Speaker 1: 0:11

Thank you and welcome to another episode of the Carolina Otaku Podcast. I am Afro and I am here with my co-host.

Speaker 2: 0:21

Lexi.

Speaker 1: 0:24

Hey, we've been going for a minute. Life and shit you know Lord, Lord We've been going through it, life has been lifing and, um, that's all, that's all, oh shit, yeah, man, life is life, is life, man, and you know, you just gotta roll with the punches. Um, you know, you guys know how we start these off. Uh, you know what we've been up to lately and all that shit. Uh, do you want to go first? You want me to start first?

Speaker 2: 1:06

um, yeah, you, let's start.

Speaker 1: 1:07

You start first all right, uh, what have I been up to? Not so many roaches this time.

Speaker 2: 1:16

They actually kind of cleared away.

Speaker 1: 1:18

They spray like every week now, so that's pretty good. Still no AC and I got a new job. So I will be going back into cybersecurity, and so I will be going back into cybersecurity and when I tell you guys this process to get this job. Okay, first of all, I didn't even apply for the job through LinkedIn. I applied through something called Welcome to the Jungle.

Speaker 2: 1:52

Welcome to the Jungle.

Speaker 1: 1:54

Yeah, I think it's way better and it works really well. Um, so I forgot that I even applied for this position and I was in almost like a month and a half long process seven interviews, two interviews, uh, on one day talking to the ceo, talking to the vp of customer success, then the director of uh support and then people on the team. You know it's it's kind of in that whole startup realm, so they want to make sure that the fit is good. You know, money's good, benefits are good, it's fucking remote. We back in this bitch, um, and I still would be able to do the other job part-time, remotely. So, um, that's, you know it's a great thing. So, yeah, but seven interviews, man, it's, it's who. It was tough because each interview I was always second guessing myself like I thought it went good, and then the call would come the next day hey, we want to do something else. References were great. Thank you, tamar. I don't know if you listen, but thank you, tamar, you're a great manager and thank you for the reference. Appreciate you.

Speaker 1: 3:16

Um, truck broke down. Uh, upper control arm fell apart when I was driving, so that was unsafe and I had to get that fixed and get that realigned um, what else? Okay, it's not really anything. Uh, kind of just been watching, you know, some new animes and shit. I forgot. I don't even know how to pronounce that new one, but it's like one where there's this kid who ends up in like in a dump, like in a dumpster, trash heap or something like that. I forgot what it's called.

Speaker 2: 3:57

Fuck starts with a g, though like I'm so behind on anime so I have no idea it's, you know, um, but that's that's.

Speaker 1: 4:08

that's kind of what's been going on with me lately. New job, get to keep the other one as a part-time um, meeting new at this position, learning more about you know where I live Small towns. What I'm starting to realize is that people in small towns have nothing to do but shit and fuck. Literally Everybody has fucking kids, literally, and everybody knows every fucking body.

Speaker 2: 4:38

I hate that shit, it's crazy.

Speaker 1: 4:41

Oh yeah, that's my cousin that work at that gas station up there Nigga, what. So, anyway, that's with me. What about you, Lexi? Let me start.

Speaker 2: 5:00

Let me start. Alright, I guess you guys can see. Um, yeah, new background. Yeah, uh, not nearly as thrilling as my old one. Um, let's get into that. Uh, so I I think that we got to re-record it. I think we recorded tuesday and I think that wednesday. So I think we got to re-record it. I think we recorded Tuesday and I think that Wednesday my house flooded. So I'll tell you guys the story. It's fine. So I, the house that I lived in, is like brand new one and I moved in. Nobody's lived in it before me but one of the toilets that is upstairs always has issues, right. So I went to the bathroom, flushed the toilet. I go back to my office to work, I am sitting at my desk and I just get off a call and like I'm just chilling and I feel water under my feet that far it made it that far, because it was 30 minutes.

Speaker 1: 6:02

What bathroom was this? Was this the one that I used?

Speaker 2: 6:06

no, you did.

Speaker 2: 6:07

You use the one upstairs yes yes, that bathroom, that bathroom, because you know it's in the hallway. So like, yeah, so I'm just chilling. I am in my office. You know where my office is. So I'm like where, what the fuck is this? I jump up, I look in the hallway there's water everywhere. I look in that like bathroom and I see water just coming out, the toilet Just overflowing. Bathroom and I see water just coming out, the toilet just overflowing and it spread from the toilets here and then on this side is like two offices and then my master bathroom or my master bedroom. It went all in each office. Luckily, you did not get the laundry that was on that side, like the. The left side of the hallway was pretty much okay, but the right side got completely flooded and so this is upstairs. So I run downstairs to check. As soon as I hit the stairs, water is coming from the ceiling down to my kitchen island and in my kitchen and in my pantry and in my garage and like in my living room, like my couch got completely drenched.

Speaker 2: 7:26

So, um, because of that extensive amount of damage that happened, uh, pretty much I had to relocate. Um, and yeah, packing up your life within like three days is like tedious and definitely yeah, it's just been crazy. And then during that, just like you had car issues, I had car issues. In the course of a month I have had to replace the battery in onyx. I've had to replace tires twice. Turns out wasn't the tire, it was my rim. I just got it back today. The rim was cracked and I had to pay a thousand dollars to get that fixed have you been driving onyx a lot?

Speaker 2: 8:12

no, no, not really.

Speaker 1: 8:14

No oh.

Speaker 2: 8:15

God.

Speaker 1: 8:16

Damn, I was going to ask you how that shit started from. The flooding started from the jump, I just remember the video you sent me and I was like, oh my gosh, she has a waterfall in our house.

Speaker 2: 8:27

That's literally what it looks like.

Speaker 1: 8:28

It's like yeah, that was crazy. I was like what did you? I take it that you know. You said that you lost the couch and stuff like that. Did you lose anything else?

Speaker 2: 8:39

yeah, I lost quite a few things. Nothing like super tremendously major. Um, because like soon as I like saw that it was water, I went in the action, picked up my PC, put that in the dry area and I made sure that that did not get drenched. But other than that everything else was pretty much good. Luckily I had moved. Luckily my 5090 was not in the box that's in my closet, because that closet got drenched on the floor. So if it had not been moved it would have been like donezo's. Uh, yeah, yeah damn, that's crazy.

Speaker 1: 9:21

Um did uh, that's, that's that's crazy. Did you have renter's insurance?

Speaker 2: 9:30

of course good um.

Speaker 1: 9:33

Of course, good, I'm the one thing I was thinking about with that. I was like, if that is I always think about when I hear shit like that, like, man, I'm happy I didn't, I'm happy that she did not own that house, because that would have been fucking ridiculous. Like that would have been a fucking ridiculous, like that would have been a crazy repair, like just hands down and cleaning everything up. Yeah, that's crazy, that's crazy. Um, I'm happy that you were able to find a place quickly, able to move stuff and you didn't lose like too much stuff either. Um, oh, my gosh, man, that's just crazy. That shit is really crazy.

Speaker 1: 10:21

Um, so, yeah, that's something going on with this life and shit. You know, hope everybody had a good summer. Um, jesus, uh, honestly, don't really have like a crazy topic for this episode at all. Um, I, like I said, I've been working kind of heavy at the gun range and just doing the regular job, but, um, I did get to watch the games con um onl joint that's going on. It's in germany this year, I think, or it might be there?

Speaker 1: 10:59

I don't know yeah um, but they went through okay. I guess I do have something to talk about. So when I was watching this shit, I had my headphones on. I was doing work and stuff. When I was sitting there watching this and listening, there really wasn't anything that was like, oh my gosh, that's crazy. And I was looking at the chat too. I like what people are saying. You know people always. You know you got the repeat offenders, you know this is gay. Or you know L L L L L L L L L. You know this is gay. Or you know l l l l. You know all that shit right. So it's like I mean, monster hunter and final fantasy are having like a collab going on and it's kind of vice versa. You know, shit from monster hunter is going to be in Final Fantasy. I guess, within Monster Hunter they're bringing the what's the mount?

Speaker 2: 12:02

Chuckleballs.

Speaker 1: 12:03

Yeah, they're bringing those into Monster Hunter. They talked about Fallout Season 2 coming out December 17th.

Speaker 2: 12:14

This is kind of going into.

Speaker 1: 12:16

New Vegas. We all know that is one of Lexi's favorite fallout that is not my favorite fallout.

Speaker 2: 12:23

Don't tell these people those lies that's your favorite fallout.

Speaker 1: 12:26

No, it's not no fallout 3.

Speaker 2: 12:30

but I am excited, though, because I do love Mr House from New Vegas though.

Speaker 1: 12:40

What else did they talk about? Uh, ninja guiding four that actually looked pretty cool. Um the silent hill f not really. Outer worlds 2 coming out october 29th 2025. And um, um ghost of yoti yoti. So that's another uh game within the line of the, you know, ghost franchise and stuff like that. And I saw something today about they're coming out with black ops call of duty 7 today also which I'm I don't know man.

Speaker 1: 13:26

Am I getting too old for shit? Like I don't know, is it, is it? No, I'm being so serious right now because when this is something I was thinking about when I was watching this, I was sitting there thinking like I remember watching stuff like this years ago and I guess you can say pre-covid when, like, I'm gonna use the word pop, and when I'm gonna use the word pop, I'm talking about like a wrestling pop, like when a WWE star comes out, there's this pop in the whole arena, like that bitch is crazy. That used to be a thing, for you know what. It's still a thing.

Speaker 1: 14:05

But when it comes to like I don't know, when it comes to like a uh, showcase for like games like this, you don't hear that pop.

Speaker 1: 14:16

You know only on like niche games, like if you go to a tekken tournament or watch a tekken tournament and they reveal a new character, right, or they bring it back a new character, you hear that pop because it's you know you're within, it's a tekken game and you got a whole bunch of tekken fans and shit like that. But I mean just like when you're at a showcase and it's like something crazy, it's something new, it's something different, and you're just like, oh you, you heard rumors about shit and you actually see it and you get that excitement when you actually see the shit together with your own eyes and I don't think you get that anymore. I don't think that's a thing. I don't know if that was something that was kind of going out, you know, before COVID happened or if it happened after COVID before COVID happened or if it happened after COVID because even like the PlayStation joints, maybe like the Microsoft and the Bethesda and all that shit, honestly Bethesda shouldn't be talking about nothing fucking else.

Speaker 1: 15:20

I don't give a fuck about Indiana Jones, the only shit that they don't ever don't do. No other showcase Bethesda, unless you're talking about the new Elder Scrolls that they don't ever don't do.

Speaker 2: 15:29

No other showcase Bethesda, unless you're talking about the new Elder Scrolls so you know, like they recently said that like Fallout 5 is in development and I'm like yay, yay, I'm excited, okay, but where the fuck is Elder Scrolls 6? Like y'all have been like talking about this shit for like ever and we have got no updates, nothing.

Speaker 1: 15:56

It has been like crickets yeah, crickets, crickets that can fly and they just fly into a window. Nigga, it has been shit. I don't care about other shit. I don't care about other shit, I don't care. Like Indiana Jones, they pushed the fuck out of that. I don't care about Indiana Jones. I'm sorry I don't Give me some shit I'm going to get excited for.

Speaker 2: 16:22

Like I think right now gaming is kind of like, at least like in a slump, I'm gonna say oh, no, you're right, I agree, like cause. Like there's nothing that's coming out, that's like woohoo, I gotta play it. Like you know it's gonna be amazing. Like there's nothing right now, that's like giving me that, that vibe right and no, we're not gonna talk about fallout 76 and the fucking nuclear fishing. That shit was ass.

Speaker 1: 16:58

Anyways, we talked about that and I went off on that shit too that was good anyways, but like it is just like.

Speaker 2: 17:09

Like, but that's like you know, people are like anxiously waiting for, like oh, just roll, six, fall off. Like all these sequels, like but it's been dead crickets. As far as call of duty, they've been doing the same thing, like yeah, many people, black ops, black, whatever, and like you've been remaking a lot of the black ops but you're not making the most popular one. Like you have not made remade black ops 2, which is like my favorite, or whatever. Like if you did that, the height would be. Maybe the height would be there, like you know. But it's just it, just it seems really like stagnant right now and like even like I'm, I know if I was gonna have his handheld, am I like, woohoo, I gotta have it. Like no, I'm gonna get it eventually. But like there's no like, even with like, even with the switch to like, yes, everybody was like go home, for when it came out came and went yeah, really, really quick, like now you can go to best bicycle, pick one up.

Speaker 2: 18:22

There's no like right behind it yeah like even graphic cards now are going down like the 5090s. I've seen something like 2500 and they were like close to 3000 when they first came out. It's just like, but right now gaming is like on a little bit of a decline and I think it's just for various reasons, but yeah but even with these, even watching this showcase show, the presenters didn't even give off a very upbeat kind of like excited vibe.

Speaker 1: 18:59

Like so World of Warcraft is, I think they're coming out with an expansion called.

Speaker 2: 19:05

Midnight yeah.

Speaker 1: 19:06

Midnight something. And the person that came out nothing against her. She probably loves the game, probably is very deep in involved in it and stuff. But the enthusiasm behind it it wasn't there. It was just very, I don't know, maybe because they were in germany, I don't fucking know, but it just it, it just wasn't there. And I can remember watching shit back in the day and like the, the, the creators of the game, the publishers and all that stuff, they were fucking excited and I can see why some of them might not be anymore, because people go through games like use napkins. So I get that. But this is still your pride and joy. If you're not going to be happy for your shit, nobody else is going to be happy for your shit, you know. So it's.

Speaker 1: 20:05

It's interesting to me to see it. I mean, like I said, so, games that got some type of pop, like I said, ninja Gaiden 4, silent Hill F, ghost of the OT, I guess Outer Worlds did too. Outer Worlds 2 got kind of a little pop. But then they had like in between, these other games that people just didn't give a fuck about. You could tell, like you could tell, and it wasn't me, just like looking at the chat, but you can hear the audience in the background while the you know preview was going over the game and it was just like nothing. If, uh, when I can go back to like, think about when, like, uh, a new Diablo was coming out, right, and motherfuckers are going crazy, not that Diablo mobile game. I remember that shit too. That shit went down the drain, but like that was bad. Yeah, that was bad Bad.

Speaker 1: 21:19

Uh anything dealing with Diablo on a PC. People will go ape shit because they love the game and what it and what it was Right. Do I wonder if people? I wonder if, because there is so much like you can just go online and watch somebody play a game, I wonder if the enthusiasm and the the I guess, um, the wanting to play this game or play a game is even still there anymore, when people can go watch and just be like, yeah, I wouldn't like that. Yes, you save your money Cause you see it and you don't, you know, play it. But that's, that was also like kind of like the fun of it, like you were like you know what. Let me give this game a try and see if I like it.

Speaker 2: 22:17

There's been a playing game that I've watched somebody play that I've been like, oh okay, this looks fun, let me try it out. I don't. I don't think it's that. I think it's more of like these triple a companies are just not giving the fans what they want and like we're starting to realize that and we're just like whatever. Yeah, it's just like. Like, for instance, like I know, a lot of people have been like wanting a handheld Xbox, but it's kind of like late now to the game to be doing that because, like technically, if you get like you know it's like what three or four different handhelds that have windows on it. So, like you want to play a game like you.

Speaker 1: 23:03

I got you yeah so. I what I do. So I guess a game right now that went through a uh, a uh kind of like a beta and you played a little bit of it was battlefield yep and I remember, uh, seeing battlefield. How can I put this in a way that makes sense? I don't think a lot of, unless the the streamer is a battlefield player.

Speaker 2: 23:42

I don't think you're going to see a lot of streamers playing battlefield, because that's not what a lot of the audience likes I don't know I think I think the hype is there for battlefield because, like during the open beta, like the queues are like a hundred thousand plus to get it, how much how much do you think that's going to drop, though, when it actually comes out?

Speaker 2: 24:04

we gotta wait and see. I know I have a friend of mine that was is like a battlefield fan and like he played it and he loved it and spent like plenty of time on it. But you know it's it's a little independent how they do this one because they already have bad history from the last one that they did that nobody really liked. So I mean, playing it it was fun, you know. But am I gonna buy it? Probably not, because I just I'm not like the biggest battlefield fan. I'm more of a call of duty fan than battlefield.

Speaker 1: 24:36

Anyways, I'm a big fan of battlefield, um, the one thing that I do like, I think, uh the battlefield. Uh, publishers or creators said that we're not going to be adding like crazy shit, like a call of duty. Like nikki minaj does not need to be in a battlefield game why is that your one harp on call of duty, sir? No, that's what they said, that's what they said that wasn't me, that's what they said.

Speaker 1: 25:03

They said we don't need to add, like you know, have these crazy characters or skins or all that stuff within this game but that's. But I, I know and you know that's the shit that people like to see. They like to have the customization to do whatever the fuck they want and make their character. You know their individual self, like you know they want to be able to do that and if they got to pay money to do that, they're gonna do it I'm gonna do it, but yeah so, um, definitely saw a lot of people playing the battlefield beta, for sure, for sure.

Speaker 1: 25:41

Um, I'm trying to think what else was there. Yeah, I mean, even during this presentation, I was like no pops, what else. I had to write shit down because I didn't want to do all that crazy shit and I was like game showcases losing flair. I was like kind of game showcases losing flair. I was like kind of bored of games, not interesting. Like I wrote that because it, it, I was. I was sitting there watching this stuff and I was like no, you know what.

Speaker 1: 26:21

The last game I got excited for, preview wise was that Marvel token fighting game, because that shit looked amazing. Yes, I know who fight the games, yeah, I know, but that shit looked really good. And, um, what's the dude's name? Maximilian? He's a big, like you know, fighting game. You know streamer or youtuber and stuff, and he was actually get, I was able to get more hands on with the game. It was great to watch that. It was great, it was good. That game is going to be amazing. That's going to be a great fighting game, by the way. Um, but yeah, it's, it just wasn't interesting.

Speaker 1: 27:09

If I do wonder what, I ask this. If you guys watch this, this might be a clip whatever. What are you guys playing old games just to play them? Are you waiting for anything new? Is there something coming out that you're looking forward to? Is there something coming out that you're looking forward to shit? I saw people in the damn chat looking for a preview of a new Half-Life and I've been playing the fuck out of Half-Life and I'm like I had to just google search. I was like, oh shit, are they working on a new Half-Life? Yeah, they are right. So I was like, shit, that would be great.

Speaker 1: 27:48

I'd love to see a new Half-Life but sigh when I think about that, though I think about is Half-Life a game? I don't want the developers to come out with a Half-Life. I think Valve made Half-Life yeah, they did, and it's only to a certain niche. I wonder how many new people will actually come on to Half-Life and be like, oh my gosh, this shit is amazing. Let me go ahead and play the other ones. Now, if you go back and play the other ones, please remember, these shits came out literally in the 90s, early 2000s. All right, let me be clear it's gonna be blocky, but the voice acting is. I like it and it's a great storyline. The controls aren't gonna be like crisp, but it's gonna work.

Speaker 1: 28:56

I remember seeing a lot I think a lot of people like that Final Fantasy tactics yeah, a lot of people like that final fantasy fantasy tactics yeah, a lot of people like that shit for sure, for sure, um, but yeah, I, I, when it comes to games that I like I don't want like publishers to put shit out and it just like shits the bed because I might, I will probably like it. But then it's so many people that are like playing it and they're like, yeah, this shit's kind of lame, like I don't know man, it's just I'm not really feeling it, you know, and people get all technical about it. You know, I tried to do this, can't do that, I don't know. Do you think? Sorry, go ahead.

Speaker 2: 29:43

No, I was going to say like I now do you think, sorry, go ahead? No, I was gonna say like I don't know, like the last game that I got super hyped for it was like inzoid, right? If you don't know what inzoid is, it was. It's basically supposed to be the sim killer, right?

Speaker 2: 29:55

it's made by kraken and I think they talked about that right, it's made by kraken, and I think they talked about that, probably, but it's like it was. So like it. This is where we were talking about like watching people play it. Watching people play it during like early access and stuff like that got me like hooked. I was like, all right, it looks really good on my play it, right. So I'm hiding, like oh, and then, like I played it and like you realize, like it's flat, there's nothing there, it's boring, and like it is. And so now they've lost like a lot of players, and now it's just like the game's still in early access. So, like, even at this point, it's just like what are you going to do to regain, like your audience? And I think it's that, too, where companies will overhype these games and make all these promises and then, when it comes time to deliver, they're like, oh, it's crickets.

Speaker 1: 31:04

Yeah, right, so you know, and as a fan, you know you're like shit like yeah, what I think I remember seeing about that game is I think they're coming out with an expansion, like a expansion for it is. I think they're coming out with an expansion for it or something.

Speaker 2: 31:21

Yeah, they're coming out with their free-for-expansion, to add, like it's supposed to be very kind of similar to Stardew Valley type thing. But I'm just like We'll see, I don't know. I haven't really played it much since, like the wow factor just faded from me, so yeah, yeah, you know what I'm kind of surprised hasn't come out yet, or hasn't even.

Speaker 1: 31:46

Maybe they are, but I haven't heard anything with the new switch you know, the new switch coming out. I'm kind of surprised they haven't come out with like a new animal crossing. Yeah of surprised they haven't come out with like a new animal crossing. Yeah, you know, I would think that would have been like one of the uh first things to that they would have came out with was a new animal crossing, because I know people. I mean, I have animal crossing, but I also realize that those type of games are not for me.

Speaker 2: 32:21

That game had me in a chokehold during COVID and while I was recovering from surgeries and shit. It couldn't tell me nothing.

Speaker 1: 32:29

Logging in and turning on every day and doing like I can't say that's not my shit because I'm getting back into Division 2, because I've been gone for a while and I missed a lot of shit and I was going in every day and doing like the task and stuff to get points and like actually you know.

Speaker 2: 32:51

So like, animal Crossing is more like you know it's more like a, it's kind of more like a cozy game, type vibe. You know it's more like a, it's kind of more like a cozy game. Yeah, type vibe. You know, virtual, real, laid back versus, like the vision is more your thing because it has the shooting aspect of it and, yeah, the stuffed aspect of it. So like, yeah, I can see why it wouldn't be your type of game. But like for me, I like simulation and cozy type games, things of that nature from time to time. So like for me, oh yeah, I was all in on Animal Crossing.

Speaker 1: 33:30

I kind of do wonder. I don't know, I don't know, I, I I do wonder if there will be a big change within the gaming realm, like with that spark of getting excited to see a preview for game come back and also, can? This is going to sound crazy, but do you think that, uh, like, uh, companies can make a new game and it actually like be great, like we know that they can make a new game, but after that can they come out with something different? Or do you think a lot of these companies, companies, are like you know what we already got, the bread and butter.

Speaker 1: 34:28

Let's just come out with some other shit like this kind of like bethesda, right, fallout and skyrim are basically just, it's basically just like a trace, literally, but textures and all that shit is different, right, and if somebody were to say, oh no, they're not, you're fucking crazy. Like, do you think that publishers and studios and stuff are able to make a good game and make another one that's nothing like the first one that was good, or do you think they still? They just keep going with that type of formula?

Speaker 2: 35:22

I mean, you know the? The answer, like companies right now are going with the safe bet, right, so that's why we're doing so many remakes and everything of that nature is just because they know people would be like excited about it and will go spend money on it, instead of them taking that risk and doing a whole brand new ip or whatever. And I think, right now my opinion, my opinion, not fact, not fiction, anything of that nature anyway. So, but like right now I I think what's going on is that we have these triple a companies that are like, all right, let's play the same bet, let's go ahead and get these remakes out there, let's get the people you know what they want, so we can make this quick cash, right, yeah, and they're leaving like the originality and everything of that nature that people are seeking to a lot of these indie creators there.

Speaker 2: 36:22

Um, because you know why should we take a risk and make a game that may be dollar, water, ass and we might not see a return investment on, and so we can just whatever indie developer you know, like, whatever. So, like, for instance, like and I think this is why Bethesda's been so quiet about everything lately it's just because Starfield Starfield was supposed to be. Yeah, starfield was supposed to be their next. Woohoo, let me get you guys woo, woo panties and a bunch for it. But like, when it came out, oh it wasn't, it wasn't, it wasn't it.

Speaker 1: 37:17

And when even they what they should have not came up with that shit and just continue to work on Elder Scrolls.

Speaker 2: 37:26

Right.

Speaker 1: 37:27

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 37:28

That's what they should have did.

Speaker 1: 37:31

And they, they the, the marketing on that game. Oh my gosh, like the marketing on that game. Oh my gosh, like the marketing on that game was strong. It was really like, oh, we were going to come up with this like whole, like you know package, you get the, you get the controller, you get the, you know all that shit, the headphones and everything. I remember I think I sent it to you or you sent it to me and I was like, oh yeah, that was really cool, but it, it just didn't hit. It was, it was here, and then that shit just started. I don't even know anybody that like plays that game.

Speaker 1: 38:23

I played it a couple months ago, just to finish it yeah, yeah, yeah, I don't, I don't even think they do updates on it I don't know they've done any updates.

Speaker 2: 38:38

I know they did that one dlc and that was it. That's that's all we got. I don't even think they do updates on it. I don't know they've done any updates. I know they did that one dlc and that was it. That's, that's all we got. I don't think we're getting any more dlc for the game. I think they have abandoned that game. That's a particular point and that's, that's sad.

Speaker 1: 38:48

So they're like okay, what do we? What are we gonna do? We have to come out with something like this indiana jones game. I think that shit is going to do horrible, because when I think of bethesda, I don't think fucking indiana jones, I don't give a fuck about that, I don't right. When I think bethesda, I'm thinking about fallout and elder and Elder Scrolls Dishonored. That might be just my shit, but it's just like you guys. We talk about Bethesda a lot Because I'm a fan of Bethesda, we're fans of Bethesda. We talk about them a lot and they just Fucking fail. It's bad. So then they say Like it's bad.

Speaker 2: 39:41

So then they say, okay, let's give them another company that's not Bethesda, that has failed recently, fucking EA.

Speaker 1: 39:50

Oh yeah.

Speaker 2: 39:51

EA has failed. Okay, well, fucking. Dragon Age Vanguard Like yeah, I said this before Dragon Age Valeguard, like yeah, you, I said this before.

Speaker 1: 40:04

You know what EA needs to do. Ea needs to get into this whole, like bringing back old games, and what they need to do is bring back EA big. Bring back EA big, come back out with those NBA street shits and make those shits look better and just like, go with that. Come up with new shit, like you had the creative minds to do it in the past. It can't be. I'm not saying it's, it's gonna be easy, and I know that a lot of people, a lot of these companies, are thinking about the masses. Will this shit get us more money? Will it make us a profit? Right, you? Sometimes you gotta take the risk e bethesda did, and the only thing that I know, damn, we're going back to bethesda, because that's the shit that I know. But bethesda said, fuck, we're not making any money right now. So what do we do? Oh, let's come out with a re.

Speaker 1: 41:20

It's not, it wasn't a remastered of, was it oblivion of oblivion? Oh, yeah, that's gonna sell. We're gonna add some new shit to it. You know, make it look really good, really pretty as shit and okay, cool, we got some money coming in. Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. I haven't heard shit about that game. Since I haven't heard shit and I don't I don't expect to, because it's not one of those games that you would expect to hear something about, but that shit came and went yeah, yeah it's fucking sad, it's really fucking sad.

Speaker 1: 42:03

I don't know. It's to the point where the gaming is still a great thing you know, playing old games and stuff like that. But it just seems like for the future of gaming I don't know, I don't know if I swear, but like we're gonna be like in our 50s and it's gonna be like fucking call of duty 25. It's gonna be like a damn now cd. Like it's gonna be like a damn now CD. Like it's gonna be like now 87, like what the fuck? Or like some kids bop type shit. You know what I'm saying. It's gonna be like oh yeah, we're coming out with Call of Duty 50, right, and you're just like damn your kids, kids are gonna be playing that shit.

Speaker 2: 43:05

And you're gonna be like man I remember when that motherfucker was on like three or two, like come on, come on, you have a point like that's, that's where we're like getting up towards, like I mean, look at, like 2k and Madden, every year there's a new one.

Speaker 1: 43:30

I don't think it's ever gonna stop yeah, and those motherfuckers fall for it every year. I swear they do. Every year they fall for it. Oh, my goodness man, I don't know, I don't know if, uh, you know, just sticking with your old shit and just replaying shit or playing the shit that you know, you play the shit that you really enjoy. I mean that's what I've been doing yeah, you know, but if you're like really in the streaming realm and you like give me a very like high, high streamer.

Speaker 2: 44:18

I don't know. There's like tons out there.

Speaker 1: 44:20

What's that, tim dude?

Speaker 2: 44:22

Tim the Tapman.

Speaker 1: 44:23

Yeah right, if that motherfucker came out and started playing Half-Life, a lot of those motherfuckers wouldn't even give a fuck. They'd be like what the fuck is Half-Life?

Speaker 2: 44:36

I don't agree, really I don't. I don't agree.

Speaker 1: 44:39

Really.

Speaker 2: 44:41

I don't agree, I think, because you gotta think about how studios do that. So studios will pay streamers and content creators to play these games, to get different audiences to play these different types of games. And, like I said, I've seen Like for Enzoid that's how I got into Detroit audience to play these different types of games. And, like I said, I've seen like like friends at enzoid, like that's how I got into toy, was watching like youtube videos and like, oh, okay, this was interesting, let me try it out when it comes out. And then like bam, like okay, it was, it was whatever, but like yeah. So I think if he played like half-life, somebody in like it's a shooter, he plays a lot of shooters someone who never heard of half-life might be like, oh, this looks good, let me, let me try it out, let me try to play it there. I don't think it would be like I'm just gonna start watching you because you played this particular game or whatever some people may like be like alright, this is old, this is boring, but like, I'm pretty sure there will be some of his audience that will be like, oh shit, like you know Half-Life, but Half-Life still has oh yeah that core fan base, so like yeah

Speaker 1: 45:57

you know, Half-Life to me, is like people that still play Quake and um, this is gonna be a um, a big one. People that play Quake are like Unreal Tournament, you know, um. So yeah, you know. Uh, game awards are December, you know. So, yeah, you know, game Awards are December 11th. Keep that noted. We'll see who wins.

Speaker 2: 46:29

I don't care.

Speaker 1: 46:29

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 46:33

I don't.

Speaker 1: 46:34

Don't really give a fuck. Maybe there might be like a preview of a game that might get people excited. I don't know a fuck. Um, maybe there might be like a preview of a game that might get people excited, I don't know.

Speaker 2: 46:42

But um, yeah, jesus is it a sad, sad state right?

Speaker 1: 46:53

oh yeah, it is. It is and I don't know if it's gonna, I don't know when it's actually gonna come out of it, because it has to be something that's like. It has to be something that really hits the masses, that make people go damn that, like I. I would think like when, when Destiny hit, destiny hit Because that shit was something different as hell, totally different. And now I mean Destiny 2 is what?

Speaker 2: 47:36

Watch what you say, because I still play Destiny.

Speaker 1: 47:39

That's cool. So you tell me when is Destiny 2 right now?

Speaker 2: 47:45

I don't know. Anyway, there is a new DLC I've been playing. That is very interesting, anyway, to say the least. But I I feel like a lot of these companies, especially like games that kind of have that online component to it, have been following like the World of Warcraft model, and it's I don't like it. For instance, if you don't know what World of Warcraft is, it's an MMO that's been out since 2004. I've been playing it since, on and off for 2014. On and off, but there's always a DLC, there's always something new. It's never been a new World of Warcraft. Nothing, it's just DLC after DLC after DLC. Okay, cool, but you gotta think about Destiny. So how do you start off with Destiny 1?

Speaker 2: 48:56

You gave us, I think, like maybe five DLCs I could be be wrong and then you go to destiny two hella quick, by the way, like it came out in 14. You got seven in like in 17, we got destiny two and we have not got a new game. No, nothing since like, like none of it has been dlc after dlc, after dlc after dlc, dlc. And another one that's super known for this too, is the Sims. The Sims has been out forever long, and this is not how it typically was when the Sims came out, there was Sims 1 came out and then a couple years later it was Sims 2, a couple years later it was Sims 3. And then, ever since, it's been Sims 4.

Speaker 2: 49:36

There have been, I believe, over 40 DLC and packs just for the sims 4, and then we're like, okay, when we're getting the sims 5, they're like, yeah, no, you're not getting so like they're gonna keep doing dlc, other dlc, dlc. Like nothing new, nothing. It's just like stop. Like I don't, I don't, I don't want to like a thousand or one dlc that I gotta pay for all the time. I want something like new, something different. Like it's just yeah it's.

Speaker 1: 50:14

It's really fucking sad and, and you know what? Because of the game of the year that won last year, I think was what was it called Astro Boy.

Speaker 2: 50:28

Mm-hmm.

Speaker 1: 50:30

I get it now. I get it. I get why it won. Why did it win? Because it was something totally different because it was something totally different. It was something totally different. It wasn't something that was like, it wasn't something that was like overly complicated, had a good soundtrack People love the soundtrack and shit like that and it kept people interested. Like I think another game that won a lot of awards, uh, last year was uh was a damn card game, but Latro or something like that.

Speaker 2: 51:07

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 51:09

Like that shit won a lot of awards and it's a. It's like card, it's a card game.

Speaker 2: 51:15

Similar to poker yeah.

Speaker 1: 51:16

Yeah, simple shit. But people fucking loved it because it was just, it wasn't anything that was like. You know, it wasn't too like crazy. So I get why I won. Now, talking about this and kind of seeing where the gaming market is and everything like that, I get it, I do, and I know a lot of people were pissed off about that game winning.

Speaker 1: 51:39

But it kind of makes sense. You know you want something that you can come in after work and like, chill and play. Honestly, I'm gonna be honest with you. I'm coming in from work and I had a rough day. The last thing I want to do is log into call of duty. Maybe, yeah, maybe, everybody's different. You know what I mean. I don't need to go out and play a game to shoot a gun. I can just go to the range to do that. But I get why it won. I definitely understand that for sure, for sure. Yep, simple and not overly complicated. Exactly that. That's exactly why I won. That's exactly why I won. But yeah, this was a. I was not expecting this to go that way.

Speaker 2: 52:31

But oh expected unexpected.

Speaker 1: 52:34

Yeah, that's for sure. But oh shit, I didn't know I could do that.

Speaker 2: 52:41

Do what that.

Speaker 1: 52:44

Oh cool.

Speaker 2: 52:45

Yeah, I didn't know I could do that, that's sick. I am not going back to Baldur's Gate 3. My save file is done. I can't go back and I'm not starting over Not doing it. Yeah, man, and I'm not starting over not doing it. Yeah, man, um, was there anything else that you wanted to add? I get to go see the weekend performance.

Speaker 1: 53:10

The weekend, what was it last time was, uh, thursday thursday man, I bet you a million in the next year he's gonna be back. He gonna take a little hiatus while you're gonna be like, oh, the weekend's back, watch. He gonna do some Michael Jackson type shit.

Speaker 2: 53:25

I feel like. No, I feel like he might make like an album too, under like Abel or something. Yeah, man.

Speaker 1: 53:36

Yeah, we'll see. I hope you enjoy that, though where is it? Is it? Uh, oh okay, um, but yeah, guys, uh. One other thing I want to say if you're going through job troubles and stuff like that, just continue to pawn the jobs. I can actually say, jesus christ, it's gonna sound corny as fuck. The shit works. It does. Um linkedin is there, but look at, definitely take a look at, welcome to the jungle. I would definitely take a look at that because it's something different.

Speaker 1: 54:15

You can choose what type of um, basically based off your skills and it'll find jobs based off of that and you can just go straight to the website and apply. It's not the usual type of companies and stuff like that. If you wanted to work for a startup or something like that, you can do that. Welcome to the jungle is the website? Great website. Make an account and kind of just go in there and just apply. That's what I did. I got the new job that I have now Well going to have.

Speaker 1: 54:49

So, yeah, you know, thank you guys for listening. Like I said, follow us on our socials TikTok, instagram, all that stuff, stuff. I've just been kind of reposting like old clips that we had that I haven't used, um, and they've been doing pretty well. So, um, but yeah, if you're in the uh south and if you're on the coast, be safe. With this storm coming, please be safe. Get the fuck out of there if you can. If it's gonna be bad and summer's almost over, y'all we're going to fall. Thank god, that's the season. That's the season, boy.

Speaker 1: 55:36

But yeah, thank you guys for listening, greatly appreciate it, and we yeah, thank you guys for listening, greatly appreciate it, and we will see you guys next time bye, bye guys.