1 00:00:00,166 --> 00:00:02,566 Also, there are some interesting Pokémon 2 00:00:02,566 --> 00:00:05,000 lore bits that Nintendo dropped. 3 00:00:05,366 --> 00:00:07,133 For example, do you guys remember 4 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:08,633 Lieutenant Surge in Gen 1? 5 00:00:09,666 --> 00:00:11,333 He's the Lightning gym leader. 6 00:00:11,333 --> 00:00:12,066 I do remember him. 7 00:00:12,733 --> 00:00:13,866 He's the guy that kind of looks like Gile 8 00:00:13,866 --> 00:00:14,599 from Street Fighter. 9 00:00:14,933 --> 00:00:17,866 Yeah, so I think he was apparently in a 10 00:00:17,866 --> 00:00:20,566 war and Lightning Pokémon saved his life 11 00:00:20,566 --> 00:00:22,866 or something like that during the war. 12 00:00:23,633 --> 00:00:24,233 But then they never 13 00:00:24,233 --> 00:00:25,266 talked about the war again. 14 00:00:26,066 --> 00:00:29,266 And they also retconned as Epithet, which 15 00:00:29,266 --> 00:00:30,566 was the Lightning American. 16 00:00:31,766 --> 00:00:33,633 I don't know, there's just a lot of crazy 17 00:00:33,633 --> 00:00:35,200 rumors I've heard about 18 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,766 Pokémon lore back in the day. 19 00:00:38,833 --> 00:00:41,000 Oh, and also, we can't forget about the 20 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,433 Game Freak leaks, if 21 00:00:42,433 --> 00:00:43,200 you guys remember that. 22 00:00:45,100 --> 00:00:46,133 The Game Freak leaks? 23 00:00:46,133 --> 00:00:46,766 I don't remember that. 24 00:00:47,466 --> 00:00:48,766 It was the one with the 25 00:00:48,766 --> 00:00:51,933 stories of Ticeplosion. 26 00:00:52,299 --> 00:00:54,899 Oh yeah, no, I do remember that. I don't 27 00:00:54,899 --> 00:00:55,733 want to talk about it. 28 00:00:55,766 --> 00:00:56,466 Never mind. 29 00:00:59,833 --> 00:01:00,933 Yeah, now you remember. 30 00:01:01,666 --> 00:01:01,866 Yeah. 31 00:01:06,866 --> 00:01:09,299 Welcome to Off the Console, the hottest 32 00:01:09,299 --> 00:01:11,733 new podcast that's all about gaming, tech 33 00:01:11,733 --> 00:01:13,066 news, and anything nerdy. 34 00:01:13,666 --> 00:01:15,133 And we're covering a lot of different 35 00:01:15,133 --> 00:01:17,299 topics today, including Take Your Game 36 00:01:17,299 --> 00:01:18,933 Show, happens in two weeks. 37 00:01:19,533 --> 00:01:21,533 And also talking about the Apple event, 38 00:01:22,099 --> 00:01:24,766 the Nintendo Direct, and a 39 00:01:24,766 --> 00:01:25,866 couple of other things too. 40 00:01:26,433 --> 00:01:28,633 And my name is High Tech Low Life, and 41 00:01:28,633 --> 00:01:30,066 I'm joined by my co-host, 42 00:01:30,066 --> 00:01:32,200 Gardner Bryant, and games revealed. 43 00:01:33,333 --> 00:01:35,266 And what have you guys been playing? 44 00:01:35,866 --> 00:01:36,633 Let's start with you, James. 45 00:01:37,866 --> 00:01:41,233 Okay, let's jump right into it. I spent 46 00:01:41,233 --> 00:01:43,733 30, according to Steam, I 47 00:01:43,733 --> 00:01:45,466 spent 35 hours playing a game. 48 00:01:46,099 --> 00:01:48,666 I played Hollow Knight, because I'm like, 49 00:01:48,866 --> 00:01:50,666 I know that. Okay, here's the thing. 50 00:01:51,633 --> 00:01:52,566 I like to play things 51 00:01:52,566 --> 00:01:54,666 sequentially, typically. 52 00:01:55,466 --> 00:01:56,433 This is one of those games where 53 00:01:56,433 --> 00:01:58,233 everyone's like, "You don't need to," but 54 00:01:58,233 --> 00:02:01,066 you get some good context on the main 55 00:02:01,066 --> 00:02:02,233 character in Silksong. 56 00:02:02,666 --> 00:02:05,766 Because you run into her multiple times 57 00:02:05,766 --> 00:02:06,766 in Hollow Knight. So 58 00:02:06,766 --> 00:02:07,766 I'm glad I played it. 59 00:02:07,766 --> 00:02:08,599 But it is a really 60 00:02:08,599 --> 00:02:09,833 fun game. It's really... 61 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:16,566 It is fairly difficult, but since we 62 00:02:16,566 --> 00:02:17,333 talked last, I picked 63 00:02:17,333 --> 00:02:18,400 it up for the first time. 64 00:02:19,166 --> 00:02:20,766 I watched my wife play it a little bit, 65 00:02:20,766 --> 00:02:21,699 because she loves it. 66 00:02:21,699 --> 00:02:23,000 And she's been playing Silksong while 67 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,066 right next to me while 68 00:02:24,066 --> 00:02:24,866 I'm playing Hollow Knight. 69 00:02:25,166 --> 00:02:28,366 So I got to watch her 70 00:02:28,366 --> 00:02:29,099 play some of that too. 71 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,666 But I got it. I'm at the very end. I'm at 72 00:02:32,666 --> 00:02:33,366 the boss, but I 73 00:02:33,366 --> 00:02:34,699 wanted to go do more stuff. 74 00:02:35,599 --> 00:02:37,233 I technically could have beat it by this 75 00:02:37,233 --> 00:02:40,033 recording, but I decided not to. 76 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:41,266 But kind of... 77 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:42,800 That's fair enough. You got 100% it? 78 00:02:43,666 --> 00:02:46,066 Probably not 100%, but I want to get more 79 00:02:46,066 --> 00:02:46,733 charms. I've only 80 00:02:46,733 --> 00:02:47,833 gotten like half the charms. 81 00:02:48,333 --> 00:02:50,866 And I don't want to sit there for like a 82 00:02:50,866 --> 00:02:52,433 half a day trying to beat the boss. 83 00:02:53,633 --> 00:02:55,133 I prefer to be more prepared. 84 00:02:56,199 --> 00:02:59,366 And so that's... A lot of the bosses, if 85 00:02:59,366 --> 00:03:00,766 you run into one, that's too hard. 86 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,733 But usually just my advice is maybe avoid 87 00:03:04,733 --> 00:03:06,266 that boss if you can. 88 00:03:07,133 --> 00:03:09,666 And get some more items, because some of 89 00:03:09,666 --> 00:03:12,099 the charms, man, make it so much easier. 90 00:03:13,666 --> 00:03:16,433 Yeah. And what about you, Gardiner? What 91 00:03:16,433 --> 00:03:17,133 have you been playing? 92 00:03:18,733 --> 00:03:20,699 I've been a little sick this week, so 93 00:03:20,699 --> 00:03:22,233 I've taken it a bit easier. 94 00:03:23,533 --> 00:03:27,599 I played Bulletstorm for a little while, 95 00:03:27,599 --> 00:03:28,666 which is like one of my 96 00:03:28,666 --> 00:03:30,666 favorite of like the 360 era. 97 00:03:31,033 --> 00:03:32,066 First-person shooters. 98 00:03:34,066 --> 00:03:36,199 And it's really, really fun. 99 00:03:37,766 --> 00:03:39,400 But I also have been doing 100 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,366 some fun coding projects. 101 00:03:42,266 --> 00:03:43,599 Actually, one major coding 102 00:03:43,599 --> 00:03:45,066 project I'll show you guys. 103 00:03:47,433 --> 00:03:50,066 I went on my blog and I added this little 104 00:03:50,066 --> 00:03:51,666 support meter up here 105 00:03:51,666 --> 00:03:53,466 that shows like goals 106 00:03:53,599 --> 00:03:55,766 for like fundraising on the blog. 107 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,166 And I'm pretty happy with this. 108 00:04:00,066 --> 00:04:02,866 So... And I actually wrote a blog post 109 00:04:02,866 --> 00:04:05,233 about how it works and stuff. 110 00:04:05,833 --> 00:04:07,633 So if you're interested in that, you can 111 00:04:07,633 --> 00:04:10,366 check out the blog post about it. 112 00:04:11,566 --> 00:04:13,166 Did you hit your goal? That's awesome. 113 00:04:13,566 --> 00:04:14,733 We hit the first goal. 114 00:04:14,733 --> 00:04:15,033 That is... 115 00:04:15,033 --> 00:04:17,366 And we're very close to the second goal 116 00:04:17,366 --> 00:04:18,733 here. We're like $5 117 00:04:18,733 --> 00:04:19,966 short the second goal. 118 00:04:19,966 --> 00:04:20,500 Oh, okay. 119 00:04:21,633 --> 00:04:21,833 Yeah. 120 00:04:22,300 --> 00:04:24,366 That's pretty kick-ass, man. 121 00:04:24,366 --> 00:04:26,766 Yeah. So it's very exciting. 122 00:04:26,833 --> 00:04:31,833 And this counts not just like the ghost 123 00:04:31,833 --> 00:04:32,966 blog system, but this 124 00:04:32,966 --> 00:04:34,633 also counts my patrons who 125 00:04:34,733 --> 00:04:38,733 have like logged in to redeem their free 126 00:04:38,733 --> 00:04:39,866 membership to the blog. 127 00:04:41,733 --> 00:04:43,633 And so that was like a non-trivial thing 128 00:04:43,633 --> 00:04:44,966 to figure out, but I did 129 00:04:44,966 --> 00:04:46,133 and I'm very proud of this. 130 00:04:46,566 --> 00:04:49,266 So yeah. 131 00:04:49,266 --> 00:04:51,166 Also, I wrote an open RCT2 installation 132 00:04:51,166 --> 00:04:52,366 guide because that's a game 133 00:04:52,366 --> 00:04:53,266 I've been playing recently. 134 00:04:53,933 --> 00:04:57,033 So lots of fun stuff on my blog. 135 00:04:58,600 --> 00:04:59,066 Oh yeah. 136 00:05:00,566 --> 00:05:03,833 As for me, I finally picked up Silksong. 137 00:05:04,633 --> 00:05:05,433 Like I said, I would. 138 00:05:05,699 --> 00:05:08,300 And it's been a lot of fun. 139 00:05:09,133 --> 00:05:09,899 I find myself getting 140 00:05:09,899 --> 00:05:12,699 a lot lost very easily. 141 00:05:13,866 --> 00:05:17,533 That said, there's some people 142 00:05:17,533 --> 00:05:18,333 complaining a lot about 143 00:05:18,333 --> 00:05:19,166 the game's difficulty. 144 00:05:19,166 --> 00:05:19,866 We'll talk about that later. 145 00:05:20,233 --> 00:05:20,933 That's one of the topics. 146 00:05:21,666 --> 00:05:24,500 And I mean, I don't know if maybe gamers 147 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:25,266 have just gotten worse 148 00:05:25,266 --> 00:05:26,699 at video games over time, 149 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,033 but like, I think they might have. 150 00:05:31,266 --> 00:05:31,666 Yeah. 151 00:05:32,533 --> 00:05:34,366 And like these gamers complained about 152 00:05:34,366 --> 00:05:36,233 game journalists sucking at video games, 153 00:05:36,233 --> 00:05:37,399 but like, you're no better than they are 154 00:05:37,399 --> 00:05:38,166 either, to be honest. 155 00:05:40,566 --> 00:05:41,466 Like that's just my opinion. 156 00:05:41,733 --> 00:05:42,000 All right. 157 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,566 We're talking about more. 158 00:05:44,133 --> 00:05:45,866 I'm better than game journalists. 159 00:05:46,533 --> 00:05:46,733 Yeah. 160 00:05:46,833 --> 00:05:48,100 Nobody is as good as 161 00:05:48,100 --> 00:05:49,566 high-tech low-life at video games. 162 00:05:50,466 --> 00:05:50,800 Yeah. 163 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,566 I gave you access to chess mess and you 164 00:05:53,566 --> 00:05:54,666 were like, here's every 165 00:05:54,666 --> 00:05:55,766 way I broke your game. 166 00:05:57,199 --> 00:05:58,699 And most of them I had not even like 167 00:05:58,699 --> 00:05:59,933 considered as a way to 168 00:05:59,933 --> 00:06:00,933 break the game originally. 169 00:06:01,366 --> 00:06:03,633 So to be fair, you'd be a game tester. 170 00:06:04,399 --> 00:06:04,600 Yeah. 171 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:05,899 Yeah. 172 00:06:05,899 --> 00:06:07,600 But game testers get paid shit to me. 173 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,233 They do. 174 00:06:09,233 --> 00:06:11,399 It's not fair because it's a grueling job 175 00:06:11,399 --> 00:06:13,633 that some people are just really good at. 176 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:14,833 Yeah. 177 00:06:16,433 --> 00:06:19,266 And I'd imagine it'd be a lot less fun. 178 00:06:19,266 --> 00:06:21,366 Like as time goes on, I'd probably be 179 00:06:21,366 --> 00:06:23,133 sick of it by like year one. 180 00:06:23,666 --> 00:06:24,033 Depends. 181 00:06:24,033 --> 00:06:25,933 Do you like destruction and 182 00:06:25,933 --> 00:06:27,833 destroying people's dreams? 183 00:06:28,633 --> 00:06:29,766 Then you might be good at it. 184 00:06:30,633 --> 00:06:30,899 Yeah. 185 00:06:30,899 --> 00:06:32,566 But I want to play the game too, dude. 186 00:06:33,133 --> 00:06:33,233 You do. 187 00:06:33,233 --> 00:06:34,000 I don't want to like... 188 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:34,433 You played a lot. 189 00:06:36,399 --> 00:06:36,566 Yeah. 190 00:06:36,566 --> 00:06:37,933 But I don't want to like have to repeat 191 00:06:37,933 --> 00:06:39,133 sections just to like 192 00:06:39,133 --> 00:06:40,466 find new bugs in a place. 193 00:06:40,766 --> 00:06:41,266 Like, yeah. 194 00:06:41,533 --> 00:06:43,500 I'm sure playing a game is very different 195 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:44,533 than like play testing 196 00:06:44,533 --> 00:06:45,666 a game for like specific 197 00:06:45,833 --> 00:06:47,566 bugs and stuff like that. 198 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,399 But I mean, Silk's 199 00:06:52,399 --> 00:06:53,466 song is a lot of fun, man. 200 00:06:53,833 --> 00:06:54,566 I think you should pick 201 00:06:54,566 --> 00:06:55,933 it up after you do it. 202 00:06:56,166 --> 00:06:57,233 I know Gardiner is going to pick up 203 00:06:57,233 --> 00:06:59,933 eventually when he finds time to game. 204 00:07:00,199 --> 00:07:00,466 Yeah. 205 00:07:00,866 --> 00:07:01,266 At some point. 206 00:07:03,399 --> 00:07:03,600 Yeah. 207 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:04,166 But yeah. 208 00:07:04,433 --> 00:07:06,266 I need to get it back into it. 209 00:07:06,666 --> 00:07:10,866 It wasn't really on my radar this week. 210 00:07:10,866 --> 00:07:13,399 I've been too busy wanting 211 00:07:13,399 --> 00:07:15,300 to play dumb action games. 212 00:07:16,399 --> 00:07:17,199 Oh, James. 213 00:07:18,033 --> 00:07:18,633 Thank you. 214 00:07:20,766 --> 00:07:22,066 Wait, now the real 215 00:07:22,066 --> 00:07:23,133 question is, did it update? 216 00:07:23,933 --> 00:07:24,533 It didn't update. 217 00:07:25,833 --> 00:07:26,166 Fucker. 218 00:07:26,766 --> 00:07:27,500 I thought that I had 219 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:28,666 got it working completely. 220 00:07:29,199 --> 00:07:30,199 I'm here to help you. 221 00:07:30,533 --> 00:07:30,733 Yeah. 222 00:07:30,966 --> 00:07:31,833 Bug test. 223 00:07:33,399 --> 00:07:35,666 So James just donated to my blog, so I'm 224 00:07:35,666 --> 00:07:37,566 going to like update the account here. 225 00:07:37,766 --> 00:07:40,733 I want to see it hit the next step. 226 00:07:41,566 --> 00:07:43,600 It needs one of those like Twitch-style 227 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:44,233 pings where it goes... 228 00:07:44,233 --> 00:07:46,433 When like you get a 229 00:07:46,433 --> 00:07:47,699 donation from someone. 230 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:49,466 Yeah, I have to do. 231 00:07:49,466 --> 00:07:50,466 I don't know how to do that. 232 00:07:51,433 --> 00:07:52,199 Yeah, I don't know either. 233 00:07:53,033 --> 00:07:54,733 Oh, I know why it didn't update. 234 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:55,833 Gosh, sorry. 235 00:07:56,033 --> 00:07:57,733 Anyway, this derailed the... 236 00:07:58,266 --> 00:07:58,733 It's all good. 237 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,833 Yeah, so you better beat Silk's song 238 00:08:00,833 --> 00:08:02,733 before Hades 2 comes out 239 00:08:02,733 --> 00:08:04,433 since that's now apparently 240 00:08:04,433 --> 00:08:05,966 coming out this month as well. 241 00:08:06,533 --> 00:08:08,033 Hades 2 is already out, isn't it? 242 00:08:08,466 --> 00:08:09,399 It's in the real access. 243 00:08:09,399 --> 00:08:10,033 No, like 1.0. 244 00:08:10,033 --> 00:08:10,899 Oh, oh, oh. 245 00:08:10,899 --> 00:08:12,066 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 246 00:08:12,333 --> 00:08:12,466 Yeah. 247 00:08:13,366 --> 00:08:14,166 But hey. 248 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:15,800 Both the games are hard. 249 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:16,266 Slay the Spire got delayed. 250 00:08:17,366 --> 00:08:18,933 Slay the Spire got delayed though. 251 00:08:21,333 --> 00:08:22,399 Oh, Slay the Spire 2? 252 00:08:23,066 --> 00:08:24,300 Yeah, Slay the Spire 2, yeah. 253 00:08:24,433 --> 00:08:24,633 Oh. 254 00:08:24,866 --> 00:08:25,666 Till March of next year. 255 00:08:26,566 --> 00:08:27,966 Yeah, there's too many 256 00:08:27,966 --> 00:08:30,333 games to catch up with. 257 00:08:30,333 --> 00:08:30,899 Like I still need to 258 00:08:30,899 --> 00:08:32,833 beat Doom Dark Ages, so... 259 00:08:33,066 --> 00:08:34,566 And I still need to be Hades 260 00:08:34,566 --> 00:08:36,033 1 before Hades 2 comes out. 261 00:08:37,266 --> 00:08:37,733 I'm not... 262 00:08:38,133 --> 00:08:38,933 Come on, dude. 263 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,100 Dude, that game is so hard. 264 00:08:41,133 --> 00:08:42,833 One, two, it is repetitive. 265 00:08:43,133 --> 00:08:44,133 I don't do well with repetitive... 266 00:08:44,533 --> 00:08:46,766 Like, Rogue-like dungeon crawlers. 267 00:08:46,766 --> 00:08:48,266 I just don't do very well 268 00:08:48,266 --> 00:08:49,133 because it's too repetitive. 269 00:08:49,666 --> 00:08:50,633 I get bored after a while. 270 00:08:51,133 --> 00:08:52,200 But it's such a good game. 271 00:08:53,066 --> 00:08:54,133 All right, it's time to get 272 00:08:54,133 --> 00:08:56,433 into the meat of the topics. 273 00:08:56,833 --> 00:08:57,866 The first of the topics 274 00:08:57,866 --> 00:09:00,399 here we've got Tokyo Game Show. 275 00:09:01,333 --> 00:09:03,133 So, Tokyo Game Show is one 276 00:09:03,133 --> 00:09:05,766 of the big three gaming expos. 277 00:09:06,633 --> 00:09:07,566 The other two, of course, 278 00:09:07,566 --> 00:09:10,266 beaten Gamescom and, formerly, E3. 279 00:09:11,899 --> 00:09:13,266 You know, I kind of miss E3, guys. 280 00:09:13,266 --> 00:09:14,233 I don't know what you... 281 00:09:14,233 --> 00:09:15,466 But I kind of miss it. 282 00:09:15,466 --> 00:09:18,266 I know it's been on the decline, but 283 00:09:18,266 --> 00:09:19,366 that's kind of why I miss it. 284 00:09:20,233 --> 00:09:22,166 I miss it, too. 285 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,500 Honestly, I think a lot 286 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:25,966 of people shit on it a lot. 287 00:09:26,799 --> 00:09:30,166 And I get kind of tired of 288 00:09:30,166 --> 00:09:32,166 the shit on everything culture. 289 00:09:33,266 --> 00:09:33,766 But at the same time, 290 00:09:33,766 --> 00:09:34,700 I'm a part of it at times. 291 00:09:35,133 --> 00:09:38,633 But E3 is, for better or for worse, at 292 00:09:38,633 --> 00:09:39,833 least it was something 293 00:09:40,500 --> 00:09:44,399 that was exciting during 294 00:09:44,399 --> 00:09:46,633 the beginning of summer. 295 00:09:46,633 --> 00:09:47,133 Which we still... 296 00:09:47,133 --> 00:09:48,533 We have something else that replaced it, 297 00:09:48,533 --> 00:09:50,533 which is nice, but yeah. 298 00:09:50,533 --> 00:09:51,433 It's not the same thing. 299 00:09:51,733 --> 00:09:53,166 Jock Healy's event's not the same thing. 300 00:09:53,166 --> 00:09:53,700 It's just not... 301 00:09:53,700 --> 00:09:54,966 Yeah, it's not quite the same thing. 302 00:09:57,533 --> 00:09:59,466 I've always wanted to go to E3 as a kid. 303 00:09:59,966 --> 00:10:00,666 I really did. 304 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,033 But given that flights to California, all 305 00:10:04,033 --> 00:10:05,566 the way from the East Coast, 306 00:10:05,566 --> 00:10:06,799 they're probably not that cheap. 307 00:10:07,433 --> 00:10:08,333 And you'd have to get a hotel. 308 00:10:08,799 --> 00:10:10,433 And you'd have to pay for tickets. 309 00:10:10,666 --> 00:10:11,866 And I think E3 used to not 310 00:10:11,866 --> 00:10:14,533 be public for a while, right? 311 00:10:16,066 --> 00:10:17,166 Yeah, you had most of its life. 312 00:10:18,733 --> 00:10:20,200 Yeah, but I think by the time 313 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:21,433 you would have wanted to go, 314 00:10:21,966 --> 00:10:23,566 maybe you could have gone, 315 00:10:23,933 --> 00:10:24,866 probably would have been open. 316 00:10:26,033 --> 00:10:27,433 But before that, you just needed... 317 00:10:28,299 --> 00:10:29,433 You could go work at GameStop. 318 00:10:30,333 --> 00:10:31,600 As long as you say you're in the 319 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:32,666 industry, you can go 320 00:10:32,666 --> 00:10:34,733 up to a certain point. 321 00:10:35,833 --> 00:10:36,600 Damn, maybe we should have 322 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,533 been content creators early. 323 00:10:38,566 --> 00:10:39,466 We could say we were 324 00:10:39,466 --> 00:10:40,533 part of the gaming industry. 325 00:10:41,033 --> 00:10:42,666 I mean, I kind of was. 326 00:10:42,866 --> 00:10:45,566 And I think I got a discount when I went 327 00:10:45,566 --> 00:10:46,533 last time, but that was... 328 00:10:47,766 --> 00:10:48,866 You've been to E3? 329 00:10:49,266 --> 00:10:49,966 Yeah, I've been to E3. 330 00:10:50,166 --> 00:10:50,366 Dang. 331 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:51,633 It was awesome, honestly. 332 00:10:51,633 --> 00:10:56,433 It was when Luigi's Mansion 3 was out. 333 00:10:56,433 --> 00:10:58,266 And so they had like Nintendo went all 334 00:10:58,266 --> 00:11:01,633 out, had a huge Luigi's Mansion thing 335 00:11:01,633 --> 00:11:03,100 that you can go in and play the game. 336 00:11:03,133 --> 00:11:07,666 I miss the days when game companies would 337 00:11:07,666 --> 00:11:11,233 go all out to promote their stuff 338 00:11:11,233 --> 00:11:13,066 and to try to actually win us over. 339 00:11:13,666 --> 00:11:14,700 Instead of now, they're like, "Well, we 340 00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:15,966 have dark patterns that addict you. 341 00:11:15,966 --> 00:11:16,733 We don't need to do anything. 342 00:11:17,533 --> 00:11:18,333 You're coming to us 343 00:11:18,333 --> 00:11:19,133 anyways for the drugs." 344 00:11:19,466 --> 00:11:19,666 So... 345 00:11:20,666 --> 00:11:22,133 Yeah, that is true, man. 346 00:11:23,566 --> 00:11:25,233 Tokyo Game Show looks like 347 00:11:25,233 --> 00:11:25,966 it's a lot of fun though. 348 00:11:26,233 --> 00:11:28,466 Valve was there two years ago. 349 00:11:29,133 --> 00:11:30,266 No, they were there 2022 350 00:11:30,266 --> 00:11:33,433 and then 2024, I think. 351 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:35,899 For the Steam Deck and 352 00:11:35,899 --> 00:11:36,899 Steam Deck Ola, respectively. 353 00:11:38,333 --> 00:11:40,233 And I don't think they'll 354 00:11:40,233 --> 00:11:41,299 be showing up this year. 355 00:11:41,766 --> 00:11:43,566 I saw the list and Valve was not listed 356 00:11:43,566 --> 00:11:44,766 as one of the companies, of course. 357 00:11:46,566 --> 00:11:48,433 So yeah, they're not gonna be showing up. 358 00:11:49,466 --> 00:11:49,799 That's unfortunate. 359 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,566 So I can imagine Valve showing up next 360 00:11:53,566 --> 00:11:55,866 year for the Deckard or Steamframe 361 00:11:55,866 --> 00:11:56,666 or whatever it's called. 362 00:11:58,933 --> 00:11:59,700 But yeah, Tokyo Game 363 00:11:59,700 --> 00:12:00,566 Show is a lot of fun. 364 00:12:00,833 --> 00:12:02,000 It looks like a lot of fun. 365 00:12:02,899 --> 00:12:04,333 Maybe I should have delayed my trip to-- 366 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:06,733 Maybe I should have went during Tokyo 367 00:12:06,733 --> 00:12:08,299 Game Show to my trip to Japan. 368 00:12:08,966 --> 00:12:10,533 It could have been a lot more expensive. 369 00:12:12,533 --> 00:12:13,233 Shoot, you're right. 370 00:12:13,366 --> 00:12:13,933 It probably would have 371 00:12:13,933 --> 00:12:14,600 been a lot more expensive. 372 00:12:15,533 --> 00:12:18,299 Albeit, Tokyo is massive, so... 373 00:12:20,166 --> 00:12:21,833 Maybe an influx like 374 00:12:21,833 --> 00:12:22,500 that wouldn't matter. 375 00:12:23,766 --> 00:12:24,866 Let's say you're going to 376 00:12:24,866 --> 00:12:25,966 San Francisco for let's-- 377 00:12:26,166 --> 00:12:29,766 Or LA for E3, stuff like that. 378 00:12:29,766 --> 00:12:30,933 Those will raise the 379 00:12:30,933 --> 00:12:33,033 prices of hotels in the area. 380 00:12:33,566 --> 00:12:34,766 And you have to go pretty far out in 381 00:12:34,766 --> 00:12:35,766 order to get a decent deal. 382 00:12:37,966 --> 00:12:38,633 That is true. 383 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,133 But at the same time, though, Japanese 384 00:12:42,133 --> 00:12:43,033 trains are so convenient. 385 00:12:43,866 --> 00:12:44,866 You could just stay in Airbnb. 386 00:12:45,666 --> 00:12:46,766 Like, that's close to a station. 387 00:12:47,133 --> 00:12:47,799 You could live in-- 388 00:12:47,799 --> 00:12:48,833 You could stay in Kyoto 389 00:12:48,833 --> 00:12:51,166 and go, like, it's so fast. 390 00:12:51,933 --> 00:12:55,100 Mm, yeah, but I don't feel 391 00:12:55,100 --> 00:12:56,433 like paying for a bullet train. 392 00:12:56,733 --> 00:12:57,533 No, I know. 393 00:12:57,533 --> 00:12:57,833 A bullet train. 394 00:12:57,899 --> 00:13:02,133 Well, yeah, I don't think it's included 395 00:13:02,133 --> 00:13:03,133 with the pass, is it? 396 00:13:03,333 --> 00:13:05,266 Because when you go to Japan, you can pay 397 00:13:05,266 --> 00:13:07,666 for a pass that's good 398 00:13:07,666 --> 00:13:08,633 for while you're there 399 00:13:08,633 --> 00:13:10,700 that just lets you get onto any of the-- 400 00:13:11,233 --> 00:13:12,766 at least in Tokyo's 401 00:13:12,766 --> 00:13:14,333 public transit systems. 402 00:13:15,799 --> 00:13:17,166 No, well, what I did was I 403 00:13:17,166 --> 00:13:18,033 got one of the Suka cards. 404 00:13:18,166 --> 00:13:21,233 And so I just loaded up 405 00:13:21,233 --> 00:13:22,200 a bunch of cash in there. 406 00:13:22,466 --> 00:13:23,733 And then, yeah. 407 00:13:24,133 --> 00:13:24,533 Oh, no. 408 00:13:24,533 --> 00:13:25,133 Oh, yeah. 409 00:13:25,333 --> 00:13:27,433 If you're going to Japan, you get the-- 410 00:13:27,933 --> 00:13:30,833 it's like a tourist transit pass. 411 00:13:31,033 --> 00:13:32,333 Like, it's a really good deal. 412 00:13:33,366 --> 00:13:34,233 How much is it? 413 00:13:34,833 --> 00:13:36,666 I don't think I've thought about that. 414 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,933 I don't know. 415 00:13:39,933 --> 00:13:41,666 It's been a few years since I've been. 416 00:13:44,033 --> 00:13:45,966 But yeah, here are the-- here's a full list of the exhibitors. 417 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,366 There's a ton of exhibitors. 418 00:13:50,666 --> 00:13:52,600 Lots and lots of exhibitors. 419 00:13:52,833 --> 00:13:53,799 Some you may-- most 420 00:13:53,799 --> 00:13:54,733 you may not recognize. 421 00:13:54,966 --> 00:13:57,399 Some you recognize like Arc System Works, 422 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,766 IANEO, Bandai Namco, Capcom. 423 00:14:02,133 --> 00:14:03,233 I mean, come on, dude. 424 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:04,133 It's Japan. 425 00:14:04,133 --> 00:14:04,700 They're going to be there. 426 00:14:05,333 --> 00:14:05,700 EA. 427 00:14:07,866 --> 00:14:08,633 Let's see if there's 428 00:14:08,633 --> 00:14:10,133 anyone that sticks out here. 429 00:14:10,133 --> 00:14:12,966 Oh, Hori. Oh, Hori. 430 00:14:15,033 --> 00:14:17,033 Inti Creates is pretty cool, too. 431 00:14:17,266 --> 00:14:17,466 Konami. 432 00:14:19,633 --> 00:14:20,200 And then they just have 433 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:21,666 individual games listed, too. 434 00:14:21,933 --> 00:14:22,700 Like, Mecha Break. 435 00:14:22,700 --> 00:14:23,733 That's not a company name. 436 00:14:23,733 --> 00:14:24,766 That's just a game name. 437 00:14:25,566 --> 00:14:26,799 So I'm guessing their booth 438 00:14:26,799 --> 00:14:28,066 is just like the game itself. 439 00:14:30,233 --> 00:14:30,833 And then-- 440 00:14:33,666 --> 00:14:34,033 Ubisoft? 441 00:14:34,033 --> 00:14:34,666 A lot of the usual 442 00:14:34,666 --> 00:14:37,366 suspects are Ubisoft is in Japan. 443 00:14:37,700 --> 00:14:40,766 They got to represent the Assassin's 444 00:14:40,766 --> 00:14:42,233 Creed Shadows game, man. 445 00:14:43,333 --> 00:14:43,533 Yeah. 446 00:14:44,366 --> 00:14:45,700 I don't think that game did well. 447 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:48,533 Yeah, I haven't heard 448 00:14:48,533 --> 00:14:49,366 much about it after. 449 00:14:49,666 --> 00:14:51,633 Maybe I'll pick it up on sale, though. 450 00:14:51,633 --> 00:14:52,700 It looks kind of interesting, especially 451 00:14:52,700 --> 00:14:53,866 when you can spartan kick 452 00:14:53,866 --> 00:14:55,200 people out of the walls. 453 00:14:55,833 --> 00:14:57,266 It looks fun, but yeah. 454 00:14:57,466 --> 00:14:58,200 It does look fun. 455 00:14:59,566 --> 00:15:02,600 They do have a dedicated indie game area 456 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:03,799 as well, which I think is 457 00:15:03,799 --> 00:15:06,066 one benefit over the others. 458 00:15:06,100 --> 00:15:08,233 They focus a lot on smaller 459 00:15:08,233 --> 00:15:10,700 developers at TGS as well, too. 460 00:15:13,399 --> 00:15:16,066 I wish all these places would do that, 461 00:15:16,066 --> 00:15:17,966 which I think it's becoming more and more 462 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,566 a lot of the shows are starting to do it. 463 00:15:22,966 --> 00:15:25,133 But I don't know. 464 00:15:25,266 --> 00:15:26,600 I mean, Japan's always been kind of 465 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:27,633 indie-friendly, too. 466 00:15:27,633 --> 00:15:29,500 I mean, if you go to Comiket, you used to 467 00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:30,466 see people selling 468 00:15:30,466 --> 00:15:32,299 Dojin software as well. 469 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,566 In fact, some of the big Japanese 470 00:15:34,566 --> 00:15:38,066 franchises now, like Fate, started out as 471 00:15:38,066 --> 00:15:39,433 essentially an indie 472 00:15:39,433 --> 00:15:41,166 game, if you really think about it. 473 00:15:41,833 --> 00:15:42,533 Like Fate State Night. 474 00:15:43,766 --> 00:15:45,633 It's kind of weird saying it's an indie 475 00:15:45,633 --> 00:15:46,833 game, so to speak, when 476 00:15:46,833 --> 00:15:48,233 it predates the term indie 477 00:15:48,566 --> 00:15:48,933 game. 478 00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:49,933 It does. 479 00:15:50,933 --> 00:15:53,266 It's really interesting because, I mean, 480 00:15:53,933 --> 00:15:55,066 a lot of the studios that 481 00:15:55,066 --> 00:15:56,166 are big now started out as 482 00:15:56,166 --> 00:15:57,233 indies, and technically. 483 00:15:58,799 --> 00:16:00,533 I mean, technically, yeah. 484 00:16:01,533 --> 00:16:03,133 But like, it was just, well, Type Moon 485 00:16:03,133 --> 00:16:04,000 used to be just like 486 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,266 two guys working like... 487 00:16:08,966 --> 00:16:09,500 I don't know, man. 488 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:11,333 It's a crazy thought to 489 00:16:11,333 --> 00:16:12,266 really think about it. 490 00:16:13,033 --> 00:16:15,533 But yeah, I mean, Tokyo Game Show, it's 491 00:16:15,533 --> 00:16:16,633 happening in like two weeks. 492 00:16:16,866 --> 00:16:18,266 We should be getting some live streams 493 00:16:18,266 --> 00:16:19,733 with some pretty big 494 00:16:19,733 --> 00:16:20,766 announcements from companies. 495 00:16:22,333 --> 00:16:25,066 I mean, what I'm interested in is seeing 496 00:16:25,066 --> 00:16:27,533 what everyone's got to show off. 497 00:16:27,766 --> 00:16:28,466 Xbox is going to be 498 00:16:28,466 --> 00:16:29,233 there, too, of course. 499 00:16:30,966 --> 00:16:32,366 Xbox is still in Japan. 500 00:16:33,799 --> 00:16:35,433 Xbox is still in Japan. 501 00:16:36,433 --> 00:16:36,633 Yes. 502 00:16:37,533 --> 00:16:41,833 They really are going... 503 00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:43,466 They're trying to go full throttle in 504 00:16:43,466 --> 00:16:45,733 like, being in Japan, 505 00:16:45,733 --> 00:16:46,566 despite the fact that they 506 00:16:46,566 --> 00:16:48,433 almost killed off their one Japanese. 507 00:16:48,700 --> 00:16:48,933 Do you? 508 00:16:49,933 --> 00:16:50,500 Tango Game Works. 509 00:16:54,033 --> 00:16:54,399 But yeah. 510 00:16:56,733 --> 00:16:58,833 They're still trying to get the ever 511 00:16:58,833 --> 00:17:00,233 elusive Japanese market. 512 00:17:02,733 --> 00:17:05,166 But I mean, yeah, that's E3 for you, man. 513 00:17:07,233 --> 00:17:08,133 I mean, not E3, sorry. 514 00:17:08,133 --> 00:17:08,933 It's Tokyo Game Show. 515 00:17:11,033 --> 00:17:11,233 Yeah. 516 00:17:12,933 --> 00:17:13,533 Interesting stuff. 517 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:14,333 I'm hoping that 518 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:15,833 something cool comes out of it. 519 00:17:19,033 --> 00:17:19,966 There's so many shows 520 00:17:19,966 --> 00:17:21,366 to follow every year now. 521 00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:22,099 Yeah. 522 00:17:23,566 --> 00:17:24,366 And look, you've got 523 00:17:24,366 --> 00:17:25,533 the special sponsors. 524 00:17:26,533 --> 00:17:27,866 Grandma sponsor, Okishimasu. 525 00:17:28,333 --> 00:17:29,500 You've got the... 526 00:17:29,733 --> 00:17:30,299 You've got PlayStation. 527 00:17:31,466 --> 00:17:33,299 You've got Nintendo Switch 2. 528 00:17:33,299 --> 00:17:34,333 It's not even sponsored by Nintendo. 529 00:17:34,566 --> 00:17:35,733 Sponsored by the Switch 2. 530 00:17:36,766 --> 00:17:37,966 You've got Kodansha. 531 00:17:39,733 --> 00:17:41,799 And then you've got Happy Net, Playism, 532 00:17:42,066 --> 00:17:45,299 Hobby Japan, Indie Game Incubator. 533 00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:46,333 Never heard of them. 534 00:17:47,033 --> 00:17:50,266 Nextone, World Map, Cryware. 535 00:17:50,933 --> 00:17:51,866 I can't read this. 536 00:17:53,333 --> 00:17:53,666 BenQ. 537 00:17:54,066 --> 00:17:54,666 Tom, man. 538 00:17:54,866 --> 00:17:58,566 They need to update their logo. 539 00:18:00,066 --> 00:18:00,933 Who, BenQ? 540 00:18:00,966 --> 00:18:01,366 Yeah. 541 00:18:01,666 --> 00:18:02,433 They've been using that forever. 542 00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:04,766 Dude, come on, man. 543 00:18:05,933 --> 00:18:07,066 It's not broke, man. 544 00:18:07,066 --> 00:18:08,733 It's like the Cracker Barrel situation. 545 00:18:10,700 --> 00:18:11,333 Have you guys heard about 546 00:18:11,333 --> 00:18:12,200 the Cracker Barrel situation? 547 00:18:12,866 --> 00:18:13,066 Yes. 548 00:18:14,666 --> 00:18:15,733 It's so stupid. 549 00:18:16,066 --> 00:18:17,166 I mean, at the end of the 550 00:18:17,166 --> 00:18:18,533 day, who goes to Cracker Barrel? 551 00:18:18,833 --> 00:18:20,033 Well, no. 552 00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:21,466 Hey, hey, hey. 553 00:18:21,533 --> 00:18:23,833 Do not talk shit on Cracker Barrel. 554 00:18:24,233 --> 00:18:25,200 I have to say that 555 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:26,433 because on the West Coast, 556 00:18:26,433 --> 00:18:27,599 it doesn't matter as much. 557 00:18:27,599 --> 00:18:28,266 People don't care about 558 00:18:28,266 --> 00:18:29,366 Cracker Barrel as much. 559 00:18:29,966 --> 00:18:30,466 See, it is here. 560 00:18:31,366 --> 00:18:32,733 Can I tell a story about 561 00:18:32,733 --> 00:18:33,900 Cracker Barrel real fast? 562 00:18:34,466 --> 00:18:34,799 Totally irrelevant. 563 00:18:35,099 --> 00:18:37,000 Yeah, go for it. 564 00:18:37,333 --> 00:18:40,466 My grandparents used to... 565 00:18:41,466 --> 00:18:44,066 When they were alive, they had a shop 566 00:18:44,233 --> 00:18:45,299 where they restored 567 00:18:45,299 --> 00:18:48,200 antique cast iron wood stoves. 568 00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:48,900 Okay? 569 00:18:49,599 --> 00:18:50,833 And it was awesome. 570 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:52,733 That is cool. 571 00:18:52,733 --> 00:18:53,599 It wasn't just that. 572 00:18:53,599 --> 00:18:55,933 My grandfather also had this 573 00:18:55,933 --> 00:18:57,033 thing called the doll circus 574 00:18:57,033 --> 00:18:58,266 that he did with my grandmother. 575 00:18:58,833 --> 00:18:59,666 My grandmother collected 576 00:18:59,666 --> 00:19:01,599 Barbie dolls and all kinds of stuff. 577 00:19:02,166 --> 00:19:04,066 And my grandpa would put them on little 578 00:19:04,066 --> 00:19:05,166 ferris wheels and shit. 579 00:19:05,366 --> 00:19:06,799 And the ferris wheels would move. 580 00:19:07,133 --> 00:19:07,633 And it was cool. 581 00:19:08,166 --> 00:19:09,033 So I grew up there. 582 00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:10,833 And then one day, they got 583 00:19:10,833 --> 00:19:12,233 this contract from Cracker Barrel 584 00:19:12,233 --> 00:19:14,366 to sell them a ton of wood stoves. 585 00:19:14,766 --> 00:19:15,833 So if you go into a 586 00:19:15,833 --> 00:19:17,599 Cracker Barrel in the US, 587 00:19:18,066 --> 00:19:21,366 there's a non-zero chance that you'll see 588 00:19:21,366 --> 00:19:23,866 a antique cast iron wood stove 589 00:19:23,933 --> 00:19:26,433 that was restored by my grandparents in 590 00:19:26,433 --> 00:19:28,266 their little gift shop. 591 00:19:29,033 --> 00:19:30,966 So that's my little story. 592 00:19:30,966 --> 00:19:31,799 I love Cracker Barrel 593 00:19:31,799 --> 00:19:32,933 and their food is awesome. 594 00:19:35,933 --> 00:19:37,966 Yeah, I do love that story. 595 00:19:38,266 --> 00:19:39,366 I disagree with the food 596 00:19:39,366 --> 00:19:40,599 being awesome, but yes. 597 00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:42,200 I'm sorry. 598 00:19:42,866 --> 00:19:44,566 I like some of the Cracker Barrel stuff. 599 00:19:44,566 --> 00:19:46,133 I've only been there a few times. 600 00:19:46,166 --> 00:19:49,133 I like sausage, biscuits, and gravy. 601 00:19:49,633 --> 00:19:50,533 I love biscuits and gravy. 602 00:19:51,066 --> 00:19:53,566 And I was not that impressed. 603 00:19:53,833 --> 00:19:56,166 I once went to Cracker Barrel with 604 00:19:56,166 --> 00:19:58,233 Wendell from Level One Text. 605 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,500 So there's also that. 606 00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:01,433 That's cool. 607 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:03,700 Wendell like Cracker Barrel? 608 00:20:03,833 --> 00:20:04,099 Yeah, he does. 609 00:20:04,966 --> 00:20:05,233 Nice. 610 00:20:06,533 --> 00:20:09,866 At the end of the day, logo and branding 611 00:20:09,866 --> 00:20:11,433 really needs to be done right. 612 00:20:11,433 --> 00:20:12,599 And they just f'd it up. 613 00:20:12,599 --> 00:20:13,666 I just hate that it became... 614 00:20:13,666 --> 00:20:16,266 I really hate that it became... 615 00:20:16,433 --> 00:20:17,000 Minimal text. 616 00:20:18,266 --> 00:20:19,633 Well, it just became a 617 00:20:19,633 --> 00:20:22,466 mainstream story where it's like, 618 00:20:22,833 --> 00:20:23,966 Cracker Barrel didn't need to rebrand. 619 00:20:26,500 --> 00:20:27,133 Yeah, Cracker Barrel 620 00:20:27,133 --> 00:20:28,533 really didn't need to rebrand. 621 00:20:28,799 --> 00:20:30,333 They didn't need to get rid of... 622 00:20:30,966 --> 00:20:31,666 Who was it? 623 00:20:31,666 --> 00:20:33,066 Who was the mascot of Cracker Barrel? 624 00:20:33,633 --> 00:20:35,533 He had a name that I heard from the news. 625 00:20:35,533 --> 00:20:36,266 He had a name? 626 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:38,133 Supposedly. 627 00:20:38,133 --> 00:20:38,799 I mean, apparently 628 00:20:38,799 --> 00:20:40,700 there's a name for the mascot. 629 00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:41,733 I don't know his name, but... 630 00:20:41,733 --> 00:20:42,466 I think they did. 631 00:20:42,466 --> 00:20:43,099 They did it with the murals. 632 00:20:43,833 --> 00:20:46,799 I mean, it was a pretty dumb rebrand. 633 00:20:47,299 --> 00:20:48,733 The guy gets simplifying, but that's like 634 00:20:48,733 --> 00:20:49,733 a tech-oriented thing. 635 00:20:50,266 --> 00:20:51,866 BenQ, though, I will say, 636 00:20:52,333 --> 00:20:54,933 looks like a medication brand. 637 00:20:58,799 --> 00:20:59,533 I'm just... 638 00:21:00,500 --> 00:21:01,200 They should rebrand. 639 00:21:02,766 --> 00:21:04,533 What is a rebrand going to be? 640 00:21:04,533 --> 00:21:05,366 Is it going to be like BenQ? 641 00:21:05,366 --> 00:21:06,933 Just remove the purple, honestly. 642 00:21:06,933 --> 00:21:08,733 Just remove the purple thing. 643 00:21:08,733 --> 00:21:09,766 It makes it look like a 644 00:21:09,766 --> 00:21:11,433 stomach or a liver or something. 645 00:21:11,666 --> 00:21:11,966 I don't know. 646 00:21:11,966 --> 00:21:12,833 Just get rid of the kidney. 647 00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:14,633 That's what it is. 648 00:21:14,633 --> 00:21:15,933 It's kidney medicine. 649 00:21:17,333 --> 00:21:19,566 Yo, what if they just made it into a box? 650 00:21:19,566 --> 00:21:20,966 Would that satisfy you, James? 651 00:21:22,099 --> 00:21:23,966 Like a box around BenQ makes it look like 652 00:21:23,966 --> 00:21:25,333 a monitor instead of a kidney? 653 00:21:25,833 --> 00:21:26,033 Sure. 654 00:21:27,533 --> 00:21:28,266 That'd satisfy me. 655 00:21:28,966 --> 00:21:29,466 I'm just saying. 656 00:21:29,933 --> 00:21:31,566 There's some brands that need to be 657 00:21:31,566 --> 00:21:35,533 revamped, and that's one of them. 658 00:21:36,933 --> 00:21:37,133 Yeah. 659 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:40,533 I agree, but at the same time, though, 660 00:21:40,566 --> 00:21:41,466 I don't like how 661 00:21:41,466 --> 00:21:43,200 everything's being more simplified. 662 00:21:43,833 --> 00:21:45,333 Imagine a ZOTAC right here, 663 00:21:45,566 --> 00:21:48,033 like change their font to like 664 00:21:48,466 --> 00:21:49,766 Ariel or Calibri or 665 00:21:49,766 --> 00:21:51,233 some bullcrap like that. 666 00:21:51,233 --> 00:21:51,433 Why? 667 00:21:52,533 --> 00:21:52,966 That's also... 668 00:21:53,433 --> 00:21:54,766 ZOTAC is already a 669 00:21:54,766 --> 00:21:56,633 simplified version of it. 670 00:21:57,366 --> 00:21:59,433 Fonts are important to a brand. 671 00:21:59,433 --> 00:22:00,433 That's actually the thing you need to 672 00:22:00,433 --> 00:22:02,633 focus on the most when doing logos. 673 00:22:03,666 --> 00:22:05,266 Yeah, but what I'm saying is, imagine if 674 00:22:05,266 --> 00:22:06,733 they didn't have this 675 00:22:06,733 --> 00:22:09,900 stylized font where the A is a 676 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,566 delta instead of just like a regular A. 677 00:22:12,566 --> 00:22:13,733 Imagine how stupid that would look. 678 00:22:13,733 --> 00:22:15,566 It would be stupid, but that's not the 679 00:22:15,566 --> 00:22:17,200 point of simplifying your brand. 680 00:22:17,633 --> 00:22:19,533 You don't go to a simpler font. 681 00:22:20,066 --> 00:22:22,466 I think we can all agree that Ask, scroll 682 00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:25,299 down, scroll down, the last section, 683 00:22:25,833 --> 00:22:28,466 asks use of Comic Sans as 684 00:22:28,466 --> 00:22:29,966 the best branding on this. 685 00:22:32,733 --> 00:22:34,299 Is that actually Comic Sans? 686 00:22:34,299 --> 00:22:34,866 I can't tell. 687 00:22:34,866 --> 00:22:36,033 That looks a hell of a 688 00:22:36,033 --> 00:22:37,099 lot like Comic Sans to me. 689 00:22:37,833 --> 00:22:39,733 That's a variant of it at the very least. 690 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:42,599 Who is Ask Corporation? 691 00:22:42,966 --> 00:22:43,766 Now we have to know. 692 00:22:45,733 --> 00:22:47,933 If you have to ask, you should... 693 00:22:48,366 --> 00:22:49,266 Dude, you have to ask. 694 00:22:49,933 --> 00:22:50,533 It's a... 695 00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:55,033 Oh, wait, why are they 696 00:22:55,033 --> 00:22:56,000 sponsoring like a gaming... 697 00:22:56,333 --> 00:22:57,500 They're an equipment sponsor, meaning 698 00:22:57,500 --> 00:22:59,266 they donate equipment to it. 699 00:22:59,833 --> 00:23:00,500 Same with BenQ. 700 00:23:02,066 --> 00:23:03,666 Yeah, I can understand BenQ doing like 701 00:23:03,666 --> 00:23:05,066 monitors and stuff for games, 702 00:23:05,133 --> 00:23:07,933 but like they're donating like water 703 00:23:07,933 --> 00:23:09,299 valves and like pressure... 704 00:23:09,633 --> 00:23:10,166 They probably have a 705 00:23:10,166 --> 00:23:11,933 lot of different things. 706 00:23:12,266 --> 00:23:13,833 So yeah, who knows? 707 00:23:14,566 --> 00:23:15,333 That's interesting. 708 00:23:19,433 --> 00:23:20,666 Takes a lot to run an event. 709 00:23:21,933 --> 00:23:22,533 It does. 710 00:23:23,233 --> 00:23:24,133 Got to pipe that water 711 00:23:24,133 --> 00:23:27,066 into those venues, I guess. 712 00:23:28,133 --> 00:23:30,166 Yo, one of these days, we'll hit up 713 00:23:30,166 --> 00:23:32,066 Japan, go to Tokyo Game Show, 714 00:23:33,033 --> 00:23:35,033 and then get some sushi. 715 00:23:35,733 --> 00:23:36,466 Oh man, I went to the 716 00:23:36,466 --> 00:23:37,500 Tsukiji Fish Market. 717 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:38,833 I had the best sushi I've ever had. 718 00:23:38,833 --> 00:23:39,166 It was like... 719 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,266 So it was like this like older lady. 720 00:23:42,599 --> 00:23:43,466 She was serving like 721 00:23:43,466 --> 00:23:44,900 this like fatty tuna. 722 00:23:45,533 --> 00:23:48,233 It was like 2000 yen for four pieces, 723 00:23:48,233 --> 00:23:51,066 which I think comes out to like 15 or so 724 00:23:51,066 --> 00:23:53,066 at today's exchange rates. 725 00:23:53,433 --> 00:23:53,666 Yeah. 726 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:55,266 Man, it was so good. 727 00:23:55,266 --> 00:23:56,500 It was the best sushi I've ever had. 728 00:23:56,733 --> 00:23:59,333 And I'm gonna be kind of sad that... 729 00:23:59,366 --> 00:24:02,599 I'm not gonna be able to 730 00:24:02,599 --> 00:24:03,866 find sushi this good in America. 731 00:24:04,833 --> 00:24:07,166 At least not for like a decent price. 732 00:24:08,033 --> 00:24:10,766 Yeah, I was gonna say, with 733 00:24:10,766 --> 00:24:12,433 that, it's really freshness. 734 00:24:12,433 --> 00:24:14,166 If you can go to a 735 00:24:14,166 --> 00:24:15,633 fish market around here, 736 00:24:15,933 --> 00:24:16,933 like you should be like, 737 00:24:16,933 --> 00:24:17,900 especially on the West Coast, 738 00:24:17,900 --> 00:24:18,266 you should be able to 739 00:24:18,266 --> 00:24:18,900 get something similar. 740 00:24:20,466 --> 00:24:21,133 Yeah, that's the problem. 741 00:24:21,133 --> 00:24:22,000 I don't live in the West Coast. 742 00:24:22,966 --> 00:24:23,166 True. 743 00:24:23,533 --> 00:24:25,033 Probably the closest fish market is 744 00:24:25,033 --> 00:24:27,266 Gardner's lobster market 745 00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:27,833 up in Maine or whatever. 746 00:24:28,799 --> 00:24:29,633 Hey, hey, hey. 747 00:24:29,633 --> 00:24:31,533 We call it a lobster pound up here. 748 00:24:32,033 --> 00:24:33,166 A lobster pound. 749 00:24:33,166 --> 00:24:34,266 A lobster pound? 750 00:24:34,733 --> 00:24:36,200 Yeah, that's what it's called. 751 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:36,733 Like when you... 752 00:24:36,733 --> 00:24:38,166 Is it like a puppy pound 753 00:24:38,166 --> 00:24:41,000 where you stick animals in there? 754 00:24:41,266 --> 00:24:42,400 No, that's messed up. 755 00:24:42,933 --> 00:24:44,266 I don't know where the 756 00:24:44,266 --> 00:24:45,133 origin of that comes from. 757 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:46,200 That's what I'm saying. 758 00:24:47,966 --> 00:24:49,233 I'm not sure where the origin of that 759 00:24:49,233 --> 00:24:51,166 comes from, but it might be. 760 00:24:53,133 --> 00:24:55,333 But I have a friend who is a lobsterman, 761 00:24:55,366 --> 00:24:57,200 and he drops his lobsters 762 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:58,333 off at the lobster pound. 763 00:24:59,133 --> 00:25:00,500 At the lobster pound? 764 00:25:01,533 --> 00:25:02,000 The lobster pound. 765 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,166 Do they cook them live so 766 00:25:04,166 --> 00:25:05,099 they can hear their scream? 767 00:25:05,633 --> 00:25:06,400 Yeah, they don't scream. 768 00:25:07,599 --> 00:25:09,166 Like you drop them in the... 769 00:25:09,166 --> 00:25:11,299 They don't scream, but they can hiss. 770 00:25:11,299 --> 00:25:13,333 Meaning the pressure, like the... 771 00:25:14,266 --> 00:25:14,466 Yeah. 772 00:25:16,166 --> 00:25:16,433 Sorry. 773 00:25:17,733 --> 00:25:19,666 The show is off the rails already, guys. 774 00:25:19,766 --> 00:25:20,833 It's pretty off the rails. 775 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:21,966 Yeah. 776 00:25:22,966 --> 00:25:23,933 Take your game show. 777 00:25:24,566 --> 00:25:26,266 I should pay attention to it. 778 00:25:26,766 --> 00:25:26,966 Yeah. 779 00:25:27,799 --> 00:25:31,099 We should go to the 780 00:25:31,099 --> 00:25:32,733 next topic because it is... 781 00:25:34,933 --> 00:25:35,433 It is... 782 00:25:36,633 --> 00:25:37,733 It's another event. 783 00:25:38,433 --> 00:25:39,766 The Apple event. 784 00:25:41,466 --> 00:25:41,766 Yeah. 785 00:25:42,599 --> 00:25:47,466 Now, Apple traditionally 786 00:25:47,466 --> 00:25:48,666 has their events in September, 787 00:25:49,033 --> 00:25:50,933 where they unveil their new stuff. 788 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:52,866 And this time, it's a new iPhone. 789 00:25:53,433 --> 00:25:54,733 But it's not just like a 790 00:25:54,733 --> 00:25:56,033 refresh of like the iPhones. 791 00:25:56,033 --> 00:25:57,766 It's a brand new type of iPhone. 792 00:25:57,766 --> 00:25:59,366 The iPhone 17 Air. 793 00:26:00,266 --> 00:26:01,099 Have you seen the gardener? 794 00:26:01,833 --> 00:26:02,066 Yeah. 795 00:26:03,966 --> 00:26:04,766 And like... 796 00:26:05,033 --> 00:26:05,566 It's amazing. 797 00:26:05,566 --> 00:26:06,133 I don't know about you. 798 00:26:07,133 --> 00:26:09,400 I'm waiting for Jay Riggever to get his 799 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:10,133 hands on one of those. 800 00:26:10,466 --> 00:26:12,366 And so I can watch him like snap it in 801 00:26:12,366 --> 00:26:13,400 half with his bare hands. 802 00:26:13,866 --> 00:26:14,066 Yeah. 803 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:16,033 I mean, honestly, dude, 804 00:26:16,033 --> 00:26:19,166 like why would you want that? 805 00:26:19,533 --> 00:26:20,466 I don't understand why 806 00:26:20,466 --> 00:26:21,700 anyone would want that. 807 00:26:23,066 --> 00:26:24,000 Apple, man. 808 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,566 Apple does what Apple wants to do. 809 00:26:26,866 --> 00:26:28,000 They're the Apple of Apple. 810 00:26:28,966 --> 00:26:30,066 They're the Apple of the US. 811 00:26:30,766 --> 00:26:35,900 So the problem with Apple is that they 812 00:26:35,900 --> 00:26:37,066 keep on doing these 813 00:26:37,066 --> 00:26:38,599 planned events that are... 814 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:41,433 That are just... 815 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,000 Every year, they have 816 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,033 to do it in September. 817 00:26:44,266 --> 00:26:46,233 They have a planned event and 818 00:26:46,233 --> 00:26:47,266 it kind of kills innovation. 819 00:26:47,633 --> 00:26:48,933 They're pretty much incremental 820 00:26:48,933 --> 00:26:50,433 innovation where it's... 821 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,233 They probably could come out with 822 00:26:53,233 --> 00:26:54,366 something a little bit more powerful. 823 00:26:55,333 --> 00:26:56,533 And to be fair, they probably could pack 824 00:26:56,533 --> 00:26:58,233 more into this iPhone Air. 825 00:26:59,299 --> 00:27:00,566 But they have to keep 826 00:27:00,566 --> 00:27:02,533 on selling every year. 827 00:27:02,533 --> 00:27:03,733 And it's a little unfortunate 828 00:27:03,733 --> 00:27:05,599 because it kills innovation. 829 00:27:06,133 --> 00:27:07,533 That being said, I use Apple devices 830 00:27:07,533 --> 00:27:08,266 because they're so 831 00:27:08,266 --> 00:27:09,566 energetic and I don't have to deal 832 00:27:09,566 --> 00:27:11,633 with the stuff for my day-to-day life. 833 00:27:12,133 --> 00:27:17,033 But this Air is just so weird. 834 00:27:17,033 --> 00:27:19,333 That they added another 835 00:27:19,333 --> 00:27:20,966 SKU when they already have... 836 00:27:22,266 --> 00:27:24,133 I get it. 837 00:27:24,133 --> 00:27:24,799 It is thinner. 838 00:27:24,799 --> 00:27:25,333 It is nice. 839 00:27:25,566 --> 00:27:26,766 But you're going to slap a case on there. 840 00:27:26,766 --> 00:27:27,233 It's still going to make 841 00:27:27,233 --> 00:27:28,099 it thinner and lighter. 842 00:27:28,533 --> 00:27:30,900 But I think just replace one 843 00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:32,066 of their other SKUs with it. 844 00:27:32,333 --> 00:27:35,233 Instead of adding another iPhone, just 845 00:27:35,233 --> 00:27:36,366 replace one or two of 846 00:27:36,366 --> 00:27:37,133 the other ones you have. 847 00:27:37,366 --> 00:27:38,799 Let's stop with this. 848 00:27:41,033 --> 00:27:42,366 Six different SKUs. 849 00:27:42,366 --> 00:27:43,066 Let's do three. 850 00:27:43,299 --> 00:27:44,700 You have a small, medium, and large. 851 00:27:45,766 --> 00:27:45,966 Yeah. 852 00:27:46,033 --> 00:27:48,833 Wait, so the iPhones, I 853 00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:50,133 think, came out yesterday. 854 00:27:50,533 --> 00:27:52,166 So I want to do a little 855 00:27:52,166 --> 00:27:53,733 sleuthing on the internet and see... 856 00:27:54,299 --> 00:27:54,666 Careful. 857 00:27:55,433 --> 00:27:57,599 If he has Jerry Riggs, 858 00:27:57,599 --> 00:28:00,266 everything, iPhone 17 Air. 859 00:28:00,599 --> 00:28:03,133 You can't show Apple events and stuff. 860 00:28:03,133 --> 00:28:04,000 They'll take it down. 861 00:28:05,966 --> 00:28:07,266 That's happened multiple times to me. 862 00:28:07,266 --> 00:28:07,466 Okay. 863 00:28:08,366 --> 00:28:12,233 So no, they don't have... 864 00:28:12,666 --> 00:28:14,633 He hasn't uploaded a video of himself 865 00:28:14,633 --> 00:28:16,133 snapping an iPhone in half. 866 00:28:16,466 --> 00:28:17,666 It'll probably happen next week. 867 00:28:17,966 --> 00:28:19,733 To be fair, I feel like you could snap 868 00:28:19,733 --> 00:28:21,233 most phones these days in half. 869 00:28:21,933 --> 00:28:22,133 Yeah. 870 00:28:22,633 --> 00:28:24,299 You can't snap my phone in half. 871 00:28:24,299 --> 00:28:29,666 You know, I have a Google Pixel 4a. 872 00:28:30,333 --> 00:28:32,066 I'm still on the 4, by the way. 873 00:28:32,066 --> 00:28:33,099 I don't need to 874 00:28:33,099 --> 00:28:34,366 upgrade my phone every year. 875 00:28:34,366 --> 00:28:34,866 I don't care. 876 00:28:35,233 --> 00:28:36,333 I hate these things 877 00:28:36,333 --> 00:28:37,266 and I barely use them. 878 00:28:38,066 --> 00:28:41,966 So, but the fact is, this 879 00:28:41,966 --> 00:28:43,633 is too big for me still. 880 00:28:44,066 --> 00:28:48,466 I want something really small where, when 881 00:28:48,466 --> 00:28:49,966 I'm holding it comfortably, 882 00:28:50,533 --> 00:28:53,333 my right thumb can reach the top left 883 00:28:53,333 --> 00:28:54,233 corner of the screen. 884 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:55,433 That's what I want. 885 00:28:55,766 --> 00:28:57,066 That's real innovation. 886 00:28:57,633 --> 00:28:59,533 Because there are no phones on the 887 00:28:59,533 --> 00:29:00,799 market, as far as I have found, 888 00:29:01,233 --> 00:29:03,033 that let me reach all the way up to the 889 00:29:03,033 --> 00:29:04,233 left corner of the 890 00:29:04,233 --> 00:29:05,033 screen in my right thumb. 891 00:29:05,599 --> 00:29:06,533 What do you need to do 892 00:29:06,533 --> 00:29:07,266 with that left corner? 893 00:29:07,666 --> 00:29:08,033 Go back? 894 00:29:08,933 --> 00:29:10,566 Go back or whatever. 895 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:11,666 I don't... 896 00:29:11,666 --> 00:29:13,000 Dude, just use your other hand. 897 00:29:13,366 --> 00:29:14,666 You just got to get an iPhone, man. 898 00:29:14,666 --> 00:29:15,466 You just swipe back. 899 00:29:16,433 --> 00:29:16,666 I don't... 900 00:29:16,966 --> 00:29:17,466 I do not... 901 00:29:18,066 --> 00:29:18,266 I... 902 00:29:18,433 --> 00:29:20,566 When I got this phone, I had to... 903 00:29:20,766 --> 00:29:22,333 Like, literally, this phone had the 904 00:29:22,333 --> 00:29:24,133 stupid little swipe bar at the bottom. 905 00:29:24,666 --> 00:29:27,766 And I was like, "No, give me my buttons 906 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:29,266 back, my fake buttons." 907 00:29:30,033 --> 00:29:32,599 I hate the swipe gesture stuff because it 908 00:29:32,599 --> 00:29:34,466 feels like dark patterns, all of it. 909 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:35,599 Really? 910 00:29:36,166 --> 00:29:36,366 Yes. 911 00:29:37,099 --> 00:29:37,299 Really? 912 00:29:37,733 --> 00:29:37,933 Yeah. 913 00:29:38,066 --> 00:29:38,733 I didn't like it when I 914 00:29:38,733 --> 00:29:40,033 first did it, but it got easier. 915 00:29:43,433 --> 00:29:45,633 Swipe is a dark pattern to me. 916 00:29:46,166 --> 00:29:48,366 It feels just awful, like, 917 00:29:49,099 --> 00:29:50,833 addicting, and I hate it. 918 00:29:51,966 --> 00:29:53,566 Yeah, I don't know if 919 00:29:53,566 --> 00:29:54,433 I'd say I'm addicted. 920 00:29:54,666 --> 00:29:56,933 It's just a gesture to me. 921 00:29:57,366 --> 00:29:58,966 It's just a means to an end. 922 00:29:58,966 --> 00:29:59,933 I'm not sure if I agree with 923 00:29:59,933 --> 00:30:01,033 that notion, Gardner, but... 924 00:30:01,066 --> 00:30:04,566 Yeah, I guess where I'm coming from, what 925 00:30:04,566 --> 00:30:06,799 I mean when I say that is, to me, 926 00:30:07,900 --> 00:30:11,299 I can feel something in my 927 00:30:11,299 --> 00:30:13,533 lizard brain that goes, "Ooh!" 928 00:30:13,933 --> 00:30:16,066 When I do a swipe gesture thing. 929 00:30:17,166 --> 00:30:18,166 And so that, to me, 930 00:30:18,166 --> 00:30:19,299 feels like a dark pattern. 931 00:30:19,633 --> 00:30:23,933 When a UI design isn't to facilitate you 932 00:30:23,933 --> 00:30:25,133 going fast or something, 933 00:30:25,133 --> 00:30:27,933 it's to release dopamine in your brain. 934 00:30:28,533 --> 00:30:28,733 That... 935 00:30:29,066 --> 00:30:30,700 And for me, that happens when I do that. 936 00:30:30,733 --> 00:30:31,900 So I don't like it. 937 00:30:33,033 --> 00:30:34,366 I get frustrated sometimes because it 938 00:30:34,366 --> 00:30:36,366 doesn't swipe, so... 939 00:30:37,066 --> 00:30:38,233 Swipe or no swiping. 940 00:30:38,666 --> 00:30:38,866 Yeah. 941 00:30:39,066 --> 00:30:39,866 Swipe or no swiping. 942 00:30:40,133 --> 00:30:42,733 That's also part of 943 00:30:42,733 --> 00:30:44,833 the dark pattern shit. 944 00:30:44,833 --> 00:30:47,333 It's like, if there's a lottery of if 945 00:30:47,333 --> 00:30:48,033 it's going to work or 946 00:30:48,033 --> 00:30:49,200 not, and then it doesn't, 947 00:30:49,433 --> 00:30:50,733 and it frustrates you, and then it does, 948 00:30:51,133 --> 00:30:53,666 that can be part of a 949 00:30:53,666 --> 00:30:54,733 deliberate design pattern. 950 00:30:55,700 --> 00:30:58,466 That usually makes me stop using stuff. 951 00:30:58,733 --> 00:31:00,299 It's successful most of the time enough. 952 00:31:00,333 --> 00:31:02,033 No, it's... 953 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:03,799 I'll say this. 954 00:31:04,599 --> 00:31:07,066 Instead of the air, or 955 00:31:07,066 --> 00:31:07,933 at least doing the air, 956 00:31:07,933 --> 00:31:09,200 they should have done it as a foldable or 957 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:10,466 something where you could get it smaller. 958 00:31:11,166 --> 00:31:12,000 Do something different. 959 00:31:12,866 --> 00:31:13,633 Dude, you can fold it. 960 00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:14,400 It just won't be 961 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:15,900 functional after a single fold. 962 00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:18,333 I mean, high tech. 963 00:31:19,766 --> 00:31:21,099 The small's good. 964 00:31:21,099 --> 00:31:21,966 Our thin's good. 965 00:31:23,099 --> 00:31:25,666 I don't think it's any more foldable than 966 00:31:25,666 --> 00:31:26,666 some of the other phones. 967 00:31:26,666 --> 00:31:28,200 Like this Google phone I have. 968 00:31:28,433 --> 00:31:29,966 I bet you it's pretty foldable. 969 00:31:30,833 --> 00:31:31,266 But... 970 00:31:33,633 --> 00:31:34,066 Is it titanium? 971 00:31:34,266 --> 00:31:34,500 I don't know, man. 972 00:31:34,633 --> 00:31:35,666 Is the air titanium? 973 00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:38,433 Because I know the Pro Max is. 974 00:31:39,833 --> 00:31:41,400 I can't remember if the air is though, 975 00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:42,799 because I thought it 976 00:31:42,799 --> 00:31:43,933 was like a titanium alloy. 977 00:31:45,733 --> 00:31:48,599 I think it's 978 00:31:48,599 --> 00:31:51,666 exclusively titanium, so they say. 979 00:31:51,933 --> 00:31:52,133 Yeah. 980 00:31:52,833 --> 00:31:55,866 And so it's going to make it a little 981 00:31:55,866 --> 00:31:56,633 harder for it to bend. 982 00:31:57,599 --> 00:31:59,166 I'm just salty that 983 00:31:59,166 --> 00:32:01,866 Apple made headphone jacks. 984 00:32:02,266 --> 00:32:03,333 I'm not looking at phones anymore. 985 00:32:05,566 --> 00:32:06,900 Like my phone is definitely thick enough 986 00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:09,166 to accommodate a headphone jack. 987 00:32:10,033 --> 00:32:10,799 Heck, I think this... 988 00:32:11,266 --> 00:32:12,933 When they removed it, I think that was 989 00:32:12,933 --> 00:32:15,166 like the iPhone 7 when they removed it. 990 00:32:15,633 --> 00:32:17,533 That one was thick enough to 991 00:32:17,533 --> 00:32:18,733 accommodate a headphone jack. 992 00:32:19,333 --> 00:32:20,733 These are all thick enough. 993 00:32:20,933 --> 00:32:24,200 It was a big part of it was for getting 994 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,033 better ratings for waterproof. 995 00:32:27,333 --> 00:32:29,333 Like water resistance, waterproofing, 996 00:32:29,633 --> 00:32:31,466 and it was also just a simplified 997 00:32:31,466 --> 00:32:32,533 component so they could fit 998 00:32:32,533 --> 00:32:34,933 a headphone jack in there. 999 00:32:35,266 --> 00:32:36,433 Like if they say anything 1000 00:32:36,433 --> 00:32:37,566 otherwise, they're just lying. 1001 00:32:38,333 --> 00:32:41,266 But I just think it's to 1002 00:32:41,266 --> 00:32:42,266 simplify the whole system. 1003 00:32:43,533 --> 00:32:43,833 Yeah. 1004 00:32:44,733 --> 00:32:47,000 But I think my favorite tradition when it 1005 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,366 comes to iPhone releases are all the 1006 00:32:48,366 --> 00:32:50,733 hooks that that 4chan comes up with for 1007 00:32:50,733 --> 00:32:51,333 people to destroy 1008 00:32:51,333 --> 00:32:52,133 their phones on accident. 1009 00:32:52,866 --> 00:32:56,466 I think my favorite one is either between 1010 00:32:56,466 --> 00:32:57,433 like the update that 1011 00:32:57,433 --> 00:32:58,766 makes your iPhone waterproof 1012 00:32:59,533 --> 00:33:03,133 as per 4chan or the update that lets you 1013 00:33:03,133 --> 00:33:04,366 charge your phone in a microwave. 1014 00:33:07,033 --> 00:33:09,533 I mean, yeah, the microphone was classic. 1015 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:11,599 I mean, if you do that, 1016 00:33:12,099 --> 00:33:13,633 then it's kind of just... 1017 00:33:15,766 --> 00:33:16,733 You deserved it, I guess. 1018 00:33:17,166 --> 00:33:19,133 You shouldn't say you deserve it. 1019 00:33:19,133 --> 00:33:19,900 You learned a lesson. 1020 00:33:19,933 --> 00:33:22,733 It was a teachable moment. 1021 00:33:23,266 --> 00:33:26,233 The water one is that 1022 00:33:26,233 --> 00:33:27,066 they are waterproof. 1023 00:33:28,066 --> 00:33:28,299 Pretty good. 1024 00:33:28,299 --> 00:33:29,966 Well, no, they are now. 1025 00:33:30,633 --> 00:33:31,799 But like it said that... 1026 00:33:32,233 --> 00:33:34,866 Yeah, but like back then they said that a 1027 00:33:34,866 --> 00:33:35,900 software update made 1028 00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:36,866 your phone waterproof. 1029 00:33:37,533 --> 00:33:37,733 Yeah. 1030 00:33:40,633 --> 00:33:42,833 Man. Good times, man. 1031 00:33:44,633 --> 00:33:47,133 So on top of the new iPhones, they also 1032 00:33:47,133 --> 00:33:49,700 announced Apple watches. 1033 00:33:50,866 --> 00:33:52,366 And also new AirPods. 1034 00:33:53,766 --> 00:33:57,733 They're said to be the best act of noise 1035 00:33:57,733 --> 00:33:59,533 canceling like ear pods out there. 1036 00:34:00,099 --> 00:34:03,833 And I mean, I'm sure they're pretty good, 1037 00:34:03,833 --> 00:34:05,233 but like I'm more partial 1038 00:34:05,233 --> 00:34:06,566 to like the Sony ones that 1039 00:34:07,133 --> 00:34:09,633 come out the WF-1000XM. 1040 00:34:10,366 --> 00:34:11,166 Like I think it's like 1041 00:34:11,166 --> 00:34:12,633 out of five now or six. 1042 00:34:12,633 --> 00:34:12,866 I'm not sure. 1043 00:34:12,866 --> 00:34:15,633 I... 1044 00:34:17,166 --> 00:34:18,766 I would... 1045 00:34:19,466 --> 00:34:20,800 Of course it's going to be the best. 1046 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:21,900 Like they're going to say that. 1047 00:34:21,900 --> 00:34:23,066 And they probably are. 1048 00:34:23,066 --> 00:34:24,766 Like the AirPods Pros 2s 1049 00:34:24,766 --> 00:34:26,266 that I have are pretty good. 1050 00:34:26,699 --> 00:34:28,933 They might have bad mics and some other 1051 00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:31,733 stuff, but like they're noise canceling. 1052 00:34:31,733 --> 00:34:33,566 And I have three test 1053 00:34:33,566 --> 00:34:34,866 cases at home for this. 1054 00:34:35,300 --> 00:34:36,699 I have two kids and a dog. 1055 00:34:37,266 --> 00:34:41,066 And if I need some sanity, I 1056 00:34:41,066 --> 00:34:42,133 will turn that head count... 1057 00:34:42,833 --> 00:34:44,233 The noise canceling on 1058 00:34:44,233 --> 00:34:45,233 and it is pretty nice. 1059 00:34:46,266 --> 00:34:46,566 This is... 1060 00:34:47,066 --> 00:34:50,066 The AirPods Pros 3s are probably the, I 1061 00:34:50,066 --> 00:34:53,866 think, best or the more interesting thing 1062 00:34:53,866 --> 00:34:55,300 to come out of all this because 1063 00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:59,233 they include like translation and some 1064 00:34:59,233 --> 00:35:01,166 other stuff in it, which other headphones 1065 00:35:01,166 --> 00:35:02,300 have been able to do for a while, but it 1066 00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:03,266 is still cool to see. 1067 00:35:05,033 --> 00:35:05,500 Yeah. 1068 00:35:05,866 --> 00:35:06,166 Yeah. 1069 00:35:06,666 --> 00:35:08,833 Also, also apparently there's a new 1070 00:35:08,833 --> 00:35:10,666 feature where you can do real time 1071 00:35:10,666 --> 00:35:13,266 translations to like have conversations 1072 00:35:13,266 --> 00:35:14,199 with foreign people. 1073 00:35:16,033 --> 00:35:18,566 So I don't know how good that'll be. 1074 00:35:18,966 --> 00:35:19,833 Google does it too. 1075 00:35:20,233 --> 00:35:20,533 Google's... 1076 00:35:20,766 --> 00:35:21,566 Yeah, Google does it too. 1077 00:35:21,566 --> 00:35:22,233 AirPods 2. 1078 00:35:24,033 --> 00:35:24,199 Yeah. 1079 00:35:24,733 --> 00:35:25,933 So it's definitely going to be 1080 00:35:25,933 --> 00:35:28,166 interesting to see how it goes and how 1081 00:35:28,166 --> 00:35:29,599 Star Trek is going to get in like the 1082 00:35:29,599 --> 00:35:30,800 next few decades because 1083 00:35:31,266 --> 00:35:32,633 it's only going to get better. 1084 00:35:32,633 --> 00:35:33,666 And I think that is actually... 1085 00:35:34,633 --> 00:35:35,766 I think it's a good thing. 1086 00:35:35,766 --> 00:35:37,233 I think removing barriers 1087 00:35:37,233 --> 00:35:38,566 for language is a good thing. 1088 00:35:39,466 --> 00:35:40,300 Yeah, it'll be like Tekken. 1089 00:35:41,566 --> 00:35:42,433 You guys ever play Tekken? 1090 00:35:42,766 --> 00:35:43,566 I've played Tekken better. 1091 00:35:44,133 --> 00:35:44,333 Yeah, dude. 1092 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:44,666 Remember. 1093 00:35:46,433 --> 00:35:47,966 So I mean, one of the things they've done 1094 00:35:47,966 --> 00:35:49,933 in recent times is I 1095 00:35:49,933 --> 00:35:51,033 think starting with Tekken 7, 1096 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:52,699 they started making... 1097 00:35:53,199 --> 00:35:54,533 They made everyone speak their native 1098 00:35:54,533 --> 00:35:55,566 languages instead of like 1099 00:35:55,566 --> 00:35:56,633 either English or Japanese. 1100 00:35:57,666 --> 00:36:00,766 And so like now like French characters 1101 00:36:00,766 --> 00:36:02,833 will speak French and like 1102 00:36:02,833 --> 00:36:04,099 Germans will speak German. 1103 00:36:04,099 --> 00:36:05,866 Koreans will speak Korean and of course 1104 00:36:05,866 --> 00:36:07,933 the Japanese will speak Japanese. 1105 00:36:09,233 --> 00:36:09,533 That's cool. 1106 00:36:10,033 --> 00:36:10,666 And yeah. 1107 00:36:11,533 --> 00:36:14,233 Also, I also want to mention the price 1108 00:36:14,233 --> 00:36:15,366 because the one good 1109 00:36:15,366 --> 00:36:16,933 thing that Apple didn't do 1110 00:36:17,533 --> 00:36:19,533 was like raise the price substantially 1111 00:36:19,533 --> 00:36:21,133 except for I guess the pro models. 1112 00:36:22,733 --> 00:36:24,066 Did they go up a price much though? 1113 00:36:24,066 --> 00:36:28,000 Because the 17 Pro Max, it looks about 1114 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,500 like what it typically is. 1115 00:36:30,433 --> 00:36:31,066 Yeah, no, no. 1116 00:36:31,199 --> 00:36:32,666 The regular Pro went up $100. 1117 00:36:34,866 --> 00:36:36,833 See, when I get a phone, I get it every 1118 00:36:36,833 --> 00:36:38,433 few years and I just get the 1119 00:36:38,433 --> 00:36:39,966 highest one and it just lasts 1120 00:36:40,066 --> 00:36:40,433 years. 1121 00:36:41,699 --> 00:36:42,466 Yeah, that's fair enough. 1122 00:36:43,066 --> 00:36:45,900 So the iPhone 17 is still $800. 1123 00:36:48,233 --> 00:36:50,866 And the Pro starts at $10.99. 1124 00:36:50,966 --> 00:36:53,566 Apple is now shipping... 1125 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,233 Apple now by default gives it 256 gigs 1126 00:36:57,233 --> 00:36:59,966 instead of 128 gigs to start with. 1127 00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:03,733 All these companies have got to change 1128 00:37:03,733 --> 00:37:04,866 the defaults to like a 1129 00:37:04,866 --> 00:37:05,966 terabyte on everything. 1130 00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:07,800 I'm getting tired of these small... 1131 00:37:08,133 --> 00:37:11,166 Like I get it. 1132 00:37:11,333 --> 00:37:12,866 They make a lot of money. 1133 00:37:13,900 --> 00:37:15,833 The cloud is nice honestly and the way 1134 00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:16,866 iPhone manages my data. 1135 00:37:17,599 --> 00:37:19,333 If I don't use an app for a very long 1136 00:37:19,333 --> 00:37:22,666 time, you can enable this or disable it. 1137 00:37:22,666 --> 00:37:23,900 So it's like totally optional, but you 1138 00:37:23,900 --> 00:37:24,833 can make it so that it 1139 00:37:24,833 --> 00:37:27,166 will save all the data for it, 1140 00:37:27,166 --> 00:37:29,866 but it will delete the app. 1141 00:37:29,866 --> 00:37:31,599 It's like the most of the content. 1142 00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:33,266 Let's say it's a game and I 1143 00:37:33,266 --> 00:37:34,033 don't play it for a while. 1144 00:37:35,133 --> 00:37:38,633 You can select apps and games to say, 1145 00:37:38,633 --> 00:37:41,866 "Hey, don't ever remove this for space." 1146 00:37:42,133 --> 00:37:43,599 But for some of the other stuff, it will. 1147 00:37:44,133 --> 00:37:44,900 Because I have fast enough 1148 00:37:44,900 --> 00:37:46,066 internet, it's not a big deal. 1149 00:37:46,099 --> 00:37:46,966 It will re-download it 1150 00:37:46,966 --> 00:37:48,533 if I need it once a year. 1151 00:37:49,166 --> 00:37:51,733 But I have to say, it is really nice. 1152 00:37:53,733 --> 00:37:54,966 It can be annoying, but it's nice. 1153 00:37:57,033 --> 00:37:58,766 Yeah, so my brother is trying to upgrade 1154 00:37:58,766 --> 00:38:03,366 his iPhone 14 Pro to a iPhone 17 Pro. 1155 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,566 And he's finding out that there might not 1156 00:38:06,566 --> 00:38:08,566 be that many good trade-in offers. 1157 00:38:09,433 --> 00:38:12,500 You might have to just take the loss. 1158 00:38:12,966 --> 00:38:15,233 If you're doing the trade-in, you got to 1159 00:38:15,233 --> 00:38:18,900 do it every generation or two. 1160 00:38:19,333 --> 00:38:21,466 Once you get past three or four 1161 00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:22,199 generations, the 1162 00:38:22,199 --> 00:38:24,433 trade-in's not as high just because 1163 00:38:24,433 --> 00:38:28,066 people don't want to 1164 00:38:28,066 --> 00:38:29,166 buy that old of an iPhone. 1165 00:38:30,866 --> 00:38:33,266 To admit, out of all the phones, the 1166 00:38:33,266 --> 00:38:34,866 Apple has a really good trade-in offer. 1167 00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:38,300 Yeah, I agree. 1168 00:38:38,333 --> 00:38:39,866 I think it's still among the best. 1169 00:38:41,199 --> 00:38:44,433 Because it's like 400 through Apple, 1170 00:38:44,433 --> 00:38:45,233 which I think is still 1171 00:38:45,233 --> 00:38:47,300 pretty decent for a phone 1172 00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:47,833 that's like three 1173 00:38:47,833 --> 00:38:48,533 years old at this point. 1174 00:38:49,199 --> 00:38:50,500 Yeah, that's actually not bad at all. 1175 00:38:53,433 --> 00:38:56,433 But yeah, it's going to be hard when the 1176 00:38:56,433 --> 00:38:58,000 rest of my family wants to trade-in their 1177 00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,166 iPhone 14s as well. 1178 00:38:59,966 --> 00:39:01,633 Thankfully, I don't have an iPhone, so I 1179 00:39:01,633 --> 00:39:02,466 don't have to worry about this. 1180 00:39:04,066 --> 00:39:06,166 Yeah, well, I mean, you have to worry 1181 00:39:06,166 --> 00:39:07,266 about upgrading no matter what. 1182 00:39:08,566 --> 00:39:10,166 Yeah, but I mean, I 1183 00:39:10,166 --> 00:39:11,099 already did my upgrade. 1184 00:39:11,099 --> 00:39:14,766 I have an S25 Ultra, so 1185 00:39:14,766 --> 00:39:15,633 I won't have to worry. 1186 00:39:16,300 --> 00:39:17,000 You have for a while. 1187 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:17,833 Probably for a few more years. 1188 00:39:17,833 --> 00:39:18,866 Yeah, for a while. 1189 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:25,133 I mean, I do a lot of mobile development 1190 00:39:25,133 --> 00:39:26,599 and where I work right 1191 00:39:26,599 --> 00:39:29,666 now, I do both Android and iOS 1192 00:39:30,066 --> 00:39:30,833 along with web. 1193 00:39:32,166 --> 00:39:34,666 It is beneficial to have both the old 1194 00:39:34,666 --> 00:39:36,066 phones and the new ones. 1195 00:39:36,066 --> 00:39:38,866 So I might be exceptional. 1196 00:39:39,266 --> 00:39:40,566 I think some people that upgrade every 1197 00:39:40,566 --> 00:39:43,833 year are just chasing some 1198 00:39:43,833 --> 00:39:45,533 type of change in their life, 1199 00:39:45,533 --> 00:39:46,033 I guess. 1200 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,333 Or they're like mobile 1201 00:39:48,333 --> 00:39:50,000 reviewers like MKBHD. 1202 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:51,233 They get it for free, 1203 00:39:51,233 --> 00:39:51,966 though, most likely. 1204 00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:53,099 Most of them do. 1205 00:39:53,099 --> 00:39:53,566 It's still an upgrade 1206 00:39:53,566 --> 00:39:54,833 every year, even if it's free. 1207 00:39:57,833 --> 00:39:58,166 Okay. 1208 00:40:00,133 --> 00:40:01,033 I'm not wrong, am I? 1209 00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:01,900 You're not. 1210 00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:03,033 You're technically right. 1211 00:40:03,833 --> 00:40:04,633 I'll throw that out. 1212 00:40:04,866 --> 00:40:05,066 Technically. 1213 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:07,266 The best type of right. 1214 00:40:07,266 --> 00:40:08,333 So that's kind of right. 1215 00:40:09,833 --> 00:40:10,633 Oh, man. 1216 00:40:11,266 --> 00:40:14,766 So yeah, I mean, phones are happening. 1217 00:40:15,666 --> 00:40:16,300 New iPhone. 1218 00:40:17,199 --> 00:40:18,866 I do find it interesting that they made 1219 00:40:18,866 --> 00:40:21,133 the camera bumps a lot 1220 00:40:21,133 --> 00:40:22,300 bigger than these new iPhones, 1221 00:40:24,833 --> 00:40:25,966 especially with the air too. 1222 00:40:25,966 --> 00:40:29,633 So all the relevant computing components 1223 00:40:29,633 --> 00:40:31,766 are in the camera bump of that device. 1224 00:40:33,533 --> 00:40:33,733 Yeah. 1225 00:40:34,333 --> 00:40:34,633 Yeah. 1226 00:40:35,866 --> 00:40:36,733 And the rest of it is 1227 00:40:36,733 --> 00:40:38,233 just battery, supposedly. 1228 00:40:39,333 --> 00:40:40,166 It's so foolish. 1229 00:40:42,099 --> 00:40:45,833 Like the coverage that I saw was like 1230 00:40:45,833 --> 00:40:47,133 making a joke about the fact 1231 00:40:47,133 --> 00:40:48,733 that there's like the camera 1232 00:40:48,733 --> 00:40:51,733 bump and then there's the very slim thing 1233 00:40:51,733 --> 00:40:53,400 for the battery and the screen. 1234 00:40:54,133 --> 00:40:57,366 And then only for the iPhone Air, they 1235 00:40:57,366 --> 00:40:59,400 have a MagSafe battery 1236 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:00,966 attachment because the battery 1237 00:41:00,966 --> 00:41:02,000 won't last all day. 1238 00:41:04,033 --> 00:41:04,666 That makes sense. 1239 00:41:04,933 --> 00:41:05,166 Yeah. 1240 00:41:05,166 --> 00:41:06,033 I don't. 1241 00:41:06,666 --> 00:41:10,066 I mean, Apple's intended tends to be more 1242 00:41:10,066 --> 00:41:12,033 like efficient with 1243 00:41:12,033 --> 00:41:13,433 their software and whatnot. 1244 00:41:13,433 --> 00:41:14,666 So I can imagine the battery being a 1245 00:41:14,666 --> 00:41:15,966 little longer, like battery 1246 00:41:15,966 --> 00:41:16,833 life being a little better 1247 00:41:16,833 --> 00:41:18,066 than it doesn't last a day. 1248 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,099 Like that's all their phones, from my 1249 00:41:20,099 --> 00:41:20,633 understanding, will 1250 00:41:20,633 --> 00:41:21,966 last a day of normal use. 1251 00:41:22,433 --> 00:41:24,433 If you're going very intense, they won't. 1252 00:41:24,833 --> 00:41:28,800 Their marketing says all day battery, but 1253 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:30,866 there is speculation. 1254 00:41:31,366 --> 00:41:33,133 I don't know if it's been tested yet or 1255 00:41:33,133 --> 00:41:33,766 not, but there's 1256 00:41:33,766 --> 00:41:35,000 speculation that because they 1257 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,433 released the MagSafe battery for the Air, 1258 00:41:38,766 --> 00:41:39,866 that it probably will 1259 00:41:39,866 --> 00:41:41,366 only barely last a day 1260 00:41:41,366 --> 00:41:42,766 with very light usage. 1261 00:41:43,900 --> 00:41:45,433 So I would be shocked. 1262 00:41:45,633 --> 00:41:48,966 I like Apple's pretty meticulous with 1263 00:41:48,966 --> 00:41:50,566 that type of stuff, but I don't know. 1264 00:41:51,033 --> 00:41:51,533 It'd be interesting. 1265 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:52,433 I do. 1266 00:41:52,433 --> 00:41:54,266 We'll have to say that battery will 1267 00:41:54,266 --> 00:41:55,733 probably work with the other devices too. 1268 00:41:56,833 --> 00:41:57,099 Yeah. 1269 00:41:57,733 --> 00:41:58,833 I'm not here to defend though. 1270 00:41:58,966 --> 00:41:59,500 We'll see. 1271 00:41:59,900 --> 00:42:00,199 We'll see. 1272 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:01,833 If it doesn't last all 1273 00:42:01,833 --> 00:42:03,833 day, that's a huge loss. 1274 00:42:04,166 --> 00:42:05,733 That's a huge L for them. 1275 00:42:06,033 --> 00:42:06,233 Yeah. 1276 00:42:07,266 --> 00:42:08,166 We'll find out. 1277 00:42:08,166 --> 00:42:09,466 I guess we'll find out soon enough. 1278 00:42:10,233 --> 00:42:11,099 In the meantime though, 1279 00:42:12,033 --> 00:42:13,066 speaking of huge loss, 1280 00:42:14,033 --> 00:42:16,866 Nintendo got this patent and it's a huge 1281 00:42:16,866 --> 00:42:18,333 loss for the gaming industry as a whole. 1282 00:42:19,900 --> 00:42:21,433 So for those who don't know what 1283 00:42:21,433 --> 00:42:22,333 happened, essentially 1284 00:42:22,333 --> 00:42:23,866 Nintendo got a patent for 1285 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,766 what is effectively summoning a character 1286 00:42:25,766 --> 00:42:27,099 and letting it fight one another. 1287 00:42:28,966 --> 00:42:30,099 I hate them so much. 1288 00:42:32,566 --> 00:42:35,800 So I hate patents period 1289 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:39,166 though, but yeah, not a fan. 1290 00:42:40,333 --> 00:42:43,466 Like I get it for like small, medium 1291 00:42:43,466 --> 00:42:45,699 businesses to help protect their IP and 1292 00:42:45,699 --> 00:42:46,733 to like get somewhere. 1293 00:42:46,966 --> 00:42:48,766 So big companies don't steal from them, 1294 00:42:48,766 --> 00:42:50,400 but big companies weaponize it. 1295 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:52,833 And we've really got to reform this or 1296 00:42:52,833 --> 00:42:53,400 we're just going to end 1297 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:55,500 up like who wants to do it? 1298 00:42:55,500 --> 00:42:57,966 Who wants to be a small creator, a game 1299 00:42:57,966 --> 00:42:58,466 developer that wants to, because 1300 00:42:58,733 --> 00:43:02,566 summoning a character to fight someone 1301 00:43:02,566 --> 00:43:04,666 else is a very common 1302 00:43:04,666 --> 00:43:09,666 thing to do these days with 1303 00:43:09,666 --> 00:43:13,866 games like that's how many different 1304 00:43:13,866 --> 00:43:14,766 games that are Pokemon 1305 00:43:14,766 --> 00:43:16,133 ask that are like this. 1306 00:43:16,533 --> 00:43:23,400 Like, yeah, I mean, can you, is it even 1307 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,300 like legal to have like a patent for a game mechanic? 1308 00:43:26,333 --> 00:43:30,566 Yeah, it is. 1309 00:43:30,833 --> 00:43:31,966 I thought that that was it. 1310 00:43:32,266 --> 00:43:33,833 I think it has to be a specific 1311 00:43:33,833 --> 00:43:35,466 implementation of the game. 1312 00:43:35,466 --> 00:43:39,333 Because remember, remember that one 1313 00:43:39,333 --> 00:43:40,599 studio had that patent 1314 00:43:40,599 --> 00:43:41,966 for like the Nemesis system. 1315 00:43:42,266 --> 00:43:43,133 And now that studio 1316 00:43:43,133 --> 00:43:44,633 doesn't even exist anymore. 1317 00:43:44,966 --> 00:43:45,166 Right. 1318 00:43:45,233 --> 00:43:45,800 But the past is. 1319 00:43:47,166 --> 00:43:48,166 Yeah, the past is the 1320 00:43:48,166 --> 00:43:51,033 radio dial in mass effect. 1321 00:43:51,033 --> 00:43:52,133 That's a patent. 1322 00:43:52,133 --> 00:43:59,433 That's patented. There's the dialogue. Yes. That's a patent. 1323 00:43:59,699 --> 00:44:00,533 I didn't know that. 1324 00:44:00,533 --> 00:44:02,066 And yes, it is. 1325 00:44:02,366 --> 00:44:03,666 It is disgusting. 1326 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,166 It's this type of stuff where it doesn't 1327 00:44:07,166 --> 00:44:10,233 take any real money to 1328 00:44:10,233 --> 00:44:11,733 create these types of 1329 00:44:11,733 --> 00:44:13,133 mechanics. 1330 00:44:13,533 --> 00:44:14,533 That's what the whole 1331 00:44:14,533 --> 00:44:15,966 point of patents are for. 1332 00:44:16,233 --> 00:44:18,066 Technically is innovation that costs a lot so that people can recoup their costs. 1333 00:44:18,066 --> 00:44:19,033 It's not just that it's not just that it's not just that it's not just that it's not that it's not just that it costs a lot so 1334 00:44:19,033 --> 00:44:20,099 that people can recoup 1335 00:44:20,099 --> 00:44:23,000 their costs in creating the 1336 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:23,433 patent. 1337 00:44:25,133 --> 00:44:27,466 Software patents are a joke because 1338 00:44:27,466 --> 00:44:28,866 they're always 1339 00:44:28,866 --> 00:44:30,733 incremental on someone else's work. 1340 00:44:32,166 --> 00:44:38,966 And they should be removed altogether. 1341 00:44:39,533 --> 00:44:41,133 This is a huge thing 1342 00:44:41,133 --> 00:44:41,966 that needs to be reformed. 1343 00:44:41,966 --> 00:44:42,666 It's just going to destroy 1344 00:44:42,666 --> 00:44:43,433 the gaming industry more. 1345 00:44:43,466 --> 00:44:44,800 Mm-hmm. 1346 00:44:45,433 --> 00:44:47,000 So the specific implementation of this 1347 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:48,233 patent, I believe, is for 1348 00:44:48,233 --> 00:44:51,199 third-person games like Pokemon 1349 00:44:51,199 --> 00:44:51,733 RCS. 1350 00:44:51,966 --> 00:44:55,033 Because this whole-- but it's really-- as 1351 00:44:55,033 --> 00:44:55,900 we all know, it's meant 1352 00:44:55,900 --> 00:44:58,266 to be another patent in 1353 00:44:58,266 --> 00:44:59,733 their case against Power World. 1354 00:45:00,566 --> 00:45:01,633 Which at this point, I think we've talked 1355 00:45:01,633 --> 00:45:02,633 more about Power World's 1356 00:45:02,633 --> 00:45:03,466 lawsuit than the actual 1357 00:45:03,466 --> 00:45:04,066 game itself. 1358 00:45:05,133 --> 00:45:05,300 Yeah. 1359 00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:07,000 Which is kind of unfortunate, really. 1360 00:45:09,300 --> 00:45:10,533 I mean, Power World is a fun game. 1361 00:45:10,633 --> 00:45:13,333 But I played a lot of it, 1362 00:45:13,333 --> 00:45:14,333 and I'm kind of over it. 1363 00:45:14,733 --> 00:45:16,566 It's just unfortunate that a game like 1364 00:45:16,566 --> 00:45:19,199 that is being fought. 1365 00:45:19,433 --> 00:45:22,166 They have to fight so hard to just stay 1366 00:45:22,166 --> 00:45:25,466 above water or to exist. 1367 00:45:26,099 --> 00:45:26,833 Where, yeah, is it a 1368 00:45:26,833 --> 00:45:29,566 little bit of a copy of Pokemon? 1369 00:45:29,833 --> 00:45:31,233 But you could say that about everything, 1370 00:45:31,566 --> 00:45:32,433 even Pokemon itself. 1371 00:45:33,133 --> 00:45:33,300 Yeah. 1372 00:45:33,300 --> 00:45:35,733 I mean, I think it's like a-- I think it 1373 00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:37,633 really should fall under parody. 1374 00:45:37,866 --> 00:45:38,300 Because like-- 1375 00:45:38,566 --> 00:45:38,666 Yeah. 1376 00:45:39,733 --> 00:45:40,266 It kind of-- I mean, 1377 00:45:40,266 --> 00:45:41,000 it's Pokemon with guns. 1378 00:45:41,333 --> 00:45:42,066 I mean, come on, dude. 1379 00:45:42,566 --> 00:45:44,033 It sounds like a parody already. 1380 00:45:44,466 --> 00:45:44,833 Oh, yeah. 1381 00:45:44,833 --> 00:45:46,900 But not only that, though, it seems like 1382 00:45:46,900 --> 00:45:50,066 Hoyo, the creators of 1383 00:45:50,066 --> 00:45:52,033 Honkai Star Rail and Genshin 1384 00:45:52,033 --> 00:45:53,233 Impact, they're making 1385 00:45:53,233 --> 00:45:54,333 a creature game, too. 1386 00:45:55,933 --> 00:45:57,266 And it looks like they're concerned that 1387 00:45:57,266 --> 00:45:59,099 maybe Nintendo could go after them, too. 1388 00:45:59,599 --> 00:46:01,500 And they'd be a much bigger target than 1389 00:46:01,500 --> 00:46:03,266 Pocket Pair, because they 1390 00:46:03,266 --> 00:46:04,166 make a shitload of money. 1391 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:08,300 I hate this. 1392 00:46:08,733 --> 00:46:10,466 Is this happening in Japan, 1393 00:46:10,466 --> 00:46:12,000 though, like these lawsuits? 1394 00:46:12,566 --> 00:46:14,500 I believe it's a US patent, right? 1395 00:46:14,833 --> 00:46:15,666 This is a US patent. 1396 00:46:15,666 --> 00:46:16,533 This is a US patent. 1397 00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:17,000 Yeah. 1398 00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:17,733 That's-- 1399 00:46:18,033 --> 00:46:18,233 Yeah. 1400 00:46:18,433 --> 00:46:19,066 Then we could at least 1401 00:46:19,066 --> 00:46:20,166 do something about it. 1402 00:46:21,166 --> 00:46:23,033 I don't think there's a patent-- I don't 1403 00:46:23,033 --> 00:46:23,433 think there's a 1404 00:46:23,433 --> 00:46:25,633 lawsuit in America just yet. 1405 00:46:25,633 --> 00:46:26,733 But I think they're going to use these 1406 00:46:26,733 --> 00:46:28,366 American patents to 1407 00:46:28,366 --> 00:46:30,233 fuel their Japanese fight. 1408 00:46:32,199 --> 00:46:32,633 I don't know. 1409 00:46:32,633 --> 00:46:33,233 It's a crazy 1410 00:46:33,233 --> 00:46:34,533 situation, especially since-- 1411 00:46:35,533 --> 00:46:37,333 Yeah, there's a specific 1412 00:46:37,333 --> 00:46:38,599 implementation for this. 1413 00:46:38,866 --> 00:46:39,933 But at the same time, though, 1414 00:46:40,633 --> 00:46:42,766 theoretically, Nintendo could just go 1415 00:46:42,766 --> 00:46:44,800 after anyone else who 1416 00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:46,766 are using the concept of a summon, so to 1417 00:46:46,766 --> 00:46:48,333 speak, which is kind of stupid, too. 1418 00:46:50,166 --> 00:46:51,266 Like, they could go after Digimon. 1419 00:46:53,033 --> 00:46:53,233 Yeah. 1420 00:46:53,300 --> 00:46:56,533 They can go after Shinigami Tensei, which 1421 00:46:56,533 --> 00:46:57,766 has you recruiting 1422 00:46:57,766 --> 00:47:00,766 demons and then summoning them 1423 00:47:00,766 --> 00:47:03,466 to fight with you alongside you as well. 1424 00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:03,900 Wouldn't-- 1425 00:47:04,633 --> 00:47:06,533 Would Monster Rancher count or no? 1426 00:47:07,866 --> 00:47:10,066 I think Monster Rancher could count, too. 1427 00:47:10,433 --> 00:47:11,000 Do you summon 1428 00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:12,733 creatures in Monster Rancher? 1429 00:47:12,733 --> 00:47:14,133 Well, I don't know if 1430 00:47:14,133 --> 00:47:16,133 you-- I don't think it means-- 1431 00:47:16,366 --> 00:47:18,233 I mean, you don't technically summon 1432 00:47:18,233 --> 00:47:19,766 creatures in Pokemon, either. 1433 00:47:20,033 --> 00:47:21,266 You release them out of their Pokemon. 1434 00:47:21,266 --> 00:47:22,366 You can't summon them, essentially. 1435 00:47:23,833 --> 00:47:26,133 Right, but the only Monster Rancher game 1436 00:47:26,133 --> 00:47:27,966 I've ever played was the one on PS1, 1437 00:47:28,366 --> 00:47:31,366 and you could summon monsters by putting 1438 00:47:31,366 --> 00:47:33,099 a music disc in, and it would-- 1439 00:47:33,199 --> 00:47:33,766 Mm. 1440 00:47:34,833 --> 00:47:36,500 Generate a monster based on the hash of 1441 00:47:36,500 --> 00:47:38,333 the device or the disc. 1442 00:47:38,333 --> 00:47:39,666 It's like, how is that 1443 00:47:39,666 --> 00:47:41,133 not summoning, you know? 1444 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:43,366 Dude. 1445 00:47:43,866 --> 00:47:45,066 It's ridiculous, man. 1446 00:47:46,566 --> 00:47:48,166 Yeah, summoning is crazy, man. 1447 00:47:49,266 --> 00:47:51,266 You can summon in Final Fantasy as well. 1448 00:47:51,266 --> 00:47:53,866 You can summon creatures to fight-- well, 1449 00:47:53,866 --> 00:47:54,933 it depends on the Final Fantasy. 1450 00:47:55,266 --> 00:47:57,733 Sometimes, I think, you just summon and 1451 00:47:57,733 --> 00:47:58,699 they just do a big attack, 1452 00:47:59,433 --> 00:48:01,233 and sometimes you summon them in their 1453 00:48:01,233 --> 00:48:03,166 actual controllable characters, 1454 00:48:03,866 --> 00:48:05,699 like in Final Fantasy X, than your 1455 00:48:05,699 --> 00:48:08,633 animas-- no, your aeons. 1456 00:48:10,699 --> 00:48:15,466 So not to change it a little-- like what 1457 00:48:15,466 --> 00:48:16,366 we're talking about a little bit. 1458 00:48:16,733 --> 00:48:22,066 But the U.S. grant office or whatever-- I 1459 00:48:22,066 --> 00:48:22,833 can't remember what it's called. 1460 00:48:23,066 --> 00:48:23,866 Their patent-- not 1461 00:48:23,866 --> 00:48:25,000 their grant office, sorry. 1462 00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:26,300 Their patent and trade office. 1463 00:48:26,833 --> 00:48:27,666 How compromised is it? 1464 00:48:27,666 --> 00:48:29,433 Because a lot of the other parts of the 1465 00:48:29,433 --> 00:48:31,033 government are pretty-- in my opinion, 1466 00:48:31,500 --> 00:48:33,800 compromised, meaning they flushed out a 1467 00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:35,666 lot of the people that were doing the job 1468 00:48:35,666 --> 00:48:36,633 just to put people that 1469 00:48:36,633 --> 00:48:37,833 aren't qualified at all. 1470 00:48:39,666 --> 00:48:41,099 And I'm wondering if companies are going 1471 00:48:41,099 --> 00:48:41,866 to be able to get more-- 1472 00:48:41,866 --> 00:48:42,333 because this should 1473 00:48:42,333 --> 00:48:43,166 not have gone through. 1474 00:48:43,599 --> 00:48:45,433 I have worked in a 1475 00:48:45,433 --> 00:48:46,699 patent office for software, 1476 00:48:47,300 --> 00:48:50,333 and it is actually typically difficult. 1477 00:48:51,033 --> 00:48:53,533 And I'm assuming money does help and 1478 00:48:53,533 --> 00:48:54,533 certain things do help, 1479 00:48:54,566 --> 00:48:57,866 but I'm wondering if Nintendo is going to 1480 00:48:57,866 --> 00:48:58,766 be trying to do more, 1481 00:48:59,066 --> 00:49:00,033 and some of these companies are going to 1482 00:49:00,033 --> 00:49:01,633 try to put more patents through 1483 00:49:01,633 --> 00:49:05,333 that are obviously should not be granted. 1484 00:49:06,099 --> 00:49:06,666 Like this is-- 1485 00:49:06,766 --> 00:49:08,166 I'd love to see them 1486 00:49:08,166 --> 00:49:09,333 try pushing it even more, 1487 00:49:09,333 --> 00:49:11,199 because obviously with Nintendo, you 1488 00:49:11,199 --> 00:49:11,833 know, you give them an 1489 00:49:11,833 --> 00:49:12,933 inch, they'll take a mile. 1490 00:49:13,633 --> 00:49:14,500 I think they will. 1491 00:49:15,066 --> 00:49:16,733 This is not a good sign. 1492 00:49:16,733 --> 00:49:17,333 This should not have 1493 00:49:17,333 --> 00:49:18,533 gone through, and it did. 1494 00:49:19,333 --> 00:49:20,366 Like maybe a couple years 1495 00:49:20,366 --> 00:49:21,099 ago, it could have been like, 1496 00:49:21,766 --> 00:49:24,666 I-- this might show that it's open season 1497 00:49:24,666 --> 00:49:26,133 for maybe other companies, 1498 00:49:26,133 --> 00:49:27,966 and that's just going to 1499 00:49:27,966 --> 00:49:29,266 destroy the game market. 1500 00:49:31,599 --> 00:49:32,866 A lot of mechanics are 1501 00:49:32,866 --> 00:49:34,033 built on top of each other, 1502 00:49:34,033 --> 00:49:37,166 and if you have to worry about copying 1503 00:49:37,166 --> 00:49:38,433 some mechanic that's a trade-- 1504 00:49:38,433 --> 00:49:39,366 I don't want it. 1505 00:49:39,533 --> 00:49:41,699 I will stop creating games when I have to 1506 00:49:41,699 --> 00:49:42,699 start thinking about 1507 00:49:42,733 --> 00:49:43,466 if I'm creating 1508 00:49:43,466 --> 00:49:45,666 something that is patented 1509 00:49:47,133 --> 00:49:48,533 without knowing if there's like 20 1510 00:49:48,533 --> 00:49:50,333 different patents to worry about. 1511 00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:53,766 Yeah, and even-- I mean, even back then, 1512 00:49:53,766 --> 00:49:54,500 if you guys remember, 1513 00:49:54,833 --> 00:49:56,733 Bandai Namco used to hold a patent for 1514 00:49:56,733 --> 00:49:58,166 having mini games on 1515 00:49:58,166 --> 00:49:59,066 like a loading screen. 1516 00:50:00,866 --> 00:50:02,699 That patent did expire, yes, 1517 00:50:02,699 --> 00:50:04,766 but by the time it expired, 1518 00:50:05,033 --> 00:50:06,233 you know, we got SSDs and 1519 00:50:06,233 --> 00:50:07,733 games load super fast, right? 1520 00:50:09,099 --> 00:50:10,500 And we've gotten to the point where like, 1521 00:50:11,266 --> 00:50:13,033 we've started masking loading screens 1522 00:50:13,033 --> 00:50:13,966 instead of having like, 1523 00:50:14,599 --> 00:50:15,866 dedicated loading screens, right? 1524 00:50:15,866 --> 00:50:17,266 Like, you know what I'm saying? 1525 00:50:17,533 --> 00:50:20,599 So like, that patent expired doesn't even 1526 00:50:20,599 --> 00:50:21,300 matter anymore, right? 1527 00:50:22,166 --> 00:50:22,366 Yeah. 1528 00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:25,000 Why can't-- I'm not saying-- 1529 00:50:25,233 --> 00:50:25,599 Why can't the-- 1530 00:50:25,599 --> 00:50:26,066 Oh, sorry, go ahead. 1531 00:50:26,066 --> 00:50:27,400 Why can't Doge get rid of 1532 00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:29,000 the patent and trademark? 1533 00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:29,833 Well, I don't want it 1534 00:50:29,833 --> 00:50:30,533 to get rid of trademarks. 1535 00:50:30,766 --> 00:50:31,466 I think trademarks are 1536 00:50:31,466 --> 00:50:33,199 important, per se, but like-- 1537 00:50:33,933 --> 00:50:37,366 and patents are too, but 1538 00:50:37,366 --> 00:50:38,566 it's so heavily abused, 1539 00:50:38,566 --> 00:50:39,933 I'd almost rather it just be gone. 1540 00:50:43,533 --> 00:50:45,500 Well, we can't-- well, I don't know. 1541 00:50:45,500 --> 00:50:46,066 Money. Money. 1542 00:50:47,099 --> 00:50:47,566 Oh, I-- 1543 00:50:47,566 --> 00:50:47,900 Money. 1544 00:50:47,900 --> 00:50:48,500 I know exactly. 1545 00:50:49,166 --> 00:50:50,866 The other thing is, like, patents, 1546 00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:52,733 trademarks, and copyrights are like, 1547 00:50:53,099 --> 00:50:55,000 part of the Constitution, so 1548 00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:56,433 we can't just get rid of it. 1549 00:50:56,733 --> 00:50:57,633 We can get rid of like-- 1550 00:50:57,633 --> 00:50:57,866 Are patents, though? 1551 00:50:58,366 --> 00:50:59,633 I'm pretty sure patents are. 1552 00:50:59,633 --> 00:51:00,233 I don't know. 1553 00:51:00,233 --> 00:51:03,766 I think patents are a little newer, but I 1554 00:51:03,766 --> 00:51:05,233 could be wrong about that. 1555 00:51:06,033 --> 00:51:08,366 When you say part of the Constitution, 1556 00:51:08,666 --> 00:51:10,866 do you mean like, it's in like, the main 1557 00:51:10,866 --> 00:51:13,166 body or like, or it's an amendment? 1558 00:51:14,166 --> 00:51:16,533 Patents are in Article 1, Section 8, 1559 00:51:16,766 --> 00:51:17,866 Closet of the Constitution. 1560 00:51:18,666 --> 00:51:19,133 And there you go. 1561 00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:20,000 Then-- 1562 00:51:20,066 --> 00:51:20,633 That's crazy. 1563 00:51:20,966 --> 00:51:21,833 Admit the Constitution. 1564 00:51:22,066 --> 00:51:23,066 I'm not against that. 1565 00:51:24,633 --> 00:51:26,099 I don't like patents. 1566 00:51:26,333 --> 00:51:28,099 It was a-- you can obviously tell. 1567 00:51:29,366 --> 00:51:31,466 They've just been heavily abused so much. 1568 00:51:36,966 --> 00:51:39,433 Patents suck, and Nintendo sucks too. 1569 00:51:40,166 --> 00:51:41,500 But, you know, it's about that-- 1570 00:51:41,966 --> 00:51:43,366 despite the fact that Nintendo sucks, 1571 00:51:43,633 --> 00:51:44,933 sometimes it can put on a good show. 1572 00:51:46,166 --> 00:51:46,633 Like so. 1573 00:51:47,066 --> 00:51:48,500 I agree with that. 1574 00:51:49,766 --> 00:51:50,933 So, hold on. 1575 00:51:51,266 --> 00:51:52,433 I don't actually have a new article for 1576 00:51:52,433 --> 00:51:54,266 this, but I'll read out some 1577 00:51:54,266 --> 00:51:57,500 of the stuff that was announced. 1578 00:51:58,366 --> 00:52:00,099 So they announced a new Mario Galaxy 1579 00:52:00,099 --> 00:52:02,366 movie alongside a 1580 00:52:02,366 --> 00:52:04,066 re-release of Mario Galaxy 1 and 2. 1581 00:52:04,166 --> 00:52:04,433 Hmm. 1582 00:52:06,566 --> 00:52:08,866 They announced Virtual Boy games with 1583 00:52:08,866 --> 00:52:10,533 some Virtual Boy accessories to come-- 1584 00:52:10,833 --> 00:52:12,466 to go along with it too. 1585 00:52:13,333 --> 00:52:13,866 So, hold on. 1586 00:52:13,866 --> 00:52:15,266 Let me show you what it looks like. 1587 00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:17,599 Oh. 1588 00:52:18,566 --> 00:52:20,633 Virtual Boy accessory. 1589 00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:23,900 So there's actually two accessories that 1590 00:52:23,900 --> 00:52:24,966 you slot your switch into. 1591 00:52:24,966 --> 00:52:26,466 You can either get the one 1592 00:52:26,466 --> 00:52:27,633 that looks like a Virtual Boy, 1593 00:52:28,666 --> 00:52:29,866 or the like, Google 1594 00:52:29,866 --> 00:52:31,266 Cardboard, like, Virtual Boy. 1595 00:52:31,266 --> 00:52:32,366 [laughs] 1596 00:52:33,199 --> 00:52:34,033 The Cardboard. 1597 00:52:34,900 --> 00:52:35,033 I-- 1598 00:52:35,266 --> 00:52:36,066 It's still like-- 1599 00:52:36,266 --> 00:52:37,233 Oh, 25 bucks. 1600 00:52:37,566 --> 00:52:38,233 Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1601 00:52:38,233 --> 00:52:38,566 I was-- 1602 00:52:38,566 --> 00:52:38,866 Oh, 25. 1603 00:52:38,866 --> 00:52:40,466 I was really expecting to be like 60. 1604 00:52:41,233 --> 00:52:42,866 That's how bad their pricing is that I'm 1605 00:52:42,866 --> 00:52:44,633 like, "Oh, okay, 25. That's not too bad." 1606 00:52:45,266 --> 00:52:45,599 The-- 1607 00:52:45,900 --> 00:52:47,733 If you're looking to spend more though, 1608 00:52:47,733 --> 00:52:50,800 you can spend $100 on the Virtual Boy. 1609 00:52:51,133 --> 00:52:51,366 Yeah. 1610 00:52:52,033 --> 00:52:53,566 I think it's pretty cool, actually. 1611 00:52:54,933 --> 00:52:56,933 Yeah, so it slots in-- the screen slots 1612 00:52:56,933 --> 00:52:57,933 in like this, and it's 1613 00:52:57,933 --> 00:52:58,800 like Google Cardboard. 1614 00:52:59,366 --> 00:52:59,666 Yeah. 1615 00:53:00,566 --> 00:53:03,333 So this whole-- this whole accessory just 1616 00:53:03,333 --> 00:53:05,233 to play like the 14 games 1617 00:53:05,233 --> 00:53:06,933 in the Virtual Boy library? 1618 00:53:08,266 --> 00:53:08,900 That's correct. 1619 00:53:09,566 --> 00:53:10,233 I think it's cool. 1620 00:53:11,099 --> 00:53:12,633 I also don't need to play it, so I don't 1621 00:53:12,633 --> 00:53:13,633 need to get it if I don't want, 1622 00:53:13,633 --> 00:53:14,366 but I think it's cool 1623 00:53:14,366 --> 00:53:15,366 that they have the option. 1624 00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:16,333 Maybe. 1625 00:53:16,699 --> 00:53:19,133 What if like, they actually release new, 1626 00:53:19,133 --> 00:53:20,533 like, unreleased Game Boy-- 1627 00:53:20,933 --> 00:53:22,099 or Virtual Boy games like 1628 00:53:22,099 --> 00:53:25,266 they did with the Star Fox 2? 1629 00:53:25,266 --> 00:53:25,833 With Star Fox 2? 1630 00:53:27,033 --> 00:53:27,733 That would be cool. 1631 00:53:27,733 --> 00:53:28,066 They could. 1632 00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:30,133 That would be kind of cool, actually. 1633 00:53:30,433 --> 00:53:32,733 I'd be interested in that. 1634 00:53:33,433 --> 00:53:34,566 I-- honestly, I'm 1635 00:53:34,566 --> 00:53:36,133 interested in the accessory as is. 1636 00:53:36,133 --> 00:53:37,633 I don't think it-- like, could it be 1637 00:53:37,633 --> 00:53:38,699 cheaper, of course, but-- 1638 00:53:38,966 --> 00:53:39,833 [DING] 1639 00:53:40,500 --> 00:53:41,633 It's up to them if they want more cells. 1640 00:53:42,300 --> 00:53:43,466 Did you guys play the 1641 00:53:43,466 --> 00:53:44,833 Virtual Boy when it first came out? 1642 00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:47,533 That's the thing. 1643 00:53:47,533 --> 00:53:49,566 I've never played it before, but I've 1644 00:53:49,566 --> 00:53:52,133 only seen stuff on it over the years. 1645 00:53:52,133 --> 00:53:53,900 I've seen the AVGN video of it. 1646 00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:57,066 My friend-- when I was in elementary 1647 00:53:57,066 --> 00:53:58,933 school, my friend Matt had one, 1648 00:53:59,766 --> 00:54:01,199 and he was the only person I ever knew, 1649 00:54:01,199 --> 00:54:02,800 and I played it for about 10 minutes, 1650 00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:04,933 and it gave me a really bad headache, and 1651 00:54:04,933 --> 00:54:06,766 I was not interested after that. 1652 00:54:07,199 --> 00:54:09,599 I've heard that it does that, yeah. 1653 00:54:10,566 --> 00:54:11,833 That kind of reminds me how I'm the only 1654 00:54:11,833 --> 00:54:13,500 person I've ever known that has a-- 1655 00:54:13,500 --> 00:54:15,533 that had a Sega Saturn growing up. 1656 00:54:17,366 --> 00:54:17,933 You guys ever played a 1657 00:54:17,933 --> 00:54:18,866 Sega Saturn? It's awesome. 1658 00:54:19,133 --> 00:54:20,133 I've played it a little bit. 1659 00:54:20,133 --> 00:54:21,333 I just had a regular Sega. 1660 00:54:24,733 --> 00:54:25,699 So we'll see what else. 1661 00:54:25,699 --> 00:54:28,033 Metroid Prime 4 has a release date. 1662 00:54:29,033 --> 00:54:32,966 We have Pokémon Pokeotopia, which kind 1663 00:54:32,966 --> 00:54:34,233 of looks like Minecraft almost. 1664 00:54:36,966 --> 00:54:39,366 We've got Fire Emblem Fortunes Weave, 1665 00:54:40,233 --> 00:54:41,533 Dragon Quest VII Remake, 1666 00:54:42,333 --> 00:54:42,766 Yoshi and the 1667 00:54:42,766 --> 00:54:44,900 Mysterious Book, and some ports. 1668 00:54:45,533 --> 00:54:46,666 Resident Evil 9 is 1669 00:54:46,666 --> 00:54:47,833 coming to the Switch 2. 1670 00:54:48,166 --> 00:54:53,733 And, of course, Final Fantasy VII Remake. 1671 00:54:54,099 --> 00:54:54,933 I think both the remakes. 1672 00:54:56,366 --> 00:54:57,633 And there was one that was shown off in 1673 00:54:57,633 --> 00:54:59,266 the Japanese direct that 1674 00:54:59,266 --> 00:55:00,199 I'm kind of interested in, 1675 00:55:00,699 --> 00:55:02,733 Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, 1676 00:55:04,500 --> 00:55:07,500 which includes the trilogy, but also the 1677 00:55:07,500 --> 00:55:09,033 two different versions of each game, 1678 00:55:09,033 --> 00:55:11,533 since the Battle Network and the Star 1679 00:55:11,533 --> 00:55:12,333 Force games did that 1680 00:55:12,333 --> 00:55:15,500 with two different versions of each game, kind of like Pokémon. 1681 00:55:15,666 --> 00:55:19,566 I do wish they had more 1682 00:55:19,566 --> 00:55:22,266 Nintendo-specific games, 1683 00:55:22,599 --> 00:55:24,133 even though, I mean, 1684 00:55:24,133 --> 00:55:26,966 Metroid Prime 4 Nintendo-specific. 1685 00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:29,133 Pokémon. 1686 00:55:31,333 --> 00:55:32,533 Fire Emblem. 1687 00:55:33,500 --> 00:55:34,966 I guess what I wanted is some classic. 1688 00:55:36,099 --> 00:55:37,833 What, you mean like a Zelda? 1689 00:55:39,199 --> 00:55:39,466 No. 1690 00:55:39,733 --> 00:55:41,866 Oh, they did put up a trailer. 1691 00:55:41,866 --> 00:55:42,533 I want Luigi's Mansion 4. 1692 00:55:42,533 --> 00:55:43,966 Well, they did put up a trailer for-- 1693 00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:47,266 Well, they did put up a trailer for the 1694 00:55:47,266 --> 00:55:49,466 High World Warriors game, 1695 00:55:50,166 --> 00:55:52,033 the Age of Imprisonment 1696 00:55:52,033 --> 00:55:52,633 or something like that. 1697 00:55:52,933 --> 00:55:53,133 Okay. 1698 00:55:54,333 --> 00:55:55,366 So there's that too. 1699 00:55:57,166 --> 00:55:59,666 I get what you're saying though, but they 1700 00:55:59,666 --> 00:56:00,833 also just released two bangers. 1701 00:56:01,599 --> 00:56:02,666 Well, I don't know if I'd 1702 00:56:02,666 --> 00:56:04,033 call Mario Kart World a banger. 1703 00:56:04,633 --> 00:56:05,133 It's fun. 1704 00:56:06,099 --> 00:56:06,466 Agreed. 1705 00:56:06,466 --> 00:56:09,966 They did, but for a release of a console, 1706 00:56:10,633 --> 00:56:12,666 I feel like it's just 1707 00:56:12,666 --> 00:56:13,566 been lacking over the years. 1708 00:56:13,599 --> 00:56:16,133 I just do not feel like there's been 1709 00:56:16,133 --> 00:56:17,966 enough decent games to come 1710 00:56:17,966 --> 00:56:19,199 out with releases that are 1711 00:56:19,199 --> 00:56:20,533 like unique to why you 1712 00:56:20,533 --> 00:56:21,366 should buy the console. 1713 00:56:23,166 --> 00:56:25,133 Maybe they should have just delayed Tears 1714 00:56:25,133 --> 00:56:27,400 of the Kingdom and made 1715 00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:28,466 it switch to exclusive. 1716 00:56:28,466 --> 00:56:28,866 I bet you-- 1717 00:56:29,066 --> 00:56:30,833 I thought about exclusive, but like at 1718 00:56:30,833 --> 00:56:33,233 least release it with it. 1719 00:56:34,333 --> 00:56:37,633 Make it more of a reason to get it, but 1720 00:56:37,633 --> 00:56:39,400 I'm not necessarily asking 1721 00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:40,933 for exclusives completely. 1722 00:56:40,966 --> 00:56:44,966 I just would like to see maybe exclusive 1723 00:56:44,966 --> 00:56:45,933 if it's designed 1724 00:56:45,933 --> 00:56:47,666 really well for the console 1725 00:56:47,666 --> 00:56:50,533 and takes account in all the different 1726 00:56:50,533 --> 00:56:52,033 capabilities of console 1727 00:56:52,033 --> 00:56:54,566 maybe then, but I don't know. 1728 00:56:54,566 --> 00:56:56,533 I think consoles are kind of dying. 1729 00:56:57,766 --> 00:57:00,333 Oh yeah, they also announced DLC for 1730 00:57:00,333 --> 00:57:02,833 Pokemon Legends ZA, which as 1731 00:57:02,833 --> 00:57:04,066 we all know is not out yet. 1732 00:57:05,766 --> 00:57:07,666 And it's a pretty big expansion too, $30. 1733 00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:12,400 It's got two versions of Mega Ride Shoe. 1734 00:57:13,633 --> 00:57:14,033 That's so-- 1735 00:57:14,333 --> 00:57:16,766 Yo, it's so funny that Pikachu was like 1736 00:57:16,766 --> 00:57:18,466 the mascot, but no one 1737 00:57:18,466 --> 00:57:20,199 gives a fuck about Ride Shoe, 1738 00:57:20,566 --> 00:57:22,066 like the evolved version of Pikachu. 1739 00:57:22,866 --> 00:57:24,666 He's not as cute. 1740 00:57:27,166 --> 00:57:28,000 That's so mean. 1741 00:57:29,199 --> 00:57:29,500 Is it? 1742 00:57:29,500 --> 00:57:30,233 I like Ride Shoe. 1743 00:57:31,633 --> 00:57:32,633 I don't make the rules. 1744 00:57:33,666 --> 00:57:35,966 You gotta look like you're less dangerous 1745 00:57:35,966 --> 00:57:37,300 and people like that. 1746 00:57:37,699 --> 00:57:38,133 Mm. 1747 00:57:40,733 --> 00:57:41,933 You don't see it being a snake. 1748 00:57:43,500 --> 00:57:46,500 Yeah, I mean, also there's some 1749 00:57:46,500 --> 00:57:47,633 interesting Pokemon lore 1750 00:57:47,633 --> 00:57:49,533 bits that Nintendo, I guess, 1751 00:57:49,533 --> 00:57:49,833 dropped. 1752 00:57:50,066 --> 00:57:53,266 Like for example, do you guys remember 1753 00:57:53,266 --> 00:57:54,733 Lieutenant Surge in Gen 1? 1754 00:57:56,233 --> 00:57:57,766 He's the Lightning gym leader. 1755 00:57:58,033 --> 00:57:58,933 I do remember, yeah. 1756 00:57:59,266 --> 00:58:00,333 He's the guy that kind of looks like 1757 00:58:00,333 --> 00:58:01,233 Guile from Street Fighter. 1758 00:58:01,566 --> 00:58:05,366 Yeah. Yeah, so I think he was apparently in a 1759 00:58:05,366 --> 00:58:06,833 war and the Lightning 1760 00:58:06,833 --> 00:58:08,166 Pokemon saved his life or 1761 00:58:08,166 --> 00:58:11,300 something like that during the war, but 1762 00:58:11,300 --> 00:58:11,733 then they never 1763 00:58:11,733 --> 00:58:12,800 talked about the war again. 1764 00:58:13,699 --> 00:58:16,766 And they also retconned as Epithet, which 1765 00:58:16,766 --> 00:58:18,133 was the Lightning American. 1766 00:58:22,066 --> 00:58:22,699 And then, I don't know, 1767 00:58:22,699 --> 00:58:24,066 there's a lot of crazy stuff too. 1768 00:58:24,166 --> 00:58:28,033 Apparently, when in development, I think 1769 00:58:28,033 --> 00:58:31,199 there was a rumor that 1770 00:58:31,199 --> 00:58:34,166 the grass gym leader, Erika, 1771 00:58:35,033 --> 00:58:38,099 was actually supposed to be a ghost gym 1772 00:58:38,099 --> 00:58:39,599 leader and that she's 1773 00:58:39,599 --> 00:58:41,066 actually dead and that the one 1774 00:58:41,066 --> 00:58:42,699 inhabiting her body is a ghost Pokemon. 1775 00:58:44,333 --> 00:58:44,900 But of course, apparently 1776 00:58:44,900 --> 00:58:46,033 that never came to fruition. 1777 00:58:49,300 --> 00:58:51,300 I don't know, there's just a lot of crazy 1778 00:58:51,300 --> 00:58:53,599 rumors I've heard about Pokemon 1779 00:58:54,166 --> 00:58:55,533 lore back in the day. 1780 00:58:56,566 --> 00:58:58,133 Oh, and also, we can't forget about the 1781 00:58:58,133 --> 00:59:01,033 Game Freak leaks, if 1782 00:59:01,033 --> 00:59:01,833 you guys remember that, 1783 00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:04,166 from the first episode of this podcast. 1784 00:59:05,966 --> 00:59:07,300 Man, that was such a crazy leak. 1785 00:59:09,233 --> 00:59:10,233 The Game Freak leaks? 1786 00:59:10,233 --> 00:59:10,900 I don't remember that. 1787 00:59:12,199 --> 00:59:13,533 It was the one with the 1788 00:59:13,533 --> 00:59:16,366 stories of like, Tyranitar. 1789 00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:19,433 Oh, yeah, no idea. 1790 00:59:19,633 --> 00:59:19,800 Oh, Tyranitar. 1791 00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:20,199 I don't remember that. 1792 00:59:20,199 --> 00:59:21,366 I don't want to talk about it. 1793 00:59:21,366 --> 00:59:21,900 Never mind. 1794 00:59:26,933 --> 00:59:27,800 Yeah, now you remember. 1795 00:59:28,099 --> 00:59:31,033 But, yeah, Nintendo has been 1796 00:59:31,033 --> 00:59:35,566 kind of all right, I guess. 1797 00:59:36,333 --> 00:59:37,866 The Switch 2 isn't as exciting as the 1798 00:59:37,866 --> 00:59:39,300 Switch one, but I guess we 1799 00:59:39,300 --> 00:59:40,966 also haven't had like a major 1800 00:59:41,666 --> 00:59:43,400 Breath of the Wild level 1801 00:59:43,400 --> 00:59:46,066 release for the Switch 2, right? 1802 00:59:46,833 --> 00:59:48,566 I mean, Donkey Kong bonanza 1803 00:59:48,566 --> 00:59:49,733 is supposed to be really good. 1804 00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:51,566 I mean, it is. 1805 00:59:52,233 --> 00:59:57,199 But it's also not like a new Zelda. 1806 00:59:57,966 --> 00:59:59,266 I think people would like flock. 1807 00:59:59,266 --> 01:00:00,666 I think people would flock to it a lot 1808 01:00:00,666 --> 01:00:03,066 faster if they announced a new Zelda. 1809 01:00:03,533 --> 01:00:03,733 Maybe. 1810 01:00:04,066 --> 01:00:05,966 I think people, I don't know, I bet you 1811 01:00:05,966 --> 01:00:06,733 they're a little fatigued. 1812 01:00:06,733 --> 01:00:08,566 There's been a lot of Zelda stuff lately. 1813 01:00:08,933 --> 01:00:11,666 And so, I don't know. 1814 01:00:11,666 --> 01:00:12,866 I'm not a big Zelda fan, though. 1815 01:00:13,966 --> 01:00:14,266 I think. 1816 01:00:14,266 --> 01:00:17,933 Also, have we talked about the Zelda 1817 01:00:17,933 --> 01:00:20,333 movie at all in this podcast? 1818 01:00:20,966 --> 01:00:21,966 Yeah, we talked about 1819 01:00:21,966 --> 01:00:25,233 the casting, I think. 1820 01:00:26,733 --> 01:00:27,933 Wait, I think that was one of the 1821 01:00:27,933 --> 01:00:29,866 episodes where I like had to go MIA. 1822 01:00:30,699 --> 01:00:30,900 Yeah. 1823 01:00:32,033 --> 01:00:34,933 Was Jimmy from, was 1824 01:00:34,933 --> 01:00:36,533 Jimmy part of the episode or? 1825 01:00:37,033 --> 01:00:37,300 No. 1826 01:00:38,366 --> 01:00:38,933 Oh, dang. 1827 01:00:39,133 --> 01:00:39,666 That would have been a good 1828 01:00:39,666 --> 01:00:40,633 topic to talk with him about. 1829 01:00:44,733 --> 01:00:46,099 Here's my thing on Nintendo Switch. 1830 01:00:46,433 --> 01:00:47,466 I think it is too 1831 01:00:47,466 --> 01:00:48,866 similar to Nintendo Switch 1. 1832 01:00:48,966 --> 01:00:51,533 Like the Switch 2 is, it 1833 01:00:51,533 --> 01:00:54,166 feels more like a 1.5 upgrade. 1834 01:00:54,666 --> 01:00:58,066 They just bumped the size up and the 1835 01:00:58,066 --> 01:00:58,833 graphical power, don't get 1836 01:00:58,833 --> 01:01:00,166 me wrong, is much better, 1837 01:01:01,400 --> 01:01:03,900 but is still a little behind on what it 1838 01:01:03,900 --> 01:01:05,533 could have been released two years ago. 1839 01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:06,599 Yeah. 1840 01:01:07,866 --> 01:01:08,433 I agree. 1841 01:01:08,666 --> 01:01:09,166 I think it would have been more 1842 01:01:09,166 --> 01:01:09,766 impressive if it was 1843 01:01:09,766 --> 01:01:10,666 released two years ago. 1844 01:01:11,533 --> 01:01:13,500 And it's so incremental that that's how 1845 01:01:13,500 --> 01:01:14,766 they should do it, in my opinion. 1846 01:01:15,166 --> 01:01:16,633 Because then and still really 1847 01:01:16,633 --> 01:01:17,666 make sure that they're back. 1848 01:01:17,666 --> 01:01:18,766 Like a lot of games are backwards 1849 01:01:18,766 --> 01:01:20,533 compatible and just, if you're going to 1850 01:01:20,533 --> 01:01:21,466 go incremental route, 1851 01:01:21,466 --> 01:01:22,966 make it so that it's that way and that 1852 01:01:22,966 --> 01:01:24,266 people can just upgrade 1853 01:01:24,266 --> 01:01:26,133 into it as time goes on. 1854 01:01:26,133 --> 01:01:27,433 If you're going to make it so similar. 1855 01:01:28,599 --> 01:01:28,833 Yeah. 1856 01:01:29,033 --> 01:01:29,866 I mean, it's kind of 1857 01:01:29,866 --> 01:01:31,166 the Wii U all over again. 1858 01:01:32,666 --> 01:01:33,266 I think. 1859 01:01:33,433 --> 01:01:33,733 Yeah. 1860 01:01:33,733 --> 01:01:36,366 I don't know about that because people 1861 01:01:36,366 --> 01:01:37,233 thought the Wii U was 1862 01:01:37,233 --> 01:01:38,400 just an accessory for the Wii 1863 01:01:38,466 --> 01:01:39,466 and they didn't buy it 1864 01:01:39,466 --> 01:01:40,433 because they already had one. 1865 01:01:40,433 --> 01:01:43,033 But I mean, like the Wii U when it came 1866 01:01:43,033 --> 01:01:45,266 out was basically a 360. 1867 01:01:46,066 --> 01:01:46,266 Right? 1868 01:01:46,666 --> 01:01:47,099 Like it. 1869 01:01:47,133 --> 01:01:48,466 And we were already on 1870 01:01:48,466 --> 01:01:49,733 the Xbox One at that point. 1871 01:01:50,033 --> 01:01:53,166 Like it was just a generation behind. 1872 01:01:53,166 --> 01:01:54,733 It felt like it was a 1873 01:01:54,733 --> 01:01:56,366 marginal upgrade at best. 1874 01:01:56,833 --> 01:01:59,033 And I don't know. 1875 01:01:59,033 --> 01:02:01,966 I just don't see the Switch 2 being like 1876 01:02:01,966 --> 01:02:04,566 the Switch 1 killer, which 1877 01:02:04,566 --> 01:02:05,866 is what they wanted it to be. 1878 01:02:07,966 --> 01:02:08,166 Yeah. 1879 01:02:08,366 --> 01:02:08,666 That's a... 1880 01:02:09,666 --> 01:02:13,599 I will say the Wii U is more innovative 1881 01:02:13,599 --> 01:02:16,266 than the Switch 2 is. 1882 01:02:17,266 --> 01:02:18,333 I will say that. 1883 01:02:18,833 --> 01:02:22,433 Now that being said, if they're going to 1884 01:02:22,433 --> 01:02:24,733 include like some 1885 01:02:24,733 --> 01:02:26,466 innovation, which they did, like the 1886 01:02:26,966 --> 01:02:29,400 mouse sensors that are in the controllers 1887 01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:31,133 are, you know, I think pretty cool. 1888 01:02:31,833 --> 01:02:34,833 They need to do much better with the 1889 01:02:34,833 --> 01:02:36,300 games and promoting those 1890 01:02:36,300 --> 01:02:37,900 new features because that 1891 01:02:38,233 --> 01:02:40,033 is one of the only ones that I can think 1892 01:02:40,033 --> 01:02:44,633 of that's new about the Switch 2 as 1893 01:02:44,633 --> 01:02:45,433 opposed to the Switch 1. 1894 01:02:45,433 --> 01:02:47,066 There's only like one or two things that 1895 01:02:47,066 --> 01:02:48,366 are actually truly like 1896 01:02:48,366 --> 01:02:50,900 innovative and that's it. 1897 01:02:51,033 --> 01:02:51,233 Like the... 1898 01:02:51,966 --> 01:02:53,833 If you go into it, it 1899 01:02:53,833 --> 01:02:56,400 feels just like the Switch 1. 1900 01:02:56,833 --> 01:02:58,333 Like if you're using Switch 1, you're 1901 01:02:58,333 --> 01:03:00,033 going to, I guess, love the 1902 01:03:00,033 --> 01:03:01,400 Switch 2, but I'm used to my 1903 01:03:02,233 --> 01:03:04,533 generational changes of consoles to also 1904 01:03:04,533 --> 01:03:06,166 have UI enhancements 1905 01:03:06,166 --> 01:03:08,066 that are more prominent. 1906 01:03:09,166 --> 01:03:09,966 I get what you're saying. 1907 01:03:09,966 --> 01:03:10,266 Yeah. 1908 01:03:10,266 --> 01:03:12,066 I mean, to be honest, I don't think a lot 1909 01:03:12,066 --> 01:03:12,766 of developers are going 1910 01:03:12,766 --> 01:03:13,666 to make use of the mass 1911 01:03:13,766 --> 01:03:16,366 functionality and the ones that are just 1912 01:03:16,366 --> 01:03:17,633 going to like make it 1913 01:03:17,633 --> 01:03:18,300 so that you can just 1914 01:03:18,733 --> 01:03:19,866 point and click with your 1915 01:03:19,866 --> 01:03:21,733 mouse like in an FPS, right? 1916 01:03:22,033 --> 01:03:22,366 Or RTS. 1917 01:03:23,266 --> 01:03:25,133 Honestly, I'd love to play 1918 01:03:25,133 --> 01:03:26,300 Starcraft on the Switch 2. 1919 01:03:26,699 --> 01:03:27,333 I know that sounds 1920 01:03:27,333 --> 01:03:29,366 weird, but yeah, why not? 1921 01:03:29,366 --> 01:03:31,233 But I don't see many developers wanting 1922 01:03:31,233 --> 01:03:32,266 to make like a dual 1923 01:03:32,266 --> 01:03:34,166 mouse game like in Mario... 1924 01:03:35,833 --> 01:03:37,066 Like in that, like 1925 01:03:37,066 --> 01:03:38,566 what was that game called? 1926 01:03:38,766 --> 01:03:39,633 The one where you're on like a 1927 01:03:39,633 --> 01:03:41,099 wheelchair, you're like a paraplegic. 1928 01:03:42,066 --> 01:03:43,566 Well, you're not paraplegic. 1929 01:03:43,833 --> 01:03:45,566 I think it's just, yeah, I know what 1930 01:03:45,566 --> 01:03:46,300 you're talking about. 1931 01:03:47,233 --> 01:03:48,966 Yeah, the wheelchair basketball game. 1932 01:03:49,366 --> 01:03:49,566 Yeah. 1933 01:03:50,533 --> 01:03:51,300 I don't remember what 1934 01:03:51,300 --> 01:03:52,199 it's called though, but yeah. 1935 01:03:53,766 --> 01:03:55,133 And then you've also got a... 1936 01:03:55,933 --> 01:03:56,333 What was it? 1937 01:03:56,666 --> 01:03:58,766 You've also got dual... 1938 01:03:58,766 --> 01:04:00,433 I don't know if it's dual... 1939 01:04:00,433 --> 01:04:01,033 No, I wouldn't... 1940 01:04:01,466 --> 01:04:03,500 I guess it is dual mouse functionality in 1941 01:04:03,500 --> 01:04:04,933 Mario Party, but like 1942 01:04:04,933 --> 01:04:07,133 everyone else has a mouse and like... 1943 01:04:07,133 --> 01:04:08,500 So I don't think it's really dual mouse 1944 01:04:08,500 --> 01:04:10,166 functionality, but it's 1945 01:04:10,166 --> 01:04:11,033 multi-mouse functionality. 1946 01:04:11,533 --> 01:04:13,233 Like you can have up to 1947 01:04:13,233 --> 01:04:14,366 four cursors of the screen. 1948 01:04:15,433 --> 01:04:20,699 Yeah, I think like Wario games and Mario 1949 01:04:20,699 --> 01:04:21,599 parties and stuff like 1950 01:04:21,599 --> 01:04:23,066 that actually benefit greatly 1951 01:04:23,133 --> 01:04:25,366 from this, which cool. 1952 01:04:25,933 --> 01:04:26,633 Should have released one. 1953 01:04:26,633 --> 01:04:27,033 I don't think they're 1954 01:04:27,033 --> 01:04:27,933 that hard to release. 1955 01:04:30,733 --> 01:04:31,266 Should have done it. 1956 01:04:31,833 --> 01:04:32,233 I don't know. 1957 01:04:32,233 --> 01:04:33,166 I would kill for a new 1958 01:04:33,166 --> 01:04:34,633 WarriorWare, to be honest. 1959 01:04:34,633 --> 01:04:35,933 I think WarriorWare could 1960 01:04:35,933 --> 01:04:37,033 have been released with this. 1961 01:04:37,433 --> 01:04:39,733 Yeah, WarriorWare is so much fun. 1962 01:04:40,599 --> 01:04:42,233 Emily and I still play WarriorWare on 1963 01:04:42,233 --> 01:04:44,766 occasion on my Wii over here. 1964 01:04:45,033 --> 01:04:45,233 Yeah. 1965 01:04:45,833 --> 01:04:46,766 The original one or 1966 01:04:46,766 --> 01:04:48,533 like the one on the Wii? 1967 01:04:48,533 --> 01:04:49,633 The Wii, yeah. 1968 01:04:51,366 --> 01:04:53,766 I still have my copy of the original 1969 01:04:53,766 --> 01:04:54,966 WarriorWare on Game Boy Advance. 1970 01:04:55,199 --> 01:04:55,766 Oh, hell yeah. 1971 01:04:56,366 --> 01:04:57,033 And it's like... 1972 01:04:57,766 --> 01:05:00,366 And it's a delightfully 1973 01:05:00,366 --> 01:05:02,166 weird WarriorWare games. 1974 01:05:02,166 --> 01:05:03,066 You should definitely... 1975 01:05:03,366 --> 01:05:04,766 Like for the audience that hasn't played 1976 01:05:04,766 --> 01:05:05,366 them before, you should 1977 01:05:05,366 --> 01:05:05,900 definitely play them up. 1978 01:05:06,633 --> 01:05:08,966 Like I think one of the funniest ones is 1979 01:05:08,966 --> 01:05:10,333 like the Booger minigames. 1980 01:05:10,766 --> 01:05:10,966 Yeah. 1981 01:05:11,066 --> 01:05:12,333 Like you're like having to press A to 1982 01:05:12,333 --> 01:05:14,933 like sniffle your snot back up. 1983 01:05:15,266 --> 01:05:16,500 See, bump your noses. 1984 01:05:17,633 --> 01:05:20,933 Man, they don't make weird games anymore. 1985 01:05:21,933 --> 01:05:22,633 They need to do... 1986 01:05:22,833 --> 01:05:24,099 Yeah, honestly, it's a 1987 01:05:24,099 --> 01:05:25,133 big miss on Nintendo. 1988 01:05:25,133 --> 01:05:26,466 They have a lot of IP now that we're 1989 01:05:26,466 --> 01:05:27,566 really talking about those that they 1990 01:05:27,566 --> 01:05:28,133 could have released. 1991 01:05:28,599 --> 01:05:32,300 An easy win because I think WarriorWare 1992 01:05:32,300 --> 01:05:34,133 doesn't require like 1993 01:05:34,866 --> 01:05:36,300 a Breath of the Wild kind 1994 01:05:36,300 --> 01:05:37,166 of style of development. 1995 01:05:37,666 --> 01:05:39,033 Like you just need to get some really 1996 01:05:39,033 --> 01:05:39,966 creative people together 1997 01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:40,833 and they could pump 1998 01:05:40,833 --> 01:05:42,433 something out in a year or two. 1999 01:05:43,099 --> 01:05:44,099 They just make it fun. 2000 01:05:44,099 --> 01:05:44,833 That's all that matters. 2001 01:05:48,066 --> 01:05:49,666 And I think the mouse could have been 2002 01:05:49,666 --> 01:05:50,866 really good at part of 2003 01:05:50,866 --> 01:05:51,800 it, the mouse controller. 2004 01:05:53,233 --> 01:05:54,400 But you know what I'd kill for? 2005 01:05:55,166 --> 01:05:55,766 A new Zelda. 2006 01:05:57,199 --> 01:05:57,466 Really? 2007 01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:00,233 I like Zelda. 2008 01:06:00,733 --> 01:06:01,633 And they take so many... 2009 01:06:01,633 --> 01:06:03,433 What do you mean there's so many Zelda's? 2010 01:06:05,266 --> 01:06:07,400 Dude, we only get like one new Zelda 2011 01:06:07,400 --> 01:06:09,266 every like console generation map. 2012 01:06:09,733 --> 01:06:09,933 No. 2013 01:06:10,699 --> 01:06:12,033 Because Breath of the Wild had... 2014 01:06:12,466 --> 01:06:13,566 There was two related to 2015 01:06:13,566 --> 01:06:14,333 the Breath of the Wild. 2016 01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:15,633 Right? 2017 01:06:15,833 --> 01:06:17,400 And then you had what? 2018 01:06:17,666 --> 01:06:17,833 Two... 2019 01:06:17,833 --> 01:06:20,966 I feel like two Zelda games that are not 2020 01:06:20,966 --> 01:06:23,066 Zelda, but like Zelda adjacent? 2021 01:06:23,766 --> 01:06:24,233 I don't know. 2022 01:06:25,266 --> 01:06:26,266 I'm not a Zelda person though. 2023 01:06:26,466 --> 01:06:27,466 I'm gonna complain against it. 2024 01:06:27,466 --> 01:06:29,066 I want more Luigi. 2025 01:06:30,566 --> 01:06:30,866 Okay. 2026 01:06:31,066 --> 01:06:31,366 Fine. 2027 01:06:34,400 --> 01:06:37,266 So now, any final thoughts on this 2028 01:06:37,266 --> 01:06:39,000 Nintendo before we go on to a 2029 01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:39,800 different part of the world? 2030 01:06:40,533 --> 01:06:42,366 Let's move on over to... 2031 01:06:44,233 --> 01:06:45,266 Saudi Arabia. 2032 01:06:45,266 --> 01:06:45,966 Saudi Arabia. 2033 01:06:47,633 --> 01:06:49,866 Saudi Arabia is an interesting one 2034 01:06:49,866 --> 01:06:52,433 because Saudi Arabia is of course 2035 01:06:53,766 --> 01:06:55,433 host to a number of different esports 2036 01:06:55,433 --> 01:06:57,500 competitions and just sports in general. 2037 01:06:59,033 --> 01:07:01,666 And there are lots of different concerns. 2038 01:07:01,666 --> 01:07:03,066 So essentially they 2039 01:07:03,066 --> 01:07:05,099 bought Pokemains Company, RTS, 2040 01:07:05,866 --> 01:07:07,166 who was co-owner of Evo 2041 01:07:07,166 --> 01:07:10,066 alongside Sony themselves. 2042 01:07:12,699 --> 01:07:17,866 And while I don't see them moving Evo 2043 01:07:17,866 --> 01:07:19,133 from Vegas to like... 2044 01:07:22,533 --> 01:07:24,133 Wait, it's been acquired by a whole city. 2045 01:07:25,699 --> 01:07:27,199 How do you pronounce that? 2046 01:07:27,199 --> 01:07:27,466 I don't know. 2047 01:07:27,466 --> 01:07:28,066 I'm not gonna lie. 2048 01:07:28,066 --> 01:07:30,466 That's so bizarre to have a city buy 2049 01:07:30,466 --> 01:07:31,800 something like that. 2050 01:07:32,233 --> 01:07:35,366 Oh, when you're Saudi Arabian, man, you 2051 01:07:35,366 --> 01:07:37,633 have a lot more money than people expect. 2052 01:07:38,433 --> 01:07:39,566 A lot, yeah. 2053 01:07:40,466 --> 01:07:40,666 Yeah. 2054 01:07:42,099 --> 01:07:47,933 So there are concerns within the fighting 2055 01:07:47,933 --> 01:07:48,933 game community about 2056 01:07:48,933 --> 01:07:50,400 Saudi Arabia's involvement in 2057 01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:53,900 the FGC given the number of human rights 2058 01:07:53,900 --> 01:07:55,500 violations in that country. 2059 01:07:56,466 --> 01:08:02,066 And just general anti-LGBT sentiment, 2060 01:08:02,066 --> 01:08:03,800 especially given that one of the best 2061 01:08:03,800 --> 01:08:05,266 fighting game players of our time right 2062 01:08:05,266 --> 01:08:07,233 now, Sonic Fox, fits 2063 01:08:07,233 --> 01:08:10,066 squarely in that community as well. 2064 01:08:13,266 --> 01:08:15,633 And he says he will 2065 01:08:15,633 --> 01:08:17,233 continue to attend Evo. 2066 01:08:17,433 --> 01:08:19,199 He's an eight-time champion, by the way. 2067 01:08:19,199 --> 01:08:20,333 I think he's got one of the highest 2068 01:08:20,333 --> 01:08:24,533 records for Evo championships. 2069 01:08:25,733 --> 01:08:27,333 And he wants to continue to attend Evo to 2070 01:08:27,333 --> 01:08:28,833 fight for representation of the people, 2071 01:08:29,833 --> 01:08:31,766 which I do find admirable. 2072 01:08:33,100 --> 01:08:34,166 But I think it's... 2073 01:08:34,933 --> 01:08:37,166 But what happens if they move the event 2074 01:08:37,166 --> 01:08:38,566 from Vegas to Saudi Arabia? 2075 01:08:38,966 --> 01:08:39,433 Don't go. 2076 01:08:39,899 --> 01:08:43,133 Which honestly, you cannot guarantee your 2077 01:08:43,133 --> 01:08:44,666 safety with some of these countries. 2078 01:08:46,199 --> 01:08:47,733 Yeah, I mean, that's my concern too. 2079 01:08:47,833 --> 01:08:48,266 Yeah. 2080 01:08:49,833 --> 01:08:51,399 Unless you fit a very 2081 01:08:51,399 --> 01:08:53,166 specific profile, it is... 2082 01:08:54,666 --> 01:08:56,933 I want to say a diversification of 2083 01:08:56,933 --> 01:08:58,800 different events, different 2084 01:08:58,800 --> 01:08:59,966 communities, and stuff like that 2085 01:08:59,966 --> 01:09:00,800 in the world is good. 2086 01:09:01,033 --> 01:09:02,166 Like, I think it is. 2087 01:09:02,366 --> 01:09:04,433 We need to get along better and no better 2088 01:09:04,433 --> 01:09:07,933 way than through games and 2089 01:09:07,933 --> 01:09:09,166 entertainment, stuff like that. 2090 01:09:09,699 --> 01:09:15,899 But there's certain human rights that 2091 01:09:15,899 --> 01:09:17,500 need to be upheld anywhere. 2092 01:09:18,333 --> 01:09:18,533 Yeah. 2093 01:09:20,699 --> 01:09:23,266 So it's not just fighting games. 2094 01:09:23,266 --> 01:09:26,533 They've also invested hard in a bunch of 2095 01:09:26,533 --> 01:09:28,033 other esports as well too. 2096 01:09:30,966 --> 01:09:32,733 Yeah, Saudi Arabia and I believe a couple 2097 01:09:32,733 --> 01:09:33,966 other of those countries 2098 01:09:33,966 --> 01:09:35,666 over in that part of the world 2099 01:09:35,666 --> 01:09:38,966 are investing heavily into a lot of 2100 01:09:38,966 --> 01:09:40,866 Western style sports and esports. 2101 01:09:41,866 --> 01:09:43,733 So it's probably going to continue. 2102 01:09:43,766 --> 01:09:46,933 It is interesting to see how it's going 2103 01:09:46,933 --> 01:09:48,333 because I didn't think 2104 01:09:48,333 --> 01:09:49,866 they were that big into games. 2105 01:09:50,899 --> 01:09:54,300 Are there a lot of esports champions that 2106 01:09:54,300 --> 01:09:55,366 come out of these countries? 2107 01:09:57,699 --> 01:10:01,466 Well, there was one Tekken player that 2108 01:10:01,466 --> 01:10:04,133 recently emerged and he's 2109 01:10:04,133 --> 01:10:05,666 a very good Tekken player. 2110 01:10:06,733 --> 01:10:08,066 Arslan Ash is from Pakistan. 2111 01:10:09,533 --> 01:10:11,433 But Pakistan is not one of the countries 2112 01:10:11,433 --> 01:10:12,866 that are investing in all this. 2113 01:10:13,533 --> 01:10:15,133 But he is the Middle East, right? 2114 01:10:16,266 --> 01:10:17,766 Yeah, he is in the Middle East. 2115 01:10:18,000 --> 01:10:18,733 Yeah, that's true. 2116 01:10:20,033 --> 01:10:21,766 I mean, I think I'm sure there are some 2117 01:10:21,766 --> 01:10:23,666 players from like these countries. 2118 01:10:23,666 --> 01:10:24,933 There's got to be Saudi Arabia. 2119 01:10:25,199 --> 01:10:26,033 What they're doing. 2120 01:10:26,333 --> 01:10:29,433 So a lot of these Middle East or these 2121 01:10:29,433 --> 01:10:31,866 countries over in this part of the world, 2122 01:10:32,300 --> 01:10:34,699 they're investing their money into... 2123 01:10:35,233 --> 01:10:37,666 They think of this as a portfolio, right? 2124 01:10:37,666 --> 01:10:44,533 So they're investing into diverse 2125 01:10:44,533 --> 01:10:48,566 industries for their portfolio. 2126 01:10:48,833 --> 01:10:51,433 Because they know that oil money and some 2127 01:10:51,433 --> 01:10:52,833 other stuff is going to 2128 01:10:52,833 --> 01:10:53,933 be drying up in the future. 2129 01:10:54,533 --> 01:10:55,466 And so it's really... 2130 01:10:55,966 --> 01:11:00,466 It is not bad, but I'm not happy about 2131 01:11:00,466 --> 01:11:03,066 them investing in the gaming community, 2132 01:11:03,199 --> 01:11:06,600 which tends to be very diverse in the 2133 01:11:06,600 --> 01:11:09,433 LGBTQ and other 2134 01:11:09,433 --> 01:11:13,300 communities that they don't think 2135 01:11:15,266 --> 01:11:16,433 potentially should exist. 2136 01:11:16,833 --> 01:11:17,933 That's not good. 2137 01:11:18,366 --> 01:11:18,566 Yeah. 2138 01:11:18,800 --> 01:11:20,133 And the fighting game community is among 2139 01:11:20,133 --> 01:11:23,766 one of the most, if not the most diverse 2140 01:11:23,933 --> 01:11:25,433 gaming communities out there. 2141 01:11:26,133 --> 01:11:27,399 I mean, yeah, we sometimes 2142 01:11:27,399 --> 01:11:29,366 get people like Ralodia God, 2143 01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:32,766 who is probably the most insane. 2144 01:11:34,566 --> 01:11:38,000 Sometimes he's really racist and bigoted. 2145 01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:41,466 Other times he's very eloquent in telling 2146 01:11:41,466 --> 01:11:45,333 someone how to die, so to speak. 2147 01:11:46,199 --> 01:11:46,399 It's... 2148 01:11:46,800 --> 01:11:48,466 Have you seen the full video of him? 2149 01:11:49,433 --> 01:11:52,166 Like the big video where he's like, "You 2150 01:11:52,166 --> 01:11:52,966 should kill yourself 2151 01:11:52,966 --> 01:11:55,266 now and give someone else 2152 01:11:55,266 --> 01:11:56,300 a piece of oxygen." 2153 01:11:57,366 --> 01:12:00,566 It's weirdly eloquent. 2154 01:12:00,566 --> 01:12:02,000 Is it more of a bit or is 2155 01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:03,533 that how he truly feels? 2156 01:12:03,533 --> 01:12:04,566 Is he on social media 2157 01:12:04,566 --> 01:12:06,066 saying that or is this his... 2158 01:12:06,966 --> 01:12:09,133 It was live on Twitch when he said that. 2159 01:12:09,933 --> 01:12:10,633 It's insane. 2160 01:12:11,033 --> 01:12:12,466 You need to watch the full 2161 01:12:12,466 --> 01:12:12,833 video of him saying that. 2162 01:12:12,833 --> 01:12:14,933 Because if it's a bit, I'm a little bit 2163 01:12:14,933 --> 01:12:16,566 lenient to that type of stuff. 2164 01:12:17,233 --> 01:12:18,300 But in the Ghost of 2165 01:12:18,300 --> 01:12:19,633 Yota kind of thing where... 2166 01:12:20,966 --> 01:12:22,266 I don't think it's a bit. 2167 01:12:23,066 --> 01:12:23,566 Then, yeah. 2168 01:12:23,666 --> 01:12:24,233 Because he... 2169 01:12:25,266 --> 01:12:28,333 I don't know for certain if it's a bit. 2170 01:12:29,333 --> 01:12:31,966 At some point, the toxicity is probably a 2171 01:12:31,966 --> 01:12:32,800 little bit of a bit, 2172 01:12:32,800 --> 01:12:34,266 but I think he actually 2173 01:12:34,266 --> 01:12:36,966 is that toxic in person. 2174 01:12:37,699 --> 01:12:37,899 Yeah. 2175 01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:40,533 I definitely don't recommend anyone 2176 01:12:40,533 --> 01:12:42,033 because there's a lot of 2177 01:12:42,033 --> 01:12:44,166 online personas that do stuff. 2178 01:12:44,166 --> 01:12:45,933 And then he says it becomes a bit. 2179 01:12:46,566 --> 01:12:48,399 But then, come to find out, that's 2180 01:12:48,399 --> 01:12:49,233 actually how they think 2181 01:12:49,233 --> 01:12:50,100 and they just kind of... 2182 01:12:50,566 --> 01:12:51,033 I don't know. 2183 01:12:51,033 --> 01:12:52,833 I mean, he was banned from 2184 01:12:52,833 --> 01:12:54,033 Evo, though, to be honest. 2185 01:12:54,233 --> 01:12:55,033 Okay, that's fair. 2186 01:12:56,333 --> 01:12:57,433 It's probably not a bit. 2187 01:12:58,000 --> 01:12:58,566 That's not a bit. 2188 01:12:59,166 --> 01:12:59,833 I was just wondering. 2189 01:12:59,833 --> 01:13:00,533 I didn't know he got banned. 2190 01:13:00,933 --> 01:13:01,933 I don't know this part 2191 01:13:01,933 --> 01:13:04,533 of the gaming very well. 2192 01:13:04,533 --> 01:13:06,466 So thank you for informing me on that. 2193 01:13:06,833 --> 01:13:07,100 That's... 2194 01:13:08,333 --> 01:13:08,533 Yeah. 2195 01:13:09,800 --> 01:13:10,733 But yeah, the fighting in 2196 01:13:10,733 --> 01:13:12,500 community is very diverse. 2197 01:13:13,266 --> 01:13:14,566 And it's got some of the 2198 01:13:14,566 --> 01:13:15,266 most interesting people. 2199 01:13:16,333 --> 01:13:18,066 They've been at it for a very long time 2200 01:13:18,066 --> 01:13:19,899 before most other esports, to be honest. 2201 01:13:19,933 --> 01:13:22,266 Because the people used to travel 2202 01:13:22,266 --> 01:13:23,566 worldwide for this stuff. 2203 01:13:24,100 --> 01:13:25,100 And they still do, actually. 2204 01:13:25,699 --> 01:13:28,000 But even back in the 90s, they traveled 2205 01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:29,000 worldwide for this stuff. 2206 01:13:30,800 --> 01:13:31,466 I mean, it's cool. 2207 01:13:32,166 --> 01:13:34,333 I'd love to see this type of stuff get 2208 01:13:34,333 --> 01:13:35,366 promoted out into 2209 01:13:35,366 --> 01:13:36,633 different countries more. 2210 01:13:37,533 --> 01:13:38,300 Hopefully, it will... 2211 01:13:38,866 --> 01:13:41,066 Hopefully, it drives a good change in 2212 01:13:41,066 --> 01:13:41,833 these countries instead 2213 01:13:41,833 --> 01:13:45,100 of consolidating into just 2214 01:13:45,600 --> 01:13:49,633 removing rights to players that want to 2215 01:13:49,633 --> 01:13:52,633 go to these events and that feel like 2216 01:13:52,633 --> 01:13:53,333 they'd be threatened. 2217 01:13:54,633 --> 01:13:54,833 Yeah. 2218 01:13:54,833 --> 01:13:56,933 I mean, a lot of it comes down to the 2219 01:13:56,933 --> 01:13:58,666 concept of sports washing, 2220 01:13:59,933 --> 01:14:01,466 where it's like the countries 2221 01:14:01,466 --> 01:14:04,333 with human rights violation histories of 2222 01:14:04,333 --> 01:14:06,633 it will invest in sports 2223 01:14:06,633 --> 01:14:09,800 for a number of reasons. 2224 01:14:09,800 --> 01:14:12,933 But the biggest is to be able to silence 2225 01:14:12,933 --> 01:14:14,866 athletes who are using the word "the" 2226 01:14:14,866 --> 01:14:17,800 and using their platform to talk about 2227 01:14:17,800 --> 01:14:18,966 human rights abuses. 2228 01:14:19,600 --> 01:14:19,800 Yeah. 2229 01:14:20,033 --> 01:14:20,300 And then... 2230 01:14:20,500 --> 01:14:20,966 Like guitar. 2231 01:14:21,233 --> 01:14:21,433 Yeah. 2232 01:14:21,566 --> 01:14:22,333 Like all those years ago. 2233 01:14:23,033 --> 01:14:28,100 The other thing is just kind of being 2234 01:14:28,100 --> 01:14:29,966 like, "Hey, your favorite 2235 01:14:29,966 --> 01:14:31,566 sports event is being hosted 2236 01:14:31,933 --> 01:14:34,066 in Saudi Arabia or wherever." 2237 01:14:35,733 --> 01:14:39,533 And for the audience member, the sports 2238 01:14:39,533 --> 01:14:40,833 fan, that builds a 2239 01:14:40,833 --> 01:14:42,133 positive sentiment with them 2240 01:14:43,133 --> 01:14:44,800 towards the host country. 2241 01:14:45,066 --> 01:14:45,966 So there's a lot of 2242 01:14:45,966 --> 01:14:47,233 different ways that they can do this. 2243 01:14:47,233 --> 01:14:50,066 I mean, didn't Saudi Arabia also invest 2244 01:14:50,066 --> 01:14:53,333 in the PGA tour or something? 2245 01:14:53,333 --> 01:14:55,966 And they were using their poll over the 2246 01:14:55,966 --> 01:15:01,733 PGA at that point to exclude a golfer? 2247 01:15:01,733 --> 01:15:03,500 I don't remember exactly the story, but 2248 01:15:03,500 --> 01:15:04,833 there's something to that effect. 2249 01:15:06,666 --> 01:15:07,566 I don't know. 2250 01:15:07,566 --> 01:15:08,433 But I don't really know. 2251 01:15:08,633 --> 01:15:09,899 I didn't really follow golf. 2252 01:15:09,933 --> 01:15:13,133 Well, that's news to me. 2253 01:15:13,866 --> 01:15:14,333 It sounds... 2254 01:15:16,333 --> 01:15:19,699 So PGA Tour rejects the offer and the 2255 01:15:19,699 --> 01:15:20,800 investments and stuff like that. 2256 01:15:21,233 --> 01:15:21,833 And so they created 2257 01:15:21,833 --> 01:15:24,199 their own rival league. 2258 01:15:24,633 --> 01:15:24,833 Yeah. 2259 01:15:25,466 --> 01:15:28,033 But I think you're onto something though, 2260 01:15:28,033 --> 01:15:29,033 because there are multiple... 2261 01:15:30,033 --> 01:15:30,800 That's why I'm being 2262 01:15:30,800 --> 01:15:31,766 very vague in all this. 2263 01:15:32,933 --> 01:15:34,266 There is more than just 2264 01:15:34,266 --> 01:15:36,066 Saudi Arabia that's investing 2265 01:15:36,066 --> 01:15:40,500 in this type of stuff. 2266 01:15:40,866 --> 01:15:41,100 Yeah. 2267 01:15:41,633 --> 01:15:42,199 I don't know. 2268 01:15:42,466 --> 01:15:44,033 We've talked about something similar to 2269 01:15:44,033 --> 01:15:45,166 this on the podcast before, 2270 01:15:45,500 --> 01:15:47,466 and I want to make it clear that when I'm 2271 01:15:47,466 --> 01:15:51,433 talking about China or Saudi Arabia, 2272 01:15:51,433 --> 01:15:52,466 I'm talking about the 2273 01:15:52,466 --> 01:15:54,766 government and not the people, right? 2274 01:15:54,899 --> 01:15:58,866 Because I got a DM from a guy from Saudi 2275 01:15:58,866 --> 01:15:59,833 Arabia who was like, 2276 01:15:59,833 --> 01:16:00,666 "I'm very disappointed 2277 01:16:01,033 --> 01:16:01,933 you were espousing 2278 01:16:01,933 --> 01:16:04,933 very regressive ideas." 2279 01:16:04,966 --> 01:16:05,866 And it's like, "Dude, I'm 2280 01:16:05,866 --> 01:16:07,566 not talking about the people. 2281 01:16:07,866 --> 01:16:09,500 I know that there are 2282 01:16:09,500 --> 01:16:11,233 many, many good people. 2283 01:16:11,233 --> 01:16:12,899 The majority of the people 2284 01:16:12,899 --> 01:16:13,966 in these countries are good, 2285 01:16:14,333 --> 01:16:17,066 but the governments do 2286 01:16:17,066 --> 01:16:18,266 things that are horrible." 2287 01:16:19,500 --> 01:16:19,766 Yeah. 2288 01:16:19,766 --> 01:16:21,133 That's why you have to be careful with 2289 01:16:21,133 --> 01:16:22,800 the sort of discussion, 2290 01:16:23,199 --> 01:16:25,966 especially in regards to these countries, 2291 01:16:25,966 --> 01:16:27,133 because at some point, 2292 01:16:28,233 --> 01:16:29,933 a lot of it can really tip over easily 2293 01:16:29,933 --> 01:16:32,066 into what is effectively xenophobia. 2294 01:16:32,366 --> 01:16:35,933 Yeah. A lot of the discussion on the Chinese 2295 01:16:35,933 --> 01:16:38,266 government doing bad things ends up 2296 01:16:38,266 --> 01:16:39,733 eventually going back 2297 01:16:39,733 --> 01:16:41,500 to like, "Oh, Chinese feel bad, right?" 2298 01:16:41,500 --> 01:16:41,699 Right. 2299 01:16:42,233 --> 01:16:44,166 Obviously, that's not how we feel, but 2300 01:16:44,166 --> 01:16:45,166 I'm sure that's how some 2301 01:16:45,166 --> 01:16:46,866 people out there feel too. 2302 01:16:46,866 --> 01:16:48,000 Just watch a couple 2303 01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:48,866 of our other episodes. 2304 01:16:49,333 --> 01:16:50,766 You'll see we bash on probably... 2305 01:16:51,266 --> 01:16:53,166 I bash on America more than anything. 2306 01:16:53,766 --> 01:16:57,933 So as a country, not as the individuals. 2307 01:16:57,933 --> 01:17:00,300 There's a lot of great people here, but 2308 01:17:00,300 --> 01:17:01,033 at the end of the day, 2309 01:17:01,533 --> 01:17:02,866 governments usually 2310 01:17:02,866 --> 01:17:04,533 get formed by the people. 2311 01:17:05,733 --> 01:17:10,366 And there are so many good people in a 2312 01:17:10,366 --> 01:17:11,033 lot of these countries. 2313 01:17:11,266 --> 01:17:14,633 Russia is one where I lived there for a 2314 01:17:14,633 --> 01:17:15,466 while, and there's a 2315 01:17:15,466 --> 01:17:16,633 lot of good people there. 2316 01:17:17,933 --> 01:17:20,433 But unfortunately, you end up with a 2317 01:17:20,433 --> 01:17:21,833 government that can be very... 2318 01:17:26,433 --> 01:17:26,733 Yeah. 2319 01:17:27,199 --> 01:17:27,399 ...depressive. 2320 01:17:28,533 --> 01:17:29,733 I get what you're saying. 2321 01:17:29,733 --> 01:17:30,266 So it's unfortunate. 2322 01:17:31,500 --> 01:17:31,766 Yeah. 2323 01:17:33,033 --> 01:17:37,466 There's also discussions about fighting 2324 01:17:37,466 --> 01:17:38,733 game players, whether or not 2325 01:17:38,733 --> 01:17:39,833 they should even take this. 2326 01:17:40,166 --> 01:17:42,866 And I'm of the opinion that I can't blame 2327 01:17:42,866 --> 01:17:45,566 them for wanting to take the money. 2328 01:17:45,566 --> 01:17:46,800 Because fighting game players get paid a 2329 01:17:46,800 --> 01:17:48,033 lot less than your average 2330 01:17:48,033 --> 01:17:49,666 esports professional does. 2331 01:17:51,600 --> 01:17:52,733 Because in general, they 2332 01:17:52,733 --> 01:17:54,566 just pay out less, to be honest. 2333 01:17:54,833 --> 01:17:55,033 Yeah. 2334 01:17:56,966 --> 01:17:59,333 And honestly, I'm not going to blame 2335 01:17:59,333 --> 01:18:00,133 anyone that needs... 2336 01:18:00,166 --> 01:18:01,300 Because it's their life. 2337 01:18:01,300 --> 01:18:02,466 At this point, it's their livelihood. 2338 01:18:02,766 --> 01:18:05,366 So if you cut them out of that, then what 2339 01:18:05,366 --> 01:18:06,833 are they going to do? 2340 01:18:07,733 --> 01:18:09,233 Go back to working a daytime job? 2341 01:18:10,733 --> 01:18:12,433 Former Evo champion 2342 01:18:12,433 --> 01:18:14,866 going back to working a job? 2343 01:18:15,066 --> 01:18:16,233 I mean, you eventually have to. 2344 01:18:16,233 --> 01:18:18,466 You age out really fast, don't you? 2345 01:18:18,633 --> 01:18:19,033 Yeah. 2346 01:18:19,033 --> 01:18:20,966 I mean, yeah, but at the same time... 2347 01:18:21,433 --> 01:18:23,000 Well, it looks like a Justin Wong. 2348 01:18:23,733 --> 01:18:25,533 He's been there for a very long time. 2349 01:18:25,766 --> 01:18:26,533 While I don't think he 2350 01:18:26,533 --> 01:18:27,333 actively competes anymore, 2351 01:18:27,366 --> 01:18:30,966 he is effectively a sportscaster now. 2352 01:18:31,433 --> 01:18:32,166 Yeah, true. And a Twitch streamer. 2353 01:18:33,333 --> 01:18:36,666 So he's made it big enough to actually be 2354 01:18:36,666 --> 01:18:39,033 able to do things without 2355 01:18:39,033 --> 01:18:39,966 having to actually compete 2356 01:18:39,966 --> 01:18:41,033 in these major tournaments. 2357 01:18:41,333 --> 01:18:43,300 Well, I'm sure he still competes every 2358 01:18:43,300 --> 01:18:44,833 now and then, but not 2359 01:18:44,833 --> 01:18:46,466 nearly as often as he used to. 2360 01:18:49,699 --> 01:18:50,866 I'm not sure any of the fighting game 2361 01:18:50,866 --> 01:18:52,333 players have really aged out to the point 2362 01:18:52,333 --> 01:18:53,466 where they have to retire 2363 01:18:53,466 --> 01:18:54,699 because they can't keep up. 2364 01:18:54,733 --> 01:18:57,066 I think the five gods of Japan, like 2365 01:18:57,066 --> 01:18:58,433 Daigo still plays too. 2366 01:18:59,633 --> 01:18:59,833 Yeah. 2367 01:19:00,566 --> 01:19:03,533 I always think of FPS, 2368 01:19:04,333 --> 01:19:05,366 especially, and that tends to... 2369 01:19:05,600 --> 01:19:06,766 FPS and even RTS, I 2370 01:19:06,766 --> 01:19:08,500 believe, tend to age out fast. 2371 01:19:10,333 --> 01:19:12,366 But at the end of the day, it's becoming 2372 01:19:12,366 --> 01:19:13,333 a little bit more like 2373 01:19:13,333 --> 01:19:14,433 regular sports to where 2374 01:19:14,433 --> 01:19:16,533 you age out into a career 2375 01:19:16,533 --> 01:19:17,766 that's hopefully like a... 2376 01:19:19,899 --> 01:19:20,833 Like a Jason To... 2377 01:19:21,233 --> 01:19:22,000 Yeah, like a lot of... 2378 01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:22,199 Your sport. 2379 01:19:22,433 --> 01:19:22,866 Exactly. 2380 01:19:23,133 --> 01:19:25,866 Like a lot of these football 2381 01:19:25,866 --> 01:19:27,433 players and other stuff I do. 2382 01:19:27,433 --> 01:19:29,600 But the difference too is football 2383 01:19:29,600 --> 01:19:30,866 players and a lot of 2384 01:19:30,866 --> 01:19:32,300 those types of people, 2385 01:19:32,300 --> 01:19:34,399 they end up with lots of money to retire 2386 01:19:34,399 --> 01:19:36,733 on if they plan it right. 2387 01:19:37,333 --> 01:19:39,533 Where I don't think 2388 01:19:39,533 --> 01:19:41,933 esports pays nearly as well. 2389 01:19:44,433 --> 01:19:45,866 And honestly, the problem with a lot of 2390 01:19:45,866 --> 01:19:47,300 esports, in my opinion, 2391 01:19:47,300 --> 01:19:49,500 is that they're mostly unwatchable for 2392 01:19:49,500 --> 01:19:51,399 anyone outside of the sport. 2393 01:19:52,333 --> 01:19:54,266 Like if you were to watch football as 2394 01:19:54,266 --> 01:19:54,866 someone that doesn't know 2395 01:19:54,866 --> 01:19:55,933 anything about football, 2396 01:19:55,933 --> 01:19:57,533 I mean, it might be difficult to 2397 01:19:57,533 --> 01:19:58,333 understand, but you still 2398 01:19:58,333 --> 01:19:59,966 kind of get the idea, right? 2399 01:20:01,633 --> 01:20:03,433 I think it's just a stigmatism issue. 2400 01:20:05,166 --> 01:20:09,199 I think if my dad was to watch League of 2401 01:20:09,199 --> 01:20:10,733 Legends, you know, a tournament, 2402 01:20:11,666 --> 01:20:13,333 I think he'd be like, "This is silly. 2403 01:20:13,333 --> 01:20:14,300 This is a cartoon thing." 2404 01:20:15,600 --> 01:20:17,333 To be fair, if he probably sat there and 2405 01:20:17,333 --> 01:20:17,966 watched the whole game, 2406 01:20:17,966 --> 01:20:18,633 he'd probably get into it. 2407 01:20:19,199 --> 01:20:21,899 I think people that are 2408 01:20:21,899 --> 01:20:23,766 competitive do actually will. 2409 01:20:23,766 --> 01:20:25,233 If they sit down and watch it enough, 2410 01:20:25,233 --> 01:20:26,533 they will probably enjoy it. 2411 01:20:27,699 --> 01:20:29,333 Yeah, by the same time though, they have 2412 01:20:29,333 --> 01:20:30,733 to attract new people. 2413 01:20:31,066 --> 01:20:31,666 And like, Gardiner 2414 01:20:31,666 --> 01:20:33,033 probably wouldn't stigmatize it. 2415 01:20:33,033 --> 01:20:35,500 But if he watched League of Legends, do 2416 01:20:35,500 --> 01:20:37,133 you think he would understand? 2417 01:20:37,533 --> 01:20:39,533 Like, Gardiner, you've never played 2418 01:20:39,533 --> 01:20:40,433 League before, right? 2419 01:20:40,433 --> 01:20:44,100 No. I've played Dota a little bit, so I 2420 01:20:44,100 --> 01:20:46,066 kind of know maybe how 2421 01:20:46,066 --> 01:20:47,166 it works a little bit. 2422 01:20:48,166 --> 01:20:50,066 I think you could catch on pretty quick. 2423 01:20:50,800 --> 01:20:51,233 Yeah. 2424 01:20:51,500 --> 01:20:52,033 Do you think Emily 2425 01:20:52,033 --> 01:20:52,933 would understand though? 2426 01:20:52,933 --> 01:20:56,166 Because like, the thing with like sports 2427 01:20:56,166 --> 01:20:56,866 is you also have to 2428 01:20:56,866 --> 01:20:57,566 appeal to the people that 2429 01:20:57,566 --> 01:20:59,266 don't play the sport too, right? 2430 01:21:00,133 --> 01:21:03,733 I don't think Emily specifically would be 2431 01:21:03,733 --> 01:21:05,300 interested in anything like that. 2432 01:21:05,666 --> 01:21:08,333 She doesn't like the competition aspect 2433 01:21:08,333 --> 01:21:10,300 of sports, but I think you'd have... 2434 01:21:11,266 --> 01:21:13,966 I think that there is like a... 2435 01:21:17,199 --> 01:21:20,733 You know, you have to have like a kind of 2436 01:21:20,733 --> 01:21:22,066 convergence of like 2437 01:21:22,066 --> 01:21:23,333 interested in competition, 2438 01:21:23,866 --> 01:21:27,833 interested in like video games in order 2439 01:21:27,833 --> 01:21:28,833 to have that overlap 2440 01:21:28,833 --> 01:21:30,066 of like wanting to watch 2441 01:21:30,066 --> 01:21:31,433 competitive games. You 2442 01:21:31,433 --> 01:21:31,866 know what I'm saying? 2443 01:21:32,833 --> 01:21:34,166 Yeah, I guess that makes sense. 2444 01:21:35,366 --> 01:21:37,833 I really don't know if there's a huge 2445 01:21:37,833 --> 01:21:39,699 difference between a football 2446 01:21:40,633 --> 01:21:42,066 and a League of Legends match. That 2447 01:21:42,066 --> 01:21:45,300 sounds weird, but you have two sides and 2448 01:21:45,300 --> 01:21:45,733 you're trying to get 2449 01:21:45,733 --> 01:21:50,266 to one side to do a goal or you know, the 2450 01:21:50,266 --> 01:21:50,966 difference is like 2451 01:21:50,966 --> 01:21:52,600 one's fighting and you get 2452 01:21:52,600 --> 01:21:54,366 to see like different techniques and the 2453 01:21:54,366 --> 01:21:57,966 other one is, I guess in football stands, 2454 01:21:58,266 --> 01:22:00,433 like kind of fighting where you got your 2455 01:22:00,433 --> 01:22:03,133 defense and make sure the 2456 01:22:03,133 --> 01:22:04,233 offense doesn't get through 2457 01:22:04,233 --> 01:22:05,933 and all that. And there's a lot of 2458 01:22:05,933 --> 01:22:07,066 technique and a lot of 2459 01:22:07,066 --> 01:22:08,066 strategy that goes into it. 2460 01:22:08,066 --> 01:22:11,266 Well, the thing though is that in like 2461 01:22:11,266 --> 01:22:12,333 football, there's a lot of 2462 01:22:12,333 --> 01:22:13,766 downtime and the sports casters 2463 01:22:13,766 --> 01:22:15,333 can use those down times to explain 2464 01:22:15,333 --> 01:22:18,199 specific strategies. Whereas like in 2465 01:22:18,199 --> 01:22:19,533 League, there's like 2466 01:22:19,666 --> 01:22:23,133 actually no downtime and there's a lot of 2467 01:22:23,133 --> 01:22:23,966 different builds and 2468 01:22:23,966 --> 01:22:24,666 stuff in League and a 2469 01:22:24,666 --> 01:22:26,500 lot of items that drastically change how 2470 01:22:26,500 --> 01:22:27,433 a character plays and 2471 01:22:27,433 --> 01:22:28,199 like how you're supposed 2472 01:22:28,199 --> 01:22:30,733 to level them up and you may not be able 2473 01:22:30,733 --> 01:22:32,633 to convey some of those concepts to like 2474 01:22:33,233 --> 01:22:34,466 the average person. Whereas like, let's 2475 01:22:34,466 --> 01:22:35,500 look at a fighting game, for example. 2476 01:22:36,399 --> 01:22:38,500 Yeah. Fighting games are really difficult 2477 01:22:38,500 --> 01:22:40,000 to actually play and like 2478 01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:41,199 really to be really good 2479 01:22:41,199 --> 01:22:42,833 at, but like you can watch it. You 2480 01:22:42,833 --> 01:22:43,766 immediately know what's going 2481 01:22:43,766 --> 01:22:45,733 on, right? It's just two guys 2482 01:22:45,733 --> 01:22:47,333 fighting each other and like even if you 2483 01:22:47,333 --> 01:22:48,666 don't understand like that 2484 01:22:48,666 --> 01:22:50,166 they did a crazy frame one 2485 01:22:50,166 --> 01:22:51,933 link or whatever, you understand that 2486 01:22:51,933 --> 01:22:54,566 like, oh, he's doing a combo and oh, and 2487 01:22:54,566 --> 01:22:55,266 you may not understand 2488 01:22:55,266 --> 01:22:58,033 like, oh, he's plus on block or you might 2489 01:22:58,033 --> 01:22:59,766 not like he's minus or 2490 01:22:59,766 --> 01:23:01,466 plus on block, but like, oh, 2491 01:23:01,600 --> 01:23:05,233 he did a move and like a slow move and 2492 01:23:05,233 --> 01:23:05,933 like it's going to cost 2493 01:23:05,933 --> 01:23:06,833 him. Like you understand basic 2494 01:23:06,833 --> 01:23:08,566 concepts like that, right? Yeah. It's 2495 01:23:08,566 --> 01:23:09,666 easily translatable like 2496 01:23:09,666 --> 01:23:11,000 the average person. I was just 2497 01:23:11,000 --> 01:23:12,766 thinking like if you're going to have a 2498 01:23:12,766 --> 01:23:14,466 game that'll have a bigger 2499 01:23:14,466 --> 01:23:16,566 appeal to other folks, like a 2500 01:23:16,633 --> 01:23:19,133 video game, I think a fighting game is a 2501 01:23:19,133 --> 01:23:21,233 more like versus something 2502 01:23:21,233 --> 01:23:23,133 like Dota or League is going to 2503 01:23:23,133 --> 01:23:27,666 be an easier sell. Just because like it's 2504 01:23:27,666 --> 01:23:29,566 1v1 and there's one screen 2505 01:23:29,566 --> 01:23:30,933 for both players, you know, 2506 01:23:31,399 --> 01:23:34,566 like if you're doing like league, then 2507 01:23:34,566 --> 01:23:35,833 the they're, they're having 2508 01:23:35,833 --> 01:23:36,933 to cut between. I've never 2509 01:23:36,933 --> 01:23:38,600 watched one, so I don't know, but like 2510 01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:39,800 they have to cut between all the 2511 01:23:39,800 --> 01:23:40,933 different people and all 2512 01:23:40,933 --> 01:23:42,866 this shit. There's a lot going on. I 2513 01:23:42,866 --> 01:23:44,233 think it's, it can be 2514 01:23:44,233 --> 01:23:48,000 very similar to MMA fighting 2515 01:23:48,566 --> 01:23:50,399 football or soccer, even maybe soccer is 2516 01:23:50,399 --> 01:23:52,266 better to League. Soccer doesn't have a 2517 01:23:52,266 --> 01:23:52,866 whole lot of downtime 2518 01:23:52,866 --> 01:23:56,933 either. From my understanding, so. Yeah, 2519 01:23:56,933 --> 01:23:57,699 but building soccer is easy 2520 01:23:57,699 --> 01:23:58,933 because they can just follow the 2521 01:23:58,966 --> 01:24:00,933 ball. They can follow the ball. I agree. 2522 01:24:01,433 --> 01:24:03,366 I agree with this. I'm not 2523 01:24:03,366 --> 01:24:05,333 saying I'm just saying I, 2524 01:24:06,100 --> 01:24:07,466 it's the competitive nature that people 2525 01:24:07,466 --> 01:24:09,699 get into. I'm not trying to 2526 01:24:09,699 --> 01:24:11,366 do a complete one to one, but I 2527 01:24:11,533 --> 01:24:14,633 think. Yeah, I mean, I would get into it. 2528 01:24:15,533 --> 01:24:17,199 Fighting games are how are extremely 2529 01:24:17,199 --> 01:24:18,233 competitive and they're 2530 01:24:18,233 --> 01:24:21,100 fighting for what is effectively scraps. 2531 01:24:21,333 --> 01:24:22,633 If you're interested in fighting games, 2532 01:24:22,633 --> 01:24:23,733 by the way, not just 2533 01:24:23,766 --> 01:24:26,100 you guys, but anyone listening, do 2534 01:24:26,100 --> 01:24:27,566 yourself a favor and go to your locals. 2535 01:24:28,066 --> 01:24:29,766 And sometimes if a new 2536 01:24:29,766 --> 01:24:31,266 fighting game comes out, someone's going 2537 01:24:31,266 --> 01:24:32,533 to bring their setup with the new 2538 01:24:32,533 --> 01:24:33,566 fighting game and you can 2539 01:24:33,566 --> 01:24:36,066 play for free. If you bring a controller, 2540 01:24:36,066 --> 01:24:40,466 that is. That's cool. And some of them 2541 01:24:40,466 --> 01:24:41,266 are willing to teach 2542 01:24:41,266 --> 01:24:43,399 you how to play and you'll have a group 2543 01:24:43,399 --> 01:24:45,133 of friends to play and get better with 2544 01:24:45,133 --> 01:24:46,133 too, if you're interested. 2545 01:24:46,166 --> 01:24:53,899 I suck so bad at fighting games nowadays. 2546 01:24:55,166 --> 01:24:57,399 Dude, come on, dude. Of 2547 01:24:57,399 --> 01:24:59,833 course, I also like doing fight 2548 01:24:59,833 --> 01:25:02,833 sticks because they just feel a lot more 2549 01:25:02,833 --> 01:25:05,166 comfortable to play on. So 2550 01:25:05,166 --> 01:25:06,566 maybe I should get a fight stick 2551 01:25:07,666 --> 01:25:10,233 or you could 3D print and like buy the 2552 01:25:10,233 --> 01:25:12,800 buttons and stuff. And you'd have a much 2553 01:25:12,800 --> 01:25:13,666 cheaper fight stick. 2554 01:25:14,633 --> 01:25:16,899 How much are they? 2555 01:25:18,233 --> 01:25:21,866 Depends on which ones you want. The one I 2556 01:25:21,866 --> 01:25:24,666 have is the Kamba Obsidian 2. 2557 01:25:28,666 --> 01:25:30,666 And I think that one actually recently 2558 01:25:30,666 --> 01:25:33,133 went down in price, but MSRP, 2559 01:25:33,133 --> 01:25:34,866 I think it came out like $300, 2560 01:25:35,833 --> 01:25:37,233 but you could buy it right now for like 2561 01:25:37,233 --> 01:25:38,866 $180. This is the one I 2562 01:25:38,866 --> 01:25:40,466 have and use right now. 2563 01:25:41,366 --> 01:25:45,566 It's a PlayStation fight stick, but you 2564 01:25:45,566 --> 01:25:46,966 can use it on PC at first. 2565 01:25:46,966 --> 01:25:48,266 It says it right there. 2566 01:25:48,899 --> 01:25:49,166 I mean, 2567 01:25:51,033 --> 01:25:52,666 $180? Yeah, I'd rather 2568 01:25:52,666 --> 01:25:53,699 buy it than print it. 2569 01:25:54,933 --> 01:25:57,233 Yeah, I mean, yeah, it would be more 2570 01:25:57,233 --> 01:25:58,933 economical to do so. But the 2571 01:25:58,933 --> 01:25:59,733 cool thing about fight sticks 2572 01:25:59,733 --> 01:26:01,933 is that they're very modular and they're 2573 01:26:01,933 --> 01:26:03,166 very repairable too. If 2574 01:26:03,166 --> 01:26:03,866 you're someone that really 2575 01:26:03,866 --> 01:26:05,466 likes to repair things, you know, right 2576 01:26:05,466 --> 01:26:06,366 to repair and all that cool 2577 01:26:06,366 --> 01:26:08,266 stuff, you can customize that 2578 01:26:08,800 --> 01:26:10,633 moda. You can even get custom art on it 2579 01:26:10,633 --> 01:26:11,966 too if you're that kind of person. 2580 01:26:12,466 --> 01:26:13,866 Now, customizing, like we're going to get 2581 01:26:13,866 --> 01:26:16,000 to customizing at the end 2582 01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:19,033 with something I posted. 2583 01:26:19,766 --> 01:26:21,033 But yeah, I'm all for 2584 01:26:21,033 --> 01:26:22,566 customizing. I like 3D printing for 2585 01:26:23,199 --> 01:26:26,233 simple and like customizing. But yeah. 2586 01:26:27,366 --> 01:26:30,500 Silksong. So would you say 2587 01:26:30,500 --> 01:26:31,766 Silksong is an easy game? 2588 01:26:32,800 --> 01:26:35,866 No, my wife's cousin right next to me is 2589 01:26:35,866 --> 01:26:37,899 definitely saying that it's not that easy 2590 01:26:37,933 --> 01:26:42,766 of a game. Yeah, so Silksong is not an 2591 01:26:42,766 --> 01:26:45,433 easy game, which is why there has been 2592 01:26:45,433 --> 01:26:46,233 there have been some 2593 01:26:46,333 --> 01:26:50,166 concerns about its high difficulty. And 2594 01:26:50,166 --> 01:26:53,033 of course, the ever so in the 2595 01:26:53,033 --> 01:26:55,566 inevitable get good comments. 2596 01:26:56,966 --> 01:27:04,933 So Silksong is hard, someone say. I've 2597 01:27:04,933 --> 01:27:07,033 seen some clips on. I've 2598 01:27:07,033 --> 01:27:07,833 seen some clips of people 2599 01:27:07,833 --> 01:27:09,500 struggling at specific points. Like 2600 01:27:09,500 --> 01:27:10,600 there's one part. There's 2601 01:27:10,600 --> 01:27:12,033 one point in Hunter's March. 2602 01:27:12,333 --> 01:27:14,433 I think it was the area where you have to 2603 01:27:14,433 --> 01:27:15,366 bounce off of like what 2604 01:27:15,366 --> 01:27:16,533 looks like bell peppers. 2605 01:27:16,866 --> 01:27:19,966 They suck so freaking bad. I had to help 2606 01:27:19,966 --> 01:27:22,266 my wife with one and I hated it so much. 2607 01:27:23,300 --> 01:27:25,566 Sorry. I didn't have any issue with that. 2608 01:27:25,566 --> 01:27:28,333 There's. Oh my gosh. The mechanic is so. 2609 01:27:29,733 --> 01:27:30,366 Once again, high tech 2610 01:27:30,366 --> 01:27:31,233 showing his skill level. 2611 01:27:31,300 --> 01:27:35,699 Oh, like I like I might have failed it 2612 01:27:35,699 --> 01:27:36,633 like the first like 2613 01:27:36,633 --> 01:27:38,399 two times, but like I. 2614 01:27:38,866 --> 01:27:40,633 Yeah, I tried that for a while. Like it 2615 01:27:40,633 --> 01:27:42,166 barely took like 20. 2616 01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:46,100 Yeah, like I even got used to it with 2617 01:27:46,100 --> 01:27:47,766 like the weird you get 2618 01:27:47,766 --> 01:27:48,800 you get another crest, 2619 01:27:49,533 --> 01:27:51,666 like close to that area where you like. 2620 01:27:52,166 --> 01:27:53,766 You know, I think you get it 2621 01:27:53,766 --> 01:27:55,300 in that area where you like 2622 01:27:55,933 --> 01:27:58,300 start like doing like. All right. So 2623 01:27:58,300 --> 01:27:59,433 there are crests in the 2624 01:27:59,433 --> 01:28:00,699 game that like change and 2625 01:28:00,733 --> 01:28:02,866 move set substantially, and there's one 2626 01:28:02,866 --> 01:28:04,733 that makes your attacks like more feral. 2627 01:28:05,866 --> 01:28:07,566 And one of them changes your in one of 2628 01:28:07,566 --> 01:28:08,500 them changes your like 2629 01:28:08,500 --> 01:28:09,899 dive attack to where instead 2630 01:28:09,899 --> 01:28:11,766 of it being like a straight diagonal, 2631 01:28:11,766 --> 01:28:13,766 right? And it's instead like a. 2632 01:28:14,933 --> 01:28:17,666 Like an inverse parabolic like sort of 2633 01:28:17,666 --> 01:28:18,466 projected where you move 2634 01:28:18,466 --> 01:28:19,666 slowly first and then you curve 2635 01:28:19,666 --> 01:28:22,166 down and I got used to like doing my dive 2636 01:28:22,166 --> 01:28:23,133 attacks that way too. 2637 01:28:24,500 --> 01:28:25,933 But okay, in addition, 2638 01:28:26,199 --> 01:28:27,766 but in addition to that, there were some 2639 01:28:27,766 --> 01:28:28,866 criticisms were too 2640 01:28:28,866 --> 01:28:30,466 specific bosses in the game. 2641 01:28:30,866 --> 01:28:33,066 More wing, which you fight in gray 2642 01:28:33,066 --> 01:28:35,266 something. I forget the name of the place 2643 01:28:35,266 --> 01:28:37,133 and sister splinter. 2644 01:28:38,333 --> 01:28:39,666 I also think it were you fight or two, 2645 01:28:39,666 --> 01:28:41,333 but I beat both of them 2646 01:28:41,333 --> 01:28:42,833 before they nerfed them. 2647 01:28:43,199 --> 01:28:45,033 They actually nerfed those two bosses in 2648 01:28:45,033 --> 01:28:46,366 particular. I'm not sure 2649 01:28:47,199 --> 01:28:49,166 in what ways they were nerfed, but I beat 2650 01:28:49,166 --> 01:28:50,333 them before the nurse. So 2651 01:28:50,333 --> 01:28:52,233 I heard one of them wasn't 2652 01:28:52,233 --> 01:28:54,966 that hard actually that it didn't really 2653 01:28:54,966 --> 01:28:55,600 necessarily need to 2654 01:28:55,600 --> 01:28:57,833 be nerfed, but I don't 2655 01:28:57,833 --> 01:28:59,366 think either of them really did. I think 2656 01:28:59,366 --> 01:29:00,433 people just have a hard 2657 01:29:00,433 --> 01:29:01,966 time dealing with like 2658 01:29:03,233 --> 01:29:04,399 enemies like showing 2659 01:29:04,399 --> 01:29:05,800 up in a boss fight too. 2660 01:29:07,033 --> 01:29:10,433 Because I do hate that shows up. Yeah, I 2661 01:29:10,433 --> 01:29:14,233 do hate this. Yeah, I 2662 01:29:14,233 --> 01:29:15,233 get I get the concern, 2663 01:29:15,233 --> 01:29:17,433 but the same time though, I feel like at 2664 01:29:17,433 --> 01:29:19,033 some points they can help out with 2665 01:29:19,366 --> 01:29:20,666 help you out with staying alive a little 2666 01:29:20,666 --> 01:29:23,033 longer because you can 2667 01:29:23,033 --> 01:29:24,633 build up mana off of a well, 2668 01:29:24,633 --> 01:29:27,066 not mana, I think it's called silk. Yeah, 2669 01:29:27,066 --> 01:29:28,666 you can build up silk. 2670 01:29:29,199 --> 01:29:30,633 It's still in this one. Yes. 2671 01:29:31,233 --> 01:29:33,133 You build up silk in this and you can use 2672 01:29:33,133 --> 01:29:37,133 it to heal. Yeah. So I agree 2673 01:29:37,133 --> 01:29:39,266 with that actually does help. 2674 01:29:41,066 --> 01:29:42,733 I mean, it's a matter of perspective, to 2675 01:29:42,733 --> 01:29:45,000 be honest. They did fix a 2676 01:29:45,000 --> 01:29:45,966 bunch of bugs in this patch. 2677 01:29:46,466 --> 01:29:50,833 They nerfed the bosses a little bit. They 2678 01:29:50,833 --> 01:29:53,433 also increased rewards 2679 01:29:53,433 --> 01:29:56,233 for certain things too. 2680 01:29:57,033 --> 01:29:58,533 But in addition to that, though, one of 2681 01:29:58,533 --> 01:29:59,533 the most popular mods in 2682 01:29:59,533 --> 01:30:01,166 Silksong is an easy mode. 2683 01:30:03,266 --> 01:30:06,500 So what this does is this removes this 2684 01:30:06,500 --> 01:30:08,233 removes double damage from like regular 2685 01:30:08,333 --> 01:30:11,933 enemies and environments too. I hate 2686 01:30:11,933 --> 01:30:16,866 double damage. Yes. But I 2687 01:30:16,866 --> 01:30:17,833 wouldn't use this. I don't 2688 01:30:17,833 --> 01:30:19,466 like double damage either, to be honest, 2689 01:30:20,100 --> 01:30:23,600 but I mean, honestly, man, 2690 01:30:23,966 --> 01:30:24,966 I really think you should 2691 01:30:24,966 --> 01:30:28,633 play the game on modded first. That's my 2692 01:30:28,633 --> 01:30:29,733 personal opinion. Here's my 2693 01:30:29,733 --> 01:30:31,500 opinion on this hall. I think 2694 01:30:31,500 --> 01:30:33,133 accessibility is an important thing in 2695 01:30:33,133 --> 01:30:34,533 games and I honestly would 2696 01:30:34,533 --> 01:30:36,133 love it. It's an indie developer, 2697 01:30:36,166 --> 01:30:39,466 but super successful. I would like to see 2698 01:30:39,466 --> 01:30:41,033 more accessibility 2699 01:30:41,033 --> 01:30:42,666 options put into games like this 2700 01:30:42,666 --> 01:30:44,500 that are really difficult to like some 2701 01:30:44,500 --> 01:30:46,533 people. They struggle with 2702 01:30:46,533 --> 01:30:47,433 a bunch of different like 2703 01:30:47,433 --> 01:30:50,100 physical or other elements that they want 2704 01:30:50,100 --> 01:30:50,833 to enjoy the story because 2705 01:30:50,833 --> 01:30:52,033 the game is actually very 2706 01:30:52,066 --> 01:30:53,633 interesting. The environments are very 2707 01:30:53,633 --> 01:30:55,066 fun. I don't play it for 2708 01:30:55,066 --> 01:30:56,333 the difficulty. I play it for 2709 01:30:56,333 --> 01:30:58,466 a lot of other stuff. The difficulty is 2710 01:30:58,466 --> 01:30:59,066 just kind of like 2711 01:30:59,066 --> 01:31:00,699 makes it rewarding for me. 2712 01:31:01,666 --> 01:31:04,866 I think a lot of games should. I don't 2713 01:31:04,866 --> 01:31:05,600 like the sentiment of get 2714 01:31:05,600 --> 01:31:07,233 good. I like the sentiment of 2715 01:31:07,433 --> 01:31:09,699 let everyone play it and just add a mode 2716 01:31:09,699 --> 01:31:11,000 for it or something. I don't know. Or 2717 01:31:11,000 --> 01:31:12,433 just allow mods like this. 2718 01:31:13,600 --> 01:31:17,133 I wouldn't be opposed to an easy mode, 2719 01:31:17,133 --> 01:31:18,300 but only after like the 2720 01:31:18,300 --> 01:31:19,733 player dies five times 2721 01:31:19,933 --> 01:31:21,533 in a row. Kind of like how Ninja Gaiden, 2722 01:31:22,433 --> 01:31:24,066 let's see, would unlock Ninja Dog mode. 2723 01:31:24,866 --> 01:31:27,466 But to be fair though, a Ninja guy in Dog 2724 01:31:27,466 --> 01:31:29,433 mode, Ninja Dog, they 2725 01:31:29,433 --> 01:31:32,233 relentlessly mock you for being 2726 01:31:32,233 --> 01:31:35,100 an easy mode too. That's a hard one 2727 01:31:35,100 --> 01:31:36,633 because that is funny. Like 2728 01:31:36,633 --> 01:31:39,766 I said, there are, I think it 2729 01:31:39,833 --> 01:31:42,266 doesn't like for the people that like, 2730 01:31:42,266 --> 01:31:44,266 well, I beat it and it's 2731 01:31:44,266 --> 01:31:45,333 hard and all that, like that 2732 01:31:45,333 --> 01:31:46,933 doesn't just diminish what you 2733 01:31:46,933 --> 01:31:48,766 accomplished by allowing some people to 2734 01:31:48,766 --> 01:31:49,433 be able to finish it 2735 01:31:50,166 --> 01:31:56,033 in an easy type of mode. I don't know. 2736 01:31:56,166 --> 01:31:58,300 The thing with easy mode mods is that at 2737 01:31:58,300 --> 01:31:59,833 one point does it not just become, 2738 01:32:00,566 --> 01:32:02,433 it doesn't become a like a game of 2739 01:32:02,433 --> 01:32:03,666 downloading mods to make 2740 01:32:03,666 --> 01:32:04,833 the game easier and easier and 2741 01:32:04,833 --> 01:32:06,199 easier progressively because you've 2742 01:32:06,199 --> 01:32:06,866 already unlocked the 2743 01:32:06,866 --> 01:32:08,166 floodgates at that point, right? 2744 01:32:08,866 --> 01:32:11,866 Sure. So most of the mods here are like 2745 01:32:11,866 --> 01:32:13,766 easy mods that make the game 2746 01:32:13,766 --> 01:32:15,166 objectively easier. Like for 2747 01:32:15,233 --> 01:32:18,433 example, this one right here, this one 2748 01:32:18,433 --> 01:32:20,666 here gives all enemies a 2749 01:32:20,666 --> 01:32:23,699 health bar. Bosses and enemies. 2750 01:32:25,133 --> 01:32:26,866 And you can even change how it looks too. 2751 01:32:27,066 --> 01:32:29,566 Like you can change to like a life bar, 2752 01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:31,899 a different style life bar, another life 2753 01:32:31,899 --> 01:32:33,933 bar. You can even change the hearts if 2754 01:32:33,933 --> 01:32:34,866 you really wanted to. 2755 01:32:34,866 --> 01:32:36,166 You can even have like their health 2756 01:32:36,166 --> 01:32:37,233 values right there too if 2757 01:32:37,233 --> 01:32:38,933 you want. Is that really like a 2758 01:32:38,966 --> 01:32:42,266 difficulty thing though? I mean, it's not 2759 01:32:42,266 --> 01:32:43,633 really a difficulty thing. 2760 01:32:43,633 --> 01:32:45,033 It's more of an accessibility 2761 01:32:45,266 --> 01:32:49,699 thing, but like I might actually do that. 2762 01:32:49,699 --> 01:32:51,466 I think there's a very clear, I think 2763 01:32:51,466 --> 01:32:52,233 there's a very clear 2764 01:32:52,233 --> 01:32:55,766 difference between a game where you know, 2765 01:32:56,033 --> 01:32:57,466 you know, precisely how much 2766 01:32:57,466 --> 01:32:59,766 HP and enemy has. Whereas a game 2767 01:33:00,066 --> 01:33:01,933 where you don't, unless you've been 2768 01:33:01,933 --> 01:33:02,666 keeping track like 2769 01:33:02,666 --> 01:33:06,866 manually. Right. Yeah. Yeah. See, 2770 01:33:06,899 --> 01:33:08,733 there's also another one with the compass 2771 01:33:08,733 --> 01:33:11,733 effect. Oh yeah. And in Silksong for 2772 01:33:11,733 --> 01:33:12,666 those who don't know, 2773 01:33:13,533 --> 01:33:15,866 in addition to buying maps and also 2774 01:33:15,866 --> 01:33:16,633 various things that 2775 01:33:16,633 --> 01:33:18,266 upgrade like your mapping skills, 2776 01:33:18,266 --> 01:33:21,033 you also have to buy the compass and you 2777 01:33:21,033 --> 01:33:21,899 have to have it equipped on 2778 01:33:21,899 --> 01:33:23,466 you to, you know, find out 2779 01:33:23,466 --> 01:33:27,100 where you are on the map as well. And 2780 01:33:27,100 --> 01:33:29,100 this keeps, this makes it so 2781 01:33:29,100 --> 01:33:31,166 that that happens. Yeah. But 2782 01:33:31,533 --> 01:33:34,833 it's always on. It's always on. Right. 2783 01:33:35,566 --> 01:33:38,666 Yeah. To be, I always have 2784 01:33:38,666 --> 01:33:40,833 the compass equipped in the 2785 01:33:40,833 --> 01:33:43,366 whole amount of night at least, but yeah. 2786 01:33:43,366 --> 01:33:44,566 So like basically it 2787 01:33:44,566 --> 01:33:46,066 prevents me from using another item 2788 01:33:46,566 --> 01:33:49,533 sometimes. Yeah. And there's another item 2789 01:33:49,533 --> 01:33:51,866 here. Always have magna 2790 01:33:51,866 --> 01:33:53,466 effect, which pulls rosaries 2791 01:33:53,466 --> 01:33:55,666 and shards towards you always, which is 2792 01:33:55,666 --> 01:33:56,699 something you're supposed 2793 01:33:56,699 --> 01:33:58,233 to equip an item for. Yeah. 2794 01:33:58,266 --> 01:34:01,333 Yeah. There's another easy mode mod where 2795 01:34:01,333 --> 01:34:03,266 you just respawn at the start of your, 2796 01:34:03,533 --> 01:34:05,633 at the level you died in instead of at a 2797 01:34:05,633 --> 01:34:11,366 bench, which I can imagine trivializing 2798 01:34:11,366 --> 01:34:12,699 the game quite a bit. 2799 01:34:14,699 --> 01:34:20,166 Yeah. You know, like at a certain point 2800 01:34:20,166 --> 01:34:21,333 you bought the game, 2801 01:34:21,633 --> 01:34:22,300 play it how you want. 2802 01:34:23,033 --> 01:34:25,733 Yeah. I guess that's fair. That's my 2803 01:34:25,733 --> 01:34:29,233 sentiment on it. For example, I love 2804 01:34:29,233 --> 01:34:30,866 Spelunky. I will never 2805 01:34:30,866 --> 01:34:32,466 stop talking about how much I love 2806 01:34:32,466 --> 01:34:35,133 Spelunky, but I also love modding 2807 01:34:35,133 --> 01:34:38,500 Spelunky. Like I even will have 2808 01:34:38,500 --> 01:34:41,033 like, I'll play with a trainer so I can 2809 01:34:41,033 --> 01:34:42,000 like get the items I 2810 01:34:42,000 --> 01:34:44,000 want. Like I, you know, it's, 2811 01:34:44,066 --> 01:34:49,266 it's less fun to play the game when it's 2812 01:34:49,266 --> 01:34:50,866 not like, I can imagine 2813 01:34:50,866 --> 01:34:52,233 more fun ways of playing it. 2814 01:34:52,266 --> 01:34:53,766 So that's how I'm going to do it. Right. 2815 01:34:53,766 --> 01:34:54,633 That's how it comes, what 2816 01:34:54,633 --> 01:34:55,666 it comes right down to to me. 2817 01:34:57,333 --> 01:34:59,933 I think, I think a lot, I think what I'd 2818 01:34:59,933 --> 01:35:00,666 like to see though, 2819 01:35:00,666 --> 01:35:01,666 from like the Hollow Knight 2820 01:35:01,666 --> 01:35:03,166 Soaks on modding community, cause they 2821 01:35:03,166 --> 01:35:05,133 have like, they have the modding 2822 01:35:05,133 --> 01:35:06,000 framework that every, 2823 01:35:07,266 --> 01:35:09,033 every game that you see and he uses now, 2824 01:35:09,033 --> 01:35:09,733 they have a Beppany 2825 01:35:09,733 --> 01:35:11,166 X, which I think every, 2826 01:35:11,533 --> 01:35:14,433 just about everything uses now. I would 2827 01:35:14,433 --> 01:35:15,333 like to see more 2828 01:35:15,333 --> 01:35:17,266 interesting mods outside of just 2829 01:35:17,466 --> 01:35:20,533 making the game easier or harder. Like 2830 01:35:20,533 --> 01:35:23,966 imagine new areas or some 2831 01:35:23,966 --> 01:35:25,666 type of that or new enemies. 2832 01:35:26,399 --> 01:35:27,666 I'd like to see stuff like that. That 2833 01:35:27,666 --> 01:35:28,399 type of stuff will take a 2834 01:35:28,399 --> 01:35:30,033 lot longer. Like these are very 2835 01:35:30,066 --> 01:35:32,066 easy mods to put in. That's why you're 2836 01:35:32,066 --> 01:35:34,433 seeing them upfront. But I agree with 2837 01:35:34,433 --> 01:35:35,633 you. I'd like to like 2838 01:35:35,933 --> 01:35:38,766 add additional mods like that are very 2839 01:35:38,766 --> 01:35:40,966 transformative, 2840 01:35:41,433 --> 01:35:43,033 transformative, I guess, of the, of the 2841 01:35:43,033 --> 01:35:46,899 game experience. Yeah. The experience. 2842 01:35:46,899 --> 01:35:49,366 That's yeah. You'll see 2843 01:35:49,366 --> 01:35:51,133 like easy stuff get added in 2844 01:35:51,133 --> 01:35:52,433 the beginning. Like, Oh my gosh, skip 2845 01:35:52,433 --> 01:35:56,666 intro. The guy drew on like, wow, right 2846 01:35:56,666 --> 01:35:57,966 there. Skip intro that 2847 01:35:58,066 --> 01:36:01,733 thumbnail. Well, I mean that, that's kind 2848 01:36:01,733 --> 01:36:05,266 of, that's kind of ridiculous. That is 2849 01:36:05,266 --> 01:36:06,000 kind of funny though. 2850 01:36:06,500 --> 01:36:10,800 Let's see. You can force PS5 icons. 2851 01:36:13,133 --> 01:36:14,699 There's not that many 2852 01:36:14,699 --> 01:36:15,866 interesting mods. I mean, 2853 01:36:15,866 --> 01:36:17,500 to be fair, yeah. The game only came out 2854 01:36:17,500 --> 01:36:19,666 like two weeks ago at this point. 2855 01:36:22,166 --> 01:36:24,333 No, it came out last week. So yeah, like 2856 01:36:24,333 --> 01:36:25,533 only a week, like a little 2857 01:36:25,533 --> 01:36:26,500 over a week at this point. 2858 01:36:29,199 --> 01:36:31,133 I mean, yeah, I'm hoping we get more 2859 01:36:31,133 --> 01:36:32,366 interesting mods at some point. 2860 01:36:32,966 --> 01:36:35,133 Even like, even like mods that like lets 2861 01:36:35,133 --> 01:36:36,233 you reskin the character. 2862 01:36:36,233 --> 01:36:37,433 That'd be kind of funny to see. 2863 01:36:38,433 --> 01:36:41,666 Yeah. I am of the opinion that you should 2864 01:36:41,666 --> 01:36:43,466 at the very least play 2865 01:36:43,466 --> 01:36:44,966 the game as much as you can. 2866 01:36:47,600 --> 01:36:49,633 Non-modded because you know, that's the 2867 01:36:49,633 --> 01:36:50,633 intended experience, right? 2868 01:36:53,366 --> 01:36:56,866 Like, oh, there's also a, oh yeah. For 2869 01:36:56,866 --> 01:36:57,866 those who don't know, there's also an 2870 01:36:57,866 --> 01:36:58,633 additional hard mode 2871 01:36:58,633 --> 01:37:02,533 you can unlock called Steel Soul, which 2872 01:37:02,533 --> 01:37:04,466 essentially makes it so that if you die, 2873 01:37:04,966 --> 01:37:06,766 your save data gets deleted. You know, 2874 01:37:06,766 --> 01:37:08,533 it's like a, it's like a hardcore mode, 2875 01:37:08,533 --> 01:37:09,500 like an Iron Man mode. 2876 01:37:09,766 --> 01:37:09,966 Damn. 2877 01:37:12,333 --> 01:37:13,566 I'm not going to do that because that 2878 01:37:13,566 --> 01:37:15,466 sounds a little too cray cray for me. 2879 01:37:16,066 --> 01:37:17,566 I stopped the time to do that type of 2880 01:37:17,566 --> 01:37:18,600 stuff. I mean, I respect, 2881 01:37:18,600 --> 01:37:20,366 like, I can see people that this 2882 01:37:20,366 --> 01:37:21,566 is their game and this is the only game 2883 01:37:21,566 --> 01:37:22,533 they're going to play for a 2884 01:37:22,533 --> 01:37:23,899 while. Like, okay, go for it. 2885 01:37:23,933 --> 01:37:27,533 Like I'm not against that type of thing, 2886 01:37:27,533 --> 01:37:28,500 but if you're going to do 2887 01:37:28,500 --> 01:37:29,399 that, might as well add an 2888 01:37:29,399 --> 01:37:34,233 easy one. Get good. Well yeah, they did 2889 01:37:34,233 --> 01:37:35,566 add an easy one. It's called normal mode. 2890 01:37:38,633 --> 01:37:40,933 I'm just kidding. I know, but there's, 2891 01:37:40,933 --> 01:37:42,500 there's people that like 2892 01:37:43,666 --> 01:37:45,233 their reaction times because of like a 2893 01:37:45,233 --> 01:37:46,033 physical issue or 2894 01:37:46,033 --> 01:37:46,933 something like that aren't as high, 2895 01:37:46,966 --> 01:37:49,666 but they still want to enjoy the game. So 2896 01:37:49,666 --> 01:37:52,433 trying to be inclusive on this. 2897 01:37:53,633 --> 01:37:55,133 There are some quality of life things I 2898 01:37:55,133 --> 01:37:56,899 would like to do. Like I would like to 2899 01:37:56,899 --> 01:37:58,033 not be restricted to 2900 01:37:58,033 --> 01:37:59,566 a bench when I want to like change that 2901 01:37:59,566 --> 01:38:03,199 equipment and stuff. Yeah, honestly, 2902 01:38:03,399 --> 01:38:04,066 there's stuff like that 2903 01:38:04,066 --> 01:38:06,766 where it doesn't even feel like it adds 2904 01:38:06,766 --> 01:38:07,899 difficulty per se, because 2905 01:38:07,899 --> 01:38:08,733 I can always get to, it just 2906 01:38:08,966 --> 01:38:11,500 makes things more time consuming and it 2907 01:38:11,500 --> 01:38:12,533 is frustrating. Yeah. 2908 01:38:12,533 --> 01:38:13,833 Cause like, yeah. Cause like 2909 01:38:13,833 --> 01:38:16,633 the pause is like real time, I think like 2910 01:38:16,633 --> 01:38:18,233 you can't actually, yeah. 2911 01:38:18,566 --> 01:38:19,466 Like when you're like in that 2912 01:38:19,600 --> 01:38:21,800 menu, like I wouldn't know because you're 2913 01:38:21,800 --> 01:38:22,766 sitting on a bench when you're changing 2914 01:38:22,766 --> 01:38:23,466 equipment and stuff, 2915 01:38:24,266 --> 01:38:25,533 but like, it's real time. They could make 2916 01:38:25,533 --> 01:38:26,699 it like, they could make it 2917 01:38:26,699 --> 01:38:29,333 like dark souls where you can 2918 01:38:29,333 --> 01:38:31,066 change the equipment like in real time. 2919 01:38:31,300 --> 01:38:32,300 But like, if you're like next 2920 01:38:32,300 --> 01:38:33,033 to an enemy while you're trying 2921 01:38:33,033 --> 01:38:34,266 to change equipment, they'll just like 2922 01:38:34,266 --> 01:38:35,633 kill you. Yeah. And that's 2923 01:38:35,633 --> 01:38:37,899 what would happen. Yeah. Yeah. 2924 01:38:38,866 --> 01:38:42,333 So yeah. So I think they could do that 2925 01:38:42,333 --> 01:38:49,266 for sure. Yeah. So song. I 2926 01:38:49,266 --> 01:38:51,066 do like, I do like when games 2927 01:38:51,133 --> 01:38:54,833 challenge players in different ways. I 2928 01:38:54,833 --> 01:38:55,933 know some players may not 2929 01:38:55,933 --> 01:38:57,133 be capable of it, but I think 2930 01:38:57,433 --> 01:39:00,233 at the very least they should try. I'm 2931 01:39:00,233 --> 01:39:01,500 not, I'm not against that. I'm just, 2932 01:39:01,666 --> 01:39:04,833 I don't like the, I think the get good 2933 01:39:04,833 --> 01:39:06,833 is, is funny, but it's 2934 01:39:06,833 --> 01:39:10,100 like also at the same time, 2935 01:39:11,000 --> 01:39:13,233 let people play it how they want. And I 2936 01:39:13,233 --> 01:39:14,133 get it. It's a developer 2937 01:39:14,133 --> 01:39:15,433 decision too. But if people 2938 01:39:15,433 --> 01:39:19,166 want to mod it, just let them mod it. So 2939 01:39:19,166 --> 01:39:21,066 that might take on it. Yeah. 2940 01:39:21,933 --> 01:39:22,866 But this is one of those games 2941 01:39:23,600 --> 01:39:29,199 that is, that it wasn't even an early 2942 01:39:29,199 --> 01:39:30,800 access, which is interesting, but 2943 01:39:31,800 --> 01:39:34,333 steam is, is chomping down on early 2944 01:39:34,333 --> 01:39:37,933 access now, right? Not, not just early 2945 01:39:37,933 --> 01:39:39,666 access for early access 2946 01:39:39,666 --> 01:39:43,866 for adult games. Yeah. Yeah. So you can 2947 01:39:43,866 --> 01:39:44,733 see, you can see what kind 2948 01:39:44,733 --> 01:39:46,699 of game this is. So I do find 2949 01:39:46,966 --> 01:39:51,066 it super interesting that valve is going 2950 01:39:51,066 --> 01:39:53,433 at. So I think payment 2951 01:39:53,433 --> 01:39:55,899 process, I'm not sure what the 2952 01:39:55,899 --> 01:39:58,566 difference is between like a game that's 2953 01:39:58,566 --> 01:39:59,833 in early access versus a 2954 01:39:59,833 --> 01:40:01,033 game that's fully released in 2955 01:40:01,033 --> 01:40:03,766 terms of like this situation. But you 2956 01:40:03,766 --> 01:40:05,199 know, this article, this 2957 01:40:05,199 --> 01:40:06,533 article presents a interesting 2958 01:40:06,533 --> 01:40:09,433 theory that payment processes are worried 2959 01:40:09,433 --> 01:40:10,633 that like a game, that's 2960 01:40:10,633 --> 01:40:11,800 an early acts like an adult 2961 01:40:11,800 --> 01:40:13,199 game, that's an early access could add 2962 01:40:13,199 --> 01:40:14,533 stuff. That's more taboo, like last minute, 2963 01:40:14,633 --> 01:40:19,066 they could add like content that they 2964 01:40:19,066 --> 01:40:20,899 don't like, as opposed to 2965 01:40:20,899 --> 01:40:22,166 the content that they approved, 2966 01:40:22,433 --> 01:40:25,666 so to speak. And apparently this was an 2967 01:40:25,666 --> 01:40:27,166 apparently this change was 2968 01:40:27,166 --> 01:40:28,966 not like they didn't make this, 2969 01:40:28,966 --> 01:40:31,066 they didn't make this change known, 2970 01:40:31,533 --> 01:40:34,266 apparently. Valve didn't at 2971 01:40:34,266 --> 01:40:36,366 least. Yeah, I get it. So I 2972 01:40:36,399 --> 01:40:42,233 wonder if this is also about I believe 2973 01:40:42,233 --> 01:40:48,300 adult only games are less 2974 01:40:48,300 --> 01:40:51,600 likely to get finished and 2975 01:40:51,600 --> 01:40:54,600 can be a little bit more crowding in the 2976 01:40:54,600 --> 01:40:56,100 whole sphere of like early 2977 01:40:56,100 --> 01:40:57,666 access. So people release it 2978 01:40:57,666 --> 01:40:59,833 then they don't release updates and stuff 2979 01:40:59,833 --> 01:41:00,566 like that. And so maybe 2980 01:41:00,566 --> 01:41:01,899 it's abused a little doesn't 2981 01:41:01,899 --> 01:41:03,466 mean that it's right that they abuse it 2982 01:41:03,466 --> 01:41:04,466 or that they remove it for everyone. But could be that 2983 01:41:04,566 --> 01:41:10,433 too. I don't like the idea that payment 2984 01:41:10,433 --> 01:41:12,033 processors like oh, in the 2985 01:41:12,033 --> 01:41:12,733 future you could add something 2986 01:41:12,733 --> 01:41:15,133 we don't like. I don't like that at all. 2987 01:41:15,466 --> 01:41:17,000 I don't like that. That could be the 2988 01:41:17,000 --> 01:41:17,666 reason if that's the 2989 01:41:17,666 --> 01:41:22,500 reason. Screw that. I don't know if 2990 01:41:22,500 --> 01:41:23,600 there's a real meaningful 2991 01:41:23,600 --> 01:41:25,433 difference in statistics between 2992 01:41:25,433 --> 01:41:28,300 abandoned early access games that are 2993 01:41:28,300 --> 01:41:30,033 just normal games and like abandoned 2994 01:41:30,033 --> 01:41:30,966 early access games that 2995 01:41:30,966 --> 01:41:32,466 are like adult games, because we see plenty of that already in like a normal game. And 2996 01:41:32,500 --> 01:41:34,233 we see plenty of that already in like a 2997 01:41:34,233 --> 01:41:35,433 normal in like normal 2998 01:41:35,433 --> 01:41:37,566 games. Plenty of games are like 2999 01:41:38,266 --> 01:41:39,666 plenty of games stay early access 3000 01:41:39,666 --> 01:41:43,866 forever, to be honest. I've looked at 3001 01:41:43,866 --> 01:41:46,266 both and the comments on 3002 01:41:46,266 --> 01:41:47,666 a lot of different games. I like 3003 01:41:47,666 --> 01:41:48,733 scrolling comments for 3004 01:41:48,733 --> 01:41:50,133 like a ton of different games. 3005 01:41:50,833 --> 01:41:53,933 And I will have to say like it is seems 3006 01:41:53,933 --> 01:41:57,033 pretty prevalent in this 3007 01:41:57,033 --> 01:41:58,699 side of the adult side of 3008 01:41:58,733 --> 01:42:01,800 things. So I wouldn't be shocked if 3009 01:42:01,800 --> 01:42:03,866 that's partially it. But 3010 01:42:03,866 --> 01:42:05,066 at the end of the day, like, 3011 01:42:05,833 --> 01:42:08,566 I don't know, like, maybe Steam needs to 3012 01:42:08,566 --> 01:42:09,633 be a little less lenient. 3013 01:42:09,933 --> 01:42:10,833 Maybe that's the problem is 3014 01:42:10,833 --> 01:42:13,133 that early access, they're just well, 3015 01:42:13,133 --> 01:42:14,066 it's early access. So we'll 3016 01:42:14,066 --> 01:42:15,399 be a little less lenient when 3017 01:42:15,399 --> 01:42:18,166 they make updates to it. But I don't know 3018 01:42:18,166 --> 01:42:19,033 if that's even the case 3019 01:42:19,033 --> 01:42:21,233 though, like people cyberpunk 3020 01:42:21,233 --> 01:42:24,333 will make major updates to cyberpunk. Do 3021 01:42:24,333 --> 01:42:25,933 they scrutinize every 3022 01:42:25,933 --> 01:42:27,766 update, whether it be early access 3023 01:42:27,866 --> 01:42:30,533 or not? Or is this truly a payment 3024 01:42:30,533 --> 01:42:42,166 processor issue? It's I mean, Valve 3025 01:42:42,166 --> 01:42:44,033 didn't care before. So I 3026 01:42:44,033 --> 01:42:45,333 mean, I think this would have I think 3027 01:42:45,333 --> 01:42:47,000 this has to be related 3028 01:42:47,000 --> 01:42:48,100 to the payment processor. 3029 01:42:48,100 --> 01:42:50,100 They tighten stuff up on early access and 3030 01:42:50,100 --> 01:42:52,433 a lot of this not like 3031 01:42:52,433 --> 01:42:55,033 valve doesn't tighten things up, 3032 01:42:55,066 --> 01:42:57,733 depending on like, it doesn't necessarily 3033 01:42:57,733 --> 01:42:58,366 mean it's a payment 3034 01:42:58,366 --> 01:43:00,033 processing thing, like they will 3035 01:43:00,466 --> 01:43:04,000 change the way even early access is done 3036 01:43:04,000 --> 01:43:05,199 on some of these other 3037 01:43:05,199 --> 01:43:09,433 things that they have on Steam. 3038 01:43:10,233 --> 01:43:13,800 Just because I think if valve really 3039 01:43:13,800 --> 01:43:17,166 cared that much about changing early 3040 01:43:17,166 --> 01:43:18,133 access, they think they 3041 01:43:18,133 --> 01:43:19,466 would have done it for all games, not 3042 01:43:19,466 --> 01:43:21,633 just adult games. Well, then to be 3043 01:43:21,633 --> 01:43:23,033 honest, valve changed this. 3044 01:43:23,666 --> 01:43:26,033 If this was valve changing it, they're an 3045 01:43:26,033 --> 01:43:27,833 extremely data driven 3046 01:43:27,833 --> 01:43:29,399 company. And they wouldn't 3047 01:43:29,399 --> 01:43:31,333 make an arbitrary change like this if 3048 01:43:31,333 --> 01:43:34,033 they didn't have data to back up why they 3049 01:43:34,033 --> 01:43:34,966 were doing it. Right? 3050 01:43:35,166 --> 01:43:38,300 Like if if adult only games were like, 3051 01:43:38,300 --> 01:43:41,266 you know, 800% more likely 3052 01:43:41,266 --> 01:43:43,433 than a non adult only game 3053 01:43:44,000 --> 01:43:46,133 in early access to never leave early 3054 01:43:46,133 --> 01:43:47,966 access, then they might be 3055 01:43:47,966 --> 01:43:49,233 doing it for that reason. 3056 01:43:49,600 --> 01:43:52,466 Who knows? But but I think but I think 3057 01:43:52,466 --> 01:43:53,233 valve would have 3058 01:43:53,233 --> 01:43:55,333 announced that change and not just 3059 01:43:55,333 --> 01:43:56,833 have it a surprise because apparently 3060 01:43:56,833 --> 01:43:58,566 this was us. This was a 3061 01:43:58,566 --> 01:44:00,266 total surprise. They didn't they 3062 01:44:00,266 --> 01:44:02,433 didn't announce this change at all. Okay. 3063 01:44:03,566 --> 01:44:05,266 So I'm inclined to believe 3064 01:44:05,266 --> 01:44:07,266 and also the timing is very 3065 01:44:07,266 --> 01:44:09,133 suspect because you know valve is still 3066 01:44:09,133 --> 01:44:10,533 dealing with all of this payment 3067 01:44:10,533 --> 01:44:12,966 processor crap. So I 3068 01:44:12,966 --> 01:44:15,633 can't so I can't think that it's totally 3069 01:44:15,633 --> 01:44:17,233 unrelated to it. Even if 3070 01:44:17,233 --> 01:44:18,866 valve may have data suggest that 3071 01:44:18,866 --> 01:44:20,699 maybe adult games get a bad more often. 3072 01:44:21,266 --> 01:44:22,566 Hopefully it's not a trend of them just 3073 01:44:22,566 --> 01:44:23,866 not updating us more. 3074 01:44:24,766 --> 01:44:27,033 sad also suck. Because I know the way I 3075 01:44:27,033 --> 01:44:27,466 see more and more 3076 01:44:27,466 --> 01:44:28,966 companies are not updating us on 3077 01:44:29,199 --> 01:44:31,233 this type of thing. I feel like it's more 3078 01:44:31,233 --> 01:44:33,166 shadow updates and yet to 3079 01:44:33,166 --> 01:44:34,666 find out like YouTube. Great 3080 01:44:34,666 --> 01:44:37,533 example. People are losing revenue and 3081 01:44:37,533 --> 01:44:38,699 views and stuff and it was 3082 01:44:38,699 --> 01:44:41,433 not an update to creators. 3083 01:44:42,333 --> 01:44:44,066 People had to investigate it and it is 3084 01:44:44,066 --> 01:44:47,133 prevalent. Right now I am 3085 01:44:47,133 --> 01:44:48,500 seeing all sorts of creators 3086 01:44:48,733 --> 01:44:51,966 like gardeners a level where it just is 3087 01:44:51,966 --> 01:44:54,466 just screwing them over. So 3088 01:44:54,466 --> 01:44:56,266 I'm hoping it's not a trend. 3089 01:44:58,333 --> 01:45:01,166 Don't get me started on that. It's so 3090 01:45:01,166 --> 01:45:04,766 bad. So I so I am of the 3091 01:45:04,766 --> 01:45:07,100 belief that it is very much 3092 01:45:07,100 --> 01:45:09,133 related to the payment processor issue 3093 01:45:09,133 --> 01:45:11,433 that's been going that's still going on. 3094 01:45:11,666 --> 01:45:17,066 I mean I'm not sure what more to make of 3095 01:45:17,066 --> 01:45:18,466 it besides that. You're 3096 01:45:18,466 --> 01:45:19,266 probably right. I'm just 3097 01:45:19,266 --> 01:45:22,066 trying I'm trying to inflate the topic 3098 01:45:22,066 --> 01:45:23,033 more because it's fun 3099 01:45:23,033 --> 01:45:24,600 but you're probably right. 3100 01:45:25,433 --> 01:45:27,433 Yeah I get it though. I don't it's not 3101 01:45:27,433 --> 01:45:28,733 bad look it's not a bad 3102 01:45:28,733 --> 01:45:30,733 looking game. Yeah I think what 3103 01:45:30,866 --> 01:45:33,466 I think what ballersgate 3 proved was 3104 01:45:33,466 --> 01:45:35,133 that the problem with adult 3105 01:45:35,133 --> 01:45:37,066 games is not the adult contents 3106 01:45:37,633 --> 01:45:39,233 but rather the shitty gameplay that most 3107 01:45:39,233 --> 01:45:44,100 of them have. Yeah yeah 100 3108 01:45:44,100 --> 01:45:45,566 percent at the end. Because 3109 01:45:45,566 --> 01:45:47,300 ballersgate 3 won game of the year and 3110 01:45:47,300 --> 01:45:48,433 you can like you can 3111 01:45:48,433 --> 01:45:49,500 fuck up air in that one. 3112 01:45:50,666 --> 01:45:53,100 Damn that is true. We 3113 01:45:53,100 --> 01:45:54,666 think of super troopers. Hey. 3114 01:45:55,033 --> 01:45:59,266 There you go. 3115 01:45:59,300 --> 01:46:04,800 Uh I yeah hopefully we hear something 3116 01:46:04,800 --> 01:46:06,199 about this is then it's not 3117 01:46:06,199 --> 01:46:09,000 silent and I really hope that 3118 01:46:09,000 --> 01:46:12,333 this isn't like reason for payment 3119 01:46:12,333 --> 01:46:13,500 processes to keep on 3120 01:46:13,500 --> 01:46:18,733 essentially policing where it should be 3121 01:46:18,733 --> 01:46:21,000 done by on more of the government level 3122 01:46:21,000 --> 01:46:21,866 not payment processor 3123 01:46:21,866 --> 01:46:23,433 level for this type of stuff. 3124 01:46:23,433 --> 01:46:31,133 That's the final my final say on this. Um 3125 01:46:31,133 --> 01:46:33,966 yeah yeah this this 3126 01:46:33,966 --> 01:46:35,333 whole situation has been 3127 01:46:35,600 --> 01:46:39,233 going out of control it's crazy. I don't 3128 01:46:39,233 --> 01:46:42,733 know how I don't know if 3129 01:46:42,733 --> 01:46:44,966 like people are saying oh 3130 01:46:45,533 --> 01:46:47,766 visa will never have my business again 3131 01:46:47,766 --> 01:46:49,366 dude come on dude be 3132 01:46:49,366 --> 01:46:53,033 realistic. Boycotts almost never work. 3133 01:46:53,833 --> 01:46:55,666 Really how you have to do it is you have 3134 01:46:55,666 --> 01:46:58,133 to fight for your 3135 01:46:58,133 --> 01:47:00,233 lawmakers to make changes usually 3136 01:47:01,199 --> 01:47:04,000 unless you have a really big cause. 3137 01:47:05,133 --> 01:47:06,966 Changes don't usually like this like 3138 01:47:06,966 --> 01:47:08,766 people aren't going to be 3139 01:47:08,766 --> 01:47:11,933 able to fight it on the visa mastercard 3140 01:47:11,933 --> 01:47:12,899 level. What we need is we 3141 01:47:12,899 --> 01:47:14,300 need regulation on them. Honestly 3142 01:47:14,866 --> 01:47:17,066 uh we should not be have like visa 3143 01:47:17,066 --> 01:47:17,466 mastercard 3144 01:47:17,466 --> 01:47:18,699 essentially have a monopoly so. 3145 01:47:19,266 --> 01:47:22,633 Mm hmm. Yeah and speaking of fighting for 3146 01:47:22,633 --> 01:47:23,966 change. Let's go back to 3147 01:47:23,966 --> 01:47:25,699 cash. Oh sorry go ahead. 3148 01:47:25,899 --> 01:47:28,633 I do not want to carry cash. I lose cash. 3149 01:47:30,300 --> 01:47:32,066 Uh well well Gardner have you ever been 3150 01:47:32,066 --> 01:47:33,566 Japan would be the place for you. 3151 01:47:33,866 --> 01:47:35,500 Japan's still a cash-based society for 3152 01:47:35,500 --> 01:47:37,366 this part. That's awesome. I love that. 3153 01:47:39,133 --> 01:47:42,966 Yeah so here we go Lenovo Legion Go. So 3154 01:47:42,966 --> 01:47:44,533 uh yeah a creative 3155 01:47:44,533 --> 01:47:45,566 modder has transferred the 3156 01:47:46,566 --> 01:47:50,933 Legion Go. I don't know if this is the I 3157 01:47:50,933 --> 01:47:51,566 don't think this is the 3158 01:47:51,566 --> 01:47:52,533 second one. I think this is 3159 01:47:52,533 --> 01:47:54,500 the first one but I wanted to throw this 3160 01:47:54,500 --> 01:47:55,033 in because I wanted 3161 01:47:55,033 --> 01:47:56,033 something fun at the end 3162 01:47:56,399 --> 01:47:59,699 because we cover a lot of uh heavy topics 3163 01:47:59,699 --> 01:48:00,966 and it's it's a mod. I love 3164 01:48:00,966 --> 01:48:02,600 mods. It's a little chunky 3165 01:48:02,600 --> 01:48:05,600 but they essentially uh can slot their 3166 01:48:05,600 --> 01:48:08,100 Legion Go into this uh I believe 3D 3167 01:48:08,100 --> 01:48:09,566 printed case and they 3168 01:48:09,633 --> 01:48:13,366 have some batteries in there and it's it 3169 01:48:13,366 --> 01:48:14,933 is uh uh what is it 3170 01:48:14,933 --> 01:48:17,766 190 watt battery pack. 3171 01:48:18,333 --> 01:48:21,133 Um so this thing's gonna last for like as 3172 01:48:21,133 --> 01:48:24,133 long as your phone's gonna last for um 3173 01:48:26,466 --> 01:48:29,666 it's uh it's pretty cool. I think it is 3174 01:48:29,666 --> 01:48:31,666 at least. Dude this looks 3175 01:48:31,666 --> 01:48:32,766 like you could 3D print the 3176 01:48:32,766 --> 01:48:34,166 inclusion. In fact I think it might even 3177 01:48:34,166 --> 01:48:35,466 be 3D printed. That's what 3178 01:48:35,466 --> 01:48:36,633 I was saying. It's it's um 3179 01:48:36,633 --> 01:48:38,566 pretty sure 3D yeah it's 3D printed dock. 3180 01:48:39,133 --> 01:48:41,666 It is um designed to hold 3181 01:48:41,666 --> 01:48:43,433 a keyboard and also to have 3182 01:48:43,433 --> 01:48:45,033 a battery pack that you can put in. You 3183 01:48:45,033 --> 01:48:46,166 can buy batteries like this 3184 01:48:46,166 --> 01:48:48,866 and put them in. So uh I make 3185 01:48:48,866 --> 01:48:51,600 it rechargeable. Wait did he just did he 3186 01:48:51,600 --> 01:48:53,233 just weld all these uh 3187 01:48:53,233 --> 01:48:54,666 all these batteries together 3188 01:48:54,733 --> 01:48:56,633 himself and like put a bms down here? 3189 01:48:56,899 --> 01:48:59,366 That's crazy. They do 3190 01:48:59,366 --> 01:49:01,033 themself. Weld them? I don't know 3191 01:49:01,033 --> 01:49:02,466 if you need to even weld them together. 3192 01:49:02,899 --> 01:49:04,333 You can buy batteries that 3193 01:49:04,333 --> 01:49:05,500 are similar to this and you 3194 01:49:05,533 --> 01:49:08,633 can just put it together. Um the other 3195 01:49:08,633 --> 01:49:11,766 part yeah so yeah I'm 3196 01:49:11,766 --> 01:49:13,633 curious if you can get I 3197 01:49:14,466 --> 01:49:16,266 I want to attempt a mod like this. I just 3198 01:49:16,266 --> 01:49:17,666 don't want to burn my house down. 3199 01:49:20,633 --> 01:49:21,433 Just do it outside. 3200 01:49:24,000 --> 01:49:28,199 Do it out okay still cause of brush fire 3201 01:49:28,199 --> 01:49:29,899 burn my house down. Um 3202 01:49:29,933 --> 01:49:34,266 um I don't know. Or get the cops on me 3203 01:49:34,266 --> 01:49:37,933 for bombs or something. It's so 3204 01:49:38,800 --> 01:49:41,266 sorry katitty. It's certainly not 3205 01:49:41,266 --> 01:49:42,266 airplane legal that's for 3206 01:49:42,266 --> 01:49:45,600 sure. No this is definitely 3207 01:49:45,600 --> 01:49:51,466 yet to drive to play this. Well that 3208 01:49:51,466 --> 01:49:53,266 sucks if you're the only one going to 3209 01:49:53,266 --> 01:49:54,066 somewhere with this. 3210 01:49:54,733 --> 01:49:57,733 It's I'm sure it's more of a passion 3211 01:49:57,733 --> 01:50:00,033 project kind of thing. Oh 3212 01:50:00,033 --> 01:50:02,300 absolutely. More than half 3213 01:50:02,333 --> 01:50:04,333 mods are meant more for just the fun in 3214 01:50:04,333 --> 01:50:07,066 making it. Uh it's not the most I 3215 01:50:07,066 --> 01:50:07,533 wouldn't say it's the 3216 01:50:07,533 --> 01:50:09,600 most practical at this point with the 3217 01:50:09,600 --> 01:50:10,966 money and everything spent might as well 3218 01:50:10,966 --> 01:50:12,166 go with a laptop but 3219 01:50:14,266 --> 01:50:17,300 it's still cool. I like it. I mean yeah I 3220 01:50:17,300 --> 01:50:17,966 think one thing I would 3221 01:50:17,966 --> 01:50:20,633 probably change is the keyboard. 3222 01:50:20,666 --> 01:50:24,633 I'm not really big on this keyboard to be 3223 01:50:24,633 --> 01:50:27,066 honest. It's really raised 3224 01:50:27,066 --> 01:50:30,100 really high. I would not uh 3225 01:50:30,733 --> 01:50:32,266 if I was to change it all I'd be doing 3226 01:50:32,266 --> 01:50:34,066 the battery pack in the back and have it 3227 01:50:34,066 --> 01:50:35,766 work with the kicks down that it comes 3228 01:50:35,766 --> 01:50:37,199 with and just carry my 3229 01:50:37,199 --> 01:50:38,033 own keyboard and mouse. 3230 01:50:39,000 --> 01:50:41,500 I like that I like the concept but I my 3231 01:50:41,500 --> 01:50:42,866 hand would cramp really fast 3232 01:50:42,866 --> 01:50:44,166 with that high of a keyboard. 3233 01:50:44,666 --> 01:50:46,233 Yeah you'd be doing like one of these. 3234 01:50:46,833 --> 01:50:47,733 Yeah I don't like that. 3235 01:50:48,633 --> 01:50:54,399 But dude also I am curious how this how 3236 01:50:54,399 --> 01:50:55,833 this thing closes and like 3237 01:50:56,433 --> 01:50:57,766 is it just gonna press all the keys at 3238 01:50:57,766 --> 01:50:58,466 once because like most 3239 01:50:58,466 --> 01:51:01,199 laptops have a way to prevent that. 3240 01:51:01,199 --> 01:51:04,933 Yeah look at it it has little um 3241 01:51:04,933 --> 01:51:05,966 stoppers. Oh I see the 3242 01:51:05,966 --> 01:51:08,500 pegs yeah. All right well 3243 01:51:09,933 --> 01:51:11,733 my other change would be to make it a 3244 01:51:11,733 --> 01:51:13,766 mechanical keyboard too but that's 3245 01:51:13,766 --> 01:51:15,166 probably not gonna fit well. 3246 01:51:15,533 --> 01:51:20,533 You could have short key um or short 3247 01:51:20,533 --> 01:51:22,533 switch mechanical keyboard there's 3248 01:51:22,533 --> 01:51:23,666 there's some out there 3249 01:51:24,399 --> 01:51:29,266 um do it but yeah yeah you throw in like 3250 01:51:29,266 --> 01:51:31,433 I guess rip out a uh razor laptop 3251 01:51:31,433 --> 01:51:32,466 keyboard and throw it in 3252 01:51:32,466 --> 01:51:34,166 there they have short switch 3253 01:51:34,166 --> 01:51:37,166 keys. Dude but razor laptops 3254 01:51:37,766 --> 01:51:42,433 oh all you can just do or or better yet 3255 01:51:42,433 --> 01:51:43,666 better yet you can just do like a frame you can just 3256 01:51:43,866 --> 01:51:45,433 you can just do like a frame you can just 3257 01:51:45,433 --> 01:51:46,366 do this with like a framework 3258 01:51:48,633 --> 01:51:49,933 you could look at framework motherboard 3259 01:51:49,933 --> 01:51:51,166 and just three printer. 3260 01:51:51,166 --> 01:51:52,066 That's what framework needs to 3261 01:51:52,066 --> 01:51:55,833 start doing is docs like portable docs 3262 01:51:55,833 --> 01:51:59,266 that'd be cool for my like 3263 01:51:59,266 --> 01:52:01,066 gaming devices like this. Dude 3264 01:52:01,333 --> 01:52:03,766 framework if they made a doc that would 3265 01:52:03,766 --> 01:52:07,500 be amazing. That would be that would be 3266 01:52:07,500 --> 01:52:08,466 pretty sick. And make 3267 01:52:08,466 --> 01:52:10,633 it so that I can like different types of 3268 01:52:10,633 --> 01:52:11,933 docs that I can do like an 3269 01:52:11,933 --> 01:52:13,433 eGPU. Honestly that's what 3270 01:52:13,433 --> 01:52:15,066 I really want from game companies right 3271 01:52:15,066 --> 01:52:16,733 now is I want a really 3272 01:52:16,733 --> 01:52:19,733 flushed out doc for these USB 4 3273 01:52:21,033 --> 01:52:23,666 devices that I can slap my video card 3274 01:52:23,666 --> 01:52:29,100 into. Have it work without and work with 3275 01:52:29,100 --> 01:52:30,266 so that I can upgrade 3276 01:52:30,566 --> 01:52:34,366 eventually into it. I'd love that. You 3277 01:52:34,366 --> 01:52:36,166 know what I would love? A 3278 01:52:36,166 --> 01:52:38,366 Steam Deck 2. That'd be sick. 3279 01:52:38,699 --> 01:52:42,633 It's not happening until 2028. Hey man I 3280 01:52:42,633 --> 01:52:44,666 can I'll wait then man it'll re I'll 3281 01:52:44,666 --> 01:52:45,800 revitalize my channel. 3282 01:52:46,800 --> 01:52:49,533 I don't know. I can make a Steam Deck 3283 01:52:49,533 --> 01:52:51,566 Masterclass. Something scary is coming 3284 01:52:51,566 --> 01:52:52,666 for me on that one like 3285 01:52:52,733 --> 01:52:54,933 will I be alive by the time the 2028 3286 01:52:54,933 --> 01:52:57,399 comes out? What? I'm 3287 01:52:57,399 --> 01:52:58,533 gonna be in my 40s by then. 3288 01:52:58,733 --> 01:53:03,199 Oh shit. So I don't know 3289 01:53:03,199 --> 01:53:04,566 man it's all downhill then. 3290 01:53:06,399 --> 01:53:07,766 Dude don't worry man. 3291 01:53:07,766 --> 01:53:09,966 I will be 40 in 2028. 3292 01:53:12,233 --> 01:53:15,899 That's crazy. Yeah it's not fun to think 3293 01:53:15,899 --> 01:53:17,766 about but you know let it 3294 01:53:17,766 --> 01:53:19,533 come I guess. Yeah hey man 3295 01:53:19,533 --> 01:53:21,966 the Steam Deck 2. Just just. Steam Deck 3296 01:53:21,966 --> 01:53:23,466 2. Hey as long as you can 3297 01:53:23,466 --> 01:53:24,699 play all the games I want for 3298 01:53:24,733 --> 01:53:26,600 a good long while then I can retire in 3299 01:53:26,600 --> 01:53:27,733 peace. I mean I'm not gonna 3300 01:53:27,733 --> 01:53:29,566 be retiring in 40 but you know. 3301 01:53:30,666 --> 01:53:33,066 Yeah you'd have to be super rich to 3302 01:53:33,066 --> 01:53:35,133 retire at 40. Who says 3303 01:53:35,133 --> 01:53:36,833 I'm not? I mean I'm not but. 3304 01:53:38,566 --> 01:53:40,266 Dude if you were super rich you wouldn't 3305 01:53:40,266 --> 01:53:42,533 be working a day job. No I just be doing 3306 01:53:42,533 --> 01:53:43,866 this. I like talking. 3307 01:53:47,366 --> 01:53:49,633 No. Yeah that's what I would be doing. 3308 01:53:49,633 --> 01:53:50,566 I'd just be making 3309 01:53:50,566 --> 01:53:52,066 random bullshit YouTube videos 3310 01:53:52,800 --> 01:53:55,966 and talking on the podcast if I didn't 3311 01:53:55,966 --> 01:53:57,199 need a day job. You'd be 3312 01:53:57,199 --> 01:53:58,366 getting on Twitter too and 3313 01:53:58,399 --> 01:54:00,699 you'd be more online. Might not be good. 3314 01:54:02,166 --> 01:54:03,699 That's true. Just ask 3315 01:54:03,699 --> 01:54:06,199 Notch. Yeah oh gosh. 3316 01:54:08,300 --> 01:54:09,833 He's perfect. You can go on and do more 3317 01:54:09,833 --> 01:54:10,866 stuff even after you 3318 01:54:10,866 --> 01:54:12,699 make stupid comments. 3319 01:54:13,199 --> 01:54:21,133 Dude Notch what that. He probably became 3320 01:54:21,133 --> 01:54:23,233 so rich and so isolated 3321 01:54:23,233 --> 01:54:24,966 after like leaving Minecraft. 3322 01:54:24,966 --> 01:54:26,933 He was very isolated that was a big part 3323 01:54:26,933 --> 01:54:27,699 of the problem. From 3324 01:54:27,699 --> 01:54:28,899 my understanding is that 3325 01:54:28,899 --> 01:54:32,266 for in his case money did not buy friends 3326 01:54:32,266 --> 01:54:34,333 and other stuff he became very isolated. 3327 01:54:35,166 --> 01:54:38,366 Yeah and isolation really does. It's not 3328 01:54:38,366 --> 01:54:40,300 good. So like COVID I would argue this whole all this 3329 01:54:40,800 --> 01:54:45,266 madness began with COVID starting during 3330 01:54:45,266 --> 01:54:47,733 the COVID. It exacerbated 3331 01:54:47,733 --> 01:54:49,366 it. It was already happening. 3332 01:54:49,600 --> 01:54:51,766 Social media is a big driver of 3333 01:54:51,766 --> 01:54:55,600 loneliness. It was happening 3334 01:54:55,600 --> 01:54:56,966 before that. It just became a 3335 01:54:56,966 --> 01:54:58,733 catalyst. I think it showed some people 3336 01:54:58,733 --> 01:55:01,033 that they need to get out 3337 01:55:01,033 --> 01:55:02,466 and touch grass more but other 3338 01:55:02,466 --> 01:55:06,033 people dove even deeper in their 3339 01:55:06,033 --> 01:55:10,300 isolation. No. So it's not good. It's not good. It's not good. 3340 01:55:10,633 --> 01:55:15,233 But hopefully at least listening to the 3341 01:55:15,233 --> 01:55:16,466 podcast helps with some 3342 01:55:16,466 --> 01:55:18,266 people's like you shouldn't 3343 01:55:18,266 --> 01:55:19,666 substitute as an isolation but at least 3344 01:55:19,666 --> 01:55:20,866 you know getting some 3345 01:55:20,866 --> 01:55:22,233 different opinions in your life and 3346 01:55:22,666 --> 01:55:24,033 and getting some good news. Hopefully the 3347 01:55:24,033 --> 01:55:25,533 podcast helps a little bit with everyone. 3348 01:55:26,766 --> 01:55:28,266 Yeah that was some pretty good news. 3349 01:55:28,466 --> 01:55:31,500 Tokyo Game Show. If there's more news 3350 01:55:31,500 --> 01:55:32,500 about that we'll start 3351 01:55:32,500 --> 01:55:33,966 we'll probably talk about next week too 3352 01:55:33,966 --> 01:55:36,600 to be honest. And if you're 3353 01:55:36,600 --> 01:55:36,699 out there and you're lonely 3354 01:55:36,733 --> 01:55:40,500 I actually have some very good advice. 3355 01:55:42,233 --> 01:55:45,300 Find your local Contra dance and go to 3356 01:55:45,300 --> 01:55:47,366 it. Or what's a Contra 3357 01:55:47,366 --> 01:55:50,733 dance? Contra dancing is like folk 3358 01:55:50,733 --> 01:55:52,666 dancing. It's like line dancing but with 3359 01:55:52,666 --> 01:55:54,366 more rules. And you can 3360 01:55:54,366 --> 01:55:56,733 go and just watch and learn. You can take 3361 01:55:56,733 --> 01:55:59,966 classes and then and learn 3362 01:55:59,966 --> 01:56:01,533 how to do it. And it's very 3363 01:56:01,533 --> 01:56:03,066 structured. It's very fun. It's super 3364 01:56:03,066 --> 01:56:05,066 social. You'll have a good time. 3365 01:56:07,133 --> 01:56:09,333 I didn't know. So you can do the Contra 3366 01:56:09,333 --> 01:56:10,133 dancing. I never took you 3367 01:56:10,133 --> 01:56:11,600 as a I've never took you for 3368 01:56:11,600 --> 01:56:13,566 a dancer gardener. Oh dude are you 3369 01:56:13,566 --> 01:56:14,833 kidding me? I love dancing. 3370 01:56:16,866 --> 01:56:17,566 That's crazy. We're learning 3371 01:56:17,566 --> 01:56:19,966 more and more about gardener every day. A 3372 01:56:19,966 --> 01:56:21,100 very very rich 3373 01:56:21,100 --> 01:56:22,766 individual you are gardener. 3374 01:56:23,833 --> 01:56:26,366 Rich in spirit. Not so much in capital 3375 01:56:26,366 --> 01:56:28,666 but that's all right. I take spirit 3376 01:56:28,666 --> 01:56:30,833 wealth over anything else. 3377 01:56:31,899 --> 01:56:33,766 They can't take it well. They can't take 3378 01:56:33,766 --> 01:56:35,166 it away. They can't take my 3379 01:56:35,166 --> 01:56:36,133 spirit from me. I'll tell you 3380 01:56:36,166 --> 01:56:39,666 that much. That's a good thing. That's a 3381 01:56:39,666 --> 01:56:40,766 good thing. That is a good 3382 01:56:40,766 --> 01:56:44,000 thing. Yes. Now just need 3383 01:56:44,000 --> 01:56:48,333 YouTube to fix the other part. Do you 3384 01:56:48,333 --> 01:56:50,233 think it's sorry they could dive into 3385 01:56:50,233 --> 01:56:51,166 this a little bit and 3386 01:56:51,166 --> 01:56:53,199 then we can I guess end the podcast but 3387 01:56:53,199 --> 01:56:54,666 do you think the YouTube 3388 01:56:54,666 --> 01:56:56,333 issues are partially because 3389 01:56:57,433 --> 01:57:00,100 of like tariffs and people not buying as 3390 01:57:00,100 --> 01:57:00,866 much so that like the 3391 01:57:00,866 --> 01:57:02,133 ad revenue is just not 3392 01:57:02,233 --> 01:57:05,233 worth as much. I think it's two problems 3393 01:57:05,233 --> 01:57:06,266 that are hitting at the 3394 01:57:06,266 --> 01:57:07,966 same time. The first is that 3395 01:57:08,066 --> 01:57:10,466 I'm pretty sure that they were like kind 3396 01:57:10,466 --> 01:57:13,333 of hinting at they're 3397 01:57:13,333 --> 01:57:15,133 introducing like an actual like 3398 01:57:15,533 --> 01:57:19,333 AI like moderation system and that has 3399 01:57:19,333 --> 01:57:21,333 had a huge unintended 3400 01:57:21,333 --> 01:57:24,766 knock on but also I think that 3401 01:57:24,966 --> 01:57:26,966 like we're in that weird space leading up 3402 01:57:26,966 --> 01:57:29,066 to Christmas and so like 3403 01:57:29,066 --> 01:57:30,933 a lot of advertisers are 3404 01:57:31,366 --> 01:57:33,666 saving their money for now so that they 3405 01:57:33,666 --> 01:57:35,866 can have like a big Christmas blitz. 3406 01:57:36,699 --> 01:57:42,300 My theory is I still think it's somewhat 3407 01:57:42,300 --> 01:57:43,300 tariffs. People just aren't 3408 01:57:43,300 --> 01:57:44,133 buying as much because they 3409 01:57:44,133 --> 01:57:48,533 can't afford as much but also will cost 3410 01:57:48,533 --> 01:57:49,333 the living. It's just not 3411 01:57:49,333 --> 01:57:51,633 just tariffs but from my 3412 01:57:51,633 --> 01:57:54,500 understanding like shadow banning in a 3413 01:57:54,500 --> 01:57:56,933 form of if you promote like 3414 01:57:56,933 --> 01:57:58,733 let's say you do a lot of adult 3415 01:57:58,966 --> 01:58:01,333 games not like adult only but like mature 3416 01:58:01,333 --> 01:58:03,533 or have anything that's 3417 01:58:03,533 --> 01:58:05,066 like not kid friendly they are 3418 01:58:05,066 --> 01:58:07,866 hitting those ones even harder and so you 3419 01:58:07,866 --> 01:58:09,333 can get flagged to where 3420 01:58:09,333 --> 01:58:12,600 and oh man it's probably gonna 3421 01:58:12,600 --> 01:58:13,766 get worse. They probably have been 3422 01:58:13,766 --> 01:58:16,566 secretly doing that AI agegating for a 3423 01:58:16,566 --> 01:58:17,800 long time and people just 3424 01:58:17,800 --> 01:58:19,166 didn't realize and that might be what's 3425 01:58:19,166 --> 01:58:21,366 happening. They might flag your account 3426 01:58:21,366 --> 01:58:23,033 as like oh you watch 3427 01:58:23,033 --> 01:58:26,033 a lot of your cartoons then you're yeah 3428 01:58:26,033 --> 01:58:26,800 you shouldn't be 3429 01:58:26,800 --> 01:58:27,966 recommended something else. 3430 01:58:29,600 --> 01:58:32,399 Yeah well if you go you can actually like 3431 01:58:32,399 --> 01:58:33,899 go onto your YouTube 3432 01:58:33,899 --> 01:58:37,466 channel and like look at your own 3433 01:58:37,466 --> 01:58:39,966 videos right that you upload and you can 3434 01:58:39,966 --> 01:58:42,966 then go into the your user menu and 3435 01:58:42,966 --> 01:58:44,166 enable restricted mode 3436 01:58:44,566 --> 01:58:46,566 and you'll see a bunch of your videos 3437 01:58:46,566 --> 01:58:47,933 disappear even though you've 3438 01:58:47,933 --> 01:58:49,866 never been like content like 3439 01:58:50,566 --> 01:58:52,933 never been told like this is demonetized 3440 01:58:52,933 --> 01:58:53,766 this is age restricted 3441 01:58:53,766 --> 01:58:56,066 those videos will just disappear 3442 01:58:56,066 --> 01:58:59,366 from your from your own video feed and 3443 01:58:59,366 --> 01:59:00,566 that's also causing it 3444 01:59:00,566 --> 01:59:02,000 because I think that if you have 3445 01:59:02,533 --> 01:59:04,033 enough of your like a high enough 3446 01:59:04,033 --> 01:59:05,733 percentage of your own videos that 3447 01:59:05,733 --> 01:59:06,833 disappear from your channel 3448 01:59:07,766 --> 01:59:10,166 in restricted mode then I think the AI 3449 01:59:10,166 --> 01:59:12,833 moderation stuff is like 3450 01:59:12,833 --> 01:59:13,866 looking at that percentage 3451 01:59:14,333 --> 01:59:16,433 and being like this is dangerous for kids 3452 01:59:16,433 --> 01:59:17,933 then maybe this channel 3453 01:59:17,933 --> 01:59:19,866 is too dangerous for ads 3454 01:59:19,933 --> 01:59:24,300 whatever. It's just it's crazy dude. I 3455 01:59:24,300 --> 01:59:25,566 really hate like the 3456 01:59:25,566 --> 01:59:27,233 generalization I get it like I 3457 01:59:27,366 --> 01:59:29,333 would rather be like for kids wise I'd 3458 01:59:29,333 --> 01:59:31,033 rather be safe honestly if 3459 01:59:31,033 --> 01:59:32,133 you flag them as a kid I don't 3460 01:59:32,133 --> 01:59:33,933 want my kids getting ads that are not 3461 01:59:33,933 --> 01:59:36,533 like yeah maybe if it's 3462 01:59:36,533 --> 01:59:38,033 full-on I don't know because they 3463 01:59:38,866 --> 01:59:41,766 got like I get it using the platform got 3464 01:59:41,766 --> 01:59:42,966 to pay for it somehow to 3465 01:59:42,966 --> 01:59:44,866 an extent but I would almost 3466 01:59:44,866 --> 01:59:48,433 rather pay because I want my kid like my 3467 01:59:48,433 --> 01:59:49,899 kid likes to watch 3468 01:59:49,899 --> 01:59:51,933 documentaries and learning stuff 3469 01:59:52,633 --> 01:59:54,866 I'm 100% for like supporting that type of 3470 01:59:54,866 --> 01:59:56,233 thing I want him to learn more 3471 01:59:56,399 --> 01:59:59,266 I'll pay for that content if you can make 3472 01:59:59,266 --> 02:00:01,266 it easier but yeah well 3473 02:00:01,266 --> 02:00:02,300 I mean that's where like 3474 02:00:03,033 --> 02:00:07,033 um subscription services come in you know 3475 02:00:07,033 --> 02:00:09,133 um yeah I just I don't 3476 02:00:09,133 --> 02:00:10,433 think kids belong on YouTube 3477 02:00:10,733 --> 02:00:14,733 in any way shape or form like sorry it's 3478 02:00:14,733 --> 02:00:16,199 it's so hard once you have a 3479 02:00:16,199 --> 02:00:17,666 kid and their their friends 3480 02:00:17,666 --> 02:00:21,966 are doing it it gets really hard for to 3481 02:00:21,966 --> 02:00:22,866 make the decisions on 3482 02:00:22,866 --> 02:00:24,166 how much and everything we 3483 02:00:25,033 --> 02:00:26,933 really try to limit but I've been testing 3484 02:00:26,933 --> 02:00:28,300 out doing the uh 3485 02:00:28,300 --> 02:00:30,699 heavily restricted YouTube 3486 02:00:31,600 --> 02:00:34,633 um the thing for uh my oldest kid just to 3487 02:00:34,633 --> 02:00:36,333 see and for the most part 3488 02:00:36,333 --> 02:00:39,366 like I he's not allowed to 3489 02:00:39,366 --> 02:00:42,100 watch shorts and he can watch like 3490 02:00:42,100 --> 02:00:43,433 learning and some stuff 3491 02:00:43,433 --> 02:00:45,166 but we'll see how that goes 3492 02:00:46,066 --> 02:00:49,600 yeah dude you know what's like crazy 3493 02:00:49,600 --> 02:00:51,166 here's some numbers that'll blow your 3494 02:00:51,166 --> 02:00:55,033 mind my my peer tube 3495 02:00:55,066 --> 02:01:01,266 tends to get like 130 views per video 3496 02:01:01,266 --> 02:01:05,033 currently right okay my most 3497 02:01:05,033 --> 02:01:06,666 recent video where I interviewed 3498 02:01:06,666 --> 02:01:09,399 Al Khazar from the guy who made Kezeta 3499 02:01:09,399 --> 02:01:12,666 has the average number 3500 02:01:12,666 --> 02:01:15,199 of views on my peer tube 3501 02:01:15,833 --> 02:01:18,699 my peer tube usually gets maybe like a 3502 02:01:18,699 --> 02:01:19,833 tenth of a percent of the 3503 02:01:19,833 --> 02:01:20,933 views that the YouTube version 3504 02:01:21,033 --> 02:01:26,533 does but this time it has uh like 10 3505 02:01:26,533 --> 02:01:28,566 percent of the YouTube version 3506 02:01:30,399 --> 02:01:33,133 like and but it's still only getting the 3507 02:01:33,133 --> 02:01:34,533 average number of views 3508 02:01:34,533 --> 02:01:37,933 right so the the YouTube version 3509 02:01:38,000 --> 02:01:41,633 of this video has like a 1900 views and 3510 02:01:41,633 --> 02:01:43,566 this one has 139 so it's 3511 02:01:43,566 --> 02:01:44,800 like close to 10 percent 3512 02:01:45,233 --> 02:01:46,966 right is that 10 percent or that one 3513 02:01:46,966 --> 02:01:49,699 percent I can't do math I don't know 3514 02:01:49,699 --> 02:01:52,399 anyway um so is that 3515 02:01:52,399 --> 02:01:54,966 I'm trying to understand is that like you 3516 02:01:54,966 --> 02:01:56,699 usually get more views or 3517 02:01:56,699 --> 02:01:59,133 less on my on my YouTube video 3518 02:01:59,666 --> 02:02:01,899 I would I would normally have expected 3519 02:02:01,899 --> 02:02:05,733 that video on YouTube to get like 10 000 3520 02:02:05,733 --> 02:02:07,466 views and it has 1900 3521 02:02:08,333 --> 02:02:10,533 oh 1900 for some reason I was thinking 19 3522 02:02:10,533 --> 02:02:11,733 000 I'm sorry yeah that's 3523 02:02:11,733 --> 02:02:13,500 oh yeah sorry yeah that's 10 3524 02:02:13,833 --> 02:02:17,466 yeah yeah so so a hundred so but my peer 3525 02:02:17,466 --> 02:02:19,000 tube videos are always 3526 02:02:19,000 --> 02:02:20,366 getting like consistently 3527 02:02:20,733 --> 02:02:24,399 yeah around 130 ish views sometimes more 3528 02:02:24,399 --> 02:02:26,166 depending on if I'm talking 3529 02:02:26,166 --> 02:02:27,433 about peer tube because people 3530 02:02:27,433 --> 02:02:29,766 seem to watch peer tube videos about peer 3531 02:02:29,766 --> 02:02:31,633 tube more often it's weird 3532 02:02:31,633 --> 02:02:34,033 but uh but other but like 3533 02:02:34,166 --> 02:02:37,100 the thing is like this is all clearly a 3534 02:02:37,100 --> 02:02:38,166 problem with YouTube's 3535 02:02:38,166 --> 02:02:40,633 algorithm right like everything 3536 02:02:41,266 --> 02:02:42,866 like the recommendations and everything 3537 02:02:42,866 --> 02:02:44,633 like you're not seeing 3538 02:02:44,633 --> 02:02:46,066 content that you're actually 3539 02:02:46,566 --> 02:02:49,166 uh like subscribed to you're seeing 3540 02:02:49,166 --> 02:02:50,933 content that YouTube thinks you want to 3541 02:02:50,933 --> 02:02:52,600 see and now it's like 3542 02:02:52,733 --> 02:02:56,933 YouTube is actively like removing content 3543 02:02:56,933 --> 02:02:57,833 that it knows you want 3544 02:02:57,833 --> 02:02:59,899 to see from your feed too 3545 02:03:00,166 --> 02:03:03,666 it is 100 percent I'm a feed kind of uh 3546 02:03:03,666 --> 02:03:05,899 fiend because I do use 3547 02:03:05,899 --> 02:03:06,766 the feed a lot on YouTube 3548 02:03:07,133 --> 02:03:08,833 and it has not given me recommendations 3549 02:03:08,833 --> 02:03:10,166 for stuff that I normally 3550 02:03:10,166 --> 02:03:12,333 like like it's leaving out 3551 02:03:12,566 --> 02:03:14,233 channels I'm like I like this type of 3552 02:03:14,233 --> 02:03:15,833 stuff give it like recommend it to me 3553 02:03:15,833 --> 02:03:17,000 it's not and I'm watching 3554 02:03:17,000 --> 02:03:19,899 it less actually yeah same gardener are 3555 02:03:19,899 --> 02:03:20,733 you sure you don't want to 3556 02:03:20,733 --> 02:03:22,933 watch mr beast I am I think 3557 02:03:22,933 --> 02:03:25,566 YouTube just wants I think YouTube just 3558 02:03:25,566 --> 02:03:30,066 wants what's best for you yeah but but 3559 02:03:30,066 --> 02:03:31,266 really though I mean 3560 02:03:31,600 --> 02:03:35,133 I also introduced a new feature called 3561 02:03:35,133 --> 02:03:38,000 hype yes where you're gonna 3562 02:03:38,000 --> 02:03:39,366 sexually hype it and people 3563 02:03:39,366 --> 02:03:41,066 are claiming that's gonna help them the 3564 02:03:41,066 --> 02:03:42,233 algorithm but that's just 3565 02:03:42,233 --> 02:03:43,399 gonna get game like everything 3566 02:03:43,399 --> 02:03:45,766 else in the system let's be honest yeah 3567 02:03:45,766 --> 02:03:48,800 it's like there's no way it's not gonna 3568 02:03:48,800 --> 02:03:49,766 get game by those at 3569 02:03:49,766 --> 02:03:52,266 the top anyways I also think some people 3570 02:03:52,266 --> 02:03:53,300 are getting still getting 3571 02:03:53,300 --> 02:03:53,433 some decent views and their 3572 02:03:53,466 --> 02:03:57,566 revenue is down quite a bit yeah and so 3573 02:03:57,566 --> 02:04:01,133 my revenue this month 3574 02:04:01,133 --> 02:04:02,933 compared to last month is 3575 02:04:02,933 --> 02:04:06,266 essentially the same but it's down year 3576 02:04:06,266 --> 02:04:08,366 over year and it's down 3577 02:04:08,366 --> 02:04:11,300 like from I mean quarter over 3578 02:04:11,300 --> 02:04:14,399 quarter it's down you know like uh so 3579 02:04:14,399 --> 02:04:16,633 it's just YouTube it feels 3580 02:04:16,633 --> 02:04:17,333 like a losing game at this point 3581 02:04:18,333 --> 02:04:21,600 and I hate that I built my company on the 3582 02:04:21,600 --> 02:04:22,366 back of my channel 3583 02:04:22,366 --> 02:04:25,333 you know I will say this 3584 02:04:26,566 --> 02:04:28,199 it's really hard and there's a lot of 3585 02:04:28,199 --> 02:04:29,166 different ways to diversify 3586 02:04:29,166 --> 02:04:31,066 but it's it is hard I don't 3587 02:04:31,133 --> 02:04:35,066 think people should put like bet their 3588 02:04:35,066 --> 02:04:36,100 livelihood on a single 3589 02:04:36,100 --> 02:04:37,566 company I think it's dangerous 3590 02:04:37,600 --> 02:04:40,233 especially nowadays yeah there's a lot of 3591 02:04:40,233 --> 02:04:41,133 these companies have shown 3592 02:04:41,133 --> 02:04:43,033 that they can make little 3593 02:04:43,066 --> 02:04:46,433 tweaks that can ruin your livelihood um 3594 02:04:46,433 --> 02:04:49,966 Gardner at least you have 3595 02:04:49,966 --> 02:04:51,533 other avenues right now but it 3596 02:04:51,533 --> 02:04:54,666 still sucks right and so yeah well I mean 3597 02:04:54,666 --> 02:04:55,966 and truthfully my 3598 02:04:55,966 --> 02:04:58,233 YouTube channel at one point it 3599 02:04:58,233 --> 02:05:00,333 was like making up about a third of all 3600 02:05:00,333 --> 02:05:02,399 of my income right and 3601 02:05:02,399 --> 02:05:03,800 now it's making up like 3602 02:05:04,566 --> 02:05:09,933 less than a quarter um but you know I can 3603 02:05:09,933 --> 02:05:11,266 like pivot and like do 3604 02:05:11,266 --> 02:05:12,633 more of the production stuff 3605 02:05:12,666 --> 02:05:14,866 that I that you know I do for my company 3606 02:05:14,866 --> 02:05:17,633 but the problem is I love 3607 02:05:17,633 --> 02:05:20,233 talking about Linux and Steam 3608 02:05:20,233 --> 02:05:22,033 Deck and free and open source software 3609 02:05:22,033 --> 02:05:25,433 right and that has been a 3610 02:05:25,433 --> 02:05:27,166 huge part of my life for the last 3611 02:05:27,166 --> 02:05:30,466 10 years or 11 years I just had my 11th 3612 02:05:30,466 --> 02:05:31,566 year anniversary on 3613 02:05:31,566 --> 02:05:34,366 YouTube and it's like crazy and 3614 02:05:34,366 --> 02:05:37,266 it's like dude it literally feels like my 3615 02:05:37,266 --> 02:05:38,433 channel is falling apart 3616 02:05:38,433 --> 02:05:40,633 it's like like like I'm standing 3617 02:05:40,733 --> 02:05:43,300 on a precipice and the and the edge of 3618 02:05:43,300 --> 02:05:44,433 the fucking cliff is 3619 02:05:44,433 --> 02:05:46,300 disappearing beneath my feet 3620 02:05:46,333 --> 02:05:48,433 like that's what it feels like and it 3621 02:05:48,433 --> 02:05:49,633 feels deliberate like it 3622 02:05:49,633 --> 02:05:50,800 feels like YouTube is actually 3623 02:05:50,800 --> 02:05:54,933 trying to subvert the work that I'm doing 3624 02:05:54,933 --> 02:05:57,133 and it sucks you know I 3625 02:05:57,133 --> 02:05:59,066 think I wonder if they're trying 3626 02:05:59,066 --> 02:06:01,233 to compete with like TikTok and some of 3627 02:06:01,233 --> 02:06:01,833 the other ones I'm just 3628 02:06:01,833 --> 02:06:03,033 really trying to push into 3629 02:06:03,600 --> 02:06:06,466 uh like SlopTube stuff too yeah that's 3630 02:06:06,466 --> 02:06:06,833 what I said yeah 3631 02:06:06,833 --> 02:06:08,466 short-form content I've also 3632 02:06:08,500 --> 02:06:12,333 I don't know I no no I was being 3633 02:06:12,333 --> 02:06:16,433 facetious right like by pivoting to like 3634 02:06:16,433 --> 02:06:18,300 SlopTube and Shorts and 3635 02:06:18,300 --> 02:06:22,433 shit they are actively harming long-form 3636 02:06:22,433 --> 02:06:24,500 creators the people that built the 3637 02:06:24,500 --> 02:06:25,633 platform to begin with 3638 02:06:26,066 --> 02:06:30,500 and it's it's horrible yeah I agree too 3639 02:06:30,500 --> 02:06:31,966 so also one other thing I 3640 02:06:31,966 --> 02:06:33,033 should mention I've also noticed 3641 02:06:33,033 --> 02:06:36,066 this with like chef youtubing like a lot 3642 02:06:36,066 --> 02:06:37,266 of the big prominent ones 3643 02:06:37,266 --> 02:06:38,666 kind of moved away from making 3644 02:06:38,666 --> 02:06:42,266 recipes and like recreating uh like foods 3645 02:06:42,266 --> 02:06:44,066 from like shows or like 3646 02:06:44,066 --> 02:06:46,133 making better versions like 3647 02:06:46,133 --> 02:06:47,733 fast food stuff and they're just 3648 02:06:47,733 --> 02:06:49,866 resorting to just making tier lists and 3649 02:06:49,866 --> 02:06:52,066 like they I mean I think you 3650 02:06:52,066 --> 02:06:54,766 know which ones I'm talking about right I 3651 02:06:54,766 --> 02:06:55,666 don't really watch a lot of 3652 02:06:55,666 --> 02:06:57,066 that but I've seen I've seen 3653 02:06:57,133 --> 02:06:59,933 like more recommendations for like you 3654 02:06:59,933 --> 02:07:01,133 know that kind of content 3655 02:07:01,133 --> 02:07:03,133 recently which I don't yeah and I 3656 02:07:03,133 --> 02:07:06,000 think and like I don't know and like some 3657 02:07:06,000 --> 02:07:07,000 part of it I'm sure is 3658 02:07:07,000 --> 02:07:08,300 because you know it makes some more 3659 02:07:08,300 --> 02:07:10,500 money for sure but another part of it I 3660 02:07:10,500 --> 02:07:14,833 certainly believe is that like well like 3661 02:07:16,933 --> 02:07:18,566 YouTube like pushes that kind of stuff 3662 02:07:18,566 --> 02:07:19,633 because like making a rest 3663 02:07:19,633 --> 02:07:21,333 like cooking and making a recipe 3664 02:07:21,333 --> 02:07:22,833 and like all that stuff I'm sure that 3665 02:07:22,833 --> 02:07:24,666 takes a lot of time like 3666 02:07:24,666 --> 02:07:26,300 dedication to do it does 3667 02:07:26,866 --> 02:07:29,766 going whereas like going to like every 3668 02:07:29,766 --> 02:07:31,133 fast food restaurant and comparing their 3669 02:07:31,133 --> 02:07:31,800 like chicken nuggets 3670 02:07:31,800 --> 02:07:33,366 or whatever like I'm sure it takes a lot 3671 02:07:33,366 --> 02:07:34,733 less time everyone's doing 3672 02:07:34,733 --> 02:07:35,466 that though that's a very 3673 02:07:35,466 --> 02:07:37,433 trendy topic for the past two years is 3674 02:07:37,433 --> 02:07:38,733 that uh tier lists for 3675 02:07:38,733 --> 02:07:39,866 like going to fast food places 3676 02:07:39,866 --> 02:07:42,300 and all that I'll be I'll be honest guys 3677 02:07:42,300 --> 02:07:45,066 like the I watch those things I'm a 3678 02:07:45,066 --> 02:07:46,033 sucker for tier lists 3679 02:07:46,333 --> 02:07:48,899 but it has to be the right tier list and 3680 02:07:48,899 --> 02:07:50,633 if it's all you do then yeah 3681 02:07:50,633 --> 02:07:51,566 it gets very tiresome but I 3682 02:07:51,600 --> 02:07:53,766 do like a tier list every once in a while 3683 02:07:53,766 --> 02:07:56,266 yeah well it just kind of 3684 02:07:56,266 --> 02:07:57,433 it just kind of sucks that 3685 02:07:57,833 --> 02:08:00,033 something that they like built them they 3686 02:08:00,033 --> 02:08:01,133 don't even do the things they built 3687 02:08:01,133 --> 02:08:01,899 themselves on anymore 3688 02:08:01,933 --> 02:08:04,433 like I'm sure gardener Brian could easily 3689 02:08:04,433 --> 02:08:05,566 like transition to 3690 02:08:05,566 --> 02:08:07,633 like making slop tier list 3691 02:08:07,666 --> 02:08:11,466 videos but he but I'm sure hey his fan 3692 02:08:11,466 --> 02:08:13,133 base would be very betrayed 3693 02:08:13,133 --> 02:08:14,866 at that and too he'd probably 3694 02:08:14,866 --> 02:08:17,133 betray himself well too right yeah so 3695 02:08:17,133 --> 02:08:20,566 dude that's the thing like I could like 3696 02:08:20,566 --> 02:08:22,566 very easily sell out 3697 02:08:22,566 --> 02:08:25,433 and start like stop doing the kind of 3698 02:08:25,433 --> 02:08:26,733 content that I love to do 3699 02:08:26,733 --> 02:08:27,866 and start doing the content 3700 02:08:27,866 --> 02:08:30,466 that brings in new viewers because that's 3701 02:08:30,466 --> 02:08:32,233 what the entire YouTube 3702 02:08:32,233 --> 02:08:33,433 algorithm is set up for 3703 02:08:33,766 --> 02:08:36,699 it's set up for easy cheap content that 3704 02:08:36,699 --> 02:08:39,566 brings in uh new viewers 3705 02:08:39,566 --> 02:08:41,266 not recurring viewers YouTube 3706 02:08:41,366 --> 02:08:43,333 doesn't care about recurring viewership 3707 02:08:43,333 --> 02:08:44,733 on a specific channel 3708 02:08:44,733 --> 02:08:47,533 the algorithm favors growth 3709 02:08:48,233 --> 02:08:51,366 okay and so the fact that my channel like 3710 02:08:51,366 --> 02:08:53,800 if you look at so you 3711 02:08:53,800 --> 02:08:55,366 probably like saw people saying 3712 02:08:55,366 --> 02:08:57,433 like did you know like like only 30 3713 02:08:57,433 --> 02:08:58,133 percent of you guys are 3714 02:08:58,133 --> 02:08:59,300 subscribed to the channel you've seen 3715 02:08:59,300 --> 02:09:03,666 that before right yes so that's because 3716 02:09:03,666 --> 02:09:05,199 they're all prioritizing 3717 02:09:05,199 --> 02:09:06,233 growth if you look at my 3718 02:09:06,233 --> 02:09:10,433 uh viewership it's like 60 percent of my 3719 02:09:10,433 --> 02:09:11,833 viewers are subscribed to 3720 02:09:11,833 --> 02:09:14,199 my channel because I don't 3721 02:09:14,199 --> 02:09:16,600 produce content for the algorithm I 3722 02:09:16,600 --> 02:09:18,566 produce it for the people who want to 3723 02:09:18,566 --> 02:09:20,100 talk about my content 3724 02:09:20,100 --> 02:09:22,266 or who who like the stuff that I talk 3725 02:09:22,266 --> 02:09:23,399 about in my content I should 3726 02:09:23,399 --> 02:09:24,966 say so it's like that's really 3727 02:09:24,966 --> 02:09:29,066 good okay and yeah and it's because it's 3728 02:09:29,066 --> 02:09:31,066 I don't care about growth I 3729 02:09:31,066 --> 02:09:32,633 don't I just want to make my 3730 02:09:32,733 --> 02:09:36,500 content right but it's I don't know what 3731 02:09:36,500 --> 02:09:37,366 I don't remember what I was 3732 02:09:37,366 --> 02:09:38,500 brought that up for but like 3733 02:09:38,866 --> 02:09:41,866 the fact is YouTube's algorithm is just 3734 02:09:41,866 --> 02:09:44,366 is antithetical to your 3735 02:09:44,366 --> 02:09:47,133 attention span to your 3736 02:09:47,366 --> 02:09:49,366 desires of the kind of content you 3737 02:09:49,366 --> 02:09:53,033 actually want to watch and uh and and 3738 02:09:53,033 --> 02:09:55,266 it's also antithetical to 3739 02:09:55,366 --> 02:09:58,233 us now as creators and it's it just needs 3740 02:09:58,233 --> 02:09:59,066 to something needs to 3741 02:09:59,066 --> 02:10:01,366 change we need a union man 3742 02:10:01,466 --> 02:10:04,933 that's what we need a creator union a 3743 02:10:04,933 --> 02:10:06,366 creator union that would be 3744 02:10:06,366 --> 02:10:07,899 interesting I agree with that 3745 02:10:07,899 --> 02:10:09,566 actually I think there needs to be some 3746 02:10:09,566 --> 02:10:12,566 power back into the creators but I 3747 02:10:12,566 --> 02:10:15,100 there's well I don't know 3748 02:10:15,100 --> 02:10:17,466 if that even could be done because of the 3749 02:10:17,466 --> 02:10:19,166 of the way revenue and 3750 02:10:19,166 --> 02:10:22,866 everything happens I think I still 3751 02:10:22,866 --> 02:10:25,233 it's the hardest way to do it it's either 3752 02:10:25,233 --> 02:10:26,000 you're going to have to 3753 02:10:26,000 --> 02:10:27,266 create a platform that competes 3754 02:10:28,000 --> 02:10:31,866 in a more um and just 3755 02:10:31,866 --> 02:10:33,333 like a different way 3756 02:10:35,533 --> 02:10:39,533 or yeah uh you're going to have to 3757 02:10:39,533 --> 02:10:41,333 regulate it a regulation 3758 02:10:41,333 --> 02:10:43,166 kind of thing which is yeah 3759 02:10:43,166 --> 02:10:46,000 you know I'm looking at my uh statistics 3760 02:10:46,000 --> 02:10:49,233 right now and uh let me see how many 3761 02:10:49,233 --> 02:10:50,000 percent yeah because 3762 02:10:50,000 --> 02:10:51,766 I'm curious because I know Gardner just 3763 02:10:51,766 --> 02:10:54,166 mentioned that uh damn I 3764 02:10:54,166 --> 02:10:55,333 wish I had loyal followers 3765 02:10:58,033 --> 02:10:59,333 I mean it might be different for me now 3766 02:10:59,333 --> 02:11:00,733 let me look I don't it's 3767 02:11:00,733 --> 02:11:01,833 been a minute since I looked at 3768 02:11:01,833 --> 02:11:04,600 that specific number but yeah 10 percent 3769 02:11:04,600 --> 02:11:07,933 is it say yeah mine says 10 3770 02:11:07,933 --> 02:11:09,833 percent of my viewers actually 3771 02:11:09,833 --> 02:11:15,266 watch my videos those are the subscribers 3772 02:11:15,266 --> 02:11:18,466 yeah um I'm just saying 3773 02:11:18,466 --> 02:11:19,666 man Steamback 2 is going to 3774 02:11:19,666 --> 02:11:21,933 revitalize my channel I can I can start 3775 02:11:21,933 --> 02:11:24,699 making the Steamback 2 masterclass series 3776 02:11:28,100 --> 02:11:31,100 oh man if I if I relied on YouTube for 3777 02:11:31,100 --> 02:11:33,066 like my uh like all my 3778 02:11:33,066 --> 02:11:35,066 revenue I would be fucking like 3779 02:11:35,533 --> 02:11:39,266 homeless no this shit yeah 3780 02:11:40,633 --> 02:11:43,000 our uh off the console it's uh new 3781 02:11:43,000 --> 02:11:44,199 viewers of 71 percent 3782 02:11:44,199 --> 02:11:46,233 casual users 19 and then regular 3783 02:11:46,233 --> 02:11:50,899 users 9 percent oh well my mine right now 3784 02:11:50,899 --> 02:11:52,800 is my subscriber numbers is 3785 02:11:52,800 --> 02:11:55,433 33 versus not subscribed 67 3786 02:11:55,933 --> 02:11:58,166 so that's that seems to have flipped but 3787 02:11:58,166 --> 02:12:00,366 also like I'm pretty sure 3788 02:12:00,366 --> 02:12:01,933 like even a couple just like 3789 02:12:01,933 --> 02:12:04,100 two or three months ago it was like 60 3790 02:12:04,100 --> 02:12:06,066 were subscribed so I 3791 02:12:06,066 --> 02:12:07,366 think that might have be might 3792 02:12:07,366 --> 02:12:10,666 be something that they changed um like 3793 02:12:10,666 --> 02:12:13,899 recently well hey off the 3794 02:12:13,899 --> 02:12:15,333 console is doing quite well on 3795 02:12:15,333 --> 02:12:17,833 YouTube if you guys if you guys are 3796 02:12:17,833 --> 02:12:19,500 looking if you guys are looking to 3797 02:12:19,500 --> 02:12:20,933 support us on YouTube 3798 02:12:21,666 --> 02:12:23,100 I know we just talked a bunch of shit on 3799 02:12:23,100 --> 02:12:24,800 it but we do still need support off 3800 02:12:25,199 --> 02:12:26,933 we do still need plenty of support from 3801 02:12:26,933 --> 02:12:30,666 YouTube uh please give us a like and 3802 02:12:30,666 --> 02:12:32,166 subscribe uh over on 3803 02:12:32,166 --> 02:12:33,500 YouTube even if you listen to this on 3804 02:12:33,500 --> 02:12:37,933 like Spotify or something please and uh 3805 02:12:37,933 --> 02:12:38,600 we were thinking about 3806 02:12:38,600 --> 02:12:41,433 bringing shorts back uh to the channel I 3807 02:12:41,433 --> 02:12:41,899 don't know if you guys 3808 02:12:41,899 --> 02:12:44,366 are interested or not but uh 3809 02:12:44,633 --> 02:12:46,466 bring a short time if you guys if you 3810 02:12:46,466 --> 02:12:47,566 guys like shorts then 3811 02:12:47,566 --> 02:12:49,033 uh yeah short clips yeah 3812 02:12:49,133 --> 02:12:51,766 ah because people like I think people 3813 02:12:51,766 --> 02:12:54,300 like the shorts but yeah I 3814 02:12:54,300 --> 02:12:55,633 mean maybe I'm not tired of 3815 02:12:55,633 --> 02:12:57,199 taking the us well we'll bring shorts 3816 02:12:57,199 --> 02:12:58,733 back more like more like 3817 02:12:58,733 --> 02:13:00,800 short shorts but that's because 3818 02:13:00,966 --> 02:13:03,699 the algorithm kind of asks for it 3819 02:13:03,699 --> 02:13:06,433 channels will need to do more shorts we 3820 02:13:06,433 --> 02:13:07,933 did we did a new short 3821 02:13:07,933 --> 02:13:10,366 this week right we did two yeah maybe 3822 02:13:10,366 --> 02:13:12,533 three but I needed new shorts I need to 3823 02:13:12,533 --> 02:13:13,500 get the last episode 3824 02:13:13,933 --> 02:13:17,433 yeah this is we're working on it yeah 3825 02:13:17,433 --> 02:13:20,666 yeah people subscribe to 3826 02:13:20,666 --> 02:13:22,433 the to the RSS feed as well 3827 02:13:23,366 --> 02:13:25,633 yeah and you know I'd like to hear we all 3828 02:13:25,633 --> 02:13:26,766 I think we all really would 3829 02:13:26,766 --> 02:13:27,933 like to hear your thoughts so 3830 02:13:27,933 --> 02:13:29,833 if you leave comments uh wherever you can 3831 02:13:29,833 --> 02:13:31,033 leave comments I don't know 3832 02:13:31,033 --> 02:13:32,466 I don't know Spotify sports 3833 02:13:32,466 --> 02:13:35,166 comments more like Apple music Apple 3834 02:13:35,166 --> 02:13:37,466 podcast does or not but if 3835 02:13:37,466 --> 02:13:38,533 you guys could just like leave 3836 02:13:38,666 --> 02:13:41,233 comments and just let us know your 3837 02:13:41,233 --> 02:13:43,733 thoughts on you know us or the topics we 3838 02:13:43,733 --> 02:13:45,466 talked about or like 3839 02:13:46,466 --> 02:13:49,699 stuff feel free to do so yeah and we'd 3840 02:13:49,699 --> 02:13:51,166 love to read them out we I 3841 02:13:51,166 --> 02:13:52,233 had the bare minimum I read 3842 02:13:52,233 --> 02:13:54,166 the comments so I just need to work 3843 02:13:54,166 --> 02:13:56,533 better at uh responding to 3844 02:13:56,533 --> 02:14:00,166 them so let's see how the 3845 02:14:00,500 --> 02:14:02,933 the RNG dice roll goes for this channel 3846 02:14:02,933 --> 02:14:05,000 with YouTube yeah 3847 02:14:05,000 --> 02:14:08,066 they're gonna flag us as 3848 02:14:08,233 --> 02:14:11,533 dissenters yeah I think Castapod's been 3849 02:14:11,533 --> 02:14:12,833 doing pretty well though 3850 02:14:12,833 --> 02:14:14,766 um hold on can you are you 3851 02:14:14,766 --> 02:14:16,766 able to check how many views we got last 3852 02:14:16,766 --> 02:14:18,366 episode I'm not logged 3853 02:14:18,366 --> 02:14:20,733 into Castapod on this laptop 3854 02:14:21,833 --> 02:14:30,600 we had 2,620 ish 2,615 downloads damn 3855 02:14:30,600 --> 02:14:31,966 that's pretty good it is pretty good 3856 02:14:32,000 --> 02:14:37,500 yeah all right well you guys have any any 3857 02:14:37,500 --> 02:14:39,266 last words before we cut off the episode 3858 02:14:40,000 --> 02:14:45,366 no no that's it all right wrap it up all 3859 02:14:45,366 --> 02:14:46,766 right and we're aiming for 3860 02:14:46,766 --> 02:14:48,600 a thousand subscribers on 3861 02:14:48,600 --> 02:14:50,133 YouTube by the end of this year so if you 3862 02:14:50,133 --> 02:14:51,933 could uh subscribe to us 3863 02:14:51,933 --> 02:14:54,166 and uh help us out that'd be 3864 02:14:54,166 --> 02:14:57,266 much appreciated yep thank you guys for 3865 02:14:57,266 --> 02:14:59,133 watching and listening all 3866 02:14:59,133 --> 02:15:00,766 right thank you peace out