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ANTiFanny Awards 2024: Video Games
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The boys go over their favorite games of last year!
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Transcript
Introduction and Hosts
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AstroDev
Hello, you are listening to the all new Anti-Fanny Boy Podcast for the week of January 12th, 2025. This is part two of the Anti-Fannies, everyone.
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AstroDev
Applause, applause.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Argh.
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AstroDev
Yes, burps, vomits. Cheers and cheers, everyone. I am one of four, Devin Kopeck, and with me is Chris Galani, Steve Oteri,
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GREASEDAPOLES
Hello.
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BOAH
and
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Steve-O
Hello.
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AstroDev
and The biggest anime fan I know, Jean Suarez.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Mmm.
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AstroDev
Mmm, indeed.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yes.
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AstroDev
How much anime have we watched this week?
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GREASEDAPOLES
Mmm.
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Steve-O
yeah
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AstroDev
The anime check in.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Uh, not
Anime and Non-Anime Debate
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AstroDev
And I know I know somebody here just went deep.
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GREASEDAPOLES
a lot.
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GREASEDAPOLES
We're just...
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GREASEDAPOLES
Ooh, really?
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AstroDev
I don't know. I just I feel it. I think it's Steve.
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BOAH
What, for animes?
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AstroDev
Yeah, I know one of you guys.
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Steve-O
we're We're doing like a weird version of the thing, but instead of the thing, it's anime.
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BOAH
Yeah, squid game. Squid game?
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AstroDev
good game that's
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BOAH
How about y'all?
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Steve-O
You know what y'all watchin' every single game?
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BOAH
How about y'all? How about y'all from Squid Game?
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GREASEDAPOLES
um ra good day
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AstroDev
right Squid games, not a anime fellow.
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BOAH
Squid Game? That's you from Squid Game. I just saw that Arthur Morgan thing.
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AstroDev
One, I think that's slightly ah even offensive to even say that.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Whoo! Deming!
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BOAH
Oh, Squid Game. Squid Game is, is, is, wait, but we all agreed that, we all agreed that fucking, um,
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GREASEDAPOLES
Bring it- startin' it spicy.
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AstroDev
Squid games is Korean.
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AstroDev
Cobra Kai is anime.
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BOAH
Not Cobra Kai.
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AstroDev
Yes, that is anime.
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BOAH
Queen's Gambit. We all agreed Queen's Gambit was an anime.
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Steve-O
That was 100% anime.
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BOAH
There's not one Japanese character in that fucking show.
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Steve-O
Yes.
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AstroDev
think Oh.
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GREASEDAPOLES
I always
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BOAH
So if we can all agree that Queen's Gambit is an anime, it's a good anime.
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GREASEDAPOLES
forget about that anime. I always forget about that anime.
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AstroDev
after
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BOAH
It was the best anime of that year, I think.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah. It really was.
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BOAH
And I watched a lot of anime that year.
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Steve-O
Oh, you know what?
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BOAH
You know?
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Steve-O
ah Hold on. I'm putting that in our category ideas for 2025.
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BOAH
what Best non-anime anime anime anime?
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Steve-O
Best non-anime anime. Yeah.
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BOAH
What would have won this year? What would have won this year?
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AstroDev
Cobra Kai still still.
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GREASEDAPOLES
X-Men 97. Oh, is it live action? Is that the rule?
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Steve-O
i think I think it can't be animated whatsoever.
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BOAH
No, like, yeah.
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GREASEDAPOLES
be enemy Okay
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BOAH
Because, I mean, we did we did all agree at Queen's Game it was an amazing anime, right?
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AstroDev
Oh, for sure. For sure.
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Steve-O
100%.
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AstroDev
Yeah.
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Steve-O
It's something that if they turned it into an animated thing, it was anime.
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BOAH
Devin, does that count as a shonen? Does that count as a shonen anime?
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AstroDev
and I don't know. She doesn't go. is she Does she go through new forms or does puberty count?
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BOAH
Ooh.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Devin, would you be offended if I pick squid games by non-anime anime? Is that going to offend you?
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AstroDev
My point has been made already.
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Steve-O
Alright, I'm putting that in the category pile for next year.
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AstroDev
Actually, you know what?
Entertainment and Award Categories
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AstroDev
I kind of watched an anime. I watched the remake.
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GREASEDAPOLES
It's Night Court, guys. Night Court's my non adame-anime anime. A remake that just came out of Peacock.
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AstroDev
Yeah.
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BOAH
Night Bitch. Did you watch that yet?
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GREASEDAPOLES
Night Court.
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BOAH
Did you watch Night Bitch yet, Chris?
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GREASEDAPOLES
I have not.
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AstroDev
Dude, that looks so bad.
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BOAH
Did you watch Night Bitch yet?
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GREASEDAPOLES
That trailer was really bad. Devin's not wrong. I watched it and I was like, Jesus, that was rough.
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AstroDev
You said I'm good. I'm good on this.
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GREASEDAPOLES
I mean, you know, listen, sometimes book to movie does not, does not work. You know, I could see how you could fuck that up too.
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AstroDev
Yeah.
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GREASEDAPOLES
So I get it. I understand, but I probably will. I think it's on, I think it's on Hulu right now.
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AstroDev
Yeah.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Is Conclave on anything?
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AstroDev
I don't know that I know of it should be, though, right?
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, I'm good looking for that. and i just and one That's like the one I want to see more than anything.
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AstroDev
Your number two is.
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GREASEDAPOLES
like Oh, a I watched your number two.
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BOAH
Is that an anime? An anime? Is that an anime?
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Steve-O
On the way.
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AstroDev
No. Well.
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BOAH
Yeah, what'd you think, Chris?
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GREASEDAPOLES
I did watch that.
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BOAH
It was interesting, right?
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GREASEDAPOLES
I like i liked it. i There's a few things that I didn't like.
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BOAH
It was good. It wasn't like a really an amazing, it it wasn't like a floor U movie, but like, it was...
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GREASEDAPOLES
I think Clint Eastwood wrote it.
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BOAH
Yeah.
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GREASEDAPOLES
And, and I can kind of tell because the main character's job is he he works as a magazine editor and the smartest character in the movie is the oldest man as JK Simmons.
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AstroDev
this is
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BOAH
Right.
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BOAH
is JK Simmons.
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AstroDev
OK.
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GREASEDAPOLES
yeah
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AstroDev
So, Chris, according to the Internet, it's on Apple TV and Peacock.
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BOAH
Peacock.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Is it really Apple TV for free?
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AstroDev
So Apple TV says stream free.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Really?
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AstroDev
Yeah, it's going to be going to rent it.
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GREASEDAPOLES
I had that, I didn't see it on there.
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AstroDev
I can't give this a subscription.
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BOAH
Juror number two.
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AstroDev
Definitely peacock.
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GREASEDAPOLES
No, um Conclave.
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AstroDev
Definitely peacock.
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GREASEDAPOLES
I fucking hate peacock.
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BOAH
Conclave.
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GREASEDAPOLES
I'm gonna...
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AstroDev
Oh, go on peacock you child.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Fuckin' hate peacock, god damn peacock!
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AstroDev
You fucking a fucking child here.
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BOAH
Is Harry Potter an anime, Devin?
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AstroDev
No.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
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BOAH
Why not? There's a school.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
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BOAH
Wait, is Goblet of Fire an anime?
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GREASEDAPOLES
It's definitely an animade.
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BOAH
That movie.
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AstroDev
Uh,
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GREASEDAPOLES
It's a kid's...
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AstroDev
That's a tournament arc. That's a tournament arc.
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Steve-O
Ooh, it is a tournament arc.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, it's, well, guys, 100% tournament arc, so power power ah power fantasy of a child, no black people.
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BOAH
It's a tournament arc in a school with a very handsome newcomer.
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AstroDev
Sure. That's why it's the best book, John. That's why it's the best book.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Of course it's an anime.
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AstroDev
Hey, there's not one girl.
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GREASEDAPOLES
What? Mm-hmm.
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AstroDev
I don't know.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Mm-hmm.
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AstroDev
Don't ask me her name.
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Steve-O
We should play a game called Harry Potter or My Hero Academia, where we just describe a scene from it.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Okay.
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BOAH
Now Snape is.
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Steve-O
You have to tell me which is which.
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AstroDev
I remember when Harry punches that guy and his, all the arms, all the bones in his arms explode. Yeah.
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GREASEDAPOLES
They do need to do that more and in things where people's arms explode when they punch people.
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AstroDev
Yeah. That's true. That's true.
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Steve-O
i felt I fell more and more out of that show, the better he got at controlling his powers.
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AstroDev
but Actually.
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GREASEDAPOLES
That is a hell of a thing, you know?
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AstroDev
Do you miss an out? You've missing out, man.
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Steve-O
I'm sure, I'm sure I am, but I'm like, oh, I really love the idea of this, this kid just absolutely ruining his arms.
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AstroDev
And anime.
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GREASEDAPOLES
I would watch the UFC more if there was a guy who could punch somebody, like knock them out, but his whole arm,
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AstroDev
You don't even like it when they take too long to get up. You're like, oh, I.
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GREASEDAPOLES
No, but if his whole arm exploded after he punched someone out.
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Steve-O
and
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AstroDev
it it's Chris, what about when their legs explode? You don't like that.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, but.
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Steve-O
They have four really good hits and maybe a headbutt if they want to die.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, like really good, like they knock, they can knock him out in one hit, but their whole arm explodes.
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AstroDev
Oh, boy. You know, I kind of watched the anime. I i watched Shogun.
Cultural Portrayals in Media
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AstroDev
I finished Shogun this week.
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BOAH
Why is the why whoa timeout why would you why would you consider that an anime because it's Japanese is that why?
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GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, the live action.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Oh boy.
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AstroDev
Well, it's it's very, it's very Japanese for sure.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, it is. It's probably the most Japanese show on in a long time.
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AstroDev
And.
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AstroDev
Ever.
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BOAH
Yeah, does that make it an anime Chris or no is uh, it's ikaru is ikaru an an anime to you Chris
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GREASEDAPOLES
No.
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AstroDev
No, but.
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GREASEDAPOLES
You know, it all spawns from this stuff, but it isn't it, you know, like it spawned from it, but it isn't it.
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BOAH
No, don't say it. Don't say it.
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AstroDev
yeah
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BOAH
OK. All right. OK.
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AstroDev
yeah You know what my favorite pastime would be when I would watch Shogun, though?
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BOAH
OK.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Right.
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BOAH
OK.
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AstroDev
It'd be on and I'd be like, I'd be getting a drink or I'd be making a sandwich or something in the kitchen and they just be talking and I would just yell spike and just to myself.
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BOAH
Watching, reading your phone.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Oh boy.
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AstroDev
And I wander back laughing to no one but me and I'm like, Oh, I'm so funny.
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GREASEDAPOLES
It's a, it's a, it's a really wonderful show to learn about history.
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AstroDev
Yeah.
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GREASEDAPOLES
It, the pacing is a little, it's a little rough, but I think it is a good show.
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AstroDev
Well, I was telling John, I was telling John, like the thing that took me the longest was that there's three languages technically being spoken.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
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AstroDev
There's Japanese and then there's English, but then there's English as the viewer hears it, which is actually Portuguese.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Right.
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AstroDev
And it took me like two episodes to like get wrap my head around that. And then also I didn't like there's a lot of history around that that I kind of didn't understand because i they never taught us any of that in school.
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AstroDev
ah
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GREASEDAPOLES
So actually, I learned that from the movie Silence.
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AstroDev
OK.
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GREASEDAPOLES
I don't know. Did you go see that with us by chance?
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AstroDev
No, I didn't see silence. It didn't.
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GREASEDAPOLES
I thought you did and anyway.
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AstroDev
I was interested and then I heard it was kind of when, and I was like, I don't need to see this.
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GREASEDAPOLES
The only people the Japanese traded with were the Dutch for like forever because they didn't push Christianity on them.
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BOAH
Dutch.
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AstroDev
next Have some God damn faith.
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BOAH
Dutch.
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GREASEDAPOLES
So, not that Dutch.
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BOAH
Dutch, I gave you all I had.
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AstroDev
Yeah. there A little bit of that, a little bit of that.
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BOAH
I tried, Dutch.
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AstroDev
Yeah. Yeah.
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BOAH
That's the only, that's the only Dutch that I know now, Chris.
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AstroDev
And then they were like, wow.
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AstroDev
Yeah, he had high honor.
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BOAH
Only Dutch that matters.
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AstroDev
He had high honor. So the Japanese really, you know, understood that. And then.
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BOAH
Oh yeah, Japanese is always high honor.
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AstroDev
ah Yeah.
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BOAH
That's why there's no honor system in Ghost of Tsushima, because they're all high honor.
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AstroDev
Yeah. No, anytime you do anything remotely effective, they're like, how dare you? And you're like, all right.
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BOAH
ah There you go.
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AstroDev
Damn, sorry. Sorry, I just didn't want to manually hand to hand everybody in the fucking village. My bad. But no, I want.
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BOAH
Sorry, I raised my sword to the sky, and they all got afraid and killed themselves.
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AstroDev
Yeah. Uh, yeah, but I, I watched that really liked it. Um, also watched another anime big little lies. Um, that was a pretty good anime.
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BOAH
It's a pretty good show, right?
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GREASEDAPOLES
I.
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AstroDev
It's a good show.
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BOAH
That's the first season?
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AstroDev
It's a good show.
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GREASEDAPOLES
I watched The Truman Show.
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AstroDev
Uh,
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GREASEDAPOLES
They added that on Criterion. And.
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AstroDev
Oh yeah. what's What's the anime?
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BOAH
Oh shit. Yeah. Has it hit?
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AstroDev
What's the anime level?
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BOAH
Has it hit down 2025?
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GREASEDAPOLES
That's a it's a.
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BOAH
Does it hit harder?
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GREASEDAPOLES
It's a masterpiece, you know, one of the greatest films of the 90s.
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Steve-O
It's no Joe Schmo show.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, well, you're right. oh That's its one downfall, you know. Doesn't have, what, Matthew McConaughey? Wanna see that?
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AstroDev
Yeah.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, whatever.
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AstroDev
Listen, Nicole Kidman is just probably continuously the most attractive woman
Celebrity and Character Discussions
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AstroDev
on the planet.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, I'd say so.
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AstroDev
And it really comes off in that show.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah. ah ah Yeah, Truman shows still.
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AstroDev
Yeah.
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BOAH
Well, when her and her husband are beaten up on each other, you're you're really into that, Devin.
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AstroDev
No, just literally every outfit she wears, I was like, damn, damn.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Devon, did you watch Sharp Objects?
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BOAH
Damn, yeah, damn.
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AstroDev
I did.
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BOAH
That's that's a good show.
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AstroDev
I like sharp objects a lot.
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BOAH
I love that show.
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AstroDev
Yeah.
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GREASEDAPOLES
I like that more than Big Little Wise, to be honest.
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AstroDev
Oh, it's not really the same show, right?
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BOAH
Yeah, but but sharp objects, sharp, ah sharp objects and didn't have fucking God tier, God tier, ultra instinct, Meryl Streep, big a little lies.
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GREASEDAPOLES
It's the same creator.
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AstroDev
Oh, is it?
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GREASEDAPOLES
i Yeah, i didn't get to I actually didn't get to that ah point where he was in it.
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AstroDev
yeah
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BOAH
and Oh, you didn't get the season two.
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GREASEDAPOLES
No, I didn't.
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AstroDev
Actually, you you know, it kept fucking me up.
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BOAH
Yeah, think of Ultra Instinct Goku from Dragon Ball Super, and that's Meryl Streep in season two.
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AstroDev
Yeah. Yeah.
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BOAH
She's fucking insane.
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AstroDev
yeah Actually, you know, it kept throwing me off is the kid Ziggy. played by ah Lane or Ian Armitage who is young Sheldon and I was like That's young Sheldon and I could not It was but Well, there's a dude du dude, there's a scene where he No, Chris, there's a scene where he's he's all the way buttoned up like his shirts all the way buttoned up and I was like oh there it is, dude There's a young Sheldon energy, dude
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BOAH
Oh, really? I guess that was before Young Sheldon came out. So I didn't it didn't affect me.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Were you like a little, you got a little like for clempt, you were a little shocked to see such an amazing celebrity.
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BOAH
um Is uh is
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GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, Jesus. Wow. I'm starting to sweat.
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AstroDev
Actually, you know what? Uncomfortable habit of of this is realistic.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Wow. I'm getting the vapors.
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AstroDev
This is realistic. But there's way too many like scenes where the little kids don't have shirts on. And I was like, I don't like this. I don't like this at all. It's making me uncomfortable.
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GREASEDAPOLES
get a little, little too much a young Sheldon, a little too much.
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AstroDev
yeah I didn't need to see young Sheldon's nipples, dude. I don't need them.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah. I'm not, I'm not into naked. I'm not into Nate.
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AstroDev
I don't need them in my life.
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GREASEDAPOLES
Listen, I'm going to, I'm going to make a statement right now.
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BOAH
ah
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GREASEDAPOLES
I am not into naked Sheldon.
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AstroDev
that You know what, Chris?
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GREASEDAPOLES
Okay.
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AstroDev
Don't say things you can't take back, okay?
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GREASEDAPOLES
I want to, I want to point that out there to everyone. My love of, of young Sheldon and Sheldon, old Sheldon. They it's purely platonic.
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GREASEDAPOLES
I think he's funny. I just love the character so much. So,
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Steve-O
Hey, hold on, hold on.
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AstroDev
Chris, you know what?
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BOAH
Is there is there several
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Steve-O
Keep a shell on Sheldon.
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GREASEDAPOLES
please nobody i don't want to see that yeah she's quite a being beautiful and everything she's
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BOAH
Is there ever a thing that um, is everything that Zoe Kravitz is in where she's not like fucking God tier like God tier beautiful in Her parents are like those jeans are There's something to do with her jeans being like Opie because it's what least it's Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz or like come on How do you beat that like how do you get better jeans than that?
00:12:07
AstroDev
I don't know. Oh, oh, very attractive. Yeah. Yeah, I think it has something to do with her being naturally beautiful, maybe.
00:12:21
AstroDev
yeah
00:12:29
BOAH
like That's crazy
00:12:30
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:12:31
GREASEDAPOLES
I mean, she's her sister is Sofia Gagante, who's also my waifu.
00:12:35
AstroDev
All right, would you would you sleep with ah would you sleep with Lego Catwoman because that's.
00:12:40
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
00:12:41
BOAH
Yeah, all day, dude.
00:12:42
AstroDev
That's a bad pick. I don't know why I went there.
00:12:43
BOAH
Who wouldn't?
00:12:44
GREASEDAPOLES
Come on.
00:12:44
BOAH
Who wouldn't? Damn, you wouldn't do it.
00:12:45
AstroDev
and That's on me. That's on me. That's on me.
00:12:47
BOAH
You wouldn't smash? You wouldn't, you wouldn't Lego smash?
00:12:48
GREASEDAPOLES
Very few forms of Catwoman I wouldn't smash.
00:12:51
AstroDev
Yeah. What about, uh,
00:12:51
GREASEDAPOLES
And Lego Catwoman is really high on my list.
00:12:53
BOAH
Yeah, that might be top three, Cat Women's.
00:12:56
GREASEDAPOLES
It's easy, easy, easy.
00:12:56
AstroDev
not Lego cat woman.
00:12:58
Steve-O
Is it a legoized Lego Lego Catwoman?
00:12:59
AstroDev
Top three.
00:13:00
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, dude! It's Steve, of course!
00:13:03
BOAH
Top three, top three sexy Cat Women.
00:13:04
Steve-O
Or is it like a ah grown size Lego Catwoman?
00:13:07
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:13:08
BOAH
Let me look up, let me look up live action.
00:13:09
GREASEDAPOLES
any Any flavor you want, baby.
00:13:11
BOAH
aren
00:13:12
GREASEDAPOLES
Any flavor you want, Steve.
00:13:13
Steve-O
You need to pick a flavor. You're picking the flavor.
00:13:15
BOAH
Dude we need to look we need to look at this Wait, yo Chris is um, oh man, dude Calum is oh Calum is op look at look at some of these We're not arguing.
00:13:17
GREASEDAPOLES
I'll take them both.
00:13:17
Steve-O
Is it ah is it ah it a person sized Lego piece?
00:13:19
GREASEDAPOLES
o Give me them both.
00:13:21
Steve-O
Or is it a Lego size Lego piece?
00:13:24
GREASEDAPOLES
Top 3 Catwoman.
00:13:29
GREASEDAPOLES
It said, I don't even know, why am I, why are we arguing? Why are we even arguing about this?
00:13:36
BOAH
I'm just like I'm saying like oh Yeah, yeah
00:13:36
GREASEDAPOLES
Okay, all right. No, like with them, they should be on the same page with us.
00:13:41
BOAH
No, I feel like any catwoman is like insane like I'm looking at this list from people dot.com and it's like it's OP p um Maybe Gotham got the TV show Gotham's catwoman is not good and they have They have her ranked higher than Zoe Kravitz, which is absolutely insane to me But Julie Newmar, bro, Chris
00:13:46
AstroDev
yeah Yeah
00:13:49
GREASEDAPOLES
But Lego Cowan's probably my job too.
00:13:55
GREASEDAPOLES
She got big eyes, she got big eyes.
00:13:56
AstroDev
Yeah You know I uh
00:14:05
AstroDev
Yeah, usually Newmark.
00:14:05
GREASEDAPOLES
I'll go so far as to say Batman with Catwoman's graphics. You ever see that clip in Batman Arkham City where they swap body models?
00:14:15
AstroDev
Oh, yeah.
00:14:16
Steve-O
Oh yeah.
00:14:16
AstroDev
Oh, that's attractive.
00:14:16
BOAH
Yeah, dog For a top tier What about what about the animated series bat catwoman What about Lego catwoman, let me actually look up a picture of Lego cow
00:14:17
GREASEDAPOLES
That's hot too.
00:14:20
GREASEDAPOLES
That's Batman.
00:14:20
AstroDev
So the real question, the real question is, is I guess you got to go Michelle Pfeiffer or Zoe Kravitz. For top bat or bat top cat woman.
00:14:30
GREASEDAPOLES
You want to fuck a Lego, that's your business.
00:14:36
AstroDev
You know what least attractive one I'm more attractive Yeah, she's pretty thick she's she's built like a brick shithouse I bet Sharp objects we brought it back
00:14:39
GREASEDAPOLES
I like, I like thick Batwoman. I like thick Batwoman from Cape Crochetter. She's big. She's got a...
00:14:45
BOAH
Did Lego catwoman is who I'm sweat.
00:14:48
GREASEDAPOLES
Ooh, ooh, ooh. I'm looking at her renewal.
00:14:50
BOAH
I'm sweating right now oh hey Hey, you did it you got there David gold battle for David gold medal the yeah, what was what happened?
00:14:56
GREASEDAPOLES
Sharp, sharp corners and everything. Let me have her. Sharp corners and everything.
00:15:05
GREASEDAPOLES
Well, um,
00:15:08
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:15:08
GREASEDAPOLES
We can talk all goddamn daring about what we've done. But we gotta decide what's the best, guys.
00:15:13
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:15:16
GREASEDAPOLES
That's our job tonight, right?
00:15:17
AstroDev
yeah So last episode, we did ah movies and TV shows. We did, ah you know, our best surprise, best character, best show.
00:15:24
BOAH
Uh... Dutch!
00:15:27
AstroDev
So feel free to check in on that episode. That was last episode in this episode. We were focusing on the video games.
00:15:35
GREASEDAPOLES
video get
00:15:36
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:15:37
Steve-O
Gums, gums, gums.
00:15:37
AstroDev
A lot of, a lot of similar, uh, yeah, ah similar, categories, but yeah.
00:15:39
BOAH
Video, video, video.
00:15:41
GREASEDAPOLES
I am a true video game ephem.
00:15:45
Steve-O
What were the best of the 2024 games? The Anti-Fannies will tell ya.
00:15:48
BOAH
Wow.
00:15:51
GREASEDAPOLES
We got a lot of a lot of categories here.
00:15:54
AstroDev
Yeah. We have a lot of categories and I'm looking it up for the first time in like two weeks.
00:15:57
GREASEDAPOLES
Do we have more categories here than in movies?
00:15:59
BOAH
Oh, let me. Can I just ah we don't have to turn this new discussion, but.
00:16:00
AstroDev
Hmm.
00:16:02
Steve-O
No, we have one less.
00:16:03
GREASEDAPOLES
One less, okay.
00:16:04
BOAH
But I want to say that I agree with Steve.
00:16:06
AstroDev
Oh, mid.
00:16:06
BOAH
The last episode of Squid Game season two was fucking hot ass. It was horrible.
00:16:12
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:16:12
GREASEDAPOLES
You like it.
00:16:12
Steve-O
It's so bad, dude.
00:16:12
GREASEDAPOLES
You like it.
00:16:14
Steve-O
It's so bad.
00:16:14
BOAH
It was like forty it was like 40 minutes of shooting guns at each other.
00:16:14
Steve-O
It's like... No, it's not even that. It's 40 minutes of people counting shells.
00:16:23
Steve-O
ah If I shot six bullets, then you shot seven bullets.
00:16:26
BOAH
Yeah, yeah, it's.
00:16:27
Steve-O
Oh, we never check their pockets for bullets. You have to go back and get those bullets.
00:16:30
BOAH
i yeah like okay i can Yeah, I was I was so I was severely disappointed because I was having a good time with this with the season up till the last
00:16:38
Steve-O
Hmm.
Critique of Popular Shows
00:16:40
GREASEDAPOLES
I guess the last episode does lose a little bit of steam, but I didn't have a as negative a reaction as you guys.
00:16:49
BOAH
only makes sense if you're trying to wrap up the season and turn it into a cliffhanger That's the only the only reason that
00:16:54
GREASEDAPOLES
You're right. that It did feel like they they they forced him.
00:16:56
BOAH
and
00:16:58
GREASEDAPOLES
And I don't know if I blame the creative side of that or Netflix.
00:17:02
BOAH
Or Netflix, yeah.
00:17:03
Steve-O
i heard I heard that they split the season into two and they're going to bring the next season in like summer already or something.
00:17:04
GREASEDAPOLES
ah
00:17:05
BOAH
I tried to, yeah.
00:17:11
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, that's fine.
00:17:11
BOAH
This better be next week, bro.
00:17:12
GREASEDAPOLES
And I i just, i it sucks. It seems like the guy who made this doesn't want to make it.
00:17:17
BOAH
Midgame.
00:17:19
Steve-O
Yeah, I heard he hates doing more stupid games like.
00:17:21
GREASEDAPOLES
really And I kind of feel like this this mid section, this cut part, it wasn't his idea.
00:17:23
BOAH
Midgame.
00:17:28
GREASEDAPOLES
Like that's that's what really sucks about it because i I get where he was going with it.
00:17:28
Steve-O
No, yeah, I agree.
00:17:33
GREASEDAPOLES
I get where he had to stop.
00:17:36
BOAH
Listen, guys, listen. And you know what? And this is a ah snipe at Devon again. But this is typical anime shit.
00:17:40
AstroDev
but
00:17:41
BOAH
Is it not?
00:17:41
AstroDev
Just catching strays, dude. What the hell?
00:17:42
BOAH
This is typical. This is a typical a and this typical anime shit that happened at the last at the end of the season.
00:17:43
Steve-O
Oh, it's anime!
00:17:48
GREASEDAPOLES
It is, and I think it's based on greed.
00:17:49
BOAH
So so that proves that it is an anime devin, even if it is a Korean show. Would have won best anime this year, I think. Well, actually, it's 2025.
00:17:57
AstroDev
you Yeah, how dare you?
00:17:59
BOAH
So I don't know. Right. Did it come out 2025 or 2024?
00:18:02
AstroDev
Actually, no, it came out like Christmas, like 26th or twenty six there's something.
00:18:03
Steve-O
Technically, it came out Christmas.
00:18:06
GREASEDAPOLES
Christmas baby.
00:18:07
BOAH
so Sons of bitches First slam we're adding that for yeah, I mean there's gonna be other shit I think this year These are some these are some good new categories we got for next year
00:18:07
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:18:08
GREASEDAPOLES
They got it under the wire.
00:18:09
Steve-O
So technically...
00:18:10
AstroDev
Yeah, right in there. Yeah.
00:18:12
Steve-O
I mean, we can we can retroactivate act retroactively give it best anime 2024.
00:18:21
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:18:24
AstroDev
Yeah, no, it doesn't belong to like, you know.
00:18:24
GREASEDAPOLES
So gentlemen,
00:18:30
GREASEDAPOLES
and we, and we have some variety here. We've all kind of, we've all kind of picked our own thing. And some of us picked ourselves, which is really cool and weird.
00:18:39
AstroDev
Yeah, that's interesting.
00:18:40
BOAH
mm-hmm yeah fuck yeah fucking didn I not afraid to I'm not afraid to to surprise myself afraid to I'm afraid to suck my own dick sometimes
00:18:42
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:18:44
GREASEDAPOLES
So let's, let's start.
00:18:44
AstroDev
Fuck. Yeah. Fuck you.
00:18:52
GREASEDAPOLES
Let's start with the first category. Uh, which is quite a surprise to me and that's best surprise.
00:18:59
AstroDev
Oh, ding dong, bitch, baby.
00:19:00
GREASEDAPOLES
Um, so I don't know. I, I, I'll go first since i so I started out.
00:19:06
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:19:07
GREASEDAPOLES
I chose for best surprise. Bellatro. I, uh, I was really, is it really, I like Bellatro kind of rolls off the tongue.
00:19:12
BOAH
i think it's I think it's actually pronounced balatro, somebody said. but I refuse to call it that, though.
00:19:18
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:19:18
BOAH
I refuse to say that. Because balatro is like a Portuguese word or something. or So like yeah, something like that.
00:19:25
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, is that where it's based?
00:19:28
BOAH
It means buffoon.
00:19:30
GREASEDAPOLES
Ballatro, Bellatro, whatever you wanna call it. What a hell of a game it was. what I'm surprised I liked it as much as I did because I didn't think I would invest as much time as I did into it.
00:19:43
GREASEDAPOLES
I play card games on my phone all the time.
00:19:44
BOAH
Mm.
00:19:47
GREASEDAPOLES
That's not the surprise.
00:19:47
BOAH
Yeah.
00:19:48
GREASEDAPOLES
I really do. I think the phone is the best vehicle for card games in general. i I don't, I like, I, I thought about buying it for my steam deck and I was like, buying no, like it ah it's It's perfect on my phone and I, it's perfect touch screen.
00:20:01
BOAH
No, I doesn't really it doesn't play great on steam that. The only the only times I played it on my steam that was when I was hard addicted. to the game when it first came out and I was playing on my computer.
00:20:12
Steve-O
before it was on mobile, same.
00:20:14
BOAH
Yeah. And I was like, I need to fucking play or I'll fucking kill myself. So I like loaded up on Steam and it doesn't you got to use the touch screen and it's like using them.
00:20:23
GREASEDAPOLES
So the,
00:20:24
BOAH
It's not great. It's not great.
00:20:24
GREASEDAPOLES
Surprise for me is not that I enjoyed it. It's not so much that it's a card game. The surprise is that it's one of my favorite games of the year and I played it on my phone.
00:20:39
BOAH
Yeah.
Gaming Surprises and Highlights
00:20:40
GREASEDAPOLES
That's shocking to me.
00:20:40
BOAH
I played it.
00:20:42
GREASEDAPOLES
I don't really do that. I don't not into like phone gaming at at all.
00:20:47
BOAH
It's probably it's probably it was my favorite new game of the year, and I played it on computer. I played it on Steam Deck when I was sweating it and then when ah and then and then, yeah, but I played it the most on my phone.
00:20:58
GREASEDAPOLES
you Didn't really into it Yeah It There's a good It is a bad thing and there's a good argument to me and I might have played this more than any other game I played this year Because it was all my fault
00:21:02
BOAH
i Actually, I unlocked. I don't know my achievements are, but I unlocked every Joker on the phone. Because it's just easier to play on the phone. I can just fucking... And it's a bad thing. a Bad thing.
00:21:24
BOAH
Yeah.
00:21:24
GREASEDAPOLES
Like, it was just, it's so fucking easy.
00:21:25
Steve-O
It's so easy.
00:21:27
BOAH
Yeah.
00:21:28
GREASEDAPOLES
It was always there. It was always, whenever I had to wait at all, I could run through short cry.
00:21:33
BOAH
Shoulder... Shoulder to cry on. Always there for you.
00:21:37
GREASEDAPOLES
It's always waiting for me on my phone, which is a bane, a bane ah bae and an omen.
00:21:38
BOAH
Always there for you.
00:21:44
GREASEDAPOLES
It's both, it's great.
00:21:44
Steve-O
A Bowman.
00:21:46
GREASEDAPOLES
A bowman. um It's a, Yeah, I just, I'm just surprised that a phone game, a game I play on my phone primarily would even be in the same conversation as, you know, Final Fantasy and Shadow of the Earth Tree, all these games that came out this year.
00:21:57
BOAH
Yeah, yeah.
00:22:02
BOAH
It's just, ah I mean, we'll get into it because this is going to win when ah a bunch. It's going to get a bunch of play today tonight, but um it's really like a masterclass, I think, in game design, I would say.
00:22:17
GREASEDAPOLES
Yes, I think it's on the same level of game design as something like vampire survivors.
00:22:24
BOAH
Yeah, yeah, it's right up here.
00:22:24
GREASEDAPOLES
It's just so, the juice is just running nonstop, nonstop.
00:22:28
BOAH
Yeah.
00:22:29
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:22:30
GREASEDAPOLES
And it's it's a phenomenon. I really, really, really love this game.
00:22:34
BOAH
It's a perfect game.
00:22:36
GREASEDAPOLES
But yeah, that's my my best surprise of 2024.
00:22:44
AstroDev
Yeah, plus plus plus good for you.
00:22:46
Steve-O
Woo woo woo.
00:22:46
GREASEDAPOLES
Thank you very much. Thank you.
00:22:49
AstroDev
Good job.
00:22:49
GREASEDAPOLES
i i play I love playing games and I thank you for thanking me for playing games.
00:22:50
AstroDev
watch You know, I can go next.
00:22:54
BOAH
Congrats.
00:22:57
AstroDev
um My best surprise and I and I really use the term like I'm really focusing on.
00:23:02
BOAH
Is this really a surprise?
00:23:04
AstroDev
Yes, I'm focusing on the term best here, right?
00:23:05
BOAH
And.
00:23:06
AstroDev
So.
00:23:07
BOAH
OK, all right, all right, fine, fine.
00:23:08
AstroDev
because I was quite a big fan of the original Helldivers, which is yeah, which is like a kind of top down isometric little fun little game, right?
00:23:14
BOAH
With the first one, yeah, that's one. i'm like
00:23:23
AstroDev
You you know, ah a cute little game where you you did some stuff. I remember specifically playing it with Steve and we were really kind of taken with it and we're like, oh, that was really fun. We played it for like a few weeks and that was kind of it, right?
00:23:35
AstroDev
Put it down and then you hear about
00:23:37
Steve-O
There's a PlayStation 4, it was a plus game or something?
00:23:41
AstroDev
Yeah, it was like a PS Plus game on the PS4. So then we see Helldivers 2. And I'm like, oh, OK, that's cool. I think we heard about it.
00:23:51
AstroDev
It was like rumored. And then you see it and you're like, oh, neat. And then it turns into a third person, first person type deal. And it was really impressive looking.
00:24:04
AstroDev
But again, we all kind of remembered the scale of the first game. Well, you know, that's the neat.
00:24:08
Steve-O
Right.
00:24:09
AstroDev
Might be a bit too much. And then the game just kind of came out and blew up. Uh, and just kind of became the biggest thing in gaming for a couple of weeks there.
00:24:20
BOAH
couple I think I would say like ah a month yeah a couple months I would say
00:24:20
AstroDev
Uh, a couple of months probably. Yeah.
00:24:22
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:24:24
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:24:24
GREASEDAPOLES
Definitely It had us all yelling get some get some get some get some which is fun, you know
00:24:24
AstroDev
And, um, it kind of consumed my life and a lot of others lives, uh, for a little bit and just jumping in and it has the same kind of level of chaos that the first hell divers has, but it's just with that much more of a budget.
00:24:38
AstroDev
And even then comparatively, it's still kind of low budge.
00:24:44
AstroDev
Yeah. come on kitchen Yeah. ah Yeah. Just unbelievably fun to play, you know, for your first few interactions there. And yeah, it was just like really fun to watch. And I really had no expectations that held divers to would have been that big of a success, especially for a small team that was just kind of like, yeah, you know, we did this before people seem to like it and we really kind of went for it. And to see that pay off in such a.
00:25:14
AstroDev
Spectacular fashion was just really nice to see. And I was just kind of happy with it. And, you know, there was some ups and some downs. And I think they're kind of overall still in a pretty good place now.
00:25:25
AstroDev
But it it still continues to be a game I kind of hop into for, you know, an hour or two, once every few weeks. And I still have a good time every time.
00:25:32
GREASEDAPOLES
I really feel like I wanna jump back in. I just never, I just never think to do it.
00:25:36
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:25:38
AstroDev
Yeah. Well, like with a lot of multiplayer games, I can't speak for everyone, but for myself, they did.
00:25:43
BOAH
Well, they almost they fucked it up by like making people make fucking PlayStation accounts.
00:25:45
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:25:48
AstroDev
Yeah. And, you know, yeah.
00:25:49
BOAH
But a good thing they walked it back.
00:25:51
AstroDev
And then they being sort of subjective because I think it's more of a Sony thing than the whole diverse devs, but.
00:25:56
BOAH
Yeah.
00:25:58
AstroDev
Yeah, I was a bit awkward, but yeah, but like with most multiplayer games, if I'm not playing with people I know, I just kind of the enjoyment is is very much lessons. So it's kind of that's how I play. But yeah, man, Helldivers 2 is still a really good time. And they there was like a recent update, a fairly big recent update where they added a new faction and still really fun to play. Shocker. So yeah, Helldivers 2.
00:26:26
AstroDev
is officially my best surprise of the year.
00:26:30
BOAH
ya job child Yeah, I can go next.
00:26:30
GREASEDAPOLES
Woo!
00:26:30
AstroDev
Congrats.
00:26:31
Steve-O
Woo.
00:26:32
GREASEDAPOLES
Surprise! Surprise!
00:26:32
Steve-O
Come get some.
00:26:33
AstroDev
Go get some.
00:26:35
GREASEDAPOLES
Get some! Get some!
00:26:39
BOAH
We're going down the list.
00:26:40
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, this one's the most curious.
00:26:40
BOAH
My.
00:26:41
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:26:43
BOAH
My best surprise was me this year. I didn't think I had it in me. I did a lot. I did a lot of. um I went to work this year.
00:26:52
GREASEDAPOLES
you weren You went to work tonight this year. You did a lot of work.
00:26:55
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:26:56
BOAH
Yeah, I was making up for lost time, as I like.
00:26:56
GREASEDAPOLES
You did a lot of work.
00:26:59
BOAH
as I like to say, because I played a lot of a lot of old games.
00:27:03
AstroDev
Turn back the clock.
00:27:03
BOAH
um Yeah, I have a list of things I did this year ah that. um You know, as you know, I'm what, a month away from turning 40, didn't think I'd be in my gaming prime still.
00:27:15
GREASEDAPOLES
Wow. Crazy.
00:27:19
BOAH
But ah what I did in twenty twenty four wouldn't what I think is pretty impressive. My resume for twenty twenty four is pretty impressive. I guess this is in somewhat order so chronological order because I started Sekiro at the end of 2023 and I ended up beating it this like early 2024. And let me tell you, i didn't think I did not like that game at first. And I'm glad I stuck with it because it's really like it's really ah an amazing game.
00:27:55
BOAH
um and I think that it looks like they're adding some stuff into Night Rain, like the movement and stuff looks like, looks like Sekiro, Sekiro type style gameplay, which is pretty cool.
00:28:10
BOAH
And if they're putting like Nameless King as a boss in Night Rain, like I'm sure, I'm sure some of the second row bosses are going to make, make it into Night Rain as well.
00:28:19
GREASEDAPOLES
you You gifted me separate for Christmas.
00:28:19
BOAH
Right. um Yeah, because you know what, Chris, if I can beat that game, yeah I know you can and I and I and I really think that I really think that you're gonna love the game Like I really think you will I don't know how far did you get the first time?
00:28:27
GREASEDAPOLES
I'm gonna do it, definitely.
00:28:32
GREASEDAPOLES
Hmm.
00:28:35
BOAH
Do you remember?
00:28:35
GREASEDAPOLES
No, not very far. I got really frustrated with parrying.
00:28:38
BOAH
Okay Yeah, no it no it really like I don't know like you could go back and check the fucking receipts I was really like shitting on the game when I first started it like But obviously, you know, I got the two best gas lighters in the business on my ass named named Amir and Tim
00:28:52
GREASEDAPOLES
yeah
00:28:57
BOAH
And, uh, and they, you know, they kept, they kept shitting on me to play it.
00:28:58
GREASEDAPOLES
Well, I I gotta say with what I'm playing in cyberpunk and Phantom Fred You're right.
00:29:01
BOAH
um
00:29:04
GREASEDAPOLES
It was a pretty substantial Pivot as far as quality they fixed they fixed so much
00:29:08
BOAH
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That that's another thing. I, I, I beat cyberpunk last this year too. And like, I didn't think I could go back to a game like that. That was so disappointing.
00:29:20
BOAH
and Yeah, dude, it's really,
00:29:23
GREASEDAPOLES
Like I'm going through it. They fix. They fix cyberware. They fix clothing.
00:29:27
BOAH
They fixed everything, dude.
00:29:28
GREASEDAPOLES
They fit all the gameplay shit like the shooting is better. Everything is polished.
00:29:33
BOAH
It makes you mad. It makes you mad, doesn't it?
00:29:35
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, we sure does.
00:29:36
AstroDev
You know, I'm very, I'm very curious if we can call John, like officially we'll be like, John's emotionally healed when he gives Horizons Zero Dawn another chance.
00:29:36
BOAH
That it's so good, this version?
00:29:37
GREASEDAPOLES
Frustrated. Frustrated.
00:29:45
GREASEDAPOLES
yeah
00:29:46
BOAH
I don't think I can play that game, Devin.
00:29:47
GREASEDAPOLES
Where he comes full circle.
00:29:48
AstroDev
Yeah, yeah, emotionally you'll be, you'll be cleansed at that point.
00:29:48
BOAH
I don't think I can.
00:29:52
GREASEDAPOLES
That's the full circle.
00:29:52
BOAH
Because i watched I watched the review of um of Red Dead 2 the other day, and they showed the map of Red Dead 2, like just an open world map.
00:29:57
AstroDev
Okay. Yeah, yeah.
00:30:03
BOAH
And then right after they showed the map that you see in Horizon Forbidden West, and it gave me anxiety.
00:30:09
GREASEDAPOLES
Well, China.
00:30:10
BOAH
And they were saying like it's like an Ubisoft Assassin Creed map where they show every single fucking thing you could ever think of on the map. They show every fast travel location. they show every thing that you can like, and I don't know if that's the type of open world game that I'm into or.
00:30:26
GREASEDAPOLES
Well, John, you don't have to worry about playing it because they're going to make it into a TV show soon. So you just watch it.
00:30:30
BOAH
Yes, I could just watch it.
00:30:31
Steve-O
Oh, there you go.
00:30:32
AstroDev
There you go.
00:30:32
GREASEDAPOLES
So you'll be that's you don't have to worry about it.
00:30:32
BOAH
Yeah.
00:30:33
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:30:34
GREASEDAPOLES
And we're going to go.
00:30:34
BOAH
Yeah, so be be cyberpunk. And I'll always say that's the my favorite game of all time that I'll never admit is my favorite game of all time is cyberpunk 2077 because it's really.
00:30:45
BOAH
It's really a love-hate thing and I like I urge you to I urge Devin and Steve I urge you guys to play it again because i I think if Chris is like really into it right now because Chris was the one I was the one I was worried about because he he'd beaten the bad version twice and at that point I'm like I don't know if you could go back if you beat that gate that version of the game twice and like the bad taste has to stay in your mouth forever at some point You're still going
00:30:47
GREASEDAPOLES
Mm hmm.
00:31:00
Steve-O
and
00:31:08
GREASEDAPOLES
I'm level 40 at street credit 50. I'm still playing as a lot of fun.
00:31:13
BOAH
Well, also, I mean, you got the DLC what like and are you are you like deep in the DLC now into family?
00:31:15
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah. Oh yeah. Oh boy.
00:31:19
BOAH
Oh, man, it's it also makes you mad because it's like.
00:31:21
Steve-O
So you replayed with the main game?
00:31:21
GREASEDAPOLES
It's, I didn't beat the main, I beat the main game twice in the bad version.
00:31:26
Steve-O
Before, okay, but you're just focusing Phantom Liberties now.
00:31:27
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah. Yeah. And I'm almost, I'm like kind of midway to almost finished.
00:31:31
BOAH
But used to start a fresh game, he started a fresh game because Steve, they give you the option to either start
00:31:34
GREASEDAPOLES
Yes.
00:31:34
Steve-O
Okay.
00:31:39
BOAH
ah game fresh from like the very beginning of the base game, or you can they'll give you like 15 levels and they'll so you can go right to fan liberty.
00:31:41
Steve-O
Okay.
00:31:49
Steve-O
okay
00:31:49
BOAH
So they give you an option to do that if you want.
00:31:52
GREASEDAPOLES
I don't want to linger on it, but there is something about Cyberpunk playing it when it's fixed and nice that it's like the real version of it.
00:31:52
BOAH
But I suggest I suggest doing it, yeah.
00:32:02
GREASEDAPOLES
And it's, it's, I really want to be in the world.
00:32:02
BOAH
Yeah, yeah, and it's like it's almost like.
00:32:05
GREASEDAPOLES
I want to play, I want to be in that world all the time.
00:32:07
BOAH
I know, dude, it's awesome, right?
00:32:08
GREASEDAPOLES
I fucking love that.
00:32:10
BOAH
the Night City is really It's
00:32:10
GREASEDAPOLES
It's angry and ugly and mean and it's just, it's really cool.
00:32:14
BOAH
super immersive to like Yeah, I'd like to yeah, I'm gonna pick your brain about it later to Chris a little bit late not not on the podcast
00:32:16
GREASEDAPOLES
Everybody's angry. Everybody's always angry. I love it.
00:32:21
GREASEDAPOLES
the angriest video game ever made.
Gaming Achievements and Devices
00:32:24
BOAH
But um, what else did I do I I unlocked Leon's RPD costume and Resident Evil 4 remake I don't know if you guys know how hard it is to do that, but it's very hard
00:32:24
GREASEDAPOLES
I was pissed. Anyway.
00:32:30
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh shit.
00:32:34
Steve-O
Oh, I remember seeing how difficult that was.
00:32:36
BOAH
You gotta get an S++ plus plus on every character, on every stage in Mercenaries. And it's impossible. so Some of it is really hard. Some of it I barely got through. um I got Tetris Maximus.
00:32:49
BOAH
Steve, so I'm in the upper echelon super club with you. I did a...
00:32:53
Steve-O
welcome welcome to the club ninety nine baby that's crazy crazy
00:32:54
BOAH
I won. I won a Tetris fucking... Tetris... Tetris 99, baby. I reached Master Rank in Street Fighter 6, which is like crazy too. I don't know.
00:33:05
BOAH
Like, I mean... Yeah, like it's really it's kind of tough. It's kind of a grind to get to, but I'm, you know, master. So I'm, you know, I'm i'm just ready to get my money.
00:33:16
BOAH
My money match with rain at one day where it's going to happen. He's going to respect me one day. I beat Cuphead finally.
00:33:23
GREASEDAPOLES
Whoa, I forgot about that.
00:33:23
BOAH
I beat I beat Dark Souls. I beat Dark Souls remastered, which I hated at first, but. Amazing game ah again, a masterclass in level design, blah, blah, blah, et cetera, et cetera.
00:33:34
BOAH
I wish they would remaster Dark Souls, too. The same fashion, because then I feel like it would be easier to play.
00:33:39
GREASEDAPOLES
That game sucks though, you don't wanna remaster it.
00:33:41
BOAH
I beat Red Dead 1, because they listened to us and released it on Steam a week after we complained that it wasn't. And and then I beat Red Dead 2. Well, I beat Red Dead 2 after the new year.
00:33:53
BOAH
So I don't know if that counts, but yeah.
00:33:55
AstroDev
It counts. you You put a lot of time in.
00:33:58
Steve-O
Hm?
00:33:59
AstroDev
Also, ah you know. All while being a, you know, you've got a kid, you know, that's that's a big time thing, you know, I'm saying.
00:34:06
BOAH
I'm just saying, some people on the Discord think that ah think that just because they have a kid doesn't mean that they don't have time to play.
00:34:11
AstroDev
Yeah, yeah, they they they don't find to do anything.
00:34:14
BOAH
Just say it.
00:34:15
AstroDev
You know, I'm just saying, yeah, I'm just saying, you know, that's pretty.
00:34:18
GREASEDAPOLES
No, let me ask you John and I this is a really an interesting question because I feel like there's something different About the steam deck.
00:34:18
AstroDev
ah
00:34:19
BOAH
Yeah. Yeah. That surprised me.
00:34:27
Steve-O
Hm?
00:34:28
GREASEDAPOLES
It's just easier to play things
00:34:29
BOAH
It's just easier, yeah. Like, I could. Yeah, like, I could. um You know, I could. You know, I drop them off at school in the morning. Sometimes we get there early and, you know, we're sitting there for like 20 minutes.
00:34:42
BOAH
You know, I could play. I could play. I could do a fucking side mission and cyberpunk. I do a psych. I could do a a fucking gig in cyberpunk in 20 minutes. And that's like that's a productive thing to do in the game, because like, that's not something that, you know, doing those side gigs and stuff like I did them all, Chris, like towards the end, because just because
00:34:52
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
00:35:01
GREASEDAPOLES
I'm working on it. I'm working on it.
00:35:03
BOAH
Yeah, just because like you can when you when you could just bring your fucking your gaming console with you and.
00:35:08
GREASEDAPOLES
And the side gigs in Dogtown are like on another level.
00:35:12
BOAH
Yeah.
00:35:13
GREASEDAPOLES
They're really something.
00:35:14
BOAH
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, dude. Yeah.
00:35:16
GREASEDAPOLES
They're really like deep and dramatic missions.
00:35:16
BOAH
The the dog town ones are legit. Yeah.
00:35:21
BOAH
They they really. Yeah, man. Yeah, I can't wait for Steve and Devin to to get in there.
00:35:24
GREASEDAPOLES
Quite something.
00:35:27
BOAH
But yeah, like ah if my kid is eating dinner and I'm not busy, I could fucking load up. fucking Elden Ring and, you know.
00:35:35
AstroDev
John's like anytime I have an excuse to ignore that little dude. I just I just take Yeah yeah
00:35:38
GREASEDAPOLES
oh
00:35:38
BOAH
Yeah, like if ah if he's in the bath, like, dude, you have no idea if he wants to take sometimes he wants to take a bath and he wants to fucking sit there for fucking 45 minutes and just play with his toys in the bath.
00:35:48
GREASEDAPOLES
Cool.
00:35:48
BOAH
I don't want to sit there for 45 minutes, but I can fucking you know, I could go fishing with like in Dutch and who's there if I want to was in the bath.
00:35:53
GREASEDAPOLES
But John.
00:35:55
AstroDev
He's like, tell me a story.
00:35:56
GREASEDAPOLES
But John, you can you can log in your television and your PS5 into that bathroom with a long extension cord and some HDMI cables, then boot it up.
00:35:56
AstroDev
And you're like, here's a story about Arthur Morgan.
00:36:02
AstroDev
but they Just wheel that fucker in.
00:36:04
BOAH
That's right.
00:36:09
Steve-O
This is this is sounded pretty dangerous guys.
00:36:09
BOAH
Yeah, it's a little dangerous now, a little dangerous.
00:36:11
Steve-O
This is get pretty dangerous
00:36:12
GREASEDAPOLES
Let me finish. You set it all up, you're ready to play. It'll take about 15 to 20 minutes just to get everything booted up. But once it starts, then he'll be about 20 minutes into the bath and he's about probably got another 20 minutes to sit there.
00:36:25
BOAH
No, and then and listen, yeah, again, like I don't want to fucking I don't want to glaze the steam back anymore or handheld gaming anymore, but like, I went to Chicago twice for work this year too.
00:36:37
BOAH
I fucking played, I got to play Shadow of the Urtree on my fucking Steam Deck while traveling. like Do you know how much that would've sucked if I had to travel for work like the like the two weeks after Shadow of the Urtree came out and I didn't get to play it for a week?
00:36:52
GREASEDAPOLES
Yep It makes me want to play games I don't didn't want to play Yep
00:36:53
BOAH
like That would suck. I was fucking fighting Mesmer in my Chicago hotel room. I didn't give a fuck, dude. it was It was awesome. I was able to do that. so
00:37:05
BOAH
That's what I'm saying, too, like, and that's what why I surprised myself, because like, you know, we always joke around like I fucking dump 3000 hours in the Destiny 2 for like four years of my life. Like that's real actual like time that time lost some of these games that I would consider some of the best games I ever played in my life that I that came out years ago that I didn't never play when they came out.
00:37:20
GREASEDAPOLES
yep
00:37:28
BOAH
And I was able to play this year. And like, you know, so that surprised me. Like, I'm my best surprise. So congratulate me for winning an award.
00:37:38
GREASEDAPOLES
Where you going, John?
00:37:38
AstroDev
Congratulations to John.
00:37:40
GREASEDAPOLES
You've done it, man.
00:37:41
BOAH
I did.
00:37:41
AstroDev
You did it.
00:37:42
GREASEDAPOLES
Finally done it.
00:37:42
BOAH
I platinumed the game.
00:37:42
GREASEDAPOLES
One of us won one of these.
00:37:43
Steve-O
du This is next year. John's gonna do the same thing best press me again. I'm the king look at that two time.
00:37:49
BOAH
out of that no that's the I don't know what else to play. I mean, I got a bunch of stuff still on the back burner.
00:37:52
GREASEDAPOLES
Well, I was thinking about putting myself down for best character, but Ozcop was better.
00:37:56
Steve-O
Oh You are quite the character Best boss me watch the fuck out, huh?
00:37:58
GREASEDAPOLES
So I had to go with, it I had to go to Ozzy. Love him.
00:38:06
Steve-O
I gotta follow that up, shit. but but but My best prize, I picked Marvel Rivals.
00:38:08
GREASEDAPOLES
What do you got? What do you got? You Got me to play it.
00:38:12
Steve-O
No, I picked Marvel Rivals because like that just came out of nowhere. They were just like, we're making Marvel Overwatch. And I was like, okay, yeah, good good luck with the rest of the Overwatch clones.
00:38:24
Steve-O
And then it came out as actually like good. It was like more than good. It's actually eating Overwatch's lunch.
00:38:32
BOAH
Yeah, it's overwatch like that now you think
00:38:32
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:38:35
Steve-O
Basically, like...
00:38:36
BOAH
Because you know what? You know what? Where where I realized that Marvel Rivals made it, people are complaining about the toxicity online just just based on the characters they want to pick.
00:38:41
Steve-O
What's that?
00:38:46
Steve-O
a
00:38:49
BOAH
And I'm like, um like man, that's how toxic it is? like this game must be This game must be really good then. like People are really into it this much.
00:38:54
GREASEDAPOLES
It's such a lovely experience to shut somebody up because I did that once playing this game That's a good thing that's a good kind of thing
00:38:59
BOAH
People are complaining not being able to be not being able to pick Invisible Woman because everybody else is picking her first and shit like that.
00:39:05
Steve-O
Everybody's insta-locking us support now. it's Dude, I don't know what world we're living in, but that's insane.
00:39:11
BOAH
It's toxic, dude. But that's a good toxic, because people are like are are so obsessed with it that that it's making them mad. like the Those little things are making them mad.
00:39:18
Steve-O
2020, I guess that came out this
Marvel Rivals and Character Dynamics
00:39:22
Steve-O
year. They came out this year, but the fact that they somehow found a way to make Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, like ab people are going gaga.
00:39:32
Steve-O
Zoomers and Gen Alpha kids are going gaga for just Mr. Fantastic and Sue Storm.
00:39:38
GREASEDAPOLES
And let me tell you something right now. Kevin Feige is looking out of a window on the 50th floor of a giant building with his hands behind his back and he's laughing right now. He's laughing.
00:39:47
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:39:48
Steve-O
Why are his hands behind his back? is are he Is he tied up?
00:39:50
GREASEDAPOLES
No, he's just looking contemplative out of his window at the world that he now controls again.
00:39:50
Steve-O
Is he tied up, Chris? What's going on there?
00:39:55
AstroDev
no Hey, Steve, any.
00:39:58
Steve-O
You tied him up?
00:39:59
AstroDev
You know, Steve, any any side scrolling beat him up, you know, you get to the Mr X and he's just sitting there with his hands behind his back laughing at you in the sky screen.
00:39:59
GREASEDAPOLES
Well,
00:40:07
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, staring out of a window, saying, I'm surprised you've come, yeah.
00:40:08
Steve-O
Did you tell me that these guys got tied up in there?
00:40:10
AstroDev
Oh.
00:40:13
GREASEDAPOLES
Nobody's getting tied up.
00:40:13
BOAH
Mmhmm.
00:40:14
Steve-O
but
00:40:14
GREASEDAPOLES
Everybody's happy. Kevin Feige controls the world again.
00:40:16
AstroDev
If you.
00:40:18
AstroDev
You freaky kinkster, dude. No one's getting tied up.
00:40:21
Steve-O
Kinkster. Kinkster's coming out later this year, I believe.
00:40:23
AstroDev
Oh, yeah.
00:40:23
GREASEDAPOLES
Fantastic Four is coming out as a movie, and this is a good way to promote it.
00:40:24
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:40:27
Steve-O
It's... Dude, people are gonna be like, dude, I've loved the Fantastic Four all my life. It's like, no, you didn't. Shut up.
00:40:34
GREASEDAPOLES
It's been around since the 60s.
00:40:36
Steve-O
Shut up.
00:40:36
GREASEDAPOLES
Who are you?
00:40:36
Steve-O
You didn't even know who these characters were.
00:40:39
AstroDev
Oh, when people, when people are blaming, uh, or they're saying like, uh, wait, what are they saying?
00:40:39
Steve-O
Tim's gonna be like, I did.
00:40:44
AstroDev
They're like, Oh, fantastic. Like they they ripped off Luffy from one piece.
00:40:49
Steve-O
Yeah, dude, that blew my mind.
00:40:50
AstroDev
Like, Oh yeah.
00:40:50
GREASEDAPOLES
What?
00:40:51
AstroDev
yeah That's what the dude.
00:40:51
Steve-O
Someone was like, so the inspiration for this Mr. Fantastic character has to be Luffy, right? And people were like, what are you talking about? This is someone who's existed since the 60s.
00:41:01
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, oh, from fucking, um...
00:41:03
AstroDev
One piece.
00:41:03
Steve-O
One piece.
00:41:04
GREASEDAPOLES
What?
00:41:05
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:41:07
GREASEDAPOLES
Those idiots.
00:41:08
Steve-O
His big hands, that's ah that's like a Luffy inspiration, right?
00:41:08
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:41:12
GREASEDAPOLES
Wow.
00:41:13
AstroDev
yeah
00:41:14
GREASEDAPOLES
Children. Children.
00:41:15
Steve-O
it's It's just amazing. It's amazing because Marvel Rivals is the first game I think Marvel has gotten right in a long time ah because they have been so hungry to try and emulate the MCU and they make all these larger than life comic book characters. They try to make them look realistic. It looks bad whenever they do it. They tried it for the Avengers game. they try they're They're trying to do it for this new Black Panther Captain America game.
00:41:41
Steve-O
They did it for the Midnight Suns game. It just doesn't look right when you try and do it in like a video game form because you're already failing with just making people try to look real in a video game format.
00:41:55
Steve-O
So if you go hard into the format they're from, comics, go for that artistic expression, expression it it came out phenomenally. It looks so good.
00:42:05
GREASEDAPOLES
I'm I'm always one like Get the aesthetics right that doesn't have to look beautiful like the graphics don't have to be perfect Just get the the atmosphere and the aesthetics right if you do that That's all that's the fight when it comes to visuals like for me when I
00:42:13
Steve-O
Right.
00:42:20
Steve-O
Yeah, so in general, like it's it's crazy that in 2024, basically 10 years after Overwatch came out, like eight years, they came out with a new Overwatch game and it's due in bank.
00:42:31
BOAH
That's good.
00:42:39
Steve-O
But that would if you told me that that would have blown my mind.
00:42:40
BOAH
Yeah, over. Yeah. When did Overwatch 2 come out? That came out last year.
00:42:43
Steve-O
Overwatch 1 came out 2016. Overwatch 2 came out 2023, 2024, or 2022.
00:42:49
BOAH
Are people playing that? Are people playing this game?
00:42:51
Steve-O
People at first were playing Overwatch 2, but it dropped off real, real big.
00:42:56
GREASEDAPOLES
and I think there's even more of an insult injury because they're taking the same formula and doing it better.
00:42:56
BOAH
Are they moving? Actually, there's there's a good metric to use. We can see.
00:43:04
Steve-O
Yeah. there was ah There was a thing that came out that they said like 93% of Marvel Rivals players
00:43:05
GREASEDAPOLES
everybody
00:43:10
AstroDev
Thank you.
00:43:12
Steve-O
ah Stayed after season zero like they kept playing So like that's kind of crazy that even after like the initial launch that like a lot of people stayed on board Unlike unlike certain other games that are immediately closed down after two weeks
00:43:27
BOAH
yeah Overwatch 2 on Twitch right now Overwatch 2 has 7,000 viewers on Twitch Marvel Rivals has 139,000 viewers So they just shifted over because yeah because Valorant's still at around 50k I mean that that's basically just but that's different right Valorant's like I counter strike heroes
00:43:40
AstroDev
Yep.
00:43:40
Steve-O
that's that whole That's that whole base, it just shifted over. They just shifted over.
00:43:51
Steve-O
That's like counter strike. Yeah.
00:43:57
GREASEDAPOLES
Who will?
00:43:57
BOAH
but Yeah, more more more more people watching Marvel Rivals than Fortnite right now.
00:44:01
GREASEDAPOLES
Hell of a game. I'm going to jump back in after I beat the fuck out of Cyberpunk, so.
00:44:03
BOAH
Oh.
00:44:06
Steve-O
Well, dude, blades coming at some point.
00:44:09
BOAH
Ah, blades coming.
00:44:10
Steve-O
Right.
00:44:10
BOAH
Oh, god damn, I thought it was safe.
00:44:10
Steve-O
but Yeah. So then no, dude, the new season, the new season is doom made a deal with Dracula and let Dracula take over New York and Dracula kidnapped blade.
00:44:12
BOAH
I thought it was safe. Dutch.
00:44:17
BOAH
Dutch!
00:44:22
Steve-O
So the fantastic four is showing up to try and save blade.
00:44:25
GREASEDAPOLES
Whoa.
00:44:26
BOAH
They don't need to save Blade.
00:44:26
Steve-O
And then once no, but that's, that's, that's their way for when the next season happens, they can have blade come into it.
00:44:28
BOAH
Do they know that? How to introduce him? Wait, so Blade's like a real, like, he's an actual event, he's an event character?
00:44:35
GREASEDAPOLES
brown but
00:44:38
Steve-O
He like there are pictures of Blade already for this for this game.
00:44:38
BOAH
Like, fuck.
00:44:42
Steve-O
Hold on. Let me see if I can find that picture.
00:44:43
BOAH
Devin, you didn't tell me I was i was safe.
00:44:45
AstroDev
I didn't think I had to. I'm sorry.
00:44:47
BOAH
You didn't tell me Blade was in this shit, dude.
00:44:49
AstroDev
yeah
00:44:51
GREASEDAPOLES
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Dracula is trying to ice skate uphill against Blade.
00:44:56
Steve-O
ah Dude, I hope he has a line like that.
00:44:56
AstroDev
Oh, my God.
00:44:57
Steve-O
I hope he has a line like that.
00:45:00
BOAH
Who is the war who's the worst character to play as in Marvel Rivals?
00:45:00
AstroDev
Yeah. I mean, that's.
00:45:03
Steve-O
ah Right now, it might be Black Widow.
00:45:06
BOAH
Like it like you like you load in your team Steve Some fucking level zero some level zero scrubs on like it's match made on your team and he picks this character and you you want you just want to you just leave the game like Who's the character?
00:45:08
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:45:09
AstroDev
Yeah. Who are you getting booted for? Yeah.
00:45:21
BOAH
Who's the character?
00:45:22
Steve-O
like yeah I think it's Black Widow.
00:45:24
BOAH
Oh She's that bad Did she like
00:45:25
Steve-O
She's unfortunately just not great. heart That's the thing, Black Widow, everyone thought Black Widow was going to be like the supreme sniper, but it ended up being Hawkeye who was like openly broken.
00:45:34
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah. Cause Hawkeye's got that thing where if you like stay aimed on someone, you increase the damage.
00:45:41
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:45:41
GREASEDAPOLES
ah You do.
00:45:42
AstroDev
Yeah, he can one-shot you for sure.
00:45:44
GREASEDAPOLES
And that's huge.
00:45:44
AstroDev
Well, he could at least before the nerf.
00:45:46
GREASEDAPOLES
i I'm, I'm, I'm squirrel girl was always playing her for non nonstop and nobody ever, nobody, nobody, nobody complained.
00:45:52
BOAH
yougooner You You gooner.
00:45:53
Steve-O
Dude, they buffed her. They buffed her, Chris.
00:45:57
GREASEDAPOLES
Cuz I was getting like 25 kills it was ridiculous, and I wouldn't even do anything Devin I stand in the back.
00:46:04
BOAH
um
00:46:06
GREASEDAPOLES
It just launched grenades non-stop. That's all I did It's unbelievable Find a hiding spot and go crazy
00:46:08
AstroDev
So you were just you know you were just getting this.
00:46:08
Steve-O
Everybody, everybody underestimates Squirrel Girl. They're like, oh, she's going to lob some bombs.
00:46:13
AstroDev
Is it just junk, right?
00:46:14
Steve-O
They might do some damage.
00:46:16
AstroDev
Isn't that what they say?
00:46:16
Steve-O
She's Junkrat, but like, that's the thing. Junkrat's always been good. Junkrat just like shoots bombs out and will blow you up at some point.
00:46:22
BOAH
um Is Punisher good?
00:46:25
Steve-O
Is Punisher good? Punisher's good. He's more like Soldier 76 where he just kind of shoots.
00:46:30
AstroDev
He's like he's like the starter character, I feel like.
00:46:30
Steve-O
He can get in a turret.
00:46:32
GREASEDAPOLES
What did they what did they buff about score girl?
00:46:32
Steve-O
Yeah.
00:46:34
GREASEDAPOLES
it would
00:46:34
Steve-O
Squirrel Girl's ultimate, now after it bounces off the first wall, will target enemies.
00:46:39
GREASEDAPOLES
oh Oh, shit.
00:46:42
Steve-O
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:46:44
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, my God. That thing was awful. like and It was so inaccurate.
00:46:48
Steve-O
o You got to get real lucky to get like good use out of it, but now it like actually like bounces and like chases you.
00:46:53
GREASEDAPOLES
I. If I got, if I got, cause they used to swarm a hallway, there was a choke point. And if you just aimed it at the wall, it would bounce back and forth. And that's how I would clear people out.
00:47:05
GREASEDAPOLES
But that was, it was a very specific usage.
00:47:08
Steve-O
Mm.
00:47:09
GREASEDAPOLES
app I can talk about this one.
00:47:11
Steve-O
Here's the thing, like Chris Galani getting excited about an Overwatch game in 2025.
00:47:16
BOAH
That's wild.
00:47:16
Steve-O
That's how you know this was a surprise.
00:47:17
GREASEDAPOLES
And guess what I played it on, on my fucking steam deck.
00:47:17
BOAH
That's the best surprise, Chris.
00:47:20
Steve-O
Steam Deck. Steam Deck.
00:47:25
BOAH
That's wild.
00:47:26
Steve-O
All right, I think we need to shrink it down a little bit. I think we need to get tone it down and get it a little. Get a little, little.
00:47:31
BOAH
Get little. Let's get little. Let's get a little.
00:47:32
Steve-O
Biggest little. Biggest little. Biggest little. What's the biggest little game of 2024, fellas?
00:47:37
GREASEDAPOLES
little See a lot of big littles at the gym When they go to the gym They're the guys that are really tiny, but they're real muscular Yeah, they huge check on their big littles
00:47:49
AstroDev
Uh, well, yeah.
00:47:49
BOAH
where they're ripped.
00:47:51
AstroDev
A lot of little Napoleon's.
00:47:53
GREASEDAPOLES
oh Yeah, I'm getting their way. You brought me a shreds like Wolverine.
00:47:57
AstroDev
Yeah, dude.
00:47:57
GREASEDAPOLES
No, thank you.
00:47:59
BOAH
Bay, you're talking about Bay.
00:47:59
GREASEDAPOLES
Um, that's, that's not what we're talking about.
00:47:59
AstroDev
Uh, I want to ask, actually, I want to ask, I want to ask a question. Uh, is mine, is mine disqualifier?
00:48:05
BOAH
I think yours is too big, I think, but we we'll.
00:48:06
GREASEDAPOLES
Well, Devin, I have a question for you.
00:48:07
AstroDev
that's fine
00:48:10
AstroDev
Okay.
00:48:11
GREASEDAPOLES
Would you describe asshole butt as a little, as a little shit game?
00:48:14
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:48:17
AstroDev
Um.
00:48:18
GREASEDAPOLES
Are you a little shit in the game?
00:48:20
AstroDev
You're not, well, what's a little, like a little like dastardly dude.
00:48:25
GREASEDAPOLES
The little shit.
00:48:26
BOAH
What was what was Astrobot's budget?
00:48:26
AstroDev
I i would not say he's a little shit.
00:48:28
BOAH
Did they ever say?
00:48:30
AstroDev
It's not huge. I know that it's like, uh, they never say, man, I'd have to assume, no.
00:48:34
BOAH
Like, do you think it costs more to make this than or cost more to make Mario than this? Like Super Mario, let's say Super Mario Wonder. It costs more to make make Super Mario Wonder over Astrobot.
00:48:47
AstroDev
Yeah. I. I'd have a wonder. Hmm.
00:48:50
BOAH
Yeah. Because like, yeah, it probably didn't to
00:48:52
AstroDev
I don't know.
00:48:55
BOAH
for Odyssey I would say but like wonder it's like what if what if what if Steve made Super Mario wonder his biggest little game last year would we should we would we would take shits on his neck for doing that is
00:48:57
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:49:03
AstroDev
yeah
00:49:06
Steve-O
Astrobot, supposedly, I'm seeing people throw the numbers of 40 to 50 million for budget.
00:49:06
AstroDev
ah question
00:49:12
BOAH
that is that considered low I don't even know
00:49:14
Steve-O
Well, keep in mind, keep in mind this is like this is this isn't spending money to have like a staff and like, you know.
00:49:14
AstroDev
Yeah. Yeah. Video game bug.
00:49:15
BOAH
home
00:49:19
AstroDev
Yeah, I don't know.
00:49:20
GREASEDAPOLES
So what what what what what can you defend this?
00:49:21
AstroDev
I feel like yeah that's the thing.
00:49:27
BOAH
Yeah, because it's it's a first part. It's a first person because it's a first person or a first person first party Sony game that they use a lot of Licensing I would say in the game like Resident Evil it shows up Okay, so they didn't have to pay their devs that much money then according to them got it It was free
00:49:38
AstroDev
Yeah. And according to them, they didn't they didn't according to them. and All of that was free. Nobody. They were never charged. They didn't have to pay. yeah Yeah, they yeah but like they didn't have to pay to get like, you know, the Jill Valentine Astro bot, like they were just like, yeah, go for it.
00:49:58
AstroDev
We don't care. Enjoy it. um I don't know.
00:50:01
BOAH
Yeah, you think they you think those guys are regretting it now, have to say how popular Asher Rock became?
00:50:01
AstroDev
It's. ah
00:50:05
AstroDev
I don't know, because it's just like a little thing, you know, it's not like there's a Resident Evil level, you know, it's just like, there's a what the Astro Bot characters are is like, basically, you save them. And then on the crash site world, ah they kind of have like little emotes, and then you can quote unquote purchase with like in game coins, you know, like little collectibles.
00:50:28
AstroDev
And then if you collect, you can kind of collect a special emote for them. So when you walk up to them and you punch them, they'll do something that's kind of fun and cool. Like Nathan Drake will like drop his gun.
00:50:41
AstroDev
It'll like kind of try to catch it in his hands three or four times.
00:50:44
BOAH
Oh my God, ah there's a gun in the game.
00:50:44
AstroDev
Things like that.
00:50:46
BOAH
Oh my goodness, I thought it was for kids.
00:50:46
AstroDev
Well, it's a little it's a little dark gun. It's a little dark gun.
00:50:49
GREASEDAPOLES
How many, uh, how many people does Astrobot kill?
00:50:51
AstroDev
um people none aliens a few like a lot he's a serial killer that's like asking that's like asking how many goombas Mario's killed you know it's pretty incalculable at this point but uh no I mean like Astrobot
00:50:55
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, God.
00:50:58
GREASEDAPOLES
Did you say it's like a genocide?
00:51:05
GREASEDAPOLES
Hmm.
00:51:10
AstroDev
I admit I'm stretching it a little bit because frankly, I don't think I personally played a lot of little games. I think I kind of played everything that was pretty chunky. um You know, there's some other games on this list that I really didn't put too much time into, ah which is whatever. But yeah, Astrobot is clearly not a triple A big deal, big budget game. It's kind of.
00:51:36
AstroDev
No fat, all killer, no filler, ah really efficient. And he's just a little guy and he is a little he has a level where he can shrink to a little mouse size and it runs around.
00:51:45
GREASEDAPOLES
Ah, it sounds like you're talking about a little shit game to me.
00:51:48
AstroDev
I mean, I guess he's just not doing anything dastardly, I'd say.
00:51:51
GREASEDAPOLES
Okay.
00:51:52
AstroDev
You know, that's kind of the thing.
00:51:52
GREASEDAPOLES
All right.
00:51:53
AstroDev
He's not being mean. He's just.
00:51:56
Steve-O
So there's no shit, he's just...
00:51:59
AstroDev
Yeah, well, unless you count just punching dudes, you know,
00:52:01
GREASEDAPOLES
A little shit would do that.
00:52:02
Steve-O
and Punching, you know, that's kind of a...
00:52:03
AstroDev
Well, like, like when you say, like you can save, you can save, uh, Rio and Ken. And then if you, if you, uh, punch Rio, he hits you with a Hadouken. If you punch Kenny hits you with it.
00:52:12
GREASEDAPOLES
It's a little shit move.
00:52:13
Steve-O
Deservedly, deservedly.
00:52:14
AstroDev
All right.
00:52:15
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
00:52:15
AstroDev
You know, Chris, me I'd say he's, he's, he's a little shit, not a huge shit.
00:52:15
GREASEDAPOLES
I would punch a little shit.
00:52:19
BOAH
Terry the Terry making in of this game too Wow good game then it's a good game Yeah, I can't wait and yeah, I can't wait to make i' Super Mario Odyssey to you my biggest little game
00:52:21
AstroDev
Terry Bogard's not in this game.
00:52:25
AstroDev
Sorry.
00:52:26
Steve-O
terry terry doesn't Terry doesn't have any ah Sony Alliance.
00:52:27
AstroDev
GG. Yeah, Terry does give a shit, dude, but not man. I don't know. It's just like the best little game. I fully admit it's not. I'm stretching it here, but.
00:52:45
AstroDev
I know, right? I know like Mark Markart nine biggest little game.
00:52:47
Steve-O
This is...
00:52:49
BOAH
You open the floodgates!
00:52:49
Steve-O
Devin swapped the words around.
00:52:50
BOAH
You open the floodgates, Eren!
00:52:52
Steve-O
He's like, little biggest game.
00:52:54
AstroDev
Yeah, look, I put after a bot and in parentheses, he's just a little guy.
00:52:58
GREASEDAPOLES
oh
00:52:59
Steve-O
He's just a little guy.
00:52:59
AstroDev
And then I put that as a joke like a month ago and I kind of didn't look at it.
00:53:00
GREASEDAPOLES
i
00:53:04
GREASEDAPOLES
Personally, Devin, I think Astrobot would have to go to court to defend that he's not a little shit.
00:53:09
AstroDev
Yeah, you'd have to show split ends.
00:53:09
Steve-O
Hmm.
00:53:09
BOAH
Meh.
00:53:10
GREASEDAPOLES
At at this point.
00:53:11
BOAH
Meh.
00:53:11
AstroDev
He'd have to show what the budget is, you know.
00:53:13
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
00:53:14
Steve-O
OK, well, you know, based on Devon's ruling, I would like to say Pikachu for, you know, Pokemon, you know.
00:53:14
GREASEDAPOLES
Okay.
00:53:14
BOAH
Yeah.
00:53:19
GREASEDAPOLES
fucking little shit sonic hedgehog this is for me cut the vie out got the tag team
00:53:21
Steve-O
It's just a little game.
00:53:22
AstroDev
He's a little shit, dude, for sure.
00:53:22
Steve-O
It's just, you know, Sonic Hedgehog. He's a small guy.
00:53:29
BOAH
He's just a little guy.
00:53:30
Steve-O
Is Sonic a joke?
00:53:30
AstroDev
Yo, actually, would would ah would Sonic Mania have counted as a big little game when it came out?
00:53:35
Steve-O
I think so, yeah.
00:53:35
BOAH
and
00:53:36
Steve-O
I big agree on that one.
00:53:37
AstroDev
Big agree. All right.
00:53:39
Steve-O
um I'm gonna go next, because y'all got the tag team on the next one.
00:53:40
AstroDev
Go next.
00:53:43
Steve-O
ah So I agree agree with y'all, but I'm gonna go with this one, because I liked i want to highlight want highlight a bunch of them.
00:53:48
AstroDev
never even heard of this one, dude.
00:53:50
GREASEDAPOLES
This was fun.
00:53:51
Steve-O
This is a fun game.
00:53:51
GREASEDAPOLES
This was fun.
00:53:52
Steve-O
This is like you sit down, you play it for like two, three hours, and you just walk away, and you're like, this experience is a good time.
00:53:52
GREASEDAPOLES
This was fun.
00:53:58
AstroDev
I got a Google.
00:53:58
GREASEDAPOLES
Hey there friend, I got a problem with my staircase.
00:54:04
Steve-O
Longmont Potion Castle shows up in this game, which is which is phenomenal, which is like a prank call, popular prank call thing.
00:54:09
AstroDev
Hold on, what's the name of the game? What is the name of the game?
00:54:12
Steve-O
This game is called Home Safety Hotline. It is essentially you work as an operator for a home safety hotline. But it starts off as people calling and they're like, Hey, you know, I'm hearing like nibbling sound within my walls and like, I'm finding like crumbs and stuff. And it'll be like, Oh, you have a mouse. So you have to like send them an instructional packet on like their mouse. And like the, the, the user interface for the game is like an old school 1995 computer.
00:54:40
AstroDev
Okay.
00:54:41
Steve-O
The next day, you are given more thing more packets that you can give out to callers. And it starts getting weirder and weirder. like It'll be like, oh, you have a have a house hob, a hob that like walks around your house and and cleans your paperwork when you're not looking.
00:55:01
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, you got a, you got a seller fungus.
00:55:02
Steve-O
and it's like Yeah, it's like, you got got yourself you've got yourself a wall growth. You have a false beat. And if you eat a false beat and you have back cramps, there's nothing we can do about it.
00:55:13
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, you're dead.
00:55:14
Steve-O
And it just becomes weirder and weirder until it's like you're ah literally telling people. And you have to like, you have to basically analyze from people's phone calls what they are dealing with and the boggler.
00:55:25
GREASEDAPOLES
There's just, there's this guy called the boggler, I think or something. And it's like, he's coming. and he will deliver and there's nothing you could do about it.
00:55:34
AstroDev
wait so So let me ask, is this a horror game?
00:55:35
GREASEDAPOLES
Like that's all the help that you give.
00:55:36
Steve-O
Mm-hmm It is it is a if you are super into monster bestiaries it is like that
00:55:39
AstroDev
Is this a spooky game?
00:55:40
GREASEDAPOLES
It's kinda weird though.
00:55:42
AstroDev
It seems like it could.
00:55:47
BOAH
Mmm.
00:55:47
GREASEDAPOLES
Every once in a while, every once in a while Devan you'll get a call and it's like, hey there buddy, my dungarees got burnt. I'm gonna need new parents. You got any idea how you help me?
00:55:58
GREASEDAPOLES
And that's like, you're like, there's no suggestion you can give them it's just some weirdo
00:56:03
AstroDev
Yeah.
00:56:04
Steve-O
It's like, hey there, dink stinkler here.
00:56:04
GREASEDAPOLES
ah
00:56:07
Steve-O
You're like, what the hell? But it is, it is a shocking blast to just like sit down, try to remedy these people's problems.
Indie Game Creativity and Impact
00:56:15
Steve-O
Cause you are learning like kind of these fun lores for all these like characters and monsters in this world.
00:56:21
Steve-O
It'll be like, oh, here's a, here's a mirror where if like someone comes up with a mirror to you, they can steal your face.
00:56:28
GREASEDAPOLES
There's no suggestion you can give him, it's just some weirdo.
00:56:28
Steve-O
So you'll get phone calls from people. It's very much an audio game.
00:56:30
GREASEDAPOLES
that's oh that's the scariest that's those are the scary one the one there's like a release yeah yeah yeah the one there's one that's really like
00:56:32
Steve-O
It's scary. There's somebody who's calling who's like, Where'd my face go? Where'd my face go? And you're like, oh, a mirror mimic stole your face. Sending you an instructional pamphlet now.
00:56:45
AstroDev
Yeah, so it sounds like a, what's, what's, yeah what do you, what is it that you guys are using?
00:56:49
Steve-O
It's like SCP sort of.
00:56:51
AstroDev
Yeah, SCP. Yeah.
00:56:52
Steve-O
Yeah, majorly so.
00:56:53
AstroDev
i guessp helpline
00:56:55
Steve-O
It's very fun.
00:56:57
GREASEDAPOLES
sad or it's just a man like crying and he's calling and he's like I can't remember her face I don't who remember her face and you have to tell her it's like oh you got a memory wisp you're gonna lose those memories forever like that's the only suggestion
00:57:00
Steve-O
Oh, that one's so sad.
00:57:13
Steve-O
Yeah, it's it's it's so funny. It's so funny because it's like sometimes some of the monsters they recommend to the people where it'll be like oh unfortunately this there's one that's like um it's like a forbidden object and this forbidden object it emits a buzzing and it just it will just steal your children and it'll take them into like a never portal and you will never get them back so it's like that happens we just we offer a memory wisp to erase your memory of your child from you like it's it's it's wild stuff but it is it is such a it is a game that is so crafted with love that i i just had to put it on this list hmm i did i really did
00:57:33
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, yeah.
00:57:43
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, dude. Good stuff. Good stuff. Good stuff. Yeah, you you gifted that to me, actually. I really enjoyed playing that myself. It was fun. Well, me and John, we, uh...
00:58:02
GREASEDAPOLES
We perished, we Eiffel-towered this bitch.
00:58:03
AstroDev
Probably the right one. He probably picked the right one to be fair.
00:58:06
GREASEDAPOLES
We Eiffel-towered this bitch.
00:58:08
BOAH
Hell yeah.
00:58:10
GREASEDAPOLES
Bellatro. Or Bellatro.
00:58:12
BOAH
Brooklyn Bridge.
00:58:15
GREASEDAPOLES
Bellatro.
00:58:15
Steve-O
Velato.
00:58:16
BOAH
Ballantro.
00:58:18
GREASEDAPOLES
bell hat tra
00:58:20
BOAH
Yeah, what else what else can we say? Oh, it's a little game and it was it was a pretty big, pretty big.
00:58:24
AstroDev
It's like three kilobytes.
00:58:26
GREASEDAPOLES
guys Guys, one guy made this.
00:58:26
Steve-O
ah Dude, it is small. Yeah, file size.
00:58:29
GREASEDAPOLES
One guy.
00:58:30
BOAH
One dude.
00:58:31
Steve-O
One elusive dev, which is always exciting when there's like a mysterious dev. You're like, oh my goodness.
00:58:37
GREASEDAPOLES
He did this in a cave with scraps.
00:58:40
Steve-O
He's like the Iron Man of game developers.
00:58:44
GREASEDAPOLES
That's really cool, though. I think that's probably the coolest part about it, right?
00:58:47
BOAH
Yeah.
00:58:50
GREASEDAPOLES
Besides the game itself.
00:58:50
BOAH
There's like a thing where like he he was saying that he hopped on a call with like. Because his name is local song, but whoever published the game, he was like on a call with them and they they got the number wrong of how many jokers he was supposed to make.
00:59:06
BOAH
By like 50 or so, and he was like, instead of arguing, I just made 50 more jokers. and I'm like, that's that's really that's really impressive.
00:59:10
AstroDev
yeah
00:59:14
GREASEDAPOLES
He just didn't, he probably, he sounds like someone who doesn't like to, he doesn't like conflict. He doesn't like talking to people.
00:59:19
BOAH
Yeah, I mean...
00:59:21
GREASEDAPOLES
And he just was like, I'll just do more so you leave me alone.
00:59:23
BOAH
Yeah, I'll just fucking do it. Fuck it. I hope... yeah I hope they're... I don't... <unk> I don't remember seeing any of the figures, but I hope they're fucking paying that dude.
00:59:32
AstroDev
Oh, that guy's making bags, dude.
00:59:32
BOAH
I hope that dude got a huge, yeah, huge fucking payday from this game, because...
00:59:33
GREASEDAPOLES
Whatever.
00:59:36
GREASEDAPOLES
give Give him money to make games by himself. Like that's, if this is, if this is what he can make by himself, he can do,
00:59:40
BOAH
Yeah.
00:59:43
GREASEDAPOLES
everything by himself. Just pay him and he'll make these wonderful games. And no,
00:59:48
AstroDev
What if he's like, I need help?
00:59:48
BOAH
He did the he did the art too.
00:59:49
AstroDev
And Chris says, no, do it yourself.
00:59:51
GREASEDAPOLES
don't do it yourself.
00:59:51
BOAH
He designed the game. He designed the game and he did all the art for it too, which is like pretty insane.
00:59:57
GREASEDAPOLES
There's, there's, there's something to a singular vision. It's really nice. It's refreshing and anything to be honest, like I movies, TV shows, video games, somebody, just one person with their own vision and what they want to make pretty great.
01:00:12
BOAH
I wonder what I wonder what he's going to do next.
01:00:14
Steve-O
It's, they're the next, um who is it? Toby Fox with Undertale, the next um concerned ape, Stardew Valley.
01:00:19
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
01:00:20
AstroDev
Yeah, I was going to say, it kind of reminds me of the under 12 success.
01:00:22
GREASEDAPOLES
Doki Doki. Wasn't that one guy?
01:00:25
Steve-O
oh Oh, what's his name? um Yeah, Doki Doki guy.
01:00:27
GREASEDAPOLES
Doki Doki guy.
01:00:29
Steve-O
um Yeah.
01:00:30
AstroDev
Was that one go?
01:00:32
GREASEDAPOLES
Refreshing new video games. mean that's That's what you get when it's one person's vision. It's cool.
01:00:42
Steve-O
There are definitely like, you know, I there's probably other people who are like, definitely helping out in like aspects, but you know.
01:00:42
GREASEDAPOLES
kit
01:00:48
GREASEDAPOLES
I think there's, and when it comes to what I'm, I guess my point is when it comes to like triple a and there's so many cooks in the kitchen, maybe sometimes things get a little, they get a little frazzled, they get a little mixed up.
01:00:56
BOAH
yeah
01:01:00
GREASEDAPOLES
Nothing's cohesive.
01:01:01
BOAH
Yeah.
01:01:02
Steve-O
Mm hmm.
01:01:03
GREASEDAPOLES
It's good to see something that is just singularly cohesive. That's, that's my point in general. But yeah, biggest little game is bad.
01:01:11
BOAH
It's a little game, probably. Yeah, it was probably a ball outro.
01:01:14
GREASEDAPOLES
Bad.
01:01:14
Steve-O
Hell yeah.
01:01:14
BOAH
I would say I would say Chris and I probably got this one right, but we can move on.
Fire Team Strategies and Dynamics
01:01:20
Steve-O
I just didn't think it was little.
01:01:21
BOAH
We can move on.
01:01:22
Steve-O
I just didn't think it was little.
01:01:22
GREASEDAPOLES
he thought it was too big too big for his his mind all right so that moves us on to fire team of the year folks
01:01:23
BOAH
Oh, stupid, stupid.
01:01:29
Steve-O
I'm the Lex Luthor of Bellatro.
01:01:39
BOAH
Yeah, I guess I'll go first since mine is a balachro fire team. I don't know if you guys I don't know if you guys ah Have gotten this combo you you've had you've had them Chris have you written have you wrote it all the way to the end of the game because I
01:01:45
AstroDev
Ha ha.
01:01:49
GREASEDAPOLES
Both, both. Yeah, yeah. Dude, dude.
01:01:57
BOAH
Especially if you get the other card that like makes every every card of count as a face card, too. like It's like insane.
01:02:03
GREASEDAPOLES
i um I was a big fan of the the red card, the all red card, where if you...
01:02:04
BOAH
that's where you every Every time you skip skip a a booster pack, it adds like plus three more.
01:02:13
GREASEDAPOLES
It's a multiplier. Yeah, i would i you carry that in the beginning.
01:02:15
BOAH
It stays there.
01:02:18
GREASEDAPOLES
You carry that in the beginning of the game. It pays off as it goes on, like you're getting like a 50 multiplier. It's kind of ridiculous.
01:02:25
BOAH
Yeah, my ah my fire team of the year The hanging Chad Joker and the photograph Joker. And what that does is I don't know. I don't want to get too into weeds with this game, but hang Chad, whatever is lined up as your first card to get scored. It triggers that card two more times. So. um And then. Photograph Joker is your very first face card that you play.
01:02:57
BOAH
gives up times two multiplier.
01:02:59
GREASEDAPOLES
Hmm.
01:03:01
BOAH
So what you do is I don't know if you guys knew this, but you could like change the order of your of your cards that you that you play them in.
01:03:07
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, absolutely.
01:03:08
BOAH
So you could just you could put the face cards in the in the left most.
01:03:13
BOAH
I mean, so if you if you're doing like two pairs or full houses or whatever, you just.
01:03:16
GREASEDAPOLES
I would I would do that with rare cards all the time. You know, the ones that the faded looking cards, the special cards, I would always load those up first because they would hit real big.
01:03:19
BOAH
Yeah.
01:03:24
BOAH
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:03:29
GREASEDAPOLES
and get a lot of multipliers and chip.
01:03:31
BOAH
Yeah, so the hanging chat, if you have a face card as the first card, you get times two, times two, times two. for if for If you have both of those jokers and like, I don't know.
01:03:42
BOAH
And the crazy thing is they're both common jokers. They're not rare or even uncommon.
01:03:47
Steve-O
Uh-huh.
01:03:48
BOAH
So they're cheap. They cost like $3 each in the store and then and they're common.
01:03:53
Steve-O
You could fish them early.
01:03:53
BOAH
So yeah, yeah.
01:03:54
Steve-O
You could fish them early, too.
01:03:54
AstroDev
Thank you.
01:03:55
GREASEDAPOLES
Would you go, would you go, John, would you go so far as to say this is, This is the rock when he saw the red one in IMAX. It's game over, right?
01:04:03
BOAH
It's game over, man. Yeah.
01:04:04
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, it's game over.
01:04:05
BOAH
onces i Once I sat where Christopher Nolan sits when he watches his own movies and IMAX.
01:04:08
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, it's game over. You did that in Bellatro, it was game over.
01:04:11
BOAH
Yeah, red one. Red one. It's game over. Game over.
01:04:13
GREASEDAPOLES
it's game over.
01:04:15
BOAH
Yeah, that's my fire team of the year. Another Bellatro.
01:04:16
Steve-O
It's a good fire team.
01:04:19
BOAH
Yeah.
01:04:20
GREASEDAPOLES
Well, ah the the other odd man out, because there's another tag team here, would be Devin. What did you pick here, Devin?
01:04:27
Steve-O
Yes.
01:04:27
AstroDev
Uh, I think I picked the actual canonical correct one so I just heard I just heard john's do fucking math problems for the last five minutes.
01:04:28
GREASEDAPOLES
What you got?
01:04:32
GREASEDAPOLES
I don't think so, dawg!
01:04:37
GREASEDAPOLES
Woo!
01:04:38
AstroDev
I kind of don't doubt Listen, dude, we're gonna talk about
01:04:38
BOAH
Oh my god.
01:04:39
GREASEDAPOLES
That's wonderful math.
01:04:42
BOAH
Just open your mind open your mind open your mind Paul have the have the spaghetti at Jollibee you might you might you might love it Paul you might love the spaghetti.
01:04:43
GREASEDAPOLES
wow
01:04:45
AstroDev
the my ah My five, my five children, my five children keep me up at night. I can't do anything. Uh, no, my fire team of the year is team Titus doing from space ring to a three man squad of three fucking space Marines.
01:05:04
AstroDev
They're all bad.
01:05:04
BOAH
are these actual like Are these actual narrative characters in and the lore?
01:05:08
AstroDev
No. Um,
01:05:09
BOAH
Or are they unique to just the game?
01:05:11
AstroDev
Titus, well, Titus, I mean, Titus, I mean, the beauty of Warhammer is they're like, it's lore now, like, and it won't really affect anything ever because it's it's a vast universe.
01:05:14
BOAH
um
01:05:21
BOAH
okay could they be Could they beat a Mewtwo if the three of them fought Mewtwo?
01:05:29
AstroDev
John, I'm glad you asked that question because they basically do at the end of the game.
01:05:35
GREASEDAPOLES
and bifurcated brain
01:05:36
AstroDev
thank
01:05:37
GREASEDAPOLES
ah
01:05:37
BOAH
yeah
01:05:38
GREASEDAPOLES
in so
01:05:38
BOAH
Yeah the Fucking stitch hops in fucking to be costed and he says nope what their backup brains they they can't they would easily beat me too Because they got a backup brain
01:05:38
AstroDev
yeah yeah
01:05:49
AstroDev
Yeah, um Now this is a squad where uh, so you're you're returning us as captain titus Uh, you've returned from uh, you're kind of exiled from the first game Uh, you team up with two primaris marines after you've all undergone the primary surgery itself We don't want to get into what that is
01:05:50
GREASEDAPOLES
know The old butthole brain can't happen to the butthole
01:06:12
GREASEDAPOLES
to get a new dick.
01:06:12
AstroDev
But yeah, you get a brand new dick and Gadriel is basically he's a Marine that was kind of had his eye on command. Titus shows up. Yeah, I was like, that's kind of fucked, but whatever.
01:06:26
Steve-O
Schedules the hater, right?
01:06:27
AstroDev
He's the hater and carry on is the guy who just like has a complete fucking meltdown when he sees chaos Marines and they all kind of.
01:06:28
GREASEDAPOLES
Mm. This is your fire team?
01:06:39
AstroDev
Dude, yes, because they're omniscient.
01:06:40
GREASEDAPOLES
yeah um All right
01:06:42
AstroDev
But do you know how many fucking bugs I murdered? You know how many space marine chaos space marines I murdered? do You know how many mutus I fucking murdered at the end of this game?
01:06:52
Steve-O
You murder a lot of like Egyptian chaos mutus in the end of this game.
01:06:53
AstroDev
You murder a lot of things. Yeah, you yeah, there's a lot of Egyptian mutu corpses at the end of this game. And then there's the big mutu and then you've you fucking murder that thing, too.
01:07:07
AstroDev
ah But listen. Normal space room squads, five, 10. All you get is three. The entire game is just, we got three we got room for three guys. It's basically a meme. I can give you three guys and you just air drop into a spot, handle business, and then you leave. And there's no shenanigans allowed. It is just pure peak efficiency. You're murdering dudes with hammers, axes, chainsaws, fists.
01:07:39
AstroDev
Swords, it's wonderful going in, you're going out.
01:07:39
GREASEDAPOLES
Bye, cheeks.
01:07:43
AstroDev
And yeah, and then, ah you know, there's there's another moment I'll touch on, but ah it's really nice to bro down with your your bros in probably some of the most peak way possible.
01:07:57
AstroDev
And you hang out with a big robot, a big robot dreadnought at the end of the game. So, yeah, that's my fire team of the year. You twos be damned.
01:08:08
Steve-O
Now, Devin, I agree with you on a lot of what you said.
01:08:13
AstroDev
Yeah andleant Yeah, I was say what but war hammer planet of shenanigans shenanigans prime Shannon again on the planet On the planet and then again second this Yeah the hell diver to
01:08:13
Steve-O
Unfortunately, shenanigans are allowed. In fact, shanagan shenanigans are encouraged.
01:08:18
GREASEDAPOLES
And I will go so far as to say on the planet of Shenanigan, you want Shenanigans.
01:08:19
Steve-O
Shenanagans.
01:08:27
Steve-O
Shenanagan.
01:08:28
GREASEDAPOLES
I've killed so many Shenanigans. I've killed so many Goofballians. You know him how many bug bugmen I've killed? um'm um I'm a hell diver. That's who I am.
01:08:40
Steve-O
Helldivers 2 Goofballs.
01:08:40
GREASEDAPOLES
and
01:08:43
Steve-O
Chris and I both chose, because Chris, yeah, that's the perfect description.
01:08:47
GREASEDAPOLES
fucking murdering everything, including ourselves. It is just a wonderful, chaotic, and manic mess of blood and viscera and explosions.
01:08:51
AstroDev
you know what
01:08:59
Steve-O
i I've never seen, I mean, not to be fair, that this is not true. I have seen Chris be an absolute fucking social butterfly in so many situations.
01:09:07
GREASEDAPOLES
o
01:09:08
Steve-O
But there was a moment where I jumped into a game with, it with it was Chris and somebody else. And Chris was like casually talking to this guy as they're just mowing down terminators.
01:09:15
AstroDev
You know what?
01:09:19
Steve-O
oh yeah you do that that's crazy blah blah blah and like afterwards like you know that guy hopped out and i was like so chris who was that he was like i don't fucking know i was like chris you just like got so weirdly personal with this stranger he's like yo we're both killing things
01:09:34
GREASEDAPOLES
ah Well, Steve, I'm glad you brought that up because I think what really is important about fireteams is feelings, you know, and and and close personal relationships that you develop through carnage.
01:09:49
Steve-O
Yeah.
01:09:50
GREASEDAPOLES
And I think that's what Helldivers 2 is, pure fucking carnage. that you are just casually trumping your way through and you know, blown each other up like it's nothing, but it doesn't matter because you just drop in in another drop pod, you know, like somebody brings you back.
01:10:03
Steve-O
It doesn't matter. You just drop back down. Oh. Oh, I got another story. And and Devin, you you remember this.
01:10:14
Steve-O
remember I forgot who it was, but somebody had to take a huge shit.
01:10:15
AstroDev
Probably.
01:10:18
Steve-O
So they just left in the middle of the game.
01:10:18
AstroDev
Uh, that was Tim.
01:10:19
Steve-O
And then it was like, we, yeah, Tim had to take a huge shit. And so it was like, me, Devin, and Stinn.
01:10:27
AstroDev
Maybe Dre is some.
01:10:27
Steve-O
I think it was Stinn?
01:10:31
Steve-O
But we like literally were hunkered down around Stinn who was just like kind of like against a wall. And we for like 20 minutes protected his ass as this one area of the map that Stinn chose to hang out at was infested, infested.
01:10:45
AstroDev
it It was like a Gulch or something.
01:10:49
GREASEDAPOLES
a
01:10:52
Steve-O
We fought like we were the most valued heroes. It was like, they should make a statue to us after that.
01:11:00
AstroDev
Yeah, well.
01:11:00
GREASEDAPOLES
There is something to to saluting a nuclear explosion There is that that was a great fucking feeling for the first time is I remember it's just me and Devin the first time we I have ever done that and I
01:11:05
Steve-O
but Oh, it's so good. It's so good.
01:11:14
AstroDev
Yeah. Oh yeah. The nuke flies off in the distance.
01:11:19
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, we were like, well, what is that? And then it's just like, and it's like the shockwave in us and shit. Ah, man. I just, uh, there's a sense of community that developed while playing that game.
01:11:32
GREASEDAPOLES
Uh, it's hard to overlook and it was a lot of fun.
01:11:35
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:11:37
GREASEDAPOLES
Just blown us, blown each other up, blown each other.
01:11:41
AstroDev
Yeah. Listen, it's, it's kind of like,
01:11:45
AstroDev
It's very close, or at least it's it's like approaching a D and&D squad, you know, like of just goose.
01:11:51
Steve-O
Yes.
01:11:53
AstroDev
The only thing is, yeah, like the only difference is, is like, there's not really a lot of room for, you know, you can't be like a hunter type hell diver.
01:11:53
GREASEDAPOLES
of murder hobos.
01:12:03
AstroDev
You're just like a hell diver and the only real.
01:12:04
GREASEDAPOLES
I think it what what really sues that problem is that death doesn't really matter all that much.
01:12:13
AstroDev
Right, yeah, it's just fun.
01:12:14
GREASEDAPOLES
like
01:12:15
Steve-O
You can make some mistakes. Like it it is very encouraging of you goofing.
01:12:18
AstroDev
Yeah, it's designed for you to just.
Anticipation for Upcoming Games
01:12:20
AstroDev
Yeah, there's no goofing around space wearing to.
01:12:23
GREASEDAPOLES
Not a lot of goofin' there, not.
01:12:24
AstroDev
Not a lot of some goofing, but.
01:12:26
GREASEDAPOLES
I do like the goofin', I've always been a goofin' guy, and especially when I'm with other people playing online.
01:12:31
Steve-O
other goofs, other goofballs.
01:12:34
GREASEDAPOLES
Cause I'm gonna get, i I'm gonna buy Borderlands 4 probably, and I'm gonna play that with, and like it's gonna be goofy when I play it with other people.
01:12:38
AstroDev
Yeah, because we all got a soft spot for goofs.
01:12:44
Steve-O
It's gonna get goofy.
01:12:44
BOAH
When this Borderlands before come out is it this year?
01:12:46
AstroDev
Uh, they're, yeah, they're waiting, they're waiting for GTA things.
01:12:48
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
01:12:51
AstroDev
Probably.
01:12:52
BOAH
Oh God GTA 6 they did man.
01:12:53
AstroDev
You just gotta wait. You just gotta wait.
01:12:56
BOAH
they They don't even have to announce anything They could just delay the game and never say anything and they'd be okay and everything the whole gaming industry would be fucked No,
01:13:00
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:13:03
GREASEDAPOLES
you You... I mean, we all know that's coming anyway, right?
01:13:07
AstroDev
yeah
01:13:08
BOAH
I don't think it's coming this year I think they're gonna delay it oh Yeah, yeah, I think that the lace coming
01:13:10
GREASEDAPOLES
No, I mean, the delay is coming. Yes, any matter. Matter of time.
01:13:15
BOAH
gonna hit it's gonna hit like a shotgun blast to the chest it's gonna be yellow with blue text like the fucking cyberpunk the second one the second cyberpunk one we got it's gonna be like that one yeah I'll go for I'll go first I'll go first it mine's Jimbo the Joker
01:13:23
GREASEDAPOLES
a
01:13:29
GREASEDAPOLES
who Well, that brings us to our next category, folks, and that is a best character.
01:13:36
AstroDev
You got some weird ones, man.
01:13:37
GREASEDAPOLES
And we are all over the place. We are all over the place.
01:13:40
AstroDev
we got Yeah. Who's Jimbo? Oh, okay.
01:13:44
BOAH
He's the Joker that teaches you how to play Bellatro that you completely ignored, Devin.
01:13:49
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:13:50
GREASEDAPOLES
He's ah he's just got kind of an attitude.
01:13:52
BOAH
I love him, dude. He's great.
01:13:54
Steve-O
This sassy little guy.
01:13:54
GREASEDAPOLES
Jimbo, he's sassy.
01:13:54
BOAH
He's great. I'm just a little guy.
01:13:56
GREASEDAPOLES
You don't get too far in that game. He's like, really? This is as far as he got?
01:14:01
Steve-O
This is what you're doing.
01:14:01
GREASEDAPOLES
Really?
01:14:04
GREASEDAPOLES
This is what you're doing?
01:14:04
BOAH
I love it.
01:14:05
GREASEDAPOLES
That is pretty nice.
01:14:06
BOAH
I love him.
01:14:06
GREASEDAPOLES
He's like a mean clippy.
01:14:09
Steve-O
That's a good descriptor.
01:14:11
GREASEDAPOLES
That's kind of fun.
01:14:12
Steve-O
All right, I'll go next, I'll go next.
01:14:12
BOAH
Yeah.
01:14:14
Steve-O
So i I
Game Remakes and Character Narratives
01:14:15
Steve-O
had a tough time with this one, but then I thought of the best character and that was ah Tim. good old Tim Luchacho, specifically whenever he was talking about the Silent Hill 2 remake.
01:14:20
GREASEDAPOLES
Tim! He did Way to go, Tim!
01:14:27
BOAH
oh Man Yeah I've never I've never seen so much snobbery come out of somebody else's mouth that wasn't me so I respect I respect them for it I respect him for it because Yeah, damn No, it's not that hate it's goddamn he loves Silent Hill 2
01:14:27
Steve-O
I've never seen so much fire and and anger and frustration just balled up in one man, tried to spew out of his body.
01:14:44
Steve-O
I'm like, goddamn, he hates this.
01:14:46
GREASEDAPOLES
Man's passionate about his hatred of this thing and there is something special to behold That's true dad that guess that is the end
01:14:56
Steve-O
He loves Silent Hill. But like the part of it, I wanna see him play that remake.
01:14:59
BOAH
yeah but like think about it though how mad how mad would you got how mad with the three of you be at me if I acted the same way about Resident Evil 4 and I never played the remake like would you guys strangle me would you guys actually strangle me like you actually would kill you try to kill me awesome
01:15:03
Steve-O
I want him to get thrown into his own personal Silent Hill.
01:15:05
AstroDev
Yeah, it's kind of. It's kind of toxic, do you have it?
01:15:18
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, I'll
01:15:19
AstroDev
Yeah. Yeah.
01:15:21
GREASEDAPOLES
be like what the fuck is wrong
01:15:21
AstroDev
Especially after, after ah everyone plays it and everyone goes, Oh no, it's like really good.
01:15:26
Steve-O
Yeah, it would be like, John, that game, it's really good.
01:15:28
AstroDev
It's really good.
01:15:29
BOAH
Fuck that they fucking you can't look up Ashley skirt anymore.
01:15:29
AstroDev
Nah, no. Look.
01:15:33
BOAH
So fuck that It's soulless He does that I'm just glad that people will be able to experience the story like I did back in 2001 but ah It's just not for me.
01:15:33
AstroDev
Yeah. nine ah You know the worst part is you know what the worst part is cuz he can't defend himself he goes I'm glad you like I'm glad people like it. I'm glad people like you I'm happy it exists It's just not for me Character
01:15:44
GREASEDAPOLES
yeah
01:15:51
BOAH
So, you know, I Love it.
01:15:52
Steve-O
I'm gonna say most entertainment I've gotten out of the year.
01:15:54
BOAH
I love it.
01:15:55
GREASEDAPOLES
Wow choosing choosing a real person now You're right, okay, you're right.
01:15:56
BOAH
I love it. I love it
01:15:59
Steve-O
Hey, if John got to chose him for best surprise, I could choose Tim for best character.
01:16:05
GREASEDAPOLES
I'm not gonna complain you got it
01:16:06
BOAH
Wait, so are you insinuating that Tim isn't actually truthful? He's just playing a person when he's doing this.
01:16:11
AstroDev
Yeah, is this a care is this the role this is a bit Yeah
01:16:15
GREASEDAPOLES
It's this video game character.
01:16:17
Steve-O
o Yeah, what if like Tim like you know at the end of the day? He's like man. I never even place on a hill to man. Fuck it, dude I got 10 minutes. I got 10 minutes into that shit. I got 10 minutes in that shit got killed and just turned it off I
01:16:27
BOAH
He's honest.
01:16:29
GREASEDAPOLES
who
01:16:30
BOAH
tis tim's on
01:16:30
GREASEDAPOLES
who
01:16:31
BOAH
and bad and he's like come here steve i have a confession to make i never actually played so
01:16:34
AstroDev
you well Yeah. He goes, I, I didn't even know about the Sheba dog ending. What?
01:16:42
BOAH
three I just looked it.
01:16:43
AstroDev
Actually, I just fell asleep. Yeah. Yeah.
01:16:45
BOAH
I looked it up. I looked up what happens I looked up the game facts
01:16:46
AstroDev
I thought Ray Shah Ghoul was in the movie, but he wasn't.
01:16:49
Steve-O
right I fell asleep mid-game, had a dream about it, and then looked up a game FAQ.
01:16:53
AstroDev
Yeah. Mid game.
01:16:56
AstroDev
And then, and then was willing to argue with my friends on the internet about it.
01:17:00
BOAH
ah Looked up the game facts to have philosophical conversations with John while working at GameStop together talking about this game Well rain actually Rain has yet to give me an actual like reason why he why he thinks Red Dead 2 is a bad game like Like he just says it's bad.
01:17:02
AstroDev
ah
01:17:04
GREASEDAPOLES
Now I I would believe rain would do something like that, but I don't know about all over my boy Timmy Timmy wouldn't
01:17:12
Steve-O
Tim's got timqui's got the detail. He knows, he knows.
01:17:20
Steve-O
Dude, it's the two at the end.
01:17:20
GREASEDAPOLES
that's a
01:17:21
Steve-O
It's the two.
01:17:22
BOAH
He just says it's bad and there was the one time where I was trying to get rain to play liars bar with us and he was like
01:17:22
Steve-O
It's the two.
01:17:29
BOAH
not john I can't play even prequels. I can't play I'm like I'm not talking about Red Dead anymore you fucking asshole Talk about a lot talk about a completely different game and I want you to play it with us Yeah, he's just like fucking The fact that I'm playing Red Dead and I got ah half the fucking discord to play Red Dead 2 right now I think it's just like trigger it triggered him Love him.
01:17:38
GREASEDAPOLES
Dude it's living on another wavepoint living on another wave like wave like
01:17:53
GREASEDAPOLES
um
01:17:53
BOAH
Love reigns play more want more from your games guys
01:17:54
GREASEDAPOLES
well
01:17:56
GREASEDAPOLES
Well I I'll go next for my best character and it is a video game character It's you And um I'm gonna quote his monologue That's all I'm going to say
01:18:03
AstroDev
It's a real yeah, we're really stretching the
01:18:13
GREASEDAPOLES
Fuck you, Belle!
01:18:15
BOAH
He doesn't say that!
01:18:16
GREASEDAPOLES
I hereby vow you will rule this day.
01:18:21
BOAH
He doesn't say fuck you, Bale.
01:18:21
GREASEDAPOLES
Behold, a true Drake warrior, and I, Egon, your fears made flesh, solid of scarier might be found, dragon.
01:18:33
GREASEDAPOLES
But I will riddle with holds your rotten hide, with the hell of our pools, with every last drop of my being. That's Egon.
01:18:45
BOAH
Egon is basically, is he just eat Ishmael or whatever from Moby Dick?
01:18:46
AstroDev
Is that... um
01:18:50
BOAH
Is that him?
01:18:50
GREASEDAPOLES
Basically. Well.
01:18:52
Steve-O
Gives me Fraser vibes.
01:18:53
BOAH
That fucking, that fucking voice actor like went all out, dude.
01:18:57
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, he did. He was amazing.
01:18:58
BOAH
I don't think, I don't think El, I don't think From Software does mocat or performance capture, do they? Does anyone know?
01:19:05
GREASEDAPOLES
I don't think so, no.
01:19:05
BOAH
It doesn't, it doesn't seem like they do.
01:19:08
GREASEDAPOLES
but the The moment that sold him was, it was that.
01:19:10
BOAH
So like when he, yeah.
01:19:12
GREASEDAPOLES
Like the moment that that I first saw him where he was just a crumpled mess on the ground, his legs are crippled and he's just.
01:19:17
BOAH
Yeah.
01:19:19
AstroDev
Is this, way wait, wait, timeout.
01:19:21
BOAH
This is an NPC and el in er and shadow the urge tree.
01:19:21
AstroDev
Is this from Elden Ring?
01:19:22
GREASEDAPOLES
This is an icon is an NPC and Shadow of the Earth tree and you first meet him.
01:19:27
AstroDev
Okay.
01:19:29
GREASEDAPOLES
He is completely crippled from the waist down. His legs are ruined. He's screaming in the road.
01:19:33
BOAH
And neat he needs you to kill this fucking dragon for him.
01:19:37
GREASEDAPOLES
and he's desperately asking you to kill him.
01:19:37
BOAH
or
01:19:39
GREASEDAPOLES
But as you're getting closer to him, you see, as you're getting closer to the dragon, he's following you. He's crawling on his fucking hands and knees to get back up to this spot to fight this motherfucker with you.
01:19:49
AstroDev
ah
01:19:54
AstroDev
Oh damn.
01:19:54
GREASEDAPOLES
And you're just like, oh, what do you do?
01:19:56
BOAH
yeah
01:19:57
GREASEDAPOLES
Please stop.
01:19:57
AstroDev
What are you gonna do?
01:19:57
BOAH
What are you doing? I can take care of it, dawg.
01:19:58
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:19:59
BOAH
I got this.
01:20:00
GREASEDAPOLES
I'll do it. It's fine. And he's like, he's just screaming in pain.
01:20:02
BOAH
Don't die, please.
01:20:05
BOAH
Nah, dude, like, no, because you're used to.
01:20:06
GREASEDAPOLES
and then you get in and fight him and you summon him and he's there and he's just saying this monologue as you're fighting, Dale.
01:20:12
BOAH
It's like fucking Vare and like all these all these like memorable characters like have masks on or you they're not really emoting at all when they're talking to you in the game. But this dude fucking gives it his all. It's like.
01:20:27
BOAH
i don't know I don't know what his name is. We should probably look up the name of the voice actor because he deserves he deserves his flowers.
01:20:30
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, the actor.
01:20:33
BOAH
Yeah.
01:20:33
GREASEDAPOLES
He's just screaming. He's just, at it just pure anger. is is how I would describe it.
01:20:37
BOAH
He's so into it.
01:20:38
GREASEDAPOLES
And he's totally sold, kick totally totally committed to to the act.
01:20:39
BOAH
So into it.
01:20:44
GREASEDAPOLES
And I loved them from the moment I saw him screaming in the street at me. I loved them. And I always will. And that's my pick.
01:20:55
AstroDev
Hmm. Well, there you go.
01:20:56
BOAH
Alright.
01:20:56
AstroDev
All right.
01:20:57
BOAH
Perfect.
01:20:58
AstroDev
Glad I finally figured out who that's in. I've never heard of that. I've never even seen a meme or anything. Just.
01:21:03
BOAH
What? It's been memed to hell.
01:21:04
AstroDev
and I guess I'm I'm a different.
01:21:05
BOAH
It's just not in your algorithm.
01:21:06
AstroDev
certain Yeah, yeah, it's just not bad.
01:21:07
GREASEDAPOLES
I had a little twist on the quote. It's not 100% the monologue, but you know most of it's there.
01:21:11
AstroDev
Yeah. So can can I ask what happens when you kill the dragon? Is he like, thanks. Or.
01:21:16
GREASEDAPOLES
He's ciated.
01:21:17
AstroDev
Is it like really sad, like a lot of Elden Ring?
01:21:20
GREASEDAPOLES
I think...
01:21:22
AstroDev
no
01:21:22
GREASEDAPOLES
I don't know if he's sad. got I know the opening monologue. That's really what sold him.
01:21:28
AstroDev
Okay Yeah, yeah this year cannot pick Sorry You
01:21:28
BOAH
Wait, so this is best character of this year, right?
01:21:28
GREASEDAPOLES
Beautiful.
01:21:30
BOAH
Not all of all time.
01:21:32
GREASEDAPOLES
This year, yeah.
01:21:33
BOAH
So I can't pick Arthur Morgan as for all all time, even though I played it this year.
01:21:40
Steve-O
You know what? We'll have to figure out at some point this year, maybe we should do the all-timeys.
01:21:41
BOAH
Just saying.
01:21:44
Steve-O
The all-timeys.
01:21:45
BOAH
Oh, man.
01:21:45
AstroDev
all timings gee Go yeah It's
01:21:46
Steve-O
The all-timeys antifanys.
01:21:49
BOAH
Yeah, like the Lifetime Achievement Awards episode, where we give our best ever, our best ever.
01:21:54
Steve-O
The lifeys.
01:21:56
AstroDev
so why you freeze Jesus
01:21:57
BOAH
It's gotta be need some time because if you ask me right now, everything's gonna be Red Dead 2 related for me.
01:22:01
AstroDev
Yeah, I was gonna say.
01:22:02
BOAH
So Like every little best price Red Dead 2 Best little game lives dice in Red Dead 1 Fire team of the year fire team of the year the Dutch Vanderland gang best character Arthur Morgan.
01:22:02
Steve-O
yeah yeah Yeah, you need the critical distance.
01:22:02
GREASEDAPOLES
Please.
01:22:05
GREASEDAPOLES
A little different.
01:22:05
AstroDev
John's poison the well. Yeah.
01:22:07
Steve-O
Mass movie, Red Dead 2.
01:22:10
AstroDev
that's yeah Best play I saw in the middle of the game, Red Dead. Yeah.
01:22:14
Steve-O
Undead Nightmare.
01:22:22
Steve-O
Most anticipated, Red Dead 3.
01:22:22
AstroDev
Hey John.
01:22:22
BOAH
Oh Man Red Red Dead 3
01:22:23
AstroDev
John, did you, uh, did you open in that cabin?
01:22:24
Steve-O
yeah
01:22:26
AstroDev
Did you open the cabin to find that bear?
01:22:29
BOAH
Yeah, dude Yeah, dude
01:22:30
AstroDev
Yeah, I was like, I remember this guy. Will do you hang it out?
01:22:34
Steve-O
Yeah, dude.
01:22:35
AstroDev
Yeah, dude. Fuck yeah, dude.
01:22:36
GREASEDAPOLES
Yotted!
01:22:37
Steve-O
Yeah, dude, I guess not.
01:22:39
AstroDev
All right. All right. Let me so I'll do mine. I guess like.
01:22:46
BOAH
wa well, well, well, well, hold on one second No, I'm reading yours right now.
01:22:48
AstroDev
OK, I don't get to go. I don't get to go. Sure.
01:22:53
BOAH
I read yours and I'm like that was the best character not the other one that has two big characters on her chest that you really liked.
01:23:02
AstroDev
okay Yeah, this isn't the first one.
01:23:04
BOAH
The one character, the three-for-one deal, the Tifa three-for-one.
01:23:06
AstroDev
This isn't the first these dude. Yeah.
01:23:08
BOAH
mean I thought we were always thirsty, baby.
01:23:09
Steve-O
the
01:23:11
BOAH
i but That's how it was.
01:23:11
AstroDev
Thirsty 20, 25.
01:23:14
BOAH
All right, go ahead, I guess. ah You got to sell it to me.
01:23:16
AstroDev
You know why? You know why? Because cloud.
01:23:18
BOAH
Because Tifa's my best character, and so is Tifa's left boob, and so is Tifa's right boob.
01:23:19
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:23:22
AstroDev
Right. big with Yeah. And so for evening yeah ti is Tifa's bikini is a great character, too.
01:23:23
BOAH
All three of them are the best characters.
01:23:24
GREASEDAPOLES
Well, I'd play Final Fantasy 7. Because I'm an American.
01:23:29
AstroDev
um No, ah honestly. ah So I think that's right.
01:23:31
BOAH
Devon there's a there's a video of the of the actor that played Tifa interviewing or her and Roger Clark are interviewing each other talking about playing Tifa and playing Arthur Morgan I've never been so horny watching watching an interview, dude Yeah i was like Yeah, yeah, I love underworld, baby
01:23:33
AstroDev
Sure.
01:23:43
AstroDev
Oh. Oh, I bet, dude. Yeah, were you just heavy breathing? Were were you Papa Gorani watching Underworld? I'm like, we're all right.
01:23:56
AstroDev
But the plot was really good. Yeah. No, I picked ah Cloud Strife, Resident Evil Resident Evil 7.
01:24:03
BOAH
So Resident Evil 7 let's go baby. Yo Freudian slip.
01:24:08
AstroDev
Yeah, dude.
01:24:09
BOAH
I think maybe You met them to pay Ethan
01:24:11
AstroDev
No, Final Fantasy 7, Rebirth, because this cloud, ah you know, it's not really a spoiler at this point, but I guess spoilers. ah Things aren't quite the same as we remember they were in the original Final Fantasy 7. And this kind of takes it a little bit further while still holding true, but also kind of not, which is kind of what I find so wonderful about this game in general. But Cloud in general has always been a bit of a, I don't want to say blank slate, but he's kind of like
01:24:50
AstroDev
a dearth of charisma. He's just like moody. And, you know. Which is still true, right? But the voice actor gets to add a little bit more there to the character. The script gets to add a little bit more to the character. There's a very funny line where after you kind of meet Vincent and Vincent kind of joined your squad. Clouds complaining about how he's like, oh, my God, I can't believe we have this, like,
01:25:18
AstroDev
This loner, moody dude on the team and everybody just like laughs in his face about the whole thing. ah But whether it's cloud kind of going a little crazy and um essentially being gaslit into the fact that Tifa's ah trying to murder him secretly,
01:25:37
AstroDev
or the kind of full ending of the game. um You kind of you see different elements of this character. You see different shades of this guy. You see him both desperately try to divert fate and then also completely shut down. And if you're familiar with the game in general, it's going to be very interesting ah because he's in a very Awkward, but and they're like interesting spot at the end of the game.
01:26:08
AstroDev
And it's just kind of it's just really nice. And generally what what these remakes have done so
Elden Ring's Challenges and Achievements
01:26:14
AstroDev
far is just kind of inject this extra character bits into all of these figures in the game.
01:26:22
AstroDev
And I don't know, man, it's a really fun, interesting thing. I'm sorry, I couldn't give it to a playing card. That's my bad.
01:26:31
BOAH
Wow. Well, you know what? You picked a character. You picked a character from 1997. So I'm going to pick a character from 2018.
01:26:36
AstroDev
I did.
01:26:37
BOAH
And I'm going to pick Arthur Morgan as my best character.
01:26:40
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:26:41
GREASEDAPOLES
yeah
01:26:41
BOAH
Go ahead. You win.
01:26:42
AstroDev
Arthur Morgan.
01:26:42
BOAH
You win, Devin. You win.
01:26:44
AstroDev
Thank you. Thank you.
01:26:45
GREASEDAPOLES
Technically, it ends from 1997, too.
01:26:45
BOAH
You win.
01:26:45
BOAH
I admit defeat.
01:26:46
AstroDev
Thank you. Yeah.
01:26:48
Steve-O
yeah Tim, 1987.
01:26:48
BOAH
Tim also from 1997.
01:26:53
AstroDev
But yeah, that's a polygonal pin where
01:26:53
BOAH
Yeah, because you're talking about Silent Hill 2 OG, Tim.
01:26:53
GREASEDAPOLES
1987, 1982. You're right.
01:26:56
BOAH
What's that, 2003, Tim?
01:26:58
Steve-O
Oh, dude, that Tim had so many polygons. Come on, man.
01:27:03
BOAH
It's like ultimate but ultimate. That's the ultimate version of Tim. We don't want that Tim anymore. We don't like that Tim.
01:27:08
AstroDev
but We don't stand that way.
01:27:09
BOAH
We see glimpses of him now, which is we when Silent Hill 2 gets remade when we see glimpses that time.
01:27:18
BOAH
Oh, man.
01:27:18
GREASEDAPOLES
All right, guys, next category we have moment of the year.
01:27:25
BOAH
All right, I'll I'll I'll piggyback off of Devin's 1997 character and I'll.
01:27:28
AstroDev
ah ha Give it to me.
01:27:31
BOAH
I'll pick my mode for Red Dead 2. No, just kidding. It's a it's probably the well, actually, yeah, we should probably go first, Chris, because we kind of did a similar thing, but.
01:27:39
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, absolutely. I went i went a little i went you know personal on this one.
01:27:45
BOAH
Yeah, I mean, we all made a personal choice today, I think so far, Devin with Astro Bot, Steve with Tim and me with me.
01:27:45
GREASEDAPOLES
um
01:27:52
AstroDev
Yeah. John with himself. Yeah.
01:27:56
BOAH
But ah by my moment of the year, I think you'll i think you'll you'll agree that this was was was a striking moment, Chris, was when you reached the abyssal woods and in Shadow of the Urtree.
01:27:56
GREASEDAPOLES
I want a little person. then
01:28:05
GREASEDAPOLES
o
01:28:09
BOAH
I was trying to think of whether it was um reaching the Cerulean coast for the first time, because it was such a beautiful, like serene like um landscape of of amazing colors that
01:28:15
GREASEDAPOLES
Dreamlike.
01:28:25
GREASEDAPOLES
dream like
01:28:25
BOAH
ah Dreamlike that the icing on the cake. It was just that fucking dragon that fucks you up Right why you when you ride right right under him, which is you know, which is basically experience of Elden ring, but the abyssal woods was like pretty memorable I think Main to me mainly is because like when you get in there torrent fucking pieces out and Then when you try to summon him again, it says he's too afraid to come out so like when that happens I was just like I
01:28:32
GREASEDAPOLES
fool Yeah.
01:28:54
BOAH
I was like, oh my God, if Torrid is afraid to even come out right now when I when I summon him, then this is fucking this is serious. Like this is like I i should be I should probably be scared if I can't even summon my horse and not.
01:29:06
GREASEDAPOLES
i i I kind of cheated with my Beth boss because the way I look at Elden Ring bosses, their levels are also kind of like tied into them.
01:29:07
BOAH
Oh.
01:29:22
GREASEDAPOLES
Like they're just, they're all part of the same goulash in my opinion.
01:29:26
BOAH
Yeah.
01:29:27
GREASEDAPOLES
So I kind of cheated and and chose, yeah, we'll get to that when we get there. But yeah, the Abyssal Woods is probably my favorite area
01:29:35
BOAH
It's like your favorite area in the game, right?
01:29:38
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah. Yeah. And everything that leads up to, you know, the boss.
01:29:39
BOAH
Because there's the midra, right?
01:29:42
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah. To Midra is just.
01:29:45
BOAH
Because the the I don't I forget how I think there's six of those sunflower things that you have to parry to beat.
01:29:51
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
01:29:52
BOAH
And I remember just texting a mirror the whole time and um I was getting I was getting very, very frustrated and extremely, extremely distraught playing. And again, like this is something normal with the game.
01:30:00
GREASEDAPOLES
It's a terrifying part of the game.
01:30:03
BOAH
But like it got to the point where I was getting really upset because I was like, this is so fucking stupid. Fuck this. Like, why should I waste my time doing this? And Amir's like, well, you can be soft or you can be a man about it.
01:30:15
BOAH
So I got there. So he gaslit me again and like and I went in and I and I killed every single one of those motherfuckers and it felt really good.
01:30:22
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh shit, I killed like one or two I didn't who yeah Absolutely and I chose specifically my mode of the year was platinuming Elden ring.
01:30:25
BOAH
No, I had to get them all because yeah I got gas lit into thinking that I had to to prove my worth as a human. But yeah, the abyss of what's great and then, you know, amazing. Yeah.
01:30:42
GREASEDAPOLES
It's the only game I I have ever platinumed on on my PS1.
01:30:45
BOAH
Really?
01:30:46
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, that's it.
01:30:47
BOAH
The only one.
01:30:48
GREASEDAPOLES
The only one. um It is, it's a special moment for me. I really, because playing the DLC.
01:30:55
BOAH
You did. Yeah, you had to do it. I don't want to make you feel bad, Chris, but like you did it the right way. I scum saved on my PC to do it.
01:31:05
GREASEDAPOLES
I did it.
01:31:07
BOAH
So you you actually had to play it three or four times to get through it.
01:31:08
GREASEDAPOLES
oh
01:31:10
GREASEDAPOLES
I did play it before three or four times, and I did get most of the items associated with the platinum.
01:31:10
BOAH
I only. ah It was just getting the endings, getting one of the endings that you needed.
01:31:17
GREASEDAPOLES
It getting the endings and a few just a few items I needed to pick up in a few spots.
01:31:21
BOAH
OK.
01:31:22
GREASEDAPOLES
But really, it was a culmination of what I've been playing this game since twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen when they come out.
01:31:29
BOAH
Yeah.
01:31:30
Steve-O
Elden Ring.
01:31:30
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
01:31:32
BOAH
I wasn't planning on platinuming it, but then I realized I got fucking, um, I got Mikola's, I got Mikola's needle.
01:31:34
GREASEDAPOLES
I can't remember the day. Twenty, twenty to twenty.
01:31:34
Steve-O
Elden Ring 2022.
01:31:38
Steve-O
right
01:31:38
GREASEDAPOLES
Thank you.
01:31:40
BOAH
I did the entire fucking grindy ass Millicent quest, which is one of the grindiest fucking things in the game I can think of.
01:31:46
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah. Yeah.
01:31:47
BOAH
And I had the needle and I was like, oh, well, I guess if I went and did this ending, I could just go back to right, right before you beat Elden Beast again and then just do it again.
01:31:59
BOAH
And then. choose to do the frenzied flame so and then like those were the only two things i needed to to actually get the platinum so i was like i might as well just fucking do it fuck it i ain't got shit to prove to anyone chris is that your favorite ending did you i don't know if you noticed actually you know i'll talk about this for the next the next category but um
01:32:13
GREASEDAPOLES
yeah four hundred percent
01:32:20
GREASEDAPOLES
But yeah, as far as experience goes, ah yeah, 2022 is when Eldering came out, and then the DLC came out as well. And I played that ah last year, and it was a wonderful, beautiful experience.
01:32:35
GREASEDAPOLES
And the whole game and as a whole, just you know playing for the past two or three years nonstop, it felt like. And then Platinum-ing it.
01:32:45
GREASEDAPOLES
And it being the only game I Platinum, and that's it. That's the only game I care
01:32:49
BOAH
That's the only game you ever. That's the only game you ever want a platinum, so.
01:32:52
GREASEDAPOLES
That's it. Yeah. The only one that that that matters to me to platinum. So yeah, it was a huge moment for me and I i really love it.
01:32:59
BOAH
How do you feel? i'm I'm kind of glad they didn't add trophies for the DLC, because I feel like that would take people out of just experiencing it.
01:33:08
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah. Yeah. I totally agree. I think there are there are areas.
01:33:10
BOAH
It would just be concentrated. Yeah, they would just be concentrate like they'd be too super focused on getting the trophies as opposed to just playing the DLC.
01:33:17
GREASEDAPOLES
some of the most gorgeous areas of the game. Like I don't want to have to worry about like the shaman village or the crypt where you find where Micolash, you know, cut off a part of her self into a giant hole that you crawl down like that hole, all that imagery of giant coffins that you're jumping down one at a time into this pit of just death. It's odd, man.
01:33:44
BOAH
Yeah.
01:33:44
GREASEDAPOLES
It's just wonderful. It's just such a wonderful experience. And I'm so happy to plan it made me, made me feel good about playing video games.
01:33:56
BOAH
Yeah, especially platinuming a game that you that is that important to you.
01:33:56
GREASEDAPOLES
That's it.
01:33:59
GREASEDAPOLES
Like I, I, this is a thing I, I love, you know,
Warhammer Battles and Nostalgia
01:34:03
GREASEDAPOLES
that was one of those passion moments.
01:34:03
BOAH
Just like that, just like having platinum Final Fantasy 7 rebirth, right?
01:34:07
AstroDev
Oh, yeah, no, I I don't hate myself.
01:34:08
BOAH
And Final Fantasy 7.
01:34:11
AstroDev
No, I ah I opted to pass on that one.
01:34:12
BOAH
Oh, wait.
01:34:14
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, there's very few, there's very few things in anything and I would
01:34:15
BOAH
Is there? How grinding is it? How grin how grinding would it be? Devin, would you be able to go back like maybe a couple of years from now and go back and play if you want to play it again, you'd be able to do it or is it still super grinding?
01:34:26
AstroDev
I don't know, dude. Yeah, apparently it's like I haven't even looked it up, but they're like it's one of the all time worst games of that. Like the director literally is like, if I he's like, I really regret making it so fucking obnoxious.
01:34:35
Steve-O
Mm hmm.
01:34:38
BOAH
Fucking what a loser. What a fucking dumbass loser like He didn't even think about because like even like even elegant ring. There's your shit that like you would think would be a trophy For just being super grimy like beating millennia's isn't a trophy I don't think you know what I mean like they don't even throw that on you so that like they they put they put the the thought into it from software does but fucking so Tetsuo no mirror.
01:34:52
GREASEDAPOLES
Right.
01:34:53
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:34:53
GREASEDAPOLES
No.
01:34:56
GREASEDAPOLES
Because they know it's a challenge. They know they don't want you to...
01:35:05
BOAH
No mirror. I can't do it He's too busy.
01:35:07
AstroDev
Hmm.
01:35:07
Steve-O
I thought you were going to say Tony Hawk.
01:35:07
AstroDev
Well, it wasn't. Yeah.
01:35:08
Steve-O
Tony Hawk can't do it.
01:35:09
BOAH
He's too busy
01:35:10
GREASEDAPOLES
Tony all can do it.
01:35:10
BOAH
He's too busy fucking dying his hair blonde so he can keep looking like cloud with his whole life to it's to worry about that kind of shit Fuck out of here, man last stand this is John Marston's last stand is that that's your moment of the year Is it really it's like similar
01:35:14
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:35:18
Steve-O
ah Hey, we're not here to talk about Final Fantasy anymore because we're talking about but we're we're talking about a big space marine two moment. Devin, you want to set the scene?
01:35:30
AstroDev
Yeah, sure. I hinted at it. Dude, essentially, yes. So, yeah.
01:35:38
Steve-O
Yeah, yeah.
01:35:39
AstroDev
So John, I mean, listen, if you, if you look up any sort of like Warhammer iconography, like if you just Google, yeah.
01:35:39
BOAH
Oh shit, it's sad? Fuck. It's sad? God.
01:35:46
BOAH
Let me look this up. I'm just gonna look it up right now. Space Marine 2.
01:35:50
AstroDev
Yeah. If you just Google kind of Warhammer art, uh, you'll see something like this.
01:35:51
BOAH
Last stand. He dies just like John does.
01:35:55
AstroDev
No, but, uh, at this point you and your squad are kind of, you're dug in, you meet up with some remnants of some other Marines. and things are looking pretty dire.
01:36:06
AstroDev
And at some point, the standard bearers are a big deal in the war hammer for the day.
01:36:10
BOAH
This is the defend the banner scene, that's what this is.
01:36:12
AstroDev
Yes, yeah, yeah. So banners are called ancients in the war hammer, like in the lore, ah basically.
01:36:14
BOAH
I'm gonna watch it right now.
01:36:18
AstroDev
It's their job to hold up the banner, which is super fucking important.
01:36:21
BOAH
Dude this looks like fucking, this looks like a fucking, the end of a Destiny raid, but like that's what this looks like.
01:36:26
AstroDev
Yeah, it's so fucking cool, dude. um But essentially the guy dies the banners about the fall over which is like fucking immense mental damage to everyone in Yeah It's it's just like a holy relic ah to to the space marines It's like generally a banner means you know, there's some like Saints bones or something like that in there or just you know, I
01:36:36
Steve-O
You can't let it touch the dirt, dude.
01:36:36
BOAH
Yeah, what yeah what happened what is that what is the significance of the banner like being up?
01:36:51
BOAH
It's like the Arizona Diamondbacks playing their flag at Citizens Bank Park after they beat the Phillies.
01:36:55
AstroDev
Yeah. Think that, but on like a planetary scale. I honestly, so the guy dies.
01:36:59
BOAH
OK, all right.
01:37:00
AstroDev
He just fucking grabs it and he's like, hold fast. And then it literally just transports you into like, you know, any sort of like you Google Warhammer 40 K and you see the artwork, like it just transports you to that moment.
01:37:14
AstroDev
And you just got your gun and you're fucking shooting people are just mowing, you know, these demons down. Some of them are falling down. You know, friends are trying to drag each other up.
01:37:22
BOAH
you what what how
01:37:23
Steve-O
Yeah, it's it's so cool. The audio around you.
01:37:24
BOAH
You're explaining right you're explaining you explain it right now and everything you're saying is happening on the screen. I guess I pressed right this at the right time.
01:37:29
AstroDev
Yeah, it's so cool, dude.
01:37:30
Steve-O
Yeah, there's like people being like, oh, my legs off.
01:37:34
BOAH
Yeah, yeah yeah just um yeah he's got a pistol.
01:37:34
Steve-O
And you're just sitting there holding the banner with a pit. You have your fucking heavy. Well, is it not a heavy bolt? It's the pistol, right?
01:37:41
AstroDev
Yeah, you got your heavy bolt pistol and you're just fucking mowing dudes down your protect. Yeah, and they're like, brother.
01:37:47
BOAH
Tap it into your backup brain. You're tapping into your backup brain.
01:37:49
AstroDev
Brother, I'm out of ammo. Yeah. And, uh, you know, it's just a wonderful it. Like I, I got to that point. I immediately took about 5,000 screenshots.
01:38:00
BOAH
i be
01:38:00
AstroDev
Uh, Oh my God. Cause you just go through this thing because what am I to?
01:38:02
BOAH
oh Oh shit, there it is.
01:38:04
Steve-O
It's cool, it's it's so cool.
01:38:05
BOAH
The guy dropped. The guy just dropped down and started fire firing it.
01:38:08
AstroDev
Yeah. Do one of my favorite things ever.
01:38:10
BOAH
At the Emperor, is that the Emperor?
01:38:13
AstroDev
No.
01:38:14
BOAH
No, the guy that looks like cable.
01:38:14
AstroDev
Uh,
01:38:15
Steve-O
that's not that's the That's the leader of your chapter.
01:38:16
AstroDev
oh oh
01:38:17
BOAH
OK, Lord Lord Kalgar.
01:38:17
AstroDev
yeah action i oh god Yeah, I'm taking fucking Dino damage right now chug to me you're blowing off
01:38:20
Steve-O
Oh, you know Devin just took mental damage.
01:38:23
BOAH
Sorry.
01:38:27
BOAH
Wait, you said this was like John Mars's last day and you don't even die at the end here.
01:38:31
Steve-O
Well, yo, dude, okay, so imagine this.
01:38:32
AstroDev
How could you you're you're genetically Yeah, and he goes he goes yeah he goes
01:38:33
Steve-O
Imagine this in Red Dead 1. Imagine if Dutch came out of nowhere and just started fucking kicking ass. That's what happened. We're going to Tahiti, John! no
01:38:44
BOAH
we're gonna sell burgos in the heat I had a plan John.
01:38:44
GREASEDAPOLES
yeah
01:38:46
Steve-O
with
01:38:47
BOAH
I told you I had a plan Go birds cuz he's from Philly cuz Dutch mandolin and was born he was born in Philly you see go birds John I
01:38:48
Steve-O
ah
01:38:49
AstroDev
Yeah. And he lands and he fucking grief me, dude.
01:38:52
Steve-O
i mean
01:38:54
AstroDev
And his blade guard shows up and he goes.
01:38:57
GREASEDAPOLES
Go bird!
01:38:58
Steve-O
Go, birds!
01:39:00
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:39:00
GREASEDAPOLES
Go bird!
01:39:00
AstroDev
is the philly boy
01:39:02
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, that would be and be a bird flag.
01:39:04
AstroDev
a he
01:39:06
GREASEDAPOLES
I'll turn the game next week.
01:39:06
AstroDev
Yeah. no
01:39:08
BOAH
You know what when you explain it that way Steve I get it I get it now I get it I get it Just got you got to explain things reusing using Dutch Vandalin now and then I'll get all start understanding you guys oh Man, it's funny Okay, I mean even see this is even Steve's moment here he's not even a Warhammer guy That's pretty good.
01:39:12
AstroDev
yeah
01:39:15
GREASEDAPOLES
freaking Dallas fans coming through the portal.
01:39:15
AstroDev
but yeah
01:39:18
GREASEDAPOLES
Shoot them.
01:39:25
AstroDev
Yeah, ah but yeah, no, things are looking dire and then Lord Kalgar shows up. Yeah. Because it's fucked and you know.
01:39:36
BOAH
That's pretty good
01:39:36
Steve-O
it's ah It's a great game.
01:39:37
AstroDev
what
01:39:37
Steve-O
It is a great game. Space Marine 2 is a great game. This moment though, it like Devin said, it was everything from like the covers of the Warhammer books.
01:39:47
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:39:47
Steve-O
It just brings it to life and you get to play it.
01:39:49
BOAH
Right.
01:39:50
AstroDev
and And I'll be honest, one of my all time favorite thing.
01:39:53
BOAH
Did you cry, Devin?
01:39:54
AstroDev
Now, God, no, because I knew I fucking knew, but yeah now listen, one of my all time favorite things in the hobby in general and probably of all time is dioramas.
01:39:58
GREASEDAPOLES
We cried. We cried a little bit.
01:40:05
AstroDev
I love Warhammer dioramas. It's one of my favorite things ever. And this is like boom.
01:40:10
BOAH
And you loved those those halo diorama commercials that bungees to put out they They did rule they did rule they were incredible And you really it looked like you were living in the diorama right then Like that yeah, they weren't like the paramount guys that made the halo TV show that had no idea that had no idea what they were doing at all and
01:40:14
AstroDev
Honestly, those fucking rule, dude, absolutely. Yeah. But, uh, yeah, it's, uh, awesome. And yeah, no, literally it's like they knew exactly what they were doing. And I was like, I see you.
01:40:37
AstroDev
Oh my god you know honestly God. Honestly, like exactly. Right. It's like, they were like, no, we get it. Like we know.
01:40:44
BOAH
No, we understand that this is sensitive source material, and we're going to take care of it.
01:40:48
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:40:48
BOAH
And we're going to do a good job because you could tell it's important to them too.
01:40:53
AstroDev
Yeah, but like, John, this is literally one of the first images of like a war hammer, like battle that like, it's like the rogue trader box art essentially.
01:41:02
BOAH
Right.
01:41:03
AstroDev
And it's like, yeah, you see that and you're like,
01:41:04
BOAH
and you And you saw that. Yeah.
01:41:07
AstroDev
Oh, yeah, this this I like this.
01:41:07
BOAH
OK.
01:41:10
AstroDev
It spoke to my brain as a child. And I was like, i this is cool. And then, yeah, it's like they basically they make their bones off of these types of things. So it was just let's transport you here and then just look around.
01:41:24
AstroDev
You know, I like I said, I went in the photo mode and I just kind of explored every nook and cranny of that shit.
01:41:24
BOAH
That's pretty cool.
01:41:30
AstroDev
And I was so pleasantly Let me say surprise. I was just like, so just like, yes, perfect. This is exactly what I wanted.
01:41:40
BOAH
Every game needs a photo mode.
01:41:42
AstroDev
Dude, it.
01:41:42
BOAH
And it kind of sucks that not every game has one.
01:41:42
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:41:46
BOAH
Like, does Final Fantasy VII have it? The new ones?
01:41:48
AstroDev
It does. Yeah.
01:41:49
GREASEDAPOLES
yeah Yeah Well, I got I reached my limit and then I stopped playing the game it's god there i I can't take about any shots.
01:41:49
AstroDev
But like, honestly. ah Yeah, yeah, he's got plenty of Tifa of squirt.
01:41:51
BOAH
Oh yeah, I mean, Chris is like, oh yeah, oh yeah, I've taken plenty of screenshots of titties, TV's titties. Oh, of course. Chris is like, objection, your honor.
01:42:03
AstroDev
Right out of this me This is ridiculous Yeah, but uh, yeah dude last stand I'll protect the banner and then Marty's Calgar shows up technically the chapter master But not the guy in charge.
01:42:10
GREASEDAPOLES
I'm Absolutely ridiculous
01:42:14
BOAH
That's pretty cool.
01:42:21
GREASEDAPOLES
Marty McFly.
01:42:23
AstroDev
That's for boot take Gilliman. Thank you so much.
01:42:26
BOAH
Oh, my God, listen to this guy.
01:42:27
AstroDev
Oh My goodness Yeah
01:42:28
GREASEDAPOLES
Robert Gulliman.
01:42:28
BOAH
He's going in.
01:42:30
Steve-O
Robert Goulet.
01:42:30
BOAH
Look what you did, Stevie. Look what you did, Steve. You enabled them now.
01:42:33
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:42:34
Steve-O
All right.
01:42:34
AstroDev
I was triggered.
01:42:35
Steve-O
Well, you know what? Let me, let me enable the best boss of 2024.
Elden Ring DLC and Boss Designs
01:42:40
Steve-O
The big bad, who's, who who's, who's spitting some hate at you this year.
01:42:48
Steve-O
bo
01:42:48
BOAH
ah Chris, since Chris already went through the whole Egon thing all Tackle tack on that and that was my favorite boss fight fighting bail the dread. I thought that was and it's because of Egon fucking soliloquy if you will and fucking and it He doesn't really fuck he doesn't say fuck Chris he says curse you bail There's some there's some like
01:43:05
Steve-O
Chris, how did that start?
01:43:07
GREASEDAPOLES
Fuck you, Bill!
01:43:14
GREASEDAPOLES
I know, but that's the only F-bomb I wanted in that game.
01:43:18
AstroDev
Don't shut my dick, Bail!
01:43:18
GREASEDAPOLES
That's it. That would have been good, too. Eat my ass, Bill!
01:43:25
BOAH
There's some, like, super legendary dragon fights in the game as a whole, but this one's pretty, pretty awesome, too.
01:43:30
GREASEDAPOLES
It is lovely. He is a fucking mess to when you fight him. He's literally has that a dragon head hanging off of him.
01:43:39
BOAH
Yeah, did fucking, um... Whatchamacall... What's his name? Fucking... Bite off bite off of a P...
01:43:44
GREASEDAPOLES
Let's do the next plot.
01:43:45
BOAH
Plus suited... That fucking boss fight...
01:43:46
GREASEDAPOLES
Platt, suck my dick.
01:43:48
BOAH
That... That... Boss fight is fucking...
01:43:50
GREASEDAPOLES
Actually, I think it was I think it was grand next or whatever.
01:43:50
BOAH
Is ass. It's so good.
01:43:55
GREASEDAPOLES
I'm not 100% sure.
01:43:55
BOAH
Oh, uh, what's his name the fucking the one from the the Lich Dragon for the sacks or whatever the that dude The guy from the fucking um from the deeper deaths that one it was fucking is it in the DLC or the base game?
01:44:03
GREASEDAPOLES
oh
01:44:03
AstroDev
sounded like he's made something. like
01:44:07
GREASEDAPOLES
No, it wasn't let's try and it was the guy you fight in the dragon hair documentary man Losing all this stuff and playing so long In in the base game, he's the the big listen it is placenta sacks.
01:44:21
BOAH
The citizens the time travel is Yeah, the time travel boss fight, right? Where you go in the grave, the thing.
01:44:26
GREASEDAPOLES
Yes So bail and placenta sacks fought each other and basically crippled each other and then hit one of his heads is hanging off of bail.
01:44:34
BOAH
Yeah, because Placidusax is missing a couple of fucking heads. He should look like King Ghidorah.
01:44:43
BOAH
That's right, yeah, so Baal has one of his heads, right?
01:44:45
GREASEDAPOLES
Yes, so it's clamped onto the side of him and his one wing is ripped off.
01:44:46
BOAH
Yeah. Hey, that's say so So sick.
01:44:51
GREASEDAPOLES
So he's got that like bone jagged bone shard that he's just jamming into the ground and there's just flame
01:44:53
BOAH
That's so sick.
01:44:59
BOAH
That's so cool.
01:44:59
GREASEDAPOLES
piling up from the ground because he's like this weird magma dragon.
01:45:01
BOAH
And it doesn't even like he doesn't even move like a dragon. he It's weird.
01:45:06
GREASEDAPOLES
Yes, he's weirdly fast.
01:45:07
BOAH
He crawls around.
01:45:09
GREASEDAPOLES
When he wants to be like he lunges at you and it's super fast.
01:45:11
BOAH
So sick.
01:45:13
GREASEDAPOLES
It's incredible. And then they give you special weapons to fight him too.
01:45:14
BOAH
So sick.
01:45:18
GREASEDAPOLES
So you get those like dragon Bane spheres.
01:45:18
BOAH
Yeah. The dragon, the dragon light. Spear things, yeah.
01:45:23
GREASEDAPOLES
And then the big dragon Katana that you can use against him that you're supposed to use against him like, oh man,
01:45:26
BOAH
Oh, yeah.
01:45:30
GREASEDAPOLES
That is great.
01:45:30
BOAH
I think I just I just moonveiled his ass, but it but it took me it took me a few times to beat him. I couldn't I didn't want him.
01:45:35
GREASEDAPOLES
Um, listen, I, I, I would choose bail, but I kind of, I chose Midra.
01:45:38
BOAH
um
01:45:43
GREASEDAPOLES
I chose Midra, the, uh, the Lord of the frenzy flame specifically because of the abyssal woods that lead up to it.
01:45:47
BOAH
Yeah, that.
01:45:51
BOAH
Abyss woods and then like the fucking house that you have to get go through to get to him. It's fucking crazy Yeah, that's pretty cool It's like in Resident Evil where you see a bunch of health items just pop up out of nowhere You're like, oh, okay.
01:45:55
GREASEDAPOLES
So you, You show up at this house and there are these bodies out front of the house kneeling with their heads missing. And you're like, Oh, well, that's a, that's a nice sign.
01:46:14
BOAH
So something serious is gonna happen here.
01:46:16
GREASEDAPOLES
And it's this mansion in the middle of this dark, disgusting, miasma death wood.
01:46:16
BOAH
All right
01:46:22
BOAH
Yeah, you get through this whole area without your fucking horse, because your horse is too scared to come out.
01:46:27
GREASEDAPOLES
Yes. Yes.
01:46:29
BOAH
And then you- and this is- this is your prize, is this fucking haunted mansion.
01:46:29
GREASEDAPOLES
And very much like Nosferatu, you know, you're like Hutter, you know, coming up to the castle and the moment you went to the castle, you hear moaning, like in pain.
01:46:46
GREASEDAPOLES
And that's not a great sign, you know, in anything. So you're like, fuck, what the hell is going on?
01:46:51
BOAH
but
01:46:53
GREASEDAPOLES
And you fight your way through it. And it's no, it's no picnic. You know, there's literally insane ghosts that are running around trying to kill you. And then you end up seeing this figure in the, in the distance, in this giant library that you end up in and It's this weird little monk man that's running up to you and he's like, no, leave, please.
01:47:17
GREASEDAPOLES
And he's just trying to kill you and he's just jumping on you. And you notice that he's impaled with something. It's going through his head and there's the fines coming out.
01:47:26
BOAH
Oh yeah, it's the it's from the trailer. was like He's like pulling it out of his eye. He's pulling the sword out of his eye.
01:47:31
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, you kill him and he ends up, there's a cut scene and you see him pull whatever he's impaled on out of his body. And there's this ripping noise, just like he's ripping his own head off.
01:47:45
GREASEDAPOLES
And then what stands before you, the boss fight is Midra and it's this giant figure with a giant flaming sun head with no discernible features.
01:47:56
BOAH
so so sick
01:47:58
GREASEDAPOLES
And it's waltzing around the library because it's a waltz.
01:47:58
BOAH
so so
01:48:01
BOAH
Yeah, the song is actually a waltz the song it's a waltz and he's danced he's literally dancing the waltz, too And I don't know I don't know if you noticed in the song Chris, but did you notice that I?
01:48:09
GREASEDAPOLES
And the the library is igniting.
01:48:09
Steve-O
ah That's cool
01:48:12
GREASEDAPOLES
So it's yellow flame. So all the books are growing up and it's just this beautiful yellow flame.
01:48:21
BOAH
I mean, I I didn't notice myself, but I think Amir told me and then I looked it up later But that you can hear the fucking the violin merchant song playing in that waltz because that's the whole frenzy flame like Whole frenzy flame Lord, it's so crazy.
01:48:31
GREASEDAPOLES
Yes.
01:48:35
GREASEDAPOLES
That's the lore of the merchants being buried alive because they thought they carried the frenzied flame and they were quarantined.
01:48:38
BOAH
It's so good <unk>s So good And I'm not even I'm not even a lore guy and it's so cool
01:48:43
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, it's this lovely mix.
01:48:48
GREASEDAPOLES
It is a lovely mix of lore and of gameplay and of atmosphere and aesthetics. It's everything.
01:48:59
GREASEDAPOLES
that that elven ring really really culminates too yes perfect perfect both both bale and midra are beautiful so i i love them both but midra is my it's my personal
01:49:02
BOAH
In like ah an option in an optional area that you could miss. So it's the most Elden Ring thing like. You don't even have to play it to to beat the DLC this part.
01:49:11
AstroDev
but
01:49:23
AstroDev
So Midra is just an optional.
01:49:23
BOAH
Oh, it was it wasn't Consort Radon. That's not your favorite boss ever.
01:49:27
GREASEDAPOLES
No.
01:49:28
BOAH
The worst.
01:49:30
GREASEDAPOLES
No.
01:49:31
BOAH
The worst boss that they had to nerf, because he was so bad.
01:49:36
GREASEDAPOLES
Well, that's the other achievement I got is I beat them pre-nerve. Again.
01:49:40
AstroDev
Whoa.
01:49:40
GREASEDAPOLES
Two times, bitch!
01:49:40
AstroDev
Okay.
01:49:41
GREASEDAPOLES
Two times, bitch!
01:49:44
BOAH
Yeah, that was that was the joke. It's like, oh, the final boss of this is just pre-patched Radon from the first game.
01:49:53
GREASEDAPOLES
It's like, I've seen this bitch before.
01:49:53
BOAH
Have fun.
01:49:55
GREASEDAPOLES
Let's go.
01:49:56
BOAH
Oh, man.
01:49:57
GREASEDAPOLES
but Great wonderful.
01:49:58
BOAH
ah ah
01:50:00
GREASEDAPOLES
All right, I'm done
01:50:03
Steve-O
Good stuff, good stuff. I'll go next. um So this is from a ah very popular remake of an RPG, a very big RPG that came out a few years back.
01:50:15
Steve-O
It is Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door.
Creative Gameplay Mechanics
01:50:20
Steve-O
It is the boss battle against
01:50:20
GREASEDAPOLES
Kind of look like
01:50:21
AstroDev
I remember that game. yeah
01:50:25
BOAH
Is this the final boss?
01:50:26
Steve-O
This is not the final boss. So pretty much, um, you end up in kind of like a weird, scary, like Halloween sort of town and the villagers are all like scared to leave their homes and they keep getting turned into pigs.
01:50:42
AstroDev
sorry
01:50:43
Steve-O
I think it was pigs. I'm trying to remember because I played it at the beginning of the year, but like, you know, they're just like, there's just like things are happening. We keep, you know, people are just getting turned into pigs. And so like you go on and they're like, you need to go take down the guy who's doing this. Like this, this guy's messing with our village, ruining our way of life. You Mario and your gang, you go up there, you go take care of it. You go in, you burst, you climb the tower, you burst into the upstairs attic.
01:51:12
Steve-O
to find this guy in this spooky Halloween world. And you just come across just like this guy sitting in a recliner, watching TV. He's he's got like a little ghost sheet on him over him.
01:51:24
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, it's like, do you ever see what's under the sheet? This is just how.
01:51:27
Steve-O
No, no, it's just him. He's just like a little ghost sheet. And um you it's like, all right, it's boss time. And like, you're ready. You're pumped. And this guy is such a freaking pushover, dude. You whoop his ass. And it's like, oh, that was easy. I really got built up for this like really cheesy little fight. And everybody's like, all right, yeah, go Mario. Let's go. Mario saved the village. Let's go. Mario's the big hero. But you stay with the bad guy that you just fought, duplice. You just stay with him.
01:52:06
Steve-O
And ah suddenly things kind of become clear. Dude, duplicitous power is that he basically just takes over your body.
01:52:15
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh.
01:52:15
Steve-O
So he became Mario and everyone is champion, the bad guy. And you're stuck as the bad guy in this moment. And you're like, Oh God, I have to like, literally, I'm just this like little monster in a sheet.
01:52:27
Steve-O
Um, and so the only way to defeat Dupless is to find out his name now. I'm spoiling his name unfortunately But even in the game is the games like type out my name if you want to do any damage to me and the problem is Like where the like the little like, you know, the little text box pops up where you type their name in The D is missing You can't type his name.
01:52:51
AstroDev
Oh.
01:52:53
Steve-O
You have to go and find the the the D as an item in the world in know order to put it back on the text box. And then you get into probably one of the most exciting fights because he is playing as you, as your Mario.
01:53:06
Steve-O
He has all your moves that you've been doing the entire game. He has your entire party and he's literally just having the fight. You are playing as the weak ass boss that you had to fight against
01:53:19
AstroDev
Dude, this is literally the capping ginyu fight in Dragon Ball Z.
01:53:22
Steve-O
Yeah, no, it's awesome.
01:53:23
AstroDev
It's like a link to the exact same thing, yeah.
01:53:24
Steve-O
It's awesome. Yeah, it's it's so fun. ah This game is like filled with just great boss fights. And this is just i like, I had a time picking which one that I wanted to bring, but like, there's just so many like good gimmicks going on that like, this is the one I wanted to highlight.
01:53:38
Steve-O
And this is the game that I never played back in the day.
01:53:41
GREASEDAPOLES
Hmm.
01:53:41
Steve-O
So getting to play it for the first time this year, I was like, Oh, okay. And the song for this fight, and you've probably heard it before. It's a banger. It's a bop. So definitely big thumbs up.
01:53:50
GREASEDAPOLES
Hmm.
Romance in Gaming
01:53:53
Steve-O
Good experience for 2024.
01:53:55
AstroDev
All right, nice.
01:53:57
GREASEDAPOLES
Devon, you're next.
01:53:57
BOAH
I never played that.
01:53:58
AstroDev
All right. ah So, Chris, let me ask you, did you get to this point in the game?
01:54:02
GREASEDAPOLES
Hmm.
01:54:05
GREASEDAPOLES
Uh, nope.
01:54:06
BOAH
He beat it.
01:54:06
AstroDev
You did not.
01:54:06
BOAH
Didn't you beat it, Chris?
01:54:07
AstroDev
OK.
01:54:07
GREASEDAPOLES
No, I didn't mean it.
01:54:08
AstroDev
Chris fucking scrubbed out, dude.
01:54:09
BOAH
You know, all good for you, Chris. yes Best surprise of the year, Chris finally accepting that he doesn't that he doesn't have to beat this game that's so grindy.
01:54:15
AstroDev
Chris scrubbed out.
01:54:20
GREASEDAPOLES
Now I did that thing they that like when they change dealers in casinos where I just put my hands and I'm like new dealer I'm done well i don't care i don't care about you but ah' Isn't it obvious and then i will
01:54:27
Steve-O
but
01:54:28
AstroDev
yeah
01:54:28
Steve-O
Chris Chris walked away from that game and he he was like Will Smith in that one first Prince episode where he's like, why don't he love me no more, man?
01:54:35
BOAH
yeah
01:54:36
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:54:37
BOAH
Well, how come you don't want me, man?
01:54:41
Steve-O
ah dude Come on cake cake quick or whatever his name is.
01:54:45
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:54:45
Steve-O
What was his name kid kid G?
01:54:46
GREASEDAPOLES
who
01:54:47
AstroDev
Okay, G.
01:54:48
GREASEDAPOLES
oh Yeah, well, you know he didn't show up enough for my liking right now Figured I mean I'm not that's not a spoiler
01:54:48
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:54:48
Steve-O
good she Okay, not enough kid G
01:54:53
AstroDev
You sick in me, yeah ah So you fight Vincent down so Vincent Valentine is in the game. He is not Yes, ah but he's not part of your you know, he's not in the squad.
01:55:05
BOAH
Man, Big Vince V?
01:55:07
AstroDev
Yeah big big Vince V He's super No, so he's not he is
01:55:09
BOAH
is he set Is he sexy in this one too, like he is in the 97?
01:55:12
Steve-O
Is he optional? Do you have to like go and find him?
01:55:17
BOAH
can you Can you romance him?
01:55:20
AstroDev
actually kind of kind of yes, so in him I believe ah Kate Sith and Sid all come with you on your date if like for whatever reason you just Or fit with everybody else I think Yeah, if you fill it with your romance No, no, I got a yeah, I do I got no I got a bear it dude
01:55:21
BOAH
As Cloud?
01:55:26
BOAH
Damn. Yeah, damn.
01:55:34
GREASEDAPOLES
nice
01:55:37
BOAH
So if you fuck up your romance with everyone else a lot you could fuck you could fuck Vincent Valentine as a as a pity fuck later You got Tifa, right?
01:55:38
GREASEDAPOLES
Nice Did you do that?
01:55:47
BOAH
You did Tifa, right?
01:55:49
GREASEDAPOLES
He got Barrett.
01:55:50
AstroDev
ah very
01:55:51
BOAH
Wait you you didn't romance Tifa you didn't kiss her on the ferris wheel why What you fucked it up with Tifa oh Man, dude, that's my disappointment of the year right there
01:55:53
AstroDev
I tried. It's just I i fucking gel the most. bear Yeah, dude. I don't. Yeah, I mean, yeah.
01:56:03
GREASEDAPOLES
my Mine was Tifa going into it and then.
01:56:06
AstroDev
Yeah, well.
01:56:07
BOAH
Everybody romanced Tifa. You can even get Aerith.
01:56:10
AstroDev
Well, so there's two, right? There's two, there's two like.
01:56:12
BOAH
Fucking flat, flat ass elves.
01:56:15
AstroDev
There's two dates you kind of go on, right?
01:56:16
Steve-O
Mm hmm.
01:56:16
AstroDev
There's the first time you're a golden saucer and then there's the second time we'd go back.
01:56:18
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
01:56:20
AstroDev
And that's where like the big date scene kind of happens.
01:56:23
BOAH
Where you can kiss Tifa on the Ferris wheel and you fuck that up.
01:56:23
GREASEDAPOLES
Mmm.
01:56:26
AstroDev
Yeah, I fucked it up. I.
01:56:28
BOAH
Oh man, wait, did you try and you fucked it up?
01:56:29
AstroDev
I. Yeah, yeah, because um basically you have you have like.
01:56:33
BOAH
Oh man, you should have scum saved.
01:56:36
AstroDev
No, no, no, because is what happens, right, is that in the game, you I love this is the boss fight conversation, but in the game,
01:56:36
BOAH
You should have scum saved.
01:56:43
BOAH
so sorry I'm sorry, but like the fact that you that you didn't romance Eva's like is really like throwing me off here Dude, how could you even like the game?
01:56:47
AstroDev
Yeah, no generational L dude. Yeah. Uh, no, cause in the game, not in the game, you yeah, I know.
01:56:56
BOAH
You didn't even get to nut on those fat
01:57:00
GREASEDAPOLES
He nutted on Barrett's fat titties, man.
01:57:03
AstroDev
I bear i i ah have a, arm fetish now, dude.
01:57:08
Steve-O
Come on, give me that mako, Devin.
01:57:10
BOAH
This is your game of the year.
01:57:11
GREASEDAPOLES
oh
01:57:12
BOAH
This is gonna be your game of the year.
01:57:12
GREASEDAPOLES
but
01:57:13
BOAH
You didn't even get the fucking nut in Tifa.
01:57:16
GREASEDAPOLES
I'll gargle it, Michael.
01:57:19
AstroDev
Let me come on that gun arm, dude.
01:57:19
GREASEDAPOLES
Give me that Michael.
01:57:19
Steve-O
ah
01:57:21
BOAH
Fucking nut, nut on a bear's back.
01:57:23
Steve-O
Release it back to mother Gaia.
01:57:23
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:57:25
BOAH
Jesus Christ, man.
01:57:27
GREASEDAPOLES
Somebody's getting back shots.
01:57:28
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:57:28
GREASEDAPOLES
It was Barrett all along.
01:57:28
AstroDev
Yeah. yeah there he would be ma out
01:57:30
BOAH
I can't
01:57:30
Steve-O
and
01:57:32
GREASEDAPOLES
Barrett's back shots.
01:57:33
AstroDev
yeah
01:57:33
BOAH
believe this shit. Sorry, all digress, digress.
01:57:35
AstroDev
but No, but yeah, but to quickly kind of explain what happens is in many points of the game, you can do like side quests and there's like a basically you can respond.
01:57:46
BOAH
You fucked Barrett instead of T-mother, which is, that's insane.
01:57:47
AstroDev
Yeah, yeah. You can respond with like three different ways, ones like Max, ones made and ones like they'll be mad at you. And just me and Barrett bro down the most.
01:57:58
AstroDev
And then he's the fucking guy. He's like, hey, what are you doing? I'm not doing anything.
01:58:04
BOAH
Oh, you want to hang out with our shirts off in the fucking bathroom?
01:58:06
AstroDev
And I was like, are you fucking kidding me?
01:58:06
GREASEDAPOLES
So romantic.
01:58:09
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:58:10
GREASEDAPOLES
So romantic.
01:58:11
AstroDev
Hey, you want to see my abs? I was like, yes.
01:58:15
GREASEDAPOLES
Sure.
01:58:15
BOAH
He actually asked you that oh, yeah, you never know dude Bro listen listen I listen I tried I tried to kiss I tried to kiss River as a straight V straight male V in cyberpunk so So, you know Turn me down.
01:58:15
AstroDev
Oh, no, no, he doesn't fucking ask me.
01:58:20
AstroDev
John, I'm going to link you.
01:58:21
Steve-O
See, we come from the Mass Effect universe, Devin.
01:58:23
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, dude.
01:58:24
Steve-O
That stuff's doable.
01:58:24
GREASEDAPOLES
I'm from the Baldur's Gate 3 universe, man.
01:58:27
Steve-O
Oh my god, yeah, Chris is like next gen, man.
01:58:29
AstroDev
Yeah. Yeah.
01:58:29
GREASEDAPOLES
I'll be fucking married in no time.
01:58:29
Steve-O
We can't.
01:58:34
AstroDev
I, yeah.
01:58:38
GREASEDAPOLES
turn down
01:58:41
BOAH
He's wasn't into it wasn't into it Chris
01:58:43
AstroDev
Yeah.
01:58:43
GREASEDAPOLES
that's got of say
01:58:44
BOAH
Is that sad? Isn't that sad? No, but like, did you do his, did you do his quest yet, Chris?
01:58:49
GREASEDAPOLES
No, not yet. No, I just been doing Judy and Judy is adorable Judy is the cutest person alive
01:58:51
BOAH
Oh, okay. All right. Listen, you might fall in love with him too, Chris. You're gonna, you might fall.
01:58:56
AstroDev
ah You know, if Chris tries to kiss, it's, uh,
01:58:58
BOAH
I know, but, but Judy, but it would be weird if Judy was Big Spoon. At least River has those big fucking arms that can, that can swallow you whole. Pun, pun not intended.
01:59:09
GREASEDAPOLES
I'm a female V, so anything's possible.
01:59:10
AstroDev
All right, so so Vincent Valentine All right, no back shots No, so uh, he's an optional character in the original game, ah but obviously he's like fuck like the Vegeta, right?
01:59:11
BOAH
All right. All right. All right.
01:59:15
BOAH
Sorry, sorry.
01:59:16
GREASEDAPOLES
Sorry, no back shots for Vincent Valentine.
01:59:17
BOAH
Sorry, sorry, sorry, yeah.
01:59:18
GREASEDAPOLES
My bad ah bad. My bad, my bad, my bad.
01:59:27
GREASEDAPOLES
You have
01:59:28
AstroDev
He's so popular
01:59:28
BOAH
Now everybody loves Vincent Valentine, dude.
01:59:30
AstroDev
Right, right.
01:59:30
GREASEDAPOLES
it?
01:59:30
AstroDev
So so you meet Vincent in a similar way, right?
01:59:31
Steve-O
Vincent.
01:59:32
GREASEDAPOLES
Fan favorite, fan favorite.
01:59:34
BOAH
Yeah.
01:59:35
AstroDev
ah And at the end of like the little area that you're in, essentially the dungeon, he's like, yo, I can't like, I'm the security guard. I can't let you leave. And Vincent, if you don't know, has really unique limit breaks in the original game.
01:59:50
AstroDev
It's like just a big attack. He turns into different creatures. He turns into like ah it's called the galleon bees. He turns into like a fucking Frankenstein. Essentially, he turns into a Jason Voorhees and then he turns it like the devil.
01:59:59
Steve-O
Mm.
02:00:05
AstroDev
Right. And then you play is that character. It's it's kind of it's unique compared to the rest game. ah So this Vincent basically turns into his first limit break, the galleon beast, and it is an all time. It's it's honestly one of the most fun boss fights in the game. It's different modes. Visually, it's wonderful. It's cool because you're having this brand new interaction with Vincent. It's kind of, you know, I'm not going to lie, it's it's basically fan service for dudes that doesn't involve boobies because I'm just like, oh, my God, this is the fucking coolest thing in the world.
02:00:40
AstroDev
Uh, and then, uh, my personal play through. I was, I was having quite the difficult time with his boss. And then I fucking finished it out with the last second limit break.
02:00:53
AstroDev
And, uh, it was quite cinematic in my opinion. Uh, and then I beat him and then Vincent's like, all right, that's cool. And then later on, he joins the squad, uh, in a fun, cool way, but yeah yeah bears.
02:01:06
BOAH
And then Barrett was like, here's your prize. Me.
02:01:08
GREASEDAPOLES
hey
02:01:09
AstroDev
like Hey, I noticed you were sweating.
02:01:10
BOAH
my My butthole.
02:01:11
GREASEDAPOLES
I shaved everything.
02:01:12
AstroDev
You're sweating really heavily.
02:01:12
BOAH
My butthole. Stick it in my butthole, please, cloud.
02:01:14
AstroDev
Yeah.
02:01:15
GREASEDAPOLES
I know you like it shaved.
02:01:16
AstroDev
Yeah. So John, I mean, actually, I think on the date, Barrett yelled at me about whether or not, like who I'm going to hook up with. You need to make a decision, boy.
02:01:23
BOAH
Oh, because he.
02:01:26
AstroDev
Yeah. He yells at me.
02:01:27
BOAH
Boy.
02:01:27
AstroDev
Boy. Yeah. So, uh, not literally, well, Barrett's the one I went on the date with and, uh, I mean,
02:01:29
BOAH
Wait, so who did you actually end up romancing in the game? I need to know now.
02:01:32
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, it's better.
02:01:35
BOAH
I know, but like like, who did you end up with? Like, was it Barrett?
02:01:40
AstroDev
No, it's not like the game works no I mean Barrett was the guy.
02:01:43
BOAH
That's what you fucking said!
02:01:43
GREASEDAPOLES
in, Dave.
02:01:44
BOAH
That's what you fucking said, so that's what I was asking. So did you end up with Tifa or Aerith? Or Barrett? Nobody? You end up with nobody?
02:01:53
AstroDev
I mean Barrett's the guy I went on the date with.
02:01:55
BOAH
Dude, you, man, you really, you really botched that, huh?
02:01:58
AstroDev
ah you fuck Well, I mean, you know, I bought or did I just find a best friend?
02:02:00
BOAH
And it's not like, it's not like Mass Effect where you can fuck everybody, no questions.
02:02:03
AstroDev
Yeah. I mean, I Kind of think of it like when you bro down with Garris, you know, you're like, all right, this is cool.
02:02:10
BOAH
You can still kiss him.
02:02:10
AstroDev
I like.
02:02:12
BOAH
OK, or you could try.
02:02:12
AstroDev
Well, as the if only if your femme ship femme ship.
02:02:15
BOAH
Oh, yeah, that was a different time where where EA didn't believe in, you know, that kind of thing.
02:02:17
AstroDev
Yeah. at Different time. Yeah.
02:02:21
AstroDev
Yeah. Where characters had their own sexual orientation as opposed to just everyone.
02:02:22
BOAH
Whatever. Right. And
Game of the Year Discussion
02:02:25
BOAH
and from then at CD Projekt Reds kind of seem similar.
02:02:30
AstroDev
Yeah.
02:02:31
BOAH
They lock you out in a fucking cyberpunk game.
02:02:32
AstroDev
I mean, listen, I respect that. I prefer that. I like it when characters are like characters and they're not just there for you to fuck. Crazy, crazy take, I know.
02:02:40
GREASEDAPOLES
yeah you were insane You're an insane person and we're never going to bring that up again.
02:02:43
AstroDev
Yeah.
02:02:46
AstroDev
But ah no, honestly, um yeah, the the galley beast fight is sick and I was really hoping Chris would have gotten to that point.
02:02:46
BOAH
All Chris is happy if you notice Chris has been happier since he stopped playing that game Chris you ain't you don't have shit.
02:02:53
AstroDev
But, you know, it's fine. Whatever. I'm not just I'm just disappointed.
02:02:56
GREASEDAPOLES
I'm out. New dealer, new dealer.
02:02:58
AstroDev
It's a point, it really.
02:03:02
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
02:03:03
Steve-O
There's a lot more spring in his stem.
02:03:03
AstroDev
but Yeah.
02:03:05
GREASEDAPOLES
I don't, I don't, I don't mega focus on completing things. If I don't like something, I get bored of it. I'm out.
02:03:10
BOAH
Yeah, you don't have shit to prove to anyone Chris.
02:03:12
GREASEDAPOLES
I got nothing to prove to anyone except President Myers.
02:03:13
BOAH
Are you just do you do you? You do you
02:03:18
BOAH
Yeah, keep boosting those cars for el copy town because they get they give you good.
02:03:21
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, dude, I am getting fucking paid.
02:03:22
BOAH
They give you a good of rewards.
02:03:26
GREASEDAPOLES
Holy shit. Okay, let's wrap her up here. We got one more category to go, folks, and that is game of the year.
02:03:37
GREASEDAPOLES
You.
02:03:40
BOAH
That's game I played this year in general.
02:03:46
AstroDev
Yeah, I wonder what.
02:03:46
BOAH
Is it is it cyberpunk is it? Elden rings it Red Dead 2 you know I mean maybe idea idea for new category best game general game you played that's all I was gonna say I was gonna be like Red Dead 1 fucking we did it we made it we fucking made it
02:03:50
Steve-O
See, that's a different question. he john's John's trying to sneak in another question in for this. Best game that came out in 2024, John.
02:04:01
Steve-O
Well, technically, Red Dead Redemption came out for Steam in 2024. I knew it! See?
02:04:15
GREASEDAPOLES
i hate hey i'm um I don't think I'm better than rules at all. I know what my favorite game of the year is.
02:04:20
BOAH
i'm Not gonna do that Hashtag yeah, I know eat my ass is what it says Game release of the year Game content of the year
02:04:21
GREASEDAPOLES
Hands down. Don't even need to think about it, folks. And that is shadow of the earth tree. I am choosing the DLC to elven ring as my game of the year. and Yeah, I know.
02:04:35
GREASEDAPOLES
E my ass.
02:04:40
GREASEDAPOLES
I don't care. I'm just telling you.
02:04:42
AstroDev
game I could download of the year.
02:04:45
GREASEDAPOLES
Spit, you download every game you play.
02:04:48
GREASEDAPOLES
Everybody downloads games.
02:04:48
AstroDev
Yeah, There you go
02:04:49
BOAH
New rules, the game needs a disc release for it to qualify.
02:04:50
GREASEDAPOLES
It doesn't matter anymore. Ha ha! Give me a break.
02:04:54
BOAH
Oh shit, then Balanchro can't win either!
02:04:56
GREASEDAPOLES
This is out, baby!
02:04:57
BOAH
Oops! Fuck! I fucking walked myself into that quarter.
02:05:00
GREASEDAPOLES
You can whittle this down as much as you want. I know the truth. I know what's in my heart. And that is, of course, Shadow of the Entry. I don't even need to explain.
02:05:12
GREASEDAPOLES
It is wonderful. Everybody played it, loved it.
02:05:15
BOAH
Mine is- Mine is Astrobot.
02:05:15
GREASEDAPOLES
Easy peasy!
02:05:18
BOAH
Because it is a game of the year No, you know what you know what else is great Devin, you know what else is great playing Red Dead Redemption 2 made me feel better about about that about astrobot winning and and Super Mario Odyssey never winning one because Reda 2 is still being talked about now in 2020 obviously is obviously it's because GTA 6 is coming out and
02:05:21
AstroDev
I mean, John basically drove into his garage door.
02:05:21
Steve-O
ah ah ah ah
02:05:28
AstroDev
Tell me.
02:05:32
AstroDev
um I'm glad.
02:05:36
AstroDev
I'm glad.
02:05:43
AstroDev
I mean, let's be honest, if Breath of the Wild came out this year, it still would have won.
02:05:48
BOAH
Yeah.
02:05:49
AstroDev
You know, it's just, it's that type of game.
02:05:49
Steve-O
Ah, ah, ah, ah
02:05:50
BOAH
Yeah, it's just that it's just that it was just that kind of year. Yeah.
02:05:53
AstroDev
Yeah.
02:05:54
BOAH
We're got. Well, no, no, no. The year Red Dead laws who lost and lost to God of War.
02:05:59
AstroDev
Yeah, rightfully so.
02:06:00
BOAH
So it's like, oh, yeah, I don't know.
02:06:01
AstroDev
Thank you.
02:06:02
BOAH
Ask me for six months what I think is better game because right now it's Red Dead to the hands down and better better game.
02:06:04
AstroDev
This is God of War Ranger. maybe
02:06:09
BOAH
All right. All right. My mean Steve's games of the year that came out this year.
02:06:18
BOAH
Is
02:06:20
Steve-O
Belatro Bay B, I gotta say, this thing
02:06:23
GREASEDAPOLES
Baladro.
Gaming on the Go and Minigames
02:06:24
Steve-O
is, this this game is a cheat code for for time travel.
02:06:25
GREASEDAPOLES
Baladro.
02:06:27
BOAH
still playing it.
02:06:28
BOAH
I'm still playing it Oh fucking dude No, no real no no real talk
02:06:28
GREASEDAPOLES
Same here.
02:06:29
Steve-O
You basically, you bust this sucker out, you have to go on a flight, you bust this sucker out, you start up a game. Dude, you're already where you need to be.
02:06:36
GREASEDAPOLES
So I heard Steve was going to get on a flight with his dad, but he ended up getting on a flight to New York because he was playing Bellatra the whole time.
02:06:44
AstroDev
Oh, you didn't open the gate.
02:06:45
GREASEDAPOLES
And then he was stuck in New York. He was lost in New York.
02:06:45
Steve-O
Mm.
02:06:48
BOAH
Yo, real talk, uh, Joe Siler went to, uh, Denver to visit his sister a couple of weeks ago and he texted me saying, dude, I, I'm in the airport. I'm playing Bellattro on my phone and a guy next to me was like, what is that?
02:07:02
BOAH
And now he's now, and then he bought it and now he's playing it.
02:07:04
GREASEDAPOLES
yeah
02:07:05
BOAH
yeah I was like, god damn it ah say hell yeah.
02:07:09
AstroDev
i thought
02:07:10
Steve-O
Dude, it's like, it's a mind it's a mind virus.
02:07:10
BOAH
That's what I'm talking about, dude.
02:07:12
Steve-O
It just gets in you and just...
02:07:12
AstroDev
I thought that story was gonna be like, and then I miss my flight.
02:07:17
BOAH
yeah dude it's like It's like the perfect flight game.
02:07:17
AstroDev
I totally fucking miss my flight.
02:07:18
GREASEDAPOLES
Get on the wrong flight.
02:07:18
Steve-O
Man asked me what I was playing. He ended up being my father. Oh my God.
02:07:23
GREASEDAPOLES
Got on the wrong flight, went to a different country, but I enjoyed Bellattro, 10 out of 10.
02:07:28
Steve-O
Balatra taught me how to fight thieves off who tried to take over my house. So thank you, Balatra.
02:07:32
AstroDev
on What?
02:07:33
GREASEDAPOLES
Card games.
02:07:35
AstroDev
Is that a real thing in Bellantro?
02:07:36
Steve-O
That's a real story in Balatra.
02:07:38
AstroDev
There's a plot.
02:07:39
Steve-O
Devin, you you just don't know. You just don't know.
02:07:40
AstroDev
Yeah, I really don't know.
02:07:40
BOAH
Yeah, you didn't play. You didn't really play it.
02:07:42
Steve-O
Show respect to Jimbo.
02:07:42
BOAH
How do you know?
02:07:43
AstroDev
I gave it two hours.
02:07:44
GREASEDAPOLES
Show respect the to Joe. Yeah, show respect on J. Buzz name, alright?
02:07:47
AstroDev
Sorry. Yeah. I don't know. I thought, uh, you know, it's on me. It's on me. you get
02:07:52
BOAH
What was your game with your Devon? I wonder what it was.
02:07:55
Steve-O
Let's say it like that.
02:07:57
AstroDev
Jesus.
02:07:58
Steve-O
What's your game of the year, Devin?
02:08:00
AstroDev
What's your game of the year, brother? Uh, my game of the year is the one that I stuck with.
02:08:03
GREASEDAPOLES
but do you get
02:08:06
AstroDev
I held strong everyone. Uh,
02:08:09
GREASEDAPOLES
well
02:08:10
AstroDev
I, uh, yeah.
02:08:11
GREASEDAPOLES
but
02:08:12
AstroDev
Final Fantasy seven rebirth, baby.
02:08:15
BOAH
Was was, um.
02:08:15
AstroDev
Honestly, it was what?
02:08:18
BOAH
I was gonna say, was it even for remake? my Yeah, it had to be my game of the year last year.
02:08:21
AstroDev
I think so.
02:08:22
Steve-O
Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 1000%.
02:08:22
BOAH
Or else or else I would've killed myself.
02:08:25
AstroDev
Yeah.
02:08:25
BOAH
Yeah, okay, alright, yeah, I just checked.
02:08:27
AstroDev
i Yeah.
02:08:27
Steve-O
Last year was too good.
02:08:27
GREASEDAPOLES
Where do you be at?
02:08:29
Steve-O
Don't don't believe the Paul lie.
02:08:29
BOAH
Yeah.
02:08:31
AstroDev
Oh God. Yeah. The worst.
02:08:33
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, that's kind of ridiculous.
02:08:34
AstroDev
The worst live video games.
02:08:34
BOAH
Don't even get me started, dog. Don't even get me started.
02:08:37
AstroDev
Uh, no, but, uh, yeah, it was five things to seven rebirth. It was the game I was most psyched for. It was the game that's, uh, delivered on almost every front that I wanted it to in it.
02:08:49
BOAH
and Say something bad say something say one thing bad about the game Okay,
02:08:49
AstroDev
Frankly.
02:08:52
AstroDev
Uh, way too many puzzles or no, I'm sorry. Way too many mini games, way too many mini games, mini game hell.
02:08:55
BOAH
are the the minigames yeah Minigame hell and do you have to you have to play those?
02:08:56
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, mini game hell, mini game hell, mini game hell.
02:09:02
AstroDev
Yes.
02:09:02
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
02:09:03
AstroDev
Yeah.
02:09:03
BOAH
Is it like a yakuza thing where they have a bunch of minigames in there?
02:09:03
AstroDev
I mean.
02:09:05
GREASEDAPOLES
Yes, I hate that game.
02:09:09
BOAH
Do you I was gonna I was gonna maybe try to tap I was gonna I was gonna try and tackle that at some point yakuza
02:09:10
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, I do, because I hate fucking minigames.
02:09:10
AstroDev
Yeah, no, no, honestly, it's not as bad with the mini game as the act is ah like.
02:09:17
Steve-O
I'm interested John if if you were to tackle a Yakuza get it on sale They go on sale for like five bucks Yakuza zero see if you like it Just just jump in with zero jump in with zero.
02:09:22
AstroDev
Oh my God, yeah.
02:09:22
BOAH
i Almost bought I almost bought all of them. I almost bought all of them during one of the sales Now
02:09:28
Steve-O
It's the it's the very start of the franchise No, no, no I know but the the nice that the nice thing about zero is it is there is no more front to that game It is the prequel to the entire series It's
02:09:30
BOAH
Steve Steve I have to go hard or else I can't go at all Okay, all right, that's the fit and it's like and it's and it's a little bit more modern too than the then one through three or whatever.
02:09:34
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
02:09:39
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
02:09:46
AstroDev
yeah Yeah.
02:09:46
Steve-O
Yeah.
02:09:46
AstroDev
Yeah. Yes.
02:09:47
Steve-O
Yeah.
02:09:47
BOAH
Yeah, I Wanted to just jump right in the fucking
02:09:48
AstroDev
Yeah. Yeah. One is, well, it doesn't matter.
02:09:52
BOAH
Infinite wealth, just because karaoke stuff.
02:09:55
Steve-O
I'm excited. I'm excited to just jump into the pirate Hawaii game that's coming out next month.
02:09:58
BOAH
A pirate one? No, man.
02:10:00
Steve-O
e
02:10:00
AstroDev
I mean, hey Hey, that one, he has amnesia. So that might be kind of friendly, maybe new, newbie friendly.
02:10:03
GREASEDAPOLES
yeah
02:10:06
BOAH
That's pretty funny.
02:10:07
AstroDev
Uh, no, but yeah, honestly, the thing that kind of stuck with me with rebirth is like, it is such a fucking video game. Like there's just so much game in there that when I did beat it, I was kind of like listless for months.
02:10:21
AstroDev
I really was just like, I don't know.
02:10:22
BOAH
When did that come out? When did you beat it? How long did it take you?
02:10:25
Steve-O
That was like February, right?
02:10:25
BOAH
Like a couple weeks?
02:10:27
AstroDev
It took me like a month, I think.
02:10:28
Steve-O
Was it ended January? Was that like the beginning of the year?
02:10:31
AstroDev
Uh, let me see.
02:10:32
BOAH
What's your hour count on that game?
02:10:34
AstroDev
Uh, not, it's not crazy. It's not like, wait me let me go back and see.
02:10:37
BOAH
Was it like 100 at least? Hondo?
02:10:43
GREASEDAPOLES
I think I was at like 60 or 70.
02:10:46
Steve-O
Yeah, same.
02:10:46
GREASEDAPOLES
What's up?
02:10:47
AstroDev
Yeah.
02:10:49
GREASEDAPOLES
Wait, really?
02:10:49
Steve-O
No, no, no, no, no.
02:10:50
AstroDev
All right.
02:10:51
Steve-O
that
02:10:52
AstroDev
So it came out. So I completed chapter one on February 29. Oh, that's where I came out of like leap year day.
02:11:00
BOAH
Oh, that's how they cheat.
02:11:01
AstroDev
Uh, so. Yeah. Earn date. So what's the newest one? So came out 2020 February 29th. I got.
02:11:15
AstroDev
I beat it on April 13th.
02:11:18
BOAH
Oh, my God, it took you like a whole month.
02:11:18
AstroDev
So it took me. Yeah, it took me. Dude, it fucking really did. There's a lot.
02:11:22
BOAH
What's your hours? What's your hours on it?
02:11:25
AstroDev
I don't think I can check on the app. I thought I could, but.
02:11:29
BOAH
Didn't you see your PlayStation then you see your playstation year in review thing?
02:11:31
AstroDev
Among like the well, oh, yeah, yeah, it wasn't. I think the most was. um
02:11:37
BOAH
Like 80 hours or something?
02:11:40
AstroDev
It's like awkward. i'm I'm like on the app trying to like find it and I really can't.
02:11:45
BOAH
ah Yeah, OK.
02:11:46
AstroDev
You can't see shit on here, but um no, like, honestly, I beat that game and it's there's so big and there's so much of it that I was just kind of like, I think at that point Blotcher had come out, maybe.
02:11:57
AstroDev
Um, and I was just like, Oh, what's the point? Like I just, I was so in a way I burned out, like, frankly, um, because it's just so much, uh, and the ending's really like interesting to me.
02:12:09
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
02:12:11
GREASEDAPOLES
I think I didn't want to get to that point.
02:12:12
AstroDev
Yeah. I yeah and mean, granted, like, I, I, like, I think I gave it like a break for like a week and then I went and did like the Gilgamesh stuff.
02:12:14
GREASEDAPOLES
I was reaching in. I was like, oh, no.
02:12:22
AstroDev
Like after, um, which is, you know, a whole other fucking thing. But ah yeah, like level 70, I got to like 430. Yeah. Yeah. Hell of a game. Hell of an experience. It was just kind of and it was just odd because I was so excited. I beat it. It largely and mostly lived up to all of my expectations. And then it was done and I was like,
02:12:50
AstroDev
you know, depressed is too strong of a word, frankly, but like, I like gamer depression.
02:12:53
BOAH
What did it did it leave at a cliff? Did it leave on a cliffhanger like?
02:12:57
AstroDev
No.
02:12:57
BOAH
Or did you feel like the game is like a completed story now? Like if they never did a third one, would you be satisfied?
02:13:02
AstroDev
Oh, no, no, no, no. ah It's it's very much it like it ends after the air stuff, you know.
02:13:07
Steve-O
Is there worry that they won't get that third game?
02:13:10
AstroDev
I know, I don't think there's any real worry. It's just
02:13:13
Steve-O
Because I remember there being like speculative stuff that like they might not get it.
02:13:15
AstroDev
Yeah, I think that stuff's been budgeted out, frankly.
02:13:18
Steve-O
OK.
02:13:18
AstroDev
I think like that that's all been set aside. I mean, who knows, right? But like frankly, this game, like I feel like people are like, oh, there's 50 less minigames in this one.
02:13:22
Steve-O
Yeah.
02:13:31
AstroDev
They must have had their budget cut. And it's like, no, I think they just took normal feedback and did this.
02:13:37
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, thank God.
02:13:38
AstroDev
But ah yeah.
02:13:39
GREASEDAPOLES
That would be amazing.
02:13:41
AstroDev
and Again, it's not even like they're bad. it's just like I was just like, dude, I don't fucking want to learn a new mini game. I just want to play the fucking game. ah So honestly, outside of that, everything else I was like super stoked about and the endings like, you know, kind of a mindfuck and it's very confusing, intentionally show. So and really interesting. So
Character Comparisons and Awards
02:14:07
AstroDev
I still think about it to this day.
02:14:09
BOAH
Who is a better character, Cloud Strife or Arthur Morgan, in your in your opinion?
02:14:15
AstroDev
Arthur Morgan, I think it's pretty, yeah.
02:14:17
BOAH
i just wanted you I just wanted to hear you say it, that's all. um good
02:14:20
AstroDev
Like, but okay.
02:14:20
GREASEDAPOLES
ah
02:14:20
BOAH
You don't have to explain, you don't have to explain yourself.
02:14:21
Steve-O
Mmm.
02:14:23
BOAH
It's cool, I just wanted to say, I just wanted to hear you say that you was better, that's all.
02:14:23
AstroDev
Yeah. Hey, who's a better character? Uh, your maiden list character in Elden Ring with zero dialogue or Arthur Morgan?
02:14:32
BOAH
It's Arthur Morgan's the best character ever, I think, dude. That's not where I stand right now, ask me again six months.
02:14:40
AstroDev
Okay.
02:14:40
BOAH
If I forget if if i completely forget about this game.
02:14:42
AstroDev
Wait, John, who's the better character? John Marston or Arthur Morgan?
02:14:44
BOAH
Stop, now this is where I gotta draw the line.
02:14:44
Steve-O
Dude, dude, I'm, dude, I'm, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, dude, dude, dude, dude, here's the thing.
02:14:45
AstroDev
i
02:14:47
BOAH
This is where I gotta draw the line.
02:14:47
AstroDev
Yeah, that's a question. Yeah. It's a door you open.
02:14:50
Steve-O
We could look, we could look at the 2018 Anti-Fannies and for character of the year, I guarantee you John chose his Destiny character.
02:14:54
AstroDev
yeah
02:14:58
AstroDev
Yeah.
02:14:59
BOAH
Yeah, I would like to see louisis sit louisis say say me say do we have that we have it on I think we oh, yeah, we have it on here.
02:14:59
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
02:14:59
Steve-O
yeah
02:15:00
AstroDev
Or he's a Call of Duty character or Destiny character.
02:15:02
Steve-O
ah
02:15:07
BOAH
Let's see If I fannies 2018 God, look how creative we were was was he win the price award best change for the better Tim Lucas and Tom box present Philip uses biggest fuck
02:15:18
AstroDev
Wait.
02:15:22
BOAH
hard Man tell tell games one wow.
02:15:26
AstroDev
What, uh,
02:15:26
BOAH
Dude, I've seen Red Dead 2 here is most disappointing and my fucking stomach turned so.
02:15:32
Steve-O
I'm waving.
02:15:33
BOAH
Let me see.
02:15:33
Steve-O
I'm waving for that one.
02:15:34
BOAH
okay Where's the where's the character of the year as character?
02:15:37
AstroDev
18.
02:15:37
BOAH
Where is it? Uh? A best character. Arthur Arthur Morgan was in here. ah Thank you Devin.
02:15:49
AstroDev
Yeah. Oh, you're welcome.
02:15:49
BOAH
For going to bat. ah Miles Peter B Parker and Kratos one. So yeah, I my I didn't pick my destiny character 2018 I Was actually very humble that year I don't know if I voted for God of War but I was like I know I'll probably love it when I when I have actually do end up playing it So I'm not gonna argue with anyone Here are the
02:15:57
Steve-O
You know what? Yeah, I guess i guess we didn't do we didn't do that this year.
02:16:11
AstroDev
Hey, John, can you look a little bit lower for hero of the year? Um, can you tell me who won that?
02:16:17
Steve-O
he built We built houses that year, schools or something.
02:16:19
BOAH
Yeah, that was before he teamed up with China in the fucking in the the Hong Kong riots Well, the brunch is one how's the year he built the school dude does the year he built the school?
02:16:26
AstroDev
So, so listen, uh, he beat out Black Panther and Spider-Man.
02:16:26
GREASEDAPOLES
Hey, who was here over the year?
02:16:30
Steve-O
right
02:16:37
GREASEDAPOLES
Brown James.
02:16:38
BOAH
Oh Man villain of the year, oh man Dude, Castlevania bloody tears his moment of the year man.
02:16:38
GREASEDAPOLES
Brown James.
02:16:39
AstroDev
out of change
02:16:40
GREASEDAPOLES
It was because of that. It was because of that meme.
02:16:44
BOAH
That's how long ago that season was to Castlevania was 2018
02:16:47
AstroDev
Yeah.
02:16:47
GREASEDAPOLES
That's good shit, man.
02:16:49
BOAH
Jeez Louise movie the hereditary Chris. There is a god Chris.
02:16:53
AstroDev
Exactly.
02:16:53
Steve-O
Did we, did we hit them all up for this year?
02:16:53
GREASEDAPOLES
God, it's fucking movie rules.
02:16:55
Steve-O
Are we done? Are we done the 2024 anti-faning?
02:16:56
BOAH
I Think we're done ah We didn't do that.
02:16:57
AstroDev
and Wait, did Chris?
02:16:57
GREASEDAPOLES
We're done!
02:16:58
AstroDev
Wait, decre way I'm sorry.
02:16:58
GREASEDAPOLES
We're done!
02:16:59
BOAH
We didn't do the bad shit the Yeah wrap
02:17:01
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, well, like that's a poopcast.
02:17:01
Steve-O
we'll save that we'll We'll save that for the next one.
02:17:03
AstroDev
Did Chris say what a game of the year?
02:17:04
Steve-O
But I think
02:17:04
AstroDev
Oh
Looking Forward and Closing Remarks
02:17:05
AstroDev
yeah, he did. He did. He did.
02:17:05
BOAH
it up Yeah, these are stupid these are the dumb ones
02:17:06
Steve-O
i think we can do we can do a speed run at some point next episode where we do these, because these ones are definitely more for the fun.
02:17:06
GREASEDAPOLES
I'm good.
02:17:12
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah, they're goofy. We picked some goofy shit on here, too.
02:17:15
Steve-O
The shitties, the anti-fanboy shitties.
02:17:15
AstroDev
Yeah.
02:17:16
BOAH
welcome
02:17:17
GREASEDAPOLES
It's not looking good. Like, a lot of the things we picked have big consequences.
02:17:22
AstroDev
but yeah
02:17:26
GREASEDAPOLES
It's not gonna be a hack. happy thing.
02:17:29
AstroDev
I do best wife.
02:17:29
GREASEDAPOLES
We'll make it happy, right?
02:17:30
AstroDev
Best wife. you Come on.
02:17:32
GREASEDAPOLES
Best waifu will be happy. That's true.
02:17:34
AstroDev
Oh, how does cave lady?
02:17:36
Steve-O
Devin, you have to change yours to bear it.
02:17:36
GREASEDAPOLES
i don What is hottest cave lady?
02:17:39
AstroDev
I did. Well, you I don't know.
02:17:40
BOAH
And 2018 was a wild year man yeah What is hottest cavewoman is it
02:17:44
GREASEDAPOLES
What am I even going to put down for that?
02:17:45
AstroDev
That was a John Suarez ad, I think.
02:17:48
GREASEDAPOLES
Hottest cave woman?
02:17:51
AstroDev
I don't know.
02:17:51
GREASEDAPOLES
I'm going to have to think. thank
02:17:53
AstroDev
I think that's a John Suarez ad.
02:17:53
Steve-O
I don't know.
02:17:54
AstroDev
Yeah, not important.
02:17:56
Steve-O
But everybody, we're done. We'll be back next week. We'll have more. But ah you know we'll we'll see if we can also fit in a normal classic or regular anti-fanboy episode in there, too.
02:18:04
AstroDev
Yeah, we we might have enough content for an actual normal episode.
02:18:06
GREASEDAPOLES
Ooh, maybe not. Maybe we will.
02:18:08
Steve-O
Yeah, yeah, because we've we've been holding back on some stuff throughout the weeks.
02:18:12
AstroDev
Well, that and just, you know, we're still in the dog days of the year, man, like.
02:18:13
GREASEDAPOLES
Yeah.
02:18:15
BOAH
Yeah, like maybe maybe by next week, but rumor the rumor is that,
02:18:18
Steve-O
Well, next week, you know what comes out.
02:18:22
GREASEDAPOLES
Next week is severance, baby.
02:18:24
Steve-O
Severance and also Castlevania Nocturne.
02:18:26
GREASEDAPOLES
Ooh.
02:18:26
BOAH
also it's rumored that they're gonna reveal the switch to this week.
02:18:31
AstroDev
Oh, shoot.
02:18:32
BOAH
So we might have we might have to talk about that too.
02:18:35
Steve-O
Are we gonna be the most popular, the most popular podcast in the world?
02:18:35
AstroDev
In murder car nine, is it real?
02:18:38
Steve-O
You betcha.
02:18:39
GREASEDAPOLES
Oh, easily. We're going to talk about everything. Great. Well, folks, that was wonderful awards podcast. I'm glad you sat here and listened to the two hours. It's been another two hour, I guess.
02:18:48
BOAH
Out!
02:18:49
GREASEDAPOLES
But, uh, yeah, next week we'll finish it up. And, uh, with that, uh, we'll give you the award for the greatest audience. Oh, come on.