Ghost of Yotei: PlayStation's Biggest Launch Since Spider-Man 2 - Kinda Funny Games Daily 10.15.25

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Kinda Funny Games Daily 10.15.25

Episode Title: Ghost of Yotei: PlayStation's Biggest Launch Since Spider-Man 2
Date: October 15, 2025
Hosts: Blessing Adeoye Jr., Andy Cortez
Special Appearances: SnowBikeMike, Barrett Courtney

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Episode Overview

Today's Kinda Funny Games Daily dives deep into the blockbuster launch of Ghost of Yotei, PlayStation's biggest European release since Spider-Man 2. The team breaks down the context and meaning of these sales numbers, discusses what it could mean for Sucker Punch's future, and explores how launch expectations have changed from the pandemic peak to now. The show also touches on the tricky subject of reviewing Early Access games, gives hands-on impressions of highly anticipated indie/Roguelike and controller hardware, and has a spirited debate on the definitions of “remake” versus “remaster.” Lively listener questions and Fantasy Critic league drama round out a packed show. All in the quintessential, barely-contained, off-the-rails Kinda Funny style.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Review Season & Indie Impressions [00:29 – 08:22]

• Review Season Overload: Blessing is juggling multiple game reviews while also grinding through Hades II for fun, highlighting the pressure and exhilaration of this time in gaming.

  “I’m like reviewing slash trying to juggle maybe the most games I have tried to at once... The more I play Hades 2, the less I’m able to play other games.” (A, 01:14)

• Steam Next Fest Highlights:
  • Valor Mortis (by the makers of Ghostrunner): Andy describes it as a first-person Soulslike that stands out for clear telegraphing of attacks and freaky horror-inspired enemy design, especially “the human that walks on all fours but backwards.”

    “That thing would just chase you running like a human, or running like a dog, but in the awful… I hated the way this thing is running at me.” (B, 04:16)

  • Moonlighter 2: Early access playtest. Andy loves the combat, innovative use of spears, and calls out music by Christopher Larkin (of Hollow Knight/Silksong fame), describing it as “so damn good.” The item-selling economy is “super creative.”

    “The soundtrack so far kicks a lot of ass… It sounds like Timberland time-traveled, no, it is so damn good.” (B, 07:22)

2. The Great Early Access Review Debate [08:22 – 13:53]

• Review Scores for Early Access: Both hosts express hesitation about reviewing non-final games, preferring “impressions” over full reviews. Early review scores can unfairly penalize unfinished games or, alternately, lock in praise before final assessment.

  “I feel like that shouldn’t warrant a review. Impressions is where that should stop, because it’s not the actual thing.” (A, 08:43)

  • Hades II is used as an example of a game that landed in top 10 lists in Early Access but left Blessing and Andy uncomfortable about the precedent.

  “It’s a live by the sword, die by the sword situation for these devs.” (B, 09:37)

3. Ghost of Yotei: PlayStation’s Biggest Launch Since Spider-Man 2 [16:36 – 28:21]

(Main Episode Theme)

• Sales Triumph: Ghost of Yotei is noted by Christopher Dring as Sony’s biggest European launch since Spider-Man 2, matching Ghost of Tsushima’s 2020 volume even though the industry and world are very different now.

  “I’m pretty surprised that Yotei coming out matching with Spider Man 2, like, that’s nuts.” (B, 19:16)

• Changing Market Context: The hosts reflect on the pandemic sales bubble, the rise of the franchise, and whether marketing push or “word of mouth” drove this game’s success.

  “I haven’t really seen a whole lot of commercials for this video game… maybe it’s just a lot of word of mouth.” (B, 21:13)

• First Party Launch Discussion: Comparison with other recent major Sony releases (Helldivers 2, Death Stranding 2, Rise of the Ronin, Astrobot Remasters) and regional breakdown of sales.

  “There’s got to be story to these numbers.” (A, 22:57)

• Will There Be a Ghost of Yotei 3?
  • The consensus is shifting: given sales and Sony’s risk-averse position, a third game now seems likely.

  “I think you just changed my decision… I think Sony’s in a spot right now where a lot of money has been lost on a lot of bad decisions and you cannot gamble the sure thing you have.” (B, 25:31)

  • Discussion also highlights the enduring appeal of historical settings and Sucker Punch’s ability to deliver at “modest” budgets ($60–70 million) compared to mega-projects.

4. Controllers, Hardware & Hands-On Impressions [41:09 – 47:55]

• SCUF Valor Pro Controller Review:
  • Andy gives thorough hands-on impressions, comparing the new SCUF Valor Pro Wireless to the DualSense Edge, Xbox Elite, and Gamesir G7 Pro controllers.
  • Praises: build quality, ease of on-the-fly paddle remapping, sound profile controls, trigger stops, and especially stick feel.

    “Can I program the back paddles on the fly without having to open a piece of software?... The SCUF Valor Pro—yes, you can do that.” (B, 42:22)

  • Recommends the controller highly for FPS and shooter fans; notes wired version is a great value at $100.
  • Gives insight on the shortcomings of Xbox Elite controllers and wishes Microsoft would add simple back buttons to standard controllers.

5. Remake vs. Remaster: Community Debate [34:41 – 41:09]

• Spirited discussion fueled by Reddit arguments and listener prompts about the blurry line between “remaster” and “remake” (e.g., Demon’s Souls, Shadow of the Colossus).
  • Hosts agree: full asset recreation is a remake, even if code is reused; remaster should be about raising res/frames and clarity.

    “To not call Demon’s Souls a remake... you’re doing a massive disservice to every 3D art asset being recreated.” (B, 37:01)

  • Blame “Final Fantasy VII Remake” for blurring the terms, since it’s less a remake and more a re-imagining.
• Both scorn the “deluxe remaster” label applied to significant overhauls.

6. Ball x Pit (Pit) Review & Roguelike Trend [48:09 – 56:31]

• Andy reviews the just-released Ball X Pit (Pit), giving it a 7.5/10 (“recommend, but don’t love”) after 20+ hours of play.
• Describes addictive but almost “brain rot” gameplay similar to Vampire Survivors or Megabunk, and details its Dark Souls-inspired city/character progression and permanent upgrade systems.

  “I am one step away from being the Candy Crush player that is playing at work or whatever...” (B, 50:17)

  • The city-building aspect can be overwhelming, but the sound design is “top notch.”
  • Emphasizes the appeal for fans of mindless, number-go-up games—if you’re curious, try it.

7. Fantasy Critic League Scheming, Listener Q&A & Rapid-Fire News [56:36 – End]

• Fantasy Critic Drama: Barrett interrupts with subterfuge, seeking to unseat Mike and Roger by giving Andy insider advice; strategy includes dropping delayed Witchbrook and bidding on Demon School.

  “If you want a good shot at winning, you’re going to drop Witchbrook... spend all of your money on Demon School.” (E, 61:11)

• Rapid-fire News:
  • Sonic the Hedgehog now a voice for Waze navigation (Sonic-voiced directions) (56:42)
  • Thousand X: Zest coming to Game Pass/PS5 Nov. 4
  • New PS Plus games for October: Silent Hill 2, As Dusk Falls, V Rising, and more (58:04)
  • Sad delay: Witchbrook moves to 2026 (58:28)
• Listener Mailbag:
  • Super Chats span everything from gym motivation, controller recommendations, and the possibility of a “futuristic Ghost of Tokyo” setting (“the foliage is crucial to Ghost’s identity”).
  • Mike campaigns for a return to Infamous, wants Sucker Punch back in the superhero space (32:56).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

“It’s a live by the sword, die by the sword situation for these devs. It may not help your review scores because you are being vulnerable.”
— Andy (B), on Early Access reviews (09:37)

“I’m surprised that Yotei coming out matching with Spider Man 2, like, that’s nuts… I put Spider man with all the other sort of large titles.”
— Andy (B), reflecting on Ghost of Yotei’s sales (19:16)

“If you want a good shot at winning, you’re going to drop Witchbrook... spend all of your money on Demon School.”
— Barrett Courtney (E), Fantasy Critic plot (61:11)

“To not call Demon’s Souls a remake... you’re doing a massive disservice to every 3D art asset being recreated.”
— Andy (B), Remake vs. Remaster debate (37:01)

“I am one step away from being the Candy Crush player… These games are, they are such brain rot.”
— Andy (B), Ball X Pit review (50:17)

“When we were talking about how expensive these games are to make these days and Ghost of Yotei being reported to have a similar budget that Tsushima had, around $60–70 million, like, that is such a gigantic win...”
— Andy (B) (26:52)

“The more I play Hades II, the less I’m able to play other games.”
— Blessing (A), on the allure of Hades II (01:20)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:29 – 08:22: Review season stress, Steam Next Fest, Valor Mortis & Moonlighter 2 impressions
• 08:22 – 13:53: Should Early Access games be reviewed?
• 16:36 – 28:21: Ghost of Yotei sales, PlayStation launch context, future of the franchise
• 34:41 – 41:09: Remake vs. Remaster debate (inspired by Reddit)
• 41:09 – 47:55: Controller Review: SCUF Valor Pro Wireless
• 48:09 – 56:31: Ball X Pit review & roguelike commentary
• 56:36 – End: Fantasy Critic League intrigue, Sonic on Waze, rapid-fire news, and Q&A

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Original Language and Tone

This episode, like most Kinda Funny content, is conversational, energetic, intentionally chaotic, and loaded with personal tangents, memes, and self-deprecating humor. The hosts frequently riff on each other, involve the live audience/chat, and break topics down with both insight and irreverence. The tone is friendly, occasionally profane, and accessible to listeners ranging from industry insiders to casual fans.

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Takeaways

• Ghost of Yotei has firmly cemented its place as a blockbuster for PlayStation, proving the strength of Sucker Punch’s historical-action formula and the enduring appeal of well-realized open worlds.
• The industry is still negotiating how to treat Early Access—should games be eligible for GOTY, or even reviewed at all?
• Hardware impressions (controllers, accessories) and indie game spotlights remain a central draw.
• Community engagement (through Fantasy Critic, listener questions, Reddit debates) continues to fuel a unique, communal, and highly responsive format.

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If you missed the episode, this summary covers all major topics, provides notable speaker insights, and highlights the friendly, slightly chaotic energy that defines Kinda Funny Games Daily.

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Transcript

[A]

It is another indie darling. We'll have all this and more because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily. Yo, what's up? Welcome to Kind of Funny Games daily for Wednesday, October 15, 2025. I want your host, Blessing Addie OA Jr. Joining me is the nitro rifle, Andy Cortez.

[B]

Good morning, Blessing. Adio Junior.

[A]

Good morning, Andy Cortez.

[B]

Getting my drink on right now. Well, not alcohol, but you know what I mean. Just like kind of getting ready for the day.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Really pumped up. I'm stoked about today. I'm stoked that like I look at the calendar and it's like I got some cool shows to be on and then just gaming.

[A]

Oh, gaming.

[B]

Getting my gaming on for the rest of the afternoon. Cuz, you know, review season.

[A]

It is review season in the air.

[B]

But you can. You're sort of seeing the pollen kind of rising. You're like, oh, it's almost over.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You know what I mean?

[A]

You can kind of see through it a little bit. But it is really, really the storm though. Yeah. Right now where I think I am balancing what's going on with my laptop. Everything's open again.

[B]

It looks like somebody's.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Remote accessing. You.

[A]

I. Yeah, I'm like reviewing slash trying to juggle maybe the most games I have tried to at once.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

In my, maybe my life right now where I got four games. Now that I'm reviewing. I got a fifth one in HADES two that I'm just playing. I really just want to see the credits in Hades 2. And also I just don't want to stop playing it. So I keep going back to it. But the more I play Hades 2, the less I'm able to play other games. I. I had a magical moment yesterday where I beat one of the games I was reviewing.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

And all of a sudden things started to get clear where I'm like, I can see. I can see the path. Me actually beating these other games now feels great.

[B]

I'm going to need you to slack me. What the heck you beat. I'm excited about that. Oh yeah, that's very cool.

[A]

What you been playing with? What are the names of them? Say the names. Break, Embargo, Coward.

[B]

Well, it's not even, it's not even the reviewed games buzz. It's like, you know, it's. It's also Steam Next Fest. You know, it is Steam Next Fest. And the line, the lines have been huge and it's been really hot out there, but everybody's hydrating. Everybody's super sweaty out there.

[A]

Dancing.

[B]

Dancing in the. The steam next festival. But my goodness. Valor Mortis.

[A]

How's that? That's the first person. Don't tell me what they made before they made.

[B]

You know what you're. You know what they made. Oh, you know Valor Mortis.

[A]

Not witchfire. Not. Not mellow Helsinger. What they make Valor Mortis because that's the first person souls like.

[B]

It sure is. Bless.

[A]

Ah.

[B]

Tell me you know Ghostrunner.

[A]

Ghost Runner. That's what it was.

[B]

They made Ghost Runner. I was close and I got to play the demo last week, which is up on Steam right now. Steam Next Fest. And it's awesome. It is so cool. It is freaky in the best ways and experience the first sort of major boss fight. And it. I saw the vision of oh, okay. If every boss is going to kind of feel like this, then this is going to be a great experience because it was the telegraphed attacks. It was you having a dodge at the right moment. The. They do a really awesome thing where whenever an enemy is attacking you, whenever it's like an unparryable attack, they do an awesome job of making it really easy to read where you as the player go, oh, that's like really, really red or that's looks a certain way that I know I can't. I gotta. You know, I gotta get the hell out of the way or I can't just block this. I have to perfect parry. It just really done a lot of cool stuff with like readability. But the. The boss fight had awesome telegraphed attacks and very freaky. There was an enemy. Bless. Where the. I was telling you and Barrett last week where it's like a. It's like a human that kind of just like walking around, you're like, oh, it looks like a weird zombie dude. And then it walks on all fours but backwards.

[A]

Yeah, like I'm doing that like a bridge stretch. Yeah.

[B]

When you're doing that bridge, it walks like that. And the back of its head is like the open mouth.

[A]

Haven't done one of those in a minute. I need to try.

[B]

I felt really, really good.

[A]

I need like a good stretch. Honestly, horrifying.

[B]

This thing like would just chase you running like a human or running like a dog, like on all fours. But in the awful like I didn't.

[A]

If I did that right now, would you be scared?

[B]

Yeah, probably because it. You. I mentioned you specifically. I said when Blessing had his realization that he. You know, when hands were freaking him out and with Elden Ring.

[A]

Oh yeah.

[B]

And was like, whoa, this awakened something to me, this awakened something in me that I didn't like. I was like, I. Damn, I am kind of inconsolable right now with how much I hate the way this thing is running at me. But anyway, yeah. Valor Mortis. First person Roguelite. Or not Roguelite. Sorry, first person Souls, like. And then last night I got to play Moonlighter 2.

[A]

Wait, that's on Next Fest?

[B]

Well, you can request access.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

To an early play test. They've been throwing out a lot of, you know, play test invites recently. I think it was a lot more limited. Maybe last week. But I got. I submitted a request, I think, yet yesterday and got the invite yesterday. That. I'll tell you what. Yeah, Moonlighter too.

[A]

Everybody keep forgetting that's this year.

[B]

It's not.

[A]

It's not.

[B]

No, wait, early access, right? Yeah, you're right. I was. I was mistaken yesterday. Because here's the thing. For some reason, I looked on the fantasy critic thing and it said that Moonlighter 2 was pushed to 2026. But maybe I'm just.

[A]

I think that's the final release. Okay, maybe kind of you're wrong. But I'm pretty sure early access is this year. Which I guess that then begs the question of do I want to hop in on early access?

[B]

I think early access is like November or something.

[A]

Do I want to hop in during 1.0?

[B]

But I will say that, yeah, November 19th is still the listed date on Steam.

[A]

Okay, maybe I'll wait on that then.

[B]

Do. Dude, it feels great to play the. The combat feels awesome. Already has a super cool. I don't know if you could look it up, Kevin. I'm trying to log into my. I accidentally hit sign out, which is like the worst thing you could possibly do because if you don't. No on Google, cuz like, there goes all of my. It's just gone. I'm not able to sign you out of everything. I'm not able to ever get back in, like, apparently at this rate. But if you look up on my YouTube channel, Kevin, of me playing Moonlighter last night, I. I decided to pick the spear weapon. And when you're stabbing dudes with the spear, you start dropping like, little arrowheads, like little spear tips in the ground, and you see them, but you keep on, like, attacking the dudes. And then you hit the Y button and it sucks them all towards you. And if enemies are in the way that they're getting hit by them. So, like, if you could just fast forward, like maybe a third of the way into it, Kevin. Maybe near the End even.

[A]

I love the art styles.

[B]

A third. Yeah. A third of the way into it, you'll see some of the. Oh, and oh, my gosh. The biggest thing that we discovered last night, shout out to Lanny bird in the YouTube or in the Twitch Chat, who was like, holy. This is Christopher Larkin. Silk song. Oh, Of Silk Song and Hollow Knight fame. They're the main track in this world. Bless it. Sounds like. Like Timberland, Time traveled. No, like. No, it is. It's. It's so damn good. I cannot believe how good the.

[A]

It's from a different timeline where he's like, I'm gonna get into video game soundtracks instead of AI.

[B]

I'm not doing AI Exactly.

[A]

What these AI artists.

[B]

Exactly, dude. Yeah. The soundtrack so far kicks a lot of ass. The way that you sell stuff because you're going out on these runs and you are getting treasures, and the way that you rarefy these treasures and make things more, worth more to be able to sell whenever you go back home is really kind of creative. I was really screwing it up at the beginning, but, man, this is one that's like, all right, get this. Get this one on the list.

[A]

You know, this one on the list. I'm looking forward to this one.

[B]

Maybe Greg will trade this to me and my fantasy critic.

[A]

Well, are enough people going to review? I guess enough. I never know, like, what the vibe is on. Are we reviewing this Early Access thing or not? It's not for us, but just for the, like, industry.

[B]

I think it's a. Like, a. A popularity thing. If you got the name.

[A]

Yeah. You might get reviewed in Early Access.

[B]

Absolum got reviewed in Early Access.

[A]

That's early access.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Did Hyper Lightbreaker get reviewed?

[B]

No.

[A]

Yeah, so it's like.

[B]

It did, but, like, only a couple. IGN gave it, like, a five.

[A]

Oh, damn.

[B]

So it didn't have enough scores.

[A]

I don't know if I believe. Here's. Here's where I'm at. Because this is slow news day. I'll be honest, guys. And so, Scotty, I'm sorry, we're just chatting.

[B]

Get in your. You know, getting your super chats, because we're hanging.

[A]

If I'm going to give a take.

[B]

Let me hear Early Access.

[A]

I feel like that shouldn't warrant, like, a review. I feel like impressions is where that should stop. Because, like, it's not. You're not doing. This isn't the actual thing. Right. You're building toward the actual thing. I guess the. I guess the counter argument is that people can buy it, but I feel like, that's not. I feel like it's just weird because five out of. Of course something's not going to do well in early access because half the shit's not finished, right?

[B]

Well, I mean, that's what we thought about Hades.

[A]

Like, yeah, but even Hades, like Haiti. The reason I kept Hades out of, like, my Game of the Year and like, why I didn't, like, consider it seriously for, like, Game of the Year stuff when in Early Access was because, like, well, I'm playing this and obviously assets aren't here and I know this game isn't finished. And so if I'm playing any. If I'm playing any completed game and they were missing an ending or they were missing like character models or whatever, I'd be like, well, no, this is unacceptable in a finished game.

[B]

It's a live by the sword, die by the sword situation for these devs. It may not help your review scores because you are being vulnerable. You're putting yourself out there. You're putting out a game that you know isn't finished and you're hoping for feedback. And sometimes if you have too much hype or if you're a developer with a lot of, you know, notoriety that can bite you in the ass because then people will go, oh, man, the sequel to that game is now in Early Access and what a, what a letdown this is so far. Or on the flip side, it could. Maybe you're on the right track with the game and it reviews well in Early Access and then you get feedback to help make it better. It's such a, it is such a gamble. You are putting yourself out there for the world to see.

[A]

But that's why I feel like it's okay for impressions. Like, I should be able to judge your Early Access thing, and especially in the context of giving feedback. But I feel like a preview, an impressions piece, like even like an early access everything I want out of the final version of this game article. But I feel like a review, a review for me speaks as this is final. Like, this is the final stamp on how I feel about this thing.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

But maybe that's just my old school brain, even though I know I'm not an old school person. I mean, you get what I mean.

[B]

I, I'm, I'm of the mind that I would be totally okay with these things. Not getting scores and us not voting them in on certain lists or whatever.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And I would totally see the justification for that. And then on the flip side, it's like, well, I mean, I put 80 hours into it. How am I not gonna put it? And I enjoyed my time with it. I loved it, you know, and I can't wait for more it. I think it's just more of like a. If a foot gets put down and, you know, the gaming president says no review scores for early access and absolutely no, you know, game of the year.

[A]

We do need a reviews president. That's what we need.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

A video game reviews president.

[B]

I think I could do it.

[A]

Was HADES two in our game of the year?

[B]

It was last year. Last year, yeah.

[A]

Can I tell you a secret? Hades 2 might be my game of.

[B]

The year this year.

[A]

I've hit a point where. Because it's between that and blueprints and I'm still not. I'm trying not to let go of like, blueprints.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

I'm trying not to let go of blueprints. Hades 2 is so good.

[B]

I.

[A]

It's crazy how good this video game is.

[B]

Hades 2 was a game for me last year where I said, I'm not going to put it in my top 10. It's not out. It's early access blessing isn't doing it. And then Tim was like, oh, I'm putting it in mine. I was like, oh, I don't want to put it. I don't want it to go out there and die. You know, like. Because what if the game just, you know, like, I don't know what my thought process was, but I was like, well, if you're the only one voting for it, it's not going to make the top 10. I got to help it out and put it in mind. So I put it at like number five or four on mine.

[A]

Now Waffle on the run says, have you seen the ending of Hades 2 yet? Bless? No. And what's funny, so I don't have spoilers for you, but what's funny is after I beat, you know, I had beaten Kronos a while ago and I had beaten the other guy. And after I beat the other guy, I looked at him and I was like, so, like, how much more do I have to play this? Like, how many times have to beat these bosses to beat the game? And Tim, like, I don't even think Tim knew for sure. I forget if he is even like beating the game fully, but he was like, oh, probably like, I don't know, like 10 times or whatever. And I was like, each have to beat each of these guys 10 times. Which I don't know if it's accurate or not. I don't think it's accurate. But he said that I was like, that's crazy. Flash forward to now. Like, I'm beating Kronos's ass daily, bro. Yeah, Kronos is getting these hands daily. I'm gonna see that ending soon.

[B]

I'm making the mistake of I just gotta beat the damn game. I kept trying to do the big dick swinging contest of like, all right, I'm gonna. Let me put this 16 heat or whatever it's called. Yeah, it was called Heat in the first one. I always mess up curse maybe. Yeah.

[A]

The big stone that's in front of the thing.

[B]

Yeah. I'm like, why am I doing it? Beat the game for a Sandy. Then you could do this other shit. Because like I've been losing in my runs because the enemies that have more health and are doing more damage and they're. It's like, what am I doing? Just beat the.

[A]

Oh yeah, just turn that shit off.

[B]

Am I doing.

[A]

Yeah, because now it's funny because I've hit the point now where it's like it's more likely that I. I whoop Cronus's fucking ass.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I don't.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And I'm putting up the. Whatever it's called like a little bit. I'm trying to get some of that resources and I'm trying to train up for the other guy up top. But man, oh man. Yeah, I'm going to see that ending. And Also man, that Hades 2 is special. It's a good game.

[B]

That'll be a top three for me, most likely.

[A]

Yeah. But enough about that. Let's talk about today's news because remember, this is kind of funny Games daily. Each and every week they run you through the nerdy news you need to know about live on YouTube, Twitch and all podcast services around the globe. If you love what we do, support us with the kind of funny membership on Patreon, YouTube and now Spotify and Apple podcast to get all of our shows ad free, watch us record them live and get a daily exclusive show for a chance to a part of the show some of your thoughts and opinions as YouTube super chats as we go. Housekeeping for you. We're an 11 person business all about live talk shows. So today after KHD you're going to get Gamescast which is our Rog Xbox Ally X review. That's right. We have a cast that's gotten their hands on it and they're ready to talk all about that. And then after games cast is baby steps with Bennett Foddy. That's Right. The one and only Snow B. Michael is going to be playing baby steps with the one and only Bennett Foddy.

[B]

So cool.

[A]

Really cool. If you're a kind of funny member, today's Greg Way is coming at you from Snow Mike. Mike. Thank you to our Patreon producers, Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney the Sommel. Whining. Today we're brought to you by Solo Leveling Arise overdrive. The action RPG based on the popular solo leveling franchise launches on November 17th and is open for pre order and wish listing on Steam and Xbox PC. But folks at TwitchCon can experience an exclusive demo at the Solo Leveling Arise Overdrive booth and Shady Rays. But we'll tell you about that later. For now, let's begin with what is and forever will be the Roper Report. It's time for some news. We have five stories today. Oh, bakers does it starting. I never even finished the point I was making earlier of like, Hades 2 is going to be in our top 10 twice.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Which is kind of nuts. And I don't. I don't have a thought on this as far as, like, is that right? Is that wrong?

[B]

Uncharted territory.

[A]

It's. It's. Yeah. New territory. There might have to be new players legislation made because that's kind of crazy.

[B]

As the world changes, you know, we got to make sure that people aren't getting, you know, AI. Naked versions of themselves out there. You know what I mean? It's one of those things. The world is changing.

[A]

The.

[B]

Okay, yeah, we have to, like, put leg. Yeah. We have to make new rules.

[A]

It's. When you gave the example, I was like, wait, what's that?

[B]

You know, like, you know, they put down naked creeps are making, like, naked versions of, like, people in real life. And they're like, hey, what the. Like, yeah, that's awful.

[A]

I mean, that's terrible.

[B]

Yeah. And then they, like, made it illegal. Yeah.

[A]

Wait, did they make it illegal?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And I was shocked. I was like, this administration.

[A]

Well, I think because they started doing it at Taylor Swift, and that's where they draw the line.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

As soon as you start with Taylor Swift. The right and the left.

[B]

Ready the nukes. Yeah.

[A]

They're like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Not Taylor.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Golly.

[A]

Story number one. Ghost of Yote is the biggest first party launch for Sony in Europe since Spider Man 2. This is Christopher Dring at the the game business. Ghost of yotei debuts at number two in the GSD European charts with opening sales in line with its predecessor 2020's PS4 hit Ghost of Tsushima. That's digital and physical. Ghost of Tsushima was a surprise hit for Sony back in 2020, and I don't know if I'll say it's a surprise hit, but I digress. In launch we saw that coming from a mile away. It launched during the COVID 19 lockdown year, which drove record numbers for video game sales. It's the biggest first party PlayStation launch since Spider Man 2 in October 2023. The PS5 exclusive narrowly missed out on number one with EA Sports FC26 holding on for a third week at the top. The Football Games Standard edition had only launched the week before and sales are down 62% week on week. New at number three is the Super Mario Galaxy Plus. Super Mario Galaxy 2 double pack for Switch is a relatively soft launch for a Mario game, selling around a quarter of what The Super Mario 3D All Stars collection managed back in 2020. TGB estimates they're washed. However, this is purely based on physical sales. Nintendo doesn't share digital data, and it's worth noting that both games were available to buy separately from the Nintendo eShop. What's more, the first Galaxy game had already been featured in that aforementioned 3D All Stars collection, whereas Galaxy 2 did not, so it may be that Switch players chose to go digital with this release instead. Other new titles in the top 10 include Digimon Story Time Stranger at number four and Final Fantasy Tactics the Evil east chronicles at number 10. The top 10 this week is full of games, including included in the Steam Autumn sale. Doom eternal number five was reduced to £3 and 49.

[B]

Andy, what's the ounces? I don't know.

[A]

I don't know. I don't. I was really hoping.

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

This is the this is a no dumb questions territory. Is it Pence? Like Mike Pence? Is it Pence?

[B]

Pounds and Pence.

[A]

I got it. I got it.

[B]

Hell yeah. Wow. Way to go.

[A]

£3.49. And then Far Cry Primal was at number six, had dropped to four to £2.49. In South park, the Fractured but Hole was also on sale for two and a half pounds. As a result, new games such as Silent Hill F and Sonic Racing CrossW Worlds have fallen out of the top 20 in terms of units. However, in terms of revenue, that could still be found at number 7 for Silent Hill F and number 11 for Sonic Racing Cross Worlds. Andy, do any of those numbers speak to you?

[B]

I'm surprised at the volume of sales for yote, because we're in a very different landscape than we were in 2020. We. I think you look back at that pandemic period where game sales were just going bonkers. Everybody was buying everything because nobody had shit to do. And that, you know, led to not only birthing more gamers and people going like, oh, shit, maybe I'm kind of into this hobby, but I think I feel like that's kind of like the highest. You know, that's like the. The period where the most games may have sold the most in terms of just pure volume. And I'm. I'm pretty surprised that YOTE coming out matching with Spider Man 2, like, that's nuts. That's pretty wild to me. This isn't a massive ipo. I mean, well, it is now, right? But when I think of Spider Man, I think of just. That's in a different league. I think I put Spider man with all of the other sort of large titles because whenever you. Whenever he gets a game awards season and there is a Spider man video game that exists, it's always. I always feel like it's the 2K and the call of Duty fans, they go, what the Spider man got robbed. Like, you always kind of feel, you know, because that's the more commercial, you know, the most, the more commercial of all the video games. But for something like YOTE to be selling that well, to be on pace with the prior version and to have company like Spider Man 2, I think it's really awesome.

[A]

When they say Since Spider Man 2, are they saying that it's keeping company or are they saying that like it's the best selling thing that's come after Spider Man 2. Because that actually, that would shock me if we're talking about ghostly OTA actually really keeping pace. But I wouldn't be surprised if we're talking about like anything since Spider Man 2. Because what the competition would then be destroying 2, which go seotate, I think is a bit more approachable and digestible than Destiny 2. Death rating 2 is for Kojima sickos like me and you.

[B]

It is. But it like you're. You're definitely not. Not wrong there. And I'm not shocked that it will sell better than Death Stranding 2. But there's still so much of like that Kojima appeal that I'm surprised. Like this can still kind of, oh yeah, go punch for punch and out and beat it in in. You know, I'm very surprised by that because I. I saw somebody in the chat saying like, I've only Seen commercials for this, for Ghost of. Ghost of, Ghost of Y. I think they put Ghost of Sushima, too. I think they put Got too. But you know, I wonder what the marketing budget is for this. And I haven't really seen a whole lot of commercials for this video game. And I feel like maybe it's just a lot of word of mouth, and it's a lot of Sushima fans who ended up buying Sushima many years after and rediscovered love for Sushima, much like I did, where I kind of fell back in love with it many years after it came out. Or I guess the year after it came out. But yes, you're definitely right. So sorry for interjecting. But yeah, that is very, very true.

[A]

Because we're also. I mean, if we. If we're going back further, right? Like, you're talking about doing better than Astrobot, you're talking about. Than Rise of the Ronin, but even more notably, you're talking about doing better.

[B]

Than you said Rise of the Ronin. I thought you. I just thought of Rise, Son of Rome.

[A]

Better than Rise. But also, Helldivers 2 would be in that conversation, which makes me really wonder, like, when we break down these numbers, how does this look like, of course, we're talking about European sales data. And so is it. Is there something about that specific, like, group? Are we talking about in store sales along with European digital sales? Are you able to even count European digital sales exclusively? I guess they include that here. So you. I imagine you do, but I feel like there's more. There's story to these numbers. There's got to be story to these numbers.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, yeah. So you can't count. Seven. Rebirth. You can't count. Can you count? Hell Divers for.

[A]

I mean, Helldivers, I would say, was a first party launch.

[B]

Yeah, I guess it was, but it wasn't exclusive. I don't know.

[A]

I mean, it wasn't exclusive, which would mean that it sells more.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Especially given how viral Helldivers 2 was.

[B]

Yeah, you're right. You're in.

[A]

Christ, we're drinking. I need you to explain more.

[B]

Help us out. Because we're doing.

[A]

Please help us out.

[B]

But still, this is awesome news, I think, especially with, you know, it's. It's. It's hard to ignore backlash on the Internet. It's hard to not see when people are unhappy. And it's always a certain crowd that's unhappy about things. But, you know, I think this is fantastic news. I hope it continues to sell gangbusters. I think it deserves it. Like this game is really awesome and super fun so far. I can't wait to see my. The rest of my way through it. And yeah, to be up there with we're talking about EA Sports fc, like that's, that's massive, you know.

[A]

Now does this do anything for your thought process on do we get a third ghost game here? Like me and Mike were talking about this yesterday as far as Sucker Punch, talking about how, you know, they're haven't chosen their next game yet. But like, you know, they kind of take everything into consideration whether it's like looking at the games in the past, looking at ghosts and like trying to figure out what your next game looks like. There's a lot that goes into that as far as. All right, if we're moving on to another game, that means we're moving on from these actors. That means we might be moving on from some of the staff who might have specialty or might have, you know, an interest into working in a historical setting, etc. Etc. Etc. Me and Mike were both like, I don't see a ghost 3. But if this, if you're talking, if we're going back to the original thing of hey, is this doing Spider man numbers, then yes, I do see a ghost 3.

[B]

Yeah, I mean it, you know, it all depends on, you know, first of all, I think there is such an appetite and, and a thirst for, you know, Samurai era Japan. I think that's like, I think that that in and of itself, in addition to the game being beautiful and playing well and being a great game, there's like, I think games like that will always do well if they are of high quality and if they get good reviews. At first I would have said probably not, we won't get another ghost. But I think like, I think you just changed my decision. I think that when, especially right now with Sony wanting to be as risk free as possible.

[A]

Yeah, I mean that's a really good point.

[B]

Like, so I think Sony's in a spot right now where a lot of money has been lost on a lot of bad decisions and a lot of bad gambles and you cannot gamble the sure thing that you have.

[A]

Yeah, I think another thing on top of the what you're talking about, that samurai setting, I think even in general, there is something to be said about how well you can realize a historical setting and really immersing somebody into that that people really value. And I would say that for Ghost of Sushi Manote, I'll say that for red Dead Redemption 2, I'll say that for Kingdom Come Deliverance too, right? Like there are these games that do such a good job of pulling you into a different setting and I think that really resonates with people. Even on a sales level, I think people want to evangelize that. People want to show other people that of like yo, this game let me, you know, ride around the horse in an open world and like get into sword fights and people challenge me, whatever. Like when you can really live out that, that very specific fantasy, I think there's something very powerful about that and I think Ghost of Yote gives that to people. So I wouldn't be surprised to see them it on the safety side, right? Like if this is really doing sales like that, I wouldn't be surprised to see them go, oh well, we want to continue that because we know that this is kind of a safe bet for us. Even though I personally would want to see them do something new. But like, get your bag.

[B]

Not only it being a safe bet, but you know, when we're talking about how expensive these games are to make these days and Ghost of Yote being reported to have a similar budget that tsushima had, around 60 to 70 million, like that is such a gigantic win for a studio that is not spending, you know, in the 200 million or in the 150 million era area, which you're able to keep your cost that low and still able to have a success like this. I think they, I could also see, you know, on, on one, on one side, I, I go back to our. The argument that we had about Super Giant. Will they make a Hades too? There's no like Super Giant seems too like artsy for that. Like they, we don't do sequels. We, you know, we move on to another thing because we're just awesome and we could make whatever. The next thing is just as great as the last thing we did. And I think we were all sort of surprised by that sequel coming out. But with something like Ghost of Yotei and with, you know, it being the follow up to Ghost of Tsushima, I could see people sucker punch going, how can we outdo ourselves in that genre again? Like not only. Of course I think parts of them may have had ideas and lots. There's been tons of pitches probably for new IP and new projects. But I do think there's also a point of pride in them that says how can we make this next one? If we are going to do a follow up to Ghost of Yotei, how are we going to make the next one even better? How can we outdo ourselves. Yeah, I think creative people love that challenge.

[A]

Andy, I want to talk to you about a controller you've been messing around with. But before I do want to talk to the audience about patreon.com/kind of funny and YouTube.com/kind of funny games where you can go and get the kind of funny membership which allows you to get shows ad free. Speaking of ads, let us tell you about our sponsors there's just one month.

[D]

Left until the launch of Solo Leveling Arise Overdrive, the action RPG based on the popular Solo Leveling franchise. I adore solo leveling. I've seen every episode and this game cannot come at a more perfect time as I patiently wait for the next season and being able to experience this world solo or with up to three of my friends for some co op raids is right up my alley. Andy, if you're listening, we'll be playing this soon. In the game, players will work their way up as Sung Jinu, an E rank nobody that no one wants in a rating party, clawing their way up to becoming the powerful Monarch of Shadows. If you're at TwitchCon this weekend, you can play an exclusive demo at the PC gaming stations located at the Solo Leveling Arise Overdrive booth. Attendees will also be able to experience additional activities at the booth, including a themed photo booth for fans viewing events from home. Head to the official Solo Leveling Arise Overdrive Twitch channel which will be live streaming from the booth. Pre orders for Solo Leveling Arise Overdrive are live now, so add it to your Steam or Xbox PC wishlist to prepare for Jinu's next chapter.

[C]

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[A]

And we're back. I want to hop into some super chats real quick. Saul Herrera writes in says update starter eternal. It's insane but can't play much cuz dad duties. So I can't. I can't play PC much. Looking or sorry. Playing Hades 2 and Holy. It's great. Lock in for my trip to www.

[B]

That WWY Worldwide Worldwide Wrestling.

[A]

Wrestling www Y www.

[B]

Let us know what that means.

[A]

Ch yeah. They say they're looking locking for my trip to that this weekend and hoping to get further. When we were young.

[B]

Oh yeah. It's like a like emo rock, pump pop punk sort of fest with all the old headband.

[A]

And here's the thing I was gonna. I was gonna make a joke of like yo, you can't be putting in acronyms though. We'll definitely have no idea. I understand though that there's a space limit and so. Yeah, yeah, you gotta do what you gotta do. You gotta do what you got to do.

[B]

Red Hook 182 freaking headlining Panic of the Disco.

[A]

Oh, Red Hudson 8 says still Mike. Mike freaked. That ad read Stomach Mike was also in the Twitch chat talking about how they should sucker punch should go back and make an infamous. Which is why I need the emote. Andy. I need the Mike pandering Emo because that Mike. Have you played Infamous? Get out of here and tell us if you played Infamous. Oh man. Oh, Mike's the man of the people. Tristan. Oh, there he is. Oh man.

[B]

I mean you're gonna tear something big dog.

[D]

See that? That's called super speed. Bless. I could be a superhero in the next Infamous video game blessing. Sucker Punch should return to the world. The superheroes compliment Insomniac while they're gone, right? Because we're gonna get hit with W and it's going to be lit. But then you're going to be saying mike, Mike, Mike. I want more superheroes in my world. I'm riding the high of Marvel and DC finally hitting their second peak. I want a new world and I want unique characters like Gen V. Second Son.

[A]

You played Second Son?

[D]

Yeah. I won't be back okay, so now I'm saying, like, let's create a world like that again. Like, bring us back to something completely new and different.

[B]

Right?

[D]

We don't need the eyepiece, the Marvels and the DCs. Give me something fresh, give me something new, or return to, like, infamous proper.

[A]

You know what I mean? Okay.

[D]

Gen V, the video game.

[A]

You just say you don't want ips.

[D]

Yeah, but I really like the new season of genv. We haven't talked about it. The new season of Gen V. A lot of fun, Andy. You've been watching it.

[B]

No. No, I haven't had a chance. Haven't had a chance.

[D]

They're back, bro.

[B]

They're so bad.

[A]

I mean, I've been watching you talk to me for watching them.

[D]

What do you think about it?

[B]

All the time.

[D]

Oh, my God. You, me and Nick need to sit down, talk about it.

[A]

Oh, dude, I'll be so down.

[B]

I need you to watch your heart rate, please.

[A]

Yeah. I mean, he ran so fast. Oh, he's coming back.

[B]

He's coming back.

[D]

This a solid 132.

[A]

Oh, my God. Mike would be such a great politician. Mike would be. Mike runs for mayor or even president.

[B]

We're all, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

I mean, it couldn't get any more worse, though. Let's see here. Let's see here. Let's see here. Tristan writes in and says, rip d'. Angelo. He and Dilla changed rhythm forever. Agreed. Mellow fellow says, blessed. Now's the perfect time to hop into Digimon. I guarantee you it's not.

[B]

Oh, you're not playing Digimon?

[A]

No. That's not one of the five games I'm chuckling right now. Mike was playing Digimon.

[B]

Yeah, he did. Yeah, he was.

[A]

Oh, my God, he's coming back. Oh, he's running real fast.

[B]

We can't. We.

[A]

We got a band running.

[B]

Yeah, no running.

[D]

Because Play Digimon. It's really, really good.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Okay.

[A]

Whoa.

[D]

You guys should put Digimon on your list to play. Yeah, it's a lot of fun.

[A]

You still playing it?

[D]

I got fat, man. I got Agumon. I got all the mons. Bro. This shit's lit, Vlad.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. That's a no. Let's see.

[B]

Open.

[A]

As prime says, when's the games cast? Where we list out games officially define what a remake slash remaster is, thanks to the morning discussion. Bless openness. Prime is referring to. I got on Reddit again.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

As I reply into things on Reddit again. Oh, man, Openness. I think it was you that made the post of like, I disagree with Blessing about yada yada and like, usually I wouldn't respond. Usually. In fact, usually I try not to look at Reddit posts, but I was there. I had the time this morning. I didn't have the time this morning. I was prepping kfc. But I got in there and we had a good discussion. It was good debate. What pisses me off though, is that people keep telling me that Bluepoint doesn't remake games. I saw somebody refer to Shadow Colossus remake as a deluxe remaster and I can't have this conversation I hate anymore. You know what?

[B]

What fucked it all up. Final Fantasy 7.

[A]

Thank you. Yes. I was going to make this point.

[B]

Final Fantasy 7 fucked it all up. Now it got in everybody's heads thinking that you have to change the game style Resident Evil 2 remake as well. That you have to change the way the game plays for it to be a remake.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

To me, when we were, you know, back. Back in the day, before we had a Resident Evil 2 remake or Final Fantasy 7 remake or whatever it was, anything that was a remaster was. They were unlocking the textures to be full res. They were putting it in 1080p. They were getting widescreen treatment. It was. It was looking sharper and it was running better and running smoother.

[A]

That's what I remaster. Red Faction Gorilla remastered. The.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Oh, what's Darksiders? Didn't they have a remaster?

[B]

Yeah, I believe so. I believe we doubled her. I don't know. Yeah, it had a cute name to.

[A]

It or whatever, but it's usually you are.

[B]

The.

[A]

Somebody in the Reddit described it as like. You're like rubbing off the Vaseline. Right.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

You're taking what is and making it clear.

[B]

Make that game that was 480p back in the day. Make it look 1080p now. Make it 4040p or 4K now. Yeah. And the textures that were all smudgy because you had to compress them and you were looking at them at like the lowest res possible. Now we unlock it. It's like, oh, these textures were actually really sharp. Now that I'm running on better hardware, that's what a remaster remaster to me. If art. If like to not call Demon Souls a remake you like or Shadow of the Colossus, you're doing a massive disservice to every 3D art asset being recreated.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

From scratch. Like, I don't care if you're using the. Still the. The Same source code or whatever. Like, oh, but it's the same game just with like a new engine on top of it. But for every 3D asset to get recreated, you. You're not just hitting a button that says, make the models look sharper and better. You are recreating everything from start. You are remaking all those assets. That to me, is a remake.

[A]

And I. There's somebody else in the thread. I need to stop reading Reddit. But there was somebody else in the thread say that like, oh, that's a waste of creativity. That's the race of what? No, that is creativity. Like, that is an art in, of. In and of itself. Right? If you're able to go and look at what was once there with demon souls or what was once there with Shadow Colossus or what was once there with that original thing and go, all right, how do I take this and turn it into something that feels brand new, right? Like, how can I put my own artistic vision on, like, making this something that is brand new? I think that is worthwhile and that is art, right? Like, I can't do that shit, right? Mostly you need an artist to go and do that shit.

[B]

I think if you. I think the people that, that feel that way are probably the same ones going, you know, CGI sucks. And it's like, no, you think CGI sucks now because budgets are so shitty and people can't. Don't have time to make or whatever.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But like, you know, it's. It's like when there was like the, the anti CG art movement or whatever. It's like, yes, I love physical too in, in movies, I love real world props. But, you know, don't talk cg because that CG team had to rush the. Out of this because of, you know, needed to get the movie out or whatever. It's like, it's. You are totally like downplaying a full. You're downplaying a full talent, which is recreating these things, trying to keep it traditional while, you know, making it their own or making it new or just recreating it like, hey, this 3D asset was made on PS1. How would that look now in 2025 or 2021 or whatever.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And that to me is like, that deserves like the remake thing.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Remasters to me will always be just like when people say, I want a bloodborne remaster, to me in my mind, I go, oh, they want, they want.

[A]

To play it in 60fps.

[B]

They want to just like put in that McDonald code to give it 60 frames per second. It's 4K now. It's sharper. It doesn't have all the jaggies from the anti, from the anti aliasing or aliasing. And it just looks better and runs better. That's to me a remaster. Now if you said I want Blue Point to remake Bloodborne, then we're looking the Demon Souls way where it's like, let's put our new engine over the havoc engine of what you know they originally made Bloodborne in. And let's remake every asset, remake every weapon. Everything's going to be made from scratch. That to me is remake.

[A]

Yeah, I, I, I think you're right as far as The Final Fantasy 7 Remake aspect of it, because that was the same thought I had of between that and the Resident Evil 2 or Resident Evil 2 remake.

[B]

Right?

[A]

Like, which is not, which is less additive than Final Fantasy 7 Remake. But still you're taking that original game and recontextualizing it and like giving a different point of view or whatever. Even though so much of it is based off.

[B]

You're changing the whole game.

[A]

You change the whole game style. Essentially third person shooter. Now, like I, I understand what it comes down to is like there's not a clean way to title that other than just calling it Resident Evil 2 or just calling it Final Fantasy 7 Remake. But really it's like for me, those are more than remix. For me, those are like reimagining. For me, that's like your Final Fantasy 7 remake in like Rebirth are damn near sequels to the original Final Fantasy vii. But yeah, I think that it's moved the needle to where now like remakes are a bigger spectrum and I think that's okay. But I don't think the, I don't think the solution is then go, everything's a remaster unless it's Final Fantasy 7 Remake. It's like, no, no, no, no, no. That's not the way we were calling them before Final Phases 7 Remake.

[B]

When we were talking about Metroid Prime Remastered, somebody was like, yeah, but that's just a remaster. The I was like, well, it's a, it's a new lighting engine with every new art asset recreated. Like that's, you know, that, that, that to me is, that's, that's a remake. I know they called a remaster. I don't give a. Like that's like you are remaking everything from scratch to make it look like a modern thing.

[A]

Anyway, speaking of tech, hey, what's up with this controller? This is the scuf Valor Pro.

[B]

The SCUF Valor Pro. Yes, it is blessing SCUF Valor Pro. Scuff. I hope to continue to become the controller guy because I buy a shit ton of controllers and I get sent some as well. And I love this controller. This is a. The wireless version of the wired version that I've been using a lot of. The wired SCUF valor Pro was 100 bucks, and that was like wired, only with all the back paddles that you could want, even some. You know, even if you don't like the way these feel, you can replace these little buttons so it just like becomes a flat thing if you don't. Of course you can.

[A]

This looks nice.

[B]

It comes with a little USB thing that you could plug in. This is not a sponsorship ad, by the way. This is just me talking about new.

[A]

Tech that I. Yeah, you came. You came to me and you're like, I have a controller that I want to review, I want to talk about.

[B]

So. So the, The. The SCUF Valor Pro is again, it's. It's a very expensive controller. Very expensive along the lines of what you would expect with the dualsense Edge with the Xbox Elite. This is a $190 controller.

[A]

Damn cheaper than what I thought.

[B]

When we talk about how the.

[A]

How much are the.

[B]

The Elites, I think at one point were like one or maybe 200. Now they're 150 or something. Okay. The most important thing about controllers for me nowadays is not only back paddle feel it and placement, but it's programmability. Can I program the back paddles on the fly without having to open a piece of software that you may have? Now they SCUF does have their own piece of software that you could go in there and edit the, like, the. The dead zones and all that in the sticks or whatever, you know, like, you can get really, really down to the nitty gritty with it. But for me, it's always about when I'm on the fly and I'm switching to a new video game. And this new video game has dodge on right trigger instead of B. Can I just hold this button, hit my back paddle, and then hit the button I want it to do to be attached to. And yes, you can do that still on the Valor Pro Wireless. I've been using the wired version for quite some time, I would say between the Gamesir G7 Pro, which is the other one I've been using a lot. That and the SCUF are the ones that I've been swapping between the most. Again, The SCUF wired one is 100. This is $189.99 if you want that wireless capability. So again, these are like for enthusiasts. These are for people who got extra bucks to spend and are like, yeah, I like getting the best of the best or whatever. So this isn't something that I would just recommend to anybody and say like, yeah, of course. Hey, Instead of that $60 8 bit dough, why don't you, you know, fork up for this, you know, $190 controller, which are mainly used for, I would say if you're really, really into Call of Duty and you're into first person shooters or third person shooters on controller, this is what the market is kind of aimed for. Right. When we're talking about the polling rate and how quickly the controller responds to all of your movements. It also has the trigger stops which we love, Love the trigger stops. And it has a little sound profile stuff, little knobs here to control whether you want like game audio or chat. I love that. It's an awesome controller. It feels great. It's one of the better like materials, I would say. It doesn't feel like a cheap sort of like plastic thing. I just love the feel of it. So I will continue to use the Scuf Valor Pro wireless and or wired, depending on where I'm at, along with my gamesir. Those are my favorite controllers of the year.

[A]

Nice.

[B]

Yeah, I like this controller a lot.

[A]

For more context, the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2. I believe the MSRP is 200, but it's been slashed. Right now it's 157.95 on the Microsoft website, on the Xbox website and then on Amazon it's $153 and Lord knows.

[B]

I got problems with those controllers. Yeah, I have four at home and.

[A]

I assume that's a temporary sale, but I can't, I can't tell for sure. But yeah, the 200 is like slashed out on both things.

[B]

I feel like it's been a temporary sal. Been temporary for the last like year or so.

[A]

Yeah, it's like a very long temporary sale.

[B]

But yeah, I, I absolutely recommend these over the Xbox Elite 2 controller. I said this, I think on the games Daily we were on prior where like I think the next move Microsoft should make because I love the feeling of a normal ass Microsoft controller. I love the feeling of a normal ass. I love feeling of a normal ass Microsoft controller. The Elite controllers, I've never loved the, the rubberized grips but I deal with it because I love the back paddles and the customized customization there but their bumper buttons always fail and the rubber grips always peel off. And if I. I think the next thing that Microsoft needs to do, which would be like the coolest and easiest dub ever, is just add basic ass back buttons to your standard controller. Like 8bitdo has. These aren't. I wouldn't say, like, stand like basic buttons. These are kind of built in a different way, the way the body style is. But, like, just add normal back buttons to the standard Xbox controller and that would be such an easy win. But the thing that would kind of keep me from using that still is the programmability. I hate having to open up the Xbox accessories app. That's kind of a pain in the ass sometimes. Sometimes you're in a game, so, you know, whatever. It's just like an extra step where you have to open up the accessories app to say, assign the button to the back button to the back paddle or whatever. Assign y to there. Now to be able to do that all on the hardware, like I am able to do with this with the gamesir with the Razer Wolverine that I was using last year, that's like, give me hardware remapping. But as it stands, like, I would recommend these any day over what Microsoft is offering with their Xbox controllers.

[A]

There you go. What's it called again?

[B]

Valor Pro Wireless.

[A]

Valor Pro Wireless.

[B]

S U C F. Valor Pro Wireless.

[A]

Is Scuff the name, Name of the.

[B]

Company stuff is the brand? Yeah.

[A]

Brand. Okay, gotcha.

[B]

Yeah, Scuff is known for all their, like, sort of esports stuff. They always do, like, brand deals with Call of Duty pros and stuff like that. So, yeah, Scuff's been around the game for a long time. And yeah, the button feel is great. I love this controller quite a bit. I think it has, like, maybe the best feeling sticks. Also something about the texture, the textures on it.

[A]

I do love how this feels. Like if you had. If I had closed my eyes he handed this to me, I would have maybe even guessed that this is like an official Xbox thing. Except for the. The. The grips feel a bit thicker in a way that I like. But that's like the only thing that feels fairly, like, different or like, off from like a Microsoft brand thing.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Other than that, though, like, this feels. This feels tight.

[B]

But again, if. If you're, like, looking for a new controller and you don't need wireless, get the wired one. 100 bucks for the wired one is like, such an easy recommendation for me. If you're like, you know, well, if you're in the market for a new controller. And most controllers are like 60, 70 or 80 nowadays. Save money for an extra couple months and get the wired hundred dollar one because it's a really good piece of hardware.

[A]

Let's go from a controller review to a video game review with story number three. Ball X Pit. Reviews are out. I got a roundup for you. On Metacritic is sitting at an 84. On OpenCritic, it is sitting at an 86. Roland Ingram at Nintendo Life gave it a 9 out of 10 and says ball X Pit is tremendous. Sorry. Is a tremendous brew of so many ideas it ought to collapse under the confusion. However, it operates in such perfect balance that it appeals both to the one more go instinct and to more cerebral planning and creativity. Kenny Sun Studios set itself a heck of a challenge, but fortunately hadn't dropped the ball. Robin Valentine at PC Gamer gave it an 80 out of 100 and says a roller coaster ride of ball bouncing action that loves to break its own rules. And Christian Donlin at Eurogamer gave it a four out of five and says Kenny Sun's new game is a vogish spin on an Atari classic and it rules. Andy, you've been playing some of that Ball X Pit.

[B]

Yeah, I got about 22 hours in ball Pit.

[A]

Is it just Ball Pit?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Do I not pronounce the X as like Hunter? Hunter?

[B]

Yeah, I think that's what we're doing nowadays. Like, like Spy Family.

[A]

Does Spy Family have an ex?

[B]

Maybe.

[A]

Have I. Have I have I just ignored the ex the entire time?

[B]

I think so.

[A]

Five. It's. Oh, you're right. There's been an X there the whole time. Yeah, I think I just, Yeah, I just started calling it Spy Family and the X just like it's implied. Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

I've been playing Ball Pit on numerous devices, including the Asus Rog.

[A]

Whoa.

[B]

Which I will be, you know, talking about in the gamescast after this. But I've been playing on numerous devices, including my Steam deck, including my PC. I like this game. I don't love it. I, I, maybe I need to put in more hours to fully see the fruits of my labor and maybe to see how creative it could possibly get. But you know, at this point these games are, they are such brain rot.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That I don't know whether to commend it for that or to, to strike points from it. Because similar to something like Megabunk, which is just the 3D vampire survivors game, you're playing it and I'm like, I am one step removed from being an old lady. In a casino, just hitting the button like right now to see the numbers.

[A]

My actions barely matter right now. Yeah, it is about the choices I've made to make the number go up.

[B]

I am one step away from, you know, being the, the Candy Crush player that, you know, is playing at work or whatever. Like, I, I'm not trying to talk shit about Candy Crush, but it's like how far away are we really from that style of game? I think the roguelite nature does work out really well in the way that these, these balls will evolve. These balls evolve in a lot of cool, creative ways. If I were to put a score in it right now, I don't want you all to freak out again. This is, this is a safe space and sometimes we can still recommend games that are good. I would give this game a 7.5 out of 10.

[A]

Coward.

[B]

It's a game I recommend. It's a game that I'm like, hey, if you got spared 20 bucks or 25 or however much it is and you enjoy just the, the brain feeling good whenever you see all those numbers and flashes and all the sound effects are fantastic. I think the sound design is like really, really top notch. Similar to. On the flip side, when you think about the sound design is something like Minecraft where you're just kind of like. And it's like, ah, this feels good. And just. It's appealing to hear the. Yeah. The sound effects in this game are fantastic with all of the different effects explosions of, of the bricks breaking. And for audio listeners, if you're listening, you're like, what the is ball pit? It is a roguelite brick breaker where you are controlling a town called Balbion.

[A]

Okay. I believe that's actually, you know what, that's actually good.

[B]

Yeah, When I let that sit, it.

[A]

Is kind of with that.

[B]

Yeah, it is pretty damn good. You're in a town called Balbion. And the way that you get these permanent upgrades during matches is you as you're playing a. A little round of brick break or whatever and you unlock a new character, you then go to place down Kevin. If you could bring the footage back up of like the city view, which may be hard to find, but when you see the city view right there. Yeah, here you go. Perfect. This is where the game can maybe pause a little bit during that moment, but this is where the game could kind of look overwhelming. When I first heard that this game had a sort of city management sim, I'm like, I don't know if I want that in this game, but usually that speaks to me, man. They are way nicer. They are way more organized. Organized in mine. Holy shit. Mine is just like, I unlocked a new building. I guess I'll put it here and move this building elsewhere or whatever. So you can move these buildings whenever you want. But what the buildings do is they're. They. They are the main way that you upgrade your. Your characters permanently. This game has an Elden Ring slash Dark Souls leveling system, where now stick with me. It's like it has the. The grading intelligence.

[A]

It has the grading as the letters.

[B]

So you start off with like, E scores everywhere. And like, snowback mic one sass. Is e good after he had approximately, like, 400 hours in souls games. And from software games, is E good? No, E does not stand for excellent. E is the worst it could be, right? And so you might put a house down. And that house is, I don't know, the witch's factory or whatever. And that will increase intelligence. And intelligence is tied to your aoe. If you want to use some of the balls that are area of effect balls, then it's like the lightning, the earthquake, all those things that improve aoe. And then you place that little witch factory down in your house after every round. And then you send your dudes out on a little mission. And then when you send them out, they have to bounce against the building to level that building up. And now your intelligence might go up from E to D. Okay? And then every time you want to level that up, it requires resources to require to level it up. And then instead of taking 10 bounces to level up, now you're trying to get to rank A on strength. And that building requires, like, 40 bounces. So you have to, like, send your little soldiers out and hope that you set out, hope that you sort of organized your world in a way that will benefit your soldiers. Just, like, bounce against the little building. And now you're at an A for strength. But not every character has a good score or a good rating in strength, right? So one character might have A. You may have leveled them up to 30, and they may have a 25 in strength. And that's going to be good because you have an A in strength. But if you want to play that character that has a 12 in strength, that's not really going to go too far, you know? So it's like, it has that Dark Souls leveling system that can be very confusing to a lot of people. And that's what Roger's struggling with either. Roger's in a point where he's like, I can't get past this level. And I asked him, have you been leveling up your buildings? He's like, no. I was like, well, this ha. It has a Dark Souls leveling system, which can kind of get be hard for people who don't fully understand that.

[A]

If you've not played that or it's tough.

[B]

It's kind of weird the way it works. But yeah, you want make sure you want to level up those buildings. And once you do, you will start unlocking characters that completely break the game. There's a character that are. It's like the cohabitants, and it's two little people that shoot double the balls, but they are half health or they're half damage, but they still shoot like double the amount of balls. So then, like, if you during a run, pick the fireball, then it'll be like two fireballs. They bounce all over the place. One character that I just got is called, like the Juggler. And I don't have to. I can shoot balls in, like an arc. So like, I could shoot towards the back line without having to hit the front.

[A]

Oh, that's cool.

[B]

And so now I could just. In the back line, like it. It evolves in a lot of cool ways. I don't love the game. I. I like it so far, but I still, like, recommend it. It's a 7.5 out of 10 for me. It's one that I say, if you're interested in, give it a shot. There's a good chance you'll like it. I recommend it.

[A]

Well, Andy Ball xpit is getting some good big reviews.

[B]

Big reviews.

[A]

Big, big reviews. But if I wanted something smaller, say the tiniest news I need us to know about, where would I go?

[B]

You go to our last story, the WE News channel, where we cover all the small news items you need to know about.

[A]

Story number four was a big news, but I'm demoting it to WE News. Sonic the Hedgehog has been added as a sidekick on GPS navigation app ways from Chris Golian at vgc. Yeah, basically, Sonic talks to you, tells you when to turn left.

[B]

There's a chili dog stand nearby.

[A]

Well, funny enough, I. There are voice lines I was gonna have you do. Maybe I can still have you do them here.

[B]

Yeah, let me hear.

[A]

Let's see. According to ways Sonic will say such lines as. All right, let's roll. Keep your eyes on the road.

[B]

All right, let's roll. Keep your eyes on the road.

[A]

I like that.

[B]

Turn right. Excellent handling speed by that cop, you.

[A]

Know, so yeah, that's. With ways more Wii news for you. A Thousand Extra Zest. It's coming to Xbox. Xbox Game Pass and PS5 on November 4th. Highly recommend that game. That was one that I know Barrett really loved. I really loved. A lot of people here, actually. Really loved.

[B]

And so, dude, that game is good.

[A]

If you haven't played a Thousand Extra disc because you don't have, like, a. You don't get on PC now, you can check it out.

[B]

Dude, watch. Dude, here's the thing about a movie like Tron Aries, which is not good, but while watching it and just like, the way things are designed, even Tron Legacy, I'm like, oh, man, if they made a 1000x for this movie, 1000 times this movie, yeah, that would be awesome. With this sort of vision, what a good game.

[A]

We got new PS plus games for you for October. PS plus extra. You're getting Silent Hill 2 Until dawn as Dusk Falls, V Rising, Yakuza. Like a Dragon, Poppy Playtime Chapter One, and Wizard with a Gun. For premium, you're getting Tekken 3. Motion Wreck. Launches October 27th on PC. Testronic shuts down their Bucharest studio. Apologies if I mispronounced that.

[B]

I think you nailed it.

[A]

Yeah. Bucharest. Okay.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Death by scrolling. Launches October 28th on PC. And then, last one, a sad one. Witchbrook has been delayed to 2026. It was originally scheduled for winter 2025. Oh, somebody's crawling onto the. Oh, God. Oh, God. Somebody's calling. It's Barry.

[B]

Hello, everybody.

[A]

What's up?

[E]

Hey, you guys cool right now?

[A]

You guys cool?

[E]

You wearing a wire?

[B]

We're not live. We're not live. We're not live. No, we're not live.

[E]

Okay. All right.

[B]

All right. You feel my abs, by the way?

[E]

Yeah, they're nice. They're nice. Okay, I need y' all to be cool, all right?

[A]

Oh, he's exotic.

[E]

Which Brooke. All right, I don't know if you know this, Andy. You have which brook on your fantasy critic.

[B]

I was made aware of that this morning. I didn't know that.

[E]

You don't remember spending money to pick it up?

[B]

I. Well, I do now, but on the other. On the flip side thing. Sorry, I was talking to you loudly. On the flip side of things, like, now that it's delayed, I can't drop it. I already dropped the game earlier.

[E]

Well, here's the thing. You only use one of your three will not release drops.

[B]

No, we have three. Yeah, you have three.

[E]

So here's the thing I need. Yeah, here's the thing. They have eyes and ears everywhere. Mike and Roger have been torturing me for weeks, if not months. I've been trying to go to sleep, but there's a ringing in my ears every night. And it's just.

[B]

We're cheating. We're cheating.

[A]

We're cheating.

[E]

We're cheating, Barrett. And here's the thing.

[B]

Sometimes I'm a part of that. I'm in fifth place.

[A]

Are you gonna cheat back?

[E]

I'm in fifth place. I've got three games left. Maybe they hit maybe, maybe they don't. I need Marvel Cosmic Invasion to come the out.

[B]

Where's your release date?

[E]

I don't know. I don't know where that release date is. But at this point, I don't care if I win, Andy. I need Mike and Roger to lose. I need them to lose. And you know who's in second place right now? Andy Cortez.

[B]

Paris, because he had silks on, right?

[E]

Andy Cortez is in second place with 105 points.

[B]

Since when?

[A]

When did that happen?

[B]

3. What happened to Paris?

[A]

Oh, Absolum did that for you.

[B]

Absolute no.

[A]

Yeah, absolutely. Wow.

[B]

I'm up right now.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

So here's the thing.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Are you gonna be cool? Because I have some information for you to help you out.

[B]

Wait. But they're probably listening. Wait, no. Maybe they're listening.

[E]

Maybe they're listening. But here's the thing. I need to make sure you don't me.

[B]

Are you planting false information?

[E]

No. I need to make sure you don't me on this, because I thought about helping you out. But you know what?

[B]

You know what?

[E]

I like your co captain for team Purple for showdown. So I need to make sure I don't give you this information, and then you just say, oh, you know what? I'm going to use this information to help out Mike because Mike and Roger are recruiting everybody.

[B]

Yeah, but it is funny when Mike wins just for the content. But, you know, help me out.

[D]

Yeah, for sure.

[E]

Can I fucking trust you?

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[E]

Look at me.

[A]

Is Bear about to leak a game?

[E]

Look at me. If you me on this, I will make sure to park in your parking spot as much as possible so you have to deal with neighborhood parking for the rest of our lives.

[B]

Okay, I'll listen. I'll listen. Okay. That's all he had to threaten me with.

[E]

Is Skate Story.

[B]

Good.

[E]

Does it have the sauce? Because that's coming out in December. How do you feel about Skate Story?

[B]

I'm feeling great about it. Okay. I'm feeling real good about that one.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

Is it coming out still?

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

December.

[B]

Nice. Yeah, nice.

[E]

So if you want a good shot at winning, you're going to drop Witchbrook because it'll be one of your free do not release drops.

[B]

Right? Right.

[E]

You have $24. You're going to spend all of that on Demon School. Demon School has got that indie JRPG sauce that I think the JRPG indie nerds are going to be fucking into.

[B]

Is it coming out?

[A]

Yeah, November is November. Yeah.

[B]

Ah.

[E]

Pick up Demon School. Spend all of your money on it. You want to know why? You've $24. Now, Mike and Roger, they only have six or seven dollars.

[B]

Oh, nice.

[E]

But here's the thing. The reason you want to use all of your money, since Greg Miller has $23 and he's not fucking winning, maybe they've recruited him.

[B]

Oh, who knows? Who fucking knows?

[E]

They've got eyes and ears everywhere. Drop Witsbrook. Spend it all on Demon School, you might have a shot at winning.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

You've never, you haven't seen me.

[B]

I've been. I haven't seen you.

[A]

I was wondering why I asked about Skate stories. Because you already have Skate Story. So the idea is that if you get Skate Story to hit well for you and then. Yeah, if you drop Witchbrook and pick up Demon School, theoretically, you're gonna be looking good.

[B]

On the flip side, though, what if I have a little revenge tour from EA football manager? What if EA pool manager 26 might come out?

[A]

Wait, I think somebody picked that up. Oh, yeah, I'm pretty sure. Hold on, let me check.

[B]

I don't know what's happening in this league.

[A]

Football.

[B]

I do think it's funny though, if Mike.

[A]

Oh, nobody. Nobody picked up EA Football Manager.

[B]

I do kind of think, but like.

[A]

It'S kind of a risk because the last one, it was so bad they canceled it.

[B]

Yeah, it was mine.

[A]

Oh, because you had that last.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You're going to bet on that twice. You know what they say, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, you can't get fooled again.

[B]

Here's what I'm confused about. Bless. Because I, I, I dropped the game.

[A]

You get a free drop and you have three. Hold on, let me look.

[B]

So I dropped it. Not thinking that it was like a delayed game. I think I dropped it because I just didn't want it. But I guess then it turned into it's not releasing, so it counted towards my not releasing.

[A]

Was it already?

[B]

No, not. I don't think so.

[A]

That should count as your free drop.

[B]

I don't remember.

[A]

I think you're able to. Thank you, Kevin.

[B]

I don't know what I'm doing on.

[A]

The website to see like what drops you have. There's a setting in there I could help if you want to come to your computer after this, I'll go to your computer, help you figure out how many drops you have.

[B]

But yeah, blessings by dad or my son. Help me out with WI Fi.

[A]

You have one free drop and then you have three Will not release drops. So if it, if it got delayed or if it has a release date in another year, you have three of those that you can drop.

[B]

It's funny, I was just talking about this last night before the news. Like, I was like, I. Because I think Shadow Trickster in the chat was like. And no, Andy, you're in second. There's no way. I thought Paris was like. But I thought I was like fourth or fifth.

[A]

I thought I was. Where am I at in this thing? What happened to you? I thought I was second.

[B]

How could somebody who cares so little like me be in second? So here's the other.

[A]

Okay, I'm in third now. This is absolute, absolute nice.

[B]

That's good for me. Okay. Fascinating. Because I was like, Chad, if. If Witchburg games are getting delayed, like I'm. That was my only drop. Like, I. I don't have another job.

[A]

No, yeah, yeah. You have three.

[B]

Awesome.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

This league is cool.

[A]

What sucks for me? Well, for me it comes down to Luminesce Arise, which I think is going to do very well. I say that even though I've made. I've made bad decisions recently. Right. Because like Skin Deep didn't do well for me. And then wanders. Wanderstop kind of came back a little bit. But then I have mixtape, which I am at the point where I'm convinced that that's not coming out this year. Mixtape is gonna me because I can't drop mixtape because it's those counter picked. Oh. And so I'm stuck with mixtape unless they shadow drop that shit. Because I know that's going to be a banger. I know that's a good reviews, but I'm like, that's not coming out this year anymore. I don't think it's coming out this year. And so that's going to fuck me. And then it's been all quiet on.

[B]

The western front for mixtape.

[A]

The question mark I have is possessors. That's one from Heart Machine. That's the return to like that 2D. Like pixel art, I think not pixel art.

[B]

No, no. Amazing hand animated art.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

With awesome combat. If you haven't played the demo, I don't know. You know, if there's a demo out right now, there probably will be. With the game coming out so soon, the combat in that game is really cool. It feels so good. It feels like a. They were trying to do, like a Smash Bros Fighting style.

[A]

I need that game to be a banger. It's those two games can be bangers. Then I can keep myself in this.

[B]

Look, here's the thing. If the people that review. If the right people review, possessors. And the people I'm talking about are the ones horny for demons, because, like, the main character, you're breaking out. Long black hair, horns, shirtless abs. Remember that one picture of Crips Hemsworth where his, like, torso was longer than the fucking Eiffel Tower? Oh, and he was like, in the rain, wet.

[A]

Kevin, can you bring that up?

[B]

His jeans were down to, like. You could probably see. You could see the source.

[A]

Maybe not bring that up because that sounds beautiful.

[B]

Beautiful. Yeah.

[A]

That's okay. This isn't as.

[B]

Look how long that.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

Yeah. He looks like a worm. What a man. Look at this guy. He looks like. What's it called? The. Marcus the Worm.

[A]

For the last two days, I've been in the gym just picturing Yousef Mageed because he posted a new Instagram post.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Yeah. At the beach on vacation.

[B]

Got me off flustered.

[A]

And it was one of those ones where I was kind of like, oh, fuck me. I guess like, oh, shit. I thought I looked good. This is. This is a man that has been sculpting, and I see him all the time, but he has clothes on, so I don't get the full picture. Yeah, that. That picture sent me to the gym chat. Look up Yusuf McGee on Instagram. Oh, I'm sweating. Let's knock out. We're late in the show, so I'm gonna knock out some super chats real quick. Mad Hatter says birthday tax. Thanks. Kind of funny for all you guys do. Happy birthday, Mad Hatter. J.B. bonifacio says, finished my first full run of Absolum, but apparently the story is just getting started.

[B]

Nice.

[A]

Hell, yeah.

[B]

I got real far in Absolute, too. I played that a decent amount on this old. No, I was scared to take this to LA with me.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Greg was like, don't travel with it. And I was like, ah, yeah. Buzz out on an airplane, Phil Spencer pops up. He's like a flight. Is that the air Marks? You're arrested, sir.

[A]

Scorpion brew Says, I just want to thank you for having Jason Schreier on the show. I have now read all of his books. 10 out of 10 each one can't wait for his next.

[B]

I've read them too, with my ears.

[A]

Mad Rock says blessing should join the box. Jam slam for 2xko. A lot of people been telling me about this say, jam slam situation. What are the detail? Like, does it make sense for me to try to get a part of it? Like, is it because I always associated bigger creators, not trying to downplay myself, but like, I think I've always envisioned like, I don't know, like a Lily Pichu or a Valkyrie or like people of that stature. Like, would they, would they care about me over there? I don't know. I also am playing a lot of games. I would like to get better at.

[B]

2X scale with how little we get hit up for Twitch Rivals. Yeah. Which is never.

[A]

But here's the thing. I know it's also thing of if we put ourselves out there more, we probably would get hit up for more stuff. It's just a matter of like one, am I gonna make the time for me to, you know, go all. Because I want to play to. If I'm gonna do a sage am slam, I want to go all in. You know what I mean? I want to be playing that game. I want to become the Chris Hemsworth of 2X.

[B]

So long I'm gonna be in there.

[A]

I was doing. I did so many sit ups today.

[B]

That's so vertical.

[A]

I did so many setups today.

[B]

You gotta do pull ups with your legs up.

[A]

Pull ups with your, with your legs up.

[B]

Like, just pull.

[A]

What muscles does that? Like? Really?

[B]

Yeah. Okay, you get that line?

[A]

Because I'm. I'd be in there doing the arms. I'll be on the treadmill. But then it's like, it's the core. I get lazy with the core.

[B]

Well, the pull ups, like, obviously hurt help your arms and your biceps. But yeah, when you hold your legs up, like, man, you do that for a week, you're gonna see that.

[A]

Do you think we can get a pull up bar in this office?

[B]

No. Roger wanted to have one and then Nick said, roger, how would you feel if I put something in your house? And Roger's like, this isn't your house.

[A]

That's hilarious. That's like such a Nick thing.

[B]

It is. I hate it.

[A]

Let's see here. Brad Mills writes in with a birthday tax. Happy birthday, Brad Mills. Sorry, I'm speeding through these because we're really late in the show Now. Joe Ferrelli says Andy's initial Valor Pro review is the reason I bought one. My first back paddle, baby. My first non first part controller. Love it on Xbox.

[B]

Nice.

[A]

Oh, first party controller. I see what you're saying.

[B]

That being said, if they can improve something about this controller, I wish the back buttons were 10%, like easier. There's a bit of like, there's a bit more resistance than I would prefer BG2.

[A]

58 says. Do you think that a futuristic ghost of Tokyo would work as the next entry in the Ghost franchise?

[D]

Or.

[A]

Or is the old setting in vast nature necessary? Oh, man, that's. I don't want to go too deep in this conversation, because I could go deep on this conversation, but they that studio with the Ghost series, I feel like one of the things that really defines Ghost of Tsushima and Yotei is the foliage. I feel like that's like top three identifiable things about ghosts is the foliage.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

The beautiful plants, the colors, like how vibrant the vistas and how vibrant the wind. All that is so necessary to ghost that. I feel like if you took you. If you took that game out of that setting, it's almost like you might as well just make a different game at that point.

[B]

But imagine instead of the leaves, like blown by you, pieces of paper, like.

[A]

Garbage in the streets. Yeah.

[B]

And you go into photo mode and you can like raise it up to the highest. And it's just all papers, all these CVS receipts.

[A]

You can see you're riding around the city and you're seeing like the vibrancy of the ipod nanos just left on the ground. Jerson7 says, I just spent $180 on the Scuf Envision Pro. And brother, was I shooting on the B07 beta. That's Black Ops 7. Tim previously used the Gamer sir. And the Scuf feels way better.

[B]

Game, sir. You heard about the game, sir?

[A]

No.

[B]

Look it up.

[A]

Is it good games?

[B]

I love that controller.

[A]

Is it really? Gamer sir?

[B]

It's game, sir.

[A]

Game, sir.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

We gotta spell check a little bit, guys.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You have super chats be whooping my ass, you know. Okay, I'm gonna stop. I'm gonna cut it off there because we're going. We're going real late. Let me pull in. You're wrong. Of course. That's where you write in. Let us know what we got wrong as we got it wrong so we can correct it. For those watching later on YouTube and listening later on podcast services around the globe, Nitro says Andy said that Absolum was an early Access game. It is, in fact, not an early access game.

[B]

Hey, I thought it was an early Access game.

[A]

And then Mr. Hawk says Football Manager is not an EA series. Also, Football Manager 26 is releasing on November 4th.

[B]

I'm looking to that. I've been looking at that.

[A]

I think Barrett gave sound advice.

[B]

Also.

[A]

Barrett, I'm saying I'm. I actually. I don't know. I was gonna say, I know for a fact Bear didn't get a code. And so I was gonna be like, are you breaking something? But he didn't get a code for sure. I know that for Demon School because, remember, they sent codes, like, really early and then delayed the game. Oh. So, like, I can't confirm or nor deny anything on Demon School. I will say I've not played much of that game at all, but I've been sitting. I've had a Demon School code for a while now. Allegedly.

[B]

Allegedly.

[A]

Now, Andy, that does bring us to the end of the show. Thank you so much for joining me here on this episode of Conflagnant Games Daily, where each and every week they run you through the nerdy news you need to know about live on YouTube, Twitch and on podcast services around the globe. If you love what we do, support us with a kind of funny membership on Patreon or YouTube to get all of our shows ad free, watch the court them live and get a daily exclusive show. Enjoy the games cast next and the stream after. But until next time, Game Daily.