Hello, this is uh this is the
What's the Buttons podcast. My
name's Rhys Lengden and with
me, I have. Don't tell me a
full name. They're going to
find out anyway. There's so
many. They're going to find out
anyway. Tell them your name.
Darth Vader. For **** sake.
Give him your name or I'm going
to give it. My name is Wolf.
Right. I have Ashley here. I
won't give the last name even
though everyone will find it
funny. Buttons where we have
general **** talking and we're
going to pepper it with games
talking about games. All the
different things that we play,
all the things that are coming
out. I think it's going to be
gaming peppered with ****
talking the other way around.
Okay. Gaming peppered with ****
talking. We thought um we thought
that we would come to the
unsaturated market of podcasts
to try and earn a living. So,
here we are trying to get out
of the way. That is. Yeah,
we've never done this before.
We've spent about **** what's
the time? It's five o'clock
now. We've probably spent about
two hours just trying to fiddle
out how how the knobs and
buttons work and trying to get
the audio decent. And here we
are. It still sounds ****
We'll make them.
When we pump out that 100th
episode and we look back at
that, we thought it was going
to be that bad. Yes. Yes, we
was. Yeah. And when nothing's
changed in 100 episodes, we're
still **** editing this ourselves
rather than just paying someone
else to do it. Voice crack.
Yeah.
I'll take that out through the
edit. Nah, leave it. You won't
be able to hear that. Leave it.
I'll take that out. Um what do
you like, Reese? Tell me.
World of Warcraft is my main
thing. What's what's what's
more important is I've recently
got a new setup for a PC setup.
So, anyone listening to this
and decides to have a go at me
for having a laptop over a PC,
go **** yourself. I don't have
the room. Um and in doing so of
getting a new setup, I have
gifted Ashley my old setup.
He says it's more of a trade.
It was a trade. I've got sting.
Okay, you you'll find out when
you Google my name, when you
find me on the socials because
I'm a bit of a nerd and I've
recently started collecting
pop vinyls and um I have a
Leviathan axe from God of War
and added to that collection is
sting from Lord of the Rings
which was the trade for the
laptop I've given to Ash. Very
good trade. There we go. It was
a very decent trade. I was
willing to give the laptop for
free. Um but this man's got too
many moles behind him and and
refuse to **** take it for
free. It's ridiculous. The man's
got a whole lot of moles. He's
a little giddy kid. I'm very
excited. So, he come over. We
both work in the same place.
We both made it home at the
same time. Ish. Ish and we
were the idea was that we was
going to crack on with the
podcast straight away. Um plug
the gear in and have a little
fiddle around and for the first
two, three hours, we was
messing around with the
laptops. Basically, like kids.
So, it's been fun. It's been
fun to learn new things and uh
I'm sure we'll learn much more
as we go. I've opened his mind
to the world of PC gaming. I've
got a PS five. I've always been
Sony orientated. I've never
owned an Xbox. I used to hate
the idea of Xbox. If anything,
Ash has changed my mind on
that because this man recently
bought an Xbox and he got the
um Xbox game pass. Solely,
solely for the podcast and one
specific game. Starfield. The
illustrious Starfield. The um
the game that that promises
everything and probably
delivers nothing. Yeah. Yeah.
And Todd Howard, we trust.
There has been so much
skeptical thinking. II feel I'm
excited for it. I think maybe
it's off the back of the fact
that I I got a laptop that can
do a thousand planets idea.
They'll make it work. It will
just be buggy and I love it for
it. I don't know because it's
it's Bethesda known not known
for their um packed in
landscapes. I mean, they used
to wastelands. It's part of the
charm of it though. It's part
of the charm of Bethesda games.
Yeah, but you love the bugs.
Yeah, but not when there's a
thousand different planets and
I mean, I I was reading that a
lot of people seem to think that
it will be sort of like dead
pan type planets. There'll be
a lot of things that will be
there. Yeah, they have stated
that there is going to be a lot
of bland planets but there will
be things on them. There will
be a lot of people discovering
things. Put them out there and
a lot of them are resource
planets. You don't necessarily
have to go to them but it's
more of a role playing game. So
you just set your character up
and tell your own story and
that's what Bethesda games are
good for. Look at Skyrim and how
long that's been running for.
You can even buy it for your
toaster. So, do you know what I
mean? It's done alright for
itself. It's on everything.
Yeah. They've ported it to
everything. Exactly. So,
exactly. So, letting the mod
community **** make it even
better than what it actually
was. Well, it was pretty
decent. Um quickly rolling
back. Nobody will know but
myself and Ash made a vow to
each other that we would never
preorder a game again and get
excited about it again. That
game that spoiled that for us
was Battlefield. **** ruined
it for us. Thanks, EA. Yeah,
the best game that I I thought
it was going to be incredible.
I **** love Battlefield.
Battlefield five, Battlefield
five, Battlefield was
announced. Um I remember
sitting in the van at work
seeing the the reveal trailer
and him what's it called? When
he jumps out the plane with the
bazooka, it's called uh I don't
know what the **** you're
talking about. **** know it's
ridiculous. You know in the
trailer when he jumps out, when
he ejects out the fighter jet,
shoots him down. No.
Ridiculous. Shoots him down
with the rocket launcher. Goes
through the air. That's the
highlight of the trailer. I
think the highlight was a
tornado. Either way, we've all
got our own highlights. That
weren't mine. Right, right. It
was in there. It was either
way. If the trailer was
released, we were both ****
hyped for it. Mental. Too long
had we suffered the likes of
Call of Duty. **** first person
shooters. I couldn't. I can't
get on with it. Don't **** on
war zone. It's not that good.
It's not. Don't **** on war
zone. It's not as good as
Battlefield. It's pretty good.
It's I've I've played it a
couple of times. My opinion
isn't that valid. It is not. I
haven't played it long enough.
Either way, we're extremely
excited for Battlefield. I
preordered the the most
expensive version of it. So did
Ash. It was Ash's fault as to
what I preordered it because he
spent the big 90 boblins on it
so I thought **** that. I can't
be outdone by this man. I need
to buy it as well. I was going
to listen to this. Don't tell
her how much it costs. Sorry.
I'm going to buy it. I'm going
to buy it. I'm going to buy it
for discounts and various
codes. Even that **** off.
Either way, we both ended up
banging away 180 quid together
on that. I'm pretty sure that
came with the battle pass or
the season pass which has just
come out by the way. So, yeah,
yeah. 9 months later.
Congratulations. We spent the
big money. It come out. There
was naturally excitement and we
spent a lot of hours playing
this game and I I thoroughly
enjoyed it and then we we soon
realised that uh there was no
effort being put into this
game. It's all on our half on
our behalf. What's going on?
This is fun. Nothing's
changing. Pretty much. And then
it got **** and stale and we
was like, you know what? And we
all just disappeared and never
spoke again. It became it
became buggy and then what was
it? The the biggest update was
was a skin. Was it that
they released it? It just all
of a sudden, the Santa Claus
skins. Yeah. And then it was
the the the daily missions came
out where you could get
different um skins for your
guns and they all looked
appalling like **** They've
been put together in the space
for a week. It it it weren't
good. No, no, it wasn't good
but I still believe they can
turn it around. I genuinely do.
I I want to believe it. I sort
of lost hope when the rumors
came out that it might be
true. I think that their
player base at one point was
was appalling. Like there was
games that were like 20 years
old that were had a higher
player base. That is their
biggest mistake. They they
should have released it free
to play from the get go. It's
the competitive market of free
to play games, battle royales,
etcetera, etcetera. I think
they should have gone free to
play from the get go and then
maybe the backlash wouldn't
have been so severe. But but
they they what they did right
is they they released it and
then they released the
game after they released it to
sort of keep people on their
toes. Go look, this is coming.
This is coming. This is coming.
But the the time scale was was
incredible because you had what
three, four different maps on
release. I think there was
quite a few. I think there was
six or seven, maybe eight but
the the rotation was busted.
You'd get the same map four or
five times in a row and there
was no cover which they
allegedly have sorted out now.
I haven't checked. It was just
the same thing. They had to
slow it down over and over
again. The bugs. If you're
just playing with your pals,
you could have a laugh and you
could get through it but after
a while, it it just becomes
monotonous because there's no
new content. So, you're just
doing the same thing over and
over again. It gets boring. You
move on to other things. We're
a game like that especially in
free to play market. You need
to be pumping out content and
they just couldn't because the
game is buggy. So, they had to
focus on that which then
delayed the content which made
the player base drop and this
is the only way they can turn
it around. I think there's been
a positive reception to the
latest content that they've
put out. I haven't checked it
myself yet but I will and um
yeah, I'm a battlefield man.
So, hopefully, they can turn
around. So, hopefully, they
can turn it around but the the
the the point to this long
winded story. Um we're really
desperately trying to fill an
hour in case you can't. The
game is a bit of a pain. Uh
there's been other other cases
or preorders let unless we
forget evolve. I don't know if
you ever played that but I was
burnt for that years ago. That
was 65 quid. I'm never getting
back when I was a pot wash for
a care home. It took me about a
week to earn 60 quid. So, I was
very angry but yeah, we've been
burned before by preorders. So,
we sort of said to ourselves
that **** that. I'm not
preordering any more games. I'm
not doing it. I'm not. I'm not
getting sucked into the hype of
a new game. I'm not doing it.
I'm not doing it. I'm not doing
it. And then, mind be old, I
get a little WhatsApp come up.
It pops up. Starfield. I think,
what the **** is this? I'm
thinking out of worlds. I'm
getting a bit confused. Ash is
going, look how sick this game
looks. It's going to be, it's
going to be incredible. So, I
give it a little look. See that
it's an Xbox exclusive and PC.
So, straight away, I'm turning
off. I go, **** that one. I
haven't got it. This is before
I got my new laptop. So, I'm
like, I can't, I can't run
that anyway. So, there's no
reason to be upset about the
gameplay trailer coming out or
or just the reveal and me
getting a very powerful laptop
and all of a sudden, I'm I'm a
little bit intrigued but again,
the whole point was that this
man, bearing in mind, he vowed
to not get hyped or preorder a
game, saw the gameplay for
himself, and he did it. Yes, I
did. Which to me is mental.
Not mental. It's crazy. Not
mental. What's even more crazy
is that I'm pretty sure if I, I
won't bother doing it but I'm
pretty sure if I pick up my
phone now and go on Amazon
Prime, sponsor us.
I will be able to buy on Prime
next day delivery, the new Xbox
and I absolutely can. You are
right. They are back. They're in
stock and they should be there
permanently now. They shouldn't
be disappearing anymore. Now,
we're just waiting for the PS
five to follow suit and
everyone can be a next gen
owner. Good stuff. Finally,
those scalpers can stop making
serious dough. Finally, yeah.
Really? Because I work with
someone that bought one off of
the scalper and he paid about a
grand for it. Wow. Not worth
it. No. Not worth it at all. I
won't lie when I got mine
because I was pretty much the
the minute they released the
preorders, I managed to get one
and I had uh I think I was
getting like two controllers in
the game with it and then I
think it was three, three or
four days before it released. I
cancelled the preorder. Why? I
got jittery. I don't know. What
do you mean you got jittery? I
get I got I don't know why. I
got scared about the money because
it was like four hundred and
something quid that I was about
to spend and for whatever
reason, I got jittery. But
they'd already taken the money.
No, they, no, they hadn't taken
the money. They took mine when
I ordered mine on on the day of
preorder. Was it all through a
game? No, mine was for Amazon.
Maybe they did take. I did mine
for a game. Either way, they
even took the money or they
didn't take the money. It was it
was enough to make me get a bit
screamish about them taking my
money. So, I I cancelled the
preorder a couple of days before
and then it released and I
went to my girlfriend and um
basically collapsed on a heap
going, what the **** have I
done? Because I was immediately
jealous of every soul in the
world owning a PS five. I
thought you mother **** I'm I'm
an only child. So, I have to
have everything. The latest ****
straight away. There's no
waiting for me. So, the fault
of of because I cancelled the
preorder with the mindset of
just be able to preorder it
and I was like, what a fool you
was. What a **** idiot I was
and like, yeah, yeah, they
released and so they released
alongside the the crypto market
boom and um suddenly no one
could get a PS five due to
component issues. They couldn't
they couldn't get all the parts
to make them. Scalpers. Yeah.
You're thieving **** If anyone's
if anyone's listening to this
and you're a scalper **** you.
Yeah. **** you. I I I hope that
you I kind of hope that you did
a good job of getting the
product out of the market so
that you're surviving but at
the same time, I hope that you
didn't make any **** money and
you're sitting on a load of PS
fives that are useless. I
managed to snag another couple
from my pals. Mm. Thanks to
at IGN UK deals. Notifications
on on Twitter. Letting me know
when the PS five were back in
stock so I could help the boys
out. Yeah, I had um my my pal
Mark. Well, my best friend,
Mark. I'm sorry. No, it's Mark.
Um he **** him up. He got he
got a PS five and um I was like
how how like how because he
didn't have one on pre-order.
He just managed to get one and
he introduced me to the app of
hot stock and I don't know if
you've ever heard of it. It's
basically an app that is is
somehow linked to like very
.co.uk and and game and things
like that. So, you can set it
to when they have things in
stock so you can set it to PS
five and it will notify you
when they have them in stock
but obviously millions of
people on that app waiting. So,
he introduced me to that. Um so
I was sitting there waiting,
waiting, waiting, waiting and I
had pretty much my whole
family trying to get hold of a
PS five.
I'm laughing because Asher just
pulled out his phone.
Let's get some selfies. Just
getting some selfies. Nothing to
worry about. Carry on, son. Uh
yeah, basically, I I had the
whole family um on this app
trying to get hold of a PS five
for me because I was screaming
like a **** little girl. Um
that's probably sexist. I was
screaming like a child. We'll
go for that one instead. Um
ageist. Ageist. So, you were
crying, howling, crying,
howling, other adjectives. I was
doing them all. I was pissed
off. Anyway, everyone was trying
to get me a PS five and uh I
had one in the basket. Websites
crashed. That was on game.
Thanks game. Had all the time
in the world to prepare for
that but they didn't. That
crashed. One um Smith Toys.
Another one. Smith Toys. I've
just got a message from the wife
saying I've got to pick some
things up. I'm sorry.
Sorry.
I'm trying to do something
important here and I've got to
think about bin bags. Isn't she
out? Is she not out? No, she's
obviously at home now. You're
not getting them free from the
council. No. What color? Pink or
black? Well, you got some. I
don't know which ones you're
after. Any. Any so I don't have
to go as this. I don't think I
do actually. Brilliant. Thanks
for the message. Basically, all
I'm trying to say is that my
best friend Mark managed to get
about **** you Mark. Managed to
get about four or five
PlayStations. He supplied them
for all the friends. Um don't
ask me how we did it. So, I I
never actually got my own
PlayStation. Someone else got
it for me and when I did get
it, um brand new when they
first come out, there was
nothing on it. You know what I
mean? There was no PS five
game. It came out bang. Crap on
the PS four. Smashed it on PS
five. Everyone's like, oh,
cyberpunk **** No, it wasn't. It
was alright on the PS five, man.
What a story. What a game by
the way. Shout out cyberpunk. I
know you don't particularly like
it but you've been burnt. If you
give it another go, you will
realize that is pretty ****
good. I've pre-ordered cyber
punk as well. That was probably
the final nail in the coffin
and that that when that came
out, um and and it first
came out, it was a game. Um and
then it finally downloaded and
I played it and it was an
absolute bag of **** The
textures were non-existent. The
gameplay felt horrible. I was
fuming much like everyone else
deleted that **** Never went
back to it. I didn't. I stuck
with it like a trooper. Yeah.
Got through it. Loved it, mom.
Mm hmm. Yeah. Well, it's about
eight quid now and I was
tempted to buy it for this but
I don't think I will because I
don't think I'm going to enjoy
it. Mr Coward. I think Keanu
Coward is a great game when he
is a lovely man. It's a very
good game. It's a very good
story. Yeah, I think people
should give it another chance.
Yeah. I see you on the other
hand, on the other side of the
of the scale, I think **** them.
They had all the time **** you.
They had all the time in the
world to prepare that game and
they **** it. So, no, no one,
no one go back to that game and
give it a second chance. They
should, they shouldn't have
had a second chance. They
shouldn't have needed one. No
disrespect for CDPR. Thank you
for that. Thank you. **** you.
**** you too, Mark. I don't I
just think if you if you've
had because how many times was
that delayed? It was a big
delay. Only once. But it was
big, wasn't it? Maybe twice.
Well, it was in development
for a very long time. It was in
development for many, many,
many, many, many years. All
sorts of money was thrown at
that and it for it to come out
in the state that it did and
then to do what every game
has done. No, no. Yes. What
they should not have done is
release it on the old gen
consoles. They should never
have released it on the PS4 and
the Xbox, whatever **** silly
name they had for it. They
should have just been PS5 and
Xbox Series X, S, PC, all that
nonsense. Trying to trying to
achieve what they was set out
to on the old consoles. It just
never was going to work but
they were going to have to
release it because if it just
come out on next gen consoles,
I don't think the reception
would have been half as bad.
Still problems but nowhere near
as bad as as they were on PS4.
I I watch videos on it and yeah,
it's a completely different
experience. However, if they
had only released it on new
gens or next gens, they would
have killed half of their ****
profit margin because no one
had a PS5 or an Xbox. What is
it? An Xbox? But they would
have killed half of their
profit margin. So, I I disagree.
They needed to go for next gen.
I think they know that now.
They're trying to please
everybody. They've been in
development for so long. It was
obviously planned to be on them
consoles at the time and they'd
already probably put in a lot of
work to have it on the PS4 and
Xbox, whatever **** name they
had after it at the time and
yeah, they shouldn't have.
Yeah. Um I don't think I don't
think they're going to be that
long before they they stop
investing in PS4 games and the
the the previous gen. I think
they'll start pushing over to
next gen very soon. How long
can you keep it going? Really?
How many more GTA fives are
they going to be? I'm speaking
of preorders **** **** How may
have preordered modern warfare
too? You **** the ultimate
**** **** 100 pounds.
Ridiculous. 100 pounds. 100
pounds. The the last call of
duty that I played was World
War II. You can't have an
opinion. What was the one? Hold
tight. What was the one after
that? I don't know. I only like
Warzone and modern warfare. I
don't like the other ones.
Ridiculous. No. Ridiculous.
No. World War II was great by
the way. In insidier. I'm sure
someone will correct me.
Insidier. Whatever the ****
No one's correcting you because
no one's **** listening. Well,
someone might do eventually.
I can't listen to this. This
will not happen. Steph will
correct me. Someone will
correct me. Either way, them
shotgun shells that blew up
into fire and you're going
hardcore mode and even if you
didn't get a full shot on the
fire, we'll kill them. Sweaty
**** Loved it. My style of
game. That was the end of the
decent ones and then they
brought out the next lot of ****
and didn't didn't squash
anything. Took the absolute
**** Even to this day, what's
the download size of it? Like
400 million gigabytes? Yeah,
ridiculous. You need two
external hard drives just to
get the right one. Yes, it is.
And you've gone on pre-order
the next one. Yeah, because I
like it. Alright, you can't
judge me. I like Warzone. I'm
pretty good at it. I'm not good
at many games but I'm pretty
good at Warzone. That's
ridiculous. No, it's not
ridiculous. It's straight away.
This will this will divide
listeners on Club Reese or Club
Ash in that I'm going to I'm
going to say it. Things like
games like COD, Call of Duty
and FIFA. All they do every
year is bring out the same ****
FIFA's worst for it. This is a
game. I don't I don't I don't I
don't I don't play FIFA. I
don't have to play **** you to
know that it's the exact same
**** just rehashed and yet
people like Ash and everyone
else still **** **** I love
football. I'm sorry and Call of
Duty is exactly the same. It's
just reskin **** and people
still fall for it. For exhibit
and it's not going to be any
good. It might not even be able
to **** fit on any console he's
got but by the time it comes out,
I feel like I've got it for
free. What did you get? What
did you get for the 100 pounds?
What was on it? Couple of skins
in that.
This man plays Fortnite by the
road. Oh, don't you have every
single skin on that? Only if
it's Star Wars. Yeah. Alright.
So, so, so, so you get a couple
of skin. No, I don't know. I
think you get to play it a bit
earlier. There's some skins
involved. I think there's a
battle pass involved. There's
some skins involved. I think
you're playing early access,
paying for early access but I
do it with free for if it's a
way to make money, they're
going to do it and people like
me who are desperate to play
it because I'm like, I can't
wait. I will pay it. So, yes,
it makes sense from a business
standpoint. Yes, it's dirty.
Yes, it's egregious but it
makes money. It's going to be
filled with loot boxes. No,
it's not. They don't do loot
boxes on Call of Duty. No, no,
no. Call of Duty. Have you ever
heard of Escape from Tarkov?
Escape from Tarkov is a game
mode coming out. Of course, they
do because this is what
happens. It doesn't matter.
Games, games like Fortnite,
Call of Duty, things like that
where they're where they're
already in a very saturated
market that they saturated
themselves by releasing about a
billion different **** games of
what they already have. End up
pinching **** from other games
and then rehashing it. Go, look
at this brand new feature. I
know Fortnite was terrible. I'm
probably wrong for putting that
in the same bracket as COD.
I'm pretty sure that's going to
be a good game. Genshin Impact
obviously copied Zelda to ****
I'm pretty sure there's a
lawsuit against them for that
as well but who's getting hyped
for just play Escape from
Tarkov but not everyone can
play Escape from Tarkov like
myself because I didn't have a
PC or a computer so there was
no way to play Escape from
Tarkov. Now, it's coming out on
Call of Duty on the consoles.
There's a chance to to have a
experience Tarkov-esque whether
it's on Battlefield.
Battlefield.
I just I rip. Yeah. Yeah. Let's
not talk about that one. I
thought that was going to be so
good. The the policeman with
the sunglasses on the ****
cover all that **** Yeah. That
was basically cops and robbers,
weren't it? You're not even,
you're talking about
Battlefield Hardline. What are
you on about? We'll edit that
out. I will edit that out. I
swear I'm a gamer. I'm talking
about the game mode that they
had that I thought was going to
be good. Kind of kind of based
on Tarkov to a degree and it
was shocked in the in the
latest one. In the latest one.
In the latest one. Oh yeah. I
know the one you're on about.
Yeah, that was **** Yeah.
Apologies. I do. I'm I'm my
brain's a bit frazzled. I've
been I've been working hard on
this in case you can't tell.
They've they've even stopped
working on it. They've they've
cancelled the mode. They've
they've even stopped. I'm
pretty sure they've stopped
working on the entire game.
They've stopped working on the
entire game. Um I **** you,
EA. I **** you, Mark.
You're going to hate this. It's
just peppered. I'll change that
on the website. Hopefully, by
the time of of this of this
release and everything, we do
have a website by the way and
hopefully, I will have put the
effort in. Well, scratch that.
Steph will have put the effort
in to to make that website look
like it is. On Twitter, it's at
what's the button because some
pricks took what's the buttons
and has done nothing with it.
Yeah. So, that's what's the
button on Twitter. What's the
button? If you're interested in
what's the button? What's the
what's the Instagram as well?
Is that what's the button? The
Instagram is what's space the
buttons? No. What's underscore
the underscore buttons official
button and has posted nothing.
Now, what's ridiculous is so,
so the the I love that we're
we're twenty-nine minutes in
and I'm I'm about to tell the
origin story of this podcast
rather than just the ****
beginning. We've spoke **** for
about half an hour. Anyway, me
and Ash both work for a for a
vegetation firm. I won't say
the firm in case they get all
angry and not that they'll
ever listen to this but just
cover our own **** even though
we've been saying **** you EA
and we've worked for the same
company and we work in London,
go into various different
places. That's enough
information about where we
work. Thank you. He hates it.
I love my job. I just don't
want everyone to know what
we're doing. This is the man
when we spoke about this, he
said, right, if we ever get
famous, I don't want any of the
attention. He's not. Thank you.
He's not interested in it. So,
if if if we do become famous,
it's going to be my face
plastered on everything which
isn't good. Enjoy it. This is
going to be ridiculous.
I'm going to be like, I won't
look like **** eighties disco.
I'll post the picture on the
socials if you want to know
what he looks like. I'll give
you a clue. He looks like
screech out of Saved by the
Bell. Violation. It's terrible.
Steph likes the hair. That's
all that matters. What was I
**** talking about? The origin
basically.
That's crazy. He's got a better
jawline than me. He's got
better everything than you.
He's got better hair. Steph's
going to be listening to this
thing. Oh, he's not that bad.
**** **** It's terrible, isn't
it? It's terrible. We won't
get into the **** Oh, I found
I found the one. Here you go.
Yeah, this is perfect for for
the airwaves. Everyone look at
this picture. Yeah. Support us
on Patreon. We'll get GoPros
on. Yeah, basically, Ash, Ash
rings me up and he he just
says, hey, he's here. He can
**** tell the story of it. Go
on. Just fancy doing something
different, you know? There's
no, there is a rat race. I like
my job. I love my job but it's
not what I want to wake up and
do every day but this sort of
stuff is probably nothing will
ever come of it but if you
don't try, it never will.
Exactly. So, so, so Ash rings
me up and we have a nice little
conversation. He said, we've
got a little bit of a gap I
think because originally you
said radio station. That was my
biggest dream. I always thought
what's the gap in the market
and there's never been a radio
station devoted to games. There's
everything else. There's YouTube
channels, there's podcasts,
Twitch channels, you know,
radio station. You can listen
to a radio station talk about
sport all day. You can listen
to a radio talk about news all
day but you can't listen to a
radio station talks about games
but I ain't got a clue where to
start. So, we'll just start
with this. This was the podcast
was more easily obtainable. I
don't I don't have the funds. I
don't think Ash has the funds
to buy a building with a radio
tower attached to it and
fucking broadcast to everyone.
So, we thought this is the next
best thing might as well do it
from our bedroom and yeah, we I
said, we'll come around and
we'll we'll brainstorm. We did
it. We did a spider chart. We
were very professional with it
and we sat there, had a cup of
tea and I kept kept thinking
podcasts. He kept giggling for
some reason. I kept giggling.
It was awkward. I don't know.
It's been I haven't done
something. I haven't sat down
and done a **** spider chart
since I was about year six. So,
it was weird. He doesn't like
human interaction. No, I found
it very strange. So, anyway,
I powered through and we did
that and then we we come to the
the the idea of **** it. Let's
do a podcast. Watch a couple of
YouTube videos. Had a look at
the video. I won't say how much
we spent but **** **** loads.
Yeah. a decent amount of money
for this to possibly not even
work. Definitely not. Yeah.
Hello. Is there anyone
listening out there? More than
a couple call of duty
preorders basically.
And uh yeah, we thought we we
we'll do the the idea being
that we both love gaming. We
talk to each other on a daily.
We're talking about how hilarious
um I'm forever begging this man
to allow his audio to be played
on the PlayStation but he
refuses to do it. So, all the
clips that I say thinking
they're hilarious, his voice
isn't actually in it which is
quite annoying. So, I thought a
podcast, well, we thought a
podcast would be a decent fit
and and here we are with no
idea what we're doing but
chatting. Some shitty podcast
called What's the Buttons?
What's the Buttons? That's
ridiculous. What what's great?
We sat, we sat there thinking
of names. I can't remember the
names that I thought of but
they were **** Um and I was, I
can get it up. I got a picture.
We thought of names and
basically, Ash was Ash was
coming up with decent names and
I was flicking through Google
and and Spotify and things like
that trying to determine
whether or not the name would
have been taken going through
Instagram and all that to see
if Beans on Toast was a was a
was a favorite and someone else
has already taken it. What I
find **** ridiculous was that
the people that have taken
Beans on Toast as a podcast,
they're American. They don't
know what beans are. They don't
have toast. It's it's crazy.
They don't know what beans are.
They know what toast is. They
just don't put them together. I
wear my ten of behinds in front
of them. They ain't got a clue.
They're scared. They ain't got
them. Have you got have you
got any idea what **** did you
come out with, bro? I don't
know what ones were yours and
what were mine because looking
back, some of these are ****
real. Some of them are to be
able to be able to tell you
anti-clockwise. That's you.
Beans on toast. That was that
was us. That was me. That was
us but we'll roll with it.
Closet nerds. That was you.
Bubble and speak.
I'm not sure. Are these all me?
What did you do? Because this
is now I'm looking at it. I
drew it. I wrote it. It's
starting to seem like it was
me. What what else was on that
list? Rest mode. That was you.
No memory. That was you.
Shoulder buttons. That was you.
What's the controls? Slash
buttons. And then in a big
way, I'm not sure as well. What
did I say? **** Oh, obviously.
What names did I say? Nothing.
I remember saying a couple
thinking, yeah, they're
decent. Well, they obviously
were that bad. They didn't get
written down. So, I thought
that **** you know, awful. So,
so the what the things that I
remember saying, I don't even
remember saying them but I
definitely know I said some
names. You didn't even have the
courtesy to write them down on
that list. Obviously not.
Ridiculous. Ridiculous. Dear
idea. Either way, what's the
list of the list of? Yeah,
Reese likes talking. Cars,
gaming, Lord of the Rings,
World of Warcraft, BMXs,
films, and politics. We won't
be talking about no politics.
It's like a **** Tinder profile,
isn't it? It's it's
ridiculous. A voice crack
there.
Football, boxing, gaming, Star
Wars, Lord of the Rings,
everything. Alright, sitting
down with a bit with a bit of
paper on the table and a pen,
coffee's in hand, and being
asked the question, what do
you like? It it it you know, in
school when they were, we had
to pick your GCSEs and they
went, oh, what do you want to
do? I had no idea when they
asked me that. I I I was
watching David Attenborough at
the time when I went ****
wildlife photographer. Not a
chance. You know what I mean?
So, being an adult and being
a teenager, being a teenager,
15 years, it was difficult to,
it was a bit awkward answering
the question. I just felt thick.
It was a valiant effort. Yeah,
I I gave it a chance but but
but that's that's where we came
to watch the buttons and uh we
both sat there looking at each
other and going, there's not a
chance. There's not a chance
that that's not been taken.
Who? It's such a good name.
Yeah. It's what you say to you
know, oh, come around. Yeah.
Have a pizza. Let's put more
people in there. What do you
say? What's the buttons? There's
no one **** knows. This man's
older than me by the way. The
the days of going around
someone's house and playing
Mortal Kombat with pizza. Alright,
alright. Land parties are gone.
I don't even know what a land
party is. That's how old I am.
Um. Is that two player? I'm
this **** someone coming round
and chilling. Yeah but land,
do you have to plug it in? I
don't know. I don't know. I
don't know. It's bad. If if if
we ever take off, we're
deleting this.
able to think you fools. Yeah.
You know nothing. We don't.
Yeah. Let's just get it out
early. We don't. Yeah. We're
scrambling around in the dark.
We're trying. We're trying it.
We're trying our best and this
is our best. That's why we're
going to talk about games and
stuff and news and all that
stuff. We've been for the last
38 minutes. 39 now. Yeah, good
old days. But um yeah, so
what's the buttons is what we
came to. We both love the ****
sound of that. I think it rolls
off the tongue really well. The
possibilities in terms of logos
and things is endless and and
Ash is right. When you pick up
a game, most people do pick up
the controller, the mouse,
whatever and go, what's the
buttons? Um so we thought, well
there's no, if if the likes of
beans on toast has been taken,
we've got the website. I've
quickly got up the old Google
search and the old Spotify.
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Don't forget to tell them about
the website. Yeah, II went
straight on to um Go Daddy and I
thought, well, let's try and
get the domain of this and yeah,
there it was. I think I paid
seven quid. Oh, got a website
now. That's kusty. It's worth a
fortune now. I won't say
exactly how much it's worth but
I'm just saying, if this doesn't
kick off, we'll just sell that.
Elon Musk is interested. It's a
good old name but it it it it
surprised me in the current
market of of the digital age
and and everyone's doing a
**** podcast and everyone's
doing a YouTube channel and and
all of that. I I was, I just
couldn't understand how
something as simple as what's
the buttons that there's no
dots, there's no spaces, there's
no question marks, there's no
space for the
was available.
The socials are saying something
different. Yeah, the social.
Yeah. We'll sort that out. Yeah,
I'm if it's worth it. If
anyone's **** listening anyway,
yeah, we'll have to hopefully
we get a cult following and we
won't actually have to do any
of that. They'll just do it for
us. They'll start hassling the
people that have taken what's
the button? What a cheeky
little thing to do because on
the Instagram, I'm pretty sure
the person that that has that
has hasn't actually got any
posts. No, same on Twitter.
There's nothing there. It's
literally just nothing. What's
the button? Nada. It's crazy
because having what's
underscore the underscore
buttons, underscore official.
There's no underscore after
before they're official. Oh,
apologies. Accepted. Either
way, that's not getting a blue
tick.
That's not getting what we
need. So, we'll have to have to
write a couple of emails and and
then we'll have to write a
couple of emails. God of war.
God of war. God of war. You
can't see it because we haven't
filmed any of this. We're not,
we're not there yet. We're not
going to put that much effort
in yet but we might do. I I
dismantled my bedroom and
threw two desks in here and
have decorated the room with
various items like like I said
at the beginning of the
podcast. Um Funko Pops. I got
quite heavy into them. So, I've
collected quite a few of them
and I've, I've, I've, I've, I've
sorry, Steph. I spent way more
money than I thought I'd say.
Um and I've I've I've scattered
uh paraphernalia around and um
yeah, I have a Leviathan axe
sitting on the desk. It's quite
cool. It's very cool. Yeah, I
went on Etsy. I don't know
whether I bought it through
through depression or I wasn't
in the right state of mind. I
spent a lot of money on this
axe for for for no reason. It
was a very cool axe. I've got
to cut wood. It just looks so
cool though. Um it's a it's an
exact replica pretty much.
There's a there's a there's a
person on Etsy uh in uh Ukraine
I believe in Ukraine who who
makes replica weapons of um of
different games and I I typed
in uh Leviathan axe. I just
finished God of War. I was late
and I was like, I don't want to
I don't want to play God of War.
No, I don't want to play. It's
the best game ever. My my
and Ashley's first proper
interaction was him asking me
if I don't, if I, oh, what do
you do? Oh, I'm a gamer. Oh,
I'm a gamer too. Ha ha ha. Do
you play God of War? And I
went, no. Turn him off
straightaway. Fuming. Arguments
shouting at each other. I was
fucking terrified. This man
looks scary. This is the thing.
He's a little teddy bear but he
looks scary on the outside. He
looks like a rip your throat
out. He's got a resting bitch
on his back. He's got a
hand. It's just listed in
description. Ignore all of
that. I'll post a selfie later.
He's got anyway. So, yeah, we
had an argument and I played
God of War and I I fucking I
was all over it. I fucking
loved that game. It was mental.
It was mental. Steph didn't see
me. My girlfriend didn't see me
for for a good couple of weeks
while I was playing that and
then um after that, I thought,
I'm gonna throw myself into
the um into the buying statues
and gaming type **** So, the
viathan acts seem like the best
bet and um yeah, here it is in
front of us. It's beautiful.
I maybe I'll post a picture on
the socials with a Lang dog
holding it. Mm hmm. It's it's
a nice, it's a nice because I
I it's it's so big and heavy.
Oi, oi, that's what she said.
I'm not gonna post it. I know
you have. Um it's so big and
heavy that I actually have
struggled to take a picture of
it like on my own but I'm too
embarrassed to go to someone
and hold this axe and go, can
you take a picture of me please
so I can post it? I just think
I I I can't do it but I'm
obviously gonna have to later
but yeah, it looks nice. It's
very pretty. It's very pretty.
Uh yeah, God of War is one of
the most famous people in the
world. I'm a fan of the
dialogue follower of the
channel. My ad. If you don't
believe me, check yourself on
the Twitter. Yeah, that's our
claim to fame. That's that's
our meal ticket right there.
No, he's a good guy. I've
spoke to him a couple of times.
Very nice. Very nice and we
can't wait for Ragnarok. Cannot
wait. Where is it? I cannot.
Where is it? I've um I've put
on a bit of weight. Yeah, I've
put on a couple of stone. I'm
getting a little bit chunky and
I'm not 100% sure if you like
it. I'm not 100% sure and then
when um when I saw for the
first time, God of War's
rendition of four, the accurate
version of four. Obviously,
he's not he's not fat but he's
built in a he's stocky. He's
got a belly on him. Chunky four.
He's chunky four. He look he he
he looks manly. Menacing.
Yeah. And I said to Steph,
that's what I'm aiming for.
That's what I'll go with. If I
can't get through with that.
Nothing wrong. You look after
yourself, son. I look nothing
like him at all. No, you don't.
But like screech. We can
sideshow Bob.
Shout out Simpsons. We're but I
can always sponsor us. I can
always. Yeah, that's the self
esteem poster but II cannot
wait for that. That is a game
that I will preorder. I'll
throw whatever **** money you
want. Any money. I'll I don't
know. I'll I'll I'll I'll I'll
have it. Have it. Have it. Have
it. Me too. My mentality, you
can have it. Me too. Oh **** I
cannot wait. I cannot wait for
it. Ragnarok is coming. Oh,
it's just going to be so if if
if anyone, we've said about a
billion times, if anyone's
listening and you haven't played
God of War, don't be like me
and refuse to play it. Get on
it. Absolutely. It's very cheap
as well. I think it's even free.
I think it's with the PlayStation
and the PlayStation. It's not
even going to cost you anything.
No, no brainer. What a game.
What an experience. I cried.
Yes, I did. Incredible. I was
addicted to it. I didn't cry. I
did. It was emotional. Um.
Multiple times. I won't say any
spoilers. Obviously, it's been
out for a while. So, you
probably, you probably already
know what happens if you haven't
played it but regardless, I
won't spoil it in case. Um but
yeah, extremely good game. One
of the best. Definitely one of
the best. Next to the last of
us. And the Witches Three World
Cup. Here we go again. There's
your homework. I I I tell a
lie. Actually, I bought it. I
played it for about 5 minutes
and I thought, no, I can't be
bothered. I thought I cannot be
bothered. This is personally
offensive. I have a, I am
offended. I have a poor habit
of of buying games and playing
about 5 minutes and if I'm not
interested, I stop playing. I
do that too. Yeah, I do that
too. I'm not interested. It's
just Valhalla was was one as
well. I spent 65 quid on that
and I played 3 minutes of it.
Valhalla was a slog man. I I
was obsessed with Vikings. I
still am. I love Vikings. I
love Last Kingdom. Um I started
reading Vikings books and then
Valhalla came out. I was like,
wow, I got right into it and
realized I am making no
progress and then for the next
course of the year, I kept
going back and doing like 10
minutes of it. It's just long
man and I like long games but
that it was it was too much but
um if they condense that a
little bit, I think they could
have had something really,
really special but it's just
too much. It's too long. It's
too long for me but you've got
no, you've got no ties to it to
the Assassin's Creed genre. Me
on the other hand, I'll I'll
I'll explain. I have free
tattoos, not in total but free
tattoos that are Assassin's
Creed. I've got I've got a
standing portrait of E on my
forearm and on the other side
is Jacob Fry and then I've got
the black flag symbol with the
skull on my on my wrist. So,
big Assassin's Creed fan. Um
so, it it it uh it pains me
when Origins Odyssey Valhalla
when they came out and **** it
and they changed the whole
system and decided, you know,
they're going to change the
whole world. Too big to handle
and um the fact that I haven't
really played them. I'll see on
the opposite side of the fence.
I don't I don't like the
original Assassin's Creed. I
thought they were boring, very
bland, very very cut and paste
who I feel like the open world
they've done is because they're
doing open worlds. They're not
doing, they're not doing. Yeah,
but yeah, but yeah, but brand
is something else. Don't have
to be a fan of the game. You
wouldn't you wouldn't throw No,
I can't even come up with it
with a different with an
analogy for that. It's it's not
Assassin's Creed anymore,
especially Valhalla once they've
got into all the mystery. I
agree. I agree with that. It
should have had a rebrand and
have it as something else.
Agreed. Cuz it it's the I don't
know. I think I feel like the
the I like open world games.
Um I'm a big big fan of Far
Cry. Absolutely loved loved
games. And actually they're
they're obviously they're they're
open worlds but I think things
like Valhalla and Odyssey are
too big. It's too much. They are
too big. They are but I like I
like that game. It's style and
play more but I do think they
needed to be smaller but they're
just more interesting to me
than the old Assassin's Creed
because Assassin's Creed
gameplay and the concept is
cool but they're getting out the
game. I don't know. I don't
want I'm not interested. I like
the assassins. Keep the
assassin's story. I don't care
what modern day stuff's going
on. It's it's just doesn't the
parallels don't work to have
that in the same game. It was
imperative to the story. It's
waffle. It's imperative. It's
rubbish. It's good storytelling.
It's not ridiculous. ****
Wrong. Yeah. Well, I think I
think uh when you when you when
you're like me and very soon to
play World of Warcraft um that
takes a lot of your time that
that that years years have been
lost to that game willingly.
I'm happy to do it. Um so when
when you turn on a game like
Assassin's Creed Valhalla and
it's a massive open world, you
feel like you're you're losing
time. I don't know when you're
addicted to something like
World of Warcraft, you you
don't want to spend too much
time on other games. Uh I'm
sure anyone else who plays
World of Warcraft and is
listening to this will understand
that it's a second job. You
will. You have to play it. So
when you're stuck sinking 100
plus hours in a different game
which you're effectively going
to turn off when it's done, it
has an ending. It's um it's a
difficult one to slog through.
You read. Thank you.
So, I agree to that. Yeah, nice.
The only the only exception to
the game I was talking to was
things like Detroit become
human. Fantastic game. The
storytelling was incredible.
Looking at Ash's face. I don't
know if he's actually played it.
Have you played it? Yawn. Did
you play it? I don't like games
like that. They're boring. Yeah,
but did you play it? Um no. No.
No. I do. I do like games. I
like all games. I'll try all
games but um I'm more of a
player who's just waffling and
just talking away. I think I
enjoyed it so much because I
actually played it with Steph.
She was sitting next to me the
entire playthrough um and she
also did the same when um I
played the last of us. Not the
first one. The second one. The
one that that half half the
people hate and the other half
love it. I'm with the half that
love it. Me too, Jeff. Me too.
And everyone else **** hates it
even though I think it was
probably probably one of the
first announcements for the
multiplayer the other day. I'm
not interested. What? I'm not
interested. It's like a new
game. Leave it alone. Just leave
it alone. No. It doesn't need
any of it. Do more. No. The
multiplayer in the last the last
of us at part one was shocking.
It was amazing. No. Disrespect.
No. Don't disrespect facts.
It was pointless. It weren't it
it it it it it it it it it it
weren't it weren't. Fuming. Oh,
I am fuming with you. It wasn't
it wasn't. What I'm trying to
say is games like that. The
amount of hours it takes to
finish them. I'm happy to put
that effort in when it comes to
open worlds like Odyssey or
Origin and and things like
that. It's it's a little bit
more difficult for me to to stay
in touch with it because I feel
like you're doing the same ****
over and over again which is
rich coming from someone who
plays World of Warcraft which
is the same **** grind grind
grind. Star Wars. Star Wars.
Mentor the totus. Ash is a is a
massive massive Star Wars fan.
If anything, he's got everything
to talk about Star Wars. I'm I'm
a complete novice. He's
learning. He's learning. I'm
getting there. I'm getting
there. Jedi Fallen Order two.
Very excited. Cannot wait. Is
that coming out? Yes. I'm not
in the world of Star Wars. I
just bought Fallen Order one. I
know. I thought that was the
only one. Well, it is. There's
a lot of stuff. Oh god. Is that
got a release date? No. 2023, I
believe. I got the old computer
here. It's very good. Very
exciting. I can't wait for more
good Star Wars because there's
too much **** Star Wars. Is it?
Yeah. Yes. Yes, there is. Oh.
But Fallen Order is top tier.
I'm so excited because I number
one, I played the laptop. I
played about 10 minutes of it
last night but then it's my
bedtime so I had to come off.
Very feels very good. The only
thing is I think I'll have to
I'll have to connect the
controller to the laptop to
play because I think it's just
a bit. It's a bit weird with
key bindings but I also played
a little bit of the Old
Republic. The the Star Wars MM
RPG and if anything, this is
kind of what fueled the whole
thing. I look for an excuse to
buy something. I look for any
**** excuse anything. So, I'm
sitting there with this laptop
in the basket. It's it's it I
won't tell you the exact amount
but it was it was way over a
grand. Ten Call of Duty. It was
it was it was a lot of money.
Plus. So, I'm looking for an
excuse to to buy it. So, when I
downloaded the Old Republic and
sent Ash a picture while he was
at Center Park. So, obviously
I was like, I can't help. I
want to play that. It's like,
boom. There's my excuse. He
needs a laptop to play this. I
must buy a laptop. I love
Star Wars. I cannot wait to
try it. Yeah, I'm surprised
that when you got here, it's
not the first thing that you
that you load it up. I'm saving
it. I'm I'm I don't know. I I
liked it but I'm not I'm not a
massive Star Wars fanatic. So,
it it wasn't it didn't hold me
back. I'm looking forward to
World of Warcraft. It's the the
you can always compare the two
and it World of Warcraft more
polished. That's what I would
go with but you'll enjoy it
nevertheless. I'm looking
forward to World of Warcraft too.
I plan on playing this evening
when we finish this podcast.
Whenever this podcast is done.
Which is how long have we done?
57. That's not bad. That's
nearly the hour point. That's
nearly that's nearly time to
get the **** bin bags. Finish
it. We're making at least an
hour. We're doing at least an
hour. That's the average in it.
You you do an hour. We'll do an
hour. Listen, if you have
listened to it, please let us
know even if you're shy, just
DM us on Instagram or Twitter
or tweet us or comment on the
post of him holding the axe or
something just so we know
someone is listening and then
we can carry on. If we do this
and we're going to the world of
the internet and then firing
back at us in like an empty
room, then it's it's kind of
not going to last very long but
we love it. We do need to be
very fun. We do. We do need
feedback. I don't know how or
what is going out on. What?
You're the you're the man.
Spotify. I think so. I haven't
we sort of put this idea
together and then I did about
two hours worth of research and
then stopped. So, I think
there's there's various
different things like audio
recording and then as far as
I'm we're distributed to
various platforms. Um I need to
sort of do a little bit more
research on that. Um I I think
the idea here is to get a
couple of recordings under our
belt and then start releasing
because then I think it's sort
of lets off the pressure a
little bit in terms of **** we
released one and now we've got
to do another one quick and
then release it again. Makes
sense. So, I've completely
forgotten where it's going out
to. Main one I'd like to think
would be Spotify. That's the
one that everyone has access to
wherever it's gone out to is
where you're listening. So, I
don't know why it matters. Yeah,
to be fair. Yeah, if you're if
you're if you're listening to
this, you've gone to the right
place. So, yeah, it don't
matter and if you're not
listening to this again, it
doesn't matter because you're
not listening. This is true.
That it then. Yeah, we'll call
it there. I gotta go and get
my **** out of this. Oh, well,
well, 40 seconds away from it
being an hour. Alright, we'll
do the 40 seconds. We gotta do
the 40 seconds. **** bags.
Yeah. So, you never said what
colour you've been bin bags or
recycling bags. She's clearly
stated bin bags. Okay, so that's
that's the bin bags. So, the
black bags. Yeah, the black
ones but I have some in my in
my work bag. So, I might be
able to get away with just one
more second. I'm gonna give it
to you. I'm gonna give it to you
for 10 more seconds. Give us
your feedback if you listen to
this. I know Steph's gonna give
me the feedback and I'm gonna
need to listen to it.
Absolutely. But knowing who I
am, I'm gonna listen to it and
probably get angry and get
defensive even though she's
just helping me. So, if she
goes, oh, you you you rambled
on for a little bit. I go, no,
I didn't. Of course, I didn't.
You don't know what you're on
about. Where's your podcast?
I'm gonna go. This has been a
rock in a rock on this this
little project. Um but yeah,
that that that's us. Thanks for
listening if you did. See you
next time. Bye.