Oh, that's... What's that? The fucking... What's
the... Fuck! Yeah, that's it. Nailed it. Brooklyn
Nine -Nine. That's the fucking... You know that?
Have you ever seen that? No. No, alright. Other
people listening would have... That was the theme
tune to that. Morning, afternoon, evening. Good
night. It's happening, everyone. All good. See
you later. I'm sick of it. I didn't get that
much time last week to play Death Stranding.
I played a bit yesterday because I can't go two
weeks on the bounce with nothing. That game can
fucking die. I'm sick of it. I'm absolutely sick
of it. That I wanted to belt the controller through
the fucking telly. I was fuming, you know. I
was fuming. Is it not just a case of that, because
my initial reaction was, because I saw you come
online after I just spoke to you, and I presumed,
he thought, fuck, let's get some Death Stranding,
even if it's just 10 minutes, just to get something
in. You've put it on, you're not in the right
mindset, you're rushing, you've done something,
and you're just going, fuck this, because you're
not ready. No, it's bullshit. It's just straight
bullshit. I was killing BTs. is what i was doing
frying my grenades at them which i just find
the concept of it so weird the fact that the
grenade uses your blood as as a way to be able
to to kill the bts and you need blood bags started
off terribly um because for whatever reason i'd
somehow unequipped one of the blood bags and
it just dropped on the floor but it wasn't allowing
me to pick the bag back up i don't know what
the fuck was going on i weren't over overweight
or anything um so it just it just and that was
really pissing me off because i had loads of
blood bags i didn't need this but the fact that
i dropped it and then wouldn't let me pick it
up it was just in my pocket and it's now not
in my pocket so how are you going to tell me
that i can't put that in my pocket because it
was just there so i was already annoyed um and
i was fucking dashing these nades at bts fucking
popping them all off suddenly i've gone from
where you sneak around in the timefall trying
to avoid these things and you're scared to i
can fucking have them now um i know that they
can still fuck me up um but i was like i'm a
little bit less scared now now rather than trying
to avoid the bb um signaling where they are i'm
using it as a fucking nav to get to them just
let me get let me get there um and yeah so i
was killing a couple of them feeling confident
uh and then i threw a grenade at one that was
a little bit close Ultimately, it's the BB's
fault because it was closer than I thought it
was. And then they disappear and then they come
back and they're just dangling there with their
little umbilical cord things. And it was right
in front of me. So I belted a grenade at it,
blew it up, but I'd aggroed it before I'd killed
it. So in doing so, the fucking dark... puddle
of shit popped up around me and then the hands
popped up around me but what i had done in the
in the time in between is i had i had rode up
to it yeah got off the bike because i had the
bike with me because i was traveling to a different
place threw a grenade at it jumped back on the
bike yeah and then the black stuff come up right
it turns out that when you're on the bike and
those hands are grabbing hold of you you can't
kick them off Can you? Can't remember. Can't
kick them off. And you can't get off the bike.
So what happened? I got dragged off the bike
and I had maybe like 60 foot worth of cargo hanging
off of my back. I looked like an Eiffel Tower.
It was fucking ridiculous. And it just all blew
up. Brilliant. It all fucking went sky high,
hit the ground, took, I'm going to assume it
took, so it was already taking damage from the
timefall. It had then taken damage from the height
that it had fallen through its own fucking beating,
right? And then it just popped up. Destroyed.
Destroyed. Destroyed. Destroyed. Destroyed. PlayStation
off. I was fuming. I was so annoyed. So I managed
to get back on the bike, ride off, and then obviously
it disappeared. And I spun round, come back,
all of it's just done. It was all toast. And
I didn't even say it. I just went, bloop, off.
I've had enough. No chance. So I need to go back
to it with a fresher mind because I did that
quite late in the evening. So I was already,
I was in sleep mode. I was like, I can't be asked
for any bullshit. And I was just angry. I was
really angry. And then I cheered myself up because
I flicked through the PlayStation store and was
trying to find some stuff to play. Maybe a new
game to pick up. And there wasn't really anything
that was standing out to me. But I really, really
wanted to test the internet. Because I haven't
actually downloaded anything since we got the
Wi -Fi sorted. So Red Dead 2 went on the download.
And that's 110 gigabytes worth of data. 20 minutes.
Nice. 20 minutes. That's nice. I was like, that
is mental. I went and cooked dinner and then
halfway through got a notification, it's ready
to play. I didn't play it because I had dinner
and then went to bed. But yeah, that cheered
me up a tiny bit. Yeah. Are you going to play
Red Dead then? Yeah, I think I want to experience
it because it's that same shit as God of War.
where every person that i know has played it
and i haven't have said how incredible it is
i'd imagine it's the same way that i talk to
people about the last of us that have never played
it i go you have to it's a it's an absolute fucking
must if you have a playstation you need to play
this game um and obviously red dead 2 has such
incredible reviews um and i know you played it
and mark more recently has finished it um and
and you all say the same thing about just how
good it is So I know it's a long game. But yeah,
it's there. You know what I mean? I'm interested
in jumping into it. Did you play Red Dead 1?
Yeah. That's good. So I'm not shy to it. And
I have played Red Dead 2. I've sunk in, I think
it was like 14 hours or something, which I know
is a drop in the ocean in terms of actual gameplay.
But it's not like I didn't buy it, download it
and not play it. So is that Death Stranding over?
No. No, no, no. So you're picking up another
project. No, no, no, no. That's exactly why I've
just said I will float around Red Dead, but chances
are I'm not going to touch it until I've done
Death Stranding. I can't fucking... I can't have
it... Old me would have uninstalled it and left
it, but I can't do that. You know what I mean?
It's out there in the airwaves that I've said.
I said I'd give this a crack, and even if I'm
just slowly chipping away, I need to get it done.
Because I do enjoy playing it. I really do. It's
just... how much time I spent getting that cargo.
Because what's more annoying is that two -thirds
of it wasn't even quest -given cargo, man. That's
stuff that I've picked up along the way that
I was just fucking taking to hand in because
you get more if you go to the actual place. So
I weren't even in the business of trying to fuck
about. It was just my own attitude of thinking
that I was above these beings when I weren't.
Well, in... line with your homework in perfect
timing while i was waiting for you sam actually
messaged on twitter he said he's bottled grand
blue at the first hurdle gotta at least make
it to the first village i fucking did it was
shit he said which i gotta say is one of the
nicest picturesque places i've ever seen in any
game it was very pretty but it was shit I fully
agree with you about the cheesy go team shit,
though. That's just JRPGs all over from what
I've seen, and it's fucking annoying, especially
when they talk shit through a battle. They're
talking to progress the story whilst I'm trying
to concentrate on whatever cunt boss I'm trying
to beat, so I'm missing crucial dialogue. Fucking
annoying, but I just got used to it and did the
main story in the end. I'm getting bored of KCD
2 now, so just rushing the main quest to complete
it. Reckon I'm about 86%, apparently. I was going
to say, it's so specific. Then it's a quick burst
of Atom Fall, then Indiana Jones as they're quite
short games compared to AC Shadows, which will
be a longer task afterwards. Atom Fall's meant
to be quite enjoyable. I replied, perfect timing,
my friend. Just about to start this week's episode,
so I'll be sure to touch on this again. Getting
bored of KCD2? You must be yanking my pizzle.
You'll get that. Kingdom Come Deliverance saying.
Okie dokie. I love the look of out and full,
but I haven't heard the greatest of things. But
indie is definitely up my street. Love, brother.
Me! Yeah, Granblue can fucking die for all I
care. If you're wondering what the fuck we're
talking about, basically one of our patrons recommended
a game, Granblue Fantasy Relink. to us a while
ago and I ended up buying it and playing it and
didn't enjoy it I tried to enjoy it really really
hard and I thought I was but it's just so fucking
cringy and the voice acting and it was just very
very annoying hack and slash type game and I
just couldn't I couldn't power through it so
I failed in my promise of completing that for
Sam and then a couple of weeks ago we were talking
about it again and Ash had never played it and
I bought the physical copy of it so I was like
fuck it you play it then because Ash was like
I'll complete it and I was like no there's no
chance I said I know you you won't be able to
get through the fucking cringiness of it and
yeah sure enough this is where we are now because
you just can't it's so fucking I think it's more
than that I think I'm coming to terms with the
fact that I don't like I don't like games where
I have to concentrate on more than one person.
Yeah, yeah, because you can swap around quite
a bit. Yeah, and you have to worry about what
they're doing and when their abilities are available
and stuff. And, all right, you can argue, oh,
but... boulders gate free is your favorite game
of all time but that's that even that annoys
me somewhat because i like i've got my main geyser
and then you have to level up them as well yeah
but that's also fucking um you can have that
auto level like so i kind of just let the game
decide what route they should be taking and it's
also not dynamic you're fucking yeah it's turn
-based so you've got all the time in the world
to think about that yeah and it's not like it's
not like i find it difficult it just There's
too much going on I have to think about. And
when I have to think about too much stuff, it
just annoys me. I'd rather just focus on the
one geezer and he can just do his thing. If they're
doing shit on their own, that's fine. But if
I have to think about what they're doing or when
the fucking synergy attack is lined up and stuff,
I'm just like, nah. Nah, I'll just concentrate
on me boy Jeff. Thank you. I am pretty annoyed,
actually. I was saving this because you'll probably
find it quite amusing. in fact it's really it's
really really made me mad I already know I'm
gonna love it then I didn't fucking love it so
obviously I've been after a hot toy for a long
time I've never pulled the trigger I don't really
know why I had the money for it and I've just
I don't know I don't know what stopped me because
I wanted I wanted Darth Vader with his like battle
damaged helmet and stuff But I never did it.
So let me just get it up for you guys. The old
little hot toys. You haven't spoken about hot
toys for a while, man. Yeah, well, we're about
to. We're about to find out what. We're fucking
about to. Don't you worry, son. So. We've got
Facebook. I can't get all the pictures up for
some fucking strange reason, but nevertheless,
here's the picture of the latest Anakin. Very
cool. He's got his red or yellow sci -fi, his
red lightsaber, and obviously his cool poses.
Nice. It's just amazing. It's very nice. And
it's just... Everything I ever wanted, I would...
I enjoy that. I would buy that. Yeah. So where
have we gone wrong? Where we've gone wrong is,
where's the Star Wars celebration? It's in Japan,
isn't it? Guess what's exclusive to the Star
Wars celebration? Yeah? Guess what's exclusive
to our Star Wars celebration? The fucking R2
-D2 Funko Pop and Jar Jar Binks. Thanks very
fucking much. Yeah. Thanks very much. Yeah. So
now if I want that, I'm sure I'll be able to
get it off a retailer because I asked AI Companion
thing where I can get them. Yeah, check on retailers.
It might be a bit more pricey though. Yeah, so
you will be able to get it. What? I doubt it.
Not for the money I'm going to have to pay for
that. No chance. That's going to be a collectible.
It's just infuriating. An exclusive Vader looking
like that. It's infuriating me because that's
pretty much all I've wanted for an Anakin. I
want Vader, but he's not. At that point, he is
Anakin, but he's also Vader. He's transitioning
towards Vader. He's now known as Vader. The Emperor
has called him Vader. He says, rise, Vader. You
are Vader. He's arguably in his coolest fucking
phase. Yeah, and that's how he would be if he
didn't get battered up by Obi -Wan. That is the
Sith that would have ruled the galaxy. So all
you really have to do is go to Japan. Yeah, basically.
Which is nice. It's funny that, because I seem
to remember... when we did the star wars celebration
before yeah i said if you can just like up all
your money and donations so we can go to japan
and yeah yeah and we could do that i've checked
the patreon and it never happened never seemed
to materialize yeah i know thanks for that it's
a bit annoying isn't it thanks for that all that
free viewing and listening you get so does that
mean that if you were because obviously the star
wars celebration we went to the the very very
sought after jar jar binks oh mate stop it and
it's infuriating man honestly because obviously
you could get them online as well they did a
drop online so would it be the same case with
that I don't think so but will you have to pay
import duties because would it be coming from
Japan of course especially in the way it all
is now with all the taxes and Trump's pulling
all these tariffs on people and imports and exports
and Yeah, but that won't affect you from Japan
to England. Yeah, but then China are changing
their imports and export prices and stuff. So
is that just going to be a case across the board?
I don't know. And then it adds to the fact that
we're not in Europe anymore. So now anything
that comes to this country has cost a lot more
money than it used to. It's just fucking... And
it's pathetic because it's over a toy. I'm getting
this at our rate. But the fact of the matter
is... It's like the pinnacle of collectible for
me. Just having the pinnacle I already own. Granted,
I've got the Anakin signed Vader. I've got that.
Oh yeah, forget that we got you that. I'll never
forget that. That was a decent one, wasn't it?
Yeah, yeah. He was like, you'll never win it
for that. You underestimate my power. Yeah, I
don't know how that was so... I won it for like
150 quid or something. Yeah, it was mega, wasn't
it? I remember putting the fucking bid in and
I was like, oh my God. It's done it. It's actually
fucking won it. And then I said to Gemma, I've
won it. She said, how much was it? I said, you
don't want to know. Yeah, you don't. Don't tell
me. All you need to know is that it's way less
than what it should have been. When I told her
the price, she didn't feel that way, funnily
enough. She got 150 quid on that. On a bit of
plastic. Are you mental? You won't understand.
But yeah, I understand why it's exclusive, but
it done half -hurt me. considering what the London
or European English version was. It's a very
cool exclusive. It ain't just like some random
character. That's the penultimate. That's some
really cool shit. Jar Jar Binks and R2 -D2. People
queueing around the block for that. Imagine what
this is going to be like. Try jumping the queue.
It's in a bigger venue and all. Try jumping the
queue and a woman got all aggy. Whilst I don't
agree with jumping the queue, I don't like her
attitude to it because it wouldn't have affected
her. It would have made no difference to her
whatsoever because she was only a couple of spots
behind us. So she would have got in regardless.
She was in front of us. We was behind her. Oh,
yeah. She turned around giving it all to Barry
Wiggum. The whole saga was weird because you
go, this is a fake queue. It wasn't a queue.
Yeah, what you are queuing in is not a queue.
There is no queues here. This is the official
queue. There were signs everywhere saying, no
queuing. Yeah. Until we tell you where to queue.
So it's like, well, we'll just stand here then.
Because, you know, there's no queue in, and this
isn't a queue. It's like, no, you're bending
the rules, sir. Get out the queue. Yeah. But
there is no queue, sir. Yeah, they weren't having
it. Dragged me out like a dog. Like a dog. We
never got your Jar Jar Binks. So, yeah, I'm pretty
devastated about that. I mean, I'll get over
it, I'm sure, but not for years. Yeah. Do you
want me to cheer you up? Please, please do. How
excited are you to spend even more money on the
new Last of Us edition that includes the Last
of Us 1 and the Last of Us Part 2 for PS5? A
brand new bundle that costs more money. Do you
like that? I see you saying that to me earlier.
I was a bit busy so I didn't really pay too much
attention. Are you happy for that? I'm not ever
buying Last of Us 1 or 2 again. Well, I think
you should for the seventh time. I think that
would be quite nice. Because what have you got
now? You've got Last of Us Part 1, remastered
version as well. You've then got Last of Us Part
2, the remastered version of that as well. You've
now got a bundle, the Last of Us Part 1 and the
Last of Us Part 2. There's more already. You've
got the DLCs thrown in that. You've already missed
one because I had the Last of Us 1 and I had
the Last of Us 1 remastered. But then they'd
done a whole new Last of Us one, didn't they?
Oh, yeah. With the PS5 shit in. Yeah. They've
incorporated some of it. Yeah, I forgot what
it was called. Let me see if I can actually Google
the Last of Us bundle. Season two comes out Sunday,
by the way, which is going to be very, very cool.
Yeah, so you've got part two remastered, part
one. Part one deluxe edition you got all those
other editions remasters remasters the complete
bundle for ps5 So you get Announced the last
was complete a bundle containing both the last
was part one and part two Remastered for ps5
is available now digitally digitally for $99
.99 and will launch in a physical collector's
edition exclusively via PlayStation Direct on
July 10th for $109 .99. The physical collector's
edition includes a steelbook case. That's good
for your digital games. Oh, sorry, with physical
discs, so ignore me, of The Last of Us Part 1
and Part 2. Remastered. The Left Behind prequel
chapter. That's on part one. The Last of Us American
Dreams comics one to four with new cover art
and set of four lithographic art prints and a
thank you letter from Neil Druckmann. Those Steelbook
cases do look quite cool. They've got Abby and
Ellie on the front of them. It's the comics that
would be quite nice, but you can just buy the
comics on their own. But they do comics. Instead
of all this fucking resource going into this
bollocks, make a third one, man. Most people
that would have played The Last of Us would have
already played The Last of Us. So who are you
appealing to here? You're appealing to mega fans
and new players, right? This is exactly why they've
done a collector's edition. The new players,
though. They must be few and far between. Because
if you own a PlayStation, for example, Last of
Us is one of the heaviest hitters. You got it
for free. The heaviest hitters. If you had a
PS5, you got The Last of Us for free anyway.
It was one of the fucking games on that list
that you could play. So I don't know. I don't
understand where... Where... I don't really get
it they must be doing something right because
they must be selling this shit otherwise people
they wouldn't make it 100 % because people will
look at that and they will see they will see
collector's edition and will buy it but have
my ears perked up when you said collector's edition
for $109 or whatever you say I thought so did
mine what's in that then oh just fucking a steelbook
case and some ultimately if you're talking for
both of the games are incredible So in terms
of value for money, if you haven't played the
games before, then it is fucking real decent.
That's real decent fucking value. But it's it.
Stop it. Just stop fucking. Stop. Leave it. Don't
do a Skyrim with it. You don't need to do that.
We've got the series coming out again. That starts
up on Sunday. There's all sorts of other shit.
Do I think that you should make a Last of Us
Part 3? No. I'll tell you what I would really
like to see from Naughty Dog in terms of The
Last of Us, if you're not going to let it go,
is the fucking grounded mode. You know what I'm
about? Yeah, like the challenging thing. Yeah,
where you could get resources. The PvP. Oh, give
me back that PvP. Bring back the fucking PvP.
That was so good. Make that a standalone if you
really wanted to. But they was. They cancelled
it. Which is bollocks. They cancelled The Last
of Us multiplayer, didn't they? Because that
was good, man. I liked it. It was enjoyable.
No, but they was making a new... fucking stand
-alone Last of Us multiplayer. It's like, you're
not ready for this, this is going to be mental,
and then bang, plug pulled. It feels like they're
just trying to funnel money for their new IP.
Quick, what have we got in the coffers that we
can fucking scrounge up to get a couple more
quid in whilst we focus on our new IP, which
I can't remember what it was called, the fucking
galactic... Galactic space pirate. Whatever it
was fucking called. So yeah, it's just... Ultimately,
it's not harming anyone, but it is a bit annoying
because it's just a lot of fucking... You know
what I mean? It's just pointless. It's very pointless.
I don't understand. Come out with some new shit
for fun. I don't know who it's for and that upsets
me. You what? I don't know who the game's for
and it upsets me that you're wasting resources,
in my opinion, when you're such a fantastic developer
with fantastic games and fantastic ideas. They're
wasted on remaking the same shit constantly in
a cycle over and over and over again when you
could have had a new game out by now, a smaller
project of some high quality, but instead we're
just recycling the last of us one and two over
and over and over again. These games need to
be remade in 15, 20 years, not fucking now. Do
you know what I mean? Yeah, I agree. You've got
games that are getting remastered that came out
when I was like eight. Understandable, right?
Because it's 30 -odd years ago. These games came
out like five years ago. Pack it in. Collector's
Edition, let's say, I could excuse it, but the
Last of Us Part II remaster is something that
I will never understand in my life. A couple
of years between release and then remastering,
I was like, who the fuck has asked for that?
It didn't even need remastering. The funny thing
is, right, if it's only been a couple of years
since Last of Us 2, then... They must have started
working on the remaster pretty soon. Pretty fucking
quick after that, yeah. A year in and go, right,
let's remaster this. What? What do you mean?
What the fuck? We don't need to do that. Oh,
shit, man. I remember when it came out. I was
on night shift. I was at a... Well, I know where
I was. And, yeah, I was well excited to get home.
But that must have been more than... Longer ago
than we think because I was still at that other
company then. 2020 is when part two come out.
Let me have a look at when the... And look how
fantastic the base version, even on the PS4,
still looks. Because I played that on PS4 and
it was beautiful and run fine and smooth and
lovely. I've never played it on PS5, nor do I
need to. Jesus, Louisa, stop it. When was it?
2024? Was when the remaster come out, I think?
Was around then? Which... Four years. It doesn't
need it. Cash grab. And that's all I'll say on
it. Anything else? No. Any fucking thing else?
No, I don't like it. It's annoying. It wound
me up. I got me... Me and Steph got the Switch
pre -order twice. Yep, yep. Twice we managed
to get that pre -order. I managed to cancel it
through game. Just tonight, I hate them. Didn't
fancy being a little scalper? No, not at all.
I'm not interested in doing that shit. What's
the point for a sake of 100 quid? I'm not interested
in that. Obviously pre -ordered it through game
because I thought that the pre -order was released
on the 8th, but it wasn't. It was the 7th. So
me and Steph were sitting down eating dinner
and I see an article pop up where to get the
pre -orders. It was a... To be fair, it was a
cool article because it listed all the places
where you could get them and then had next to
it whether they were out of stock or not. And
I said to Steph, I was like, they're fucking
releasing already. I thought it was tomorrow.
So I clicked through all the links because you
never know. And sure enough, yeah, they're all
out of stock. Like Argos, fucking, Very, whatever.
And then Game was at the bottom. And it said
pre -orders not released, accessories available.
So I clicked on it and then it was there. So
I was like, oh, fucking hell. Okay. i'll pre
-order that then game did what game never do
which i didn't like is they took the money straight
away they don't normally do that they normally
wait until fucking closer to release so i was
like right well that's 400 quid gone and then
they charged me a tenner for delivery so i was
like you're taking the piss but so what okay
um so yeah happy that we've got the pre -order
and then obviously you messaged and then said
amazon have gone live with their pre -orders
If I were you, I'd go for Amazon and I fucking
agreed and so did Steph because Amazon is just
easier to deal with. Plus, Amazon don't take
the fucking money straight away. So, pre -ordered
it with Amazon. And then, yeah, trying to fucking
cancel it with game is a joke, man. It's an absolute
joke. If you want to cancel it, you have to email
them specifically stating that you want to cancel
it. And you also have to provide all the details
under the sun. So, I did that. I get no response.
Third day in, no response. So today, I had to
go into their little chat thing and actually
speak to someone, which is done by a fucking
different company as well. It's not actually
done through game. It's not integrated into them.
They use some fucking, some different separate
application thing and spoke to someone and they
cancelled it off and I've had the email, blah,
blah, blah. But even then, it's weird because
the fucking... The geezer that I spoke to said,
yeah, you'll see a refund within like two to
five working business days. And then the email
I got confirming that I'd cancelled the pre -order
said that you won't have been charged. I was
like, well, someone's fucking taken 400 quid
out of my account. They didn't just... So yeah,
I just don't like them. I mean, I've said it
before on the pod. I don't like what games turn
into. I don't think they're trustworthy anymore.
No, I don't think they ever have. When it comes
to pre -orders, they're pretty unreliable. All
I've ever seen is horror stories from games,
so I'd rather not. Last resort, I'd go again,
but, meh. So, yeah, we got that on pre -order.
Yeah, that's good. I'm happy for you. I like
the way that Curry's did it, or PC World, or
whatever the fuck they're called now. Why, what
did they do? You could only pre -order if you
went in store. So. Oh, we've actually went in
there physically. No bots. Yeah, yeah. Licking
all the switches. Yeah. I don't know if that's
the reason they did it, but I clicked on it because
I wasn't on pre -order one, but I just wanted
to see, you know, what the stock was like. I
don't know why because I'm weird. And yeah, I
just looked and it said, oh, pre -order only
in store. I was like, that's good because that
means people ain't getting fucked by computers.
Yeah, if you really want it, then fucking get
your ass out and go get it. Then when I did send
you the Amazon link, God almighty, did I sit
on that buy button. So I was just, I don't even
want it, but I want it. Do you know what I mean?
Don't take the money until June. It's not even
that. I just wanted it because it's new and shiny.
New shiny thing. And it's that FOMO. I was like,
I want to be there day one, Mario Kart, bosh,
bosh, bosh. But then I'm like, bro, if I don't
play my Steam Deck. Yeah. It literally would
be that again. It'd be in the box with that.
I might as well wait till there's some games
out that I really want, like new Pokemon or something.
Yeah. And then the Switch 2 fucking OLED comes
out. Yeah, because Night Rain ain't even out
until 2026. Yeah, exactly. And don't get me wrong,
I think the Switch 2, I listened to your pod
the other day. I didn't finish it, but I listened
to 99 % of it. I was disappointed there was no
Death Stranding that pissed me off. Oh, yeah,
well, got distracted. Don't give me that look.
I didn't want to pull any punches. Steph said
that the Nintendo 64's coming and the Nintendo
64 controller. That was all wrong. She got mixed
up with that because that's already out. What
she meant was the GameCube, I believe. Because
there's GameCube games coming out and GameCube
controller. No, 64 was already out, bruv. 64's
already been out. Wasn't it me that read it all
out? I thought I read out the... I don't know
why I'm looking like I had the article up. I
was reading everything off an article, I swear.
You can already play N64 games on the Nintendo
Switch One. It's the GameCube. Yeah, but they
will bring in more of them. Okay, maybe. But
the control that they're releasing is definitely
GameCube. Because the N64... I don't know fucking
the difference. Maybe we're both right. Maybe
they're doing both. But nevertheless, I'm very
happy for Steph because I know how much she loves
the Nintendo Switch. Anything I could do to assist
in the purchase of the Switch was great satisfaction
to myself, although I nearly bought one. I didn't,
and now I went back on there, like, you know,
the next morning or something, and they'd gone,
and I was like, oh, for fuck's sake. But then
also I was like, oh, well. Devil's fucking little
advocate. I'm going to have a quick look and
see over there. see if they're there nah they're
gone mate they're gone so you ain't getting one
of them again until fucking they are you don't
reckon no another batch or I mean bruv it's like
two months till release if that oh yeah currently
unavailable what one do you get do you get the
normal one or the Mario Kart Mario Kart one man
for an 80 quid game yeah I'll pay the 30 quid
thanks why the fuck not I think it's really cool.
I've watched a lot of people because a lot of
people have played it over the last weekend.
I don't know if you've watched anything. A lot
of people have actually had hands -on with it
and played games and stuff. I've seen a couple
of little bits, but nothing crazy. You know Skill
Up, didn't you? Yes. Yes, yes, yes. He's like...
They offered to pay his travel from Australia.
He said, no, I'll pay it for myself because I
like unbiased opinions. I don't want people to
think. I just think he's a great guy. Nevertheless,
he went and he's saying, feels good, man. Donkey
Kong feels great. He'd love to see the destruction
of the worlds that they've got in more Nintendo
games and stuff because it's great. Back in the
day, Battlefield and Red Faction and stuff used
to do all that. But he said that the, you know,
the little fucking training game thing that they're
trying to charge for, he was like, they are fucking
batshit crazy. If they think people are buying
that, they are mental. And people will buy it,
but there'll only be a select few that will buy
it and then everyone else will just look at the
reviews. I feel like that is... Genuinely, I
think that's pathetic to charge for a tutorial,
for not even a game. It is a... Fun tutorial
to show you how the device works. To charge for
that, I find so crazy. Why would you want to
put how you get the most out of your console
behind a paywall? You don't need the money. You've
just released a brand new console that people
are going to lap up. You don't need the money.
The worst thing is that they didn't release the
price of it either. No, no. You must know how
much that's going to cost. So the fact that you
haven't told us how much that's going to cost
tells me it's going to be more than what you
fucking think people will be happy with. I think
Skill Up said $10, but I'm not sure. Which is
still bollocks. I'm not paying for it at all.
You're 100 % right. You've got Astro Bot on PlayStation
5, which is a fully -fledged game in its own
right. It obviously spawned its own series. But
prior to that, we've got the children of PlayStation
4 in their bedroom now. So my old PS4 is back.
And whilst I was sorting that out for them this
week, I was like deleting stuff and going through
it all. Guess what's on there? Fucking Astro's
Playroom. Yeah. It's the same shit, bruvs. It's
a training thing to learn, a fun little game
to learn. In what universe do you think anyone's
going to want to pay to learn about the game?
Unless the game is a game in itself. which it
doesn't fucking look like. It just looks like
you're bowling around going, what's this do?
This is the fan system. Fucking give a shit,
bro. I'll Google it. Yeah, I'll Google a playthrough.
Thank you very much. I like the dock. I like
the way it's shaped. I like the fact that it's
got fans in it, which is really cool. So when
it's docked, there's fans blowing up to keep
it cool. As SkillUp said, it's not OLED, but...
Fuck me, does it look good? Like, you wouldn't
look at it and go, oh, this isn't... Oh, it's
4K. Exactly. They've jumped straight from whatever
it was, 1660 to 4K, which is just a massive jump
in itself. 120 frames, 60 is standard. They reckon
it's going to be... And people are grumbling.
They're saying it's as powerful as a PS4, which
I think... It's right and wrong to be upset.
I think... You want more, but then you can't
take your PlayStation 5 and just sit on the toilet
playing it in handheld mode. If you could, the
PlayStation 5 wouldn't be as powerful as it is,
right? I imagine. Yeah, the only device that
lets you do that is a streaming service, which
is the Portal. Exactly, which hasn't got the
native capabilities. But for me, Steam Deck's
king. And until Nintendo Switch comes out with
something that I have to buy it for, i .e. a
new Zelda. or Pokemon or something that I really
want to play at that moment, I'll just sit off.
Well, Night Rain. Yeah, I mean, yeah and no,
man. That's multiplayer, bruv, so I'm just like...
Depends how good it is, though. Yeah, but then
it's not called Night Rain anyway. It's called
Duskbloods, but we'll ignore that. Night Rain
is the one that's coming out on PlayStation,
bruv. Oh, yeah, Night Rain's the fucking multiplayer
one. Yeah, and it's the Duskbloods. Yeah, the
Duskbloods is also a multiplayer game. Is it?
Yeah, it is. Yeah. Great and also sad. I feel
very irked that it's only coming out on Switch.
I don't think it is. I feel like it's going to
come out on everything else after. Probably.
But then when I thought about feeling irked,
I stopped feeling so irked because then I remembered
that Bloodborne was only on PlayStation. And
I was like, okay, I understand now. Yeah, there's
a lot of shit that released that didn't make
it onto Switch anyway. So fucking let them have
it. I think it's quite cool. generates a bit
more buzz it's it's the like i've said before
where nintendo's trying to get into the the greater
console world in terms of being able to play
a bit of everything which i don't think it's
ever going to master in comparison with the likes
of playstation because they're already so cemented
in that um but i feel like having things like
the duskbloods being an exclusive to Switch and
then it actually being able to play well because
the hardware is a lot better is a sign that that's
what they're leaning into because like we've
said before for me when it comes to the handheld
console war I don't really care because I don't
play them but the steam deck is obviously allows
you to play many more games but it has a shit
ton of flaws alongside it so if you have something
more streamlined like the switches that's giving
you another avenue to play games that aren't
necessarily nintendo then fucking go for it fantastic
Because then you're allowing people to have another
option rather than a PC. Because there's a lot
of people, wherever you put a Steam Deck in their
hands, they're not going to like it. I feel like
with the Steam Deck, if you know a little bit
about PCs but not a lot, you're going to fuck
that thing up. Because the shit that you can
do with that in terms of customisability in the
PC settings itself is mental. And I just feel
like that's so easy to mess up. So with the Switch,
obviously, you won't have anything like that.
So it's a step in the right direction, and I
think it's very fucking exciting. Obviously,
I'm not, but if you were an avid Switch player
as your main console, it's got to be mega fucking
exciting to finally get a Switch 2 on the horizon.
A couple of months. I found out there was a Stardew
Valley mod that someone had made. It's all Baldur's
Gate characters. Made a little Baldur's Gate
village and all the storylines and stuff like
that. And I love Stardew Valley, man. I put like
40 hours into it on the Steam Deck. As soon as
I got it, that's just all I played really. Probably
a little fun, cosy, relaxing game. Not really
my thing, so I don't know why it drew me in like
it did, but it did. And I thought, well, I'd
like to play that, but I need to mod that, right?
So I googled how to mod it on Steam Deck. And
all at once, it's super simple, man. Super simple.
So I watched the YouTube video and straight away
I've looked how long the video is and it's like
eight minutes or so. And I was like, well, that's
eight minutes of everything I'm not going to
understand straight away. So I sat there and
watched it. There's nothing simple about that
shit, bruv. There is not. Even if I follow that
step by fucking step, I'm going to fuck it up.
And then what? If I put something in the wrong
folder, right? And this is my problem. If I put
something in the wrong folder or I click the
wrong thing, I'm not smart enough to then, when
it doesn't work or something doesn't work, to
know what's wrong. And I can't ask anyone what
I've done. So I'm just like, well, I just won't
then. I did it. I followed a guide for an emulator
and no chance. I followed it point for point.
And it's like, you want to do this and then this
appears in this folder and then move this folder
to here. And then... I'm literally following
it point by point. And then when it gets to the
bit where it was like, now open up these folders
and then find this specific folder, weren't there?
It does not exist. I was like, so at what point,
what have I done wrong here? I think Steam Deck
for me is like, I think it's the best handheld
ever, for sure, personally. I mean, obviously
I can't compare it to the Switch 2 because I
haven't got it and it doesn't exist at the moment.
But the fact that... Like, it's my little indie
machine, man. I play, like, Hades on it. I play
Stardew Valley, Binding of Isaac, End of the
Gungeon. You know, all my little indie roguelikes
and stuff like that are perfect for that. Like,
Vampire Survivors, they're just great games for
it. If you want to play Cyberpunk on that, I
wouldn't want to. You know, people like the Cyberpunk
ones are a lot better on the Switch, too. But
I wouldn't want to play on that little screen,
bro. Like, I couldn't play Cyberpunk on a tiny
little screen like that. I have to play that
shit on the telly. So that shit don't bother
me. yeah but that's where you're going to have
that's where there will be because i i agree
but that'll be where you will have a an upper
hand there because i wouldn't play something
like cyberpunk on the steam deck and very much
like you most of the games that i would play
on the steam deck are indie games that you can
pick up and fucking let go and and are are more
simple than a proper in -depth not that indie
games aren't in -depth but you get what i'm fucking
trying to say whereas that that feels like that's
all you're ever going to use the steam deck for
in its current state unless it becomes more powerful
because you try and play something like cyberpunk
or boulder's gate the settings that you have
to change to make half of that shit playable
is is astronomical and it ruins the experience
whereas with something like switch to if it can
maintain say cyberpunk at 60 frames per second
on a 4k screen then that's that's miles fucking
better and if it if the if it can hold that in
handheld mode docking it is going to give you
the access to to a bigger screen so it's it's
the fact that you're going to be able to play
games like that in the settings that you would
want or that make it way more enjoyable as opposed
to what you have to do with the steam deck where
you're gonna which would make sense because the
steam deck is obviously much older than Then
Switch 2, you ask, it's two completely different
consoles. So I kind of like the, not war, but
the go, it's only ever going to push every handheld
further and further up, much like with standard
consoles. Everything's going to increase and
everything's going to get better. I think that
the, they're just different consoles for different
people. 100%. The Steam Deck has a massive library,
it has sales all the time, it has great... great
great customer service you know you can buy games
and if you don't like them you can refund them
after before two hours like nintendo i've completely
opposite you you pay you and get your fucking
money back you're paying full price at everything
for everything but then It's family friendly.
It's user friendly. It's fun. It's cute. There's
lots of pros and cons. It's got a lot of games
that won't come to any other console where Steam
is pretty much most things on Steam apart from
very niche stuff is on everything anyway. The
Switch 2 will be much more streamlined than the
Steam Deck will. The Switch 2 will be much bigger
than the Steam Deck. Here's an interesting statistic
for you. How many Steam Decks do you think are
in the world? Or units that exist sold -wise.
Fucking hell. I'd probably say it's got to be
in the millions in terms of how many Steam Decks
are knocking around. I'm going to say in the
millions. I want a number. No, actually, I'd
say 2 .3 million Steam Decks have been sold,
which is quite a lot. How many Nintendo Switches?
It's ridiculous, isn't Nintendo Switch the most
sold? Or was that PS2? Nintendo, what? Normal
Nintendo Switch. All of them combined. Well,
there's only one Nintendo Switch. I know, but
they've got the OLED and fucking all of that,
yeah. The same as Steam Deck. Well, it's going
to be like in the hundreds of millions, surely.
What number? Hit me. 155 million. Bro, you're
fucking mad, bro. 150 million Nintendo Switches.
I don't fucking know. No, that's the number.
Oh, is that the number? Yeah, that's what I'm
saying. You're mental. 150 Nintendo Switches.
And what did you say for Steam Deck? 2 .3 million.
Yeah. 3 million Steam Decks sold. I'm close.
I'm close there. Very fucking close. But look
at that for contrast. How mental is that? Yeah.
147 million more units sold on Nintendo Switch.
There's obviously... There you go. There's your
market. Yeah, there's a time difference there.
But also, if I... So COVID was a big one for
people buying Switches. 100%. Fucking massive.
People were all over it because it's cosy gaming.
Steph said it last week. She said it was all
about Animal Crossing. Yeah, fantastic for that.
And it had a big surge of it. And 90 % of those
people have left their Steam Switches in a drawer.
Fair enough. Who cares? For that period, it introduced
a lot of people that never gamed or weren't interested
in it into that world. And that can only benefit
the industry as a whole. But if I took someone
who isn't a gamer and I handed them a Steam Deck
and then I handed them a Nintendo Switch, I can
guarantee you after a day of having both of them,
they're walking away with the Switch because
it is so much more easy to deal with. I give
someone a Steam Deck and they accidentally put
that in desktop mode, they're fucked. Because
it's in the right hands. That console is fantastic,
but in anyone's hands, the Switch is fantastic,
which is proofs in the pudding in terms of sales.
I guarantee you if they're both released at the
same time, the Switch is going to outdo the Steam
Deck every single time because the Steam Deck
is amazing, but you need to be a little bit switched
on to get something out of it. Unintended pun.
Unintended, yeah. But with the Nintendo Switch...
A kid can fucking play. You ain't handing your
kids the Steam Deck and feeling safe about it.
Whereas the Switch, with parental controls on
it, 100%. That's not saying that it's a childish
console, because it's not. But it does exactly
what you want it to do, and that is be able for
every single person within your family to be
able to jump on that thing and fucking get something
out of it. The Steam Deck ain't for the family.
That's for the gamer. You're annoying me, bro,
because now I wish I'd fucking pre -ordered it.
Fuck's sake. No, because it's going to be good.
The Switch 2 is going to be good. Now I want
one. And then that's going to come out in...
All we've ever spoken about with the Switch is
how we want it to be more powerful. desperate
for it and here it is you're having something
where it's boasting 120 frames per second and
like Steph pointed out I don't think you're going
to get any sugar coating from it either because
when they did that fucking announcement and then
like Steph said showed you the streaming side
of it where you can share screens they didn't
fucking hide the fact that it was laggy and it
was choppy but you're allowed but it's the fact
that you can do that but Ultimately, you're never
going to fucking do it. But the fact that they
showed you that it wasn't looking perfect, to
me, says that everything else that you saw in
that showcase is exactly what you're going to
get. It's very niche, but it's funny. It's proper.
proper nintendo sort of shit today yeah i mean
we'll never use it but imagine a scenario where
you're playing steph switch or whatever and i'm
playing switch at home and we're playing mario
karts against each other i'm putting that shit
on i'm fucking watching you you fucking idiot
because it's exciting and you can you can do
that on on discord like i said and your performance
drops because you're asking whatever you're playing
on to then stream your gameplay to someone else
um so it's yeah it's It's very, very exciting.
The only disappointment I had from the whole
showcase was there was no Mario. I was hoping
for a new Mario game or a new Mario Maker because
that's like my cosy shit, man. I watch a guy
called Ryo every night before bed. He just plays
Mario Maker levels where, you know, really hard
levels and stuff. It's really cosy to watch and
I just really enjoy it. I feel like just playing
a bit of Mario every now and again gives you
a good uplifting feeling, you know? I'm very
excited for it because it just puts a very big
buzz into the gaming world. And then I feel like
it's going to be a fantastic year because you'll
get the Switch 2 will come out. Everyone's going
to be warm and fuzzy for a good fucking good
couple of months because that's out and you're
going to see a shitload of videos and blah, blah,
blah. And then GTA 6 is going to hit. And then
that warmth goes from intense fucking burning.
it's just going to be very fucking good I'm very
excited the best thing for Nintendo fans as a
whole is that I think Nintendo are more open
now to third party studios because now you're
seeing so many different games and styles coming
on which I've always said is Nintendo's biggest
problem is And you can dress it up how you want.
It's a console for kids. It's more fucking Mario's,
Yoshi's, and fucking weird little anime, Xenoblade,
and just weird games where there's adult stuff
on there, but few and far between. Now you're
going to have the big stuff. I'm not saying that
it's a console for kids, but if you were going
to buy your kid a console, you had to pick one
of them. You just, even as someone who knows
nothing, you'd go Mario. Yeah, yeah. Pokemon.
You know what I mean? Cartoons, even though they're
not cartoons. Animal Crossing, all that stuff,
yeah. Yeah, which is shit that you're going to
enjoy as an adult. But yeah, Ratchet and Clank
is for children, but it's one of my favourite
games. and it's a hands down playstation is just
no we just did a segment where you're complaining
about a toy that you can't get hold of you know
what i mean like this oh yeah like i say i think
i think just the fact that they're them things
are going to be available because nintendo will
always been mainly known for the marios and stuff
don't get me wrong and they'll always stay on
nintendo but the fact now they're going to have
you're not just like oh i've got to buy a playstation
and a switch if i want to play mario now you
hopefully you'll be able to go, I want the Switch,
and I'll get all the other stuff too. Which is
exactly what I feel like they're aiming for,
and yeah, nail on the head with the third -party
stuff. Steph said the same stuff last week in
that, I can't remember the name of the company
that's making the different camera thing, I can't
remember the name of it, but that, it's, yeah,
it's Nintendo. realizing they can make a shit
ton more money with way less work just fucking
let someone else access all your shit and make
stuff around it because they're because that
company obviously had access to the blueprints
and the plans and everything for that camera
in order to make the fucking the the the flowerpot
thing for that camera. And it looks sick. Yeah,
I heard Steph talk about that. Have you seen
it? No. It looks fucking cool, man. It sounded
really cool. It's the piranha plant from Harry.
Yeah, really cool bit of kit. Really fucking
cool. Because the base camera looks shit. It
looks wank, doesn't it? It looks really... And
I'm sure in some home decor, that futuristic
shit will look cool. But it looks wank. So the
fact that there's a fucking... You, me, Steph,
we're having a piranha plant if we had the choice.
100%. 100%. So, yeah. Patreon time. Yeah, baby.
Dot com forward slash. What's the button? Yeah.
See you later.