Full Transcript for TWIG - MTG x Final Fantasy - BRAVELY DEFAULT FLYING FAIRY HD Remaster Switch 2 - Days Gone PS5

74 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:42.319 seen that happen. I asked you. I asked my friend Lewis, 75 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:45.759 who is a very big computer guy, and he looked 76 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:47.600 at my computer. We ran a bunch of tests and 77 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:50.560 he's like, Mike, I literally cannot explain this. Like he's 78 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:53.040 got like a degree in computer sciences or something. He's like, 79 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:56.720 that's fucking weird. I'm like, okay, so my computer's haunted awesome. 80 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:00.319 So when you pitched me, Mike, were gonna build you 81 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:03.800 a new computer? This is where I'm I'm forty three 82 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:07.480 years old. I'm approaching middle age now and I'm at 83 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:09.920 the point where I'm that meme old man yells at 84 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:12.839 cloud And what do I mean by that? I don't 85 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:16.800 like change. I fear change in the biggest ways. But 86 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:19.319 only when it comes to technology. If you tell me 87 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:22.560 something's gonna change tomorrow, big life thing, I'll deal with it. 88 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:23.000 Clearly. 89 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:26.160 I'm an amputee. I get change. But when it comes 90 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:28.680 to hey, Mike, we're gonna change your settings on your computer, 91 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:32.720 Oh my god, please don't please, please please stop. And 92 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:36.360 you had to constantly reassure me for a week. Things 93 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:39.040 are gonna be fine. We're gonna have your settings. So 94 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:42.040 I'm literally going through backing up all my passwords, double 95 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:45.720 checking everything, or does all my two factor authentication bullshit work? 96 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:48.000 And I'm thinking, oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god, 97 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:50.240 oh god, oh god, oh god. You hooked up my computer. 98 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:52.800 We were up and going within like an hour, maybe 99 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:55.079 an hour and a half, just from transferring data. 100 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:57.639 It was like transferring some data and then signing him 101 00:05:57.639 --> 00:05:59.639 to your accounts and doing all the rest. 102 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:04.800 Yeah. Like it was such a asshole clinching moment that 103 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:08.399 I hate it. But it works now and that ties 104 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:11.120 in into the heat thing. So my old computer, it 105 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:14.519 would make a difference in my apartment of easily five 106 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:20.319 or six degrees. Right now, my apartment is currently sitting 107 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:24.000 at twenty one degrees, where if this was the old computer, 108 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:27.079 it'd probably be closer to twenty eight

degrees in here 109 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:28.279 it is, and we. 110 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:31.480 Went in here, we went to like a MINIPC size, 111 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:37.120 but the modern MINIPC like verymark very modern. So you know, 112 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:40.639 I could play Cyberpunk on this thing, which blows my mind. 113 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:42.759 That's the funny thing. Now it doesn't have a dedicated 114 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:46.600 video card. It is integrated, but it's so new that 115 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:50.120 it could actually do light riple a gaming on like 116 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:53.720 low lo low settings, or like indie games at full 117 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:54.759 four K if you want to. 118 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:57.360 Yeah, Like I just want to be able to play 119 00:06:57.439 --> 00:06:59.800 mech Warrior in some of my old fighting games. So 120 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:03.839 I don't exactly see Street Fighter four or Marvel versus 121 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:08.600 Capcom maxing this thing out. In fact, you had it 122 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:10.720 set up for me in such a way because I 123 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:13.879 had my goog account. I gave you my kind of 124 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:16.639 log in, and we downloaded all these games. And I 125 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:19.120 just never bought it because I never got PC games 126 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:23.199 to work properly, because I hate controllers on PC because 127 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:24.800 it's always having to set it up and it's always 128 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:27.040 such a huge pain in the ass. But you set 129 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:30.240 it up for me, and I forgot you can use 130 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:37.079 PlayStation five dual sense pardon me controllers just by sinking 131 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:41.680 it via bluetooth and it works. Like I haven't really 132 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:46.360 PC gamed since like the late nineties early two thousands, 133 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:49.439 so this is kind of exciting, Like it's like getting 134 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:52.639 a brand new game console to me because I never 135 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:55.399 did it because I was so as I mentioned, afraid 136 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:58.399 of change. Now I don't have to worry about that, 137 00:07:58.480 --> 00:08:01.360 and it's just it's kind of fun and I'm very 138 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:04.000 grateful that you were able to make this old man friendly. 139 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:08.959 So yeah, I mean, other than that, though, I guess 140 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:11.720 to kind of talk about what has been going on. Well, 141 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:14.920 as you heard on the weekend, it was free RPG 142 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:18.279 Day and hearing Gwelf, my friendly local game start at 143 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:22.079 the Dragon, where I work as a DM for hire, 144 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:26.319 held its first event as far as I'm aware, tremendous success. 145 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:29.480 That was very cool. I also wrapped up my season 146 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:33.639 at the Dragon for when I run my RPG games, 147 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:37.440 and it was almost a complete party wipe, but my 148 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:41.399 players were cheering. It was friggin intense. It was so 149 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:46.320 awesome and I really had a good time. So that 150 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:47.960 was something else that happened to me. I also went 151 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:51.320 back to poetry Slam with Gwelf Spoken Word for the 152 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:54.120 first time in like eight months, just because I didn't 153 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:56.559 I didn't much care for the venue, but I gave 154 00:08:56.559 --> 00:09:00.000 it another chance. They were super friendly, super a comedy. 155 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:02.559 If you were following my post on Blue Sky last night, 156 00:09:02.679 --> 00:09:05.879 I had a really good time. I placed third overall, 157 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:10.000 didn't win, but still it was just a fantastic time. 158 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:12.440 So I'm glad to be back at Gwelf Spoken Word. 159 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:15.919 I'm actually gonna be volunteering with them. Yeah, and it 160 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:18.240 was kind of cool. I actually met some people that 161 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:22.440 I know who've only ever heard about me online. They 162 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:24.320 came out to see me, so that was really nice 163 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:27.639 to meet them. And yeah, I had a really good 164 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:29.600 time this week. And then I guess finally before I 165 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:32.320 throw over to you Oux, I started posting more stuff 166 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:36.120 over at my Patreon. I started working on my own 167 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:40.399 Star Trek Adventures. There's a solo ARPG called Captain's Log 168 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:42.919 I reviewed it a couple of years ago, but now 169 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:46.159 I'm diving into it as sort of a writing vacation. 170 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:49.879 And you may have heard me and Steve Megatron talk 171 00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:52.440 about this on some old podcasts like ten Thousand Years 172 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:55.720 ago how we used to play play by email or 173 00:09:55.759 --> 00:09:58.960 play by post, which is sometimes we call Yeah. So, 174 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:03.399 I took my old character from the nineties, I recreated 175 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:07.440 her in Star Trek Adventures, and I actually have artists 176 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:10.200 helping me out. I met this wonderful artist named Page 177 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:12.559 here in town. She's helping me do some artwork. I'm 178 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:15.279 at a wonderful individual named Gavin from the Star Trek 179 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:18.759 group who did some three D renders of her, and 180 00:10:18.799 -->

00:10:21.399 it's kind of cool. I actually feel really inspired to 181 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:24.639 write some tracks. So that's been pretty fun for me. 182 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:26.679 So I guess, Alex, what have you been up to 183 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:27.279 this week? 184 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:31.039 Oh? For me, it's mostly been catching up on all 185 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:34.320 of the review items for the Nintendo Switch launch. 186 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:39.240 So what's been your big kind of standouts so far? 187 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:41.799 To you? Well, the two that I've been working on 188 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:46.000 and I just completed, So expect a review in this 189 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:49.080 show for one of them, and then the other review 190 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:53.600 will probably be in a Furder Treasure or it might 191 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:55.679 be a standalone depends on how long the review ends 192 00:10:55.720 --> 00:11:00.679 up being. But I have Bravely Default Flying Fairy remastered 193 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:03.200 that's probably gonna be in the Note to Day, and 194 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:10.320 then the other was right right, A remastered the The 195 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:13.240 Devil Summoner game from from the PS two that. 196 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:16.480 Was Is that the one that came with the plushy. 197 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:19.080 Originally? 198 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:22.279 Probably yes, yeah, because I think I had that. I 199 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:24.759 think I played that, but I don't remember fuck all. 200 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:29.240 Abat it was. It's an action RPG. You control a 201 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:30.879 couple of demons at the same time they come up 202 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:33.039 quit alongside you, and then it's a little bit of 203 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:35.720 like a detective game, but you're running around to a 204 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:38.159 little more streamline. I'll go into it obviously in the review, 205 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:42.919 but I think it's most notable now for being from 206 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:46.159 like the very tail end of the PS two, the 207 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:48.600 point where it's one of those Remember how Atlas was 208 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:51.759 like really known for having small runs of games back 209 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:53.360 in the day, and then they would go up in 210 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:55.639 price because they only printed like one perton. Well they 211 00:11:55.639 --> 00:11:59.600 did a second and third one, and I remember that 212 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:02.279 games or game stuff, but back when it was still 213 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:06.440 just TB, you know, before the change, they had it 214 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:08.639 brand new, like in a second print run of this 215 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:13.279 in like twenty ten or twenty twelve, like way after 216 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:18.559 the THEPS two was discontinued. It was like this game 217 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:21.559 one or two others for that from that series, and 218 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:25.200 then Final Fantasy Can I think randomly got reprinted again 219 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:27.440 or something, so I just remember seeing it and I 220 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:29.440 was like, ah, I'll get it eventually, and then I 221 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:32.240 just never got a chance to play it. So I've 222 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:35.399 got those reviews. Those are two bigger RPGs. I've also 223 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:41.320 been working on with some new controllers from Retro Fighters, 224 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:44.200 testing out doing some firm re updates, because as well 225 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:48.679 as getting items for review, with the new console launch, 226 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:50.720 a lot of times there's like firm re updates to 227 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:54.000 come out before you can use stuff right properly. So 228 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:57.080 it's taking me a little longer to you know, do 229 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:59.799 the full reviews of certain things, because you know, I'll 230 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:01.559 get I'm working with it and then go, oh wait, 231 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:03.159 there's a firm more update to allow it to work 232 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:06.120 on more hardware. So it's like I don't want to 233 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:08.159 like record something and then have it already be out 234 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:08.480 of date. 235 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:13.360 Yeah, you actually showed me some of those new controllers 236 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:15.600 when you popped over to build the new computer. I'm 237 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:18.679 actually really impressed. I was actually saying, ah, fuck, I'm 238 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:22.240 gonna have to buy some new controllers, which I'm actually 239 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:25.639 I want to shout out one of the Manu manufacturers. 240 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:29.200 It's called I eight bit D. I was really worried 241 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:32.440 that my fight stick that I got last year, that 242 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:35.000 I was so proud of that I worked on because 243 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:37.440 I hadn't done one in like ten or fifteen years, 244 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:39.639 and it was just it was like relearning a skill 245 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:42.320 over again. And I had it wired and everything, and 246 00:13:42.360 --> 00:13:44.919 I couldn't get it to work. And I'm thinking, ah, fuck, 247 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:47.399 did I just waste like one hundred something dollars on this? 248 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:51.000 And literally you're like, Mike, just wait a day or two, 249 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:56.480 and like prophecy has been foretold. Firmware update got it 250 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:00.080 working with the Capcom Fighting Collection one and two. The 251 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:02.879 Beat Them Up

bundle works friggin awesome. And I think 252 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:04.720 you got your first fight stick, didn't you. 253 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:09.559 I got a really got a cheap like garbage one Chinese, 254 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:13.480 But hey, what do you learn? It's the size of 255 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:15.480 the Hoary Mini one. But I was like, you know, okay, 256 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:18.120 I didn't necessarily need it just for fighting games. I 257 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:21.000 wanted something just to do with like eight game Yeah, 258 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:23.799 like things I could use like more multi purpose, and 259 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:26.600 of course the buttons are a little smaller. I saw 260 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:29.080 it on Amazon for like twenty one dollars plus packs 261 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:31.279 came out to like less than twenty five including shipping, 262 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:34.799 And it's wired. I wanted to just see if it 263 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:39.279 would work with the be with this switch to and yeah, 264 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:41.879 it looks like pretty much anything that's a wired controller 265 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:46.240 works just fine, especially uses you know, like a generic 266 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:50.519 driver for it, and it works fine. You know, I 267 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:54.200 think I can't replace the buttons on it because they're 268 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:57.080 soldered onto the board, but that's because you know, it's 269 00:14:57.120 --> 00:15:00.919 to be expected with a twenty dollars thing. But interestingly, 270 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:07.559 the actual joystick it's using a Chinese sandwa flow. Okay, 271 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:11.320 so because of that, apparently you can just like you 272 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:14.320 could replace the stick of mechanism if you wanted to, 273 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.000 or just replace the actual shaft or whatever the ball 274 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:21.200 if I don't want different travel on it. But like, 275 00:15:21.279 --> 00:15:23.919 in looking at it, it's like it's like thirty some 276 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:27.120 odd dollars to get an official sandwall, Like why would 277 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:29.559 I spend more than you know, one and a half 278 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:32.759 times the cost of the actual stick to get you know, 279 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:35.639 one part replace it's not worth it, But because it's there, 280 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:37.519 at least I know that I could replace it if 281 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:40.480 I wanted to, and it's it's small and compact, so 282 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:44.000 it's something that can use, likely more for like arcade 283 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:47.960 collections and stuff, but maybe maybe some fighting. I haven't 284 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:49.960 had a chance to really sit down and play with 285 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:51.679 it beyond that. I just thought it was like twenty 286 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:54.759 one bucks. There's no way I'm not going to run. Yeah, exactly. 287 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:58.320 Like honestly, the first fight stick I ever learned on 288 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:01.919 was a Drag and ball Z fight stick for the 289 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:06.559 PlayStation two, and that's how I learned. That's how I 290 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:09.600 learned to play in mar versus Capcom two was on 291 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:13.240 a shitty thirty dollars dragon ball fight stick. 292 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:13.559 Yeah. 293 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:18.519 Eventually I graduated up to the Mad Cats tournament editions 294 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:21.919 for Street Fighter four and Street Fighter x Tech, and 295 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:24.639 which I really wish I still had some of those sticks, 296 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:27.799 if anything, just because I think the artwork on them 297 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:31.399 was beautiful and I wish I scavenged the parts in retrospect. 298 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:35.639 But yeah, I mean, you know what, you tend to 299 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:40.320 build me things for my birthday. Maybe if you're interested 300 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:43.799 but be serious about it, I will build you a 301 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:46.799 fight stick and I will look into it when I 302 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:49.360 get some money later on this year. Because if you 303 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:52.240 really want to learn how to play fisticuffs, I'll teach 304 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:52.840 you well. 305 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:55.519 And also one thing to consider, I didn't want to 306 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:58.440 buy a new stick initially, like right away, like one 307 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:02.759 like you have the is a good stick, because we're 308 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:05.319 still not sure, you know, are they gonna come Are 309 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:07.079 the companies gonna come up with like brand new verse? 310 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:12.559 I would think two. And then also also with PS 311 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:16.960 five getting that Marvel token and they've announced their own stick. 312 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:19.759 Uh you know that we don't know when that's coming 313 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:21.480 out just yet. I'm going to assume it'll be out 314 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:24.799 by the time the uh you know that that game 315 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:27.720 is out, but probably even before that if I. 316 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:31.559 Had the guests earliest holiday, more than likely next year. 317 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:34.559 But I guess you might see a demo of it. 318 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:37.680 If they're smart, we'll see something at Tokyo Game Show, 319 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:42.319 or if they really want to show the community, hey 320 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:46.000 we're awesome, maybe EVO, they'll just show it off on 321 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:48.680 the floor saying, hey, check it out. I

doubt it, 322 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:49.960 but you never know. 323 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:52.960 And if that ends up being a good controller, that 324 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:55.839 would be something you know, I'd be looking at. Maybe 325 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:57.759 getting it's something that would probably be fine out of 326 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:02.400 the box as is. The yeah, especially since it just 327 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:04.559 I get the feeling that they're putting more effort into 328 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:07.920 it than you'd think. But the other one is like 329 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:10.839 that little mini guy that I have, you know, good 330 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:13.680 just to pop out. But one that would be like 331 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:17.279 switch to and PC is the ideal. And that's where 332 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:19.680 I keep my eye out for building one. Uh yeah 333 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:20.200 for one. 334 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:23.359 Yeah, like the one that I had. I have one 335 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:26.000 that's a PlayStation five stick, but it also connects to 336 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:29.720 PC as well. The only thing I can't do is Xbox. 337 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:32.279 There was a guy years ago I used to work with, 338 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:35.000 very fine gentleman named Ed and he used to run 339 00:18:35.039 --> 00:18:37.559 a website called Arcade in a Box. Now, for those 340 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:40.279 of you that know, that was the origin of my 341 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:43.839 twig stick. This guy built me a custom fight stick 342 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:49.319 that could do PlayStation three PC technically we and it 343 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:51.799 could do Xbox three sixty And it was just via 344 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:54.720 a little switch because it was a board inside that 345 00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:57.119 would just activate. It even had like the it even 346 00:18:57.160 --> 00:19:00.160 had like the PlayStation Home buttons. It was just it 347 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:02.559 was a gorgeous that one I've still kept. I still 348 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:05.799 have that stick out of nostalgia purposes. I will never 349 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:08.160 get rid of that because It's a good PC stick 350 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:13.480 if I ever want to do it, just doesn't have capability, Yeah, exactly, 351 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:15.920 Like yeah, Like it's a piece of art, Like he 352 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:19.519 literally built this with like particle board. He gave me 353 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:23.960 like custom topping. It's laminated, it's it's gorgeous. I still 354 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:26.720 love it. It's unfortunately in the closet, but I still 355 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:29.160 love it. But yeah, and that's like the stick I 356 00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:31.240 tour I took to Los Angeles when I went to 357 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:34.720 the game wards back in two thousand and nine, and 358 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:37.279 I got a chance to play with my friend Alexandra 359 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:39.839 and it was just it was a fucking wicket time. 360 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:42.359 So anyway, we have a lot of stuff to talk 361 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:43.799 about it in the show. So I've got a couple 362 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:47.400 of interesting reviews from me. So I got sent from 363 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:49.960 the team over at Magic the Gathering. They sent me 364 00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:56.319 a commander deck for further Crossover of the year, good 365 00:19:56.400 --> 00:20:00.680 luck topping this Final Fantasy, they said, the commander deck 366 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:03.680 for I want to say, Final Fantasy fourteen or fifteen. 367 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:08.960 And they sent me twenty booster packs, including some of 368 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:14.559 the really expensive collector packs. And I've had hot hot polls. 369 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:17.480 This game has taken over my life I'm looking forward 370 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:19.559 to learning more about Commander. So I'm gonna share some 371 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:22.240 of my impressions about the hunt, the cards, and some 372 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:24.079 of the community that's kind of built up around this 373 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:27.559 thing so far. Here's a hint. It's pretty fucking cool. 374 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:29.279 And then the other thing, I'm going to talk about 375 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:32.200 a game that Alex gave me for review from our 376 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:34.759 friends over at Sony. I'm gonna be looking at the 377 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:39.480 Days Gone remaster. I'm going into this completely without knowing 378 00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:42.440 anything about the franchise, as I never played the original 379 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:45.319 Days Gone. So we're gonna see what I think about 380 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:49.039 this twenty nineteen game brought up the twenty twenty five standards, 381 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:51.119 and that's what I'll be going through. And you said, Alex, 382 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.960 you have maybe bravely default in this. 383 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:59.039 Yeah, I'll have the bravely bravely default Flying Ferry. Sometimes 384 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:03.000 the getting the names with these we make three difficult, 385 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:05.559 but I'll have that. That's the uh, the switch to 386 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:08.200 exclusive what are the very few which to exclusive? 387 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:11.839 That one fantastic. So we're we're gonna do all that 388 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:15.319 and more. But we're gonna start things off by summoning 389 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:17.680 something kind of awesome. And this is gonna be my 390 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:22.519 impressions of Magic the Gathering X Final Fantasy. We'll be 391 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:25.400 back guys right after this, only on this weeking geek 392

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:27.480 dot net. 393 00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:31.640 We have them surrounded, sir. Yes, I can see that 394 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:35.839 it was only a matter of time. Here we are. 395 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:44.640 So then, what is this ragtag group of misfits I 396 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.519 see before me? 397 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:49.920 Locals, blabred dog? 398 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:55.119 Hey, then where are the rest of these up yours? 399 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:57.440 H charming? 400 00:21:57.880 --> 00:22:01.920 Well, not what I would have chosen as mys Hey, guys, 401 00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:03.759 this is Mike the Birdman here. I'm here to talk 402 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:08.079 about something really interesting I got sent for review consideration, 403 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:10.920 and this is coming from the good folks at Wizards 404 00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:14.839 of the Coast and the Magic the Gathering team. Right 405 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:17.599 now there is a really cool I guess sort of 406 00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:23.880 their universes beyond this is their final Fantasy expansion, I 407 00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:28.400 guess for Magic the Gathering with four commander decks. The 408 00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:32.599 one I got sent was based on Final Fantasy fourteen. 409 00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:36.440 The commander deck is called Scions and Spellcraft, where I'm 410 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:39.640 more or less using like spells and everything. I've actually 411 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:42.720 had friends of mine down at one of the friendly 412 00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:46.599 local game stores here in town at the Roundtable helped 413 00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:50.240 me modify this deck, and I'm looking forward to putting 414 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:54.640 this into play really soon because this guy's really good. 415 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:58.359 But I do like the Commander format for magic. It's 416 00:22:58.400 --> 00:23:01.279 a little bit different than your true kind of magic game. 417 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:05.599 And with Final Fantasy are now adding summons into it. 418 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:07.680 So if you want to, you know, bring in espers 419 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:10.480 from Final Fantasy six, you can do that. You can 420 00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:12.839 bring in some of the summons from Final Fantasy seven, 421 00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.680 like Nights. 422 00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:13.960 Of the Round. 423 00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:19.000 But you know, it's really unlike anything I've ever really 424 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:21.519 gotten into when it comes to some of the magic 425 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:24.480 ips that are starting to cross over now, like they've 426 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:28.839 done Transformers. I missed the boat on that crap. The 427 00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:33.400 Falloout stuff was interesting, but it didn't grab me the 428 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:36.000 way that I wanted it to. And that's not a 429 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:39.440 negative thing to say, it just didn't. It just didn't 430 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:42.720 do it for me. And when I got invited to 431 00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:46.839 a press briefing just before Packs East, I was super 432 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:50.599 excited for this, and then I started seeing the artwork 433 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:54.160 on the cards now. Wizards also sent me a starter 434 00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:57.039 set which has two fully playable decks right out of 435 00:23:57.039 --> 00:24:01.039 the box, a Commander deck, and they also sent me 436 00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:07.480 twenty booster packs these things are like crack. I see 437 00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:11.519 how people get into this game so hard, because, like 438 00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:14.480 as I mentioned previously on the show, I played back 439 00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:17.519 in the nineties with the weather Lights expansion is when 440 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:20.680 I tapped out and went to the graveyard, and now 441 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:23.920 I'm back. This has been really fun. So yeah, they 442 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:26.880 sent me twenty booster packs and a couple of the 443 00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:31.680 collector versions of these booster packs, which you can find. 444 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:36.039 Good luck if you can find them, because the collector 445 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:41.519 boosters are really expensive, but they're like rares and mythics, 446 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:44.720 like full foils and all that stuff. The stuff I've 447 00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:48.480 primarily been focusing on is the play boosters, but there's 448 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:52.799 even like different versions of the Commander decks which tend 449 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:55.960 to go just a little bit harder as well. I'm 450 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:59.920 really looking forward to getting more into it, but regardless, 451 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:04.759 this is really fun. There's also pre release stuff as 452 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:07.200 well that you can probably find at your friendly local 453 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:11.000 game store too. But again, like some of the other 454 00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:14.240 decks that they have for some of the Commander are 455 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:17.039 based on some of the other games as well, Like 456 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:20.799 there is a one based on Final Fantasy ten with Titus, 457 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:24.519 there's one based on Tariff and Final Fantasy vix and 458 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:27.240 of course, the one that everybody wants is the Commander 459 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:31.920 deck called Limit Break with everyone's favorite spiky haired protagonist 460 00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:36.839 from Final Fantasy seven Cloud Strife. And it's been a 461 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:41.039 really fun time to buy these play booster packs because 462 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:43.000 that's where I'm mostly getting a lot of my really 463

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:47.400 fun cards, like I've already pulled vvs, I've pulled Yunas. 464 00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:51.400 What I'm really looking for is stuff based on Red thirteen. 465 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:53.880 I mean, I'm the guy with the Red thirteen tattoo 466 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:57.519 right now, and it's been quite the quest to find 467 00:25:57.559 --> 00:26:00.799 some of these things. But I'm also rediscovering my love 468 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:04.359 with the Final Fantasy franchise, and I think that's kind 469 00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:08.079 of the magic, if you pardon the expression of this 470 00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:12.240 particular crossover, because I feel like Final Fantasy appeals to 471 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:18.039 just such a wider community base that people like collectible 472 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:21.559 card games, and that's fine and everything, But Final Fantasy 473 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:25.519 has been around for so long that it predates Magic 474 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:29.279 the Gathering. I mean, I remember I was playing Final 475 00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:33.720 Fantasy three on the Supernintendo when the early sets excuse me, 476 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:37.599 of Magic, We're just starting to come out in the nineties, 477 00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:41.680 So they've existed together for a long time, and now 478 00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:45.680 that the IP has crossed over with this, it's really 479 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:50.359 cool and I'm seeing some really interesting decks come together, 480 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:54.680 and just watching the market on this stuff, it's unlike 481 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:57.519 anything I've ever seen or been a part of at 482 00:26:57.559 --> 00:27:01.319 the ground level. I mean to say now is a 483 00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:04.000 great time to jump into magic would be a bit 484 00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:07.759 of an understatement. If you can find your favorite Commander deck, 485 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:12.200 I highly recommend that you do so. Now that being said, 486 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:14.160 some of the stuff you're gonna have to find on 487 00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:17.599 the secondary market. But from what I've read, there probably 488 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:20.160 are gonna be future print runs of some of this 489 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:23.640 stuff because they realize the market's there, and I hopefully 490 00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:27.720 Wizards and the Magic the Gathering Team will continue to 491 00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:32.559 support this. Like I said, I really am having so 492 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:36.640 much fun with this. I can't wait to go out 493 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:41.000 there and try my modified Commander deck and just frankly, 494 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:44.279 what pass with it? Like spell Spell Spell, you think 495 00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:49.079 you're awesome, Not today, Punk, It's gonna be wicked. And eventually, 496 00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:50.799 when I get

a chance, I'm gonna try and build 497 00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:54.640 a final Fantasy seven themed deck. So hey, maybe I'll 498 00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:57.359 get lucky and I'll finally find that to limit break 499 00:27:57.359 --> 00:28:01.880 Commander at some point down the road. But final Fantasy 500 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:07.359 Cross with Magic. It's so much fun. The card art 501 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:10.920 is out of this world. Maybe you'll get lucky and 502 00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:14.279 find one of those gold Chocobos. There's only seventy seven 503 00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:18.039 in the world, and I know someone who pulled one 504 00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:21.319 of the pink Chocobos, and as of this recording, I 505 00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:24.200 think that card's going for like fifteen hundred dollars plus. 506 00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:27.519 So it's a fun time to be in this hobby. 507 00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:29.559 It's an exciting time. Say hey, it's like going to 508 00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:33.160 the Gold Saucer, or you know, maybe you'll get unlucky 509 00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:36.359 and go to the Tower of Zozo, which isn't so fun. 510 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:40.519 But seriously, I highly recommend this. It's a great time 511 00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:42.880 to play. It's a great time to visit your friendly 512 00:28:43.079 --> 00:28:47.599 local game store and begin summoning your own version of magic. 513 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:55.279 But this is not where your journey is meant to end. 514 00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:59.119 My dear boy, you must leave the bay are once more. 515 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:05.960 The Prime Minister of Sweden visited Washington today, and my 516 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:10.319 tiny little nipples went to France. Gossip, rumors, panic in 517 00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:10.880 the streets. 518 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:14.039 We're lucky this week in Geek New News. 519 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:16.440 And welcome back to this week in Geek dot Night. 520 00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:19.720 I'm Mike the Birdman. He's axe producer. All right, so 521 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:21.839 we are going to dive into the news this week 522 00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:23.480 as I hit my microphone with my watch. 523 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.000 Shit. 524 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:28.519 But anyway, this first story comes courtesy of nine news 525 00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:31.599 dot com, though I have seen this report across multiple outlets. 526 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:35.680 One point four million dollars worth of Nintendo Switch consoles 527 00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:39.480 stolen in Colorado. A semitech driver discovered the theft during 528 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:43.000 a pre chip inspection at a Bennett truck stop. A 529 00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:45.799 high dollar heightst was discovered earlier this month, involving the 530 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:49.920 theft of thousands of Nintendo switched to gaming consoles worth 531 00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:52.799 about five hundred

dollars each. The theft is reported around 532 00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:55.839 eight am June eighth at the at Love's truck stop 533 00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:59.400 at eleven ninety one First Street in Bennett. According to 534 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:02.960 our man, this is a weird name. Are Apo County 535 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:05.359 Sheriff's Office, a semi tuck driver reported during a pre 536 00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:08.599 tip inspection, he discovered that his trailer had been broken 537 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:13.480 into and a newly released switched two consoles were missing. Quote. 538 00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:18.160 When deputies arrived, they determined that around twenty that around 539 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:21.559 two eight hundred and ten Nintendo Switched two consoles were 540 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:24.279 stolen out of the back of the trailer at some point, 541 00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:29.319 said Anders Nelson, public Information office officer for the Sheriff's office. 542 00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:31.480 The driver told deputies he was en route to a 543 00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:35.319 game stop store in Grapevine, Texas. I probably know exactly 544 00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:39.920 where he was going, actually, from Nintendo of America in Redmond, Washington. 545 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:42.359 He told deputies he did not know what was in 546 00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:45.000 the trailer, only that it was games or toys. Thieves 547 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:47.720 took multiple palettes of the Nintendo Switched two consoles. No 548 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:50.960 small hall. They retail at four hundred and ninety nine each. 549 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:53.200 The cost to Nintendo was just over four hundred and 550 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:55.799 ten dollars, So either way you look at it, it's 551 00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:59.119 well over one million dollars worth of merchandise stolen, Nelson said. 552 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:03.680 Vive Beat, a computer science professor at MSU Denver, said 553 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:07.640 not to expect those swipe switches to show up at 554 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:11.599 Craigslist or at pawnshops because they're stolen. I would expect 555 00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:14.200 them to head to the dark web pretty quickly unless 556 00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:18.000 they're shipped out of country. Bed said. The anonymous spot 557 00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:21.599 to buy and sell is feeding a demand. Bed said 558 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:23.720 it doesn't take long on the dark web to spot 559 00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:26.480 a low cost switch to quote, and it took me 560 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:29.599 about two minutes to find switch twos for sale, and 561 00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:33.039 it's half price if you end up with a stolen switch, 562 00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:35.640 BT said. These devices each have a serial number that 563 00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:38.200 police and Nintendo can track. When you log on, you 564 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:40.720 have to register that number. That's how you play games, 565 00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:44.400 get updates, Nintendo said, and can track down your device. Quote. 566 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:47.960 Nintendo does have the capability of what we call bricking 567 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:51.279 the device, and that is to make it non functional. 568 00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:54.240 Bad said. Getting around that lockdown isn't simple. You have 569 00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:57.640 to try and jail break it. Essentially sideskapping those protections 570 00:31:57.680 --> 00:32:00.799 through coding, Bed said, or avoiding connect into the Internet 571 00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:05.200 altogether to conclude as deputies work to detect who cleared 572 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:07.319 out those consoles, but he said, if you are too 573 00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:09.640 far on the hunt for a switch, stick to shops 574 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:13.319 you trust. They are pricey little advices. If you're not 575 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:15.559 paying five to six hundred for one, you're probably not 576 00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:18.599 getting the original, And of course you can certainly want 577 00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:22.000 to go through a reputable dealer. Beat said. Investigators aren't 578 00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:24.559 sure whether the heights occurred in the town of Bennett 579 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:27.039 or in another city where the driver stopped. If caught, 580 00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:30.119 the suspects could face charges of foulony FFT value at 581 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:32.880 one million or more, as well as criminal mischief. And 582 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:35.680 then it goes into basically their version of crime stoppers. 583 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:39.839 Yeah, I had to be planned. Somebody would have had 584 00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:42.680 to know that this truck was hauling. 585 00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:46.359 Oh yeah, and it's funny. So I was watching a 586 00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:51.240 video on Inside Gaming and they were talking about Nintendo's 587 00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:55.640 capability to brick consoles. And because if you use a 588 00:32:55.720 --> 00:33:00.200 device called MiG card where you can load multiple will 589 00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:05.000 Switch games that you presumably own on one convenient cart, 590 00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:09.599 but if it detects that hardware signature, I guess they 591 00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:14.359 can brick the console. But weird thing. So let's say 592 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:17.519 your Nintendo switch to gets bricked, right if you go 593 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:20.160 out and buy a new switch too, like brand new 594 00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:23.000 off the racket Walmart or Target or whatever. If you 595 00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:27.640 log into that Nintendo account, you're fine. They don't care 596 00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:30.960 because you bought a new console, so the account doesn't matter. 597 00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:34.559 But it's the hardware

that's locked out now that presents 598 00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:36.960 an interesting thing. If you were to buy a switch 599 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:42.440 to on eBay, Craiglist, Facebook, wherever you better verify this 600 00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:47.119 console can connect to the internet and receive updates, because 601 00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:50.119 that's a whole new way to rip people off, like 602 00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:52.920 you see people on TikTok and all these other kind 603 00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:55.519 of platforms selling Hey, I've got a PlayStation five, like 604 00:33:56.119 --> 00:33:59.720 two hundred dollars or whatever some ridiculous price. How many 605 00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:02.160 of these consoles are banned? Like the amount of Xbox 606 00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:04.039 three sixties I used to see banned back in the 607 00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:07.240 day was a lot more than I expected. And now 608 00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:10.400 in the era of like PlayStation five and people doing, 609 00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:14.639 you know, unauthorized things to place two PSN accounts, it's 610 00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:18.320 the hardware that gets nailed and presumably the account as well. 611 00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:21.079 So long story short, don't be a piece of shit. 612 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:25.639 But with Nintendo being able to track down these numbers, 613 00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:28.320 I would be very fascinated if they ever do a 614 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:31.480 follow up to the story, where did these switches end up? Like, 615 00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:33.920 I'd be very curious of like one end ended up 616 00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:37.079 in like England or Thailand, if South America or something. 617 00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:40.760 If they capped the whole palette or multiple pallets of them, 618 00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:47.000 because that's a lot. So the truck, was the truck 619 00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.880 itself to one or was it the. 620 00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:50.920 It was just out of the back of the truck 621 00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:54.159 because looking at the picture, like somebody broke into the 622 00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:58.400 trailer in unloaded palettes. And if you're doing this at 623 00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:01.840 a truck stop, that's pretty conspicuous. If you show up 624 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:05.039 with like a U haul trailer and you're unloading an 625 00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:09.920 eighteen wheel eighteen wheel or whatever it is, why are 626 00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:12.119 you moving that at a truck stop at like three 627 00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:14.199 o'clock in the morning. Why aren't you going to your 628 00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:17.400 plate like because that would in I don't know, But 629 00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:20.760 if you do a pre inspection at a truck stop, 630 00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:23.800 they're checking your weight, They're checking all these things to 631 00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:26.920 make sure you're underweight. You're

on the road, you're you 632 00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:28.920 have to match a certain set of stats that I 633 00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:32.239 understand before you leave and before you check out the 634 00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:34.760 next stop. You have to your weight has to match. 635 00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:38.119 So it depends on how fast they can get pallets. 636 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:41.920 If they, I would suspect it'll hit the news if 637 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:44.679 they are able to catch the entire load or most 638 00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:49.639 of it, because at that point it's you know, a 639 00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:52.679 heist that big will make the news if they're caught. 640 00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:57.119 If it's just like a single skid, it might not 641 00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:58.039 make the news. 642 00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:02.079 Yeah, like something about this, Like you said, this has 643 00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:05.960 to be an inside job and if it's going to Grapevine, Texas. 644 00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:08.519 And the only reason I say I know where this 645 00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:12.639 is going is Handsome Tom was like one of the 646 00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:17.760 regional managers for game Stop in Grapevine. Hopefully I didn't 647 00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:20.920 just dox you, Tom. Anyway, I knew a lot of 648 00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:24.480 this stuff. And like you know, again, game Stop in Grapevine, 649 00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:29.119 there's only so many stores in that region, so someone 650 00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:32.519 had to have said something somewhere say hey, this is 651 00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:34.800 the route, here's where they're stopping. 652 00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:41.000 There's something on that side or what Nintendo will be 653 00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:45.599 looking at is somebody gets the manifest from their warehousing 654 00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:47.000 dock on the west coat. 655 00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:52.639 Yeah that's true too, Like there's so many potential security leaks, 656 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:54.079 and I know we're making it sound like this is 657 00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:56.639 some frigging CIA heist or something, but no, this is 658 00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:59.760 this is pretty significant. Like that's over a million dollars 659 00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:01.480 were the consoles. 660 00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:07.760 Specific targeted thing with one truck holding all of it. 661 00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:10.079 It sounds like it was going to a distribution center. 662 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:13.159 Mm hmmm, because no single store is going to have 663 00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:14.760 two thousand units. 664 00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:17.360 Yeah, I mean maybe if it was supplying the Dallas 665 00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:20.880 Fort Worth area. Even then that sounds like a lot 666 00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.920 for one city. 667 00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:24.280 Because for launch day, you know, my store here had 668 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:28.519 a little over two hundred I think consoles h and 669 00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:34.599 of course that would be more than the five or 670 00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:37.480 six stores in my region. What it happened. 671 00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:40.679 Yeah, like my my local game stop I think had 672 00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:42.960 been one hundred and twenty to one hundred and fifty, 673 00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:45.599 and I presume that'd be the same for the mall too. 674 00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:48.559 So we probably had little more, maybe a little less 675 00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:52.199 than five hundred in GWELP. And that's just at the 676 00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:54.679 game stop, so that's not counting your walmarts and any 677 00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:56.519 other retailer that might have them. 678 00:37:56.599 --> 00:38:01.440 So for yeah, if we consider our retail locate, aw 679 00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:10.000 we probably we probably had twenty five hundred anywhere sorry, 680 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:12.679 anywhere between twenty five hundred and three and a half thousand. 681 00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:15.840 And it's funny like I don't work call. I mean, 682 00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:19.400 I think you and I covered. There were some theft 683 00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:24.000 of PlayStation five's and Xbox Series x's, but not that many. 684 00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:27.079 I don't I remember when the PS three came out, 685 00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:30.559 like people were getting robbed and shot at gunpoint outside 686 00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:32.719 of Best buys when that console launs, but that was 687 00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:34.840 like two thousand and like six or something. 688 00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:38.159 Yeah, it was. That was also the price time. And 689 00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:42.599 I would say that with the PlayStation five, we did 690 00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:45.000 hear about it, but I think it was like a 691 00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:47.360 truck with forty of them, like you know what I mean, 692 00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:49.679 Like it's it's like a truck that was going to 693 00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:55.280 load like a specific store or a couple stores when 694 00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:58.360 you're dealing with a few thousand that is, that would 695 00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:01.000 be like for a regional district. 696 00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:04.880 Mm hmmm. Like it's just it's weird just to think 697 00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:07.039 that this is how it all like kind of went down. 698 00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:12.519 And I said, there's there's something vaguely unwholesome about all this. 699 00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:15.679 But you know, the last time we reported on TUT 700 00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:21.239 it was butter, Yeah, butter or Dildo's or people weird 701 00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:25.320 ship it was it was butter sex toys, and uh, 702 00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:28.079 it was butter sex toys and maple steps. I like 703 00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:30.159 to call it a fun Sunday

afternoon. 704 00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:35.000 Exactly Welcome the gwelf baby. But oh boy, I could 705 00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:37.199 tell you stories from the poetry Slam last night that 706 00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:40.639 oddly involved all three of those things. I'm not even kidding. 707 00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:47.440 Oh Yeah, good lord, she won and they deserved it anyway. Yeah, 708 00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:51.079 it was weird. So hopefully they catch these guys and 709 00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:54.639 you know, because just don't be a don't be a 710 00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:57.559 piece of shit our next story. 711 00:39:57.480 --> 00:40:00.280 Or if they were like planning to scalp it, they're 712 00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:01.840 not gonna be able to get their money back. 713 00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:05.119 Yeah, because like to even like kind of break off 714 00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:07.960 on like a sidebar on all of this. And we 715 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:11.519 talked about this during our switch coverage last week with Ken. 716 00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:16.800 This console launched for the Nintendo switch to I did. 717 00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:19.719 I originally thought it was going to be a disaster 718 00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:25.519 and it wasn't. You can still relatively easy, at least 719 00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:29.440 in our region anyway, a switch to. Yeah, in Canna, 720 00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:32.000 you can find a switch to really easy. 721 00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:36.360 The States are still being restrictive because they're only selling 722 00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:40.400 there's like relocations that they're producing these consoles. But I 723 00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:46.039 believe that they're only using I Wan I Forget wherever 724 00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:50.000 it is because of the Trump teriff backed stuff. They're 725 00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:52.000 avoiding the ones that were made in China, which was 726 00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:56.960 the vast majority. So we have ample stock. Most of 727 00:40:57.000 --> 00:41:01.079 Europe as amplestock. It's just the States because they don't 728 00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:04.079 want they don't want to get hit with like two 729 00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:06.920 paraffs on each single constant, right. 730 00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:10.440 Which is again just so ridiculous. And like I said, 731 00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:12.519 like the fact that I can go into like I 732 00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:15.960 went into Walmart this morning, like I was gonna go 733 00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:20.039 buy some magic cards, and again I always passed by electronics. 734 00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:22.199 It's forced a habit, but like, hey, there's still a 735 00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:24.599 switch to in there and all the games and all 736 00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:27.159 the accessories that can Yeah, that's kind of cool, And 737 00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:28.039 it's not. 738 00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:30.960 It's not the case of nobody wants that, like you 739 00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:34.159 see people on the internet, Oh my god, nobody wants. No, 740 00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:37.000 it's there's plenty of the man, there's just plenty of 741 00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:40.440 restocks happening at least outside of the continental US, which 742 00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:44.039 would explain why why a truck theft might be viable. 743 00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:48.039 But like, yeah, the news story, if it has happened 744 00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:49.800 a Canada would have been why. 745 00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:53.400 Yeah, it's like why you can go to fucking Shopper's 746 00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:55.079 drug mart and grab this thing, right. 747 00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:58.400 Yeah, it is not supply constrained anywhere outside of the state. 748 00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:02.440 Yeah, it's a it's so wild. And like you and 749 00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:05.920 I both have friends and fans that interact with the 750 00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:09.239 show on our personal facebooks. And it's just weird seeing 751 00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:10.920 some people in the States saying, oh, I still can't 752 00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:12.840 find it. So I remember. I wish I could remember 753 00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:15.360 what this gentleman had said, but it was something along 754 00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:16.760 the lines of like, oh, if you can find a 755 00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:19.440 switch at retail price, please let me know. And I 756 00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:21.719 and this is like a week and a half after launch, 757 00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:24.159 and I was like, dude, why why aren't you looking 758 00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:27.079 at game Stop or Walmart or Target. I don't know. 759 00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:30.519 It's just it's so weird. And it feels weird specifically 760 00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:34.039 because like we are used in Canada to getting hosed 761 00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:35.760 on stuff like oh we can't get it, it's a 762 00:42:35.760 --> 00:42:39.679 regional exclusive or supply chain or whatever. It's kind of 763 00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:43.400 weird how we're on the upper end of us thinking hey, yeah, 764 00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:44.960 we got plenty, can we help you. 765 00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:48.159 I don't like when you and the collector community were 766 00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:53.559 finding a bunch of plates like toys Bro, Hasbro and 767 00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:56.280 the Tell toys that were like on the shelf that 768 00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:58.400 in the States either weren't out yet. 769 00:42:58.280 --> 00:43:01.199 Or like a months ahead of release. 770 00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:03.559 Months I had of release at like a super price 771 00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:05.880 and like a regular retail not at scliper price. 772 00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:09.320 Yeah, like even today, I was chatting with a guy 773 00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:11.760 that I just became new friends with on Facebook and 774 00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:15.400 we're both Transformers, nots, of

course, and I was saying, hey, 775 00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:18.119 do you want this sky bite? Sky Bites the flying 776 00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:21.760 Shark from Robots in Disguise. That figure is not supposed 777 00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:26.960 to hit retail tell either August or October. I've seen 778 00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:29.360 four of them on the shelf in the last two weeks. 779 00:43:29.400 --> 00:43:31.519 I bought one, and there's still a bunch there. There's 780 00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:35.960 hot Spot, I've seen like the wheel Jack Mold. Like 781 00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:38.360 I'm just seeing all these stuff that shouldn't be out yet, 782 00:43:38.400 --> 00:43:42.639 and like, yeah, there it is. Party on bitch, It's weird. 783 00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:45.480 So anyway, we're gonna move on to our next story. 784 00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:49.719 This one kinda I don't get why. So this one 785 00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:53.639 uh is coming courtesy of Comic book dot Com. But 786 00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:57.840 another south Park episode maybe getting banned. Another south Park 787 00:43:58.239 --> 00:44:00.960 episode maybe getting banned by pair. We are getting close 788 00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:03.159 to July first, which is set to be a big 789 00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:06.480 deal for south Park fan Before starting on July first, 790 00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:09.719 south Park HBO Max deal will end in Paramount Plus 791 00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:12.679 will become the exclusive streaming home of south Park. Going 792 00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:15.199 into this, there have been reports that paramount is planning 793 00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:19.280 to ban multiple episodes, making them impossible to stream. This 794 00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:22.880 has not been confirmed and right now remains strictly rumored. 795 00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:25.559 Ahead of this, though, another episode has started to be 796 00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:28.960 banned in some regions, perhaps indicating it will be one 797 00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:32.679 of the episodes completely banned by July first. Previous reports 798 00:44:32.719 --> 00:44:35.000 mentioned a whole slew of episodes that will be banned, 799 00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:39.559 but they did not mention season five episode fourteen, Butter's 800 00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:42.639 Very Own episode. That said, in Canada and other regions, 801 00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:45.280 South Park fans have begun to report that the episode 802 00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:47.400 is no longer available to stream now that the episode 803 00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:49.519 is still available to stream in the United States. So 804 00:44:49.599 --> 00:44:51.920 far it has not been universally banned, but that could 805 00:44:51.960 --> 00:44:54.480 be what's in the works. As you should expect, south 806 00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:57.039 Park fans are not happy and in some cases are 807 00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:59.199 even threatening to pirate the show. If this is how 808 00:44:59.239 -->

00:45:01.039 it's going to be, it's if this is gonna be 809 00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:06.679 the standard going forward. Quote sixteen episodes, not counting Muhammad, 810 00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:09.079 that is one and a half season's worth of south Park. 811 00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:12.119 They have pulled rights. One Southpack fan quote, I might 812 00:45:12.280 --> 00:45:14.639 just wait to pot to wait for the pirate sites 813 00:45:14.679 --> 00:45:17.599 to get the new episodes rather than giving them any 814 00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:20.880 of my money or support. Paramount has remained silence about 815 00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:23.400 the future of South Park and reports it is planning 816 00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:26.679 to be ban a smattering of problematic episodes, or at 817 00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:29.960 least episodes that may or may not view as problematic. 818 00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:33.480 That said, compared to other episodes, Butter's very own episodes 819 00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:36.639 is fairly tame. However, it does have some very specific 820 00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:41.039 commentary on oj Simpson, Gary Kanda, and both John and 821 00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:45.360 Patty Ramsey that Paramount could view as problematic. Unfortunately, right now, 822 00:45:45.400 --> 00:45:47.760 as well as all we have is speculation, it appears 823 00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:50.719 Paramount has no intention of ending the speculation with any 824 00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:53.719 type of official information on the matter, which some fans 825 00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:57.320 have taken to me. And bad news is coming, and 826 00:45:57.360 --> 00:45:59.880 then it just goes on to say, hey for more bullshit, 827 00:46:00.199 --> 00:46:05.119 come here. It's a show like South Park. I'm honestly 828 00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:09.639 surprised more bands haven't happened sooner, but it's south Park. 829 00:46:09.760 --> 00:46:13.920 You kind of know what you're getting into, Like I 830 00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:18.880 can understand like the Mohammed thing, because well, if you're 831 00:46:18.920 --> 00:46:20.559 following the news right now, it's. 832 00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:23.199 From a standpoint of from a standpoint of free speech, 833 00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:27.800 and that I I don't agree with the censorship at all. Yeah. Yeah, 834 00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:29.920 you know it's like if you don't like it, then 835 00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:32.880 don't erit in your country. If your country, if your 836 00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:35.960 country or region or where you're from, you know doesn't 837 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:40.320 have that kind of freedom in particular, or you know 838 00:46:40.519 --> 00:46:43.519 it is offensive because your core values that you don't 839 00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:44.400 have to watch it. 840 00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:49.079 Yeah, And I mean clearly you were okay enough with 841 00:46:49.159 --> 00:46:51.400 it to give them money to make it. You were 842 00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:55.320 okay enough for to print it on physical media, and 843 00:46:55.360 --> 00:46:57.000 you were cool enough with it to air it on 844 00:46:57.039 --> 00:47:01.480 a major broadcast network like Comedy Central. So yeah, like 845 00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:04.280 if you're going to fund it, stand by it. Now 846 00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:08.920 that being said, you can evolve view something as problematic 847 00:47:08.960 --> 00:47:11.360 and things change, right, Like maybe if they said something 848 00:47:11.480 --> 00:47:14.960 like really egregious. I can't think of a specific example 849 00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:18.199 off my head, but ye, you know what you're getting 850 00:47:18.280 --> 00:47:21.920 into here, And I guess maybe if they wanted to 851 00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:24.760 have like a streaming thing where their quote unquote band, 852 00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:28.039 maybe they could add like a layer so you could say, hey, 853 00:47:28.599 --> 00:47:30.880 if you agree to view this content, you have to 854 00:47:30.880 --> 00:47:32.639 go through like another portal and you have to like 855 00:47:32.760 --> 00:47:36.000 verify your age or something. Maybe that's an option, right, 856 00:47:36.159 --> 00:47:40.280 maybe just high it behind like a layer or something like, 857 00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:42.199 you know, just not make it so it's like click 858 00:47:42.199 --> 00:47:44.840 click click boom. But you know, maybe like click click click, 859 00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:48.320 oh fuck, here's my birthday or whatever. Boom it's done. 860 00:47:48.760 --> 00:47:51.559 That's an option, but it doesn't really solve the problem. 861 00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:56.639 I mean again, this is streaming is so weird. I'm 862 00:47:56.679 --> 00:48:00.519 a big digital guy. I like digital, but I don't 863 00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:03.000 like the fact that stuff can just be taken away. 864 00:48:04.320 --> 00:48:08.840 Like we just mentioned with the Nintendo Switch thing with 865 00:48:09.079 --> 00:48:12.559 the MiG cards, that's a you can just boop, your 866 00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:16.000 system can just die with this. If they don't like 867 00:48:16.119 --> 00:48:18.320 something you bought it, they can just take it out 868 00:48:18.360 --> 00:48:20.480 of your digital library. And we've heard of that happening 869 00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:24.239 with Apple Plus shows, We've heard of that happening with 870 00:48:24.360 --> 00:48:29.480 Amazon Prime things. It's a license at best. So if 871 00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:33.639 you own these banned episodes in a digital format, what 872 00:48:33.719 --> 00:48:37.599 does that mean if anything? Again, that's pure speculation on my. 873 00:48:37.599 --> 00:48:42.599 Behalf episodes paid for on PlayStation three, would like have a. 874 00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:45.559 Word, yeah, exactly, Like, I'm very curious. 875 00:48:45.800 --> 00:48:48.280 They didn't just make it so you can't you know, 876 00:48:48.400 -->

00:48:51.920 rebuy or down with they remove them. And and that 877 00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:56.039 was retroactively removing them and then making the argument that 878 00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:58.440 you never owned a copy, even though for people that 879 00:48:58.480 --> 00:49:01.519 you have, originally you did. The original wording was that 880 00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:04.840 it was for like one hundred years and then they 881 00:49:04.920 --> 00:49:07.159 switched it and it was gone, and the dragon it was, well, 882 00:49:07.199 --> 00:49:10.119 the service doesn't exist. So, like I had a few 883 00:49:10.119 --> 00:49:13.079 TV shows episodes that I had either got for free 884 00:49:13.159 --> 00:49:15.599 or purchased a few back when I was you know, 885 00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:17.639 checking it out, like because you could purchase them and 886 00:49:17.639 --> 00:49:21.639 then watch them on PS three or PSP and it's 887 00:49:21.679 --> 00:49:24.719 like not that I even want anymore, but it's like 888 00:49:24.920 --> 00:49:27.639 the fact that you removed them was was problematic. 889 00:49:28.559 --> 00:49:32.760 Yeah, because like I lost a couple of movies on 890 00:49:32.760 --> 00:49:35.360 one of my services because the license expired, and I 891 00:49:35.360 --> 00:49:39.400 was like, I was like, fuck what, I don't know, Like, 892 00:49:40.280 --> 00:49:43.280 and I remember I lost even a few games on 893 00:49:43.559 --> 00:49:48.880 Xbox Live Arcade and the game I remember specifically that 894 00:49:48.960 --> 00:49:51.639 I lost because I really, I'm so close to platinuming 895 00:49:51.679 --> 00:49:56.000 this fucker too, which makes it worse. I think it 896 00:49:56.320 --> 00:50:00.679 was after Burner. It was it was like a it 897 00:50:00.760 --> 00:50:03.280 was like a reimagining of like Afterburner, and it was 898 00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:08.360 really fucking fun. But Sega delisted it and I couldn't 899 00:50:08.440 --> 00:50:11.960 redownload it or something like that, Like I remember it 900 00:50:12.039 --> 00:50:14.519 was in the dying days of my Xbox three sixty 901 00:50:14.519 --> 00:50:17.480 and I was like, well, why I paid for this? 902 00:50:18.320 --> 00:50:23.440 And I don't know, like digital for convenience, it's nice, 903 00:50:24.280 --> 00:50:26.440 but I don't like the fact that they can cross 904 00:50:26.519 --> 00:50:29.840 their fingers behind their back and say, oh, don't worry everything, 905 00:50:29.840 --> 00:50:32.519 I'll be fine. So I guess we're gonna find out 906 00:50:32.559 --> 00:50:35.880 what happens. Like I completely forgot that South Park seems 907 00:50:35.880 --> 00:50:38.320 to jump hands every couple of years, or at least 908 00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:41.079 maybe I'm not paying attention. And to be quite real 909 00:50:41.119 --> 00:50:44.280 with you, when we were reviewing stuff for Paramount, I 910 00:50:44.320 --> 00:50:47.679 would often ask for the South Park stuff because you, 911 00:50:47.840 --> 00:50:52.559 like you know what, I don't have as racy a 912 00:50:52.679 --> 00:50:54.800 sense of humor as you, which is weird. I used 913 00:50:54.800 --> 00:50:56.840 to think I was the outrageous one, and then Alex, 914 00:50:56.880 --> 00:50:59.960 I became friends with you, I'm quite tame in comparison. 915 00:51:00.320 --> 00:51:05.519 Well, my sensitive humor might be more off color and 916 00:51:05.519 --> 00:51:09.519 and go to more extremes than that that you'd expect. 917 00:51:09.880 --> 00:51:12.760 But yeah, but that is that is diametrically opposed to 918 00:51:13.039 --> 00:51:15.920 how my personality actually is. In person, and my like 919 00:51:16.639 --> 00:51:19.159 my my personal beliefs and how you should treat people 920 00:51:19.159 --> 00:51:22.840 and how you should talk to people is much more, uh, 921 00:51:23.199 --> 00:51:28.920 mister Roger, that it is, uh, you know that it 922 00:51:28.960 --> 00:51:30.800 is to what I find funny, you know what I mean? 923 00:51:31.320 --> 00:51:32.159 Oh yeah, I. 924 00:51:32.079 --> 00:51:34.440 Could find something hilarious and then be like, oh my god, 925 00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:36.480 that's so offensive that I could never do that to 926 00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:39.280 somebody at person, But I find it hilarious. Oh yeah, 927 00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:42.280 the ridiculousnes of it. So like, I'm I'm right there, 928 00:51:42.320 --> 00:51:44.880 you know, I'm I'm you know I And I think 929 00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:46.760 a lot of other people are too. It's just you 930 00:51:46.840 --> 00:51:49.480 might might be surprised at how far my sense of 931 00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:49.880 humor go. 932 00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:53.679 Yeah, I've had some very interesting conversations with you that 933 00:51:53.760 --> 00:51:56.840 I will hopefully never see the light of day. But 934 00:51:57.320 --> 00:51:59.559 it's funny though, because like south Park is a show. 935 00:52:00.559 --> 00:52:03.320 It's again to go back to the old man thing 936 00:52:03.360 --> 00:52:06.119 that I said at the beginning of the broadcast. I 937 00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:08.800 don't know whether my sense of humor is changing. Am 938 00:52:08.800 --> 00:52:11.880 I getting old? Do I just not connect with this 939 00:52:12.000 --> 00:52:16.199 sense of humor anymore? Because the last thing that I 940 00:52:16.280 --> 00:52:19.760 watched for South Park, for example, was the Ozempic episode. 941 00:52:19.800 --> 00:52:24.400 The end of obesity. The only time I really smiled 942 00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:27.000 during that was when the Ceial mascots did their mad 943 00:52:27.119 --> 00:52:32.320 Max thing and they were like bombing like ozempic factories, 944 00:52:32.360 --> 00:52:38.480 which is again so outrageous and ridiculous. It was fucking stupid. 945 00:52:38.559 --> 00:52:42.239 But the whole time it was just like Cartman eating 946 00:52:42.519 --> 00:52:46.559 his sugar bomb with KFC and

going to the bathroom saying, 947 00:52:46.599 --> 00:52:49.039 don't worry, I'm gonna fill the toilet this time. And 948 00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:54.920 I was like, I guess that's funny. Or the Streaming 949 00:52:55.039 --> 00:52:58.519 Wars was another one, and mister Pp and all that shit. 950 00:52:59.039 --> 00:53:02.039 I don't know, it's a show. I wonder if it's 951 00:53:02.119 --> 00:53:05.920 just not for me anymore, like humor for me. It's 952 00:53:06.000 --> 00:53:09.239 not hitting like it used to, and it's very funny, 953 00:53:09.280 --> 00:53:12.320 Like I'm like even I was chatting about this with 954 00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:15.760 like Liam the other day, and I was like, I 955 00:53:15.840 --> 00:53:18.679 just I don't know what I find funny anymore, Like 956 00:53:18.760 --> 00:53:21.719 it's so bizarre, like even going back to some of 957 00:53:21.800 --> 00:53:24.960 my favorite movies from like the mid two thousands, Like 958 00:53:25.000 --> 00:53:27.840 I went back and watch super Bad a couple of 959 00:53:27.840 --> 00:53:31.119 weeks ago, and I was like, I had a little 960 00:53:31.119 --> 00:53:33.119 bit of a good time with this, but I don't 961 00:53:33.119 --> 00:53:34.480 know either way with you. 962 00:53:34.559 --> 00:53:38.280 How much of that, though completely honest, is related. He's 963 00:53:38.360 --> 00:53:39.679 related to your bipolar moot. 964 00:53:40.280 --> 00:53:43.639 I would wonder what that is because like, certain times 965 00:53:43.679 --> 00:53:46.760 I'll be like really good and you know, it doesn't 966 00:53:46.800 --> 00:53:49.559 take a lot to make me laugh. An other times something. 967 00:53:49.239 --> 00:53:53.039 And yeah, all right. It's not to use that as 968 00:53:53.639 --> 00:53:56.480 or to be rude. It's just no, yeah, you're absolutely right. 969 00:53:56.760 --> 00:54:02.039 If you're you, I feel more so than like enormy 970 00:54:02.159 --> 00:54:04.800 in quotes. Yeah, you have to be in a very 971 00:54:04.840 --> 00:54:09.920 specific headspace I think to appreciate otherwise, Like it's not 972 00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:13.039 that you're going into something not wanting to laugh, but 973 00:54:13.400 --> 00:54:17.400 I feel like sometimes your attitude is, well, make me laugh, 974 00:54:17.559 --> 00:54:20.360 And it's like, well, if that's your attitude, then. 975 00:54:20.360 --> 00:54:23.559 Yeah, yeah, that's exactly. It like make me laugh, like 976 00:54:23.639 --> 00:54:26.679 all right, and it's a challenge and it doesn't always 977 00:54:26.800 --> 00:54:28.280 rise up even older. 978 00:54:28.000 --> 00:54:30.440 Stuff, That's what I mean. But then I've been you know, 979 00:54:30.559 --> 00:54:33.400 with you where you know you're you're you're feeling good, 980 00:54:33.599 --> 00:54:36.280 and it's like it's not it's not even a challenge. 981 00:54:36.360 --> 00:54:38.760 It's more like, you know, how can we make you 982 00:54:38.840 --> 00:54:39.280 not laugh? 983

00:54:39.800 --> 00:54:43.480 Yeah exactly. It's it's so strange, but I guess the 984 00:54:43.519 --> 00:54:45.639 cycle of this back to the story, I'll be very 985 00:54:45.639 --> 00:54:48.239 interested to see what episodes gets banned. But the fact 986 00:54:48.280 --> 00:54:52.840 that there's a season and a half missing, that's not great. 987 00:54:52.920 --> 00:54:57.000 But the show still prints money as far as I'm aware. 988 00:54:57.119 --> 00:54:59.519 And that's from the States. I forget Canada. 989 00:55:01.599 --> 00:55:04.559 I think I think it might be crave. I think 990 00:55:04.559 --> 00:55:05.800 it might might be brave. 991 00:55:06.079 --> 00:55:08.719 Now, the advantage there is, you know, outside of the States, 992 00:55:08.800 --> 00:55:11.599 there won't be content there. Uh well, it's the first 993 00:55:11.599 --> 00:55:15.039 certain but uh but like I was gonna say, like 994 00:55:15.079 --> 00:55:20.280 they're obviously purchasing the DVDs and the Blu rays would 995 00:55:20.320 --> 00:55:22.440 be your best route if you wanted to preserve it, 996 00:55:22.440 --> 00:55:25.679 because there's nothing in the States that bans the sale 997 00:55:25.719 --> 00:55:29.400 of the actual disk at least yet. Yeah, exactly yet. 998 00:55:29.559 --> 00:55:32.599 But but as far as like our listeners Canada or 999 00:55:32.760 --> 00:55:37.239 the UK, for the most part, your streaming platform, that 1000 00:55:37.280 --> 00:55:43.320 has to be okay. And again, I think the funniest 1001 00:55:43.400 --> 00:55:46.760 episodes quote unquote are you know, there might be one 1002 00:55:46.840 --> 00:55:49.559 or two in that season that a stands this time, 1003 00:55:50.239 --> 00:55:54.159 But the funniest episodes generally don't get They find ways 1004 00:55:54.199 --> 00:55:54.639 around it. 1005 00:55:55.320 --> 00:55:58.639 One thing I'll be very curious about is I would 1006 00:55:58.679 --> 00:56:01.559 be very curious to see what Matt and Trey can 1007 00:56:01.599 --> 00:56:05.559 do next to up the ante to really skewer the 1008 00:56:05.639 --> 00:56:08.119 current political climate. And we're not going to get too 1009 00:56:08.159 --> 00:56:09.280 far into the weeds here. 1010 00:56:09.360 --> 00:56:12.679 Well, the new season is coming and I think that 1011 00:56:12.719 --> 00:56:15.800 they they're doing a thing where they're splitting episodes where 1012 00:56:15.800 --> 00:56:18.000 it's like a certain amount on TV and a certain 1013 00:56:18.000 --> 00:56:21.559 amount of streaming homely as part of their new deal. 1014 00:56:22.119 --> 00:56:25.599 And the preview for it showed them going back to Warwick, Canada, 1015 00:56:25.719 --> 00:56:27.079 just like in the movie ninety nine. 1016 00:56:27.880 --> 00:56:32.639 Interesting and it's over terriff. That'll be funny. I mean, 1017 00:56:32.760 --> 00:56:36.119 I would like to see them particularly there are two 1018 00:56:36.159 --> 00:56:38.039 people I want to see

them skewer. I want to 1019 00:56:38.079 --> 00:56:40.559 see them go after Christy Nome, who's like the director 1020 00:56:40.559 --> 00:56:43.960 of Homeland Security, and Pete hag Seth, who's the. 1021 00:56:43.920 --> 00:56:47.519 Current Oh they they are and they're making fun of 1022 00:56:48.239 --> 00:56:50.599 in at least from the preview that they released, like 1023 00:56:50.639 --> 00:56:54.440 you know twenty second thing going after Elon Musk in 1024 00:56:54.480 --> 00:56:57.320 that and like the quote from it is you know 1025 00:56:58.280 --> 00:57:00.679 is the blame Canada song is being MX in the 1026 00:57:00.719 --> 00:57:03.440 background shows them like getting ready for war with Canada 1027 00:57:03.519 --> 00:57:06.679 and then they go to h Randy and He's like sharing, 1028 00:57:07.599 --> 00:57:09.559 don't want, don't mind me or whatever, I'll be back. 1029 00:57:09.599 --> 00:57:11.480 I'm just gonna take a bunch of kenemene and fuck 1030 00:57:11.519 --> 00:57:14.039 with the government. And it's like, that's I think it's 1031 00:57:14.159 --> 00:57:16.119 I think that's supposed to be the Elon Musk, you know, 1032 00:57:16.360 --> 00:57:20.039 that whole thing about how much drugs he's on. Oh, 1033 00:57:20.159 --> 00:57:22.519 so I think it's it's that it's gonna be timely, obviously, 1034 00:57:23.079 --> 00:57:26.760 Like this is a weird situation where America moves at 1035 00:57:26.800 --> 00:57:28.880 such a pace now that I don't even know if 1036 00:57:28.880 --> 00:57:30.960 South Park keep up with it, even with their yeah 1037 00:57:31.000 --> 00:57:31.760 five days care. 1038 00:57:32.360 --> 00:57:35.719 Yeah. I was about to say that, like considering how 1039 00:57:35.760 --> 00:57:38.280 often the news literally changes minute to minute. I mean, 1040 00:57:38.320 --> 00:57:42.400 as we're recording this, some very bad stuff happened in 1041 00:57:42.440 --> 00:57:47.000 the overnight. I don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow, aren't 1042 00:57:47.320 --> 00:57:51.599 what's that old Chinese proverb may you live in interesting times? No, 1043 00:57:51.719 --> 00:57:55.360 I'd like to get off now. I want to go 1044 00:57:55.480 --> 00:57:59.800 back to watching Stupid Ship and you know, eating spaghetti 1045 00:57:59.760 --> 00:58:02.159 o's and watching Star Trek at three o'clock in the morning, 1046 00:58:02.719 --> 00:58:06.880 not worrying about nuclear armageddon and tariffs every twenty minutes. Fuck, 1047 00:58:06.960 --> 00:58:09.159 I didn't know what a tariff was a year ago. 1048 00:58:10.239 --> 00:58:14.719 I hate this and that notes. We're gonna end the 1049 00:58:14.760 --> 00:58:16.880 nerd News right now and we're going to take a 1050 00:58:17.199 --> 00:58:19.679 listen to one of Alex's reviews for one of the 1051 00:58:19.679 --> 00:58:22.559 games for the Nintendo switch To. We will be back 1052 00:58:22.920 --> 00:58:26.239 right after this with some more weird shit that happened 1053

00:58:26.239 --> 00:58:30.000 around this plane of existence this week. We'll be back 1054 00:58:30.320 --> 00:58:32.039 right here on this week in geekd on Net. I've 1055 00:58:32.039 --> 00:58:35.039 been Mike the Burban, He's been AXI producer, Alex take 1056 00:58:35.079 --> 00:58:37.239 it away. 1057 00:58:37.840 --> 00:58:41.519 Alex the Producer here and I have a new release 1058 00:58:41.559 --> 00:58:44.719 to talk about. Our friends over at Square Innex sent 1059 00:58:44.800 --> 00:58:49.920 a review copy of Bravely Default Flying Faery HD remaster 1060 00:58:50.519 --> 00:58:53.719 for the Nintendo switch To. This is an exclusive release, 1061 00:58:54.199 --> 00:58:57.960 one of the very few exclusive releases on Switch Tuesday, 1062 00:58:58.000 --> 00:59:03.079 one that also happens to be a one that has 1063 00:59:03.119 --> 00:59:05.519 available on physical release. It is a game key part, 1064 00:59:06.280 --> 00:59:08.639 which there is some you know, controversy around that, at 1065 00:59:08.719 --> 00:59:11.639 least in the public eye, but obviously I have a 1066 00:59:11.639 --> 00:59:17.440 review copy on digital, so is it doesn't matter. Just 1067 00:59:17.519 --> 00:59:20.519 know that the game doesn't take up that much space 1068 00:59:20.719 --> 00:59:24.599 depending on any updates in that you're looking at, you know, 1069 00:59:25.119 --> 00:59:28.039 have a dozen gigs, if that makes any sense, and 1070 00:59:28.199 --> 00:59:31.199 comparatively to a lot of other releases, we're not dealing 1071 00:59:31.199 --> 00:59:33.840 with seventy gigabytes of data here. It's not that bad 1072 00:59:33.880 --> 00:59:36.199 to download. It actually is dulled and downloaded in like 1073 00:59:36.320 --> 00:59:41.119 two minutes, which is a testament to the switch tos, 1074 00:59:41.159 --> 00:59:45.320 improved Wi Fi at Ethernet and just overall store capability. 1075 00:59:46.599 --> 00:59:51.400 So this is a remaster, you know, there's thing it's 1076 00:59:51.960 --> 00:59:57.639 remaster slash pretty major upgrade comparatively to the original version 1077 00:59:58.480 --> 01:00:01.360 you know, release back in the day on the DS 1078 01:00:01.400 --> 01:00:05.400 like three DS era of consoles. I remember playing it 1079 01:00:05.440 --> 01:00:08.079 originally when it came out, and you know, I'm not 1080 01:00:08.079 --> 01:00:09.960 going to do any spoilers. I'll say that there's no 1081 01:00:10.000 --> 01:00:13.480 spoilers for the story or anything here. With this franchise 1082 01:00:14.199 --> 01:00:19.119 as well as like the Spiritual success or stuff with Octopath, 1083 01:00:19.960 --> 01:00:21.760 you kind of know that there's gonna be twists and 1084 01:00:21.800 --> 01:00:25.159 turns and ups and downs and and interesting concepts and 1085 01:00:25.199 --> 01:00:30.800 ideas more so taking risks with storytelling elements than what 1086 01:00:30.840 --> 01:00:33.559 you'd see in other like mainline stuff from Spora in 1087 01:00:33.599 --> 01:00:36.639 Nex like Final Fantasy. So you know, just know that 1088 01:00:36.679 --> 01:00:39.079 going in that there what might seem like a normal 1089 01:00:39.159 --> 01:00:42.000 experience ends up being a not normal experience as you 1090 01:00:42.079 --> 01:00:47.800 go along. So that being said, uh, go in with 1091 01:00:47.880 --> 01:00:51.320 an open mind, and I think you'll have a good experience. Now, 1092 01:00:51.440 --> 01:00:53.639 the big review here is going to be you know, 1093 01:00:53.679 --> 01:00:56.719 what did they change right, because we already know it's 1094 01:00:56.800 --> 01:01:00.760 one of the best hidden gems of the handheld era 1095 01:01:00.960 --> 01:01:05.239 from you know that that era of ten plus years ago, 1096 01:01:06.079 --> 01:01:09.440 before you know, everything was consolidated. Now with having the 1097 01:01:09.440 --> 01:01:14.800 switch being like the one platform that Nintendo has, and 1098 01:01:14.840 --> 01:01:17.679 I could say this, the audio is a significant upgrade 1099 01:01:18.159 --> 01:01:21.239 obviously being on a newer platform, plus having the surrounds 1100 01:01:21.280 --> 01:01:24.880 down support and even like having upscale surrounds down that 1101 01:01:24.920 --> 01:01:28.239 you can get with the virtual surround on the switch 1102 01:01:28.280 --> 01:01:32.559 to is a you know, a pretty big you know bonus. 1103 01:01:32.639 --> 01:01:35.920 I think as far as the music, it's pretty memorable. 1104 01:01:36.840 --> 01:01:40.960 The voice acting of what's here is good, and I 1105 01:01:40.960 --> 01:01:44.159 would say and improve as for what I remember from 1106 01:01:44.159 --> 01:01:47.400 the previous version visually is the big upgrade. Obviously we're 1107 01:01:47.440 --> 01:01:52.239 now having proper uh you know, HD scale four K visuals. 1108 01:01:52.079 --> 01:01:55.239 It's not it's gonna blow your socks off technology wise. 1109 01:01:55.280 --> 01:01:58.599 It's not pushing the switch to you really had any 1110 01:01:58.800 --> 01:02:02.400 you know, massive direction as far as you know, it's 1111 01:02:02.400 --> 01:02:05.880 not like we're going to like massively better textures, but 1112 01:02:06.119 --> 01:02:10.239 it's substantial. It's to be what I would expect when 1113 01:02:10.599 --> 01:02:12.440 there was a while where a lot of these like 1114 01:02:12.639 --> 01:02:16.239 DS and three DS titles were getting ported to HD 1115 01:02:16.719 --> 01:02:20.719 by Square and being put on like PlayStation four and 1116 01:02:20.719 --> 01:02:24.719 and you know PS four and PS five, and that 1117 01:02:24.920 --> 01:02:28.480 is pretty much the quality here, right, Like they're reports, 1118 01:02:28.480 --> 01:02:33.760 but they're not like full ground up, compleet remix. Uh. 1119 01:02:34.000 --> 01:02:38.000 And what's important here is that the performance is quite good. 1120 01:02:38.159 --> 01:02:40.039 You know, you

get a full solid sixty the whole 1121 01:02:40.079 --> 01:02:42.880 way through. I played it both portable and and in 1122 01:02:43.079 --> 01:02:46.239 doc mode and with no issues also playing it portable 1123 01:02:46.639 --> 01:02:51.000 because it's not crazy intense on the graphics. I was 1124 01:02:51.039 --> 01:02:55.880 getting probably four to five hours at least on a 1125 01:02:55.920 --> 01:02:58.480 single battery charge with the you know, the brightness down 1126 01:02:58.480 --> 01:03:01.840 a little lower, so it's not like it's gonna you know, 1127 01:03:02.000 --> 01:03:03.519 drain your battery in like an hour and a half 1128 01:03:03.599 --> 01:03:06.320 or two hours like maybe a cyberpunk or something. But 1129 01:03:07.519 --> 01:03:11.559 as far as anything else that is included here, there 1130 01:03:11.920 --> 01:03:16.039 doesn't appear to be a lot that's changed outside of 1131 01:03:17.000 --> 01:03:24.840 having the ability to make like battles move faster. There's 1132 01:03:24.840 --> 01:03:27.800 some quality of life updates here and there, but for 1133 01:03:27.840 --> 01:03:30.760 the most part, it's a pretty faithful adaptation of the 1134 01:03:30.800 --> 01:03:33.519 original version and it's nice to see it get you know, 1135 01:03:33.559 --> 01:03:36.119 some love. Hopefully that more in the series that wasn't 1136 01:03:36.159 --> 01:03:38.960 previously on Switch will get recorded over in the future, 1137 01:03:39.519 --> 01:03:42.760 and something to keep in mind is, at least Canada, 1138 01:03:42.840 --> 01:03:45.639 I don't know the exact pricing in the States, it's 1139 01:03:45.719 --> 01:03:48.000 fifty four ninety nine if you get the physical version 1140 01:03:48.079 --> 01:03:51.440 or digital. Physically, it is a game key card, but 1141 01:03:51.679 --> 01:03:54.039 that isn't like coding the box. It does mean that 1142 01:03:54.079 --> 01:03:56.320 you can sell it created afterwards. It just means that 1143 01:03:56.360 --> 01:03:59.599 the game key card has to be in place when 1144 01:03:59.599 --> 01:04:02.440 you're playing. Saying so keep that in mind. Like, if 1145 01:04:02.440 --> 01:04:05.800 you're somebody who has UH you know, you're on a 1146 01:04:05.840 --> 01:04:10.559 family plan and or you have multiple Switches shoes in 1147 01:04:10.639 --> 01:04:14.480 your family's household, digital might be the way to go 1148 01:04:14.559 --> 01:04:16.280 for that because it's a little easier for you to 1149 01:04:16.360 --> 01:04:18.760 lend a copy to your family member. If if you're 1150 01:04:18.800 --> 01:04:21.719 on the family plan, you're part of the the UH 1151 01:04:22.119 --> 01:04:25.360 the Nintendo Switch Online plus the Mansion family whatever they 1152 01:04:25.360 --> 01:04:28.079 call that figure here you're able to lend games for 1153 01:04:28.079 --> 01:04:31.079 a couple weeks at a time to anybody within your family. Uh, 1154 01:04:31.239 --> 01:04:33.440 that's something that's a little easier to do obviously if 1155 01:04:33.440 --> 01:04:37.199 you've got digital copy versus the card. So if you 1156 01:04:37.440 --> 01:04:39.639 doing that, that's a consider. If not, you want to 1157 01:04:39.639 --> 01:04:43.239 get a get it for your collection, give the game card, 1158 01:04:43.239 --> 01:04:46.159 be perfectly fine. It's just know that you don't have 1159 01:04:46.480 --> 01:04:49.920 everything on the card itself, so will require a download, 1160 01:04:49.960 --> 01:04:52.800 and again not a huge download. Uh. This is one 1161 01:04:52.880 --> 01:04:55.320 of the best RPGs that I think a lot of 1162 01:04:55.320 --> 01:04:58.239 people slept on or maybe you've heard of it but 1163 01:04:58.280 --> 01:04:59.920 didn't have the ability to play on a modern car. 1164 01:05:00.119 --> 01:05:04.599 So and it makes the adaptation quite well. Load times 1165 01:05:04.679 --> 01:05:09.679 are next to nothing, Battles are fun and engaging. The 1166 01:05:10.360 --> 01:05:13.280 firm based system is you know where you see a 1167 01:05:13.280 --> 01:05:15.599 lot of the games of this franchise have gone. You 1168 01:05:15.639 --> 01:05:18.360 can see the origins of here, and it's pretty simple 1169 01:05:18.639 --> 01:05:22.519 to get used to, easy to master. It's not overly deep, 1170 01:05:22.599 --> 01:05:26.679 it's just just the right amount. It's a good RPG 1171 01:05:27.079 --> 01:05:30.079 to get people into the franchise. One thing to keep 1172 01:05:30.119 --> 01:05:33.719 in mind though, is regardless of difficulty that you're playing at, 1173 01:05:34.280 --> 01:05:38.400 it does ramp up at the end pretty far. You 1174 01:05:38.480 --> 01:05:42.039 will have to do some grinding, but it's still pleasant 1175 01:05:42.039 --> 01:05:45.360 because the music is good. And I do think that 1176 01:05:46.840 --> 01:05:50.559 this is a very influential game, not just within its franchise, 1177 01:05:50.599 --> 01:05:55.639 but within the way certain storytelling elements happen in modern RPGs. 1178 01:05:56.119 --> 01:05:58.800 So I wouldn't want to miss this. I think it's 1179 01:05:58.840 --> 01:06:02.239 pretty much an essential if you're looking to pick up 1180 01:06:02.400 --> 01:06:05.000 games that are exclusive, especially at the launch of the 1181 01:06:05.039 --> 01:06:09.039 Switch too. And I'm very interested to see if they 1182 01:06:09.119 --> 01:06:12.719 adapt the other games the franchise that were not part 1183 01:06:12.719 --> 01:06:17.039 of the Switch originally. Because Bravely has been a high 1184 01:06:17.079 --> 01:06:21.920 mark in Sprayx's catalog that you know, for a while 1185 01:06:22.039 --> 01:06:24.320 hasn't seen a lot of term based games, it's very 1186 01:06:24.400 --> 01:06:26.679 nice to see one. Oh and something I almost forgot 1187 01:06:26.719 --> 01:06:29.519 to mention. I can't believe it are the extra features 1188 01:06:29.559 --> 01:06:32.639 that were added to this

version for the Switch to one. 1189 01:06:32.679 --> 01:06:36.039 Obviously I mentioned that there is high definition graphics added, 1190 01:06:36.079 --> 01:06:39.719 you know, much better textures, everything. The user interface has 1191 01:06:39.800 --> 01:06:44.320 changed obviously to take advantage of the more real estate 1192 01:06:44.360 --> 01:06:47.639 and being on a completely different platform. There is a 1193 01:06:47.679 --> 01:06:50.119 fast forward mode so that the battles can go a 1194 01:06:50.119 --> 01:06:53.199 lot quicker, which is always good to see that because 1195 01:06:53.199 --> 01:06:56.599 it allows you to grind without necessarily having to do 1196 01:06:56.719 --> 01:07:00.000 too much with it. The encounter rate can be changed 1197 01:07:00.400 --> 01:07:02.039 on the fly. You can do it down to like 1198 01:07:02.079 --> 01:07:04.920 fifty percent encounters up to two hundred percent, and there's 1199 01:07:04.920 --> 01:07:08.199 even items you can get that change that completely to 1200 01:07:08.280 --> 01:07:10.360 be like four hundred percent and then down to like 1201 01:07:10.480 --> 01:07:12.639 zero later on. So that can help if you're doing 1202 01:07:12.639 --> 01:07:15.719 in operation to find chests and things, or if you 1203 01:07:15.760 --> 01:07:17.800 really need to grind and really power yourself up at 1204 01:07:17.800 --> 01:07:19.800 a certain point. If you find yourself near the end 1205 01:07:19.840 --> 01:07:23.519 and having a difficulty, you know, beating some of the enemies, 1206 01:07:23.519 --> 01:07:25.960 you can just sort of give yourself a boost. There 1207 01:07:26.039 --> 01:07:34.880 is online compatibility, so it lets you send like you 1208 01:07:34.880 --> 01:07:39.199 can send your moves basically into the ether, into the internet, 1209 01:07:39.480 --> 01:07:42.599 and any body that you encounter within the game, they 1210 01:07:42.599 --> 01:07:44.840 can pull you in as a friend quote unquote and 1211 01:07:44.880 --> 01:07:47.519 then summon your character to use in battle and they'll 1212 01:07:47.559 --> 01:07:51.000 do that their special move. That's it's kind of neat. 1213 01:07:51.039 --> 01:07:53.639 It wasn't utilized that un by me when I was playing. 1214 01:07:54.480 --> 01:07:56.639 But the other thing that that's added specifically for the 1215 01:07:56.679 --> 01:08:02.599 switch to version is minigame, so you can go. There's 1216 01:08:02.599 --> 01:08:04.119 a point where you can encounter in one of the 1217 01:08:04.159 --> 01:08:08.639 town's like a traveling carnival, and in that carnival there 1218 01:08:08.760 --> 01:08:12.440 is a bunch of mini games that you can play 1219 01:08:13.559 --> 01:08:18.760 using the mouse capabilities of the roy Cons. You have 1220 01:08:18.840 --> 01:08:20.960 to use it in mouse mode. So the reason I 1221 01:08:20.960 --> 01:08:22.279 didn't mention it is I only did it once or 1222 01:08:22.319 --> 01:08:25.640 twice because I played the game mostly doc with my 1223 01:08:25.960 --> 01:08:28.920 Pro controller and you cannot use the pro controller. It 1224 01:08:28.960 --> 01:08:31.199 has to be with the single joy cons and mouse mode. 1225 01:08:32.079 --> 01:08:34.760 So it's it is a little gimmicky, but it is 1226 01:08:34.840 --> 01:08:37.199 kind of fun and the minigames you have can be 1227 01:08:37.600 --> 01:08:40.319 you know, a varying I would say, varying quality, but 1228 01:08:40.359 --> 01:08:43.640 overall pretty fun. And what they do is they let 1229 01:08:43.680 --> 01:08:46.000 you earn points, sort of like you would in like 1230 01:08:46.079 --> 01:08:49.840 a casino mode in a lot of games. And what 1231 01:08:49.880 --> 01:08:52.600 you can do is you you earn all the points 1232 01:08:52.600 --> 01:08:55.600 that you can trade them in for special items upgrade things, 1233 01:08:56.560 --> 01:08:59.800 again similar to other RPGs that have like a casino mode, 1234 01:09:00.279 --> 01:09:02.079 And that's pretty cool. But it just adds that little 1235 01:09:02.119 --> 01:09:04.640 bit of extra sauce on top to give the game 1236 01:09:04.680 --> 01:09:07.039 a bit of a bonus. And you know, putting it 1237 01:09:07.079 --> 01:09:09.439 all together, you end up with a really solid release 1238 01:09:09.520 --> 01:09:11.720 that you know, I hope more people play. It's a 1239 01:09:11.760 --> 01:09:16.239 great way to get into RPG's, especially like a hybrid 1240 01:09:16.279 --> 01:09:19.840 of like the modern style of storytelling with a bit 1241 01:09:19.840 --> 01:09:21.039 of the classic gameplay. 1242 01:09:22.159 --> 01:09:26.920 Oh Crazy, don't mind it by do Human Sacrifice, Dogs 1243 01:09:26.960 --> 01:09:30.640 and cats living together. Passis Parry. Welcome back to this 1244 01:09:30.680 --> 01:09:32.960 week in geek dot Net. I am Mike the Birdman. 1245 01:09:33.720 --> 01:09:36.279 He is not He's Ox the Producer. All Right, guys, 1246 01:09:36.319 --> 01:09:38.560 it's time to talk about the weird news that happened 1247 01:09:38.560 --> 01:09:41.960 around planet Earth this past week. As if there's another 1248 01:09:41.960 --> 01:09:44.119 planet this could be happening on. But hey, there is 1249 01:09:44.479 --> 01:09:47.840 the idea of the multiple universe. This is the multiverse anyway. 1250 01:09:48.199 --> 01:09:51.760 This first story comes courtesy of the Associated Press. Fifteen 1251 01:09:51.800 --> 01:09:56.199 sets of twins are graduating from one New York high school. 1252 01:09:56.600 --> 01:09:59.359 This comes from Hempstead, New York, a high school in 1253 01:09:59.399 --> 01:10:01.800 the suburbs of York City. We'll be seeing double on 1254 01:10:01.920 --> 01:10:05.760 graduation day this weekend. Among nearly of the five hundred 1255 01:10:05.840 --> 01:10:09.439 students in its graduating class, thirty are twins. It's a 1256 01:10:09.479 --> 01:10:12.079 tight knit group. Some of the students at Long Island's

1257 01:10:12.079 --> 01:10:14.000 Plainsview Old Beth page John F. 1258 01:10:14.079 --> 01:10:14.880 Kennedy High School. 1259 01:10:16.039 --> 01:10:20.159 Excuse me, I've known each other since kindergarten, their parents 1260 01:10:20.600 --> 01:10:23.479 meeting through a local twins club. Some of them still 1261 01:10:23.560 --> 01:10:27.640 even plan family vacations together. These days. Some of the 1262 01:10:27.680 --> 01:10:30.439 twins are on a group text change, which has helped 1263 01:10:30.479 --> 01:10:35.159 them cope with their new found notoriley notoriety rather as 1264 01:10:35.199 --> 01:10:36.399 a graduation day approaches. 1265 01:10:36.479 --> 01:10:36.840 Quote. 1266 01:10:36.960 --> 01:10:40.399 Honestly, when we're together, the room is electrics, said Sidney 1267 01:10:40.439 --> 01:10:44.199 Manka as she attended graduation rehearsal rehearsal with the other 1268 01:10:44.279 --> 01:10:47.119 twins earlier this week. We're all very comfortable around each other, 1269 01:10:47.159 --> 01:10:49.479 and we have all these shared experiences, so we're bouncing 1270 01:10:49.520 --> 01:10:53.319 off each other. It's really cool. Save for their shared 1271 01:10:53.399 --> 01:10:55.560 last names, though, the pairs may not have been hard 1272 01:10:55.560 --> 01:10:57.640 to spot as they walk on the stage at their 1273 01:10:57.720 --> 01:11:02.159 high school graduation, held at Hofsted University in Hempstead. These 1274 01:11:02.199 --> 01:11:05.319 students are all fraternal twins, meaning born from different eggs 1275 01:11:05.359 --> 01:11:07.960 and sperm, so none of them are identical. Many of 1276 01:11:07.960 --> 01:11:10.800 the twins are different genders, but that doesn't make the 1277 01:11:10.840 --> 01:11:14.600 bonds any less tight, said Barry Cohen, who's attending Indiana 1278 01:11:14.720 --> 01:11:17.920 University of the Fall. Quote, especially for the boy girl twins. 1279 01:11:17.960 --> 01:11:19.960 A lot of people think it's just like siblings, but 1280 01:11:20.000 --> 01:11:21.479 it's more than that. It's because we go through the 1281 01:11:21.479 --> 01:11:23.239 same things at the same time, she said of her 1282 01:11:23.279 --> 01:11:26.760 brother Brayden Gohen, who's heading to the University of Pittsburgh. 1283 01:11:26.960 --> 01:11:29.840 Most when prauded give a playful shrug at the curious 1284 01:11:29.920 --> 01:11:33.159 phenomenon in high school, which is located in an affluent, 1285 01:11:33.239 --> 01:11:36.880 largely white district of around about thirty five miles east 1286 01:11:36.920 --> 01:11:39.000 of Manhattan. I guess there's just something in the water, 1287 01:11:39.119 --> 01:11:43.119 said Emily Brake, who's attending the University of Georgia, echoing 1288 01:11:43.159 --> 01:11:45.920 a common refrain among the twins, quote, we're all just 1289 01:11:46.039 --> 01:11:47.720 very lucky. I think it's just kind of a coinstance, 1290 01:11:47.720 --> 01:11:51.680

adding her sister, Amanda Break, will be attending Ohio State University. 1291 01:11:51.720 --> 01:11:55.760 Others acknowledge there's more than mother nature at work. Arianna 1292 01:11:55.840 --> 01:11:59.560 Carrot Camerani said her parents have been trying for years 1293 01:11:59.600 --> 01:12:03.680 to have kids, and in veto fertilization was their last auction. 1294 01:12:03.880 --> 01:12:05.800 Back then, it was more common than it is now 1295 01:12:06.079 --> 01:12:09.439 for IVF babies to be twins or triplets. There may 1296 01:12:09.439 --> 01:12:12.399 be some genetic components of play. Quote, there's very few 1297 01:12:12.399 --> 01:12:14.560 twins in our family, like I have cousins that are twins, 1298 01:12:14.600 --> 01:12:17.560 so I guess that raised the chances of having twins, 1299 01:12:17.800 --> 01:12:22.119 adding the incoming freshmen at Stony Brook University, also on 1300 01:12:22.279 --> 01:12:25.800 Long Island, other schools with large sets of twins. Large 1301 01:12:25.840 --> 01:12:28.720 cohorts of twins are not unusual. At Plains Old View 1302 01:12:28.760 --> 01:12:31.319 Beth Bids, the high school, I had back to back 1303 01:12:31.359 --> 01:12:34.840 graduating classes with ten sets of multiples in twenty fourteen. 1304 01:12:34.880 --> 01:12:38.159 In twenty fifteen, next year's incoming freshman class has nine 1305 01:12:38.199 --> 01:12:40.840 sets of twins, according to school officials. Among the other 1306 01:12:40.840 --> 01:12:43.159 schools in the county of big sets of graduating twins 1307 01:12:43.159 --> 01:12:46.920 are Clovis North High School in Fresno, California, with fourteen pairs, 1308 01:12:47.079 --> 01:12:50.439 Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Green Belt, Maryland with ten pairs. 1309 01:12:50.640 --> 01:12:53.680 Last year, a middle school in the in suburban Boston 1310 01:12:53.840 --> 01:12:56.800 rather had twenty three sets of twins in its graduating class, 1311 01:12:56.840 --> 01:12:59.399 though there's still far shot of the record for the 1312 01:12:59.399 --> 01:13:03.279 most multi poll In the same academic year, New Trier 1313 01:13:03.399 --> 01:13:07.119 High School in Wakita, Illinois, had a whopping forty four 1314 01:13:08.800 --> 01:13:11.399 twin pairs and a set of triplets in twenty seventeen. 1315 01:13:11.439 --> 01:13:14.479 According to the Guinness World Records. After graduation, most of 1316 01:13:14.479 --> 01:13:16.520 the twins that planes old bue Beth Paige are heading 1317 01:13:16.520 --> 01:13:19.720 off to different colleges. An exception is Aiden and Chloe Manzo, 1318 01:13:19.760 --> 01:13:21.960 who will both be attending the University of Florida, where 1319 01:13:21.960 --> 01:13:25.039 they'll live in the same dorm on campus. Both study business, 1320 01:13:25.359 --> 01:13:27.319 though with different majors. We're going to see each other 1321 01:13:27.359 --> 01:13:31.720 a lot, said Chloe Wiley. Deep down, my mom knew it. 1322 01:13:31.720 --> 01:13:33.319 It would be easier if we went to the same school, 1323 01:13:33.399 --> 01:13:36.119 she added, you know, like moving in graduation, going to 1324 01:13:36.159 --> 01:13:39.520 sports games. Some were apprehensive about living far from their 1325 01:13:39.520 --> 01:13:44.079 longtime partner in crime, Emma and Kayla this is a 1326 01:13:44.079 --> 01:13:50.000 fun name. Libowitz will be attending Bigingham and Syracuse University, respectively. 1327 01:13:50.000 --> 01:13:52.760 The fifteeneration twins that they're already making plans for frequent visits, 1328 01:13:52.800 --> 01:13:56.680 even though upstate New York schools are some eighty miles apart. 1329 01:13:57.039 --> 01:13:58.600 I think it's going to be really weird because we 1330 01:13:58.680 --> 01:14:01.119 really do everything together. She's my best friend. I really 1331 01:14:01.119 --> 01:14:04.279 can't do anything without her, said Emma. We're sleeping over 1332 01:14:04.359 --> 01:14:07.079 every weekend. I'm coming for football games, like all of it, 1333 01:14:07.079 --> 01:14:10.000 said Kayla. Others were looking forward to getting some breathing room. 1334 01:14:10.239 --> 01:14:14.000 Sydney and Kayla Jasser said they're both studying fashion design, 1335 01:14:14.279 --> 01:14:17.520 but at different colleges. Sydney is attending the University of Delaware, well, 1336 01:14:17.560 --> 01:14:21.520 Kayla will be attending Indiana University, and this fucking page 1337 01:14:21.560 --> 01:14:23.960 there we go. Well, we would have went to the 1338 01:14:23.960 --> 01:14:26.520 same colleges, but we just it was this stupid pop up. 1339 01:14:26.560 --> 01:14:29.000 I hate those things. We could have just went, we 1340 01:14:29.039 --> 01:14:30.479 could have just went to the same cause, but we 1341 01:14:30.600 --> 01:14:32.600 just wanted to be what. We just wanted to be 1342 01:14:32.640 --> 01:14:35.279 able to be independent. Since we've been with each other forever, 1343 01:14:35.680 --> 01:14:37.439 Kayla said, it'll be good to get out there and 1344 01:14:37.520 --> 01:14:43.359 have our own identities or sorry, experiences. Rather can't imagine 1345 01:14:44.680 --> 01:14:49.079 being like, like just having a twin around you all 1346 01:14:49.119 --> 01:14:51.520 the time. I mean, hell, even to me, knowing I 1347 01:14:51.680 --> 01:14:56.319 have a half sister out there is still kind of weird. 1348 01:14:56.399 --> 01:14:58.840 Like the first time I met them and seeing my 1349 01:14:58.960 --> 01:15:04.039 own face reflect at me was strange. I can't imagine 1350 01:15:04.079 --> 01:15:07.119 having an identical twin, but I guess the fraternal twin, Like, 1351 01:15:07.159 --> 01:15:10.640 I still don't get how that works, honestly, Like, who cares. 1352 01:15:10.920 --> 01:15:14.079 I read that article and I thought, oh, this is 1353 01:15:14.119 --> 01:15:18.119 a great horror story, like a school where it's all twins, 1354 01:15:18.239 -->

01:15:20.880 and there's so many ways you could make this go. 1355 01:15:21.520 --> 01:15:24.399 Oh yeah, like this is very like what's that Village 1356 01:15:24.399 --> 01:15:27.159 of the Damned? Or like Stepford Wives bullshit. 1357 01:15:27.359 --> 01:15:30.359 Or even though it has really nothing to do with it. 1358 01:15:30.359 --> 01:15:33.520 You know what came to my mind immediately, what, I 1359 01:15:34.000 --> 01:15:35.800 don't think it's already Afraid of the Dark. I think 1360 01:15:35.800 --> 01:15:37.840 it might have been. No, it's not Goose, but it's 1361 01:15:37.840 --> 01:15:40.479 already for of the Dark. There is an episode where 1362 01:15:40.840 --> 01:15:44.079 these new kids attend like this new boarding school and 1363 01:15:44.119 --> 01:15:46.960 then at the night time, like all the kids are 1364 01:15:47.640 --> 01:15:52.439 like zombie walking to like work in the basement somewhere 1365 01:15:52.479 --> 01:15:56.359 at the school, okay, And it was it turned out 1366 01:15:56.359 --> 01:15:59.960 it was like alien pod people forcing them to like yeah, 1367 01:16:00.199 --> 01:16:04.920 helped just date the the pod growth of their aliens. 1368 01:16:05.279 --> 01:16:07.000 And it was in the school food that they were 1369 01:16:07.039 --> 01:16:09.960 eating that was making them go like, like food tastes 1370 01:16:10.079 --> 01:16:12.720 kind of look weird much. But when they would hear 1371 01:16:12.760 --> 01:16:16.840 a certain tone over the CIA system, it would basically 1372 01:16:16.880 --> 01:16:18.720 brainwash them into doing things. 1373 01:16:19.319 --> 01:16:21.920 And I think I vaguely know what you're talking about it. 1374 01:16:22.119 --> 01:16:26.119 For some reason, that episode came into my head when 1375 01:16:26.119 --> 01:16:27.960 I'm like, it's just a bunch of twins, and it's like, 1376 01:16:28.239 --> 01:16:30.199 is it really? Is it really just a bunch of 1377 01:16:30.199 --> 01:16:31.960 twins at the school? Why? 1378 01:16:32.920 --> 01:16:35.840 I mean, it's it's again, it's so strange. I mean, 1379 01:16:35.920 --> 01:16:38.920 like I don't get the sibling life because I never 1380 01:16:38.960 --> 01:16:41.560 had that experience living up, I mean or growing up. 1381 01:16:41.600 --> 01:16:44.079 I had people who are very close to me, who 1382 01:16:44.159 --> 01:16:48.800 are like family. But like you have a brother, you 1383 01:16:48.880 --> 01:16:50.520 guys are close, even though you used to beat the 1384 01:16:50.560 --> 01:16:52.520 crap out of each other, but you guys hang out 1385 01:16:52.560 --> 01:16:53.119 all the time. 1386 01:16:53.520 --> 01:16:57.000 Six years. Age difference is a lot when you're young. 1387 01:16:57.600 --> 01:16:59.800 It's not when you're in your when you're both in 1388 01:16:59.840 --> 01:17:01.680 your like late twenties onward, it's not. 1389 01:17:02.760 --> 01:17:06.359 Yeah, like I think I'm a couple of years older 1390 01:17:06.399 --> 01:17:10.279 than my half sister. I don't think she's forty yet. 1391 01:17:10.319 --> 01:17:12.359 She might be forty now, I'm not one hundred percent sure, 1392 01:17:12.560 --> 01:17:14.720 trust me, guys. There's a lot of complication that I'm 1393 01:17:14.760 --> 01:17:19.520 just not going to go into. But yeah, it's I 1394 01:17:19.560 --> 01:17:23.159 still don't get it. But hey, hopefully these twins will 1395 01:17:23.199 --> 01:17:24.960 have a good time. But again, it would just be 1396 01:17:25.039 --> 01:17:30.760 so weird. Like I've seen a lot of video where 1397 01:17:31.239 --> 01:17:34.039 like identical twins. It's just it weirds me out, Like 1398 01:17:34.119 --> 01:17:37.239 I don't fucking clones and pods. 1399 01:17:36.960 --> 01:17:40.279 People, Sorry, but the internet, like the audio for the 1400 01:17:40.279 --> 01:17:42.960 Internet cut out for a moment. Yeah, And after you 1401 01:17:43.000 --> 01:17:45.560 said I've seen a you know, a lot of video, 1402 01:17:45.760 --> 01:17:48.199 I was thinking, oh god, where is this going? This 1403 01:17:48.239 --> 01:17:51.720 would go? Is this going in a porn direction? Is 1404 01:17:51.760 --> 01:17:53.840 this going in a different this is this is a 1405 01:17:53.840 --> 01:17:57.319 disturbing discovery. And Okay, oh god, what do I have 1406 01:17:57.359 --> 01:17:59.279 to do? Do I have to delete some audio here? 1407 01:17:59.560 --> 01:18:02.000 Or do I have or did Michael just burn out? 1408 01:18:02.840 --> 01:18:06.039 Yeah? I think I kind of malfunctioned there for a second. Although, 1409 01:18:06.279 --> 01:18:09.800 to make a funny joke not related to this, so 1410 01:18:10.000 --> 01:18:14.720 just disregarding the whole familiar thing, I saw a funny 1411 01:18:14.720 --> 01:18:18.119 meme this week, and because you know, it's Pride this 1412 01:18:18.319 --> 01:18:22.279 month and you know, celebrate your in your individuality. Even 1413 01:18:22.319 --> 01:18:25.359 I've expressed some of that stuff on my personal Facebook. 1414 01:18:25.680 --> 01:18:27.359 But I thought this was kind of a funny joke. 1415 01:18:28.000 --> 01:18:31.079 And it was a quote it's like, how do you 1416 01:18:31.199 --> 01:18:35.239 view lesbian relationships? Which is a very valid question, right, 1417 01:18:36.199 --> 01:18:39.560 And the response was in full HD and then it 1418 01:18:39.560 --> 01:18:42.640 goes dot dot dot. That was not the response they 1419 01:18:42.680 --> 01:18:44.920 wanted to hear, Oh, it's. 1420 01:18:44.760 --> 01:18:49.680 That that that beam of in school, in school, it's 1421 01:18:49.680 --> 01:18:54.079 like for for private, how do you view uh, how 1422 01:18:54.079 --> 01:18:58.359 do you view lesbian relationships? And then apparently NHD was 1423 01:18:58.359 --> 01:18:59.479 not the correct response. 1424 01:18:59.760 --> 01:19:03.960 Yeah exactly because it's funny, right, I mean, and it's 1425 01:19:04.000 --> 01:19:04.720 not that bad. 1426

01:19:05.119 --> 01:19:09.479 So that's that's that's that's a harmless joke. 1427 01:19:11.159 --> 01:19:15.239 That is not dad humor. That is cool uncle humor. 1428 01:19:17.199 --> 01:19:20.239 Actually actually it could also just be coolum. 1429 01:19:20.760 --> 01:19:24.399 Yeah, exactly, see it totally works. So our last story 1430 01:19:24.439 --> 01:19:28.680 you found and this feels very much where I'm from, 1431 01:19:28.720 --> 01:19:32.920 once again coming to us from the associated press. Uh, 1432 01:19:33.159 --> 01:19:34.880 not so hot pursuit. 1433 01:19:34.520 --> 01:19:41.359 A unbiased news Yeah, exactly, a p and Reuters. 1434 01:19:41.399 --> 01:19:45.319 So the not so hot pursuit of burglary suspects. These 1435 01:19:45.359 --> 01:19:50.239 police cars chase tractor excavator at walking pace. So from 1436 01:19:50.359 --> 01:19:54.039 North Charleston, South Carolina. Police is South Carolina engage in 1437 01:19:54.079 --> 01:19:56.479 a not so hot pursuit as they chase a tractor 1438 01:19:57.000 --> 01:20:00.000 excavator down a main highway for more than an hour, 1439 01:20:00.159 --> 01:20:03.920 or at the speed an average adult walks. The chase 1440 01:20:04.000 --> 01:20:07.319 reached speeds of three miles per hour or four point 1441 01:20:07.359 --> 01:20:12.000 eight kph, which means my chair is slightly slower than this. 1442 01:20:12.720 --> 01:20:16.079 Sunday morning, in North Charleston, police said officers on a 1443 01:20:16.079 --> 01:20:18.840 different call saw the big piece of construction equipment with 1444 01:20:18.960 --> 01:20:22.840 treads and a shovel in front of Go across US 1445 01:20:22.960 --> 01:20:26.239 Highway seventy eight around three thirty am. North Charleston Police 1446 01:20:26.239 --> 01:20:28.520 wrote in the report. A few minutes later, they got 1447 01:20:28.560 --> 01:20:31.520 a burglarly call from a business that was heavily damaged 1448 01:20:31.560 --> 01:20:35.279 and saw the excavator slowly heading away. Police said several 1449 01:20:35.359 --> 01:20:39.039 cars immediately joined in the very slow speed pursuit. The 1450 01:20:39.119 --> 01:20:42.279 excavator was going so slow that cruisers would have to 1451 01:20:42.319 --> 01:20:45.439 briefly stop several times a minute as to not pass 1452 01:20:45.479 --> 01:20:49.079 the construction equipment. They had their blue lights and sirens 1453 01:20:49.119 --> 01:20:52.039 on and told the excavator driver over their loudspeakers that 1454 01:20:52.079 --> 01:20:54.479 he was under arrest and he needed to stop. Other 1455 01:20:54.560 --> 01:20:57.359 cruisers block traffic. The chase went on for about an 1456 01:20:57.359 --> 01:21:01.039 hour and twelve minutes before the excavator drove onto the 1457 01:21:01.119 --> 01:21:05.359 Charleston County Fairgrounds property, where it got stuck. The driver 1458 01:21:05.479 --> 01:21:07.960 tried to run, but was followed by a drone unit 1459 01:21:08.039 --> 01:21:10.800 until a police dog and handler caught up. Authority said 1460 01:21:11.079 --> 01:21:13.479 The fifty three year old driver of the excavator, was 1461 01:21:13.600 --> 01:21:16.039 charged with failure to stop for a blue light and 1462 01:21:16.119 --> 01:21:22.640 two counts of malicious industry or industry malicious injury to 1463 01:21:22.880 --> 01:21:25.640 real property and remained in the Charleston County Jail on 1464 01:21:25.680 --> 01:21:28.840 a twenty two thousand dollars bond. According to jail records, 1465 01:21:29.359 --> 01:21:34.520 that why would you run at that point, You've been 1466 01:21:34.560 --> 01:21:37.960 on the road for an hour and a half going 1467 01:21:38.399 --> 01:21:40.000 faster than my wheelchair. 1468 01:21:40.520 --> 01:21:43.680 That's like the powers running gig that the movie is 1469 01:21:44.039 --> 01:21:48.720 like the steamroller. Yeah, no, no, and it's just happening. 1470 01:21:49.279 --> 01:21:51.960 It's like it's slow bo like all like or what 1471 01:21:52.079 --> 01:21:55.720 was it the Mister Bean second movie, Mister Bean's Holiday 1472 01:21:55.960 --> 01:21:58.920 where he steals the guy's bicycle electric bike but it's 1473 01:21:58.920 --> 01:22:00.880 one of those you know, and just has like a 1474 01:22:00.880 --> 01:22:03.439 little motor on the side of your regular bicycle. And 1475 01:22:04.039 --> 01:22:06.359 he rides away and the guy just walked up beside 1476 01:22:06.399 --> 01:22:08.520 him with his arms crossed apps above the shoulders, like 1477 01:22:08.560 --> 01:22:11.960 the fuck off my bike? Like that's what I'm like. 1478 01:22:12.199 --> 01:22:14.399 They were going slow enough that a dog could have 1479 01:22:14.479 --> 01:22:17.800 probably run and jumped in the window, Like. 1480 01:22:18.159 --> 01:22:23.520 It's so ridiculous. I'm like, dude, I mean, like, I 1481 01:22:23.640 --> 01:22:27.399 have several questions for this. Number one, where are you 1482 01:22:27.479 --> 01:22:32.199 gonna go? Number two, if there's if the police cruisers 1483 01:22:32.239 --> 01:22:35.399 are having to stop us, do not pass you. I'm 1484 01:22:35.399 --> 01:22:38.800 going to presume these officers are in reasonable amounts of shape. 1485 01:22:38.960 --> 01:22:42.119 They could be walking beside the the excavator going stop, 1486 01:22:42.520 --> 01:22:44.319 please stop, sir. 1487 01:22:45.119 --> 01:22:47.399 Didn't want the you know, they didn't want to wreck 1488 01:22:47.479 --> 01:22:51.640 their vehicles otherwise they like you can't really pit maneuver right, 1489 01:22:51.920 --> 01:22:54.359 like because the kind of the vehicle that they don't 1490 01:22:54.359 --> 01:22:56.920 have a tank and they don't want to wreck the 1491 01:22:57.039 --> 01:22:59.119 swat you know, like they usually there's like a swat 1492 01:22:59.199 --> 01:23:01.720 tank like take but you know it's like there's like 1493 01:23:01.800 --> 01:23:04.159 a PC type thing, yeah, and an armored

vehicle. They 1494 01:23:04.159 --> 01:23:06.159 don't they don't want to use that on that. It's 1495 01:23:06.279 --> 01:23:10.840 kind of a waste. Like if this was you know 1496 01:23:10.880 --> 01:23:13.760 what if this was like in most parts of Ontario 1497 01:23:13.840 --> 01:23:17.319 and especially other parts of Canada, this is a case 1498 01:23:17.359 --> 01:23:19.720 where you would have had like the Mounted Division riding 1499 01:23:19.800 --> 01:23:20.920 horse prodding beside it. 1500 01:23:21.199 --> 01:23:25.520 Buddy pull over, yeah, like okay, to follow that up, 1501 01:23:25.600 --> 01:23:27.880 they could have had a guy on horseback olex walk 1502 01:23:27.960 --> 01:23:31.239 up behind this thing and pull the wires out. They 1503 01:23:31.239 --> 01:23:32.279 were going so slow. 1504 01:23:32.760 --> 01:23:36.239 That's they're going so slow that literally a horse could 1505 01:23:36.279 --> 01:23:38.800 trot up aside mount a mountain would have knocked the 1506 01:23:38.800 --> 01:23:42.319 window and said, hey, fucko, pull over and and and 1507 01:23:42.359 --> 01:23:43.920 if you were to like try to swerve it, it 1508 01:23:43.920 --> 01:23:45.920 doesn't move fast enough to spook the horse. 1509 01:23:46.239 --> 01:23:48.800 Yeah, the horse is just gonna gently veer off to 1510 01:23:48.880 --> 01:23:49.560 the side, like. 1511 01:23:50.640 --> 01:23:52.520 It's it's a situation where they could have just billy 1512 01:23:52.520 --> 01:23:54.680 clubbed the side of the window that thing. And it's 1513 01:23:54.720 --> 01:23:57.560 just you know what I mean, like like it's if 1514 01:23:57.600 --> 01:23:59.960 you're going slow enough in a vehicle that the horse 1515 01:24:00.239 --> 01:24:03.720 won't get tired. Yeah, they were just probably waiting till 1516 01:24:03.720 --> 01:24:05.159 it ran out of gas and making sure that it 1517 01:24:05.199 --> 01:24:07.760 wouldn't bear into like pedestrian. 1518 01:24:08.319 --> 01:24:11.239 You know. And when this guy went to the fair grounds, 1519 01:24:11.239 --> 01:24:13.439 because that just makes the most perfect sense in this 1520 01:24:13.680 --> 01:24:17.239 entire messed up scenario. You know who I pictured jumping 1521 01:24:17.319 --> 01:24:21.640 out of this excavator, uh Carl from from like Aquitine 1522 01:24:21.680 --> 01:24:24.079 Hunger Force with his fucking flip flops and his wife 1523 01:24:24.159 --> 01:24:25.039 beater d shirt. 1524 01:24:25.279 --> 01:24:28.199 I was running away. I was picturing Ernest py Whirl, 1525 01:24:30.279 --> 01:24:31.319 like seriously. 1526 01:24:30.920 --> 01:24:34.279 Like this is the most blue collar and stupid crime 1527 01:24:34.279 --> 01:24:37.239 every like, this isn't like a meth head with like 1528 01:24:37.439 --> 01:24:43.479 a tribuche launching drugs. No, this is bored guy three 1529 01:24:43.520 --> 01:24:46.520 o'clock in the morning, or they fired me and I 1530 01:24:46.560 --> 01:24:50.520 didn't get my severance. This is like a crime of stupidity. 1531 01:24:50.600 --> 01:24:52.279 Yeah, this is a situation like if it was a 1532 01:24:52.359 --> 01:24:55.760 drunk guy, he he would have been they would have 1533 01:24:55.800 --> 01:24:57.520 mentioned he was swerving, which he wasn't. 1534 01:24:57.880 --> 01:24:58.800 Yeah, he was like. 1535 01:24:59.000 --> 01:25:03.199 Casually driving this. This is like a guy that thought one 1536 01:25:03.199 --> 01:25:05.920 of two things. One, oh, the keys are in there, 1537 01:25:06.760 --> 01:25:08.640 I steal this. I wonder how I can you know, 1538 01:25:08.840 --> 01:25:11.159 how I can sell it? How can I make a 1539 01:25:11.159 --> 01:25:13.680 way like not really thinking farther beyond that there might 1540 01:25:13.720 --> 01:25:17.359 be some some drugs or something involved, uh or two 1541 01:25:17.560 --> 01:25:19.880 the likelihood would have been like the same thing you said, 1542 01:25:20.279 --> 01:25:22.279 the guy was fired, he's like, well fuck that, I'm 1543 01:25:22.439 --> 01:25:26.479 I'm getting mine, uh and taking it. The other thing 1544 01:25:27.079 --> 01:25:32.520 there is like how do you unload an excavator when 1545 01:25:32.520 --> 01:25:33.119 it comes to like. 1546 01:25:33.840 --> 01:25:36.680 Yeah, because like you'd have to have like paperwork, a 1547 01:25:36.800 --> 01:25:41.720 then number, a safety record. Like I'm this is pure speculation, 1548 01:25:41.800 --> 01:25:45.119 but I would think if a you sell a construction vehicle, 1549 01:25:45.159 --> 01:25:48.840 you'd have to know, well, what sites has this has 1550 01:25:48.880 --> 01:25:50.920 this piece of construction equipment worked on? 1551 01:25:51.880 --> 01:25:54.840 Yeah, and like like like it feels like he was 1552 01:25:55.920 --> 01:25:58.439 in there take it for a draw rider, was going 1553 01:25:58.479 --> 01:25:59.800 to steal it, and then when the cops shut up, 1554 01:25:59.800 --> 01:26:01.359 he's like, well, I don't know what to do now, 1555 01:26:01.439 --> 01:26:03.840 I'm going to keep moving until they give up. Like 1556 01:26:03.840 --> 01:26:05.720 like you know, like that the panic and stupidity in 1557 01:26:05.800 --> 01:26:09.520 the balls there, but also this guy's this guy is 1558 01:26:09.600 --> 01:26:11.720 lucky that it wasn't the Northeast that he did this, 1559 01:26:11.760 --> 01:26:13.680 because it wouldn't be the police that would be after 1560 01:26:13.760 --> 01:26:17.560 him for stealing construction equipment. It would be uh like 1561 01:26:17.680 --> 01:26:19.039 Tony Soprano type people. 1562 01:26:19.760 --> 01:26:22.039 Yeah, like this could have went very I mean, like 1563 01:26:22.079 --> 01:26:25.640 if you rip off someone in like Jersey. 1564 01:26:26.000 --> 01:26:31.600 Jersey, New York, Chicago, Boston, uh, Philly, there are there 1565 01:26:31.640 --> 01:26:33.760 are certain cities in the Northeast that you do not 1566 01:26:33.880 --> 01:26:39.600 want

to take construction vehicles from. Uh yeah at all. 1567 01:26:39.640 --> 01:26:45.800 Like it's just ridiculous, like just a I don't get it. 1568 01:26:45.840 --> 01:26:48.319 I mean, I'm glad nobody was hurt that a drone 1569 01:26:48.319 --> 01:26:51.199 and a dog like they could have had the police 1570 01:26:51.239 --> 01:26:55.760 puppy chase this this guy down which, by the way. 1571 01:26:55.720 --> 01:26:57.119 That's what I'm saying that they could they could have 1572 01:26:57.399 --> 01:27:00.680 like they could have either been on a horseback or 1573 01:27:00.840 --> 01:27:03.720 they could have driven very slowly beside it, and then 1574 01:27:04.079 --> 01:27:05.600 both they got to roll down his window. And if 1575 01:27:05.600 --> 01:27:07.439 he did be like, hey, pooch and then just toss 1576 01:27:07.520 --> 01:27:09.960 the dog in the window, just throw the Actually no, 1577 01:27:10.119 --> 01:27:12.159 they probably get in more trouble for throwing the dog 1578 01:27:12.239 --> 01:27:13.319 into the file. 1579 01:27:15.760 --> 01:27:21.560 Like uh just although, speaking of dogs, I just have 1580 01:27:21.640 --> 01:27:25.000 to share a moment from yesterday. Okay, as many of 1581 01:27:25.039 --> 01:27:27.560 you know, I'm a huge dog person. I love dogs. 1582 01:27:27.560 --> 01:27:30.279 You've probably seen me pictures with the Gulf Storm Husky 1583 01:27:30.640 --> 01:27:35.000 Athena love animals. So there's this really friendly dog that 1584 01:27:35.000 --> 01:27:39.319 I've been running into when I drive down to go volunteer. Yesterday, 1585 01:27:39.319 --> 01:27:43.680 I was driving down to Poetry Slam and this giant 1586 01:27:43.760 --> 01:27:48.680 black lab Olex like literally like this monster of a 1587 01:27:48.760 --> 01:27:51.560 dog comes up to me. He goes hi, Mike Hi, 1588 01:27:51.640 --> 01:27:55.439 Mike high, Mike high. Mike comes up, biggest, wettest kisses 1589 01:27:55.439 --> 01:27:57.399 I've like, I've met this dog like once before. This 1590 01:27:57.479 --> 01:27:59.960 is the second time he's met me. I get sworn 1591 01:28:00.159 --> 01:28:03.680 with kisses and please pet me, and then I've met 1592 01:28:03.720 --> 01:28:06.880 my first ever boxer. I've actually never petted a boxer 1593 01:28:06.920 --> 01:28:09.840 my entire I can't believe the size of these animals. 1594 01:28:10.199 --> 01:28:13.199 And again, just had a really pleasant experience with that. 1595 01:28:13.319 --> 01:28:15.760 And I don't know why. I just really wanted to 1596 01:28:15.760 --> 01:28:17.399 share that I just had a really nice time with 1597 01:28:17.479 --> 01:28:18.159 dogs yesterday. 1598 01:28:18.479 --> 01:28:20.600 That's not a weird story, just just a good story. 1599 01:28:20.800 --> 01:28:23.520 Yeah, exactly, I'm gonna choose weird news to end off 1600 01:28:23.520 --> 01:28:27.199 on a happy positive. The dog's name was Duke and Boomer. 1601 01:28:27.640 --> 01:28:30.159 They're fucking awesome and I hope I run into them again. 1602 01:28:30.319 --> 01:28:32.920 I always feel bad because sometimes, like one thing I've 1603 01:28:32.960 --> 01:28:35.319 been doing recently is I carried dog trees with me 1604 01:28:35.680 --> 01:28:39.359 and I'm Blair's encouraging me to carry tennis balls of 1605 01:28:39.439 --> 01:28:42.119 adjusted case I run into a big doll that wants 1606 01:28:42.840 --> 01:28:46.159 to like kind of play now. So oh, anyway, love 1607 01:28:46.199 --> 01:28:49.239 gwelf love dogs. Don't know why I brought it up. Enjoy. 1608 01:28:50.279 --> 01:28:52.840 So we got one more story this week. This one's 1609 01:28:52.880 --> 01:28:56.840 gonna be a little bit different, and uh, this is 1610 01:28:56.880 --> 01:28:59.960 gonna be my review of the New Day's Gone Remo 1611 01:29:00.079 --> 01:29:02.279 Master game that originally came out on the PlayStation four 1612 01:29:02.640 --> 01:29:05.640 all the way back in twenty nineteen. I'm gonna give 1613 01:29:05.640 --> 01:29:08.079 you my impressions of this old game with a fresh 1614 01:29:08.399 --> 01:29:11.359 coat of paints. So prepared to go to the north 1615 01:29:11.760 --> 01:29:14.880 west of Oregon and let's take on some freakers. So 1616 01:29:14.880 --> 01:29:17.680 we'll be back right after this, only on Thiswoking geek 1617 01:29:17.880 --> 01:29:20.319 dot Net. Hey guys, this is Mike the Birdman here. 1618 01:29:20.359 --> 01:29:22.039 I'm here to talk about a game we got for 1619 01:29:22.159 --> 01:29:26.279 review from our friends over at Sony Interactive Entertainment. I'm 1620 01:29:26.319 --> 01:29:30.840 looking at The Days Gone remastered on the PlayStation five. 1621 01:29:31.199 --> 01:29:33.359 So this is a game that originally came out in 1622 01:29:33.439 --> 01:29:36.840 twenty and nineteen, towards the tail end of the PlayStation 1623 01:29:37.079 --> 01:29:39.439 Force life cycle, and it's a game that I never 1624 01:29:39.520 --> 01:29:42.479 got around to playing. I mean, I'm into the whole 1625 01:29:42.560 --> 01:29:45.640 zombie game. I mean I've played you know, stuff like 1626 01:29:45.760 --> 01:29:49.079 Dying Light, Left for Dead, obviously the Last of Us 1627 01:29:49.600 --> 01:29:53.520 and this is typically my jam, right, I mean, you know, 1628 01:29:54.119 --> 01:29:58.399 apocalyptic World, Dark, Desolate, and considering we just had twenty 1629 01:29:58.479 --> 01:30:01.720 eight years later come into theater. Hey, the timing's right. 1630 01:30:02.119 --> 01:30:06.239 Zombies are cool, Zombies are hot. My experiences with this 1631 01:30:06.399 --> 01:30:10.680 game not so much. What can I say about this 1632 01:30:10.880 --> 01:30:13.800 game that wasn't originally said back in twenty nineteen. I 1633 01:30:13.840 --> 01:30:17.479 know Alex did a review of this previously before, so 1634 01:30:17.600 --> 01:30:19.800 you want to go back and check out his thoughts 1635 01:30:19.840 --> 01:30:21.760 on the game. I'm sure it

shouldn't be too hard 1636 01:30:21.760 --> 01:30:23.720 to find on the website. But with my experience with 1637 01:30:23.800 --> 01:30:29.319 this game, this is a game that I wanted to love, 1638 01:30:29.760 --> 01:30:33.600 but I really didn't. I mean, you follow a couple 1639 01:30:33.600 --> 01:30:38.359 of biker buddies in Northwest Oregon and they are trying 1640 01:30:38.359 --> 01:30:42.000 to survive the outbreak of this virus that turns humans 1641 01:30:42.039 --> 01:30:46.239 into things known as Freakers, these strange mutated creatures that 1642 01:30:46.279 --> 01:30:49.479 are basically like zombies but they're alive, except they bleed 1643 01:30:49.479 --> 01:30:53.560 in poop. Trust me, it makes sense later, and you 1644 01:30:53.600 --> 01:30:57.039 know it's them basically being mercenaries trying to survive, but 1645 01:30:57.079 --> 01:31:00.840 also integrating with different communities, which provides it unlocks one 1646 01:31:00.880 --> 01:31:02.960 of the big things in this games. They advertise that 1647 01:31:03.279 --> 01:31:05.439 you can go anywhere and you're on like a bike 1648 01:31:05.520 --> 01:31:08.920 and everything, and one of the other big draws is 1649 01:31:08.960 --> 01:31:11.319 that you can fight a crap tone of these things 1650 01:31:11.359 --> 01:31:14.479 on screen all at once, and when it works, it's 1651 01:31:14.640 --> 01:31:18.760 really freaking cool. When it doesn't, it slows to a crawl. 1652 01:31:18.880 --> 01:31:21.680 Is obviously you're gonna fight other people, not unlike the 1653 01:31:21.760 --> 01:31:25.800 Last of Us and the Hunters or members of the WLF, 1654 01:31:26.600 --> 01:31:30.840 or you know, just the infected people with the Cordyceps virus. 1655 01:31:31.720 --> 01:31:36.319 Whereas in the Last of Us it had characters you 1656 01:31:36.439 --> 01:31:41.880 connected with immediately, with Joel and Ellie. Here you get Deacon, 1657 01:31:42.000 --> 01:31:50.159 Saint John, and Boozeman. I hate these characters in ways 1658 01:31:50.199 --> 01:31:52.880 I can't describe. And it's not because the performances are bad. 1659 01:31:52.920 --> 01:31:56.439 Because the guy who plays Deacon is actually a star 1660 01:31:56.640 --> 01:32:00.439 Killer from Star Wars The Force Unleashed, and he's also 1661 01:32:00.479 --> 01:32:02.720 done a bunch of other things in Hollywood, and he's 1662 01:32:02.760 --> 01:32:04.840 a really good actor and I really enjoy him. But here, 1663 01:32:05.680 --> 01:32:09.119 m this game just didn't grab me. One of the 1664 01:32:09.119 --> 01:32:11.880 things that really bothered me about this it's just how 1665 01:32:11.960 --> 01:32:15.880 slow and clunky combat feels. Now, I don't think that's 1666 01:32:15.960 --> 01:32:19.319 old man yelling at Cloud, but I couldn't get into 1667 01:32:19.359 --> 01:32:22.119 the same rhythm of how I got into with other 1668 01:32:22.279 --> 01:32:26.159 action adventure games in this genre. Now, a middly you know, 1669 01:32:26.199 --> 01:32:30.119 you're not the terminator, it's pretty easy to die. But 1670 01:32:30.359 --> 01:32:33.399 I just I wasn't drawn into the world of Days 1671 01:32:33.439 --> 01:32:36.239 Gone like I was expecting to and I had like 1672 01:32:36.279 --> 01:32:40.840 an ethical crisis, literally like is this Am I crazy 1673 01:32:40.880 --> 01:32:42.920 for not liking this? And I actually went out there 1674 01:32:42.960 --> 01:32:44.840 and talked to some of my peers. I'm like, no, 1675 01:32:45.600 --> 01:32:50.479 this game is aggressively mid and it's not bad. I mean, 1676 01:32:50.520 --> 01:32:52.239 it's fine for what it is. If you own the 1677 01:32:52.279 --> 01:32:56.279 original Days Gone, getting the remastered doesn't cost that much 1678 01:32:56.840 --> 01:33:01.199 as forgetting this brand new, you might recommend it. I mean, 1679 01:33:01.199 --> 01:33:03.640 if you want a really long game, like this is 1680 01:33:03.680 --> 01:33:08.000 a game you're gonna sink a lot of hours into. Unfortunately, 1681 01:33:08.520 --> 01:33:10.800 a lot of those hours are gonna be spent grinding 1682 01:33:10.840 --> 01:33:12.920 and trying to get the progression up to get yourself 1683 01:33:12.960 --> 01:33:16.720 some really cool weapons, which is again cool, but I 1684 01:33:16.720 --> 01:33:19.239 don't know if it's like forty hours plus cool. So 1685 01:33:19.640 --> 01:33:21.920 if this game comes on sale, yeah, sure it might 1686 01:33:21.960 --> 01:33:24.960 be worth kind of picking up. I mean, it looks gorgeous. 1687 01:33:25.000 --> 01:33:28.319 I can't deny that. It looks really nice. Some really 1688 01:33:28.319 --> 01:33:31.199 cool kind of lighting effects when my bike's headlight is 1689 01:33:31.239 --> 01:33:34.000 shining through these dark forests and shadows are going to 1690 01:33:34.039 --> 01:33:36.600 playing in the dark, that's neat. I like that, that's 1691 01:33:36.600 --> 01:33:41.359 actually kind of cool, But everything else just it's hard 1692 01:33:41.479 --> 01:33:44.760 not to compare it to its contemporaries at the time, 1693 01:33:44.880 --> 01:33:48.000 the Last of Us coming out on the PlayStation three, 1694 01:33:48.199 --> 01:33:51.920 and then PlayStation four we had the Last of Us two, 1695 01:33:51.960 --> 01:33:55.319 and now both of those games have been remastered, and 1696 01:33:56.399 --> 01:33:59.479 I just feel there's a more powerful narrative there. I 1697 01:33:59.560 --> 01:34:03.880 feel like this was an attempt to build a franchise, 1698 01:34:04.560 --> 01:34:07.880 and I think there's a possibility here, but I don't 1699 01:34:08.279 --> 01:34:11.079 love it. It's not to say that it's not bad, 1700 01:34:11.640 --> 01:34:13.600 it's just not for me. Is it gonna be for you? 1701 01:34:14.560 --> 01:34:16.439 I don't know. If you like The Last of Us, 1702 01:34:16.479 --> 01:34:19.520 if you like any of those more dark and depressing 1703 01:34:19.600 -->

01:34:22.479 zombie games, yeah there might be something totally here of value. 1704 01:34:23.159 --> 01:34:26.079 But for me, it just didn't do it for me. 1705 01:34:26.159 --> 01:34:30.119 So Day's Gone Remastered, I'm gonna say wait for a sale, 1706 01:34:30.239 --> 01:34:32.880 or if you already own the original, you can can 1707 01:34:33.000 --> 01:34:36.600 import your PlayStation four save data into this, and the 1708 01:34:36.680 --> 01:34:39.359 upgrade is fairly cheap as far as I've been made aware, 1709 01:34:39.640 --> 01:34:41.600 So go check this out once again. That has been 1710 01:34:41.600 --> 01:34:45.239 my impressions and thoughts on Days Gone Remastered on the 1711 01:34:45.239 --> 01:34:46.119 PlayStation five. 1712 01:34:46.479 --> 01:34:50.840 Those magnificent color me kooky, but something very odd is 1713 01:34:50.880 --> 01:34:51.800 going on around here. 1714 01:34:52.039 --> 01:34:54.600 You're not allowed to talk anymore. Hey guys, welcome back 1715 01:34:54.600 --> 01:34:56.479 to this we can keeep on net. Big thank you 1716 01:34:56.560 --> 01:35:00.000 for joining us today. As we are under an unbelievable 1717 01:35:00.119 --> 01:35:04.399 heat wave. I hate this, but it's relatively cool in here, 1718 01:35:04.520 --> 01:35:06.880 so I'm okay with it. As for stuff that's coming 1719 01:35:06.920 --> 01:35:10.000 up on the site this week, I am recording a 1720 01:35:10.039 --> 01:35:13.319 pair of shows that'll be released during the summer. One 1721 01:35:13.319 --> 01:35:15.600 of them is going to be coming out on Canada Day, 1722 01:35:16.119 --> 01:35:17.720 and I can tell you what that is. That's going 1723 01:35:17.800 --> 01:35:21.920 to be kind of our kids double pick features, like 1724 01:35:22.479 --> 01:35:24.439 movies you could show to kids that kind of re 1725 01:35:24.640 --> 01:35:27.239 enjoy it. I can tell you one of mine is 1726 01:35:27.239 --> 01:35:30.840 a Chuck Norris movie and one was a classic movie 1727 01:35:30.880 --> 01:35:34.159 that I saw in the theaters involving Ninja's That's all 1728 01:35:34.159 --> 01:35:37.000 I'm really really gonna say about that. As for everything else, 1729 01:35:37.399 --> 01:35:40.399 can I make a single guess? Yeah, I go for it, because. 1730 01:35:40.159 --> 01:35:44.600 I honestly don't know what you're talking about. The Chuck 1731 01:35:44.640 --> 01:35:48.000 Norris movie is a Code of Silence, No it is not. 1732 01:35:48.840 --> 01:35:51.239 Is an Invasion USA one other? 1733 01:35:51.960 --> 01:35:54.560 No, it is actually a Chuck Norris kids movie. 1734 01:35:55.319 --> 01:35:56.279 Is it sidepick? 1735 01:35:56.720 --> 01:35:58.920 It is? And it was made with his brother Aaron 1736 01:35:59.000 --> 01:36:02.560 Norris and there's a very production story behind that and 1737 01:36:02.640 --> 01:36:05.079 Walker Texas Ranger, which I found out reason. 1738 01:36:05.039 --> 01:36:08.239 Is when you said for kids, it was for us. 1739 01:36:08.439

--> 01:36:11.760 It would not be one of the like religious movies 1740 01:36:11.800 --> 01:36:14.920 he made the early two thousands before he hired unquote, 1741 01:36:15.119 --> 01:36:17.359 it would only have been one of two movies. It 1742 01:36:17.399 --> 01:36:19.760 would have been Sidekicks, which is likely for you because 1743 01:36:19.800 --> 01:36:22.039 your fears old than me, and for me it would 1744 01:36:22.039 --> 01:36:25.880 have been popped up. Yeah, because I was because I 1745 01:36:25.960 --> 01:36:28.680 was a much younger kid than you. Right, So yeah, 1746 01:36:28.720 --> 01:36:31.600 like like you were like the right age for Jonathan 1747 01:36:31.640 --> 01:36:33.680 brand this movie to make sense for you, I was 1748 01:36:33.680 --> 01:36:35.359 the right age for Ooh Dog movie. 1749 01:36:35.680 --> 01:36:39.039 Yeah, exactly. So yeah, I'm gonna be talking about Sidekicks 1750 01:36:39.119 --> 01:36:42.560 and Three Ninjas, both of which I have a very 1751 01:36:42.560 --> 01:36:45.399 interesting connection to both of those movies from my childhood. 1752 01:36:45.399 --> 01:36:47.920 I'm gonna be joined with Dave Ken and I think 1753 01:36:47.920 --> 01:36:50.359 Adam's gonna be joining us, and then we're doing yet 1754 01:36:50.399 --> 01:36:53.279 another Disney movie. We recorded a couple of these and 1755 01:36:53.279 --> 01:36:55.960 they'll be coming out during the summer. We're gonna be 1756 01:36:56.000 --> 01:37:00.479 doing a double watch of I can't remember what the 1757 01:37:00.479 --> 01:37:03.199 full title is, but it's I think it's called Lost 1758 01:37:03.439 --> 01:37:06.800 City of Atlantis, and we're also gonna be doing Treasure 1759 01:37:06.880 --> 01:37:11.720 Planet and Dave said, you really need to watch this, 1760 01:37:11.840 --> 01:37:13.800 and Ken has been going on about it for months. 1761 01:37:13.840 --> 01:37:16.000 I'm thinking, you know what, let's check it out, so 1762 01:37:16.039 --> 01:37:19.079 I'll be watched. So we'll be talking about that on Wednesday. 1763 01:37:19.520 --> 01:37:21.920 We're gonna be recording our Lord of the Rings trek 1764 01:37:21.960 --> 01:37:24.720 across Middle Earth this summer. We didn't get a chance 1765 01:37:24.760 --> 01:37:26.479 to pre record it, but we're just gonna take our 1766 01:37:26.479 --> 01:37:28.319 time and do it one week at a time, so 1767 01:37:28.640 --> 01:37:31.159 you'll get that over the course of the over the 1768 01:37:31.199 --> 01:37:32.760 course of the summer till we eventually we get to 1769 01:37:32.800 --> 01:37:34.319 Mount Doom and say fuck you to. 1770 01:37:34.279 --> 01:37:34.840 The One Ring. 1771 01:37:35.239 --> 01:37:37.199 So that'll be fun. I'm looking forward to doing that, 1772 01:37:38.600 --> 01:37:40.520 I know you. Me and Aaron have a few things planning. 1773 01:37:40.560 --> 01:37:42.560 We've got some stuff in the can already for much 1774 01:37:42.680 --> 01:37:46.159 later on. I'm already in

conversation with some of the 1775 01:37:46.199 --> 01:37:50.840 Halloween stuff. Actually, I may have a very cool surprise 1776 01:37:51.439 --> 01:37:54.239 with one of our guests for later on this year. 1777 01:37:54.279 --> 01:37:57.359 As soon as I get things confirmed, I'll let you 1778 01:37:57.359 --> 01:38:01.880 guys know. I hope it happens, though, Fingers crossed, and yeah, 1779 01:38:01.960 --> 01:38:04.119 I'm gonna be doing that. I've got some stuff coming 1780 01:38:04.199 --> 01:38:05.960 up on my Patreon, which is, like I said, mostly 1781 01:38:05.960 --> 01:38:09.439 just a bunch of writing. I'm interviewing another RPG writer 1782 01:38:09.600 --> 01:38:12.680 this week. I'm interviewing Al Spader. He's another one of 1783 01:38:12.720 --> 01:38:14.960 the people that I work with on Star Trek Adventures, 1784 01:38:14.960 --> 01:38:18.880 but he also did the game sentience for Modifius and 1785 01:38:18.880 --> 01:38:23.119 he just recently entered the collectible card game space very recently, 1786 01:38:23.199 --> 01:38:26.199 so we'll be talking about his career and adventures in 1787 01:38:26.279 --> 01:38:31.760 the tt RPG and industries and beyond that. And I 1788 01:38:31.840 --> 01:38:34.000 know the other thing I've got planned, I'm doing an 1789 01:38:34.039 --> 01:38:36.560 interview on July fourth with one of the people I 1790 01:38:36.600 --> 01:38:40.319 actually talked about in our free RPG special. I'm gonna 1791 01:38:40.359 --> 01:38:43.840 be talking with some people from hit Point Press and 1792 01:38:43.840 --> 01:38:49.960 we're gonna be talking about their RPG RP RPG game Shift, 1793 01:38:50.000 --> 01:38:53.840 which is a very interesting shifting dice mechanic game that 1794 01:38:54.119 --> 01:38:56.840 is kind of setting agnostic and I actually think it's 1795 01:38:56.840 --> 01:38:59.119 pretty cool and we'll be fairly easy to run. So 1796 01:38:59.159 --> 01:39:02.199 we'll be talking about that later on. What are you 1797 01:39:02.359 --> 01:39:05.319 up to this week, Alex, Well, what's gonna be popping 1798 01:39:05.399 --> 01:39:06.359 up on the site this week? 1799 01:39:06.760 --> 01:39:09.720 Okay, Yeah, We've got like I said, some stuff recorded 1800 01:39:09.760 --> 01:39:15.239 over the course of the summer, but that stuff back 1801 01:39:15.359 --> 01:39:17.800 in the next week or two. We'll start having the 1802 01:39:17.800 --> 01:39:20.600 stuff that we pre recorded coming out as we're you know, 1803 01:39:20.720 --> 01:39:25.359 ramping down our regular summer productions. So in the not 1804 01:39:25.520 --> 01:39:28.399 too distant future, we'll have a Future Imperfect on RoboCop 1805 01:39:28.479 --> 01:39:35.119 eighty seven, as well as use Cannon on you guys 1806 01:39:35.159 --> 01:39:40.600 recorded on nine Media Icons. But as of this week 1807 01:39:40.760 --> 01:39:43.520 in particular, we're going to have another Turner Treasure, depending 1808 01:39:43.560 --> 01:39:45.680 on when I'm able to get some of the reviews 1809 01:39:45.720 --> 01:39:48.680 done for the last bit of things that were for 1810 01:39:48.880 --> 01:39:52.479 the Switch to launch, because good lord, it takes a 1811 01:39:52.520 --> 01:39:55.239 couple of weeks to get you know, ten to twelve 1812 01:39:55.319 --> 01:40:00.520 games covered, right, And the other thing we've got ready 1813 01:40:00.560 --> 01:40:05.079 to go is in Earth Versusup. New episode is on 1814 01:40:05.680 --> 01:40:10.000 the Yesterday Machine from ninety six, and then uh, you know, 1815 01:40:10.159 --> 01:40:13.319 a little bit after that, we've got another Earth Is 1816 01:40:13.359 --> 01:40:17.000 a big eat from Heaven, and then there's probably like 1817 01:40:17.159 --> 01:40:18.960 one hundred and fifty of those episodes I can go 1818 01:40:18.960 --> 01:40:23.920 ahead edit because in general, with Aeron and Darley record, 1819 01:40:24.359 --> 01:40:25.960 you know, I won't hear from them for you know, 1820 01:40:26.039 --> 01:40:27.960 a week or two, and they'll be like, hey, I've 1821 01:40:27.960 --> 01:40:31.079 got five more episodes for you. It'll be like what, So, 1822 01:40:31.560 --> 01:40:33.520 I've got a lot in the background that I'm working. 1823 01:40:33.319 --> 01:40:37.720 On fantastic, So yeah, we got lots of stuff coming 1824 01:40:37.800 --> 01:40:39.680 up that way. I'm sure I'm going to have more 1825 01:40:40.399 --> 01:40:43.560 specials coming out during the summer. Like I said, I'm 1826 01:40:43.560 --> 01:40:46.439 gonna be doing a bunch of writing on my Patreon again. 1827 01:40:46.479 --> 01:40:48.880 It is completely free if you choose, if you choose 1828 01:40:48.880 --> 01:40:51.680 to support Awesome. If you don't, well, at least you 1829 01:40:51.760 --> 01:40:54.399 got something to read. Uh So yeah, you can follow 1830 01:40:54.479 --> 01:40:57.239 that on one of the sidebars there. Obviously we're still 1831 01:40:57.239 --> 01:41:01.560 posting out on social media on Blues Guy and yeah. 1832 01:41:01.600 --> 01:41:05.279 So just as a reminder, so next week is our 1833 01:41:05.399 --> 01:41:09.680 last live show primarily outside of the stuff we're doing 1834 01:41:09.680 --> 01:41:12.600 for Loose Cannon and other stuff which is generally not 1835 01:41:12.760 --> 01:41:16.640 time sensitive, but our regular programming, like our news show 1836 01:41:16.640 --> 01:41:19.199 that you would hear each and every week when things 1837 01:41:19.199 --> 01:41:23.039 don't suck. We'll be coming back in early September, that 1838 01:41:23.159 --> 01:41:27.439 is the goal. So after Labor Day is don't wear white. Yeah, 1839 01:41:27.479 --> 01:41:28.960 we're gonna have fun and. 1840 01:41:28.920 --> 01:41:34.319 There'll probably be at least one prototype prototype in there 1841 01:41:34.439 --> 01:41:38.960 as well as in the months of July and August, 1842 01:41:39.000 --> 01:41:41.680 there should be one review show

where we're sort of 1843 01:41:41.720 --> 01:41:43.920 going to collect everything comes in over the couple of 1844 01:41:44.000 --> 01:41:47.159 weeks so that things don't get to scale. Yeah, because 1845 01:41:47.239 --> 01:41:49.399 you know, we don't want to end up, you know, 1846 01:41:49.439 --> 01:41:51.920 coming back to September be like Harry, here's a review 1847 01:41:51.920 --> 01:41:53.439 show with thirty reviews. 1848 01:41:53.960 --> 01:41:58.000 Yeah, exactly. It wouldn't surprise me if me, Ken and 1849 01:41:58.119 --> 01:42:02.319 JT get together to talk about Superman and Fantastic Four. 1850 01:42:02.319 --> 01:42:06.119 I know me and JT recorded a show on the 1851 01:42:06.159 --> 01:42:08.479 Fantastic Four, and I do believe we have that schedule 1852 01:42:08.640 --> 01:42:11.880 just before excuse me before that's supposed to come out 1853 01:42:11.920 --> 01:42:14.880 in on July twenty fourth, which is my wedding anniversary. 1854 01:42:15.720 --> 01:42:18.319 And I'm sure we'll have more stuff to do over 1855 01:42:18.359 --> 01:42:20.840 the course of the summer. So, like I said, you 1856 01:42:20.880 --> 01:42:24.359 will never be bored. Lots of stuff, and yeah, I'm 1857 01:42:24.399 --> 01:42:26.880 looking forward to having some time off, to playing some games, 1858 01:42:26.920 --> 01:42:30.479 to not dying in this sweltering heat. But if you 1859 01:42:30.520 --> 01:42:33.439 do have to be going outside during the summer, please 1860 01:42:33.479 --> 01:42:38.239 stay cool, please stay hydrated, and you know, take care 1861 01:42:38.239 --> 01:42:40.800 of yourself because it's gonna be a rough summer guys, 1862 01:42:40.880 --> 01:42:44.479 so do your best to be safe, be well, and 1863 01:42:44.640 --> 01:42:46.760 I don't know, just go out there, have some fun, 1864 01:42:46.880 --> 01:42:49.319 go see a baseball game, and just get involved in 1865 01:42:49.359 --> 01:42:52.439 your local community. I'm actually going to a friend's one 1866 01:42:53.039 --> 01:42:56.000 one man play this coming week, so I'm looking forward 1867 01:42:56.039 --> 01:42:59.199 to seeing what Gwelph Community Theater has to offer. So anyway, 1868 01:42:59.399 --> 01:43:01.199 we are going to get the hell out of here. 1869 01:43:01.560 --> 01:43:03.000 So for this Week in Geek. 1870 01:43:02.880 --> 01:43:05.000 We have been Alex the producer. 1871 01:43:05.239 --> 01:43:08.640 I've been Mike the Birdman, saying be excellent to each other. 1872 01:43:08.800 --> 01:43:11.800 We'll catch you guys again next week. Right here on 1873 01:43:11.840 --> 01:43:15.399 This Week in Geek dot Net. At no point in 1874 01:43:15.479 --> 01:43:20.319 your rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything 1875 01:43:20.920 --> 01:43:22.800 that could be considered a rational thought. 1876 01:43:24.279 --> 01:43:27.039 Thanks for listening to this episode of This Week in Geek. 1877 01:43:27.760 --> 01:43:30.000 Hungry for more, check out our website at this Week 1878 01:43:30.039 --> 01:43:32.840 in Geek dot Net. You can subscribe to the podcast, 1879 01:43:32.960 --> 01:43:35.399 browse our Twitter and Instagram, and leave your thoughts on 1880 01:43:35.439 --> 01:43:38.279 today's topics. If you'd like to give us some feedback, 1881 01:43:38.359 --> 01:43:40.439 send us an email at Feedback at this Week in 1882 01:43:40.520 --> 01:43:41.439 Geek dot Net. 1883 01:43:41.720 --> 01:43:44.439 Tune in next time, and remember, lower your shields and 1884 01:43:44.479 --> 01:43:45.840 surrender your listenership. 1885 01:43:46.159 --> 01:43:48.960 We would be on a if you would join us. 1886 01:43:49.039 --> 01:43:51.399 Thank you for your cooperation. Good Night,