1 00:00:00,250 --> 00:00:01,666 Good morning, everybody. Welcome to 2 00:00:01,666 --> 00:00:03,416 another episode of Off the Console. 3 00:00:03,916 --> 00:00:05,416 My name is Gardiner and I'm here with my 4 00:00:05,416 --> 00:00:07,083 friend James, aka The Brink. 5 00:00:07,416 --> 00:00:08,291 How's it going, James? 6 00:00:08,791 --> 00:00:10,583 It is going good this morning. 7 00:00:11,041 --> 00:00:12,875 Usually it's a three-man crew here on the 8 00:00:12,875 --> 00:00:15,583 show, but Hi-Tech is off this week. 9 00:00:16,166 --> 00:00:17,458 Hi-Tech, we can't wait to 10 00:00:17,458 --> 00:00:18,416 see you next week, my friend. 11 00:00:18,750 --> 00:00:20,458 We're gonna be covering a bunch of stuff 12 00:00:20,458 --> 00:00:21,083 on this show. If you 13 00:00:21,083 --> 00:00:23,500 don't know Off the Console, 14 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:27,208 this is our gaming and tech news and 15 00:00:27,208 --> 00:00:28,166 anything nerdy show, 16 00:00:28,250 --> 00:00:30,500 where we just kind of hang out and talk 17 00:00:30,500 --> 00:00:32,416 about the things that are interesting to 18 00:00:32,416 --> 00:00:33,833 us over the last week. 19 00:00:34,875 --> 00:00:36,166 This week, we've... yeah, do 20 00:00:36,166 --> 00:00:37,250 we have some interesting stuff? 21 00:00:37,458 --> 00:00:39,250 We've got... we're gonna talk about all 22 00:00:39,250 --> 00:00:41,666 the things that Nintendo mentioned in 23 00:00:41,666 --> 00:00:44,000 their Nintendo Direct this week. 24 00:00:44,291 --> 00:00:45,625 Maybe not all the things, but the stuff 25 00:00:45,625 --> 00:00:46,833 that's most interesting to us. 26 00:00:47,625 --> 00:00:49,416 We're gonna talk about how game def... 27 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,291 I have slowly converted my channel over 28 00:01:18,291 --> 00:01:22,583 to a Mac only channel. No, I I 29 00:01:22,583 --> 00:01:24,416 Am I'm working on on April 30 00:01:24,416 --> 00:01:26,083 Fool. I love April Fool's videos 31 00:01:26,125 --> 00:01:29,000 I'm gonna do one of those and so but I've 32 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,291 also been obsessing over the Mac 33 00:01:30,708 --> 00:01:31,958 for stupid reasons 34 00:01:31,958 --> 00:01:34,750 because you know reason but I 35 00:01:35,583 --> 00:01:36,958 I just want to simplify my life and so 36 00:01:36,958 --> 00:01:38,458 I've been obsessing over that and also 37 00:01:38,458 --> 00:01:40,250 like smaller form factor 38 00:01:41,208 --> 00:01:41,541 Um 39 00:01:42,125 --> 00:01:43,208 PCs just 40 00:01:44,125 --> 00:01:46,583 My room over heats with my 3090 and so I 41 00:01:46,583 --> 00:01:47,500 just want something that's 42 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:48,625 not gonna overheat this room 43 00:01:49,041 --> 00:01:50,250 So I'm looking at like 44 00:01:50,250 --> 00:01:52,583 a my they say 40 90 m 45 00:01:53,333 --> 00:01:55,916 3090 whatever. Mm-hmm, but there's a 40 I 46 00:01:55,916 --> 00:01:58,708 I watched a video on the 40 90 47 00:01:59,750 --> 00:02:00,208 eGPU 48 00:02:01,500 --> 00:02:02,916 So it's like a mobile chip in it 49 00:02:02,916 --> 00:02:05,708 I'm curious how well that runs like our 50 00:02:05,708 --> 00:02:07,583 heat wise and so that 51 00:02:07,583 --> 00:02:09,333 I'm have my eye on that 52 00:02:09,916 --> 00:02:12,833 To then maybe build out 53 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,333 I don't know build out my 54 00:02:15,333 --> 00:02:18,083 gaming system. I'm having fun. I 55 00:02:18,583 --> 00:02:19,708 still playing 56 00:02:20,125 --> 00:02:22,125 I'm not playing Astro bot right now 57 00:02:22,125 --> 00:02:23,166 But 58 00:02:24,625 --> 00:02:26,458 It takes two with my son still playing 59 00:02:26,458 --> 00:02:28,041 that we're slowly getting 60 00:02:28,041 --> 00:02:29,041 through that. That's really fun 61 00:02:29,041 --> 00:02:31,916 I played it on bad side and I have to 62 00:02:31,916 --> 00:02:33,375 switch over to back over to 63 00:02:33,375 --> 00:02:34,625 Windows to play it because it 64 00:02:34,916 --> 00:02:36,583 crashes at the same spot 65 00:02:37,541 --> 00:02:40,166 Mm-hmm, and I think it's I don't think 66 00:02:40,166 --> 00:02:41,541 it's bad as its fault per se. I think 67 00:02:41,541 --> 00:02:43,875 it's in videos graphics drivers 68 00:02:43,916 --> 00:02:46,416 Oh my god, don't get me started on any 69 00:02:46,416 --> 00:02:47,666 videos graphics drivers 70 00:02:47,666 --> 00:02:51,166 Yeah, I'm gonna have to 71 00:02:51,166 --> 00:02:52,166 switch back over to Windows 72 00:02:52,666 --> 00:02:55,208 Yeah, I think I'd have a better time 73 00:02:55,208 --> 00:02:57,416 emulating this game. Honestly, I actually 74 00:02:57,416 --> 00:02:59,750 would play fine if I if I had like 75 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:01,416 my MacBook 76 00:03:02,083 --> 00:03:04,416 With a cross fire or something like that, 77 00:03:04,416 --> 00:03:06,541 but we can that's a whole other 78 00:03:07,291 --> 00:03:07,750 can of worms 79 00:03:08,791 --> 00:03:10,500 That's what I've been doing nice 80 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,500 Nice, I've been doing doing a lot of 81 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:15,958 work. I've been getting ready for a big 82 00:03:15,958 --> 00:03:17,041 project with my client 83 00:03:18,208 --> 00:03:21,250 But I also have been playing 84 00:03:22,291 --> 00:03:22,750 a 85 00:03:23,625 --> 00:03:26,458 Classic an absolute classic. I don't know 86 00:03:26,458 --> 00:03:27,708 if you know this about me James, but I 87 00:03:27,708 --> 00:03:30,250 really love racing games 88 00:03:30,458 --> 00:03:32,083 Which I find interesting because I don't 89 00:03:32,083 --> 00:03:34,416 really like cars, but I love racing games 90 00:03:34,416 --> 00:03:36,041 and I've been playing 91 00:03:36,083 --> 00:03:39,875 I'm need for speed 3 hot pursuit 92 00:03:41,375 --> 00:03:43,625 Which I have a big box version out in 93 00:03:43,625 --> 00:03:44,958 there out in my game 94 00:03:46,083 --> 00:03:47,333 shelf and 95 00:03:47,666 --> 00:03:49,916 Oh my god, it is so much 96 00:03:49,916 --> 00:03:52,333 fun. I'm playing through proton 97 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,416 And and it is sick. Yeah, it's so good 98 00:03:58,791 --> 00:04:00,666 Didn't they remake it or is this 99 00:04:00,666 --> 00:04:01,291 something else? I'm 100 00:04:01,291 --> 00:04:02,958 thinking of I don't know 101 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,500 Uh, maybe they did is this the older one 102 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:07,875 like in that what wanted 103 00:04:07,875 --> 00:04:10,250 to come out? Oh my gosh 104 00:04:11,708 --> 00:04:13,750 2000s need for speed 105 00:04:13,750 --> 00:04:16,583 3 I'm thinking like 98 106 00:04:17,416 --> 00:04:19,375 Okay, it's that one. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I 107 00:04:19,375 --> 00:04:21,333 never play that one a lot. Oh man. I 108 00:04:21,333 --> 00:04:24,250 played so much of it 109 00:04:25,083 --> 00:04:27,666 So much and and like and 110 00:04:27,666 --> 00:04:29,416 the music is so nostalgic 111 00:04:30,208 --> 00:04:31,916 the gameplay is 112 00:04:32,708 --> 00:04:35,083 It has an aged super great, but there's 113 00:04:35,083 --> 00:04:36,041 still like this like 114 00:04:36,041 --> 00:04:38,083 dedicated community around it 115 00:04:38,083 --> 00:04:40,250 And and I just enjoy it. It makes me it 116 00:04:40,250 --> 00:04:41,416 takes me right back to being a kid 117 00:04:42,416 --> 00:04:44,125 I'm gonna have to pick that back up 118 00:04:44,125 --> 00:04:46,208 because I played it a ton as a kid 119 00:04:46,333 --> 00:04:48,916 There's a there's a community patch that 120 00:04:48,916 --> 00:04:50,166 you can get through Lutris 121 00:04:50,916 --> 00:04:53,083 And it works really well and it makes 122 00:04:53,083 --> 00:04:54,833 everything you can like run the game in 123 00:04:54,833 --> 00:04:57,458 widescreen. I'm running it natively at 4k 124 00:04:58,166 --> 00:05:00,041 I'm gonna try it on my steam deck and 125 00:05:00,041 --> 00:05:01,250 probably I'll make a video about it, too 126 00:05:02,791 --> 00:05:04,875 It's a lot of fun. That is that is fun. I 127 00:05:04,875 --> 00:05:06,083 really like the need for speeds 128 00:05:06,083 --> 00:05:09,083 I like arcade racers a lot more than 129 00:05:09,083 --> 00:05:11,250 realistic ones. That's me, too 130 00:05:11,875 --> 00:05:12,625 Yeah, they 131 00:05:13,541 --> 00:05:15,666 Burnout the entire burnout franchise. 132 00:05:15,666 --> 00:05:17,791 Love it burnout paradise, but 133 00:05:17,791 --> 00:05:19,375 specifically is great 134 00:05:19,375 --> 00:05:23,166 It's so good and I'm so like I am shocked 135 00:05:23,166 --> 00:05:24,000 that as a franchise 136 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,291 that did not continue on 137 00:05:25,958 --> 00:05:27,250 Yeah, tell me about it 138 00:05:27,250 --> 00:05:29,333 because they you know 139 00:05:30,208 --> 00:05:33,416 They didn't didn't it didn't do well 140 00:05:33,416 --> 00:05:35,125 enough and so didn't they put them on 141 00:05:35,125 --> 00:05:36,000 like a different project or 142 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:36,791 something like that the devs 143 00:05:36,791 --> 00:05:38,916 I can't write here. I think so. Yeah. 144 00:05:38,916 --> 00:05:41,125 Yeah, I think that's what happened. But 145 00:05:41,125 --> 00:05:44,625 burnout series is amazing. It's I like it 146 00:05:45,541 --> 00:05:46,916 Weirdly enough. I like it a little more 147 00:05:46,916 --> 00:05:47,500 than need for speed 148 00:05:47,500 --> 00:05:49,625 because you have all the crash 149 00:05:50,916 --> 00:05:51,791 Physics and everything 150 00:05:51,791 --> 00:05:54,041 like that's really fun. Mm-hmm 151 00:05:54,041 --> 00:05:56,291 I think the newer need for speeds have 152 00:05:56,291 --> 00:05:57,625 that too for the most part, 153 00:05:57,625 --> 00:05:58,750 but it's not quite the same way 154 00:05:58,791 --> 00:06:03,041 Yeah, I honestly I think need for speed 3 155 00:06:03,041 --> 00:06:05,041 the one that I've been playing is the 156 00:06:05,041 --> 00:06:06,750 only need for speed game I've ever played 157 00:06:07,916 --> 00:06:12,208 Really? Yeah. Yeah, I really like I to be 158 00:06:12,208 --> 00:06:13,416 honest when I was growing up 159 00:06:13,583 --> 00:06:16,166 My cousin had like a really nice PC 160 00:06:16,166 --> 00:06:18,416 gaming setup his dad did and 161 00:06:18,416 --> 00:06:21,083 so I played whatever he had so 162 00:06:21,833 --> 00:06:22,958 Unreal tournament I 163 00:06:22,958 --> 00:06:24,125 played at his house. I played 164 00:06:24,166 --> 00:06:28,375 Duke Nukem command and conquer these kind 165 00:06:28,375 --> 00:06:31,000 of games over there need for speed 3 that 166 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,666 was the only one I ever got access to 167 00:06:33,083 --> 00:06:33,416 but 168 00:06:33,875 --> 00:06:36,291 And then and then like I never was 169 00:06:36,291 --> 00:06:36,916 interested in the 170 00:06:36,916 --> 00:06:39,750 console stuff. So I don't know 171 00:06:40,750 --> 00:06:42,708 For example, like the other kind of 172 00:06:42,708 --> 00:06:44,791 racing games cart racers, obviously, you 173 00:06:44,791 --> 00:06:45,375 know, you got to have 174 00:06:45,375 --> 00:06:46,666 like Mario Kart in there 175 00:06:46,666 --> 00:06:47,375 You got to have crash 176 00:06:47,375 --> 00:06:48,250 team racing in there 177 00:06:49,625 --> 00:06:51,333 So those were the kind of games that I 178 00:06:51,333 --> 00:06:53,958 played like on my own time like when I 179 00:06:53,958 --> 00:06:55,833 wasn't visiting my cousin so 180 00:06:56,583 --> 00:06:58,750 Need for speed most wanted like I think 181 00:06:58,750 --> 00:06:59,333 it's kind of like a 182 00:06:59,333 --> 00:07:00,541 remake off of need for speed 183 00:07:01,125 --> 00:07:02,541 3 or just like the 184 00:07:02,541 --> 00:07:03,500 need for speed most wanted 185 00:07:04,208 --> 00:07:06,083 Yeah, that probably it's 186 00:07:06,083 --> 00:07:08,291 I think pretty fun. He had 187 00:07:08,750 --> 00:07:10,833 Cops in it if I remember correctly cuz I 188 00:07:10,833 --> 00:07:12,041 remember getting yes over when I was a 189 00:07:12,041 --> 00:07:14,708 kid and I think most wanted was was also 190 00:07:14,708 --> 00:07:15,916 like cop based 191 00:07:17,875 --> 00:07:19,833 Yes, yeah, yes 192 00:07:20,291 --> 00:07:22,791 Like some of them are really fun. Some of 193 00:07:22,791 --> 00:07:23,750 the need for speeds are just in 194 00:07:24,625 --> 00:07:27,125 Yeah, Oh also dude links is officially 195 00:07:27,125 --> 00:07:28,916 open source now source codes available 196 00:07:29,666 --> 00:07:31,500 Which I'm really happy about you can go 197 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:33,375 get it. You can download it. There's a 198 00:07:33,375 --> 00:07:35,666 demo available of for doodlings 199 00:07:35,666 --> 00:07:36,791 You can download that 200 00:07:36,791 --> 00:07:37,958 as well. It's on steam 201 00:07:39,500 --> 00:07:41,250 But yeah, I 202 00:07:41,375 --> 00:07:42,708 James I don't know about you, but I'm 203 00:07:42,708 --> 00:07:44,416 interested in knowing what the audience 204 00:07:44,416 --> 00:07:45,333 has been playing this week 205 00:07:45,375 --> 00:07:49,833 If you guys sound off in the comments on 206 00:07:49,833 --> 00:07:51,708 YouTube, you can also leave us a comment 207 00:07:51,708 --> 00:07:53,083 You can engage with the show on the 208 00:07:53,083 --> 00:07:56,166 fetaverse at off the console show at 209 00:07:56,708 --> 00:07:58,875 Podcast subscribe to dot me that's a 210 00:07:58,875 --> 00:08:00,750 mouthful. We should probably fix that at 211 00:08:00,750 --> 00:08:01,708 some point, but right 212 00:08:01,708 --> 00:08:02,625 now that's how you can 213 00:08:02,916 --> 00:08:05,875 Talk to us you can also subscribe to us 214 00:08:05,875 --> 00:08:07,750 on YouTube and you can follow the RSS 215 00:08:07,750 --> 00:08:08,791 feeds that we have available 216 00:08:08,875 --> 00:08:11,041 There's you know, you can get the show on 217 00:08:12,083 --> 00:08:15,333 What Spotify Apple podcast and pretty 218 00:08:15,333 --> 00:08:16,166 much any other place that 219 00:08:16,166 --> 00:08:17,208 you would get podcasts to 220 00:08:18,166 --> 00:08:18,875 With that out of the way, 221 00:08:18,875 --> 00:08:20,583 let's get into the first topic 222 00:08:21,875 --> 00:08:22,583 Nintendo Direct 223 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,333 March 27th, Nintendo Direct 224 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:30,458 So I know we were talking off the show 225 00:08:30,458 --> 00:08:32,541 about neither of us are 226 00:08:32,541 --> 00:08:34,041 super into a lot of these games 227 00:08:35,166 --> 00:08:37,125 But like did anything stick out to you? 228 00:08:38,708 --> 00:08:38,916 A 229 00:08:39,166 --> 00:08:42,875 Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD remake maybe I do 230 00:08:42,875 --> 00:08:44,000 like Dragon Quest games 231 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,958 I just haven't played him in a long time 232 00:08:45,958 --> 00:08:49,666 and yeah, I I don't tend to play those 233 00:08:49,666 --> 00:08:51,083 types of games as much these days 234 00:08:51,083 --> 00:08:52,250 Unless it's a it has 235 00:08:52,250 --> 00:08:53,916 to be like a really big 236 00:08:56,250 --> 00:08:58,208 Really like has to be a 237 00:08:59,083 --> 00:09:00,875 Premium release of like an RPG or 238 00:09:00,875 --> 00:09:02,666 something like that because I just don't 239 00:09:02,666 --> 00:09:03,875 have the time and I'd 240 00:09:03,875 --> 00:09:04,666 rather put my time into like 241 00:09:04,708 --> 00:09:06,708 Horror horror games and stuff like Silent 242 00:09:06,708 --> 00:09:08,500 Hill 2 remake. I just got it. I'm gonna 243 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:10,500 be playing that soon. I 244 00:09:10,916 --> 00:09:13,833 Like a little bit shorter games or very 245 00:09:13,833 --> 00:09:14,875 specific types of games 246 00:09:14,875 --> 00:09:15,958 And so even though I 247 00:09:15,958 --> 00:09:17,875 like all sorts of games 248 00:09:17,875 --> 00:09:19,750 I have to limit my my list down and 249 00:09:19,750 --> 00:09:20,250 that's the only 250 00:09:20,250 --> 00:09:21,333 problem with Nintendo Direct 251 00:09:21,333 --> 00:09:23,291 Is that a lot of these games are just not 252 00:09:23,291 --> 00:09:25,041 games. I'm as interested in 253 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:27,041 Albeit, I'd love to play some of them. I 254 00:09:27,041 --> 00:09:28,500 just don't have the time. But yeah, 255 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:29,125 that's definitely one 256 00:09:29,125 --> 00:09:30,041 that popped out to me 257 00:09:30,416 --> 00:09:32,666 Yeah, I like how this looks. 258 00:09:32,666 --> 00:09:34,125 Yeah, it looks kind of cool 259 00:09:34,166 --> 00:09:36,791 It the the name of it the the actual full 260 00:09:36,791 --> 00:09:37,958 name is Dragon Quest 261 00:09:37,958 --> 00:09:40,500 1 plus 2 HD 2d remake 262 00:09:40,500 --> 00:09:42,375 Is that right? Am I reading that 263 00:09:42,375 --> 00:09:43,291 correctly? I think 264 00:09:43,291 --> 00:09:45,833 which I think is hilarious 265 00:09:45,833 --> 00:09:47,958 But it's it's kind of got some cool 266 00:09:47,958 --> 00:09:49,625 It's got a nice aesthetic like the 267 00:09:49,625 --> 00:09:52,125 sprites are 2d and it's almost like Paper 268 00:09:52,125 --> 00:09:54,458 Mario sprites in a 3d world, right? 269 00:09:54,916 --> 00:09:55,500 which I think 270 00:09:56,333 --> 00:09:59,125 Looks pretty neat. I haven't I don't 271 00:09:59,125 --> 00:09:59,916 think I've ever played a 272 00:09:59,916 --> 00:10:01,416 Dragon Quest game, honestly 273 00:10:02,541 --> 00:10:05,416 But I do think this looks pretty cool 274 00:10:05,958 --> 00:10:07,333 I'm gonna I'm gonna scroll past a lot of 275 00:10:07,333 --> 00:10:08,875 these titles here and 276 00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:10,166 I know that people are gonna 277 00:10:10,166 --> 00:10:11,333 shout at me in the comments 278 00:10:11,375 --> 00:10:13,916 But like the only the only ones that 279 00:10:13,916 --> 00:10:15,083 really stuck out to me 280 00:10:15,083 --> 00:10:17,083 pat upon one and two replay 281 00:10:18,166 --> 00:10:19,416 Do you know why this is 282 00:10:19,416 --> 00:10:21,583 super freaking interesting? 283 00:10:22,083 --> 00:10:24,041 James, I don't know 284 00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:26,416 This is a Sony game 285 00:10:29,625 --> 00:10:30,416 This is Sony 286 00:10:31,708 --> 00:10:33,708 So Sony's going around a Microsoft 287 00:10:33,708 --> 00:10:35,208 everything's a PlayStation 288 00:10:36,541 --> 00:10:39,666 Yeah, I guess I mean the thing is like I 289 00:10:39,666 --> 00:10:41,666 believe they partnered with Namco Bandai 290 00:10:41,666 --> 00:10:44,083 on this and they they licensed 291 00:10:45,375 --> 00:10:48,208 Pat upon which was a PSP exclusive 292 00:10:48,958 --> 00:10:50,583 and 293 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:53,791 Yeah, yeah, and they licensed this here 294 00:10:53,791 --> 00:10:55,333 and now it's coming to switch 295 00:10:55,333 --> 00:10:57,750 which hey, that's kind of neat 296 00:10:57,791 --> 00:11:00,791 I I play I would buy this on PC Pat upon 297 00:11:00,791 --> 00:11:02,291 was a super fun rhythm game 298 00:11:02,291 --> 00:11:04,125 that I played all the time on my 299 00:11:04,708 --> 00:11:06,458 My PlayStation my PSP 300 00:11:07,416 --> 00:11:09,833 This bad boy right here. In fact, I love 301 00:11:09,833 --> 00:11:12,458 I love the PSP play all the time 302 00:11:12,458 --> 00:11:15,750 And I think that's pretty cool so 303 00:11:16,291 --> 00:11:19,750 Maybe maybe Sony's trying to like get in 304 00:11:19,750 --> 00:11:22,583 there and because honestly the like the 305 00:11:22,583 --> 00:11:23,916 switch is not really a 306 00:11:23,916 --> 00:11:24,916 competitor to the PlayStation 307 00:11:25,416 --> 00:11:27,208 right like they're 308 00:11:27,583 --> 00:11:30,375 Most people who have Playstations have 309 00:11:30,375 --> 00:11:34,875 switches. I would imagine anyway, I 310 00:11:34,875 --> 00:11:37,083 Buy stuff like for me. I buy stuff based 311 00:11:37,083 --> 00:11:38,125 on what games they have 312 00:11:38,125 --> 00:11:40,041 So now PlayStation I have all the 313 00:11:40,041 --> 00:11:41,625 playstations for the most part because 314 00:11:41,625 --> 00:11:44,250 they have series that I really like 315 00:11:45,083 --> 00:11:48,000 Same thing with Nintendo devices. Yep 316 00:11:49,083 --> 00:11:51,458 Yeah, and if I if I get a switch I'm 317 00:11:51,458 --> 00:11:52,625 gonna get mine second-hand 318 00:11:52,625 --> 00:11:53,875 because then I'm not gonna be 319 00:11:54,666 --> 00:11:55,541 supporting Nintendo 320 00:11:57,750 --> 00:11:59,791 But yeah, I don't know. I I think this is 321 00:11:59,791 --> 00:12:03,083 pretty neat. The other thing is 322 00:12:03,416 --> 00:12:04,791 Metroid Prime 4 Beyond 323 00:12:05,958 --> 00:12:07,708 I'm a huge Metroid fan 324 00:12:08,250 --> 00:12:10,625 I've been playing Metroid games for as 325 00:12:10,625 --> 00:12:12,916 long as I can remember in fact and 326 00:12:13,333 --> 00:12:15,875 Metroid Prime 4 Beyond looks pretty neat 327 00:12:16,666 --> 00:12:17,500 and 328 00:12:18,083 --> 00:12:20,125 I'm not really a story guy when it comes 329 00:12:20,125 --> 00:12:20,916 to video games. I don't 330 00:12:20,916 --> 00:12:22,666 really care that much about story 331 00:12:23,041 --> 00:12:24,916 but 332 00:12:24,916 --> 00:12:27,125 It but Metroid games 333 00:12:27,125 --> 00:12:29,250 I actually really kind of enjoyed the 334 00:12:29,250 --> 00:12:32,000 simple story that goes on in the you know 335 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,666 on the side when you're playing 336 00:12:35,083 --> 00:12:37,083 But one thing at the end of this trailer, 337 00:12:37,083 --> 00:12:38,916 which I don't think is gonna play for me 338 00:12:38,916 --> 00:12:40,416 because IGN videos never play 339 00:12:40,416 --> 00:12:44,000 At the very end of the trailer 340 00:12:44,875 --> 00:12:46,666 There's like an alien speaking 341 00:12:47,250 --> 00:12:50,333 In an alien language and he refers to 342 00:12:50,333 --> 00:12:51,750 Samus as the chosen one 343 00:12:53,625 --> 00:12:55,333 And it's like can we not do that? 344 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,916 Like how many how many sci-fi games have 345 00:12:58,916 --> 00:13:00,416 to have a chosen one or sci-fi 346 00:13:00,416 --> 00:13:03,416 franchises, you know, I 347 00:13:03,416 --> 00:13:05,583 Think pretty much say how many games do 348 00:13:05,583 --> 00:13:06,583 we have that have a chosen 349 00:13:06,583 --> 00:13:08,791 one? Yeah, that's a pretty big 350 00:13:09,166 --> 00:13:10,666 one for fantasy 351 00:13:11,416 --> 00:13:14,208 Yeah, I don't know. Yeah 352 00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:17,666 What do you what do you think the story's 353 00:13:17,666 --> 00:13:19,625 been going on for so long that yeah, 354 00:13:19,625 --> 00:13:20,750 unfortunately you have to 355 00:13:20,750 --> 00:13:22,083 hand it off to additional 356 00:13:23,583 --> 00:13:26,375 Writers and and yeah, it 357 00:13:26,375 --> 00:13:27,625 always runs the risk of 358 00:13:28,666 --> 00:13:30,791 Really going a different direction than 359 00:13:30,791 --> 00:13:32,208 maybe what the original writers wanted 360 00:13:32,291 --> 00:13:34,375 I don't know if the original writers are 361 00:13:34,375 --> 00:13:36,708 still on it, but I'm assuming not I don't 362 00:13:36,708 --> 00:13:39,291 believe so and it's evolved so much over 363 00:13:39,291 --> 00:13:41,375 how long is I 364 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:43,458 Mean is this like a 30 plus year 365 00:13:43,458 --> 00:13:45,583 franchise? I believe the 366 00:13:45,583 --> 00:13:47,208 first Metroid came out in 88 367 00:13:48,166 --> 00:13:49,958 So 368 00:13:49,958 --> 00:13:53,041 We're coming up to what 40 40. We're 369 00:13:53,041 --> 00:13:53,583 heading towards 370 00:13:53,583 --> 00:13:56,041 heading towards it 86 my dude 371 00:13:56,041 --> 00:13:57,458 It's almost 40 years old. 372 00:13:57,458 --> 00:13:59,916 It is the same age as me 373 00:14:00,666 --> 00:14:00,958 Wow 374 00:14:01,500 --> 00:14:04,166 Yeah, I I was born in 88 375 00:14:04,916 --> 00:14:06,375 So I ain't much 376 00:14:06,375 --> 00:14:08,416 younger than you. Yeah and 377 00:14:08,916 --> 00:14:11,625 Wowsers, I'll tell you what I like I 378 00:14:11,625 --> 00:14:12,916 said, I've been playing Metroid for as 379 00:14:12,916 --> 00:14:14,208 long as I can remember like 380 00:14:14,208 --> 00:14:21,375 Super Metroid specifically was my first I 381 00:14:21,375 --> 00:14:22,708 Played it, but I 382 00:14:22,708 --> 00:14:23,625 played it for the gameplay 383 00:14:23,625 --> 00:14:26,250 I don't remember that any story whenever 384 00:14:26,250 --> 00:14:29,041 it was very little the story in Metroid a 385 00:14:29,041 --> 00:14:31,625 super Metroid was super atmospheric like 386 00:14:32,583 --> 00:14:33,916 Like the I don't know if 387 00:14:33,916 --> 00:14:35,333 you remember like the intro 388 00:14:37,291 --> 00:14:39,208 Like before you even start the game 389 00:14:39,625 --> 00:14:42,291 Like it's like this mode 7 like it's 390 00:14:42,291 --> 00:14:44,083 zooming in and stuff when I was a kid 391 00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:45,083 I didn't know what 392 00:14:45,083 --> 00:14:46,333 the hell it was going on 393 00:14:46,333 --> 00:14:48,458 But like there are dead there's like dead 394 00:14:48,458 --> 00:14:50,500 scientists on the ground right there like 395 00:14:50,500 --> 00:14:52,708 they're dead people laying on the ground 396 00:14:52,708 --> 00:14:53,958 And and then there's 397 00:14:53,958 --> 00:14:55,416 like a Metroid with a broken 398 00:14:57,666 --> 00:14:58,208 Containment 399 00:14:59,583 --> 00:15:01,458 That or something, you know, and it's 400 00:15:01,458 --> 00:15:04,333 like you when I look at it now, I'm like, 401 00:15:04,333 --> 00:15:06,666 whoa, dude. This atmosphere is like 402 00:15:07,500 --> 00:15:10,625 Super dense and really great. The only 403 00:15:10,625 --> 00:15:12,291 the only real story beats 404 00:15:12,291 --> 00:15:14,708 that I remember is when it's like 405 00:15:15,416 --> 00:15:17,083 The last Metroid is 406 00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:19,041 in captivity the galaxy 407 00:15:19,041 --> 00:15:21,375 That's right is at peace right and then 408 00:15:21,375 --> 00:15:23,041 it has like text on the screen 409 00:15:23,041 --> 00:15:24,625 was Sam is giving an intro log 410 00:15:24,625 --> 00:15:26,541 And I believe there's a little bit of a 411 00:15:26,541 --> 00:15:28,125 thing at the end too, and that's it 412 00:15:28,916 --> 00:15:30,291 Everything else is done environmentally 413 00:15:30,291 --> 00:15:31,583 and I love that though. 414 00:15:31,583 --> 00:15:33,208 That's the kind of game 415 00:15:33,708 --> 00:15:35,625 Storytelling that I want, you know 416 00:15:36,625 --> 00:15:38,416 Half-life does similar stuff. They have 417 00:15:38,416 --> 00:15:40,416 some narrative. Yeah, but it's it's not 418 00:15:41,416 --> 00:15:42,833 you know, I think it's 419 00:15:42,833 --> 00:15:44,000 similar in some ways, but 420 00:15:45,166 --> 00:15:47,000 Yeah, no, I remember the game being like 421 00:15:47,916 --> 00:15:49,791 Just real atmospheric is I think the 422 00:15:49,791 --> 00:15:50,541 correct word like for 423 00:15:50,541 --> 00:15:52,333 what it was and what it is 424 00:15:52,333 --> 00:15:54,833 Like I it's it's very like 425 00:15:56,083 --> 00:15:56,625 Definitely 426 00:15:59,458 --> 00:16:01,416 Just primo, yeah 427 00:16:01,458 --> 00:16:06,541 Yep, yeah, that's the thing I like about 428 00:16:07,791 --> 00:16:09,458 Video game storytelling is you get to 429 00:16:09,458 --> 00:16:12,125 experience the story at your own pace and 430 00:16:12,125 --> 00:16:13,250 it really bothers me when 431 00:16:13,250 --> 00:16:14,666 the game like rips control 432 00:16:14,666 --> 00:16:17,750 Away from you to tell you a story. It's 433 00:16:17,750 --> 00:16:18,625 like no, I don't want to 434 00:16:18,625 --> 00:16:19,666 if I wanted to watch a movie 435 00:16:19,666 --> 00:16:22,875 I put a put a blu-ray on you know, like 436 00:16:23,791 --> 00:16:26,125 I don't mind it depends 437 00:16:26,125 --> 00:16:27,708 at all depends on the game 438 00:16:27,708 --> 00:16:28,333 Yeah, if I'm expecting it in the game fine 439 00:16:28,416 --> 00:16:31,208 If I'm expecting it in the game fine if 440 00:16:31,208 --> 00:16:32,583 the franchise changes how 441 00:16:32,583 --> 00:16:33,583 they do it gets annoying 442 00:16:33,750 --> 00:16:35,458 Yeah, like honestly if they did that in 443 00:16:35,458 --> 00:16:36,333 half-life, I think I'd be 444 00:16:36,333 --> 00:16:38,458 very annoyed me too. Absolutely 445 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,416 so I 446 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,583 Know what to expect if as long as I know 447 00:16:42,583 --> 00:16:45,333 what to expect with my game and they 448 00:16:45,333 --> 00:16:46,250 don't change it too much 449 00:16:46,333 --> 00:16:48,250 Throughout the years that I'm fine with 450 00:16:48,250 --> 00:16:49,958 that like if I'm playing an uncharted 451 00:16:49,958 --> 00:16:53,333 game. I expect it's gonna be very story 452 00:16:54,291 --> 00:16:56,291 Driven very heavy. Yep 453 00:16:56,916 --> 00:16:57,416 So 454 00:16:58,625 --> 00:17:01,041 This is interesting. I I guess I missed 455 00:17:01,041 --> 00:17:02,291 this when I looked through Monument 456 00:17:02,291 --> 00:17:03,208 Valley one two and 457 00:17:03,208 --> 00:17:04,666 three is coming to oh, yeah 458 00:17:05,291 --> 00:17:07,208 That's kind of neat. I'm I 459 00:17:07,833 --> 00:17:09,958 Like of all the games I've played on 460 00:17:09,958 --> 00:17:11,041 Android, which isn't many 461 00:17:11,041 --> 00:17:12,750 Monument Valley is like the best 462 00:17:13,833 --> 00:17:16,041 Is a good one. It's on 463 00:17:17,041 --> 00:17:20,166 Let's see, it's on Android iOS and 464 00:17:22,416 --> 00:17:22,875 Netflix 465 00:17:24,458 --> 00:17:26,333 Yeah, it's on Netflix 466 00:17:27,458 --> 00:17:30,000 That's interesting. Is that pretty sure 467 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,541 it's on Netflix. Is that why YouTube 468 00:17:31,541 --> 00:17:32,750 rolled out like those? 469 00:17:33,250 --> 00:17:35,666 cut the rope games on YouTube because 470 00:17:35,666 --> 00:17:36,833 Netflix has games on 471 00:17:36,833 --> 00:17:39,875 it now, I'm sure it is I 472 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,875 You know if people enjoy that go for I 473 00:17:44,458 --> 00:17:45,750 Don't play those types of 474 00:17:45,750 --> 00:17:46,875 games if I'm gonna play a game 475 00:17:46,875 --> 00:17:48,541 I want to download it and not have it be 476 00:17:48,541 --> 00:17:49,666 integrated with my videos 477 00:17:50,666 --> 00:17:53,416 Yeah, if I'm on YouTube or from Netflix, 478 00:17:53,416 --> 00:17:55,375 I'm watching stuff. I don't want to play 479 00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:58,916 now that being said I 480 00:17:59,208 --> 00:18:00,666 Don't mind it being like if people are 481 00:18:00,666 --> 00:18:01,916 enjoying it go for it 482 00:18:03,375 --> 00:18:04,208 It's just don't you know if 483 00:18:04,208 --> 00:18:05,958 it fails don't get mad at me 484 00:18:08,791 --> 00:18:09,625 Which I feel like is more 485 00:18:09,625 --> 00:18:10,875 and more the answer to every 486 00:18:11,833 --> 00:18:14,250 C-level execs like well is the it's the 487 00:18:15,208 --> 00:18:18,041 Consumers fault it's full even in the get 488 00:18:18,041 --> 00:18:19,958 like in the game industry to like they 489 00:18:19,958 --> 00:18:20,708 should have liked it 490 00:18:20,708 --> 00:18:21,666 It's like no, you should 491 00:18:21,666 --> 00:18:22,541 have made something better 492 00:18:24,333 --> 00:18:27,625 Or just top lame us that they call that 493 00:18:27,625 --> 00:18:29,625 victim blaming. Yeah 494 00:18:31,750 --> 00:18:33,791 Though though I think the one last thing 495 00:18:33,791 --> 00:18:34,583 I want to talk about 496 00:18:34,708 --> 00:18:36,791 With the Nintendo Direct is the virtual 497 00:18:36,791 --> 00:18:38,333 game cards thing. Have 498 00:18:38,333 --> 00:18:39,916 you heard about this? No 499 00:18:40,500 --> 00:18:43,875 So essentially now what you can do is any 500 00:18:43,875 --> 00:18:46,458 game that you have installed on like like 501 00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:47,916 as a as a downloadable game 502 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,416 you can eject from your steam from your 503 00:18:51,416 --> 00:18:54,041 from your switch and then you can log 504 00:18:54,041 --> 00:18:55,833 into another switch and 505 00:18:56,541 --> 00:18:59,833 Insert that cartridge that's a cartridge 506 00:18:59,833 --> 00:19:03,125 or is it as it's virtual. It's not 507 00:19:03,125 --> 00:19:04,458 there's not actually a cartridge 508 00:19:04,916 --> 00:19:06,250 But how do you inject it 509 00:19:06,250 --> 00:19:07,875 just by like you download it? Oh 510 00:19:08,916 --> 00:19:12,208 Yeah, you can't lend it to other family 511 00:19:12,208 --> 00:19:14,750 members, too. So like I 512 00:19:14,750 --> 00:19:16,500 Love the concept. I'd like it even more 513 00:19:16,500 --> 00:19:18,541 if I could actually like download a game 514 00:19:18,541 --> 00:19:20,750 and then they sell like either 515 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,083 Cartridges that I could write to or just 516 00:19:23,083 --> 00:19:25,416 SD card that I'd be like the perfect set 517 00:19:25,416 --> 00:19:28,541 up that it's very unique if Nintendo like 518 00:19:28,791 --> 00:19:31,500 Did like if Nintendo create came out with 519 00:19:31,500 --> 00:19:33,416 like their their own Meg cartridge? 520 00:19:34,458 --> 00:19:36,125 You know where you could load 521 00:19:36,500 --> 00:19:38,250 Games that you downloaded onto it and 522 00:19:38,250 --> 00:19:39,958 pass that around that'd be cool 523 00:19:40,458 --> 00:19:42,791 This is all done digitally. There's no 524 00:19:42,791 --> 00:19:45,291 physical physicality to it at all still 525 00:19:45,833 --> 00:19:47,541 Very cool that they're at least doing 526 00:19:47,541 --> 00:19:48,500 this. This is very 527 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:50,583 feels very consumer friendly 528 00:19:51,125 --> 00:19:54,208 Yeah, they're there are like some stupid 529 00:19:54,208 --> 00:19:55,708 like weird stipulations 530 00:19:55,708 --> 00:19:57,625 Like you can share it with your family 531 00:19:57,625 --> 00:20:00,166 members, but I believe you can only share 532 00:20:00,166 --> 00:20:01,791 it for like up to 14 days 533 00:20:02,833 --> 00:20:05,833 Which is just interesting valves doing 534 00:20:05,833 --> 00:20:09,500 this. Why can't you do it right you know? 535 00:20:10,166 --> 00:20:12,916 Valve does it in a way to where I think 536 00:20:12,916 --> 00:20:13,916 if the real login on the 537 00:20:13,916 --> 00:20:16,208 computer if you're sharing so 538 00:20:16,375 --> 00:20:18,416 Right unless they switched it 539 00:20:19,333 --> 00:20:22,708 Val, so now the way it works is you can 540 00:20:22,708 --> 00:20:24,583 share your games with 541 00:20:24,583 --> 00:20:25,875 anyone living in your household 542 00:20:26,458 --> 00:20:27,000 Yeah 543 00:20:27,541 --> 00:20:30,083 Like my brother lives here my girlfriend 544 00:20:30,083 --> 00:20:31,833 lives here, and the three of us are 545 00:20:31,833 --> 00:20:33,666 sharing all of our libraries 546 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:37,833 And I I haven't logged into well 547 00:20:37,833 --> 00:20:38,958 Maybe I did log into 548 00:20:38,958 --> 00:20:40,166 Emily's steam deck to do it 549 00:20:40,166 --> 00:20:41,333 But I don't think I logged into my 550 00:20:41,333 --> 00:20:43,041 brother's computer to do it hmm 551 00:20:43,208 --> 00:20:44,250 I'm I know that yeah 552 00:20:44,250 --> 00:20:46,541 It's just accounts like you just log in 553 00:20:46,541 --> 00:20:48,500 or you just share it with an account 554 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:50,208 Well, that's how it used to be and I just 555 00:20:50,208 --> 00:20:50,916 have I don't know if I've 556 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:52,625 set up the new way of doing it 557 00:20:52,666 --> 00:20:54,000 Or maybe I have and I just don't remember 558 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,625 but yeah the new way to do it 559 00:20:55,625 --> 00:20:57,333 It's still not just with it, but it is 560 00:20:57,333 --> 00:21:00,291 definitely I think pretty solid yeah the 561 00:21:00,291 --> 00:21:01,541 new way to do it is a lot better 562 00:21:01,750 --> 00:21:04,333 I know people complained about it when I 563 00:21:04,333 --> 00:21:05,750 was talking about on my channel because 564 00:21:05,916 --> 00:21:08,375 They used to be like oh my brother who 565 00:21:08,375 --> 00:21:10,041 you know my brother who 566 00:21:10,041 --> 00:21:12,041 lives like 40 states away 567 00:21:12,750 --> 00:21:13,833 Like I used to share 568 00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:14,916 my collection with him 569 00:21:15,125 --> 00:21:17,333 But but now we can't do it, and it's like 570 00:21:17,333 --> 00:21:18,958 dude. That's not what it was meant for 571 00:21:18,958 --> 00:21:20,250 like why are you you know? 572 00:21:20,708 --> 00:21:23,166 I don't know and then you could you'd be 573 00:21:23,166 --> 00:21:25,041 locked out of your entire library if your 574 00:21:25,041 --> 00:21:26,250 brother played one of your games 575 00:21:26,250 --> 00:21:28,583 You know I mean it's just a lot better. 576 00:21:28,583 --> 00:21:30,375 It's for families that live together like 577 00:21:30,375 --> 00:21:32,416 this. Yeah, probably more for like 578 00:21:32,916 --> 00:21:35,666 You know it's for you and your kids 20 579 00:21:35,750 --> 00:21:37,625 maybe in the 20s and stuff like that is 580 00:21:37,625 --> 00:21:39,125 kind of what it's meant for and I will 581 00:21:39,125 --> 00:21:42,875 say this right now like I 582 00:21:42,875 --> 00:21:44,666 Do think it's a little silly to get upset 583 00:21:44,666 --> 00:21:46,541 about this type of stuff because a 584 00:21:48,166 --> 00:21:49,166 Lot of games are so cheap 585 00:21:49,166 --> 00:21:50,708 just by the by the damn game 586 00:21:50,708 --> 00:21:52,750 I know it's maybe a privilege for me to 587 00:21:52,750 --> 00:21:55,291 say that or whatnot, but by the damn game 588 00:21:55,291 --> 00:21:58,000 support your the the developers we 589 00:21:58,541 --> 00:22:00,583 So many people have so many games on 590 00:22:00,583 --> 00:22:01,833 their account just play the games you 591 00:22:01,833 --> 00:22:02,750 already have I guess 592 00:22:03,041 --> 00:22:05,625 I don't know, but this is just a nice 593 00:22:05,625 --> 00:22:08,125 little icing on the cake for me. It is 594 00:22:08,125 --> 00:22:09,833 not something I use very often 595 00:22:10,458 --> 00:22:11,625 sometimes my 596 00:22:12,916 --> 00:22:15,958 My wife uses my like sometimes we'll buy 597 00:22:15,958 --> 00:22:17,333 a copy of an indie game 598 00:22:17,333 --> 00:22:17,916 or something like that 599 00:22:17,958 --> 00:22:21,000 And we'll share play in that but usually 600 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:22,166 it's annoying enough to 601 00:22:22,166 --> 00:22:24,208 because it at least in the past 602 00:22:24,208 --> 00:22:25,958 You know I couldn't play anything else on 603 00:22:25,958 --> 00:22:26,458 my account while 604 00:22:26,458 --> 00:22:27,416 she's playing so sometimes 605 00:22:27,416 --> 00:22:28,625 I'll just buy a copy for 606 00:22:28,625 --> 00:22:30,541 just depends on what it is right 607 00:22:31,791 --> 00:22:36,000 Yeah, yeah, I I don't know I I think this 608 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:36,708 virtual game card 609 00:22:36,708 --> 00:22:37,833 thing here is pretty neat 610 00:22:38,083 --> 00:22:39,750 I think it's cool. I like and like I 611 00:22:39,750 --> 00:22:41,166 think it's a pro consumer move 612 00:22:41,291 --> 00:22:43,291 Yeah, I like that and this works not only 613 00:22:43,291 --> 00:22:44,500 on the current switch 614 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:46,791 But it will work on switch to my is my 615 00:22:46,791 --> 00:22:47,625 understanding so 616 00:22:47,625 --> 00:22:49,166 that's that's pretty cool 617 00:22:50,125 --> 00:22:52,791 Okay, I'm down for that yeah 618 00:22:54,041 --> 00:22:56,750 Um all right, let's do is there anything 619 00:22:56,750 --> 00:22:57,416 else you want to talk about 620 00:22:57,416 --> 00:23:00,375 in this no no poor high tech 621 00:23:00,500 --> 00:23:02,291 This is probably his highlight 622 00:23:02,291 --> 00:23:03,708 I'm sure he would have loved talking 623 00:23:03,708 --> 00:23:04,666 about all these we would have 624 00:23:04,666 --> 00:23:05,708 talked if high tech was here 625 00:23:05,708 --> 00:23:06,875 We would have talked about every single 626 00:23:06,875 --> 00:23:08,708 one of these games, and I've never heard 627 00:23:08,708 --> 00:23:09,708 of like five of like 628 00:23:10,208 --> 00:23:11,625 So I would have learned a 629 00:23:11,625 --> 00:23:13,500 lot from this one yes me too 630 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,458 This is this is why I miss high tech when 631 00:23:16,458 --> 00:23:18,291 he's not here because I learned so much 632 00:23:20,208 --> 00:23:22,166 Alright alright, so I think the next 633 00:23:22,166 --> 00:23:24,791 story we should talk about is 634 00:23:25,583 --> 00:23:27,208 Ubisoft is 635 00:23:27,250 --> 00:23:28,666 Spinning off assassins 636 00:23:28,666 --> 00:23:30,500 Creed and a couple other 637 00:23:31,083 --> 00:23:32,583 studios or 638 00:23:33,500 --> 00:23:35,958 Franchises I should say into its own 639 00:23:36,791 --> 00:23:39,166 Business unit, and it's getting a cash 640 00:23:39,166 --> 00:23:40,750 infusion from Tencent 641 00:23:40,750 --> 00:23:42,041 have you heard about this? 642 00:23:43,833 --> 00:23:45,416 No, I've only read the article 643 00:23:45,916 --> 00:23:47,375 Okay, somewhat and so 644 00:23:48,125 --> 00:23:49,833 It's interesting. It's interesting choice 645 00:23:49,833 --> 00:23:51,875 so three of their biggest franchises 646 00:23:51,875 --> 00:23:53,208 assassins Creed Far 647 00:23:53,208 --> 00:23:56,166 Cry and Rainbow six are 648 00:23:56,750 --> 00:23:58,041 Becoming their own 649 00:23:58,666 --> 00:24:01,250 subsidiary of Ubisoft and 650 00:24:01,250 --> 00:24:03,208 according to this Yahoo Finance article 651 00:24:04,291 --> 00:24:06,708 It it's valued at four 652 00:24:06,708 --> 00:24:08,833 billion dollars, which 653 00:24:09,833 --> 00:24:12,416 Really four billion for those three 654 00:24:12,416 --> 00:24:14,791 franchises honestly. I thought it would 655 00:24:14,791 --> 00:24:16,291 be more because those are 656 00:24:16,750 --> 00:24:18,208 may get franchises 657 00:24:18,916 --> 00:24:21,250 With how many assassins creeds there are 658 00:24:21,250 --> 00:24:22,333 how many fire cries 659 00:24:22,333 --> 00:24:24,041 there are and Tom Clancy's? 660 00:24:24,041 --> 00:24:25,958 Well, it's Tom Clancy rainbow six, but 661 00:24:25,958 --> 00:24:26,875 like if it was all 662 00:24:26,875 --> 00:24:28,416 the Tom Clancy's mm-hmm 663 00:24:28,541 --> 00:24:30,833 That's a lot if it yeah if 664 00:24:30,833 --> 00:24:31,791 they're moving the IPs over there 665 00:24:31,791 --> 00:24:33,833 and it sounds like Ubisoft is gonna 666 00:24:33,833 --> 00:24:34,791 become more more of a 667 00:24:34,791 --> 00:24:36,375 holding company or like 668 00:24:36,916 --> 00:24:39,250 They're gonna become more like Tencent is 669 00:24:39,250 --> 00:24:40,750 what I it's what this is a kind of look 670 00:24:40,750 --> 00:24:41,750 at and this is a say 671 00:24:41,750 --> 00:24:43,625 Probably to save their asses because 672 00:24:43,625 --> 00:24:47,291 yeah, they've made so many mistakes. I 673 00:24:47,291 --> 00:24:49,375 could see I 674 00:24:49,375 --> 00:24:51,416 Could see the Ubisoft starting to go the 675 00:24:51,416 --> 00:24:52,583 route of becoming like more 676 00:24:52,583 --> 00:24:54,000 of a holdings company, which 677 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Just let Ubisoft die in my opinion 678 00:24:58,041 --> 00:25:00,375 I mean, what do they have like they have 679 00:25:00,375 --> 00:25:01,750 I mean they have those three games 680 00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:03,208 But if they were spitting those off into 681 00:25:03,208 --> 00:25:05,375 its own thing, then what do they have 682 00:25:05,375 --> 00:25:06,458 left like Splinter Cell? 683 00:25:07,250 --> 00:25:09,416 This they have stuff. They actually have 684 00:25:09,416 --> 00:25:11,125 quite a bit of IPs that they don't do 685 00:25:11,125 --> 00:25:12,416 anything like Rayman 686 00:25:12,416 --> 00:25:13,875 They if they make another rhythm 687 00:25:14,875 --> 00:25:17,666 Man those are fun. Yeah, like those are 688 00:25:17,666 --> 00:25:19,708 really fun. Those are the type of like I 689 00:25:19,708 --> 00:25:22,083 loved Rayman is a legends 690 00:25:22,291 --> 00:25:24,750 Yeah, love it. That was really good. That 691 00:25:24,750 --> 00:25:25,958 was like one of the only good 692 00:25:26,541 --> 00:25:27,958 You saw if games are played in the last 693 00:25:27,958 --> 00:25:29,875 decade, you know, oh, you know, what else 694 00:25:29,875 --> 00:25:31,708 was really good was was it grow? 695 00:25:33,166 --> 00:25:34,125 or grow home 696 00:25:34,791 --> 00:25:35,666 grow, um 697 00:25:35,666 --> 00:25:38,041 It was like you were a red robot and you 698 00:25:38,041 --> 00:25:39,458 it was like an indie style 699 00:25:39,458 --> 00:25:41,083 game and you climbed a beanstalk 700 00:25:41,083 --> 00:25:43,416 That was so much fun. I haven't played 701 00:25:43,416 --> 00:25:44,458 it, but I've seen it and 702 00:25:44,458 --> 00:25:46,250 it does look fun far cries 703 00:25:46,250 --> 00:25:48,166 I love the far cry series, but they just 704 00:25:48,166 --> 00:25:50,500 released him in such a weird way that 705 00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:51,333 there's like two of them 706 00:25:51,375 --> 00:25:54,125 I haven't played and I don't know 707 00:25:54,541 --> 00:25:57,416 It I played the first far cry at my 708 00:25:57,416 --> 00:26:00,666 cousin's house on PC and that was not a 709 00:26:00,666 --> 00:26:02,541 Ubisoft game at the time that was 710 00:26:03,291 --> 00:26:05,500 That was cry cry tech, right? 711 00:26:06,250 --> 00:26:08,000 maybe it was published by Ubisoft, but 712 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,541 like Ubisoft ended up 713 00:26:09,541 --> 00:26:12,416 buying far cry from cry tech and 714 00:26:12,666 --> 00:26:15,000 Interesting. So and I played that and I 715 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,666 remember being like being graphics will 716 00:26:16,666 --> 00:26:18,000 never get better than this 717 00:26:18,916 --> 00:26:22,708 Agreed like water ice the amount of time 718 00:26:22,708 --> 00:26:24,541 I spent optimizing my computer 719 00:26:24,541 --> 00:26:25,958 overclocking and everything 720 00:26:26,583 --> 00:26:29,500 Mm-hmm to get far cry to look just better 721 00:26:30,125 --> 00:26:30,708 was 722 00:26:31,625 --> 00:26:33,541 stupid I 723 00:26:33,541 --> 00:26:33,916 remember 724 00:26:34,625 --> 00:26:37,000 Crawling through the grass like I was 725 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,416 prone in the grass with my gun and I 726 00:26:39,416 --> 00:26:41,791 could see the individual blades of grass 727 00:26:42,375 --> 00:26:45,166 Casting shadows on the gun and I was like 728 00:26:45,833 --> 00:26:49,250 What dude that's incredible and it was it 729 00:26:49,250 --> 00:26:51,000 was so much fun and then I 730 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,750 never played another one I 731 00:26:55,125 --> 00:26:56,958 Think I played them on the console they 732 00:26:56,958 --> 00:26:58,666 were okay like because I worked at 733 00:26:58,666 --> 00:26:59,708 GameStop at the time 734 00:26:59,708 --> 00:27:01,250 And so they came out for the consoles 735 00:27:01,250 --> 00:27:03,000 like I think was far cry 2 & 3 736 00:27:03,125 --> 00:27:05,750 No, no, they were it was far cry. It was 737 00:27:05,750 --> 00:27:06,500 like it wasn't even far 738 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:08,875 cry 2 & 3 it was I don't know 739 00:27:09,333 --> 00:27:12,125 I've played half the games if it's 740 00:27:12,125 --> 00:27:13,916 interesting enough. I will play it like 741 00:27:13,916 --> 00:27:15,833 the doomsday one was interesting 742 00:27:18,458 --> 00:27:22,416 Was a far cry 5 I think is what it is 743 00:27:22,750 --> 00:27:24,791 It's the one where like there's a cult 744 00:27:24,791 --> 00:27:27,916 leader and your wonder is it's pretty 745 00:27:27,916 --> 00:27:29,541 good. I actually like that one 746 00:27:30,125 --> 00:27:31,916 But it became more of like 747 00:27:32,291 --> 00:27:34,333 Situation like far cry 3 is really good 748 00:27:34,333 --> 00:27:35,500 one. Actually. I definitely 749 00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:36,416 recommend playing that one 750 00:27:36,958 --> 00:27:39,416 but it's like the Assassin's Creed series 751 00:27:39,416 --> 00:27:41,125 like fun, they pumped them 752 00:27:41,125 --> 00:27:43,291 out too much and they weren't 753 00:27:44,625 --> 00:27:47,125 The gameplay just was too similar between 754 00:27:47,125 --> 00:27:49,666 each one and the story just was good 755 00:27:49,875 --> 00:27:51,416 Usually that's the type of games. I love 756 00:27:51,416 --> 00:27:52,541 to play. I just didn't get 757 00:27:52,541 --> 00:27:53,916 into them until black flag 758 00:27:53,916 --> 00:27:54,791 and then I just that's 759 00:27:54,791 --> 00:27:56,250 the only one I've beaten but 760 00:27:57,750 --> 00:27:58,333 this is 761 00:27:58,833 --> 00:28:00,750 Definitely an interesting direction for 762 00:28:00,750 --> 00:28:02,833 them to take and I really do think it's 763 00:28:02,833 --> 00:28:04,125 because they want to save their asses 764 00:28:04,291 --> 00:28:07,416 Like I said, like I think we've seen it 765 00:28:07,416 --> 00:28:09,250 like they're failing more and more 766 00:28:09,750 --> 00:28:12,791 And in order to like save the least the 767 00:28:12,791 --> 00:28:15,000 sea level execs there like we're gonna 768 00:28:16,333 --> 00:28:17,166 Set up this new 769 00:28:18,875 --> 00:28:20,791 Subsidiary and then they're gonna I think 770 00:28:20,791 --> 00:28:22,416 they're gonna start probably either maybe 771 00:28:22,416 --> 00:28:23,708 setting up multiple subsidiaries 772 00:28:24,916 --> 00:28:26,875 And then you just become more of a 773 00:28:26,875 --> 00:28:28,291 holdings company like Tencent and then 774 00:28:28,291 --> 00:28:28,916 just work with other 775 00:28:28,916 --> 00:28:29,958 companies to save themselves 776 00:28:29,958 --> 00:28:32,666 I can see that it's kind of like how the 777 00:28:32,666 --> 00:28:33,833 game industry is going right now 778 00:28:34,750 --> 00:28:35,041 which 779 00:28:36,541 --> 00:28:38,666 Could end up being good short-term for 780 00:28:38,666 --> 00:28:40,750 these companies to be a subsidiary it 781 00:28:40,750 --> 00:28:42,208 could really actually help 782 00:28:42,541 --> 00:28:43,833 It's has to create far cry 783 00:28:43,833 --> 00:28:45,791 to Tom Clancy rainbow six have 784 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,375 Being a focus of that company that are 785 00:28:48,375 --> 00:28:48,916 gonna be part of 786 00:28:48,916 --> 00:28:50,125 instead of a huge conglomerate 787 00:28:50,666 --> 00:28:51,916 Could help them 788 00:28:52,625 --> 00:28:54,875 But it could all it will most likely be a 789 00:28:54,875 --> 00:28:56,250 double double-edged sword with these 790 00:28:56,250 --> 00:28:57,000 types of holding companies 791 00:28:57,125 --> 00:28:59,875 Eventually it will they will get sold off 792 00:28:59,875 --> 00:29:02,375 or pieced apart. We'll see I don't I 793 00:29:02,375 --> 00:29:04,041 don't have a lot of hope and stuff 794 00:29:04,041 --> 00:29:06,541 Like this right now. No, I mean, I don't 795 00:29:06,541 --> 00:29:08,083 have any I didn't have any hope anyway 796 00:29:09,125 --> 00:29:11,416 But like I mean cuz Tencent already owned 797 00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:14,250 like 10% of Ubisoft, right? Yeah, but now 798 00:29:14,250 --> 00:29:15,375 they're going to acquire 799 00:29:15,375 --> 00:29:17,791 25% stake in 800 00:29:17,958 --> 00:29:21,708 This new entity here. Yeah, so that's 801 00:29:21,708 --> 00:29:24,208 like whoa this article says it's one 802 00:29:24,208 --> 00:29:27,000 point one six billion euro 803 00:29:28,208 --> 00:29:31,208 to acquire 25% of this 804 00:29:31,208 --> 00:29:33,541 company, which is just bonkers and 805 00:29:34,541 --> 00:29:35,083 I 806 00:29:36,250 --> 00:29:37,041 Mean that means like 807 00:29:37,041 --> 00:29:38,791 Tencent is like involved in 808 00:29:40,375 --> 00:29:42,458 So many like different 809 00:29:42,458 --> 00:29:44,875 publishers right like Tencent 810 00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:47,875 There it's interesting because Tencent. 811 00:29:47,875 --> 00:29:49,916 I'm sure they have a little bit of a say, 812 00:29:49,916 --> 00:29:51,416 but I don't know if they directly 813 00:29:51,833 --> 00:29:53,416 influence too much 814 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,166 But they own a 815 00:29:58,166 --> 00:29:59,833 Big chunk of probably most 816 00:30:00,916 --> 00:30:02,166 Okay 817 00:30:02,708 --> 00:30:04,250 At least well, I shouldn't say a big 818 00:30:04,250 --> 00:30:07,375 chunk like as a whole games, but like 819 00:30:07,375 --> 00:30:08,541 individually they 820 00:30:08,541 --> 00:30:10,458 probably own like a quarter 821 00:30:11,541 --> 00:30:13,250 At least a piece of a quarter of the 822 00:30:13,250 --> 00:30:14,583 games out there. I would I wouldn't be 823 00:30:14,583 --> 00:30:16,625 shocked if they don't have some 824 00:30:17,916 --> 00:30:22,125 I mean, yeah, they own like a 825 00:30:22,333 --> 00:30:25,416 Minority stake in epic. Yeah, they own 826 00:30:25,416 --> 00:30:27,666 like a ton. They own so much. 827 00:30:27,666 --> 00:30:29,250 It's it's very concerning why 828 00:30:30,208 --> 00:30:32,375 Legends I think they do too. Oh, yeah, 829 00:30:32,375 --> 00:30:34,791 they I think they fully own League of 830 00:30:34,791 --> 00:30:36,833 Legends like the whole studio. Yeah 831 00:30:37,875 --> 00:30:39,625 But the studio still or like the company 832 00:30:39,625 --> 00:30:41,583 still I think acts more on 833 00:30:41,583 --> 00:30:42,833 a creative level on its own 834 00:30:42,833 --> 00:30:45,916 I don't think it's not like Ubisoft where 835 00:30:45,916 --> 00:30:47,583 I feel like Ubisoft gave too many 836 00:30:47,583 --> 00:30:48,416 directives and then 837 00:30:48,416 --> 00:30:49,541 kind of like destroyed them 838 00:30:49,541 --> 00:30:52,250 I I will have to give this to Tencent and 839 00:30:52,250 --> 00:30:53,541 I could be wrong people could let me know 840 00:30:53,541 --> 00:30:54,791 in the comments or just let 841 00:30:54,791 --> 00:30:55,375 us know somehow 842 00:30:56,458 --> 00:30:59,208 But I don't know if Tencent is as direct 843 00:30:59,208 --> 00:31:01,000 but that doesn't mean they couldn't be or 844 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,416 that they're behind the shadows 845 00:31:02,583 --> 00:31:04,416 Being more direct and I'm not saying that 846 00:31:04,416 --> 00:31:05,458 this is a good thing. It's just 847 00:31:06,041 --> 00:31:08,416 Interesting. Yeah, it's very interesting. 848 00:31:08,416 --> 00:31:10,875 Oh my gosh. They're the 849 00:31:10,875 --> 00:31:12,375 Tencent headquarters is 850 00:31:13,333 --> 00:31:16,666 Bazaar, it's bizarre. What is a company 851 00:31:16,666 --> 00:31:19,458 that looks that is like like 852 00:31:20,250 --> 00:31:22,833 The owns like a quarter of the world 853 00:31:23,250 --> 00:31:24,541 What is it? What are their 854 00:31:24,541 --> 00:31:25,625 headquarters building look like? 855 00:31:27,916 --> 00:31:31,125 Oh my gosh, why why would you want your 856 00:31:31,125 --> 00:31:32,000 building to look like 857 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,375 that? I like unique stuff 858 00:31:34,375 --> 00:31:35,916 I think it looks interesting 859 00:31:36,333 --> 00:31:37,375 But yeah, it is 860 00:31:37,375 --> 00:31:39,625 weird. That is very strange 861 00:31:40,791 --> 00:31:42,291 And even has connections between the two 862 00:31:42,291 --> 00:31:44,250 towers. So yeah, that's yeah. 863 00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:45,833 There you go. That's Tencent 864 00:31:46,750 --> 00:31:48,916 They probably don't produce any products 865 00:31:48,916 --> 00:31:51,291 in there. It's all legal and 866 00:31:52,875 --> 00:31:54,416 Business people that thing 867 00:31:55,833 --> 00:31:56,500 Fascinating 868 00:31:56,500 --> 00:31:59,458 Makes me feel weird, man 869 00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:03,500 It it's fascinating how many companies 870 00:32:04,208 --> 00:32:04,916 own 871 00:32:05,916 --> 00:32:08,750 They don't do any like how many companies 872 00:32:08,750 --> 00:32:10,958 own games or game 873 00:32:10,958 --> 00:32:13,125 companies that don't do then 874 00:32:14,875 --> 00:32:16,083 Their headquarters is drastically 875 00:32:16,083 --> 00:32:17,916 different. They can go to the game studio 876 00:32:17,916 --> 00:32:19,333 very different than if 877 00:32:19,333 --> 00:32:20,333 you went to the business 878 00:32:21,250 --> 00:32:22,750 District that we don't need to get into 879 00:32:22,750 --> 00:32:25,291 that crap. Yeah, what's this next thing? 880 00:32:25,833 --> 00:32:28,583 The next thing is there's a bunch of 881 00:32:28,583 --> 00:32:31,208 publishers who want to delay their games 882 00:32:31,208 --> 00:32:33,791 so that they don't compete with GTA 6 883 00:32:36,250 --> 00:32:37,583 What do you think what do you think about 884 00:32:37,583 --> 00:32:38,833 that headline first of 885 00:32:38,833 --> 00:32:40,083 all first impressions? 886 00:32:41,375 --> 00:32:42,458 Yeah, they're right like 887 00:32:42,458 --> 00:32:45,041 you'd be an idiot to release 888 00:32:46,375 --> 00:32:48,208 Honestly, you'd be an idiot. They should 889 00:32:48,208 --> 00:32:49,916 be avoiding this year period probably 890 00:32:50,833 --> 00:32:51,708 um 891 00:32:52,791 --> 00:32:55,666 Especially if GTA 6 is gonna be $300 like 892 00:32:55,666 --> 00:32:57,416 people are saying and I'm just gonna no 893 00:32:57,416 --> 00:32:59,458 one's saying that but they might as well 894 00:32:59,458 --> 00:33:02,416 I'll keep on upping that. Um, I 895 00:33:02,500 --> 00:33:04,125 Because I don't care about that game very 896 00:33:04,125 --> 00:33:05,916 much. I'm I'll 897 00:33:05,916 --> 00:33:06,958 eventually play it or buy it 898 00:33:06,958 --> 00:33:08,583 I don't know when but it would be 899 00:33:08,583 --> 00:33:10,250 fascinating to see if they charge like 900 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:12,291 $500 see how many people would actually 901 00:33:12,291 --> 00:33:14,041 buy it for like a year early 902 00:33:14,041 --> 00:33:16,500 access more or less just to see 903 00:33:17,416 --> 00:33:20,541 Because I'm you know, let's say a mask is 904 00:33:20,541 --> 00:33:21,750 or something like that, but 905 00:33:23,625 --> 00:33:25,750 Yeah, I mean within a month you probably 906 00:33:25,750 --> 00:33:28,666 don't want to release within a month's 907 00:33:28,666 --> 00:33:29,541 period of this game coming 908 00:33:29,541 --> 00:33:31,291 out not even the same week 909 00:33:32,875 --> 00:33:35,833 Yeah, dude, I mean I 910 00:33:35,833 --> 00:33:37,708 did I release my game 911 00:33:38,708 --> 00:33:41,000 the same day as Hades 912 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,958 2 stealth dropped and 913 00:33:44,041 --> 00:33:47,708 My game sold nothing like it was so bad 914 00:33:48,125 --> 00:33:50,791 So I like GTA 6 is poised to be like 915 00:33:50,791 --> 00:33:52,625 probably one of the biggest launches of 916 00:33:52,625 --> 00:33:54,333 any media anything ever 917 00:33:54,333 --> 00:33:56,166 And so I don't blame 918 00:33:56,166 --> 00:33:57,708 people for wanting to avoid it 919 00:33:58,125 --> 00:34:00,166 This cut this report comes from the game 920 00:34:00,166 --> 00:34:01,500 business, which I don't think I've ever 921 00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:02,916 heard of the game business calm 922 00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:05,083 and 923 00:34:05,125 --> 00:34:07,083 According to this article three major 924 00:34:07,083 --> 00:34:07,916 video game publishers 925 00:34:07,916 --> 00:34:08,708 have told the game business 926 00:34:09,375 --> 00:34:12,166 They are ready to delay their games to 927 00:34:12,166 --> 00:34:13,666 avoid Grand Theft Auto 6 928 00:34:14,541 --> 00:34:17,291 Rockstar's first GTA game in 12 years is 929 00:34:17,291 --> 00:34:18,875 due for release at the end of 930 00:34:19,125 --> 00:34:21,708 2025 and game companies are holding off 931 00:34:21,708 --> 00:34:24,458 confirming their q4 release slate until 932 00:34:24,458 --> 00:34:26,958 the developer makes its move. Yeah 933 00:34:28,083 --> 00:34:29,375 Yeah, I don't there's been 934 00:34:30,125 --> 00:34:32,458 Multiple games that have released during 935 00:34:32,458 --> 00:34:33,583 a very popular game. 936 00:34:33,583 --> 00:34:34,250 Let's say Call of Duty 937 00:34:34,333 --> 00:34:36,083 There's been multiple really good games 938 00:34:36,083 --> 00:34:38,416 have released and very around very 939 00:34:38,416 --> 00:34:40,041 popular game releases 940 00:34:40,041 --> 00:34:42,125 and and because of that 941 00:34:42,125 --> 00:34:45,875 Done very poorly and I don't think it's 942 00:34:45,875 --> 00:34:47,083 because of marketing or anything else. I 943 00:34:47,083 --> 00:34:50,958 think it's because of that and so I 944 00:34:50,958 --> 00:34:53,041 Will I and I we've said this in the past. 945 00:34:53,041 --> 00:34:53,916 I will say this again 946 00:34:53,916 --> 00:34:57,333 I think it'd be hilarious just to see the 947 00:34:57,333 --> 00:34:58,833 half-life would lose but I want to see 948 00:34:58,833 --> 00:35:00,166 half-life 3 dropped the same week 949 00:35:00,208 --> 00:35:02,000 Just to see yeah. Oh, 950 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,375 yeah half-life would lose 951 00:35:05,083 --> 00:35:06,916 But at least I'd have some of the plates 952 00:35:06,916 --> 00:35:09,000 and not I probably won't I just don't 953 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:10,291 want to be tempted to buy this 954 00:35:10,416 --> 00:35:13,083 The week of I'm and I probably will 955 00:35:13,916 --> 00:35:17,041 From dude for me. There is literally zero 956 00:35:17,041 --> 00:35:19,125 temptation like I have no 957 00:35:19,125 --> 00:35:20,541 interest in playing this game 958 00:35:20,541 --> 00:35:24,666 I have FOMO all the time. Oh, so I get 959 00:35:24,666 --> 00:35:26,083 bad FOMO depending on the game 960 00:35:26,083 --> 00:35:27,958 And if this game has like really fun 961 00:35:27,958 --> 00:35:29,250 things to do in it, I 962 00:35:29,250 --> 00:35:30,416 don't care about the GTA story 963 00:35:30,416 --> 00:35:31,750 I don't want to be a bad guy 964 00:35:32,458 --> 00:35:35,416 Personally, but I love running around and 965 00:35:35,416 --> 00:35:36,333 doing and finding all 966 00:35:36,333 --> 00:35:38,166 the cool stuff to do in GTA 967 00:35:38,166 --> 00:35:39,750 That's the thing I like about GTA 968 00:35:39,916 --> 00:35:41,875 As long as they don't lock that out and I 969 00:35:41,875 --> 00:35:43,333 can just go cruise around even though I 970 00:35:43,333 --> 00:35:44,333 don't want to go to Miami 971 00:35:44,333 --> 00:35:45,625 I think that's where it's at, right? It's 972 00:35:45,625 --> 00:35:47,333 like it's in Florida somewhere again. 973 00:35:47,333 --> 00:35:48,791 Yeah something like that 974 00:35:48,958 --> 00:35:50,333 It's not what it's called, but that's 975 00:35:50,333 --> 00:35:51,583 what they base it off of 976 00:35:51,583 --> 00:35:54,458 Vice City Vice City. Yeah, I 977 00:35:54,833 --> 00:35:57,375 It'd still be fascinating to go around 978 00:35:57,375 --> 00:35:59,500 and just see what they've added. Yes 979 00:36:00,541 --> 00:36:03,208 That's why I'd get it. I mean that the 980 00:36:03,208 --> 00:36:05,166 only appeal is that for me 981 00:36:05,166 --> 00:36:08,375 like I don't I have no interest in 982 00:36:09,875 --> 00:36:11,291 For me it's like this 983 00:36:11,291 --> 00:36:12,250 is the thing that's like 984 00:36:13,208 --> 00:36:16,333 For me, I don't care about like 985 00:36:16,333 --> 00:36:17,791 supporting Rockstar. I don't want to 986 00:36:17,791 --> 00:36:20,416 support them in anything. I hate Rockstar 987 00:36:21,083 --> 00:36:22,916 They're unethical the way they treat 988 00:36:22,916 --> 00:36:24,791 their employees blah blah blah the list 989 00:36:24,791 --> 00:36:26,250 goes on and on so I 990 00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:27,041 don't want to support them 991 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,166 Also like the last 992 00:36:30,166 --> 00:36:32,791 good GTA was GTA Vice City 993 00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:35,083 I think like GTA 4 was okay 994 00:36:35,083 --> 00:36:37,125 But like Vice City was like the only one 995 00:36:37,125 --> 00:36:39,416 that I really or the last one that I 996 00:36:39,416 --> 00:36:40,916 enjoyed I didn't care for 997 00:36:41,041 --> 00:36:44,458 San Andreas I didn't care for GTA 4 that 998 00:36:44,458 --> 00:36:47,125 much and I definitely didn't like GTA 5 999 00:36:48,625 --> 00:36:51,000 So I'm just I'm just not interested. I 1000 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,083 don't know I like the Red Dead Redemption 1001 00:36:53,083 --> 00:36:55,083 series, and so I will say that 1002 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,000 They're good. They're good. Yeah 1003 00:36:58,875 --> 00:36:59,416 but 1004 00:37:00,166 --> 00:37:02,625 Yeah, their GTA series is just okay like 1005 00:37:02,625 --> 00:37:05,500 they have other franchises that I like 1006 00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:07,583 more. Let's just say that hmm 1007 00:37:07,833 --> 00:37:10,458 because they have like 1008 00:37:10,458 --> 00:37:14,250 Max Payne series 1009 00:37:14,958 --> 00:37:15,666 bully 1010 00:37:16,583 --> 00:37:17,791 they have 1011 00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:20,958 Bullied on I I remember playing bully 1012 00:37:20,958 --> 00:37:23,291 that was that was pretty good. Yeah, they 1013 00:37:24,041 --> 00:37:25,875 Forgot about Red Dead revolver the heck 1014 00:37:25,875 --> 00:37:28,583 they had to read it read it revolver and 1015 00:37:28,583 --> 00:37:31,708 so they have some good stuff I 1016 00:37:31,708 --> 00:37:34,916 Just yeah, just not as interested. Yeah, 1017 00:37:34,916 --> 00:37:38,708 I haven't even put eight hours into GTA 5 1018 00:37:41,750 --> 00:37:44,125 Honestly that could be more than I put 1019 00:37:44,125 --> 00:37:45,666 into it really I think 1020 00:37:46,416 --> 00:37:49,375 GTA 5 is I don't know I probably put 1021 00:37:49,375 --> 00:37:50,375 around that just well 1022 00:37:50,416 --> 00:37:53,208 I just I spent time wandering around and 1023 00:37:53,208 --> 00:37:55,708 just having fun hmm. That's it, and then 1024 00:37:55,708 --> 00:37:57,208 I'm sure I played something else 1025 00:37:57,208 --> 00:37:59,750 Yeah, the thing is I like the driving 1026 00:37:59,750 --> 00:38:02,250 mechanics in a lot of GTA games. I 1027 00:38:02,708 --> 00:38:04,250 Yeah, like I said at the top of the show. 1028 00:38:04,250 --> 00:38:05,958 I like driving games, but 1029 00:38:06,708 --> 00:38:07,833 the getting out of the 1030 00:38:07,833 --> 00:38:09,625 car and like shooting and 1031 00:38:09,625 --> 00:38:12,000 Beating people up and stealing shit and 1032 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,500 whatever I don't I just don't it was 1033 00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:16,083 But it was fun and novel when it was 1034 00:38:16,083 --> 00:38:17,500 naughty for a kid to be 1035 00:38:17,500 --> 00:38:18,500 playing it, and I'm not 1036 00:38:18,916 --> 00:38:23,083 I'm saying yeah, no I hear yet. I like 1037 00:38:23,083 --> 00:38:24,958 the watchdog series more for this type of 1038 00:38:24,958 --> 00:38:26,166 stuff where it feels 1039 00:38:27,041 --> 00:38:28,208 Slightly more ethical 1040 00:38:28,791 --> 00:38:31,916 But teach their own I guess I like the 1041 00:38:31,916 --> 00:38:34,500 the the watchdog series, but yeah 1042 00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:36,208 I think I played a little bit of that 1043 00:38:36,208 --> 00:38:37,500 what that's a Ubisoft game 1044 00:38:38,083 --> 00:38:40,166 It is a Ubisoft game, and it is actually 1045 00:38:40,166 --> 00:38:41,916 another series. I Ubisoft sounds a couple 1046 00:38:41,916 --> 00:38:44,750 of series. I really like my wish I 1047 00:38:44,750 --> 00:38:45,625 Wish they weren't so 1048 00:38:45,625 --> 00:38:46,333 tied up with everything 1049 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:47,583 else 1050 00:38:48,458 --> 00:38:49,000 so 1051 00:38:50,250 --> 00:38:52,750 Yeah, so one thing about this it looks 1052 00:38:52,750 --> 00:38:53,958 like one of the games 1053 00:38:53,958 --> 00:38:55,666 That's good. That's probably gonna get 1054 00:38:55,666 --> 00:38:58,458 delayed is the new battlefield or the 1055 00:38:58,458 --> 00:39:00,833 battlefield relaunch. I should say 1056 00:39:01,458 --> 00:39:03,083 Battlefield relaunch 1057 00:39:03,083 --> 00:39:04,208 yeah, I'm a bit heard of that 1058 00:39:04,208 --> 00:39:06,541 I hadn't heard of that either are they 1059 00:39:06,541 --> 00:39:08,291 like relaunching the whole series because 1060 00:39:08,291 --> 00:39:10,000 they fucked up so bad 1061 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,666 with the last one probably 1062 00:39:12,041 --> 00:39:14,125 dude, I bought I 1063 00:39:14,125 --> 00:39:15,791 reserved that one and I didn't 1064 00:39:16,625 --> 00:39:19,000 It was so I played the beta. It was fun 1065 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:19,791 enough, but I'm like 1066 00:39:19,791 --> 00:39:20,791 okay. There's some big bugs 1067 00:39:20,791 --> 00:39:21,458 Hopefully they fix up 1068 00:39:21,458 --> 00:39:22,125 my time it comes out 1069 00:39:22,125 --> 00:39:23,666 I reserved it because I was super excited 1070 00:39:23,666 --> 00:39:25,375 about it because it's a little bit more 1071 00:39:25,375 --> 00:39:26,666 futuristic just a little bit and they 1072 00:39:26,666 --> 00:39:28,541 I like those types of battlefield games 1073 00:39:28,625 --> 00:39:31,083 I want them to do another like I wanted 1074 00:39:31,083 --> 00:39:31,916 them to do a like a 1075 00:39:31,916 --> 00:39:33,583 real futuristic game, but 1076 00:39:34,375 --> 00:39:36,666 besides the point and 1077 00:39:36,666 --> 00:39:38,083 I wasn't able to return it because I 1078 00:39:38,083 --> 00:39:40,125 waited too long because I didn't even 1079 00:39:40,125 --> 00:39:41,250 play it I didn't even play 1080 00:39:41,750 --> 00:39:43,166 Because it had such bad 1081 00:39:43,166 --> 00:39:44,708 reviews when it first came out 1082 00:39:45,750 --> 00:39:48,666 And I just have such a bad taste about 1083 00:39:48,666 --> 00:39:50,208 all that and it was it's my 1084 00:39:50,208 --> 00:39:51,583 fall at the end of the day, but 1085 00:39:52,541 --> 00:39:54,041 They're gonna have to do a lot to redeem 1086 00:39:54,041 --> 00:39:56,541 themselves because their last game was 1087 00:39:56,916 --> 00:39:57,791 performed and looked 1088 00:39:57,791 --> 00:39:59,375 worse than their previous two 1089 00:40:00,500 --> 00:40:03,250 Like you I don't know what you have to do 1090 00:40:03,250 --> 00:40:04,500 the royally fuck that bad 1091 00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:06,750 Just use this you could use the same like 1092 00:40:06,750 --> 00:40:08,916 you're using the same engine. Yeah, how 1093 00:40:08,916 --> 00:40:10,791 do you just screw it up that bad? 1094 00:40:10,833 --> 00:40:15,416 Oh 1095 00:40:18,083 --> 00:40:19,958 Only in the video game industry right 1096 00:40:19,958 --> 00:40:21,708 that's what it feels like sometimes they 1097 00:40:21,708 --> 00:40:24,625 release a new like I 1098 00:40:24,958 --> 00:40:26,833 Don't get it. I don't get I don't I don't 1099 00:40:26,833 --> 00:40:29,708 get just use the same assets and 1100 00:40:30,291 --> 00:40:32,750 Just work off of that don't I don't know 1101 00:40:32,750 --> 00:40:33,583 what they were doing 1102 00:40:33,583 --> 00:40:35,708 But it just ended up being drastically 1103 00:40:35,708 --> 00:40:37,500 worse, and it didn't look as good and 1104 00:40:37,500 --> 00:40:38,875 everything else like yeah 1105 00:40:39,458 --> 00:40:41,708 Well, we'll get to reusing assets in a 1106 00:40:41,708 --> 00:40:43,125 minute. There's another story. We're 1107 00:40:43,125 --> 00:40:44,208 gonna talk about in a minute 1108 00:40:44,708 --> 00:40:47,291 before we get to that though game stop 1109 00:40:48,125 --> 00:40:50,416 Plans to close a significant number of 1110 00:40:50,416 --> 00:40:51,791 stars and invest in 1111 00:40:51,791 --> 00:40:54,416 Bitcoin because it's 2018 1112 00:40:54,416 --> 00:41:00,750 I honestly haven't read this article of 1113 00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:02,875 you. Have you read this article? I 1114 00:41:02,875 --> 00:41:06,333 Have not they have been in the end 1115 00:41:06,375 --> 00:41:09,791 And an FT stop they've done on an NFT. 1116 00:41:09,791 --> 00:41:11,916 They've done the crypto stuff before 1117 00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:14,500 It is interesting that the reinvesting in 1118 00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:15,833 a Bitcoin. Maybe it's because 1119 00:41:16,666 --> 00:41:20,291 The US government is attempting to divest 1120 00:41:20,291 --> 00:41:24,500 into Bitcoin, which is a bizarre thing 1121 00:41:24,500 --> 00:41:32,083 Yeah, I don't know it could like if they 1122 00:41:32,083 --> 00:41:34,250 invest now and then the US government 1123 00:41:34,958 --> 00:41:36,416 Invest in and then they could then they 1124 00:41:36,416 --> 00:41:38,625 could rugpole and then they'd make at 1125 00:41:38,625 --> 00:41:41,125 least survive a little longer. Yeah 1126 00:41:42,041 --> 00:41:43,666 Dude I have you been 1127 00:41:43,666 --> 00:41:44,708 to a game stop recently 1128 00:41:45,250 --> 00:41:48,250 Yeah, oh my gosh. I there's a game stop 1129 00:41:48,250 --> 00:41:49,625 about 20 minutes from my house 1130 00:41:50,625 --> 00:41:52,333 And I went in there 1131 00:41:52,791 --> 00:41:55,083 Just because I was like in the area and 1132 00:41:55,083 --> 00:41:55,916 I'd get like a sandwich 1133 00:41:55,916 --> 00:41:57,041 at this shop next door 1134 00:41:57,041 --> 00:41:59,625 And I was like I was like what's been 1135 00:41:59,625 --> 00:42:01,041 it's been like two three years 1136 00:42:01,041 --> 00:42:01,875 since I've been to a game stop 1137 00:42:01,875 --> 00:42:02,625 Let's go in there, so I 1138 00:42:02,625 --> 00:42:03,250 went in there with Emily 1139 00:42:04,375 --> 00:42:06,958 And it was depressing it was 1140 00:42:08,208 --> 00:42:09,916 Depressing it was like 1141 00:42:09,916 --> 00:42:13,166 there were there were patches of 1142 00:42:13,166 --> 00:42:16,875 Like physical media on the walls, right 1143 00:42:16,875 --> 00:42:17,541 and then there were 1144 00:42:17,541 --> 00:42:19,041 empty shelves in between 1145 00:42:19,041 --> 00:42:21,333 So like there was the Xbox section and 1146 00:42:21,333 --> 00:42:23,208 then it was mostly empty shelves 1147 00:42:23,291 --> 00:42:25,250 And then it was the PlayStation section 1148 00:42:25,250 --> 00:42:27,791 and then it was mostly empty shelves and 1149 00:42:27,791 --> 00:42:29,416 then in the center of the store 1150 00:42:29,583 --> 00:42:33,000 It was like the kind of stuff that you 1151 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:33,583 would have got from 1152 00:42:33,583 --> 00:42:35,208 ThinkGeek like, you know 1153 00:42:35,250 --> 00:42:36,416 15 years ago or whatever 1154 00:42:36,416 --> 00:42:38,250 it was like a bunch of like 1155 00:42:38,791 --> 00:42:39,916 plushies and 1156 00:42:40,041 --> 00:42:43,000 Like nerdy like trinkets and stuff and I 1157 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:44,375 was like this sucks 1158 00:42:44,375 --> 00:42:46,000 like this is really sad 1159 00:42:47,250 --> 00:42:47,916 Um 1160 00:42:48,208 --> 00:42:50,750 My my kid really did like it 1161 00:42:51,041 --> 00:42:53,916 My son he was he was pretty like when we 1162 00:42:53,916 --> 00:42:55,166 went in there's a lot of cool stuff 1163 00:42:55,791 --> 00:42:59,000 Honestly, I've been I live probably 30 1164 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:00,916 minutes away from you know 1165 00:43:00,916 --> 00:43:03,250 10 minutes to 30 minutes from like four 1166 00:43:03,250 --> 00:43:06,250 maybe five game stops like where I live I 1167 00:43:06,250 --> 00:43:07,291 can get to them pretty quick 1168 00:43:09,250 --> 00:43:10,750 Some of them are very depressing and some 1169 00:43:10,750 --> 00:43:11,458 of them are okay like 1170 00:43:11,458 --> 00:43:12,500 the one I went to was okay 1171 00:43:12,500 --> 00:43:13,625 The problem was is like 1172 00:43:13,625 --> 00:43:16,375 they didn't have split fiction 1173 00:43:17,208 --> 00:43:20,000 New which is and they came out that week 1174 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:21,958 which I think it just did well enough to 1175 00:43:21,958 --> 00:43:22,625 where it was sold out 1176 00:43:22,916 --> 00:43:24,500 Which I've just never heard of a game 1177 00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:26,416 selling out in a long time 1178 00:43:26,916 --> 00:43:29,500 Back in the in the 90s and 2000s. You had 1179 00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:30,375 to reserve games and 1180 00:43:30,375 --> 00:43:31,875 they could sell out. Yeah 1181 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:34,416 Nowadays because the digital and 1182 00:43:34,416 --> 00:43:35,416 everything I just don't 1183 00:43:35,416 --> 00:43:37,541 hear a game selling out. So I 1184 00:43:37,541 --> 00:43:39,041 Wasn't able to pick that game up at the 1185 00:43:39,041 --> 00:43:40,458 GameStop, but I picked up 1186 00:43:40,458 --> 00:43:42,125 some I don't do this very often 1187 00:43:42,125 --> 00:43:44,833 But I picked up some used ps5 games there 1188 00:43:44,833 --> 00:43:46,875 one of them being watchdogs 1189 00:43:46,875 --> 00:43:48,583 Lee, I think it was like legions or 1190 00:43:48,583 --> 00:43:48,958 something like that, 1191 00:43:48,958 --> 00:43:49,708 which I haven't played yet 1192 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:51,708 But I picked up for five bucks make sure 1193 00:43:51,708 --> 00:43:52,750 why not like this is a 1194 00:43:52,750 --> 00:43:53,625 series. I really like 1195 00:43:54,333 --> 00:43:56,708 It wasn't bad and they had a lot. They 1196 00:43:56,708 --> 00:43:58,583 actually had quite a bit of a selection 1197 00:43:58,583 --> 00:44:01,208 which is not typical 1198 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,166 But it's definitely not the same as it 1199 00:44:04,166 --> 00:44:05,750 used to be right? They get 1200 00:44:07,291 --> 00:44:08,208 Going downhill 1201 00:44:09,416 --> 00:44:11,125 Unfortunately, yeah, and I say that 1202 00:44:11,125 --> 00:44:13,083 because if I go to a mall 1203 00:44:13,083 --> 00:44:14,541 I there's not a whole lot 1204 00:44:14,541 --> 00:44:15,875 I'm gonna be doing at a mall. I want to 1205 00:44:15,875 --> 00:44:18,250 game stop right. Oh, man. I 1206 00:44:18,250 --> 00:44:19,416 haven't been to a mall dude 1207 00:44:19,458 --> 00:44:20,791 There's a mall like 40 1208 00:44:20,791 --> 00:44:21,666 minutes from my house 1209 00:44:24,291 --> 00:44:27,916 It's in Bangor in Bangor, Maine and 1210 00:44:28,125 --> 00:44:31,583 they I keep getting like email note or 1211 00:44:31,583 --> 00:44:32,583 not emails, but like 1212 00:44:32,583 --> 00:44:34,291 push notifications from the 1213 00:44:34,958 --> 00:44:37,000 from the newspaper because I'm a 1214 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:40,000 subscriber because local media and 1215 00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:41,916 I 1216 00:44:41,916 --> 00:44:43,416 keep getting emails like the city of 1217 00:44:43,416 --> 00:44:44,708 Bangor has decided to 1218 00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:48,625 Like use eminent domain to take the mall 1219 00:44:48,625 --> 00:44:52,291 Like it is it's dude like it is like 1220 00:44:52,291 --> 00:44:53,750 collapsing in on itself 1221 00:44:53,750 --> 00:44:56,541 Like that bolt two of the three anchors 1222 00:44:56,541 --> 00:44:58,291 are gone. Like it's 1223 00:44:58,291 --> 00:45:00,541 just it's bad. It's so bad 1224 00:45:00,833 --> 00:45:04,583 And like people Walmart walk mall walkers 1225 00:45:04,583 --> 00:45:07,208 are like not going in there anymore 1226 00:45:07,208 --> 00:45:09,458 Because like it's so bad like and when 1227 00:45:09,458 --> 00:45:11,458 you lose the mall walkers you 1228 00:45:11,458 --> 00:45:13,125 you've lost the plot as a mall 1229 00:45:14,125 --> 00:45:15,750 It's what's that? 1230 00:45:15,916 --> 00:45:17,458 Funny enough like the closer you get to 1231 00:45:17,458 --> 00:45:18,916 like art the denser parts of our 1232 00:45:18,916 --> 00:45:20,958 metropolitan area here in Salt Lake City 1233 00:45:20,958 --> 00:45:22,541 Like it's the moles are 1234 00:45:22,541 --> 00:45:24,208 much fancier much like nicer 1235 00:45:24,250 --> 00:45:26,041 Yeah, no further you get away from that 1236 00:45:26,041 --> 00:45:27,666 and more into like more libertarian areas 1237 00:45:28,208 --> 00:45:30,458 I will say this but it is 1238 00:45:30,458 --> 00:45:31,666 like that like there's one 1239 00:45:33,125 --> 00:45:34,791 South of me that is 1240 00:45:35,166 --> 00:45:37,041 Half of it. It feels like 1241 00:45:37,041 --> 00:45:38,500 they're trying to set it up to be 1242 00:45:39,208 --> 00:45:41,916 Almost like what is it? I don't even know 1243 00:45:41,916 --> 00:45:43,083 what the word is in English 1244 00:45:44,541 --> 00:45:47,125 Because I know it in Russian but 1245 00:45:48,833 --> 00:45:51,416 It's like third-party markets where 1246 00:45:51,416 --> 00:45:52,750 people like kind of like it sound like 1247 00:45:52,750 --> 00:45:53,458 what you were saying 1248 00:45:53,958 --> 00:45:56,250 So you I went in like I've never heard of 1249 00:45:56,250 --> 00:45:56,791 any of these stores. 1250 00:45:56,791 --> 00:45:58,625 They're set up in a very weird 1251 00:45:58,833 --> 00:46:01,375 Mmm, almost third world away in some way. 1252 00:46:01,375 --> 00:46:02,250 I don't know. Yeah, it's 1253 00:46:02,250 --> 00:46:03,125 not it wasn't third world 1254 00:46:03,125 --> 00:46:04,916 Obviously, but like they're knockoff 1255 00:46:04,916 --> 00:46:07,375 generic brand right is bizarre 1256 00:46:07,708 --> 00:46:10,416 Yeah, and I'm just like this is this is 1257 00:46:10,416 --> 00:46:11,000 unfortunate because 1258 00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:12,250 it's a nice two-story mall 1259 00:46:13,833 --> 00:46:16,833 Yeah, don't get me started cuz I do like 1260 00:46:16,833 --> 00:46:18,500 it pisses me off when I go 1261 00:46:18,500 --> 00:46:20,791 on like Amazon and it's like 1262 00:46:22,250 --> 00:46:24,916 You know you search for like something 1263 00:46:24,916 --> 00:46:27,208 whatever Kleenex and it comes up with 1264 00:46:27,958 --> 00:46:28,916 dinger bring 1265 00:46:29,500 --> 00:46:30,208 brand 1266 00:46:31,416 --> 00:46:33,041 Kleenex tissues and I'm and you're like 1267 00:46:33,041 --> 00:46:34,416 what what does dinger bring mean? 1268 00:46:34,458 --> 00:46:36,416 What does that even have like there's you 1269 00:46:36,416 --> 00:46:38,083 know, at least with Kleenex. It's 1270 00:46:38,291 --> 00:46:39,833 inferring an idea of 1271 00:46:39,833 --> 00:46:41,458 like cleaning your nose 1272 00:46:42,625 --> 00:46:45,041 Whatever. Hey, oh man it so that kind of 1273 00:46:45,041 --> 00:46:46,916 stuff that happens at arm all up here, 1274 00:46:46,916 --> 00:46:50,000 too. It's it's oh, yeah it is 1275 00:46:51,166 --> 00:46:52,916 Amazon's almost getting unusable. It's 1276 00:46:52,916 --> 00:46:54,166 going the way of like Google 1277 00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,958 yeah, search in some ways because you go 1278 00:46:57,958 --> 00:46:59,875 to Amazon and you type something in and 1279 00:46:59,875 --> 00:47:01,000 you're gonna get all the 1280 00:47:01,625 --> 00:47:03,625 Chinese knockoff or 1281 00:47:05,125 --> 00:47:06,041 Yeah, it is 1282 00:47:06,541 --> 00:47:08,250 You're not gonna get exactly what you 1283 00:47:08,250 --> 00:47:10,333 want and because it's cheaper people you 1284 00:47:10,333 --> 00:47:11,750 tend to buy that but 1285 00:47:11,750 --> 00:47:13,041 it's cheaper for a reason 1286 00:47:13,208 --> 00:47:13,833 so 1287 00:47:15,125 --> 00:47:15,666 man 1288 00:47:17,666 --> 00:47:20,166 So I want GameStop to survive I 1289 00:47:20,625 --> 00:47:22,791 It's unfortunate. I want I honestly I 1290 00:47:22,791 --> 00:47:24,500 want malls to survive so that they can 1291 00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:26,541 compete with Amazon. I just don't know 1292 00:47:27,416 --> 00:47:28,250 What yeah, I mean 1293 00:47:28,666 --> 00:47:30,791 Here's the thing and this is getting into 1294 00:47:30,791 --> 00:47:32,041 like my own politics a 1295 00:47:32,041 --> 00:47:33,083 little bit, but I'll tell you this 1296 00:47:33,125 --> 00:47:36,625 I want malls and Amazon to disappear. I 1297 00:47:36,625 --> 00:47:38,916 think the only like real competition that 1298 00:47:38,916 --> 00:47:41,916 you can manage against Amazon is 1299 00:47:42,416 --> 00:47:45,250 Local Main Streets, right? Like malls are 1300 00:47:45,250 --> 00:47:47,166 a completely unnatural 1301 00:47:47,625 --> 00:47:52,416 And so fun economic like sink they don't 1302 00:47:52,416 --> 00:47:54,541 they don't belong like they're there 1303 00:47:54,541 --> 00:47:57,208 They're like a cancer in my opinion and I 1304 00:47:57,208 --> 00:47:59,000 think that Amazon can only exist 1305 00:47:59,416 --> 00:48:01,541 Because of the culture that malls created 1306 00:48:01,541 --> 00:48:04,208 but that that goes that goes on to it 1307 00:48:04,666 --> 00:48:06,916 Like malls here like in the winter time. 1308 00:48:06,916 --> 00:48:09,291 I don't want to walk the streets to go 1309 00:48:09,291 --> 00:48:11,833 shopping at a strip mall or a strips 1310 00:48:11,833 --> 00:48:13,916 Street, I don't want to walk the the 1311 00:48:13,916 --> 00:48:16,000 malls are nice. You go in nice pleasant. 1312 00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:16,958 You can get yourself 1313 00:48:17,625 --> 00:48:19,625 Some food walk around when to shop a 1314 00:48:19,625 --> 00:48:22,125 little bit then go in like I'm not like I 1315 00:48:22,125 --> 00:48:23,666 wish malls had more stuff for me 1316 00:48:23,666 --> 00:48:25,291 Like I'm not as big into like 1317 00:48:25,958 --> 00:48:28,958 shopping for clothes, but I'll go with my 1318 00:48:28,958 --> 00:48:31,333 wife and it's it's it's nice to walk 1319 00:48:31,333 --> 00:48:32,541 around and then they have 1320 00:48:34,083 --> 00:48:35,916 They'll have events there they have 1321 00:48:35,916 --> 00:48:37,583 trains like it's fun, 1322 00:48:37,583 --> 00:48:41,916 but I agree like it can I 1323 00:48:41,916 --> 00:48:44,750 Don't know. It's a hard one because my 1324 00:48:44,750 --> 00:48:47,166 whole thing is it's private property 1325 00:48:47,166 --> 00:48:50,208 That's owned the and I don't like that 1326 00:48:50,833 --> 00:48:53,416 Aspect like you in order to go into any 1327 00:48:53,416 --> 00:48:54,458 of these shops you have to 1328 00:48:54,458 --> 00:48:56,375 first go into private property 1329 00:48:56,375 --> 00:48:58,916 I do like that it's walkable, right? 1330 00:48:58,916 --> 00:49:01,375 But it also means you have to in most 1331 00:49:01,375 --> 00:49:03,500 places you have to drive your car and 1332 00:49:03,500 --> 00:49:05,708 park in order to walk the mall 1333 00:49:05,916 --> 00:49:08,208 Which dude, we should just have like 1334 00:49:08,208 --> 00:49:10,416 walkable cities right walkable town. Oh, 1335 00:49:10,416 --> 00:49:11,916 I agree with that and so 1336 00:49:12,416 --> 00:49:14,833 And like if you wanted to go protest at 1337 00:49:14,833 --> 00:49:16,583 the mall, you can't protest at the mall 1338 00:49:16,625 --> 00:49:18,541 You can't you can't like interesting 1339 00:49:18,541 --> 00:49:20,708 because it's private property. They can 1340 00:49:20,708 --> 00:49:22,750 control who can and can't be there 1341 00:49:23,250 --> 00:49:25,000 And but if you wanted to like make a 1342 00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:27,208 statement out on Main Street 1343 00:49:27,291 --> 00:49:29,416 You can get people's attention and you 1344 00:49:29,416 --> 00:49:31,916 can actually do it. I don't know if you 1345 00:49:31,916 --> 00:49:33,750 protest, but I worry about these things 1346 00:49:33,750 --> 00:49:35,333 Yeah, you could you could 1347 00:49:36,083 --> 00:49:38,250 Convinced me to like more of a public 1348 00:49:38,875 --> 00:49:40,833 style mall for like each city, but 1349 00:49:42,083 --> 00:49:43,625 That would be interesting to yeah 1350 00:49:43,791 --> 00:49:47,583 I just like it would be Main Street. I 1351 00:49:47,583 --> 00:49:49,333 Know but I wanted to be indoors because 1352 00:49:49,333 --> 00:49:51,333 yeah here in Utah it gets 1353 00:49:51,333 --> 00:49:52,958 really hot or gets really cold 1354 00:49:52,958 --> 00:49:55,208 And I don't like dealing 1355 00:49:55,208 --> 00:49:57,416 with Main Street or walking 1356 00:49:57,916 --> 00:49:59,750 House I like doing I was 1357 00:49:59,750 --> 00:50:02,291 like in downtown Salt Lake 1358 00:50:02,625 --> 00:50:05,458 There's a mall and I'm not gonna get be 1359 00:50:05,458 --> 00:50:07,541 down behind the religious portions of 1360 00:50:07,541 --> 00:50:09,208 this mall, but it is 1361 00:50:10,208 --> 00:50:13,541 It is really like I love what humanity 1362 00:50:13,541 --> 00:50:15,166 can build like I love cruises. I love 1363 00:50:15,166 --> 00:50:17,083 yeah big massive things. I just like 1364 00:50:18,333 --> 00:50:20,916 Big structures yeah, but the top portion 1365 00:50:20,916 --> 00:50:22,875 can open up in the summertime 1366 00:50:23,041 --> 00:50:25,375 And then it closes in the wintertime so 1367 00:50:25,375 --> 00:50:27,125 that it can stay heated and that is 1368 00:50:27,833 --> 00:50:30,500 awesome now the problem is it's all super 1369 00:50:30,500 --> 00:50:32,416 expensive luxury items for 1370 00:50:33,541 --> 00:50:34,916 The elite religious 1371 00:50:34,916 --> 00:50:36,541 people around here, but yeah 1372 00:50:37,166 --> 00:50:39,041 It's dope cool. That 1373 00:50:39,041 --> 00:50:41,125 is I mean it sounds cool 1374 00:50:41,791 --> 00:50:43,125 the reason that I 1375 00:50:44,583 --> 00:50:46,916 The reason I brought any of this up was 1376 00:50:46,916 --> 00:50:48,125 like when I moved I lived 1377 00:50:48,125 --> 00:50:50,416 in Kentucky for a while and 1378 00:50:50,541 --> 00:50:54,083 There was like nowhere to walk like just 1379 00:50:54,083 --> 00:50:56,208 to walk by shops and businesses 1380 00:50:57,333 --> 00:50:59,416 Unless it was in a mall and 1381 00:50:59,416 --> 00:51:00,958 when I came back to Maine I 1382 00:51:02,541 --> 00:51:02,625 I 1383 00:51:02,625 --> 00:51:05,583 Realized how much I missed the Main 1384 00:51:05,583 --> 00:51:07,125 Street right like 1385 00:51:07,125 --> 00:51:09,125 because the town I grew up in 1386 00:51:09,291 --> 00:51:11,666 You can walk down Main Street, and 1387 00:51:11,666 --> 00:51:14,958 there's 70 businesses. They're all small 1388 00:51:14,958 --> 00:51:15,875 businesses their own 1389 00:51:16,250 --> 00:51:18,666 Locally many of them are producing their 1390 00:51:18,666 --> 00:51:20,875 own products right right here in Maine 1391 00:51:21,291 --> 00:51:24,375 Great, but and that's how it is in many 1392 00:51:24,375 --> 00:51:26,083 of the towns especially along the coast 1393 00:51:26,083 --> 00:51:27,208 right you go to Bar Harbor 1394 00:51:27,208 --> 00:51:29,041 You go to Rockland you go to 1395 00:51:29,583 --> 00:51:32,416 Portland I mean there's so many really 1396 00:51:32,416 --> 00:51:34,125 nice Main Streets and even 1397 00:51:34,125 --> 00:51:36,041 inland at the end in Bangor 1398 00:51:36,041 --> 00:51:37,208 There's a really great Main Street 1399 00:51:37,208 --> 00:51:39,708 But like down in Kentucky like there was 1400 00:51:39,708 --> 00:51:42,083 nowhere to walk around and meet people 1401 00:51:42,083 --> 00:51:43,375 and do things and then 1402 00:51:43,375 --> 00:51:44,333 I think that's my lucky 1403 00:51:44,333 --> 00:51:45,708 issue I've been to a 1404 00:51:45,708 --> 00:51:47,750 couple of different places in 1405 00:51:47,916 --> 00:51:52,166 South and and other parts of like I 1406 00:51:52,166 --> 00:51:55,041 Yeah, because like so on the west coast 1407 00:51:55,041 --> 00:51:57,416 and in like here in Utah 1408 00:51:58,375 --> 00:52:01,291 We have both we have a mix of both we 1409 00:52:01,291 --> 00:52:02,500 have a Main Street where? 1410 00:52:03,458 --> 00:52:05,208 like the one I was talking about 1411 00:52:05,916 --> 00:52:07,833 Like the GameStop we have GameStops that 1412 00:52:07,833 --> 00:52:09,125 are outside you have to walk to it 1413 00:52:09,125 --> 00:52:10,375 You have to walk to the target yet the 1414 00:52:10,375 --> 00:52:12,791 walk like we have a mix of both the 1415 00:52:12,791 --> 00:52:15,500 problem more than any of the time is 1416 00:52:16,208 --> 00:52:17,583 Half our walkable stuff 1417 00:52:17,583 --> 00:52:19,458 outside is yet across the street 1418 00:52:19,458 --> 00:52:20,958 And you have a bunch of assholes here 1419 00:52:20,958 --> 00:52:22,916 like we have so much 1420 00:52:22,916 --> 00:52:24,458 road rages that we we have 1421 00:52:25,375 --> 00:52:27,125 This is going way off topic 1422 00:52:27,750 --> 00:52:28,750 campaigns for 1423 00:52:28,958 --> 00:52:30,708 People do not shoot each other when with 1424 00:52:30,708 --> 00:52:31,791 road rage because we've had so many 1425 00:52:31,791 --> 00:52:34,791 incidents. Oh my gosh Wow so a 1426 00:52:34,791 --> 00:52:36,916 Mall feels a lot safer for my kids do not 1427 00:52:36,916 --> 00:52:39,125 get rent over or shot so yeah 1428 00:52:39,250 --> 00:52:41,541 Well yeah, and that leads me to wanting 1429 00:52:41,541 --> 00:52:42,958 to ban cars, but that's 1430 00:52:42,958 --> 00:52:45,541 just I'm an extremist I 1431 00:52:45,541 --> 00:52:47,375 Can be an extremist too sometimes I want 1432 00:52:47,375 --> 00:52:48,541 walkable cities to with you 1433 00:52:48,541 --> 00:52:49,958 I'm with you on that one because it's 1434 00:52:49,958 --> 00:52:51,541 honestly if you go to a city 1435 00:52:52,291 --> 00:52:53,833 that is walkable or 1436 00:52:54,541 --> 00:52:56,000 That has really good public 1437 00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:56,583 transportation. 1438 00:52:56,583 --> 00:52:57,500 That's clean and everything 1439 00:52:58,166 --> 00:52:58,750 you're 1440 00:52:59,416 --> 00:53:01,041 You change your mind. I think I think 1441 00:53:01,041 --> 00:53:02,250 people just need to go do that more 1442 00:53:02,250 --> 00:53:03,666 because you'd be shocked at 1443 00:53:03,666 --> 00:53:07,041 how pleasant it can be and 1444 00:53:07,041 --> 00:53:09,458 I agree with you on that there's a town 1445 00:53:09,916 --> 00:53:10,916 This is the last thing I'll 1446 00:53:10,916 --> 00:53:12,041 say about this there's a town 1447 00:53:12,541 --> 00:53:15,041 About an hour from here where like at a 1448 00:53:15,041 --> 00:53:16,000 certain point in the day 1449 00:53:16,333 --> 00:53:19,000 Traffic is completely closed on on most 1450 00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:20,208 of its main roads like 1451 00:53:20,208 --> 00:53:22,416 it downtown and and like 1452 00:53:22,791 --> 00:53:24,583 when when traffic closes 1453 00:53:24,583 --> 00:53:27,625 people go out in the streets and 1454 00:53:27,625 --> 00:53:29,666 and and it's and it's not like you know 1455 00:53:29,666 --> 00:53:31,125 there's just a few people walking down 1456 00:53:31,125 --> 00:53:31,833 the street while you're 1457 00:53:31,833 --> 00:53:33,083 driving right you see just a 1458 00:53:33,291 --> 00:53:34,500 handful of people they 1459 00:53:34,500 --> 00:53:35,708 close the streets and 1460 00:53:36,083 --> 00:53:38,375 People flood the streets and it's like 1461 00:53:38,375 --> 00:53:40,791 where are all these people like when cars 1462 00:53:40,791 --> 00:53:42,250 are in play right there? 1463 00:53:42,250 --> 00:53:44,208 They're they're trapped in their private 1464 00:53:44,208 --> 00:53:45,791 little cars, and they 1465 00:53:45,791 --> 00:53:46,916 don't they don't go out 1466 00:53:46,916 --> 00:53:48,916 They don't spend money at the local shops 1467 00:53:48,916 --> 00:53:50,916 It's crazy to me like I don't understand 1468 00:53:50,916 --> 00:53:53,208 why we do shut the way we do here 1469 00:53:53,916 --> 00:53:56,416 It's a whole go like there's a lot of 1470 00:53:56,416 --> 00:53:57,791 documentaries. There's a lot of stuff on 1471 00:53:57,791 --> 00:53:59,708 this on the whole car 1472 00:54:00,583 --> 00:54:03,208 Lobbyists like people are more 1473 00:54:03,208 --> 00:54:04,541 brainwashed and more 1474 00:54:05,125 --> 00:54:07,250 Trained to do this than they realize it's 1475 00:54:07,250 --> 00:54:10,083 kind of hilarious actually, but yeah 1476 00:54:10,083 --> 00:54:11,750 Did we have a similar 1477 00:54:11,750 --> 00:54:14,208 like where I grew up in st. 1478 00:54:14,208 --> 00:54:15,916 George we had this we have the same thing 1479 00:54:15,916 --> 00:54:17,208 like they'd close down Main Street 1480 00:54:17,208 --> 00:54:18,791 That concerts and stuff and you could 1481 00:54:18,791 --> 00:54:20,291 walk around and I think they did it in 1482 00:54:20,291 --> 00:54:22,166 the summer time to do it every week 1483 00:54:22,166 --> 00:54:23,166 I think yeah 1484 00:54:24,166 --> 00:54:25,291 So yeah in the summer 1485 00:54:25,291 --> 00:54:25,541 Yeah 1486 00:54:25,541 --> 00:54:27,750 it's like I think I think they're 1487 00:54:27,750 --> 00:54:29,583 planning on closing one of the streets 1488 00:54:29,583 --> 00:54:31,875 like permanently over the summer and 1489 00:54:31,875 --> 00:54:34,166 Just letting people park a couple blocks 1490 00:54:34,166 --> 00:54:35,958 away and walk and there's 1491 00:54:35,958 --> 00:54:37,958 more cities doing that yeah 1492 00:54:37,958 --> 00:54:39,208 Which is good needs to 1493 00:54:39,208 --> 00:54:41,166 happen it needs to happen yeah 1494 00:54:42,208 --> 00:54:43,125 But 1495 00:54:43,125 --> 00:54:45,958 I like seeing game stops when I go to 1496 00:54:45,958 --> 00:54:47,416 malls or go to strip like when I go to 1497 00:54:47,416 --> 00:54:48,458 place like that because it's fun at 1498 00:54:48,458 --> 00:54:50,791 Least isn't a place I can go to yeah 1499 00:54:50,916 --> 00:54:52,583 While my wife goes and shops for 1500 00:54:52,583 --> 00:54:54,416 something like else that I might not be 1501 00:54:54,416 --> 00:54:55,625 as interested in yeah 1502 00:54:55,625 --> 00:54:57,541 And I can go do some window shopping is 1503 00:54:57,541 --> 00:54:59,375 and I don't know also I 1504 00:54:59,375 --> 00:55:00,041 worked at the game stops 1505 00:55:00,041 --> 00:55:01,458 So it's nostalgic for me kind of just 1506 00:55:01,458 --> 00:55:02,500 yeah thing I want to say on that 1507 00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:04,791 Yeah, I mean it's it's sad because I 1508 00:55:04,791 --> 00:55:05,833 think about game stuff like 1509 00:55:05,833 --> 00:55:07,041 when I think about game stop 1510 00:55:07,041 --> 00:55:08,875 I'm like man that you know I remember 1511 00:55:08,875 --> 00:55:09,625 going to game stop 1512 00:55:09,625 --> 00:55:10,333 and it was an experience 1513 00:55:10,500 --> 00:55:12,375 You know I told that story about like 1514 00:55:12,375 --> 00:55:14,250 when my brother like we did the midnight 1515 00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:16,708 Halo reach launched 1516 00:55:16,708 --> 00:55:18,875 together, and that was so much fun 1517 00:55:18,875 --> 00:55:21,625 So it is nostalgic and and it is sad that 1518 00:55:21,625 --> 00:55:23,625 they're closing how many stores that they 1519 00:55:23,625 --> 00:55:24,875 don't even say it's just the 1520 00:55:25,208 --> 00:55:27,708 There they're still significant stores. 1521 00:55:27,708 --> 00:55:29,333 It's gonna keep on happening. They've 1522 00:55:29,333 --> 00:55:30,333 almost like they've almost 1523 00:55:30,333 --> 00:55:31,708 gone on over multiple times 1524 00:55:32,083 --> 00:55:33,541 It'll be interesting to see how they're 1525 00:55:33,541 --> 00:55:34,916 in they invest in Bitcoin 1526 00:55:35,458 --> 00:55:38,083 I'm not against a changing our global 1527 00:55:38,416 --> 00:55:40,875 Currency or even going to 1528 00:55:40,875 --> 00:55:43,416 something different. I just I 1529 00:55:43,416 --> 00:55:46,083 Just don't know I'm a little turned off 1530 00:55:46,083 --> 00:55:51,375 by Bitcoin right now, but we'll see I I 1531 00:55:51,375 --> 00:55:53,583 Do think that another reason game stops 1532 00:55:53,583 --> 00:55:54,625 also not doing as well as 1533 00:55:54,625 --> 00:55:56,666 physical media is not as popular 1534 00:55:57,166 --> 00:55:59,250 People also hate their like you they're 1535 00:55:59,250 --> 00:56:00,000 like well if I trade 1536 00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:02,208 something in it's not as you know I 1537 00:56:02,208 --> 00:56:03,208 Get screwed on I'm like yeah 1538 00:56:03,208 --> 00:56:04,791 Well, then don't trade it in like this 1539 00:56:04,791 --> 00:56:06,333 the only option you have or you can sell 1540 00:56:06,333 --> 00:56:06,875 it on Facebook 1541 00:56:06,875 --> 00:56:08,125 marketplace like that's okay 1542 00:56:08,208 --> 00:56:09,458 Capitalism works you're not gonna get the 1543 00:56:09,458 --> 00:56:10,875 best deal every time and I 1544 00:56:10,875 --> 00:56:12,125 think people have a bitter 1545 00:56:14,208 --> 00:56:17,416 You know experience from that but yeah, 1546 00:56:17,416 --> 00:56:20,041 yeah, I don't know I 1547 00:56:21,333 --> 00:56:22,791 Whatever let's move on 1548 00:56:22,791 --> 00:56:26,708 I know it's it's depressing if I'm gonna 1549 00:56:26,708 --> 00:56:28,291 buy physical media anyway. I'm gonna go 1550 00:56:28,291 --> 00:56:29,250 to bull most music 1551 00:56:29,250 --> 00:56:31,083 which is a locally owned oh 1552 00:56:32,291 --> 00:56:35,458 Music and game and movie plays so anyway 1553 00:56:35,833 --> 00:56:36,625 I 1554 00:56:37,833 --> 00:56:38,750 Gg 1555 00:56:40,083 --> 00:56:42,625 They're reusing assets in like a dragon. 1556 00:56:42,625 --> 00:56:44,000 I told you we'd get to this 1557 00:56:44,375 --> 00:56:47,208 They're defending their their rationale 1558 00:56:47,208 --> 00:56:49,875 and honestly like I think we're using 1559 00:56:49,875 --> 00:56:51,833 assets in games make sense 1560 00:56:52,416 --> 00:56:55,708 I like I don't I haven't read this one. 1561 00:56:55,708 --> 00:56:58,583 This was put in here by high tech, but I 1562 00:56:59,666 --> 00:57:00,916 Don't know the the fact 1563 00:57:00,916 --> 00:57:02,541 that they're reusing assets 1564 00:57:02,833 --> 00:57:04,750 Means that they get to put more time into 1565 00:57:04,750 --> 00:57:06,833 other things like if if that's actually 1566 00:57:06,833 --> 00:57:08,083 what they're doing. I don't know 1567 00:57:09,500 --> 00:57:11,791 But like make from like if 1568 00:57:11,791 --> 00:57:14,000 I'm if I made a new game and 1569 00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:15,541 And it made sense for me to include some 1570 00:57:15,541 --> 00:57:17,708 assets from doodlings. I would do it. Why 1571 00:57:17,708 --> 00:57:18,791 not it's already made 1572 00:57:19,958 --> 00:57:22,916 So this debate has been going on for a 1573 00:57:22,916 --> 00:57:24,833 long time of reusing assets 1574 00:57:25,083 --> 00:57:27,708 Some games have reused too many where you 1575 00:57:27,708 --> 00:57:29,166 see a game come out too 1576 00:57:29,166 --> 00:57:31,875 soon. I think Far Cry 5's 1577 00:57:31,875 --> 00:57:35,000 What is it there's a game that came out 1578 00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:36,750 right after Far Cry 5 1579 00:57:36,750 --> 00:57:39,000 that was because I'm 1580 00:57:39,083 --> 00:57:40,541 spoilers if you if you don't 1581 00:57:40,541 --> 00:57:42,333 know how Far Cry 5 ends, but 1582 00:57:42,416 --> 00:57:44,708 Nukes do land which is a little annoying 1583 00:57:44,708 --> 00:57:46,541 you do all the work and the the freaking 1584 00:57:46,541 --> 00:57:48,250 person still wins at the end 1585 00:57:48,250 --> 00:57:50,041 And then the next game 1586 00:57:50,041 --> 00:57:51,583 that's like it's like a spin-off 1587 00:57:52,375 --> 00:57:55,208 You play in the post-apocalyptic area 1588 00:57:56,125 --> 00:57:58,833 They were used a ton of the assets, but I 1589 00:57:58,833 --> 00:57:59,916 don't think it was like 1590 00:57:59,916 --> 00:58:01,583 $40. It wasn't $60 game 1591 00:58:02,833 --> 00:58:03,958 That's a little bit 1592 00:58:03,958 --> 00:58:04,916 pushing the line where 1593 00:58:05,416 --> 00:58:07,583 90 like it feels like 80% of the game 1594 00:58:07,583 --> 00:58:10,291 wasn't was the same but at the same time 1595 00:58:10,375 --> 00:58:11,916 I 1596 00:58:11,916 --> 00:58:14,416 Think more studios need to reuse assets 1597 00:58:14,666 --> 00:58:16,583 But then make sure they 1598 00:58:16,583 --> 00:58:17,666 inject a lot of new stuff 1599 00:58:17,708 --> 00:58:19,916 So you make they feel like a new game as 1600 00:58:19,916 --> 00:58:20,375 long as you're making 1601 00:58:20,375 --> 00:58:21,625 it feel like a new game 1602 00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:24,250 That is totally fine to reuse assets. You 1603 00:58:24,250 --> 00:58:26,000 just got to make sure you have some 1604 00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:27,875 unique new assets to add to it 1605 00:58:28,625 --> 00:58:31,541 Yeah, I agree it there has yeah you get a 1606 00:58:31,541 --> 00:58:32,083 feel it out. You 1607 00:58:32,083 --> 00:58:33,500 gotta like make sure that 1608 00:58:33,916 --> 00:58:36,083 It's not just a complete asset flip 1609 00:58:36,083 --> 00:58:38,791 But also if you own the assets and you're 1610 00:58:38,791 --> 00:58:41,500 not like buying them from somewhere else 1611 00:58:41,500 --> 00:58:43,291 like a third party then it's totally cool 1612 00:58:43,291 --> 00:58:45,541 I think I'm just even fine with third 1613 00:58:45,541 --> 00:58:47,541 party if you you can modify those things 1614 00:58:47,708 --> 00:58:50,125 And like it's a rock. It's a rock yeah 1615 00:58:50,250 --> 00:58:52,666 There's certain things that are fine, but 1616 00:58:52,666 --> 00:58:53,875 yeah if you're going to 1617 00:58:53,875 --> 00:58:55,416 make it look and feel generic 1618 00:58:56,375 --> 00:58:59,208 It's just gonna sell like a generic so 1619 00:58:59,208 --> 00:59:01,291 yeah better be careful with that right 1620 00:59:01,291 --> 00:59:03,125 I mean like that kind of goes back to 1621 00:59:03,125 --> 00:59:04,208 when we were talking about like 1622 00:59:05,916 --> 00:59:07,875 So many Unreal Engine 5 1623 00:59:07,875 --> 00:59:10,291 games look and feel very similar 1624 00:59:10,291 --> 00:59:11,500 And it's cuz they're using 1625 00:59:11,500 --> 00:59:13,125 like the Nana the Nanaite 1626 00:59:13,750 --> 00:59:15,791 Not Nanaite. What's the thing like the 1627 00:59:15,791 --> 00:59:18,625 there's luminous then I there's 1628 00:59:19,208 --> 00:59:20,583 Well, it's like the 1629 00:59:20,583 --> 00:59:23,166 assets from that. Oh the mega 1630 00:59:23,166 --> 00:59:25,458 It's now called a fab store um yeah, 1631 00:59:25,458 --> 00:59:29,416 yeah, I don't know they they oh you run 1632 00:59:29,416 --> 00:59:30,791 the risk when you use 1633 00:59:30,791 --> 00:59:32,750 Yeah, or reuse assets that your games 1634 00:59:32,750 --> 00:59:34,375 just gonna look like everybody else's 1635 00:59:34,375 --> 00:59:36,041 they're all using the same rock textures 1636 00:59:36,041 --> 00:59:36,958 They're all using the same 1637 00:59:36,958 --> 00:59:38,958 trees. You know you can well 1638 00:59:39,541 --> 00:59:40,916 Here's the here's a little trick if 1639 00:59:40,916 --> 00:59:41,708 you're building a game 1640 00:59:41,708 --> 00:59:43,833 And you get those which I do I do use 1641 00:59:43,833 --> 00:59:45,041 some of those assets you 1642 00:59:45,041 --> 00:59:47,791 modify them you change them up 1643 00:59:48,500 --> 00:59:51,750 I'm not a 3d artist, so I can't you know 1644 00:59:51,750 --> 00:59:53,125 recreate all this other stuff 1645 00:59:53,125 --> 00:59:55,291 But you can get them and you can modify 1646 00:59:55,291 --> 00:59:56,666 textures you can modify a lot of 1647 00:59:56,666 --> 00:59:57,833 different things that make them your own 1648 00:59:58,916 --> 01:00:00,125 That's the trick you 1649 01:00:00,125 --> 01:00:01,750 got to make it feel not 1650 01:00:02,208 --> 01:00:05,041 Generic and with the Unreal engine 1651 01:00:05,083 --> 01:00:08,333 I don't I don't agree and I think you 1652 01:00:08,333 --> 01:00:09,875 gardener and like most the industry 1653 01:00:10,166 --> 01:00:12,166 Do feel this way with the Unreal Engine? 1654 01:00:12,750 --> 01:00:15,541 I feel like it is a developer issue if 1655 01:00:15,541 --> 01:00:17,375 you're unreal 5 game 1656 01:00:17,375 --> 01:00:18,916 feels the same as another one 1657 01:00:19,208 --> 01:00:21,541 That's not a developer issue not a 1658 01:00:22,125 --> 01:00:24,208 Engine issue per se they just made it 1659 01:00:24,208 --> 01:00:25,041 easier, and then people 1660 01:00:25,041 --> 01:00:26,875 are being lazy I guess yeah 1661 01:00:28,625 --> 01:00:28,708 I 1662 01:00:28,708 --> 01:00:30,916 Can see that one one thing too about this 1663 01:00:30,916 --> 01:00:33,291 is like they fully acknowledge that they? 1664 01:00:33,916 --> 01:00:35,833 Reused assets and unlike 1665 01:00:35,833 --> 01:00:37,375 a lot of other companies 1666 01:00:38,083 --> 01:00:40,000 In our studios in the 1667 01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:42,458 in the industry you know 1668 01:00:42,875 --> 01:00:45,375 RGG studio has been one of the few that's 1669 01:00:45,375 --> 01:00:46,541 like releasing games 1670 01:00:47,041 --> 01:00:48,916 Pretty frequently you know 1671 01:00:49,250 --> 01:00:52,250 And it takes time to develop new like 1672 01:00:52,250 --> 01:00:54,958 assets, so if you can reuse stuff. I 1673 01:00:54,958 --> 01:00:55,625 think it makes sense 1674 01:00:57,041 --> 01:00:58,875 Just make it feel different just make it 1675 01:00:58,875 --> 01:00:59,833 hard a certain amount 1676 01:00:59,833 --> 01:01:01,125 make sure it feels different 1677 01:01:02,250 --> 01:01:02,666 I 1678 01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:05,541 Don't I don't have much else to say you 1679 01:01:05,541 --> 01:01:06,708 have anything else about that 1680 01:01:06,708 --> 01:01:09,333 one. That's that's it like I I 1681 01:01:11,291 --> 01:01:13,208 It's interesting these types of stories 1682 01:01:13,208 --> 01:01:15,708 will pop up all the time like they'll pop 1683 01:01:15,708 --> 01:01:17,250 up every few years on 1684 01:01:18,125 --> 01:01:20,791 Asset reusing like using reusing assets 1685 01:01:20,791 --> 01:01:23,250 and so just do it right it's 1686 01:01:23,250 --> 01:01:24,750 a balancing game, man. Yeah 1687 01:01:26,916 --> 01:01:29,250 So Cristiano Ronaldo. I 1688 01:01:29,250 --> 01:01:30,583 don't know who that is 1689 01:01:30,583 --> 01:01:32,125 is 1690 01:01:32,125 --> 01:01:35,458 Now in a fighting game I? 1691 01:01:35,458 --> 01:01:36,625 only slightly know 1692 01:01:38,375 --> 01:01:39,000 It's a dude 1693 01:01:40,166 --> 01:01:44,041 Was the fighter chiseled draw yeah, so 1694 01:01:47,750 --> 01:01:50,416 Yeah, I 1695 01:01:50,416 --> 01:01:50,791 Mean 1696 01:01:52,166 --> 01:01:53,458 There's more more 1697 01:01:53,458 --> 01:01:55,416 celebrities partnering up like 1698 01:01:56,916 --> 01:01:59,583 How what is his face? 1699 01:02:00,500 --> 01:02:02,208 He does man. He lives 1700 01:02:02,208 --> 01:02:03,916 actually here in Salt Lake 1701 01:02:04,916 --> 01:02:05,583 but 1702 01:02:06,250 --> 01:02:08,375 The celebrity there's a 1703 01:02:08,375 --> 01:02:10,958 celebrity that is here. He's a senior 1704 01:02:12,041 --> 01:02:15,375 and he's partnered up with 1705 01:02:17,291 --> 01:02:18,500 Like three or four different 1706 01:02:18,500 --> 01:02:20,041 companies like game companies 1707 01:02:20,416 --> 01:02:23,375 To do just DLC's and stuff for so it's 1708 01:02:23,375 --> 01:02:25,583 it's interesting how it it's becoming 1709 01:02:25,583 --> 01:02:26,375 more and more of a thing 1710 01:02:26,416 --> 01:02:27,625 It's like a four is like fortnight 1711 01:02:27,625 --> 01:02:29,750 I think fortnight started this trend to 1712 01:02:29,750 --> 01:02:30,708 start including more and more 1713 01:02:30,708 --> 01:02:32,625 celebrities. How do you feel about 1714 01:02:32,625 --> 01:02:34,250 celebrities entering the gaming world? 1715 01:02:35,458 --> 01:02:38,166 I mean, I liked it back in the day when 1716 01:02:38,833 --> 01:02:40,333 Jack Black was in 1717 01:02:41,625 --> 01:02:45,500 That double fine game I 1718 01:02:45,500 --> 01:02:46,916 Can't remember the name of it on which 1719 01:02:46,916 --> 01:02:47,875 double fine game was 1720 01:02:47,875 --> 01:02:49,416 he in he was it a voice 1721 01:02:49,416 --> 01:02:50,916 He's been in a couple of them. Yeah, he 1722 01:02:50,916 --> 01:02:52,791 did um. Oh he voiced it 1723 01:02:52,916 --> 01:02:55,708 It wasn't his like him as well character 1724 01:02:55,708 --> 01:02:57,916 though Jack Black double fine 1725 01:02:59,666 --> 01:03:00,958 Cuz I've played a few 1726 01:03:00,958 --> 01:03:03,250 double fine, and I'm 1727 01:03:03,375 --> 01:03:04,500 What is this one oh? 1728 01:03:05,125 --> 01:03:08,000 Yeah, see this makes so much sense like 1729 01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:10,333 this is brutal legend. Oh my god. I can't 1730 01:03:10,333 --> 01:03:11,750 put a legend couldn't think of the name 1731 01:03:11,750 --> 01:03:14,500 Yeah, yeah, so that 100% makes sense it 1732 01:03:14,500 --> 01:03:16,125 makes like honestly even with this 1733 01:03:16,125 --> 01:03:17,083 fighter one the 1734 01:03:17,083 --> 01:03:18,375 fiddle fury it makes sense 1735 01:03:18,375 --> 01:03:20,666 I don't know how I feel about this 1736 01:03:21,166 --> 01:03:24,666 Fully it makes sense, but especially if 1737 01:03:24,666 --> 01:03:25,625 you want to try to capture 1738 01:03:25,625 --> 01:03:28,000 a whole new crowd of people 1739 01:03:28,333 --> 01:03:29,916 Mm-hmm you could drive cells really well, 1740 01:03:29,916 --> 01:03:32,666 but it it can come off. It's very cringe 1741 01:03:32,666 --> 01:03:34,541 if not done. He's a he's a footballer 1742 01:03:35,166 --> 01:03:37,000 Yeah, he's a it looks like 1743 01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:39,375 he's not yeah, yeah, okay 1744 01:03:39,375 --> 01:03:41,625 Well, I mean a footballer in a fighting 1745 01:03:41,625 --> 01:03:43,500 game and fatal fury well 1746 01:03:43,500 --> 01:03:45,791 at the end it showed the his 1747 01:03:46,708 --> 01:03:48,375 Old or something like that whatever it 1748 01:03:48,375 --> 01:03:50,166 is. I'm not I haven't played Phil for a 1749 01:03:50,166 --> 01:03:52,916 long time, but he kicked the soccer ball 1750 01:03:52,916 --> 01:03:55,166 Yeah, yeah, okay 1751 01:03:55,166 --> 01:03:58,708 Yeah, little cringe to me, but yeah well 1752 01:03:58,708 --> 01:04:00,666 dude I kind of like the either play like 1753 01:04:00,666 --> 01:04:02,041 any of the NBA games 1754 01:04:02,041 --> 01:04:03,958 like from like the mid 1755 01:04:04,708 --> 01:04:08,375 2010s where they had like the actual NBA 1756 01:04:08,375 --> 01:04:09,583 players come in and do the 1757 01:04:09,583 --> 01:04:11,583 voice overs yeah for the story 1758 01:04:11,583 --> 01:04:13,375 And it's like hey, man 1759 01:04:14,083 --> 01:04:16,625 You know time to get a thing done 1760 01:04:16,791 --> 01:04:18,958 It's like just puts an 1761 01:04:18,958 --> 01:04:21,750 effort in man, but uh yeah 1762 01:04:21,750 --> 01:04:23,708 I don't know I feel like that's I kind of 1763 01:04:23,708 --> 01:04:26,333 got those vibes here from from his acting 1764 01:04:27,166 --> 01:04:30,416 Like where was it? He's like looking like 1765 01:04:30,416 --> 01:04:34,083 oh geez. Oh, no big cartoon, man 1766 01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:38,916 It's they have their skill sets that 1767 01:04:38,916 --> 01:04:39,708 they've trained their whole 1768 01:04:39,708 --> 01:04:41,166 life for and it's definitely not 1769 01:04:41,208 --> 01:04:46,458 Yeah, some of the stuff that is 1770 01:04:46,458 --> 01:04:47,125 definitely not voice 1771 01:04:47,125 --> 01:04:48,500 acting that's for sure 1772 01:04:49,833 --> 01:04:52,000 It is interesting though like I 1773 01:04:54,875 --> 01:04:57,916 Like they there's a lot of people that 1774 01:04:57,916 --> 01:05:00,083 are entering the world like a lot of 1775 01:05:00,083 --> 01:05:01,916 actors entering the world of being 1776 01:05:01,916 --> 01:05:03,083 modeled inside of games, 1777 01:05:03,083 --> 01:05:04,666 which I think is interesting I 1778 01:05:05,416 --> 01:05:07,916 Don't want it to eat into 1779 01:05:07,916 --> 01:05:09,500 voice actors themselves though 1780 01:05:09,500 --> 01:05:12,291 I don't want them to lose a job and these 1781 01:05:12,291 --> 01:05:13,833 people like I don't know I just 1782 01:05:15,166 --> 01:05:16,875 It runs the risk of just 1783 01:05:16,875 --> 01:05:18,458 reusing the same person it 1784 01:05:19,291 --> 01:05:21,375 The same person over and over again, and 1785 01:05:21,375 --> 01:05:23,250 it's like Jack Black right now is 1786 01:05:23,250 --> 01:05:24,958 starting to feel very fatigued like I 1787 01:05:26,375 --> 01:05:28,416 Seen him in Minecraft. I'm just like not 1788 01:05:28,416 --> 01:05:29,666 interested. That's the 1789 01:05:29,666 --> 01:05:30,291 part I'm interested about 1790 01:05:30,291 --> 01:05:34,333 I'm just like dude, okay, you don't need 1791 01:05:34,333 --> 01:05:35,291 to be in everything dude 1792 01:05:35,291 --> 01:05:36,250 like yeah, it's starting 1793 01:05:36,291 --> 01:05:38,125 I want some fresh blood. I 1794 01:05:38,125 --> 01:05:42,416 want a new talent. I want a 1795 01:05:42,583 --> 01:05:44,750 Difference in my media. I don't need the 1796 01:05:44,750 --> 01:05:46,875 same person right like 1797 01:05:49,041 --> 01:05:51,333 Yeah, I mean for for me 1798 01:05:51,333 --> 01:05:53,833 It's like it was it's it's fun when it's 1799 01:05:53,833 --> 01:05:56,958 novel and it's and and it's it's fun when 1800 01:05:56,958 --> 01:05:57,916 it's unique and 1801 01:05:57,916 --> 01:05:58,958 interesting and makes sense 1802 01:05:59,541 --> 01:06:02,375 And as soon as that's any of those three 1803 01:06:02,916 --> 01:06:05,541 Cease to be the case. It's I'm not 1804 01:06:05,541 --> 01:06:08,000 interested anymore. You know like 1805 01:06:09,458 --> 01:06:11,291 Keanu Reeves in 1806 01:06:12,083 --> 01:06:14,041 Cyberpunk I was just kind of 1807 01:06:14,041 --> 01:06:15,541 like now we don't need that 1808 01:06:16,416 --> 01:06:17,750 But see that's the part that's the one 1809 01:06:17,750 --> 01:06:20,625 where I actually liked it. I actually 1810 01:06:20,625 --> 01:06:23,041 really liked his character in sight 1811 01:06:23,041 --> 01:06:24,750 I haven't I haven't played I don't know 1812 01:06:25,333 --> 01:06:27,000 And that's fine. There's a lot of people 1813 01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:27,916 that didn't that though 1814 01:06:27,916 --> 01:06:29,083 there weren't fans of that 1815 01:06:29,375 --> 01:06:31,833 And Keanu Reeves is not in too many video 1816 01:06:31,833 --> 01:06:34,041 games, so he's not right used too much 1817 01:06:34,541 --> 01:06:35,833 But I for some reason he 1818 01:06:35,833 --> 01:06:37,833 just did a good job in that I 1819 01:06:37,833 --> 01:06:40,250 Like Keanu Reeves. I think he's great as 1820 01:06:40,250 --> 01:06:43,041 neo. It's he's funny in Bill and Ted 1821 01:06:43,041 --> 01:06:46,750 But I just I was like I just don't see 1822 01:06:46,750 --> 01:06:49,333 the point of bringing in celebrities like 1823 01:06:49,333 --> 01:06:50,125 I don't know the time 1824 01:06:50,625 --> 01:06:52,750 Typically would say that but if that was 1825 01:06:52,750 --> 01:06:54,625 like right at the beginning of when I was 1826 01:06:54,625 --> 01:06:56,166 kind of done with celebrities 1827 01:06:56,166 --> 01:06:58,041 I agree when I saw cyberpunk. I was like 1828 01:06:58,041 --> 01:06:59,583 I don't know about this with Keanu Reeves 1829 01:06:59,583 --> 01:07:02,416 But then he plays certain characters so 1830 01:07:02,416 --> 01:07:03,541 well, and he was an 1831 01:07:03,541 --> 01:07:06,083 anarchist essentially an anarchist 1832 01:07:08,541 --> 01:07:10,666 And just the way 1833 01:07:10,916 --> 01:07:12,166 Keanu Reeves played it 1834 01:07:12,166 --> 01:07:13,708 I think lended very well to that and I 1835 01:07:13,708 --> 01:07:14,583 would have been curious to 1836 01:07:14,583 --> 01:07:15,541 see if someone else would have 1837 01:07:15,833 --> 01:07:17,833 Been able to pull that off as well as he 1838 01:07:17,833 --> 01:07:20,083 did but once again, you know 1839 01:07:21,083 --> 01:07:22,708 I don't want him to be in every video 1840 01:07:22,708 --> 01:07:24,000 game either like that'd be really 1841 01:07:24,000 --> 01:07:25,333 annoying Mark Hamill 1842 01:07:25,916 --> 01:07:27,791 I think is a good one 1843 01:07:27,791 --> 01:07:29,000 though because he does the 1844 01:07:29,500 --> 01:07:31,916 He does the Joker and the Batman Arkham 1845 01:07:31,916 --> 01:07:34,333 series and he does a great job 1846 01:07:34,583 --> 01:07:35,958 See Mark Hamill 1847 01:07:36,833 --> 01:07:39,708 Okay, like he's Lou Skywalker, but he 1848 01:07:39,708 --> 01:07:41,083 disappears in his 1849 01:07:41,083 --> 01:07:42,625 other roles like he's like 1850 01:07:42,625 --> 01:07:44,291 you know 1851 01:07:45,333 --> 01:07:47,416 He's just a he's like he's a character 1852 01:07:47,416 --> 01:07:50,541 actor and and and he's a voice actor 1853 01:07:50,833 --> 01:07:52,416 Before I even think of him as Luke 1854 01:07:52,416 --> 01:07:54,208 Skywalker, so I'm cool with 1855 01:07:54,208 --> 01:07:55,458 Mark Hamill showing up anywhere 1856 01:07:55,458 --> 01:07:57,625 I don't care about that and he's also he 1857 01:07:57,625 --> 01:07:58,875 was also doing it with like Wing 1858 01:07:58,875 --> 01:08:00,791 Commander in the frickin early 90s 1859 01:08:00,791 --> 01:08:02,500 So like I'm I don't have a 1860 01:08:02,500 --> 01:08:03,791 problem with him. He's an og 1861 01:08:03,958 --> 01:08:06,000 He's an og and he does a lot of voice 1862 01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:06,875 acting where it's not 1863 01:08:06,875 --> 01:08:08,458 his face in there. Yes 1864 01:08:08,458 --> 01:08:10,750 So yeah, there's times where I could I 1865 01:08:10,750 --> 01:08:13,916 agree with that but it they're injecting 1866 01:08:14,458 --> 01:08:15,750 celebrities like this 1867 01:08:16,250 --> 01:08:19,458 More more and I am I really I've been 1868 01:08:19,458 --> 01:08:20,833 trying to this I've been stolen this 1869 01:08:20,833 --> 01:08:22,083 whole time to try to figure out who 1870 01:08:22,541 --> 01:08:27,000 I'm thinking of cuz I don't 1871 01:08:27,250 --> 01:08:29,333 Damn it Indiana Jones 1872 01:08:30,208 --> 01:08:31,875 No, Indiana Joe. So 1873 01:08:31,875 --> 01:08:33,000 the new Indiana Jones has 1874 01:08:33,916 --> 01:08:36,416 Is it's no a mill in north right or is it 1875 01:08:36,416 --> 01:08:37,875 Troy Baker? It's Troy Baker. 1876 01:08:37,875 --> 01:08:39,625 I think he does an amazing job 1877 01:08:39,875 --> 01:08:43,166 He's I mean that the thing with that I 1878 01:08:43,166 --> 01:08:44,541 actually kind of am on 1879 01:08:44,541 --> 01:08:45,750 board with that because 1880 01:08:46,208 --> 01:08:48,500 There is only Indiana Jones 1881 01:08:48,500 --> 01:08:50,333 right like it's not it's not 1882 01:08:50,583 --> 01:08:53,500 Harrison Ford he's he is Indiana Jones 1883 01:08:53,500 --> 01:08:54,750 and so you have to have 1884 01:08:55,250 --> 01:08:57,250 Indiana Jones look and sound 1885 01:08:57,250 --> 01:08:59,333 like him. I'm cool with that 1886 01:08:59,750 --> 01:09:01,083 especially because they're not bringing 1887 01:09:01,083 --> 01:09:02,791 in Harrison Ford and 1888 01:09:02,791 --> 01:09:04,416 then scanning him and then 1889 01:09:04,541 --> 01:09:06,791 De-aging him in the in the geometry and 1890 01:09:06,791 --> 01:09:07,666 the textures and shit 1891 01:09:07,666 --> 01:09:08,916 like it's I don't know 1892 01:09:08,916 --> 01:09:11,541 I like that I'm fine with that. He's such 1893 01:09:11,541 --> 01:09:14,291 a grumpy actor these days that he does a 1894 01:09:14,291 --> 01:09:15,458 good job in some stuff 1895 01:09:15,458 --> 01:09:17,375 But as Indiana Jones, I just think he's 1896 01:09:17,375 --> 01:09:18,250 it's just kind of over and 1897 01:09:18,250 --> 01:09:19,541 if you tried to voice act 1898 01:09:19,958 --> 01:09:21,666 Indiana Jones, I think it 1899 01:09:21,666 --> 01:09:24,416 would have not ended well. Yes 1900 01:09:25,791 --> 01:09:29,666 Yep, anyway, I don't know is there you 1901 01:09:29,666 --> 01:09:33,791 have someone in mind. Yes, I'm trying to 1902 01:09:33,791 --> 01:09:37,708 What does it's such a weird one 1903 01:09:38,916 --> 01:09:41,208 I 1904 01:09:41,208 --> 01:09:42,875 Usually let my brain doesn't work 1905 01:09:42,875 --> 01:09:46,291 sometimes and so I I look I work off of 1906 01:09:47,375 --> 01:09:49,666 Susie my wife and so she'll know what 1907 01:09:50,291 --> 01:09:52,541 Yeah, but it doesn't matter. It's just 1908 01:09:52,541 --> 01:09:53,500 there's a lot of celebrities being 1909 01:09:53,500 --> 01:09:54,625 injected into more and more 1910 01:09:54,625 --> 01:09:56,083 and I think it's because of 1911 01:09:56,541 --> 01:09:58,041 Fortnight which is fine 1912 01:10:00,416 --> 01:10:03,833 But I don't mind fortnight like if people 1913 01:10:03,833 --> 01:10:05,041 want to go that route go that route 1914 01:10:05,083 --> 01:10:07,541 I'm not gonna play it but I 1915 01:10:07,541 --> 01:10:09,208 I am a little worried about 1916 01:10:09,791 --> 01:10:11,750 Up and coming dogs and up and coming 1917 01:10:11,750 --> 01:10:13,750 voice actors are gonna get replaced by 1918 01:10:13,750 --> 01:10:14,791 just more of the same 1919 01:10:14,791 --> 01:10:16,541 celebrities that already have more 1920 01:10:16,541 --> 01:10:18,791 Work than they need in my opinion. Like 1921 01:10:18,791 --> 01:10:21,000 yeah, I want a diversity and I don't want 1922 01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:23,166 companies to play it safe by just 1923 01:10:23,833 --> 01:10:26,458 Utilizing the same, you know dozen 1924 01:10:28,041 --> 01:10:31,041 Actors and where voice actors need roles 1925 01:10:31,041 --> 01:10:34,750 to right? That's my my thing. Well, um 1926 01:10:35,666 --> 01:10:36,333 what? 1927 01:10:39,208 --> 01:10:39,625 Hellblade 1928 01:10:40,208 --> 01:10:43,500 Like she's an amazing actress right from 1929 01:10:43,500 --> 01:10:44,958 no blade. I can't remember her name 1930 01:10:44,958 --> 01:10:47,875 But like you if they were all just 1931 01:10:47,875 --> 01:10:49,791 getting getting like big celebrity names, 1932 01:10:49,791 --> 01:10:51,666 we would have never met that 1933 01:10:52,625 --> 01:10:53,583 Actress, you know 1934 01:10:53,916 --> 01:10:57,041 Truth. I don't know. I yeah video games. 1935 01:10:57,041 --> 01:10:59,333 I don't think we need to have more 1936 01:10:59,333 --> 01:11:00,916 celebrities. We need to get more 1937 01:11:02,125 --> 01:11:04,416 Folks undiscovered talent. I like that 1938 01:11:06,041 --> 01:11:08,416 All right, hunt showdown is what it is 1939 01:11:08,416 --> 01:11:10,833 hunt showdown had post Malone 1940 01:11:11,291 --> 01:11:13,083 That's what it is post Malone 1941 01:11:13,083 --> 01:11:15,458 has been in multiple games now 1942 01:11:16,083 --> 01:11:18,500 But there's a new one and we I think they 1943 01:11:18,500 --> 01:11:19,916 did an announcement when we 1944 01:11:19,916 --> 01:11:21,416 watched it for the game awards 1945 01:11:22,375 --> 01:11:24,291 but post Malone, yeah, which 1946 01:11:25,083 --> 01:11:27,541 He's fine. I it's that 1947 01:11:27,541 --> 01:11:28,750 he just loves the game 1948 01:11:29,041 --> 01:11:29,541 but 1949 01:11:30,833 --> 01:11:34,083 Yeah, I heard what we have a to had like 1950 01:11:35,208 --> 01:11:37,791 Ethan and Eli Klein from h3h3 1951 01:11:37,791 --> 01:11:39,625 You remember that and I even that I was 1952 01:11:39,625 --> 01:11:43,708 like in why paid in payday they had DLC 1953 01:11:43,750 --> 01:11:46,708 I did not know that that is 1954 01:11:47,708 --> 01:11:50,708 Bizarre what a bazero. Why would you add 1955 01:11:50,708 --> 01:11:52,750 h3h3 people into that? 1956 01:11:53,000 --> 01:11:54,000 I don't know like I 1957 01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:55,375 like h3 like they're funny 1958 01:11:55,375 --> 01:11:57,541 But like I was like dude that just 1959 01:11:57,541 --> 01:11:59,166 doesn't feel right to me 1960 01:11:59,541 --> 01:12:03,791 Like crazy, but yeah, they died through 1961 01:12:03,791 --> 01:12:05,375 them are actors either. I was like why 1962 01:12:05,375 --> 01:12:06,666 no, why are we doing this? 1963 01:12:07,583 --> 01:12:09,291 But that is a bizarre. That's 1964 01:12:09,291 --> 01:12:10,875 a bizarre choice. That's yeah 1965 01:12:11,750 --> 01:12:13,833 Okay, that that's a choice that that's 1966 01:12:13,833 --> 01:12:15,583 what I don't understand and even with the 1967 01:12:15,583 --> 01:12:16,500 post Malone. I'm like 1968 01:12:18,083 --> 01:12:20,625 He I don't know if he's a good enough 1969 01:12:20,625 --> 01:12:24,375 actor to but because it is hunt showdown 1970 01:12:24,416 --> 01:12:26,291 He might roll. Okay in that 1971 01:12:26,291 --> 01:12:27,750 because it is a very gritty game 1972 01:12:28,250 --> 01:12:30,041 Mm-hmm, but I haven't played it. I just 1973 01:12:30,041 --> 01:12:32,041 yeah, I know I've never 1974 01:12:32,041 --> 01:12:33,125 heard of hunt showdown 1975 01:12:33,750 --> 01:12:35,750 Hunt showdown is a really fun 1976 01:12:36,833 --> 01:12:41,541 get it's a you can do solo duel or or 1977 01:12:42,583 --> 01:12:42,750 or 1978 01:12:43,333 --> 01:12:45,166 A trio and you go in 1979 01:12:45,166 --> 01:12:47,000 and it's like back in 18 1980 01:12:47,291 --> 01:12:49,625 80 what is it 18 something? 1981 01:12:50,416 --> 01:12:53,541 1896 and has guns and it has 1982 01:12:53,583 --> 01:12:56,541 Monsters that you're essentially hunting 1983 01:12:56,541 --> 01:12:58,125 down, but you're in a squad and you have 1984 01:12:58,125 --> 01:12:59,416 to you can take out other squads 1985 01:12:59,625 --> 01:13:01,416 Then you have to take down the monster 1986 01:13:01,416 --> 01:13:03,208 and then you have to extract. It's an 1987 01:13:03,208 --> 01:13:05,166 extraction kind of shooter and 1988 01:13:05,625 --> 01:13:07,125 It's unique. It's fun 1989 01:13:07,791 --> 01:13:10,875 But it is definitely different. So yeah, 1990 01:13:10,875 --> 01:13:11,833 I don't need to go much 1991 01:13:11,833 --> 01:13:13,500 further into it. It is 1992 01:13:13,958 --> 01:13:15,125 unique the last thing 1993 01:13:15,125 --> 01:13:16,750 I'll say about any of this is 1994 01:13:17,375 --> 01:13:18,916 We need to go back to 1995 01:13:18,916 --> 01:13:21,208 a time when video games 1996 01:13:21,875 --> 01:13:23,333 Couldn't incorporate 1997 01:13:23,333 --> 01:13:26,250 the lifelike likenesses of 1998 01:13:26,541 --> 01:13:27,958 Celebrities because 1999 01:13:27,958 --> 01:13:29,333 that's when games were more fun 2000 01:13:30,250 --> 01:13:31,541 And that way we can just get 2001 01:13:31,541 --> 01:13:32,416 around this. Yeah, that's you 2002 01:13:32,416 --> 01:13:35,250 Anyway, like ps1 graphics from now or use 2003 01:13:35,250 --> 01:13:36,541 like a beat like use an 2004 01:13:36,541 --> 01:13:38,416 up and comer if you want 2005 01:13:38,416 --> 01:13:40,000 There's a couple up a comers that they'll 2006 01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:41,583 do sometimes do that 2007 01:13:41,708 --> 01:13:44,666 Yeah, video games were better when when 2008 01:13:44,666 --> 01:13:46,500 tails in in sonic adventure 2009 01:13:46,500 --> 01:13:47,916 was voiced by an actual child 2010 01:13:47,958 --> 01:13:51,416 Who was not an actor at all? 2011 01:13:53,416 --> 01:13:54,375 Do you remember that? 2012 01:13:55,375 --> 01:13:57,541 Yeah, I 2013 01:13:57,541 --> 01:13:59,208 think that's a good I think that's 2014 01:13:59,208 --> 01:14:02,208 There comes some labor law issues because 2015 01:14:02,208 --> 01:14:05,833 yeah child actors don't end up doing very 2016 01:14:05,833 --> 01:14:08,041 well in life. But yeah, yeah 2017 01:14:09,625 --> 01:14:12,500 No, it's I agree it's all interesting but 2018 01:14:13,083 --> 01:14:15,000 You're interested in what I'm an interest 2019 01:14:15,000 --> 01:14:15,875 in this next topic 2020 01:14:15,875 --> 01:14:17,583 though. Oh, yeah, me too 2021 01:14:18,833 --> 01:14:23,166 Game informer is back and they've hired 2022 01:14:23,166 --> 01:14:26,541 the entire team again and 2023 01:14:26,541 --> 01:14:28,875 I I mentioned double fine 2024 01:14:29,416 --> 01:14:32,416 Earlier, and I think if I'm wrong, I 2025 01:14:32,416 --> 01:14:33,541 think I'm right about this 2026 01:14:34,375 --> 01:14:37,208 The guy who founded double fine is one of 2027 01:14:37,208 --> 01:14:39,333 the sponsor like one of the guys behind 2028 01:14:39,333 --> 01:14:41,500 bringing this back. What's his name? 2029 01:14:41,750 --> 01:14:44,791 Oh, I don't remember his name. So I like 2030 01:14:44,791 --> 01:14:46,791 double. No. Yeah, I like I 2031 01:14:46,791 --> 01:14:47,708 like double fine quite a bit 2032 01:14:48,416 --> 01:14:49,125 It's owned by Microsoft 2033 01:14:49,125 --> 01:14:51,125 now though. So poo-poo 2034 01:14:52,375 --> 01:14:52,500 so 2035 01:14:53,250 --> 01:14:55,666 No audio just just going through this. 2036 01:14:55,666 --> 01:14:57,000 They're hiring the entire 2037 01:14:57,000 --> 01:15:00,208 team again is what they said and 2038 01:15:00,208 --> 01:15:01,416 I was sad when game for 2039 01:15:01,416 --> 01:15:02,666 a shutdown because like 2040 01:15:03,250 --> 01:15:05,666 games journalism is really important and 2041 01:15:06,125 --> 01:15:07,166 The fact that they've 2042 01:15:07,166 --> 01:15:07,916 been around for so long 2043 01:15:07,916 --> 01:15:08,833 I mean, I remember reading 2044 01:15:08,833 --> 01:15:10,500 game informer when I was a kid 2045 01:15:10,500 --> 01:15:12,458 I read game informer and PC 2046 01:15:12,458 --> 01:15:15,416 gaming or PC gamer and yep 2047 01:15:15,958 --> 01:15:18,625 Like and then I had like subscriptions 2048 01:15:18,625 --> 01:15:20,708 here and there to like PlayStation 2049 01:15:22,166 --> 01:15:23,750 underground and 2050 01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:25,458 Xbox whatever that 2051 01:15:25,458 --> 01:15:27,375 one was I had maximum PC 2052 01:15:29,125 --> 01:15:31,416 PC gamer which is now just incorporated 2053 01:15:31,416 --> 01:15:34,416 into PC gamer. Mm-hmm and 2054 01:15:34,416 --> 01:15:36,125 Game informer because partially because I 2055 01:15:36,125 --> 01:15:38,625 worked at GameStop. So I'm just I make 2056 01:15:38,625 --> 01:15:39,666 sure I always have a subscription 2057 01:15:39,833 --> 01:15:42,541 Yeah, I mean it's good stuff and I agree 2058 01:15:42,541 --> 01:15:43,541 with you with journalism stuff 2059 01:15:43,625 --> 01:15:45,250 like journalism period in the world is 2060 01:15:45,250 --> 01:15:48,458 dying and you know, it's unfortunate and 2061 01:15:48,458 --> 01:15:51,208 It leads to a lot of bad things now. 2062 01:15:51,208 --> 01:15:52,625 Luckily we're in the this 2063 01:15:52,625 --> 01:15:53,791 is the game industry. So 2064 01:15:54,875 --> 01:15:55,625 it's not as 2065 01:15:57,000 --> 01:15:58,041 It's not as 2066 01:15:58,916 --> 01:16:01,333 Consequential as the real world where 2067 01:16:01,333 --> 01:16:04,166 journalism is dying there, too. Mm-hmm, 2068 01:16:04,166 --> 01:16:06,375 but it still sucks 2069 01:16:06,375 --> 01:16:07,250 because you're gonna get 2070 01:16:08,083 --> 01:16:11,416 Less good takes on the industry on the 2071 01:16:11,416 --> 01:16:13,041 how the industry is going and kind of 2072 01:16:13,041 --> 01:16:14,416 calling out the bullshit of the industry 2073 01:16:15,458 --> 01:16:17,416 This is this is interesting. Have you 2074 01:16:17,416 --> 01:16:20,000 watched this video? I 2075 01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:21,833 Have not actually seen the video. I just 2076 01:16:21,833 --> 01:16:23,750 heard and read a little bit on this 2077 01:16:25,041 --> 01:16:27,208 Yeah, so essentially what 2078 01:16:27,208 --> 01:16:28,208 they're talking about here 2079 01:16:28,208 --> 01:16:31,041 I believe is called Godzilla are the the 2080 01:16:31,041 --> 01:16:33,833 company behind bringing this back and Tim 2081 01:16:33,833 --> 01:16:34,708 Schafer. That's his name 2082 01:16:34,750 --> 01:16:36,916 Tim Schafer is part of 2083 01:16:36,916 --> 01:16:38,875 Godzilla. There he is right there. Yep 2084 01:16:38,875 --> 01:16:41,083 Um, and so they're bringing this back and 2085 01:16:41,083 --> 01:16:42,458 it's gonna be an independent 2086 01:16:43,583 --> 01:16:45,958 Entity from Godzilla is not part of it 2087 01:16:45,958 --> 01:16:47,666 and they're going to be doing 2088 01:16:48,250 --> 01:16:50,208 the same kind of like content 2089 01:16:50,208 --> 01:16:53,541 production and the same like 2090 01:16:54,333 --> 01:16:55,833 Articles that they're writing for their 2091 01:16:55,833 --> 01:16:57,875 website, but they're also bringing back 2092 01:16:57,875 --> 01:16:59,416 the print magazine. Oh 2093 01:17:01,000 --> 01:17:01,166 Oh 2094 01:17:01,375 --> 01:17:02,083 Yeah 2095 01:17:02,541 --> 01:17:05,250 That's very exciting because I'm gonna 2096 01:17:05,250 --> 01:17:07,041 sign up for this like if I 2097 01:17:07,041 --> 01:17:08,333 have some disposable income 2098 01:17:08,333 --> 01:17:11,125 I think I might just do it just because I 2099 01:17:11,125 --> 01:17:12,250 like physical media. 2100 01:17:12,250 --> 01:17:13,916 I like print magazines 2101 01:17:13,916 --> 01:17:16,041 I think well as long as they're in my 2102 01:17:16,041 --> 01:17:18,916 wheelhouse, you know, and uh, I don't 2103 01:17:18,916 --> 01:17:19,625 know it's pretty it's 2104 01:17:19,625 --> 01:17:21,500 pretty cool to see I 2105 01:17:21,500 --> 01:17:23,125 Was I was bummed when they 2106 01:17:23,125 --> 01:17:24,875 announced they were closing. Yeah 2107 01:17:25,458 --> 01:17:26,708 There's like an end 2108 01:17:26,708 --> 01:17:27,625 to an era kind of thing 2109 01:17:27,625 --> 01:17:29,208 It was the same thing for me with maximum 2110 01:17:29,208 --> 01:17:30,375 PC when they went away. 2111 01:17:30,375 --> 01:17:32,125 I really like maximum PC 2112 01:17:32,125 --> 01:17:34,125 I still have some of the magazines from 2113 01:17:34,125 --> 01:17:36,250 them. Yeah, dude. I would love to work 2114 01:17:36,250 --> 01:17:38,000 for them. Honestly, like 2115 01:17:38,333 --> 01:17:41,041 Game informer. Yeah, man, like I 2116 01:17:41,666 --> 01:17:43,458 Love to write. I don't know if you've 2117 01:17:43,458 --> 01:17:45,583 seen my blog like I just I've been 2118 01:17:45,583 --> 01:17:47,208 blogging the heck out of my 2119 01:17:48,875 --> 01:17:49,625 My heart and soul 2120 01:17:50,250 --> 01:17:53,416 I don't I don't read blogs very much 2121 01:17:53,416 --> 01:17:56,166 these days. Yeah, well listen to things 2122 01:17:56,250 --> 01:17:58,000 You know why I'm such a huge 2123 01:17:58,000 --> 01:17:59,750 enthusiast for the feta verse 2124 01:18:00,541 --> 01:18:03,916 Is because I post something and the 2125 01:18:03,916 --> 01:18:05,500 people who follow me see it 2126 01:18:06,416 --> 01:18:09,541 Yeah, like I post I post my blog articles 2127 01:18:09,541 --> 01:18:12,875 and they get thousands of views 2128 01:18:14,333 --> 01:18:16,708 There you go, like I mean depending on 2129 01:18:16,708 --> 01:18:17,333 what I'm talking about 2130 01:18:17,333 --> 01:18:18,541 some people don't read it 2131 01:18:18,583 --> 01:18:20,916 but like I post my articles over there 2132 01:18:20,916 --> 01:18:22,666 and people like actually click it and 2133 01:18:22,666 --> 01:18:23,708 actually read it and 2134 01:18:23,708 --> 01:18:26,083 then I get comments and 2135 01:18:26,291 --> 01:18:27,375 And that's why I like 2136 01:18:27,375 --> 01:18:28,333 the feta verse so much 2137 01:18:28,333 --> 01:18:31,208 So okay, I post a video on YouTube and 2138 01:18:31,208 --> 01:18:33,541 it's rolling the effing dice man, like 2139 01:18:33,541 --> 01:18:35,333 whether anybody's gonna watch it at all 2140 01:18:35,958 --> 01:18:38,791 Yeah, I'll be honest. I really want a 2141 01:18:38,791 --> 01:18:39,875 competitor to YouTube to 2142 01:18:39,875 --> 01:18:43,291 pop up. Yeah pure tube. I 2143 01:18:43,291 --> 01:18:43,958 Know but it's so 2144 01:18:43,958 --> 01:18:46,000 expensive. It's really not 2145 01:18:46,041 --> 01:18:48,208 I mean it like it it's more expensive 2146 01:18:48,208 --> 01:18:50,458 than not having a peer tube yourself 2147 01:18:51,333 --> 01:18:53,625 But it's really not that bad, especially 2148 01:18:53,625 --> 01:18:54,583 if you can turn on some of 2149 01:18:54,583 --> 01:18:55,666 the bandwidth saving stuff 2150 01:18:55,666 --> 01:18:58,166 It's it's actually pretty great. Oh, I 2151 01:18:58,166 --> 01:18:59,083 need to look into it 2152 01:18:59,083 --> 01:19:01,041 But I just well, I just want to I don't 2153 01:19:01,041 --> 01:19:02,041 know if you want to post 2154 01:19:02,041 --> 01:19:03,166 your videos on my peer tube 2155 01:19:03,166 --> 01:19:05,625 I'll let you how's that? I 2156 01:19:05,625 --> 01:19:07,916 Need to come out of it. I've been very 2157 01:19:07,916 --> 01:19:10,625 yeah behind the scenes on other projects 2158 01:19:10,625 --> 01:19:12,958 lately and I need to get back into it 2159 01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:13,708 Yeah 2160 01:19:14,750 --> 01:19:16,291 Cuz it's fun. Oh 2161 01:19:16,291 --> 01:19:18,083 Dude, so much fun making videos 2162 01:19:19,416 --> 01:19:21,041 Yeah, dude, I don't know I'm very excited 2163 01:19:21,041 --> 01:19:22,625 about this though like Game Informer 2164 01:19:23,291 --> 01:19:26,083 again, like I think I've kind of like 2165 01:19:26,083 --> 01:19:28,250 played my hand that I don't really like 2166 01:19:28,250 --> 01:19:29,166 the modern game 2167 01:19:29,166 --> 01:19:30,791 industry very much like I'm 2168 01:19:30,791 --> 01:19:32,208 Boring into the retro stuff 2169 01:19:33,041 --> 01:19:34,875 But like it just it makes me happy that 2170 01:19:34,875 --> 01:19:36,291 Game Informer is back and 2171 01:19:36,291 --> 01:19:37,916 they're talking about cool games 2172 01:19:38,750 --> 01:19:39,583 Because there are 2173 01:19:39,583 --> 01:19:40,541 cool games that come out 2174 01:19:41,166 --> 01:19:44,500 recently, you know 2175 01:19:45,041 --> 01:19:45,958 Yeah, no there 2176 01:19:48,375 --> 01:19:51,666 There I think the game industry is just 2177 01:19:51,666 --> 01:19:53,250 morphing and it's getting bigger and 2178 01:19:53,250 --> 01:19:54,416 there's more for everyone 2179 01:19:54,416 --> 01:19:55,416 and I don't know why people 2180 01:19:55,416 --> 01:19:57,583 have an opinion and 2181 01:19:57,583 --> 01:19:59,500 This is not to throw anyone that's 2182 01:19:59,500 --> 01:20:00,833 listening or anyone that's under the bus 2183 01:20:00,833 --> 01:20:01,541 or anything like that 2184 01:20:01,791 --> 01:20:03,333 I just I think people have an opinions on 2185 01:20:03,333 --> 01:20:04,958 games that they really shouldn't have 2186 01:20:04,958 --> 01:20:06,000 opinions on because 2187 01:20:06,000 --> 01:20:06,916 they're not their type of games 2188 01:20:06,916 --> 01:20:07,833 It's not like game for you 2189 01:20:08,625 --> 01:20:11,166 so let other people enjoy it now if you 2190 01:20:11,166 --> 01:20:14,166 find a practice that is a 2191 01:20:14,208 --> 01:20:16,458 Nefarious like loot boxes you can you can 2192 01:20:16,458 --> 01:20:17,458 comment on that type of 2193 01:20:17,458 --> 01:20:18,375 stuff like that's fine 2194 01:20:18,375 --> 01:20:21,333 But like I feel like some games people 2195 01:20:21,333 --> 01:20:22,791 just have opinion on like that doesn't 2196 01:20:22,791 --> 01:20:23,666 sound like it's a game for you 2197 01:20:23,666 --> 01:20:24,458 Why do you care? 2198 01:20:25,250 --> 01:20:28,291 Yeah, for me like it doesn't criticism. I 2199 01:20:28,291 --> 01:20:29,291 don't care from 2200 01:20:29,291 --> 01:20:30,541 assessment screens typically 2201 01:20:30,791 --> 01:20:33,958 Yeah, I just so I'll still comment on it 2202 01:20:33,958 --> 01:20:35,583 sometimes but I'm not gonna be like hate 2203 01:20:35,583 --> 01:20:37,000 commenting on everyone's videos 2204 01:20:37,458 --> 01:20:37,958 Right 2205 01:20:38,583 --> 01:20:40,416 Like I'm more than happy to like 2206 01:20:40,875 --> 01:20:42,166 to like 2207 01:20:42,875 --> 01:20:45,833 Throw shade it like epic and stuff, but 2208 01:20:45,833 --> 01:20:47,500 like if you enjoy fortnight, I'm not 2209 01:20:47,500 --> 01:20:48,625 gonna crap on you for it 2210 01:20:48,625 --> 01:20:51,416 You know, I don't get it. Yeah, I don't I 2211 01:20:51,416 --> 01:20:52,750 really don't understand 2212 01:20:53,375 --> 01:20:54,875 Like I understand that people like 2213 01:20:54,875 --> 01:20:56,291 playing games online, but I don't 2214 01:20:56,291 --> 01:20:57,041 understand why people 2215 01:20:57,041 --> 01:20:58,041 like playing games online 2216 01:20:58,041 --> 01:21:00,166 I really don't get it, but I'm not gonna 2217 01:21:00,166 --> 01:21:02,333 like make fun of you for for doing that 2218 01:21:02,333 --> 01:21:03,541 You know like that's yeah, no you know 2219 01:21:03,583 --> 01:21:06,041 If you don't like seeing a practice by 2220 01:21:06,041 --> 01:21:08,125 like a game company or and you can make 2221 01:21:08,125 --> 01:21:09,250 you can still make fun of the game 2222 01:21:09,250 --> 01:21:11,666 that's fine, but I think some 2223 01:21:11,666 --> 01:21:13,416 people go a little too far and 2224 01:21:13,875 --> 01:21:15,958 Really make fun of people that play for 2225 01:21:15,958 --> 01:21:18,041 tonight. I'm like why they enjoy it like 2226 01:21:18,041 --> 01:21:19,708 it's just a game man, right? 2227 01:21:20,583 --> 01:21:22,958 I don't get why people watch football at 2228 01:21:22,958 --> 01:21:25,000 all. I don't get it. Yeah 2229 01:21:25,041 --> 01:21:30,083 Oh, see I love football. I don't yeah 2230 01:21:30,750 --> 01:21:33,541 I would much rather watch Starcraft 2 or 2231 01:21:33,541 --> 01:21:35,291 an eSport than I would a sport 2232 01:21:35,291 --> 01:21:38,041 well, I enjoyed basketball back in its 2233 01:21:38,041 --> 01:21:39,208 heyday when I feel like 2234 01:21:39,625 --> 01:21:41,333 My team the Jazz was doing 2235 01:21:41,333 --> 01:21:43,208 okay, but now they're yeah 2236 01:21:43,875 --> 01:21:44,416 so 2237 01:21:45,458 --> 01:21:48,541 Yep, hey person you want you there's an 2238 01:21:48,541 --> 01:21:50,000 actual really cool sport. I think you 2239 01:21:50,000 --> 01:21:51,166 might like it's called 2240 01:21:51,166 --> 01:21:52,375 competitive chase tag 2241 01:21:52,708 --> 01:21:56,166 Have I told you about this? No. Oh dude 2242 01:21:56,625 --> 01:21:57,750 Competitive chase tag. 2243 01:21:57,750 --> 01:22:00,875 There's a there's a small arena 2244 01:22:01,458 --> 01:22:03,875 with like tons of like 2245 01:22:05,291 --> 01:22:07,791 Like obstacles and stuff and 2246 01:22:08,416 --> 01:22:09,875 Two teams compete 2247 01:22:10,416 --> 01:22:13,083 One-on-one one one person versus one 2248 01:22:13,083 --> 01:22:15,458 person to to chase and 2249 01:22:15,458 --> 01:22:16,916 evade the other person right? 2250 01:22:17,041 --> 01:22:19,541 It's super cool. And it's like it's 2251 01:22:19,541 --> 01:22:21,208 there's like some really great rules and 2252 01:22:21,208 --> 01:22:24,375 it's basically like improvised parkour 2253 01:22:24,708 --> 01:22:27,833 Competitive mode. It's awesome. I love it 2254 01:22:29,416 --> 01:22:31,125 Anyway, well 2255 01:22:31,125 --> 01:22:34,625 Yeah, no, it's 2256 01:22:34,625 --> 01:22:35,166 huh 2257 01:22:36,333 --> 01:22:38,791 See the thing is I would play that I'm 2258 01:22:38,791 --> 01:22:39,583 much more into playing 2259 01:22:39,583 --> 01:22:40,833 sports than I am to watching 2260 01:22:40,833 --> 01:22:43,166 I don't like watching sports period. Yeah 2261 01:22:43,833 --> 01:22:44,166 Um 2262 01:22:45,416 --> 01:22:46,416 For the most part cuz 2263 01:22:46,416 --> 01:22:47,250 I just rather play him 2264 01:22:47,250 --> 01:22:48,791 I play I don't play him as much nowadays, 2265 01:22:48,791 --> 01:22:49,916 but I'd just rather play him 2266 01:22:50,291 --> 01:22:52,041 I also skateboarded a lot growing up too 2267 01:22:52,041 --> 01:22:53,416 and that's also my kind 2268 01:22:53,416 --> 01:22:56,083 of gem more. Okay weekend 2269 01:22:58,041 --> 01:23:00,833 Game of former being back is amazing. I 2270 01:23:00,833 --> 01:23:01,916 think is good. I think we 2271 01:23:01,916 --> 01:23:03,041 need more game journalism 2272 01:23:03,208 --> 01:23:05,541 That isn't just like I G and 2273 01:23:05,541 --> 01:23:07,291 PC gamer and a couple other ones 2274 01:23:07,333 --> 01:23:07,833 Yeah 2275 01:23:07,875 --> 01:23:10,791 And then being print is all I'm really 2276 01:23:10,791 --> 01:23:12,250 curious how much it's gonna cost because 2277 01:23:12,250 --> 01:23:15,083 I also am curious to pick one up 2278 01:23:15,291 --> 01:23:18,416 Yeah, a subscription just because it 2279 01:23:18,416 --> 01:23:18,833 sounds like they're 2280 01:23:18,833 --> 01:23:19,583 gonna be more independent 2281 01:23:19,666 --> 01:23:21,625 They're gonna be they've cut ties with 2282 01:23:21,625 --> 01:23:24,791 GameStop and if they are more independent 2283 01:23:24,791 --> 01:23:26,708 and can do really what they want 2284 01:23:26,708 --> 01:23:29,375 I am down for that. Yes, I agree 2285 01:23:30,416 --> 01:23:32,666 Japanese gaming is back on the rise 2286 01:23:33,333 --> 01:23:35,000 This is a high another high-tech 2287 01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:38,041 submitted story five out of eight major 2288 01:23:38,041 --> 01:23:40,375 companies reported record profits 2289 01:23:40,833 --> 01:23:43,208 In 2024 looks like or maybe 2290 01:23:43,208 --> 01:23:44,916 this quarter. I don't know 2291 01:23:45,791 --> 01:23:48,000 Five out of eight of japan's major 2292 01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:50,041 publicly traded triple-a gaming companies 2293 01:23:50,041 --> 01:23:52,083 have seen share prices reach all-time 2294 01:23:52,083 --> 01:23:53,625 highs in the past two months 2295 01:23:56,000 --> 01:23:58,208 People are divesting from the united 2296 01:23:58,208 --> 01:24:01,333 states. Yeah, it's really it's probably 2297 01:24:01,333 --> 01:24:02,500 partially what it is 2298 01:24:02,916 --> 01:24:03,291 Yeah 2299 01:24:04,375 --> 01:24:04,708 interesting 2300 01:24:05,708 --> 01:24:08,750 Sony nintendo kunami capcom and bandai 2301 01:24:08,750 --> 01:24:10,583 namco are the are the 2302 01:24:10,583 --> 01:24:11,833 major companies here 2303 01:24:12,791 --> 01:24:13,041 so 2304 01:24:14,666 --> 01:24:15,458 That's 2305 01:24:15,791 --> 01:24:17,833 Interesting because kunami like what have 2306 01:24:17,833 --> 01:24:19,083 they been coming out with that would 2307 01:24:19,083 --> 01:24:20,291 warrant such a bump. 2308 01:24:20,291 --> 01:24:22,750 I know capcom pachinko 2309 01:24:23,541 --> 01:24:26,000 Okay, there's that that's true capcom 2310 01:24:27,000 --> 01:24:30,083 Whether I know some people are are kind 2311 01:24:30,083 --> 01:24:31,416 of frustrated with them, but like they 2312 01:24:31,416 --> 01:24:32,958 have some pretty interesting 2313 01:24:33,541 --> 01:24:35,166 IPs yeah 2314 01:24:36,208 --> 01:24:36,416 but 2315 01:24:37,000 --> 01:24:39,666 Yeah, no, this is I think this is good 2316 01:24:39,666 --> 01:24:42,416 for I think they deserve it because I 2317 01:24:42,416 --> 01:24:43,125 think a lot of their 2318 01:24:43,458 --> 01:24:47,083 like especially like I 2319 01:24:47,083 --> 01:24:49,333 Think capcon sony those are like I really 2320 01:24:49,333 --> 01:24:50,833 like a lot of stuff they come 2321 01:24:50,833 --> 01:24:51,625 out with I think they've been 2322 01:24:52,583 --> 01:24:56,333 Doing better and and I think the japanese 2323 01:24:56,333 --> 01:24:57,875 triple-a market is 2324 01:24:57,875 --> 01:24:59,833 releasing better games these days 2325 01:25:00,500 --> 01:25:02,166 Um, but they also 2326 01:25:02,166 --> 01:25:04,958 release a lot of games. So yeah 2327 01:25:05,875 --> 01:25:07,625 Uh sega's not on this 2328 01:25:07,625 --> 01:25:09,166 list is sega publicly traded 2329 01:25:10,125 --> 01:25:10,583 um 2330 01:25:11,083 --> 01:25:11,708 I think 2331 01:25:13,125 --> 01:25:14,875 I don't know. I think they might be 2332 01:25:14,875 --> 01:25:17,666 Held by a different company now. I don't 2333 01:25:17,666 --> 01:25:18,916 know if they're they they 2334 01:25:18,916 --> 01:25:20,041 themselves are publicly traded 2335 01:25:22,416 --> 01:25:23,666 I'm gonna google it 2336 01:25:24,416 --> 01:25:25,666 But I i've lost track of 2337 01:25:25,666 --> 01:25:27,500 like who owns sega these days 2338 01:25:27,791 --> 01:25:29,333 sega sammy holdings 2339 01:25:30,291 --> 01:25:31,583 Oh, okay 2340 01:25:32,208 --> 01:25:33,708 interesting it was a merger in 2341 01:25:34,250 --> 01:25:37,041 2004 I guess all right 2342 01:25:38,833 --> 01:25:40,958 Okay, well there you go what I know 2343 01:25:41,375 --> 01:25:41,875 um 2344 01:25:42,666 --> 01:25:44,416 Cool. I mean this is this is pretty neat. 2345 01:25:44,416 --> 01:25:46,708 They they've got some uh 2346 01:25:48,208 --> 01:25:49,333 What is this kunami had 2347 01:25:49,333 --> 01:25:50,791 silent hill two driving silence 2348 01:25:51,541 --> 01:25:54,875 Which yeah, I mean, yeah, that does help. 2349 01:25:54,875 --> 01:25:57,291 Silent hill two was a uh a banger and I 2350 01:25:57,291 --> 01:25:57,916 haven't played it yet 2351 01:25:57,916 --> 01:25:59,125 But it does look good 2352 01:25:59,916 --> 01:26:02,500 Yeah, kunami had monster hunter wild 2353 01:26:04,041 --> 01:26:04,708 Um 2354 01:26:06,208 --> 01:26:06,833 Let's see 2355 01:26:09,625 --> 01:26:12,583 Yeah, yeah, I mean this is neat it's good 2356 01:26:12,583 --> 01:26:14,500 to see uh, you know in a in a 2357 01:26:15,625 --> 01:26:17,833 Era at least in the west where lots of 2358 01:26:17,833 --> 01:26:19,791 studios are closing and there's huge like 2359 01:26:19,791 --> 01:26:21,250 massive layoffs and stuff 2360 01:26:22,208 --> 01:26:23,708 It's good to see that the games industry 2361 01:26:23,708 --> 01:26:25,333 in japan is still going strong 2362 01:26:26,291 --> 01:26:27,875 And I I hope they're treating their 2363 01:26:27,875 --> 01:26:29,208 workers. Well, because sometimes it's a 2364 01:26:29,208 --> 01:26:32,791 mixed bag with that but right silksong 2365 01:26:33,416 --> 01:26:35,083 This is this is another high tech 2366 01:26:35,416 --> 01:26:38,041 Uh one of his special interests. I 2367 01:26:38,041 --> 01:26:39,916 actually really love holla night. It was 2368 01:26:39,916 --> 01:26:41,375 really fun. I'm a metroidvania 2369 01:26:42,041 --> 01:26:42,333 fan 2370 01:26:43,375 --> 01:26:44,916 And uh, apparently they 2371 01:26:44,916 --> 01:26:48,416 changed their copyright from 2019 2372 01:26:49,416 --> 01:26:50,625 to 2025 2373 01:26:51,458 --> 01:26:51,958 uh 2374 01:26:53,458 --> 01:26:55,500 And this is this is a huge deal because 2375 01:26:55,500 --> 01:26:56,875 people have been talking about how 2376 01:26:56,875 --> 01:26:57,750 silksong is never going to 2377 01:26:57,750 --> 01:26:58,958 come out and blah blah blah 2378 01:26:59,458 --> 01:26:59,625 so 2379 01:27:00,416 --> 01:27:02,291 This is this is a neat little update 2380 01:27:03,333 --> 01:27:05,958 It's like half-life three, you know, it's 2381 01:27:05,958 --> 01:27:07,333 a meme. No, no, it's 2382 01:27:07,333 --> 01:27:09,291 not. No, it's not not for us 2383 01:27:09,541 --> 01:27:11,375 But for no, I know 2384 01:27:11,375 --> 01:27:13,083 high tech for some folks 2385 01:27:13,875 --> 01:27:15,958 and and susie like uh 2386 01:27:16,375 --> 01:27:17,708 She my wife really 2387 01:27:17,708 --> 01:27:19,416 likes holla night. Yeah 2388 01:27:20,416 --> 01:27:22,625 It's really hard game, but she really she 2389 01:27:22,625 --> 01:27:24,541 would I think be really excited for 2390 01:27:24,541 --> 01:27:26,166 something like this. So yeah 2391 01:27:26,208 --> 01:27:27,333 I have a little grub 2392 01:27:27,333 --> 01:27:28,875 plushie from holla night 2393 01:27:30,208 --> 01:27:31,125 There you go. Do you 2394 01:27:31,125 --> 01:27:32,500 remember the the indie box? 2395 01:27:34,750 --> 01:27:36,416 It was like a they would ship you like 2396 01:27:36,416 --> 01:27:38,125 indie games on a little usb 2397 01:27:39,083 --> 01:27:39,375 stick 2398 01:27:40,250 --> 01:27:41,375 And it would come in a 2399 01:27:41,375 --> 01:27:42,833 box like a custom box 2400 01:27:43,541 --> 01:27:45,250 And uh, the one sounds 2401 01:27:45,250 --> 01:27:46,833 cool. It was it was neat 2402 01:27:47,000 --> 01:27:49,333 It was really cool and I had I 2403 01:27:49,333 --> 01:27:50,625 ordered a whole bunch of them 2404 01:27:51,000 --> 01:27:52,916 So I have like limited edition runs of a 2405 01:27:52,916 --> 01:27:54,583 bunch of indie games in physical 2406 01:27:55,250 --> 01:27:57,750 Boxes that is why I really like that 2407 01:27:57,750 --> 01:28:01,250 concept. Yeah, some of them came with um 2408 01:28:02,083 --> 01:28:04,458 Like limited run plushies or 2409 01:28:04,458 --> 01:28:06,083 other felis to go along with it 2410 01:28:06,750 --> 01:28:09,458 Uh, I have a super meat boy one. Um, but 2411 01:28:09,458 --> 01:28:10,333 the one that I that I was 2412 01:28:10,333 --> 01:28:12,708 most impressed with was uh, 2413 01:28:13,208 --> 01:28:16,041 Uh holla night. It was really nice 2414 01:28:17,541 --> 01:28:18,458 Nothing to do with this 2415 01:28:18,458 --> 01:28:20,833 but dead space had their uh, 2416 01:28:21,083 --> 01:28:23,083 So the the ea had a big sell on dead 2417 01:28:23,083 --> 01:28:24,833 space merge and I love dead space. So I 2418 01:28:24,833 --> 01:28:26,208 got like a dead space skateboard 2419 01:28:26,666 --> 01:28:27,625 Hell yeah, dude 2420 01:28:28,208 --> 01:28:28,833 That's awesome 2421 01:28:29,541 --> 01:28:31,125 I also I got a couple 2422 01:28:31,125 --> 01:28:32,666 other things but we don't 2423 01:28:33,541 --> 01:28:35,583 Good I I like collecting stuff. What's 2424 01:28:35,583 --> 01:28:39,083 that? This is from um axiom verge 2425 01:28:39,250 --> 01:28:41,791 It's very dusty, but this came in one in 2426 01:28:41,791 --> 01:28:44,208 my axiom verge limited edition box 2427 01:28:44,750 --> 01:28:45,916 Oh, and it's like this 2428 01:28:45,916 --> 01:28:47,875 really beautifully sculpted. Yeah 2429 01:28:48,041 --> 01:28:50,750 Uh thing it's really cool. That's the 2430 01:28:51,375 --> 01:28:53,416 I love collector's items that they do in 2431 01:28:53,416 --> 01:28:54,666 these things that uh 2432 01:28:54,833 --> 01:28:56,875 Like when a game releases or 2433 01:28:56,875 --> 01:28:57,916 even if it's on a merch store 2434 01:28:57,916 --> 01:28:58,958 Like if you make it 2435 01:28:58,958 --> 01:29:00,583 premium enough go for it 2436 01:29:01,000 --> 01:29:02,041 I don't like it when they do 2437 01:29:02,041 --> 01:29:03,916 it as a cash grab where you get 2438 01:29:04,166 --> 01:29:06,041 Not like the what was it? Was it a 2439 01:29:06,041 --> 01:29:08,166 fallout one where they got like a burlap 2440 01:29:08,166 --> 01:29:09,583 sack or something like that? 2441 01:29:09,583 --> 01:29:10,250 It wasn't much 2442 01:29:10,750 --> 01:29:13,041 It was like shittier than I think someone 2443 01:29:13,041 --> 01:29:15,000 had a moldy one and everything. Yeah 2444 01:29:15,708 --> 01:29:17,833 Oh, dude, like yeah the the cash grab 2445 01:29:17,833 --> 01:29:19,375 bullshit. I hate but like 2446 01:29:20,208 --> 01:29:21,291 Indie box was cool 2447 01:29:21,416 --> 01:29:23,125 Like they stopped doing it because nobody 2448 01:29:23,125 --> 01:29:24,333 like what they would do 2449 01:29:24,333 --> 01:29:25,458 is they would do like a big 2450 01:29:25,708 --> 01:29:27,666 Indie game that everybody wanted and then 2451 01:29:27,666 --> 01:29:29,291 they would do like a indie 2452 01:29:29,291 --> 01:29:30,375 game that nobody had heard of 2453 01:29:30,833 --> 01:29:32,958 And then and they people would be like 2454 01:29:32,958 --> 01:29:34,250 what what is this game? 2455 01:29:34,250 --> 01:29:35,375 We don't want that and nobody 2456 01:29:35,375 --> 01:29:36,916 would order the the next one 2457 01:29:37,166 --> 01:29:38,666 so then they'd go back to doing a big 2458 01:29:38,666 --> 01:29:39,541 game and then they'd come 2459 01:29:39,541 --> 01:29:41,291 out with a small one and 2460 01:29:41,541 --> 01:29:42,458 The way they were doing 2461 01:29:42,458 --> 01:29:43,541 it didn't seem sustainable 2462 01:29:43,875 --> 01:29:44,208 Yeah 2463 01:29:44,208 --> 01:29:46,083 But it sounds like you need to do all the 2464 01:29:46,083 --> 01:29:47,625 big ones and then once 2465 01:29:47,625 --> 01:29:49,916 A small one gets big enough or you do 2466 01:29:49,916 --> 01:29:51,791 like little micro ones of it and then you 2467 01:29:51,791 --> 01:29:53,541 can promote it as a you know 2468 01:29:54,000 --> 01:29:55,666 Yeah, unfortunately, that's just kind of 2469 01:29:55,666 --> 01:29:57,166 how the industry is. That's how 2470 01:29:57,166 --> 01:29:58,750 capitalism kind of works. You can yeah 2471 01:29:59,000 --> 01:30:00,083 I 2472 01:30:00,625 --> 01:30:01,333 Have too many flops, but 2473 01:30:01,333 --> 01:30:02,375 no, this is good. This is good 2474 01:30:02,500 --> 01:30:04,000 I mean, there's not a whole lot more we 2475 01:30:04,000 --> 01:30:05,791 can talk about it because it's just a 2476 01:30:05,791 --> 01:30:07,541 date change, but it's literally 2477 01:30:08,291 --> 01:30:10,291 Just a diff right here 2478 01:30:10,583 --> 01:30:13,500 But it's a we've had a couple of long 2479 01:30:13,500 --> 01:30:14,625 conversations about just 2480 01:30:14,625 --> 01:30:16,666 diffs on this podcast. So 2481 01:30:16,666 --> 01:30:20,083 This very promising look for 2482 01:30:20,083 --> 01:30:21,458 uh people of the hollow night 2483 01:30:22,208 --> 01:30:24,208 Yes, I am happy. I I love 2484 01:30:24,208 --> 01:30:25,500 hollow night. It was a good game 2485 01:30:26,000 --> 01:30:26,375 um 2486 01:30:27,291 --> 01:30:29,708 HP doesn't want windows on uh 2487 01:30:30,250 --> 01:30:31,416 on their steam deck competitors 2488 01:30:32,666 --> 01:30:34,166 Have you did you hear about this? I 2489 01:30:34,166 --> 01:30:36,416 talked about this on my um on my 2490 01:30:37,416 --> 01:30:39,000 show this week, uh 2491 01:30:39,625 --> 01:30:41,916 so according to uh 2492 01:30:42,333 --> 01:30:44,125 Gaming on linux. I saw them reporting on 2493 01:30:44,125 --> 01:30:45,708 this. Uh, apparently 2494 01:30:47,000 --> 01:30:49,541 the uh one of the product managers 2495 01:30:51,083 --> 01:30:55,083 Josephine tan at hp was on xda developers 2496 01:30:56,208 --> 01:30:57,125 and um 2497 01:30:59,333 --> 01:31:02,541 Josephine was complaining about how bad 2498 01:31:02,541 --> 01:31:05,291 of an experience windows is on handheld 2499 01:31:06,500 --> 01:31:06,958 and 2500 01:31:07,708 --> 01:31:10,166 Josephine was basically saying hey like 2501 01:31:10,166 --> 01:31:12,916 we'd love to do a handheld at hp 2502 01:31:13,708 --> 01:31:15,250 and uh 2503 01:31:16,333 --> 01:31:18,291 We but it's not going to have windows on 2504 01:31:18,291 --> 01:31:19,833 it if we did because I 2505 01:31:19,833 --> 01:31:20,666 don't know what to do with 2506 01:31:20,666 --> 01:31:23,833 If I don't like it, I don't know how to 2507 01:31:23,833 --> 01:31:25,791 do a product for it and that's she's 2508 01:31:25,791 --> 01:31:27,000 talking about windows there 2509 01:31:28,416 --> 01:31:30,250 Well, there's also that and they don't 2510 01:31:30,250 --> 01:31:33,750 have uh, I don't think that hp has a uh a 2511 01:31:33,750 --> 01:31:36,000 game client like the 2512 01:31:36,916 --> 01:31:37,625 um 2513 01:31:38,250 --> 01:31:39,833 Asus armory 2514 01:31:40,208 --> 01:31:42,458 So the aceus's armory system is like 2515 01:31:42,458 --> 01:31:43,541 really decent but they've 2516 01:31:43,541 --> 01:31:44,625 been working on it for years 2517 01:31:45,333 --> 01:31:46,958 I don't think hp has anything like that. 2518 01:31:46,958 --> 01:31:49,375 And so without armory and 2519 01:31:49,375 --> 01:31:50,291 if I was on windows like 2520 01:31:52,083 --> 01:31:53,875 Fuck that like i'm not using 2521 01:31:54,291 --> 01:31:56,375 Windows on a handheld without some type 2522 01:31:56,375 --> 01:31:57,375 of additional software 2523 01:31:57,375 --> 01:31:59,875 so I can see why like 2524 01:32:00,666 --> 01:32:00,791 all 2525 01:32:02,208 --> 01:32:05,208 H I don't want to hp handheld though. I 2526 01:32:05,208 --> 01:32:07,375 don't want to hp computer period 2527 01:32:07,541 --> 01:32:09,916 Well, okay. I there were I talked about 2528 01:32:09,916 --> 01:32:11,166 this on my on my news 2529 01:32:11,166 --> 01:32:12,541 video last uh yesterday 2530 01:32:12,833 --> 01:32:15,000 And there was a bunch of people who said 2531 01:32:15,000 --> 01:32:15,875 basically the same thing 2532 01:32:15,875 --> 01:32:17,250 like I don't the hp sucks 2533 01:32:17,250 --> 01:32:17,833 and I don't want 2534 01:32:17,833 --> 01:32:19,125 anything to do with them, but 2535 01:32:20,125 --> 01:32:22,250 When hp launches a product with window 2536 01:32:22,250 --> 01:32:23,333 with linux on it. 2537 01:32:23,333 --> 01:32:24,875 It's actually pretty good 2538 01:32:25,291 --> 01:32:28,833 Like okay, uh, I have the hp dev one 2539 01:32:29,458 --> 01:32:31,916 Um, they sent it to me to review it and 2540 01:32:31,916 --> 01:32:34,250 it's it's a linux laptop first. It 2541 01:32:34,250 --> 01:32:37,041 shipped with dude. It shipped with pop os 2542 01:32:37,708 --> 01:32:38,833 With it with pop. Okay 2543 01:32:39,541 --> 01:32:41,666 And I was like interesting for this i'm 2544 01:32:41,666 --> 01:32:44,000 here interesting choice. They worked with 2545 01:32:44,291 --> 01:32:46,666 Uh system 76 to be able to 2546 01:32:46,666 --> 01:32:48,125 distribute firmware updates 2547 01:32:48,666 --> 01:32:50,125 Through the built-in 2548 01:32:50,125 --> 01:32:51,583 pop os firmware updater 2549 01:32:53,458 --> 01:32:55,708 When they do linux they do it, right? 2550 01:32:56,000 --> 01:32:56,250 so 2551 01:32:56,666 --> 01:32:58,916 Uh, I know that they when they ship like 2552 01:32:58,916 --> 01:33:00,250 windows handhelds, they ship 2553 01:33:00,250 --> 01:33:01,708 it full of bloat and garbage 2554 01:33:02,041 --> 01:33:04,541 But like it's a business oriented. Yeah. 2555 01:33:04,541 --> 01:33:06,666 Yeah full business oriented 2556 01:33:07,333 --> 01:33:10,958 Right, but they but the people at hp who 2557 01:33:10,958 --> 01:33:12,291 give a shit about linux 2558 01:33:13,250 --> 01:33:14,083 Know how to make a 2559 01:33:14,083 --> 01:33:15,375 product with linux on it 2560 01:33:16,250 --> 01:33:16,958 And that's pretty cool 2561 01:33:17,625 --> 01:33:19,708 I say I don't want to hp handheld 2562 01:33:19,791 --> 01:33:21,916 But i'm always with any of these 2563 01:33:21,916 --> 01:33:23,416 companies always willing to be proven 2564 01:33:23,416 --> 01:33:25,166 wrong or be um surprised 2565 01:33:25,250 --> 01:33:27,958 I if they drop one and it's amazing sure 2566 01:33:27,958 --> 01:33:29,958 i'm i'm not gonna not get 2567 01:33:29,958 --> 01:33:31,750 it because it has hp on it 2568 01:33:32,041 --> 01:33:33,208 right, uh per se 2569 01:33:33,625 --> 01:33:34,833 uh, it's just 2570 01:33:35,708 --> 01:33:38,125 Yeah, I mean I want more I want more 2571 01:33:38,125 --> 01:33:38,958 competitors, but the 2572 01:33:38,958 --> 01:33:40,250 market's already kind of saturated 2573 01:33:40,250 --> 01:33:41,583 So i'm really curious to see 2574 01:33:41,583 --> 01:33:42,333 what they're gonna do with this 2575 01:33:42,833 --> 01:33:44,500 Well, here's the deal. This is the thing 2576 01:33:44,500 --> 01:33:45,416 that I don't quite 2577 01:33:45,416 --> 01:33:48,333 understand like what valves play is 2578 01:33:48,833 --> 01:33:49,833 um, yeah 2579 01:33:50,541 --> 01:33:51,916 like I mean valve makes 2580 01:33:54,125 --> 01:33:55,625 Like for example if hp 2581 01:33:55,625 --> 01:33:58,208 shipped a steam os powered handheld 2582 01:33:59,375 --> 01:34:00,750 Valve would make money off 2583 01:34:00,750 --> 01:34:03,625 of every sale of games off 2584 01:34:04,125 --> 01:34:05,500 other that system, right 2585 01:34:06,458 --> 01:34:08,208 um, so that's valves play 2586 01:34:09,166 --> 01:34:11,416 But I just don't see how 2587 01:34:11,416 --> 01:34:13,875 having a hyper saturated market 2588 01:34:14,583 --> 01:34:15,750 like a critically 2589 01:34:15,750 --> 01:34:17,791 saturated market makes sense 2590 01:34:18,208 --> 01:34:19,500 For handhelds like I 2591 01:34:19,500 --> 01:34:22,083 just valve does it the best 2592 01:34:23,291 --> 01:34:23,666 uh 2593 01:34:24,291 --> 01:34:26,916 and and honestly, I feel like the way 2594 01:34:26,916 --> 01:34:30,125 microsoft is going to enter the handheld 2595 01:34:30,125 --> 01:34:32,625 space is going to try to 2596 01:34:33,541 --> 01:34:35,708 Be so loud and bombastic 2597 01:34:35,708 --> 01:34:37,125 and oversaturate everything 2598 01:34:38,125 --> 01:34:40,541 That it's just going to drown out like 2599 01:34:40,541 --> 01:34:42,291 the quality stuff. Yeah, 2600 01:34:42,291 --> 01:34:44,291 like microsoft. Did I not say 2601 01:34:45,083 --> 01:34:46,916 Sorry, I was thinking mintell for some 2602 01:34:46,916 --> 01:34:49,000 reason. Okay. Oh, sorry. Yeah. No, no, 2603 01:34:49,000 --> 01:34:49,875 you said you said it 2604 01:34:49,875 --> 01:34:51,333 right. I was just like 2605 01:34:51,541 --> 01:34:53,083 I zoned 2606 01:34:53,083 --> 01:34:53,500 um 2607 01:34:54,666 --> 01:34:56,166 Sorry continue. What's your thought? 2608 01:34:56,750 --> 01:34:58,666 I mean, I don't I don't 2609 01:34:58,666 --> 01:34:59,541 remember exactly where I was going 2610 01:34:59,541 --> 01:35:01,500 but I just it like microsoft has always 2611 01:35:01,500 --> 01:35:03,458 had the strategy of like be 2612 01:35:03,458 --> 01:35:05,916 loud and be the only option and 2613 01:35:06,416 --> 01:35:06,875 um 2614 01:35:08,750 --> 01:35:11,750 And and right now it it is it's one of 2615 01:35:11,750 --> 01:35:12,541 the only options 2616 01:35:12,541 --> 01:35:14,083 except for the steam deck 2617 01:35:15,541 --> 01:35:16,250 You know 2618 01:35:16,250 --> 01:35:17,750 I don't know go ahead 2619 01:35:17,750 --> 01:35:20,125 My opinion with this whole thing is I 2620 01:35:20,125 --> 01:35:21,416 want competitors, but I want competitors 2621 01:35:21,416 --> 01:35:23,250 to think things through I want uniqueness 2622 01:35:23,708 --> 01:35:26,166 Yeah, the legion go while I didn't 2623 01:35:26,166 --> 01:35:28,291 approve like when I did my review of that 2624 01:35:28,291 --> 01:35:30,583 i'm like, not really for me because 2625 01:35:31,000 --> 01:35:31,250 windows 2626 01:35:32,208 --> 01:35:34,125 Because of windows like and their 2627 01:35:34,125 --> 01:35:36,458 software for windows sucked. Yes 2628 01:35:37,416 --> 01:35:37,708 but 2629 01:35:39,250 --> 01:35:41,291 I really like the device itself. I like 2630 01:35:41,291 --> 01:35:41,875 that. I had a bigger 2631 01:35:41,875 --> 01:35:42,958 screen. It was unique 2632 01:35:43,958 --> 01:35:46,375 Give us unique options that people want 2633 01:35:47,333 --> 01:35:49,125 And you'll do a little better and you'll 2634 01:35:49,125 --> 01:35:50,208 have a niche of the market 2635 01:35:50,666 --> 01:35:51,000 but 2636 01:35:51,541 --> 01:35:54,166 Like with the ally they came out first 2637 01:35:54,166 --> 01:35:55,958 and they kind of own the market of an 2638 01:35:55,958 --> 01:35:57,041 alternative to the steam 2639 01:35:57,041 --> 01:35:58,500 deck of a similar form factor 2640 01:35:59,416 --> 01:36:00,833 But for windows and it's 2641 01:36:00,833 --> 01:36:01,541 a little bit more powerful 2642 01:36:01,541 --> 01:36:03,458 They kind of own that now and other I 2643 01:36:03,458 --> 01:36:05,083 think other handhelds that have come out 2644 01:36:05,083 --> 01:36:05,875 that kind of compete with 2645 01:36:05,875 --> 01:36:06,708 that haven't done as well 2646 01:36:06,708 --> 01:36:08,083 just because 2647 01:36:08,958 --> 01:36:09,291 Asus 2648 01:36:10,125 --> 01:36:11,083 Got into the market much 2649 01:36:11,083 --> 01:36:12,375 quicker these other companies 2650 01:36:12,375 --> 01:36:14,125 I don't know what they were thinking or 2651 01:36:14,125 --> 01:36:15,041 what they were doing and why 2652 01:36:15,041 --> 01:36:16,625 they decided to come in so late 2653 01:36:16,625 --> 01:36:19,833 but a lot of these companies came in like 2654 01:36:20,458 --> 01:36:22,708 Years later than they needed to be like a 2655 01:36:22,708 --> 01:36:24,000 year or two later. And so 2656 01:36:24,916 --> 01:36:26,125 HP thinking about entering 2657 01:36:26,125 --> 01:36:27,958 it now is kind of a bizarre 2658 01:36:28,666 --> 01:36:29,916 Time, but if they do 2659 01:36:29,916 --> 01:36:31,708 it, right i'm down for it 2660 01:36:32,458 --> 01:36:32,708 but 2661 01:36:34,125 --> 01:36:35,833 If it's going to be similar to like if 2662 01:36:35,833 --> 01:36:36,666 it's going to run steamo lessons 2663 01:36:36,666 --> 01:36:37,625 It's going to be similar to the steam 2664 01:36:37,625 --> 01:36:39,416 deck. Why not just get the steam deck? 2665 01:36:40,208 --> 01:36:41,875 Unless it's that much more powerful 2666 01:36:42,916 --> 01:36:44,541 That's interesting. I the thing 2667 01:36:45,333 --> 01:36:47,333 Yeah, I think the point I was trying to 2668 01:36:47,333 --> 01:36:48,916 articulate and failed before 2669 01:36:48,916 --> 01:36:52,458 What you just said kind of informs this 2670 01:36:56,583 --> 01:36:57,666 Is How do I put this valve 2671 01:36:58,916 --> 01:37:00,666 selling the the 2672 01:37:00,916 --> 01:37:01,500 steam deck 2673 01:37:02,208 --> 01:37:04,125 Uh at a subsidized cost 2674 01:37:04,750 --> 01:37:06,375 They can recoup that right 2675 01:37:06,375 --> 01:37:08,125 by selling games on steam 2676 01:37:09,166 --> 01:37:10,416 I don't understand 2677 01:37:11,416 --> 01:37:13,125 how any company 2678 01:37:13,791 --> 01:37:15,708 Aside from valve or 2679 01:37:15,708 --> 01:37:18,125 microsoft can make money 2680 01:37:18,583 --> 01:37:19,041 selling 2681 01:37:19,875 --> 01:37:20,791 more, uh 2682 01:37:21,333 --> 01:37:24,375 handhelds because the cost you have to be 2683 01:37:24,375 --> 01:37:26,166 cost competitive with 2684 01:37:27,250 --> 01:37:29,916 What is currently one subsidized device? 2685 01:37:30,583 --> 01:37:30,916 or 2686 01:37:31,333 --> 01:37:33,750 Cost competitive with two when the x when 2687 01:37:33,750 --> 01:37:34,750 the microsoft xbox 2688 01:37:34,750 --> 01:37:36,041 handheld whatever comes out 2689 01:37:36,625 --> 01:37:39,041 And I just like and then and so you're 2690 01:37:39,041 --> 01:37:41,375 gonna have to cut costs somewhere to make 2691 01:37:41,375 --> 01:37:42,833 a cost competitive device 2692 01:37:43,416 --> 01:37:45,708 That's but then I just don't I just don't 2693 01:37:45,708 --> 01:37:46,916 get it. Like so there's two there's 2694 01:37:47,541 --> 01:37:49,083 There's kind of two things going on here 2695 01:37:49,083 --> 01:37:50,916 one. I think valve is 2696 01:37:50,916 --> 01:37:52,500 either lying or being 2697 01:37:53,208 --> 01:37:55,333 Untruthful, which I get the same thing. I 2698 01:37:55,333 --> 01:37:56,833 don't think they're losing money. I don't 2699 01:37:56,833 --> 01:37:57,833 think they've ever lost money 2700 01:37:58,291 --> 01:37:59,875 But business people will throw this out. 2701 01:37:59,875 --> 01:38:01,291 Like if you're not making enough margin 2702 01:38:01,541 --> 01:38:02,916 They will pretty much say they're losing 2703 01:38:02,916 --> 01:38:04,958 money because it's not really worth it 2704 01:38:05,375 --> 01:38:07,208 I think I just don't think like 2705 01:38:07,208 --> 01:38:09,291 especially now after a few years. I don't 2706 01:38:09,291 --> 01:38:10,333 think even though they've said it 2707 01:38:10,333 --> 01:38:11,416 I don't believe them. 2708 01:38:11,416 --> 01:38:13,291 Okay. Uh, yeah, I'm I 2709 01:38:14,041 --> 01:38:16,250 I'm not saying you're 2710 01:38:16,250 --> 01:38:17,291 lying either. No, no, no 2711 01:38:17,875 --> 01:38:19,916 This is my whole thought process when I 2712 01:38:19,916 --> 01:38:21,083 say subsidized device 2713 01:38:21,708 --> 01:38:24,333 They're like I think like the low-end 2714 01:38:24,333 --> 01:38:27,416 steam device, especially the original lcd 2715 01:38:27,416 --> 01:38:29,541 model. That was 64 gigabytes 2716 01:38:30,208 --> 01:38:32,166 That was there so that they could have 2717 01:38:32,750 --> 01:38:35,416 The the loss leader to get people to go 2718 01:38:35,416 --> 01:38:36,583 that looks like a great deal 2719 01:38:36,750 --> 01:38:38,416 But that's an even better deal and they 2720 01:38:38,416 --> 01:38:39,875 go up to the next one, right? 2721 01:38:40,208 --> 01:38:42,416 So I think they were definitely losing 2722 01:38:42,416 --> 01:38:43,625 money selling the 64 2723 01:38:43,625 --> 01:38:45,166 gigabyte version because 2724 01:38:45,875 --> 01:38:47,958 Like I just think that that was like to 2725 01:38:47,958 --> 01:38:48,750 get people in the door 2726 01:38:49,250 --> 01:38:51,166 So I mean I priced it out 2727 01:38:51,791 --> 01:38:53,750 Back when it first came out. I did a um a 2728 01:38:53,750 --> 01:38:55,041 stream and I priced it out and 2729 01:38:55,041 --> 01:38:56,541 and looked at parts and stuff 2730 01:38:56,541 --> 01:38:58,375 and now i'm not an expert in this but 2731 01:38:59,458 --> 01:39:00,791 I still don't think that was a loss 2732 01:39:00,791 --> 01:39:02,458 leader even though they said it was like 2733 01:39:02,458 --> 01:39:03,500 I said, I think they 2734 01:39:04,125 --> 01:39:04,541 um 2735 01:39:05,041 --> 01:39:07,375 Manushed things but you're right. They 2736 01:39:07,375 --> 01:39:09,500 they priced it at a low price like that 2737 01:39:09,500 --> 01:39:10,583 probably didn't make much 2738 01:39:11,000 --> 01:39:12,291 Because I still don't think they lost 2739 01:39:12,291 --> 01:39:14,083 they said they didn't they they lost 2740 01:39:14,083 --> 01:39:15,166 money. I still don't know 2741 01:39:15,666 --> 01:39:17,166 Um, but then again, they're also entering 2742 01:39:17,166 --> 01:39:19,250 the market in a very like 2743 01:39:19,250 --> 01:39:20,333 they're new to the market 2744 01:39:20,333 --> 01:39:22,333 So that is a little different asus and 2745 01:39:22,333 --> 01:39:23,375 all these other companies have been doing 2746 01:39:23,375 --> 01:39:25,083 this for decades. They have 2747 01:39:26,125 --> 01:39:28,041 much better margins and much better 2748 01:39:28,208 --> 01:39:28,750 Um 2749 01:39:29,333 --> 01:39:31,875 uh ties and even direct ties to 2750 01:39:31,875 --> 01:39:33,750 manufacturing that they probably can do 2751 01:39:33,750 --> 01:39:35,166 this cheaper than valve 2752 01:39:35,458 --> 01:39:37,291 So that could be that's kind of my second 2753 01:39:37,291 --> 01:39:38,708 point. That's could be what they're doing 2754 01:39:39,500 --> 01:39:41,708 Um people do forget this sometimes that 2755 01:39:41,708 --> 01:39:42,458 yeah, these companies 2756 01:39:42,458 --> 01:39:43,541 been doing this for decades 2757 01:39:44,125 --> 01:39:45,000 I I don't think 2758 01:39:45,625 --> 01:39:48,458 What val what gabe said was that pricing 2759 01:39:48,458 --> 01:39:50,333 the steam deck was painful? 2760 01:39:50,416 --> 01:39:51,875 I don't think they ever said that they 2761 01:39:51,875 --> 01:39:53,458 were losing money on it. Yeah, 2762 01:39:53,458 --> 01:39:54,958 but a lot of us inferred that 2763 01:39:55,541 --> 01:39:57,833 Um, but yeah, you're right. I think like 2764 01:39:57,833 --> 01:40:00,041 the fact that they ever lost money. No 2765 01:40:00,666 --> 01:40:02,791 And I still think they would even if the 2766 01:40:02,791 --> 01:40:05,541 lowest end version was losing 2767 01:40:06,041 --> 01:40:08,291 Just a handful of cents or whatever 2768 01:40:09,458 --> 01:40:11,708 They made it all back by selling the 2769 01:40:11,708 --> 01:40:14,375 actual by selling games. Yep. Um 2770 01:40:14,375 --> 01:40:16,583 But like I just there 2771 01:40:16,583 --> 01:40:18,291 isn't that like aftermarket 2772 01:40:18,708 --> 01:40:22,083 attachment thing for any other vendors 2773 01:40:22,083 --> 01:40:23,333 like none of these other 2774 01:40:23,333 --> 01:40:24,458 vendors are going to be making 2775 01:40:24,791 --> 01:40:27,458 a rotten cent from you after you have 2776 01:40:27,458 --> 01:40:29,500 bought the hardware and 2777 01:40:30,208 --> 01:40:32,375 even if they have like the deals with 2778 01:40:33,000 --> 01:40:34,708 manufacturers and they they you know 2779 01:40:34,708 --> 01:40:36,375 things are cheaper for them because they 2780 01:40:36,375 --> 01:40:38,083 of their volume like 2781 01:40:39,416 --> 01:40:40,791 It just doesn't seem to 2782 01:40:40,791 --> 01:40:42,416 make sense to me like like 2783 01:40:43,083 --> 01:40:46,125 Aeneo releases two or three devices a 2784 01:40:46,125 --> 01:40:48,875 year because they don't make 2785 01:40:49,500 --> 01:40:49,750 like 2786 01:40:50,875 --> 01:40:52,625 You know, they don't make the margins 2787 01:40:52,625 --> 01:40:55,000 after sale like it's all on the hardware 2788 01:40:55,666 --> 01:40:58,458 and I don't know it's that's 2789 01:40:58,458 --> 01:41:00,666 why hp sells you laptops with 2790 01:41:01,083 --> 01:41:04,000 Bloated ad like malvertizing wear on it, 2791 01:41:04,000 --> 01:41:05,708 you know, like because 2792 01:41:05,708 --> 01:41:07,958 it just doesn't make it 2793 01:41:08,125 --> 01:41:09,500 I don't know. I think that's what we've 2794 01:41:09,500 --> 01:41:11,000 been led to because they have a whole 2795 01:41:13,083 --> 01:41:14,833 Death make more and more every year. I 2796 01:41:14,833 --> 01:41:15,833 think that's what we've been led to 2797 01:41:15,833 --> 01:41:17,208 believe. I think they 2798 01:41:17,208 --> 01:41:18,541 do make money. It's just 2799 01:41:19,541 --> 01:41:21,250 The problem with these these margins is 2800 01:41:21,250 --> 01:41:23,250 if there's a major like let's say steam 2801 01:41:23,250 --> 01:41:24,625 deck. Let's say they had a 2802 01:41:24,625 --> 01:41:27,208 major failure in the in the 2803 01:41:27,458 --> 01:41:27,916 um 2804 01:41:28,708 --> 01:41:30,041 In steam decks that they 2805 01:41:30,041 --> 01:41:32,250 had to recall half of them 2806 01:41:33,166 --> 01:41:34,500 That would be a major 2807 01:41:34,500 --> 01:41:35,375 loss leader at that point 2808 01:41:35,375 --> 01:41:38,083 So the dangers of some of 2809 01:41:38,083 --> 01:41:39,708 these hardware releases are there 2810 01:41:40,291 --> 01:41:42,625 Meaning if there's enough 2811 01:41:43,583 --> 01:41:45,291 if you don't 2812 01:41:45,333 --> 01:41:48,333 Produce a good enough cheap product you 2813 01:41:48,333 --> 01:41:49,500 could end up losing a lot 2814 01:41:49,500 --> 01:41:51,541 of money in the long run. Um 2815 01:41:53,000 --> 01:41:54,625 From recalls and from 2816 01:41:54,625 --> 01:41:56,708 warranties and stuff like that 2817 01:41:57,791 --> 01:41:58,750 Yeah, I 2818 01:42:00,625 --> 01:42:02,166 I I think they're making 2819 01:42:03,166 --> 01:42:04,583 Enough money, but I 2820 01:42:04,583 --> 01:42:05,458 don't it's definitely not 2821 01:42:06,375 --> 01:42:08,208 Probably good margins. I wouldn't be 2822 01:42:08,208 --> 01:42:09,375 shocked. It was good 2823 01:42:09,958 --> 01:42:11,875 Accessories though if they started doing 2824 01:42:11,875 --> 01:42:12,916 a little more accessories, but what do 2825 01:42:12,916 --> 01:42:15,041 you like they'll need to start doing 2826 01:42:15,833 --> 01:42:18,125 much better job with accessorizing their 2827 01:42:18,708 --> 01:42:20,041 Devices, which I just 2828 01:42:20,041 --> 01:42:21,166 don't see them doing much like 2829 01:42:21,583 --> 01:42:23,333 Have a dock for that specializes and 2830 01:42:23,333 --> 01:42:25,208 looks the same as it have all these other 2831 01:42:25,208 --> 01:42:26,416 things and accessorize and 2832 01:42:26,416 --> 01:42:27,083 that's where you get your 2833 01:42:27,083 --> 01:42:28,125 Money typically and that's 2834 01:42:28,125 --> 01:42:29,666 where like with playstation 2835 01:42:30,458 --> 01:42:32,375 Xbox they get a lot of money from their 2836 01:42:32,375 --> 01:42:35,041 accessories and I don't know why these 2837 01:42:35,041 --> 01:42:36,166 other companies aren't doing that 2838 01:42:36,166 --> 01:42:37,416 I just don't think they have a good game 2839 01:42:37,416 --> 01:42:38,291 plan. I think that's 2840 01:42:38,291 --> 01:42:39,541 where you're I think, you know 2841 01:42:39,958 --> 01:42:42,583 Yeah, what are what are they doing here? 2842 01:42:44,958 --> 01:42:46,708 Right, I I don't know 2843 01:42:47,166 --> 01:42:49,791 Ayaneo has a huge chinese market 2844 01:42:50,375 --> 01:42:52,416 That they're surviving off of so I 2845 01:42:52,416 --> 01:42:53,625 thought they would have gone on there a 2846 01:42:53,625 --> 01:42:54,666 while ago, but I think 2847 01:42:54,666 --> 01:42:55,791 they have a pretty big 2848 01:42:56,500 --> 01:42:58,875 chinese market and we just get like the 2849 01:42:59,833 --> 01:43:01,166 Not the spillover, but like we 2850 01:43:01,166 --> 01:43:03,000 get access to those things too 2851 01:43:03,583 --> 01:43:04,625 Because they sell well 2852 01:43:04,625 --> 01:43:06,083 enough in china. Yeah 2853 01:43:07,166 --> 01:43:07,500 so 2854 01:43:09,083 --> 01:43:09,333 Yeah 2855 01:43:11,250 --> 01:43:13,166 It's interesting it will be interesting 2856 01:43:13,166 --> 01:43:15,041 to see hp enter the market if they are 2857 01:43:15,958 --> 01:43:16,291 right 2858 01:43:17,416 --> 01:43:18,708 uh, one thing I do want to note about 2859 01:43:18,708 --> 01:43:21,750 this story too is that when uh 2860 01:43:21,916 --> 01:43:24,333 Josephine tan here was asked if they'd be 2861 01:43:24,333 --> 01:43:26,083 interested in making a handheld running 2862 01:43:26,083 --> 01:43:28,416 steam os her response was a very quick 2863 01:43:28,416 --> 01:43:29,458 and very simple. Yes 2864 01:43:30,458 --> 01:43:30,750 Yeah 2865 01:43:31,833 --> 01:43:34,333 Which is I mean i'd like to see what they 2866 01:43:34,333 --> 01:43:36,208 come up with I don't I don't know if 2867 01:43:36,208 --> 01:43:37,083 they'd be able to execute 2868 01:43:37,083 --> 01:43:39,416 But again, I I do have more faith in in 2869 01:43:39,416 --> 01:43:41,208 their linux side of stuff 2870 01:43:41,833 --> 01:43:43,291 I think that they'd be able to do it 2871 01:43:43,291 --> 01:43:45,125 better than than like the regular 2872 01:43:45,125 --> 01:43:49,083 consumer handheld or business side. Um 2873 01:43:50,125 --> 01:43:53,458 Also fun fact this is uh from the way 2874 01:43:53,458 --> 01:43:55,250 back machine because this article no 2875 01:43:55,250 --> 01:43:56,666 longer exists on xda 2876 01:43:57,000 --> 01:43:58,625 Oh 2877 01:43:58,625 --> 01:44:01,666 Really? Yeah, so uh, maybe somebody got 2878 01:44:01,666 --> 01:44:03,500 in trouble for it or said something they 2879 01:44:03,500 --> 01:44:04,708 shouldn't have said to the 2880 01:44:05,333 --> 01:44:06,166 but uh 2881 01:44:06,875 --> 01:44:08,708 Very interesting, isn't it? Very very 2882 01:44:08,708 --> 01:44:10,208 interesting interesting 2883 01:44:10,875 --> 01:44:11,125 Yeah 2884 01:44:11,958 --> 01:44:13,500 All right. This is this is your story. 2885 01:44:13,500 --> 01:44:15,208 Tell tell me what's going on here 2886 01:44:15,916 --> 01:44:16,291 so 2887 01:44:17,083 --> 01:44:17,833 um 2888 01:44:18,791 --> 01:44:20,625 Apple's good. No, i'm just kidding 2889 01:44:20,625 --> 01:44:24,500 So google is 2890 01:44:25,583 --> 01:44:28,000 And the fear here is they're like they're 2891 01:44:28,000 --> 01:44:29,458 doing closed source development 2892 01:44:30,041 --> 01:44:30,625 of 2893 01:44:31,250 --> 01:44:32,333 android now 2894 01:44:32,625 --> 01:44:32,875 meaning 2895 01:44:33,666 --> 01:44:35,916 Up until it is ready to be released or 2896 01:44:35,916 --> 01:44:38,458 whenever they think they could there's a 2897 01:44:38,458 --> 01:44:39,458 lot of things that could change here 2898 01:44:39,500 --> 01:44:42,291 But we'll talk about that. But google is 2899 01:44:42,291 --> 01:44:44,041 making android development private 2900 01:44:44,875 --> 01:44:48,166 Um, but they will make the um, once they 2901 01:44:48,166 --> 01:44:49,416 release they will make the os 2902 01:44:50,041 --> 01:44:52,250 Open source is what's going on here. So 2903 01:44:52,708 --> 01:44:54,208 The releases are going to be open source, 2904 01:44:54,208 --> 01:44:55,958 which is at least that's that's good 2905 01:44:55,958 --> 01:44:57,916 enough typically for me. Um, I think 2906 01:44:57,916 --> 01:44:59,416 that's how unreal engine works 2907 01:45:00,291 --> 01:45:03,125 Um, maybe they might actually also 2908 01:45:04,375 --> 01:45:05,875 I don't know if they have closed source 2909 01:45:05,875 --> 01:45:07,541 development, but I do know that 2910 01:45:08,125 --> 01:45:11,041 You can get access to the source code for 2911 01:45:11,041 --> 01:45:13,000 epics, um unreal engine 2912 01:45:14,041 --> 01:45:16,041 It's not it's under a different license 2913 01:45:16,083 --> 01:45:18,333 Yeah, it's not but it it's it's source 2914 01:45:18,333 --> 01:45:20,583 available, but the development is going 2915 01:45:20,583 --> 01:45:22,583 on in private. Anyway. Yeah. Yeah 2916 01:45:23,000 --> 01:45:25,625 Which people are people fear google's 2917 01:45:25,625 --> 01:45:26,250 going to be doing 2918 01:45:26,250 --> 01:45:28,333 here with android, right? 2919 01:45:29,500 --> 01:45:30,875 And they've been shutting off 2920 01:45:31,333 --> 01:45:33,583 From I listen to a thing on this and 2921 01:45:33,583 --> 01:45:34,875 they've been shutting off more and more 2922 01:45:34,875 --> 01:45:37,166 features. So like their pixel phones have 2923 01:45:37,833 --> 01:45:39,875 Um software and features on 2924 01:45:39,875 --> 01:45:41,625 it that they do not open source 2925 01:45:42,375 --> 01:45:44,291 Um to stay competitive i'm 2926 01:45:44,291 --> 01:45:45,958 assuming and so here's the thing 2927 01:45:46,250 --> 01:45:46,625 I 2928 01:45:48,375 --> 01:45:50,375 Don't trust google 2929 01:45:51,416 --> 01:45:53,541 I use a closed source system. I use apple 2930 01:45:53,541 --> 01:45:55,000 stuff for business and a 2931 01:45:55,000 --> 01:45:56,000 lot of other things. So 2932 01:45:56,625 --> 01:45:58,250 I would be a hypocrite if i'm like, yeah, 2933 01:45:58,250 --> 01:45:59,291 I don't like this but 2934 01:45:59,958 --> 01:46:01,833 I don't 2935 01:46:02,041 --> 01:46:02,958 Like that they're 2936 01:46:02,958 --> 01:46:04,791 depending on a lot of third-party 2937 01:46:05,333 --> 01:46:07,000 Companies in the beginning and then they 2938 01:46:07,000 --> 01:46:09,000 started doing their own because the third 2939 01:46:09,000 --> 01:46:10,125 parties weren't doing well enough 2940 01:46:10,916 --> 01:46:12,083 and then they're just going to close it 2941 01:46:12,083 --> 01:46:13,958 off and eventually with fuchsia or 2942 01:46:14,375 --> 01:46:16,500 Who knows what? 2943 01:46:17,958 --> 01:46:19,500 Is it fuchsia whatever it is like their 2944 01:46:19,500 --> 01:46:21,041 next um, yeah their next 2945 01:46:21,041 --> 01:46:23,958 operating system i'm curious what? 2946 01:46:25,458 --> 01:46:27,250 They're going to be doing and I just 2947 01:46:27,416 --> 01:46:31,166 I know as a hardware developer or if I 2948 01:46:31,166 --> 01:46:32,708 was these other companies, I wouldn't be 2949 01:46:32,708 --> 01:46:33,666 trusting them at this point 2950 01:46:33,666 --> 01:46:35,250 I wouldn't be trusting them to not cancel 2951 01:46:35,250 --> 01:46:36,833 anything at this point. They've cancelled 2952 01:46:36,833 --> 01:46:39,208 so much stuff. Yep. Um 2953 01:46:39,208 --> 01:46:40,041 So 2954 01:46:40,875 --> 01:46:42,375 I'd rather just jump over to a closed 2955 01:46:42,375 --> 01:46:42,833 source system if it's going to go that way 2956 01:46:42,916 --> 01:46:45,625 Well, I mean 2957 01:46:45,750 --> 01:46:50,166 Yeah, I think we should go to like um 2958 01:46:50,583 --> 01:46:51,791 Sailfish that's where 2959 01:46:51,791 --> 01:46:53,083 we should be going like 2960 01:46:53,250 --> 01:46:56,833 Have you heard of sailfish? I i've heard 2961 01:46:56,833 --> 01:46:58,041 of it. I haven't used it. I haven't 2962 01:46:58,041 --> 01:46:59,541 looked into it too much. Yeah 2963 01:46:59,666 --> 01:47:02,875 I like selfish. Um, but 2964 01:47:02,875 --> 01:47:04,666 also I read that there's like a 2965 01:47:05,333 --> 01:47:08,333 A port of ganom to android 2966 01:47:08,333 --> 01:47:09,333 have you heard about that? 2967 01:47:09,791 --> 01:47:11,041 I was kind of interested 2968 01:47:11,041 --> 01:47:11,458 in checking that out, but 2969 01:47:11,666 --> 01:47:15,416 Anyway, yeah, google google sucks. 2970 01:47:15,416 --> 01:47:17,791 They're they're bad. They're they're 2971 01:47:17,791 --> 01:47:19,291 they're literally evil at this point 2972 01:47:19,291 --> 01:47:22,500 Um, they will be making like if they 2973 01:47:22,500 --> 01:47:24,208 follow the licensing for the linux 2974 01:47:24,208 --> 01:47:25,416 kernel, they have to make 2975 01:47:25,416 --> 01:47:27,458 Most of this stuff open 2976 01:47:27,458 --> 01:47:29,500 source at some point. Um 2977 01:47:30,250 --> 01:47:31,916 Making it fully private 2978 01:47:32,125 --> 01:47:35,250 This just seems like something that they 2979 01:47:35,250 --> 01:47:37,583 are doing out of desperation like they 2980 01:47:37,583 --> 01:47:38,916 they see the writing on the wall 2981 01:47:38,958 --> 01:47:41,666 And they're shaking down the couch 2982 01:47:41,666 --> 01:47:44,166 cushions for pennies, you know, like 2983 01:47:44,166 --> 01:47:45,875 that's what this feels like to me like 2984 01:47:47,333 --> 01:47:48,791 They realize that making this 2985 01:47:48,791 --> 01:47:51,416 making uh things open source 2986 01:47:52,208 --> 01:47:53,625 While it's the ethical 2987 01:47:53,625 --> 01:47:55,250 and the moral thing to do 2988 01:47:55,875 --> 01:47:57,791 It is not good for business for their 2989 01:47:57,791 --> 01:47:59,708 business the way they want to run it 2990 01:48:00,041 --> 01:48:01,125 Uh, and so they're 2991 01:48:01,125 --> 01:48:02,916 they're backpedaling on it 2992 01:48:02,958 --> 01:48:05,458 Um doesn't work very well for it if you 2993 01:48:05,458 --> 01:48:06,166 have to keep on making 2994 01:48:06,166 --> 01:48:07,416 short-term gains every year 2995 01:48:09,166 --> 01:48:11,125 Which is a stupid business 2996 01:48:12,291 --> 01:48:15,000 It's it's just stupid that we're in this 2997 01:48:15,333 --> 01:48:17,958 Realm of short-term gains that kind of 2998 01:48:17,958 --> 01:48:19,083 destroy long-term 2999 01:48:19,083 --> 01:48:21,083 viability of a product. But yes 3000 01:48:21,750 --> 01:48:22,000 Yeah 3001 01:48:23,208 --> 01:48:23,500 um 3002 01:48:24,375 --> 01:48:27,166 Like I I invest like my company's money 3003 01:48:27,166 --> 01:48:29,666 into open source, right? Like I I 3004 01:48:30,291 --> 01:48:31,083 sponsored developers 3005 01:48:31,083 --> 01:48:32,791 of projects that I use 3006 01:48:33,250 --> 01:48:36,000 Because it makes sense for my business to 3007 01:48:36,000 --> 01:48:37,875 it's ethical to that I rely on 3008 01:48:37,916 --> 01:48:39,333 Yeah, if you want something to survive 3009 01:48:39,333 --> 01:48:41,833 you got to fund it. Yes, exactly 3010 01:48:42,541 --> 01:48:43,000 um 3011 01:48:43,333 --> 01:48:46,000 And that's why like I don't ever want to 3012 01:48:46,000 --> 01:48:48,250 work for or be involved with publicly 3013 01:48:48,250 --> 01:48:49,375 traded companies because 3014 01:48:49,375 --> 01:48:50,791 like they just don't have 3015 01:48:50,791 --> 01:48:52,166 the the right motivations 3016 01:48:53,000 --> 01:48:55,000 Um, it's all about shareholder dividends 3017 01:48:56,208 --> 01:48:58,291 I definitely don't man. 3018 01:48:58,291 --> 01:49:00,875 It's a hard one. Yeah, I 3019 01:49:02,208 --> 01:49:04,166 Have I worked for I don't know if i've 3020 01:49:04,166 --> 01:49:05,625 ever worked for a publicly traded 3021 01:49:06,708 --> 01:49:08,208 But yeah, I worked for 3022 01:49:08,208 --> 01:49:09,500 home depot for a while 3023 01:49:10,041 --> 01:49:12,666 And they I guess game stop I did. Yeah, 3024 01:49:12,666 --> 01:49:13,708 but that wasn't yeah 3025 01:49:13,708 --> 01:49:15,416 before before the meme stock 3026 01:49:17,500 --> 01:49:17,916 So 3027 01:49:18,708 --> 01:49:20,875 Like okay, so i'm in the apple ecosystem 3028 01:49:20,875 --> 01:49:22,916 i'm in as close to off as 3029 01:49:22,916 --> 01:49:24,583 as it can be but it all works 3030 01:49:24,625 --> 01:49:27,041 So well together. Yeah, i'm okay doing 3031 01:49:27,041 --> 01:49:28,000 that but I am also 3032 01:49:28,000 --> 01:49:29,375 putting in backup plans 3033 01:49:29,833 --> 01:49:30,750 For any if anything 3034 01:49:30,750 --> 01:49:33,416 happens and I also I do do stuff 3035 01:49:33,416 --> 01:49:35,583 That's not I do a lot of stuff. That's 3036 01:49:35,583 --> 01:49:37,125 open source also, especially 3037 01:49:37,125 --> 01:49:39,208 on my apple devices. I just 3038 01:49:41,000 --> 01:49:42,833 I'm tired of like google canceling 3039 01:49:42,833 --> 01:49:43,375 things. I know 3040 01:49:43,375 --> 01:49:44,416 apple's not going to cancel 3041 01:49:45,000 --> 01:49:47,541 Uh, let's say the simple note app that I 3042 01:49:47,541 --> 01:49:48,291 use sometimes or the 3043 01:49:48,291 --> 01:49:49,833 reminders or certain things 3044 01:49:49,833 --> 01:49:51,083 I just know apple's not going to cancel 3045 01:49:51,083 --> 01:49:51,916 because they have a track 3046 01:49:51,916 --> 01:49:53,500 record of not doing that 3047 01:49:53,500 --> 01:49:56,291 And I can rely on it where with open 3048 01:49:56,291 --> 01:49:57,875 source I can rely on 3049 01:49:57,875 --> 01:49:59,250 that stuff to a point 3050 01:49:59,916 --> 01:50:02,625 But in my day to day nowadays, I just I 3051 01:50:02,625 --> 01:50:03,625 gotta have things that work 3052 01:50:04,291 --> 01:50:05,750 and work well enough 3053 01:50:06,458 --> 01:50:06,875 for 3054 01:50:07,833 --> 01:50:09,250 And i've mentioned so many different 3055 01:50:09,250 --> 01:50:11,916 times but for business oriented stuff 3056 01:50:12,458 --> 01:50:14,083 To uh, my my typical 3057 01:50:14,791 --> 01:50:16,541 Like emails and everything like that 3058 01:50:17,083 --> 01:50:18,875 It's nice. I've been i've been going to 3059 01:50:18,875 --> 01:50:22,000 um, the mail client on on ios and apple 3060 01:50:22,541 --> 01:50:24,958 The the here's the here's the plus of the 3061 01:50:24,958 --> 01:50:26,625 apple ecosystem now i'm 3062 01:50:26,625 --> 01:50:27,708 gonna show for them a little bit 3063 01:50:27,916 --> 01:50:29,833 And i've been doing this i've been I do 3064 01:50:29,833 --> 01:50:30,875 this every once in a while and then I get 3065 01:50:30,875 --> 01:50:32,416 mad and I get mad at apple but 3066 01:50:33,916 --> 01:50:36,125 I don't have ads. I don't have anything 3067 01:50:36,125 --> 01:50:37,458 going on with my mail 3068 01:50:37,458 --> 01:50:38,708 client. It is simple 3069 01:50:39,333 --> 01:50:40,875 It still has a lot of powerful stuff that 3070 01:50:40,875 --> 01:50:42,541 gmail has but it is simple 3071 01:50:43,666 --> 01:50:45,083 Where I go back to gmail 3072 01:50:45,083 --> 01:50:46,041 and i'm like, oh my gosh 3073 01:50:46,375 --> 01:50:49,125 Why is there so many tabs here and there 3074 01:50:49,125 --> 01:50:51,041 and I don't know dude gmail on 3075 01:50:51,041 --> 01:50:53,291 android is garbage. Oh my god 3076 01:50:53,666 --> 01:50:56,291 Yeah that too and it I feel like it did 3077 01:50:57,250 --> 01:50:59,250 On android or ios. Yeah, so 3078 01:51:00,208 --> 01:51:03,875 I'm just kind of over that now. Um and 3079 01:51:04,291 --> 01:51:06,041 Apple you when you buy their products 3080 01:51:06,041 --> 01:51:08,833 it's expensive, but they don't have ads 3081 01:51:08,833 --> 01:51:10,375 and they don't do tracking 3082 01:51:11,083 --> 01:51:11,666 on their 3083 01:51:12,375 --> 01:51:13,875 first party uh software 3084 01:51:15,250 --> 01:51:15,625 Um 3085 01:51:16,375 --> 01:51:17,666 and they're very direct 3086 01:51:17,666 --> 01:51:19,625 like if any app is going to 3087 01:51:20,083 --> 01:51:20,958 Do any type of tracking 3088 01:51:20,958 --> 01:51:23,041 you have to allow it to 3089 01:51:23,916 --> 01:51:25,333 so um 3090 01:51:26,541 --> 01:51:27,541 I'm not as big into 3091 01:51:27,541 --> 01:51:29,041 the privacy thing, but 3092 01:51:29,500 --> 01:51:30,958 nowadays I might be because 3093 01:51:30,958 --> 01:51:33,166 of the way trends are going in 3094 01:51:34,208 --> 01:51:36,375 this united states but uh 3095 01:51:37,250 --> 01:51:39,375 Let's just say if you're a green card 3096 01:51:39,375 --> 01:51:40,833 holder in the united states don't leave 3097 01:51:40,833 --> 01:51:41,875 right now because you 3098 01:51:41,875 --> 01:51:43,166 might not be coming back 3099 01:51:43,458 --> 01:51:43,958 um 3100 01:51:44,875 --> 01:51:46,750 And that that comes in the privacy. 3101 01:51:46,750 --> 01:51:47,708 That's the one that we 3102 01:51:47,708 --> 01:51:48,958 didn't put on here if 3103 01:51:49,583 --> 01:51:51,500 You go to the airport 3104 01:51:51,916 --> 01:51:55,708 Um, if you're flying back in they might 3105 01:51:55,708 --> 01:51:57,916 take your phone and just scan it nowadays 3106 01:51:57,916 --> 01:51:59,541 They've done that multiple times and 3107 01:51:59,541 --> 01:52:01,333 they've detained people that have said 3108 01:52:01,333 --> 01:52:04,125 anything that was contradictory to 3109 01:52:04,416 --> 01:52:05,125 um 3110 01:52:05,458 --> 01:52:07,000 Pal uh, palestinian or 3111 01:52:07,000 --> 01:52:09,708 anything like that. Uh, like or 3112 01:52:10,125 --> 01:52:13,583 Israel which is crazy. So i'm becoming 3113 01:52:13,583 --> 01:52:15,666 more and more of an of getting into that 3114 01:52:15,666 --> 01:52:16,791 maybe privacy things 3115 01:52:17,500 --> 01:52:18,458 right where 3116 01:52:20,041 --> 01:52:20,750 Be careful guys 3117 01:52:21,333 --> 01:52:23,041 And maybe it is time to really start 3118 01:52:23,041 --> 01:52:23,916 thinking about your privacy 3119 01:52:24,625 --> 01:52:25,958 And this is coming from someone who's 3120 01:52:25,958 --> 01:52:27,041 been very laxatasical 3121 01:52:27,750 --> 01:52:28,708 about it 3122 01:52:28,791 --> 01:52:29,458 So yeah 3123 01:52:30,208 --> 01:52:31,625 No, no, I mean I agree with 3124 01:52:31,625 --> 01:52:33,250 you like it's definitely worth 3125 01:52:33,750 --> 01:52:34,333 um 3126 01:52:36,166 --> 01:52:38,041 Thinking about you know, the the thing is 3127 01:52:38,041 --> 01:52:40,041 I don't trust google with 3128 01:52:40,916 --> 01:52:41,333 uh 3129 01:52:41,666 --> 01:52:44,083 Privacy stuff. I don't I don't 3130 01:52:44,291 --> 01:52:46,125 I don't completely distrust 3131 01:52:46,125 --> 01:52:48,375 apple like they at least have 3132 01:52:49,083 --> 01:52:49,375 uh 3133 01:52:50,208 --> 01:52:51,583 a marketing interest 3134 01:52:51,583 --> 01:52:53,500 in maintaining the the 3135 01:52:54,541 --> 01:52:57,416 veneer of privacy, right of being focused 3136 01:52:57,416 --> 01:52:59,041 on privacy so they they at 3137 01:52:59,041 --> 01:53:00,416 least have a little bit of like 3138 01:53:00,916 --> 01:53:03,625 Financial something nobody takes google 3139 01:53:03,625 --> 01:53:05,541 seriously when google's like oh we we 3140 01:53:05,541 --> 01:53:06,000 care about your 3141 01:53:06,000 --> 01:53:08,125 privacy. No, you fucking don't 3142 01:53:08,291 --> 01:53:08,583 but 3143 01:53:08,916 --> 01:53:10,875 Apple at least has to 3144 01:53:10,875 --> 01:53:12,583 pretend they do which they have 3145 01:53:13,333 --> 01:53:14,208 Yes, they've had leaks 3146 01:53:14,458 --> 01:53:16,333 They and they but they have a business on 3147 01:53:16,333 --> 01:53:18,500 this if every time they have issues their 3148 01:53:18,500 --> 01:53:20,833 stock will drop like yeah, they have 3149 01:53:21,250 --> 01:53:22,791 somewhat of a privacy 3150 01:53:23,250 --> 01:53:25,750 aspect to them that they promote right 3151 01:53:25,750 --> 01:53:27,125 part of the premium package 3152 01:53:27,500 --> 01:53:29,875 I commend them for that and especially 3153 01:53:29,875 --> 01:53:32,041 like going to bat against like the uk 3154 01:53:32,541 --> 01:53:35,625 Uh for their secret court thing court 3155 01:53:35,625 --> 01:53:37,375 order to like give them backdoor access 3156 01:53:37,958 --> 01:53:38,458 um 3157 01:53:38,916 --> 01:53:41,500 And they yeah, I I commend them for that 3158 01:53:41,500 --> 01:53:43,750 too. But like at the end of the day 3159 01:53:45,791 --> 01:53:47,583 At some point they can 3160 01:53:47,583 --> 01:53:48,708 just change their mind 3161 01:53:49,500 --> 01:53:52,916 Yep, and and then suddenly oh, we're not 3162 01:53:52,916 --> 01:53:54,708 going to go to bat and defend 3163 01:53:54,708 --> 01:53:57,708 Our customers rights because 3164 01:53:57,708 --> 01:53:59,000 it will cost us too much money 3165 01:53:59,625 --> 01:54:01,625 And that's why I like having my own 3166 01:54:01,625 --> 01:54:03,583 self-hosted open source stuff where I can 3167 01:54:03,583 --> 01:54:04,458 audit it and make sure 3168 01:54:04,458 --> 01:54:05,458 that it's actually working 3169 01:54:05,583 --> 01:54:07,125 For me and not for anything else 3170 01:54:07,875 --> 01:54:08,041 so 3171 01:54:09,166 --> 01:54:11,000 Yeah, that is what i'm doing right now is 3172 01:54:11,000 --> 01:54:12,916 i'm divesting stuff i'm using i'm gonna 3173 01:54:12,916 --> 01:54:14,125 be using a lot of apple stuff 3174 01:54:14,208 --> 01:54:16,166 But I like i'm gonna have backups 3175 01:54:17,000 --> 01:54:18,708 on my um 3176 01:54:19,000 --> 01:54:19,958 I'm gonna be creating a 3177 01:54:19,958 --> 01:54:21,291 home lab lab this year 3178 01:54:22,041 --> 01:54:23,583 partially for fun, you know 3179 01:54:24,541 --> 01:54:27,041 It's super fun and i'm gonna be 3180 01:54:27,041 --> 01:54:29,541 simplifying like my desktop like i'm 3181 01:54:29,541 --> 01:54:31,750 probably gonna get a a max studio 3182 01:54:32,708 --> 01:54:34,291 And start doing game development on that 3183 01:54:34,291 --> 01:54:36,208 and and just kind of having that be 3184 01:54:36,916 --> 01:54:38,166 my main system 3185 01:54:39,000 --> 01:54:40,708 And then run windows parallels if I need 3186 01:54:40,708 --> 01:54:42,083 to run windows stuff and all that because 3187 01:54:42,083 --> 01:54:42,750 it's running really well 3188 01:54:42,791 --> 01:54:45,458 I really really do like the mchip 3189 01:54:45,916 --> 01:54:48,000 It is amazing at how much they get 3190 01:54:48,000 --> 01:54:49,333 performance without having 3191 01:54:49,333 --> 01:54:50,750 to up wattage like nvidia 3192 01:54:50,916 --> 01:54:52,625 and i'm also kind of just over this 3193 01:54:52,625 --> 01:54:55,000 nvidia and even amd sometimes like 3194 01:54:55,541 --> 01:54:58,000 Um not be able to get graphics cards like 3195 01:54:58,000 --> 01:55:00,500 it's been a cluster fuck this year 3196 01:55:00,791 --> 01:55:03,125 uh like in last time too nvidia is just 3197 01:55:03,125 --> 01:55:05,750 like it feels like nvidia is just 3198 01:55:06,208 --> 01:55:07,791 Screwing us over and we're just allowing 3199 01:55:07,791 --> 01:55:09,583 it and i'm kind of just done with that. 3200 01:55:09,583 --> 01:55:11,000 So i'm going towards 3201 01:55:12,041 --> 01:55:14,125 Um, it won't be as powerful 3202 01:55:14,125 --> 01:55:15,208 but i'm going towards well 3203 01:55:15,208 --> 01:55:18,208 Mac studio is really good at doing like 3204 01:55:18,208 --> 01:55:19,708 video editing and some other stuff 3205 01:55:20,375 --> 01:55:23,041 um gaming i'm not as much but 3206 01:55:24,291 --> 01:55:26,958 I want to dive more into especially for 3207 01:55:26,958 --> 01:55:29,250 gaming into the linux world and having 3208 01:55:29,250 --> 01:55:31,625 fun there and so i'm 3209 01:55:32,333 --> 01:55:33,083 And i'm talking about those multiple 3210 01:55:33,083 --> 01:55:34,208 times. I want to keep 3211 01:55:34,625 --> 01:55:37,458 The things like if I if my flow my 3212 01:55:37,458 --> 01:55:38,666 workflow gets disrupted too much 3213 01:55:38,708 --> 01:55:39,875 That's why i've been making videos as 3214 01:55:39,875 --> 01:55:40,958 much because my windows 3215 01:55:41,750 --> 01:55:43,875 Machine started acting up big time and it 3216 01:55:43,875 --> 01:55:45,000 was not a hardware issue. It 3217 01:55:45,000 --> 01:55:46,375 was a it was a windows issue 3218 01:55:47,166 --> 01:55:49,125 And I had like I finally 3219 01:55:49,125 --> 01:55:50,750 because I kept on refreshing it 3220 01:55:51,083 --> 01:55:53,291 Off of the windows that was included on 3221 01:55:53,291 --> 01:55:55,583 it. I finally just did a full just delete 3222 01:55:55,583 --> 01:55:57,583 it and it seems to be running better now 3223 01:55:59,250 --> 01:56:00,958 But i'm just not gonna i'm once you 3224 01:56:00,958 --> 01:56:02,583 disrupt my flow enough i'm 3225 01:56:02,583 --> 01:56:04,916 done. Um, google did that 3226 01:56:05,500 --> 01:56:07,666 windows did that I have to have like 3227 01:56:08,708 --> 01:56:09,583 my um 3228 01:56:10,208 --> 01:56:11,875 I have to have things run well 3229 01:56:12,625 --> 01:56:14,916 For certain things i'm doing now when i'm 3230 01:56:14,916 --> 01:56:15,666 tinkering that's fine 3231 01:56:15,666 --> 01:56:16,583 with gaming. That's fine 3232 01:56:16,583 --> 01:56:17,541 I'm I can keep on 3233 01:56:17,541 --> 01:56:19,500 reinstalling games and everything but 3234 01:56:19,958 --> 01:56:22,416 I gotta have my flow work fine. Uh, well 3235 01:56:22,416 --> 01:56:23,916 for work stuff or else my 3236 01:56:23,916 --> 01:56:26,333 brain my adhd brain is going to 3237 01:56:26,666 --> 01:56:29,166 Self-destruct and so and it's it's hard 3238 01:56:29,166 --> 01:56:31,791 to like gardener like open source is is 3239 01:56:31,791 --> 01:56:32,916 fun. It's it's awesome 3240 01:56:32,916 --> 01:56:34,000 I love it. I've contributed 3241 01:56:34,000 --> 01:56:35,250 to open source stuff before 3242 01:56:36,541 --> 01:56:36,916 but 3243 01:56:38,375 --> 01:56:40,500 It's really hard to have like an open 3244 01:56:40,500 --> 01:56:42,375 source phone and have a lot of things 3245 01:56:42,375 --> 01:56:44,041 work on it really well because 3246 01:56:44,458 --> 01:56:46,083 It does take a little it takes a lot of 3247 01:56:46,083 --> 01:56:47,750 work to get that stuff in there 3248 01:56:48,708 --> 01:56:49,791 And so i'm just wondering 3249 01:56:49,791 --> 01:56:51,291 what the answer is going to be 3250 01:56:51,500 --> 01:56:52,875 for the future of like 3251 01:56:53,166 --> 01:56:55,250 Android if it's going to go closed source 3252 01:56:55,250 --> 01:56:56,375 I'm going to treat it and I think 3253 01:56:56,375 --> 01:56:56,958 everyone should treat 3254 01:56:56,958 --> 01:56:57,916 it that it's going to be 3255 01:56:58,250 --> 01:56:59,625 closed source in the 3256 01:56:59,625 --> 01:57:00,791 future in the sense of 3257 01:57:01,041 --> 01:57:02,750 android itself probably won't be and 3258 01:57:02,750 --> 01:57:05,125 there'll be um, maybe there'll be branch 3259 01:57:05,125 --> 01:57:06,666 like we can branch off and 3260 01:57:06,708 --> 01:57:10,083 um do uh clones of it, but 3261 01:57:11,375 --> 01:57:14,416 Expect continual updates to be moved over 3262 01:57:14,416 --> 01:57:16,125 to something else that is closed source 3263 01:57:16,458 --> 01:57:18,958 Yeah, so the the thing with with phones 3264 01:57:18,958 --> 01:57:20,666 particularly is that 3265 01:57:21,250 --> 01:57:25,416 With android too android like the core 3266 01:57:25,416 --> 01:57:27,333 operating system is open source 3267 01:57:28,708 --> 01:57:29,083 but 3268 01:57:30,375 --> 01:57:32,583 most of the drivers that you get for 3269 01:57:33,333 --> 01:57:36,125 Devices like this a smartphone are closed 3270 01:57:36,125 --> 01:57:38,958 source. They are binary blobs that have 3271 01:57:38,958 --> 01:57:39,583 been incorporated 3272 01:57:39,583 --> 01:57:41,666 into the linux kernel and 3273 01:57:42,291 --> 01:57:44,083 That has the benefit of 3274 01:57:44,541 --> 01:57:46,583 Like harder manufacturers actually 3275 01:57:46,583 --> 01:57:50,041 producing drivers for that hardware, but 3276 01:57:50,041 --> 01:57:51,000 it also has the drawback 3277 01:57:51,750 --> 01:57:55,000 That you can't study it. You can't 3278 01:57:55,208 --> 01:57:56,500 Figure out what's going on with it. You 3279 01:57:56,500 --> 01:57:57,583 can't fix issues yourself 3280 01:57:57,833 --> 01:58:00,500 And it also means that the that the 3281 01:58:00,500 --> 01:58:01,958 firmware of these drivers 3282 01:58:01,958 --> 01:58:04,000 or these devices is also 3283 01:58:04,375 --> 01:58:06,208 completely closed so 3284 01:58:07,083 --> 01:58:09,500 There aren't many great options in terms 3285 01:58:09,500 --> 01:58:11,041 of of like having a 3286 01:58:11,041 --> 01:58:12,791 truly open source phone 3287 01:58:13,583 --> 01:58:15,875 Uh, and a lot that's because there's a 3288 01:58:15,875 --> 01:58:17,000 lot of industry collusion 3289 01:58:17,583 --> 01:58:19,708 uh to keep things proprietary 3290 01:58:20,875 --> 01:58:22,916 Not the least of which is the mobile 3291 01:58:22,916 --> 01:58:25,875 operators like verizon won't allow you 3292 01:58:26,291 --> 01:58:28,125 To run a rooted phone on their network 3293 01:58:28,125 --> 01:58:30,541 anymore. Um, and it's like 3294 01:58:31,416 --> 01:58:33,666 Like I have two devices that I really 3295 01:58:33,666 --> 01:58:35,333 want to be using but I also 3296 01:58:35,333 --> 01:58:37,333 don't want to pay 130 a month 3297 01:58:37,750 --> 01:58:40,333 to atnt for shit service 3298 01:58:41,250 --> 01:58:43,291 Around here where I literally literally 3299 01:58:43,291 --> 01:58:45,208 if I wanted atnt here 3300 01:58:45,583 --> 01:58:46,833 I'd have to drive to the end of my 3301 01:58:46,833 --> 01:58:47,916 fucking street to make 3302 01:58:47,916 --> 01:58:49,375 a phone call, you know 3303 01:58:49,375 --> 01:58:50,916 What are you what's the price you're 3304 01:58:50,916 --> 01:58:52,541 willing to pay for open source gardener? 3305 01:58:52,541 --> 01:58:53,250 I think we're finding 3306 01:58:53,250 --> 01:58:53,791 out. That's the thing 3307 01:58:54,541 --> 01:58:56,250 I'm kidding. By the way. No, you're 3308 01:58:56,250 --> 01:58:58,583 absolutely right. It's like I I 3309 01:58:58,666 --> 01:58:59,208 am 3310 01:59:00,125 --> 01:59:02,666 It's like what is the price that oh there 3311 01:59:02,666 --> 01:59:04,833 is a premium to having privacy? 3312 01:59:05,375 --> 01:59:07,375 Uh to maintaining your privacy and that 3313 01:59:07,375 --> 01:59:10,000 sucks because if you're aware of all the 3314 01:59:10,000 --> 01:59:11,000 shit that's going down 3315 01:59:11,416 --> 01:59:11,958 uh 3316 01:59:12,208 --> 01:59:14,458 Like all of the actors that want your 3317 01:59:14,458 --> 01:59:16,166 information and i'm not even talking 3318 01:59:16,166 --> 01:59:17,125 about like governments, 3319 01:59:17,125 --> 01:59:19,625 right? Like this is this is um 3320 01:59:20,375 --> 01:59:21,916 Advertisers it's advertisers 3321 01:59:22,375 --> 01:59:25,000 It's your insurance companies. It's all 3322 01:59:25,000 --> 01:59:25,625 of these other things 3323 01:59:25,958 --> 01:59:27,791 The insurance one is that's another one 3324 01:59:27,791 --> 01:59:28,541 where i'm starting to get 3325 01:59:28,541 --> 01:59:30,500 more and more like okay, dude 3326 01:59:30,541 --> 01:59:32,958 Yeah, people people always, you know, you 3327 01:59:32,958 --> 01:59:34,875 talk about privacy and people make fun of 3328 01:59:34,875 --> 01:59:35,541 you. It's like, oh, yeah 3329 01:59:35,541 --> 01:59:36,541 Put your tinfoil hat 3330 01:59:36,541 --> 01:59:37,666 on it's like no, dude 3331 01:59:37,833 --> 01:59:40,416 Do you want your insurance premiums to to 3332 01:59:40,416 --> 01:59:41,791 to be jacked up on 3333 01:59:41,791 --> 01:59:43,375 you because your phone? 3334 01:59:43,750 --> 01:59:46,166 Says like the telemetry on your busted 3335 01:59:46,166 --> 01:59:48,250 ass phone says that you were driving 3336 01:59:48,250 --> 01:59:49,333 faster than you actually were 3337 01:59:49,666 --> 01:59:52,833 No, you don't want that and so like yeah, 3338 01:59:52,833 --> 01:59:54,208 it's this isn't paranoia 3339 01:59:54,208 --> 01:59:56,208 This is these are like actual things that 3340 01:59:56,208 --> 01:59:57,166 are actually happening 3341 01:59:57,833 --> 02:00:00,458 I mean, there's been a lot of even um 3342 02:00:00,458 --> 02:00:02,416 lawsuits over the years and stuff. Yeah. 3343 02:00:02,416 --> 02:00:05,125 No, I I hear you on this like I it's it's 3344 02:00:05,125 --> 02:00:06,458 unless we um 3345 02:00:07,833 --> 02:00:10,250 Legitulate this like unless we put laws 3346 02:00:10,250 --> 02:00:12,833 and regulations in yeah, um 3347 02:00:13,750 --> 02:00:15,791 You have to then put it into your light 3348 02:00:15,791 --> 02:00:17,583 into your own hands. It's 3349 02:00:17,583 --> 02:00:18,458 in your own hands. That's why 3350 02:00:19,916 --> 02:00:21,875 as much as um 3351 02:00:22,375 --> 02:00:24,416 You know, you might not like apple or 3352 02:00:24,416 --> 02:00:26,958 whatever like your options are 3353 02:00:27,500 --> 02:00:30,500 Android is a freaking clusterfuck of a 3354 02:00:30,500 --> 02:00:33,125 mess with privacy period. We know that 3355 02:00:33,125 --> 02:00:33,666 like there's been 3356 02:00:33,666 --> 02:00:35,708 multiple issues over the years 3357 02:00:36,125 --> 02:00:37,458 Apple has had some slip-ups 3358 02:00:37,458 --> 02:00:40,291 And this is how I see it either you have 3359 02:00:40,291 --> 02:00:41,500 an open source device 3360 02:00:42,125 --> 02:00:42,750 or apple 3361 02:00:43,666 --> 02:00:44,541 If you want at least a 3362 02:00:44,541 --> 02:00:45,333 little bit of privacy 3363 02:00:46,333 --> 02:00:47,208 I'm yeah 3364 02:00:47,916 --> 02:00:48,750 That's the option 3365 02:00:48,750 --> 02:00:51,541 There is a device that i'm excited about 3366 02:00:51,541 --> 02:00:53,125 and I can't remember the name of it, but 3367 02:00:53,125 --> 02:00:54,500 it's like not a smartphone 3368 02:00:55,166 --> 02:00:57,500 It's like an it's like a linux 3369 02:00:57,500 --> 02:01:00,166 computer. That's in your hand 3370 02:01:01,958 --> 02:01:02,875 And I wish I could 3371 02:01:02,875 --> 02:01:04,791 remember the name of it, but uh 3372 02:01:05,000 --> 02:01:07,708 But it has like a you can attach a rate 3373 02:01:07,708 --> 02:01:09,625 like a cell radio to it 3374 02:01:09,833 --> 02:01:12,083 And you can use it as a phone and i'm 3375 02:01:12,083 --> 02:01:13,250 thinking about doing that like 3376 02:01:13,250 --> 02:01:14,958 legitimately a ham radio 3377 02:01:15,250 --> 02:01:15,791 uh 3378 02:01:16,291 --> 02:01:16,625 phone 3379 02:01:17,500 --> 02:01:18,291 No, no, it'll look 3380 02:01:18,291 --> 02:01:20,333 legit like it's a legit 4g 3381 02:01:20,625 --> 02:01:22,333 Yeah, i'm i'm kidding 3382 02:01:23,000 --> 02:01:24,708 It's it will be interesting to see how we 3383 02:01:24,708 --> 02:01:27,000 go with all this. It is definitely one of 3384 02:01:27,000 --> 02:01:27,875 those things where right now 3385 02:01:27,875 --> 02:01:29,500 I don't think the average person 3386 02:01:30,208 --> 02:01:31,166 Yeah can 3387 02:01:32,125 --> 02:01:34,666 Even like it's really hard to do open 3388 02:01:34,666 --> 02:01:36,166 source and to debug this stuff or 3389 02:01:36,166 --> 02:01:37,583 especially an average person. I mean 3390 02:01:37,958 --> 02:01:38,250 dude 3391 02:01:39,000 --> 02:01:40,625 There's no way. I don't even know if I 3392 02:01:40,625 --> 02:01:42,375 can get my parents to go over to like 3393 02:01:42,750 --> 02:01:45,000 iPhone from an android device because 3394 02:01:45,000 --> 02:01:45,958 they're so embedded and 3395 02:01:45,958 --> 02:01:46,916 it's just easier for them 3396 02:01:47,958 --> 02:01:49,500 I don't know if I could get them to go 3397 02:01:49,500 --> 02:01:51,625 over to something like this. No, this is 3398 02:01:51,625 --> 02:01:53,000 not for normal people 3399 02:01:53,083 --> 02:01:55,500 Like this is for nerds dude, like like 3400 02:01:55,500 --> 02:01:57,916 this looks fun. It has interchangeable 3401 02:01:58,291 --> 02:02:00,583 Uh, yeah face plates on it 3402 02:02:00,583 --> 02:02:02,125 and this one's like a gpio 3403 02:02:02,791 --> 02:02:04,958 You know this one is a uh 3404 02:02:05,833 --> 02:02:07,375 You know this gamepad there's a keyboard 3405 02:02:07,958 --> 02:02:09,875 Um, and they actually just re like 3406 02:02:09,875 --> 02:02:11,333 redesigned how these connect 3407 02:02:11,958 --> 02:02:14,041 I generally try to steer clear of 3408 02:02:14,041 --> 02:02:15,625 kickstarter stuff now, but 3409 02:02:15,625 --> 02:02:17,833 like this this looks really neat 3410 02:02:17,833 --> 02:02:20,041 It's called the mecha comet for anyone 3411 02:02:20,041 --> 02:02:21,041 who's listening to the 3412 02:02:21,041 --> 02:02:22,125 thing instead of watching 3413 02:02:22,625 --> 02:02:25,250 Um the mecha comet and it's only 159 3414 02:02:25,250 --> 02:02:28,416 dollars. This is not going to actually 3415 02:02:28,416 --> 02:02:29,583 replace a smartphone 3416 02:02:29,583 --> 02:02:30,208 You're not going to be 3417 02:02:30,208 --> 02:02:31,791 able to get android apps on it 3418 02:02:32,041 --> 02:02:34,875 Yeah, it's a it's a it's a almost uh a 3419 02:02:34,875 --> 02:02:36,041 dumb phone or going back 3420 02:02:36,041 --> 02:02:37,708 in time. It feels like right 3421 02:02:37,833 --> 02:02:40,583 But it also will have like basic phone 3422 02:02:40,583 --> 02:02:41,750 functionality, you know 3423 02:02:41,916 --> 02:02:43,875 Like you could i'll bet you you could 3424 02:02:43,875 --> 02:02:45,916 probably run signal on this and that's 3425 02:02:45,916 --> 02:02:46,916 really what I care about 3426 02:02:47,750 --> 02:02:49,000 Interesting. Yeah 3427 02:02:49,750 --> 02:02:50,583 so anyway 3428 02:02:51,500 --> 02:02:53,458 Yeah, that's my lecture on privacy today 3429 02:02:54,125 --> 02:02:55,916 I think it's important and i've always 3430 02:02:55,916 --> 02:02:57,750 been I've been one of those guys like 3431 02:02:57,750 --> 02:03:00,625 Your privacy's already especially if 3432 02:03:00,625 --> 02:03:01,666 you're an average person's already 3433 02:03:01,666 --> 02:03:03,625 compromised to a point. Oh, yeah, and 3434 02:03:04,375 --> 02:03:06,791 Either you either worry about it or don't 3435 02:03:06,791 --> 02:03:07,708 but expect 3436 02:03:07,708 --> 02:03:10,083 consequences. I guess the thing is 3437 02:03:11,500 --> 02:03:13,583 Yes, your privacy is already compromised, 3438 02:03:13,583 --> 02:03:14,250 especially if you 3439 02:03:14,250 --> 02:03:15,541 haven't been aware of it 3440 02:03:15,916 --> 02:03:18,458 But the industry is designed in such a 3441 02:03:18,458 --> 02:03:21,083 way that it requires it thrives on 3442 02:03:21,666 --> 02:03:25,000 A constant feed of fresh data and if you 3443 02:03:25,000 --> 02:03:27,375 don't true you're not providing that 3444 02:03:27,666 --> 02:03:29,875 Then you can quickly regain your privacy 3445 02:03:30,541 --> 02:03:33,000 Um, and this is something that I actually 3446 02:03:33,000 --> 02:03:34,208 teach a class about this 3447 02:03:34,208 --> 02:03:35,541 like I go around and teach 3448 02:03:36,291 --> 02:03:37,875 Like give this presentation. I have a 3449 02:03:37,875 --> 02:03:39,125 whole slide deck and everything 3450 02:03:39,666 --> 02:03:42,458 um, and I love teaching this class and 3451 02:03:42,458 --> 02:03:44,541 it's it's super rewarding because 3452 02:03:45,250 --> 02:03:47,750 People are interested in this and I get 3453 02:03:47,750 --> 02:03:49,583 to help them on this 3454 02:03:49,583 --> 02:03:51,000 journey and it's super fun 3455 02:03:51,833 --> 02:03:52,166 um 3456 02:03:53,166 --> 02:03:53,416 I 3457 02:03:54,291 --> 02:03:55,291 Yeah, you're definitely 3458 02:03:55,291 --> 02:03:56,541 the expert on this area 3459 02:03:56,625 --> 02:03:58,291 Because i've been one of those 3460 02:03:58,291 --> 02:03:59,375 lackadaisical people where 3461 02:03:59,375 --> 02:04:01,041 i'm like, it is what it is like 3462 02:04:01,416 --> 02:04:02,958 I don't have time for this i'd rather be 3463 02:04:02,958 --> 02:04:04,666 tinkering with something but 3464 02:04:06,708 --> 02:04:08,375 With the way the world's kind of going 3465 02:04:08,375 --> 02:04:10,666 right now and just being able to be 3466 02:04:10,666 --> 02:04:12,291 detained and have your phone searched 3467 02:04:13,166 --> 02:04:16,083 Right now is is this is happening to 3468 02:04:16,083 --> 02:04:17,333 average people. So 3469 02:04:17,333 --> 02:04:18,458 just be a little careful 3470 02:04:19,083 --> 02:04:19,416 like 3471 02:04:20,041 --> 02:04:21,041 Free speech isn't as 3472 02:04:21,041 --> 02:04:22,041 free as it used to be 3473 02:04:22,625 --> 02:04:23,625 Um, don't if you have 3474 02:04:23,625 --> 02:04:25,791 telegram delete that shit right now 3475 02:04:25,958 --> 02:04:28,541 Oh, yeah telegram is definitely like we 3476 02:04:28,541 --> 02:04:29,708 talked about that a few weeks 3477 02:04:29,708 --> 02:04:31,958 ago. Yeah, it's bad news bears 3478 02:04:32,791 --> 02:04:34,125 Dylan yeah 100% 3479 02:04:35,375 --> 02:04:37,333 But and I honestly I think 3480 02:04:37,333 --> 02:04:39,125 the best way to also see this is 3481 02:04:39,583 --> 02:04:41,416 Nothing is truly private 3482 02:04:42,875 --> 02:04:43,916 You just have layers 3483 02:04:43,916 --> 02:04:45,916 of privacy like meaning 3484 02:04:46,541 --> 02:04:47,375 person to person 3485 02:04:48,291 --> 02:04:50,291 Is almost as private as it 3486 02:04:50,291 --> 02:04:51,625 can get but you can still have 3487 02:04:51,958 --> 02:04:53,500 Especially back in the good old days of 3488 02:04:53,500 --> 02:04:54,833 like wiretaps and stuff 3489 02:04:54,833 --> 02:04:56,291 like that. There's still ways 3490 02:04:58,041 --> 02:05:00,083 Wiretaps not necessarily like but like 3491 02:05:00,083 --> 02:05:01,166 listening devices in the room 3492 02:05:02,041 --> 02:05:03,708 Don't be paranoid about that. Obviously, 3493 02:05:03,708 --> 02:05:05,625 but like well, I mean, maybe with your 3494 02:05:05,625 --> 02:05:06,458 phone. I don't know but 3495 02:05:07,666 --> 02:05:09,041 Just be careful with being the paranoid. 3496 02:05:09,041 --> 02:05:09,750 There's the there's the 3497 02:05:09,958 --> 02:05:11,583 Paranoid to lose your life kind of 3498 02:05:11,583 --> 02:05:13,125 paranoid where you just don't do anything 3499 02:05:13,125 --> 02:05:14,375 except for being paranoid and then 3500 02:05:14,375 --> 02:05:15,250 there's the paranoid of like 3501 02:05:15,750 --> 02:05:18,625 Maybe just watch a little bit of what 3502 02:05:18,625 --> 02:05:20,416 you're doing and see what you can do to 3503 02:05:20,416 --> 02:05:22,625 sure it up every day, right? 3504 02:05:26,291 --> 02:05:26,583 And 3505 02:05:28,541 --> 02:05:33,250 I would that I think that's probably I 3506 02:05:33,250 --> 02:05:33,708 think that's all the 3507 02:05:33,708 --> 02:05:34,583 stories we have right? 3508 02:05:35,500 --> 02:05:38,833 That is all the stories. I think um, let 3509 02:05:38,833 --> 02:05:40,125 me check one thing real quick 3510 02:05:40,875 --> 02:05:42,000 If you want a good 3511 02:05:42,000 --> 02:05:42,916 deal on a four terabyte 3512 02:05:42,958 --> 02:05:45,041 4 terabyte nvm drive, 3513 02:05:45,583 --> 02:05:47,916 uh, samsung 99 the 990 pro 3514 02:05:48,541 --> 02:05:51,708 Is on sell for 279 dollars 3515 02:05:51,708 --> 02:05:53,958 at amazon. Oh, really? So 3516 02:05:53,958 --> 02:05:55,666 I figured I'd throw that 3517 02:05:55,666 --> 02:05:57,000 out there. It's not a bad deal 3518 02:05:57,416 --> 02:05:57,750 um 3519 02:05:58,625 --> 02:06:01,708 For four terabytes, but it's not for it 3520 02:06:01,708 --> 02:06:03,541 is the full sized so it 3521 02:06:03,541 --> 02:06:05,458 won't fit into the steam deck 3522 02:06:05,875 --> 02:06:06,708 without modification 3523 02:06:08,916 --> 02:06:09,416 Um 3524 02:06:10,791 --> 02:06:11,958 Figure I just throw that out 3525 02:06:13,333 --> 02:06:15,916 Oh marvel's spider-man 2 loses steam deck 3526 02:06:15,916 --> 02:06:16,750 verified rating. This 3527 02:06:16,750 --> 02:06:18,541 is from uh, noah on st 3528 02:06:19,750 --> 02:06:21,958 Steam deck hq. So it's another 3529 02:06:22,791 --> 02:06:25,000 game that's losing its uh 3530 02:06:26,083 --> 02:06:28,458 Verified rating now, I don't know why 3531 02:06:28,458 --> 02:06:31,416 it's losing it but just interesting that 3532 02:06:31,416 --> 02:06:33,750 that's happening. Yeah 3533 02:06:33,958 --> 02:06:35,916 Um, I did want to mention 3534 02:06:36,708 --> 02:06:38,666 There's a comment from ben betton 3535 02:06:39,333 --> 02:06:43,583 4 506 on on youtube. Oh, okay. Ben said, 3536 02:06:43,583 --> 02:06:46,625 uh, I can't find this on apple podcast 3537 02:06:47,666 --> 02:06:49,583 um, and if you go to 3538 02:06:49,958 --> 02:06:51,791 Podcasts subscribe to me 3539 02:06:52,458 --> 02:06:53,541 You should see a link 3540 02:06:53,541 --> 02:06:55,666 to apple to apple podcast 3541 02:06:56,541 --> 02:06:59,166 Right here on the on the right side. If 3542 02:06:59,166 --> 02:07:01,208 you click on that, it'll take you right 3543 02:07:01,208 --> 02:07:03,541 to it. Oh my god. Did they remove us? 3544 02:07:04,208 --> 02:07:05,375 I'm let's see 3545 02:07:06,458 --> 02:07:06,875 The page you're 3546 02:07:06,875 --> 02:07:07,791 looking for can't be found 3547 02:07:08,791 --> 02:07:10,416 I 3548 02:07:10,958 --> 02:07:11,583 They might have 3549 02:07:11,958 --> 02:07:14,750 Um, we were on there. I had the link set 3550 02:07:14,750 --> 02:07:16,458 up and everything i'll get that fixed 3551 02:07:17,583 --> 02:07:19,375 That's a good call out. Yeah. Yeah 3552 02:07:20,083 --> 02:07:21,666 I was confident that we 3553 02:07:21,666 --> 02:07:22,458 were on there. All right 3554 02:07:22,458 --> 02:07:25,000 We we were at one point and I excited 3555 02:07:25,000 --> 02:07:26,833 pretty sure I was subscribed because I 3556 02:07:26,833 --> 02:07:28,375 use I use apple podcasts 3557 02:07:29,083 --> 02:07:30,458 and uh, yeah 3558 02:07:31,750 --> 02:07:33,791 Once again, it's just a cleaner interface 3559 02:07:33,791 --> 02:07:35,250 and doesn't have a bunch of other like 3560 02:07:35,250 --> 02:07:36,166 they're not data mining me 3561 02:07:36,166 --> 02:07:36,750 because they already paid 3562 02:07:36,791 --> 02:07:38,833 I already paid for the product. Right? 3563 02:07:38,833 --> 02:07:40,958 Okay. At least I I mean they're still 3564 02:07:40,958 --> 02:07:42,291 doing some telemetry, but 3565 02:07:43,041 --> 02:07:44,916 No, well i'll get that fixed and you'll 3566 02:07:44,916 --> 02:07:47,250 find a link on our page. Um 3567 02:07:49,125 --> 02:07:49,916 Yeah, no, thanks 3568 02:07:50,791 --> 02:07:52,250 Yeah, honestly those types of comments 3569 02:07:52,250 --> 02:07:53,916 are really helpful. Thank you. Yes 3570 02:07:54,583 --> 02:07:56,000 And if you guys want to leave a comment 3571 02:07:56,791 --> 02:07:58,958 We're available on youtube we're 3572 02:07:58,958 --> 02:08:01,083 available on the fetaverse check us out 3573 02:08:01,791 --> 02:08:02,208 um 3574 02:08:02,875 --> 02:08:03,166 Cool 3575 02:08:04,000 --> 02:08:04,625 So I think that's 3576 02:08:04,625 --> 02:08:05,500 pretty much everything man 3577 02:08:06,333 --> 02:08:07,208 What do you think that's it? 3578 02:08:07,750 --> 02:08:08,416 Let's wrap this up 3579 02:08:08,916 --> 02:08:10,458 Cool. Well, thank you guys all for 3580 02:08:10,458 --> 02:08:12,166 watching. Uh, we appreciate you being 3581 02:08:12,166 --> 02:08:13,708 here. We love spending time with you 3582 02:08:13,958 --> 02:08:14,333 uh 3583 02:08:15,250 --> 02:08:16,458 And with that said we'll 3584 02:08:16,458 --> 02:08:18,625 see you next week later guys