run and I'll put another and sixty four upstairs 386 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:11.240 on HDTV and then. 387 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:11.559 I'll have it. 388 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:13.480 I'm going to keep that on the HGTV for sure. 389 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:15.240 And sixty four on every floor is kind. 390 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:19.799 Of I was really thinking about getting Atomic Purple, just 391 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:21.799 to like follow you guys down that rabbit hole. But 392 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:25.120 I'm like, nah, Like when I get that, the superstation 393 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:28.480 is like six months out potentially because they have to 394 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:32.120 manufacture it and and chips from China, but that'll run 395 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:34.440 the N sixty four, mister Corel, I'll be fine with that. 396 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:37.600 I do want to get coming out pretty soon here though. 397 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:40.440 The new version of the Retro Tank four K I 398 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:42.840 do a lot that literally bring everything together. 399 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:45.879 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think that's what I'm gonna get. 400 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:48.000 What is it? Do you remember what it's missing? Sean 401 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:49.399 from the more expensive. 402 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:52.840 Version, Extremely specific stuff that most people extremely. 403 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:54.200 Like I will almost never use it. 404 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:57.240 It's like image rotation on the retro Tank itself, so 405 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:59.639 like for arcade stuff. But you know that's the kind 406 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:01.679 of thing you can do it on whatever you're playing 407 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:05.880 on a lot of time. Yeah, just turn the TV sideways. Yeah, 408 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:08.880 but yeah, it's usually obscure things like that. A more 409 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:11.599 recent one is Jeff, you and I talked about this 410 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:14.839 on Game US Mornings. The new black frame insertion that 411 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:18.400 Blurbusters came up with to simulate a CRT that's complex 412 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:21.119 enough that it can't actually run on the new like 413 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:24.079 lower power retro tank, so it's like but it's also 414 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:25.440 like two thirds of the price. 415 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:28.400 So yeah, yeah, I'm probably gonna end up getting on 416 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:30.079 because I know that stuff is stuff I'm going to use. 417 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:31.599 Yeah, So that's that's out of there. 418 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:33.599 That's like the end goal for my journey here is 419 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:36.240 to get all these you know, retro consoles and mud 420 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:38.480 and stuff, use the retro tank to output to both 421 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:40.839 the flat screen O CRT, and then yeah, I'll have 422 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:42.960 my nice gaming set up the way I want it, 423 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.880 the way I've always wanted. 424 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:46.640 It's when I was doing like quackshot speed runs. The 425 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:48.559 Mister is great at like you know, HDMI out to 426 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:51.759 capture and then the I think I had yeah component 427 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:54.039 out to the TV, which is nice, and the CRT 428 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:55.880 reminds me my first the one I had all through 429 00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:58.160 my teen years was when I worked at Funko Land. 430 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:01.079 We had six Kiosks, we had an he asked Genesis, 431 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:05.880 super PlayStation, Dreamcast, and sixty four, and then while I 432 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:07.720 was there, they made the decision game stop, was like, 433 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:09.599 we're not selling anything before PlayStation one. 434 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.759 And so that's when like. 435 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:14.079 All of this, all the cartridges, all that shit went out. Basically, 436 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:16.799 they took all that down. They had three nineteen inch 437 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:19.559 just like nothing fancy, but three nineteen inch monitors and 438 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:21.440 they're like, you know, five of us worked there, and 439 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:23.160 they're like, oh, you guys want this, And so that 440 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:24.519 was the one I used all through my teen years. 441 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:26.680 Is the main nice. I mean that thing must have 442 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:28.960 been turned on NonStop. He did how long did it last? 443 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:30.599 You did it last year until you were done with all. 444 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:31.160 Of high school? For me? 445 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:32.519 And I know what I think I took I took 446 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:32.920 it to college. 447 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:34.920 I don't think I bought a new TV until like 448 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:37.920 my first HTTV around like mid two thousands, like The 449 00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:39.079 Dead Rising was. 450 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:41.880 I remember the first game I said those things soon, Yeah, 451 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:43.799 see your TV. I still have it. 452 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:45.799 It's like the one I like grew up with, Like 453 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:48.839 I had it since, like I don't know, middle school, 454 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:52.319 And it's great. It has the VHS player built into 455 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:55.880 a bit of classicate a little bit. It's it's it's old. 456 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.799 I use it forever. 457 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:59.119 I played so many things on that, but. 458 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:01.119 It's still like just having it in the room, knowing 459 00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:02.960 that there's a GameCube hooked up to it. 460 00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.880 It just feels right. 461 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:06.960 I think in like CRTs can like break in away 462 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:08.680 that gives them more character, or they can break it 463 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:10.680 away where it's like you can't look at it and 464 00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:12.680 it's kind of roll of the dice. I you know, 465 00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:15.240 CRTs for a long time, people were expected to just 466 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:17.200 keep those for like thirty years. So the ones I 467 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:20.160 grew up in my house were from the seventies and 468 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:21.880 things like that, the ones that wasn't like the main 469 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:23.519 TV that my dad would use every day he got 470 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:25.759 from home from work. And so I have a lot 471 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:28.720 of love for kind of fuzzy CRTs. I don't. 472 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:30.680 People have told me before why it won't happen, But 473 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:33.000 I still hope that there's going to be, like you 474 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:37.079 know those people making retro consoles, somebody just makes new CRTs. 475 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:41.519 Well funny you say that that's Taki's company, that their 476 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:47.079 final product is going to be a PVM like replicated 477 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.680 using March. 478 00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:49.319 Yeah, but it's like they're not going to be using 479 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:52.599 a proton gun, right, or like it's not. 480 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:54.640 Going to be a new CRT. It's going to be, 481 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:56.440 but it's going to be an LCD that basically has 482 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:58.920 like so we talked about the retro tanks and that 483 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:02.640 like has cr really complex CRT shaders built in. It's 484 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:05.480 presumably going to be that, but like on like a 485 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:07.240 little LCD, you can take a round with you. 486 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:10.359 Yeah, gotcha CRT emulation, gotcha. Yeah. 487 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:13.880 Breaking news here, our own Janet Choa is not here 488 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:16.559 because he was hosting a big all hands meeting this 489 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:19.519 morning and he told us beforehand that he was going 490 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:22.279 to try to sneak in yadada mean into. 491 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:24.279 The thing, and he did. 492 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:26.319 He did first thing, and then I sent him a 493 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:28.920 message during the all hands meeting saying like, if you 494 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:31.319 can sneak in and I love you solo, I will 495 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:34.160 venmo you ten dollars right now. And he just popped 496 00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:35.839 into our chat and said, did you hear me say 497 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:37.519 I love you solo in the meeting? 498 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:38.920 I think he's getting a video. 499 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:40.960 I am one button press away from sending him ten 500 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:42.000 dollars out of my pocket. 501 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:43.079 Yeah. 502 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:45.119 If he can send the proof, I will send it immediately. 503 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:47.759 I trust jan though, I believe him. 504 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:50.319 I believe and I believe that we have already been 505 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:51.920 talking about video games for a minute, but that can't 506 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:53.759 stop us from talking about more video games. 507 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:57.759 Wow, Okay, Jane's gonna give me any other thing. I'm 508 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.680 sending him money right now. 509 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:00.319 Oh you guys, not here music. 510 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.920 I hear that thing. 511 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:04.599 I can. I think I can think it'll be on 512 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:09.279 the recording. I did though, Okay, well that'll work. It'll 513 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:11.359 work next time, so but it will be on the recording. 514 00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:16.279 All right. Let's see here, let's start with Dan. Will 515 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:18.920 work our way from the past the future, super Mario 516 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:20.720 Land Dan tell us more about that. 517 00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:22.599 I don't know where this came from. 518 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:24.799 It's just like, you know, sometimes like you got games 519 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:26.640 you're working on, like I've been working on Red Dead 520 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:28.720 two and stuff like games that are like, okay, I 521 00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:31.200 need time to like sit down and sink into this game. 522 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:33.359 And sometimes it's like, ah, you know, you're gonna be 523 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:34.880 tired within thirty minutes and go to bed. I just 524 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:36.720 want to pick something up easy and just play something 525 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:39.200 real quick. I don't know what got me to randomly 526 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.960 do this, but I just picked up the analog pocket. 527 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:43.960 I loaded up Mario Land one. You know, I beat 528 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.680 him a couple of times. 529 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:46.319 I did mary Land one and two on stream, like 530 00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:48.400 four or five years ago, just in one sitting, but 531 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:52.480 I don't really remember it. And goddamn. Like I beat 532 00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:55.599 one and two and had a lot of thoughts on him. It's, uh, 533 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:59.160 there is a massive leap between one and two. It's insane. 534 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:02.160 One is what's a game? 535 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:03.279 Yeah? 536 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:05.119 Yeah yeah, And it made me think playing them that, 537 00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:07.279 like I think as a kid because I never owned 538 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:08.559 them as a kid, but I would play like my 539 00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:10.519 friends or whatever if they brought them to school or something, 540 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:13.359 and all I remember was like a Sphinx boss And 541 00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:15.720 so I must have only played one back in the 542 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:18.599 day because like playing two now, it's like, holy shit, 543 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:21.079 this is like this is a real ass Mario game. 544 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:23.839 This is like, in some ways more interesting than a 545 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:25.839 lot of the ones that like Nys and Superintendent. I'm 546 00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:28.680 not saying they're better, but like the zones and stuff. 547 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:31.279 He goes to fucking space, Like there's six zones. There's 548 00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:35.200 space Zone, Tree Zone, Turtle Zone, Macrozone, which I'm a 549 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.960 huge mark for big small worlds. 550 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:40.039 Mario Zone where you're going through a Mario mech and 551 00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:41.279 a Pumpkin zone. 552 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:43.480 Like you know, if there's one criticism I think you 553 00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:45.480 can levy against the Mario series is like a lot 554 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:47.200 of them. Lean on, here's the Lava World here's the 555 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:49.960 ice world, here's the air world, whatever. Every fucking world 556 00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:52.359 I went into here is like Turtle Zone. What this 557 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:55.799 is an old Turtle zone? Turtles God. And there are 558 00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:58.160 so many just weird little things like enemies and stuff 559 00:22:58.200 --> 00:23:01.000 like there's one level in the Macro Zone in the 560 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.799 Attic where you get a question mark block and a 561 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.799 heart comes out and. 562 00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:06.200 Some motherfucker just shows up and steals it and runs away. 563 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:08.160 It's just this guy that shows up in one level. 564 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:10.680 I've never seen this motherfucker in any Mario game. And 565 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:12.319 I'm looking this up and it's some guy named the 566 00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:14.759 Collector that just shows up and steals the ship from 567 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:18.200 you in one level. And then there's mass like Jason Mass, 568 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:20.200 guys with knives in their heads and shit. 569 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:23.400 Yep like that Jason Goomba's yes, and great, Oh my god. 570 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.880 I just fucking loved it. 571 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:28.039 Like it's a two is a tremendous, tremendous mariagain that 572 00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:31.039 stands right up there with NES and Superintendo Mark. 573 00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:33.359 It was always one of my favorites. And you're right, 574 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:35.240 like the leap from one to two is incredible. It's 575 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:36.680 it's not one of those things like you know, like 576 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:39.559 one's age. Everybody always thought Super Mario Land one was 577 00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:40.559 kind of weird. 578 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:43.480 They just hadn't figured out how to do Mario physics 579 00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.839 on a game Boy at that point. 580 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:48.279 Yeah, the sprite size, you know, because they wanted to 581 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:53.480 have the same screen, like the viewport basically that NIS had, 582 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:55.559 and you just can't do that on that smaller, lower 583 00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:58.680 resolution screen. That's why two was a lot smarter about 584 00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:01.160 having bigger sprite for everything. So I think it was 585 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.000 just more legible. 586 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:04.559 Yeah, there's ushrooms and the coins and stuff in the 587 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:06.480 first one or the goomba, they just yeah, looks like 588 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:08.279 a t I eighty three, you know. And then you 589 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:10.319 played two and it's like that's the Mario I know 590 00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.559 from Mario World, you know. 591 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:14.480 And I left just like it's just so ridiculous. The 592 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:18.440 story is that Mario has a castle. I Princess Peas 593 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:23.119 castles Mario's castle in Marios steals it, He's get it back. 594 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:25.559 It's like, what the extited universe decided to give Darth 595 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:28.039 Vader a castle on the planet where he got like 596 00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:30.039 murdered by Hobie Want It's like, what the fuck are 597 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:31.759 we doing here? The same idea? I love it. 598 00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:33.279 Oh, and at the end of when you kill Warrio 599 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:35.720 and it turns into weird little bald kid Mario. 600 00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:37.440 Warrio, I was like, what the fuck is that? Oh? 601 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:41.480 Yeah, this morning I started Warrio Land is so good. 602 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.200 Have you ever played it? 603 00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:44.759 I don't think I've ever really played it. I've probably 604 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:45.799 played it. 605 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:47.759 I probably played a couple levels, and I think it 606 00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:50.720 was just it so turns the Mario stuff on his head. 607 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:50.880 Words. 608 00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:53.480 It's still a side scrolling platformer, but it's like, wait, okay, 609 00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:55.279 so I'm charging things and I can pick things up 610 00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:57.279 like it just it was so different. But I need 611 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.319 to get that out of my head because I love 612 00:24:58.400 --> 00:25:00.720 Mario too, even though that's very different and also involves 613 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:02.279 picking things up. So I think I am going to 614 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:04.599 play through Warrio Land now. But yeah, when you are 615 00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:07.160 not Super Warrior or whatever, it's that that fucking weird 616 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.000 little bald guy. 617 00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.880 Who is that? 618 00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.039 Who is that little kid? 619 00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:12.519 Have you played the other Warrior Land games before? 620 00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:14.680 The only ones I really played were once I started. 621 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:17.039 I started reviewing in five, so anything that came out 622 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:19.359 five or later, so like shake It. I think there 623 00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:21.559 was maybe a GBA when I reviewed back in the 624 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:24.359 day two or three I played Master. 625 00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:27.680 Guys played, yeah, because Warrio Land four was very early 626 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:30.039 on in the game Boy Advance. All all of the 627 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:32.960 game Boy Slash game Boy Advanced Warrior Lands are very good, 628 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:37.000 I think, and interesting. Yeah, they're notably better on alternating ones. 629 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:39.119 I think. I think it's like two and four because 630 00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:41.599 four is phenomenal for is an incredible game. I think 631 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:45.039 two is the best of the game Boy trilogy. 632 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.359 Yeah. 633 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:47.440 I think three recently and liked it a lot. 634 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:50.200 I think they're all good. They're all good good, it's 635 00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:52.359 not bad good, it's good. And then oh this was. 636 00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.920 And then yeah exceptional. 637 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:58.119 Yeah, yeah, yeah, he sent two or three where the 638 00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:59.839 whole thing is like, well, Warrior is a bad guy, 639 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:02.359 so bad guys don't hurt him. They like sort of 640 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.319 transfer their. 641 00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:07.279 Remember it's one that's not that's one. 642 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:10.960 One is a pretty traditional two D platform, where two 643 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:12.400 and three are both like that kind of thing. 644 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:15.079 Two and three, Yes, okay, yeah, you're right. 645 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:18.359 Virtual Boy Warrio Land is the one that's actually more 646 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.960 of a direct sequal to Warrio Land one. 647 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:22.440 It's that same place. Also a very good, very game. 648 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:25.960 Yeah, if you have a modern three ds are just 649 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:29.720 soft moding, just fire up that Virtual Boy emulator on there, 650 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:31.079 and it's actually a really good time. 651 00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:34.160 So yeah, I mean for a virtual Boy emulator on 652 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:36.640 the in the Medoquest three, same thing, very good, yeah, sure. 653 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:39.200 Sure, yeah good in appreciation for this. 654 00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.839 And again as much shit as I talk on the 655 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:42.519 game Boy, it's like the pocket is so good and 656 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:44.000 I got the trim uy, so it's like I've been 657 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:46.240 very into just like you know, and I also like 658 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:48.119 the sp you know, grub you told me to put. 659 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:49.480 Like the menu I or whatever on it. 660 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:53.200 Something just really deep in that like portable fucking round 661 00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:56.319 mode right now, and so I'm playing them now. It's like, shit, Okay, 662 00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:58.759 Mario Land two I would have fucking loved. But then again, 663 00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:00.759 back in the day, I hated the game Boy because 664 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:03.319 I had to sit next to a wall outlet because 665 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:06.240 I never had batteries, So sure I probably wouldn't have 666 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.839 liked it anyway, you know that that. 667 00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:09.640 Yeah, I guess for me, it was like the game 668 00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:11.759 Boy was okay. My parents got it for me because 669 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:13.599 it was cheap, and then because of that, they're like, 670 00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:15.720 I guess we have to keep good him batteries when 671 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:17.880 he needs it, So they kind of always always provided 672 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.279 me battery. 673 00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:20.680 I think my grandma got me the game Boy for Christmas, 674 00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:22.480 and so it stayed at my dad's house because it 675 00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:24.359 was his mom they got it for me. My dad 676 00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:28.039 was batteries, right, My dad wouldn't be buying batteries, so 677 00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:30.640 I did. I think I personally bought an ACA adapter 678 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.759 so I could play it. But it's like, I've got 679 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:35.119 my nes right here. Why why would I sit next 680 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:37.119 to this wall and play Mario Land. 681 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:42.079 Yeah, that's actually kind of sad, Dan, I'm sorry, all right, 682 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:44.480 Uh let's see here, Okay, Dan, what is grun? 683 00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.519 Grun? 684 00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:49.279 I was very impressed by that. Where the fuck did 685 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.920 I hear about it? I saw someone I think it 686 00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:52.960 was Jane Garcia. I think Jane Garcia. I saw post 687 00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:55.519 some flu Sky about it and she just said like 688 00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:57.920 like a comparison to Outer Wilds, and I was like, 689 00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:59.880 all right. She said she was liking it, and then 690 00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:02.079 she compared it to Outer Wilds. Is like that's all 691 00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:03.880 I need to hear. And if you've played outter wild 692 00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:05.200 you know, the less you know the better. So I 693 00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:08.720 just loaded it up on stream over the weekend and yeah, 694 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:11.640 it's like if Outer Wilds was like, look, up some 695 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:14.039 images on Google Imagery. It's very kind of like early 696 00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:20.960 three D and it's textureless, yeah, textureless gardening focus outer wilds, 697 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:23.160 where it's like you show up at this house and 698 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:24.799 you need to just kind of clean up the place 699 00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:26.799 by the weekend. There's like different zones and you kind 700 00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:30.079 of like trim the hedges, cut the grass, water the flowers, 701 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:33.359 make it presentable. But it's super fucking weird too, like 702 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:35.000 in that outer wilds, like you're not going to space 703 00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:38.400 or anything, but you're finding like weird items and you're like, 704 00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:40.119 what the fuck is this going to do? Or why 705 00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.920 did this happen? Or who is that fucking thing that 706 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.680 just showed up? And I've never seen them before? And 707 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:46.880 there is that kind of like time limit element of 708 00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:48.240 it because like I think you show up on like 709 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:50.599 a Friday, and then you have to have everything done 710 00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:52.599 by Sunday night, I want to say, so like I 711 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:54.640 think that's when the narratively, I think the owners come 712 00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:56.000 back or something, and you have to have the house 713 00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:59.039 ready to show. So every time that loop starts, basically 714 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.559 you learn more and more every time you play it, 715 00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:03.160 where it's like the first time you're just like okay, 716 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:06.079 I guess I gotta find shears and a watering can, 717 00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:07.799 and I guess I'll just chop these things. But you 718 00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:10.279 discover more and more each time, and then you start 719 00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:13.359 kind of optimizing your run or the loop, where it's like, Okay, 720 00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.559 I know I need to go here, and I know 721 00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:17.559 that guy leaves that toilet stall at eleven o'clock on 722 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.839 the first day, so I need to get that shit 723 00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.880 to him so I can get the blue coin, and 724 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:21.279 I put the blue coin in the I don't want 725 00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:23.319 to say specific things because like you will have these 726 00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:26.480 big moments of realization where it's like, oh shit, all 727 00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:28.119 that stuff I was doing, all that busy work. I 728 00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:30.039 did this one thing, and now that took care of that, 729 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:32.279 so now I can have all this time freed up 730 00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:35.359 to do all this other stuff. If there was a 731 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:37.680 frustration I have with it because I haven't beaten it. 732 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:40.799 Because every time you start the loop, you do need 733 00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:42.960 to do a lot of busy work stuff where it's like, 734 00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:44.519 all right, I got to get the shears and cut 735 00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:47.240 all this grass every time, and like there's all these 736 00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.960 zones where it's like here's the church zone, here's the 737 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:52.920 park zone, here's the garden, and I don't know, Outer 738 00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:54.839 Wilds didn't have a lot of that, like I need 739 00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:56.799 to do this repetitive thing every time, like kind of 740 00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:59.359 once you know the path, you could just go the path. 741 00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:01.599 This one it's like, all right, I'm kind of tired 742 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:04.680 of cutting this grass, but still very worth checking out. 743 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:08.039 I think, very unique, and it's yeah, one of one 744 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:09.079 of the few games since Outer While. 745 00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:11.160 It's given me that similar feeling, you know, And. 746 00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:15.599 It's overwhelmingly overwhelmingly positive on Steam. And it came out 747 00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:17.920 in October, so I feel like I heard the name 748 00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:19.920 and then never actually looked into it. So yeah, looking 749 00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:22.359 at it now, I liked. I always like the low 750 00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:25.480 fidelity vibe of it. But yeah, that looks that sounds 751 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:28.880 very interesting. I'm gonna check this out. Is is it 752 00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:31.880 like a similar sort of length in terms of like 753 00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:34.960 the how long before it resets like you said, like 754 00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:36.799 three three ish days or something like. 755 00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:39.440 That day in terms of just cheer like minutes, you know, 756 00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:42.680 It's it's probably similar, like you know, And there are 757 00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:44.799 like eleven endings and I think I unlocked like six 758 00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:46.440 of them, and I think there's probably like one good 759 00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:49.079 ending and the other ones are like oh a dog 760 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:51.640 attacked me, you know, or like, oh, some weirdo showed 761 00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:53.519 up in a hallway and now I'm dead, you know, 762 00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:56.039 like and you don't even know really what happened. So 763 00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:59.079 I never felt too frustrated when I had to go back. 764 00:30:59.119 --> 00:31:00.680 It was just the like, right, I gotta cut the 765 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:03.880 grass again now, you know, Okay, it sounds pretty good. 766 00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:05.799 It is fun once you optimize, though, because then it's 767 00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:07.119 just like I'm flying through this, you know. 768 00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:12.400 Yes, totally, all right, let's bounce around here. Sean. You've 769 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:15.000 been playing some fighting games. How's that going? 770 00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.480 Well? So far? 771 00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:20.079 A little rocky maybe, but yeah, I've been playing Virtual 772 00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:24.720 Fighter five Revo, which came out yesterday, and Virtual Fighter 773 00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:27.200 is okay. So this is gonna be an interesting journey 774 00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:30.640 for me because I mentioned around this time last year 775 00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:33.759 actually when techn eight was you know, weird leaning up 776 00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:36.519 to that, I'm kind of new to three D fighting 777 00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.720 games in general. 778 00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.599 It's nuts on. 779 00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:40.839 I really grew up with much outside of Soul Caliber, 780 00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:44.200 like I dabbled with. I had Virtual Fighter four, I 781 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:46.240 played a little bit of Tech and three at friend's houses. 782 00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:48.440 It's the first time I'm really like taking them seriously. 783 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:50.559 With Tech and eight, and now I want to get 784 00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:52.920 good at Virtue a Fighter five, and so fame one 785 00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:57.680 does know. Revo is Virtual Fighter five Ultimate Showdown that 786 00:31:57.759 --> 00:32:00.720 came on the PS four a while back, that it 787 00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:03.839 has now been ported to PC and then it's getting 788 00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:06.319 a balance It has a balance update that also is 789 00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:08.519 getting like backpwards to the PS four game. 790 00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:10.839 And it's bond like. 791 00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:14.279 Virtue a Fighter has always been kind of the epitome 792 00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:17.799 of easy learn, hard to master because it's it's a 793 00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:20.839 three bun fighting game. Either it's just a punch, kick 794 00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:24.440 and block and you can do you know, combinations of 795 00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:27.039 those buns will do things like punch and guard is 796 00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:32.559 throw stuff like that. But because the game is very simple, 797 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:37.759 very pure, it's all about your positioning with you and 798 00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:40.640 your opponent, your positioning on the stage, like you know, putting, 799 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:42.680 trying to get your opponents back to the wall so 800 00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:45.559 you can That's how you do combos in the long run, 801 00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:47.599 is trying to like force them against the wall and 802 00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:49.240 be able to whale on them a little bit more, 803 00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:51.160 knock them down so and get a follow up hit. 804 00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:55.640 There's no supers, there's no like meters to spend. You 805 00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:57.640 don't get worried about any of that stuff. It's like 806 00:32:57.880 --> 00:33:01.480 very straightforward and right now. That's very appealing to me, 807 00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:04.839 especially with Tech and eight going a bit too far 808 00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:07.359 with some of the like really flashy stuff. That also 809 00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:10.119 kind of like makes it a little imbalanced way that's 810 00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:12.480 not fun. It is cool to go back to this 811 00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:15.400 version of fighting games that is a little more back 812 00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:17.440 to basics. It does feel like going back to an 813 00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:22.039 older age, in part because this game is its core form, 814 00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:25.079 like twenty years old at this point. Virtue of Fire 815 00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:28.720 five is an early PS three game, So yeah, it's cool. 816 00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:32.759 There's this release of the game. You don't get a 817 00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:35.559 ton in the base version, but the Deluxe edition adds 818 00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:39.519 all these costumes in. There's Yakuza series costumes for everyone. 819 00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:41.680 You get the you guys have probably seen this. I 820 00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:44.440 think be like Virtue Fighter one models that you can 821 00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:47.720 put on everyone that yeah, just below poly but in 822 00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:51.720 a really high res environment. Is very funny. Uh there's I. 823 00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:53.240 Saw what I saw on Steam. 824 00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:55.160 It's like got mixed reviews of Farm trying to figure 825 00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:57.559 out why it seems like it is about the customers. 826 00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:59.119 So here's the thing. Here's the thing. 827 00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:04.000 It's a very bare bones package. If you just get 828 00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:07.680 the base level, Like yeah, you don't get what people 829 00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:11.039 are saying. You give zero customization options at all. If 830 00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:12.920 you just buy the base version and you have to. 831 00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:15.000 Make the twenty dollars version, that's just kind of the 832 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.880 right going here. 833 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:18.599 That's the important thing here because like people are mad 834 00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:21.679 about that. But the entry level to get in here 835 00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:24.840 is twenty bucks. Like, this is a brand new port 836 00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:27.639 that's being released, and it's not sixty, it's not forty, 837 00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:31.719 it's notinven thirty, it's twenty dollars base. There's a first 838 00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:34.840 week sixteen dollars on sale, first week discount for sixteen. 839 00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:38.559 All the key sellers like Fanatical, GMG, they're all selling 840 00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:39.280 it for. 841 00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:41.000 Like thirteen bucks. 842 00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:45.119 Like, I think that's okay to not get a ton 843 00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:47.400 of content, not get a ton costumes, but have it 844 00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:50.280 be very cheap to get in there. And you know 845 00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:52.519 it's they put rollback neck code in there now so 846 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:55.239 you can have a good online experience. Apparently the matchmaking 847 00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:57.519 has been kind of funky to start out here, which 848 00:34:57.519 --> 00:35:00.000 hopefully they get that sort but it's I think it's 849 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:02.159 a reasonable entry point. And then if you want all 850 00:35:02.199 --> 00:35:05.400 these different costumes and stuff. The Dog's Edition you can 851 00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:08.599 get for about like thirty four. I think I got 852 00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:10.760 it for at Fanatical, so it's like. 853 00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:14.039 It's forty seme right now with the twenty dollars kind 854 00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:18.199 of you know, entry fee of the promotion right now. 855 00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:19.679 So yeah, yeah, not crazy. 856 00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:23.480 Yeah, so I think that's reasonable to get. You know, 857 00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:26.280 they have options there for people. But the yahhy scheme, 858 00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:28.719 the mixed reviews, and yeah, I'm having fun learning it 859 00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:31.760 so far. I played some games online that code seems solid. 860 00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:34.960 I heard that. I heard some people say that it 861 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:37.239 was a little rough, but I haven't been having any 862 00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:40.079 issues as long as like the people's ping isn't too high. 863 00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:42.199 It seems to be holding up. And I'm having fun 864 00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:45.400 cowt just learning characters. And there's even the one last 865 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:47.360 thing I was gonna say about customization. There's a tech 866 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:50.199 and seven pack that they did back on the PS 867 00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:52.599 four version that's now here, and you can just put 868 00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:55.719 tech in costumes like they it's tech in skins, like 869 00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:58.400 I can make a character look like Lily and have 870 00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:00.440 like one of my favorite tech in songs that's a song, 871 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:03.559 and I don't know, it's it's fun. I'm just having 872 00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:05.400 a really fun time with it. 873 00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.119 Yeah I didn't. 874 00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:08.239 I was like a ton of respect for Virtual a 875 00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:10.239 Fighter more than like I actually played it, because I 876 00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:14.480 remember for Evolution was the one on PS two, right. 877 00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:16.079 Yeah, yeah, that's the one I remember that was. 878 00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:18.119 That was the one I box I remember reviewed very well, 879 00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:20.239 and I remember just that three buttons set up was 880 00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:22.280 so interesting to me in the era of like, you know, 881 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:25.440 teching numerous seconds at that point, because what in the 882 00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:27.840 thing like the timing instead of like a traditional like 883 00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:29.639 Perry thing. I don't know if it was a block 884 00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:31.800 button or a grab button, but if you see something 885 00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:34.079 coming at you, don't you hit back and a button 886 00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:36.119 to kind of like Judo flip them or to kind 887 00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:36.719 of counter in. 888 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.679 That sounds similiar to me. 889 00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:39.719 I think doing that, remember that, because I I know 890 00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:42.480 dead or Alive actually leans into that even more. 891 00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:48.559 Maybe that's okay, thank you, but okay, that makes sense. 892 00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:52.199 Yeah, this this one's like something I mean, I remember 893 00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.760 the evolution was. 894 00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:54.519 Yeah. 895 00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:57.039 I just remember like playing VIA four Evolution and being like, 896 00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:58.360 you know, my friends and I in the dorms were 897 00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:00.679 just mash buttons and hit each other. But you dig 898 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:02.400 into the tutorial a little bit and it's like, oh, 899 00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:05.039 this could be a very high level fighting game if 900 00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.960 you have to be I. 901 00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:09.639 I often think about soccer I when I think Smash 902 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:11.880 four was coming out and he was talking about competitive 903 00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:13.840 Smash or maybe it is one of his like a 904 00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:16.599 YouTube videos where he was like, but why would people 905 00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:18.400 want to play Smash competitively? If you want to play 906 00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:20.719 a competitive fighting game, go play virtual a fighter too. 907 00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:24.000 Is true that they put the tripping? Did they put 908 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:28.119 the tripping in Brawl? Like to Spike competitive players? Mike 909 00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:35.639 man that's so fucking funny, and I respect so much. 910 00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:39.679 Not funny fun to ruin your game out of Spike for. 911 00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:45.000 Relision, it's hysterical that Mike Manatti thinks Super Smash Bars 912 00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:49.159 Brawl is a bad video game four ten because of tripping. 913 00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:51.639 I did not, Okay, I never says the fourth, but 914 00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.199 nobody said. 915 00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:54.960 You've said bad so many times. 916 00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:56.960 It's bad in that I don't know why I would 917 00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:59.320 ever play it when I just play all the good. 918 00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:07.280 Smash change in history here saying. 919 00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:05.000 This one is not good? 920 00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:08.760 Yes, all right, stupid prettypid. I gave it a nine 921 00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:11.840 point nine as it's a phenomenal. 922 00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:17.119 Yeah, you know, was that a spite. Would you have 923 00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.760 given it a ten? 924 00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:19.880 If I know that? Maybe a ten? 925 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:23.599 Yeah, it's also float here and there's so many other problems. 926 00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:26.920 Yeah, you know, are you it's a fucking Foh you 927 00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:31.079 can never say a game is floating ever after gave 928 00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:33.159 me you can use that word. 929 00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:35.760 That's my word to floaty. 930 00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:39.800 I didn't know. Go too Ku is doing this remaster 931 00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:42.519 as well as as the next Virtual Fighters. This is 932 00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:44.199 like them cutting their teeth. Does that give you? 933 00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:46.639 Well, I mean that's what they originally did and why 934 00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:49.360 they're working on the new one. They did Ultimate Showdown. 935 00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:53.440 Oh, they did Ultimate. I thought that that was a change. Okay, 936 00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:55.760 very cool? All right, Well so I mean then I 937 00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:59.360 guess still the question stands, are you playing this excited 938 00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:01.840 about their next foray into Virtue Fighters? 939 00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:03.880 Well, I'm so excited for the next Virtue Fire. Yeah, 940 00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:06.360 and that's that's why they released this one on PC. 941 00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:09.199 And that's why I'm playing now. Is like I wanna 942 00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:11.199 I want to learn it. I want to get good. 943 00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.039 Uh. 944 00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:14.480 Combo Breaker is gonna be hosting as one of the games. 945 00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:17.199 I'm gonna like enter the tournament there, probably gonna do bad, 946 00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:19.199 but I'm gonna have fun. Time, and I'm yeah, we're 947 00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:21.880 gearing up for the next Virtue Fighter. It's I'm excited 948 00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.079 to say. 949 00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:24.440 You're like, you know, you've been try kicks, you have 950 00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.760 a mania? Not yet. 951 00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:29.719 I I've been checking out Pie again because she has 952 00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:31.599 the Lily COSTI if I want to pick it up. 953 00:39:31.679 --> 00:39:34.199 I've been checking out Vanessa was who I played back 954 00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:36.840 in the day and when I did dabble with it, 955 00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:40.199 so I tried playing her as well. And uh, yeah, 956 00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:41.760 I've kind of just been bouncing around to a bunch 957 00:39:41.800 --> 00:39:44.639 of different characters and yeah, it's it's been fun to 958 00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:46.920 experiment because I don't really know what I'm doing, hearing, 959 00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.639 kind of just learning. 960 00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:52.039 Yeah, I am so mad about Super Special. 961 00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:58.039 I might make it the best Smash Brothers. 962 00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:03.519 You're such a Smash brother snowflake, Mike. I didn't know this, 963 00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:05.880 this Virtual Fighter five thing came out. I didn't realize 964 00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.440 that happened so. 965 00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.679 Yet it me neither. 966 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:10.159 Actually, I just picked it up, so I'll be playing. 967 00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:11.280 I love virtually look. 968 00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:11.559 At that too. 969 00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:14.679 Yeah, maybe we could throw that on the website this week. 970 00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:18.199 That'd be fine. I this week have been playing Sniper 971 00:40:18.239 --> 00:40:21.800 Elite Resistance. I have not had a long history with 972 00:40:21.840 --> 00:40:24.679 the Sniper Elite franchise. It is mostly just streaming it 973 00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:26.400 a couple of times. Dan, I think we did it 974 00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:26.880 that one time. 975 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:29.039 You're still credit. You exploded Hitler's balls. 976 00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:32.360 And then I exploded Hitler's ball. You're about seven and 977 00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:33.199 a half feet away. 978 00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:37.639 I can't believe you guys did political content. There were 979 00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:39.840 a couple of fire brands, you know, right. 980 00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:42.239 Rather than having a conversation with the man, I just 981 00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:44.199 shoot him in the balls. That is one of my 982 00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:49.119 moral failings, of course, I am. I'm really enjoying this game. 983 00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:52.039 That is clearly a middle of the road game. It's 984 00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:54.760 just one of those again, yet I have not played 985 00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:56.559 a lot of them, so and I bet there are 986 00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:58.039 a lot of people who are in that boat where 987 00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:59.920 like it's one of those b games. I've never like 988 00:41:00.199 --> 00:41:02.639 send my money on that. I think that if you 989 00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:05.920 are someone who likes the idea of a diet hit Man, 990 00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:09.039 a but hey, here's a world where you're supposed to 991 00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:11.199 do accomplish a few things. You have some freedom how 992 00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:14.280 to accomplish those goals. There's not a lot of like 993 00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:17.119 world interactions in the way that the hit Man works. 994 00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:20.960 But still it's the same basic concept. If that sounds 995 00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:23.519 enticing to you. And then in World War Two, you're 996 00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:26.400 a sniper. You can blow shit up. You can rig 997 00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:28.719 up bodies with grenades so that when you do shoot 998 00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:30.679 someone and that their friends come not even go check 999 00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:33.519 on them, they just run past them. It explodes. Excuse me. 1000 00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:35.400 And then no matter where you are in the map, 1001 00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:38.280 if that happens, the game cuts away to show you 1002 00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:41.119 that show you them exploding. I mean to me, that's 1003 00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:43.800 this is all good stuff. This is all real, solid, 1004 00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:45.559 fun video game ass video game stuff. 1005 00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:49.000 Do you turn up all the frequency of the goals? 1006 00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:50.239 Yeah, that way of course. 1007 00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:50.679 Yeah. 1008 00:41:50.719 --> 00:41:53.360 You mentioned being like Diet Hitman, and I think there 1009 00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:55.159 is a perfect version of this game that I would 1010 00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:58.119 want where it's like I love the slow moo kills. 1011 00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:59.880 I want that every single time. That is what that 1012 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.800 series is to me. 1013 00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:04.239 I don't necessarily love the sneaking around stealth elements of it. 1014 00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:06.360 I just even if I crank everything down, it's just 1015 00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:08.480 like I'm just constantly getting caught and it's not fun 1016 00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:08.719 for me. 1017 00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:11.000 Or are here like running into stuff like because you 1018 00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:12.239 can at this point you can just shoot your way 1019 00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:12.719 through this game. 1020 00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:14.480 I think, Oh, I always wind up getting caught in 1021 00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:17.559 the just like you know, machine gunning, grubering everyone but 1022 00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:21.599 hit Man. If you remember, was it Absolution that had 1023 00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:24.199 that pre order bonus where you're just kind of like 1024 00:42:24.239 --> 00:42:26.800 sitting on like a rooftop and there's a party of 1025 00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:29.599 bad guys on another rooftop and it's almost like a 1026 00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:31.880 Where's Waldo thing where it's like you're not even moving around, 1027 00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:35.280 you're stationary sniping bad guys and getting like bonuses. It 1028 00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:37.039 was just a pre order thing. I played way more 1029 00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:39.159 of that than I did Absolution. Just give me a 1030 00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:40.119 Sniper Elite like that. 1031 00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:42.599 I don't need to move, just set me up somewhere, 1032 00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:45.639 put somewhere, and then have every. 1033 00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:51.719 Fucking shot be matrix out game. What was that called silence? 1034 00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:55.360 I want X ray head exploding stuff. 1035 00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:58.840 God, Soundscope was so much fun I got. I always 1036 00:42:58.880 --> 00:43:02.199 say that galloping and it's just a cool tech on 1037 00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:02.559 that one. 1038 00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:03.320 It is. 1039 00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:05.519 Yep, is there screen in the scope? 1040 00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:05.840 Yes? 1041 00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:09.239 Yeah, That's why the home points were never quite as good, 1042 00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:12.159 because you're like, you know you scope screen? 1043 00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:17.639 Yeah this so yes? Silent or yes. The Sniper Elite 1044 00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:21.199 Resistance is coming to game Pass this week. I think 1045 00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:23.199 it's on the in two days, so you can pick 1046 00:43:23.239 --> 00:43:24.960 it up then. And I think a perfect little game. 1047 00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:27.320 If you already have game pass, or if you are 1048 00:43:27.719 --> 00:43:30.159 someone who's like had some interest in this, you think 1049 00:43:30.199 --> 00:43:32.480 that sounds like a good time. Like, honestly, if there 1050 00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:35.079 were still rental stores, this is an easy go rent 1051 00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:38.079 this game, have fun. Uh, but you know, as it is, 1052 00:43:38.280 --> 00:43:40.239 I think that if you can have a lot of 1053 00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:42.159 fun with this game, as long as you're not worn 1054 00:43:42.199 --> 00:43:46.199 out from the formula, because it is one hundred percent 1055 00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:50.320 just that form formula. Again. It's you know, you're gonna 1056 00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:51.920 go to cut scenes, and the cut scenes are gonna 1057 00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:54.480 look pretty cheap, and but it's it's funks. The guys 1058 00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:57.480 doing is like English accent, the hardest anyone's ever done 1059 00:43:57.480 --> 00:44:01.280 an English accent, and just talking about I don't know 1060 00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:02.960 what kind of what a badass he is, and these oh, 1061 00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:06.119 I'm with these, the French Resistance fighters and all these frenchies. 1062 00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:08.679 I'm gonna go work with them. It is what it is, 1063 00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:11.760 and I am enjoying it. So yeah, I would recommend 1064 00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:14.239 it as long as you keep those caveats in mind. 1065 00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:18.559 All right, let's check in with Sean and Indiana Jones 1066 00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:22.920 how's that going. What's Indiana Jones and the Fantastic Circle? 1067 00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:23.519 Excuse me? 1068 00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:29.760 Yes, yes, So I wanted to bring it up because 1069 00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:31.800 I finally finished the game, and so now I think 1070 00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:34.440 we've all finished it, right, Oh you beat it? 1071 00:44:34.599 --> 00:44:38.159 No? Did you drop it? 1072 00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:41.480 Because you got an instant kill with the thing underwater? 1073 00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:44.440 Not just one, but it happened to it was underwater 1074 00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:46.880 and it was instant killed. Still, it's like two things 1075 00:44:46.920 --> 00:44:49.320 I fucking hate. And I died like twenty times at 1076 00:44:49.320 --> 00:44:50.679 that and I was like, I'm good. 1077 00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:58.920 Okay times I'm still platforms finish the Bowser's hurry. So 1078 00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:02.760 I'm curious, can you say, broadly speaking, where you were, like, 1079 00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:04.119 are you talking about the big I. 1080 00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:07.480 Was underwater and there was a big sit getting a pyramid. 1081 00:45:07.639 --> 00:45:09.480 I even got into the pyramid. I went and I 1082 00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:11.400 watched the rest of the game. I was at like 1083 00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:13.599 the last snake related thing. The only thing I had 1084 00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:16.320 to do was like kill it basically okay, but then 1085 00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:18.000 I watched the rest. So but you know what, I 1086 00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:19.599 enjoyed this game. I don't want to deal with this 1087 00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:20.920 fucking snake shit way. 1088 00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:22.760 This is the kind of thing I want to talk 1089 00:45:22.800 --> 00:45:24.400 about here because now that I finished in we can 1090 00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:26.840 all talk about a little bit more, you know, no spoilers, obviously. 1091 00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:33.039 I think this game is really good most of the 1092 00:45:33.119 --> 00:45:38.639 time when it when it's good because okay, I don't 1093 00:45:38.760 --> 00:45:41.760 like the open sections at all. That's why I realize 1094 00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:44.039 once you get further into the game and they sort 1095 00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:46.159 of dial that back a little, I like it a 1096 00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:49.400 lot more when it's a little more guided and it's 1097 00:45:49.440 --> 00:45:54.239 a little more when it's focusing more on the tomb 1098 00:45:54.320 --> 00:45:56.519 raider of it all rather than the uncharted and I 1099 00:45:56.599 --> 00:45:59.159 realized the irony of comparing it to those two. But 1100 00:45:59.239 --> 00:46:02.800 when it is more focused on indie exploring, I love 1101 00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:06.599 those elements. I love those segments when you're exploring the 1102 00:46:06.599 --> 00:46:08.400 tombs and the cac hombs and everything like that. I 1103 00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:10.679 think that's a lot of fun. And even like the 1104 00:46:10.719 --> 00:46:13.559 platforming I think can be really fun, Like you know, 1105 00:46:13.599 --> 00:46:15.840 the one area where you need to throw a spear 1106 00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:18.800 and then whip grapple onto the spear, that entire sequence 1107 00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:23.840 is very fun. I think presentationally, like it looks gorgeous. 1108 00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:27.280 This game is like one of the new benchmarks for gaming, 1109 00:46:27.880 --> 00:46:30.880 and the performances are fantastic. Is it is Troy Baker, 1110 00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:33.679 Who does Indy Troy Baker. Yep, great, he just he 1111 00:46:33.760 --> 00:46:35.719 nails it. He just sounds like Harrison Ford. You forget 1112 00:46:35.719 --> 00:46:39.400 that someone else doing the voce. It's fantastic. But yeah, 1113 00:46:39.960 --> 00:46:43.480 there's so many little things that bug me. Because when 1114 00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:49.079 you have like the Himalayas through Shanghai, is it like that, dear, 1115 00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:52.000 you know, a couple hours there some of the best 1116 00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:53.360 I've ever played gaming is. 1117 00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:54.360 The moment of the year. 1118 00:46:54.880 --> 00:46:58.639 Yeah, phenomenal, But then you have like so many like 1119 00:46:59.199 --> 00:47:01.840 I had a lot of bugs. It's weird how buggy 1120 00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:04.960 this game is and how I think unpolished in general. 1121 00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:08.039 It is it It struck me considering how good the 1122 00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:12.000 presentation is, Like I wasn't expecting to have it where 1123 00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:14.719 like Indy would be hanging out a ledge it's an 1124 00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:17.840 escape sequence. I need to get out, and he won't 1125 00:47:17.840 --> 00:47:20.039 climb the ledge. I'm like looking around, Okay, am I 1126 00:47:20.119 --> 00:47:22.480 missing something? Am I supposed to be going over here instead? 1127 00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:25.679 And no, I dropped off the ledge climb back up, 1128 00:47:26.119 --> 00:47:28.559 which took me a second, and he just went And 1129 00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:31.760 so like all these little bugs like that start adding up. 1130 00:47:31.960 --> 00:47:32.800 Combined with you. 1131 00:47:32.719 --> 00:47:34.920 Get a lot of audio bugs. That was my thing 1132 00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:39.320 was like a lot of two hours later, like Indy 1133 00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:41.360 would say, repeat a line. 1134 00:47:41.679 --> 00:47:43.360 So you'd have a conversation with someone who wasn't there. 1135 00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:46.639 Dan talking about the snake reminded was what instantly made 1136 00:47:46.639 --> 00:47:49.360 me think about the bugs is because during the entire 1137 00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:55.239 uh like pyramid sequence, they were repeating one line over 1138 00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:59.239 and over and over through checkpoint resets, over and over. 1139 00:47:59.280 --> 00:48:01.360 I just had to listen. After like half an hour 1140 00:48:01.480 --> 00:48:05.559 to an hour, it drove me up the wall. And 1141 00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:09.440 there's also things like okay, so in the open sections, 1142 00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:12.480 it's not open world, but does feel little generic a 1143 00:48:12.480 --> 00:48:15.400 lot of time. And so there's this area where you 1144 00:48:15.440 --> 00:48:17.280 have to like get a breathing device and you have 1145 00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:19.559 to buy it so that you can go underwater, and 1146 00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:21.519 so naturally they if you don't have enough mighty send 1147 00:48:21.559 --> 00:48:23.639 you over here to a camp to like, you know, 1148 00:48:23.880 --> 00:48:26.840 sneak in get some money. There's a puzzle in there 1149 00:48:26.880 --> 00:48:30.840 where unless I'm missing something, the instructions are wrong, and 1150 00:48:30.880 --> 00:48:32.840 so I was like staring at this puzzle for like 1151 00:48:32.880 --> 00:48:36.360 twenty minutes, like okay, tell me do this thing basically 1152 00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:40.440 play like a checker slash chess style game, and it's 1153 00:48:40.440 --> 00:48:43.400 telling me to capture all the pieces. I can't capture 1154 00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:45.199 all the pieces, and I look up the solution online. 1155 00:48:45.360 --> 00:48:47.519 It's like, yeah, this is the solution. And then again, 1156 00:48:47.599 --> 00:48:51.440 unless I'm missing something that's just not correct, but that's 1157 00:48:51.440 --> 00:48:52.519 the solution to the puzzle. 1158 00:48:53.000 --> 00:48:53.199 Yeah. 1159 00:48:53.239 --> 00:48:55.880 There's so many little things that kind of just bugged 1160 00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:59.119 me throughout the game. So I really thought it. 1161 00:48:59.079 --> 00:49:02.000 Was like unpiled. Yeah, yeah, it's it's like unpolished in 1162 00:49:02.079 --> 00:49:04.239 some ways. And then I'll clearly visually it's the presentation 1163 00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:08.000 that you said very polished, which I think, you know, ultimately, 1164 00:49:08.039 --> 00:49:10.440 the way this game was received seemed to be the 1165 00:49:10.519 --> 00:49:12.719 right move, where it's like, let's make this game look 1166 00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:16.000 and feel really nice, and most people will overlook the rest, 1167 00:49:16.119 --> 00:49:18.400 and it's like, I think I ended up overlooking the rest, 1168 00:49:18.400 --> 00:49:20.199 even though it definitely happened to be throughout the game 1169 00:49:20.280 --> 00:49:23.000 bugs where you know, for the first two hours, I'm like, man, 1170 00:49:23.000 --> 00:49:24.559 this game is one of the worst animated games I've 1171 00:49:24.559 --> 00:49:26.639 ever seen, because every character had stiff arms. And then 1172 00:49:26.679 --> 00:49:28.679 I realized, oh, it was just broken for the first 1173 00:49:28.719 --> 00:49:29.199 two hours. 1174 00:49:29.239 --> 00:49:33.840 Oh yeah, jew like snap into their animations and everything. 1175 00:49:33.840 --> 00:49:37.039 It was a little odd. Yeah, yeah, but it's. 1176 00:49:36.880 --> 00:49:39.239 Like you know, I think they found the balance where 1177 00:49:39.280 --> 00:49:41.280 they ended up with a game that is still very 1178 00:49:41.280 --> 00:49:44.920 easy to recommend, very good. It just is not like 1179 00:49:45.519 --> 00:49:47.960 an unassailable masterpiece in any way. 1180 00:49:48.079 --> 00:49:48.280 Yeah. 1181 00:49:48.280 --> 00:49:50.159 I remember thinking, like when we were talking about it 1182 00:49:50.239 --> 00:49:51.639 at Game of the Year, I think most of us 1183 00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:54.599 were like working through it at that point, and oh man, 1184 00:49:54.599 --> 00:49:56.039 that's so excited and talking about this. I can't wait 1185 00:49:56.039 --> 00:49:57.679 to get back and play more of this shit. I 1186 00:49:57.719 --> 00:49:59.639 wish I could have played it earlier, because it probably 1187 00:49:59.800 --> 00:50:02.239 my ten lists this year, you know, now that I've 1188 00:50:02.360 --> 00:50:03.239 mostly beat it. 1189 00:50:03.519 --> 00:50:05.400 Uh it uh, I don't think it would have made 1190 00:50:05.440 --> 00:50:05.880 my top ten. 1191 00:50:05.960 --> 00:50:07.480 I like it. I think they did a great job 1192 00:50:07.519 --> 00:50:07.719 with it. 1193 00:50:07.760 --> 00:50:09.559 I still agree with you know what I said about 1194 00:50:09.559 --> 00:50:12.199 it's one of the best taking an ip and making 1195 00:50:12.239 --> 00:50:14.920 a game that's faithful to the tone and feeling of that. 1196 00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:18.119 But yeah, I think if I were to review it, 1197 00:50:18.239 --> 00:50:19.840 it probably would have been like an eight. You know, 1198 00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:21.199 it's like good. 1199 00:50:21.400 --> 00:50:25.000 You know, like your your brother's a huge Indiana Jones fan. 1200 00:50:25.119 --> 00:50:26.360 I just have sisters. 1201 00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:35.119 I'm Mike, I'm talking about I'm sorry. Yeah, CJ loves 1202 00:50:35.159 --> 00:50:39.079 Indiana Jones. I Clark, Yeah, Clark ended up? Did he 1203 00:50:39.239 --> 00:50:40.840 really like it. He loved it. 1204 00:50:40.880 --> 00:50:42.840 He loves Indiana Jones. He's the one who like made 1205 00:50:42.920 --> 00:50:44.880 me go see Crystal Skull a second time. 1206 00:50:46.360 --> 00:50:48.440 What's funny. It was like he had the biggest bug 1207 00:50:48.480 --> 00:50:52.119 I ever heard about. Though. We're like, he just skipped 1208 00:50:52.280 --> 00:50:55.760 the climax of Vacts one, like that whole point part 1209 00:50:55.800 --> 00:50:59.400 where like, you know, the Nazi finds the artifact and 1210 00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:00.960 breaks it in and then the Giant shows up and 1211 00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:05.280 you fight the giant like that just skipped to watch 1212 00:51:05.320 --> 00:51:06.320 it on a YouTube lader. 1213 00:51:06.519 --> 00:51:07.000 He likes id. 1214 00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:07.880 He had just so much. 1215 00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:10.760 He was very forgiving of that. But I was like, man, 1216 00:51:10.800 --> 00:51:13.480 that's wild. That's a pretty bad bu. 1217 00:51:13.920 --> 00:51:15.800 I think that's the dial though, because for me, it's 1218 00:51:15.800 --> 00:51:18.119 like it did end up on my top ten because 1219 00:51:18.519 --> 00:51:21.079 I just love Indiana Jones and this is so Indiana 1220 00:51:21.159 --> 00:51:24.119 Jones that, like, you know, like with the Star Wars, 1221 00:51:23.960 --> 00:51:26.360 the Ubisoft game, very easy for me to overlook the 1222 00:51:26.400 --> 00:51:28.000 stuff I didn't like because they're giving me so much 1223 00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:30.360 stuff that was like in my wheelhouse. So I think 1224 00:51:30.360 --> 00:51:32.719 it's like, you know, if you enjoy Indiana Jones, we 1225 00:51:32.760 --> 00:51:34.920 could take it or leave it and there's still a 1226 00:51:34.960 --> 00:51:37.159 good game here. An eight out of ten. I think 1227 00:51:37.159 --> 00:51:38.320 it's Dan said, yeah. 1228 00:51:38.199 --> 00:51:40.320 I think that's right, and yeah, the Indiana Jones in this, 1229 00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:43.000 and I also do like India Jones a lot, so 1230 00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:46.119 that just, yeah, it helps, especially since it's been so 1231 00:51:46.239 --> 00:51:48.960 long since I've gotten an Indiana Jones something that I 1232 00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:51.840 really like, right, like doubt this and he was like 1233 00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:56.199 generously fine and then obviously a bunch of other worst things. 1234 00:51:56.840 --> 00:52:00.119 I do constantly think, Jeff about that Star War or 1235 00:52:00.239 --> 00:52:01.440 out Lost comparison, right. 1236 00:52:01.400 --> 00:52:02.400 Because a lot of plays. 1237 00:52:02.400 --> 00:52:04.280 I feel like these games are of a similar quality 1238 00:52:04.679 --> 00:52:09.960 and one just got like very right, it got it 1239 00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:12.840 got treated. I don't say it got treated unfairly, but 1240 00:52:12.880 --> 00:52:15.119 you know, people like very critical of it, and it 1241 00:52:15.239 --> 00:52:17.039 maybe deserved it. I don't wost I'm not saying any 1242 00:52:17.079 --> 00:52:19.239 of it just got a free pass and it says, but 1243 00:52:19.280 --> 00:52:20.320 there was a different earned. 1244 00:52:21.039 --> 00:52:26.559 Earned difference of expectations is sort of what hurts Star 1245 00:52:26.599 --> 00:52:29.639 Wars there, because you know, we hear Ubisoft Star Wars 1246 00:52:29.679 --> 00:52:33.199 game and people have lower expectations because they're down on Ubisoft. 1247 00:52:33.239 --> 00:52:35.880 But then we hear Machine Games Indiana Jones and we're like, oh, 1248 00:52:35.920 --> 00:52:39.039 that's a perfect fit, and like this studio does like 1249 00:52:39.159 --> 00:52:42.840 really good stuff looking forward to it. And you know, ironically, 1250 00:52:42.920 --> 00:52:45.519 like the things I like about machine games as games 1251 00:52:45.800 --> 00:52:49.159 aren't really in this game. It doesn't really feel like them, 1252 00:52:49.159 --> 00:52:51.440 actually like them Last Gripe. 1253 00:52:51.440 --> 00:52:53.559 Other than the cut scenes, like the cut scenes very right. 1254 00:52:53.440 --> 00:52:57.280 Exactly it had done fighting enemies in this game. I 1255 00:52:57.280 --> 00:53:01.920 think just in general doesn't feel good, but that leans 1256 00:53:01.960 --> 00:53:05.519 into Indy isn't much of a fighter, Like, sure he 1257 00:53:05.559 --> 00:53:08.320 gets into shootouts and stuff, super Yeah, he's not Nathan 1258 00:53:08.400 --> 00:53:11.639 Drake just mass murdering people. No, you are supposed to 1259 00:53:12.000 --> 00:53:15.840 be a little more cerebral cerebral about it, and I 1260 00:53:15.880 --> 00:53:20.000 think that's where maybe being faithful is what is going 1261 00:53:20.039 --> 00:53:22.199 to make you a little divisive for some people like myself, 1262 00:53:22.199 --> 00:53:26.039 who I didn't think like, y'all, if I shoot someone 1263 00:53:26.039 --> 00:53:28.400 in the face of video game, they need to die. 1264 00:53:29.079 --> 00:53:29.320 Yeah. 1265 00:53:29.559 --> 00:53:32.840 I had a pistol point blank to a Nazi's head 1266 00:53:33.039 --> 00:53:36.119 shot him. He just reeled backwards like, no, let me 1267 00:53:36.280 --> 00:53:39.679 have this. So yeah, it was a bunch of little things. 1268 00:53:39.719 --> 00:53:42.519 But I think that in general it's a very interesting 1269 00:53:42.559 --> 00:53:44.400 and fun indie experience. 1270 00:53:45.000 --> 00:53:47.679 Yeah, And I think for while you and I Sean 1271 00:53:47.760 --> 00:53:50.840 didn't love the beginning of Indy, most people seem to 1272 00:53:50.920 --> 00:53:52.840 like be like on board with it pretty quick. Star 1273 00:53:52.880 --> 00:53:56.119 Wars Outlaws does have a much rougher introduction, and it's 1274 00:53:56.159 --> 00:53:59.000 like it turns into a very good game later, but 1275 00:53:59.079 --> 00:54:02.360 it it does not start out as well. All right, 1276 00:54:02.599 --> 00:54:05.760 let's see here, Mike Tokyo Extreme Racer. Both you and 1277 00:54:05.760 --> 00:54:07.159 I played some of this. I played a little bit 1278 00:54:07.159 --> 00:54:09.559 on stream, kind of not enough to get fully grasped 1279 00:54:09.559 --> 00:54:12.679 what it's going for. It is in early access. Have 1280 00:54:12.760 --> 00:54:14.360 you played enough to like kind of get the idea 1281 00:54:14.440 --> 00:54:16.280 of the structure of the game, or just kind of 1282 00:54:16.559 --> 00:54:17.280 took a taste of it. 1283 00:54:17.639 --> 00:54:18.840 Yeah, I played an hour of it. 1284 00:54:19.000 --> 00:54:20.840 Like you said, it's early access, and I talk a 1285 00:54:20.880 --> 00:54:23.440 lot about liking arcade racers and wishing we'd have more 1286 00:54:23.480 --> 00:54:26.239 of them, and you know, like this is not Ridge 1287 00:54:26.360 --> 00:54:28.679 Racer right in structure in a lot of ways. The 1288 00:54:28.719 --> 00:54:31.400 one way it maybe is that the vibes are very 1289 00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:36.639 good here. The whole sort of nighttime Tokyo City highway 1290 00:54:36.880 --> 00:54:39.679 driving thing, going through all these tunnels and all these 1291 00:54:39.760 --> 00:54:41.599 lights in the distance and these kind of you know, 1292 00:54:41.920 --> 00:54:45.039 melodic beats happening. All of that is great. There's also 1293 00:54:45.440 --> 00:54:47.239 like a little bit of a story here. And it's 1294 00:54:47.280 --> 00:54:50.760 not much, but it's very funny. It's always like a 1295 00:54:50.760 --> 00:54:53.840 woman approaches you and she's sexy and wearing a leather 1296 00:54:53.920 --> 00:54:56.400 jacket and she's like, why do you race? 1297 00:54:57.000 --> 00:54:58.039 A reason why? 1298 00:54:58.199 --> 00:54:59.840 You're like, why do. 1299 00:55:02.280 --> 00:55:05.920 Real deep stuff? The structure of it like that. 1300 00:55:06.159 --> 00:55:07.559 I was kind of hoping for it to open up 1301 00:55:07.559 --> 00:55:09.639 a bit more, because it really was I'm doing a 1302 00:55:09.679 --> 00:55:12.800 loop around this highway and then you flash your lights 1303 00:55:12.800 --> 00:55:14.800 at like somebody and you do a one on one 1304 00:55:14.880 --> 00:55:15.440 race with them. 1305 00:55:15.920 --> 00:55:16.800 That's it's fun. 1306 00:55:17.039 --> 00:55:19.880 But I kind of kept like waiting for you know, 1307 00:55:19.960 --> 00:55:22.000 is there going to be like a real race or 1308 00:55:22.079 --> 00:55:24.599 because the highways kind of narrow, it's not really a 1309 00:55:24.679 --> 00:55:25.360 drifting game. 1310 00:55:25.400 --> 00:55:27.559 You can drift, there's not a lot of room to 1311 00:55:27.719 --> 00:55:28.079 do that. 1312 00:55:29.280 --> 00:55:30.719 So you know, I was like, Okay, at some point 1313 00:55:30.719 --> 00:55:33.000 we're gonna expand here, and eventually I race so many 1314 00:55:33.079 --> 00:55:36.239 people from one faction that I fought there like boss, 1315 00:55:36.519 --> 00:55:38.679 but it was still just sort of another one on 1316 00:55:38.679 --> 00:55:42.840 one race, so the vibes were very good. I almost wish, 1317 00:55:42.960 --> 00:55:44.519 and you know, I hate being like I wish it 1318 00:55:44.599 --> 00:55:47.320 was a different game. I prefer to have just some 1319 00:55:47.360 --> 00:55:50.360 more traditional Hey, there's eight cars in a starting line 1320 00:55:50.360 --> 00:55:52.159 and here's the track we're going on. That just sort 1321 00:55:52.199 --> 00:55:56.440 of doing this kind of weird like limited version of 1322 00:55:56.440 --> 00:55:57.920 Burnout Paradise, right. 1323 00:55:57.880 --> 00:56:00.840 Yeah, Yeah, it doesn't need to be like full modern 1324 00:56:00.920 --> 00:56:03.079 like need for speed game where like there's a million 1325 00:56:03.119 --> 00:56:05.519 different races littered all over a map, but it's like 1326 00:56:05.559 --> 00:56:07.599 I would like to like get off one of these exits, 1327 00:56:07.679 --> 00:56:11.079 go find like maybe a small part of town where 1328 00:56:11.119 --> 00:56:13.880 there is a set up race there, and yeah maybe 1329 00:56:13.920 --> 00:56:17.559 and maybe that does happen eventually. Again, I don't know, 1330 00:56:18.119 --> 00:56:21.079 but the way the structure works early on was I'm like, 1331 00:56:21.239 --> 00:56:22.960 I'm just I just don't feel like I have a 1332 00:56:23.000 --> 00:56:25.159 lot of options here in how I race, And. 1333 00:56:25.079 --> 00:56:27.000 It might still open up, either like in that game 1334 00:56:27.079 --> 00:56:29.239 right now or as it gets further in development, because 1335 00:56:29.239 --> 00:56:31.239 like you know, sometimes you get these branches where it's 1336 00:56:31.239 --> 00:56:33.119 like you can turn left or right, but like the 1337 00:56:33.199 --> 00:56:35.920 one is always blocked off. Yeah, so you know, I 1338 00:56:35.920 --> 00:56:39.760 assume eventually I can go different places, and I'm not 1339 00:56:39.760 --> 00:56:42.480 expecting suddenly to you know, get in the big open areas. 1340 00:56:43.079 --> 00:56:46.079 I think the game is all this highway driving. That's fine, 1341 00:56:46.079 --> 00:56:48.440 but yeah, like the first hour literally is just this 1342 00:56:48.599 --> 00:56:51.199 circuit and the progression stuff as you know, the kind 1343 00:56:51.239 --> 00:56:54.559 of typical you know, hey, you can upgrade your car 1344 00:56:54.639 --> 00:56:56.760 here do that? As ever, is so much into that 1345 00:56:56.880 --> 00:57:01.599 garage aspect of racing games right for your kidstyle was like, 1346 00:57:01.599 --> 00:57:03.360 here's the three cars you can pick. I don't need 1347 00:57:03.400 --> 00:57:06.159 to adjust their suspension. I don't know what that means. 1348 00:57:06.360 --> 00:57:10.280 Yeah, all right, let's go with this. This game of 1349 00:57:10.320 --> 00:57:13.199 the week, Ninja Guide in two Black. All three of 1350 00:57:13.199 --> 00:57:14.960 you have been playing it. I want to get in 1351 00:57:14.960 --> 00:57:17.719 there find some time, but I have not yet. Real 1352 00:57:17.800 --> 00:57:20.280 quick before we do have all three of you played 1353 00:57:20.320 --> 00:57:22.480 the original Ninja Guide in two before. 1354 00:57:22.639 --> 00:57:24.840 I played all every Ninja Guiden game I've played. 1355 00:57:24.920 --> 00:57:28.199 Okay, interesting you say that, Actually you go first. 1356 00:57:29.119 --> 00:57:30.880 I never played two, but I played all of one, 1357 00:57:30.960 --> 00:57:32.000 and this is very okay. 1358 00:57:32.239 --> 00:57:37.159 So yeah, I played one and two and some of three, 1359 00:57:37.920 --> 00:57:40.760 but it hasn't been since each of those games released originally. 1360 00:57:40.760 --> 00:57:43.280 So I'm actually going back to the best of my 1361 00:57:43.320 --> 00:57:45.079 ability to check some of those out because I want 1362 00:57:45.119 --> 00:57:48.239 to do a comparison. And so I fired up Black 1363 00:57:48.320 --> 00:57:53.079 in emulator, and then one Sigma is on game Pass 1364 00:57:53.320 --> 00:57:55.719 and if I don't have access to original two, but 1365 00:57:55.880 --> 00:57:58.639 two Sigma in Gay Pass and then now too black 1366 00:57:58.719 --> 00:58:02.519 to sort of see yea, and how the different versions 1367 00:58:02.559 --> 00:58:03.480 compare to each other. 1368 00:58:04.679 --> 00:58:08.159 Yeah, so I do wonder, like it seems like mostly 1369 00:58:08.159 --> 00:58:09.840 people are pretty happy with this, but I have seen 1370 00:58:09.840 --> 00:58:12.639 like some there's a conversation in the Ninja Guiden fan 1371 00:58:12.679 --> 00:58:15.320 community about like, okay, is this actually the definitive version, 1372 00:58:15.320 --> 00:58:20.000 and they're like, like scalpeling it apart, that's probably not 1373 00:58:20.039 --> 00:58:22.800 gonna be something that that's gonna bother us too much 1374 00:58:22.840 --> 00:58:24.360 one way or the other. How are you guys finding 1375 00:58:24.360 --> 00:58:25.039 this game? Well? 1376 00:58:25.079 --> 00:58:28.440 I think it's so fun. It just feels good. 1377 00:58:28.480 --> 00:58:30.880 What I love about these Ninja Guiden games now, and 1378 00:58:30.920 --> 00:58:32.480 I think it's maybe why some people have a hard 1379 00:58:32.480 --> 00:58:35.559 time like jumping into them right now, is that there 1380 00:58:35.599 --> 00:58:38.880 there's a kind of delineation of action games, and they 1381 00:58:38.920 --> 00:58:41.840 definitely follow the more of like the Devil May Cry 1382 00:58:42.199 --> 00:58:45.800 and God Have More than Later the Arkham games, Right, 1383 00:58:45.840 --> 00:58:47.159 those are the real blueprints. 1384 00:58:47.239 --> 00:58:49.440 Yeah, x Men Origins Wolverine likes. 1385 00:58:49.840 --> 00:58:50.480 This says exactly. 1386 00:58:50.480 --> 00:58:52.199 You know, sometimes obviously took things from Ninja goid It, 1387 00:58:52.199 --> 00:58:54.880 but even still, these Ninja Guiden games, they feel like 1388 00:58:54.880 --> 00:58:58.159 they're doing their own thing, right, You don't really walk 1389 00:58:58.320 --> 00:59:03.400 onto enemies, like enemies aren't going to attack you one 1390 00:59:03.440 --> 00:59:05.079 at a time, right, the a three of them, we'll 1391 00:59:05.119 --> 00:59:05.880 just come at you. 1392 00:59:06.039 --> 00:59:10.760 So you know you're really moving around a lot. But gosh, 1393 00:59:10.760 --> 00:59:15.039 it just feels so freaking good. Still, that kind of 1394 00:59:15.079 --> 00:59:17.639 calm as you pull off you know, those iconic moves, 1395 00:59:17.679 --> 00:59:19.039 the swallow dive or whatever was. 1396 00:59:21.079 --> 00:59:24.360 Fam out of that so good, especially early on. Gosh, 1397 00:59:24.440 --> 00:59:26.400 you just cut people's heads off. Then you figure out 1398 00:59:26.440 --> 00:59:29.559 the Azuna drop. I'm not even usually a fan of 1399 00:59:29.639 --> 00:59:31.679 the different weapons now I'm just gonna use the sword, 1400 00:59:31.800 --> 00:59:35.000 but you get this kind of staff thing that it 1401 00:59:35.119 --> 00:59:36.360 just goes wide. 1402 00:59:36.360 --> 00:59:39.800 It feels so freaking good just spinning that thing around 1403 00:59:39.840 --> 00:59:44.239 like a absolute madman. So I've been having a ton 1404 00:59:44.280 --> 00:59:44.840 of fun with it. 1405 00:59:44.880 --> 00:59:47.159 I love the clause later. I remember those were awesome. 1406 00:59:47.159 --> 00:59:49.360 And yeah, I've actually liked seeing the reaction to this 1407 00:59:49.400 --> 00:59:50.920 because I remember back in the day, like I never 1408 00:59:51.119 --> 00:59:53.320 was like, oh, this is better than one, but I 1409 00:59:53.320 --> 00:59:55.639 thought it was also very good and you know, pretty 1410 00:59:55.639 --> 00:59:58.400 close to one in quality, and for some reason it 1411 00:59:58.519 --> 01:00:00.119 got a lot of ship back in the day. I 1412 01:00:00.159 --> 01:00:02.639 think it's still reviewed fine, but everyone was kind of 1413 01:00:02.679 --> 01:00:05.960 like the vibe of it being disappointing and a three yeah, 1414 01:00:06.000 --> 01:00:08.679 three side, but two was good and I'm glad to 1415 01:00:08.719 --> 01:00:09.920 see people coming around on it. 1416 01:00:10.000 --> 01:00:10.199 Yeah. 1417 01:00:10.199 --> 01:00:13.880 What I find interesting is that Ninja Guidance fans really 1418 01:00:13.920 --> 01:00:18.000 seemed to like the blueprint of one, and when I 1419 01:00:18.039 --> 01:00:23.079 went back to Black in particular because uh, Sigma Sigma 1420 01:00:23.119 --> 01:00:25.679 sour smooth some of this stuff out. One is so 1421 01:00:25.920 --> 01:00:28.880 much more focused on like the light puzzle solving and 1422 01:00:29.000 --> 01:00:30.039 light platforming. 1423 01:00:30.559 --> 01:00:32.480 No DMC one resident. 1424 01:00:32.840 --> 01:00:35.400 Yeah, it has like yeah those Resident Evil one references 1425 01:00:35.440 --> 01:00:38.639 which influences and I kind of liked I think I 1426 01:00:38.719 --> 01:00:41.280 kind of liked the second one going away from that, Oh. 1427 01:00:41.159 --> 01:00:44.280 You do, okay, I thought you would like you would 1428 01:00:44.320 --> 01:00:46.639 appreciate how much one has it. But like, you know, 1429 01:00:46.719 --> 01:00:49.079 this is why I said during the talkover, and some 1430 01:00:49.119 --> 01:00:51.480 people really did not like me saying that the talkover, 1431 01:00:51.800 --> 01:00:54.559 but I did not like how Ninja Guy and Black 1432 01:00:54.880 --> 01:00:57.599 I had, you know, at least I went back into 1433 01:00:57.719 --> 01:00:59.199 like two levels of it, and yeah, there's like a 1434 01:00:59.239 --> 01:01:02.159 decent amount like tracking and like grab the mcguffin to 1435 01:01:02.280 --> 01:01:04.840 unlock the thing, and it is more focused on the 1436 01:01:04.920 --> 01:01:08.519 environment rather than the combat. And two is much more 1437 01:01:08.679 --> 01:01:10.800 involved with the combat. That's why I do compare it 1438 01:01:10.840 --> 01:01:13.800 to like Ninja Guy and Black Ninja Guy in Black 1439 01:01:13.840 --> 01:01:17.840 and two versus say DMC one and the later ones 1440 01:01:17.960 --> 01:01:20.719 like three and especially five, because four kind of falls 1441 01:01:20.719 --> 01:01:22.920 into those traps a little bit more too. I like 1442 01:01:23.000 --> 01:01:26.079 it when it's more combat focused because I'm not a 1443 01:01:26.079 --> 01:01:30.599 fan of that resident evil lineage there that clearly DMC 1444 01:01:30.840 --> 01:01:36.559 one has that because it was originally a resident evil game. Yeah, 1445 01:01:36.599 --> 01:01:38.400 and so that's why that's there and why it's like, 1446 01:01:38.800 --> 01:01:41.199 you know, fixed camera most of the time and stuff, 1447 01:01:41.239 --> 01:01:44.039 and clearly that was part of the blueprint for Ninja 1448 01:01:44.039 --> 01:01:47.480 guid in one. And I think just especially a post 1449 01:01:47.559 --> 01:01:49.960 Good of War because everyone looked at God of War. 1450 01:01:50.079 --> 01:01:52.599 If you're making an action game, they didn't move any 1451 01:01:52.599 --> 01:01:56.239 more combat oriented direction, more control over the camera, even 1452 01:01:56.360 --> 01:01:59.039 the camera's not great in two. I just think that, yeah, 1453 01:01:59.239 --> 01:02:02.800 two is a huge step forward. And here with the remake, 1454 01:02:02.840 --> 01:02:05.559 it's a full on remake in on real engine five h. 1455 01:02:05.920 --> 01:02:09.199 It's really good. I think it loses somewhat charm a 1456 01:02:09.239 --> 01:02:11.920 little bit because Jeff you and particular will know I 1457 01:02:11.920 --> 01:02:14.840 meis say it looks very unreal engine. 1458 01:02:16.039 --> 01:02:18.719 That's always been a Shiny series. They look like action 1459 01:02:18.840 --> 01:02:19.840 figures and they always have. 1460 01:02:20.199 --> 01:02:23.360 And Unreal by default kind of has like a Matt 1461 01:02:23.599 --> 01:02:26.039 finish to a lot of stuff. Like you look at 1462 01:02:26.079 --> 01:02:28.519 the blood of enemies in this game and it looks 1463 01:02:28.679 --> 01:02:32.320 like Clay almost. It's a little odd, and so yeah, 1464 01:02:32.360 --> 01:02:34.679 I do think that the style is lost in translation 1465 01:02:34.880 --> 01:02:35.320 a little bit. 1466 01:02:35.400 --> 01:02:36.760 It's also very heavy game. 1467 01:02:36.559 --> 01:02:38.960 That's Unreal lunch in five. But I think in general 1468 01:02:39.000 --> 01:02:41.639 it's a good remake and it's I always think it's 1469 01:02:41.639 --> 01:02:44.199 fun when they like do bring these games back, adding 1470 01:02:44.280 --> 01:02:46.559 quality of life stuff and just make it more accessible. 1471 01:02:47.320 --> 01:02:49.639 And I remember little moments in the combat of those 1472 01:02:49.639 --> 01:02:51.800 games that I love were that I haven't seen other 1473 01:02:52.000 --> 01:02:54.880 stylish action character action games do. Where it's like you're 1474 01:02:55.119 --> 01:02:57.679 being overwhelmed by enemies and you just killed one and 1475 01:02:57.719 --> 01:03:00.280 his orbs floating around. It's like, Okay, if I can 1476 01:03:00.320 --> 01:03:02.559 just land with enough time to hold and wide to 1477 01:03:02.679 --> 01:03:06.119 suck in that orb and that fucking crazy ass attack 1478 01:03:06.199 --> 01:03:07.920 and you just chop them all up, that feels so 1479 01:03:08.119 --> 01:03:08.599 fucking good. 1480 01:03:08.679 --> 01:03:08.880 Yeah. 1481 01:03:08.920 --> 01:03:10.880 The Ultimate Technique or whatever it's called, that you can 1482 01:03:10.920 --> 01:03:13.639 charge up to two levels and we just does like 1483 01:03:13.679 --> 01:03:16.639 a canned like going to enemy to enemy to enemy, 1484 01:03:16.719 --> 01:03:19.760 just like going to town on them and it's so satisfying. 1485 01:03:19.960 --> 01:03:23.079 Yeah, yeah, all right, yep, definitely was gonna play it. 1486 01:03:23.199 --> 01:03:25.440 This one is not running great on Steam Deck, right, 1487 01:03:26.079 --> 01:03:27.079 I would. 1488 01:03:27.800 --> 01:03:29.920 It's great on Xbox just me laying on your Xbox 1489 01:03:30.320 --> 01:03:30.840 plants great. 1490 01:03:30.920 --> 01:03:33.480 I mean it's really heavy even yeah, like I'm my system, 1491 01:03:33.519 --> 01:03:36.000 I have a just a thirty sixty TI and it's yeah, 1492 01:03:36.000 --> 01:03:38.199 I have to like turn the internal res down to 1493 01:03:38.239 --> 01:03:41.320 like ten eighty jeff. So like it's it's a heavy game. 1494 01:03:41.719 --> 01:03:42.159 For sure. 1495 01:03:42.239 --> 01:03:45.119 We on the PC then that'll be the way to 1496 01:03:45.119 --> 01:03:45.400 play it. 1497 01:03:45.679 --> 01:03:48.639 Funniest update, I have been playing Crimson Skies on my 1498 01:03:48.760 --> 01:03:51.639 rog ally via the Xbox Cloud streaming and that's been 1499 01:03:51.679 --> 01:03:53.880 working fine. So I think I'm near the end of 1500 01:03:54.440 --> 01:03:56.320 Crimson Skies and I like that game a lot. 1501 01:03:56.719 --> 01:03:59.719 I have not started Grim Fandango, but I'm making plans 1502 01:03:59.719 --> 01:04:01.639 to do so this week because I wanted to start 1503 01:04:01.679 --> 01:04:04.599 before January is over. So I got a couple of days. 1504 01:04:05.280 --> 01:04:07.960 Well, I I was waiting to get the Wii set 1505 01:04:08.039 --> 01:04:09.639 up in earthing, but now that I have that step 1506 01:04:09.679 --> 01:04:10.880 and everything, yeah, I planned. 1507 01:04:12.199 --> 01:04:20.159 So world Mitch the best student, You're the homework teacher's pet. Congratulations, Bridges, 1508 01:04:20.559 --> 01:04:23.719 it's my old things. I love academics. 1509 01:04:26.199 --> 01:04:29.320 All right, that does it for the games. We're gonna 1510 01:04:29.320 --> 01:04:31.960 take a quick he says, bricky break and we're gonna 1511 01:04:32.000 --> 01:04:34.119 do that in on our a jam right now. We'll 1512 01:04:34.119 --> 01:04:39.239 be right back after this. All right, we're back. Uh, 1513 01:04:39.320 --> 01:04:43.679 let's do some news. Look gonna work there it is. Nope, 1514 01:04:43.719 --> 01:04:44.719 you guys still aren't hearing it. 1515 01:04:46.320 --> 01:04:47.800 The recording of the doors. 1516 01:04:48.400 --> 01:04:49.800 Yeah, yeah, we'll just put it in there. 1517 01:04:49.840 --> 01:04:50.239 I don't. 1518 01:04:51.639 --> 01:04:53.400 There's no reason it shouldn't work now, it's just the 1519 01:04:53.440 --> 01:04:54.639 broken computer's fault. 1520 01:04:54.880 --> 01:04:55.320 All right. 1521 01:04:55.599 --> 01:04:58.320 Uh news, I have it written down here somewhere. I'm 1522 01:04:58.440 --> 01:05:02.920 so I can find that window. Let's start with one thing. 1523 01:05:03.000 --> 01:05:05.639 I don't know why where did it go? I have it? 1524 01:05:05.719 --> 01:05:06.559 Want me to do it? Yea. 1525 01:05:07.639 --> 01:05:11.440 With Nintendo Switch to Preview event, confirmation emails are being 1526 01:05:11.559 --> 01:05:14.800 sent out. Nintendo Switch to Preview events will take place 1527 01:05:14.800 --> 01:05:19.239 in various locations across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia 1528 01:05:19.280 --> 01:05:23.960 between April fourth and June first. Nintendo has started informing 1529 01:05:24.039 --> 01:05:29.039 registrants of their application status while waitless opening January twentine, 1530 01:05:29.039 --> 01:05:31.719 for those who were not initially selected which You console 1531 01:05:31.760 --> 01:05:33.760 official launch claier this year, with a full reveal plan 1532 01:05:33.840 --> 01:05:37.719 for April second. The console's price, really, state of softwaretos 1533 01:05:37.719 --> 01:05:39.440 have You yet to be confirmed, although a new Mariocard 1534 01:05:39.480 --> 01:05:42.119 game was featured in the reveal trailer. 1535 01:05:42.280 --> 01:05:47.199 Anybody try to get in on this? Nope? I did not, No, 1536 01:05:47.519 --> 01:05:52.280 not that close to me. Were close to me, So yeah, yeah, 1537 01:05:52.360 --> 01:05:53.880 I guess I could go to New York. 1538 01:05:53.880 --> 01:05:57.079 But yeah, I mean, Mike thinking was wet me. Maybe 1539 01:05:57.079 --> 01:05:59.760 they'll invite us, But now I'm like, I don't. I'm 1540 01:05:59.760 --> 01:06:03.280 not so sure. I don't know things. Yeah, it's nice 1541 01:06:03.320 --> 01:06:06.320 to want things, but yeah, so I didn't even try. 1542 01:06:06.400 --> 01:06:09.480 But I did see like a lot of people including 1543 01:06:09.880 --> 01:06:12.360 Kitt and Christa and Jeff Keeley being like I didn't 1544 01:06:12.360 --> 01:06:15.480 get in. Jeff Kehiey was like, horrible day over here, 1545 01:06:15.519 --> 01:06:18.199 and then he deleted the tweet after that, so maybe 1546 01:06:18.440 --> 01:06:19.199 maybe felt bad. 1547 01:06:19.199 --> 01:06:22.800 I don't know, horrible day for Jeff Keeley. Oh No, 1548 01:06:22.880 --> 01:06:23.360 it's rough. 1549 01:06:24.440 --> 01:06:26.599 What I find really interesting and it's kind of touched 1550 01:06:26.599 --> 01:06:29.159 on here is how all the anxieties about the switch 1551 01:06:29.199 --> 01:06:32.000 to being announced have just transferred over to how much 1552 01:06:32.039 --> 01:06:33.360 will the switch to cost? 1553 01:06:33.719 --> 01:06:36.239 Yeah, and I mean that's a fair one. Money pays, 1554 01:06:36.440 --> 01:06:39.639 given money to people sucks. So I understand that we 1555 01:06:39.800 --> 01:06:42.639 are kind of dialing in though, where four hundred feels 1556 01:06:42.719 --> 01:06:44.400 right to me. But I mean, god, I wouldn't be 1557 01:06:44.719 --> 01:06:46.519 I guess I wouldn't be shocked if it's four to fifty. 1558 01:06:46.639 --> 01:06:48.360 I would be shocked if with three fifty that would be. 1559 01:06:48.400 --> 01:06:49.920 But I don't think there's really any shocks that go 1560 01:06:49.920 --> 01:06:50.599 below four hundred. 1561 01:06:50.639 --> 01:06:53.079 Three fifty would shock me more than five hundred would 1562 01:06:53.119 --> 01:06:53.400 shock me. 1563 01:06:53.559 --> 01:06:56.519 Honestly, four hundred has always been the most logical price 1564 01:06:56.559 --> 01:06:57.599 point because. 1565 01:06:57.280 --> 01:06:59.360 It's just sort of like naturally falls it for you. 1566 01:06:59.519 --> 01:07:01.920 Yeah, especially if they drop the price of the Olan, 1567 01:07:02.039 --> 01:07:04.400 you know, having a switch at two hundred, three hundred 1568 01:07:04.440 --> 01:07:06.679 and four hundred. It just makes so much sense, you know. 1569 01:07:07.519 --> 01:07:09.239 Question, I feel like all of you know more about 1570 01:07:09.280 --> 01:07:11.760 actual like horsepower and graphics and GPUs and stuff than 1571 01:07:11.800 --> 01:07:16.079 I do. Will this almost certainly be let's say, more 1572 01:07:16.119 --> 01:07:18.519 powerful than the current steam deck or. 1573 01:07:18.559 --> 01:07:22.159 Roger X much, not by much. 1574 01:07:22.400 --> 01:07:25.159 Yeah, it's gonna be like it's gonna be in that 1575 01:07:25.239 --> 01:07:27.960 It's gonna be in that zone. It will like once 1576 01:07:28.079 --> 01:07:30.639 all the bells and whistles are applied, will probably run 1577 01:07:30.679 --> 01:07:33.760 games better than a Steam deck, and then probably better 1578 01:07:33.840 --> 01:07:35.199 than a rock Alley, but not by much. 1579 01:07:35.320 --> 01:07:38.119 Yeah, it's like the difference between Xbox one and PS four. 1580 01:07:38.280 --> 01:07:40.760 It's all within that ballpark, but yeah, one runs a 1581 01:07:40.840 --> 01:07:43.159 bit better. The more interesting thing is that, because it's 1582 01:07:43.199 --> 01:07:45.760 still in video, they're probably going to have some form 1583 01:07:45.760 --> 01:07:48.360 of DLSS upscaling it to look nicer on your four 1584 01:07:48.480 --> 01:07:52.039 KTV than any of the current handhelds do, and certainly 1585 01:07:52.320 --> 01:07:53.599 better than the current switch. 1586 01:07:53.360 --> 01:07:55.360 And stuff will just be on by default, so it 1587 01:07:55.480 --> 01:07:59.239 counts as the horsepower for that device. So yeah, I 1588 01:07:59.239 --> 01:08:01.639 mean the effectively your games will be a little bit 1589 01:08:01.639 --> 01:08:04.480 smoother than the current crop of handhelds. But very soon 1590 01:08:04.519 --> 01:08:06.280 we're going to get a new crop handhelds from PC 1591 01:08:06.360 --> 01:08:09.119 hands right after that that will be probably blowing this 1592 01:08:09.159 --> 01:08:11.079 out of the water. But there's also be much more expense. 1593 01:08:11.119 --> 01:08:13.079 We already heard about selling ships come out of CES 1594 01:08:13.159 --> 01:08:14.920 and yeah, the next way a handhelds are gonna be 1595 01:08:15.159 --> 01:08:17.920 so much more powerful and switch too probably, but also yeah, 1596 01:08:18.079 --> 01:08:20.159 not having that up scaling, so it's sort of like 1597 01:08:20.359 --> 01:08:21.239 evens out a little. 1598 01:08:21.840 --> 01:08:23.359 Yeah, I think I think the way to think about 1599 01:08:23.359 --> 01:08:25.479 it is somewhere between PS four and PS four Pro. 1600 01:08:25.520 --> 01:08:28.520 It's whateverone keeps saying, whether it's closer to PS four 1601 01:08:28.520 --> 01:08:30.600 Pro or PS four We are just going to have 1602 01:08:30.640 --> 01:08:31.359 to wait and see. 1603 01:08:31.399 --> 01:08:34.720 I think people heard speculation of PS four Pro misunderstanding that, 1604 01:08:34.920 --> 01:08:36.960 especially like when me and Grubbs say stuff like that, 1605 01:08:37.000 --> 01:08:39.000 We mean it's going to run games like a PS 1606 01:08:39.039 --> 01:08:42.239 four But like the PS four Pro did upscaling to 1607 01:08:42.399 --> 01:08:44.720 those PS four games to make them look nice, That's 1608 01:08:45.239 --> 01:08:46.079 what's happening here. 1609 01:08:46.199 --> 01:08:49.880 Better up scaling the PS four pro head that are checkerboard. Yeah, 1610 01:08:50.000 --> 01:08:53.239 and no machine learning applied to that stuff. So yeah, 1611 01:08:53.239 --> 01:08:56.640 they're It's going to be good for Nintendo games for sure, 1612 01:08:56.760 --> 01:08:58.840 and a lot more third lot more third party games 1613 01:08:58.880 --> 01:08:59.880 will run on this always. 1614 01:08:59.880 --> 01:09:01.840 The need to keep in mind is keep your expectations 1615 01:09:01.840 --> 01:09:04.399 in check, and it will probably be a solid machine. 1616 01:09:04.760 --> 01:09:06.479 If Mario looks good on it, I'm happy. 1617 01:09:07.479 --> 01:09:07.640 Wow. 1618 01:09:08.199 --> 01:09:11.119 Okay, yeah, but what about Xbox games? How will that 1619 01:09:11.560 --> 01:09:15.279 look on this shoe? Because Xbox will be on switch 1620 01:09:15.399 --> 01:09:18.199 to Phil Spencer did a kind of some interview rounds 1621 01:09:18.960 --> 01:09:22.039 last week here with Microsoft Gaming CEO Praise the Time, 1622 01:09:22.079 --> 01:09:25.680 switching plans to support it with Xbox game ports. Xbox 1623 01:09:25.720 --> 01:09:28.680 teams are prepping multiple releases for switch To, including the 1624 01:09:28.760 --> 01:09:33.159 Level four Halo, Massive's Collection and Microsoft Flight Simulator. That's 1625 01:09:33.199 --> 01:09:35.000 a bullet point here, Jeff. Is that all that's not all? 1626 01:09:35.880 --> 01:09:37.840 Okay? So yeah, and I got the doc, thanks Mike. 1627 01:09:38.359 --> 01:09:41.399 This is not not all that's confirmed. All that is 1628 01:09:41.800 --> 01:09:47.399 like between speculation and rumors leaks. Uh, stiff definitely, like 1629 01:09:47.439 --> 01:09:51.479 in that same bounty, the same basket of leaks where hey, 1630 01:09:51.600 --> 01:09:53.119 we've heard the Gears of War might be coming a 1631 01:09:53.159 --> 01:09:58.680 PlayStation similar to that, but also very likely. Uh these 1632 01:09:58.760 --> 01:10:01.560 days because Microsoft is talking openly about Hey I did 1633 01:10:01.600 --> 01:10:03.800 I'm talking to Nintendo and I'm going on all these 1634 01:10:03.880 --> 01:10:07.039 podcasts and saying, yeah, we're gonna support switch It's part 1635 01:10:07.039 --> 01:10:09.399 of our switch To. This is part of our new 1636 01:10:09.439 --> 01:10:12.319 thing where we're putting our stuff out everywhere and everything's 1637 01:10:12.319 --> 01:10:14.760 an Xbox. I mean that's their marketing campaign. So yeah, 1638 01:10:14.760 --> 01:10:15.720 this stuffs very likely. 1639 01:10:16.159 --> 01:10:18.800 It's just gonna be incredible to me after all this, 1640 01:10:19.159 --> 01:10:22.640 like you can't invite Phil Spencer out to coffee without 1641 01:10:22.680 --> 01:10:25.800 him screaming about how they're going to release Xbox games 1642 01:10:25.920 --> 01:10:29.560 on other platforms and yet like where they when Master 1643 01:10:29.680 --> 01:10:31.920 Chief shows up on a play station, people are still 1644 01:10:31.920 --> 01:10:33.159 going to like lose their. 1645 01:10:33.000 --> 01:10:34.039 Buying and be surprised. 1646 01:10:34.159 --> 01:10:37.760 Yeah, it does feel like, you know, the message is 1647 01:10:37.800 --> 01:10:40.039 beginning to sync in. And yet you're right that there 1648 01:10:40.079 --> 01:10:43.960 are still those on the deserted aisles during World War 1649 01:10:44.000 --> 01:10:48.920 two fighting the war, not knowing that it's over. So yeah, 1650 01:10:48.960 --> 01:10:53.600 but he's repeatedly basically said console war's over. PlayStation's basically 1651 01:10:53.640 --> 01:10:56.600 saying the same thing. That's not gonna stick into every 1652 01:10:56.600 --> 01:10:57.439 one of these kids heads. 1653 01:10:57.439 --> 01:10:57.600 Though. 1654 01:10:57.600 --> 01:11:00.279 It's it's good though, especially for some games. I loved 1655 01:11:00.319 --> 01:11:03.520 Diablo three on the Switch. One actually a great way 1656 01:11:03.520 --> 01:11:05.800 to play that game. So I could see myself may 1657 01:11:05.840 --> 01:11:08.960 be getting back into Diablo four having that on the 1658 01:11:09.000 --> 01:11:12.800 switch to you know, the next Halo. Sure, but there's 1659 01:11:12.800 --> 01:11:14.600 something about the Master Chief collection, like, oh, I could 1660 01:11:14.600 --> 01:11:16.119 play Halo one on the Switch. 1661 01:11:16.159 --> 01:11:18.680 It's just so novel. How could I say? Noticed? 1662 01:11:18.720 --> 01:11:21.640 It was very Sonics on a Nintendo platform. You know 1663 01:11:22.159 --> 01:11:23.600 exactly they should call it. 1664 01:11:23.600 --> 01:11:27.880 They should call it Halo Combat Evolved Battle and. 1665 01:11:27.560 --> 01:11:31.479 And and the directory, and then they should definitely do 1666 01:11:31.640 --> 01:11:34.640 a Sonic and Mario and Master Chief at the Olympic 1667 01:11:34.680 --> 01:11:35.760 Games and. 1668 01:11:38.560 --> 01:11:44.159 Halo every once in a while. 1669 01:11:45.159 --> 01:11:48.359 God, God, I just hope that, like I could find 1670 01:11:48.720 --> 01:11:51.520 I hope that in the next Metal Girl Solid Snake 1671 01:11:51.840 --> 01:11:53.079 randomly falls down. 1672 01:11:53.079 --> 01:11:57.239 I would every would not you're telling you. 1673 01:11:57.239 --> 01:11:58.159 What I wouldn't like it? 1674 01:11:58.720 --> 01:12:00.600 No, I think, yeah, I think when you're trying to 1675 01:12:00.640 --> 01:12:04.960 actually play a video game, you're down, You'll be because 1676 01:12:05.079 --> 01:12:07.960 and fucking meddle your solid too when you roll when 1677 01:12:07.960 --> 01:12:09.159 you're going up or down the stairs. 1678 01:12:09.199 --> 01:12:11.359 He just donks his head and eat ship and I 1679 01:12:11.479 --> 01:12:13.079 laugh every fucking time. 1680 01:12:13.359 --> 01:12:15.199 I would love you best something. 1681 01:12:15.000 --> 01:12:18.960 Up and you slipped on bird Ship, not because algorithm 1682 01:12:19.000 --> 01:12:19.880 said it was gonna happen. 1683 01:12:19.920 --> 01:12:21.600 Now you're wrong about this. I would love it. 1684 01:12:21.720 --> 01:12:23.960 Why don't we always do podcast? I don't know. 1685 01:12:24.640 --> 01:12:28.920 We're all trying to be TikTok YouTubers. That's what the 1686 01:12:28.960 --> 01:12:34.159 meeting was about. How to be more TikTok yellers. 1687 01:12:34.239 --> 01:12:36.880 Yeah, boy, I don't mind if people don't like the show, 1688 01:12:36.880 --> 01:12:38.600 but I hate it. It's like, look, they have to 1689 01:12:38.640 --> 01:12:39.960 appeal to a younger audience. 1690 01:12:40.000 --> 01:12:40.800 What are you talking? 1691 01:12:40.880 --> 01:12:43.600 I never thought of that ever. We need to yell more. 1692 01:12:43.640 --> 01:12:48.760 The kids like yelling. We're always saying that. Yeah, just honestly, 1693 01:12:48.960 --> 01:12:50.279 just like yelling. At each other. 1694 01:12:51.760 --> 01:12:52.239 It's weird. 1695 01:12:52.279 --> 01:12:56.319 That's how friendship works. Yeah, it's odd. Uh. 1696 01:12:56.640 --> 01:12:58.840 Okay, So all these games are going to be on 1697 01:12:59.039 --> 01:13:01.479 switch huh, and they're going to keep coming out to PlayStation. 1698 01:13:01.600 --> 01:13:05.960 What does that mean for Xbox hardware? Well, in more interviews, 1699 01:13:06.159 --> 01:13:08.319 he did a lot of this talking on gamer Tag Radio. 1700 01:13:08.560 --> 01:13:09.840 Very good interview over there, if you want to go 1701 01:13:09.880 --> 01:13:12.439 listen to this. Basically said we are going to try 1702 01:13:12.479 --> 01:13:14.720 to make the hardware stand out on its own through 1703 01:13:14.760 --> 01:13:19.600 its own capabilities. Now, didn't say what that means. I mean, obviously, 1704 01:13:19.640 --> 01:13:22.159 one thing it could mean is it runs games very 1705 01:13:22.279 --> 01:13:24.199 very well, and I'm sure that is one of the 1706 01:13:24.199 --> 01:13:26.119 things they will try to make a key point of 1707 01:13:26.159 --> 01:13:30.640 the next Xbox. But it also to me feels like, well, 1708 01:13:31.399 --> 01:13:34.079 if that is the point, well I'm still just going 1709 01:13:34.119 --> 01:13:36.640 to keep getting PC. And of course they don't mind 1710 01:13:36.640 --> 01:13:38.319 if you get a PC. But if the point is 1711 01:13:38.359 --> 01:13:40.199 to make Xbox stand out through capabilities, I think that 1712 01:13:40.239 --> 01:13:43.439 also means capabilities including you can run your games from 1713 01:13:43.479 --> 01:13:47.439 any store, including Epic and Steam, things along those lines, 1714 01:13:47.920 --> 01:13:50.479 because then then the capabilities will really matter if I 1715 01:13:50.479 --> 01:13:52.039 can get my games from anywhere and bring it to 1716 01:13:52.039 --> 01:13:53.920 this device and it's very simple plug into the TV. 1717 01:13:54.000 --> 01:13:56.439 But what other capabilities do you would you want from 1718 01:13:56.439 --> 01:13:58.279 an Xbox if you can get these games anywhere? 1719 01:13:58.359 --> 01:14:03.479 Right now, the backwards compatibility stuff was so good. 1720 01:14:03.560 --> 01:14:05.279 I would love more of that, but they already seemed 1721 01:14:05.279 --> 01:14:06.399 disinterested in that. 1722 01:14:06.960 --> 01:14:09.399 But like, aside from that, I just like, what, what's 1723 01:14:09.439 --> 01:14:10.640 even a possibility here? 1724 01:14:10.680 --> 01:14:11.119 I don't know. 1725 01:14:11.239 --> 01:14:14.159 Well, I think what he's getting at, though, is more 1726 01:14:14.600 --> 01:14:19.279 Xbox specific ecosystem stuff, you know, like uh quick resume, 1727 01:14:19.800 --> 01:14:21.960 you know, stuff like that at a hardware level, and 1728 01:14:22.000 --> 01:14:25.079 then being the console where a game passes. I think 1729 01:14:25.119 --> 01:14:27.720 that's the type of thing he's getting at, where sure, 1730 01:14:27.760 --> 01:14:30.479 you can play those games anywhere, but there's still a 1731 01:14:30.520 --> 01:14:32.840 lot of people who, you know, they tell us all 1732 01:14:32.880 --> 01:14:35.520 the time they don't want a PC, you know, I 1733 01:14:35.600 --> 01:14:38.279 mean grub blax poetically of our PCs, and some people 1734 01:14:38.279 --> 01:14:40.399 are like, I just don't want that. I think that's 1735 01:14:40.520 --> 01:14:45.000 where a space for Xbox consoles continues to exist, because 1736 01:14:45.039 --> 01:14:49.600 even if that is a diminishing audience still having, even 1737 01:14:49.640 --> 01:14:53.720 if it's just a really really pre configured PC and 1738 01:14:53.760 --> 01:14:56.279 that's what they're selling as the console, I think that 1739 01:14:56.359 --> 01:14:59.159 still works. And I think that's the type of thing 1740 01:14:59.199 --> 01:15:03.359 he's getting at is saying, hey, we have hardware for 1741 01:15:03.760 --> 01:15:07.279 this audience that gets them in the ecosystem. It'll have 1742 01:15:07.520 --> 01:15:10.159 some specific things that it'll do, like quick zoom, like 1743 01:15:10.199 --> 01:15:13.079 having backwards compatibility with the older console games and stuff 1744 01:15:13.119 --> 01:15:15.239 like that. And I think assumed sort of just like 1745 01:15:15.319 --> 01:15:16.399 hedging their bets a little. 1746 01:15:18.239 --> 01:15:21.359 In terms of hedging things, he had to talk about 1747 01:15:21.479 --> 01:15:23.960 Xbox Series S, something that people always point out as, oh, 1748 01:15:24.039 --> 01:15:26.159 this is holding back what Xbox is doing with games. 1749 01:15:26.159 --> 01:15:28.520 Of course that's sorry because for years they were still 1750 01:15:28.520 --> 01:15:30.479 making games for Xbox One and they have to make 1751 01:15:30.520 --> 01:15:32.800 games for a bunch of different PCs. But it's simply 1752 01:15:32.840 --> 01:15:34.560 something gets brought up frequently, and he's like, ah, for 1753 01:15:34.640 --> 01:15:36.840 the most part, it's been a benefit to us, because 1754 01:15:36.960 --> 01:15:39.479 when we make games for Xbox Series S, well, hey, 1755 01:15:39.520 --> 01:15:42.079 now we have a game that is more optimized and 1756 01:15:42.159 --> 01:15:44.600 more ready to go to something like say a Roger 1757 01:15:44.640 --> 01:15:47.800 ally or a Steam deck or Sweaches so It or 1758 01:15:47.840 --> 01:15:52.079 switch even right exactly, or a future Xbox handheld. And 1759 01:15:52.159 --> 01:15:55.239 so having these these smaller, slimmed down versions means that 1760 01:15:55.279 --> 01:15:58.079 we are more malleable when it comes to supporting less, 1761 01:15:58.159 --> 01:16:02.239 lesser powered devices. And that seems to be becoming more popular, 1762 01:16:02.319 --> 01:16:04.359 not less popular. So this is something we're going to 1763 01:16:04.399 --> 01:16:05.760 do more of in the future. And at that point, 1764 01:16:05.880 --> 01:16:08.439 Xbox Series S just continues to not be a problem, 1765 01:16:08.680 --> 01:16:09.960 which sounds right to me. 1766 01:16:10.520 --> 01:16:12.359 It sounds right, especially for them. 1767 01:16:12.399 --> 01:16:14.479 I think it's maybe a bigger struggling to play for 1768 01:16:14.560 --> 01:16:17.479 third parties, right right, you have to do that optimization. 1769 01:16:17.600 --> 01:16:22.399 Maybe they don't really want to or it's yeah, we 1770 01:16:22.479 --> 01:16:24.520 saw a Borterskate three that for a long time it 1771 01:16:24.600 --> 01:16:26.640 was this problem. They had to kind of get special 1772 01:16:26.720 --> 01:16:29.720 permission to release an Xbox Series S version that didn't 1773 01:16:29.760 --> 01:16:32.640 have split screen. I think just recently they finally got 1774 01:16:32.640 --> 01:16:33.720 that stuff figure it out. 1775 01:16:33.680 --> 01:16:36.119 Right, Yeah, well yeah, and and that that game ended 1776 01:16:36.199 --> 01:16:38.279 up running really well in steam Deck eventually because of 1777 01:16:38.319 --> 01:16:39.600 all that work though exactly. 1778 01:16:39.760 --> 01:16:44.439 And that's also a company doing something very specific or 1779 01:16:44.479 --> 01:16:47.840 the hardware then maybe the hardware can't really do anymore. 1780 01:16:47.920 --> 01:16:51.319 And the reason we could do split screen, uh, you know, 1781 01:16:51.439 --> 01:16:53.279 using the example back in the day, we do split 1782 01:16:53.279 --> 01:16:55.439 screen is because it was easier to basically just render 1783 01:16:55.520 --> 01:16:59.520 to viewpoorts to render everything twice essentially, or you know, 1784 01:16:59.600 --> 01:17:01.479 to like do some smart mat to like make sure 1785 01:17:01.520 --> 01:17:03.760 everything that you need is rendered in at the same time. 1786 01:17:04.199 --> 01:17:07.039 And on modern hardware that's just getting harder and harder 1787 01:17:07.159 --> 01:17:10.039 do because of how realistic everything is. And so it's 1788 01:17:10.760 --> 01:17:14.520 very specific things like that that are rougher on the 1789 01:17:14.640 --> 01:17:17.039 S because of you know, less ram and stuff like that. 1790 01:17:17.279 --> 01:17:20.840 But broadly speaking, yeah, games do run as they intended. 1791 01:17:21.039 --> 01:17:23.520 Is just like the difference between a high end PC 1792 01:17:23.640 --> 01:17:25.840 and a low NPC. You just need to scale things back. 1793 01:17:25.880 --> 01:17:28.399 And also some things just won't work on that low 1794 01:17:28.520 --> 01:17:31.439 NPC and that's maybe what Xbox needs to be a 1795 01:17:31.479 --> 01:17:33.359 little more flexible about with the s of. 1796 01:17:33.359 --> 01:17:37.000 Like, and they've like gotten moderately more flexible here or there. 1797 01:17:37.119 --> 01:17:37.640 Yeah, exactly. 1798 01:17:37.720 --> 01:17:39.439 And Baller's Gate three, I think is a good example 1799 01:17:39.479 --> 01:17:42.479 on that of saying like, oh, okay, like the vast 1800 01:17:42.479 --> 01:17:44.680 majority of the core gameplays here is just like this 1801 01:17:44.720 --> 01:17:45.520 one feature. 1802 01:17:46.359 --> 01:17:47.960 Okay, I guess that makes sense. 1803 01:17:48.079 --> 01:17:53.560 So yeah, one last little tidbit here from Phil Spencer 1804 01:17:53.600 --> 01:17:56.720 this week in Xbox Nins You Got him for Collaboration 1805 01:17:56.800 --> 01:17:59.119 was apparently Phil Spencer's idea, or he at least helped 1806 01:17:59.119 --> 01:18:03.079 facilitate it, where apparently Team Ninja had talking Xbox constantly 1807 01:18:03.079 --> 01:18:04.880 about Ninja Guide in but they were struggling to come 1808 01:18:04.920 --> 01:18:07.000 up with a plan for it, and he suggested, why 1809 01:18:07.000 --> 01:18:09.359 don't you work with Platinum. It really makes it feel 1810 01:18:09.359 --> 01:18:12.079 like a make good for whatever happened with what was 1811 01:18:12.079 --> 01:18:16.000 that game called scale Bound? Thank you? Yes, right, yeah, 1812 01:18:16.479 --> 01:18:19.199 it wouldn't. The timeline would not be that far off 1813 01:18:19.199 --> 01:18:21.560 from like scale Bound. You know, scale Bound got canceled 1814 01:18:21.600 --> 01:18:23.640 quite a bit ago, but not too long after that 1815 01:18:23.680 --> 01:18:26.680 they probably started working on this, so yeah, yeah, I 1816 01:18:26.920 --> 01:18:28.399 kind of give them some work. Now, a lot of 1817 01:18:28.479 --> 01:18:31.880 Platinum games people have left since then, but you know, 1818 01:18:31.960 --> 01:18:34.319 this game's also come out later this year, so maybe 1819 01:18:34.319 --> 01:18:37.239 a lot of that work was done still though, a 1820 01:18:37.279 --> 01:18:40.439 cool thing that, you know, when Phil Spitzer talks about 1821 01:18:40.439 --> 01:18:42.399 going to Japan and working with these developers and trying 1822 01:18:42.399 --> 01:18:44.239 to get stuff to happen, it's always like, Okay, what 1823 01:18:44.520 --> 01:18:46.520 does that look like? It doesn't feel like that. Okay, 1824 01:18:46.640 --> 01:18:49.039 this one here's some good evidence of that, And I'm 1825 01:18:49.039 --> 01:18:51.319 glad that at least some good has come out of 1826 01:18:51.319 --> 01:18:54.039 his efforts in Japan. So pretty cool. I'll accept it, 1827 01:18:55.159 --> 01:18:57.600 all right. Moving on to other topics, the SIMS one 1828 01:18:57.640 --> 01:19:00.520 and two are both reportedly being re released with all 1829 01:19:00.600 --> 01:19:04.279 expansions very soon. He's remembered to be rereleasing The SIMS 1830 01:19:04.319 --> 01:19:06.399 and The SIMS two by the end of January to 1831 01:19:06.399 --> 01:19:10.359 celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary. It's the end of January, basically, 1832 01:19:10.399 --> 01:19:12.560 I guess the rest of this week. This could still 1833 01:19:12.600 --> 01:19:16.079 pop off at any point, but yeah, I'll take this. 1834 01:19:16.199 --> 01:19:17.800 Have you got any guys ever spent any time with 1835 01:19:17.800 --> 01:19:18.279 the SIMS. 1836 01:19:19.439 --> 01:19:24.000 SIMS one was a phenomenon A bit on the first one. 1837 01:19:24.039 --> 01:19:26.960 It didn't really run on my computers, so, okaymember really 1838 01:19:27.000 --> 01:19:27.760 wanting to play it. 1839 01:19:27.800 --> 01:19:30.159 But SI City two thousands about right top down here. 1840 01:19:30.079 --> 01:19:32.760 You're more of an Herbs Sims in the City kind 1841 01:19:32.760 --> 01:19:33.000 of guy. 1842 01:19:33.159 --> 01:19:37.840 Actually, my SIMS agent Herbs was on the DS and 1843 01:19:37.880 --> 01:19:39.439 so that was like one of the only games we 1844 01:19:39.520 --> 01:19:42.000 had early on with that system. So it was like 1845 01:19:42.039 --> 01:19:44.199 half of my friends had the Herbs for some reason. 1846 01:19:46.239 --> 01:19:47.399 The Herbs the. 1847 01:19:47.439 --> 01:19:49.680 SIMS nostalgia does feel like it's at a point now 1848 01:19:49.680 --> 01:19:51.279 where like they're gonna be able to capitalize on this, 1849 01:19:51.359 --> 01:19:52.880 and I'll be interested to check this out. But I 1850 01:19:52.920 --> 01:19:54.520 think I'm at a point where if I was going 1851 01:19:54.600 --> 01:19:56.479 to sit down and play The SIMS, I would probably 1852 01:19:56.560 --> 01:19:59.439 jump into SIMS four now and really go to town with. 1853 01:19:59.399 --> 01:20:02.520 All those the scores already old anything, yes, exactly, and they're. 1854 01:20:02.359 --> 01:20:04.920 Gonna keep supporting it like well, they are working on 1855 01:20:04.960 --> 01:20:07.840 a new SIMS. I think they keep saying it's not 1856 01:20:07.880 --> 01:20:10.880 gonna be SIMS five so much as like something else. 1857 01:20:10.920 --> 01:20:13.479 Who knows what that really means? I don't know, Okay, 1858 01:20:15.039 --> 01:20:18.199 all right, use us and physical game spend has had 1859 01:20:18.279 --> 01:20:21.399 since twenty twenty one. Mapis Catela from Sircana put out 1860 01:20:21.399 --> 01:20:23.479 a report this week about you know, game sales from 1861 01:20:23.560 --> 01:20:27.079 last year as well as from December overall, you know, 1862 01:20:27.159 --> 01:20:30.520 hardware way down. Software sales kind of booyed it for 1863 01:20:30.560 --> 01:20:32.960 the most part, but really it was mobile game spending 1864 01:20:33.000 --> 01:20:35.640 that really saved game spending in the United States last year. 1865 01:20:36.920 --> 01:20:40.359 But one interesting tidbit is that while we've known that 1866 01:20:40.359 --> 01:20:43.680 physical game sales have been declining for a while now, 1867 01:20:44.000 --> 01:20:46.159 since two thousand and eight, basically it's gone down every 1868 01:20:46.239 --> 01:20:50.039 year since then, it has actually begun to accelerate the 1869 01:20:50.119 --> 01:20:52.840 rate of decline has begun to accelerate. So from like 1870 01:20:52.880 --> 01:20:55.159 twenty twenty two to twenty three and then twenty four 1871 01:20:55.680 --> 01:20:58.439 it is dropping off even faster, and a big part 1872 01:20:58.479 --> 01:21:00.479 of that is, you know, people are just buying Xbox 1873 01:21:00.520 --> 01:21:03.399 Series s is and PlayStation five digital editions or you know, 1874 01:21:03.479 --> 01:21:05.680 the PlayStation five and not getting a disk drive, right, 1875 01:21:05.760 --> 01:21:08.600 the straight up PS five Slim, and so there's just 1876 01:21:08.720 --> 01:21:10.760 fewer people are like, oh well, I'll get that later, 1877 01:21:10.840 --> 01:21:12.239 and then they don't, and then they just get off 1878 01:21:12.680 --> 01:21:16.079 digital games. This is sort of going to be a 1879 01:21:16.439 --> 01:21:19.039 self fulfilling prophecy, right, It's going to be something that spirals. 1880 01:21:19.039 --> 01:21:21.199 Now that there are fewer people buying digital, there'll be 1881 01:21:21.239 --> 01:21:23.960 fewer reasons to or fewer people buying physical. There will 1882 01:21:24.000 --> 01:21:27.640 be fewer reasons for companies to print digital copp or 1883 01:21:27.640 --> 01:21:29.800 physical copies. Keep saying that, and then now with tariffs 1884 01:21:30.199 --> 01:21:32.800 threatening everything, this is probably only going to get worse 1885 01:21:32.840 --> 01:21:35.279 for people who buy physical, right, Yeah. 1886 01:21:35.039 --> 01:21:37.199 Yeah, I mean it was always this was accelerating, It 1887 01:21:37.239 --> 01:21:38.840 was always waiting for a bit of a tipping point. 1888 01:21:38.880 --> 01:21:41.199 I think that you know that the PS five Slim 1889 01:21:41.279 --> 01:21:43.960 right with an optional disk drive, is a pretty big 1890 01:21:44.000 --> 01:21:46.760 tipping point. You know, then when that next generation does happen, 1891 01:21:47.119 --> 01:21:51.039 way Station six or whatever the Xbox is, I don't 1892 01:21:51.079 --> 01:21:52.640 know what drives look like with that, but I could 1893 01:21:52.720 --> 01:21:54.920 very well see it again, being like it a standard, 1894 01:21:54.960 --> 01:21:57.520 it doesn't come with one, and then the acceleration is 1895 01:21:57.600 --> 01:22:00.560 really going to continue faster here. I mean, you know, 1896 01:22:01.319 --> 01:22:03.079 I go into a Best Buy now and I see 1897 01:22:03.119 --> 01:22:06.399 that physical game section getting smaller, smaller, just like how 1898 01:22:06.439 --> 01:22:09.239 I remember the DVD and Blu ray section getting smaller 1899 01:22:09.239 --> 01:22:12.119 and small for it just disappeared. And before that, the 1900 01:22:12.199 --> 01:22:15.520 C section, which was once half the store, getting smaller 1901 01:22:15.560 --> 01:22:18.079 and small before that just disappeared. It's kind of just 1902 01:22:18.159 --> 01:22:18.680 the next thing. 1903 01:22:18.760 --> 01:22:20.920 Yeah, there's a whole bunch of factors that I contributed 1904 01:22:20.960 --> 01:22:24.399 to this, because I won't be surprised if the pandemic 1905 01:22:24.439 --> 01:22:27.880 had a big impact on this, because when you're just 1906 01:22:28.039 --> 01:22:30.920 you know, staying inside and trying to find that kind 1907 01:22:30.960 --> 01:22:33.600 of entertainment, I'm sure a lot of people didn't even 1908 01:22:33.640 --> 01:22:35.880 want to even think about going to the store, and 1909 01:22:35.880 --> 01:22:38.279 they didn't want to wait for Amazon to deliver it, 1910 01:22:38.319 --> 01:22:41.359 so they just start buying games digitally. Realized that they 1911 01:22:41.359 --> 01:22:43.479 really liked the convenience of it, and now they've just 1912 01:22:43.560 --> 01:22:44.640 kind just stuck with it. 1913 01:22:44.680 --> 01:22:47.640 Right, I mean, once you break the seal, right, it's like, well, 1914 01:22:47.640 --> 01:22:49.600 now this is where my game collection is. I want 1915 01:22:49.600 --> 01:22:51.520 all my games to be on this device because it's 1916 01:22:51.720 --> 01:22:54.479 it's convenient. But also, like people just you do have 1917 01:22:54.520 --> 01:22:57.279 a collector's mentality. Humans do just want to gather things 1918 01:22:57.560 --> 01:22:59.279 and they want to gather them in the same place. 1919 01:22:59.399 --> 01:23:01.479 So once you start doing it digital, you just start 1920 01:23:01.520 --> 01:23:03.319 going all the way down there. And then of course 1921 01:23:03.359 --> 01:23:04.399 there's going to be exceptions. 1922 01:23:04.680 --> 01:23:06.920 A little bit of a bummer for console players definitely, 1923 01:23:06.960 --> 01:23:10.279 because you know, over on PC we have at least 1924 01:23:10.319 --> 01:23:12.560 feels like we have more ownership our games, Like, yeah, 1925 01:23:12.600 --> 01:23:15.399 the Steam is still a DRM platform, just like the consoles, 1926 01:23:15.439 --> 01:23:18.760 but there are other ways to get games on PC, 1927 01:23:18.960 --> 01:23:20.880 if you know the mom rises. 1928 01:23:21.000 --> 01:23:24.279 Yeah, long supported ways by the community exactly kind of 1929 01:23:24.279 --> 01:23:25.479 can you can rely on it? 1930 01:23:25.520 --> 01:23:28.640 And that's what physical games have been for a long 1931 01:23:28.720 --> 01:23:32.880 time for consoles ever since digital became one of the 1932 01:23:32.920 --> 01:23:35.920 normal things you could do. Having a physical disc at 1933 01:23:36.000 --> 01:23:39.960 least felt like ownership for you. But yeah, it's a 1934 01:23:40.000 --> 01:23:41.760 little bit of bummer sye that slowly going away. 1935 01:23:43.039 --> 01:23:49.199 PS six, Xbox next, you know, Switch three. Do these 1936 01:23:49.239 --> 01:23:53.640 things have physical media insert things built into the system 1937 01:23:53.720 --> 01:23:55.119 or are they all going to be sold separately or 1938 01:23:55.159 --> 01:23:56.399 do they not even sell them at all? 1939 01:23:57.039 --> 01:24:00.279 We'll switch in particular definitely has it because. 1940 01:24:00.279 --> 01:24:03.159 But like, yeah, but like the switch after switch for 1941 01:24:03.159 --> 01:24:04.840 backward compatibility, you think yeah. 1942 01:24:04.680 --> 01:24:09.239 For backwards compatibility, and also the switches all over the world, 1943 01:24:09.279 --> 01:24:11.720 and so they still need physical games getting out to 1944 01:24:11.720 --> 01:24:17.159 certain places. It's less of a concern with these Xbox 1945 01:24:17.159 --> 01:24:19.439 and PlayStation consoles, which are more and more being sold 1946 01:24:19.520 --> 01:24:23.640 to a more particore crowd who is leaning to digital, 1947 01:24:24.079 --> 01:24:27.680 and they basically just have to wait out people being 1948 01:24:27.800 --> 01:24:30.239 mad that they can't insert the disc anymore is kind 1949 01:24:30.239 --> 01:24:32.439 of what they have to do here, and so I 1950 01:24:32.479 --> 01:24:36.119 don't think they go away in any real form next 1951 01:24:36.159 --> 01:24:39.000 generation maybe with Xbox because of how much they've leaned 1952 01:24:39.000 --> 01:24:42.239 into digital, but I think the one after that, as 1953 01:24:42.279 --> 01:24:45.079 weird as it is to talk about, like the PS seven, Yeah, 1954 01:24:45.199 --> 01:24:47.760 assuming PlayStation still looks like a console, then I think 1955 01:24:47.800 --> 01:24:48.840 that's what it's all digital. 1956 01:24:49.960 --> 01:24:53.279 Yeah, they really did just kind of seal the deal 1957 01:24:53.319 --> 01:24:54.640 when it was like, Hey, if you want to get 1958 01:24:54.640 --> 01:24:57.319 PS five and you want to complain about the disk drive, 1959 01:24:57.800 --> 01:25:00.239 just go buy one yourself, Go get your own. And 1960 01:25:00.279 --> 01:25:01.920 it's like at that point, it's like, what can you 1961 01:25:01.960 --> 01:25:04.680 really complain? They are still giving you the option, But really, 1962 01:25:04.720 --> 01:25:06.760 they are selling you a console without a disk drive, 1963 01:25:06.880 --> 01:25:08.960 and that's that. That's going to be it from now on. 1964 01:25:09.199 --> 01:25:12.239 Yeah, speaking of disk drive real quick, I just said 1965 01:25:12.279 --> 01:25:14.520 someone in the chat say they pre ordered the retro 1966 01:25:14.720 --> 01:25:19.119 remake PlayStation thing superstation with optional disk drive. Did not 1967 01:25:19.199 --> 01:25:20.319 realize that was optional. 1968 01:25:20.439 --> 01:25:22.920 So yeah, that's a little weird that it's an optional 1969 01:25:22.960 --> 01:25:26.520 add on. But yeah, you have to email me or I. 1970 01:25:26.479 --> 01:25:29.279 Bought mine separately later because I didn't realize either. If 1971 01:25:29.319 --> 01:25:29.760 you it. 1972 01:25:29.800 --> 01:25:32.520 Literally says do not buy separately on this, so. 1973 01:25:33.119 --> 01:25:35.279 To buy it separately and then email them and say 1974 01:25:35.359 --> 01:25:37.239 I bought these two things separately, can you combine them? 1975 01:25:37.279 --> 01:25:39.479 And I emailed them just seeing like can I add this? 1976 01:25:39.680 --> 01:25:39.880 Yeah? 1977 01:25:39.920 --> 01:25:42.760 I just emailed them and that works. Took okay, you know, yeah, 1978 01:25:42.760 --> 01:25:45.279 they're very it was very responsive, very quick. So they 1979 01:25:45.319 --> 01:25:46.960 understood that people were going to make this mistake. 1980 01:25:47.000 --> 01:25:47.600 Yeah, good to hear. 1981 01:25:47.640 --> 01:25:51.319 Okay, uh, okay, you'd be soft. Confirms one eighty five 1982 01:25:51.359 --> 01:25:55.439 layoffs as the closest former DJ Hero studio and downsizes others. 1983 01:25:55.840 --> 01:25:58.479 A bunch of studios kind of throughout Europe got hit 1984 01:25:58.520 --> 01:26:02.439 with the downsizing. This is a studio that's mostly done 1985 01:26:02.439 --> 01:26:04.840 a lot of support work recently. They have not made 1986 01:26:04.880 --> 01:26:11.560 a DJ hero game anytime recently. That's yeah, yeah, yes, 1987 01:26:11.640 --> 01:26:13.920 that was so that that was they were called something 1988 01:26:13.960 --> 01:26:17.359 else back then. Now they were like Ubisoft Lymington, if 1989 01:26:17.399 --> 01:26:20.800 that's why you say that, And they've been working as 1990 01:26:20.800 --> 01:26:25.039 a support studio for a very long time. This is, 1991 01:26:25.279 --> 01:26:27.840 you know, continuing the trend of Ubi Soft cutting jobs, 1992 01:26:27.840 --> 01:26:29.880 and they're going to continue cutting jobs unless some miracle 1993 01:26:29.880 --> 01:26:32.079 happens there. H So this is going to keep happening. 1994 01:26:32.479 --> 01:26:36.279 You just took a pay cut too, right, No, no, 1995 01:26:36.319 --> 01:26:39.439 of course not Sean, so we can yell at him. 1996 01:26:39.560 --> 01:26:39.840 Of course. 1997 01:26:40.520 --> 01:26:43.199 I was like, I was like, oh, finally I took 1998 01:26:43.239 --> 01:26:47.239 that seriously, No, no, of course not. Gosh can you 1999 01:26:47.319 --> 01:26:50.479 I just can't imagine if Assassin's Screen Shadows doesn't become 2000 01:26:50.520 --> 01:26:51.199 a big hit. 2001 01:26:51.279 --> 01:26:55.000 Right yeah. And it's like talk about headwinds coming out 2002 01:26:55.039 --> 01:26:58.079 of meetings, Uh, like it has a game that like 2003 01:26:59.359 --> 01:27:02.640 the quality almost doesn't matter at all compared to like 2004 01:27:02.680 --> 01:27:04.560 just how people feel about Ubi Soft right now, ever 2005 01:27:04.640 --> 01:27:07.359 existed more than Assassin's Creed Shadows where it's just like 2006 01:27:07.880 --> 01:27:10.439 it almost doesn't matter, like if people like that game, 2007 01:27:10.680 --> 01:27:12.600 they just hate Ubi Soft so much right now that 2008 01:27:12.640 --> 01:27:14.640 it that they're probably not going to buy this thing, 2009 01:27:14.760 --> 01:27:17.359 so it has to be kind of above and beyond 2010 01:27:17.479 --> 01:27:20.279 in quality to break through that ceiling set up for 2011 01:27:20.319 --> 01:27:20.880 them games. 2012 01:27:20.880 --> 01:27:24.880 You have a rough time between how people justifiably feel 2013 01:27:24.880 --> 01:27:28.399 about Ubisoft the way the chuds have done everything they've 2014 01:27:28.439 --> 01:27:30.439 done to that game, like bad game, just like it 2015 01:27:30.479 --> 01:27:31.359 really needs. 2016 01:27:31.159 --> 01:27:32.680 To hit yep. 2017 01:27:32.960 --> 01:27:37.640 What is the vibe on Ubisoft from. 2018 01:27:36.760 --> 01:27:39.359 Like overall like what's the overall violentce You mentioned it 2019 01:27:39.399 --> 01:27:42.119 being like bad like and everything. 2020 01:27:42.279 --> 01:27:44.159 Oh sure, the thing forever that's been the. 2021 01:27:44.119 --> 01:27:46.800 Thing that it's really come home to roost where it's 2022 01:27:46.800 --> 01:27:49.319 like now every one of their games is that people 2023 01:27:49.399 --> 01:27:51.199 see it. They're like, this is more you be slopped. 2024 01:27:51.199 --> 01:27:54.119 That has become the term, and it's like now but 2025 01:27:54.560 --> 01:27:56.479 now it's like showing up, yes, but now it's showing 2026 01:27:56.560 --> 01:27:57.079 up in the sales. 2027 01:27:57.119 --> 01:28:01.560 Figures like Soft like made a lot of bets that 2028 01:28:01.640 --> 01:28:04.000 seems short sighted, you know, like live service, but also 2029 01:28:04.119 --> 01:28:06.680 like they were the one big third party publisher that 2030 01:28:06.920 --> 01:28:09.520 not didn't it just talk about NFT games, they actually 2031 01:28:09.560 --> 01:28:12.479 did make some and release them, right, that kind of stuff, 2032 01:28:12.600 --> 01:28:14.560 the quarts quartz. 2033 01:28:17.000 --> 01:28:20.000 Uh huh, Right, And of course like there have been 2034 01:28:20.039 --> 01:28:22.960 just tons of layoffs and things like that, and shutting 2035 01:28:23.000 --> 01:28:25.760 down these studios and all these false starts with like 2036 01:28:25.840 --> 01:28:28.960 that Prince of Persia remake right, and you know, things 2037 01:28:29.039 --> 01:28:31.159 like Skull and Bones take you forever to come out. 2038 01:28:31.199 --> 01:28:33.640 Then it comes out and is bad anyways, and beyond 2039 01:28:33.680 --> 01:28:36.520 good and evil to being a punchline. Just so many 2040 01:28:36.560 --> 01:28:37.720 issues over there right now. 2041 01:28:38.239 --> 01:28:42.000 Quurts okay, Ubisoft, Quartz quarts ubisof dot com. 2042 01:28:42.039 --> 01:28:44.520 It's still just very are is this. 2043 01:28:44.479 --> 01:28:45.319 A thing that's happening? 2044 01:28:45.319 --> 01:28:47.680 Still enjoy the unique years of your digit? 2045 01:28:47.800 --> 01:28:50.119 Yeah, I think it still exists. I don't think they're 2046 01:28:52.439 --> 01:29:02.800 everybody myself to isolate that. Yeah, wow it digit genuinely 2047 01:29:02.920 --> 01:29:05.119 dumb decisions on top of everything else. 2048 01:29:05.199 --> 01:29:11.199 Yeah yeah, the choice of an energy efficient technology, proof 2049 01:29:11.239 --> 01:29:12.479 of blockchain. 2050 01:29:13.920 --> 01:29:18.439 Yeah, this seems great. It says this is just the. 2051 01:29:18.359 --> 01:29:26.399 Beginning on its grand opening. Yeah, you guys. Ever hear 2052 01:29:26.439 --> 01:29:28.159 that that song sung by that old lady where it's like, 2053 01:29:28.199 --> 01:29:30.800 taste the biscuit, Taste the goodness of the biscuit. 2054 01:29:31.039 --> 01:29:34.279 Now, definitely there's ring my bell, you know, there's that 2055 01:29:35.159 --> 01:29:36.159 if you say a little bore. 2056 01:29:36.359 --> 01:29:38.720 Yeah, of course I could see the whole thing for you. 2057 01:29:38.800 --> 01:29:41.119 It is an internet meme. But when you just said, uh, 2058 01:29:42.199 --> 01:29:45.239 enjoy the uniqueness of your digit, it just triggered me 2059 01:29:45.279 --> 01:29:49.479 because it sounded like the goodness of your biscuit. Okay, 2060 01:29:49.640 --> 01:29:51.399 well we'll splice that in. I'll make sure I do 2061 01:29:51.479 --> 01:29:55.840 the work, all right. Final Fantasy seven Rebirth has a 2062 01:29:55.880 --> 01:30:00.920 strong start on PC. Basically the most played current player number, 2063 01:30:01.279 --> 01:30:03.640 first single player Final Fantasy game on Steam. It was 2064 01:30:03.680 --> 01:30:08.079 in the forty thousand range previously, like Final Fantasy fifteen 2065 01:30:08.119 --> 01:30:11.520 and sixteen, we're like thirty thousand underneath that. Actually, and 2066 01:30:11.600 --> 01:30:16.239 sixteen had fewer players at launch than fifteen did, so 2067 01:30:16.319 --> 01:30:18.000 they are kind of seeing a bounce back here now. 2068 01:30:18.039 --> 01:30:20.359 It's not as much as a Final Fantasy fourteen does, 2069 01:30:20.479 --> 01:30:22.960 but of course not that is a massive online game 2070 01:30:23.000 --> 01:30:25.560 that has a lot of PC players already, and it 2071 01:30:25.640 --> 01:30:29.119 didn't those those expansions don't have massive delays from the 2072 01:30:29.199 --> 01:30:33.279 PlayStation five version. So this is pretty good news where 2073 01:30:33.319 --> 01:30:35.560 it's like, hey, that strategy of putting out games where 2074 01:30:35.560 --> 01:30:38.399 people play games seems like a good one for score INIX. Right. 2075 01:30:39.319 --> 01:30:42.319 Yeah, you know, I liked Rebirth a lot, and I 2076 01:30:42.359 --> 01:30:45.199 was a little bummed out that it kind of did 2077 01:30:45.720 --> 01:30:48.159 seemed relatively poorly on PlayStation five. 2078 01:30:48.399 --> 01:30:50.520 The thing I bounced back here is good. 2079 01:30:50.560 --> 01:30:53.119 And you know, they they've been talking pretty openly about 2080 01:30:53.159 --> 01:30:55.359 how like, hey, we don't want the next one to 2081 01:30:55.439 --> 01:30:58.159 just be exclusive on one platform for like a year, right, 2082 01:30:58.880 --> 01:31:00.399 kind of hoping next time they get it, figure it 2083 01:31:00.399 --> 01:31:03.680 out and they just release it on Steam on day 2084 01:31:03.760 --> 01:31:06.000 one and you can just have this big first day 2085 01:31:06.079 --> 01:31:06.520 right away. 2086 01:31:06.600 --> 01:31:10.720 Yeah, and this in part is performing well almost surely 2087 01:31:10.720 --> 01:31:13.159 because this is what people want Final Fantasy to be. 2088 01:31:13.279 --> 01:31:16.439 If it's going to be an action RPG. Sixteen was 2089 01:31:16.439 --> 01:31:19.239 clearly too much of a deviation for the formula that 2090 01:31:19.279 --> 01:31:22.439 really just is an action game with RPG elements kind 2091 01:31:22.479 --> 01:31:25.520 of bolted on at a certain point, and this is, 2092 01:31:25.800 --> 01:31:28.399 you know, there's this big open world to explore. Mike 2093 01:31:28.479 --> 01:31:30.920 talked about that. I think here are gody stuff of 2094 01:31:31.119 --> 01:31:33.239 just like it feels like an old school RPG and 2095 01:31:33.279 --> 01:31:35.600 how much you sort of just explore the world. And 2096 01:31:36.079 --> 01:31:41.439 the combat is fantastic in rebirth and in remake before it, 2097 01:31:41.720 --> 01:31:44.000 And so I think that's yeah, good word of mouth, 2098 01:31:44.000 --> 01:31:47.199 it turns out does sell your game, and hope hopefully 2099 01:31:47.279 --> 01:31:49.760 you know, yeah, there's less of a gap for the 2100 01:31:49.800 --> 01:31:54.800 next one. There's some creative phrasing about the next one 2101 01:31:54.840 --> 01:31:58.760 where they're like, yes, it won't be a PS six exclusive, 2102 01:31:59.199 --> 01:32:01.880 and it's like, okay, so this will be a PS 2103 01:32:01.920 --> 01:32:03.119 five exclusive. 2104 01:32:05.039 --> 01:32:11.199 PS five and PS six and it is a yeah, right, put. 2105 01:32:11.239 --> 01:32:14.159 Put it on PC day one please. I also fix 2106 01:32:14.319 --> 01:32:17.640 PC stuff because I I know Alex doesn't have his 2107 01:32:18.000 --> 01:32:20.840 Digital Foundery video out yet, but it seems like maybe 2108 01:32:20.840 --> 01:32:23.359 it's still got some tech issues, just like remake before it. 2109 01:32:23.520 --> 01:32:26.800 So, yeah, Sean, you mentioned like the deviation and I 2110 01:32:26.840 --> 01:32:29.000 don't even know if that's like the problem where it's 2111 01:32:29.000 --> 01:32:32.520 like it's just so honed down to be this slick 2112 01:32:32.640 --> 01:32:35.119 thing that is easy for people to consume. And I 2113 01:32:35.399 --> 01:32:39.359 think the lesson has been learned now that sixteen sixteen, yes, yes, 2114 01:32:39.399 --> 01:32:41.760 sixteen Yeah. I think gamers want something that is not 2115 01:32:41.760 --> 01:32:43.720 not necessarily messy, but something they feel like you can 2116 01:32:43.720 --> 01:32:46.680 take ownership of. Do you remember that Folding Ideas video 2117 01:32:46.680 --> 01:32:50.199 about World of Warcraft where he talked about the evolution 2118 01:32:50.319 --> 01:32:52.279 of World of Warcraft from being like this thing where 2119 01:32:52.399 --> 01:32:54.840 like a lot of people like would just do the 2120 01:32:54.880 --> 01:32:56.560 thing where they'd go and kill a bunch of stuff 2121 01:32:56.560 --> 01:32:59.199 for a long time and grind, and and then they 2122 01:32:59.239 --> 01:33:02.119 were like they made the game much more streamlined over time, 2123 01:33:02.600 --> 01:33:05.039 and then people began to crave having the old style 2124 01:33:05.079 --> 01:33:07.359 World Warcraft where they could just sort of have ownership 2125 01:33:07.399 --> 01:33:10.079 over how they leveled, even if it was technically less 2126 01:33:10.119 --> 01:33:14.159 efficient and on paper less fun, but people felt an 2127 01:33:14.159 --> 01:33:16.199 ownership of it. So I think that they kind of 2128 01:33:16.640 --> 01:33:18.600 are learning the lesson here coming out of sixteen. Yeah, 2129 01:33:19.000 --> 01:33:21.119 they wouldn't maybe give people more stuff to do that 2130 01:33:21.159 --> 01:33:23.640 they can just decide on their own how to approach it. 2131 01:33:23.640 --> 01:33:26.920 It's so easy to like pitch streamlining, right when you're 2132 01:33:26.920 --> 01:33:28.840 developing a game and you're talking to a bunch of people, 2133 01:33:28.840 --> 01:33:31.000 It's like, well if we streamlise something that means where 2134 01:33:31.000 --> 01:33:33.359 people will jump in and play, you know, maybe those 2135 01:33:33.359 --> 01:33:36.159 people aren't interested in playing. They're never going to leave Fortnite. 2136 01:33:36.479 --> 01:33:39.680 And you know the boters Gate three on this side 2137 01:33:39.720 --> 01:33:42.359 and then the Final Phisy sixteen and Dragon Age Vailguard 2138 01:33:42.399 --> 01:33:44.039 thing on this side thing, right, it really does just 2139 01:33:44.079 --> 01:33:46.239 say it all. You have this game that's so old 2140 01:33:46.279 --> 01:33:47.840 school in a lot of ways, and it is kind 2141 01:33:47.840 --> 01:33:51.720 of messy and it's complicated, and that attracted so many 2142 01:33:51.760 --> 01:33:52.239 more people. 2143 01:33:52.319 --> 01:33:54.760 Yeah, and I think that you look at the success 2144 01:33:54.800 --> 01:33:57.079 that they had with fourteen, I think that's exactly what 2145 01:33:57.199 --> 01:34:01.119 Jeff is talking about there. Where fourteen it's a convoluted 2146 01:34:01.159 --> 01:34:04.920 ass game. But guess what, everyone's playing it anyways, because 2147 01:34:04.920 --> 01:34:08.479 you have that person in your life who tells you, no, 2148 01:34:08.680 --> 01:34:10.880 this is really good, like here, if you don't like 2149 01:34:10.960 --> 01:34:12.640 this thing, I'll tell you how to get around it, 2150 01:34:12.640 --> 01:34:15.399 because I just want you to start playing this thing. 2151 01:34:15.920 --> 01:34:17.800 And that Like that's how like me and my friends 2152 01:34:17.800 --> 01:34:19.600 were where like they know about it. I'm like, oh, 2153 01:34:19.640 --> 01:34:21.439 do you want this thing out of it? Oh yeah, 2154 01:34:21.479 --> 01:34:23.319 I did. Just ignore this. Go do that and you'll 2155 01:34:23.359 --> 01:34:25.560 have great time. Yeah, they get into fourteen, and that's 2156 01:34:25.560 --> 01:34:27.279 how like their numbers are getting too crazy. 2157 01:34:27.760 --> 01:34:29.640 Choosing to ignore stuff that you don't want it, like 2158 01:34:29.680 --> 01:34:31.439 that is actually a feature a lot of times. 2159 01:34:31.520 --> 01:34:32.600 Yeah, exactly. 2160 01:34:33.039 --> 01:34:35.760 Like people, it's like just look at like Minecraft, right, 2161 01:34:35.760 --> 01:34:39.000 and what's a big Minecraft or Pokemon that's not a streamline? 2162 01:34:39.439 --> 01:34:42.000 Yeah people, it's like the most popular thing ever. 2163 01:34:42.439 --> 01:34:44.079 Yeah. Like but Pokemon the same way, where it's like 2164 01:34:44.079 --> 01:34:45.800 there's so many like tiny little things in there that 2165 01:34:45.840 --> 01:34:47.920 you can either gauge with or not. But when kids 2166 01:34:47.960 --> 01:34:49.960 do they feel an ownership over it because they're like, 2167 01:34:50.000 --> 01:34:50.880 I understand this thing. 2168 01:34:50.960 --> 01:34:53.439 There's my parents don't even under There's stuff to discover 2169 01:34:53.680 --> 01:34:56.640 that doesn't feel like bloat in the you know, we 2170 01:34:56.720 --> 01:34:59.359 were talking about Ubisoft of like, oh, we need to 2171 01:34:59.479 --> 01:35:02.880 put a outpost here for you to take control over, 2172 01:35:02.960 --> 01:35:04.600 because that's what you do in this game. Like no, 2173 01:35:04.680 --> 01:35:08.239 there's like random things that maybe don't land and like 2174 01:35:08.279 --> 01:35:11.199 maybe people really dislike but they you know, taking some 2175 01:35:11.239 --> 01:35:14.800 more risks, while yeah, just having the freedom, you know, 2176 01:35:14.880 --> 01:35:17.239 the freedom is what people are looking for there. And yeah, 2177 01:35:17.359 --> 01:35:20.439 when you said streamlining doesn't always work, I struggle to 2178 01:35:20.479 --> 01:35:23.800 think of a time where streamlining has worked like at all. 2179 01:35:24.039 --> 01:35:25.479 So I mean you have. 2180 01:35:27.279 --> 01:35:29.840 All right, mass Effect too I think Mass Effect to 2181 01:35:30.000 --> 01:35:32.439 god away at it. Yeah, and everybody took the wrong 2182 01:35:32.520 --> 01:35:35.319 lesson from that, even BioWare all the games became more 2183 01:35:35.359 --> 01:35:36.800 like Mass Effect too long, very good point. 2184 01:35:36.800 --> 01:35:38.800 It's like we were craving it in that moment, but 2185 01:35:38.840 --> 01:35:40.199 we did not think it was going to the pendum 2186 01:35:40.279 --> 01:35:42.520 was going to continue to swing in that direction forever. 2187 01:35:42.800 --> 01:35:43.159 Exactly. 2188 01:35:43.920 --> 01:35:46.920 All right, I have a breaking story here. This is 2189 01:35:46.960 --> 01:35:51.319 from January twenty third, twenty twenty five, from Greg Bowman 2190 01:35:51.399 --> 01:35:54.600 at Folding at home dot org if you haven't. If 2191 01:35:54.600 --> 01:35:56.239 you haven't already, we invite you to check out the 2192 01:35:56.319 --> 01:35:59.560 latest release of Folding at Home client version eight point 2193 01:35:59.560 --> 01:36:02.960 four point nine. Is it still going from five days ago? 2194 01:36:03.279 --> 01:36:06.000 This version makes it much easier to create and join teams. 2195 01:36:06.000 --> 01:36:08.279 You could find the controls by logging into the client, 2196 01:36:08.520 --> 01:36:11.359 clicking on your avatar in the upright corner to access 2197 01:36:11.399 --> 01:36:14.039 your account settings, and selecting teams from the menu at 2198 01:36:14.039 --> 01:36:15.239 the left. So they've added, I. 2199 01:36:15.239 --> 01:36:16.880 Boot up my PS three right now? Could I be 2200 01:36:16.920 --> 01:36:21.840 folding right PC? Unless they have a PC version. 2201 01:36:21.840 --> 01:36:25.159 I think this might be the PC version, only the PC. 2202 01:36:26.279 --> 01:36:27.159 I love back then. 2203 01:36:27.239 --> 01:36:29.800 Okay, I understand it exactly as much now, which, by 2204 01:36:29.800 --> 01:36:31.199 the way, this is because in the chat I said 2205 01:36:31.199 --> 01:36:33.000 that I thought grub was talking about folding it home 2206 01:36:33.920 --> 01:36:36.600 ideas they I read so much about that back then. 2207 01:36:36.680 --> 01:36:39.000 I downloaded it and it's just like, Okay, my screen 2208 01:36:39.079 --> 01:36:41.039 just gets filled with quigglies and I guess it's like 2209 01:36:41.159 --> 01:36:43.880 solving gold, global warming or something. I don't know, Like 2210 01:36:44.319 --> 01:36:46.119 I don't know what the fuck was supposed to be happening. 2211 01:36:47.079 --> 01:36:48.439 To throw the word hero round. 2212 01:36:49.439 --> 01:36:51.800 I think like a cancer treatment or something they were researching. 2213 01:36:51.840 --> 01:36:52.439 I don't remember. 2214 01:36:52.560 --> 01:36:57.880 Did the PS three cure cancer? I think three problem anymore? Interested? 2215 01:36:58.000 --> 01:36:59.439 We justies? 2216 01:37:00.119 --> 01:37:03.199 Oh boy? All right, real last story here is Skies 2217 01:37:03.239 --> 01:37:07.159 of Arcadia actually coming back. Sega has renewed its trademark 2218 01:37:07.199 --> 01:37:10.520 for the Dreamcast RPG Skis of Arcadia that was, you know, 2219 01:37:10.560 --> 01:37:13.840 originally released way back in two thousand. They have not 2220 01:37:14.039 --> 01:37:15.720 done a ton with it since they did have the 2221 01:37:15.760 --> 01:37:18.119 GameCube port. Was there ever a Sky's Arcadia two? 2222 01:37:18.159 --> 01:37:22.239 Nothing out? Never two and never another ports? Right? 2223 01:37:22.359 --> 01:37:24.439 So yeah, that's why, you know, I look at this 2224 01:37:24.479 --> 01:37:26.119 and I'm like, hey, yes, guys, are K two would 2225 01:37:26.119 --> 01:37:28.760 be good? But boy, first thing should be just making 2226 01:37:28.800 --> 01:37:31.239 sure people can play Skies of Arcadia on the switch 2227 01:37:31.319 --> 01:37:32.239 to and on PC. 2228 01:37:32.479 --> 01:37:36.239 Yep. And that feels pretty realistic at that point. That 2229 01:37:36.239 --> 01:37:40.359 feels like that could easily happen. Of course, Sega right 2230 01:37:40.399 --> 01:37:43.560 now very much going after their old ip, like going 2231 01:37:43.560 --> 01:37:45.359 through the library, pick and stuff off the shelf, say 2232 01:37:45.359 --> 01:37:46.439 we're going to make a new one of these, and 2233 01:37:46.479 --> 01:37:48.479 they they're doing that with a ton of games, so 2234 01:37:48.520 --> 01:37:51.159 many games. We talked about Echo the Dolphin recently. There 2235 01:37:51.199 --> 01:37:54.039 was like there's at least ten to fifteen others like 2236 01:37:54.119 --> 01:37:56.079 in the works or planned to be in the works. 2237 01:37:56.600 --> 01:37:59.279 So why not Skis of Arcadia at some point for 2238 01:37:59.399 --> 01:38:04.640 doing Common Zone? Why not Sky's Arcade exactly? Like exactly so, uh, 2239 01:38:05.000 --> 01:38:06.520 there is a chance that we're going to get more 2240 01:38:06.560 --> 01:38:09.720 Skis of Arcadia, but it's always worth pointing out when 2241 01:38:09.840 --> 01:38:12.119 these things happen. Could just be a lawyer doing their job, yes, 2242 01:38:12.199 --> 01:38:16.199 and it also could be could be zero, but it 2243 01:38:16.239 --> 01:38:17.920 could just be a port And at this point I 2244 01:38:17.920 --> 01:38:20.119 would be happy about that. I like Sky's Arkadia quite 2245 01:38:20.119 --> 01:38:20.399 a bit. 2246 01:38:20.840 --> 01:38:21.720 It's really cool. 2247 01:38:21.760 --> 01:38:24.359 And you know, Sega has so much success with RPGs 2248 01:38:24.399 --> 01:38:27.600 on the Atlas side of things right now, right, you know, 2249 01:38:27.720 --> 01:38:31.199 maybe Atlas's bandwidth doesn't let them specifically jump in and 2250 01:38:31.239 --> 01:38:31.560 help here. 2251 01:38:31.600 --> 01:38:33.880 But still, but if you're and you're looking to invest 2252 01:38:33.920 --> 01:38:36.319 in something on RPG right now, makes a lot of sense. 2253 01:38:36.439 --> 01:38:39.319 It'd be like RGS twentieth game that they haven't. 2254 01:38:39.039 --> 01:38:43.720 Development, right, Yeah, bringback Skis of Kadia, but make another 2255 01:38:44.279 --> 01:38:47.279 Fantasy Star that is just an RPG again, doesn't have 2256 01:38:47.399 --> 01:38:51.239 to be an MMO kind of thing. Gosh, even you know, hey, 2257 01:38:51.239 --> 01:38:53.800 there is an RPG if Panther Dragon that's really neat 2258 01:38:53.800 --> 01:38:57.800 that's ever been on the Sega Saturn. So there's yeah, 2259 01:38:57.800 --> 01:38:58.319 there's a lot. 2260 01:38:58.239 --> 01:39:00.279 Of Yeah, like we were just talking about with a 2261 01:39:00.439 --> 01:39:03.439 messiness and you know, sort of like letting people decide 2262 01:39:03.479 --> 01:39:05.319 what they want to do. I think that's kind of 2263 01:39:05.319 --> 01:39:07.399 what Sega's doing right now. They're kind of having the 2264 01:39:07.399 --> 01:39:09.880 shotgun approach by like you know, brain stuff back, like 2265 01:39:09.960 --> 01:39:13.039 having this like wild new concept for Crazy Taxi, by 2266 01:39:13.079 --> 01:39:17.239 having like a new Shnobi game and uh was the 2267 01:39:17.399 --> 01:39:23.239 Golden Axe was the other one. Yeah, they're trying rage again. 2268 01:39:24.880 --> 01:39:27.199 They're just trying things, which is cool. So yeah, I 2269 01:39:27.199 --> 01:39:30.800 wouldn't be surprised if yeah, New Sky's Marcadia they tried 2270 01:39:30.840 --> 01:39:33.880 that because they're taking some risks and you know, maybe 2271 01:39:33.880 --> 01:39:36.199 they don't pay off super well, but it seems like 2272 01:39:36.199 --> 01:39:39.680 they are sort of garnering that fan dedication again, which 2273 01:39:39.720 --> 01:39:42.680 is what you need to not have a company that 2274 01:39:42.720 --> 01:39:44.479 people are just constantly pissed off with, you. 2275 01:39:44.439 --> 01:39:47.479 Know, Yeah, you gotta like, you gotta have that identity 2276 01:39:47.520 --> 01:39:50.039 beyond just oh, I guess this company also makes games. 2277 01:39:50.079 --> 01:39:52.079 You don't like, you could be a UBI Soft and 2278 01:39:52.399 --> 01:39:54.079 you don't want to be a ubi Soft or you 2279 01:39:54.119 --> 01:39:56.239 can go this path and try to say no, we're 2280 01:39:56.399 --> 01:39:59.239 Sega and you know what that means now, Yeah, yeah. 2281 01:39:59.199 --> 01:40:02.439 You can't just think of about investor relations the entire rights. 2282 01:40:02.439 --> 01:40:04.760 You actually have to like you are in the business 2283 01:40:04.760 --> 01:40:05.159 of good for. 2284 01:40:05.479 --> 01:40:07.760 Those games I will sell like a million or two 2285 01:40:08.000 --> 01:40:10.680 And was a safe risk to take because like maybe 2286 01:40:10.680 --> 01:40:12.359 you don't make another one after that, but at least 2287 01:40:12.359 --> 01:40:15.680 you try it, right. 2288 01:40:14.520 --> 01:40:16.680 Do you shoot like vector man? Dan? Yeah? 2289 01:40:16.920 --> 01:40:20.640 Yeah, because that was tripped? Was that? What if he 2290 01:40:20.720 --> 01:40:21.760 tripped every ten minutes? 2291 01:40:22.119 --> 01:40:24.199 I think I would like that in any game. Honestly, 2292 01:40:25.159 --> 01:40:25.960 it's just a lie. 2293 01:40:26.199 --> 01:40:28.239 No not, I mean it. 2294 01:40:28.359 --> 01:40:31.439 I think that's not a lie that I think you're 2295 01:40:31.520 --> 01:40:32.199 you're fibbing. 2296 01:40:32.520 --> 01:40:34.800 I don't believe that that would be the case. 2297 01:40:36.680 --> 01:40:39.640 Can someone to make ad for a game that Dan 2298 01:40:39.800 --> 01:40:42.119 is playing at some point that makes his character trip 2299 01:40:42.199 --> 01:40:44.159 randomly and we will force him to install it and 2300 01:40:44.199 --> 01:40:44.880 we'll just test this. 2301 01:40:45.079 --> 01:40:46.720 It makes me laugh every time, Like if you're in 2302 01:40:46.760 --> 01:40:48.760 the cold for too long in metal gear and you 2303 01:40:48.840 --> 01:40:50.640 just sneeze while you're trying to be sneaking and you 2304 01:40:50.640 --> 01:40:52.600 get caught because of that, that's fucking. 2305 01:40:52.319 --> 01:40:52.840 Funny to me. 2306 01:40:53.279 --> 01:40:56.560 Like I would absolutely find that funny in any video game. 2307 01:40:57.279 --> 01:40:58.359 I believe you. 2308 01:40:58.479 --> 01:41:01.000 But there was a reason just now that you said 2309 01:41:01.000 --> 01:41:03.520 that that's happening because he's in the cold and. 2310 01:41:03.479 --> 01:41:07.680 He sees the reasons people trip, Yeah, but happen. 2311 01:41:08.039 --> 01:41:11.159 But fucking because of unexpected things is funny. 2312 01:41:11.239 --> 01:41:16.119 Mike, You're wrong about this. I would like this, damn. 2313 01:41:17.520 --> 01:41:17.800 Point. 2314 01:41:18.760 --> 01:41:20.239 The point is that you shouldn't. 2315 01:41:20.560 --> 01:41:23.640 No, I do, and I do like vector Man, vector Man, 2316 01:41:23.680 --> 01:41:26.800 I occupies the same space in my head as Yoshi's Island, 2317 01:41:27.119 --> 01:41:30.039 because I remember I had Genesis of my mom's, I 2318 01:41:30.039 --> 01:41:31.239 had Super at my dad's. 2319 01:41:31.520 --> 01:41:34.239 And there's a ps A PlayStation in sixty four. 2320 01:41:34.239 --> 01:41:36.920 I started seeing the magazines talking about Saturn PlayStation sixty 2321 01:41:36.960 --> 01:41:38.640 four and it's like, I don't I'm not gonna be 2322 01:41:38.640 --> 01:41:39.079 able to get this. 2323 01:41:39.119 --> 01:41:40.479 I don't have money, like I. 2324 01:41:40.800 --> 01:41:44.039 So I am my head not understanding video game technology, 2325 01:41:44.079 --> 01:41:46.359 being like, well, maybe they should just keep making good 2326 01:41:46.359 --> 01:41:48.760 games for Super, Nintendo and Sega and then those will 2327 01:41:48.760 --> 01:41:51.720 be the only consoles forever and these new ones will fail. 2328 01:41:52.239 --> 01:41:56.159 And so like when Yoshi's Island came out and like 2329 01:41:56.199 --> 01:41:58.039 the Mode seven, like the warping and stuff is like, 2330 01:41:58.039 --> 01:41:59.960 see look at that that looks incredible. Oh, they put 2331 01:42:00.079 --> 01:42:02.159 Virtual Fighter two on the Genesis. Oh, this is like 2332 01:42:02.159 --> 01:42:05.760 the cardboard box era of Genesis. Donkey Gun Country is 2333 01:42:05.760 --> 01:42:08.520 three D. Donkey Gun Country is three vector. Man's three D. 2334 01:42:08.600 --> 01:42:10.560 We don't need a new conton he campaigns for those games. 2335 01:42:10.560 --> 01:42:13.119 Where's like from a dunky country, It's like, who needs 2336 01:42:13.159 --> 01:42:14.000 thirty two bits? 2337 01:42:14.239 --> 01:42:16.359 Specifically, there was an ad that was an e GM 2338 01:42:16.359 --> 01:42:18.199 all the time that was like a very nineties fish 2339 01:42:18.239 --> 01:42:21.720 eye shot of a baby crying and it was like whining, sniffling, 2340 01:42:22.000 --> 01:42:24.039 you know, shit in their pants whatever. And that's just 2341 01:42:24.039 --> 01:42:26.199 the people who bought new consoles have ever seen them 2342 01:42:26.199 --> 01:42:34.840 be like fuck yeahs, that's. 2343 01:42:34.720 --> 01:42:40.159 What I like. All Right, we're gonna go to another break. 2344 01:42:40.199 --> 01:42:43.399 We're gonna come back. We'll do emails after this. 2345 01:42:49.000 --> 01:42:54.920 It's working. 2346 01:42:55.720 --> 01:42:59.680 Yeah, all right, Uh we got emails everybody. Let's let's 2347 01:42:59.720 --> 01:43:02.439 hop into him. I'll read this first one here. Uh, 2348 01:43:02.560 --> 01:43:07.319 let's see. It is from Alan from Wisconsin. Handheld Game Consoles. 2349 01:43:07.479 --> 01:43:09.760 I recently got a trim Ui brick. Shout out to 2350 01:43:09.800 --> 01:43:11.960 grub I fuck with you and your handhelds. I fuck 2351 01:43:12.000 --> 01:43:14.960 with you too, brother, and I just finished Metroid Fusion. 2352 01:43:15.279 --> 01:43:18.199 What a game? What are some deep cut GBA games 2353 01:43:18.239 --> 01:43:22.520 I should check out. Thanksgang Alan from Wassau, Wisconsin. So 2354 01:43:22.560 --> 01:43:23.159 how you say that? 2355 01:43:23.520 --> 01:43:24.239 Saw? Sure? 2356 01:43:25.000 --> 01:43:30.960 Thank you a PS. Please make this Wisconsin we fuck 2357 01:43:31.000 --> 01:43:34.279 with Grub meet up happen. I can be designated driver, Okay, yeah, 2358 01:43:34.279 --> 01:43:34.880 I'll get out there. 2359 01:43:36.239 --> 01:43:37.640 That happens, I will go out there. 2360 01:43:37.720 --> 01:43:39.880 Yeah, I can take an am trek out there on 2361 01:43:40.319 --> 01:43:42.319 Wisconsin Ambassador to Giant Bomb. 2362 01:43:42.319 --> 01:43:43.680 When do we decide we fuck with Grub? 2363 01:43:45.319 --> 01:43:47.960 It was the last episode. It was there was someone 2364 01:43:48.079 --> 01:43:51.800 from Wisconsin that said they fuck with me, and I'm like, okay, 2365 01:43:53.039 --> 01:43:56.640 all right, yeah just oh would be a good answer. 2366 01:43:56.680 --> 01:43:58.520 And that just got a re release, right, you can 2367 01:43:58.600 --> 01:43:59.840 just play that on everything. 2368 01:44:00.079 --> 01:44:02.239 Yeah, but played on your trimum, I believe. Yeah, that's 2369 01:44:02.239 --> 01:44:02.439 the thing. 2370 01:44:02.479 --> 01:44:04.439 Even when they get re releases and stuff. 2371 01:44:04.479 --> 01:44:05.920 I have found that, Like I remember I had that 2372 01:44:06.000 --> 01:44:08.760 moment with the Advanced Wars. 2373 01:44:07.920 --> 01:44:10.359 And you started taking about Vance Wars, was like, why 2374 01:44:10.399 --> 01:44:11.119 don't I just play this? 2375 01:44:11.239 --> 01:44:12.800 Sounded like I like the fun factor. 2376 01:44:12.800 --> 01:44:15.359 It feels more true to the original you know vision 2377 01:44:15.399 --> 01:44:17.479 of it, and I also like the way it looks more. 2378 01:44:17.680 --> 01:44:17.760 So. 2379 01:44:18.319 --> 01:44:24.399 Yeah, there's that astro Bot game that's really good. Yes, 2380 01:44:25.359 --> 01:44:29.000 astro boystro Boy all the. 2381 01:44:29.039 --> 01:44:33.560 Time, ham Tarrow, Ham Ham Heartbreak, hamp Tar there's like 2382 01:44:33.560 --> 01:44:35.479 the hamp Tarow Sports collection. 2383 01:44:35.640 --> 01:44:38.239 To love those ham Taro games at least. I don't 2384 01:44:38.279 --> 01:44:40.359 know which ones were like spinoffs within us, but like 2385 01:44:40.560 --> 01:44:42.239 at least the Game Boy Color one was just like 2386 01:44:42.279 --> 01:44:44.199 an adventure game and it was really cute. 2387 01:44:44.279 --> 01:44:45.159 I like that one. 2388 01:44:46.319 --> 01:44:49.560 In the chat says as Minushkapa good Zelda, Yes, I 2389 01:44:49.600 --> 01:44:53.159 played there a few years ago. Again, I think it's 2390 01:44:52.560 --> 01:44:54.520 a much better than links Awakening. 2391 01:44:55.079 --> 01:44:55.680 You can tell. 2392 01:44:55.520 --> 01:45:00.279 That it was. No need to play out my ranking 2393 01:45:00.279 --> 01:45:01.119 of Zelda's. 2394 01:45:00.920 --> 01:45:03.079 No, I don't know what you. 2395 01:45:02.920 --> 01:45:04.479 Do that it. 2396 01:45:04.680 --> 01:45:06.199 No, we're just saying that you're wrong. 2397 01:45:09.159 --> 01:45:13.079 Better menus cap all right, it's links Awake things at eight. 2398 01:45:13.560 --> 01:45:16.159 Nintendo make better the games than Capcom, but it's still 2399 01:45:16.439 --> 01:45:16.880 in general. 2400 01:45:17.239 --> 01:45:21.359 Yes, I was. I okay, I was thinking about it 2401 01:45:21.439 --> 01:45:22.720 if you played the Oracle games. 2402 01:45:22.800 --> 01:45:27.239 Yet, I played the Oracle of Ages when it came 2403 01:45:27.279 --> 01:45:30.680 out and didn't love it, which I understand. Oracle Seasons 2404 01:45:30.720 --> 01:45:31.720 is supposed to be better. 2405 01:45:32.319 --> 01:45:32.399 But. 2406 01:45:34.359 --> 01:45:37.600 More Yeah, I like, okay, just more, I think okay. 2407 01:45:38.119 --> 01:45:40.640 I had always heard Seasons was just better, but uh, okay, 2408 01:45:41.119 --> 01:45:41.640 fair enough. 2409 01:45:42.039 --> 01:45:43.800 It may be an obvious one. But if you like 2410 01:45:43.920 --> 01:45:47.279 metro Fusion, go play Zero Mission if you haven't, because 2411 01:45:47.439 --> 01:45:50.880 it's awesome. It's it's my favorite metroid. I still think 2412 01:45:50.880 --> 01:45:54.199 it's the best one overall because it combines so much 2413 01:45:54.239 --> 01:45:58.199 of what metroids should be into one package. And while 2414 01:45:58.600 --> 01:46:03.279 I do like the creepy vibe a Fusion more, in general, uh, 2415 01:46:03.760 --> 01:46:07.119 Usion just talks so fucking much. And Zero Mission is 2416 01:46:07.159 --> 01:46:09.640 just like, we're gonna give you a title card with 2417 01:46:09.680 --> 01:46:12.760 Samus's internal monologue and you're just going, man. You get 2418 01:46:12.800 --> 01:46:15.119 the occasional like three second cut sing that's kind of 2419 01:46:15.119 --> 01:46:17.319 like a loading area, but you're just guys going. 2420 01:46:18.560 --> 01:46:20.760 And I saw someone in chat say back tie and 2421 01:46:20.800 --> 01:46:23.199 now I was literally just going to eat because I've 2422 01:46:23.199 --> 01:46:25.319 never played it and it's a gem again wow, And 2423 01:46:25.680 --> 01:46:27.760 uh it's a bit pricey, but I do. 2424 01:46:28.039 --> 01:46:29.520 That's when I that's when I think would be fun 2425 01:46:29.520 --> 01:46:31.199 to emulate on the phone and see if you can 2426 01:46:31.199 --> 01:46:33.199 get the senil the phone or the light. 2427 01:46:33.079 --> 01:46:35.560 Thing lights on starting your phone to do that. 2428 01:46:35.640 --> 01:46:38.079 Yeah, I think you get the right emulator. It just works. Okay. 2429 01:46:38.079 --> 01:46:41.199 Get out of Pen Wisconsin Drill dozer. 2430 01:46:41.399 --> 01:46:44.039 Car battles, drill Dozer kicks ass Yes. 2431 01:46:44.079 --> 01:46:47.600 Drill dozer to. That's when that one should emulate pretty 2432 01:46:47.640 --> 01:46:49.039 well because I think they do the rumble on there, 2433 01:46:49.039 --> 01:46:50.119 but you want the rumble. 2434 01:46:49.960 --> 01:46:51.720 Work twisted, but do it on your phone. 2435 01:46:52.079 --> 01:46:54.600 That worri work twisted. I am about to beat it, 2436 01:46:54.680 --> 01:46:57.920 dan Uh. It's great on there right, It's so awesome. Literally, 2437 01:46:57.960 --> 01:47:00.239 I enjoy pooping so much right now because I'm playing 2438 01:47:00.239 --> 01:47:01.119 it every time I go to. 2439 01:47:01.039 --> 01:47:03.079 The bathroom, shaking your phone around. 2440 01:47:02.880 --> 01:47:05.119 Shaking my phone, and it helps, you know, helps work 2441 01:47:05.159 --> 01:47:05.880 things out, you. 2442 01:47:05.840 --> 01:47:10.359 Know, with the it feels like better on phone than 2443 01:47:10.359 --> 01:47:11.399 it ever felt on GBA. 2444 01:47:11.560 --> 01:47:14.720 Somehow, It's awesome. It's honestly, could get to the end 2445 01:47:14.720 --> 01:47:15.920 of the year and that might be on my Game 2446 01:47:15.960 --> 01:47:18.920 of the Year list. Oh yeah, twist twisted. So good 2447 01:47:19.720 --> 01:47:21.760 Car Battle or Joe. That's a good one. That's kind 2448 01:47:21.760 --> 01:47:23.239 of in that range of like Ninja five ooh, and 2449 01:47:23.239 --> 01:47:28.439 a few others. Let's see a gun Stars Superheroes. Oh sorry, 2450 01:47:28.479 --> 01:47:31.439 was that Gunstar Superheroes? That's a good gun Star go ahead. 2451 01:47:31.279 --> 01:47:34.239 Back, Yeah, forget about Mario Kart Super Circuit. 2452 01:47:33.880 --> 01:47:36.960 Play the Konami Mario Kart clone that has you played 2453 01:47:37.439 --> 01:47:39.119 as a bistical Ninja that. 2454 01:47:40.279 --> 01:47:42.880 I feel like people overlook this one a lot. Pokemon Pinball, 2455 01:47:42.960 --> 01:47:45.640 Ruby and Sapphire is a really good pinball game. 2456 01:47:45.720 --> 01:47:46.159 I like that. 2457 01:47:47.720 --> 01:47:49.840 Yeah, all the Tony Hawk games on g b A. 2458 01:47:50.079 --> 01:47:53.520 There's like weird things like Max Pain on GPA. There's 2459 01:47:53.560 --> 01:47:56.079 this whole thing where they just took three D games 2460 01:47:56.079 --> 01:47:58.159 and made them isometric games on the g B A 2461 01:47:58.239 --> 01:47:59.079 and they're actually pretty. 2462 01:47:59.359 --> 01:48:02.600 And people like shoot three D games on the Gameboy Advance, 2463 01:48:02.680 --> 01:48:05.520 like Stunt stunt Man. It's really good. I love Stuntman 2464 01:48:05.640 --> 01:48:06.600 on Game Boy Advance. 2465 01:48:06.680 --> 01:48:09.960 It's like dank about with the sixteen big consoles getting 2466 01:48:10.000 --> 01:48:13.199 like three D adjacent stuff or light three D like 2467 01:48:13.479 --> 01:48:15.680 towards the end of the GBA, they were getting ambitious there, 2468 01:48:15.720 --> 01:48:17.279 and it was kind of cool sometimes. 2469 01:48:17.359 --> 01:48:19.199 Yeah, yeah, Golden sounds good. 2470 01:48:19.279 --> 01:48:22.199 Yes, there's a two D dragon Ball not dragon Ball Z, 2471 01:48:22.399 --> 01:48:25.199 dragon Ball kind of action game that's really neat. 2472 01:48:25.239 --> 01:48:28.760 There's also a Star Wars episode three Beat Them Up. 2473 01:48:28.800 --> 01:48:30.399 That's a lot of fun on the GV Yeah. 2474 01:48:30.479 --> 01:48:34.319 Man, And then like any any sort of like, hey, 2475 01:48:34.319 --> 01:48:37.039 a big console game happened, and now here's the Game 2476 01:48:37.039 --> 01:48:39.279 Boy Advance version, like that zone of the enders game 2477 01:48:39.279 --> 01:48:43.079 Boy advance games. Pretty interesting tech in advance ye advance. 2478 01:48:43.239 --> 01:48:44.000 Yeah, that's right. 2479 01:48:44.760 --> 01:48:46.800 Yeah, there's a lot of weird stuff like that that's 2480 01:48:46.840 --> 01:48:49.520 worth checking out, especially when you have a trim ui 2481 01:48:49.760 --> 01:48:51.119 and you can just get it the way you get it. 2482 01:48:51.199 --> 01:48:53.239 Yes, yeah, the term wise is very nice. 2483 01:48:53.399 --> 01:48:55.359 Oh yeah, it's just so handy. 2484 01:48:56.399 --> 01:48:58.439 So I can't believe, like, Lakes Weakening is your favorite 2485 01:48:58.479 --> 01:49:00.680 game of all time and you like got no enjoyment 2486 01:49:00.720 --> 01:49:02.760 out of those two games that came out that were 2487 01:49:03.239 --> 01:49:05.279 like ninety five percent the same thing. 2488 01:49:05.560 --> 01:49:08.760 It's game ever, it's it was it's very important to me. 2489 01:49:09.159 --> 01:49:10.760 Shut up, Dan, I'm I'm not talking. I'm talking to 2490 01:49:10.800 --> 01:49:14.600 my friend Mike Minatti right now. I I want of 2491 01:49:14.640 --> 01:49:16.800 them protect. I think that that's part of the problem. 2492 01:49:16.920 --> 01:49:19.640 Is I like hold I held Links Awakening in such 2493 01:49:19.680 --> 01:49:24.000 high regard that the five percent like feels like a chasm. 2494 01:49:24.119 --> 01:49:27.399 D That Donkey Kong Country too things, the Donkey. 2495 01:49:27.119 --> 01:49:29.800 Count Country two thing I have where it's like yeah, sorry, ahad, 2496 01:49:30.439 --> 01:49:32.920 just where it's like something's like I'm expecting one thing 2497 01:49:32.920 --> 01:49:34.680 and now I can't play a Donkey Kong in this game. 2498 01:49:34.720 --> 01:49:37.039 It's not exactly the same, but it's it's similar so. 2499 01:49:36.800 --> 01:49:38.840 So question you just made me think because I'm as 2500 01:49:38.840 --> 01:49:40.600 I'm trying to look up like game Boy games since 2501 01:49:40.600 --> 01:49:42.680 I'm enjoying Mario Land one and two so much once 2502 01:49:42.720 --> 01:49:45.840 I'm done with Warrior Land. Are those Donkey Kong Land 2503 01:49:45.960 --> 01:49:48.800 games good and are they different than their. 2504 01:49:50.239 --> 01:49:55.439 They're interesting, yes, okay, because they are mostly bespoke games. 2505 01:49:55.479 --> 01:49:57.319 There are there's a lot of like, oh, here's this 2506 01:49:57.399 --> 01:50:00.239 for version of this level from the Donkey Kong Coutry game, 2507 01:50:00.760 --> 01:50:02.680 but it's it's its own game in a lot. 2508 01:50:02.560 --> 01:50:05.319 Of ways, and like two is Diddy and Dixie. One 2509 01:50:05.399 --> 01:50:06.199 is Donkey and Diddy. 2510 01:50:06.279 --> 01:50:06.720 Is it the same? 2511 01:50:06.800 --> 01:50:09.680 Like you know, the cover always looked the same, but 2512 01:50:09.680 --> 01:50:11.479 it was like, but they're calling it Land. 2513 01:50:11.680 --> 01:50:12.560 This is a different game. 2514 01:50:12.920 --> 01:50:14.880 I think that they're honestly, if you like, just like 2515 01:50:14.960 --> 01:50:17.600 in a vacuum ranked platformers on the Game Boy, I 2516 01:50:17.680 --> 01:50:20.119 think they would be in the top five for like 2517 01:50:20.119 --> 01:50:22.000 at least Donkey Donkey Kong Land one and two. 2518 01:50:22.199 --> 01:50:25.880 So okay, they're You're right, they're interesting if I'm remembering 2519 01:50:25.920 --> 01:50:30.199 this right. So Land is like remixing slash scaling down 2520 01:50:30.560 --> 01:50:34.159 of the Country games to game Boy original. But then 2521 01:50:34.159 --> 01:50:36.800 they also did ports that were a little more flesh 2522 01:50:36.840 --> 01:50:40.199 out of Donkey Kong Country to the game Boy Color. Yes, 2523 01:50:40.479 --> 01:50:45.479 though so the like mostly faithful ports to game Boy Advance. 2524 01:50:45.520 --> 01:50:49.640 That are really good act versions of those games. Yes, yeah, okay, 2525 01:50:49.720 --> 01:50:52.399 wild lot. I mean Donkey Kong. That Donkey Kong Country 2526 01:50:52.720 --> 01:50:55.279 one sold so well and two sold very well. But 2527 01:50:55.319 --> 01:50:57.800 they just went ham on Donkey Kong on everything back 2528 01:50:57.840 --> 01:50:59.720 then for the point now they put him into theme 2529 01:50:59.760 --> 01:51:00.199 park and. 2530 01:51:00.119 --> 01:51:02.079 Then I don't think we much all but Dan, you're 2531 01:51:02.119 --> 01:51:03.760 aware of Donkey Kong ninety four right? 2532 01:51:04.520 --> 01:51:06.159 Oh yeah, yeah, that was, like I think the first 2533 01:51:06.159 --> 01:51:07.640 game I seriously played on the analog. 2534 01:51:07.720 --> 01:51:10.359 Yeah yeah, well, good game, good god. 2535 01:51:11.399 --> 01:51:13.399 All right, let's see here. Let me get back over 2536 01:51:13.479 --> 01:51:18.239 the emails. Okay, can Sean read this one from Dave? 2537 01:51:19.119 --> 01:51:23.359 From Dave from California. Yeah's topic is video game skill 2538 01:51:23.479 --> 01:51:26.640 to real life application. Hey all, I worked at a 2539 01:51:26.640 --> 01:51:29.600 warehouse for a big online retailer. You can probably guess 2540 01:51:29.640 --> 01:51:31.920 which one. I played a lot of Tetris when I 2541 01:51:31.960 --> 01:51:34.119 was a youth, and all that time spent on a 2542 01:51:34.119 --> 01:51:37.560 game somehow gave me amazing skill at arranging boxes for 2543 01:51:37.720 --> 01:51:41.600 maximum efficiency. What game has given you an accidental skill? 2544 01:51:41.840 --> 01:51:42.159 Keep up? 2545 01:51:42.199 --> 01:51:46.039 The amazing work oil listener from the Shoemaker Days, consenting 2546 01:51:46.119 --> 01:51:47.319 kiss all lips for each of you. 2547 01:51:50.279 --> 01:51:52.319 When I played that eco game, it gave me an 2548 01:51:52.359 --> 01:51:56.520 understanding of pricing and tariffs and stuff like that, just 2549 01:51:56.560 --> 01:51:58.720 by accident, just by arguing with my friends about how 2550 01:51:58.720 --> 01:52:02.239 we should arrange the econ me in our game and that. 2551 01:52:02.479 --> 01:52:04.800 So now when I see things in the news, I'm like, 2552 01:52:04.880 --> 01:52:07.800 that won't work. And I know how from firsthand experience. 2553 01:52:09.399 --> 01:52:11.239 I learned how to yell from the Phoenix Right. 2554 01:52:11.239 --> 01:52:14.520 Games during our podcast. 2555 01:52:14.640 --> 01:52:20.479 Yeah, yep, I've never driven a stick shift, but I 2556 01:52:20.520 --> 01:52:23.640 feel like I understand the basic concept from switching to 2557 01:52:23.720 --> 01:52:26.119 manual in some old racing games, being like okay, it's 2558 01:52:26.159 --> 01:52:28.079 kind of topping off here, it's going to year two. 2559 01:52:28.600 --> 01:52:29.680 Like, but I've never got I don't know how to 2560 01:52:29.720 --> 01:52:31.199 do that tunk tunk tunk stuff. 2561 01:52:31.239 --> 01:52:33.239 You know, that's the bulk of it. 2562 01:52:33.680 --> 01:52:35.640 But I mean I think I know when like, oh, 2563 01:52:35.720 --> 01:52:37.640 that sound means I should shift gears. 2564 01:52:38.039 --> 01:52:39.640 Okay, so when do you hit the clutch? 2565 01:52:40.479 --> 01:52:40.680 Oh? 2566 01:52:40.800 --> 01:52:48.159 I don't want that probably correct answer, but also where 2567 01:52:48.239 --> 01:52:50.439 my grandpa's lawnmower had a clutch on it and I 2568 01:52:50.439 --> 01:52:51.960 didn't know what that pedal did and it was a 2569 01:52:52.039 --> 01:52:54.039 riding lawnmower and I hit it once and like I 2570 01:52:54.079 --> 01:52:56.319 did some weird combination that it like bucked up, and 2571 01:52:56.359 --> 01:52:57.840 I thought I was almost going to get crushed by 2572 01:52:57.880 --> 01:52:58.439 a lawnmower. 2573 01:52:58.479 --> 01:53:00.800 Oh shit, yeah, yeah, totally, yeah, I'm not touching knuck 2574 01:53:00.800 --> 01:53:04.319 clutch every that my dad's Friday loanword did the same thing, 2575 01:53:04.319 --> 01:53:06.439 and I would purposely get it to do wheeling instead. 2576 01:53:06.840 --> 01:53:08.720 I still remember it. I was like, fuck that, I'm 2577 01:53:08.760 --> 01:53:11.960 surprised I'm not dead. Yeah, I think anytime someone asked 2578 01:53:11.960 --> 01:53:13.479 me something like this. The only thing I never think 2579 01:53:13.520 --> 01:53:15.479 of is that I like kind of know how to 2580 01:53:15.520 --> 01:53:19.159 play the drums thanks to rock band, because obviously, you know, 2581 01:53:19.199 --> 01:53:22.760 playing the guitar and guitar hero is like just wailing 2582 01:53:22.840 --> 01:53:25.960 on a toy. Singing maybe you know, is like it's 2583 01:53:26.039 --> 01:53:28.960 Kerry okay, so it's yeah, you're singing. And then drums 2584 01:53:28.960 --> 01:53:30.840 are an interesting one because you can at least learn 2585 01:53:30.920 --> 01:53:33.399 like basic drum beats on this, especially if you're like 2586 01:53:33.399 --> 01:53:35.039 playing on an expert in your game. 2587 01:53:35.119 --> 01:53:37.199 The actual pretty is kind of not one to one 2588 01:53:37.239 --> 01:53:38.199 but pretty close, right. 2589 01:53:38.279 --> 01:53:41.039 Yeah, And so there are songs where like I learned 2590 01:53:41.119 --> 01:53:44.199 the general beat through playing rock band, and then yeah, 2591 01:53:44.199 --> 01:53:47.520 I would when we were hanging out with friends Friday 2592 01:53:47.600 --> 01:53:49.920 night in my friend's basement, he had drums at there, 2593 01:53:49.920 --> 01:53:51.680 and occasionally, yeah, I would hop on there, and so 2594 01:53:51.760 --> 01:53:53.600 we're just like, yeah, play drum being He's like, oh, yeah, 2595 01:53:53.600 --> 01:53:56.600 that's that sounds right to me because he obviously played drums, 2596 01:53:56.600 --> 01:53:58.319 So yeah. 2597 01:53:57.840 --> 01:54:01.039 That does remind me. Like I always think, if I 2598 01:54:01.159 --> 01:54:05.199 had to like shift gears into another business entirely, I 2599 01:54:05.199 --> 01:54:08.800 would take DDR and I would market it as a 2600 01:54:08.800 --> 01:54:11.640 good way to like improve the footwork of athletes, because 2601 01:54:11.640 --> 01:54:13.840 I think if you, if you can get good at DDR, 2602 01:54:14.119 --> 01:54:16.439 like a quarterback would benefit so much from that. But 2603 01:54:16.520 --> 01:54:18.600 like everyone in any sport where like you are moving 2604 01:54:18.600 --> 01:54:21.720 your feet a lot, having like to quickly move direction 2605 01:54:21.800 --> 01:54:23.319 and understand the way to get your body to do 2606 01:54:23.359 --> 01:54:25.319 that without like the help of a bar would be 2607 01:54:25.560 --> 01:54:28.039 beneficial to I think they all athletes should just do it. 2608 01:54:28.079 --> 01:54:30.520 But of course, like it's a weird little Japanese game, 2609 01:54:30.600 --> 01:54:31.439 so they're not aware of it. 2610 01:54:32.239 --> 01:54:35.039 I bought a powerwasher at my old house because I 2611 01:54:35.039 --> 01:54:37.479 played a lot of Powerwaws simulator and then I instantly 2612 01:54:37.479 --> 01:54:38.439 fucked up my driveway. 2613 01:54:39.239 --> 01:54:40.319 Did you like chip it away? 2614 01:54:40.439 --> 01:54:41.119 Like there was like an. 2615 01:54:41.000 --> 01:54:42.800 Asphalt driveway and it was like pristine. 2616 01:54:42.840 --> 01:54:44.680 It was awesome when I moved in and there was 2617 01:54:44.760 --> 01:54:46.920 like some like bird shit or something on the driveway, 2618 01:54:46.920 --> 01:54:48.960 and it's like, all right, let's test this baby out, 2619 01:54:49.359 --> 01:54:52.199 you know, from like point blank, and then there's asphalt 2620 01:54:52.359 --> 01:54:55.439 pebbles flying up everywhere. That's like and just permanent, like 2621 01:54:55.479 --> 01:54:58.600 a whole. Then I never used it again. I sold 2622 01:54:58.600 --> 01:54:59.800 it on face place. 2623 01:55:00.439 --> 01:55:02.640 Imagine the ant that was living in there. It's just 2624 01:55:02.720 --> 01:55:04.600 like his whole world exploded. 2625 01:55:05.039 --> 01:55:08.359 Just a mushroom clock on your listeners. Mike is dying 2626 01:55:08.399 --> 01:55:09.279 inside right now? 2627 01:55:14.840 --> 01:55:18.000 All right, less weird, Mike Minati. I read this one 2628 01:55:18.000 --> 01:55:19.159 from Tom P from Florida. 2629 01:55:20.479 --> 01:55:24.039 Idle Games while you work, Hey, Giant Bomb crew, I'm 2630 01:55:24.119 --> 01:55:27.640 currently playing the idle game Rusty's Retirement while I work. 2631 01:55:28.159 --> 01:55:30.119 I found it gives me a nice reward when it 2632 01:55:30.159 --> 01:55:32.199 glanced over at the screen and see the numbers go up. 2633 01:55:32.479 --> 01:55:34.560 Do you have any good idol games that you enjoy 2634 01:55:34.640 --> 01:55:35.319 whilst working? 2635 01:55:35.640 --> 01:55:42.359 Tom P from anything, Yeah, talk about it. 2636 01:55:42.680 --> 01:55:45.640 Go to click clickbomb dot com. It's fantastic. 2637 01:55:45.720 --> 01:55:48.800 Chucktowski Pickle Draft, Oh my god, I think we all 2638 01:55:48.800 --> 01:55:50.520 got really into it, like talking. 2639 01:55:50.319 --> 01:55:51.960 About it in our games this week for sure, because 2640 01:55:51.960 --> 01:55:52.520 I really did. 2641 01:55:52.560 --> 01:55:54.479 I played the hell out of it that I be 2642 01:55:54.600 --> 01:55:57.399 it three times, Mike, there we go, okay. 2643 01:55:59.399 --> 01:56:01.439 There yeah, yeah, Gosha. 2644 01:56:01.520 --> 01:56:03.640 He just made a clicker game about giant bombs and 2645 01:56:03.720 --> 01:56:05.560 it's it's actually very undertating. 2646 01:56:05.680 --> 01:56:08.840 Tchuktowski did the bulk of the work, and then the 2647 01:56:08.960 --> 01:56:13.119 art was like just taking screenshots from pixel Draft videos 2648 01:56:13.119 --> 01:56:18.279 of the various characters like Mike mcquanchie, for example, and 2649 01:56:18.319 --> 01:56:20.960 then those characters cards. You can level them up and 2650 01:56:21.000 --> 01:56:22.720 they become more powerful, and then you could take them 2651 01:56:22.720 --> 01:56:24.800 with you from one game to new game plus and 2652 01:56:24.840 --> 01:56:27.279 it's just so well done. It's not and it's not. 2653 01:56:27.359 --> 01:56:29.920 It's just like he could have just completely been like, oh, 2654 01:56:29.960 --> 01:56:33.039 here's an idol game and it was like halfway half baked, 2655 01:56:33.039 --> 01:56:34.800 and I would have been like, that's awesome. But it's 2656 01:56:34.840 --> 01:56:36.880 like such a good Idol game. It's got so many 2657 01:56:36.920 --> 01:56:38.399 good ideas. I really enjoyed it. 2658 01:56:38.680 --> 01:56:40.840 Tuktowski in the chat says, pickle Draft did those cuts 2659 01:56:40.880 --> 01:56:42.840 himself and sent them over in the right ratio. 2660 01:56:43.359 --> 01:56:43.600 Man. 2661 01:56:43.880 --> 01:56:47.800 Nice, Yeah, just amazing work. And then when we pointed 2662 01:56:47.800 --> 01:56:49.840 out saying, oh, you're like, Sean's not in there. Now 2663 01:56:49.880 --> 01:56:52.119 Sean's in there, and so it's tam and stuff like that, 2664 01:56:52.159 --> 01:56:55.279 because yeah, they hadn't appeared in a Pickle Draft video 2665 01:56:55.319 --> 01:56:57.399 because it's based on Blake Club, but they just made 2666 01:56:57.439 --> 01:56:57.920 new ones. 2667 01:56:58.119 --> 01:57:00.680 So's I have been animated in the past. There was 2668 01:57:00.680 --> 01:57:02.640 a Dayshon cameo in one of those videos, but. 2669 01:57:02.760 --> 01:57:05.119 Oh no, maybe that's the one they ended up using. Okay. 2670 01:57:05.159 --> 01:57:06.880 Also, I just had a Pickle Draft emote that I 2671 01:57:06.960 --> 01:57:08.439 realized I've been saying that for a long time, and 2672 01:57:08.479 --> 01:57:11.039 they definitely deserve to be in the chat. 2673 01:57:10.920 --> 01:57:15.960 All right, Dan, can you read this one titled Golden Age? 2674 01:57:16.279 --> 01:57:19.560 Yes, Hello, smart Bombs. I believe Giant Bomb is in 2675 01:57:19.640 --> 01:57:22.880 a new golden age powerful. Jeff's great new and old 2676 01:57:22.920 --> 01:57:25.840 content and the vibes on the podcast are immaculate. What 2677 01:57:25.960 --> 01:57:28.920 is something else you love that is experiencing a golden age? 2678 01:57:29.159 --> 01:57:31.640 Like we're in the Golden age for Oreo Collapse something 2679 01:57:31.680 --> 01:57:41.000 like that. America. You're always saying, Wow, the real answer 2680 01:57:41.000 --> 01:57:41.960 for me wrestling? 2681 01:57:42.840 --> 01:57:46.439 Oh yeah, good point. Wrestling is healthier than ever as 2682 01:57:46.479 --> 01:57:50.000 a business, not just of it, are you? And content 2683 01:57:50.079 --> 01:57:51.720 has been fun as hell to watch and you know, 2684 01:57:51.840 --> 01:57:54.039 the Netflix stuff and everything, the Max deal, it's the 2685 01:57:54.199 --> 01:57:56.159 better ways to watch it. It's just been fantastic. 2686 01:57:56.640 --> 01:58:00.960 Yeah, yeah, I guess emulation, but like emulations always getting better. 2687 01:58:01.000 --> 01:58:03.079 But it just feels like we're such a good place 2688 01:58:03.079 --> 01:58:05.199 of all that and all these fun little consoles. Maybe 2689 01:58:05.239 --> 01:58:09.279 just retro gaming in general. Prices of actual games is 2690 01:58:09.319 --> 01:58:10.920 a thing, right that's always going to be a little 2691 01:58:10.920 --> 01:58:13.560 bit of a problem. But outside of that, there's so 2692 01:58:13.680 --> 01:58:16.520 many ways to play old games right now, and that's awesome. 2693 01:58:16.600 --> 01:58:18.720 Yeah, this is something I me and Mike talk about 2694 01:58:18.760 --> 01:58:22.119 decent amount. We're kind of in maybe be the golden 2695 01:58:22.159 --> 01:58:25.800 age of fighting games. Like as much as people romanticize 2696 01:58:25.800 --> 01:58:29.239 the late nineties early two thousands, there there's so many 2697 01:58:29.279 --> 01:58:33.840 to play. They're so accessible now coming up with new 2698 01:58:34.119 --> 01:58:38.000 ways to play them even and they've been more accessible 2699 01:58:38.039 --> 01:58:40.279 than ever and that's really cool. And there's so much 2700 01:58:40.359 --> 01:58:43.079 variety that you always have something to check out. It's 2701 01:58:43.119 --> 01:58:43.600 really fun. 2702 01:58:45.079 --> 01:58:47.720 Yeah, Okay, go ahead, no you go because mine's bad. 2703 01:58:47.800 --> 01:58:50.680 Go yeah, just like certain companies, so like it's clearly 2704 01:58:50.760 --> 01:58:54.680 a Nintendo Golden Age right now. Like you know, it's 2705 01:58:54.680 --> 01:58:57.560 been kind of going on since you know, twenty seventeen, 2706 01:58:57.680 --> 01:59:00.279 but we're still in that capcom definitely, and when it 2707 01:59:00.319 --> 01:59:03.359 seems like, say, guys maybe just entered theirs, like they 2708 01:59:04.079 --> 01:59:06.680 figured stuff out, and if all this sort of retrovival 2709 01:59:06.680 --> 01:59:09.840 stuff works out for them, they should be pretty And I. 2710 01:59:09.880 --> 01:59:11.439 Might have talked to everyone. You said that was from 2711 01:59:11.479 --> 01:59:14.680 a Mike from Loveland and then mine. It's like you 2712 01:59:14.720 --> 01:59:16.439 guys had all the good ones that I would have said. 2713 01:59:16.479 --> 01:59:18.479 So right now, I just think that a lot of 2714 01:59:18.520 --> 01:59:21.680 sports are in a good place. Not the NFL because 2715 01:59:21.680 --> 01:59:22.920 the Super Bowl kind of sucks, but. 2716 01:59:22.880 --> 01:59:26.359 Like they I'm okay with it, yeah, but you are. 2717 01:59:27.640 --> 01:59:30.359 But like, you know, hockey's like a place where's like, oh, 2718 01:59:30.359 --> 01:59:32.560 there's so many great veteran players and then there's so 2719 01:59:32.560 --> 01:59:34.279 many great kids coming up at the same time that 2720 01:59:34.359 --> 01:59:38.039 like clearly we're watching like Sidney Crosby when they're young. 2721 01:59:38.079 --> 01:59:40.199 So it's just very cool to be checking in right 2722 01:59:40.239 --> 01:59:42.640 now when it's like there's so much skills in all these. 2723 01:59:42.560 --> 01:59:46.079 Different sports sports question, as someone who grew up watching 2724 01:59:46.159 --> 01:59:48.520 the Chiefs and sense moving away, you know, I'll watch 2725 01:59:48.600 --> 01:59:50.159 them when they're in the Super Bowl or some of 2726 01:59:50.159 --> 01:59:52.159 the playoff games and stuff like that. I did get 2727 01:59:52.159 --> 01:59:54.279 the sense just on like Blue Sky over the weekend 2728 01:59:54.479 --> 01:59:56.840 that like, are the Chiefs becoming hated in the way 2729 01:59:56.880 --> 01:59:58.039 that like the Patriots were hated. 2730 01:59:58.159 --> 01:59:59.720 Yeah, because they've won too many times? 2731 01:59:59.800 --> 02:00:04.359 Right, Okay, that's it growing up there, you know that's cool. 2732 02:00:04.399 --> 02:00:04.760 I like that. 2733 02:00:04.880 --> 02:00:07.880 Ye yeah, of course you want Everyone wants that for 2734 02:00:07.920 --> 02:00:09.560 their team. Yeah, yeah, it's pretty cool. 2735 02:00:09.640 --> 02:00:09.840 Yeah. 2736 02:00:09.840 --> 02:00:11.880 I mean like we were like, let's be clear, in Detroit, 2737 02:00:11.920 --> 02:00:14.560 we were planning that, Like we were like, hey, when 2738 02:00:14.640 --> 02:00:17.279 once the Lions win, we're gonna be the most toxic 2739 02:00:17.359 --> 02:00:21.159 fan base you've ever seen. We are, you're gonna hate us. 2740 02:00:21.359 --> 02:00:22.760 And then of course you bit us in the ass 2741 02:00:22.760 --> 02:00:25.199 and we lost, so uh but so everyone wants that. 2742 02:00:25.359 --> 02:00:27.840 Yeah, that's it is wild when I go home, because 2743 02:00:27.880 --> 02:00:29.960 it's like, you know, growing up, like of course, yeah, 2744 02:00:30.239 --> 02:00:32.359 were talking about like Elvis Gerbach or like when Joe 2745 02:00:32.359 --> 02:00:35.520 Montana came to the Chiefs and you know, uh, Trent 2746 02:00:35.960 --> 02:00:38.119 Green was the thing for a while, and like people 2747 02:00:38.119 --> 02:00:39.640 were obsessed about the Chiefs even when. 2748 02:00:39.560 --> 02:00:41.399 Like at best they would get to the playoffs. 2749 02:00:41.800 --> 02:00:44.960 Now I go home, if it's during football season, oh 2750 02:00:45.000 --> 02:00:49.319 my god, everyone's wearing it Mahomes is on every fucking billboard. 2751 02:00:49.399 --> 02:00:51.239 It is like nuclear there. 2752 02:00:51.079 --> 02:00:53.760 Now, yep, it's then that's that's how it goes. And 2753 02:00:53.800 --> 02:00:57.920 that is people hate that too, right, Like, oh, Mahomes, well, 2754 02:00:57.920 --> 02:01:00.319 here's the reasons why he actually sucks and the league 2755 02:01:00.359 --> 02:01:02.760 is always pulling for him and making making sure he wins. 2756 02:01:02.800 --> 02:01:05.279 It's like, I don't know, maybe, but we would all 2757 02:01:05.279 --> 02:01:07.279 take that in an instant if we were given the choice. 2758 02:01:07.479 --> 02:01:09.239 By the way, and I really may say too many. 2759 02:01:09.079 --> 02:01:11.279 Commercials you talk about, like all the leagues pulling form 2760 02:01:11.319 --> 02:01:13.920 and stuff, the amount of like weird conspiracy theories I 2761 02:01:13.960 --> 02:01:15.840 hear when I got home too, was like, well, Mahomes 2762 02:01:15.920 --> 02:01:18.640 brother has mob connections, and then there's the Tailor Swift 2763 02:01:18.680 --> 02:01:21.079 thing going on here. So whenever the Chiefs lose or 2764 02:01:21.119 --> 02:01:23.640 something or something goes negative, it's about the mob or 2765 02:01:23.680 --> 02:01:26.000 Taylor Swift or something like, yeah, the fuck are you 2766 02:01:26.039 --> 02:01:27.079 all talking about. 2767 02:01:26.960 --> 02:01:28.079 That fucking rules? 2768 02:01:28.159 --> 02:01:28.840 Actually, right? 2769 02:01:29.720 --> 02:01:32.359 It is in crimble how many people just immediately believe 2770 02:01:32.399 --> 02:01:35.199 that like all the rests secretly make sure the Chiefs 2771 02:01:35.199 --> 02:01:36.159 win their games too. 2772 02:01:36.439 --> 02:01:38.800 Yeah, I do find that when I come home in Kansas. 2773 02:01:39.079 --> 02:01:42.079 Conspiracy thinking is in a golden age, right, now, so. 2774 02:01:43.640 --> 02:01:48.840 I go, yeah, all right, I'll everyone's read one, now 2775 02:01:48.880 --> 02:01:52.079 I'll read this one. The retro handhelds from a Brad 2776 02:01:52.199 --> 02:01:56.039 and Huddersville. Wait a second, and that's near Tumwater, Washington. 2777 02:01:56.439 --> 02:01:59.520 Uh okay to grub or anyone else sufficiently qualified. I'm 2778 02:01:59.560 --> 02:02:01.920 looking to get retro handheld like the size of an 2779 02:02:01.960 --> 02:02:04.680 old school game boy, preferably can play up the PS 2780 02:02:04.760 --> 02:02:07.359 one games. Any help would be appreciated. You guys rock 2781 02:02:07.520 --> 02:02:11.199 keep rocking. I mean trim you right, that's true, that's 2782 02:02:11.199 --> 02:02:11.560 the one. 2783 02:02:11.640 --> 02:02:14.039 Well if you specifically went up to PS one games, 2784 02:02:14.119 --> 02:02:16.840 I think it's funny. This morning I went to go 2785 02:02:16.880 --> 02:02:18.560 load up. I was like, I had the trimuy and like, oh, 2786 02:02:18.760 --> 02:02:20.079 what should I do on this that I wouldn't do 2787 02:02:20.119 --> 02:02:22.039 on the Pocket. It's like, all right, pocket can't do PlayStation. 2788 02:02:22.279 --> 02:02:24.640 And I loaded up Tony Hawk three just I just 2789 02:02:24.640 --> 02:02:26.439 saw the words and I was like, yes, that's good. 2790 02:02:26.520 --> 02:02:28.399 And I loaded up and started playing the Foundry level 2791 02:02:28.399 --> 02:02:30.039 and I was like, this isn't running that great? And 2792 02:02:30.079 --> 02:02:31.880 then I realized, oh, right, this is the PS one 2793 02:02:31.960 --> 02:02:33.079 version of Tony Hawk three. 2794 02:02:33.560 --> 02:02:34.399 Right, that's why it's. 2795 02:02:34.319 --> 02:02:36.119 Not the way I remember. But it does play PS 2796 02:02:36.119 --> 02:02:38.119 one way I played Twist Medal two on there. It 2797 02:02:38.159 --> 02:02:41.159 plays PS one games pretty solidly, even some Dreamcast stuff. 2798 02:02:41.640 --> 02:02:45.199 Yeah, yeah, there's some Dreamcast suff Yeah, go ahead, Mike, Yeah. 2799 02:02:44.840 --> 02:02:47.119 There's a PS one version of Tony X pro Skater four. 2800 02:02:47.199 --> 02:02:50.720 And I'm like, I gotta see, what is that messed up? 2801 02:02:50.960 --> 02:02:52.960 I mean, didn't we say that there was like a 2802 02:02:53.000 --> 02:02:56.640 PS one version like way past Tony Hawk's pro Skater four. 2803 02:02:56.720 --> 02:03:01.720 Didn't they have like thug even No, I don't think so, Okay, 2804 02:03:02.079 --> 02:03:06.359 I'm like curious because uh remember something along? Oh no, 2805 02:03:06.399 --> 02:03:09.439 it was game Boy. It was the game Boy design Yeah, right, 2806 02:03:09.960 --> 02:03:12.720 American and Doug two and yes, all those. 2807 02:03:14.079 --> 02:03:14.399 Stuff. 2808 02:03:14.960 --> 02:03:17.000 That's what it was. That's what I was thinking of. Yeah, 2809 02:03:17.119 --> 02:03:19.159 trim and the trimuney is really affordable. If you want 2810 02:03:19.159 --> 02:03:20.800 to spend a little bit more, you can definitely get 2811 02:03:21.039 --> 02:03:23.119 uh one up to like one hundred and fifty dollars 2812 02:03:23.199 --> 02:03:26.119 that will have analog sticks and can play easily, can 2813 02:03:26.159 --> 02:03:28.520 play Dreamcast, maybe even play a little bit of PS 2814 02:03:28.680 --> 02:03:32.359 two maybe. But I think, you know, if you're just 2815 02:03:32.479 --> 02:03:34.079 dabbling in this and you want one that's going to 2816 02:03:34.119 --> 02:03:36.399 be good out of the box, and it's just just 2817 02:03:36.560 --> 02:03:39.560 nice to use. I think the trim UIs is the one. 2818 02:03:39.800 --> 02:03:41.880 Yeah, I think that's a perfect starter one because it's 2819 02:03:41.880 --> 02:03:44.159 just like especially when you like follow some of these 2820 02:03:44.159 --> 02:03:47.159 YouTube tutorials on like really cleaning up the interface and everything, 2821 02:03:47.680 --> 02:03:49.600 like I forget what is it's not menu I for 2822 02:03:49.680 --> 02:03:50.279 the is. 2823 02:03:50.239 --> 02:03:52.960 It MENUI for the you Ui? 2824 02:03:53.479 --> 02:03:56.359 Yeah, that one's just fucking fantastic. It plays everything. 2825 02:03:56.720 --> 02:03:58.600 Like I was debating about, like, oh, as I'm playing 2826 02:03:58.600 --> 02:03:59.800 through these Mario Land should I do it on the 2827 02:03:59.800 --> 02:04:01.880 pop do it on the trim And it's like I 2828 02:04:01.960 --> 02:04:05.840 do think the pocket screen is better and it just 2829 02:04:05.880 --> 02:04:08.840 feels better for like especially game Boy, game Boy Advance games. 2830 02:04:08.960 --> 02:04:11.000 It's like literally just annext the resolution of a game 2831 02:04:11.039 --> 02:04:11.800 Boy screen. 2832 02:04:11.880 --> 02:04:14.960 Yes, yeah, it looks awesome, but like, the trimuy is cheaper, 2833 02:04:15.039 --> 02:04:17.239 it's easy to set up. It's so easy to just 2834 02:04:17.279 --> 02:04:18.880 kind of like toss in a bag and not worry 2835 02:04:18.880 --> 02:04:19.279 about it. 2836 02:04:19.640 --> 02:04:19.800 You know. 2837 02:04:19.840 --> 02:04:22.119 I like the sp one from Ambernick, but it's a 2838 02:04:22.119 --> 02:04:25.640 little chunkier, a little slower. I think the trimuy is 2839 02:04:25.960 --> 02:04:28.359 the best kind of like entry level hand. 2840 02:04:28.560 --> 02:04:30.720 Yeah, we've reached a point where pretty much the chip 2841 02:04:30.760 --> 02:04:33.439 in any of these systems will play everything that is 2842 02:04:33.520 --> 02:04:35.800 reasonable for you to emulate on the go that you 2843 02:04:35.800 --> 02:04:38.039 would want to emulate. I go that if you want 2844 02:04:38.039 --> 02:04:39.760 to spend a little bit more on like one of 2845 02:04:39.800 --> 02:04:42.239 the newer retroid pockets that can also do you know, 2846 02:04:42.439 --> 02:04:46.720 like Dreamcast GameCube PS two, you can. But yeah, it's 2847 02:04:46.760 --> 02:04:48.720 it's more a matter of, yeah, just finding the form 2848 02:04:48.760 --> 02:04:50.960 factor that they want and just playing YouTube channels out 2849 02:04:50.960 --> 02:04:53.359 there to help with that stuff. Now, like regularly really 2850 02:04:53.359 --> 02:04:54.840 like retro game Core, right. 2851 02:04:54.960 --> 02:04:57.199 They're great, use I use them all the time. 2852 02:04:58.239 --> 02:05:01.760 Good boy. Absolutely for me, I've like kind of settled 2853 02:05:01.760 --> 02:05:04.119 into this way of doing things where it's like older games, 2854 02:05:04.159 --> 02:05:07.560 especially handheld but you know, uh a PS one, Super Nintendo. 2855 02:05:07.720 --> 02:05:09.720 I will use one of these retro handhelds. And then 2856 02:05:09.720 --> 02:05:12.399 if it is PS two, PS three and anything like that, 2857 02:05:12.720 --> 02:05:15.199 I'm just gonna do steam Deck. It's just steam Deck. 2858 02:05:17.039 --> 02:05:19.399 I know it'll run. I have a good interface already 2859 02:05:19.399 --> 02:05:21.760 set up. There's a ton of community sport for mu 2860 02:05:21.760 --> 02:05:24.000 deck to make sure it's as good as possible. So yeah, 2861 02:05:24.560 --> 02:05:27.039 you know, I keep eyeing like the iin odin or 2862 02:05:27.039 --> 02:05:29.439 something like that. I think that's what it's called. Yeah, 2863 02:05:28.840 --> 02:05:30.399 and I'm like, I. 2864 02:05:30.359 --> 02:05:35.000 Don't think it's worth the price, especially, yeah, exactly. I 2865 02:05:35.039 --> 02:05:37.560 know the person emailing and specifically did ask for like 2866 02:05:37.560 --> 02:05:39.680 a very pofortable one around the size of a game boy. 2867 02:05:39.760 --> 02:05:42.920 But if anyone is curious, the steam deck is still 2868 02:05:43.039 --> 02:05:45.560 just like the best emulation machine that you can take 2869 02:05:45.600 --> 02:05:48.119 around with you portably. And now now there's trying to 2870 02:05:48.199 --> 02:05:49.439 clear out some of the older ones. You can get 2871 02:05:49.439 --> 02:05:51.199 them on sale for like you can get refer one 2872 02:05:51.319 --> 02:05:53.640 for like around three hundred, which is like. 2873 02:05:53.760 --> 02:05:56.000 You put in a a Samsung SD card, one of 2874 02:05:56.039 --> 02:05:57.800 the faster Samsung a s D cards, and you're not 2875 02:05:57.840 --> 02:05:59.399 going to be hurt and for not having the SSD 2876 02:05:59.560 --> 02:06:00.800 actually turns out exactly. 2877 02:06:01.000 --> 02:06:02.720 Yeah, yep, good device. 2878 02:06:03.399 --> 02:06:07.760 All right, let's see, let's do one more email Sean, 2879 02:06:07.840 --> 02:06:10.800 can you read this last one? What is a coworker 2880 02:06:10.880 --> 02:06:12.000 or what is coworker? 2881 02:06:12.960 --> 02:06:14.399 What is coworker? 2882 02:06:14.479 --> 02:06:14.960 Oh boy? 2883 02:06:16.840 --> 02:06:19.960 Science is ever evolving. It is not magic. It is 2884 02:06:20.000 --> 02:06:24.159 a process. Observations are made, trials run, results are analyzed. 2885 02:06:24.399 --> 02:06:28.159 I realized my prior experiments were rudimentary and flawed, raw 2886 02:06:28.199 --> 02:06:31.159 with surface level speculation, so I narrowed my focus to 2887 02:06:31.199 --> 02:06:34.720 an individual subject co worker or apparently also known as 2888 02:06:34.840 --> 02:06:39.279 Jeff Backlar. I present my last work, the behavioral analysis 2889 02:06:39.520 --> 02:06:47.039 of Jack Backlar. Through careful observation, I've grown to appreciate 2890 02:06:47.279 --> 02:06:51.640 the mundanity within the life of Coworker. Admittedly, there were 2891 02:06:51.640 --> 02:06:54.720 times where I had doed his existence. Was Coworker something 2892 02:06:54.840 --> 02:06:58.079 my subconscious was implanting as a way to provide a message. 2893 02:06:58.560 --> 02:07:01.840 One minute, a disgruntled side in my headphones, so the next, 2894 02:07:02.359 --> 02:07:06.399 staring at the starring in the Blockfuster flopped the green 2895 02:07:06.560 --> 02:07:10.600 hornet the last in my dismay. He is real? 2896 02:07:10.920 --> 02:07:11.439 But what for? 2897 02:07:12.119 --> 02:07:15.000 Despite the odds, Coworker has made some slam improvements to 2898 02:07:15.039 --> 02:07:17.680 cementing his existence in the world. I now know that 2899 02:07:17.760 --> 02:07:21.439 Coworker loves the New York Rangers, hats and Jesus. But 2900 02:07:21.560 --> 02:07:24.119 the struggle of being the straight man in such a 2901 02:07:24.119 --> 02:07:28.640 wiggly world it's probably why that has so shiny. Anyways, 2902 02:07:28.800 --> 02:07:32.760 who was I talking about? George J from Chicago? Ps 2903 02:07:33.000 --> 02:07:35.640 of this major giggle. These are fun to write, bomb 2904 02:07:35.680 --> 02:07:36.199 fall asleep? 2905 02:07:37.359 --> 02:07:39.439 Was was the Jack Backlar bit? 2906 02:07:39.520 --> 02:07:39.600 An? 2907 02:07:39.640 --> 02:07:43.560 Actually just type focus. That's a cred either way. Tyler 2908 02:07:43.680 --> 02:07:44.680 Dirden situation. 2909 02:07:45.399 --> 02:07:54.199 Yeah, Jack back, that sounds better. You should change Jack's back. Yeah, 2910 02:07:54.239 --> 02:07:57.960 there we go he's gonna start on bullying two. Yeah, 2911 02:07:58.119 --> 02:08:01.720 thank you, Jordan. Jay. Always appreciate your emails. These have 2912 02:08:01.760 --> 02:08:04.760 been very fun these past couple of weeks. All right, Sean, 2913 02:08:04.840 --> 02:08:06.640 we did get a message from Dan jan to check 2914 02:08:06.680 --> 02:08:08.880 the discord. I can play the sound if you want 2915 02:08:08.880 --> 02:08:10.479 me to focus on that, or can you or do 2916 02:08:10.520 --> 02:08:11.119 you want to do that? 2917 02:08:11.800 --> 02:08:14.159 I don't know if if it's playing sound, you should 2918 02:08:14.159 --> 02:08:15.039 do it through your end. 2919 02:08:15.680 --> 02:08:17.800 Okay, all right, give me a second, you guys. Maybe 2920 02:08:17.800 --> 02:08:19.840 actually we skipped an email. Maybe do that? Why I 2921 02:08:19.840 --> 02:08:21.520 get that set up? Let's see here, Mike. Can you 2922 02:08:21.560 --> 02:08:25.159 read the one from is it perfect game mash up? Yeah, 2923 02:08:25.199 --> 02:08:26.159 because that's what we didn't do. 2924 02:08:26.279 --> 02:08:31.359 Yes, I wasn't paying attention, Dan Riker. 2925 02:08:31.399 --> 02:08:33.239 Could you read the way it says perfect game mash up? 2926 02:08:33.279 --> 02:08:35.000 The email from the email thing there? 2927 02:08:35.520 --> 02:08:44.159 Yeah, a perfect game mash up for me, Jeff, Hello, Bombers, 2928 02:08:44.239 --> 02:08:47.439 co workers, poggers, and soap eaters. 2929 02:08:47.520 --> 02:08:50.279 You are tasked with creating the best video game of 2930 02:08:50.319 --> 02:08:53.239 all time by combining the gameplay of one existing game 2931 02:08:53.279 --> 02:08:56.800 and the world of another. What's the best combo example 2932 02:08:56.840 --> 02:09:00.279 of one Slay the Spire gameplay mash with the Umble 2933 02:09:00.399 --> 02:09:03.760 Verse world page shout outs elbow drop, attack car, dang 2934 02:09:03.760 --> 02:09:08.199 one example two Doom gameplay, mash with Elden Ring World, 2935 02:09:08.479 --> 02:09:13.159 rip and tear those fucking lobsters. Dbi's doing all right, 2936 02:09:13.920 --> 02:09:14.840 Jeff from Quebec. 2937 02:09:15.720 --> 02:09:20.479 Twisted Metal gameplay in the Mario Kingdom Mushroom Kingdom interesting? 2938 02:09:20.680 --> 02:09:21.359 Hit me? 2939 02:09:21.640 --> 02:09:24.479 Now, hold on, Hold on, Dan, I want to explain 2940 02:09:24.479 --> 02:09:24.920 that one to me. 2941 02:09:26.039 --> 02:09:28.159 I want a Twisted Metal game where I can choose 2942 02:09:28.199 --> 02:09:32.399 between Mario Kart style characters, and I can choose different 2943 02:09:32.479 --> 02:09:35.199 vehicles based in the Mario world. And I didn't want 2944 02:09:35.199 --> 02:09:38.720 to drive around Mushroom Kingdom locales using fun I guess 2945 02:09:38.720 --> 02:09:41.439 I'm just describing battle mode of Mario Kart. 2946 02:09:42.039 --> 02:09:49.479 Yes, never mind, Mike, I want hit Man World of 2947 02:09:49.479 --> 02:09:52.359 Assassination gameplay in the world of Shrek. 2948 02:09:52.520 --> 02:09:58.239 Oh yeah, yeah, that's good stuff. Well what so what 2949 02:09:58.279 --> 02:10:00.720 did Shrek be the one point on disguise or like, 2950 02:10:00.800 --> 02:10:02.199 are you playing as Agent forty seven? 2951 02:10:02.279 --> 02:10:04.079 You might not be playing a Shrek. Shrek might be 2952 02:10:04.119 --> 02:10:06.079 a target for all I know. Like worlds would be 2953 02:10:06.159 --> 02:10:11.399 like Lord Farquat's Castle, Far far Away Land, trek Swamp, 2954 02:10:12.199 --> 02:10:15.159 that that university, that that dweeb Prince Arthur went to 2955 02:10:15.239 --> 02:10:17.680 in Shrek three, all these good places, and yeah, you 2956 02:10:17.720 --> 02:10:19.760 just kind of have to wander around. You gotta mark 2957 02:10:19.840 --> 02:10:23.039 like the Big Bad Wolf as a big bad wolf 2958 02:10:23.079 --> 02:10:27.319 because he's smuggling cocaine and needs to die. So you're right, 2959 02:10:27.359 --> 02:10:29.520 you gotta go figure out the best way to you know, 2960 02:10:29.840 --> 02:10:31.880 find them when he's pretending to be Grandma or something 2961 02:10:31.960 --> 02:10:34.439 and put on. You have to disguis yourself as a pig, right, 2962 02:10:35.119 --> 02:10:37.600 so that you can go in there all on, assuming 2963 02:10:37.720 --> 02:10:38.319 like stuff like that. 2964 02:10:38.399 --> 02:10:40.000 It would be the more the more you talk, the 2965 02:10:40.000 --> 02:10:43.119 more I like the idea. I guess, yeah, it's much 2966 02:10:43.159 --> 02:10:43.800 better than Dan's. 2967 02:10:43.840 --> 02:10:48.039 I agree. All right, I have got this audio. It's 2968 02:10:48.079 --> 02:10:50.640 six seconds. While I was getting that ready instead, I 2969 02:10:50.680 --> 02:10:52.479 was gonna play it. You didn't see like Janet Show 2970 02:10:52.520 --> 02:10:54.159 and Chet say, oh god, don't. 2971 02:10:53.960 --> 02:10:57.079 Play that right, see that. It's just talking right. 2972 02:10:57.720 --> 02:11:00.279 I'm just gonna play the audio. That's it. So this 2973 02:11:00.560 --> 02:11:03.560 is a confirmation that Jane Joe had lived up to 2974 02:11:03.640 --> 02:11:05.960 his side of the bargain. I'm gonna play it. You guys, 2975 02:11:06.159 --> 02:11:06.880 let me know right away. 2976 02:11:06.880 --> 02:11:17.560 If you can't hear it, Okay, Dan record my god, 2977 02:11:17.880 --> 02:11:21.399 I did say in quotes, can you say I love 2978 02:11:21.479 --> 02:11:24.039 you solo. I said I would venmo him ten dollars 2979 02:11:24.079 --> 02:11:26.479 from my pocket if he said I love you solo. 2980 02:11:26.680 --> 02:11:28.319 He said I love solo. 2981 02:11:29.279 --> 02:11:31.920 So he got seventy five percent of the words, which 2982 02:11:31.960 --> 02:11:34.560 I think should be seven dollars and fifty cents. So, Jan, 2983 02:11:34.960 --> 02:11:37.600 if you can venmo me back two dollars and fifty cents, 2984 02:11:37.600 --> 02:11:38.279 I think we're good. 2985 02:11:38.359 --> 02:11:39.720 I'm gonna play it one more time, just so we 2986 02:11:39.720 --> 02:11:40.159 could be clear. 2987 02:11:40.239 --> 02:11:49.439 Yeah, yeah, I need two dollars and fifty cents back. 2988 02:11:49.520 --> 02:11:51.720 Jane. We'll say, you know, I respect it. 2989 02:11:51.760 --> 02:11:51.800 You. 2990 02:11:51.960 --> 02:11:53.880 You gave it a good shot there, and you got 2991 02:11:54.600 --> 02:11:55.319 three force of it. 2992 02:11:55.439 --> 02:11:57.319 I mean the heat of the moment. It's pretty good performance, 2993 02:11:57.439 --> 02:11:58.159 it is for Yeah. 2994 02:11:58.279 --> 02:12:00.000 Yeah, that's a hard thing to work into a corporate 2995 02:12:00.039 --> 02:12:03.840 at all hands Media. Jacob fut To samoean werewolf reference. 2996 02:12:03.880 --> 02:12:05.720 But by the way, somehow we decided that Mike was 2997 02:12:05.760 --> 02:12:09.239 the Italian werewolf. So that's another one. You just want 2998 02:12:09.239 --> 02:12:12.239 to throw that into the Mike nickname bucket. Sure you 2999 02:12:12.359 --> 02:12:15.159 forgot these our Jacob fut To. 3000 02:12:15.720 --> 02:12:17.840 Oh yeah, he's got so many kids, this guy, Mike, 3001 02:12:18.279 --> 02:12:24.359 Yeah seven, all right, I don't know how does he 3002 02:12:24.359 --> 02:12:26.039 get in the show, he does what we learned. I 3003 02:12:26.039 --> 02:12:28.520 don't think we learned anything on this episode. Four of 3004 02:12:28.600 --> 02:12:32.720 us no, absolutely each other a lot. That was nice. Yeah, 3005 02:12:32.720 --> 02:12:33.000 that was good. 3006 02:12:33.079 --> 02:12:35.680 Yeah, Nikki Jacobo has seven kids and he's like thirty 3007 02:12:35.680 --> 02:12:36.399 two years old. 3008 02:12:36.920 --> 02:12:38.000 Yeah, he's not done yet. 3009 02:12:39.039 --> 02:12:41.199 Do any of you have grandparents that had like, like 3010 02:12:41.359 --> 02:12:42.800 thirteen siblings, because I. 3011 02:12:42.880 --> 02:12:46.039 Yeah, my my grandma had like seven siblings. My grandpa 3012 02:12:46.079 --> 02:12:46.680 had a bunch of two. 3013 02:12:46.720 --> 02:12:51.680 Yeah. Yeah, my my mom has like seven siblings. 3014 02:12:51.720 --> 02:12:55.880 Yeah, my dad like seven or eight. Yeah, it's hard 3015 02:12:55.920 --> 02:12:57.119 to count. 3016 02:12:57.439 --> 02:13:01.279 Yeah, it's gotta be impossible to happen eatingful relationship with. 3017 02:13:01.239 --> 02:13:05.039 All your Oh yeah, that's where the idea of like 3018 02:13:05.119 --> 02:13:06.439 favorites definitely comes from. 3019 02:13:07.159 --> 02:13:09.920 Yeah, twelve or something. 3020 02:13:10.079 --> 02:13:14.000 I'm good to have them. 3021 02:13:14.199 --> 02:13:16.279 Jan, I am confirming I received your two dollars and 3022 02:13:16.319 --> 02:13:18.960 fifty cents with a note that says sorry, so one, 3023 02:13:19.000 --> 02:13:19.560 we're all good. 3024 02:13:19.600 --> 02:13:21.159 Good work, Jan, excellent. 3025 02:13:20.840 --> 02:13:23.359 All right, good way we did learn Jan does good 3026 02:13:23.359 --> 02:13:26.199 work in all hands meetings. So we'll wrap it up 3027 02:13:26.239 --> 02:13:29.039 with that. I guess you know what, maybe this this 3028 02:13:29.079 --> 02:13:30.319 is gonna work. I can just hit this and get 3029 02:13:30.399 --> 02:13:34.560 us out of here. Uh, he's gonna do the oka. 3030 02:13:34.560 --> 02:13:35.439 I'm gonna end it. There we go. 3031 02:13:35.560 --> 02:13:35.920 All right? 3032 02:13:35.960 --> 02:13:39.000 Well then in that case, bye everybody until. 3033 02:13:38.760 --> 02:13:43.079 Next time on this show? 3034 02:13:43.119 --> 02:13:44.279 How do you not know this show? 3035 02:13:44.680 --> 02:13:46.800 I don't pay attention to this part. I'm long tuned 3036 02:13:46.800 --> 02:13:50.199 out at this point. All right, Yeah, Blake Club tomorrow Thursday, 3037 02:13:50.199 --> 02:13:53.359 will voicemail dump truck? What else is happening? We what 3038 02:13:53.399 --> 02:13:54.279 were we just talking about? 3039 02:13:54.359 --> 02:13:55.920 Like we wanted to play on the site, or you 3040 02:13:55.920 --> 02:14:01.399 wanted to play or. 3041 02:14:01.479 --> 02:14:04.720 Orcs Must Die or Orks Must Die game. We're gonna 3042 02:14:04.760 --> 02:14:08.000 try to do that Friday. Wow, that's pretty good. 3043 02:14:08.319 --> 02:14:10.920 Are we doing the best music of twenty twenty four? 3044 02:14:10.920 --> 02:14:13.920 B Yes, that's Friday ye put together. 3045 02:14:15.119 --> 02:14:16.560 So it's gonna be a big weeks, gonna be a 3046 02:14:16.560 --> 02:14:20.359 good time. And then Nicky says Minecraft. So there you got? 3047 02:14:21.239 --> 02:14:21.680 All right? 3048 02:14:21.880 --> 02:14:24.479 Uh? Yeah there was something. Oh, Sniper Elite. Yeah, we're 3049 02:14:24.479 --> 02:14:27.000 gonna play some Sniper lead on the on uh on Thursday, 3050 02:14:27.000 --> 02:14:27.920 maybe Dan, I don't know. 3051 02:14:28.399 --> 02:14:30.720 We're also trying to get Virtual Fighter and maybe. 3052 02:14:30.680 --> 02:14:33.199 Yeah, maybe we'll maybe we'll decide between Sniper Elite and 3053 02:14:33.279 --> 02:14:35.920 Virtual Fighter. All right, everybody, we're gonna get out of here. 3054 02:14:36.119 --> 02:14:38.399 Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you to Sean, 3055 02:14:38.520 --> 02:14:40.319 thank you to Mike, thank you to Dan, thank you 3056 02:14:40.359 --> 02:14:43.319 to the dog cam. I've been Jeff Grubb, thanks to 3057 02:14:43.319 --> 02:14:45.079 everyone else in Giant Bomb. Until next time, have a 3058 02:14:45.079 --> 02:15:09.560 good one, take care of yourself. Goodbye, japanstemperat