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Best Game of the Decade (so far)
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Jon, Devon, & Steve try to figure out the game of the decade!
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Introduction and Podcast Welcome
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BeyBlade
Hello, you are listening to the all new Anti-Fanboy Podcast for the week of October the 6th, 2025. Spooky season has officially begun. I've already seen some scary things.
00:00:13
BeyBlade
I've already had some scary life experiences. I've already written some scary, you know, personal notes to myself. So I hope you're all following suit for that. so It's going to be great.
00:00:25
BeyBlade
But hi, everybody. I hope you have a good one. Hope you're having a good month. Hope you're having a good week. My name is Devin Kovek. With me is Steve O'Tieri.
00:00:33
Steve-O
Hey, hope you're having a good month. Hope you're having a good week.
Riyadh Comedy Festival Experiences
00:00:37
BeyBlade
And then also, John, fresh off of your trip to that comedy show in Saudi Arabia, John Suarez.
00:00:42
holla knight
Oh, yeah.
00:00:43
Steve-O
Yo.
00:00:43
holla knight
in ri Yeah, baby.
00:00:43
Steve-O
Oh, I thought his name was John Fresh.
00:00:45
BeyBlade
How's that Riyadh? hey Yeah, how was that Riyadh Comedy Festival, John? You were...
00:00:48
holla knight
It was pretty good. They just weren't allowed to talk about anything that would be funny over there.
00:00:49
BeyBlade
yeah
00:00:53
BeyBlade
Did you see a lot of my ah my idols there?
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holla knight
All Your Heroes, Bill Burr was there.
00:00:56
BeyBlade
Just all my heroes going over there? Yeah,
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holla knight
Wait, who else was there? What other comedians were there?
00:01:01
Steve-O
Bobby Lee.
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holla knight
Who else was under fire? Bobby Lee was there, too? no how much How much did they get paid?
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Steve-O
Bobby Lee was there. Hold on. I'll just pull up the poster. um Louis CK.
00:01:08
BeyBlade
yeah, yeah. Pull up. Yeah, Louie. I heard yeah was...
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holla knight
It's probably a lot, right? There's so much money that just oozes out of Saudi Arabia.
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BeyBlade
it what I'll be honest. I don't think it was as much as you think.
00:01:20
Steve-O
Yeah, somebody, ah they they were interviewing somebody who got invited to it and they said that it was about like 60%, like 40 to 60% of what they would make the entire year.
00:01:32
holla knight
Oh my God, look at this lineup. Ready?
00:01:35
BeyBlade
yeah Aziz is there oh wow okay
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holla knight
Aziz, I'm just going to name the the names that I know. Aziz Ansari.
00:01:39
Steve-O
Aziz was there. Aziz is on the poster.
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holla knight
Wayne Brady.
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Steve-O
Wayne.
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holla knight
Annabelle Burrs, Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, Louis CK, Pete Davidson, Kevin Hart.
00:01:52
Steve-O
Pete Davidson was there.
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BeyBlade
yeah all right I'm not gonna act I'm not gonna act like uh
00:01:55
holla knight
Oh, my Bobby Lee was there. God damn it, Bobby Lee. Come on, man. What are you doing?
Ethics of Performing in Saudi Arabia
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holla knight
Like you wouldn't take that blood money?
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BeyBlade
I'm fully. No, no, it's not using that. I don't know. I'm not fully versed in all of the the specifics of it. I don't want to talk too much shit, but it's definitely not a good look.
00:02:14
Steve-O
No.
00:02:14
BeyBlade
It's a real bad look.
00:02:14
holla knight
Well, it's a hot hot topic in um and FGC esports right now, too, because they they're putting up all these big money, million dollar tournaments for fighting games.
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holla knight
And, like, some some professionals are, like, taking a stand.
00:02:26
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:02:31
holla knight
Like, they won't go because of, like, what the you know what the government stands for and all that. And others are like, dude, we gotta get paid. Like, this there's a lot of money for just going.
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holla knight
So it's like, why wouldn't we go?
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BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:02:43
BeyBlade
and I mean, that's the thing. They're not stupid. They know they're like, we got to fucking, cause I know, um, there's just one comic I'm i'm a fan of who's like very much like you would think he would have gone.
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holla knight
Like,
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holla knight
Right.
00:02:55
BeyBlade
And he was like, no, I had to say no. And he's like, and then they doubled the bag and he's like, and I still had to say no. He's like, it didn't feel good.
00:03:01
holla knight
ah
00:03:03
BeyBlade
Didn't feel good. like, uh, so I bet you those guys are like, no,
00:03:06
holla knight
But yeah, it's like,
00:03:10
BeyBlade
And then, you know, they're like, well, what if we doubled the money?
00:03:13
holla knight
yeah, what, yeah.
00:03:14
Steve-O
Yeah, I would not be surprised if like the amounts were different for each other comic.
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holla knight
Also, like it couldn't have been, yeah, it couldn't have been life-changing for some of these guys, though, you know? Like, at least, like, with esports, these guys don't really make that much money unless they play tournaments, you know?
00:03:26
BeyBlade
Yeah, like I'm sorry. Like, Bill Burr, you're already a millionaire, successful comic.
00:03:28
Steve-O
you'd be
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holla knight
Bill Burr, fucking Aziz Ansari, like, these guys are millionaires already, you know?
00:03:31
Steve-O
You'd be surprised, though. Because like you, you watch the commercials for like those mobile games during like the Superbowl
Comedians' Payment Speculation
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Steve-O
and it'll be like some fucking like cake puzzle game that looks like shit.
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Steve-O
And it's got like fucking like Chris Pratt and a Lobo.
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BeyBlade
Oh, yeah.
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Steve-O
And so like they're, they're throwing some mad money there.
00:03:55
BeyBlade
But I'm saying you don't think that's just them because they're like, I'm doing it because it's their shit yeah they're throwing me a good chunk of money and it's a fucking two hours of work.
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Steve-O
ah Yeah, I think it's it's obscene money for like not much work.
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BeyBlade
Yeah, like I i get why. Yeah.
00:04:11
Steve-O
Although this this seems like a lot more because it's like, you know, I imagine like for commercials, they can film that still in like Hollywood.
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BeyBlade
yeah
Horror Movies on Streaming Platforms
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Steve-O
This, you're actually actively going to Saudi Arabia.
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BeyBlade
Yeah.
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Steve-O
And you're like, I mean, your reputation is dropping like from doing it, but it's like, Ooh, do I take the hit or do I, do I make the bag?
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holla knight
Yeah.
00:04:34
Steve-O
And it's like, for some of these people, like Pete Davidson, dad died nine 11. Like that's, that seems like a conflict of interest, but
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holla knight
Yeah.
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BeyBlade
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, like I said, like, i just don't know enough to like, be like, I completely condemn you for doing this, but it definitely does.
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holla knight
yeah
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BeyBlade
It doesn't feel good.
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Steve-O
The thing, though, is the comedians who have been making jokes about it. Oh, my God. They've been on a tear. I've been dying over it.
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holla knight
Yeah.
00:05:05
Steve-O
Like ah my boy Stavi is absolutely.
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holla knight
Osabi's going he's he's going at it Oh, yeah, with
00:05:10
Steve-O
Oh, he's going out. He's a fucking hoot. I love him. He's also in that. ah I think he's in that Bologna movie. Yeah.
00:05:21
holla knight
the what's name I can never pronounce his name right. The guy that did, uh, whatchamacallit.
00:05:29
BeyBlade
Yorgos? That guy?
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holla knight
Yeah, well how do you pronounce his name? Yorgos Alonthimos?
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BeyBlade
Uh...
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BeyBlade
Lanthi. Yeah. so it sounds It's Yorgos, and then it just sounds like a warlock.
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holla knight
He's white.
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BeyBlade
Like, he's Greek.
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holla knight
What is he? great what
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BeyBlade
He's Greek.
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holla knight
He's Greek? Yeah.
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BeyBlade
Yeah.
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holla knight
He looked Greek.
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BeyBlade
Fucking guy. looks Looks like a gyro. I'll tell you that much.
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holla knight
Oh, man.
00:05:58
Steve-O
But ah we are not we are not. I know last week we joked about doing our next episode in Saudi Arabia.
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BeyBlade
In Riyadh?
00:06:04
Steve-O
We are not.
00:06:04
BeyBlade
Yeah, yeah.
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Steve-O
Yeah, we are not.
00:06:05
BeyBlade
I'm here.
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holla knight
We are not there.
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BeyBlade
I'm doing it.
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BeyBlade
I'm not here.
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holla knight
Yeah, we're not
00:06:07
Steve-O
yeah Chris Galani, however, is not here.
00:06:09
BeyBlade
Yeah. chris why't you
00:06:11
Steve-O
So maybe you can connect the dots.
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BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:06:16
BeyBlade
It's not hard, all right?
00:06:17
Steve-O
We're going to get Chris in so much trouble and he just had to work. He just had to fucking work.
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BeyBlade
He's just doing things.
00:06:23
Steve-O
Actually, he it's not that he has to work. His cousin from Tennessee, Alabama?
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BeyBlade
Alabama? He's got Alabama. all
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Steve-O
Yeah.
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BeyBlade
He has an Alabamian family.
00:06:32
holla knight
Roll Tide.
00:06:33
Steve-O
Roll Tide.
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holla knight
Roll Tide.
00:06:35
BeyBlade
Yeah, Rollin' in Riyadh.
00:06:39
Steve-O
That always does make me laugh that there's Alabama Galanis.
00:06:39
BeyBlade
Having fun.
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BeyBlade
but
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BeyBlade
Dude, what kind of breed do you think that is
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holla knight
Dude, no, they're freedom fighters down there, man. You know they are.
00:06:51
Steve-O
Oh, you say we might be in danger if we badmouth the Alabama Galani clan?
00:06:53
BeyBlade
Maybe. Dude,
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holla knight
Yeah. Yeah.
00:06:59
BeyBlade
yeah, hold your tongue, dude. You kidding me?
00:07:02
Steve-O
My goodness. Fucking deliverance.
00:07:06
BeyBlade
That's a jump. That's a hell of a jump.
00:07:10
Steve-O
No,
00:07:12
BeyBlade
and Can we rape you in the woods?
00:07:12
Steve-O
river
00:07:14
BeyBlade
No. I just wanted to hang out with my boys.
00:07:15
Steve-O
ah now they're just going to sit on your pizza. That's it.
00:07:20
BeyBlade
I saw a, i saw i watched ah I watched a horror film today, today, last night. I kickstarted the spooky season.
00:07:31
Steve-O
Oh, you kickstarted it?
00:07:32
BeyBlade
yeah Well, you know, ah hit me, personally. I cut the ribbon for for spooky things.
00:07:36
Steve-O
Okay. It's official.
00:07:38
holla knight
Yeah, it was you.
00:07:38
BeyBlade
ah
00:07:38
holla knight
It was you. it's It started already.
00:07:39
BeyBlade
It was me. It was you!
00:07:40
holla knight
It was you.
00:07:41
BeyBlade
It was you this whole time!
00:07:41
Steve-O
Mm-hmm.
00:07:42
holla knight
It was you.
00:07:44
BeyBlade
No, but ah I have a bone to pick with streaming service search algorithms. because ill Let me tell you, I didn't know what I wanted to watch. I just wanted to watch something kind of spooky.
00:08:00
BeyBlade
And there The horror section like doesn't exist anymore. like In the sense of like, I was on HBO Max and then I went to Netflix and I was just looking through categories and I was trying to find a category titled horror.
00:08:08
holla knight
Like, which which is streaming service? um
00:08:20
BeyBlade
They don't exist anymore. Now it's like horror with twist. Horror to hang out with your boo with. horror that makes you laugh.
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BeyBlade
And I'm like, no, I just want to fucking look at...
00:08:33
holla knight
Oh, oh. Sometimes I want to watch The Exorcist, you know?
00:08:36
BeyBlade
Yeah, dude.
00:08:36
holla knight
like
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BeyBlade
And I'll be honest, I couldn't find anything more than like...
00:08:37
holla knight
Give me that.
00:08:40
BeyBlade
It was either like... I couldn't find anything past like 2016 or it was like the retro like monster movie, like you know the fucking Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman.
00:08:54
BeyBlade
It was like that or... anything else was like 2016 and up. And I was like, where's like, where's the shit I haven't seen, you know? Uh, so I was, uh, I was pretty irritated.
00:09:08
BeyBlade
I'm not going to lie, but, and then I ended up just on Reddit and I was like, what's a good horror movie that's streaming right now. And then, you know, you go through the list and it's not to say I haven't seen some good stuff, but I wanted to see something new.
00:09:20
BeyBlade
And I watched a movie called the ritual. Um,
00:09:25
Steve-O
Oh, 2017's The Ritual?
00:09:27
BeyBlade
Maybe?
00:09:28
Steve-O
Is that the one where they go into the woods and they get stalked by like a monster?
00:09:31
BeyBlade
They go in the woods. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:09:32
Steve-O
I fucking saw that recently. That's ah that's actually a pretty good movie.
00:09:35
BeyBlade
Oh, really?
00:09:36
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:09:36
BeyBlade
Wasn't that? Yeah, it wasn't wasn't like, you know, the best thing ever. But no, I enjoyed my time. And I was like, when did you see it?
00:09:45
Steve-O
I saw it August.
00:09:47
BeyBlade
See, that's the problem. You didn't kickstart Halloween
Batman Comics and Adaptations
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BeyBlade
like I did.
00:09:51
Steve-O
No, I did not kickstart Halloween.
00:09:51
BeyBlade
he
00:09:53
holla knight
Yeah, you got kickstart it.
00:09:53
BeyBlade
Yeah, no, it was... um It was a fuck. I'd say it was a fuck.
00:09:59
Steve-O
I would say that. I would say say fuck to a good sit. I would say because it's October, it's a good sit.
00:10:04
BeyBlade
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:10:05
Steve-O
But any other month, it would be a fuck.
00:10:08
BeyBlade
Because, like, Jenny has, like, no stomach for, like, gore. And I'm like, okay. and so You know.
00:10:15
holla knight
Does she like horror movies, though? Because Sam doesn't like horror movies at all.
00:10:18
BeyBlade
That's not really. No, no. Which is a little surprising.
00:10:21
holla knight
She's always like, that looks scary. I don't want to watch that.
00:10:23
BeyBlade
I'm not going to lie.
00:10:24
holla knight
I'm like, but what if it's good?
00:10:25
BeyBlade
I felt like I was catfished a little bit. I was like, oh, you? You don't like Pomo.
00:10:29
holla knight
Yeah, on her on her profile, it said she was a horror movie buff.
00:10:30
BeyBlade
Okay. Cool.
00:10:35
BeyBlade
Yeah. you know i was like, okay, my bad.
00:10:37
holla knight
When you went to her place for the first time, she says Alfred Hitchcock posters all over the wall.
00:10:37
BeyBlade
My bad.
00:10:40
BeyBlade
Literally, she told me she told me a story about how like a bat was in her in her like house one time. And she's like, oh my God. but Like, you know, I was just like, oh okay. Like you're into that stuff.
00:10:52
BeyBlade
That's cool. Turns out not at all.
00:10:53
Steve-O
look Wait, hold on. You were like, oh, you you're into like dark, freaky, like horror stuff because there was a bat in the house?
00:11:00
BeyBlade
It's not like, no no, no.
00:11:01
Steve-O
Wait, wait, hold on
00:11:02
BeyBlade
But like, no, but like talking and talking to her, she's like, oh yeah, i like this. i like that. ah bad And you just start forming opinions.
00:11:10
Steve-O
You're like, oh, this person's looking a little bit on my dark side.
00:11:11
BeyBlade
And then I didn't know, like at the sight of like very, slightly above PG-13 blood. She's like, but and I'm like, oh, okay.
00:11:20
Steve-O
Do you think Batman is into horror movies?
00:11:26
BeyBlade
Um, yes, I, yes. I don't think he has a, I don't think he's like obsessed with it, but I like to think he's like, okay, I appreciate this.
00:11:36
Steve-O
and
00:11:42
Steve-O
now what if he also anything above pg-13 blood he's like killing
00:11:43
BeyBlade
We think he just gets too scared.
00:11:47
BeyBlade
It reminds me of my dead. Triggered. triggered. My dead parents. And you're like, I can't believe they do that. yeah I think Damien Wayne's super into
00:11:59
Steve-O
oh yeah he's absolutely they probably sneak down to the the wayne theater
00:12:00
BeyBlade
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:12:04
BeyBlade
You know what?
00:12:05
Steve-O
To be fair, actually, he probably fucked up after going to a movie and then watching his parents get killed. He probably doesn't like...
00:12:10
BeyBlade
Yeah, but dude, you can't just not ever see a movie.
00:12:12
holla knight
Watching Zorro.
00:12:13
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:12:14
BeyBlade
Yeah, you've seen. Yeah.
00:12:14
holla knight
Wait, it was Zorro, right?
00:12:16
Steve-O
Zorro. Or the zoo, if it's absolute Batman.
00:12:20
holla knight
Oh yeah, they just went to the zoo.
00:12:20
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:12:21
Steve-O
I fucking hate animals! Calm down, Bruce.
00:12:26
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:12:26
holla knight
Wait, did the new issue come out yet? I can never tell.
00:12:28
Steve-O
Uh... Soon? I think soon?
00:12:30
BeyBlade
Yeah. I'll be honest. Like being the app is cool, but like being up to date on the app sucks. You know what I mean?
00:12:37
holla knight
because you have to like check it or somebody has to tell me.
00:12:40
BeyBlade
Yeah. Being up to date on the app is a nightmare.
00:12:40
Steve-O
i I caved and i I went on Etsy and I bought an absolute Batman hoodie.
00:12:47
holla knight
You son of a gun.
00:12:48
BeyBlade
Wait, an absolute Batman what?
00:12:50
Steve-O
a hoodie. A hoodie for the for the fall.
00:12:52
BeyBlade
Oh, All right.
00:12:54
holla knight
Well, you're feeling it.
00:12:54
BeyBlade
I accept it.
00:12:55
Steve-O
I want to be all big and burly and like bundled up.
00:12:58
holla knight
Yeah, you just want to be 421 pounds.
00:13:00
BeyBlade
It barely bundled up, yeah.
00:13:03
holla knight
Why is it 421 pounds? Why didn't they just go 69, 420? Why couldn't they just do that?
00:13:07
BeyBlade
I think because of that exact reason, I think that exact reason, they're like, we can't do it.
00:13:12
Steve-O
You know what? Maybe he put on a pound.
00:13:13
holla knight
Snyder probably wanted to.
00:13:14
BeyBlade
Yeah, I bet you it was a...
00:13:15
holla knight
Scott Snyder.
00:13:15
BeyBlade
ah It was a note. It was like like an editor note.
00:13:19
holla knight
It was a Jim Lee note that was like, ah we can't do this, dude.
00:13:19
BeyBlade
they're like
00:13:22
Steve-O
This is a bit on the nose.
00:13:22
holla knight
just This is for kids. This this issue this comic book where Batman's slicing arms off of people is is for kids, actually. you know
00:13:32
Steve-O
Batman spitting his own stomach acid into people's face.
00:13:33
holla knight
so Oh my god.
00:13:38
Steve-O
It's for the children.
00:13:39
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:13:39
holla knight
Dude, this might be a hot take, Devin, but I think Absolute Batman by himself could take on the Ultimates and beat them all by himself.
00:13:39
BeyBlade
Do that.
00:13:46
BeyBlade
Dude, he couldn't even take on Bane in that fucking...
00:13:49
Steve-O
Dude, that's fucking Bane.
00:13:50
holla knight
Did you see Bane?
00:13:51
BeyBlade
I don't care.
00:13:51
holla knight
Did you see him?
00:13:52
BeyBlade
don't care. Do you see the Hulk?
00:13:53
Steve-O
Dude, he's... Bane is literally an attack on Titan Titan.
00:13:58
holla knight
Wait, what's the gi what's the ultimate gimmick for for Ultimate Hulk? Like, what's his shit?
00:14:01
BeyBlade
Nothing. he's He hates Freddie Prinze Jr. What do you mean? like
00:14:05
holla knight
That's right.
00:14:06
BeyBlade
Yeah, he would fucking annihilate Bane, dude.
00:14:08
holla knight
Ugh.
00:14:09
BeyBlade
Are you kidding me? i like I like Absolute Bane as much as anyone. Trust me. But, like, let's... See, this is what this is what kind of drives me nuts.
00:14:20
BeyBlade
Is, like, specifically you, John. You'll get into something and then you just, like, the blinders...
00:14:26
holla knight
I just started going crazy.
00:14:28
Steve-O
Thank
00:14:29
BeyBlade
Yeah, like, you just put the...
00:14:29
holla knight
I become unhinged, in my opinion.
00:14:31
BeyBlade
Exactly. And then you're like, oh, absolutely not. there's no There's absolutely no way he would ever lose.
00:14:36
holla knight
Well, Devin, hold on.
00:14:39
BeyBlade
Okay, yeah. No, explain to me how he would be the ultimate by himself.
00:14:41
holla knight
Stop.
00:14:44
holla knight
I don't have to explain it. Here, I'll just post this ah this thing you can describe of Ultimate Hulk actually losing in a fistfight to Captain America.
00:14:49
BeyBlade
Okay.
00:14:53
BeyBlade
He had a Captain America. Captain America.
00:14:55
holla knight
yeah
00:14:57
BeyBlade
Who's superhuman.
00:14:57
holla knight
Dude, you tell me... I don't know. I think absolutely Batman beats cap Ultimate Cap.
00:15:02
BeyBlade
Not to mention he's only down for like three seconds and he gets up and breaks Captain America's arm.
00:15:06
holla knight
He just kicks him in the balls.
00:15:08
BeyBlade
Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:09
holla knight
If that's all takes, dude, he'd be free.
00:15:11
BeyBlade
Dude, can I be honest with you?
00:15:12
holla knight
He'd be free.
00:15:12
BeyBlade
So so for so John just posted, it's a famous collection of panels of Ultimate Captain America fighting Ultimate Hulk in like the first arc of the Ultimates comic book, Marvel Ultimates.
00:15:13
holla knight
he be free
00:15:28
BeyBlade
It came out like way back when, like mid to late 2000s. ah It's Captain America punching Hulk in the nose, kicking him in the dick. knocking them out with a shield and then tripping them, you know, like just a collection of like, oh, okay, this is how this.
00:15:43
holla knight
This is what happens in Marvel versus Capcom.
00:15:45
BeyBlade
can i tell Can I tell you right now, this framing, like this collection of panels, when I read this in the Legends comic book store, I read this issue.
00:15:45
holla knight
This this happens. This combo.
00:15:49
Steve-O
Thank you.
00:15:53
holla knight
Oh, man. Dude, were you fucking...
00:15:55
BeyBlade
this
00:15:55
holla knight
Were you pumped? Were you locked in?
00:15:56
BeyBlade
This not only officially made me a Captain America fan, because I was like, I didn't know Captain America could do that. So not only did it do that, but this was like me going like, oh, comics are fucking cool.
00:16:04
holla knight
Like what?
00:16:09
BeyBlade
Like this might have been one of the first things that like got me a officially back in.
00:16:12
holla knight
It wasn't, was this, does this letter on my head stand for France that got you, that got your blood going?
00:16:16
BeyBlade
Yeah. No, no, dude. I was in way – I was in before that.
00:16:18
holla knight
Yeah.
00:16:20
BeyBlade
you know I was in around this shit because I remember reading this and I was like, oh, is this what comics are? Like, like – As much as I love Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate Wolverine, and you know I talk about the story about how that line of comics got me into comics like as an older person.
00:16:39
BeyBlade
like I wasn't just a kid.
00:16:40
holla knight
This Mark Millar, right? Mark Millar did the ultimates.
00:16:41
BeyBlade
Mark Millar and Brian Hitch. and um
00:16:44
holla knight
Oh yeah, Brian Hitch. Yeah.
00:16:45
BeyBlade
But like this is the thing where I was like, I need to start reading these books. And then I got into all the other Ultimate books after the fact. But like, so
00:16:57
BeyBlade
This will always be the goat to me. Captain America is just fucking dropping Ultimate Hulk.
00:17:03
holla knight
Fucking, yeah, sweeping the leg on Hulk.
00:17:06
BeyBlade
Yeah, I just ah yeah just... I just don't think he's absolute Batman. Has it in him. You know?
00:17:14
holla knight
You think actually Batman butman would lose to Ultimate Cap? Oh man, I wish Chris was on.
00:17:20
BeyBlade
what would chris What logic would Chris say? Me and my Bama family think that
00:17:23
holla knight
He would say... he would just ask you to he would ask you to explain the story of Death Stranding to him.
00:17:28
BeyBlade
Him and the Bama clan. Yeah.
00:17:30
holla knight
And then you would lose.
00:17:30
Steve-O
Explain Death Stranding.
00:17:31
BeyBlade
Yeah, he'd say...
00:17:32
holla knight
He'd say, explain the story of Death Stranding.
00:17:32
BeyBlade
Yeah, exactly.
00:17:35
BeyBlade
Fucking asshole. um No. um
00:17:40
holla knight
I remember I had to pick up One of the ultimate issues for you while you were in Disney World or some shit. and yeah and
00:17:47
BeyBlade
Oh, yeah.
00:17:47
holla knight
why And i had I wanted to spoil it for you, but prom you made me promise you.
00:17:51
BeyBlade
I think that was... That was the...
00:17:54
holla knight
It was the Iron Man.
00:17:55
BeyBlade
Yeah, that was like Iron Man 9 something like that.
00:17:55
holla knight
Iron Man issue, i think.
00:17:58
BeyBlade
It was like the last issue of...
00:17:58
holla knight
Something, yeah. Where he gets in the giant fucking Iron Man thing.
00:18:03
BeyBlade
Yeah, he gets into like a satellite, essentially.
00:18:06
holla knight
Yeah.
00:18:07
BeyBlade
Yeah, dude. I remember that because i was like, this is... Because his books would fucking take forever because of a few reasons.
00:18:16
holla knight
You're like, I'm going to Disney World.
00:18:16
BeyBlade
But...
00:18:17
holla knight
Can you pick my comic books up for me and not read them?
00:18:18
BeyBlade
Pick up my...
00:18:21
holla knight
And not tell me what happens?
00:18:22
Steve-O
read Don't read them, okay?
00:18:25
BeyBlade
I need it. Yeah, I needed you to – I need somebody to pick this shit up. But ah you know so but that being said, ah it's funny because I'm reading in the interim ah between Absolute Batman issues.
00:18:30
Steve-O
John, can you pick up my book and read it over the phone to me?
00:18:42
BeyBlade
I am attempting to read Batman Metal again like that.
00:18:48
Steve-O
Why?
00:18:49
holla knight
ah The Snyder, Capullo.
00:18:49
BeyBlade
and
00:18:50
holla knight
Because it's Snyder and Capullo.
00:18:50
BeyBlade
Because bothers me. It's Snyder Capullo and it bothers me because I want to know what the deal is with the man who laughs.
00:18:59
holla knight
Like why was it bad? Oh.
00:19:02
BeyBlade
Well, like, yeah, like all of it. I'm like, this is bad. Why is it bad? But there's things that have stuck.
00:19:06
holla knight
How was this bad?
00:19:07
BeyBlade
Yeah, but, you know, it's like it's been a few years and like there's certain imagery. There's certain bits of imagery that have like stood the test of time. And like the Batman who laughs or whatever is like one of those. And I'm like, I want to know what the deal is.
00:19:21
BeyBlade
But I'm i'm reading some some slop right now. But it's funny because in between, you know, there's still ads in the comics. So there's ads for a book that was just called like Batman White Knight, which is like...
00:19:34
Steve-O
Was that Frank Miller's book?
00:19:36
BeyBlade
No, no, that was like a... I don't know what that was. But no, that was Master Race you're thinking of.
00:19:43
Steve-O
Oh, God.
00:19:44
BeyBlade
um No, no, but there was a... It's like Batman has gone too far and the city turns to the Joker to like save them.
00:19:55
BeyBlade
And I'm like, that seems interesting. And then I just keep reading, you know, my, my, my bad book. And then I see another ad that's like, oh, it's, it's the crossover that they did with DC and Watchmen.
00:20:00
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:20:08
Steve-O
a
00:20:08
BeyBlade
Like, it's well, and I'm like, maybe I should, I don't want to, but part of me is like, I need to read that.
00:20:14
holla knight
No, don't do it. no no No, no, no, no, no.
00:20:16
BeyBlade
This is what I do.
00:20:16
holla knight
You don't have to.
00:20:17
BeyBlade
this is what I do, John. I just read.
00:20:19
holla knight
Why can't you be like me? just Read Robin 3000. Just do that.
00:20:22
BeyBlade
but This is my, that is my Robin 3000.
00:20:25
Steve-O
Did you didn read ah the old Gambit miniseries from back in the day?
00:20:25
BeyBlade
I
00:20:28
Steve-O
There you go.
00:20:28
BeyBlade
i mean, i mean, I've, I, I had the first issue and I read it and I didn't understand any of it.
00:20:29
holla knight
I have those somewhere. it was a four-issue series.
00:20:31
Steve-O
John's read
00:20:32
holla knight
Get a foil cover. 1993.
00:20:39
BeyBlade
Because I was way too young. And also Gambit's gambuts not particularly interesting, let's be honest.
00:20:42
holla knight
ninety ninety three
00:20:46
holla knight
Yeah, look at this cover, dog.
00:20:47
Steve-O
you could't You say that after last year.
00:20:52
BeyBlade
Yeah, no, I have this.
00:20:53
Steve-O
Gambit made the sacrifice.
00:20:53
BeyBlade
But this was it was all about like him being a thief and shit. And i was like, why isn't he throwing the things?
00:20:59
holla knight
Who wrote this?
00:21:00
BeyBlade
where here's Yeah.
00:21:00
holla knight
Howard Mackey wrote this. Who is that?
00:21:03
BeyBlade
he I don't mean to sound mean, but exactly. Right?
00:21:07
holla knight
I guess Gambit's brother was in there. have it, but I don't remember reading Maybe I i was like you, I just didn't understand it
00:21:11
BeyBlade
yeah
00:21:13
Steve-O
I remember going to Walmart or something and they would constantly have like the whole series in a bag by the counter.
00:21:21
BeyBlade
Dude, I love that. I love just picking. I bought a... I did that with um um Criminal. That Brubaker run where I just...
00:21:33
holla knight
Did that ever make it to being a TV show?
00:21:33
BeyBlade
Ah,
00:21:35
holla knight
I thought they were making that into TV show or something.
00:21:36
BeyBlade
maybe...
00:21:36
Steve-O
I think they are. i think it's currently being produced.
00:21:38
BeyBlade
Yeah, I think it's going to Disney Plus and nobody watched it. think I canceled for two episodes.
00:21:41
holla knight
Speaking of which, okay, how about this? Would it be out of pocket for DC Studios to try to pump in an absolute Batman animated series into HBO Max?
00:21:53
BeyBlade
Absolutely not. I think I'm shocked they haven't already done it.
00:21:55
holla knight
Like, is that too is that is that too, like, anime or manga-to-anime?
00:22:01
BeyBlade
No, no, no. I don't think so at all.
00:22:02
holla knight
keyed because there's not that much stuff and out right now?
00:22:03
BeyBlade
Like... The thing is is, I don't think it would be anime.
00:22:08
Steve-O
No, dude.
00:22:08
BeyBlade
Oh, like, I see what you mean, but like, no.
00:22:10
holla knight
Yeah, we're like, we're like they might they might have to wait to catch to catch up like Or would you, you know?
00:22:15
Steve-O
oh Oh.
00:22:16
BeyBlade
Don't just do the first arc, dude.
00:22:18
Steve-O
If you got the team that did the cyberpunk anime.
00:22:21
BeyBlade
Like, I think it would be a movie, right? that It wouldn't be like And then what?
00:22:25
holla knight
Wouldn't be a series?
00:22:26
Steve-O
Oh, you could do a show.
00:22:26
holla knight
Well, I could, yeah, you could do like ah like maybe five or six episodes the first season.
00:22:26
BeyBlade
Wait.
00:22:27
Steve-O
Let it be a show.
00:22:28
BeyBlade
Dude.
00:22:31
BeyBlade
and then why wait
00:22:33
holla knight
Well, that could be like the first arc.
00:22:33
BeyBlade
dude It would be like four years between seasons.
00:22:38
BeyBlade
You know what I mean? Because one, manga comes out a much faster clip.
00:22:38
holla knight
Yeah, that's what would suck.
00:22:41
Steve-O
maybe Maybe wait a little bit.
00:22:43
BeyBlade
And two, yeah, two, that's like, there's a whole deal in place when they sign sign up with like Shonen and all that.
00:22:44
Steve-O
We'll wait a little bit.
00:22:50
BeyBlade
It's like kind of crazy when you actually look into that. But no, think about It's like they would do the first thing, which could be, don't know, eight episodes.
00:23:02
BeyBlade
But then, like, they got to, okay, well, now we got to do the next one. And eventually they catch up and they'll say, you don't want fucking absolute filler. They're just going to do a DC movie because there's they make a billion. They make seven of those a year.
00:23:16
BeyBlade
And I think at that point it's just about finding the right art style that would make Absolute Batman work. Because he is, like, the thing that I'm shocked by is, like,
00:23:30
holla knight
We need that the Spider-Verse art style.
00:23:33
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:23:34
holla knight
That's what we need.
00:23:34
Steve-O
a
00:23:34
holla knight
but that's and They would have to crunch.........................
00:23:34
BeyBlade
No, but like, yeah, but he would look, yeah, he would just look like Kingpin. You know what I mean? He would just be gigantic. Like, it blows my mind that he, like, he's not cartoonishly big.
00:23:49
BeyBlade
Like, somehow they make it work. Because it really shouldn't work.
00:23:52
Steve-O
That's because like, you got to think about it. Cause it's like, we see him in comparison to like his friends a lot. And it's like making me realize that like,
00:23:59
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:24:02
Steve-O
Yeah, Killer Croc is going to be big. So in comparison, said they look like normal sized people, but like that dude probably lose.
00:24:09
BeyBlade
Yeah, and then Killer Croc not only needs to be big, he needs to be like kaiju-sized. He looks like a baby kaiju, Killer Croc, in Absolute Batman.
00:24:20
holla knight
du They're on their ninth reprint for Absolute Batman number one.
00:24:20
Steve-O
Hmm.
00:24:23
holla knight
This is this has got to be like a huge revolution for these comics.
00:24:23
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:24:28
holla knight
now
00:24:29
BeyBlade
Good for them. I'm excited. It's just, ah you know...
00:24:33
holla knight
It's just ah he couldn't beat
00:24:35
BeyBlade
And I just got to find out why why there's so many Batman that are metal. And they haven't... You know, the thing too is is, I haven't looked into this at all, but it really feels like it's just a big joke by Scott Snyder.
00:24:49
BeyBlade
Because
Film Discussion: 'The Smashing Machine'
00:24:50
BeyBlade
he's like, I want to call it metal. And then it's like some of the most metal imagery that you've ever seen. But it's also just...
00:24:57
holla knight
Well, isn't Greg Capullo like a big metalhead?
00:24:59
BeyBlade
Yeah, I think they probably both are.
00:25:00
holla knight
he do the art?
00:25:02
BeyBlade
um Yes, I think for the main book, yeah. but like it's just
00:25:07
holla knight
look at this guy. He's bald and has a goatee.
00:25:10
BeyBlade
But it's just like the plot of it is just like, oh, the Batman's been looking for different types of metal and it could not be more boring.
00:25:10
holla knight
He's like...
00:25:17
BeyBlade
It really couldn't be more or less interesting.
00:25:19
Steve-O
that Just Batman looking for gems? Is that what it is?
00:25:22
BeyBlade
He's just like, it's just like, well, you know, I understand the comic book-ness of it all where it's like, yeah. I have to find the metal B and I can't tell anybody because I'm Batman and I can't let them in on this.
00:25:34
Steve-O
Hmm.
00:25:35
BeyBlade
And then of course everything goes wrong. And it's like, and metal is like the, you know, cause we're still, by the time Batman metal had come out, we're still like posts reboot of the reboot.
00:25:47
BeyBlade
You know what I mean?
00:25:48
holla knight
Ugh, please stop.
00:25:50
BeyBlade
You know what I mean though? So was like, oh, Hawkman hasn't really been around yet type shit. So it was like, oh yeah, this Nth metal has now, now we have all the metal and there's a dark multiverse where everything's bad.
00:26:05
BeyBlade
And it's apparently just designed to be bad. So the good multiverse can be good.
00:26:13
BeyBlade
I love Scott Snyder. This is, it's bad writing. It's not, it's not terribly interesting.
00:26:18
Steve-O
i don't think I don't think you're doing yourself a ah service.
00:26:21
BeyBlade
But it's like my nightly thing, though. It's like i go to bed. I like i lay down. i read like an issue and a half, and I fall asleep. Like the la the the iPad like hits me on the face, and I'm like, okay, it's time to go to sleep.
00:26:32
Steve-O
Oh, the old, that's, hey, you're too tired to read comics. Bad comics.
00:26:37
BeyBlade
Yeah. Well, I'm too tired to read good comics, too. It's what it is, though.
00:26:40
Steve-O
That's fair.
00:26:44
BeyBlade
But... It's been all right. ah But I did also see... um I watched The Smashing Machine over the weekend with The Rock.
00:26:55
BeyBlade
I was one of the 15 people that saw it.
00:26:57
holla knight
Is that Benny Safdie that did that one?
00:27:00
BeyBlade
I'm pretty sure that's Benny
00:27:02
holla knight
And then which one's doing the which one's doing the ping pong movie? Is that Josh? Is that the other brother?
00:27:10
holla knight
With ah which, Timothee Chalamet?
00:27:12
BeyBlade
Yeah, Benny Safdie is The Smashing Machine.
00:27:15
holla knight
It's not the same Safdie brother that but did both movies? That's too soon, I guess, for both those movies to come out.
00:27:20
Steve-O
Thank you.
00:27:21
BeyBlade
Yeah, um ah Josh Safdie is the the older brother. But, um yeah.
00:27:29
holla knight
Benny's the one that played Edward Teller in Oppenheimer, right?
00:27:32
BeyBlade
Yeah, yeah. And also, he was the bad guy in Happy Gilmore 2. Which is very fun. I don't care what you say. That's worth it.
00:27:40
holla knight
I didn't watch it. i didn't watch it yet.
00:27:42
BeyBlade
It's fun. It's fucking fun. But, um yeah, it's ah you can tell... There's a little bit of uncut gems in here just in terms of like the way it's shot a little bit.
00:27:56
holla knight
Is it anxiety-inducing?
00:27:56
BeyBlade
um No, that's I think the problem is like I don't think that style works.
00:28:02
holla knight
It's not an an anxiety-inducing fever dream. Like...
00:28:05
BeyBlade
No, it's actually kind of boring.
00:28:05
holla knight
Damn.
00:28:08
BeyBlade
And I don't know if this would have been more boring or less boring if I, i because I've never seen the documentary, which I do hear is like an all-timer. i really hear I hear they're like, oh yeah, it's like an all-timer documentary. It's one of the best they've ever done, um which is great, but I haven't seen it.
00:28:24
BeyBlade
But I also heard it's like beat for beat the same thing. And they just like movie, you know, they just kind of like make it more cinematic, but it's just kind of like, it's just nothing.
00:28:39
BeyBlade
Nothing's moving. And I'm not saying it has to move for the sake of the plot because it's it's a biopic. But it's just like he goes and he's... you know Part of it's like he's a big juiced up looking guy who looked you know fucks people up in you know and fights.
00:28:58
BeyBlade
And he's like, oh, hi. Yeah, I just love fighting. It's just like it's really fun. I mean you know i absolutely don't hate anybody. And I really respect everybody. you know And he's kind of like nebbish and he's really kind of soft-spoken. Yeah.
00:29:11
BeyBlade
um And that's, I think to me, and I think to the viewer, that's the interesting part, right? It's like, how does this guy who looks like this? So, you know, soft-spoken and kind of intelligent and this time the other thing, and he was talking about, he's like, yeah, you know, sometimes I just think about like, what if I stuck my thumb in this guy's gash and opened it up so I can win the fight?
00:29:30
BeyBlade
Because I like winning so much. And, you know, I understand that, but it's just like, as a watch, it's kind of just there, you know, good, not great.
00:29:39
Steve-O
Mm-hmm.
00:29:41
BeyBlade
I do think The Rock puts on a really good performance. um I think Emily Blunt puts on an equally good performance. But there's a choice that they make in the movie, and I don't know how much of this is based off the documentary versus, like, whatever they want to do. But there's another fighter. And and again, Smash the Machine documentary based off a fighter called Mark Kerr and his team.
00:30:07
BeyBlade
There's this other guy who goes by the name of Mark Coleman. who is played by another fighter, like a real life fighter named Ryan Bader.
00:30:20
BeyBlade
Mark Coleman's story is like 40 to 50% of this movie,
00:30:27
Steve-O
oh
00:30:29
BeyBlade
but it's played by a guy who's not an actor. Like, and I understand, like it's played by this guy, Ryan Bader, who is a fighter. So there's the authenticity there, but like, He's like, you know, he goes. So there's a scene where um Mark Kerr overdoses.
00:30:45
BeyBlade
ah He's addicted to heroin. He overdoses. He wakes up in the hospital. And Mark Coleman comes in to kind of tell him, like, hey, man, like, what's going on? Right. But it's you're asking a lot of a guy who is not a trained actor who never this wasn't really his thing. And he's just like, hey, Mark, come on, Mark. You can talk to me, Mark.
00:31:06
BeyBlade
and so and you're just watching just kind of like, no disrespect, but like you're just watching bad acting, you know?
00:31:12
Steve-O
Oh, hi, Mark.
00:31:13
holla knight
Oh, hi, Mark.
00:31:13
BeyBlade
yeah It's not that bad, right?
00:31:15
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:31:15
BeyBlade
But I'm just like, we're putting a lot of, and hey, like, I get it.
00:31:15
Steve-O
Oh.
00:31:19
BeyBlade
Like, this is the way the story is told, but I'm just like, could they just not afford another actor, like, to just play the guy Mark Coleman?
00:31:21
Steve-O
yeah
00:31:28
BeyBlade
Like, if he's going to be this important into the story, and if he's going to be this much of a role,
00:31:36
BeyBlade
why is ah Was The Rock that expensive that this is where we had to cut the corners? Because it's like 40% of the movie is based around this guy that can't act.
00:31:45
Steve-O
Isn't ah Bass Rudin also in this movie as himself?
00:31:48
BeyBlade
Yeah. As himself? Yeah. Yeah, because he played... So it follows... so it follows Mark Kerr during... um This is before I really started watching, by the way.
00:32:01
BeyBlade
um But it really started following ah him during his career in Pride and the UFC.
00:32:09
Steve-O
Hmm.
00:32:09
BeyBlade
UFC's in all the trailers and everything. He he really only fights in the UFC like twice. You know, I think only...
00:32:14
holla knight
but yeah What year is it? Like the 80s?
00:32:16
BeyBlade
This is like, no, this is like 2000, like year 2000, 2002, something like that, I think. Maybe late 90s. um Marker fights. But it's, um so, but basically, just for those who don't know, Pride was another organization.
00:32:36
BeyBlade
Think of it like, you know,
00:32:41
Steve-O
A W.
00:32:42
BeyBlade
East. Yeah, no, no. Yeah, yeah. Like WWE, AEW, right? Yeah, it's probably the easiest thing. um But like, because Pride's not around.
00:32:49
holla knight
Why don't they call Pride anymore?
00:32:53
BeyBlade
got bought out by the UFC. Real Vince McMahon situation.
00:32:57
holla knight
Oh, geez.
00:32:58
Steve-O
Ah, like WCW. Hey, there you Nevermind.
00:33:00
BeyBlade
ah Yeah, yeah, a little bit, little bit, little bit. But ah yeah, like he fought it four ufcs 14 15 97 this is and those were the events where you're fighting multiple times a night you know and then he did a few prides and because pride at the time we're doing more they were doing more fights that's that and the other thing um but anyway he just kind of follows his his you know his career up to a point and um
00:33:15
Steve-O
yeah
00:33:33
BeyBlade
And it's just like, you know, it kind of hits the beats that they all hit, right? Oh, he he gets addicted to drugs. Oh, he has a painkiller addiction. He loses for the first time. He doesn't know how to handle it. And some of that stuff is interesting. And I was saying it's bad. It's not bad at all. It's just, I just kind of watched it. And I was like, okay.
00:33:54
BeyBlade
That was it, you know?
00:33:56
holla knight
um
00:33:57
BeyBlade
But...
00:33:57
Steve-O
OK.
00:33:58
holla knight
So what it wasn't as good as one battle after another?
00:34:01
BeyBlade
No, I actually, the closest I would compare it to is probably Ironclaw. Um, probably not as good as Ironclaw, but like I had very similar, but I had like very similar feelings walking out Ironclaw.
00:34:10
holla knight
i still haven't seen that. and I really wanted to watch that.
00:34:15
BeyBlade
I was just like, yeah, it was just kind of like things happen, but like didn't didn't have that. It didn't have like that extra gear to go in and make it interesting, you know, or at least super interesting to me.
00:34:22
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:34:27
Steve-O
I remember people, you know, hyping that movie up or at least like the production.
00:34:30
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:34:31
Steve-O
But then when it came out, it just kind of came and went.
00:34:34
BeyBlade
Well, enough ah slight side tangent, but the thing that bothers me about Iron Claw is like. It leaves out like two brothers that also die.
00:34:47
Steve-O
Yeah. You're
00:34:47
BeyBlade
and it's like and then some of them are just combined and I'm like. To me, as a biopic, that feels ghoulish. You know, it's like, hey, I know we're telling your story, the story of your family.
00:34:56
Steve-O
going to be like,
00:34:59
Steve-O
The Von Erics.
00:34:59
BeyBlade
But at least I know your one brother died, but we're just going to mush him with another brother. And then we're just going to get a two for one there.
00:35:06
Steve-O
It's not believable that there's like 18 this family and they're all dying.
00:35:11
BeyBlade
Of these fucking guys that just all... Yeah, but like, I don't know. like And maybe it's just because I'm a little more familiar with it. ah that I don't know.
00:35:24
BeyBlade
But it's not bad, but it's it's very much like good, not great.
Recent Gaming Experiences
00:35:30
Steve-O
a
00:35:30
BeyBlade
But, ah and you know, and hey, maybe he'll get a nomination and it's probably worth it just for that. Because he's gigantic in this movie. Like, they're like, yeah, he had to get bigger...
00:35:41
Steve-O
That doesn't impress me.
00:35:44
BeyBlade
I know. That's the thing.
00:35:45
Steve-O
If The Rock wants an Oscar, he's got to get as small as possible.
00:35:46
holla knight
He's been bigger.
00:35:49
Steve-O
He needs to Christian Bale himself.
00:35:50
BeyBlade
needs to go machinist. Yeah, it needs to machinist.
00:35:52
Steve-O
Yes.
00:35:53
BeyBlade
think it really fat in the next like three months later.
00:35:55
Steve-O
Oh my God. Do like a reverse shallow Hal.
00:35:59
BeyBlade
Dude, yeah.
00:36:01
Steve-O
Actually, didn't didn't they do that with...
00:36:01
BeyBlade
I believe it.
00:36:03
Steve-O
ah What was the movie where he was like fat in like the past? And he was singing in the shower?
00:36:08
BeyBlade
Oh, the ro yeah. The CIA agent movie or whatever.
00:36:11
Steve-O
Yeah, yeah. That was a fucking hoot.
00:36:14
BeyBlade
yeah you know
00:36:14
holla knight
Wait, the one with Kevin Hart?
00:36:16
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:36:19
BeyBlade
You mean a famous Riyadh comedian?
00:36:22
holla knight
A famous Saudi Arabian.
00:36:23
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:36:23
Steve-O
Yeah, yeah.
00:36:23
holla knight
Yeah, Saudi Arabia comedian.
00:36:24
BeyBlade
and i
00:36:28
holla knight
Shill.
00:36:28
BeyBlade
the
00:36:29
holla knight
Blood money acceptor.
00:36:29
BeyBlade
Hey, John Cena. Didn't John Cena wrestle?
00:36:30
Steve-O
The shilling machine.
00:36:31
BeyBlade
Didn't John Cena wrestle in Saudi Arabia?
00:36:33
Steve-O
CM Punk and John Cena wrestled there.
00:36:33
BeyBlade
can't. Yeah, dude. Yeah, dude.
00:36:37
Steve-O
I mean, to be...
00:36:37
holla knight
john Didn't John Cena do a few make-a-wishes in Saudi Arabia?
00:36:38
Steve-O
the to be
00:36:41
Steve-O
They are...
00:36:42
holla knight
He's got the same blood on his hands.
00:36:42
Steve-O
TKO is a company that is owned by a Saudi Arabia company. so
00:36:50
BeyBlade
Yeah. That was pretty
00:36:52
Steve-O
I wonder if Jared Kushner also owns that as well as The Rock.
00:36:57
BeyBlade
simple. Whoa.
00:36:58
Steve-O
No, because that's the thing, because we were talking about how, I think last week we were talking about Yeah.
00:37:00
BeyBlade
Jared Kushner owns his own company, but he bought, he like bought that with, I don't know. Yeah. I don't know that shit works, but yeah, I, uh, so I, I watched some of that.
00:37:07
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:37:13
BeyBlade
We watched some other stuff, but, uh, real quick, I just want to give a quick little shout out to, uh,
00:37:22
BeyBlade
Uh, two games I've been playing. Uh, one game I had to put on the back burner, but I got, I got to sit down with it. It was Claire obscure.
00:37:33
BeyBlade
I am very close to the end of act two. I think, I think there's three, then maybe an epilogue.
00:37:39
holla knight
How many acts are there?
00:37:39
Steve-O
Okay. Three.
00:37:40
holla knight
Three?
00:37:40
Steve-O
three
00:37:43
BeyBlade
i don't know, but like, yeah, it's like 30 acts. Um, So yeah, I'm i'm i'm digging it. I do have some... Some things I do find pretty annoying about it.
00:37:55
BeyBlade
um Just like mechanically. But I don't know how much of that's me being lazy. So... so the game gets lauded for a lot of this, like, Oh, like traditional, it's a traditional Japanese RPG style game, right. With, you know, uh, turn-based battles and all that.
00:38:14
BeyBlade
And I understand the desire to make turn-based battles less like monotonous where you're just hitting the button you're like, okay, I hit, I defend, I do a spell, I use an item. Like I get it.
00:38:27
BeyBlade
But like near the, where where I'm at in the game, there are jumps, there are dodges, there are parries, there are specific parries.
00:38:39
Steve-O
Mm-hmm.
00:38:39
BeyBlade
And it's just like, bro, I don't want to, now I have to pay too much attention and all the enemy enemies.
00:38:46
holla knight
Oh, you're used to easy mode Final Fantasy seven Do whatever you want.
00:38:49
BeyBlade
It's not even that dude.
00:38:50
Steve-O
yeah
00:38:51
BeyBlade
It's not like that. It's just like, I'm like, bro, I just want to, cause sometimes you're fighting just guys, you know?
00:38:55
holla knight
isn't that part Isn't that part of the appeal, though? Like, the combat system in that game? That's what all all I hear heard about how good it is.
00:38:59
BeyBlade
The combat system is good. I just think it's a little busy. like at Like at this point where they're like, and they're going to have to do this because all the enemies, for the most part, will throw like multi-hit combos at you.
00:39:15
BeyBlade
But it's at like a Souls-like cadence where you're like, no human being would ever throw their punch like this. But because the game is designed to fuck with your timing, you know, it's just like they're like swing and then they shift and then they swing again and then they hit you.
00:39:34
BeyBlade
And you're just like, no, dude, like no. It's just frustrating because then you're fighting four different enemies that all do this, that and the other thing. And, um...
00:39:44
holla knight
Is it like Final Fantasy XIII paradigm shift stuff?
00:39:47
BeyBlade
I don't know.
00:39:48
Steve-O
Whoa. whoa
00:39:49
BeyBlade
I don't think so because I've never played 13, but paradigm shifting never made sense to me. Just visually, i don't understand what's happening. um But it's not as busy as that, but it's just like sometimes you just want to fight a guy and then you're like oh my fucking God.
00:40:06
BeyBlade
And then you're like, all right, I got to do this basically borderline you know button puzzle. um But that being said, do I am very much enjoying it.
00:40:13
holla knight
Butt puzzle.
00:40:17
BeyBlade
But I had to... I found a good spot to kind of put it down for a minute. Because Ghost of Yote came out. And somebody has to represent... You know... Traditional Japanese culture.
00:40:30
BeyBlade
and i'm gonna and I'm going to do that. And that game's been really good so far. um It definitely feels like... Just a little bit of enhanced Ghost of Tsushima.
00:40:44
BeyBlade
For sure. But... That's not a bad thing at all. um There is something that is really interesting and I really like how they go about it. And I don't know if this is ever going to get past this point.
00:40:59
BeyBlade
Like, I don't think this type of gameplay is going to go into other areas of of the game. At least it hasn't for me. But, you know, so you have your sword. And then you can find other weapons, right?
00:41:12
BeyBlade
Tool swords, the big katana, the spear, the fucking chain and ball and all that. And what's interesting is that when you go you have to go to a master and they're like, hey, i'll I'll teach you how to do this.
00:41:26
BeyBlade
And what's cool is like the game does a really good job of showing you like how to use your weapon. So like, okay, like, For example, you got to use the twin swords and ah the the guy's like, hey, like you need to strengthen up your left arm.
00:41:44
BeyBlade
So he's doing this puzzle where he's it's not puzzle. just doing like a almost like a mini game where he's throwing like flaming logs at you and you have to tap the button to like cut the logs. But you're bad at because you're like too slow and like the cadence is off and like nothing's really working that well.
00:42:01
BeyBlade
And your character is like, this is fucking bullshit.
00:42:03
holla knight
so
00:42:03
BeyBlade
This is too hard. And then like you keep training and then all of a sudden the puzzles, I'm saying puzzles, but like all of a sudden like the mini games are getting easier and easier to do.
00:42:14
BeyBlade
And it kind of like shows like just through gameplay, a really clever way of progression to get better with this weapon
00:42:21
holla knight
you
00:42:22
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:42:22
BeyBlade
And then at the end, they're like, okay, you've learned the art and now you can use this, you know, the dual swords or the spear or the fucking gigantic katana and all that. And every one of them has been like kind of fun to like learn, you know, because again, it's like almost like you're you're in a your little mini training arc.
00:42:41
BeyBlade
But yeah, man, the game's fucking real good and real pretty. And I will say this. And this is a very specifically me thing.
00:42:55
BeyBlade
But so I'm playing on my PS5 Pro. This is the game I was kind of waiting for.
00:43:00
holla knight
Yeah, hey.
00:43:00
BeyBlade
Like my first time experience where I just get to go into the menu. I get to go into settings and then I just get to pick.
00:43:08
holla knight
Change it to first person.
00:43:08
BeyBlade
I go right, right, right, right. now I go right, right, right. And it just goes like pro mode. Right. And it's like.
00:43:14
Steve-O
and
00:43:14
holla knight
Oh, shit.
00:43:15
BeyBlade
And it's like fucking, oh, you wanted all the bells and whistles and 60 frames?
00:43:15
holla knight
Pro mode.
00:43:19
BeyBlade
Fucking here it is, right? And I'm like, oh, this is wonderful. And I'm playing the game and it's awesome. But it almost, you could tell it's almost, it's like a supercharged PS4 game, right?
00:43:37
BeyBlade
not a bad It's not a bad thing, but like I had this complaint when I played Gears of War 4.
00:43:44
BeyBlade
Or Gears 5. I played one of the Gears games at a ah our friend Borden's house.
00:43:49
Steve-O
Mm-hmm.
00:43:50
BeyBlade
I played it on his fucking super nuclear high-end PC. He's like, yeah, you want to play it? Like, co-op with me? I said, sure. I go there and I play it. His PC was so good that you could kind of see, you could see like,
00:44:05
BeyBlade
The polygons, right? Like the screen, this it was so clear and it was moving at such a frame rate that like all the the blurry edges that are usually covered with, you know, whatever, right?
00:44:19
Steve-O
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:44:20
BeyBlade
Occlusion, fucking 30 frames, like all that, like it's all gone. So you're seeing all of like almost the rough edges. And it kind of made the game, even though it's it's playing at a, like, I guess the best way I can compare it is like, if you've ever played like a remaster, almost just like an HD remaster of like a PS2 game.
00:44:40
BeyBlade
And you see all the edges, right? You see the blocky polygons that like make up their body and arms and stuff. It doesn't really matter because you're enjoying the game, but you still see it. And you're like, oh my God, like this game looks almost, you know, you could see the strings, right?
00:44:55
Steve-O
Yeah. Yeah. I get you.
00:44:56
BeyBlade
there's a little bit There's a little bit of that. There's a little bit of that with Ghost of Yote on this fucking PS Plus mega fuck you mode, right? With my TV.
00:45:07
Steve-O
It's too pure now. Hmm.
00:45:09
BeyBlade
And like, because like they're doing the things with the wind, right? The wind looks gorgeous. there I was doing a thing and I was like just watching a cut scene and like the wind's blowing. And I'm just like, those are just 2D polygons just moving.
00:45:22
BeyBlade
And like they just looked really... I don't want to say bad, but they looked obvious, right?
00:45:25
holla knight
It looked janky. Just say it.
00:45:29
BeyBlade
I was just like, this was just a guy coding, and he was like, oh, we're going to put these, and they're just going to move across the screen. You could see the strings, essentially, um just a little bit.
00:45:41
BeyBlade
There's just a few moments where I'm just like, man, this just feels like a fucking secret.
00:45:47
holla knight
Did you try going back to non-promo? Does it
Game Features and Modes Discussion
00:45:50
BeyBlade
I don't want to.
00:45:50
holla knight
seem...
00:45:51
Steve-O
you won Yeah, like, that's the thing.
00:45:51
BeyBlade
can't.
00:45:51
holla knight
Oh, God.
00:45:52
BeyBlade
Did I buy this thing for John?
00:45:52
Steve-O
Like, yeah, like, you're a professional now.
00:45:54
BeyBlade
What I?
00:45:56
Steve-O
Like, there's no going back, like,
00:45:57
BeyBlade
yeah i i am I kind of feel like I should ah just to see if it like looks quote unquote better. But like you know it's like when the when the leaves are blowing and then you can um but you can kind of see the pattern that the leaves are blowing in. Like, okay, the first and the third and fifth rows are all going the same.
00:46:17
BeyBlade
you know They're all blowing the exact same way. and That's really interesting. and then But the actual gameplay sick. because And I'll tell you this. The coolest thing that I've done with this game so far is in the settings, you can customize.
00:46:33
BeyBlade
Maybe I'm crazy. I like the accessibility customization options. So I go in and instead of normal, medium, hard, whatever, I put it in custom.
00:46:44
BeyBlade
And i I drop the damage taken down. but I upped the aggression all the way to like legendary mode. So now I'm having like extremely fast paced samurai fights where they're really going after me, but like I'm not being punished as hard.
00:47:01
Steve-O
You're right.
00:47:04
BeyBlade
And I'm just like, man, this is like such a more fun way for me to play this game. Like I could have put it on more ah like normal mode and just, you know, dealt with it. But now I'm playing this game at such a high, like frenetic pace.
00:47:19
BeyBlade
But I'm not getting – I'm not putting myself in like Sekiro mode where this guy is swinging at me 50 times in a minute and then I die in two hits, right? he He'll tag me a few times, but like it's just more – I know.
00:47:31
holla knight
Some people think that's fun, Devin.
00:47:33
BeyBlade
and i'm
00:47:34
holla knight
I like that.
00:47:34
BeyBlade
And I'm basically playing Sekiro on fucking baby mode and I'm loving it. I'm like, oh, what a fun little –
00:47:39
holla knight
I'm like, I'm a little triggered right now, just a little bit.
00:47:43
Steve-O
That was detour. Yeah, that was a detour.
00:47:44
BeyBlade
I get it.
00:47:45
Steve-O
I think he did that to do that, John.
00:47:48
BeyBlade
I really didn't. i it's I'm like really enjoying the fact that I did this. i was like, oh yeah, this is Because he's he's they're fucking throwing bombs at me and I'm like, okay, that's fine.
00:47:59
BeyBlade
Comboing. um I'm sure you Sekiro players get it done in a second, but... Old news to you two, but...
00:48:08
Steve-O
Hey, I'm not a Sekiro player.
00:48:10
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:48:10
holla knight
I mean, it's a little different.
00:48:11
Steve-O
i don't know what you're talking about. I don't even know what you're talking about.
00:48:12
holla knight
little different.
00:48:13
BeyBlade
Oh, and then ah real quick, real quick, shout out. I finally got off my off my butt i've been watching dragon ball i'm off
00:48:20
holla knight
and Got a Costco card. thought you were to talk about your Costco card.
00:48:23
Steve-O
Dude, you should talk about your Costco card instead of Dragon Ball.
00:48:24
holla knight
Yeah,
00:48:27
BeyBlade
i mean it's just as interesting i got costco i talked about last week uh one what dime dime is the one dime is the newest one oh my god okay so you know gt
00:48:30
holla knight
we did.
00:48:32
Steve-O
Well, compare the two. Compare the two.
00:48:33
holla knight
We did, yeah.
00:48:36
Steve-O
Which Dragon Ball are you watching?
00:48:36
holla knight
Yeah.
00:48:38
Steve-O
What the fuck is Daima?
00:48:46
Steve-O
Yeah, I know GT.
00:48:47
BeyBlade
Okay, imagine if Toriyama said, you know how Toriyama didn't ever officially work on GT?
00:48:53
Steve-O
Right.
00:48:54
BeyBlade
Imagine if he said, i want GT.
00:48:54
holla knight
Yeah, that's why it was bad, right?
00:48:55
BeyBlade
Yeah, but imagine if he was like, I want GT. I'm going to do GT. Fuck you.
00:48:59
Steve-O
Toriyama's dead.
00:49:01
BeyBlade
Toriyama died, yes. He died right before like the last like five episodes came out.
00:49:08
Steve-O
Really?
00:49:08
holla knight
Of Daima.
00:49:09
BeyBlade
Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's actually like crazy.
00:49:10
Steve-O
all my
00:49:11
BeyBlade
Yeah, it's it's it's sad. It fucking bums me out. But basically ah it takes place before Super in the timeline. But ah this this my they they deepen the lore of the Majins. You know, Majin Buu and all that. So they're like, oh, there's a demon world, this, that, and the other thing.
00:49:30
BeyBlade
Guy wishes all the heroes to turn into children. So now, but now you have a little baby Vegeta, you got baby Piccolo, you
00:49:37
Steve-O
Wasn't that the plot to Sky High?
00:49:40
BeyBlade
No.
00:49:41
holla knight
Yeah.
00:49:42
Steve-O
I'm pretty sure at the end of that movie they turned Kurt Russell into spoilers for your fucking Sky High.
00:49:43
BeyBlade
I didn't see the end of that movie. they so what You know what's weird? is I've seen like most of Sky High. I've never finished it. And I like it. I liked what I saw in Sky High.
00:49:53
Steve-O
go watch Sky High. It's basically Dragon Ball Daikai.
00:49:56
BeyBlade
Okay. Oh, God. Yeah. But no, dude. It's fucking Goku just doing cool shit. and you know I kind of know how it ends because I have the internet.
00:50:09
BeyBlade
But it's, I'm like, oh, this is fun. It's fun just, again, my rule is i I try to follow the rule as as long as I can, which is don't fuck with anime unless it's like done.
00:50:20
BeyBlade
Because now I can go in enjoy, got the English dub.
00:50:21
Steve-O
That's fair. Hey.
00:50:25
BeyBlade
i can just fucking lay back, relax, enjoy it at my own pace. Yeah, that's that's what I've been keeping busy. I've
00:50:33
Steve-O
You, it sounds like you've been doing a lot.
00:50:36
BeyBlade
been doing a lot, dude. Yeah.
00:50:37
Steve-O
I, I haven't been doing as much, but I have delved into and, f
00:50:48
BeyBlade
silent old caked up edition
00:50:50
Steve-O
Yeah. Uh, so far, you know, the story's all right. It's interesting.
00:50:54
holla knight
Yeah.
00:50:54
Steve-O
It's like about like, um, it's about this girl who, um, she goes into town to like talk to her friends about stuff. Her family's kind of been bothering her.
00:51:06
BeyBlade
ah okay good
00:51:06
Steve-O
Um, and, uh, just the town gets taken over by like, like these like weird, like flowers and like there's monsters and demons, classic silent hill stuff.
00:51:18
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:51:18
Steve-O
Um, And, you know, so far been it's been good. um It's interesting. Like, I don't know if it's as, like, as good as 2. But, like, you know, not many horror games can be.
00:51:33
Steve-O
ah But ah the one thing that's been very, very prominent, and, you know, I know Silent Hill has had, like, the nurses and stuff in the past. ah This game features weird caked-up scarecrows.
00:51:48
BeyBlade
I'm not mad about this. I'll be honest. I saw the clip and was like, I support this.
00:51:52
Steve-O
it's very It's very cartoonish because you're like, you know...
00:51:52
holla knight
Hell yeah.
00:51:55
BeyBlade
No, wait. So you, you, okay.
00:51:56
holla knight
I was like, is this the RE engine? This looks like the RE engine to me.
00:52:01
BeyBlade
Is that Cammie throwing lead kicks, dude?
00:52:02
Steve-O
I would not be surprised if you...
00:52:03
BeyBlade
Heavy, a heavy lead kicks?
00:52:03
holla knight
Is that Cami clapping cheeks, right? Clapping her cheeks together right now on here or what?
00:52:06
Steve-O
just Yeah.
00:52:06
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:52:09
BeyBlade
Wait, let me, let me, add that so you, you sent us a video where it was just like clearly like zoomed in on the scarecrow's caked up butt.
00:52:16
Steve-O
That's the cutscene. That's a cutscene.
00:52:18
BeyBlade
I was going to say, that wasn't somebody with free-run camera that was just like, yo, look out, unnecessary. The game's like, no, we want to really focus in on this.
00:52:23
Steve-O
Yeah, yeah. that is a That is a choice.
00:52:28
BeyBlade
I respect it more.
00:52:28
Steve-O
That is a choice.
00:52:29
BeyBlade
I respect it more now.
00:52:30
Steve-O
I don't know if it's like ah going to be a story beat. It doesn't...
00:52:33
BeyBlade
yeah
00:52:34
Steve-O
I don't know why it would be a story beat.
00:52:35
BeyBlade
it's my It's my story, B, dude. Yes.
00:52:37
Steve-O
No, it would be beating your story meat. But...
00:52:42
BeyBlade
Yes.
00:52:42
Steve-O
ah yeah Yes. um But, ah you know, other than that, it is a Silent Hill game. ah it does have... Weapon durability.
00:52:54
Steve-O
The dreaded weapon durability, which I have had points where I've completely broken all of my weapons in this game and I've just been forced to kind of run around weaponless.
00:53:08
Steve-O
But you do have a dodge. You do have a quick dodge. and um
00:53:13
BeyBlade
so well how many hours have you put in on this
00:53:15
Steve-O
I would say I put about like four, four, five.
00:53:18
BeyBlade
okay so you're maybe like fourth is the way through yeah
00:53:21
Steve-O
like I'm not like crazy far in, but like you know I've definitely like you know peeled it back a little bit. And I'm like, okay. And you know i I do want to jump back more into it at some point. But um you know so far, I'm like, this is this is good.
00:53:37
Steve-O
ah I don't know. There's a lot of games coming out in the next like couple months. So I don't know if it's going to be something that like is something I might have to return to later.
00:53:48
Steve-O
Because...
00:53:49
BeyBlade
You really think it's going to take like months to beat this game?
00:53:53
Steve-O
No, because the problem is I've just been having so much goddamn fun with ah Sonic Ries and Cross Worlds.
00:54:00
BeyBlade
Okay.
00:54:00
Steve-O
Dude, I hate to admit it. They did a ah festival this week where they were like, hey, you know.
00:54:05
BeyBlade
A Riyadh festival?
00:54:06
Steve-O
No, yeah, yeah. Hatsune Miku is at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
00:54:09
BeyBlade
Dude, Sonic! Dude, Sonic fucking went the festival!
00:54:13
Steve-O
Yeah, it was fucking Robotnik didn't go. Robotnik's got some scruples, thankfully.
00:54:16
BeyBlade
Okay. He's like, no thank you, sir.
00:54:19
Steve-O
ah um
00:54:20
holla knight
I
00:54:20
Steve-O
but it's it's been a ton of fun. I just found out you can like kind of like set the music in that game, so like when you get to like a certain like lap, you can have it play a certain song from like the Sonic... like just like It's like, hey, if you do these time trials, you'll you'll unlock music from Sonic Mania, and I'm like, oh, that's fucking cool. Okay.
00:54:44
Steve-O
Like that I keep learning more and more about like stuff that I can like unlock in the game. And I keep getting impressed. ah They just announced today that on October 8th is when the ah the Minecraft stuff is going to enter the game. So.
00:54:59
Steve-O
Chicken jockey, everybody.
00:55:01
holla knight
chicken jockey
00:55:02
BeyBlade
Wait, so when was the last time you played Silent Hill?
00:55:05
Steve-O
ah Like two days ago.
00:55:06
BeyBlade
and Two days? and Okay, okay, okay.
00:55:10
Steve-O
Like it's definitely good.
00:55:11
BeyBlade
I was going to ask you, assuming I didn't already, like assuming I beat Claire Obscure, should that be in October, in the month of October?
00:55:17
Steve-O
yeah
00:55:22
BeyBlade
Do you think I should jump in?
00:55:24
Steve-O
I think if you're looking for some scares, yeah.
00:55:25
holla knight
Silent Hill's always scary, dude.
00:55:27
Steve-O
Yeah, why not?
00:55:27
BeyBlade
don't know. Well, I guess I was kind of looking at Kronos too, but...
00:55:32
Steve-O
I don't know much about Grannis. I don't know.
00:55:33
holla knight
Yeah, but aren't you playing Ghost of Yotai?
00:55:35
BeyBlade
No, that's what I'm saying.
00:55:35
holla knight
Yotai?
00:55:35
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:55:36
BeyBlade
I'm saying once I clean my plate, once I clean my little...
00:55:38
holla knight
Yeah, but that isn't that like an 80-hour, 100-hour game?
00:55:41
BeyBlade
I put about 55 hours in already, dude.
00:55:42
Steve-O
You got a lot of foxes to chase, man.
00:55:43
holla knight
Oh, wow, you put you put all that out?
00:55:45
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:55:45
holla knight
Dude, you're putting fucking Silksong hours in that, baby?
00:55:47
BeyBlade
Yeah, ah I was putting work in.
00:55:48
holla knight
You're pumping that shit out?
00:55:49
BeyBlade
Yeah, I was putting fucking work in, dude.
00:55:52
holla knight
All right. how yeah How far are you in Ghost?
00:55:53
Steve-O
Hell yeah.
00:55:56
BeyBlade
I would say, so I'm, I don't know if you remember how like the first ghost game went, but it was like, you could do like the first mission with this guy the first mission with like that guy.
00:56:02
holla knight
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:56:07
holla knight
Right.
00:56:08
BeyBlade
So I've kind of been, I've, I've taken out the first one, but that's not really a flex.
00:56:08
holla knight
How many of the of the Sinister Six have you taken down? Right.
00:56:16
BeyBlade
It's like literally the tutorial fight is like, you take down one of the Yotei six.
00:56:20
holla knight
Right.
00:56:20
Steve-O
a
00:56:21
BeyBlade
um And I, at this point, I pretty sure I can trigger like,
00:56:23
holla knight
The seventh samurai.
00:56:27
BeyBlade
Because you kind go at it... Dude,
00:56:27
holla knight
You know there's a seventh one, right?
00:56:28
holla knight
There's gotta be a seventh guy. The granddaddy.
00:56:31
BeyBlade
it's going to be your fucking dad or something, I bet.
00:56:34
holla knight
It's gonna be your uncle.
00:56:34
BeyBlade
But...
00:56:35
holla knight
It's gonna be your uncle again, and you have to kill him again.
00:56:36
BeyBlade
Yeah. No, no. But um I'm at a point where I could definitely fight one of the other Yotei 6. And then I could, i believe, pretty much almost just as quickly fight another one.
00:56:50
holla knight
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. So you're telling me you only slain one? 55
00:56:54
BeyBlade
Yeah, but i've been you know I've been kind of like bouncing around.
00:56:57
holla knight
hours in the game you only took down one, bro?
00:56:58
BeyBlade
Yeah. Yeah. Listen, dude, there's a lot of foxes, a lot of swords I need to master.
00:57:02
Steve-O
Yeah, he's just been...
00:57:03
holla knight
don't know.
00:57:04
Steve-O
hes He was talking about those of fucking the he had to master all those weapons.
00:57:04
holla knight
I don't know, dude. like... Sounds like you're
00:57:09
BeyBlade
Yeah, dude, I don't even have all the weapons.
00:57:10
holla knight
18% the done right now. sounds like to me.
00:57:14
BeyBlade
But, but it's one of those where if I put like two hours in, I'd be 45% done.
00:57:18
holla knight
You could take down six you take down four of them right away.
00:57:18
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:57:20
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:57:20
BeyBlade
yeah I could be halfway through the fucking stuff.
00:57:21
holla knight
Alright, okay. ah so it's like
00:57:24
BeyBlade
But, uh,
00:57:24
holla knight
Do you think it's going to end up being... like Just from what you've played so far, is going to be like like... If you level up ah hard enough, right and if you grind hard enough right now, you think it'll just be kind of a breeze?
00:57:34
BeyBlade
Yeah.
00:57:37
Steve-O
He's sipping.
00:57:37
holla knight
Yeah, it's going to be free?
00:57:37
BeyBlade
I don't...
00:57:37
Steve-O
He ain't gulping.
00:57:38
BeyBlade
You know, yeah, yeah. well to see Yes, I am sipping, not golden.
00:57:41
holla knight
You're 55 hours in, dawg!
00:57:42
BeyBlade
but But to to what you said, like, I don't know if this is the game or if it's me, but, like, dude, when you take a hit, like, um like a so you know, i talked about my my sliders, you know, not necessarily sliders, but, you know, my my little custom toggles.
00:58:02
BeyBlade
You know, if you're playing just on straight normal, like, i
00:58:03
holla knight
Your pacifiers, I think. How many pacifiers do you put in?
00:58:05
BeyBlade
If you take a hit, dude, if you just take a swing, you can then maybe take three swings. And I don't have a little amount of health, right? Like, you take three or four hits and you're in danger.
00:58:17
BeyBlade
Like, you got to be sucking down some puzzles.
00:58:19
holla knight
Just call me call me when you get the stance, it like goes to Tsushima, where you just raise your arm in the air and they're all afraid of you.
00:58:25
BeyBlade
No, that's the thing. There's no stances anymore.
00:58:26
Steve-O
Mmm.
00:58:27
BeyBlade
There's no stances. that they get so So now it's like...
00:58:28
holla knight
Oh, they changed it up?
00:58:31
BeyBlade
and You know how like high stance would beat spears and low stance would beat...
00:58:34
holla knight
Right, right, right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:58:35
BeyBlade
But now it's twin swords beat spears.
00:58:38
holla knight
Oh, it's just weapon... It's weapon...
00:58:40
BeyBlade
Yeah, spears beat twin swords.
00:58:41
holla knight
Weapons that are stances. Okay, well, that's kind of cool.
00:58:44
BeyBlade
ah The big...
00:58:44
holla knight
That's kind of a cool change.
00:58:45
BeyBlade
Yeah, the big katana beats... Like, it's called... You know the um the fucking Mifune in Seven Samurai?
00:58:53
holla knight
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:58:54
BeyBlade
That big ass sword.
00:58:54
holla knight
Kikuchio.
00:58:55
BeyBlade
So yeah.
00:58:55
holla knight
Kikuchio.
00:58:56
BeyBlade
So that beats like the heavy guys. So the only one I don't have right now is the the coolest one.
00:59:02
holla knight
Can you, like... is it Is the game, I haven't seen really ah much of it, but like can you like hot swap in middle combat between each ones, or do you have to like switch them up?
00:59:03
BeyBlade
The chain.
00:59:11
BeyBlade
Not necessarily. It's not like you can, but there's not going to be like, you can't like flex it into an animation.
00:59:15
holla knight
it's like it's Is it like Red Dead, where you have to like you have to like set it on your horse, and then you you can switch between
00:59:21
BeyBlade
No, no, it's not it's not to that point, but it's like if I'm swinging, because there's you can disarm enemies now, um and then if they have a backup weapon, they'll pull it. but So it's like I'll do the disarm attack and then switch to my swords, like my twin swords, for example.
00:59:38
BeyBlade
ah But if I keep mashing, I'm just going to swing with my samurai sword until there's a beat, and then I'll switch over. Like I can't combo in, basically.
00:59:47
holla knight
Oh, I see, I see, I see.
00:59:48
BeyBlade
Which is like, it's a little frustrating, but also this game is...
00:59:52
holla knight
But, like, it's it's kind of the same as the the first game. It's not like you could just ah swap stances on the fly, like, in the middle of one fight.
00:59:55
BeyBlade
Yeah, and and like... Yeah, and like one of the things that people like so um liked about that is like it's... don't want to say it's like historically accurate, right? But it's it's not like...
01:00:09
BeyBlade
cartoonish, right? Like the combat is slightly realistic, which is the same with this, right? Outside of me, fucking chain assassin. i finally got that thing.
01:00:20
BeyBlade
Like I got the, I got to the point where I could just throw a fucking little flash bomb and then just chain assassin, like four dudes in the neck.
01:00:26
holla knight
Right.
01:00:27
Steve-O
e
01:00:28
BeyBlade
And my wolf, my wolf hangs out with me. And then you do a little wolf missions. And then you, then you, then you level up your wolf abilities.
01:00:32
Steve-O
They got a...
01:00:36
holla knight
You got crypto? You got a little crypto following you?
01:00:38
BeyBlade
got but We call him Musashi in this house. But yeah.
01:00:41
Steve-O
a
01:00:41
holla knight
Oh, he's Moosh.
01:00:43
BeyBlade
He's little moosh man.
01:00:43
Steve-O
You got a Kurosawa mode in this game?
01:00:45
BeyBlade
yeah Well, yeah. That was in the other one.
01:00:46
holla knight
There's a different... I thought there was a different director version of this game.
01:00:49
BeyBlade
There's like four. Yeah, yeah.
01:00:50
Steve-O
Oh, the Tarantino mode.
01:00:51
BeyBlade
So there's Kurosawa mode. So there's traditional Kurosawa mode. Miki mode? Probably. miss
01:00:59
holla knight
oh
01:00:59
Steve-O
Oh, okay.
01:01:00
holla knight
Oh, and Watanabe? There's a Watanabe mode?
01:01:02
BeyBlade
Yeah, so Miki mode is like he's known for like really gory, gritty. like Japanese films.
01:01:09
holla knight
Right, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:01:10
BeyBlade
So, so what happens if you put in me game mode, the camera zooms in a little bit, right? It's so it's a little more tighter on the character and like the blood and mud effects.
01:01:17
holla knight
Yeah, that's the that's the guy that did, like, Ichi the Killer or some shit.
01:01:20
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:01:20
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:01:21
holla knight
Like, that's, dude.
01:01:21
BeyBlade
The blood and the mud effects are like tripled. Right. So it's like when you, when you slash a guy, he's fucking covered in blood and you're covered in blood and it's,
01:01:28
holla knight
It's just spraying everywhere. ah Technically, that could be considered Kurosawa mode as well, a little bit.
01:01:34
BeyBlade
No, no, it's not.
01:01:35
Steve-O
That's just chill.
01:01:35
BeyBlade
yeah yeah Yeah.
01:01:36
holla knight
Sometimes.
01:01:37
BeyBlade
Sometimes. Right. And then there's a.
01:01:38
holla knight
everything Everything is Kurosawa mode.
01:01:40
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:01:40
Steve-O
Oh, OK.
01:01:42
holla knight
Technically, Star Wars is Kurosawa mode, too.
01:01:44
BeyBlade
Yeah. And then there's a. Yeah. What an army mode, which is low five beats.
01:01:49
holla knight
Yeah, what's that? It's like...
01:01:50
BeyBlade
It's like low five beats. So you're playing the game as normal, but like it just plays stream friendly low five beats.
01:01:53
holla knight
Okay.
01:01:57
holla knight
It's fun.
01:02:00
Steve-O
that's just chill
01:02:00
holla knight
Jazz music. It's just cowboy bebop music.
01:02:01
Steve-O
okay
01:02:02
BeyBlade
Yeah, no, it's literally just chill music. It's, yeah.
01:02:06
holla knight
That's kind of... You know, i remember now, when I played Ghost of Tsushima, I was so unbothered by the...
01:02:10
BeyBlade
It's neat that it's there. It's not a selling Yeah.
01:02:15
holla knight
ah Or it's just so like kind of blah about the score that I just used. I just played the Last of Us 2 soundtrack over it.
01:02:24
BeyBlade
Oh, you're like, dude.
01:02:25
holla knight
And it was, like, way better.
Game Completion and Challenges
01:02:26
holla knight
Like, yeah, it just felt way better because it's still kind of, like...
01:02:27
BeyBlade
Is that a thing? where yeah I will say the one thing that bums me out about not having Spotify anymore.
01:02:34
holla knight
Oh, it's not... That's not on PlayStation anymore?
01:02:36
BeyBlade
no no, it is, but I don't have a Spotify account anymore. So like, because I loved, I used to love doing, I used to love putting Spotify on and then just playing it over, ah you know, like when you're doing just the, the whatever shit.
01:02:43
holla knight
Oh... Yeah.
01:02:47
holla knight
Yeah.
01:02:50
holla knight
Just saying, man. That Last of Us 2 score works well.
01:02:53
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:02:53
holla knight
It goes to Tsushima, too.
01:02:55
BeyBlade
Oh yeah.
01:02:56
Steve-O
Bet it would work for Yotex.
01:02:56
holla knight
Riding that horse. Probably. it is They are both DEI woke projects, if you think about it.
01:03:01
BeyBlade
Oh, man.
01:03:06
holla knight
and now
01:03:08
BeyBlade
All I'm thinking of is
01:03:09
holla knight
That's cool. So all that time, you only so you only took down one.
01:03:13
BeyBlade
only one, but I think I could quickly take down another two.
01:03:13
holla knight
That's got fuel.
01:03:17
BeyBlade
Maybe even three.
01:03:17
holla knight
I'm going to check in with you tomorrow.
01:03:18
BeyBlade
Maybe
01:03:19
holla knight
You better have five done by tomorrow.
01:03:21
Steve-O
Damn, dude, get to work.
01:03:21
holla knight
state Wait, let me actually, let me look it up. How long to beat Ghost of Yotei?
01:03:25
BeyBlade
I am blind. Maybe I haven't put 55. But I'm pretty sure
01:03:30
BeyBlade
both pretty
01:03:31
holla knight
God, I'm not interested in your AI mode. Oh yeah, you could beat it. You could Steve O'Tiri Red Dead 2 in 23 hours. Or completionist is 61 hours.
01:03:42
holla knight
That's about, your and you're 55? Devin, I think you're dragging your feet, dawg.
01:03:46
BeyBlade
I think so, dude. i Well, you know what? To be fair, to be totally fair.
01:03:52
holla knight
Do you think that, do you think that could, that could drag the game experience?
01:03:54
BeyBlade
Oh, my god I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. i said 55. It's 20. I don't know where I got 55.
01:04:00
holla knight
Oh, okay. i was like, what the fuck are you doing? Like, 55 hours, what are you doing?
01:04:03
BeyBlade
You know what? I just kept seeing your 55 and just that mentally took over.
01:04:06
holla knight
You fuck, are you fishing? Are you fucking fishing with the Hosea and Dutch for 30 of those hours, dog? You better be.
01:04:14
BeyBlade
Oh my God.
01:04:14
holla knight
Actually, I've been seeing a lot of stuff about, you know, like, all the random non-game stuff that people are posting, and it's pretty, it looks pretty cool.
01:04:18
BeyBlade
You know
01:04:21
holla knight
Like,
01:04:21
BeyBlade
what? You know what fucking killed me?
01:04:22
holla knight
fishing and stuff.
01:04:24
BeyBlade
sent it to you already, John, but it was the, so we'll probably talk about it, but the Xbox ad mode, right? Like the, the, the,
01:04:32
holla knight
Oh yeah, with the the Burger King thing at the end of Red Dead 2.
01:04:33
Steve-O
oh
01:04:34
BeyBlade
Yeah, but it's like... Yeah, it's just like fucking...
01:04:39
holla knight
Arthur's dying and it's like, Whopper, Whopper, Whopper, Whopper!
01:04:41
BeyBlade
It's like, stand... Yeah, like the standing there song starts playing. It's wobber, wobber, wobber, wobber.
01:04:46
holla knight
i
01:04:48
BeyBlade
Because they did one with Last of Us 2 where like Jill's like, whatever you gotta say, save it, just do It's just like fucking...
01:04:49
holla knight
Oh my god.
01:04:57
BeyBlade
That terrible fucking wobber ad. I'm like...
01:05:00
holla knight
Oh, man.
01:05:02
BeyBlade
Whopper, whopper, whopper, whopper.
01:05:03
holla knight
That's so funny.
01:05:05
holla knight
That's so good. Yeah,
01:05:07
BeyBlade
Oh, God damn it, dude.
01:05:11
BeyBlade
This is my favorite hobby.
01:05:12
holla knight
because I put 55 hours in the Silksong.
01:05:15
BeyBlade
Yeah, I'll be honest. I think I just saw that. My brain just went to that. But I admit I'm a fraud. It's fraudulent play.
01:05:27
holla knight
Yeah, Steve, I was talking to Devin. It fucking feels horrible that Silksong's probably my game of the year over Donkey Kong.
01:05:33
Steve-O
Damn.
01:05:36
holla knight
Like, I feel bad.
01:05:36
Steve-O
Damn, dude.
01:05:38
holla knight
And he's like, I love this. This is the best. This this is the best feeling in the world. That's what sniveling Devin was saying.
01:05:44
BeyBlade
Yeah. I said, yeah, I said, good.
01:05:45
holla knight
Because like it was the last two year was it two years ago.
01:05:48
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:05:49
holla knight
i ah hate played Elden Ring and then had to give get game of the year over Ragnarok. ragnarok
01:05:56
Steve-O
I think you got a little masochist streak in you, Jon. I think you like the pain.
01:06:02
holla knight
It's not the pain. It's like overcoming it. Getting to the top of the mountains. Like, yeah. I fucking did that book.
01:06:09
Steve-O
If Donkey Kong was harder, we might be having a different conversation.
01:06:12
holla knight
No, but that's the thing, though. Like, I'm thinking about the end of Donkey Kong again, and I'm like, bro. I don't know. I don't know, dog. i mean, we'll see.
01:06:23
holla knight
There's still a lot.
01:06:23
Steve-O
That's possible moment of the year.
01:06:25
holla knight
There's still like 40, 35, 40% of this game that I might not be able to play. Like, I might not be good enough.
01:06:33
Steve-O
You're good enough.
01:06:33
holla knight
to it.
01:06:34
Steve-O
I guarantee you're good enough.
01:06:34
holla knight
So we'll see.
01:06:35
Steve-O
If you're not good enough for that, then... i have I have no hope.
01:06:39
holla knight
Yeah, I guess you don't get that. Yeah.
01:06:40
Steve-O
I have no hope.
01:06:41
holla knight
Dude,
01:06:41
Steve-O
I have no faith.
01:06:44
BeyBlade
did you ah
01:06:44
holla knight
dude I'm just telling you, man. Some of it just feels like they're fucking trolling you, man.
01:06:47
BeyBlade
Could you really imagine them putting like 60 hours in and then just having to quit because you're just not good enough?
01:06:47
holla knight
Like...
01:06:53
Steve-O
like I'm sorry. I'm just maybe I'm too old. Maybe like my like.
01:06:58
holla knight
You know, I felt i thought that it was it was when I was at the the true final boss of Hollow Knight, There was a point in time where i was like, am I going to be able to beat this?
01:07:06
Steve-O
Are my reflexes ah not sharp enough?
01:07:10
holla knight
And then I just locked in. I popped a couple, i popped four Zins in and just locked. da Just locked in and fucking went in. I was totally focused.
01:07:20
Steve-O
I fucking took some Tylenol and I fucking zoned in.
01:07:21
holla knight
of it Yeah, it took like four time at all.
01:07:23
Steve-O
Thanks, mom. Thanks,
01:07:24
holla knight
Took like four time all and then read a bunch of wikis about how to beat it. And then I was good to go, dawg.
01:07:32
holla knight
gotta thank my mom for taking all that Tylenol when she was pregnant with me.
01:07:35
Steve-O
thanks bob thanks mom
01:07:36
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:07:37
holla knight
ah How
Game Modding and Retro Gaming
01:07:38
holla knight
else would I have been able to be to beat this beat these games?
01:07:43
holla knight
But yeah, man.
01:07:46
holla knight
Oh, man.
01:07:47
Steve-O
ah
01:07:47
holla knight
It kinda... Man. Because usually I i influence the the waves in the Discord with these games, and i don't think a lot of people are playing this game. I don't know think a bunch of people are are kind of...
01:08:02
holla knight
intimidated by it.
01:08:03
Steve-O
I think it's ah it's a scary one. it's It's definitely like outside of the Souls like.
01:08:07
holla knight
Because they ah lot yeah a lot of the press you heard is like is how impossible the game is.
01:08:08
Steve-O
Right.
01:08:11
holla knight
but
01:08:11
Steve-O
Right.
01:08:13
holla knight
And it really does like it doesn't really get easier. Which was
01:08:17
Steve-O
I want i want to replay it, but I also want to get it for for Steam. So, yeah.
01:08:22
holla knight
Hollow Knight? Hollow Knight?
01:08:23
BeyBlade
ah So you can use cheat mods? I get it.
01:08:25
Steve-O
Yeah, i want to put mods on.
01:08:26
BeyBlade
I get it.
01:08:26
Steve-O
I want to put mods on. i want have shirtless Hollow Knight.
01:08:29
holla knight
Yeah, dude, i've know I've seen people do that. There's this streamer that that plays Hollow Knight, and he put he has a mustache. he put a He put a little mustache on his little knight guy in Hollow Knight, which is pretty cool.
01:08:39
Steve-O
That's kind of fun. That's fun.
01:08:41
BeyBlade
I'll just put on a spike no damage mode.
01:08:43
holla knight
I would just give Hornet an the game.
01:08:45
BeyBlade
One-tenth of damage inflicted.
01:08:50
BeyBlade
Yeah. Just saying.
01:08:51
holla knight
with infinite ammo and then just breeze through the game
01:08:54
Steve-O
No problem.
01:08:54
BeyBlade
Just saying, guys.
01:08:54
Steve-O
No problem.
01:08:55
BeyBlade
That game's too hard.
01:08:56
Steve-O
i Hey, I remember back in the day, and um it took a long time for me to be like, oh damn, maybe I sucked as a kid. But I played a lot of games with Game Genie and Game Shark.
01:09:07
BeyBlade
Dude, those were the only games I beat growing up. Like, from the...
01:09:10
holla knight
Dude, no, no, no, but real talk though, Steve, when I was replaying Donkey Kong Country 1, I was like, how the fuck did...
01:09:15
Steve-O
Mm-hmm.
01:09:17
holla knight
was like, did I not beat this as a kid? But I remember beating it. And like, and now, like what i'm playing it now, I'm like, how the fuck is that? How could I... Like, this game is hard. It's a hard game.
01:09:27
BeyBlade
Is that game design based off memorization as opposed to like skill?
01:09:28
holla knight
Donkey Kong Country is a...
01:09:29
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:09:32
holla knight
No, I mean, there's still like precision platforming in Donkey Kong Country. Like, it it gets...
01:09:35
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:09:37
holla knight
That game gets really hard at the end. Especially with the
01:09:39
BeyBlade
Yes.
01:09:40
holla knight
with those psycho fucking minecart
01:09:43
Steve-O
Oh, the mine carts, dude, with the.
01:09:44
holla knight
epi levels towards the end. It's like...
01:09:47
Steve-O
The one where like the the ghost chases you in the mine cart.
01:09:51
holla knight
Yeah, dude, yeah, that one. I think, well, maybe it's like you could actually spam like getting extra lives in that game that it like doesn't really...
01:10:00
Steve-O
Oh, that that is a possibility.
01:10:01
holla knight
and you know Yeah, so like that's
01:10:03
Steve-O
Yeah. Also, maybe that was the thing, because like, you know, modern games kind of don't have like game over start from the beginning again point.
01:10:11
holla knight
Yeah, they just have ultra-long runbacks through fucking hell to get back to where you were.
01:10:13
Steve-O
Right. And lying save points.
01:10:18
holla knight
yeah like... Oh, yeah, dude. I was like... yeah I was like... Because Nizumi was like... Yeah, dude, there's ah if you go right up there to the left, there's ah there's a there's a bench you can rest out there. And I get in there, and I get hit with a fucking booby trap.
01:10:32
holla knight
And I'm like, already at one shot. like, absolutely. I'm like, dude, this is like... Like, why? why
01:10:37
Steve-O
I've seen so many clips of that moment and I'm like, that's fucking deviant.
01:10:38
holla knight
You know?
01:10:41
holla knight
It's fucked up, dude. It's real fucked up.
01:10:44
Steve-O
This is some Super Mario Brothers Lost Levels stuff I'm seeing. The developers just hate the
01:10:49
holla knight
Oh, where it's just... Yeah. Yeah, it's like, oh, you... And the thing is, like, it's not like people were complaining that a Hollow Knight was too easy and they should make it more hard, you know?
01:11:02
holla knight
Like, that game's really hard, too. So...
01:11:03
Steve-O
They gave you a hard game and then they said, well, we got to make this equal even harder.
01:11:08
holla knight
Dude...
Best Games of the Decade Debate
01:11:09
Steve-O
You play one and then you play the other. You don't just jump into Silksong.
01:11:14
holla knight
But yeah, I'm like, I think I'm like, I could finish Act 2 if I tried right now.
01:11:20
Steve-O
Hmm.
01:11:21
holla knight
um I think the the part where I'm stuck at, the skill issue the skill issue part, is is a main thing I have i actually have to beat.
01:11:32
Steve-O
Yeah, I.
01:11:32
holla knight
But i'm at the point I'm at the point right now where like if I run into a wall, I want to run headfirst into the wall until I get through it.
01:11:36
Steve-O
Hmm.
01:11:39
holla knight
like I don't want to pass it.
01:11:40
Steve-O
You're going to do the thing that Devin said, where like you're going to like come back to it at some point, and then you'll just like first try it.
01:11:41
holla knight
asked him
01:11:47
holla knight
I don't know, dude. that lot of people A lot of people complain about it. I remember I was talking about the one boss that everybody complained about that I beat in one try.
01:12:00
holla knight
My first try. Well, I found out later they actually patched that boss.
01:12:04
Steve-O
Oh.
01:12:04
holla knight
So now I feel bad. Yeah, I actually...
01:12:06
Steve-O
They redon patched it.
01:12:07
holla knight
They Redan patched them and then I beat it. So I kind of feel...
01:12:13
holla knight
feel incomplete about that little bit.
01:12:15
Steve-O
I wish that was like an option.
01:12:15
holla knight
I feel...
01:12:17
Steve-O
Like,
01:12:17
holla knight
I'll play pre-patch. Well, I wouldn't do that. No way.
01:12:20
Steve-O
do you want to, do you want to play the, the sicko mode? There you go.
01:12:23
holla knight
Yeah. Well, no, no, no, no If they, pat but the i don't know. Anyway, it's a good game. Would I recommend it to anybody?
01:12:34
holla knight
No. I would recommend Elden Ring to a lot more people than I would recommend this game to.
01:12:36
Steve-O
Hmm.
01:12:41
holla knight
And that's not, that's not because Elden Ring is, is easier because it's not, it's just, you know, that's probably... Like, there's a more fulfilling experience in that type of game as opposed to like, a Metroidvania, you know?
01:12:57
Steve-O
i want I want to talk about Elden Ring for a second because we started on the Discord talking about
01:13:00
holla knight
Oh, Elden Ring.
01:13:02
Steve-O
a
01:13:03
holla knight
Oh, what the best game of the decade is?
01:13:04
Steve-O
Yeah, so it originally stemmed from the best game in the twenty twenty s so far.
01:13:06
holla knight
Bro.
01:13:09
holla knight
Oh, because I trolled. i fucking trolled and said, oh, spent $20 on the game of the decade and then Amir was like, you talking about Elden Ring or Baldur's Gate 3?
01:13:18
Steve-O
but He came at your neck real hard.
01:13:18
holla knight
And then everybody just went fucking buck wild.
01:13:20
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:13:20
holla knight
Yeah. Yeah.
01:13:22
Steve-O
Dude, every part of me just wanted a debate in a fight.
01:13:22
holla knight
yeah
01:13:25
Steve-O
Like I was so like, I don't know what it was, but like Devin, Devin immediately clocked me, which I was really impressed by.
01:13:34
BeyBlade
Oh, were you? Yeah, dude. was like, what the fuck?
01:13:40
Steve-O
I was like, I have no room for people to like just kind of not have this become an argument. I was like, I want this to become a fight. want this to be something.
01:13:50
BeyBlade
Steve's just sitting there. He had a slow day. Like, fuck it.
01:13:53
holla knight
Because we were talking about from 2015 to now, right? That's what we were talking about.
01:13:56
Steve-O
Right. Yeah.
01:13:59
holla knight
It's tough, man.
01:13:59
Steve-O
And that's where it became hard because that's like from like 2015 was when Bloodborne came out. And now we're in 2025.
01:14:09
holla knight
yeah It's hard to say. It's hard to not say Elden Ring or Breath of the Wild, right? like like Those are the two that are like first to come to my head.
01:14:14
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:14:17
holla knight
Two games that Devin didn't didn't play.
01:14:17
BeyBlade
Yeah. yeah so It's funny because, well, it's two games I did play and then stopped because I didn't like it. You know, it's like, ah yeah, like, so like, it just wouldn't be on my list, you know?
01:14:26
holla knight
Skill issue for some people, i think.
01:14:31
Steve-O
That's the thing. The reason why that is true.
01:14:31
holla knight
But yeah, but also Last of Us 2 came out as well, you know?
01:14:35
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:14:35
Steve-O
Yeah. It was 2020.
01:14:37
holla knight
Yeah.
01:14:37
Steve-O
um
01:14:38
BeyBlade
See, I take out the the snobby shit so I can keep my last us too, but then I can throw a Titanfall 2 in there.
01:14:45
Steve-O
You know what? You mentioned Titanfall 2, and I went, fuck, that is an excellent choice because that game from top to bottom is phenomenal.
01:14:51
holla knight
Yeah, that is a good game. Yeah, I don't know, man.
01:14:59
holla knight
Because usually when you talk decades, it's like 2010 to then to Right.
01:15:07
Steve-O
Well, let's go through.
01:15:08
holla knight
so it's like
01:15:08
Steve-O
Let's go through real quick. We'll go through every decade. And if we can remember like what we thought the best game was. And then we'll just be like, all right, does that make it or does that get like wiped?
01:15:21
holla knight
okay go through the years
01:15:24
Steve-O
Yeah, hold on. Actually, do we have the anti fannies for these? we We might not go back all the way that far, but we might be able to get something.
01:15:31
holla knight
Let me just look up games that came out in 2015.
01:15:33
Steve-O
That works, too.
01:15:36
holla knight
ah Witcher 3. Devin, that wasn't even on any of your lists.
01:15:39
BeyBlade
It was. it was my number one of the decade.
01:15:40
holla knight
hu
01:15:42
BeyBlade
How dare you, dude?
01:15:44
Steve-O
I've got 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019. I'm not seeing 2015. I don't have 2015.
01:15:47
holla knight
Oh, you got
01:15:50
Steve-O
ah um that seen twenty
01:15:52
holla knight
it.
01:15:53
Steve-O
yeah
01:15:53
holla knight
Okay, if we compile all our game of the years from those years, you think we could come to consensus agreement? what the top five are.
01:16:00
BeyBlade
No.
01:16:02
holla knight
No, like what the top five are.
01:16:03
BeyBlade
Oh, top five. I mean, even if if we're not talking to order, then probably, but
01:16:09
Steve-O
i don't have a twenty fifteen
01:16:14
Steve-O
got 2017.
01:16:14
holla knight
like the.
01:16:14
Steve-O
Ooh. Yeah.
01:16:17
holla knight
Okay.
01:16:19
holla knight
Well, 2015. What was our game of the year? 2015, you think?
01:16:25
Steve-O
o
01:16:25
holla knight
Dude, this is a weak year.
01:16:26
BeyBlade
Wait, 2015? No, no, you know what, dude?
01:16:27
Steve-O
yeah
01:16:27
holla knight
Well, I'm just looking. 2015.
01:16:30
BeyBlade
So, I mean, while we were talking about that on the Discord, about like best games of the decade and all that, I was putting my chat GPT through the paces. I was like, I need more information.
01:16:41
holla knight
you were
01:16:41
BeyBlade
No.
01:16:41
holla knight
yeah I was actively destroying the environment for this this trivial argument we were having on ah our community discord.
01:16:44
BeyBlade
Yeah. It was...
01:16:50
BeyBlade
Dude, I have an embarrassingly long one that just says AT-ST versus Warhammer 40K. It's like no comparison. So I'm not...
01:17:00
holla knight
and Oh, man. You're not beyond destroying the environment.
01:17:03
BeyBlade
No.
01:17:03
holla knight
of it
01:17:04
BeyBlade
Yeah, God, God no. 20...
01:17:05
holla knight
Well, tell Tim. He'll take your computer away.
01:17:07
BeyBlade
Yeah. I can look at 2015.
01:17:08
Steve-O
You're just sitting there with the hairspray outside.
01:17:08
BeyBlade
There's a few...
01:17:10
holla knight
Well, I have Metacritic, so I can set a range here. oh
01:17:13
BeyBlade
yeah
01:17:14
Steve-O
okay. okay
01:17:14
holla knight
So I'll do 2015
01:17:14
BeyBlade
but i can look at twenty fifteen there's a few Rocket League, Undertale, Bloodborne, was a nasty year, dude.
01:17:19
holla knight
to 2025 platforms all. Ooh, this is sick, dude. Look at this shit. Hold on.
01:17:31
holla knight
Guess what the number one Metacritic... Guess what the top five Metacritic games are from 2015 to now.
01:17:38
BeyBlade
Wait. Oh. ah Top five?
01:17:43
holla knight
Dude, Witcher 3's not on here?
01:17:43
BeyBlade
Odyssey. 2015.
01:17:44
holla knight
When did Witcher 3 come out?
01:17:46
BeyBlade
twenty fifteen
01:17:48
holla knight
Why is it not on here?
01:17:48
BeyBlade
I don't know.
01:17:53
holla knight
Hold on, hold on.
01:17:55
BeyBlade
Okay. But dude, this is just 2015. Witcher 3, Wild Hunt, Bloodborne, Undertale, Rocket League.
01:18:04
BeyBlade
Red Dead.
01:18:05
holla knight
Oh, do have to sit?
01:18:06
BeyBlade
No.
01:18:07
Steve-O
I think Red Dead would be on there.
01:18:07
holla knight
Do I can't do it?
01:18:08
BeyBlade
No, Red Dead was 18. um
01:18:13
BeyBlade
Wait, so so what's the ask here? What the...
01:18:16
Steve-O
I want to go through every year and like, kind of like, see if we can be like, all right, that was the best game of that year.
01:18:16
holla knight
like what the Well, a certain Bloodborne fan isn't on here right now, so we could it scratch that under to the carpet.
01:18:24
BeyBlade
Well, for 2015, I think it's between Bloodborne and Witcher 3.
01:18:24
Steve-O
And then...
01:18:29
BeyBlade
I don't think there's...
01:18:34
BeyBlade
I know. So we'll just give it to Witcher 3. yeah
01:18:40
holla knight
Wait, those are those are the top two games of 2015?
01:18:43
Steve-O
it Metal Gear Solid 5 is also on there, but between, for us, it's probably between those two games.
01:18:43
BeyBlade
i I mean, most likely.
01:18:48
holla knight
Oh yeah, yeah, I see Metal Gear Solid V, Bloodborne, Witcher 3, Undertale, Mario Kart 8, DLC, Witcher 3, Wild Hunt.
01:18:48
Steve-O
Yeah. All
01:18:57
BeyBlade
Jesus.
01:18:58
Steve-O
right, but we could Bloodborne or Witcher 3.
01:19:01
holla knight
yeah Yeah, just put both of those on there, I would say.
01:19:03
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:19:05
holla knight
Man, not even Phantom Pain? Steve, come on. Come on, dawg!
01:19:09
Steve-O
It wasn't my jam. It wasn't my jam.
01:19:12
BeyBlade
Phantom Pain was butt, dude. Phantom butt.
01:19:14
Steve-O
Phantom Book.
01:19:15
BeyBlade
That was another game where I put like more than enough hours in and I was just like, yeah, it's not for me. It's not.
01:19:22
holla knight
Ooh, 2016. Here we go.
01:19:24
BeyBlade
2016 was what? Overwatch.
01:19:26
holla knight
ah got Uncharted 4, Inside, Overwatch, Titanfall 2, Dark Souls 3, Stardew Valley.
01:19:26
BeyBlade
Uncharted 4.
01:19:30
BeyBlade
Doom.
01:19:34
BeyBlade
Fuck, really?
01:19:40
holla knight
um I'm just going by what's what's in the top 24 of Metacritic that year.
01:19:45
Steve-O
I'd got to go Titanfall 2 for this.
01:19:48
BeyBlade
Over. Uncharted 4. Overwatch.
01:19:50
holla knight
got two to I love Titanfall 2, but...
01:19:51
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:19:54
holla knight
Uncharted 4, dog.
01:19:56
BeyBlade
char it so good
01:19:57
holla knight
I didn't think that game was going to be... I thought that game was going mid as hell, and that game blew me away. Man, that's tough.
01:20:04
Steve-O
i mean we I'll put them both. I'll put them both.
01:20:08
holla knight
to slide into Chris Galani, Dark Souls 3 in there, too. Or does he even think that? Is that like one of his favorites?
01:20:15
BeyBlade
which ones dark souls 2 of 3 i bet you listen i bet you if we check if we check the
01:20:16
holla knight
Dark Souls 3? 3. No, Dark Souls 2 is the butt BO one.
01:20:19
Steve-O
H2.
01:20:23
BeyBlade
You can't defend himself. If we check the stats, I don't think he has the trophies.
01:20:29
holla knight
for Dark Souls 3.
01:20:29
BeyBlade
I think he's faking it.
01:20:33
holla knight
Well, don't go down that rabbit hole right now.
01:20:34
Steve-O
Don't go. Don't go down it.
01:20:36
holla knight
Leave it.
01:20:36
BeyBlade
I'll text this Bama-ass family, and I'll be like, so we fired up.
01:20:39
Steve-O
just
01:20:42
Steve-O
Dang, man. Why are you calling us out like that?
01:20:44
BeyBlade
and We don't check Steam accounts. We don't check Steam achievements.
01:20:47
holla knight
Alright, I'm at 2017 now. This is where we start getting spicy.
01:20:52
Steve-O
Oh, okay.
01:20:53
holla knight
Alright, we got The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild.
01:20:54
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:20:56
Steve-O
Fuck.
01:20:57
holla knight
We've got Super Mario Odyssey. Divinity Original Sin. Persona 5. Shovel Knight. Treasure Trove. Horizon Zero Dawn.
01:21:08
BeyBlade
Yeah. just So thank you. Thank you. Okay.
01:21:11
holla knight
Nier Automata.
01:21:12
BeyBlade
okay
01:21:13
holla knight
Final Fantasy 14. Injustice 2. Made it in the top 24. i mean, that's all I would say. Wolfenstein, maybe? Wolfenstein 2? Yeah.
01:21:24
BeyBlade
Yeah, I would say... ah
01:21:29
holla knight
It's Mario and Breath of the Wild.
01:21:32
BeyBlade
yeah Yeah, I don't know why I didn't give...
01:21:33
holla knight
you If you try to say Horizon Zero Dawn in there, I would laugh at you.
01:21:35
BeyBlade
so so i and No, no, no. I was to say, so I know I picked Horizon Zero Dawn for my game of the year that year.
01:21:41
Steve-O
yeah
01:21:41
BeyBlade
I don't know what kept me from... i mean, I do like that game, but I don't know what kept me from that from picking that over Odyssey.
01:21:52
BeyBlade
Because Breath of the Wild, I either had tried at that point or...
01:21:55
holla knight
No, you didn't you didn't have but Odyssey then. You didn't get the...
01:21:57
BeyBlade
Did I not have Odyssey by then?
01:21:59
holla knight
I think you got that the following year. Because isn't that when they released the Odyssey Switch?
01:22:02
BeyBlade
Maybe.
01:22:02
Steve-O
Maybe.
01:22:04
holla knight
I don't think you played it yet.
01:22:05
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:22:05
Steve-O
i think it was later that year. Yeah. Yeah.
01:22:07
BeyBlade
Yeah. I just remember...
01:22:08
Steve-O
ah
01:22:10
Steve-O
So anti-Fanny's 2017.
01:22:11
BeyBlade
I would say Odyssey.
01:22:11
holla knight
Maybe you were just in a fighting mode that year.
01:22:13
BeyBlade
I would say Odyssey.
01:22:16
Steve-O
Keep in mind, this is when we, you know, we tried to unanimously decide. ah It was Mario Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, and Horizon Zero Dawn, and Breath of the Wild 1.
01:22:26
holla knight
ah those are top three.
01:22:26
Steve-O
Yeah. Yeah.
01:22:29
holla knight
Damn, I let Breath of the Wild win?
01:22:32
BeyBlade
yeah
01:22:32
holla knight
guys You guys fucking waterboarded me until I agreed?
01:22:35
Steve-O
Yeah, dude, I gotta say, i probably I probably massaged it nicely for you. I was like, hey, Nintendo's got two this year. All
01:22:47
holla knight
Okay.
01:22:48
Steve-O
right, 2018.
01:22:48
BeyBlade
I would like accept that.
01:22:48
Steve-O
2018, have our Anti-Fady choices
01:22:49
holla knight
Alright, so you throw those two?
01:22:51
BeyBlade
I accept that.
01:22:53
Steve-O
right here. Okay.
01:22:55
holla knight
Alright, let me look it up. 2018...
01:22:56
BeyBlade
God of War.
01:22:57
Steve-O
twenty eighteen i also have our antifaity choices right here
01:23:00
BeyBlade
Oh, you know what I know?
01:23:01
holla knight
um let me Let me go through the list.
01:23:03
BeyBlade
Oh, you're going to through the list, aren't you?
01:23:03
Steve-O
okay
01:23:05
BeyBlade
Yeah, I know you
01:23:05
holla knight
Because I didn't play, remember, I didn't play God of War that year, I didn't play Red Dead Redemption that year.
01:23:11
Steve-O
Mm-hmm.
01:23:11
holla knight
So I'm curious to see what I picked. But here's what the the Metacritic scores were. Red Dead 2, 97, God War to 94.
01:23:20
BeyBlade
are. Yeah.
01:23:21
holla knight
um
01:23:21
BeyBlade
97 too high, dude.
01:23:22
holla knight
No, it's not. It's too low, bro.
01:23:23
BeyBlade
It's too high, dude.
01:23:26
holla knight
It's too low. Shadow
01:23:30
holla knight
of the Colossus remake. Nier Automata again. i don't know. Cheating.
01:23:37
BeyBlade
Yeah, Mm-hmm.
01:23:37
holla knight
Celeste. Hollow Knight. Dog. Hollow Knight's up there, baby. um Dead Cells. Tetris Effect.
01:23:48
Steve-O
It was a good year.
01:23:49
holla knight
Return of the Obra Dinn. Diablo 3.
01:23:54
holla knight
Street Fighter 5 arcade edition.
01:23:57
Steve-O
okay Maybe it wasn't that good a year. Arcade edition.
01:24:00
holla knight
but Yeah.
01:24:00
Steve-O
Hey.
01:24:01
holla knight
I mean, it's Red red Dead and God of War. Right?
01:24:03
Steve-O
So.
01:24:03
holla knight
vi you Like, those are be the ones.
01:24:05
Steve-O
Game of the year. Anti-Fanny's 2018. The nominees were God of War. Spider-Man the Game. Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. And Red Dead Redemption 2.
01:24:15
holla knight
Was that mine? Smash?
01:24:17
Steve-O
The winner. God of War.
01:24:19
holla knight
Which one did I?
01:24:19
BeyBlade
That's fair.
01:24:20
holla knight
Well, i I remember that year.
01:24:20
BeyBlade
That's fair.
01:24:21
holla knight
I didn't play God of War, but I was like, I'm not going argue with you guys.
01:24:24
Steve-O
Yeah, I think maybe you did Smash.
01:24:25
holla knight
Like, everything I saw looked the amazing. Did I put... Oh, God, that's disgusting.
01:24:31
BeyBlade
You must have, because like, yeah, like Spider-Man feels like that was.
01:24:31
holla knight
the
01:24:36
holla knight
Because i't I played God of two years later than that.
01:24:40
Steve-O
I think Devin might have put Red Dead on that one.
01:24:40
BeyBlade
Yeah. No, maybe. Nah, yeah, i guess yeah although I guess I had to have, yeah, because I knew God of War was getting in there.
01:24:45
Steve-O
I think we can, yeah.
01:24:46
holla knight
Oh, Devon!
01:24:50
Steve-O
Chris picked Spider-Man, I think.
01:24:51
holla knight
I hated that, that you would just fucking put in something even though you wanted...
01:24:51
BeyBlade
Okay.
01:24:56
holla knight
Well, I guess we had to pick four different ones, right?
01:24:58
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:24:58
holla knight
Like, that was the thing.
01:24:58
BeyBlade
Yeah, and I liked it. like It's not like I was like, oh, pity pick. I did like Red Dead with 97, man. That's fucking insane.
01:25:06
Steve-O
Also, best movie, Hereditary, that year.
01:25:06
BeyBlade
It's fair. Still Still agree. still agree
01:25:10
holla knight
How could you say 97 was too low? That's insane, dude. that's That's wild to me.
01:25:15
BeyBlade
No, that's too high, dude.
01:25:16
holla knight
Like, what what if... I mean, so how could you how could you say it's too high? If God of War was also 97, would you say Red Dead 2 was too high still?
01:25:25
BeyBlade
No.
01:25:25
holla knight
Because God of War is 94.
01:25:26
BeyBlade
No, no, I wouldn't because like 97 a 97 shouldn't happen anymore. Right? Like what are 97? That's my point. Right? like
01:25:35
holla knight
It doesn't. It doesn't happen anymore. Because, like, this year, this year like this year now, it's like, I think 90, like, I think Hades 2 is like a 93 94.
01:25:37
Steve-O
It's rare.
01:25:37
BeyBlade
that's that's my point right is like
01:25:44
BeyBlade
Yeah. and im and i'm not
01:25:45
holla knight
And every all the ah all the Game of the Year nominees are going to be in like the 80s.
01:25:48
BeyBlade
yeah And I'm not even saying like, oh, it just can't happen. I'm saying like logistically with the weighing of the scores, because if you look at like Super Mario 64 or Ocarina of Time, right?
01:25:55
holla knight
Should be 100. Listen, man.
01:26:04
BeyBlade
It's like there's only like 12 reviews.
01:26:04
holla knight
three
01:26:06
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:26:09
BeyBlade
Like, there's not enough legitimate numbers to come in.
01:26:09
holla knight
favorite games...
01:26:10
holla knight
my three
01:26:11
BeyBlade
but Like, mathematically, shouldn't happen ever again.
01:26:12
holla knight
my three favorite games My three favorite games ever are all 97s.
01:26:16
BeyBlade
ah ninety and
01:26:18
holla knight
So I can't argue with it. Breath of the Wild is 97. Super Mario Odyssey is a 97. Red Dead 2 is a 97. Why would I think that's too high if those are my favorite games like ever made?
01:26:31
Steve-O
i've been watching I've been watching people make comparison videos between Goseyote and Red Dead Redemption 2.
01:26:31
holla knight
No.
01:26:37
holla knight
And Red Dead 2 still looks better.
01:26:37
Steve-O
we Well, the thing. is it's like They're like, here's what your character looks like when walking on ice in Goseyote.
01:26:41
holla knight
and
01:26:44
Steve-O
And it just looks like normal. And then you watch fucking Arthur's clumsy ass fucking stumbling around sliding on ice.
01:26:50
holla knight
That's what I'm saying, dog. like That's why it gets increments high. That's why a game like that deserves a very high score.
01:26:55
Steve-O
it you don't You don't see the 97 often, but i I have a feeling we're going to see 97 next year with Grand Theft Auto 6.
01:27:03
holla knight
Yeah, dude. Are you kidding me? You see all the detail and shit? that you All the jiggly butts that we're going to see in GTA 6? Come on, dog.
01:27:12
BeyBlade
Well, listen, I'm just saying. it help That and mech.
01:27:15
holla knight
I'm just saying, dude, no, well cause because i've been I've been talking to Amir too, because he he just he just started playing Ghost of Yote yoates as well, and he's like, yeah, it's good, you know, same vibes as Ghost Tsushima, and he's like, I just don't like how, like, all the NPCs are just, like, the same expressions and everything, like, it's not, and I can see that, like, you see how Red Dead
01:27:16
BeyBlade
That mech. but
01:27:23
BeyBlade
Okay.
01:27:38
BeyBlade
No, no, John, you're 100%. It's part of kind of what I was talking about, where you're seeing the strings in a little bit. Like, you're seeing that this is almost like, don't want to last-gen tech, but like, yeah, but like, well, the first thing I thought of, i so um'm so i swear to God, the first thing I saw, because, yeah, exactly.
01:27:49
holla knight
like polished. They're just polished over it.
01:27:57
BeyBlade
You're seeing these characters. All that's moving is like their mouth, their head, essentially.
01:28:01
holla knight
Right.
01:28:02
BeyBlade
And then I think about like a cut scene that I saw in like God of War. 2018 Ragnarok right where they're moving the cameras moving I'm not saying it has to be the most cinematic thing but like there's there's mocap right there's not really 2025 actually led the see so let me tell you this thing yeah you know what my second thought was my second thought was wow I wonder if Sony is really happy
01:28:06
holla knight
Yeah. Yeah. That's what I was saying.
01:28:13
holla knight
And when did when did Ghost of Yote come out again? What year?
01:28:19
holla knight
Alright, Wonder Red Dead 2 and God of War come out 2018. dude, I'll... Oh, yeah.
01:28:22
Steve-O
And
01:28:22
holla knight
Yeah. Okay.
01:28:31
BeyBlade
there eight that like Ghost of Tsushima was so popular because it must have cost half as much money.
01:28:38
holla knight
ah yeah
01:28:38
BeyBlade
Because that's all I thought. i was like, man, what's really quality about this is it looks great.
01:28:39
holla knight
yeah okay
01:28:43
BeyBlade
People, it's reviewing really well.
01:28:45
holla knight
Because Red Dead 2 and GTA 6 are literally...
01:28:46
BeyBlade
It runs amazing.
01:28:48
holla knight
They spend a billion dollars, literally, to make those games.
01:28:49
BeyBlade
Yeah, like Ghost of Yote looks great, runs really well, ah you know
01:28:51
Steve-O
e
01:28:51
holla knight
You don't even know.
01:28:57
BeyBlade
is popular, right?
01:28:57
holla knight
And it's probably, what, a third a
01:28:58
BeyBlade
Reviewing
Gaming Trends Predictions
01:28:59
holla knight
third of the budget a third of the budget a God of War?
01:28:59
BeyBlade
well. yeah Dude, they probably feel like they got at a fucking discount, dude.
01:29:04
holla knight
Right, yeah.
01:29:04
BeyBlade
They're probably like, this is a steal, you know?
01:29:04
Steve-O
Mm-hmm.
01:29:06
BeyBlade
Like, Spider-Man, what's that, $300 million?
01:29:07
holla knight
Yeah, well, you know, i won maybe that maybe that's why...
01:29:08
BeyBlade
dollars
01:29:10
holla knight
And again, I don't agree with how all... like critics and all the time and like critic mentality, like high mentality and stuff. But like, maybe that's why you see, you don't see, you know, that's why ghost of Yote is like an 84 or whatever. And God of war is a 94 like that.
01:29:28
holla knight
You know, you just see those, the like people will notice those maybe, i don't know.
01:29:31
BeyBlade
So you're saying it's pay to win?
01:29:35
Steve-O
Mm-hmm.
01:29:36
BeyBlade
It's almost like, yeah.
01:29:36
holla knight
Crunch to win crunch to win.
01:29:38
BeyBlade
Because you see you see like the money behind it, right? like Yeah, like I know that shit was expensive in Red Dead 2 because like they show a guy cutting food and the food gets cut, right?
01:29:49
Steve-O
hey
01:29:50
holla knight
dude come on dude and that's what i'm saying and i know like people were like these are like pointless like ah like you know a lot of people including ah including including including including you guys when you guys play the game like you guys think these are like like trivial details that you don't really need in the game and you're right but also like these are the details that you see in a lot of
01:29:50
BeyBlade
And it's not even a cutscene. It's like, yeah, you see that stuff.
01:29:58
BeyBlade
but That's what gets you to the ninety seven s you know?
01:30:14
holla knight
triple a games now like you're not like if you don't have those details like you remember my complaint about silent hill 2 when fucking james just opened a fucking fence with his nose instead of like using his hand like i notice those things now you know yeah
01:30:30
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:30:30
BeyBlade
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:30:30
Steve-O
That makes sense.
01:30:31
BeyBlade
And um you really, to me, like, that's what gets you to the 93s and upwards, right?
01:30:37
holla knight
yeah 97 you know
01:30:37
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:30:38
BeyBlade
Obviously, the other stuff has to, but I feel like, I feel like there's, like, every point in the 90s is, like, three times as hard to get, you know, to earn.
01:30:48
holla knight
Dude, they're going to Red Dead 2 Remastered in a couple days, probably.
01:30:48
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:30:53
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:30:53
holla knight
i get That game's going to look and feel better than anything came coming out in the last seven years.
01:30:57
BeyBlade
And it's going to be $100. going to be $100. least. Yeah. Yeah. Oh.
01:31:00
holla knight
you
01:31:00
Steve-O
Yeah, $100 PlayStation Pro Edition.
01:31:01
holla knight
And it's going to be a $70 game, probably. But it's going to... Man. Will I play again?
01:31:05
BeyBlade
at least yeah
01:31:05
holla knight
Maybe. Okay, 2019.
01:31:06
BeyBlade
yeah
01:31:07
holla knight
It's interesting, because I...
01:31:10
Steve-O
All
01:31:11
holla knight
ah okay twenty nineteen
01:31:13
Steve-O
right, I got our anti-fandies pulled up.
01:31:14
holla knight
its interesting because i
01:31:16
Steve-O
I also found a... ah Not only do we have the Game of the Years for that year, ah there's a category that says Bold Predictions for the Next Decade.
01:31:25
holla knight
Oh, God, that's interesting.
01:31:25
BeyBlade
oh oh
01:31:25
Steve-O
And we all put our initials next to them.
01:31:30
holla knight
Yup, and it's what? Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk.
01:31:31
BeyBlade
Do any of them, do any of them,
01:31:32
Steve-O
No, no, no, no. It's not video game stuff. it's It's what we think is just going to happen in the 2020s.
01:31:38
holla knight
Oh, God.
01:31:38
BeyBlade
you know can I ask you if any of them are already incorrect?
01:31:39
Steve-O
Dude.
01:31:44
BeyBlade
Okay.
01:31:44
Steve-O
A lot of them are incorrect.
01:31:46
BeyBlade
Okay. All right.
01:31:47
Steve-O
Fuck it. I'm going to read them now just so we don't get distracted because it's a fun little detour. All right. So these are the these are the things. We have four that we decided to lock in on.
01:31:56
BeyBlade
lot Yeah. Okay.
01:31:59
Steve-O
ah So Devin said, GameStop will totally reinvent itself and be around and thriving.
01:31:59
BeyBlade
a
01:32:06
holla knight
ah
01:32:07
BeyBlade
You know what? I think I'm two of the three points.
01:32:08
holla knight
You weren't entirely wrong.
01:32:09
BeyBlade
Yeah, they did reinvent themselves. They're still around. Thriving.
01:32:12
holla knight
they are a funcoop They're a Pops store now, and they're thriving.
01:32:12
Steve-O
They went to the moon.
01:32:14
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:32:14
Steve-O
they are They are a fuck-o-pop store.
01:32:16
BeyBlade
thriving Thriving is probably a bit extreme, but so far, I don't think it's dead.
01:32:20
holla knight
They sell Funko Pops and graded Pokemon cards, and you know what?
01:32:22
Steve-O
Now I'm...
01:32:23
holla knight
They're far from dead.
01:32:25
Steve-O
Now that is not what Devin chose as his lock-in. This is what Devin chose as his lock-in.
01:32:32
BeyBlade
Oh, no.
01:32:33
Steve-O
We will revert back to a cable package type system.
01:32:38
holla knight
o that never happened, Devin.
01:32:39
BeyBlade
ah You know what? It hasn't happened, but the the sentiment is there.
01:32:41
holla knight
Well, but I mean, we're it's getting close. there
01:32:43
BeyBlade
all do you hear it You hear people going, man, remember Cable?
01:32:43
Steve-O
We're halfway there.
01:32:43
holla knight
Yeah. but Yeah. They're combining services and shit.
01:32:47
Steve-O
The closest is the Hulu Disney Plus thing.
01:32:51
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:32:51
Steve-O
So possible.
01:32:51
BeyBlade
All right. whose Whose theory was that, though?
01:32:53
Steve-O
There. That was yours.
01:32:57
BeyBlade
That's the one I picked or is that the one I brought?
01:32:58
Steve-O
That's the one that you brought to the table and picked.
01:33:00
BeyBlade
okay. Okay.
01:33:01
Steve-O
ah The one after that was also Nintendo will have the most powerful console at some point.
01:33:06
holla knight
Yikes.
01:33:06
BeyBlade
That was a liar.
01:33:07
Steve-O
You did not pick that one. You did not pick that one.
01:33:09
BeyBlade
No, that was a bad one.
01:33:11
Steve-O
Galanti chose Netflix will buy a theater chain and will exclusively show their movies.
01:33:21
BeyBlade
Wait, repeat that?
01:33:23
Steve-O
Netflix will buy a theater chain and exclusively show their movies.
01:33:25
BeyBlade
who
01:33:27
holla knight
um
01:33:28
BeyBlade
That was Galani's, but
01:33:29
Steve-O
That was Galani's.
01:33:34
BeyBlade
I don't think that's happening.
01:33:34
Steve-O
Mine.
01:33:35
BeyBlade
I don't think that's
01:33:35
Steve-O
Mine was there will be a pandemic.
01:33:38
BeyBlade
no shut up
01:33:39
holla knight
Oh my god.
01:33:40
Steve-O
No, no, no, no, no.
01:33:41
holla knight
Oh. I was like, yeah.
01:33:42
Steve-O
Mine was Google stadium. Successful.
01:33:46
holla knight
Oh no! You locked that one in?
01:33:49
Steve-O
I locked it in.
01:33:50
holla knight
Oh my
01:33:50
BeyBlade
wow
Game of the Year Selections
01:33:51
holla knight
god.
01:33:52
Steve-O
whoa I was, dude, I was trying to make that thing work.
01:33:52
BeyBlade
dude you were really you were really fucking drinking the kool-aid dude you you learn how to build one pc and all of a sudden you're like dude
01:34:01
Steve-O
No, no, no. You know why? Because I was waiting for Doom.
01:34:02
holla knight
my god.
01:34:04
Steve-O
And the second I played the was ah um Doom Eternal and it ran like shit, I was like, oh, this thing's fucking dead.
01:34:10
BeyBlade
This
01:34:13
BeyBlade
thing sucks.
01:34:14
Steve-O
There's no hope. ah John, you chose all online multiplayer games will have cross play for a subscription fee.
01:34:26
holla knight
So I was half right.
01:34:27
Steve-O
I think you're pretty much on the money because it's like most games do have cross play now, but you know, for all the consoles you have to.
01:34:34
holla knight
You have to pay a subscription fee for that?
01:34:35
Steve-O
but
01:34:36
holla knight
for that Yeah, I guess you still have to pay for consoles and stuff.
01:34:38
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:34:39
holla knight
But that I don't think that was my sentiment. I think what I was saying was that you'd have to pay for crossplay. But I guess it doesn't make really doesn't really make much sense to even say that right now.
01:34:51
holla knight
Because...
01:34:51
Steve-O
That's still, i mean, you're basically on the money with like the first half.
01:34:53
holla knight
But... With the cross play stuff.
01:34:56
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:34:56
holla knight
Yeah.
01:34:57
Steve-O
Uh, you also said Resident Evil Code Veronica X remake, Resident Evil 4 remake, 5 remake, 6 remake, 7 remake, Final Fantasy 7 Part 1 remake remake.
01:35:07
BeyBlade
ah
01:35:07
holla knight
Oh my god. I was really trolling.
01:35:09
Steve-O
Uh, Galani said DC will introduce a black Superman.
01:35:14
BeyBlade
Man, he was kind of close.
01:35:15
Steve-O
Uh, I said they're going to introduce a Chinese Superman.
01:35:16
BeyBlade
They were close, dude. Remember Michael B. Jordan was going to get that? Okay.
01:35:22
Steve-O
And then ah
01:35:22
holla knight
Where the world's not ready.
01:35:22
BeyBlade
Okay. Okay.
01:35:23
holla knight
Ahem.
01:35:25
Steve-O
and then Superman will be canceled for jerking off into Lois Lane's plants to make them super strong.
01:35:30
holla knight
Oh my god. This
01:35:32
BeyBlade
That makes sense.
01:35:33
Steve-O
Yeah, so.
01:35:34
BeyBlade
Absolute Superman.
01:35:36
Steve-O
say Absolutely. ah But the games we chose that year. So this is interesting because we came up with like a whole 2019.
01:35:42
holla knight
is 2017? This is 2018? 2019? Okay. Ugh. Ugh.
01:35:43
Steve-O
2019. sort nineteen twenty nineteen It's the games we chose are Resident Evil 2, Super Mario Maker 2, Fire Emblem of the Three Houses, Borderlands 3, Tetris 99, Outer Worlds, Sekiro, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, Kingdom Hearts 3, Luigi's Mansion 3, Untitled Goose Game.
01:35:53
holla knight
ah ah
01:36:03
Steve-O
And then we chose the nominees to be Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts 3, Luigi's Mansion 3, and Untitled Goose Game with...
01:36:11
BeyBlade
Whoa, Sekiro's not on that?
01:36:11
holla knight
you you
01:36:13
Steve-O
No.
01:36:13
holla knight
Who brought... Well, Chris didn't beat it, don't think.
01:36:16
BeyBlade
ah Yeah, because at that point we were counting on Chris to to be the guy, and he was like...
01:36:16
holla knight
So maybe that's why he didn't...
01:36:20
Steve-O
i think I think we all were very unanimous on Resident Evil 2 being our game of the year, that one. And we were just like, fucking choose some nominees.
01:36:28
holla knight
Would we put Resident Evil 2 Remake on this list?
01:36:32
BeyBlade
I mean, I would.
01:36:32
holla knight
Do you think?
01:36:34
BeyBlade
i That's my favorite of the remakes still.
01:36:37
Steve-O
I mean, I think it's, you know, it was... i think for this discussion, yes, but when we're looking into the the rest of the year, it might have a hard...
01:36:43
holla knight
Yeah.
01:36:47
Steve-O
a hard battle just because it is a remake.
01:36:48
holla knight
Like, because did anyone play Disco Elysium? Because that's up here.
01:36:51
BeyBlade
No. We were all too intimidated, I think.
01:36:54
Steve-O
I played it it just It just wasn't my jam. It was a lot of reading.
01:36:57
holla knight
Why does Nier Automata come up every fucking year on this on these lists?
01:36:57
Steve-O
and
01:37:02
holla knight
Like, what the f- How many games have there been?
01:37:03
BeyBlade
I'm assuming... you're You're on Metacritic?
01:37:05
Steve-O
There must have been like a PlayStation and xbox
01:37:05
holla knight
Yeah.
01:37:06
BeyBlade
I'm assuming... Yeah, because there was like a specific Xbox release called like Your High Edition or something like that.
01:37:10
holla knight
Oh my god. It's Madden, dude. Nier Automata is just Madden. OK?
01:37:16
BeyBlade
so Listen, i'm trying I'm trying not to... like misremember how much I liked that game. Because I liked it a lot. But like my memories of it, I'm like, that was one of the best games I've ever played in my life.
01:37:29
BeyBlade
And I'm like, Nier Automata.
01:37:29
Steve-O
Wait, which one? About near. Okay.
01:37:33
BeyBlade
Like, it's really good. And it's probably better than I even said it was.
01:37:38
Steve-O
Hmm.
01:37:39
BeyBlade
But in my brain, like my rose-tinted glasses brain, I'm like, that was one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had my life.
01:37:43
Steve-O
Hmm.
01:37:47
BeyBlade
And I know that's not true. But the music is... fucking phenomenal. That game's really great, actually.
01:37:52
holla knight
so I yeah I mean I would i would put Resident Evil 2 and I mean having played Sekiro I would put that on here too on the list as well
01:37:54
BeyBlade
Play it. You should play
01:38:02
Steve-O
i yeah I put in our little side chat Res Evil 2 and Sekiro for that one for like potential no
01:38:08
holla knight
not Luigi's Mansion 3 not Star Wars Pinball that got an 86 on Metacritic
01:38:16
Steve-O
Wars Pinball probably probably awesome
01:38:17
holla knight
Technically better than Ghost of Yotei. Just saying. Star Wars Pinball. Yeah.
01:38:24
Steve-O
we chose as our games of the year. Galani said role-playing. Devin said Final Fantasy VII Remake.
01:38:32
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:38:33
Steve-O
John said Last of Us Part two
01:38:33
BeyBlade
Wait, wait, that was 20.
01:38:34
holla knight
Last of Us 2. Yeah. yeah
01:38:36
Steve-O
And then I said Animal Crossing New Horizons. I think Last of Us Part two definitely. And I think you could make a case for for Final Fantasy VII Remake.
01:38:47
BeyBlade
yeah
01:38:47
holla knight
What about Hades?
01:38:50
Steve-O
Ooh.
01:38:50
BeyBlade
All right. You bought now. Look, I beat Hades. I beat it a bunch. I didn't beat it like the 15 times you need to beat it to like get the secret ending.
01:38:56
holla knight
um What about Dreams, Devin? You put that on here?
01:39:01
BeyBlade
No, I did not. um
01:39:04
holla knight
Yeah, it's Last of Us 2.
01:39:06
BeyBlade
No, no, it's 100% Lasso's Part 2. i
01:39:08
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:39:08
holla knight
Okay, so let me...
01:39:09
BeyBlade
personal The personal list does go Yeah.
01:39:09
holla knight
Last of Us 2 has a 93 meta score. Is that... Is that good? and Is that a good score?
01:39:16
Steve-O
I think that's a good score.
01:39:17
BeyBlade
Honestly, that's...
01:39:18
Steve-O
93. ninety three
01:39:21
holla knight
Because to put it in perspective, God of War is 94.
01:39:21
BeyBlade
It should be higher.
01:39:24
holla knight
So do you think Last Us Part II deserves the 97 that Red Dead 2 got?
01:39:28
BeyBlade
If God of War deserves the 97, Last of Us Part II deserves it.
01:39:31
holla knight
Well, God of War got 94. So...
01:39:33
BeyBlade
That's I'm saying. It doesn't deserve a higher score than God of War.
01:39:33
holla knight
so
01:39:37
holla knight
Okay.
01:39:38
BeyBlade
ah so I'll stand on that.
01:39:38
holla knight
I think Last of Us 1 97 or something.
01:39:41
BeyBlade
Yeah, yeah.
01:39:42
Steve-O
I can agree. I can agree.
01:39:44
BeyBlade
Especially for the time, dude. like
01:39:47
holla knight
ah right i mean This is a tough year, right?
01:39:50
Steve-O
Oh, 2021. Game of the year choices from us were Chris chose Final Fantasy VII Remake Integrate. And then Devin chose Guardians of the Galaxy.
01:40:01
Steve-O
John, you chose Forza Horizon 5 and I chose Inscription.
01:40:05
BeyBlade
That was a weird year. That was a...
01:40:07
holla knight
This is a bad year. Because none of us played the house in Fata Morgana.
01:40:08
BeyBlade
Well...
01:40:11
Steve-O
Which, yeah, i I always see that game on that list of like the highest rated games.
01:40:12
holla knight
The actual game of the year.
01:40:16
Steve-O
I'm like, what the fuck is this visual novel doing so high?
01:40:19
BeyBlade
ah that I don't get it.
01:40:19
holla knight
Metroid Dread came out that year too. ah and
01:40:22
BeyBlade
it It takes two. That was like the Keely Award winner.
01:40:24
holla knight
Ghost of Tsushima. Ghost of Tsushima came out that year.
01:40:26
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:40:28
BeyBlade
I thought Ghost was 2020.
01:40:29
holla knight
First one.
01:40:29
BeyBlade
thought.
01:40:31
holla knight
No, thought we were in 2021 now.
01:40:33
Steve-O
Yeah, we're at 2021.
01:40:33
BeyBlade
No, but I think Ghost of Tsushima come out in 2020. Well,
01:40:36
Steve-O
I think it did.
01:40:37
holla knight
Oh no, this is this is Director's Cut. Sorry.
01:40:40
Steve-O
Oh. Oh.
01:40:41
holla knight
PS5 version. Wait, so we didn't even mention Ghost of Tsushima for 2020 and that's pretty funny.
01:40:47
BeyBlade
I mean, 2020, it's a heavily stacked, yeah, it's a front row.
01:40:51
Steve-O
2020 had a lot of bangers.
01:40:54
BeyBlade
So it's like, as much as I like it, you know, it's not going to get over it.
01:40:57
Steve-O
Controversial 2021.
01:40:58
holla knight
Yeah, 2021 is pretty bad.
01:40:58
Steve-O
twenty twenty one None, none. That was an off year.
01:41:04
BeyBlade
Oh, shit. Wait, wait. Are you saying that's what we should put? Are you saying that's what one of us picked?
01:41:08
Steve-O
I'm saying out of all the choices that we chose on our anti-fannies, none of these are going to be considered game of the decade.
01:41:13
holla knight
its pretty weird
01:41:16
BeyBlade
Man. Yeah, I guess you don't have to, right? We don't have to pick one from that year.
01:41:20
Steve-O
Like Forza Horizon 5, probably the most likely, but...
01:41:21
holla knight
home
01:41:24
BeyBlade
No, I agree. I agree with you.
01:41:27
Steve-O
All right. Let's go to 2022.
01:41:30
holla knight
Oh, here we go. The big bull big bad wolf is here. The boogeyman.
01:41:34
Steve-O
The is here. Games of the Year. Elden Ring. God of War Ragnarok. ah Billy Elden Ring. And Elden Ring.
01:41:44
holla knight
Okay, so timeout. Freeze frame.
01:41:45
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:41:46
holla knight
Zack Morris, freeze frame.
01:41:46
Steve-O
Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah.
01:41:48
holla knight
So, Devin, if we put God of War 2018 on the list already, do you think Ragnarok has a place in the that game of the decade?
01:41:49
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:41:55
BeyBlade
No, that's actually the same logic I use for my personal list.
01:41:59
holla knight
Okay, so you would just just one one game per franchise.
01:41:59
BeyBlade
So, and it's not like a, I don't even know if it's like a binary. It has to be like that. But like, if I'm picking, yeah, if I'm picking five, um i yeah, yeah.
01:42:07
holla knight
But if you're thinking about Game of the Decade, yeah, it's 2018 God of War, right? Yeah.
01:42:11
Steve-O
you Yeah, I agree.
01:42:13
holla knight
Okay.
01:42:13
BeyBlade
Even though like I think Ragnarok's technically a better game.
01:42:14
holla knight
Yeah, Steve agrees. Okay.
01:42:18
BeyBlade
it's just It was the first one like that. it I've replayed it multiple times. It holds up, dude.
01:42:23
Steve-O
I think it's the the same logic for Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom.
01:42:25
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:42:28
Steve-O
Like, because we're looking at 2023 now.
01:42:28
holla knight
ooh Ooh. DLC.
01:42:31
Steve-O
yeah, like. and yeah like
01:42:35
holla knight
Wait, so what'd you put for 2022? Just Elden Ring?
01:42:38
Steve-O
Yeah, yeah. There's basically the three of us chose Elden Ring and then Devin chose Ragnarok.
01:42:43
holla knight
That's sad.
01:42:46
BeyBlade
Yeah, I know. How do you think I felt? after After it was a lock, I was like, oh, it's going to be 50-50 lock.
01:42:51
Steve-O
Oh my God.
01:42:51
BeyBlade
That feels good.
01:42:52
Steve-O
but i so I scroll through these spreadsheets and I just see things.
01:42:54
BeyBlade
I think John saboteur'd me.
01:42:58
Steve-O
I just...
01:42:58
BeyBlade
You talk about the weird...
01:42:58
holla knight
Oh yeah, the fucking... The Fuda anime statues of Chun-Li and...
01:43:01
BeyBlade
The Mr. X's in thongs and shit?
01:43:04
Steve-O
Yeah, I wasn't ready for that. i was not ready.
01:43:08
holla knight
I don't even have it open, I just remember.
01:43:09
BeyBlade
I'm really glad that we just kept that. Yeah, we just leave those little grenades for...
01:43:12
holla knight
Yeah, we gotta leave those in there.
01:43:13
BeyBlade
little minds step on.
01:43:14
holla knight
Ahem.
01:43:16
Steve-O
ah For 2023, game of the year, Chris chose Devin chose Alan Wake 2, John chose Resident Evil 4, and I chose Tears of the Kingdom.
01:43:29
BeyBlade
For 2023?
01:43:29
Steve-O
Three, yeah. I think Baldur's Gate...
01:43:32
holla knight
So if Resident Evil 2 remake is on here, I guess Resident Evil 4 doesn't have a place, right?
01:43:36
BeyBlade
Well, it's probably Baldur's Gate, right?
01:43:39
Steve-O
Probably for...
01:43:39
BeyBlade
<unk> kind of
01:43:39
holla knight
ah but we're not if we're But we don't have to pick just one per year.
01:43:42
Steve-O
No, we could do multiple, but is what would the choice be?
01:43:42
holla knight
We weren't doing that every year.
01:43:45
BeyBlade
What would be the other Yeah, what would be the second one?
01:43:46
Steve-O
Would it be RE4? What would the...
01:43:50
holla knight
yeah. I mean, that it's like RE4, and then there's a Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. But I guess it's ah that's not really the same.
01:44:00
BeyBlade
Yeah, I mean...
01:44:00
holla knight
I don't know, dude. This is tough. mario wonder Mario Wonder came out that year too.
01:44:04
BeyBlade
what What do you think's a better remake? RE4 or RE2?
01:44:10
holla knight
What's a better remake?
01:44:11
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:44:12
holla knight
Like RE2? Probably because that was like a true 1,000,000% remake.
01:44:15
BeyBlade
To me, that answers the question, you know?
01:44:18
holla knight
Yeah, but what was a better game?
01:44:20
BeyBlade
I still might say 2 Remake.
01:44:22
holla knight
I don't know, dude. I don't know.
01:44:26
BeyBlade
Because that's the... Yeah.
01:44:28
holla knight
I don't agree. The
Game Remakes and Quality Analysis
01:44:29
holla knight
meta score doesn't agree either. So...
01:44:33
BeyBlade
well
01:44:36
holla knight
I mean, I don't know, man. I mean,
01:44:38
Steve-O
I'm just putting it just because i just, you know, it's ours.
01:44:41
holla knight
just to have it on there.
01:44:42
BeyBlade
You know, you couldt you could have put Spider-Man.
01:44:42
holla knight
Okay.
01:44:42
Steve-O
It's ours. We can figure it out.
01:44:43
BeyBlade
You could have put Spider-Man. on Hey, Steve, you don't have to pick. You just stick with Baldur's Gate 3.
01:44:48
Steve-O
You didn't even put Spider-Man. You put Alan Wake too.
01:44:51
BeyBlade
Oh, Alan Wake wasn't. Oh, shit. I didn't hear that one. Yeah, put Alan Wake, dude. That one rules.
01:44:59
BeyBlade
I really love that game. Did you guys beat it? can't remember.
01:45:04
Steve-O
Nah.
01:45:05
holla knight
play it.
01:45:05
BeyBlade
Fucking goons.
01:45:06
Steve-O
Because it's...
01:45:08
BeyBlade
It's what? Too scary?
01:45:09
Steve-O
Nah, it's an Epic exclusive. I don't want to buy it on the Epic store.
01:45:12
BeyBlade
What the fuuuh? my god!
01:45:16
Steve-O
Actually, I do own it. I did buy it recently.
01:45:18
BeyBlade
You piece of shit!
01:45:18
Steve-O
I bought it recently. i bought it recently for like $7. Nah,
01:45:23
BeyBlade
I don't... You've grown to be a worse human being with this PC nonsense.
01:45:29
Steve-O
nah. Nah. We're strong.
01:45:33
BeyBlade
you I'm strong boy.
01:45:34
Steve-O
Strong.
01:45:35
BeyBlade
I'm a strong boy who makes bad decisions.
01:45:38
Steve-O
For strong point, I make bad decisions.
01:45:39
BeyBlade
listen i won't play a game because on another imaginary fake storefront.
01:45:44
BeyBlade
Yeah, yeah okay, sure.
01:45:44
Steve-O
There's a line that I have to draw on the sand.
01:45:48
Steve-O
but sorry Where's our 2024 picks?
01:45:51
holla knight
2024?
01:45:51
Steve-O
Where the fuck are these?
01:45:51
holla knight
Blotro.
01:45:53
Steve-O
Where the fuck are these?
01:45:53
BeyBlade
Astro Bot, dude.
01:45:54
Steve-O
I found it.
01:45:55
holla knight
You think Astro Bot has a place?
01:45:55
BeyBlade
Astro Bot.
01:45:57
holla knight
Do you honestly feel Astro Bot has a place for a Game of the Decade?
01:45:59
BeyBlade
I honestly feel like yes.
01:46:01
Steve-O
but Damn it.
01:46:02
BeyBlade
I swear to God.
01:46:02
Steve-O
what What are these pictures? This is...
01:46:05
BeyBlade
Which one? give Give me a taste.
01:46:06
Steve-O
I'm posting it shit talk.
01:46:10
BeyBlade
Yeah, give me that.
01:46:10
Steve-O
This is just making me laugh. Hold on. So 2024, we chose... ah we chose
01:46:20
holla knight
Hell yeah, dawg! That's Micah, baby!
01:46:24
BeyBlade
Magneto Manga?
01:46:24
holla knight
but and
01:46:27
holla knight
Micah Neato.
01:46:28
BeyBlade
Man, I'll be honest. I was not expecting that.
01:46:31
Steve-O
that
01:46:31
BeyBlade
I was expecting like some pervy, gross, goonie. Fucking a poorly photocropped head of Micah over what looks to be a creepily realistic rendition of sexy Magneto who's cleaned up.
01:46:35
holla knight
dawg.
01:46:39
holla knight
What the fu- How did- Did I put that in there? I must have put that in there.
01:46:43
Steve-O
but it's It's a cosplayer of Magneto. And then it's Mike's head on top of it.
01:46:50
BeyBlade
oh my God, dude.
01:46:51
holla knight
That M is for Micah. Guys, come on.
01:46:53
Steve-O
M is for Mike and the game of the year 2024.
01:46:55
holla knight
I mean,
01:46:59
Steve-O
Chris chose Shadow of the Erd Tree and then he wrote, yeah, no, eat my ass. Devin, you chose Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and then John and Steve chose Bellatro.
01:47:14
BeyBlade
Yeah, I think, ah well, if the Final Fantasy VII Remake Rebirth kind of logic applies, then we'll just keep Remake.
01:47:14
holla knight
I mean
01:47:23
holla knight
I don't know Bellaccio...
01:47:23
BeyBlade
i mean, I don't know.
01:47:23
holla knight
Does Bellaccio have a spot? don't even know.
01:47:29
BeyBlade
I think Astrobat.
01:47:29
holla knight
It's hard to say.
01:47:30
BeyBlade
Astrobat has a spot for sure.
01:47:32
holla knight
you didn't even pick that for your game of the year, you can't say.
01:47:34
BeyBlade
Yeah. Yeah, because I didn't play it. And I liked Final Fantasy VII Rebirth more.
01:47:39
Steve-O
You played it later, yeah.
01:47:40
BeyBlade
But Astro Bot's the political choice, and I knew that coming in.
01:47:47
Steve-O
Why are you always playing politics?
01:47:48
BeyBlade
Because I want win.
01:47:50
Steve-O
when i eat I'm put Bellatro.
01:47:52
BeyBlade
want fucking win, dude.
01:47:55
Steve-O
And I'll also put Astro Bot too. Because Devin played it and he's playing politics.
01:47:58
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:47:59
holla knight
oh
01:48:00
BeyBlade
I played it, beat 100%, and I kept playing it because it kept coming out with sick-ass content.
01:48:04
Steve-O
Now 2025.
01:48:07
Steve-O
What can be considered it for this year? Well, that's the thing.
01:48:13
holla knight
I see...
01:48:13
Steve-O
I can't spoil this year. i can't We can't spoil this year's Anti-Sandies.
01:48:15
holla knight
i say...
01:48:16
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:48:17
holla knight
I see ah Tears of the Kingdom.
01:48:17
Steve-O
to switched Oh, perfect, perfect.
01:48:18
holla knight
I see Breath of the Wild on here. The Switch 2 editions.
01:48:24
BeyBlade
Oh, adorable.
01:48:26
holla knight
Alright, so yeah, we so we've got Hades 2, Claire Obscure, Blueprints, Split Fiction, Silksong, Donkey Kong, Death Stranding 2.
01:48:36
BeyBlade
I'm going to say me personally, I don't think I've like I don't think I've done the one where I'm like, this is it.
01:48:44
Steve-O
Great games. i don't think any of these are decade defining games.
01:48:50
BeyBlade
I mean...
01:48:51
holla knight
What the fuck is Ghost of Yote? It's not even the top 24, Ghost of Yote. That's kind of sad.
01:48:54
BeyBlade
it came out like three fucking minutes ago, dude.
01:48:54
Steve-O
Dude.
01:48:57
BeyBlade
Uh...
01:48:58
holla knight
It's on page two, not on page one.
01:49:01
Steve-O
It's already been. Dude, it's already been swept to the second page. it' dead It's dead.
01:49:03
holla knight
You know what else is on page two?
01:49:04
Steve-O
dead game.
01:49:05
holla knight
Mario Kart World.
01:49:07
Steve-O
Fuck. But they're right, though. They're right. What page is Sonic on?
01:49:13
holla knight
Sonic.
01:49:18
holla knight
It's not page one. who
01:49:21
Steve-O
I don't know if it scored well, but it's interesting because like my yeah my YouTube feed is like filled with people that are just like, Sonic better than Mario?
01:49:21
BeyBlade
Yeah, dude.
01:49:22
holla knight
No, it's not on page one.
01:49:30
Steve-O
And I'm like, all right.
01:49:33
BeyBlade
Like as in clickbait or just like
01:49:33
holla knight
i Oh, it's on it on page three.
01:49:34
Steve-O
Yeah, it's clickbait, but also like convincing.
01:49:36
holla knight
It's on page three.
01:49:38
Steve-O
so Okay, all right.
01:49:39
holla knight
Same score as Peak.
01:49:41
Steve-O
Peaks, hey, Peaks fun. Peaks a fun game.
01:49:43
holla knight
Peak's a good game.
01:49:43
Steve-O
Peaks a good game.
01:49:44
BeyBlade
Yeah, man, like, i i don't I don't mean to sound like a little grump, grump, a source racks or anything here, but like, just looking at the rest of the year, trying to see what the, what the one that would like blow my mind.
01:49:45
holla knight
Ahem.
Future Game Releases Anticipation
01:50:00
Steve-O
i don't think I don't think there is one.
01:50:02
BeyBlade
And I don't think, no, I don't think there is one.
01:50:03
Steve-O
don't think it is one.
01:50:03
holla knight
Silksong.
01:50:05
Steve-O
I think Grand Theft Auto was supposed to be the nuclear bomb this year and it got pushed to next year.
01:50:05
BeyBlade
Yeah, I mean, so. Yeah.
01:50:09
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:50:10
holla knight
Metroid, maybe? Alright,
01:50:13
Steve-O
Metroid could.
01:50:15
holla knight
make a prediction. What do you think the Metascore is going to be for Metroid?
01:50:18
Steve-O
think Metroid's going to be 80s, high 80s, 89.
01:50:20
holla knight
a 89. 88.
01:50:22
BeyBlade
I think it's going to be 83.
01:50:22
holla knight
Oh,
01:50:22
Steve-O
I think that's a good number.
01:50:23
BeyBlade
I think...
01:50:25
Steve-O
Okay.
01:50:25
holla knight
ah that's a critical failure.
01:50:25
Steve-O
Okay.
01:50:27
holla knight
That's a rolling a 1.
01:50:30
Steve-O
That's a
01:50:30
BeyBlade
honestly it's it is kind of interesting how people are just like what the why does this game look so bad and then i've heard things who from people who have heard things so take that to the bank my guy but um no it's like um they're like yeah there was a while where what i heard was the people that were working on it
01:50:32
holla knight
hum
01:50:40
Steve-O
yeah. Oh.
01:50:53
BeyBlade
They really didn't know what direction they wanted the game to go in for a minute.
01:50:58
Steve-O
oh
01:50:59
BeyBlade
And then once they did, nobody feels really like they're saying, and then it's corroborated by air quote corroborated by the fact that they're like, yeah, remember in the trailers where they're just like, look at this new mechanic where you open things with space magic.
01:51:16
BeyBlade
And everybody went, that seems like a completely normal gaming, like, function. Like, that's not...
01:51:21
Steve-O
Right.
01:51:22
BeyBlade
ah And then they're like, look at the bike in completely empty environments. And everybody's like, I don't... I don't know. i don't know. So, I'm actually... I'd say...
01:51:34
Steve-O
You're pushing against, you're saying.
01:51:35
BeyBlade
um'm officially worried for it.
01:51:38
Steve-O
Okay. Okay.
01:51:39
BeyBlade
But, you know, then again, for you guys, right? Maybe even John, like there's Donkey Kong Bonanza. It's Claire.
01:51:45
holla knight
Yeah, I got a bunch.
01:51:46
BeyBlade
It's Claire Obscure.
01:51:46
holla knight
Yeah.
01:51:47
BeyBlade
They're, you know, Silksong.
01:51:49
holla knight
It's Breath of the Wild Switch 2 Edition.
01:51:49
Steve-O
yeah
01:51:51
Steve-O
switch to edition baby all right all right 2025 i think we could just say we don't have much on this table we don't have much on this table but
01:51:52
holla knight
Tears of the Kingdom Switch 2 Edition.
01:51:54
BeyBlade
want hear that. don't want to hear that nonsense, dude.
01:52:03
BeyBlade
and i think its I think it's rightfully too soon to like even put on those games, right?
01:52:05
holla knight
and
01:52:10
BeyBlade
Like, Silk Song.
01:52:10
Steve-O
Right, right. We'll have this discussion when it's actually the end of the decade.
01:52:15
BeyBlade
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
01:52:16
Steve-O
um So for right now, all right, let me go through these years and we'll say, are any of these decade defining games? And so 2015 Bloodborne or Witcher 3?
01:52:31
BeyBlade
Man, that's like one of the hardest.
01:52:31
holla knight
Wait, say that again.
01:52:33
BeyBlade
Bloodborne or Witcher 3?
01:52:34
Steve-O
Bloodborne or Witcher 3 for best of the decade?
01:52:37
BeyBlade
Why not both? Why don't just fill up two of the... hemet Wait, what's the slots we're looking for?
01:52:41
holla knight
So you're trying to so slow you're trying to slim it down to one per year now?
01:52:44
Steve-O
So I initially said we could only choose five of these games.
01:52:44
holla knight
that what you're trying to do? and
01:52:49
BeyBlade
Right. Yeah, you can only pick five. It doesn't matter what year. So we could have like two from one year.
01:52:57
holla knight
Yeah, put the but the list up
01:52:57
BeyBlade
Obviously one of the years we skipped over.
01:52:59
holla knight
Take a screenshot of the list of everything so I can see it all.
01:53:00
BeyBlade
yeah
01:53:01
Steve-O
Okay. I have it in the the little side chat, but let me...
01:53:06
BeyBlade
I would be more than happy.
01:53:07
holla knight
Oh, let me see.
01:53:07
BeyBlade
Oh, yeah.
01:53:08
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:53:08
BeyBlade
I would be more than happy to just fill up two of those slots right now. um Okay.
01:53:17
BeyBlade
Damn.
01:53:19
holla knight
So pick five of these.
01:53:21
Steve-O
Yeah, we have to I'd say pick five of these
01:53:23
holla knight
Easy, Silksong, Hollow Knight,
01:53:24
Steve-O
as
01:53:26
BeyBlade
Yeah.
01:53:29
holla knight
um I would probably say for me it would be oh this is easy five out of these the Breath of the Wild Mario Odyssey Red Dead 2 Elden Ring and
01:53:39
BeyBlade
Okay.
01:53:41
BeyBlade
Okay.
01:53:54
BeyBlade
Oh, it was easy.
01:53:55
holla knight
now it gets tough Do I go God of War? Do I go Last of Us 2?
01:54:04
holla knight
Are they just the same to me? Because they're both Sony products? Yes.
01:54:08
BeyBlade
Yeah, I hear all the stories are the same. Exactly.
01:54:14
holla knight
For
01:54:18
holla knight
a decade defining games, I would say God of War over Last of Us 2.
01:54:22
Steve-O
Okay.
01:54:22
holla knight
So I would say because you got everything in there for me.
01:54:22
Steve-O
Okay.
01:54:24
BeyBlade
Okay. Okay.
01:54:27
holla knight
you got Zelda, you got open world Zelda, you got platforming Mario Odyssey, you've got um narrative, Red Dead 2, game direction, God of War, and then just, I think i think the the number one is just Elden Ring for all of those, everything.
01:54:51
holla knight
Everything just goes to Elden Ring.
01:54:52
Steve-O
okay
01:54:53
holla knight
like That covers ah almost ah every category, I think.
01:54:55
Steve-O
that would be that That would be your number one, you'd say.
01:54:57
holla knight
and Probably, yeah. Elden Ring, I would probably say.
01:54:58
BeyBlade
now Now, Steve, do we critique this list or do come up with our own?
01:54:59
holla knight
is Go ahead, critique it. Yeah. No, no, that's mine. Yeah, that that's what I would put as the top five. but like But I'm a little biased. like i don't Maybe Mario Odyssey doesn't belong in the top five, right?
01:55:11
Steve-O
I think your list is very similar to mine, but I think aside from...
01:55:13
holla knight
maybe that's my but Maybe that's my personal list.
01:55:18
Steve-O
i would swap out God of War for Last of Us 2.
01:55:23
BeyBlade
You're piece of shit.
01:55:23
holla knight
Okay. Yeah, I mean, that it was between those two for me.
01:55:24
BeyBlade
You're real piece of shit.
01:55:25
Steve-O
Either Last of Us 2 or Titanfall 2.
01:55:28
holla knight
But i the the thing that I always come back to between the two is one, i think Last of Us Part 1 is just a better probably product, right?
01:55:38
Steve-O
i think you're right. I think you're right.
01:55:41
holla knight
and And the other thing that comes back to me is God of War is literally one-take the entire game.
01:55:48
Steve-O
is one-er. is a one-er.
01:55:49
holla knight
is no, there's no cuts in that game at all.
01:55:51
Steve-O
Better to tell.
01:55:52
holla knight
And that is a fucking, like, triumph when it comes to just directing the game and making it, you know what i mean?
01:55:56
Steve-O
ah
01:55:59
holla knight
I don't feel like, you I know Devin's fucking jacking his, jorking his shit right now.
01:56:01
Steve-O
If I still had all the achievements and Devin didn't, I would choose it.
01:56:02
BeyBlade
um
01:56:04
holla knight
Devin's jorking his shit right now, listening to me glaze God War. But like, that that's like, you know, that's literally like, I think that's like one of the Like, that inspired Halo... I mean, this is not saying much, but it's it inspired how they directed Halo Infinite, right?
01:56:18
holla knight
If you're making 343 Studios change how Halo was made because have got because of the way God of War was changed, like, that's telling something, I think, you know?
01:56:18
Steve-O
Hmm.
01:56:28
BeyBlade
Yeah, yeah.
01:56:28
holla knight
In terms of, like, revolutionary games.
01:56:29
Steve-O
You know, all right. You convinced me. i I remember how hooked I was in God of War to the fact that like I got all the achievements in that game. You're right.
01:56:39
Steve-O
I agree.
01:56:40
holla knight
Yeah.
01:56:40
Steve-O
All right.
01:56:41
holla knight
No, yeah, because I think about and I'm like, dude, because like when when somebody pointed that out to me, I was just like, wait, what?
01:56:41
Steve-O
I'm.
01:56:48
holla knight
And then I'm playing, and I'm like, like like yeah, like they cheat or whatever when you're like going through the fast travel or whatever, but still, like technically, there are no cuts in that game at all.
01:56:58
Steve-O
Right.
01:56:59
holla knight
like That's actually pretty crazy if you think about it.
01:57:01
Steve-O
and
01:57:02
holla knight
like that's that's like who Who could do that in a video game is like what I'm saying. like How is that even possible? And they did it.
01:57:09
Steve-O
Now, Devin, I think you're probably going to have the harsher critique.
01:57:13
holla knight
Thank
01:57:14
BeyBlade
I mean, my I'm just basing off my original list that I wrote a few days ago. But Witcher 3, God of War 2018, Last of Us Part two Final Fantasy VII Remake, Titanfall 2.
01:57:31
BeyBlade
i mean, just kind of looking at what we have here, I don't even know.
01:57:37
Steve-O
We got to come to a consensus.
01:57:38
BeyBlade
i would i would say either...
01:57:41
Steve-O
Because we have to present this to Mr. Galani next week.
01:57:47
holla knight
He's going to be like, why is Bloodborne not on here? And then he's going to ask Devin what Death is.
01:57:49
BeyBlade
yeah yeah these just yeah Yeah, explain the plot.
01:57:50
Steve-O
He's
01:57:56
BeyBlade
and i'm gonna One day I'll be able to succinctly.
01:57:59
Steve-O
going to be like, no Bloodborne, no Spider-Man the game.
01:58:04
BeyBlade
No Celeste. Come on, guys.
01:58:06
Steve-O
Celeste.
01:58:08
BeyBlade
What's going on? he Biggest Celeste fan I've ever met.
01:58:09
Steve-O
Chris was big Celeste fan.
01:58:13
BeyBlade
Yeah, i mean, like Titanfall 2 feels like super personal. So it's like tough to ride the line of like objective. But like how can I say it's objective if I don't have Witcher 3, God of War 2018, Last of Us Part II, Final Fantasy VII Remake, and Titanfall 2.
01:58:25
holla knight
Wait, what was your five again?
01:58:36
holla knight
Yeah, Titanfall 2 I don't think belongs on the list in general, to be honest, as much as I love that game.
01:58:37
BeyBlade
And it's...
01:58:39
BeyBlade
more
01:58:42
Steve-O
It is the best Titanfall.
01:58:43
holla knight
That's my critique.
01:58:44
BeyBlade
It's time, but it's just it's been so long, know?
01:58:47
holla knight
i don't know why I don't know why you you shade Red Dead 2 so much, but like I don't know. That bothers me.
01:58:54
BeyBlade
I mean, yeah, probably Red
01:58:54
Steve-O
um'm I'm even giving Red Dead its props, even though I you know wasn't the biggest fan when I first played it. like I respect...
01:59:00
holla knight
They literally change how studios make games now. like that's that's what i'm That's what I'm basing it off. And I would say, if anything, Mario Odyssey is probably my one personal pick. But like I think my other ones are pretty general. You could probably you know what you could probably swap out.
01:59:17
holla knight
like If I were to go general, it would it pains me and hurts me to do this. But I could take Mario Odyssey out and probably put Witcher 3 in, to be honest. Yeah. If you want to go general, all general, no personal picks whatsoever.
01:59:33
holla knight
Like, I don't think Final Fantasy VII Remake has a place on this list. I don't think any remakes have a place on this list. I don't think they're actually changing anything. They're not really, like... They're inspiring itself, you know?
01:59:44
Steve-O
Okay.
01:59:44
holla knight
And they're inspiring what remakes are. Which are good. I'm not saying that they shouldn't we shouldn't have remakes. But, like, you know, they're not really changing anything. You know?
01:59:54
Steve-O
That's right.
01:59:55
holla knight
I don't know.
01:59:55
Steve-O
That makes sense to me. i get that. um Would that be something that you could agree to, Devin, where if we pulled Mario Odyssey and put Witcher 3 there?
02:00:03
BeyBlade
I mean, yeah, but I would just, the argument to that is like, then just do like a Metacritic score. Just do a top five Metacritic. Cause it's, yeah.
02:00:11
holla knight
I'll tell you the top five right now, dog. I mean, it's just Zelda, Zelda, Zelda, and Zelda.
02:00:13
BeyBlade
yeah Like, like of, of the decade. That's what I mean.
02:00:18
holla knight
All...
02:00:18
BeyBlade
Like, it's kind of like, but even if you took out like sequels and stuff, right.
02:00:18
Steve-O
Yeah.
02:00:23
BeyBlade
It's still going to look like, uh, Zelda, Mario, uh, Red Dead, Baldur's Gate, and then, you know, Elden Ring, right? That's just going to be the five, I bet.
02:00:38
BeyBlade
You know, without even looking.
02:00:38
holla knight
yeah I feel... Yeah, maybe... yeah You know, Red Dead
02:00:41
BeyBlade
And like, to me, that's kind of, that's why that's why I feel like you need the, you need the personal.
02:00:41
holla knight
Or Baldur's Gate probably would be in there too.
02:00:45
Steve-O
I mean, that that's the thing, though, because like the personal thing is I can't argue the personal thing. I can't be like off. You're wrong for your opinion.
02:00:53
BeyBlade
Yeah. Yeah.
02:00:54
Steve-O
But I could be like, oh, here. These have numbers. These value.
02:00:58
holla knight
I mean, yeah I mean, yeah. If we're talking... Yeah, I mean, I guess i i guess we have to include Baldur's Gate 3 too. So I'm trying to figure out what I would even take out for Baldur's Gate 3.
02:01:11
holla knight
man I think so yeah no no I think in general yeah
02:01:11
Steve-O
Do we have to put bottles gate three?
02:01:14
BeyBlade
I think Chris would – I think more than even Bloodborne, he would be like, where's Baldur's Gate 3?
02:01:15
Steve-O
Okay. Yeah, Chris would... chris
02:01:20
Steve-O
If we present this to Mr. Galani next week, Mr. Galani says...
02:01:26
holla knight
so what did I say let me let me type this so I said Witcher 3 Zelda Mario God War Red Dead and that's it
02:01:26
Steve-O
You don't have to hold this game 3? ah You said... Witcher 3, Zelda, God of War, Red Dead, Elden Ring.
02:01:42
holla knight
Oh, wait, then... no, I took Mario out.
02:01:45
Steve-O
Yeah, you took Mario out for Witcher 3, yeah.
02:01:45
holla knight
put Witcher 3 out. Dude, maybe we take Witcher 3 out and Gate
02:01:52
BeyBlade
That's what I mean. It just turns into a fucking, it just turns into like ah kind of a bland paint by numbers list.
02:01:53
holla knight
I don't know.
02:02:02
BeyBlade
Like, like a hundred percent.
02:02:03
holla knight
I mean, yeah, to be...
02:02:04
BeyBlade
the The personal picks for me are, are seven remakes and take a little too, but we're only saying that because like they don't stack numbers wise.
02:02:10
holla knight
Alright, fine. My personal picks Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 2. Like, those are my personal picks.
02:02:15
Steve-O
yeah I know.
02:02:15
BeyBlade
No, no, but I'm saying i'm saying like my my five, right?
02:02:16
holla knight
Mario, Zelda...
02:02:18
BeyBlade
My five. if you had If you had to argue, Devin, I think you have some personal picks. I would say yes, and they are. Seven remake in Titanfall 2. And it's like, and they only stick out because they're not in the top tier Metacritic range.
02:02:32
Steve-O
right, hold on. Let's do this real quick, okay? We're going to Each of us pick one of our like personal picks, and then we'll just say Galani's would be Baldur's Gate 3, and then we'll try and figure out what the final one would be.
02:02:50
Steve-O
So...
02:02:51
holla knight
See, now this is a political game now.
02:02:52
Steve-O
um We're playing politics. I would probably say Breath of the Wild.
02:02:53
BeyBlade
That's what I mean, man.
02:02:55
holla knight
Because I know you're going pick Breath of the Wild, so I don't have to pick that.
02:02:58
Steve-O
don't have to pick that.
02:03:01
BeyBlade
Well, wait, wait. What if we blind type it? And then if there are sequels, they just double eliminate themselves. Sequels. I mean, ah if therere if they're duplicates, they double eliminate themselves.
02:03:11
Steve-O
Oh, so they're they're no longer allowed if we type the same game?
02:03:13
BeyBlade
I kind of like, yeah, I kind of like that. I'll be honest.
02:03:19
Steve-O
already you announced mine.
02:03:20
BeyBlade
No, no. I mean, you said, but you can pick anything. I'm saying now knowing that, is that what you would pick, right? If all three of us pick, you know.
02:03:28
holla knight
I'm looking at the list.
02:03:30
BeyBlade
Hold
02:03:31
holla knight
Yeah, if I had to... if if i Gun to my head, I had to say what the best game of the decade would be. was it would i would just say Elden Ring. And yeah, that's boring. But if we're playing this game, then I'll type it in right now i'm blind
02:03:46
BeyBlade
on. Let me. Wait, where are we typing?
02:03:47
Steve-O
Where are we typing it?
02:03:48
BeyBlade
Are we going to type in a shit talk?
02:03:49
Steve-O
Yeah, we'll type in the shit pop.
02:03:49
holla knight
now. I'm blind. I'm just typing it in a sticky note on my computer right now.
02:03:52
BeyBlade
No, no, I'm saying I want to type it and then at the count of three we all hit enter.
02:03:55
holla knight
Oh, no, we hit enter.
02:03:56
Steve-O
Wait, ah we all we're all typing our top fives?
02:03:57
holla knight
all right, all right.
02:03:59
BeyBlade
No, no, no. We're all just going to pick one game from this list, you know, from this list we've talked about.
02:04:00
holla knight
No, we're all picking one.
02:04:01
Steve-O
One game. Okay.
02:04:04
BeyBlade
And if there are any duplicates, then they get eliminated.
02:04:07
Steve-O
Okay, ready?
02:04:09
BeyBlade
Well, hold on, hold on.
02:04:10
Steve-O
One game.
02:04:11
BeyBlade
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Okay.
02:04:14
Steve-O
and were And we're typing, what is this supposed to be specifically? The game of the decade?
02:04:17
BeyBlade
it's It's just one of our five, right?
02:04:20
Steve-O
Okay, one of our five.
02:04:20
BeyBlade
One of our five, we're going to pick.
02:04:21
holla knight
yeah Yeah, what we would pick.
02:04:21
Steve-O
Okay.
02:04:23
BeyBlade
And the count of three, we're going to hit enter.
02:04:23
Steve-O
Okay.
02:04:24
BeyBlade
And if they're you know if all three are original, that's three of them, right?
02:04:29
Steve-O
Okay.
02:04:29
BeyBlade
That's already three on the list. If there are any duplicates, they get eliminated. So the odds, because it makes you think about it really makes you fucking think about it.
02:04:33
holla knight
Why did they get eliminated, though?
02:04:33
Steve-O
All
02:04:37
holla knight
Okay, alright, fine. fine oh
02:04:38
BeyBlade
All right. One, two, three.
02:04:39
Steve-O
right.
02:04:44
BeyBlade
yeah All right. That's three.
02:04:44
Steve-O
All right, that's three unique games.
02:04:46
Steve-O
Breath of the Wild, Witcher 3.
02:04:46
BeyBlade
So that's Witcher. Yeah. All
02:04:47
Steve-O
That fucking takes you.
02:04:51
BeyBlade
right.
02:04:52
holla knight
So now Galani gets to pick between Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3. We'll make him pick between those two next week.
02:04:58
BeyBlade
Yeah, we'll make him pick. And then, and then, don't know.
02:04:59
Steve-O
Okay.
02:05:02
Steve-O
There you go. Boom, we figured it out.
02:05:05
BeyBlade
And then what I think we would do for the fifth one, the fifth one would be, we all type it in, but they have to match.
02:05:14
Steve-O
Ooh, or we ask Tim and if he picks any of the ones that we've already picked.
02:05:16
holla knight
ah
02:05:17
BeyBlade
and
02:05:17
holla knight
Oh, no. didn't play any games. He didn't play any of these games.
02:05:22
Steve-O
All
02:05:22
BeyBlade
I'll just if they match, right?
02:05:22
holla knight
Come on.
02:05:24
BeyBlade
If they match and then like, but they all have to unanimous match. They don't, they get eliminated automatically.
02:05:32
Steve-O
right. So right now, right now our our top three games of the decade are breath of the wild, which are three and red dead to
02:05:37
holla knight
ah
02:05:40
BeyBlade
Yeah. I would stand on that list.
02:05:40
holla knight
I'm surprised. I'm surprised you didn't.
02:05:42
BeyBlade
Yeah.
02:05:43
holla knight
I'm surprised you you didn't pick God of War, Devin.
02:05:45
BeyBlade
I mean, I mean,
02:05:47
Steve-O
You're afraid he's going to get nuked.
02:05:49
BeyBlade
hey Hey, this is the last year we can even put Witcher 3 on the decade list. Right?
02:05:55
holla knight
That is true. That is and is ah and is also a political choice by Devin as well.
02:05:56
Steve-O
That is true.
02:05:56
BeyBlade
So...
02:05:56
Steve-O
Yeah.
02:05:59
BeyBlade
You know what?
02:06:01
Steve-O
Pressing. and
02:06:01
BeyBlade
Just last season, we don't know how many more movies Leo has. We gotta give an Oscar.
02:06:06
Steve-O
Here you got one.
02:06:08
BeyBlade
Yeah, he got one.
02:06:08
Steve-O
Here you got it. Here you got one.
02:06:10
holla knight
What, for Shutter Island?
02:06:11
BeyBlade
yeah whatever.
02:06:12
holla knight
Oh no, Wolf of Wall Street.
02:06:12
Steve-O
For fucking up a bear.
02:06:13
BeyBlade
no no, no, no. He should have been for Wolf. if For fucking The Revenant.
02:06:17
holla knight
The Revenant.
02:06:17
Steve-O
Yeah.
02:06:18
holla knight
Well dude, he ate an actual bear lover in that or whatever.
02:06:18
BeyBlade
Yeah.
02:06:20
BeyBlade
just saying.
02:06:21
holla knight
You know?
02:06:22
BeyBlade
I'm just saying, though All right.
02:06:23
Steve-O
all right, let's get to some news.
02:06:26
BeyBlade
Well, you want to talk about the big one? Let's talk about the big one.
02:06:28
Steve-O
Let's talk about the big one.
02:06:31
BeyBlade
Final Fantasy Tactics Remake has an easy mode.
Xbox Game Pass Controversy
02:06:34
BeyBlade
That's not that easy, guys.
02:06:37
holla knight
Stupid that they even did that.
02:06:37
BeyBlade
that Is that the big news? that
02:06:39
Steve-O
Is that the fucking joke? are you fucking Are you fucking joking?
02:06:41
BeyBlade
thats One, that's a real article headline that I just read.
02:06:43
Steve-O
Is it?
02:06:44
BeyBlade
But no. ah So Xbox...
02:06:51
BeyBlade
explode it They basically imploded, it seems like, but they have updated the cost of Game Pass starting immediately. ah The highest tier is going up 50%, so now it would cost you essentially $30 a month for Game Pass Ultimate, which led to a lot of people going, do I even need this subscription service?
02:07:13
BeyBlade
This seems like a lot of money ah to the point where
02:07:16
holla knight
Hey, at least they got they got the Fortnite season pass in there, dog.
02:07:19
Steve-O
They got the crew pass in there, baby.
02:07:20
holla knight
Ahem.
02:07:20
BeyBlade
Yeah, they got that group pass.
02:07:21
Steve-O
Mm-hmm.
02:07:22
BeyBlade
ah But which this led to a bunch of people canceling to the point where the site kept crashing. The cancel website kept crashing. Then, which has also led to a bunch of, to be fair, unsubstantiated rumors.
02:07:32
holla knight
um
02:07:37
BeyBlade
about the immediate future of Xbox and Microsoft and how and how they're viewing things, but also some real-world things like Costco has basically stopped shipping them.
02:07:49
holla knight
Oh, man.
02:07:49
BeyBlade
They're not stocking them.
02:07:50
Steve-O
Wait, Devin,
02:07:51
BeyBlade
If you go to a Sam's Club, they're on sale.
02:07:52
holla knight
Guys, hold on.
02:07:54
BeyBlade
What?
02:07:54
Steve-O
is that why you got a Costco card this fucking week?
02:07:57
BeyBlade
the Yeah, I just pounded my chest.
02:07:57
Steve-O
Is because they fucking made their allegiance to Sony? All right, bring it out.
02:08:01
holla knight
Dude. Yo, I don't want to revert back to our previous conversation, but I just asked ChatGPT what the top five video games of the decade it are.
02:08:12
BeyBlade
okay
02:08:12
holla knight
And you will be surprised.
02:08:15
Steve-O
me hear.
02:08:18
holla knight
I'll let you guess what's not on the list, Steve.
02:08:22
Steve-O
Witcher 3?
02:08:24
holla knight
That's on the list. It's on the top five.
02:08:25
BeyBlade
God of War is not on the list.
02:08:27
holla knight
It is in the top five. God of War is number two. Witcher 3 was number five.
02:08:30
BeyBlade
I'm like...
02:08:31
holla knight
God of War was number two.
02:08:32
BeyBlade
Baldur's Gate not on the list.
02:08:34
holla knight
It was not on the list. Continue.
02:08:35
BeyBlade
Okay.
02:08:36
Steve-O
Oh, is Red Dead 2 not on the list?
02:08:39
holla knight
It's number four, baby.
02:08:40
Steve-O
Okay.
02:08:40
holla knight
They know.
02:08:41
BeyBlade
Is...
02:08:41
holla knight
They know Ball. It's not the list.
02:08:42
BeyBlade
Bloodborne, not on the list.
02:08:45
holla knight
it's not on the list
02:08:46
Steve-O
Is...
02:08:46
BeyBlade
Breath of the Wild, on the list?
02:08:46
Steve-O
Breath of the Wild?
02:08:49
holla knight
Come on, dude. It's number one. You knew Chad G.P.T.
02:08:50
Steve-O
okay, okay.
02:08:51
holla knight
was going to be number one.
02:08:51
BeyBlade
Okay, okay, okay. All right.
02:08:52
holla knight
Come on, dog.
02:08:55
BeyBlade
Wait, was that the five or we missing in one? We said...
02:08:58
holla knight
That was...
02:08:59
Steve-O
Elden Ring?
02:09:00
holla knight
Elden Ring is not on the list!
02:09:02
Steve-O
What? Wait, ok keep hold on, hold on, hold on.
02:09:05
BeyBlade
i'm doing I'm doing the Will Smith i'm doing the will smith ah Pursuit of Happiness gift right now.
02:09:07
Steve-O
Hold on.
02:09:09
holla knight
Dog!
02:09:10
Steve-O
We need to take this into account. ChatGPT sometimes has older data in its like banks. Is it not clocking it?
02:09:19
holla knight
Okay, here, here. Let me, let me, let me type it in again here. Let me say what was the best video game from 2015 through 2025. Okay.
02:09:36
holla knight
All right. All right. We got all right.
02:09:39
BeyBlade
Boring.
02:09:40
Steve-O
alright
02:09:40
holla knight
Here we go. All right. Well, here, here's the, the wrong, the wrong list. This is the wrong one.
02:09:51
BeyBlade
okay
02:09:52
holla knight
And then here is the correct one. And it's not ranked.
02:09:57
holla knight
But it still picks Breath of the Wild as as the number one.
02:10:00
BeyBlade
Wow.
02:10:02
BeyBlade
It's just about
02:10:02
holla knight
Elden Ring barely made it in there.
02:10:04
Steve-O
Barely made it.
02:10:05
holla knight
By the skin of its teeth, Devin.
02:10:07
BeyBlade
about... Wait, what got kicked? ah Red Dead? is that No, Red Dead was on it.
02:10:13
Steve-O
It was Mario? No, Mario's on both.
02:10:15
BeyBlade
No, Mars aren't.
02:10:15
holla knight
they put They put six on here.
02:10:17
BeyBlade
oh Oh, this box?
02:10:18
Steve-O
Yeah, wait, what the fuck?
02:10:19
BeyBlade
Okay. i was going to say, i was like, wait, well what got you?
02:10:22
holla knight
Oh, wait, hold on. Let me change. Let me change. What? All right, do the top five.
02:10:28
holla knight
From 2015 to 2025.
02:10:30
BeyBlade
Also call it a piece of shit. So it gets, it really builds that resentment.
02:10:33
Steve-O
It just like, it just floated Elden Ring as the sixth one.
02:10:33
holla knight
Do it again!
02:10:39
holla knight
Not even six words in there.
02:10:43
holla knight
right, Mario Odyssey gets the boot.
02:10:45
BeyBlade
Okay, gets the boot, dude.
02:10:45
holla knight
Here we go.
02:10:46
Steve-O
Okay.
02:10:47
BeyBlade
All right.
02:10:47
Steve-O
All right. All right.
02:10:49
BeyBlade
What are you going to Oh, yeah.
02:10:51
holla knight
There.
02:10:51
Steve-O
Well,
02:10:52
BeyBlade
So Costco's not stocking Xboxes anymore.
02:10:53
holla knight
Anyway.
02:10:56
BeyBlade
stamp sam's club has it Sam's Club has it on, like, heavy discount, like discount
02:10:57
holla knight
Witcher 3 is number one.
02:10:57
Steve-O
I mean, hold on. Let's let's take this into account.
02:11:04
Steve-O
None of these games that we're talking about are on the Xbox.
02:11:04
BeyBlade
so
02:11:07
Steve-O
I mean, like some of the, the you know, the third party ones are, but like, we're not talking about Xbox games. We're talking about PlayStation games, Nintendo games, basically.
02:11:16
BeyBlade
That's been, man, for years.
02:11:17
Steve-O
Yeah. Xbox has been fucking just floundering since they announced the Xbox one.
02:11:24
BeyBlade
Well, I mean, they're also stating that the Call of Duty experiment was a monster failure, right? Like, it did not lead to a gigantic jump of Game Pass subscribers. They're saying that Call of Duty lost something like $300 million dollars compared to years prior just because it wasn't on sale, you know, kind of anywhere else.
02:11:45
Steve-O
Jesus.
02:11:50
BeyBlade
So there's things like that. um You know, ah some of the studios, studios, ah you know, these these big box stores, like they they know stuff, right? Like it's not just at the whim of John Costco that he's like, we're not we're not stocking these anymore.
02:12:10
BeyBlade
Right. Like other big companies are going to follow suit.
02:12:10
Steve-O
Right.
02:12:15
holla knight
Thank
02:12:15
BeyBlade
And it's as to why clearly Microsoft doesn't seem to care ah or they're basically they're doing something that's causing these big box stores to be like, yeah, we definitely don't want to be a part of this. And whether or not that's like mutual in the sense of like, hey, yeah, we get it. We understand. Or if they're just doing something ridiculous that's like pushing them away from even wanting to. I don't know.
02:12:40
BeyBlade
Because it feels like Microsoft is pushing all business away. Like.
02:12:44
Steve-O
Do you think they're self-sabotaging to try and get out of the console market?
02:12:50
holla knight
Yeah, maybe.
02:12:50
BeyBlade
I don't. I mean, I. i
02:12:52
holla knight
Maybe not self-sabotaging, but maybe they're just... They're trying to cut their losses shorter charging more for the service now.
02:12:56
BeyBlade
Like, can some of it.
02:13:00
holla knight
It's just... by charging more for the service now
02:13:03
BeyBlade
Yeah, like can some of it be performative?
02:13:05
Steve-O
Mm.
02:13:05
BeyBlade
I do think so. I do think that's a that's a reality.
02:13:10
Steve-O
Mm.
02:13:11
BeyBlade
But like, yeah, I don't think there' it's like some secret master plan or anything. But it is...
02:13:19
BeyBlade
Like, dude, you're the third place console and then you jack you jack your console cost. up to a two terabyte Xbox Series X was $800.
02:13:30
Steve-O
Mm.
02:13:30
BeyBlade
And you're far and away third place. Like what logic does that make? That makes no sense that they're they're doing that. ah Game Pass, I mean, they're ja they're jacking up that price, which to me, that doesn't, I don't understand that at all.
02:13:46
BeyBlade
I understand if it, because a lot of people were expecting a slight bump, like $5. but to pump it up by like 15 or whatever it was, it's just like insane.
02:13:57
Steve-O
Yeah.
02:13:57
BeyBlade
And they're like, why? Like that doesn't even make sense from a business standpoint. It's like, there's the, I forget the term, but it's like heat the water so slowly that the frog doesn't know it's being boiled.
02:14:08
BeyBlade
Right.
02:14:08
Steve-O
Right.
02:14:09
BeyBlade
it's Like what Netflix did basically we're paying 20 fucking $8 a month for Netflix.
02:14:12
Steve-O
Mm-hmm.
02:14:15
BeyBlade
It's not like they were just like, Hey, you were paying 15, but now it's only 30.
02:14:15
Steve-O
They ding every few months.
02:14:19
BeyBlade
Right. Um, for whatever reason, they're just not interested in and some of these, like, you know, these rumors that apparently it's by this guy that has a very good track record.
02:14:32
BeyBlade
He, he called out a lot of this stuff that was happening already. But he also mentions there's going to be a lot more layoffs basically in Q1 26, just as big, if not bigger than the last huge one.
02:14:43
Steve-O
No,
02:14:48
BeyBlade
They're also stating that... I think Microsoft came out today to confirm that they are coming out with consoles or something to that fact. Did you guys hear about this?
02:15:00
Steve-O
no I have not.
02:15:01
BeyBlade
So rumors swelled swirled recently that Microsoft was retreating from consoles, but that may not be true. Like, Microsoft was forced to put out a statement, like, today, I think, that they were like, hey, just so you guys know, we're still committed to...
02:15:11
Steve-O
Mm.
02:15:16
BeyBlade
ah You know, working with AMD on future consoles and devices.
Microsoft's Gaming Market Strategy
02:15:21
BeyBlade
they The statement says they are actively investing in future first party consoles and devices that are designed, engineered, built by Xbox.
02:15:28
BeyBlade
That's a statement, though.
02:15:30
Steve-O
yeah
02:15:30
BeyBlade
And what this guy's saying, what the rumor is, is he's saying there are certain milestones that you need to be hitting if you are planning to create a console. You know, like probably design. Yeah.
02:15:41
BeyBlade
the tech, the controller, those things, right?
02:15:45
Steve-O
yeah
02:15:45
BeyBlade
And they're saying that um they weren't being hit and then it kind of doesn't seem like anybody's doing what they need to do to hit those goals to then be able to pull the trigger on a new console in 2026, which was the the rumor, right?
02:16:02
BeyBlade
It just doesn't... It makes sense that they would just be a third-party publisher at this point. They could... I don't see the harm in that.
02:16:13
BeyBlade
I don't see that.
02:16:13
Steve-O
No, I don't either. i don't really...
02:16:14
BeyBlade
Yeah. Yeah.
02:16:17
Steve-O
i think they're already... like Windows PCs are, you know, already a place for people play games.
02:16:28
Steve-O
And I don't think you need to kind of like split up your market where it's like, if people want a console, just go buy a PlayStation, go buy a Nintendo. If, you know, if somebody wants to buy like a big graphics box and they want to also like do like computer work on it, there's where you get your, your Microsoft lean in on that.
02:16:51
BeyBlade
Yeah, because I mean, like, let's assume that the trend is true. Let's assume that they're they're basically saying, hey, um we are getting out of the console space. We're just going to be third party and also Game Pass.
02:17:07
BeyBlade
But it's like, so is the plan then just be Game Pass, which is essentially a competitor to Steam, which means you're not going to win.
02:17:18
Steve-O
right
02:17:19
BeyBlade
so So then it seems like, okay, so what's the other option? Well, they do the the rumored integration with Steam. But then again, like for probably a fee, right? But it's like you would you'd end up spending more money on the Steam store on your Xbox machine than you would the Xbox store.
02:17:38
BeyBlade
Because it's Steam and that has better deals and this and that. You know, all all the benefits that ah that the Steam storefront has over...
02:17:47
Steve-O
But Devin... Would it run Borderlands 4 for Chris?
02:17:51
BeyBlade
i The new, new Xbox? Yes.
02:17:56
Steve-O
The new, new Xbox?
02:17:57
BeyBlade
That will run it.
02:17:57
Steve-O
Dude, there we go.
02:17:58
BeyBlade
Will Chris still secretly think his Steam Deck is probably more powerful? Yes. He will also think that. no No, I'm pretty sure it's it's... You know, who pays attention to these things?
02:18:11
Steve-O
It's the same thing.
02:18:12
BeyBlade
no What do you mean?
02:18:13
Steve-O
Come on, my guy at the store.
02:18:16
BeyBlade
kind of guy at the store told me. The frames are good.
02:18:21
Steve-O
ah good frames, Devin.
02:18:22
BeyBlade
i you know, I think that's what he didn't want to give us a weekly check-in on Borderlands 4.
02:18:27
Steve-O
That's fair. His cousin from Alabama came in.
02:18:28
BeyBlade
Yeah, you know what? Yeah.
02:18:30
Steve-O
Right.
02:18:30
BeyBlade
Yeah, what's more realistic, right?
02:18:33
Steve-O
e
02:18:34
BeyBlade
But no, dude, it's like...
02:18:38
BeyBlade
still I just can't wrap my head around the $30 price point. I mean, I got out before when it was still like the best deal in gaming, right?
02:18:48
Steve-O
right
02:18:49
BeyBlade
I got out before that because i I couldn't logically, you know, commit to I'm spending too much money on nothing.
02:18:54
holla knight
Yeah, dude, I had... i had Game Pass Ultimate, and I was just, like, trying...
02:18:58
BeyBlade
not losing
02:19:02
holla knight
the The issue is, like, you're trying hard to get your money's worth, but you're you're also, like, you're kind of hampered down by managing your hard drive space, too.
02:19:13
holla knight
At least, like, when you buy a game, like, you know how much it's gonna take up, and you bought the game.
02:19:17
BeyBlade
Yeah.
02:19:19
Steve-O
Right.
02:19:20
holla knight
Whereas this, it's like, you have to, like, manage your space like oh well when i'm done this game i should delete it and download cocoon and when i'm done cocoon i can download this instead and then and it's like it's like because it's your i don't know it's not really a good model because games are take so much of a commitment you know it's like
02:19:29
BeyBlade
yeah
02:19:41
BeyBlade
Yeah, and then you don't want to feel like you've got to play three games a month just to get the ah money's worth.
02:19:42
Steve-O
Hmm.
02:19:46
holla knight
yeah
02:19:47
BeyBlade
And I mean, I joke and, you know, to an extent, it is true. Like I tell people, i'm like, yeah, if I'm not seeing, you know, guys i don't know if you know this about me, but I'm an AMC A-Stars Stubs member, right?
02:19:59
holla knight
Oh, shit. You're an investor.
02:20:03
BeyBlade
I'm an investor tier, dude.
02:20:04
holla knight
You're a stakeholder. That's what they call them.
02:20:06
BeyBlade
Like I've joked about this, but it is true. Like I do tell people, I'm like, hey, if you don't e if you don't see like two movies a month, you're kind of wasting your money, right?
02:20:10
holla knight
You make movies happen.
02:20:16
BeyBlade
Like it takes about two movies to like really get your money's worth a month. And that's a three-hour sit, right?
02:20:26
BeyBlade
That's driving to the theater, getting through the trailers, watching the movie, going home. That's three to four hours of your – that's eight hours of your month, right?
02:20:35
Steve-O
How much does that cost?
02:20:37
BeyBlade
It's like 28 bucks, 26 bucks, something like that. And it's cheaper than the game pass, but like with game pass, you're like, okay, I'm paying 30 and I got to play.
02:20:46
holla knight
But there's there's usually two movies you you want to see I saw Superman twice.
02:20:50
BeyBlade
That's what I'm saying. Like, yeah, exactly.
02:20:51
Steve-O
a
02:20:51
BeyBlade
It's easy for me. And the time sink isn't as extreme as it is a video game. Try playing two or three video games in a month.
02:20:58
holla knight
I saw Superman twice in a week.
02:21:01
BeyBlade
Yeah. And you know, and,
02:21:01
Steve-O
And you can go to any AMC.
02:21:01
holla knight
like that That was like 50 bucks I spent.
02:21:05
BeyBlade
Yeah. And you can cut down on time.
02:21:06
holla knight
know
02:21:07
BeyBlade
You could show up 20 minutes late and the trailers are just getting over, right? Like you can manipulate.
02:21:11
holla knight
and I never play that game like you do.
02:21:13
BeyBlade
I know, but I'm just saying like you can, right? But three games, you know, and obviously we're coming at it from a point where we are a little bit older and we don't just have all the free time.
02:21:19
holla knight
Thank
02:21:23
BeyBlade
But like, yeah, imagine trying to put
02:21:28
BeyBlade
60, 30, you know, like 60 hours a month into a video game that you have to. Otherwise you feel like you're not getting your money's worth and let heaven forbid there's a bad month or two where like nothing that good is coming out. And then it's, it was easy to make that decision when you were spending 15 bucks a month.
02:21:50
BeyBlade
It became a little bit more difficult when it was like 20, Or, you know, whatever the tears had come out.
02:21:54
holla knight
Yeah.
02:21:56
BeyBlade
And now it's like, okay, so if I want to play the new games day one, you have to be a certain type of ah what player.
02:22:04
holla knight
Yeah, and that's the thing. like
02:22:05
BeyBlade
like i'm not Like, you got to be like, this is my hobby. This is my number one hobby. It's my favorite thing to do. And I'm going to commit this much time.
02:22:12
holla knight
Or you're like, I'm a diehard Call of Duty player and a new one comes out every year and I'll get to play it every year for free and get season pass.
02:22:19
BeyBlade
Yeah, but then somebody would be like, yo, bro, why don't you just play the buy the game once because you're spending so much less money? You know, it's...
02:22:28
holla knight
Because get season pass too, probably, right?
02:22:28
Steve-O
Mm-hmm.
02:22:29
holla knight
is
02:22:30
BeyBlade
I don't think...
02:22:30
holla knight
you get the COD season pass or you just get the free-to-play season passes?
02:22:31
BeyBlade
No. ah no No, you only... You get the Fortnite free to season pass. That's it. You don't get the Call of Duty.
02:22:37
holla knight
god It's so not worth it, dude. It's really... It's just not worth it to do $30 a month for that.
02:22:41
BeyBlade
Yeah.
02:22:44
BeyBlade
Yeah, like, I really... I hate to say but you've got to be, like, 14-year-old...
02:22:46
holla knight
Even if you have a lot of time to game...
02:22:49
BeyBlade
Yeah, you have to be a 14-year-old boy to be getting all of the news out of this.
02:22:50
holla knight
Even if you...
02:22:54
BeyBlade
thing
02:22:54
holla knight
Or, not only that, or you... you um you have Like, here's the ideal scenario. You have two kids, one as an Xbox, one as a PC, and they both like different games.
02:23:08
holla knight
Well, how would that work? Is it just one account or do you have a family plan?
02:23:11
BeyBlade
No, dude. You know what? I don't want to speak out turn, but I think that would require two accounts, wouldn't it?
02:23:14
Steve-O
That's.
02:23:17
Steve-O
Oh, that's messed up, dude. Get you a family plan.
02:23:19
BeyBlade
Maybe not. Maybe not. Let's even, a okay, let's.
02:23:21
Steve-O
Like the whole purpose in my head is you're just like a parent and you're like, whatever.
02:23:22
BeyBlade
Yeah.
02:23:26
holla knight
there's no there's no what There's no reason or logic to to for this to be worth it. It doesn't make any sense.
02:23:32
BeyBlade
Yeah.
02:23:32
Steve-O
Listen.
02:23:33
holla knight
even if games are Even if Call of Duty is $70, $80.
02:23:38
BeyBlade
Yeah, like.
02:23:38
holla knight
But Steve, if Nintendo would have had would have this...
02:23:41
Steve-O
Listen.
02:23:45
BeyBlade
Don't they?
02:23:46
Steve-O
a
02:23:46
BeyBlade
Don't they?
02:23:48
holla knight
If $30 a month, you get to play Donkey Kong and Zelda day one for free...
02:23:55
BeyBlade
Yeah, you guys, you.
02:23:55
holla knight
Plus a bunch of other Actually, they they do have a bunch games. It's just in the...
02:23:58
Steve-O
God damn. You're right. I'm such a fucking just chill, dude. Because I would absolutely just sign up for that the second they announced it
02:24:07
holla knight
what How much is the... because how much It's $30 month, but hold on.
02:24:09
BeyBlade
but How often are are like, I know we're at a good clip here.
02:24:10
holla knight
Let see. it's not thirty dollars a month but hold on let me see
02:24:14
Steve-O
It's not like often, often, but like this year you'd be able to play Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong, maybe Pokemon, ZA and Metroid.
02:24:22
BeyBlade
No, mean.
02:24:25
BeyBlade
Yeah, no, let's let's assume it it mirrors the Xbox one, right? So you'd you'd get Metroid, you'd get Donkey Kong, you'd get Pokemon, you'd get Mario Kart World, right?
02:24:31
Steve-O
You get like the Galaxy re-releases that they're doing.
02:24:36
holla knight
Dude, there's input lag in the fucking Nintendo online stores.
02:24:37
BeyBlade
That's worth it. But like Game Pass had air quote incredible value like
02:24:40
Steve-O
It bothers me that the store always will have that lag.
02:24:41
holla knight
and
02:24:43
BeyBlade
late 2024 into like midway of this year where was like Indiana Jones, Claire Obscure, you know, this, that, and the other thing all came out in the span of like six months.
02:24:43
holla knight
Dude, and it's all... yeah The experience pack's $65 a year for family membership. That's actually fucking steal,
02:24:50
Steve-O
That's okay.
02:24:52
holla knight
dude. And you're pay you're paying $300 more for the Xbox One.
02:24:53
BeyBlade
And it was like, wow, this is killing it. But it's not like that all the time. Like what?
02:24:58
holla knight
But at least this one, you get you get all the you get all the virtual console stuff, too.
02:24:58
Steve-O
Excellent.
02:24:59
BeyBlade
And I, and I'm only using this as the argument for this scenario, but like after Metroid,
02:25:03
Steve-O
Xbox definitely overvalues their brand at the moment, which it
02:25:05
BeyBlade
ah no
02:25:06
holla knight
Yeah, i think that's I think that's the problem. Yeah, they overvalue their own shit.
02:25:10
Steve-O
It's like, guys, you you haven't been x Xbox 360 you in over a decade, like 2013.
02:25:11
holla knight
Which is invaluable anymore.
02:25:20
Steve-O
Like.
02:25:23
Steve-O
They just they just don't got that poll. PlayStation still got that poll.
02:25:27
holla knight
And...
02:25:28
Steve-O
They still got that PlayStation 4 poll. You don't got that 360 pull no more. It looks like Devin's offline.
02:25:38
holla knight
Yeah, he's cooked.
02:25:40
Steve-O
He's cooked. He's fried. We started talking and he got too excited.
02:25:42
holla knight
He started talking about Nintendo and he like fucking shut down.
02:25:45
Steve-O
He's like, I gotta go. I gotta go. So what do we, what do you think? We wrap it up here. We see if he pops back in.
02:25:50
holla knight
Yeah, i think so, yeah. Yeah, and then see see if he can get his stuff.
02:25:54
Steve-O
All right. We will wrap up. ah Wait, hold on.
02:25:58
holla knight
Oh, oh, oh.
02:25:58
Steve-O
Someone's logging in.
02:26:00
holla knight
Hold on.
02:26:01
Steve-O
You're getting live commentary.
02:26:01
holla knight
It's just, but if it what if it's just Galani that comes in and is like, yo, I killed Devin's computer.
02:26:04
Steve-O
Yeah.
02:26:07
Tylenol Addict
Oh, okay. I'm back. I'm back. I'm back.
02:26:09
Steve-O
God damn it, this going to a new recording.
02:26:12
Tylenol Addict
Oh no. Why? What happened?
02:26:13
Steve-O
i don't know, because now you're Tylenol Addict or something?
02:26:15
holla knight
Now your Tylenol.
02:26:15
Tylenol Addict
Oh, what the fuck?
02:26:17
Steve-O
Your name is Tylenol Addict.
02:26:20
Tylenol Addict
Why did it change?
02:26:21
Steve-O
You were Beyblade, now you're Tylenol Addict.
02:26:22
Tylenol Addict
I just clicked the link. I clicked the link and it just loaded up the page and I hit enter.
02:26:26
holla knight
Did it type in Tylenol addict in there too?
02:26:28
Tylenol Addict
No, it was just automatically there, but I don't, I didn't do anything different.
02:26:28
Steve-O
Well, special guest.
02:26:34
Steve-O
well
02:26:34
Tylenol Addict
Oh no.
02:26:34
holla knight
Alright, well let's see if it loads in.
02:26:36
Steve-O
special guest
02:26:36
Tylenol Addict
What was the last thing I was saying?
02:26:38
Steve-O
You were talking about...
02:26:38
Tylenol Addict
i was going.
02:26:39
holla knight
Or...
02:26:39
Steve-O
um Yeah, we were talking about Nintendo games that that you just disconnected.
02:26:41
Tylenol Addict
Like Nintendo games?
02:26:45
Tylenol Addict
Dude, I was going. And I was like, man, they're really vibing with this.
02:26:48
Steve-O
if They're really listening.
02:26:48
Tylenol Addict
And then I looked over. I looked over and I had the like the no internet symbol on my computer. I was like, what the fuck happened?
02:26:55
Steve-O
ah
02:26:55
Tylenol Addict
And I reloaded the page. And all of a sudden, i'm Tylenol addict. Good grief.
02:27:02
Steve-O
That'll happen when you get addicted to Tylenol.
02:27:06
Tylenol Addict
yeah
02:27:07
Steve-O
All right. I think we end this podcast here because this is probably going to require me to adjust some things later on.
02:27:13
Tylenol Addict
Oh, man. I don't... ah Wait, wait.
02:27:15
holla knight
Let's see.
02:27:15
Tylenol Addict
So, all right. My only argument was this. Let me finish with this. And we'll leave...
02:27:19
Steve-O
Okay.
02:27:20
Tylenol Addict
You can leave... You can think on this, right?
02:27:22
Steve-O
Okay.
02:27:24
Tylenol Addict
We were talking about how Nintendo... Let's assume they had a one-to-one Game Pass type deal.
02:27:30
Steve-O
Yeah.
02:27:31
Tylenol Addict
I think it's great for this year. Like, I thought the the air quote best deal in gaming was super true in the last, like... four months of 2024 in the first like three months of 2025, right?
02:27:45
Tylenol Addict
Six, seven months where it was just like, oh my God, it was like banger after banger after banger. But like, that's not the typical clip. And I would argue that yes, Nintendo games are coming out at a pretty impressive clip, you know, that would be worth it. But like, is there anything on your like, I gotta play this list after Metroid?
02:28:08
Steve-O
a There's a lot of like little ones where it's like
02:28:13
Tylenol Addict
And there's the expected ones like, oh, that Mario game, maybe.
02:28:16
Steve-O
I want to play the rhythm heaven. I want to play ah the Tomodachi life.
02:28:20
holla knight
I gotta get, I still haven't gotten, dude, I didn't even get Mario Galaxy.
02:28:23
Tylenol Addict
is that worth 30 bucks a month, Tamagotchi Life?
02:28:28
Steve-O
The Tomodachi life.
02:28:29
Tylenol Addict
Okay, sorry.
02:28:29
Steve-O
Put some respect on its name.
02:28:30
Tylenol Addict
is is that where Is that worth it? It's not. It's not worth it. So it's like...
02:28:35
holla knight
me see, what else is what else is on here?
02:28:36
Steve-O
it you know, it really, when it comes to gaming, you know, being somebody who thought that the stadio was going
Podcast Conclusion
02:28:44
Steve-O
to steady itself and land the plane, I have realized now that ah it is definitely worth it to own the game, to, like, actually, like, you know, not have to, like, worry about, like, paying a monthly fee to have it, like, be removed, so.
02:28:44
Tylenol Addict
yeah
02:29:02
Tylenol Addict
Did you see that Mighty Keef clip?
02:29:04
Steve-O
No, I didn't.
02:29:05
Tylenol Addict
he did He did a skit about the Xbox and the guy's like, cancel it He's like, all right, yeah, good feel Let's play Call Duty. And he opens up his library. He's like, nothing.
02:29:13
Steve-O
Oh, that's funny.
02:29:13
Tylenol Addict
He has no game. And he's like he's like, you've been paying for this. He's like, you owe nothing? Five years? He's like, you owe nothing? He's like, damn. And I was like, dude, that's true, though.
02:29:24
Tylenol Addict
It's like, that's how you realize how...
02:29:24
Steve-O
That is true.
02:29:27
Tylenol Addict
how like empty it feels like how that really to me like i don't mean to make this a bigger deal than it is but to me that like solidifies like the failure of game pass because that's like that's how empty it is the empty promises of game passes when you cancel and you realize you were spending hundreds of dollars a year to own nothing and like that feels gross and you can make the same argument for netflix and this that and the other thing i get that but that's That's the gross part, dude.
02:29:57
Tylenol Addict
Yeah, you cancel that. i don't know, man. Like, if I cancel...
02:30:01
holla knight
Do you truly own it? Like, do you truly own it? that Like, because some people make the argument that you don't own it even if you buy digital copies, too.
02:30:07
Steve-O
about digital, that is ah that is a very good argument. And.
02:30:11
Tylenol Addict
Yes, but like, if I cancel... I will say, as of now, as of today, October 6th, 2025, if I were to cancel my PlayStation everything... I could still play.
02:30:22
holla knight
You still a bunch of games, yeah.
02:30:23
Tylenol Addict
Yeah, I still have a bunch of games, even though they're digital.
02:30:24
Steve-O
and
02:30:26
Tylenol Addict
Like, I still have a bunch of those games. I'm not just in a world of...
02:30:30
holla knight
almost all... All my games are digital now. The exceptions are Breath of the Wild, which I don't know where it is.
02:30:33
Tylenol Addict
Yeah.
02:30:37
holla knight
I think I let somebody borrow it. And Tears of the Kingdom, which is in a different case somewhere, and I don't know where it is.
02:30:43
Steve-O
i I recently re-bought Breath of the Wild Switch 2 Edition.
02:30:48
holla knight
How much that? $60? $70? Oh, so you spent $50 it Damn.
02:30:52
Steve-O
Nah, i used I used my final Nintendo coupon.
02:30:56
holla knight
ah so you spent fifty dollars on with them
02:30:58
Steve-O
Yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah But I was like, I want this game digital. I want this game digital. Also, because I'm too scared to try and find where the little SD port is on the Switch 2.
02:31:10
Steve-O
Like, what the fuck is this?
02:31:10
holla knight
Yeah, I haven't even opened it, be honest.
02:31:14
Tylenol Addict
haven't opened it?
02:31:14
holla knight
Yeah, what if...
02:31:16
Steve-O
The little port.
02:31:16
holla knight
The slot where the SD port goes in?
02:31:18
Tylenol Addict
Oh my god, you didn't you didn't just like...
02:31:20
Steve-O
Nah, dude. Because the fucking... The the one that...
02:31:22
Tylenol Addict
You didn't undress your Switch 2 yet, dude?
02:31:22
holla knight
it's...
02:31:24
Steve-O
The LED... Was it the LED? d The LED version of the Switch 1. The way they did their game port was so fucking hard to get games into and out of.
02:31:37
Steve-O
Like, you need fingernails for that. I could not open that for some reason.
02:31:40
Tylenol Addict
You need that weird little pin pin thing that like opens up their SD card in your phone.
02:31:43
Steve-O
Yeah.
02:31:43
holla knight
I didn't even get...
02:31:44
Steve-O
Yeah. Yeah.
02:31:46
holla knight
I didn't even get a ah SD card yet for this thing.
02:31:49
Steve-O
no i don't have it either.
02:31:49
holla knight
I haven't needed...
02:31:50
Steve-O
All right.
02:31:50
holla knight
I haven't needed to buy one.
02:31:50
Steve-O
i'm leaving
02:31:52
Tylenol Addict
Have you needed to delete anything?
02:31:55
holla knight
Me?
02:31:55
Tylenol Addict
Yeah.
02:31:57
holla knight
No, good there's no game...
02:31:57
Tylenol Addict
Okay.
02:31:57
holla knight
I don't have any fucking games for Switch 2.
02:31:59
Tylenol Addict
Yeah, that's what I thought, dog.
02:32:02
holla knight
I mean...
02:32:03
Tylenol Addict
30 bucks. 30 bucks a month. You want pay for that? Okay, have fun.
02:32:07
holla knight
boom
02:32:08
Tylenol Addict
Have fun.
02:32:09
holla knight
but
02:32:09
Steve-O
all right
02:32:10
holla knight
For $30 a year, having all the virtual console stuff is totally worth it, in my opinion.
02:32:14
Steve-O
Yeah, no, I agree with that. like
02:32:17
Tylenol Addict
Oh, yeah, yeah.
02:32:18
Steve-O
Although the the Virtual Boy one's fucking stupid. Why do I need a fucking clamshell headpiece to play these games?
02:32:25
holla knight
nine ah you got You have to have it.
02:32:28
Steve-O
You gotta have it.
02:32:28
holla knight
It's part the experience.
02:32:29
Steve-O
It's Virtual Boy. gotta have it.
02:32:30
holla knight
Whopper, whopper, whopper, whopper.
02:32:32
Tylenol Addict
bu waer
02:32:33
Steve-O
Alright, we're ending the podcast.
02:32:33
Tylenol Addict
but
02:32:36
Steve-O
We'll be back next week with hopefully Chris Galani and he can put his input in on what the best game of the decade was. Um...
02:32:43
Tylenol Addict
That piece of shit.
02:32:45
Steve-O
Yeah, he'll he'll be back from his comedy tour. And we'll see y'all then.
02:32:51
holla knight
Whopper, whopper, whopper, whopper.
02:32:53
Tylenol Addict
Well,