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<v Speaker 1>New World World Order. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, hey, oh, you gotta press the button.

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<v Speaker 3>Tolturns Green He specifically, yeah, I know, I remember it

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<v Speaker 3>just now and then I said it. Hi everyone. So

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<v Speaker 3>you might have seen on the schedule that this was

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<v Speaker 3>listed as a blight Club panel, which is great.

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<v Speaker 2>Blight Club is great, but.

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<v Speaker 3>Some plans changed and for those there might be people

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<v Speaker 3>here who just saw like, oh, they're going to play

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<v Speaker 3>a bad game and showed up and don't know all

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<v Speaker 3>the internal goings on of the last couple of weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>What happened. Yeah, what's up?

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<v Speaker 1>There's like five podcasts about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, there's a few there.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Minati went nuts on a stream. So if you

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<v Speaker 3>came here to see a bad game, you're not going

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<v Speaker 3>to see that. We've got some stuff to talk about,

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<v Speaker 3>and I will toss to mister Jeff Grubb for that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>As most of you know, I no longer work at Fandom.

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<v Speaker 4>What you probably don't know is neither does this guy.

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<v Speaker 1>He just heard the news the first time. Yeah, yea,

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<v Speaker 1>we're doing the catch up now. Yeah, okay, now what

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<v Speaker 1>we discussed. You're scaring my son.

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<v Speaker 2>Boo this child. Here's the thing though, when it happened.

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<v Speaker 4>Me and Backlar got into a room with the people

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<v Speaker 4>from Fandom, and what happened is they had a really

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<v Speaker 4>what we think is a pretty good idea. So for

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<v Speaker 4>the last week about eight days, god feels like a

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<v Speaker 4>million Yes, me and Backlar have been working on some

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<v Speaker 4>stuff and really it came from a place of Fandom

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<v Speaker 4>saying they wanted to do What's Here's what really happened.

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<v Speaker 4>You all came out and when things happened, you all

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<v Speaker 4>got loud and you said how you feel, and they're like,

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<v Speaker 4>this is we say that we're about these people, and

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<v Speaker 4>they realized they're about you, and so they had some

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<v Speaker 4>good ideas about how to capture that and what to

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<v Speaker 4>do with that. I think Fantom actually they had the

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<v Speaker 4>motto of fans first, and when they were in this situation,

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<v Speaker 4>I think their instinct was to look to that to

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<v Speaker 4>figure out what they.

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<v Speaker 2>Sho should do to solve this.

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<v Speaker 4>And what that created was an opportunity for me and

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<v Speaker 4>Backlar to get in the room with them and we

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<v Speaker 4>talked about and agreed.

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<v Speaker 2>About the future of what we're doing.

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<v Speaker 5>Here right like, what was going to be next for

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<v Speaker 5>this thing? What is fundamentally the right thing to do.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's because like corporate games media, I mean, god,

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<v Speaker 4>we all know, right at this point it is a

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<v Speaker 4>complicated thing and and no one's been able to figure

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<v Speaker 4>it out, Like we have not been able to figure

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<v Speaker 4>it out. So at a certain point, why are we

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<v Speaker 4>expecting anyone on the other side to be able to

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<v Speaker 4>figure it out either. So when we looked at the

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<v Speaker 4>history of this site, Giant Bomb, and the many owners

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<v Speaker 4>it's had, whether it's you know, Whiskey Media, I need

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<v Speaker 4>two hands, CBS, Red Ventures, we could do a mount

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<v Speaker 4>rushmore of owners actually, oh boy. And then and then fandom.

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<v Speaker 4>There's there's been a lot there. And here's the thing.

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<v Speaker 4>Giant Bomb now has new owners and you're looking at him.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, yeah, kay, yes, h m.

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<v Speaker 2>Hm h.

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<v Speaker 5>M h.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe. I believe that's uh. I think we.

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<v Speaker 4>Should say, real quick, they sold to me in bacular

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<v Speaker 4>but we're gonna share.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, okay, he thank you? Oh cool? So yes,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a shoot. That was a shoot. That was a

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<v Speaker 2>pop right, Oh that was what that was? Real quick.

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<v Speaker 1>Dan was planning that pop all week, even before we

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<v Speaker 1>knew this was gonna happen.

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<v Speaker 4>So the fact that you popped that hard. It's going

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<v Speaker 4>to go to his head. Thanks a lot, guys.

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<v Speaker 3>Good job, thank you, thank you everyone. Good job, Thanks y'all,

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you to you guys. Yes, thank you so Yes.

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<v Speaker 3>As Grub said, we have four owners co owners of

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<v Speaker 3>Giant Bomb right now. But if you've been watching Giant

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<v Speaker 3>Bomb stuff for the last couple of years, you may

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<v Speaker 3>be asking yourself, what about Mike Manatti.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not doing that. No, I'm not doing that at all.

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<v Speaker 1>What are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 3>No one said this, well, many people were saying it,

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<v Speaker 3>where is he Mike Manatti has been at Disney last

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<v Speaker 3>forty days. Yeah, he's been every day. We're getting pictures

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<v Speaker 3>of him smiling in front of a fountain or something.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, we know it's a on around. So uh.

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<v Speaker 3>He was completely in the dark about all of this

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<v Speaker 3>because we like dropped him from the group chat bye bye.

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<v Speaker 3>He wanted this because he wanted to be in Disney mode.

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<v Speaker 1>He wanted to enjoy Disney, and we oblige of course.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So and all of the h a lot of stuff

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<v Speaker 3>goes into something like this, and a lot of talks

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<v Speaker 3>and everything, and Mike Manaughty was just on a Mister

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<v Speaker 3>Toad's wild rideing and a corn dog or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>He does the cool, the cool, the cool stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so this morning we gave him a call to

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<v Speaker 3>inform him of something.

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<v Speaker 2>And ask him a question, and uh, let me just

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead and throw it to the clip.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty Disney. Can we get the video and there

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<v Speaker 1>it is?

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<v Speaker 2>Yep? Okay, yeah, thanks you for time muted. Oh oops,

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<v Speaker 2>it's my first podcast grub. Do you want to explain? Yeah, Mike,

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<v Speaker 2>we bought giant Bomb. Who's we us four? And hey,

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<v Speaker 2>do you want to own giant bomb with us? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>I would like that. I would like that a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>You want to be the fifth owner of giant bomb

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<v Speaker 3>dot com?

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<v Speaker 2>But really, it's going on really yeah? Yeah, this is

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<v Speaker 2>a shoot.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, we're going to business together.

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<v Speaker 3>That's five owners.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, this is a shot, right? Am I still allowed

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<v Speaker 2>to say that? I don't know? Okay? Uh? Yeah, what

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<v Speaker 2>what's they sold it to you? We can tell you.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, we'll talk about the full story off discord, But yes,

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<v Speaker 3>we own Giant Bomb.

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<v Speaker 2>I took the job, jump on that. Yeah, pulled off

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<v Speaker 2>something great. I mean I did most of the work

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<v Speaker 2>part of it.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, yeah, that's amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>That's you realize.

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<v Speaker 1>I stated that I was never gonna contribute to Johnny

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<v Speaker 1>Thrum again.

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<v Speaker 2>I made a whole showing protest of it and everything.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a wire.

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<v Speaker 3>I said I would never appear on Giant Bomb again.

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<v Speaker 3>But things have changed. Yeah, okay, a card subject to change.

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<v Speaker 3>So I still have to play my next Black Club game.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe Wednesday is the plan.

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<v Speaker 1>So yes, yeah, all right, I'm gonna maybe get some

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<v Speaker 1>contact negotiations on that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, that's amazing.

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<v Speaker 3>What well, here, we'll stop the recording here and we'll

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<v Speaker 3>be able to talk just us here.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Yes, all right, that's okay. Well, then that's it.

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<v Speaker 2>He should That's what his cameo is, is just reacting

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<v Speaker 2>to get used.

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<v Speaker 4>What sucks is he said a bunch of slurs, so

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<v Speaker 4>we couldn't show when the monoail came by.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, man, that's her. That's your fifth owner of Giant

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<v Speaker 3>Bomb right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yes, and.

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<v Speaker 4>We're uh, we're gonna get into the details about what

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<v Speaker 4>all this means as much as we can. This really

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<v Speaker 4>did come together, like yesterday, it was when it really

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<v Speaker 4>came together, and uh yeah, so we're gonna get all

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<v Speaker 4>the details here in a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I think I think so what it was?

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<v Speaker 3>Episode eight eight eight was technically last week because it's Friday, right.

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<v Speaker 2>And let's not miss a week.

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<v Speaker 3>We didn't miss a week, so we'll just do eight

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<v Speaker 3>eight nine right now, Yeah, let's do eight.

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<v Speaker 2>Hit the music?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, okay, three, are.

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<v Speaker 2>You guys recording? Okay?

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<v Speaker 7>Wow, Hey everybody, It's Tuesday, May ten, twenty five.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Giant BombCast, live from Packs East. I

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<v Speaker 1>am your host, jan Ochoa, joined me as always co

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<v Speaker 1>Captain of the Ship and co owner of the ship

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff Grubb.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing good, co owner. How you doing? I'm doing

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<v Speaker 2>pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing pretty good because you know we have we

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<v Speaker 1>what was your title again?

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<v Speaker 2>I got it?

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<v Speaker 1>I just tole triple ages. We got the triple H

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<v Speaker 1>of the JEEF officer. We've got the chief content officer

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<v Speaker 1>of the team.

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<v Speaker 2>Dam Riker.

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<v Speaker 3>You didn't take co owner. Wait he didn't take co owner?

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<v Speaker 3>Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait you.

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't say co owner. Can you just say it co owner?

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<v Speaker 2>Dane record? Okay, now there we go. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Manatti is away on assignment, but we all know that.

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<v Speaker 1>He is the be boy of games media. But joining

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<v Speaker 1>us we have the evilest presence because there is a

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<v Speaker 1>void inside of him, an eternal darkness of sorts. Co

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<v Speaker 1>owner of Giant bomba Ru.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it's really nice to be here.

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<v Speaker 2>This is my first BombCast in a really long time.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you've been very busy in meetings. Yeah, yeah, that

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<v Speaker 1>is true. I've wanted to say this for quite a while.

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<v Speaker 1>And I apologize for the wrestling right off thet So, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>what do you guys want to talk about?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, all right, I don't think people got the reference.

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<v Speaker 2>Well it's okay, yeah, twelve podcast points.

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<v Speaker 4>So we're gonna we're gonna put this out on the feed.

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<v Speaker 4>We should explain what's going on. We should tell people

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<v Speaker 4>what's happening.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's also it's it's coming so hot that it's uh,

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<v Speaker 3>there's definitely gonna be a period of just like kind

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<v Speaker 3>of feeling it out.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, let's just explain like where we're at, like what

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<v Speaker 4>we do, know, what we can talk about. Let's not

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<v Speaker 4>play the music again. Felt first podcast. Okay, So it

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<v Speaker 4>really has been a busy week. It's been a lot.

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<v Speaker 4>It has been me and back are are we're actually dead?

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know. We died a couple of days ago.

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<v Speaker 4>It was a lot, but it's here now and now

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<v Speaker 4>it's like, really, we're gonna have to figure it out

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<v Speaker 4>with all of you.

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<v Speaker 2>What it looks like. We have some ideas, but there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot.

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<v Speaker 4>Of stuff that like we're still getting the keys back

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<v Speaker 4>to things like that.

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<v Speaker 2>To make it clear, fandom has been very helpful.

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<v Speaker 4>They want they wanted this to happen because again, it

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<v Speaker 4>was important to the people that are there because they

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<v Speaker 4>believe in this, and now it's up to us to

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<v Speaker 4>make it happen.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Jeff Grub, It's see you Monday for Game

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<v Speaker 2>Game Mess Mornings. Yes morning. Uh.

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<v Speaker 4>So that's gonna be the idea behind all of this.

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<v Speaker 4>We're gonna do what we want to make and then

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<v Speaker 4>So we are going to lean into subscriptions. The that's

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<v Speaker 4>join the Giant Bomb membership, and that is we're going

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<v Speaker 4>you can get into that. And everything that happens from

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, we talked about doing voicemail dumb truck.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, of course you're so backed up? What's that You're

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<v Speaker 2>so backed up? Buddy?

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<v Speaker 4>or what's happened recently?

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<v Speaker 5>Except I know exactly what happened. And you know, last

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<v Speaker 5>well Tomorrow's Saying and Lucy James, and it was.

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<v Speaker 2>Such good idea.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, uh, and you know, we didn't know how this

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<v Speaker 2>Probably as an independent project.

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<v Speaker 5>And I just I just personally how much I love

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<v Speaker 4>And who was at the panel yesterday for Jeff Ches's

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah right? How good was that because I learned a

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<v Speaker 3>Did did not expect so much fit to be about

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<v Speaker 4>He talks about Dix. I want to do something more

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<v Speaker 4>sincere tam Lucy, thank you so much. Yeah I mean him.

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<v Speaker 4>the to the people that you are And so just

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<v Speaker 4>thank you for being like so cool when we worked

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<v Speaker 5>I'm absolutely it can't be understated how much a part

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, that's never gonna change. We love you, guys, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>we love you. Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>I In this last week, I've realized so much what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it, like, let's do this together. Let's get

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<v Speaker 1>to work, man, kiss Yeah, thank you? Yeah, man absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>Man? What are we gonna do next? I mean we're

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, dump truck. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>See why we don't do all this stuff, Like we're

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<v Speaker 3>for summer games, a lot of other hands and people

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<v Speaker 3>But like, we got to put this together. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I have a couch that used to live in

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<v Speaker 1>a basement.

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<v Speaker 1>I can drive a truck down to Los Angeles if

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, oh yeah, yeah, there's a lot of games to

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<v Speaker 5>She was like, you know, I just need to know,

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<v Speaker 5>together last minute, So I think just a little bit

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<v Speaker 5>of patience for some stuff will go a long way

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and then I think, like it all kind of

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<v Speaker 4>We are in this together, We're gonna have to figure

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<v Speaker 4>change things for you guys? Like, how are you feeling

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<v Speaker 4>about that?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>I've been feeling like I want to throw up for

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<v Speaker 1>the past two years.

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<v Speaker 5>You know what though, all all kidding a side, like yeah, same, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, what like on purpose or like is it ever

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>Like was it because you had fun or because maybe

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<v Speaker 5>I had too much fun?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>The last time I both threw up and had diarrhea

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, the last time I threw up was in

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<v Speaker 2>your your house? Oh yeah, yeah house.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, it was just food poisoning. It wasn't even like

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<v Speaker 4>All right, So listen, we're gonna, Like I said, we're

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<v Speaker 4>gonna get to work. We're gonna figure this stuff out.

433
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<v Speaker 4>But in the meantime, man, what do we talk about?

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<v Speaker 4>Like what do we tell people?

435
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<v Speaker 1>Maybe, Hey, a couple of new shirts heading to store

436
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<v Speaker 1>dot giant bomb dot com.

437
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, like yeah, that's the thing.

438
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<v Speaker 4>We got everything, like all all the stuff, like the

439
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<v Speaker 4>store everything is ours.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, you to the store right now, backlog all

441
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<v Speaker 2>the accounts everything.

442
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<v Speaker 4>It's not just like the name, it's yeah, oh yeah, archives, yes, yeah,

443
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<v Speaker 4>that is like that's one thing where it's like, man,

444
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<v Speaker 4>we could do stuff with that. I think one of

445
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<v Speaker 4>the things we're planning to do is take some time,

446
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<v Speaker 4>but maybe take like what like you have been doing

447
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<v Speaker 4>Dan taking select old shows from the archive on YouTube.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a Donkey Kong game coming out too, And I

449
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<v Speaker 3>want to have all a burgle my bananas yes and

450
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<v Speaker 3>yeah yeah, let me ask so Mike Minatti for I

451
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<v Speaker 3>feel like since the day I met him, has been

452
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<v Speaker 3>pushing for and I think it's just because he likes

453
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<v Speaker 3>the alliteration. And I want to get honest, gauge, don't

454
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<v Speaker 3>just pop because you feel like you're supposed to hear

455
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<v Speaker 3>level of enthusiasm he wants to do something called Monday

456
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<v Speaker 3>Mornings Missed with Mitch.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that good? Most people are dead silent.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, it's just it's just Chuckdowski and ABC over there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the chats being weird right now. I don't know

460
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<v Speaker 1>what you would I like miss.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm afraid we would both like missed a lot. I mean,

463
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<v Speaker 1>is it like blueprints?

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<v Speaker 2>I think it might be. Yeah, because I have no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah wait wait, hang on hand. Should we do a

466
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<v Speaker 2>missed feature? Yeah?

467
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<v Speaker 1>We should not invite him. Yeah, that's it.

468
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<v Speaker 2>No one tell Mike's idea. Okay, we're gonna have meetings.

469
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<v Speaker 2>We have to tell him.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, just freedom to do whatever the hell we want.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and yeah, I'm looking forward to it.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like, you know, we did get a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>benefits from working within a bigger business that like provided

474
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<v Speaker 4>a lot of safety nets. Now we are we are

475
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<v Speaker 4>operating without a net now, and that's scary. But it

476
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<v Speaker 4>does enable us to like a lot more freedom to

477
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<v Speaker 4>try a lot more stuff.

478
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<v Speaker 3>There is there is more flexibility in terms of like

479
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<v Speaker 3>we could act quicker with things where it's like when

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<v Speaker 3>you are dealing with a larger corporate structure. It's not

481
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<v Speaker 3>just a matter of like, oh, we'd like to do this,

482
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<v Speaker 3>let's do it. It has to go through different channels

483
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<v Speaker 3>and different groups and stuff like that. Now it's just

484
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<v Speaker 3>kind of like we talked to the five of us.

485
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<v Speaker 3>It's like should we do this, and now we'll do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Dan, that's the point. Yeah, yeah, an agreement. Yeah, okay, cool,

487
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah for sure, Okay, cool business right there, that's business. Wow, excellent.

488
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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, probably first week go a little little standard,

489
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<v Speaker 3>just as we you know, kind of get our feet

490
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<v Speaker 3>wet with the new thing. But the we'll start branching

491
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<v Speaker 3>out and hopefully being able to add things, tweak things,

492
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<v Speaker 3>improve things over time. But the audience will have a

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<v Speaker 3>direct line to us.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so exactly, and we'll be like setting up exactly

495
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<v Speaker 4>what all that looks like. But if you are like

496
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<v Speaker 4>joining right now, like there's the discord, there might be

497
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<v Speaker 4>some issues with that, so have to give the URL

498
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<v Speaker 4>out again. Yeah yeah, giant bomb dot com slash join.

499
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<v Speaker 4>You'll be supporting what we're doing, and we're really looking

500
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<v Speaker 4>forward to like getting this started right now, getting to.

501
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<v Speaker 3>Work right and you say right now, and like literally

502
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<v Speaker 3>from this moment anything that comes into Giant Bomb is

503
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<v Speaker 3>directly to us. So yeah, anything store anything premium yep.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and with you know, with the with the patient

505
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<v Speaker 5>stuff I talked about earlier. You know that also is

506
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<v Speaker 5>related to like how people can.

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<v Speaker 9>Get in touch with us if they just want to

508
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<v Speaker 9>ask us a question. We don't have a direct mechanism

509
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<v Speaker 9>over that just yet. Yeah, we're waiting on a couple

510
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<v Speaker 9>of emails to open up again. But uh yeah, just

511
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<v Speaker 9>you know, whether it's on the discord or hitting us

512
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<v Speaker 9>up on social, we can answer and speak to anything.

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<v Speaker 4>So when do you guys think this is gonna start

514
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<v Speaker 4>to feel real to you? Like where like where you're

515
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<v Speaker 4>at right now in terms of like like mental I.

516
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<v Speaker 3>Can't imagine how you two feel because the last two

517
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<v Speaker 3>weeks of constantly just you know, waiting for like the

518
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<v Speaker 3>next update and stuff like that has just felt like

519
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<v Speaker 3>an absolute blur to me. And I'm sure Jan and

520
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<v Speaker 3>like we aren't the ones that were like in these

521
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<v Speaker 3>calls for god knows how many hours a day. So yeah,

522
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<v Speaker 3>it does feel like the last couple of weeks or

523
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<v Speaker 3>what no, no, I.

524
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<v Speaker 5>Was gonna say, well, no, soon yeah we'll know how

525
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<v Speaker 5>many hours?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but yeah, it's it's gonna be it's gonna be

527
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<v Speaker 2>a bit of Yeah. How about you, Jan like, is

528
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<v Speaker 2>it even begun to feel real? No? Yeah?

529
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<v Speaker 7>Not?

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<v Speaker 2>You're a right, jan though, right what you're okay? Barely Yeah,

531
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<v Speaker 2>it's fine, barely. We hang it and clanging, baby all

532
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<v Speaker 2>guess no breaks with it?

533
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<v Speaker 3>Ya I mean no, no, ye mean YadA means what

534
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<v Speaker 3>they say.

535
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<v Speaker 1>He likes it when we say it. Yeah, yeah, he

536
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<v Speaker 1>likes how white it is what we say. No word, Jane,

537
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<v Speaker 1>It'll be smooth.

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<v Speaker 3>You're just you just have to handle all of the

539
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<v Speaker 3>production for all of giant bomb dot com. What I

540
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<v Speaker 3>could use ovs and that's about it. Yeah, audacity, I

541
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<v Speaker 3>got that.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, yeah, yeah, you have to edit, but I'll send

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<v Speaker 2>you the file.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Okay, I'm just I'm just playing. But uh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I've been holding back a lot of

546
00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:29.160
<v Speaker 1>feelings in the last couple week, two weeks, and I

547
00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:34.920
<v Speaker 1>mean it where there's been multiple opportunities to jump ship.

548
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<v Speaker 1>But the one thing, two things that have kept me

549
00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:40.880
<v Speaker 1>here this whole time are the people that I work with,

550
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<v Speaker 1>and these three chuckle heads some of the best, some

551
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<v Speaker 1>of the best I've ever worked with. There's a bunch

552
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<v Speaker 1>of chuckleheads in the audience that I've also worked with

553
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<v Speaker 1>that I love from the bottom of my heart. That

554
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<v Speaker 1>I cherish every single moment I got to spend with

555
00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:59.519
<v Speaker 1>them hunting for pants in downtown LA. And yeah, the

556
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<v Speaker 1>second ass back to that is all of y'all sitting here,

557
00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:07.559
<v Speaker 1>sitting at home. It's been y'all and this fantastic community

558
00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:11.039
<v Speaker 1>that we've built that have kept me here and everything

559
00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:14.359
<v Speaker 1>and wanting to stay here because a fox with y'all.

560
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<v Speaker 2>Yep, I mean, who can follow that? No one? Absolutely? Yeah.

561
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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, It's just it's been a very strange trip for

562
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<v Speaker 5>me personally to see, you know, where this is all

563
00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:34.440
<v Speaker 5>gone in the last five years. And it's just very

564
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<v Speaker 5>surreal right now. H was not on my Bengal card, no,

565
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<v Speaker 5>And uh yeah, I'm just you know, thrilled to just

566
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<v Speaker 5>be a part of it and see it evolve and

567
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<v Speaker 5>where it's gone.

568
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<v Speaker 2>And I can't wait to share that with everyone. So yeah,

569
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<v Speaker 2>hell yeah.

570
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<v Speaker 4>Like since Giant Bombs started, like so many people have

571
00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:57.519
<v Speaker 4>gone independent. Like one of the things I'm looking forward

572
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<v Speaker 4>to is finding ways to work with everybody again. I'm

573
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<v Speaker 4>looking forward to like just kind of realizing we're in

574
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<v Speaker 4>the same space and just trying to like work together.

575
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<v Speaker 4>One of the things I've learned is like we're not

576
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<v Speaker 4>competing in any way. Like the community wants to support

577
00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:12.440
<v Speaker 4>everybody and make this all happen. They want as much

578
00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:16.680
<v Speaker 4>of this crazy bullshit as possible. And I think that, like, yeah,

579
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<v Speaker 4>finding ways to make that happen more frequently, because like

580
00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:22.079
<v Speaker 4>the incentive has changed for us. Previously, it's like we

581
00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:24.359
<v Speaker 4>do a lot of work and all that, all those

582
00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:27.359
<v Speaker 4>efforts pay off to someone else, and now it's like

583
00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:31.279
<v Speaker 4>completely flipped and it's like, wait, yeah, there's nothing holding

584
00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:33.240
<v Speaker 4>us back now to doing a ton of that and

585
00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.359
<v Speaker 4>work with people that we love.

586
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<v Speaker 2>So looking forward to a lot of that as well.

587
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<v Speaker 1>Please, for the love of God, like and comment on

588
00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:43.839
<v Speaker 1>every single subscribe to the podcast. What else do they say?

589
00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:48.079
<v Speaker 1>Tell friends, give us money? All these things? Ring the bell?

590
00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:53.559
<v Speaker 1>What's the bell? The what is that on YouTube? I'm

591
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<v Speaker 1>oh man, I'm oh man.

592
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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we gotta do YouTube too, dude, that's big. Yeah,

593
00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:01.599
<v Speaker 3>Oh really yeah we should do that.

594
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<v Speaker 2>Oh shoot.

595
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<v Speaker 1>Uh but yeah, I mean any like any wild ideas

596
00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:14.119
<v Speaker 1>y'all have at the top of your head. Well, I

597
00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:18.640
<v Speaker 1>was thinking about this earlier today, and I was thinking, huh,

598
00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:21.079
<v Speaker 1>I kind of want to just send Dan somewhere again.

599
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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm game, yes, absolutely honestly, like made his flight

600
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<v Speaker 3>home from SGF.

601
00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.599
<v Speaker 2>Shouldn't go home.

602
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<v Speaker 4>Wait, I don't go home for step No, it sends

603
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<v Speaker 4>you to like another city without you know.

604
00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:40.519
<v Speaker 2>What if we hide your switch to in a different city.

605
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<v Speaker 3>It is getting mailed to Minnesota and you are not

606
00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:49.880
<v Speaker 3>touching it. Okay, although, Greb, you're getting her sent to La. Yeah,

607
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<v Speaker 3>it's gonna be a nicky sass. Yeah, we can at

608
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<v Speaker 3>least like play summer. We'll dose some multiplay.

609
00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:56.000
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we'll play some Mario Kart sure, yeah, absolutely, honestly,

610
00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:57.960
<v Speaker 4>we'll probably just stream Mario Kark from LA.

611
00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:58.720
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. That was great.

612
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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, from wherever we are exactly Again, it's thrifty, so

613
00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:04.200
<v Speaker 3>we're gonna be all like you know, on bunk beds.

614
00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.599
<v Speaker 2>And the AIRBNBA.

615
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<v Speaker 4>That has been the most amazing transformation. So Dan reichert

616
00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:15.920
<v Speaker 4>notoriously thrifty, not so much with other companies money. And

617
00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:18.680
<v Speaker 4>then the second some certain things got turned off when

618
00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:21.400
<v Speaker 4>he would normally pay in other ways and now it

619
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<v Speaker 4>was his money just immediately turning into qpon Paul Reikert mode.

620
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<v Speaker 2>Look, it was astounding. It's tell the contail start. Yeah.

621
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<v Speaker 3>Literally in my DNA, I think it was last night

622
00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:36.519
<v Speaker 3>because technically my last day was yesterday and they canceled

623
00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:40.119
<v Speaker 3>my corporate card. We went to a bar or something

624
00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.640
<v Speaker 3>and I looked and it normally been like, ooh that

625
00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.519
<v Speaker 3>cocktail sounds great.

626
00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:45.279
<v Speaker 2>It's twenty dollars. My god.

627
00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:47.400
<v Speaker 3>Okay, the beers are nine. That's still quite a bit,

628
00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:50.000
<v Speaker 3>but I'll go with the nine dollars beers. I gotta

629
00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:51.680
<v Speaker 3>start thinking about that stuff now.

630
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<v Speaker 1>And now we're like, hey, friend with corporate card, you

631
00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:57.680
<v Speaker 1>want to go to dinner? Like yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

632
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<v Speaker 1>My partner didn't know anything until yesterday.

633
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<v Speaker 2>Oh nothing, and.

634
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<v Speaker 1>Then I just dropped everything on her.

635
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah how to go?

636
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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, I'm looking up how to get your

637
00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:12.839
<v Speaker 1>dog to be Instagram famous? Now sure? Yeah yeah yeah yeah.

638
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<v Speaker 1>She took it while incredibly supportive. Hello, yeah yeah she's

639
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<v Speaker 1>not hot.

640
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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I will say also to bank, Bunk was amazingly supportive.

641
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<v Speaker 3>And she's watching us well, Bunk razor gizmo boss.

642
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<v Speaker 2>Hello, yeah.

643
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<v Speaker 4>That was one of the most helpful things. Is like

644
00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:32.240
<v Speaker 4>I'm like, oh, I don't have a job anymore. This

645
00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:35.039
<v Speaker 4>is super scary and it's like like, oh I messed up.

646
00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:36.200
<v Speaker 2>I did. Like what's next?

647
00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:38.680
<v Speaker 4>And Steph was very helpful and reminded me of like

648
00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:40.839
<v Speaker 4>like I was there when you were getting two hundred

649
00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:43.000
<v Speaker 4>dollars a month from Combo dot com with a K

650
00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:46.359
<v Speaker 4>and it's like you've come so far, Like I believe

651
00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:48.359
<v Speaker 4>in you and I don't even believe in myself. That's

652
00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:50.440
<v Speaker 4>incredible to hear. So, yeah, that was really nice. That

653
00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.200
<v Speaker 4>was really helpful.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, what's crazy is, uh, I had always planned this

655
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<v Speaker 5>trip with Staceyan did to come and I.

656
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<v Speaker 2>Don't think did knew any of this until this moment.

657
00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:06.319
<v Speaker 3>Well, shaking his head, dip, are you understanding it now?

658
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<v Speaker 3>Sort of Okay, it's good. It's a good it's a

659
00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:12.960
<v Speaker 3>good thing.

660
00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:14.319
<v Speaker 2>It's good. Yes, it's good.

661
00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:17.720
<v Speaker 5>And uh, you know, uh, Stacy's just being so supportive

662
00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.640
<v Speaker 5>and just uh.

663
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<v Speaker 2>That was a real interesting day. Let's just say.

664
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<v Speaker 5>And uh, you know you just saying like, uh that

665
00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:31.839
<v Speaker 5>you know that you were just so happy for however

666
00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:34.240
<v Speaker 5>the shakes out and just having that support means so much.

667
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<v Speaker 2>So that's working out. Yeah, yeah, for sure, Happy Mother's Day. Tomorrow, y'all.

668
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, shouts out to all the single mothers.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, for no particular reason.

670
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<v Speaker 3>Beckler, I feel like if you still had hair, just

671
00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:53.279
<v Speaker 3>over the last like three days of dealing with me,

672
00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:55.359
<v Speaker 3>I would have watched it in real time, either gray

673
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<v Speaker 3>or fall Out.

674
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's true, Dan, thanks for.

675
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<v Speaker 1>There are several times where Dan's loud voice is just

676
00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:07.039
<v Speaker 1>saying stuff that we've all agreed not to say. As

677
00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:10.119
<v Speaker 1>he was was not into a microphone, fine, yeah, but

678
00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:13.559
<v Speaker 1>into a crowd like random people at.

679
00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.639
<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, no.

680
00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:17.679
<v Speaker 1>Dan and I were at a bar the other night

681
00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:21.199
<v Speaker 1>and we're talking about stuff and just like really panicking

682
00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:23.800
<v Speaker 1>and confiding in each other, and next to us was

683
00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:26.880
<v Speaker 1>like a very like nondescript gentleman. And then he turns

684
00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:36.360
<v Speaker 1>around your guys into podcasts, yours a great gaming podcast,

685
00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:39.519
<v Speaker 1>and then like he proceeded to add us on LinkedIn.

686
00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:44.119
<v Speaker 3>Oh cool, Yeah, he couldn't find me, so I think

687
00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:45.000
<v Speaker 3>that's just you and him now.

688
00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:47.840
<v Speaker 1>Oh well, yeah, we're like this, we're like dming every data.

689
00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:49.039
<v Speaker 3>And then we just shut up because we're in the

690
00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:50.360
<v Speaker 3>middle of like all right, we need to go just

691
00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.840
<v Speaker 3>kind of put our heads together at the bar and

692
00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:53.760
<v Speaker 3>like as soon as that guy started talking, it's like, well,

693
00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.880
<v Speaker 3>it's not happening now.

694
00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:58.360
<v Speaker 2>Not that loud. No, it's loud.

695
00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:01.159
<v Speaker 5>No, like uh, you know some people have that voice

696
00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:02.599
<v Speaker 5>that just sort of carries you know, when like someone

697
00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:04.320
<v Speaker 5>will leave a room and you're like, why can I

698
00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.039
<v Speaker 5>still hear that?

699
00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:10.639
<v Speaker 2>No? My hearing's bad too? About you hearing? Oh? Okay, no, no, no, relate.

700
00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:16.280
<v Speaker 1>We need to talk about Dan and I'm sorry, but Dan,

701
00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:19.239
<v Speaker 1>is it okay if I share your discovery oh from

702
00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.760
<v Speaker 1>this trip?

703
00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:21.679
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, which discuss I.

704
00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:24.880
<v Speaker 1>Feel like there's been several but yeah, show of hands.

705
00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:27.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna pull the chat real quick, show of hands

706
00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:31.199
<v Speaker 1>in the chat. If you were aware that on your

707
00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:37.039
<v Speaker 1>cellular phone you can link two separate calls to make

708
00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.199
<v Speaker 1>a three way call.

709
00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:41.119
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, obviously.

710
00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:43.519
<v Speaker 3>Now hang on, okay, down, hand down and doing another one.

711
00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:45.599
<v Speaker 3>How many of you have used this feature?

712
00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:49.719
<v Speaker 2>What that was most of the room.

713
00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:53.119
<v Speaker 5>More people use the feature than multiple people on a

714
00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.679
<v Speaker 5>phone call.

715
00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:59.039
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's yeah, seven calls. Wait I thought it was three.

716
00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:03.760
<v Speaker 2>Well we only had so many people there. But that's

717
00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:07.039
<v Speaker 2>what like discords for it. But some people, now when

718
00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:10.119
<v Speaker 2>you're talking to lawyers, discord.

719
00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:12.280
<v Speaker 3>No, that was like, so all those calls you're doing

720
00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:15.599
<v Speaker 3>was like most people on the number of times I

721
00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:17.440
<v Speaker 3>heard Backlar this week be like hang on, let me

722
00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.320
<v Speaker 3>get them, like it.

723
00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:20.639
<v Speaker 2>Was like fifty times. Yeah. Wow.

724
00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:22.519
<v Speaker 3>I just don't understand the context that you would do.

725
00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:24.079
<v Speaker 3>I don't like talking to one person on.

726
00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:27.760
<v Speaker 5>The yeah sure, yeah, but like you said on discord,

727
00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:29.320
<v Speaker 5>you have many people at once. Well what if you

728
00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:31.159
<v Speaker 5>just did that on your phone with a phone call.

729
00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:32.719
<v Speaker 1>And that's been around for a while, like men, I

730
00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:35.599
<v Speaker 1>didn't the first time in like the nineties, quite a

731
00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.239
<v Speaker 1>while years.

732
00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:38.679
<v Speaker 2>I just can't think of a single scenario I would

733
00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:41.360
<v Speaker 2>do that, and not even cell phones, man like land

734
00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:43.719
<v Speaker 2>I guess, just how do you do that on a

735
00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.960
<v Speaker 2>land line? I don't know.

736
00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:48.039
<v Speaker 1>There was like a star number like started seventy nine,

737
00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:50.599
<v Speaker 1>like it's been a thing forever, Like haven't you ever

738
00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:52.960
<v Speaker 1>seen any boardroom in any movie ever?

739
00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:54.760
<v Speaker 3>But yeah, but then you get a little thing on

740
00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:56.360
<v Speaker 3>the table and everyone talks into that.

741
00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:58.760
<v Speaker 2>Oh stop, am I wrong?

742
00:36:59.239 --> 00:37:03.440
<v Speaker 1>Yes, Dan was at breakfast and he wanted to test this.

743
00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:07.480
<v Speaker 1>So he's he calls back our who's right across from us,

744
00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:12.679
<v Speaker 1>and then his eyes just widen and then he's like oh,

745
00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:14.079
<v Speaker 1>the ad feature.

746
00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:16.840
<v Speaker 3>And it's like there's only six buttons and one of

747
00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:20.800
<v Speaker 3>them is just AD and I've never seen That's it.

748
00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:22.960
<v Speaker 2>It's simple. I'm proud of you, though, Dan, thank you.

749
00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:24.320
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I don't i'll ever use it, but I'm

750
00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:24.880
<v Speaker 2>glad I know it.

751
00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:28.360
<v Speaker 5>I guess yeah, growth, Yeah, tremendous.

752
00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:32.960
<v Speaker 2>So that's your practice. I guess at some point I'll

753
00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:35.920
<v Speaker 2>see it. Yeah, you know, maybe tomorrow. I don't know.

754
00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:40.079
<v Speaker 2>We have not played games, no, no, no, no, no.

755
00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:43.320
<v Speaker 1>It's been Yeah, the game of capitalism maybe that's about it.

756
00:37:43.400 --> 00:37:45.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, have you played games at home during all this? No? No,

757
00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:47.760
<v Speaker 2>you dude, no, Like, let's I want I want you

758
00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:52.079
<v Speaker 2>to understand. H I have not enjoyed anything. No, yes,

759
00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:54.679
<v Speaker 2>like I turned off that part of myself. I'm not joking.

760
00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:58.639
<v Speaker 5>What about hockey, bo, It's the best time for hockey,

761
00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:00.960
<v Speaker 5>and I have not been able to enjoy. Right, I

762
00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:06.880
<v Speaker 5>was telling, well, the devil's lost, so okay, okay.

763
00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:10.039
<v Speaker 2>At least we're in the playoffs. Fuh god, I know,

764
00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:15.360
<v Speaker 2>help me right in the gut. Yeah, that's I'm sorry,

765
00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.000
<v Speaker 2>now I get it.

766
00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:21.000
<v Speaker 5>Uh so, Uh yeah, I couldn't enjoy I told tam

767
00:38:21.079 --> 00:38:23.840
<v Speaker 5>Lucy and John that last night during the panel was

768
00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.840
<v Speaker 5>the first time I could.

769
00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:26.559
<v Speaker 2>Relax on stage.

770
00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:31.480
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Like I mean like I so we signed and

771
00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:35.559
<v Speaker 4>I signed during the JGBA panel last night.

772
00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.960
<v Speaker 2>Hell yeah.

773
00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:42.400
<v Speaker 4>And then I can feel my body begin to scream

774
00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:45.199
<v Speaker 4>as the adrenaline that I had been holding in my

775
00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:48.840
<v Speaker 4>stomach all week began to like feel like, oh, it's okay.

776
00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:50.519
<v Speaker 2>To release now. And I'm like, whoa, No, it's not. No,

777
00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.159
<v Speaker 2>definitely not.

778
00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:54.039
<v Speaker 4>And then me and Dan are like, let's go to

779
00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:57.400
<v Speaker 4>the Twitch party, which I don't know if you have

780
00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:59.440
<v Speaker 4>you've ever been to the Twitch party. It's not for

781
00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.639
<v Speaker 4>forty two year old men.

782
00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:03.599
<v Speaker 2>You guys aren't the demographic room.

783
00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:07.280
<v Speaker 4>It's like there are multiple rooms with DJs. It's not

784
00:39:07.440 --> 00:39:09.960
<v Speaker 4>just what there's multiple rooms with DJs.

785
00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:13.079
<v Speaker 1>There's no room where there's not a DJ, like Dubstep,

786
00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:16.280
<v Speaker 1>Sonic the Hedgehog. Yeah yeah yeah, and just blast in

787
00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:19.519
<v Speaker 1>her face and like, I'm like, it took all. I

788
00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:21.800
<v Speaker 1>didn't want to be creepy, so I held everything within

789
00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:24.760
<v Speaker 1>myself not to turn to Dan and say, Dan, I

790
00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:28.039
<v Speaker 1>need you to hug me before I explode.

791
00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:29.760
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, I'm going to die here.

792
00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:31.559
<v Speaker 4>So yeah that I just that's what's happened to me,

793
00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:33.400
<v Speaker 4>where like my body's like ready to just blow a

794
00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.320
<v Speaker 4>bart in every direction.

795
00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:36.800
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, yeah, I didn't enjoy it.

796
00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:39.840
<v Speaker 3>No, you guys should play the Expedition thirty three. It's

797
00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:43.800
<v Speaker 3>really good. Mary's flipping us off. Thank you for incting

798
00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:47.760
<v Speaker 3>it's married. Has a great time, Mary, Mary, Remember you're

799
00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:51.840
<v Speaker 3>my she ro. Yes, there we go, got a little pop.

800
00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:56.079
<v Speaker 2>I have a question for did what did you think

801
00:39:56.199 --> 00:39:59.360
<v Speaker 2>was happening with all of this? Especially get them on

802
00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:01.960
<v Speaker 2>a mic here? Yeah, come on, come on? Can we

803
00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:09.599
<v Speaker 2>u mute that one? Yeah? Are you gonna so you

804
00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:17.840
<v Speaker 2>have to talk to the hill right? Coming back? Are everybody? So?

805
00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:20.440
<v Speaker 2>What did? What did you think was going on this

806
00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:23.199
<v Speaker 2>whole week when daddy was very busy? A lot of

807
00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:27.960
<v Speaker 2>stuff and busyness and busyness. I mean that's that's another

808
00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:30.320
<v Speaker 2>way to say business. I think it must rule to

809
00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:34.400
<v Speaker 2>be ten. What the heck? Yo? This kid knows how

810
00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:39.880
<v Speaker 2>to tap me up? Yeah? Yeah, uh and yes that's

811
00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:44.559
<v Speaker 2>I want you to see it. Yeah, whoa, we're almost there?

812
00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:48.039
<v Speaker 2>And uh and what do you really think of Dan

813
00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:55.880
<v Speaker 2>Reichert sucks? Yeah, it's pretty much.

814
00:40:58.079 --> 00:41:07.000
<v Speaker 5>Okay, it's a child all right, I love you.

815
00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:12.559
<v Speaker 4>Buddy, thanks for coming asking for his autograph.

816
00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:13.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah all right.

817
00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:19.239
<v Speaker 5>Oh, we either we either gave him the best weekend

818
00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:21.000
<v Speaker 5>of his life or guaranteed therapy.

819
00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:24.719
<v Speaker 2>Wait, I'm not the one who was farting on his bed.

820
00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.239
<v Speaker 2>That was me.

821
00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:28.760
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, all week it's been great.

822
00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:31.920
<v Speaker 3>That's been like the business couch just just pulled out

823
00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:32.760
<v Speaker 3>bed and you're just ripping it.

824
00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.920
<v Speaker 4>Like He's like, that's my bet, and I'm like, well,

825
00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:40.840
<v Speaker 4>I've been farting on it, deal with it. Oh man,

826
00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:44.119
<v Speaker 4>all right, so new era Giant bomb, What the hell?

827
00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:45.280
<v Speaker 4>What do we do next?

828
00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:48.079
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, just get back and get to work.

829
00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:49.880
<v Speaker 3>I mean, like the packs has been weird here because

830
00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:52.280
<v Speaker 3>like normally I'd be walking the floor a lot more,

831
00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:55.920
<v Speaker 3>playing more games things like that. I didn't get a

832
00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:57.880
<v Speaker 3>great sense of like I did a couple of laps

833
00:41:57.920 --> 00:41:59.320
<v Speaker 3>on the floor, But I mean I.

834
00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:02.000
<v Speaker 2>Like, here, I've seen a lot of dice.

835
00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:05.639
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, concerning amount of dice, Yeah, almost too much dice.

836
00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:06.880
<v Speaker 2>That's this is a dice show.

837
00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:09.639
<v Speaker 4>It does feel like like you look at the show

838
00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:12.159
<v Speaker 4>floor and you're like you get the vibes of like, oh,

839
00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:16.199
<v Speaker 4>gaming's in a weird place right now, and like it'll

840
00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:18.800
<v Speaker 4>figure itself out. It will because people care about it,

841
00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:21.639
<v Speaker 4>But it does feel like it's representative of something going

842
00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:24.800
<v Speaker 4>on underneath a challenging like I don't. I think a

843
00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:26.840
<v Speaker 4>big part of it is a lot of developers from

844
00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:29.559
<v Speaker 4>around the world aren't necessarily feeling great about traveling to

845
00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:32.280
<v Speaker 4>the United States right now, and I'm like, I get that,

846
00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:35.280
<v Speaker 4>And then you know, it's like gaming just in general.

847
00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:38.119
<v Speaker 4>It's like, is spending money on coming to a place

848
00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:40.360
<v Speaker 4>like this something that makes sense right now? And I

849
00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:43.440
<v Speaker 4>don't blame them for saying in this moment no, So yeah,

850
00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:44.559
<v Speaker 4>it's a little strange.

851
00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:47.679
<v Speaker 3>I think it's been weird both for you know, publishing

852
00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:51.119
<v Speaker 3>and development and also games media for many many years now,

853
00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:53.599
<v Speaker 3>and it's something that keeps coming up because it keeps

854
00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:57.000
<v Speaker 3>getting worse. And like the timing was crazy last week

855
00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:59.199
<v Speaker 3>because like we had all of our stuff going on

856
00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:01.440
<v Speaker 3>and then the Poly news and everything, so it was

857
00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:04.079
<v Speaker 3>just like, boy, I've really spent the last like week

858
00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:06.480
<v Speaker 3>or two. Games media is this thing I have grown

859
00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:08.880
<v Speaker 3>up with and really attached myself to as a fan

860
00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:12.199
<v Speaker 3>and as a worker, And boy is it in a

861
00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:14.320
<v Speaker 3>weird spot right now. And it really feels like a transition.

862
00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:17.400
<v Speaker 3>You know, we saw the transition from magazines to websites,

863
00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:19.880
<v Speaker 3>and from websites to podcasts, and then podcasts and streams

864
00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:22.360
<v Speaker 3>together and everything, and then you know, the big websites

865
00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:24.920
<v Speaker 3>to patreons and things like that, and like we're doing

866
00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:27.280
<v Speaker 3>like a kind of different version of that by you know,

867
00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:29.000
<v Speaker 3>kind of doing our own. It's not paid time, but

868
00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:30.079
<v Speaker 3>it's definitely crowdfunded.

869
00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:30.639
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's play.

870
00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:33.400
<v Speaker 3>It's much closer to that than it is traditional big

871
00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:35.599
<v Speaker 3>corporate games media. So it's just like I've spent so

872
00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:39.440
<v Speaker 3>much time thinking about it, and it's it's really bad

873
00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:41.480
<v Speaker 3>in a way that like if you were trying to

874
00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:43.440
<v Speaker 3>break in now and get a full time job doing this,

875
00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:44.199
<v Speaker 3>I don't.

876
00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:45.840
<v Speaker 2>It was always really hard.

877
00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:49.039
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and I never wanted just to discourage anyone, But

878
00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:51.039
<v Speaker 1>at this moment, it's like, yeah, if you're looking around

879
00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:53.079
<v Speaker 1>and you think it's grim, you're you're probably right.

880
00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:53.679
<v Speaker 2>It's weird.

881
00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:55.360
<v Speaker 3>There was a time like when I worked a game

882
00:43:55.360 --> 00:43:57.159
<v Speaker 3>Informer and people would, you know, like howd you get

883
00:43:57.199 --> 00:43:59.280
<v Speaker 3>your job? I would always write back and I would

884
00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:01.599
<v Speaker 3>always give it. I would read articles and stuff and

885
00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:04.599
<v Speaker 3>give something, and like I would give very earnest well

886
00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:06.320
<v Speaker 3>meaning like try this, try this, you know, submit the

887
00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:08.719
<v Speaker 3>portfolio like this. And then it got to a certain

888
00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:11.719
<v Speaker 3>point where I couldn't honestly be like, yeah, give it

889
00:44:11.760 --> 00:44:13.400
<v Speaker 3>a shot, just keep writing and keep writing and you know,

890
00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:15.760
<v Speaker 3>get get experience, and like it's just like it's not

891
00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:17.840
<v Speaker 3>a viable thing. And then it's like what's the alternative

892
00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:19.639
<v Speaker 3>now where it's like do you just go on Twitch

893
00:44:19.719 --> 00:44:22.760
<v Speaker 3>and try to be a solo creator? And it's then

894
00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:25.000
<v Speaker 3>it's just like how do you stand out? How do

895
00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:26.480
<v Speaker 3>you possibly get that traction right?

896
00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:29.079
<v Speaker 4>And and in that situation, how does the rest of

897
00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:31.320
<v Speaker 4>this stuff make sense? Where it's like Summer game Fest,

898
00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:33.119
<v Speaker 4>Like a Twitch creator doesn't need to go to Summer

899
00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:35.199
<v Speaker 4>game Fest, like right, So it's like you kind of

900
00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:37.840
<v Speaker 4>look in the situation like that's like, wait, okay, do

901
00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.599
<v Speaker 4>these big.

902
00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:41.639
<v Speaker 1>Events even make sense anymore? So it's yeah, I don't know.

903
00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:42.519
<v Speaker 1>I really like them.

904
00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:44.719
<v Speaker 4>I think, like I said, I think they will figure

905
00:44:44.800 --> 00:44:45.719
<v Speaker 4>things out.

906
00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:47.320
<v Speaker 2>But it's just in a weird place right now.

907
00:44:47.440 --> 00:44:49.360
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And a lot of the Patreons and stuff that

908
00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:51.679
<v Speaker 3>you see being very successful and that I really admire

909
00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:53.199
<v Speaker 3>the work they do, like you know, kind of funny

910
00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:54.679
<v Speaker 3>min Max next Lander.

911
00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:56.559
<v Speaker 2>Like they do great work.

912
00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:58.880
<v Speaker 3>But also there was the privilege of like you came

913
00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:01.159
<v Speaker 3>from traditional games meeting, Yeah, you got your following there,

914
00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:03.679
<v Speaker 3>and we also, I guess now can fit into that category.

915
00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:06.760
<v Speaker 3>So it's like, yeah, you can't just be twenty one

916
00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:09.400
<v Speaker 3>years old, twenty two out of college and start a Patreon,

917
00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:10.960
<v Speaker 3>you know. So it's like, what does that look like

918
00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:13.880
<v Speaker 3>if you're breaking in Like sure we have that privilege, Yes,

919
00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:15.559
<v Speaker 3>what is someone coming out of college?

920
00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:15.800
<v Speaker 2>Right?

921
00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:17.719
<v Speaker 4>One of the things that I've always been like the

922
00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:20.400
<v Speaker 4>Morning Show has been about this for a very long time,

923
00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:22.880
<v Speaker 4>like this idea of just like putting the ladder down,

924
00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:24.960
<v Speaker 4>Like just hey, I'm up here on this ship, Like

925
00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:26.800
<v Speaker 4>put the ladder down a little bit, try to climb

926
00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.039
<v Speaker 4>up it.

927
00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:29.519
<v Speaker 2>That's the best I can do. I can't do much

928
00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:30.039
<v Speaker 2>more than that.

929
00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:31.960
<v Speaker 4>I would love to give money to everybody, but it's

930
00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:34.039
<v Speaker 4>like even that, it's like, I mean, I don't know

931
00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:35.320
<v Speaker 4>where we're climbing to anymore.

932
00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:38.079
<v Speaker 1>I mean, not to glaze you grub, but I feel

933
00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:41.800
<v Speaker 1>like you've done a pretty fantastic job about having a

934
00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:45.519
<v Speaker 1>multitude of different guests on Game as Mornings, game breaking news,

935
00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:50.119
<v Speaker 1>and really shining a light like finding really dope people.

936
00:45:50.239 --> 00:45:51.360
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, thanks man, I appreciate it.

937
00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:55.639
<v Speaker 3>I I can't tell you grab how many times I've

938
00:45:55.719 --> 00:45:57.440
<v Speaker 3>like reached out to you afterwards. I did not know

939
00:45:57.480 --> 00:45:58.960
<v Speaker 3>this person before I saw them one, Like, wow, I

940
00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:01.039
<v Speaker 3>gotta follow them, like you know what a great mind

941
00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:02.519
<v Speaker 3>you know, like and a lot of them are very

942
00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:05.440
<v Speaker 3>young and breaking in and everything. Right, So and I

943
00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:07.159
<v Speaker 3>think that is you know, you're gonna keep doing the

944
00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:07.559
<v Speaker 3>news show.

945
00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:09.880
<v Speaker 4>Yes, we'll keep doing that, and like that. It's helpful

946
00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:11.800
<v Speaker 4>because there are so many cool people. It makes it

947
00:46:11.880 --> 00:46:13.800
<v Speaker 4>very easy on my side to just to be like, yeah,

948
00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:16.679
<v Speaker 4>come on the show. But yeah, I wish there was

949
00:46:16.719 --> 00:46:18.039
<v Speaker 4>more ground for them to go to.

950
00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:18.760
<v Speaker 2>But I don't know.

951
00:46:18.840 --> 00:46:21.079
<v Speaker 4>Like I said, I think things will sort itself out.

952
00:46:21.239 --> 00:46:23.239
<v Speaker 4>We're just in a bad place right now. I think

953
00:46:23.239 --> 00:46:25.880
<v Speaker 4>it rebounds in some way. It's not gonna look the same,

954
00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:28.679
<v Speaker 4>but maybe it changes. We figure some things out.

955
00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:33.800
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, should we make a Christmas album?

956
00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:34.519
<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

957
00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:36.760
<v Speaker 4>So that like that's the fun stuff now, because like

958
00:46:36.760 --> 00:46:39.440
<v Speaker 4>we've talked about stuff like that for so long and

959
00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:42.079
<v Speaker 4>it's like, well, we start talking for an hour about

960
00:46:42.079 --> 00:46:44.920
<v Speaker 4>that and it's like, well, you know, other people are

961
00:46:44.920 --> 00:46:47.199
<v Speaker 4>just gonna get that money and so then we give up,

962
00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:50.159
<v Speaker 4>and now it's like, wait, we should totally do the

963
00:46:50.280 --> 00:46:51.159
<v Speaker 4>dumbest ideas.

964
00:46:51.199 --> 00:46:54.760
<v Speaker 2>We have all of the merch yes, yeah, no approval.

965
00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:56.679
<v Speaker 3>I guess we're gonna have like a majority rule system

966
00:46:56.760 --> 00:46:57.920
<v Speaker 3>is at the plan we have five, we have an

967
00:46:57.960 --> 00:46:58.440
<v Speaker 3>odd number.

968
00:46:58.960 --> 00:47:00.880
<v Speaker 2>Let's just let back of our say yes and no.

969
00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:02.039
<v Speaker 2>We have like a contingency.

970
00:47:02.079 --> 00:47:03.920
<v Speaker 3>It's like me, you and Minatti will be a contingency

971
00:47:03.960 --> 00:47:05.199
<v Speaker 3>and overrule anything.

972
00:47:05.280 --> 00:47:08.280
<v Speaker 1>Yeah cool, but Danza but Janza.

973
00:47:10.039 --> 00:47:11.840
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, really, there's no puns you can do with Mike

974
00:47:11.880 --> 00:47:12.599
<v Speaker 3>Manatti's name.

975
00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:16.880
<v Speaker 4>Menah No, no, nothing works with that. Yeah, what do

976
00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:19.400
<v Speaker 4>you what do you think he's thinking right now?

977
00:47:20.119 --> 00:47:23.079
<v Speaker 2>He's not watching I think is it fireworks time? It doesn't.

978
00:47:23.119 --> 00:47:25.320
<v Speaker 3>No, he's on the planes, he's on the plane home.

979
00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:27.360
<v Speaker 3>He think he's thinking about Disney fireworks.

980
00:47:28.119 --> 00:47:30.000
<v Speaker 5>No, I think I think he's thinking. I wonder when

981
00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:31.280
<v Speaker 5>the next time I'm going back.

982
00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:34.440
<v Speaker 2>To Yeah it is. That has been so funny to me.

983
00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:38.280
<v Speaker 1>The last week, before we even started any conversation on

984
00:47:38.320 --> 00:47:40.199
<v Speaker 1>the phone call, he goes, hey, guys, there's going to

985
00:47:40.239 --> 00:47:41.400
<v Speaker 1>be a monorail that pops.

986
00:47:41.159 --> 00:47:46.880
<v Speaker 2>Up there and it was pretty impressive.

987
00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:49.559
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it went by right, away passed by twice during

988
00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:52.360
<v Speaker 3>our call, and both times he raised his eyebrows when.

989
00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:57.679
<v Speaker 2>But what but what? None of us like he obviously

990
00:47:57.760 --> 00:47:58.800
<v Speaker 2>had that in the shop.

991
00:47:59.079 --> 00:48:03.119
<v Speaker 3>That was intentional. He is accidentally from the Disney Mono.

992
00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:05.400
<v Speaker 2>Rail that he loves, like you know, he must have

993
00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:07.639
<v Speaker 2>gone through it three times. I'm so glad you guys

994
00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:10.400
<v Speaker 2>said that because it's so true. Like you said, it

995
00:48:10.440 --> 00:48:13.039
<v Speaker 2>was like perfect amount of headroom above his head.

996
00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:14.920
<v Speaker 3>Here's a great thing about Manati too, because like you know,

997
00:48:14.960 --> 00:48:16.440
<v Speaker 3>we got five of us, we're all gonna have to

998
00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:18.079
<v Speaker 3>you know, we're all going to be on stuff and everything,

999
00:48:18.119 --> 00:48:20.039
<v Speaker 3>but we'll also have kind of more specialized things.

1000
00:48:20.480 --> 00:48:20.920
<v Speaker 2>Mini.

1001
00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:26.960
<v Speaker 3>What does that mean? Pinball's back on pinball? We'll see,

1002
00:48:27.039 --> 00:48:29.639
<v Speaker 3>We'll see, look we will. We'll have breaks in programming

1003
00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:30.199
<v Speaker 3>that you can do.

1004
00:48:30.320 --> 00:48:34.920
<v Speaker 5>Ye think it to the eleven people super about pinball?

1005
00:48:35.159 --> 00:48:38.679
<v Speaker 3>Hell yeah, hell yeah, completely forgot my train of thought.

1006
00:48:41.119 --> 00:48:43.239
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, like Manati, he's like different from us or something

1007
00:48:43.280 --> 00:48:43.519
<v Speaker 4>like that.

1008
00:48:43.559 --> 00:48:43.960
<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

1009
00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:47.719
<v Speaker 1>Could we get the laptop on the screen real quick.

1010
00:48:47.719 --> 00:48:50.559
<v Speaker 1>I made a little photoshop at dinner. If you can

1011
00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:55.320
<v Speaker 1>do it, I mean, it's it's our it's our percial

1012
00:48:55.400 --> 00:48:58.519
<v Speaker 1>breast photo. We said this the AP News.

1013
00:48:58.679 --> 00:49:02.800
<v Speaker 5>Yeah yeah, they were like, are you sure this is

1014
00:49:02.840 --> 00:49:03.320
<v Speaker 5>what you want?

1015
00:49:03.320 --> 00:49:05.679
<v Speaker 2>The press really look like, what do you mean we're sure?

1016
00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:09.519
<v Speaker 3>Photographer credit to Mary Cash Chrish.

1017
00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:14.159
<v Speaker 2>Was our photographer. Yeah, also a great chob.

1018
00:49:14.440 --> 00:49:17.320
<v Speaker 4>There was so much ship in the grass that we

1019
00:49:17.320 --> 00:49:19.599
<v Speaker 4>were standing on like we were like all just trying

1020
00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:20.159
<v Speaker 4>to avoid it.

1021
00:49:20.159 --> 00:49:23.519
<v Speaker 2>It was crazy. Yo, bunnies are just in the wild.

1022
00:49:23.840 --> 00:49:27.079
<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, wait yes, wait wait wait wait hang on,

1023
00:49:27.199 --> 00:49:27.519
<v Speaker 1>hang on.

1024
00:49:27.599 --> 00:49:30.760
<v Speaker 2>Oh okay, well let's we'll go back to the bunnies.

1025
00:49:30.880 --> 00:49:33.559
<v Speaker 3>But he's been doing some real Dan questions here where

1026
00:49:33.599 --> 00:49:36.639
<v Speaker 3>we were walking to dinner tonight and he's just looking

1027
00:49:36.760 --> 00:49:40.239
<v Speaker 3>at a building, a brick building, and he's like, guys,

1028
00:49:40.239 --> 00:49:42.360
<v Speaker 3>do they like do they have to like switch the

1029
00:49:42.400 --> 00:49:42.960
<v Speaker 3>bricks out?

1030
00:49:45.280 --> 00:49:48.519
<v Speaker 1>Does that not make sense? Do bricks lest forever? Why

1031
00:49:48.519 --> 00:49:51.199
<v Speaker 1>did we stop using them? I don't think we stop.

1032
00:49:51.920 --> 00:49:59.920
<v Speaker 2>They're popular, just like diamonds. Bricks are forever, Yes, exactly.

1033
00:50:00.199 --> 00:50:03.280
<v Speaker 2>And and it's it's the O G brick, the OG brick.

1034
00:50:03.360 --> 00:50:04.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah, yo.

1035
00:50:04.880 --> 00:50:06.719
<v Speaker 3>They probably like powerwa washed it or something.

1036
00:50:06.800 --> 00:50:09.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, maybe clean them up every now and then. Dang,

1037
00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:13.079
<v Speaker 2>I know, oh I get shipped about three way calls.

1038
00:50:13.320 --> 00:50:17.760
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, oh buddy, the one time ever. But and then

1039
00:50:17.840 --> 00:50:20.199
<v Speaker 5>you you found out that like there's little bunny rabbits

1040
00:50:20.199 --> 00:50:20.639
<v Speaker 5>in the wild.

1041
00:50:20.719 --> 00:50:23.559
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I like lost my ship because I saw a

1042
00:50:23.559 --> 00:50:26.960
<v Speaker 1>little bunny rabbit and I'm like, yo, can I take

1043
00:50:27.000 --> 00:50:27.559
<v Speaker 1>this grub?

1044
00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:30.800
<v Speaker 2>Hey? You know what if you can grab it? Sure?

1045
00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:33.320
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, you're gonna get ticks, but yeah you can

1046
00:50:33.400 --> 00:50:33.880
<v Speaker 1>have it, dude.

1047
00:50:33.920 --> 00:50:37.800
<v Speaker 4>Yeah yeah, what wildlife?

1048
00:50:37.840 --> 00:50:44.039
<v Speaker 1>Do you have an saf like foxes sea lions? Uh?

1049
00:50:44.079 --> 00:50:48.320
<v Speaker 1>Hell yeah, shouts out to the area. Can you three

1050
00:50:48.360 --> 00:50:48.920
<v Speaker 1>give me another?

1051
00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:49.239
<v Speaker 2>YadA?

1052
00:50:49.320 --> 00:50:56.440
<v Speaker 10>I mean y mean, YadA mean, Jeff got, I mean

1053
00:50:59.719 --> 00:51:04.000
<v Speaker 10>sound authentic? Yeah yeah, yeah, proud of you guys. Yeah,

1054
00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:06.559
<v Speaker 10>thanks Jan Look at the growth. Yeah.

1055
00:51:06.559 --> 00:51:09.119
<v Speaker 2>Should we just go through the deets one more time?

1056
00:51:09.360 --> 00:51:09.679
<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

1057
00:51:09.719 --> 00:51:10.599
<v Speaker 2>Probably? All right.

1058
00:51:10.639 --> 00:51:14.639
<v Speaker 4>So Giant Bomb is independent, it's employee owned.

1059
00:51:17.400 --> 00:51:23.760
<v Speaker 1>Yep, in case you forgot in case yeah, should wait

1060
00:51:23.800 --> 00:51:26.880
<v Speaker 1>wait wait wait, I want to spring this now. It's

1061
00:51:26.880 --> 00:51:29.039
<v Speaker 1>sorry for coming it hot. Should we vote for an

1062
00:51:29.079 --> 00:51:29.840
<v Speaker 1>employee of the month?

1063
00:51:30.719 --> 00:51:33.599
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, yeah.

1064
00:51:33.079 --> 00:51:34.920
<v Speaker 3>No, because you motherbuckers are going to make it a

1065
00:51:35.000 --> 00:51:36.199
<v Speaker 3>joke where I never win it.

1066
00:51:36.239 --> 00:51:38.239
<v Speaker 2>If yes, if you.

1067
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<v Speaker 1>Know, they can do the first vote, they can do

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<v Speaker 1>the first vote.

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<v Speaker 2>If you think Dan should be Employed the Month. Cheer

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<v Speaker 2>if you there were some cheers, no the booze, actually

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<v Speaker 2>take the cheer. Yeah, counter rappets. Those are the minuses.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like a scene a thing. I would say it

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<v Speaker 3>was like fifty to fifty. Sure, I'm the John Cena,

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<v Speaker 3>That's what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Manatti.

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<v Speaker 1>He can't co own a company and win Employee of

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<v Speaker 1>the Month in the same day.

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<v Speaker 3>He hasn't had anything to do with the last week

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<v Speaker 3>of conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>Being the same. Janet choa thirty podcast points for all

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<v Speaker 2>of you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty that's Jeff Grubb boo, Jeff Backlar. Yeah, congratulations, Jeff

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<v Speaker 1>Backlar not first employee.

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<v Speaker 2>Of the month. I got a plaque on the wall.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, you don't get shut out that that was just

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<v Speaker 1>applause because they wanted your.

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00:52:44.320 --> 00:52:49.719
<v Speaker 2>Kid to feel good. So, yeah, we're back.

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<v Speaker 1>Giant bomb dot COM's last join memberships are going to

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<v Speaker 1>support us.

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<v Speaker 4>We're gonna get to work on a bunch of stuff.

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00:52:54.719 --> 00:52:57.039
<v Speaker 4>We're gonna try to do SGF. We're gonna be back

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00:52:57.079 --> 00:52:59.599
<v Speaker 4>with content this week. We're gonna do a bunch of

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00:52:59.599 --> 00:53:02.840
<v Speaker 4>new stuff as well. It's going to be awesome. If

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<v Speaker 4>you make a game and when I advertise with us.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, what is it?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, we're big on Raid Shadow Legends all of

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<v Speaker 3>a sudden.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I love vps. It's just the best. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>bills whatever, whatever.

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<v Speaker 5>I also just want to I think we should all

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<v Speaker 5>take a second to obviously recognize all the fine people

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<v Speaker 5>at Packs and people who you put on this show

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<v Speaker 5>and they h this is this is only my second

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00:53:34.559 --> 00:53:37.199
<v Speaker 5>time out of pas uh, and it's just you know,

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00:53:37.360 --> 00:53:40.039
<v Speaker 5>for all the accommodations and everything, and everyone's been so

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<v Speaker 5>you know, helpful, and we just really thank you so

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00:53:42.760 --> 00:53:44.840
<v Speaker 5>much Packs for having us, and obviously Pierce and all

1108
00:53:44.920 --> 00:53:47.679
<v Speaker 5>of our people there who represent the show, thank you

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00:53:47.719 --> 00:53:48.079
<v Speaker 5>so much.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Absolutely, And you're doing these Yeah that'd be fun.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah that is something like in the last week

1112
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<v Speaker 4>it's like, oh, I'm too old to do anything else.

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<v Speaker 2>We got to figure it out, figure this out right away. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>None of these skills are transferremed No.

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<v Speaker 3>And if any if any of our friends can expense

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<v Speaker 3>meals and when I have dinners while that's great.

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<v Speaker 2>Or at our homes that's fine. Yeah, mortgage.

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<v Speaker 1>If anyone knows the safest way to walk to the airport,

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<v Speaker 1>let me know.

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<v Speaker 2>A train. But yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Once again, like we are able to be here because

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00:54:30.440 --> 00:54:34.519
<v Speaker 1>of y'all. So any amount of support, whatever it is,

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<v Speaker 1>ringing a bell, I guess I've heard today or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>We we we would love it and we love you.

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<v Speaker 1>I've heard the acronym before, FUBU.

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<v Speaker 2>For by us. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's what it is. Yeah, Okay, cool. God,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not the I'm not the oldest one here. Now

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<v Speaker 2>he's aging in front of our eyes.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that is part of why, like we are

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<v Speaker 3>confident enough to try to this is because you know,

1131
00:55:01.400 --> 00:55:03.280
<v Speaker 3>we've worked at a lot of different game sites. We've

1132
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<v Speaker 3>seen a lot of comment sections and things like that. Yeah,

1133
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<v Speaker 3>and that has always been. There are a lot of

1134
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<v Speaker 3>things that make Giant Bomb special and have historically. But

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<v Speaker 3>I would say the most important thing, and I'm not

1136
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<v Speaker 3>just blowing smoke up anyone's ass, is that the community.

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<v Speaker 2>Has been so passionate.

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<v Speaker 3>I remember like being on the outside when I was

1139
00:55:18.199 --> 00:55:19.960
<v Speaker 3>a game and farmer, and I would see the stuff

1140
00:55:19.960 --> 00:55:21.840
<v Speaker 3>that's happened like Gersman and Davis and those guys, and

1141
00:55:21.840 --> 00:55:24.400
<v Speaker 3>it's like, man, there's like fan art of these games

1142
00:55:24.440 --> 00:55:28.079
<v Speaker 3>podcast personalities like that's wild, Like that never happened at

1143
00:55:28.119 --> 00:55:30.400
<v Speaker 3>other places I saw, and then like I came in

1144
00:55:30.519 --> 00:55:33.719
<v Speaker 3>and just like, oh boy, they have opinions about the site,

1145
00:55:33.800 --> 00:55:35.840
<v Speaker 3>and they have their favorites, and they have their fan

1146
00:55:36.000 --> 00:55:38.960
<v Speaker 3>art and it's just an incredible community. And I think

1147
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<v Speaker 3>if it was not that strong, I would not have

1148
00:55:42.360 --> 00:55:45.440
<v Speaker 3>jumped into this as readily. So honestly a huge thanks

1149
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<v Speaker 3>to the Giant Bomb audience. We would not be doing

1150
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<v Speaker 3>this without.

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<v Speaker 4>You, yeah, I think, And like kind of seeing them

1152
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<v Speaker 4>out there representing this week and doing the Hey remember

1153
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<v Speaker 4>when this happened, and being like I am so sad

1154
00:55:57.320 --> 00:55:59.639
<v Speaker 4>it feels like it's going away, it made it feel

1155
00:55:59.639 --> 00:56:03.519
<v Speaker 4>like it's worth figuring this out. It's worth saving its

1156
00:56:03.760 --> 00:56:07.199
<v Speaker 4>Giant Bomb should go on, and so we're gonna do it.

1157
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<v Speaker 4>We are gonna just it's gonna keep going here. We

1158
00:56:09.679 --> 00:56:10.760
<v Speaker 4>are We're not going anywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and if it dies, and if it dies, the

1160
00:56:17.679 --> 00:56:19.599
<v Speaker 3>blood is on all of your hands.

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<v Speaker 2>Thing, okay, heard me? Well all right, Jen? What did

1162
00:56:29.199 --> 00:56:32.239
<v Speaker 2>we learn? Yeah? Well, what did we learn today?

1163
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<v Speaker 1>We learned that the four of us plus Mike Manatti,

1164
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<v Speaker 1>who is in an airplane somewhere, is the now co

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<v Speaker 1>owner's Giant Bomb.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>Giant Bomb is now independent giant bomb dot com slash

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<v Speaker 1>join please you know think about it. And also yes, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, I don't know what came over. And also

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<v Speaker 1>it is far too late to get a Mother's Day

1171
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<v Speaker 1>gift tomorrow, so you messed up? Yeah, by your mom

1172
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<v Speaker 1>a subscription to Giant Bar probably, Yeah, that's.

1173
00:57:12.320 --> 00:57:16.119
<v Speaker 2>What every mom wants. Yeah, look like what yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Four three four middle aged men and then like the

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<v Speaker 1>hot one?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah cool? Mike Manatti, Right, ladies love Mike Manatti. Baby.

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00:57:28.719 --> 00:57:33.119
<v Speaker 2>A lot of people like Mike Vanatti. Yeah. So anything else? Yo?

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<v Speaker 4>Or should I hit the music? Just one last thing?

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<v Speaker 4>I see it? I still love game Spot. Everyone should

1180
00:57:39.920 --> 00:57:42.039
<v Speaker 4>still go in game Spot. They're doing great work over there.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna keep going there. I'm gonna keep referencing them

1182
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<v Speaker 4>on the news show. I can't wait to see what

1183
00:57:48.519 --> 00:57:51.000
<v Speaker 4>they do. So let's all just work together and make

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00:57:51.039 --> 00:57:52.159
<v Speaker 4>cool stuff for everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, we'd be remiss if we miss this, but we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to try our hardest to get Nikki and Sean

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<v Speaker 1>uh back in the door with us.

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<v Speaker 2>But thanks to them for everything.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, absolutely, Yeah, Like I would not have felt comfortable

1191
00:58:09.119 --> 00:58:11.360
<v Speaker 8>taking any kind of day off if it wasn't for

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<v Speaker 8>Sean Yeah, and Nicky has been absolutely essential to the

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00:58:15.159 --> 00:58:18.039
<v Speaker 8>last Yes, hell yeah, uh.

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<v Speaker 2>Should we hit the music now? Let's yeah, let's hit it.

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<v Speaker 5>Thanks everybodybody coming on everyone.

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<v Speaker 2>Throw him up, Thank you for watching. Everybody.

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<v Speaker 3>Wee I've been Jan, he's been Jeff, he's been Jeff,

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<v Speaker 3>he's been Dan.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been wonderful.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see you next week for another episode of.

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<v Speaker 2>The Time podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Good b