Cosmic Kimono Podcast Journey
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Cameron Resner
We are indeed starting a virtuous mission in the Cosmic Kimono podcast.
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Callum Jackson
That was so good to hear.
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Callum Jackson
fucking love it.
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Cameron Resner
think it's you rock hard.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, no, no, it's good. I'm literally hearing the first bit. I mean, we've just been playing the game, but yeah, hearing that is good.
Life Updates and Dog Sitting
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Cameron Resner
How have you been?
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Callum Jackson
I had to close my eyes for a second to feel it.
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Cameron Resner
You were there in the Russian forest.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah. Oh, God, I hope not.
00:00:37
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I've been good. How are you?
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Cameron Resner
Been rocking, yeah? Not bad, thank you. Pretty good.
00:00:43
Callum Jackson
I mean, since we last spoke, not much. Just been looking after that dog.
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Cameron Resner
That dog that was in the background of the last pod.
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Callum Jackson
and The dog's gone now. Back to its owners.
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Cameron Resner
Where to? China.
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Callum Jackson
Years. To be eaten.
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Cameron Resner
Is it a small dog? It is a small dog, isn't
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, yeah, average cockapoo.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah. Oh, nice. Yeah.
Podcast Anniversary and Hidden Episode
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Callum Jackson
But very loving.
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Cameron Resner
Yappy. Yes, well, welcome to, think, the fourth episode
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Callum Jackson
Yes, we're on the roll.
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Cameron Resner
We are on a roll.
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Callum Jackson
Four weeks straight.
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Cameron Resner
i think I think the last time we stopped our where we stopped our last podcast was in like two weeks' time from now to this date.
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Callum Jackson
A whole month.
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Cameron Resner
So if we make it past there, we've we've done well.
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Callum Jackson
Succeeded.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah, I think we've literally started this podcast around when we started our last one, which is interesting.
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Callum Jackson
The anniversary.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, I think so, yeah.
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Cameron Resner
Four years the day.
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Callum Jackson
That means we need to redo No Time To Die, which we actually did record.
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Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm. Yes, maybe we can release that as a hidden episode.
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Callum Jackson
But we didn't upload.
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Callum Jackson
There was a few that we recorded.
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Cameron Resner
There was, yeah. Is it Matrix? We could have been huge by now.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, I'm not sure we actually uploaded that one. So yeah, I think it was.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, but fucking...
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Cameron Resner
We could have been speaking to people.
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Callum Jackson
I think Matrix ended me. I
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Cameron Resner
That was it. was
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Callum Jackson
was like, I'm not reviewing anything.
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Cameron Resner
Did I even see it? Wait, no. What
Movie Discussion: 'Seven Pounds'
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Cameron Resner
did you...
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Cameron Resner
just you were just... Yeah, I remember. Okay.
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Callum Jackson
I just saw it. i I was so hyped for it, I needed to go.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah. them It resurrected you.
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Cameron Resner
Poor soul.
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Callum Jackson
you know what we...
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Cameron Resner
You got Spider-Man. it Was that the year after?
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Callum Jackson
no I think that was the year of Spider-Man.
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Cameron Resner
And No Time to Die, was it?
00:02:33
Cameron Resner
Okay, so there was some there was some good shit there.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah. No, it was good. Yeah, yeah. Things were were good, just that one wasn't.
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Cameron Resner
Not at all.
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Cameron Resner
you go back to the Matrix?
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Callum Jackson
yeah but not like that I think his career's over
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Cameron Resner
With Will Smith.
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Cameron Resner
One fell slap.
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Callum Jackson
maybe he will actually need to do a Matrix film to get back
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Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm. What did he... I saw him. He was in... What film was he in? I don't know. But yeah, I feel like he's going to have to do something like that. That or Hancock 2.
00:03:13
Callum Jackson
Bad Boys. Bad Boys 5.
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Cameron Resner
Or Hitch. Oh, Bad Boy.
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Callum Jackson
Bad Boys for Alive. Yeah,
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Cameron Resner
Bad Boy is five. Yeah, five alive.
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Callum Jackson
exactly. I haven't seen the
Will Smith's Career and Roles
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Cameron Resner
Bring back Hitch.
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Cameron Resner
Eight pounds. Is that a film?
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Callum Jackson
no seven pounds or
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Cameron Resner
I don't know that one.
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Callum Jackson
ยฃ8. No, ยฃ7 was.
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Cameron Resner
Seven pounds? Was it?
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Callum Jackson
Am I making that up? Hold on.
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Cameron Resner
Seven pounds?
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, ยฃ7 is a film. Hold on. Seven?
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Cameron Resner
Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:03:43
Cameron Resner
Okay. Yeah, I've seen this poster, but I haven't...
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, ยฃ7.
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Cameron Resner
I've i've never seen this movie.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, I was right. I'm pretty sure I know the ending too, looking at this. This little picture.
00:03:53
Cameron Resner
Wow. Is it a good film?
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Callum Jackson
Do you want know it?
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Cameron Resner
Yeah, go on.
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Callum Jackson
I think... I think he gives... Like he donates parts of his body. Like his heart and shit.
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Callum Jackson
Don't. I feel like Woody Harlesson's in it and he's blind.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah. yeah Says he's in it.
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Callum Jackson
Okay, yeah. Alright, it's that film. Yeah, I think he like donates stuff to like people that he was. I don't remember. it I just remember the ending and he goes into an ice bath and then people get fixed. But yeah.
00:04:22
Callum Jackson
The pursuit of sadness.
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Cameron Resner
I don't think I'll be watching that. It's got 26%.
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Callum Jackson
I mean, I don't remember other than what I just said, but.
00:04:34
Cameron Resner
That was eight years before the Suicide Squad came out.
00:04:38
Cameron Resner
Wow. He was on a long slide down downhill.
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Callum Jackson
All to a fatal slap.
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Cameron Resner
Let's get to the to what what have you you been watching anything? Maybe let's start with have you watched anything in the past week that you
TV Series Spotlight: 'What We Do in the Shadows'
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Cameron Resner
want to talk about quickly?
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Callum Jackson
Yes, I have. I haven't actually, you know, I don't binge stuff, but I've been watching what we do in the shadows with Soph. And we're on, yeah, we're on season three.
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Cameron Resner
The TV series. Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
It's so fucking funny.
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Cameron Resner
It's pretty good. It is good.
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Callum Jackson
So like, I loved the film and we hadn't like, we just didn't watch the show for whatever reason.
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Callum Jackson
We even, I think we, yeah, we watched the film before the show even started. And then, were just, yeah, I don't know. I don't know if it's cause it was me going like, Oh, it's not the same actors. I don't care. I think I did have that in my head, but no, they're just as funny.
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Callum Jackson
Like it is so good.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah. I think it's really funny. Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
The fucking British guy.
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Cameron Resner
A posh guy, yeah.
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Callum Jackson
There's a bit in it that's it's just been fucking in my head. there's bit um There's a guy called Simon the Devious, I think. and And he's like in a sewer.
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Callum Jackson
And he's telling him to come down. But like you don't know who it is at this point. And he's just calling his name in a sewer. And he's like, come down. And he just goes, I don't think so, my old boy.
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Callum Jackson
Just how he comes out with shit. Just the yeah cracks me up.
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Cameron Resner
few times where I've watched like compilations of his and it's like a 10 minute video. It's just him.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, just him speaking is enough.
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Cameron Resner
It's the best, yes.
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Callum Jackson
Just anything he says, I'm just laughing at.
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Callum Jackson
like It's just how he says it. But a lot of them, that it's not just him though. that that Everyone in the show is pretty funny.
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Cameron Resner
Oh, no, they're all fun, yeah. Yeah.
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Callum Jackson
But it's just because of how overly posh he seems. It's just cracking me up.
00:06:27
Cameron Resner
but So you're on season three of, how many is there?
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Cameron Resner
Five? Six. Right.
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Callum Jackson
I think there's six now.
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Callum Jackson
Can't confirm that, but I do think there is.
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Cameron Resner
I think they are doing their last one soon. I think I saw
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, I think it's already up.
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Cameron Resner
Oh, is it? Okay.
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Callum Jackson
Yeah, well well well, when I was looking at last night, I think it is six seasons, but yeah.
00:06:46
Callum Jackson
No, I don't binge stuff, but maybe because it's short and it's funny.
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Callum Jackson
So that does link back to us saying there's no like sort of funny things or they're into series. I'm not looking for like series normally, but that one is, that's definitely a funny one.
00:07:00
Callum Jackson
And if ah you haven't watched it, i I recommend if you like stupid shit. It's not even that stupid. It's just like... It's quite literal humour.
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Callum Jackson
Like, they take everything so seriously. I think that's what makes me laugh about it.
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Cameron Resner
Yeah, there's no, like, mouth track behind it or something.
00:07:18
Callum Jackson
But... No, yeah, and it's just it's just how these vampires like from fucking hundreds of years ago are interacting with New York today. Just something about that is really just funny.
00:07:31
Callum Jackson
But other than that, yeah, no. Yeah, because we've been in all week, that's what we've been watching. So what about you?
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Cameron Resner
Very nice. have I been watching?
Recent TV Show Viewings
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Cameron Resner
I've been watching Orange as the New Black. It's very good. I have watched it before, years ago, but I've been watching it again.
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Callum Jackson
I've never seen that. Is that the prison one?
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Cameron Resner
Yeah, the Prism one. It's actually pretty good. I've been watching Peacemaker as well.
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Callum Jackson
I haven't seen that either yeah
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Cameron Resner
Peacemaker, definitely recommend. It's very good.
00:08:02
Cameron Resner
it' kind of It's kind of similar to what we're doing. It's like there's a lot of serious stuff happening, but it's just funny how they're acting.
00:08:10
Cameron Resner
Well, I mean, if you like Suicide Squad, it's fairly similar to that.
00:08:13
Callum Jackson
Yeah. it's Season 2 is out, isn't it?
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Cameron Resner
Yeah, the third episode just came out this week.
00:08:20
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Which is, yeah.
00:08:21
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I saw that they redone the ending, didn't they?
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Cameron Resner
Yeah, I didn't actually watch.
00:08:26
Cameron Resner
I watched the first few episodes of the first series like a year ago. And then I really liked it, but I just didn't finish it.
00:08:32
Cameron Resner
But I've literally just jumped in on season two because, yeah, there's a recap at the beginning that tells you everything you need to know.
00:08:40
Callum Jackson
Like the... What's the other guy? Zack Snyder world is gone.
00:08:45
Cameron Resner
It's gone, yes.
00:08:47
Callum Jackson
Fully gone. Is Superman part of the line-up in and in the ending, though? Or is he not there?
00:08:53
Cameron Resner
He is, is, yeah.
00:08:55
Cameron Resner
And there's some apparently big cameos in the final few episodes of this series. and Everyone thinks Superman's going to be in it.
00:09:01
Callum Jackson
Hmm. God, I imagine.
00:09:03
Cameron Resner
So, which is, yeah, which is quite cool. But yeah, John Cena, surprisingly good actor when he's not in Fast and Furious.
00:09:11
Callum Jackson
I think he is as well. Yeah, I think he is.
00:09:17
Callum Jackson
Although, saying that...
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Cameron Resner
At first he was just funny, but he's actually, there's been some scenes where I'm like, that's thats pretty good. Got me right in the feels there.
00:09:27
Cameron Resner
I didn't realize I would feel something for this. I mean, you know what he's like in Suicide Squad. He's just a complete jerk.
00:09:32
Callum Jackson
Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
00:09:33
Cameron Resner
But yeah, it's interesting.
00:09:35
Callum Jackson
I think James Gunn's quite good at doing that with characters you don't think you would care about, like Guardians of the Galaxy.
00:09:43
Callum Jackson
But yeah, he does seem to know how to make you care about people you wouldn't necessarily care about or think you would.
00:09:50
Cameron Resner
Yeah, he does that very well. And I don't know how he... Yeah, I mean, he he's released like three things that he's written in the past year, which is kind of nuts.
00:10:02
Cameron Resner
Between that, Superman and Creature Commandos, that was the other
00:10:06
Callum Jackson
Yeah, and all of them are quite well-received, aren't they?
00:10:06
Cameron Resner
Which was good. so Yeah, yeah.
00:10:13
Callum Jackson
yeah i'm Yeah, I'm sure it's a andnna be going to be a good time with it.
00:10:18
Callum Jackson
But I think, like like you were saying with the John Cena being a good actor, I think Dave Bautista is as well. And like he's quite surprisingly good.
00:10:25
Cameron Resner
Yes. That's a similar one.
00:10:28
Callum Jackson
Even that short scene he's in of Blade Runner, he's really good.
00:10:31
Cameron Resner
Yeah, no, he's very good in there.
00:10:33
Cameron Resner
Apparently James and Gave offered that Peacemaker to him first, which quite interesting.
00:10:33
Callum Jackson
But I think
00:10:38
Callum Jackson
Oh, cool. Yeah, that is cool. but
00:10:41
Cameron Resner
So both quite similar people in his head, which makes sense.
00:10:44
Callum Jackson
Yeah, which I think like even The Rock, I think with that new film coming out, i can't actually remember. Smashing Machine?
00:10:50
Cameron Resner
Smashing machine, yeah.
00:10:50
Callum Jackson
well I can't remember. Yeah, that looks good. And that looks like he he can in fact act and he's just chosen to be quite lazy.
00:10:58
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Yeah.
00:10:59
Callum Jackson
Because that looks like, oh, a proper film.
00:10:59
Cameron Resner
He's even slimmed down for it. He's slimmed down now.
00:11:02
Cameron Resner
Have you seen?
00:11:03
Callum Jackson
Did he actually? did But I feel like he has to slim down, doesn't he? He's like fucking 55, like...
00:11:06
Cameron Resner
me Yeah. Everyone was like, you okay? He was like, yeah, I'm fine. I'm just it not working out five times a day.
00:11:12
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I'm better now. Yeah.
00:11:17
Cameron Resner
mean, he's still more jacked than anyone I'd ever seen, but people are like, Jesus, are you dying?
00:11:26
Cameron Resner
Christ, no, he's just eating healthier, probably.
00:11:31
Callum Jackson
No, does feel like that. I mean, yeah, if anyone loses weight, they kind of get worried about it. But like the dude was super big. Like, let's be honest.
00:11:38
Callum Jackson
Like, I think he was unhealthily big anyway. So the fact that he slimmed down.
00:11:41
Cameron Resner
It's the same name with Dave Bautista as well, wasn't it? He got skinnier and people were like, whoa!
00:11:44
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Yeah. Like, why aren't you so big anymore? It's like, I can't fucking do it. I'm pushing 60.
00:11:51
Callum Jackson
Not that the Rock is, but yeah. But like, like that these guys are old and they're probably, yeah, they can't do it
00:11:53
Cameron Resner
Yeah. No, they are. Getting old.
00:11:58
Cameron Resner
we'll end up like Vin Diesel with a...
00:12:04
Callum Jackson
He's jacked all the time.
00:12:06
Cameron Resner
I don't know, but he's like a big boy jacked. It's like you'd punch his stomach and your hand would, it would break, but it would be like hitting a, I don't know, a really inflated neck.
00:12:10
Callum Jackson
A soft jacked.
00:12:19
Callum Jackson
Memorifying pillow.
00:12:20
Cameron Resner
Yeah, like that, yeah. Not like the rocks, rock hard abs.
00:12:26
Callum Jackson
Definitely not.
00:12:29
Cameron Resner
So yeah, obviously I think we're going to talk about Metal Gear a bit, but is there any other games you've been playing recently that you want to chat about, bring up?
00:12:38
Callum Jackson
Yes. Not really, like, I haven't really stuck to anything at the moment,
Video Game Updates: 'The Finals' and 'Helldivers'
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Callum Jackson
and I'll get to that.
00:12:46
Callum Jackson
But I've been playing the finals, and, like, at the moment, I love it. But at the moment, I am just getting fucked over.
00:12:57
Callum Jackson
I'm playing. ah It's not even that I'm playing bad. I just think, oh, it reset.
00:13:00
Cameron Resner
What rank are you?
00:13:03
Cameron Resner
yeah, but what rank are you?
00:13:03
Callum Jackson
I got to gold.
00:13:05
Callum Jackson
I got to gold 4, which is...
00:13:07
Callum Jackson
That's alright. But yeah, I got knocked back down to silver or something. But yeah, I got to gold managed. But no, God. It's not even ranked because me and Richard tried to do like just normal games. And everyone... I don't know what's going on, but there's so many good players.
00:13:23
Callum Jackson
And honestly got to the point yesterday, because it's been a while since I've been obsessed with like an online shooter,
00:13:30
Callum Jackson
And yesterday I was like, I actually you think I'm ready to stop playing for a bit because I'm constantly playing. Like when I'm on, I'm playing that.
00:13:39
Callum Jackson
and And I'm getting done in so much. that I'm like, I need to stop playing this because it's stressful.
00:13:43
Cameron Resner
Yeah. bit much
00:13:45
Callum Jackson
It's the reason why I stopped playing COD because I was like, no, I'm getting fucked over.
00:13:49
Callum Jackson
I can't bother with this. And now I'm getting it with the finals.
00:13:51
Cameron Resner
i think kind of, yeah, it's like it's kind of a weird flow where you kind of, you go for a period where you're doing really well and then for some reason it's just all goes to shit for like multiple days and you're like, I'm done.
00:14:07
Callum Jackson
Yeah, so I think I need a break, maybe over the weekend and and then I'll come back to it. Because the new season just came out, which had new guns and the destruction is fucking crazy.
00:14:13
Cameron Resner
Yeah, it does look cool. More destruction.
00:14:18
Callum Jackson
like for um Helldivers also had their latest update, which has made Todd want to kill himself with the fucking worm.
00:14:27
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Of course. Amazing.
00:14:29
Callum Jackson
It is hard, but it's meant this attack... this attack
00:14:32
Cameron Resner
Can you kill the weapon?
00:14:35
Callum Jackson
But I don't know. haven't achieved it yet. But no, I think the it has it hasn' meant its it's meant to be hard, obviously.
00:14:42
Callum Jackson
But it's so hard. like Every time there's like a new update on an attack, you just get your fucking kicked Every time. It's just so fucking hard. Me and Richard should managed to do it like difficulty seven we got to yeah i mean is it's still fun i still enjoy it but i'm enjoying it more now because i took like a break for a few months on the updates and that and yeah this one this one's been quite a fun update but
00:15:09
Cameron Resner
yeah I didn't even realize when we went back on the other day that they'd added like weapon progression stuff.
00:15:15
Callum Jackson
Yeah, that's that's what's cool.
00:15:16
Callum Jackson
I think the game does upgrade and it always, like all the updates just come out of nowhere too. It's just like, oh, here here it is.
00:15:24
Callum Jackson
We've been working on something. Here it is.
00:15:26
Cameron Resner
No, they do add some cool stuff into there. It was quite regular. feel like they slowed down
00:15:33
Callum Jackson
Yeah, they did slow down a bit, but I think that was just fixing the game, really, because it was quite buggy. But another one that I got into that we used to play was recently. This is what mean. I'm playing a fucked other game.
00:15:44
Callum Jackson
I'm playing Sea of Thieves with Brad as well.
00:15:47
Callum Jackson
And that game's completely changed like from when we bought it. the The quest logs are so much easier, like the expeditions that you can go on and shit. It's so much better now.
00:15:59
Callum Jackson
They're just clear to see.
00:16:00
Callum Jackson
It's not confusing. like I could get on the ship on my own, find what voyage I want to go on, and then sail to wherever it is. And there's just loads of random events now. There's fucking random stuff on the beaches and treasure hunts.
00:16:14
Callum Jackson
It's definitely more fleshed out, like a hell of a lot more fleshed out. And like you can hide now like in a barrel,
00:16:21
Cameron Resner
I think I've seen them.
00:16:22
Callum Jackson
And crouching. I know crouching isn't like a big thing in games, but you couldn't.
00:16:24
Cameron Resner
Yeah, crap. It wasn't you yet.
00:16:27
Callum Jackson
yeah And like you can hang off the side of the bow.
00:16:29
Callum Jackson
the The pets are in it. So yeah, I am talking. It's been quite while since I last played as well. But yeah, everything that they've added is just really good. So I'm really enjoying that
'Sea of Thieves' Enhancements
00:16:37
Callum Jackson
now. It's quite like a nice chill out game.
00:16:41
Cameron Resner
I feel like... Yeah. It does intrigue me.
00:16:45
Cameron Resner
I feel like I just won want... I want some things to carry over like between games. i want You kind of just start fresh each time, right?
00:16:55
Callum Jackson
What, in Sea of Thieves?
00:16:56
Cameron Resner
Yeah, like with the stuff you have. I mean, like...
00:17:00
Callum Jackson
Well, now you don't have to... like When you die, you don't have to like take all the stuff like bananas boards and things.
00:17:10
Callum Jackson
that They're already on the ship. And I don't know if that's because Brad owns a ship, but you can own ships now.
00:17:15
Cameron Resner
Oh, yeah, I think I do ownership, actually.
00:17:16
Cameron Resner
I think I bought one.
00:17:16
Callum Jackson
Yeah, so you can own them now.
00:17:19
Callum Jackson
And you do unlock stuff.
00:17:21
Callum Jackson
It's definitely... Well, I've only played a few hours, but it definitely feels like one those games where... all the cool shit's locked behind a storefront. to To be fair, like I don't think, I haven't really come across anything where I'm like, oh, I really want that.
00:17:34
Callum Jackson
But then again, I'm not really there for like, oh, I really want that anyway.
00:17:38
Callum Jackson
It's more just fun, just sailing the seas. But yeah, I feel like it's fine. Like how it is like with the carrying stuff on. It does feel like every day, every time you do log on though, you do wake up in the bar and it does feel like your pirates just had a heavy night of drink and you're ready for the next adventure, which I do enjoy and coming back to
00:17:54
Cameron Resner
Yeah, no, that is cool.
00:17:57
Callum Jackson
Yeah, no, I mean, other than that, I've been going around like a few single-player games like The Witcher, Devil May Cry 5, I was playing again.
00:18:06
Callum Jackson
wanted to play like The Lost Legacy because I didn't actually get around to playing that when I'd done all the Uncharted a few last year or anything.
00:18:15
Callum Jackson
Started high on life. like there's there's ah There's a bunch of games that I'm doing. and like I was even considering doing The Resident Evil 4 because I never completed it. I didn't get to...
00:18:24
Callum Jackson
that far into it I did buy it yeah like when it came out i think so yeah so but I think I think like Metal Gear so if we go into Metal Gear and unless do you want to is there anything you're playing other than Metal Gear have you done
00:18:26
Cameron Resner
You bought it.
00:18:31
Cameron Resner
Yeah, that's a good one to complete.
00:18:42
Cameron Resner
um yeah i mean i have what was i playing uh started playing a game called sword of the sea which is which is very cool so it's like uh think it's by the people that did uh the journey
Gaming Experiences: 'Sword of the Sea' and 'Hollow Knight'
00:18:56
Callum Jackson
journey. Yeah. Yeah.
00:18:56
Cameron Resner
flower yeah yeah and it's like very similar but it's got a bit more mechanics to it i think it's on ps premium as well that's where i downloaded it
00:19:06
Callum Jackson
Yeah. I did. I did have it installed. I haven't got to it yet.
00:19:09
Cameron Resner
But you're basically just surfing like sand dunes, which then become water as you like to change things. And you can like do tricks. So it's like a bit of like a like like a skating game mixed with like an open world adventure, which is quite cool.
00:19:26
Callum Jackson
Yeah, you're like on a sword, aren't you?
00:19:28
Cameron Resner
Yeah, and it's got very good music.
00:19:28
Callum Jackson
Like a... Yeah.
00:19:30
Cameron Resner
you're just kind of It's a very good chill game. I just put some headphones on and just sit there for an hour and just kind flow through this world. So I've been enjoying that. a And yesterday i downloaded Hollow Knight, which has been very, yeah, the new one, which yeah I've only played for like 30 minutes, but that has been very enjoyable as well.
00:19:48
Callum Jackson
The new one.
00:19:56
Callum Jackson
So the thing with the, what was the the sword of the city?
00:20:01
Cameron Resner
Sort of to see.
00:20:01
Callum Jackson
Is that what you called?
00:20:03
Cameron Resner
I think it is.
00:20:03
Callum Jackson
That I do want to play. I have been interested in that because I like journey and flow. I do like their games a lot, so I will get to that. So yeah, I keep forgetting because, because of the new hard drive that I'm like, there's loads of games on it, but they're not on my front page.
00:20:16
Callum Jackson
So I just forget I have them installed. yeah, I want to play that, but this hollow night, i I know everyone raves about it and I haven't played it.
00:20:26
Callum Jackson
So to someone like me who even looks at the trailers and like reviews and gameplay and I still don't think it looks that good, do you think I'm missing something?
00:20:38
Cameron Resner
yeah i think i yeah i'm really enjoying it but i've i don't know i've i've been much more it is kind of like a metroidvania game with those kind of tropes like unlocking different abilities going back backtracking, finding secrets, that kind of thing.
00:20:57
Cameron Resner
and And it is quite difficult as well.
00:20:58
Cameron Resner
There's like boss fights. think when it I think when the first one came out, over everyone was like, this is the 2D Dark Souls, which I kind of get has got that kind of feeling to it.
00:21:05
Callum Jackson
Oh, right. Okay.
00:21:08
Callum Jackson
Oh, so it's a hard game.
00:21:11
Cameron Resner
This hasn't got hard yet, but I have heard there's like maybe like hard optional bosses and stuff like that so like challenging but like stuff like prince of persia uh the lost crown had that as well which i played a few weeks ago um but it's uh
00:21:17
Callum Jackson
Interesting.
00:21:29
Cameron Resner
I would say that I don't know if if I would have bought it if it was any more than it was because it is just ยฃ15, which it kind of feels kind of crazy considering how long people are saying it is and how much content there is and how much it is.
00:21:45
Cameron Resner
It is a really beautiful looking game when you're like playing it and like some of the sceneries and some of the worlds they've created and like the backgrounds, they're all really
00:21:55
Cameron Resner
cool to look at so i mean i would definitely say maybe maybe not even at 15 pounds but like if in like a few months it goes down to like 10 or something i would give it a go because i think for 10 pounds you're like and it may i i i think you could find something that you like there um
00:22:15
Callum Jackson
Yeah, no, that's true. Yeah, I didn't even think about the price, to be honest. It was just looking at it.
00:22:20
Callum Jackson
I was like, it so like it's it happens quite often when I see like a 10 out of 10 game and everyone's going fucking mental for it And I'm always like, why? i think that happened with Baldur's Gate.
00:22:33
Callum Jackson
but And I haven't played much of that, but I can see why that's a 10 now. Like now that I have played it, I can see, yeah.
00:22:41
Cameron Resner
I think it's just the same with Baldur's Gate. one of those games that just it's like knows what kind of game it is, and it just does all of that like perfectly or very, very well.
00:22:52
Cameron Resner
Baldur's Gate knows what kind of game is, and it like does everything.
00:22:55
Cameron Resner
It's trying to do super well and like to a super high standard, which you don't often
00:23:03
Cameron Resner
get, you often get like really good, yeah, I think it's hand-drawn stuff, which, yeah, as I said, plays into how good it looks.
00:23:03
Callum Jackson
Yeah. And it's all hand drawn, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah.
00:23:13
Cameron Resner
But, yeah, i only like half an hour, 40 minutes in, enjoying it.
00:23:17
Callum Jackson
ah cool. Yeah, well, let me know your end review. I think, like you said, though, that actually relates to something I did want to speak about when you said it's only ยฃ15 and
Game Pricing Debate
00:23:27
Callum Jackson
like the amount of content you're getting.
00:23:28
Callum Jackson
And that can relate to two things I'm thinking about at the moment.
00:23:32
Callum Jackson
One of them being Metal Gear's price being ยฃ70 and the other one being Gears of War being ยฃ40 or ยฃ45, whatever it was.
00:23:41
Callum Jackson
And i just don't agree with either of them.
00:23:45
Callum Jackson
beating that much because I yeah yeah yes yeah exactly and I'm pretty sure that's the same sort of level of remake too
00:23:47
Cameron Resner
Let me throw in there as well, because it's made by the same studio. You've got Oblivion remake, which was 50 as well. So, yeah. Just...
00:23:59
Cameron Resner
as yeah As Metal Gear, yeah I would say.
00:24:01
Callum Jackson
Yeah. So the thing that I find I actually think is the worst one out of all three of these games, by the way, is Gears of War.
00:24:11
Callum Jackson
Because that's remaster of a remaster already. And it's just coming out on PlayStation.
00:24:18
Callum Jackson
That's where it's selling it. Because I saw like online... I can't remember who actually posted the video, but it was someone that said like like PlayStation players don't give a shit about Gears of War. And I don't think that's necessarily true. I just think they're trying to sell 20-year-old game for
00:24:36
Callum Jackson
for ยฃ40, ยฃ45. And even though there's a whole trilogy there and it's not a remake in any way, it feels like the 20-year-old game too, where like Metal Gear at least doesn't feel like the 20-year-old game.
00:24:48
Callum Jackson
you know like The gameplay different.
00:24:50
Callum Jackson
But yeah, I just, I don't agree with the Gears of War one. Like if that was like the Master Chief collection, they went, even if they didn't remaster them at all and they just went, here's the collection for 40 quid, I would have got it straight away, but they didn't.
00:25:03
Cameron Resner
yeah Yeah, I do find it weird.
00:25:04
Callum Jackson
It was 40 quid for one game that I've already played. And I just, I'll wait for it to be 20 or something or 10 or 15. Like, yeah, I'm just not rushing to it.
00:25:13
Cameron Resner
It's one. But yeah, yeah. No, I think it is bit much. I just think Xbox are like, what have we got to lose? we I think, I think, was it four to five sold like
00:25:32
Cameron Resner
it so It released on PlayStation 5 a year ago, and they had like a pre-order edition for ยฃ100 for like a game that's already been out for five years on Xbox.
00:25:43
Cameron Resner
And I think that sold like over a million copies by itself.
00:25:46
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I mean,
00:25:47
Cameron Resner
then They're probably just like, I mean, people are going to buy these.
00:25:50
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Okay.
00:25:53
Callum Jackson
Yeah, don't get me wrong, I will buy it because I love Gears of War and like I want to play it on like again and I feel like just having them on my PlayStation would be cool. But, you know, I'd buy the Master Chief Collection but like when you think of back in the day of Uncharted, the trilogy, like that was 40 quid or 50 maybe.
00:26:09
Callum Jackson
like When that came out and they were technically remastered versions with 4K and 60 FPS and shit like that. And I feel like they worked on the first one a bit again. Yeah, they don't look like amazing like the Gears of War remastered does, but that's still a 10-year-old game, you know, im like the remastered Gears War.
00:26:27
Callum Jackson
So I just feel like it's not... it That one doesn't sit right with me, even though... I know it's like a jump to PlayStation, but really the trilogy should would have been the way to go, I think, and like for 50, maybe 60, even 70 if you want to fucking sell it for that now.
00:26:37
Cameron Resner
Oh, I agree, yeah
00:26:41
Callum Jackson
But... Yeah, I just, I wish it wasn't fucking 40 quid, because like, now that leads on to another game that we can talk of. But did you see James Bond and how much that cost?
00:26:54
Cameron Resner
Yeah, it was 50 or 60, wasn't it? Was it 60?
00:26:57
Callum Jackson
Yeah, yeah, ยฃ60, which every other game is ยฃ70 now, but that's ยฃ60.
00:27:01
Callum Jackson
And also I did see that it's a free upgrade to like the deluxe edition if you pre-order.
00:27:08
Cameron Resner
Yeah, Yeah, yeah.
00:27:09
Callum Jackson
So I'm like, I'm really wondering what's going on with prices of games at the moment. Because it seems like, you know, like Claire Obscure, that was ยฃ40.
00:27:19
Cameron Resner
$50, I think, yeah, 40 pounds, yeah.
00:27:20
Callum Jackson
Or I think I got it for ยฃ40 anyway on Amazon or something.
00:27:21
Cameron Resner
Yeah. fifty dollars yeah forty pounds yeah
00:27:25
Callum Jackson
Yeah, and I'm like, that game has fucking tons of hours of content.
00:27:31
Callum Jackson
And like it's unique in its own way. It's telling a new story. It's like actually think it's it's it's a game that gamers want, and that's charging less. And then you get Metal Gear Solid 70 for some reason, and then James Bond 60.
00:27:44
Callum Jackson
I don't know who's making the prices. It's so confusing, because it used to just be one category, and then like indie games were cheaper.
00:27:48
Cameron Resner
I think that...
00:27:51
Cameron Resner
Yeah. I think it's cool that people are like exploring prices because rather than just putting up... Because there was like a period during yeah PlayStation 4 and early PS5 where it would be like...
00:28:03
Cameron Resner
main games are this price, and then indie games are like 20 quid, 30 quid, something like that. But I think what these what those cheaper games maybe have in common is that they're not striving to be the most graphically beautiful, crazy animations, that kind of thing.
00:28:23
Cameron Resner
Claire Obscure looks great, but that's kind of got like an art style to it that's not like HD realism.
00:28:24
Callum Jackson
Yeah. yeah
00:28:30
Cameron Resner
And same with James Bond. It's like... It's not like the best looking game in the world, but I mean, it has kind of an art style to it, similar to Hitman, where it kind of looks at least presentable and good.
00:28:42
Cameron Resner
And like I think if as long as you have good gameplay to back that up, people don't really care. So I think... I think that's probably where a lot of the cost is spent these days in these big games is on these crazy detailed textures.
00:28:57
Cameron Resner
Because what did I see the other day? People were like, people were like zooming into a scene from Mafia, the old country, where someone's chopping wood and they were like comparing it to Red Dead.
00:29:07
Callum Jackson
Oh my god, yeah, I saw that. Yeah.
00:29:09
Cameron Resner
And they were like, this is and since seven years ago.
00:29:13
Cameron Resner
why have we downgraded it's like no they're just like it's yeah and like is it that it's cool that rockstar does that and it immerses you in that world but like do you really need that in your mafia game where you just walk past this guy for a second like
00:29:16
Callum Jackson
One of them's Rockstar.
00:29:28
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Like he, like the difference Rockstar.
00:29:30
Cameron Resner
Do you want your game to be six like 70 quid and then put in these crazy animations of what you would you much rather pay 50 and it just be, it look great, but not be perfect?
00:29:42
Callum Jackson
I agree with that. I mean, it doesn't even need to look like great. like Art styles ah ah are really good for gaming.
00:29:49
Callum Jackson
And i think like yeah when i saw i saw the exact same video and I'm like, these are just two different games. like
00:29:57
Callum Jackson
There was nothing in that year that looked like Red Dead. like like ah Red Dead looks like a game that should be out now. i Even their graphics has sort of you know aged a bit like from 2018.
00:30:07
Callum Jackson
But as it long as it's for animation and atmosphere and the world, like, yeah, Red Dead's still up there. Like, I still play it and I'm like, fucking hell, how do you look like this?
00:30:16
Cameron Resner
Oh, yeah. It's one of the best.
00:30:19
Callum Jackson
But, yeah, like, not everything needs to look like Red Dead. I did have that for a while, though. Do you remember? Like, when when I played Red Dead, I was like, it's ruined gaming for me, because it wasn't on that level.
00:30:27
Cameron Resner
oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:30:29
Callum Jackson
But, like, you can't be comparing everything to it. And, and like, a lot of...
00:30:32
Cameron Resner
No, I can understand that. I had a similar thing with Witcher when it came out. I was like, this looks awesome.
00:30:36
Callum Jackson
Oh, God, Witcher. Fucking love Witcher.
00:30:39
Cameron Resner
And then it kind of like everything after that, was like, but then you kind of go back to it.
00:30:44
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Yeah, Metal Gear Solid 5 done that for me, for gameplay.
00:30:49
Callum Jackson
Yeah, that was the same year.
00:30:50
Callum Jackson
i was like, fucking hell, this is great. But, yeah, I just think... Yeah, comparing Mafia, especially the size, the difference of the studio and the budget that they put into it, it's not what they were going for.
00:31:02
Callum Jackson
Mafia's like a 10-hour game, 15 hours max, telling a story.
00:31:07
Callum Jackson
That guy in the background chopping wood's just flavour for the scene. You can't even interact.
00:31:11
Cameron Resner
Yeah, and I mean, hopefully they just...
00:31:14
Cameron Resner
I wouldn't mind getting something like that every two to three years from them that cost like ยฃ50 or something. and you i They're not spending so much. They're not making a GTA game.
00:31:27
Cameron Resner
I know they kind of went that way with the third one, I think.
00:31:27
Callum Jackson
Is that clear?
00:31:32
Callum Jackson
Well, I think they were trying to make it more open world, but yeah.
00:31:35
Cameron Resner
Yeah, more open world. from what I've heard, that it got very bloated. maybe
00:31:41
Callum Jackson
Yeah, no, i I'm someone that really likes Mafia 3. I think the gameplay's good, the driving's good, but they forced you to do the side quests.
00:31:51
Callum Jackson
Side quests shouldn't be something forced. Like, you had to take out a whole bracket of, like, the Mafia in this area to, like, move forward in the story, and I was like...
00:31:59
Cameron Resner
That's not a p side quest.
00:32:00
Callum Jackson
And that's what... No, that became really repetitive. I was like, there should have been two modes in that game. if like Like an update that came out because I played it full. But it's what stops me playing it because I'm like, I literally have to clear out a whole area before I move on.
00:32:15
Cameron Resner
Yeah, that's ridiculous.
00:32:18
Callum Jackson
Yeah, it drags. And I'm like, this feels old as fuck. Like, you've ran out of content. The game could be done in 10, like the new Mafia game.
00:32:26
Callum Jackson
It could be done in 10, 15 hours with the the story content.
00:32:28
Cameron Resner
A lot of filler.
00:32:30
Callum Jackson
But they were like, oh, force them to do this stuff. If they didn't force me, i would have been all right with it. But they forced you.
00:32:37
Callum Jackson
And it it didn't even make too much sense.
00:32:37
Cameron Resner
I think Dragon Age did that.
00:32:39
Callum Jackson
it was like, oh, clear the area. And then the the big bad comes out. Yeah, weird.
00:32:44
Cameron Resner
Yeah, once you've spent 10 hours running around.
00:32:45
Callum Jackson
But the story of that game is great.
00:32:48
Cameron Resner
Yeah, no, I've heard that. Like, it's got a great story.
00:32:50
Callum Jackson
Yeah, it's fucking crazy.
00:32:51
Cameron Resner
i just I just, like, look at the length of it, and I'm like, hmm.
00:32:52
Callum Jackson
I don't...
00:32:56
Cameron Resner
Like, I don't know. Recently, i like, I kind of got into a rut, like, last year, where I was, like, starting a lot of big games.
00:33:03
Callum Jackson
Yeah, no, don't do it.
00:33:05
Cameron Resner
Well, starting a lot of other big games, and then not.
00:33:05
Callum Jackson
But no, I do like the combat in it and the game. It's good.
00:33:10
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Yeah. yeah uh it does look cool oh yeah sorry i i no no i was uh yeah my mafia was stuttering so i just stopped playing but i was very close to the end um and i know what happens i think so yeah kind of annoying
00:33:16
Callum Jackson
So what happened to yours and on your mafia? Did you say was starting...
00:33:27
Callum Jackson
That's a shame.
00:33:31
Callum Jackson
Oh, fuck that game. When I got to the end it, mean, you know it anyway. You're just like, oh, yeah, nothing goes well in the Mafia. But i was just like, come on. Again, like i don't... Yeah, yeah it it it did annoy me, to be honest.
00:33:46
Cameron Resner
What with him but hidden dying?
00:33:48
Cameron Resner
Hmm. Yeah.
00:33:50
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Yeah.
00:33:52
Callum Jackson
Yeah, it annoyed me. Because, like, you just... I don't know, because it didn't even... he was sort of... It didn't make... The game didn't... I really enjoyed it. It just didn't make too much sense to me because it was like, you literally done fucking everything for this family.
00:34:06
Callum Jackson
Like, everything. And the the main fucking Don was all like, you're about to the family and so and I was like cool there's gonna be a point but I just felt bad like in my head i was like this isn't going well but I was like you know what would a good plot twist if the dad just went yeah this is chill yeah yeah you can be with my daughter but that obviously doesn't happen and he fucking loses the plot like he goes
00:34:30
Callum Jackson
fucking psycho and I'm like chill like the amount of stuff that we've done for you and you're like oh your family and then he's just like yeah oh you you tried to get with my daughter it's like what the fuck yeah it just yeah I bet the the daughter even as well like the love interest Isabella she I feel like she's a bit of causing trouble as well for Enzo because she's like I know you're in the mafia
00:34:35
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I've done for you.
00:34:54
Cameron Resner
Oh yeah, definitely. she's like
00:34:58
Callum Jackson
but I don't want you part of the mafia and I don't want to be part of it. And also fuck my dad. And I'm like, come on.
00:35:05
Cameron Resner
Yeah, doesn't she keep saying your you're stronger than him and you're better than him and stuff?
00:35:05
Callum Jackson
So you want us to be together, but
00:35:12
Callum Jackson
yeah, she's egging him on.
00:35:16
Callum Jackson
But yeah, other than that, I did like it. And I liked the whole Empire Bay ending and the like the music from Mafia 2 came in. and i was like, oh, that's quite nice. So all in all, I enjoyed it. There was like this. Did you? No, you didn't.
00:35:30
Callum Jackson
No, you wouldn't have got to that bit. There's a bit where you play as her, right? You don't mind if I spoil it.
00:35:33
Cameron Resner
No, no, no. I've heard about that bit, yeah.
00:35:36
Callum Jackson
But there's a bit and they literally just went, wait, if you. Yeah, and it's Last of Us 1. It's just Last of Us 1, like where you're walking around the burning place and you're hitting David and then you have to run and hide and then you have to hit him in the back again.
00:35:51
Callum Jackson
But it looks janky.
00:35:52
Callum Jackson
Like that's another thing. Like you played Last Us and you're like, oh, this is really atmospheric and cool. It felt like by time I got to the end of the game, I was like, I don't know why you put this in here and why am I doing this? and it And it looked janky.
00:36:03
Callum Jackson
It looked horrible. i was just like, you've really... i I didn't like I was just like, can we just leave? don't know why I'm on a forced stealth mission now. Yeah.
00:36:13
Cameron Resner
I heard people comparing it to the the Mary Jane segment in Spider-Man, which I also didn't find the point in.
00:36:23
Cameron Resner
Because it's like i'm playing as Spider-Man, I don't want to play as someone that's creeping around a building.
00:36:28
Callum Jackson
And they doubled that down in the Spider-Man 2.
00:36:31
Cameron Resner
Excellent.
00:36:32
Callum Jackson
They heard all the criticisms and then they went, we got two Spider-Men in this game. You can play us both. And we're bringing back in Mary Jane.
00:36:39
Cameron Resner
Mary Jane.
00:36:39
Callum Jackson
i was like, what are you
00:36:43
Cameron Resner
That is insane.
00:36:44
Callum Jackson
It was just... It was just... It was baffling. Honestly, like... And, like, they turn it so, like, she has, like, a stun gun. And she can, like, hit people down in one and shit. And, like... I was just like, what the fuck is going on?
00:36:55
Callum Jackson
Because I just want to play as Spider-Man.
00:36:57
Callum Jackson
There was one bit where you play as Mary Jane that's good. And it's when Peter's hunting you. And, like, Venom's pretty much taken over. And I was like, oh, this is quite...
00:37:05
Cameron Resner
Right. Okay, yeah, that's cool.
00:37:07
Callum Jackson
Resident Evil-y. I was like, this is this is where I should play as Mary Jane.
00:37:13
Callum Jackson
But then, yeah, there's loads of other bits and i was like, please make it stop.
00:37:17
Cameron Resner
That actually feels like it's like a tense moment in the story, whereas I felt like in the first one when we cut to her, it'll be like, this could have just been a cutscene. I don't need to walk around this museum.
00:37:24
Callum Jackson
Hmm. Yes, exactly. But it's so weird that the developers go, like, in their head when they're making it, you know they're thinking, oh, we need to break up that Spider-Man gameplay.
00:37:36
Callum Jackson
No, you don't. I'm fucking Spider-Man. I don't want to be someone that doesn't have Spider-Man powers. what are you doing?
00:37:45
Cameron Resner
Yes, you do.
00:37:46
Callum Jackson
don't get it. no I don't, honestly.
00:37:48
Cameron Resner
Where's the Mary Jane spin-off game?
00:37:52
Callum Jackson
God, I'll take the fucking Madam Web one.
00:37:55
Cameron Resner
Oh, the Morbius one.
00:37:55
Callum Jackson
and Morbius.
00:37:59
Callum Jackson
I'm still fucking trying to... i Actually, I was laying in bed the other night, i shit you know and I was like, going to have to watch all the Sony movies I don't know if I want to do it, but one I'm willing to watch is Craven.
00:38:08
Cameron Resner
It's coming. It's coming.
00:38:16
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I was quite interested in Craven.
00:38:18
Callum Jackson
I'm... I'm willing to watch that one just because they were like, it's so violent. And like they tried to like show you how fucking violent and bloody it was. And i was like, why didn't you do that for Venom?
00:38:29
Callum Jackson
Or Morbius, the vampire.
00:38:30
Cameron Resner
Yeah. I just want to see the rhino.
00:38:34
Cameron Resner
The rhino.
00:38:34
Callum Jackson
Oh, God. Yeah. Can't wait. Actually, yeah, now I'm looking forward to it.
00:38:38
Cameron Resner
What people...
00:38:39
Callum Jackson
Madame Web, want to fucking... No.
Nostalgia for 'Metal Gear'
00:38:45
Cameron Resner
Things they all could have been so cool, but then they fought them over.
00:38:46
Callum Jackson
I don't like that one.
00:38:53
Cameron Resner
So with Metal Gear, are you planning to... You haven't played much of that in the past.
00:38:58
Callum Jackson
i I was going to say that I have not gone back to it since we last spoke.
00:39:02
Cameron Resner
Do you think you will go back
00:39:05
Callum Jackson
Not at the moment, but I'll tell you what it has done.
00:39:11
Callum Jackson
No, hold on, you can save that because that death sound, that death sound's exactly what I've gone towards.
00:39:17
Callum Jackson
So out of all of these games that I've spoken of, I just re-downloaded Metal Gear 1.
00:39:41
Cameron Resner
Well, I played it. Yeah, ah so yeah, because it's weird how much remember. I've only played it once, and I played it when the original, when the collection came out before.
00:39:53
Cameron Resner
And that was, yeah, what, like 10, 12 years ago?
00:39:56
Callum Jackson
I think it came out in 2011.
00:39:57
Cameron Resner
But that was, okay, yeah, 40.
00:39:58
Callum Jackson
God. Yeah.
00:40:01
Cameron Resner
Okay, crazy. ah ah But i was like, I'm going to try this. no no kills. And then I had a look at the trophy list beforehand. It actually didn't look that difficult.
00:40:12
Cameron Resner
The one I've still got to do is you've got to replay it again and get no alerts, no kills, and under five hours.
00:40:23
Cameron Resner
I might use a guide for that one because apparently you can do it in
00:40:24
Callum Jackson
Yeah, that's the foxhound one, isn't it?
00:40:26
Cameron Resner
So might as well just through
00:40:28
Cameron Resner
i like um as well just try and rush through that
00:40:32
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I feel like it's a lot easier than the old ones as well, where you you can reload your saves.
00:40:39
Cameron Resner
Yeah. No, yeah.
00:40:40
Callum Jackson
I'm pretty certain and you can.
00:40:42
Cameron Resner
You can. Because I was looking at, because I was so close to doing this one, i was like, oh, should I buy the mask collection and play two?
00:40:50
Cameron Resner
And then I was like looking at the trophy list for that one, and you have to play it like five separate times. And I'm like, that is insane.
00:40:58
Cameron Resner
And like the the troy the trophy time was like 80 hours.
00:41:01
Cameron Resner
And I was like, what are you talking about?
00:41:05
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I thought when I started Metal Gear 1, are you fucking mad?
00:41:08
Cameron Resner
Why are you... I was like, what?
00:41:09
Callum Jackson
When I saw Metal Gear 1 and the trophy difficulty was 5 5 to 7 on difficulty and then it was like 40 hours and I was like, it's a 5 hour game.
00:41:23
Callum Jackson
What the fuck do you mean 40 hours?
00:41:26
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I don't know why snake eat is so much more reasonable.
00:41:27
Callum Jackson
yeah Fuck that.
00:41:30
Callum Jackson
I just think they've they've softened it a bit because even I think Snake Eater on the Master Collection has a few harder trophies than the Delta one.
00:41:40
Cameron Resner
Maybe, I thought they were quite similar.
00:41:41
Callum Jackson
Foxhound. They are, but I think Foxhound harder to get.
00:41:45
Cameron Resner
Yeah, Foxhound is harder to get because you don't have autosaves.
00:41:49
Cameron Resner
and So you you can only save, I think, 15 times in total to get Foxhound.
00:41:55
Callum Jackson
Yeah, something like that.
00:41:57
Callum Jackson
But yeah, it did make me want to play it when I saw you and Brad had all the trophies. i was like, oh, it seems like quite an easy. But i still know in my head, I'm like, that would be forcing myself to play Snakey again.
00:42:08
Callum Jackson
And like you said, you remembered it all from playing it that long ago.
00:42:13
Callum Jackson
And I've played it so many times already, like the PS2 version and then the collection and now the Master Collection. And then when I got to it, I was like, bar like I felt like I'd done the wrong choice by playing the Master Collection one because i was like, oh, because I'd originally done it because I wanted to see the differences.
00:42:27
Cameron Resner
Yeah, that's why I held on.
00:42:31
Callum Jackson
But now the differences are it's just got a shiny coat of paint and it plays a bit more like a third person shooter with a crouch and that.
00:42:32
Cameron Resner
There's not many differences.
00:42:40
Cameron Resner
Yeah, it has got some absolutely crazy scenes in it, though.
00:42:47
Callum Jackson
Snake? Snake?
00:43:02
Cameron Resner
Can you hear me?
00:43:04
Callum Jackson
Are you okay, Snake? Yes, can everyone see me? Alright, well, we'll cut out.
00:43:10
Cameron Resner
Yeah, we'll cut that out.
00:43:13
Callum Jackson
People are just sitting here with going, Snake? Snake?
00:43:16
Cameron Resner
You just played the clips.
00:43:18
Callum Jackson
I actually did when you went i and I saw you go like amber. I was like, Snake? Snake?
00:43:24
Cameron Resner
Snake? Major Zero in the game is is a as a G.
00:43:28
Callum Jackson
I can't...
00:43:31
Cameron Resner
It's my favorite.
00:43:31
Callum Jackson
can call me Major Tom.
00:43:33
Callum Jackson
Yeah. I agree.
00:43:36
Cameron Resner
I think... Yeah,
00:43:40
Cameron Resner
no I played this sound as I left. was like, no.
00:43:46
Callum Jackson
Anyway, no, the game's great. I just remember it so well, and it's just like an updated sort of...
00:43:53
Callum Jackson
It's just the it's the same game with like a third-person sort of shooter perspective, I think, is what i was just saying. And it's just not enough for me to replay it, because the main thing from Metal Gears is the story, and I know that one so well.
00:44:07
Cameron Resner
yeah it's Yeah, it's very memorable. But I think that's just because there's so many cool bits in it.
00:44:13
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I mean, i know i fucking love Metal Gear 4.
00:44:16
Callum Jackson
I think that is my favourite because of just it ah ah being like a perfect finale to Solid Snakes games.
00:44:18
Cameron Resner
I don't know.
00:44:23
Callum Jackson
But that game, what is it, like 14 hours of cutscenes or some shit?
00:44:27
Cameron Resner
Yeah, i I think I watched that, the cutscenes during COVID, like in one video.
00:44:32
Cameron Resner
And I was like, my brain.
00:44:34
Cameron Resner
but But who is it? You know, G-Man lives here.
00:44:40
Cameron Resner
I was watching his review of it. Sorry. A couple of days saw that!
00:44:48
Cameron Resner
A couple of days ago. And he was it was saying like that you play the game, you're in a cutscene for half an hour, then you play for five minutes, then you're at a cutscene for half an hour.
00:44:58
Cameron Resner
And it's like three hours, literally, until you start actually shooting people.
00:45:02
Cameron Resner
It's like, that's mad.
00:45:04
Callum Jackson
Yeah, it is crazy. it I remember it. It's just...
00:45:10
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I remember like looking, it's like an E3 demo or something where they're like, look what Snake can do. And like, there's so many fucking mechanics in that game.
00:45:18
Callum Jackson
But you think at the end of it, you're like, why the fuck did you bother? There's, you barely play. Like, there's a bit where you can lay down and you can crawl to like an edge. And you can hang off that edge from laying down. Like, you can slip down and hang. And I'm like, that's something that's really cool and it looks great.
00:45:36
Callum Jackson
But I do it once. If that.
00:45:40
Cameron Resner
That's not even in MBS 5, is it?
00:45:41
Callum Jackson
but It's just the weird Kojima detail.
00:45:47
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I'd love to. If that came out in the...
00:45:49
Callum Jackson
It's still a great game. i I'm just saying. like the There was all these little things and it just didn't feel like it was needed in the end because you don't play that much. But the story is great. like
00:46:00
Callum Jackson
Yeah, it's probably my favourite one.
00:46:02
Cameron Resner
If that came out in the second collection, i I'd like to try and play it, but am I might actually just skip through the cut scenes.
00:46:14
Callum Jackson
hello hello yeah you went quiet for like the whole thing you were like popping in
00:46:15
Cameron Resner
Hello? Can hear me?
00:46:21
Cameron Resner
don't know what my internet's doing.
00:46:26
Callum Jackson
I was like, what the fuck? That's why I went snake. Like, just out of nowhere.
00:46:29
Cameron Resner
I'll go through it and cut out those bits.
00:46:33
Cameron Resner
But I was saying if it.
00:46:33
Callum Jackson
Yeah, okay, yeah. Because I was just like, what?
00:46:35
Callum Jackson
Alright, let's start again because like I don't know what the fuck's going on.
00:46:42
Callum Jackson
Alright, Mel, get started for you.
00:46:44
Cameron Resner
Maybe we head towards the end of the conversation but because I don't know what's happening with my internet. But Metal Gear Solid 4, I was saying, if it came out in the like Volume 2 collection, I'd like to play it, but I think I would just maybe skip a lot of the cutscenes because I don already know what goes on.
00:47:00
Cameron Resner
I just want to play the game and see what that's like.
00:47:01
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Yeah, no, it's definitely a good game to play. But, oh, I just... I don't know. Like, i there's some... Like, again, I could play Metal Gear Solid Delta and skip the cutscenes, but I don't want to because i love Metal Gear Story, and that's the reason why I do play these games because...
00:47:19
Cameron Resner
Yeah, that's true.
00:47:19
Callum Jackson
I love the story. Like I can't play him to skip the cut scenes. I just, yeah. But I get like people like to play games and they love like, cause they're like the stealth in the metal gear games is probably the best, my opinion, but yeah.
00:47:31
Cameron Resner
Oh yeah, and Snake Eater. Yeah, I was loving it. Creeping up behind people you don't really have in anything else.
00:47:36
Callum Jackson
Yeah, it's just it's so good. It plays unlike anything. But yeah, no, I definitely think they're worth playing for the gameplay. But hopefully this is of things to come. i mean, I'd love to see a lot of games remade. And not just because it's like, oh, nostalgia. I do have nostalgia for a lot of things, but...
00:47:55
Callum Jackson
I would like to see these games come back. I mean, they're not they don't even exist, so maybe carry on series or just bring them back like Prince of Persia and Splinter Cell and stuff like that.
00:48:05
Callum Jackson
I'd like to just see them again in any sort of form. In game form, by the way. Don't fucking get my words twisted.
00:48:10
Cameron Resner
I mean, so didn't they announce the Splinter Cell remake like five years ago something?
00:48:15
Callum Jackson
Yes, but i i i just like I just said, I was like, oh, i yeah, I want the Splinter Cell in game form because every time they do it, it's either a fucking bundle for Rainbow Six or Ghost Recon ah ah DLC or it now it's a fucking anime.
00:48:18
Cameron Resner
And Prince of Persia.
00:48:32
Cameron Resner
But bananas. What did he say? Bananas. Bananas.
00:48:36
Callum Jackson
Bandana or something.
00:48:37
Cameron Resner
and telling Not bananas.
00:48:39
Callum Jackson
Bananas. Bananas. He's thinking of the Apescape quest.
00:48:41
Cameron Resner
Bananas. Yeah.
00:48:44
Callum Jackson
Bananas or something.
00:48:45
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I think that's... When do you think they'll do... what What game do you think they'll do Metal Gear next? Which... Do you think they'll go for one?
00:48:54
Callum Jackson
What, like a full remake like Delta?
00:48:54
Cameron Resner
Or a remake? Yeah.
00:48:57
Cameron Resner
Or Peace Walker?
00:48:59
Cameron Resner
That be called.
00:48:59
Callum Jackson
I think they're going to try and do it chronological or I wouldn't know why they started with 3.
00:49:04
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I agree.
00:49:05
Callum Jackson
So I think Peace Walker probably needs an overhaul as well. So that would be good.
00:49:10
Cameron Resner
People love Peace Walker.
00:49:11
Cameron Resner
like and Every time I see online, that's like a lot of people's favorite, which is very good.
00:49:15
Callum Jackson
Do you know what would be good for Peace Walker?
00:49:19
Callum Jackson
Admittedly, I've never finished Peace Walker, by the way.
00:49:23
Cameron Resner
No, neither am I.
00:49:23
Callum Jackson
I don't even really know what happens in that one.
00:49:25
Callum Jackson
I love Metal and I don't know what really goes on in that one. But I think what they need to do is like maybe put Peace Walker with Ground Zeroes.
00:49:36
Callum Jackson
or because then Because I feel like Phantom Pain sort of it it would be a nice jumping point from that point.
00:49:42
Callum Jackson
you know what I mean? Instead of like... how it happens or just make ground zeros and phantom pain. But I feel like it would be nice to maybe join the two or something.
00:49:51
Callum Jackson
I think that would be,
00:49:52
Cameron Resner
Peace Walker would be cool if they did a bit more to it than just update.
00:49:56
Cameron Resner
Because it is, I mean, it's cool. like the It's like short missions because it's obviously it's made for the Pusper. But yeah, it is a very good game.
00:50:06
Cameron Resner
And the story is good from what I remember and from what I've watched online.
00:50:12
Cameron Resner
Especially if you want to understand like Metal Gear 5 and stuff like that.
00:50:16
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I was a bit confused back in the day, like 10 years ago when Phantom Pain came out, because I didn't really know what was going on, like the last sort of thing. i Because I played Portable Ops, but being a kid, i didn't I didn't really know what the fuck was happening on that on that front.
00:50:32
Cameron Resner
Oh, no, yeah. Yeah.
00:50:33
Callum Jackson
So, yeah, i don't I don't really hold any information from Portable Ops and Peace Walker, but... yeah, Ground Zeroes was a bit confusing coming into it um and Phantom Pain but yeah yeah, I mean like once I, at the time, i mean I don't really remember that much now but at the time like I did look up videos to make it so I knew what was going on but I think that's why I prefer the trilogy of like Solid Snakes ones as well because I've fully played all those and know the story and yeah, that's the ones that I like
00:50:43
Cameron Resner
Mm-hmm. yeah
00:51:04
Cameron Resner
Yeah, it's a bit less confusing, I think, those going from one to two to four.
00:51:13
Callum Jackson
Yeah. But Snake Eater is amazing in its own.
00:51:16
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I would like to see them...
00:51:17
Callum Jackson
Like the story in that.
00:51:20
Cameron Resner
try and, like, now that they are remaking the games from the beginning, like, trying to maybe add, like, little bits that connect them more. Because I think there are, that as you said, there's a lot of, like, confusing things that things don't really always link up that they could, like, add a couple of missions to.
00:51:39
Cameron Resner
Well, I wanted them to do that into Snake Eater, like, to connect, like, Skull Face and, like, the villain from MGS5 and all of that into it.
00:51:48
Cameron Resner
That would be be a cool way to actually go back and add something without kind of destroying the main game.
00:51:54
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Yeah, I agree. agree. And it's not like they don't have, like, sort of, like, some voice actors that could fill those blanks. Like, it wouldn't be that weird, you know?
00:52:04
Cameron Resner
Key for Sutherland pack for Snake.
00:52:06
Callum Jackson
Yeah, maybe not him, but, I mean, he was fine.
00:52:09
Callum Jackson
He just didn't really speak.
00:52:10
Cameron Resner
Yeah, that was weird.
00:52:10
Callum Jackson
Like, I didn't have anything against him, just he didn't speak, you know?
00:52:11
Cameron Resner
Yeah, like
00:52:16
Cameron Resner
yeah it's not actually Snake, is it?
00:52:17
Callum Jackson
No, but, I mean, he was still Keith Sutherland in Crown Zero.
00:52:21
Cameron Resner
Yeah, he was. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:52:24
Callum Jackson
But yeah, it was just more that he didn't really speak that put me off. I was like, what the fuck you doing? No, I think it would be nice. i I spoke to Brad about this, and I think it would be nice if they did start linking the games, and if they finished My Dream.
00:52:42
Callum Jackson
This is My Dream, and it could be its own game, but they could finish Phantom Pain.
00:52:46
Callum Jackson
But it would have been great if you still think that you're playing Venom Snake or Big Boss or something. and it turns out that you're actually Solid Snake at this point, and you go and kill Venom Snake, because that's obviously what the original Metal Gear games were.
00:52:58
Cameron Resner
yeah they were yeah that would be cool if they remade
00:53:00
Callum Jackson
so But having that as then a loop, and then you go into Metal Gear 1, oh.
00:53:04
Cameron Resner
yeah that would be nuts
00:53:06
Callum Jackson
Oh, like, just just do that.
00:53:09
Cameron Resner
Yeah, because you could make those like that those like original games could be like their own kind of ground zeroes add-on to the end of Phantom Pain or something, where you're like infiltrating this base, going through, killing Big Boss, and then, and then as you said, yeah oh it all connects them, which is crazy.
00:53:30
Callum Jackson
Which may be I'm dreaming. I'm asking too much.
00:53:34
Cameron Resner
But you think they, like people would be gagging for that.
00:53:34
Callum Jackson
But... Yeah.
00:53:37
Cameron Resner
I'm like, people would pay like, if they said like, we're going to re-release Phantom Pain. Cause I think they probably will with like updated.
00:53:44
Cameron Resner
And if they said, okay, for 20 pounds or something, you get this extra mission at the end or few missions, which kind of tie it all up.
00:53:54
Cameron Resner
That would be interesting.
00:53:55
Callum Jackson
I can see that happening. I can see like the ground zeros and like them trying to make a proper ending for it.
00:54:02
Callum Jackson
I can see that being a remake like like Delta.
00:54:07
Callum Jackson
like i do I do think that will that will happen. but um Especially because the new engine for Delta looks different than Phantom Pain.
00:54:16
Callum Jackson
like It looks like it's directed differently.
00:54:18
Callum Jackson
Even though it is Kojima, it looks different. like It needs to be in line with Delta, doesn't it?
00:54:24
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Although I don't know why they didn't use like that engine. Was it like Fox engine?
00:54:28
Callum Jackson
Neither do I.
00:54:30
Callum Jackson
They used Unreal Engine. I'm like, why didn't you just do Fox Engine still?
00:54:32
Cameron Resner
The Fox engine looks good.
00:54:34
Callum Jackson
Yeah, Fox Engine does look good.
00:54:35
Cameron Resner
Imagine if you... 10 years worth of updates. like That could have looked awesome.
00:54:40
Callum Jackson
Yeah, because like if you think about how well Metal Gear 5 came out, like that was 60 FPS on PS4, and I think it came out on PS3 and looked good.
00:54:44
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Yeah.
00:54:49
Callum Jackson
So if you think about that game looking like that, and that was that technology then, and then they just went, yeah, we'll do Unreal Engine 5 now. no just use the engine you got at home
00:54:57
Cameron Resner
Yeah. It's weird.
00:55:00
Cameron Resner
Use this one.
00:55:01
Callum Jackson
just use the one that was really good that that ran really well on modern hardware that one that's good but yeah i think uh yeah that's that's definitely where they should go go with it to make it a bit different maybe make some people happy like me especially that would have been good but I honestly, i don't so much mind the price on it because that comes down to me just being biased and it's this Metal Gear. So I'll just, I'll i'll buy it.
00:55:30
Callum Jackson
You know, like I'll, there are things that I would just be like, yeah, I'll buy I don't care.
00:55:34
Callum Jackson
And Metal Gear is one of them.
00:55:34
Cameron Resner
I just find it weird compared to Oblivion.
00:55:37
Cameron Resner
When it is the same studio, they've done the same thing to it, basically. And it's like, how why is this ยฃ20 more?
00:55:44
Callum Jackson
No, i I agree with that completely.
00:55:45
Cameron Resner
It's kind of confusing.
00:55:46
Callum Jackson
Like, why is it ยฃ70?
00:55:47
Cameron Resner
If they were both ยฃ70, I'd be like, okay, but it's just weird.
00:55:48
Callum Jackson
Yeah, yeah but no, I agree. Like, why is it ยฃ70? Especially since Oblivion's like one year new than Snakey.
00:55:59
Callum Jackson
But I think, like I just said, it's honestly just because I'm biased and I just want Metal Gear and I'm just glad it's back.
00:56:05
Cameron Resner
Yeah, and and I mean, i i like I would have preferred not to pay $70, but I mean, obviously, I really enjoy it.
00:56:05
Callum Jackson
So, yeah, whatever.
00:56:10
Callum Jackson
Of course, of course.
00:56:12
Cameron Resner
So I can't really complain too much.
00:56:15
Callum Jackson
I can't tell Rockstar how much I'm willing to spend on a Red Dead 2 patch.
00:56:23
Callum Jackson
Not even a fucking...
00:56:24
Callum Jackson
just Just do it. I don't know. What the fuck you doing? I'm offering you money. just just Just go, oh, here's 4K60. Like, what the fuck? I don't and don't get it. I even have it on PC and on Steam Deck and PS4.
00:56:37
Callum Jackson
And I still go back to just playing it my PlayStation because it's where I'm comfortable. But, like, yeah, I just think that's such an easy thing to just boost up some money because you know people will, you know,
00:56:48
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I don't know what's going on with them.
00:56:51
Callum Jackson
Yeah, they do.
00:56:51
Cameron Resner
They operate weirdly as well. Because, I mean, that GTA collection was shite, apparently.
00:56:57
Callum Jackson
Oh yeah, I forgot about that.
00:56:57
Cameron Resner
Or look shite.
00:56:59
Callum Jackson
I forgot that existed.
00:56:59
Cameron Resner
It's like, they could have remade those games, charged ยฃ70 for them, and done each of them, in just even in like GTA V's engine.
00:57:08
Cameron Resner
And then you're just like...
00:57:08
Callum Jackson
Yeah, definitely.
00:57:11
Cameron Resner
People would have fucking gagged over that.
00:57:13
Callum Jackson
It would have. like i don't Sometimes it does feel weird.
00:57:16
Callum Jackson
like You get games that are like updated for the next generation. Here's an example, just because it's like in front of me and I'm thinking of playing it. The DMC Devil May Cry game, the reboot, the one that's not received very well. I like it, but it's not received very well.
00:57:32
Callum Jackson
How the fuck did that get a definitive edition? And then you're like, infamous. The first two are stuck on PS3.
00:57:41
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Killzone. Is that Killzone?
00:57:43
Callum Jackson
Killzone I did like there's some games I'm like how is and also God of War 1 and 2 are on PS2 and then there's that yeah it's just when I think of some games I'm like how are you not on modern hardware like even if you've done what you did with Uncharted and just went these are the same games but they're now 60fps just do that just and they would sell but they just would
00:57:44
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Resistance. Yeah.
00:57:49
Cameron Resner
Yeah, especially with how big God of War is.
00:58:12
Cameron Resner
Yeah, no. Sorry, someone's just at my door. i'm just going to pause it for one second.
00:58:21
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Could we finish that? Yeah.
00:58:24
Callum Jackson
Yeah, yeah, I think so. We definitely didn't pause.
00:58:30
Callum Jackson
But yeah, I think other than, you know, like we we've ah we've ah spoken about those games. I just think like, you you know, that it's kind of baffling. Like there's a lot of games that they could easily just go, here's 60 FPS, here's 4K, here you go.
00:58:45
Callum Jackson
And I'm personally happy for that. I just like having a collection in one place. Like how you know how I am now.
00:58:51
Callum Jackson
I've got my PS3 rigged up and I've got my PS2 now. And I'm buying those games again because I'm enjoying like playing that. I haven't been on them recently, but I'm enjoying that.
00:58:59
Cameron Resner
Yeah, that's cool.
00:59:02
Callum Jackson
and But like just to have them all in one place is just nice. So hopefully going forward that they keep bringing the old games back on PS3.
00:59:09
Cameron Resner
I mean, they have Bluepoint, and they should...
00:59:12
Callum Jackson
Yeah, use them.
00:59:13
Cameron Resner
They bought them. but I think they were making a God of War multiplayer game.
00:59:18
Callum Jackson
Yeah, they were.
00:59:18
Cameron Resner
think that was what got cancelled.
00:59:20
Callum Jackson
It does look like there was a lot of things that have been getting cancelled, doesn't it?
00:59:20
Cameron Resner
It's like, what do you think? Yeah.
00:59:23
Callum Jackson
And and I'm glad that that's happened so that they can focus on what they are doing well.
00:59:29
Callum Jackson
Because I think well I've got like three weeks till fucking Ghost of Yota, or whatever it's called.
00:59:35
Cameron Resner
Yeah, just
00:59:35
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I can't wait.
00:59:37
Callum Jackson
But yeah, I mean, I love the last one. So that's something I'm looking forward to. But yeah, just, you know, it's easy money. Just put the old games on the new system.
00:59:45
Cameron Resner
give people what they want. At BluPoint could just be remaking one of those every couple of years, just doing a game from their backlog that people want made.
00:59:59
Cameron Resner
Yeah. ah Yeah, exactly.
01:00:00
Callum Jackson
And I'm not saying that, but I'm willing to buy both. So it doesn't hurt anyone.
01:00:03
Cameron Resner
Yeah. actually
01:00:07
Callum Jackson
like Like you said,
Studio Remakes and Franchise Funding
01:00:07
Callum Jackson
Bluepoint. Use Bluepoint to do the remakes or another studio just to upscale them. And use your other companies to do other things. like You don't need to not do one thing and the other.
01:00:18
Callum Jackson
ah just feel like their old franchises like Infamous and Killzone could be quite easy sort of money for them to put towards other projects.
Battlefield 6 Beta: First Impressions
01:00:26
Callum Jackson
That's all, I think.
01:00:26
Cameron Resner
Yeah, exactly. And people have shown that they want to buy those things. I mean, I think Demon's Souls remake was huge when it came out.
01:00:35
Callum Jackson
I do feel the magic is coming back a little bit with Battlefield 6. I was just going to go into this quick because I wanted to talk to you about because we used to love Battlefield and I think that feels good, by the way.
01:00:51
Callum Jackson
like Battlefield 6 beta did feel good. I think we are going to all get into that. It feels like a mixture of the ones that make it great. So I'm looking forward to that. And you didn't get a chance to play the beta, but... all of us liked it so take that that's like the the original lot that played
01:01:06
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I mean, I think think I will get it if there's no disasters at large, but
01:01:12
Callum Jackson
yes as soon as i hear what launch is like i'm gonna go in but they have sold me with that beta and everything that i've seen where battlefield 2042 i was living in hope
01:01:16
Cameron Resner
yeah. Yeah.
01:01:25
Callum Jackson
And I just bought it anyway.
01:01:27
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Yeah.
01:01:28
Callum Jackson
But, you know, like, whatever. It's not great. But they they did try and fix it. but And now they're trying to win us back with the new one. So
Large-Scale Warfare Games Excitement
01:01:39
Callum Jackson
let's just hope they don't fuck that up.
01:01:41
Cameron Resner
and I mean, the gameplay does look really good.
01:01:43
Callum Jackson
It is good.
01:01:43
Cameron Resner
It looks fun.
01:01:44
Callum Jackson
It is really good.
01:01:46
Callum Jackson
And then I think, yeah, I think just having us all together again on like a game like that would be quite fun. You know, like four player squads and that. Because it's been a while since a game has sort of and
New James Bond Game Insights
01:01:58
Callum Jackson
brought us in. Except from like, like I said, I'm playing the finals all year.
01:02:01
Callum Jackson
But yeah, I really, yeah, something like Battlefield, like on that large scale warfare, just something different about that I really enjoy. it
01:02:10
Cameron Resner
boots on the ground.
01:02:11
Callum Jackson
Boots on the ground. Yeah.
01:02:13
Cameron Resner
The classic. Yeah, I know. I think I will get it.
01:02:19
Cameron Resner
I'm very keen to play it.
01:02:22
Cameron Resner
It looks great.
01:02:25
Callum Jackson
And I know it's going on a bit here, but I really, i want to hear, because I didn't watch much of it, I want to hear how you, as a Bond fan, feel on the new James Bond game.
01:02:35
Cameron Resner
Mmm. Mmm. Yes, I think it looks awesome. I think there was some performance issues in the trailer when a lot of stuff was going off, but kind of think they have time to fix those.
01:02:47
Callum Jackson
I did see that.
01:02:49
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Yeah.
01:02:52
Cameron Resner
And even if it's like...
01:02:54
Cameron Resner
like I don't think it's going to be that bad, but even if it's like not locked 60 frame rate when all those explosions are going off, that's kind of fine to me because like with some of like the things that were happening in those exploding scenes and like on the plane were pretty crazy.
01:03:11
Cameron Resner
And it looked, I think it really captured.
01:03:14
Cameron Resner
Cause at the beginning I was like, well, this is cool. And then I like how they kind of weave in the hitman elements, like with kind of giving you options for how to get into somewhere.
01:03:23
Callum Jackson
Yeah. Yeah, that's cool.
01:03:25
Cameron Resner
and then But then focusing you on like, this is your path now, follow this. I love the bluffing aspect that you Well, it's like where he would like, instead of going past guards and taking them out or distracting them, you can like walk down some stairs and then tell them that you're like...
01:03:33
Callum Jackson
I didn't see that.
01:03:44
Cameron Resner
part of the security crew and you need to like build up some resource to do it but it's like got that bond like where he'll just like walk into a room and kind of make things up to kind of get through yeah and there's a point where he like climbed through the window and like someone's like oh who are you and he's like he's like window cleaning service here and then he just walks off and it's just like stuff like that
01:03:55
Callum Jackson
I'm checking out. Yeah, no, yeah, that is
01:04:05
Callum Jackson
Oh, and you can, and you choose to do that.
01:04:07
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I think that's a that's like a skill that you kind of build up. I think you have like a resource that you could like a meter that you can use to perform actuals.
01:04:16
Callum Jackson
That's really cool, actually. Because, yeah, that is a bit of a Bond sort of move, isn't it?
01:04:20
Callum Jackson
When he he comes into something and he just says something to someone to be like, what are you?
01:04:25
Callum Jackson
Yeah, like you said.
01:04:26
Cameron Resner
Yeah. And the fighting, I thought, looked much better than I thought it would be.
01:04:28
Callum Jackson
Yeah, now I did see that. The fighting looks fun. Like, there's so many, like, oh, there's so many animations that look good when you can just f throw your gun at someone and the way that he kicks up a gun and he grabs it.
01:04:36
Cameron Resner
Yeah, other gun throw yeah I think I was just surprised that they made that was like this looks so much smoother and so like so much cooler than I thought it would yeah yeah yeah exactly
01:04:41
Callum Jackson
Like, I was just like, shit, that looks fucking smooth. It just, yeah, it looked good. And, like,
01:04:52
Callum Jackson
Yeah, and I really liked the look of like the car chasers as well, because that feels like the sort of PS2 games where you're just... They're purely there for the thrill part, but you like them. like i Yeah, definitely has that sort of Uncharted flavor to it, but then ah a bit like the old sort of James Bond games, to be honest.
01:05:11
Cameron Resner
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:05:11
Callum Jackson
Yeah, it did look quite good.
01:05:13
Cameron Resner
And like I like when it comes up with, like you couldn't you've got the license to kill now, and you you just go ham. and like just that Just the interaction in like the arenas and like with the explosions and dropping chandeliers and, like as you said, being able to throw guns at people, vaulting over like low cover and kicking straight into people.
01:05:32
Cameron Resner
It just looks...
01:05:32
Callum Jackson
Oh yeah, when you grab someone and you run off the edge with them.
01:05:33
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Yeah, I'm run off the edge.
01:05:36
Callum Jackson
That's some Jason Bourne shit.
01:05:37
Callum Jackson
That looked good.
01:05:38
Cameron Resner
yeah it's i Yeah, I'm very excited for it.
01:05:41
Callum Jackson
Yeah, the only thing I saw, like the thing that was a negative that I saw was the performance, but that's something that they can fix.
01:05:47
Callum Jackson
It's next year, March. like The game looks in a solid state just to set from performance.
01:05:52
Callum Jackson
So that's what they need to work on. And that's it.
01:05:55
Cameron Resner
Yeah, no. Yeah, hopefully they can do that.
01:05:58
Callum Jackson
I have just bought those. I know one's from Russia with Love and what's the other one you like? The game?
01:06:04
Cameron Resner
Everything or nothing?
01:06:06
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I think, yeah, I just bought those on PS2. So I will go through them because I remember playing it around your house.
01:06:10
Cameron Resner
Very nice.
01:06:13
Callum Jackson
So yeah, did enjoy them too.
01:06:13
Cameron Resner
Yeah, they are very groovy. but But yeah, the James Bond game was another game where people were like, this looks shit. Like, visually. And I'm like, you're like,
01:06:26
Callum Jackson
It doesn't though, does it?
01:06:26
Cameron Resner
It doesn't. One, it doesn't. And like they're like comparing it. so yeah That's what I saw. It was just it was like comparing it to Uncharted. They were like, this game came out 10 years ago.
01:06:37
Callum Jackson
No, that's Naughty Dog.
01:06:39
Cameron Resner
and I was like, yeah.
01:06:39
Callum Jackson
It's different.
01:06:40
Cameron Resner
But also, like this is do like this is doing things that Uncharted doesn't do as well. like it's It's more immersive.
01:06:47
Cameron Resner
There's more things going on. You've got kind of the way different ways to do things. So it's not the same game.
01:06:52
Callum Jackson
But it's just, it's so baffling to do that because I still haven't seen a game that looks like Last of Us 2.
01:06:52
Cameron Resner
But they're like...
01:06:57
Callum Jackson
It's fucking ridiculous.
01:06:57
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Yeah.
01:07:00
Callum Jackson
like how that game looks like you don't need to compare it to that it's just uh yeah no i mean uncharted i remember that coming out and like the stubble and his fucking face i mean i think the engine is it the r re engine for dev yeah devil may cry and that looks fucking amazing like i'm playing devil may cry 5 and holy shit the details on character models the sweat and the the stubble on the face and yeah that engine's impressive
01:07:26
Callum Jackson
It looks great. That's probably one of the best in-game graphics that I've seen this generation sort of thing.
01:07:34
Callum Jackson
But yeah, and those were PS4 games too. So yeah, they looked amazing.
01:07:37
Cameron Resner
Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
01:07:39
Callum Jackson
But no, I think yeah James Bond looked good. There was one, sorry, it just came to my mind. That was like, that's fucking insane. Do you know when he's running after the plane and that truck is spinning and it hits him and he gets in and drives?
01:07:49
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Yeah.
01:07:54
Callum Jackson
That was... like that that Only Nathan Drake would survive that, but that was it was so good.
01:07:59
Callum Jackson
i was like, I did not expect that at all. And I was just like, okay, cool.
01:08:05
Cameron Resner
Yeah, just fighting on top of the plane, going through the plane.
01:08:07
Callum Jackson
Yeah, that was good. That is good.
01:08:08
Cameron Resner
but The use of gadgets is what I thought was really cool. like When he was like making the plane go left and right, and I thought, oh, this is just going to be a cutscene, but you actually get to do it while you're running through the plane. That's cool.
01:08:18
Callum Jackson
Yeah, I mean, the last sort of plane mission, I'm sure there's others, but the one that I remember, I mean, there's Saints Row, but I remember Uncharted 3. It still feels really good in that plane mission.
01:08:29
Callum Jackson
So I'm glad that there's a new game just on a plane anyway. Like I love just being, it's like planes and trains in games and movies.
01:08:34
Cameron Resner
Saints Row. Beginning of Saints Row.
01:08:36
Callum Jackson
Like they're always the bit you like.
Choosing Next Games to Play
01:08:40
Callum Jackson
But, no, I'm looking forward to that. And, yeah, I'll let you know if I actually crack on by next episode, if i actually crack on with any of the games I've picked up.
01:08:51
Callum Jackson
I mean, it was I wanted to buy, what's it called?
01:08:52
Cameron Resner
Choose one.
01:08:53
Callum Jackson
Hell is Us. But I'm like... I can't right now.
01:08:56
Cameron Resner
Yeah. Yeah.
01:08:57
Callum Jackson
I can't. To be honest, in my head, want to do Metal Gear 1. I definitely do. But like I surprisingly really enjoyed Devil May Cry recently. like The fifth one got back into. I've played like four missions now. And I'm like, oh shit, I'm actually into it.
01:09:14
Callum Jackson
So yeah, I just need to know which one I want to pick. Because and I also... I want to do the Witcher DLCs. I'm reading the books at the moment. I'm watching the Devil May Cry series. So that makes me want to play the fucking game. And then there will be Metal Gear was the new one made me want to play them all anyway. So yeah, it's just choosing what to do.
01:09:35
Cameron Resner
A lot to choose from.
01:09:36
Callum Jackson
There's a lot to choose from, so I don't need Hell is Us right now is what i'm saying. But I do think it looks good and I will get around to it probably at Christmas or something.
01:09:44
Callum Jackson
But that's a game I wasn't waiting for a sale. It's just I'm too busy to play it. So, yeah. because i ah The reason why I'm saying that is because I want like new games that look like that to actually...
01:09:56
Callum Jackson
be promoted and be like, oh no, I do think it is worth what they're charging from playing the demo alone.
01:10:00
Cameron Resner
Yeah, I know you mean.
01:10:02
Callum Jackson
just, it's, I'm too busy to play it. That's all.
01:10:06
Cameron Resner
Yeah, too much going on.
01:10:06
Callum Jackson
So I will get to it.
01:10:08
Cameron Resner
But that's not a bad thing.
01:10:10
Callum Jackson
No. But, yeah, so yeah, you let me know how, what's it called?
01:10:13
Cameron Resner
marvelous I shall yes
01:10:17
Callum Jackson
Hollow Knight is next week. And, uh, oh, oh, so what so what do you think of Sinners?
01:10:27
Cameron Resner
what do I think of sinners I don't know sinners yeah great yeah
01:10:32
Callum Jackson
No, but you will tonight. But this is going up tomorrow. But you would have watched it by then.
01:10:39
Callum Jackson
It's great, yeah? Okay. I'll hold you to that next week.
01:10:43
Cameron Resner
Yeah, we'll talk about sinners next week.
01:10:45
Callum Jackson
yeah just Just a little bit, just to see what you thought of it. And if I hyped up too much for you and you think it's actually shit. But yeah. I'll see you in a few hours.
01:10:55
Cameron Resner
Very well. See you soon.
01:10:56
Callum Jackson
I'll see everyone else next week.
01:10:58
Cameron Resner
Fairly well.