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So I got to tell you guys a funny story.

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So I was ready to start the podcast like 10 minutes ago, but I had to step away from my computer.

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But let me, let me, I just got a resolution to a little arc, I guess, of my life.

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So let's step it back about a week, right?

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So there he was, my oldest son, right?

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He's getting picked up from school, turns to his mom and says, hey, I swallowed some magnets.

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Is that bad?

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and we're just like

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shit that's really bad

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that's really fucking bad why did you

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swallow two of them

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so apparently what had happened was

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he had these like tiny magnets that came out of

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a speed cube for like a rubik's cube

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right he put them on his

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tongue and they stuck together even though his

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tongue was between them like a piercing he's like look

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ha ha ha right

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and then

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he tries to take them out and

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they slip it pinches him

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and he swallows the magnet so

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we take him to the ER and they X-ray him

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he swallowed some fucking

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magnets they're in his stomach they're like hey you need to go to this

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children's hospital right in

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Tacoma Washington which is

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relatively far from where we live we go

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there right well I don't go there

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Destiny goes there I stay home with the other son

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right

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they go there they're just like yeah so

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we need to stick this like tube down his throat with

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like little grabbers and a camera and we're gonna

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yank it out of his stomach and we're like cool

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that sounds like a plan now

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it's not canadian health care they did see him but it was like two or three hours later it was 9 p.m

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at this point right well it couldn't have been canadian health care you still have a son yeah

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if it was canadian health care they would have killed him so i guess that's a little bit better

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um a lot better no um they stick the camera down there no fucking magnets not there what do they

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do they don't x-ray him again they just send him home they're like all right get out of here right

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go get an x-ray tomorrow go to urgent care right we go to urgent care they're just like hey there's

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a really long wait list a lot of people came in today we we weren't there when they opened it was

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like a little bit later we had you know jobs and shit right it was a friday uh this happened on

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last the story began last thursday the next day is last friday and um what happened was is okay

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we went to the urgent care and they're like okay you can we'll give you a wait list and this is

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from a town north of us like 20 30 minute drive away right and they're like within 40 minutes of

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your appointed time we'll call you which is enough time to get there from home so it's like okay

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right back home they don't call they close and i'm like the fuck all right so we'll schedule it

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for saturday morning first available appointment we go right i drive him there myself uh and i'm

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like hey this is this thing happened yesterday we were told this and we need to do x-ray figure out

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where these magnets are at make sure they're moving along because they're stuck together and

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they're tiny but if they ever come apart while they're in his intestines right they could like

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pinch him and he could like die so yep it's not good right and um these fucking people first they

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take 25 copay before they do anything for me uh and they're just like yeah so uh normally we would

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refer you to the x-ray clinic next door uh but they're not open on the weekend you gotta go to

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the er uh and they're not transferring us to the er even though it's in network uh they said we'll

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discharge you and you go take yourself to the er and go pay them and uh co-pay for the er is 150

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which is what we paid twice the day before right so yeah you know you just needed to pay the

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healthcare system that much more money no big deal also the camera down his throat like before

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insurance was 30 grand as well but insurance covered it america or at least i i think they

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covered it i haven't gotten a bill yet hey look price to be an american right

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so after that we go to the er right we pay them 150 we head back takes a while good thing i bought

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him the rog ally for christmas because that like entertained him very thoroughly then he uh he gets

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his x-ray the magnets are moving along the the er doctor was like i'm really confident about this

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I really think he's like one or two poops away that it's approaching the colon.

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Right.

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Well, he had to call up that hospital that did the tube thing.

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And in their advice was you need daily x-rays pay up.

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Right.

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And then the ER doctor was like, you don't need daily x-rays.

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You should just like on like Monday or Tuesday, like call his primary care physician.

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It's probably cheaper.

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And I was like, you're right.

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That is probably a lot cheaper.

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So Monday rolls around.

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I call them.

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Leave a voicemail.

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They don't call back.

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Tuesday, we call again.

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We get that appointment.

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We get him in.

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He gets another x-ray.

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And he's pooped like maybe five or six times by now, by the way.

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And best we could do is sift through the little turds to see if there's magnets in there.

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Which Destiny very heroically volunteered to do.

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Because that's not a me task.

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I'm sorry.

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I struggle enough to do dishes.

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I don't like my hands getting dirty.

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Even if I'm wearing gloves, right?

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Honestly, same fucking.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, I get it.

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Like, oof.

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That was the wrong sound effect.

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No, it worked, though.

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It was a negative sound effect.

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Yeah.

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So the doctor's like, okay, and they tell us it's just going to come out.

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They're still stuck together.

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They're highly confident.

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Just go to the ER if he's ever in a sudden sharp pain, right?

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Which was the plan the whole time.

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And a couple days have passed.

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It is now day eight of this adventure, right?

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It was a week from yesterday.

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but he swallowed those damn magnets

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he just pooped them out

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like 10 minutes ago

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they must have gotten caught on something

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I don't know man

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I don't even want to think about it but like he ran in here

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and he's like dad I pooped out the magnets

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and I was like what and I was like I told you I was like

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hold on I'll be right back

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and holy shit

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congratulations

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it was a holy shit

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vine inspiration

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how are you guys doing

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well I haven't pooped out any magnets lately

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uh never again well on the plus side dylan you your son didn't uh you know is okay that's that's

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the biggest plus of all there is no price i would not pay to ensure his health but that little fucker

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he was like hey when do i get robux i'm like you you get never again i have to recoup these losses

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his son when do i get robux yeah you know what you can't say he's not focused yeah now the the

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butt magnets are are hanging on my my my mini fridge in my office oh yeah they've been thoroughly

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cleaned oh i was gonna say those are right disinfectant disinfectant even better okay

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yeah those are sticking around uh-huh yeah a constant reminder they're tiny too damn

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yeah it's my first time seeing them actually say you just stuck in the fridge just now while i was

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talking yeah i was gonna say when uh destiny explained what they were i was like oh come on

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it's actually believable that he accidentally swallowed it because i was like maybe and now

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that i see them taking a picture i bet she's gonna send them to you yeah well they are fucking tiny

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dude they actually look like a piercing i was just like i knew which i knew exactly what kind of

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magnets she was talking about when she described them to me so i was like oh okay uh i understand

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completely i didn't like because i work with kids kids do dumb shit all the fucking time

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um that's the truth and swallowing magnets swallowing shit that they shouldn't be swallowing

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sticking it up their nose you know poking themselves in the eye all that is normal

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par for the course especially in his age group i mean honestly as an adult i can tell you

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i believe adults adults still do stupid shit like that all the time too

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all right check that photo look how fucking small those are oh jesus tiny butt magnets

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the butt congratulations so i was teasing him all week like he got a butt magnet um my my

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co-workers were really worried for me i you know it's it's been an arc it's been a whole ass story

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arc um that's not the reason why we didn't record in a while like we record every two weeks but it's

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been more than two weeks i i don't remember the excuse we had last time what was it um maybe we

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were tired or something oh right right right i set up um fountain fm so dear listener my favorite

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podcast app has always been fountain fm uh ever since i started using it now um our generous host

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uh dovidas of rss blue he reached out to me i've told this story in the podcast before

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but yeah he reached out to me saying hey man i'm shutting down rss blue i need you to migrate by

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like june right which is next month now i mean it's to be fair it's the first of um of may so

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saying june is next month is is kind of cheeky right but yeah uh in june we got to be off rss

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blue and i was like oh dude that sucks i'm so sorry to hear about that what happened and he's

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like oh i got hired by fountain i managed their thing now i don't know if he manages it but he's

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he obviously has the experience and uh so i it's a little bit more expensive however there's a lot

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of perks uh not only do i have access to their analytics dashboard so do you do whereas rss blue

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didn't have any metrics at all i we can upload as many episodes in a month as we want so the the

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two-week thing it worked for us it worked rss blue was very affordable if you upload as infrequently

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as we do because we were only doing it every two weeks so that's like what sometimes three episodes

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a month usually two right um and it was like extra dollars per month if you go over i think it's like

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two uploads right and it was otherwise like five dollars a month it was super cheap right whereas

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this thing i think it's like 20 so it's it's plus plus 15 dollars however metrics are back that thing

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that we left behind on SoundCloud

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when I was so fed up with it. SoundCloud actually

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had year-end metrics, so will

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Fountain. And not just year-end

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metrics, we can have metrics week over week

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so if we, like, shill

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the show a little bit better and get

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more listeners in the door, we'll actually see them.

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Whereas before,

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the only signal we really have

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is the generous donors

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who turn on the SAT

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streaming and send us boostagrams.

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We don't have any boostagrams to read, but

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that's also because I haven't been advertising the show.

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I was going to say, we had

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a boost, I noticed

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recently.

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I wasn't able to read it.

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I was just assuming we did.

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It may just be a boost without

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a message?

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Yeah, I think it might be a boost without a message, though.

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Oh my god, there is a boost.

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It doesn't have a message.

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Oh, it's from Dovidas!

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He was probably testing it.

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Yeah, because I was going to say, it's a pretty small boost.

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not that i'm like oh you know you should have sent us more that's not the point the point is it looked

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like kind of like a test to me oh yeah that was absolutely a test that was that was absolutely

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from dovidas he was probably testing that because he um he offered to migrate all of our episodes

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from his platform to the new one oh for me so what uh what a g dude yeah what a nice dude i i didn't

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have to do shit all i did was pay money hot damn well good good on him talk about the white glove

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treatment so uh we are now happily on fountain fm i have not up this will be the first episode

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i've ever uploaded using their thing uh i i hope it's easy i actually don't know they tried to get

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me to do a demo uh but everyone at fountain is in the uk or uh related european time so that i

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I already wake up early to talk to people over zoom in the UK for my actual day job right so

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it's like I'm not doing it for pleasure the first thing I do when I wake up besides getting my kids

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ready for school is work so there was there was just no opportunity to talk to people in the UK

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for me so I was like let's skip the demo I'll just figure it out this was already the obvious choice

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to migrate to so I signed up already and pointed to my account so how have you two been doing all

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I imagine you've had a better two weeks than me.

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I guess.

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It's been tiring, I guess.

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I don't know.

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The house moving stuff has been in full swing.

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We didn't finally sell the house.

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The house is sold.

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We haven't closed yet, but it's sold.

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Oh, fantastic.

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Have you closed in on a new house?

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I believe we're supposed to look at that in the next coming weeks

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because we're selling two houses

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and the second house hasn't sold yet.

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Oh, so you have a place to crash in the meantime then.

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Well, no, we won't move out of this house

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for probably, I think at a minimum,

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60 to 90 days, something in that range.

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Oh, wow.

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Yeah, so we're basically,

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we're lining all the closing dates up.

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Gotcha.

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Yeah, which might mean that we have like a week to move.

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that's still generous i've moved so many times in my life i know this is something you've never

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done but uh i hated it every time it's never fun and it's never quick like uh oh actually it's

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usually quick because the overlap in you know america for the life of a renter uh you usually

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want like the minimum possible overlap between your old lease and your new lease right which

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usually means you have like a day or two to move fucking everything oh yeah so what happens is you

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you sign this thing called a lease which is um saying hey i i agree to this contract in time

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uh to live at this place and so you're required you know if you're following the law to pay

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up until the lease is expired there's usually consequences for breaking said lease

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sometimes people do it anyways but there's a consequence and yeah and so at the next place

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you're already being like hey i need a place to live and so they were like well the move-in date's

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the 10th of october and you're like but my exit date at the last place is the 20th of september

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that's a 10 or 20 day window so instead you're like okay well previous place can i stay until

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the 20th of october so that's 10 days extra that you don't need that previous place and they'll

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charge you for a full fucking month in a month-to-month contract then it sucks and most people

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can't afford it yeah and yeah a lot of people end up stuck yeah for a reason yeah and then my my

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favorite part is when you know the papers are all signed and then i'm on the phone begging jordan

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and you, Rick, to come help me move boxes

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because I'm old and fat.

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Yeah, but I'm getting old, too.

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I know. Well, I'm not moving again.

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Unless I buy, like, the Dreamhouse, I guess.

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Yeah, but then you're going to pay some...

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Well...

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If I got Dreamhouse money, I'm paying for movers.

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Oh, yeah, dude.

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I have such a good interest rate on the house that I have.

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I'm happy to die here. Like, it's fine.

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Dylan, you have so much shit now,

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there's no way you should be

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moving without having somebody else move it.

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Yeah.

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Like, you have furnished, what, four rooms?

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Yeah.

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Like, four bedrooms on top of, well, yeah,

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on top of, like, all the other furnishings for a house.

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Yeah, no, no fucking way we're putting that in our cars

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and doing, like, seven trips.

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After also probably having to get a moving van

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because you've got a lot of large furniture items.

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Mm-hmm.

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like i've rented moving vans for random tasks like buying a new couch and hauling away the old one

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as well as um just a dump run one time right yeah i have so much shit it's actually justified to do

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that and it just makes me feel like an adult i guess but in a bad way like i'm old

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this isn't the way i want to feel like an adult i know it's like it wasn't supposed to be this way

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but it's okay

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we're probably

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just doing it by hand

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when we move

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you have a whole generation's worth of

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stuff

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you probably got it worse than me

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oh well probably

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honestly not looking forward to it

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a lot of it's already packed though

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so we're at least okay there

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because we had to pack it to make sure for like pictures

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and showings and stuff but

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honestly the biggest

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worry I have is I put my PC

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together right before we decided to

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move.

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And me, I'm like, oh, this thing's

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never fucking moving. I'm not going to bother

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securing my hard drives. I was

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too lazy and couldn't find the screws.

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Uh-oh. So they're just free-flooding

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in the bottom of my fucking

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case.

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You gotta watch out for those hard drives.

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That was one of the things that broke when I moved

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from my hometown to my college town.

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That was actually a four-car

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pile-up that Rick was in with me.

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um he was one of the cars of the foreign car pile it was really rainy and we all bumped into each

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other um but it broke my hard drives on my computer after we got done moving i had to buy new ones

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i i it's funny because i packed the screws accidentally not not realizing what i was

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packing so those screws are off at my sister's place uh so you know you know everyone's probably

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thinking oh victim just take it out and fucking fix that real quick you know you got to do that

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I was like, oh, we just can't.

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People are probably listening, Vic, and thinking

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this is, what do the kids say

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these days? This is unk behavior

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because you don't have M.2.

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Like, how is it free-floating? What does that even mean for a

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hard drive? Because nobody uses them anymore.

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Yeah, no, hard drives

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are a thing of the past, man.

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Yeah, my new build doesn't have one. I have an M.2 only.

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I've got it. Yeah, we've got a

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two terabyte one.

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I even only have one.

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Yeah, that's fair.

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One M.2 slot, I think?

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I was gonna say most

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I think most

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most

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computers have

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two on the MOBO

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two slots

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my motherboard is a little old

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now I believe it's like

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one of the last generation AM4 boards but it was like one of the middle tier boards let say if it yeah i wasn saying that if it honestly you the tier of your motherboard doesn matter a whole

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lot if unless if you're not overclocking like the tier doesn't matter the mid tier is same as the

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high tier but that's why i went with it i was like it's the most up-to-date perfect uh it's like

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That'll do for me.

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And honestly, if prices

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didn't fucking skyrocket, I was

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actually really looking forward to

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upgrading

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to AM5

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and the new shiny cool

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RAM. Oops,

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the RAM costs more than the fucking

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motherboards do now.

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Well, don't worry. They're coming back down again.

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You know, it's just like the eggs.

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Yeah. Well, it's a good thing my

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local state can't, you know, tax

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those. Well, they could try.

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but you do a bad job at it but speaking of prices um that does take me to one of my my items on my

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little agenda here so the steam machine still doesn't have a release date because they can't

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get the price where they want it because of shortages and i get it but we're getting a

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controller it's coming out this month and i'm fucking buying one oh my god have you seen that

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thing it looks good it's so perfect like those trackpads like having you know been a steam deck

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enjoyer for some time like i don't want to live without them and i often dock my steam deck to my

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tv and i am highly interested in the steam machine i mean i'm interested but i'm on the fence if i

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actually want to buy one because i'm not quite sure what i'll use it for right because like the

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steam deck docks a tv does a pretty good job but the steam machine is six times as powerful as a

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steam deck it could be the living room machine but i have good wi-fi and my computer has a hard

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connection to the router so it's like

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I could just stream

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games from my Steam Deck docked to the TV

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to my computer which I've

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I have done to some success

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it's a little finicky right but like

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I was able to do I was able to complete an

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entire hunt in Monster Hunter Wilds

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on my TV doing the streaming

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to my computer in the other room

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like it works it's just not

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very perfect but like

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I could see myself

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putting it in the living room but I was also

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like when I brought it up the first time on the show

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I was thinking the Steam Machine would be a really good computer option for my kids, right?

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Maybe get one for each of them over time, not at the same time.

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But like my older son, you know, he's not exactly at web browsing age.

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Or maybe I'm just stubborn and don't want him on the internet.

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Is that so bad?

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I do want him to know how to type, and I do want him to enjoy mouse and keyboard video games, just like me and his mom, right?

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Yeah.

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and he has the rog ally which recently got a huge update that improves a lot of its performance

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um including walt docked so oh wow the the dock experience is now apparently way better he hasn't

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tried it he doesn't like it like because well he hasn't tried it since it got updated but if the

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patch notes are to be believed uh the dock experience is way better now um but he still

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has the cheap model not the x so uh who knows if it's really better but um it's kind of a windows

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computer right like you hit the windows key after you're docked and you know it's basically windows

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11 so it's like he doesn't really need a computer he doesn't he has the rock it's the younger son

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that doesn't have a computer in his room he he has hand-me-downs and um so what happened now is

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currently i gave him the ps5 because he really wanted to play it all the time in the living room

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now what we've learned

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it was never about the PS5

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he doesn't like his TV

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he doesn't like how far away it is from his bed

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and that it's so high up on the wall

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that he has to sit on his bed to see it

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it's just a bad layout

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and I need to switch it

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but I put the PS5 in his room

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because he wouldn't stop complaining

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because when he's playing Roblox or whatever

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he got really used to using the

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the middle touchpad button

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like it has some function in the game it brings up your cursor right which oh yeah the i want to

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say select button but it's called something else on xbox the the left center button right that does

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the same thing and he's just not used to it and so he hated playing on the xbox and he never did it

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uh so i moved it out of his room and i i put in the living room uh because i wanted it back

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and i put the ps5 in there like i don't like this thing anymore um more on that soon uh but i i put

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that in his room and he uses it to watch youtube and play roblox and that's about it oh i guess

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goat simulator too but whatever so the xbox is back in my living room i have four controllers

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and honestly for the purposes of entertaining guests such as my niece and nephew uh and

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occasionally another kid like um the ones of the road or uh that you know we're friends with their

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parents or um friends of my oldest son who come over sometimes like the split screen experience

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on the Xbox is much better

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than the PS5. It's the right machine

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to put in the living room, I fear.

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But should I put a Steam machine

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there? Or should I just keep the Xbox

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there? I'm a little bit on the fence.

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And we should probably talk

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about this part next. So, since we

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last recorded, have you guys heard about all the

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stuff that the Xbox brand is doing?

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Oh, yes.

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It's kind of surprising. We all thought it was

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doom and gloom. We thought the new AI girl,

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right?

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Because they took the head of AI at Microsoft

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and made her the new Xbox CEO

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and we thought it was a sign of the end.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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But apparently it was not.

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Quite the opposite. And the brand has never felt

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more hype than ever, I feel.

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Well, not ever.

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We're not back to Halo 2 days.

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What are you talking about?

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It's not console war era.

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The height of the console wars.

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I don't think any of the consoles are ever

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getting that back.

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It feels like they want to try.

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Yeah, well, I think that's really what this is. It looks like the new head is like, I see you, Sony, with your console war nonsense, and we'll join you.

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Yeah.

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Are we sure Sony is fighting the console war? It feels more like they're fighting their own demons, dude.

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Yeah.

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Okay, so we're going to get into that.

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Yes, this would have been a good segue.

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However, we're not done glazing Microsoft yet.

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As much as it pains me to glaze them.

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Glaze is a strong word.

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We're really just giving them credit where it's due.

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Let's stick to the facts, right?

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So not only did the CEO promise change like she's expected to do in any public-facing memo,

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they also cut the price of Game Pass from $29.99, which is too fucking expensive, to $22.99.

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much more reasonable they have promised new tiers of game pass that will have flexible pricing are

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coming soon they changed the logo back to xbox green colors which oh thank god i didn't i didn't

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see that that's good though it's like they've uh hd'd the original xbox logo it's a huge win

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i was just talking to my little brother about this uh we since we had to leave the house so

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much the other week i one of those random you know older brother moments where i'm turning into my

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that uh where i fucking started talking about logos and how they're all shit nowadays i think

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it was i think i was making the joke of that if you ask grok which twitter logo he likes best he

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picks the the the one right before the x logo so i was just like i thought that was funny

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and um and i was like what what what went wrong to lead to that so it's really good

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to see companies be like okay now we need the cool fucking logos back let's just go to the

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cool logos again well i think what happened is they wanted to have a new logo each time because

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even playstation did it right like consider that sony at i think from ps1 to ps2 they just kind of

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updated the same look if i remember correctly but i could be misremembering it um i think they went

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from the uh the rainbow color from the ps1 to the all blue um right wasn't that uh yeah i'm

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gonna look this up actually i i can't remember if that was ps2 or ps3 era where they uh changed

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the logo colors um and then they started doing that like sten like that ultra thin stencil

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yeah at ps3 i think it that started at ps3 but i i'm willing to be incorrect actually so i'm

469
00:27:23,496 --> 00:27:28,956
looking at old pictures of the playstation 2 and the playstation 3 so you're you're misremembering

470
00:27:28,956 --> 00:27:36,756
a little bit so ps2 and the ps3 had a fancy font right like the ps2 it was all like long rectangles

471
00:27:36,756 --> 00:27:40,156
right which is what you'd see printed in magazines and stuff and then places they have the spider-man

472
00:27:40,156 --> 00:27:47,036
font but on both consoles the playstation logo itself the the p with the s same color rainbows

473
00:27:47,036 --> 00:27:52,236
they kept it all the way until probably the four yeah the four is the first one that black and

474
00:27:52,236 --> 00:27:58,116
white it why did it fair enough man it's not yeah i was gonna say it's not something i you know

475
00:27:58,116 --> 00:28:03,736
pay that close of attention to if i'm being perfectly honest um not to shade anybody it's

476
00:28:03,736 --> 00:28:09,896
just not something i think about i was not a playstation enjoyer too much well i was and that's

477
00:28:09,896 --> 00:28:15,776
why today's news hits me so personally and it's kind of enraging actually like well playstation

478
00:28:15,776 --> 00:28:20,836
doesn't want you to enjoy it anymore clearly no and i'm never buying one of those again it's it's

479
00:28:20,836 --> 00:28:26,336
so infuriating like the whole reason i even bought an xbox series s what a couple years ago now was

480
00:28:26,336 --> 00:28:31,196
because i was mad that the ps5 wasn't backwards compatible they've never fixed it uh whereas the

481
00:28:31,196 --> 00:28:36,296
xbox series x which i wasn't able to get my hands on i kind of wish i did uh is fully backwards

482
00:28:36,296 --> 00:28:41,896
compatible with all of the old discs all the way down to the original series right and it's not just

483
00:28:41,896 --> 00:28:45,056
a voucher to go download another game like apparently it's actually fully backwards compatible

484
00:28:45,056 --> 00:28:49,136
i had to look into it because that's how i thought it was originally but apparently no you just shove

485
00:28:49,136 --> 00:28:56,256
any disc in there it'll just work that and it's like what that's well my understanding is that a

486
00:28:56,256 --> 00:29:04,476
lot of that's because xbox kept the same digital framework for their games whereas i was gonna say

487
00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:12,256
whereas somebody playstation loves to change it literally every generation yeah i'm not sure like

488
00:29:12,256 --> 00:29:16,716
i don't think they changed it between four and five the architecture but i know three was infamous

489
00:29:16,716 --> 00:29:22,496
for having different architecture because everybody was bitching about how uh hard it was to make an

490
00:29:22,496 --> 00:29:28,516
emulator also it was shared between one and two i i don't know if one two four and five have the

491
00:29:28,516 --> 00:29:35,236
same but like there's a reason why sony is so quick to turn around like digital copies of the

492
00:29:35,236 --> 00:29:42,416
super old ps1 and 2 games but not the ps3 games i believe they have fixed that a little bit but

493
00:29:42,416 --> 00:29:47,976
it's one of those emulator emulator moments where they're basically just selling you the rom or the

494
00:29:47,976 --> 00:29:54,616
emulated version well yeah once they crack the code for the emulator they have like 15 something

495
00:29:54,616 --> 00:29:59,016
like that i don't know i'll be wrong on that one too almost certainly because i wasn't paying

496
00:29:59,016 --> 00:30:04,216
attention uh but yeah when they cracked the code on that i know that that really helped out you

497
00:30:04,216 --> 00:30:11,336
know i never thought about that but that does kind of coincide with was rspc3 yeah i think that's the

498
00:30:11,336 --> 00:30:17,496
code that kind of lines up pretty close to when they got that fully going yeah for the longest

499
00:30:17,496 --> 00:30:21,896
time it sucked ass and and honestly the guys behind it kind of kind of well maybe actually

500
00:30:21,896 --> 00:30:24,596
i shouldn't say the guys behind it i don't know the guys working on it i know the guys in their

501
00:30:24,596 --> 00:30:29,736
community kind of assholes yeah i know their twitter account is fun shit they gave me i got

502
00:30:29,736 --> 00:30:34,416
i got torn to shreds bro i was just trying to get i was trying to get a game working on it as i was

503
00:30:34,416 --> 00:30:38,936
like curious about the technology they're like but do you own the game it's like i didn't say if

504
00:30:38,936 --> 00:30:43,336
i stole or owned it i thought we're supposed to not talk about that why are you asking me

505
00:30:43,336 --> 00:30:45,676
I have a whole coat in my garage

506
00:30:45,676 --> 00:30:47,216
full of PS3 games because

507
00:30:47,216 --> 00:30:49,616
I was a PS3 enjoyer.

508
00:30:49,936 --> 00:30:50,816
I had one early.

509
00:30:51,456 --> 00:30:52,576
Yeah, same.

510
00:30:53,096 --> 00:30:54,956
I think one of the first consoles I bought at launch.

511
00:30:55,796 --> 00:30:57,436
Yeah. I didn't get the launch model

512
00:30:57,436 --> 00:30:59,256
which is regrettable because that one was

513
00:30:59,256 --> 00:31:00,476
backwards compatible somehow.

514
00:31:00,876 --> 00:31:02,976
It had extra chips in the board, right?

515
00:31:03,456 --> 00:31:03,676
Yeah.

516
00:31:04,416 --> 00:31:07,576
I had the first model that didn't have the little flip-up cover.

517
00:31:08,256 --> 00:31:09,536
It's still sitting in my closet.

518
00:31:09,916 --> 00:31:11,116
Probably works. Probably not.

519
00:31:11,116 --> 00:31:18,596
but there were so many bangers like i fondly remember all of the resistance games especially

520
00:31:18,596 --> 00:31:22,596
two and three because they had the two-player split screen co-op right i really liked warhawk

521
00:31:22,596 --> 00:31:27,636
which was a launch title me and travis played that for probably countless hours right what else like

522
00:31:27,636 --> 00:31:32,676
metal gear solid right obviously metal gear solid four probably one of the franchise's best and it

523
00:31:32,676 --> 00:31:36,116
was a really good ending i mean i love metal gear rising but four is the ending of the series

524
00:31:36,116 --> 00:31:37,936
it ends really well

525
00:31:37,936 --> 00:31:39,676
it's a wild ride

526
00:31:39,676 --> 00:31:42,196
and the online play was pristine

527
00:31:42,196 --> 00:31:44,056
I still every once in a while boot it up

528
00:31:44,056 --> 00:31:46,076
the modded emulator

529
00:31:46,076 --> 00:31:48,016
to play online

530
00:31:48,016 --> 00:31:49,416
but like do you own it?

531
00:31:50,156 --> 00:31:51,236
I have a physical copy

532
00:31:51,236 --> 00:31:54,516
I have a and also RPS CS3

533
00:31:54,516 --> 00:31:55,696
if you have

534
00:31:55,696 --> 00:31:57,856
a blu-ray disc reader

535
00:31:57,856 --> 00:32:00,556
like with USB that has like a fast enough

536
00:32:00,556 --> 00:32:01,596
USB connection

537
00:32:01,596 --> 00:32:03,936
you could totally read off the disc

538
00:32:03,936 --> 00:32:05,336
and use the emulator

539
00:32:05,336 --> 00:32:07,236
yeah I've heard of that

540
00:32:07,236 --> 00:32:09,436
I like that that's actually pretty good

541
00:32:09,436 --> 00:32:11,656
honestly I'm not dusting that

542
00:32:11,656 --> 00:32:13,616
PS3 off but I would consider setting

543
00:32:13,616 --> 00:32:15,396
that up that sounds like fun because I

544
00:32:15,396 --> 00:32:17,416
have a sizable collection like I have

545
00:32:17,416 --> 00:32:19,196
you know Armored Core 4 and 4 Answer

546
00:32:19,196 --> 00:32:20,636
and 5 and Verdict Day

547
00:32:20,636 --> 00:32:23,416
the PS3 had plenty of games that I actually

548
00:32:23,416 --> 00:32:24,056
really liked

549
00:32:24,056 --> 00:32:27,356
it's the PS4 that was kind of flat for me

550
00:32:27,356 --> 00:32:29,436
I can only recall 3 games I

551
00:32:29,436 --> 00:32:31,756
even played on it right which would be

552
00:32:31,756 --> 00:32:33,516
Persona 5, Nier Automata and Final

553
00:32:33,516 --> 00:32:35,016
Fantasy 15 all very

554
00:32:35,016 --> 00:32:37,256
great games that I don't regret

555
00:32:37,256 --> 00:32:39,496
playing, but that was it. That was really it.

556
00:32:39,576 --> 00:32:41,416
And the PS5 is just a PS4

557
00:32:41,416 --> 00:32:42,916
that loads fast. Honestly, yeah.

558
00:32:43,156 --> 00:32:45,336
It's not special. No, it really isn't.

559
00:32:45,396 --> 00:32:47,316
And I remember the PS5 Pro, right?

560
00:32:47,436 --> 00:32:49,096
Like, they went all out.

561
00:32:49,496 --> 00:32:51,336
You know what? While we're digging in Sony,

562
00:32:51,416 --> 00:32:53,336
and this isn't just Sony, it reminds me

563
00:32:53,336 --> 00:32:55,556
of the DLSS

564
00:32:55,556 --> 00:32:57,216
5 architecture

565
00:32:57,216 --> 00:32:59,376
that was announced a few

566
00:32:59,376 --> 00:33:01,616
months ago as well.

567
00:33:01,616 --> 00:33:03,056
Where they were doing, like, the,

568
00:33:03,756 --> 00:33:04,976
you know...

569
00:33:04,976 --> 00:33:06,236
Wasn't that the pisser?

570
00:33:06,476 --> 00:33:07,536
Was that AI generated?

571
00:33:07,936 --> 00:33:10,716
Well, I was going to tell you, I was talking about both, right?

572
00:33:10,796 --> 00:33:14,636
Like, sorry, I should definitely frame this a little bit better.

573
00:33:15,416 --> 00:33:18,636
Because that happened a couple months ago, or last month.

574
00:33:18,916 --> 00:33:19,856
No, no, a couple months.

575
00:33:19,936 --> 00:33:20,696
We skipped last month.

576
00:33:20,776 --> 00:33:21,456
Sorry, everybody.

577
00:33:22,216 --> 00:33:24,196
It was like within two months.

578
00:33:24,196 --> 00:33:25,336
It was like March, I believe.

579
00:33:25,996 --> 00:33:28,636
Yeah, I think it was March for the DLSS 5.

580
00:33:29,636 --> 00:33:32,176
Because it was a little bit after RE9 dropped.

581
00:33:32,596 --> 00:33:32,856
Yeah.

582
00:33:32,856 --> 00:33:35,136
But I was thinking about PlayStation Pro

583
00:33:35,136 --> 00:33:37,116
where they were like, look at how much

584
00:33:37,116 --> 00:33:38,596
better our game looks and it's like

585
00:33:38,596 --> 00:33:40,076
does it?

586
00:33:40,696 --> 00:33:42,636
He couldn't tell a fucking difference.

587
00:33:42,796 --> 00:33:45,176
But now we have the opposite

588
00:33:45,176 --> 00:33:46,536
problem where

589
00:33:46,536 --> 00:33:49,116
all you can tell is like

590
00:33:49,116 --> 00:33:51,096
the AI filter

591
00:33:51,096 --> 00:33:53,016
and it's not even all that good in their

592
00:33:53,016 --> 00:33:54,976
marketing, right? Because a lot of people are

593
00:33:54,976 --> 00:33:56,156
pointing that out where they're like

594
00:33:56,156 --> 00:33:58,936
dude, that guy in the back has like

595
00:33:58,936 --> 00:33:59,776
six hands.

596
00:34:01,576 --> 00:34:02,416
Gee, fair.

597
00:34:02,856 --> 00:34:08,976
i i it's so like uh you know i've been playing crimson desert i've been playing uh recently a

598
00:34:08,976 --> 00:34:13,256
new gacha game dropped with like really high graphics and i've been playing these games and

599
00:34:13,256 --> 00:34:18,396
one of the things that i i fucking just i hate about it's not even just dlss fsr does the same

600
00:34:18,396 --> 00:34:24,056
thing but like all this like ai gen tool stuff to to try and help with like frame rate and and

601
00:34:24,056 --> 00:34:29,196
quality and all that it fucking makes everything blurry and if it doesn't make it blurry it makes

602
00:34:29,196 --> 00:34:33,976
that have a trail to it and it's like that's really obnoxious and then i turn it off and my

603
00:34:33,976 --> 00:34:39,416
game runs better anyways and it's like why the fuck would i ever use this i know it's like it's

604
00:34:39,416 --> 00:34:44,676
this isn't hell now don't get me wrong there's some games that do it really well like uh cyberpunk

605
00:34:44,676 --> 00:34:49,496
2077 actually does a really fucking good job with it i was able to run fucking full maxed out

606
00:34:49,496 --> 00:34:55,196
settings and in all reality my machine should not be able to handle maxed out settings they've done

607
00:34:55,196 --> 00:35:01,976
a lot of optimization between now and then yeah true but a lot of games do use these tools well

608
00:35:01,976 --> 00:35:06,316
but there's a lot of games like you know the monster under wilds is a really good example

609
00:35:06,316 --> 00:35:12,336
it had a lot of performance issues at launch um and they're like oh you know people like oh it's

610
00:35:12,336 --> 00:35:17,316
supposed to use the lss or fsr or whatever and then you turn it on and then the game literally

611
00:35:17,316 --> 00:35:21,736
stutters i i watched uh one of our friends hydro streamed the game to me he's like hey vick how do

612
00:35:21,736 --> 00:35:27,036
i fix this and he had like an after image to his fucking character like a full-blown after image

613
00:35:27,036 --> 00:35:33,756
and i'm like yeah buddy i'm not sure i think you're just playing an anime mode brother be an

614
00:35:33,756 --> 00:35:40,936
old priest and a young priest it's just like i don't got anything for you man i don't know man

615
00:35:40,936 --> 00:35:45,676
like when i got monster hunter wilds working on my computer at launch um it didn't work at all

616
00:35:45,676 --> 00:35:50,896
until i disabled that setting and that setting alone and then i was able to run on ultra like i

617
00:35:50,896 --> 00:35:55,436
was i played on ultra that's what i was like i think i don't want to like be too mean because

618
00:35:55,436 --> 00:36:00,076
i think the ai filtering and the ai like frame gen stuff i think is honestly a really good idea

619
00:36:00,076 --> 00:36:05,776
i just don't think that it they're trying to push technology on us probably like a solid 10 15 years

620
00:36:05,776 --> 00:36:11,896
before it's truly ready and i think um i i don't know what nvidia is thinking who made dlss5 was

621
00:36:11,896 --> 00:36:17,516
it nvidia yeah it's nvidia i i feel like they're just trying to like capture recapture the gamer

622
00:36:17,516 --> 00:36:21,916
audience because i feel like they've burned their goodwill with the gamers with all that data center

623
00:36:21,916 --> 00:36:27,276
stuff right all the data center stuff and all the like weird paranoid posts yeah stealing our tech

624
00:36:27,276 --> 00:36:30,556
they're coming to our conventions and stealing our laptops like hey brother

625
00:36:30,556 --> 00:36:36,896
why but also they could just buy one the company could literally just fucking buy one

626
00:36:36,896 --> 00:36:42,616
no no no they can't works nobody would do such a thing i think they actually to be fair i think

627
00:36:42,616 --> 00:36:47,856
the claim was that they were showing off prototypes at a convention and an amd rep

628
00:36:47,856 --> 00:36:53,856
happened to pass by just before they noticed they were stolen but they never could prove i don't

629
00:36:53,856 --> 00:36:57,976
think they ever found out who stole them at all either is the worst part someone can correct me

630
00:36:57,976 --> 00:37:02,416
on that if maybe that came out way later and i just didn't know i wouldn't know but it's just

631
00:37:02,416 --> 00:37:07,216
one of those ones like that's like really paranoid to just randomly accuse your competitor like that

632
00:37:07,216 --> 00:37:09,436
bro. Honestly, this DLSS5

633
00:37:09,436 --> 00:37:10,776
business is probably just NVIDIA

634
00:37:10,776 --> 00:37:27,272
trying and failing to capture the goodwill of gamers after they burned it I think it going to be fine I i i feel there going to be like a bit of a market correction on ai coming soon like what i foresee right uh just because i you know i work in technology so i have i have a bit of insider

635
00:37:27,272 --> 00:37:33,392
knowledge right like i i could see it coming right is um what i think is going to happen is all these

636
00:37:33,392 --> 00:37:40,732
big companies that make ai right um they're going to basically make their money back by leveraging

637
00:37:40,732 --> 00:37:46,172
contracts with business they're going to become a majority business to business salespeople right

638
00:37:46,172 --> 00:37:51,192
because yeah sure remember that remember that one time when anthropic was like no fuck you

639
00:37:51,192 --> 00:37:55,812
us government um and then open ai was like we are announcing a deal with the us government right and

640
00:37:55,812 --> 00:37:59,652
then a bunch of people canceled their chat gpt subscription they subscribe they subscribe to

641
00:37:59,652 --> 00:38:05,292
anthropic instead right that's so performative for one they're both great products right don't

642
00:38:05,292 --> 00:38:10,432
get me wrong right however you really think chat gpt was making that much money on individual people

643
00:38:10,432 --> 00:38:15,712
right um they're they're making it all back with like site-wide licenses with big businesses

644
00:38:15,712 --> 00:38:20,692
that are pushing ai on every single one of their employees they're making more from those contracts

645
00:38:20,692 --> 00:38:25,752
than they would ever make from individual subscribers i believe the individual subscribers

646
00:38:25,752 --> 00:38:30,572
thing is probably more just a case of like advertising yeah and none of these companies

647
00:38:30,572 --> 00:38:35,672
are public so like a lot of the articles you see were like ah open ai is burning they lost all their

648
00:38:35,672 --> 00:38:40,412
people to anthropic it's like you don't really know that and their business to business deals

649
00:38:40,412 --> 00:38:46,452
are probably just fine you know yeah i was gonna say i believe is if it's not publicly traded

650
00:38:46,452 --> 00:38:51,952
there's no real way to know that unless unless they unless somebody's employees accounts or

651
00:38:51,952 --> 00:38:59,972
the leak uh um but the well and considering too right like it's not nvidia is doing just fine but

652
00:38:59,972 --> 00:39:06,172
let's be realistic about it their stock is it's not technically the highest it's ever been but

653
00:39:06,172 --> 00:39:11,912
it's pretty fucking close and the highest it's ever been it's not that long ago um well after

654
00:39:11,912 --> 00:39:16,992
the ai bubble crash or whatever we're calling i i read a new article every week that says the ai

655
00:39:16,992 --> 00:39:22,852
bubble has burst and it it has ai is getting fucked make no mistake that one's true but

656
00:39:22,852 --> 00:39:28,552
they're not back they'll bounce back or but people are getting it out of their smartest model yet

657
00:39:28,552 --> 00:39:31,212
that's actually comparable to Mythos, they claim,

658
00:39:32,152 --> 00:39:35,332
in terms of cybersecurity, you know, knock-knock jokes, right?

659
00:39:37,092 --> 00:39:39,972
But, like, if these benchmarks are to be believed,

660
00:39:40,092 --> 00:39:42,792
their newest model is, like, amazing.

661
00:39:43,712 --> 00:39:44,092
Exactly.

662
00:39:45,072 --> 00:39:46,712
And Mythos isn't even in public yet,

663
00:39:46,792 --> 00:39:49,112
so it's like nobody even knows if Mythos is real.

664
00:39:49,472 --> 00:39:50,612
It might be a myth.

665
00:39:51,032 --> 00:39:53,812
Meanwhile, here's 5.5 Pro over with OpenAI,

666
00:39:53,932 --> 00:39:56,772
and it's like, hey, look, it's super fucking smart.

667
00:39:56,772 --> 00:40:00,092
and in a few months they'll probably crank out another one

668
00:40:00,092 --> 00:40:00,772
I don't know

669
00:40:00,772 --> 00:40:04,152
I just want GBD to have better

670
00:40:04,152 --> 00:40:04,752
writing

671
00:40:04,752 --> 00:40:08,592
I hate, they call it the GBT-isms

672
00:40:08,592 --> 00:40:10,012
and it's just

673
00:40:10,012 --> 00:40:13,472
notice they don't call them Claude-isms

674
00:40:13,472 --> 00:40:14,472
yeah

675
00:40:14,472 --> 00:40:16,812
it's not because Claude can't write

676
00:40:16,812 --> 00:40:17,832
good fucking point

677
00:40:17,832 --> 00:40:21,192
but it's so annoying when it's like

678
00:40:21,192 --> 00:40:23,252
you just went from

679
00:40:23,252 --> 00:40:25,012
from

680
00:40:25,012 --> 00:40:26,172
I don't know.

681
00:40:26,372 --> 00:40:27,192
What the fuck's a good one?

682
00:40:28,112 --> 00:40:30,192
You just went from being the underdog

683
00:40:30,192 --> 00:40:31,972
to truly being the hero

684
00:40:31,972 --> 00:40:33,812
in your task.

685
00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:35,652
It's like GPT, shut the fuck up.

686
00:40:35,692 --> 00:40:37,572
That is the cringiest thing I've ever heard.

687
00:40:37,792 --> 00:40:39,412
You can control how it talks to you.

688
00:40:39,772 --> 00:40:40,272
You can.

689
00:40:40,592 --> 00:40:44,152
You can do a lot of work to make sure any of these AI

690
00:40:44,152 --> 00:40:46,072
do exactly what you want them to do.

691
00:40:46,332 --> 00:40:47,472
You can just do a one-liner.

692
00:40:47,572 --> 00:40:51,092
Don't post cringe in your setup.

693
00:40:51,292 --> 00:40:51,972
And it will honor it.

694
00:40:52,712 --> 00:40:53,232
Good point.

695
00:40:53,232 --> 00:40:59,972
true just saying uh anyway back to speaking of open ai talk about microsoft right so

696
00:40:59,972 --> 00:41:05,152
they did recently have an earnings call and they did admit that xbox is behind their targets

697
00:41:05,152 --> 00:41:12,912
um and they i think the ceo right satya he said uh that microsoft i'm gonna paraphrase here because

698
00:41:12,912 --> 00:41:17,552
i don't know that quote he said microsoft has a lot to do to earn back the trust of gamers

699
00:41:17,552 --> 00:41:24,152
right and i i think they're on the right track it's not all talk right like they did slash the

700
00:41:24,152 --> 00:41:31,812
price for game pass and just today they released an update for both uh the xbox series console and

701
00:41:31,812 --> 00:41:39,352
um the rog ally uh that adds a bunch of quality of life features that honestly if they were

702
00:41:39,352 --> 00:41:43,172
abandoning the brand they probably wouldn't have needed to make right how long were they sitting

703
00:41:43,172 --> 00:41:49,032
on these updates no idea but they're they're basic things like more fucking colors right for

704
00:41:49,032 --> 00:41:55,752
your damn menu like things that you think would be customizable at launch that well and yeah and

705
00:41:55,752 --> 00:42:00,612
maybe they were sitting on it for a minute maybe they weren't you know maybe it was just that simple

706
00:42:00,612 --> 00:42:05,972
because sometimes it is as easy as flicking a switch i know that you know sometimes programmers

707
00:42:05,972 --> 00:42:12,932
are going to be like rah rah rah you know but like sometimes it is that easy i think what

708
00:42:12,932 --> 00:42:16,972
happened is they probably reorg some people from a different part of microsoft over to the xbox

709
00:42:16,972 --> 00:42:23,132
division and gave them codecs from chat gpt and they probably they probably just like knocked out

710
00:42:23,132 --> 00:42:27,872
a few features for the for the announcement be like yeah look we did things well right well and

711
00:42:27,872 --> 00:42:36,992
they seem to be bound and determined to uh vibe code fucking all of windows 11 so they can they

712
00:42:36,992 --> 00:42:42,432
have a lot of quick turnaround it's just whether or not it's not good yeah whether or not it's

713
00:42:42,432 --> 00:42:49,432
there's literally nothing microsoft can do to ever put me back in windows ever um however i am

714
00:42:49,432 --> 00:42:54,172
interested in buying another xbox so here's my current plan so they keep teasing that there's

715
00:42:54,172 --> 00:42:58,492
this thing coming called project helix which sounds like uh a project they shelved a long

716
00:42:58,492 --> 00:43:05,912
time ago that they've now dusted off and have decided i i know great helix you know what that

717
00:43:05,912 --> 00:43:13,312
would i would lean into that kind of marketing because it's perfect for the millennials you know

718
00:43:13,312 --> 00:43:16,872
the people with money and you know what they should do when they announce project helix

719
00:43:16,872 --> 00:43:21,512
they should make a praise helix joke and then when they show gameplay montage of like the

720
00:43:21,512 --> 00:43:24,972
graphical fidelity increased games the first game they should show is power world

721
00:43:24,972 --> 00:43:33,132
just to stick it to nintendo that would be hilarious i would i mean i pre-order something

722
00:43:33,132 --> 00:43:35,892
and I'm full on the we never pre-order train.

723
00:43:37,732 --> 00:43:40,352
But anyways, here's my plan, right?

724
00:43:40,472 --> 00:43:41,652
So Project Helix,

725
00:43:41,852 --> 00:43:43,792
there's going to be some kind of conference soon

726
00:43:43,792 --> 00:43:45,832
in the Nintendo Direct style.

727
00:43:46,052 --> 00:43:46,692
We know it's coming

728
00:43:46,692 --> 00:43:48,532
and they're going to tell us all about it.

729
00:43:48,632 --> 00:43:50,032
And it might be a bunch of bullshit,

730
00:43:50,352 --> 00:43:52,512
but they might keep promises.

731
00:43:52,712 --> 00:43:53,712
So if they promise something,

732
00:43:53,892 --> 00:43:55,052
I might wait for it.

733
00:43:55,132 --> 00:43:57,292
So all I care about is backwards compatibility.

734
00:43:57,672 --> 00:44:00,832
I currently only have the Series S, right?

735
00:44:01,332 --> 00:44:02,252
Stealing the Xbox I got,

736
00:44:02,252 --> 00:44:07,052
but I'm pretty happy with it. So I have two options. Either one, they announced Project

737
00:44:07,052 --> 00:44:12,632
Helix and it's not what I want. If that's a scenario, I'm going to go maybe secondhand

738
00:44:12,632 --> 00:44:18,012
and get my hands on a Series X. I'll put the Series S in another room, maybe in one of my

739
00:44:18,012 --> 00:44:23,432
kids' rooms, and I'll put the Series X in my living room. That way, I can start collecting

740
00:44:23,432 --> 00:44:27,072
physical games again. It would be the old stuff. I'd probably hit up the retro stores, right?

741
00:44:27,832 --> 00:44:31,972
But those local retro stores have a sizable Xbox collection. Most people don't think of

742
00:44:31,972 --> 00:44:33,772
Xbox's retro since they were so late to the party.

743
00:44:34,012 --> 00:44:36,012
But your local retro game store

744
00:44:36,012 --> 00:44:37,392
has a bunch of Xbox games in it.

745
00:44:38,072 --> 00:44:39,452
And I'm interested because

746
00:44:39,452 --> 00:44:41,432
Nintendo has let me down for the last time.

747
00:44:41,672 --> 00:44:43,492
So I still want physical discs.

748
00:44:43,852 --> 00:44:46,052
So I wouldn't mind buying some old Xbox games

749
00:44:46,052 --> 00:44:47,992
I skipped out on. Or that I do

750
00:44:47,992 --> 00:44:49,972
remember from my childhood. Because my dad did

751
00:44:49,972 --> 00:44:52,172
have an OG Xbox and I saw him on weekends.

752
00:44:52,492 --> 00:44:54,152
So I did play

753
00:44:54,152 --> 00:44:56,172
old Xbox games. He just didn't have very many.

754
00:44:56,992 --> 00:44:58,012
Like the most

755
00:44:58,012 --> 00:44:59,172
I played was probably

756
00:44:59,172 --> 00:45:00,752
Doom 3

757
00:45:00,752 --> 00:45:02,152
Metal Gear Solid 2

758
00:45:02,152 --> 00:45:03,472
Grand Theft Auto 3

759
00:45:03,472 --> 00:45:04,512
and Vice City

760
00:45:04,512 --> 00:45:05,172
like those are the

761
00:45:05,172 --> 00:45:05,972
four games I remember

762
00:45:05,972 --> 00:45:07,172
oh and Ghost Recon

763
00:45:07,172 --> 00:45:08,772
those are the only games

764
00:45:08,772 --> 00:45:09,452
I remember playing

765
00:45:09,452 --> 00:45:10,032
on his Xbox

766
00:45:10,032 --> 00:45:10,892
but they were fun

767
00:45:10,892 --> 00:45:11,332
right

768
00:45:11,332 --> 00:45:12,952
and obviously

769
00:45:12,952 --> 00:45:13,852
I missed out on a lot

770
00:45:13,852 --> 00:45:14,452
because there was

771
00:45:14,452 --> 00:45:15,332
way more released

772
00:45:15,332 --> 00:45:15,792
on the console

773
00:45:15,792 --> 00:45:16,252
that I just

774
00:45:16,252 --> 00:45:17,112
I didn't play

775
00:45:17,112 --> 00:45:17,732
because I didn't

776
00:45:17,732 --> 00:45:18,752
have regular access

777
00:45:18,752 --> 00:45:19,172
to one

778
00:45:19,172 --> 00:45:19,792
so yeah

779
00:45:19,792 --> 00:45:20,372
that's the plan

780
00:45:20,372 --> 00:45:21,432
if Project Helix

781
00:45:21,432 --> 00:45:21,832
is a dud

782
00:45:21,832 --> 00:45:22,632
but if it's good

783
00:45:22,632 --> 00:45:23,692
it's backwards compatible

784
00:45:23,692 --> 00:45:24,512
has a disk drive

785
00:45:24,512 --> 00:45:25,392
I'll wait for that

786
00:45:25,392 --> 00:45:26,352
I'll buy one

787
00:45:26,352 --> 00:45:27,212
I'll embrace it

788
00:45:27,212 --> 00:45:27,712
because

789
00:45:27,712 --> 00:45:30,632
I just can't let the consoles go.

790
00:45:31,152 --> 00:45:33,092
As happy as I am with PC gaming

791
00:45:33,092 --> 00:45:35,212
and as capable as my gaming PC is,

792
00:45:35,852 --> 00:45:36,052
like,

793
00:45:36,952 --> 00:45:39,072
there's some games that make sense for PC

794
00:45:39,072 --> 00:45:40,472
that I'll only want to play on PC,

795
00:45:40,652 --> 00:45:42,272
especially games that I play with you all, right?

796
00:45:42,772 --> 00:45:42,972
Yeah.

797
00:45:43,152 --> 00:45:43,632
That's fine.

798
00:45:44,572 --> 00:45:46,212
And then there's some games like Warframe

799
00:45:46,212 --> 00:45:47,632
where there's just cross-save

800
00:45:47,632 --> 00:45:50,192
and I play on both pretty regularly, right?

801
00:45:50,592 --> 00:45:51,692
Whatever's convenient at the time.

802
00:45:52,512 --> 00:45:53,912
I'm happy to keep playing those,

803
00:45:53,972 --> 00:45:55,132
especially if they're free to play like Warframe.

804
00:45:55,932 --> 00:45:56,552
But like,

805
00:45:56,552 --> 00:45:58,932
there's some games I would just rather play in the living room only

806
00:45:58,932 --> 00:46:00,812
especially single player games

807
00:46:00,812 --> 00:46:02,752
right like um

808
00:46:02,752 --> 00:46:04,892
and it doesn't mean all

809
00:46:04,892 --> 00:46:06,712
single player games belong on the console for me

810
00:46:06,712 --> 00:46:08,592
like recently I've been playing Morbid Metal

811
00:46:08,592 --> 00:46:10,992
that's a single player game it's roguelike

812
00:46:10,992 --> 00:46:12,932
but it's fun and I have it on PC

813
00:46:12,932 --> 00:46:14,332
I'm fine with that

814
00:46:14,332 --> 00:46:16,872
it's something that I can do that's like kind of

815
00:46:16,872 --> 00:46:19,052
mindless um that I can like watch a video

816
00:46:19,052 --> 00:46:20,012
while playing

817
00:46:20,012 --> 00:46:22,832
I like that for example

818
00:46:22,832 --> 00:46:24,992
I've been thinking about replaying Final Fantasy

819
00:46:24,992 --> 00:46:27,092
16. Jordan still has my physical

820
00:46:27,092 --> 00:46:29,012
copy. I don't know if he's ever going to get around

821
00:46:29,012 --> 00:46:31,272
to playing it. And the PS5

822
00:46:31,272 --> 00:46:32,992
is in my son's room now anyway. So

823
00:46:32,992 --> 00:46:35,172
why not get

824
00:46:35,172 --> 00:46:37,132
a physical copy for the Xbox

825
00:46:37,132 --> 00:46:39,152
after I get something with a disk drive, whether it's

826
00:46:39,152 --> 00:46:41,172
the old thing or another thing. That would be kind of

827
00:46:41,172 --> 00:46:42,432
cool, right? Yeah.

828
00:46:43,092 --> 00:46:45,172
I'd be down for that. It's a game I want

829
00:46:45,172 --> 00:46:46,952
my kids to eventually see. They're a little young for

830
00:46:46,952 --> 00:46:48,812
16. They're ready for 10.

831
00:46:50,212 --> 00:46:51,072
They're too young for

832
00:46:51,072 --> 00:46:53,252
16. I feel like if they're not

833
00:46:53,252 --> 00:46:55,452
super crazy, graphics

834
00:46:55,452 --> 00:46:57,292
driven 10

835
00:46:57,292 --> 00:46:58,832
might actually be really good.

836
00:46:58,832 --> 00:47:00,812
Well, we pretty

837
00:47:00,812 --> 00:47:02,952
much peaked with

838
00:47:02,952 --> 00:47:04,732
graphical fidelity, right?

839
00:47:05,572 --> 00:47:07,192
Yeah, but 10's

840
00:47:07,192 --> 00:47:08,832
on the cusp of being...

841
00:47:08,832 --> 00:47:10,412
Oh no, it's a PS2 game.

842
00:47:10,492 --> 00:47:12,312
Yeah, I was going to say, the tech...

843
00:47:12,312 --> 00:47:14,492
Because you mentioned graphics, about them

844
00:47:14,492 --> 00:47:16,992
being sticklers to graphics. One, they play Roblox.

845
00:47:17,052 --> 00:47:17,712
I think they'll be fun.

846
00:47:17,972 --> 00:47:19,292
Yeah, that's it.

847
00:47:19,832 --> 00:47:22,872
Well, because we can see

848
00:47:23,252 --> 00:47:30,012
with you know it's not just millennials being the new boomers right it's it's actually you know

849
00:47:30,012 --> 00:47:36,552
noticeable from like gen z and gen alpha they're playing the older shit the things that don't look

850
00:47:36,552 --> 00:47:43,272
as good yeah because they're better games because like when you think about playing a game in the

851
00:47:43,272 --> 00:47:48,972
90s right like imagine you know it's 1997 and you're playing final fantasy 7 and then just four

852
00:47:48,972 --> 00:47:53,772
years later 2000 you're playing final fantasy 10 the jump between those two games is fucking

853
00:47:53,772 --> 00:48:03,332
staggering right absolutely but now like like um between 15 and 16 for final fantasy it doesn't

854
00:48:03,332 --> 00:48:07,592
like yeah it does technically look better like make no mistake you can tell there's a difference

855
00:48:07,592 --> 00:48:15,212
but it's not like it's not like generational leaps and bounds where you're like like if you

856
00:48:15,212 --> 00:48:21,452
get a nondescript picture between 15 and 16 of like the background like yeah you might not be

857
00:48:21,452 --> 00:48:26,252
able to tell which is the like which is the newer game yeah the only way you'd be able to tell is

858
00:48:26,252 --> 00:48:32,032
like does it look like you can walk there it's probably 15 yeah does it not look like you can

859
00:48:32,032 --> 00:48:36,232
walk there like is it the background like it might be 16 because in 16 you had a lot of like

860
00:48:36,232 --> 00:48:41,432
um i think they're like devil may cry levels right little instance dungeons there's a lot of them

861
00:48:41,432 --> 00:48:45,112
but then there's a bunch of open areas too right so it's like it depends on like what's

862
00:48:45,112 --> 00:48:51,352
i could see being tricking somebody and still getting it right but like graphically they're

863
00:48:51,352 --> 00:48:56,672
not that different you're right no they aren't and you know then it's no shade it's just like this

864
00:48:56,672 --> 00:49:05,872
we've kind of peaked on what we can do for um these realistic graphics right like uh arguably

865
00:49:05,872 --> 00:49:13,612
we kind of peaked early like uh i think we other than some minor gains we've really peaked the last

866
00:49:13,612 --> 00:49:21,292
generation i think and in the the later half of the last generation ps ps4 and whichever xbox they

867
00:49:21,292 --> 00:49:25,972
have such a naming convention that's why i footage that i see because i haven't played it myself

868
00:49:25,972 --> 00:49:30,252
of crimson desert looks so impressive to me because the world looks really populated and

869
00:49:30,252 --> 00:49:35,892
there's a lot of shit happening on screen right it's like that's the new improvement they focused

870
00:49:35,892 --> 00:49:43,092
on the thing that matters right like okay what's the difference between like cyberpunk 2077 and

871
00:49:43,092 --> 00:49:49,172
other open world games in similar genres right like the density of the crowd right and exactly

872
00:49:49,172 --> 00:49:55,932
uh density of the crowd you know it the the amount of background materials right the city

873
00:49:55,932 --> 00:49:58,152
for the most part looks lived in

874
00:49:58,152 --> 00:50:00,412
now your ability

875
00:50:00,412 --> 00:50:02,572
to interact with the city was not what it was

876
00:50:02,572 --> 00:50:04,692
promised but you know I'm sure there are mods for that

877
00:50:04,692 --> 00:50:06,572
maybe I can

878
00:50:06,572 --> 00:50:07,452
actually eat noodles

879
00:50:07,452 --> 00:50:10,692
I mean it's a lot better than you know

880
00:50:10,692 --> 00:50:11,732
Morrowind

881
00:50:11,732 --> 00:50:14,392
I was going to say let's even

882
00:50:14,392 --> 00:50:16,552
look to like Oblivion or Skyrim

883
00:50:16,552 --> 00:50:17,472
where you know

884
00:50:17,472 --> 00:50:20,652
the fucking Imperial City is this

885
00:50:20,652 --> 00:50:22,672
big fuck off city on the map

886
00:50:22,672 --> 00:50:24,472
and anytime it's ever been depicted

887
00:50:24,472 --> 00:50:28,252
in really any game that isn't Oblivion.

888
00:50:28,932 --> 00:50:32,532
It looks fucking massive, but if you walk through it, you'll see

889
00:50:32,532 --> 00:50:35,232
maybe 10 people do an area.

890
00:50:35,912 --> 00:50:40,432
All of Oblivion had 80 NPCs or something like that. Unique NPCs.

891
00:50:40,672 --> 00:50:42,752
Obviously, I'm not including Bandit.

892
00:50:44,132 --> 00:50:46,892
Before our listeners

893
00:50:46,892 --> 00:50:51,212
are like, wait, are you guys talking shit? No, no, no.

894
00:50:51,452 --> 00:50:53,692
I don't want it to sound like that.

895
00:50:53,692 --> 00:51:00,392
but it is just a good a good example to point out though that like i think that is where tech

896
00:51:00,392 --> 00:51:07,392
is moving is helping with density i'm fine with that i'm so fine with that and i i fuck i love it

897
00:51:07,392 --> 00:51:13,932
dude crimson desert there's something so special about walking down the street or like on my horse

898
00:51:13,932 --> 00:51:18,172
and i have to like slow down to move around the crowd because if i just barrel through them i'm

899
00:51:18,172 --> 00:51:23,472
gonna get a fucking warrant i don't know what it is about crimson desert i feel like i would

900
00:51:23,472 --> 00:51:28,072
enjoy it on a console more than my pc not just because i'm intimidated by denuvo and linux right

901
00:51:28,072 --> 00:51:32,152
it probably is going to break it on my pc in the first place yeah i was gonna say for linux maybe

902
00:51:32,152 --> 00:51:35,992
but i'm actually surprised how much denuvo doesn't really impact the game's performance

903
00:51:35,992 --> 00:51:42,232
it usually it's a pain in the ass i just i want to play it on my gigantic oled from my couch

904
00:51:42,232 --> 00:51:48,412
which i can do with the steam deck dock and the transfer and the wi-fi but it's like it's not a

905
00:51:48,412 --> 00:51:54,252
smooth experience right it's it's serviceable which is why i would rather do it for a game like

906
00:51:54,252 --> 00:51:57,892
warframe so i don't have to have it installed and i'm not really missing out if i suddenly

907
00:51:57,892 --> 00:52:02,352
disconnect because i'm not like in the middle of something right it's a game i'm well established

908
00:52:02,352 --> 00:52:06,572
in uh whereas crimson desert is like something that i could see myself chipping away at over a

909
00:52:06,572 --> 00:52:11,732
long period of time i don't have time for that right now but well that's my real uh prevention

910
00:52:11,732 --> 00:52:18,112
on crimson desert it's like i'm looking at it i'm like i don't want to desert you know

911
00:52:18,112 --> 00:52:18,832
It's a commitment.

912
00:52:19,632 --> 00:52:20,852
It really is.

913
00:52:21,032 --> 00:52:22,592
I don't want to devote my life to that.

914
00:52:23,212 --> 00:52:25,592
I'm at like 83 or 86 hours in,

915
00:52:25,792 --> 00:52:27,392
and I pretty much just set it down.

916
00:52:27,492 --> 00:52:27,992
I was like, you know what?

917
00:52:28,032 --> 00:52:29,292
I know I got shit I want to do.

918
00:52:30,172 --> 00:52:32,592
This game is going to be the perfect rainy day game.

919
00:52:33,112 --> 00:52:34,992
It'll stay permanently installed on my machine.

920
00:52:35,492 --> 00:52:37,432
And I think just when I'm like,

921
00:52:37,452 --> 00:52:38,672
I feel like fucking around,

922
00:52:39,092 --> 00:52:40,032
I'm going to just boot it up.

923
00:52:40,692 --> 00:52:42,292
Yeah, that's what I feel about with No Man's Sky,

924
00:52:42,292 --> 00:52:44,252
which is totally fine, right?

925
00:52:44,412 --> 00:52:46,112
Yeah, honestly, I kind of want to just leave

926
00:52:46,112 --> 00:52:47,952
Crimson Desert on the ground for like,

927
00:52:48,112 --> 00:52:56,072
a year and then pick it up because every patch they drop is like a fucking super charged too

928
00:52:56,072 --> 00:52:59,632
so i can only imagine what it's going to be like in a year when you're also going to probably be

929
00:52:59,632 --> 00:53:06,432
able to get it on like at least a 20 to 30 off sale or something like it's probably not a bad

930
00:53:06,432 --> 00:53:15,432
game to sit on yeah that's a large part of it i'm just like you know what in a few months year

931
00:53:15,432 --> 00:53:18,252
in a year, it'll be a fantastic

932
00:53:18,252 --> 00:53:20,332
game and I will absolutely

933
00:53:20,332 --> 00:53:22,352
adore it. You want to know what

934
00:53:22,352 --> 00:53:23,652
is probably the best thing

935
00:53:23,652 --> 00:53:26,472
about Crimson Desert? Something that I didn't really think about

936
00:53:26,472 --> 00:53:27,912
and it's something we don't really talk about a whole lot.

937
00:53:28,892 --> 00:53:30,652
It was a complete game at launch.

938
00:53:32,032 --> 00:53:32,472
Yes.

939
00:53:32,472 --> 00:53:33,092
That's a rare sight.

940
00:53:33,572 --> 00:53:34,432
It wasn't like

941
00:53:34,432 --> 00:53:36,992
someone could argue that

942
00:53:36,992 --> 00:53:39,772
certain areas of the game had quality

943
00:53:39,772 --> 00:53:42,192
loss that you made

944
00:53:42,192 --> 00:53:44,292
if you didn't maybe vibe with the story, let's say.

945
00:53:44,292 --> 00:53:45,632
especially the early story

946
00:53:45,632 --> 00:53:49,172
but at the least

947
00:53:49,172 --> 00:53:50,692
that wasn't something

948
00:53:50,692 --> 00:53:52,592
they didn't come up at the gate swinging

949
00:53:52,592 --> 00:53:54,472
saying this is the best story ever written

950
00:53:54,472 --> 00:53:55,852
amongst the stars

951
00:53:55,852 --> 00:53:58,492
they didn't try to sell that to us

952
00:53:58,492 --> 00:54:00,292
so it's refreshing, it's nice

953
00:54:00,292 --> 00:54:03,232
I would love that

954
00:54:03,232 --> 00:54:03,992
but I don't

955
00:54:03,992 --> 00:54:06,012
necessarily need it

956
00:54:06,012 --> 00:54:08,412
that's what rubs me the wrong way about the online discourse

957
00:54:08,412 --> 00:54:10,812
about Expedition 33, the Glazers glaze away

958
00:54:10,812 --> 00:54:12,612
so hard, you can tell they haven't played other games

959
00:54:12,612 --> 00:54:18,752
oh it's a good game it's a great game 33 literally is one of those games that broke into the normie

960
00:54:18,752 --> 00:54:25,892
market yeah you know like fucking jim and bob who've played you know one final fantasy in their

961
00:54:25,892 --> 00:54:31,252
life and probably only beat it halfway like hell yeah bro i know turn-based games yeah sure buddy

962
00:54:31,252 --> 00:54:37,092
but they they never touched like a a japanese rpg in their life and they're like why would i

963
00:54:37,092 --> 00:54:47,952
why would i ever like come on oh fuck dude i feel bad because x-mission 33 does look and i've heard

964
00:54:47,952 --> 00:54:53,392
good things from people i trust but at the same time like like twitter is a really good example

965
00:54:53,392 --> 00:54:58,912
you go look anything up it's either someone adamantly hates the game because oh my god turn

966
00:54:58,912 --> 00:54:59,952
based? Ew.

967
00:55:00,832 --> 00:55:02,872
Or it's someone like, this game

968
00:55:02,872 --> 00:55:04,652
literally saved my life.

969
00:55:04,972 --> 00:55:06,032
Yeah, it's

970
00:55:06,032 --> 00:55:08,612
not either of those. It's such

971
00:55:08,612 --> 00:55:10,732
in the middle. Because like,

972
00:55:10,812 --> 00:55:13,072
I played a lot of the games

973
00:55:13,072 --> 00:55:14,832
that inspired Expedition 33.

974
00:55:15,452 --> 00:55:16,992
And like the devs, I like those

975
00:55:16,992 --> 00:55:19,112
games a lot. And I might say, some of them,

976
00:55:19,112 --> 00:55:20,492
like Legend of Dragoon, I like better.

977
00:55:20,992 --> 00:55:22,752
However, you could tell

978
00:55:22,752 --> 00:55:24,972
it was made with love. And the people

979
00:55:24,972 --> 00:55:27,072
that hate the game, like, they've never played those

980
00:55:27,072 --> 00:55:28,452
games, so they're not comparing.

981
00:55:28,912 --> 00:55:31,592
But there's some people who are RPG snobs

982
00:55:31,592 --> 00:55:34,012
who think they're just above this game

983
00:55:34,012 --> 00:55:36,512
and think very little of it.

984
00:55:36,632 --> 00:55:37,052
And it's like,

985
00:55:37,372 --> 00:55:39,132
they like the same games you like

986
00:55:39,132 --> 00:55:39,992
and they made their own game.

987
00:55:40,032 --> 00:55:40,512
Where's your game?

988
00:55:41,732 --> 00:55:42,852
I get it.

989
00:55:42,912 --> 00:55:43,232
They tried.

990
00:55:43,692 --> 00:55:44,572
It's what it's most like.

991
00:55:44,912 --> 00:55:48,312
I think I'm in that unique position

992
00:55:48,312 --> 00:56:00,548
where I don like turn games I genuinely don If you were to drop me a sandbox turn game with no story attached to it at all I laugh at you and I probably uninstall it immediately

993
00:56:00,748 --> 00:56:01,688
I just wouldn't play it.

994
00:56:01,688 --> 00:56:03,288
It wouldn't be my thing.

995
00:56:04,488 --> 00:56:04,848
But,

996
00:56:05,348 --> 00:56:07,808
immediately, you give me a solid narrative,

997
00:56:07,948 --> 00:56:09,688
a solid story. It doesn't even have to be the best thing on the

998
00:56:09,688 --> 00:56:11,488
fucking planet. Just something that's fun to follow

999
00:56:11,488 --> 00:56:13,568
and interesting enough

1000
00:56:13,568 --> 00:56:15,448
is perfectly fine. I'm not

1001
00:56:15,448 --> 00:56:17,688
some fucking anal, like, this needs to

1002
00:56:17,688 --> 00:56:19,588
be the perfect, or this needs to one-up on the last

1003
00:56:19,588 --> 00:56:21,108
thing I did or else it's garbage.

1004
00:56:21,508 --> 00:56:22,348
I'm not one of those guys.

1005
00:56:22,788 --> 00:56:25,388
Just on that though, I'm

1006
00:56:25,388 --> 00:56:26,828
confident you would like that game.

1007
00:56:27,288 --> 00:56:28,788
Yeah, but that's kind of the point.

1008
00:56:28,888 --> 00:56:31,388
If I'm able to stomach this stuff

1009
00:56:31,388 --> 00:56:33,508
for something that's good, or at the very minimum

1010
00:56:33,508 --> 00:56:35,488
if you're capable of identifying

1011
00:56:35,488 --> 00:56:37,148
that you don't like turn-based games,

1012
00:56:37,268 --> 00:56:39,508
bro, why the fuck is the next thing in your

1013
00:56:39,508 --> 00:56:41,508
mind? Oh boy, this game must suck

1014
00:56:41,508 --> 00:56:43,388
cock. Why?

1015
00:56:43,768 --> 00:56:44,128
Bro!

1016
00:56:45,008 --> 00:56:47,068
Or the inverse. It's Baldur's Gate 3 all over again.

1017
00:56:47,068 --> 00:56:49,428
It literally is Baldur's Gate all over again.

1018
00:56:49,588 --> 00:56:54,248
is fucking amazing

1019
00:56:54,248 --> 00:56:57,148
but it's also not game of the year

1020
00:56:57,148 --> 00:56:58,968
it definitely was not game of the year

1021
00:56:58,968 --> 00:57:00,428
that one actually pissed me off a little bit

1022
00:57:00,428 --> 00:57:02,388
it's a really good game

1023
00:57:02,388 --> 00:57:05,008
but it has some really bad glaring flaws

1024
00:57:05,008 --> 00:57:07,448
and features that were working

1025
00:57:07,448 --> 00:57:09,488
perfectly in their previous game

1026
00:57:09,488 --> 00:57:10,668
well

1027
00:57:10,668 --> 00:57:13,228
didn't they ship it

1028
00:57:13,228 --> 00:57:15,368
unfinished? wasn't Act 3 not

1029
00:57:15,368 --> 00:57:17,588
finished? well kind of

1030
00:57:17,588 --> 00:57:25,988
uh there was clear areas of the story that they had cut and then after people complained they said

1031
00:57:25,988 --> 00:57:31,908
they would add them back in and then they did add them back in after like developing them cool i

1032
00:57:31,908 --> 00:57:36,468
guess but you know so it's like i don't know if i would say it shipped unfinished per se it was more

1033
00:57:36,468 --> 00:57:41,908
like they had chosen to cut that content and then after the backlash like oh okay we see that people

1034
00:57:41,908 --> 00:57:46,788
really cared we'll add it like it was like a like one of them was like a couple of ending sequences

1035
00:57:46,788 --> 00:57:48,408
for the characters were cut really short

1036
00:57:48,408 --> 00:57:50,408
at the very end of the game.

1037
00:57:51,448 --> 00:57:52,368
And I believe

1038
00:57:52,368 --> 00:57:54,228
they were going to...

1039
00:57:54,228 --> 00:57:56,728
Someone can correct me on this one. I don't remember. I might be

1040
00:57:56,728 --> 00:57:58,348
misremembering, but I believe they also

1041
00:57:58,348 --> 00:58:00,568
added one of the DLCs

1042
00:58:00,568 --> 00:58:02,048
that they were going to put in

1043
00:58:02,048 --> 00:58:04,488
as an epilogue to the game now

1044
00:58:04,488 --> 00:58:06,108
that just is there. It's free.

1045
00:58:06,488 --> 00:58:08,708
So they've done some good and some bad

1046
00:58:08,708 --> 00:58:10,468
in that realm, but I don't know if I would say it really

1047
00:58:10,468 --> 00:58:12,608
doesn't finish. It just wasn't...

1048
00:58:13,168 --> 00:58:14,408
It's just one of those most multiplayer

1049
00:58:14,408 --> 00:58:16,408
didn't have... It wasn't really seamless.

1050
00:58:16,788 --> 00:58:22,828
It was way too easy to trail off other people's stories and just break your game, effectively.

1051
00:58:23,648 --> 00:58:29,408
Like, one of the famous ones is if someone's playing the evil...

1052
00:58:29,408 --> 00:58:30,588
I can't remember the fucking name of it right now.

1053
00:58:30,608 --> 00:58:31,948
The evil character, anyways.

1054
00:58:32,768 --> 00:58:35,848
Where you're basically battling an internal murderess, murderobo.

1055
00:58:36,368 --> 00:58:43,668
And you are effectively put into this position where you either follow your storyline

1056
00:58:43,668 --> 00:58:45,468
and literally cuck

1057
00:58:45,468 --> 00:58:48,348
half the cast out of their own stories

1058
00:58:48,348 --> 00:58:50,128
or you don't

1059
00:58:50,128 --> 00:58:51,588
and you don't get anything special out of it.

1060
00:58:51,868 --> 00:58:53,108
Oh, you're talking about Dark Urge.

1061
00:58:53,448 --> 00:58:54,448
Dark Urge, that's right.

1062
00:58:54,808 --> 00:58:57,748
I remember, because that's actually what pissed me off.

1063
00:58:57,848 --> 00:58:59,408
Me, GTA, and

1064
00:58:59,408 --> 00:59:02,128
I believe it was Tree were playing a campaign

1065
00:59:02,128 --> 00:59:02,388
together.

1066
00:59:03,308 --> 00:59:05,708
And we got to that point, and well, obviously

1067
00:59:05,708 --> 00:59:07,848
GTA's playing Dark Urge and he wanted to do the Dark Urge thing

1068
00:59:07,848 --> 00:59:08,988
and we were like, yeah, go for it, go for it.

1069
00:59:09,388 --> 00:59:11,788
And then come to find out that it ruined my

1070
00:59:11,788 --> 00:59:17,288
quest line entirely you just removed it from the game at that point wow it fucking it i did something

1071
00:59:17,288 --> 00:59:22,468
to tree although he didn't really care as much um but i was like i was like damn like so we were

1072
00:59:22,468 --> 00:59:26,668
literally picking between me enjoying my time with the game or you enjoying your time in the game and

1073
00:59:26,668 --> 00:59:31,928
that's what that's the intended route it's like that's not fun in a multiplayer setting that's

1074
00:59:31,928 --> 00:59:36,788
garbage like if i'm playing single player i get to choose between and it's up to me but now we're

1075
00:59:36,788 --> 00:59:40,608
picking between which player gets to have fun or not and it's like that's not cool yeah i'll just

1076
00:59:40,608 --> 00:59:44,848
3 had a lot of shit like that though like this and that's just one thing that's like a either or

1077
00:59:44,848 --> 00:59:49,588
there's several moments where if i accidentally talk to an npc it fucks you out of part of your

1078
00:59:49,588 --> 00:59:53,828
quest too that was always that was a big issue apparently they fixed some of that i've heard

1079
00:59:53,828 --> 01:00:00,168
since launch well and yeah and in fairness they were that was something that we saw in like their

1080
01:00:00,168 --> 01:00:06,548
other games like divinity right divinity had some of it but there was i think the major arcing points

1081
01:00:06,548 --> 01:00:08,608
at the minimum everybody

1082
01:00:08,608 --> 01:00:10,768
could talk to the NPC and it wouldn't be that big of a deal

1083
01:00:10,768 --> 01:00:12,588
they did

1084
01:00:12,588 --> 01:00:14,348
have some of that but I feel like they had

1085
01:00:14,348 --> 01:00:16,688
figured that out with Divinity Original

1086
01:00:16,688 --> 01:00:18,048
Sin 2 at least largely

1087
01:00:18,048 --> 01:00:20,448
and then just to see them repeat the same

1088
01:00:20,448 --> 01:00:22,528
actually honestly in a larger scale repeat the same

1089
01:00:22,528 --> 01:00:24,548
mistake and I just left a bad

1090
01:00:24,548 --> 01:00:26,468
taste in my mouth and again not the dog

1091
01:00:26,468 --> 01:00:27,388
shit or

1092
01:00:27,388 --> 01:00:30,368
tear down Larian

1093
01:00:30,368 --> 01:00:32,528
or Baldus Gathri but like it

1094
01:00:32,528 --> 01:00:34,308
it just

1095
01:00:34,308 --> 01:00:36,508
it wasn't a 10 out of 10 game the way people wanted it to be

1096
01:00:36,508 --> 01:00:39,128
I thought it was a solid 7.5, maybe 8 out of 10.

1097
01:00:39,688 --> 01:00:40,928
Yeah, that's understandable.

1098
01:00:40,928 --> 01:00:45,468
I would not suggest people pick it up to replace their D&D Knight.

1099
01:00:45,948 --> 01:00:48,388
It honestly feels more like a single-player game.

1100
01:00:48,888 --> 01:00:50,408
Yeah, I haven't played it yet.

1101
01:00:51,368 --> 01:00:53,928
Jordan got it for me for, I think it was Christmas for my birthday,

1102
01:00:54,348 --> 01:00:56,948
which I hope it was on sale, because it's a full-price game, right?

1103
01:00:57,208 --> 01:00:58,948
Yeah, it was a $70 game, wasn't it?

1104
01:00:59,448 --> 01:00:59,708
Yeah.

1105
01:01:00,028 --> 01:01:00,948
I'll play it eventually.

1106
01:01:01,608 --> 01:01:02,148
It's on my list.

1107
01:01:02,608 --> 01:01:05,168
If you play it solo, single-player, you're going to love it.

1108
01:01:05,828 --> 01:01:06,188
Yeah.

1109
01:01:06,188 --> 01:01:08,328
It's great. It's awesome. And actually, single

1110
01:01:08,328 --> 01:01:10,468
player, you get to do all the characters' story quests

1111
01:01:10,468 --> 01:01:11,348
technically.

1112
01:01:12,428 --> 01:01:14,268
As long as you're following them and paying attention

1113
01:01:14,268 --> 01:01:16,088
to what they are, you can swap your party members

1114
01:01:16,088 --> 01:01:17,708
in and out and just go do them all.

1115
01:01:18,748 --> 01:01:19,708
Yeah. I

1116
01:01:19,708 --> 01:01:21,348
was going to say,

1117
01:01:21,628 --> 01:01:24,208
I had that same issue with, like, Divinity

1118
01:01:24,208 --> 01:01:26,208
too. Like, they have, like, whole-ass

1119
01:01:26,208 --> 01:01:28,348
cutscenes and shit that they cut

1120
01:01:28,348 --> 01:01:30,188
out for multiplayer because it gets awkward.

1121
01:01:30,428 --> 01:01:32,388
Oh, yes. I forgot

1122
01:01:32,388 --> 01:01:33,268
about that. Right.

1123
01:01:33,268 --> 01:01:35,268
Right, and I'm not saying, like,

1124
01:01:35,628 --> 01:01:38,268
obviously, I don't expect them to...

1125
01:01:38,268 --> 01:01:39,228
It's not going to be seamless.

1126
01:01:39,768 --> 01:01:42,148
The honest truth is it's not going to be seamless

1127
01:01:42,148 --> 01:01:46,408
when you have, you know, such a thing.

1128
01:01:46,908 --> 01:01:48,948
Yeah, and I believe it was the beast,

1129
01:01:49,608 --> 01:01:51,008
the dwarf or whatever.

1130
01:01:51,468 --> 01:01:54,448
There's a large section of his, like, underworld past

1131
01:01:54,448 --> 01:01:56,328
that just gets ripped right out of the game.

1132
01:01:57,308 --> 01:02:00,028
None of us played him, so we didn't get to see that.

1133
01:02:00,028 --> 01:02:03,288
that's why it doesn't really sit in memory well

1134
01:02:03,288 --> 01:02:05,368
but yeah I've heard that there was

1135
01:02:05,368 --> 01:02:07,008
especially some of the characters

1136
01:02:07,008 --> 01:02:09,368
they kind of like just straight up

1137
01:02:09,368 --> 01:02:09,968
gutted them

1138
01:02:09,968 --> 01:02:13,388
speaking of straight up gutting people

1139
01:02:13,388 --> 01:02:15,408
we almost let Sony

1140
01:02:15,408 --> 01:02:15,888
off the hook

1141
01:02:15,888 --> 01:02:17,708
oh yes

1142
01:02:17,708 --> 01:02:20,648
I had planned on bringing that up

1143
01:02:20,648 --> 01:02:23,648
I remember that we had talked about it briefly and didn't actually say what it was

1144
01:02:23,648 --> 01:02:25,488
we're fag posting as the

1145
01:02:25,488 --> 01:02:27,388
Twitter crowd likes to call it

1146
01:02:27,388 --> 01:02:28,608
you might say something

1147
01:02:28,608 --> 01:02:37,088
uh drm we're talking about speaking of denuvo yeah speaking of denuvo there's new drm for

1148
01:02:37,088 --> 01:02:42,488
playstation now of course the corporate journalists are already running uh defense for sony as they

1149
01:02:42,488 --> 01:02:48,368
always do right well and sony's running defense for sony too that too and you know what i i will

1150
01:02:48,368 --> 01:02:53,828
i will add a caveat before we dive into into it it isn't something that's going to affect everybody

1151
01:02:53,828 --> 01:02:59,668
but the fact that it could affect people uh like for instance realistically right now let's say

1152
01:02:59,668 --> 01:03:05,148
where i'm moving uh and i haven't booted my ps5 up in probably months at this point there's a good

1153
01:03:05,148 --> 01:03:10,028
shot that if i decide while i don't have internet i want to play my ps5 games i fucking can't anymore

1154
01:03:10,028 --> 01:03:14,708
well some of them right like then that's that's kind of the thing i think it's largely newer

1155
01:03:14,708 --> 01:03:20,068
titles well it's newer titles and titles purchased after a certain date were the ones that were hit

1156
01:03:20,068 --> 01:03:24,288
So let's say exactly what happened.

1157
01:03:24,428 --> 01:03:37,248
So what's been reported and in a lot of cases shown is that you have to log in to essentially re-solidify your purchase after 30 days.

1158
01:03:38,528 --> 01:03:47,008
Sony claims that this is an anti-piracy measure that you'll only have to check in once.

1159
01:03:47,008 --> 01:03:48,168
That's something that I noticed.

1160
01:03:48,168 --> 01:03:53,148
So when I first heard about this story, I thought it was, you know, all the time.

1161
01:03:53,428 --> 01:03:57,628
Like, as soon as you unplug the internet, the timer counts down, right?

1162
01:03:57,848 --> 01:04:00,108
But, like, it's a one-time check-in.

1163
01:04:00,748 --> 01:04:01,528
That's what they're saying.

1164
01:04:01,908 --> 01:04:03,028
They say claim.

1165
01:04:04,108 --> 01:04:11,168
There has been people testing with the battery method that have reported it not being like that, unfortunately.

1166
01:04:11,568 --> 01:04:15,768
Well, and they made the report after those people found that, right?

1167
01:04:15,768 --> 01:04:23,568
sounds like damage control a bit yes yes i think sony is lying through their teeth if i'm being

1168
01:04:23,568 --> 01:04:31,188
perfectly honest uh i think sony got caught before they intended to before they intended

1169
01:04:31,188 --> 01:04:38,008
and didn't know what else to do other than make up some bullshit all half believable story and it

1170
01:04:38,008 --> 01:04:43,808
is a believable story i actually think uh because you know they can back it up the way that they're

1171
01:04:43,808 --> 01:04:45,528
claiming they can back it up, right?

1172
01:04:46,448 --> 01:04:48,208
You know, make it this one-time

1173
01:04:48,208 --> 01:04:50,108
check, because essentially they've

1174
01:04:50,108 --> 01:04:52,228
added, like, I forget what they called it,

1175
01:04:52,368 --> 01:04:53,248
it was a

1176
01:04:53,248 --> 01:04:55,968
check-in, essentially,

1177
01:04:56,728 --> 01:04:57,948
that they added to

1178
01:04:57,948 --> 01:04:59,828
computers. Basically, there's a

1179
01:04:59,828 --> 01:05:02,228
file or something

1180
01:05:02,228 --> 01:05:03,948
in the game that tells it

1181
01:05:03,948 --> 01:05:06,328
your purchase key, I think, is what it is.

1182
01:05:07,228 --> 01:05:08,208
So basically, like, what

1183
01:05:08,208 --> 01:05:10,128
they're saying... You get a temporary 30-day one

1184
01:05:10,128 --> 01:05:11,628
when you first purchase the game.

1185
01:05:12,528 --> 01:05:13,408
And then

1186
01:05:13,408 --> 01:05:16,388
you get the permanent one later.

1187
01:05:16,848 --> 01:05:17,648
That's so dumb.

1188
01:05:17,788 --> 01:05:19,788
If you're buying a game online

1189
01:05:19,788 --> 01:05:21,788
digitally, you're already connected

1190
01:05:21,788 --> 01:05:22,528
to the internet.

1191
01:05:23,628 --> 01:05:25,388
Well, so did you hear

1192
01:05:25,388 --> 01:05:27,908
why they said that they're doing this?

1193
01:05:28,048 --> 01:05:29,548
No. Obviously, it's an

1194
01:05:29,548 --> 01:05:31,208
anti-piracy measure, right? Correct.

1195
01:05:31,868 --> 01:05:33,608
But you're already downloading it from

1196
01:05:33,608 --> 01:05:35,628
their store. You're online when you

1197
01:05:35,628 --> 01:05:37,408
do it. But they claim it's an

1198
01:05:37,408 --> 01:05:39,368
anti-piracy. So, according

1199
01:05:39,368 --> 01:05:41,588
to them, I'm not sure

1200
01:05:41,588 --> 01:05:48,288
how true this is and how much of this is just old wives tales for lack of better terms about

1201
01:05:48,288 --> 01:05:56,248
piracy they claim that most pirate pirated copies are not legitimately purchased or were not

1202
01:05:56,248 --> 01:06:03,228
originally legitimately purchased they're from crack code and so that it so basically they're

1203
01:06:03,228 --> 01:06:08,508
ensuring that if you get a piece of crack code you can't verify your purchase by logging in within

1204
01:06:08,508 --> 01:06:13,848
30 days obviously that's a dumb fucking idea because you know exactly what'll happen some

1205
01:06:13,848 --> 01:06:21,268
jailbreak some some guy who's jailbroken it will jailbreak it harder to just delete that files

1206
01:06:21,268 --> 01:06:30,788
necessity or similar yeah spoof the spoof the proper uh you you have this i do not believe sony

1207
01:06:30,788 --> 01:06:36,408
that's fundamentally like they're even they're the thing that they've conjured doesn't quite

1208
01:06:36,408 --> 01:06:43,188
make sense so as a frequent sailor i will say obviously i don't fucking pirate uh console games

1209
01:06:43,188 --> 01:06:48,828
uh actually realistically i don't pirate a lot of like triple a games or anything in that vein

1210
01:06:48,828 --> 01:06:55,548
usually i don't think i've heard the term crack in terms of like you know in this in this regard

1211
01:06:55,548 --> 01:07:03,648
well i still hear about cocaine a lot um but i don't think i don't think i've seen that for

1212
01:07:03,648 --> 01:07:09,888
anything that isn't like visual novels from like 15 plus years ago nobody really does it like like

1213
01:07:09,888 --> 01:07:15,568
that's the only time it ever comes up in my like purview anymore well yeah no people who pirate

1214
01:07:15,568 --> 01:07:23,428
games do it through emulators that's the only way to do it that's reasonable uh like and i'm not or

1215
01:07:23,428 --> 01:07:30,688
or like or like direct uh excuse my terminology here i think it's like it's also like direct

1216
01:07:30,688 --> 01:07:34,888
deploy as well that's like a really big thing now because uh that's what i know a lot of steam

1217
01:07:34,888 --> 01:07:40,448
games are doing uh to piracy they'll like direct deploy so you literally just have a file folder

1218
01:07:40,448 --> 01:07:44,548
that spoofs steam it doesn't touch steam so steam has no idea it doesn't touch your account or

1219
01:07:44,548 --> 01:07:48,068
anything yeah uh and then it literally just launches the game like nothing happened you know

1220
01:07:48,068 --> 01:07:51,968
that's actually not really common knowledge i mean i know people bitch about options like sometimes

1221
01:07:51,968 --> 01:07:56,968
denovus there right but like uh steam doesn't actually enforce drm like that's up to the

1222
01:07:56,968 --> 01:08:02,588
developer it always it always has been yeah there's some games on steam that are just straight up drm

1223
01:08:02,588 --> 01:08:08,488
free oh yeah um now a lot of people pretend like gog was the only one to do it i know although to

1224
01:08:08,488 --> 01:08:13,548
be fair not that not to discredit gog because they are far and about better at it yeah every

1225
01:08:13,548 --> 01:08:22,708
game on gog is drm free yes on steam there may be drm free games yeah amongst others so it's it's

1226
01:08:22,708 --> 01:08:28,868
it's a platform feature for sure right but yeah yeah so it's just one of those moments where um

1227
01:08:28,868 --> 01:08:35,908
i i feel like sony is behind the times like or you know to be fair i don't know maybe maybe

1228
01:08:35,908 --> 01:08:42,548
maybe cracking is still like a very common uh process of pirating console games but also who

1229
01:08:42,548 --> 01:08:47,828
the is that they're pirating console games in such a mass that it's like actually hurting business

1230
01:08:47,828 --> 01:08:50,548
It's like you can't just pirate a fucking Sony game.

1231
01:08:51,148 --> 01:08:52,188
That's not how it works.

1232
01:08:52,368 --> 01:08:59,188
You have to jailbreak or otherwise like alter your console to do that.

1233
01:08:59,468 --> 01:09:01,768
And to be fair, that's how it's always been.

1234
01:09:01,868 --> 01:09:02,668
That's not new.

1235
01:09:03,088 --> 01:09:08,608
Yeah, like I had a modded PS1 when I was a kid because my stepdad had one, right?

1236
01:09:08,608 --> 01:09:10,168
He had it done in Korea or some shit.

1237
01:09:10,848 --> 01:09:15,348
And the thing is that it was the console that was modded, right?

1238
01:09:15,348 --> 01:09:23,708
so the games they were just you know burned onto cds like in bulk and they just worked and i think

1239
01:09:23,708 --> 01:09:27,628
they're trying to prevent that because once you have a modded console it's like you might as well

1240
01:09:27,628 --> 01:09:35,148
just have every game well and yeah and i'm willing to bite if they like if sony said it's not actually

1241
01:09:35,148 --> 01:09:42,548
a problem in the u.s it's a problem overseas you know what but also let's be real they have regional

1242
01:09:42,548 --> 01:09:44,588
pricing the money that they get

1243
01:09:44,588 --> 01:09:46,908
from a copy of

1244
01:09:46,908 --> 01:09:48,528
I don't know

1245
01:09:48,528 --> 01:09:49,368
we'll say

1246
01:09:49,368 --> 01:09:52,528
Assassin's Creed Black Flag

1247
01:09:52,528 --> 01:09:54,468
gonna throw that one out there

1248
01:09:54,468 --> 01:09:56,088
because you know

1249
01:09:56,088 --> 01:09:58,568
where did their failure bring them back to

1250
01:09:58,568 --> 01:10:00,188
remaking it now

1251
01:10:00,188 --> 01:10:02,288
yep I mean it worked for

1252
01:10:02,288 --> 01:10:03,528
look it worked for Todd

1253
01:10:03,528 --> 01:10:06,628
as long as it's

1254
01:10:06,628 --> 01:10:08,568
not you know we can get to that

1255
01:10:08,568 --> 01:10:08,828
in a second

1256
01:10:08,828 --> 01:10:11,208
we'll get to it in a second

1257
01:10:11,208 --> 01:10:14,248
But where I'm going with this is just simply,

1258
01:10:14,628 --> 01:10:19,348
if, like, anywhere that they would be fighting these pirates,

1259
01:10:19,828 --> 01:10:23,628
they're not making that much money on their games anyways there.

1260
01:10:24,008 --> 01:10:29,668
Because again, right, like, if we go to India or Pakistan or fucking whatever,

1261
01:10:29,908 --> 01:10:32,648
or the cost of living is so much lower,

1262
01:10:33,008 --> 01:10:35,908
they're not making a ton of money per sale.

1263
01:10:37,288 --> 01:10:39,048
Because they have regional pricing.

1264
01:10:39,468 --> 01:10:40,988
That's been a known thing.

1265
01:10:40,988 --> 01:10:46,468
that steam has regional pricing every fucking buddy has regional pricing if they didn't it'd

1266
01:10:46,468 --> 01:10:51,968
be prohibitively expensive yeah we we just wouldn't see these other countries probably even

1267
01:10:51,968 --> 01:10:58,368
participate or or they would all just pirate well yeah video gaming would be like a um would be for

1268
01:10:58,368 --> 01:11:04,308
western developed countries only and yeah i mean that's where like the major asian countries yeah

1269
01:11:04,308 --> 01:11:08,248
that's where like the russian and brazilian hate online came from is because they would pile into

1270
01:11:08,248 --> 01:11:14,908
either free-to-play games or they would be illegitimately in others and which when you're

1271
01:11:14,908 --> 01:11:19,168
already when you already get your foot in the door like that you might what's a cup what's a

1272
01:11:19,168 --> 01:11:24,428
couple of hacks and cheats while you're there it's like kind of it checks out it's like they're

1273
01:11:24,428 --> 01:11:30,068
already have nothing to lose why not right whereas you know all these people that bought a copy of

1274
01:11:30,068 --> 01:11:35,748
the game they say the wrong word in the chat and they get you know money stolen yep so honestly it

1275
01:11:35,748 --> 01:11:40,728
it makes sense regional pricing just effectively means that these other countries can be more

1276
01:11:40,728 --> 01:11:45,548
legitimate about it and hopefully not be as assholey which i you know what i haven't heard

1277
01:11:45,548 --> 01:11:49,848
anyone complain about brazilians in an online game other than them just being brazilian i mean that

1278
01:11:49,848 --> 01:11:54,588
happens um but like i haven't heard anyone be like ah brazilians those filthy hackers i haven't heard

1279
01:11:54,588 --> 01:11:59,388
that in a long time so you know what it seems like it might be working the world is anecdotally

1280
01:11:59,388 --> 01:12:04,528
but a world might be healing as for ubisoft though i think they should stick to publishing

1281
01:12:04,528 --> 01:12:07,308
I was surprised to learn that Morbid Metal

1282
01:12:07,308 --> 01:12:09,328
the indie game published by Ubisoft

1283
01:12:09,328 --> 01:12:10,688
they didn't touch it

1284
01:12:10,688 --> 01:12:11,628
that's why it's good

1285
01:12:11,628 --> 01:12:14,648
but they paid that guy's bills

1286
01:12:14,648 --> 01:12:16,068
so he could go make his dream game

1287
01:12:16,068 --> 01:12:16,788
and that's dope

1288
01:12:16,788 --> 01:12:17,888
they're obviously out of money

1289
01:12:17,888 --> 01:12:20,888
so now they're re-releasing Black Flag

1290
01:12:20,888 --> 01:12:22,048
yeah

1291
01:12:22,048 --> 01:12:25,368
I don't think it's a bad idea

1292
01:12:25,368 --> 01:12:25,968
first off

1293
01:12:25,968 --> 01:12:27,788
I do want to say

1294
01:12:27,788 --> 01:12:31,108
if they're going to remake and release one

1295
01:12:31,108 --> 01:12:33,048
they might as well do the one that definitely

1296
01:12:33,048 --> 01:12:35,128
you know because it was still a good

1297
01:12:35,128 --> 01:12:36,608
Assassin's Creed game at its core

1298
01:12:36,608 --> 01:12:39,188
even if it wasn't I wouldn't say it's the best

1299
01:12:39,188 --> 01:12:41,168
I still it's not honestly

1300
01:12:41,168 --> 01:12:43,028
I liked 1 and 2

1301
01:12:43,028 --> 01:12:43,568
a lot

1302
01:12:43,568 --> 01:12:47,188
I think 3 was cool but I think 1 and 2

1303
01:12:47,188 --> 01:12:49,008
probably still like the best for me

1304
01:12:49,008 --> 01:12:53,228
as much as I like 3 I also

1305
01:12:53,228 --> 01:12:55,268
would agree I think 2 and it's

1306
01:12:55,268 --> 01:12:56,828
2 expansions were really good

1307
01:12:56,828 --> 01:12:59,288
but so you know

1308
01:12:59,288 --> 01:13:01,248
there's that but then

1309
01:13:01,248 --> 01:13:03,348
4 had the boat stuff

1310
01:13:03,348 --> 01:13:05,348
which a lot of people that weren't really into

1311
01:13:05,348 --> 01:13:06,908
the Assassin's stuff really liked that

1312
01:13:06,908 --> 01:13:09,168
and it was enough to carry the game for them

1313
01:13:09,168 --> 01:13:11,208
so I think honestly if they were going to remake

1314
01:13:11,208 --> 01:13:13,388
any of them it's probably the best one to do

1315
01:13:13,388 --> 01:13:15,148
now would I like 1, 2, and 3

1316
01:13:15,148 --> 01:13:17,628
like remastered I guess and then re-released

1317
01:13:17,628 --> 01:13:19,168
yeah I'd be down with that

1318
01:13:19,168 --> 01:13:19,608
that'd be cool

1319
01:13:19,608 --> 01:13:21,348
they already did number 2 though

1320
01:13:21,348 --> 01:13:25,088
they did do 2 but it was a bit ago now wasn't it

1321
01:13:25,088 --> 01:13:27,148
yeah maybe they'll do it again

1322
01:13:27,148 --> 01:13:28,668
fuck I don't know maybe

1323
01:13:28,668 --> 01:13:30,948
but either way the point I'm getting at is

1324
01:13:30,948 --> 01:13:32,308
I think they should

1325
01:13:32,308 --> 01:13:35,088
not fuck with it

1326
01:13:35,088 --> 01:13:36,948
too much. And I'm

1327
01:13:36,948 --> 01:13:38,628
hoping new ownership

1328
01:13:38,628 --> 01:13:40,748
doesn't fuck with it too much, but who the fuck knows?

1329
01:13:41,308 --> 01:13:42,548
Because Black Flag was fun.

1330
01:13:43,328 --> 01:13:45,008
I mean, don't get me wrong, the

1331
01:13:45,008 --> 01:13:47,088
Abstergo real world shit

1332
01:13:47,088 --> 01:13:49,228
was utter trash, just straight up garbage.

1333
01:13:49,608 --> 01:13:51,028
Yeah, probably worse than the series for that

1334
01:13:51,028 --> 01:13:53,088
number four, although I didn't play any games after

1335
01:13:53,088 --> 01:13:54,448
four, so I don't know if it got worse.

1336
01:13:55,308 --> 01:13:57,048
I believe it just stayed the

1337
01:13:57,048 --> 01:13:59,068
course. Basically, I think

1338
01:13:59,068 --> 01:14:00,828
like, I don't know, I guess it's spoilers, but

1339
01:14:00,828 --> 01:14:03,268
This is literally the worst fucking story known to man.

1340
01:14:03,728 --> 01:14:05,328
So I don't think anyone's going to give a fuck.

1341
01:14:06,008 --> 01:14:09,188
But basically the TODR is you're just some random office worker.

1342
01:14:10,148 --> 01:14:16,008
Abstergo is using, I think, DNA fragments from Desmond.

1343
01:14:16,208 --> 01:14:16,908
Desmond, Desmond.

1344
01:14:17,068 --> 01:14:17,608
Yes, Desmond.

1345
01:14:19,208 --> 01:14:25,688
And basically they hooked it up so that you can just interact with the machine through a computer screen or some shit.

1346
01:14:25,688 --> 01:14:27,788
I feel like they really shouldn't have killed him off.

1347
01:14:27,908 --> 01:14:29,188
I don't think they knew what to do.

1348
01:14:29,188 --> 01:14:32,988
Or they could have just let it go and moved on to a different person.

1349
01:14:32,988 --> 01:14:33,948
Yeah.

1350
01:14:33,984 --> 01:14:35,964
They chose the worst option.

1351
01:14:36,384 --> 01:14:38,244
Well, but here's the kicker.

1352
01:14:39,284 --> 01:14:42,024
The random office worker that you're playing as,

1353
01:14:42,104 --> 01:14:44,384
the assassins are trying to recruit them subtly,

1354
01:14:44,804 --> 01:14:48,244
and you're being indoctrinated unintentionally

1355
01:14:48,244 --> 01:14:51,024
by living out in the assassin's lifestyle

1356
01:14:51,024 --> 01:14:53,704
and learning about how evil the Templars are.

1357
01:14:54,044 --> 01:14:55,904
It's like, you really think of Storgos out there and thought,

1358
01:14:56,024 --> 01:14:58,764
damn, our employees might sympathize with our enemy.

1359
01:14:59,604 --> 01:15:01,224
They didn't think about that?

1360
01:15:01,364 --> 01:15:02,504
Come on, man.

1361
01:15:02,504 --> 01:15:08,124
you think they would be monitoring them when they're jacked in in their office chairs like

1362
01:15:08,124 --> 01:15:14,304
come on yeah it was the other two people though um the the nerdy guy and the other woman assassin

1363
01:15:14,304 --> 01:15:20,264
get introduced and i think desmond's party the hero's party yeah they basically are in there

1364
01:15:20,264 --> 01:15:25,904
trying to recruit you and at the end of the game it literally the ending is you you talk to them

1365
01:15:25,904 --> 01:15:30,524
and they're like hey well we'll let you know when it's time and and that's it that's that's literally

1366
01:15:30,524 --> 01:15:36,144
just a there's no cut scene yeah there's no there's no like preamble no no like cliffhanger

1367
01:15:36,144 --> 01:15:41,244
actually vic you you're forgetting an important detail from the real life section number four

1368
01:15:41,244 --> 01:15:49,164
that is even dumber um am i so in assassin's creed 4 they introduced the idea of sages

1369
01:15:49,164 --> 01:15:54,764
which is yes which is something that they re apparently they reuse in the later games i'm

1370
01:15:54,764 --> 01:15:59,644
told i have not played the later games but in assassin's creed lore right a sage is like

1371
01:15:59,644 --> 01:16:01,624
effectively some

1372
01:16:01,624 --> 01:16:03,904
sciencey bullshit, hand

1373
01:16:03,904 --> 01:16:05,864
wavy way to say reincarnation

1374
01:16:05,864 --> 01:16:06,864
is real, right?

1375
01:16:07,624 --> 01:16:09,724
And so the final boss

1376
01:16:09,724 --> 01:16:11,644
of the assassin part

1377
01:16:11,644 --> 01:16:12,924
of number four

1378
01:16:12,924 --> 01:16:14,984
is a sage

1379
01:16:14,984 --> 01:16:17,824
of one of the people who came

1380
01:16:17,824 --> 01:16:19,764
before, which I think they give that race a name. I think it's

1381
01:16:19,764 --> 01:16:21,384
like the ice sewers, some bullshit, right?

1382
01:16:21,384 --> 01:16:21,904
Yeah.

1383
01:16:23,724 --> 01:16:24,824
Back in my day,

1384
01:16:25,064 --> 01:16:26,624
we didn't have a name for those people.

1385
01:16:27,084 --> 01:16:28,904
Yeah, the ancient aliens.

1386
01:16:28,904 --> 01:16:31,164
yeah but um that guy

1387
01:16:31,164 --> 01:16:32,904
uh was a sage

1388
01:16:32,904 --> 01:16:34,804
uh and it wasn't his first time being

1389
01:16:34,804 --> 01:16:36,824
reincarnated right and so uh

1390
01:16:36,824 --> 01:16:38,124
edward kenway puts him down

1391
01:16:38,124 --> 01:16:40,904
only for you the player to find out that the guy

1392
01:16:40,904 --> 01:16:42,844
that's been like you know encouraging you

1393
01:16:42,844 --> 01:16:44,604
to go break into offices and stuff right

1394
01:16:44,604 --> 01:16:46,944
is that same guy reincarnated once

1395
01:16:46,944 --> 01:16:48,864
again in this era and he nearly

1396
01:16:48,864 --> 01:16:50,624
kills you until uh

1397
01:16:50,624 --> 01:16:51,524
others intervene

1398
01:16:51,524 --> 01:16:54,824
right and it's like oh that's

1399
01:16:54,824 --> 01:16:56,364
dumb reincarnation is real

1400
01:16:56,364 --> 01:16:58,064
thanks science uh

1401
01:16:58,064 --> 01:17:01,144
well I mean I kind of like that

1402
01:17:01,144 --> 01:17:02,564
angle but I don't

1403
01:17:02,564 --> 01:17:04,324
think they ever handled it right

1404
01:17:04,324 --> 01:17:07,144
it was a cool idea that was poorly delivered

1405
01:17:07,144 --> 01:17:09,104
it was way cooler when it was more

1406
01:17:09,104 --> 01:17:11,284
vague and less explained

1407
01:17:11,284 --> 01:17:12,704
with Desmond's story

1408
01:17:12,704 --> 01:17:14,604
I'm just being completely real

1409
01:17:14,604 --> 01:17:16,624
they did so good in 1, 2, and 3

1410
01:17:16,624 --> 01:17:19,364
well other than the very end of Desmond's

1411
01:17:19,364 --> 01:17:20,984
story they did definitely

1412
01:17:20,984 --> 01:17:21,684
drop the ball

1413
01:17:21,684 --> 01:17:25,044
I mean I don't know if they said they even really dropped the ball

1414
01:17:25,044 --> 01:17:26,884
because like we don't even really find out that he's

1415
01:17:26,884 --> 01:17:34,524
for sure dead until four well actually if you were playing the online multiplayer in three uh and

1416
01:17:34,524 --> 01:17:40,504
you uh the the myan calendar day you know december 12th 2012 rolls around right which is the day

1417
01:17:40,504 --> 01:17:45,984
canonically that he dies right yeah um everyone got a little email uh in their little inbox that

1418
01:17:45,984 --> 01:17:51,904
says oh yeah that thing happened right i guess oh i didn't know that okay it was a little treat for

1419
01:17:51,904 --> 01:17:55,744
the people who were actively playing at launch i guess because it came out around the time of that

1420
01:17:55,744 --> 01:18:02,244
day right because it was very very myan calendar themed the the the irl myan calendar ending

1421
01:18:02,244 --> 01:18:08,064
conspiracy was the trigger for the events that led to his death in this game so yeah like i said

1422
01:18:08,064 --> 01:18:14,504
it's not that i dislike assassin's creed it's that i over and over again i feel like they

1423
01:18:14,504 --> 01:18:21,724
really dropped the ball with like the writing yeah ubisoft had a well actually i shouldn't

1424
01:18:21,724 --> 01:18:28,364
of ubisoft i mean the writers of the original assassin's greed that worked at ubisoft had such

1425
01:18:28,364 --> 01:18:32,684
a cool idea because it's one of those things that like that was before the ancient aliens theory

1426
01:18:32,684 --> 01:18:37,004
really like kicked off it was like super like mainstream and people were making fun of it online

1427
01:18:37,004 --> 01:18:41,644
or whatever so it was like it was kind of novel in a weird in a weird way for a lot of people

1428
01:18:41,644 --> 01:18:49,884
anyways so it's like they had a really good thing going and then they just like and it's not even

1429
01:18:49,884 --> 01:18:52,004
in like a accidental like writing

1430
01:18:52,004 --> 01:18:53,844
themselves into a corner or like you know

1431
01:18:53,844 --> 01:18:55,784
like regular old writing flaws they just

1432
01:18:55,784 --> 01:18:57,724
it was a choice they made

1433
01:18:57,724 --> 01:18:59,844
like they actively said fuck it

1434
01:18:59,844 --> 01:19:01,524
what if the plane just

1435
01:19:01,524 --> 01:19:03,904
decided to go nose first

1436
01:19:03,904 --> 01:19:05,204
into the fucking mountain

1437
01:19:05,204 --> 01:19:07,764
like that'd be cool right

1438
01:19:07,764 --> 01:19:09,964
it's like no no it wouldn't

1439
01:19:09,964 --> 01:19:12,064
you know what Vic speaking of writing

1440
01:19:12,064 --> 01:19:13,804
uh so

1441
01:19:13,804 --> 01:19:15,924
the the comic book uh

1442
01:19:15,924 --> 01:19:17,924
prequel for Legacy of

1443
01:19:17,924 --> 01:19:19,804
Kane came out oh yes

1444
01:19:19,804 --> 01:19:27,564
and not only that they had a very short very simple dare i say indie game uh that covers

1445
01:19:27,564 --> 01:19:33,204
the events of the book which is like a side-scrolling castlevania like right um or metroidvania

1446
01:19:33,204 --> 01:19:38,984
i think the genre is actually called right um so who cares i i haven't read the book and i haven't

1447
01:19:38,984 --> 01:19:42,544
played the game but i've seen a lot of screenshots and i've seen a lot of discussion from the fan base

1448
01:19:42,544 --> 01:19:49,364
as much as i like cell dweller and his company bitbot it sounds like if if these screenshots

1449
01:19:49,364 --> 01:19:53,564
are real and i'm not just being pranked like i it sounds like they might have dropped the ball

1450
01:19:53,564 --> 01:19:59,984
no it was just disappointing to hear to be fair that is not their main thing i feel like there's

1451
01:19:59,984 --> 01:20:04,464
a level of leeway i'm willing to give them on that they were hired for a job and it sounds like

1452
01:20:04,464 --> 01:20:10,004
they didn't deliver but i can't totally judge it until i actually read it for myself but uh get

1453
01:20:10,004 --> 01:20:17,644
this right so uh the problem with the new book and the game that covers the book right is it

1454
01:20:17,644 --> 01:20:20,024
recontextualizes a lot of what happens

1455
01:20:20,024 --> 01:20:21,684
in Legacy of Cain, specifically

1456
01:20:21,684 --> 01:20:24,064
Soul Reaver, right? Because it introduces

1457
01:20:24,064 --> 01:20:25,984
a brand new character, right? Which, of

1458
01:20:25,984 --> 01:20:27,844
course, new material is going to introduce new characters.

1459
01:20:27,944 --> 01:20:29,244
That makes sense, right? Yeah.

1460
01:20:29,764 --> 01:20:31,364
Now, the problem is that this character

1461
01:20:31,364 --> 01:20:33,704
is way fucking stronger

1462
01:20:33,704 --> 01:20:36,004
than Cain and Raziel. That's a little odd.

1463
01:20:36,544 --> 01:20:37,584
That doesn't really check out.

1464
01:20:37,664 --> 01:20:39,624
That doesn't really check out. Is it your OC?

1465
01:20:40,124 --> 01:20:41,244
And this new character

1466
01:20:41,244 --> 01:20:43,684
is responsible for

1467
01:20:43,684 --> 01:20:45,964
like, there's new scenes with this character

1468
01:20:45,964 --> 01:20:50,364
where they have influenced a lot of the major events of the series,

1469
01:20:50,544 --> 01:20:52,064
like all the things that Ariel does,

1470
01:20:52,264 --> 01:20:55,664
the reason why Cain throws Raziel into the pit,

1471
01:20:56,084 --> 01:20:58,724
the reason why Raziel even grows wings in the first place

1472
01:20:58,724 --> 01:21:00,784
before the evolution of all of his brothers.

1473
01:21:00,944 --> 01:21:03,904
Maybe if I'm reading into the screenshots, right,

1474
01:21:03,984 --> 01:21:06,884
it may have also influenced why his evolution was wings anyway

1475
01:21:06,884 --> 01:21:08,124
and why it was so good, right?

1476
01:21:08,584 --> 01:21:10,584
They just inject a lot of unnecessary shit,

1477
01:21:10,964 --> 01:21:13,584
and they attribute a lot of the movement in the plot

1478
01:21:13,584 --> 01:21:17,084
to the behind-the-scenes actions of this new character.

1479
01:21:17,784 --> 01:21:19,664
And people online were like,

1480
01:21:19,744 --> 01:21:20,224
what the hell?

1481
01:21:20,404 --> 01:21:29,302
That doesn make sense Who wrote this And you know what the response was to the few people who did like it They were like you just didn like it because it was a girl

1482
01:21:32,502 --> 01:21:34,722
I know, it's Raziel's sister

1483
01:21:34,722 --> 01:21:36,142
that he totally didn't have before.

1484
01:21:36,562 --> 01:21:37,922
Okay, you know what?

1485
01:21:38,062 --> 01:21:40,602
Who's really awesome, doesn't afraid of anything, and is super strong.

1486
01:21:40,882 --> 01:21:42,282
I'm gonna say this.

1487
01:21:42,282 --> 01:21:43,662
Is her name Mary, by chance?

1488
01:21:43,922 --> 01:21:44,082
No.

1489
01:21:46,642 --> 01:21:47,662
No, it was Jane.

1490
01:21:48,462 --> 01:21:50,382
It's Elia Leth, or whatever the fuck.

1491
01:21:50,382 --> 01:21:52,382
I don't know. Some gothic bullshit.

1492
01:21:52,842 --> 01:21:55,042
I gotta say this one.

1493
01:21:55,142 --> 01:21:56,602
I know I don't need to say it for you guys.

1494
01:21:56,702 --> 01:21:58,002
I probably don't even need to say it for our viewers.

1495
01:21:58,402 --> 01:22:00,622
The fucking series was written by a woman.

1496
01:22:02,442 --> 01:22:04,142
Them some fighting words, Vic.

1497
01:22:04,982 --> 01:22:06,302
Like, what the fuck?

1498
01:22:07,342 --> 01:22:08,622
No, shut the fuck up.

1499
01:22:08,662 --> 01:22:10,062
The whole damn thing was written by a woman.

1500
01:22:10,182 --> 01:22:12,422
You shut the fuck up. That does not track.

1501
01:22:12,642 --> 01:22:15,102
That does not check out. Shut the fuck up.

1502
01:22:15,602 --> 01:22:17,222
She's clearly not present for the new thing.

1503
01:22:17,222 --> 01:22:19,182
One of my favorite writers, no less.

1504
01:22:19,182 --> 01:22:20,222
I know, I know.

1505
01:22:20,382 --> 01:22:23,962
So, like, I'll fucking fight.

1506
01:22:24,142 --> 01:22:26,122
I'll fight these fuckers, dude.

1507
01:22:26,162 --> 01:22:26,602
I'll do it.

1508
01:22:27,062 --> 01:22:30,302
Bro, my whole existence on Twitter lately is just making fun of people

1509
01:22:30,302 --> 01:22:32,942
because I realize I don't belong in the site anymore,

1510
01:22:33,382 --> 01:22:37,522
but I'm too addicted to the laughing at fucking retards online.

1511
01:22:38,102 --> 01:22:38,902
So, like, I don't know.

1512
01:22:40,322 --> 01:22:41,742
I'll fight these fuckers.

1513
01:22:41,962 --> 01:22:42,942
I'll go full cringe.

1514
01:22:43,022 --> 01:22:43,762
I don't give a shit.

1515
01:22:43,762 --> 01:22:49,762
So, for full disclosure, the quotes from the book are so out of context.

1516
01:22:49,762 --> 01:22:52,502
I don't want to say poorly written, but they just don't fit.

1517
01:22:53,162 --> 01:22:57,522
So much so that the fake screenshots where people have written their own dialogue just to fuck with people,

1518
01:22:57,622 --> 01:22:58,762
I cannot fucking tell them apart.

1519
01:22:59,342 --> 01:23:02,462
So while most of what I said is probably true,

1520
01:23:03,342 --> 01:23:07,942
there might be some things like, for example, influencing Ariel's decision to do the things that she does,

1521
01:23:08,342 --> 01:23:10,462
or Kane throwing Raziel into the pit.

1522
01:23:10,762 --> 01:23:12,422
They might have been fucking with me on those.

1523
01:23:12,622 --> 01:23:16,442
But some of those things I said, that's definitely what they did in that book.

1524
01:23:16,442 --> 01:23:19,122
And it's like, people are weirded out.

1525
01:23:19,122 --> 01:23:24,182
they're like what the fuck but i i would have to read it for myself to really tell you definitively

1526
01:23:24,182 --> 01:23:29,502
how much they butchered it but it doesn't sound good well hey you know what not my problem

1527
01:23:29,502 --> 01:23:35,362
yeah i mean realistically i will say the one saving grace is that this is clearly

1528
01:23:35,362 --> 01:23:40,782
we can we can argue this isn't canon we could easily in fact we don't even have to argue it

1529
01:23:40,782 --> 01:23:45,642
realistically just isn't this is this is fan additive content which it always was going to be

1530
01:23:45,642 --> 01:23:49,802
so you know what if you enjoy it for what it is

1531
01:23:49,802 --> 01:23:50,862
I mean it's not the end of the world

1532
01:23:50,862 --> 01:23:53,622
if it literally is

1533
01:23:53,622 --> 01:23:55,742
just a giant fat dump on the story

1534
01:23:55,742 --> 01:23:57,702
well guess what it don't matter you can just go

1535
01:23:57,702 --> 01:23:58,362
play the original

1536
01:23:58,362 --> 01:24:01,882
which were all re-released

1537
01:24:01,882 --> 01:24:03,662
on this theme very recently yes

1538
01:24:03,662 --> 01:24:05,762
and they're good remasters they're definitely

1539
01:24:05,762 --> 01:24:07,602
worth picking up I've got one and two already

1540
01:24:07,602 --> 01:24:09,202
I

1541
01:24:09,202 --> 01:24:11,242
intend to play

1542
01:24:11,242 --> 01:24:13,842
Defiance as well at some point

1543
01:24:13,842 --> 01:24:16,402
because I've only ever watched that one.

1544
01:24:16,462 --> 01:24:18,402
I never owned a copy, so I'm excited to actually

1545
01:24:18,402 --> 01:24:18,902
play it.

1546
01:24:19,962 --> 01:24:21,122
What the hell, Cell Dweller?

1547
01:24:21,942 --> 01:24:24,082
What's you doing? At least he made a soundtrack

1548
01:24:24,082 --> 01:24:25,362
for the game and the book.

1549
01:24:25,362 --> 01:24:25,802
The soundtrack's good.

1550
01:24:27,282 --> 01:24:28,202
All the

1551
01:24:28,202 --> 01:24:30,762
collab and remakes versions

1552
01:24:30,762 --> 01:24:33,182
were just released to really get to.

1553
01:24:33,422 --> 01:24:35,222
There were some artists that I didn't expect to see

1554
01:24:35,222 --> 01:24:35,482
either.

1555
01:24:37,022 --> 01:24:39,182
I've always been a big fan of his music, and it's still

1556
01:24:39,182 --> 01:24:41,302
good. He's doing his best.

1557
01:24:41,762 --> 01:24:43,022
I'm still skeptical of

1558
01:24:43,022 --> 01:24:45,002
how he runs a business, but

1559
01:24:45,002 --> 01:24:47,082
his music is still up to

1560
01:24:47,082 --> 01:24:49,102
well, he doesn't make nearly as much music as he used to

1561
01:24:49,102 --> 01:24:51,062
and he's got employees, so I

1562
01:24:51,062 --> 01:24:52,882
I think I can understand

1563
01:24:52,882 --> 01:24:53,202
yeah

1564
01:24:53,202 --> 01:24:57,022
like I know, like, he's not the only person

1565
01:24:57,022 --> 01:24:59,242
in charge, like there's one other co-owner that does

1566
01:24:59,242 --> 01:25:00,102
does not make music

1567
01:25:00,102 --> 01:25:02,762
that I think runs a lot of the business stuff

1568
01:25:02,762 --> 01:25:03,422
so

1569
01:25:03,422 --> 01:25:07,242
it's probably fine

1570
01:25:07,242 --> 01:25:09,082
but that being said, we have

1571
01:25:09,082 --> 01:25:10,982
hit the golden ratio of time

1572
01:25:10,982 --> 01:25:12,682
is there anything else we needed to cover?

1573
01:25:13,022 --> 01:25:14,262
Do you want to talk about that new gacha game, Victim?

1574
01:25:14,622 --> 01:25:14,942
Yeah.

1575
01:25:15,202 --> 01:25:17,222
I mean, so NTE dropped.

1576
01:25:17,402 --> 01:25:18,462
Oh, I thought it would be NTE.

1577
01:25:19,042 --> 01:25:20,642
I was wondering what it was going to be.

1578
01:25:21,962 --> 01:25:25,622
So I didn't want to play it at first.

1579
01:25:26,062 --> 01:25:29,742
I mean, I think, I don't remember we ever talked about Tower of Fantasy back in the day when Nevers came out.

1580
01:25:29,822 --> 01:25:31,882
But, you know, the TLDR for those who weren't around.

1581
01:25:32,282 --> 01:25:36,462
It was an MMO gacha game that was really egregious.

1582
01:25:36,862 --> 01:25:38,862
And it was, like, the gacha wasn't even the problem.

1583
01:25:39,242 --> 01:25:40,422
Like, it was a lot of pay to win.

1584
01:25:40,522 --> 01:25:42,202
Like, a lot, a lot, a lot of pay to win.

1585
01:25:42,202 --> 01:25:50,722
and it had pvp as well which is just a giant recipe for just and then time gated gameplay

1586
01:25:50,722 --> 01:25:55,802
mechanics i don't know i could go on game is this nte made by the same people made by the same people

1587
01:25:55,802 --> 01:26:01,762
so i didn't want to play it at first but symbolite one of our resident melomancers he didn't have

1588
01:26:01,762 --> 01:26:06,822
he's newer i mean i say newer i mean he's been playing the uh he played the dragon ball z gotcha

1589
01:26:06,822 --> 01:26:11,442
game which i think is actually older than a lot of these games yeah so he's been in it about as

1590
01:26:11,442 --> 01:26:15,822
long as the rest of us just that you know one game guy didn't really like swap between them

1591
01:26:15,822 --> 01:26:23,362
so we got him into zenless and then after that he wanted to branch out and try other ones uh and so

1592
01:26:23,362 --> 01:26:27,902
the latest is nte and he's like oh wait i thought you guys were gonna try it and like uh not really

1593
01:26:27,902 --> 01:26:33,582
not really into the company uh you know expecting it to just you know be a giant shit on our face

1594
01:26:33,582 --> 01:26:42,362
uh but i will say it's not bad it's actually kind of fun uh really if he didn't get us into it i

1595
01:26:42,362 --> 01:26:48,482
wasn't gonna try it but it's it's not bad should uh the people making ananta uh be worried because

1596
01:26:48,482 --> 01:26:53,682
it's like it looks kind of similar so i i will say one thing obviously ananta what we got was a

1597
01:26:53,682 --> 01:26:57,262
vertical slice who the fuck knows what it'll actually release like but if it releases at least

1598
01:26:57,262 --> 01:26:59,462
in semblance to what they've shown so far

1599
01:26:59,462 --> 01:27:01,322
it will beat the fucking

1600
01:27:01,322 --> 01:27:03,062
it bro it'll

1601
01:27:03,062 --> 01:27:05,462
it'll be a murder in the streets and he

1602
01:27:05,462 --> 01:27:07,322
is nowhere near as good

1603
01:27:07,322 --> 01:27:09,322
looking as that I was gonna say it'll be the best

1604
01:27:09,322 --> 01:27:11,162
game ever released Nantes also

1605
01:27:11,162 --> 01:27:13,262
not a gotcha so that also is a huge fucking

1606
01:27:13,262 --> 01:27:15,342
even if it were a slight bit worse

1607
01:27:15,342 --> 01:27:17,302
it would probably win

1608
01:27:17,302 --> 01:27:19,122
out and just that alone but

1609
01:27:19,122 --> 01:27:21,262
it's probably wrong of me to assume it'd be a gotcha game based

1610
01:27:21,262 --> 01:27:23,062
on its Chinese art style that's kind of rude

1611
01:27:23,062 --> 01:27:24,482
of me but

1612
01:27:24,482 --> 01:27:26,582
NTE racist

1613
01:27:26,582 --> 01:27:33,142
yeah and he i think is gonna one of the major flaws it has right now is that its story is

1614
01:27:33,142 --> 01:27:38,102
it's the opposite of what you would expect right it's like you you see these chinese

1615
01:27:38,102 --> 01:27:41,082
godchigames are like oh these these stories are usually really fast paced because they're

1616
01:27:41,082 --> 01:27:46,482
fucking rushed to hell and back uh you know people usually try to like put their own context

1617
01:27:46,482 --> 01:27:51,182
in or slow down like the process of the story to try and fix the pacing internally right

1618
01:27:51,182 --> 01:27:53,162
has the opposite issue.

1619
01:27:53,282 --> 01:27:55,362
It's so long-winded that even

1620
01:27:55,362 --> 01:27:56,202
I'm getting bored.

1621
01:27:57,382 --> 01:27:59,182
That's kind of annoying. They have

1622
01:27:59,182 --> 01:28:00,962
a mascot character that

1623
01:28:00,962 --> 01:28:02,862
all he does is say his name

1624
01:28:02,862 --> 01:28:04,002
like a Pokemon.

1625
01:28:05,002 --> 01:28:06,342
He has a Nintendo skeleton.

1626
01:28:06,842 --> 01:28:09,202
He probably has the most dialogue out of any character.

1627
01:28:09,602 --> 01:28:11,202
So that's annoying. That makes me want to

1628
01:28:11,202 --> 01:28:21,900
tear my hair out And I believe it the same voice actor across all regions too So you can just swap to JP to have it get better No no you fucked Oof

1629
01:28:23,140 --> 01:28:25,420
There's definitely a lot of flaws there.

1630
01:28:25,800 --> 01:28:31,600
I noticed that you can invite characters to your place of residence.

1631
01:28:32,220 --> 01:28:32,600
Yes.

1632
01:28:33,360 --> 01:28:34,380
I don't think I've seen a Gachi game.

1633
01:28:34,380 --> 01:28:37,220
I mean, I guess Genshin does that with a stupid teapot, but that's not the same thing.

1634
01:28:37,220 --> 01:28:38,400
Oh, not just Genshin.

1635
01:28:38,860 --> 01:28:39,480
What is it?

1636
01:28:40,420 --> 01:28:40,880
Oh, right.

1637
01:28:40,960 --> 01:28:41,980
Snowbreak, we went over this.

1638
01:28:41,980 --> 01:28:49,360
yeah also the the is it nike is that the gunner the gunner one nike there there was a brief

1639
01:28:49,360 --> 01:28:55,080
limited time event uh where it was like that that was the theme of the the plot but it was just a

1640
01:28:55,080 --> 01:29:00,720
little story bit okay yeah it's not a gameplay mechanic or anything like snowbreak where yeah

1641
01:29:00,720 --> 01:29:09,280
just look it up on youtube you'll see but um what about uh 11 deep space i was gonna say i they just

1642
01:29:09,280 --> 01:29:15,140
had a new trailer that was the wildest thing i've ever seen even wilder than the one we looked at a

1643
01:29:15,140 --> 01:29:20,960
couple episodes back oh but but i i didn't watch the full thing because i was like oh are we having

1644
01:29:20,960 --> 01:29:28,820
active intercourse on the screen now yeah in fact it looks like she's pegging him oh my yeah i was

1645
01:29:28,820 --> 01:29:34,060
like what the fuck is going on here someone posted someone posted unironically one of these people

1646
01:29:34,060 --> 01:29:35,900
that gets like cringy online

1647
01:29:35,900 --> 01:29:37,760
where they're like oh my god

1648
01:29:37,760 --> 01:29:39,940
nearly naked anime girls

1649
01:29:39,940 --> 01:29:42,080
ew and then they turn around and post like

1650
01:29:42,080 --> 01:29:44,020
oh hey here's my shirtless dude

1651
01:29:44,020 --> 01:29:46,140
getting railed by his girlfriend

1652
01:29:46,140 --> 01:29:47,980
um

1653
01:29:47,980 --> 01:29:49,660
it's like alright

1654
01:29:49,660 --> 01:29:52,260
one is good and one is racist

1655
01:29:52,260 --> 01:29:53,960
or something I don't know yeah I don't know

1656
01:29:53,960 --> 01:29:56,060
well no well it's okay as long as

1657
01:29:56,060 --> 01:29:57,100
women are the ones gooning

1658
01:29:57,100 --> 01:29:59,020
wild as fuck trailer

1659
01:29:59,020 --> 01:30:02,180
um and to be fair I have no problem

1660
01:30:02,180 --> 01:30:03,880
with it fuck it if that's what they want to watch

1661
01:30:03,880 --> 01:30:05,700
I ain't here to police.

1662
01:30:05,880 --> 01:30:07,940
It's just I would rather them not also police in turn.

1663
01:30:08,280 --> 01:30:10,380
In the ad role, though, it's wild.

1664
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:11,220
Yes.

1665
01:30:11,460 --> 01:30:13,720
I don't really like fans.

1666
01:30:13,780 --> 01:30:14,640
We've talked about this before.

1667
01:30:14,720 --> 01:30:16,420
I'm not a huge fan of fanservice.

1668
01:30:16,740 --> 01:30:18,180
I didn't like...

1669
01:30:18,180 --> 01:30:19,880
One of the main reasons I didn't watch Game of Thrones

1670
01:30:19,880 --> 01:30:21,900
is because I was told there was a fuckload of sex scenes.

1671
01:30:22,260 --> 01:30:22,820
I was like, you know what?

1672
01:30:23,120 --> 01:30:23,680
That's okay.

1673
01:30:23,860 --> 01:30:24,920
I'll just skip this one.

1674
01:30:25,260 --> 01:30:26,260
It doesn't bother me any.

1675
01:30:26,560 --> 01:30:29,360
But I would never tell them they can't or shouldn't do that

1676
01:30:29,360 --> 01:30:31,160
because I'm not an asshole.

1677
01:30:32,060 --> 01:30:33,680
I realize I don't like it.

1678
01:30:33,680 --> 01:30:41,520
doesn't mean other people can't anyways point nope you're on a list now yeah probably uh nte uh

1679
01:30:41,520 --> 01:30:47,540
i can just imagine like a game of thrones fans like digging into your your your history and it's

1680
01:30:47,540 --> 01:30:53,580
like what is this hero craft thing wait a minute you let a town called what

1681
01:30:53,580 --> 01:31:01,020
dylan season eight happened there are no game of thrones fans anymore oh that's right that's

1682
01:31:01,020 --> 01:31:05,480
right there's no one to actually come after you now vic um for the listeners at home that joke's

1683
01:31:05,480 --> 01:31:11,800
funny because uh in in our hero craft days uh he was bequeathed a town uh to run that i think

1684
01:31:11,800 --> 01:31:16,600
someone else started that is named after a town winter game of thrones yeah yeah but he's never

1685
01:31:16,600 --> 01:31:20,180
seen it well yeah but that was before that was before the series though that was when it was

1686
01:31:20,180 --> 01:31:28,940
still just a book fair fair it's still funny nte on the other hand though uh i i i and to be fair

1687
01:31:28,940 --> 01:31:30,880
for full transparency.

1688
01:31:31,100 --> 01:31:33,140
I don't know if I like the mechanic yet,

1689
01:31:33,320 --> 01:31:34,560
but you can invite...

1690
01:31:34,560 --> 01:31:35,700
It's only certain characters.

1691
01:31:36,500 --> 01:31:37,060
A lot of people are like,

1692
01:31:37,120 --> 01:31:38,240
oh, you can only invite the women.

1693
01:31:38,480 --> 01:31:40,400
No, you can only invite five characters

1694
01:31:40,400 --> 01:31:41,460
out of the full roster.

1695
01:31:41,820 --> 01:31:43,160
That is not all the women.

1696
01:31:43,680 --> 01:31:44,720
Are they all women, though?

1697
01:31:45,160 --> 01:31:46,060
They are all women.

1698
01:31:46,060 --> 01:31:47,120
And to be fair,

1699
01:31:47,240 --> 01:31:48,360
you can only invite them

1700
01:31:48,360 --> 01:31:51,360
in their alt costumes, too.

1701
01:31:52,560 --> 01:31:54,480
So you can't just have them

1702
01:31:54,480 --> 01:31:55,440
come over and hang out.

1703
01:31:55,680 --> 01:31:58,500
It's the freebie character.

1704
01:31:58,940 --> 01:32:00,820
comes over in her underwear.

1705
01:32:01,460 --> 01:32:02,200
Oh, I say underwear.

1706
01:32:02,380 --> 01:32:04,720
It's like a little more than underwear, but either way.

1707
01:32:04,840 --> 01:32:06,660
I thought I remember the official Twitter account

1708
01:32:06,660 --> 01:32:09,240
responding to the controversy saying that men were coming soon.

1709
01:32:10,020 --> 01:32:10,260
Yes.

1710
01:32:10,460 --> 01:32:10,880
To this system.

1711
01:32:10,880 --> 01:32:14,400
So people were like, okay, this is where I fucking hate Twitter.

1712
01:32:14,660 --> 01:32:16,680
So you get the people on one hand who are pissy.

1713
01:32:16,800 --> 01:32:17,920
They're like, oh my God, no men.

1714
01:32:18,000 --> 01:32:20,520
It's like, listen, if there's no men for you to date,

1715
01:32:20,640 --> 01:32:22,420
and that's a problem, don't play the game.

1716
01:32:22,740 --> 01:32:25,240
Nobody ever said, nobody has a gun to your head saying play NTE.

1717
01:32:25,680 --> 01:32:26,280
You're good.

1718
01:32:26,520 --> 01:32:27,220
You're fine.

1719
01:32:27,400 --> 01:32:28,320
You don't got to like it.

1720
01:32:28,320 --> 01:32:29,480
maybe it's not for you.

1721
01:32:29,500 --> 01:32:30,000
That's all right.

1722
01:32:30,600 --> 01:32:31,400
And then on the other hand,

1723
01:32:31,440 --> 01:32:31,860
people were like,

1724
01:32:31,920 --> 01:32:32,820
no man.

1725
01:32:32,900 --> 01:32:33,080
Yeah.

1726
01:32:33,180 --> 01:32:34,040
Fuck those guys.

1727
01:32:34,100 --> 01:32:34,760
And they call them you,

1728
01:32:34,760 --> 01:32:35,780
how we in your retards.

1729
01:32:35,920 --> 01:32:36,860
I don't fucking know.

1730
01:32:37,140 --> 01:32:37,340
Twitter.

1731
01:32:37,560 --> 01:32:39,120
Nobody hates their,

1732
01:32:39,120 --> 01:32:39,820
uh,

1733
01:32:40,380 --> 01:32:45,300
their particular subculture more than people in that particular subculture.

1734
01:32:45,400 --> 01:32:45,780
But like,

1735
01:32:45,840 --> 01:32:46,560
like they're like,

1736
01:32:46,560 --> 01:32:46,780
like,

1737
01:32:46,820 --> 01:32:47,120
yeah,

1738
01:32:47,460 --> 01:32:47,900
fuck it.

1739
01:32:47,940 --> 01:32:48,100
No,

1740
01:32:48,160 --> 01:32:49,440
no gays in our game.

1741
01:32:49,440 --> 01:32:49,840
It's like,

1742
01:32:49,880 --> 01:32:50,140
guys,

1743
01:32:50,260 --> 01:32:50,500
chill.

1744
01:32:50,680 --> 01:32:51,140
What the fuck?

1745
01:32:51,280 --> 01:32:51,660
If they're,

1746
01:32:51,780 --> 01:32:52,200
even if they,

1747
01:32:52,360 --> 01:32:54,080
even if like being gay was a thing,

1748
01:32:54,160 --> 01:32:56,000
like you don't have to choose to do it.

1749
01:32:56,420 --> 01:32:56,640
It's,

1750
01:32:56,640 --> 01:32:58,060
it's sandbox in that realm.

1751
01:32:58,060 --> 01:32:59,100
You get to pick.

1752
01:32:59,380 --> 01:33:00,280
What does it matter?

1753
01:33:00,280 --> 01:33:02,320
Also, you can play the female protagonist.

1754
01:33:02,980 --> 01:33:04,700
Yeah, and that's still a thing.

1755
01:33:04,800 --> 01:33:06,840
You still can get just as hot and heavy,

1756
01:33:07,240 --> 01:33:08,100
female on female.

1757
01:33:08,600 --> 01:33:09,860
I hate to break it to you, boys.

1758
01:33:10,040 --> 01:33:10,440
No, no.

1759
01:33:10,880 --> 01:33:12,120
Lesbians have always been okay.

1760
01:33:12,300 --> 01:33:13,140
What are you talking about?

1761
01:33:13,700 --> 01:33:16,260
Well, you should see some of these people.

1762
01:33:16,280 --> 01:33:18,240
I'm surprised they got away with anything,

1763
01:33:18,340 --> 01:33:19,360
because isn't this a Chinese game?

1764
01:33:20,340 --> 01:33:22,980
Funny enough, it is a Chinese studio,

1765
01:33:23,120 --> 01:33:24,520
but the game is fully developed in Singapore.

1766
01:33:25,100 --> 01:33:26,580
There is so much blood in this game.

1767
01:33:26,580 --> 01:33:29,160
I was like, how were they even allowed to market this

1768
01:33:29,160 --> 01:33:31,120
in China? That's the neat thing, they

1769
01:33:31,120 --> 01:33:33,060
didn't. I watched a trailer, or

1770
01:33:33,060 --> 01:33:34,820
I watched a video guide for this thing

1771
01:33:34,820 --> 01:33:36,580
maybe explain this

1772
01:33:36,580 --> 01:33:38,740
in another episode, but

1773
01:33:38,740 --> 01:33:41,020
the TDR is a horror game

1774
01:33:41,020 --> 01:33:42,920
inside the game that's like

1775
01:33:42,920 --> 01:33:45,100
in a fucked up hospital

1776
01:33:45,100 --> 01:33:47,080
and the floors are just

1777
01:33:47,080 --> 01:33:48,940
caked in fucking blood in some areas

1778
01:33:48,940 --> 01:33:50,760
and it's just like, what the fuck?

1779
01:33:50,760 --> 01:33:52,120
Are they allowed to do this?

1780
01:33:52,780 --> 01:33:54,160
I've always been told they're not.

1781
01:33:54,580 --> 01:33:55,860
I was like, damn, okay, alright.

1782
01:33:55,860 --> 01:33:58,540
because the Billy Billy video I was watching

1783
01:33:58,540 --> 01:34:00,660
was the exact same as the version I had.

1784
01:34:00,740 --> 01:34:03,060
I always thought they just censored it in the Chinese version.

1785
01:34:03,600 --> 01:34:04,600
But I guess not.

1786
01:34:04,920 --> 01:34:05,940
I don't fucking know.

1787
01:34:06,180 --> 01:34:06,560
But yeah, no.

1788
01:34:07,460 --> 01:34:09,440
I just, I hate that dichotomy, though.

1789
01:34:09,480 --> 01:34:11,720
It's like, bro, it don't matter.

1790
01:34:11,960 --> 01:34:12,880
It ain't that big of a deal.

1791
01:34:12,960 --> 01:34:14,340
But yeah, they came out later and they were like,

1792
01:34:14,420 --> 01:34:16,320
hey, it's not that no men are included.

1793
01:34:16,500 --> 01:34:18,980
We just only had a short amount of time

1794
01:34:18,980 --> 01:34:19,940
to implement this feature.

1795
01:34:20,160 --> 01:34:21,980
So you're only getting a couple of characters to start.

1796
01:34:22,200 --> 01:34:22,520
Okay.

1797
01:34:22,520 --> 01:34:24,920
And eventually all characters will be involved.

1798
01:34:24,920 --> 01:34:25,980
from what I understand.

1799
01:34:26,520 --> 01:34:28,360
Maybe it was just certain

1800
01:34:28,360 --> 01:34:30,780
body style characters

1801
01:34:30,780 --> 01:34:31,720
that were doing it too.

1802
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:34,900
I believe it's because they didn't want them to be able

1803
01:34:34,900 --> 01:34:36,280
to wear their normal outfits.

1804
01:34:36,440 --> 01:34:38,720
They wanted them to wear casual wear, and not all the characters

1805
01:34:38,720 --> 01:34:39,720
have casual wear yet.

1806
01:34:40,460 --> 01:34:41,900
Also, every footage I've seen,

1807
01:34:42,140 --> 01:34:44,740
it's like a different character doing a different thing.

1808
01:34:45,380 --> 01:34:45,600
Yeah.

1809
01:34:45,780 --> 01:34:47,680
They seem to be bespoke, right?

1810
01:34:48,240 --> 01:34:49,980
Which sucks, because the character I want,

1811
01:34:50,560 --> 01:34:51,780
the character I'm going to be monogamous.

1812
01:34:51,820 --> 01:34:53,240
I've decided I'm going to be monogamous.

1813
01:34:53,700 --> 01:34:54,300
I'm only going to...

1814
01:34:54,300 --> 01:34:54,860
Congratulations.

1815
01:34:55,620 --> 01:34:57,920
Only one girl for victim in TE,

1816
01:34:58,280 --> 01:34:59,840
and I've decided it's going to be Hathor.

1817
01:35:00,520 --> 01:35:01,680
Dear listener, you can look it up,

1818
01:35:01,740 --> 01:35:03,640
but I will grab an image for the boys.

1819
01:35:04,140 --> 01:35:14,418
I just Googled it Oh did you Okay Okay I think I see the appeal Got a good full frontal one What The what

1820
01:35:15,118 --> 01:35:15,738
And stuff.

1821
01:35:15,998 --> 01:35:17,038
She's got wings, I see.

1822
01:35:17,358 --> 01:35:17,578
Wow.

1823
01:35:17,798 --> 01:35:21,878
Does everybody have the same menu designer at this point?

1824
01:35:22,218 --> 01:35:22,638
I know, right?

1825
01:35:22,638 --> 01:35:23,438
Honestly, yeah.

1826
01:35:23,518 --> 01:35:24,838
So I saw this picture.

1827
01:35:24,938 --> 01:35:28,758
I don't know if this is official art or what else, but this kind of reminds me of...

1828
01:35:28,758 --> 01:35:30,098
I think it's the website art, yeah.

1829
01:35:30,098 --> 01:35:33,818
This reminds me of the Titania clone from Duet Night Abyss.

1830
01:35:34,198 --> 01:35:35,518
It's the hair.

1831
01:35:35,838 --> 01:35:36,078
Wow.

1832
01:35:36,518 --> 01:35:38,638
I was going to say, they did a good job there, too.

1833
01:35:38,878 --> 01:35:42,098
Her ass is the fattest I've seen in any Gacha game, I swear.

1834
01:35:42,478 --> 01:35:45,018
Well, barring Nikkei, barring Nikkei.

1835
01:35:45,038 --> 01:35:47,518
Yeah, I was going to say, barring Nikkei, but...

1836
01:35:47,518 --> 01:35:48,338
Nikkei's not fair.

1837
01:35:48,818 --> 01:35:52,758
Yeah, well, Nikkei, that's their primary focus point,

1838
01:35:52,818 --> 01:35:54,278
because that's what you see the most of.

1839
01:35:54,278 --> 01:35:58,098
But yeah, I was going to say, they really got her assets on display here.

1840
01:35:58,878 --> 01:36:00,918
Yeah, and she rides a motorcycle.

1841
01:36:01,318 --> 01:36:01,878
I was like, hell yeah.

1842
01:36:02,378 --> 01:36:03,198
Is the game fun to play?

1843
01:36:03,198 --> 01:36:08,138
like yeah so that's i guess that's the next part i was getting at is uh it's actually really fun

1844
01:36:08,138 --> 01:36:13,038
to fucking play like it a lot of people are calling an anime gta and i think that's a little

1845
01:36:13,038 --> 01:36:18,298
far off like that's what ananta is going to be right yeah it's clearly what they're aiming for

1846
01:36:18,298 --> 01:36:24,338
but in all reality it's more like gta crossbred with like genshin or like in terms of gameplay

1847
01:36:24,338 --> 01:36:29,158
the exploration but like a lot of the deep system mechanics are really fucking interesting i was

1848
01:36:29,158 --> 01:36:30,798
reading through them today, reading them off because

1849
01:36:30,798 --> 01:36:33,098
some of the boys didn't even

1850
01:36:33,098 --> 01:36:35,298
know they existed and I was like, read them off. I'm like, these are really

1851
01:36:35,298 --> 01:36:37,198
fucking cool and have a lot

1852
01:36:37,198 --> 01:36:39,218
of fucking potential to them. I'm interested

1853
01:36:39,218 --> 01:36:41,098
in trying it, but I totally

1854
01:36:41,098 --> 01:36:43,138
just got Duet Night Abyss finally working on my Steam

1855
01:36:43,138 --> 01:36:45,158
deck. So it's like, after

1856
01:36:45,158 --> 01:36:47,098
all that work, do I really want to pick this game

1857
01:36:47,098 --> 01:36:48,958
up instead? I don't know.

1858
01:36:49,458 --> 01:36:51,238
I guess, you know, the elephant in the room too,

1859
01:36:51,378 --> 01:36:52,498
the gacha system,

1860
01:36:52,698 --> 01:36:54,538
it's probably one of the better I've seen.

1861
01:36:55,638 --> 01:36:56,858
You're guaranteed your character.

1862
01:36:57,338 --> 01:36:58,238
There's no bullshit.

1863
01:36:58,238 --> 01:37:04,358
it yeah that's right i think the rate is almost like two percent which is the highest fucking

1864
01:37:04,358 --> 01:37:09,158
rate i've seen so you can pretty much in any fucking poll you can get your characters so

1865
01:37:09,158 --> 01:37:15,758
that's not bad uh which i think people are estimating that means that by like 70 polls

1866
01:37:15,758 --> 01:37:20,738
i think it's like a fucking one in four chance that every poll after that is going to be a

1867
01:37:20,738 --> 01:37:24,398
character or something like one in five something i don't know the exact math so don't don't call

1868
01:37:24,398 --> 01:37:28,778
me on it but which i think is probably the best i've seen obviously you know someone's like yeah

1869
01:37:28,778 --> 01:37:32,818
but it's still a gotcha game victim and you're right you're fair i ain't good i ain't here to

1870
01:37:32,818 --> 01:37:37,958
try to sound nobody on a gotcha but if you were like leaning on the fence and you're like yeah

1871
01:37:37,958 --> 01:37:42,918
if only the gotcha was a little better i'd be okay with it well it's it's there it's pretty good

1872
01:37:42,918 --> 01:37:48,858
compared to interesting interesting so i have one more thing i want to bring up before we wrap

1873
01:37:48,858 --> 01:37:53,458
uh a quick question for you vic did you see that warframe trailer that i tagged you in

1874
01:37:53,458 --> 01:37:58,838
did you actually watch it yes uh half asleep so i'm sure there's bits of it that i'm not able to

1875
01:37:58,838 --> 01:38:03,898
remember but yes i i did um okay i was gonna have you react to it if you hadn't seen it yet because

1876
01:38:03,898 --> 01:38:09,758
it is not their normal trailer it's animated yes i actually uh i think it was hydro was like oh so

1877
01:38:09,758 --> 01:38:14,758
you're gonna come back i saw the blah blah blah and i'm like yeah oh i mean it's not come back is

1878
01:38:14,758 --> 01:38:19,638
the wrong word i've been just busy with other shit um you did the work to catch up for tenno

1879
01:38:19,638 --> 01:38:24,178
cons so you're you're pretty caught up there's not a whole lot that's come out like now there's

1880
01:38:24,178 --> 01:38:30,878
a really great like two-hour story quest that is like like cinema that you should totally play

1881
01:38:30,878 --> 01:38:36,638
right but like you haven't missed a whole lot i i'll probably get the group i i know it's funny i

1882
01:38:36,638 --> 01:38:43,118
said it i didn't really like the um what do they call them the proto skins um so i was like not that

1883
01:38:43,118 --> 01:38:46,658
i think they're bad or anything but it's one of the cases like i i don't really like the idea of

1884
01:38:46,658 --> 01:38:51,678
playing as an established character when i'm already playing like my character right i didn't

1885
01:38:51,678 --> 01:38:56,498
really want to do that but i thought i'll probably buy the geruda one i feel like they did an okay

1886
01:38:56,498 --> 01:39:00,238
job of like introducing the proto skins because like they're characters that you talk to and they

1887
01:39:00,238 --> 01:39:05,258
have opinions about being piloted right yeah and they know you have other suits that are like not

1888
01:39:05,258 --> 01:39:12,298
human right so it's like it doesn't like interrupt lore i feel whereas and other games would be a lot

1889
01:39:12,298 --> 01:39:13,018
lazier about that.

1890
01:39:14,178 --> 01:39:16,058
Now, for context, dear listener,

1891
01:39:16,418 --> 01:39:17,938
there was a new trailer for

1892
01:39:17,938 --> 01:39:19,918
the next major Warframe update.

1893
01:39:20,598 --> 01:39:22,198
A sequel to Jade's Child's Quest,

1894
01:39:22,278 --> 01:39:23,818
if you know, you know. And

1895
01:39:23,818 --> 01:39:26,078
it was an animated trailer, which is not the first time

1896
01:39:26,078 --> 01:39:27,978
they've done that, but definitely the best one that they've done.

1897
01:39:28,558 --> 01:39:30,078
But what's funny

1898
01:39:30,078 --> 01:39:32,238
to me is, back in the

1899
01:39:32,238 --> 01:39:33,698
day, back when raids were a thing,

1900
01:39:34,258 --> 01:39:36,178
back when this mumble server was packed full

1901
01:39:36,178 --> 01:39:37,038
of people, right?

1902
01:39:38,698 --> 01:39:39,858
Vix main was Ash.

1903
01:39:40,878 --> 01:39:41,038
Yeah.

1904
01:39:41,038 --> 01:39:43,558
like the warframe

1905
01:39:43,558 --> 01:39:45,758
right and then when you came back

1906
01:39:45,758 --> 01:39:47,778
well before you left and after

1907
01:39:47,778 --> 01:39:49,598
you came back you actually

1908
01:39:49,598 --> 01:39:50,778
switched mains to

1909
01:39:50,778 --> 01:39:53,518
Garuda not sure

1910
01:39:53,518 --> 01:39:55,718
what you saw in Garuda but she's a

1911
01:39:55,718 --> 01:39:56,278
great warframe

1912
01:39:56,278 --> 01:39:59,498
I just really liked

1913
01:39:59,498 --> 01:40:01,638
jumping around

1914
01:40:01,638 --> 01:40:03,378
and having the frontal shield

1915
01:40:03,378 --> 01:40:05,678
there was something just fucking special about it

1916
01:40:05,678 --> 01:40:07,598
yeah it's just you like the playstyle

1917
01:40:07,598 --> 01:40:09,498
and she looks cool too so

1918
01:40:09,498 --> 01:40:12,738
So Ashton and Garuda are being introduced as proto frames in this update.

1919
01:40:13,678 --> 01:40:17,598
And so they're not going to be dateable.

1920
01:40:18,038 --> 01:40:23,138
And the devs are really clear that the two war frames that were duking it out in the trailer,

1921
01:40:23,378 --> 01:40:26,018
like the one that's associated with Garuda, like she only has eyes for him.

1922
01:40:26,618 --> 01:40:28,718
So, you know, more plot coming, I'm sure.

1923
01:40:29,538 --> 01:40:33,678
But like seeing her in action like is was pretty neat.

1924
01:40:33,758 --> 01:40:35,958
Like they did show the skin like outside the trailer.

1925
01:40:35,958 --> 01:40:36,998
They showed gameplay.

1926
01:40:37,798 --> 01:40:40,318
And the animation for transforming looks pretty cool.

1927
01:40:41,178 --> 01:40:42,258
I'm really excited.

1928
01:40:42,498 --> 01:40:44,698
This last update, I wasn't too crazy about it.

1929
01:40:44,838 --> 01:40:45,818
I'm still playing it off and on.

1930
01:40:47,118 --> 01:40:50,138
I'm mostly just kind of in a holding pattern waiting for this update to come out.

1931
01:40:51,058 --> 01:40:53,818
Because I want the new shiny thing.

1932
01:40:54,758 --> 01:40:56,318
And I mean, that's fine that I can't date her.

1933
01:40:56,718 --> 01:40:59,038
I mean, how am I supposed to fucking break up with Benstar?

1934
01:40:59,338 --> 01:40:59,998
I don't know.

1935
01:41:01,918 --> 01:41:04,418
That's a hard one to pass up.

1936
01:41:04,878 --> 01:41:05,618
I like Garuda.

1937
01:41:05,958 --> 01:41:07,298
But it's fucking Ben Starr, man.

1938
01:41:07,778 --> 01:41:08,178
I know.

1939
01:41:08,698 --> 01:41:09,478
How could you ever?

1940
01:41:11,378 --> 01:41:14,798
Well, anyway, I suppose we'll wrap it there.

1941
01:41:15,458 --> 01:41:17,358
Yeah, we've reached the inevitable conclusion.

1942
01:41:17,898 --> 01:41:20,218
If this goes on any longer, I'm not going to want to edit it.

1943
01:41:20,218 --> 01:41:24,138
So this has been the Bellman's Podcast, episode 123.

1944
01:41:24,758 --> 01:41:33,958
If you want to send us a boostgram or stream sats, you know, load up Fountain FM or your favorite podcasting app of choice, newpodcastapps.com.

1945
01:41:33,958 --> 01:41:36,198
that's where all the good ones are that do the

1946
01:41:36,198 --> 01:41:38,298
the new things and

1947
01:41:38,298 --> 01:41:40,438
I'm going to try to figure out

1948
01:41:40,438 --> 01:41:42,178
how fountain works for uploading

1949
01:41:42,178 --> 01:41:44,338
and maybe just

1950
01:41:44,338 --> 01:41:45,638
maybe I'll make more clips

1951
01:41:45,638 --> 01:41:48,458
I probably should I haven't

1952
01:41:48,458 --> 01:41:49,678
been on top of it with the clips

1953
01:41:49,678 --> 01:41:52,338
yeah we need some clips those are

1954
01:41:52,338 --> 01:41:54,258
easier to share but feel free to make your own clips

1955
01:41:54,258 --> 01:41:56,158
and send them to me that would be

1956
01:41:56,158 --> 01:41:58,618
really fucking cool see you guys later

1957
01:41:58,618 --> 01:41:59,698
later