Super Nintendo World Direct: Our Reactions - Kinda Funny Games Daily 11.12.24

Summary

Kinda Funny Games Daily: Super Nintendo World Direct Reactions

Hosts: Greg “GameOverGreggy” Miller, Tim Gettys, Blessing Adeoye Jr., Angie Hicks
Episode: Super Nintendo World Direct: Our Reactions
Release Date: November 12, 2024

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Introduction

In this episode of Kinda Funny Games Daily, hosts Tim Gettys, Blessing Adeoye Jr., and Angie Hicks delve into their reactions to the Super Nintendo World Direct event, alongside covering major gaming news including updates on Dragon's Dogma 2, a surprise GTA Trilogy update, and more.

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Personal Updates and Media Discussions

TV Viewing Habits:

• Angie Hicks shares her transition from intense gaming to a "TV era," expressing both enthusiasm and frustration with recent cinematic releases.
  "I feel like I've watched nothing... the last movie I watched was the weird Nicholas Cage one." ([01:34])

• Tim Gettys discusses his journey through Marvel Netflix shows, highlighting both his dedication and challenges with filler content.
  "I'm a completionist, so I want to watch them all." ([04:11])

• The hosts exchange thoughts on improving media analysis skills, with Angie considering community college courses based on listener recommendations.
  "I want to up my game... expand the way I think about movies." ([07:04])

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Super Nintendo World Direct: In-Depth Reactions

Event Highlights:

• Donkey Kong Country Expansion:
  The Super Nintendo World Direct announced a new Donkey Kong Country themed expansion, set to open on December 11, 2024, in Japan, with a U.S. launch in 2025. Features include a Donkey Konga rhythm game and the Mine Cart Madness roller coaster, promising an immersive experience even for non-thrill-seekers.
  "It's an authentic experience... Donkey Kong's music will do things to me." ([17:56])

Presentation Critique:

• Hosts Critique the Presentation Quality:
  Both Tim and Angie express disappointment with the presentation's editing quality, feeling it detracts from the overall excitement.
  "I just feel like you didn't even watch the whole thing. And you're looking at this, you're like, I don't know about that." ([26:33])
  "It cheapens the whole value of the experience to me." ([27:45])

Theme Park Experience:

• Comparison with Disney and Universal:
  Tim compares Nintendo's attention to detail in theme parks to Disney's renowned polish, noting that while Universal’s offerings felt lacking, Nintendo Land excelled in creating an immersive environment.
  "Nintendo Land did feel like it had that upped polish. Like, I felt real Disney magic." ([20:05])

• Future Expansion:
  Angie and Tim speculate on potential future expansions, such as a dedicated Zelda world, reflecting Nintendo's strategy to leverage its flagship franchises.
  "I think Zelda's next in line." ([23:37])

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News Highlights

1. Hideaki Itsuno Joins Tencent's Lightspeed Studios

• Overview:
  Famed director Hideaki Itsuno, known for Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma series, has joined Tencent's subsidiary Lightspeed Studios to develop original AAA action games.
  "Joining Lightspeed Studios is an exciting new chapter for me..." ([37:00])

• Host Insights:
  Tim expresses optimism about Itsuno's future projects, hoping for the continuation of the Devil May Cry legacy or new stylish action titles.
  "I think it's going to be a stylish action game... I have faith in this one more than some of the other recent situations." ([40:23])

2. GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition Surprise Update

• Overview:
  Rockstar released a surprise update for the GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition, enhancing visual elements like lighting and shadows, particularly praised in the mobile version.
  "Players praised the ports for fixing several issues... including Lighting, Shadows, Reflections, and Draw Distance." ([43:36])

• Host Reactions:
  Angie appreciates the update, noting significant improvements that may revive interest in the trilogy.
  "I was thinking about the fact that I play... this might be the thing that makes me go back." ([45:03])

3. Fortnite OG Becomes Permanent in December

• Overview:
  Epic Games announces that Fortnite OG, featuring the original island and iconic elements like Tilted Towers, will become a permanent mode starting December 6th.
  "Iconic Fortnite elements like Tilted Towers and the Baller will now be a standard part of the experience." ([47:08])

• Host Insights:
  Tim and Angie discuss the trend of live service games reviving original modes, linking it to holiday engagement strategies.
  "It's a testament to the success of Fortnite and Legacy that it has... it's still able to be like we could put out this other version that we know so many people want." ([50:05])

4. Ubisoft Sued Over The Crew Shutdown

• Overview:
  Ubisoft faces a class-action lawsuit from two gamers after shutting down the open-world racing game The Crew in March. Plaintiffs argue they were sold a license rather than ownership of the game.
  "Imagine you buy a pinball machine and years later you enter your den to go play it, only to discover that the paddles are missing." ([51:11])

• Host Reactions:
  Angie and Tim express frustration over the inability to play purchased games, highlighting broader issues in digital game ownership.
  "They really care about. They really wanted to play The Crew long term." ([52:20])

5. Valve Announces Limited Edition White Steam Deck OLED

• Overview:
  Valve introduces a limited edition white Steam Deck OLED, featuring a sleek design but differing in aesthetic preferences from some hosts.
  "I have a problem with it, and this is a Tim problem, but I... I'm a fan of the Stormtrooper look." ([54:46])

• Host Insights:
  Tim discusses personal preferences for portable devices, expressing excitement for upcoming handheld systems like the Retroid Pocket 5.
  "I want them to be black... extremely excited for my Retroid Pocket 5 that's on the way." ([55:09])

6. PS5 Slim Digital Edition Price Cut

• Overview:
  Sony reduces the price of the PS5 Slim Digital Edition by $70 until Christmas, now available for $380.
  "The disc-free console is now available for $380. That's awesome." ([57:13])

• Host Reactions:
  Angie and Tim welcome the price drop, speculating it may coincide with the upcoming PS5 Pro release to boost sales ahead of the holidays.
  "It's great... especially right now where everything's getting more expensive." ([57:31])

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Listener Interactions and Super Chats

Throughout the episode, the hosts engage with listener comments and super chats, addressing queries about game preferences and providing recommendations.

• Regarding Mike Tyson and Hasbulla Video:

  • Angie: "I found the footage where Mike Tyson does Hezbollah... did not know he was a child." ([36:14])

• On Prince of Persia and Metroid Dread:

  • Tim shares his preference for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown over Metroid Dread, citing superior combat mechanics and platforming challenges.
    "Lost Crown at the end of the day... better than Metroid Dread." ([60:12])

• Game Recommendations:

  • Blessing recommends Tactical Beach Wizards by Tom Francis for its engaging puzzles and art style.
    "It's really fun... it's a fun time." ([61:25])

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Conclusion

The episode wraps up with the hosts teasing upcoming segments, including interviews and game previews, while encouraging listeners to support through memberships and engage with their content.

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Notable Quotes:

• "I fell asleep in, like, the last hour." — Angie Hicks ([02:29])
• "God bless Miyamoto." — Angie Hicks ([19:50])
• "You can always dance if you need to." — Tim Gettys ([50:59])

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This comprehensive summary captures the essence of the episode, highlighting the hosts' personal insights, detailed reactions to the Super Nintendo World Direct, and coverage of significant gaming news, enriched with direct quotes for authenticity and engagement.

Transcript

[Angie Hicks]

Hi, I'm Angie Hicks, co founder of angie. One thing I've learned is that you buy a house, but you make it a home. And for decades, Angie's helped millions of homeowners hire skilled pros for the projects that matter. Get all your jobs done [e-mail] Today's.

[Tim Gettys]

Stories include everything announced at the Super Nintendo world Direct. Dragon's Dogma 2 director has a new studio. And GTA Trilogy gets a surprise new update. We'll have all this and more because this is Kind of Funny Games Daily. What's up? And welcome to Kind of Funny Games daily for Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Of course, I am your host, Tim Gettys. I am joined today by Blessing Ado Junior.

[Angie Hicks]

Good day, Tim.

[Tim Gettys]

Good day, bless. How you doing?

[Angie Hicks]

I'm doing good. I feel like it's, it's now become rarer that you're hosting KD with me and you're in the hosting seat.

[Tim Gettys]

I don't know why that is, but it, it definitely is the case because right before we went live, Roger's like, I'm gonna go to your cold open. I was like, thank God he said that because I would.

[Angie Hicks]

Have you just been sitting.

[Tim Gettys]

Pulled a Kevin. Yeah. But how you been? I feel like I haven't hung out with you in a long time. I don't know why that is.

[Angie Hicks]

I mean, I guess. Yeah, just that like, I. What last week it was a me and Snowbike Mike week. And then what yesterday was. Gary. What? I feel like we just don't. Haven't been getting scheduled together on Chips in the Night.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

We're not been one on one as.

[Tim Gettys]

Much, but I'm excited to be here.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah, I've been. I, I mean, review season for me feels like it's hit a dip in a good way because like, I was playing games like crazy in like the last few months and so now I've entered a TV era.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, I love that for you.

[Angie Hicks]

Watch some tv. And like, I'm trying to get back into the movies because, like, I this year I feel like I've watched nothing. At least in the second half of the year. It felt like maybe it's just been the industry. Like, it felt, it's felt like nothing has been coming out that's been worthwhile enough to get me out into the theater. I think the last movie I watched was the weird Nicholas Cage one.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

No, you watched Venom 3. Don't watch.

[Angie Hicks]

You're right.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Don't you lie.

[Angie Hicks]

I forgot that I watched.

[Tim Gettys]

Why did you do that?

[Angie Hicks]

You know, I got invited to some people that I think are really cool.

[Tim Gettys]

And I wanted to hang out with.

[Angie Hicks]

So I was like, all right. I haven't even seen Venom 1 and 2.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay.

[Angie Hicks]

So I jumped right to 3, and I was like, you know what, man? This shit's shit. But it's also. It was a fun watch.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, right. Like, I'm happy for you. Okay.

[Angie Hicks]

It's a goofy movie. Eddie fucking this guy, he has, like. He has that dog in him, and he. They're doing dance numbers and In Vegas.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

It's a weird film.

[Tim Gettys]

It's a very weird.

[Angie Hicks]

I fell asleep in, like, the last hour.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, God. The last hour. Okay.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah. So I got some good, good sleep during Venom. But I do want to watch substance. I've been hearing people talk about the substance. The streets have been all about the substance. And so that's on my list.

[Tim Gettys]

I've seen the weirdest. That movie makes no sense to me. Anytime I see any clip from it on Twitter, I'm like, there's no way these clips could be from the same movie.

[Angie Hicks]

I've seen only one clip or, like, one screenshot of substance. And it's like, I don't want to. I guess I don't know what constitutes the spoilers, but it was some freaky shit.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

Like, I gotta see this.

[Tim Gettys]

So what TV shows you've been watching?

[Angie Hicks]

I mean, the ones that everybody's been watching. Right. Penguin caught up on that. I mean, I guess I finished it. Right.

[Tim Gettys]

Our interviews out now. You can go check that out.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah, Absolutely. Phenomenal show up there. Probably is some of the best comic book television, I'd say.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, period.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

Like a singular season. Absolutely.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, I don't want to spoil where it ranked, but very high on the Batman in review list. Even comparing it to the Batman movies.

[Angie Hicks]

Wow. Oh, yeah. Another one, Agatha all along, which I would also say for me personally, as a singular season of comic book television up there as well.

[Tim Gettys]

Did you finish it? Yeah, yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

Shockingly good.

[Tim Gettys]

Incredible stuff towards the end.

[Angie Hicks]

I am a hater of, like, modern mcu, especially on the TV side.

[Tim Gettys]

Right.

[Angie Hicks]

Like, I feel like it's always a flip of the coin whether or not I'm going to like, an MCU show. This one probably top two or three for me.

[Tim Gettys]

Right.

[Angie Hicks]

I put it up there with, like, the best se. Like, or I guess, yeah, one of.

[Tim Gettys]

The seasons of local division. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

Fantastic. And so I'm trying to find another show to watch. I've been watching a lot of Dragon Ball z. I'm like, 60 something or Dragon Ball Super. I'm like, 60 something episodes in Dragon Ball Super. That's been fun. And, yeah, I'm trying to figure out what the next thing I'm going to watch is. I watched. I put on the first episode of. I think it's called Industry. Yeah, the Industry. Yeah. I watched the first episode of that yesterday on hbo. I don't know if I'm going to keep going, but it's good.

[Tim Gettys]

It's good.

[Angie Hicks]

Is it okay?

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, yeah, yeah. For sure. For sure. The thing that I was talking about yesterday on Penguin in Review, but I am. I never watched all of the Netflix Marvel shows, so I've been slowly, over the last couple years, trying to, like, get through them. And I. I'm a completionist, so I want to watch them all. And especially with Marvel stuff. Like, I. I care about that stuff. So I've seen Daredevil. Daredevil one and two. I saw Jessica Jones one. Yeah. And all that. I'm like, I'm so into this. Like, the season's way too long, way too much filler. Some things I just. I'm like, this is just not good. But overall, really great stuff. Get to Luke Cage.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Halfway through, I'm just like, oh, man, this is just tough.

[Angie Hicks]

It's just tough. Luke Cage was a tough one. Especially at a certain point, you lose one of the most interesting characters in the show. And then it's like, okay, I really don't.

[Tim Gettys]

So we just. We just gave up on it just because other things came along in, like, our time. So it's been actually probably, like a year since we've watched any of these. And now that Born Again's coming out so soon in March, I was like, gee, we got to get back on track. Like, I want to get caught up because I want to make sure I've seen at least all the Daredevil stuff before that happens. And so we started Defenders.

[Angie Hicks]

Oh, no, dude.

[Tim Gettys]

Let me tell you, I forgot about Defenders. We watched the finale of Penguin. Yeah. We're on a high. We watched Defenders, and I'm just like, what is going on?

[Angie Hicks]

Here's the thing. Because, like, everybody hates. You seen Iron Fist?

[Tim Gettys]

No. Well, now I'm. Now. Now I have because of Defenders. And that's the biggest problem I'm having with Defenders so far.

[Angie Hicks]

Well, like, here's man.

[Tim Gettys]

Stupid.

[Angie Hicks]

He's insufferable. I was at the time a bit of a Defender of Iron Fist. Not that it was good, just that I was like, it Was not. It's not that bad, guys. It's not that. Then I got to Defenders and I was like, oh, this is shit. This is, like, really, really bad to the point where I can't defend this anymore. No pun intended. What I will say Iron Fist season two, again, not great, but entertaining to watch.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay.

[Angie Hicks]

I really enjoyed Iron Fist season two and also just Jessica Jones seasons two and three. Like, I think everything in that, like, Netflix, Marvel Banner has some sense of. We know how you. How to keep you in even if the content isn't good.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

We know how to, like, string you along with interesting threads and, you know, characters that you want to see what happens to them.

[Tim Gettys]

I'm going to. We'll get to it eventually. We'll watch it all. But I think that our plan is to just watch Defenders and then Daredevil Season three before Born Again, because I was looking at, like, the timeline stuff, and it seems like those are the only things that are going to directly lead to that because everything else happens post Daredevil Season three.

[Angie Hicks]

So I'm like, daredevil Season three. Incredible.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, I know. That's what I heard. That's what I hear.

[Angie Hicks]

So related to this, I put up a. I guess a post on Blue Sky. I'm trying to post a little bit. You know, I stopped we all, but I'm trying to post a little bit, see what the waters are like. And I asked people like, hey, if I want to get better at media analysis, specifically TV and movies, like, what are recommendations? Like, are there books to read? Other things. Because, like, I don't know, I want to. I want to, you know, expand.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

I want to up my game. I want to expand, you know, the way I think about movies, the way I think about just media in general so I can talk about them in a more interesting way. Right. Just grow. And quite a few people shout out to Arthur G. I think Brian Otano doubled down on this of like, suggested that maybe I take a community college course. Ooh. And I got me thinking. I was like, maybe I'm going to take a community college. I want to look into it because I don't know what's like around me, what's what I can actually find. But piqued my interest.

[Tim Gettys]

I like this. And so Blessing Goes to College.

[Angie Hicks]

Blessing Goes to College Part two. That might be. Yeah, exactly. That might be a new era, but we'll see.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, man. Well, keep me updated on that. That sounds very, very interesting, but we'll talk about it later because this is kind of Funny Games Daily Reach and every weekday we get together to talk about video game news. Everything that you need to know under the video game sun. If you love what we do, please support us with the kind of funny membership on Patreon or YouTube to get all of our shows ad free. Watch us record them live and get a daily exclusive show. For a chance to be part of the show, you can submit your as YouTube super chats as we go. If you have questions, please let us know. We're gonna be talking about Super Nintendo World. So if you have any thoughts on the direction that happened yesterday, please super chat them in and we will get to those. A little housekeeping for you. The visual triangle merch drop is here. The year is 2024. Space travel is possible, but the inflight beverage service is lacking. We no longer have to choose between frame rate, resolution and quality. Take full control of the visual triangle right [e-mail] store. It's on sale for a limited time and it is dope as hell. I absolutely love this little dual triangle situation with the white and green. Looking good, Roger in that bottom left picture. I love it.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Adorable stoned, bro.

[Tim Gettys]

Just looking so.

[Angie Hicks]

Roger somehow looks like the coolest person I've ever seen in this office.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I've never wearing a beanie in my life and I had to. I had to look at Nick. I'm like, is this over my ears? Is this under my ears? Like, I don't know how you're kind.

[Tim Gettys]

Of rocking it there.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah, no, you're super rocking.

[Tim Gettys]

Yo. Real talk. I think everybody in this photo shoot looks great. Like, let's look at the definition in Nick's like pectoral situation. I'm like. I mean, yeah, I'm like.

[Angie Hicks]

I'm like. What's crazy is that I also took photos for this photo shoot and just didn't make the.

[Tim Gettys]

Me too. Yeah, me too.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

You just a generic image for the last one.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

That's crazy. That's crazy. That's nuts.

[Tim Gettys]

Actually how you mentioned it, that is nuts. Today after Games Daily, you're going to get our kind of funny games cast, which is our south of Midnight preview. I'm very jealous, but Paris Lily got to go to Compulsion Games and play a little bit of south out the Midnight. Can't wait to hear what he has to say about his thoughts on that because I'm very hyped for that game. Yo.

[Angie Hicks]

It looks incredible.

[Tim Gettys]

It looks awesome. Like every. The. The announcement trailer had me sold. But seeing the gameplay last year. This year, damn. This year. Ah, man, that should look good. So I'm. I'm stoked on that. And then the stream after that is going to be Planet Coaster with Mike and Nick. I'm sure shenanigans will ensue. If you're a kind of funny member, you can get today's Greg Way, which is all about Greg's Costco obsession. He's turning into one of them, One of them kids.

[Angie Hicks]

The Costco bros. Yeah. Do you see one of them is. Or like the guy, the big guy is like, on aew.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

What's happening?

[Tim Gettys]

I don't know. These men, I'm gonna call them men. All the three of these men. I. I have heard about the Costco guys in the last couple, like, weeks, but, like, I didn't really latch on. I didn't understand. I didn't dig deeper. I didn't. I didn't look into it.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And I swear to God, in the last week, I can't get away from them. They're everywhere. Like now. Now I'm very familiar.

[Angie Hicks]

See, I saw them when they first, like, started popping off, but I think I had strolled past them fast enough to where they didn't. They didn't latch onto my algorithm.

[Tim Gettys]

Got it.

[Angie Hicks]

So, like, I saw them once. They were just in Costco just being like, oh, man, I like the, you know, chicken bake or whatever. And I was like, oh, that's funny. And then I like, keep going. And then all of a sudden I see them on talk shows. And I was like, wait, how these guys end up on a talk show?

[Tim Gettys]

It's just. It's wild. And in a post Ellen era. You know what I mean?

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

I feel like they would have been on Ellen day one, but it's like you're tell guys are on Fallon and look, I appreciate it. Good for you, Rizzler. Good for you. Ok.

[Angie Hicks]

The Rizzler is the one where I don't know where that person.

[Tim Gettys]

I don't know where they came from.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I don't know how they're related, but.

[Tim Gettys]

They'Re not related, which freaks me the fuck out.

[Angie Hicks]

I don't know if that's a child or a man either. They had a whole rap after the whole Yo, Hasbulla.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

Like, there was a video of Mike Tyson playing with Hasbulla. He, the child, like, like tickling him and like, kissing him on the forehead. And then like later, like, they asked Mike Tyson, they're like, did you know it's a grown man? He was like, nah, man, I thought it was a child. No, and so now I'm like, I can't judge anymore. When I see people. Like, when I see the Rizzler, I'm like, no idea if you are a 30 year old man or a 6 year old kid or anything in between.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, honestly, there, there's. I do have a lot of questions. But the thing that upsets me way more than it should is I've seen a couple of the videos of them at Costco doing their whole doom or boom thing. And I feel like this Rizzler kid is inconsistent and it really pisses me off. I've seen him review the same thing. Chicken bake versus the double chocolate chocolate cookie.

[Angie Hicks]

Whatever the Rizzler is in the videos.

[Tim Gettys]

The Rizzler is the one that I've seen. He's the one that's actually like laying down the law.

[Angie Hicks]

I usually see the guy who for some reason reminds me a little bit of Kurt angle. And then I see the. Just a little bit. And then I see like the jolly kid. But yeah, I guess I missed out on where the Rizzler came from.

[Tim Gettys]

Also.

[Angie Hicks]

Why is he called the Rizzler?

[Tim Gettys]

Everybody, we're gonna have to figure this out.

[Angie Hicks]

So see if you can find the Mike Tyson video because it's hilarious, overly jabby says.

[Tim Gettys]

That's big justice. No. Oh, my God, no.

[Angie Hicks]

So he's like holding on to Hezbollah because he thinks he's a child. That is a. That man is like in his early 20s. He's like, imagine Mike Tyson doing that to you. I would be scared for my life.

[Tim Gettys]

Holy.

[Angie Hicks]

It's a fucking grown ass man.

[Tim Gettys]

What the fucking hell, man? Oh, man. Okay, okay.

[Angie Hicks]

Jesus. Oh. Settle it in this morning.

[Tim Gettys]

Thank you to our page show producers Lady Twining and Carl Jacobs for supporting all of this insanity. Did you mean to do that, Ro? I don't know why he did that. Tuesday, everybody. We're having some fun today. We're brought to you by Sonic at topgolf, Marvel Snap, and Shady Rays. We'll tell you about that later, though. For now, let's begin with what is and forever will be the Roper Report. It's time for some news. We have seven stories today.

[Angie Hicks]

Oh, baker's dozen.

[Tim Gettys]

All right, story number one.

[Angie Hicks]

I gotta find the Mike Tyson interview where he admits that he didn't realize that was a child. That wasn't a child.

[Tim Gettys]

Like, there's so much there because, like, I don't even want to go down the path of like. Oh, the reality of him thinking that it's a child that he doesn't know, and him acting that way.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

You know what I mean?

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

That's the type of stuff. If it's like, like if it's your. Your kid, it's appropriate.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah. No, that's.

[Tim Gettys]

If you're Mike Tyson, that ain't appropriate, bro.

[Angie Hicks]

That's true. Oh, man.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh man. Everything announced during the Super Nintendo World Direct. This comes from Cat Bailey at Ignorance. Super Nintendo World Direct on Monday offered fans their long awaited first look at the new Donkey Kong country themed expansion while announcing it will officially open December 11, 2024 in Japan. The brief presentation, led by legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto, who is ageless, provided an overview of the area's attractions, games, food and merch, among other things. Miyamoto showed off a Donkey Konga themed rhythm game that can be played with friends and revealed how the park's wristband can be used to gather letters. Letters spelling Kong. The presentation finished with a brief glimpse of the much hyped Mine Cart Madness roller coaster, which will simulate the rail jumping action of the original game for the Super Nintendo. Fans will have to see for themselves how Universal Studios will pull that off, but Miyamoto promises it'll be fun even for families who are normally averse to roller coasters. Super Nintendo world's approaching its fourth anniversary in Japan, having originally opened in December 2020 first. Details of Donkey Kong country theme park were announced last year with a tentative opening dates it set for spring 2024. It's now set to open December 11th at Universal Studios Japan with the version of Super Nintendo World in Florida also featuring the area when it opens in 2025. Barrett's joined us.

[Angie Hicks]

Barrett does this donk your Kong, yo.

[Tim Gettys]

This.

[Angie Hicks]

This Kong's my dunk. So hard.

[Tim Gettys]

Whoa.

[Angie Hicks]

I also looked over at the. I was over in the other room seeing the TV of the B roll and I thought I had like taking shrooms for a second. Seeing them just do the drums back and forth. We going, what's up? Oh, 1,000%. Like, me and Barrett need to go in. Tim, of course.

[Tim Gettys]

Come on.

[Angie Hicks]

Like, we got to make this happen. My thing is I've only seen. I only watched the first like five minutes of the video. I know Tim has watched the full thing. Yeah, it's like an 11. It's an 11 minutes. It's funny because once we realized that this is going to be the KHD headline, I started watching the video so I could have it watched. By the time we got to the kft, I started it. I was like, oh, I don't have Enough time. Like, I gotta get to the stage. We gotta start the episode. But, like, in the first five minutes, a lot of this seems. I don't know, man. Like, I guess I don't know if it's that I've experienced the magic that is Disney. I think it is that I've experienced magic that is Disney. Where a lot of this I'm just, like. It ain't hidden for me as much like I look at this.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Disgusting.

[Angie Hicks]

I was gonna say that looked gross. This Donkey Kong hot dog.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Are we doing?

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, no, that.

[Angie Hicks]

That looks absolutely del. I get what you're saying, though, because, like, I feel like the Nintendo stuff has leaned a bit more Marvel side of Disneyland than, like, classic Disneyland that we, like, know and love of. Like, let's make these, like, goofy little games that have gadgets and shit like that that, like, don't really aren't really interesting and stuff like that. So, Tim, you're the theme park papa.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

What do you think of this?

[Tim Gettys]

Look, here's the thing. I'm very excited. I'm just very stoked that Donkey Kong country is getting love, period. I'm a big DKC guy. And last week was the 30th anniversary of Donkey Kong Country. And I don't know if you saw how they celebrated, but they didn't. They just. The Donkey Kong Japan Twitter account tweeted out a. Just an image. Like, remember when we got that Mario 30 or Mario 35th anniversary? I don't remember what it was, but 40th. Who the knows an anniversary for Mario? The last time they celebrated, we got a direct. And that's where I think they announced Bowser's Fury and Mario 3D World coming to the switch as well as Mario 3D All Stars collection. And they had that, like, image that was like, whatever. It was 35th and, like, all the Mario characters were around it. Do you remember what I'm talking about there?

[Angie Hicks]

No.

[Tim Gettys]

Just that logo. Well, anyways, they did that for Donkey Kong, and it's like, all right, cool. Why are you gonna give us anything? And they just didn't. They just didn't give us anything. It's just like this picture with the. The music playing. Yeah, there we go. That's what I'm talking about. That.

[Angie Hicks]

Oh, I see.

[Tim Gettys]

So they did that for Donkey Kong. And I'm like, all right, cool. So then a couple days later, we. We get this, and then, you know, Nintendo are at the point where they just want to announce and talk about anything except for the Nintendo Switch 2. But I get it? I get where. Where they're at with this. Right. We're getting a direct for Alarmos. We're getting a direct for theme parks. We're just getting a direct.

[Angie Hicks]

Doing whatever they can.

[Tim Gettys]

We're getting it all. They did put out the donkey Kong Country 2 soundtrack on Nintendo Music to celebrate, which I appreciate.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

But, hey, so they.

[Angie Hicks]

They did this for Donkey Kong, like, what, a week ago you said, interesting.

[Tim Gettys]

So.

[Angie Hicks]

And they didn't want to time this.

[Tim Gettys]

You'D think with that. You would think.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Or like, they just did it because.

[Angie Hicks]

It feels like they have. Because we had. Dong Kong Country Returns is out also early next year. So it feels like there's, like, a lineup of things they could talk about. Granted, I guess I don't know what more you have to say about DK Returns, but I feel like that is kind of weird.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

That, like, you have this, like, enough things that you could theoretically bundle together for an anniversary thing, and you just decide not to.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. And, you know, classic Nintendo. Right. Like, the way that they celebrate or don't celebrate anniversaries is always a little bit bizarre. I'm trying to find this tweet right now, but I don't think I'm going to be able to live.

[Angie Hicks]

But as you're doing this, I love watching Miyamoto just get to imagine. I know we've talked about this before, right. Miyamoto created magic in his lifetime. And the fact that he's been able to see that through all the way to, you know, the world knows Mario. The world loves Mario. You're able to have a Mario movie. You're able to. Movies, plural. You're able to have a theme park and, like, be on the ground floor of, like, you know, developing the theme park. And now, like, being in a direct, playing congas, being like, oh, man. Donkey Kong. Right, guys? Like, God bless Miyamoto. God bless this man. But also, I've told you this before, before the start of the show, that for some reason, Miyamoto strikes me as, like, almost like an ageless being.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

Like, he's been around for hundreds of years. The fact that he's, like. He created Mario and he's a. He's around still to be like, oh, yeah, here's the theme park, guys. I'm going to walk you guys through the theme park. Like, that's nuts to me.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. I. I get where you're coming from. It's a bizarre thing to say.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

But I get where you're coming from. It is. It is fun. Where to see. Miyamoto used to be kind of like the face of Nintendo when it came to games. And, you know, in the last decade or so, he really has kind of transitioned into being more of a. A Nintendo ambassador, if you will, where he is kind of like, way more focusing and being the face of getting outside of games and taking the game IP and putting it in different places. And it's very cool to see Nintendo make some of the moves they have in the last couple years, including, like the Nintendo Museum. That looks awesome. Like, looks so damn rad. I watched the Rogers base, who's an excellent YouTuber, big fan of him. He. He got to go to Nintendo Museum and he put up a video, like doing his like, like. Like a vlog tour of it essentially. And I'm like, they put so much love and care into it and some of it is the cool museum. Like, let's look at all the actual pieces of history and some of it is a bit more of the gimmicky. Let's play some games. And yeah, that's that Nintendo magic, right? That's that Nintendo. Like, we got to do something that's interactive because that's core to their DNA. And we'll see that. Like Barrett was talking about in the theme parks. Like, I forget, have you been to Super Nintendo land down in SoCal? So I got to go for the first time a couple months ago. And bringing up you, you even brought up the Disney versus Universal. I mean, like, let's just call it what it is. Like, Disney cares about things and levels of polish and the overall experience in a way that is unique only to.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah, like, nobody else can do it on that level because they're Disney.

[Tim Gettys]

And I was at Universal for the first time ever. I've never been there. And so I got to experience all of it. And I was supremely let down by Universal Studios. Like, so much of it just felt kind of small and weird. Some things were cool, but overall I was just like, this ain't it. Nintendo Land kicked ass. Nintendo Land did feel like it had that upped polish. Like, I felt real Disney magic of walking through the warp pipe and go going into Peach's castle and hearing the music and seeing the paint, the Bob OMB Battlefield paintings and stuff. Like, they nailed so much of that. It's just so small, the one that we have here. So, like, I do feel like going to Japan and getting the bigger full experience would really help. And you're kind of done after an hour max of doing all the things. And I Don't find too much enjoyment personally in playing the dumb little games that they have. I'm sure the little kids who it's made for would enjoy it a lot more. And seeing a lot of the Donkey Kong stuff that they had here, I feel like it'll be a similar thing. Like, I don't know how far you got in the video, but one of the interactive things is the Donkey Konga. You have to, like, hit the bongos. Like, there's three sets of bongos, and all three need to hit at the same time. Yeah. And if you do it, it unleashes Rambi the rhino.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And he kind of pops out of the. One of the boxes up there, and it's just, like, cool. You know what I mean? Like, that's. Yeah, that's.

[Angie Hicks]

I think that's my reaction to it. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Is.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah. Watching Mimo to do this and, like, you know, bang the bang, the bongos and Randy come out. I'm like, all right. Like, it's not necessarily for me, but I understand that also, this isn't being made for me. Right. Like, this is being made for kids and for parents who want to bring out their kids and celebrate Nintendo and do all that stuff. But, yeah, like, I mean, the fact that I think where my head's at is one, I love Donkey Kong enough, even as an adult, where I'm like, oh, man, I'll for sure go to Nintendo World so I can see both the Donkey Kong and the Mario stuff. But then also, I'm excited to see if and how they expand it. I'd love for them to get to a Nintendo or to a Zelda world. I forget where we had a conversation about, like, the whole Aonuma in a hard hat thing.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

I forgot where we landed on, like, where do you think. Where do you think they're taking that? Like, are we going to get a Zelda world? Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

I think Zelda's next in line. I think that makes a lot of sense. I mean, again, you can kind of look at Nintendo's foray in frontier into outside of video games media, and knowing that we have Mario Movie, we have a Donkey Kong thing coming up, we have a Zelda thing coming out. I think that those seem to be their big three that they're pushing with that. That intent. Right. I feel like Pokemon's a little bit different just because, like, of ownership and all of that. And Pokemon is its own beast to itself.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah. Pokemon can get its own world. Like, it's all, like, separate theme park, you know?

[Tim Gettys]

What I mean, so, yeah, I do think eventually we'll get Zelda stuff. There is. With theme parks, there's always the problem of land. There's just the problem of, like, where are you going to build more things? Like, we can come up with all these great ideas. That'd be cool if they had this and this and this. And it's like, all right, well, you need the space for it. And even, you know, the limited space that they have in Universal down south, like, it's. The Mario Kart ride is, like, one of the coolest cues and lines and just, like, environments I've ever been in for a ride. Like, it has that special something that like, Indiana Jones does where at Disneyland, where it's like, I can't believe how immersed I am in authentic Mario lore and items. And you're looking around and you see, like, the different trophies from the different Mario Karts, and there's just so many little nuggets for you to look at. I think it reminds me a lot of the Tower of Terror ride as well, where even the Guardians version where, like, you're in line, you're just like, like, whoa, this is so special. The ride itself sucks. Like, it just doesn't work well. It's very cool in concept, but the AR stuff just doesn't work at all. That's why I'm very excited for this Donkey Kong thing. I have full faith. Thank you.

[Angie Hicks]

Roger Rose as a hot dog.

[Tim Gettys]

I have full faith in this Minecart roller coaster. Like, everything we've seen sounds awesome. Yeah. Because it's an authentic.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah. Roger, let me. Let me see what this looks like.

[Tim Gettys]

Because in Japan, the only other ride that they have that we don't have is a Yoshi roller coaster. But it's less of a thrill ride and more of a, like, you know, little kid roller coaster, but. And, you know, a little Yoshi stuff playing, which is very cool. Yeah, it's a full thing. So you go up and then you get into the giant barrel, just like in Mario Kart, and then it shoots you out.

[Angie Hicks]

I legitimately thought it was going to be like a merry go round, but you're in the Minecarts.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, no, no.

[Angie Hicks]

Way cooler than what I thought it was legit.

[Tim Gettys]

And there's. We saw somebody put out a, like, mock up rendering of what it looks like in. In, like, cg and there's, like, parts of the track that are missing. So, like, you go over it, but, like, the. It's hard to explain, but, like, the cart is, like, held up by like a stick. So you seem like you're flying, but you're not.

[Angie Hicks]

Dude, that. That sounds freaky to me. I don't know.

[Tim Gettys]

But even they're saying like, it's not going to be a scary roller coaster. It's going to be more like an experience, which is cool. But what, what really upsets me is the direct that they put out yesterday.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Now, I know I'm just being a nitpicky ass old man here, but those are 11 minutes that I'm not going to get back in my life. I just feel. I love the joy on Miyamoto's face. I love the genuine, genuine enthusiasm that he has for this. And I think that it's great. And I know that when I walk in and I hear the Donkey Kong music playing, it's going to do things to me. Bless.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Seeing the Kong hidden around. Come on.

[Angie Hicks]

That's great.

[Tim Gettys]

There's good stuff there. But there's something about the presentation of this video that bothers me. Roger, if you could bring up the video again. If you just go to like the Go Go, before they even get into the land, into Donkey Kong land. Go back a little bit before this, they do this like time lapse thing of Miyamoto, like walking to the other land. And it is the cheapest thing I've ever seen. Like, what are we doing here? And if you, you watch it with audio, they didn't like get rid of the audio. So you just kind of hear a sped up like.

[Angie Hicks]

But they know what this is. Nobody's watching this.

[Tim Gettys]

But I watched it.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah, but. And exactly.

[Tim Gettys]

They're present, you know.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah, but it's a Super Nintendo World direct. It's a different thing.

[Tim Gettys]

It is, but there's just sort of out of this that I'm like, oh, man. I. It. It cheapens the whole value of the experience to me. And I feel like you didn't even watch the whole thing. And you're looking at this, you're like, I don't know about that. Hot dog. Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

I mean, that's about the President. But there's also a reason why I didn't watch the whole thing. Right. Like, I think they know that most people are going to read Super Nintendo World direct and go, oh, this isn't. You're not announcing games here. I'm just not gonna watch this.

[Tim Gettys]

I didn't expect game announcements. I just expected them to make this world look awesome. But this just looks. This looks like universal to me. This doesn't look like Disney. I'm Gonna say it. That's what I'm saying.

[Angie Hicks]

I just think they know how narrow the audience is for the people that are like, showing up to watch this video. That it's. We're not gonna give this to our editing team who's working on trailers for the next game or where they're working. They got shit they're doing. Give this to Miyamoto and put him in Premiere Pro and see what he does.

[Tim Gettys]

So here's, here's the thing, though. I see people in chat, they're questioning. They're saying, tim, you're an old man. You're stupid, you're wrong. And I feel you and I hear you.

[Angie Hicks]

But here's the thing.

[Tim Gettys]

I don't think, I don't think that the, the time lapse thing that they did is the worst offender. Like, to me, that just set the tone for like, oh, I don't know about this, you know, I, I, I, It's. We'll see. I'm gonna watch this whole video. At least I'm gonna get to see the mine cart ride. At least I'm gonna get to see the minecart ride. Bless. They don't show the minecart ride. They just don't show it. You get to the end, you get up to the barrel, and then the screen flashes white.

[Angie Hicks]

That's where it ends. Oh, man. Oh, that's a bu. But like, they're keeping the surprise.

[Tim Gettys]

Keeping the stuff.

[Angie Hicks]

They're keeping the surprise.

[Tim Gettys]

What are we doing? Show some B roll. I don't need to get off full on ride thing. Just. You kidding me with this?

[Angie Hicks]

I just go, you know, go to. Go to Japan. Just go, right.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, that really sells me on going to Japan.

[Angie Hicks]

You don't expect a fucking the end of the movie in the trailer.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. Danny Hibigi says that did actually legitimately make me disappointed. That's all I'm saying is that end bit. I was just like, okay, okay, I understand that. There's just something about the presentation of that that I'm like, y'all did not nail that.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

But I mean, you're right.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

The warp speed thing, they could have just put music underneath it. Like, this is. This is a billion dollar company. We can't be given excuses like this. This is a billion dollar company with a billion dollar company come together to make a presentation, they can.

[Tim Gettys]

Thank you, Roger. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. They presented this as something to watch. I was excited to watch it. I watched it and I was like, oh, man, y'all could have tried harder. Now I'm still very excited for this. I. Obviously, I. It's my dream to go to a Nintendo theme park, and them adding new rides and stuff is awesome. And again, the support for Donkey Kong country, fantastic stuff. But I want to see the Minecart ride, man.

[Angie Hicks]

I wonder. You're right about the Minecart ride, right?

[Tim Gettys]

And I.

[Angie Hicks]

And I think that I 1 do wonder about the. I love that we're getting into editing of it, but, like, I wonder if it's a thing of. Because this is a Super Nintendo World thing versus, like a Nintendo direct. I wonder if they just give the editing to a completely different team that is overseeing, like, the theme park and they just have different. Like a different standard of it. Right? They're just like, oh, yeah, this is universal, baby.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, it's that universal magic that everybody. I don't want to say loves, just has thoughts on. Yeah, I know I do.

[Angie Hicks]

I understand where you're coming from.

[Tim Gettys]

Thank you. I appreciate him. Thank you. CJ splits on, writes in with a super chat saying, donkey Kong dog. KF rating 1 to 10. I need to get that thing in my mouth. You know what I mean? I don't want to judge it based on looks because I will say I had some of the Nintendo Land food and I was surprised at how good it was.

[Angie Hicks]

What's the. So what's this? Yeah, we got a name on top.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Is it like, because we thing?

[Angie Hicks]

Oh, like Cheese Whiz or something? Because you got the. You got the. Of course, the dog in the bread as you do during. Then you got like some Doritos. And then like, one of the Doritos has some shit sprinkled on it. And then the Cheese Whiz, which I have to assume is Cheese Whiz, even though it looks creamy for some reason.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Is it like a banana thing?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Is this like a dessert dog?

[Angie Hicks]

If it's. If that thing is banana flavored, I gotta see somebody. I gotta talk to somebody.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

And then what's those two little things on the corner? Like, the red and yellow thing? What the fuck is that? It's like a gummy red and yellow fun.

[Tim Gettys]

You know what I mean?

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah. I was thinking, like, maybe a little pepper, but it doesn't. I don't know.

[Tim Gettys]

I don't know, man.

[Angie Hicks]

I just. I just don't like it.

[Tim Gettys]

Krogan Clinic in super chat saying, Nintendo shows everything but the Switch 2. When the time is right, the Switch 2 will reveal itself.

[Angie Hicks]

I mean, the streets are saying, not in 2024 anymore. Right.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, I feel like that. Yeah. Yeah. Now that the October dream is over. Yeah. No. Yeah. It's. It's going to be 2025, I think.

[Angie Hicks]

What month?

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, I don't know. At this point it's just like.

[Angie Hicks]

I hope January.

[Tim Gettys]

I hope so too.

[Angie Hicks]

I just want it as soon as possible.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. Yeah. We got a don't donut do246 says what kind of cream is on Donkey Kong's dog? Doritos on the side. Interesting addition.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Someone said it's avocado cream. That doesn't make it better.

[Angie Hicks]

I just. The cream on the dog. I'm not a fan of cream on the dog. Cream on the glazing. No, I'm not a fan.

[Tim Gettys]

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[Angie Hicks]

But you wanted to waste his time. Let that man work on whatever magic he's cooking right now. You want to take away five hours of his day to work on an edit? No. Now something more important. Roger. I found the footage where Mike Tyson does Hezbollah.

[Tim Gettys]

That's what he said.

[Angie Hicks]

Hezbollah, Hezbollah. The short guy. The short guy.

[Tim Gettys]

Is that a real video?

[Angie Hicks]

When you cradling him, you know. Did you know he was. I thought it was a baby, so I thought it was a baby and I didn't know. I'm hugging, punching me. I don't know, man. I just. That's how I am with children. Yeah. I'm hugging on this guy. You grabbed him, kissing on me. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

I didn't know if you actually knew or not.

[Angie Hicks]

He's like 26 years old. Yeah, I didn't know if you like playing it up for the camera or if you actually didn't know. No, I did not know. Has Bullock.

[Tim Gettys]

Could you imagine this is. I don't. Crazy. I don't know if Greg's watching right now. This is information Greg Miller needs to know. I feel like this might break him, so we'll have to figure that out later. Story number two Dragons, Dogma and Devil May Cry Director Hideaki Itsuno Itsuno joins ten Cent subsidiary to make AAA Action games this comes from Wesley Yin Pool at Ignorance. Famed former director of Devil May Cry and Dragon's Dogma series, has joined Tencent Games subsidiary Lightspeed Studios. Itsuno, who left Capcom earlier this year after over 30 years at the Japanese games company, announced the formation of a new developer called Lightspeed Japan Studio with offices in Tokyo and Osaka. Most exciting for fans, however, is Itsuno's plan to focus on developing original AAA action games, something he built his career on doing. Sorry. Built his career doing at Capcom. Itsuno's long list of credits include the likes of Rival Schools, Power Stone, the Devil May Cry series, and most recently the Dragon's Dogma Games. He was the director of Dragon's Dogma 2, which launched earlier this year and goes down to Zitsuno's final game for Capcom. QUOTE Joining Lightspeed Studios is an exciting new chapter for me with LightSpeed's strong development capability and global network. I look forward to creating original AAA action game titles together with the amazing team and building aesthetic and innovative experiences for the global player community. We welcome all talented and passionate game creators from the over to join our vision. Lightspeed Studios is perhaps best known as the co developer of Crafton's PUBG Mobile which is one of the most popular mobile games of all time. It's Los Angeles Studios working on Last Sentinel, a narrative focused open world action game set in a dystopian future Tokyo.

[Angie Hicks]

Interesting stuff I think. One obviously he left Capcom earlier this year but it is still like a pretty, I think sad last sad loss for Capcom because this guy is somebody who has like a storied history there, right? Like you know he was worked on most recently on the Dragon's Dogma games but then also he did Devil May Cry five and he's done Devil May Cry in the past, right? Devil may cry 3, double cry 4, he worked on 2 as the replacement director so he has a history there. But then also oh those I guess those are like the main things, right? I guess.

[Tim Gettys]

But I mean going back Power Stone, rival schools like those are like that's og OG fun. Capcom Games like, this dude got the stuff. Yeah, obviously, I am closest to Devil May Cry when it comes to all this. I didn't play the Dragon Stomach games, but I know you guys enjoyed too, quite a bit. But I, I. Dude, I've been drag. Devil May Cry pilled recently because following Adi Shankar, who's working on the new anime that's coming out on Netflix, he's been tweeting up a storm. And I just love it. I love the way that guy's brain works is just special. You know what I mean? So I'm like, I'm along for the ride. Can't wait for the show. I think it's going to be so much fun. But it's got me feeling like, damn, do I. Do I want to go back to devil may cry 5? Like, I feel like, like it's been long enough that I haven't played that game, that I'm like, I need some of that in my life. And it's a bummer that I feel like we're never gonna get a six. Like, I just feel like we're never.

[Angie Hicks]

Gonna get a six.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, with this type of news, like, I feel like he was such a important key part of the success of the Devil May Cry games, and five was so damn good. And the way it ended, I'm like, dude, we need a six. The world needs a six. But yeah, I just, at this point, I feel like we would have got it announced already if we were going to. It's always been a couple years in between. Devil May Cry is being announced. So never say never. Devil Devils never die, everybody.

[Angie Hicks]

But what do you think he might be working on with Tencent? Right, Tencent. You got to assume that they gave him the bag. They're like, hey, we know your talent. You're an esteemed game director. You've worked on such storied franchises. They're going to throw a bunch of money at you to create us a success. What do you think, Itsuno? What bag does he reach into? Do you think he's like, all right, let's bring back a Devil May Cry like game. Oh, I'm going to make another Dragon's Dogma style game. Like, where do you think he goes?

[Tim Gettys]

I think it's going to be a stylish action game. I do think it's going to be a Devil May Cry. Like, experience, Bayonetta, like, experience. I think that just makes sense. And I. A lot of this is me kind of like, hoping it because I want that. Like, that's the type of stuff I like, but I also think that's an easier, it's less risky than doing something bigger. And I feel like this is a perfect example that we've now seen a couple times and we're going to continue to see established creator leaving the big company to do their own thing. Funded by Tencent. Yeah. You know what I mean? So I, I'm hoping that we can kind of learn from the mistakes of the past and get a adequately budgeted project out there with a scope and scale to hit manageable returns, you know what I mean? To like to not make the sales expectations astronomical and not have the needs for the game to sell millions and millions and millions of copies in order to be even considered not a failure. Right. He's a smart dude though. I, I, I have faith in this one more than some of the other recent situations like this. But yeah, I, I do think it'll be a, all things considered, smaller title.

[Angie Hicks]

Interesting. Yeah, like I, I, I think I would hope that is something along the lines of, yeah, make another stylish action game or make another, you know, RPG in the likes of Dragon's Dogma. Because I think that truly is a unique ass game that spoke to a lot of people this year. I worry because it's 10 cent that is that it is going to be all right. Make us like a multiplayer thing, like make us like a live service thing. That's going to make us a lot of money. Right. We're, we're recruiting you because we know your talent, but also we want to build something that's going to last for 10 years and make a return and we can build it off the, off the back of maybe being a stylish thing. Right. Maybe it could be something that has the attitude of a devil may cry because we know you can make, make, make something like that, but something that's also going to be co op or live or have like loot boxes or whatever it is because we are throwing the bag at you. So we expect you to make the bag back for us. Right. Like, I'm very fascinated to see where this goes and like, you know, I, there's definitely like a thing to be done here of sitting down and tracing the, the deals that Tencent has made so far and be in like trying to figure out where that has led to, like what kind of games. I guess I could just look up Tencent produced games on Wikipedia or something. I'm sure I'll find something. But I'm very fascinated to like, like what is the strategy of Tencent bringing on Itsuno.

[Tim Gettys]

Like specifically Lightspeed Studios, best known for PUBG Mobile. That does say a lot.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

So co developer though, so maybe this is them trying to take a step forward into something else. We'll have to wait and see. But again, I do feel like the talent there is clear and I think that he's led so many different games to success that I do have more faith here than in some of the other similar situations where maybe the other people had like one hit or two hits. But like we're talking about multiple back to back.

[Angie Hicks]

Oh yeah, like 20 years of. Yeah, of killing it.

[Tim Gettys]

Story number three GTA Trilogy definitive edition Gets a Surprise Update this comes from Wesley Yin Pool at IGN. Rockstar issued a surprise update for GTA Trilogy today, November 12th. Nearly two years since the last one. Dude, I got so into the world of the Penguin and all the. Like, the moment they mentioned Triads, I booted up GTA 3.

[Angie Hicks]

No way.

[Tim Gettys]

I just played like an hour of it. I'm just like, hell yeah, good for you. Gotta get into this world. But nearly two years since the last one. GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition, a 2021 compilation of GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas, was heavily criticized upon launch on PC and console. In contrast, the mobile version of GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition, released in December last year, met with critical acclaim. Players praised the ports for fixing several issues found on the console NPC versions, including Lighting, Shadows, Reflections and Draw Distance. A Rockstar Games blog post published at the time mentioned that these ports include a new classic lighting mode that restores the look and feel of the sky in the original games. That's pretty sick. I like that a lot.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I just want to say, like, I redownloaded the trilogy like literally last week and I was like, man, the lighting looks so shit. So this is like, this is perfect. I'm so excited.

[Angie Hicks]

Tim, did you ever play the GTA Definitive Trilogy?

[Tim Gettys]

Yes, briefly, but I, once I hit the issues, I was like, I don't like this.

[Angie Hicks]

It's nuts what they did with the lighting, because it's like, it was very much a thing of. Somebody over there discovered some tool in their engine that they're using to make this thing and they're like, turn the lighting up on everything and so everything just casts fucking light and everything kind of just looks like the lights coming out of your car look insane, right? Like everything is just lit in such a weird and overdone way. So yeah, I'm glad that they, that they've added this as the update. Like the side by sides look fantastic. Of. Of the difference. That's. That's there. And I was thinking about the fact that, like, I play. I replayed most of St Andrew is. But I think I still have like, maybe four or five missions left for, like, my most recent playthrough through this trilogy. So this might be the thing. Makes me. Makes me go back, get back in.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, hey, it looks cool because now, finally, the classic lighting option is in Grand Theft Auto Definitive edition on PC and console. Early reports indicate sweeping visual improvements across the board that are already down well with fans. Reports also indicate Grove Street Games, original developer of the trilogy, is no longer mentioned in game. The mobile versions were developed by Video Games Deluxe, the Australian studio behind La Noir VR Case files. Interesting.

[Angie Hicks]

Very interesting.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, I'm happy that they fixed it, though, because the GTA trilogy is way too important to be last remembered as having a shitty definitive edition one.

[Angie Hicks]

I mean, ten years from now, we're gonna get another remaster or remake. They're gonna remake these until the end of time.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Do you think they're actually gonna do the original plan, which was to remake red dead and GTA 4, or is this just kind of like a, hey, let's just fix this, fix the legacy and move on from this?

[Tim Gettys]

I don't even know what you're referring to there.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah, that was. The original idea with Grove Street Games was like, hey, we're gonna remake all these other games. And then this was a huge failure.

[Angie Hicks]

I remember, like, so vividly that, yeah, there was a report right after GTA Trilogy came out and everybody hated it. The report was that they were going to also make GTA 4, but I think because of how bad this did, they're like, oh, let's not do it. But then we did get the Red Dead remaster, which I forget if that was originally their plan or not.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah, that was just. That was not like a remake at all. It was just like a port.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah, I. I'll be surprised if we got a GTA 4 like, remake, especially now that we're on the precipice, fingers crossed, hopefully, of GTA 6. I think what could be cool is if they somehow, like, this is me speaking to a different kind of future, but if they're somehow able to remake GTA 4 within GTA 6. I know that sounds insane.

[Tim Gettys]

I'm with you.

[Angie Hicks]

But I think we're building to something like that with it. Right. The rumors around GTA 6 is that they want to maybe add cities over time, and so if we get to year four or something. And they're like, here's Liberty City or here's San Andreas. If you add Liberty City, just give me a campaign, you know, and maybe that campaign either could be a remake of. I guess it could be GTA 3, but also could be GTA 4.

[Tim Gettys]

Could be everybody possibly.

[Angie Hicks]

I don't know. I'm just speaking. I'm just.

[Tim Gettys]

He's just speaking things into existence. I appreciate it. Story number four, Fortnite OG is coming back permanently in December. This comes from Andrew Webster at Verge. Fortnite's going old school once again. Epics announced that the throwback mode, Fortnite og, which brings back the battle royale's original island, will become a permanent fixture of the game starting on December 6th. OG first launched last November as a limited time event, which turned out to be a big hit and was designed explicitly to bring back lapsed players to the game ahead of the release of Lego Fortnite. Its return means iconic Fortnite elements like Tilted Towers and the Baller will now be a standard part of the experience. I think this is cool as hell. I love that we're at a point with these ongoing live service games that we can go back and celebrate and have moments even like the term live service, just multiplayer games. The Halo 2 thing happening right now, celebrating the anniversary with all the old maps, the Apex Legends where they brought it back for a second yesterday too. Very, very, very cool. And it being a permanent feature, I think makes sense at this point. But I also just think that that is a testament to the success of Fortnite and Legacy that it has. But I love that it's continuing to grow and change, but it's still able to be like we could put out this other version that we know so many people want.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah, I love this. It is crazy though, to think that, oh man, this Fortnite came out what, seven years ago, like something like that, right? I guess the, the battle royale popped off probably closer to six years ago, but the fact that we're already at a point where they can make something called Fortnite OG and Harken back to it and it feel like a big deal are pretty wild.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

Also kind of, kind of crazy that this is a trend. In the last week that we've seen Apex, Overwatch and now Fortnite all do this kind of at the same time kind of weird. But also I welcome it. Like, I like this, but it is also like a what do they know?

[Tim Gettys]

Well, I wonder if it just has to do with us getting into the Holiday season for some reason, or maybe just like, this is. I'm just throwing things out there around the time of either release, these games being released or these games being pushed in previous years for holiday stuff. So maybe this is just kind of like, hey, let's get people in and let's get people back.

[Angie Hicks]

But apparently last time they did this for Fortnite, they temporarily did this right before launching Lego Fortnite as a way to get people in and then, you know, have them there by the time LEGO Fortnite launches. So I think there's something that these companies know about doing these OG seasons. I think these are like a surefire way to get people back into the game. Like, it's probably like just a proven. Oh, we know this is going to work. So, yeah, I wonder if they're timing it with maybe Black Friday or with, yeah, holidays or people getting new consoles and being like, oh, they got OG Apex. Oh, I used to love that back on the PS4. Oh, man, I'll jump into that right now.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, even Warzone, right? Like, just hearing the boys talk about verdansk, you know, the amount of times I hear verdansk is coming back, it's like, okay, like, why doesn't it somehow return? You know? And at some point, I'm sure it will look right. Like, I'm sure at some point, like, just like Fortnite OG here, it will just be, hey, you can always dance if you need to. You can dance if you want to.

[Angie Hicks]

You can leave her dance behind.

[Tim Gettys]

Story number five. Ubisoft has been sued after shutting down the Crew. This comes from Ryan Dinsel at ign. Ubisoft's being sued by two gamers in.

[Angie Hicks]

California and they're sitting right here. That's right. Everybody means him.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, my God. Over its shutdown of open world racing game the Crew in March, a class action lawsuit spotted by Polygon was filed Nov. 4 by Matthew Castle, who bought the Crew from a GameStop in early 2020, and Alan Liu, who also bought it from a GameStop. But in November 2018, both plaintiffs were under the impression they were paying to own and possess the video game the Crew instead of paying for a limited license to use the cre. This license over product argument will likely be at the crux of Ubisoft's defense. Imagine you buy a pinball machine and years later you enter your den to go play it, only to discover that the paddles are missing, the pinball and bumpers are gone, and the monitor that proudly displayed your unassailable high Scores removed, the lawsuit reads. Y'all are going hella hard, man. Like, it's not poetry, okay?

[Angie Hicks]

They really care about. They really wanted to play the Crew. They wanted to play the crew long term. Like, that's not just a bullshit. Like, we. We want to, you know, get the bag and, like, make a lawsuit that we don't really care about these motherfuckers. There's passion here.

[Tim Gettys]

One of them's been playing since 2020 and one of them since 2018.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

All right.

[Angie Hicks]

I think the Crew 2 was out by then. What are you doing?

[Tim Gettys]

Turns out the pinball machine manufacturer decided to come into your home, gut the insides of the pinball machine, and remove your ability to play the game that you bought and thought you owned. Even though you paid full price to receive this game, you never knew that the manufacturer could come in one day and without your control, leave you with the skeleton of what you thought you paid for.

[Angie Hicks]

Hey, I mean, they're spitting.

[Tim Gettys]

Look, here's the thing.

[Angie Hicks]

I'm not gonna lie.

[Tim Gettys]

They're not wrong. It's just very funny. Yeah. The Crew is indeed no longer playable. No version of the game, whether it's physical or digital or even if it's owned already has been and has been since it launched in 2014, can be bought and played in any capacity. Ubisoft has taken measures to create offline versions of the Crew 2 and sequel, the Crew Motor Fest, but no similar action was taken for the original, rendering it. Rendering it non existent. The lawsuit seeks monetary relief and damages for those impacted by the crew shutdown, but only time will tell whether it's successful. Ubisoft declined to comment when contacted by Polygon.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah, this is a bizarre one.

[Tim Gettys]

It is. Like, obviously this is a very important thing to be figured out, and I do think that Ubisoft is going to have to take it seriously. And I think going forward, like, there's going to have to be way more.

[Angie Hicks]

There was a law passed, I believe, recently.

[Tim Gettys]

Very recently.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah. That if you don't actually. If you can't actually own the product, like a digital product, then it shouldn't say buy. It should say, like, buying license or some like, something that was specifically, oh, I don't own this.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

And so I think we're already at the place where this. God, I can't talk specific thing is being fixed. But I. I guess what I'm fascinated about, like, why the crew? Because this feels almost like a. Like, I don't actually think these guys genuinely care, even though this was written like it. But I wonder if this was a thing by them of all. Right, we bought the crew. The crew was taken offline and made it therefore rendered unplayable. We know that we can make a case here somehow with the crew versus other games that do this. Because it's not like the crew is unique in this, in, like, not being playable, right? Like, so many games go offline and become unplayable. Like, I wonder what it is about the crew specifically that, like, maybe they read. They actually read the fine print and was like, oh, we got them.

[Tim Gettys]

We got these fuckers. Yeah, yeah. Unassailable high score. All right, story number six. Valve announces limited edition white Steam Deck oled. I love that this is a story and this isn't just we news.

[Angie Hicks]

Oh, I mean, we had to talk about this. You don't have to read the thing. We can just bring up the images and just shout out how this thing looks.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, come on.

[Angie Hicks]

Because, come on.

[Tim Gettys]

Now, I do have a problem with it, and this is a Tim problem, but I. I'm a fan of the Stormtrooper look. I like black on white. I'm not a fan of the gr. Gray on white. So for me, a lot of people, and I appreciate you all, a lot of people tweeting this at me yesterday like, oh, Tim, your wallet's gonna get lighter. And thankfully it's not. I'm happy with my Steam Deck oled, but this, this is not for me. Although I'm happy.

[Angie Hicks]

I'm surprised you don't dig gray on white. I think. I think it looks clean.

[Tim Gettys]

I'm not a gray guy. I. Hey, look, I appreciate it for other people, I'm saying it's not my thing. I like the Stormtrooper look.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I mean, you can replace the buttons. You have a Steam Deck with black buttons. Think about that.

[Tim Gettys]

So here's another thing, though. When it comes to portables, like to handhelds that have oled, I want them to be black. I like hardware to be white. But portables, I want black because the screen, I want it to just disappear. That's why I'm extremely excited for my retroid Pocket 5 that's on the way. Yeah, I'm not going to shut up about this thing once I get it.

[Angie Hicks]

Retro Pocket 5. What's up with all these?

[Tim Gettys]

We'll explain.

[Angie Hicks]

Okay, I want to hear about this.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

Because I feel there's become so many handheld unique systems that people are playing now.

[Tim Gettys]

A storm is brewing. Me and Roger are in the. In the. The eye of the storm. And you guys are all Gonna have to deal with it very soon because.

[Angie Hicks]

It'S like I at home, right? I got my Steam deck and I got my playdate and that's all I need. I don't even play the playdate. Who?

[Tim Gettys]

Hold on. They streaming games.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

So that's. That's what's cool about this.

[Tim Gettys]

Dude, it's olay baby.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

It's like a vita size fuck.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay, $200.

[Angie Hicks]

You got me?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Are there triggers on this?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

Okay.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Just making sure.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

This looks divine. Yeah, this looks crazy.

[Tim Gettys]

All right, we'll talk about this later. But anyway, good for you. Steam Deck.

[Angie Hicks]

It's called a retroid pocket 5.

[Tim Gettys]

Retroid pocket 5. It's shaped Vita like. Yeah, but I like a bit more ergonomical. Exciting times. Big times.

[Angie Hicks]

Plus, how much did it cost you?

[Tim Gettys]

A little over 200.

[Angie Hicks]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Should be shipping in two days.

[Angie Hicks]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

I've been watching a lot of videos about.

[Angie Hicks]

Oh they got one that's colored like a gamecube.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, dude. Oh yeah. They got one in Super Famicom colors his way. Crazy stuff. Anyways, this is big news. If I wanted small news, where would I look blessed?

[Angie Hicks]

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

[Tim Gettys]

BGC says Sony has cut this PS5 slim digital edition price by $70 until Christmas.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

The disc free console is now available for 380. That's awesome.

[Angie Hicks]

That's great.

[Tim Gettys]

Very unexpected, right. This seems what 70 is a substantial amount of money and like leading into the holidays. Like good for them.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah. I wonder. Yeah, maybe this is like something because. Maybe this is because like the PS5 Pro is coming out so they want to like maybe hit from both sides of user Premium edition. But also like yeah, buy the slim one though. Like you know get. Let's get these out the door. Let's sell some of these.

[Tim Gettys]

It's great.

[Angie Hicks]

That's awesome. Especially right now where everything's getting more expensive. Yeah. Give me a little. A little cut.

[Tim Gettys]

Noble says a compulsion games and Lost in Colt and Cook and Becker. There's so many names there. Announce the art and music of south of Midnight. It's limited to a thousand and estimated Launch date is 04-30-2025. ILonic announced Arcada Geddon will become free to play in early 2025 live.

[Angie Hicks]

I sent Greg a slack about this. Yeah, because I Do you remember Arcade again? It's like good for them. Like I love that they're able to be to, you know, still be out there going and then also be able to go free to play next year. But it makes me think about Concord and how, like, how come Concord only got 10 days, bro. Arcade gettings out here still killing it. It's still kicking it.

[Tim Gettys]

G.I. joe Wrath of Cobra launches November 21st on Xbox Series PS5, Nintendo Switch see a Stars Free DLC. Dawn of Equinox is out now and Botany manners coming to PS4 and 5 on December 17th. That's it for WE News. That's it for WE News. Oh, man. Looking at. You're wrong and there got some stuff here. Yeah, no, no, I'm deleting these.

[Angie Hicks]

I'll delete them all.

[Tim Gettys]

They've been deleted. Wow, good for you. A couple.

[Angie Hicks]

Sometimes you gotta like stand against the. You're wrong. Yeah, just be like I'm right.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, yeah. There was. It was just editorializing. There was. I mean, in fact, Kebabs, you know what? You did all right, Kebabs. What if Bless says something and you write in to your wrong? Just being like, bless is right. I just want to let you know you're doing it wrong.

[Angie Hicks]

I mean, it boosts my ego. And so you know what, Kebabs, you're doing good out there.

[Tim Gettys]

Little super chats for you. Joe H. Says, tim, I picked up Prince of Persia Lost. Wait, two crowns is what he said.

[Angie Hicks]

Prince of Persia, two crowns is that.

[Tim Gettys]

Again, the lost crowns.

[Angie Hicks]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

But there's the two thrones, which is Prince of Persia, I imagine you mean lost crown. And I hit the point where I'm smiling and can't put it down. As an experienced Metroidvaniast, how often did you die? I. I played very fast and loose with it where it's like I would just go forward. I always would just jump. Look, I would not look before I leap. I would just leap. And so I died a lot. But like, that's part of the fun for me, you know what I mean? To start it over and trying and trying again. So, yeah, I died a fair amount in that game. And also some of the combat is pretty difficult. Like the bosses are. Are hard in that game.

[Angie Hicks]

What did you like more between Prince of Persia, the Lost Crown and Metroid Dread.

[Tim Gettys]

Lost Crown at the end of the day. And I love Metroid Dread. God, I was thinking about Metro.

[Angie Hicks]

Dread's pretty sick.

[Tim Gettys]

It's really sick. No, lost. Lost Crown I think has extra oomph to it where it's an excellent Metroidvania. But the combat, man, like the. The mechanics of the combat. I Think really set it apart and the platforming challenges. Yeah, it's better than Metroid Dragon. Wow.

[Angie Hicks]

I really gotta play through it definitively.

[Tim Gettys]

We got Mara. Mara writes in saying, bless. While you're in your TV era, you gotta check out Dan to Dan. The Persona meets FLCL vibes are immaculate. And the OST gives Jet Set radio at times.

[Angie Hicks]

Oh, okay. You really just sold me there. I'm finishing up, actually. I think I just finished up, actually, the Goku Black arc of the Dragon Ball. Super. So I'm about ready to take a break before I continue. So maybe I'll fill that break with David. Dan to Dan. We'll see.

[Tim Gettys]

I like the theme song theme songs. Great. We got Goldfish War. Has any of the KF crew tried Tactical Beach Wizards by Tom Francis? I can't recommend it enough. 100% a contender.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I have.

[Tim Gettys]

What do you think?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

It's really fun. I have not gotten back to it since I booted that up during the Japan trip. I was like, oh, that's like a good, like flight game. It's fucking sick. Like, I'm not a tactical, you know, the type of gamer. Like, I don't play XCOM games, but this is like, has a really good art style.

[Angie Hicks]

It has.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

It's really funny and it's like, it's just puzzles. Like, they're just like really small, like rooms that you're just trying to get through. And also you can like go back and if you up, you can just immediately roll back and there's no like, issues with going back and redoing your turn. So it's. It's very flexible and easy to pick up. So yeah, it's really fun. I don't know if it's on my top 10 list, but it's. It's a fun time.

[Angie Hicks]

Yeah. I remember when Roger first started playing it, like you had like, you were raving about it to me and like, almost got me to pick it up. I still might pick it up. You should.

[Tim Gettys]

Then we got Mr. Hawk saying birthday tax. And a quick plug for my podcast Story Motors Story Modders podcast and our most recent episode with Madeline Stanley. It's all about her kind of funny experience. Let's go, Chelsea.

[Angie Hicks]

Oh, that's awesome.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, so go check that out. Trevor says non video game related blessings. Talked about modern board games here and there. Would be interested in seeing board game content from Bless. Board game content is just so hard to do. Right.

[Angie Hicks]

That's the tough thing is like, you need the camera angles, you need the space, the rules and the rule. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Getting people to actually play a game is so freaking hard. Yeah.

[Angie Hicks]

Like, even during board game nights. Right? Like, and during a regular board game nights, there's a lot of lulls because half of it is me reading the rules, trying to understand the rules while my friends are getting high and then trying to explain the rules. And I kid you not, like, my board game nights have slowed down because it happens every single time. They're like, yo, let's go outside real quick. And they come back and I try to explain the rules to them and they're not getting anything. And I'm like, why are we doing this? Just eliminate the board games. Let's play video games if you guys are going to get high. It's crazy.

[Tim Gettys]

The stop.

[Angie Hicks]

Get off the weed.

[Tim Gettys]

Get off the weed, everybody. Michael Checki says I'll sell my soul for a metaphor. Spoiler cast I'm surprised we haven't done that yet.

[Angie Hicks]

Well, we did the metaphor versus Persona episode, me and Barrett. Not necessarily a spoiler cast, but that did allow us to get a bit deeper into, like, a lot of the stuff in in metaphor. So you should definitely check that out. I'm sure eventually I could see us doing a metaphor. Spoiler cast maybe Barrett And Michael H.

[Tim Gettys]

CJ splits on final one for today says PlayStation teases 12 3, 24. And the new ad is an event coming. We're going to talk about that on tomorrow's kind of funny Games Daily. Thank you so much for hanging out with us here. We're about to do the kind of funny games cast with Paris Lily talking all about his time with south of Midnight. Can't wait to hear that. After that, we're going to have Mike and Nick streaming some roller coaster game. Me and bless. We're going to go get high.