Is Kingdom Hearts 4 Being Teased by Tokyo Game Show?! - Kinda Funny Games Daily 05.11.26

11 May 2026 · 1 h 9 min · 30 chapters

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Kinda Funny Games Daily 05.11.26 covers gaming news plus quick office banter.

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none. Hosts include Tim, Barrett, and Greg (Greg brings a new puppy named Chip). Topic 1: A Tokyo Game Show teaser (question marks in a box, “loading” image, green bar) has Kingdom Hearts 4 fans speculating; the hosts argue it’s likely just TGS branding/stock art, though the “five question marks” feels deliberate. Topic 2: Forza Horizon 6 PC version appears leaked via Steam backend preload uploaded without encryption; pirates cracked it, and videos reportedly exist, while Microsoft hasn’t commented. Topic 3: Discord Nitro Rewards adds an Xbox Game Pass “starter edition” for Nitro subscribers (50+ games, 10 hours/month cloud gaming, up to $25/year store rewards) plus Logitech G/SteelSeries discounts and Discord “orbs.” Topic 4: Shift Up says Stellar Blade 2 won’t be published by Sony, hinting at multi-platform self-publishing; discussion centers on marketing and the game’s sexuality. Topic 5: Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii accidentally spoils a May 27 live stream. Topic 6: Cosplaying gamers plan a theatrical protest/“raid” of EA HQ over Saudi Arabia’s $55B buyout, with a 50-foot scroll and a live stream.

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Chapters

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Technical Difficulties and Special Guest

0:56 to 1:49

The hosts navigate a technical glitch while discussing a new puppy in the office.

“And I like refresh my Google doc and it just signs me out of Google.”

NBA Playoff Discussion

1:49 to 4:25

The hosts engage in a playful discussion about the NBA playoffs and their favorite teams.

“I got to hold him this morning as Greg went to like go get set up the cage.”

Viewer Interaction and Show Format

4:25 to 4:59

The hosts encourage audience interaction through super chats and introduce the Roper Report segment.

“And I see Khalif out there on Twitter being like, Victor should have been suspended.”

The Roper Report Introduction

4:59 to 5:10

Kicking off the news segment with exciting video game announcements.

“For now let's begin with What is and forever will be The Roper Report We have seven stories today A baker's dozen.”

Fast and Furious TV Series Announcement

5:10 to 5:55

Discussion about the upcoming Fast and Furious TV series as revealed by Vin Diesel.

“A Fast and Furious TV series is officially in the works at Peacock.”

Kingdom Hearts 4 Teaser Speculation

5:55 to 7:46

Speculation around a Kingdom Hearts 4 teaser related to the Tokyo Game Show.

Kingdom Hearts 4 Release Timing Discussion

7:46 to 9:46

Debating the timeline for Kingdom Hearts 4's release and the significance of recent teasing.

“So I just, you don't post this with that knowledge.”

Forza Horizon 6 Leak Discussion

9:46 to 13:11

Discussion on the leaked details surrounding Forza Horizon 6 and its release date.

“I'm glad that you're willing to admit that, like, damn, I've been wrong about this for almost half of a decade.”

Forza Horizon 6 Leak Discussion

14:03 to 15:10

The hosts discuss the recent leak of Forza Horizon 6 and its implications.

“They thought that they'd be able to get the Star Fox faces work like as if they were just available already.”

Impact of Game Leaks on Publishers

15:11 to 17:28

The conversation continues on how game leaks affect publishers and the gaming industry.

“And videos on YouTube of them playing the game.”
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Excitement for Forza Horizon 6

17:29 to 18:50

Hosts express their excitement and expectations for Forza Horizon 6.

“I mean, after that preview, after, after B and after getting to that part where it's like, all right, you're going to do the big race and the preview and it's like, that's the perfect tease.”

Debate on Car Models in Games

18:51 to 21:30

The hosts engage in a humorous debate about car models featured in racing games.

“And I used it Well your Prius C was what a 2012?”

Discord Nitro Rewards Announcement

21:31 to 24:22

Discussion of Discord's new Nitro Rewards and its benefits for subscribers.

“And I see the Priuses all over Facebook Marketplace.”

Complications of Subscription Bundles

24:23 to 27:36

The hosts critique the complexity of subscription bundles and their value.

“Alongside the Game Pass bundle, Nitro subscribers will also get up to 30 % off at Logitech G, 15 % off at SteelSeries, and 20 % off at Control Freak.”

Stellar Blade 2 Publishing Update

32:24 to 33:14

Learn about the potential multi-platform launch of Stellar Blade 2.

“You know, that's what the C stands for, city.”

Marketing Strategies for Stellar Blade 2

33:15 to 35:02

Discuss the implications of Shift Up’s new marketing strategy.

“We have the strategy to propel Stellar Blade into the next stratosphere.”

Discussion on the Appeal of Stellar Blade

35:03 to 36:39

Engage in a conversation about the game's unique appeal and marketing challenges.

“And I think our brain immediately goes to, what do they mean that we have to ensure the franchise's unique appeal?”

Sony's Publishing Decisions and Market Trends

36:40 to 39:48

Explore Sony's publishing strategies and the implications for upcoming titles.

“I don't want anybody to watch me play this.”

Dragon Quest Franchise Updates

39:49 to 42:00

Learn about the latest hints regarding the next Dragon Quest game.

“Someone brought up, they did secure Kena.”

Dragon Quest and Game Subtitles

42:00 to 43:34

Discussion on the Dragon Quest franchise and amusing game subtitles.

“That's enough, like, long video game, JRPG, turn-based game.”

Cosplay Protest Against EA's Buyout

43:34 to 46:34

Overview of a planned cosplay protest against EA's Saudi Arabia buyout.

“Cosplaying gamers will raid EA headquarters to protest Saudi Arabia's$55 billion buyout.”

Theatricality of the Protest

46:34 to 48:26

Analysis of the creative and theatrical aspects of the protest.

“Like, we might have heard about, there's a lot of people protesting at Redwood, but these details that seem so over the top are the reason why we know about it now.”

Mortal Kombat and Gaming Nostalgia

48:26 to 50:36

Reflections on Mortal Kombat's impact and personal gaming nostalgia.

“Barrett's wife, Alyssa, you can listen to that and tell me it's not a good impression.”

News Roundup: Game Releases and Updates

50:36 to 55:00

Covering various gaming news including new releases and updates.

“You need to buy a$900 console for this shit to run a lot.”

Shoutout to the Kinda Funny Community

55:00 to 56:04

Appreciation for the Kinda Funny community and their positive engagement.

“I hope this game is awesome I mean you know it's a roguelite Tim that's what it is?”

Celebrating the Kind of Funny Community

56:04 to 57:16

The hosts express gratitude for their supportive community and discuss healthy debates about video games.

“You're generally cool about it for the most part.”

Engagement with Game Reviews

57:17 to 59:08

The conversation shifts to the reception of game reviews and the varying opinions within the gaming community.

“I still think of you coming in and giving your thoughts on Pragmata.”

The Nature of Game Critiques

59:09 to 1:01:05

Discussion on the differences between personal reviews and institutional critiques of video games.

“We love all the games that you love too.”

Chat Interactions and Game Recommendations

1:01:06 to 1:02:45

The hosts engage with live chat, discussing game recommendations and personal anecdotes related to gaming.

“And a lot of the people talking shit are people that are on YouTube.”

Final Thoughts and Farewell

1:02:46 to 1:04:04

The hosts summarize their thoughts and prepare to close the show, reflecting on the day's discussions.

“Phil the Trucker says, Tim, you're the coolest guy.”
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0:55And there's literally counting down that it's about to cut to the cold open. And I like refresh my Google doc and it just signs me out of Google. So let's keep your panic mode. Try to get in there. What's my password? I don't know. Gotta keep you on your toes, dude. Oh my God. Three incorrect password. That was bad. With this number, with that number. Oh my Lord. It just showed me like how unclutch you can be. That was not good. How are you doing? I'm doing great, Tim. You know, we have a special guest in the office. the smallest guest the smallest tiniest guest possible how is he that small greg brought in nick the new greg brought in the new puppy chip and he's just been running out there with cole it's the cutest thing ever the pictures do not do justice oh my scale of this thing like it's so small this little baby love him love so much so happy to have him around the office how happy are you though right now i don't know i haven't checked in on you i don't know what's been going on if i'm being completely honest no game could have happened since i last talked to you but how are your spurs doing so uh lost a tight one last night i'm sorry in the first quarter you know um the superstar of the world right now victor women yama seven foot six um had just an astounding stat what's his like middle name because you know like will this still chamberlain oh well he's he they call him the alien because they say there's nothing else like like he's just out of this world world um and also nike's campaign is he blocks among us because he's he's always blocking that good it's that's real good there's there he is everybody look at the camera there it is look at your tvs if you're driving a car pull over bring up youtube look at this little baby named chip he's adorable look at him compared to cole yeah like and cole's tiny blending in there but adorable.

2:44I got to hold him this morning as Greg went to like go get set up the cage. It was so awesome to just hold him. He's a little baby. Just a little baby. How do you feel about this, Greg? I'm doubly blessed. You know what I mean? Just doubly blessed. What a mother's day for me.

3:04Absolutely love it. Okay. So we got the alien. So the alien in the first quarter, Tim, we're up two games to one. Best of seven. First of four wins. up two games to one in the first quarter. You know, they've been manhandling Victor Womanyama all series because he's the tallest dude and he's skinny as hell. So it's like you got to show this young guy who's 22 years old what the playoffs are all about. And Victor gets tired of it and has the ball, swings an elbow, hits Nas Reid in the throat, and you're out of the game. It was tough. But I mostly blame myself for this loss, Tim, because the Spurs were up by like five, seven-ish points most of the game, even without Victor Wimanyama.

3:48And I was watching on my phone, and then I swapped to my TV, and then they started losing. I was like, I fucked it up. I fucked it up, Barrett. It was your fault. It was my fault. And by the time I went back to my phone, it was too late. It was too late. Like Alyssa loves the San Francisco Giants, and she knows that she is the curse of the Giants. If she's ever watching the Giants, that's when they start losing. So she's like curse of like loving this team. Turn it back off. Yeah, she's got to turn it off. Yeah, it was my mistake. So lost a close one. Lost by five, I believe. And we head back to San Antonio for game five.

4:21So game five, where are we at now? Is it? It's 2-2. 2-2. Oh, okay. Ooh, that's fun. Yeah. Well, I'm wishing you luck. Thank you. I'm feeling good about it. And I see Khalif out there on Twitter being like, Victor should have been suspended. You know, any other player would have been suspended. I'm like, Khalif, fucking quiet down. Just quiet down. Delete that fucking tweet You're offending me and my family Who's his team? He's a Knicks fan Amberwolves? Yeah, Knicks That makes sense I definitely do that You definitely do that Looking back at it If you're watching live Be part of the show By super chatting on youtube.com Slash kind of funny games We couldn't do this Without our Patreon producers Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster And Delaney the Psalm Twining Thank you so much For now let's begin with What is and forever will be The Roper Report We have seven stories today

5:08A baker's dozen. Story number one. A Fast and Furious TV series is officially in the works at Peacock. While Vin Diesel said that four shows were in the works, a source confirms it's in fact only one. Quote, for the last decade, we have realized that the fans have wanted more, Vin Diesel said at the NBC Universal Upfront presentation. They wanted us to expand the legacy characters, their stories. And for the last decade, the desire has been for us to enter the TV space that Fallon has mastered. and I had to wait till it was right it became right when Donna Langley started to oversee it all because that's when I knew that the integrity of the characters the international appeal what makes us all here feel like family would be protected in the TV space the news that I have here today is that Peacock is launching four shows from the Fast and Furious universe there is nothing more Vin Diesel than him just saying shit the fact that there might be one show is hilarious but him just jumping to it's four shows i just name dropping motherfuckers left and right you know uh you were reading this to me before and i was like this i just feel like i'm on games daily right now and it feels like tim i i want to be a fly on the wall in vin diesel's living room watching fallon and being like how do we get to that level how do we get there this guy's a national appeal this guy's a master you know what i mean and he's calling up michael kane because these really good friends with michael k is it well then what you need to become like felon oh felon's actually a character in uh in uh the prestige i'll just kind of come the real story number one everybody kingdom hearts four fans think that a tokyo game show teaser hints at impending news this comes from katherine lewis at games radar kingdom hearts four hopefuls are once again back with the hopium as tokyo game show teaser has folks convinced the news is on the way very soon but i'm not quite so sure earlier today the official tgs twitter account posted a mysterious tweet a whole bunch of question marks in a box followed by tomorrow's date and the words coming soon below that though is an image that's gotten everyone talking it simply says loading with a familiar looking font and a green bar below it it didn't take long at all for folks to start speculating that this could be a teaser for news about square enix's rpg series does tgs post mean anything kingdom hearts shaped though unfortunately i wouldn't be so sure sleuths have noticed that the loading picture is actually a stock image so it definitely hasn't been purpose-made to tease something specific could the folks behind tgs account have seen the similarity to kingdom hearts and use it on purpose potentially but i wouldn't get your hopes up as others have speculated it seems more likely that whatever seemingly going to be revealed tomorrow has more to do with the show itself like perhaps this year's official key art i'm not buying it what aren't you buying well So I just, you don't post this with that knowledge.

7:52But then I look at the five question marks, Tim, and I'm like, maybe what does that stand for? Are they skipping to Keenaheards 5? The five Fast and Furious shows they're going to make. He did add one extra in the last 30 minutes. When you post this, I immediately think that that is what they're teasing. There's no reason why you would just do this with such similarities unless you knew in your heart of hearts. and the key is the heart of the heart. What do they say? I need to say a lot about keys and hearts, bro. I can't help you there. Oh, no, I'm thinking the heart of the cards. That's Yu-Gi-Oh.

8:28That's Yu-Gi-Oh, damn it. But when I first see this and you post that as a little thing in Slack of like it's the same font, I don't know if you would do this without that knowledge. Yeah. You're not just some random. No, you're TGS. You're TGS. And also the green on the loading, it looks exactly like the green they use for the kingdom hearts like health bar these but social posts undergo so many eyes and there's so much like you know different eyes on it before it actually goes out into the public somebody would have caught that if they were like no we can't do that that looks too much like kingdom hearts don't do that or do that rile the people up get them excited for something they wouldn't have been excited for anyways they know they don't have kingdom hearts but we don't know that yet so the first time we saw kingdom hearts 4 was tgs many years ago many four four years ago was it even more than that i do real quick i want to interrupt you and say this please do oftentimes i sit here and i talk to people and i say insane proclamations and sometimes there's going to be four fast spirit shows we might add more okay uh and every once in a while i'm right about those things you know and i get to look back and be like i was right i said that that i called that i was right there's also a lot of times i say things and i'm wrong okay i'm very very wrong yeah one of the things i am most wrong about i think that i have really like put my foot down on in the last couple years when i'm talking about video games is i've been saying for years now kingdom hearts 4 is closer than we think like they've learned look how look how they've released final fantasy 7 remake look their squares back on their shit like them announcing it this early i think this means it's closer than And now I'm looking back, I'm like, I can't believe people haven't called me up more.

10:14Because I've said it so many times. That's big of you, though, too. It is, yeah. I'm glad that you're willing to admit that, like, damn, I've been wrong about this for almost half of a decade. Yeah. So when was it, Barrett? This was four years ago. 2022. So it wasn't TGS, though. It was Japan time. It was Japan time, you're right. But it wasn't TGS. I don't remember when it was. Can you look into that, Barrett? It was April 10th, 2022. And TGS, yeah, is usually like late summer, right? If I'm... TGS is like August, September. It was 20th anniversary, says Slipkrit. Oh, 20th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts.

10:55Okay. Because, yeah, they'd be doing a bunch of weird shit. But, yeah, we saw this. Quadratum. Yeah, this is Quadratum. He never sleeps. Is that what it's called? No. Oh, okay. That's New York. But have they ever mentioned Quadratum in Kingdom Hearts? Oh, she says it right here. This is like the end of three. Oh, shit. I never finished three. This is like the more real world, but it's like not really. Gotcha. Okay. You got to play all these games. It never sleeps. No, I'm good. I'm good. Okay, so five question marks seems very deliberate, Tim. That's a deliberate choice. You could just put one question mark.

11:32It fits a rectangle nicely. You know? So would a four. so would have so you're right you know you would have as well i i think that this is going to just be some tgs branding stuff like they're saying here the like official key art or something like that like the loading it's just like i don't know tgs as far as i can remember has never teased game announcements okay but there's there has never been a better time to be more confident about Kingdom Hearts 4 being closer than you think where you have been way more confident in the past and way more wrong well but that's the thing too is I just I don't think that Kingdom Hearts 4 is gonna reshow itself at TGS like I think that it's a d23 announcement at this point really I think so you think Disney I mean has Disney ever done anything Kingdom Hearts yeah they showed the Toy Story World for three at D23.

12:36They also had Kingdom Hearts characters at Disneyland at one point. I just don't... You know what? I don't fuck with D23 like that. I don't believe in it. Same. Anytime D23 comes around, I'm like, who are you? What are you? D23 is kind of cool. I'm on the other side. I disagree. Story number two. Speaking of Japan. Let us on the Super Chats if you agree with D23. Do you agree with D23? That is the question of the day. Forza Horizon 6 appears to have leaked online. This comes from Chris Scullion at VGC. The PC version of Forza Horizon 6 appears to have been leaked ahead of its full release. The much-anticipated sixth game in the Forza Horizon series is set for general release on May 19th, with early access available from May 15th for people who buy the premium edition.

13:26However, as noted by numerous sources online Including the Gaming Leaks and Rumors Reddit page Which I shout out in an ad today Nice! Very cool That's right, yeah Because I was listening to the besties And I was like, oh that's right We're doing something with that very soon That's pretty cool And then also Did you watch The Buzz today? No You haven't met Cosmo Kenny? No At some point today do yourself i'm pulling them up you just you just gotta watch okay okay a lot of people in chat have been wondering like uh if we had any announcements today with cosmo kenny oh that's right yeah you know i did hear there i did hear some discussions from the lab going should i be galactic gary or there was a lot of like i heard the brainstorming in there you know yeah well you need to see the final products because there are moments of this that are the most unhinged mike has ever been where my favorite thing it's mike kind of playing a character and he gets lost yeah yeah damn so did were they not able to get the starfox team working oh i thought it was the same technology as what they showed off yeah because they were they were supposed to get well the game's not out they thought that they'd be able to do it.

14:51What the fuck does that even mean? Forza leak, not Star Fox. They thought that they'd be able to get the Star Fox faces work like as if they were just available already. That's a bizarre thing to think. Yeah. Okay. All right. Well, the PC version of Forza Horizon 6 has been acquired, cracked, and made available for download by pirates. What a sentence. I know. I get it. But wow. While the main reason for the leaks not been fully and officially confirmed the leading theory is that the preloaded version of the game was uploaded to steam's back end on sunday by a developer but was done so without any encryption this reportedly made it possible for certain individuals to download the files and apply a crack to make the game playable bgc has seen the game available for download on certain websites but has not downloaded it and therefore cannot verify its validity do you trust that however other players have started posting i I saw it, but I didn't get near it.

15:47I believe it exists. And videos on YouTube of them playing the game. Microsoft's yet to comment on the situation. Well, this isn't good. This happens too often, Tim. I would have assumed that once it happens the first time, that everybody sort of cracks down on it. And I'm not talking about the Pirates cracking the actual. I mean that every other publisher goes, We cannot, under any circumstance, let that happen to our big release. How does this keep happening, Tim? I mean, I don't know. I mean, I think having a staggered release schedule has something to do with it. Needing to preload it and things like that.

16:25There's early access, and then there's this, and then there's this. Mistakes get made. Sure, but seeing that this thing was done so without any encryption, that seems like the one thing you were told to do when house-sitting was to lock the door before you left. Yeah, yeah. And you didn't do that. I'm not a scientist. I don't know what encryption means. You know, I know that I want it. I want to be protected by encryption. Right, yeah. I don't want people cracking my encryption. I don't want the pirates in my home. That's all I know. It just seems really bizarre that I feel like every, like, twice a month, there's a story about some big-ass game getting leaked and all the files being out there.

17:07It's just like, God dang. You know, I don't think this will hurt Microsoft in any massive way. Obviously, there's going to be a lot of illegal activity and people downloading it. I still think it's going to sell really well. But it's still kind of crazy that this thing kind of continues to happen. And then looking through the subreddit and seeing people like, well, I know what I'm doing tonight. It's like, God damn, man. Yeah, that's not good. How hyped are you for Forza Horizon 6? Oh, my God. I'm so pumped up. I mean, after that preview, after, after B and after getting to that part where it's like, all right, you're going to do the big race and the preview and it's like, that's the perfect tease.

17:45Yeah, because I already found myself getting into the rhythm of just driving from spot to spot from just turning my mind off. It being the perfect podcast game. Good Lord. It's it's it's going to. it's already showed me that you know barring any major fuck up that this will be the most consistent put out a new one every three years sell millions and millions and get nines and tens across the board I mean I think so much of it just has to do with the fact that they've leaned into the identity of the location so much and you know Forza Horizon 5 with Mexico that was like such a beautiful game and the music the unique things that it could have just because of where it's set is what sets these games apart from each other right like obviously but it being japan we've wanted this for so long the bit i got to play when i was in japan the intro sequence you're going through and every time it switches up like the course and it's a different style of music playing i'm just like i can't wait for this game like this it is going to be just such a doesn't matter if you spend five minutes or five hours you had a great time with type video games so now the number one mistake that they can possibly make aside from not encrypting their file in the preload would be to not have drivable 2016 honda civic coupe yeah or sedan sorry i know or door yeah if they don't have that vehicle in the game it's gonna be an issue it will be a problem yeah and i will likely blame phil spencer on the way out like the fact that he's it's that that was probably the last straw yep that's why i've always wanted my prius c to be in games and it's just not in many video games it's weird it was in gratuishable Really?

19:25And I used it Well your Prius C was what a 2012? 2015 2015? 2015 Damn You know what? Okay Right now I feel like I'm about to insult your Prius C Well it's just like It's a year younger than mine It's a year older than mine But it looks so much older Like there's something about the body style This is slander that I didn't expect from you Well it's just like The 2016 Honda Civic I feel like Well okay that's the fucking cool It looks like a four year five year old car Something about the body style but Cause it's cool Maybe I've been seeing You have the cool version of the cool car Maybe I've just seen your car around for so long That it's like damn I would have assumed that was like before they did a body refresh It was a Prius C dude The city version The cool version Cool Cool city I wonder Andy if it feels old Because we see them so much all the time.

20:25Very likely. There's like your car. I feel like I barely see your car. You know, that's why it's like, ooh, every time I see it. Oh, my car? Yeah. Oh, really? It feels like, oh, unique, cool. I feel like every day there's three of my car in a row. Yeah, we're talking about a Honda Civic. One of the most popular cars ever. Yeah, I never see it. I see my gray Honda Civic like always around me and I'm like, damn. I always try to like, what's up? Your car does look cooler than other ones though and I think the Mass Effect logo has a lot to do with it. Yeah. The color scheme. Thank you. It pops with the lights, man But I will not accept this Prius C slander It's still a chunky car I love the new Priuses You know that about me I'm not a Prius slanderer By nature I don't fuck with the Prius, it's just the Prius C A Prius C looks like a Prius Fucked a Celica Prius C, let me look it up Hold on My brain, when I think of the Prius I don't know, Tim I'm looking at it right now I don't know, man.

21:22This is a 2019. Just something about the body shape I just never loved. Now, when they got the new Prius shapes, I was like, ooh, that's a car I want. I want to get in one of those. And I see the Priuses all over Facebook Marketplace. People are still selling them. It still just looks like it can't even. I imagine this is a newer model compared to Tim's. It still looks like something that came out of like 2006. These are all of these are different cars that we're looking at here. Okay. Let us know. I imagine the one on the far right is the Prius. And that one's fucking sick. It looks like a Yaris.

21:54Yeah, it kind of does. It does. But it's so much cooler than God. All right. Yeah. Can you look up the Celica CE? I'm just going to say I've like I've been in Rogers Yaris a couple of times and I've never felt cooler being inside that Yaris. I'm just going to say. Remember in a Forza when the lady said Celica? And I threw me off. Me too. Is that how you say it? Yeah. No, it's not. It's not. It's not. No. Because I've said Celica my entire life. Yeah. same here but can you pull up a celica please the the 2000 toyota celica i've always this was been was my dream car growing up i wanted it so bad because i thought it looked like scyther the pokemon oh i always thought celicas are sick as shit they're sick as shit yeah and like and it was a cool name granted like yeah look how freaking cool that is right look at that look at the shape in the front whatever yeah if a celica and a prius a full-size prius fucked it'd be a prius c i am not arguing that the prius c is the coolest car of all time i am arguing that it is it is significantly cooler than the other Prius line.

22:50I'm just saying, like, maybe I could see where you're coming from, Tim, but it is getting way more of its gene pool from the Prius side than the Celica side. Well, the C is very small, and the Prius takes up the rest of the name, okay? Yeah. Yeah. Gran Turismo is better than Forza. That's all I'm saying, okay? For one reason and one reason only. The Prius C. The Prius C. Damn. You can figure it out. Let us know in the comments. Let us know in the comments what car you drive. Yeah, what you driving? What you driving? Let me know. Story number three. I'm all fucking heated now. Not you. Out of all people.

23:23Discord adds a free Xbox Game Pass starter edition for Nitro subscribers. This comes from Tom Warren at The Verge. Discord's announcing the launch of Nitro Rewards today. A new program for subscribers that bundles benefits from third parties like Microsoft, Logitech, and SteelSeries into a Nitro subscription. The main addition is that Nitro members will now get a new starter edition. The chat is popping off with the cars everyone's driving. And I love it, man. Oh, my God. 2017 Mitsubishi Lancer. Deshaun Fortune says Nike Air Force 1. So, like that. Hell, yeah. Driving Mazda Miata, Ford Focus 5, 2016 RAV4.

23:59Mazda Miata, dude. Now, that's a car. Let's go. Oh, really? I always made fun of the Miatas because my only thought of, my only memory of a Miata is in the Blink-182 rock show making a video where Tom DeLonge is like, we were giving all this money to make a video. Yeah. And we just, like, ended up wasting it on just bullshit. and you know that we weren't we're not rich enough of a band because we're just we're dropping a miata from like for they had it like a yeah they had it on a crane yeah and they're like but like we couldn't drop like the most expensive car we're dropping a miata uh xbox game pass started edition which leaked last month allows pc and xbox owners to download more than 50 games including titles like fallout 4 stardew valley and day z the starter edition also includes 10 hours a month of Xbox Cloud Gaming streaming and the ability to earn up to$25 a year in the Xbox store with rewards.

24:49Alongside the Game Pass bundle, Nitro subscribers will also get up to 30 % off at Logitech G, 15 % off at SteelSeries, and 20 % off at Control Freak. Control Freak is spelled K-O-N-T-R-O-L-F-R-E-E-K if anyone was interested. That's how I spell it as my AOL username. Because I think I was Rocker Freak with two E's. Were you rocker free? At one point, yeah. I love that for you. Nitro members will also receive 250 orbs automatically each month. I wasn't sold. Now I'm like, okay, need them orbs. It's the in-app currency that Discord uses to tempt users into watching ads in exchange for things like avatar decorations or in-game bonuses.

25:31Cool. They're adding value, Tim. They're adding the value. You want value in your Game Pass. There's never been a better time. Well, see, this isn't even Game Pass. You want value in your Nitro Discord. But it's all circular. It's all going into each other. Cool. Which is great. First off, I'm looking at this desk right now. I didn't know we were sponsored by Logitech G. That's awesome. We are. Yeah. Pretty cool sponsor. I've spent like. I will say. We're big G fans. 600 bucks of Logitech stuff in my life. I love Logitech. But you're getting, hey, they're part of this, which is not part of our sponsorship to mention that but that's awesome that you get a whole bunch of little deals and discounts that's awesome and the thing is jokes aside about all this i get very frustrated with the hey you get this service and then you get these all these other services but it's not the version of the service you want but like you do get a little some of it here and there it's all cool and i do feel like if somebody really spends the time doing the research on all the different bundles you can actually save a lot of money and get access to a lot of things you would never pay for but now you have access to so it's kind of neat um but it's just so overly complicated at all times and like i think about like the disney bundles that they have of the disney hulu espn like all that stuff it is the most complicated thing ever and i get it it has to be complicated because they're trying to sucker people into spending more money and locking them into like deals that aren't actually getting them the things that they're looking for um and reminds me of my chase sapphire i mean that's the the chase sapphire card at this point it went from the best deal in credit cards to now you need to hustle to make it the best deal like it is now a glorified coupon book if you use those coupons you're making a ton of money and it's awesome but if you're not you're just spending a high annual fee and you're not getting what your money's worth so it's like that's the type of shit they get you in and then they change all the things um i don't think that's exactly what's happening here but um it's just at a certain point more is just more and i feel like people really need to like look into this stuff and be like all right do i want this or do i just want game pass do i just want control freak yeah i just want my orbs what do you want i want my discord dwarves it just reminds me of that one old funhouse clip of them talking about scrabbles that's what it reminds me god okay everybody i feel good about that being the end of story number three so here's a word from our sponsor okay great yeah look we've all been there you got the angle you've got the timing but you still lose the face off in competitive gaming milliseconds aren't just a stat, they're the difference between a trophy and embarrassment.

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32:34The amount of spots in San Francisco that your car can't fit. Your car can't even think of fitting it. You park there, you're in someone's driveway, you're getting towed. You're really attacking the 2069 Civic. It's smaller than the average car, but still 100 % as dorky looking. Kind of true. But how cool am I when I'm in the restaurant and you're circling the block? You know? i need nice scream that's why uber that's why i waste money uber i just don't like parking you know story number four stellar blade 2 won't be published by sony potentially hitting at multi-platform launch this comes from tom phillips at ign the sequel to stellar blade will not be published by playstation developer shift up has confirmed something that could point to a multi-platform launch for the forthcoming game instead korean company shift up will take on publishing duties itself for stellar blade 2 or whatever the game ends up being called in in an earnings release shift up said this move would help ensure its franchise's unique appeal was communicated to players more directly and effectively yeah i don't agree with that i don't know what that means okay we're gonna have to break that down because if it's what i think they're saying what the fuck yeah a little weird yeah um has this game officially been announced i mean no but is it just kind of like in earnings reports they're just like there's a follow-up coming yeah they know yeah we all know that there is a sequel being made when there's just no there hasn't been a trailer or a graphic or anything like that uh you already know about this stuff development of the next stellar blade title is progressing smoothly on track to meet our targeted quality standards notably starting with this next title shift up will transition to a first-party service model this will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the stellar blade ip and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively with three key tailwinds high quality self-publishing capabilities a sales maximization strategy and proven ip fan base we're confident the next title will deliver meaningfully improved results compared to its predecessor okay cool that little last bit there it's like yeah earnings report that's what you need to say shows i'm in control i know what i'm doing we got another hit on our hands do not fret my friends you're gonna make your money we We have the confidence, Tim.

34:45We have the strategy to propel Stellar Blade into the next stratosphere. And there's never been a better time to play. Never been a better time. Now, a lot of it does just seem like business marketing talk, right? I mean, I say a lot of it. I mean, most of it. Yeah. Probably 100 % of it. I mean, it's an earnings report. Yeah. And I think our brain immediately goes to, what do they mean that we have to ensure the franchise's unique appeal? Because we just think of bouncing bazongas. I mean, it's pretty. Ding, ding, ding. Reading through this, it kind of just goes like PlayStation didn't push them titties enough.

35:18Exactly. Like we're going to push them harder and we're going to do it more directly and effectively. We need gamers to know how horny they can be playing this game. I think that their fan base did all the marketing for them. I don't think that there was really anything necessarily that they could have done without having a TV commercial censored or something like that. You know what I mean? I think the game, with the amount of discourse that there was around the sexuality of Eve as the character, every video that I would see get posted was just her standing there with a lot of movement, a whole lot of just physics and things moving.

35:57And then all the replies going, y 'all have never ever posted gameplay of this. It's always just titty, titty, titty. And then that kind of became the discourse. and then you started needing to hear from people like me going, look, I know Tits Course. That's great. I know there's a lot of movement. There's a lot of stuff that could be embarrassing to play in front of. There's a lot of movement. There's a lot of movement. There's a lot of things happening out there. But the game is good. The game's awesome. It's fun to play. It's a really, really fun video game. Once you can get past looking like a horny freak in public, which is why whenever I was back home visiting my parents, I would just boot this thing up like at 12 midnight when everybody was asleep.

36:39because this is embarrassing to play in the living room. I don't want anybody to watch me play this. It's even more embarrassing to get caught at 12 midnight, though, you know? For sure, for sure. Yeah, if you get caught hiding playing this game, that's like, oh, man, no recovery from that, man. I thought everybody was asleep. Like, oh, man. This is all kind of what I would expect with this sort of marketing talk, but it's just kind of weird to go like, it feels like you are putting the onus on PlayStation for why maybe things weren't marketed with a more, you know, upfront sexual way. It's odd.

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37:14I don't know. It is very odd. I mean, I don't think it's necessarily putting it on PlayStation. It's more than being like, hey, we did great before. We're going to do even better now because we know what sold this game and we're going to double down on it directly and effectively. I really hope that they understand that it also sold really well because you had the non-gooners playing it and saying, it's actually a really good video game. You know, when I was testing out the PSSR2 on certain different titles, and I opened up Stellar Blade, and I just kept on playing for about 30 minutes. I'm like, man, this game rules.

37:52This game is so much fun. The boss fights are awesome. And they would release new content, and here's the boss rush. Here's this whatever mode. I hope that they understand. I think they understand because we've seen enough images and read enough stories of the director at ShiftUp meeting with and hanging out with people from all over Sony, like all the big sort of heads at all these Sony first-party studios. He knows that he has the quality and he has the team to make and deliver a really fun, awesome, good-feeling action platform or third-person action game. it's just like the game was the game was plenty sexy already we don't like it wasn't lacking in that department by any means you know what i mean so it's like just make the next game as good and you won't need to just rely on the gooners like lords of the fallen 2 is yeah we'll see aaron lime says arrowhead and shift up aren't publishing with sony anymore kojima bought death strandings writes back sony's fumbling the bag on their second parties i mean it is interesting right to see a lot of those shakeups from this generation or a lot of the decisions and partnerships Sony's made, the PS5 generation, not seeming to continue.

39:06I'm very interested in Final Fantasy VII Part III. Is it day-in-day on other consoles? Well, part of me also wonders if this is Sony saying, we have the install base already. Why pay for the rights when we know that they're going to buy the game on our thing anyway? I mean, that is also a very good point. You know, of course, like, this is not a system seller necessarily. People aren't going to look at their Xbox and go, damn, I need to buy a PlayStation for a Stellar Blade. Yeah. But if they own a PlayStation already, the chances are of them buying it on our system are high anyway. Yeah. You know?

39:44Yeah. That's where my brain goes, at least. Maybe it's just Sony trying to clamp down on money being spent on exclusives like that. Console exclusives. Yeah. Someone brought up, they did secure Kena. that's interesting Story number 5 Dragon Quest creator spoiled when we'll learn more about the RPG series next game this comes from Thomas Franzessi at Polygon Yuji Hori the creator of Square Enix's RPG franchise Dragon Quest just accidentally revealed when fans will learn more about the next game in the series on a now delisted episode of the Koso Koso broadcast Hori teased an upcoming live stream for the Dragon Quest series in which new games would be discussed Gamatsu translated his comments we'll be doing a live stream on may 27th i think we'll be able to make an announcement about the next game we'll also have various other things besides the next game so please look forward to it the fact that coro the koso koso video has since been taken down suggests that hori said something he was not supposed to spoiling a surprise for dragon quest fans still fans of the rpg series should be excited we may soon learn more about games like dragon quest 12 the flames of fate dragon quest 12 the flames of fate was first teased in the 2021 live stream celebrating the series 35th anniversary.

40:53Square Enix has rarely discussed the game since then. So a 40th anniversary presentation seems like a perfect place for them to have the project reemerge after five years of speculation. Do you think that's the reason why, Tim? That the video was pulled down because some secrets were... Well, I mean, yeah, they haven't officially announced this stream, right? I think that they just haven't officially... Like, yeah. I'm sure that they'll announce it soon because it's two weeks away. I just think maybe pulling the video down feels like you're telling yourself a little. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it is weird that this, that pulling it down wasn't almost directly coupled with here's the official statement of how we want to say this.

41:33Cause we've seen that happen a lot in the last couple of years of, you know, when something leaks and then it's like, boom, here it is. Dragon Quest is just one of those franchises that I just, I know so little about him. Yeah. I like, didn't you just play drink? No, you were playing an Octopath Traveler. I tried out Dragon Quest. I did, like, when we got the code, say, hey, I was really into Octopath. That was zero. Maybe I'll be into this. And it just, I think my mind also said, that's enough. That's enough. That's enough, like, long video game, JRPG, turn-based game. So I did move on to something else.

42:09And I think Greg kept playing it, I believe. But, yeah, this is just one of those franchises that you could have told me they were working on Dragon Quest X. I'd be like, oh, cool, that's a new video game. and it's like no it's a remake or whatever yeah there's just there's a lot of iterations of the game and i'm just very dumb about it so i mean yeah they definitely have gotten to the point where they have they're continuing to put out the new ones but then they are going back and remaking it seems like every single one um yeah good for the dragon questers out there what they call them i saw flames of fate and all i thought was fires of rubicon i mean man coolest subtitle of all damn time it's gotta be yeah we have to do a shit list of the coolest subtitles yeah what was the uh Ace Combat 8.1?

42:51Because it didn't live up to Fires of Rubicon. Skies of... No. Wings of Thieves or something. Wings of Thieves. Is that what it is? Yeah. Wings of Thieves. Like a singular Thief? Like one Thief. No, but like... Oh, it probably means something. It's like a place or something. Pretty cool there. Pretty cool. It's no Fires of Rubicon. It's a little too like... Go Prius C. Wings of Thieves. It's just like it's too much of that sound. Wings of Thieves. God, Nick Scarpino is rude. It needs to be like Wings of Wintoria or something. Okay, yeah, yeah. Wings of Wintoria. Oh, man. Story number six. Cosplaying gamers will raid EA headquarters to protest Saudi Arabia's$55 billion buyout.

43:40Damn, that's extended. Mm-hmm. Levi Winslow reports at GameSpot. In the wake of Saudi Arabia's leveraged buyout of EA for$55 billion, gamers upset by the takeover are planning to protest the publisher's Redwood, California headquarters on May 11th. That's today in cosplay. A movement known as the Players Alliance HQ has announced its intent to, quote, raid EA's headquarters on May 11th at 11 a.m. The goal is to denounce Saudi Arabia's public investment fund buyout of the publisher with cosplaying gamers planning to unravel a 50-foot scroll of over 70 ,000 petition signatures on the Madden football field at the center of the cafe.

44:16We went there. Yeah, we did. We played basketball there. But, like, now that is a fucking sentence. They're going to, in cosplay, raid the place and unravel a 50-foot scroll? Fucking gamers, man. They have a message and they're going to get it out there. That's in 15 minutes. Oh, shit. Should we make our way down? You're right. We need pics. We need pics. We got the costume closet. Let's monitor the situation. Let's finish this. There appears to be a whole performance involved in the protest as well, with gamers dressing in suits and top hats portraying the corporate villains behind the deal. So they're role-playing as they're cosplaying.

44:57Further, a giant health bar. Stop. Stop. What are we doing? Further, a giant health bar prop will slowly deplete as supporters digitally engage with the protest, and a loot box demonstration will reveal a range of prizes like mass layoffs, studio closures, and aggressive monetization. They really thought this through, dude. I mean, the creative department really went off on this one. According to the press release, Players Alliance HQ fears that should the$55 billion deal go through, which would saddle EA with$20 billion in debt, the company could face pressure to cut jobs, replace employees with AI.

45:30and institute price hikes to recoup the losses of the buyout. EA, one of the world's largest game publishers, is the target of a proposed$55 billion leveraged buyout that would hand 93 % ownership to Saudi Arabia's public investment fund controlled by the crown prince Mohammed bin Salman with the remaining stakes split between Silver Lake and Jared Kushner's affinity partners. The deal would place$20 billion in debt directly onto EA, a common private equity tactic that shifts financial risk onto the acquired company rather than the buyers. A live stream of the protest will take place on D &D and Warhammer Twitch streamer Slayer Cases channel.

46:05I thought it was about to be official. Dude, me too. That's insane. Me too. So yeah, Slayer Case in 14 minutes will have a live stream of this. I gotta say, this is how you get shit done. This creates some noise, you know, organized chaos. This is how you get on the news. This brings attention to the shit. Being theatrical about it as well. Yeah. It's a very Bay Area thing. I love it. I legitimately think that if any of these details weren't a part of this, we wouldn't know about this. Like, we might have heard about, there's a lot of people protesting at Redwood, but these details that seem so over the top are the reason why we know about it now.

46:48The longer you read the story, the more it's like, oh, they're doing something here. Now, my one fear, I read this and I'm like, this sounds good. This sounds ambitious This sounds like it could end up like that Willy Wonka experience You know I see I think there's enough people here though I mean there's a lot What was the number? 70 ,000 petitions How many people will be there? I mean I think there's People remember their parts Yeah I think there's enough people there to make sure that Like this production goes off soundly I'll keep an eye on Slayer Cases channel Please do Yeah, keep us updated throughout a games cast with a crew who won't be, who weren't a part of this show.

47:32Who have no idea what the context is. Man, I really can't wait to see this. Go fucking get them. I can't wait to see this 50-foot scroll unraveled. With 70 ,000 petition signatures. That's crazy. Which is awesome. I mean, if this can change any minds, if I could have one wish, it would be for this deal to not go through. That would be awesome. for not having to... So that I could play Mass Effect with a clean mind. Yeah. Or else I'll just be real sad knowing... I get it. $20 billion in debt. There's no way that doesn't lead to... Nope. Further layoffs. Nope. We've already had enough. FTL FM says, theatricality and deception are powerful weapons, Mr.

48:18Wayne. Theatricality and deception. Was that a Michael Caine thing? I don't think so. No, it was. Oh, maybe it was. Yeah, okay. I thought it might have been Lucius. You're right. It was my opinion. You trusted me, and I failed you. You can't. It gets better and better. Barrett's wife, Alyssa, you can listen to that and tell me it's not a good impression. You can't do it. I'll send her this clip today at the end of the day. Come on, man. See if she gives it a thumbs up this time around. Also, send her a picture of her previous scene and see if she gives it a thumbs up. Yeah. But then show her 268 Honda Civic and go, dude, these cars look one year apart.

48:53I mean. I can't think of a person who, like, cares less about cars more than myself other than Alyssa. Sounds like you care a whole lot. A lot of shit coming out of that mouth. You know what I mean? And that's crazy because I don't give a shit about cars. I remember y 'all congratulating us on, like, getting a new car, and I was like, oh, yeah, I guess. That does mean something, yeah. It was a Bane quote. Ah, damn. You got your car, too. Oh, my God. I don't even know. There's no great segue here. That 50-foot scroll. It's going to be big. It's going to be really, really, really big. But if I want to know about something smaller, where would I go?

49:34You would go to our last story, the Wii News channel, where we cover all the small news items you need to know about. Master Wayne. From Eurogamer, during the last weekend, two surprising bits about TT Games' new LEGO game have arisen. First, we learned via Reddit that some Walmart pre-order codes for Xbox Series X and S have gone live early, with players reportedly playing for a few hours already. Second, the divisive DeNovo DRM has been quietly snuck onto the PC version of the game by the publisher. Sneak that right in there. Why is it divisive, Andy? Slip it right in there. Well, DRM sucks.

50:10DRM sucks, but also it causes a lot of just performance issues. This next one is for you. IO Interactive shows off 007 First Light running 60 frames per second on the PS5 Pro. Oh, baby. Can you bring up the tweet? 007 Game IO itself on Twitter says, 007 FPS, they said back in September. Pleased to showcase 007 first lights running at 60 FPS on PS5 Pro. Good for them. Eat this. Eat this. You need to buy a$900 console for this shit to run a lot. Because I get it, but it's like, and they do respond somewhere. They're like, we will have performance mode and quality mode. But like show off the console that like most people are going to play with, you know, not the$900 console, you know, but it is still nice that, Hey, you will get a performance mode on the base PS five.

51:02Now we'll see how that looks. Cause it's been many years since Jedi survivor came out. But when that came out and you played 60 frames per second, that shit was running at like 800 P it was so blurry and hard to look at. And so hopefully they've done, you know enough optimization to make this sucker look good on a base ps5 hopefully uh double fine is unionizing nice very cool hopefully that goes well for everybody uh my nintendo store is being renamed to nintendo store good the chop to my good it's cleaner mortal kombat 2 movie skins are now available in mortal kombat 1 ah the video game mortal kombat 1 yeah i was thinking about Mortal Kombat a lot in the last week.

51:46What were you thinking about? A whole bunch of things. I want to go back, I want to play through all the, I want to buy the Legacy Collection, and I want to play them all. The old school? Old ones. I'm just like, I want to get refreshed on all that old stuff that I knew in the 90s, but let's and I watched the movies, but I'm just like, I want to see BeHan. You know what? I was thinking about Mortal Kombat a lot, Tintin, and it is weird to me, but it's also very emblematic of how people can fall off of video games and their enjoyment of video games where you know i think about my older brother who was obsessed with games and then just completely fell off you know at you hit a point in your life where i'm gonna halo 5 the breaking point for him no because halo was one of those weird you'll come back constants yeah but in terms of like you know because he was he was done with video games even when we were playing halo but as a kid he was playing zelda he was playing all of the contra all the games right and it does kind of i feel like my life could have gone down that path where i think about how obsessed i was with video games and mortal combat and then i think mortal combat 3 like ultimate edition or whatever may have been the last one because thinking of my like going back and go Andy why weren't you interested in something like a story mode in a Mortal Kombat game how did that not interest you yeah and it's just when I think of like the Sub-Zero standalone game or the Sony and Jax one it's like I didn't touch those there was no inkling of interest from me which is crazy to me that the games weren't good too I think that that is another maybe but I didn't really know that you know like to not even ask my dad to go to the rental store to rent it is kind of wild to me when I I was obsessed with Mortal Kombat.

53:35Yeah. And that's like all I cared about. Because it was the coolest thing ever. It is the coolest thing ever. It is. And yeah, the movie's very fucking cool. But I have a theory. And this is a stupid theory. But Mortal Kombat 2, there's something about that. In the same way, Street Fighter 2. It's like the iconic title, right? And the movie's doing really well. I've been wondering, the next game. Last game was Mortal Kombat 1. What's it going to be? I think it's just going to be Mortal Kombat 2. Yeah, that sounds about right. But it's also just bizarre if they did that. Yeah. But I think they're going to, and I think it's going to sell really well.

54:06I think the 2 is going to give it a bump. The MK2 bump is real. I'm not wrong. Are they sticking with their reality? Are they sticking with, like, their new lore? I think so. Yeah. I think they'll just follow it, even though we'll see. Who cares? Yeah. Right? Not me. I'll tell you that. But I love these fucking games. Yeah. Mouse PI for Hires has sold approximately 730 ,000 copies. Nice. Yeah, man. That's awesome. It is. Good for them. Killer Bean launches on Steam Early Act There it is Mike When you were in the pandemic Out of nowhere Mike just said where's Killer Bean We all remembered that Killer Bean was announced Wait what did you say Several years prior When I was what Oh I said when you were in the pandemic Sorry When you were in the pandemic When you were in your pandemic Not sleeping Yeah Yeah I was thinking it was just a P word I said pandemic instead of paternity I hope this game is awesome I mean you know it's a roguelite Tim that's what it is?

55:07yeah it's a roguelite game not like I guess it's open world-ish but you know when this was first revealed it was like wowie and then disappeared for a long time I wouldn't have been surprised if they just said hey the game got cancelled three years ago or something killer bean everybody and that's it for Wii News looks silly as hell all right let's get to the super chats because we do have some um i played a preview of big walk for an hour on friday and the game looks great so far it'd make for a great party motor stream from the lab one day that comes from the portland kevin oh yeah i'm sure we'll big walk i'm sure we'll play that uh jbc says the nba is rigged wembley should be suspended i'm team wembley shut your mouth uh the juan one says what do you guys think of this mixtape discourse i have one thought and one thought only and that thought is shout out to the kind of funny community not all of you some of y 'all get a little weird but i'm going to give a major shout out to 95 plus percent of the kind of funny community for just being awesome we get to sit here and talk about games what we like about them what we don't like about them we get to put people on the games they might not have heard of we get to play the games that everybody knows and loves and franchises and give our thoughts on them and grow over time and like some things and not like some things.

56:28And y 'all are genuinely cool about it. You're generally cool about it for the most part. Every once in a while, some people get in their feelings and stuff, but that's what we do. When we sit here and I like something more than you like something, we go back and forth. That's healthy. That's fine. But I just love that we get to do our review of Mixtape, see the reactions in the chat, see the reactions in the comments on Reddit, everywhere. And it's just good conversation about people liking video games then you go outside of that and it's just everything's on fire and i just have zero respect for any of it but i don't want to talk shit about the idiots i want to big up y 'all because i really do think that we have something special here and when we when you talk about video games because you love video games it's very clear and that's what we all get to do together yeah blessing said they were not cool about me not liking pragmata Well, that was deserved.

57:20Blessing. That's the one instance where we... I still think of you coming in and giving your thoughts on Pragmata. You said Blessing and Roger were on cocaine? What was it? No, Crack. Blessing and Roger were on crack, yeah. Oh my God. That's what I said. Jesus, fuck. That's what I said. But Tim, have you considered... Why is Mixtape getting better review scores than Crimson Desert? Have you considered that? Have you really considered that? Luckily, it's not something I need to consider. You're saying this game is better than Ocarina of Time? I love it. I fucking love it. I mean, that is the problem is I find all of it so entertaining.

57:52Yeah. You know, but it's for bad reasons. It's just toxic nonsense. But why do I think it's so funny? Yeah. Like the people coming after me, little old me with my cool Prius scene. They don't even know. They don't even fucking know how cool I am. It's odd and it's weird. And at the end of the day, it just shows that we play a lot more games. So we are open up to a lot more experiences. and you know if i showed somebody some really unique cuisine from around the world and they're used to eating burgers and chicken strips and pizza then they may be like what the fuck you love this thing that's crazy to me because look at this fucking burger that fudderockers put out and it's like well we love those too you know and it is so funny to me that like a tweet that I knew wasn't going to bang, didn't bang, because I put out, I love mixtape, and here are my top three games from last year and the year prior.

58:52Or from this year and the year prior. Because Pragmat is up there, so is Requiem, so is Saros, and last year I loved Lies of P, and that tweet didn't bang because it just shows that it's proof that you are wrong, that we only like shit games or whatever. It's like, no, we love a lot of games. We love all the games that you love too. We just love more because we experience more. I love that there's a Wii at all. What Wii are we talking about? I think just the industry. Our job is to play a lot of different video games and normally there's a lot of games that I say, nah, not my thing. I'm not going to get into it.

59:30Much like Mixtape. I wasn't going to play Mixtape. Before you left for the pandemic. Before you left for the pandemic. I remember we were talking about Mixtape at one point sometime in january and i was like well i'm not planning on playing this and you were like really and i was like yeah i don't know like i there's a lot of different there's a lot of games that i want to play that i don't play and then when this sort of interview came around you go and like dude trust me so i finally and dude trust me and so i experienced it i was like holy shit like i really enjoyed that and you guys were right we just play a lot of different things yeah it reminds Reminds me of last year when we started gushing about blueprints and there was a visceral reaction to how could you like this game more than Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.

1:00:16And I think there's just always going to be that reaction when we talk about an experience, like you were saying, Andy, that's different than big AAA open world thing, you know? Because that's not the end all be all to what video games can be. I just think it's all so funny that at the end of the day we're just people and we like or don't like things and it's like we're just normal men we really just are and it's like all these people that are so mad if you like Kingdom Come Deliverance talk about it just talk about how much you like that game it's okay it's just I just think it's so fucking funny that people get so upset about the scores and shit I do think that there are some institutions I do think IGN's one of them where it's like they there's levels of their critiques that go through editing that go through hey this is going to represent this company so we need to make sure that y 'all are doing X amount of things to make sure that this review is up to the standards and codes of ethics and quality of criticism that's not what we do we fucking talk about our thoughts on video games but guess what people on twitter you can do that too.

1:01:30Yeah. And you do do that. And a lot of the people talking shit are people that are on YouTube. And it's like, there's no difference between you and us. We're on YouTube right now. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we're not, this isn't some establishment. It's not. Yeah, yeah. Random Drinker says, 420 time with my mom after Mother's Day, introducing Nancy to the KFC in video games. Any recommendations for first game? Mixtape. What does 420 time mean? Smoking the reefer. Yeah, but like, I mean, I guess 420 o 'clock. I don't know. I'm thinking just like April 20th. Is this an old Super Chat? I think it's just like getting cute.

1:02:05Okay, gotcha. Smoking with their mom. Play mixtape with your mom. These pitches with the Super Chat says, Andy, Crimson Desert versus 2015 Toyota Prius C. You gotta go with Kingdom Cup. It's a good Super Chat. Crimson Desert. Ashley Goley says, I bought a 2018 Mini Cooper because I loved how it felt in Forza using the wheel, and it felt almost the same when I bought it. Wow. I'm a diehard Mini fan. Holy shit. And also, guess what? What a one-to-one transition. You get to park a lot of cool places. Ah, that's true. Napoleon says, ideally, an MX-5 RF. GT has Miatas, but not the RF. Yeah, MX-5's sick as hell, too.

1:02:44And a lot of people just talking about how cool my Prius is. That's not true. Phil the Trucker says, Tim, you're the coolest guy. Just not in a Prius C. You haven't seen me in the Prius C. Fucking whipping that thing around. No, you look cool in your new car. I look cool in any car.

1:03:05Melissa with a Y says, Can Andy explain why he big-timed me, Chris, Kev, Maddox, and Wash when we were trying to play Deadlock? Because he begged us to play. It just took forever to find a game, and I was also dealing with some stuff, so I just went mute on Discord, and eventually I never found a game. I created a second Steam account to invite myself to see like is it because i'm too high of a rank or whatever it was just it was annoying and i was dealing with some shit also i ended up finding games um but i think deadlock just doesn't like when six players try to play a game too big of a party chaos killer says honestly wouldn't have picked up mixtape if it wasn't for tim's glowing review even if you don't resonate with the experiences it's an extremely good story thank you for that but again that's the value of just listening to people and being like oh maybe i'm gonna try this um and then the final super chat of the day of the show.

1:03:54Kyle LaBeouf says, ha ha Tim, you said doo doo. I don't remember it, but I do do that often. We don't have any wrongs. We're perfect human beings. We're just normal men. We have a Gamescast coming up, but more importantly Barrett, can you pull up the Twitch stream? Oh yeah. We're four minutes in. We need to know what's going on. Gotta see what's happening at this. They are currently not live. They are not live. Things are not going well. damn well one of those internet issue over there stay tuned am i on games daily tomorrow i really hope i am redwood does stuff different their internet's a bit different over there when i visited you are not on games that's sad i want to i want to be on the update for the story but we'll see how things go uh all right everybody i love you all stay tuned for gamescast goodbye

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