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Like a Dragon Ishin, Atomic Heart, Wild Hearts, State of Play, Pokemon, Marvel, DC, & MORE - Add to Party 02.22.2023
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This week we talk about Microsoft begging the EU to let them acquire Activision, reviews for Like a Dragon, Atomic Heart, & Wild Hearts, Sony's incoming State of Play, Pokemon Day, DC's new movie slate AND AntMan Quantumania
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Transcript
Introductions & Humor
00:00:14
Speaker
Welcome to Add to Party. Friendship Simulator masquerading is a new show. I'm your host, James Hartwell, and I'm joined by... Charles Vermont, and I'm joined by... Oh my God, what? Andy K.
00:00:28
Speaker
Hello. We're joined by the sensual sounds of Charles when he's the DJ of a late night FM radio station. Yeah, what are you spinning tonight for us, Charles? Or what's your DJ name? DJ congested. I like it. I support it. Yeah.
Health & Rest Discussion
00:00:50
Speaker
I think for being sick, it's nice to just kind of, why don't you just not go anywhere for a day? Can you do that? Just sit still for a second. So I'm trying it today. Okay. Like don't go out and get more medical stuff. Just suffer today. Tomorrow, get your more medicine. You can have someone pick up a Sudafed for you. Yeah, I could.
00:01:14
Speaker
also across the street. Oh, yeah, you can't do that. No, no, you can. I've done it. James, look, I still have been able to fight off the urge of getting somebody to deliver me McDonald's.
Food Temptations & Convenience
00:01:28
Speaker
So I'm so strong. Oh, let's let's see. How close is that 7-Eleven to my house? And I've definitely had things delivered from it. Let's see here. Uh,
00:01:40
Speaker
It is. All right. Hold on. Directions. Hold on. From my house. Let's get ready to judge. Yep. Yep. Hold on. Just want to make sure that it's actually, yeah, that's point, uh, that's a 0.25 mile walk. Hey, when you're sick, that's 25 miles right there. I once when I, when I had mostly downhill to that's fair. That's fair.
00:02:11
Speaker
Well, I mean, like, here's my thing. I actually feel better the more active I get. I like to think the adrenaline just burns everything away. And then you're tired at the end, which is a good way to feel better. Okay. But I've had this feeling where
00:02:31
Speaker
I think I just go out too much. You know, maybe I should just party animal Charles. This world and lifestyle. A man is early thirties. Yeah. Oh, no. Embed by midnight. Very late. You're deejaying too much. That's got to be exhausting. Deejaying?
DJing Challenges & Introversion
00:02:54
Speaker
Like, how do you look interesting? Well, deejaying for like an hour and a half.
00:03:00
Speaker
Well, you have the you have only one earphone on and you hold it with your hand. That's disorienting. And then you jump up and down and and you have to hype up the crowd on all the flashing lights. Oh, you just pause the music before the good part. Was that what it is for a couple of seconds? Yeah.
00:03:20
Speaker
Andy, that's why all the introvert DJs wear masks. Because then you don't have to hide your disdain or disinterest in the crowd. Right. Marshmallow and dead mouths are pioneers. That's kind of brilliant. And Daft Punk. I was going to say, and Daft Punk. But I don't know if they're introverts or they're just Swedish. Oh, that's fair. I guess all you have to do then is nod your head.
00:03:45
Speaker
Hold on. Hold on. Which, which, which Scandinavian are they? I want to get in trouble. How dare you? Insensitive James. I know. Oh, actually they're French. I was way off. Oh, you're a monster. I think I knew that about the daft punk people. Did you just say the daft punk?
00:04:06
Speaker
Yeah, or, you know, I don't know. Come on, I'm not in that electronic scene like you guys. Eddie, Eddie, it came out in 2000. This is like peak R stuff. One more time came out in the year of our Lord 2000. No. Around the world came out in 1997. I don't know these things, but I did listen to an interview with them on NPR.
00:04:33
Speaker
Maybe it was an article. I don't remember, but they were talking about how they like to keep their music analog. So they were talking about like this huge setup of how they produced whatever their last album was and like just the insane setup they have in technology. It's wonderful. It's very, very cool. Justice and Daft Punk are French. Who's Justice? It's a different group. Do they wear a mask? I don't think they show their face.
00:05:02
Speaker
Man, okay, that is the cheat. Because I don't know, it sounds exhausting.
00:05:09
Speaker
Just trying to be excited for that long. Oh my God. Yeah. By the way, guys, one more radical thing in my sleep-depriven state. Sure.
RPG Label Debate
00:05:21
Speaker
I motion to the entire gaming world as one of your representatives that we no longer use RPG as a term for games and in a category. There is everything else and then there's JRPGs and that's it.
00:05:37
Speaker
What about RPG? No, not anymore. What if it's turn-based? What if it's turn-based? No, then it's very likely a JRPG, isn't it? What I'm trying to say is just that RPG is an overused term for everything.
00:05:54
Speaker
All the mechanics for an RPG are in every game category already. It's almost useless to say it. The only time RPG still has some distinctness, I feel, is in JRPGs.
00:06:10
Speaker
What set this off for you, Charles? I've just been wrestling with this for a while now. That's fair. Was it Horizon? Was there too many RPG elements? I mean, no, it's just everything else in life. It just kind of keeps floating at me. What's this, an action RPG?
00:06:28
Speaker
And it's an action game then, right? Like I don't call devil may cry and action RPG. No one's calling that an action RPG. Oh, would you call Neo an RPG? And I understand it's Japanese, but let's put that aside for the moment. No, it's an action game. Just like devil may cry. Even though there's stats and. Okay. Exactly. Like I wouldn't even call Elden rain or anything or souls like born games and RPG. Really? Right.
00:06:54
Speaker
No, the ring lightly. Elvin ring has character stats. Weapons don't really have. They have some. It also had a scale based on stats. Well, they scale right. But like you don't pick up like a green fucking blood blood fang and then get an epic one later. You know what I'm saying? Well, I mean, even that like that, the loot grinding, the loot categorization system is like also just it's from from Diablo like looting games, right? Like.
00:07:23
Speaker
But that's the thing. I feel like you could you could like sprinkle all those mechanics into other games and it's very it's like it's too easy to spread these out to the point that everyone uses them. That doesn't help anymore. I just don't think like it's hard to define what an RPG is. My my definition of an RPG is you have to have a stat based system for your character.
00:07:50
Speaker
your character should be custom in some way that you're not playing an established character and knocks out so many old classical RPGs. Yeah, I agree. Well, Super Mario RPG. Yeah.
00:08:09
Speaker
I mean, Super Mario RPG. That's a good point. Maybe that maybe, you know what? That's James, don't you? But I'm trying to think of the role aspect, right? You're playing a role. So, I mean, I guess playing Super Mario, playing Mario in a game is a role. So here's the thing, though. Question. Yeah, RPG has role in the name. Does that mean anything?
00:08:32
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This is Charles's point, and I'm trying to say there is a thin line that you could draw somewhere beyond just saying only Japanese games are RPGs. RPGs are very distinctive. Using the phrase JRPG, you know exactly what it is. If you say you're playing an RPG, that means nothing.
00:08:52
Speaker
Yeah, it just means nothing any something you have RPG elements. I think would you call your tail an RPG? Say that one more time are undertale. I call that people call that a bullet hell, don't they? It has bullet hell for like the battle system, but that's not a bullet hell game. Hmm. I don't even know if I call it bolt. Well, yeah, kind of. But I actually I've heard it described as a jrpg. Grand, it wasn't made in Japan. So screw me.
00:09:18
Speaker
That's my point. That's that's I'm challenging your preconceived RPG. I'm trying to think of that again. Is anime only? I mean, I don't know. But you got me thinking, Charles, thank you for your fever brain. I'm glad this is what gives you night sweats. Yeah, yeah, no. Listen, is inscription an RPG?
00:09:44
Speaker
No, no, no, you don't it's a day. Is it a deck building RPG? Oh God, maybe it's a deck building. Oh God. I hate that. Now I'm getting frustrated. I don't like the term J or RPG. Get rid of it.
00:09:57
Speaker
Well, that's what I'm saying, right? You have to get rid of the RPG. It's just it's used everywhere. You have to get rid of it. It's used everywhere. It's not it's not useful at all. But you know, like if you say I'm playing a Mario game, Mario is not an RPG. But if you say I'm playing Mario with RPG elements, then you know you're talking about Super Mario RPG or Mario and Luigi or Paper Mario. Like, granted, those all are JRPGs.
00:10:27
Speaker
No, because Mario and Luigi was made by a, was it made by a domestic? Oh God. Oh no. Yeah. I don't know. I think the issue that maybe you're facing Charles is that narrative games, which are, which are a consistent category have blurred the line into RPGs so much that it, it, it, it almost destroys both of them.
Japanese Gaming Innovation
00:10:52
Speaker
Well, I mean, the other thing is, and I'm going to say this for for good and the bad, Japanese companies are not good at necessarily innovation and they like to stick with their own things. They worked once and it will work again, they say. And so it's easier to be like, this is never never changed. And that's just what it is. That's your very narrow thing of a category right there.
00:11:17
Speaker
And, you know, but with everything else, every other game was just like, you know what? Well, we also just add some elements here of character growth, because that's where I used to rely on for being an RPG is like a game with character growth. They are often stats. I would say like skills aren't necessarily RPG elements. It's only when you can level up skills.
00:11:45
Speaker
There are games where you unlock skills, which I consider different. I'd say Metroidvanias are very much just like you find new skills and that's just part of the adventure, but not necessarily leveling them up. But that's the thing. It's my one thing of the gaming community where it's like, boy, I don't know if we could call things RPGs anymore.
00:12:08
Speaker
which is not necessarily a bad thing, but I just think we're growing and we should acknowledge that growth. So I've done some Googling on MasterClass, which if you don't know what MasterClass is, it's a site where you can take classes
00:12:24
Speaker
from masters in their fields, cooking lessons from Gordon Ramsey, uh, singing lessons from, I don't know, some singer. And the joke that I'm getting to Fortnite lesson, Fortnite lessons from Tyler Ninja Blevins. Oh, is he still relevant? I mean, he's relevant enough. That'll make more money than we'll ever make in our lives. Andy, you're already, huh?
00:12:47
Speaker
Listen, you guys just don't play the lottery enough. Oh, I do. Over 500 I play. Yes, Andy, because you know what, what would you ever do with 20 million dollars?
00:12:59
Speaker
I don't know. It just doesn't seem worth it. Uh-huh. Okay. Um, according to masterclass, this article and what is an RPG, there are six types of role-playing games, video game console RPGs, which are the original RPGs found in mainframe computers in the 1970s. Uh, the first one there, Terry in 1982, uh, these, yeah.
00:13:23
Speaker
current video game consoles, blah, blah, blah. Single player RPGs, the game where you play through one perspective and often use character creation screens so the player can customize their avatar with various characteristics. Massively multiplayer online RPGs, your Wows, your Final Fantasies. Action RPGs. With an emphasis on combat, this genre RPG tends to focus more on battles and lesson character story. Examples include Legend of Zelda, Dark Souls, and Mass Effect.
00:13:52
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Sandbox RPGs. RPGs designed for world explanation take the longest to finish because they're so big and complex. Some of these are Elder Scrolls, Disco Elysium, and the Fallout series. Tactical RPGs. This kind of routine takes inspiration from strategy games like chess and tabletop war games like Risk.
00:14:09
Speaker
and then rogue-like RPGs originating from the 1980 games Rogue, this role-playing sub-genre is characterized less by a theme or style, but by gameplay elements. Some of the common Rogue RPG elements are dungeon crawler character who navigates complex levels, permanent death of the main character, and randomized content.
00:14:26
Speaker
So there, there, there you go. Masterclass has broken it down for you Charles.
Microsoft & Nintendo Agreement
00:14:30
Speaker
There is no soul RPG. You have to, you have to append it something. There's no J or a PG. I mean, let's be real though. Video game console RPGs is a useless. Yeah. One in one and two are really the same thing, but yes. Computer RPGs. I, I, who can say computer RPG is definitely a distinctive thing. Oh, who cares?
00:14:57
Speaker
But listen, you could literally drop RPG at the end of those and still be like useful, right? That's what I'm saying is the RPG by itself is not a useful term. Oh, it's a game that isn't an RPG. Maybe that's an easier way to have this exactly. Right. You have to say what game is an RPG Tetris Tetris is not an RPG. That's correct.
00:15:20
Speaker
Uh, I'm thinking about games that I have played recently. Like a dragon nation. Very much. Very much an RPG. Mine comes tomorrow. Is, is monster hunter an RPG? Oh yeah. Yeah. Isn't there? Wait, is there leveling up? No, it gets you grow through your, you'll level your gear, but not your items. It's hit man in RPG. No. All right.
00:15:48
Speaker
Is Bloons tower defense six. Is here y'all is vampire survivors on RPG. I don't know. That's an interesting one because you do. It's, it's, it's a rogue like in a sense that you have like a, an outside skill base that you level up. I don't know.
00:16:08
Speaker
Well, you just call them roguelikes, right? Or like that game is more of a. Yeah. Yeah. You'd say top down. That's more. That's more of a bullet hell, sort of, honestly, in the weirdest sense possible. Andy, here's one for you is return of the Obra did in RPG. No. What is it? It's an adventure game. Yeah. Yeah. That does it, too.
00:16:35
Speaker
Well, there we go. We solved gaming. Good job, guys. You know, who else solved gaming? Every and every convention in the world. Every time we hold the panel, gentlemen. Oh, God. Are you going to be a well actually person, Charles? Just start a fist fight wherever you go.
00:16:53
Speaker
Hey, I did add a trivia in at a convention. Name my name, my my trivia team name as seven is better than six. So, oh, and all the oohs and ahs. Charles, I'll just I'll just say twelve is better than the rest and then I'll watch as they bring the pitchforks and torches. But I feel like we let people who like sick like six, we just don't let people like nine.
00:17:23
Speaker
No, tons of people like nine. They're not allowed to, though. It's not better. What are you talking about? People love nine. Yeah, and they're wrong. Six is fine. I appreciate it. I respect it. But nine is just this weird, like, like coping. It's not coping. It's contrarian. That's the Dane, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, people love nine. What are you talking about? You're wrong. I'm sorry.
00:17:49
Speaker
Sorry. They are. Sorry. Seven is better than nine. Six, I'll let them have it. Sorry to speak for you, Charles. I just thought I thought we had agreed. We'll let people like six. But this was years ago, Andy. Is eight gun sword? What's that? Is eight gun blade? OK. OK. No one likes eight. Well, that's not true. People like it. People love it. People love it. It's not their favorite eight. Oh, that's bullshit. There are people obsessed with those fucking characters.
00:18:19
Speaker
I would say people who love eight. It was their first Final Fantasy. I hear here. Let me let me maybe rephrase this discussion before we actually go into our stories. It's not fighting you guys. I'll let you like people. People love the stories. The gameplay is immaterial to the conversation.
00:18:40
Speaker
I don't think people loved eight, particularly. Really? I'm not based on stuff I've seen, but OK. OK, Squall is really cool, Charles. A gun. They also love the girl, too. What's her name? Oh, Renoa. Yeah. Quistis. Mm. Oh, God. Oh, gross. I'm sorry.
00:18:59
Speaker
Well, she's 19, Andy, you're okay. It's only awkward. I thought she was like in her late 20s. It's also a fantasy world where, you know, ages of consent are different. She's also, let's be real, all these people, child soldiers. Well, not child soldiers. They're all adults. No, they were child soldiers. Tike bombs. What was it called? Frickin' Seed?
00:19:24
Speaker
No, yeah, but they all have to be a certain age and all of them are each 16. Although I think 16 is an adult in Japan. Yeah. All right. I got to be somewhere. Let's start the news. All right. Let's talk about how much Microsoft is really trying to get this going.
00:19:44
Speaker
So in the newest thing of Microsoft going, please let us buy Activision, uh, Microsoft and intend, uh, they released a statement today, uh, February 21st, 2023. Um, I heard someone say 2023 is two zero two three today. And it chilled me to my very core psychopath says the year like that. Um, they do.
00:20:06
Speaker
Yeah, Mike Mike, they released a nice little picture saying Microsoft and Nintendo have now negotiated and signed a binding. They my emphasis 10 year legal agreement to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo players the same day as Xbox with full feature and content parody so they can experience Call of Duty just as Xbox and PlayStation gamers can enjoy Call of Duty.
00:20:29
Speaker
We are committed to providing long-term, equal access to Call of Duty to other gaming platforms, bringing more choice to more players and more competition to the gaming market. And what's that sound? I hear it. Devs jumping out the window from Activision Studios are having to figure out how to call of duty on the Switch. I think I missed that part. They're committing to the Switch? Yes.
00:20:57
Speaker
Well, Andy, what other Nintendo console is there? Are they going to bring it to the 3DS? Nobody wants it on the Switch. Someone will. I mean, here's the other damning, awful part, right? It's a full feature and content parody. Yeah, that's right, baby. They're like, you know what that means? Every other console is going to get shitty features and content.
00:21:20
Speaker
Well, I mean, maybe this is going to be super weird when they get into multiplayer with Call of Duty, because that's all fucking point of Call of Duty. But I imagine this is going to be a cloud streamed game onto the switch. Maybe the switch to have like a real one, because that's a chance.
00:21:40
Speaker
Weird Nintendo decisions, right? But I can't imagine the Switch 2 isn't going to have DLSS on it, which, if they get an aggressive level of DLSS, they can probably run Call of Duty natively on it. Do you think there will be Nintendo DLC for Call of Duty?
00:21:57
Speaker
I want to see Mario wheel the real gun, not a fake gun. Exactly. Well, I imagine it'd be more like the charms, right? The little charms that hang off the gun. There's a little Mario. His eyes are bloodshot and he's smoking a fucking joint. I think that'd be great. How do you think the Princess Peach could be in there? That's right. Like running around in a dress? I don't know.
00:22:20
Speaker
Yeah, much like how they released Kingdom Hearts 3, the game that looked like a PS2 game. No, no, no, it wasn't that bad. Actually, what was it Kingdom Hearts 2, I think, was Cloudstreaming. But Kingdom Hearts 2 and 3 were Cloudstreamed games onto the Switch, I imagine, until the Switch 2 Call of Duty would be doing something similar.
00:22:42
Speaker
But yeah, this is very much Microsoft going, Hey, look, we're not going to hold anything back for 10 years. Yeah. Listen, the European commission has a.
00:22:57
Speaker
original argument is still very good. I don't know how this do you think this is going to help them at the very least on the same day that they're hearing is happening. Also, Phil Spencer tweeting about putting all their stuff on Nvidia GeForce, whatever.
00:23:12
Speaker
Yeah, that I didn't I didn't add that to the story list, but yeah, also the same day Microsoft announced a partnership with Nvidia GeForce Now, which technically speaking is a competitor to their X cloud service because GeForce Now is a cloud streaming platform, much like Google Stadia was RIP. But then they said basically all Xbox game pass PC game pass games will be going on to Nvidia GeForce Now.
00:23:42
Speaker
So cool. Yeah. Yeah. We'll see. We'll see how this works. I don't think this is going to get them off the hook from Europe because Europe was all like, well, you know, we saw what you did last time you bought a thing and said you wouldn't do it. And eventually you did. You reneged. I don't think they ever said they weren't going to hold in the
00:24:03
Speaker
They are, they were much more, uh, not saying, not saying it when they bought Bethesda. They're like, listen, everywhere that there's game pass, there will be a Bethesda game. Like that was real easy to read between the lines. You know what I mean? Yeah. I mean, this is also easy to read between the lines.
00:24:20
Speaker
I mean, maybe it's different, right? Yeah. All right. You got 10 years, but 10 years doesn't mean much for ownership in perpetuity. So I don't know. I mean, we've talked about it. The call of duty makes so much fucking money. It's like, why would you not release it on every console you could? Right. You get. And again, right. They want King and all that shit. It's like just.
00:24:48
Speaker
You know, it's like, Hey, we'll put call of duty everywhere if you don't mind us monopolizing King. So, but anyway, yeah, I don't know. I don't know. There's anything else to say about that other than Microsoft's really trying hard. And Sony really wants call of duty. I mean, yeah, they make a lot of money in PSN sales off call of duty. Yeah.
00:25:11
Speaker
All right. Well, it's time for the review roundup because guess what? We have three games that came out slash this week, last week. Oh, that's right. First, we got atomic heart.
Controversy Around 'Atomic Heart'
00:25:25
Speaker
that weird Russian game that I was telling you about that for some reason has a bit of a controversy going on, which I'll talk about in a second. Explain what it is, because I've read about the game so much and just by a shock and not remember Bioshock Eastern Europe, weird plastic robots.
00:25:42
Speaker
Okay. Okay. Does that get you there? Yes. All right. Currently averaging a Metacritic a 73 with half of the critics recommending some, some statements. I have some critic reviews from IGN. Atomic Heart is a highly imaginative Adam punk inspired attempt. See it's Adam punk. It's not steam punk. It's Adam Adam. It's inspired attempt. I think it's because it's like nuclear fusion instead of steam. It's weird.
00:26:11
Speaker
Um, inspired attempt at picking up where the likes of buying shop left off that makes missteps that makes missteps, but definitely has the tick, the tickler to punch well above its weight. All right. Luke Riley, um, PC gamer gave it a 78 of a hundred atomic heart aims high. And even if it doesn't quite pull it off, this is a decent shooter and exceptionally realized setting. And then on the low end, uh, Jordan, rain, Ramey at game. So I gave it a six out of 10, uh, saying atomic heart lacks follow through on his most interesting narrative context and plays it safe with its first person shooter gameplay.
00:26:41
Speaker
I haven't actually had a chance to see anyone playing it yet. Have you the review? No. Nope. Okay. Yeah. I still want to play it. I don't think any of these things have made me not want to play it. This very much reminds me of kind of like, I actually have to look, what kind of readings did Wolfenstein get when it came out?
00:27:03
Speaker
which one uh i think it was new order right i thought it was really well received it's 81 so that's pretty good yeah um but i mean like i i i'm thinking of this as kind of like a wolfenstein game right where it's like hey
00:27:17
Speaker
You don't have to blow me away. Just be fun. Right. Fun. And basically what I'm hearing is there's just some like maybe some glitchy shit that maybe will pan out in a couple of weeks. But on the overall, it's just kind of like it's a top surface level story where you shoot robots. And I'm like, I could do that. Yeah. I'll give more in depth on it when I probably get to play it. Cool. There's however.
00:27:44
Speaker
There is a bit of a controversy. What happened? So this game did come out today. Today being right around. It's either today or it was yesterday, I believe the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which this is a very Eastern European Russian game. There's also been some unsubstantiated rumors. I am reporting rumor, not fair.
00:28:10
Speaker
that the game was capturing data and reporting it back to Russian sources. Interesting. If you go into a lot of the review threads, they are
00:28:26
Speaker
at least on Reddit, they are just graveyards of deleted posts, which is always an interesting thing. And you go in late and you're like, what the fuck happened here? Um, so I don't know. We'll, we'll hear more about this. I'm sure, or we won't, who knows, but
00:28:43
Speaker
OK, just very quick, because I remember when Tetris came out, like Russia like owned it like it was created by someone, but Russia just stepped in and said, well, this is ours. Well, that's Russian was still I mean, technically still is today, but Russia far more communist back then. So as part of being on this game. Right. If you were Russian, everything you produce is belongs to the state and an ideal communist society. The state provides everything to you. Sure. Yeah.
00:29:13
Speaker
Oh, but he doesn't allow for that. I never owned Tetris except for like, I think he eventually got it. But many, many, many years later, he didn't get rich off of it. Yeah. Well, are you saying that because of the trailer, Andy?
00:29:27
Speaker
No. Oh, there was a trailer that came out for an Apple Plus movie that will be coming out next month. Question mark called Tetris. Oh, yeah. And it's basically the story of how they got the rights to put Tetris on the original Game Boy. And it's actually an incredibly interesting real story. Yeah. Game story. And I think has an hour video about it. Was it Tarington, Edgerton or whatever the fuck is there in Edgerton?
00:29:55
Speaker
Yeah, there it is. The guy I played off to John. Yeah. And from Kingsman Kingsman. Yeah. And Andy. It's a it's a very good trailer. It's a very good trailer. I didn't even know this existed. It came out like last week. Yeah.
00:30:13
Speaker
Another reason to get Apple TV, including Ted lasso and severance. Yeah. Um, it sounds like I knew that. Oh, Jesus Christ. Sorry. I clicked on my trailer. I didn't hear anything loud. Yeah. It's a, it's a, it's a loud. It is a spy thriller movie about Tetris. That's actually completely real and highly recommend you go watch that trailer. Uh, moving up.
00:30:37
Speaker
like a Dragon Nation officially out today. If you had the digital deluxe edition like I did, I've been playing it since Friday. God damn, it is. God damn, is it fun? Stop, stop. You can definitely tell this is a PS3 slash PS4 game camera when exactly came out. There's there's still some rough edges.
00:31:00
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that they have sorted out in later Yakuza slash like a dragons like in six and seven that you're like okay I remember when they're still doing the ships.
00:31:13
Speaker
Right now it's trending at an 81 on open critic with 88% of critics recommending to play it. If you don't know what like a dragon Ishin is, the main character Kazuma Kiryu from the Yakuza slash like a dragon series, the original one, you know, the first one through six games is they're doing a period piece where he plays both Ryoto Sakamoto, Sakamoto, Sakamoto and
'Like a Dragon: Ishin' Insights
00:31:39
Speaker
Hajime Saito of the Shinsengumi. Ryoto being a famous Japanese revolutionary. Hajime Saito, a famous samurai of the Shinsengumi. Both are like characters. Basically, they're taking all the characters to the Akuza series and putting their likenesses and a little bit of their characteristics into the period piece of this story of the transition from... What was the... What's the official term for that? It's the Meiji Restoration, right?
00:32:09
Speaker
Oh, I don't know. I mean, during the time of, uh, that's it. That's not necessarily my only touch point for this, but yes. Yes. They called the major restoration.
00:32:27
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No, but that's an official name. That's not just from Kenshin. I know. That's it. Okay. I feel like you're shaving me. No, no. Listen, it's just fun to reference old anime, okay? It is. Yeah. Also, there's a skin you can put on Kiryu's face that he has the cross-shaped scarf from Kenshin.
00:32:45
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which I immediately did. I'm so excited for this. It's I mean, here's the thing, right? So this is also a remake. This game out came out on the PS4. I think it came out either right before or right after. Yakuza zero. Oh, is that recent? Oh, yeah.
00:33:03
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Um, yeah, like if you go and look at the remaster one, I mean, like the original game still looks good. The remaster game looks much better, but it's still like, it's not a huge jump. It's not like something like Yakuza one to Kwame. Um, so yeah, I mean, it's, it's got all the fun Yakuza story. It's got the side stories that are incredibly weird. Um, I'm trying to think of what the weirdest one that I've encountered so far. Uh, there's people that are just dancing into streets.
00:33:33
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and Kiryu gets taken up by it. Yeah, I have a great time with it. I, however, am a Yakuza fan. I think we talked about this when Like a Dragon came out slash Yakuza 7. This is a game you can play without knowing anything about the series. You won't necessarily get as much out of it because you won't be like, that guy, that guy. But I mean, at its core, it's still a super fun samurai period piece game.
00:34:02
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The combat's fun. There's four different styles of combat. Gun, fist, sword and gun sword. And you can find one that plays best for you. I tend to switch between gun, sword and fist mostly. And the heat moves in there, which are kind of these climactic finishers are really fun, especially
00:34:27
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What is it? Famously, Kazuma Kiryu does not kill people in the Yakuza series. He still doesn't kill them in like a dragon nation either. However, in the cut scenes, he'll push a man out to the ground and shoot his gun into his stomach four or five times. But after that, he'll get up and go, I'm so sorry. I attacked you. I learned my lesson after you shot matchlock pistols into my gut.
00:34:54
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It's a great game and you're gonna have a fun this game is so big that even NPR reviewed it. Oh, really? No, I Don't I mean, it's very much a game that you know, you could see NPR Tryhards playing but I thought that was interesting because they don't review very many games with that one showed up I mean again, it is like a kind of weird historical period piece game, too, right? So it's
00:35:21
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You know, no one's saying this is one to one, right? Like Hajime Saito was not the hidden identity of Ryota Sakamoto, right? Those are two different people. Nor were they also stoic like Kazuma Kiryu is, right? Their characterization from the video game carries over to the characterization they're playing in this period piece, right? It's kind of like...
00:35:45
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If all your favorite actors, when did Shakespeare, but still kind of played it, how they normally play the role. Yeah. That's probably the best way to describe it. Well, you Charles, you can jump on the opposite train. Come on. You played zero in a bit of seven, right? Right. Listen, I'm busy. I've got other things that's fair. You know, I've got, you know, I have a home base in horizon forbidden West.
00:36:13
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I'm, uh, dealing with stuff like the problem with horizon. There's too many things, too many things and a lot of good voice acting. I'm like, there's a lot of good voice acting. Sorry. It was like, Oh, this is a small side quest. And yet you're dealing with all this stuff. Very interesting. But, uh, got to unlock everything in the map.
00:36:32
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And I have to do the quest and I'm already overleveled for all the main story quests right now. Oh, yeah. I never liked when that happens. It's like, oh, I'm so I'm doing these cycle stories. Now you get to the main story and you're like, I can destroy people. Yeah. My main weapon is tearing arrows and I finally fully unlock them. That's it. No robotic machine can stand a chance as I systematically tear apart all the weapon systems and then they just die.
00:37:03
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Yeah. So that's horizon forbidden West. Good game. Same time as Elden ring. Uh, still.
00:37:12
Speaker
Andy, when you start needing money in the game, let me know and I'll tell you how to abuse the chicken races. Oh, my God. I'm so excited. I'm a millionaire in that game now. Really? Is it just like the business? Well, it's not exactly. No, this is this is your straight up gambling, but I got a system. I'd I've been debating going back and playing all the yakuza's because I my only experience is yakuza seven. I'm zero.
00:37:42
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zero one and two are good times three is not four is okay five is a very very very very long game
00:37:50
Speaker
Well, every time I bring up how much I love Yakuza seven, everybody's like, you got to play the other ones. I'm like, oh, you really don't actually. That's the whole fucking point of seven. They love Yakuza. They love Yakuza. I heard. I just love seven. I heard someone. I heard someone describe this as no one is really making games like Yakuza other than GTA.
00:38:16
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Like GTA is the closest approximation to a Yakuza game where there's this world that you live in and you're going around and exploring it and and and and like having these adventures with people in it. Mm hmm. The Saints were not like that.
00:38:33
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Saints Row tries to be like that, but they lean way more into just being crazy. Sure. That's true. I think one of the comparisons for Yakuza games is that when Sid Meier was talking about SimCity and his dream of making a fully functional place where you can zoom in to any scale of social growth, that it'll be really cool.
00:39:01
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And you could zoom in to like the neighborhood level and be like, you could just work on this one neighborhood and do everything else. That's basically what a Yakuza game is. It's a very dense and like lively area that everything there's something in every corner of the world. Oh, yeah.
00:39:20
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There's actually something incredibly new in this game, at least, is because you're playing as a Shinsengumi, which is more or less kind of like this weird freelance cop. It's the easiest way. It's the easiest way to describe it, Charles. I know it's factually inaccurate, but people will run up to you and go, hey, help. And then if you follow them, they'll lead you to like a battle encounter or like somebody's getting bullied or something.
00:39:49
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Which I'm like, wow, that's such like a easy, that's like such a small thing that just makes the world feel more real. It's not like a cut scene either, Andy. It happens all just in like the, uh, whatchamacallit, like just the walking around, there's no load or anything like that. Just an MPC comes up and just says it in like, you know, passing text. Yeah. Yeah. I can't wait for tomorrow.
00:40:12
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And then we got one more here and talk about, oh, and that's wild hearts, baby. Yeah. The, um, the monster hunter, monster hunter, but from who was it? Yeah. I mean, he is the publisher, but, Oh, okay. Cool. Yeah.
Exploring 'Wild Hearts'
00:40:29
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So much in the way that Koei Tecmo is like, hey, that's a cool genre. We'll do it too. With, you know, it's like, they're like, hey, you know what? Who makes Monster Hunter? I don't know what the dev is for that. I just know it's Capcom. Is it just Capcom proper? Yeah, I thought. Yeah, Capcom. OK.
00:40:50
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Okay. Yeah. Capcom is like, listen, we have this fucking cash cow with monster hunter, but we refuse to make it any less, um, oblivion or was it on obtuse than we already did with monster hunter world. Uh, you're setting their ways. Yeah, they are. Um, yeah, but Koei Tecmo is Japanese company too. But Koei Tecmo came in and was like, Hey, we'll just do it too. And basically made the sequel to monster hunter world. I mean, it's, that's really what it is, but Oh.
00:41:18
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Oh, with one incredible difference. Oh, Andy, it's also a strand game. That's right. They have also included deaf stranding into this game. Yeah. How how is that? I heard that it includes the strand system, which made me think, like, wow, Kojima really did invent a genre. But what? So if you're OK, so if you're unfamiliar, so in deaf stranding,
00:41:45
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You could build like ladders and highways and zip lines, and those would exist in this sort of weird semi persistent world where other players could use them. Oh, I'm talking about that stranding. Yeah. Yeah.
00:42:01
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What Wild Hearts does is you also have a building mechanic where you make walls and turrets and zip lines and stuff like that, and those are semi-persistent as well, so that you can go through and build these things, and then other players, when they're on their quests to kill monsters, will also come apart these things that you've already built and can use them as a part of their hunt. That's cool. That's really cool.
00:42:25
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, I didn't say, by the way, currently sitting at an 80 on open critic with 79% of critics recommending. I've heard a lot of positive things about it. Yeah, I don't know when. Maybe when it comes down in price, because we're just a little too fucking busy right now. But this feels like a game like all of us should get. Like, remember when we were all in a Monster Hunter world?
00:42:51
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Yeah. Yeah. This feels like it could be a good time for us to get in on this. It's just a bad time because I have too many games I have to play and also go to Japan. Oh, that's right. Coming up. That's right. Also, the open beta for Diablo four got announced and it's entirely while I'm in Japan. Oh, I was like, motherfucker, you have your steam deck.
00:43:15
Speaker
No, I'm not. I'm not doing that. Diablo 4 is a PC game and I'll live that way for the rest of my life. Steam Deck is a PC, James. It is and it isn't. Yeah, it seems like if you like Monster Hunter World, this is probably an easy purchase for you.
00:43:35
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Uh, I, I haven't heard anything that says it's worse than monster on our world. Um, and basically just better. Uh, yeah. Eurogamer, Matt Wales, uh, far more than a monster hunter clone wild heart succeeds. Expectations have done some mixing streamlined action with inventive new toys. Um, I mean, I saw, I have seen some people play this. I mean, they have the fucking giant hammers and.
00:43:58
Speaker
I don't know if they have transforming weapons. I haven't watched enough to know that. But there's definitely some like insect glaive shit where you're just jumping around flying. Sure. Yeah. Yeah. I look forward to it. I mean, it's out now. Play it if you want. But I don't have time because I have to play Ishin and I play atomic arts and then I have to go to another country. Atomic arts also on game pass, by the way, the best.
00:44:28
Speaker
Why do I hate Game Pass so much? It's so horrible. Because you hate other people. I think. I'm going to mix these stories around because we only have 15 minutes left. Ooh. What's more important? To them for access a lot. Aww. I like for access too. Sony today announced a new state of play this coming Thursday with a in-depth dive on Justice League, or excuse me, Suicide Squad killed the Justice League in their post
00:44:58
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put up today. State of play quote state of play returns with its first show of 2023. Get ready for new looks and some anticipated games from our third party partners as well as the first glimpse at five PlayStation VR two games set to arrive later this year. Also, PS VR two is officially out today. Tomorrow. Something you should be getting yours. Yep. It should be delivered tomorrow.
00:45:21
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Oh, that's exciting. Back to the article and then settle in for more than 15 minutes of all new gameplay details and updates on Suicide Squad, Kill the Justice League, the next game from Rock City Studios. It all begins this Thursday, which would be the 23rd of February at 1 p.m. Pacific, 4 p.m. Eastern, 9 p.m. GMT and 10 p.m. CET on Twitch and YouTube. So they're going to get 15 minutes to Rock Study.
00:45:51
Speaker
They're going to go over five PlayStation VR two games. Let's I mean, if one of that has to be no five, I'm buying a PS VR two. You have to imagine those are at least two minutes each, right? Oh, that's it might be really this old trailer. Is that what they're saying? You think you think they're going to do a sizzle trailer when they said we're specifically going to talk about five games?
00:46:16
Speaker
I don't know. I just don't trust them with how they're handling VR, too. But honestly, though, with how they didn't blow through their pre-orders, I'm I think you're more right, James, where they're going to really try to dig in and show because it's insanely impressive, insanely so. Yeah, I was watching someone do it today and like it had a lot of there's a lot of cool tech involved in it, and it's a great little.
00:46:39
Speaker
Great little piece of hardware. I'm not going to pay six dollars. I pay $100 for an index. I'm not paying $800 for this. I actually don't mind. I think the I mean, it is very expensive, but I wouldn't mind paying it if it was backwards compatible.
00:46:55
Speaker
But the fact that it divorces from an entire library of games where Sony is trying to convince us to come in the water and then just leave. I can't justify that amount, but it's very impressive. From what I understand, it is like the price represents what it does. Yeah, you get what you pay for. Yeah, you get away with not charging that. I mean, sure, you could probably charge less, but I mean, you know, it's it's an impressive system.
00:47:21
Speaker
Much like the index, right? It's impressive. You get what you pay for. You get what you pay for.
VR Gaming Technology Debate
00:47:27
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VR is not worth that much money yet, and I will die on that hill.
00:47:32
Speaker
Now, I like James, you know, in the ecosystem, I am as well. Charles, you haven't dived yet. Right. And that's, that's why this is a perfectly good time to do it. It's perfect. It's going to be, you're going to have such a cool experience, just channel five. And you've got my money. I actually was saving up for this thing, but I just don't, I don't want it. Are we going to see more final fantasy 16? Oh yeah. That's your next big third party game.
00:48:03
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Yep. I'm trying to think what else is coming up. Um, they're not talking about Indies. They're talking about third-party big stuff. Let's see. Let's, let's look at the calendar here. They could talk about destiny to lightfall for some fucking reason. They might, they probably will. Actually they will. They will. Definitely. Yeah. That should be coming up very soon too. All right. It comes out next week. Yeah. There you go. Uh, they could talk about.
00:48:33
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jedi ever maybe yeah they could yeah all Resident Evil 4 remake too yeah that would be a completely good one yeah yeah i like i actually know that's i think that's that would be my call probably some shit we don't care about but at least one of the three of
00:48:53
Speaker
You're going to get at least lightfall because Sony owns Bungie now. That's true. That's a very good point. And you'll probably get Resident Evil 4 or Final Fantasy 16. Probably not both. I imagine they're going to do Resident Evil 4 because they're going to talk about Resident Evil 4 VR coming to PSVR 2. So that's a pretty good. Yeah.
00:49:13
Speaker
I want a one more thing. Like don't do that anymore. They don't do that. I want that though. Microsoft did it though, didn't they? With that cool rhythm game. Oh yeah, they did. They did. They did do that. Fire rush. High fire rush. That wasn't a one more thing. That was literally the middle of the presentation. That was the middle. I don't know. I just know it was a surprise reveal.
00:49:36
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Oh, also tying into early discussion of what is an RPG. Legend of Dragoon is now available on PS4 and PS5. You get it for free with PS Plus Premium, but also you can buy it without. Legend of Dragoon, highly considered one of the best RPGs of all time.
00:49:54
Speaker
It's a good game. Now, I don't know if it holds up, but it does in my memory. I've heard a lot of people say, I mean, other than graphically, it holds up. Cool. I mean, I think the story is still pretty good. I don't think it's that cringy. Well, from what I remember and Lloyd is pretty cool. He is pretty cool. And you'll emo check the emo. Rose Rose.
00:50:24
Speaker
I only bring this up because I know historically speaking, it's been hard to get legal copies. The Legend of Dragon. I mean, yeah, my thing was, yeah, it's not going to be remastered. I just have to I'm going to let that go in my heart. Well, if you get. Did they ever do a PC release? Because, well, actually, at this point, it probably doesn't even matter because there's a ROM somewhere because they're Sony who made it. It was they were trying to bring people to PS1.
00:50:51
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Um, yeah, but you can get a ROM of it somewhere and there are mod packs that'll just update those. Oh, that's fair. Yeah. So.
00:51:00
Speaker
I liked that. I haven't looked into it, but I have to imagine they exist for a game like Dragon, which people are fucking obsessed about. Oh, yeah. There's a timer for when you attack. It's still a turn base like you attack, but then there's a button time, a quick time event in between your attacks to deal more damage. I loved it. I loved it so much. I was told Shadow Hearts does that. I've never played Shadow Hearts. I've always wanted to, but I heard Andy, shut up.
00:51:28
Speaker
Also announced today Pokemon presents coming on Pokemon day next week on February 27th to the surprise of no one. What will they reveal the next room master that they're going to actually fix Scarlet and Violet? I hope they reveal they're going to do some weird thing in Japan next month because I'll be there.
00:51:46
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They'll at least decorate the trains, James. Yeah, maybe. This would be the time, right? But anyway, yeah, I'm curious. I mean, we're due another remaster. What was the last one? Oh, by the way, James, just for you, definitely reinstall Pokemon Go while you're there.
00:52:06
Speaker
Oh, I know. I've heard. It's still going to be very big and you'll endear yourself to the native peoples. You mean they won't instantly raise me up on their arms for being a white man? Nope. You're going to get politely rejected at certain bars too, so don't worry. You're assuming I'll go to bars where I'm not invited.
00:52:33
Speaker
Oh, don't worry. It all looks the same. They'll just say, Oh, uh, we're full. He's like, but there's no one here. Yeah. And I'll take that hit immediately. And I'll be like, that's fair. I see me too in the mirror, but no. Yeah. Uh, what was the last one? It was it, uh, Sapphire and Pearl. I don't know for the remasters. Yeah. For the remakes. I thought it was platinum.
00:53:03
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No, it wasn't remembering. Well, platinum, sapphire and pearl and platinum are platinum is the, um, which was all fixed. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Diamond and pearl generation, man. Yeah. Yeah. So the next one would be black and white, which is us getting into the three. Yes. For the first time or wait, it was black and three. Yes. No, it was DS. I think it was DS.
00:53:29
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X and Y was the first three DS game. Yeah, it was, but still black and white is a weird game because they've never touched it at all since it came out. That game came out Andy 11 years ago. Wow. I know. Wow. Yeah. Um, so I'm curious if we're going to get the news of a black and white remaster, which would be very interesting.
00:53:52
Speaker
Which would get us one step closer to X and Y, which is probably my most favorite Pokemon other than Gen 1. Bring it. Oh, good. I'm glad they're just doing more remakes. Oh, what are the odds on that are going to address the concerns of Scarra and Violet? Probably not, right? Oh, no. Zero. They have their money. That they do.
00:54:20
Speaker
They slap their users around, okay? You're talking about me, Charles, they slap me around. Yeah. And they're smart not to say anything, like genuinely. Which sucks, but... Yep. So 6 AM Pacific Time, February 27th, there will be 20 minutes of exciting Pokemon news in celebration of Pokemon Day. Sure. Next, we're going to go through these two real fast.
00:54:49
Speaker
Cause the eagle has landed. Um, she got to go through immigration. I'll take a minute. Um, James Gunn, uh, came out last week, two weeks ago at this point, um, and announced the new slate for the DC universe.
New DC Universe Slate
00:55:07
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Oh, that's right. Maybe we're blowing it up.
00:55:10
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Uh, so the next two movies will be Shazam coming out in March. And then the flash movie coming out June 16th, where they revealed that Michael Keaton will be, uh, what is it? Resuming. Yeah. Resuming his role as the dark knight, including an incredibly cringy part where he goes, it's me. Oh, wait, is he, which one is Michael Keaton? Was he the first one 1989?
00:55:37
Speaker
Wait, the very first one. I don't even remember how he was. Wait, he's an old man. Yeah, he is, Sandy. Wait, Batman's an old man in the DC universe? Well, here's the thing. So the Flash movie comes out and then the universe blows up. What?
00:56:00
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And then they have two other movies they have to contractually release, which is Blue Beetle and Aquaman in the Lost Kingdom. Also coming out this year in August and December. But after that, after that, we start the DC universe proper. Chapter one, gods and monsters. OK, what is that about? I don't know. We'll find out what the title. That's just so Marvel does phases. DC is doing chapters.
00:56:29
Speaker
It has such a catch-up vibe. It's so sad. But they announced some movies and TV shows that will be coming out. Creature Commandos, which will be an animated series. Don't bother asking me what the Creature Commandos are. I don't know them. But hey, it's James Gunn. He made the Guardians of Galaxies cool. I'm sure it'll be fine.
00:56:50
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a live action series based on Amanda Waller. You may know her from the Suicide Squad and her Skype visits in Peacemaker. Viola Davis will be reprising that role. And then a new Superman movie for the first time since Man of Steel. 2011. Henry Cavill is out because they want a younger Superman, which is sad, but I understand.
00:57:18
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Oh, yeah. Yeah. Never mind that. Let's say Henry Cavill is a spinning image of what you would envision Superman to look like. Yeah, but they want him to be younger. Are we going to get a CW Superman? I don't know. Probably not. It'll be called Superman Legacy. And they have an actually have a release date for that July 11th, 2025. After that, they will have lanterns.
00:57:44
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which they've kind of billed as being this live action true detective space show where the lanterns are basically space cops and they're going to be solving this crime mystery in space, which could be fun. Yeah, that could be super fucking cool if they do that. Yeah. The authority, which is this weird 90s thing. Don't even worry about it again. This is Creature Command is over again. Um,
00:58:07
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Paradise Lost, which is a Wonder Woman prequel series. Okay. Live action series, which will be about Themyscira. They said it's going to be very Game of Thrones-y. Okay. Yep. Next, you will have your first Batman movie, Batman the Brave and the Bold. This will be about Batman dealing with being a father to his son, Damian Wayne. That's right. It's going to be the first cinematic experience of Damian Wayne.
00:58:33
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Who's Damien Wayne? Damien Wayne is Batman's son because Talia Al Ghul may or may not have consensually or non-consensually had sex with Bruce. Bruce Wayne had a child with him. Uh-oh. Andy, they reboot. They change up that fiction every now and then about whether it was a consensual or non-consensual. Oh, God. What? Oh.
00:58:58
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Now, is that just a person or is that like Catwoman or Batwoman? Tasha Al Ghul. Talia Al Ghul is a very cool person. She's a she is usually a very attractive woman. Yes. She is the daughter of a League of Assassins and Batman is an anti hero.
00:59:29
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Yeah. Yeah. And, uh, yeah, there are some stories. There's some problematic stories about her. Yeah. But, uh, Damien Wayne is basically a, he is Bruce Wayne's son. He has been trained by the league of assassin since birth.
00:59:43
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So he's just this little shit who's like, I don't take anything. I was born a prince. Um, I know what's right. And the league told me to kill people and that's what we should do and solve things. And then you have Bruce Wayne being here. It's like, Hey, uh, I beat the league of assassins constantly and we don't kill people here.
01:00:01
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So they have this weird father-son relationship. It's I didn't love Damian Wayne when he first came out in the comics, but I think I softened on him a lot as they really figured out what they wanted to do with him. Sure. And I say now he's.
01:00:16
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Really great. Honestly, the best part of Damien Wayne, which I don't know if they're going to get to is his relationship with Dick Grayson, IE Knightling. Um, and one more thing for Talia Al Ghul. And I just want to say this very clear. Uh, it's a, this is a common question that gets handed out through, um, the, the Genshin impact community when talking about evil characters. Okay. And it's these four words, if evil, why hot?
01:00:44
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and let's really contemplate that question. Is there an answer? I don't know. Charles, remember when in Batman Beyond, Raish took over her body and tried to start a relationship with Bruce.
01:01:02
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God, fat man stories are always fucked. Hold on. I gotta, all right. I gotta hurry this up. Uh, after that booster gold, um, a time traveling here from the future. Who's a loser? We'll be getting a live action series. I've always had a soft spot for booster gold. Um, there will also be a super girl movie, a super girl wonder of tomorrow or woman of tomorrow. Excuse me.
01:01:25
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and a Swamp Thing film, which I like Swamp Thing. Sorry, it's been a good time. Also, James Gunn did say that there will be an elsewhere's branch where they'll keep popular things that are currently existing, like Robert Pattinson's Batman, Joaquin Phoenix's Joker, Teen Titans Go, Superman and Lois on the CW. Those can still exist. They are just elsewhere and not a part of the DCEU, and they'll just make sure to separate them.
01:01:54
Speaker
Uh, so, okay. Um, I, Hey, you know what? Jane's gone. I haven't fucked it up yet. So I trust them. Yeah. Well, we'll let it ride and just, yeah. I mean, here it, the things I'm most excited about and probably based on how much I talked about them, right. Um, lanterns and brave in the bolt. Um,
01:02:20
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and booster gold, honestly, but like if he hits those two, great. Um, I hope he can hit a Superman movie. Great. I think it's going to depend on who they cast first. Superman lives and dies by who they cast as Superman. So yeah, we'll have to say, um, also, by the way, the flash movie is actually supposed to be really good, which is it's a shame that Ezra Mills is still there.
01:02:41
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Well, they have been, well, they released a statement basically saying they're committed to mental health recovery and they acknowledge that their behavior is unacceptable.
01:02:54
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We did say this very often they're having a mental breakdown If he's getting help and if you shouldn't be shunned Hey Gonna keep saying they until you say it. What did I do? Oh did I miss? I'm sorry. I'm sorry they know I know any I do it too. I'm just I did not mean that I know you didn't okay
01:03:16
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And one last quick thing. Charles and I saw Quantum Media, and I think we both are in agreement, tentative thumbs up. Nothing wrong.
'Quantum Media' Review
01:03:27
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You could spend your afternoon at a worse time, at a worse movie. Yeah. Yeah.
01:03:33
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It's fine. You'll have a fun time. Jot the majors is a traffic. The one thing I'm happy about, you'll see them all the time in these next couple of movies. You're just like, yeah, he's going to be fucking everywhere. He's a good actor. Really good. That mid credit scene will lead you. Although that one voice he was doing for that one character was a choice. Wasn't it?
01:03:57
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Why don't you go see the movie and find out what we're talking about, and maybe join us in the conversation on another episode of Add to Party, a friendship simulator masquerading as a new show. I've been your host, James. I'm late to pick up someone at the airport, Hartwell, and I've been joined by... We need to take away RPGs, Charles Mott. I've been joined by... Andy. James is late to pick up someone, Jay.
01:04:26
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Have a good night. Have a good night everyone. Bye.