How Nintendo is destroying the game's industry... | Off The Console #46

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Also, there are some interesting Pokémon

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lore bits that Nintendo dropped.

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For example, do you guys remember

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Lieutenant Surge in Gen 1?

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He's the Lightning gym leader.

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I do remember him.

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He's the guy that kind of looks like Gile

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from Street Fighter.

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Yeah, so I think he was apparently in a

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war and Lightning Pokémon saved his life

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or something like that during the war.

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But then they never

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talked about the war again.

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And they also retconned as Epithet, which

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was the Lightning American.

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I don't know, there's just a lot of crazy

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rumors I've heard about

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Pokémon lore back in the day.

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Oh, and also, we can't forget about the

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Game Freak leaks, if

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you guys remember that.

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The Game Freak leaks?

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I don't remember that.

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It was the one with the

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stories of Ticeplosion.

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Oh yeah, no, I do remember that. I don't

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want to talk about it.

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Never mind.

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Yeah, now you remember.

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Yeah.

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Welcome to Off the Console, the hottest

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new podcast that's all about gaming, tech

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news, and anything nerdy.

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And we're covering a lot of different

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topics today, including Take Your Game

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Show, happens in two weeks.

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And also talking about the Apple event,

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the Nintendo Direct, and a

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couple of other things too.

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And my name is High Tech Low Life, and

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I'm joined by my co-host,

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Gardner Bryant, and games revealed.

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And what have you guys been playing?

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Let's start with you, James.

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Okay, let's jump right into it. I spent

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30, according to Steam, I

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spent 35 hours playing a game.

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I played Hollow Knight, because I'm like,

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I know that. Okay, here's the thing.

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I like to play things

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sequentially, typically.

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This is one of those games where

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everyone's like, "You don't need to," but

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you get some good context on the main

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character in Silksong.

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Because you run into her multiple times

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in Hollow Knight. So

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I'm glad I played it.

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But it is a really

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fun game. It's really...

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It is fairly difficult, but since we

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talked last, I picked

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it up for the first time.

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I watched my wife play it a little bit,

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because she loves it.

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And she's been playing Silksong while

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right next to me while

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I'm playing Hollow Knight.

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So I got to watch her

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play some of that too.

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But I got it. I'm at the very end. I'm at

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the boss, but I

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wanted to go do more stuff.

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I technically could have beat it by this

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recording, but I decided not to.

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But kind of...

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That's fair enough. You got 100% it?

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Probably not 100%, but I want to get more

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charms. I've only

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gotten like half the charms.

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And I don't want to sit there for like a

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half a day trying to beat the boss.

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I prefer to be more prepared.

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And so that's... A lot of the bosses, if

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you run into one, that's too hard.

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But usually just my advice is maybe avoid

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that boss if you can.

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And get some more items, because some of

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the charms, man, make it so much easier.

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Yeah. And what about you, Gardiner? What

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have you been playing?

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I've been a little sick this week, so

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I've taken it a bit easier.

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I played Bulletstorm for a little while,

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which is like one of my

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favorite of like the 360 era.

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First-person shooters.

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And it's really, really fun.

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But I also have been doing

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some fun coding projects.

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Actually, one major coding

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project I'll show you guys.

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I went on my blog and I added this little

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support meter up here

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that shows like goals

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for like fundraising on the blog.

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And I'm pretty happy with this.

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So... And I actually wrote a blog post

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about how it works and stuff.

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So if you're interested in that, you can

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check out the blog post about it.

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Did you hit your goal? That's awesome.

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We hit the first goal.

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That is...

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And we're very close to the second goal

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here. We're like $5

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short the second goal.

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Oh, okay.

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Yeah.

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That's pretty kick-ass, man.

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Yeah. So it's very exciting.

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And this counts not just like the ghost

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blog system, but this

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also counts my patrons who

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have like logged in to redeem their free

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membership to the blog.

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And so that was like a non-trivial thing

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to figure out, but I did

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and I'm very proud of this.

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So yeah.

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Also, I wrote an open RCT2 installation

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guide because that's a game

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I've been playing recently.

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So lots of fun stuff on my blog.

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Oh yeah.

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As for me, I finally picked up Silksong.

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Like I said, I would.

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And it's been a lot of fun.

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I find myself getting

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a lot lost very easily.

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That said, there's some people

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complaining a lot about

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the game's difficulty.

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We'll talk about that later.

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That's one of the topics.

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And I mean, I don't know if maybe gamers

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have just gotten worse

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at video games over time,

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but like, I think they might have.

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And like these gamers complained about

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game journalists sucking at video games,

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but like, you're no better than they are

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either, to be honest.

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Like that's just my opinion.

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All right.

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We're talking about more.

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I'm better than game journalists.

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Yeah.

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Nobody is as good as

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high-tech low-life at video games.

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Yeah.

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I gave you access to chess mess and you

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were like, here's every

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way I broke your game.

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And most of them I had not even like

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considered as a way to

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break the game originally.

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So to be fair, you'd be a game tester.

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Yeah.

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But game testers get paid shit to me.

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They do.

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It's not fair because it's a grueling job

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that some people are just really good at.

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And I'd imagine it'd be a lot less fun.

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Like as time goes on, I'd probably be

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sick of it by like year one.

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Depends.

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Do you like destruction and

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destroying people's dreams?

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Then you might be good at it.

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Yeah.

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But I want to play the game too, dude.

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You do.

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I don't want to like...

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You played a lot.

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But I don't want to like have to repeat

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sections just to like

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find new bugs in a place.

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Like, yeah.

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I'm sure playing a game is very different

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than like play testing

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a game for like specific

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bugs and stuff like that.

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But I mean, Silk's

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song is a lot of fun, man.

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I think you should pick

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it up after you do it.

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I know Gardiner is going to pick up

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eventually when he finds time to game.

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At some point.

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But yeah.

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I need to get it back into it.

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It wasn't really on my radar this week.

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I've been too busy wanting

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to play dumb action games.

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Oh, James.

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Thank you.

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Wait, now the real

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question is, did it update?

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It didn't update.

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Fucker.

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I thought that I had

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got it working completely.

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I'm here to help you.

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Yeah.

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Bug test.

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So James just donated to my blog, so I'm

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going to like update the account here.

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I want to see it hit the next step.

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It needs one of those like Twitch-style

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pings where it goes...

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When like you get a

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donation from someone.

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Yeah, I have to do.

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I don't know how to do that.

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Yeah, I don't know either.

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Oh, I know why it didn't update.

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Gosh, sorry.

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Anyway, this derailed the...

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It's all good.

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Yeah, so you better beat Silk's song

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before Hades 2 comes out

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since that's now apparently

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coming out this month as well.

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Hades 2 is already out, isn't it?

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It's in the real access.

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No, like 1.0.

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Oh, oh, oh.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Yeah.

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But hey.

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Both the games are hard.

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Slay the Spire got delayed.

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Slay the Spire got delayed though.

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Oh, Slay the Spire 2?

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Yeah, Slay the Spire 2, yeah.

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Oh.

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Till March of next year.

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Yeah, there's too many

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games to catch up with.

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Like I still need to

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beat Doom Dark Ages, so...

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And I still need to be Hades

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1 before Hades 2 comes out.

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I'm not...

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Come on, dude.

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Dude, that game is so hard.

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One, two, it is repetitive.

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I don't do well with repetitive...

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Like, Rogue-like dungeon crawlers.

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I just don't do very well

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because it's too repetitive.

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I get bored after a while.

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But it's such a good game.

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All right, it's time to get

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into the meat of the topics.

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The first of the topics

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here we've got Tokyo Game Show.

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So, Tokyo Game Show is one

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of the big three gaming expos.

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The other two, of course,

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beaten Gamescom and, formerly, E3.

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You know, I kind of miss E3, guys.

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I don't know what you...

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But I kind of miss it.

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I know it's been on the decline, but

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that's kind of why I miss it.

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I miss it, too.

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Honestly, I think a lot

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of people shit on it a lot.

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And I get kind of tired of

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the shit on everything culture.

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But at the same time,

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I'm a part of it at times.

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But E3 is, for better or for worse, at

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least it was something

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that was exciting during

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the beginning of summer.

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Which we still...

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We have something else that replaced it,

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which is nice, but yeah.

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It's not the same thing.

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Jock Healy's event's not the same thing.

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It's just not...

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Yeah, it's not quite the same thing.

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I've always wanted to go to E3 as a kid.

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I really did.

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But given that flights to California, all

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the way from the East Coast,

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they're probably not that cheap.

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And you'd have to get a hotel.

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And you'd have to pay for tickets.

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And I think E3 used to not

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be public for a while, right?

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Yeah, you had most of its life.

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Yeah, but I think by the time

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you would have wanted to go,

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maybe you could have gone,

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probably would have been open.

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But before that, you just needed...

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You could go work at GameStop.

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As long as you say you're in the

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industry, you can go

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up to a certain point.

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Damn, maybe we should have

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been content creators early.

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We could say we were

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part of the gaming industry.

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I mean, I kind of was.

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And I think I got a discount when I went

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last time, but that was...

328
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You've been to E3?

329
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Yeah, I've been to E3.

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Dang.

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It was awesome, honestly.

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It was when Luigi's Mansion 3 was out.

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And so they had like Nintendo went all

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out, had a huge Luigi's Mansion thing

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that you can go in and play the game.

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I miss the days when game companies would

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go all out to promote their stuff

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and to try to actually win us over.

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Instead of now, they're like, "Well, we

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have dark patterns that addict you.

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We don't need to do anything.

342
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You're coming to us

343
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anyways for the drugs."

344
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So...

345
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Yeah, that is true, man.

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Tokyo Game Show looks like

347
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it's a lot of fun though.

348
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Valve was there two years ago.

349
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No, they were there 2022

350
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and then 2024, I think.

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For the Steam Deck and

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Steam Deck Ola, respectively.

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And I don't think they'll

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be showing up this year.

355
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I saw the list and Valve was not listed

356
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as one of the companies, of course.

357
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So yeah, they're not gonna be showing up.

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That's unfortunate.

359
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So I can imagine Valve showing up next

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year for the Deckard or Steamframe

361
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or whatever it's called.

362
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But yeah, Tokyo Game

363
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Show is a lot of fun.

364
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It looks like a lot of fun.

365
00:12:02,899 --> 00:12:04,333
Maybe I should have delayed my trip to--

366
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Maybe I should have went during Tokyo

367
00:12:06,733 --> 00:12:08,299
Game Show to my trip to Japan.

368
00:12:08,966 --> 00:12:10,533
It could have been a lot more expensive.

369
00:12:12,533 --> 00:12:13,233
Shoot, you're right.

370
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It probably would have

371
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been a lot more expensive.

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Albeit, Tokyo is massive, so...

373
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Maybe an influx like

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that wouldn't matter.

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Let's say you're going to

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San Francisco for let's--

377
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Or LA for E3, stuff like that.

378
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Those will raise the

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prices of hotels in the area.

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And you have to go pretty far out in

381
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order to get a decent deal.

382
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That is true.

383
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But at the same time, though, Japanese

384
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trains are so convenient.

385
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You could just stay in Airbnb.

386
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Like, that's close to a station.

387
00:12:47,133 --> 00:12:47,799
You could live in--

388
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You could stay in Kyoto

389
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and go, like, it's so fast.

390
00:12:51,933 --> 00:12:55,100
Mm, yeah, but I don't feel

391
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like paying for a bullet train.

392
00:12:56,733 --> 00:12:57,533
No, I know.

393
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A bullet train.

394
00:12:57,899 --> 00:13:02,133
Well, yeah, I don't think it's included

395
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with the pass, is it?

396
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Because when you go to Japan, you can pay

397
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for a pass that's good

398
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for while you're there

399
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that just lets you get onto any of the--

400
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at least in Tokyo's

401
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public transit systems.

402
00:13:15,799 --> 00:13:17,166
No, well, what I did was I

403
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got one of the Suka cards.

404
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And so I just loaded up

405
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a bunch of cash in there.

406
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And then, yeah.

407
00:13:24,133 --> 00:13:24,533
Oh, no.

408
00:13:24,533 --> 00:13:25,133
Oh, yeah.

409
00:13:25,333 --> 00:13:27,433
If you're going to Japan, you get the--

410
00:13:27,933 --> 00:13:30,833
it's like a tourist transit pass.

411
00:13:31,033 --> 00:13:32,333
Like, it's a really good deal.

412
00:13:33,366 --> 00:13:34,233
How much is it?

413
00:13:34,833 --> 00:13:36,666
I don't think I've thought about that.

414
00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:39,933
I don't know.

415
00:13:39,933 --> 00:13:41,666
It's been a few years since I've been.

416
00:13:44,033 --> 00:13:45,966
But yeah, here are the-- here's a full list of the exhibitors.

417
00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,366
There's a ton of exhibitors.

418
00:13:50,666 --> 00:13:52,600
Lots and lots of exhibitors.

419
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Some you may-- most

420
00:13:53,799 --> 00:13:54,733
you may not recognize.

421
00:13:54,966 --> 00:13:57,399
Some you recognize like Arc System Works,

422
00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,766
IANEO, Bandai Namco, Capcom.

423
00:14:02,133 --> 00:14:03,233
I mean, come on, dude.

424
00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:04,133
It's Japan.

425
00:14:04,133 --> 00:14:04,700
They're going to be there.

426
00:14:05,333 --> 00:14:05,700
EA.

427
00:14:07,866 --> 00:14:08,633
Let's see if there's

428
00:14:08,633 --> 00:14:10,133
anyone that sticks out here.

429
00:14:10,133 --> 00:14:12,966
Oh, Hori. Oh, Hori.

430
00:14:15,033 --> 00:14:17,033
Inti Creates is pretty cool, too.

431
00:14:17,266 --> 00:14:17,466
Konami.

432
00:14:19,633 --> 00:14:20,200
And then they just have

433
00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:21,666
individual games listed, too.

434
00:14:21,933 --> 00:14:22,700
Like, Mecha Break.

435
00:14:22,700 --> 00:14:23,733
That's not a company name.

436
00:14:23,733 --> 00:14:24,766
That's just a game name.

437
00:14:25,566 --> 00:14:26,799
So I'm guessing their booth

438
00:14:26,799 --> 00:14:28,066
is just like the game itself.

439
00:14:30,233 --> 00:14:30,833
And then--

440
00:14:33,666 --> 00:14:34,033
Ubisoft?

441
00:14:34,033 --> 00:14:34,666
A lot of the usual

442
00:14:34,666 --> 00:14:37,366
suspects are Ubisoft is in Japan.

443
00:14:37,700 --> 00:14:40,766
They got to represent the Assassin's

444
00:14:40,766 --> 00:14:42,233
Creed Shadows game, man.

445
00:14:43,333 --> 00:14:43,533
Yeah.

446
00:14:44,366 --> 00:14:45,700
I don't think that game did well.

447
00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:48,533
Yeah, I haven't heard

448
00:14:48,533 --> 00:14:49,366
much about it after.

449
00:14:49,666 --> 00:14:51,633
Maybe I'll pick it up on sale, though.

450
00:14:51,633 --> 00:14:52,700
It looks kind of interesting, especially

451
00:14:52,700 --> 00:14:53,866
when you can spartan kick

452
00:14:53,866 --> 00:14:55,200
people out of the walls.

453
00:14:55,833 --> 00:14:57,266
It looks fun, but yeah.

454
00:14:57,466 --> 00:14:58,200
It does look fun.

455
00:14:59,566 --> 00:15:02,600
They do have a dedicated indie game area

456
00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:03,799
as well, which I think is

457
00:15:03,799 --> 00:15:06,066
one benefit over the others.

458
00:15:06,100 --> 00:15:08,233
They focus a lot on smaller

459
00:15:08,233 --> 00:15:10,700
developers at TGS as well, too.

460
00:15:13,399 --> 00:15:16,066
I wish all these places would do that,

461
00:15:16,066 --> 00:15:17,966
which I think it's becoming more and more

462
00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,566
a lot of the shows are starting to do it.

463
00:15:22,966 --> 00:15:25,133
But I don't know.

464
00:15:25,266 --> 00:15:26,600
I mean, Japan's always been kind of

465
00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:27,633
indie-friendly, too.

466
00:15:27,633 --> 00:15:29,500
I mean, if you go to Comiket, you used to

467
00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:30,466
see people selling

468
00:15:30,466 --> 00:15:32,299
Dojin software as well.

469
00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,566
In fact, some of the big Japanese

470
00:15:34,566 --> 00:15:38,066
franchises now, like Fate, started out as

471
00:15:38,066 --> 00:15:39,433
essentially an indie

472
00:15:39,433 --> 00:15:41,166
game, if you really think about it.

473
00:15:41,833 --> 00:15:42,533
Like Fate State Night.

474
00:15:43,766 --> 00:15:45,633
It's kind of weird saying it's an indie

475
00:15:45,633 --> 00:15:46,833
game, so to speak, when

476
00:15:46,833 --> 00:15:48,233
it predates the term indie

477
00:15:48,566 --> 00:15:48,933
game.

478
00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:49,933
It does.

479
00:15:50,933 --> 00:15:53,266
It's really interesting because, I mean,

480
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a lot of the studios that

481
00:15:55,066 --> 00:15:56,166
are big now started out as

482
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indies, and technically.

483
00:15:58,799 --> 00:16:00,533
I mean, technically, yeah.

484
00:16:01,533 --> 00:16:03,133
But like, it was just, well, Type Moon

485
00:16:03,133 --> 00:16:04,000
used to be just like

486
00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,266
two guys working like...

487
00:16:08,966 --> 00:16:09,500
I don't know, man.

488
00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:11,333
It's a crazy thought to

489
00:16:11,333 --> 00:16:12,266
really think about it.

490
00:16:13,033 --> 00:16:15,533
But yeah, I mean, Tokyo Game Show, it's

491
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happening in like two weeks.

492
00:16:16,866 --> 00:16:18,266
We should be getting some live streams

493
00:16:18,266 --> 00:16:19,733
with some pretty big

494
00:16:19,733 --> 00:16:20,766
announcements from companies.

495
00:16:22,333 --> 00:16:25,066
I mean, what I'm interested in is seeing

496
00:16:25,066 --> 00:16:27,533
what everyone's got to show off.

497
00:16:27,766 --> 00:16:28,466
Xbox is going to be

498
00:16:28,466 --> 00:16:29,233
there, too, of course.

499
00:16:30,966 --> 00:16:32,366
Xbox is still in Japan.

500
00:16:33,799 --> 00:16:35,433
Xbox is still in Japan.

501
00:16:36,433 --> 00:16:36,633
Yes.

502
00:16:37,533 --> 00:16:41,833
They really are going...

503
00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:43,466
They're trying to go full throttle in

504
00:16:43,466 --> 00:16:45,733
like, being in Japan,

505
00:16:45,733 --> 00:16:46,566
despite the fact that they

506
00:16:46,566 --> 00:16:48,433
almost killed off their one Japanese.

507
00:16:48,700 --> 00:16:48,933
Do you?

508
00:16:49,933 --> 00:16:50,500
Tango Game Works.

509
00:16:54,033 --> 00:16:54,399
But yeah.

510
00:16:56,733 --> 00:16:58,833
They're still trying to get the ever

511
00:16:58,833 --> 00:17:00,233
elusive Japanese market.

512
00:17:02,733 --> 00:17:05,166
But I mean, yeah, that's E3 for you, man.

513
00:17:07,233 --> 00:17:08,133
I mean, not E3, sorry.

514
00:17:08,133 --> 00:17:08,933
It's Tokyo Game Show.

515
00:17:11,033 --> 00:17:11,233
Yeah.

516
00:17:12,933 --> 00:17:13,533
Interesting stuff.

517
00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:14,333
I'm hoping that

518
00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:15,833
something cool comes out of it.

519
00:17:19,033 --> 00:17:19,966
There's so many shows

520
00:17:19,966 --> 00:17:21,366
to follow every year now.

521
00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:22,099
Yeah.

522
00:17:23,566 --> 00:17:24,366
And look, you've got

523
00:17:24,366 --> 00:17:25,533
the special sponsors.

524
00:17:26,533 --> 00:17:27,866
Grandma sponsor, Okishimasu.

525
00:17:28,333 --> 00:17:29,500
You've got the...

526
00:17:29,733 --> 00:17:30,299
You've got PlayStation.

527
00:17:31,466 --> 00:17:33,299
You've got Nintendo Switch 2.

528
00:17:33,299 --> 00:17:34,333
It's not even sponsored by Nintendo.

529
00:17:34,566 --> 00:17:35,733
Sponsored by the Switch 2.

530
00:17:36,766 --> 00:17:37,966
You've got Kodansha.

531
00:17:39,733 --> 00:17:41,799
And then you've got Happy Net, Playism,

532
00:17:42,066 --> 00:17:45,299
Hobby Japan, Indie Game Incubator.

533
00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:46,333
Never heard of them.

534
00:17:47,033 --> 00:17:50,266
Nextone, World Map, Cryware.

535
00:17:50,933 --> 00:17:51,866
I can't read this.

536
00:17:53,333 --> 00:17:53,666
BenQ.

537
00:17:54,066 --> 00:17:54,666
Tom, man.

538
00:17:54,866 --> 00:17:58,566
They need to update their logo.

539
00:18:00,066 --> 00:18:00,933
Who, BenQ?

540
00:18:00,966 --> 00:18:01,366
Yeah.

541
00:18:01,666 --> 00:18:02,433
They've been using that forever.

542
00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:04,766
Dude, come on, man.

543
00:18:05,933 --> 00:18:07,066
It's not broke, man.

544
00:18:07,066 --> 00:18:08,733
It's like the Cracker Barrel situation.

545
00:18:10,700 --> 00:18:11,333
Have you guys heard about

546
00:18:11,333 --> 00:18:12,200
the Cracker Barrel situation?

547
00:18:12,866 --> 00:18:13,066
Yes.

548
00:18:14,666 --> 00:18:15,733
It's so stupid.

549
00:18:16,066 --> 00:18:17,166
I mean, at the end of the

550
00:18:17,166 --> 00:18:18,533
day, who goes to Cracker Barrel?

551
00:18:18,833 --> 00:18:20,033
Well, no.

552
00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:21,466
Hey, hey, hey.

553
00:18:21,533 --> 00:18:23,833
Do not talk shit on Cracker Barrel.

554
00:18:24,233 --> 00:18:25,200
I have to say that

555
00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:26,433
because on the West Coast,

556
00:18:26,433 --> 00:18:27,599
it doesn't matter as much.

557
00:18:27,599 --> 00:18:28,266
People don't care about

558
00:18:28,266 --> 00:18:29,366
Cracker Barrel as much.

559
00:18:29,966 --> 00:18:30,466
See, it is here.

560
00:18:31,366 --> 00:18:32,733
Can I tell a story about

561
00:18:32,733 --> 00:18:33,900
Cracker Barrel real fast?

562
00:18:34,466 --> 00:18:34,799
Totally irrelevant.

563
00:18:35,099 --> 00:18:37,000
Yeah, go for it.

564
00:18:37,333 --> 00:18:40,466
My grandparents used to...

565
00:18:41,466 --> 00:18:44,066
When they were alive, they had a shop

566
00:18:44,233 --> 00:18:45,299
where they restored

567
00:18:45,299 --> 00:18:48,200
antique cast iron wood stoves.

568
00:18:48,700 --> 00:18:48,900
Okay?

569
00:18:49,599 --> 00:18:50,833
And it was awesome.

570
00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:52,733
That is cool.

571
00:18:52,733 --> 00:18:53,599
It wasn't just that.

572
00:18:53,599 --> 00:18:55,933
My grandfather also had this

573
00:18:55,933 --> 00:18:57,033
thing called the doll circus

574
00:18:57,033 --> 00:18:58,266
that he did with my grandmother.

575
00:18:58,833 --> 00:18:59,666
My grandmother collected

576
00:18:59,666 --> 00:19:01,599
Barbie dolls and all kinds of stuff.

577
00:19:02,166 --> 00:19:04,066
And my grandpa would put them on little

578
00:19:04,066 --> 00:19:05,166
ferris wheels and shit.

579
00:19:05,366 --> 00:19:06,799
And the ferris wheels would move.

580
00:19:07,133 --> 00:19:07,633
And it was cool.

581
00:19:08,166 --> 00:19:09,033
So I grew up there.

582
00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:10,833
And then one day, they got

583
00:19:10,833 --> 00:19:12,233
this contract from Cracker Barrel

584
00:19:12,233 --> 00:19:14,366
to sell them a ton of wood stoves.

585
00:19:14,766 --> 00:19:15,833
So if you go into a

586
00:19:15,833 --> 00:19:17,599
Cracker Barrel in the US,

587
00:19:18,066 --> 00:19:21,366
there's a non-zero chance that you'll see

588
00:19:21,366 --> 00:19:23,866
a antique cast iron wood stove

589
00:19:23,933 --> 00:19:26,433
that was restored by my grandparents in

590
00:19:26,433 --> 00:19:28,266
their little gift shop.

591
00:19:29,033 --> 00:19:30,966
So that's my little story.

592
00:19:30,966 --> 00:19:31,799
I love Cracker Barrel

593
00:19:31,799 --> 00:19:32,933
and their food is awesome.

594
00:19:35,933 --> 00:19:37,966
Yeah, I do love that story.

595
00:19:38,266 --> 00:19:39,366
I disagree with the food

596
00:19:39,366 --> 00:19:40,599
being awesome, but yes.

597
00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:42,200
I'm sorry.

598
00:19:42,866 --> 00:19:44,566
I like some of the Cracker Barrel stuff.

599
00:19:44,566 --> 00:19:46,133
I've only been there a few times.

600
00:19:46,166 --> 00:19:49,133
I like sausage, biscuits, and gravy.

601
00:19:49,633 --> 00:19:50,533
I love biscuits and gravy.

602
00:19:51,066 --> 00:19:53,566
And I was not that impressed.

603
00:19:53,833 --> 00:19:56,166
I once went to Cracker Barrel with

604
00:19:56,166 --> 00:19:58,233
Wendell from Level One Text.

605
00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:00,500
So there's also that.

606
00:20:01,033 --> 00:20:01,433
That's cool.

607
00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:03,700
Wendell like Cracker Barrel?

608
00:20:03,833 --> 00:20:04,099
Yeah, he does.

609
00:20:04,966 --> 00:20:05,233
Nice.

610
00:20:06,533 --> 00:20:09,866
At the end of the day, logo and branding

611
00:20:09,866 --> 00:20:11,433
really needs to be done right.

612
00:20:11,433 --> 00:20:12,599
And they just f'd it up.

613
00:20:12,599 --> 00:20:13,666
I just hate that it became...

614
00:20:13,666 --> 00:20:16,266
I really hate that it became...

615
00:20:16,433 --> 00:20:17,000
Minimal text.

616
00:20:18,266 --> 00:20:19,633
Well, it just became a

617
00:20:19,633 --> 00:20:22,466
mainstream story where it's like,

618
00:20:22,833 --> 00:20:23,966
Cracker Barrel didn't need to rebrand.

619
00:20:26,500 --> 00:20:27,133
Yeah, Cracker Barrel

620
00:20:27,133 --> 00:20:28,533
really didn't need to rebrand.

621
00:20:28,799 --> 00:20:30,333
They didn't need to get rid of...

622
00:20:30,966 --> 00:20:31,666
Who was it?

623
00:20:31,666 --> 00:20:33,066
Who was the mascot of Cracker Barrel?

624
00:20:33,633 --> 00:20:35,533
He had a name that I heard from the news.

625
00:20:35,533 --> 00:20:36,266
He had a name?

626
00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:38,133
Supposedly.

627
00:20:38,133 --> 00:20:38,799
I mean, apparently

628
00:20:38,799 --> 00:20:40,700
there's a name for the mascot.

629
00:20:40,700 --> 00:20:41,733
I don't know his name, but...

630
00:20:41,733 --> 00:20:42,466
I think they did.

631
00:20:42,466 --> 00:20:43,099
They did it with the murals.

632
00:20:43,833 --> 00:20:46,799
I mean, it was a pretty dumb rebrand.

633
00:20:47,299 --> 00:20:48,733
The guy gets simplifying, but that's like

634
00:20:48,733 --> 00:20:49,733
a tech-oriented thing.

635
00:20:50,266 --> 00:20:51,866
BenQ, though, I will say,

636
00:20:52,333 --> 00:20:54,933
looks like a medication brand.

637
00:20:58,799 --> 00:20:59,533
I'm just...

638
00:21:00,500 --> 00:21:01,200
They should rebrand.

639
00:21:02,766 --> 00:21:04,533
What is a rebrand going to be?

640
00:21:04,533 --> 00:21:05,366
Is it going to be like BenQ?

641
00:21:05,366 --> 00:21:06,933
Just remove the purple, honestly.

642
00:21:06,933 --> 00:21:08,733
Just remove the purple thing.

643
00:21:08,733 --> 00:21:09,766
It makes it look like a

644
00:21:09,766 --> 00:21:11,433
stomach or a liver or something.

645
00:21:11,666 --> 00:21:11,966
I don't know.

646
00:21:11,966 --> 00:21:12,833
Just get rid of the kidney.

647
00:21:13,833 --> 00:21:14,633
That's what it is.

648
00:21:14,633 --> 00:21:15,933
It's kidney medicine.

649
00:21:17,333 --> 00:21:19,566
Yo, what if they just made it into a box?

650
00:21:19,566 --> 00:21:20,966
Would that satisfy you, James?

651
00:21:22,099 --> 00:21:23,966
Like a box around BenQ makes it look like

652
00:21:23,966 --> 00:21:25,333
a monitor instead of a kidney?

653
00:21:25,833 --> 00:21:26,033
Sure.

654
00:21:27,533 --> 00:21:28,266
That'd satisfy me.

655
00:21:28,966 --> 00:21:29,466
I'm just saying.

656
00:21:29,933 --> 00:21:31,566
There's some brands that need to be

657
00:21:31,566 --> 00:21:35,533
revamped, and that's one of them.

658
00:21:36,933 --> 00:21:37,133
Yeah.

659
00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:40,533
I agree, but at the same time, though,

660
00:21:40,566 --> 00:21:41,466
I don't like how

661
00:21:41,466 --> 00:21:43,200
everything's being more simplified.

662
00:21:43,833 --> 00:21:45,333
Imagine a ZOTAC right here,

663
00:21:45,566 --> 00:21:48,033
like change their font to like

664
00:21:48,466 --> 00:21:49,766
Ariel or Calibri or

665
00:21:49,766 --> 00:21:51,233
some bullcrap like that.

666
00:21:51,233 --> 00:21:51,433
Why?

667
00:21:52,533 --> 00:21:52,966
That's also...

668
00:21:53,433 --> 00:21:54,766
ZOTAC is already a

669
00:21:54,766 --> 00:21:56,633
simplified version of it.

670
00:21:57,366 --> 00:21:59,433
Fonts are important to a brand.

671
00:21:59,433 --> 00:22:00,433
That's actually the thing you need to

672
00:22:00,433 --> 00:22:02,633
focus on the most when doing logos.

673
00:22:03,666 --> 00:22:05,266
Yeah, but what I'm saying is, imagine if

674
00:22:05,266 --> 00:22:06,733
they didn't have this

675
00:22:06,733 --> 00:22:09,900
stylized font where the A is a

676
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,566
delta instead of just like a regular A.

677
00:22:12,566 --> 00:22:13,733
Imagine how stupid that would look.

678
00:22:13,733 --> 00:22:15,566
It would be stupid, but that's not the

679
00:22:15,566 --> 00:22:17,200
point of simplifying your brand.

680
00:22:17,633 --> 00:22:19,533
You don't go to a simpler font.

681
00:22:20,066 --> 00:22:22,466
I think we can all agree that Ask, scroll

682
00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:25,299
down, scroll down, the last section,

683
00:22:25,833 --> 00:22:28,466
asks use of Comic Sans as

684
00:22:28,466 --> 00:22:29,966
the best branding on this.

685
00:22:32,733 --> 00:22:34,299
Is that actually Comic Sans?

686
00:22:34,299 --> 00:22:34,866
I can't tell.

687
00:22:34,866 --> 00:22:36,033
That looks a hell of a

688
00:22:36,033 --> 00:22:37,099
lot like Comic Sans to me.

689
00:22:37,833 --> 00:22:39,733
That's a variant of it at the very least.

690
00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:42,599
Who is Ask Corporation?

691
00:22:42,966 --> 00:22:43,766
Now we have to know.

692
00:22:45,733 --> 00:22:47,933
If you have to ask, you should...

693
00:22:48,366 --> 00:22:49,266
Dude, you have to ask.

694
00:22:49,933 --> 00:22:50,533
It's a...

695
00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:55,033
Oh, wait, why are they

696
00:22:55,033 --> 00:22:56,000
sponsoring like a gaming...

697
00:22:56,333 --> 00:22:57,500
They're an equipment sponsor, meaning

698
00:22:57,500 --> 00:22:59,266
they donate equipment to it.

699
00:22:59,833 --> 00:23:00,500
Same with BenQ.

700
00:23:02,066 --> 00:23:03,666
Yeah, I can understand BenQ doing like

701
00:23:03,666 --> 00:23:05,066
monitors and stuff for games,

702
00:23:05,133 --> 00:23:07,933
but like they're donating like water

703
00:23:07,933 --> 00:23:09,299
valves and like pressure...

704
00:23:09,633 --> 00:23:10,166
They probably have a

705
00:23:10,166 --> 00:23:11,933
lot of different things.

706
00:23:12,266 --> 00:23:13,833
So yeah, who knows?

707
00:23:14,566 --> 00:23:15,333
That's interesting.

708
00:23:19,433 --> 00:23:20,666
Takes a lot to run an event.

709
00:23:21,933 --> 00:23:22,533
It does.

710
00:23:23,233 --> 00:23:24,133
Got to pipe that water

711
00:23:24,133 --> 00:23:27,066
into those venues, I guess.

712
00:23:28,133 --> 00:23:30,166
Yo, one of these days, we'll hit up

713
00:23:30,166 --> 00:23:32,066
Japan, go to Tokyo Game Show,

714
00:23:33,033 --> 00:23:35,033
and then get some sushi.

715
00:23:35,733 --> 00:23:36,466
Oh man, I went to the

716
00:23:36,466 --> 00:23:37,500
Tsukiji Fish Market.

717
00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:38,833
I had the best sushi I've ever had.

718
00:23:38,833 --> 00:23:39,166
It was like...

719
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,266
So it was like this like older lady.

720
00:23:42,599 --> 00:23:43,466
She was serving like

721
00:23:43,466 --> 00:23:44,900
this like fatty tuna.

722
00:23:45,533 --> 00:23:48,233
It was like 2000 yen for four pieces,

723
00:23:48,233 --> 00:23:51,066
which I think comes out to like 15 or so

724
00:23:51,066 --> 00:23:53,066
at today's exchange rates.

725
00:23:53,433 --> 00:23:53,666
Yeah.

726
00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:55,266
Man, it was so good.

727
00:23:55,266 --> 00:23:56,500
It was the best sushi I've ever had.

728
00:23:56,733 --> 00:23:59,333
And I'm gonna be kind of sad that...

729
00:23:59,366 --> 00:24:02,599
I'm not gonna be able to

730
00:24:02,599 --> 00:24:03,866
find sushi this good in America.

731
00:24:04,833 --> 00:24:07,166
At least not for like a decent price.

732
00:24:08,033 --> 00:24:10,766
Yeah, I was gonna say, with

733
00:24:10,766 --> 00:24:12,433
that, it's really freshness.

734
00:24:12,433 --> 00:24:14,166
If you can go to a

735
00:24:14,166 --> 00:24:15,633
fish market around here,

736
00:24:15,933 --> 00:24:16,933
like you should be like,

737
00:24:16,933 --> 00:24:17,900
especially on the West Coast,

738
00:24:17,900 --> 00:24:18,266
you should be able to

739
00:24:18,266 --> 00:24:18,900
get something similar.

740
00:24:20,466 --> 00:24:21,133
Yeah, that's the problem.

741
00:24:21,133 --> 00:24:22,000
I don't live in the West Coast.

742
00:24:22,966 --> 00:24:23,166
True.

743
00:24:23,533 --> 00:24:25,033
Probably the closest fish market is

744
00:24:25,033 --> 00:24:27,266
Gardner's lobster market

745
00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:27,833
up in Maine or whatever.

746
00:24:28,799 --> 00:24:29,633
Hey, hey, hey.

747
00:24:29,633 --> 00:24:31,533
We call it a lobster pound up here.

748
00:24:32,033 --> 00:24:33,166
A lobster pound.

749
00:24:33,166 --> 00:24:34,266
A lobster pound?

750
00:24:34,733 --> 00:24:36,200
Yeah, that's what it's called.

751
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:36,733
Like when you...

752
00:24:36,733 --> 00:24:38,166
Is it like a puppy pound

753
00:24:38,166 --> 00:24:41,000
where you stick animals in there?

754
00:24:41,266 --> 00:24:42,400
No, that's messed up.

755
00:24:42,933 --> 00:24:44,266
I don't know where the

756
00:24:44,266 --> 00:24:45,133
origin of that comes from.

757
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:46,200
That's what I'm saying.

758
00:24:47,966 --> 00:24:49,233
I'm not sure where the origin of that

759
00:24:49,233 --> 00:24:51,166
comes from, but it might be.

760
00:24:53,133 --> 00:24:55,333
But I have a friend who is a lobsterman,

761
00:24:55,366 --> 00:24:57,200
and he drops his lobsters

762
00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:58,333
off at the lobster pound.

763
00:24:59,133 --> 00:25:00,500
At the lobster pound?

764
00:25:01,533 --> 00:25:02,000
The lobster pound.

765
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,166
Do they cook them live so

766
00:25:04,166 --> 00:25:05,099
they can hear their scream?

767
00:25:05,633 --> 00:25:06,400
Yeah, they don't scream.

768
00:25:07,599 --> 00:25:09,166
Like you drop them in the...

769
00:25:09,166 --> 00:25:11,299
They don't scream, but they can hiss.

770
00:25:11,299 --> 00:25:13,333
Meaning the pressure, like the...

771
00:25:14,266 --> 00:25:14,466
Yeah.

772
00:25:16,166 --> 00:25:16,433
Sorry.

773
00:25:17,733 --> 00:25:19,666
The show is off the rails already, guys.

774
00:25:19,766 --> 00:25:20,833
It's pretty off the rails.

775
00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:21,966
Yeah.

776
00:25:22,966 --> 00:25:23,933
Take your game show.

777
00:25:24,566 --> 00:25:26,266
I should pay attention to it.

778
00:25:26,766 --> 00:25:26,966
Yeah.

779
00:25:27,799 --> 00:25:31,099
We should go to the

780
00:25:31,099 --> 00:25:32,733
next topic because it is...

781
00:25:34,933 --> 00:25:35,433
It is...

782
00:25:36,633 --> 00:25:37,733
It's another event.

783
00:25:38,433 --> 00:25:39,766
The Apple event.

784
00:25:41,466 --> 00:25:41,766
Yeah.

785
00:25:42,599 --> 00:25:47,466
Now, Apple traditionally

786
00:25:47,466 --> 00:25:48,666
has their events in September,

787
00:25:49,033 --> 00:25:50,933
where they unveil their new stuff.

788
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:52,866
And this time, it's a new iPhone.

789
00:25:53,433 --> 00:25:54,733
But it's not just like a

790
00:25:54,733 --> 00:25:56,033
refresh of like the iPhones.

791
00:25:56,033 --> 00:25:57,766
It's a brand new type of iPhone.

792
00:25:57,766 --> 00:25:59,366
The iPhone 17 Air.

793
00:26:00,266 --> 00:26:01,099
Have you seen the gardener?

794
00:26:01,833 --> 00:26:02,066
Yeah.

795
00:26:03,966 --> 00:26:04,766
And like...

796
00:26:05,033 --> 00:26:05,566
It's amazing.

797
00:26:05,566 --> 00:26:06,133
I don't know about you.

798
00:26:07,133 --> 00:26:09,400
I'm waiting for Jay Riggever to get his

799
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:10,133
hands on one of those.

800
00:26:10,466 --> 00:26:12,366
And so I can watch him like snap it in

801
00:26:12,366 --> 00:26:13,400
half with his bare hands.

802
00:26:13,866 --> 00:26:14,066
Yeah.

803
00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:16,033
I mean, honestly, dude,

804
00:26:16,033 --> 00:26:19,166
like why would you want that?

805
00:26:19,533 --> 00:26:20,466
I don't understand why

806
00:26:20,466 --> 00:26:21,700
anyone would want that.

807
00:26:23,066 --> 00:26:24,000
Apple, man.

808
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,566
Apple does what Apple wants to do.

809
00:26:26,866 --> 00:26:28,000
They're the Apple of Apple.

810
00:26:28,966 --> 00:26:30,066
They're the Apple of the US.

811
00:26:30,766 --> 00:26:35,900
So the problem with Apple is that they

812
00:26:35,900 --> 00:26:37,066
keep on doing these

813
00:26:37,066 --> 00:26:38,599
planned events that are...

814
00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:41,433
That are just...

815
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,000
Every year, they have

816
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:44,033
to do it in September.

817
00:26:44,266 --> 00:26:46,233
They have a planned event and

818
00:26:46,233 --> 00:26:47,266
it kind of kills innovation.

819
00:26:47,633 --> 00:26:48,933
They're pretty much incremental

820
00:26:48,933 --> 00:26:50,433
innovation where it's...

821
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,233
They probably could come out with

822
00:26:53,233 --> 00:26:54,366
something a little bit more powerful.

823
00:26:55,333 --> 00:26:56,533
And to be fair, they probably could pack

824
00:26:56,533 --> 00:26:58,233
more into this iPhone Air.

825
00:26:59,299 --> 00:27:00,566
But they have to keep

826
00:27:00,566 --> 00:27:02,533
on selling every year.

827
00:27:02,533 --> 00:27:03,733
And it's a little unfortunate

828
00:27:03,733 --> 00:27:05,599
because it kills innovation.

829
00:27:06,133 --> 00:27:07,533
That being said, I use Apple devices

830
00:27:07,533 --> 00:27:08,266
because they're so

831
00:27:08,266 --> 00:27:09,566
energetic and I don't have to deal

832
00:27:09,566 --> 00:27:11,633
with the stuff for my day-to-day life.

833
00:27:12,133 --> 00:27:17,033
But this Air is just so weird.

834
00:27:17,033 --> 00:27:19,333
That they added another

835
00:27:19,333 --> 00:27:20,966
SKU when they already have...

836
00:27:22,266 --> 00:27:24,133
I get it.

837
00:27:24,133 --> 00:27:24,799
It is thinner.

838
00:27:24,799 --> 00:27:25,333
It is nice.

839
00:27:25,566 --> 00:27:26,766
But you're going to slap a case on there.

840
00:27:26,766 --> 00:27:27,233
It's still going to make

841
00:27:27,233 --> 00:27:28,099
it thinner and lighter.

842
00:27:28,533 --> 00:27:30,900
But I think just replace one

843
00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:32,066
of their other SKUs with it.

844
00:27:32,333 --> 00:27:35,233
Instead of adding another iPhone, just

845
00:27:35,233 --> 00:27:36,366
replace one or two of

846
00:27:36,366 --> 00:27:37,133
the other ones you have.

847
00:27:37,366 --> 00:27:38,799
Let's stop with this.

848
00:27:41,033 --> 00:27:42,366
Six different SKUs.

849
00:27:42,366 --> 00:27:43,066
Let's do three.

850
00:27:43,299 --> 00:27:44,700
You have a small, medium, and large.

851
00:27:45,766 --> 00:27:45,966
Yeah.

852
00:27:46,033 --> 00:27:48,833
Wait, so the iPhones, I

853
00:27:48,833 --> 00:27:50,133
think, came out yesterday.

854
00:27:50,533 --> 00:27:52,166
So I want to do a little

855
00:27:52,166 --> 00:27:53,733
sleuthing on the internet and see...

856
00:27:54,299 --> 00:27:54,666
Careful.

857
00:27:55,433 --> 00:27:57,599
If he has Jerry Riggs,

858
00:27:57,599 --> 00:28:00,266
everything, iPhone 17 Air.

859
00:28:00,599 --> 00:28:03,133
You can't show Apple events and stuff.

860
00:28:03,133 --> 00:28:04,000
They'll take it down.

861
00:28:05,966 --> 00:28:07,266
That's happened multiple times to me.

862
00:28:07,266 --> 00:28:07,466
Okay.

863
00:28:08,366 --> 00:28:12,233
So no, they don't have...

864
00:28:12,666 --> 00:28:14,633
He hasn't uploaded a video of himself

865
00:28:14,633 --> 00:28:16,133
snapping an iPhone in half.

866
00:28:16,466 --> 00:28:17,666
It'll probably happen next week.

867
00:28:17,966 --> 00:28:19,733
To be fair, I feel like you could snap

868
00:28:19,733 --> 00:28:21,233
most phones these days in half.

869
00:28:21,933 --> 00:28:22,133
Yeah.

870
00:28:22,633 --> 00:28:24,299
You can't snap my phone in half.

871
00:28:24,299 --> 00:28:29,666
You know, I have a Google Pixel 4a.

872
00:28:30,333 --> 00:28:32,066
I'm still on the 4, by the way.

873
00:28:32,066 --> 00:28:33,099
I don't need to

874
00:28:33,099 --> 00:28:34,366
upgrade my phone every year.

875
00:28:34,366 --> 00:28:34,866
I don't care.

876
00:28:35,233 --> 00:28:36,333
I hate these things

877
00:28:36,333 --> 00:28:37,266
and I barely use them.

878
00:28:38,066 --> 00:28:41,966
So, but the fact is, this

879
00:28:41,966 --> 00:28:43,633
is too big for me still.

880
00:28:44,066 --> 00:28:48,466
I want something really small where, when

881
00:28:48,466 --> 00:28:49,966
I'm holding it comfortably,

882
00:28:50,533 --> 00:28:53,333
my right thumb can reach the top left

883
00:28:53,333 --> 00:28:54,233
corner of the screen.

884
00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:55,433
That's what I want.

885
00:28:55,766 --> 00:28:57,066
That's real innovation.

886
00:28:57,633 --> 00:28:59,533
Because there are no phones on the

887
00:28:59,533 --> 00:29:00,799
market, as far as I have found,

888
00:29:01,233 --> 00:29:03,033
that let me reach all the way up to the

889
00:29:03,033 --> 00:29:04,233
left corner of the

890
00:29:04,233 --> 00:29:05,033
screen in my right thumb.

891
00:29:05,599 --> 00:29:06,533
What do you need to do

892
00:29:06,533 --> 00:29:07,266
with that left corner?

893
00:29:07,666 --> 00:29:08,033
Go back?

894
00:29:08,933 --> 00:29:10,566
Go back or whatever.

895
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:11,666
I don't...

896
00:29:11,666 --> 00:29:13,000
Dude, just use your other hand.

897
00:29:13,366 --> 00:29:14,666
You just got to get an iPhone, man.

898
00:29:14,666 --> 00:29:15,466
You just swipe back.

899
00:29:16,433 --> 00:29:16,666
I don't...

900
00:29:16,966 --> 00:29:17,466
I do not...

901
00:29:18,066 --> 00:29:18,266
I...

902
00:29:18,433 --> 00:29:20,566
When I got this phone, I had to...

903
00:29:20,766 --> 00:29:22,333
Like, literally, this phone had the

904
00:29:22,333 --> 00:29:24,133
stupid little swipe bar at the bottom.

905
00:29:24,666 --> 00:29:27,766
And I was like, "No, give me my buttons

906
00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:29,266
back, my fake buttons."

907
00:29:30,033 --> 00:29:32,599
I hate the swipe gesture stuff because it

908
00:29:32,599 --> 00:29:34,466
feels like dark patterns, all of it.

909
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:35,599
Really?

910
00:29:36,166 --> 00:29:36,366
Yes.

911
00:29:37,099 --> 00:29:37,299
Really?

912
00:29:37,733 --> 00:29:37,933
Yeah.

913
00:29:38,066 --> 00:29:38,733
I didn't like it when I

914
00:29:38,733 --> 00:29:40,033
first did it, but it got easier.

915
00:29:43,433 --> 00:29:45,633
Swipe is a dark pattern to me.

916
00:29:46,166 --> 00:29:48,366
It feels just awful, like,

917
00:29:49,099 --> 00:29:50,833
addicting, and I hate it.

918
00:29:51,966 --> 00:29:53,566
Yeah, I don't know if

919
00:29:53,566 --> 00:29:54,433
I'd say I'm addicted.

920
00:29:54,666 --> 00:29:56,933
It's just a gesture to me.

921
00:29:57,366 --> 00:29:58,966
It's just a means to an end.

922
00:29:58,966 --> 00:29:59,933
I'm not sure if I agree with

923
00:29:59,933 --> 00:30:01,033
that notion, Gardner, but...

924
00:30:01,066 --> 00:30:04,566
Yeah, I guess where I'm coming from, what

925
00:30:04,566 --> 00:30:06,799
I mean when I say that is, to me,

926
00:30:07,900 --> 00:30:11,299
I can feel something in my

927
00:30:11,299 --> 00:30:13,533
lizard brain that goes, "Ooh!"

928
00:30:13,933 --> 00:30:16,066
When I do a swipe gesture thing.

929
00:30:17,166 --> 00:30:18,166
And so that, to me,

930
00:30:18,166 --> 00:30:19,299
feels like a dark pattern.

931
00:30:19,633 --> 00:30:23,933
When a UI design isn't to facilitate you

932
00:30:23,933 --> 00:30:25,133
going fast or something,

933
00:30:25,133 --> 00:30:27,933
it's to release dopamine in your brain.

934
00:30:28,533 --> 00:30:28,733
That...

935
00:30:29,066 --> 00:30:30,700
And for me, that happens when I do that.

936
00:30:30,733 --> 00:30:31,900
So I don't like it.

937
00:30:33,033 --> 00:30:34,366
I get frustrated sometimes because it

938
00:30:34,366 --> 00:30:36,366
doesn't swipe, so...

939
00:30:37,066 --> 00:30:38,233
Swipe or no swiping.

940
00:30:38,666 --> 00:30:38,866
Yeah.

941
00:30:39,066 --> 00:30:39,866
Swipe or no swiping.

942
00:30:40,133 --> 00:30:42,733
That's also part of

943
00:30:42,733 --> 00:30:44,833
the dark pattern shit.

944
00:30:44,833 --> 00:30:47,333
It's like, if there's a lottery of if

945
00:30:47,333 --> 00:30:48,033
it's going to work or

946
00:30:48,033 --> 00:30:49,200
not, and then it doesn't,

947
00:30:49,433 --> 00:30:50,733
and it frustrates you, and then it does,

948
00:30:51,133 --> 00:30:53,666
that can be part of a

949
00:30:53,666 --> 00:30:54,733
deliberate design pattern.

950
00:30:55,700 --> 00:30:58,466
That usually makes me stop using stuff.

951
00:30:58,733 --> 00:31:00,299
It's successful most of the time enough.

952
00:31:00,333 --> 00:31:02,033
No, it's...

953
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:03,799
I'll say this.

954
00:31:04,599 --> 00:31:07,066
Instead of the air, or

955
00:31:07,066 --> 00:31:07,933
at least doing the air,

956
00:31:07,933 --> 00:31:09,200
they should have done it as a foldable or

957
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:10,466
something where you could get it smaller.

958
00:31:11,166 --> 00:31:12,000
Do something different.

959
00:31:12,866 --> 00:31:13,633
Dude, you can fold it.

960
00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:14,400
It just won't be

961
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:15,900
functional after a single fold.

962
00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:18,333
I mean, high tech.

963
00:31:19,766 --> 00:31:21,099
The small's good.

964
00:31:21,099 --> 00:31:21,966
Our thin's good.

965
00:31:23,099 --> 00:31:25,666
I don't think it's any more foldable than

966
00:31:25,666 --> 00:31:26,666
some of the other phones.

967
00:31:26,666 --> 00:31:28,200
Like this Google phone I have.

968
00:31:28,433 --> 00:31:29,966
I bet you it's pretty foldable.

969
00:31:30,833 --> 00:31:31,266
But...

970
00:31:33,633 --> 00:31:34,066
Is it titanium?

971
00:31:34,266 --> 00:31:34,500
I don't know, man.

972
00:31:34,633 --> 00:31:35,666
Is the air titanium?

973
00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:38,433
Because I know the Pro Max is.

974
00:31:39,833 --> 00:31:41,400
I can't remember if the air is though,

975
00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:42,799
because I thought it

976
00:31:42,799 --> 00:31:43,933
was like a titanium alloy.

977
00:31:45,733 --> 00:31:48,599
I think it's

978
00:31:48,599 --> 00:31:51,666
exclusively titanium, so they say.

979
00:31:51,933 --> 00:31:52,133
Yeah.

980
00:31:52,833 --> 00:31:55,866
And so it's going to make it a little

981
00:31:55,866 --> 00:31:56,633
harder for it to bend.

982
00:31:57,599 --> 00:31:59,166
I'm just salty that

983
00:31:59,166 --> 00:32:01,866
Apple made headphone jacks.

984
00:32:02,266 --> 00:32:03,333
I'm not looking at phones anymore.

985
00:32:05,566 --> 00:32:06,900
Like my phone is definitely thick enough

986
00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:09,166
to accommodate a headphone jack.

987
00:32:10,033 --> 00:32:10,799
Heck, I think this...

988
00:32:11,266 --> 00:32:12,933
When they removed it, I think that was

989
00:32:12,933 --> 00:32:15,166
like the iPhone 7 when they removed it.

990
00:32:15,633 --> 00:32:17,533
That one was thick enough to

991
00:32:17,533 --> 00:32:18,733
accommodate a headphone jack.

992
00:32:19,333 --> 00:32:20,733
These are all thick enough.

993
00:32:20,933 --> 00:32:24,200
It was a big part of it was for getting

994
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,033
better ratings for waterproof.

995
00:32:27,333 --> 00:32:29,333
Like water resistance, waterproofing,

996
00:32:29,633 --> 00:32:31,466
and it was also just a simplified

997
00:32:31,466 --> 00:32:32,533
component so they could fit

998
00:32:32,533 --> 00:32:34,933
a headphone jack in there.

999
00:32:35,266 --> 00:32:36,433
Like if they say anything

1000
00:32:36,433 --> 00:32:37,566
otherwise, they're just lying.

1001
00:32:38,333 --> 00:32:41,266
But I just think it's to

1002
00:32:41,266 --> 00:32:42,266
simplify the whole system.

1003
00:32:43,533 --> 00:32:43,833
Yeah.

1004
00:32:44,733 --> 00:32:47,000
But I think my favorite tradition when it

1005
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,366
comes to iPhone releases are all the

1006
00:32:48,366 --> 00:32:50,733
hooks that that 4chan comes up with for

1007
00:32:50,733 --> 00:32:51,333
people to destroy

1008
00:32:51,333 --> 00:32:52,133
their phones on accident.

1009
00:32:52,866 --> 00:32:56,466
I think my favorite one is either between

1010
00:32:56,466 --> 00:32:57,433
like the update that

1011
00:32:57,433 --> 00:32:58,766
makes your iPhone waterproof

1012
00:32:59,533 --> 00:33:03,133
as per 4chan or the update that lets you

1013
00:33:03,133 --> 00:33:04,366
charge your phone in a microwave.

1014
00:33:07,033 --> 00:33:09,533
I mean, yeah, the microphone was classic.

1015
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:11,599
I mean, if you do that,

1016
00:33:12,099 --> 00:33:13,633
then it's kind of just...

1017
00:33:15,766 --> 00:33:16,733
You deserved it, I guess.

1018
00:33:17,166 --> 00:33:19,133
You shouldn't say you deserve it.

1019
00:33:19,133 --> 00:33:19,900
You learned a lesson.

1020
00:33:19,933 --> 00:33:22,733
It was a teachable moment.

1021
00:33:23,266 --> 00:33:26,233
The water one is that

1022
00:33:26,233 --> 00:33:27,066
they are waterproof.

1023
00:33:28,066 --> 00:33:28,299
Pretty good.

1024
00:33:28,299 --> 00:33:29,966
Well, no, they are now.

1025
00:33:30,633 --> 00:33:31,799
But like it said that...

1026
00:33:32,233 --> 00:33:34,866
Yeah, but like back then they said that a

1027
00:33:34,866 --> 00:33:35,900
software update made

1028
00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:36,866
your phone waterproof.

1029
00:33:37,533 --> 00:33:37,733
Yeah.

1030
00:33:40,633 --> 00:33:42,833
Man. Good times, man.

1031
00:33:44,633 --> 00:33:47,133
So on top of the new iPhones, they also

1032
00:33:47,133 --> 00:33:49,700
announced Apple watches.

1033
00:33:50,866 --> 00:33:52,366
And also new AirPods.

1034
00:33:53,766 --> 00:33:57,733
They're said to be the best act of noise

1035
00:33:57,733 --> 00:33:59,533
canceling like ear pods out there.

1036
00:34:00,099 --> 00:34:03,833
And I mean, I'm sure they're pretty good,

1037
00:34:03,833 --> 00:34:05,233
but like I'm more partial

1038
00:34:05,233 --> 00:34:06,566
to like the Sony ones that

1039
00:34:07,133 --> 00:34:09,633
come out the WF-1000XM.

1040
00:34:10,366 --> 00:34:11,166
Like I think it's like

1041
00:34:11,166 --> 00:34:12,633
out of five now or six.

1042
00:34:12,633 --> 00:34:12,866
I'm not sure.

1043
00:34:12,866 --> 00:34:15,633
I...

1044
00:34:17,166 --> 00:34:18,766
I would...

1045
00:34:19,466 --> 00:34:20,800
Of course it's going to be the best.

1046
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:21,900
Like they're going to say that.

1047
00:34:21,900 --> 00:34:23,066
And they probably are.

1048
00:34:23,066 --> 00:34:24,766
Like the AirPods Pros 2s

1049
00:34:24,766 --> 00:34:26,266
that I have are pretty good.

1050
00:34:26,699 --> 00:34:28,933
They might have bad mics and some other

1051
00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:31,733
stuff, but like they're noise canceling.

1052
00:34:31,733 --> 00:34:33,566
And I have three test

1053
00:34:33,566 --> 00:34:34,866
cases at home for this.

1054
00:34:35,300 --> 00:34:36,699
I have two kids and a dog.

1055
00:34:37,266 --> 00:34:41,066
And if I need some sanity, I

1056
00:34:41,066 --> 00:34:42,133
will turn that head count...

1057
00:34:42,833 --> 00:34:44,233
The noise canceling on

1058
00:34:44,233 --> 00:34:45,233
and it is pretty nice.

1059
00:34:46,266 --> 00:34:46,566
This is...

1060
00:34:47,066 --> 00:34:50,066
The AirPods Pros 3s are probably the, I

1061
00:34:50,066 --> 00:34:53,866
think, best or the more interesting thing

1062
00:34:53,866 --> 00:34:55,300
to come out of all this because

1063
00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:59,233
they include like translation and some

1064
00:34:59,233 --> 00:35:01,166
other stuff in it, which other headphones

1065
00:35:01,166 --> 00:35:02,300
have been able to do for a while, but it

1066
00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:03,266
is still cool to see.

1067
00:35:05,033 --> 00:35:05,500
Yeah.

1068
00:35:05,866 --> 00:35:06,166
Yeah.

1069
00:35:06,666 --> 00:35:08,833
Also, also apparently there's a new

1070
00:35:08,833 --> 00:35:10,666
feature where you can do real time

1071
00:35:10,666 --> 00:35:13,266
translations to like have conversations

1072
00:35:13,266 --> 00:35:14,199
with foreign people.

1073
00:35:16,033 --> 00:35:18,566
So I don't know how good that'll be.

1074
00:35:18,966 --> 00:35:19,833
Google does it too.

1075
00:35:20,233 --> 00:35:20,533
Google's...

1076
00:35:20,766 --> 00:35:21,566
Yeah, Google does it too.

1077
00:35:21,566 --> 00:35:22,233
AirPods 2.

1078
00:35:24,033 --> 00:35:24,199
Yeah.

1079
00:35:24,733 --> 00:35:25,933
So it's definitely going to be

1080
00:35:25,933 --> 00:35:28,166
interesting to see how it goes and how

1081
00:35:28,166 --> 00:35:29,599
Star Trek is going to get in like the

1082
00:35:29,599 --> 00:35:30,800
next few decades because

1083
00:35:31,266 --> 00:35:32,633
it's only going to get better.

1084
00:35:32,633 --> 00:35:33,666
And I think that is actually...

1085
00:35:34,633 --> 00:35:35,766
I think it's a good thing.

1086
00:35:35,766 --> 00:35:37,233
I think removing barriers

1087
00:35:37,233 --> 00:35:38,566
for language is a good thing.

1088
00:35:39,466 --> 00:35:40,300
Yeah, it'll be like Tekken.

1089
00:35:41,566 --> 00:35:42,433
You guys ever play Tekken?

1090
00:35:42,766 --> 00:35:43,566
I've played Tekken better.

1091
00:35:44,133 --> 00:35:44,333
Yeah, dude.

1092
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:44,666
Remember.

1093
00:35:46,433 --> 00:35:47,966
So I mean, one of the things they've done

1094
00:35:47,966 --> 00:35:49,933
in recent times is I

1095
00:35:49,933 --> 00:35:51,033
think starting with Tekken 7,

1096
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:52,699
they started making...

1097
00:35:53,199 --> 00:35:54,533
They made everyone speak their native

1098
00:35:54,533 --> 00:35:55,566
languages instead of like

1099
00:35:55,566 --> 00:35:56,633
either English or Japanese.

1100
00:35:57,666 --> 00:36:00,766
And so like now like French characters

1101
00:36:00,766 --> 00:36:02,833
will speak French and like

1102
00:36:02,833 --> 00:36:04,099
Germans will speak German.

1103
00:36:04,099 --> 00:36:05,866
Koreans will speak Korean and of course

1104
00:36:05,866 --> 00:36:07,933
the Japanese will speak Japanese.

1105
00:36:09,233 --> 00:36:09,533
That's cool.

1106
00:36:10,033 --> 00:36:10,666
And yeah.

1107
00:36:11,533 --> 00:36:14,233
Also, I also want to mention the price

1108
00:36:14,233 --> 00:36:15,366
because the one good

1109
00:36:15,366 --> 00:36:16,933
thing that Apple didn't do

1110
00:36:17,533 --> 00:36:19,533
was like raise the price substantially

1111
00:36:19,533 --> 00:36:21,133
except for I guess the pro models.

1112
00:36:22,733 --> 00:36:24,066
Did they go up a price much though?

1113
00:36:24,066 --> 00:36:28,000
Because the 17 Pro Max, it looks about

1114
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,500
like what it typically is.

1115
00:36:30,433 --> 00:36:31,066
Yeah, no, no.

1116
00:36:31,199 --> 00:36:32,666
The regular Pro went up $100.

1117
00:36:34,866 --> 00:36:36,833
See, when I get a phone, I get it every

1118
00:36:36,833 --> 00:36:38,433
few years and I just get the

1119
00:36:38,433 --> 00:36:39,966
highest one and it just lasts

1120
00:36:40,066 --> 00:36:40,433
years.

1121
00:36:41,699 --> 00:36:42,466
Yeah, that's fair enough.

1122
00:36:43,066 --> 00:36:45,900
So the iPhone 17 is still $800.

1123
00:36:48,233 --> 00:36:50,866
And the Pro starts at $10.99.

1124
00:36:50,966 --> 00:36:53,566
Apple is now shipping...

1125
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,233
Apple now by default gives it 256 gigs

1126
00:36:57,233 --> 00:36:59,966
instead of 128 gigs to start with.

1127
00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:03,733
All these companies have got to change

1128
00:37:03,733 --> 00:37:04,866
the defaults to like a

1129
00:37:04,866 --> 00:37:05,966
terabyte on everything.

1130
00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:07,800
I'm getting tired of these small...

1131
00:37:08,133 --> 00:37:11,166
Like I get it.

1132
00:37:11,333 --> 00:37:12,866
They make a lot of money.

1133
00:37:13,900 --> 00:37:15,833
The cloud is nice honestly and the way

1134
00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:16,866
iPhone manages my data.

1135
00:37:17,599 --> 00:37:19,333
If I don't use an app for a very long

1136
00:37:19,333 --> 00:37:22,666
time, you can enable this or disable it.

1137
00:37:22,666 --> 00:37:23,900
So it's like totally optional, but you

1138
00:37:23,900 --> 00:37:24,833
can make it so that it

1139
00:37:24,833 --> 00:37:27,166
will save all the data for it,

1140
00:37:27,166 --> 00:37:29,866
but it will delete the app.

1141
00:37:29,866 --> 00:37:31,599
It's like the most of the content.

1142
00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:33,266
Let's say it's a game and I

1143
00:37:33,266 --> 00:37:34,033
don't play it for a while.

1144
00:37:35,133 --> 00:37:38,633
You can select apps and games to say,

1145
00:37:38,633 --> 00:37:41,866
"Hey, don't ever remove this for space."

1146
00:37:42,133 --> 00:37:43,599
But for some of the other stuff, it will.

1147
00:37:44,133 --> 00:37:44,900
Because I have fast enough

1148
00:37:44,900 --> 00:37:46,066
internet, it's not a big deal.

1149
00:37:46,099 --> 00:37:46,966
It will re-download it

1150
00:37:46,966 --> 00:37:48,533
if I need it once a year.

1151
00:37:49,166 --> 00:37:51,733
But I have to say, it is really nice.

1152
00:37:53,733 --> 00:37:54,966
It can be annoying, but it's nice.

1153
00:37:57,033 --> 00:37:58,766
Yeah, so my brother is trying to upgrade

1154
00:37:58,766 --> 00:38:03,366
his iPhone 14 Pro to a iPhone 17 Pro.

1155
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,566
And he's finding out that there might not

1156
00:38:06,566 --> 00:38:08,566
be that many good trade-in offers.

1157
00:38:09,433 --> 00:38:12,500
You might have to just take the loss.

1158
00:38:12,966 --> 00:38:15,233
If you're doing the trade-in, you got to

1159
00:38:15,233 --> 00:38:18,900
do it every generation or two.

1160
00:38:19,333 --> 00:38:21,466
Once you get past three or four

1161
00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:22,199
generations, the

1162
00:38:22,199 --> 00:38:24,433
trade-in's not as high just because

1163
00:38:24,433 --> 00:38:28,066
people don't want to

1164
00:38:28,066 --> 00:38:29,166
buy that old of an iPhone.

1165
00:38:30,866 --> 00:38:33,266
To admit, out of all the phones, the

1166
00:38:33,266 --> 00:38:34,866
Apple has a really good trade-in offer.

1167
00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:38,300
Yeah, I agree.

1168
00:38:38,333 --> 00:38:39,866
I think it's still among the best.

1169
00:38:41,199 --> 00:38:44,433
Because it's like 400 through Apple,

1170
00:38:44,433 --> 00:38:45,233
which I think is still

1171
00:38:45,233 --> 00:38:47,300
pretty decent for a phone

1172
00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:47,833
that's like three

1173
00:38:47,833 --> 00:38:48,533
years old at this point.

1174
00:38:49,199 --> 00:38:50,500
Yeah, that's actually not bad at all.

1175
00:38:53,433 --> 00:38:56,433
But yeah, it's going to be hard when the

1176
00:38:56,433 --> 00:38:58,000
rest of my family wants to trade-in their

1177
00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,166
iPhone 14s as well.

1178
00:38:59,966 --> 00:39:01,633
Thankfully, I don't have an iPhone, so I

1179
00:39:01,633 --> 00:39:02,466
don't have to worry about this.

1180
00:39:04,066 --> 00:39:06,166
Yeah, well, I mean, you have to worry

1181
00:39:06,166 --> 00:39:07,266
about upgrading no matter what.

1182
00:39:08,566 --> 00:39:10,166
Yeah, but I mean, I

1183
00:39:10,166 --> 00:39:11,099
already did my upgrade.

1184
00:39:11,099 --> 00:39:14,766
I have an S25 Ultra, so

1185
00:39:14,766 --> 00:39:15,633
I won't have to worry.

1186
00:39:16,300 --> 00:39:17,000
You have for a while.

1187
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:17,833
Probably for a few more years.

1188
00:39:17,833 --> 00:39:18,866
Yeah, for a while.

1189
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:25,133
I mean, I do a lot of mobile development

1190
00:39:25,133 --> 00:39:26,599
and where I work right

1191
00:39:26,599 --> 00:39:29,666
now, I do both Android and iOS

1192
00:39:30,066 --> 00:39:30,833
along with web.

1193
00:39:32,166 --> 00:39:34,666
It is beneficial to have both the old

1194
00:39:34,666 --> 00:39:36,066
phones and the new ones.

1195
00:39:36,066 --> 00:39:38,866
So I might be exceptional.

1196
00:39:39,266 --> 00:39:40,566
I think some people that upgrade every

1197
00:39:40,566 --> 00:39:43,833
year are just chasing some

1198
00:39:43,833 --> 00:39:45,533
type of change in their life,

1199
00:39:45,533 --> 00:39:46,033
I guess.

1200
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,333
Or they're like mobile

1201
00:39:48,333 --> 00:39:50,000
reviewers like MKBHD.

1202
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:51,233
They get it for free,

1203
00:39:51,233 --> 00:39:51,966
though, most likely.

1204
00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:53,099
Most of them do.

1205
00:39:53,099 --> 00:39:53,566
It's still an upgrade

1206
00:39:53,566 --> 00:39:54,833
every year, even if it's free.

1207
00:39:57,833 --> 00:39:58,166
Okay.

1208
00:40:00,133 --> 00:40:01,033
I'm not wrong, am I?

1209
00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:01,900
You're not.

1210
00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:03,033
You're technically right.

1211
00:40:03,833 --> 00:40:04,633
I'll throw that out.

1212
00:40:04,866 --> 00:40:05,066
Technically.

1213
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:07,266
The best type of right.

1214
00:40:07,266 --> 00:40:08,333
So that's kind of right.

1215
00:40:09,833 --> 00:40:10,633
Oh, man.

1216
00:40:11,266 --> 00:40:14,766
So yeah, I mean, phones are happening.

1217
00:40:15,666 --> 00:40:16,300
New iPhone.

1218
00:40:17,199 --> 00:40:18,866
I do find it interesting that they made

1219
00:40:18,866 --> 00:40:21,133
the camera bumps a lot

1220
00:40:21,133 --> 00:40:22,300
bigger than these new iPhones,

1221
00:40:24,833 --> 00:40:25,966
especially with the air too.

1222
00:40:25,966 --> 00:40:29,633
So all the relevant computing components

1223
00:40:29,633 --> 00:40:31,766
are in the camera bump of that device.

1224
00:40:33,533 --> 00:40:33,733
Yeah.

1225
00:40:34,333 --> 00:40:34,633
Yeah.

1226
00:40:35,866 --> 00:40:36,733
And the rest of it is

1227
00:40:36,733 --> 00:40:38,233
just battery, supposedly.

1228
00:40:39,333 --> 00:40:40,166
It's so foolish.

1229
00:40:42,099 --> 00:40:45,833
Like the coverage that I saw was like

1230
00:40:45,833 --> 00:40:47,133
making a joke about the fact

1231
00:40:47,133 --> 00:40:48,733
that there's like the camera

1232
00:40:48,733 --> 00:40:51,733
bump and then there's the very slim thing

1233
00:40:51,733 --> 00:40:53,400
for the battery and the screen.

1234
00:40:54,133 --> 00:40:57,366
And then only for the iPhone Air, they

1235
00:40:57,366 --> 00:40:59,400
have a MagSafe battery

1236
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:00,966
attachment because the battery

1237
00:41:00,966 --> 00:41:02,000
won't last all day.

1238
00:41:04,033 --> 00:41:04,666
That makes sense.

1239
00:41:04,933 --> 00:41:05,166
Yeah.

1240
00:41:05,166 --> 00:41:06,033
I don't.

1241
00:41:06,666 --> 00:41:10,066
I mean, Apple's intended tends to be more

1242
00:41:10,066 --> 00:41:12,033
like efficient with

1243
00:41:12,033 --> 00:41:13,433
their software and whatnot.

1244
00:41:13,433 --> 00:41:14,666
So I can imagine the battery being a

1245
00:41:14,666 --> 00:41:15,966
little longer, like battery

1246
00:41:15,966 --> 00:41:16,833
life being a little better

1247
00:41:16,833 --> 00:41:18,066
than it doesn't last a day.

1248
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,099
Like that's all their phones, from my

1249
00:41:20,099 --> 00:41:20,633
understanding, will

1250
00:41:20,633 --> 00:41:21,966
last a day of normal use.

1251
00:41:22,433 --> 00:41:24,433
If you're going very intense, they won't.

1252
00:41:24,833 --> 00:41:28,800
Their marketing says all day battery, but

1253
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:30,866
there is speculation.

1254
00:41:31,366 --> 00:41:33,133
I don't know if it's been tested yet or

1255
00:41:33,133 --> 00:41:33,766
not, but there's

1256
00:41:33,766 --> 00:41:35,000
speculation that because they

1257
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,433
released the MagSafe battery for the Air,

1258
00:41:38,766 --> 00:41:39,866
that it probably will

1259
00:41:39,866 --> 00:41:41,366
only barely last a day

1260
00:41:41,366 --> 00:41:42,766
with very light usage.

1261
00:41:43,900 --> 00:41:45,433
So I would be shocked.

1262
00:41:45,633 --> 00:41:48,966
I like Apple's pretty meticulous with

1263
00:41:48,966 --> 00:41:50,566
that type of stuff, but I don't know.

1264
00:41:51,033 --> 00:41:51,533
It'd be interesting.

1265
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:52,433
I do.

1266
00:41:52,433 --> 00:41:54,266
We'll have to say that battery will

1267
00:41:54,266 --> 00:41:55,733
probably work with the other devices too.

1268
00:41:56,833 --> 00:41:57,099
Yeah.

1269
00:41:57,733 --> 00:41:58,833
I'm not here to defend though.

1270
00:41:58,966 --> 00:41:59,500
We'll see.

1271
00:41:59,900 --> 00:42:00,199
We'll see.

1272
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:01,833
If it doesn't last all

1273
00:42:01,833 --> 00:42:03,833
day, that's a huge loss.

1274
00:42:04,166 --> 00:42:05,733
That's a huge L for them.

1275
00:42:06,033 --> 00:42:06,233
Yeah.

1276
00:42:07,266 --> 00:42:08,166
We'll find out.

1277
00:42:08,166 --> 00:42:09,466
I guess we'll find out soon enough.

1278
00:42:10,233 --> 00:42:11,099
In the meantime though,

1279
00:42:12,033 --> 00:42:13,066
speaking of huge loss,

1280
00:42:14,033 --> 00:42:16,866
Nintendo got this patent and it's a huge

1281
00:42:16,866 --> 00:42:18,333
loss for the gaming industry as a whole.

1282
00:42:19,900 --> 00:42:21,433
So for those who don't know what

1283
00:42:21,433 --> 00:42:22,333
happened, essentially

1284
00:42:22,333 --> 00:42:23,866
Nintendo got a patent for

1285
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,766
what is effectively summoning a character

1286
00:42:25,766 --> 00:42:27,099
and letting it fight one another.

1287
00:42:28,966 --> 00:42:30,099
I hate them so much.

1288
00:42:32,566 --> 00:42:35,800
So I hate patents period

1289
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:39,166
though, but yeah, not a fan.

1290
00:42:40,333 --> 00:42:43,466
Like I get it for like small, medium

1291
00:42:43,466 --> 00:42:45,699
businesses to help protect their IP and

1292
00:42:45,699 --> 00:42:46,733
to like get somewhere.

1293
00:42:46,966 --> 00:42:48,766
So big companies don't steal from them,

1294
00:42:48,766 --> 00:42:50,400
but big companies weaponize it.

1295
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:52,833
And we've really got to reform this or

1296
00:42:52,833 --> 00:42:53,400
we're just going to end

1297
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:55,500
up like who wants to do it?

1298
00:42:55,500 --> 00:42:57,966
Who wants to be a small creator, a game

1299
00:42:57,966 --> 00:42:58,466
developer that wants to, because

1300
00:42:58,733 --> 00:43:02,566
summoning a character to fight someone

1301
00:43:02,566 --> 00:43:04,666
else is a very common

1302
00:43:04,666 --> 00:43:09,666
thing to do these days with

1303
00:43:09,666 --> 00:43:13,866
games like that's how many different

1304
00:43:13,866 --> 00:43:14,766
games that are Pokemon

1305
00:43:14,766 --> 00:43:16,133
ask that are like this.

1306
00:43:16,533 --> 00:43:23,400
Like, yeah, I mean, can you, is it even

1307
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,300
like legal to have like a patent for a game mechanic?

1308
00:43:26,333 --> 00:43:30,566
Yeah, it is.

1309
00:43:30,833 --> 00:43:31,966
I thought that that was it.

1310
00:43:32,266 --> 00:43:33,833
I think it has to be a specific

1311
00:43:33,833 --> 00:43:35,466
implementation of the game.

1312
00:43:35,466 --> 00:43:39,333
Because remember, remember that one

1313
00:43:39,333 --> 00:43:40,599
studio had that patent

1314
00:43:40,599 --> 00:43:41,966
for like the Nemesis system.

1315
00:43:42,266 --> 00:43:43,133
And now that studio

1316
00:43:43,133 --> 00:43:44,633
doesn't even exist anymore.

1317
00:43:44,966 --> 00:43:45,166
Right.

1318
00:43:45,233 --> 00:43:45,800
But the past is.

1319
00:43:47,166 --> 00:43:48,166
Yeah, the past is the

1320
00:43:48,166 --> 00:43:51,033
radio dial in mass effect.

1321
00:43:51,033 --> 00:43:52,133
That's a patent.

1322
00:43:52,133 --> 00:43:59,433
That's patented. There's the dialogue. Yes. That's a patent.

1323
00:43:59,699 --> 00:44:00,533
I didn't know that.

1324
00:44:00,533 --> 00:44:02,066
And yes, it is.

1325
00:44:02,366 --> 00:44:03,666
It is disgusting.

1326
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,166
It's this type of stuff where it doesn't

1327
00:44:07,166 --> 00:44:10,233
take any real money to

1328
00:44:10,233 --> 00:44:11,733
create these types of

1329
00:44:11,733 --> 00:44:13,133
mechanics.

1330
00:44:13,533 --> 00:44:14,533
That's what the whole

1331
00:44:14,533 --> 00:44:15,966
point of patents are for.

1332
00:44:16,233 --> 00:44:18,066
Technically is innovation that costs a lot so that people can recoup their costs.

1333
00:44:18,066 --> 00:44:19,033
It's not just that it's not just that it's not just that it's not just that it's not that it's not just that it costs a lot so

1334
00:44:19,033 --> 00:44:20,099
that people can recoup

1335
00:44:20,099 --> 00:44:23,000
their costs in creating the

1336
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:23,433
patent.

1337
00:44:25,133 --> 00:44:27,466
Software patents are a joke because

1338
00:44:27,466 --> 00:44:28,866
they're always

1339
00:44:28,866 --> 00:44:30,733
incremental on someone else's work.

1340
00:44:32,166 --> 00:44:38,966
And they should be removed altogether.

1341
00:44:39,533 --> 00:44:41,133
This is a huge thing

1342
00:44:41,133 --> 00:44:41,966
that needs to be reformed.

1343
00:44:41,966 --> 00:44:42,666
It's just going to destroy

1344
00:44:42,666 --> 00:44:43,433
the gaming industry more.

1345
00:44:43,466 --> 00:44:44,800
Mm-hmm.

1346
00:44:45,433 --> 00:44:47,000
So the specific implementation of this

1347
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:48,233
patent, I believe, is for

1348
00:44:48,233 --> 00:44:51,199
third-person games like Pokemon

1349
00:44:51,199 --> 00:44:51,733
RCS.

1350
00:44:51,966 --> 00:44:55,033
Because this whole-- but it's really-- as

1351
00:44:55,033 --> 00:44:55,900
we all know, it's meant

1352
00:44:55,900 --> 00:44:58,266
to be another patent in

1353
00:44:58,266 --> 00:44:59,733
their case against Power World.

1354
00:45:00,566 --> 00:45:01,633
Which at this point, I think we've talked

1355
00:45:01,633 --> 00:45:02,633
more about Power World's

1356
00:45:02,633 --> 00:45:03,466
lawsuit than the actual

1357
00:45:03,466 --> 00:45:04,066
game itself.

1358
00:45:05,133 --> 00:45:05,300
Yeah.

1359
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:07,000
Which is kind of unfortunate, really.

1360
00:45:09,300 --> 00:45:10,533
I mean, Power World is a fun game.

1361
00:45:10,633 --> 00:45:13,333
But I played a lot of it,

1362
00:45:13,333 --> 00:45:14,333
and I'm kind of over it.

1363
00:45:14,733 --> 00:45:16,566
It's just unfortunate that a game like

1364
00:45:16,566 --> 00:45:19,199
that is being fought.

1365
00:45:19,433 --> 00:45:22,166
They have to fight so hard to just stay

1366
00:45:22,166 --> 00:45:25,466
above water or to exist.

1367
00:45:26,099 --> 00:45:26,833
Where, yeah, is it a

1368
00:45:26,833 --> 00:45:29,566
little bit of a copy of Pokemon?

1369
00:45:29,833 --> 00:45:31,233
But you could say that about everything,

1370
00:45:31,566 --> 00:45:32,433
even Pokemon itself.

1371
00:45:33,133 --> 00:45:33,300
Yeah.

1372
00:45:33,300 --> 00:45:35,733
I mean, I think it's like a-- I think it

1373
00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:37,633
really should fall under parody.

1374
00:45:37,866 --> 00:45:38,300
Because like--

1375
00:45:38,566 --> 00:45:38,666
Yeah.

1376
00:45:39,733 --> 00:45:40,266
It kind of-- I mean,

1377
00:45:40,266 --> 00:45:41,000
it's Pokemon with guns.

1378
00:45:41,333 --> 00:45:42,066
I mean, come on, dude.

1379
00:45:42,566 --> 00:45:44,033
It sounds like a parody already.

1380
00:45:44,466 --> 00:45:44,833
Oh, yeah.

1381
00:45:44,833 --> 00:45:46,900
But not only that, though, it seems like

1382
00:45:46,900 --> 00:45:50,066
Hoyo, the creators of

1383
00:45:50,066 --> 00:45:52,033
Honkai Star Rail and Genshin

1384
00:45:52,033 --> 00:45:53,233
Impact, they're making

1385
00:45:53,233 --> 00:45:54,333
a creature game, too.

1386
00:45:55,933 --> 00:45:57,266
And it looks like they're concerned that

1387
00:45:57,266 --> 00:45:59,099
maybe Nintendo could go after them, too.

1388
00:45:59,599 --> 00:46:01,500
And they'd be a much bigger target than

1389
00:46:01,500 --> 00:46:03,266
Pocket Pair, because they

1390
00:46:03,266 --> 00:46:04,166
make a shitload of money.

1391
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:08,300
I hate this.

1392
00:46:08,733 --> 00:46:10,466
Is this happening in Japan,

1393
00:46:10,466 --> 00:46:12,000
though, like these lawsuits?

1394
00:46:12,566 --> 00:46:14,500
I believe it's a US patent, right?

1395
00:46:14,833 --> 00:46:15,666
This is a US patent.

1396
00:46:15,666 --> 00:46:16,533
This is a US patent.

1397
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:17,000
Yeah.

1398
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:17,733
That's--

1399
00:46:18,033 --> 00:46:18,233
Yeah.

1400
00:46:18,433 --> 00:46:19,066
Then we could at least

1401
00:46:19,066 --> 00:46:20,166
do something about it.

1402
00:46:21,166 --> 00:46:23,033
I don't think there's a patent-- I don't

1403
00:46:23,033 --> 00:46:23,433
think there's a

1404
00:46:23,433 --> 00:46:25,633
lawsuit in America just yet.

1405
00:46:25,633 --> 00:46:26,733
But I think they're going to use these

1406
00:46:26,733 --> 00:46:28,366
American patents to

1407
00:46:28,366 --> 00:46:30,233
fuel their Japanese fight.

1408
00:46:32,199 --> 00:46:32,633
I don't know.

1409
00:46:32,633 --> 00:46:33,233
It's a crazy

1410
00:46:33,233 --> 00:46:34,533
situation, especially since--

1411
00:46:35,533 --> 00:46:37,333
Yeah, there's a specific

1412
00:46:37,333 --> 00:46:38,599
implementation for this.

1413
00:46:38,866 --> 00:46:39,933
But at the same time, though,

1414
00:46:40,633 --> 00:46:42,766
theoretically, Nintendo could just go

1415
00:46:42,766 --> 00:46:44,800
after anyone else who

1416
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:46,766
are using the concept of a summon, so to

1417
00:46:46,766 --> 00:46:48,333
speak, which is kind of stupid, too.

1418
00:46:50,166 --> 00:46:51,266
Like, they could go after Digimon.

1419
00:46:53,033 --> 00:46:53,233
Yeah.

1420
00:46:53,300 --> 00:46:56,533
They can go after Shinigami Tensei, which

1421
00:46:56,533 --> 00:46:57,766
has you recruiting

1422
00:46:57,766 --> 00:47:00,766
demons and then summoning them

1423
00:47:00,766 --> 00:47:03,466
to fight with you alongside you as well.

1424
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:03,900
Wouldn't--

1425
00:47:04,633 --> 00:47:06,533
Would Monster Rancher count or no?

1426
00:47:07,866 --> 00:47:10,066
I think Monster Rancher could count, too.

1427
00:47:10,433 --> 00:47:11,000
Do you summon

1428
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:12,733
creatures in Monster Rancher?

1429
00:47:12,733 --> 00:47:14,133
Well, I don't know if

1430
00:47:14,133 --> 00:47:16,133
you-- I don't think it means--

1431
00:47:16,366 --> 00:47:18,233
I mean, you don't technically summon

1432
00:47:18,233 --> 00:47:19,766
creatures in Pokemon, either.

1433
00:47:20,033 --> 00:47:21,266
You release them out of their Pokemon.

1434
00:47:21,266 --> 00:47:22,366
You can't summon them, essentially.

1435
00:47:23,833 --> 00:47:26,133
Right, but the only Monster Rancher game

1436
00:47:26,133 --> 00:47:27,966
I've ever played was the one on PS1,

1437
00:47:28,366 --> 00:47:31,366
and you could summon monsters by putting

1438
00:47:31,366 --> 00:47:33,099
a music disc in, and it would--

1439
00:47:33,199 --> 00:47:33,766
Mm.

1440
00:47:34,833 --> 00:47:36,500
Generate a monster based on the hash of

1441
00:47:36,500 --> 00:47:38,333
the device or the disc.

1442
00:47:38,333 --> 00:47:39,666
It's like, how is that

1443
00:47:39,666 --> 00:47:41,133
not summoning, you know?

1444
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:43,366
Dude.

1445
00:47:43,866 --> 00:47:45,066
It's ridiculous, man.

1446
00:47:46,566 --> 00:47:48,166
Yeah, summoning is crazy, man.

1447
00:47:49,266 --> 00:47:51,266
You can summon in Final Fantasy as well.

1448
00:47:51,266 --> 00:47:53,866
You can summon creatures to fight-- well,

1449
00:47:53,866 --> 00:47:54,933
it depends on the Final Fantasy.

1450
00:47:55,266 --> 00:47:57,733
Sometimes, I think, you just summon and

1451
00:47:57,733 --> 00:47:58,699
they just do a big attack,

1452
00:47:59,433 --> 00:48:01,233
and sometimes you summon them in their

1453
00:48:01,233 --> 00:48:03,166
actual controllable characters,

1454
00:48:03,866 --> 00:48:05,699
like in Final Fantasy X, than your

1455
00:48:05,699 --> 00:48:08,633
animas-- no, your aeons.

1456
00:48:10,699 --> 00:48:15,466
So not to change it a little-- like what

1457
00:48:15,466 --> 00:48:16,366
we're talking about a little bit.

1458
00:48:16,733 --> 00:48:22,066
But the U.S. grant office or whatever-- I

1459
00:48:22,066 --> 00:48:22,833
can't remember what it's called.

1460
00:48:23,066 --> 00:48:23,866
Their patent-- not

1461
00:48:23,866 --> 00:48:25,000
their grant office, sorry.

1462
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:26,300
Their patent and trade office.

1463
00:48:26,833 --> 00:48:27,666
How compromised is it?

1464
00:48:27,666 --> 00:48:29,433
Because a lot of the other parts of the

1465
00:48:29,433 --> 00:48:31,033
government are pretty-- in my opinion,

1466
00:48:31,500 --> 00:48:33,800
compromised, meaning they flushed out a

1467
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:35,666
lot of the people that were doing the job

1468
00:48:35,666 --> 00:48:36,633
just to put people that

1469
00:48:36,633 --> 00:48:37,833
aren't qualified at all.

1470
00:48:39,666 --> 00:48:41,099
And I'm wondering if companies are going

1471
00:48:41,099 --> 00:48:41,866
to be able to get more--

1472
00:48:41,866 --> 00:48:42,333
because this should

1473
00:48:42,333 --> 00:48:43,166
not have gone through.

1474
00:48:43,599 --> 00:48:45,433
I have worked in a

1475
00:48:45,433 --> 00:48:46,699
patent office for software,

1476
00:48:47,300 --> 00:48:50,333
and it is actually typically difficult.

1477
00:48:51,033 --> 00:48:53,533
And I'm assuming money does help and

1478
00:48:53,533 --> 00:48:54,533
certain things do help,

1479
00:48:54,566 --> 00:48:57,866
but I'm wondering if Nintendo is going to

1480
00:48:57,866 --> 00:48:58,766
be trying to do more,

1481
00:48:59,066 --> 00:49:00,033
and some of these companies are going to

1482
00:49:00,033 --> 00:49:01,633
try to put more patents through

1483
00:49:01,633 --> 00:49:05,333
that are obviously should not be granted.

1484
00:49:06,099 --> 00:49:06,666
Like this is--

1485
00:49:06,766 --> 00:49:08,166
I'd love to see them

1486
00:49:08,166 --> 00:49:09,333
try pushing it even more,

1487
00:49:09,333 --> 00:49:11,199
because obviously with Nintendo, you

1488
00:49:11,199 --> 00:49:11,833
know, you give them an

1489
00:49:11,833 --> 00:49:12,933
inch, they'll take a mile.

1490
00:49:13,633 --> 00:49:14,500
I think they will.

1491
00:49:15,066 --> 00:49:16,733
This is not a good sign.

1492
00:49:16,733 --> 00:49:17,333
This should not have

1493
00:49:17,333 --> 00:49:18,533
gone through, and it did.

1494
00:49:19,333 --> 00:49:20,366
Like maybe a couple years

1495
00:49:20,366 --> 00:49:21,099
ago, it could have been like,

1496
00:49:21,766 --> 00:49:24,666
I-- this might show that it's open season

1497
00:49:24,666 --> 00:49:26,133
for maybe other companies,

1498
00:49:26,133 --> 00:49:27,966
and that's just going to

1499
00:49:27,966 --> 00:49:29,266
destroy the game market.

1500
00:49:31,599 --> 00:49:32,866
A lot of mechanics are

1501
00:49:32,866 --> 00:49:34,033
built on top of each other,

1502
00:49:34,033 --> 00:49:37,166
and if you have to worry about copying

1503
00:49:37,166 --> 00:49:38,433
some mechanic that's a trade--

1504
00:49:38,433 --> 00:49:39,366
I don't want it.

1505
00:49:39,533 --> 00:49:41,699
I will stop creating games when I have to

1506
00:49:41,699 --> 00:49:42,699
start thinking about

1507
00:49:42,733 --> 00:49:43,466
if I'm creating

1508
00:49:43,466 --> 00:49:45,666
something that is patented

1509
00:49:47,133 --> 00:49:48,533
without knowing if there's like 20

1510
00:49:48,533 --> 00:49:50,333
different patents to worry about.

1511
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:53,766
Yeah, and even-- I mean, even back then,

1512
00:49:53,766 --> 00:49:54,500
if you guys remember,

1513
00:49:54,833 --> 00:49:56,733
Bandai Namco used to hold a patent for

1514
00:49:56,733 --> 00:49:58,166
having mini games on

1515
00:49:58,166 --> 00:49:59,066
like a loading screen.

1516
00:50:00,866 --> 00:50:02,699
That patent did expire, yes,

1517
00:50:02,699 --> 00:50:04,766
but by the time it expired,

1518
00:50:05,033 --> 00:50:06,233
you know, we got SSDs and

1519
00:50:06,233 --> 00:50:07,733
games load super fast, right?

1520
00:50:09,099 --> 00:50:10,500
And we've gotten to the point where like,

1521
00:50:11,266 --> 00:50:13,033
we've started masking loading screens

1522
00:50:13,033 --> 00:50:13,966
instead of having like,

1523
00:50:14,599 --> 00:50:15,866
dedicated loading screens, right?

1524
00:50:15,866 --> 00:50:17,266
Like, you know what I'm saying?

1525
00:50:17,533 --> 00:50:20,599
So like, that patent expired doesn't even

1526
00:50:20,599 --> 00:50:21,300
matter anymore, right?

1527
00:50:22,166 --> 00:50:22,366
Yeah.

1528
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:25,000
Why can't-- I'm not saying--

1529
00:50:25,233 --> 00:50:25,599
Why can't the--

1530
00:50:25,599 --> 00:50:26,066
Oh, sorry, go ahead.

1531
00:50:26,066 --> 00:50:27,400
Why can't Doge get rid of

1532
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:29,000
the patent and trademark?

1533
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:29,833
Well, I don't want it

1534
00:50:29,833 --> 00:50:30,533
to get rid of trademarks.

1535
00:50:30,766 --> 00:50:31,466
I think trademarks are

1536
00:50:31,466 --> 00:50:33,199
important, per se, but like--

1537
00:50:33,933 --> 00:50:37,366
and patents are too, but

1538
00:50:37,366 --> 00:50:38,566
it's so heavily abused,

1539
00:50:38,566 --> 00:50:39,933
I'd almost rather it just be gone.

1540
00:50:43,533 --> 00:50:45,500
Well, we can't-- well, I don't know.

1541
00:50:45,500 --> 00:50:46,066
Money. Money.

1542
00:50:47,099 --> 00:50:47,566
Oh, I--

1543
00:50:47,566 --> 00:50:47,900
Money.

1544
00:50:47,900 --> 00:50:48,500
I know exactly.

1545
00:50:49,166 --> 00:50:50,866
The other thing is, like, patents,

1546
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:52,733
trademarks, and copyrights are like,

1547
00:50:53,099 --> 00:50:55,000
part of the Constitution, so

1548
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:56,433
we can't just get rid of it.

1549
00:50:56,733 --> 00:50:57,633
We can get rid of like--

1550
00:50:57,633 --> 00:50:57,866
Are patents, though?

1551
00:50:58,366 --> 00:50:59,633
I'm pretty sure patents are.

1552
00:50:59,633 --> 00:51:00,233
I don't know.

1553
00:51:00,233 --> 00:51:03,766
I think patents are a little newer, but I

1554
00:51:03,766 --> 00:51:05,233
could be wrong about that.

1555
00:51:06,033 --> 00:51:08,366
When you say part of the Constitution,

1556
00:51:08,666 --> 00:51:10,866
do you mean like, it's in like, the main

1557
00:51:10,866 --> 00:51:13,166
body or like, or it's an amendment?

1558
00:51:14,166 --> 00:51:16,533
Patents are in Article 1, Section 8,

1559
00:51:16,766 --> 00:51:17,866
Closet of the Constitution.

1560
00:51:18,666 --> 00:51:19,133
And there you go.

1561
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:20,000
Then--

1562
00:51:20,066 --> 00:51:20,633
That's crazy.

1563
00:51:20,966 --> 00:51:21,833
Admit the Constitution.

1564
00:51:22,066 --> 00:51:23,066
I'm not against that.

1565
00:51:24,633 --> 00:51:26,099
I don't like patents.

1566
00:51:26,333 --> 00:51:28,099
It was a-- you can obviously tell.

1567
00:51:29,366 --> 00:51:31,466
They've just been heavily abused so much.

1568
00:51:36,966 --> 00:51:39,433
Patents suck, and Nintendo sucks too.

1569
00:51:40,166 --> 00:51:41,500
But, you know, it's about that--

1570
00:51:41,966 --> 00:51:43,366
despite the fact that Nintendo sucks,

1571
00:51:43,633 --> 00:51:44,933
sometimes it can put on a good show.

1572
00:51:46,166 --> 00:51:46,633
Like so.

1573
00:51:47,066 --> 00:51:48,500
I agree with that.

1574
00:51:49,766 --> 00:51:50,933
So, hold on.

1575
00:51:51,266 --> 00:51:52,433
I don't actually have a new article for

1576
00:51:52,433 --> 00:51:54,266
this, but I'll read out some

1577
00:51:54,266 --> 00:51:57,500
of the stuff that was announced.

1578
00:51:58,366 --> 00:52:00,099
So they announced a new Mario Galaxy

1579
00:52:00,099 --> 00:52:02,366
movie alongside a

1580
00:52:02,366 --> 00:52:04,066
re-release of Mario Galaxy 1 and 2.

1581
00:52:04,166 --> 00:52:04,433
Hmm.

1582
00:52:06,566 --> 00:52:08,866
They announced Virtual Boy games with

1583
00:52:08,866 --> 00:52:10,533
some Virtual Boy accessories to come--

1584
00:52:10,833 --> 00:52:12,466
to go along with it too.

1585
00:52:13,333 --> 00:52:13,866
So, hold on.

1586
00:52:13,866 --> 00:52:15,266
Let me show you what it looks like.

1587
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:17,599
Oh.

1588
00:52:18,566 --> 00:52:20,633
Virtual Boy accessory.

1589
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:23,900
So there's actually two accessories that

1590
00:52:23,900 --> 00:52:24,966
you slot your switch into.

1591
00:52:24,966 --> 00:52:26,466
You can either get the one

1592
00:52:26,466 --> 00:52:27,633
that looks like a Virtual Boy,

1593
00:52:28,666 --> 00:52:29,866
or the like, Google

1594
00:52:29,866 --> 00:52:31,266
Cardboard, like, Virtual Boy.

1595
00:52:31,266 --> 00:52:32,366
[laughs]

1596
00:52:33,199 --> 00:52:34,033
The Cardboard.

1597
00:52:34,900 --> 00:52:35,033
I--

1598
00:52:35,266 --> 00:52:36,066
It's still like--

1599
00:52:36,266 --> 00:52:37,233
Oh, 25 bucks.

1600
00:52:37,566 --> 00:52:38,233
Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1601
00:52:38,233 --> 00:52:38,566
I was--

1602
00:52:38,566 --> 00:52:38,866
Oh, 25.

1603
00:52:38,866 --> 00:52:40,466
I was really expecting to be like 60.

1604
00:52:41,233 --> 00:52:42,866
That's how bad their pricing is that I'm

1605
00:52:42,866 --> 00:52:44,633
like, "Oh, okay, 25. That's not too bad."

1606
00:52:45,266 --> 00:52:45,599
The--

1607
00:52:45,900 --> 00:52:47,733
If you're looking to spend more though,

1608
00:52:47,733 --> 00:52:50,800
you can spend $100 on the Virtual Boy.

1609
00:52:51,133 --> 00:52:51,366
Yeah.

1610
00:52:52,033 --> 00:52:53,566
I think it's pretty cool, actually.

1611
00:52:54,933 --> 00:52:56,933
Yeah, so it slots in-- the screen slots

1612
00:52:56,933 --> 00:52:57,933
in like this, and it's

1613
00:52:57,933 --> 00:52:58,800
like Google Cardboard.

1614
00:52:59,366 --> 00:52:59,666
Yeah.

1615
00:53:00,566 --> 00:53:03,333
So this whole-- this whole accessory just

1616
00:53:03,333 --> 00:53:05,233
to play like the 14 games

1617
00:53:05,233 --> 00:53:06,933
in the Virtual Boy library?

1618
00:53:08,266 --> 00:53:08,900
That's correct.

1619
00:53:09,566 --> 00:53:10,233
I think it's cool.

1620
00:53:11,099 --> 00:53:12,633
I also don't need to play it, so I don't

1621
00:53:12,633 --> 00:53:13,633
need to get it if I don't want,

1622
00:53:13,633 --> 00:53:14,366
but I think it's cool

1623
00:53:14,366 --> 00:53:15,366
that they have the option.

1624
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:16,333
Maybe.

1625
00:53:16,699 --> 00:53:19,133
What if like, they actually release new,

1626
00:53:19,133 --> 00:53:20,533
like, unreleased Game Boy--

1627
00:53:20,933 --> 00:53:22,099
or Virtual Boy games like

1628
00:53:22,099 --> 00:53:25,266
they did with the Star Fox 2?

1629
00:53:25,266 --> 00:53:25,833
With Star Fox 2?

1630
00:53:27,033 --> 00:53:27,733
That would be cool.

1631
00:53:27,733 --> 00:53:28,066
They could.

1632
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:30,133
That would be kind of cool, actually.

1633
00:53:30,433 --> 00:53:32,733
I'd be interested in that.

1634
00:53:33,433 --> 00:53:34,566
I-- honestly, I'm

1635
00:53:34,566 --> 00:53:36,133
interested in the accessory as is.

1636
00:53:36,133 --> 00:53:37,633
I don't think it-- like, could it be

1637
00:53:37,633 --> 00:53:38,699
cheaper, of course, but--

1638
00:53:38,966 --> 00:53:39,833
[DING]

1639
00:53:40,500 --> 00:53:41,633
It's up to them if they want more cells.

1640
00:53:42,300 --> 00:53:43,466
Did you guys play the

1641
00:53:43,466 --> 00:53:44,833
Virtual Boy when it first came out?

1642
00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:47,533
That's the thing.

1643
00:53:47,533 --> 00:53:49,566
I've never played it before, but I've

1644
00:53:49,566 --> 00:53:52,133
only seen stuff on it over the years.

1645
00:53:52,133 --> 00:53:53,900
I've seen the AVGN video of it.

1646
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:57,066
My friend-- when I was in elementary

1647
00:53:57,066 --> 00:53:58,933
school, my friend Matt had one,

1648
00:53:59,766 --> 00:54:01,199
and he was the only person I ever knew,

1649
00:54:01,199 --> 00:54:02,800
and I played it for about 10 minutes,

1650
00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:04,933
and it gave me a really bad headache, and

1651
00:54:04,933 --> 00:54:06,766
I was not interested after that.

1652
00:54:07,199 --> 00:54:09,599
I've heard that it does that, yeah.

1653
00:54:10,566 --> 00:54:11,833
That kind of reminds me how I'm the only

1654
00:54:11,833 --> 00:54:13,500
person I've ever known that has a--

1655
00:54:13,500 --> 00:54:15,533
that had a Sega Saturn growing up.

1656
00:54:17,366 --> 00:54:17,933
You guys ever played a

1657
00:54:17,933 --> 00:54:18,866
Sega Saturn? It's awesome.

1658
00:54:19,133 --> 00:54:20,133
I've played it a little bit.

1659
00:54:20,133 --> 00:54:21,333
I just had a regular Sega.

1660
00:54:24,733 --> 00:54:25,699
So we'll see what else.

1661
00:54:25,699 --> 00:54:28,033
Metroid Prime 4 has a release date.

1662
00:54:29,033 --> 00:54:32,966
We have Pokémon Pokeotopia, which kind

1663
00:54:32,966 --> 00:54:34,233
of looks like Minecraft almost.

1664
00:54:36,966 --> 00:54:39,366
We've got Fire Emblem Fortunes Weave,

1665
00:54:40,233 --> 00:54:41,533
Dragon Quest VII Remake,

1666
00:54:42,333 --> 00:54:42,766
Yoshi and the

1667
00:54:42,766 --> 00:54:44,900
Mysterious Book, and some ports.

1668
00:54:45,533 --> 00:54:46,666
Resident Evil 9 is

1669
00:54:46,666 --> 00:54:47,833
coming to the Switch 2.

1670
00:54:48,166 --> 00:54:53,733
And, of course, Final Fantasy VII Remake.

1671
00:54:54,099 --> 00:54:54,933
I think both the remakes.

1672
00:54:56,366 --> 00:54:57,633
And there was one that was shown off in

1673
00:54:57,633 --> 00:54:59,266
the Japanese direct that

1674
00:54:59,266 --> 00:55:00,199
I'm kind of interested in,

1675
00:55:00,699 --> 00:55:02,733
Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection,

1676
00:55:04,500 --> 00:55:07,500
which includes the trilogy, but also the

1677
00:55:07,500 --> 00:55:09,033
two different versions of each game,

1678
00:55:09,033 --> 00:55:11,533
since the Battle Network and the Star

1679
00:55:11,533 --> 00:55:12,333
Force games did that

1680
00:55:12,333 --> 00:55:15,500
with two different versions of each game, kind of like Pokémon.

1681
00:55:15,666 --> 00:55:19,566
I do wish they had more

1682
00:55:19,566 --> 00:55:22,266
Nintendo-specific games,

1683
00:55:22,599 --> 00:55:24,133
even though, I mean,

1684
00:55:24,133 --> 00:55:26,966
Metroid Prime 4 Nintendo-specific.

1685
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:29,133
Pokémon.

1686
00:55:31,333 --> 00:55:32,533
Fire Emblem.

1687
00:55:33,500 --> 00:55:34,966
I guess what I wanted is some classic.

1688
00:55:36,099 --> 00:55:37,833
What, you mean like a Zelda?

1689
00:55:39,199 --> 00:55:39,466
No.

1690
00:55:39,733 --> 00:55:41,866
Oh, they did put up a trailer.

1691
00:55:41,866 --> 00:55:42,533
I want Luigi's Mansion 4.

1692
00:55:42,533 --> 00:55:43,966
Well, they did put up a trailer for--

1693
00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:47,266
Well, they did put up a trailer for the

1694
00:55:47,266 --> 00:55:49,466
High World Warriors game,

1695
00:55:50,166 --> 00:55:52,033
the Age of Imprisonment

1696
00:55:52,033 --> 00:55:52,633
or something like that.

1697
00:55:52,933 --> 00:55:53,133
Okay.

1698
00:55:54,333 --> 00:55:55,366
So there's that too.

1699
00:55:57,166 --> 00:55:59,666
I get what you're saying though, but they

1700
00:55:59,666 --> 00:56:00,833
also just released two bangers.

1701
00:56:01,599 --> 00:56:02,666
Well, I don't know if I'd

1702
00:56:02,666 --> 00:56:04,033
call Mario Kart World a banger.

1703
00:56:04,633 --> 00:56:05,133
It's fun.

1704
00:56:06,099 --> 00:56:06,466
Agreed.

1705
00:56:06,466 --> 00:56:09,966
They did, but for a release of a console,

1706
00:56:10,633 --> 00:56:12,666
I feel like it's just

1707
00:56:12,666 --> 00:56:13,566
been lacking over the years.

1708
00:56:13,599 --> 00:56:16,133
I just do not feel like there's been

1709
00:56:16,133 --> 00:56:17,966
enough decent games to come

1710
00:56:17,966 --> 00:56:19,199
out with releases that are

1711
00:56:19,199 --> 00:56:20,533
like unique to why you

1712
00:56:20,533 --> 00:56:21,366
should buy the console.

1713
00:56:23,166 --> 00:56:25,133
Maybe they should have just delayed Tears

1714
00:56:25,133 --> 00:56:27,400
of the Kingdom and made

1715
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:28,466
it switch to exclusive.

1716
00:56:28,466 --> 00:56:28,866
I bet you--

1717
00:56:29,066 --> 00:56:30,833
I thought about exclusive, but like at

1718
00:56:30,833 --> 00:56:33,233
least release it with it.

1719
00:56:34,333 --> 00:56:37,633
Make it more of a reason to get it, but

1720
00:56:37,633 --> 00:56:39,400
I'm not necessarily asking

1721
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:40,933
for exclusives completely.

1722
00:56:40,966 --> 00:56:44,966
I just would like to see maybe exclusive

1723
00:56:44,966 --> 00:56:45,933
if it's designed

1724
00:56:45,933 --> 00:56:47,666
really well for the console

1725
00:56:47,666 --> 00:56:50,533
and takes account in all the different

1726
00:56:50,533 --> 00:56:52,033
capabilities of console

1727
00:56:52,033 --> 00:56:54,566
maybe then, but I don't know.

1728
00:56:54,566 --> 00:56:56,533
I think consoles are kind of dying.

1729
00:56:57,766 --> 00:57:00,333
Oh yeah, they also announced DLC for

1730
00:57:00,333 --> 00:57:02,833
Pokemon Legends ZA, which as

1731
00:57:02,833 --> 00:57:04,066
we all know is not out yet.

1732
00:57:05,766 --> 00:57:07,666
And it's a pretty big expansion too, $30.

1733
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:12,400
It's got two versions of Mega Ride Shoe.

1734
00:57:13,633 --> 00:57:14,033
That's so--

1735
00:57:14,333 --> 00:57:16,766
Yo, it's so funny that Pikachu was like

1736
00:57:16,766 --> 00:57:18,466
the mascot, but no one

1737
00:57:18,466 --> 00:57:20,199
gives a fuck about Ride Shoe,

1738
00:57:20,566 --> 00:57:22,066
like the evolved version of Pikachu.

1739
00:57:22,866 --> 00:57:24,666
He's not as cute.

1740
00:57:27,166 --> 00:57:28,000
That's so mean.

1741
00:57:29,199 --> 00:57:29,500
Is it?

1742
00:57:29,500 --> 00:57:30,233
I like Ride Shoe.

1743
00:57:31,633 --> 00:57:32,633
I don't make the rules.

1744
00:57:33,666 --> 00:57:35,966
You gotta look like you're less dangerous

1745
00:57:35,966 --> 00:57:37,300
and people like that.

1746
00:57:37,699 --> 00:57:38,133
Mm.

1747
00:57:40,733 --> 00:57:41,933
You don't see it being a snake.

1748
00:57:43,500 --> 00:57:46,500
Yeah, I mean, also there's some

1749
00:57:46,500 --> 00:57:47,633
interesting Pokemon lore

1750
00:57:47,633 --> 00:57:49,533
bits that Nintendo, I guess,

1751
00:57:49,533 --> 00:57:49,833
dropped.

1752
00:57:50,066 --> 00:57:53,266
Like for example, do you guys remember

1753
00:57:53,266 --> 00:57:54,733
Lieutenant Surge in Gen 1?

1754
00:57:56,233 --> 00:57:57,766
He's the Lightning gym leader.

1755
00:57:58,033 --> 00:57:58,933
I do remember, yeah.

1756
00:57:59,266 --> 00:58:00,333
He's the guy that kind of looks like

1757
00:58:00,333 --> 00:58:01,233
Guile from Street Fighter.

1758
00:58:01,566 --> 00:58:05,366
Yeah. Yeah, so I think he was apparently in a

1759
00:58:05,366 --> 00:58:06,833
war and the Lightning

1760
00:58:06,833 --> 00:58:08,166
Pokemon saved his life or

1761
00:58:08,166 --> 00:58:11,300
something like that during the war, but

1762
00:58:11,300 --> 00:58:11,733
then they never

1763
00:58:11,733 --> 00:58:12,800
talked about the war again.

1764
00:58:13,699 --> 00:58:16,766
And they also retconned as Epithet, which

1765
00:58:16,766 --> 00:58:18,133
was the Lightning American.

1766
00:58:22,066 --> 00:58:22,699
And then, I don't know,

1767
00:58:22,699 --> 00:58:24,066
there's a lot of crazy stuff too.

1768
00:58:24,166 --> 00:58:28,033
Apparently, when in development, I think

1769
00:58:28,033 --> 00:58:31,199
there was a rumor that

1770
00:58:31,199 --> 00:58:34,166
the grass gym leader, Erika,

1771
00:58:35,033 --> 00:58:38,099
was actually supposed to be a ghost gym

1772
00:58:38,099 --> 00:58:39,599
leader and that she's

1773
00:58:39,599 --> 00:58:41,066
actually dead and that the one

1774
00:58:41,066 --> 00:58:42,699
inhabiting her body is a ghost Pokemon.

1775
00:58:44,333 --> 00:58:44,900
But of course, apparently

1776
00:58:44,900 --> 00:58:46,033
that never came to fruition.

1777
00:58:49,300 --> 00:58:51,300
I don't know, there's just a lot of crazy

1778
00:58:51,300 --> 00:58:53,599
rumors I've heard about Pokemon

1779
00:58:54,166 --> 00:58:55,533
lore back in the day.

1780
00:58:56,566 --> 00:58:58,133
Oh, and also, we can't forget about the

1781
00:58:58,133 --> 00:59:01,033
Game Freak leaks, if

1782
00:59:01,033 --> 00:59:01,833
you guys remember that,

1783
00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:04,166
from the first episode of this podcast.

1784
00:59:05,966 --> 00:59:07,300
Man, that was such a crazy leak.

1785
00:59:09,233 --> 00:59:10,233
The Game Freak leaks?

1786
00:59:10,233 --> 00:59:10,900
I don't remember that.

1787
00:59:12,199 --> 00:59:13,533
It was the one with the

1788
00:59:13,533 --> 00:59:16,366
stories of like, Tyranitar.

1789
00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:19,433
Oh, yeah, no idea.

1790
00:59:19,633 --> 00:59:19,800
Oh, Tyranitar.

1791
00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:20,199
I don't remember that.

1792
00:59:20,199 --> 00:59:21,366
I don't want to talk about it.

1793
00:59:21,366 --> 00:59:21,900
Never mind.

1794
00:59:26,933 --> 00:59:27,800
Yeah, now you remember.

1795
00:59:28,099 --> 00:59:31,033
But, yeah, Nintendo has been

1796
00:59:31,033 --> 00:59:35,566
kind of all right, I guess.

1797
00:59:36,333 --> 00:59:37,866
The Switch 2 isn't as exciting as the

1798
00:59:37,866 --> 00:59:39,300
Switch one, but I guess we

1799
00:59:39,300 --> 00:59:40,966
also haven't had like a major

1800
00:59:41,666 --> 00:59:43,400
Breath of the Wild level

1801
00:59:43,400 --> 00:59:46,066
release for the Switch 2, right?

1802
00:59:46,833 --> 00:59:48,566
I mean, Donkey Kong bonanza

1803
00:59:48,566 --> 00:59:49,733
is supposed to be really good.

1804
00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:51,566
I mean, it is.

1805
00:59:52,233 --> 00:59:57,199
But it's also not like a new Zelda.

1806
00:59:57,966 --> 00:59:59,266
I think people would like flock.

1807
00:59:59,266 --> 01:00:00,666
I think people would flock to it a lot

1808
01:00:00,666 --> 01:00:03,066
faster if they announced a new Zelda.

1809
01:00:03,533 --> 01:00:03,733
Maybe.

1810
01:00:04,066 --> 01:00:05,966
I think people, I don't know, I bet you

1811
01:00:05,966 --> 01:00:06,733
they're a little fatigued.

1812
01:00:06,733 --> 01:00:08,566
There's been a lot of Zelda stuff lately.

1813
01:00:08,933 --> 01:00:11,666
And so, I don't know.

1814
01:00:11,666 --> 01:00:12,866
I'm not a big Zelda fan, though.

1815
01:00:13,966 --> 01:00:14,266
I think.

1816
01:00:14,266 --> 01:00:17,933
Also, have we talked about the Zelda

1817
01:00:17,933 --> 01:00:20,333
movie at all in this podcast?

1818
01:00:20,966 --> 01:00:21,966
Yeah, we talked about

1819
01:00:21,966 --> 01:00:25,233
the casting, I think.

1820
01:00:26,733 --> 01:00:27,933
Wait, I think that was one of the

1821
01:00:27,933 --> 01:00:29,866
episodes where I like had to go MIA.

1822
01:00:30,699 --> 01:00:30,900
Yeah.

1823
01:00:32,033 --> 01:00:34,933
Was Jimmy from, was

1824
01:00:34,933 --> 01:00:36,533
Jimmy part of the episode or?

1825
01:00:37,033 --> 01:00:37,300
No.

1826
01:00:38,366 --> 01:00:38,933
Oh, dang.

1827
01:00:39,133 --> 01:00:39,666
That would have been a good

1828
01:00:39,666 --> 01:00:40,633
topic to talk with him about.

1829
01:00:44,733 --> 01:00:46,099
Here's my thing on Nintendo Switch.

1830
01:00:46,433 --> 01:00:47,466
I think it is too

1831
01:00:47,466 --> 01:00:48,866
similar to Nintendo Switch 1.

1832
01:00:48,966 --> 01:00:51,533
Like the Switch 2 is, it

1833
01:00:51,533 --> 01:00:54,166
feels more like a 1.5 upgrade.

1834
01:00:54,666 --> 01:00:58,066
They just bumped the size up and the

1835
01:00:58,066 --> 01:00:58,833
graphical power, don't get

1836
01:00:58,833 --> 01:01:00,166
me wrong, is much better,

1837
01:01:01,400 --> 01:01:03,900
but is still a little behind on what it

1838
01:01:03,900 --> 01:01:05,533
could have been released two years ago.

1839
01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:06,599
Yeah.

1840
01:01:07,866 --> 01:01:08,433
I agree.

1841
01:01:08,666 --> 01:01:09,166
I think it would have been more

1842
01:01:09,166 --> 01:01:09,766
impressive if it was

1843
01:01:09,766 --> 01:01:10,666
released two years ago.

1844
01:01:11,533 --> 01:01:13,500
And it's so incremental that that's how

1845
01:01:13,500 --> 01:01:14,766
they should do it, in my opinion.

1846
01:01:15,166 --> 01:01:16,633
Because then and still really

1847
01:01:16,633 --> 01:01:17,666
make sure that they're back.

1848
01:01:17,666 --> 01:01:18,766
Like a lot of games are backwards

1849
01:01:18,766 --> 01:01:20,533
compatible and just, if you're going to

1850
01:01:20,533 --> 01:01:21,466
go incremental route,

1851
01:01:21,466 --> 01:01:22,966
make it so that it's that way and that

1852
01:01:22,966 --> 01:01:24,266
people can just upgrade

1853
01:01:24,266 --> 01:01:26,133
into it as time goes on.

1854
01:01:26,133 --> 01:01:27,433
If you're going to make it so similar.

1855
01:01:28,599 --> 01:01:28,833
Yeah.

1856
01:01:29,033 --> 01:01:29,866
I mean, it's kind of

1857
01:01:29,866 --> 01:01:31,166
the Wii U all over again.

1858
01:01:32,666 --> 01:01:33,266
I think.

1859
01:01:33,433 --> 01:01:33,733
Yeah.

1860
01:01:33,733 --> 01:01:36,366
I don't know about that because people

1861
01:01:36,366 --> 01:01:37,233
thought the Wii U was

1862
01:01:37,233 --> 01:01:38,400
just an accessory for the Wii

1863
01:01:38,466 --> 01:01:39,466
and they didn't buy it

1864
01:01:39,466 --> 01:01:40,433
because they already had one.

1865
01:01:40,433 --> 01:01:43,033
But I mean, like the Wii U when it came

1866
01:01:43,033 --> 01:01:45,266
out was basically a 360.

1867
01:01:46,066 --> 01:01:46,266
Right?

1868
01:01:46,666 --> 01:01:47,099
Like it.

1869
01:01:47,133 --> 01:01:48,466
And we were already on

1870
01:01:48,466 --> 01:01:49,733
the Xbox One at that point.

1871
01:01:50,033 --> 01:01:53,166
Like it was just a generation behind.

1872
01:01:53,166 --> 01:01:54,733
It felt like it was a

1873
01:01:54,733 --> 01:01:56,366
marginal upgrade at best.

1874
01:01:56,833 --> 01:01:59,033
And I don't know.

1875
01:01:59,033 --> 01:02:01,966
I just don't see the Switch 2 being like

1876
01:02:01,966 --> 01:02:04,566
the Switch 1 killer, which

1877
01:02:04,566 --> 01:02:05,866
is what they wanted it to be.

1878
01:02:07,966 --> 01:02:08,166
Yeah.

1879
01:02:08,366 --> 01:02:08,666
That's a...

1880
01:02:09,666 --> 01:02:13,599
I will say the Wii U is more innovative

1881
01:02:13,599 --> 01:02:16,266
than the Switch 2 is.

1882
01:02:17,266 --> 01:02:18,333
I will say that.

1883
01:02:18,833 --> 01:02:22,433
Now that being said, if they're going to

1884
01:02:22,433 --> 01:02:24,733
include like some

1885
01:02:24,733 --> 01:02:26,466
innovation, which they did, like the

1886
01:02:26,966 --> 01:02:29,400
mouse sensors that are in the controllers

1887
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:31,133
are, you know, I think pretty cool.

1888
01:02:31,833 --> 01:02:34,833
They need to do much better with the

1889
01:02:34,833 --> 01:02:36,300
games and promoting those

1890
01:02:36,300 --> 01:02:37,900
new features because that

1891
01:02:38,233 --> 01:02:40,033
is one of the only ones that I can think

1892
01:02:40,033 --> 01:02:44,633
of that's new about the Switch 2 as

1893
01:02:44,633 --> 01:02:45,433
opposed to the Switch 1.

1894
01:02:45,433 --> 01:02:47,066
There's only like one or two things that

1895
01:02:47,066 --> 01:02:48,366
are actually truly like

1896
01:02:48,366 --> 01:02:50,900
innovative and that's it.

1897
01:02:51,033 --> 01:02:51,233
Like the...

1898
01:02:51,966 --> 01:02:53,833
If you go into it, it

1899
01:02:53,833 --> 01:02:56,400
feels just like the Switch 1.

1900
01:02:56,833 --> 01:02:58,333
Like if you're using Switch 1, you're

1901
01:02:58,333 --> 01:03:00,033
going to, I guess, love the

1902
01:03:00,033 --> 01:03:01,400
Switch 2, but I'm used to my

1903
01:03:02,233 --> 01:03:04,533
generational changes of consoles to also

1904
01:03:04,533 --> 01:03:06,166
have UI enhancements

1905
01:03:06,166 --> 01:03:08,066
that are more prominent.

1906
01:03:09,166 --> 01:03:09,966
I get what you're saying.

1907
01:03:09,966 --> 01:03:10,266
Yeah.

1908
01:03:10,266 --> 01:03:12,066
I mean, to be honest, I don't think a lot

1909
01:03:12,066 --> 01:03:12,766
of developers are going

1910
01:03:12,766 --> 01:03:13,666
to make use of the mass

1911
01:03:13,766 --> 01:03:16,366
functionality and the ones that are just

1912
01:03:16,366 --> 01:03:17,633
going to like make it

1913
01:03:17,633 --> 01:03:18,300
so that you can just

1914
01:03:18,733 --> 01:03:19,866
point and click with your

1915
01:03:19,866 --> 01:03:21,733
mouse like in an FPS, right?

1916
01:03:22,033 --> 01:03:22,366
Or RTS.

1917
01:03:23,266 --> 01:03:25,133
Honestly, I'd love to play

1918
01:03:25,133 --> 01:03:26,300
Starcraft on the Switch 2.

1919
01:03:26,699 --> 01:03:27,333
I know that sounds

1920
01:03:27,333 --> 01:03:29,366
weird, but yeah, why not?

1921
01:03:29,366 --> 01:03:31,233
But I don't see many developers wanting

1922
01:03:31,233 --> 01:03:32,266
to make like a dual

1923
01:03:32,266 --> 01:03:34,166
mouse game like in Mario...

1924
01:03:35,833 --> 01:03:37,066
Like in that, like

1925
01:03:37,066 --> 01:03:38,566
what was that game called?

1926
01:03:38,766 --> 01:03:39,633
The one where you're on like a

1927
01:03:39,633 --> 01:03:41,099
wheelchair, you're like a paraplegic.

1928
01:03:42,066 --> 01:03:43,566
Well, you're not paraplegic.

1929
01:03:43,833 --> 01:03:45,566
I think it's just, yeah, I know what

1930
01:03:45,566 --> 01:03:46,300
you're talking about.

1931
01:03:47,233 --> 01:03:48,966
Yeah, the wheelchair basketball game.

1932
01:03:49,366 --> 01:03:49,566
Yeah.

1933
01:03:50,533 --> 01:03:51,300
I don't remember what

1934
01:03:51,300 --> 01:03:52,199
it's called though, but yeah.

1935
01:03:53,766 --> 01:03:55,133
And then you've also got a...

1936
01:03:55,933 --> 01:03:56,333
What was it?

1937
01:03:56,666 --> 01:03:58,766
You've also got dual...

1938
01:03:58,766 --> 01:04:00,433
I don't know if it's dual...

1939
01:04:00,433 --> 01:04:01,033
No, I wouldn't...

1940
01:04:01,466 --> 01:04:03,500
I guess it is dual mouse functionality in

1941
01:04:03,500 --> 01:04:04,933
Mario Party, but like

1942
01:04:04,933 --> 01:04:07,133
everyone else has a mouse and like...

1943
01:04:07,133 --> 01:04:08,500
So I don't think it's really dual mouse

1944
01:04:08,500 --> 01:04:10,166
functionality, but it's

1945
01:04:10,166 --> 01:04:11,033
multi-mouse functionality.

1946
01:04:11,533 --> 01:04:13,233
Like you can have up to

1947
01:04:13,233 --> 01:04:14,366
four cursors of the screen.

1948
01:04:15,433 --> 01:04:20,699
Yeah, I think like Wario games and Mario

1949
01:04:20,699 --> 01:04:21,599
parties and stuff like

1950
01:04:21,599 --> 01:04:23,066
that actually benefit greatly

1951
01:04:23,133 --> 01:04:25,366
from this, which cool.

1952
01:04:25,933 --> 01:04:26,633
Should have released one.

1953
01:04:26,633 --> 01:04:27,033
I don't think they're

1954
01:04:27,033 --> 01:04:27,933
that hard to release.

1955
01:04:30,733 --> 01:04:31,266
Should have done it.

1956
01:04:31,833 --> 01:04:32,233
I don't know.

1957
01:04:32,233 --> 01:04:33,166
I would kill for a new

1958
01:04:33,166 --> 01:04:34,633
WarriorWare, to be honest.

1959
01:04:34,633 --> 01:04:35,933
I think WarriorWare could

1960
01:04:35,933 --> 01:04:37,033
have been released with this.

1961
01:04:37,433 --> 01:04:39,733
Yeah, WarriorWare is so much fun.

1962
01:04:40,599 --> 01:04:42,233
Emily and I still play WarriorWare on

1963
01:04:42,233 --> 01:04:44,766
occasion on my Wii over here.

1964
01:04:45,033 --> 01:04:45,233
Yeah.

1965
01:04:45,833 --> 01:04:46,766
The original one or

1966
01:04:46,766 --> 01:04:48,533
like the one on the Wii?

1967
01:04:48,533 --> 01:04:49,633
The Wii, yeah.

1968
01:04:51,366 --> 01:04:53,766
I still have my copy of the original

1969
01:04:53,766 --> 01:04:54,966
WarriorWare on Game Boy Advance.

1970
01:04:55,199 --> 01:04:55,766
Oh, hell yeah.

1971
01:04:56,366 --> 01:04:57,033
And it's like...

1972
01:04:57,766 --> 01:05:00,366
And it's a delightfully

1973
01:05:00,366 --> 01:05:02,166
weird WarriorWare games.

1974
01:05:02,166 --> 01:05:03,066
You should definitely...

1975
01:05:03,366 --> 01:05:04,766
Like for the audience that hasn't played

1976
01:05:04,766 --> 01:05:05,366
them before, you should

1977
01:05:05,366 --> 01:05:05,900
definitely play them up.

1978
01:05:06,633 --> 01:05:08,966
Like I think one of the funniest ones is

1979
01:05:08,966 --> 01:05:10,333
like the Booger minigames.

1980
01:05:10,766 --> 01:05:10,966
Yeah.

1981
01:05:11,066 --> 01:05:12,333
Like you're like having to press A to

1982
01:05:12,333 --> 01:05:14,933
like sniffle your snot back up.

1983
01:05:15,266 --> 01:05:16,500
See, bump your noses.

1984
01:05:17,633 --> 01:05:20,933
Man, they don't make weird games anymore.

1985
01:05:21,933 --> 01:05:22,633
They need to do...

1986
01:05:22,833 --> 01:05:24,099
Yeah, honestly, it's a

1987
01:05:24,099 --> 01:05:25,133
big miss on Nintendo.

1988
01:05:25,133 --> 01:05:26,466
They have a lot of IP now that we're

1989
01:05:26,466 --> 01:05:27,566
really talking about those that they

1990
01:05:27,566 --> 01:05:28,133
could have released.

1991
01:05:28,599 --> 01:05:32,300
An easy win because I think WarriorWare

1992
01:05:32,300 --> 01:05:34,133
doesn't require like

1993
01:05:34,866 --> 01:05:36,300
a Breath of the Wild kind

1994
01:05:36,300 --> 01:05:37,166
of style of development.

1995
01:05:37,666 --> 01:05:39,033
Like you just need to get some really

1996
01:05:39,033 --> 01:05:39,966
creative people together

1997
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:40,833
and they could pump

1998
01:05:40,833 --> 01:05:42,433
something out in a year or two.

1999
01:05:43,099 --> 01:05:44,099
They just make it fun.

2000
01:05:44,099 --> 01:05:44,833
That's all that matters.

2001
01:05:48,066 --> 01:05:49,666
And I think the mouse could have been

2002
01:05:49,666 --> 01:05:50,866
really good at part of

2003
01:05:50,866 --> 01:05:51,800
it, the mouse controller.

2004
01:05:53,233 --> 01:05:54,400
But you know what I'd kill for?

2005
01:05:55,166 --> 01:05:55,766
A new Zelda.

2006
01:05:57,199 --> 01:05:57,466
Really?

2007
01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:00,233
I like Zelda.

2008
01:06:00,733 --> 01:06:01,633
And they take so many...

2009
01:06:01,633 --> 01:06:03,433
What do you mean there's so many Zelda's?

2010
01:06:05,266 --> 01:06:07,400
Dude, we only get like one new Zelda

2011
01:06:07,400 --> 01:06:09,266
every like console generation map.

2012
01:06:09,733 --> 01:06:09,933
No.

2013
01:06:10,699 --> 01:06:12,033
Because Breath of the Wild had...

2014
01:06:12,466 --> 01:06:13,566
There was two related to

2015
01:06:13,566 --> 01:06:14,333
the Breath of the Wild.

2016
01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:15,633
Right?

2017
01:06:15,833 --> 01:06:17,400
And then you had what?

2018
01:06:17,666 --> 01:06:17,833
Two...

2019
01:06:17,833 --> 01:06:20,966
I feel like two Zelda games that are not

2020
01:06:20,966 --> 01:06:23,066
Zelda, but like Zelda adjacent?

2021
01:06:23,766 --> 01:06:24,233
I don't know.

2022
01:06:25,266 --> 01:06:26,266
I'm not a Zelda person though.

2023
01:06:26,466 --> 01:06:27,466
I'm gonna complain against it.

2024
01:06:27,466 --> 01:06:29,066
I want more Luigi.

2025
01:06:30,566 --> 01:06:30,866
Okay.

2026
01:06:31,066 --> 01:06:31,366
Fine.

2027
01:06:34,400 --> 01:06:37,266
So now, any final thoughts on this

2028
01:06:37,266 --> 01:06:39,000
Nintendo before we go on to a

2029
01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:39,800
different part of the world?

2030
01:06:40,533 --> 01:06:42,366
Let's move on over to...

2031
01:06:44,233 --> 01:06:45,266
Saudi Arabia.

2032
01:06:45,266 --> 01:06:45,966
Saudi Arabia.

2033
01:06:47,633 --> 01:06:49,866
Saudi Arabia is an interesting one

2034
01:06:49,866 --> 01:06:52,433
because Saudi Arabia is of course

2035
01:06:53,766 --> 01:06:55,433
host to a number of different esports

2036
01:06:55,433 --> 01:06:57,500
competitions and just sports in general.

2037
01:06:59,033 --> 01:07:01,666
And there are lots of different concerns.

2038
01:07:01,666 --> 01:07:03,066
So essentially they

2039
01:07:03,066 --> 01:07:05,099
bought Pokemains Company, RTS,

2040
01:07:05,866 --> 01:07:07,166
who was co-owner of Evo

2041
01:07:07,166 --> 01:07:10,066
alongside Sony themselves.

2042
01:07:12,699 --> 01:07:17,866
And while I don't see them moving Evo

2043
01:07:17,866 --> 01:07:19,133
from Vegas to like...

2044
01:07:22,533 --> 01:07:24,133
Wait, it's been acquired by a whole city.

2045
01:07:25,699 --> 01:07:27,199
How do you pronounce that?

2046
01:07:27,199 --> 01:07:27,466
I don't know.

2047
01:07:27,466 --> 01:07:28,066
I'm not gonna lie.

2048
01:07:28,066 --> 01:07:30,466
That's so bizarre to have a city buy

2049
01:07:30,466 --> 01:07:31,800
something like that.

2050
01:07:32,233 --> 01:07:35,366
Oh, when you're Saudi Arabian, man, you

2051
01:07:35,366 --> 01:07:37,633
have a lot more money than people expect.

2052
01:07:38,433 --> 01:07:39,566
A lot, yeah.

2053
01:07:40,466 --> 01:07:40,666
Yeah.

2054
01:07:42,099 --> 01:07:47,933
So there are concerns within the fighting

2055
01:07:47,933 --> 01:07:48,933
game community about

2056
01:07:48,933 --> 01:07:50,400
Saudi Arabia's involvement in

2057
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:53,900
the FGC given the number of human rights

2058
01:07:53,900 --> 01:07:55,500
violations in that country.

2059
01:07:56,466 --> 01:08:02,066
And just general anti-LGBT sentiment,

2060
01:08:02,066 --> 01:08:03,800
especially given that one of the best

2061
01:08:03,800 --> 01:08:05,266
fighting game players of our time right

2062
01:08:05,266 --> 01:08:07,233
now, Sonic Fox, fits

2063
01:08:07,233 --> 01:08:10,066
squarely in that community as well.

2064
01:08:13,266 --> 01:08:15,633
And he says he will

2065
01:08:15,633 --> 01:08:17,233
continue to attend Evo.

2066
01:08:17,433 --> 01:08:19,199
He's an eight-time champion, by the way.

2067
01:08:19,199 --> 01:08:20,333
I think he's got one of the highest

2068
01:08:20,333 --> 01:08:24,533
records for Evo championships.

2069
01:08:25,733 --> 01:08:27,333
And he wants to continue to attend Evo to

2070
01:08:27,333 --> 01:08:28,833
fight for representation of the people,

2071
01:08:29,833 --> 01:08:31,766
which I do find admirable.

2072
01:08:33,100 --> 01:08:34,166
But I think it's...

2073
01:08:34,933 --> 01:08:37,166
But what happens if they move the event

2074
01:08:37,166 --> 01:08:38,566
from Vegas to Saudi Arabia?

2075
01:08:38,966 --> 01:08:39,433
Don't go.

2076
01:08:39,899 --> 01:08:43,133
Which honestly, you cannot guarantee your

2077
01:08:43,133 --> 01:08:44,666
safety with some of these countries.

2078
01:08:46,199 --> 01:08:47,733
Yeah, I mean, that's my concern too.

2079
01:08:47,833 --> 01:08:48,266
Yeah.

2080
01:08:49,833 --> 01:08:51,399
Unless you fit a very

2081
01:08:51,399 --> 01:08:53,166
specific profile, it is...

2082
01:08:54,666 --> 01:08:56,933
I want to say a diversification of

2083
01:08:56,933 --> 01:08:58,800
different events, different

2084
01:08:58,800 --> 01:08:59,966
communities, and stuff like that

2085
01:08:59,966 --> 01:09:00,800
in the world is good.

2086
01:09:01,033 --> 01:09:02,166
Like, I think it is.

2087
01:09:02,366 --> 01:09:04,433
We need to get along better and no better

2088
01:09:04,433 --> 01:09:07,933
way than through games and

2089
01:09:07,933 --> 01:09:09,166
entertainment, stuff like that.

2090
01:09:09,699 --> 01:09:15,899
But there's certain human rights that

2091
01:09:15,899 --> 01:09:17,500
need to be upheld anywhere.

2092
01:09:18,333 --> 01:09:18,533
Yeah.

2093
01:09:20,699 --> 01:09:23,266
So it's not just fighting games.

2094
01:09:23,266 --> 01:09:26,533
They've also invested hard in a bunch of

2095
01:09:26,533 --> 01:09:28,033
other esports as well too.

2096
01:09:30,966 --> 01:09:32,733
Yeah, Saudi Arabia and I believe a couple

2097
01:09:32,733 --> 01:09:33,966
other of those countries

2098
01:09:33,966 --> 01:09:35,666
over in that part of the world

2099
01:09:35,666 --> 01:09:38,966
are investing heavily into a lot of

2100
01:09:38,966 --> 01:09:40,866
Western style sports and esports.

2101
01:09:41,866 --> 01:09:43,733
So it's probably going to continue.

2102
01:09:43,766 --> 01:09:46,933
It is interesting to see how it's going

2103
01:09:46,933 --> 01:09:48,333
because I didn't think

2104
01:09:48,333 --> 01:09:49,866
they were that big into games.

2105
01:09:50,899 --> 01:09:54,300
Are there a lot of esports champions that

2106
01:09:54,300 --> 01:09:55,366
come out of these countries?

2107
01:09:57,699 --> 01:10:01,466
Well, there was one Tekken player that

2108
01:10:01,466 --> 01:10:04,133
recently emerged and he's

2109
01:10:04,133 --> 01:10:05,666
a very good Tekken player.

2110
01:10:06,733 --> 01:10:08,066
Arslan Ash is from Pakistan.

2111
01:10:09,533 --> 01:10:11,433
But Pakistan is not one of the countries

2112
01:10:11,433 --> 01:10:12,866
that are investing in all this.

2113
01:10:13,533 --> 01:10:15,133
But he is the Middle East, right?

2114
01:10:16,266 --> 01:10:17,766
Yeah, he is in the Middle East.

2115
01:10:18,000 --> 01:10:18,733
Yeah, that's true.

2116
01:10:20,033 --> 01:10:21,766
I mean, I think I'm sure there are some

2117
01:10:21,766 --> 01:10:23,666
players from like these countries.

2118
01:10:23,666 --> 01:10:24,933
There's got to be Saudi Arabia.

2119
01:10:25,199 --> 01:10:26,033
What they're doing.

2120
01:10:26,333 --> 01:10:29,433
So a lot of these Middle East or these

2121
01:10:29,433 --> 01:10:31,866
countries over in this part of the world,

2122
01:10:32,300 --> 01:10:34,699
they're investing their money into...

2123
01:10:35,233 --> 01:10:37,666
They think of this as a portfolio, right?

2124
01:10:37,666 --> 01:10:44,533
So they're investing into diverse

2125
01:10:44,533 --> 01:10:48,566
industries for their portfolio.

2126
01:10:48,833 --> 01:10:51,433
Because they know that oil money and some

2127
01:10:51,433 --> 01:10:52,833
other stuff is going to

2128
01:10:52,833 --> 01:10:53,933
be drying up in the future.

2129
01:10:54,533 --> 01:10:55,466
And so it's really...

2130
01:10:55,966 --> 01:11:00,466
It is not bad, but I'm not happy about

2131
01:11:00,466 --> 01:11:03,066
them investing in the gaming community,

2132
01:11:03,199 --> 01:11:06,600
which tends to be very diverse in the

2133
01:11:06,600 --> 01:11:09,433
LGBTQ and other

2134
01:11:09,433 --> 01:11:13,300
communities that they don't think

2135
01:11:15,266 --> 01:11:16,433
potentially should exist.

2136
01:11:16,833 --> 01:11:17,933
That's not good.

2137
01:11:18,366 --> 01:11:18,566
Yeah.

2138
01:11:18,800 --> 01:11:20,133
And the fighting game community is among

2139
01:11:20,133 --> 01:11:23,766
one of the most, if not the most diverse

2140
01:11:23,933 --> 01:11:25,433
gaming communities out there.

2141
01:11:26,133 --> 01:11:27,399
I mean, yeah, we sometimes

2142
01:11:27,399 --> 01:11:29,366
get people like Ralodia God,

2143
01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:32,766
who is probably the most insane.

2144
01:11:34,566 --> 01:11:38,000
Sometimes he's really racist and bigoted.

2145
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:41,466
Other times he's very eloquent in telling

2146
01:11:41,466 --> 01:11:45,333
someone how to die, so to speak.

2147
01:11:46,199 --> 01:11:46,399
It's...

2148
01:11:46,800 --> 01:11:48,466
Have you seen the full video of him?

2149
01:11:49,433 --> 01:11:52,166
Like the big video where he's like, "You

2150
01:11:52,166 --> 01:11:52,966
should kill yourself

2151
01:11:52,966 --> 01:11:55,266
now and give someone else

2152
01:11:55,266 --> 01:11:56,300
a piece of oxygen."

2153
01:11:57,366 --> 01:12:00,566
It's weirdly eloquent.

2154
01:12:00,566 --> 01:12:02,000
Is it more of a bit or is

2155
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:03,533
that how he truly feels?

2156
01:12:03,533 --> 01:12:04,566
Is he on social media

2157
01:12:04,566 --> 01:12:06,066
saying that or is this his...

2158
01:12:06,966 --> 01:12:09,133
It was live on Twitch when he said that.

2159
01:12:09,933 --> 01:12:10,633
It's insane.

2160
01:12:11,033 --> 01:12:12,466
You need to watch the full

2161
01:12:12,466 --> 01:12:12,833
video of him saying that.

2162
01:12:12,833 --> 01:12:14,933
Because if it's a bit, I'm a little bit

2163
01:12:14,933 --> 01:12:16,566
lenient to that type of stuff.

2164
01:12:17,233 --> 01:12:18,300
But in the Ghost of

2165
01:12:18,300 --> 01:12:19,633
Yota kind of thing where...

2166
01:12:20,966 --> 01:12:22,266
I don't think it's a bit.

2167
01:12:23,066 --> 01:12:23,566
Then, yeah.

2168
01:12:23,666 --> 01:12:24,233
Because he...

2169
01:12:25,266 --> 01:12:28,333
I don't know for certain if it's a bit.

2170
01:12:29,333 --> 01:12:31,966
At some point, the toxicity is probably a

2171
01:12:31,966 --> 01:12:32,800
little bit of a bit,

2172
01:12:32,800 --> 01:12:34,266
but I think he actually

2173
01:12:34,266 --> 01:12:36,966
is that toxic in person.

2174
01:12:37,699 --> 01:12:37,899
Yeah.

2175
01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:40,533
I definitely don't recommend anyone

2176
01:12:40,533 --> 01:12:42,033
because there's a lot of

2177
01:12:42,033 --> 01:12:44,166
online personas that do stuff.

2178
01:12:44,166 --> 01:12:45,933
And then he says it becomes a bit.

2179
01:12:46,566 --> 01:12:48,399
But then, come to find out, that's

2180
01:12:48,399 --> 01:12:49,233
actually how they think

2181
01:12:49,233 --> 01:12:50,100
and they just kind of...

2182
01:12:50,566 --> 01:12:51,033
I don't know.

2183
01:12:51,033 --> 01:12:52,833
I mean, he was banned from

2184
01:12:52,833 --> 01:12:54,033
Evo, though, to be honest.

2185
01:12:54,233 --> 01:12:55,033
Okay, that's fair.

2186
01:12:56,333 --> 01:12:57,433
It's probably not a bit.

2187
01:12:58,000 --> 01:12:58,566
That's not a bit.

2188
01:12:59,166 --> 01:12:59,833
I was just wondering.

2189
01:12:59,833 --> 01:13:00,533
I didn't know he got banned.

2190
01:13:00,933 --> 01:13:01,933
I don't know this part

2191
01:13:01,933 --> 01:13:04,533
of the gaming very well.

2192
01:13:04,533 --> 01:13:06,466
So thank you for informing me on that.

2193
01:13:06,833 --> 01:13:07,100
That's...

2194
01:13:08,333 --> 01:13:08,533
Yeah.

2195
01:13:09,800 --> 01:13:10,733
But yeah, the fighting in

2196
01:13:10,733 --> 01:13:12,500
community is very diverse.

2197
01:13:13,266 --> 01:13:14,566
And it's got some of the

2198
01:13:14,566 --> 01:13:15,266
most interesting people.

2199
01:13:16,333 --> 01:13:18,066
They've been at it for a very long time

2200
01:13:18,066 --> 01:13:19,899
before most other esports, to be honest.

2201
01:13:19,933 --> 01:13:22,266
Because the people used to travel

2202
01:13:22,266 --> 01:13:23,566
worldwide for this stuff.

2203
01:13:24,100 --> 01:13:25,100
And they still do, actually.

2204
01:13:25,699 --> 01:13:28,000
But even back in the 90s, they traveled

2205
01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:29,000
worldwide for this stuff.

2206
01:13:30,800 --> 01:13:31,466
I mean, it's cool.

2207
01:13:32,166 --> 01:13:34,333
I'd love to see this type of stuff get

2208
01:13:34,333 --> 01:13:35,366
promoted out into

2209
01:13:35,366 --> 01:13:36,633
different countries more.

2210
01:13:37,533 --> 01:13:38,300
Hopefully, it will...

2211
01:13:38,866 --> 01:13:41,066
Hopefully, it drives a good change in

2212
01:13:41,066 --> 01:13:41,833
these countries instead

2213
01:13:41,833 --> 01:13:45,100
of consolidating into just

2214
01:13:45,600 --> 01:13:49,633
removing rights to players that want to

2215
01:13:49,633 --> 01:13:52,633
go to these events and that feel like

2216
01:13:52,633 --> 01:13:53,333
they'd be threatened.

2217
01:13:54,633 --> 01:13:54,833
Yeah.

2218
01:13:54,833 --> 01:13:56,933
I mean, a lot of it comes down to the

2219
01:13:56,933 --> 01:13:58,666
concept of sports washing,

2220
01:13:59,933 --> 01:14:01,466
where it's like the countries

2221
01:14:01,466 --> 01:14:04,333
with human rights violation histories of

2222
01:14:04,333 --> 01:14:06,633
it will invest in sports

2223
01:14:06,633 --> 01:14:09,800
for a number of reasons.

2224
01:14:09,800 --> 01:14:12,933
But the biggest is to be able to silence

2225
01:14:12,933 --> 01:14:14,866
athletes who are using the word "the"

2226
01:14:14,866 --> 01:14:17,800
and using their platform to talk about

2227
01:14:17,800 --> 01:14:18,966
human rights abuses.

2228
01:14:19,600 --> 01:14:19,800
Yeah.

2229
01:14:20,033 --> 01:14:20,300
And then...

2230
01:14:20,500 --> 01:14:20,966
Like guitar.

2231
01:14:21,233 --> 01:14:21,433
Yeah.

2232
01:14:21,566 --> 01:14:22,333
Like all those years ago.

2233
01:14:23,033 --> 01:14:28,100
The other thing is just kind of being

2234
01:14:28,100 --> 01:14:29,966
like, "Hey, your favorite

2235
01:14:29,966 --> 01:14:31,566
sports event is being hosted

2236
01:14:31,933 --> 01:14:34,066
in Saudi Arabia or wherever."

2237
01:14:35,733 --> 01:14:39,533
And for the audience member, the sports

2238
01:14:39,533 --> 01:14:40,833
fan, that builds a

2239
01:14:40,833 --> 01:14:42,133
positive sentiment with them

2240
01:14:43,133 --> 01:14:44,800
towards the host country.

2241
01:14:45,066 --> 01:14:45,966
So there's a lot of

2242
01:14:45,966 --> 01:14:47,233
different ways that they can do this.

2243
01:14:47,233 --> 01:14:50,066
I mean, didn't Saudi Arabia also invest

2244
01:14:50,066 --> 01:14:53,333
in the PGA tour or something?

2245
01:14:53,333 --> 01:14:55,966
And they were using their poll over the

2246
01:14:55,966 --> 01:15:01,733
PGA at that point to exclude a golfer?

2247
01:15:01,733 --> 01:15:03,500
I don't remember exactly the story, but

2248
01:15:03,500 --> 01:15:04,833
there's something to that effect.

2249
01:15:06,666 --> 01:15:07,566
I don't know.

2250
01:15:07,566 --> 01:15:08,433
But I don't really know.

2251
01:15:08,633 --> 01:15:09,899
I didn't really follow golf.

2252
01:15:09,933 --> 01:15:13,133
Well, that's news to me.

2253
01:15:13,866 --> 01:15:14,333
It sounds...

2254
01:15:16,333 --> 01:15:19,699
So PGA Tour rejects the offer and the

2255
01:15:19,699 --> 01:15:20,800
investments and stuff like that.

2256
01:15:21,233 --> 01:15:21,833
And so they created

2257
01:15:21,833 --> 01:15:24,199
their own rival league.

2258
01:15:24,633 --> 01:15:24,833
Yeah.

2259
01:15:25,466 --> 01:15:28,033
But I think you're onto something though,

2260
01:15:28,033 --> 01:15:29,033
because there are multiple...

2261
01:15:30,033 --> 01:15:30,800
That's why I'm being

2262
01:15:30,800 --> 01:15:31,766
very vague in all this.

2263
01:15:32,933 --> 01:15:34,266
There is more than just

2264
01:15:34,266 --> 01:15:36,066
Saudi Arabia that's investing

2265
01:15:36,066 --> 01:15:40,500
in this type of stuff.

2266
01:15:40,866 --> 01:15:41,100
Yeah.

2267
01:15:41,633 --> 01:15:42,199
I don't know.

2268
01:15:42,466 --> 01:15:44,033
We've talked about something similar to

2269
01:15:44,033 --> 01:15:45,166
this on the podcast before,

2270
01:15:45,500 --> 01:15:47,466
and I want to make it clear that when I'm

2271
01:15:47,466 --> 01:15:51,433
talking about China or Saudi Arabia,

2272
01:15:51,433 --> 01:15:52,466
I'm talking about the

2273
01:15:52,466 --> 01:15:54,766
government and not the people, right?

2274
01:15:54,899 --> 01:15:58,866
Because I got a DM from a guy from Saudi

2275
01:15:58,866 --> 01:15:59,833
Arabia who was like,

2276
01:15:59,833 --> 01:16:00,666
"I'm very disappointed

2277
01:16:01,033 --> 01:16:01,933
you were espousing

2278
01:16:01,933 --> 01:16:04,933
very regressive ideas."

2279
01:16:04,966 --> 01:16:05,866
And it's like, "Dude, I'm

2280
01:16:05,866 --> 01:16:07,566
not talking about the people.

2281
01:16:07,866 --> 01:16:09,500
I know that there are

2282
01:16:09,500 --> 01:16:11,233
many, many good people.

2283
01:16:11,233 --> 01:16:12,899
The majority of the people

2284
01:16:12,899 --> 01:16:13,966
in these countries are good,

2285
01:16:14,333 --> 01:16:17,066
but the governments do

2286
01:16:17,066 --> 01:16:18,266
things that are horrible."

2287
01:16:19,500 --> 01:16:19,766
Yeah.

2288
01:16:19,766 --> 01:16:21,133
That's why you have to be careful with

2289
01:16:21,133 --> 01:16:22,800
the sort of discussion,

2290
01:16:23,199 --> 01:16:25,966
especially in regards to these countries,

2291
01:16:25,966 --> 01:16:27,133
because at some point,

2292
01:16:28,233 --> 01:16:29,933
a lot of it can really tip over easily

2293
01:16:29,933 --> 01:16:32,066
into what is effectively xenophobia.

2294
01:16:32,366 --> 01:16:35,933
Yeah. A lot of the discussion on the Chinese

2295
01:16:35,933 --> 01:16:38,266
government doing bad things ends up

2296
01:16:38,266 --> 01:16:39,733
eventually going back

2297
01:16:39,733 --> 01:16:41,500
to like, "Oh, Chinese feel bad, right?"

2298
01:16:41,500 --> 01:16:41,699
Right.

2299
01:16:42,233 --> 01:16:44,166
Obviously, that's not how we feel, but

2300
01:16:44,166 --> 01:16:45,166
I'm sure that's how some

2301
01:16:45,166 --> 01:16:46,866
people out there feel too.

2302
01:16:46,866 --> 01:16:48,000
Just watch a couple

2303
01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:48,866
of our other episodes.

2304
01:16:49,333 --> 01:16:50,766
You'll see we bash on probably...

2305
01:16:51,266 --> 01:16:53,166
I bash on America more than anything.

2306
01:16:53,766 --> 01:16:57,933
So as a country, not as the individuals.

2307
01:16:57,933 --> 01:17:00,300
There's a lot of great people here, but

2308
01:17:00,300 --> 01:17:01,033
at the end of the day,

2309
01:17:01,533 --> 01:17:02,866
governments usually

2310
01:17:02,866 --> 01:17:04,533
get formed by the people.

2311
01:17:05,733 --> 01:17:10,366
And there are so many good people in a

2312
01:17:10,366 --> 01:17:11,033
lot of these countries.

2313
01:17:11,266 --> 01:17:14,633
Russia is one where I lived there for a

2314
01:17:14,633 --> 01:17:15,466
while, and there's a

2315
01:17:15,466 --> 01:17:16,633
lot of good people there.

2316
01:17:17,933 --> 01:17:20,433
But unfortunately, you end up with a

2317
01:17:20,433 --> 01:17:21,833
government that can be very...

2318
01:17:26,433 --> 01:17:26,733
Yeah.

2319
01:17:27,199 --> 01:17:27,399
...depressive.

2320
01:17:28,533 --> 01:17:29,733
I get what you're saying.

2321
01:17:29,733 --> 01:17:30,266
So it's unfortunate.

2322
01:17:31,500 --> 01:17:31,766
Yeah.

2323
01:17:33,033 --> 01:17:37,466
There's also discussions about fighting

2324
01:17:37,466 --> 01:17:38,733
game players, whether or not

2325
01:17:38,733 --> 01:17:39,833
they should even take this.

2326
01:17:40,166 --> 01:17:42,866
And I'm of the opinion that I can't blame

2327
01:17:42,866 --> 01:17:45,566
them for wanting to take the money.

2328
01:17:45,566 --> 01:17:46,800
Because fighting game players get paid a

2329
01:17:46,800 --> 01:17:48,033
lot less than your average

2330
01:17:48,033 --> 01:17:49,666
esports professional does.

2331
01:17:51,600 --> 01:17:52,733
Because in general, they

2332
01:17:52,733 --> 01:17:54,566
just pay out less, to be honest.

2333
01:17:54,833 --> 01:17:55,033
Yeah.

2334
01:17:56,966 --> 01:17:59,333
And honestly, I'm not going to blame

2335
01:17:59,333 --> 01:18:00,133
anyone that needs...

2336
01:18:00,166 --> 01:18:01,300
Because it's their life.

2337
01:18:01,300 --> 01:18:02,466
At this point, it's their livelihood.

2338
01:18:02,766 --> 01:18:05,366
So if you cut them out of that, then what

2339
01:18:05,366 --> 01:18:06,833
are they going to do?

2340
01:18:07,733 --> 01:18:09,233
Go back to working a daytime job?

2341
01:18:10,733 --> 01:18:12,433
Former Evo champion

2342
01:18:12,433 --> 01:18:14,866
going back to working a job?

2343
01:18:15,066 --> 01:18:16,233
I mean, you eventually have to.

2344
01:18:16,233 --> 01:18:18,466
You age out really fast, don't you?

2345
01:18:18,633 --> 01:18:19,033
Yeah.

2346
01:18:19,033 --> 01:18:20,966
I mean, yeah, but at the same time...

2347
01:18:21,433 --> 01:18:23,000
Well, it looks like a Justin Wong.

2348
01:18:23,733 --> 01:18:25,533
He's been there for a very long time.

2349
01:18:25,766 --> 01:18:26,533
While I don't think he

2350
01:18:26,533 --> 01:18:27,333
actively competes anymore,

2351
01:18:27,366 --> 01:18:30,966
he is effectively a sportscaster now.

2352
01:18:31,433 --> 01:18:32,166
Yeah, true. And a Twitch streamer.

2353
01:18:33,333 --> 01:18:36,666
So he's made it big enough to actually be

2354
01:18:36,666 --> 01:18:39,033
able to do things without

2355
01:18:39,033 --> 01:18:39,966
having to actually compete

2356
01:18:39,966 --> 01:18:41,033
in these major tournaments.

2357
01:18:41,333 --> 01:18:43,300
Well, I'm sure he still competes every

2358
01:18:43,300 --> 01:18:44,833
now and then, but not

2359
01:18:44,833 --> 01:18:46,466
nearly as often as he used to.

2360
01:18:49,699 --> 01:18:50,866
I'm not sure any of the fighting game

2361
01:18:50,866 --> 01:18:52,333
players have really aged out to the point

2362
01:18:52,333 --> 01:18:53,466
where they have to retire

2363
01:18:53,466 --> 01:18:54,699
because they can't keep up.

2364
01:18:54,733 --> 01:18:57,066
I think the five gods of Japan, like

2365
01:18:57,066 --> 01:18:58,433
Daigo still plays too.

2366
01:18:59,633 --> 01:18:59,833
Yeah.

2367
01:19:00,566 --> 01:19:03,533
I always think of FPS,

2368
01:19:04,333 --> 01:19:05,366
especially, and that tends to...

2369
01:19:05,600 --> 01:19:06,766
FPS and even RTS, I

2370
01:19:06,766 --> 01:19:08,500
believe, tend to age out fast.

2371
01:19:10,333 --> 01:19:12,366
But at the end of the day, it's becoming

2372
01:19:12,366 --> 01:19:13,333
a little bit more like

2373
01:19:13,333 --> 01:19:14,433
regular sports to where

2374
01:19:14,433 --> 01:19:16,533
you age out into a career

2375
01:19:16,533 --> 01:19:17,766
that's hopefully like a...

2376
01:19:19,899 --> 01:19:20,833
Like a Jason To...

2377
01:19:21,233 --> 01:19:22,000
Yeah, like a lot of...

2378
01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:22,199
Your sport.

2379
01:19:22,433 --> 01:19:22,866
Exactly.

2380
01:19:23,133 --> 01:19:25,866
Like a lot of these football

2381
01:19:25,866 --> 01:19:27,433
players and other stuff I do.

2382
01:19:27,433 --> 01:19:29,600
But the difference too is football

2383
01:19:29,600 --> 01:19:30,866
players and a lot of

2384
01:19:30,866 --> 01:19:32,300
those types of people,

2385
01:19:32,300 --> 01:19:34,399
they end up with lots of money to retire

2386
01:19:34,399 --> 01:19:36,733
on if they plan it right.

2387
01:19:37,333 --> 01:19:39,533
Where I don't think

2388
01:19:39,533 --> 01:19:41,933
esports pays nearly as well.

2389
01:19:44,433 --> 01:19:45,866
And honestly, the problem with a lot of

2390
01:19:45,866 --> 01:19:47,300
esports, in my opinion,

2391
01:19:47,300 --> 01:19:49,500
is that they're mostly unwatchable for

2392
01:19:49,500 --> 01:19:51,399
anyone outside of the sport.

2393
01:19:52,333 --> 01:19:54,266
Like if you were to watch football as

2394
01:19:54,266 --> 01:19:54,866
someone that doesn't know

2395
01:19:54,866 --> 01:19:55,933
anything about football,

2396
01:19:55,933 --> 01:19:57,533
I mean, it might be difficult to

2397
01:19:57,533 --> 01:19:58,333
understand, but you still

2398
01:19:58,333 --> 01:19:59,966
kind of get the idea, right?

2399
01:20:01,633 --> 01:20:03,433
I think it's just a stigmatism issue.

2400
01:20:05,166 --> 01:20:09,199
I think if my dad was to watch League of

2401
01:20:09,199 --> 01:20:10,733
Legends, you know, a tournament,

2402
01:20:11,666 --> 01:20:13,333
I think he'd be like, "This is silly.

2403
01:20:13,333 --> 01:20:14,300
This is a cartoon thing."

2404
01:20:15,600 --> 01:20:17,333
To be fair, if he probably sat there and

2405
01:20:17,333 --> 01:20:17,966
watched the whole game,

2406
01:20:17,966 --> 01:20:18,633
he'd probably get into it.

2407
01:20:19,199 --> 01:20:21,899
I think people that are

2408
01:20:21,899 --> 01:20:23,766
competitive do actually will.

2409
01:20:23,766 --> 01:20:25,233
If they sit down and watch it enough,

2410
01:20:25,233 --> 01:20:26,533
they will probably enjoy it.

2411
01:20:27,699 --> 01:20:29,333
Yeah, by the same time though, they have

2412
01:20:29,333 --> 01:20:30,733
to attract new people.

2413
01:20:31,066 --> 01:20:31,666
And like, Gardiner

2414
01:20:31,666 --> 01:20:33,033
probably wouldn't stigmatize it.

2415
01:20:33,033 --> 01:20:35,500
But if he watched League of Legends, do

2416
01:20:35,500 --> 01:20:37,133
you think he would understand?

2417
01:20:37,533 --> 01:20:39,533
Like, Gardiner, you've never played

2418
01:20:39,533 --> 01:20:40,433
League before, right?

2419
01:20:40,433 --> 01:20:44,100
No. I've played Dota a little bit, so I

2420
01:20:44,100 --> 01:20:46,066
kind of know maybe how

2421
01:20:46,066 --> 01:20:47,166
it works a little bit.

2422
01:20:48,166 --> 01:20:50,066
I think you could catch on pretty quick.

2423
01:20:50,800 --> 01:20:51,233
Yeah.

2424
01:20:51,500 --> 01:20:52,033
Do you think Emily

2425
01:20:52,033 --> 01:20:52,933
would understand though?

2426
01:20:52,933 --> 01:20:56,166
Because like, the thing with like sports

2427
01:20:56,166 --> 01:20:56,866
is you also have to

2428
01:20:56,866 --> 01:20:57,566
appeal to the people that

2429
01:20:57,566 --> 01:20:59,266
don't play the sport too, right?

2430
01:21:00,133 --> 01:21:03,733
I don't think Emily specifically would be

2431
01:21:03,733 --> 01:21:05,300
interested in anything like that.

2432
01:21:05,666 --> 01:21:08,333
She doesn't like the competition aspect

2433
01:21:08,333 --> 01:21:10,300
of sports, but I think you'd have...

2434
01:21:11,266 --> 01:21:13,966
I think that there is like a...

2435
01:21:17,199 --> 01:21:20,733
You know, you have to have like a kind of

2436
01:21:20,733 --> 01:21:22,066
convergence of like

2437
01:21:22,066 --> 01:21:23,333
interested in competition,

2438
01:21:23,866 --> 01:21:27,833
interested in like video games in order

2439
01:21:27,833 --> 01:21:28,833
to have that overlap

2440
01:21:28,833 --> 01:21:30,066
of like wanting to watch

2441
01:21:30,066 --> 01:21:31,433
competitive games. You

2442
01:21:31,433 --> 01:21:31,866
know what I'm saying?

2443
01:21:32,833 --> 01:21:34,166
Yeah, I guess that makes sense.

2444
01:21:35,366 --> 01:21:37,833
I really don't know if there's a huge

2445
01:21:37,833 --> 01:21:39,699
difference between a football

2446
01:21:40,633 --> 01:21:42,066
and a League of Legends match. That

2447
01:21:42,066 --> 01:21:45,300
sounds weird, but you have two sides and

2448
01:21:45,300 --> 01:21:45,733
you're trying to get

2449
01:21:45,733 --> 01:21:50,266
to one side to do a goal or you know, the

2450
01:21:50,266 --> 01:21:50,966
difference is like

2451
01:21:50,966 --> 01:21:52,600
one's fighting and you get

2452
01:21:52,600 --> 01:21:54,366
to see like different techniques and the

2453
01:21:54,366 --> 01:21:57,966
other one is, I guess in football stands,

2454
01:21:58,266 --> 01:22:00,433
like kind of fighting where you got your

2455
01:22:00,433 --> 01:22:03,133
defense and make sure the

2456
01:22:03,133 --> 01:22:04,233
offense doesn't get through

2457
01:22:04,233 --> 01:22:05,933
and all that. And there's a lot of

2458
01:22:05,933 --> 01:22:07,066
technique and a lot of

2459
01:22:07,066 --> 01:22:08,066
strategy that goes into it.

2460
01:22:08,066 --> 01:22:11,266
Well, the thing though is that in like

2461
01:22:11,266 --> 01:22:12,333
football, there's a lot of

2462
01:22:12,333 --> 01:22:13,766
downtime and the sports casters

2463
01:22:13,766 --> 01:22:15,333
can use those down times to explain

2464
01:22:15,333 --> 01:22:18,199
specific strategies. Whereas like in

2465
01:22:18,199 --> 01:22:19,533
League, there's like

2466
01:22:19,666 --> 01:22:23,133
actually no downtime and there's a lot of

2467
01:22:23,133 --> 01:22:23,966
different builds and

2468
01:22:23,966 --> 01:22:24,666
stuff in League and a

2469
01:22:24,666 --> 01:22:26,500
lot of items that drastically change how

2470
01:22:26,500 --> 01:22:27,433
a character plays and

2471
01:22:27,433 --> 01:22:28,199
like how you're supposed

2472
01:22:28,199 --> 01:22:30,733
to level them up and you may not be able

2473
01:22:30,733 --> 01:22:32,633
to convey some of those concepts to like

2474
01:22:33,233 --> 01:22:34,466
the average person. Whereas like, let's

2475
01:22:34,466 --> 01:22:35,500
look at a fighting game, for example.

2476
01:22:36,399 --> 01:22:38,500
Yeah. Fighting games are really difficult

2477
01:22:38,500 --> 01:22:40,000
to actually play and like

2478
01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:41,199
really to be really good

2479
01:22:41,199 --> 01:22:42,833
at, but like you can watch it. You

2480
01:22:42,833 --> 01:22:43,766
immediately know what's going

2481
01:22:43,766 --> 01:22:45,733
on, right? It's just two guys

2482
01:22:45,733 --> 01:22:47,333
fighting each other and like even if you

2483
01:22:47,333 --> 01:22:48,666
don't understand like that

2484
01:22:48,666 --> 01:22:50,166
they did a crazy frame one

2485
01:22:50,166 --> 01:22:51,933
link or whatever, you understand that

2486
01:22:51,933 --> 01:22:54,566
like, oh, he's doing a combo and oh, and

2487
01:22:54,566 --> 01:22:55,266
you may not understand

2488
01:22:55,266 --> 01:22:58,033
like, oh, he's plus on block or you might

2489
01:22:58,033 --> 01:22:59,766
not like he's minus or

2490
01:22:59,766 --> 01:23:01,466
plus on block, but like, oh,

2491
01:23:01,600 --> 01:23:05,233
he did a move and like a slow move and

2492
01:23:05,233 --> 01:23:05,933
like it's going to cost

2493
01:23:05,933 --> 01:23:06,833
him. Like you understand basic

2494
01:23:06,833 --> 01:23:08,566
concepts like that, right? Yeah. It's

2495
01:23:08,566 --> 01:23:09,666
easily translatable like

2496
01:23:09,666 --> 01:23:11,000
the average person. I was just

2497
01:23:11,000 --> 01:23:12,766
thinking like if you're going to have a

2498
01:23:12,766 --> 01:23:14,466
game that'll have a bigger

2499
01:23:14,466 --> 01:23:16,566
appeal to other folks, like a

2500
01:23:16,633 --> 01:23:19,133
video game, I think a fighting game is a

2501
01:23:19,133 --> 01:23:21,233
more like versus something

2502
01:23:21,233 --> 01:23:23,133
like Dota or League is going to

2503
01:23:23,133 --> 01:23:27,666
be an easier sell. Just because like it's

2504
01:23:27,666 --> 01:23:29,566
1v1 and there's one screen

2505
01:23:29,566 --> 01:23:30,933
for both players, you know,

2506
01:23:31,399 --> 01:23:34,566
like if you're doing like league, then

2507
01:23:34,566 --> 01:23:35,833
the they're, they're having

2508
01:23:35,833 --> 01:23:36,933
to cut between. I've never

2509
01:23:36,933 --> 01:23:38,600
watched one, so I don't know, but like

2510
01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:39,800
they have to cut between all the

2511
01:23:39,800 --> 01:23:40,933
different people and all

2512
01:23:40,933 --> 01:23:42,866
this shit. There's a lot going on. I

2513
01:23:42,866 --> 01:23:44,233
think it's, it can be

2514
01:23:44,233 --> 01:23:48,000
very similar to MMA fighting

2515
01:23:48,566 --> 01:23:50,399
football or soccer, even maybe soccer is

2516
01:23:50,399 --> 01:23:52,266
better to League. Soccer doesn't have a

2517
01:23:52,266 --> 01:23:52,866
whole lot of downtime

2518
01:23:52,866 --> 01:23:56,933
either. From my understanding, so. Yeah,

2519
01:23:56,933 --> 01:23:57,699
but building soccer is easy

2520
01:23:57,699 --> 01:23:58,933
because they can just follow the

2521
01:23:58,966 --> 01:24:00,933
ball. They can follow the ball. I agree.

2522
01:24:01,433 --> 01:24:03,366
I agree with this. I'm not

2523
01:24:03,366 --> 01:24:05,333
saying I'm just saying I,

2524
01:24:06,100 --> 01:24:07,466
it's the competitive nature that people

2525
01:24:07,466 --> 01:24:09,699
get into. I'm not trying to

2526
01:24:09,699 --> 01:24:11,366
do a complete one to one, but I

2527
01:24:11,533 --> 01:24:14,633
think. Yeah, I mean, I would get into it.

2528
01:24:15,533 --> 01:24:17,199
Fighting games are how are extremely

2529
01:24:17,199 --> 01:24:18,233
competitive and they're

2530
01:24:18,233 --> 01:24:21,100
fighting for what is effectively scraps.

2531
01:24:21,333 --> 01:24:22,633
If you're interested in fighting games,

2532
01:24:22,633 --> 01:24:23,733
by the way, not just

2533
01:24:23,766 --> 01:24:26,100
you guys, but anyone listening, do

2534
01:24:26,100 --> 01:24:27,566
yourself a favor and go to your locals.

2535
01:24:28,066 --> 01:24:29,766
And sometimes if a new

2536
01:24:29,766 --> 01:24:31,266
fighting game comes out, someone's going

2537
01:24:31,266 --> 01:24:32,533
to bring their setup with the new

2538
01:24:32,533 --> 01:24:33,566
fighting game and you can

2539
01:24:33,566 --> 01:24:36,066
play for free. If you bring a controller,

2540
01:24:36,066 --> 01:24:40,466
that is. That's cool. And some of them

2541
01:24:40,466 --> 01:24:41,266
are willing to teach

2542
01:24:41,266 --> 01:24:43,399
you how to play and you'll have a group

2543
01:24:43,399 --> 01:24:45,133
of friends to play and get better with

2544
01:24:45,133 --> 01:24:46,133
too, if you're interested.

2545
01:24:46,166 --> 01:24:53,899
I suck so bad at fighting games nowadays.

2546
01:24:55,166 --> 01:24:57,399
Dude, come on, dude. Of

2547
01:24:57,399 --> 01:24:59,833
course, I also like doing fight

2548
01:24:59,833 --> 01:25:02,833
sticks because they just feel a lot more

2549
01:25:02,833 --> 01:25:05,166
comfortable to play on. So

2550
01:25:05,166 --> 01:25:06,566
maybe I should get a fight stick

2551
01:25:07,666 --> 01:25:10,233
or you could 3D print and like buy the

2552
01:25:10,233 --> 01:25:12,800
buttons and stuff. And you'd have a much

2553
01:25:12,800 --> 01:25:13,666
cheaper fight stick.

2554
01:25:14,633 --> 01:25:16,899
How much are they?

2555
01:25:18,233 --> 01:25:21,866
Depends on which ones you want. The one I

2556
01:25:21,866 --> 01:25:24,666
have is the Kamba Obsidian 2.

2557
01:25:28,666 --> 01:25:30,666
And I think that one actually recently

2558
01:25:30,666 --> 01:25:33,133
went down in price, but MSRP,

2559
01:25:33,133 --> 01:25:34,866
I think it came out like $300,

2560
01:25:35,833 --> 01:25:37,233
but you could buy it right now for like

2561
01:25:37,233 --> 01:25:38,866
$180. This is the one I

2562
01:25:38,866 --> 01:25:40,466
have and use right now.

2563
01:25:41,366 --> 01:25:45,566
It's a PlayStation fight stick, but you

2564
01:25:45,566 --> 01:25:46,966
can use it on PC at first.

2565
01:25:46,966 --> 01:25:48,266
It says it right there.

2566
01:25:48,899 --> 01:25:49,166
I mean,

2567
01:25:51,033 --> 01:25:52,666
$180? Yeah, I'd rather

2568
01:25:52,666 --> 01:25:53,699
buy it than print it.

2569
01:25:54,933 --> 01:25:57,233
Yeah, I mean, yeah, it would be more

2570
01:25:57,233 --> 01:25:58,933
economical to do so. But the

2571
01:25:58,933 --> 01:25:59,733
cool thing about fight sticks

2572
01:25:59,733 --> 01:26:01,933
is that they're very modular and they're

2573
01:26:01,933 --> 01:26:03,166
very repairable too. If

2574
01:26:03,166 --> 01:26:03,866
you're someone that really

2575
01:26:03,866 --> 01:26:05,466
likes to repair things, you know, right

2576
01:26:05,466 --> 01:26:06,366
to repair and all that cool

2577
01:26:06,366 --> 01:26:08,266
stuff, you can customize that

2578
01:26:08,800 --> 01:26:10,633
moda. You can even get custom art on it

2579
01:26:10,633 --> 01:26:11,966
too if you're that kind of person.

2580
01:26:12,466 --> 01:26:13,866
Now, customizing, like we're going to get

2581
01:26:13,866 --> 01:26:16,000
to customizing at the end

2582
01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:19,033
with something I posted.

2583
01:26:19,766 --> 01:26:21,033
But yeah, I'm all for

2584
01:26:21,033 --> 01:26:22,566
customizing. I like 3D printing for

2585
01:26:23,199 --> 01:26:26,233
simple and like customizing. But yeah.

2586
01:26:27,366 --> 01:26:30,500
Silksong. So would you say

2587
01:26:30,500 --> 01:26:31,766
Silksong is an easy game?

2588
01:26:32,800 --> 01:26:35,866
No, my wife's cousin right next to me is

2589
01:26:35,866 --> 01:26:37,899
definitely saying that it's not that easy

2590
01:26:37,933 --> 01:26:42,766
of a game. Yeah, so Silksong is not an

2591
01:26:42,766 --> 01:26:45,433
easy game, which is why there has been

2592
01:26:45,433 --> 01:26:46,233
there have been some

2593
01:26:46,333 --> 01:26:50,166
concerns about its high difficulty. And

2594
01:26:50,166 --> 01:26:53,033
of course, the ever so in the

2595
01:26:53,033 --> 01:26:55,566
inevitable get good comments.

2596
01:26:56,966 --> 01:27:04,933
So Silksong is hard, someone say. I've

2597
01:27:04,933 --> 01:27:07,033
seen some clips on. I've

2598
01:27:07,033 --> 01:27:07,833
seen some clips of people

2599
01:27:07,833 --> 01:27:09,500
struggling at specific points. Like

2600
01:27:09,500 --> 01:27:10,600
there's one part. There's

2601
01:27:10,600 --> 01:27:12,033
one point in Hunter's March.

2602
01:27:12,333 --> 01:27:14,433
I think it was the area where you have to

2603
01:27:14,433 --> 01:27:15,366
bounce off of like what

2604
01:27:15,366 --> 01:27:16,533
looks like bell peppers.

2605
01:27:16,866 --> 01:27:19,966
They suck so freaking bad. I had to help

2606
01:27:19,966 --> 01:27:22,266
my wife with one and I hated it so much.

2607
01:27:23,300 --> 01:27:25,566
Sorry. I didn't have any issue with that.

2608
01:27:25,566 --> 01:27:28,333
There's. Oh my gosh. The mechanic is so.

2609
01:27:29,733 --> 01:27:30,366
Once again, high tech

2610
01:27:30,366 --> 01:27:31,233
showing his skill level.

2611
01:27:31,300 --> 01:27:35,699
Oh, like I like I might have failed it

2612
01:27:35,699 --> 01:27:36,633
like the first like

2613
01:27:36,633 --> 01:27:38,399
two times, but like I.

2614
01:27:38,866 --> 01:27:40,633
Yeah, I tried that for a while. Like it

2615
01:27:40,633 --> 01:27:42,166
barely took like 20.

2616
01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:46,100
Yeah, like I even got used to it with

2617
01:27:46,100 --> 01:27:47,766
like the weird you get

2618
01:27:47,766 --> 01:27:48,800
you get another crest,

2619
01:27:49,533 --> 01:27:51,666
like close to that area where you like.

2620
01:27:52,166 --> 01:27:53,766
You know, I think you get it

2621
01:27:53,766 --> 01:27:55,300
in that area where you like

2622
01:27:55,933 --> 01:27:58,300
start like doing like. All right. So

2623
01:27:58,300 --> 01:27:59,433
there are crests in the

2624
01:27:59,433 --> 01:28:00,699
game that like change and

2625
01:28:00,733 --> 01:28:02,866
move set substantially, and there's one

2626
01:28:02,866 --> 01:28:04,733
that makes your attacks like more feral.

2627
01:28:05,866 --> 01:28:07,566
And one of them changes your in one of

2628
01:28:07,566 --> 01:28:08,500
them changes your like

2629
01:28:08,500 --> 01:28:09,899
dive attack to where instead

2630
01:28:09,899 --> 01:28:11,766
of it being like a straight diagonal,

2631
01:28:11,766 --> 01:28:13,766
right? And it's instead like a.

2632
01:28:14,933 --> 01:28:17,666
Like an inverse parabolic like sort of

2633
01:28:17,666 --> 01:28:18,466
projected where you move

2634
01:28:18,466 --> 01:28:19,666
slowly first and then you curve

2635
01:28:19,666 --> 01:28:22,166
down and I got used to like doing my dive

2636
01:28:22,166 --> 01:28:23,133
attacks that way too.

2637
01:28:24,500 --> 01:28:25,933
But okay, in addition,

2638
01:28:26,199 --> 01:28:27,766
but in addition to that, there were some

2639
01:28:27,766 --> 01:28:28,866
criticisms were too

2640
01:28:28,866 --> 01:28:30,466
specific bosses in the game.

2641
01:28:30,866 --> 01:28:33,066
More wing, which you fight in gray

2642
01:28:33,066 --> 01:28:35,266
something. I forget the name of the place

2643
01:28:35,266 --> 01:28:37,133
and sister splinter.

2644
01:28:38,333 --> 01:28:39,666
I also think it were you fight or two,

2645
01:28:39,666 --> 01:28:41,333
but I beat both of them

2646
01:28:41,333 --> 01:28:42,833
before they nerfed them.

2647
01:28:43,199 --> 01:28:45,033
They actually nerfed those two bosses in

2648
01:28:45,033 --> 01:28:46,366
particular. I'm not sure

2649
01:28:47,199 --> 01:28:49,166
in what ways they were nerfed, but I beat

2650
01:28:49,166 --> 01:28:50,333
them before the nurse. So

2651
01:28:50,333 --> 01:28:52,233
I heard one of them wasn't

2652
01:28:52,233 --> 01:28:54,966
that hard actually that it didn't really

2653
01:28:54,966 --> 01:28:55,600
necessarily need to

2654
01:28:55,600 --> 01:28:57,833
be nerfed, but I don't

2655
01:28:57,833 --> 01:28:59,366
think either of them really did. I think

2656
01:28:59,366 --> 01:29:00,433
people just have a hard

2657
01:29:00,433 --> 01:29:01,966
time dealing with like

2658
01:29:03,233 --> 01:29:04,399
enemies like showing

2659
01:29:04,399 --> 01:29:05,800
up in a boss fight too.

2660
01:29:07,033 --> 01:29:10,433
Because I do hate that shows up. Yeah, I

2661
01:29:10,433 --> 01:29:14,233
do hate this. Yeah, I

2662
01:29:14,233 --> 01:29:15,233
get I get the concern,

2663
01:29:15,233 --> 01:29:17,433
but the same time though, I feel like at

2664
01:29:17,433 --> 01:29:19,033
some points they can help out with

2665
01:29:19,366 --> 01:29:20,666
help you out with staying alive a little

2666
01:29:20,666 --> 01:29:23,033
longer because you can

2667
01:29:23,033 --> 01:29:24,633
build up mana off of a well,

2668
01:29:24,633 --> 01:29:27,066
not mana, I think it's called silk. Yeah,

2669
01:29:27,066 --> 01:29:28,666
you can build up silk.

2670
01:29:29,199 --> 01:29:30,633
It's still in this one. Yes.

2671
01:29:31,233 --> 01:29:33,133
You build up silk in this and you can use

2672
01:29:33,133 --> 01:29:37,133
it to heal. Yeah. So I agree

2673
01:29:37,133 --> 01:29:39,266
with that actually does help.

2674
01:29:41,066 --> 01:29:42,733
I mean, it's a matter of perspective, to

2675
01:29:42,733 --> 01:29:45,000
be honest. They did fix a

2676
01:29:45,000 --> 01:29:45,966
bunch of bugs in this patch.

2677
01:29:46,466 --> 01:29:50,833
They nerfed the bosses a little bit. They

2678
01:29:50,833 --> 01:29:53,433
also increased rewards

2679
01:29:53,433 --> 01:29:56,233
for certain things too.

2680
01:29:57,033 --> 01:29:58,533
But in addition to that, though, one of

2681
01:29:58,533 --> 01:29:59,533
the most popular mods in

2682
01:29:59,533 --> 01:30:01,166
Silksong is an easy mode.

2683
01:30:03,266 --> 01:30:06,500
So what this does is this removes this

2684
01:30:06,500 --> 01:30:08,233
removes double damage from like regular

2685
01:30:08,333 --> 01:30:11,933
enemies and environments too. I hate

2686
01:30:11,933 --> 01:30:16,866
double damage. Yes. But I

2687
01:30:16,866 --> 01:30:17,833
wouldn't use this. I don't

2688
01:30:17,833 --> 01:30:19,466
like double damage either, to be honest,

2689
01:30:20,100 --> 01:30:23,600
but I mean, honestly, man,

2690
01:30:23,966 --> 01:30:24,966
I really think you should

2691
01:30:24,966 --> 01:30:28,633
play the game on modded first. That's my

2692
01:30:28,633 --> 01:30:29,733
personal opinion. Here's my

2693
01:30:29,733 --> 01:30:31,500
opinion on this hall. I think

2694
01:30:31,500 --> 01:30:33,133
accessibility is an important thing in

2695
01:30:33,133 --> 01:30:34,533
games and I honestly would

2696
01:30:34,533 --> 01:30:36,133
love it. It's an indie developer,

2697
01:30:36,166 --> 01:30:39,466
but super successful. I would like to see

2698
01:30:39,466 --> 01:30:41,033
more accessibility

2699
01:30:41,033 --> 01:30:42,666
options put into games like this

2700
01:30:42,666 --> 01:30:44,500
that are really difficult to like some

2701
01:30:44,500 --> 01:30:46,533
people. They struggle with

2702
01:30:46,533 --> 01:30:47,433
a bunch of different like

2703
01:30:47,433 --> 01:30:50,100
physical or other elements that they want

2704
01:30:50,100 --> 01:30:50,833
to enjoy the story because

2705
01:30:50,833 --> 01:30:52,033
the game is actually very

2706
01:30:52,066 --> 01:30:53,633
interesting. The environments are very

2707
01:30:53,633 --> 01:30:55,066
fun. I don't play it for

2708
01:30:55,066 --> 01:30:56,333
the difficulty. I play it for

2709
01:30:56,333 --> 01:30:58,466
a lot of other stuff. The difficulty is

2710
01:30:58,466 --> 01:30:59,066
just kind of like

2711
01:30:59,066 --> 01:31:00,699
makes it rewarding for me.

2712
01:31:01,666 --> 01:31:04,866
I think a lot of games should. I don't

2713
01:31:04,866 --> 01:31:05,600
like the sentiment of get

2714
01:31:05,600 --> 01:31:07,233
good. I like the sentiment of

2715
01:31:07,433 --> 01:31:09,699
let everyone play it and just add a mode

2716
01:31:09,699 --> 01:31:11,000
for it or something. I don't know. Or

2717
01:31:11,000 --> 01:31:12,433
just allow mods like this.

2718
01:31:13,600 --> 01:31:17,133
I wouldn't be opposed to an easy mode,

2719
01:31:17,133 --> 01:31:18,300
but only after like the

2720
01:31:18,300 --> 01:31:19,733
player dies five times

2721
01:31:19,933 --> 01:31:21,533
in a row. Kind of like how Ninja Gaiden,

2722
01:31:22,433 --> 01:31:24,066
let's see, would unlock Ninja Dog mode.

2723
01:31:24,866 --> 01:31:27,466
But to be fair though, a Ninja guy in Dog

2724
01:31:27,466 --> 01:31:29,433
mode, Ninja Dog, they

2725
01:31:29,433 --> 01:31:32,233
relentlessly mock you for being

2726
01:31:32,233 --> 01:31:35,100
an easy mode too. That's a hard one

2727
01:31:35,100 --> 01:31:36,633
because that is funny. Like

2728
01:31:36,633 --> 01:31:39,766
I said, there are, I think it

2729
01:31:39,833 --> 01:31:42,266
doesn't like for the people that like,

2730
01:31:42,266 --> 01:31:44,266
well, I beat it and it's

2731
01:31:44,266 --> 01:31:45,333
hard and all that, like that

2732
01:31:45,333 --> 01:31:46,933
doesn't just diminish what you

2733
01:31:46,933 --> 01:31:48,766
accomplished by allowing some people to

2734
01:31:48,766 --> 01:31:49,433
be able to finish it

2735
01:31:50,166 --> 01:31:56,033
in an easy type of mode. I don't know.

2736
01:31:56,166 --> 01:31:58,300
The thing with easy mode mods is that at

2737
01:31:58,300 --> 01:31:59,833
one point does it not just become,

2738
01:32:00,566 --> 01:32:02,433
it doesn't become a like a game of

2739
01:32:02,433 --> 01:32:03,666
downloading mods to make

2740
01:32:03,666 --> 01:32:04,833
the game easier and easier and

2741
01:32:04,833 --> 01:32:06,199
easier progressively because you've

2742
01:32:06,199 --> 01:32:06,866
already unlocked the

2743
01:32:06,866 --> 01:32:08,166
floodgates at that point, right?

2744
01:32:08,866 --> 01:32:11,866
Sure. So most of the mods here are like

2745
01:32:11,866 --> 01:32:13,766
easy mods that make the game

2746
01:32:13,766 --> 01:32:15,166
objectively easier. Like for

2747
01:32:15,233 --> 01:32:18,433
example, this one right here, this one

2748
01:32:18,433 --> 01:32:20,666
here gives all enemies a

2749
01:32:20,666 --> 01:32:23,699
health bar. Bosses and enemies.

2750
01:32:25,133 --> 01:32:26,866
And you can even change how it looks too.

2751
01:32:27,066 --> 01:32:29,566
Like you can change to like a life bar,

2752
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:31,899
a different style life bar, another life

2753
01:32:31,899 --> 01:32:33,933
bar. You can even change the hearts if

2754
01:32:33,933 --> 01:32:34,866
you really wanted to.

2755
01:32:34,866 --> 01:32:36,166
You can even have like their health

2756
01:32:36,166 --> 01:32:37,233
values right there too if

2757
01:32:37,233 --> 01:32:38,933
you want. Is that really like a

2758
01:32:38,966 --> 01:32:42,266
difficulty thing though? I mean, it's not

2759
01:32:42,266 --> 01:32:43,633
really a difficulty thing.

2760
01:32:43,633 --> 01:32:45,033
It's more of an accessibility

2761
01:32:45,266 --> 01:32:49,699
thing, but like I might actually do that.

2762
01:32:49,699 --> 01:32:51,466
I think there's a very clear, I think

2763
01:32:51,466 --> 01:32:52,233
there's a very clear

2764
01:32:52,233 --> 01:32:55,766
difference between a game where you know,

2765
01:32:56,033 --> 01:32:57,466
you know, precisely how much

2766
01:32:57,466 --> 01:32:59,766
HP and enemy has. Whereas a game

2767
01:33:00,066 --> 01:33:01,933
where you don't, unless you've been

2768
01:33:01,933 --> 01:33:02,666
keeping track like

2769
01:33:02,666 --> 01:33:06,866
manually. Right. Yeah. Yeah. See,

2770
01:33:06,899 --> 01:33:08,733
there's also another one with the compass

2771
01:33:08,733 --> 01:33:11,733
effect. Oh yeah. And in Silksong for

2772
01:33:11,733 --> 01:33:12,666
those who don't know,

2773
01:33:13,533 --> 01:33:15,866
in addition to buying maps and also

2774
01:33:15,866 --> 01:33:16,633
various things that

2775
01:33:16,633 --> 01:33:18,266
upgrade like your mapping skills,

2776
01:33:18,266 --> 01:33:21,033
you also have to buy the compass and you

2777
01:33:21,033 --> 01:33:21,899
have to have it equipped on

2778
01:33:21,899 --> 01:33:23,466
you to, you know, find out

2779
01:33:23,466 --> 01:33:27,100
where you are on the map as well. And

2780
01:33:27,100 --> 01:33:29,100
this keeps, this makes it so

2781
01:33:29,100 --> 01:33:31,166
that that happens. Yeah. But

2782
01:33:31,533 --> 01:33:34,833
it's always on. It's always on. Right.

2783
01:33:35,566 --> 01:33:38,666
Yeah. To be, I always have

2784
01:33:38,666 --> 01:33:40,833
the compass equipped in the

2785
01:33:40,833 --> 01:33:43,366
whole amount of night at least, but yeah.

2786
01:33:43,366 --> 01:33:44,566
So like basically it

2787
01:33:44,566 --> 01:33:46,066
prevents me from using another item

2788
01:33:46,566 --> 01:33:49,533
sometimes. Yeah. And there's another item

2789
01:33:49,533 --> 01:33:51,866
here. Always have magna

2790
01:33:51,866 --> 01:33:53,466
effect, which pulls rosaries

2791
01:33:53,466 --> 01:33:55,666
and shards towards you always, which is

2792
01:33:55,666 --> 01:33:56,699
something you're supposed

2793
01:33:56,699 --> 01:33:58,233
to equip an item for. Yeah.

2794
01:33:58,266 --> 01:34:01,333
Yeah. There's another easy mode mod where

2795
01:34:01,333 --> 01:34:03,266
you just respawn at the start of your,

2796
01:34:03,533 --> 01:34:05,633
at the level you died in instead of at a

2797
01:34:05,633 --> 01:34:11,366
bench, which I can imagine trivializing

2798
01:34:11,366 --> 01:34:12,699
the game quite a bit.

2799
01:34:14,699 --> 01:34:20,166
Yeah. You know, like at a certain point

2800
01:34:20,166 --> 01:34:21,333
you bought the game,

2801
01:34:21,633 --> 01:34:22,300
play it how you want.

2802
01:34:23,033 --> 01:34:25,733
Yeah. I guess that's fair. That's my

2803
01:34:25,733 --> 01:34:29,233
sentiment on it. For example, I love

2804
01:34:29,233 --> 01:34:30,866
Spelunky. I will never

2805
01:34:30,866 --> 01:34:32,466
stop talking about how much I love

2806
01:34:32,466 --> 01:34:35,133
Spelunky, but I also love modding

2807
01:34:35,133 --> 01:34:38,500
Spelunky. Like I even will have

2808
01:34:38,500 --> 01:34:41,033
like, I'll play with a trainer so I can

2809
01:34:41,033 --> 01:34:42,000
like get the items I

2810
01:34:42,000 --> 01:34:44,000
want. Like I, you know, it's,

2811
01:34:44,066 --> 01:34:49,266
it's less fun to play the game when it's

2812
01:34:49,266 --> 01:34:50,866
not like, I can imagine

2813
01:34:50,866 --> 01:34:52,233
more fun ways of playing it.

2814
01:34:52,266 --> 01:34:53,766
So that's how I'm going to do it. Right.

2815
01:34:53,766 --> 01:34:54,633
That's how it comes, what

2816
01:34:54,633 --> 01:34:55,666
it comes right down to to me.

2817
01:34:57,333 --> 01:34:59,933
I think, I think a lot, I think what I'd

2818
01:34:59,933 --> 01:35:00,666
like to see though,

2819
01:35:00,666 --> 01:35:01,666
from like the Hollow Knight

2820
01:35:01,666 --> 01:35:03,166
Soaks on modding community, cause they

2821
01:35:03,166 --> 01:35:05,133
have like, they have the modding

2822
01:35:05,133 --> 01:35:06,000
framework that every,

2823
01:35:07,266 --> 01:35:09,033
every game that you see and he uses now,

2824
01:35:09,033 --> 01:35:09,733
they have a Beppany

2825
01:35:09,733 --> 01:35:11,166
X, which I think every,

2826
01:35:11,533 --> 01:35:14,433
just about everything uses now. I would

2827
01:35:14,433 --> 01:35:15,333
like to see more

2828
01:35:15,333 --> 01:35:17,266
interesting mods outside of just

2829
01:35:17,466 --> 01:35:20,533
making the game easier or harder. Like

2830
01:35:20,533 --> 01:35:23,966
imagine new areas or some

2831
01:35:23,966 --> 01:35:25,666
type of that or new enemies.

2832
01:35:26,399 --> 01:35:27,666
I'd like to see stuff like that. That

2833
01:35:27,666 --> 01:35:28,399
type of stuff will take a

2834
01:35:28,399 --> 01:35:30,033
lot longer. Like these are very

2835
01:35:30,066 --> 01:35:32,066
easy mods to put in. That's why you're

2836
01:35:32,066 --> 01:35:34,433
seeing them upfront. But I agree with

2837
01:35:34,433 --> 01:35:35,633
you. I'd like to like

2838
01:35:35,933 --> 01:35:38,766
add additional mods like that are very

2839
01:35:38,766 --> 01:35:40,966
transformative,

2840
01:35:41,433 --> 01:35:43,033
transformative, I guess, of the, of the

2841
01:35:43,033 --> 01:35:46,899
game experience. Yeah. The experience.

2842
01:35:46,899 --> 01:35:49,366
That's yeah. You'll see

2843
01:35:49,366 --> 01:35:51,133
like easy stuff get added in

2844
01:35:51,133 --> 01:35:52,433
the beginning. Like, Oh my gosh, skip

2845
01:35:52,433 --> 01:35:56,666
intro. The guy drew on like, wow, right

2846
01:35:56,666 --> 01:35:57,966
there. Skip intro that

2847
01:35:58,066 --> 01:36:01,733
thumbnail. Well, I mean that, that's kind

2848
01:36:01,733 --> 01:36:05,266
of, that's kind of ridiculous. That is

2849
01:36:05,266 --> 01:36:06,000
kind of funny though.

2850
01:36:06,500 --> 01:36:10,800
Let's see. You can force PS5 icons.

2851
01:36:13,133 --> 01:36:14,699
There's not that many

2852
01:36:14,699 --> 01:36:15,866
interesting mods. I mean,

2853
01:36:15,866 --> 01:36:17,500
to be fair, yeah. The game only came out

2854
01:36:17,500 --> 01:36:19,666
like two weeks ago at this point.

2855
01:36:22,166 --> 01:36:24,333
No, it came out last week. So yeah, like

2856
01:36:24,333 --> 01:36:25,533
only a week, like a little

2857
01:36:25,533 --> 01:36:26,500
over a week at this point.

2858
01:36:29,199 --> 01:36:31,133
I mean, yeah, I'm hoping we get more

2859
01:36:31,133 --> 01:36:32,366
interesting mods at some point.

2860
01:36:32,966 --> 01:36:35,133
Even like, even like mods that like lets

2861
01:36:35,133 --> 01:36:36,233
you reskin the character.

2862
01:36:36,233 --> 01:36:37,433
That'd be kind of funny to see.

2863
01:36:38,433 --> 01:36:41,666
Yeah. I am of the opinion that you should

2864
01:36:41,666 --> 01:36:43,466
at the very least play

2865
01:36:43,466 --> 01:36:44,966
the game as much as you can.

2866
01:36:47,600 --> 01:36:49,633
Non-modded because you know, that's the

2867
01:36:49,633 --> 01:36:50,633
intended experience, right?

2868
01:36:53,366 --> 01:36:56,866
Like, oh, there's also a, oh yeah. For

2869
01:36:56,866 --> 01:36:57,866
those who don't know, there's also an

2870
01:36:57,866 --> 01:36:58,633
additional hard mode

2871
01:36:58,633 --> 01:37:02,533
you can unlock called Steel Soul, which

2872
01:37:02,533 --> 01:37:04,466
essentially makes it so that if you die,

2873
01:37:04,966 --> 01:37:06,766
your save data gets deleted. You know,

2874
01:37:06,766 --> 01:37:08,533
it's like a, it's like a hardcore mode,

2875
01:37:08,533 --> 01:37:09,500
like an Iron Man mode.

2876
01:37:09,766 --> 01:37:09,966
Damn.

2877
01:37:12,333 --> 01:37:13,566
I'm not going to do that because that

2878
01:37:13,566 --> 01:37:15,466
sounds a little too cray cray for me.

2879
01:37:16,066 --> 01:37:17,566
I stopped the time to do that type of

2880
01:37:17,566 --> 01:37:18,600
stuff. I mean, I respect,

2881
01:37:18,600 --> 01:37:20,366
like, I can see people that this

2882
01:37:20,366 --> 01:37:21,566
is their game and this is the only game

2883
01:37:21,566 --> 01:37:22,533
they're going to play for a

2884
01:37:22,533 --> 01:37:23,899
while. Like, okay, go for it.

2885
01:37:23,933 --> 01:37:27,533
Like I'm not against that type of thing,

2886
01:37:27,533 --> 01:37:28,500
but if you're going to do

2887
01:37:28,500 --> 01:37:29,399
that, might as well add an

2888
01:37:29,399 --> 01:37:34,233
easy one. Get good. Well yeah, they did

2889
01:37:34,233 --> 01:37:35,566
add an easy one. It's called normal mode.

2890
01:37:38,633 --> 01:37:40,933
I'm just kidding. I know, but there's,

2891
01:37:40,933 --> 01:37:42,500
there's people that like

2892
01:37:43,666 --> 01:37:45,233
their reaction times because of like a

2893
01:37:45,233 --> 01:37:46,033
physical issue or

2894
01:37:46,033 --> 01:37:46,933
something like that aren't as high,

2895
01:37:46,966 --> 01:37:49,666
but they still want to enjoy the game. So

2896
01:37:49,666 --> 01:37:52,433
trying to be inclusive on this.

2897
01:37:53,633 --> 01:37:55,133
There are some quality of life things I

2898
01:37:55,133 --> 01:37:56,899
would like to do. Like I would like to

2899
01:37:56,899 --> 01:37:58,033
not be restricted to

2900
01:37:58,033 --> 01:37:59,566
a bench when I want to like change that

2901
01:37:59,566 --> 01:38:03,199
equipment and stuff. Yeah, honestly,

2902
01:38:03,399 --> 01:38:04,066
there's stuff like that

2903
01:38:04,066 --> 01:38:06,766
where it doesn't even feel like it adds

2904
01:38:06,766 --> 01:38:07,899
difficulty per se, because

2905
01:38:07,899 --> 01:38:08,733
I can always get to, it just

2906
01:38:08,966 --> 01:38:11,500
makes things more time consuming and it

2907
01:38:11,500 --> 01:38:12,533
is frustrating. Yeah.

2908
01:38:12,533 --> 01:38:13,833
Cause like, yeah. Cause like

2909
01:38:13,833 --> 01:38:16,633
the pause is like real time, I think like

2910
01:38:16,633 --> 01:38:18,233
you can't actually, yeah.

2911
01:38:18,566 --> 01:38:19,466
Like when you're like in that

2912
01:38:19,600 --> 01:38:21,800
menu, like I wouldn't know because you're

2913
01:38:21,800 --> 01:38:22,766
sitting on a bench when you're changing

2914
01:38:22,766 --> 01:38:23,466
equipment and stuff,

2915
01:38:24,266 --> 01:38:25,533
but like, it's real time. They could make

2916
01:38:25,533 --> 01:38:26,699
it like, they could make it

2917
01:38:26,699 --> 01:38:29,333
like dark souls where you can

2918
01:38:29,333 --> 01:38:31,066
change the equipment like in real time.

2919
01:38:31,300 --> 01:38:32,300
But like, if you're like next

2920
01:38:32,300 --> 01:38:33,033
to an enemy while you're trying

2921
01:38:33,033 --> 01:38:34,266
to change equipment, they'll just like

2922
01:38:34,266 --> 01:38:35,633
kill you. Yeah. And that's

2923
01:38:35,633 --> 01:38:37,899
what would happen. Yeah. Yeah.

2924
01:38:38,866 --> 01:38:42,333
So yeah. So I think they could do that

2925
01:38:42,333 --> 01:38:49,266
for sure. Yeah. So song. I

2926
01:38:49,266 --> 01:38:51,066
do like, I do like when games

2927
01:38:51,133 --> 01:38:54,833
challenge players in different ways. I

2928
01:38:54,833 --> 01:38:55,933
know some players may not

2929
01:38:55,933 --> 01:38:57,133
be capable of it, but I think

2930
01:38:57,433 --> 01:39:00,233
at the very least they should try. I'm

2931
01:39:00,233 --> 01:39:01,500
not, I'm not against that. I'm just,

2932
01:39:01,666 --> 01:39:04,833
I don't like the, I think the get good

2933
01:39:04,833 --> 01:39:06,833
is, is funny, but it's

2934
01:39:06,833 --> 01:39:10,100
like also at the same time,

2935
01:39:11,000 --> 01:39:13,233
let people play it how they want. And I

2936
01:39:13,233 --> 01:39:14,133
get it. It's a developer

2937
01:39:14,133 --> 01:39:15,433
decision too. But if people

2938
01:39:15,433 --> 01:39:19,166
want to mod it, just let them mod it. So

2939
01:39:19,166 --> 01:39:21,066
that might take on it. Yeah.

2940
01:39:21,933 --> 01:39:22,866
But this is one of those games

2941
01:39:23,600 --> 01:39:29,199
that is, that it wasn't even an early

2942
01:39:29,199 --> 01:39:30,800
access, which is interesting, but

2943
01:39:31,800 --> 01:39:34,333
steam is, is chomping down on early

2944
01:39:34,333 --> 01:39:37,933
access now, right? Not, not just early

2945
01:39:37,933 --> 01:39:39,666
access for early access

2946
01:39:39,666 --> 01:39:43,866
for adult games. Yeah. Yeah. So you can

2947
01:39:43,866 --> 01:39:44,733
see, you can see what kind

2948
01:39:44,733 --> 01:39:46,699
of game this is. So I do find

2949
01:39:46,966 --> 01:39:51,066
it super interesting that valve is going

2950
01:39:51,066 --> 01:39:53,433
at. So I think payment

2951
01:39:53,433 --> 01:39:55,899
process, I'm not sure what the

2952
01:39:55,899 --> 01:39:58,566
difference is between like a game that's

2953
01:39:58,566 --> 01:39:59,833
in early access versus a

2954
01:39:59,833 --> 01:40:01,033
game that's fully released in

2955
01:40:01,033 --> 01:40:03,766
terms of like this situation. But you

2956
01:40:03,766 --> 01:40:05,199
know, this article, this

2957
01:40:05,199 --> 01:40:06,533
article presents a interesting

2958
01:40:06,533 --> 01:40:09,433
theory that payment processes are worried

2959
01:40:09,433 --> 01:40:10,633
that like a game, that's

2960
01:40:10,633 --> 01:40:11,800
an early acts like an adult

2961
01:40:11,800 --> 01:40:13,199
game, that's an early access could add

2962
01:40:13,199 --> 01:40:14,533
stuff. That's more taboo, like last minute,

2963
01:40:14,633 --> 01:40:19,066
they could add like content that they

2964
01:40:19,066 --> 01:40:20,899
don't like, as opposed to

2965
01:40:20,899 --> 01:40:22,166
the content that they approved,

2966
01:40:22,433 --> 01:40:25,666
so to speak. And apparently this was an

2967
01:40:25,666 --> 01:40:27,166
apparently this change was

2968
01:40:27,166 --> 01:40:28,966
not like they didn't make this,

2969
01:40:28,966 --> 01:40:31,066
they didn't make this change known,

2970
01:40:31,533 --> 01:40:34,266
apparently. Valve didn't at

2971
01:40:34,266 --> 01:40:36,366
least. Yeah, I get it. So I

2972
01:40:36,399 --> 01:40:42,233
wonder if this is also about I believe

2973
01:40:42,233 --> 01:40:48,300
adult only games are less

2974
01:40:48,300 --> 01:40:51,600
likely to get finished and

2975
01:40:51,600 --> 01:40:54,600
can be a little bit more crowding in the

2976
01:40:54,600 --> 01:40:56,100
whole sphere of like early

2977
01:40:56,100 --> 01:40:57,666
access. So people release it

2978
01:40:57,666 --> 01:40:59,833
then they don't release updates and stuff

2979
01:40:59,833 --> 01:41:00,566
like that. And so maybe

2980
01:41:00,566 --> 01:41:01,899
it's abused a little doesn't

2981
01:41:01,899 --> 01:41:03,466
mean that it's right that they abuse it

2982
01:41:03,466 --> 01:41:04,466
or that they remove it for everyone. But could be that

2983
01:41:04,566 --> 01:41:10,433
too. I don't like the idea that payment

2984
01:41:10,433 --> 01:41:12,033
processors like oh, in the

2985
01:41:12,033 --> 01:41:12,733
future you could add something

2986
01:41:12,733 --> 01:41:15,133
we don't like. I don't like that at all.

2987
01:41:15,466 --> 01:41:17,000
I don't like that. That could be the

2988
01:41:17,000 --> 01:41:17,666
reason if that's the

2989
01:41:17,666 --> 01:41:22,500
reason. Screw that. I don't know if

2990
01:41:22,500 --> 01:41:23,600
there's a real meaningful

2991
01:41:23,600 --> 01:41:25,433
difference in statistics between

2992
01:41:25,433 --> 01:41:28,300
abandoned early access games that are

2993
01:41:28,300 --> 01:41:30,033
just normal games and like abandoned

2994
01:41:30,033 --> 01:41:30,966
early access games that

2995
01:41:30,966 --> 01:41:32,466
are like adult games, because we see plenty of that already in like a normal game. And

2996
01:41:32,500 --> 01:41:34,233
we see plenty of that already in like a

2997
01:41:34,233 --> 01:41:35,433
normal in like normal

2998
01:41:35,433 --> 01:41:37,566
games. Plenty of games are like

2999
01:41:38,266 --> 01:41:39,666
plenty of games stay early access

3000
01:41:39,666 --> 01:41:43,866
forever, to be honest. I've looked at

3001
01:41:43,866 --> 01:41:46,266
both and the comments on

3002
01:41:46,266 --> 01:41:47,666
a lot of different games. I like

3003
01:41:47,666 --> 01:41:48,733
scrolling comments for

3004
01:41:48,733 --> 01:41:50,133
like a ton of different games.

3005
01:41:50,833 --> 01:41:53,933
And I will have to say like it is seems

3006
01:41:53,933 --> 01:41:57,033
pretty prevalent in this

3007
01:41:57,033 --> 01:41:58,699
side of the adult side of

3008
01:41:58,733 --> 01:42:01,800
things. So I wouldn't be shocked if

3009
01:42:01,800 --> 01:42:03,866
that's partially it. But

3010
01:42:03,866 --> 01:42:05,066
at the end of the day, like,

3011
01:42:05,833 --> 01:42:08,566
I don't know, like, maybe Steam needs to

3012
01:42:08,566 --> 01:42:09,633
be a little less lenient.

3013
01:42:09,933 --> 01:42:10,833
Maybe that's the problem is

3014
01:42:10,833 --> 01:42:13,133
that early access, they're just well,

3015
01:42:13,133 --> 01:42:14,066
it's early access. So we'll

3016
01:42:14,066 --> 01:42:15,399
be a little less lenient when

3017
01:42:15,399 --> 01:42:18,166
they make updates to it. But I don't know

3018
01:42:18,166 --> 01:42:19,033
if that's even the case

3019
01:42:19,033 --> 01:42:21,233
though, like people cyberpunk

3020
01:42:21,233 --> 01:42:24,333
will make major updates to cyberpunk. Do

3021
01:42:24,333 --> 01:42:25,933
they scrutinize every

3022
01:42:25,933 --> 01:42:27,766
update, whether it be early access

3023
01:42:27,866 --> 01:42:30,533
or not? Or is this truly a payment

3024
01:42:30,533 --> 01:42:42,166
processor issue? It's I mean, Valve

3025
01:42:42,166 --> 01:42:44,033
didn't care before. So I

3026
01:42:44,033 --> 01:42:45,333
mean, I think this would have I think

3027
01:42:45,333 --> 01:42:47,000
this has to be related

3028
01:42:47,000 --> 01:42:48,100
to the payment processor.

3029
01:42:48,100 --> 01:42:50,100
They tighten stuff up on early access and

3030
01:42:50,100 --> 01:42:52,433
a lot of this not like

3031
01:42:52,433 --> 01:42:55,033
valve doesn't tighten things up,

3032
01:42:55,066 --> 01:42:57,733
depending on like, it doesn't necessarily

3033
01:42:57,733 --> 01:42:58,366
mean it's a payment

3034
01:42:58,366 --> 01:43:00,033
processing thing, like they will

3035
01:43:00,466 --> 01:43:04,000
change the way even early access is done

3036
01:43:04,000 --> 01:43:05,199
on some of these other

3037
01:43:05,199 --> 01:43:09,433
things that they have on Steam.

3038
01:43:10,233 --> 01:43:13,800
Just because I think if valve really

3039
01:43:13,800 --> 01:43:17,166
cared that much about changing early

3040
01:43:17,166 --> 01:43:18,133
access, they think they

3041
01:43:18,133 --> 01:43:19,466
would have done it for all games, not

3042
01:43:19,466 --> 01:43:21,633
just adult games. Well, then to be

3043
01:43:21,633 --> 01:43:23,033
honest, valve changed this.

3044
01:43:23,666 --> 01:43:26,033
If this was valve changing it, they're an

3045
01:43:26,033 --> 01:43:27,833
extremely data driven

3046
01:43:27,833 --> 01:43:29,399
company. And they wouldn't

3047
01:43:29,399 --> 01:43:31,333
make an arbitrary change like this if

3048
01:43:31,333 --> 01:43:34,033
they didn't have data to back up why they

3049
01:43:34,033 --> 01:43:34,966
were doing it. Right?

3050
01:43:35,166 --> 01:43:38,300
Like if if adult only games were like,

3051
01:43:38,300 --> 01:43:41,266
you know, 800% more likely

3052
01:43:41,266 --> 01:43:43,433
than a non adult only game

3053
01:43:44,000 --> 01:43:46,133
in early access to never leave early

3054
01:43:46,133 --> 01:43:47,966
access, then they might be

3055
01:43:47,966 --> 01:43:49,233
doing it for that reason.

3056
01:43:49,600 --> 01:43:52,466
Who knows? But but I think but I think

3057
01:43:52,466 --> 01:43:53,233
valve would have

3058
01:43:53,233 --> 01:43:55,333
announced that change and not just

3059
01:43:55,333 --> 01:43:56,833
have it a surprise because apparently

3060
01:43:56,833 --> 01:43:58,566
this was us. This was a

3061
01:43:58,566 --> 01:44:00,266
total surprise. They didn't they

3062
01:44:00,266 --> 01:44:02,433
didn't announce this change at all. Okay.

3063
01:44:03,566 --> 01:44:05,266
So I'm inclined to believe

3064
01:44:05,266 --> 01:44:07,266
and also the timing is very

3065
01:44:07,266 --> 01:44:09,133
suspect because you know valve is still

3066
01:44:09,133 --> 01:44:10,533
dealing with all of this payment

3067
01:44:10,533 --> 01:44:12,966
processor crap. So I

3068
01:44:12,966 --> 01:44:15,633
can't so I can't think that it's totally

3069
01:44:15,633 --> 01:44:17,233
unrelated to it. Even if

3070
01:44:17,233 --> 01:44:18,866
valve may have data suggest that

3071
01:44:18,866 --> 01:44:20,699
maybe adult games get a bad more often.

3072
01:44:21,266 --> 01:44:22,566
Hopefully it's not a trend of them just

3073
01:44:22,566 --> 01:44:23,866
not updating us more.

3074
01:44:24,766 --> 01:44:27,033
sad also suck. Because I know the way I

3075
01:44:27,033 --> 01:44:27,466
see more and more

3076
01:44:27,466 --> 01:44:28,966
companies are not updating us on

3077
01:44:29,199 --> 01:44:31,233
this type of thing. I feel like it's more

3078
01:44:31,233 --> 01:44:33,166
shadow updates and yet to

3079
01:44:33,166 --> 01:44:34,666
find out like YouTube. Great

3080
01:44:34,666 --> 01:44:37,533
example. People are losing revenue and

3081
01:44:37,533 --> 01:44:38,699
views and stuff and it was

3082
01:44:38,699 --> 01:44:41,433
not an update to creators.

3083
01:44:42,333 --> 01:44:44,066
People had to investigate it and it is

3084
01:44:44,066 --> 01:44:47,133
prevalent. Right now I am

3085
01:44:47,133 --> 01:44:48,500
seeing all sorts of creators

3086
01:44:48,733 --> 01:44:51,966
like gardeners a level where it just is

3087
01:44:51,966 --> 01:44:54,466
just screwing them over. So

3088
01:44:54,466 --> 01:44:56,266
I'm hoping it's not a trend.

3089
01:44:58,333 --> 01:45:01,166
Don't get me started on that. It's so

3090
01:45:01,166 --> 01:45:04,766
bad. So I so I am of the

3091
01:45:04,766 --> 01:45:07,100
belief that it is very much

3092
01:45:07,100 --> 01:45:09,133
related to the payment processor issue

3093
01:45:09,133 --> 01:45:11,433
that's been going that's still going on.

3094
01:45:11,666 --> 01:45:17,066
I mean I'm not sure what more to make of

3095
01:45:17,066 --> 01:45:18,466
it besides that. You're

3096
01:45:18,466 --> 01:45:19,266
probably right. I'm just

3097
01:45:19,266 --> 01:45:22,066
trying I'm trying to inflate the topic

3098
01:45:22,066 --> 01:45:23,033
more because it's fun

3099
01:45:23,033 --> 01:45:24,600
but you're probably right.

3100
01:45:25,433 --> 01:45:27,433
Yeah I get it though. I don't it's not

3101
01:45:27,433 --> 01:45:28,733
bad look it's not a bad

3102
01:45:28,733 --> 01:45:30,733
looking game. Yeah I think what

3103
01:45:30,866 --> 01:45:33,466
I think what ballersgate 3 proved was

3104
01:45:33,466 --> 01:45:35,133
that the problem with adult

3105
01:45:35,133 --> 01:45:37,066
games is not the adult contents

3106
01:45:37,633 --> 01:45:39,233
but rather the shitty gameplay that most

3107
01:45:39,233 --> 01:45:44,100
of them have. Yeah yeah 100

3108
01:45:44,100 --> 01:45:45,566
percent at the end. Because

3109
01:45:45,566 --> 01:45:47,300
ballersgate 3 won game of the year and

3110
01:45:47,300 --> 01:45:48,433
you can like you can

3111
01:45:48,433 --> 01:45:49,500
fuck up air in that one.

3112
01:45:50,666 --> 01:45:53,100
Damn that is true. We

3113
01:45:53,100 --> 01:45:54,666
think of super troopers. Hey.

3114
01:45:55,033 --> 01:45:59,266
There you go.

3115
01:45:59,300 --> 01:46:04,800
Uh I yeah hopefully we hear something

3116
01:46:04,800 --> 01:46:06,199
about this is then it's not

3117
01:46:06,199 --> 01:46:09,000
silent and I really hope that

3118
01:46:09,000 --> 01:46:12,333
this isn't like reason for payment

3119
01:46:12,333 --> 01:46:13,500
processes to keep on

3120
01:46:13,500 --> 01:46:18,733
essentially policing where it should be

3121
01:46:18,733 --> 01:46:21,000
done by on more of the government level

3122
01:46:21,000 --> 01:46:21,866
not payment processor

3123
01:46:21,866 --> 01:46:23,433
level for this type of stuff.

3124
01:46:23,433 --> 01:46:31,133
That's the final my final say on this. Um

3125
01:46:31,133 --> 01:46:33,966
yeah yeah this this

3126
01:46:33,966 --> 01:46:35,333
whole situation has been

3127
01:46:35,600 --> 01:46:39,233
going out of control it's crazy. I don't

3128
01:46:39,233 --> 01:46:42,733
know how I don't know if

3129
01:46:42,733 --> 01:46:44,966
like people are saying oh

3130
01:46:45,533 --> 01:46:47,766
visa will never have my business again

3131
01:46:47,766 --> 01:46:49,366
dude come on dude be

3132
01:46:49,366 --> 01:46:53,033
realistic. Boycotts almost never work.

3133
01:46:53,833 --> 01:46:55,666
Really how you have to do it is you have

3134
01:46:55,666 --> 01:46:58,133
to fight for your

3135
01:46:58,133 --> 01:47:00,233
lawmakers to make changes usually

3136
01:47:01,199 --> 01:47:04,000
unless you have a really big cause.

3137
01:47:05,133 --> 01:47:06,966
Changes don't usually like this like

3138
01:47:06,966 --> 01:47:08,766
people aren't going to be

3139
01:47:08,766 --> 01:47:11,933
able to fight it on the visa mastercard

3140
01:47:11,933 --> 01:47:12,899
level. What we need is we

3141
01:47:12,899 --> 01:47:14,300
need regulation on them. Honestly

3142
01:47:14,866 --> 01:47:17,066
uh we should not be have like visa

3143
01:47:17,066 --> 01:47:17,466
mastercard

3144
01:47:17,466 --> 01:47:18,699
essentially have a monopoly so.

3145
01:47:19,266 --> 01:47:22,633
Mm hmm. Yeah and speaking of fighting for

3146
01:47:22,633 --> 01:47:23,966
change. Let's go back to

3147
01:47:23,966 --> 01:47:25,699
cash. Oh sorry go ahead.

3148
01:47:25,899 --> 01:47:28,633
I do not want to carry cash. I lose cash.

3149
01:47:30,300 --> 01:47:32,066
Uh well well Gardner have you ever been

3150
01:47:32,066 --> 01:47:33,566
Japan would be the place for you.

3151
01:47:33,866 --> 01:47:35,500
Japan's still a cash-based society for

3152
01:47:35,500 --> 01:47:37,366
this part. That's awesome. I love that.

3153
01:47:39,133 --> 01:47:42,966
Yeah so here we go Lenovo Legion Go. So

3154
01:47:42,966 --> 01:47:44,533
uh yeah a creative

3155
01:47:44,533 --> 01:47:45,566
modder has transferred the

3156
01:47:46,566 --> 01:47:50,933
Legion Go. I don't know if this is the I

3157
01:47:50,933 --> 01:47:51,566
don't think this is the

3158
01:47:51,566 --> 01:47:52,533
second one. I think this is

3159
01:47:52,533 --> 01:47:54,500
the first one but I wanted to throw this

3160
01:47:54,500 --> 01:47:55,033
in because I wanted

3161
01:47:55,033 --> 01:47:56,033
something fun at the end

3162
01:47:56,399 --> 01:47:59,699
because we cover a lot of uh heavy topics

3163
01:47:59,699 --> 01:48:00,966
and it's it's a mod. I love

3164
01:48:00,966 --> 01:48:02,600
mods. It's a little chunky

3165
01:48:02,600 --> 01:48:05,600
but they essentially uh can slot their

3166
01:48:05,600 --> 01:48:08,100
Legion Go into this uh I believe 3D

3167
01:48:08,100 --> 01:48:09,566
printed case and they

3168
01:48:09,633 --> 01:48:13,366
have some batteries in there and it's it

3169
01:48:13,366 --> 01:48:14,933
is uh uh what is it

3170
01:48:14,933 --> 01:48:17,766
190 watt battery pack.

3171
01:48:18,333 --> 01:48:21,133
Um so this thing's gonna last for like as

3172
01:48:21,133 --> 01:48:24,133
long as your phone's gonna last for um

3173
01:48:26,466 --> 01:48:29,666
it's uh it's pretty cool. I think it is

3174
01:48:29,666 --> 01:48:31,666
at least. Dude this looks

3175
01:48:31,666 --> 01:48:32,766
like you could 3D print the

3176
01:48:32,766 --> 01:48:34,166
inclusion. In fact I think it might even

3177
01:48:34,166 --> 01:48:35,466
be 3D printed. That's what

3178
01:48:35,466 --> 01:48:36,633
I was saying. It's it's um

3179
01:48:36,633 --> 01:48:38,566
pretty sure 3D yeah it's 3D printed dock.

3180
01:48:39,133 --> 01:48:41,666
It is um designed to hold

3181
01:48:41,666 --> 01:48:43,433
a keyboard and also to have

3182
01:48:43,433 --> 01:48:45,033
a battery pack that you can put in. You

3183
01:48:45,033 --> 01:48:46,166
can buy batteries like this

3184
01:48:46,166 --> 01:48:48,866
and put them in. So uh I make

3185
01:48:48,866 --> 01:48:51,600
it rechargeable. Wait did he just did he

3186
01:48:51,600 --> 01:48:53,233
just weld all these uh

3187
01:48:53,233 --> 01:48:54,666
all these batteries together

3188
01:48:54,733 --> 01:48:56,633
himself and like put a bms down here?

3189
01:48:56,899 --> 01:48:59,366
That's crazy. They do

3190
01:48:59,366 --> 01:49:01,033
themself. Weld them? I don't know

3191
01:49:01,033 --> 01:49:02,466
if you need to even weld them together.

3192
01:49:02,899 --> 01:49:04,333
You can buy batteries that

3193
01:49:04,333 --> 01:49:05,500
are similar to this and you

3194
01:49:05,533 --> 01:49:08,633
can just put it together. Um the other

3195
01:49:08,633 --> 01:49:11,766
part yeah so yeah I'm

3196
01:49:11,766 --> 01:49:13,633
curious if you can get I

3197
01:49:14,466 --> 01:49:16,266
I want to attempt a mod like this. I just

3198
01:49:16,266 --> 01:49:17,666
don't want to burn my house down.

3199
01:49:20,633 --> 01:49:21,433
Just do it outside.

3200
01:49:24,000 --> 01:49:28,199
Do it out okay still cause of brush fire

3201
01:49:28,199 --> 01:49:29,899
burn my house down. Um

3202
01:49:29,933 --> 01:49:34,266
um I don't know. Or get the cops on me

3203
01:49:34,266 --> 01:49:37,933
for bombs or something. It's so

3204
01:49:38,800 --> 01:49:41,266
sorry katitty. It's certainly not

3205
01:49:41,266 --> 01:49:42,266
airplane legal that's for

3206
01:49:42,266 --> 01:49:45,600
sure. No this is definitely

3207
01:49:45,600 --> 01:49:51,466
yet to drive to play this. Well that

3208
01:49:51,466 --> 01:49:53,266
sucks if you're the only one going to

3209
01:49:53,266 --> 01:49:54,066
somewhere with this.

3210
01:49:54,733 --> 01:49:57,733
It's I'm sure it's more of a passion

3211
01:49:57,733 --> 01:50:00,033
project kind of thing. Oh

3212
01:50:00,033 --> 01:50:02,300
absolutely. More than half

3213
01:50:02,333 --> 01:50:04,333
mods are meant more for just the fun in

3214
01:50:04,333 --> 01:50:07,066
making it. Uh it's not the most I

3215
01:50:07,066 --> 01:50:07,533
wouldn't say it's the

3216
01:50:07,533 --> 01:50:09,600
most practical at this point with the

3217
01:50:09,600 --> 01:50:10,966
money and everything spent might as well

3218
01:50:10,966 --> 01:50:12,166
go with a laptop but

3219
01:50:14,266 --> 01:50:17,300
it's still cool. I like it. I mean yeah I

3220
01:50:17,300 --> 01:50:17,966
think one thing I would

3221
01:50:17,966 --> 01:50:20,633
probably change is the keyboard.

3222
01:50:20,666 --> 01:50:24,633
I'm not really big on this keyboard to be

3223
01:50:24,633 --> 01:50:27,066
honest. It's really raised

3224
01:50:27,066 --> 01:50:30,100
really high. I would not uh

3225
01:50:30,733 --> 01:50:32,266
if I was to change it all I'd be doing

3226
01:50:32,266 --> 01:50:34,066
the battery pack in the back and have it

3227
01:50:34,066 --> 01:50:35,766
work with the kicks down that it comes

3228
01:50:35,766 --> 01:50:37,199
with and just carry my

3229
01:50:37,199 --> 01:50:38,033
own keyboard and mouse.

3230
01:50:39,000 --> 01:50:41,500
I like that I like the concept but I my

3231
01:50:41,500 --> 01:50:42,866
hand would cramp really fast

3232
01:50:42,866 --> 01:50:44,166
with that high of a keyboard.

3233
01:50:44,666 --> 01:50:46,233
Yeah you'd be doing like one of these.

3234
01:50:46,833 --> 01:50:47,733
Yeah I don't like that.

3235
01:50:48,633 --> 01:50:54,399
But dude also I am curious how this how

3236
01:50:54,399 --> 01:50:55,833
this thing closes and like

3237
01:50:56,433 --> 01:50:57,766
is it just gonna press all the keys at

3238
01:50:57,766 --> 01:50:58,466
once because like most

3239
01:50:58,466 --> 01:51:01,199
laptops have a way to prevent that.

3240
01:51:01,199 --> 01:51:04,933
Yeah look at it it has little um

3241
01:51:04,933 --> 01:51:05,966
stoppers. Oh I see the

3242
01:51:05,966 --> 01:51:08,500
pegs yeah. All right well

3243
01:51:09,933 --> 01:51:11,733
my other change would be to make it a

3244
01:51:11,733 --> 01:51:13,766
mechanical keyboard too but that's

3245
01:51:13,766 --> 01:51:15,166
probably not gonna fit well.

3246
01:51:15,533 --> 01:51:20,533
You could have short key um or short

3247
01:51:20,533 --> 01:51:22,533
switch mechanical keyboard there's

3248
01:51:22,533 --> 01:51:23,666
there's some out there

3249
01:51:24,399 --> 01:51:29,266
um do it but yeah yeah you throw in like

3250
01:51:29,266 --> 01:51:31,433
I guess rip out a uh razor laptop

3251
01:51:31,433 --> 01:51:32,466
keyboard and throw it in

3252
01:51:32,466 --> 01:51:34,166
there they have short switch

3253
01:51:34,166 --> 01:51:37,166
keys. Dude but razor laptops

3254
01:51:37,766 --> 01:51:42,433
oh all you can just do or or better yet

3255
01:51:42,433 --> 01:51:43,666
better yet you can just do like a frame you can just

3256
01:51:43,866 --> 01:51:45,433
you can just do like a frame you can just

3257
01:51:45,433 --> 01:51:46,366
do this with like a framework

3258
01:51:48,633 --> 01:51:49,933
you could look at framework motherboard

3259
01:51:49,933 --> 01:51:51,166
and just three printer.

3260
01:51:51,166 --> 01:51:52,066
That's what framework needs to

3261
01:51:52,066 --> 01:51:55,833
start doing is docs like portable docs

3262
01:51:55,833 --> 01:51:59,266
that'd be cool for my like

3263
01:51:59,266 --> 01:52:01,066
gaming devices like this. Dude

3264
01:52:01,333 --> 01:52:03,766
framework if they made a doc that would

3265
01:52:03,766 --> 01:52:07,500
be amazing. That would be that would be

3266
01:52:07,500 --> 01:52:08,466
pretty sick. And make

3267
01:52:08,466 --> 01:52:10,633
it so that I can like different types of

3268
01:52:10,633 --> 01:52:11,933
docs that I can do like an

3269
01:52:11,933 --> 01:52:13,433
eGPU. Honestly that's what

3270
01:52:13,433 --> 01:52:15,066
I really want from game companies right

3271
01:52:15,066 --> 01:52:16,733
now is I want a really

3272
01:52:16,733 --> 01:52:19,733
flushed out doc for these USB 4

3273
01:52:21,033 --> 01:52:23,666
devices that I can slap my video card

3274
01:52:23,666 --> 01:52:29,100
into. Have it work without and work with

3275
01:52:29,100 --> 01:52:30,266
so that I can upgrade

3276
01:52:30,566 --> 01:52:34,366
eventually into it. I'd love that. You

3277
01:52:34,366 --> 01:52:36,166
know what I would love? A

3278
01:52:36,166 --> 01:52:38,366
Steam Deck 2. That'd be sick.

3279
01:52:38,699 --> 01:52:42,633
It's not happening until 2028. Hey man I

3280
01:52:42,633 --> 01:52:44,666
can I'll wait then man it'll re I'll

3281
01:52:44,666 --> 01:52:45,800
revitalize my channel.

3282
01:52:46,800 --> 01:52:49,533
I don't know. I can make a Steam Deck

3283
01:52:49,533 --> 01:52:51,566
Masterclass. Something scary is coming

3284
01:52:51,566 --> 01:52:52,666
for me on that one like

3285
01:52:52,733 --> 01:52:54,933
will I be alive by the time the 2028

3286
01:52:54,933 --> 01:52:57,399
comes out? What? I'm

3287
01:52:57,399 --> 01:52:58,533
gonna be in my 40s by then.

3288
01:52:58,733 --> 01:53:03,199
Oh shit. So I don't know

3289
01:53:03,199 --> 01:53:04,566
man it's all downhill then.

3290
01:53:06,399 --> 01:53:07,766
Dude don't worry man.

3291
01:53:07,766 --> 01:53:09,966
I will be 40 in 2028.

3292
01:53:12,233 --> 01:53:15,899
That's crazy. Yeah it's not fun to think

3293
01:53:15,899 --> 01:53:17,766
about but you know let it

3294
01:53:17,766 --> 01:53:19,533
come I guess. Yeah hey man

3295
01:53:19,533 --> 01:53:21,966
the Steam Deck 2. Just just. Steam Deck

3296
01:53:21,966 --> 01:53:23,466
2. Hey as long as you can

3297
01:53:23,466 --> 01:53:24,699
play all the games I want for

3298
01:53:24,733 --> 01:53:26,600
a good long while then I can retire in

3299
01:53:26,600 --> 01:53:27,733
peace. I mean I'm not gonna

3300
01:53:27,733 --> 01:53:29,566
be retiring in 40 but you know.

3301
01:53:30,666 --> 01:53:33,066
Yeah you'd have to be super rich to

3302
01:53:33,066 --> 01:53:35,133
retire at 40. Who says

3303
01:53:35,133 --> 01:53:36,833
I'm not? I mean I'm not but.

3304
01:53:38,566 --> 01:53:40,266
Dude if you were super rich you wouldn't

3305
01:53:40,266 --> 01:53:42,533
be working a day job. No I just be doing

3306
01:53:42,533 --> 01:53:43,866
this. I like talking.

3307
01:53:47,366 --> 01:53:49,633
No. Yeah that's what I would be doing.

3308
01:53:49,633 --> 01:53:50,566
I'd just be making

3309
01:53:50,566 --> 01:53:52,066
random bullshit YouTube videos

3310
01:53:52,800 --> 01:53:55,966
and talking on the podcast if I didn't

3311
01:53:55,966 --> 01:53:57,199
need a day job. You'd be

3312
01:53:57,199 --> 01:53:58,366
getting on Twitter too and

3313
01:53:58,399 --> 01:54:00,699
you'd be more online. Might not be good.

3314
01:54:02,166 --> 01:54:03,699
That's true. Just ask

3315
01:54:03,699 --> 01:54:06,199
Notch. Yeah oh gosh.

3316
01:54:08,300 --> 01:54:09,833
He's perfect. You can go on and do more

3317
01:54:09,833 --> 01:54:10,866
stuff even after you

3318
01:54:10,866 --> 01:54:12,699
make stupid comments.

3319
01:54:13,199 --> 01:54:21,133
Dude Notch what that. He probably became

3320
01:54:21,133 --> 01:54:23,233
so rich and so isolated

3321
01:54:23,233 --> 01:54:24,966
after like leaving Minecraft.

3322
01:54:24,966 --> 01:54:26,933
He was very isolated that was a big part

3323
01:54:26,933 --> 01:54:27,699
of the problem. From

3324
01:54:27,699 --> 01:54:28,899
my understanding is that

3325
01:54:28,899 --> 01:54:32,266
for in his case money did not buy friends

3326
01:54:32,266 --> 01:54:34,333
and other stuff he became very isolated.

3327
01:54:35,166 --> 01:54:38,366
Yeah and isolation really does. It's not

3328
01:54:38,366 --> 01:54:40,300
good. So like COVID I would argue this whole all this

3329
01:54:40,800 --> 01:54:45,266
madness began with COVID starting during

3330
01:54:45,266 --> 01:54:47,733
the COVID. It exacerbated

3331
01:54:47,733 --> 01:54:49,366
it. It was already happening.

3332
01:54:49,600 --> 01:54:51,766
Social media is a big driver of

3333
01:54:51,766 --> 01:54:55,600
loneliness. It was happening

3334
01:54:55,600 --> 01:54:56,966
before that. It just became a

3335
01:54:56,966 --> 01:54:58,733
catalyst. I think it showed some people

3336
01:54:58,733 --> 01:55:01,033
that they need to get out

3337
01:55:01,033 --> 01:55:02,466
and touch grass more but other

3338
01:55:02,466 --> 01:55:06,033
people dove even deeper in their

3339
01:55:06,033 --> 01:55:10,300
isolation. No. So it's not good. It's not good. It's not good.

3340
01:55:10,633 --> 01:55:15,233
But hopefully at least listening to the

3341
01:55:15,233 --> 01:55:16,466
podcast helps with some

3342
01:55:16,466 --> 01:55:18,266
people's like you shouldn't

3343
01:55:18,266 --> 01:55:19,666
substitute as an isolation but at least

3344
01:55:19,666 --> 01:55:20,866
you know getting some

3345
01:55:20,866 --> 01:55:22,233
different opinions in your life and

3346
01:55:22,666 --> 01:55:24,033
and getting some good news. Hopefully the

3347
01:55:24,033 --> 01:55:25,533
podcast helps a little bit with everyone.

3348
01:55:26,766 --> 01:55:28,266
Yeah that was some pretty good news.

3349
01:55:28,466 --> 01:55:31,500
Tokyo Game Show. If there's more news

3350
01:55:31,500 --> 01:55:32,500
about that we'll start

3351
01:55:32,500 --> 01:55:33,966
we'll probably talk about next week too

3352
01:55:33,966 --> 01:55:36,600
to be honest. And if you're

3353
01:55:36,600 --> 01:55:36,699
out there and you're lonely

3354
01:55:36,733 --> 01:55:40,500
I actually have some very good advice.

3355
01:55:42,233 --> 01:55:45,300
Find your local Contra dance and go to

3356
01:55:45,300 --> 01:55:47,366
it. Or what's a Contra

3357
01:55:47,366 --> 01:55:50,733
dance? Contra dancing is like folk

3358
01:55:50,733 --> 01:55:52,666
dancing. It's like line dancing but with

3359
01:55:52,666 --> 01:55:54,366
more rules. And you can

3360
01:55:54,366 --> 01:55:56,733
go and just watch and learn. You can take

3361
01:55:56,733 --> 01:55:59,966
classes and then and learn

3362
01:55:59,966 --> 01:56:01,533
how to do it. And it's very

3363
01:56:01,533 --> 01:56:03,066
structured. It's very fun. It's super

3364
01:56:03,066 --> 01:56:05,066
social. You'll have a good time.

3365
01:56:07,133 --> 01:56:09,333
I didn't know. So you can do the Contra

3366
01:56:09,333 --> 01:56:10,133
dancing. I never took you

3367
01:56:10,133 --> 01:56:11,600
as a I've never took you for

3368
01:56:11,600 --> 01:56:13,566
a dancer gardener. Oh dude are you

3369
01:56:13,566 --> 01:56:14,833
kidding me? I love dancing.

3370
01:56:16,866 --> 01:56:17,566
That's crazy. We're learning

3371
01:56:17,566 --> 01:56:19,966
more and more about gardener every day. A

3372
01:56:19,966 --> 01:56:21,100
very very rich

3373
01:56:21,100 --> 01:56:22,766
individual you are gardener.

3374
01:56:23,833 --> 01:56:26,366
Rich in spirit. Not so much in capital

3375
01:56:26,366 --> 01:56:28,666
but that's all right. I take spirit

3376
01:56:28,666 --> 01:56:30,833
wealth over anything else.

3377
01:56:31,899 --> 01:56:33,766
They can't take it well. They can't take

3378
01:56:33,766 --> 01:56:35,166
it away. They can't take my

3379
01:56:35,166 --> 01:56:36,133
spirit from me. I'll tell you

3380
01:56:36,166 --> 01:56:39,666
that much. That's a good thing. That's a

3381
01:56:39,666 --> 01:56:40,766
good thing. That is a good

3382
01:56:40,766 --> 01:56:44,000
thing. Yes. Now just need

3383
01:56:44,000 --> 01:56:48,333
YouTube to fix the other part. Do you

3384
01:56:48,333 --> 01:56:50,233
think it's sorry they could dive into

3385
01:56:50,233 --> 01:56:51,166
this a little bit and

3386
01:56:51,166 --> 01:56:53,199
then we can I guess end the podcast but

3387
01:56:53,199 --> 01:56:54,666
do you think the YouTube

3388
01:56:54,666 --> 01:56:56,333
issues are partially because

3389
01:56:57,433 --> 01:57:00,100
of like tariffs and people not buying as

3390
01:57:00,100 --> 01:57:00,866
much so that like the

3391
01:57:00,866 --> 01:57:02,133
ad revenue is just not

3392
01:57:02,233 --> 01:57:05,233
worth as much. I think it's two problems

3393
01:57:05,233 --> 01:57:06,266
that are hitting at the

3394
01:57:06,266 --> 01:57:07,966
same time. The first is that

3395
01:57:08,066 --> 01:57:10,466
I'm pretty sure that they were like kind

3396
01:57:10,466 --> 01:57:13,333
of hinting at they're

3397
01:57:13,333 --> 01:57:15,133
introducing like an actual like

3398
01:57:15,533 --> 01:57:19,333
AI like moderation system and that has

3399
01:57:19,333 --> 01:57:21,333
had a huge unintended

3400
01:57:21,333 --> 01:57:24,766
knock on but also I think that

3401
01:57:24,966 --> 01:57:26,966
like we're in that weird space leading up

3402
01:57:26,966 --> 01:57:29,066
to Christmas and so like

3403
01:57:29,066 --> 01:57:30,933
a lot of advertisers are

3404
01:57:31,366 --> 01:57:33,666
saving their money for now so that they

3405
01:57:33,666 --> 01:57:35,866
can have like a big Christmas blitz.

3406
01:57:36,699 --> 01:57:42,300
My theory is I still think it's somewhat

3407
01:57:42,300 --> 01:57:43,300
tariffs. People just aren't

3408
01:57:43,300 --> 01:57:44,133
buying as much because they

3409
01:57:44,133 --> 01:57:48,533
can't afford as much but also will cost

3410
01:57:48,533 --> 01:57:49,333
the living. It's just not

3411
01:57:49,333 --> 01:57:51,633
just tariffs but from my

3412
01:57:51,633 --> 01:57:54,500
understanding like shadow banning in a

3413
01:57:54,500 --> 01:57:56,933
form of if you promote like

3414
01:57:56,933 --> 01:57:58,733
let's say you do a lot of adult

3415
01:57:58,966 --> 01:58:01,333
games not like adult only but like mature

3416
01:58:01,333 --> 01:58:03,533
or have anything that's

3417
01:58:03,533 --> 01:58:05,066
like not kid friendly they are

3418
01:58:05,066 --> 01:58:07,866
hitting those ones even harder and so you

3419
01:58:07,866 --> 01:58:09,333
can get flagged to where

3420
01:58:09,333 --> 01:58:12,600
and oh man it's probably gonna

3421
01:58:12,600 --> 01:58:13,766
get worse. They probably have been

3422
01:58:13,766 --> 01:58:16,566
secretly doing that AI agegating for a

3423
01:58:16,566 --> 01:58:17,800
long time and people just

3424
01:58:17,800 --> 01:58:19,166
didn't realize and that might be what's

3425
01:58:19,166 --> 01:58:21,366
happening. They might flag your account

3426
01:58:21,366 --> 01:58:23,033
as like oh you watch

3427
01:58:23,033 --> 01:58:26,033
a lot of your cartoons then you're yeah

3428
01:58:26,033 --> 01:58:26,800
you shouldn't be

3429
01:58:26,800 --> 01:58:27,966
recommended something else.

3430
01:58:29,600 --> 01:58:32,399
Yeah well if you go you can actually like

3431
01:58:32,399 --> 01:58:33,899
go onto your YouTube

3432
01:58:33,899 --> 01:58:37,466
channel and like look at your own

3433
01:58:37,466 --> 01:58:39,966
videos right that you upload and you can

3434
01:58:39,966 --> 01:58:42,966
then go into the your user menu and

3435
01:58:42,966 --> 01:58:44,166
enable restricted mode

3436
01:58:44,566 --> 01:58:46,566
and you'll see a bunch of your videos

3437
01:58:46,566 --> 01:58:47,933
disappear even though you've

3438
01:58:47,933 --> 01:58:49,866
never been like content like

3439
01:58:50,566 --> 01:58:52,933
never been told like this is demonetized

3440
01:58:52,933 --> 01:58:53,766
this is age restricted

3441
01:58:53,766 --> 01:58:56,066
those videos will just disappear

3442
01:58:56,066 --> 01:58:59,366
from your from your own video feed and

3443
01:58:59,366 --> 01:59:00,566
that's also causing it

3444
01:59:00,566 --> 01:59:02,000
because I think that if you have

3445
01:59:02,533 --> 01:59:04,033
enough of your like a high enough

3446
01:59:04,033 --> 01:59:05,733
percentage of your own videos that

3447
01:59:05,733 --> 01:59:06,833
disappear from your channel

3448
01:59:07,766 --> 01:59:10,166
in restricted mode then I think the AI

3449
01:59:10,166 --> 01:59:12,833
moderation stuff is like

3450
01:59:12,833 --> 01:59:13,866
looking at that percentage

3451
01:59:14,333 --> 01:59:16,433
and being like this is dangerous for kids

3452
01:59:16,433 --> 01:59:17,933
then maybe this channel

3453
01:59:17,933 --> 01:59:19,866
is too dangerous for ads

3454
01:59:19,933 --> 01:59:24,300
whatever. It's just it's crazy dude. I

3455
01:59:24,300 --> 01:59:25,566
really hate like the

3456
01:59:25,566 --> 01:59:27,233
generalization I get it like I

3457
01:59:27,366 --> 01:59:29,333
would rather be like for kids wise I'd

3458
01:59:29,333 --> 01:59:31,033
rather be safe honestly if

3459
01:59:31,033 --> 01:59:32,133
you flag them as a kid I don't

3460
01:59:32,133 --> 01:59:33,933
want my kids getting ads that are not

3461
01:59:33,933 --> 01:59:36,533
like yeah maybe if it's

3462
01:59:36,533 --> 01:59:38,033
full-on I don't know because they

3463
01:59:38,866 --> 01:59:41,766
got like I get it using the platform got

3464
01:59:41,766 --> 01:59:42,966
to pay for it somehow to

3465
01:59:42,966 --> 01:59:44,866
an extent but I would almost

3466
01:59:44,866 --> 01:59:48,433
rather pay because I want my kid like my

3467
01:59:48,433 --> 01:59:49,899
kid likes to watch

3468
01:59:49,899 --> 01:59:51,933
documentaries and learning stuff

3469
01:59:52,633 --> 01:59:54,866
I'm 100% for like supporting that type of

3470
01:59:54,866 --> 01:59:56,233
thing I want him to learn more

3471
01:59:56,399 --> 01:59:59,266
I'll pay for that content if you can make

3472
01:59:59,266 --> 02:00:01,266
it easier but yeah well

3473
02:00:01,266 --> 02:00:02,300
I mean that's where like

3474
02:00:03,033 --> 02:00:07,033
um subscription services come in you know

3475
02:00:07,033 --> 02:00:09,133
um yeah I just I don't

3476
02:00:09,133 --> 02:00:10,433
think kids belong on YouTube

3477
02:00:10,733 --> 02:00:14,733
in any way shape or form like sorry it's

3478
02:00:14,733 --> 02:00:16,199
it's so hard once you have a

3479
02:00:16,199 --> 02:00:17,666
kid and their their friends

3480
02:00:17,666 --> 02:00:21,966
are doing it it gets really hard for to

3481
02:00:21,966 --> 02:00:22,866
make the decisions on

3482
02:00:22,866 --> 02:00:24,166
how much and everything we

3483
02:00:25,033 --> 02:00:26,933
really try to limit but I've been testing

3484
02:00:26,933 --> 02:00:28,300
out doing the uh

3485
02:00:28,300 --> 02:00:30,699
heavily restricted YouTube

3486
02:00:31,600 --> 02:00:34,633
um the thing for uh my oldest kid just to

3487
02:00:34,633 --> 02:00:36,333
see and for the most part

3488
02:00:36,333 --> 02:00:39,366
like I he's not allowed to

3489
02:00:39,366 --> 02:00:42,100
watch shorts and he can watch like

3490
02:00:42,100 --> 02:00:43,433
learning and some stuff

3491
02:00:43,433 --> 02:00:45,166
but we'll see how that goes

3492
02:00:46,066 --> 02:00:49,600
yeah dude you know what's like crazy

3493
02:00:49,600 --> 02:00:51,166
here's some numbers that'll blow your

3494
02:00:51,166 --> 02:00:55,033
mind my my peer tube

3495
02:00:55,066 --> 02:01:01,266
tends to get like 130 views per video

3496
02:01:01,266 --> 02:01:05,033
currently right okay my most

3497
02:01:05,033 --> 02:01:06,666
recent video where I interviewed

3498
02:01:06,666 --> 02:01:09,399
Al Khazar from the guy who made Kezeta

3499
02:01:09,399 --> 02:01:12,666
has the average number

3500
02:01:12,666 --> 02:01:15,199
of views on my peer tube

3501
02:01:15,833 --> 02:01:18,699
my peer tube usually gets maybe like a

3502
02:01:18,699 --> 02:01:19,833
tenth of a percent of the

3503
02:01:19,833 --> 02:01:20,933
views that the YouTube version

3504
02:01:21,033 --> 02:01:26,533
does but this time it has uh like 10

3505
02:01:26,533 --> 02:01:28,566
percent of the YouTube version

3506
02:01:30,399 --> 02:01:33,133
like and but it's still only getting the

3507
02:01:33,133 --> 02:01:34,533
average number of views

3508
02:01:34,533 --> 02:01:37,933
right so the the YouTube version

3509
02:01:38,000 --> 02:01:41,633
of this video has like a 1900 views and

3510
02:01:41,633 --> 02:01:43,566
this one has 139 so it's

3511
02:01:43,566 --> 02:01:44,800
like close to 10 percent

3512
02:01:45,233 --> 02:01:46,966
right is that 10 percent or that one

3513
02:01:46,966 --> 02:01:49,699
percent I can't do math I don't know

3514
02:01:49,699 --> 02:01:52,399
anyway um so is that

3515
02:01:52,399 --> 02:01:54,966
I'm trying to understand is that like you

3516
02:01:54,966 --> 02:01:56,699
usually get more views or

3517
02:01:56,699 --> 02:01:59,133
less on my on my YouTube video

3518
02:01:59,666 --> 02:02:01,899
I would I would normally have expected

3519
02:02:01,899 --> 02:02:05,733
that video on YouTube to get like 10 000

3520
02:02:05,733 --> 02:02:07,466
views and it has 1900

3521
02:02:08,333 --> 02:02:10,533
oh 1900 for some reason I was thinking 19

3522
02:02:10,533 --> 02:02:11,733
000 I'm sorry yeah that's

3523
02:02:11,733 --> 02:02:13,500
oh yeah sorry yeah that's 10

3524
02:02:13,833 --> 02:02:17,466
yeah yeah so so a hundred so but my peer

3525
02:02:17,466 --> 02:02:19,000
tube videos are always

3526
02:02:19,000 --> 02:02:20,366
getting like consistently

3527
02:02:20,733 --> 02:02:24,399
yeah around 130 ish views sometimes more

3528
02:02:24,399 --> 02:02:26,166
depending on if I'm talking

3529
02:02:26,166 --> 02:02:27,433
about peer tube because people

3530
02:02:27,433 --> 02:02:29,766
seem to watch peer tube videos about peer

3531
02:02:29,766 --> 02:02:31,633
tube more often it's weird

3532
02:02:31,633 --> 02:02:34,033
but uh but other but like

3533
02:02:34,166 --> 02:02:37,100
the thing is like this is all clearly a

3534
02:02:37,100 --> 02:02:38,166
problem with YouTube's

3535
02:02:38,166 --> 02:02:40,633
algorithm right like everything

3536
02:02:41,266 --> 02:02:42,866
like the recommendations and everything

3537
02:02:42,866 --> 02:02:44,633
like you're not seeing

3538
02:02:44,633 --> 02:02:46,066
content that you're actually

3539
02:02:46,566 --> 02:02:49,166
uh like subscribed to you're seeing

3540
02:02:49,166 --> 02:02:50,933
content that YouTube thinks you want to

3541
02:02:50,933 --> 02:02:52,600
see and now it's like

3542
02:02:52,733 --> 02:02:56,933
YouTube is actively like removing content

3543
02:02:56,933 --> 02:02:57,833
that it knows you want

3544
02:02:57,833 --> 02:02:59,899
to see from your feed too

3545
02:03:00,166 --> 02:03:03,666
it is 100 percent I'm a feed kind of uh

3546
02:03:03,666 --> 02:03:05,899
fiend because I do use

3547
02:03:05,899 --> 02:03:06,766
the feed a lot on YouTube

3548
02:03:07,133 --> 02:03:08,833
and it has not given me recommendations

3549
02:03:08,833 --> 02:03:10,166
for stuff that I normally

3550
02:03:10,166 --> 02:03:12,333
like like it's leaving out

3551
02:03:12,566 --> 02:03:14,233
channels I'm like I like this type of

3552
02:03:14,233 --> 02:03:15,833
stuff give it like recommend it to me

3553
02:03:15,833 --> 02:03:17,000
it's not and I'm watching

3554
02:03:17,000 --> 02:03:19,899
it less actually yeah same gardener are

3555
02:03:19,899 --> 02:03:20,733
you sure you don't want to

3556
02:03:20,733 --> 02:03:22,933
watch mr beast I am I think

3557
02:03:22,933 --> 02:03:25,566
YouTube just wants I think YouTube just

3558
02:03:25,566 --> 02:03:30,066
wants what's best for you yeah but but

3559
02:03:30,066 --> 02:03:31,266
really though I mean

3560
02:03:31,600 --> 02:03:35,133
I also introduced a new feature called

3561
02:03:35,133 --> 02:03:38,000
hype yes where you're gonna

3562
02:03:38,000 --> 02:03:39,366
sexually hype it and people

3563
02:03:39,366 --> 02:03:41,066
are claiming that's gonna help them the

3564
02:03:41,066 --> 02:03:42,233
algorithm but that's just

3565
02:03:42,233 --> 02:03:43,399
gonna get game like everything

3566
02:03:43,399 --> 02:03:45,766
else in the system let's be honest yeah

3567
02:03:45,766 --> 02:03:48,800
it's like there's no way it's not gonna

3568
02:03:48,800 --> 02:03:49,766
get game by those at

3569
02:03:49,766 --> 02:03:52,266
the top anyways I also think some people

3570
02:03:52,266 --> 02:03:53,300
are getting still getting

3571
02:03:53,300 --> 02:03:53,433
some decent views and their

3572
02:03:53,466 --> 02:03:57,566
revenue is down quite a bit yeah and so

3573
02:03:57,566 --> 02:04:01,133
my revenue this month

3574
02:04:01,133 --> 02:04:02,933
compared to last month is

3575
02:04:02,933 --> 02:04:06,266
essentially the same but it's down year

3576
02:04:06,266 --> 02:04:08,366
over year and it's down

3577
02:04:08,366 --> 02:04:11,300
like from I mean quarter over

3578
02:04:11,300 --> 02:04:14,399
quarter it's down you know like uh so

3579
02:04:14,399 --> 02:04:16,633
it's just YouTube it feels

3580
02:04:16,633 --> 02:04:17,333
like a losing game at this point

3581
02:04:18,333 --> 02:04:21,600
and I hate that I built my company on the

3582
02:04:21,600 --> 02:04:22,366
back of my channel

3583
02:04:22,366 --> 02:04:25,333
you know I will say this

3584
02:04:26,566 --> 02:04:28,199
it's really hard and there's a lot of

3585
02:04:28,199 --> 02:04:29,166
different ways to diversify

3586
02:04:29,166 --> 02:04:31,066
but it's it is hard I don't

3587
02:04:31,133 --> 02:04:35,066
think people should put like bet their

3588
02:04:35,066 --> 02:04:36,100
livelihood on a single

3589
02:04:36,100 --> 02:04:37,566
company I think it's dangerous

3590
02:04:37,600 --> 02:04:40,233
especially nowadays yeah there's a lot of

3591
02:04:40,233 --> 02:04:41,133
these companies have shown

3592
02:04:41,133 --> 02:04:43,033
that they can make little

3593
02:04:43,066 --> 02:04:46,433
tweaks that can ruin your livelihood um

3594
02:04:46,433 --> 02:04:49,966
Gardner at least you have

3595
02:04:49,966 --> 02:04:51,533
other avenues right now but it

3596
02:04:51,533 --> 02:04:54,666
still sucks right and so yeah well I mean

3597
02:04:54,666 --> 02:04:55,966
and truthfully my

3598
02:04:55,966 --> 02:04:58,233
YouTube channel at one point it

3599
02:04:58,233 --> 02:05:00,333
was like making up about a third of all

3600
02:05:00,333 --> 02:05:02,399
of my income right and

3601
02:05:02,399 --> 02:05:03,800
now it's making up like

3602
02:05:04,566 --> 02:05:09,933
less than a quarter um but you know I can

3603
02:05:09,933 --> 02:05:11,266
like pivot and like do

3604
02:05:11,266 --> 02:05:12,633
more of the production stuff

3605
02:05:12,666 --> 02:05:14,866
that I that you know I do for my company

3606
02:05:14,866 --> 02:05:17,633
but the problem is I love

3607
02:05:17,633 --> 02:05:20,233
talking about Linux and Steam

3608
02:05:20,233 --> 02:05:22,033
Deck and free and open source software

3609
02:05:22,033 --> 02:05:25,433
right and that has been a

3610
02:05:25,433 --> 02:05:27,166
huge part of my life for the last

3611
02:05:27,166 --> 02:05:30,466
10 years or 11 years I just had my 11th

3612
02:05:30,466 --> 02:05:31,566
year anniversary on

3613
02:05:31,566 --> 02:05:34,366
YouTube and it's like crazy and

3614
02:05:34,366 --> 02:05:37,266
it's like dude it literally feels like my

3615
02:05:37,266 --> 02:05:38,433
channel is falling apart

3616
02:05:38,433 --> 02:05:40,633
it's like like like I'm standing

3617
02:05:40,733 --> 02:05:43,300
on a precipice and the and the edge of

3618
02:05:43,300 --> 02:05:44,433
the fucking cliff is

3619
02:05:44,433 --> 02:05:46,300
disappearing beneath my feet

3620
02:05:46,333 --> 02:05:48,433
like that's what it feels like and it

3621
02:05:48,433 --> 02:05:49,633
feels deliberate like it

3622
02:05:49,633 --> 02:05:50,800
feels like YouTube is actually

3623
02:05:50,800 --> 02:05:54,933
trying to subvert the work that I'm doing

3624
02:05:54,933 --> 02:05:57,133
and it sucks you know I

3625
02:05:57,133 --> 02:05:59,066
think I wonder if they're trying

3626
02:05:59,066 --> 02:06:01,233
to compete with like TikTok and some of

3627
02:06:01,233 --> 02:06:01,833
the other ones I'm just

3628
02:06:01,833 --> 02:06:03,033
really trying to push into

3629
02:06:03,600 --> 02:06:06,466
uh like SlopTube stuff too yeah that's

3630
02:06:06,466 --> 02:06:06,833
what I said yeah

3631
02:06:06,833 --> 02:06:08,466
short-form content I've also

3632
02:06:08,500 --> 02:06:12,333
I don't know I no no I was being

3633
02:06:12,333 --> 02:06:16,433
facetious right like by pivoting to like

3634
02:06:16,433 --> 02:06:18,300
SlopTube and Shorts and

3635
02:06:18,300 --> 02:06:22,433
shit they are actively harming long-form

3636
02:06:22,433 --> 02:06:24,500
creators the people that built the

3637
02:06:24,500 --> 02:06:25,633
platform to begin with

3638
02:06:26,066 --> 02:06:30,500
and it's it's horrible yeah I agree too

3639
02:06:30,500 --> 02:06:31,966
so also one other thing I

3640
02:06:31,966 --> 02:06:33,033
should mention I've also noticed

3641
02:06:33,033 --> 02:06:36,066
this with like chef youtubing like a lot

3642
02:06:36,066 --> 02:06:37,266
of the big prominent ones

3643
02:06:37,266 --> 02:06:38,666
kind of moved away from making

3644
02:06:38,666 --> 02:06:42,266
recipes and like recreating uh like foods

3645
02:06:42,266 --> 02:06:44,066
from like shows or like

3646
02:06:44,066 --> 02:06:46,133
making better versions like

3647
02:06:46,133 --> 02:06:47,733
fast food stuff and they're just

3648
02:06:47,733 --> 02:06:49,866
resorting to just making tier lists and

3649
02:06:49,866 --> 02:06:52,066
like they I mean I think you

3650
02:06:52,066 --> 02:06:54,766
know which ones I'm talking about right I

3651
02:06:54,766 --> 02:06:55,666
don't really watch a lot of

3652
02:06:55,666 --> 02:06:57,066
that but I've seen I've seen

3653
02:06:57,133 --> 02:06:59,933
like more recommendations for like you

3654
02:06:59,933 --> 02:07:01,133
know that kind of content

3655
02:07:01,133 --> 02:07:03,133
recently which I don't yeah and I

3656
02:07:03,133 --> 02:07:06,000
think and like I don't know and like some

3657
02:07:06,000 --> 02:07:07,000
part of it I'm sure is

3658
02:07:07,000 --> 02:07:08,300
because you know it makes some more

3659
02:07:08,300 --> 02:07:10,500
money for sure but another part of it I

3660
02:07:10,500 --> 02:07:14,833
certainly believe is that like well like

3661
02:07:16,933 --> 02:07:18,566
YouTube like pushes that kind of stuff

3662
02:07:18,566 --> 02:07:19,633
because like making a rest

3663
02:07:19,633 --> 02:07:21,333
like cooking and making a recipe

3664
02:07:21,333 --> 02:07:22,833
and like all that stuff I'm sure that

3665
02:07:22,833 --> 02:07:24,666
takes a lot of time like

3666
02:07:24,666 --> 02:07:26,300
dedication to do it does

3667
02:07:26,866 --> 02:07:29,766
going whereas like going to like every

3668
02:07:29,766 --> 02:07:31,133
fast food restaurant and comparing their

3669
02:07:31,133 --> 02:07:31,800
like chicken nuggets

3670
02:07:31,800 --> 02:07:33,366
or whatever like I'm sure it takes a lot

3671
02:07:33,366 --> 02:07:34,733
less time everyone's doing

3672
02:07:34,733 --> 02:07:35,466
that though that's a very

3673
02:07:35,466 --> 02:07:37,433
trendy topic for the past two years is

3674
02:07:37,433 --> 02:07:38,733
that uh tier lists for

3675
02:07:38,733 --> 02:07:39,866
like going to fast food places

3676
02:07:39,866 --> 02:07:42,300
and all that I'll be I'll be honest guys

3677
02:07:42,300 --> 02:07:45,066
like the I watch those things I'm a

3678
02:07:45,066 --> 02:07:46,033
sucker for tier lists

3679
02:07:46,333 --> 02:07:48,899
but it has to be the right tier list and

3680
02:07:48,899 --> 02:07:50,633
if it's all you do then yeah

3681
02:07:50,633 --> 02:07:51,566
it gets very tiresome but I

3682
02:07:51,600 --> 02:07:53,766
do like a tier list every once in a while

3683
02:07:53,766 --> 02:07:56,266
yeah well it just kind of

3684
02:07:56,266 --> 02:07:57,433
it just kind of sucks that

3685
02:07:57,833 --> 02:08:00,033
something that they like built them they

3686
02:08:00,033 --> 02:08:01,133
don't even do the things they built

3687
02:08:01,133 --> 02:08:01,899
themselves on anymore

3688
02:08:01,933 --> 02:08:04,433
like I'm sure gardener Brian could easily

3689
02:08:04,433 --> 02:08:05,566
like transition to

3690
02:08:05,566 --> 02:08:07,633
like making slop tier list

3691
02:08:07,666 --> 02:08:11,466
videos but he but I'm sure hey his fan

3692
02:08:11,466 --> 02:08:13,133
base would be very betrayed

3693
02:08:13,133 --> 02:08:14,866
at that and too he'd probably

3694
02:08:14,866 --> 02:08:17,133
betray himself well too right yeah so

3695
02:08:17,133 --> 02:08:20,566
dude that's the thing like I could like

3696
02:08:20,566 --> 02:08:22,566
very easily sell out

3697
02:08:22,566 --> 02:08:25,433
and start like stop doing the kind of

3698
02:08:25,433 --> 02:08:26,733
content that I love to do

3699
02:08:26,733 --> 02:08:27,866
and start doing the content

3700
02:08:27,866 --> 02:08:30,466
that brings in new viewers because that's

3701
02:08:30,466 --> 02:08:32,233
what the entire YouTube

3702
02:08:32,233 --> 02:08:33,433
algorithm is set up for

3703
02:08:33,766 --> 02:08:36,699
it's set up for easy cheap content that

3704
02:08:36,699 --> 02:08:39,566
brings in uh new viewers

3705
02:08:39,566 --> 02:08:41,266
not recurring viewers YouTube

3706
02:08:41,366 --> 02:08:43,333
doesn't care about recurring viewership

3707
02:08:43,333 --> 02:08:44,733
on a specific channel

3708
02:08:44,733 --> 02:08:47,533
the algorithm favors growth

3709
02:08:48,233 --> 02:08:51,366
okay and so the fact that my channel like

3710
02:08:51,366 --> 02:08:53,800
if you look at so you

3711
02:08:53,800 --> 02:08:55,366
probably like saw people saying

3712
02:08:55,366 --> 02:08:57,433
like did you know like like only 30

3713
02:08:57,433 --> 02:08:58,133
percent of you guys are

3714
02:08:58,133 --> 02:08:59,300
subscribed to the channel you've seen

3715
02:08:59,300 --> 02:09:03,666
that before right yes so that's because

3716
02:09:03,666 --> 02:09:05,199
they're all prioritizing

3717
02:09:05,199 --> 02:09:06,233
growth if you look at my

3718
02:09:06,233 --> 02:09:10,433
uh viewership it's like 60 percent of my

3719
02:09:10,433 --> 02:09:11,833
viewers are subscribed to

3720
02:09:11,833 --> 02:09:14,199
my channel because I don't

3721
02:09:14,199 --> 02:09:16,600
produce content for the algorithm I

3722
02:09:16,600 --> 02:09:18,566
produce it for the people who want to

3723
02:09:18,566 --> 02:09:20,100
talk about my content

3724
02:09:20,100 --> 02:09:22,266
or who who like the stuff that I talk

3725
02:09:22,266 --> 02:09:23,399
about in my content I should

3726
02:09:23,399 --> 02:09:24,966
say so it's like that's really

3727
02:09:24,966 --> 02:09:29,066
good okay and yeah and it's because it's

3728
02:09:29,066 --> 02:09:31,066
I don't care about growth I

3729
02:09:31,066 --> 02:09:32,633
don't I just want to make my

3730
02:09:32,733 --> 02:09:36,500
content right but it's I don't know what

3731
02:09:36,500 --> 02:09:37,366
I don't remember what I was

3732
02:09:37,366 --> 02:09:38,500
brought that up for but like

3733
02:09:38,866 --> 02:09:41,866
the fact is YouTube's algorithm is just

3734
02:09:41,866 --> 02:09:44,366
is antithetical to your

3735
02:09:44,366 --> 02:09:47,133
attention span to your

3736
02:09:47,366 --> 02:09:49,366
desires of the kind of content you

3737
02:09:49,366 --> 02:09:53,033
actually want to watch and uh and and

3738
02:09:53,033 --> 02:09:55,266
it's also antithetical to

3739
02:09:55,366 --> 02:09:58,233
us now as creators and it's it just needs

3740
02:09:58,233 --> 02:09:59,066
to something needs to

3741
02:09:59,066 --> 02:10:01,366
change we need a union man

3742
02:10:01,466 --> 02:10:04,933
that's what we need a creator union a

3743
02:10:04,933 --> 02:10:06,366
creator union that would be

3744
02:10:06,366 --> 02:10:07,899
interesting I agree with that

3745
02:10:07,899 --> 02:10:09,566
actually I think there needs to be some

3746
02:10:09,566 --> 02:10:12,566
power back into the creators but I

3747
02:10:12,566 --> 02:10:15,100
there's well I don't know

3748
02:10:15,100 --> 02:10:17,466
if that even could be done because of the

3749
02:10:17,466 --> 02:10:19,166
of the way revenue and

3750
02:10:19,166 --> 02:10:22,866
everything happens I think I still

3751
02:10:22,866 --> 02:10:25,233
it's the hardest way to do it it's either

3752
02:10:25,233 --> 02:10:26,000
you're going to have to

3753
02:10:26,000 --> 02:10:27,266
create a platform that competes

3754
02:10:28,000 --> 02:10:31,866
in a more um and just

3755
02:10:31,866 --> 02:10:33,333
like a different way

3756
02:10:35,533 --> 02:10:39,533
or yeah uh you're going to have to

3757
02:10:39,533 --> 02:10:41,333
regulate it a regulation

3758
02:10:41,333 --> 02:10:43,166
kind of thing which is yeah

3759
02:10:43,166 --> 02:10:46,000
you know I'm looking at my uh statistics

3760
02:10:46,000 --> 02:10:49,233
right now and uh let me see how many

3761
02:10:49,233 --> 02:10:50,000
percent yeah because

3762
02:10:50,000 --> 02:10:51,766
I'm curious because I know Gardner just

3763
02:10:51,766 --> 02:10:54,166
mentioned that uh damn I

3764
02:10:54,166 --> 02:10:55,333
wish I had loyal followers

3765
02:10:58,033 --> 02:10:59,333
I mean it might be different for me now

3766
02:10:59,333 --> 02:11:00,733
let me look I don't it's

3767
02:11:00,733 --> 02:11:01,833
been a minute since I looked at

3768
02:11:01,833 --> 02:11:04,600
that specific number but yeah 10 percent

3769
02:11:04,600 --> 02:11:07,933
is it say yeah mine says 10

3770
02:11:07,933 --> 02:11:09,833
percent of my viewers actually

3771
02:11:09,833 --> 02:11:15,266
watch my videos those are the subscribers

3772
02:11:15,266 --> 02:11:18,466
yeah um I'm just saying

3773
02:11:18,466 --> 02:11:19,666
man Steamback 2 is going to

3774
02:11:19,666 --> 02:11:21,933
revitalize my channel I can I can start

3775
02:11:21,933 --> 02:11:24,699
making the Steamback 2 masterclass series

3776
02:11:28,100 --> 02:11:31,100
oh man if I if I relied on YouTube for

3777
02:11:31,100 --> 02:11:33,066
like my uh like all my

3778
02:11:33,066 --> 02:11:35,066
revenue I would be fucking like

3779
02:11:35,533 --> 02:11:39,266
homeless no this shit yeah

3780
02:11:40,633 --> 02:11:43,000
our uh off the console it's uh new

3781
02:11:43,000 --> 02:11:44,199
viewers of 71 percent

3782
02:11:44,199 --> 02:11:46,233
casual users 19 and then regular

3783
02:11:46,233 --> 02:11:50,899
users 9 percent oh well my mine right now

3784
02:11:50,899 --> 02:11:52,800
is my subscriber numbers is

3785
02:11:52,800 --> 02:11:55,433
33 versus not subscribed 67

3786
02:11:55,933 --> 02:11:58,166
so that's that seems to have flipped but

3787
02:11:58,166 --> 02:12:00,366
also like I'm pretty sure

3788
02:12:00,366 --> 02:12:01,933
like even a couple just like

3789
02:12:01,933 --> 02:12:04,100
two or three months ago it was like 60

3790
02:12:04,100 --> 02:12:06,066
were subscribed so I

3791
02:12:06,066 --> 02:12:07,366
think that might have be might

3792
02:12:07,366 --> 02:12:10,666
be something that they changed um like

3793
02:12:10,666 --> 02:12:13,899
recently well hey off the

3794
02:12:13,899 --> 02:12:15,333
console is doing quite well on

3795
02:12:15,333 --> 02:12:17,833
YouTube if you guys if you guys are

3796
02:12:17,833 --> 02:12:19,500
looking if you guys are looking to

3797
02:12:19,500 --> 02:12:20,933
support us on YouTube

3798
02:12:21,666 --> 02:12:23,100
I know we just talked a bunch of shit on

3799
02:12:23,100 --> 02:12:24,800
it but we do still need support off

3800
02:12:25,199 --> 02:12:26,933
we do still need plenty of support from

3801
02:12:26,933 --> 02:12:30,666
YouTube uh please give us a like and

3802
02:12:30,666 --> 02:12:32,166
subscribe uh over on

3803
02:12:32,166 --> 02:12:33,500
YouTube even if you listen to this on

3804
02:12:33,500 --> 02:12:37,933
like Spotify or something please and uh

3805
02:12:37,933 --> 02:12:38,600
we were thinking about

3806
02:12:38,600 --> 02:12:41,433
bringing shorts back uh to the channel I

3807
02:12:41,433 --> 02:12:41,899
don't know if you guys

3808
02:12:41,899 --> 02:12:44,366
are interested or not but uh

3809
02:12:44,633 --> 02:12:46,466
bring a short time if you guys if you

3810
02:12:46,466 --> 02:12:47,566
guys like shorts then

3811
02:12:47,566 --> 02:12:49,033
uh yeah short clips yeah

3812
02:12:49,133 --> 02:12:51,766
ah because people like I think people

3813
02:12:51,766 --> 02:12:54,300
like the shorts but yeah I

3814
02:12:54,300 --> 02:12:55,633
mean maybe I'm not tired of

3815
02:12:55,633 --> 02:12:57,199
taking the us well we'll bring shorts

3816
02:12:57,199 --> 02:12:58,733
back more like more like

3817
02:12:58,733 --> 02:13:00,800
short shorts but that's because

3818
02:13:00,966 --> 02:13:03,699
the algorithm kind of asks for it

3819
02:13:03,699 --> 02:13:06,433
channels will need to do more shorts we

3820
02:13:06,433 --> 02:13:07,933
did we did a new short

3821
02:13:07,933 --> 02:13:10,366
this week right we did two yeah maybe

3822
02:13:10,366 --> 02:13:12,533
three but I needed new shorts I need to

3823
02:13:12,533 --> 02:13:13,500
get the last episode

3824
02:13:13,933 --> 02:13:17,433
yeah this is we're working on it yeah

3825
02:13:17,433 --> 02:13:20,666
yeah people subscribe to

3826
02:13:20,666 --> 02:13:22,433
the to the RSS feed as well

3827
02:13:23,366 --> 02:13:25,633
yeah and you know I'd like to hear we all

3828
02:13:25,633 --> 02:13:26,766
I think we all really would

3829
02:13:26,766 --> 02:13:27,933
like to hear your thoughts so

3830
02:13:27,933 --> 02:13:29,833
if you leave comments uh wherever you can

3831
02:13:29,833 --> 02:13:31,033
leave comments I don't know

3832
02:13:31,033 --> 02:13:32,466
I don't know Spotify sports

3833
02:13:32,466 --> 02:13:35,166
comments more like Apple music Apple

3834
02:13:35,166 --> 02:13:37,466
podcast does or not but if

3835
02:13:37,466 --> 02:13:38,533
you guys could just like leave

3836
02:13:38,666 --> 02:13:41,233
comments and just let us know your

3837
02:13:41,233 --> 02:13:43,733
thoughts on you know us or the topics we

3838
02:13:43,733 --> 02:13:45,466
talked about or like

3839
02:13:46,466 --> 02:13:49,699
stuff feel free to do so yeah and we'd

3840
02:13:49,699 --> 02:13:51,166
love to read them out we I

3841
02:13:51,166 --> 02:13:52,233
had the bare minimum I read

3842
02:13:52,233 --> 02:13:54,166
the comments so I just need to work

3843
02:13:54,166 --> 02:13:56,533
better at uh responding to

3844
02:13:56,533 --> 02:14:00,166
them so let's see how the

3845
02:14:00,500 --> 02:14:02,933
the RNG dice roll goes for this channel

3846
02:14:02,933 --> 02:14:05,000
with YouTube yeah

3847
02:14:05,000 --> 02:14:08,066
they're gonna flag us as

3848
02:14:08,233 --> 02:14:11,533
dissenters yeah I think Castapod's been

3849
02:14:11,533 --> 02:14:12,833
doing pretty well though

3850
02:14:12,833 --> 02:14:14,766
um hold on can you are you

3851
02:14:14,766 --> 02:14:16,766
able to check how many views we got last

3852
02:14:16,766 --> 02:14:18,366
episode I'm not logged

3853
02:14:18,366 --> 02:14:20,733
into Castapod on this laptop

3854
02:14:21,833 --> 02:14:30,600
we had 2,620 ish 2,615 downloads damn

3855
02:14:30,600 --> 02:14:31,966
that's pretty good it is pretty good

3856
02:14:32,000 --> 02:14:37,500
yeah all right well you guys have any any

3857
02:14:37,500 --> 02:14:39,266
last words before we cut off the episode

3858
02:14:40,000 --> 02:14:45,366
no no that's it all right wrap it up all

3859
02:14:45,366 --> 02:14:46,766
right and we're aiming for

3860
02:14:46,766 --> 02:14:48,600
a thousand subscribers on

3861
02:14:48,600 --> 02:14:50,133
YouTube by the end of this year so if you

3862
02:14:50,133 --> 02:14:51,933
could uh subscribe to us

3863
02:14:51,933 --> 02:14:54,166
and uh help us out that'd be

3864
02:14:54,166 --> 02:14:57,266
much appreciated yep thank you guys for

3865
02:14:57,266 --> 02:14:59,133
watching and listening all

3866
02:14:59,133 --> 02:15:00,766
right thank you peace out