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We Draft the Best Games of 2023 - Add to Party 1.17.2023dd
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This week we set up our Fantasy Draft lists for 2023
https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/74449c7d-e7a7-493d-be53-11eb24e41926/2023
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Transcript
Introduction and Greetings
00:00:14
Speaker
Welcome to Add to Party, the Friendship Simulator masquerading as a new show. I'm your host, James Hartwell, and I'm joined by Charles Yemott, and I'm joined by Andy Kay. Good evening, gentlemen.
00:00:29
Speaker
Good evening.
Leisure vs Pajama Pants Debate
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Speaker
Good evening. So formal. I know. I'm feeling formal. I'm not wearing your Sunday best. I'm wearing... No. I actually just want to change into my leisure pants before this. Is leisure different than pajama pants? I mean pajama pants, yeah. Okay.
00:00:57
Speaker
Is it pajama pants if you wear them throughout the day? Yes. Yeah, I mean, pajama. My definition of pajama pants is that I won't wear them into a store. Now, I can't drive in pajama pants. I could go to a drive thru. Oh, but I cannot exit a car and be a part of humanity.
Awkwardness of Leisure Wear
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But would you do that in your leisure pants?
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Speaker
The leisure pants are my pajama pants. Are you like a person of Walmart? Are you one of those people walking around and well, I got to say that's that's what I'm saying. I absolutely not one of those people. Yeah, it's I have that hard and fast limit that if I am not wearing, if I am not wearing real pants, I cannot interact with society from a from a bottom down perspective, from a chest
The Pajama Jeans Phenomenon
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up perspective. Sure.
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Speaker
No, there's something about exposing like your leisure clothing to the world outside your front door. It just feels violating. It is a little bit like the fat. So I'll drive my partner to work in the morning and sometimes, you know, I I haven't showered yet, so I'll still be in my pajama pants. And let me tell you that walk from the front door to the car is the most stressful part. So I see someone like God, no, I'm just talking about contaminating.
00:02:25
Speaker
The call contaminating. I don't care. Well, here's the thing in this. Yeah, this is can you can you recline in jeans either in a couch or in your bed? I'll find a way. But that is that. Oh, God. What do you mean? I'll find a way to recline. No, but like, can you get comfortable in your jeans? Like, could you take a nap in jeans? Yeah.
00:02:51
Speaker
Well, I don't nap. I fall asleep. And yes, that's the problem. But now, Charles, though, speaking of jeans, you have found the lounging hack. Let me let me tell you, gentlemen, about pajama jeans. Oh, I think I think I have almost those, but continue. Yeah, I basically there's a company called Pajama Jeans from them. You get.
00:03:20
Speaker
pajamas that look like denim but doesn't feel like denim. I've seen them. They look great. It's a little uncanny. No one ever puts such a close look to ever notice that they are not really
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Speaker
Denim, it is, they, they, they feel, I mean, they look exactly like jeans. Yeah. I'm looking at them right now, but they are so comfortable. That's it. It's easy. You could just fall asleep in them. Uh, but they are nice and they have different patterns too, just to, you know, Hey, are you a dark wash jeans? You saw like a little stress wear jean person. They'll have it there and you can just wear them. No one's going to know it's perfect.
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Speaker
Now, Charles, do you think, though, the existence and the use of this betrays the purpose of loungewear that you leave your home and return to your home in it and lounge in it? Oh, not at all. No, this is this is pajama jeans. You know, they're there to solve a problem. I want to be comfortable at work.
00:04:34
Speaker
And you can. You don't have to mentally prepare yourself to put on jeans anymore. And I know you've all dealt with that at some point. You know, that that's a millisecond of hesitation where you wonder yourself, God, is it even worth it? No, that's not there. You just put these on and deal with your existential crisis in a different way instead. Charles, this is an interesting wall to remove.
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Yeah, so I'm so interestingly I
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Speaker
I, I, I wear, I discovered these a few years ago, which are Lee extreme motion street, uh, genes and green motion. And they are the most comfortable genes I've ever worn in my life. And I was like, wait, let's compare the fabric percentages of these between pajama jeans and pajama jeans are
Fantasy Critic Game Introduction
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38% ran 34% cotton, 26% polyester, 2% spandex.
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Lee's extreme motion jeans are 69% cotton, 20% polyester, 8% rayon, 3% spandex. So they're very close. They're just so pajama jeans, right? They're operating on that bell curve, right? So pajama jeans lean more to the pajama. Lee's extreme motion leans a little more to the jeans, but let me tell you, they're right in that sweet spot of comfortability. This episode brought to you by pajama jeans.
00:06:03
Speaker
Oh, we have a sponsor. Yeah. Our first answer. When you check out, put in code add to party. Yeah, percent off extra 30, which I'm looking at right now. Listen, return them for any reason. No questions asked. Okay.
00:06:24
Speaker
Don't talk about that nonsense. Don't talk about where you brought those lounge pans leaving your home and lounge. I just can't. I don't know. I don't know. It just feels. Yeah, I don't know about pajamas like because I'm looking at like the the hem of this like these. This is it doesn't feel right. Also, I need a belt. But this is Charles, would you say that this clings to you in a way you don't need a belt because you don't use a belt for your lounge pans?
00:06:53
Speaker
Well, gentlemen, something that is expertly handled. There's a drawstring. Oh, this one is belt loops. Here we go. Oh, OK. But continue. Yeah. So there is a drawstring that is inside so you can tighten it and make a knot and put it inside your jeans so no one will ever know.
00:07:17
Speaker
It'll fit just fine. So a few things about this pajama jeans model that I'm looking at. First of all, he's certainly packing for that bulge. That's not good. But look at that. That man is either erect or he's some socks down there. That's got to be a danger of pajama jeans. Yeah. Oh, my. I leave nothing to the imagination. I know. Right. And he's the gray sweatpants. Right. Oh, I just I mean that.
00:07:43
Speaker
But then I also realized this man is wearing jeans and sandals. And I, I can't, I don't know if I can support a brand. Oh no. Oh no. Sandals are a shorts only thing and I will die on this hill. Or lounge wear.
00:08:04
Speaker
Look, look, I understand why somebody could wear sandals at home. You know, he's not home, though. He's not home. He is at a he is at a rustic wedding.
00:08:18
Speaker
Listen, no, no, no, this well, OK, one, right? Clearly, this seems you're trying to sell to, let's say, a more independent, rustic country lifestyle. This man is maybe he's not in his home home, but he is in his barn.
00:08:40
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Oh, sure. This man is just traveling between different buildings on his property. Already not really relatable, but understanding that if you're wearing a lounge, so comfortable lounge, you could wear sandals in your own property.
00:09:01
Speaker
Yes, your own property. I don't know if it looks bad, though, but really, that's credit to pajama jeans because it looks like he's wearing jeans with sandals and that's not OK. It's not OK at all. Granted, who are we to stand in front of someone's truth? Right. That's not fair. I can't. I think my Lee extreme motion jeans that they're a more convincing lie. I'm comfortable. They're comfortable as fuck.
00:09:31
Speaker
Well, I guess I'm living the worst life then. You are, Andy. You know what's terrible? Have you guys worn real jean pants? We've become such babies with our flex wear, right? Our spandex infused jeans. I tried putting on real denim.
Drafting 2023 Video Games
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That's rough.
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I mean, I exclusively wore real denim for most of my life. In fact, I was, I was a Levi man. I looked down on Lee jeans and then one day I had to buy them out of desperation because I forgot to pack jeans for a trip. And I was like, Oh, these are the only ones that fit me. I'll wear these. And then I was like, wait a minute. Maybe they're onto something here.
00:10:19
Speaker
You know, I guess I should rephrase, it's real denim in a slim fit cut. Oh, I never wore slim fit when I wore real denim. It's wild. It was relaxed fit only. Yeah. Yeah. No, it clings to you and it doesn't let you move. That I cannot fall asleep in. Oh, no, no. Although I definitely did, but they were relaxed fit. I think it was the 508s. I think that was my my go to. Oh.
00:10:49
Speaker
I on a lark bought real denim and. Well, yeah, I think I use that right. I was being a goof and it's Andy, it's not that you use the wrong word, it's that you're saying I did a goof and bought some real denim. I'm so crazy. I'm so wild. Well, seriously, it's it was hard to find on the Gap website or at least hard for me.
00:11:20
Speaker
But all I'm saying is that I used to think it was difficult to move, but try moving in slim fit denim. That's brutal. I mean, I mean, it's also the thing with body type. OK, that's also true. Not ours is basically what what body type that's for. I mean, the thing with the jeans, if you know what I mean. Not the part where you need imagination, though.
00:11:47
Speaker
Just the just a hoo boy. No skinny fit for me or whatever it's called. You know, that reminds me of the, you know, the pickup line. You know, that whole was it is like, you know, I like those jeans. I can really see myself in them. Yeah. And I was like, it doesn't fully work. I'll prove this.
00:12:11
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Well, Andy, you have to remember there's that break in period, too, especially like after you wash them for the first time, like that first day of wearing real denim after you washed it was like, well, I know I'm going to be uncomfortable, but then for the next two weeks, I wear these jeans. It'll be fine. That's true. You do have to. I will give you that. But denim doesn't really forget. It just it just it just clings to you. And then you sit down and you used to think your butt crack showed. But holy cannoli.
00:12:41
Speaker
Those, those real denim. Come, come to the, the, the rayon spandex crowd. Maybe I need to do that. Y'all Andy, Andy, let me tell you, you get some of these Lee extreme motion jeans.
00:12:57
Speaker
Listen, get both. Why don't you get both, Andy? You're an adult with adult money and you get, you get a pair of pajama jeans and Lee extreme motion jeans. And you tell us what you think. I, you know what? I'm going to have to give an official evaluation because I, my jeans right now they're wearing out. Okay. You know, where my legs meet. Yeah. It's, um,
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It's wearing thin. You kind of look down at that fabric and go, it's not through yet, but I'm definitely feeling a breeze. Exactly. Better wait for a sale. Come on, Gap. I need that 40% off. Well, good. I think we learned a lot. Yeah, we're really relatable. Mm-hmm. Yeah, there you go. With our comfort jeans. Mm, mm.
00:13:50
Speaker
Well, I was going to talk. I was going to talk about how I'm playing Pokemon Rom Hacks now. But you know what? Maybe that's not how I think we have time for that. Rom Hacks like doing the what's it called? What's that try hard thing called? That's Nuzlockes. And there are Rom Hacks for that. But essentially, Pokemon Rom Hacks are people. And it seems to be like Fire Red, mostly the GBA game. They'll take it and they'll just.
00:14:18
Speaker
code, basically a brand new game in there. And they'll we talked about this when we talked about Scott and Violet, but they have like up to Generation 8 Pokemon in there. So like they just code them all in there and all that. And it's a great time. I had a lot of fun with it.
00:14:36
Speaker
But we could talk about that later. That's pretty evergreen. Um, we could, but what's not evergreen is the thing we'll be doing for the rest of this year. Let's go. Is so we picked our game of the year last episode. Um, and in our completely fair and reasonable way, we found Elden ring was our top game and Kirby was nowhere to be. Yep.
00:15:03
Speaker
Um, and there's a, in our constant, in our, in my constant effort to steal everything from other podcasts. Uh, uh, Charles and I know this from kind of funny, but there's a site called fantasy critic. Uh, if you're, and basically this is fantasy football for video games.
00:15:24
Speaker
Um, if you're not familiar with fantasy football, fantasy football is a, is a way to basically take players off any team that you want and points are assigned based on their performance week to week. And you kind of build this roster out and try to win week to week. I won my league this year. Get fucked.
00:15:45
Speaker
Um, uh, also fantasy critic is kind of a similar idea, but instead of football players, you draft video games and then based on how those video games score on open critic, you get a certain amount of points.
00:16:04
Speaker
And what we will do is we will go through, we will draft. And I kind of think about this as two ways. Right. So we're doing this right to kind of just have something fun to look at throughout the year. But also this is kind of our way to look at most anticipated games for 2023 as we start in the new year right now. So we will we will draft nine games each.
00:16:28
Speaker
And one counter pick, which is us going, I think that game's going to bomb and then we'll get points when the other person doesn't. Um, but yeah, so we're going to do a snake draft for this episode. Um, if you don't want to listen to this, I guess don't, I think it'll be fun. Cause we're going to talk about video games the whole time.
00:16:50
Speaker
And listen, followers, if you want to try to play play along with us, go ahead and go to a fantasy critic and make your own draft. And then you'll know your score is against us. I can also put the I can put this league in the podcast notes. So if you if you want to see it, you can go look at it. Yes.
00:17:15
Speaker
and just push the points. I don't know really how points work. I just wanna win. Would you like me to tell you, Andy? Is it a lot? No. Okay.
00:17:27
Speaker
Um, so is fantasy football has a lot of rules. Yes. Yeah. Uh, certain touchdowns are worth a certain amount of point. Rushing yards are worth more than passing yards. Receiving yards are worth more than best. I just don't, I can't. What did people do in the beginning of, I mean, people,
00:17:50
Speaker
People did fantasy football in like the eighties and nineties and they would take the box scores and they would sit there and they would calculate it all. People did this forever. It just didn't get popular until there was like a system to do it for you. Oh, I guess. God bless. I think you get one point. I can't remember how it works.
00:18:16
Speaker
Which is probably bad, but ain't that life. Well, let me see in the fact here. Scoring. Here we go. How does scoring work? A game score. Here we go. A game score is based on a score from open critic.com. Your team will gain or lose points based on how well your game reviews. Only critic reviews are taken into account. For every point above a 70 on open critic, your game gets you one point. For every point below 70, you lose one point.
00:18:45
Speaker
If a game doesn't release in the year you are playing, it is treated as getting a 70 and therefore zero points. However, there are special rules to make certain points worth more or less. If a game scores above a 90, every point above 90 is worth two points. So if a game gets 94, you get 20 points for 70 through 90 and eight points through 90 through 94, a total of 24 points or excuse me, 28 points for 94.
Analysis of Game Success
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Another special rule, is there diminishing returns? I'm not doing that. I want us to be hurt.
00:19:23
Speaker
Um, but yeah, so that's kind of how it works. So it behooves us to pick the, the, uh, the, the, uh, critic darlings or, you know, who, who will love what, um, this will also be in a state draft format. We will be drafting in the order of Andy myself and then Charles, and then it will go and go backwards to go Charles, me, and then Andy, and then reverse and reverse and reverse until we have finished our nine picks.
00:19:51
Speaker
And then we will do each, and then we will do a 10th pick, which is our counter pick, which is us going. That's stupid. I think that game's going to bomb Andy Charles. Are you two ready to draft the ad to party ultimate draft of all possible supportive to describe it time. I am. I'm so ready and I'm ready to win. All right. But I'm going to tell you, I'm starting off a little worried.
00:20:20
Speaker
Charles, are you ready? Absolutely. All right. I am going to click start drafting Andy. You, the publisher Kirby was robbed is up to pick. And here's the problem. Okay. There's a problem already. Yeah.
00:20:41
Speaker
So I have been given the great blessing of going first, meaning I can choose what is guaranteed to be the highest rated game, Zelda, The Next Breath of the Wild, whatever it's called, Tears of the Kingdom.
00:20:58
Speaker
There's also a Kirby release this year. Is there? Yeah. Is it announced? Yeah, it's returned to Dreamland Deluxe. It's a remake of. Oh, that's right. I mean, hey, you can take that, Andy. I think it was gone. I'll take I'll take tears to the kingdom if you can. I really say Kirby was robbed if I don't choose it as my top pick. Well, you can say forsaking forsaking kingdom was robbed. It was.
00:21:28
Speaker
Oh, thank you. Okay. Sorry, Kirby. I'm choosing Tears of the Kingdom. All right. There we go. It all comes down to the rules. All right, the specific language.
00:21:41
Speaker
Can I change my publisher name to Kirby? I think I can change that, yes. Okay, let's change that language so I don't feel bad. Look, let's go over our publisher names. Oh, that's also true, yeah. Well, we can do that when we announce our first pick. That's exactly right. Yeah. All right, so Andy, did you make your pick? I did. Oh, wait, no, I didn't.
00:22:08
Speaker
This is I was all excited about like the moral reconciliation. We have thirty five minutes to do this for love of God.
00:22:19
Speaker
Oh, here it is. Oh, look at even when I top available games. Oh, what a blessing. Hmm. Let's go. And I will be drafting next. My publisher named one billion percent LLC, the owner of this podcast. That is the legal entity that owns this podcast.
00:22:44
Speaker
And I will be taking Marvel Spider-Man 2. Oh, that's a good one. Good choices. Good choices. Charles, what do you review? So Charles, you're going to have two picks. I know. I know. I'm excited. Well, gentlemen, those two were the must-have picks set, which is fine. But for me, publisher Love Final Fantasy, did you know it has a card game?
00:23:14
Speaker
Are you going to take both Final Fantasy games? I am, actually. Final Fantasy 16. That's it as my first pick and then follow that up with Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. You know what? That's clutch. Easy points, let me tell you. Oh, I'm a little scared. Oh, Andy, you get you get two picks in a minute. Oh, what's this now?
00:23:44
Speaker
It says ineligible. I'll don't worry about it. I'll fix that. Oh, because it wasn't announced announced. Yeah, I don't worry about it. I'll take care of that. I think it has to go in a different slot, but don't worry about it. I'll take care of it. So I get to go next. I think I will take Resident Evil for remake.
00:24:07
Speaker
Oh, now let's keep in mind, though, some of the criticisms of the trailer was the tonal shift. Is this half my RE4? I mean, Resident Evil 2 remake was pretty universally loved. Three even. Even three was still really nice. Yeah, three was great. Everybody did well.
00:24:30
Speaker
What's up? I think, yeah, three even, I think three still reviewed well. It reviewed well. I think people were just like, three is not a great game. I wish they did code Veronica instead. I was like, this is a good game. I just wish they did code Veronica. Yeah. To be honest with you, they should still do code Veronica. They should still do code Veronica. That was supposed to be Resident Evil three.
00:24:51
Speaker
All right, Andy, your two next picks are up. Um, okay. Uh, uh, okay. So for my first one, I'm going to pick, uh, I feel like it's gotta be curvy now, but that one, it wasn't that great.
00:25:09
Speaker
Oh, okay. Oh, it's interesting. Yeah. It was like a, you know, quote unquote return to form, but it was really forgotten kingdom, um, that really, uh, spearheaded it. So what I'm going to do for my first one is pick street fighter six. Oh, there's a lot of hype. Oh God. But there's probably gonna be drama with like on disc DLC and it's going to get rated bad.
00:25:36
Speaker
Oh, by the way, I didn't say this and I'm not sure anyone was planning to do it. You can't take fire emblem engage because they review embargo ended today.
00:25:44
Speaker
Oh, did it? Yes. Oh, that really well, actually. Yes, it did. But you can't take it. Yeah. So I'm going to choose. I'm still going to choose Street Fighter six. People are excited. Capcom really has to do well by this. They can't make people mad. So that's going to be my first one. And that's going to get 100 on open credit. Love that.
00:26:08
Speaker
And then my next one is gonna be... Well, Andy, input your first one. Oh, I keep forgetting I have to do that. I declare. I declare. Let's draft Street Fighter, Street Fighter VI. Let's go. All right. Oh, there was a Tekken Cross Street Fighter. Let's do that. Yeah. Yeah, they did that. Like, cool.
00:26:36
Speaker
I kind of want to choose Diablo four. You could. Is it going to be good? Or are people going to flame it hard? You know what? I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it because I guess I don't believe in unions or protection of women.
00:26:59
Speaker
and their equal rights. Okay, let's go. I forgot how to add again. Okay, here we are. Diablo four. I'm a shill. I'm doing this for the points. Um, cause I want to win. What's the prize James? Uh, prizes for this, for this league gets bragging rights. Okay. All right. I guess. Um, Diablo four. Oh, that was interesting. It beeped at me. I didn't even heard that before.
00:27:25
Speaker
I will be taking Star Wars Jedi Survivor. Oh, I should have taken that one. I feel dirty. You are dirty. I am. Oh, I feel I think there's a lot of hype for it. I think they spent. And yeah, first one was good. Well, here's the thing. I think the first one was unpolished. And I think that now that studio has time to have like learned what people liked and didn't like about their formula.
00:27:55
Speaker
So I have a feeling this will probably be where they kind of hit on it. Plus, everyone loves a Star Wars game that isn't terrible. That's true. Well, it's done by the people we like, right? What studio does Star Wars Jedi Survivor? I can't remember. They did the run on the wall shooter game. What was it? Yeah.
00:28:17
Speaker
anyways they're good respawn respawn thank you it's kind of nice being one of these and bookend people yeah i said yeah only i'm screwed yeah you two get to pick two games and i have to kind of just sneak them in in the middle yeah because you know you've got that
00:28:36
Speaker
I've got the final fantasies. I've got Horizon called the Mountain. Damn it. And then, oh, look, it's come up again, I guess. So there's Horizon called the Mountain and then similarly Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores. You're really putting all your eggs in single baskets though, Charles. That's the thing. I mean, listen, single baskets that have consistently rated very well.
00:29:07
Speaker
Also, if you're unfamiliar, uh, horizon call of the mountain is the launch title for the PSVR two. So it'll be highly tied to that as well. And Bernie shores is the DLC slash X back for forbidden West. Yeah. They're going to Hollywood, baby. Yep. Down to LA on James save yourself. Yeah. Yeah. What can I, what can I do?
00:29:33
Speaker
Oh, I think I'm going to take the Dead Space remake. OK, OK. I don't think I heard complaints about it or worries about it.
Draft Completion and Reflections
00:29:53
Speaker
I think I think Callisto Protocol fell on its face enough that people are going to just cut so many breaks to Dead Space to be like, Oh, thank God. That's the thing. Callisto Protocol was so hyped. Even NPR wrote about it. Yeah. So I'll be honest with you. I watched a playthrough of it. I thought it was great. Yeah. I know. I think the problem was people wanted Dead Space. Yeah. And they didn't get it.
00:30:22
Speaker
I actually don't know what ended up being the difference between them, to be honest. It just looked like more dead space. All right, Andy. Two up. OK. My next one. Oh, wait. Crap. I just forgot it because I thought about sniping the like a dragon games. But then I looked. Oh, I want to do. Jesus Christ. What is it? Front mission? Not front mission.
00:30:53
Speaker
What's the robot game? Yeah, you want for our front mission. No, although I think they're releasing another front mission this year, like a remake of one. I'm talking about some other JRPG. Armored Core. Armored Core.
00:31:06
Speaker
I'm going to give that one a try, because I think there is so much leniency given to Miyazaki. Not that he ever needed it, mind you. Not that he ever needed it. But I think people are going to be like, oh my God, this is something that is different from him, and they will be very forgiving.
00:31:29
Speaker
How dare you, Andy? I am his strongest critic. Me, who fought for him in Elden Ring last week. That's it. Wait, fought for... I don't know. Dude, the other armor cords sucked. It did.
00:31:45
Speaker
It said that is so funny because it's it's like a new armored core game two hours of garage maintenance and 20 seconds of gameplay. That's literally the perfect way to describe it. Listen, if you build them right, that is how that is the ratio of the perfect robot. And then what I don't beat out whatever mission you just went on, then you go back again.
00:32:08
Speaker
Listen, I'm going to burn through that Elden Ring Goodwill. Okay. The game is probably going to suck, but at least review decently at least a seven. It can't go below a seven. Yeah.
00:32:23
Speaker
And then with armored cores, there's the the unfun part of armored core is that because you're meant to have this wide array of different robots and parts, you still have to buy them, which means you have to go out, which is where you get restricted on pieces and building. So there's field beds. I think they can figure out that you shouldn't have to do that.
00:32:48
Speaker
Sure. And that should make it more fun. That should open up the gameplay. But, you know, we'll find out together. We will find out. I'm genuinely interested in honestly, and I hated the other ones. Yeah. And to be honest with you, I would counter pick armored core.
00:33:04
Speaker
But I believe in their I was just thinking about that Charles Yeah, it really could suck you guys like if they go and they're just screw everyone and they have screw you money Yeah, they could release a total flop and just laugh So and then my second one is gonna be like a dragon ishin Good choices. Yeah James that sucks being in the middle. Yeah, I know
00:33:33
Speaker
I really tried to not do it. I tried to really cheat and be the league manager and be like, I want to randomize this a couple of times, so I'm not in the middle. It's in the middle every time. I'm kind of excited for like a dragon each and other. I think I can't wait. I'm a little bit pumped. So I submitted those. James, what is the worst position going to choose? I'm going to take. What leftovers are you going to pick? I'm going to take.
00:34:05
Speaker
I'm going to take away. I can't believe you tried to cheat, James. Oh, I did. I did. I really did. I'm going to take Destiny 2 Lightfall. Oh, OK. Destiny's got a lot of goodwill. Is this their first? No, this is this their first release since being bought by Sony. Oh, no, absolutely not. Actually, since being bought by Sony. Yeah, maybe. Well,
00:34:32
Speaker
It might be the second. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. Very close, right? I don't know. I just know there's a lot of positive hype for Lightfall because it's really going to...
00:34:44
Speaker
The art, it's going to change up the art style and the gameplay. So I mean, it could. Yeah. Well, not like we'll see. It's kind of like they added more neon, kind of like Ragnarok. Yeah, a little bit. Um, James, so is this going to be mice? Oh, no, these are my final. No, no, no, no. You have two more. Yeah. You have this one and then another one and then counterpicks. OK. OK. So you have another you have another to pick after this one.
00:35:13
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OK, that seems fair. So these choices are definitely my in the pocket. I think this is going to be pretty good picks. Hollow Knight Silksong. Yeah. Yeah, that's a good one. Yeah. And then funny enough, and I judge my friend for this a
Wrap-up and Future Excitement
00:35:40
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while ago. Oh.
00:35:43
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Oh, wait, you already picked the elbow, didn't you? Yeah. And I felt dirty. I was your friend, Charles. You judged me. No, that can't be right. Yeah, I picked it in the other league. So here's the other thing. Oh, well, I won't say because I know James is next. That's the strategy. Yeah.
00:36:14
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I have a feeling about this game. I just don't believe in Todd Howard. Here's the thing. Here's the thing. And this is what I'll say. Far four had a lot of problems.
00:36:32
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Yeah. And guess what? Fallout 76 also had a lot of problems. Let me tell you, I just, I don't think, and if Microsoft is going to still be the people that are hands off, this isn't going to change that what comes out. So. And wasn't it delayed and then Microsoft even shaded them? Yes, it did. And then they delayed it again.
00:36:55
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It's probably not going to be good. I don't know why I, you know what it might be. Also Microsoft's like, Hey, you can't do your normal bullshit with this. Your game has to be slightly better. I'm going to go for dead cells return to Castlevania. Ooh. It's a funnel. Like dead cells. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:37:18
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Yeah, there's gonna be an XPAC. Richter and Alucard will be playable. What? Yeah. Yeah. We talked about this on the podcast, Andy. It was during the game awards. Yep. Not happening. Yeah. But I honestly... Dead Souls is an incredibly great, like, roguelike. Bro, 10 out of 10 on Steam, over 100,000 reviews. Mm-hmm. Whoa, Charles. Nice pick.
00:37:47
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I was, I was hoping it'd be, it'd be, it'd go under the radar for a little while. So I think that was a good time. Nice pick. I am taking like a dragon Gaiden, the man who erased his name because that's, that's my one with a heart pick. Otherwise I'm really just picking all the fucking, it's just whatever is the top whenever I pick. But yeah. And James remind me, I get two picks right now. You have two picks and you'll have two more after that. Okay.
00:38:16
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Um, all right. However, one of those picks will need to, you are getting to the point now where you have to have some specific picks. You have to pick at least one new franchise. You have to pick at least one yearly installment of a game. So think like a Madden or a FIFA or something like that. And you have to pick one X pack, which is like a destiny light fall or a DLC like burning shores.
00:38:43
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Holy crap. I'm happy you called that out because I wasn't paying attention to it. I know. That's why I said it to you, buddy. So I need a new gaming franchise. Oh, Jesus. What's a new gaming franchise? There's literally in the list right in front of you, buddy. I can tell you like three of them that are in the top of that fucking list. If when you go to hit draft, there's a list of them.
00:39:11
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Oh, oh my God, Andy. You've not been using the list this entire time.
00:39:25
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I want to talk again to Andy's and I's experience in a little format called Magic the Gathering limited formats where Andy stumbles his way picking cards and ends up still making one of the better decks and wins tournaments. This is his method.
00:39:46
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I'm just stumbling through. Oh, lies of P is a new one. Finding a jewel. It could be really the cloudiness of an ape. We're going to do lies of pain. I'm going to. OK, I'm going to do it. Oh, I get another one. All right. So.
00:40:15
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I got to pick another... I have to pick another new gaming franchise? Come on, man. No, no, you don't. I can move that to be your new gaming franchise. Oh, OK. And then I have to pick a yearly installment or an expansion pack?
00:40:28
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Yeah, well, no, you have to pick a yearly installment and an X-pack slash DSA. Well, let's use the cheater method. Let's let's look at this list. Cheater method. It's the cheater. I go from my mind and my big heart. Oh, God, all these yearly suck. Is football manager still good? People still like that. Sure. I'm not telling you. People really liked that crap.
00:40:55
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But F1, is that the new FIFA? Is F1 FIFA now? Because they lost the FIFA name, right? They did. F1 is racing. Guys, you got the new 14 out. Shut up, Charlie. OK, I'm just doing football manager because I know passively that that's a thing. So choosing that. Let's go. Go ahead, James.
00:41:26
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All right. I'm taking atomic art. What's the has a kind of a bold pick? It's a it's a game coming out. It's heavy on style. It's coming up pretty soon. It has a lot of key. It's I don't really know how to describe it other than basically there's this weird.
00:41:47
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It's like plastic steam punk is probably the best way I could describe it to you. Plastic steam punk. Okay. Where basically they invented this kind of like special plastic polymer that can do all these crazy things and there are all these crazy robots around and it's steampunk in that kind of way, but it's not like gears and steam. It's, it's all this weird kind of like plastic. It looks super cool. Okay. It's a shooter. I'm down for style.
00:42:15
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Wasn't there a song called Atomic Art? Well, there was Sayanayo, Wild Hearts. I keep thinking Wild Hearts. Save me a little bit here because I'm going to take this pic to represent the farming simulators out there. Let me talk about a story of seasons. A wonderful life. Yeah. People really like the original. I was just talking about it the other day.
00:42:45
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Yeah. What is this? Does it count as a remake? Yeah. Yeah. Cause it's tech. Cause it was like, um, harvest moon, right? And then now it's story of seasons. It was the one on game cube and then later on PS2. Got you. Well, I'm going to call out story of seasons as a completely, uh, valid game that I think will be very fun. People love their.
00:43:11
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Harvest Moons. And then, let's see, the slot I have to pick for this. I need a new gaming franchise, and what's the yearly installment? Yeah. Wait, did you already pick something? Story of Seasons. Oh, that's right. Yeah. Well, so for your yearly game franchises, I think the safest pick
00:43:37
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Oh God, these are going to be. Honestly, I'm going to we're going to drop these. The yearly installments have nothing good going on with them. I know. It's tough. Not at all. It's good. That's why it's there. It's there to be tough. Well, aren't the two K. Is there a two K one? I'm going to pick.
00:43:55
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Well, you know what? The WWE 2K games. Oh, no. Well, I got better. Yeah. I heard the latest one was good, right? That was the meme, right? It was so bad. The last 2K because you stopped developing and then they ended up being turbo garbage. All right, James, you go for it. All right. I will take.
00:44:24
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yearly installment. I'm taking MLB the show. Oh, that's a good one. Yeah. I, I actually play MLB the show. I like a good baseball game every now and then. And Pete, here's the thing. Why would you play a game that you could just do outside? That requires me to have friends who live in the same time zone as me.
00:44:53
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No, no, no, you're right the first time. Now, James, I have one more pick and then I have to make a counter pick you have. So you right now have two picks of which.
00:45:11
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It's going to say you picture a new game franchise, so you're fine, but you need a DLC slash expansion pack and then whatever else you want. Oh, oh, and then whatever else. Yes. Oh, well, let's use your cheat list again. OK. Expansion pack. So you look at. Yeah, there you go. Oh, there's a Xenoblade three story expansion. The ones for Xenoblade two were very well received.
00:45:41
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Very, very well received. So I'm going to choose that for my expansion pack. Oh, I like this list. OK. And then my next one, I get to choose whatever. Yeah. And I think I need as my last pick to choose Kirby.
00:46:01
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There you go. Perfect. It's not going to be good. That was your pick, Kirby. It's a Joel. Charles. You're sealed on that, huh? Charles. Oh, that's it. Oh, I just know there's a lollipop chainsaw remake using. OK, that I know is going to be bad. I was thinking about it. That I know is going to be bad. Well, I mean, that's fine. You know, it could be bad, but I guess you're just not a fan of it. Oh, my God. Why are you saying this? No, no. I mean, I'm not saying anything that we don't already know. Right.
00:46:30
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Okay, never although you know it's gonna be delayed Wally pop chains I was gonna be delayed. Wasn't Volition making it?
00:46:41
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I don't know who's I thought there was a studio that bought back the IP. It's a new one that was spun up from previous developers, they bought back the IP and they're trying to remake it. Oh, that's right. But they're trying to make it grittier. And they're not going to have all the music, which was literally such a huge component of the game. So, Kirby, let's go. Warning the game isn't eligible.
00:47:05
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Yeah, do you have to go over and I'll take care of it. Oh, yeah. OK. Because I also have dead cells. Yeah, I know. Yeah, we can. We'll sort it out. Don't worry about it. Did it end up on my list anyways, though? Or did you did you select it? Yeah. And it just says the game's not eligible. You'll have to override. OK, hold on. Ken's like, no, no, no. This is such a bad choice. We shouldn't let you. It's not like it was fine.
00:47:34
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The game was fine. There you go. I fixed it. I am a Kirby simp now. I have a Kirby shrine. I feel like I am obligated to choose this. So I have one more game I get to pick. I can pick whatever I want. Oh, so funny. None of us have taken Starfield or Hogwarts legacy. There's a reason for that. OK, I know.
00:48:04
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I know. Oh, it's between two games for me. Yeah. Oh, it's a Redfall again. So it's safe. Safe choice. What is? Yeah, no, it is. It's not a safe choice. You know, safe. No, what is this game? Upcoming first by arcane. Why do I know arcane? We talked about this last night, Andy.
00:48:30
Speaker
Oh, they did the death. What's it? I remember you saying you didn't like death loop, but you believed in this one. You believe that the that the reviewers would still do well on it. So you need a new gaming franchise for your last one, Charles. Yeah. New gaming franchise. Don't worry. I had a couple in stock. And I think I'll choose everyone's favorite dialogue force. No, I'm just kidding.
00:48:58
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Well, I'm five words legacy. I can't do it for this one. I mean, I I would. But I honestly, I chose Diablo four. You can choose Hogwarts legacy. No, no, no. My my own morals go through all the way down, even to draft that doesn't have real meaning behind any of it.
00:49:22
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Well, but now that moves me on to counter picks. Charles took will long fallen dynasty, which is the upcoming kind of like, uh, scosu Shusima Assassin Creed game from Koei Tecmo. The one that we're just like, you know what? That looks really good. It looks really good. It's it's it's from nowhere. Everyone just like, huh?
00:49:49
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Oh, I mean, it could, it could be great. And I want to believe in them. Oh, I mean, Neil is good. Yeah. Neil is good. So there's like, there's completely reasonable belief that this should be great. It's just a new franchise. So it's kind of like, you know, untriggered ground. Well, let's talk about counter picks. What evil do I want to wish upon all of you?
00:50:14
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Why would you? No, this isn't positive. This is Kirby's return to dreamland. It's going to be a solid game. It's not going to be a bad game. It is going to be a solid game. It's going to just it's just going to be solid. But what did everyone else pick? Everybody's going to think it's too easy. James picked more games that I thought are going to be reasonably good. I feel I went I went less crazy in this league.
00:50:45
Speaker
I feel like I'm going to be more of a target. Um, and thing is, I don't want armored core six to fail. I just don't want to wish it, but you know what I do want to fail back to lat in our other league, Diablo four, go to hell.
00:51:04
Speaker
As a counter pick, I will take WW2K23. That's a good one. They fucked it up once, they can fuck it up again. Can I also select the same one? No, you can't. That was going to be mine. Actually, wait, I don't know, maybe you can. Oh, we tried last night, right? I don't remember. Derek did. Now, to be fair, this might be the one where they were able to fully develop it, not using the same engine, but I still don't think it's going to be good.
00:51:33
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No, it does not list it as an option for me. OK, so. I'm a little conflicted. I mean, I can tell you, Andy, which ones I would counter pick, but that would be helping you. I'll say that I definitely think my list is the more volatile list. Oh, there's some there's some there's some there's some chaff on my list. Not going to lie, one of them is, oh, it hurts to say. Yeah, because you don't story a season. Yeah.
00:52:02
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That game was from a different time. Though was live a live. And people I refuse to call it. I refuse to call it the right name. Yeah. Yeah. But that was a bit that that had like an interesting like structure. And the story of seasons is. I don't know. Maybe they'll fix it in the remake. And you're literally the last pick. Just come on.
00:52:27
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Well, this is a lot. This is a heavy burden. I got it. Also, we also we can change these up. You'll have an option to drop and change some. All right. I'm going to vote against. Maybe dead space. Interesting. Yeah, it's a bold move. I like that, Andy. I'm.
00:52:51
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I have a gut feeling that it's not going to live up to it because didn't they make the main character talk? And then he usually didn't in the first one or something. I don't recall if they did or didn't. But I remember there was three. There was my three. He was talking. Yeah. But they're just remaking the first game and everyone loves the first game. So don't stop phrasing it like that. Whatever. I said it. I'll take it. Who knows if I can change it later after I sleep.
00:53:18
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Oh, no, you can't change your counter pick. Oh, don't say that. I mean, that was a whole reason I stopped. I wish you were ever. Forever, forever, forever, forever. Come back, sink. Come back. Atomic. If you don't watch The Simpsons in the late 90s, you won't get that reference at all.
00:53:46
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No, maybe Resident Evil 4. Interesting. Oh, that's more interesting to me to feel. You're swinging for the fences and I'm here for it. I am. Honestly, I don't think Resident Evil 4 is going to hit. All right. The draft is complete.
00:54:02
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And this is what we have here. Andy Kirby was robbed, has picked legend of Zelda tears of the kingdom, street fighter six Diablo four armored core six lies of P Kirby's returned to dreamland deluxe football manager, 2024 Xenoblade Chronicles, three, the story expansion, like a dragon, Asian and resident evil for remake as his counter pick.
00:54:26
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I, your humble host and owner of the podcast with 1 billion percent LLC, has chosen Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Star Wars Jedi Survivor, Dead Space Remake, Like a Dragon Gaiden, the man who erased his name, Redfall, Atomic Heart, MLB The Show 23, Destiny 2 Lightfall, and Resident Evil 4 Remake.
00:54:50
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with my counter pick being WWE two K 23 and Charles with love final fantasy. Did you know it has a card game? Please people. Did you know? Can you play it has picked, has picked
00:55:05
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Final Fantasy 16, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which may or may not come out this year, Horizon Call of the Mountain, Hollow Knight Silksong, Dead Cells Return to Castlevania, World Long, Fallen Dynasty, WWE 2K23, Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores, and Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life with Diablo 4 as his counter pick.
00:55:29
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These are all games that are coming out this year. Like that's the, and that's what I think is interesting. We, we just talk about this as like, holy shit, that's a lot of games that are coming out and there's still way more that we didn't pick. Yeah, there are valid ones. Like we picked starfield. We were like, we didn't want that smoke. Yeah, there's, there's a lot of crazy stuff going around here.
00:55:54
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So many good games. It's going to be really exciting. I can't wait. Who's going to be the first game that comes out? So it's a list here. Dead Space Remake comes out at the end of the month. So we and so the first two games will be me with Dead Space Remake and Atomic Heart coming out. Oh.
00:56:12
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And then actually, Andy, you and I are a counter program because atomic heart and like a dragon nation come out on the same day. And here's what I'll tell you. I'm definitely playing each and way before I'm going to play atomic art. I think I actually might play each and when it comes out, I'm I'm going to I'm going to. Is it my.
00:56:33
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Yeah, actually, I don't know. I know Zow is replacing one of the characters because one of the characters in the original one got like acute, I think drug trafficking or something. So they removed him. Now he's out from from seven. I liked him, too. I like Zow. Yeah. Oh, I'm excited. I know.
00:56:55
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Who will be the add to party ultimate draft of all possible superlives to describe it time winner? It's me I'm unstoppable. I mean, we'll see.
00:57:12
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And I think the funny thing about Tears of the Kingdom is just going to be like... Oh, it could totally fall on his fucking face. Yep, yep, yep, yep. It does look like more of the same. Yeah, that's the risk. The other thing I would say too is just a quick, quick news roundup, which I lost it. Where'd it go?
00:57:36
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Oh, uh, AGD Q ended this past, past weekend raising. Oh shit. Where'd it go? I think it was 2.67. Hold on. Uh, we curio AGD has ended with a total of $2.64 million to the prevent cancer foundation. Uh, noticeably not a new, uh, a new record.
00:58:04
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is less than the previous GDQ. It's still a lot of money.
00:58:14
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And also Wizards of the Coast is really just trying to fuck everything up with Dungeons and Dragons. Oh, no, that's a whole thing. Yeah, we depending on what's in the news next week, that might be the topic of the show next week. Yeah. Also, Sunday will be your last day to play stadium.
00:58:36
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Oh, yeah. Also, if you have your controllers, I heard they unlocked Bluetooth on it. They will. They did unlock Bluetooth on it, which is very nice of them.
00:58:47
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But I think that's all for this episode of Add to Party, a friendship simulator masquerading as a new show. I've been your host, James. The New York football giants have won one postseason game, and that's pretty impressive to me. Hartwell.
00:59:07
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And I've been joined by... Charles, you may wonder if I chose and picked games with my heart. And the answer is yes. It just aligns with everyone's basic bitch choices too. And I've been joined by... Andy, I still chose Kirby. I'm still a real fan. Have a good night. Good night. Let's go Giants.
00:59:36
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Giants, what is that?