Season 5 Begins! - Game Showdown

Summary

Kinda Funny Gamescast: Season 5 Begins! – Game Showdown

Date: June 1, 2026
Hosts: Blessing Adeoye Jr. (host/game master), Tim Gettys, Greg Miller, Andy Cortez
Guests/Contestants: None

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Overview

Season 5 of Kinda Funny’s “Game Showdown” kicks off with fresh energy and a batch of brand-new quiz rounds and game show antics. Hosted by Blessing Adeoye Jr., the episode is a competitive trivia throwdown between Tim Gettys (Team Blue), Andy Cortez (Team Purple), and reigning multi-season champ Greg Miller (Team Orange). Expect inventive minigames, playful banter, and a showcase of gaming knowledge as the trio vie for stars and the coveted Kinda Funny championship belt.

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Main Segments & Key Discussion Points

1. Opening & Season 5 Hype [00:43]

• Blessing introduces a “brand new season with brand new games.”
• Contestant teams:
  • Tim Gettys – Team Blue, current holder of “Stars in the Bank.”
  • Andy Cortez – Team Purple.
  • Greg Miller – Team Orange, reigning champion.
• Banter and confusion over how many seasons Greg has actually won. (“I was miscounting the seasons...” – Greg [01:32])
• "Stars in the Bank” is explained: Enables Tim to steal a star any time during the season.

2. Opening Trivia: Halo Release Order [02:15]

• Contestants arrange “Halo” spinoff titles in chronological release order.
  • Correct order: Halo Wars (2009), Halo Reach (2010), Halo: Spartan Assault (2013), Halo: Spartan Strike (2015)
  • Tim gets it right, snags 10 points.
  • Side note: Andy confesses, “I don’t even know what those other two games are.” [04:15]

3. Messy Mashup – Games + Desserts Mashups [06:25]

• New core round: Combine a dessert/sweet treat and a video game title based on cryptic clues.
• Example: “Jelly Roller Coaster Tycoon.”
• Notable Rounds and Answers:
  • Greg: “Chocolate Eclair Expedition 33” (accepted for ‘Eclair Obscure Expedition 33’) [08:43]
  • Andy: “Banana Split Fiction” [09:30]
  • Greg: “Shaved Ice Climbers” [10:14] (Hawaiian/Italian ice accepted)
  • No Winner: The answer was “Cobbler Blur” (cobbled stone clue + Project Gotham successor) [13:01]
  • Greg: “Creme Brule-layers of Fear” [14:21]
  • Greg: “Ice Cream Sundae of the Tentacle” [15:04]
  • Tim: “Lollipop Chainsaw” [15:30]
• Score update after segment:
  • Andy: 20
  • Tim: 30
  • Greg: 80
• Memorable moment: Andy can’t get the “Binding of Isaac” clue later: “I didn’t know that was a biblical story.” [28:38]

4. Bullet Points – Guess the Game by Clues [18:01]

• Guess the game as clues are revealed; earlier guesses score more.
• Example Rounds:
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: (Greg nails it with the 1980s/top-down clue) [22:09]
    • “Is that orthographic?” sparks a tangent about game perspectives.
  • Viva Piñata (Super Scope - Identify by zoomed-in screenshot): Andy cracks it at level 3 [25:01]
  • The Binding of Isaac: Andy gets it at last clue (Zelda-inspired roguelike) [28:34]
    • Extended sidebar on game jam origins and Nintendo’s squeamishness about religion [25:41][27:54]

5. Sounded Out – Identify by Sound Effects [29:19]

• Five escalating cues (points double this round).
• Correct answer: Mario Party (Tim wins at level 3) [30:55]
  • The “Wario yell” audio stumps everyone at first.
  • “Was that Wario?” “Yeah, that was Wario.” [31:03]

6. Bullet Points: Character Edition (Double Points) [31:37]

• This time, identify the game character (not the game).
• Clues:
  1. Top speed: 40-50 mph.
  2. Cameo in Astrobot.
  3. Petting boosts player health/stamina recovery.
  4. Points arrow, horse flees.
  5. Sacrifice for hero to finish slaying giants (final clue).
• Correct answer: Aggro (the horse from Shadow of the Colossus). Greg gets “horse from Shadow of the Colossus,” but teases the need for specificity/fan trivia over just “the horse.” [34:01]
  • “Million dollars, he couldn’t pull Aggro. Million fucking dollars.” – Tim Gettys [35:54]

7. Score Recap & Closing [35:08]

• Final tallies:
  • Andy (Team Purple): 60
  • Tim (Team Blue): 90
  • Greg (Team Orange): 140 (wins first star of the new season)
• Greg celebrates “another one for Sammy,” pokes fun at his aggro (attention-getting) skills, and good-naturedly argues game show etiquette about specificity in answers.
• Tease for future: Tim can still steal Greg’s star at any time thanks to “Stars in the Bank.”
  • “Not yet,” Tim says of cashing in.

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Notable Quotes & Highlights

• Greg Miller (on winning, and on his “aggro” skills):
  • [35:57] “I pull aggro every day on the Internet, thank you very much.”
• Blessing Adeoye Jr. (on hosting):
  • [33:21] “As a very unbiased and fair judge…”
  • [28:38] “I believe that was the Flash version which then eventually turned into like the full Binding of Isaac version that we see on console.”
• Andy Cortez (when stuck on the dessert round):
  • [14:33] “My brain was going. I just kept on going, flambe.”
• Tim Gettys (final rounds):
  • [35:54] “Million dollars, he couldn’t pull aggro. Million fucking dollars.”
• Banter about show history and repeated champs:
  • [01:32] “Sometimes I don’t know where the joke ended because I know at one point I was miscounting the season.” – Greg

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Season Introduction & Rules: 00:43 - 04:41
• Opening Trivia - Halo Release Order: 02:15 - 04:15
• Messy Mashup (Dessert/Game Combos): 06:25 - 16:33
• Bullet Points (Game Guessing): 18:01 - 22:52
• Zoom-In Screenshot (Viva Pinata): 23:15 - 25:13
• Bullet Points (Game Jam/Isaac): 25:27 - 28:59
• Sounded Out (Mario Party): 29:19 - 31:01
• Final Character Bullet Points (Aggro): 31:37 - 34:46
• Score Recap & Outro: 35:08 - End

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Tone and Style

• Energetic, playful, and irreverent. The hosts and contestants riff frequently about gaming details, misremembered facts, and inside jokes.
• Competitively nerdy: The tone strikes a balance between genuine quiz show tension and the group’s trademark sarcastic, referential camaraderie.
• Accessible: Detailed explanations of round formats and clues ensure newcomers can follow along.

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Summary

Season 5 of “Game Showdown” launches with a spirited battle of wits between longtime Kinda Funny mainstays. The gang mixes inventive, pun-heavy trivia rounds (like “Messy Mashup”) with sharp-witted banter, as Greg Miller continues his dominant run but finds competitors nipping at his heels—especially with “Stars in the Bank” enabling star-stealing twists in future episodes. Whether you’re a Kinda Funny regular or a new listener, the show is a fast-paced celebration of gaming culture, trivia, and the group’s signature goofball chemistry.

For full scores and more game show shenanigans, tune in next week as Season 5 continues!

Transcript

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brand new games for a brand new season. Get ready for game showdown. Yo, what's up? Welcome to game showdown. I'm your host, blessing. Adio. Yay. Junior. I'm joined by three contestants representing three teams. We have Mr. Stars in the bank. Representing team blue, Tim Mungettis.

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Y' all don't know what's in here, but you will one day.

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We also have representing team purple, Andy Cortez.

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Hello. Hi.

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And we have the season four champion, the captain of team orange, Greg Miller.

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Three feet. Remember season two, Nick Scarpino. Season and season three. This is season four, right?

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I thought this was season five and I was season.

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Then it was season three and then Nick Scarpino and then season four.

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I've also lost count, so I can't argue against that anymore.

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I was saying that, but I was. Sometimes I don't know where the joke ended because I know at one point I was miscounting the season.

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You definitely were miscounting.

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Damn.

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You've been joking about stuff.

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I had no idea.

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Cause you definitely won. You won the last.

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One thing I don't joke about, you

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won the last official.

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Skies were so blue. Not a cloud in the sky.

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What did he say? What? What is this energy?

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I'll tell you. This is a new season. Energy is what this is.

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I'm back to blue. Bless it. Feels good.

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Yeah.

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Oh, from fresh from the start. You know what I mean? This big blue nip. Yeah. Everybody just want to touch it like that.

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No, no, no, no, no.

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Give it a shot one time.

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We're gonna start off with a trivia question worth 10 points and the chance to start off strong. Whip out your whiteboards. It is time to order up. I want you to arrange the following games from the Halo franchise in release order. The games are Spartan Strike, Spartan Assault, Reach And Halo Wars. Barret has a graphic he's brought up with the games. You have a minute to jot down the games. Anyone with the correct answer will earn 10 points for the round. I believe this is the first opening question where multiple of you have the chance to earn this. Again, the games are Halo, Spartan Strike, Halo, Spartan Assault, Halo Reach, and Halo Wars. I am looking for these games in release order from first to last. Looks like Tim is locked in. Looks like Andy's locked in. Greg, are you locked in?

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I'm locked in.

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All right, we can cut the timer. Let's start off with Tim. Tim, what you got?

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I was incredibly confident when you said what this was going to be. And then I was like, oh, he's going to get us for these goddamn Spartan games. Even beyond that, wars in reach of my. Oh, I don't know. I don't know. I'm going. Wars Reach, Assault Strike.

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Okay, Andy, look, this is being 100%

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correct, but this is Spartan Ass. Spartan Strike, Halo Wars, Halo Reach.

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Okay. Greg Miller.

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Wars Assault Reach Strike.

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Interesting answers.

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Yeah.

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Oh, in 2009, Halo wars released.

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Check.

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Followed by Halo Reach in 2010. After that, in 2013, we got Halo, Spartan Assault.

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Yes, we did.

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Finally, in 2015, we got Halo, Spartan Strike, meaning Tim Gettys starts off strong for this round. What do I told you?

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I don't even know what those other two games.

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Yeah, I was going to say I don't even know.

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They were arcade games.

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Yeah.

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And then they reported to mobile.

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Oh, time to go mobile.

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Time to go mobile.

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Of course, if you're just jumping into game showdown. If you're watching for the very first time for Season 5 newcomers, each week we're playing nerdy trivia games to decide who is going to be the season champ. Each episode, the winner of the week receives the star. Whoever receives the most stars by the end of the season receives the kind of funny world championship belt that Greg is holding right in front of him,

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which is I'm used to holding, which

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he's used to holding because now he's won how many seasons, Greg?

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Three.

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Three seasons. Back to back to back.

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Mind you, before we started the show, Greg goes, do you want to take the belt out there, Tim? You don't have to if you don't want to.

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And I was like, I don't think I'm the champ. He goes, I think you are. I'm like, you don't have to.

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You don't want to. For some reason, it's really funn.

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And then I made a joke. If you don't, he will let you know about it, though if you don't.

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I think we all know my confidence is as strong as a rock. All right. But I am quite upset not to have stars in the bank. So I was confused on what I had lost last time.

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Yes.

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Because I knew it meant a lot to me and it turns out stars in the bank means more than the championship to me, you know. Oh, really?

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That's good.

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Oh, I get to torture people with

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me having this feels so good because it needs less torture. Not no torture, but less torture.

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Of course. As a recap, Tim Getty slash Team Blue is the holder of the Stars in the bank briefcase, which he won during a recent mini season of game showdown, meaning that at any point during this season you may cash it in for an opportunity to steal a star from the opponent of your choosing. Tim. So you're starting off strong, even though Greg does still remain the most recent champion with the belt around his waist. Remember, this is game Showdown. Kind of funny is nerdy game show where you can where players compete to earn stars and become champion at the end of the season. Thank you to our Patreon producers, Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney the Psalm Twining. For now, let's play Messy Mashup.

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Oh, this is new, right?

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I like this new logos.

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Brand new stuff here. Of course. Like I said, we're playing two new games for a new season. Messy mashup though, is a familiar term in game showdown because this has been a special round that we've had for a round robin. Even going back further, this is a game we played on the post show. Did post show for gamescast every now and then. And now it is an official game showdown game.

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Dude, congratulations.

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Got the call up from the Miners.

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Got the call up. The rules are simple and messy Mashup. The clues don't have one answer, they have two answers mashed together. Today's game though has a special theme. We're mashing up games with sweet treats. So I'm going to read you a clue, usually in the form of a description. The answer will be the name of a game and a sweet treat mashed together. For example, I might say a thin layer of sponge cake spread with jam and twirled into a spiral is something you might offer in this game where you run a theme park. The answer would be Jelly Roller coaster Tycoon. If you buzz in and give the correct answer, that is 20 points. If everyone gets it wrong, I will add a hint in the round becomes worth 10 points contestants, are you ready?

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Yeah.

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Yes.

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Jelly roll being like the lead off example here, are we leaning more towards like concepts or like could snickers be an answer?

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Don't answer that.

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I'll say. I would say snickers could be an answer. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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You know what I mean?

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Some depending if there's interchangeable things for the same thing. If it fits, as long as it fits the messy mashup, I might give it to you. But we'll get to there matters.

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We'll get to that nougat later. It's good.

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That's the tip of the hat.

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Katie, write it down.

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Round number one. Originating in France, this pastry is filled with a cream and topped with a flavored icing. Just like how this game is filled with a tale of grief and topped with JRPG inspired mechanics.

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I don't. I. Oh man.

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Originating in France, this pastry is filled with the cream and topped with a flavored icing. Just like how this game is filled with a tale of grief and topped with the JRPG inspired mechanics.

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Greg Miller Chocolate Eclair Expedition 33.

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I will give it to you. That is the correct answer.

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That's what is.

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What were you going with?

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Well, eclair obscure expedition 33. You added the chocolate which is fine.

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But yeah, okay. Thank you.

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Wow.

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Yeah. That is 20 points to Greg Miller.

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I'll try to do a better round.

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That was great. I would have never pulled a Claire.

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The hint that I would have given was would be to say Dunkin Donuts markets Long John Donuts as this pastry in the United States bending the truth. Just like how this game bent the Eiffel Tower.

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Jesus.

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I appreciate you like that clue so much. You read it, you put the work and you do it.

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Round two, three scoops of ice cream and potassium filled fruit might be a big dessert for one person. However, by teaming up with a friend,

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anything is Andy banana split fiction.

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Banana split fiction is the correct answer.

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I had banana split and I just couldn't get there on the fiction fast enough.

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I'm going to read the hint that I had here because I wanted another good one. The cherry on top of this game is its co op challenges. More so than its feuding Deuteragonus. I'm just happy about the use of the word deuteragonist.

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That's not know what that word is.

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Like two protagonists, Deuteragonist. You learn a new thing every day.

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You blast. Fuck you saying this so confidently. It's just like oh yeah, you guys should know that. No, I'm proud of you, though.

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Thank you. I think that one required a dictionary. Round three. Freeze some water, shear it down and add some flavor. That's a snack readily available for a duo ascending a frozen mountain.

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Greg Miller, Shaved Ice Climbers.

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Shaved Ice Climbers is the correct.

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Would you have accepted Hawaiian Ice Climbers?

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I would have accepted, yes. I believe. Oh, I have here that I will accept Italian ice climbers.

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Okay.

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What's Hawaiian ice comparison?

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I think it's exactly the same, but I don't either.

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Oh, then I would have accepted it. Yeah.

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We call them Raspas and Blankens.

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Barry is going to work against him on this one. That's going to hurt.

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And just a fun tidbit. In Hawaii, you say shave ice with no D. Shave ice. I like shaved ice.

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You say shaved ice, they kick you off the island.

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Round four. Consisting of fruit filling and covered in batter or biscuit, this pie, like dessert, might act as the fuel you need to drive fast cars in this 360 era arcade racer. We're up in the difficulty now. Tim Gettys Crumbler. That is incorrect. I like it, though.

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That's not bad.

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Say it again.

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Consisting of fruit filling and covered in batter or biscuit, this pie, like dessert, might act as the fuel you need to drive fast cars in this 360 era arcade racer. If nobody has it, I will add in the hint, but the points go down to 10. 10. You would be able to guess again if I got the. If I did the hint.

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Can I hear it one more time before you do it?

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Yeah.

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Thank you.

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Consisting of fruit filling and covered in batter or biscuit, this pie, like dessert, might act as the fuel you need to drive fast cars in this 360 era arcade race. All right, I am adding in the hint, meaning. Tim, it's open for you again. Featuring a career mode, vehicular combat and power ups, this successor to Project Gotham Racing is just as sweet as this dish, resembling a cobbled stone pathway. I'll give it to you one more time.

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Got harder for me.

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I was thinking of the wrong dessert. So there I'm. Now I'm in trouble.

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We're in trouble.

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Featuring a career mode, vehicular combat and power ups, this successor to Project Gotham Racing is just as sweet as this dish, resembling a cobbled stone pathway.

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This is gonna hurt so bad because I like. I know it. I see it.

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Give me the game.

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I see it.

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Give me the game.

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Project Gotham Racing. I don't know.

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Talk it out with me, everybody.

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I don't know the game, but I could see the sweet treat.

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Yeah.

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And it smells delicious.

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I want. Dude, I want some right now.

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It smells delicious. You heard my belly rumbling a little while ago.

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You've also not had lunch yet. It's a tough one to do when you're hungry.

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Yeah.

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All right. If nobody has it, I will reveal the answer. Tim.

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So if we're just giving up, we're giving up. Yeah. Okay.

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Cool. Yeah. It was close is what I'll say.

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What do you even say?

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If you said crumbler. Crumbler. Which isn't it. But you have the game.

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Blur.

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Blur is the game.

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I'm hung up on a strudel. A Danish.

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The keyword in that. In the hint that I gave. Cobbled stone. Pathway.

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Cobbler.

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Cobbler. Fruit cobbler would be the answer.

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That's good, though.

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Yes.

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Okay.

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I didn't have. I didn't have it. Turns out I did not have the sweet treat.

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Tough one.

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Yeah.

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Round number five. This classic French dessert features a vanilla custard base topped with a blanket of hard caramelized sugar. You'll need this delicious treat to comfort you during your descent into this first person psychological horror game.

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Can't think of the day with the blowtorch.

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Yeah.

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This classic French dessert features a vanilla custard base topped with a blanket of hard caramelized sugar. You'll need this delicious treat to comfort you during your descent into this first person psychological horror game. Oh. Andy.

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Souffle. Ers of fear.

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That is incorrect. No. Greg Miller.

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Creme brulee. Ers of fear.

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That is the correct answer. Crept through layers of fear. Fear that is 24.

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You know what?

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K. Brule. And I was like, eternal. No, not eternal darkness.

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My brain was going. I just kept on going. Flambe.

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Round number six, topped with syrup. A couple scoops of this cold treat makes me nostalgic for this point and click game about stopping a mutant monster. Topped with syrup. A couple scoops of this cold treat makes me nostalgic for this point and click game about stopping a mutant monster.

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Greg Miller, Ice cream sundae of the tentacle.

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Sunday of the tentacle is the correct. That's a good one, Greg. Absolutely dominating this round of treatment. I love sweet treats. This is the final round of messy mashup. Round number seven. Place the sugar candy on a stick for a timeless classic. If you want something a bit more in the cult classic realm, pick Tim

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Lollipop Chainsaw.

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That is the correct answer. I was gonna finish it. Finish it was saying if you want something a bit more in the cult classic realm, pick up this game about a cheerleader hunting zombies.

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Nice, nice.

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Yeah, it got there quicker. Barrett, what's the score recap?

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Right now the score.

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In last place for Team Purple, it

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is the People's champion, andy Cortez with 20 points.

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In second place, just 10 points ahead of him, it is the Stars in the bank holder, it is Tim Gettys for team blue with 30 points. And running away with it right now, it is Greg Miller for T borrowing orange with 80 points. But it's still anybody's game. That brings us to the end of Messy Mashup, but we still have a lot more game left. For now though, let me tell you 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. And speaking of ads, let us tell you about our sponsors.

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We're back. Let's play bullet points. The rules are simple. I'm going to read to you details about a game one bullet point at a time. It is your job to buzz in and guess what this game is. Each round has five possible bullet points. I may reveal the earlier you guess the answer, the more points you'll receive with 50 being the highest. So if you guess after the first clue, that's 50 points. After the second clue you'll get 40 and so on and so forth. You can buzz in once per bullet point. Contestants, are you ready? Yeah. Real quick though.

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What's that one dessert that's like in a cone shape and it'll have like ice cream cone. No, no. But it's like a pastry funnel cake.

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Parfait.

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Nah, it's a crepe.

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Crepe. That's what I was thinking of. Yeah. When you. When you said the fruit filling one or whatever.

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Yeah.

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Or I was like a crepe is what. And I didn't even have the sweet treat correct. So.

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Feel that.

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Yeah.

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I love a crepe though.

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They smell so good.

[B]

You go savory or sweet?

[D]

I go sweet. Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Across from Marafuku, there's a really good crepe spot. Next time you're looking for a little dessert after your ramen.

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Nice. Delicious.

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Round one. This is for the 50 point bullet point. The player is provided with an on screen energy bar which decreases when they perform any actions. You're provided with an on screen energy bar which decreases when they perform any actions.

[A]

Superman Returns.

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That is incorrect. Tim and Andy are not buzzing in. So I'll move on to our 40 point bullet point. This is a licensed game based on a film of the same name. You want to repeat the guess?

[A]

That was good. Come on now. So energy bar depletes when you do anything.

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When you perform any action. And this is a licensed game based on a film of the same name. Tim Gettys G Force. That is incorrect. I like that guess though.

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Greg Miller wanted that is. That was the comics too. And that's not. I don't think I had that thing. But I'm just saying stuff. Gotta swing the bat.

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I might swing the bat.

[B]

We're gonna move on. No, I'll wait for our 30 point bullet point. This is an adventure game in which players control a character from a top down perspective.

[C]

He's pleased with himself with this one

[B]

on screen energy bar which decreases when you perform any actions. It's a licensed game based off a film of the same name.

[A]

Greg Miller, John Wick Hex.

[B]

That is incorrect. An adventure game in which players control a character from a top down perspective.

[D]

How top down we talking?

[B]

Pretty top down.

[D]

Yeah. Not like an orthographic. Not an out of three orthographic.

[C]

Not the dictionary episode.

[B]

Not a, like isometric or the graphic.

[D]

And I submit that when you're in 3D, when you're working in 3D, if you click perspective, it does like the camera view. But when you hit orthographic, it like gives you the straight on view. But it's like not top down, though.

[C]

That's what they fly in Dune.

[B]

See, that's why keep in mind, for me, I'm looking up orthographic.

[D]

It's just like top down. So we're saying like Hotline Miami only top down.

[B]

Hold on.

[D]

No perspective.

[B]

Yeah. Okay, well, I guess like, I'm just gonna say yes.

[D]

Is it like Hotline Miami or is it like Zelda?

[B]

It's like Zelda.

[D]

Like a top down Zelda.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Like a top down Zelda.

[D]

Okay. That changes things.

[B]

It's not. Is that or that's not orthographic?

[D]

Well, top down to me is like the old GTAs.

[B]

How's that? Well, because you all.

[D]

It's just that you just like, you just see the characters, like torso, the head and the arms or whatever.

[C]

But like, you do see a little bit of link. Like, it's not technically top down.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

Then not legs.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

I feel like I'm giving too much away now.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

All right, we're going to move on to our 20 point bullet point. This game released during the 80s. Oh, Greg Miller, E.T. e.T. Is the correct answer.

[D]

The extraterrestrial.

[B]

E.T. the extraterrestrial. Is that orthographic?

[D]

I don't know.

[B]

I don't mean you can see his body.

[C]

You see his body.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So I'm gonna say that's not like Zelda. It's like gta.

[A]

No, no, in GTA you don't see bodies, remember? You see the top of their head.

[B]

Yeah, I see what you mean now.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hotline Miami. You only see like, yeah, the top of the head and top of the

[A]

head, arms or legs, if you're kicking or whatever.

[B]

Gotcha. Oh, okay. I learned something today. That's 20 points.

[D]

Well, you probably didn't learn the right use of orthographic because I don't think I use it correctly.

[B]

But I still think we're talking about dune. The 10 point bullet point would have been that the player character can collect Reese's Pieces, which are Used to restore his energy. Let's move on to round number two. This is a super scope round. I prepared a screenshot from a video game. This screenshot is extremely zoomed in. If you can guess what the game is.

[C]

Great, babe.

[B]

Thank you. If you can guess what it is at its most zoomed in, you'll earn 50 points. If no one can guess, we'll move on to level two where the screenshot will be slightly zoomed out and worth 40 points. Each level is 10 points with or 10 points less with level 5 being the full image reveal. Barrett, let's pull up level one for 50 points. Who can guess what this game is?

[A]

Ah.

[B]

Andy.

[D]

Legend of Zelda. Skyward Sword.

[B]

That is incorrect.

[A]

Greg Miller. Legend of Zelda. Tears of the Kingdom.

[B]

That is incorrect. Tim.

[C]

Boom. Blocks.

[B]

That is incorrect. We're going to move on to level two. Worth 40 points. We can zoom in slightly further out. Everybody's leaning to the right. Andy.

[D]

Legends of the Skyward Sword.

[B]

That is incorrect. Did I say that the first time? I think you said that already.

[D]

Make sure you guys pay attention. As soon as I said I was like, nah, that's not right.

[B]

Nope. Greg.

[A]

Pokemon Scarlet Violet.

[B]

That is incorrect. Tim has his hand on the buzzer, but I don't think he's gonna do it.

[C]

Tim, what did gods and monsters end up being called? Phoenix Uprising or some shit.

[B]

Phoenix Rising, that is in cities.

[D]

I really thought I had it to level three.

[B]

I think that was called Immortals Phoenix Rising.

[A]

Yeah, that's what it was.

[B]

Which is. This is not it.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Level three for 30 points. Oh, Andy.

[D]

Viva pinata.

[B]

Viva Pinata is the correct.

[A]

I thought about that. Talked myself out of it earlier.

[D]

I mean, I see where you're going with. With the How Lucha. Sort of.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. I knew that wasn't right either.

[D]

But I don't know.

[A]

We're still going to portal the camp.

[B]

30 points for Andy. We're gonna move on to round three. We're back to a regular round. 50 point bullet point here. This game was the result of a week long game jam.

[D]

Oh, back to bullet points. Right?

[A]

Back to bullet points.

[B]

Yeah. This game was the result of a week long game jam. Andy.

[D]

Outer wilds or.

[B]

Sorry, Greg. Greg got there.

[A]

You'll get. I mean, you can go. I was gonna pick that one.

[B]

Outer wilds for Outer Wilds.

[A]

I was gonna say broken age.

[B]

Well, Outer wilds is incorrect.

[A]

Are you broken age?

[B]

Broken age is incorrect. Thank you, Tim. You can buzz in if you want to here. No, we're gonna move on to our 40 point bullet point. According to the developer, Nintendo rejected this game from the 3DS eshop because of its questionable content. It was a result of a week long game jam. And according to the dev, Nintendo rejected this game from the 3DS eShop because of its questionable content. Greg Miller Shantae by wayforward that is incorrect. Is that a story?

[D]

Say it like that. Shantae. The fuck was that?

[C]

Oh my God.

[D]

He got possessed by somebody.

[C]

All right.

[B]

Andy and Tim look like they're not buzzing in here.

[C]

No.

[B]

We're going to move on to our 30 point bullet point. This game's plot is very loosely inspired by the biblical story of the same name. This game's plot is very loosely inspired by the biblical story of the same name.

[A]

Metro Exodus.

[B]

That is incorrect.

[C]

Tim. The Bible.

[B]

That is incorrect. I like that guess though. The biblical story this evening. The Bible. It's pretty good actually. Andy.

[D]

Noah's Ark.

[B]

That is incorrect. This is our 20 point bullet point. This 2011 game was developed in Adobe Flash. They're recapping so far. This game was the result of a week long game jam. According to the dev, Nintendo rejected this game from the 3DS eshop because of its questionable content. This game's plot is very loosely inspired by the biblical story of the same name. And this 2011 game was developed in Adobe Flash.

[D]

What does Nintendo think about the Bible?

[C]

Not favorably.

[A]

The Sodom and Gomorrah. That is incorrect.

[B]

Andy.

[D]

David and Goliath.

[B]

That is incorrect. If nobody has it, we're going to move on to our 10 point bullet point. Our final bullet point of round three.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

This is a Legend of Zelda inspired roguelike showcasing the devs feeling about aspects of religion. Andy.

[D]

Binding of Isaac.

[B]

The binding of Isaac is the correct.

[A]

Wow.

[D]

I didn't know that was a biblical story.

[B]

Wow. Binding of Isaac. I believe that's when Abraham took his son Isaac to the top of the mountain to sacrifice him.

[A]

And God was like yo, bring your son up here and kill him. He's like I'll do it. And then the last second guy was like I was just JK and man.

[B]

Yeah. God was like ah, my bad. I'm joking. I just sitting there like what the man?

[D]

Wow. I didn't know that.

[B]

Yeah, Fun fact for you.

[D]

That's crazy.

[C]

Damn. Made in a week. That's cool.

[B]

Yeah. I believe that was the Flash version which then eventually turned into like the full binding of Isaac version that we see on console. That is 10 points for Andy Cortez for that round we're going to move on to round number four. Points are now worth double here. Wow. And this is another special round called Sounded out.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

I have five sound effects from one game. I'm going to have Barrett play them one at a time.

[D]

I like that Greg goes at the ego that like he's audio blind.

[A]

I don't remember this shit. I was listening to Pinkerton.

[B]

Same as before. If you guess at level one, you get the max amount of points this time around, that is 100 points because we're doubled this time. Level two is 80 points and so on and so forth. Contestants, are you ready?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Barrett, play the level one sound worth 100. Oh, my God.

[C]

This is gonna be a great game.

[A]

Greg Miller, Ratchet and Clank.

[B]

Incorrect.

[D]

Andy Psychonauts.

[B]

Incorrect. Tim is holding off.

[C]

Brutal Legend.

[B]

Incorrect. Bear, go ahead and play level two.

[D]

Oh, they're all the same game.

[B]

They're all the same game.

[A]

Greg Miller, Crash Bandicoot.

[B]

That is incorrect. Their chance for 80 points, which right now is huge points. 80 points can change the game for

[C]

somebody talking the power of juju.

[B]

That is incorrect.

[D]

Andy Tomba.

[B]

That is incorrect. Barrett, go ahead and play the level three sound for 60. Oh, no. Andy.

[D]

Super Mario Sunshine.

[B]

That is incorrect.

[A]

Greg Warioware.

[B]

That is incorrect. Tim,

[C]

Mario Party.

[B]

Mario Party is the correct answer for 60 points.

[D]

Who was the first man?

[B]

That was Wario. Yeah, that was Wario.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

And 64 Mario was different. Okay.

[A]

Yeah, he's built different.

[B]

And 100%. That brings us. First of all, that brings Tim into closing the distance for this number one spot here.

[D]

But they just take that, like, from a dude on the streets in a Spider man game. That's what I thought it was.

[B]

Carrying a microphone. Oh, my God. Round number five is our final round of bullet points. And this round is still worth double the points.

[A]

Is this the final round of the game or just a segment?

[B]

Final round of the game. Jesus. So it's still anybody's game here.

[A]

I don't like that.

[B]

This round is still worth double the points, and we're not guessing a game. I'm going to give you the bullet points about a character. I'm going to read details about a character in a video game. You need to guess who the character is. Bullet point number one worth 100 points. This character's top speed is somewhere between 40 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour. Tim.

[C]

Tails.

[B]

That is incorrect.

[D]

Melina. Blade of Miquella.

[B]

Greg, Buzz in first.

[A]

Amy Rose.

[B]

That is incorrect. And you're going with Milena.

[D]

Yeah. Millennia. Blade of Miquella.

[B]

Millennia. That is incorrect. Our 80 point bullet point to guess this character. This character makes a cameo appearance in Astrobot. Their top speed is somewhere between 40 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour. This character makes a cameo appearance in Astrobot, a game with a lot of cameos in it.

[A]

Yeah, sure,

[B]

Greg.

[A]

An ape escape bait.

[B]

That is incorrect. Indian Tim seem like they don't got it, so I'm gonna move on to bullet point number three. Worth 60 points. Still enough to get somebody to the victory here. Petting this character increases the recovery speed of the protagonist's health and stamina for a short period of time. Petting this character, Greg Miller, the Last Guardian. That is incorrect.

[C]

Oh, man. Fuck.

[B]

Petting this character increases the recovery speed of the protagonist's health and stamina for a short period of time. Him is agonizing right now.

[A]

For the timer up, Barrett.

[B]

Don't be afraid, Andy.

[D]

Oh, Commie.

[B]

That is incorrect. We're gonna move on to our 40 point bullet points. Still enough if Andy gets it to tie him in first place. If the protagonist points his bow and arrow at this character, she'll rear up and neigh before galloping away and out of the line of fire. Greg.

[A]

Shadow, Colossus, Horse.

[B]

I will no one. No, no, dude, that's. I haven't really.

[A]

What I would like to point out is that in the Stars of the bank episode, at the very last round that I lost on Blessed, you had to be specific. And he just said Call of Duty and he got the points when that wasn't actually the title, but that was

[C]

the one that won that.

[A]

I haven't argued about what they wrote it. I haven't argued about that, but that's what they wrote. You know, And I know audience what's right and what's not right when prepping

[B]

this episode, I have written down here as the answer, Aggro or the horse from Shadow.

[C]

I was only aggravated because I didn't remember the name.

[A]

Season four, starting Stroma. You gotta try season four, starting Storm. Now I'm gonna tell Andy the inappropriate joke. I stopped myself from dealing.

[B]

I didn't know you had one.

[D]

Yeah, I'm glad. Yeah. Glad he did. Yeah. That's good. Let's. Yeah.

[B]

Was it 911 related?

[D]

Glad he didn't do it. Yeah.

[B]

No.

[C]

Thank God. Starting off with a bang here, everything's all.

[B]

What's the score?

[D]

Okay.

[B]

Name this specific character.

[A]

Horse from shadowclass.

[C]

It has a name that we know,

[A]

or Horse as he wrote it on the thing I wrote it as a very unbiased and fair judge. If he wrote it, he wrote I

[C]

can't believe it's black.

[B]

What if you got the audience?

[A]

You don't know what it's like to host a show. You've never hosted a game show here.

[B]

You should have tried it.

[D]

In Last place with 60 points, it

[B]

is Andy Cortez for Team Purple in second place. So close yet so far.

[A]

Couldn't remember a horse.

[D]

It is Tim Geddes for team blue with 90 points.

[B]

And in the lead, it is the three Pete champion.

[D]

Four Pete.

[B]

I don't know.

[D]

Who knows anymore.

[B]

It is Greg Miller for team orange with 140 points.

[A]

This one goes out to Sammy.

[C]

Million dollars. He couldn't pull aggro. Million fucking dollars.

[A]

I pull aggro every day on the Internet, thank you very much.

[B]

That's pretty good. What any of you have gotten aggro? Me? Oh, shit. I wouldn't have expected it. I think that's why I just wrote down horse. Nobody's getting aggro. Let me help him out.

[C]

Bit.

[D]

A little.

[B]

Little bit. Of course, coming into this episode, everyone was standing at zero stars because this was the start of the season. Greg Miller repping Team Orange worked really hard on this episode.

[A]

It did.

[B]

Pulled it out of nowhere, of course, from Shadow Colossus to get him the victory earning him one star to start off the season. Tim, you could always steal it though. You have to start the bank.

[D]

You're right.

[B]

You know what to do.

[C]

Not yet.

[B]

Cash it in.

[C]

Can you read the clues again?

[A]

Cash in.

[B]

Right now, his top speed, or her top speed is, is somewhere between 40 and 50 miles per hour. This character makes a cameo appearance in Astrobot Petting. This character increases the recovery speed of the protagonist's health and stamina for a short period of time. If the protagonist points his bow and arrow at this character, she'll rear up and nape, galloping away and out of line of fire. And the last one was going to be. This character makes a sacrifice toward the end of the game, allowing the main character to finish his quest to slay giants. Spoilers, of course. This has been another episode of Game Showdown, the start of season five. Stay tuned for more episodes of Game Showdown to come in the coming weeks. Until next time, it's been our pleasure to serve you.