I
Wake you up I got ya
Hello fuckers weary. Why is that so loud am I very let I am loud
There we go, that's better that's better
God
You're right. You're gonna pick the mark up. You're gonna fucking talk anything still very loud
What you're loud? Well, everyone's loud. No, you'd be right you get used to it
Cuz you got new headphones on
It's fucking miserable outside the weather is awful. We've had nice Sun all week and then it's just gone the shit for a Friday
So it's a great weekend. We don't really know what we're gonna talk about. That's not true
Right
Okay, it's great. You've even read it. So how do you not know? It's cuz I haven't looked at any I haven't I haven't
researched any of it
I was talking to mark about
Dead Island 2 today briefly and I just can't gain the excitement to play it
Is that weird? Are you excited? Do you want to play it? I never wanted to play in the first place. Hmm
It's weird in it. No, I just never had no interest in it
Maybe we've made maybe me and you have just grown up a bit and we don't want to play them types of games anymore
We just don't play computer. Let's go. Do we not like this guy?
Let's give this up it doesn't release for six days anyway, it released today, you know, it says releases in six days
No, I thought it was today. I wonder why I've seen fuck all about it. What places on the 28th of 8th, it is learned
I
Think it releases on the same day. Yeah as a yeah that one is that one
Oh
Was it called?
What did you say
That's great that's fantastic so we so that our first subject of the day we got absolutely fuck all talk about well
No, you you played the first one. I did play the first one many years about this one is not tickling that pickle. I
Don't know to be fucking hate it when you do that so much it's so obnoxiously
Horrible to listen to ASMR bro. No, you are 100% one of those people that eats with their mouth open smacking their lips
I bet you fucking are I fucking you are I see you eat at the Star Wars celebration
You are 100% one of those guys. I promise you now you are no, I'm not
I've never in my life. There's only two reasons. I would eat like that one
The foods fucking burning the fuck out of me. So I'm getting some air in there to cool me down
Or I've got to fake and I have to eat like that to to fake. Well, I'm just saying it'd be another reason I'm not
You being gentle with it. Yeah, I would never I fucking despise people
So annoying with their mouth open and that's looking at you Dean cuz you're the fucking worst I've ever I've been there when Dean's
Eating and he sounds like a fucking animal now Mark says he absolutely hates it as well
And yet there are multiple times when he eats like a fucking animal, but he refuses to fight
You're listening it your dickhead, you know, you eat like a fucking pig sort it out. It's disgusting
I know you're from Basildon, but come on man. It's grim just fucking smacking lips and shit. I
Wound up now
What's in the bag? Oh
Here we go. Just my stuff just to get the vape jokes out. That's great
water
Dead Island. Oh, yeah, obviously played it many many moons ago and
Obviously a lot has changed since then including my age
not so much my maturity, but but definitely the age the age bracket has changed and
I feel like
If I went back and played Dead Island now, I'd get somewhat bored of it because the storyline was very weak
you weren't there for for the
the
The cinematic of it you was there for just to just beat the shit out of zombies and and that's it
Which most zombie games are like anyway?
And I think maybe that's the reason why I'm not massively geared up for are you good? Are you good?
It's just very loud. So I've have one off. Why is it loud? I don't know. It's just fucking
Thing down loud. I don't want to press anything
This one if I keep talking is it getting quieter quieter? No, it's down exactly the same. I stand exactly the same
I know he's getting quiet now. It's getting quiet. Yeah, keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Yeah, any better
That's better. That's better. I'll keep it there. Perfect. Thank you. Is that alright? Perfect. Thank you. You're welcome. Thanks. Fuck me.
Does that work with mine as well? Oh god, it's grim in it. Oh, I don't like it because it sounds like I'm really quiet
That's what I want. I'll keep that there
Yeah, I just I just don't know if if
cuz I
Do you fall into the trap of listening to the reviews more than actually playing the fucking game?
I have been known to be called a review whore from my friend Clarkie. Mm-hmm
He says that I am a review whore and I am scum
Because I could be looking forward to a game for years and then if it comes out and gets a seven I'm like
so just
I've changed you've changed mom. I changed and I tell you I
Can't remember off the top of my head, but I believe one of the games
I'll tell you what game it was that changed my review go on policies and the way I look at them was
Days gone days gone because I was so hyped for that game and
Then it came out and the reviews were fucking shocking. It was like sevens and sixes. Oh, yeah
I remember I was like for fuck's sake and I booked the day off for it as well
The reason why I didn't play it I booked the day off for it and I was so angry out of like hatred
I went and bought Mortal Kombat instead but come out the same down. I didn't even like more cause that more combat 11
Yeah, I was just like fuck that game then and then after like a day or two of playing Mortal Kombat
I was bored. So I went and bought days gone as well and I loved it and I was for the almost the whole game
I was like when is this gonna get bad then? Mm-hmm. I love this and then after that I was like fuck review scores
There's things that all I'll use review scores as guidance, but not as factual anymore. I think
Obviously I got it on the Steam Deck and I was playing it and I was I was enjoying it
But I was obviously very new to having the Steam Deck. So my mind was fucking like
kid in a fucking sweet shop
Really really enjoying Shadow of War at the moment and I'm very nearly done with it and I think when I'm done with it
I will go back to days gone on this on the Steam Deck. I nearly said switch then on the Steam Deck
Because yeah, you're you're you're one of many people
Including people like Mark that say no, it's it's a good game. It is sick
So I feel like we've spoken about this so many times before that
Reviews aren't necessarily the be all and end all
even with
What was that game that come out that we ripped shreds, but then the reviews actually turned out that it was not actually that bad for spoken
absolutely shocking reviews, but according to a lot of people that I've
Read like talking about it. I've said how great of a game is visually and like the combat of it and everything is fantastic. So
Yeah, I suppose
Fuck the reviews, I guess
Well games are subjective aren't they you're looking at one man score one woman score from the time they've had with it
Yeah, depending on how long they've had with it, you know
It's not the same because I'm not a professional reviewer, of course
But me rushing through God of War Ragnarok, so didn't want to be spoiled
Would be the same as someone rushing for their job
Well wouldn't be the same
It's the same concept rushing for their job to get through it to get a review out by certain day
I'm not hitting to some point does that just not become enjoyable?
And I think I think there's a there's a quite a few reviewers. I don't want to I don't want to say
Is it is it IGN? I'm not sure one of the big ones
It's it doesn't go through multiple people on reviews
It's just one person that reviews it and that's the score that that whatever body they work for
Gives I think that's just the way a lot of them work pretty much all of them which again makes it completely subjective
Yeah, of course
Because it's very difficult to play a video game without any bias whatsoever. If you ain't enjoying it as a person
It's like are you gonna give it a decent review? It's like asking me to review a puzzle game
I don't like puzzle games. I will never like puzzle games. I would not enjoy my time
It doesn't matter how good it is
And I wouldn't be looking out for things that puzzle game fans will be looking out for be like boring
From starts finish. Yeah, so I don't necessarily like playing anything Mario
But that doesn't mean that Mario's a bad game the perfect example
would be say we're both professional reviewers and
Star Wars Jedi Survivor comes out on Friday. You don't hate Star Wars. You don't like Star Wars
You're just in the middle somewhere. I love Star Wars
I will be catching all the little beats and mentions of characters throughout the books and films and TV shows. So it will mean
25 times more for me than it would for you
You don't even want to be a fan of Star Wars
It's more for me than it would for you. You won't even realize it was supposed to be a reference
Yeah, I'm just skipping the dials. So, you know, it's all very subjective in that part
So you can't say Jedi Survivors are 10
It might be for me, but for someone who's never played Star Wars, who just wants a good game
Or watched Star Wars and might just wants a good game. It will be like well, this is not a 10
This is this is mediocre or best. So you just it's all very subjective. But in regards to the days gone, I think
It's not amazing, but it's definitely not a bad game. It's very fun
I thought the story was really good. The length of it was very long and enjoyable
There's a lot of things that they could have done and should have done
But the problem I think days gone had if I remember correctly, which I think I do is it came out
Shortly after or a little bit time after maybe Red Dead 2
And then obviously that shit is just like, you know, they've worked on it like 10 fucking years
Yeah, it's top tier shit
They will be compared in the respect of the quality
You know what I mean? Like the the depth of the game
You can watch someone walk into their house and eat a full on meal and clear the plate
You see them on TikTok all the time
And then they go off and fucking wash the plates and all that shit. They're so in depth
That game is crazy
Rockstar compared to Ben Studio are two complete different entities. Yeah. Yeah, so it's hard to put a score on that
That's why I think reviews are just a little bit shit nowadays. Anyway, I think it's subjective
I think you should always use them as a guideline and not a ultimate deciding factor because I used to
Look at a review. Don't spoil yourself because a lot of reviews just fucking spoil stuff now, which is just annoying
But just make sure it's not broken as long as it's not broken
If you like the look of it then crack on. That's the way I look at it anyway
I imagine Jedi Survival probably come out and I anticipate
That one patch
I know I anticipate like 7.5s and 8s
You reckon yeah that low? Maybe 9s
For something like this you reckon it'll be like that?
Yeah, I don't think it'll I think it'll be very good, but I don't think it's gonna blow the doors off
But for me, I think it will just be if you said from what I hear
And I listen to a podcast on the way you're talking about the
Hands-on time of it. It's essentially
fallen order, but
Improved in every way. They just built on everything
So it's much larger in scale. Everything's more fluid. Everything's just better
So for me, it's gonna be great. Yeah, I was gonna say what what more do you want from it?
Oh, I'm gassed for it. It doesn't matter for me
From a fucking sequel
That's exactly what it's supposed to be in it is
Yeah, just an improved version of number one
I don't anticipate
I don't know let's have a look at what the reviews were for
Jedi Fallen Order, I can't imagine they were
Massively amazing. I'm guessing like 8s and stuff
Yeah, I don't think they were bad. They weren't like game of the year material
But it's I think they were decent
Let's have a look on Metacritic see what they were saying
So Fallen Order for Metacritic for the PS4
79, 7.9
79, 7.7
You know, it's alright
But to me that was a 9
Yeah, yeah
Star Wars, you know what I mean? Star Wars
We never get any good fucking Star Wars games
It's just in the same way that people would dig at Shadow of War or fucking World of Warcraft
And say how it's shit and they're never gonna play it
Whereas you have someone like me that absolutely loves it
It's massively subjective
Massively, I think if you come across a game and say it's got like a 2
Overall where every review is below 5
Then I think that might be a hint that actually this game isn't that good
But yeah, I think when you're in like the 7s to 8s sort of territory
It's like you say use it as a guideline
Or don't use it at all
It's your money, you fucking do whatever you want with it
Yeah, just don't use it as a fucking
That game's got a score that you, if it's not a 10 don't buy it kind of thing
That's basically what I used to do
I'd be like if it's not like 9s I'm like fuck that then
Yeah, if I had a game that was coming out and I looked at the reviews
And it would be like a 9 or an 8.5
I'd instantly be disheartened
Because I'd go ah this game's shit
It's flopped and you've watched like one fucking IGN review
And they've said one negative thing out of it
Even though you're watching a review
Which is exactly what they're supposed to do
And you go ah or like before you buy
They're another one that I always go for
Oh yeah, the YouTube
Yeah, yeah I like them
I like them a lot
So for context Dead Island 2 review
What is that saying?
Not good
No I don't think they're bad
It's not great
What did you want? You wanted 10s across the board?
It was never going to get 10s across the board
I think it'll be a good game
I'm going to fucking get it
For PS5 it's 74 on the Metacritic
PC 75
Bear in mind it's not even out yet
So it hasn't even got any user scores
But what about
Days Gone
Metacritic
Because I guarantee you
The
Sorry
So the Metacritic for Days Gone 71
For the user scores
8.4
So it just goes to show
People really like the game
But the reviewers didn't
And once again I still just
Fuck the reviewers man
Fuck them
So yeah Dead Island 2 I'm not interested
Because I don't like that style of game
I like Dying Light 2
But I think Dead Island 2
Correct me if I'm wrong
Is more of like a goofy zombie game
Yeah it's not fucking
It's arcadey
Yeah I mean Dying Light 2 is
But it's got like a serious gritty tone to it
Which I like
Dead Island definitely does not
You're fucking riptide
You were fucking running around killing people that were chilling on a beach
That were chillin on a beach
Until they got turned into zombies
It's really not
It's not meant to be taken seriously
Much like how if you were playing Borderlands
You're not taking it massively
Serious I mean it takes the piss out of itself
Or it would be like trying to play High on Life
As a serious
Game you know what I mean
It's not what it's going for
Which I think people need to remember when they're playing games
Like Dead Island
It is the core of it
Is beating the shit out of zombies
It's as simple as that
Which I'm all for but I like it being a bit more
Gritty
Yeah Dying Light did that very well
One and two, extremely well
I never jumped on the DLC
With Dying Light 1
But Dying Light 2
That's on the list isn't it? Is that on the list?
Is that on Santa's fucking list?
That is on Santa's list
From Push Square
Santa's Fat Sack
Dying Light 2
Gut Feeling Update
Is out today, meaning today
As in today when this is out
Right now
Dying Light 2
Huge Gut Feeling Update
Is out today, directly competing
For the hearts and minds of gamers with Dead Island 2
I believe
It's an interesting time to drop this
Just before the other big zombie game comes out
Fair play to Dying Light
The other big first person
Zombie slaying franchise on the market comparing
With Dead Island 2, in addition
To overhauling the games melee mechanics
And physics, including a focus on
Dismemberment which seems like a direct
Response to Dead Island 2's flesh system
And adding in
Transmogrification
Gut Feeling will add the viral rush
Limited time event
As well as new blueprints for players to uncover
Is also entirely free, so there's another plus
It's free is it?
It's not DLC
Someone touched my penis
Don't look at me like that
Whilst obviously not as full featured as a whole new game
Like Dead Island 2, it's nice to see developer
Techland isn't willing to cede any
Ground and is committed to making its game
The best it can be. Will you be spending your weekend
With a new hotness, Dead Island 2?
Or will you be dancing with the one that brought you Dying Light
To make a tough decision in the comment section below?
It's not a tough decision
You have to play both
I don't understand how you're going to play both this weekend if Dead Island 2 is not out till next weekend
Someone's lied to me here
Is it out or not?
I thought it was out today
Well that's what I thought
So why is it saying six days away?
No pickle
I'll find it
I bet you buy the big version and you get it a week early
Dead Island 2, let's have a look
Let's have a look in our favourite cooking book
Dead Island 2
If I order it from Amazon now
I will get it tomorrow
Okay, so it is out
So it must be out today
So why is it saying six days then? Interesting
So yeah, that Dead Island thing that I sent you yesterday
Or Dying Light, fucks sake, suck my ball bags
Is a free update
Which has like, yeah, dismemberment
And
Really gory
So like, I was watching a video earlier
Yesterday, sorry
Trying to get some context on what was going on
I couldn't really understand because he kept talking over
Fuck and everything, he was doing my nutting
But essentially I think
Where you hit the zombies matters
So like, you watch their flesh come off
And bits of their bodies
That kind of makes complete sense
Yeah, it does, but you know
It does what it is
A lot more gore, obviously loads more
Customisation
And this is obviously all on top of
Stuff that you haven't experienced
Since, because they've added shit loads
Since you last played it
Yeah, I did the story and that was it
I was done, see you later
I mean I'd played it a lot
We did, we did, and we also promised ourselves
That we'd go back to it, I even spoke to one of the developers
On Twitter about it, and he was like
The Prince has spoken, I was like thank you, I'll have it
Yeah, it was a long time ago, before the
Before the podcast was
You see how big this geezer was before the pod
Dragging me down, and now we've just fucking
Dragged him down completely
The creator of the game literally said the Prince has spoken
The Prince has spoken, so it used to be the game in Prince
Not anymore
Now I'm Watch the Buttons podcast official
Message him now
Nooo
So it's free, so yeah it's free, Transmog
Stuff, also
Don't know if it's out yet, but Dying Light used to have
A thing where you
Used to be able to go on the website, or app
I don't know if it's going to be an app now
But they've got like weekly bounties
And stuff
And like little missions
You can go on the website and do
And they'll give you
Refuge coins
Or some shit like that, and then you can spend it
On cosmetics and weapons and stuff
So it's just a thing to
Just keep you plodding along on it
And it's all
It's all just good fun man, it's just
Dying Light used to have a mode where you could be
One of the infected
That was very very fun
But so few people played it
Was it not just Jang?
No I liked it, did you play it?
Yeah, it was multiplayer wasn't it?
Yeah, when you was the person and you like
Yeah I tried it
I really liked it, I got really good
At playing it
And then they just dropped it like a sack of shit
And I've never picked it up again
That as a standalone would have been quite fun
Almost like Evolve
Yes
So we've got to download Dying Light then
Again, because I took it off
This is true, this is the way
Okay, if it's free I'll fucking have it
Here you go, out with the old in with the new
Go to Pilgrim Outpost
A new and improved service for Dying Light fans
Find all the features you're looking for
And witness the launch of special bounties
And exclusive rewards in Dying Light 2
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And there we go
Complete bounties and pilgrim tokens
To buy exclusive gear
Banned together with other pilgrims worldwide
To achieve goals during game events
Start to date with the latest news, updates, activities
And patch notes
And obviously
Obviously the game is multiplayer
And there's loads of stats
On how many things
You know you get them classic, oh here we go
Immunity event, viral rush
20th of April to the 3rd of May
And you have to click join
Horrors of the night have arrived to take over the day
Virals have mutated out of control
They're stronger than ever, the merciless pursuers
Are more attracted to loud noises this time
And their developed immunity
Means not even the safety of the
Daylight can save them from their grasp
So yeah
There's loads of skins
Zombies zombies zombies
Fucking all sorts of shit
Score and brutality, weapons
Weapon crafting
Gear transmog
Fucking wallpapers
All sorts of shit
And that I say, since we've last played it
I've played it since but only for like 10 minutes
There's loads of new stuff
On there as is
And this isn't even
A DLC, I mean Dying Light 1 was supported
For fucking years
Years and years and years with all these bounties
And systems, a long time yeah
With the vehicles yeah
So you know they've already said that they're doing
Like big expansions for Dying Light 2 as well
And this isn't even one of them
They said that there's going to be a gun in the expansions
Yeah because obviously there was guns in the first one
Pretty cool yeah
Got rid of them, yeah I used to like the bow
The guns were OP man
They were, like that fucking crossbow in this one
It just sent them fucking silly
It just went flying remember
Every other weapon was just pointless
Yeah that crossbow was fucking fun
So yeah
It's been so long since I've played it man
It's such a good game
Very good game
It's so much fun especially the
They made it so much easier to move around
Places quickly
You got the little Zelda paraglider thing
With the shoot up and the wind
Yeah and the factions and stuff like that
It was very clever, it was a well made game
I enjoyed it, I thought it was fucking excellent
The story, there's a bit in there
I'm sure you remember
Quite near the end
When you're going up in the lift and stuff
And everyone starts getting attacked and shit
Go up the really high
Tower and then you have to fly over
I think it was there
Yeah
Very like atmospheric
And quite gripping at times
Yeah because that's the one where you're
Proper fighting your way out and then it's
They start singing in the lift don't they
Yeah
Very good game
Once again I imagine that
20 quid said that didn't review great
Yeah I don't think it did get massively
Great reviews
But it was weird because it was very much one of those
Games where I didn't give a fuck
I didn't look at the reviews, I just knew that I was going to play it
Because I know how much I loved Dying Light 1
So I was like well
Either way I'm going to have it
Quite the opposite, 76 on Metacritic and 5 user score
So the people didn't like it
The critics actually quite did
A 5 user score
I thought it was great
On the PC it got a 4.4
Fucking hell
Jesus, that's bad
What's this one? For Xbox Series X it got a
4.9
Did say 3.9 first
It's a good game though, it's a very good game
It's a good game and like I say it's getting like 7s
Basically
So for the zombie lovers out there
Dying Light 2
Bang that one on if you haven't already or if you have
Bang it on again for the old little fucking
Free DLCs
And then Dead Island 2
Grab hold of that
And start slicing some motherfuckers
Yeah
What he said
That's the zombie talk fix
I saw Danny Dyer the other day
Was he alright?
Yeah, seemed alright
Where was he? Where was you?
Somewhere, in London
Oh in London?
London
Drove past me didn't he? Slow traffic
And I looked and I was like that's fucking Danny Dyer
And he looked at me and he went
It's you, fuck off I ain't got time for you Danny
It's what's the buttons
I saw you at the Star Wars celebration
And you're matching t-shirts
You're like a right dick
Shout out to the geezer that was fixing my van
The other day as well
Said he'd listen to the pod
And I know he
Took it on board because he followed us on the gram
So
They don't come in thick and fast but they do come
They come
Oh they come
They do come
I'm content, what's next?
I don't know
Horizon for bit and west
Burning Shores DLC
I mean I don't know fuck all
About this
Struggling for stuff to talk about
Really
I mean the first three things we spoke about
Neither of us have got a fucking clue
I don't fucking know
I don't play these games
I played the first Horizon
Didn't complete it and the second one I just can't be bothered
It released at such an inconvenient time
They always do
First one did as well, come out at the same time as Zelda
Mental
Completely overshadowed
And then the second one come out next to Elden Ring
Didn't have a chance
It's fucking so stupid
No one in their marketing fucking
Team thought maybe we won't release
It against one of the biggest games
Ever made
They didn't know it was going to be the biggest game
Sure enough it was, I haven't really got a whole lot to talk
About
I spoke to you obviously, was it yesterday or the day before
About how I struggle to go back
To DLC on single player games
Yeah
I think I'm not the only one
I don't think there's a massive group
Of people that struggle with it
It's just I
Can't be bothered, even with Ghost of Tsushima
That game is fucking
Incredible, like top tier
Living your dream as a
Ninja type shit
Or samurai
And when the DLC come out the directors cut
Remember how fucking excited we were for it
I didn't finish it
I know you did, but I didn't
I can't be bothered
But you are an online gamer
You're a bitch
I'm not a bitch, I'm just fickle
Why?
You can't even fucking handle playing on a laptop
Never come my mate
You kicked a van
He was saying he was playing the Star Wars
Online game, and I was like I can't play that for very long
Because it hurts my hand
He was like, yeah me too
Yeah me too bruv
Yeah me, yeah I'll fix that
Anyway, Horizon Forbidden West
Travel beyond the Forbidden West
As Aloy's story continues
Encounter new machines in a compelling
New story, south of the
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Millennia of volcanic eruptions
And violent seismic activity
Have carved the ruins of Los Angeles into a
Treacherous archipelago
Experience the next chapter of Horizon Forbidden West
I think this is just an advert for Horizon Forbidden West
Does any of it sound interesting
I think this is just Horizon Forbidden West
Not the DLC, but I'm going to finish it
Experience the next chapter of Horizon Forbidden West
As Aloy pursues a sinister new threat
No, that's the next chapter
Alright, let me finish
Dickhead
Go on
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As Aloy pursues a sinister new threat
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The Burning Shores DLC
Contains additional content for Horizon Forbidden West
Including new characters and experiences
In a stunning yet hazardous new area
To enter the Burning Shores
You must complete the main quest up to
And include in singularity
In the PS5 version of Horizon Forbidden West
Following the main quest the player will receive a call
Over Aloy's focus beginning the
DLC
I'm not interested at all
I'm not interested
For those of you who are, it's out
I think it came out yesterday
We put that one to bed
It doesn't sound interesting
I have many problems with Horizon
Go on
I had a problem when it first came out
Suck balls
It looked good
And I was like, yeah, it's cool
Who doesn't want to shoot robot dinosaurs
And then it came out and I was like
I don't want to shoot robot dinosaurs
Why?
Because I was just weren't interested
I told it to Clarkie straight away for like 15 quid less
Is it because you had to actually hit certain parts of the bodies?
No, no, no, no
I just found it a bit tedious
I digress, let me finish
What I was trying to say, so I got rid of it
Clarkie was like
Shut up
I'm not interested
You played the Witcher, is that not tedious?
No, not at all, completely different
So fast forward, I don't know
A year, two years
Whatever it was
Dean came
And he got back into gaming
And he picked it up
And he didn't know how fucking bang on about it
And I was like fuck it, I'm going to give it another shot
And then I platinumed it
Yeah, great
And then I thought
I was gassed for Horizon for
And then it came out
And I was like, this is boring as fuck
Do you know the problem with Horizon Zero Dawn?
Give me the problems
And the Horizon for Bidden West
I've got one problem with it
I don't care
That's the truth
I don't care about her plight
The story is so boring
I don't care about any of the characters
I just want to fucking shoot
Robot dinosaurs
You know what, I'm with you on that one
When I played the first Horizon
Even though I didn't complete it
I was close
I had played enough of it
To have a formed opinion on it
And yeah
The story was boring
You grow zero attachment to anything
Very very weak
I know a lot of people like it
And that's fine, I get it
Combat's great
It's like Monster Hunter
It's very similar
But without the crafting stuff
Which is the gameplay loop for Monster Hunter
But this is just
I never ever skip dialogue
In games
But this has got me going, yep, whatever
Skip this shit
Which is strange because you've played Assassin's Creed Odyssey
One of the worst
Dialogue games I've ever played in my life
So boring
I just feel like I don't want to miss out
So I never skip dialogue in games
No I don't either
But this has made me want to
Except for Hogwarts Legacy
Fucking skip through that shit
Get rid of that, even Steph was skipping that
Some of that is right stinky
No yeah, I get what you mean
You want
I feel like you don't
You don't have to play a game
And feel like you're the
You are the fucking protagonist
But
Just to have some form of attachment
To what it is that you're investing
I think it's because you are investing time into this game
You want to feel like
It's worth your time
To do it
It's just changing as a gamer
Because when I was younger, all I wanted was
Massive open world games where I could do what I wanted
If it weren't that, I weren't interested
Because when you're younger you don't got that much
Expendable funds if any
Or you're a kid, you want massive games you can just play
Over and over again
So I kind of carried that into my adulthood gaming
And then as I got a little bit
Older again and matured more
Now I'm more interested in the story
And the gameplay being good as well
So now I'm like
If the story's waft
I find it hard to enjoy the game
Because I'm just like
It's boring isn't it, it's pointless
I get excited for the next cutscene
And I see once I've done this, what's going to happen in the story
Like The Last of Us
They're like all real
Basically The Last of Us really
Is combat scenario, cutscene
Combat scenario, cutscene
Little bit of traversal, cutscene
And that is all the game is made out of
You're not like
It makes you feel like you're exploring this vast world
But you're not really, you're on rails going through this little bit
And then there's like
I'm talking about The Last of Us 2 by the way
And then you can go back and play
The combat scenarios at the end
You can pick and choose what you want to do
Because they're just sandboxes to play your combat scenarios in
So you're just going from that to that
But I get excited
To see what happens after I finish this
And that's what makes me enjoy the games
You have that same
Kind of thing with
With games like
Detroit Become Human
You grow very attached to that story
And the different pathways that you can take
And what outcomes
Can happen, like you say, Last of Us is a massive one
For that as well
There's so many games where you are
Attached to what is
Going on and you're invested
And it does become
It's like watching a TV series
Especially with The Last of Us
You want that cutscene
Guardians of the Galaxy is another one
Very slept on game
Very very very fun game
I know you didn't really like, you watched the cutscenes of it
But that game is like 70% cutscenes
But they're great
It's fantastic, it's a really good story
Ghost of Tsushima
Fucking
Play that fucking game Mark Manastar
It's just such a good game
And the story of
That game was incredible
Twists and turns, like what's going to happen now
Because this has happened, you're excited to see the next part of the story
Like The Last of Us 2
Especially
I'm like, you know
I'm getting gassed like someone
In the story or something when she's like
Her and Ellie are fighting, I'm like standing up
With a controlling man, like no no no
I'm putting the control on her, I'm not killing her
I'm not killing her, I'm getting invested, I'm getting excited
No don't fucking do it, I'm like oh no
Whereas Horizon
I'm just like, I don't care
And that's not Horizon's fault
I'm just not interested
Have you seen that clip
You must have seen it, where there's that geezer that's playing
Red Dead 2 for the first time
And he's like, what the fuck is this
What am I supposed to be doing, this is so boring
I'm just walking through the snow
And then it cuts to him on one of the very last cutscenes
And it's all dark around him
He's growing a beard, he's crying
Because obviously over time
He's got so invested in this game
That's the kind of shit you want man
Even with little games like
Valheim, I know we haven't
Picked it up since the last time we spoke about it
But that's a
It's a perfect example of a game
That you pick up, you go
What the fuck is this
And even though there's barely any story
You're very invested in it
You make your own story, we made our own story
We made an entire fucking tale
What a story, I won't forget that
And we made that ourselves
Just for the game's mechanics
That story that we made was more compelling
Than the whole of Horizon
Zero Dawn
Literally, I'll be honest with you
I've platinum'd Horizon Zero Dawn
I can't even tell you what the story is
She
Her father dies, she
Spoilers
That's like the beginning
And then she becomes like a clan member
And then
Lance Riddick turns up, god rest his soul
And then he's
An evil guy, but he pretends to be good
Cyrus or something
You open up some chambers
Corrupted machines or something
Suddenly the Dorito on your fucking head is
Doing bits
And then you're like a spider at the end
That's literally about all I can tell you
I tried to really get
Into the new Horizon
And like really pay attention
To the story and that
But I can't even take them seriously
With all the stupid things on their heads and stuff
I just don't
That weird tribal, mechanical thing
I'm just like, nah, I'm just not interested
But the game plays fun
But I have to have some sort of
Level of investment in the characters
And story, and unfortunately
I have zero
I feel like if you have an open world game
That
Has things like a crafting system
And the
Bread and butter of what you have in an open
World, you have to have that investment
In story to actually want
To explore the open world
Far Cry 5
Fucking incredible game
The story on that, absolutely
Amazing, really really fucking loved it
And because of that
You wanted to go and explore everywhere
You wanted to do the side missions
And fucking find out the lore and what's
Going on, you was wanting
To do everything that the developers
Were giving you, God of War
God of War Ragnarok, you want to
Fucking do everything
Because it's so rich in story
Telling that you don't want to fucking miss anything
You want that kind of shit
In a massive game, if you haven't got that
Then it's very difficult to make it a good game
I rushed the main story
So I didn't spoil anything
Because I'm so invested in a game that I hadn't even played
It's the character
And stuff that it
Put in in the first one
I have no feeling
Towards Horizon, so it was a good fucking
Waste of 60, 70 quid on it
I think I played it for about 3 hours
And then never played it again
Is that grass or a grasshopper?
I think it's grass
Thankfully, that's a bit scary
Oh, you scared of grasshoppers?
I fucking hate bugs
I'm terrified of bugs
I don't like them
My son, he's just
Come across spiders
He don't like them
Or he loves them
He did, until he asked to touch one
And I let him touch it
And now he's not so keen on it
Was it a big boy or a little spider?
He's like, Bader, Bader
He's like, touch, touch
And then he put his finger on it
And then he went across the ceiling
And he was like
And now anything on the wall
Like a screw that's not got a picture
Hanging from it, he's going, Bader
Big Bader
We was asleep
And I woke up for work
And it's very rare that my alarm wakes
Steph up
Anyway, my alarm went off, I turned it off
And then Steph woke up
And obviously it's pitch black
And I was like, oh, Reese
Reese, there's a spider
There's a spider on the ceiling
And we both got up extremely quickly
But extremely calmly
And there was nothing there
She was hallucinating
She was adamant
There was this massive spider
Just dangling above our heads
And I think what it was maybe like
It's a shadow or something and your brain turns it into something
Or it was just a genuine hallucination
But we both shit ourselves
And I'm terrified of spiders, man
I'm terrified of them
Little ditty ones I'm absolutely fine with
But them big cunts
If a massive house spider comes running through here
But I don't want to kill them
I don't like killing things
But yeah, I don't like them, man
I don't like them particularly, but I won't kill them
I'll put a glass around them, a bit of paper
I think it's something to do with the way that they walk
It's definitely the way they walk
It's what terrifies humans when it comes to spiders
Because there is very little
Creatures out there that
Move the same way
And that is what scares people
Add to the fact that you see
What they do to insects
Stick them in a sticky web
Tie them up and suck the fucking insides out of them
You see what Sheba did to Frodo
Exactly, that's just terrifying
Or She-Lug, whatever it fucking was
Imagine if spiders were human sized
Wouldn't be so keen on them
I'm not keen on them as they are
If spiders were human sized
Absolutely fucking not
Absolutely not
I went to Australia and I didn't see a single spider
And I was so fucking happy for it
Because I was petrified of seeing massive spiders
Big old huntsman in the toilet waiting
I just can't
Sitting in your shoe
I can't do it, I can't do it
Even that is like, ugh
Bugs man, bugs in general, they're weird fucking things
They're really weird, moths
Moths are no- you asked Mark, he's heard me screaming on fucking mic
Where I used to live
You sound like moths
Where I used to live
I used to have the windows open
All through summer
It's kind of like this setup really
So imagine the doors permanently open
Because it's fucking boiling hot
But this was when I was a teenager
So I'd be playing until like 3, 4 in the morning
It's obviously
Fucking bright
Massive telly in front of you
Every single window open
What's it gonna attract?
The fucking moths
Jesus Christ, it's the flapping
I can't do the flapping, the fluttering
And those motherfuckers target you
Once you flutter one away, you go fuck off
That thing's after you
And I know they're blind, but that thing's fucking coming for you
It's on your face constantly
They don't want to be touching me, not the dust off their wings, they can't fly
I can't do it, and when they're big
When they're massive and all you can just hear is them fluttering their wings
I've got about 4 or 5 tattooed on me
I can't fucking stand them
They're coming around, aren't you?
That's a dragonfly
Do you like dragonflies?
No, that's a beetle
Do you like beetles?
Nah
I think there's 2 moths on here
2 or 3 moths and something else
Do you like moths? Nah
I don't like bugs
I fucking hate them
I don't know, because they look cool
It's turning to a nice day actually, isn't it?
It's alright, isn't it?
I was thinking how
awkward it would have been
if we were those kinds of people where
at the Star Wars celebration
we tried to set up an impromptu podcast episode
like if we just pulled out a desk
and like a
I don't know, like a power pack or something
and tried to plug in all the gear and record a podcast
in the middle of that massive crowd of people
because I feel like that's something
that someone would try to do
at some point
Did I tell you why it was so busy?
I was
I went into the nerdbase the other day and I was speaking to them
I said, well when's the Star Wars
day and stuff like that
and then I got talking to them about Star Wars
celebration, one of them went
and then a couple of punters walked over
and they were talking about it as well
so we all just ended up talking about Star Wars celebration
and it turns out
that
most of them went on like Saturdays
and stuff, but apparently
the reason it was so busy on Friday
is because people were just walking in
off the street because no one was checking tickets
Oh was it?
That's why it was so busy
I didn't get my ticket out
Yeah I didn't get mine out either
Yours was around your neck though, mine was in my wallet
Yeah you didn't have yours on your at all
I had it in my hand when we walked through the security
Yeah but they didn't check them
No that's what I mean, I had it in my hand when we walked through security but no one looked here
put it in my wallet and then queued up and then we went in
To be fair though, that doesn't surprise me
because I got through security waving a banana
in the man's face
with two fucking
contrabanded items in the fucking bag
That's crazy
so we paid about 80 quid a ticket
Yep
Just fucking could have just walked in
Basically for the merch, we paid a ticket
just to have something to show
that we went to Star Wars celebration
No way, that's why it was that busy
Yeah, apparently Saturday was alright
because I've watched a lot of YouTube videos since
of people vlogging around there
and stuff like that and I'm like
this was not like that for us
I wondered why there were so many people
walking around with babies
Yeah there was babies
Listen up folks, when we say babies
I mean fucking just out of the womb
kind of babies
I see at least one newborn
In a fucking sea of people
What the fuck, get that kid away from here
There was a pregnant woman walking around
with a pram
You were in the wrong place
It was far too busy to have newborn babies
and stuff in there
Wow, that's why people were just walking off the street
Makes me wonder what it was like
You could do though, because when we
obviously the couple of times that we went out
so you could have a little vapey vapey
It was empty, wasn't it?
Anyone was just walking in
But there was security there
checking fucking
Yeah, at that point
And they were checking people that were going out for a fag
Yeah
But if you were going out for a fag
I would have either gone
if I hadn't had a ticket, I would have either gone
Oh I won't bother then
Or I'd make a point of saying
You're right mate, I'm just going for me
Make sure you remember what I look like
I'll be back in two seconds
And then you'd just let straight back in
And then weren't there when
it was about half way through
when we walked all the way down to the end
where there was that other smoking bit
where you could walk out and there was obviously
there was loads of people smoking but it seemed like
anyone could have just walked in through that door
And then when we actually left and we got off the station
and then to them steps to the original
front doors and we were like, you could have literally
just fucking walked in there
We got the train to the next station instead of just walking out another exit
Yeah
We got the train round the building
rather than just walking through it
Yeah, that's why it was so busy, which is crazy
Which is absolutely crazy to me
That's mental, innit? That's such a security risk
That's so bad
So yeah, it was nowhere near as busy apparently
on any of the other days
So yeah
I'm out of breath, I don't know why
I'm so unfit and I would need a blood test
That's going to solve your problems, is it a blood test?
Nah, I keep getting letters about
oh, come and get a check for all your health
and I'm like, nah, fuck that
Why? Just going to have a blood test?
No, because if something's going to happen...
Have you heard to have a prostate exam yet?
I'm a doctor
He's had them DIY prostatings
That's great
I was going to say, because you're near the age where they start doing that
Alright, mate
You are though, I swear you are
Yeah, I think so
They keep sending me letters saying
I need to check up on all your fucking
you know, all your little systems
and all your lungs and all the bollocks
all your vitamin levels
I would have thought you'd be on doing that considering
your line of work now
Yeah, but I don't care
The way I see it
is if something's wrong with me
and I'm going to die, I'd rather just die
without knowing
I thought it was fixable
Well then, then I'll probably be
a bit annoyed with myself
I'll be dead so it won't matter
You have a family
Yeah, granted
What do you mean? If I'm going to die
just let it happen
Yeah, well because if I don't know
But there's so many things that are curable
Yeah, but I'd rather just die
than go to the doctors and they'd be like
Ah, yeah, it's cancer, yeah
Six months, I'd rather just die
It's not how cancer works
Not all the time
A lot of it's curable
Yeah, I don't know, man
No, you've got to start getting yourself checked
I swear to God
You won't though, will you? Nah
You are reactive rather than
proactive That's exactly what I am
Which isn't helpful, you've always got to
be proactive
It takes time
It does, it's like why am I going to go to the dentist
if my teeth don't hurt, man? I know you should
To be fair, I'm with you on that one
I don't believe that the dentists actually harm your teeth
I clean my teeth twice a day
I floss and I use mouthwash
If my tooth starts hurting
and I'm like ah ah ah, I'll go to the dentist
I'll take the comb out I've barely cleaned them
once a day
I clean them twice a day, floss them
I mouthwash, I do all that shit
I don't do the floss or the mouthwash
Yeah, but I smoked for like
a long period of my life
So my teeth needed a lot of it
I think I caught it just about
when I started going all manky and horrible
Well my teeth ain't manky and horrible
They're not great
I can smell your breath from here, it's awful
Yeah, it doesn't surprise me
But I believe that the dentists do something to your teeth
and that makes you keep going back
Because I ain't, I had last time
Steph made me go to the dentist
because I hadn't been for
I think I went once before I turned 18
because it was still free
and then before then I just hadn't been
Whether that's neglect from my mother, I don't know
But yeah, I think in my lifetime I've been to the dentist
maybe like four times
and so she was like, you need to go to the fucking dentist, I'm taking you
and this was a while ago and I went in there and said my teeth were absolutely perfect
Other than a couple of chips
and some fights
because I'm hard like that
You ain't had a fight in your life
No, I've just been beaten up
Yeah, exactly
But now I'm big, big and scary
Big, not scary
Yeah, so there
that's my story
Anyway, I'm not out of breath anymore, let's move on
Right
Funko Pops and fucking toys
He's built
He's built a monument
of all his pop figures
Is this all of them or some of them? There's a lot
That's all of them so far, there's a couple more that are rocking up
So I find it mental that you've got
Viseris Targaryen all the way
down there and you've got Daemon up there
I know Daemon's sign but surely they need to be like
near each other in some aspect
I tried to but I wanted it was either that
or I put all the signed ones together
so I thought I want to put the signed ones together
Can't you put Viseris on top of Aragorn?
It's not just Viseris there either
Oh, you've got the girl as well
It's um
Let me move the Balrog out of the way
Oh, he's got Rere
Renea Targaryen
Yeah
So, they're not
He's not on his own
Geralt, oh we've both got that one haven't we?
We tried to get the red eyes, didn't we?
Yep, that's the only reason why I got the Geralt
It's because I tried to get you the old red eyes
You've got the dragons
You've got Smales back there
What's the other one?
What is the other one?
Oh, Deathwing, that's cool
The fucking
It's only because I went on a mad one
buying loads off of eBay
and I was
watching a lot of shit and bought
some shit that I already had
without realising
So I was like, yeah, let's get these out of the box
My
main aim at the moment is to finish
is to get all of the Lord of the Rings ones
Annoyingly, I missed out on a Boromir
yesterday because I couldn't bring myself
to bid on it because
I spent so much money on Funko Pops
So, I will get that one
eventually, but I'm trying to
as you can see, get them signed
So, it's
expensive and it's quite difficult
Rich people problems
No, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no
Because we have this
You bought the same figure twice
because you got so much money you didn't realise
you already had it
It doesn't matter
I got one refunded
The other one is just in the kitchen
We spend around
the same amount of money
when it comes to this kind of shit
I got the same one twice, not because you're buying toys
They're not toys
They're collectibles
Look at Joel
That dirty cunt at the fucking Star Wars
celebration wanted me
to spend 200 quid just for Joel
I got all three of them
for 215
They're not fake
Are they?
Are you sure?
No, they're not
Well, I don't know
I hope they're not
It'd be sad if they were
They aren't fake because what I'll do is never post them
asking if they're fake
They aren't fake
I don't think they are
They're not fake
I don't do fake funcos
That looks good today
I'm getting better at tying it up
You're just going to cut it all off
and you can have your hair like that
It pisses me off
I was going to cut it all off
and then cut my dead ends off
Such a strange sentence
to hear a fellow man say
And now it feels very nice
It's less knotty
You don't have to worry about this
because soon enough your hair is going to be gone
Whereas mine
is going to live on forever
So you've got to take care of it
Mark's the same, he doesn't understand it
because he's a fucking balding man
He looks like a jelly bean
Now that it's all sorted
It's nice
Me and Steph have started watching The Last Kingdom
Have you seen that?
Have you seen all of it?
Have you seen the movie
that finishes it?
Is that the one?
I don't want any spoilers
Can I just say
Fucking incredible
I think it's better than Vikings
I think it is
But I stopped watching Vikings after
You can't say that
I stopped after that
Fuck me
You just avoided a spoiler
Fuck me, what's happened?
I did it very well
The Last Kingdom, I've tried it before
I've tried it before
Destiny is all
Father Biocca is fucking
Don't give
Don't
No, no, no
I've got to take Steph, tell her not to listen
I didn't do nothing
I've done nothing
You cunt
I've done nothing
I hate this
Shut up, I ain't looking at you anymore
While I'm going to talk about this
He's such a good character
Such a shame
I knew it would go down the fucking game
Of Thrones route where it starts to fucking get rid of all the people that I love
I've literally done nothing
All that happened
He looked at me, my eyeballs looked to the left
And then straight back at him
And from that he gathered
I don't want to know how
But now that I know and I don't want to know when
Very good, really really good
A lot of the people that I work with are all over it
So I thought fuck it, I'll give it another go
It's sick man, me and Steph are obsessed with it
To the point where I haven't played any games
For like three or four days
Because we've just been fucking watching
The Last Kingdom, it's proper taken over
It's very good
I'm a huge fan of it, Dane Slayer
So where are you up to?
I think we're one or two episodes away from season 3
That doesn't mean a lot to me
I don't know how many seasons are there
So I'll probably watch four
I think there's a season, the latest season I haven't seen
And then there's the film
So apparently the film ties it all up
Unfortunately my mate watched the film
He didn't like it
And he's sort of shit
And he's just watched the whole series
I've heard a couple of people say it's a bit waft
But if it ties up a story
Then fuck it, we'll have to give it a go
But so far, I'm very very very much enjoying it
Haven't yet started looking at Funko Pops
For the Last Kingdom
But I'm sure there's some knocking around
And everyone's just called
Ethel Weld on shit
Everyone's called Ethel Fred
Ethel Weld, Ethel Wold
Ethel Fled and Ethel Red and fucking
Wadda drudwadda
Yeah
Beyond Fliot
Ben Fli
I was like, hey, there it is
Beyond Fliot
It's still fucking weird names
Old names, it's good, I like it, I'm enjoying it
Yeah, it is good
It's got Knut, is he in it?
Knut, is that his name?
I don't know
Is he a ginger guy?
There's Finan
Irish no, he's a he's a Dane. He's not one of his mates. He might not be introduced yet. I'm sure he is
I think that may about the witch the white haired woman
surname
Scowl skull or something. Well, I'm sure I'm sure three seasons in no, I'm not season three yet
When I said I'm one or two episodes away from season three
I just don't think that much could have happened since oh, yeah
You can get I remember I tried to get you a Ragnar Lofbrook Funko pop they're expensive man, and they're rare
Trying to get hold of one. It's difficult man. He's the man. He's cool. There's a lot of fakes of him
He's got there's a Ragnar in there and there Ragnar Agnuson
Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Well, Uhtred is Uhtred Ragnar son
And then he's obviously names his son Uhtred son of Uhtred. He's in the middle and he's done on what to do
He's a Dane and a Saxon. He's a Saxon brought up as a Dane who's gone back to Saxon
But does not believe in Christianity just floats. He just does what he likes. He's actually a real character in real life as well
You know what Uhtred? Uh-huh
Real real character. I don't know how much of it's true. Obviously probably not a lot. He's actually a real person
Uhtred of Bebbanburg destiny is all so you so
I've got myself heavily into
Signed Funko Pops
I will say that I've I won ladybug from bullet train which is signed by Brad Pitt. So that's coming soon
It's just moved up levels. I mean I I I
Started this mad obsession with his Funko Pops
I keep buying them and then he's like, yeah, I'm in and then he and then I'd start buying Pokemon and then he was like
He's in
And but he's like leveled up to the point where he's sure. Oh, yeah, I like this character
I'm gonna get this little 10 pound Funko pop. I like this. I'm gonna get this like rare ones like a equid
I like this. I'm gonna get this signed one. That's 300. I was saying I like this
I'm gonna get the whole cast of signed Funko Pops for thousands of pounds
I was too I'm fucking small fish compared to what some of these other collectors are going with this fucking crazy, but I
Talking to my lot today. I said I've gone from I'm sorry. This was yesterday talking smile. I've gone from
Thinking that 60 quid for a Funko was expensive
You know like when I bought the ratchet and clank, which I don't think is actually, you know
I think it's in the fucking safe. Um
Where I was like fucking hell, which is like 75 quid that's so expensive to now
I look at four or five hundred quid for an Ian McKellen and I go that's reasonable
I
Know I just want to I just want to say the Brad Pitt
Is authenticated it has a thing with it. I'm gonna sell it
That's the only reason why I've got it
It's because I'm gonna sell it and I haven't I haven't stolen it from someone by the way
It would I won it in an auction that I actually lost
But I was the second I was the runner-up and the guy that was doing the auction
Messaged me saying which one was you after and I said ladybug and he was all right cool
Because the person wanted something else and then they offered me how what's the deal?
How have you won an auction for an item that the other guy didn't want?
This is what this guy does. He's called ink to grails. Yeah, and then he's also got a thing called all these memorabilia
No, it's a facebook thing and he started off as a signature collector
And then basically just ran a business doing it and you can you can send him stuff
And he will go and get it signed like he'll say like I'm going to the whales comic-con. These people are going
Like here's the prices for if you want something signing
And then obviously they do their um certificates and stuff like that
But what he does is almost like every other day
He'll put up an auction and now it's not just funko pops
It'll be like signed or like photos and things like that
But the last like auctions have been all funko pops and he'll put up like four five six
Signed funko pops all different ones and it will say
Finishes at 9 p.m. Tonight minimum bidding
Increments of five pounds and that's how it will be and then at come nine o'clock whoever's got the fucking most
Whoever wins gets to pick one of the funko's
Or whatever it is in that pool. So you might have one funko. That's only worth 100 quid then one that's worth a grand
You know, I mean people might only be someone might only be fighting for the one that's worth 100 quid
But the fucking bidding has gone to 500 and something that one with
The bane side of it
Um the uh bane side signed by tom hardy
What the lot that that was in had a lot of heavy hitters. It went for 580 quid
Don't know what they picked
But yeah, that's how it runs and and I got sniped for a fiver
But the guy messaged me he messaged mark as well because mark was the third person on the list
Um asking which one is it that you're after so he must make some decent money
But he must also he must pay other people to go and do because he's got so much science shit. It's crazy
so much stuff
very cool, but that um gimli and the sauron is who I got them off of which I bought off of ebay
and the gimli has uh an
A certificate of authenticity like card which has ink to grails on it
Obviously, I got them both very cheap
Um, but they're both legit and that's how I found out about them
So then joined the facebook group and all that shit and these yeah loads of sign shit loads. I'm a fan. It's great, man
respect it
Yeah, it's cool. Just have signed stuff. So whilst you're out here collecting all the funko pops. I'm still collecting star wars stuff
You said you see you said you're talking about graded. Yeah
Anything can be graded bro. I haven't played the playstation or anything for the whole last week
Yeah, because i've developed this strange obsession
With going on youtube and watching people open and play with figures that I keep boxed. Yep
And all i've been doing is watching reviews
And unboxings and every night that's what i've been doing to be fair
I've been knackered and i've been going to bed like nine o'clock every night
That's why I need to get his blood test because I think something's wrong with me
Fuck it. Um
So yeah, i've been watching them and in my in my watching journey. I was one of them popped up with a graded
Uh black series and I was like, what the fuck and I looked on ebay. I was like are they everywhere? Yeah
No, yeah, so now i'm looking at my my figures thinking quickly ebay just to see these ain't worth fuck all now
I need them graded but they're expensive to get graded. They're like 70 quid. Yeah, what to get a black series
why's that I don't know because I don't know how it works because
Obviously for them to grade it. Yeah, are they grading it through the box? Are they having to open it and look at the figure?
Because the box itself as well wouldn't well, yeah, but I don't want the figure opened. Do you know what I mean? So 325 quid
So a mandalorian so you're opening the box, which I don't want you to do and then you're getting a figure out and then
So there you go. Here you go. Here you go. This might solve it. So
Oh, no, it doesn't it just says b w and f so maybe b is box
w
Is something and then f is figure?
Maybe yeah, it's done in percentages and that is graded by uk g
Oh my god, there's loads. Oh
Calcestus it's just another thing for me to be looking at
um
Obviously the mandalorian
Season three wrapped up on wednesday
There's a nice little spaceship that came out
Pre-ordered that so that's down
Yeah, so i'm just collecting figures and expanding my collection
And so are you and yeah, it's just getting silly because once again
I used to look at pop figures for a tenner and think oh i'm an aron. Here you go
Here you go. This might solve some some of your your questions. So
So how do you grade action figures? I'm sure this falls in the same kind of poor because that's what they are
Says the the quality of the card so the box itself is it creased? Does it have edge wear things like that?
much like a pokemon card, I guess
Uh the blister is the blister yellowed is it cracked or crushed? So that's the that's the yeah, it's the plastic
Um, and then the figure itself is the paint applied correctly? Is it yellowed?
Are there any flaws in the molding things like that? So I would imagine they get it up
They have to take out the box. Now, what are they doing if the box is taped?
Well, they are all taped. That's how you know, they're sealed. This is what I mean. And then also
What you're saying they're about
Cardboard there's difference a black series is just we saw them. They're just boxes
Yeah, whereas vintage collection is cardboard with blister on maybe so they'd actually have to peel that
Uh, maybe not. Maybe they can inspect it through they'd have to because otherwise the box is fucked. I feel like
you
Was fucking plastic you can you can see through these funcos what kind of condition they're sitting in
I feel like you're able to do that. Maybe with things where it is purely blister that they wouldn't could you imagine that you have this vintage?
Darth vader and it is on a blister pack and you send it off to psa or something and they
Rip that open go. Oh, this figure's cool. Send it back in the box in pieces four. You can't yeah you
You can't do that. There's no way though. There's no way that they're gonna
um
Take apart the packaging so I would imagine they would do it through the through the um, the trouble is
that
I've been watching like a lot of different people and a lot of like, uh
people that are into a lot of different things so black series vintage collection all star wars stuff and uh comics they come out with as well
and they're saying like
Comics are at an all-time low. So some of these comics that are worth
Fortunes are like still very expensive but not as expensive not as expensive and i'm looking thinking I don't care
They're all graded. They're all in box and i'm looking thinking do I just buy?
Why it's low obviously buy low sell high, but my problem is I don't sell I just buy
Once i've got it i'm like, I don't want to sell it. I think the having something graded
There's something about having it graded
that
Makes something so much more special graded pokemon cards. Look the fucking bollocks
I mean they don't look the bollocks when they come back as a seven but graded pokemon cards look great and and
I've seen graded comics and i've seen graded um action figures
Just looking at the black series now. I think comics are one of the coolest things i've seen graded
Because there's something about
The whole purpose of this is for it to be red and yet it's now encased
in in plastic that this impenetrable plastic
With a fucking score on it
Like it feels so special and it's like that solid. Well, it's like a picture and people put pictures on the wall
Yeah, put like graded comics on the wall because you could have got your black series graded at beckett. You know, I didn't know this
I would have got caradoon done. Oh, yeah fucking caradoon would have been a sick one
Yeah, that would have been a good that that should be your number one to get graded. Yeah. Well, it's probably
It's probably my most valuable
Black series, but I don't think the box is in like
Tip top condition. It's in all right condition, but it's not in the best
Obviously, it's got that little you know where they peel a sticker off. It's got that on there and well like fucking that
Yeah, basically it's got that on it. It's not in the best condition
I don't know what the figures like i've never got it out and no one has that's why I bought it but um
Yeah, I don't know that
Will I probably not because it's like say 70 odd quid just to get a grade and if it comes back terribly
I'll be fuming and obviously you've got to send it there as well
Exactly, and that's that's something that's never be going to get crushed. That's the scary bit
See our cunts handle parcels fuzzing them in the back of vans and shit. See it's
It's weird because that's not always the case
But you've seen enough parcels get fucked. You've seen the horror stories. Yeah to not want to do it
And something that you're something of value that you're saying
I mean we say something of value in the big big world. It's not fucking valuable. You're talking in the hundreds
But for us it's big time. So to send it off to some stranger and then to have it sent
I like it. I like that
Well, I got into lego as well for all this and i'm looking and some of the lego mini figures man
They're going for crazy money and i'm just like well, I could collect them as well
Well, they got crazy ones at fucking nerd base as well, man. I haven't seen the lego
Lego figures I didn't see them. Yeah next time we go
We'll have a look because they had a vader there for I think it was like 200 something quid just literally just vader
Not in a box or anything. Just yeah loose. Yeah, this is what I mean. That's why
That's why it's a tough one because a lot of them come from
Series or not a series but a box set
So like a ship will come with four or five different mini figures
But some of their mini figures will only ever come out in that ship
um
and
The what i've learned is lego tends to have like a one to three year shelf life and then lego announced that they're retiring that set
So if that figure doesn't ever get made again
Then it's exclusive to that set that you can no longer buy in shops
Which obviously makes demand more because you can't reach it
Uh, and then even if they do make the character again, it's always subtly different in one way or the other
So people always want the original. Yeah, you know what I mean?
So it says a lot to it and and there was an article a while ago weren't there that said that investing in lego is better
Than investing in gold
um
I don't believe that to be true
I've watched a lot of videos on it recently. I think yeah many people do but there is definitely money to be made
But I can't sell stuff because I only that's the problem is I only buy stuff that I want
I don't buy stuff to sell. I might have a few things but mainly I just buy things
Of characters that I like, uh
well, it's it's it's having that ability to let go of I think
Mark's a very good one with it because I obviously I introduced him into funko pops
And I couldn't give him the insight into actually what it's like to sell funko pops because obviously I fucking don't but
You know the value of things
Well, he's he's nearly made a grand's worth of profit and he's only been doing it for a couple months just by selling them on ebay
And like he'll buy shit like he doesn't even know me and him don't even know what they fucking are like a lot
He got to get a lot of anime exclusive funko's and sells them like you'll get them from funko europe and shit like that
So he's on the other side of it much like big rye wood where you you don't really give a fuck about it
But you know that you can make some profit for it. So i'm i'm gonna buy and sell and
And having that is so difficult and just knowing what would actually sell and what wouldn't like i've said before
Him and his mrs
Especially his mrs now knows how to spot a fake like that
So they've gotten so into it and are actually making some half decent dough out of it and have only just fucking started doing it
um
So it's it's a weird one. You're either you're either in it to fucking
Buy a quick and sell quick or you're doing what we do where you buy shit that you like that is also
Fucking expensive and then just sit on it
Because it's only going to go up
The only way I can do that is if I stop buying star wars figures
If I buy other sort of things then fine, but I can't sell star wars stuff
It's like it's like I can't sell the lord of the ring stuff
No, I can't do it that that gimli and that sauron they ain't going neither's the aragon neither's the golem
It's damon damon is like fucking
I mean that I definitely wouldn't sell that no damon's not going because
The longer the house of dragons go on for and the longer he lives
The better that will be
And this is why i'm trying so desperately to get a signed gandalf not because
Of the value of the value it's going to go up when ian mckellan passes away
But because I know that the value is going to go up when he passes away and I really want one because I genuinely want to own
a signed gandalf funko
so
When he passes they're going to be so fucking expensive well as much as you obviously not wishing for someone's death
But the problem is with things like that
There's not
Whatever there is out in the wild is going to be all that's left because obviously he can't physically sign anything ever again
Which is obviously very sad
Um, so it's very difficult like the world like that fucking sign stan lee funko that we see we didn't even have to ask
To know that that was fucking mega money thousands. Yeah, you're talking in the tens of thousands
Is where they got to know no convention. I wouldn't be having it sitting at a fucking cabinet around it in the middle of a crowd
Of people I would have had that fucking with me tied around my neck
That is crazy, man. It's so fucking
the
The shit that people invest in and the shit that we invest in any normal person that has no idea
Take me fucking a year ago
I weren't interested in funko's whatsoever. They meant nothing to me. So I would look at that and go cool
But now
It means a lot. Yeah, they're cool. It's a wall of funko's you've got it's very nice
Very nicely arranged. It could be arranged more
Uh nicer, but you haven't got the space. I didn't ideally you want these all in cabinets all your big ones
You want glass cabinets with lights? Yeah, that's how I want to set it up properly
But obviously haven't got the means to yet, but that is the plan whenever I do have the means
Yeah, i'm I need to uh, I need to put a cork in buying figures, but
It's it's just I love it
I reckon you should dip your toes and get in one graded at some point getting something graded because obviously you haven't done that yet
I'm sure I will but I would only do it for something that's worth getting graded
Yeah, but i'm scared to get such a bad one. It'll just make me sad
But I feel like with things like kara dun having a bad grade say
Well, I don't think it'd be a bad grade. I think maybe the box might let it down slightly
I don't think the score of it will have all that much of an impact because
because of obviously the
the politics surrounding kara dun as a character
I think will carry a lot of the value. Well, it's just the fact that
Because kara dun's obviously been written out. Yeah, she
it's
Where like characters like anakin all the popular ones they
If the figures go out and you can't get them no more
Yeah, the figures go out and you can't get them no more
What hasbro tend to do is release the archive version of them which you've seen which is on cardboard instead of the packaging
Instead of the packaging. Yeah, whereas they will never do that with kara dun because they will never make more figures of her
Yeah, kara dun is what it is. Her character may be replaced and they're talking about it now
Being played by somebody else, but it will never be
um
jeanah
Yeah, because it's modeled off of that person. Yeah. Yeah visually like like their face and everything is
It is that person so even if they come out with a new kara dun, of course
It ain't gonna be the fucking same as a graded kara dun 8.5
Uncirculated I don't know what that means. Um never went into um circulation circulation
675 dollars 70 dollars postage
700 dollars about 500 and something quid
so much man
Yeah, and that's obviously
But that's the that's the only graded kara dun black series I can find you would have to do only one
Is that on the sold?
No, that's just that's just available now. That's the only one that's available
There's not another black series. There's these little ones you'll have to do some
Some looking into it because if it's a case of how much was that kara dun 70 90 quid. Yeah 90 quid
So let's say it is another 70 quid to get it graded
um
If you can turn
that 100 and 160 quid
Into fucking 500 quid. It's a worthy investment
surely
Be the same as if you got the fucking admiral frawn
I'm sure you can get funko's graded
Can you get funko's graded?
I imagine you can is this a world that i'm about to
Graded funko's
Let's have a look
I'm sure you can't oh good lord you can
Oh no
There's just a kara dun here. That's not even graded or anything for 220 quid
Oh, jesus. They're not even fucking signed bro
Could you imagine if I get fucking damon targaryen graded and signed this fucking neo?
neo
Not even a special fucking funko neo psa 8
They want
460 dollars
What what this matrix neo? Yeah, it's not even signed bro fucking hell
hell's bells well
There you go
Oh, dear
This is great
So yeah, that's that's our adventure. We probably should fucking leave it because we've been going for ages and we ain't even done the patreon
Episode yet. Have we got a break in bad heisenberg slight disclaimer? I am on a course next friday
I might be here
but
Chances are I won't be for the reason i've just said and also it's the day jedi survivor comes out
So I will still try to be here
calendar calendar
It will be the 28th or 29th of april. That is the day that after that friday i'm off for nine days
Oh, okay. So yeah, that's gonna be an interesting. Where you going?
I'm just off because it's bank holidays. Oh work. Right? Yeah, it's bank holidays
So i've got the the tuesday wednesday thursday friday off
Yeah
That's fine, bro. We'll figure something out
If not, the lovely stef will step in
It's nearly my birthday
I'm not every every year. I do the same thing. I don't
I don't mention my birthday once when is it just for the hope that she forgets just so I can hold it over her forever
Like what you did with mine?
Yeah, but i'll be like i never know, you know
Still got you saying the um the thing with my birthday. She said it she's saying, you know, they are
Stressing about money. She's like next month. It's so expensive. I've so much on
She mentioned all these things didn't once mention my birthday some other she's doing it on purpose
Or she's forgotten. It's in may she's gonna have a problem where she's like the 20
Not even close the 16 not even close the a not even close
the 30th
No, couldn't be further away
No, second correct the second of may sam does david beckham adolf hitler and the rock
Which explains my muscles good looks and
my equal ways
I don't know great. I prefer the sift to the jedi. So yeah. Yeah, there we go. Fuck hitler though
Should we leave it there delete that
I should never have mentioned hitler
Silly cunt
I might see you next week. Yeah. All right, sweet. See you later. Oh, right