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<v Speaker 1>On this week's episode of Game Spot after Dark, we

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<v Speaker 1>are joined by the freelancer extraordinaire Funky Joseph to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about Mafia Definitive Edition, the Bethesda acquisition, and the state

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<v Speaker 1>of next gen console pre orders. Hello and welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>episode six zero of Game Spot After Dark. I'm your

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<v Speaker 1>host Jake Decker, and joining me this week is Lucy James, Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>Kelli Plaguey, Hello, and Funky Joseph.

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<v Speaker 2>Howdy gamers, Thank you for joining us. Thank you so

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<v Speaker 2>much for having me.

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<v Speaker 3>We're so excited to have you because you've done some

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<v Speaker 3>reviews for us, some like cool content. Now we get

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<v Speaker 3>to talk to you face to face while like it's

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<v Speaker 3>sort of.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, zoom to zoom. When I told CALLI, I like

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<v Speaker 1>reached out to see if you wanted to be on,

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<v Speaker 1>she was like, I have to be on that episode, please,

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<v Speaker 1>I need to be on that episode. No.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I guess I've been Freeline for a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>years now, and this month, I guess marks the one

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<v Speaker 2>year I've been like doing stuff with Game Spot. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so that's super exciting. Thank you all for having me on.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been a blast.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you for joining us.

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<v Speaker 4>Seriously, your name is always on the icy like pop

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<v Speaker 4>up all the time.

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<v Speaker 3>But I've never really interacted with you because you're hilarious

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<v Speaker 3>on Twitter, so I just get retweeted into my timeline constantly.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh, Oh the blue site it is?

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<v Speaker 3>It is?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I have such a bittersweet relationship with

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<v Speaker 2>that website. It's so much like chaos and also some

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes funny stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, that's the tagline of Twitter dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, gotta strike a balance. What that balance is, I

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<v Speaker 1>have no clue. I don't think anyone truly knows, but

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<v Speaker 1>right got to figure it out somehow. But anyway, we

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<v Speaker 1>start this show off with what we've been playing. But

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<v Speaker 1>since we've got a guest here, we're gonna start with

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<v Speaker 1>the Chris from Dayton, Ohio segment. Not quite in sync,

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<v Speaker 1>but it is pretty good. I think I think we

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<v Speaker 1>can like to more here, you know, to spearhead it well.

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<v Speaker 4>Also, if we had time here, he could provide the bass.

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<v Speaker 4>Cally and I are.

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<v Speaker 1>Very yeah, yeah, it's true.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a really good theme song comes in like very

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<v Speaker 2>smoothly at the end.

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<v Speaker 3>It's an original composition, oh.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it though? But anyway, this is the segment where

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<v Speaker 1>you have an opportunity to introduce yourself. You can kind

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<v Speaker 1>of tell us whatever you'd like, whether like your favorite games,

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<v Speaker 1>games that you always returned to, how you got into

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<v Speaker 1>this industry, what your favorite food is. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 1>can tell us whatever whatever you'd like.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, this is this is awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been freelancing in the industry for a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>years now. Wow. Yeah, a couple of years. That's pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm still a student, but when I have free time,

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<v Speaker 2>I love to like write and talk about games. They're

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<v Speaker 2>very cool and silly, and I just feel like there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot to explore and dig into, like how they

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<v Speaker 2>affect and reflect real life. And yeah, I just feel

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<v Speaker 2>really lucky to be able to explore that. As like

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<v Speaker 2>a job, I write features and stuff for places like IGN, Vice,

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<v Speaker 2>Paced Games fan by PC gamer uh, And I do

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<v Speaker 2>like streaming on Twitch. I do variety streams, play a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of fun games with my friends. Yeah, okay, favorite games. Recently,

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<v Speaker 2>I beat Control and that has been on my mind.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like already one of my faves. I'm like, dang,

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<v Speaker 2>this game is crazy. Yes, it is the hole aesthetic

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't know, I just dig it. Mirror's Edge

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<v Speaker 2>is also top notch. I love Parkour and I can't

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<v Speaker 2>do it, so that is that is what I play. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>roguelikes like narrative games, also fighting games. I'll beat anyone

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<v Speaker 2>in Smash Bros. Big Challenge, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate is

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<v Speaker 2>my game. I played Lucas and it's ice cold.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh no, Lucas. You know Lucas, this guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone loves it when I play Lucas.

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<v Speaker 2>They just love the PK Freeze.

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<v Speaker 1>And then it's j yes it is so I was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was Christmas and my cousin played Lucas one time

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<v Speaker 2>and just like kept freezing me, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>is this allowed? Like does Nintendo know this is in

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<v Speaker 2>the game. So I just picked up the character too.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a great little.

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<v Speaker 1>Guy, I know, so good. I don't I don't get

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<v Speaker 1>why people hate him so much. I think he's great.

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<v Speaker 1>The whole p K Fire, PK Freeze combo is is great.

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<v Speaker 3>No, and I'm just mad, but yeah. I I also

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<v Speaker 3>started freelancing as a student, so that was really exciting

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<v Speaker 3>when we picked you up as a freelancer Reviews because

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<v Speaker 3>industry and I've really liked reading your features at other sites,

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<v Speaker 3>so it's been awesome to work with you and also

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<v Speaker 3>to have you on the show. I'm just very excited.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want to play smash with you, though, I

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<v Speaker 3>think I would just get up, come on, we got.

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<v Speaker 2>It is so much fun.

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<v Speaker 3>I have no place talking about how annoying Lucas is

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<v Speaker 3>when I played down be Kirby like I can't talk.

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<v Speaker 3>I I it's not fair. But I still find Lucas

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<v Speaker 3>so annoying.

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<v Speaker 1>He is he is.

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<v Speaker 2>No, but thank you so much. I really appreciate that.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, and what is your favorite food? I think

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<v Speaker 3>that was a question, Jake. That's a new one we're.

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<v Speaker 1>Talking about there. We used to have that whole list

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<v Speaker 1>of questions remember that we'd go through, but it was

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<v Speaker 3>It was very long.

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<v Speaker 2>My favorite food, okay, I gotta say, like a nice

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<v Speaker 2>Montreal bago like cheese and better that's it. Maybe a

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, my roommate would approve.

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<v Speaker 4>She is from Montreal, and nothing here, no bagels here

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<v Speaker 4>to compare.

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<v Speaker 2>Apparently they're built different. They just fundamentally are built different

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<v Speaker 2>in Montreal. I don't know how they're doing.

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<v Speaker 3>It, but I didn't know Montreal was known for its bagels.

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<v Speaker 3>But somebody told me I think it was Mike Maharty,

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<v Speaker 3>friend of the show, that the reason New York bagels

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<v Speaker 3>are different from San Francisco bagels has something to do

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<v Speaker 3>with the water. And I was like, it could just

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<v Speaker 3>be Mike bullshitting me.

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<v Speaker 1>Sounds like Mike bullshit.

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<v Speaker 3>It might not be, so I just was like, that's

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<v Speaker 3>a new factor that I know, and then I didn't

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<v Speaker 3>google it.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, that's the thing about Mike bullshit is that every

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<v Speaker 4>so often he has a little truth in there yea,

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<v Speaker 4>and which makes you can't even you can't trust him.

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<v Speaker 1>He texted me they saying happy birthday, and I was like, immediately,

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, what's this about. You know, it's like

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing a bit from the office, and I was like, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's your birthday. Happy birthday, Mike?

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<v Speaker 3>Is it his birthday? Birthday? Oh no, I feel Mike Maharty, Wait,

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<v Speaker 3>I bet you, I bet you.

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<v Speaker 5>He texted me on that day, but just about something

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<v Speaker 5>completely different.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, Well, anyway, we should move on to what

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<v Speaker 1>we've been playing. Lucy, do you want to start with this,

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<v Speaker 1>because that's not a game that you have there.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, it's because the prompt says what we've been playing

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<v Speaker 4>or doing. And while I have been playing a bunch

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<v Speaker 4>of Hades, which is fantastic, Cally, you and I've talked

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<v Speaker 4>about it a little bit about just how attractive everyone

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<v Speaker 4>is in that game.

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<v Speaker 3>They're so pretty, is so hot in that game.

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<v Speaker 2>It's ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 5>It's also very very fun game.

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<v Speaker 4>But I watched Console Wars yesterday and we won't be

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<v Speaker 4>able to say this so much longer. A fine CBS property,

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<v Speaker 4>But it's based on the book by Blake Harris, which

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<v Speaker 4>I'm actually in the middle of reading, and it kind

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<v Speaker 4>of follows the rise of Saga if you've never heard.

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<v Speaker 5>Console follows the rise of Saga in the eighties.

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<v Speaker 4>And early nineties, and is wild how many people they've

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<v Speaker 4>got to appear on, like to be interviewed, like all

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<v Speaker 4>of Nintendo's top marketing people, people from like Tom Kolinski

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<v Speaker 4>himself from the Saga side, and like that. Watching it

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<v Speaker 4>back now, it's like succession or something, just in terms

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<v Speaker 4>of how they'll backstab each other. And you know, people

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<v Speaker 4>go from Saga to Nintendo and vice versa, and the

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<v Speaker 4>incredible moment at E three ninety five, when you know,

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<v Speaker 4>like a guy who used to work at Sega went

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<v Speaker 4>up and completely undercut Sega on stage because he then

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<v Speaker 4>went to work for Sony, and like, yeah, it's oh,

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<v Speaker 4>it's an incredible moment. So Saga announced that the Satura

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<v Speaker 4>would be coming out now for three ninety nine, and

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<v Speaker 4>then this guy who used to work for Sega now

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<v Speaker 4>works for Sony went on stage to talk about the

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<v Speaker 4>PlayStation one and he just goes two ninety nine and

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<v Speaker 4>then left. What's the biggest mic job moment I've ever seen.

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<v Speaker 4>It's on YouTube. I think it's called like the Price

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<v Speaker 4>Heard around the world if you want to just watch

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<v Speaker 4>the clip. But they have some incredible access. They have

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<v Speaker 4>all of these, like they talked to the brand people

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<v Speaker 4>who are behind the Sega stuff and like looking back

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<v Speaker 4>at that.

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<v Speaker 1>Again, absolutely not.

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<v Speaker 3>You remind.

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<v Speaker 4>But it's it's a really cool, really cool look at

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<v Speaker 4>the kind of growth of you know, Sega, and then

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<v Speaker 4>even just a little bit of look at the the

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<v Speaker 4>hotspit on Sony even way back then.

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<v Speaker 3>It's only nineteen minutes as well, which.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like it speeds through a lot, and it

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<v Speaker 4>definitely I think assumes you have a lot of knowledge

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<v Speaker 4>on Saga and Nintendo, like at least current Saga in Nintendo,

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<v Speaker 4>or have some kind of background.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think total of the doc is seventeen minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh ninety sorry, nineteen.

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<v Speaker 4>Ninety, so it could I feel like it could have

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<v Speaker 4>been a three part series just to give things a

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<v Speaker 4>little bit more time to breathe.

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<v Speaker 5>But they do. They get through so much. It's really cool, especially.

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<v Speaker 3>For those of us who were children in the nineties

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<v Speaker 3>who just remember being like, I want to play the

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<v Speaker 3>Mario game.

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<v Speaker 4>They have a lot of footage of kids opening Nintendo

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<v Speaker 4>and Sega at Christmas, and there's one very very adorable

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<v Speaker 4>one where it's a boy that just opens the present

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<v Speaker 4>and he just goes it's a sorry PlayStation and then

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<v Speaker 4>he just immediately bursts its tears and goes huggins it

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<v Speaker 4>goes to hug his dad.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, oh, so cute.

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<v Speaker 3>But also it's like.

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<v Speaker 4>One final thing on it. It's the you know how

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<v Speaker 4>nowadays you get kind of like small digs between Sony

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<v Speaker 4>and Microsoft. You know, Sony taking the piss with that

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<v Speaker 4>video of how to share games, like Microsoft being cheeky

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<v Speaker 4>with memes and stuff. Back then, the stuff that Sega

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<v Speaker 4>would do to get one over on Nintendo was incredible.

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<v Speaker 5>They would have these adverts just totally shitting on Nintendo.

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<v Speaker 3>Sega does what Nintendo?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, pretty much and like just like you know, there

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<v Speaker 5>Incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>Really sounds like succession.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it's basically like succession.

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<v Speaker 2>Just what made them stop like being so aggressive with

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<v Speaker 4>Do you think because Nintendo did it to them? Like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>Nintendo totally swapped them locked around. They did to them

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<v Speaker 5>But it's it's a really cool like and also I

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<v Speaker 4>You know, we're at this point in time where we

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<v Speaker 5>The Atari landfill filled with et y goshes.

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<v Speaker 3>That was really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>So you have Console Wars nice Kelly, how about you?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, we talked about it last time, so I won't

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<v Speaker 3>talk about it in depth, but I have been playing

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<v Speaker 3>Splunky too. I didn't play the original, and I'm really

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<v Speaker 3>mad that I didn't because I've been enjoying it a

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<v Speaker 3>lot and the music has been stuck in my head.

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<v Speaker 3>So I just got this like cool, like like drum

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<v Speaker 3>beat going in my brain at all times. So that's fun.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I also finished my rewatch of Avatar last

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<v Speaker 3>Airbender's very emotional.

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<v Speaker 2>How's that?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my? I love it so much? Is my favorite

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<v Speaker 3>show ever. Also, The Ember Island Players is the best

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<v Speaker 3>recap episode of TV history. It's so good. And my

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<v Speaker 3>mom has seen Legend of Cora. I have it, so

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<v Speaker 3>my mom was like, we should watch Legend of Korra

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<v Speaker 3>and I was like, I'm not emotionally there yet, Like

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<v Speaker 3>So that's where I'm at. And then you know me,

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<v Speaker 3>I watched ninety Day Fiance.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a good time play Animal Crossing. I do

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<v Speaker 1>want to bring things back to Spelunky just quickly, because

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<v Speaker 1>last week I did say that the online was in

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<v Speaker 1>like a very bad state and it was really hard

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<v Speaker 1>to do any online matches or any online game play

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<v Speaker 1>at all, it seems like they fixed that now. Played

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<v Speaker 1>some with Cali, I've played some with a few other people,

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<v Speaker 1>and the online is much better now. So if you

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<v Speaker 1>are interested in Spelunky too, and you listened to me

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<v Speaker 1>last week said that the online was broken and you've

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<v Speaker 1>been waiting, it seems like the kinks have been worked

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's a lot more stable. I also think like

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<v Speaker 3>one of the cool things about it is that it's

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<v Speaker 3>pretty balanced between like the difficulty level playing by yourself

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<v Speaker 3>and with other people. Because if you're playing with somebody,

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<v Speaker 3>if you die, you turn into a ghost, so you

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<v Speaker 3>can kind of like help out. You have like a

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<v Speaker 3>little an attack and you can aid the other player,

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<v Speaker 3>which is handy. But when you're playing by yourself or

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<v Speaker 3>when you're playing with somebody, like, you still have to

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<v Speaker 3>manage like other aspects that make it tricky. So the

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<v Speaker 3>ghost thing doesn't make it too easy. So it seems

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<v Speaker 3>really really well balanced.

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<v Speaker 5>It's hard.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a hard game, Like, yeah, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't know how many runs I've done, but I think

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<v Speaker 1>I've only made it to like world three four is

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<v Speaker 1>the furthes stuff gotten. I don't even know how many

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<v Speaker 1>worlds there are. I think five maybe, but I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm excited to keep playing it. Okay, what do

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<v Speaker 1>you think of Control?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I'm I'm loving it. I don't know. I've played

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<v Speaker 2>through it in a week after putting it off for

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<v Speaker 2>over a year. I was like, oh my gosh, this

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<v Speaker 2>is like game of the year. Then I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh it came out last year.

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<v Speaker 3>I forgot.

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<v Speaker 2>I've just been so like in my like work loops

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<v Speaker 2>and like not even notice. But yeah, there's something just

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<v Speaker 2>about that office setting. It's like painted in this like

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<v Speaker 2>haunting sci fi sheen. It's just like very creepy and

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<v Speaker 2>like while you're exploring the whole building and you just

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<v Speaker 2>like look up and then you'll see a body floating,

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<v Speaker 2>just like suspended in mid air.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was just like, whoa.

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<v Speaker 2>This is like it maintains that intensity the whole time,

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<v Speaker 2>even when you're just like walking to like some short objective.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very very fun. And the way I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like my favorite superhero game because the way it

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<v Speaker 2>introduces your powers, it's just like I didn't even realize

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna be able to fly until give you

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<v Speaker 2>the power, like what halfway through and I was just like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>like the whole level level design changes and you can

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<v Speaker 2>just like float up high and use your telekinesis from

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<v Speaker 2>the sky. It's just like solid game from fronts of back.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very very cool.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and then you have those like Metroid Venous style

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<v Speaker 3>elements of like you realize like, oh that weird thing

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<v Speaker 3>I saw, now I can actually do something with it

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<v Speaker 3>because I have this new ability, and so you keep

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<v Speaker 3>learning the oldest house and I think that's one of

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<v Speaker 3>Control's strengths. What did you think of the checkpointing? Because

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<v Speaker 3>I know that was like a big thing for people,

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<v Speaker 3>and it didn't bother me too much. I was able

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<v Speaker 3>to get through it okay. But it has a change

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<v Speaker 3>now though it has changed a little bit hot, so

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to have probably a smoother experience than we

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<v Speaker 3>did at launch.

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<v Speaker 2>Was there something wrong with it? I died so many times,

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<v Speaker 2>and just like I thought I was going to be somewhere,

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, well, I surely must be like past

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<v Speaker 2>this point that I killed five hundred people at right,

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<v Speaker 2>And then it put me like all the way back

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<v Speaker 2>to the start. That happened a couple of times, but

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<v Speaker 2>I trudged through it. I was streaming that too, is

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<v Speaker 2>it was so sad, like being stuck out a point

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<v Speaker 2>like that and going so far back.

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<v Speaker 3>You're like, all right, crew, Lisa, run it back.

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry I was lagging everyone. Yeah, did you play the

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<v Speaker 2>DLC at all?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 2>But I looked at the trailer and I was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>it seems very spooky, So I think.

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<v Speaker 5>It's I preferred AWE too.

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<v Speaker 4>I liked Foundation because Foundation had a new environment, but

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<v Speaker 4>I found a lot of the puzzles, as in, like

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<v Speaker 4>you have to you go into this big I don't

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<v Speaker 4>even know how to describe it. There's a couple of

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<v Speaker 4>puzzles and like a couple of areas that you have

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<v Speaker 4>to navigate, and I was like, I'm just going to

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<v Speaker 4>open a walkthrough because this is a bit much.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I liked Foundation more.

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<v Speaker 4>Actually, oh because a W is like all you know,

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<v Speaker 4>Alan Wake stuff and the idea of remedy just like

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<v Speaker 4>fully embracing this connected remedy versus just way more appealing

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<v Speaker 4>to me. But also Foundation has two bugged trophies and

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<v Speaker 4>they're the only trophies that I need.

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<v Speaker 5>That's why I have resentment.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm afraid to make. I got the platinum in the

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<v Speaker 3>base game, and I like want to continue that street

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<v Speaker 3>because I mean I was what I was going to

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<v Speaker 3>ask you fromk is, like what was it like to

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<v Speaker 3>read Did you read a lot of the lore on stream?

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<v Speaker 3>Because like I got so into that and I chased

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<v Speaker 3>all the trophies to get the lore.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So I played that game like on and off stream.

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<v Speaker 2>I was just like it was kind of like my

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<v Speaker 2>my game that I could play outside of work. That

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't like I wasn't writing anything on I was just

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<v Speaker 2>like playing it for my own time. So when I

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<v Speaker 2>was on stream, I would notice like the files that

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<v Speaker 2>was getting were super interesting and the stuff that they redacted.

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<v Speaker 2>I started like reading that and talking to a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of NPCs, but then I realized the story actually goes

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<v Speaker 2>like pretty deep. So I was like I don't really

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<v Speaker 2>want to do this on stream, Like I will do

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<v Speaker 2>this like on my off time. And yeah, there's so

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<v Speaker 2>many collectibles that you can just like pick up and

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<v Speaker 2>be like, oh, like so that's what this room is.

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<v Speaker 3>Like.

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<v Speaker 2>I think a really funny part was like kind of

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<v Speaker 2>like a little part in the plot where the guy's

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<v Speaker 2>like looking at the fridge forever, like hey could like

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<v Speaker 2>can you get someone to help me. I was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>that's so weird, and that like prompted me to look

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<v Speaker 2>up more of the collectiveles and me like what's going

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<v Speaker 2>on here? And then figuring out more of it like

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<v Speaker 2>the altered world objects and stuff. I was like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>this is this is exactly my shit, Like this is

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<v Speaker 2>I love.

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<v Speaker 1>The lure here.

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<v Speaker 3>Have you played Alana?

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<v Speaker 2>I have I played a chunk of it. I was

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<v Speaker 2>like recording something with my friend, but the levels were off,

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<v Speaker 2>so I just like I got upset and I quit

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<v Speaker 2>the game. But it was super It was super cheesy

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<v Speaker 2>and I loved like how much he wanted to find

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<v Speaker 2>his wife and he was just like where is she?

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<v Speaker 1>With the light?

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<v Speaker 2>It was it was a fun one. How do they

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<v Speaker 2>tie it to control in the dlc uh?

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<v Speaker 3>Howse?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean you should have seen bits of it in

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<v Speaker 4>the Bass game as in like bright Foles being ah

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<v Speaker 4>an awe like an altered world event. So just like

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<v Speaker 4>where Jesse and her brother find the the object like

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<v Speaker 4>the ordinary I think that's the town is like the

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<v Speaker 4>ordinary dump site?

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<v Speaker 5>How that is somehow connected to the oldest house.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a very similar thing with Alan Wake And then

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<v Speaker 4>I won't.

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<v Speaker 5>Get into deep into spoilers, but obviously like.

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<v Speaker 4>The fact that the guy who plays Alan Wake also

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<v Speaker 4>plays doctor Darling, Like isn't even really that.

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<v Speaker 3>Big of a connections.

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<v Speaker 5>It's the whole.

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<v Speaker 3>Thing is so meta's actor.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Matthew Peretta who like, ah, Casper Darling absolutely.

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<v Speaker 3>Still in my heart. I love him.

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<v Speaker 4>But yeah, it's it's really cool and like it's got

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<v Speaker 4>me really wanted to play Alan Wake again because I

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<v Speaker 4>haven't touched that game in.

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<v Speaker 3>Ten years.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I was just gonna say I replayed it after

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<v Speaker 1>playing Control the first time, and I think it still

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<v Speaker 1>holds up pretty well, like kind of like what you

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<v Speaker 1>were saying is it is cheesy, but it kind of works.

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<v Speaker 1>And that whole thing because it's supposed to be, like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he's like a pulp fiction writer and the

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<v Speaker 1>story is just kind of like pulpy and a little absurd,

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<v Speaker 1>but like it's a lot of fun.

431
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<v Speaker 4>I remember everyone taking the purse because it was like, oh,

432
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<v Speaker 4>he's an author, he must be about like Stephen King

433
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<v Speaker 4>and I think Stephen King are the two first words

434
00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:31.920
<v Speaker 4>that you hear in Control in Alan Wake.

435
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<v Speaker 5>Sorry, like he's doing his voice over and he's like

436
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<v Speaker 5>Stephen King once said.

437
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's exactly how it starts. It's like a quote

438
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<v Speaker 1>from Stephen King.

439
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<v Speaker 2>I remember reading about that game in like an official

440
00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:47.680
<v Speaker 2>Xbox magazine, like like here's the little demo to put

441
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<v Speaker 2>in your three sixty or whatever like that. Yeah, that

442
00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:53.920
<v Speaker 2>game looks very creepy from the hole aesthetic right from

443
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<v Speaker 2>the start.

444
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I definitely recommend finishing it or checking it out,

445
00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:02.640
<v Speaker 1>cal especially if you know, it seems like Remedy is

446
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<v Speaker 1>doing this whole connected universe thing with all their games,

447
00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:08.359
<v Speaker 1>and it'd be interesting to see what they do next,

448
00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:13.480
<v Speaker 1>because you know, Alan Wake two hopefully, but we'll see anyway.

449
00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:16.400
<v Speaker 1>I've been playing Mafia Definitive Edition, which is a game

450
00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:18.680
<v Speaker 1>that I want to love so much, but it's got

451
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<v Speaker 1>a lot of.

452
00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:24.119
<v Speaker 4>Problems because I was into that, Like I never played Mafia,

453
00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:26.319
<v Speaker 4>but I was kind of getting hyped about.

454
00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:29.759
<v Speaker 1>So, I mean, I think it's still pretty good, Like

455
00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:35.119
<v Speaker 1>it's just not like the story and the characters in

456
00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:37.279
<v Speaker 1>a lot of the writing I think is really good.

457
00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:40.079
<v Speaker 1>The way it's structured I love. I don't know if

458
00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:41.880
<v Speaker 1>you guys played Mafia three, but the way that game

459
00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:44.279
<v Speaker 1>was structured was very different from the other Mafia games.

460
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<v Speaker 1>What this one does is that it takes place in

461
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<v Speaker 1>an open world, but there are different levels within that.

462
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<v Speaker 1>So basically it kind of cuts out all of the

463
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<v Speaker 1>driving around and going from one objective to the next,

464
00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:58.680
<v Speaker 1>which is something that I really like and it's something

465
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<v Speaker 1>that I hope games explor more, just because it really

466
00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:05.440
<v Speaker 1>streamlines open world games and it solves that issue of

467
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<v Speaker 1>like of like, Okay, I have this really pressing thing

468
00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:10.519
<v Speaker 1>I have to do, but you know, first I'm just

469
00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:13.200
<v Speaker 1>going to drive around and like and like I don't know,

470
00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:15.359
<v Speaker 1>run over a couple of pigeons or shoot pigeons or

471
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<v Speaker 1>whatever you do, and like GTA four, you know, well,

472
00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:22.640
<v Speaker 1>it's a GTA four reference. You'd like your side thing

473
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<v Speaker 1>would just be to shoot pigeons, which was really stupid

474
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<v Speaker 1>and very Rockstar, I guess, very like two thousand and

475
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<v Speaker 1>seven Rockstar whenever that came out. But it gets rid

476
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<v Speaker 1>of a lot of that, which I think is great,

477
00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:35.519
<v Speaker 1>and it really is able to put focus on the story,

478
00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:38.880
<v Speaker 1>which is good. It is like it is like twenty

479
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<v Speaker 1>short stories, like Mafia short stories that are all tied

480
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<v Speaker 1>together through one I guess, one narrative thread of the

481
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<v Speaker 1>main character speaking to a cop it. A lot of

482
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<v Speaker 1>these little scenarios and short stories are pretty cliche, I

483
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<v Speaker 1>would say, but I think the way it does it

484
00:23:58.160 --> 00:24:00.400
<v Speaker 1>is like I don't know, you can really see like

485
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<v Speaker 1>the references in the homage they pay to a lot

486
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<v Speaker 1>of these great like gangster movies and stuff like that.

487
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<v Speaker 1>So like that aspect is really cool, and a lot

488
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<v Speaker 1>of those levels I think are a lot of fun.

489
00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:12.880
<v Speaker 1>Some of them are kind of dumb, and particularly there's

490
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<v Speaker 1>a race car one which was infamously broken in the

491
00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:19.400
<v Speaker 1>original game that they have since fixed, which is nice.

492
00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:23.960
<v Speaker 1>But like story wise, I think this game nails it.

493
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<v Speaker 1>Like it sets the mood and setting too. The setting

494
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<v Speaker 1>is great, Like it's like in this Chicago esque city

495
00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:33.440
<v Speaker 1>and it like you'll be driving around, you'll drive through

496
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<v Speaker 1>a tunnel and you'll be listening to the radio, but

497
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<v Speaker 1>the radio cut out when you're in the tunnel. Nice,

498
00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:41.240
<v Speaker 1>or the frequency will change like you know and with

499
00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:44.640
<v Speaker 1>FM radios and whatnot. Yeah, exactly, it's really cool. Or

500
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<v Speaker 1>you'll be driving around all of a sudden they'll be

501
00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:51.799
<v Speaker 1>like like a speech from Herbert Hoover will come on

502
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<v Speaker 1>the radio, and it just it's so good at setting

503
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<v Speaker 1>that stage and that setting in place, Like all of

504
00:24:57.240 --> 00:25:00.279
<v Speaker 1>that is great, but the combat is like it's like

505
00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:03.599
<v Speaker 1>so simple, not even simple, like simple is not necessarily bad.

506
00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:06.920
<v Speaker 1>It's just like so boring, and it doesn't even really

507
00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:09.720
<v Speaker 1>fit with the story, right because the story, especially now

508
00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:12.200
<v Speaker 1>that the game looks so much better and it's trying

509
00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:15.039
<v Speaker 1>to tell this like serious story. But then it's like

510
00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:18.279
<v Speaker 1>a very PS two game play moment where it's like, okay,

511
00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:19.799
<v Speaker 1>you made it through there. Now you got to beat

512
00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:22.400
<v Speaker 1>up all these guys who are who are talking to

513
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<v Speaker 1>your to your future wife or whatever, and then there's

514
00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:28.079
<v Speaker 1>like this you just fight, like you're just like getting

515
00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:31.400
<v Speaker 1>like a brawl with sixteen guys out of nowhere, or

516
00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:33.279
<v Speaker 1>like you'll be walking through an area and it'll be like,

517
00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:36.680
<v Speaker 1>all right, now, all these mobsters are here with guns

518
00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:38.079
<v Speaker 1>because we need to have a we need to have

519
00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:42.240
<v Speaker 1>a gun fight here, and it just feels so unnecessary,

520
00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:45.960
<v Speaker 1>Like you can tell it's really like trapped and those

521
00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:47.559
<v Speaker 1>I don't know when that game come out two thousand

522
00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:50.559
<v Speaker 1>and two or whatever, so like that side of it

523
00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:54.000
<v Speaker 1>really doesn't work, but like the story is still really

524
00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.960
<v Speaker 1>good and it's not that long. I think it took

525
00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:59.240
<v Speaker 1>me around eight hours eight and a half hours to finish.

526
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<v Speaker 3>It's the same with our reviewer. I think those nine hours.

527
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so I mean, like I don't know. It's also

528
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<v Speaker 1>forty dollars, which is something that I know our reviews

529
00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:11.640
<v Speaker 1>don't typically touch on. So you know, if you're kind

530
00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:14.240
<v Speaker 1>of on the fence about this game, but that price

531
00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:17.920
<v Speaker 1>entices you, I mean, I think it's worth it. I've

532
00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:21.359
<v Speaker 1>been having a lot of fun with it. That said,

533
00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:23.759
<v Speaker 1>I do find it very frustrating because it seems so

534
00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:27.720
<v Speaker 1>close to being like a great game, but it just

535
00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:30.160
<v Speaker 1>it misses the mark because like the gameplay is just

536
00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.039
<v Speaker 1>stuck in the past.

537
00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:36.640
<v Speaker 3>And this is very Jake's feelings are very close to

538
00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:39.160
<v Speaker 3>our review, which you can now read on game Spot,

539
00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:44.039
<v Speaker 3>so go check that out. There's like details and screenshots

540
00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:45.759
<v Speaker 3>and you can see it looks really good, Like the

541
00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:49.039
<v Speaker 3>game looks modern. I think that's like the dissonance, right,

542
00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:51.160
<v Speaker 3>Like it looks really modern, and then there's these like

543
00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:56.119
<v Speaker 3>very antiquated systems that get in the way because I

544
00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.960
<v Speaker 3>mean you're playing it, you're like expecting it to be

545
00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:01.440
<v Speaker 3>one way and you're like, oh, I forgot this game's old. Yeah,

546
00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:03.440
<v Speaker 3>like is old. For a little while.

547
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<v Speaker 1>The best moments in that game, for sure, are just

548
00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:08.200
<v Speaker 1>like when you're driving around at night in the rain

549
00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:10.799
<v Speaker 1>and like the neon is reflecting off the puddles on

550
00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:13.039
<v Speaker 1>the ground, and especially like I was playing on PC

551
00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:16.240
<v Speaker 1>with like a twenty eighty TI, so there's ray tracing,

552
00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:18.640
<v Speaker 1>and it looks I think there's ray tracing. Even if

553
00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:21.359
<v Speaker 1>it's not there, it looks really good. And like I

554
00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:23.519
<v Speaker 1>was saying, like you'll be driving around in the rain

555
00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:25.880
<v Speaker 1>and there'll be a radio broadcast that'll come on that'll

556
00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:28.920
<v Speaker 1>be like you know, in like the old nineteen thirties voice,

557
00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:31.559
<v Speaker 1>like if you're driving around right now, you gotta head home,

558
00:27:32.119 --> 00:27:35.880
<v Speaker 1>Like yeah, exactly, like that sort of thing, and like

559
00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:38.839
<v Speaker 1>those moments are so cool, Like it just it does

560
00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:41.279
<v Speaker 1>such a good job of putting you in that time

561
00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:44.559
<v Speaker 1>and place until it's like, all right, here's here's sixty

562
00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:47.799
<v Speaker 1>Mafia dudes with submachine guns. Now you got to kill

563
00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:50.559
<v Speaker 1>them a hole and it's like it's like all right,

564
00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:55.279
<v Speaker 1>like right, okay, yeah, like like it makes sense for

565
00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:57.799
<v Speaker 1>a game, but it's like it's trying to take itself seriously.

566
00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:01.720
<v Speaker 1>Like there's a scene where you mow down all of

567
00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:04.000
<v Speaker 1>these all of these dudes and you get to the

568
00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:07.759
<v Speaker 1>last guy who's like the story guy, and the main

569
00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:10.359
<v Speaker 1>character is like having regrets about it, and he's like, oh,

570
00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:12.440
<v Speaker 1>I I shouldn't do this, Like I feel bad about this,

571
00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:15.119
<v Speaker 1>Like you just killed all of his friends, Like why

572
00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:18.440
<v Speaker 1>do you care? Like we're way past that point. Dude

573
00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:26.200
<v Speaker 1>doesn't say, here's the word. I wasn't gonna say it,

574
00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:31.880
<v Speaker 1>but I'm glad someone is. But anyway, with that, let's

575
00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:40.079
<v Speaker 1>move on to topics for the week, and we're back.

576
00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:44.160
<v Speaker 1>The first big story we have here is that Xbox

577
00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:48.119
<v Speaker 1>buys Xenomax, Bethesda Studios, all of that.

578
00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:48.680
<v Speaker 3>What.

579
00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:52.119
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's big. We're a couple of days late.

580
00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.359
<v Speaker 2>Now.

581
00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:56.319
<v Speaker 1>This happened Monday, but we record Wednesday, goes up Friday,

582
00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:58.920
<v Speaker 1>so we're probably the last people to talk about this

583
00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:01.240
<v Speaker 1>in this industry, but what the hell, we'll talk about

584
00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:05.200
<v Speaker 1>it anyway. Uh. The main thing I guess to take

585
00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:08.160
<v Speaker 1>away is that it was a seven point five billion

586
00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:16.240
<v Speaker 1>dollar deal, which is absurd. Hey, Doctor Evil billion? Uh

587
00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:19.039
<v Speaker 1>Death Loop and Ghost where Tokyo will still come to

588
00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:24.440
<v Speaker 1>PS five first because that was an exclusivity deal that

589
00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:27.720
<v Speaker 1>they had struck before. But after that, Big Phil is

590
00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:31.799
<v Speaker 1>in charge, Thank you please, correct name. I'm sure we're

591
00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.559
<v Speaker 1>going to use it a lot.

592
00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:32.960
<v Speaker 2>Wait.

593
00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:38.160
<v Speaker 4>Did you see there was a Major Nelson Big Phil

594
00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:42.119
<v Speaker 4>Pete Heines and Todd Howard podcast. I did, and there

595
00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:44.400
<v Speaker 4>was a moment in it where Pete Heines says he's

596
00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:46.920
<v Speaker 4>talking about his dogs and he says they're big Phil fans.

597
00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:50.359
<v Speaker 4>And I know he's saying they are big fans of Phil,

598
00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:53.640
<v Speaker 4>but in my head canon, it's he's using the name

599
00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:56.160
<v Speaker 4>Big Phil. And I feel like that's something that Game

600
00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:58.480
<v Speaker 4>Spot should be proud of because we've put that out

601
00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.160
<v Speaker 4>into the world.

602
00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:04.799
<v Speaker 1>That was such an interesting interview because like Phil or

603
00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:08.119
<v Speaker 1>Todd and uh, Pete like didn't seem ready for any

604
00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:09.839
<v Speaker 1>of the questions the I.

605
00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:12.000
<v Speaker 4>I clipped it out and I put it I tweeted out.

606
00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:15.680
<v Speaker 4>But the way that Major Nelson zoomed in on Todd's

607
00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:17.759
<v Speaker 4>face and went Starfield, what's up?

608
00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:21.000
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, just like he like cut to him beforehand, and

609
00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:24.839
<v Speaker 1>it was like Starfield and Todd was like, I forget.

610
00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:26.640
<v Speaker 1>He said something along the lines like I can't believe

611
00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:28.400
<v Speaker 1>there's this much hype for a game that no one's

612
00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:33.400
<v Speaker 1>seen anything about. A reply, so good God, Howard.

613
00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:34.920
<v Speaker 4>A lot of.

614
00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:39.000
<v Speaker 3>People on Twitter were analyzing the from that interview, analyzing

615
00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:41.839
<v Speaker 3>everyone's bookshelves to see if there's interesting.

616
00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:44.240
<v Speaker 5>Todd's got a lot of Indiana Jones.

617
00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:48.960
<v Speaker 3>Todd's got a lot of stuff. And and Big Phil

618
00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:52.000
<v Speaker 3>has I think he had a series ss.

619
00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:53.440
<v Speaker 5>Well, that's his wife's office.

620
00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:55.759
<v Speaker 4>That was the big revelation for me was that that's

621
00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:58.559
<v Speaker 4>not even Phil's office.

622
00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:04.279
<v Speaker 5>Doesn't happen, Uh, I don't know.

623
00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:11.039
<v Speaker 1>But anyway, like a battle toad chair.

624
00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.799
<v Speaker 2>Joanna do, I don't know.

625
00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:16.680
<v Speaker 3>I couldn't. I couldn't remember John a doc's name.

626
00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:22.160
<v Speaker 2>Have you Sorry this is completely unrelated, but have you

627
00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:26.319
<v Speaker 2>guys seen Ready Player one? Yes, there's battle Toads in that.

628
00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:29.359
<v Speaker 2>I just watched it. They're just walking around. They're quite

629
00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:32.480
<v Speaker 2>quite a movie on a film.

630
00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:34.440
<v Speaker 4>I thought it was fine.

631
00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:35.559
<v Speaker 5>I quite enjoyed it.

632
00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.519
<v Speaker 3>I had a nice time.

633
00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:38.680
<v Speaker 5>They made a lot of really good changes because the

634
00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:40.559
<v Speaker 5>book is but.

635
00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:44.839
<v Speaker 1>I listened to the audio book when I worked at

636
00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:48.680
<v Speaker 1>like a warehouse, and I remember thinking it was terrible.

637
00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:55.960
<v Speaker 4>It's it's Spielberg like just fun ship.

638
00:31:56.079 --> 00:32:00.279
<v Speaker 3>I just I want everyone to know I did this

639
00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:02.480
<v Speaker 3>last week with the jar darp Binks lollipop. I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to share another horrible thing with you all. Ernest Klein,

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<v Speaker 3>the author of Ready Player of one, wrote something it's

642
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<v Speaker 3>like a poem I think called nerd porn on tour

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<v Speaker 3>and if you want to read it, it is the

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<v Speaker 3>worst thing I've ever read in my life. So it's

645
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<v Speaker 3>a poem about how he's a sapiosexual, about how he

646
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<v Speaker 3>wants a woman who likes nerd things and not big titty.

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<v Speaker 3>So Lucy's currently reading it.

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<v Speaker 4>Sorry before you buy Already Play one tickets, read Ernest

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<v Speaker 4>Klein's horrifying porn poetry. Shout out to post for that.

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<v Speaker 5>It's I can't read this.

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<v Speaker 2>This guy get away with this, so.

652
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<v Speaker 5>I can read this. This is safe.

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<v Speaker 4>First I want to copy her track homework, and then

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<v Speaker 4>I want to make my passionate love to her for

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<v Speaker 4>hours out until she reluctantly asks if we can stop

656
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<v Speaker 4>because she doesn't want to miss Pell's.

657
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<v Speaker 2>Talk like.

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<v Speaker 1>A real human string those words together and formed a sentence.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'm just saying the movie Ready Player one may

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<v Speaker 3>not be so bad, but Ernest Klein, that was a

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<v Speaker 3>good sentence.

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<v Speaker 2>This is I don't even know.

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<v Speaker 3>You're welcome. And if you haven't listened to last week's episode,

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<v Speaker 3>googled jar Jar Binks Lollipop.

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<v Speaker 2>I listened and I googled, and that was disgusting. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't like how it really just goes out like that.

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<v Speaker 3>Really, it's a lot.

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<v Speaker 4>If you're an intelligent woman who's interested in breaking into

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<v Speaker 4>the adult film industry, and if you can tell me

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<v Speaker 4>the name of Luke Skywalker's.

671
00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:15.119
<v Speaker 5>Home planet, then you are hired.

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<v Speaker 3>That's basic knowledge. That's a big bank theory. Shit. I've amazed.

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<v Speaker 5>The last line of this is not like Bizinger.

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<v Speaker 3>Geezus.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, there was a lot of stuff in this

676
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<v Speaker 4>poem that I cannot read aloud. But oh, he has

677
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<v Speaker 4>a collection of poetry called The Importance of Being Earnest,

678
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<v Speaker 4>which is a fun play on his name.

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<v Speaker 3>That is Yeah, that's cute.

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<v Speaker 4>Forty seven people have paid eleven dollars sixty per cents

681
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<v Speaker 4>for this on Amazon.

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<v Speaker 3>Six nice. So that's my contribution to the podcast. Shall

683
00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:58.119
<v Speaker 3>we get back to the news, Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're going to do this a little bit differently.

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<v Speaker 1>Earlier this week I put out on the discord I

686
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<v Speaker 1>asked people to send in questions about this acquisition, about Xbox,

687
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<v Speaker 1>about pre orders, about the console war, what it might be.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're kind of going to tie these questions into

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<v Speaker 1>the topic section. Right now, we won't be doing our

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<v Speaker 1>normal listener question segment, but don't worry, that'll come back.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll do that again. I just really wanted to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about the Xbox stuff because it's pretty big. But the

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<v Speaker 1>first question here is from Robert Jay and it's Kelly,

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<v Speaker 1>why don't you read this?

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<v Speaker 3>But the acquisition of Bethesda. Will this mean the end

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<v Speaker 3>of the short lived Bethesda Launcher and moving their IP

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<v Speaker 3>over to the Microsoft Store. Do you believe they will

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<v Speaker 3>still hold their own press conferences and events or merge

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<v Speaker 3>with Xbox.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope they merge with Xbox. I hope they do.

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<v Speaker 5>I think they'll merge.

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<v Speaker 1>The first thing I thought of when this happened, I

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00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:51.159
<v Speaker 1>like woke up, saw the news and I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's one less press conference to cover an E three.

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<v Speaker 5>I will still have quite con Oh yeah, sure, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I think they still have their own song abration, but

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<v Speaker 4>I think press conference wise makes sense to merge the Xbox.

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<v Speaker 3>You're already thinking about next year's E three. It's hard

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<v Speaker 3>to let me go in The Bethesda launcher is interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't play a lot of Pothesta games on PC.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess they played Skyrim on PC, but yeah, I

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<v Speaker 3>don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>They gave away a free game, right, one of the

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<v Speaker 2>Elder Scrolls on that thing, I think, so remember they.

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<v Speaker 1>Had to promote.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the only reason I downloaded it. I think, oh launcher, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but yeah, I don't know. I feel like, yeah, they

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<v Speaker 2>would just move to the Microsoft Store and game pass.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Going forward, I feel like they'll probably kill it because

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<v Speaker 1>even before this happened, they they put Fall at seventy

722
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<v Speaker 1>six somewhat recently on Steam because originally it was like

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00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:51.320
<v Speaker 1>the Bethesda launcher only deal, but they switched that.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't even think you need the Bethest launcher

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<v Speaker 1>to play Elder Scrolls online. I think it's got its

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<v Speaker 1>own separate launcher, which makes sense for an MMO. So

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<v Speaker 1>I I I feel like they'll just you know, I

729
00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:06.360
<v Speaker 1>feel like they'll just retire that thing. I think.

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<v Speaker 4>I think as well, just like a Bethesda section of

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<v Speaker 4>the Xbox what's it even called, like the Xbox app

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<v Speaker 4>on PC.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's what game story.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, oh, so I have Xbox Console Companion h and

735
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<v Speaker 4>then you just have like the Xbox App for Windows

736
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<v Speaker 4>ten oh, which is replacing the console companion. Yeah, I

737
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<v Speaker 4>feel like it's.

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<v Speaker 2>Just going on app is still the game pass right,

739
00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.760
<v Speaker 2>Like that's all the same.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, So, like I'm looking at it right now, it's

741
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<v Speaker 4>there's a there's.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of apps, and so I'm hoping that the

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<v Speaker 3>Bethesda one goes away so we can keep it, because

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00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:53.639
<v Speaker 3>like you also have like and the Origin launcher, like

745
00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:56.119
<v Speaker 3>like if you're on the Origins going away, right, Origin,

746
00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:58.519
<v Speaker 3>I think is going away? But yeah, they're like if

747
00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:01.199
<v Speaker 3>you play games on PC, like a million launchers, So

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<v Speaker 3>it'd be nice to have one least one fewer.

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<v Speaker 1>Is Origin going away? Are they just changing the name

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<v Speaker 1>to play?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? Sh yeah?

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00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:14.079
<v Speaker 5>But then but then e a play is a part

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<v Speaker 5>of game pass now.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, so.

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<v Speaker 3>That's so anyway, I guess my answer is I don't know,

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<v Speaker 3>but I hope they get rid of the Bethesda one

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<v Speaker 3>just so we can stay sane.

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<v Speaker 1>Yepe Yeah, definitely. Next questions from great Fox here, Lucy,

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<v Speaker 1>do you want to read this one eye?

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<v Speaker 4>Much like Minecraft, Microsoft allowed Out the World Vibsidian to

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<v Speaker 4>be released multi platform. Do you guys expect Microsoft will

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<v Speaker 4>follow the same logic with the upcoming games from Bethesda?

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<v Speaker 4>Would it make more sense to keep a big selling

764
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<v Speaker 4>game like Elder Scroll six in the Xbox ecosystem only. Also,

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<v Speaker 4>here's an insane thought, Starfield becomes halof I have. I

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<v Speaker 4>I know, like we've been talking about the on Generation Next,

767
00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:02.760
<v Speaker 4>which is up today if you want to watch it.

768
00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:05.679
<v Speaker 4>We obviously cover the bethesa stuff in detail. But like,

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like Microsoft would be stupid to hold everything

770
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<v Speaker 4>to be exclusive, because if they're putting everything on game

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<v Speaker 4>Pass day one, that's great. They have all the people

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<v Speaker 4>who are subscribed to game Pass. They might have people

773
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<v Speaker 4>who are buying on Xbox who don't have game Pass,

774
00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:23.559
<v Speaker 4>but then if you have all the money from people

775
00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:26.960
<v Speaker 4>buying on other platforms too, then that's just extra money

776
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<v Speaker 4>in their pocket.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. I guess it depends like what they think the

778
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<v Speaker 3>best strategy is for maximizing profit, like do like because

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00:39:35.719 --> 00:39:39.159
<v Speaker 3>a lot of these companies sell consoles at a loss,

780
00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:42.760
<v Speaker 3>and like like Sony will sell PlayStation consoles at a

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<v Speaker 3>loss and then bank on the like the first party

782
00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:51.239
<v Speaker 3>exclusives to like recoup those losses. So it I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>it depends on like what Microsoft's angle is with that.

784
00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:57.480
<v Speaker 3>But you also have like Microsoft being much more willing

785
00:39:57.559 --> 00:40:03.559
<v Speaker 3>to do like PC, like it's compatible with perceiving because

786
00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:04.280
<v Speaker 3>it's Microsoft.

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00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:07.360
<v Speaker 4>So yeah, I think as well Phil, and Big Phil

788
00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:11.079
<v Speaker 4>has been saying like, you shouldn't be tied to where

789
00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:13.480
<v Speaker 4>you want to play a game, like he seems to

790
00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:17.119
<v Speaker 4>be all up for talking about you know, they were

791
00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:19.440
<v Speaker 4>the ones who wanted cross platform play. They it was

792
00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:21.440
<v Speaker 4>always Sony who were the ones who didn't want that.

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<v Speaker 4>The question I'm more interested in is like, will we

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<v Speaker 4>ever see any Bethesda games on PlayStation Plus? Developers get

795
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<v Speaker 4>a hefty chunk of change just for being on PlayStation Plus,

796
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<v Speaker 4>as I assume they do for being on Game Pass,

797
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<v Speaker 4>So I would be interested to see if anything like

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<v Speaker 4>that would ever happen again. But I fully anticipate either

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<v Speaker 4>timed console exclusives if stuff is going to be on

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<v Speaker 4>Game Past Day one, But I don't think they would.

801
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<v Speaker 4>I don't think they would pull them from Sony completely.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, definitely.

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<v Speaker 2>When Big Phil said that he wanted to have you

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to have other games available on a case by

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<v Speaker 2>case basis to other consoles, I thought that was like

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<v Speaker 2>super shady to say as an exact I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh my gosh, Like it just felt like Microsoft realized

808
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<v Speaker 2>that they lost the exclusive war and they're just like

809
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<v Speaker 2>going straight for the jugular with like going and acquiring

810
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<v Speaker 2>like all these studios and like getting the upper hand,

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00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:21.079
<v Speaker 2>just like not not going for the exclusives, just being like,

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<v Speaker 2>let's just see who makes the games and get them

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00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:27.840
<v Speaker 2>all under our control. Which is nice because that means

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00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:30.440
<v Speaker 2>I guess more people are gonna be able to play

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<v Speaker 2>more games for less because it's gonna be on game

816
00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:36.239
<v Speaker 2>Pass and easily available. But like it also makes me

817
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<v Speaker 2>word because I don't want Microsoft to like have such

818
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<v Speaker 2>like a monopoly in the industry, because like that can

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<v Speaker 2>get negative very quickly. Like I was scrolling through Disney

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<v Speaker 2>Plus the other day watching that sar Raven and I

821
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<v Speaker 2>was just like scrolling, like damn, Like Disney has a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of movies, and I just like realize they have everything,

823
00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:58.920
<v Speaker 2>and I was just like felt so uncomfortable realizing like

824
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<v Speaker 2>one company owning so many different ip and different like

825
00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:07.280
<v Speaker 2>sub companies that are making content. Is I thought that

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<v Speaker 2>I just don't really like and I feel like that'll

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<v Speaker 2>stunt creativity and also just I don't know, prevent weirdness

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<v Speaker 2>and the stuff that I don't know. Video games excel

829
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<v Speaker 2>at doing and being absurd.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's such a good point. Like the consolidation of

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<v Speaker 3>media is definitely a concern. I mean, America is basically

832
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<v Speaker 3>just four large companies that own every company.

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<v Speaker 5>That's terrifying. By the way, if you look at that

834
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<v Speaker 5>flow child, it's terriorialized. It was quite so pronounced.

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<v Speaker 3>It's it's really there's there's really just like four corporations.

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<v Speaker 3>So I do think like the consolidation of media properties

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<v Speaker 3>is something to be wary of, at least I think

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<v Speaker 3>in this case, like there are positives. Like you said

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<v Speaker 3>with game Pass, it seems like this is like a

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<v Speaker 3>good collaborative opportunity for them. But I mean it's the

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<v Speaker 3>Netflix model, like you stream this, you pay subscription fee

842
00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:06.119
<v Speaker 3>rather than an individual fee for the content, and then

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00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:09.800
<v Speaker 3>you make up like that benefits Xbox in the long

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<v Speaker 3>run because there are people who are going to be

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<v Speaker 3>paying the subscription fee and then maybe not like they

846
00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:18.360
<v Speaker 3>wouldn't be buying those games otherwise. And you know, there's

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00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:20.719
<v Speaker 3>a lot of benefits to it for Xbox and for Microsoft.

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<v Speaker 3>But I agree with you that it's kind of a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a lot of like consolidation is a little a

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<v Speaker 3>little intimidating. Well.

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<v Speaker 1>I think something to consider too is that because of

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<v Speaker 1>Game Passed, at least not all of these developers are

853
00:43:36.639 --> 00:43:39.480
<v Speaker 1>necessarily barred to what like the market wants, what they

854
00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:42.000
<v Speaker 1>think the market wants, right, Like, That's one thing with

855
00:43:42.079 --> 00:43:44.320
<v Speaker 1>Sony Games that I feel like you can kind of

856
00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:47.199
<v Speaker 1>criticize a little bit is that a lot of their

857
00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:50.119
<v Speaker 1>games do follow that same formula that Last of Us

858
00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:52.960
<v Speaker 1>kind of set back in the day, like these single

859
00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:56.719
<v Speaker 1>player focused like Over the Shoulder games where you've got

860
00:43:56.760 --> 00:44:00.400
<v Speaker 1>a companion and it's like heavily story focused, which are great.

861
00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:03.599
<v Speaker 1>Those are my favorite games. But I but they do

862
00:44:03.639 --> 00:44:06.400
<v Speaker 1>that because those sell really well, and they have to

863
00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:08.760
<v Speaker 1>do that because they sell really well. Right While with

864
00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:12.159
<v Speaker 1>Game Pass, they don't necessarily need to make games that

865
00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:16.320
<v Speaker 1>sell well because Microsoft isn't trying to sell these games, right,

866
00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:18.840
<v Speaker 1>They're not trying to like get Bethesda to make games

867
00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:20.559
<v Speaker 1>that sell a lot. They just want Bethesta to make

868
00:44:20.599 --> 00:44:24.280
<v Speaker 1>games to populate Game Pass and to like increase that value.

869
00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:27.440
<v Speaker 1>So that it's something that does excite me about this.

870
00:44:27.760 --> 00:44:30.679
<v Speaker 1>It like it gives me hope that things like like

871
00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:35.639
<v Speaker 1>Dishonored or Pray or games that don't particularly sell that well,

872
00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:39.960
<v Speaker 1>but I personally love that are critically like incredibly well received,

873
00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:41.960
<v Speaker 1>but never sell that well because like immersive sims just

874
00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:44.519
<v Speaker 1>aren't that interesting to most folks out there. But because

875
00:44:44.559 --> 00:44:47.920
<v Speaker 1>of this, at least the hope is that Bethesda won't

876
00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:50.440
<v Speaker 1>need to be concerned with these games selling a lot,

877
00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:53.159
<v Speaker 1>and they can just make these games and Microsoft can

878
00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:56.159
<v Speaker 1>be like, hey, it's there on Game Pass day one.

879
00:44:56.199 --> 00:44:58.199
<v Speaker 1>You can play it if you're interested. If not, there's

880
00:44:58.199 --> 00:45:00.159
<v Speaker 1>a bunch of other games you can check out. But

881
00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:02.119
<v Speaker 1>it also just like puts those games in more people's

882
00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:06.119
<v Speaker 1>hands too, write like like, I think the ability for

883
00:45:06.199 --> 00:45:09.960
<v Speaker 1>people to play games like Dishonored or Prey are like,

884
00:45:10.360 --> 00:45:14.559
<v Speaker 1>for like a very small entry fee is pretty good

885
00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:17.199
<v Speaker 1>because you know, you go to a store, right or

886
00:45:17.239 --> 00:45:19.679
<v Speaker 1>your average gamer goes to the store and it's like,

887
00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:20.920
<v Speaker 1>all right, well, I'm gonna get a Call of Duty

888
00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:22.960
<v Speaker 1>game because I know Call of Duty is good and

889
00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:25.800
<v Speaker 1>games are expensive and games are getting more expensive. But

890
00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:29.000
<v Speaker 1>with this, it kind of like, I feel like more

891
00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:30.920
<v Speaker 1>of these games that people missed will get played.

892
00:45:33.159 --> 00:45:35.719
<v Speaker 4>Todd was saying, Yeah, that's what Todd said in the

893
00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:39.920
<v Speaker 4>interview with Major Nelson. He was like yeah, like this

894
00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:44.559
<v Speaker 4>is something could hopefully just increase creativity because no one's

895
00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:47.760
<v Speaker 4>worried about like minimum amounts of units to push and

896
00:45:48.119 --> 00:45:51.480
<v Speaker 4>all that kind of stuff and sales expectations. So one

897
00:45:51.480 --> 00:45:53.199
<v Speaker 4>thing I will say as well is like I don't

898
00:45:53.199 --> 00:45:56.960
<v Speaker 4>think they will. They've made a really clever play because

899
00:45:57.320 --> 00:46:01.639
<v Speaker 4>if these games do come out on Sony platforms, all

900
00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:03.960
<v Speaker 4>of the marketing is still going to have Xbox slapped

901
00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:04.599
<v Speaker 4>all over it.

902
00:46:04.719 --> 00:46:07.159
<v Speaker 1>So and they're gonna be seventy dollars too.

903
00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:11.480
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, but it's like everything is gonna be like it's

904
00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:16.440
<v Speaker 4>gonna be unconscious that, like you see on every Bethsday game.

905
00:46:16.320 --> 00:46:18.159
<v Speaker 5>You're gonna see Xbox, Xbox, Xbox.

906
00:46:18.239 --> 00:46:20.880
<v Speaker 4>You assume that Xbox is the best place to play it,

907
00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:22.559
<v Speaker 4>regardless if you have a PlayStation or not.

908
00:46:23.119 --> 00:46:26.719
<v Speaker 5>Like, such a clever employ from them, totally, such a good.

909
00:46:27.239 --> 00:46:30.199
<v Speaker 1>And like like that's like a Fogie Bear who listens

910
00:46:30.199 --> 00:46:33.159
<v Speaker 1>to the show responded to me one of my tweets

911
00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:34.760
<v Speaker 1>and was like saying, I think the play here is

912
00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:37.599
<v Speaker 1>that with the price of games going up, like maybe

913
00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:40.320
<v Speaker 1>there's a time to exclusivity, and then they release it

914
00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:43.239
<v Speaker 1>on Sony for seventy dollars and people see that, like, man,

915
00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:45.760
<v Speaker 1>games are seventy dollars now, or I could get an

916
00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:48.480
<v Speaker 1>Xbox subscribe to game Pass and just play all this

917
00:46:48.519 --> 00:46:52.360
<v Speaker 1>stuff not for free, but for considerably cheaper. So I

918
00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:54.719
<v Speaker 1>think that like kind of markets itself a little bit, right.

919
00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:56.920
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and new factor in like the series S is

920
00:46:56.960 --> 00:47:01.920
<v Speaker 3>such an affordable option, which is like super compatible with

921
00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:06.159
<v Speaker 3>game Pass too, because you know, you can go totally discless.

922
00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:10.800
<v Speaker 3>I mean yeah, Like, I think there's there's criticisms and

923
00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:14.800
<v Speaker 3>benefits to the approach for sure, And I'm excited because,

924
00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:17.360
<v Speaker 3>like I currently don't have a game Pass subscription because

925
00:47:17.400 --> 00:47:21.280
<v Speaker 3>my Xbox is like ancient and creaky and like not ancient.

926
00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:24.920
<v Speaker 3>It's an Xbox one X. But like I mean no, no,

927
00:47:25.039 --> 00:47:27.559
<v Speaker 3>not a one X, It's just a regular one. I See.

928
00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:28.320
<v Speaker 3>The thing is I.

929
00:47:28.280 --> 00:47:31.760
<v Speaker 1>Really strike to original Xbox one.

930
00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:38.199
<v Speaker 3>Original Xbox One. But I am really excited about getting

931
00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:40.719
<v Speaker 3>into game Pass and trying that out. I mean, it's

932
00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:42.679
<v Speaker 3>really great for our jobs, rights because we have a

933
00:47:42.679 --> 00:47:45.880
<v Speaker 3>lot of games that we want to try, and you know,

934
00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:48.039
<v Speaker 3>people who are passionate about games, like we go into

935
00:47:48.039 --> 00:47:49.519
<v Speaker 3>Game of the Year and you want to have tried

936
00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:51.320
<v Speaker 3>a lot of the games that people are discussing and

937
00:47:51.360 --> 00:47:53.199
<v Speaker 3>so that I mean for us, it's like a benefit

938
00:47:53.239 --> 00:47:55.000
<v Speaker 3>in that way, but also it's just a benefit if

939
00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:56.920
<v Speaker 3>you're like, you know what, this looks sort of interesting.

940
00:47:57.000 --> 00:47:58.519
<v Speaker 3>I'm going to try it and see if I like it.

941
00:47:59.159 --> 00:48:01.840
<v Speaker 3>I think that's like a huge draw of game Pass

942
00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:04.519
<v Speaker 3>and a really good play on their part. So I'm

943
00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:07.079
<v Speaker 3>hoping that the results in more creativity, Like that's the

944
00:48:07.079 --> 00:48:09.519
<v Speaker 3>best case scenario, and I think it very well could.

945
00:48:10.039 --> 00:48:13.360
<v Speaker 2>It's funny because recently online it feels like people are

946
00:48:13.360 --> 00:48:16.199
<v Speaker 2>realizing that games writers have to pay for things like

947
00:48:16.239 --> 00:48:19.360
<v Speaker 2>consoles and games like I don't know, are just these

948
00:48:19.400 --> 00:48:22.840
<v Speaker 2>so to people be like, you guys are paying for this, Yeah,

949
00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:27.679
<v Speaker 2>yeah we are. But yeah, the game Pass has helped

950
00:48:27.679 --> 00:48:31.079
<v Speaker 2>me stay up to date as like a freelancer, so often,

951
00:48:31.119 --> 00:48:34.119
<v Speaker 2>like with classics and with new titles for a fraction

952
00:48:34.199 --> 00:48:36.400
<v Speaker 2>of what I would have had to pay before, like

953
00:48:36.480 --> 00:48:39.239
<v Speaker 2>Crusader Kings three Tell me why, just like straight up

954
00:48:39.320 --> 00:48:41.840
<v Speaker 2>Launch done that And those are two like big games

955
00:48:42.039 --> 00:48:44.000
<v Speaker 2>that I probably would have skipped out on if they

956
00:48:44.039 --> 00:48:47.480
<v Speaker 2>weren't just available to me with the pass. And also,

957
00:48:47.559 --> 00:48:50.000
<v Speaker 2>yeah it does Jake, as you're saying earlier, like highlights

958
00:48:50.039 --> 00:48:53.239
<v Speaker 2>some of the games that people wouldn't have seen otherwise.

959
00:48:53.320 --> 00:48:55.639
<v Speaker 2>Like I remember playing like Scorge Bringer. I don't know

960
00:48:55.639 --> 00:48:58.119
<v Speaker 2>if you guys have tried that one, and Blazing Chrome,

961
00:48:58.599 --> 00:49:01.400
<v Speaker 2>like just two indies on there, like so fine. I

962
00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:04.280
<v Speaker 2>was just surprised, Like I coicked the randomize like just

963
00:49:04.280 --> 00:49:06.400
<v Speaker 2>like pick a random game for me option on the

964
00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:08.280
<v Speaker 2>game Pass, and he's just like popped up and I

965
00:49:08.320 --> 00:49:09.280
<v Speaker 2>was like, Oh, this looks cool.

966
00:49:11.559 --> 00:49:12.400
<v Speaker 3>That's super cool.

967
00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:14.719
<v Speaker 2>It is great, and like, I don't know, I feel

968
00:49:14.760 --> 00:49:17.320
<v Speaker 2>like I've always wanted that feature on Steam or something

969
00:49:17.400 --> 00:49:18.920
<v Speaker 2>like when I look at my library, I'm like, I

970
00:49:18.920 --> 00:49:20.760
<v Speaker 2>don't even know what I want to play. Just tell

971
00:49:20.800 --> 00:49:23.599
<v Speaker 2>me what to play, and I clicked the randomized button.

972
00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:27.079
<v Speaker 1>But moving on. Next question is from Jacob McCourt. He says,

973
00:49:27.079 --> 00:49:29.920
<v Speaker 1>following gray Fox's question, what's your dream mashup that can

974
00:49:29.920 --> 00:49:32.960
<v Speaker 1>now happen because of bees the acquisition? I e. Fallout

975
00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:35.599
<v Speaker 1>New Vegas Too by Obsidian, which was something that kind

976
00:49:35.599 --> 00:49:38.360
<v Speaker 1>of went viral on Twitter. Someone tweeted at Obsidian saying like,

977
00:49:38.400 --> 00:49:40.760
<v Speaker 1>does this mean Fallout New Vegas Too? And they responded

978
00:49:40.800 --> 00:49:47.679
<v Speaker 1>with that like little shrug the little text dude, or whatever.

979
00:49:48.079 --> 00:49:50.960
<v Speaker 2>You know what I'm talking about, right slash shrug in.

980
00:49:53.239 --> 00:49:55.320
<v Speaker 3>Backslash or forward slash shrug.

981
00:49:55.440 --> 00:49:57.159
<v Speaker 1>Yes, sure, yeah, that one.

982
00:50:00.280 --> 00:50:02.360
<v Speaker 3>I mean, that's like the obvious one. I'm having a

983
00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:06.159
<v Speaker 3>hard time thinking of anything else that's like now possible, except.

984
00:50:05.760 --> 00:50:08.519
<v Speaker 2>Like master Chief and.

985
00:50:11.880 --> 00:50:12.800
<v Speaker 1>Send him down.

986
00:50:14.719 --> 00:50:21.599
<v Speaker 3>The money to make Disconded three. That's all I want. Uh.

987
00:50:21.760 --> 00:50:28.519
<v Speaker 4>Any kind of mash up between like Xbox and I

988
00:50:28.519 --> 00:50:29.960
<v Speaker 4>mean New Vegas two is a good one.

989
00:50:33.199 --> 00:50:36.079
<v Speaker 3>Master Chief in Elder Scrolls.

990
00:50:39.719 --> 00:50:42.599
<v Speaker 4>I wonder if it would be any kind of fable

991
00:50:42.840 --> 00:50:44.960
<v Speaker 4>Elder Scrolls, like there would be references.

992
00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:46.159
<v Speaker 5>Maybe that would be quite cool.

993
00:50:50.719 --> 00:50:53.559
<v Speaker 1>How about forts a horse drawn carriage sport. It would

994
00:50:53.599 --> 00:50:58.000
<v Speaker 1>just be like Skyrim, Like that's my idea, and it

995
00:50:58.079 --> 00:51:01.519
<v Speaker 1>starts out every time with the waking up in the

996
00:51:01.519 --> 00:51:02.679
<v Speaker 1>back of the car awake.

997
00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:13.199
<v Speaker 2>You were crossing the border, right, that could be very good.

998
00:51:14.039 --> 00:51:18.360
<v Speaker 3>I'm into I mean that they'll put Skyrim on and

999
00:51:18.400 --> 00:51:22.119
<v Speaker 3>in anything, so you know, it's not totally out of

1000
00:51:22.119 --> 00:51:22.559
<v Speaker 3>the question.

1001
00:51:23.679 --> 00:51:25.719
<v Speaker 5>Have they said if it's coming to series acts or not.

1002
00:51:27.519 --> 00:51:30.440
<v Speaker 2>They can't keep announcing that game like if it's on.

1003
00:51:30.400 --> 00:51:32.639
<v Speaker 5>Game Pass, and I guess it technically.

1004
00:51:32.280 --> 00:51:35.920
<v Speaker 1>Is didn't like a leak. Didn't it like an enhanced

1005
00:51:35.960 --> 00:51:38.440
<v Speaker 1>version leak or something like that. I wouldn't be surprised

1006
00:51:38.480 --> 00:51:39.320
<v Speaker 1>if they do something.

1007
00:51:39.519 --> 00:51:41.719
<v Speaker 2>There's already a special edition now.

1008
00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:46.639
<v Speaker 1>The Special Skyri Elder Strolls five, Skyrim the Special Enhanced.

1009
00:51:46.400 --> 00:51:49.719
<v Speaker 2>Edition even more water shaders put them off.

1010
00:51:51.760 --> 00:51:53.960
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I wouldn't rule it out.

1011
00:51:54.119 --> 00:51:56.920
<v Speaker 1>No, Yeah, I don't know. Overall though, I think I'm

1012
00:51:56.960 --> 00:51:59.800
<v Speaker 1>kind of with Lucy. I'm more just like excited to

1013
00:51:59.840 --> 00:52:04.000
<v Speaker 1>see or hoping to see, like Dishonored three, prey to

1014
00:52:04.239 --> 00:52:06.679
<v Speaker 1>things that may have not really been a thing because

1015
00:52:06.679 --> 00:52:09.400
<v Speaker 1>they weren't huge financial successes. Get like a second chance

1016
00:52:10.320 --> 00:52:11.199
<v Speaker 1>or third chance.

1017
00:52:13.159 --> 00:52:13.880
<v Speaker 3>Dishonored.

1018
00:52:14.559 --> 00:52:16.039
<v Speaker 2>I never played those games.

1019
00:52:19.559 --> 00:52:20.119
<v Speaker 3>Up game Pass.

1020
00:52:20.159 --> 00:52:23.000
<v Speaker 4>They are fantastic, but they're on game Pass right now.

1021
00:52:23.480 --> 00:52:25.119
<v Speaker 4>I think they or at least they will be coming.

1022
00:52:25.519 --> 00:52:26.719
<v Speaker 2>Okay, I mean.

1023
00:52:28.679 --> 00:52:32.159
<v Speaker 3>App my brother's been replaying. My brother like replays games

1024
00:52:32.159 --> 00:52:34.400
<v Speaker 3>a lot, and he's been doing Dishonored and I was like,

1025
00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:38.480
<v Speaker 3>that's cold. You do like a no kill run? He

1026
00:52:38.519 --> 00:52:42.119
<v Speaker 3>was like, oh I did a no kill ghost run. Yeah,

1027
00:52:44.159 --> 00:52:46.440
<v Speaker 3>Like you don't. You don't kill anyone and you don't

1028
00:52:46.440 --> 00:52:47.400
<v Speaker 3>get detected at all.

1029
00:52:49.519 --> 00:52:50.400
<v Speaker 1>Just walking around.

1030
00:52:51.840 --> 00:52:54.840
<v Speaker 3>My brother is like really, really hardcore and really good

1031
00:52:54.840 --> 00:52:57.360
<v Speaker 3>at video games, and so I'm like he's I'm like, oh,

1032
00:52:57.480 --> 00:53:02.480
<v Speaker 3>is that really hard? He's like cool, Okay, cool. I

1033
00:53:02.480 --> 00:53:07.039
<v Speaker 3>guess I'll play it and be Frustrated's try two is

1034
00:53:07.079 --> 00:53:08.239
<v Speaker 3>on game Pass?

1035
00:53:08.480 --> 00:53:09.199
<v Speaker 1>Oh okay.

1036
00:53:09.480 --> 00:53:11.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm just excited for more Wolfenstein, Like that's one of

1037
00:53:11.960 --> 00:53:15.119
<v Speaker 2>my favorite Bethesda ips, and I'm like, you just try

1038
00:53:15.119 --> 00:53:18.159
<v Speaker 2>anything else, Like young Blood is very cool, So I'd

1039
00:53:18.199 --> 00:53:21.679
<v Speaker 2>like them to try like more weird spin offs with Billy.

1040
00:53:22.400 --> 00:53:25.719
<v Speaker 3>I'm really banking on this because they've confirmed that like

1041
00:53:25.800 --> 00:53:28.159
<v Speaker 3>this New Wolfenstein isn't going to be a trilogy, and

1042
00:53:28.239 --> 00:53:31.320
<v Speaker 3>so I'm like, well, the next game inevitably we're going

1043
00:53:31.360 --> 00:53:33.760
<v Speaker 3>to be killing Hitler, and I am just really excited.

1044
00:53:33.880 --> 00:53:36.880
<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, Yeah, let's.

1045
00:53:36.639 --> 00:53:39.519
<v Speaker 3>Go right Okay.

1046
00:53:41.199 --> 00:53:43.440
<v Speaker 1>To go hand in hand with that, the Xbox pre

1047
00:53:43.559 --> 00:53:47.320
<v Speaker 1>orders were also a big story. They were supposed to

1048
00:53:47.320 --> 00:53:50.679
<v Speaker 1>be a little bit more planned than the Sony ones

1049
00:53:50.760 --> 00:53:52.920
<v Speaker 1>or the PlayStation five ones, which I guess they were,

1050
00:53:53.239 --> 00:53:55.960
<v Speaker 1>but I don't know. I found them just as confusing

1051
00:53:56.000 --> 00:54:00.840
<v Speaker 1>and frustrating. Uh what did what did you guys think?

1052
00:54:00.880 --> 00:54:02.519
<v Speaker 1>Like Lucy, I know you were trying to prove it

1053
00:54:02.639 --> 00:54:05.719
<v Speaker 1>or both correct, Like which one did you find easier?

1054
00:54:08.480 --> 00:54:12.239
<v Speaker 5>I found, so I managed to get a.

1055
00:54:13.599 --> 00:54:17.519
<v Speaker 4>Like both one of each PlayStation, and one of them

1056
00:54:17.519 --> 00:54:19.840
<v Speaker 4>I think I'm giving to well Kurt's going to buy

1057
00:54:19.840 --> 00:54:22.000
<v Speaker 4>from me because he didn't manage to get one, and

1058
00:54:22.039 --> 00:54:23.719
<v Speaker 4>I got a Series X.

1059
00:54:24.360 --> 00:54:25.400
<v Speaker 3>Series X.

1060
00:54:27.039 --> 00:54:32.119
<v Speaker 4>Was I would say, I think Series X took longer,

1061
00:54:33.079 --> 00:54:35.920
<v Speaker 4>but that was because the websites were running really really slowly,

1062
00:54:35.960 --> 00:54:39.360
<v Speaker 4>and there was one point where Amazon didn't go live.

1063
00:54:40.760 --> 00:54:45.400
<v Speaker 4>So of the three that I bought my disc PlayStation,

1064
00:54:45.519 --> 00:54:49.679
<v Speaker 4>five I got from Amazon easiest one because I had

1065
00:54:49.719 --> 00:54:52.239
<v Speaker 4>tweet notifications turned on for Warrio and as soon as

1066
00:54:52.239 --> 00:54:53.679
<v Speaker 4>he said, okay, it's live on Amazon, I just went

1067
00:54:53.719 --> 00:54:54.320
<v Speaker 4>in and bought it.

1068
00:54:55.920 --> 00:54:57.639
<v Speaker 2>Good account, amazing account.

1069
00:54:57.840 --> 00:54:58.920
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it's so good.

1070
00:54:59.559 --> 00:55:03.920
<v Speaker 4>And then and Series X is probably the next easiest

1071
00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:07.960
<v Speaker 4>because I just went Microsoft Store because Amazon weren't live

1072
00:55:08.239 --> 00:55:10.639
<v Speaker 4>when they were supposed to be, so I just.

1073
00:55:10.639 --> 00:55:14.119
<v Speaker 5>Went Microsoft Store and it was fine. It just like

1074
00:55:14.239 --> 00:55:16.760
<v Speaker 5>the website ran really really really slowly.

1075
00:55:18.760 --> 00:55:22.239
<v Speaker 4>But overall it took me about twenty minutes to get one.

1076
00:55:23.400 --> 00:55:25.360
<v Speaker 4>And then the other one that I got from Walmart.

1077
00:55:25.440 --> 00:55:30.920
<v Speaker 4>The digital version was annoying because Walmart, just like the website,

1078
00:55:30.960 --> 00:55:38.159
<v Speaker 4>totally shit the bed so yeah, I I'm aware that

1079
00:55:38.199 --> 00:55:40.159
<v Speaker 4>I was very, very lucky with my pre orders. A

1080
00:55:40.199 --> 00:55:43.719
<v Speaker 4>lot of people did not have the same success. But

1081
00:55:43.800 --> 00:55:48.239
<v Speaker 4>also at the same time, looking at nvidious stuff right now,

1082
00:55:48.920 --> 00:55:51.760
<v Speaker 4>it's just been a big couple of weeks and a

1083
00:55:51.760 --> 00:55:55.000
<v Speaker 4>lot of people are being disappointed by that. We just

1084
00:55:55.039 --> 00:55:57.800
<v Speaker 4>need to figure out, like I know, unprecedented times, but

1085
00:55:59.039 --> 00:55:59.599
<v Speaker 4>there has to.

1086
00:55:59.559 --> 00:56:01.559
<v Speaker 5>Be a bit so there has to be a better way.

1087
00:56:02.159 --> 00:56:02.599
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

1088
00:56:03.840 --> 00:56:08.880
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I didn't manage to get anything. Oh really, I

1089
00:56:08.920 --> 00:56:12.320
<v Speaker 3>couldn't get anything. I tried Target first. So for the

1090
00:56:12.360 --> 00:56:16.760
<v Speaker 3>series X, I got up at seven forty five am,

1091
00:56:17.199 --> 00:56:20.119
<v Speaker 3>which is not a time that I'm usually awake, because

1092
00:56:20.159 --> 00:56:23.960
<v Speaker 3>I fell asleep at like three or four am against

1093
00:56:24.000 --> 00:56:27.079
<v Speaker 3>my own will. And yeah, so I was like I

1094
00:56:27.119 --> 00:56:29.239
<v Speaker 3>had gotten like four hours or sleep. I'm like, okay,

1095
00:56:29.239 --> 00:56:31.239
<v Speaker 3>I gotta just do this. And I was like trying to,

1096
00:56:31.280 --> 00:56:34.559
<v Speaker 3>like really trying to focus. And so I'm like on

1097
00:56:34.599 --> 00:56:37.840
<v Speaker 3>Target's website. And the thing with Target was you would

1098
00:56:37.880 --> 00:56:41.000
<v Speaker 3>put it in your cart, and so I successfully got

1099
00:56:41.000 --> 00:56:42.639
<v Speaker 3>one in my cart, and then Target was like you

1100
00:56:42.679 --> 00:56:45.199
<v Speaker 3>need an account, and I was like okay, shit, So

1101
00:56:45.320 --> 00:56:49.800
<v Speaker 3>like I made account weird and then at every subsequent

1102
00:56:49.840 --> 00:56:52.440
<v Speaker 3>time it, which disappeared from my cart. Then I tried

1103
00:56:53.840 --> 00:56:57.960
<v Speaker 3>the Microsoft Store, the button wouldn't work. I tried Amazon,

1104
00:56:58.119 --> 00:57:00.280
<v Speaker 3>it wasn't live. So I kept refreshing and I was

1105
00:57:00.320 --> 00:57:02.760
<v Speaker 3>waiting for Warrio's tweet about Amazon being live. But the

1106
00:57:02.800 --> 00:57:06.920
<v Speaker 3>thing that Amazon did really poorly, which Matt Paget, our

1107
00:57:07.039 --> 00:57:11.039
<v Speaker 3>tech commerce editor, pointed on Twitter, Amazon, if you searched

1108
00:57:11.159 --> 00:57:14.559
<v Speaker 3>Xbox Series X, you were served in Xbox one X,

1109
00:57:15.039 --> 00:57:17.679
<v Speaker 3>like that was the result that came up. So it

1110
00:57:17.719 --> 00:57:19.719
<v Speaker 3>was really frustrating because I was like trying to get

1111
00:57:19.760 --> 00:57:22.639
<v Speaker 3>to the Series X landing page, which like Microsoft had

1112
00:57:22.679 --> 00:57:26.159
<v Speaker 3>their own page with all the details, and it just

1113
00:57:26.199 --> 00:57:30.480
<v Speaker 3>wouldn't It just didn't work, and Amazon just kept giving me.

1114
00:57:30.639 --> 00:57:35.360
<v Speaker 3>It gave me a one X and PS fours. So

1115
00:57:35.440 --> 00:57:38.960
<v Speaker 3>Amazon like really screwed up on getting people to go

1116
00:57:39.000 --> 00:57:41.159
<v Speaker 3>to the correct thing. And I know that there was

1117
00:57:41.159 --> 00:57:44.559
<v Speaker 3>like a story about one X sales going up during

1118
00:57:44.639 --> 00:57:47.480
<v Speaker 3>the pre order period on Amazon, and people were kind

1119
00:57:47.519 --> 00:57:49.360
<v Speaker 3>of saying like it might have been bots that weren't

1120
00:57:49.400 --> 00:57:52.440
<v Speaker 3>programmed correctly buying one x's instead of Series x's, but

1121
00:57:52.480 --> 00:57:54.440
<v Speaker 3>it also could have just been people getting served the

1122
00:57:54.480 --> 00:57:58.320
<v Speaker 3>wrong thing. So that was frustrating and so I just

1123
00:57:58.679 --> 00:58:03.360
<v Speaker 3>after an hour, I gave up and I was like, well,

1124
00:58:03.719 --> 00:58:05.639
<v Speaker 3>this is the thing I need for my job, but

1125
00:58:05.719 --> 00:58:10.039
<v Speaker 3>I'll just hope that somebody else got enough pre orders.

1126
00:58:10.119 --> 00:58:12.960
<v Speaker 3>And then it turns out that Chris Perera I got

1127
00:58:13.000 --> 00:58:14.239
<v Speaker 3>like four of every.

1128
00:58:14.800 --> 00:58:18.760
<v Speaker 4>Like we called Chris, we call him the meme collector,

1129
00:58:19.519 --> 00:58:22.360
<v Speaker 4>but I think he's just like a general collector of

1130
00:58:22.840 --> 00:58:23.360
<v Speaker 4>he just had.

1131
00:58:23.480 --> 00:58:25.760
<v Speaker 5>He's incredibly scale at getting pre orders.

1132
00:58:25.800 --> 00:58:27.239
<v Speaker 3>And apparently, yeah.

1133
00:58:29.159 --> 00:58:31.199
<v Speaker 1>I had no luck. I managed to get a PS

1134
00:58:31.280 --> 00:58:33.800
<v Speaker 1>five just because someone tweeted like, hey, they're back up

1135
00:58:33.800 --> 00:58:35.840
<v Speaker 1>on Target, and I was like okay, and then I

1136
00:58:35.920 --> 00:58:38.599
<v Speaker 1>like just clicked on the link and ordered one. No

1137
00:58:38.679 --> 00:58:41.719
<v Speaker 1>problem at all. Series X though I woke up early,

1138
00:58:41.880 --> 00:58:44.880
<v Speaker 1>had like had my had my best Buy page open,

1139
00:58:44.920 --> 00:58:49.159
<v Speaker 1>had my Target, Microsoft had everything open. Every single one

1140
00:58:49.320 --> 00:58:52.360
<v Speaker 1>failed me. I was right there too. Like with Target,

1141
00:58:53.000 --> 00:58:54.719
<v Speaker 1>I'd get it in the cart and then I'd hit

1142
00:58:54.800 --> 00:58:56.639
<v Speaker 1>check out and be like there's nothing here, and I'd

1143
00:58:56.639 --> 00:59:01.559
<v Speaker 1>be like there is something there, uh, and the Microsoft

1144
00:59:01.519 --> 00:59:04.039
<v Speaker 1>store just wouldn't load like I'd gone to like pre

1145
00:59:04.199 --> 00:59:05.480
<v Speaker 1>order and it would just give me a five h

1146
00:59:05.559 --> 00:59:06.480
<v Speaker 1>three error or whatever.

1147
00:59:07.360 --> 00:59:07.800
<v Speaker 4>Uh.

1148
00:59:08.199 --> 00:59:11.679
<v Speaker 1>Best Buy kept saying coming soon because Microsoft didn't mention

1149
00:59:11.840 --> 00:59:14.760
<v Speaker 1>that like they're kind of staggered, so they weren't just

1150
00:59:14.840 --> 00:59:17.000
<v Speaker 1>all going to be at eight am somewhere later. So

1151
00:59:17.039 --> 00:59:18.880
<v Speaker 1>I think at nine the best Buy one went life

1152
00:59:18.880 --> 00:59:21.760
<v Speaker 1>and I saw it go from coming soon to available

1153
00:59:21.760 --> 00:59:24.239
<v Speaker 1>for pre order, clicked it, put it in my thing,

1154
00:59:24.599 --> 00:59:26.480
<v Speaker 1>went to check out, and and then I got a

1155
00:59:26.480 --> 00:59:28.639
<v Speaker 1>thing saying we've removed this item from your cart because

1156
00:59:28.639 --> 00:59:30.559
<v Speaker 1>we didn't have any And I was like, are you like?

1157
00:59:30.679 --> 00:59:33.159
<v Speaker 1>I literally watched it, like, how could anyone have been

1158
00:59:33.239 --> 00:59:33.920
<v Speaker 1>faster than me?

1159
00:59:34.079 --> 00:59:35.239
<v Speaker 2>They took it from your card?

1160
00:59:35.880 --> 00:59:39.840
<v Speaker 5>I know, Yeah, what's let me let me what's the

1161
00:59:39.880 --> 00:59:42.840
<v Speaker 5>Microsoft store? Is it just saying well sold out now?

1162
00:59:43.360 --> 00:59:46.039
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's saying all sold out. Now. I've been checking

1163
00:59:46.039 --> 00:59:48.679
<v Speaker 1>throughout the day. I should probably just get notifications for

1164
00:59:48.760 --> 00:59:52.719
<v Speaker 1>Warrior sixty four's tweets. And that goes back up ID.

1165
00:59:52.960 --> 00:59:56.000
<v Speaker 3>That the Walmart site doesn't work, considering like the richest

1166
00:59:56.039 --> 00:59:59.639
<v Speaker 3>family ever, like, couldn't for a better website. But I

1167
00:59:59.480 --> 01:00:00.119
<v Speaker 3>didn't even.

1168
01:00:00.119 --> 01:00:01.719
<v Speaker 1>Try Walmart because I'm like, fuck Walmart.

1169
01:00:01.760 --> 01:00:05.880
<v Speaker 3>Now, I was like, fuck y'all. I tried Amazon for

1170
01:00:05.920 --> 01:00:10.039
<v Speaker 3>some reason, but I like, you know, I pick and

1171
01:00:10.119 --> 01:00:12.760
<v Speaker 3>choose for some reason, but I just hate Walmart, so

1172
01:00:12.800 --> 01:00:13.719
<v Speaker 3>I don't even try.

1173
01:00:15.000 --> 01:00:17.719
<v Speaker 1>Uh, but I did manage to get a series SU

1174
01:00:18.119 --> 01:00:20.920
<v Speaker 1>once again. Khalif Adams, friend of the show, tweeted, like

1175
01:00:21.480 --> 01:00:24.320
<v Speaker 1>you can get a series S still, uh. So I

1176
01:00:24.360 --> 01:00:26.599
<v Speaker 1>was like okay on the Xbox store. So I went

1177
01:00:26.599 --> 01:00:29.159
<v Speaker 1>to the Xbox store. It took about five or six tries,

1178
01:00:29.199 --> 01:00:31.280
<v Speaker 1>and then finally it was like your orders on the way.

1179
01:00:31.519 --> 01:00:33.800
<v Speaker 1>So I have a Series S coming, but I don't

1180
01:00:33.840 --> 01:00:36.239
<v Speaker 1>think i'll keep it because I've wont an X and

1181
01:00:36.480 --> 01:00:39.480
<v Speaker 1>I have a PC, so I don't. Yeah, I don't know,

1182
01:00:39.480 --> 01:00:42.239
<v Speaker 1>I don't I don't know. I don't know what to

1183
01:00:42.280 --> 01:00:42.639
<v Speaker 1>do with it.

1184
01:00:42.840 --> 01:00:45.480
<v Speaker 3>This is very much like I mean when when the

1185
01:00:45.719 --> 01:00:48.239
<v Speaker 3>Switch launched, like a lot of people had pre orders,

1186
01:00:48.320 --> 01:00:50.320
<v Speaker 3>and then like with pre order multiple and then like

1187
01:00:50.719 --> 01:00:52.760
<v Speaker 3>at least for game Spot just be like, oh, I'll

1188
01:00:52.760 --> 01:00:54.960
<v Speaker 3>sell you the second one I pre ordered, and that's

1189
01:00:54.960 --> 01:00:56.400
<v Speaker 3>how I got my Switch. So I bought it off

1190
01:00:56.400 --> 01:00:58.760
<v Speaker 3>of somebody. And I think that's going to end up

1191
01:00:58.800 --> 01:01:02.440
<v Speaker 3>being the case for me with the Series X and

1192
01:01:02.480 --> 01:01:06.880
<v Speaker 3>the PS five is probably just getting it off the

1193
01:01:06.960 --> 01:01:08.800
<v Speaker 3>master of pre order in Chris Perreira.

1194
01:01:10.519 --> 01:01:13.519
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, the Switch was scarier though, because it was scary

1195
01:01:13.719 --> 01:01:17.239
<v Speaker 1>not scary, but it was more like worrying because Nintendo

1196
01:01:17.480 --> 01:01:20.559
<v Speaker 1>doesn't like to like Nintendo kind of limits the stock

1197
01:01:20.800 --> 01:01:24.719
<v Speaker 1>just to create that demand, like that artificial demand, which.

1198
01:01:24.519 --> 01:01:26.239
<v Speaker 5>Is a great point in consolable.

1199
01:01:27.519 --> 01:01:32.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna watch that after Yeah.

1200
01:01:30.840 --> 01:01:34.480
<v Speaker 1>But I feel like I feel like xboxes will probably

1201
01:01:34.519 --> 01:01:37.639
<v Speaker 1>be available when they could. Maybe not right when they launched,

1202
01:01:37.719 --> 01:01:39.079
<v Speaker 1>but I bet if you give it like a week

1203
01:01:39.159 --> 01:01:42.159
<v Speaker 1>or two, a couple of weeks, you'll probably be able

1204
01:01:42.199 --> 01:01:44.239
<v Speaker 1>to pick one up. At least. I think that's what

1205
01:01:44.280 --> 01:01:48.480
<v Speaker 1>happened with the Xbox one X. Maybe it didn't. Maybe maybe.

1206
01:01:49.840 --> 01:01:53.079
<v Speaker 5>Are writing history makes feel better.

1207
01:01:53.440 --> 01:01:56.159
<v Speaker 1>We do have another question here from Jacob McCourt. How

1208
01:01:56.199 --> 01:01:58.599
<v Speaker 1>would you solve the pre order problem hunger games but

1209
01:01:58.719 --> 01:02:01.880
<v Speaker 1>for pre orders. I was thinking about this even before

1210
01:02:01.920 --> 01:02:05.239
<v Speaker 1>the question was submitted, so I told it because I

1211
01:02:05.239 --> 01:02:07.920
<v Speaker 1>was like, yeah, we should talk about this. Do you

1212
01:02:07.920 --> 01:02:10.199
<v Speaker 1>guys have any ideas?

1213
01:02:10.719 --> 01:02:11.079
<v Speaker 5>Hmmm.

1214
01:02:12.519 --> 01:02:16.079
<v Speaker 4>I feel like certainly they should maybe do a bit

1215
01:02:16.199 --> 01:02:20.280
<v Speaker 4>more market research and try and get a better idea

1216
01:02:20.280 --> 01:02:23.760
<v Speaker 4>about how many people want. I think, like I saw

1217
01:02:23.800 --> 01:02:28.440
<v Speaker 4>game Stop, we're doing like lines which didn't.

1218
01:02:28.280 --> 01:02:31.639
<v Speaker 3>Work for me, which works for concert tickets but apparently

1219
01:02:31.679 --> 01:02:32.480
<v Speaker 3>not xboxes.

1220
01:02:33.199 --> 01:02:41.599
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I don't know, maybe pre polling people giving out.

1221
01:02:41.320 --> 01:02:44.079
<v Speaker 4>I don't making sure that real people in the bots.

1222
01:02:44.519 --> 01:02:46.920
<v Speaker 2>I feel like there's just too many bots though, like

1223
01:02:47.039 --> 01:02:50.840
<v Speaker 2>right now, Like I don't see a way that sites

1224
01:02:50.880 --> 01:02:54.119
<v Speaker 2>could like fight against that really, Like people are so

1225
01:02:54.280 --> 01:02:57.559
<v Speaker 2>good at scamming and flipping these consoles, like from day one,

1226
01:02:58.239 --> 01:03:00.440
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, let me look at ebit.

1227
01:03:00.559 --> 01:03:02.719
<v Speaker 3>How did you manage to get or were you trying

1228
01:03:02.760 --> 01:03:03.199
<v Speaker 3>to get either?

1229
01:03:03.920 --> 01:03:09.480
<v Speaker 2>Oh? No, I was playing Super Mario Sunshine. I yeah,

1230
01:03:09.039 --> 01:03:12.000
<v Speaker 2>I have a PC right now, and for what I'm doing,

1231
01:03:12.039 --> 01:03:14.440
<v Speaker 2>I feel like I'm fine playing most of my games

1232
01:03:14.440 --> 01:03:15.320
<v Speaker 2>on PC right now.

1233
01:03:15.559 --> 01:03:19.159
<v Speaker 3>It's a lot of money to like to put on hold,

1234
01:03:19.239 --> 01:03:20.840
<v Speaker 3>like to put a thousand dollars if we're going to

1235
01:03:20.920 --> 01:03:23.239
<v Speaker 3>get both of them, just like okay, that thousand dollars

1236
01:03:23.320 --> 01:03:25.360
<v Speaker 3>is no longer available to me is a lot for sure.

1237
01:03:26.199 --> 01:03:29.480
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, especially too, like when you consider it, like the

1238
01:03:29.519 --> 01:03:32.599
<v Speaker 1>only game that you won't really be able to play

1239
01:03:32.239 --> 01:03:35.400
<v Speaker 1>is Demon Souls, like across all of because that one

1240
01:03:35.440 --> 01:03:39.079
<v Speaker 1>is a PS five exclusive like everything and and well

1241
01:03:39.199 --> 01:03:42.840
<v Speaker 1>god Falls not launched though, is it god Fall launch?

1242
01:03:44.199 --> 01:03:45.679
<v Speaker 1>I don't think it is, is it not?

1243
01:03:46.719 --> 01:03:50.159
<v Speaker 2>I think I remember seeing Miles Morales and Demon Souls.

1244
01:03:51.320 --> 01:03:52.920
<v Speaker 1>Miles Morales is for PS four two.

1245
01:03:53.960 --> 01:03:57.199
<v Speaker 2>Oh what, I'm chilling absolutely.

1246
01:03:57.159 --> 01:03:59.280
<v Speaker 1>And like obviously all the Xbox games can be played

1247
01:03:59.280 --> 01:04:03.920
<v Speaker 1>on whatever you want, so like I feel like, right now,

1248
01:04:03.920 --> 01:04:05.800
<v Speaker 1>the only real reason is if you really want to

1249
01:04:05.800 --> 01:04:09.920
<v Speaker 1>play Demon Souls, which I do, it looks too scared

1250
01:04:09.960 --> 01:04:10.199
<v Speaker 1>for me.

1251
01:04:10.960 --> 01:04:11.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

1252
01:04:11.599 --> 01:04:14.360
<v Speaker 3>There's a couple like there's the there's a pack in

1253
01:04:14.519 --> 01:04:17.840
<v Speaker 3>for PS five which is Astro's Playroom. There's like sac Boy,

1254
01:04:18.320 --> 01:04:21.400
<v Speaker 3>a big event sack Boys Adventure.

1255
01:04:22.400 --> 01:04:23.679
<v Speaker 1>Which is also for PS four two.

1256
01:04:23.760 --> 01:04:28.239
<v Speaker 4>I think pretty Godful Godfuol just says, oh no, Godful

1257
01:04:28.280 --> 01:04:29.400
<v Speaker 4>is November twelfth.

1258
01:04:29.639 --> 01:04:31.320
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, oh it is, okay.

1259
01:04:31.559 --> 01:04:34.000
<v Speaker 3>See, I was like really scared for a moment because I'm,

1260
01:04:34.159 --> 01:04:36.000
<v Speaker 3>you know, being the reviews editor. I'm like the person

1261
01:04:36.039 --> 01:04:38.159
<v Speaker 3>who's looking at this list trying to be like, okay,

1262
01:04:38.760 --> 01:04:41.320
<v Speaker 3>who are my who are my people who can review this?

1263
01:04:41.400 --> 01:04:43.719
<v Speaker 3>And I was like if Godfaul isn't a launch title,

1264
01:04:43.760 --> 01:04:50.440
<v Speaker 3>and I've been planning around Godfall, I'm going to die. Yeah,

1265
01:04:50.519 --> 01:04:52.760
<v Speaker 3>I you know, thinking about going back to the question,

1266
01:04:52.920 --> 01:04:56.320
<v Speaker 3>thinking about like concert tickets, for example, back when we

1267
01:04:56.519 --> 01:04:58.360
<v Speaker 3>in the days where we could go to concerts and

1268
01:04:58.360 --> 01:05:02.760
<v Speaker 3>we were in the office when the MCR tickets went

1269
01:05:02.880 --> 01:05:03.440
<v Speaker 3>up for them.

1270
01:05:03.480 --> 01:05:06.360
<v Speaker 5>Oh yeah, that was that was stressful.

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<v Speaker 3>There were like ten people in the game spot office,

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<v Speaker 3>like on Ticketmaster, and we were all in our phones

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<v Speaker 3>because Ticketmaster is blocked in the game Spot office and wow, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it's pretty pretty strict stuff with that. So we were

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<v Speaker 3>like on our phones, like I'm in the line to

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<v Speaker 3>buy my Chemical Governmance tickets. How many should I get?

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<v Speaker 3>Like what section am I looking at? And like you're

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<v Speaker 3>in a queue and the thing is the sounds like

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<v Speaker 3>game Stuff tried to do that, but then like it

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<v Speaker 3>didn't work, and like I thought the point of pre

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<v Speaker 3>ordering or pre ordering console was to tell the manufacturer

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<v Speaker 3>essentially how many people wanted to buy.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's I think initially yeah, but now because like

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<v Speaker 1>these pre orders are opening up two months before they

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<v Speaker 1>come out, it's like.

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<v Speaker 5>When did I mean, like when did pace full preorders open?

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<v Speaker 1>And Xbox One I feel like much earlier? Maybe not.

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<v Speaker 4>But also if you really want to depress yourself, go

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<v Speaker 4>look on eBay for Xbox Series.

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<v Speaker 3>X did when did PS four pre order open? I

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<v Speaker 3>don't remember because at the time I wasn't full time

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<v Speaker 3>at a site, so I didn't. I wasn't like I

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<v Speaker 3>need to get this day one.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I didn't get it feels so weird, this uh

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<v Speaker 2>new generation coming out. I'm like, what, my PS four

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<v Speaker 2>is still here working like it feels so quick. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. I worked at ev Games during the Switches

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<v Speaker 2>launch and that was hell because like so many such

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<v Speaker 2>a limited supply, so many angry people, and I felt

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<v Speaker 2>like just in the core of a console launch. But

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<v Speaker 2>right now I feel so removed. I guess just coronavirus

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<v Speaker 2>and like being trapped inside and not I guess, not

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<v Speaker 2>really having to buy it for work at least right now,

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<v Speaker 2>it seems interesting to like, I don't know, take a

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<v Speaker 2>step back and like just look at everything, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, scrambling for consoles seems so stressful, like like

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<v Speaker 2>being on that site, especially when it's a part of

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<v Speaker 2>your job, like being like please refresh.

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<v Speaker 4>So PS four preorders in twenty thirteen went live on June.

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<v Speaker 3>Tenth, okay.

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<v Speaker 4>In the end of November, Xbox one preorder why thirteen was.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, June tenth, okay. So we're working with a very

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<v Speaker 3>different situation, which.

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't Mater Shorter timeline.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so I guess maybe to answer it was Jacob McCort. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>wholesome Jacob's question. It seems like it's less of a

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01:07:41.519 --> 01:07:43.719
<v Speaker 3>solving this problem and a more of a problem was

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<v Speaker 3>created by the situation, and maybe there wasn't a lot

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<v Speaker 3>to work with. Because that's some book. I think.

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<v Speaker 1>I will say, like Target, Walmart, all that you got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of money, fix your sites, like yeah, come on, like,

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<v Speaker 1>just tell me I'm not gonna get it, like, oh

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<v Speaker 1>out of stock, cool, that's fine. Don't keep putting it

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<v Speaker 1>in my fucking cart and telling me I have it

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<v Speaker 1>until I go check out and you're like no, not there, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>just just make it clear, please, Like I don't, like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to spend an hour and a half

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<v Speaker 1>on your website trying to get a box, Like tell

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<v Speaker 1>me right away.

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<v Speaker 3>Cut your own salary and put it into website development.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, and give everyone who Retzburg games free consoles?

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<v Speaker 1>Please?

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<v Speaker 2>Got love?

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<v Speaker 3>God? Yeah? Look, god? Do you guys remember the Wii though,

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<v Speaker 3>when the we launched and it was like there was

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<v Speaker 3>a run on every store. I think my dad drove

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<v Speaker 3>like three hours to go buy it. WHOA shout out

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<v Speaker 3>to Dad? Though shout out to my dad. My dad

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01:08:45.159 --> 01:08:47.920
<v Speaker 3>did work like two hours from our house, so I

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01:08:47.960 --> 01:08:51.359
<v Speaker 3>think it was like a round trip deal. But that

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01:08:51.520 --> 01:08:54.640
<v Speaker 3>was like a classic Nintendo like one per customer and

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<v Speaker 3>there's only ten in the store.

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<v Speaker 1>Like yeah, some shit. Well anyway, that's been episode sixty

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<v Speaker 1>of GameSpot after Dark. Thank you so much for joining me,

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01:09:05.039 --> 01:09:08.399
<v Speaker 1>and thank you all for listening. If you have any questions,

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01:09:08.479 --> 01:09:11.119
<v Speaker 1>please email us. Email us at after Dark podcast at

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01:09:11.159 --> 01:09:13.079
<v Speaker 1>GameSpot dot com. Like I said, we didn't really do

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<v Speaker 1>a listener question section this week, but that will come

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01:09:15.439 --> 01:09:18.439
<v Speaker 1>back next week. We just wanted to talk more about

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<v Speaker 1>the Xbox acquisition, pre orders and whatnot. But with that said, Kelly,

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01:09:23.479 --> 01:09:24.680
<v Speaker 1>where can people find you on Twitter?

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<v Speaker 3>You can find me on Twitter at inky dog go

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<v Speaker 3>I n K y d O j I kk oh. Yes,

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<v Speaker 3>I want to change it. No, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 3>I would do. I you know, as usual, I'm just

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<v Speaker 3>managing all the reviews that go up on the website,

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<v Speaker 3>So if you want to support that, go ahead and

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01:09:43.640 --> 01:09:46.880
<v Speaker 3>look at those reviews. We review a lot of games here,

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01:09:47.239 --> 01:09:50.479
<v Speaker 3>a lot of indie games too, so really running the

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01:09:50.560 --> 01:09:55.680
<v Speaker 3>damnut obviously. Recent ones include Mafia, Definitive edition you'll see

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01:09:55.720 --> 01:09:58.520
<v Speaker 3>like Hades. If you haven't read our Hades review, it's fantastic.

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01:09:58.600 --> 01:10:02.199
<v Speaker 3>Definitely check that one out. And we have video versions

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<v Speaker 3>of a lot of the reviews as well, coordinated by Jake.

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<v Speaker 1>Lucy. How about you.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm on Twitter at Lucy James Games and Generation Next.

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<v Speaker 5>This week we're calling it the Week that Changed Xbox

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<v Speaker 5>because it's been a pretty huge week.

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<v Speaker 4>So doing that and then yeah, pre planning, pre planning,

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01:10:27.800 --> 01:10:31.439
<v Speaker 4>a lot of planning, a lot of dashboards, a little writing,

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<v Speaker 4>but it's good.

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<v Speaker 2>And how about you funk Yeah, you can find me

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<v Speaker 2>on Twitter and twitch at funk A fly f U

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<v Speaker 2>n k E f l Y. Yeah, I'm working on

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of cool articles in videos. I'm trying out

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<v Speaker 2>some stuff soon, so check out check out for those, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and also check out the reviews section. Callie is such

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<v Speaker 2>a good editor, and Jake, I didn't even know that

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01:10:56.479 --> 01:10:59.199
<v Speaker 2>you were the one editing my video reviews of the

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01:10:59.239 --> 01:11:02.359
<v Speaker 2>past some of them, yeah, a couple of but that's

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<v Speaker 2>that's very cool to Mitchell over voice and talk about games.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for having me, of course, thank you for joining.

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01:11:11.239 --> 01:11:13.079
<v Speaker 1>And then for me, you can find me at Jacob

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01:11:13.159 --> 01:11:15.359
<v Speaker 1>Deck and then this week is the Mafia review. I

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<v Speaker 1>cut that, so check that out. And then also cyberpunk

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<v Speaker 1>coverage doesn't stop, never stops. Saturday we got another video

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01:11:22.560 --> 01:11:26.000
<v Speaker 1>about gangs, and the following week we have another video

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<v Speaker 1>about the districts of Night City. I'm not working on

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01:11:29.760 --> 01:11:31.920
<v Speaker 1>either of those. It's Jean Luke on the gangs and

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01:11:32.000 --> 01:11:34.119
<v Speaker 1>Jess on the districts, so that's why I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>exactly what they were, but they are going to be

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<v Speaker 1>very good. Just make sure to check those out. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's it. See see y'all next week. Shout out to

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<v Speaker 1>Big Phil.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks later gamers, Think Phil. If you're listening, we love you.

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<v Speaker 3>Col S Young