WEBVTT 1 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:33.000 Hello and welcome gamers of the world to episode one 2 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:36.719 oh two of Game Spot After Dark, the official podcast 3 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:40.520 for GameSpot dot com. My name is Tom Saying, I 4 00:00:40.520 --> 00:00:43.640 am your host and I am joined by the homies. 5 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:46.520 We've got Jean Luke's snipe Key. 6 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:50.240 I'm tell me more about this game Pot. 7 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:55.359 Game is Pot Gaming High off the gaming Thus games 8 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:59.520 are the pot Ah say. 9 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:03.439 Yeah yeah, smoke a little dark exls you know the 10 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:09.000 vis that was the adult set, smooth voice of our 11 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:13.079 very own Michael p the piece dance for Pino High, 12 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:16.959 m Michael High. 13 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:21.280 I am oh keeping because the game is part you 14 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:21.840 know what I'm saying. 15 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:24.840 It all works out what I'm saying. And then finally 16 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:31.159 the number one Nintendo stoner at Game is Pot. We've 17 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:33.400 got Evan Linger. 18 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:38.040 Listen to this podcasts. 19 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:41.560 I do, in fact get high on Nintendo's supply exactly. 20 00:01:41.719 --> 00:01:44.120 This is This whole intro has been a massive self 21 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:47.760 report and uh that's just legal where you are, but 22 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:51.560 where I am again in jail, not so much. And 23 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:56.200 it's bad time anyways. Yes, it's episode one o two. 24 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:59.799 We've got our packed show. We've got breaking news happening. 25 00:01:59.799 --> 00:02:02.280 By time you'll be listening to you. You're listening to this, 26 00:02:02.519 --> 00:02:05.760 the news will be stale, old. Your hot takes have 27 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:08.599 been fared onto the internet. People have been through a 28 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:11.080 cycle of fighting about it and then getting over it. 29 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:13.759 But we're gonna get through it one by one. The 30 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:20.000 news segments include some judgment, beef, persona announcements, and Valve 31 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:24.240 making a switch. But before we do that, we're gonna 32 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:26.439 dip into what we've been playing, what we've been doing, 33 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:29.680 And I'm gonna pick on Evan first, because Evan has 34 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:32.400 been excited about talking about a baby game. 35 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:39.280 Let's hear it, Evan, Every Nintendo game is a baby game, 36 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:40.199 do you Unfortunately? 37 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:43.479 But I mean to be clear, to be clear, I 38 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:47.280 fucking love them, So I like, I feel like, okay, saying. 39 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:51.159 It's all good, It's all good. Tam did an interview 40 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:54.199 with Bill Trinnan and Nate from Nintendo that was really good. 41 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:59.080 You can check out game Spot there's my plug. So, yeah, 42 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:01.240 I've been playing a game. It's about a sword that's 43 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:04.120 pointed in a very specific direction, in a very specific 44 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:08.240 graphical quality, and that game is the Legend of Zelda 45 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:12.400 Skywards Sword. HD's nuts. 46 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:20.120 Fantastic. 47 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:22.919 At some point, someone's going to be like stop with 48 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:26.639 the these nuts jokes. But as happening now and until 49 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:29.919 we get told to stop, we ain't gonna stop to stop. 50 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:30.879 We're not gonna stop. 51 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:33.360 If there's any proof that no one above us listens 52 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:34.840 to this podcast, it's the. 53 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:38.039 Fact that we're in these nuts jokes. 54 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:41.360 Yeah, in twenty twenty one of old Thank you. 55 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:44.439 Okay, I want to make you guys proud you know 56 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:48.400 the nuts jokes on this yeah, yeah, uh yeah. So 57 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:50.800 I've been playing Skywards Fort HD as Tamad Metched. I 58 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:52.960 have been very excited about this game. I do like 59 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:55.199 the original a lot. I have issues with the original. 60 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:57.240 I was never big on the motion controls. I never 61 00:03:57.280 --> 00:03:59.680 felt they were that precise, and it made the game, 62 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:04.240 you know, because it requires precise controls to get hit 63 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:08.080 enemies in certain directions. So I love the story of 64 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.000 that game, though, I think the story of Skywritsword is 65 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:11.919 the best story in the Zelda franchise. So it's like, 66 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:15.639 you have very traditional Zelda. Yeah, I stand by that. 67 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:20.279 I agree with that. I yeah, like it's a very 68 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:23.040 good version of Zelda. Like it's probably I have. 69 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:27.639 A soft spot for Karina and Majora specifically, So I. 70 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:28.240 Mean that's fair. 71 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:30.879 Like, I respect it very good, but I respect it. 72 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:33.240 But everyone is entitled to incorrect opinions. 73 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:35.360 I'm curious why why is that? 74 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:37.000 So. 75 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:40.800 I can't talk about spoilers, of course, but I think 76 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:42.639 one of the major elements that I can say is 77 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:46.519 that Lincoln Zelda are not the hero and the princess. 78 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:50.120 They're childhood best friends that like live on this island 79 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:53.480 and like Zelda's very clearly in love with Link and 80 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:55.600 Link's kind of oblivious to it in like the beginning, 81 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:58.360 and then they go on this journey and like it, 82 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:01.800 he does anything to say, and it feels more genuine 83 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:05.959 because they're actually friends versus like you're the princess and 84 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:09.399 I'm supposed to save you. It's more like she's my 85 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:11.879 best friend. I've known her since I was born. Of 86 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:14.920 course I'm gonna do anything to save her. So I 87 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.199 think the way that unfolds over the course of the 88 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:22.720 story is really really good. And then things happen that 89 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:25.680 are great. There's like this really great scene between the 90 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:27.800 two of them that I won't spoil that's just like 91 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:31.000 makes me cry every time I see it. But yeah, 92 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:33.319 it's not my favorite Zelda. I'll clarify, the win Waker 93 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:34.160 is my favorite Zelda. 94 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:35.560 Yeah, I think the story Waker. 95 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:38.279 Yeah, wind Wakers. I mean that story in that game 96 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:40.040 is also incredible, and I think the game plan win 97 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:42.160 Wakers a thousand times better than Skyward Sword. So like 98 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:44.759 win Waker takes the top spot. But I think story alone, 99 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:47.120 if we're looking just at the story, I love Skyward Sword. 100 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:49.240 And a lot of people complained that Skyward Sword was 101 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:51.399 really linear, but I felt the story works so well 102 00:05:51.439 --> 00:05:53.600 because it was so linear because it went down a 103 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:55.959 very specific path and I've folded in a very specific 104 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:59.279 way and stuff like collecting the tears that never really 105 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:01.720 bothered me. They're just like little steal stealth sections and 106 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:04.439 I always thought they were really fun. But anyways, yeah, 107 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:06.480 I never really liked the motion controls, and I mean 108 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:08.240 it's not a perfect game. I do agree, like there 109 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:10.240 are some parts where it's like it feels like they're 110 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:12.319 dragging it out a little bit. But you know, they 111 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:14.519 announced Skywritzord HD and the announce button controls, and I 112 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:16.680 was really excited about that because the reason I don't 113 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:18.399 really go back and play Skywrittord that often is because 114 00:06:18.439 --> 00:06:20.199 of the motion controls. I don't enjoy the motion controls 115 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:22.759 with the Weir remote, but I was also skeptical, like 116 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:26.120 can button controls really work? Right? Like can they just 117 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:29.439 slap button controls on top of this motion controlled game 118 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:31.720 and make them work? And you know, my thinking on 119 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:33.920 the original Skyward Sword is they spent so long thinking 120 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:35.959 about if they could make a fully motion controlled sell 121 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:37.720 the game. They never stopped to ask if they should 122 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:41.160 make a fully controlled motions all the game. But I'm 123 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:43.199 happy to report that the button controls, in my opinion, 124 00:06:43.199 --> 00:06:47.160 work extremely well. I think that the right stick being 125 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:50.720 used for the sword, no issues with that whatsoever. And 126 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:53.720 they actually added full three sixty camera controls to skywrid Sword, 127 00:06:53.720 --> 00:06:56.160 which didn't exist in the original game because the Weir 128 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:58.480 remote didn't have a second analog stick. So what they 129 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:00.959 did with the button controls is that use the right 130 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:03.480 stick to move the sword, but if you hold the 131 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:05.360 L button then you can use the right stick to 132 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:06.959 move the camera, which I thought was really clever. And 133 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:08.480 it was a great use of the L button because 134 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:10.879 that's not used for anything else. So like that works 135 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:13.639 really well. The game looks great in HD. It runs 136 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.920 at sixty frames per second, which is great they tone 137 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:18.879 down five a little bit, not a lot. I think 138 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:20.519 they kind of made it a big deal when it's 139 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:22.839 like there are only a few instances where the dialogues 140 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:27.040 changed a little bit, and you can they don't repeat 141 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:29.480 item information anymore, so like when you click the item 142 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:31.120 for the first time doesn't repeat itself every time you 143 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:35.480 save and reload the game. So overall, like Skyward Sword 144 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:37.800 is still Skyward Sword, and if you didn't like that 145 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:41.720 game originally, it's still the same game. But I think 146 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:43.680 they added a lot of improvements to make it a 147 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:46.600 better overall experience. And I think that you know, again, 148 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:49.000 if you enjoy the story, if you like the traditional 149 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:51.079 Zelda aspects of it, like the dungeons and the items, 150 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:52.879 which I think are really good in that game, this 151 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:55.199 is just a better overall version of it. And I 152 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:58.519 think the button controls work extremely well. That said, though, 153 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:01.319 what I recommend this game is really hard to say, 154 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:02.879 because I think you kind of have to be into 155 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:07.000 Zelda to like appreciate this game. Isn't This isn't an 156 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:09.360 easy one to I think jump into first, Like if 157 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:11.240 you only own a Nintendo Switch, I would say Breath 158 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:14.040 the Wild should be first, and then if you like that, 159 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:16.720 maybe try like Links Awakening remake and like link to 160 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:19.560 the pass on SNS and then maybe go into Skyrissorts, 161 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:22.160 because I feel like with the way this game works, 162 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:24.639 it's very Zelda, like it tried really hard, like these 163 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:26.920 are the conventions of Zelda. We have to follow them, 164 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:30.000 and it doesn't necessarily feel like I think the best 165 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:32.200 one to jump into, despite it being technically the first 166 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:35.200 in the timeline. But if you're interested in this game, 167 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:37.279 you absolutely should play it. Like I said, the story alone, 168 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:39.799 I think even for the original is worth experiencing. 169 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:42.000 You brought up a point I was going to ask 170 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:45.519 because my partner has never played the three D Zelda, 171 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:48.840 and I was thinking about having this be their first one. 172 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:52.039 They have played the Links Awakening remake and so they've 173 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:54.320 played a Zelda and they enjoyed it, and I was like, ah, 174 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:58.679 like maybe maybe uh Skarbridge Sword because in my head 175 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:00.960 I was thinking like, well, a lot of the complaints 176 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:04.240 people had outside of like the motion controls and you know, 177 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:06.200 like fi and all that stuff was just that it 178 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:09.679 wasn't It was very like Zelda, you know, like it 179 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:11.639 didn't like change the formula too much. And I was like, well, 180 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:15.480 you know, if they've never had that experience, then maybe 181 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:17.759 that won't be an issue. I don't know, you think 182 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:20.639 I'm making the right call or am I slull them 183 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:21.320 up for failure? 184 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:23.720 Here? Think about it this way, right, if you look 185 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:26.240 at all the three D Zelda's, Skywritzward's probably the bottom 186 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:28.559 of that list. But also, like the three D Zelda 187 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:31.360 games are all incredible games, right, Yeah, that's like talking 188 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:33.879 about what your least favorite Yakas is. It's like, it's 189 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:35.799 still a great game at the end of the day. 190 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:39.039 It's just like maybe it's lesser than the other ones. 191 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:41.279 So like, I still think skywrits Ward is a great game. 192 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:44.519 I just worry that, like, because it's kind of the 193 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:47.279 bottom of all the others. If you start with that one, 194 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:49.080 you might not be inspired. You might enjoy it, but 195 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:50.200 then be like, I don't know if I want to 196 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:50.840 play the others. 197 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:53.240 That's my worry too, because they were saying like, hey, 198 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:55.639 like you know, if we're into it, like we should 199 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:56.960 go play the others, And I was like, yeah, I'll 200 00:09:56.960 --> 00:09:59.879 break out the you will get Winwick gret Shdi Goo. 201 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:07.159 But the Skywards Sword's characterization I think is a better 202 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:13.320 counterbalance to the weird gameplay quirks of Skyward Sword than 203 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:16.720 the story and characters in any other three D's elder 204 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:20.919 I think, yeah, So for like, for that situation, I 205 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:24.480 would say, yeah, they'll probably have a tricky time or 206 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:27.840 have rough patches with the gameplay. But of all the 207 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:30.960 three D's older games, Skyward Sword's story and character is 208 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:34.720 probably powerful or strong enough or compelling enough to keep 209 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:38.759 them pushing through, And I think like the net result 210 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:42.559 is going to be an enjoy enjoyable experience, if somewhat 211 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:43.919 frustrating ride. 212 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:49.799 That was my thinking, because they do need like story 213 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:52.360 for the most part to like compel them through a game, 214 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:54.960 Like it can't just be gameplay most of the time. 215 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:56.840 So like I was thinking, like, ah, like you know 216 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:58.960 that one's got a good story, it's got good characters, 217 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:01.919 Like that could be enough to sort of like bring 218 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:05.559 them in and then also like get into the Zelda 219 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:08.000 aspects of the gameplay, and then it's like all right, 220 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:11.639 now you're ready, let's go, let's load up the good shit. 221 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:15.799 Yeah, if story is what you're looking for, then yeah, 222 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:17.679 I mean, this is the beginning of the timeline. You 223 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:19.559 learn about the origin of the Master sword. You learn 224 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:21.519 about the origin of a lot of other Zelda things 225 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:23.919 again that I won't spoil to get like told throughout 226 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:26.200 the course of the story. So yeah, I mean, if 227 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:28.759 story is the emphasis, I mean, Skyridsword is definitely the 228 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:30.399 way to go. I think, like Tam said, you can 229 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:33.440 maybe excuse some things because of the story is so incredible. 230 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:36.879 Yeah. The one thing I wanted to know about Evan 231 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:40.960 is how does the actual sword swinging work. It's not 232 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:45.799 because based on Kevin's review, he indicated it was mapped 233 00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:48.039 to the stick, right, and it's the same stick that's 234 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:51.639 used to control the free cam, so that was something 235 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:54.120 that he highlighted as being kind of weird at times. 236 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:57.159 Can you talk about how that actually functions swinging your 237 00:11:57.159 --> 00:12:00.399 sword given that it was previously a actual motion a thing? 238 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:03.360 Sure? Yeah, And I do want to also say you 239 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:06.080 should read our review by Kevin Kenezevich over on GameSpot 240 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:08.919 dot com. It's really good. So yeah, here, I have 241 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:09.799 my controller right here. 242 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:14.120 I'll show it so the right staff who listen this 243 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:14.759 get out man? 244 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:18.279 Yeah, oh right, we're not doing full video. You mentioned 245 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:18.919 that at the beginning of this. 246 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:19.360 My bad. 247 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:24.039 I'll put it down the right stick. It's like it's 248 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:26.080 you use the full scope of it. So it's like 249 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:29.240 you you've wipe up and Links wipes up, you go down. 250 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:32.440 Link slashes down. You move left, you go left, you 251 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:33.840 move right, you go right. If you want to do 252 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:36.039 a spin attack, you have to go left, right, left 253 00:12:36.039 --> 00:12:37.840 really quickly. And then Link does a spin attack. And 254 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:39.080 if you want to do like a fatal blow or 255 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:40.879 Link jumps in the air and you're like it's a 256 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:42.960 sword down, you have to go up, down, up really quickly. 257 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:45.080 I would argue that last those last two are probably 258 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:47.600 the only ones that don't work super well, but I 259 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:50.799 think given the situation like they're a good substitute. And 260 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:52.279 then if you want to move the camera, you have 261 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:54.759 to hold the L button down, not ZL, but the 262 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:57.399 L button, then move the camera. So you can only 263 00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:58.559 do one of the other. If you're playing with most 264 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:00.360 your controls, you can move the camera and swing the 265 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:02.559 sword at the same time because then you're just using 266 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:04.000 the motion, and then you can use the right stick 267 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:06.559 on the joy Con to move the camera. For me, personally, 268 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:09.000 there was never a situation where I wanted both the 269 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:11.480 camera controls and the sword controls. If you're fighting an enemy, 270 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:14.159 you're most likely locked onto them, was ZL, So the 271 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:16.000 camera's already doing that for you. You want to move 272 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:17.559 the camera when you're just moving around the world, you're 273 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:20.240 not necessarily swinging the sword and moving the camera at 274 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:21.799 the same time. So for me, it was really easy 275 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:24.159 to go between I'm swinging the sword, now I'm holding 276 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:26.159 the el button. And also the game gives you a 277 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:28.519 prompt on the bottom, letting you know when you're holding 278 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:30.279 the L button, like you can look now, there's like 279 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:31.879 a little thing that says our stick to look that 280 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:34.600 never goes away, so you know for a fact this 281 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:36.399 is camera mode. Now you let go of the el button, 282 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:38.559 you're not in camera moad anymore. You move the stick. 283 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:41.080 And I could see that being a little cumbersome from people, 284 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:43.360 but for me personally, like, I thought that was really clever. 285 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:45.960 I thought that worked really well, and I was really 286 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:48.159 glad that that option even existed for button controls and 287 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:50.919 they didn't just decide, okay, well, camera controls for motion, 288 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:52.440 no camera for button controls. 289 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:54.320 Cool. 290 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:56.679 I'm kind of into it. I want to check you out. 291 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:59.080 I still need to finish Breath the World, though, so 292 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:01.639 one thing at the time. 293 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:05.000 Breath you see the interesting thing about Breath of the Wild. 294 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.000 I feel like it's the opposite of skywrit Sword in 295 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:09.360 the sense where it's like the story isn't as fleshed 296 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:10.919 out because the idea what that game is you can 297 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:12.919 go in any place, in any direction at any time. 298 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:16.200 But the gameplay in Breath the Wild is incredible and 299 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:19.279 so much fun. So I also want to point Outsonce 300 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:21.399 were talking about story earlier, but yeah, finished Breath the Wild, 301 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:23.759 then play Skyrid Sword, then play every Zelda, then come 302 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:27.639 back to me and tell me they're not baby games. 303 00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:30.080 I mean the baby games. I've played every single one 304 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:34.879 of them. Love forgot You forgot to say Minish Cap, 305 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:37.440 and you forgot to say Oracle of Ages and Seasons. 306 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:38.600 So get a grip, Evan. 307 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:42.720 Those are great games. Manage Cap is a fantastic game. 308 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:46.519 It's a Capcom game actually, And the director of I 309 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:48.039 know Oracles, I don't know Minige Cap is the same 310 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:49.960 director of skywrit Sort and Breath the World. 311 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:56.759 They nicked him, they nicked him from they took over Michael. 312 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:59.879 Well, you've been up to oh boy, So last week 313 00:14:59.919 --> 00:15:02.240 I talked about the house in fot to more Gana 314 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:04.120 and I've been playing more of that. It's just a 315 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:07.320 straight visual novel, so you're just like basically reading a story. Happened? 316 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:12.600 That shit is wild? Yo, Yo, I purchased it, I know, 317 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:14.919 I know, yeah, you told me about it. 318 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:17.679 I went to Steam because I was curious, and there 319 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:20.919 are like five of those games. There's like a ton 320 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:22.759 of them. Like, are you starting at the beginning? 321 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:25.240 Well, I bought the Switch version, which has everything in it, 322 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:27.240 and then oh, okay, okay, so you start with the 323 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:29.960 og story and there's a bunch of add ons and stuff, gotcha, 324 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:34.320 But Yo, the opening like chapter in that game is 325 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:36.120 fucking wild. 326 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:36.960 Yo. 327 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:40.279 Okay, so you've been on the front page of pino 328 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:45.600 Hub and you see like, uh like step brother stepsister 329 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:48.320 kind of things, yo, house and fought, and Morgana starts 330 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:50.799 off says, no, none of that step shit. Straight up. 331 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:52.679 This isn't a spoiler because it's like the first like 332 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:55.720 two hours of the game. But Yo, you follow this dude, 333 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:58.279 this little this sixteen seventeen year old boys story and 334 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:00.879 his sister is violent, and then they get this maid 335 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:02.799 and he's like, Yo, this maid is fine as fuck. 336 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:05.440 But then the maid is also like a key piece 337 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:09.039 of kind of the overall mystery of what's happening in 338 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:13.399 the house in foughts of Moregana. So the more you 339 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:15.600 learn about what happens to him, the more you kind 340 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:19.159 of pick apart about the maid. And that's like that's 341 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:23.120 the perpetual theme throughout the various stories, because the house 342 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:27.399 exists through different timelines and different families live in there 343 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:30.399 and different things happen. So that's kind of what you're 344 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:32.919 kind of that's the premise there. But y'all the opening 345 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:40.200 chapter ooh, Susio gang up in there. But it gets yo, 346 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:43.240 it also gets really dark, Like this game does a 347 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:45.799 fuck around with like mature themes, or I mean it does, 348 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:48.480 but it doesn't like mess around. Like there's like a 349 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:52.039 content warning in the Binnach beginning. It's nothing too explicit 350 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:54.639 so far, but it is. It's pretty disturbing some of 351 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:57.200 the things that happen. It's a yeah, it's kind of 352 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:00.159 a lot, but I think it's it's written in credibly 353 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:04.359 well because well, I sure hope it is, because all 354 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:06.839 you're really doing is reading because it's a visual novel. 355 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:10.400 So but it is. It's enticing. You gotta give it, 356 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.240 you gotta give it an hour or so to kind 357 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:14.400 of like get the wheels turning, kind of let the 358 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:17.240 let the story unfold a little bit, figure out like 359 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:19.759 what it is that's supposed to supposed to hook you 360 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:22.640 in into it, and then yeah, once you get to 361 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:24.240 the second chapter, I think you have a good feel 362 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:27.279 of whether or not you want to continue. Uh, But 363 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:29.880 I'm I'm like hooked. I'm in it for the long haul. 364 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:33.359 And there's this This game is long too, so it's 365 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:36.799 gonna be like, yeah, I don't know if that's including 366 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:40.240 like all of the extra content as well, but I'm 367 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:40.960 I'm into it. 368 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.160 Man. 369 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:43.319 It's it's like a book that I'm gonna keep reading 370 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:48.200 for the next month or so. Yeah. But yeah, there's 371 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:50.559 there's not many gameplay elements. I don't know if there's. 372 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:52.799 There hasn't been any kind of choose your own adventure 373 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:54.799 type things quite yet. I don't know if there is, 374 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:00.160 but I know, if I recall correctly, there's multiple ending 375 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:04.359 or there's different branches. I could be wrong, but I 376 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:08.000 will find out sooner rather than later. Because the house 377 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:12.720 in fots More, Ghana is wild. But other than that, 378 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:18.079 I'm back on my bullshit. I had a recent resurgence, 379 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:21.799 like what's happening in Final Fantasy fourteen itself. I've had 380 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:24.200 a recent resurgence with my favorite game of all time. 381 00:18:24.839 --> 00:18:27.519 I just you know, I've been going through it and 382 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:30.240 I just wanted I wanted something that will they'll bring 383 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:33.119 me comfort, something that's familiar. I wanted to go to 384 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:35.799 a place where I felt like I belong, and that's 385 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:38.279 a Orsia in Final Fantasy fourteen. I've been playing a 386 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:41.799 lot more. There's because like I put like eight hundreds 387 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:44.759 a thousand hours into Final Fantasy fourteen, and there's so 388 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:47.799 much content that I haven't even touched yet. And then 389 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:50.079 I just decided, you know what, I'm going to try 390 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:52.839 out that extra content that I haven't gotten to yet. 391 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:57.519 So I've been leveling up different jobs because I've only 392 00:18:57.519 --> 00:19:01.160 played DPS for most of my life, but I tried 393 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:03.880 tanking recently and I did the I've been doing the 394 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:08.000 Dark Knight storyline, which is kind of that's also kind 395 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:10.000 of whild It's kind of dark too, but I like 396 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:13.960 it a lot. It's very it centers around like vengeance 397 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:17.519 and fighting for people and also just like not giving 398 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:22.000 a fuck about like well, it's like instilling your own Justice. 399 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:26.359 It's very like Persona five, like like the storyline about 400 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:30.279 like what it means to like serve justice in issh 401 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:34.160 Guard or whatever the place where the Dark Knight storyline 402 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:37.200 takes place. I'm kind of into it. But also like, 403 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:40.200 tanking is different because you have a different role when 404 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:42.200 you go into dungeons, when you do the multiplayer stuff, 405 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:45.880 like you're responsible for navigating dungeons and handling boss fights 406 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:49.240 and yeah, you're pretty responsible for the well being of 407 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:51.839 your party, and as you play DPS, you're just like 408 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:55.160 I just needed to hit my attack rotation and that's 409 00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:58.720 it and avoid aoees. So tanking has been a it's 410 00:19:58.759 --> 00:20:00.240 you ease into it because you start with the low 411 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:02.440 level dungeons and I've ran those multiple times, so I 412 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:05.119 know exactly where to go, how the boss functions or 413 00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:07.839 how the boss is function and it's been a nice 414 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:09.400 way to ease me into a role that I've never 415 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:13.440 played before. And it's kind of it's it puts it 416 00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:17.440 makes these old dungeons feel fresh again because now it's 417 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:19.359 like I see it from a different perspective. Now I 418 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:21.559 understand what the tank has been doing the whole time. 419 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:24.559 You kind of take it for granted when you're DPS, 420 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:27.000 like yeah, they're supposed to do that, but now I'm 421 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:28.759 doing I'm like, oh wow, this is kind of this 422 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:30.519 is kind of overwhelming a little bit, or I can 423 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:32.440 see how it can get overwhelming in the high level 424 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:35.200 dungeons like the Savage Raids and stuff like that. So 425 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:38.640 it's a put a new spin on old contact. Oh shit, 426 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:42.839 also drop my medication got inn But also I've been 427 00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:46.319 doing what's called the Boss John Southern Front, which is 428 00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:50.440 like seventy two player instance content endgame content level eighty. 429 00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:53.559 Oh boy, that's been a lot of fun. It's it's 430 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:57.279 just basically this huge war torn zone where you get 431 00:20:57.279 --> 00:21:00.200 into different boss battles, and like, of the seventy two 432 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:02.359 players that are in that instance, you can queue into 433 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:04.920 the different boss fights that are happening on that map. 434 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:08.960 So it's really chaotic. These are like mini bosses that 435 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:12.079 you and you earn, like earn ranks in that instance, 436 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:15.920 and then there's a storyline that actually connects that very 437 00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:19.279 instance to the rest of what's happening in Final Fantasy fourteen. 438 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:22.200 So the point being is that all the side content 439 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:25.920 that happens in Final Fantasy fourteen is interconnected, and it's 440 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:29.359 not just this one off storyline of like I don't know, 441 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:32.759 not this appeared or whatever, like this is this is 442 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:36.319 core to understanding how the world of Final Fantasy fourteen 443 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:39.880 works and functions of what's happening there. So it's it's 444 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:43.720 it's very lore heavy and it's very fascinating. Like gameplay wise, 445 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:48.279 it's a ton of fun. It puts a again, it's 446 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:50.200 a it's a way of putting a spin on kind 447 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:53.279 of the conventions of what you know about Final Fantasy fourteen. 448 00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:57.079 And then also the continuing storyline is is very it's 449 00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:59.319 like it's well written, it's fascinating. I want to continue 450 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:01.519 because I want to see what happens. And there's uh, 451 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:04.759 there's other like trial boss fights and instances that happen 452 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:08.279 within that. So there's just so much endgame content that 453 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:12.720 I haven't even touched yet. So and like listen, it's, uh, 454 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:15.160 you know, those servers are being flooded right now, so 455 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:18.359 people have to start with REALM Reborn. But if you 456 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:21.200 stick with it, man, holy shit, there is so much 457 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:24.880 cool shit to do in Final Fantasy fourteen. And your 458 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:28.640 boys been I've been on it. So that's what I've 459 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:30.079 been doing. I can't wait to get back. I'm not 460 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:32.920 I'm not back home yet, so I don't have my computer, 461 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:35.720 and every day I'm thinking like, damn, I just want 462 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:37.839 to level up in the Boston Southern Front. I want 463 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:40.000 to level up my my other jobs. Man, I can't 464 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:42.160 wait to get back and get to this. 465 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:45.480 He's back on it again than. 466 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:51.359 A man. Yeah, and I'm getting back into it. Probably 467 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:55.319 I re downloaded it again and I'm like, all right, 468 00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:59.319 let's go. I got I got told Thanksgiving apparently to 469 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:02.599 catch to catch up. That's cool. With the side stuff, 470 00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:05.839 that's also terrifying because I'm like, fuck, that means I 471 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:08.720 should play that shit, Like I can't just like mainline 472 00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:10.559 through like I'm sure I could and it'll probably fine, but 473 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:13.960 like I wanna, Like I'm the kind of person who's like, 474 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:17.200 if it if it's story relevant and it'll deepen the 475 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:20.039 world in that experience, like I want, I want to see. 476 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.680 It at some point. 477 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:23.079 So it's just there's got a lot of game ahead 478 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.240 of me. 479 00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:25.920 Man, Yeah, never any concept man fin Fantasy fourteen is 480 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:28.880 the gift that keeps on giving. And Yeah, there was 481 00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:31.839 a live letter from the producer recently where now Kiyoshida 482 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:34.279 was talking about what's coming to the game, and then 483 00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:37.000 he dropped some Final Fantasy sixteen bits, so you should 484 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:39.680 check that out on GameSpot dot com. Basically, what they 485 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:42.240 said is that the story for Final Fantasy sixteen is done, 486 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:45.079 they're almost done recording the English video, and it might 487 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:48.799 not make it at TGS this year because now Kiyoshida 488 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:51.839 wants Final Fantasy sixteen to the next time he shows 489 00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:55.079 it off, he wants it to be almost ready to purchase. 490 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:58.440 So you know what, I take that for? Shit, I 491 00:23:58.480 --> 00:24:02.640 appreciate that. I am. I'm I'm hell over like seeing 492 00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:05.440 games like for years and especially Square Squares. 493 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:12.119 Yeah, he's he built different and his team, his teams 494 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:15.720 are built different. Creative business Unit three built. 495 00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:17.599 Yeah, they are. They just stand there and they go 496 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:20.519 and they like every decision they make. They just had 497 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:23.440 They have a book which says how did Kingdom Hearts 498 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:25.519 do it? And they open the book and it says 499 00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:28.000 they look at and they go, let's do the opposite 500 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:31.440 of that. And that's how you make a good decisions. 501 00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:37.039 That Square do the opposite. Oh. I say that as 502 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:41.519 someone who adores that king I love Kingdom Hearts. 503 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:43.960 But every time to this podcast. 504 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.160 Dog. 505 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:46.960 Yeah, every time they do anything, I'm like, why are 506 00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:52.400 you doing this? People are crazy? But yeah, I again 507 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:58.960 desperate to play more Final Fantasy frustratingly, another game I 508 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:01.440 started getting back into before I got booted out of 509 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:04.680 the country again. So I'm like in the same position 510 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:06.440 as a U High and where I'm like, damn, I 511 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:09.160 always get back to my apartments. My PCs haven't play 512 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.559 that ship. 513 00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.359 Yep. 514 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:13.400 But Jean Luke or you've been up. 515 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:21.559 To I watch Resident Evil Infinite Darkness. Someone had to 516 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:25.799 do it the anime. They call it an anime. Uh, 517 00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:30.200 that's what they call it, But I don't I don't 518 00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:32.720 know what even is an anime anymore? What does that mean? 519 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.440 Fair question? 520 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:36.559 Is this an anime? Are we anime? 521 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:36.920 Like? 522 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:37.960 Fuck? 523 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:42.240 Man, I don't know. Uh that ship is not good? 524 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:48.079 Uh surprise what a Resident Evil movie? That isn't good? 525 00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:51.400 So it's not it is a it's not a movie, 526 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:53.640 but it is a movie. That's the first part that's 527 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:55.880 weird about it is like it's in the same vein 528 00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:59.039 as those other CG. Residval movies as like the same 529 00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:00.960 art style, Like it's a lot of the same people 530 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:05.640 working on it, except it's a series, and by series, 531 00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:08.319 I mean they took a movie and they broke it 532 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:13.880 up into four twenty five minute episodes. But everything about 533 00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:15.880 it just feels like it was one of those movies 534 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:18.720 and somebody in the chain said, hey, what if we 535 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:23.359 just break this up and make it a series. And 536 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:27.000 other than that, it I mean it's biggest crime is 537 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:30.920 that it's just it's kind of boring and nothing really happens, 538 00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:33.799 and what does happen, Like it feels like there's pit 539 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:36.880 pieces missing from the plot, like to make sense. So, 540 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:42.119 like the basic plot is that this takes place between 541 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:46.839 Resident Evil four and five, So this is like post 542 00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:50.160 Leon saf and the President's daughter. The president is in 543 00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:52.759 it actually is not, although there is a photo of 544 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:54.480 her on the President's desk that he looks at and 545 00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:57.440 he's like, oh, that's my daughter. I gotta do, I 546 00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.599 gotta do right by her. 547 00:26:58.839 --> 00:27:01.839 Which she's sitting in a fucking trash can. 548 00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:10.119 Uh. And so zombies in uh invade the White House 549 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:14.119 and and then like that kind of kicks off this 550 00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:17.240 this whole adventure where Leon and these these two new 551 00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:21.599 characters kind of have to uh discover what's going on, 552 00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:24.160 and they're thinking like, oh, it's something to do with 553 00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:26.519 like China, because like at the same time, like a 554 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:31.039 bunch of files got stolen that related to like some 555 00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:33.559 like Chinese secrets or something. 556 00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.960 What's going on right now? 557 00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:37.160 But but then it turns out that that is all 558 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:39.480 like a I guess I shouldn't. 559 00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:42.720 Spoil it is like there's a q and on conspiracy 560 00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:49.240 And actually actually I was like I was gonna make 561 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:51.039 a q on joke and then you were like China 562 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:52.839 is involved, and I was like, oh my god, what's 563 00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:53.319 going on? 564 00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:58.000 Well, it turns out there's more then you then first appears, 565 00:27:58.160 --> 00:28:01.960 you know, there's some double crosses, you know, espionage. Uh, 566 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:05.400 it's just kind of a series of events that happen 567 00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:08.000 like so so they're like, all right, we gotta go 568 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:10.359 to China now to find it. So we're gonna take 569 00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:12.759 the sub and then they're on the sub and then 570 00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:19.119 the sub gets infected by like plague rat zombies, like 571 00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:21.559 like they're like it's like if you if you played 572 00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:25.039 Plague Tail, it's literally that where like these rats burst 573 00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:28.440 out of people's like stomachs and then start like eating everybody. Yeah, 574 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:31.839 it's exactly like that. And that was maybe the one 575 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:36.519 like most enjoyable part of the of the series because 576 00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:39.039 it was like this is stupid and fun, and Leon 577 00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:41.279 makes like a really good dumb joke where he's like, oh, 578 00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:43.359 I wish I brought some cheese, and I'm like, yeah, 579 00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:48.079 there's my dumb resid evil for Leon that I love. 580 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:52.160 He's also voiced by the voice actor for who did 581 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.880 like him in two remake, and he does a good job. 582 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:57.960 He like he kind of he nails the more like goofy, 583 00:28:58.799 --> 00:29:02.319 like badass Leon, which makes me feel like confident that 584 00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:05.480 you know, if they get him for the eventual four remake, 585 00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:07.079 they're going to do that. He could like pull that off. 586 00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:09.240 So like that was maybe the one thing I was like, Okay, yeah, 587 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:12.839 But the problem is that, I mean most of it 588 00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:19.559 is just boring and nothing happens. There's this like conflict 589 00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:23.960 in this like fake Middle Eastern country, and there's all 590 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:30.640 this stuff about like you know, proxy wars, and like 591 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:33.440 it's like they're trying to throw so much there, but 592 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:36.559 at the end of the day, like just none of 593 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:38.559 it is very compelling. None of it makes sense. There's 594 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:41.519 a lot of motivations, like there's a there's a scene 595 00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:48.839 where like a character kind of like is acting suspicious 596 00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:51.799 and kind of is sort of like uh, but he's 597 00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:53.519 like a good guy. But then at one point, like 598 00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:56.440 he kind of turns into a bad guy. But they 599 00:29:56.440 --> 00:30:00.240 don't really fully explain the motivation. But Leon is like 600 00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:03.240 just knows. Leon just knows, like, oh yeah, he's bad 601 00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:05.759 now and he did this bad thing. And I'm sitting 602 00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:10.240 there like what do you know that? Like where do 603 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:13.880 you why do you know that? It's like it just 604 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:18.240 doesn't make any sense, and it's just it's just a 605 00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:21.319 series of things that get strung along to the end 606 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:23.880 and at the end you're like whatever. Also, Claire is 607 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:27.000 in it, and and she doesn't do anything like Claire 608 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:29.880 Claire's in it, and they don't do anything with her, 609 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:34.240 which is how they treated her in those other movies. 610 00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:36.119 I think from what I remember, I don't know. I 611 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:37.720 watched them, but I don't remember anything about. 612 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:41.119 I've seen one gift from this movie or this this 613 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:45.119 video experience. It's like I think it's Leon and someone 614 00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:47.880 else running around in a circle trying to shoot guns. 615 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:51.119 No no, no, no, no no no no. That was Chris 616 00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:53.559 and a different guy, and that's from a different. 617 00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.839 Movie that was. 618 00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.640 Sick. 619 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:57.440 I saw that, and I was like, that's the right 620 00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.079 kind of stupid. 621 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:02.680 So that's what I was hoping for because I remember that, 622 00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:05.200 and I was like, Okay, if they're going to do 623 00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:09.480 that dumb bullshit, like I'm in, like, let's go. It 624 00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:11.880 doesn't have any of that. It doesn't have those those 625 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:17.119 dumb moments, Like it's just pretty dry and uninteresting. 626 00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.039 That's the worst. 627 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:22.119 And like it there's the logic of it doesn't make sense. 628 00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:26.680 There's a guy who just turns into a zombie, but 629 00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:30.240 he's like got all his he he just talks like 630 00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:32.960 a normal person, and they don't explain like why he's 631 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:36.000 him turning into the zombies different from the other people 632 00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:39.079 turning into zombies, Like he just he just does. And 633 00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:41.279 you're like, I don't know. 634 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:45.960 It's love the idea of just a rotten human corpse 635 00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:47.359 just having a nice conversation. 636 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.880 It's not good. 637 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:52.720 Don't watch it, all right, don't watch it? 638 00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:56.000 What else have you been looking at? 639 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.119 You? 640 00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:57.599 You mentioned Plague Rats there. 641 00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:59.880 I'm sure that I mentioned play Rats because funny enough, 642 00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:01.160 I've been playing Plague Tail. 643 00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:03.440 I just got the next upgrades. 644 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:06.400 Yeah, so that's why I checked it out, because I 645 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:09.039 never played it back when it came out in what 646 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:10.519 twenty eighteen. 647 00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:14.359 Nineteen Top ten Games of twenty nineteen. 648 00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:18.160 For games, Yeah, yeah, yeah, Podfather Jake Decker really loved 649 00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:19.519 that game. I remember he was one of the people 650 00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.720 who was really pushing for that. 651 00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:24.559 Yeah. Jordan Engine, also Jordan Engine and Jake. 652 00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:29.839 Three j y Yeah, the four j is wow. All right, shit, 653 00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:32.880 well you can make it five JS now, because I 654 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:36.559 really like that game. Okay, it's it's really good, Like 655 00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:39.640 I'm I'm, I'm like, damn, I wish I played this 656 00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:44.240 earlier because I think it's it's fantastic. I think the 657 00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:47.079 thing that is like drawing me into it the most 658 00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:51.440 is how fucking gnarly that game is and how it 659 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:55.359 really you feel really bad when you kill somebody in 660 00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:58.559 that game, like like it's still a video game, and 661 00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:01.440 so you're like you killed probably more people, you know, 662 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:04.359 than like you would make sense in like real life. 663 00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:07.079 Like it's not like trying to be necessarily fully realistic, 664 00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:09.440 but I feel like they because the majority of the 665 00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:13.559 game is stealth, it's toned down in a way compared 666 00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:16.319 to like this is it's easy to compare this game 667 00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.880 to Last of Us because I feel like kind of 668 00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:21.880 like the presentation and kind of like the stealth emphasis 669 00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:25.160 and gameplay style feels a lot like it's inspired by 670 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:29.440 kind of Naughty Dog games. But where I think where 671 00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:31.960 Last of Us Too in particular fell short for me 672 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:34.599 was that like the idea of like feeling bad for 673 00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:37.200 killing these people kind of falls flat because you just 674 00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:39.559 kill so many people that at a certain point you 675 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:41.039 kind of become numb to it. You're like, man, like 676 00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:44.200 I'm popping headshots off, like like it stops kind of 677 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:49.359 meaning anything to me personally because you don't kill as 678 00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:52.400 many people in this game, every time you do it 679 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:55.359 feels really impactful, and it feels like and they also 680 00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:57.200 find new ways that you're doing it that are like 681 00:33:57.359 --> 00:34:01.319 more gruesome each time, and you can like feel the 682 00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:05.240 main character Amicia her like her like soul is like 683 00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:09.960 rotting as she like has to do these horrible acts 684 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:12.159 of murder because the whole thing is like she and 685 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:15.320 her her brother are trying to like get to safety 686 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:19.199 because the the Inquisition is after them for for some reason, 687 00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:22.159 mysterious reason. And there's also this you know plague of 688 00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:28.760 like literal biblical demon rats that are like invading France. 689 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:34.679 So it's just a really dark, hopeless situation. I think 690 00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:38.280 they really capture just like you've you can feel the 691 00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:42.000 characters having to do these awful things and like it 692 00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:44.559 like I'm always like oh like oh like oh man, 693 00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:46.960 like I feel I feel bad, like I want to 694 00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:51.320 And it's cool because the game does give you actually 695 00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:55.519 like some incentives to like, uh, well, it gives you 696 00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:57.480 lots of options to stealth your way through it. But 697 00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:59.119 then it also says like, yeah, but it would be 698 00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:01.119 a lot easier if you just like got this guy 699 00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:04.039 killed by these rats. What if you just like knock 700 00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:06.679 out his light and you do that, And you're like, oh, 701 00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:09.039 that would make it a lot easier, and they'll like 702 00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:11.159 give you stuff that's like hey, there's like this chloroform 703 00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:12.920 you can get that you can like you could just 704 00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:14.880 knock him out. You don't have to kill him, But 705 00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:17.800 it takes so much resources to do it that they 706 00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:19.480 even say up front they're like, hey, if you keep 707 00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:21.679 making these, you're not going to have enough resources to 708 00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:24.519 make upgrades later. So it might just be easier to 709 00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:27.079 kill the guy instead of taking the non lethal route. 710 00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:29.760 And you're like, damn game, you really want me to 711 00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.599 murder people. 712 00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:35.320 The worst one is when you accidentally do it. Oh 713 00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:37.119 you think that you've like you think like all right, 714 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:39.840 like I I've done okay there, and then like that 715 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:42.599 enemy's foot is in like a dark area and the 716 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:45.159 rats just like come for him, and you're. 717 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:49.159 Like no, you're h It's like really gruesome too, because 718 00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:51.519 like when the rats leave, there's just a just a 719 00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:54.920 skeleton there, like just covered in like goop, and you're like, 720 00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.840 oh god. 721 00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:58.880 It's like Dishonored, but more realistic looking. 722 00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:03.280 Yeah, yeah, and like way way darker about it. 723 00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.800 I think. 724 00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:09.199 I like, yeah, it kind of disonder, feels a little wiskically, 725 00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:11.719 like I got cool powers and this is just like 726 00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:13.760 I have a slingshot and when I hit that dude 727 00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:17.119 with the rock he dies, Like damn. 728 00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.639 I love it. 729 00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:22.760 I think it's great so far. I want to say 730 00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:25.639 I'm pretty close to the end. It's a very short game. 731 00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:27.880 It's only ten hours, so I think I'm in like 732 00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:30.840 the last third of the game. I'm very excited to 733 00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:34.679 finish it up. I've I haven't played a game in 734 00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:36.920 a hot minute that I think is like I keep 735 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:38.719 being like, yeah, I want to play more tonight, Like 736 00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:41.639 let's go. And I think the the tight pacing in 737 00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:45.320 length like is like keeping me motivated to stick with it. 738 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:49.480 So yeah, I'm heck of a game. It's on Game Pass, 739 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:55.039 which is great. It also is uh this month's PlayStation 740 00:36:56.119 --> 00:37:00.920 PlayStation plus game on I five AVPs four as well 741 00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:03.679 on one hundred percent sure but yeah they yeah, I 742 00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:06.440 think so, but they but they have the next gen 743 00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:09.800 upgrade that you get with both of those versions, and 744 00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:12.199 it like looks great at plays great. If you haven't 745 00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:14.440 checked it out, you should absolutely do it now is 746 00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:14.880 the time? 747 00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:18.800 Kay on there Another game that you should consider checking 748 00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:21.760 out is what I've been playing, which is a little 749 00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:25.599 game called Where the Heart Leads recently came out on 750 00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:31.320 PlayStation developed by Is it Armature? Is that what I'm 751 00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:31.679 thinking of? 752 00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:33.840 Uh? 753 00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:37.119 I think it's amateur one of them. I'm going to 754 00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:39.960 google it because just in case, because there's a it's 755 00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:44.360 an Yes, armateur games. But they are the studio that 756 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:47.480 has worked on They were ex Metro Prime folks. They 757 00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:53.000 worked on Their big first original game was a Batman 758 00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:56.199 Arkham Origins black Gate, but they also worked on like 759 00:37:56.239 --> 00:38:03.320 the Metal Solid HD collection, Injustice Unfinished, Swan Recall. They 760 00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:08.000 made recall, remember that hot classic recall, So. 761 00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:10.800 Like a like an offshoot of Retro Studios. 762 00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:14.119 Yeah, the armatur started off as an offshoot of Retro Studios, 763 00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:16.079 but like the most recent stuff before this, I think 764 00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:20.159 the last thing that they worked on was Bayonetta and Vanquish, 765 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:26.360 I think the Anniversary version. Yeah, so yeah, so they've 766 00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:28.599 worked on a bunch of so this is something very different. 767 00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:34.119 It's like very narrative driven. It's it's an indie game 768 00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:36.480 in the in the style of when you think of 769 00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:39.480 indie games. It is exactly what you imagine it to be. 770 00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:44.960 Very narrative driven, character driven, all about atmosphere, and it's 771 00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:50.480 really interesting. I'm like maybe three or four hours into it, 772 00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:55.440 but it is basically you you kind of you start 773 00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:57.960 off the game and you you play this character, the 774 00:38:58.000 --> 00:39:01.639 father of of of a family, and and your dog 775 00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:05.039 has fallen down this strange fissure that has opened up 776 00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:09.239 outside of your your house on a ranch, and the 777 00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:13.000 whole thing is like rescue the dog. Spoilers for the 778 00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:15.960 first ten minutes of this game. You do not successfully 779 00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:18.880 rescue that dog. Instead, you fall into it, fall into 780 00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:25.199 this weird like hole that suddenly like it's kind. 781 00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:26.719 Of like I don't know what it is yet, it's 782 00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:29.199 come out of it. No, no, no, no, there's no rights 783 00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:32.679 a playtail. There's a by the way, going back to play 784 00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:34.000 do for a sec. Don't play that game if you 785 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:35.400 don't like seeing animals get hurt. 786 00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:38.599 Yeah, there's a there's a whole lot of animals getting 787 00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:42.039 munched one in that game. But yeah, like you kind 788 00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:46.199 of the dad's name is Wit, I think it is. 789 00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:50.320 So you descend, descend into this sinkhole and you basically 790 00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:53.079 have to get out of there. But because of the 791 00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:56.199 whatever that the nature of that area is, you start 792 00:39:56.239 --> 00:40:01.239 to kind of relive your entire life as you're moving 793 00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:05.440 from point to point. Like the majority, I mean, everything 794 00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:07.480 I've played so far has just been moving from A 795 00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:10.760 to B and like hitting X on text bubbles. But 796 00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:14.920 the kind of core of it is like character interactions 797 00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:19.599 and thematic exploration. And I'm at the phase of WIT's 798 00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:22.800 life still early on, where he's kind of like dealing 799 00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:27.039 with his dad who's like in a rough spot financially, 800 00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:29.880 and his mom who's like given up her dream to 801 00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:33.039 raise some kids and is still very motherly. He's got 802 00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:36.199 a kind of crush on good the girl next door 803 00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:39.559 who lives on the farm next door and his brothers 804 00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:42.519 are kind of struggling because he's failing at school. But 805 00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:47.119 his brother has decided that school is just not for 806 00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:50.039 him and he has artistic interest instead, but his parents 807 00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:53.480 don't understand it. And it's really interesting because you get 808 00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:57.079 to make a lot of decisions and it very much 809 00:40:57.159 --> 00:41:00.960 does have consequences that are some of them are immediate. 810 00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:03.360 Some of them, from what I can tell, are going 811 00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:06.559 to play out of like years in the future, because 812 00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:09.199 it seems like you're playing out this lad's entire life 813 00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:14.320 up until that point. But it's it seems to be 814 00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:16.800 really really fascinating. You have simple things like you know, 815 00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:20.079 your your dad is really in a financial bother because 816 00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:25.039 the girl that you like her dad let your dad 817 00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:27.360 borrow a tractor to kind of get a feel for it, 818 00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:29.559 and some stuff happens, and now they're in like a 819 00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:32.760 legal dispute, and you can do things like do you 820 00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:36.480 choose to like side with your dad and or do 821 00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:39.960 you choose to side with you know, the girl's father 822 00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:43.199 who you like, and how do you kind of mediate 823 00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:47.440 these relationships? And it is very very like right now, 824 00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:50.400 like family drama. On a small time a small area 825 00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:52.719 of America, on a couple of ranches, and you know, 826 00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:56.119 interpersonal relationships, that kind of stuff. But there's some really 827 00:41:56.199 --> 00:42:00.320 nice and sweet character stuff happening. There's there's some there's 828 00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:02.880 also like a weird, like ethereal quality to the way 829 00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:05.960 characters are portrayed. They're not you don't see character models 830 00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:08.760 for these these characters. You just see like these white, 831 00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:13.039 kind of wispy figures of humans that you interact with 832 00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:17.519 you So far, I'm the only character model that is 833 00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:20.119 fully rendered outside of my family who I haven't seen 834 00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:23.400 since falling down the well or whatever it is. But 835 00:42:25.320 --> 00:42:29.639 I'm really intrigued with how it kind of develops because 836 00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:32.960 or how like the timeline of this WIT's life unfolds 837 00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:36.159 and what it's all building towards. There are definitely moments 838 00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:38.239 that I already had that have been quite heartwarming. The 839 00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:42.639 relationship between with younger Wit and the girl he likes 840 00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:46.679 is really sweet and it's really well written, and I'm 841 00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:50.119 really excited to there's stuff about her that's playing out, 842 00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:53.719 like she's some some things about her personality, the life 843 00:42:53.760 --> 00:42:57.079 she's in, and also ambitions, and obviously this is the 844 00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:59.880 girl that you grow up to marry and she's the 845 00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:02.400 she's the mother at the start, so you know, you 846 00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:04.519 make that connection, but you get to see a side 847 00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:07.079 of her that obviously as the player you don't really know, 848 00:43:07.960 --> 00:43:11.119 but as the character you're also kind of discovering she's 849 00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:15.239 got her own ambitions. And you know, when I learned 850 00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:17.639 about what she wanted to do, I was like, Oh, 851 00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:19.719 she wanted to do this thing, and she ended up 852 00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:22.000 just being not just being but like just in the 853 00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:25.000 middle of nowhere with me, you know, and raising a family. 854 00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:27.880 And there's not really any indication that she achieved that dream. 855 00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:30.679 So I wonder what happened along the way to get 856 00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:33.599 to this point. And so that's fascinating. The thing that 857 00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:38.079 kind of I'm not worried about, but like I'm kind 858 00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:41.920 of slightly concerned. Is I jumped into this being like, oh, 859 00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:44.039 this will be like a maybe four to five hour, 860 00:43:44.199 --> 00:43:48.079 maybe at most ten hour kind of experience that is 861 00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:53.079 like tight narrative driven, character characterization heavy. Apparently it's thirty 862 00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:58.039 five hours, which is like I'm like, whoa that is? 863 00:43:58.639 --> 00:44:01.159 That is a lot. And like that's not to say 864 00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:03.760 it can't pull it off, but but you know, like 865 00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:06.599 There's the tricky thing is like what Michael was saying 866 00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:09.679 about the House of Fato Moregana, that's a thirty ish 867 00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:12.360 hour game, but you go into that with a clear 868 00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:15.880 expectation and understanding that you're playing a visual novel, so 869 00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:18.920 you're just reading and you're going to be hitting text bubbles. 870 00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:23.280 This game, so far, it's gameplay is rudimentary, which I'm 871 00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:25.960 fine with. I'm three hours in, but I wonder how 872 00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:28.400 okay I'm going to be with that twenty five hours 873 00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:31.480 in if it is indeed they five ish hours long. 874 00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:34.880 Like I if I knew this is going to be 875 00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:38.960 like very you know, narrative driven, like visual novel, I'd 876 00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:42.039 be happy with that, but like kind of teasing gameplay 877 00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:45.920 is something that I struggle with. Like it, I'll probably 878 00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:47.960 be fine with it because I've played all I play 879 00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:50.119 all kinds of games, but I just do wonder and 880 00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:52.000 I've seen so I've talked to some people about it, 881 00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:54.840 and apparently there are significant portions of the game, which 882 00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:57.199 is just this is something that I felt already like 883 00:44:57.239 --> 00:45:01.400 there's a lot of conversations that are impactful and beneficial 884 00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:04.400 to have and like emotional and half helt, but in 885 00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:09.039 between those, there's a lot of really boring, dry chat 886 00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:11.320 that just makes sense to have because you're just a 887 00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:14.760 kid living a life. But you know, I want I'm 888 00:45:15.239 --> 00:45:17.000 like my and I've seen a lot of people who say, like, 889 00:45:17.039 --> 00:45:19.239 there's a hell of a lot of just dry convols 890 00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:21.960 in it, and you're kind of like desperately running from 891 00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:24.760 point to point waiting for that moment where it's like 892 00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:28.400 an emotional beat or something like that. So that concerns me, 893 00:45:28.599 --> 00:45:30.519 But I'm gonna I'm gonna stick with it and see 894 00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:32.840 how far I get into it and whether I can 895 00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:34.480 make it all the way through. I do want to see. 896 00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:39.639 I'm invested in in the characters the brief kind of 897 00:45:40.440 --> 00:45:42.119 based on the brief time I have spent with them, 898 00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:45.440 especially like the brother who has got this this really 899 00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:51.079 interesting kind of crossroads. He's that which many of us 900 00:45:51.159 --> 00:45:53.079 have had. And there's someone that I is one that 901 00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:54.880 I relate to as someone who grew up, you know, 902 00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:57.920 being told that you need to focus on your studies, 903 00:45:57.920 --> 00:46:02.239 but always having the creative impulse and like trying to 904 00:46:02.280 --> 00:46:04.760 find a way to make that work in a in 905 00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:08.559 an environment where everyone's telling you you need to be studying, 906 00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:10.480 you need to get this degree, you need to do that. 907 00:46:12.159 --> 00:46:14.760 So I'm interested in seeing how he's also a mad pothead. 908 00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:20.559 So that's going to be interesting to see how whole podcast. Yeah, 909 00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:23.159 but yeah, that's that's something I've been checking out. I'm 910 00:46:23.199 --> 00:46:24.960 excited to dig more into that. I've got like a 911 00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:26.519 bunch of games that I want to play, but I 912 00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:28.400 just need to get onto I still need to get 913 00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:35.079 onto Scarlet Nexus, House of Far Timgana and I finished 914 00:46:35.079 --> 00:46:37.199 Mass Effect two. I started Mass Effect three, and I 915 00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:38.679 was like, you know what, I might take a break 916 00:46:38.719 --> 00:46:41.239 for like a couple of days before hopping straight back 917 00:46:41.239 --> 00:46:44.800 into it. I caught up on Loki and finished watching that. 918 00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:46.960 The season finale came out. Look, he's great. I really 919 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:51.400 enjoyed that. It's my favorite Marvel shows so far. Hi, Yeah, 920 00:46:51.400 --> 00:46:54.559 it's HIKEI I think that the finale wasn't as good 921 00:46:54.840 --> 00:46:56.000 as I wanted it to be. 922 00:46:56.119 --> 00:46:56.440 It was. 923 00:46:56.519 --> 00:46:57.920 I'm not going to spoil anything, so you don't have 924 00:46:57.960 --> 00:47:00.400 to worry about that if you're listening. I think it 925 00:47:00.480 --> 00:47:03.800 was good but not satisfying, which is a strange thing 926 00:47:03.880 --> 00:47:04.559 to think about. 927 00:47:04.679 --> 00:47:08.199 Like it it's funny. I actually found it pretty satisfying, 928 00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:09.960 but I could I totally get why. 929 00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:13.079 I think the reason why it doesn't feel satisfying is 930 00:47:13.079 --> 00:47:15.719 because it left a lot of loose ends, but it 931 00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:20.119 did it intentionally like that, that one episode set up 932 00:47:20.360 --> 00:47:24.760 so many different things, both in Loki the day've already 933 00:47:24.760 --> 00:47:28.760 announced season two, but also for the wider MCU, but 934 00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:33.719 also the upcoming movies that they've got already confirmed. And 935 00:47:33.760 --> 00:47:35.360 it's a lot of dangling threads. 936 00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:38.920 So I was like, it's very clearly the catalyst for 937 00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:42.519 like whatever they're like next big I get the feeling 938 00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:45.760 this is like, Okay, that's the Thanos of the Yes. 939 00:47:47.199 --> 00:47:50.159 That's the most surprising thing is they basically set up 940 00:47:50.679 --> 00:47:58.880 the next big bad in this season. Yeah yeah, electric Bogloo. 941 00:48:00.239 --> 00:48:04.159 But I enjoyed it. I think the episodes up until 942 00:48:04.159 --> 00:48:07.880 that point were incredibly enjoyable, and I think what they 943 00:48:07.920 --> 00:48:11.000 did with that character, if they what they did with 944 00:48:11.039 --> 00:48:16.119 that character was completely unexpected, Like it is, the performances 945 00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:18.559 were excellent, Like we got a low key from Tom 946 00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:22.239 Hiddleston that I just did not expect to see, and 947 00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:25.719 they took him on a character growth arc that I 948 00:48:25.760 --> 00:48:28.760 am so glad that they did it, and the character 949 00:48:29.280 --> 00:48:34.079 that they used to do that so interesting. The character isn't. 950 00:48:34.159 --> 00:48:36.519 I'm being very careful not to even speak about like 951 00:48:36.679 --> 00:48:40.000 genders or anything because it's weird. Like they're a character 952 00:48:40.079 --> 00:48:42.360 that is an amalgamation of a bunch of characters in 953 00:48:42.440 --> 00:48:45.960 Marvel comics, two specific characters, but the way they use 954 00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:50.239 that character is very, very very smart. And there was 955 00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:53.880 a point where in the penultimate episode where like I 956 00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:56.880 was so invested in these two characters that they share 957 00:48:56.920 --> 00:48:58.920 like a look with each other, and I was like, yes, 958 00:48:59.039 --> 00:49:03.000 please do it. I was like, this is so good. 959 00:49:04.119 --> 00:49:05.960 And then like then the next episode happened and there 960 00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:09.159 was a little more standard Marvel fair and there's there's 961 00:49:09.280 --> 00:49:11.760 some interesting stuff happening in there where you know, a 962 00:49:11.840 --> 00:49:14.920 character got to monologue for a significant portion for the 963 00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:17.679 episode that I was like, I see what you're going 964 00:49:17.719 --> 00:49:20.679 for here. I like what you're setting up. I don't 965 00:49:20.760 --> 00:49:23.920 like where how how it how it slots in as 966 00:49:24.000 --> 00:49:26.760 the ending of this season. Yeah, but I was I 967 00:49:26.800 --> 00:49:29.639 still walked away going like that whole season was easily 968 00:49:29.639 --> 00:49:31.400 the best of the Marvel shows for me, So I 969 00:49:31.480 --> 00:49:33.039 highly recommend checking it out hundred percent. 970 00:49:33.159 --> 00:49:37.440 Yeah, I agree, Yeah, like, like, uh my partner loved it. 971 00:49:37.480 --> 00:49:40.559 Doesn't give a shit about Marvel actively does not care. 972 00:49:40.679 --> 00:49:42.599 And I was like, hey, you want to watch this, 973 00:49:42.679 --> 00:49:44.199 like I'm curious, And by the end they were like, 974 00:49:45.039 --> 00:49:47.599 this is my favorite thing. Also, I'm I'm a Tom 975 00:49:47.679 --> 00:49:52.199 Hddleston stand now, Like let's go everyth's just nice. 976 00:49:52.400 --> 00:49:55.679 Yeah. I think that's a testamentary characterization and the arc 977 00:49:56.000 --> 00:49:59.320 like it. It is a self contained arc. Also, Owen 978 00:49:59.360 --> 00:50:02.800 Wilson just incredible in that in that like, I'm so 979 00:50:03.000 --> 00:50:06.760 glad that they they used him. He's so good in 980 00:50:06.800 --> 00:50:07.199 that show. 981 00:50:07.559 --> 00:50:07.760 Yeah. 982 00:50:08.519 --> 00:50:11.760 Job different side to Owen Wilson, like he actually acts 983 00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:14.000 in a way that isn't like I'm in a Ben 984 00:50:14.079 --> 00:50:19.119 Stiller comedy movie. He's got like more emotional range, but 985 00:50:19.199 --> 00:50:23.519 he still is Wow Owen Wilson. Wow. 986 00:50:24.079 --> 00:50:24.280 Yeah. 987 00:50:24.280 --> 00:50:26.920 The chemistry between him and Tom Hddleston, especially in that 988 00:50:27.079 --> 00:50:30.400 second episode, is like, oh yeah, like I want a 989 00:50:30.440 --> 00:50:33.119 whole I'd watch a whole serialized TV show of these 990 00:50:33.159 --> 00:50:36.880 two just solving time crimes or whatever. 991 00:50:36.760 --> 00:50:41.760 Like time crimes. But anyway, that's that's everything we've been 992 00:50:41.760 --> 00:50:46.119 playing and checking out. Let's move on to the news. 993 00:50:52.760 --> 00:50:53.480 You hate to see that? 994 00:50:54.519 --> 00:50:55.039 Did it happen? 995 00:50:55.119 --> 00:50:55.719 You hate see that? 996 00:50:56.400 --> 00:50:57.880 Transitions to the news. 997 00:50:58.199 --> 00:51:01.760 Which transitioned like but like is we transition but like 998 00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:04.000 our foot hit the curb and we tripped over slightly. 999 00:51:04.119 --> 00:51:06.400 I mean, I'll fix it on the audio version. So no, no 1000 00:51:06.480 --> 00:51:07.360 know what we're talking about. 1001 00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:09.280 But yeah, it's fine, it's fine. 1002 00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:10.000 I hate to see it. 1003 00:51:10.320 --> 00:51:17.639 First story comes to us from Japan, specifically sekah Judgment, 1004 00:51:17.639 --> 00:51:20.760 this Judgment, Beef happening, Michael, what's going on with the 1005 00:51:21.480 --> 00:51:24.400 tell us? What what what's going on with kim and 1006 00:51:25.159 --> 00:51:25.920 what's going all right? 1007 00:51:26.599 --> 00:51:30.840 My boy Kimutaku. For those who are who follow Japanese 1008 00:51:30.880 --> 00:51:37.000 pop culture and know about snap and Uh Kimutaku, there 1009 00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:41.400 are some disagreements with his likeness. Takyo Kima, who is 1010 00:51:41.559 --> 00:51:45.760 who voices and uses Sega, uses his likeness for the 1011 00:51:45.800 --> 00:51:47.960 main character in the Judgment series, which has been off 1012 00:51:47.960 --> 00:51:56.320 of Yakuza, So he plays uh ship what's uh light 1013 00:51:56.559 --> 00:52:01.320 to the main character Judgment, who looks exactly like. 1014 00:52:03.119 --> 00:52:07.920 Sok GG Studios could make an amazing death note game. 1015 00:52:08.599 --> 00:52:12.840 Absolutely absolutely, that kind of storytelling is up their alley. 1016 00:52:13.519 --> 00:52:16.559 That's the live action death note we actually need. 1017 00:52:17.119 --> 00:52:19.679 Yeah or anyway, carry on anyway. 1018 00:52:19.400 --> 00:52:24.599 So like K pop and uh and like or Korean 1019 00:52:24.639 --> 00:52:28.599 and Japanese pop culture. They're very their agencies are very 1020 00:52:28.639 --> 00:52:32.400 specific about how their how their their clients are portrayed. 1021 00:52:32.880 --> 00:52:33.039 Uh. 1022 00:52:33.079 --> 00:52:35.559 They have a lot of control generally. Uh So if 1023 00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:37.960 you follow like K pop and JYP or if you 1024 00:52:38.039 --> 00:52:40.920 follow like Japanese pop culture. For example, with happening with 1025 00:52:41.039 --> 00:52:44.199 Kimu Taku and Johnny's, which is the agency that handles 1026 00:52:44.239 --> 00:52:48.159 his business, they are very controlling of how his likeness 1027 00:52:48.239 --> 00:52:50.800 is used. And I was thinking about this uh for 1028 00:52:50.840 --> 00:52:53.840 a while too, is that how long can Judgment go 1029 00:52:53.920 --> 00:52:57.440 on using someone like Takyo Kimuro, who is like one 1030 00:52:57.480 --> 00:53:01.599 of the biggest stars in Japan. So there's disagreements over 1031 00:53:01.679 --> 00:53:05.119 using his likeness for a PC version, which is I 1032 00:53:05.119 --> 00:53:07.800 think is put after the Lost Judgment which comes out 1033 00:53:07.800 --> 00:53:09.960 this year kind of put kind of puts that series 1034 00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:13.320 on hold because they don't want him Sega obviously he 1035 00:53:13.320 --> 00:53:16.559 wants to make PC ports of all their games. Johnny's 1036 00:53:16.679 --> 00:53:18.840 the agency is kind of like, no, we don't want 1037 00:53:18.960 --> 00:53:23.440 Kimutaku in a PC game because people can fuck around 1038 00:53:23.480 --> 00:53:26.320 with his likeness. Well, you know what, news to y'all 1039 00:53:26.639 --> 00:53:28.639 and yakus are like a dragon you could mod in 1040 00:53:29.039 --> 00:53:33.519 Takyo Kiyagami's character model, which is Takyo Kimura, and you 1041 00:53:33.559 --> 00:53:36.320 can make him shirtless, you can dress him up however 1042 00:53:36.360 --> 00:53:38.159 you want. In the PC version of Yakuz like a 1043 00:53:38.199 --> 00:53:41.519 dragon and it is funny as shit. So that ship 1044 00:53:41.559 --> 00:53:45.280 has sailed, but they don't really understand that. But yeah, 1045 00:53:45.360 --> 00:53:48.760 so Johnny's according to our notes here, Johnny's hays a 1046 00:53:48.800 --> 00:53:52.079 history of being very controlling and they don't like like 1047 00:53:52.280 --> 00:53:54.440 the hold on, let me expand this, I don't like 1048 00:53:54.440 --> 00:53:58.119 to have any sort of presence on the internet. So 1049 00:53:58.159 --> 00:53:58.719 they're very. 1050 00:53:58.599 --> 00:54:02.320 Actually the TV they didn't even have a YouTube channel 1051 00:54:02.400 --> 00:54:06.480 until twenty eighteen apparently, so they're very old school. 1052 00:54:06.760 --> 00:54:09.039 If he asked me there, they are doing their clients 1053 00:54:09.039 --> 00:54:12.119 a disservice by doing that. So it lines up with 1054 00:54:12.760 --> 00:54:15.480 the original findings on Steam Windows ten logos of on 1055 00:54:15.519 --> 00:54:19.519 the Judgment website being before being removed, so Set considers 1056 00:54:19.559 --> 00:54:21.440 PC to be a viol part of their business and 1057 00:54:21.480 --> 00:54:25.239 as a result, Lost Judgment might be the last Judgment game. 1058 00:54:25.320 --> 00:54:27.719 So Takyo Kimura really enjoys the role and wants to 1059 00:54:27.719 --> 00:54:30.559 be the series to continue, which is a testament to 1060 00:54:30.960 --> 00:54:33.440 the fact that he when Last Judgment was revealed he 1061 00:54:33.599 --> 00:54:39.079 was on that stream presenting with negoti sign and was like, yo, 1062 00:54:39.239 --> 00:54:41.880 last Judgement, this is a sequel, I'm back as Yagimi. 1063 00:54:41.960 --> 00:54:43.760 This is this is going to be really dope. Yall 1064 00:54:43.760 --> 00:54:46.800 should check this out. So like Kima, Tokyo Kimura is 1065 00:54:46.800 --> 00:54:51.360 into it, but his agency is not so and like 1066 00:54:51.440 --> 00:54:55.199 I don't know the exact details, but I could see. 1067 00:54:55.320 --> 00:54:57.119 I mean, I don't know what the what the problem 1068 00:54:57.199 --> 00:55:01.199 might be with continuing Judgment as like a console release whatever, 1069 00:55:01.320 --> 00:55:03.280 or if Sega's like, if we're gonna continue this, yeries, 1070 00:55:03.280 --> 00:55:05.360 it has to be on PC. I'm sure there are 1071 00:55:05.400 --> 00:55:10.000 finer details there. But it's a complicated situation because a 1072 00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:11.719 lot of people are saying like, oh, you can just 1073 00:55:11.760 --> 00:55:14.920 swap out his likeness and like you did with the 1074 00:55:15.119 --> 00:55:18.599 other character Hamara from Judgment One Button. No, Like it 1075 00:55:18.679 --> 00:55:21.760 don't work like that. Like Hamada is an important character, 1076 00:55:22.119 --> 00:55:24.559 but he is not the face of the franchise. And 1077 00:55:24.599 --> 00:55:27.880 Takyo Kimua is the biggest draw for people in Japan 1078 00:55:27.920 --> 00:55:31.440 to play Judgment because Taku Kimina is the biggest star 1079 00:55:31.480 --> 00:55:33.159 in Japan or one of the biggest. 1080 00:55:33.320 --> 00:55:35.840 I mean, like he's the biggest draw to play Judgment 1081 00:55:36.440 --> 00:55:40.480 in Japan, so there was an advocate is like, fine, 1082 00:55:40.519 --> 00:55:44.199 they don't release a they release their console version in Japan, 1083 00:55:44.519 --> 00:55:47.599 and also like PC games in Japan, I guess are 1084 00:55:47.599 --> 00:55:52.000 a different kind of ball game. They could feasibly just 1085 00:55:52.119 --> 00:55:57.119 do a character swap for Western audiences on PC, but 1086 00:55:57.400 --> 00:55:59.239 I still don't think that's a good idea because like 1087 00:55:59.280 --> 00:56:03.000 he is he is, like his charisma and his kind 1088 00:56:03.039 --> 00:56:06.239 of likeness are now embedded in the minds of It's 1089 00:56:06.280 --> 00:56:09.320 like if they tried to swap Moduma's face at this point, 1090 00:56:09.440 --> 00:56:11.039 like you're not going to get away with that, or 1091 00:56:11.119 --> 00:56:13.559 Kiri or even you know, each one, like you're not 1092 00:56:13.559 --> 00:56:14.480 going to get away with that. 1093 00:56:15.920 --> 00:56:19.000 I do think it's important to specify that this is 1094 00:56:19.039 --> 00:56:22.159 like insider information, so like none of this is like 1095 00:56:22.599 --> 00:56:24.280 confirmed or true. I've seen a lot of people be 1096 00:56:24.400 --> 00:56:27.400 like Judgment's definitely ending, and I'm like, no, no, like 1097 00:56:27.480 --> 00:56:29.039 that's not like hold your horses. 1098 00:56:29.599 --> 00:56:32.800 It's definitely put it in a bind. But I'm sure this. 1099 00:56:32.760 --> 00:56:36.599 Does track and kind of add up with you know, 1100 00:56:36.639 --> 00:56:39.599 what we've been seeing, and I feel like Sega's probably 1101 00:56:39.719 --> 00:56:42.920 just at a point where because because you know, you 1102 00:56:43.000 --> 00:56:45.719 look at it and it's like, well, the I imagine 1103 00:56:45.840 --> 00:56:48.599 when they originally made this deal that was kind of 1104 00:56:48.639 --> 00:56:51.719 before and like start developing the original judgment that was 1105 00:56:51.760 --> 00:56:54.119 before like they were really doing PC ports of the 1106 00:56:54.159 --> 00:56:57.559 Yakuza games. Yeah, and then they started doing them and 1107 00:56:57.679 --> 00:56:59.800 realized you know, like I remember when they like did 1108 00:57:00.000 --> 00:57:02.840 because Zero it like sold like gangbusters, and that was 1109 00:57:02.880 --> 00:57:05.920 when Sega was like, oh shit, we need to start 1110 00:57:05.960 --> 00:57:08.440 putting everything on PC now because that's a big market. 1111 00:57:08.480 --> 00:57:12.239 Like like in the time between, they've realized that like, hey, 1112 00:57:12.360 --> 00:57:17.199 just having Yakuza on like Sony doesn't, we're just leaving 1113 00:57:17.239 --> 00:57:19.119 money on the table. We got it all on Xbox, 1114 00:57:19.119 --> 00:57:21.559 we got it all on PC now. And now it's 1115 00:57:21.639 --> 00:57:24.239 become such a core part of their business model that 1116 00:57:24.480 --> 00:57:28.320 like I could see Sega like if they can't work 1117 00:57:28.360 --> 00:57:30.360 something out just being like, look, we just need to 1118 00:57:30.440 --> 00:57:33.079 kind of wipe our hands of it. And also, I 1119 00:57:33.119 --> 00:57:35.760 mean this is like what the second time they're getting 1120 00:57:35.800 --> 00:57:39.880 burned by having like a real life the you know actor, 1121 00:57:40.440 --> 00:57:44.360 like big name actor in the judgment specifically, and like 1122 00:57:44.880 --> 00:57:47.079 if I was so se I'd be like, no more 1123 00:57:47.159 --> 00:57:51.800 big actors. Screw it, Like I don't know, like stop it. 1124 00:57:51.800 --> 00:57:53.400 It's more trouble than it's worth. 1125 00:57:54.199 --> 00:57:56.159 I ye me too. 1126 00:57:56.239 --> 00:57:58.239 No, no, no, Like I really wanted to stick in, 1127 00:57:58.480 --> 00:58:01.039 and I the fact that he enjoys it. I hope 1128 00:58:01.119 --> 00:58:03.719 he can somehow. 1129 00:58:05.079 --> 00:58:05.599 A little bit. 1130 00:58:06.119 --> 00:58:08.639 They're early enough in the or like they're far enough 1131 00:58:08.719 --> 00:58:12.639 hopefully that they can create scenarios that maybe is like advantageous. 1132 00:58:12.639 --> 00:58:15.320 Like they could just negotiate it, and this could be 1133 00:58:15.440 --> 00:58:18.119 very much like a hardball situation where they figure out 1134 00:58:18.159 --> 00:58:20.960 a way to you know, negotiate. They can maybe build 1135 00:58:20.960 --> 00:58:24.760 in something that prevents any sort of model, but that's 1136 00:58:25.039 --> 00:58:29.119 going to be tricky to do, if anything, or they 1137 00:58:29.239 --> 00:58:31.559 just like build it into the narrative and start laying 1138 00:58:31.559 --> 00:58:34.360 the ground to work for another character to take on 1139 00:58:34.880 --> 00:58:39.119 to become the face of that particular spin off. Like 1140 00:58:39.679 --> 00:58:42.159 I mean, like, no one's going to replace qu but 1141 00:58:42.400 --> 00:58:45.400 like each of one did a solid, solid job of 1142 00:58:45.440 --> 00:58:48.480 becoming the new face of Yuckers for a while, like 1143 00:58:48.519 --> 00:58:52.599 and a lot of people nowt associate each one with 1144 00:58:52.840 --> 00:58:55.840 that franchise, So who knows they could drop someone new 1145 00:58:55.880 --> 00:58:57.599 in and be like this is a brand new character, 1146 00:58:58.000 --> 00:59:00.599 and like take someone from Lost Judgement and be like 1147 00:59:00.639 --> 00:59:02.480 this is the new this is the new lad Now 1148 00:59:02.760 --> 00:59:05.719 you know each one wasn't in the original. 1149 00:59:06.079 --> 00:59:10.079 Just make the main character like he gets killed and 1150 00:59:10.079 --> 00:59:12.119 and kinda has got to solve his murder. 1151 00:59:12.760 --> 00:59:15.960 That's a great idea, Like it's a revenge, Like yeah, 1152 00:59:16.079 --> 00:59:17.119 like it. 1153 00:59:17.159 --> 00:59:18.639 I don't know if it would fly of, like hey, 1154 00:59:18.639 --> 00:59:23.159 we're gonna kill uh, you know, just keep talking. 1155 00:59:23.679 --> 00:59:25.239 Like wait, but he can't die. 1156 00:59:25.400 --> 00:59:31.559 Also, like have you seen the episode of Simpsons with Pucci, So, uh, 1157 00:59:33.880 --> 00:59:35.920 where's he going? He's gone to space. Don't worry. 1158 00:59:37.840 --> 00:59:40.000 That billionaire pilot face. 1159 00:59:40.360 --> 00:59:46.000 Yeah, went on you uh somewhere he got he got 1160 00:59:46.079 --> 00:59:47.880 real rich, and then he got on a plane with 1161 00:59:48.199 --> 00:59:51.440 Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson and now they're in a 1162 00:59:51.599 --> 00:59:52.719 rocket shirt on the space. 1163 00:59:53.639 --> 00:59:57.440 I should also also clarify that these details came out 1164 00:59:57.519 --> 01:00:01.159 from a weekly publication in Japan called Taishu, and I 1165 01:00:01.239 --> 01:00:04.519 believe it was translated by it famits You, So that's 1166 01:00:04.559 --> 01:00:06.960 where these details came out of. And then from there 1167 01:00:07.920 --> 01:00:11.559 many other outlets had reported on this, uh, this sort 1168 01:00:11.599 --> 01:00:12.519 of deliberation. 1169 01:00:12.719 --> 01:00:15.960 So I hope they figure out. I hope they figure 1170 01:00:15.960 --> 01:00:18.840 it out. But from one yeah, I. 1171 01:00:18.960 --> 01:00:20.679 Was just gonna say, like I know that, like Sega 1172 01:00:20.679 --> 01:00:22.880 has talked about they wanted this to be their like 1173 01:00:23.599 --> 01:00:26.079 complimentary piece to like where it's like, we'll have a 1174 01:00:26.159 --> 01:00:28.280 Yakuza game with like the turn based stuff now with 1175 01:00:28.400 --> 01:00:31.800 like you know Ichiban hopefully, and then we'll have you know, 1176 01:00:31.960 --> 01:00:34.480 Judgment with like and that'll be that'll carry on the 1177 01:00:34.559 --> 01:00:37.400 real time stuff. So like, which to me was like perfect. 1178 01:00:38.039 --> 01:00:40.440 So I hope they can figure it out because it 1179 01:00:40.480 --> 01:00:42.599 seems like they were kind of really going all in 1180 01:00:42.719 --> 01:00:45.559 on this sort of like you know, two series system. 1181 01:00:45.840 --> 01:00:51.239 So well, sticking in Japan for the moment, let's move 1182 01:00:51.280 --> 01:00:53.679 over to one of our other favorite franchises. Well, we've 1183 01:00:53.840 --> 01:00:57.880 we've assembled the perfect squad to talk about related also 1184 01:00:58.320 --> 01:01:06.480 related twenty fifth anniversary. So I'm gonna let I say, 1185 01:01:06.559 --> 01:01:08.480 Joanna Luke take point on this one, because we're all 1186 01:01:08.519 --> 01:01:09.840 gonna start screaming at the top of all. 1187 01:01:10.400 --> 01:01:10.559 Yeah. 1188 01:01:10.800 --> 01:01:16.199 Okay, So Alice has revealed the Persona five twenty fifth 1189 01:01:16.239 --> 01:01:20.679 anniversary website where they have a bunch of details. So 1190 01:01:21.719 --> 01:01:26.159 in September they are starting a year long like Persona 1191 01:01:26.239 --> 01:01:27.159 five celebration. 1192 01:01:28.559 --> 01:01:30.519 They're gonna have all the franchise. 1193 01:01:31.760 --> 01:01:33.559 Yeah, yeah, Persona in general. 1194 01:01:33.880 --> 01:01:36.719 Sorry, Yes, there are a bunch of announcements they're teasing 1195 01:01:37.079 --> 01:01:41.639 e fence collaboration and game information. They're on the website. 1196 01:01:41.679 --> 01:01:45.360 They have seven different things that that are kind of 1197 01:01:45.440 --> 01:01:48.039 like Bookmartin and the first one is supposed to be 1198 01:01:48.119 --> 01:01:50.800 in September, and then the next the last one they 1199 01:01:50.880 --> 01:01:52.719 just said is like I think it just is Fall 1200 01:01:53.280 --> 01:01:56.840 twenty twenty two, ready to be here. A bunch of 1201 01:01:56.880 --> 01:01:59.519 stuff in there. But what's really exciting, The part that's 1202 01:01:59.519 --> 01:02:02.199 getting people excited is that they already are showing off 1203 01:02:02.199 --> 01:02:05.199 a bunch of the merch, which is it's your usual 1204 01:02:05.400 --> 01:02:07.360 Japanese like I got your key chains, you got your 1205 01:02:07.400 --> 01:02:10.559 little figure stands, you got your your wallet covers, like 1206 01:02:10.639 --> 01:02:12.440 all this all this stuff. Somebody, it looks pretty cool. 1207 01:02:12.480 --> 01:02:14.679 There's I'm definitely gonna get the pins. They have the 1208 01:02:14.760 --> 01:02:18.239 pins of all the different school logos in gold and 1209 01:02:18.280 --> 01:02:21.880 I'm like, oh, I'm definitely getting that U. But the 1210 01:02:21.960 --> 01:02:25.079 big ones is that they have one where they have 1211 01:02:25.519 --> 01:02:28.960 a collection of all the different box arts, so they'll 1212 01:02:29.000 --> 01:02:31.679 have like the original persona, Persona two Eternal Punishment. They 1213 01:02:31.719 --> 01:02:34.320 also have like like the Golden and they'll have like Royal, 1214 01:02:35.079 --> 01:02:38.000 and then they have two blank ones that are secret ones. 1215 01:02:38.159 --> 01:02:40.679 And you're looking at and you're like, okay, these are 1216 01:02:40.760 --> 01:02:44.280 just the mainline games. They're not these ain't no, there's 1217 01:02:44.320 --> 01:02:47.239 no you know, arena in there, there's no queue. What 1218 01:02:47.360 --> 01:02:50.599 are these two other ones? And then they also have 1219 01:02:51.159 --> 01:02:53.639 little stands for all the characters, all the main characters 1220 01:02:54.400 --> 01:02:56.800 from each game, and then they have one that's also blank. 1221 01:02:57.079 --> 01:03:00.199 They're like, oh, what's that about. What's going on with that. 1222 01:03:01.760 --> 01:03:05.880 Six? Let's go, Oh my god, dude. 1223 01:03:06.239 --> 01:03:07.119 It's Persona six. 1224 01:03:07.280 --> 01:03:07.760 I want to know. 1225 01:03:07.880 --> 01:03:09.960 Why are there two blank box arts? What does that mean? 1226 01:03:10.159 --> 01:03:11.920 Maybe that'll have we're going to. 1227 01:03:11.960 --> 01:03:15.960 Release release royal or golden at the same time. You 1228 01:03:16.039 --> 01:03:19.039 could play like you want to play bass or this thing. Yeah. 1229 01:03:19.119 --> 01:03:23.119 My bet is either either what I am said, deal 1230 01:03:23.159 --> 01:03:28.199 protagonists or Deal protagonists would be amazing Pokemon situation. Or 1231 01:03:28.880 --> 01:03:32.880 they create create you know how it did an Assassin's 1232 01:03:32.880 --> 01:03:35.280 Creed for previous gen and Encourage, and they do a 1233 01:03:35.360 --> 01:03:41.360 new Persona for p S five, Xbox Consoles, PC, and 1234 01:03:41.639 --> 01:03:43.119 then separate one for Switch. 1235 01:03:43.360 --> 01:03:47.000 That's like Persona three remake. We've been for. 1236 01:03:47.159 --> 01:03:52.000 Years because the the ones with all the protagonists only 1237 01:03:52.039 --> 01:03:54.599 as one secret box that's probably only one character, but 1238 01:03:54.760 --> 01:03:57.719 the game boxes two. Yeah, so it's probably not two 1239 01:03:57.800 --> 01:04:00.480 protagonists per se, but it's again maybe it's like Persona 1240 01:04:00.519 --> 01:04:02.119 three remake and Persona six. 1241 01:04:02.239 --> 01:04:03.960 That's that's my thinking, that's my hope. 1242 01:04:04.360 --> 01:04:06.800 Well, I mean, if you're gonna do Persona three remake, 1243 01:04:06.840 --> 01:04:09.559 you already have, uh the two main. 1244 01:04:09.480 --> 01:04:10.599 Characters, yeah, the two and three. 1245 01:04:10.679 --> 01:04:13.679 Yeahs, So yeah, it might be like the Boxers, like 1246 01:04:14.159 --> 01:04:16.719 because no, because there's one there's one hidden box for 1247 01:04:16.840 --> 01:04:19.280 characters that's probably Persona six. There's two hidden box for 1248 01:04:19.320 --> 01:04:21.119 the box for boxers, probably Persona. 1249 01:04:21.239 --> 01:04:21.400 Yeah. 1250 01:04:21.519 --> 01:04:23.559 Yeah, there's two for box arts, which might be Persona 1251 01:04:23.559 --> 01:04:25.360 to be making six, and then for main character is 1252 01:04:25.400 --> 01:04:27.559 only one box one hidden wild speculation. 1253 01:04:28.280 --> 01:04:32.079 Yeah, yeah, this is the Yeah, this is wild speculation. 1254 01:04:32.280 --> 01:04:34.400 But like I feel like if they I feel like 1255 01:04:34.440 --> 01:04:37.079 they've got already enough Persona three, and I feel like 1256 01:04:37.159 --> 01:04:39.360 this is this is what they're doing, is they know 1257 01:04:39.639 --> 01:04:42.679 they're creating a Persona six, and then someone went these 1258 01:04:42.719 --> 01:04:45.800 motherfuckers Moore shop about Persona on Switch, so we can't 1259 01:04:45.880 --> 01:04:48.159 just make a Persona six. And they've they've brought like 1260 01:04:48.840 --> 01:04:51.679 Persona six s, which is like a different version of 1261 01:04:51.760 --> 01:04:54.559 the game, like that exists just for Switch. 1262 01:04:55.320 --> 01:04:57.760 Like a final Fantasy fifteen with like the little Chiv 1263 01:04:57.920 --> 01:04:59.639 versions of the Pocket Edition. 1264 01:05:00.400 --> 01:05:04.960 Yeah, yeah, that's why Obi. Oh just Mario and Luigi 1265 01:05:05.119 --> 01:05:07.760 just shooting themselves in the head to evoke Sonas again. 1266 01:05:07.960 --> 01:05:08.159 Yeah. 1267 01:05:08.440 --> 01:05:13.880 Also I'm saying, yeah, there's uh, it could be a 1268 01:05:13.920 --> 01:05:15.559 remake of one or two or both. 1269 01:05:15.719 --> 01:05:21.000 Like I mean, I would love one. One's ever finished one, 1270 01:05:21.079 --> 01:05:23.199 but one's kind of one's okay, but like two two 1271 01:05:23.360 --> 01:05:25.000 is the one that I'm always like, if they could 1272 01:05:25.039 --> 01:05:27.000 ever do like that could really use a fall On 1273 01:05:27.079 --> 01:05:29.880 remake because I I think it has some of the 1274 01:05:29.960 --> 01:05:33.239 best characters in story and writing in the entire franchise. 1275 01:05:33.679 --> 01:05:35.960 But those games are really really rough to go. 1276 01:05:36.440 --> 01:05:38.880 Yeah, they're really dated and plan out. The super dated 1277 01:05:38.960 --> 01:05:42.840 Innocent Sin was ported to the PSP, but Eternal Punishment 1278 01:05:42.960 --> 01:05:46.000 never got a proper It was Eternal Punishment that didn't 1279 01:05:46.000 --> 01:05:48.039 get the proper north right. 1280 01:05:48.800 --> 01:05:52.639 Yeah, there's only the original PS two release or PSS 1281 01:05:52.719 --> 01:05:54.480 ones of which oh. 1282 01:05:54.480 --> 01:05:57.320 Yeah, so Eternal Punishment never got modernized in any sense, 1283 01:05:57.360 --> 01:05:59.920 but Innocent Sin kind of did for PSP, but even 1284 01:06:00.039 --> 01:06:02.239 that is likely the Yeah, like you said, the basis 1285 01:06:02.280 --> 01:06:04.519 of those games aren't They're not what what we think 1286 01:06:04.559 --> 01:06:08.480 of persona as today yea, so they could like and 1287 01:06:08.559 --> 01:06:10.280 there's a lot of potential that, Like there's a lot 1288 01:06:10.280 --> 01:06:12.960 of people who haven't played those I didn't play Innocent 1289 01:06:13.039 --> 01:06:17.119 Sin until very recently, and I love the characterizations in 1290 01:06:17.519 --> 01:06:20.159 that game, and I love how it's pretty much it's 1291 01:06:20.159 --> 01:06:23.360 a lot closer to how Shinmagami tense like bass and 1292 01:06:23.440 --> 01:06:25.760 he kind of rolls, but it still has that persona 1293 01:06:25.880 --> 01:06:29.559 charm with it. And Maya, i'mino is my favorite persona 1294 01:06:29.639 --> 01:06:33.519 protagonist and she's saying she's the she's not, you don't 1295 01:06:33.639 --> 01:06:36.400 she's not the main character in uh Innocent Sin, but 1296 01:06:36.519 --> 01:06:39.320 she is. She is very important, like she's basically another 1297 01:06:39.360 --> 01:06:40.280 main character, and. 1298 01:06:40.599 --> 01:06:43.800 Then she is the main character in So And you know, 1299 01:06:44.280 --> 01:06:47.000 eternal punishment like people talk about like I want a 1300 01:06:47.039 --> 01:06:48.960 persona like get rid of the high school stuff, like 1301 01:06:49.000 --> 01:06:52.079 I want adults. I want personas with adults. That's eternal punishment. 1302 01:06:52.159 --> 01:06:55.079 That whole cast is all adults and like dealing with 1303 01:06:55.239 --> 01:06:58.880 like adult problems, but like personas and demons like it is, 1304 01:06:59.679 --> 01:07:03.159 it's what people want. It's right there. It's just yeah, 1305 01:07:03.239 --> 01:07:05.840 you got to play a PS one version of that game, 1306 01:07:05.920 --> 01:07:09.000 and it's like hell, adated and it's rough. It's rough 1307 01:07:09.079 --> 01:07:11.760 to play, even though like you know, it's worth it 1308 01:07:12.000 --> 01:07:13.559 if you can put up with it for the story. 1309 01:07:13.639 --> 01:07:16.480 But like I really would love there to be a 1310 01:07:16.559 --> 01:07:17.760 modernized version of that game. 1311 01:07:17.920 --> 01:07:21.480 Yeah, so like, yeah, Maya's the best. I like a 1312 01:07:21.519 --> 01:07:23.840 lot of us like want Persona game with like if 1313 01:07:23.880 --> 01:07:28.239 Persona six is like college or university themed, like I 1314 01:07:28.960 --> 01:07:30.679 love the high school setting for three, four and five, 1315 01:07:30.719 --> 01:07:33.760 but I feel like we need to move on. So 1316 01:07:34.480 --> 01:07:37.440 but also there's, like I said, there's potential in Persona two, 1317 01:07:37.679 --> 01:07:41.400 where there's already a story that centers around more mature 1318 01:07:41.880 --> 01:07:45.079 characters and themes. So I would love to match something 1319 01:07:45.360 --> 01:07:46.159 with Persona two. 1320 01:07:46.599 --> 01:07:49.400 Can you imagine a Persona game where your your character 1321 01:07:49.719 --> 01:07:53.599 works like a dead end job, like like you're you're 1322 01:07:53.760 --> 01:07:56.440 a gret Sco basically yeah, like a gret Sco. But 1323 01:07:56.599 --> 01:07:58.679 Persona where it's like, all right, during the day, you 1324 01:07:58.800 --> 01:08:01.079 have to go to your job, you know, like you 1325 01:08:01.199 --> 01:08:04.239 gotta fucking I don't know, just like set out a 1326 01:08:04.239 --> 01:08:06.280 computer all day and then like all right, one day 1327 01:08:06.320 --> 01:08:12.239 you log in, you punch into your job, and but 1328 01:08:12.400 --> 01:08:14.360 you could do all this cool stuff like okay to 1329 01:08:16.000 --> 01:08:19.560 room there's like a water cooler break and I'm gonna 1330 01:08:19.560 --> 01:08:21.000 go hang out and that's how I get my my 1331 01:08:21.079 --> 01:08:25.000 social link up with my my coworker. And like, I 1332 01:08:25.039 --> 01:08:28.000 don't know, like that format, like you can take that 1333 01:08:28.159 --> 01:08:30.479 format from the school stuff and you can you can 1334 01:08:30.960 --> 01:08:34.000 transplant that onto like a dead end day job, and 1335 01:08:34.079 --> 01:08:35.359 I think that would be so good. 1336 01:08:37.680 --> 01:08:40.640 Yeah, I'm really fascinating to see where they go off 1337 01:08:40.720 --> 01:08:44.119 the Like it's such an interesting position because like that 1338 01:08:44.279 --> 01:08:48.640 game made them more popular than ever, but like now 1339 01:08:48.720 --> 01:08:52.119 they can either go with them, stick close to that 1340 01:08:52.279 --> 01:08:55.000 format and that style, or go the you know, do 1341 01:08:55.119 --> 01:08:57.920 something wild again. I hope they do something wild too. 1342 01:08:58.760 --> 01:09:01.079 I do think there's also a bit of a creative shift, 1343 01:09:01.159 --> 01:09:04.840 I know, like the fucking the creative leads of that 1344 01:09:05.079 --> 01:09:07.399 were revolved involved in three, four and five kind of 1345 01:09:07.479 --> 01:09:09.439 like step down a little bit, and I think they 1346 01:09:09.479 --> 01:09:11.840 were like letting other people kind of take the lead. 1347 01:09:11.920 --> 01:09:15.239 So I'm sort of hoping that that change up, you know, 1348 01:09:15.399 --> 01:09:17.800 allows some more like new creative energy to be brought in, 1349 01:09:17.920 --> 01:09:21.560 because I'm like, yeah, like because five is fantastic, it 1350 01:09:21.680 --> 01:09:24.720 also feels like the culmination of what they started with, 1351 01:09:25.319 --> 01:09:26.880 Like it's kind of the peak of that, and and 1352 01:09:27.279 --> 01:09:30.880 you really you can't push it any further without just feeling. 1353 01:09:31.319 --> 01:09:33.800 Like you're retreading. Right, Yeah, Like, yeah, after three, four 1354 01:09:33.840 --> 01:09:36.560 and five, I've had I've had like I love those 1355 01:09:36.600 --> 01:09:39.399 those those three games already my top ten games of 1356 01:09:39.439 --> 01:09:43.000 all time. But I've had my fill, Like I feel 1357 01:09:43.039 --> 01:09:45.640 like I've reached the potential of that kind of setting 1358 01:09:46.279 --> 01:09:49.800 of like high school kids and that youthful energy. Maybe 1359 01:09:49.840 --> 01:09:51.800 they can do it, like maybe there's something that they 1360 01:09:51.840 --> 01:09:53.840 can come up with that will refresh that that that 1361 01:09:54.199 --> 01:09:57.279 same idea, but sure there's a lot of potential to 1362 01:09:57.399 --> 01:10:00.239 kind of move on to something a little different than that. 1363 01:10:00.399 --> 01:10:04.560 So for sure, I'm excited to see all these announcements. 1364 01:10:04.800 --> 01:10:07.760 I'm glad that they kind of like have separated out, 1365 01:10:07.840 --> 01:10:11.439 like the here's the merch stuff and here's the other stuff, 1366 01:10:11.880 --> 01:10:14.199 because if it was like, oh, we've we were revealing 1367 01:10:14.359 --> 01:10:16.319 a key chain that I'd be very upset. 1368 01:10:16.439 --> 01:10:17.119 Yeah, oh me too. 1369 01:10:18.319 --> 01:10:20.159 A mobile game before we move on? 1370 01:10:20.520 --> 01:10:22.600 What color do you think the game will be? They 1371 01:10:22.640 --> 01:10:25.720 have they have left on the UI of the website. 1372 01:10:25.760 --> 01:10:27.479 They have left they have like colors for each game, 1373 01:10:27.680 --> 01:10:30.079 and they have one spot that's white, that's clearly blank 1374 01:10:30.119 --> 01:10:32.560 and they might fill it in later. What color do 1375 01:10:32.600 --> 01:10:33.000 you think. 1376 01:10:33.680 --> 01:10:34.199 Will be green? 1377 01:10:34.239 --> 01:10:36.199 That's what I was gonna say green. Green seems like 1378 01:10:36.239 --> 01:10:37.640 the most logical one to go with. 1379 01:10:37.800 --> 01:10:40.319 But I would have said purple. But isn't one or 1380 01:10:40.359 --> 01:10:40.960 two purple? 1381 01:10:41.680 --> 01:10:47.520 Like retract kind of it's weird retroactively one has become 1382 01:10:47.560 --> 01:10:50.079 the purple color. But in the original game it was 1383 01:10:50.159 --> 01:10:53.279 more like gray, and actually like two was more purple. 1384 01:10:53.359 --> 01:10:56.840 But they've kind of retroactively made one purple and two orange, 1385 01:10:56.880 --> 01:10:59.640 which I'm like, ah, okay, they get to be red 1386 01:11:00.000 --> 01:11:03.720 because like the yeah, both of them like it's red. Well, 1387 01:11:04.079 --> 01:11:08.319 the original art of Eternal Punishment was purple, that's right, Yeah, 1388 01:11:08.560 --> 01:11:11.079 like maya. So again, I think they kind of retroactively 1389 01:11:11.119 --> 01:11:14.000 put like a color theme on those games because three, 1390 01:11:14.039 --> 01:11:15.920 four and five kind of cemented that as a thing 1391 01:11:16.399 --> 01:11:18.479 for the person of games. But yeah, maybe I. 1392 01:11:19.000 --> 01:11:21.479 Say green because that just seems like one of the 1393 01:11:21.560 --> 01:11:22.479 main colors left. 1394 01:11:23.720 --> 01:11:27.920 Yeah, good point. We'll find out in due time, thankfully. 1395 01:11:28.720 --> 01:11:32.760 Something more immediate that we find out about Steam Valve 1396 01:11:33.439 --> 01:11:38.359 releasing a portable gaming PC actually is wild. So Steam 1397 01:11:38.399 --> 01:11:42.199 has announced something called the Steam Deck, not to be 1398 01:11:42.279 --> 01:11:44.439 confused with the El Gatto stream deck. 1399 01:11:46.039 --> 01:11:48.520 I literally thought that's what you were talking about, the 1400 01:11:48.560 --> 01:11:50.680 first stream deck. 1401 01:11:51.439 --> 01:11:54.119 I've already seen multiple people tweet a picture of an 1402 01:11:54.159 --> 01:11:57.079 El Gatto stream deck with the we we we switch 1403 01:11:57.560 --> 01:11:59.079 joy CON's tape. 1404 01:11:58.840 --> 01:12:01.199 To the side for there you go. 1405 01:12:01.319 --> 01:12:06.439 Okay, but yeah, this this is a portable gaming PC. 1406 01:12:07.600 --> 01:12:15.239 Is decent specs we can rattle off, like some basic stuff. Specifically, 1407 01:12:15.640 --> 01:12:17.479 they worked the valve, worked with a m D to 1408 01:12:17.560 --> 01:12:21.159 create a custom APU. It's got Zen two r D 1409 01:12:21.279 --> 01:12:23.560 n A two. It's got a seven inch touch screen 1410 01:12:23.600 --> 01:12:27.199 with capacity of multi touch. It's got track pads for precision. 1411 01:12:28.399 --> 01:12:31.600 It's got gyro if you want to do some of 1412 01:12:31.680 --> 01:12:37.399 that motion controlled gaming. Relatively powerful, certainly seems to be 1413 01:12:37.479 --> 01:12:42.560 the most powerful portable gaming device that currently exists. R 1414 01:12:42.560 --> 01:12:46.520 I P to the O l ED switch didn't last 1415 01:12:46.640 --> 01:12:49.159 very long. They announced this on the day that the 1416 01:12:49.239 --> 01:12:53.680 pre orders are open for But yeah, it's it's an 1417 01:12:53.840 --> 01:12:57.319 l c D screen optically bonded l c D. Is 1418 01:12:57.359 --> 01:12:59.960 that is that just an O l D. No, that's 1419 01:13:00.079 --> 01:13:04.680 not particularly bonded. They put they put an word with 1420 01:13:04.840 --> 01:13:08.159 all in there to gibbate us. If you know it, 1421 01:13:08.359 --> 01:13:11.560 you know it sixty herds. But yeah, so basically you 1422 01:13:11.640 --> 01:13:15.079 can download games to it. It's not specifically, just a 1423 01:13:15.840 --> 01:13:19.960 kind of a repackaging of their cloud service, and it 1424 01:13:20.119 --> 01:13:22.920 looks very much like a switch. They call it an 1425 01:13:23.000 --> 01:13:27.119 all in one portable gaming PC, and you can also 1426 01:13:27.239 --> 01:13:31.079 do things like run standard applications off of it, and 1427 01:13:31.239 --> 01:13:33.880 you can plug it into a monitor and use it 1428 01:13:33.960 --> 01:13:36.640 as a PC if you wanted to do that for 1429 01:13:36.760 --> 01:13:41.039 some reason. So, yeah, there's a couple of models that 1430 01:13:41.079 --> 01:13:43.560 are going to be coming out for it. I'm looking 1431 01:13:43.760 --> 01:13:47.399 at the I was looking at I was looking at 1432 01:13:47.479 --> 01:13:52.199 the website. Is an absolute catastrophe for this thing. But 1433 01:13:52.439 --> 01:13:54.399 they've got three. Like every time you try and find 1434 01:13:54.399 --> 01:13:56.199 out why it is, it's like, hey, look at this instead. 1435 01:13:56.279 --> 01:13:59.560 You're all right, man, please chill. There's three options. There's 1436 01:13:59.640 --> 01:14:02.800 a three three hundred and forty nine. I'm gonna say 1437 01:14:02.800 --> 01:14:05.720 this in pounds because I'm in the UK and it 1438 01:14:05.760 --> 01:14:08.760 will not show me anything. There's something around three hundred, 1439 01:14:09.319 --> 01:14:12.479 there's something around four hundred and fifty, and a five 1440 01:14:12.640 --> 01:14:16.560 hundred and seventy and the cheapest one is got sixty 1441 01:14:16.600 --> 01:14:19.600 four gigabytes of internal storage, and then it goes up 1442 01:14:19.640 --> 01:14:23.760 to two five six with NVMe SSD internals, and then 1443 01:14:23.920 --> 01:14:27.159 five one two and then the most expensive models five 1444 01:14:27.239 --> 01:14:31.000 one two. It's got premium anti glare etched glass, a 1445 01:14:31.119 --> 01:14:34.960 carrying case, and a bunch of virtual keyboard themes and. 1446 01:14:35.039 --> 01:14:35.760 Some shit like that. 1447 01:14:36.399 --> 01:14:42.159 But it seems it seems yeah interesting, Michael, you up 1448 01:14:42.199 --> 01:14:42.359 for this. 1449 01:14:43.439 --> 01:14:46.880 Let me see, so I X tech expert over here 1450 01:14:46.880 --> 01:14:48.920 at GameSpot and I'll look at it. You said the 1451 01:14:48.960 --> 01:14:52.159 base model sixty four gigabytes internal memory. You ain't installing 1452 01:14:52.199 --> 01:14:52.920 shit on that thing. 1453 01:14:53.479 --> 01:14:55.159 You can expand it with micro SD. 1454 01:14:56.239 --> 01:14:59.359 Oh okay, cool, So that's what's up. Yeah, that's cool, 1455 01:14:59.399 --> 01:15:02.319 But that's obviously not going to be top tier gaming 1456 01:15:02.399 --> 01:15:05.079 as if you have an nvm E SSD, which is 1457 01:15:05.159 --> 01:15:07.600 pretty like I wouldn't say standard, but I think most 1458 01:15:07.880 --> 01:15:10.720 like mid to high end gaming PCs have some sort 1459 01:15:10.760 --> 01:15:15.560 of SSD running most of their applications. This is this 1460 01:15:15.760 --> 01:15:18.039 is this is fascinating, especially for you know, when I 1461 01:15:18.039 --> 01:15:21.479 think about gaming PCs, uh, and if if I haven't 1462 01:15:21.479 --> 01:15:23.560 looked at the specs, like the exact specs yet, but 1463 01:15:23.640 --> 01:15:26.720 if it has like the those am d APUs, which 1464 01:15:26.720 --> 01:15:30.239 are actually pretty pretty damn good, like those aren't bad 1465 01:15:30.279 --> 01:15:34.800 prices for for what gaming PCs costs relatively, and the 1466 01:15:34.840 --> 01:15:36.920 fact that you're getting like all that in like an 1467 01:15:36.960 --> 01:15:41.119 all in one package, that seems that seems kind of 1468 01:15:41.359 --> 01:15:45.439 competitive at least. I saw the alienware prototype for what 1469 01:15:45.560 --> 01:15:48.319 they had as a handheld gaming PC as well, Like 1470 01:15:48.680 --> 01:15:50.720 the idea was cool, Like actually holding that thing and 1471 01:15:50.760 --> 01:15:53.239 playing something was cool, But I don't think the technology 1472 01:15:53.359 --> 01:15:58.239 wasn't necessarily there for for it to handle, yeah, like 1473 01:15:58.319 --> 01:16:01.640 PC gaming at that at that level. So but you know, 1474 01:16:01.840 --> 01:16:04.039 Steam is Steam knows. I guess they kind of know 1475 01:16:04.119 --> 01:16:06.560 what they're doing. They've had failed hardware things, like they've 1476 01:16:06.600 --> 01:16:09.399 had the Steam Machines before that kind of you know, 1477 01:16:09.520 --> 01:16:11.720 this supposed to be like a consolized version of a PC. 1478 01:16:11.880 --> 01:16:15.000 And then they had the Steam Link, which is actually 1479 01:16:15.079 --> 01:16:17.840 like functionally a cool thing. I know, Jean Luke, here 1480 01:16:18.560 --> 01:16:20.239 you had we're talking about the Steam Link and how 1481 01:16:20.960 --> 01:16:22.640 you know people who still use that thing, and then 1482 01:16:22.800 --> 01:16:25.279 like function wise it's pretty cool. But that's been discontinued 1483 01:16:25.279 --> 01:16:29.119 because I mean maybe the further further kind of ran 1484 01:16:29.199 --> 01:16:32.840 out with that. So maybe this is like another they 1485 01:16:32.840 --> 01:16:34.640 don't have like a strong history with hardware. 1486 01:16:34.680 --> 01:16:34.760 You know. 1487 01:16:34.840 --> 01:16:37.800 The Steam Controller was also like this thing isn't this, 1488 01:16:37.960 --> 01:16:41.319 This ain't it chief, So it's taken another stab at 1489 01:16:41.359 --> 01:16:43.520 it a valve index. You know, I'll give credit credits 1490 01:16:43.560 --> 01:16:45.399 of the index because that's the best of you are 1491 01:16:45.479 --> 01:16:48.680 headset in the game. That's It's wild expensive though, But 1492 01:16:48.800 --> 01:16:50.239 I don't know, I want to I want to see 1493 01:16:50.279 --> 01:16:52.880 the Steam deck. I want to like actually see it 1494 01:16:53.039 --> 01:16:57.199 functioning and see how games run on that thing. The 1495 01:16:57.279 --> 01:16:59.199 power is there, but you're not I mean you're not 1496 01:16:59.199 --> 01:17:02.359 necessarily gonna run things and four K high frame rates 1497 01:17:02.439 --> 01:17:05.760 or whatever. I mean, you can get like ten ap 1498 01:17:05.920 --> 01:17:10.199 sixty fps several games with if the if the APU 1499 01:17:10.359 --> 01:17:13.760 is powerful enough. So I don't know, this could be 1500 01:17:13.880 --> 01:17:14.920 this could be a cool thing. 1501 01:17:15.199 --> 01:17:18.600 Yeah, there's some really interesting kind of like things that 1502 01:17:18.680 --> 01:17:21.039 they have put in there, Like they've got they've built 1503 01:17:21.079 --> 01:17:24.119 in a suspend resumed feature into Steam OS for it, 1504 01:17:25.199 --> 01:17:29.640 and the the like works with most like is Bluetooth 1505 01:17:29.680 --> 01:17:32.399 ready and it's got USB s port. So they've got 1506 01:17:32.439 --> 01:17:35.159 an image of like the thing on a on a 1507 01:17:36.319 --> 01:17:39.359 on a table with two arcade sticks hooked up to 1508 01:17:39.439 --> 01:17:42.239 it and they're just playing a fighting game. And then 1509 01:17:42.279 --> 01:17:44.439 the other the thing that we kind of like touched 1510 01:17:44.479 --> 01:17:46.760 on earlier, like it can be plugged into a monitor 1511 01:17:46.920 --> 01:17:48.800 or a TV in the same way that you would 1512 01:17:48.880 --> 01:17:53.319 with a with a Nintendo Switch, and it plugs in 1513 01:17:53.399 --> 01:17:57.479 by USB C port and that can carry video and 1514 01:17:57.640 --> 01:18:02.640 audio and peripherals and like stuff. So it's really interesting. 1515 01:18:02.760 --> 01:18:06.119 But Mike, it's such a weird thing, Like I don't 1516 01:18:06.159 --> 01:18:08.199 know where it fits in, Like I can't find a 1517 01:18:09.560 --> 01:18:12.680 hole in my current gaming life where I would fit 1518 01:18:12.800 --> 01:18:17.720 that in, especially given that I've been recently checking out 1519 01:18:17.920 --> 01:18:22.439 x cloud and it works so well. And like I'm 1520 01:18:22.479 --> 01:18:24.600 trying to figure out what is the use case for this, 1521 01:18:24.800 --> 01:18:28.199 like Evan, like is this something that you are interested in? 1522 01:18:28.479 --> 01:18:30.560 Like do you can you think of a use case 1523 01:18:30.560 --> 01:18:31.399 where it would work for you? 1524 01:18:33.000 --> 01:18:35.319 No, I'm not personally interested in this. I think like 1525 01:18:35.479 --> 01:18:39.119 the switch already kind of fulfills that like portable gaming gap, 1526 01:18:39.239 --> 01:18:41.000 and for me, I would go to the switch first 1527 01:18:41.039 --> 01:18:42.920 because I like Nintendo's first party games. 1528 01:18:43.439 --> 01:18:44.479 I guess this is cool. 1529 01:18:44.880 --> 01:18:47.720 You can you like download games for offline play and 1530 01:18:47.760 --> 01:18:48.800 like play them offline. 1531 01:18:48.520 --> 01:18:50.399 Or yeah, it seems that way. It seems that you 1532 01:18:50.439 --> 01:18:54.079 can just download to the hard driving play as is right. 1533 01:18:54.119 --> 01:18:56.279 So in that case, like, yeah, I guess there's tons 1534 01:18:56.319 --> 01:18:59.239 of games on Steam that, like for example, are not 1535 01:18:59.399 --> 01:19:00.880 on a switch, and if you want to be able 1536 01:19:00.920 --> 01:19:04.000 to play those portably in an easily accessible way, absolutely 1537 01:19:04.079 --> 01:19:06.159 this might be a good option for you. But I 1538 01:19:06.159 --> 01:19:08.560 imagine people that are dedicated to Steam, that have that 1539 01:19:08.640 --> 01:19:12.000 full Steam library already have the PC setup for that 1540 01:19:12.199 --> 01:19:14.199 might already own a Nintendo Switch to play the games 1541 01:19:14.239 --> 01:19:18.399 they want to play portably. I'm not sure, But I 1542 01:19:18.479 --> 01:19:20.640 also think it's funny that they announced this today the 1543 01:19:20.720 --> 01:19:22.760 day the switch. Oh, let pre orders go live, just 1544 01:19:22.800 --> 01:19:25.680 to hit Nintendo in the juggular like, no, hey, wait 1545 01:19:25.800 --> 01:19:27.439 up before you pre order that, maybe you want to 1546 01:19:27.439 --> 01:19:29.600 buy this instead. But yeah, for me personally, no, this 1547 01:19:29.720 --> 01:19:31.159 is not something that I'm interested in. 1548 01:19:32.520 --> 01:19:36.479 I am I'm oh shit good, I'm like the more 1549 01:19:36.760 --> 01:19:38.600 I'm I'm looking at I'm looking, the more I look 1550 01:19:38.600 --> 01:19:40.159 at it, the more I'm like, I want to I 1551 01:19:40.239 --> 01:19:41.640 want to try this thing. I want to see. 1552 01:19:41.880 --> 01:19:43.560 Yeah, this is the thing I want to try to see. 1553 01:19:43.560 --> 01:19:46.159 How I am because I'm looking. 1554 01:19:46.000 --> 01:19:47.840 Out the steam deck website and like I'm looking at 1555 01:19:47.880 --> 01:19:52.279 the specs too, like the like sixteen gigabytes of RAM 1556 01:19:53.279 --> 01:19:56.479 and then like the rDNA two, Like it's it's it's 1557 01:19:56.560 --> 01:19:59.319 not the most powerful thing obviously, but it's powerful enough 1558 01:19:59.359 --> 01:20:02.840 to run games ten ADP. Maybe medium settings are getting 1559 01:20:02.920 --> 01:20:05.640 like higher than thirty fps I would imagine, so like 1560 01:20:06.199 --> 01:20:08.680 I can play something like Control or Doom on on 1561 01:20:09.239 --> 01:20:12.800 a portable device. That's that's this thing is clearly stronger 1562 01:20:12.840 --> 01:20:14.560 than a switch to it kind of has to be. 1563 01:20:15.840 --> 01:20:19.800 Now what I'm thinking about is battery life though, Like yeah, 1564 01:20:20.000 --> 01:20:23.640 because yeah, as long as like the switch battery is 1565 01:20:24.239 --> 01:20:26.560 decent for what it is, but this is packing a 1566 01:20:26.640 --> 01:20:28.479 lot more of much bigger punch. 1567 01:20:29.640 --> 01:20:33.239 So Igne has a hands on with it, and I 1568 01:20:33.520 --> 01:20:36.159 think based on that people people have been like tweeting 1569 01:20:36.279 --> 01:20:38.640 at me saying like it's eight eight is showers eight 1570 01:20:38.720 --> 01:20:41.159 to ten hours. I'm not sure I'm really understand correct, 1571 01:20:41.239 --> 01:20:44.479 but like there seems to be some sort of like 1572 01:20:45.119 --> 01:20:46.640 how we'll see about that kind. 1573 01:20:46.560 --> 01:20:48.800 Of depends on the aqu towards that. 1574 01:20:48.960 --> 01:20:51.399 Yeah, like if you're running a super high end game, 1575 01:20:51.439 --> 01:20:52.640 it'll probably just drain it. 1576 01:20:53.319 --> 01:20:56.800 I should add that the screen resolution is eight hundred p, 1577 01:20:57.079 --> 01:20:59.840 so it's eighteen twelve eight twelve eighty by eight h 1578 01:21:00.680 --> 01:21:03.279 so you won't have to stress the thing to run 1579 01:21:03.479 --> 01:21:07.079 a game at even ten ADP. I'm sure the switch 1580 01:21:07.159 --> 01:21:10.119 is at seven to twenty p. It looks fine, So 1581 01:21:10.239 --> 01:21:14.720 I'm eight hundred like twelve eighty by eight hundred that 1582 01:21:14.840 --> 01:21:17.279 it'll look a little bit better in terms of like 1583 01:21:17.399 --> 01:21:19.920 fine resolution, but you will, you will have access to 1584 01:21:20.000 --> 01:21:24.079 things like anti aliasing and better frame rates. So I 1585 01:21:24.159 --> 01:21:26.600 mean the experience would be like if you're comparing this 1586 01:21:26.680 --> 01:21:28.279 to a switch, it's probably gonna be like a lot 1587 01:21:28.359 --> 01:21:31.319 better of a visual experience, but it's not going to 1588 01:21:31.359 --> 01:21:32.920 be like super high. And it's not like you're gonna 1589 01:21:32.920 --> 01:21:35.439 be playing like phones have higher resolutions than this, but 1590 01:21:35.520 --> 01:21:37.800 obviously phones aren't going to play games I control. So 1591 01:21:38.159 --> 01:21:42.439 there's these I don't know, there's expectations, like set your expectations. 1592 01:21:43.880 --> 01:21:46.359 Yeah, I'm kind of where you guys are. I'm I 1593 01:21:46.439 --> 01:21:47.800 definitely want to just like I don't know if I'm 1594 01:21:47.800 --> 01:21:50.439 gonna I want to show all that money, but I 1595 01:21:50.520 --> 01:21:52.119 want to. I want to play it. I want to 1596 01:21:52.199 --> 01:21:52.760 know what it's like. 1597 01:21:52.880 --> 01:21:53.239 I want to. 1598 01:21:53.560 --> 01:21:57.199 I think that the most potentially interesting thing where I 1599 01:21:57.279 --> 01:22:00.760 can see this going would be just sort of the 1600 01:22:01.000 --> 01:22:02.680 open endedness of it. The fact that you can like 1601 01:22:03.119 --> 01:22:06.960 run like an operating system on it, like people are 1602 01:22:07.000 --> 01:22:10.880 gonna like, hell of mod this ship out emulators on it, 1603 01:22:11.000 --> 01:22:12.760 Like people are gonna go, wow, I was gonna say that. 1604 01:22:12.920 --> 01:22:16.319 But like an open ended switch where you can just 1605 01:22:16.399 --> 01:22:17.880 be like, I'm gonna put whatever I want on it. 1606 01:22:18.680 --> 01:22:20.079 You want the real virtual console? 1607 01:22:20.319 --> 01:22:20.920 Yeah, you go. 1608 01:22:22.239 --> 01:22:25.199 You know you could, you could you could take technically, 1609 01:22:25.359 --> 01:22:28.279 you could run switch games on it if you want, 1610 01:22:28.760 --> 01:22:31.319 Like I mean, you know, I just don't know nothing 1611 01:22:31.359 --> 01:22:31.680 about that. 1612 01:22:32.680 --> 01:22:34.800 Evan. Evan's gonna write you out if you're not careful. 1613 01:22:35.960 --> 01:22:38.960 I think the one thing I'm I'm a little cautious 1614 01:22:38.960 --> 01:22:43.199 about is how like the controls feel, just because like, dude, 1615 01:22:43.279 --> 01:22:47.680 man that that that Steam controller not great. Not a 1616 01:22:47.720 --> 01:22:52.199 fan of that. And I mean it's looking just obviously 1617 01:22:52.399 --> 01:22:54.319 like I haven't touched it, and I would assume they've 1618 01:22:54.319 --> 01:22:56.840 improved their tech sense then, but like looking at it, 1619 01:22:56.920 --> 01:23:00.520 it very much is in line with sort of It's 1620 01:23:00.520 --> 01:23:02.439 got the track pad, which makes sense because you know, 1621 01:23:02.800 --> 01:23:04.720 you got to give an option for kind of mouse 1622 01:23:04.760 --> 01:23:07.399 and keyboard games. But I'm a little like, I don't know, 1623 01:23:07.520 --> 01:23:10.079 I didn't love the way that thing felt, so like 1624 01:23:10.279 --> 01:23:12.159 Valve hasn't proved to me that they can make a 1625 01:23:12.239 --> 01:23:15.039 controller that I'm like into playing. I look at that, 1626 01:23:15.159 --> 01:23:17.319 like where that dpad is, it's like right to the 1627 01:23:17.399 --> 01:23:20.560 left of the stick, And I'm like, that doesn't seem 1628 01:23:21.079 --> 01:23:22.119 that great. 1629 01:23:22.840 --> 01:23:25.600 Everything feels really pushed into the corners. 1630 01:23:25.279 --> 01:23:28.960 And yeah, I'm really not sure how that's gonna how 1631 01:23:29.000 --> 01:23:29.720 that's going to feel. 1632 01:23:29.800 --> 01:23:31.840 People are people. People are already pointing out that the 1633 01:23:31.960 --> 01:23:33.560 B button looks like it's trying to get away from 1634 01:23:33.600 --> 01:23:34.600 the rest of them, just. 1635 01:23:34.640 --> 01:23:38.359 Like's gonna like slip off the edge trying to trying 1636 01:23:38.399 --> 01:23:38.680 to tap. 1637 01:23:38.840 --> 01:23:42.439 Yeah, it's it's got massive game gear energy, and that 1638 01:23:42.640 --> 01:23:45.800 is slightly worrying to me, Like I don't like, I 1639 01:23:45.840 --> 01:23:48.079 don't like where those buttons are placed at all. And 1640 01:23:48.199 --> 01:23:51.760 it seems like, I mean time you can correct me, 1641 01:23:51.880 --> 01:23:53.960 Like it seems like it's going to be relatively heavy, 1642 01:23:54.199 --> 01:23:59.239 like based on the yeah, like there's a there's a lad. 1643 01:23:59.479 --> 01:24:02.439 There's a bit of a lad playing. His biceps are 1644 01:24:02.479 --> 01:24:03.439 being engaged in that. 1645 01:24:03.520 --> 01:24:06.720 Video I'm looking at. I'm looking at like the kind 1646 01:24:06.720 --> 01:24:10.079 of gift or video on the site of playing Jedi 1647 01:24:10.279 --> 01:24:12.399 Jedi Fall in order that what I will say is 1648 01:24:12.439 --> 01:24:16.079 that at least from what I'm seeing that the analog 1649 01:24:16.159 --> 01:24:18.720 sticks look nice though. That's important thing because I hate 1650 01:24:18.760 --> 01:24:21.720 the joy Con analog sticks. I will never play a 1651 01:24:21.840 --> 01:24:25.640 game that needs precise camera control on a switch joy Cons. 1652 01:24:26.680 --> 01:24:28.920 But this one looks like I mean, I would expect, 1653 01:24:29.359 --> 01:24:32.399 you know, after Valve Index and how good those controllers are. 1654 01:24:32.840 --> 01:24:35.479 I imagine that, you know, Valve has learned a lot 1655 01:24:35.560 --> 01:24:38.359 from that, and I could see some of that being 1656 01:24:38.560 --> 01:24:41.479 that some of that that that kind of being integrated 1657 01:24:41.479 --> 01:24:44.439 into how this thing is designed. But again, like they 1658 01:24:44.560 --> 01:24:48.319 look like look chunky because remember that that's a seven 1659 01:24:48.359 --> 01:24:51.640 inch screen on that thing. Then the ways in which 1660 01:24:52.000 --> 01:24:54.279 that controller protrudes out or like the rest of it 1661 01:24:54.479 --> 01:24:57.159 kind of is built around that seven inch screen, Like, 1662 01:24:57.560 --> 01:24:59.359 oh boy, that is hefty. 1663 01:25:00.039 --> 01:25:02.239 It's weird that it's got such a huge bezel on it, 1664 01:25:02.399 --> 01:25:04.279 considering that was like the big thing people didn't like 1665 01:25:04.319 --> 01:25:06.000 about the switch and then like the O lead like 1666 01:25:06.039 --> 01:25:08.479 got rid of it. It's kind of it's a minor thing. 1667 01:25:08.560 --> 01:25:09.840 But I'm just like, ah, man, like. 1668 01:25:10.760 --> 01:25:14.279 Yeah, I think inevitably I'm going to end up probably 1669 01:25:14.399 --> 01:25:16.920 getting one of these just to try it and like 1670 01:25:18.079 --> 01:25:20.680 and like have it there because we all have problems 1671 01:25:20.720 --> 01:25:22.560 in that way where we see a new game and 1672 01:25:22.680 --> 01:25:26.359 we're like, we gott to buy that shit. But I 1673 01:25:26.439 --> 01:25:29.079 will say, like that has this has dissuaded me from 1674 01:25:29.159 --> 01:25:32.399 buying a switch o led because now I'm like, if 1675 01:25:32.439 --> 01:25:34.560 I can spend a decent chunk of that old money 1676 01:25:34.600 --> 01:25:37.600 on a brand new device, I'll do that instead. Sure, 1677 01:25:37.600 --> 01:25:40.000 And I do want to like the idea, Like I'm 1678 01:25:40.039 --> 01:25:42.680 thinking about use cases, and there's a whole bunch of 1679 01:25:42.760 --> 01:25:46.000 people who probably want to play PC games that can't 1680 01:25:46.600 --> 01:25:50.840 lug around a a kind of you know, massive rig 1681 01:25:51.199 --> 01:25:53.720 that probably will look looking at us and going that's great, 1682 01:25:53.760 --> 01:25:56.239 and or people who like are like, you know, I'm 1683 01:25:56.239 --> 01:25:58.800 going to grab this and take my Xbox controller and 1684 01:25:58.920 --> 01:26:01.600 connect it via Bluetooth and just you know, when I'm 1685 01:26:01.640 --> 01:26:03.640 out at a hotel or at a friend's house, I 1686 01:26:03.720 --> 01:26:08.039 can still play a PC game. I am interested to 1687 01:26:08.079 --> 01:26:11.279 see if, like what happens when you like plug in 1688 01:26:11.640 --> 01:26:15.800 a webcam to it and download obs and see what 1689 01:26:15.920 --> 01:26:18.399 happens is like what kind of like streaming ship you 1690 01:26:18.439 --> 01:26:22.880 could streaming PC? Yeah, that could be like a really 1691 01:26:22.960 --> 01:26:26.159 cute like streaming PC like do like irl streams off 1692 01:26:26.199 --> 01:26:26.720 of it a bit. 1693 01:26:26.840 --> 01:26:29.079 Easier and that kind of yeah. 1694 01:26:29.239 --> 01:26:31.600 Yeah, So like, that's something I would like to test. 1695 01:26:31.680 --> 01:26:33.840 I want to like see if we can log in 1696 01:26:33.960 --> 01:26:37.039 and write a new story on it, see what happens. 1697 01:26:38.840 --> 01:26:41.479 But yeah, I it's just the thing that I keep 1698 01:26:41.560 --> 01:26:45.079 coming back to is like we're in a like many 1699 01:26:45.119 --> 01:26:47.079 of us are in a kind of position where we're 1700 01:26:47.079 --> 01:26:50.319 trying we're moving towards lightening the load and you know, 1701 01:26:50.520 --> 01:26:55.199 using cloud functionality to make gamings easier, the footprint of 1702 01:26:55.319 --> 01:26:59.920 portable gaming lighter. So then this this big old beefy boy, 1703 01:27:00.039 --> 01:27:02.880 it comes alongs like hello, I'm here, I'm the Juggernaut. 1704 01:27:04.159 --> 01:27:06.279 So we'll see how that goes down. But I definitely 1705 01:27:06.319 --> 01:27:10.159 am interested in checking out. Yes, I'm gonna get one. 1706 01:27:11.119 --> 01:27:13.760 It's interesting too, Like this wasn't an E three. This 1707 01:27:13.880 --> 01:27:15.279 could have been a big E three thing if they 1708 01:27:15.319 --> 01:27:17.479 wanted it, but instead they decided to do it on 1709 01:27:17.520 --> 01:27:18.279 their own terms. 1710 01:27:18.119 --> 01:27:18.199 Like. 1711 01:27:22.119 --> 01:27:24.880 Valves like fuck E three. Oh my homies hate E three. 1712 01:27:29.039 --> 01:27:32.479 But yeah, we'll see how it goes I'm definitely there's 1713 01:27:32.520 --> 01:27:35.279 gonna be a lot of interesting written and video features 1714 01:27:35.279 --> 01:27:36.600 coming out of that, so make sure you keep your 1715 01:27:36.600 --> 01:27:40.760 own games dot com in the immediate future. Let's move 1716 01:27:40.800 --> 01:27:52.960 on to quick Listener questions, we have got we have 1717 01:27:53.119 --> 01:27:55.399 got to find and new listener question of music because 1718 01:27:55.399 --> 01:27:57.359 I always felt like it's about to be a fight 1719 01:27:57.439 --> 01:28:01.920 after that. But anyways, if you'd like to email us 1720 01:28:02.199 --> 01:28:06.159 with listener questions, you can go to my voice is 1721 01:28:06.239 --> 01:28:09.119 just like falling apart. If you'd like to email us 1722 01:28:09.239 --> 01:28:12.479 with listener questions, you can hit up after Dark podcast 1723 01:28:12.640 --> 01:28:16.359 at GameSpot dot com, or join our discord. If you 1724 01:28:16.439 --> 01:28:18.920 want access to the discord because we keep it tight 1725 01:28:19.039 --> 01:28:23.279 in there, you can DM myself or list James and 1726 01:28:23.960 --> 01:28:26.520 we'll go through our usual vetting process and then give 1727 01:28:26.520 --> 01:28:28.600 you access to the discord and you can send us 1728 01:28:28.640 --> 01:28:34.000 questions in the after Dark channel. First question, Michael here. 1729 01:28:33.960 --> 01:28:37.159 You got it, hey, after Dark crew, it is it 1730 01:28:37.239 --> 01:28:40.079 possible that this will be the first console generation that 1731 01:28:40.199 --> 01:28:43.239 there are no clear winners or losers. I can remember 1732 01:28:43.319 --> 01:28:45.720 way back to Sega Genesis, lack of third party support, 1733 01:28:45.840 --> 01:28:49.560 all the way through metric machines, many missteps, and from 1734 01:28:49.680 --> 01:28:52.520 where I'm standing, I don't see any huge red flags 1735 01:28:52.560 --> 01:28:57.439 from the three major platform holders. Kevin from What's wah 1736 01:28:57.479 --> 01:29:00.239 a game, Kevin sends the question that's hard for West. 1737 01:29:00.720 --> 01:29:03.600 I should know that I'm sorry Kevin Wes Harford in 1738 01:29:03.640 --> 01:29:07.680 the building. You know the vibes. I guess I'll answer first. Yeah, 1739 01:29:07.720 --> 01:29:11.039 I guess. I guess so, because like everyone's doing something different. 1740 01:29:11.399 --> 01:29:13.720 Everyone has their own lane. No one's trying to compete 1741 01:29:13.760 --> 01:29:15.960 in any other. Like Nintendo is very much on their own, 1742 01:29:16.079 --> 01:29:19.840 like they are separated from whatever. Sony and Xbox are 1743 01:29:19.880 --> 01:29:23.359 calling their console generations, like we have a handheld console hybrid. 1744 01:29:23.560 --> 01:29:26.359 We are making Nintendo games and we're porting older games here. 1745 01:29:26.359 --> 01:29:29.520 If you want to play those, leave us alone. They're 1746 01:29:29.800 --> 01:29:32.319 being left alone. Xbox is like we're all in on 1747 01:29:32.640 --> 01:29:35.000 game Pass or service. We bought a bunch of studios. 1748 01:29:35.279 --> 01:29:37.600 So and in a way, there's still Xbox in PlayStation. 1749 01:29:37.720 --> 01:29:41.000 Are still competitors, but they're not They're not like trying 1750 01:29:41.319 --> 01:29:43.720 It's not like a dick measuring contest anymore. They're not 1751 01:29:43.800 --> 01:29:46.319 trying to like whip it out on stage by bam. 1752 01:29:46.520 --> 01:29:50.039 Yeah we're we we got y'all here, like you know 1753 01:29:50.039 --> 01:29:52.720 what I'm saying. So they're each they're I feel like 1754 01:29:52.760 --> 01:29:55.920 they're very respectful of each Other's what they're trying to do. 1755 01:29:56.359 --> 01:29:59.600 So game Pass providing the best service you bang for 1756 01:29:59.640 --> 01:30:03.760 your bu optimizing games for the platform and incorporating the 1757 01:30:04.079 --> 01:30:08.159 entire Xbox generation like all Xbox generations from three sixty 1758 01:30:08.359 --> 01:30:11.399 the original. Make sure everything on Xbox One is also 1759 01:30:11.520 --> 01:30:14.600 on series consoles, and make sure the series X and 1760 01:30:14.760 --> 01:30:17.720 S runs those the best PlayStation has their exclusives, they 1761 01:30:17.800 --> 01:30:21.720 have their first party studios, and they kind of have 1762 01:30:21.880 --> 01:30:24.479 that unlocked because it's like one banger after the other, 1763 01:30:25.199 --> 01:30:27.760 and Xbox is gonna assume they're gonna have one banger 1764 01:30:27.840 --> 01:30:32.039 after the other as well. So, like I think, more 1765 01:30:32.199 --> 01:30:36.960 now than ever, I think having both consoles as beneficial. 1766 01:30:37.319 --> 01:30:39.119 Or if you want to play Xbox games, you play 1767 01:30:39.159 --> 01:30:41.880 on PC because Xbox they don't care if you're playing 1768 01:30:41.880 --> 01:30:43.359 on PC or on a console as long as you 1769 01:30:43.399 --> 01:30:46.079 play in their games, right, So, and I think that 1770 01:30:46.199 --> 01:30:48.760 that's the game changer there is that Xbox is in 1771 01:30:48.880 --> 01:30:51.960 a way platform agnostic, that if you want to play 1772 01:30:51.960 --> 01:30:54.119 a mole, if you want to play on PC, if 1773 01:30:54.439 --> 01:30:57.279 like like death Loop is a big PlayStation game, but 1774 01:30:57.359 --> 01:30:59.720 that's coming from Bethesa, but they're like, you know, play 1775 01:30:59.760 --> 01:31:02.520 that game if y'all want. We Hapathea in the future, 1776 01:31:02.640 --> 01:31:06.920 so we're not tripping. It feels a lot of right, 1777 01:31:07.359 --> 01:31:09.600 It feels a lot less hostile, I guess, but that's 1778 01:31:10.159 --> 01:31:13.359 at least at the like the presentation level in terms 1779 01:31:13.359 --> 01:31:15.520 of the fan bases. I can't speak to that, so 1780 01:31:16.119 --> 01:31:17.600 I don't know, but I'm kind of I'm kind of 1781 01:31:17.640 --> 01:31:18.439 with Kevin on this one. 1782 01:31:19.279 --> 01:31:23.000 Yeah, I am too. I I think it feels like 1783 01:31:23.159 --> 01:31:28.479 maybe like the actual companies care less than the fans do. 1784 01:31:29.159 --> 01:31:31.079 It's sort of how like, I don't know, like we 1785 01:31:31.239 --> 01:31:33.840 still get comments in like our videos that are like 1786 01:31:34.560 --> 01:31:36.920 I g N versus Game Spot, like oh, like you 1787 01:31:37.000 --> 01:31:38.960 guys are so much better, like I G and and 1788 01:31:39.079 --> 01:31:41.119 and I'm like, we don't care, Max. 1789 01:31:41.239 --> 01:31:43.039 We don't know, we don't care, we don't care. 1790 01:31:43.199 --> 01:31:43.560 And I know. 1791 01:31:45.920 --> 01:31:51.279 We don't care, don't care, we don't care, doesn't care, 1792 01:31:51.880 --> 01:31:54.800 And so like it's this weird beef that like the 1793 01:31:54.960 --> 01:31:58.439 audience still thinks exists or wants to perpetuate. And I 1794 01:31:58.560 --> 01:32:00.960 feel like that's like I don't know, Like I'm sure 1795 01:32:01.239 --> 01:32:03.680 on some level there are some maybe executives that are 1796 01:32:03.720 --> 01:32:05.920 like we gotta beat Sony or we gotta beat Microsoft, 1797 01:32:05.960 --> 01:32:08.680 but I think I get the feeling they kind of 1798 01:32:08.760 --> 01:32:11.079 are like whatever, man, Like we're just doing our thing. 1799 01:32:11.119 --> 01:32:14.199 They're doing their thing. Like we're all making money like whatever. 1800 01:32:14.520 --> 01:32:14.680 You know. 1801 01:32:15.439 --> 01:32:18.000 Oh, I watched three ig in videos this morning while 1802 01:32:18.039 --> 01:32:20.680 I was working out and raised a great time. I 1803 01:32:21.720 --> 01:32:23.760 gave him the clicks, I gave him the watch time. 1804 01:32:23.920 --> 01:32:25.880 I was like, this is good last content. 1805 01:32:26.239 --> 01:32:26.640 I love it? 1806 01:32:26.960 --> 01:32:27.439 Bummed up? 1807 01:32:27.600 --> 01:32:29.800 Was it on the was it any recommended feed? So 1808 01:32:29.880 --> 01:32:31.880 it's like the click through rate and like recommended and 1809 01:32:31.920 --> 01:32:32.079 all that. 1810 01:32:32.239 --> 01:32:35.399 Well, I I went through it was recommended video and 1811 01:32:35.479 --> 01:32:38.319 then I went to the channel and I found two 1812 01:32:38.359 --> 01:32:41.920 more videos. I'm gonna, I'm gonna I do that. Like 1813 01:32:42.359 --> 01:32:44.960 obviously they make good ship and they're off they're are friends. 1814 01:32:45.079 --> 01:32:49.840 So yeah, yeah, and like that. That's that same approach 1815 01:32:49.920 --> 01:32:52.199 works for like all all of I think that's the 1816 01:32:52.239 --> 01:32:54.760 same approach people should take to all video game consoles. 1817 01:32:55.520 --> 01:32:59.520 Just support them. If you can go where the games are, 1818 01:32:59.640 --> 01:33:02.680 go away comfortable. Yeah, if you want to, like I 1819 01:33:03.119 --> 01:33:09.520 think beefing over over what console you own, grow a 1820 01:33:10.239 --> 01:33:14.560 grip and a touch. Yeah, that is what I'm saying. 1821 01:33:15.000 --> 01:33:20.079 Touch grass e Evan, Can you read the next question 1822 01:33:20.279 --> 01:33:22.239 that comes from a trustee patch notes? 1823 01:33:23.279 --> 01:33:27.000 Yes, I can. G said, crew, what modern QOL quality 1824 01:33:27.039 --> 01:33:29.319 of life improvements that are common in today's hot games. 1825 01:33:29.319 --> 01:33:31.840 Would you like to see implemented outside? 1826 01:33:32.199 --> 01:33:32.359 Oh? 1827 01:33:33.840 --> 01:33:35.960 Oh man, if I could, if I could, if I 1828 01:33:36.039 --> 01:33:38.840 could go, if I could go to sleep and wake 1829 01:33:38.960 --> 01:33:41.039 up in the same way that we can suspend and 1830 01:33:41.199 --> 01:33:44.439 resume games, I would be one hundred percent up for that. 1831 01:33:44.640 --> 01:33:47.760 Oh man, that'd be cool. I want to I want 1832 01:33:47.840 --> 01:33:49.640 like trophies, like when I do stuff, I want to 1833 01:33:51.119 --> 01:33:54.239 this task and I get a little bit and then 1834 01:33:54.279 --> 01:33:56.520 you get a platinum for completing everything, and you're like 1835 01:33:56.680 --> 01:33:58.560 I did everything instead of like, you know, you have 1836 01:33:58.600 --> 01:34:00.479 to work out and like eat right, yet they continue 1837 01:34:00.520 --> 01:34:02.199 to do that. You get like the platinum and working out, 1838 01:34:02.199 --> 01:34:03.439 and then it's like it's done, you did it. 1839 01:34:03.560 --> 01:34:06.000 Or gives you a percentage, so you're like, man, like, oh, 1840 01:34:06.079 --> 01:34:09.039 I know I'm at fifty before I get like swool, 1841 01:34:09.359 --> 01:34:12.239 Like all right, I know I'm making progress. Let's keep going. 1842 01:34:12.520 --> 01:34:15.239 Yeah, come on, we all fast travel bro Fast travel 1843 01:34:15.279 --> 01:34:16.880 has been in games, but like the way in which 1844 01:34:17.000 --> 01:34:19.960 it's been like so common and like you don't have 1845 01:34:20.079 --> 01:34:22.239 to necessarily like as long as you've been there, you 1846 01:34:22.279 --> 01:34:25.000 can fast travel there. That's what I want, you know, 1847 01:34:25.199 --> 01:34:27.079 so like I don't got to like keep flying to 1848 01:34:27.119 --> 01:34:30.119 New York I could just be like boom fast travel baby, 1849 01:34:30.479 --> 01:34:32.520 Like I'm gonna I don't mind, like the time can 1850 01:34:32.600 --> 01:34:34.359 pass by, but the fact that I don't have to 1851 01:34:34.399 --> 01:34:36.279 sit on a plane for six hours, y'all let's go. 1852 01:34:36.640 --> 01:34:37.760 Yeah, yeah, yeah, go. 1853 01:34:37.800 --> 01:34:38.439 To the airport too. 1854 01:34:38.479 --> 01:34:39.640 Absolutely a good one. 1855 01:34:39.720 --> 01:34:42.760 But what if it was like Nintendo is locked behind 1856 01:34:42.800 --> 01:34:44.439 a plastic figure you had to pay money for. 1857 01:34:44.560 --> 01:34:48.279 You know, that's fine, that's I'll take it by my own. 1858 01:34:48.479 --> 01:34:51.119 You've got you've you've got a buyer. It's like GTA 1859 01:34:51.279 --> 01:34:53.119 mixed with a mebo. You've got to buy a building 1860 01:34:53.159 --> 01:34:56.239 in the city that you want to go to travel. 1861 01:34:57.880 --> 01:35:01.720 I'm I'm not here to play be Richard Branson or 1862 01:35:01.880 --> 01:35:04.239 Jeff Bezils just so I could fast. 1863 01:35:05.520 --> 01:35:07.279 I mean it could be any it could be any 1864 01:35:07.319 --> 01:35:09.039 buildings that you can buy, like a shack in the 1865 01:35:09.119 --> 01:35:10.199 middle of noway. 1866 01:35:10.199 --> 01:35:12.479 Like how easy is my property? Yes? 1867 01:35:12.600 --> 01:35:19.479 Like yeah, I think those are a good selection. 1868 01:35:19.880 --> 01:35:23.239 I'm gonna say infinite inventory. I just want I just 1869 01:35:23.279 --> 01:35:24.880 want to bag. I can open up, I can take 1870 01:35:24.920 --> 01:35:27.960 whatever I want out. I could have everything there just. 1871 01:35:28.000 --> 01:35:31.039 You know, it's what I would like. Patch up dates 1872 01:35:31.239 --> 01:35:33.720 to myself Like yeah, you know what I'm saying, like. 1873 01:35:34.239 --> 01:35:36.520 Dude, my body it needs a patch up date, like 1874 01:35:37.079 --> 01:35:40.319 this has broken, Like fix it the heart surgery patch 1875 01:35:40.399 --> 01:35:40.960 up date. That's it. 1876 01:35:42.840 --> 01:35:47.760 Yeah, okay, final question comes from Trilands, who's a writer 1877 01:35:48.399 --> 01:35:50.680 you would love to see write a video game or 1878 01:35:50.760 --> 01:35:55.319 be a consultant for an existing one. Mm hmm. That's 1879 01:35:55.359 --> 01:36:00.840 a great idea. I mean, like this is obviously drawing 1880 01:36:00.880 --> 01:36:04.279 inspiration from George R. R. Martin and elden Ring. 1881 01:36:04.520 --> 01:36:07.399 But he said it, and he said the game name. 1882 01:36:07.560 --> 01:36:10.560 I said it, said, what's what's elder Ring? I haven't 1883 01:36:10.560 --> 01:36:10.960 heard about it? 1884 01:36:11.439 --> 01:36:13.079 You know, how do I because it's not on Baby 1885 01:36:13.079 --> 01:36:13.680 game Nintendo? 1886 01:36:13.840 --> 01:36:14.880 Is it right? 1887 01:36:15.000 --> 01:36:15.319 Exactly? 1888 01:36:15.319 --> 01:36:16.000 That's why I never heard. 1889 01:36:20.000 --> 01:36:22.159 Oh, Eldon Ring on the switch. Imagine that that would 1890 01:36:22.159 --> 01:36:23.079 be one ahead of the thing. 1891 01:36:24.199 --> 01:36:28.840 Like the sector that yeah apparently ran actually get a 1892 01:36:28.840 --> 01:36:31.079 Steam back you could probably run it, okay, Yeah, I 1893 01:36:31.159 --> 01:36:34.079 mean like Dolls elden Ring portable with the Steam doc. 1894 01:36:34.399 --> 01:36:36.840 Yeah, you can doxols on on switch. Is actually pretty good, 1895 01:36:36.920 --> 01:36:38.720 Like I enjoyed that version of the game. I think 1896 01:36:38.800 --> 01:36:41.920 it's got the original lighting in certain different chunks of it. 1897 01:36:42.159 --> 01:36:45.439 It's a good game. I can't think of very many 1898 01:36:46.199 --> 01:36:51.760 Like I was I was gonna say eto, and I mean, 1899 01:36:51.840 --> 01:36:52.319 let's get that. 1900 01:36:53.640 --> 01:36:54.840 I still like that that would be. 1901 01:36:54.840 --> 01:36:58.399 Pretty good working. Yeah, that's that's my one. 1902 01:36:59.600 --> 01:37:04.239 There's I don't know. I feel like like Bill Nye 1903 01:37:04.359 --> 01:37:07.520 is a writer as well as Neil de grass Tyson. 1904 01:37:07.560 --> 01:37:09.720 I mean, obviously they have different jobs, but they published 1905 01:37:10.560 --> 01:37:13.960 their authors of their own books. I don't know, maybe 1906 01:37:14.000 --> 01:37:19.279 they can consult or write a sci fi opera or 1907 01:37:19.399 --> 01:37:21.920 space opera. Maybe I feel like that they would have 1908 01:37:22.880 --> 01:37:26.479 wild ideas. Maybe it'll get too technical, but I imagine 1909 01:37:26.520 --> 01:37:29.800 like something like mass effects consulted with Bill nine, Nilda 1910 01:37:29.800 --> 01:37:34.359 grass Tyson or any other like cool astrophysicists that can 1911 01:37:34.560 --> 01:37:35.840 pitch in on ideas. 1912 01:37:35.520 --> 01:37:38.159 For that which one of them is a bomber, Because 1913 01:37:38.199 --> 01:37:40.479 one of them is. There's one of these space experts 1914 01:37:40.520 --> 01:37:43.279 that's always just being a boma. It's neildograss Tyson. I 1915 01:37:43.319 --> 01:37:45.640 think it is. He's always just being like, actually, that's 1916 01:37:45.720 --> 01:37:46.439 not how it works on. 1917 01:37:47.279 --> 01:37:50.680 Yah one thousand percent of well actually, but like he's 1918 01:37:50.960 --> 01:37:52.239 well meaning for the most part. 1919 01:37:53.079 --> 01:37:55.880 Yeah, I feel like he would never let a sci 1920 01:37:56.000 --> 01:37:58.640 fi project come to completion because he'll be like, no 1921 01:37:59.199 --> 01:38:01.920 mass effect generate, this cannot exist. So we have to 1922 01:38:01.960 --> 01:38:02.359 cancel this. 1923 01:38:02.880 --> 01:38:05.760 Are just like ship. 1924 01:38:06.439 --> 01:38:11.359 Yeah, I've actually got I was gonna say I've actually 1925 01:38:11.359 --> 01:38:14.159 got different once I think the right that I would 1926 01:38:14.199 --> 01:38:15.520 love to see write a video game. Will be a 1927 01:38:15.560 --> 01:38:17.039 consultant on a video game? 1928 01:38:17.199 --> 01:38:17.439 Is me? 1929 01:38:21.000 --> 01:38:23.760 Yeah? Game? Do you consult done? 1930 01:38:24.800 --> 01:38:26.520 I don't know, I'll do anything. 1931 01:38:27.720 --> 01:38:30.239 You're kinda kind of gonna be my answer because I'm like, 1932 01:38:30.279 --> 01:38:32.760 I don't read books. I don't know any writers except 1933 01:38:32.800 --> 01:38:34.359 for you guys. So I would like to see I 1934 01:38:34.479 --> 01:38:37.880 like to see Michael make his Oonna JRPG like I 1935 01:38:37.920 --> 01:38:41.640 want I want to see Michael's What Michael's like Ultimate JRPG. 1936 01:38:42.319 --> 01:38:45.359 Is Listen, you're a high school student. You get pick 1937 01:38:45.439 --> 01:38:48.880 hours from a dude with a long ass nose, you 1938 01:38:49.000 --> 01:38:51.960 take down capitalism. Bam bam BAM's done. You know what 1939 01:38:52.000 --> 01:38:52.399 I'm saying. 1940 01:38:53.039 --> 01:38:53.640 You heard it here. 1941 01:38:53.720 --> 01:39:00.039 First, Michael is writing PERSONA six, Michael, Michael. 1942 01:38:59.840 --> 01:39:02.479 Is reading Season Desist that that's what he's reading. 1943 01:39:02.560 --> 01:39:04.960 That is that is the Fall twenty twenty announcement. Damn 1944 01:39:05.000 --> 01:39:08.399 dog relax. I was gonna say Belinda Garcia, but she's 1945 01:39:08.439 --> 01:39:10.840 already doing that. So shouts out to the whole BA. 1946 01:39:12.239 --> 01:39:15.520 Yeah, Michael Hyam's persona. Imagine that on a box. 1947 01:39:16.119 --> 01:39:17.199 Oh, god by it. 1948 01:39:19.199 --> 01:39:22.439 Evan, you've got any idea as well, right, I don't know. 1949 01:39:22.760 --> 01:39:25.600 I like the idea of game Spot and IGN staff 1950 01:39:25.600 --> 01:39:26.520 because we like IGN. 1951 01:39:26.880 --> 01:39:26.960 Uh. 1952 01:39:27.119 --> 01:39:30.399 Oh yeah, them writing video games and yeah, you know, 1953 01:39:30.479 --> 01:39:32.680 let's see uh. I want to see matt A. Spinelli's 1954 01:39:32.720 --> 01:39:33.399 game for sure. 1955 01:39:33.479 --> 01:39:34.119 I want to see that. 1956 01:39:34.560 --> 01:39:37.520 Yeah, Jordan, I want to see what Jordan has. I 1957 01:39:37.560 --> 01:39:39.680 think Jordan can write something. Everyone everyone on staff. I 1958 01:39:39.720 --> 01:39:41.800 ever want to see us on video Yeah, I want 1959 01:39:41.800 --> 01:39:42.800 to see us try to write a game. 1960 01:39:42.800 --> 01:39:43.720 We'd probably be terrible. 1961 01:39:43.920 --> 01:39:45.239 I want to play Ben Jenkins. 1962 01:39:45.880 --> 01:39:49.600 Yeah, yo game Final Fantasy fourteen next expansion written by 1963 01:39:49.760 --> 01:39:50.399 Ben Jenco. 1964 01:39:51.520 --> 01:39:53.000 I want to. I want to see Kurt write the 1965 01:39:53.039 --> 01:39:55.279 true fiction video game that I can play where he's 1966 01:39:55.359 --> 01:39:56.279 like investigating stuff. 1967 01:39:56.279 --> 01:39:59.560 I want. I want Cali to I want a dating 1968 01:39:59.600 --> 01:40:02.239 sim written by Cali. That's what I want. 1969 01:40:02.439 --> 01:40:03.319 Yeah, that'd be good. 1970 01:40:04.159 --> 01:40:04.399 Switch. 1971 01:40:04.479 --> 01:40:08.239 I mean she she's a consultant and developing on games. 1972 01:40:08.279 --> 01:40:11.479 I guess now technically so she did it. She's living 1973 01:40:11.560 --> 01:40:14.479 our dream. I'd love to see it. I also like, 1974 01:40:14.520 --> 01:40:16.560 I just remembered Kurt, like, I don't wonder I need 1975 01:40:16.640 --> 01:40:19.199 to note to self, tell Kirt to play Backbone because 1976 01:40:19.199 --> 01:40:20.640 that's another game that I started playing and it is 1977 01:40:20.720 --> 01:40:26.840 onely right. That is up many of Kurt's bits. 1978 01:40:28.000 --> 01:40:28.359 Let's go. 1979 01:40:30.079 --> 01:40:33.720 And that's the episode of a game spot after Dark 1980 01:40:33.880 --> 01:40:39.039 for this week, Plugs Plugs, Plugs Time. Jean Luke, what 1981 01:40:39.039 --> 01:40:39.520 you've been up to. 1982 01:40:42.359 --> 01:40:45.760 I have been on the Giant BombCast, second week in 1983 01:40:45.800 --> 01:40:48.319 a row, filling in for jam Go check that out, 1984 01:40:48.600 --> 01:40:53.159 good time. We talked about how somebody sold a copy 1985 01:40:53.199 --> 01:40:55.439 of my sixty four for one point five million dollars. 1986 01:40:55.479 --> 01:40:56.319 That story is nuts. 1987 01:40:57.520 --> 01:41:01.199 These nuts well twise man can't do it twice. 1988 01:41:01.880 --> 01:41:02.479 I'm sorry. 1989 01:41:04.479 --> 01:41:07.439 And if you're listening to this on Friday, as of 1990 01:41:07.520 --> 01:41:09.760 release of this podcast, I will be helping out on 1991 01:41:09.920 --> 01:41:12.640 unprofessional Fridays. So if you're a Giant Pond Premium memory, 1992 01:41:12.640 --> 01:41:14.720 you should go, uh check that out. Should be a 1993 01:41:14.720 --> 01:41:20.239 good time. Otherwise, I am just doing behind the scenes 1994 01:41:20.279 --> 01:41:23.119 stuff with live streams, you know, keeping things afloat. 1995 01:41:23.239 --> 01:41:25.039 You know it is Michael. 1996 01:41:26.680 --> 01:41:28.520 You can find me in all of my bullshit at 1997 01:41:28.560 --> 01:41:32.199 Michael Phiam on Twitter. I am. I'm back in the 1998 01:41:32.199 --> 01:41:35.319 swing of things a little bit. I'm working on reviewing 1999 01:41:35.399 --> 01:41:40.319 some things I've got some features lined up and and 2000 01:41:40.560 --> 01:41:43.600 I am excited to go into meetings now every day 2001 01:41:44.119 --> 01:41:47.279 here at GameSpot because I might get to see brinks. 2002 01:41:47.399 --> 01:41:50.279 Oh my gosh, if you're watching the video version, Jean 2003 01:41:50.359 --> 01:41:55.600 Lucas cat, I thought this video version. 2004 01:41:58.880 --> 01:42:01.560 During the episode, Jean Luke has a new cat. 2005 01:42:02.119 --> 01:42:06.279 Mexicoville is old cat is now Jean Lups cat, and 2006 01:42:06.680 --> 01:42:09.199 she surell feel we cute. Oh my gosh, I love 2007 01:42:09.279 --> 01:42:09.720 you Boints. 2008 01:42:10.600 --> 01:42:13.479 That's how much we love Igan. We're adopting their pets. Yeah, 2009 01:42:14.159 --> 01:42:16.279 Evan Langa, where can people find you on what you've 2010 01:42:16.279 --> 01:42:16.600 been up to? 2011 01:42:17.479 --> 01:42:20.199 You can find me on Twitter at Evan Langer ninety eight. 2012 01:42:20.520 --> 01:42:22.800 And I'm just gonna plug all the Skyward Sword content 2013 01:42:22.840 --> 01:42:25.439 we've been doing. You can read the review by Kevin 2014 01:42:25.479 --> 01:42:27.439 Kenezevik and then the video review that was edited by 2015 01:42:27.520 --> 01:42:29.119 Richard Lee, and then all the stuff I've done. You 2016 01:42:29.199 --> 01:42:31.960 could check out. I did a weaver Switch graphics comparison. 2017 01:42:32.720 --> 01:42:34.439 There's ten minutes of gameplay you could check out on 2018 01:42:34.520 --> 01:42:38.520 our second trailer GameSpot Trailers. You can watch the live stream. 2019 01:42:38.560 --> 01:42:41.159 Curta and I did the VOD of that, and then 2020 01:42:41.159 --> 01:42:44.760 I'm also working on Biggest Changes video, which should hopefully 2021 01:42:44.800 --> 01:42:46.239 be up by the end of the week, which I'm 2022 01:42:46.279 --> 01:42:48.720 currently in the process of editing. So yeah, if you're 2023 01:42:48.760 --> 01:42:51.720 interested in skywritzwort HD, I recommend checking all that stuff out. 2024 01:42:52.319 --> 01:42:54.840 Yeah, and you can find me on Twitter at two 2025 01:42:54.880 --> 01:42:59.279 more h where I'm uposite in babies by saying souls 2026 01:42:59.319 --> 01:43:04.520 games should be accessible. I'm also if you go to 2027 01:43:04.600 --> 01:43:07.800 giant Bomb and you can watch Born to Run, a 2028 01:43:09.119 --> 01:43:13.239 video game series about playing from software games which features 2029 01:43:13.279 --> 01:43:17.000 me and Danny. You can find shorter edited versions on 2030 01:43:17.119 --> 01:43:21.039 YouTube Giant bombs YouTube page. They're about twenty minutes long. 2031 01:43:21.439 --> 01:43:23.560 If you want the full version, you need to be 2032 01:43:23.680 --> 01:43:26.479 a Giant Bomb Premium subscriber. They're about an hour long 2033 01:43:26.600 --> 01:43:30.319 and has way more bands and way more gameplay. I 2034 01:43:30.439 --> 01:43:34.840 would recommend if you like the free version on YouTube, 2035 01:43:34.960 --> 01:43:39.239 you should subscribe because let's just say, there's a good 2036 01:43:39.279 --> 01:43:42.319 reason to do it on giant Bomb. And that's all 2037 01:43:42.399 --> 01:43:47.119 I'll say for now, and that's it. We're going to 2038 01:43:47.239 --> 01:43:50.359 end this episode with a new segment that I call 2039 01:43:51.039 --> 01:43:54.840 Tweet of the Week. This yeah, okay, all right. This 2040 01:43:55.920 --> 01:43:58.720 Tweet of the Week comes from you know him, you 2041 01:43:58.840 --> 01:44:02.880 love Him? Hid or could you who tweeted? Who tweeted? 2042 01:44:03.560 --> 01:44:07.920 On July fifteenth, at one eighteen pm UK time, I 2043 01:44:08.079 --> 01:44:10.680 reviewed the trailers I've done in the past. I have 2044 01:44:10.800 --> 01:44:12.439 to say it's all well done. 2045 01:44:12.840 --> 01:44:16.920 Hell yeah, you know what respect. 2046 01:44:19.760 --> 01:44:20.119 About that. 2047 01:44:20.399 --> 01:44:22.840 A bunch of people probably reply with the Obama giving 2048 01:44:22.880 --> 01:44:26.640 Obama the medal. You know that's you know energy, You 2049 01:44:26.680 --> 01:44:28.279 should be proud of your work, and you know what, 2050 01:44:28.960 --> 01:44:34.039 that's He's not wrong. Also, I just remember July fifteenth, 2051 01:44:34.640 --> 01:44:35.359 it's my birthday. 2052 01:44:41.560 --> 01:44:45.479 Birthday to Michael Hyam. Be like Michael Hyam and Hideo Kajima, 2053 01:44:45.600 --> 01:44:47.840 be your own biggest fan and guess yourself up this 2054 01:44:48.000 --> 01:44:50.640 week and we will talk to you again next week. 2055 01:44:50.720 --> 01:44:52.319 Goodbye everyone, Peace. 2056 01:45:02.680 --> 01:45:18.479 M Truant, M Trump the m Trante think fromthing e