1 00:00:00,133 --> 00:00:02,633 The Silksong we have indie developers 2 00:00:02,633 --> 00:00:05,633 delaying their game because of Silksong. 3 00:00:06,033 --> 00:00:07,466 It releases next week 4 00:00:07,466 --> 00:00:09,599 Yeah, so many many indie 5 00:00:09,599 --> 00:00:12,033 developers were releasing in 6 00:00:12,066 --> 00:00:14,033 September but many of them 7 00:00:14,033 --> 00:00:16,100 delayed their games due to 8 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:18,466 Concerns that Silksong is just gonna eat 9 00:00:18,466 --> 00:00:20,333 up all their sales and I mean to be fair 10 00:00:20,333 --> 00:00:21,866 I think that's probably gonna happen like 11 00:00:21,866 --> 00:00:23,766 yeah if your game was releasing it and 12 00:00:23,766 --> 00:00:25,666 Silksong was released next to your game 13 00:00:25,666 --> 00:00:26,466 Would you delay your 14 00:00:26,466 --> 00:00:27,566 game gardener? Oh, yeah? 15 00:00:28,233 --> 00:00:30,699 Fun story I when I released dude links 16 00:00:30,699 --> 00:00:33,133 I had the date picked out like like a two 17 00:00:33,133 --> 00:00:34,533 months in advance and 18 00:00:34,533 --> 00:00:36,000 then the day I released it 19 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:37,266 Supergiant games 20 00:00:37,266 --> 00:00:39,533 stealth dropped Hades oh my 21 00:00:39,533 --> 00:00:46,066 At least these devs have a heads up that 22 00:00:46,066 --> 00:00:49,166 it's coming out, but as we all know 23 00:00:49,733 --> 00:00:51,633 Rockstar has some insiders that knew that 24 00:00:51,633 --> 00:00:52,899 Silksong was releasing this year, so 25 00:00:52,899 --> 00:00:54,866 obviously be deleted to avoid Silksong 26 00:00:54,866 --> 00:00:56,233 right? Yeah, of course, absolutely 27 00:00:57,233 --> 00:00:59,166 Yeah, yeah, I mean Silksong 28 00:00:59,166 --> 00:01:01,566 would eat GTA 6 as lunch so 29 00:01:02,833 --> 00:01:04,133 Yeah, they probably will 30 00:01:08,166 --> 00:01:10,633 Welcome to off the console the hottest 31 00:01:10,633 --> 00:01:12,733 new podcast that's all about gaming and 32 00:01:12,733 --> 00:01:14,133 tech news and anything nerdy 33 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,233 My name is gardener, and I'm joined here 34 00:01:16,233 --> 00:01:18,066 today by my friend high tech lowlife. 35 00:01:18,066 --> 00:01:18,933 How's it going high tech? 36 00:01:19,133 --> 00:01:19,833 Well, you know I'm doing 37 00:01:19,833 --> 00:01:22,766 alright man this webcam situation is 38 00:01:24,033 --> 00:01:26,066 Not great, but it's whatever I guess 39 00:01:26,066 --> 00:01:28,233 yeah, I noticed that 40 00:01:28,233 --> 00:01:29,266 just as we were starting 41 00:01:31,833 --> 00:01:34,033 Dude so we have some big stories we're 42 00:01:34,033 --> 00:01:34,700 gonna talk about today 43 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:36,766 We've got Silksong causing Indies to 44 00:01:36,766 --> 00:01:38,833 delay their releases of their games. We 45 00:01:38,833 --> 00:01:40,166 have Sony reportedly 46 00:01:40,733 --> 00:01:43,233 Planning a PlayStation 6 portable 47 00:01:43,233 --> 00:01:45,599 handheld unit that's interesting 48 00:01:46,299 --> 00:01:48,233 And then there's a ton of other 49 00:01:48,733 --> 00:01:50,133 topics we're gonna hit on today 50 00:01:50,833 --> 00:01:52,666 But we like to start to show off by 51 00:01:52,666 --> 00:01:55,333 talking about the the games or the things 52 00:01:55,333 --> 00:01:56,799 we've been doing this week 53 00:01:56,866 --> 00:01:58,866 So high tech why don't you start us off? 54 00:01:58,866 --> 00:01:59,900 What have we been doing this week? 55 00:02:00,733 --> 00:02:03,933 So I've been juggling ninja Gaiden 56 00:02:03,933 --> 00:02:06,866 ragebound and shinobi art of vengeance 57 00:02:07,533 --> 00:02:09,266 Both are really good by the way 58 00:02:10,233 --> 00:02:11,633 Yeah, I've just had less time to play 59 00:02:11,633 --> 00:02:13,766 overall, but man those are good. You 60 00:02:13,766 --> 00:02:14,300 should you should 61 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:15,266 definitely pick those up 62 00:02:15,733 --> 00:02:18,266 Yeah, I I definitely want to check out 63 00:02:18,666 --> 00:02:19,866 You see ninja Gaiden 64 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:22,933 Yeah, ninja Gaiden ragebound ragebound. I 65 00:02:22,933 --> 00:02:23,933 had you know, I think you were talking 66 00:02:23,933 --> 00:02:24,866 about that last week, right? 67 00:02:25,900 --> 00:02:26,666 yeah, so 68 00:02:27,233 --> 00:02:28,900 For those who don't know ninja Gaiden 69 00:02:28,900 --> 00:02:30,766 ragebound is like a throwback to the old 70 00:02:30,766 --> 00:02:33,333 like NES style of Ninja Gaiden games 71 00:02:34,366 --> 00:02:36,433 Yeah, so it's a 2d like 72 00:02:37,033 --> 00:02:39,033 2d action platformer 73 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,033 Let me just pull that up here. I think 74 00:02:42,033 --> 00:02:43,733 you'd really like a gardener and it's on 75 00:02:43,733 --> 00:02:46,666 GOG DRM free. Oh, hell yeah 76 00:02:47,233 --> 00:02:47,900 Wow, dude, this looks 77 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:49,933 awesome. This looks like my kind of 78 00:02:50,366 --> 00:02:51,433 Ninja Gaiden game 79 00:02:52,333 --> 00:02:55,066 Dude, I I know you would like it for a 80 00:02:55,066 --> 00:02:56,666 fact. I think James would too if you were 81 00:02:56,666 --> 00:02:58,733 here. Yeah, sadly my favorite 82 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,133 Games in the series are the NES ones 83 00:03:03,666 --> 00:03:05,066 Yeah, this is a throwback to that one, 84 00:03:05,066 --> 00:03:07,266 you know the bit of a spoiler but the 85 00:03:07,266 --> 00:03:08,933 prologue has you playing as a 86 00:03:09,599 --> 00:03:10,766 Joe Hayabusa 87 00:03:11,466 --> 00:03:13,633 Rees dad before he gets in that like 88 00:03:13,633 --> 00:03:15,500 fateful duel in the beginning. Oh, yeah, 89 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:16,433 you know the iconic 90 00:03:16,433 --> 00:03:18,466 cutscene. Yeah. Oh, yeah 91 00:03:18,766 --> 00:03:21,733 Yeah, yeah, yeah, heck yeah, I'm 92 00:03:21,733 --> 00:03:23,033 definitely gonna check this out. This is 93 00:03:23,033 --> 00:03:25,066 going on my wish list here 94 00:03:25,766 --> 00:03:27,733 Where's the wish list button right there? 95 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,866 There's also there's also a sweet new 96 00:03:29,866 --> 00:03:32,966 bundle with that and it's called path of 97 00:03:32,966 --> 00:03:34,166 the ninja go to bundle info 98 00:03:34,166 --> 00:03:35,766 They made like new art 99 00:03:35,766 --> 00:03:37,833 for like the crossover art 100 00:03:39,166 --> 00:03:42,433 It's pretty sick. Oh nice and 101 00:03:42,433 --> 00:03:43,633 That's the other one. I've been playing 102 00:03:43,633 --> 00:03:45,400 shinobi rage back. I'm a 103 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,133 shinobi heart of vengeance. Oh 104 00:03:47,900 --> 00:03:49,533 Cool that looks great. Yeah 105 00:03:50,533 --> 00:03:51,966 Are they sit there similar games? 106 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:55,333 Well, they play they play very 107 00:03:55,333 --> 00:03:57,400 differently, but they're both like 2d 108 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:58,933 action like platformers 109 00:03:58,933 --> 00:04:00,966 Yeah, I'll do this looks really great too 110 00:04:01,233 --> 00:04:02,566 For some reason when you were talking 111 00:04:02,566 --> 00:04:05,066 about shinobi and ninja guy nice thing 112 00:04:05,066 --> 00:04:07,000 I like the 3d ones which are less of my 113 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,366 speed, but this is 114 00:04:08,366 --> 00:04:09,433 this looks really great 115 00:04:10,133 --> 00:04:12,500 Yeah, I mean they're making a new they're 116 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:13,466 making ninja gotten for 117 00:04:13,466 --> 00:04:15,133 the new one of the new like 118 00:04:15,733 --> 00:04:18,666 3d hack and slash ones. Mm-hmm. And that 119 00:04:18,666 --> 00:04:19,333 one looks pretty cool. 120 00:04:19,333 --> 00:04:20,466 Don't want to pick it up, but 121 00:04:20,966 --> 00:04:22,866 There's a game that's coming out and like 122 00:04:22,866 --> 00:04:25,533 next week that I think most of us will 123 00:04:25,533 --> 00:04:27,133 probably be getting I think 124 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:31,366 What is that we'll be talking about that 125 00:04:31,366 --> 00:04:33,000 in a little bit, okay cool, yeah 126 00:04:33,466 --> 00:04:34,033 nice 127 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:38,833 Dude, well, I have been playing nothing 128 00:04:38,833 --> 00:04:40,433 because I've been extremely busy. I 129 00:04:40,500 --> 00:04:43,233 I 130 00:04:44,533 --> 00:04:46,833 Released a vlog on the heavy element 131 00:04:46,833 --> 00:04:49,100 heavy element productions YouTube channel 132 00:04:49,100 --> 00:04:51,166 and on the heavy element Instagram 133 00:04:51,966 --> 00:04:54,633 Where I I've been like 134 00:04:54,633 --> 00:04:57,366 producing podcasts for like a local 135 00:04:57,866 --> 00:04:59,766 like lifestyle vlog or 136 00:04:59,766 --> 00:05:01,766 lifestyle blog I should say and 137 00:05:02,333 --> 00:05:04,366 We've been interviewing like local 138 00:05:04,366 --> 00:05:06,166 business owners and stuff and talking 139 00:05:06,166 --> 00:05:07,100 about kind of the hardships 140 00:05:07,100 --> 00:05:08,600 of like the seasonality of 141 00:05:09,233 --> 00:05:11,566 Main business. It's been a lot of fun. 142 00:05:11,566 --> 00:05:13,533 It's very hyper nation specific 143 00:05:13,633 --> 00:05:15,466 But if anyone out there is interested, 144 00:05:15,466 --> 00:05:16,833 you can check it out 145 00:05:18,133 --> 00:05:21,933 Heavy element productions on YouTube and 146 00:05:21,933 --> 00:05:24,066 then what else have I been doing? 147 00:05:24,766 --> 00:05:26,566 I've been kind of I've been screwing 148 00:05:26,566 --> 00:05:30,066 around with with this guy the the 149 00:05:30,633 --> 00:05:32,833 Is this the red retro pie 5? 150 00:05:33,866 --> 00:05:36,300 Is that what it's called retroid pocket 151 00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:37,733 5, I don't know why I said retro 152 00:05:37,733 --> 00:05:41,133 But yeah, I've been extremely busy this 153 00:05:41,133 --> 00:05:42,266 week. So I haven't had time 154 00:05:42,266 --> 00:05:44,466 to like relax even a little bit 155 00:05:45,233 --> 00:05:46,166 That's perfectly 156 00:05:46,166 --> 00:05:49,033 valid, dude, you know, yeah 157 00:05:49,466 --> 00:05:49,899 working on 158 00:05:51,666 --> 00:05:55,800 But yeah, so with that I think we should 159 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,033 get into the first story this week 160 00:05:58,866 --> 00:06:01,500 But before we do we gotta we gotta make 161 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:02,633 sure we call out people 162 00:06:02,633 --> 00:06:04,800 we're trying to hit 600 subscribers by 163 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:06,933 the end of next month and a 164 00:06:06,966 --> 00:06:08,366 Thousand subscribers by the end of the 165 00:06:08,366 --> 00:06:12,033 year, right? 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We have all been very busy. Yeah, 213 00:07:52,233 --> 00:07:54,533 James also has been very busy, too 214 00:07:55,433 --> 00:07:56,866 So I was wondering if you guys really 215 00:07:56,866 --> 00:07:59,133 want to see like small digestible clips 216 00:07:59,133 --> 00:08:00,199 from us. Just let us 217 00:08:00,199 --> 00:08:01,866 know. Let us know the comments 218 00:08:02,333 --> 00:08:02,899 Yeah 219 00:08:03,533 --> 00:08:05,733 People seem to engage with those so we 220 00:08:05,733 --> 00:08:07,466 definitely need to get back on it 221 00:08:08,666 --> 00:08:10,399 Cool well, you want to talk 222 00:08:10,399 --> 00:08:11,733 about the first story today? 223 00:08:11,833 --> 00:08:16,266 Yeah, we've got the silk song we have 224 00:08:16,266 --> 00:08:18,600 indie developers delaying their game 225 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,433 because of silk song 226 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:23,766 This is this is this is the game 227 00:08:23,766 --> 00:08:25,600 I was alluding to earlier when I said the 228 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:27,266 games releasing. Yes, it 229 00:08:27,266 --> 00:08:29,766 releases next week. Yeah on 230 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:33,133 September the 4th, so a Thursday 231 00:08:34,433 --> 00:08:37,166 Lord so many many indie developers were 232 00:08:37,166 --> 00:08:39,066 releasing in September 233 00:08:39,933 --> 00:08:43,533 But it's gonna be real hard but many of 234 00:08:43,533 --> 00:08:44,899 them delayed their games 235 00:08:44,899 --> 00:08:47,666 due to concerns that yes 236 00:08:48,933 --> 00:08:50,666 So son is just gonna eat up all their 237 00:08:50,666 --> 00:08:52,133 sales and I mean to be fair 238 00:08:52,133 --> 00:08:52,866 I think that's probably 239 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:54,100 gonna happen like yeah 240 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:56,466 If you're if your game was releasing and 241 00:08:56,466 --> 00:08:58,299 then silk song was released next year 242 00:08:58,299 --> 00:08:59,366 game with you delay your 243 00:08:59,366 --> 00:09:00,833 game gardener. Oh, yeah 244 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:03,666 Yeah, you better believe it 245 00:09:04,133 --> 00:09:06,766 A fun story I when I released dudelings 246 00:09:06,766 --> 00:09:09,866 I I had it like I had the date picked out 247 00:09:09,866 --> 00:09:11,566 like like a two months in advance 248 00:09:12,066 --> 00:09:14,533 And then the day I released it 249 00:09:15,333 --> 00:09:18,466 Supergiant games stealth dropped Hades oh 250 00:09:18,466 --> 00:09:25,399 At least these devs have a heads up it 251 00:09:25,399 --> 00:09:27,633 looks like this heavy out dude 252 00:09:28,333 --> 00:09:30,500 Imagine a silk song and Hades to release 253 00:09:30,500 --> 00:09:31,566 on the same day. They would like 254 00:09:31,566 --> 00:09:32,633 cannibalize each other sales 255 00:09:32,766 --> 00:09:36,233 Yes, absolutely. So there were a couple 256 00:09:36,233 --> 00:09:38,799 of games one is slot machine 257 00:09:38,799 --> 00:09:42,700 rogue like clover pit. Mmm, I 258 00:09:42,700 --> 00:09:44,000 Think it's interesting cuz like if this 259 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,366 were if these were all triple-a 260 00:09:45,366 --> 00:09:47,233 developers doing this and yes 261 00:09:47,233 --> 00:09:49,133 Some of them have like delayed games 262 00:09:49,133 --> 00:09:51,500 because of other much bigger games. They 263 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:52,333 wouldn't mention the name 264 00:09:52,333 --> 00:09:54,233 They wouldn't mention the game by name. 265 00:09:54,233 --> 00:09:56,366 They would be like, yeah, like this 266 00:09:56,366 --> 00:09:57,133 happened once with 267 00:09:57,133 --> 00:09:58,733 Final Fantasy 14 expansion 268 00:09:59,833 --> 00:10:02,366 Being delayed because of elven rings DLC 269 00:10:04,066 --> 00:10:06,133 Mmm and 270 00:10:06,133 --> 00:10:08,133 A lot of and a lot of triple-a developers 271 00:10:08,133 --> 00:10:10,299 were playing chicken because of GTA 6 272 00:10:10,299 --> 00:10:12,066 they weren't they didn't know if it was 273 00:10:12,066 --> 00:10:14,533 Gonna release this year or not. Yeah. Oh, 274 00:10:14,533 --> 00:10:16,000 yeah. We talked about that a couple weeks 275 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:19,333 ago. Yeah, we did. Yeah and 276 00:10:20,133 --> 00:10:21,966 But as we all know 277 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:24,333 Rockstar has some insiders that knew that 278 00:10:24,333 --> 00:10:25,633 silk songs releasing this year. So 279 00:10:25,633 --> 00:10:26,633 obviously be deleted to 280 00:10:26,633 --> 00:10:27,933 avoid silk song, right? 281 00:10:27,933 --> 00:10:30,466 Yeah, of course. Absolutely. Yeah 282 00:10:31,766 --> 00:10:33,033 Yeah, I mean silk song 283 00:10:33,033 --> 00:10:35,466 would eat GTA 6 as lunch so 284 00:10:36,299 --> 00:10:38,633 They probably will and they just 285 00:10:38,633 --> 00:10:40,866 announced the price. Oh, yeah, 20 bucks. 286 00:10:40,866 --> 00:10:42,200 Mm-hmm. What was the 287 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:43,433 original when they launched it? 288 00:10:44,233 --> 00:10:46,033 I think they launched that at 20 bucks as 289 00:10:46,033 --> 00:10:47,666 well. But it's you know, of course, it's 290 00:10:47,666 --> 00:10:49,299 gone down in price sense. Yeah 291 00:10:50,899 --> 00:10:53,200 Interesting so were there any other 292 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:54,566 titles that delayed looks like 293 00:10:54,566 --> 00:10:55,133 um 294 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,433 Stomped sort of miracles here. There's 295 00:10:58,433 --> 00:11:00,533 there's more in the list. There's more to 296 00:11:00,533 --> 00:11:01,366 I think this article 297 00:11:01,366 --> 00:11:02,666 lists all of the games 298 00:11:02,666 --> 00:11:07,333 I got the lead that we know of. Mmm 299 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,866 A turn a turn on the loose is another 300 00:11:09,866 --> 00:11:12,333 Metroidvania. Yeah, I think 301 00:11:13,066 --> 00:11:16,366 It's been delayed to 2026 as a whole. Oh 302 00:11:16,366 --> 00:11:17,533 And I think some of these 303 00:11:17,533 --> 00:11:18,833 developers were planning post 304 00:11:19,566 --> 00:11:22,633 post release content, but you know given 305 00:11:23,533 --> 00:11:25,233 Given that the game is gonna be delayed 306 00:11:25,233 --> 00:11:26,966 as I guess it's just gonna be part of the 307 00:11:26,966 --> 00:11:28,566 launch release. Right? 308 00:11:29,166 --> 00:11:32,299 Yeah, I see another one demon school not 309 00:11:32,299 --> 00:11:33,366 the same type of game 310 00:11:33,633 --> 00:11:35,200 Yeah, a lot of these games aren't even 311 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:36,366 the same like genre of 312 00:11:36,366 --> 00:11:38,933 games. Mmm, like demon schools a 313 00:11:39,466 --> 00:11:42,166 Tactical RPG not the same genre, but you 314 00:11:42,166 --> 00:11:44,966 know, of course they are keenly aware 315 00:11:44,966 --> 00:11:46,033 that so someone probably 316 00:11:46,033 --> 00:11:47,366 just eat their lunch. Yeah 317 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:48,933 unfortunately 318 00:11:50,533 --> 00:11:50,733 I 319 00:11:52,399 --> 00:11:54,166 Mean but also like this is 320 00:11:54,166 --> 00:11:56,233 not bad press for these games 321 00:11:56,233 --> 00:11:58,266 Like I hadn't heard of any of the games 322 00:11:58,266 --> 00:11:59,733 that we've talked about so far 323 00:11:59,733 --> 00:12:02,133 But now because they're delayed their 324 00:12:02,133 --> 00:12:04,133 game because of silk song I you know 325 00:12:04,966 --> 00:12:08,433 Definitely. They're on my radar now. Oh 326 00:12:08,433 --> 00:12:09,033 Look at that tweet 327 00:12:11,166 --> 00:12:12,766 Can you play four by three 328 00:12:12,766 --> 00:12:15,000 on your CRT like demon school 329 00:12:15,666 --> 00:12:16,866 That's a good question. 330 00:12:16,866 --> 00:12:17,633 That is a good question 331 00:12:18,666 --> 00:12:21,833 You have a four by three CRT. I don't 332 00:12:21,833 --> 00:12:23,033 actually I have well 333 00:12:23,033 --> 00:12:25,066 I do I do but I don't use it very often. 334 00:12:25,066 --> 00:12:29,533 I have a 16 by 9 flat CRT. Oh 335 00:12:29,533 --> 00:12:32,333 Yeah, well, you know you should do when 336 00:12:32,333 --> 00:12:33,066 so song releases 337 00:12:33,066 --> 00:12:34,966 definitely going to try that 338 00:12:35,299 --> 00:12:36,666 There is a bit of like 339 00:12:36,666 --> 00:12:37,866 distortion on the side 340 00:12:37,866 --> 00:12:41,466 So platformers like like 2d platformers 341 00:12:41,466 --> 00:12:43,100 tend to like have some kind of 342 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:45,366 Warp warping 343 00:12:45,833 --> 00:12:46,733 So they're not my 344 00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:48,333 favorite games to plan that thing 345 00:12:48,833 --> 00:12:50,433 At least when they're in 346 00:12:50,433 --> 00:12:52,666 full like widescreen support 347 00:12:53,799 --> 00:12:57,299 But if they're like 16 if they're four by 348 00:12:57,299 --> 00:12:59,000 three in the center, then there's no 349 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,066 warping. That's it's nice to play on 350 00:13:01,333 --> 00:13:02,933 Come on, you got to do for the content 351 00:13:02,933 --> 00:13:03,866 even if does work a 352 00:13:03,866 --> 00:13:05,866 little I know I actually set up 353 00:13:05,866 --> 00:13:07,799 I have a camera that I have up here 354 00:13:08,466 --> 00:13:10,633 Which I don't have set up yet, but it's 355 00:13:10,633 --> 00:13:13,266 like mounted to the ceiling and so when I 356 00:13:13,266 --> 00:13:15,166 do live streams from my CRT 357 00:13:15,633 --> 00:13:19,133 Or if I'm playing on the the iMac G3 358 00:13:19,133 --> 00:13:21,399 I'll be able to switch to that camera up 359 00:13:21,399 --> 00:13:22,733 here and you'll be able to 360 00:13:22,733 --> 00:13:25,266 see what I'm doing on the CRT 361 00:13:25,766 --> 00:13:27,433 Monitors, so I'm 362 00:13:27,433 --> 00:13:28,466 really excited about that 363 00:13:28,833 --> 00:13:30,533 Dude, I gotta see it 364 00:13:30,533 --> 00:13:31,933 when it happens. Oh, yeah 365 00:13:32,466 --> 00:13:34,433 Bennett Fotties new game is also getting 366 00:13:34,433 --> 00:13:35,133 delayed because of 367 00:13:35,133 --> 00:13:36,733 still sung as well. Mmm 368 00:13:36,833 --> 00:13:40,166 (Laughter) 369 00:13:42,966 --> 00:13:44,933 Baby steps is that the name? 370 00:13:45,666 --> 00:13:45,833 Yeah 371 00:13:45,833 --> 00:13:48,133 It's the one where like you're a man 372 00:13:48,133 --> 00:13:50,033 child and you're a it's a little it's the 373 00:13:50,033 --> 00:13:51,033 walking simulator that 374 00:13:51,033 --> 00:13:52,799 looks like you're like a 375 00:13:52,799 --> 00:13:54,700 Manchild and a man diaper trying to like 376 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:57,566 walk. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, 377 00:13:57,566 --> 00:13:59,233 Bennett Foddy, right, right the 378 00:14:00,033 --> 00:14:01,200 Getting over it right 379 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,833 and co-op co-op. Yep 380 00:14:03,866 --> 00:14:06,966 Yeah, I don't know how I feel 381 00:14:06,966 --> 00:14:08,466 about these type of games, but 382 00:14:09,766 --> 00:14:11,033 They make for good 383 00:14:12,166 --> 00:14:13,700 They make for good 384 00:14:14,899 --> 00:14:16,600 Contact on dinner at least. Yeah 385 00:14:17,466 --> 00:14:18,666 Literally, what is he wearing? 386 00:14:19,533 --> 00:14:22,299 Dude, it's it's he's like a man child and 387 00:14:22,299 --> 00:14:23,766 you're taking control of him 388 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,133 He has a he has to relearn how to walk 389 00:14:26,133 --> 00:14:30,933 like he's in rehab. Oh, wow. Oh 390 00:14:30,933 --> 00:14:33,433 My gosh, oh lord 391 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:36,833 Oh 392 00:14:36,833 --> 00:14:40,533 My god, I got he got hit in the nuts 393 00:14:41,366 --> 00:14:42,066 Yeah 394 00:14:43,366 --> 00:14:44,066 Why? 395 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,033 This is gonna be fun for 396 00:14:47,033 --> 00:14:49,033 about 10 minutes and then 397 00:14:50,466 --> 00:14:54,133 Rage inducing. Yeah, but hey man, it's 398 00:14:54,133 --> 00:14:55,633 one of those games that like 399 00:14:58,166 --> 00:14:59,766 Makes you want to rate it makes you want 400 00:14:59,766 --> 00:15:01,200 to keep going because you get real so 401 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,000 pissed off at it, right? 402 00:15:02,166 --> 00:15:05,266 Mm-hmm for some people I think oh 403 00:15:05,266 --> 00:15:06,466 There's more games. I think you have to 404 00:15:06,466 --> 00:15:08,433 go press back in your browser to go back 405 00:15:08,433 --> 00:15:10,600 to that other article. Mm-hmm 406 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:12,100 See what else? Yeah, yeah, yeah 407 00:15:15,166 --> 00:15:18,799 So I'm sure there are many many more 408 00:15:18,799 --> 00:15:20,266 developers that like 409 00:15:20,266 --> 00:15:23,266 delayed their games, yeah 410 00:15:24,299 --> 00:15:25,566 But I wouldn't know of any of them 411 00:15:25,566 --> 00:15:27,466 because they're not listed in the 412 00:15:27,466 --> 00:15:28,533 articles those are just 413 00:15:28,533 --> 00:15:30,200 the more high-profile cases 414 00:15:30,666 --> 00:15:33,833 Yeah, I think the Bennett Foddy has kind 415 00:15:33,833 --> 00:15:35,866 of become like the Indy Indy celebrity 416 00:15:36,466 --> 00:15:38,033 and so him 417 00:15:38,966 --> 00:15:40,700 postponing his game for a while is 418 00:15:41,666 --> 00:15:41,966 definitely 419 00:15:44,533 --> 00:15:46,933 Yeah, yeah, they know 420 00:15:47,966 --> 00:15:48,399 Yikes 421 00:15:49,100 --> 00:15:51,866 But I mean again, like it's it's decent 422 00:15:51,866 --> 00:15:53,066 publicity for them, right? 423 00:15:54,133 --> 00:15:54,766 Yeah, it is 424 00:15:54,766 --> 00:15:57,733 You know, they get a they don't have to 425 00:15:57,733 --> 00:15:58,633 compete with silk song 426 00:15:59,533 --> 00:16:02,133 And be you know now people know that 427 00:16:02,133 --> 00:16:05,100 these games exist and got delayed 428 00:16:05,433 --> 00:16:06,433 Was delayed because 429 00:16:06,433 --> 00:16:07,799 of silk song so right? 430 00:16:08,233 --> 00:16:10,366 Absolutely. Well, and this game has been 431 00:16:10,366 --> 00:16:12,466 this game has been on our radar for a 432 00:16:12,466 --> 00:16:14,033 while, right? Like I've been a fan of 433 00:16:14,700 --> 00:16:16,733 Hollow Knight for ages and I know you 434 00:16:16,733 --> 00:16:18,466 were talking about wanting to see silk 435 00:16:18,466 --> 00:16:20,000 song get released or announced 436 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,733 I mean at the game 437 00:16:21,733 --> 00:16:22,866 awards last year, right? I 438 00:16:24,633 --> 00:16:27,799 Think that was mostly just it was mostly 439 00:16:27,799 --> 00:16:29,966 us like Josh and around yeah 440 00:16:30,533 --> 00:16:33,333 Was either that or half-life 3 or GTA 6 441 00:16:33,333 --> 00:16:34,866 or bloodborne on PC? 442 00:16:34,866 --> 00:16:37,333 Yeah, a bit of a meme, but I mean still I 443 00:16:37,333 --> 00:16:38,666 wanted to see silk song 444 00:16:39,366 --> 00:16:41,033 Yeah, I do find it interesting 445 00:16:41,766 --> 00:16:43,933 Also, I don't think we talked. I don't 446 00:16:43,933 --> 00:16:44,933 know if we talked about this 447 00:16:45,333 --> 00:16:47,566 It's not in our article list, but Hollow 448 00:16:47,566 --> 00:16:48,566 Knight just recently 449 00:16:48,566 --> 00:16:50,933 broke its record. Oh, really? 450 00:16:51,733 --> 00:16:53,600 Yeah, it's a record of concurrent players 451 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:54,933 as of recent if you go to 452 00:16:54,933 --> 00:16:57,200 steam DB, you can see that 453 00:16:58,833 --> 00:17:00,166 People are getting really high for silk 454 00:17:00,166 --> 00:17:01,533 song and some people 455 00:17:02,633 --> 00:17:05,666 That famously didn't like Hollow Knight 456 00:17:05,666 --> 00:17:08,333 to begin with like like mr. Gene Park of 457 00:17:08,333 --> 00:17:09,433 the Washington Post. He 458 00:17:09,433 --> 00:17:10,966 likes it now. Oh, really? 459 00:17:11,799 --> 00:17:13,366 Yeah, I only know this because I follow 460 00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:15,533 him on Twitter and he also follows me as 461 00:17:15,533 --> 00:17:18,833 well. Wow. Oh my god. Look at that 462 00:17:19,566 --> 00:17:22,700 Yeah, that's juicy man that I mean they 463 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:24,233 didn't just break their record. They 464 00:17:24,233 --> 00:17:25,966 absolutely smashed it 465 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,966 So the highest peak before this was 466 00:17:28,966 --> 00:17:31,933 20,000 concurrent players in May of 2022 467 00:17:32,466 --> 00:17:34,066 Was that around the time they announced 468 00:17:34,066 --> 00:17:36,166 they were doing silk song or was that I 469 00:17:36,166 --> 00:17:37,366 don't even know what that would have been 470 00:17:37,933 --> 00:17:40,233 But I don't know either to be honest, but 471 00:17:40,233 --> 00:17:41,700 now their concurrent players 472 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:44,599 in August was 65,000. So like 473 00:17:45,033 --> 00:17:46,233 three times almost 474 00:17:47,599 --> 00:17:49,266 Two times. I think it's it might still be 475 00:17:49,266 --> 00:17:51,066 going up to be honest. Yeah, I mean 476 00:17:51,066 --> 00:17:52,333 August is over for sure 477 00:17:52,333 --> 00:17:56,066 So that's absolutely crazy. People are 478 00:17:56,066 --> 00:17:57,799 getting really hyped for silk song which 479 00:17:57,799 --> 00:17:59,966 tells me silk songs gonna do really well 480 00:18:00,633 --> 00:18:02,733 Yeah. Oh, yeah, but the question 481 00:18:02,733 --> 00:18:03,866 everyone's afraid of asking 482 00:18:03,866 --> 00:18:05,400 is what if silk song sucks 483 00:18:06,833 --> 00:18:11,033 What if it sucks that I mean I think that 484 00:18:11,033 --> 00:18:12,833 there's a low likelihood of 485 00:18:12,833 --> 00:18:13,966 that they've taken their time 486 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,066 And they've been able 487 00:18:16,066 --> 00:18:17,766 to ride the success of 488 00:18:19,133 --> 00:18:23,066 The original game so yes, I don't think 489 00:18:23,066 --> 00:18:23,933 it's gonna suck either 490 00:18:23,933 --> 00:18:25,166 Yeah, I just asked him 491 00:18:25,166 --> 00:18:26,400 that because it's yeah 492 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:30,266 I mean if it sucks that would probably be 493 00:18:30,266 --> 00:18:31,366 pretty disastrous for 494 00:18:31,366 --> 00:18:32,333 their studio, right? 495 00:18:32,333 --> 00:18:33,900 Like I think it would they would 496 00:18:33,900 --> 00:18:34,933 definitely be the end 497 00:18:34,933 --> 00:18:36,333 of team cherry for sure 498 00:18:36,333 --> 00:18:38,333 Yeah, making they made people wait so 499 00:18:38,333 --> 00:18:39,400 long for a game that 500 00:18:40,233 --> 00:18:41,299 if it sucks 501 00:18:42,599 --> 00:18:45,366 Then yeah, it's gonna be bad. Yeah, what 502 00:18:45,366 --> 00:18:48,466 are like the the big features of 503 00:18:49,966 --> 00:18:51,666 Silk song like what's bringing what I 504 00:18:51,666 --> 00:18:53,633 haven't been following it too closely 505 00:18:55,066 --> 00:18:58,000 Dude I have no idea. Yeah, what's new in 506 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,966 silk songs because they they're famously 507 00:19:00,966 --> 00:19:03,700 not talking about the game as you know 508 00:19:03,700 --> 00:19:05,466 Yeah, like there's like no communication. 509 00:19:05,466 --> 00:19:06,933 So I don't even know what's really new 510 00:19:06,933 --> 00:19:08,133 besides the fact that you play as 511 00:19:09,166 --> 00:19:11,833 I don't even remember 512 00:19:11,833 --> 00:19:14,066 her name. I silk something 513 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,033 Yeah, but you play it but she was a boss 514 00:19:19,033 --> 00:19:20,500 in the original Hollow Knight, yes 515 00:19:20,866 --> 00:19:24,133 Mmm, if you just horn it. Yeah. Okay, so 516 00:19:24,133 --> 00:19:25,966 not silk something man 517 00:19:28,866 --> 00:19:30,733 It's a game with like almost minimal 518 00:19:30,733 --> 00:19:33,033 storytelling yeah direct storytelling 519 00:19:33,133 --> 00:19:34,200 So I guess it makes 520 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:35,033 sense that I can't remember 521 00:19:35,066 --> 00:19:36,333 I don't even remember the main 522 00:19:36,333 --> 00:19:37,900 character's name in the original Hollow 523 00:19:37,900 --> 00:19:39,833 Knight. Hmm. He's 524 00:19:39,833 --> 00:19:42,166 called the night. Oh, yeah 525 00:19:43,233 --> 00:19:46,733 Fair enough fair play team cherry. Yeah 526 00:19:46,733 --> 00:19:49,966 All right, but the question is are you 527 00:19:49,966 --> 00:19:50,666 gonna drop what you're 528 00:19:50,666 --> 00:19:51,733 doing to play silk song? 529 00:19:52,633 --> 00:19:53,766 It depends 530 00:19:54,733 --> 00:19:58,000 I think I have some time next week. It's 531 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:58,866 that's when it's coming out, right? 532 00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:02,066 Yes, that's right comes out Thursday 533 00:20:02,266 --> 00:20:04,766 Yeah, see so I definitely want to play 534 00:20:04,766 --> 00:20:05,766 it. I think I'm I 535 00:20:05,766 --> 00:20:07,033 think I have time to do it 536 00:20:07,233 --> 00:20:09,633 I'll probably play it on stream too, but 537 00:20:09,633 --> 00:20:11,133 I also have been like 538 00:20:11,766 --> 00:20:13,700 like itching to play 539 00:20:14,066 --> 00:20:15,033 Gears of War 540 00:20:15,566 --> 00:20:15,966 Reloaded 541 00:20:17,133 --> 00:20:19,033 Which is like one of my 542 00:20:19,033 --> 00:20:20,866 favorite games of that generation 543 00:20:21,799 --> 00:20:23,666 And I just haven't had time to I 544 00:20:23,666 --> 00:20:25,433 downloaded it. It's on my steam deck and 545 00:20:25,433 --> 00:20:26,766 I just haven't had time to play it yet 546 00:20:27,633 --> 00:20:30,433 Mm-hmm, but so I mean it's gonna be a 547 00:20:31,366 --> 00:20:34,233 I'm after split my time equally for the 548 00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:36,799 games that I well so deeply why there's 549 00:20:36,799 --> 00:20:37,233 something right there 550 00:20:37,233 --> 00:20:39,333 It says team cherry has stated that silk 551 00:20:39,333 --> 00:20:40,533 song will be very large 552 00:20:41,066 --> 00:20:42,566 200 new enemies 553 00:20:42,933 --> 00:20:46,500 40 new bosses a hundred benches around 554 00:20:46,500 --> 00:20:47,533 the game world compared 555 00:20:47,533 --> 00:20:50,299 compared to I think you see 556 00:20:51,366 --> 00:20:54,733 Over 140 over 30 and 51 respectively in 557 00:20:54,733 --> 00:20:56,033 the original Hollow Knight at launch 558 00:20:56,933 --> 00:20:58,033 and 559 00:20:58,066 --> 00:20:59,533 Grade more supposed to be one of the 560 00:20:59,533 --> 00:21:01,099 biggest areas they've ever created 561 00:21:01,099 --> 00:21:03,433 So it looks to be Hollow Knight, but just 562 00:21:03,433 --> 00:21:06,166 more more more more. So 563 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:09,566 Just here's the thing I 564 00:21:09,566 --> 00:21:11,266 don't really like large 565 00:21:12,433 --> 00:21:13,633 Levels or large game 566 00:21:13,633 --> 00:21:18,166 worlds. I like a more compact and 567 00:21:18,466 --> 00:21:19,066 like 568 00:21:19,599 --> 00:21:22,466 Concise game world right like I prefer 569 00:21:22,466 --> 00:21:24,433 Banjo Kazooie to Banjo Tooie 570 00:21:24,433 --> 00:21:27,666 Banjo Tooie felt sparse and 571 00:21:29,666 --> 00:21:32,099 Empty right and Banjo Kazooie was like 572 00:21:32,099 --> 00:21:34,466 this dense fun world 573 00:21:34,466 --> 00:21:36,799 I mean I I'm not gonna 574 00:21:36,799 --> 00:21:39,433 pick cast judgment on on 575 00:21:39,633 --> 00:21:42,500 This game yet on silk song, but I will 576 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:44,566 say that has me raising an eyebrow 577 00:21:44,633 --> 00:21:49,666 Well, maybe you're just faster overall in 578 00:21:49,666 --> 00:21:52,533 silk song. Yeah, that could be for sure 579 00:21:54,599 --> 00:21:56,099 But yeah, I am excited I 580 00:21:56,099 --> 00:21:57,666 definitely will be checking it out 581 00:21:58,933 --> 00:22:01,466 Yeah, I think I might yeah, I mean I've 582 00:22:01,466 --> 00:22:02,433 been I said I was playing 583 00:22:02,433 --> 00:22:03,766 shinobi and ninja Gaiden 584 00:22:03,766 --> 00:22:05,266 But I might have to add another game to 585 00:22:05,266 --> 00:22:07,866 my juggling list. Yeah, how do you manage 586 00:22:07,866 --> 00:22:09,099 juggling games by the 587 00:22:09,099 --> 00:22:10,366 way? It's hard for me 588 00:22:11,633 --> 00:22:12,533 That's a good question 589 00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:16,233 Cuz like I'm not sure cuz I 590 00:22:16,233 --> 00:22:17,866 Know some people have like let's say for 591 00:22:17,866 --> 00:22:19,466 like some people have issues with like 592 00:22:19,466 --> 00:22:20,033 juggling around 593 00:22:20,033 --> 00:22:21,933 different like system controllers 594 00:22:22,366 --> 00:22:23,766 Like if you switch between like a 595 00:22:23,766 --> 00:22:25,766 Nintendo controller and Xbox controller 596 00:22:25,766 --> 00:22:27,700 they get X and PlayStation 597 00:22:27,700 --> 00:22:29,000 They would get X mixed up. I don't that 598 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,333 doesn't happen to me though. Mmm 599 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,066 Yeah, I know it's kind of instinctual 600 00:22:32,066 --> 00:22:34,200 that like if I know if I have a Nintendo 601 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:35,266 controller in my hands 602 00:22:35,266 --> 00:22:36,633 I know where a and B 603 00:22:36,633 --> 00:22:38,333 are, you know, right? 604 00:22:39,866 --> 00:22:41,866 But for me I 605 00:22:42,333 --> 00:22:45,500 Find like if I have a game that I'm 606 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:46,966 playing like let's say Gears 607 00:22:46,966 --> 00:22:48,833 of War for example, and then 608 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:50,866 Another game that I want to play comes 609 00:22:50,866 --> 00:22:52,400 out. Suddenly, I feel a 610 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,066 lot of like choice anxiety 611 00:22:54,133 --> 00:22:55,633 And it's just easier for 612 00:22:55,633 --> 00:22:58,299 me to not play them. Oh 613 00:22:58,299 --> 00:23:00,433 My gosh, I know that feeling too, but 614 00:23:00,433 --> 00:23:01,933 yeah, I think at this point 615 00:23:01,933 --> 00:23:04,266 I'm gonna have to rush I'm not rush 616 00:23:04,266 --> 00:23:05,533 But I'm thinking just something to spend 617 00:23:05,533 --> 00:23:07,266 my time focusing on one of the two games 618 00:23:07,266 --> 00:23:07,900 I'm playing right now 619 00:23:07,933 --> 00:23:10,233 I mean just get that yeah, I don't want 620 00:23:10,233 --> 00:23:11,033 to get out of the way because 621 00:23:11,033 --> 00:23:11,866 it sounds like it's annoying 622 00:23:11,866 --> 00:23:13,633 But like, you know, I'm saying yeah. Oh, 623 00:23:13,633 --> 00:23:15,466 no, I get it. I you know, what would be 624 00:23:15,466 --> 00:23:18,133 really fun is if I do 625 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:20,866 Gears so here's that so Gears of War 626 00:23:20,866 --> 00:23:23,433 played on 16 by 9 feels normal to me, 627 00:23:23,433 --> 00:23:25,433 right? And so playing that on my 628 00:23:26,333 --> 00:23:28,966 TV over here will take me right back to 629 00:23:28,966 --> 00:23:30,566 plan it on my 360 because I had 630 00:23:31,133 --> 00:23:31,633 I 631 00:23:32,900 --> 00:23:34,266 Had a CRT on my 360 632 00:23:34,266 --> 00:23:35,866 when I first got a 360 633 00:23:36,266 --> 00:23:39,166 So doing that I think I might do that on 634 00:23:39,166 --> 00:23:41,666 stream and have my camera set up over 635 00:23:41,666 --> 00:23:42,966 here. So and streaming that 636 00:23:43,566 --> 00:23:45,866 But then playing Hollow Knight, yeah, I 637 00:23:45,866 --> 00:23:47,866 might stream it from my steam deck. Well, 638 00:23:47,866 --> 00:23:49,133 you know while sitting here 639 00:23:49,566 --> 00:23:51,200 And that might just be enough 640 00:23:51,966 --> 00:23:54,000 Differentiation to actually play the two 641 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,366 games at the same time 642 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:57,466 No, I think that that I think that does 643 00:23:57,466 --> 00:23:59,033 work cuz it's not like you're just 644 00:23:59,033 --> 00:24:00,000 singing it could be a plane 645 00:24:00,366 --> 00:24:03,333 The layout. Yeah, I get I get it though 646 00:24:03,333 --> 00:24:04,400 But whatever I do 647 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,166 I have to avoid playing games at all cost 648 00:24:07,166 --> 00:24:09,133 on my PC itself because I 649 00:24:09,133 --> 00:24:10,766 this this is where I work 650 00:24:12,366 --> 00:24:15,333 All right now, yeah now we got asked 651 00:24:15,333 --> 00:24:16,966 James will you drop 652 00:24:16,966 --> 00:24:21,566 everything to play so it's on next week 653 00:24:24,466 --> 00:24:27,066 There I asked him well if he responds 654 00:24:27,066 --> 00:24:28,166 during the show will just 655 00:24:29,133 --> 00:24:31,233 We'll let you guys know but if not, we'll 656 00:24:31,233 --> 00:24:32,799 just put in the comments down below on 657 00:24:32,799 --> 00:24:34,733 YouTube. Mmm. I've seen comment 658 00:24:35,633 --> 00:24:38,233 Alright, but I mean, I don't know much 659 00:24:38,233 --> 00:24:39,533 what more we can say 660 00:24:39,533 --> 00:24:40,633 about silk song besides 661 00:24:41,066 --> 00:24:43,966 It's gonna be it's it's finally happening 662 00:24:43,966 --> 00:24:46,166 man. What's next Half-Life 3? 663 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,733 Half-Life 3 dude. I mean, I think what's 664 00:24:48,733 --> 00:24:51,066 next for playing silk song is gonna be 665 00:24:51,066 --> 00:24:52,666 playing it on your portable 666 00:24:53,033 --> 00:24:55,633 Sony handheld the PlayStation 6 667 00:24:56,666 --> 00:24:58,233 What is this story about? 668 00:24:59,466 --> 00:25:02,733 so There's a report claiming that Sony wants 669 00:25:02,733 --> 00:25:03,733 to make two different 670 00:25:03,733 --> 00:25:05,533 kinds of PlayStation 6's 671 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,333 First and foremost is your standard, you 672 00:25:08,333 --> 00:25:09,766 know console more 673 00:25:09,766 --> 00:25:11,233 powerful of course naturally 674 00:25:11,733 --> 00:25:13,333 But they also want to make a 675 00:25:13,333 --> 00:25:15,833 switch style dockable handheld 676 00:25:16,466 --> 00:25:17,233 that 677 00:25:17,733 --> 00:25:19,966 When docked will be more powerful than 678 00:25:19,966 --> 00:25:21,866 the base ps5. So they say 679 00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:25,166 And this is according to Moore's law is 680 00:25:25,166 --> 00:25:27,766 dead. Mm-hmm. That's a leak site. All 681 00:25:27,766 --> 00:25:29,466 right, like they mostly publish leaks 682 00:25:29,766 --> 00:25:31,933 Yeah, yeah leak youtuber 683 00:25:32,566 --> 00:25:35,299 right, so the 684 00:25:35,966 --> 00:25:38,033 portable the portable 685 00:25:38,033 --> 00:25:39,933 ps6 is supposed to have 686 00:25:40,566 --> 00:25:43,000 Zen for Zen 6c cores 687 00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:46,866 Realers n6 e cores and also two of those 688 00:25:46,866 --> 00:25:49,333 cool and to sip two separate course for 689 00:25:49,333 --> 00:25:50,900 quote-unquote system tasks 690 00:25:51,366 --> 00:25:54,666 Mmm interesting so eight or eight course 691 00:25:54,666 --> 00:25:55,533 total two of them 692 00:25:55,533 --> 00:25:57,599 dedicated to like the no no no 693 00:25:57,900 --> 00:26:00,700 No for four course for gaming and then 694 00:26:00,700 --> 00:26:02,766 two those are fours. So six cores 695 00:26:03,166 --> 00:26:06,599 It says oh, oh for four Zen see cores and 696 00:26:06,599 --> 00:26:08,766 two further. Okay, so it is a six core. 697 00:26:08,766 --> 00:26:09,766 Right, right, right? 698 00:26:09,766 --> 00:26:13,033 I read yes, and it's supposed to have 16 699 00:26:13,033 --> 00:26:16,433 our DNA 5 compute compute units 700 00:26:17,466 --> 00:26:20,166 Hmm supposed to run a 1.2 gigahertz 701 00:26:20,166 --> 00:26:24,200 handheld and 1.65 gigahertz docked and 702 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,133 It's supposed to retail for 703 00:26:27,099 --> 00:26:29,533 $500 which is incredibly cheap for a 704 00:26:29,533 --> 00:26:32,266 handheld. Yeah for sure 705 00:26:33,333 --> 00:26:36,400 Like the steam deck is around that price 706 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,900 and this would and if the specs are to be 707 00:26:38,900 --> 00:26:40,900 believed and this would eclipse the steam 708 00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:43,633 Neck by a lot. Yeah. Oh my god. Yeah, 709 00:26:43,633 --> 00:26:44,533 this would overtake it 710 00:26:45,266 --> 00:26:47,233 easily and 711 00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:49,866 $500, I 712 00:26:49,866 --> 00:26:52,533 Mean, I would bet that the $500 version 713 00:26:52,533 --> 00:26:54,966 is like 128 gigabytes of 714 00:26:54,966 --> 00:26:57,166 storage maximum like there's 715 00:26:57,766 --> 00:27:00,333 They're gonna be gouging pricing with 716 00:27:00,333 --> 00:27:02,433 with higher higher tier 717 00:27:02,433 --> 00:27:03,366 storage. I would imagine 718 00:27:03,966 --> 00:27:06,566 Oh, yeah for sure, but like 500 bucks. 719 00:27:06,566 --> 00:27:08,500 That's crazy. I would 720 00:27:08,500 --> 00:27:11,066 consider picking up a ps6 721 00:27:11,066 --> 00:27:13,799 at a handheld one for 500 bucks 722 00:27:15,099 --> 00:27:16,033 Absolutely, yes 723 00:27:17,133 --> 00:27:18,866 That said there's I mean 724 00:27:19,466 --> 00:27:22,799 My personal opinion though. I see a lot 725 00:27:22,799 --> 00:27:24,166 of games running poorly 726 00:27:24,166 --> 00:27:26,833 I'm not just not just PC 727 00:27:26,833 --> 00:27:28,433 but also on consoles as well 728 00:27:28,433 --> 00:27:29,866 Yeah, like Monster in a 729 00:27:29,866 --> 00:27:31,266 while still runs terribly 730 00:27:31,366 --> 00:27:34,866 So I and not it's not just on and it's 731 00:27:34,866 --> 00:27:36,066 not just on the base ps5 732 00:27:36,066 --> 00:27:37,466 but also ps5 Pro as well 733 00:27:37,466 --> 00:27:38,400 which makes me wonder 734 00:27:38,966 --> 00:27:41,266 Mr. Makes you wonders if if games can 735 00:27:41,266 --> 00:27:43,000 really get much better and 736 00:27:43,733 --> 00:27:45,799 I think Sony is seeing 737 00:27:46,733 --> 00:27:49,200 The writing on the wall and that's why 738 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:50,533 they're going for a more portable 739 00:27:50,533 --> 00:27:53,633 approach. Right? Well also like 740 00:27:54,633 --> 00:27:57,033 Correct me if I'm wrong, but like zen 6 741 00:27:57,033 --> 00:27:59,099 would be breaking with 742 00:27:59,099 --> 00:28:00,799 tradition, right? Like I mean 743 00:28:02,433 --> 00:28:03,633 Even when the ps5 744 00:28:03,633 --> 00:28:07,299 released the the generation of 745 00:28:07,733 --> 00:28:11,200 Of like CPU APU hardware was like one or 746 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,000 two generations old at that point, right? 747 00:28:13,766 --> 00:28:15,433 Right zen 6 if they were if 748 00:28:15,433 --> 00:28:17,333 they released this in 2027 749 00:28:17,866 --> 00:28:19,933 Zen 6 is gonna be pretty new 750 00:28:23,066 --> 00:28:24,400 Still like so that just 751 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:25,900 bought boggles my mind a little bit 752 00:28:25,900 --> 00:28:27,099 I mean they look like they're really 753 00:28:27,099 --> 00:28:29,099 going for like the state-of-the-art 754 00:28:29,099 --> 00:28:31,266 versus like tried and true stable 755 00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:33,966 CPU hardware, I 756 00:28:33,966 --> 00:28:35,366 Mean, that's totally valid. But I think 757 00:28:35,366 --> 00:28:38,066 for like higher efficiency games 758 00:28:38,066 --> 00:28:39,566 I mean going state-of-the-art might be 759 00:28:39,566 --> 00:28:40,933 the way to go for like a handheld like 760 00:28:40,933 --> 00:28:41,833 this. That's what yeah 761 00:28:41,933 --> 00:28:43,233 I mean that makes sense 762 00:28:43,500 --> 00:28:46,066 But I mean even the steam deck was like I 763 00:28:46,066 --> 00:28:47,466 know it was delayed by like six months 764 00:28:47,466 --> 00:28:50,066 But like it's still like the CPU was 765 00:28:50,766 --> 00:28:53,900 Older, right? I mean the CPU was older 766 00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:54,966 but at the same time 767 00:28:54,966 --> 00:28:56,166 though it was still like 768 00:28:56,333 --> 00:28:58,700 The most at the time the most powerful 769 00:28:58,700 --> 00:29:00,733 APU because you couldn't buy any APUs 770 00:29:00,733 --> 00:29:02,466 with our DNA anything in them, right? 771 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:04,966 You know no handhelds had our DNA at all. 772 00:29:04,966 --> 00:29:06,566 They were still all running Vega 773 00:29:06,866 --> 00:29:08,933 They're all either running Intel or they 774 00:29:08,933 --> 00:29:10,933 were running AMD with Vega. I think 775 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:13,599 So that's right Vega 776 00:29:13,599 --> 00:29:15,133 was like the big deal for 777 00:29:15,766 --> 00:29:18,900 Handhelds and for like mini PCs yeah 778 00:29:18,900 --> 00:29:20,866 And yeah, and as a result the steam deck 779 00:29:20,866 --> 00:29:21,966 was not only cheaper 780 00:29:21,966 --> 00:29:23,466 than like the original 781 00:29:23,466 --> 00:29:25,099 I a neo which was at the 782 00:29:25,099 --> 00:29:26,566 time the best handheld hmm 783 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,266 But it was also like substantially more 784 00:29:29,266 --> 00:29:30,833 powerful and power efficient 785 00:29:30,866 --> 00:29:32,700 So it was the steam deck at the time 786 00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:33,666 basically was the 787 00:29:33,666 --> 00:29:35,033 best of like both worlds 788 00:29:36,166 --> 00:29:37,566 At the time for sure. It wasn't 789 00:29:37,566 --> 00:29:38,433 considered the cheap 790 00:29:38,433 --> 00:29:39,233 handheld was considered 791 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,666 The strength of the best. 792 00:29:41,966 --> 00:29:43,833 Yeah, and the cheapest yeah 793 00:29:43,833 --> 00:29:47,466 I mean and if Sony if these rumors are 794 00:29:47,466 --> 00:29:49,033 true, then Sony would definitely be 795 00:29:49,033 --> 00:29:50,466 swooping in and stealing that 796 00:29:51,266 --> 00:29:53,066 Both both badges there 797 00:29:53,066 --> 00:29:54,866 cheapest and most powerful 798 00:29:55,366 --> 00:29:59,166 Yes, and the steam deck should just opt 799 00:29:59,166 --> 00:30:00,700 to do the same thing I'm hoping 800 00:30:00,733 --> 00:30:02,266 Yeah, I'm hoping we get a 801 00:30:02,266 --> 00:30:04,099 steam deck at some point I 802 00:30:05,333 --> 00:30:07,866 But I mean, I don't know when that's 803 00:30:07,866 --> 00:30:08,599 gonna happen to be honest 804 00:30:08,733 --> 00:30:13,633 I would love to have a steam deck I 805 00:30:13,633 --> 00:30:17,366 Would even take like Fremont as a console 806 00:30:17,366 --> 00:30:19,466 like that would be 807 00:30:19,466 --> 00:30:21,133 that would be cool as well 808 00:30:22,066 --> 00:30:24,166 Well, hopefully it happens sooner than 809 00:30:24,166 --> 00:30:25,799 later man, I'm sick of waiting 810 00:30:26,333 --> 00:30:27,833 Hello, wait, so I 811 00:30:27,833 --> 00:30:29,666 remember the OLED steam deck 812 00:30:30,966 --> 00:30:33,400 Had some benchmark sleep a couple of 813 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:34,466 months in advance, right? 814 00:30:34,466 --> 00:30:35,266 Yeah for the it was announced 815 00:30:35,366 --> 00:30:38,166 Yeah, so maybe it'll only be a couple of 816 00:30:38,166 --> 00:30:39,266 months until we get Fremont 817 00:30:39,799 --> 00:30:42,133 Sometime towards the end of the year. I 818 00:30:42,133 --> 00:30:42,966 would hope that it's 819 00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:44,466 like in time for Christmas 820 00:30:45,533 --> 00:30:47,466 Dude Fremont's gonna 821 00:30:47,466 --> 00:30:49,366 be sick dude. I would 822 00:30:50,233 --> 00:30:52,533 If they also come out with half-life 823 00:30:52,533 --> 00:30:54,799 three at the same time boy, 824 00:30:54,799 --> 00:30:56,233 howdy would that be exciting? 825 00:30:56,266 --> 00:30:57,766 That would be the best Christmas of my 826 00:30:57,766 --> 00:30:59,033 adult life. Let me tell you 827 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:01,266 It might be the best 828 00:31:01,266 --> 00:31:03,066 Christmas of your whole life. Yes 829 00:31:03,433 --> 00:31:06,599 I don't know one Christmas. I got a 830 00:31:06,599 --> 00:31:09,700 little Super Nintendo keychain. It was 831 00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:11,433 like it was literally a Super Nintendo 832 00:31:13,533 --> 00:31:15,233 Shaped but it was like this big and it 833 00:31:15,233 --> 00:31:16,866 was on a keychain and 834 00:31:16,866 --> 00:31:19,366 And you would push in on the the reset 835 00:31:19,366 --> 00:31:20,066 button and it would 836 00:31:20,066 --> 00:31:21,900 play the Super Mario theme 837 00:31:22,733 --> 00:31:24,366 Super Mario Bros theme 838 00:31:24,366 --> 00:31:25,866 Super Mario world theme 839 00:31:26,500 --> 00:31:29,366 And I love that thing more than anything. 840 00:31:29,366 --> 00:31:31,833 I had ever loved about my entire life. So 841 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:34,866 Don't tell Emily. I know 842 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,833 It's crazy man, I mean 843 00:31:44,833 --> 00:31:48,433 We hear so much about gaming anymore 844 00:31:48,433 --> 00:31:50,833 It's crazy that they would drop this $500 845 00:31:50,833 --> 00:31:53,733 Bob when you know what the prices of 846 00:31:53,733 --> 00:31:56,333 consoles have been going up. I know. Yeah 847 00:31:56,966 --> 00:31:59,299 Maybe maybe they've got like a really 848 00:31:59,299 --> 00:32:00,299 good deal with AMD or 849 00:32:00,299 --> 00:32:01,433 something. Who knows? 850 00:32:02,233 --> 00:32:03,666 Yeah, or maybe 851 00:32:04,633 --> 00:32:07,366 Yeah, I hope so man AMD's 852 00:32:07,366 --> 00:32:08,466 right now on top of the world 853 00:32:08,566 --> 00:32:10,799 Mm-hmm, which is just which does kind of 854 00:32:10,799 --> 00:32:12,966 have me concerned cuz like the last time 855 00:32:12,966 --> 00:32:15,099 someone was on top was Intel and we know 856 00:32:15,099 --> 00:32:17,333 How bad Intel shit the bed for like a 857 00:32:17,333 --> 00:32:19,666 decade? Oh my gosh. Yeah, they're still 858 00:32:19,666 --> 00:32:20,266 paying for they're 859 00:32:20,266 --> 00:32:21,266 still paying for their sins 860 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,566 Yep, they are yes 861 00:32:27,533 --> 00:32:29,366 Speaking of sins Nintendo 862 00:32:31,933 --> 00:32:32,166 Oh 863 00:32:33,866 --> 00:32:35,333 Just Nintendo no need 864 00:32:35,333 --> 00:32:36,200 to elaborate further 865 00:32:36,233 --> 00:32:39,733 But no many developers at Gamescom said 866 00:32:39,733 --> 00:32:40,833 they weren't able to get 867 00:32:40,833 --> 00:32:42,966 switched to dev kits still 868 00:32:44,333 --> 00:32:45,400 How do we how do we 869 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:46,466 feel about that high-tech? 870 00:32:48,566 --> 00:32:50,666 Well, I would imagine 871 00:32:50,833 --> 00:32:52,299 Nintendo would want to 872 00:32:52,433 --> 00:32:54,666 make as many of these dev kits as soon as 873 00:32:54,666 --> 00:32:55,933 possible and get them out to as many 874 00:32:55,933 --> 00:32:57,066 developers as possible to 875 00:32:57,066 --> 00:32:58,299 get third-party support because 876 00:32:58,466 --> 00:33:00,733 You know remember the last the remember 877 00:33:00,733 --> 00:33:02,533 the last system that didn't get that 878 00:33:02,533 --> 00:33:03,666 didn't get much third 879 00:33:03,666 --> 00:33:05,566 party support with the Wii U 880 00:33:05,566 --> 00:33:08,766 Yeah, yeah that all that I'm not gonna 881 00:33:08,766 --> 00:33:10,633 say that nearly killed Nintendo, but that 882 00:33:10,633 --> 00:33:11,966 was a bad that was a bad time 883 00:33:12,133 --> 00:33:13,866 It it was definitely a 884 00:33:13,866 --> 00:33:15,500 heavy blow for them for sure 885 00:33:16,099 --> 00:33:16,533 Yes 886 00:33:17,633 --> 00:33:19,533 What but what's interesting though is 887 00:33:19,533 --> 00:33:20,900 that it seems like Nintendo are just 888 00:33:20,900 --> 00:33:22,766 telling these developers to develop the 889 00:33:22,766 --> 00:33:23,799 games for the switch one 890 00:33:23,799 --> 00:33:25,900 and rely on backwards compatibility I 891 00:33:27,233 --> 00:33:31,033 Mean that's not a great response from 892 00:33:31,033 --> 00:33:32,666 Nintendo is it like that I mean 893 00:33:34,466 --> 00:33:37,166 Especially with it all being through 894 00:33:37,166 --> 00:33:39,900 basically a proton like abstraction layer 895 00:33:40,433 --> 00:33:43,299 On a handheld. I mean I'm 896 00:33:43,299 --> 00:33:44,766 saying this as a steam deck fan 897 00:33:45,733 --> 00:33:47,833 with I 898 00:33:47,833 --> 00:33:49,766 Don't know if it feels like there could 899 00:33:49,766 --> 00:33:51,566 be optimizations that developers could do 900 00:33:51,566 --> 00:33:54,633 for something like the switch to that 901 00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:56,866 Nintendo's just not 902 00:33:57,333 --> 00:33:59,066 Putting their money into the development 903 00:33:59,066 --> 00:34:01,833 for third parties and that that could 904 00:34:01,833 --> 00:34:02,799 spell disaster for them 905 00:34:02,799 --> 00:34:04,766 I mean it the headline here says Nintendo 906 00:34:04,766 --> 00:34:06,233 seems to almost be discouraging 907 00:34:06,466 --> 00:34:08,766 switch to development and 908 00:34:09,433 --> 00:34:12,133 If if I were a developer who had any 909 00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:14,766 interest in developing for switch to I 910 00:34:14,766 --> 00:34:18,066 would feel snubbed by this I 911 00:34:18,066 --> 00:34:18,766 Feel like Nintendo 912 00:34:19,066 --> 00:34:21,733 I think if this were Sony they would 913 00:34:21,733 --> 00:34:23,733 probably dissuade you from making ps4 914 00:34:23,733 --> 00:34:25,500 versions of a ps5 game 915 00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:27,166 Yeah, the opposite right yeah, 916 00:34:27,166 --> 00:34:28,933 you would think so right yeah 917 00:34:29,666 --> 00:34:30,933 Like I get it 918 00:34:31,633 --> 00:34:33,233 You can make a switch one game and it 919 00:34:33,233 --> 00:34:34,333 works on switch yeah, 920 00:34:34,333 --> 00:34:35,699 but the same time though 921 00:34:35,699 --> 00:34:37,033 What if I want to make a game that 922 00:34:37,033 --> 00:34:38,866 doesn't run while on the switch one? 923 00:34:40,266 --> 00:34:41,500 What if they did this like CD project 924 00:34:41,500 --> 00:34:42,766 right to release cyberpunk? 925 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,266 I'm a punk was one of the best-selling 926 00:34:44,266 --> 00:34:47,099 switch to games because like it was a 927 00:34:47,099 --> 00:34:48,000 graphical showcase of 928 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:48,733 what the switch could do 929 00:34:48,966 --> 00:34:51,133 Mmm. Yeah, switch I mean yeah 930 00:34:52,066 --> 00:34:54,166 My question is is this a 931 00:34:54,166 --> 00:34:55,533 strategy from Nintendo? 932 00:34:56,166 --> 00:34:57,333 Because they have such a 933 00:34:57,333 --> 00:34:59,333 huge install base for the switch 934 00:35:00,366 --> 00:35:02,633 That they are still making a ton of 935 00:35:02,633 --> 00:35:03,500 money. Maybe even a 936 00:35:03,500 --> 00:35:06,099 lion's share of their income on 937 00:35:06,099 --> 00:35:08,366 The switch right like sales for software 938 00:35:08,366 --> 00:35:10,900 on that so maybe they're trying to like 939 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:15,166 extend the life cycle of the switch one I 940 00:35:15,166 --> 00:35:15,733 mean it makes 941 00:35:17,199 --> 00:35:19,766 It makes sense. Yeah, I definitely I can 942 00:35:19,766 --> 00:35:22,566 definitely see that because I mean yeah 943 00:35:22,566 --> 00:35:25,866 the install base is there and 944 00:35:26,133 --> 00:35:28,566 There and I mean come on they literally 945 00:35:28,566 --> 00:35:30,266 raised the prices of the switch one. 946 00:35:30,266 --> 00:35:31,833 There's no way they're not 947 00:35:31,833 --> 00:35:33,900 There's no way they're gonna like stop 948 00:35:33,900 --> 00:35:37,266 anytime soon. Yeah, I 949 00:35:37,266 --> 00:35:37,833 mean there's a 950 00:35:38,966 --> 00:35:40,000 There's an interesting 951 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,133 exchange between John and Oliver on 952 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:45,500 Digital foundry 953 00:35:46,433 --> 00:35:49,066 John said Nintendo seems to almost just 954 00:35:49,066 --> 00:35:50,866 to be almost discouraging switch to 955 00:35:50,866 --> 00:35:52,699 development to some degree where I've 956 00:35:52,699 --> 00:35:54,066 spoken with plenty of developers 957 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,533 Where they say they were either told that 958 00:35:57,533 --> 00:35:59,966 their game they should just ship it on 959 00:35:59,966 --> 00:36:01,066 switch one and rely on 960 00:36:01,066 --> 00:36:01,833 backwards compatibility 961 00:36:02,033 --> 00:36:03,466 There's a lot of developers who are 962 00:36:03,466 --> 00:36:05,300 unable to get switch to dev kits 963 00:36:05,300 --> 00:36:07,766 We talked to a lot of devs at games com 964 00:36:07,766 --> 00:36:09,266 this year and so many of 965 00:36:09,266 --> 00:36:10,266 them said the same thing 966 00:36:10,266 --> 00:36:12,533 They want to ship on switch they would 967 00:36:12,533 --> 00:36:13,366 love to do switch to 968 00:36:13,366 --> 00:36:14,833 versions. They can't get the hardware 969 00:36:14,966 --> 00:36:17,333 It's really difficult right now, and then 970 00:36:17,333 --> 00:36:20,099 Oliver said I don't really understand the 971 00:36:20,099 --> 00:36:22,566 strategy because like you said even now 972 00:36:22,566 --> 00:36:24,166 Developers are struggling to get systems, 973 00:36:24,166 --> 00:36:26,433 and I know that some months ago 974 00:36:27,566 --> 00:36:29,633 When we're you know hearing things 975 00:36:30,066 --> 00:36:31,500 Through the grapevine and talking to 976 00:36:31,500 --> 00:36:33,633 people there were some 977 00:36:33,633 --> 00:36:35,733 weird exclusions with 978 00:36:36,266 --> 00:36:38,233 Some big developers struggling to get 979 00:36:38,233 --> 00:36:41,000 kits for games from what I heard so 980 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,466 that's just crazy man like 981 00:36:42,466 --> 00:36:43,833 there are some even triple-a 982 00:36:44,833 --> 00:36:46,466 Even some triple-a studios that aren't 983 00:36:46,466 --> 00:36:48,699 able to get developer kits for the switch 984 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:52,933 Man those are the people you really need 985 00:36:52,933 --> 00:36:56,500 to get dev kits like ASAP. Yeah, yeah, 986 00:36:56,500 --> 00:36:57,433 definitely. I mean I can 987 00:36:57,433 --> 00:36:59,266 understand like prioritizing 988 00:37:00,066 --> 00:37:01,800 certain devs over others right 989 00:37:02,966 --> 00:37:03,966 especially if 990 00:37:04,433 --> 00:37:06,733 Nintendo's having a hard time even 991 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:08,500 fulfilling the request 992 00:37:09,099 --> 00:37:10,000 for filling the 993 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,566 demand I should say of the 994 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,599 switch in the public, but 995 00:37:16,133 --> 00:37:17,933 They're not really having that issue 996 00:37:17,933 --> 00:37:20,133 right like the stocks stock for the 997 00:37:20,133 --> 00:37:22,066 switch has been more 998 00:37:22,066 --> 00:37:23,000 or less there, right? 999 00:37:23,699 --> 00:37:26,233 Right so and yeah and another thing is 1000 00:37:26,233 --> 00:37:28,233 that the switch has had a history of 1001 00:37:28,233 --> 00:37:30,033 third parties coming out much later 1002 00:37:30,033 --> 00:37:31,766 On the switch, and they would unlike the 1003 00:37:31,766 --> 00:37:33,233 PlayStation 4 right oh, yeah 1004 00:37:33,599 --> 00:37:35,699 Yeah, and so this is not gonna leave you 1005 00:37:35,699 --> 00:37:36,833 that issue either right? 1006 00:37:37,433 --> 00:37:37,966 Yeah 1007 00:37:39,033 --> 00:37:41,000 And then there's a comment here that says 1008 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:42,666 the most Nintendo thing possible 1009 00:37:43,199 --> 00:37:45,966 I have to agree with it. Yeah, I 1010 00:37:45,966 --> 00:37:47,066 certainly agree, and 1011 00:37:47,066 --> 00:37:47,966 there's not like that 1012 00:37:47,966 --> 00:37:49,366 There's not like a chip shortage or 1013 00:37:49,366 --> 00:37:49,766 anything like that 1014 00:37:49,766 --> 00:37:51,133 right not that I'm aware 1015 00:37:51,366 --> 00:37:54,366 Yeah, so I can't think of a reason why 1016 00:37:54,366 --> 00:37:55,933 they aren't just meant 1017 00:37:55,966 --> 00:37:58,233 I I mean I remember Nintendo was 1018 00:37:58,233 --> 00:37:59,933 manufactured the hell out of switch 2's 1019 00:37:59,933 --> 00:38:01,833 to the point where I haven't heard 1020 00:38:01,866 --> 00:38:04,133 But like normally if like this remember 1021 00:38:04,133 --> 00:38:05,766 the switch one released and like people 1022 00:38:05,766 --> 00:38:06,733 couldn't find them at all 1023 00:38:06,733 --> 00:38:08,099 And they were scalped to hell and back 1024 00:38:08,099 --> 00:38:09,966 when they first released. Oh, yeah, I 1025 00:38:09,966 --> 00:38:11,466 heard nothing of the 1026 00:38:11,466 --> 00:38:12,699 sort for the switch same 1027 00:38:13,333 --> 00:38:15,466 I'm wondering if there's just 1028 00:38:15,466 --> 00:38:19,000 less demand for the switch I 1029 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:19,900 Mean I can see it 1030 00:38:19,900 --> 00:38:22,066 I mean I'm seeing people online turning 1031 00:38:22,066 --> 00:38:23,866 against Mario Kart world despite that 1032 00:38:23,866 --> 00:38:25,633 trying to be I guess the 1033 00:38:26,033 --> 00:38:27,633 System seller right yeah 1034 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,266 Like I've I saw like 1035 00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:31,966 a real like a glut of 1036 00:38:32,933 --> 00:38:33,933 Super Mario world 1037 00:38:34,333 --> 00:38:37,066 Videos like and it was like YouTube 1038 00:38:37,066 --> 00:38:40,066 shoving them down my throat and 1039 00:38:40,066 --> 00:38:42,199 Then suddenly nothing like I'm not seeing 1040 00:38:42,199 --> 00:38:44,500 and I you know I'm not in those circles, 1041 00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:46,266 so I don't know but like 1042 00:38:47,566 --> 00:38:48,833 It hasn't had the same 1043 00:38:48,833 --> 00:38:50,500 kind of impact that I remember 1044 00:38:51,733 --> 00:38:52,266 any 1045 00:38:52,966 --> 00:38:55,133 Switch game having like any first-party 1046 00:38:55,133 --> 00:38:57,833 switch game that even Mario Kart 8 which 1047 00:38:57,833 --> 00:39:00,366 itself was a re-release of a 1048 00:39:00,533 --> 00:39:03,033 Wii U game right I 1049 00:39:03,033 --> 00:39:07,233 Mean I played it. I have it. It's it's 1050 00:39:07,233 --> 00:39:08,533 Thankfully I didn't get thankfully I 1051 00:39:08,533 --> 00:39:09,166 didn't have to pay any 1052 00:39:09,166 --> 00:39:12,233 dollars for it, but uh I 1053 00:39:12,233 --> 00:39:12,866 Mean I don't know if I 1054 00:39:12,866 --> 00:39:15,533 would have paid $80 Adam. It's 1055 00:39:16,133 --> 00:39:19,133 It's a $50 fun video game, but I don't 1056 00:39:19,133 --> 00:39:20,133 know if it's an $80 1057 00:39:20,133 --> 00:39:21,666 fun video game, right? 1058 00:39:22,566 --> 00:39:25,233 Do you still play it even like you know 1059 00:39:25,233 --> 00:39:26,033 two or three months on? 1060 00:39:26,766 --> 00:39:28,433 No, no, no, I've I've 1061 00:39:28,566 --> 00:39:30,466 Shelled my switch to you. I took it 1062 00:39:30,466 --> 00:39:32,199 offline. I'm waiting for a hack to come 1063 00:39:32,199 --> 00:39:34,400 out for it nice smart. That's good 1064 00:39:35,166 --> 00:39:36,933 I was going to 1065 00:39:38,199 --> 00:39:40,300 My friend my friend bought a second 1066 00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:43,033 switch, and he's been like messaging me. 1067 00:39:43,033 --> 00:39:44,266 He's like still in the box 1068 00:39:44,266 --> 00:39:45,566 You can buy it now, and 1069 00:39:45,566 --> 00:39:46,800 I'm like I don't know man 1070 00:39:46,833 --> 00:39:50,133 I I can't justify spending that kind of 1071 00:39:50,133 --> 00:39:52,866 money on a system. I know I won't play 1072 00:39:52,866 --> 00:39:54,566 very often you know like 1073 00:39:55,566 --> 00:39:56,866 Why does he have a second 1074 00:39:56,866 --> 00:39:57,966 switch? He's trying to scalp it 1075 00:39:57,966 --> 00:40:00,166 I think he was anticipating there was 1076 00:40:00,166 --> 00:40:02,233 gonna be that shortage that he could like 1077 00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:04,466 profit from and he bought it and he's 1078 00:40:04,466 --> 00:40:06,566 Kind of I think he's regretting it now 1079 00:40:08,166 --> 00:40:08,966 Good let him live with 1080 00:40:10,433 --> 00:40:11,366 All right 1081 00:40:11,766 --> 00:40:14,933 Yeah, I I do I really would like to play 1082 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:17,033 Mario Kart world, but I all from 1083 00:40:17,033 --> 00:40:18,966 everything I've seen I'm like it doesn't 1084 00:40:18,966 --> 00:40:20,233 really look that much 1085 00:40:20,233 --> 00:40:22,433 different or more fun or innovative 1086 00:40:23,699 --> 00:40:25,833 In fact a lot of the like novel things 1087 00:40:25,833 --> 00:40:28,000 about it. I've seen kind of turned me off 1088 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,500 from it like wall riding and stuff 1089 00:40:30,133 --> 00:40:32,199 Grinding I'm not like I don't know well 1090 00:40:32,199 --> 00:40:33,366 doesn't make a lot of sense 1091 00:40:33,366 --> 00:40:34,666 to me for a Mario Kart game I 1092 00:40:36,133 --> 00:40:38,033 I kind of like those features, but 1093 00:40:38,033 --> 00:40:39,166 honestly unless you 1094 00:40:39,166 --> 00:40:41,333 unless you're like really like 1095 00:40:42,033 --> 00:40:44,033 Intimate with the map and that it's gonna 1096 00:40:44,033 --> 00:40:46,133 be hard to take advantage of like wall 1097 00:40:46,133 --> 00:40:47,666 riding and stuff hmm 1098 00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:49,333 Yeah, I love some maps like 1099 00:40:49,333 --> 00:40:50,633 specifically designed for it 1100 00:40:50,633 --> 00:40:51,833 I don't think there are too many of this, 1101 00:40:51,833 --> 00:40:52,966 but I haven't played a 1102 00:40:52,966 --> 00:40:53,966 whole lot of my car world 1103 00:40:53,966 --> 00:40:57,300 So maybe I'm just hmm. Maybe I'm just a 1104 00:40:57,900 --> 00:41:00,666 Mistaken hmm. I haven't even honestly 1105 00:41:00,666 --> 00:41:01,800 man. I haven't even gotten to read. I 1106 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:02,233 haven't unlocked 1107 00:41:02,233 --> 00:41:04,033 rainbow road yet. Oh really? 1108 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,366 Yeah, that's how little I've played of 1109 00:41:06,366 --> 00:41:09,033 it. I probably should play more of it 1110 00:41:10,933 --> 00:41:13,433 Boy, I don't feel like I 1111 00:41:13,433 --> 00:41:14,599 don't feel like it yeah 1112 00:41:14,933 --> 00:41:16,966 See here's the thing. It's like I am a 1113 00:41:16,966 --> 00:41:19,466 huge Mario Kart fan. I love Mario Kart 1114 00:41:19,599 --> 00:41:21,466 It's and I like I have 1115 00:41:21,466 --> 00:41:22,900 my switch like over here 1116 00:41:23,633 --> 00:41:25,333 And I haven't turned it on in ages 1117 00:41:25,333 --> 00:41:27,466 I've unlocked everything in Mario Kart 8 1118 00:41:27,466 --> 00:41:29,666 Deluxe like I mean they're 1119 00:41:29,666 --> 00:41:30,699 like the carts and everything 1120 00:41:31,666 --> 00:41:34,266 But like I don't I 1121 00:41:34,266 --> 00:41:35,466 haven't felt the need to go back 1122 00:41:35,466 --> 00:41:36,733 I never played online 1123 00:41:36,733 --> 00:41:38,133 like I'm not an online gamer 1124 00:41:38,133 --> 00:41:40,466 So I just like the big appeal of Mario 1125 00:41:40,466 --> 00:41:42,866 Kart world seems like playing online, and 1126 00:41:42,866 --> 00:41:45,066 I'm not interested in that so oh 1127 00:41:45,166 --> 00:41:46,966 Thankfully there is still split screen 1128 00:41:46,966 --> 00:41:50,066 like hmm. I brought yeah. I was visiting 1129 00:41:50,066 --> 00:41:51,633 my my brother's house 1130 00:41:51,633 --> 00:41:54,433 He has a lot of kids mm-hmm, and we all 1131 00:41:54,433 --> 00:41:55,766 of them work together, so I 1132 00:41:55,766 --> 00:41:57,266 set up my switch to played 1133 00:41:57,266 --> 00:41:59,166 No, it's a great time for them. Yeah 1134 00:41:59,900 --> 00:42:00,833 Awesome. I mean that's 1135 00:42:00,833 --> 00:42:01,833 so I mean that's still 1136 00:42:02,233 --> 00:42:04,400 Probably the best appeal just playing 1137 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,033 with a bunch of kids hmm. Oh, yeah 1138 00:42:07,033 --> 00:42:10,333 Would be a lot of fun. Yeah, my nieces 1139 00:42:10,333 --> 00:42:11,566 and nephews of course of course 1140 00:42:11,566 --> 00:42:12,733 I didn't play there because I would just 1141 00:42:12,733 --> 00:42:16,233 I would totally demolish them right yeah 1142 00:42:16,233 --> 00:42:21,199 Yeah, it is what it is. It's a lot better 1143 00:42:21,199 --> 00:42:22,666 than what letting them 1144 00:42:22,666 --> 00:42:24,866 play robots all day for sure 1145 00:42:26,033 --> 00:42:27,033 Speaking of watching 1146 00:42:27,033 --> 00:42:28,366 people play video games 1147 00:42:29,666 --> 00:42:31,233 Streamers are apparently earning more 1148 00:42:31,233 --> 00:42:34,699 money playing games than devs make play 1149 00:42:34,699 --> 00:42:36,066 actually making the games 1150 00:42:36,766 --> 00:42:38,900 This is according to a 1151 00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:40,199 Japanese indie developer 1152 00:42:41,699 --> 00:42:43,733 Can you shed some light on this high tech 1153 00:42:43,733 --> 00:42:47,833 this sounds very unfair almost so 1154 00:42:48,766 --> 00:42:52,199 There are concerns from Japanese devs 1155 00:42:52,199 --> 00:42:54,033 that indie devs that uh 1156 00:42:54,033 --> 00:42:55,633 streamers make a lot more money 1157 00:42:55,766 --> 00:42:57,599 from 1158 00:42:57,599 --> 00:42:58,633 streaming games 1159 00:42:59,766 --> 00:43:01,699 Then you know the developers do 1160 00:43:01,699 --> 00:43:04,166 themselves which yeah, I agree is totally 1161 00:43:04,166 --> 00:43:06,566 unfair like you didn't make the game 1162 00:43:06,566 --> 00:43:07,566 You're just kind of playing 1163 00:43:07,566 --> 00:43:10,300 it and like okay, all right 1164 00:43:10,300 --> 00:43:12,033 I was gonna get to go to a rant about 1165 00:43:12,033 --> 00:43:13,866 react content, but I also think react 1166 00:43:13,866 --> 00:43:15,866 content is super lazy as well 1167 00:43:16,066 --> 00:43:18,433 Yeah, that's why I don't tend to do it 1168 00:43:18,433 --> 00:43:20,133 unless we're doing like a live stream of 1169 00:43:20,133 --> 00:43:22,000 like a special event yeah 1170 00:43:22,666 --> 00:43:24,366 Yeah, something like yeah the game 1171 00:43:24,366 --> 00:43:26,666 awards. I tried to avoid react content 1172 00:43:26,666 --> 00:43:27,466 unless I feel like I 1173 00:43:27,466 --> 00:43:28,733 can add something to it 1174 00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:32,500 So yeah for but for the most part yeah 1175 00:43:32,500 --> 00:43:33,866 reacting is pretty lazy 1176 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:35,466 Yeah 1177 00:43:36,333 --> 00:43:39,066 That said there are I mean like 1178 00:43:39,699 --> 00:43:42,766 Some of it. I don't always agree some of 1179 00:43:42,766 --> 00:43:44,366 the discussions. I don't always agree 1180 00:43:44,366 --> 00:43:45,133 with like for example 1181 00:43:46,166 --> 00:43:49,599 Sometimes streamers can bring more money 1182 00:43:49,599 --> 00:43:50,466 to a game especially 1183 00:43:50,466 --> 00:43:52,933 like remember among us yeah 1184 00:43:53,266 --> 00:43:56,099 Yeah, among us was a small game 1185 00:43:56,099 --> 00:43:57,533 It made a little bit of money, but I 1186 00:43:57,533 --> 00:43:58,833 don't think it made that much money and 1187 00:43:58,833 --> 00:44:00,833 then it wasn't super popular until 1188 00:44:01,766 --> 00:44:02,766 Streamers got a hold 1189 00:44:02,766 --> 00:44:04,233 of that game, and yeah 1190 00:44:05,066 --> 00:44:06,533 That's that right yeah 1191 00:44:07,766 --> 00:44:09,166 But the same time though. I 1192 00:44:09,166 --> 00:44:10,533 don't think it's reasonable for 1193 00:44:11,266 --> 00:44:13,333 Streamers to make more money off of a 1194 00:44:13,333 --> 00:44:14,333 single stream of playing a 1195 00:44:14,333 --> 00:44:16,033 game than a developer would 1196 00:44:18,333 --> 00:44:21,666 Yeah, I mean it's tough because it's like 1197 00:44:21,666 --> 00:44:24,633 I can see I could see like 1198 00:44:26,466 --> 00:44:30,199 Not really a royalty, but like I could 1199 00:44:30,199 --> 00:44:32,666 see it feeling more fair if like 1200 00:44:32,666 --> 00:44:34,866 platforms like twitch or YouTube 1201 00:44:35,466 --> 00:44:39,599 Gave a cut of ad revenue to the 1202 00:44:39,599 --> 00:44:41,266 developer. I don't feel like it's fair 1203 00:44:41,266 --> 00:44:42,866 for it to come out of the 1204 00:44:43,433 --> 00:44:45,866 What the streamer is earning though right 1205 00:44:45,866 --> 00:44:47,233 like it should come out of the platform 1206 00:44:47,233 --> 00:44:48,800 and not the streamer 1207 00:44:49,199 --> 00:44:51,266 Yeah, but Amazon's not gonna do that 1208 00:44:51,266 --> 00:44:52,699 And it would turn to their precious 1209 00:44:52,699 --> 00:44:54,133 precious ad funds that 1210 00:44:54,133 --> 00:44:55,133 they're trying to shove down 1211 00:44:55,133 --> 00:44:57,166 Yeah, shove down at one's throats and 1212 00:44:57,166 --> 00:44:58,766 plus they are cutting money from the 1213 00:44:58,766 --> 00:45:00,199 streamers anyways. Yeah, they are 1214 00:45:00,900 --> 00:45:02,266 Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It's like 1215 00:45:02,266 --> 00:45:05,033 as as a content creator. It's like if I 1216 00:45:05,033 --> 00:45:06,500 wanted to highlight a game 1217 00:45:07,500 --> 00:45:09,866 That game that I love or whatever it 1218 00:45:10,266 --> 00:45:12,166 It wouldn't make sense for me to have to 1219 00:45:12,166 --> 00:45:15,133 pay to highlight it right and that's why 1220 00:45:15,133 --> 00:45:16,433 and especially because 1221 00:45:16,699 --> 00:45:18,533 YouTube and twitch are 1222 00:45:18,533 --> 00:45:21,566 screwing over creators right now 1223 00:45:22,566 --> 00:45:24,766 It feels like it should be they should be 1224 00:45:24,766 --> 00:45:26,066 forced somehow to like 1225 00:45:26,066 --> 00:45:28,500 to for them to make the 1226 00:45:28,966 --> 00:45:31,633 Payments to developers, you know, yeah, 1227 00:45:31,633 --> 00:45:32,966 so there's a quote a little 1228 00:45:32,966 --> 00:45:34,266 bit further down on your screen 1229 00:45:34,266 --> 00:45:35,199 Now it says a famous 1230 00:45:35,199 --> 00:45:36,733 streamer played the game I made 1231 00:45:36,866 --> 00:45:38,800 But despite their streaming getting 1232 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:40,199 hundreds of thousands of 1233 00:45:40,199 --> 00:45:41,266 views in just one night 1234 00:45:41,266 --> 00:45:43,466 They didn't include a link to to a game 1235 00:45:43,466 --> 00:45:45,466 They didn't include a link to a game to 1236 00:45:45,466 --> 00:45:47,066 my game of the video description and it 1237 00:45:47,066 --> 00:45:48,233 didn't have any 1238 00:45:48,233 --> 00:45:49,366 positive impact on the game 1239 00:45:49,366 --> 00:45:51,633 Sales they just got a free ride from my 1240 00:45:51,633 --> 00:45:53,199 game made a quick buck and that's it 1241 00:45:54,133 --> 00:45:55,500 Supposedly this quote-unquote live 1242 00:45:55,500 --> 00:45:56,333 streamer had two 1243 00:45:56,333 --> 00:45:57,733 million subs at the time. So 1244 00:45:59,266 --> 00:45:59,866 I mean 1245 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,433 Did did they get a free ride though? I 1246 00:46:03,433 --> 00:46:05,533 mean like if they bought the game or if 1247 00:46:05,533 --> 00:46:06,966 the developer gave them a key 1248 00:46:07,599 --> 00:46:09,766 Like that's not really a free ride 1249 00:46:10,033 --> 00:46:12,933 But I don't know I can understand feeling 1250 00:46:12,933 --> 00:46:14,933 a little like it feels 1251 00:46:14,933 --> 00:46:16,199 unfair to the developer though 1252 00:46:16,266 --> 00:46:18,166 Well, I think if they gave him 1253 00:46:18,166 --> 00:46:20,000 a key then you should have to 1254 00:46:20,699 --> 00:46:23,066 At least provide a link, right? Yeah, I 1255 00:46:23,066 --> 00:46:24,766 would think yeah, I would think that too 1256 00:46:24,833 --> 00:46:26,900 I think it's just general courtesy 1257 00:46:26,900 --> 00:46:28,066 because I know a lot of people 1258 00:46:29,366 --> 00:46:31,633 And a lot of people are curious about 1259 00:46:32,333 --> 00:46:33,966 What games I play in 1260 00:46:33,966 --> 00:46:35,966 my own videos like I? 1261 00:46:36,333 --> 00:46:37,566 Usually label them, but I kind of forgot 1262 00:46:37,566 --> 00:46:40,000 to label some games. I played in a recent 1263 00:46:40,366 --> 00:46:43,166 Review I did for like a controller and I 1264 00:46:43,166 --> 00:46:44,733 had a ton of questions asking. Oh, what 1265 00:46:44,733 --> 00:46:46,133 game did they play at this timestamp? 1266 00:46:46,133 --> 00:46:48,900 Mm-hmm. Yeah, I always try. I 1267 00:46:48,900 --> 00:46:50,733 always try I forget sometimes 1268 00:46:51,333 --> 00:46:54,066 Yeah, you know the thing is one of the 1269 00:46:54,066 --> 00:46:55,933 things that I have found is like 1270 00:46:56,333 --> 00:46:58,566 There's a lot more incentive for me to 1271 00:46:58,566 --> 00:47:00,699 remember to put links to games 1272 00:47:01,033 --> 00:47:05,500 If I can like link to humble or another 1273 00:47:05,500 --> 00:47:07,133 site that has affiliate 1274 00:47:08,166 --> 00:47:10,266 Promotions, right? That makes sense. So 1275 00:47:10,266 --> 00:47:13,233 if if if you're worried about that 1276 00:47:13,866 --> 00:47:15,300 You know as a developer 1277 00:47:15,766 --> 00:47:16,733 Put your game on 1278 00:47:16,733 --> 00:47:17,966 humble put your game on GOG 1279 00:47:18,666 --> 00:47:19,333 give 1280 00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:23,333 The the streamers the incentive to link 1281 00:47:23,333 --> 00:47:24,566 to your game because then they can make 1282 00:47:24,566 --> 00:47:26,099 money from it if they have a huge 1283 00:47:26,266 --> 00:47:28,366 Following then they have an incentive to 1284 00:47:28,366 --> 00:47:30,633 be like hey use my affiliate link below 1285 00:47:30,633 --> 00:47:33,233 and buy the game you get a cut like it 1286 00:47:33,766 --> 00:47:36,666 That feels like the most fair way to do 1287 00:47:36,666 --> 00:47:38,500 this because then you know 1288 00:47:38,500 --> 00:47:40,733 If you make a shitty game that someone's 1289 00:47:40,733 --> 00:47:42,733 playing just to make fun of 1290 00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:46,933 Then you don't deserve to like make money 1291 00:47:46,933 --> 00:47:48,233 if your game is crap, you 1292 00:47:48,233 --> 00:47:48,900 know what I'm saying like 1293 00:47:49,933 --> 00:47:52,633 It but if you make a good game and the 1294 00:47:52,633 --> 00:47:53,733 streamer makes it appealing 1295 00:47:53,733 --> 00:47:56,166 to people for them to you know 1296 00:47:56,166 --> 00:47:58,533 And the streamer can make a little side 1297 00:47:58,533 --> 00:48:02,033 money from an affiliate link that that 1298 00:48:02,033 --> 00:48:03,666 seems like the virtuous cycle that 1299 00:48:04,566 --> 00:48:06,800 Many of us already benefit from you know 1300 00:48:07,633 --> 00:48:10,333 Yeah, also, it's in the game the 1301 00:48:10,333 --> 00:48:12,766 thumbnail the game they used. It's a let 1302 00:48:12,766 --> 00:48:13,933 these it's hilarious 1303 00:48:13,966 --> 00:48:16,733 That game right there, I know where it 1304 00:48:16,733 --> 00:48:18,533 is. It's called needy streamer overload 1305 00:48:18,533 --> 00:48:20,166 is hilarious. Oh, really? 1306 00:48:21,133 --> 00:48:22,199 yeah, so basically you 1307 00:48:22,199 --> 00:48:23,933 it's a stream it's like a 1308 00:48:24,233 --> 00:48:25,966 simulator sort of like streaming 1309 00:48:25,966 --> 00:48:28,333 simulator where you like raise a 1310 00:48:29,066 --> 00:48:30,599 you make a 1311 00:48:30,966 --> 00:48:34,833 girl, I'm a chant a streamer and 1312 00:48:34,833 --> 00:48:35,800 Oh my god 1313 00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:37,633 There's a lot of like different endings 1314 00:48:37,633 --> 00:48:39,300 and different like types of streams you 1315 00:48:39,300 --> 00:48:41,966 can do and like ways you can I think one 1316 00:48:41,966 --> 00:48:42,566 of them was like you 1317 00:48:42,566 --> 00:48:43,500 can turn them to like a 1318 00:48:44,166 --> 00:48:44,833 cult leader 1319 00:48:46,033 --> 00:48:48,766 Dude, it's awesome. It's so funny. You 1320 00:48:48,766 --> 00:48:51,266 need to check it out. Did okay? What's it 1321 00:48:51,266 --> 00:48:53,833 called needy streamer overload? 1322 00:48:54,766 --> 00:48:58,333 Nice, dude, it's it is insane though 1323 00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:02,033 Needy streamer. Yeah 1324 00:49:04,166 --> 00:49:05,533 But it's also like kind of 1325 00:49:05,533 --> 00:49:07,566 dark in many ways to yeah 1326 00:49:07,599 --> 00:49:12,766 Despite all the pastel pink, it's one of 1327 00:49:12,766 --> 00:49:14,033 those games. Yeah, I 1328 00:49:14,033 --> 00:49:15,233 like the kind of retro 1329 00:49:16,133 --> 00:49:18,566 vibe of the UI here 1330 00:49:21,033 --> 00:49:25,733 Interesting conspiracy theories that's oh 1331 00:49:25,733 --> 00:49:26,599 She's and she also 1332 00:49:26,599 --> 00:49:28,966 takes drugs to make her 1333 00:49:30,466 --> 00:49:32,033 Interesting that's going on my wish list 1334 00:49:32,033 --> 00:49:33,833 too. Oh, I'm not signed in 1335 00:49:33,833 --> 00:49:35,433 I'm on the browser, but yeah 1336 00:49:35,433 --> 00:49:35,466 You know 1337 00:49:35,466 --> 00:49:41,000 Nice 15 16 bucks that's not bad either 1338 00:49:43,933 --> 00:49:44,166 Well 1339 00:49:47,733 --> 00:49:50,033 Dude I don't know what else 1340 00:49:50,033 --> 00:49:51,733 about this story anything else 1341 00:49:52,766 --> 00:49:53,833 Nothing in particular 1342 00:49:54,533 --> 00:49:56,166 Just think it'd be interesting to talk 1343 00:49:56,166 --> 00:49:58,733 about because I mean some parts I agree 1344 00:49:58,733 --> 00:50:00,533 with some I don't agree with. Mm-hmm 1345 00:50:00,566 --> 00:50:05,366 Yeah, I mean, I would say some of... I'm 1346 00:50:05,366 --> 00:50:07,833 sympathetic to both sides of this as a 1347 00:50:07,833 --> 00:50:09,833 game developer and as a content creator. 1348 00:50:12,500 --> 00:50:15,166 And I think, like, on the one hand, it 1349 00:50:15,166 --> 00:50:17,366 makes sense. It's a little more fair. But 1350 00:50:17,366 --> 00:50:18,266 like I said, there's... 1351 00:50:19,333 --> 00:50:21,933 There are ways that aren't, you know, 1352 00:50:22,633 --> 00:50:26,566 bordering on extortion in order to get to 1353 00:50:26,566 --> 00:50:29,166 make revenue from your game. 1354 00:50:29,699 --> 00:50:32,233 And speaking of extortion, tariffs. 1355 00:50:33,733 --> 00:50:34,666 [laughs] 1356 00:50:34,766 --> 00:50:37,133 So postal services around the world... 1357 00:50:37,733 --> 00:50:40,433 That was a terrible segue. I was really 1358 00:50:40,433 --> 00:50:41,533 stretching for that one. 1359 00:50:43,433 --> 00:50:43,599 [laughs] 1360 00:50:43,766 --> 00:50:45,900 Postal services around the world are 1361 00:50:45,900 --> 00:50:47,366 suspending deliveries to the United 1362 00:50:47,366 --> 00:50:49,233 States because of tariffs. 1363 00:50:50,533 --> 00:50:54,866 And also they also removed a... They also 1364 00:50:54,866 --> 00:50:57,800 patched a rule out where you can ship 1365 00:50:57,800 --> 00:50:58,933 stuff that's worth 1366 00:50:58,933 --> 00:51:00,833 less than $800 for free. 1367 00:51:00,866 --> 00:51:02,333 Yeah, the de minimis rule. 1368 00:51:03,033 --> 00:51:06,333 Yes. And that was probably the backbone 1369 00:51:06,333 --> 00:51:09,666 of importing businesses in 1370 00:51:09,666 --> 00:51:11,966 America. Like Teemu, for example. 1371 00:51:13,533 --> 00:51:17,133 Yeah. I'm of two minds about it. Stuff 1372 00:51:17,133 --> 00:51:18,266 like Teemu, like the 1373 00:51:18,266 --> 00:51:20,199 absolute dregs, the cheapest. 1374 00:51:20,866 --> 00:51:26,233 I'm not gonna weep for Teemu, but I will 1375 00:51:26,233 --> 00:51:28,699 say that this is going to be even more 1376 00:51:28,699 --> 00:51:33,433 disruptive and even more inflationary. 1377 00:51:34,166 --> 00:51:38,099 I think Teemu has to live if we want a 1378 00:51:38,099 --> 00:51:39,133 market that doesn't 1379 00:51:39,133 --> 00:51:40,733 suck ass, to be honest. 1380 00:51:41,533 --> 00:51:44,266 I'm not a fan of it either, but I mean, I 1381 00:51:44,266 --> 00:51:45,500 know I made a video about Teemu a while 1382 00:51:45,500 --> 00:51:47,900 back, but like I said it 1383 00:51:47,900 --> 00:51:49,866 was, you get what you paid for. 1384 00:51:50,166 --> 00:51:50,366 Yeah. 1385 00:51:51,033 --> 00:51:51,833 Yeah, but anyways. 1386 00:51:53,699 --> 00:51:57,033 So many countries, see, service in 22 1387 00:51:57,033 --> 00:51:59,233 European countries, including the UK, 1388 00:51:59,699 --> 00:52:03,366 France, Germany, Italy, the big ones, has 1389 00:52:03,366 --> 00:52:04,233 suspended deliveries. 1390 00:52:04,533 --> 00:52:07,066 And it's not just Europeans, it's also 1391 00:52:07,066 --> 00:52:10,166 Asian countries as well. Australia, New 1392 00:52:10,166 --> 00:52:12,000 Zealand, Japan, South Korea, 1393 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:15,066 Taiwan, and many more as well. 1394 00:52:16,566 --> 00:52:16,766 Wow. 1395 00:52:16,766 --> 00:52:18,666 Is this the end of importing cool stuff 1396 00:52:18,666 --> 00:52:21,033 from Japan to the US? 1397 00:52:21,366 --> 00:52:23,566 Dude, it could possibly be, yeah. 1398 00:52:24,066 --> 00:52:26,033 Oh no, I have to spend over 1399 00:52:26,033 --> 00:52:27,966 $800 for it to make sense. 1400 00:52:29,533 --> 00:52:33,599 Well, I mean, I think basically removing 1401 00:52:33,599 --> 00:52:35,366 the de minimis rule means that you have 1402 00:52:35,366 --> 00:52:41,233 to pay duties on anything, any good 1403 00:52:41,233 --> 00:52:43,133 that's coming in from abroad. 1404 00:52:43,733 --> 00:52:46,666 So what the de minimis rule was, I could 1405 00:52:46,666 --> 00:52:47,933 be wrong about this, but my understanding 1406 00:52:47,933 --> 00:52:51,366 is that if you bought something that cost 1407 00:52:51,366 --> 00:52:52,933 less than $800 or was 1408 00:52:52,933 --> 00:52:53,933 valued less than $800, 1409 00:52:54,733 --> 00:52:56,766 then it was essentially duty free, which 1410 00:52:56,766 --> 00:53:00,333 meant that you didn't have to pay taxes 1411 00:53:00,333 --> 00:53:03,566 or what's the word, not shipping and 1412 00:53:03,566 --> 00:53:08,333 handling taxes, import tariffs. 1413 00:53:08,333 --> 00:53:09,533 I don't know, something like that. 1414 00:53:09,866 --> 00:53:14,533 Anyway, but now, letters, according to 1415 00:53:14,533 --> 00:53:16,000 this, letters and personal gifts under 1416 00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:16,933 $100 will still 1417 00:53:16,933 --> 00:53:18,333 technically be exempt from tariffs. 1418 00:53:19,533 --> 00:53:21,800 But some services have suspended all US 1419 00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:23,233 postage of goods and others have 1420 00:53:23,233 --> 00:53:25,066 suspended postage to the US entirely. 1421 00:53:25,699 --> 00:53:27,099 What counts as a personal gift? 1422 00:53:27,833 --> 00:53:30,566 Like, you send something to your pen pal 1423 00:53:30,566 --> 00:53:33,366 in Korea or something like that? 1424 00:53:33,633 --> 00:53:36,433 I would imagine, or something that costs 1425 00:53:36,433 --> 00:53:37,866 less than $100 maybe. 1426 00:53:39,066 --> 00:53:41,033 What if I built a gaming PC and I just 1427 00:53:41,033 --> 00:53:42,266 declared it as under $100? 1428 00:53:42,966 --> 00:53:43,466 Well, that would 1429 00:53:43,466 --> 00:53:45,166 probably be against the law. 1430 00:53:46,533 --> 00:53:48,633 True that. 1431 00:53:49,166 --> 00:53:49,366 Yeah. 1432 00:53:50,733 --> 00:53:53,366 Man, I mean, it just goes to show how 1433 00:53:53,366 --> 00:53:58,800 entirely fragile stable democracies are. 1434 00:54:00,566 --> 00:54:02,233 Like, not to get too deep into the 1435 00:54:02,233 --> 00:54:04,766 politics, but I mean, all it takes is 1436 00:54:04,766 --> 00:54:07,333 like, you know, just a few little nudges 1437 00:54:07,333 --> 00:54:10,566 and some like, a lot of uncertainty. 1438 00:54:11,533 --> 00:54:13,566 And suddenly you can't receive mail from 1439 00:54:13,566 --> 00:54:14,266 your friends abroad. 1440 00:54:14,566 --> 00:54:17,000 You know, you can't ship packages. 1441 00:54:17,666 --> 00:54:19,066 You can't order things 1442 00:54:19,066 --> 00:54:22,099 from outside the country. 1443 00:54:22,366 --> 00:54:23,866 It's like, it just, it 1444 00:54:23,866 --> 00:54:25,300 boggles the mind, you know? 1445 00:54:26,333 --> 00:54:28,066 Ah, quite sub, man. 1446 00:54:28,066 --> 00:54:31,433 I mean, I don't know what to make of it 1447 00:54:31,433 --> 00:54:33,166 besides it's gonna mess everything up. 1448 00:54:33,433 --> 00:54:35,233 Things are gonna be more expensive again. 1449 00:54:35,900 --> 00:54:37,900 More expensive? Inflationary, right? 1450 00:54:38,533 --> 00:54:39,400 Inflationary? 1451 00:54:39,666 --> 00:54:41,866 Yeah, it's just, it's no good. 1452 00:54:43,566 --> 00:54:45,333 Consoles are gonna go up in price again. 1453 00:54:45,533 --> 00:54:46,566 Yep. 1454 00:54:46,566 --> 00:54:47,066 Yep. 1455 00:54:47,066 --> 00:54:48,266 I don't know, man. 1456 00:54:49,599 --> 00:54:50,166 Scary times. 1457 00:54:50,566 --> 00:54:52,300 I don't know what else to say about that. 1458 00:54:53,266 --> 00:54:54,166 Lots of scary things 1459 00:54:54,166 --> 00:54:55,300 happening at once, man. 1460 00:54:55,733 --> 00:54:55,933 Yeah. 1461 00:54:57,533 --> 00:55:01,133 Speaking of uncertainty, the UK Online 1462 00:55:01,133 --> 00:55:03,866 Safety Act is now being applied on Steam. 1463 00:55:06,533 --> 00:55:11,633 Basically, Steam is now requiring any 1464 00:55:11,633 --> 00:55:15,599 users in the UK to verify their age. 1465 00:55:15,966 --> 00:55:16,833 How is this going down? 1466 00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:19,166 So, they're doing it in 1467 00:55:19,166 --> 00:55:20,599 a roundabout sort of way. 1468 00:55:21,166 --> 00:55:23,966 Because in the UK, you have to be 18 plus 1469 00:55:23,966 --> 00:55:25,199 to have a credit card, right? 1470 00:55:26,166 --> 00:55:27,966 So, rather than doing it themselves, 1471 00:55:28,433 --> 00:55:29,866 Valve did the smart thing and just made 1472 00:55:29,866 --> 00:55:30,766 it so that you had to have a 1473 00:55:30,766 --> 00:55:32,533 credit card on your account. 1474 00:55:33,533 --> 00:55:35,966 Therefore, making the credit card 1475 00:55:35,966 --> 00:55:41,000 companies the ones liable for 1476 00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:43,766 verifying your age and stuff. 1477 00:55:46,333 --> 00:55:48,766 So, basically, you need a credit card 1478 00:55:48,766 --> 00:55:52,599 with a valid credit card number, a CVV, 1479 00:55:52,599 --> 00:55:53,900 expiry date, and name 1480 00:55:53,900 --> 00:55:54,766 and billing address. 1481 00:55:56,533 --> 00:55:58,466 Interesting. 1482 00:55:58,766 --> 00:56:04,333 So, I guess they're not really trying to 1483 00:56:04,333 --> 00:56:07,533 validate that the person who's inputting 1484 00:56:07,533 --> 00:56:10,500 the name and the credit card information 1485 00:56:10,500 --> 00:56:13,166 is the same person on 1486 00:56:13,166 --> 00:56:14,466 the credit card, right? 1487 00:56:14,766 --> 00:56:15,933 Is that what they're not 1488 00:56:15,933 --> 00:56:17,166 really trying to verify that? 1489 00:56:17,566 --> 00:56:18,533 I don't think so. 1490 00:56:18,533 --> 00:56:19,599 In fact, I don't even think there's a 1491 00:56:19,599 --> 00:56:21,533 place to put your real name on your Steam 1492 00:56:21,533 --> 00:56:22,633 account, aside from your 1493 00:56:22,633 --> 00:56:23,466 billing address, right? 1494 00:56:23,733 --> 00:56:24,033 Right. 1495 00:56:24,633 --> 00:56:25,766 So, no, I don't think 1496 00:56:25,766 --> 00:56:27,466 they're not trying for real. 1497 00:56:28,466 --> 00:56:29,633 Yeah, this just seems like 1498 00:56:29,633 --> 00:56:30,800 they're trying to get around it. 1499 00:56:31,133 --> 00:56:32,366 Which, I mean, good for them. 1500 00:56:32,633 --> 00:56:35,633 Like, you know, this... it does not make 1501 00:56:35,633 --> 00:56:36,400 sense... I said this when 1502 00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:37,300 we talked about it before. 1503 00:56:37,666 --> 00:56:40,066 Like, it doesn't make sense to me that 1504 00:56:40,066 --> 00:56:43,033 the government can pass a law that 1505 00:56:43,033 --> 00:56:48,300 requires private companies to collect and 1506 00:56:48,300 --> 00:56:51,733 store even more private, you know, 1507 00:56:51,933 --> 00:56:53,133 personally identifiable information. 1508 00:56:53,566 --> 00:56:55,833 Like, that... it's a liability for the 1509 00:56:55,833 --> 00:56:59,866 companies to store that information. 1510 00:57:00,633 --> 00:57:02,433 And, like, if the government wants to do 1511 00:57:02,433 --> 00:57:04,733 this, then they should have to have their 1512 00:57:04,733 --> 00:57:08,199 own system that Steam or whoever can ping 1513 00:57:08,199 --> 00:57:11,066 against to validate your age and identity 1514 00:57:11,066 --> 00:57:12,566 and other credentials, you know? 1515 00:57:13,666 --> 00:57:14,933 Maybe this is the way 1516 00:57:14,933 --> 00:57:16,066 to do age verification. 1517 00:57:16,333 --> 00:57:17,933 I know we were discussing how the best 1518 00:57:17,933 --> 00:57:18,866 way to go about doing, 1519 00:57:18,866 --> 00:57:20,233 like, age verification stuff. 1520 00:57:20,533 --> 00:57:23,966 Maybe this is the best way, because, I 1521 00:57:23,966 --> 00:57:25,266 mean, banks kind of have to have their 1522 00:57:25,266 --> 00:57:27,066 information anyways to, like, 1523 00:57:27,266 --> 00:57:28,500 do any sort of banking, right? 1524 00:57:29,666 --> 00:57:32,266 They do. But I don't think there's an age 1525 00:57:32,266 --> 00:57:33,666 requirement in the U.S. 1526 00:57:33,666 --> 00:57:34,699 to have a credit card. 1527 00:57:36,266 --> 00:57:38,699 Yeah, that's true. This wouldn't really 1528 00:57:38,699 --> 00:57:40,800 work in the U.S. because, I mean, I 1529 00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:42,766 remember seeing people in, like, middle 1530 00:57:42,766 --> 00:57:44,800 and high school having their names on 1531 00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:46,533 credit cards, so, like... 1532 00:57:47,566 --> 00:57:48,166 Yeah, I know. They're 1533 00:57:48,166 --> 00:57:50,033 really spoiled, but, like... 1534 00:57:50,833 --> 00:57:53,833 Yeah, it makes sense, though, that this 1535 00:57:53,833 --> 00:57:55,366 wouldn't really work in the U.S. 1536 00:57:55,533 --> 00:57:56,733 Actually, you know what, though? 1537 00:57:57,500 --> 00:58:00,066 In order to access Steam store pages for 1538 00:58:00,066 --> 00:58:04,000 mature content games, you'll need to be 1539 00:58:04,000 --> 00:58:06,066 logged in to an active user account and 1540 00:58:06,066 --> 00:58:07,766 explicitly opt in through the account 1541 00:58:07,766 --> 00:58:09,133 settings page for U.K. users. 1542 00:58:09,566 --> 00:58:11,466 This opt-in process requires age 1543 00:58:11,466 --> 00:58:13,766 verification. Your U.K. Steam user 1544 00:58:13,766 --> 00:58:17,099 account is considered age verified for as 1545 00:58:17,099 --> 00:58:18,333 long as a valid credit 1546 00:58:18,333 --> 00:58:19,866 card is stored on the account. 1547 00:58:20,466 --> 00:58:21,866 But this is interesting because it's a 1548 00:58:21,866 --> 00:58:24,900 credit card, right? So, if you don't have 1549 00:58:24,900 --> 00:58:27,966 a credit card, then you can't access 1550 00:58:27,966 --> 00:58:29,400 mature content in the U.K. 1551 00:58:30,466 --> 00:58:31,400 That's what Valve is saying. 1552 00:58:31,933 --> 00:58:33,533 I guess so, yeah, I guess... 1553 00:58:33,533 --> 00:58:38,599 I mean, I'm curious if the U.S. has age 1554 00:58:38,599 --> 00:58:41,966 requirements for a credit card. 1555 00:58:43,033 --> 00:58:45,633 I think to actually open up your own 1556 00:58:45,633 --> 00:58:48,333 credit card account, you have to be of 1557 00:58:48,333 --> 00:58:50,933 age, but, like, if you have an account 1558 00:58:50,933 --> 00:58:52,233 and you want to, like, give your kid 1559 00:58:52,233 --> 00:58:55,099 access to that card with their name on 1560 00:58:55,099 --> 00:58:58,933 that card, then I think you can add your 1561 00:58:58,933 --> 00:59:00,066 kid as an authorized user. 1562 00:59:01,033 --> 00:59:03,666 But I don't think kids can actually open 1563 00:59:03,666 --> 00:59:05,666 their own credit cards, so to speak. So 1564 00:59:05,666 --> 00:59:06,833 it would still be under, like, their 1565 00:59:06,833 --> 00:59:07,766 parents' name and stuff. 1566 00:59:08,233 --> 00:59:10,699 True. Yeah, so the minimum age to open a 1567 00:59:10,699 --> 00:59:12,566 credit card as the primary account holder 1568 00:59:12,566 --> 00:59:15,833 is 18. So, okay. So that would work in 1569 00:59:15,833 --> 00:59:17,900 the U.S. if Steam wanted to do that. 1570 00:59:18,366 --> 00:59:19,800 Scroll down. I want to see this minimum 1571 00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:20,666 age to be an 1572 00:59:20,666 --> 00:59:21,866 authorized user on credit cards. 1573 00:59:23,066 --> 00:59:23,533 13. Okay. 1574 00:59:23,533 --> 00:59:29,533 So basically, half of the banks listed 1575 00:59:29,533 --> 00:59:31,500 here don't have a minimum age, so you 1576 00:59:31,500 --> 00:59:32,666 can, like, make a credit card for your 1577 00:59:32,666 --> 00:59:33,733 infant if you wanted to. 1578 00:59:35,966 --> 00:59:37,433 But if you want to use the good shit, 1579 00:59:37,433 --> 00:59:40,900 like American Express, then you've got to 1580 00:59:40,900 --> 00:59:41,833 be at least a teenager. 1581 00:59:42,533 --> 00:59:46,566 Yeah. Discover in U.S. bank also 15 and 1582 00:59:46,566 --> 00:59:49,866 16 years old, respectively. But then Bank 1583 00:59:49,866 --> 00:59:52,633 of America Capital One Chase, Citi, and 1584 00:59:52,633 --> 00:59:54,366 Wells Fargo have no age requirement. 1585 00:59:57,533 --> 01:00:00,766 That is interesting. You have to be 13 to 1586 01:00:00,766 --> 01:00:03,333 use your dad's MX black. 1587 01:00:05,566 --> 01:00:09,333 Also, Chase Sapphire Reserve has a $795 1588 01:00:09,333 --> 01:00:12,366 annual fee and charges an extra $195 1589 01:00:12,366 --> 01:00:16,766 annually for each additional card. Wow. 1590 01:00:20,533 --> 01:00:21,933 I don't know much about credit cards, to 1591 01:00:21,933 --> 01:00:24,533 be honest. I only have a few, but... 1592 01:00:24,900 --> 01:00:27,666 Yeah, I have, like, four. Two of them are 1593 01:00:27,666 --> 01:00:31,166 business cards. And I'll tell you, the 1594 01:00:31,166 --> 01:00:32,133 business ones were a 1595 01:00:32,133 --> 01:00:33,133 hassle to get set up. 1596 01:00:34,933 --> 01:00:35,566 What are they, MX? 1597 01:00:37,266 --> 01:00:39,366 One of them is Chase, Inc., which is 1598 01:00:39,366 --> 01:00:40,233 business, and I don't 1599 01:00:40,233 --> 01:00:41,033 remember what the other one is. 1600 01:00:41,599 --> 01:00:41,800 Oh. 1601 01:00:42,500 --> 01:00:44,733 But, yeah, like, I have, like, an $8,000 1602 01:00:44,733 --> 01:00:46,433 limit, credit limit on 1603 01:00:46,433 --> 01:00:47,733 the business one, which... 1604 01:00:48,733 --> 01:00:50,533 $8,000 doesn't sound like a whole lot. 1605 01:00:50,800 --> 01:00:52,833 No, it doesn't. But, and the crazy thing 1606 01:00:52,833 --> 01:00:55,400 is, dude, my credit score is, like, an 1607 01:00:55,400 --> 01:00:58,166 $840 or something. It's as high as...it's 1608 01:00:58,166 --> 01:00:59,533 almost as high as it can possibly get. 1609 01:00:59,533 --> 01:01:02,266 And they still, like, banks are 1610 01:01:02,266 --> 01:01:03,833 turn...like, turned me down for a loan 1611 01:01:03,833 --> 01:01:05,466 when I wanted to buy this house, even 1612 01:01:05,466 --> 01:01:07,466 though I had, like, an 800...at the time, 1613 01:01:07,466 --> 01:01:07,933 I think it was, like, 1614 01:01:07,933 --> 01:01:09,033 an 810 credit score. 1615 01:01:10,866 --> 01:01:12,233 I mean, that's self-employed. 1616 01:01:13,766 --> 01:01:15,133 Yeah, they don't trust self-employed 1617 01:01:15,133 --> 01:01:15,800 people. They just think 1618 01:01:15,800 --> 01:01:16,466 they're money laundering. 1619 01:01:16,966 --> 01:01:18,266 Yeah. Even though...dude, even though, 1620 01:01:18,266 --> 01:01:20,433 like, I have perfect credit, 1621 01:01:20,433 --> 01:01:23,099 it's insane. Anyway. Anyway. 1622 01:01:24,533 --> 01:01:26,800 So, but the fact is, so if you're in the 1623 01:01:26,800 --> 01:01:28,599 UK and you want to, like, play 1624 01:01:28,599 --> 01:01:31,166 mature-rated games on your Steam account, 1625 01:01:31,833 --> 01:01:34,900 or buy them, I guess, or see the store 1626 01:01:34,900 --> 01:01:37,266 content, you have to have a 1627 01:01:37,266 --> 01:01:39,533 credit card on file with Steam. 1628 01:01:39,533 --> 01:01:41,000 Even if you want to pay for your games 1629 01:01:41,000 --> 01:01:44,133 with a debit card, it seems 1630 01:01:44,133 --> 01:01:45,800 like you need a credit card. 1631 01:01:47,300 --> 01:01:48,766 I don't know. How do you feel about that? 1632 01:01:49,566 --> 01:01:52,466 What's stopping someone from either, A, 1633 01:01:52,466 --> 01:01:53,866 like, stealing their credit cards, or 1634 01:01:53,866 --> 01:01:55,066 just have it out on there? 1635 01:01:55,533 --> 01:01:55,833 Mm-hmm. 1636 01:01:56,233 --> 01:01:57,633 Or, B, using, like, one of those 1637 01:01:57,633 --> 01:01:59,599 services, like, privacy? You know what 1638 01:01:59,599 --> 01:02:00,333 I'm talking about, right? 1639 01:02:00,533 --> 01:02:02,833 Yeah. Well, I think privacy.com, I don't 1640 01:02:02,833 --> 01:02:05,766 think they issue, like, card numbers that 1641 01:02:05,766 --> 01:02:07,233 register as credit cards. 1642 01:02:08,933 --> 01:02:09,366 Oh, what do they 1643 01:02:09,366 --> 01:02:10,566 register as? Like, gift cards? 1644 01:02:10,566 --> 01:02:12,966 They register as...maybe gift cards, 1645 01:02:12,966 --> 01:02:14,733 maybe debit cards, but I don't think they 1646 01:02:14,733 --> 01:02:16,433 show up as credit. The 1647 01:02:16,433 --> 01:02:17,266 brink got back to us. 1648 01:02:18,533 --> 01:02:19,599 Oh, did he? What did he say? 1649 01:02:19,933 --> 01:02:21,266 He said, "Maybe, but my 1650 01:02:21,266 --> 01:02:22,599 wife definitely will." 1651 01:02:22,900 --> 01:02:24,900 Oh, no, his wife's definitely gonna drop 1652 01:02:24,900 --> 01:02:26,400 everything for Silksong. 1653 01:02:27,933 --> 01:02:28,266 Dude... 1654 01:02:30,633 --> 01:02:32,266 That's funny. I know, I 1655 01:02:32,266 --> 01:02:33,433 don't think Emily ever played... 1656 01:02:34,433 --> 01:02:37,500 I don't think Emily ever played Hollow 1657 01:02:37,500 --> 01:02:38,433 Knight, but I think she 1658 01:02:38,433 --> 01:02:39,566 would probably enjoy it. 1659 01:02:40,633 --> 01:02:41,433 Do you think she's gonna 1660 01:02:41,433 --> 01:02:42,599 drop everything for Silksong? 1661 01:02:43,333 --> 01:02:43,599 No. 1662 01:02:45,366 --> 01:02:45,633 I don't. 1663 01:02:45,633 --> 01:02:46,066 Not like so. 1664 01:02:46,566 --> 01:02:47,500 Not with that attitude. 1665 01:02:50,533 --> 01:02:52,433 I think she would enjoy 1666 01:02:52,433 --> 01:02:53,699 it, though. She likes, um... 1667 01:02:55,266 --> 01:02:57,633 She liked, um...what's the, um... 1668 01:02:59,433 --> 01:02:59,866 What's the one? 1669 01:03:02,366 --> 01:03:04,666 She...Hades. She likes Hades. They're 1670 01:03:04,666 --> 01:03:06,133 almost kinda similar, maybe. 1671 01:03:07,666 --> 01:03:07,866 What? 1672 01:03:09,366 --> 01:03:10,000 Those are not. 1673 01:03:10,300 --> 01:03:11,333 No, you don't think so? 1674 01:03:11,333 --> 01:03:13,266 They're...they're...they're 1675 01:03:13,266 --> 01:03:13,533 kinda similar. 1676 01:03:14,533 --> 01:03:17,199 They're kinda roguelike. I mean, well, I 1677 01:03:17,199 --> 01:03:18,966 guess not. I guess Hollow Knight can. 1678 01:03:18,966 --> 01:03:20,933 No, Hollow Knight's not roguelike. But 1679 01:03:20,933 --> 01:03:22,300 the only way they're similar is that they 1680 01:03:22,300 --> 01:03:23,966 probably run great on the Steam Deck. 1681 01:03:24,433 --> 01:03:26,633 That's true. That is true. 1682 01:03:27,633 --> 01:03:29,466 And, yeah, speaking of the Steam Deck... 1683 01:03:30,066 --> 01:03:30,433 Ooh. 1684 01:03:31,533 --> 01:03:31,966 PC Handpelt. 1685 01:03:32,933 --> 01:03:33,666 They're out of control. 1686 01:03:35,366 --> 01:03:36,666 More specifically, the 1687 01:03:36,666 --> 01:03:37,533 prices are out of control. 1688 01:03:38,533 --> 01:03:41,733 What, uh...what's up with 1689 01:03:41,733 --> 01:03:43,766 this? We've got some, uh... 1690 01:03:44,066 --> 01:03:47,133 crazy new handhelds? Or are they just old 1691 01:03:47,133 --> 01:03:48,500 ones getting increased? 1692 01:03:49,500 --> 01:03:52,166 Um, well, no. The only one that...the 1693 01:03:52,166 --> 01:03:53,066 only handheld that got an 1694 01:03:53,066 --> 01:03:55,866 actual increase was the Switch One. 1695 01:03:56,500 --> 01:03:57,066 Uh, but... 1696 01:03:58,366 --> 01:03:59,866 But, no, they're just talking about how 1697 01:03:59,866 --> 01:04:02,866 expensive the new ROG Xbox Ally X is. 1698 01:04:03,099 --> 01:04:04,333 Oh, I got that in one try. 1699 01:04:04,699 --> 01:04:05,000 Nice. 1700 01:04:05,533 --> 01:04:06,766 You forgot the Series 1701 01:04:06,766 --> 01:04:10,366 X...uh...X-Bone One. 1702 01:04:11,533 --> 01:04:12,466 Alright, but... 1703 01:04:13,233 --> 01:04:16,033 Yeah, so...basically... 1704 01:04:17,233 --> 01:04:19,900 anything that's not a Switch 2 or a Steam 1705 01:04:19,900 --> 01:04:21,533 Deck is incredibly steep in price. 1706 01:04:21,900 --> 01:04:22,933 Or a Switch One, for that matter. 1707 01:04:23,800 --> 01:04:24,633 And, I mean... 1708 01:04:25,633 --> 01:04:27,866 On one hand, I get it. It's kind of 1709 01:04:27,866 --> 01:04:28,533 expensive, but at the 1710 01:04:28,533 --> 01:04:29,333 same time, though... 1711 01:04:30,566 --> 01:04:33,133 Hand...PC Handpelt were never really 1712 01:04:33,133 --> 01:04:34,199 cheap to begin with. 1713 01:04:35,033 --> 01:04:37,433 Like, they were always at minimum, like, 1714 01:04:37,433 --> 01:04:39,833 $800 before the Steam Deck, at least. 1715 01:04:39,833 --> 01:04:42,699 Like, I remember seeing the I&EO in the 1716 01:04:42,699 --> 01:04:44,699 various GPD devices. They were inching 1717 01:04:44,699 --> 01:04:46,433 towards $1,000 even back then. 1718 01:04:46,666 --> 01:04:50,833 Yup. I remember when I bought my GPD Win 1719 01:04:50,833 --> 01:04:54,933 2...uh...on...um...what was it? 1720 01:04:55,133 --> 01:04:56,333 IndieGoGo? Is that right? 1721 01:04:57,233 --> 01:04:57,933 I think that was... 1722 01:04:57,933 --> 01:04:58,300 I think that was a yes. 1723 01:04:59,533 --> 01:05:02,566 GPD Win 2. I don't remember what I paid 1724 01:05:02,566 --> 01:05:05,433 for it. I think it was like $800, though. 1725 01:05:07,533 --> 01:05:10,133 Something...I think it was like $800. 1726 01:05:11,000 --> 01:05:12,533 And, uh...I remember being like, "That's 1727 01:05:12,533 --> 01:05:13,333 steep, but I really 1728 01:05:13,333 --> 01:05:15,366 want to play games on it." 1729 01:05:16,900 --> 01:05:17,933 Did you play games on it? 1730 01:05:18,966 --> 01:05:22,766 Uh...I...no. Not really. I didn't 1731 01:05:22,766 --> 01:05:23,666 like...it was not 1732 01:05:23,666 --> 01:05:24,900 very comfortable to hold. 1733 01:05:25,699 --> 01:05:26,266 Do you remember what 1734 01:05:26,266 --> 01:05:27,000 that thing looked like? 1735 01:05:28,533 --> 01:05:29,833 I know what it looks like. Yeah, yeah, 1736 01:05:29,833 --> 01:05:32,033 yeah. I never had one. But 1737 01:05:32,033 --> 01:05:33,433 yeah, I guess it makes sense. 1738 01:05:33,833 --> 01:05:35,933 I liked the form factor. I thought it was 1739 01:05:35,933 --> 01:05:37,733 nice. The...the analog 1740 01:05:37,733 --> 01:05:39,266 sticks were good-ish. 1741 01:05:39,933 --> 01:05:42,533 But I hated the little, uh, toggle switch 1742 01:05:42,533 --> 01:05:45,366 to switch between mouse and gamepad mode. 1743 01:05:46,066 --> 01:05:50,033 And, um...also, like, the triggers were 1744 01:05:50,033 --> 01:05:51,933 arranged in a very strange way. 1745 01:05:51,933 --> 01:05:52,833 You can see here, there's 1746 01:05:52,833 --> 01:05:53,933 three triggers on the back. 1747 01:05:55,033 --> 01:05:57,666 And, uh...this is the right bumper...or 1748 01:05:57,666 --> 01:06:00,233 the right, uh, analog stick click. 1749 01:06:01,166 --> 01:06:02,266 Right? Alright! They 1750 01:06:02,266 --> 01:06:03,800 didn't click back then. Yeah. 1751 01:06:04,199 --> 01:06:05,966 So...and then...and then this was...these 1752 01:06:05,966 --> 01:06:08,599 were, like, super tacky, like, um...like 1753 01:06:08,599 --> 01:06:10,233 a mouse click. You know? 1754 01:06:11,233 --> 01:06:13,433 Um...they just...nothing about it felt 1755 01:06:13,433 --> 01:06:15,533 super ergonomic. And then it would get 1756 01:06:15,533 --> 01:06:16,866 really hot on 1757 01:06:16,866 --> 01:06:18,433 the...where your left hand was. 1758 01:06:18,433 --> 01:06:20,466 It would get super hot. And so it just 1759 01:06:20,466 --> 01:06:23,500 wasn't good to play, uh, games on. 1760 01:06:23,699 --> 01:06:26,466 Um...but I installed Linux on it. And, 1761 01:06:26,466 --> 01:06:27,900 uh...I had fun with a 1762 01:06:27,900 --> 01:06:28,966 little handheld Linux machine. 1763 01:06:31,333 --> 01:06:33,566 And this was pre-steamed, right? Yeah, 1764 01:06:33,866 --> 01:06:35,066 this was definitely pre-steamed. 1765 01:06:35,066 --> 01:06:37,933 This was, like, around the time that the 1766 01:06:37,933 --> 01:06:39,366 switch came out, I think. 1767 01:06:39,833 --> 01:06:44,333 And it had an Intel Core M3 8100Y 1768 01:06:44,333 --> 01:06:46,666 processor. So...and it had Intel Iris 1769 01:06:46,666 --> 01:06:48,333 graphics, like...or 1770 01:06:48,333 --> 01:06:49,533 maybe it was pre-iris. 1771 01:06:49,533 --> 01:06:52,266 Like, it was before that. Um... 1772 01:06:54,266 --> 01:06:56,766 Intel...yeah, Intel UHD Graphics 615. So 1773 01:06:56,766 --> 01:07:00,566 you could really only play...like, uh, 1774 01:07:01,233 --> 01:07:03,466 indie side-scrollers and stuff, you know? 1775 01:07:04,099 --> 01:07:06,033 Oh, yeah. Yeah. Despite them using 1776 01:07:06,033 --> 01:07:08,366 pictures of Dark Souls 3, you probably 1777 01:07:08,366 --> 01:07:09,433 couldn't play that that well. 1778 01:07:09,633 --> 01:07:11,566 No. I don't...I don't...I don't think I 1779 01:07:11,566 --> 01:07:12,433 ever tried that, but I 1780 01:07:12,433 --> 01:07:13,199 doubt that would work. 1781 01:07:13,766 --> 01:07:15,599 So I understand the article's 1782 01:07:15,599 --> 01:07:17,233 frustrations, but I don't necessarily 1783 01:07:17,233 --> 01:07:18,666 agree with the premise, because PC 1784 01:07:18,666 --> 01:07:19,800 handles have always been expensive. 1785 01:07:20,233 --> 01:07:22,199 The Steam Deck has always been a bit of 1786 01:07:22,199 --> 01:07:23,333 an outlier, to be honest. 1787 01:07:23,933 --> 01:07:24,699 Yeah. I mean, Valve can 1788 01:07:24,699 --> 01:07:26,433 afford to do it. Um... Yeah. 1789 01:07:27,266 --> 01:07:29,733 But can they... Most of the other, like, 1790 01:07:29,733 --> 01:07:32,066 vendors, like, PC handheld vendors are 1791 01:07:32,066 --> 01:07:33,866 pretty...are fairly boutique, right? 1792 01:07:34,066 --> 01:07:35,966 Like, it's not like they're doing high 1793 01:07:35,966 --> 01:07:37,633 volumes and selling 1794 01:07:37,633 --> 01:07:38,533 millions of units, right? 1795 01:07:38,533 --> 01:07:42,033 Yeah. Most of them are not Lenovo or 1796 01:07:42,033 --> 01:07:44,366 Asus, so they can't...they definitely 1797 01:07:44,366 --> 01:07:45,333 can't afford to do volume. 1798 01:07:45,633 --> 01:07:49,099 But even then, like...like, GPD...like, 1799 01:07:49,099 --> 01:07:50,566 the GP15...I think we talked 1800 01:07:50,566 --> 01:07:51,566 about this a few times already. 1801 01:07:51,966 --> 01:07:53,533 It looks like a really cool device, but I 1802 01:07:53,533 --> 01:07:54,466 can't imagine it being 1803 01:07:54,466 --> 01:07:56,000 less than, like, 1500 minimum. 1804 01:07:56,833 --> 01:08:01,199 Right. Yeah. It's, uh...I don't know. 1805 01:08:01,199 --> 01:08:02,833 I...it makes sense because 1806 01:08:02,833 --> 01:08:04,466 PC hardware is just expensive. 1807 01:08:05,533 --> 01:08:08,766 And with high-end...you're not only 1808 01:08:08,766 --> 01:08:09,633 contending with, like, 1809 01:08:10,033 --> 01:08:11,433 high-end APUs and stuff. 1810 01:08:11,833 --> 01:08:14,866 You're also contending with greater 1811 01:08:14,866 --> 01:08:17,866 engineering that has to go into it to 1812 01:08:17,866 --> 01:08:19,166 make sure that it's comfortable to hold. 1813 01:08:19,833 --> 01:08:21,833 Because, honestly, I haven't...since the 1814 01:08:21,833 --> 01:08:24,566 GPD Win 2, I haven't used a device that 1815 01:08:24,566 --> 01:08:26,333 has been that uncomfortable to hold in my 1816 01:08:26,333 --> 01:08:27,533 hand because of the heat, right? 1817 01:08:27,966 --> 01:08:30,500 And that requires engineering. It's not 1818 01:08:30,500 --> 01:08:33,533 just, like, they can slap a, you know, a 1819 01:08:33,533 --> 01:08:35,366 Ryzen 9 into the 1820 01:08:35,366 --> 01:08:36,466 machine and call it a day. 1821 01:08:36,466 --> 01:08:39,300 They have to design it with airflow in 1822 01:08:39,300 --> 01:08:41,399 mind and testing and 1823 01:08:41,399 --> 01:08:42,399 prototyping and stuff. 1824 01:08:42,733 --> 01:08:45,333 So, yeah, you're gonna end 1825 01:08:45,333 --> 01:08:48,300 up with a higher overhead. 1826 01:08:49,933 --> 01:08:50,966 And at lower volumes, you 1827 01:08:50,966 --> 01:08:53,533 get, you know, costs are higher. 1828 01:08:53,533 --> 01:08:59,333 So, it's never been super inexpensive for 1829 01:08:59,333 --> 01:09:02,833 them to make these things, but with...I 1830 01:09:02,833 --> 01:09:04,933 think Valve has kind of shifted the 1831 01:09:04,933 --> 01:09:07,300 perception of...and along 1832 01:09:07,300 --> 01:09:08,733 with the Switch 2, you know? 1833 01:09:09,333 --> 01:09:11,366 Or the Switch, I should say. The Switch 2 1834 01:09:11,366 --> 01:09:13,566 is overpriced. I don't know. 1835 01:09:15,066 --> 01:09:18,166 I think if the Steam Deck 2 is going to 1836 01:09:18,166 --> 01:09:20,266 be successful, they need to 1837 01:09:20,266 --> 01:09:22,199 have a hit of a $400 price point. 1838 01:09:22,566 --> 01:09:25,533 I get it. The big bad "T" word is making 1839 01:09:25,533 --> 01:09:27,166 everything more expensive, and it's 1840 01:09:27,166 --> 01:09:30,533 probably what's causing the ROG Xbox Ally 1841 01:09:30,533 --> 01:09:35,966 X Series SX to be, like, close to $1,000 1842 01:09:35,966 --> 01:09:40,933 instead of the MSRP of, like, $700 or 1843 01:09:40,933 --> 01:09:43,066 $800 with the original Ally X. 1844 01:09:44,533 --> 01:09:47,266 But, like, I think Valve has to hit it, 1845 01:09:47,266 --> 01:09:49,833 and I know...I'm sure Valve would be 1846 01:09:49,833 --> 01:09:51,066 willing to take a 1847 01:09:51,066 --> 01:09:53,199 slightly bigger hit on hardware. 1848 01:09:54,266 --> 01:09:56,133 Yeah, because, like, think about it. How 1849 01:09:56,133 --> 01:09:57,733 many games have you bought on Steam that 1850 01:09:57,733 --> 01:09:59,000 you haven't touched? 1851 01:10:00,066 --> 01:10:02,733 Dude, too many. How many games have I 1852 01:10:02,733 --> 01:10:04,933 bought on my Steam Deck intending to play 1853 01:10:04,933 --> 01:10:05,766 them without actually 1854 01:10:05,766 --> 01:10:07,100 playing them? Too many. 1855 01:10:07,933 --> 01:10:10,633 Yes. That's pure profit for Valve. 1856 01:10:10,933 --> 01:10:11,133 Yeah. 1857 01:10:12,199 --> 01:10:12,866 Like, they're not even spending 1858 01:10:12,866 --> 01:10:14,166 the...you're not even spending their 1859 01:10:14,166 --> 01:10:16,333 bandwidth to download the games. That's 1860 01:10:16,333 --> 01:10:19,100 how...it's pure profit, right? 1861 01:10:19,666 --> 01:10:19,933 Yeah. 1862 01:10:20,033 --> 01:10:20,866 Yeah. Pure profit for 1863 01:10:20,866 --> 01:10:21,966 Valve and the developers, too. 1864 01:10:22,533 --> 01:10:23,366 Mm-hmm. 1865 01:10:24,133 --> 01:10:26,399 Yeah, so I think Valve could certainly 1866 01:10:26,399 --> 01:10:27,166 afford to take a 1867 01:10:27,166 --> 01:10:29,366 bigger hit if they need to. 1868 01:10:29,866 --> 01:10:30,133 Yes. 1869 01:10:30,533 --> 01:10:32,800 Now, I'm sure there's a limit to it. 1870 01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:34,466 They're not just gonna give away free 1871 01:10:34,466 --> 01:10:36,766 Steam Deck 2s just so you can...in the 1872 01:10:36,766 --> 01:10:38,566 hopes that maybe someone will buy stuff 1873 01:10:38,566 --> 01:10:40,066 on Steam, but, like... 1874 01:10:42,066 --> 01:10:47,666 Yeah, I think if the PS6 rumors prove 1875 01:10:47,666 --> 01:10:49,533 true, I think Valve will have no choice 1876 01:10:49,533 --> 01:10:50,533 but to undercut it 1877 01:10:50,533 --> 01:10:52,166 by, like, $100 for sure. 1878 01:10:53,433 --> 01:10:54,766 If they want to compete, yeah. 1879 01:10:55,066 --> 01:10:56,399 Do it, Valve. I dare ya. 1880 01:10:56,533 --> 01:10:56,933 Do it. 1881 01:10:58,533 --> 01:11:01,866 But now...but anyways, what sort of 1882 01:11:01,866 --> 01:11:03,666 features do we want in a Steam Deck 2? I 1883 01:11:03,666 --> 01:11:04,333 don't think we've actually 1884 01:11:04,333 --> 01:11:05,433 talked about this on air. 1885 01:11:06,266 --> 01:11:06,466 Mm. 1886 01:11:07,833 --> 01:11:13,466 I really want expansion. Like, I want USB 1887 01:11:13,466 --> 01:11:19,466 4 where I can connect a discrete GPU when 1888 01:11:19,466 --> 01:11:20,533 I connect it to my TV. 1889 01:11:20,566 --> 01:11:25,300 I agree. USB 4 is a must. I understand 1890 01:11:25,300 --> 01:11:27,233 that it was...the Steam Deck was released 1891 01:11:27,233 --> 01:11:29,466 in a weird state where we didn't have 1892 01:11:29,466 --> 01:11:31,833 Thunderbolt 4 slash USB 4, 1893 01:11:31,833 --> 01:11:34,366 but, like, it's a thing now. 1894 01:11:34,733 --> 01:11:38,333 We did have it, but AMD didn't. Like, it 1895 01:11:38,333 --> 01:11:40,133 was on Intel CPUs, but not... 1896 01:11:40,366 --> 01:11:40,866 Yeah, that's...yeah. 1897 01:11:40,866 --> 01:11:42,000 Yeah. But now that we 1898 01:11:42,000 --> 01:11:43,300 have it, I think it's a must. 1899 01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:44,066 Yeah. 1900 01:11:44,066 --> 01:11:46,566 And I think Valve would be stupid not to 1901 01:11:46,566 --> 01:11:47,533 do it, quite frankly. 1902 01:11:48,533 --> 01:11:50,533 Yeah. I would like an official docking 1903 01:11:50,533 --> 01:11:54,899 station that has either expansion, like a 1904 01:11:54,899 --> 01:12:00,233 slot that you can expand, or it comes 1905 01:12:00,233 --> 01:12:02,366 with, like, a dedicated GPU built in. 1906 01:12:03,100 --> 01:12:06,800 But that's probably very niche, so I 1907 01:12:06,800 --> 01:12:07,933 don't know if they 1908 01:12:07,933 --> 01:12:08,533 would actually do it, but... 1909 01:12:08,566 --> 01:12:10,566 I think if they were gonna go that route, 1910 01:12:10,566 --> 01:12:12,633 I think they would just stick with one 1911 01:12:12,633 --> 01:12:15,666 GPU inside the dock and not have to worry 1912 01:12:15,666 --> 01:12:17,033 about, like, multiple different... 1913 01:12:17,533 --> 01:12:19,199 Instead of worrying about, like, having 1914 01:12:19,199 --> 01:12:22,866 an external GPU, like, Caddy where you 1915 01:12:22,866 --> 01:12:24,466 can stick your own, like, Nvidia GPU or 1916 01:12:24,466 --> 01:12:25,300 whatever, I think they're just gonna 1917 01:12:25,300 --> 01:12:30,166 focus on having, like, a 7600X or 1918 01:12:30,166 --> 01:12:32,533 whatever, XD or whatever to get in. 1919 01:12:32,533 --> 01:12:36,533 It really...I mean, it's easier to focus 1920 01:12:36,533 --> 01:12:38,133 on one subset of hardware, right? 1921 01:12:38,833 --> 01:12:42,833 Yeah. Absolutely. Um...I don't know, what 1922 01:12:42,833 --> 01:12:44,266 features would you want? 1923 01:12:44,933 --> 01:12:45,300 Ad hoc. 1924 01:12:46,633 --> 01:12:50,366 Dude, ad hoc, yes. Ugh. 1925 01:12:50,766 --> 01:12:52,266 So, for those who don't know, or maybe 1926 01:12:52,266 --> 01:12:55,666 are too young, the original DS, and the 1927 01:12:55,666 --> 01:13:00,833 3DS, and the PSP, and the Vita all have 1928 01:13:00,833 --> 01:13:02,533 the ability to play multiple games. 1929 01:13:03,533 --> 01:13:04,399 Yep. 1930 01:13:05,500 --> 01:13:06,833 Wirelessly, without the 1931 01:13:06,833 --> 01:13:07,800 need for, like, a router. 1932 01:13:08,333 --> 01:13:08,733 Mm-hmm. 1933 01:13:09,333 --> 01:13:10,833 And I've mentioned this a couple of times 1934 01:13:10,833 --> 01:13:13,166 online in various different places. Some 1935 01:13:13,166 --> 01:13:14,500 people call me stupid because they're 1936 01:13:14,500 --> 01:13:16,166 like, "Oh, you can just tell me you're 1937 01:13:16,166 --> 01:13:17,766 fun! Well, fuck you! How about that?" 1938 01:13:18,366 --> 01:13:19,433 Yeah. 1939 01:13:20,533 --> 01:13:24,233 So, here's the deal. You can technically 1940 01:13:24,233 --> 01:13:27,666 do ad hoc, right, on your Steam deck, but 1941 01:13:27,666 --> 01:13:29,766 you have to go into your desktop, like, 1942 01:13:29,766 --> 01:13:32,466 you have to drop out of Steam game mode, 1943 01:13:32,733 --> 01:13:34,699 you have to go to your desktop, set up an 1944 01:13:34,699 --> 01:13:36,666 ad hoc network, and then get all your 1945 01:13:36,666 --> 01:13:37,866 friends to join it, right? 1946 01:13:37,866 --> 01:13:39,466 It's not an easy or 1947 01:13:39,466 --> 01:13:40,733 good experience, right? 1948 01:13:40,933 --> 01:13:41,966 Yeah. See, you lost 1949 01:13:41,966 --> 01:13:44,533 me at leave game mode. 1950 01:13:44,566 --> 01:13:44,899 Right. 1951 01:13:45,500 --> 01:13:47,733 So, my idea for ad hoc would be, like, 1952 01:13:47,733 --> 01:13:49,166 kind of like how they did it 1953 01:13:49,166 --> 01:13:52,633 for, like, the PSP or the DS. 1954 01:13:52,633 --> 01:13:53,100 Yeah. 1955 01:13:53,433 --> 01:13:57,500 Where Valve could make an API, where they 1956 01:13:57,500 --> 01:13:59,966 could just, where you could just have 1957 01:13:59,966 --> 01:14:00,766 some sort of lobby 1958 01:14:00,766 --> 01:14:02,533 system, built-in lobby system. 1959 01:14:02,833 --> 01:14:03,366 Mm-hmm. 1960 01:14:03,366 --> 01:14:04,333 Because that's kind of how, like, all 1961 01:14:04,333 --> 01:14:05,766 these old ad hoc games worked. 1962 01:14:06,333 --> 01:14:07,766 Like, it would make a lobby and you'd, 1963 01:14:07,766 --> 01:14:08,933 like, join it if you 1964 01:14:08,933 --> 01:14:10,100 detected the lobby within. 1965 01:14:10,800 --> 01:14:11,000 Yes. 1966 01:14:11,566 --> 01:14:14,399 And, like, yeah, do it like that. 1967 01:14:14,866 --> 01:14:17,133 And then you could bring back, you could 1968 01:14:17,133 --> 01:14:18,333 bring back land gameplay. 1969 01:14:18,833 --> 01:14:19,266 Mm-hmm. 1970 01:14:19,600 --> 01:14:21,866 So, yeah, that's how we 1971 01:14:21,866 --> 01:14:24,000 revive land game, land parties. 1972 01:14:24,733 --> 01:14:24,933 Yeah. 1973 01:14:24,966 --> 01:14:26,866 We just make some sort of ad hoc system. 1974 01:14:27,666 --> 01:14:29,466 Dude, it would be fairly 1975 01:14:29,466 --> 01:14:31,333 trivial for them to do, right? 1976 01:14:31,633 --> 01:14:33,800 Because, you know, the whole Linux stack, 1977 01:14:34,266 --> 01:14:36,633 really, all they'd have to do is add some 1978 01:14:36,633 --> 01:14:39,300 UI to maybe the quick access menu or 1979 01:14:39,300 --> 01:14:40,533 something to scan for, you know, 1980 01:14:40,566 --> 01:14:44,066 Steam ad hoc games. 1981 01:14:44,966 --> 01:14:47,233 And maybe, maybe the Wi-Fi hardware would 1982 01:14:47,233 --> 01:14:48,166 also have to support, 1983 01:14:48,166 --> 01:14:50,033 like, passive scanning. 1984 01:14:50,566 --> 01:14:51,733 Or probably not, actually. 1985 01:14:51,733 --> 01:14:53,399 It already can do passive scanning while 1986 01:14:53,399 --> 01:14:54,266 you're connected to a network. 1987 01:14:54,666 --> 01:14:58,000 So you just have to, like, have the API 1988 01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:00,466 for games to be able to, like, advertise, 1989 01:15:01,066 --> 01:15:02,566 "Hey, there's an ad hoc game going on." 1990 01:15:02,966 --> 01:15:04,266 I think the other thing that they would 1991 01:15:04,266 --> 01:15:05,566 have to do, though, is have 1992 01:15:05,566 --> 01:15:07,033 some level of download play. 1993 01:15:07,699 --> 01:15:10,833 So games, you know, could say, "Hey, 1994 01:15:10,833 --> 01:15:12,533 Steam, here are the files that you should 1995 01:15:12,533 --> 01:15:15,433 send over to other clients that don't 1996 01:15:15,433 --> 01:15:16,666 have a copy of the game already." 1997 01:15:16,666 --> 01:15:18,333 So that they could play, like, one little 1998 01:15:18,333 --> 01:15:19,933 demo level or whatever. 1999 01:15:21,133 --> 01:15:22,533 Mm, that could be interesting. 2000 01:15:22,933 --> 01:15:24,800 I could see that being a possibility for, 2001 01:15:25,633 --> 01:15:27,466 "Oh, yeah, just steal Nintendo's... Yeah, 2002 01:15:27,699 --> 01:15:29,199 just borrow Nintendo's ideas." 2003 01:15:29,566 --> 01:15:29,800 Yeah. 2004 01:15:30,533 --> 01:15:30,733 Yeah. 2005 01:15:30,966 --> 01:15:34,066 I mean, even the PSP 2006 01:15:34,066 --> 01:15:35,533 had download play, right? 2007 01:15:35,566 --> 01:15:36,466 They called it something 2008 01:15:36,466 --> 01:15:38,033 else, but it was the same thing. 2009 01:15:38,100 --> 01:15:40,699 Yeah, they had both ad hoc and some sort 2010 01:15:40,699 --> 01:15:42,199 of download play thingy. 2011 01:15:42,533 --> 01:15:42,733 Yeah. 2012 01:15:43,366 --> 01:15:44,966 Now, nah, nah, nah. 2013 01:15:46,100 --> 01:15:48,133 I know some people are gonna say that no 2014 01:15:48,133 --> 01:15:49,566 game's gonna support it, but I promise 2015 01:15:49,566 --> 01:15:51,333 you, there are developers out there that 2016 01:15:51,333 --> 01:15:52,899 would absolutely go 2017 01:15:52,899 --> 01:15:53,833 out of the way to do it. 2018 01:15:54,033 --> 01:15:54,899 I would support it. 2019 01:15:55,266 --> 01:15:58,000 Yeah, like, Gardener said he stopped 2020 01:15:58,000 --> 01:16:01,266 updating his game, but I'm sure he would 2021 01:16:01,266 --> 01:16:03,733 go back and make that a thing. 2022 01:16:03,966 --> 01:16:04,300 Absolutely. 2023 01:16:04,566 --> 01:16:05,433 And I think... 2024 01:16:06,266 --> 01:16:07,433 So it's called game 2025 01:16:07,433 --> 01:16:10,000 sharing on PSP, by the way. 2026 01:16:10,833 --> 01:16:12,166 Oh, yeah, I see it. 2027 01:16:12,366 --> 01:16:12,566 Yeah. 2028 01:16:12,833 --> 01:16:13,866 I don't think I've ever used that 2029 01:16:13,866 --> 01:16:14,600 feature, to be honest. 2030 01:16:14,833 --> 01:16:15,133 I don't know. 2031 01:16:15,133 --> 01:16:18,266 I didn't know very many people with PSPs, 2032 01:16:18,266 --> 01:16:20,199 but I knew a ton of people with DSes. 2033 01:16:20,666 --> 01:16:21,366 Yeah, me too. 2034 01:16:21,666 --> 01:16:24,533 I had a PSP, my cousin had one, but we 2035 01:16:24,533 --> 01:16:26,366 also both had DSes, and we... 2036 01:16:27,666 --> 01:16:30,500 Yeah, man. 2037 01:16:31,733 --> 01:16:32,533 The DS was a great time, man. 2038 01:16:32,566 --> 01:16:34,199 I think that might have been the... 2039 01:16:35,233 --> 01:16:36,666 Honestly, speaking of, like, portables, 2040 01:16:37,433 --> 01:16:41,433 I'm kind of sad that portable games kind 2041 01:16:41,433 --> 01:16:42,333 of sort of died out 2042 01:16:42,333 --> 01:16:43,699 as a category of games. 2043 01:16:43,966 --> 01:16:44,333 Like, you know what 2044 01:16:44,333 --> 01:16:44,933 I'm talking about, right? 2045 01:16:45,633 --> 01:16:46,600 Oh, yeah. Yeah, absolutely. 2046 01:16:47,100 --> 01:16:48,533 And for the audience, that might be a 2047 01:16:48,533 --> 01:16:50,033 little too young to remember, or maybe 2048 01:16:50,033 --> 01:16:51,399 they just don't remember, period. 2049 01:16:52,566 --> 01:16:54,366 There used to be a point in time where 2050 01:16:54,366 --> 01:16:57,100 games would be released on home consoles 2051 01:16:57,100 --> 01:17:00,166 and also on portable devices, but, you 2052 01:17:00,166 --> 01:17:01,266 know, the home console 2053 01:17:01,266 --> 01:17:01,533 games were, like, kind of, 2054 01:17:01,533 --> 01:17:05,133 what you expected, like, major AAA games 2055 01:17:05,133 --> 01:17:08,466 back then, but portable versions of those 2056 01:17:08,466 --> 01:17:09,966 games could be totally, 2057 01:17:09,966 --> 01:17:11,666 drastically different. 2058 01:17:12,033 --> 01:17:14,100 Like, entirely different games. Doesn't 2059 01:17:14,100 --> 01:17:15,066 play the same at all. 2060 01:17:15,633 --> 01:17:17,566 Yep. I mean, Perfect Dark, when it was 2061 01:17:17,566 --> 01:17:20,433 released on the N64, was a first-person 2062 01:17:20,433 --> 01:17:22,433 shooter, and then if you played it on... 2063 01:17:22,899 --> 01:17:24,266 Was it Game Boy? I think 2064 01:17:24,266 --> 01:17:24,966 it was Game Boy Advance. 2065 01:17:26,533 --> 01:17:28,266 Maybe, I think it might have been Game 2066 01:17:28,266 --> 01:17:30,033 Boy, even, like, Game Boy Color. 2067 01:17:30,666 --> 01:17:32,933 It was sort of like a top-down, Metal 2068 01:17:32,933 --> 01:17:33,899 Gear Solid-looking 2069 01:17:33,899 --> 01:17:36,133 game, but was sprite-based. 2070 01:17:36,733 --> 01:17:37,633 Mm. Yeah. 2071 01:17:38,933 --> 01:17:40,233 Yeah, like, I kind of 2072 01:17:40,233 --> 01:17:41,766 missed those sorts of games, too. 2073 01:17:42,333 --> 01:17:42,533 Yeah. 2074 01:17:42,766 --> 01:17:44,733 And, I mean, Pokémon was, like, the 2075 01:17:44,733 --> 01:17:46,666 epitome of a portable game. 2076 01:17:47,233 --> 01:17:47,533 Yeah. 2077 01:17:47,533 --> 01:17:49,300 And people didn't care about the graphics 2078 01:17:49,300 --> 01:17:51,566 back then, because, I mean, I mean, to be 2079 01:17:51,566 --> 01:17:54,433 fair, they looked a lot better back when 2080 01:17:54,433 --> 01:17:54,533 they were using the sprites. 2081 01:17:55,533 --> 01:17:57,266 Agreed. 2082 01:17:57,266 --> 01:17:58,566 But also, people didn't give a fuck 2083 01:17:58,566 --> 01:18:01,233 about, "Oh, how come this game doesn't 2084 01:18:01,233 --> 01:18:02,133 have, like, the best 2085 01:18:02,133 --> 01:18:03,833 graphics and whatnot?" Right? 2086 01:18:05,066 --> 01:18:07,233 Yeah. I mean, I do remember people were 2087 01:18:07,233 --> 01:18:11,933 upset in that, after playing Chrono 2088 01:18:11,933 --> 01:18:15,033 Trigger, they went and played Earthbound, 2089 01:18:15,033 --> 01:18:16,066 and Earthbound looked like... 2090 01:18:17,266 --> 01:18:18,233 I don't know. People said that the 2091 01:18:18,233 --> 01:18:19,933 graphics were not good in Earthbound, but 2092 01:18:19,933 --> 01:18:20,533 that's not handheld. 2093 01:18:20,566 --> 01:18:22,466 Yeah, that's not handheld. That was, 2094 01:18:22,466 --> 01:18:23,833 like, on the latest and 2095 01:18:23,833 --> 01:18:25,133 greatest, the Super Nintendo. 2096 01:18:26,766 --> 01:18:26,833 Right. 2097 01:18:26,833 --> 01:18:29,633 So, yeah, people don't remember this, but 2098 01:18:29,633 --> 01:18:31,766 even back then, people were super, like, 2099 01:18:31,766 --> 01:18:34,233 concerned with graphics and making things 2100 01:18:34,233 --> 01:18:36,300 look realistic back then, instead of it 2101 01:18:36,300 --> 01:18:36,833 being, like, a 2102 01:18:36,833 --> 01:18:38,266 specific style choice, right? 2103 01:18:38,533 --> 01:18:38,833 Right. 2104 01:18:39,766 --> 01:18:40,766 Like, I'm not saying Chrono 2105 01:18:40,766 --> 01:18:42,066 Trigger tried to look realistic. 2106 01:18:43,533 --> 01:18:45,433 Well, Chrono Trigger looked more like an 2107 01:18:45,433 --> 01:18:50,666 anime, and I think Earthbound looked more 2108 01:18:50,666 --> 01:18:52,966 like a Saturday morning cartoon, and 2109 01:18:52,966 --> 01:18:54,933 people didn't like the different style. 2110 01:18:56,066 --> 01:18:57,266 But the graphics were simpler in 2111 01:18:57,266 --> 01:18:58,066 Earthbound, for sure. 2112 01:18:58,699 --> 01:18:59,566 For sure, yes. 2113 01:19:01,000 --> 01:19:01,600 Greatest game ever, 2114 01:19:01,600 --> 01:19:02,399 by the way, Earthbound. 2115 01:19:03,766 --> 01:19:06,233 You know, speaking of which, I came 2116 01:19:06,233 --> 01:19:08,100 across an... I came across an Earthbound 2117 01:19:08,100 --> 01:19:09,833 museum, an exhibition 2118 01:19:09,833 --> 01:19:11,966 in Japan, in Shibuya. 2119 01:19:11,966 --> 01:19:12,266 Really? 2120 01:19:13,366 --> 01:19:15,566 Yeah, it cost 1,800 yen to get in, so I 2121 01:19:15,566 --> 01:19:17,399 didn't get in, nor did I have the time. 2122 01:19:17,933 --> 01:19:19,633 But it looked really cool, though. I can 2123 01:19:19,633 --> 01:19:22,233 send you some pictures of the... of it. 2124 01:19:22,466 --> 01:19:23,133 Dude, for sure. 2125 01:19:23,699 --> 01:19:24,000 Yeah. 2126 01:19:25,600 --> 01:19:28,033 It looked pretty cool, though. It was the 2127 01:19:28,033 --> 01:19:31,066 Mother Expo. They had Mother 1, 2, and 3 2128 01:19:31,066 --> 01:19:33,699 in there, too. Which, by the way, 2129 01:19:34,033 --> 01:19:35,399 Nintendo still never released in America. 2130 01:19:36,466 --> 01:19:36,666 Yep. 2131 01:19:37,533 --> 01:19:38,500 I'm just saying, 2132 01:19:38,500 --> 01:19:40,466 Nintendo. It's free money. 2133 01:19:41,399 --> 01:19:43,100 Dude, Mother 3... I... 2134 01:19:43,666 --> 01:19:44,899 Man. That game makes... 2135 01:19:45,166 --> 01:19:45,466 That's what... 2136 01:19:45,899 --> 01:19:49,466 That game moved me. Have you beat it? 2137 01:19:50,966 --> 01:19:52,533 I've actually never played Mother 3. 2138 01:19:53,533 --> 01:19:54,500 You've played Earthbound, though. 2139 01:19:55,233 --> 01:19:56,300 I've played Earthbound. 2140 01:19:56,533 --> 01:19:57,166 Have you beat it? 2141 01:19:59,633 --> 01:20:01,566 No, but I watched the ending on YouTube. 2142 01:20:02,233 --> 01:20:02,666 Okay, okay. 2143 01:20:03,266 --> 01:20:05,466 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, dude, that spoils 2144 01:20:05,466 --> 01:20:06,433 it, because, dude, 2145 01:20:06,433 --> 01:20:07,433 that was the first game... 2146 01:20:08,166 --> 01:20:10,333 That Earthbound was the first game I ever 2147 01:20:10,333 --> 01:20:12,333 beat where the ending 2148 01:20:12,333 --> 01:20:13,566 brought me to tears. 2149 01:20:14,766 --> 01:20:16,066 Did I... Have I told this story before? 2150 01:20:16,600 --> 01:20:16,866 No. 2151 01:20:17,699 --> 01:20:20,433 Okay. So, I'm not gonna get into too many 2152 01:20:20,433 --> 01:20:21,533 spoilers, but, like... 2153 01:20:21,533 --> 01:20:23,566 At the end of the game, you're fighting 2154 01:20:23,566 --> 01:20:26,766 the final boss, and he's 2155 01:20:26,766 --> 01:20:28,466 absolutely kicking your ass. 2156 01:20:29,166 --> 01:20:32,633 And then... And then the scripted moment 2157 01:20:32,633 --> 01:20:34,866 happens in the battle, and it's the first 2158 01:20:34,866 --> 01:20:35,766 time there's a scripted 2159 01:20:35,766 --> 01:20:36,766 moment in the battle... 2160 01:20:37,966 --> 01:20:41,233 In the whole game. And it... I think you 2161 01:20:41,233 --> 01:20:41,800 probably know what I'm 2162 01:20:41,800 --> 01:20:42,733 talking about, high-tech. 2163 01:20:42,733 --> 01:20:42,833 Yeah. 2164 01:20:43,533 --> 01:20:47,633 The game sets it up earlier by, like, 2165 01:20:48,166 --> 01:20:50,766 surreptitiously collecting information. 2166 01:20:51,433 --> 01:20:53,166 And then it uses that information it 2167 01:20:53,166 --> 01:20:55,133 collected about you to, like, hit you in 2168 01:20:55,133 --> 01:20:56,333 the fucking face with 2169 01:20:56,333 --> 01:20:57,233 emotion, and you're like... 2170 01:20:57,966 --> 01:20:58,833 "Oh my god!" 2171 01:20:59,166 --> 01:21:01,399 Like, dude, I get goosebumps just 2172 01:21:01,399 --> 01:21:03,433 thinking about it. It's so moving. 2173 01:21:05,333 --> 01:21:08,533 And I was probably 9 or 10 when I played 2174 01:21:08,533 --> 01:21:11,233 it and beat it, and I was like, "I can't 2175 01:21:11,233 --> 01:21:12,266 believe that just happened." 2176 01:21:12,533 --> 01:21:13,133 And I was like, "Wow." 2177 01:21:14,533 --> 01:21:17,266 Yeah. Anyway, it's so beautiful. 2178 01:21:18,033 --> 01:21:20,399 And Mother 3 is also great. 2179 01:21:20,933 --> 01:21:22,699 Doesn't kind of have that same, like, 2180 01:21:22,699 --> 01:21:23,466 "wow" moment at the end, 2181 01:21:23,466 --> 01:21:25,066 but it's still really great. 2182 01:21:26,500 --> 01:21:27,800 Maybe I should go 2183 01:21:27,800 --> 01:21:28,899 back and beat Earthbound. 2184 01:21:30,066 --> 01:21:32,266 Yeah, man. I recommend it. 2185 01:21:33,300 --> 01:21:37,266 Yeah. I mean... I 2186 01:21:37,266 --> 01:21:38,466 think maybe one day I will. 2187 01:21:38,566 --> 01:21:40,233 But in the meantime, though, Nintendo 2188 01:21:40,233 --> 01:21:43,566 should re-release Mother 3. 2189 01:21:43,566 --> 01:21:45,366 I haven't played Earthbound 1. I mean, 2190 01:21:45,600 --> 01:21:47,733 Mother 1, which was on the NES. 2191 01:21:48,766 --> 01:21:50,433 Yeah, to be fair, I haven't either. It's 2192 01:21:50,433 --> 01:21:53,533 a little too dated for my taste. 2193 01:21:55,833 --> 01:21:56,333 I don't know. 2194 01:21:56,833 --> 01:21:57,733 But you must. You're 2195 01:21:57,733 --> 01:21:58,899 a huge Earthbound fan. 2196 01:21:59,533 --> 01:22:00,933 Earthbound, specifically. 2197 01:22:01,466 --> 01:22:03,533 What would they call Mother 3 if they 2198 01:22:03,533 --> 01:22:04,633 brought it here? Because they certainly 2199 01:22:04,633 --> 01:22:05,866 wouldn't call it Mother anything. 2200 01:22:06,533 --> 01:22:09,633 They did actually release Earthbound or 2201 01:22:09,633 --> 01:22:11,833 Mother 1, and I believe they called it 2202 01:22:11,833 --> 01:22:12,833 Earthbound Beginnings. 2203 01:22:13,233 --> 01:22:14,333 And they released it on... 2204 01:22:14,833 --> 01:22:16,933 But I meant Mother 3, specifically. 2205 01:22:17,500 --> 01:22:19,266 If they brought Mother 3, yeah. 2206 01:22:19,266 --> 01:22:20,133 What would they call that? 2207 01:22:21,233 --> 01:22:23,366 Earthbound 2, perhaps. 2208 01:22:24,033 --> 01:22:24,666 Earthbound 2? 2209 01:22:25,000 --> 01:22:27,933 Yeah. I mean, it kind of makes sense. 2210 01:22:30,533 --> 01:22:33,233 Yeah. Or Earthbound Picky's Revenge or 2211 01:22:33,233 --> 01:22:33,966 something like that. 2212 01:22:34,766 --> 01:22:37,500 Or would it be Pokey? It's hard to... I 2213 01:22:37,500 --> 01:22:38,533 don't know. Time to keep track. 2214 01:22:40,333 --> 01:22:41,566 I sure do miss handheld 2215 01:22:41,566 --> 01:22:43,100 games, man. I know the indies... 2216 01:22:43,666 --> 01:22:45,633 Yeah, I know the indies 2217 01:22:45,633 --> 01:22:47,100 kind of took up that spot. 2218 01:22:47,566 --> 01:22:47,766 Yeah. 2219 01:22:48,000 --> 01:22:50,366 But remember when the big AAA developers 2220 01:22:50,366 --> 01:22:52,300 also made these smaller-scale games? 2221 01:22:53,566 --> 01:22:57,399 Dude, I do. I remember very clearly. I 2222 01:22:57,399 --> 01:22:59,133 mean, even something like Donkey Kong 2223 01:22:59,133 --> 01:23:02,233 Country on the Game Boy Color was crazy. 2224 01:23:02,600 --> 01:23:03,333 Do you remember that? 2225 01:23:03,333 --> 01:23:03,899 Did you ever play that? 2226 01:23:05,566 --> 01:23:06,800 That I half-played, actually, yeah. 2227 01:23:07,066 --> 01:23:08,966 Yeah. It's like, they did the 2228 01:23:08,966 --> 01:23:10,166 pre-rendered graphics, but 2229 01:23:10,166 --> 01:23:12,899 with a much limited color set. 2230 01:23:14,100 --> 01:23:16,366 Or a bit of color depth, whatever. But 2231 01:23:16,366 --> 01:23:18,600 yeah, it was... I remember being very 2232 01:23:18,600 --> 01:23:19,800 shocked when I saw that. 2233 01:23:20,266 --> 01:23:21,399 Yeah. I think some of the best 2234 01:23:21,399 --> 01:23:23,100 games that I've ever played... 2235 01:23:23,566 --> 01:23:24,866 Well, some of my favorite games were Game 2236 01:23:24,866 --> 01:23:26,000 Boy Advance games, too. 2237 01:23:26,433 --> 01:23:26,633 Yeah. 2238 01:23:27,199 --> 01:23:29,166 Like, have you played Mega Man Zero? 2239 01:23:30,033 --> 01:23:30,233 No. 2240 01:23:30,966 --> 01:23:32,566 Dude, you need to play it, man. It's like 2241 01:23:32,566 --> 01:23:35,866 a hardcore, like, 2D action platformer. 2242 01:23:35,866 --> 01:23:37,500 Like, you know what Mega Man is, right? 2243 01:23:37,866 --> 01:23:38,366 Oh, yeah, yeah. 2244 01:23:38,800 --> 01:23:39,766 Like, imagine that, but 2245 01:23:39,766 --> 01:23:40,866 like amp it up to like 11. 2246 01:23:41,333 --> 01:23:41,766 Oh, really? 2247 01:23:42,033 --> 01:23:42,933 It's so fucking awesome. 2248 01:23:43,333 --> 01:23:43,433 Nice. 2249 01:23:43,433 --> 01:23:44,133 You need to play it. 2250 01:23:45,100 --> 01:23:47,466 The Zero ZX Collection is on Steam, by 2251 01:23:47,466 --> 01:23:48,466 the way, so they 2252 01:23:48,466 --> 01:23:49,600 brought those games forward. 2253 01:23:50,233 --> 01:23:50,433 Yeah. 2254 01:23:51,766 --> 01:23:53,399 Oh, dude, what was the one I was playing 2255 01:23:53,399 --> 01:23:54,833 the other night? I was on stream and 2256 01:23:54,833 --> 01:23:55,600 like, someone was like, 2257 01:23:55,600 --> 01:23:56,266 "You need to play this." 2258 01:23:58,533 --> 01:23:59,933 Is it an indie game? 2259 01:24:01,800 --> 01:24:02,933 Or like a triple A game? 2260 01:24:02,933 --> 01:24:07,733 It's an indie style game 2261 01:24:07,733 --> 01:24:11,833 kind of in the vein of Mega Man. 2262 01:24:12,633 --> 01:24:13,966 I think you might have told me about it, 2263 01:24:13,966 --> 01:24:16,033 too. But I don't remember. 2264 01:24:17,533 --> 01:24:19,600 There's a lot of those, because I play a 2265 01:24:19,600 --> 01:24:21,133 lot of like vaguely... 2266 01:24:22,233 --> 01:24:23,433 Alright, like, okay. 2267 01:24:24,633 --> 01:24:26,399 Don't get me started on what Capcom is 2268 01:24:26,399 --> 01:24:27,533 doing with Mega Man. 2269 01:24:27,533 --> 01:24:27,966 Oh, no. 2270 01:24:28,466 --> 01:24:28,866 Which is nothing. 2271 01:24:29,600 --> 01:24:29,866 Yeah. 2272 01:24:31,533 --> 01:24:32,833 Where's my purchase 2273 01:24:32,833 --> 01:24:34,133 history? I just bought it. 2274 01:24:34,466 --> 01:24:35,433 Purchase history. 2275 01:24:36,566 --> 01:24:37,699 Purchase history, right here. 2276 01:24:38,533 --> 01:24:38,966 20XX. 2277 01:24:40,533 --> 01:24:42,533 20XX is awesome. 2278 01:24:42,866 --> 01:24:44,966 It's like Mega Man X, but a roguelike. 2279 01:24:45,533 --> 01:24:46,866 Yeah. It's pretty fun. 2280 01:24:47,266 --> 01:24:48,366 I enjoyed it quite a bit. 2281 01:24:48,833 --> 01:24:51,133 They also made a sequel called 30XX. 2282 01:24:51,533 --> 01:24:51,933 Oh, really? 2283 01:24:52,100 --> 01:24:52,766 Which is the same 2284 01:24:52,766 --> 01:24:55,533 thing, but like different. 2285 01:24:55,533 --> 01:25:01,300 It also has a lot better pixel art, 2286 01:25:01,300 --> 01:25:03,233 because 20XX kind of has 2287 01:25:03,233 --> 01:25:05,533 its charm with its art style. 2288 01:25:06,633 --> 01:25:07,933 But 30XX just looks 2289 01:25:07,933 --> 01:25:08,899 much better in comparison. 2290 01:25:09,133 --> 01:25:09,933 It actually looks like one 2291 01:25:09,933 --> 01:25:11,533 of the old PS1 Mega Man games. 2292 01:25:11,733 --> 01:25:12,300 Oh, cool. 2293 01:25:13,633 --> 01:25:14,633 Mega Man X games. 2294 01:25:15,133 --> 01:25:18,633 As a huge Homestar Runner fan, I don't 2295 01:25:18,633 --> 01:25:19,600 know why I pronounced it 2296 01:25:19,600 --> 01:25:22,133 20XX, because it should be 20XDX. 2297 01:25:25,733 --> 01:25:26,266 Oh, man. 2298 01:25:26,533 --> 01:25:28,266 Dude, there's more Melee fans out there. 2299 01:25:28,699 --> 01:25:30,633 You know the Melee meme? 2300 01:25:31,666 --> 01:25:33,100 Which I know a few. Which one? 2301 01:25:33,933 --> 01:25:36,166 The one where it's like the year is 20XX. 2302 01:25:37,033 --> 01:25:37,533 Fox only. 2303 01:25:37,966 --> 01:25:38,466 Final destination. 2304 01:25:39,466 --> 01:25:42,300 And it turns out to be a coin flip of 2305 01:25:42,300 --> 01:25:45,366 whoever wins, because it's assumed that 2306 01:25:45,366 --> 01:25:47,266 the first player always wins. 2307 01:25:47,266 --> 01:25:49,833 Because of Port Priority 2308 01:25:49,833 --> 01:25:50,733 or some bullshit like that. 2309 01:25:51,133 --> 01:25:51,333 Yeah. 2310 01:25:51,866 --> 01:25:52,266 Oh, that's funny. 2311 01:25:53,633 --> 01:25:54,533 20XDX. 2312 01:25:54,633 --> 01:25:57,033 Homestar Runner is my favorite thing. 2313 01:25:57,833 --> 01:26:00,566 I did watch a little bit of that one. 2314 01:26:00,566 --> 01:26:01,133 I was getting like 2315 01:26:01,133 --> 01:26:03,066 Strong Bad's emails probably. 2316 01:26:03,633 --> 01:26:03,666 Yeah. 2317 01:26:03,666 --> 01:26:04,966 Did you see the one where 2318 01:26:04,966 --> 01:26:06,866 the Japanese cartoon email? 2319 01:26:07,966 --> 01:26:09,833 I think I did, but I 2320 01:26:09,833 --> 01:26:11,533 didn't get it at the time. 2321 01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:12,199 Yeah. 2322 01:26:13,633 --> 01:26:14,733 I think I kind of get it now. 2323 01:26:14,933 --> 01:26:15,233 Yeah. 2324 01:26:15,466 --> 01:26:16,699 I don't think I got it at the time 2325 01:26:16,699 --> 01:26:21,866 either, but it was like Homestar, but in 2326 01:26:21,866 --> 01:26:23,533 the Japanese cartoon style. 2327 01:26:23,533 --> 01:26:25,966 It's always like, "What 2328 01:26:25,966 --> 01:26:27,366 are you talking about?" 2329 01:26:27,866 --> 01:26:28,633 20XDX. 2330 01:26:29,533 --> 01:26:30,333 And he has like blue 2331 01:26:30,333 --> 01:26:31,800 hair on over his mask. 2332 01:26:32,366 --> 01:26:32,566 Yeah. 2333 01:26:33,166 --> 01:26:34,766 I don't get talking about it. 2334 01:26:34,933 --> 01:26:36,033 Oh man, it's so funny. 2335 01:26:37,100 --> 01:26:39,133 I love Homestar Runner. I 2336 01:26:39,133 --> 01:26:40,166 could talk about it for ages. 2337 01:26:41,466 --> 01:26:43,699 But speaking of our favorite games of all 2338 01:26:43,699 --> 01:26:44,633 time, because we were 2339 01:26:44,633 --> 01:26:45,633 just talking about that. 2340 01:26:46,300 --> 01:26:46,833 Roblox. 2341 01:26:48,533 --> 01:26:50,533 Is not my favorite game. 2342 01:26:51,533 --> 01:26:53,800 Roblox is my favorite game to hate. 2343 01:26:56,233 --> 01:26:59,433 So Roblox just smashed their concurrent 2344 01:26:59,433 --> 01:27:01,466 user record thanks to a 2345 01:27:01,466 --> 01:27:03,366 war between two games. 2346 01:27:04,466 --> 01:27:06,433 I don't know the first thing about Roblox 2347 01:27:06,433 --> 01:27:09,300 except it's cruel and unusual punishment. 2348 01:27:10,199 --> 01:27:11,466 Tell me what's going on here. 2349 01:27:11,966 --> 01:27:13,866 So it's more accurate to describe Roblox 2350 01:27:13,866 --> 01:27:17,133 as a platform because it's a user 2351 01:27:17,133 --> 01:27:19,533 generated hellscape for the most part. 2352 01:27:20,533 --> 01:27:22,166 And I don't know jack squat about what 2353 01:27:22,166 --> 01:27:23,399 these games are to be honest. 2354 01:27:23,899 --> 01:27:24,366 Mm hmm. 2355 01:27:24,366 --> 01:27:26,133 Grow a garden and steal a brain rot. 2356 01:27:26,533 --> 01:27:28,833 But the important thing is it has more 2357 01:27:28,833 --> 01:27:31,233 users and steam than all of steam. 2358 01:27:32,600 --> 01:27:33,833 Which is crazy to me. 2359 01:27:35,633 --> 01:27:37,966 I did not know that fact and it has made 2360 01:27:37,966 --> 01:27:39,466 me lose a little faith in humanity. 2361 01:27:40,733 --> 01:27:42,133 It's mostly kids though to be honest. 2362 01:27:42,533 --> 01:27:42,733 Yeah. 2363 01:27:43,566 --> 01:27:45,800 This reminds me, I saw a post on Twitter 2364 01:27:45,800 --> 01:27:48,666 like a few weeks ago talking about what 2365 01:27:48,666 --> 01:27:50,766 happens if I lose access to Roblox and 2366 01:27:50,766 --> 01:27:51,699 then everyone was just 2367 01:27:51,699 --> 01:27:53,133 like play a real game. 2368 01:27:53,500 --> 01:27:53,699 Yeah. 2369 01:27:54,733 --> 01:27:57,433 I like like Roblox. 2370 01:27:58,333 --> 01:28:00,366 I played a little Roblox with my nieces 2371 01:28:00,366 --> 01:28:02,333 because that's like the game they play. 2372 01:28:02,800 --> 01:28:05,766 And they like to do like little like mini 2373 01:28:05,766 --> 01:28:07,533 games like hobbies and whatnot. 2374 01:28:07,566 --> 01:28:12,066 But like a lot of Roblox games are just 2375 01:28:12,066 --> 01:28:14,800 ripoffs of like existing games. 2376 01:28:15,533 --> 01:28:17,866 Like they have Roblox Counter Strike 2377 01:28:17,866 --> 01:28:20,966 where it's made to like 2378 01:28:20,966 --> 01:28:22,100 emulate the feel of counter. 2379 01:28:22,466 --> 01:28:24,199 Like there's a bunch of people that have 2380 01:28:24,199 --> 01:28:27,266 the talent to make actual games. 2381 01:28:28,433 --> 01:28:28,533 Yeah. 2382 01:28:28,533 --> 01:28:29,666 They just make games and Roblox. 2383 01:28:29,899 --> 01:28:31,399 Like I promise you if you can make an 2384 01:28:31,399 --> 01:28:33,066 action if you can make a game in Roblox 2385 01:28:33,066 --> 01:28:33,833 you would make a lot 2386 01:28:33,833 --> 01:28:34,533 more money probably out. 2387 01:28:34,533 --> 01:28:38,433 I don't know if that's necessarily true. 2388 01:28:39,300 --> 01:28:40,166 Now that I think about it. 2389 01:28:40,633 --> 01:28:40,833 Yeah. 2390 01:28:41,033 --> 01:28:42,566 I know Roblox takes like 80 percent of 2391 01:28:42,566 --> 01:28:43,933 the cut which is which is 2392 01:28:43,933 --> 01:28:45,833 an insane exploitation man. 2393 01:28:46,166 --> 01:28:47,766 That's capitalism. 2394 01:28:50,066 --> 01:28:52,766 Dude, Rob, everything about Roblox sucks. 2395 01:28:55,533 --> 01:28:58,033 And then it's just a bunch of people 2396 01:28:58,033 --> 01:29:01,333 trying to charge up the ass for like 2397 01:29:01,333 --> 01:29:02,533 advantages to their game. 2398 01:29:02,533 --> 01:29:05,233 Like these are just regular. 2399 01:29:05,233 --> 01:29:06,333 These are people implementing 2400 01:29:06,333 --> 01:29:07,633 microtransactions in their 2401 01:29:07,633 --> 01:29:09,866 games in the form of Robux. 2402 01:29:11,666 --> 01:29:11,866 Yeah. 2403 01:29:12,600 --> 01:29:14,366 Everything about Roblox is 2404 01:29:14,366 --> 01:29:15,633 just not great in my opinion. 2405 01:29:15,933 --> 01:29:19,466 The games are mediocre at best. 2406 01:29:19,466 --> 01:29:20,333 I don't think I've played it. 2407 01:29:20,966 --> 01:29:21,966 I don't think I don't think there's a 2408 01:29:21,966 --> 01:29:24,566 single super good experience that 2409 01:29:24,566 --> 01:29:26,433 requires you to download Roblox. 2410 01:29:26,433 --> 01:29:28,533 I mean some people say Fortnite is kind 2411 01:29:28,533 --> 01:29:30,833 of the same way but at least Fortnite is 2412 01:29:30,833 --> 01:29:32,533 actually pretty fun sometimes. 2413 01:29:33,533 --> 01:29:33,833 Is it? 2414 01:29:34,166 --> 01:29:36,199 I've never I've never given it a try. 2415 01:29:36,566 --> 01:29:38,666 I mean it depends. 2416 01:29:39,533 --> 01:29:40,899 But Fortnite does have 2417 01:29:40,899 --> 01:29:43,366 Guitar Hero in it now built in. 2418 01:29:43,666 --> 01:29:43,866 What? 2419 01:29:44,766 --> 01:29:45,800 Yeah, it's called Fortnite Festival. 2420 01:29:48,533 --> 01:29:49,966 Okay, that's crazy. 2421 01:29:50,366 --> 01:29:50,899 I didn't know. 2422 01:29:50,899 --> 01:29:52,366 Oh no, they bought harmonics. 2423 01:29:52,366 --> 01:29:52,833 That's right. 2424 01:29:53,466 --> 01:29:55,066 Yeah, so it's literally 2425 01:29:55,066 --> 01:29:57,933 Guitar Hero in Fortnite. 2426 01:29:58,366 --> 01:29:58,566 Wow. 2427 01:29:58,866 --> 01:29:59,833 Oh shit, now you have an 2428 01:29:59,833 --> 01:30:01,466 excuse to have Fortnite. 2429 01:30:01,533 --> 01:30:06,566 Well, I don't play games on any platform 2430 01:30:06,566 --> 01:30:07,866 that actually supports Fortnite. 2431 01:30:09,533 --> 01:30:11,666 Oh yeah, that's right. 2432 01:30:11,666 --> 01:30:12,866 Linux sells the Fortnite. 2433 01:30:13,366 --> 01:30:14,866 Yeah, well, they don't 2434 01:30:14,866 --> 01:30:16,233 support Linux, but yeah. 2435 01:30:17,933 --> 01:30:18,133 Right. 2436 01:30:18,899 --> 01:30:20,733 Oh my god. 2437 01:30:21,033 --> 01:30:24,333 So this Roblox war, this is because 2438 01:30:24,333 --> 01:30:27,166 there's two games that are basically 2439 01:30:27,166 --> 01:30:29,533 going viral on Roblox. 2440 01:30:29,566 --> 01:30:31,733 And competing against each other to see 2441 01:30:31,733 --> 01:30:36,666 who can have the most games. 2442 01:30:36,966 --> 01:30:39,066 So Grow a Garden had 22 2443 01:30:39,066 --> 01:30:40,666 million concurrent players. 2444 01:30:42,233 --> 01:30:43,500 I think that's more than any 2445 01:30:43,500 --> 01:30:45,666 game on Steam has ever had. 2446 01:30:45,699 --> 01:30:46,366 That's insane. 2447 01:30:46,833 --> 01:30:48,933 Well, actually, let me double check that. 2448 01:30:49,500 --> 01:30:51,833 The top records on Steam are as follows. 2449 01:30:52,533 --> 01:30:58,533 PUBG with a staggering 3,236,027 players. 2450 01:30:59,533 --> 01:31:01,699 The green mine is the most? 2451 01:31:02,800 --> 01:31:04,333 Yes, for a single game on Steam. 2452 01:31:04,933 --> 01:31:05,133 Wow. 2453 01:31:06,066 --> 01:31:08,166 PUBG, and then we have Blacksmith Wukong 2454 01:31:08,166 --> 01:31:10,633 at a 2.4 million, and then 2455 01:31:10,633 --> 01:31:12,333 Power World at a 2.1 million. 2456 01:31:13,333 --> 01:31:13,566 Wow. 2457 01:31:14,066 --> 01:31:15,666 Now, I was rooting for Power World to 2458 01:31:15,666 --> 01:31:17,399 beat PUBG because, like, 2459 01:31:17,833 --> 01:31:19,033 yeah, but that's PUBG, right? 2460 01:31:19,333 --> 01:31:19,533 Yeah. 2461 01:31:21,000 --> 01:31:21,533 That's wild, dude. 2462 01:31:22,533 --> 01:31:29,066 So one game on Roblox had basically, not 2463 01:31:29,066 --> 01:31:30,466 really an order of magnitude, I guess, 2464 01:31:30,466 --> 01:31:35,433 but like 20 million more players than the 2465 01:31:35,433 --> 01:31:37,833 most played game ever on Steam. 2466 01:31:39,133 --> 01:31:39,333 Yes. 2467 01:31:39,333 --> 01:31:40,399 In terms of concurrent users. 2468 01:31:40,833 --> 01:31:42,600 So let me add all these numbers up for 2469 01:31:42,600 --> 01:31:45,533 you and tell you just how bad shit got. 2470 01:31:46,533 --> 01:31:51,966 So let's just do 3.2 plus 2.4 plus 2.1 2471 01:31:51,966 --> 01:31:57,333 plus 1.8 plus 1.3 plus... 2472 01:32:01,000 --> 01:32:03,366 Yeah, I mean, it's more than the top 10 2473 01:32:03,366 --> 01:32:05,133 games combined on Steam. 2474 01:32:06,100 --> 01:32:07,533 That's absolutely wild. 2475 01:32:08,533 --> 01:32:11,633 Steel of Brainrot is not more than... is 2476 01:32:11,633 --> 01:32:13,466 that 15 million, which is still a lot 2477 01:32:13,466 --> 01:32:16,266 more than most of the games combined, but 2478 01:32:16,266 --> 01:32:20,399 not nearly as much as Grow a Garden. 2479 01:32:20,399 --> 01:32:21,533 What is Grow a Garden? 2480 01:32:21,733 --> 01:32:22,966 And now we gotta see what 2481 01:32:22,966 --> 01:32:24,966 makes this... what even is this? 2482 01:32:28,166 --> 01:32:34,433 So it's like Farmville, right? 2483 01:32:35,199 --> 01:32:36,533 It kinda looks like that, yeah. 2484 01:32:37,533 --> 01:32:38,399 What? It's a clicker 2485 01:32:38,399 --> 01:32:40,066 game? It's a clicker game? 2486 01:32:41,533 --> 01:32:42,199 You're kidding. 2487 01:32:43,733 --> 01:32:44,500 Maybe that's why it's... 2488 01:32:45,199 --> 01:32:46,366 So yeah, so it says it's 2489 01:32:46,366 --> 01:32:47,666 essentially a clicker game. 2490 01:32:47,666 --> 01:32:49,333 You buy plants, wait for them to grow, 2491 01:32:49,333 --> 01:32:51,066 sell them, and then repeat the process, 2492 01:32:51,433 --> 01:32:52,899 buying bigger and 2493 01:32:52,899 --> 01:32:54,333 better plants as you go. 2494 01:32:55,000 --> 01:32:56,566 Plants grow offline, so players are 2495 01:32:56,566 --> 01:32:58,733 incentivized to get their garden all set 2496 01:32:58,733 --> 01:33:00,533 up and log back in each day to harvest. 2497 01:33:01,533 --> 01:33:04,000 Wait, so the plants grow offline? Why are 2498 01:33:04,000 --> 01:33:04,966 there 22 million 2499 01:33:04,966 --> 01:33:07,100 people on at the same time? 2500 01:33:08,066 --> 01:33:09,033 I don't... I don't 2501 01:33:09,033 --> 01:33:11,800 understand. I am very confused by this. 2502 01:33:12,566 --> 01:33:14,533 I think we are officially boomers, dude. 2503 01:33:14,666 --> 01:33:16,233 Dude, some kids are gonna come here and 2504 01:33:16,233 --> 01:33:18,800 be like, "Okay, boomer." And 2505 01:33:18,800 --> 01:33:19,833 then that's just gonna be that. 2506 01:33:20,233 --> 01:33:22,466 I think it should give our listeners 2507 01:33:22,466 --> 01:33:24,266 confidence, though, that we don't play. 2508 01:33:24,966 --> 01:33:27,033 Roblox, and we have no idea 2509 01:33:27,033 --> 01:33:28,233 why this would be popular. 2510 01:33:30,566 --> 01:33:32,533 I wish James were here. He'd make some 2511 01:33:32,533 --> 01:33:34,166 snarky remarks on Roblox. 2512 01:33:34,866 --> 01:33:37,166 Yeah. Yikes. 2513 01:33:38,033 --> 01:33:38,833 Dude, this is just 2514 01:33:38,833 --> 01:33:41,033 bananas to me. I can't... 2515 01:33:41,533 --> 01:33:43,333 That just shows you, like, if he made a 2516 01:33:43,333 --> 01:33:45,366 browser-based clicker game, it would 2517 01:33:45,366 --> 01:33:46,433 probably do really well. 2518 01:33:48,366 --> 01:33:50,066 Damn. Why don't you do that, Gardiner? 2519 01:33:51,233 --> 01:33:52,066 Why don't I do that? 2520 01:33:53,433 --> 01:33:55,633 You can call it the heavy element, and 2521 01:33:55,633 --> 01:33:57,600 then you invest in different elements, 2522 01:33:57,933 --> 01:33:58,533 starting with Hydrogen, 2523 01:33:58,533 --> 01:34:00,766 and then you go all the way up to... 2524 01:34:02,899 --> 01:34:04,866 The ones that don't have official names 2525 01:34:04,866 --> 01:34:07,633 yet, like Une, Uub, or whatever. 2526 01:34:08,166 --> 01:34:09,633 Yeah. Well, I mean, yeah, you 2527 01:34:09,633 --> 01:34:11,066 definitely... What if you called it 2528 01:34:11,066 --> 01:34:13,466 "click a star" and you have to create a 2529 01:34:13,466 --> 01:34:15,066 star that forges specific elements? 2530 01:34:16,566 --> 01:34:17,899 That would be kinda neat. 2531 01:34:19,933 --> 01:34:20,933 Gardiner, you don't have to do it. 2532 01:34:21,166 --> 01:34:21,366 What? 2533 01:34:22,633 --> 01:34:24,333 Make it happen. You gotta make it happen. 2534 01:34:24,833 --> 01:34:25,033 Okay. 2535 01:34:26,166 --> 01:34:29,633 But anyway, this is insane. 2536 01:34:30,333 --> 01:34:32,500 Yeah. I can't believe this. 2537 01:34:33,766 --> 01:34:37,166 Whatever. I mean, teach their own, yeah. 2538 01:34:38,500 --> 01:34:40,766 But in addition to this, Roblox also made 2539 01:34:40,766 --> 01:34:42,699 a significant change to 2540 01:34:42,699 --> 01:34:45,266 their mature content policy. 2541 01:34:45,966 --> 01:34:46,733 Mm-hmm. 2542 01:34:47,233 --> 01:34:51,166 So, what I don't understand is why Roblox 2543 01:34:51,166 --> 01:34:52,533 even has mature content to begin with. 2544 01:34:53,533 --> 01:34:56,333 Yeah, no, that doesn't make 2545 01:34:56,333 --> 01:34:58,533 a whole lot of sense to me. 2546 01:34:58,533 --> 01:35:02,600 Yeah, like Fortnite, I don't believe has 2547 01:35:02,600 --> 01:35:05,833 mature content the same way, you know, 2548 01:35:05,833 --> 01:35:09,966 like, the same way fucking Roblox does. 2549 01:35:10,466 --> 01:35:10,899 Mm-hmm. 2550 01:35:12,733 --> 01:35:15,466 So, I also find it really weird that they 2551 01:35:15,466 --> 01:35:17,800 restricted their mature content behind 17 2552 01:35:17,800 --> 01:35:19,533 plus as opposed to 18 plus. 2553 01:35:20,533 --> 01:35:24,466 Um, I have a hot take that I'm just not 2554 01:35:24,466 --> 01:35:26,466 gonna share, but I think there's some 2555 01:35:26,466 --> 01:35:29,733 real corruption at the 2556 01:35:29,733 --> 01:35:31,466 top of Roblox company. 2557 01:35:32,133 --> 01:35:35,100 I think so too. Were you there that week 2558 01:35:35,100 --> 01:35:35,800 when we talked about how 2559 01:35:35,800 --> 01:35:38,033 Roblox banned a guy named Shlep? 2560 01:35:39,166 --> 01:35:40,566 Yeah, I don't think I was there for that. 2561 01:35:41,666 --> 01:35:43,266 Yeah, so do you know 2562 01:35:43,266 --> 01:35:44,533 anything about this story at all? 2563 01:35:44,933 --> 01:35:45,966 I've seen some coverage 2564 01:35:45,966 --> 01:35:46,533 of it, but not a whole lot. 2565 01:35:47,533 --> 01:35:51,866 So, essentially, Shlep was a hunt, was a 2566 01:35:51,866 --> 01:35:55,366 PDF, not PDF hunter. 2567 01:35:57,366 --> 01:36:00,166 But I hate saying that for like 2568 01:36:00,166 --> 01:36:01,333 self-censoring on YouTube. 2569 01:36:01,866 --> 01:36:02,066 Yeah. 2570 01:36:02,266 --> 01:36:02,933 It's bullshit. 2571 01:36:03,733 --> 01:36:06,800 He was a predator hunter on Roblox who 2572 01:36:06,800 --> 01:36:08,500 would, you know, and he worked with 2573 01:36:08,500 --> 01:36:10,066 authorities and he got a couple of 2574 01:36:10,066 --> 01:36:11,100 successful arrests, right? 2575 01:36:11,533 --> 01:36:11,933 Mm-hmm. 2576 01:36:12,533 --> 01:36:14,133 But they banned him and they sent a cease 2577 01:36:14,133 --> 01:36:15,433 and desist. They 2578 01:36:15,433 --> 01:36:17,166 threatened legal action against him. 2579 01:36:17,899 --> 01:36:20,333 Which is terrible because apparently it's 2580 01:36:20,333 --> 01:36:22,233 more than just doing content. It's like 2581 01:36:22,233 --> 01:36:23,866 personal for him because apparently he 2582 01:36:23,866 --> 01:36:25,766 himself was a victim on Roblox. 2583 01:36:26,333 --> 01:36:29,166 Yeah. I mean, I was gonna say like it 2584 01:36:29,166 --> 01:36:32,699 probably isn't that difficult to find out 2585 01:36:32,699 --> 01:36:34,433 these predators, you know? 2586 01:36:35,766 --> 01:36:39,533 Yeah. And so, but rather than Roblox 2587 01:36:39,533 --> 01:36:40,533 doing the right thing, 2588 01:36:41,533 --> 01:36:45,766 they instead decided to fucking, they 2589 01:36:45,766 --> 01:36:48,066 instead they decided to like sue him. 2590 01:36:48,533 --> 01:36:51,066 Legally threatening him. And this has 2591 01:36:51,066 --> 01:36:55,033 caused a cascade of like terrible things 2592 01:36:55,033 --> 01:36:55,966 happening to Roblox. 2593 01:36:55,966 --> 01:36:58,966 For example, Chris Hansen is 2594 01:36:58,966 --> 01:37:00,433 investigating them with Shlep too. 2595 01:37:01,800 --> 01:37:03,500 And I think this is in response to that 2596 01:37:03,500 --> 01:37:05,866 because they definitely wouldn't have 2597 01:37:05,866 --> 01:37:07,133 done this change otherwise. 2598 01:37:07,566 --> 01:37:07,833 Right. 2599 01:37:09,933 --> 01:37:11,566 Yeah. So starting today. This 2600 01:37:11,566 --> 01:37:13,733 is what the announcement says. 2601 01:37:14,066 --> 01:37:15,833 Starting today, users under the age of 18 2602 01:37:15,833 --> 01:37:18,133 will no longer see search results or 2603 01:37:18,133 --> 01:37:20,233 recommendations for experiences with 2604 01:37:20,233 --> 01:37:22,533 restricted content maturity labels. 2605 01:37:23,699 --> 01:37:26,466 Reasonable minds must inquire why was 2606 01:37:26,466 --> 01:37:27,533 this not the case before? 2607 01:37:28,533 --> 01:37:30,766 This change will decrease the visibility 2608 01:37:30,766 --> 01:37:32,433 of content that may not be age 2609 01:37:32,433 --> 01:37:33,533 appropriate for younger audiences. 2610 01:37:34,533 --> 01:37:37,266 Holy crap. My blood is boiling. Later 2611 01:37:37,266 --> 01:37:39,566 this year, access to experiences with 2612 01:37:39,566 --> 01:37:41,466 restricted content maturity labels will 2613 01:37:41,466 --> 01:37:43,433 be completely blocked for all users under 2614 01:37:43,433 --> 01:37:45,666 the age of 18 and increase, 2615 01:37:46,533 --> 01:37:47,666 an increase from the 2616 01:37:47,666 --> 01:37:49,266 current 17 plus requirement. 2617 01:37:49,833 --> 01:37:51,366 Please refer to our restricted content 2618 01:37:51,366 --> 01:37:53,500 policy for more information on what is 2619 01:37:53,500 --> 01:37:55,533 permitted in these experiences. 2620 01:37:56,533 --> 01:38:00,399 Hi, can you explain to me why mature 2621 01:38:00,399 --> 01:38:02,833 content was being advertised in search 2622 01:38:02,833 --> 01:38:03,933 results to children? 2623 01:38:06,033 --> 01:38:07,766 Don't ask me, man. Ask the Roblox CEO. 2624 01:38:09,133 --> 01:38:12,766 Well, so I will say that it's genius on 2625 01:38:12,766 --> 01:38:16,633 their part because kids always want to 2626 01:38:16,633 --> 01:38:19,199 access things that they know they 2627 01:38:19,199 --> 01:38:19,533 shouldn't be accessing. Right. 2628 01:38:20,533 --> 01:38:25,433 But also it is highly wrong. It is like 2629 01:38:25,433 --> 01:38:28,300 the the the the height of 2630 01:38:28,300 --> 01:38:30,433 villainy to do that. Right. 2631 01:38:30,433 --> 01:38:32,399 Like it's genius in an evil genius kind 2632 01:38:32,399 --> 01:38:36,633 of way. And so I'm you know, as if I 2633 01:38:36,633 --> 01:38:38,600 needed a reason before to hate Roblox. 2634 01:38:38,866 --> 01:38:40,433 Like I didn't even understand that they 2635 01:38:40,433 --> 01:38:44,066 were advertising. Yeah. 2636 01:38:44,333 --> 01:38:44,533 This is content. Yeah. 2637 01:38:44,566 --> 01:38:47,433 Yeah. Like this, I actually was not aware 2638 01:38:47,433 --> 01:38:49,433 of at all, to be honest. I don't know, 2639 01:38:49,433 --> 01:38:50,233 Jack Squad about Roblox. 2640 01:38:52,633 --> 01:38:54,933 Even Steam, which is like literally laden 2641 01:38:54,933 --> 01:38:57,133 with adult content everywhere, requires 2642 01:38:57,133 --> 01:38:58,866 it to be like opt in. 2643 01:38:59,866 --> 01:39:01,133 Like you have to go out of your way to 2644 01:39:01,133 --> 01:39:02,600 enable that shit. Right. 2645 01:39:03,966 --> 01:39:07,033 This is so this is enabled by default for 2646 01:39:07,033 --> 01:39:08,533 anyone that just joins Roblox. 2647 01:39:08,566 --> 01:39:11,566 What I don't understand is why they 2648 01:39:11,566 --> 01:39:15,666 couldn't just access restrict access to 2649 01:39:15,666 --> 01:39:18,000 this restricted stuff immediately instead 2650 01:39:18,000 --> 01:39:20,000 of having it be later this year. 2651 01:39:20,533 --> 01:39:25,433 Yeah. That bothers the mind. I don't I 2652 01:39:25,433 --> 01:39:26,566 also don't understand why it's 2653 01:39:26,566 --> 01:39:28,233 it was 17 plus to begin with. 2654 01:39:28,533 --> 01:39:30,466 Oh, I think I get it. Why now? I think 2655 01:39:30,466 --> 01:39:31,633 it's because they were trying to follow 2656 01:39:31,633 --> 01:39:34,533 like the ESRB standard of like M rated 2657 01:39:34,533 --> 01:39:37,666 games being 17 plus instead of 18 plus. 2658 01:39:38,533 --> 01:39:42,166 That is the weakest cop out. That 2659 01:39:42,166 --> 01:39:44,166 probably is. Yeah. But it's the only 2660 01:39:44,166 --> 01:39:46,733 explanation I can actually think of. Oh, 2661 01:39:47,633 --> 01:39:51,000 which begs the question. Why? Why are M 2662 01:39:51,000 --> 01:39:53,566 rated games 17 plus instead of 18 plus? 2663 01:39:53,566 --> 01:39:54,333 Why do we have a separate 2664 01:39:54,333 --> 01:39:55,533 category for that altogether? 2665 01:39:56,533 --> 01:40:00,533 Well, so a lot of when it comes to like 2666 01:40:00,533 --> 01:40:03,433 ESRB ratings, my understanding is that 2667 01:40:03,433 --> 01:40:05,366 there was a lot of pressure from 2668 01:40:05,366 --> 01:40:11,233 retailers. They didn't want a they didn't 2669 01:40:11,233 --> 01:40:13,166 they wanted like an adult only category 2670 01:40:13,166 --> 01:40:17,166 and they didn't want that to be like 2671 01:40:17,166 --> 01:40:18,866 confused with mature ratings. 2672 01:40:19,933 --> 01:40:20,533 I believe that's the answer, but I don't know for sure. 2673 01:40:20,533 --> 01:40:27,833 Well, that sounds kind of stupid. Yeah, I 2674 01:40:27,833 --> 01:40:30,333 guess whatever the ESRB stupid anyways. 2675 01:40:30,833 --> 01:40:33,366 Yeah, it's it's super corrupt as well. 2676 01:40:33,966 --> 01:40:35,333 The essay as a whole is a corrupt as 2677 01:40:35,333 --> 01:40:37,066 well. Everything is corrupt to be honest. 2678 01:40:37,333 --> 01:40:38,733 Oh, dude. We yeah, we 2679 01:40:38,733 --> 01:40:39,899 live in the dumbest timeline. 2680 01:40:41,500 --> 01:40:43,533 But yeah, I mean, so it says here that you need an ID, a government issued ID. 2681 01:40:43,533 --> 01:40:52,533 Which is a little bit of a step up from 2682 01:40:52,533 --> 01:40:54,899 what steam is doing, which is just having 2683 01:40:54,899 --> 01:40:58,933 a credit card on file. Yeah. Do we think 2684 01:40:58,933 --> 01:41:01,500 it's better or worse having a government 2685 01:41:01,500 --> 01:41:04,533 ID? I mean, like, look, if you have a government ID, if you have a credit card, like if they're not doing anything to actually verify, like, you know, they're not doing anything to verify. 2686 01:41:05,699 --> 01:41:08,899 Like, look, if you have a government ID, 2687 01:41:08,899 --> 01:41:11,000 if you have a credit card, like if 2688 01:41:11,000 --> 01:41:12,366 they're not doing anything to actually 2689 01:41:12,366 --> 01:41:14,933 verify that the that the person 2690 01:41:14,933 --> 01:41:17,133 submitting it is the person who you know, 2691 01:41:17,133 --> 01:41:19,733 those things belong to, then it's kind of 2692 01:41:19,733 --> 01:41:21,133 a moot point, right? Like a kid could 2693 01:41:21,133 --> 01:41:23,833 just, you know, take it snap a picture of 2694 01:41:23,833 --> 01:41:26,533 their mom's credit ID. 2695 01:41:26,666 --> 01:41:29,066 And if they're not verifying it, I don't 2696 01:41:29,066 --> 01:41:32,366 know if they are not. But like, I don't 2697 01:41:32,366 --> 01:41:34,633 know, it feels like the absolute minimum 2698 01:41:34,633 --> 01:41:38,566 they could be doing. So I don't know. 2699 01:41:38,566 --> 01:41:40,000 What do you think about it? 2700 01:41:41,166 --> 01:41:43,333 I think that's still I think it's a fair 2701 01:41:43,333 --> 01:41:46,133 point. I think they do have to ensure 2702 01:41:46,133 --> 01:41:50,100 that these IDs are they belong to the 2703 01:41:50,100 --> 01:41:52,966 person that they the people that claim 2704 01:41:52,966 --> 01:41:55,133 who they are. And I think 2705 01:41:55,133 --> 01:41:56,533 credit cards are, they're not. 2706 01:41:57,333 --> 01:41:58,966 Are decent way of doing that. But at the 2707 01:41:58,966 --> 01:42:01,166 same time, though, yeah, I mean, kids 2708 01:42:01,166 --> 01:42:02,966 steal credit cards all the time. Like, I 2709 01:42:02,966 --> 01:42:05,066 remember hearing this a couple years ago, 2710 01:42:05,666 --> 01:42:07,633 many years ago about how MapleStory was 2711 01:42:07,633 --> 01:42:09,566 causing kids to steal their parents 2712 01:42:09,566 --> 01:42:12,233 credit cards to buy all the cool shit. 2713 01:42:13,533 --> 01:42:17,433 So like, what's the I think, but to be 2714 01:42:17,433 --> 01:42:18,800 fair, though, I think really, you should 2715 01:42:18,800 --> 01:42:20,100 really be locking that up and preventing 2716 01:42:20,100 --> 01:42:21,333 your kids from getting access to the 2717 01:42:21,333 --> 01:42:22,866 begin with, I think at the very least, 2718 01:42:23,066 --> 01:42:24,533 you can, you know, be a good parent. 2719 01:42:25,533 --> 01:42:25,733 Yeah. 2720 01:42:28,266 --> 01:42:29,699 Because I think you because I think if 2721 01:42:29,699 --> 01:42:30,933 they're at the point where they're 2722 01:42:30,933 --> 01:42:33,266 stealing credit cards or like your IDs or 2723 01:42:33,266 --> 01:42:34,666 whatever, then I think you have a much 2724 01:42:34,666 --> 01:42:36,033 bigger problem than 2725 01:42:36,033 --> 01:42:38,533 accessing adult content and Roblox. 2726 01:42:39,633 --> 01:42:43,733 Yeah, I mean, if dude, if you're if the 2727 01:42:43,733 --> 01:42:46,600 there is a measure of personal 2728 01:42:46,600 --> 01:42:48,466 responsibility and like parental 2729 01:42:48,466 --> 01:42:51,233 responsibility. But like these games, 2730 01:42:51,866 --> 01:42:54,133 these platforms are designed to be as 2731 01:42:54,133 --> 01:42:55,533 addictive as they possibly can be. 2732 01:42:56,533 --> 01:42:59,666 They're taking their cues from from 2733 01:42:59,666 --> 01:43:02,300 casinos, right? Like, they literally are 2734 01:43:02,300 --> 01:43:05,933 hiring psychologists and even steam is 2735 01:43:05,933 --> 01:43:07,166 guilty of this. They're hiring 2736 01:43:07,166 --> 01:43:12,266 psychologists to to maximize platform 2737 01:43:12,266 --> 01:43:14,533 growth and revenue, you know. 2738 01:43:15,533 --> 01:43:18,566 So, you know, I think it's a bit of a 2739 01:43:18,566 --> 01:43:21,733 misdirection to say that, like, it's only 2740 01:43:21,733 --> 01:43:25,466 on parents to, you know, make sure that 2741 01:43:25,466 --> 01:43:26,866 they're locking up their 2742 01:43:26,866 --> 01:43:28,133 their credit card in the safe. 2743 01:43:28,566 --> 01:43:31,133 That's that's just it's on these 2744 01:43:31,133 --> 01:43:33,533 platforms who are making these addictive 2745 01:43:33,533 --> 01:43:38,233 experiences and making them available, 2746 01:43:39,166 --> 01:43:39,733 not even make them 2747 01:43:39,733 --> 01:43:41,533 available, targeting children. Right. 2748 01:43:42,533 --> 01:43:45,966 Yeah, it needs to be further regulation 2749 01:43:45,966 --> 01:43:49,266 that, you know, frankly, Roblox should 2750 01:43:49,266 --> 01:43:51,966 not exist, in my opinion. I know that's 2751 01:43:51,966 --> 01:43:54,533 probably a hot take, but it's just it's 2752 01:43:54,533 --> 01:43:57,733 it's so clearly evil. It does not have a 2753 01:43:57,733 --> 01:43:59,133 right to exist in this world. 2754 01:43:59,899 --> 01:44:01,300 You know, what's crazy is that Roblox has 2755 01:44:01,300 --> 01:44:03,466 existed for like 20 plus years at this 2756 01:44:03,466 --> 01:44:06,500 point already. 20 years. Yeah, Roblox is 2757 01:44:06,500 --> 01:44:08,399 old, man. Wow. Let me see 2758 01:44:08,399 --> 01:44:08,533 how old it is, actually. 2759 01:44:08,566 --> 01:44:12,533 But it's been around for a pretty long 2760 01:44:12,533 --> 01:44:17,000 time. 2004. Oh, my God. Released to the 2761 01:44:17,000 --> 01:44:19,266 public in 2006. I think it was an open 2762 01:44:19,266 --> 01:44:21,866 beta or like beta in 2004 2763 01:44:21,866 --> 01:44:23,166 or something like that. Wow. 2764 01:44:23,399 --> 01:44:25,033 But it's over 20 years old. It's older 2765 01:44:25,033 --> 01:44:26,366 than most of the kit, most of the player 2766 01:44:26,366 --> 01:44:29,033 base. Yeah, that's wild. I didn't even 2767 01:44:29,033 --> 01:44:31,266 realize that. Yeah, I think it's only 2768 01:44:31,266 --> 01:44:33,500 blown up in recent times, to be honest. 2769 01:44:33,800 --> 01:44:36,066 But I don't know. If I had to guess, it's 2770 01:44:36,066 --> 01:44:36,533 probably covid. Yeah. 2771 01:44:37,533 --> 01:44:44,699 Yeah. Oh, I'd imagine. I don't know. God 2772 01:44:44,699 --> 01:44:46,966 damn it, Roblox. Why do you have to be 2773 01:44:46,966 --> 01:44:50,333 this way? You could have just existed. If 2774 01:44:50,333 --> 01:44:52,500 you just didn't allow user generated 2775 01:44:52,500 --> 01:44:55,100 adult content on there, you could have 2776 01:44:55,100 --> 01:44:55,533 just existed fine. Yeah. 2777 01:44:56,533 --> 01:44:59,733 Dude, it just it's a platform that is 2778 01:44:59,733 --> 01:45:02,366 designed for kids and it has literally 2779 01:45:02,366 --> 01:45:05,633 zero business having 18 plus content on 2780 01:45:05,633 --> 01:45:10,100 it, like at all. And the CEO, we talked 2781 01:45:10,100 --> 01:45:11,000 about this a couple of times. Remember 2782 01:45:11,000 --> 01:45:13,266 the CEO was talking some bullshit about 2783 01:45:13,266 --> 01:45:16,533 making a dating platform on Roblox? Yeah. 2784 01:45:16,566 --> 01:45:21,233 What the fuck? I didn't know it was legal 2785 01:45:21,233 --> 01:45:26,366 to create PDF file dating apps. Only on 2786 01:45:26,366 --> 01:45:30,133 Roblox, apparently. Yeah. Oh, my gosh, 2787 01:45:30,133 --> 01:45:32,899 dude. So it makes me sick when I think 2788 01:45:32,899 --> 01:45:39,199 about it, man. Anyway. Yeah. So you mind 2789 01:45:39,199 --> 01:45:41,233 scrolling down? Yeah. Is there more 2790 01:45:41,233 --> 01:45:42,333 stuff? Let's read the 2791 01:45:42,333 --> 01:45:43,533 comments. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 2792 01:45:45,533 --> 01:45:47,433 Finally, the 17 plus thing was odd. I 2793 01:45:47,433 --> 01:45:49,433 felt like and I felt like a carried 2794 01:45:49,433 --> 01:45:52,833 subtext. Yeah. Kind of sad since a lot of 2795 01:45:52,833 --> 01:45:54,433 these games were great and I turned 17 a 2796 01:45:54,433 --> 01:45:56,166 few months ago. Now I got to wait longer. 2797 01:45:56,733 --> 01:45:59,066 Maybe there should be a 16 plus options. 2798 01:45:59,066 --> 01:46:00,566 A lot of these games could be ID 2799 01:46:00,566 --> 01:46:02,033 verification 16 plus 2800 01:46:02,033 --> 01:46:04,533 ID verification 16 plus. 2801 01:46:05,533 --> 01:46:09,000 Dude, no, dude, imagine being 16 years 2802 01:46:09,000 --> 01:46:11,600 old and being like, Mom, can we go get me 2803 01:46:11,600 --> 01:46:13,699 an ID? I mean, some of them might have 2804 01:46:13,699 --> 01:46:15,266 driver's license, to be honest. I mean, I 2805 01:46:15,266 --> 01:46:19,666 had one before I was 18. I was 17 when I 2806 01:46:19,666 --> 01:46:22,766 got my license. But I mean, just imagine 2807 01:46:22,766 --> 01:46:24,933 like a teenager asking to get 2808 01:46:24,933 --> 01:46:28,533 a light ID, like the C unreal. 2809 01:46:28,566 --> 01:46:33,166 I feel I see. I feel like at this point, 2810 01:46:33,166 --> 01:46:34,866 there's no need to double down on your 2811 01:46:34,866 --> 01:46:36,300 stances any further. I fully understand 2812 01:46:36,300 --> 01:46:38,300 Roblox thinks that their community 2813 01:46:38,300 --> 01:46:39,566 standards are being applied, but they 2814 01:46:39,566 --> 01:46:41,699 aren't. I love improvements moderation, 2815 01:46:41,699 --> 01:46:42,933 but you need to listen to your community. 2816 01:46:43,166 --> 01:46:46,166 What when they actually do work, the work 2817 01:46:46,166 --> 01:46:47,766 of finding and I said, W content instead 2818 01:46:47,766 --> 01:46:49,466 of trusting your own broken systems and 2819 01:46:49,466 --> 01:46:52,300 banning those vigilantes. So apparently 2820 01:46:52,300 --> 01:46:53,866 Roblox's own community standards 2821 01:46:53,866 --> 01:46:55,733 prohibits sexual content 2822 01:46:55,733 --> 01:46:57,533 of any kind period. Yeah. 2823 01:46:57,666 --> 01:47:00,600 Yeah. So the mature content should be 2824 01:47:00,600 --> 01:47:03,366 like blood gore horror, which I mean, 2825 01:47:03,566 --> 01:47:06,766 isn't great for kids either. Right. But 2826 01:47:06,766 --> 01:47:10,133 like, I have heard stories about like 2827 01:47:10,133 --> 01:47:14,233 certain games on the platform, like, you 2828 01:47:14,233 --> 01:47:16,366 know, bathroom simulator or something. 2829 01:47:16,633 --> 01:47:18,033 And it's like, Epstein, Epstein Island. 2830 01:47:18,533 --> 01:47:21,266 Oh, I haven't heard of that. Is that on 2831 01:47:21,266 --> 01:47:23,733 there? There's something there's I've 2832 01:47:23,733 --> 01:47:25,566 definitely heard of an Epstein game on 2833 01:47:25,566 --> 01:47:27,933 Roblox. Oh, my God. Yeah, of course. 2834 01:47:28,433 --> 01:47:32,733 Dude. But yeah, I mean, I everything I've 2835 01:47:32,733 --> 01:47:35,466 heard about Roblox, like, is that it's 2836 01:47:35,466 --> 01:47:38,066 just it's, you know, there are certain 2837 01:47:38,066 --> 01:47:40,466 games that are not that are innocent. I 2838 01:47:40,466 --> 01:47:43,066 would, I should say. But like the 2839 01:47:43,066 --> 01:47:45,733 prevailing meme about 2840 01:47:45,733 --> 01:47:48,300 Roblox is that it's it's just. 2841 01:47:49,533 --> 01:47:51,399 Sexual content targeting kids. It's. 2842 01:47:51,399 --> 01:47:53,666 Yeah. Pull up. Pull up this court. I sent 2843 01:47:53,666 --> 01:47:57,133 you an image of what the game of like the 2844 01:47:57,133 --> 01:47:58,533 various types of games you can find. 2845 01:47:58,533 --> 01:48:01,866 Just escape to Epstein. I'll pull put it 2846 01:48:01,866 --> 01:48:04,466 on the screen. Yeah. Escape to Epstein 2847 01:48:04,466 --> 01:48:09,866 Island. Diddy Party. Oh, no, dude. Dude. 2848 01:48:10,166 --> 01:48:12,633 Okay. I don't think we've talked about 2849 01:48:12,633 --> 01:48:17,166 any of this stuff. Yeah. Look at that. 2850 01:48:17,166 --> 01:48:20,966 Nice try. Diddy. Diddy Party VC. Child 2851 01:48:20,966 --> 01:48:23,133 Labor Tycoon three freaky Diddy 2852 01:48:23,133 --> 01:48:27,033 something. Survive Diddy. No. 2853 01:48:28,533 --> 01:48:30,466 Look how many Diddy games there are. What 2854 01:48:30,466 --> 01:48:33,833 the fuck? I'm sure some of these are like 2855 01:48:33,833 --> 01:48:35,433 parodies like, oh, you're trying to run 2856 01:48:35,433 --> 01:48:37,166 away from Diddy. But like, that's not 2857 01:48:37,166 --> 01:48:38,933 appropriate for kids to play either. 2858 01:48:38,933 --> 01:48:41,000 Given that Diddy is a monster in real 2859 01:48:41,000 --> 01:48:43,433 life. No. And monster that 2860 01:48:43,433 --> 01:48:46,766 also got away with it, too. Yeah. 2861 01:48:48,366 --> 01:48:49,966 I love this image, though, because it's 2862 01:48:49,966 --> 01:48:51,633 got these creepy things and then it has 2863 01:48:51,633 --> 01:48:55,899 Roblox gift cards. I think I think I took 2864 01:48:55,899 --> 01:48:56,533 this from a news article. 2865 01:48:57,533 --> 01:49:01,866 Yeah. It's just dude. I don't know. I 2866 01:49:01,866 --> 01:49:03,766 don't I don't like this platform. I think 2867 01:49:03,766 --> 01:49:06,933 it should go away. It's user generated. 2868 01:49:06,933 --> 01:49:09,366 It's a user generated hellscape. I will I 2869 01:49:09,366 --> 01:49:13,433 will tell you that. Speaking of which, I 2870 01:49:13,433 --> 01:49:15,133 think user I mean, this is gonna sound a 2871 01:49:15,133 --> 01:49:17,033 hot take, but I think most user generated 2872 01:49:17,033 --> 01:49:19,533 content kind of sucks in 2873 01:49:19,533 --> 01:49:20,533 these sorts of games. Yeah. 2874 01:49:21,533 --> 01:49:23,233 Like even like something a lot more 2875 01:49:23,233 --> 01:49:27,533 restrictive like Mario Mario Maker. Most 2876 01:49:27,533 --> 01:49:30,033 of the levels just kind of suck. Yeah. 2877 01:49:30,766 --> 01:49:32,666 And the ones and the ones that people 2878 01:49:32,666 --> 01:49:34,066 really want to play are the stupid 2879 01:49:34,066 --> 01:49:36,566 fucking Kaiser Mario levels. You know the 2880 01:49:36,566 --> 01:49:38,233 types, right? Oh, yeah. I am familiar. 2881 01:49:39,533 --> 01:49:41,466 No one wants like listen, most people 2882 01:49:41,466 --> 01:49:44,666 don't want to play fucking Washi. Is that 2883 01:49:44,666 --> 01:49:46,166 even true? Do most people not want to 2884 01:49:46,166 --> 01:49:47,733 play Kaiser Mario levels? Because they 2885 01:49:47,733 --> 01:49:48,933 seem like the most popular ones. 2886 01:49:50,333 --> 01:49:52,166 I know I'm not that target demographic, 2887 01:49:52,166 --> 01:49:54,833 but there are people who do want to play. 2888 01:49:55,366 --> 01:49:57,800 Yeah, I'm not that target either. Also, 2889 01:49:57,800 --> 01:49:59,866 another game just recently got announced. 2890 01:50:00,233 --> 01:50:02,433 Not a game, but an existing game 2891 01:50:02,433 --> 01:50:05,333 announced that they're allowing user 2892 01:50:05,333 --> 01:50:06,533 generated content as well. 2893 01:50:07,533 --> 01:50:10,633 Genshin Impact. Oh, really? It's becoming 2894 01:50:10,633 --> 01:50:15,266 a user generated hellscape. Okay. Yeah. 2895 01:50:15,766 --> 01:50:17,300 There's a trailer. There's a trailer out 2896 01:50:17,300 --> 01:50:18,966 for it too. You want to watch it? Yeah. 2897 01:50:19,666 --> 01:50:20,433 Hold on. Let me let me 2898 01:50:20,433 --> 01:50:21,933 find out what it's called. 2899 01:50:24,233 --> 01:50:29,266 Let me link it to you actually there. 2900 01:50:31,466 --> 01:50:32,166 There we go. 2901 01:50:34,166 --> 01:50:34,899 It's on discord. 2902 01:50:36,800 --> 01:50:39,033 I find it interesting that games are 2903 01:50:39,033 --> 01:50:41,500 pivoting towards being user generated 2904 01:50:41,500 --> 01:50:45,199 content. Yeah, even like a gacha game 2905 01:50:45,199 --> 01:50:46,533 like this. That's like insanely 2906 01:50:46,533 --> 01:50:48,866 profitable. Yeah. Well, why wouldn't 2907 01:50:48,866 --> 01:50:50,066 they? I mean, they could monetize it 2908 01:50:50,066 --> 01:50:51,466 again or it, you 2909 01:50:51,466 --> 01:50:54,000 know, it gets overcooked. 2910 01:50:54,766 --> 01:50:57,366 I was about to say it. I looked like 2911 01:50:57,366 --> 01:50:59,533 familiar and tower defense, you know. 2912 01:51:00,533 --> 01:51:05,600 So here's the question. Are the Chinese 2913 01:51:05,600 --> 01:51:07,000 going to be a little more strict about 2914 01:51:07,000 --> 01:51:10,333 adult content on this user generated 2915 01:51:10,333 --> 01:51:14,366 Genshin space? I would be surprised if 2916 01:51:14,366 --> 01:51:17,533 they allow UGC on like the Chinese servers. Will they? I don't know. But I mean, it makes sense. It makes sense for 2917 01:51:17,566 --> 01:51:32,066 them to allow it in the US because, you 2918 01:51:32,066 --> 01:51:33,000 know, they can make the game more 2919 01:51:33,000 --> 01:51:35,533 addictive that way. Yeah. More time sink. The other question though is will they allow will they allow mature quote unquote mature content? Probably not, right? I mean, I would say that's a good question. 2920 01:51:45,066 --> 01:51:52,366 Yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if they do 2921 01:51:52,366 --> 01:51:55,533 in the US. God damn it. Yeah. I don't know what to make of this besides it exists. 2922 01:51:56,866 --> 01:52:12,300 Yep. I'm not a fan. I'll say that. I 2923 01:52:12,300 --> 01:52:13,800 might try it out just for shits and 2924 01:52:13,800 --> 01:52:16,899 giggles because a lot of my audience is 2925 01:52:16,899 --> 01:52:18,666 interested in Genshin impact on the steam 2926 01:52:18,666 --> 01:52:22,333 deck. Yeah. It's still some of my most 2927 01:52:22,333 --> 01:52:24,466 popular content for steam deck stuff. So 2928 01:52:24,466 --> 01:52:25,533 I guess I'll have to give it a try. 2929 01:52:26,533 --> 01:52:32,166 But in the meantime, though, don't don't 2930 01:52:32,166 --> 01:52:35,333 let your kids play roblox. No, and don't 2931 01:52:35,333 --> 01:52:39,466 play roblox yourself. If so, here's the 2932 01:52:39,466 --> 01:52:41,766 deal. If you're the target audience for 2933 01:52:41,766 --> 01:52:44,666 roblox, you should not play it. And if 2934 01:52:44,666 --> 01:52:47,633 you and if you're not the target audience 2935 01:52:47,633 --> 01:52:49,300 for roblox, you should not play it 2936 01:52:49,300 --> 01:52:49,533 because you're a creep. 2937 01:52:49,833 --> 01:52:53,933 Because you're a creep. It's just don't 2938 01:52:53,933 --> 01:52:55,733 let your kids drag. Don't let your kids 2939 01:52:55,733 --> 01:52:57,666 or like nieces nephews of dragging and 2940 01:52:57,666 --> 01:53:00,666 playing roblox because it's also not that 2941 01:53:00,666 --> 01:53:02,833 fun to be honest. No. Well, dude, here's 2942 01:53:02,833 --> 01:53:04,666 the thing. I said this in my news video. 2943 01:53:05,433 --> 01:53:06,633 Like, it's one thing if you're playing it 2944 01:53:06,633 --> 01:53:08,066 with your own kids or your family, right? 2945 01:53:08,266 --> 01:53:11,066 That's whatever. But like, in it. So in 2946 01:53:11,066 --> 01:53:14,766 my most recent news video, I had to 2947 01:53:14,766 --> 01:53:16,433 address the fact that I'm on the record 2948 01:53:16,433 --> 01:53:18,500 saying that I just don't 2949 01:53:18,500 --> 01:53:19,533 like online multi-party. 2950 01:53:19,566 --> 01:53:21,666 Player games. And the reason I don't like 2951 01:53:21,666 --> 01:53:23,866 online online multiplayer games is 2952 01:53:23,866 --> 01:53:27,233 because, you know, most of them, if 2953 01:53:27,233 --> 01:53:30,166 they're like, mostly online multiplayer, 2954 01:53:30,166 --> 01:53:32,233 like Fortnite, they're just not fun, 2955 01:53:32,233 --> 01:53:33,466 right? Like, the only reason you're 2956 01:53:33,466 --> 01:53:35,333 having fun is because you're playing with 2957 01:53:35,333 --> 01:53:37,266 your friends, you know, like, at least 2958 01:53:37,266 --> 01:53:40,366 for me, that's how it seems. And so it's 2959 01:53:40,366 --> 01:53:41,566 like, you know, with 2960 01:53:41,566 --> 01:53:43,333 with Domekeeper adding. 2961 01:53:44,533 --> 01:53:46,899 Multiplayer, right? Like online 2962 01:53:46,899 --> 01:53:49,233 multiplayer and split screen. The reason 2963 01:53:49,233 --> 01:53:51,399 that I'm excited about that is because 2964 01:53:51,399 --> 01:53:53,966 the game's already extremely fun on its 2965 01:53:53,966 --> 01:53:56,666 own, right? And then you add on playing 2966 01:53:56,666 --> 01:53:59,033 with your friends. And that brings it to 2967 01:53:59,033 --> 01:54:00,199 a whole other level. And it feels like a 2968 01:54:00,199 --> 01:54:02,066 natural extension of the gameplay. But 2969 01:54:02,066 --> 01:54:03,800 like, when a game requires you to be 2970 01:54:03,800 --> 01:54:06,566 playing against other people, it just 2971 01:54:06,566 --> 01:54:08,966 that just takes all the 2972 01:54:08,966 --> 01:54:10,533 fun out of it for me. So. 2973 01:54:10,566 --> 01:54:11,666 So you're not gonna be 2974 01:54:11,666 --> 01:54:13,100 playing the Domekeeper PVP? 2975 01:54:14,733 --> 01:54:16,533 Oh, I'll put out. I don't. Does it have 2976 01:54:16,533 --> 01:54:17,866 PVP? I thought it was PVE. 2977 01:54:18,433 --> 01:54:19,666 Let me see. I think I think 2978 01:54:19,666 --> 01:54:21,066 it was both. But let me check. 2979 01:54:21,066 --> 01:54:22,433 I think it could be both. But I will be 2980 01:54:22,433 --> 01:54:24,733 I'll play it no matter which way. Like, 2981 01:54:24,733 --> 01:54:26,800 because I'll be playing it with like you 2982 01:54:26,800 --> 01:54:30,000 and James, probably. But like the game's 2983 01:54:30,000 --> 01:54:31,433 already fun by itself. Right? Like, 2984 01:54:31,433 --> 01:54:32,933 that's the whole point is like the game 2985 01:54:32,933 --> 01:54:36,366 is fun. And then I can add on to my I can 2986 01:54:36,366 --> 01:54:37,833 extend my fun by playing with other 2987 01:54:37,833 --> 01:54:39,300 people. And like, it was 2988 01:54:39,300 --> 01:54:39,533 like that with Minecraft, too. 2989 01:54:39,566 --> 01:54:42,033 It was like, I started playing Minecraft. 2990 01:54:42,566 --> 01:54:43,633 And this was before they had really 2991 01:54:43,633 --> 01:54:46,366 figured out networking in Minecraft. And 2992 01:54:46,366 --> 01:54:47,666 I was like, you know, what would be 2993 01:54:47,666 --> 01:54:49,000 really fun is to be able to do this with 2994 01:54:49,000 --> 01:54:51,466 my friends. And then when they added it, 2995 01:54:51,466 --> 01:54:52,933 I was like, Oh, here we go. This 2996 01:54:52,933 --> 01:54:54,533 actually, you know, is really fun. 2997 01:54:55,533 --> 01:54:59,566 But other than Minecraft and and like, 2998 01:55:00,266 --> 01:55:02,833 and Spelunky and games that have, you 2999 01:55:02,833 --> 01:55:05,433 know, that are innately single player. 3000 01:55:05,800 --> 01:55:08,733 Yeah, once you add your friends in and 3001 01:55:08,733 --> 01:55:10,100 you've already been having fun as a 3002 01:55:10,100 --> 01:55:11,366 single player experience. That's when 3003 01:55:11,366 --> 01:55:13,533 playing online games makes sense to me. 3004 01:55:14,533 --> 01:55:18,300 I don't keep it does have it's not like 3005 01:55:18,300 --> 01:55:20,033 direct PvP, where you fight each other, 3006 01:55:20,033 --> 01:55:22,033 of course. But also you're competing for 3007 01:55:22,033 --> 01:55:24,366 the same resources and just end up 3008 01:55:24,366 --> 01:55:25,866 playing tug of war with the resources, 3009 01:55:25,866 --> 01:55:27,766 like literally to it. It looks awesome. 3010 01:55:28,699 --> 01:55:30,500 Yeah, that's very it's super exciting for 3011 01:55:30,500 --> 01:55:34,366 me. So yeah, play Domekeeper. Don't play 3012 01:55:34,366 --> 01:55:37,266 Roblox. Yeah, that's kind of a shitty 3013 01:55:37,266 --> 01:55:41,433 moral of the story. But yeah, but I mean, 3014 01:55:41,433 --> 01:55:43,533 you know, with that, I, we're, I think, we're, I think, we're going to be doing a lot of stuff. 3015 01:55:43,533 --> 01:55:46,066 We're actually just at about two hours 3016 01:55:46,066 --> 01:55:50,300 here. So that's been a heck of an 3017 01:55:50,300 --> 01:55:52,566 episode. Kind of gone all over the place 3018 01:55:52,566 --> 01:55:54,433 with the news stories this week. 3019 01:55:56,266 --> 01:55:58,633 Yeah, but I mean, it's kind of a slow 3020 01:55:58,633 --> 01:56:01,233 week. It's the it's the calm before the 3021 01:56:01,233 --> 01:56:03,199 storm. That's a song. 3022 01:56:03,533 --> 01:56:06,500 Yep. And things are start are gonna start 3023 01:56:06,500 --> 01:56:09,699 picking up pretty soon here with like 3024 01:56:09,699 --> 01:56:11,399 Christmas and you know, 3025 01:56:11,399 --> 01:56:12,933 the holiday season for sure. 3026 01:56:12,933 --> 01:56:14,833 Oh, yes, absolutely. We're gonna be 3027 01:56:14,833 --> 01:56:18,100 hearing a lot. I think quarter three is 3028 01:56:18,100 --> 01:56:19,300 about to end right like it 3029 01:56:19,300 --> 01:56:20,466 ends in September, right? 3030 01:56:21,533 --> 01:56:22,433 Yeah, I believe so. 3031 01:56:22,433 --> 01:56:24,233 So we'll be hearing a lot of earnings 3032 01:56:24,233 --> 01:56:26,666 calls and like investor like information, 3033 01:56:26,666 --> 01:56:27,533 all that cool stuff. 3034 01:56:28,533 --> 01:56:31,066 Yeah, so I mean, I'm not sure what to 3035 01:56:31,066 --> 01:56:33,533 make of it besides stay safe, everyone. 3036 01:56:33,766 --> 01:56:35,899 Yeah, don't go on Roblox. 3037 01:56:37,166 --> 01:56:39,166 Yeah. And you know what? Enjoy the 3038 01:56:39,166 --> 01:56:41,066 weather while it still lasts because the 3039 01:56:41,066 --> 01:56:42,466 leaves are already falling here. 3040 01:56:43,500 --> 01:56:46,066 Oh, are they? Oh, yeah. Oh, that sounds 3041 01:56:46,066 --> 01:56:48,066 pretty cool. Yeah, enjoy. Yeah. Enjoy the 3042 01:56:48,066 --> 01:56:49,533 weather while it lasts too. Yeah. 3043 01:56:49,566 --> 01:56:53,166 Do anything but Roblox. Heck, you can 3044 01:56:53,166 --> 01:56:55,066 even play the like, user generated 3045 01:56:55,066 --> 01:56:57,433 Genshin Hellscape if you wanted to. 3046 01:56:57,733 --> 01:57:00,566 Yeah. Also has the same problem. I won't 3047 01:57:00,566 --> 01:57:01,300 judge you for playing 3048 01:57:01,300 --> 01:57:03,933 Genshin art. You see? 3049 01:57:04,933 --> 01:57:10,266 Genshin, you see? Cool. Anyways, yeah. 3050 01:57:10,933 --> 01:57:12,933 Well, hey, thank you. Hi, tech for being 3051 01:57:12,933 --> 01:57:16,233 here. You know, we will definitely have 3052 01:57:16,233 --> 01:57:16,533 James back next week, I think. 3053 01:57:17,533 --> 01:57:20,666 And another special someone to assuming 3054 01:57:20,666 --> 01:57:23,666 things go for no spoilers. No spoilers. 3055 01:57:24,033 --> 01:57:25,366 But yeah, I'm excited about next week. 3056 01:57:26,066 --> 01:57:27,733 And thanks to everyone out there for 3057 01:57:27,733 --> 01:57:29,800 watching. We appreciate it. Again, make 3058 01:57:29,800 --> 01:57:31,000 sure you get subscribed to the YouTube 3059 01:57:31,000 --> 01:57:32,833 channel. And with 3060 01:57:32,833 --> 01:57:34,266 that, have a great week. 3061 01:57:35,033 --> 01:57:36,433 All right. You too, man. 3062 01:57:37,233 --> 01:57:38,766 All right. See you. See you.