Fire Emblem Awakening, Plants vs Zombies: Replanted, 24 hour stream gaming highlights

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Speaker 1 (00:17):
Hello, and welcome to side Quest. This is our weekly
video game show here at Gigburst. I'm your host El
Musk and back from his trip to Flyer, I have
Kirkland Patzer.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
How are you doing tonight, my friend.

Speaker 3 (00:31):
I've doing really good, coming off a wonderful weekend. I
had my first back to work day today after my
two week vacation to Japan, and no, it's nice.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
It is my first first day back to work, first.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
Day back on a podcast. I'm not counting twenty of
our stream, cause that's like in person, but this is
and I think my last cast before I left was
with you on the mic if if I'm remembering correctly,
and also as I'm on a role, I'm pretty sure
last year after the twenty four hours stream, we had
side Quests together right afterwards. So it's kind of becoming
like a tradition. Unless I'm very mistaken, I could be

(01:07):
my memories not you.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
No, I mean it makes sense because yeah, we finished
the stream Sunday morning, and then sometimes there's a cast
that night like I don't I don't even know did
the boys end up doing it episode?

Speaker 2 (01:18):
I never checked.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
They were talking tough, like they were going to be
able because Taylor still had like an extra episode of
it to catch up on. But I haven't checked the
feats from what they said.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
But usually, yeah, usually side Quest is kind of like
the first episode back after the twenty four hour stream,
which is a big moment. And thank you to everyone
of course who tuned in or donated or even just
you know, put a message in the discord and say
good luck, guys, have a good one or a nice job,
that kind of stuff. That all helps all the support.
Thank you everyone who tuned in for the trivia joined

(01:49):
us there, you know a lot of the network crossover
stuff going on, and all the people who showed up
along the way, such as the Great Hidalgo, who I
know is listens to a lot of this show on
as one of our patrons over there, so it showed
us to him. It was fun to have him in
the mix for Gauntlet and all these other things. So yeah,
so many people make the stream what it is. Of course,
we're there, we're the ones that have to stay up

(02:09):
for twenty four hours and be extremely sleepy, goofy and do.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
All the silly stuff.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
But there's a lot of people that help support make
it happen, and yeah, we hit our goal, which about
halfway through, me and Travis went out for dinner and
I was maybe not halfway through, maybe it was eight hours.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
In something like that.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
I was like, I don't I don't know for hitting
this goal, and like, I don't know, I didn't feel
like I really did much in terms of the promo.
I mean, that's mostly a Travis thing. And I was like,
I don't know, it's feeling like a quieter year for
some reason. But then all sorts of people came through
throughout the evening and then in the morning as well,
and we ended up painting the goal. Such feels really
great because it was one it was a yearly goal,
but it was also trying to hit a kind of
cumulative goal from all the streams over the years. And yeah,

(02:46):
so it was a nice two and one, really fun stream.
A lot of video games where we being played, which
we're going to talk about here in a minute, but yeah,
of course, just big thank you, big shout out to
everyone there, and yeah, today were really we're just gonna
be talking a lot about some of the gaming highighlights
from the stream. Of course, there's other moments outside of
video games. But this is a video game show, so
we're gonna focus on that stuff. And then yeah, we're

(03:07):
gonna hear about all the games that Kirkland had played
on his trip. You know, a lot of time in airports,
sitting around, maybe getting back at the hotel late and night,
being tired, just want to game for a little bit.
I don't know, we'll find out what you did, but
that'll be fun to hear about as well. So it
would be a nice chill episode, which I think is
what you and I both need after after the weekend
we just had.

Speaker 2 (03:26):
So let's let's get.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
Into it and talk about some of the gaming highlights
from the stream. And I'm gonna carry over you first.
What is the first game or highlight that you wanted
to mention from this stream we had on the weekend.

Speaker 3 (03:40):
Yeah, I mean, I wanted to start off with the
big elusive game that's that's always alluded us the last
couple of years, which was Battle for Middle Earth, the
legendary Lord of the Rings RTS real time strategy game,
which it felt like something that just had so much

(04:01):
build up to the point that when we were playing it,
it didn't quite live up to the hype, but I
also feel like we're playing it at like just very
late weird hours.

Speaker 2 (04:11):
We did not win or one game that we booted
up started us off with it.

Speaker 3 (04:17):
But I feel like also it made me realize how
much I don't know, this might sound negative, but just
like how much I kind of like build up past
game experiences in my head. Of like, man, when I
looked at this game in my head, I thought it
was like the most up like advanced RTS game that
I had ever played in my life. And to be fair,

(04:37):
I only played this at my cousin's house, so I
never owned it, so I never really like dove in
fully on it. But just just like, I feel like
I also didn't even play it that much. I feel
like I mostly just watched my cousin play this, so
it's sort of like actually get on the sticks and
jump in there after trying to save the the.

Speaker 2 (04:57):
Empire that Taylor was it was starting us off.

Speaker 1 (05:01):
By empire, you mean like three buildings.

Speaker 3 (05:03):
It was a small village, a small hut that he
booted up there. It just I don't know that there
was something about it that it didn't quite strike the
exciting gaming nerve that I was really wanting. But I
also shouldn't judge it too fully because like I said,
we were kind of in the late hours and we're

(05:23):
just kind of messing around.

Speaker 2 (05:25):
But no, it was it was.

Speaker 3 (05:27):
Crazy to finally be able to to see the game
in action. And I feel like what this made me
want more than anything is like a modern Battle for
Middle Earth, like oh, there's a remake or just just
a new installment in the franchise. I feel like it's
always weird with the big like ips like something like
Lord of the Rings, because there's so many rights things

(05:47):
involved and it's probably very difficult to.

Speaker 2 (05:49):
Get something like that, But.

Speaker 3 (05:52):
I don't know, I just feel like a game set
in Middle Earth is just so overdue, especially in the
strategy side of things with an artis with it's turn based.
And of course I'm a big fan of Total wargamestre
war Warhammer being my absolute favorite, and there's been many
rumors about a potential like pairing of a fresh ip

(06:13):
with that franchise, and I think Lord of the Rings
fits that so so well. There's another like some crazy
Star Wars potential rumors, a Tide of that seriesential. Course,
I'd be super high for that was like very low percentage.
I feel like even the Lord of the Rings went
for me. But I mean, there was a time that
people thought the Warhammer pairing was crazy with Total War
and it just fits so well. So I would definitely

(06:33):
love to see that happen someday. But yeah, no, I
did have fun with it, but definitely I feel like
I don't feel the need to like purchase this on
my own on like eBay or something to jump in
and you know, dust off the Xbox through sixty and
go about that. It just felt really clunky and slow.

(06:53):
We're getting some frame dropping. That could also be because
of the Algatto a pair who knows, Yeah, the TV pairing.

Speaker 1 (07:00):
I was gonna mention that friende who's watching the stream
and like, this game looks really choppy, Like that was
not our stream lagging. That was the game having a
really weird frame rate. It's not like we were playing
it on Series X with some weird back combat thing,
like we were playing it on the intended hardware, but
yet it was still kind of laggy, So I'm not
sure what was going on there, But yeah, I mean,
and that's always the thing with like real time strategy games.

(07:21):
Like those are PC games. They're best played with a
keyboard and mouse and having all these hot keys ready
to go. And it's funny. I kind of think about
that one in a way where one, I don't think
it was a great, like WEE hours kind of game,
but I don't really know when else we would do it,
just because it's it is a bit of a snoozy
game unless you have someone who's like really good at it.
But I think I compare it to like last year

(07:41):
on the stream when Travis is doing GM mode and WWE,
and I like that was one of my favorite parts
of that stream, and I think for you as well,
because we were just like asking no questions and he's
going through and he knows everything and he's okay, you know,
I know all these things are gonna do, and then
we can like throw some goofs in there because he
even throw curve balls, like oh yeah, I hired this
weird clown to be part of your roster, and then
they'll like build that up because he knows that game

(08:03):
so well. And I think if we came into that
part of the stream with like Taylor being like, oh yeah, guys,
I've been playing a bunch of this game the last
couple of months. Let me just like give you the
collision course, show you how this game works. I think
that would have been like really exciting, but like we
didn't know what was going on. It was confusing, it
was very clunky. So yeah, I think that's the one
that deserves like another shot or something, or maybe even
just like watching a couple of YouTube videos before and

(08:24):
then like okay, and now that was going on, or
if it had like a multiplayer component so we could
at least mess around with it. But it was hard
for me to follow it. And that was the one
that I not played back in the day, so I
had no input on like, oh, yeah, this is how
you play this game. I've only seen like you know,
YouTube clips or things like that, so it was fun
to finally see it. But yeah, I think it like
maybe Conquest, even though we i know, built up to

(08:45):
Battle of Middle Earth, maybe Conquest would have been a
better choice for us in that moment because we could
have got multiple people playing a little bit more active.
But yeah, that game was really cool to see. I
mean even just watching the opening cut scene. I loved
seeing that because one you get a bunch of creatures
that I'm not really used to from the movie or
from the other you know, games and other things I've
seen just parts of the Greater Tolkien world and Middle

(09:05):
Earth in general, and yeah, like there was really fun
to see like that long intro cinematic, so many cool shots,
very cinematic, trying to match the movie tone, but yet
being like a totally different else world's kind of realm
of it. So yeah, there was a lot, a lot
of in there, a lot in the It was really
cool and obviously like the fact that you can play
is evil characters and you know, at one point, like
worm Tongue running around is ripping up some guys and

(09:27):
then just getting destroyed, like that was a hilarious moment.
But it just felt like, yeah, it was maybe a
lot of build up for what ended up being like
a bit of a deflated balloon. But you know, we
can always bring it back next year, try it again
at some point, because I definitely think that game's worth
checking out some more. But you're definitely right. I feel
like we need we need a new one of these
stats because this was like three sixty era, so.

Speaker 2 (09:46):
It's been a long time.

Speaker 3 (09:48):
Oh absolutely, and it's so like, well thought of when
people think back on it, like people that have played it,
I've never heard someone say like, oh yeah, I had that,
but I really wasn't a fan, Like even non RTS fans,
I feel like, are just they have good memories if
they played this back in the day and yeah, no,
I definitely want an updated version.

Speaker 2 (10:05):
M hmm. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (10:07):
And then you know, since I just mentioned it, we'll
talk about GM mode here. So we did something to
be different this year where me, you and Taylor did
a three player I guess versus GM mode session and
Travis kind of coached us through it. But of course
the kind of set up for this is the last
couple of weeks Travis has been downloading all sorts of
freakish characters to have as potential rosters. So we had

(10:29):
just like one hundred We had like four wrestlers and
then just like ninety six whatever like freaks to pick
from to make like the craziest rosters possible. And that
took a long time, just like the draft part, and
then we ended up doing a few rounds of Taylor
was dozing off a little bit, so we ended up
like speeding through a bit of it. But then when
we you know, put on just like the auto match
to watch some of that. It was really exciting. But
I that's a game that I want to get really

(10:50):
good at, Like I like the mechanics and once again
last year Drives just like showing off that game and
obviously him and s Bubs and David. I think it
is due through the streams, like through the game, which
is which is fun. So I definitely want to get
into that too. But yeah, like my roster had like
Jason Vorhees, Michael Myers, Shrek, Sue Storm, who who else

(11:11):
had just regular Storm, Wanda, I'd Riley Reid on my team,
I'd Sidy Sweeney on my team. So just like the
craziest roster imaginable. But it made for some really good,
hectic fun. So yeah, I think that's one that I
feel like that'll be just I mentioned this on the stream,
but I think that will be a game that just
is on every stream at some point.

Speaker 2 (11:29):
It's a good like.

Speaker 1 (11:30):
Midnight two am sort of game when like the Serress
of the World, the hood Dog goes when they've left
for the day and it's just us the GV Corp
hanging out. That's like the perfect game to put on
and get into some insanity. But yeah, who were who
were the freaks on your team?

Speaker 2 (11:43):
Again?

Speaker 3 (11:46):
Yeah I had I had somewhat of an all star roster.
I I had both Princess Daisy and Princess Peach, which
I mean if you tuned in for that, they excelled
in the team tag. They they kept their championship every week.
I was running them.

Speaker 1 (11:59):
Daisy and that fine battle. Yeah, she was an Amazonian.

Speaker 3 (12:04):
That was like, like, how true wrestling? You know, it's
like not always the people that might win the physical
battle win the match because of.

Speaker 2 (12:10):
Just it's a better script. I feel like that was
the case there. That was UFC.

Speaker 3 (12:13):
Princess Daisy's is crushing some skulls and she was she
was not pulling her punches as Andrew Garfield.

Speaker 2 (12:21):
Spider Man once did.

Speaker 3 (12:22):
But yeah, no, I had Princess Daisy, Princess Peach. I
had an Olivia or Rodrigo in there. I had King Kom,
King Kong himself. I had the Human Spider who, I
had Optimus Prime. Just yeah, just just a plethora of
of freaks.

Speaker 2 (12:39):
I am.

Speaker 3 (12:40):
There's too Yeah, perk Angle, there you go, he's like
my captain I I had we were going for the
whole Perk Kirk for this year's Gauntlet, so I had
to run with that theme.

Speaker 2 (12:51):
And he was not a creative fighter. He was he
was just kurd angle in that era.

Speaker 1 (12:56):
His opponent was Dexter's kept going at it, and they
kept going at.

Speaker 2 (13:03):
I mean, we we didn't even do a full season.

Speaker 3 (13:05):
I think season was twenty five weeks and we did
five weeks, and it's kind of cool how you can
just well, it doesn't end there. But it was a
natural h colliding of all three of us because that's
when they had like.

Speaker 2 (13:16):
The three.

Speaker 3 (13:19):
Companies I guess coming together for the yeah, the crossover event.
So it was really nice fitting for our stream because
it took a little while to get the roster through.
But just do five weeks and then see the Freak
Show matchup. It was just so great. But yeah, every week,
uh it was perk Kurt versus Brian Boser, and Perk
Kurt took him out every single week.

Speaker 2 (13:39):
Brian was not happy about it.

Speaker 3 (13:41):
Then of course at the very last battle, which we
made a casket battle.

Speaker 2 (13:45):
So I don't know how.

Speaker 3 (13:46):
Wrestling works completely, but according to the game might I
think he just died. I think I think perk Kurt
just died.

Speaker 2 (13:51):
It was left. I don't think it was pushing.

Speaker 3 (13:57):
He left in a casket. Maybe I'll leave it there.
So Brian Mozer was successful, and who knows, maybe next
year we do it, maybe we'll get rematches and then
maybe perk Kurt will rise from from the ashes from
from the casket there. But yeah, it like, yeah, I'm
not like a big wrestling fan. I kind of followed
a little bit there, got to see some live matches
when they came here to Coloni.

Speaker 2 (14:17):
I went there with Travis.

Speaker 3 (14:18):
But yeah, it was definitely appetizing, I think, and and
also like I kind of booted up GM mode after
last year's stream, kind of just got confused as we're
going along because there is so much to it, like
we weren't even using like like we weren't even like
selecting venues and stuff like we kept are pretty simple.

Speaker 2 (14:37):
But it was great to have Travis there.

Speaker 3 (14:38):
It's just you know, insider knowledge because he's just done
so many hours of doing his own GM modes and
just seeing kind of like booster cards and stuff like
I didn't really mess around with that too much when
I played on my own. But man, like they're they're
they can really make or break your weeks because like
you get one good booster all of a sudden, you know,
like your one match is just just selling out so much.

Speaker 2 (14:58):
And yeah, I know I was happy I was to take.

Speaker 3 (15:01):
The whatever whatever competitive edge I had, I was able
to take the win. I guess in our first five
weeks based on money percentage there. But yeah, I know,
it was lots of lots of fun and I would
love to see that come back next week or next year.

Speaker 2 (15:16):
That next year we're not doing another towy far.

Speaker 1 (15:19):
Yeah, I mean there's definitely learning curve to it, and
I yeah, my team was the lowest in terms of fans.
In terms of money, I think I was not not
doing so great, but definitely learned a lot of tricks
and things like that. And I don't know, it's just fun,
especially with the freaking characters in there. So yeah, I
definitely have to bring that one back. One game that
I didn't see at all because this is when I

(15:39):
took my much needed nap was Madden. But it sounded
like you guys had a lot of fun. Can you
tell me what happened during the Madden section.

Speaker 2 (15:47):
Uh. Yeah, so the great Kyle. I'll just name him last.

Speaker 1 (15:52):
Name, namely Kyle, just in general for being there for
almost the entire stream. I feel like even though he
didn't have to be, he only he's actually obliged. He
did not need to.

Speaker 2 (16:01):
Do, but he just hung out.

Speaker 3 (16:03):
Yeah, that was his first year to hang on the
whole time, which was amazing. He only left because he
had to go pick up his lady that was getting
off work, so shouts out to him. There was a
couple of times in the two three hour or sorry
two three am hour slots he was thinking about going home,
but I'm just gonna say I was able to convince
him to stay. I don't think that's actually what happened,

(16:23):
but we'll say that. And yeah, his energy levels were
up there.

Speaker 1 (16:27):
I was.

Speaker 3 (16:27):
I was pretty impressed. He wasn't dozing off at all.
And yeah, we booted up Madden and we had some
very nice competitive matches. It was my first time playing
like with an actual person on Madden twenty six, which
I picked up over the summer, and lots of lots
of fun, very close games. I ended up taking the
first game against him on my Minnesota Vikings.

Speaker 2 (16:49):
He was playing Seattle.

Speaker 3 (16:50):
Seahawks won by one score and it was really really
close the end. There was a really clutch interception that
sealed my winn. And then Travis was kind of waking
up around that time. So then he fought Winter and
he took me out. If if I believe correctly, I
honestly don't remember. I think I won the first game,

(17:11):
and and and then and then he won the second. Yeah,
I really don't remember that second match, so that was
really late in the morning. But uh, that ask Travis
and he'll probably just lie to me and say that
he won both games. I know for sure he won
the last game because it was again really really close.
U ended up being a bloodbath though at the end,
because sometimes with football it's just like it gets to

(17:32):
a point that you just can't get back no matter what.
But there's also just some crazy magic happens where there's
some crazy fumbles or maybe interceptions. Him and I were
just throwing interceptions like it's no tomorrow. Like normally, like
one interception is pretty bad to get in a game,
and we were throwing like seven or eight like in
a row.

Speaker 2 (17:48):
Like it was just crazy.

Speaker 3 (17:49):
But that's usually how it goes when him and I
play together because we're just we're just going for some
big plays and they can shoot yourself in the foot
if you're doing that. But it was lots of lots
of fun and yeah, shouts up to Madden, which was
having lots of fun with it. And yeah, I'm also
glad that, like, because I put so much hours college football,
Madden plays very similar to that, Like like I'm just

(18:10):
much better at that game now, whereas before, like I
just wouldn't know how to like stop people or like
defense wise. It also helps that I like kind of
follow the sport now, so I kind of have a
little bit of knowledge of what you should be doing,
different strategic elements to it, whereas before it was just like, Okay,
I'm gonna try this play and there's just no way
to stop anyone. But yeah, I can safely say I've
gotten a lot better just I mean, be Kyle, So

(18:32):
there you go. I think i'd bet Travis, but.

Speaker 2 (18:34):
I don't know. I can't quite remember. I'll love to that.

Speaker 1 (18:38):
Unfortunately, that stream is so the middle. We had three
separate streams technically because we had to cut it just
at different times so YouTube doesn't get mad at US,
and the middle stream right now is not up because
we got copyright strict for the WWE stuff. It will
be back up at some point. We might have to
edit out some sound or something like that.

Speaker 2 (18:54):
We'll figure it out.

Speaker 1 (18:55):
But yeah, I don't think the Madden portion is up
on the stream right now, so we can't confirm it
the and it's lost history. I mean, I guess I
could go on the back end and look at that
video that's just not visible publicly. But we'll find out.
We'll get the record straight. It was not a Gauntlet match.
It was just just for fun exhibition. So nothing on
the line of Evan some pride, I guess, but absolutely, yeah,

(19:15):
I guess was was Madden in the Gauntlet rotation? Like
could it have been picked it?

Speaker 2 (19:23):
It was? Yeah, we we threw it in there. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (19:26):
I did not get picked though, because we go by
the random Azra Wheeler as we always do.

Speaker 2 (19:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (19:32):
Yeah, speaking of Gauntlet, do you what is your highlight match,
either one that you played or just watching one? Is
like the first one that comes to mind, That's a
good question. My super low point was Tony Hawk pro skater.
I got very humbled by by the by the great
Tyres Sarrus.

Speaker 2 (19:51):
I knew it was going to go that way.

Speaker 3 (19:53):
I wish I could have voted on myself in that game.
I know that's kind of, you know, probably bad idea.
It's because then you just throw matches. But I was
not trying to throw the match. I was trying my
hardest and it was a completely different game him and
I were playing.

Speaker 2 (20:05):
I just I just can't do the arcades skaters. I
don't know what it is.

Speaker 3 (20:09):
Maybe it's just maybe it's the pressure of the competition.
I just overthink the combos and stuff.

Speaker 2 (20:14):
But yeah, I don't know.

Speaker 3 (20:16):
He is he's he's he's got it. I mean, he
also beat you. You were a lot stronger than me.
You know, you did take a game of horse against him,
but still he looked pretty confident on the sticks.

Speaker 1 (20:27):
I don't think I did take a game of horse.
I think I took a couple of letters, but I okay,
you know, I think that was what shocked me the most, because,
as I've documented very clearly and maybe too beepers like
or on side Quest, I've played so much Tony Hawk
in the last few months, and I haven't played in
like the last month or so. But like September I was.

(20:48):
I played you know, probably thirty or forty hours or
something of like different Tony Hawks. I played one plus two,
but I played a lot of three plus four, retreated
on the stream and then going back to some old ones. Yeah,
once again, all those episodes are up now, and so
I don't know what it was. I was trying to think, like,
is it because the character is playing as like, doesn't
have maxed out stats, and you know, by the end
of those games, you like I have maxed out stats
and your character's just cracked and can do everything and

(21:09):
you just don't fall very easily because you can jump
super high and your balance is super good.

Speaker 2 (21:13):
Maybe that's what it was.

Speaker 1 (21:14):
Maybe I was just fatigued, maybe the pressure was on.
I'm not sure what it was, but yeah, I thought
I had that in the bag, uh, And I.

Speaker 2 (21:22):
Feel like I should have.

Speaker 1 (21:23):
So I desperately want a rematch with him on that one.
So maybe next year, if he's around, we can pick
that as a one. And I'm sure he would happily
take that because he kind of crushed me this time.
I don't think he would back out back away from that.
But yeah, I don't know what happened there. Like I
could come up with excuses all day long, but really
I'm just disappointed in myself because I feel like coming

(21:43):
to the stream, I was almost excited to show off,
like my skills because I'm not gonna lie to you, Like,
you know, by the end of my session here last
couple of months, easily doing like one hundred hundred and
fifty k combos, getting some two hundred k combos like
pretty consistently. But on this I couldn't do shit all.
So again, maybe it's close stats, but like I also,
I know these maps so much better than he does

(22:04):
because he hasn't played this exact one or like maybe
he's played a little bit of it and I've played, like,
you know, tons and tons of hours on all these
maps recently. So yeah, I'm not like if that, if
that's what cost you know, spoilers here for the results
of the tournament at the end, If that was the
thing that cost me the tournament in the end, I
think I would have been really really hung up about it.

(22:24):
The fact that I still won. Okay, I'm fine with it,
Like it's fine, I can lose that, But I feel
like if any of those games I should like Poken
was completely random pretty much switch sports. It's hard to
be like consistent at that. I feel like Trivia or
twenty Questions is probably in my favor because I review
movies all day long and Sarah's doesn't think about these
things as much. But yeah, I feel like that should
have been the one that was like in the bag

(22:45):
for me, and it was absolutely not. So I got
to train up even more. I played a bunch, but
I apparently got to play a whole lot more. I
don't know, I don't know what it is. Yeah, maybe
there's like I will say this if I have anyone,
anyone valid excuse. When I was playing on Xbox that game, originally,
I had to like modify some settings on my Xbox
to like just remove a little bit of latency, and

(23:05):
it made like a world of difference. I was like
five times better when I like changed a couple of
settings and like took out that little bit of input
leg I find with tonyak gets such a precise game.
If you have any input, leg it throws you off.
So obviously he and I were playing the same version
of the game. That's only an excuse in the sense
that I feel like I'm very used to the settings
I had and like the super responsiveness, so maybe that's
what it was. So maybe the next time before the match,
I would go into Taylor's Xbox Hack into the main

(23:28):
frame a little bit and like get the settings just right.

Speaker 2 (23:32):
But yeah, that uh.

Speaker 1 (23:34):
That one, that one's gonna haunt me for a little bit.
But I mean just shows how good serious is that
games in general, but like especially Tony Hawk, because he
hasn't the last time he's played was like on the
stream last year for a bit before that was like
probably ten years or something, and he can still show
up as impressive because that's not that's not a ride
your bike, pick up the bike kind of game.

Speaker 2 (23:51):
Like it it takes practice.

Speaker 1 (23:52):
It's really it's it's not very intuitive, especially once you've
played a once of skate like.

Speaker 3 (23:56):
We have absolutely even just doing like one eighty three sixties,
like just just doing like the perfect motion because it's
a very high active game that like to just consistently
be able to spin around and land properly. Because if
you if you you know, if you're perpendicular to the
to the road, like you're just gonna fall, you're in
your whole combo but like very consistently landing perfectly, like
like he just remembered like transitioning into like the verts,

(24:20):
like like I think there's like a trigger to go down,
Like I couldn't even remember that.

Speaker 2 (24:23):
Time really precise.

Speaker 1 (24:24):
It took me like a while recently to get that
timing down to absolute.

Speaker 3 (24:28):
Or being able to land and then like switch as
you land to go into a manual to just keep
your combo going, like he was doing that consistently, And
that's I think he's just secretly just just running Tony
Hawk twenty for seven, like to be able.

Speaker 2 (24:38):
To that be that dialed in. He probably isn't. He's
a busy guy. You know, he's got a child, but
still shouts out Tyler Sarris for the f He.

Speaker 1 (24:45):
Didn't lose much at all the whole day.

Speaker 3 (24:48):
Like he's just he's just and he's always the same.
That's why he's always a safe bet. I usually I
feel like he's just a wild card that he comes in.
It's like when Reuben comes in and just has a
random match that he just pops off on, you know.

Speaker 1 (25:00):
So he certainly has his genres, Like I feel like
he also had a pretty good run of things in
terms of the games he had to play, but even
something like Switch Sports, he's never played that before and
he did like super good. And I own that game
and played a bunch of it and still like it
was extremely close, and you know, it's like a motion
control game. But like you know, he plays a lot
of volleyball, and he was like transferring that in to
being like really good at Switch Sports volleyball. Like, damn it,

(25:21):
this guy is good and everything. He's really hard to stop,
really hard. Like if it weren't for video game twenty
Questions or not movie twenty Questions being a thing, I
don't know if I would have won that. Like that,
I feel like was a bit of a softball for me.
I just feel like, one, I've been quizzing you guys
on twenty questions stuff recently thinking about that, and I,
you know, reveal these movies, I can, like, you know,

(25:43):
think through these things a bit quicker. I feel like
that was a bit of a layup for me in
a sense, but otherwise, like fuck it was it was
And Poken was like so freaking close as well, Like.

Speaker 2 (25:52):
It was it was really really tight matches.

Speaker 3 (25:54):
The one I really wanted to show out which was
in your guys A series, was Bomberman or Man two.
I think it was specifically the one that was played,
or it was bomber Man. Something I had never played
seen this game played before. I'd seen the characters, so
it's cool to finally see it there. Very entertaining just
game I was. It looked fun to play, but also
just to watch. Man Massive shows out to you, though,

(26:16):
for for your great performance on bomber Man. I I
honestly thought you were you were one and done. I
think I think at the point it was like three
games to one or something he had on I'm like
like like, I like, it didn't even seem like it
was like his strategy. It just seemed like just the
the cards were not falling for you in the particular order,
like like you just kept getting screwed a couple of times,

(26:36):
and to come back when you're like that far down,
like just like you won every game after that.

Speaker 2 (26:41):
I think I think you beat them five to three.
Maybe it was five to.

Speaker 3 (26:43):
Four, I can't quite remember, but yeah, that was That
one was so fun to watch because when you started
clearing those boxes and you're running around and you're getting
power ups and you're sprinting around and you're just dropping
the bombs. It is so chaotic, and yeah, I don't
know how like easy it is to like maneuver like
in the grid patterns. Sometimes it could be a little bit
janky with the controls, but it looked pretty smooth and
fast from my perspective.

Speaker 2 (27:05):
So yeah, he was congratulations to you on that.

Speaker 3 (27:07):
And definitely a game that just it just seems like
it's a great Gauntlet game because because it's probably not
too hard to like do the basic, but man, there's
there's some skill expression I think in that game.

Speaker 1 (27:17):
Yeah, I think we should bring it back, like do it,
you know. I think we're going to keep it in
the rotation and it can pop up randomly of course,
but I think we should do more. Because we just
did like a first to five wins, I feel like
we should do that maybe with like a best of
three so you get like different maps and give people
a chance to like pick it up a bit more.
It was really fun, but I think the most chaotic
part about it was that you're picking up power ups constantly.

(27:38):
But the only one that either of us I think
knew what it did was the one that like you
can spawn multiple bombs because that's literally just the logo
of a bomb, and it's very straightforward what it does.
But there's other ones where you can like kick bombs
or like throw them, and I was never really sure
if I could do that, so sometimes I would go
up to a bomb and try and throw it and
it wouldn't work. Like, Okay, I backed up just in time,
not die. But yeah, like the way it starts and
super slow, you're in your corner, you can't really walk

(27:58):
anywhere one at a time, okay, little slow, a little slow,
and then by the end of the round, the amount
of speed that's going on, the explosions are going off,
it builds.

Speaker 2 (28:07):
Up very quickly.

Speaker 1 (28:08):
So yeah, that was a really fun one as well.
And yeah, I don't think because I feel like it's
been in the random rotation before, but it just hasn't happened.
I know Taylor's been wanting to get that one to
happen for a bit, and so I'm glad we finally did.
I feel that would have been another good like wee
hours want to bring that back out and play some
more of that because I remember playing I never played
that game before. I played a lot of playing with Fire,

(28:29):
which is like a flash game version of it, and
so I feel like I had the basics down. I
understood what the assignment was, but just getting the familiarity
with it was a tricky part.

Speaker 2 (28:39):
But yeah, that was that worked out well. Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (28:44):
The other game I really wanted to shout out is
Strikers this year, which I hadn't played Strikers in a
long time.

Speaker 2 (28:50):
We played it.

Speaker 3 (28:52):
I think it was a galllet match, but then also
like the team's teams competition, it was in there, and
then we also just boot it up later on. I
haven't played this probably since the last stream, but man,
so much fun of a game, Like even if I
haven't played in a long time. You know, it took
us a little while to get the control familiarity back,

(29:12):
but man, just such a great game that just especially
like I felt like the vast majority of games that
we played were very competitive on both sides, like some
very late game comebacks and just some crazy goals that
came out of it. Of course, you always just got
fantastic animation celebrations from the characters. Maybe maybe when they're
getting beat down, they get a little bit upset and

(29:34):
you see that emotion on the character's face.

Speaker 2 (29:36):
Just so much fun.

Speaker 3 (29:38):
And yeah, no, I think everyone had fun playing and
watching that title.

Speaker 1 (29:43):
Yeah, cause I don't think we played it on last
year's stream. I think the last time would have been
two years ago.

Speaker 2 (29:50):
It feels like it's been a while.

Speaker 1 (29:52):
Yeah, because like there was even a DLC characters in
there that I don't think I've actually played the game
with before, like Burdo. Maybe when Burdo went in there
ePAT like on my own, but I don't think Burdo
was in there last time we played, like as a group,
so it must have been a while. I thought we
would have played it last year, but I don't.

Speaker 2 (30:06):
I don't think we did.

Speaker 1 (30:08):
But yeah, that was that was super fun. I mean,
I think the more and more I play Battle League,
like you know something online and multiplayer components weren't quite there.
We found out you can do eight player split screen,
which I don't think the game had last time we
played it, so that must have been like a new
addition as well, and I think we'll probably put it
into more things. Knowing that like eight play people can
play at the same time, Like that's very rare on
the switch because that even came up like before the stream,

(30:31):
we were like, Okay, what games can we play with
more than four people? Most consoles don't like allow you
to do that. We're like, okay, Ultimate, of course, Smash Ultimate,
it's the main one. Maybe Mario Kart, but like, I
totally didn't realize that you can do that with Strikers,
and that's like pretty easy. You can do it all
in one console, So that one was really fun. And yeah,
like as you mentioned, like that game is so freaking good,
Like there are so many mechanics in there, so many

(30:52):
things I didn't even realize, like dodging with the ball
or something I just forgot you could do until Taylor
was doing it a lot, and like our last couple
of matches and like the morning, I'm like, man, and
we weren't even doing that in the Gauntlet. There's so
many little mechanics in there, and like now that there's
a bunch more characters in there as well, we weren't
even using the gear, so like there's even more customization.
But I really do love that game. And yeah, at
one point when it was me, you and Kyle, that

(31:15):
was like the dream team. We had like really great
chemistry that was really fun in that three v three
period we're doing I think that was past Gauntlet at
that point. We were just playing for fun, but that
was really good. That was a really good time. So
I feel like in general, like soccer soccer games in general,
because between that and Rocket League, I feel like soccer
was by far the most played thing when you count

(31:36):
those two games together, because Rocket League came up a
lot in the Gauntlet a couple different times. And then
also when it was just me playing and you and
Kyle were watching League of Legends that you were teaching
Kyle about the League of Legends the tournament that was
going on, and I was like, I don't know what
to do. I need a game that's like a high energy,
but what do I want to play right now? I
was like, I'm just gonna play some Rocke League and
probably play for like an hour just solo on my own.

Speaker 2 (31:57):
That was really fun. Keeps you awake.

Speaker 1 (31:59):
And yeah, like playing those teams matches because as I
mentioned on the stream, me and Sarrus have been playing
a lot of Rocket League as a team online together
and sort of face off against each other was really fun.
Once again working with Hidalgo there he and I were
the Soccer dream Team. He was a really great teammate.
That was super fun. So yeah, Rocket League and Strikers,
those were I think my favorite, just in terms of

(32:21):
like playing games. I think that was like the most
fun I had just across the stream. So show us
the soccer, I guess. I guess that's the takeaway.

Speaker 3 (32:28):
Absolutely, what else is there to to shout out? Yeah,
I felt like the Rocket League I didn't get a
chance to jump in there. I mean, I had my
opportunities in the wee hours, but I didn't grab the
sticks there. Just watching you guys play it, though, it
just reminds me how great of a game that is,
and it's just so timeless. It's just such an easy
one to pick up whenever. So I definitely want to

(32:49):
reinstall it and get some matches in there. It's because
it's got cross play, right, yeah, I think so. I
feel like I've played against PC play like it was
one of the earlier cross play games, at least for
PC and console right. I don't know in between consoles,
but I'm pretty sure they have that. But that'd be
lots of fun to jump in with the lads, kick kick.

Speaker 1 (33:09):
Some balls around absolutely No, I'm always down. I mean,
like I said, me and Sara's playing it pretty often.
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(34:31):
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STREAM i think the next highlight for me would be

(35:05):
AT ufo, fifty WHICH i was salty kind of before
the streamer at the start of the stream WHEN i
PUT ufo fifty in the bracket to be randomly drawn
For gaunlet games and it didn't get randomly. Selected SO
i was, Like, Okay i'm mad about. This this game's
on switch now easy to play at the. STREAM i
really want to get this on. There and then, thankfully what.
Happened what was? It there was a three player game

(35:26):
that we were gonna do a one v one v
one and a game didn't work for that last, minute
and that's then we pivoted AND ufo fifty took. Over
do you remember what game it was that that very
last minute we realized like didn't have three player to.

Speaker 2 (35:39):
It, god what was? It, NO i can't remember now
thinking on.

Speaker 3 (35:45):
It, yeah oh, MAN i feel LIKE i can picture
the menu. Too and then it's, like oh, no it's
just one player BECAUSE i feel like we like plugged
it wasn't.

Speaker 1 (35:56):
It must have. BEEN i feel like we even plugged
something turned it on and then like realized it didn't
work or.

Speaker 2 (36:03):
Something So i'll have to look into.

Speaker 1 (36:05):
That but, yeah but the moral of the story is
we needed a one v one v one. Game you,
know not every game has, that a lot of games
have one v one potential or two v, two but
one v one v one is a special. Thing and
you fifty has even though it has fifty, games it
only has one three player. Game and so thankfully that
game game in clutch and worked.

Speaker 3 (36:22):
Out.

Speaker 1 (36:23):
Uh and that was, You hidalgo And travis playing Quibble,
race which is like the a cracked up version of
horse racing where you race these weird alien. Creatures you
dope them, up you knock them out with, clubs you
bet on your. Racer you, can you, know get hit
up the loan shark get some more.

Speaker 2 (36:40):
Money.

Speaker 1 (36:41):
Uh AND i had a grand old time watching you
guys play this game because you, know once again SHOUTS
uf fifty in that game is one of the weirdest
things in. There and the fact that it is like
the only three player game is also a strange detail about.
It but that was that was so much fun to.
Watch like obviously it takes a bit to get the
hang of it and like what buttons to click and
where you want to, go like strategy and things like,
that but once like the races are actually, happening it's

(37:03):
just such.

Speaker 2 (37:04):
A hype moment for the.

Speaker 1 (37:05):
Stream it's kind of like we're comparing it TO gm
mode a little. Bit it's almost like a PROTO gm,
mode like a very simplified. Version and when you do
love the build up and then you finally get to
the matches and the matches are playing out on their,
own the auto baddler, type it's just. Great SO i
had a lot of fun watching you guys PLAY ufo.
Fifteen you've you've finally played a little bit Of upi'm

(37:25):
happy to see.

Speaker 3 (37:26):
That all it took, was you, know a certain, game
not being able to show up for, competition and then
a Mystery i'm going to go on the Our google
thing is? Fine, Please, No i'm so glad this one
got pulled. Up i've heard you talked ABOUT ufo fifty
so many, times and, yeah to have it in like
a competition, setting and not only, that BUT i also

(37:46):
took the win in that competition, setting which was a great.
Feeling but, man what a fun game to play and
definitely WHAT i want to see next year's. Stream also
just just like the rang genus of, it but still
like seeing different people strive. Geez and at the end
of the, day you could have a great, strategy but you,
know it's just a roll of the, dice just like
just like horse racing, is just like quibble racing, Is i've,

(38:09):
learned and just the different forms of tools that you
have to your to Your, yeah just just in your
toolkit to try and get the best, strategy whether it's
getting more loans from the Loan, shark which at FIRST
i thought it was kind of, goofy but, man you
really do need it if if it's not going.

Speaker 2 (38:25):
WELL i took.

Speaker 1 (38:26):
One pay it back, too so it's like it's not
like code like you Like travis's score at the very,
end three different loans come crashing down on him for
a negative two thousand gold or whatever at the end was.

Speaker 3 (38:36):
Hilarious it's the danger of extreme gambling. Addiction you know
people people are doing that in their real, lives which
is which is insane to. Me but uh But, travis you,
know he.

Speaker 2 (38:45):
Was in that.

Speaker 1 (38:46):
Situation what else is he gonna.

Speaker 3 (38:47):
Do he needs to call the loan shark for that
game and didn't end up working, out but if it,
did and he was putting big bets down like he
could be laughing right.

Speaker 2 (38:56):
Now so, yeah that was.

Speaker 3 (38:58):
Fun but then also just like getting THE i think
was so interesting because it maybe made you lean in
a certain, direction like this person's looking really really good
for this, race but you know if you line up
and there's just rocks all over the track and they
happen to be in front of that guy that's doing so,
well or MAYBE i boosted him, up which happened one.
TIME i think it also paired Where tyler maybe paid

(39:19):
for like the poison AND i think he poisoned for
the guy THAT i like boosted, up so that guy's
body was going through it that, day but it ruined
that particular race for, me so super super. FUN i
also found it like one of my my strategy was
doing is after a couple of the, games like the
what is it the the betting, ODDS i guess for
a certain racer like he's won a lot of races

(39:40):
that he that he's, Won i'm realizing that Like tyler
And travis are also seeing this, information so like they'll
probably be going for that guy, Also so Maybe i'm,
yeah like Maybe i'll go for this guy that's raced eight,
times hasn't won once because they're not going to at,
all And i'm gonna boot him up because why would
they like send someone after him to cripple, him like
he's never gonn to. Win so SO i kind of

(40:01):
started thinking that avenue and, Hey i'm NOT i don't
remember IF i won that particular, race BUT i won
the whole, Thing SO i think just that mind that
mine for strategy was really benefiting. There and it's also
just such a goofy. Game AND i love the. ANIMATION
i love the music of.

Speaker 2 (40:15):
IT i love the.

Speaker 3 (40:16):
Characters just some of the racers that came up THE,
mvp definitely being The Black eye, Clearly, yeah black Black.

Speaker 2 (40:24):
Guy he.

Speaker 3 (40:25):
Was he was, phenomenal AND i Believe hudalgo even sponsored
us certain, racer BUT i don't think he showed up.

Speaker 2 (40:32):
LOTS i felt, YEAH i felt bad for.

Speaker 1 (40:34):
HIM i think he sponsored a guy that only appeared
in one, RACE i. Believe so, yeah not not what
you want to. See not the ideal. Situation AND i
don't even know BECAUSE i Think Black guy he kept showing,
up AND i think it's maybe because he kept, winning
so he kept like kind of going back in the.
Rotation so maybe if he ended up losing a couple
if he crippled him a couple more, times maybe he
would have.

Speaker 2 (40:53):
Left i'm. Not i'm not.

Speaker 1 (40:54):
Sure there's a lot of mechanics THAT i don't. KNOW
i THINK i have THE i don't know IF i
have the cherry. NOW i THINK i just have the.
Goal the goal you have to.

Speaker 2 (41:01):
Do to get a cherry on that, one like just
just a win every.

Speaker 1 (41:05):
Race, yeah you have to you have to win with
like a certain. Amount you have to make like over
two thousand profit or something like that by the end
of the. SEASON i think to get the cherry condition
on that. One so it's just, doing, yeah doing really.
Well there isn't like some secret thing you gotta. Do but,
yeah that was super. Fun and then the only OTHER
ufo fifty game we, played and this wasn't in The gauntlet.
Anymore it's just me And taylor playing Was bushido, ball

(41:26):
WHICH i was really excited to play BECAUSE i think
that is, like to, me it's the best one v
one game in there where it's kind of like a
dodgeball type. Thing you have a ball just going back and.
Forth you're playing is Like. Samurai you had to tack
the ball send it back and forth in that pong
tennis kind of. Way but then there's all sorts of
things you can, do and we forgot for a little
bit that you have like shurikins you can, throw And
taylor got some sick combos where you hit the ball

(41:46):
and then throw a shirkin at just the right time
so the ball would like bounce off the shirt can
midway across my court and just go right past. Me
you can do like a roll roll right into a
hit on the ball makes it do like a crazy curve.
Shot it's really, fun and there's like a you, know
like half the games in that game overall are, multiplayer
and some of them would also be really good gauntlet
games and seem even LIKE i guess there isn't like

(42:07):
two v two, Ones unfortunately it's just one v one
or the three men one Of Quibble. Race but uh,
yeah there's definitely some other ones That i'm sure we'll
see over the. Years so definitely BE i think a
mainstay on the, stream a little bit popping here or.

Speaker 3 (42:19):
There, yeah, yeah that that came look, crazy especially When
i've seen you guys playing like some of the other
characters and the one guy who's like throwing Like ninja
stars or, something and just like the effects that you
could put on the. Ball it looked pretty pretty, nuts
and another game that just seems like has a crazy skill,
ceiling like like you could probably get really good at
that game if if you just like know like the

(42:41):
perfect frames of how to like roll because your character
moves very, fast which can be a detriment as well
as you know like like like, helpful like if you
just zoom right by the. Ball it looked pretty, crazy
but it seemed Like taylor was kind of getting the
hang of, it like like he, was, YEAH i can't
remember if he took you in a, game but he
was popping off there for a couple sets at, least

(43:02):
or whatever you'd call them.

Speaker 1 (43:03):
Games, YEAH i think the couple other ONES i really
want to. Do one is Hot foot and it's like
a essentially dodgeball with Like Hackey. SACKS i think that
one will be really. Fun it's very similar To Bashido.
Ball and then the other ONE i really want to
do Is Hyper, contender which is kind of like A Smash.
Bros kind of, games like a platform, fighter but rather
than like knocking characters off, screen if for like collect

(43:24):
rings and all the characters have like really wild move
sets compared to one, Another so that ONE i think
will be really fun when to get in the. Mix
at some points. TOO i remember the Game curt when
it Was gears Of war was the one that we
couldn't do one v one be One, yeah because we
had downloaded, Reloaded, yeah the new, one but like no
one booted it up at any, point and we just
kind of. ASSUMED i think. SO i think the old
ones on three sixty would have, worked BUT i don't

(43:46):
Think taylor brought any of those with, Them so we're
out of luck With gears Of. War and NOW i
think about, IT i feel like we didn't even really
get a, shooter did. We we didn't Get gears Of.
War there was no, call there was No, halo and
usually there's at least one of those in the. Mix
SO i feel like that was you, know there's a
lot of soccer not and a lot of sports in,
general but not a lot of not a lot of.
Shooters SO i guess it was like a different flavor

(44:06):
for the games this.

Speaker 2 (44:08):
Year, yeah that's a really good.

Speaker 3 (44:09):
Point, actually usually like zombies comes up in the wee
hours that never really. Occurred i'll blame it On. Worlds
i'll blame it on on ON t one Uh League Legends,
worlds WHICH i do want to shout out actually because
this is gaming related massive For Legal legends. Community uh
THAT'S i, mean that's my. Moba we've talked about in the.
Past people that have played the, franchise they have their

(44:31):
moba and that's one that's just been a part of
my life for so.

Speaker 2 (44:34):
Long and, uh just crazy narratives coming into. This this
Year's worlds.

Speaker 3 (44:40):
Of of The great T one led By, faker who's
just like the og god king himself and kill unkilled
a bull demon king as his moniker goes about and uh,
yeah t.

Speaker 2 (44:52):
One they they've won the Last this is their Third
world's championship in a, row which is that they're already
the most successful team in hany. Stream but to be
able to do that is just absolutely. Nuts and they
weren't even supposed to make the tournament this. Year they
did really bad in their in their. Season they entered
as a fourth, seed which doesn't even really. Happen they
just did like a play in game against The chinese

(45:12):
fourth seed and they ended up beating, them so they're
able to enter the. Tournament and they just do this
thing where every Single worlds they just.

Speaker 3 (45:19):
Peak it doesn't really matter what the meta is that
they just absolutely pop off and they just, yeah they
just they just lock in and uh no you it's
LIKE i won't list them, all but just just just
looking at like the stats of Like faker in specifically
Like world's competition, play it's just it's just. Insane they
did this comparison where he plays ON t, one which

(45:39):
Is telecom but like back in the, day they used
to be CALLED SKT t. One, Uh and there's a
side by side comparison of Like faker stats UNDER SKT
t one and THEN t One faker and it's like
literally the exact same amount of, stats Like world's, appearances worlds, wins.
Kills like it's just crazy that like the only player
that he could be compared to is a different version of,
Himself like on he's just been playing so, long which

(46:02):
which is unheard.

Speaker 2 (46:03):
Of, uh it's the same age as.

Speaker 3 (46:04):
Me so it makes, me you, know feel like There's
i'm living vicariously through this guy Because i've just followed
him since the get go and just been, like, man
this guy's so young and so good and now he's
like the old boy in the. League but still just so,
consistent it's absolutely. Insane so, YEAH i was popping off
watching that in the late, Hour so thanks to you
for keeping the actual stream. Going AS i was popping

(46:25):
off With. Kyle kyle's on my shoulder watching you really didn't,
care but he entertained me, enough you, know to to
let me explain some things to, him and, YEAH i
was just it was just really entertaining and a really
Fun worlds overall to watch, You, like you asked me
what you're gonna ask me WHAT i was doing in
In japan on on the gaming side or, whatnot or
in the late nights back at the, hotel and, honestly

(46:47):
every single NIGHT i was pretty much just catching up
on The world's matches because BECAUSE i hadn't seen any
of it leading up to, IT i was kind of.

Speaker 2 (46:54):
Behind and there's this, one a gentleman in the.

Speaker 3 (46:59):
Community his names came and he does like commentary on the,
matches and it's nice because his editor like chops up
a lot of fluff on like the non interesting parts
of the, game so if you want to catch, up
it's just easier to do it that. Way and of
course he commentates on it gives his insightful, knowledge and
it allows you to watch like a three game, series
like a like a best of three or whatever in

(47:20):
like less than an, hour whereas like sometimes a game
could last an, hour so it is a little bit
more pallable that. Way and, YEAH i watched every SERIES
i think other than one in The World's tournament this.
Year then of, course like the, quarterfinals, semifinals just just
some lot of juice in, there like tournament favorites that
just get absolutely dominated by a bad. Team like that's
always crazy to. See and, yeah so so fun league.

(47:43):
Is it's not really watchable if you have no idea
what's going on for a, mobile so it's hard to
like get people into. It but it's still just fun
to like like like look at these, stages you, know
like like the scale of like the the budgets that
go into this is just so phenomenal and it's just
so entertaining forget like the fans of, It and even
If i'm not really Playing league at the, time Like

(48:04):
i'm just so interested when Watching. Worlds in, particular they HAVE,
msi which was In vancouver this. Year looking back on,
IT i kind of WISH i did go see it
Because faker was. There you, know MAYBE i could get
my my little signature from my from my, pro but,
NO i pretty much just tune Into. Worlds but it
did not. Disappoint it was absolutely. Fantastic last year was
crazy to watch AND i was, talking it's serious about

(48:26):
this because he also is interested inly he was Falling
worlds a little bit and every Single worlds is like
on our, stream which is crazy because we actually pushed
it back a week this, year but like, NORMALLY i
don't know why it, moved but like normally it's it's
last week when they do the. Tournament it's always like
first weekend Of, november it, seems but always on the
Toy fire streamers when world. Happens AND i don't normally

(48:47):
watch the finals because we're doing, stuff but it kind
of worked out this way just because they're In. China
it was in the wee hours AND i selfishly just
booted it, up but did not. DISAPPOINT i went to
a crazy game game five out of a five game series.

Speaker 2 (48:59):
And, yeah it was just.

Speaker 3 (49:01):
Nuts it was super super well played by. Them so
shuts up to UH t one And.

Speaker 1 (49:06):
Faker, yeah, no it's funny That, yeah as you said
with like the time difference that it was kind of
like perfect for.

Speaker 2 (49:11):
You it's, LIKE i feel like that woke you.

Speaker 1 (49:13):
UP i mean you WERE i was there on the,
street and then you were like crushing in the second,
half which makes sense because you're still like ripping some
jet leg going on. There like that seemed to really
wake you. Up and and, YEAH i enjoyed listening.

Speaker 2 (49:24):
To that as.

Speaker 1 (49:25):
Well LIKE i was very much like pretty sleepy at that.
Hour travis And taylor were both, out which is it's
easy to be sleepy when you're seeing other people. Sleep
BUT i was like Playing Rocket league and just listen
to you kind of School kyle about how this game
works and what's going on and the stakes and all,
that and obviously you're super knowledgeable on. It so it
was it was fun listening to, that even THOUGH i
was looking at you the whole. TIME i was just

(49:45):
looking At Rocket. League but it was nice to kind
of zone out play some RockA league and just listen
to that conversation because even THOUGH i don't follow the league,
personally you and many of my other, friends you, KNOW
i had a few friends who went to that big
event here In, vancouver AND i just like hearing about that,
stuff because you, know my my mobe is not the big,
one BUT i still you, know like to hear about these,
things and for sure competitive games and all that. Stuff

(50:07):
so that was that was fun listening. TO i didn't
actually watch the thing at. ALL i just like would
look at your face reacting to the stuff. Enough for,
me that was like a good. Way that was a fun.
WAY i recommend it for anyone to experience, yeah the
world that way by just looking At kirkled's face and
hearing his. Reactions that's a fun way to go about.
It in terms of other games game, HIGHLIGHTS i don't

(50:28):
THINK i have much more. Here you, Know smash always super,
FUN i. Think for you, know we had the seven
player match that was intense ended in like a very shocking,
way surprising way THAT i didn't see. COMING i died
like twenty percent because it's some crazy hazard on this
freaking dogs screw.

Speaker 3 (50:42):
That one map we did, too like THE dk level
with like the ladders and. EVERYTHING i felt bad For
travis because of course he's always. Playing his little map
was not a Little mac map. Whatsoever he wanted the
he wanted the hazard. MAPS i mean HE i think
he actually just wanted, items but he said he wanted hazard,
maps AND i was, like, Okay i'll put hazard, Maps
like what are you talking.

Speaker 2 (51:02):
About that's? Different, yeah, absolutely but.

Speaker 1 (51:05):
YEAH i think for, me, uh the first Time i'd
play it was three you, know another three man free
for all game Gainst hidalgo And Taylor, field and that
was freaking. SCARY i was tense that whole. Time another
one that Like Tony, HAWK i feel LIKE i should
have such a huge, advantage AND i kind of played
up that, like, OH i haven't really played recently and
Like i'm more of like a melee. Guy like, OH

(51:26):
i was, Like i'm so confident on. THIS i hope
we play. This BUT i gotta say when we actually
got in the match And hidalgo was Playing, zelda who
is not a character is commonly, seen but is like my.
Kryptonite WHEN i played a bunch of Online ultimate when
the game first came, out especially WHEN i played As,
lucas SO i WAS i was, terrified and they were
doing a little bit of teaming up on, me and
then they kind of turned on each other and that
ended up working on my. BENEFIT i would just sit
in the back and shoot ice at them as they

(51:48):
just like attacked each. Other, Uh so that that. WAS
i feel like there was some, good just natural beef
that was being generated in that. One but, Yeah smash
is always always a, highlight always super. Fun so you know,
what are you gonna say It's smash best game?

Speaker 2 (52:00):
Ever?

Speaker 3 (52:01):
Yeah, no, ABSOLUTELY I i completely. AGREE i think every
year this pulls, up it's it's never been, like, oh
yes we Played, smash but it was, Okay like every
time we, play it's just so like. Cinematic there's some
crazy upsets that. Happened, kyle LIKE i know it wasn't
in the, tournament played like he pulled out a win On.

Speaker 2 (52:18):
Kirby he had seven KOs that.

Speaker 1 (52:21):
Game so quickly like, before but he picked it up
pretty up. Quick he was doing.

Speaker 3 (52:27):
Great, yeah and like like he's Playing kirby but still
like like he was falling off the map way less
THAN i. Am and that's always been my crypt.

Speaker 2 (52:33):
NIGHT i don't know. WHY i just Maybe i'm just
permanently holding down WHEN i shouldn't. Be BUT I i
had some.

Speaker 3 (52:41):
HIGHLIGHTS i think the chron pick was really really fun
to pull out, AGAIN i think that WAS i can't
remember if that was in tournament player or not or,
whatnot BUT i would have just for, exhibition, yeah little exhibition.
Mat BUT i just had such a highlight NOT. KO
i think it was Against tyler WHERE i was charging
my my my one attack.

Speaker 2 (52:58):
And then like turn around one. EIGHTY i think everyone's.
MIND i didn't know you nobody to do.

Speaker 3 (53:02):
That that Was that was awesome to see, Though so
especially Like Smash. Ultimate of, course you know you're A
melee fan to to the end Of, days but Just
ultimate is so cinematic and it just looks so. Beautiful
it's a pretty old game now, too but like shoves
it to. Them, man they just killed it with everything
about that. GAME i love like the zoom in on

(53:22):
the characters faces when they're getting.

Speaker 2 (53:24):
Ko.

Speaker 3 (53:24):
YEAH i love like the big boys, too like The
DKs of The, world The, bowsers even Like gannon in,
there like they just feel very powerful and. Big so
they just do such a good job at making every
character feel very unique in. Themselves you, know there's There's Marth,
lucina like they kind of feel, similar but still they they.

Speaker 2 (53:43):
Got their differences in.

Speaker 1 (53:44):
There, yeah, Definitely, yeah and then, YEAH i think the
last show up for me it's just the charades portion
that happened at one point video game, charades and we
just used like a generator online and the freaking games
it was pulling were, insane you, know many of Which
i've never heard, of which LIKE i DON'T i don't
know what every game, is But I'VE i feel Like
i've usually heard at least their. Name but when we

(54:05):
were getting some like Fran bo's in, there and, LIKE
i don't know what in the world this Is, siberia
like a Freaking Chernobyl story or whatever that game was, Called, like,
yeah there was like some crazy shit in, there and
then some like classic, ones but, yeah even some weird,
ones like you had this one where you had to
act out mass effect, too and it's, like, yeah how

(54:25):
the hell do you act out mass effect? Too like
there's just some really really strange. Ones SO i didn't
have to play, that, THANKFULLY i just got to watch
some of the, zaniness but that was fun to. See,
uh just whatever this website was was. INSANE i feel
like next TIME i should just you, know draw a
bunch of ones out on a piece of. PAPER i
feel like that would make for a better match than
like some of this craziness that involved a lot of
skipping for some just stupid picks that were in.

Speaker 2 (54:47):
There, YEAH i think we do that.

Speaker 3 (54:49):
Again it'd be great to, Like, okay we've at least
heard of these games like like Like Mass effect being
LIKE i guess you could throw it in, there but
something Like siberia and like like those random ones like
like the one two Or kyle had he was trying
to LIKE i can't wrote his, call but he was
trying to, say like a portion of a Fire it
is like it was Like frombree or something like.

Speaker 2 (55:10):
That what was the. Game it's just like get those out.

Speaker 3 (55:12):
Of, there you, know like, Yeah, portal that's a great
one to put in. There you can act that out
like The call Of Duty's battlefield like stuff like. THAT
i think we need to prune the list a little,
bit but it was still a really fun section AND
i was kind of surprised with some of them we
were able to.

Speaker 1 (55:26):
GET i, like what when he had to Do firewatch
BECAUSE i don't think he knows what fire. Watches you,
know he is like a firefighter and like that game
would probably be pretty cool for, him but you love that,
game and SO i was, like, oh this is a
fun weird, here and, LIKE i, think even though it
doesn't know what this game, is he's still gonna acted
out and Obviously kirkland knows. It AND i feel like
we even talked about it. RECENTLY i forget what episode it,
was BUT i feel Like Firewatch again came up in

(55:48):
the last like two or three months at some, point so,
YEAH i feel like it was top of.

Speaker 2 (55:52):
Mind. Ish, yeah we were. TALKING i feel like we
were either talking.

Speaker 3 (55:56):
About a game from that, studio like A newish, one
or maybe we're just talking about the The finch likes
of the world you, Remember but it definitely did come up.

Speaker 1 (56:06):
Recently any other stream game highlights we haven't mentioned.

Speaker 2 (56:11):
YET.

Speaker 3 (56:16):
I don't think. SO i think we hit all the main. Hitters, yeah,
no it. Was it was a really, fun fun year
of games and uh, yeah oh. ONE I i was
kind of wanting to pull OUT i think this would
have been in like The League world's era Of time
in The, night but, man we got to pull Out
The lord of The rings like movie tie in games

(56:37):
where you have like Gill Ley Legless ARAGORN I i
brought on the.

Speaker 2 (56:40):
GameCube we didn't end up booting up The, GameCube but.

Speaker 1 (56:43):
BECAUSE i also brought, that which is oh, REALLY i
have two towers In return of The.

Speaker 2 (56:46):
KING i brought both of. Them, OKAY i brought two.
Towers that's hilarious that we both just. Randomly, yeah, YEAH
i brought those.

Speaker 3 (56:53):
TWO i THINK i Brought Double, dash AND i THINK
i brought Like spiro Like Heroes, tale because that's a multiplayer. Game,
OKAY i, yeah.

Speaker 1 (57:02):
Wait what is the spiral what is how is it
Spiral Hero's?

Speaker 2 (57:06):
TALE i think that's what's the? Multiplayer?

Speaker 1 (57:07):
Like is it just co op platforming around or is
there like a.

Speaker 2 (57:13):
There's like a competitive angle to? It is? It let's?

Speaker 3 (57:15):
See, oh never, mind it doesn't have co. OP i
THINK i just thought it had co op because there's multiple.
Characters but, okay it says the only spiral game in
the regional series with co op is The legend Of
Spiro dawn at The, dragon which allows a second player
to Control.

Speaker 2 (57:29):
Cinder, CINDER i don't even know that was a. Thing, okay,
interesting that's.

Speaker 3 (57:35):
Cool, okay never, MIND i Brought Heroes tail though that
we could have played one.

Speaker 1 (57:39):
Player, YEAH i mean we never get to, everything for?
Sure uh, sure because we never even end up plugging
in the game puple that takes a couple extra. Steps
we didn't get to those, steps but at some point
we got to make that happen because, YEAH i Brought thug,
again which you, know we BOTH i think we're both
a little salty At Tony hawk after our so we weren't, like,
oh gotta Play. Underground but that was like also one

(57:59):
that after last year we had really hyped. UP i
BROUGHT X Men. Legends we still haven't played, that so
there's definitely some game puble and we and even like
this is on the switch, now BUT f ZERO GX
i was really hoping that would get picked in The
gauntlet because different kind of racing. Game we've DONE f zero,
before but we haven't done that, one And i've never
actually played that. Game even though it's on the switch,
NOW i still have been kind of, Waiting SO i

(58:20):
think that. ONE i hope it pops up In gauntlet next,
year AND i really want to see that GameCube f zero.
Game so, yeah always always a few things that don't
end up getting played on the, Stream but, OVERALL i
think it went really well and like most of the
things did end up, happening and like For, gauntlet almost
every match was super. EXCITING i would say everyone was
at least. Good there weren't any dud matches in. There

(58:40):
everything was fun and uh, Yeah so for anyone missed,
it go check. Out the stream is still. There we'll be.
There there's the missing ten hour, chunk but we'll put
that up as soon as we. Can but, yeah that's
that's everything from the. Stream let's take our last ad
break of the show and we'll be right. Back all, Right,
kirkland we are. Back games we've been? Playing aka what

(59:03):
you've been playing on your? Trip on the? Go first of,
all tell, me, like how how does gaming fit into your?
Travel are you a big airport gamer on the plane
when you do your game in when you're on the.

Speaker 2 (59:14):
Move.

Speaker 3 (59:15):
YEAH i this year for my, travel my, OPTIONS i
brought The Nintendo, switch Which i'm still A switch one,
enjoyer which is completely, fine you, know shouts out of
The switch.

Speaker 2 (59:25):
One owners of the.

Speaker 3 (59:26):
World one Day i'll make that, upgrade but not, today
WHICH i did not need to BECAUSE i really did
not boot it up. ONCE i that was just wasted travel,
space which was unfortunate at the end of the, trip
And i'm trying to jam everything in my, suitcase And i'm,
like why the fuck DID i bring?

Speaker 1 (59:39):
This you, know did she not played either or does
she have her own?

Speaker 3 (59:41):
Switch she she's, no she she had her kindle like
she was doing a lot of reading on the. Go
but like she's a Big Hello kitty on adventure. Player
she sunk a plethora of time into that a couple months.
AGO i think she kind of got burnt out on.
It she she wasn't playing it There and before we,
left actually we jump back into cultal lamb in, uh

(01:00:02):
just just to dust off the to, do as we've
been known to, do just to dust off the rust
a little, bit because we've got that GREAT dlc that's
coming at the start of next, Year, WOOLHAVEN i believe
it's Called it's Like winter and Winter s with some
some some bow vines that you can have in your
some animals that you can have at your your.

Speaker 2 (01:00:23):
Hut and, man.

Speaker 3 (01:00:24):
What a difficult game to just jump back into because
it's just there's so much going, on and because we've
like we're in like the end, game like it's it's,
difficult and just coming back to the farm that's, like
oh my, god what were you doing? Here like it's
kind of self sufficient a little, bit but like still
you have to make some. Decisions So i'm glad we
did jump into it. Then so it's like when we
jump into THE, dlc we at least remember a little
bit of the mechanics and whatnot before we we jump

(01:00:45):
right back into the into the new. Stuff so we
play a little bit of that for the. Trip but
getting back to the travel, Time, YEAH i BROUGHT i
brought the, switch and THEN i brought My nintendo THREE,
ds which is a phenomenal, console just so. FANTASTIC i
have plenty of great games on. There one of them
that you lent me The Great fire Album. Awakening uh

(01:01:05):
that's The fire.

Speaker 2 (01:01:06):
Emblem.

Speaker 3 (01:01:06):
Uh so, YEAH i was doing my THREE ds scene
on The shinkansen bullet. Train that was when we were
going from like city to city in The.

Speaker 2 (01:01:17):
Tokyo, land the land Of. Nepal and YEAH i did.

Speaker 3 (01:01:22):
THERE i did on the airport as well as the.
AIRPLANE i was booting up the THREE ds and that's
pretty much the only THING i.

Speaker 2 (01:01:30):
Played.

Speaker 3 (01:01:30):
Uh, actually SO i was playing fireing Them awakening as
well As Fireum. FATES i started With fates AND i
gave up on that because that. GAME i don't know
If i'm just really bad at this this this genre
of game or, whatnot or MAYBE i just got a
little bit too used to Fire emblem, too not To

(01:01:51):
Three houses.

Speaker 1 (01:01:54):
Where it like Prechol houses.

Speaker 2 (01:01:57):
Before they had the THIRD.

Speaker 3 (01:01:59):
I i JUST i feel like WHEN i play these,
GAMES i get too attached to like certain, characters SO
i just can't accept losing, anyone which is such a
big mechanic in that, game especially like you can choose casual.
MODE i picking casual, mode even THOUGH i probably, should
BECAUSE i could get.

Speaker 2 (01:02:14):
Through a lot of, things like you, know a lot.

Speaker 3 (01:02:16):
Easier but like In Three, houses they introduced like the rewind,
mechanic which is great BECAUSE i don't, know have to
just like boot off the or, sorry turn off the
system every TIME i lose the character THAT i really
like to to restart the. Mission really really forgiving that,
Sense but also just like the access to training and
just doing training, battles LIKE i kind of forgot that
that's just not really like you have, them but they're

(01:02:37):
not just always, accessible so you can't just, Like, Okay
i'm kind of struggling, Here i'm gonna do a bunch
of practice matches and just level up, characters like you
can't really do that in the older. Titles well you,
Know fates And fire And awaking aren't necessarily the old old.
Titles they're there like The gamekey ones and the ones
earlier than, that but still just just earlier than the
more modern era fire. Them AND i was just getting

(01:02:59):
so frustrated because like LIKE i would try so many
different strategies AND i would JUST i couldn't even get
like a quarter of the way like through like just one.

Speaker 2 (01:03:06):
Level and that's like pretty early on in the.

Speaker 3 (01:03:08):
GAME i was doing THE i can't because There's, Firemam,
fates Birth, right and Then CONQUEST i think is like
the more bad.

Speaker 2 (01:03:19):
Side.

Speaker 3 (01:03:20):
Uh the first TIME i played the, GAME i WAS
i was progressing Through, birthright SO i was playing The
conquest one and they like the maps are.

Speaker 2 (01:03:26):
Just so large, harder, yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:03:29):
Yeah and like they purposely just put you in these
like really hard battle scenarios and the maps are so,
large and there's like the like if you get like
halfway through and you've already like started to lose, people
and THEN i just lose like another. Person that's Where
i'm like fuck, This i'm turning this? Off is that
LIKE i don't even really feel motivated.

Speaker 2 (01:03:45):
To like try it. AGAIN i need like cool, off.

Speaker 3 (01:03:47):
Period SO i was trying a couple hours on that
game and made a little bit of, progress but it
just felt LIKE i was like one step, foward three steps,
back and it was just like a really deterreous so
and like BECAUSE i was doing it on the, PLANE
i think If i'm, struggling LIKE i could have pulled
up Like reddit IF i had internet, access and, like,
kay like what AM i doing wrong? Here like how
CAN i like get a better strategy Because i'm not

(01:04:08):
even playing on like the hardest. DIFFICULTY i THINK i
play on, hard which is kind of the middle, difficulty
but there's like lunatic and above but no. Stop that
went back To, awakening WHICH i hadn't played in a long,
time AND i was picking up my like original, save
which IS i think it was at like twenty something,
hours WHICH i don't know how long that game, is

(01:04:28):
but LIKE i still don't feel Like i'm really at
the end of. It like it's those games are just so,
long and IF i account for every like attempted battle,
slash like turn off the, system jump back in. THERE
i probably like one hundred hours on this. SAVE i
think Now i'm at like fifty, hours so like pretty in,
there you, know like my, car LIKE i got the

(01:04:51):
children in. There, now that's not really like a big
element In Three, houses SO i kind of forgot about,
That like the sharing of the trades depending on who gets.
MARRIED i just love that element of the game, too
like the romancing, side and just like like getting attached
to these. Characters AND i will say easier Than, fates
but still harder Than Three houses in the sense of, Like,

(01:05:12):
OKAY i have these suthlement, battles but If i'm like
investing in a character for a certain amount of, TIME
i kind of have like a pass set out for.
Them BUT i still get put in these in these
battles that are somewhat lengthily and pretty, challenging and IF
i lose, someone but it's, like, man like this is
like LIKE i lost them because someone critted me with
like two, percent but like my strategy was. Correct i'm

(01:05:35):
LIKE i can't restart the.

Speaker 2 (01:05:36):
SYSTEM i. Can't and and, Honestly, matt like it's been.

Speaker 3 (01:05:39):
So freeing to just accept that fact that Like, okay,
yeah it's emotionally damaging WHEN i. LOSE i think like
the ONE i lost last Was, sully which is like
a really strong character THAT i had from like the
very get, Go like she's one of the earliest characters you,
have AND i just developed her into this like really
strong wivern lord that was just popping, off and she

(01:06:01):
just got put into a scenario WHERE i was really
confident that she was gonna pull, out and and, no
like they pulled ON i think it was like less
than ten percent krit chance and they and they hit
it and they just demolished. Her but like everyone was
really low and it was just a really hard battle
THAT i tried so many times And i'm, Like i'm,
sorry so like we'll bury you after the, battle but
like we LIKE i can't restart the, system and ever

(01:06:22):
since that, moment LIKE i haven't anytime That i've like potentially.
LOST i mean there's sometimes when it's, like, OKAY i
just lost three people in a. Row i'm restarting. THIS
i can't accept, that BUT i feel like that's just
such a big part of those, games, though it is
like actually getting emotionally tied these, characters especially when yet they.
Do like their little cut, SCENES a lot of them
are like very bland and, generic like they're little lines that.

Speaker 2 (01:06:42):
They have with each.

Speaker 3 (01:06:43):
CHARACTER i think that's something that's improved a lot more
in the later. Titles they don't just feel like a
like a stereotype of themselves or it's, like, oh this
character is just goofy and they love, food so like
every single line is about.

Speaker 2 (01:06:55):
That it's it's kind of, irolly.

Speaker 3 (01:06:57):
But, no just getting attached to them and then they
have like a family now they have, children and then
like they get killed off And i'm just like sitting,
there LIKE i just Watched fanos snap AND i Lost
Peter parker for the first. Time it's just so like,
damaging but it just adds emotion and enjoyment to the
game that, LIKE i feel Like i've been on such
a massive campaign now with these, characters and, yeah, MAN

(01:07:19):
i Love Fire. Up it's been so. Long sid've like
jumped back into, it Especially, awakening and like like my
ds had dust on, it booted it up full battery,
charge like come, On like they don't make sisters like
they used. To so, Yeah I'M i Think i'm very
close to the end of Of awakening there And i've
been doing all of like the parallog levels and, everything

(01:07:40):
collecting all the. Characters one character THAT i completely really
just wrote off Is. DONNEAL i hadn't done his. Parallog it's,
LIKE i think it's like the first parallog that you.
Get AND i don't know if you remember, him but
he's like this farmer guy that you, like his village
is being. Raided you go and recruit. Him if he
levels up on the, level then you get to keep.
Him and he's like really bad. Character but his trait

(01:08:02):
is like his stats get like increased Fifth like he
just gets like INCREASED xp when he levels. Up and
for that, reason he can literally become like the strongest
character just if you like leve him up. Properly but
he's just such a low like entry, point like you
have to be really smart when you level him up
because he he can't fight. Anyone you have to hide,
him bring him in for a last hit here and,

(01:08:22):
there and, uh just investing in the character has been
really rewarding because, yeah now he's he's he's LIKE i
THINK i have him as like a champion OR i
can't remember what he's, called but, yeah he just he
pops off on my front. Lines, now it's just, like,
man that's Young donald and he's popping. Off he's one
of my strongest. Heroes SO i absolutely love that. GAME
i love the.

Speaker 2 (01:08:41):
Characters it's my First fireman game, too SO i have
so much like nostalgia attachment to, it even though WELL
i was gonna SAY i jumped on it, young BUT
i think, no, yeah because you lent it to, me
so it would have been targeted.

Speaker 1 (01:08:53):
Like over a decade ago, now so, yeah well, yeah
like older than the. Podcast so's, nostalgia, know, Absolutely.

Speaker 2 (01:09:01):
YEAH i Love.

Speaker 3 (01:09:02):
Lucina that's My that's that's my. LADY i absolutely love that.
Character and uh, yeah just like the story. Too that's
a part of. It so chouts at the fire emblem
and specifically.

Speaker 1 (01:09:10):
Awakening, YEAH i mean a lot there that you brought
up That i'm.

Speaker 2 (01:09:15):
Excited, yeah, SORRY i was kind Of, No, no it's,
good it's. GOOD I i yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:09:18):
That So donald like The, yeah those are like recruit.
Characters Sacred, Stones i'd, say is like maybe the other
game that does the most of. That BUT i feel
like Most fireman games have a couple of characters like
that that's are like super duper under, leveled really really,
bad but they just have like more opportunities to level.

Speaker 2 (01:09:33):
Up that's how it.

Speaker 1 (01:09:34):
Works In Sacred, stones they're like pretty much like a
prequel type class like before other, classes so they just
get like a whole extra ten levels worth of potential
points that they can get on a level up if
you just fully max them. Out and then, yeah eventually
in the Like midlake, game they become.

Speaker 2 (01:09:49):
Just like super.

Speaker 1 (01:09:49):
Overpowered but it's like such a satisfying journey to go,
On like it truly feels like you're building up with.
Them AND i feel like if that's if that kind
of character dies early, on some people just let it happen,
though like all this character, sucks they just let him.
Die but, man they if they make it to like
the Mid lake, game like they're never, dying like they're
just like a mortal pretty. Much SO i love those
kinds of characters.

Speaker 3 (01:10:11):
Absolutely something SOMETHING i forgot to mention too is In Three,
HOUSES i feel like there's so much well probably in
all the previous, games BUT i didn't really utilize it as.

Speaker 2 (01:10:18):
Much but magic, USERS.

Speaker 3 (01:10:20):
I Think Three houses just has like a lot of,
them and it's just like really, simple like your spell
books never run.

Speaker 2 (01:10:25):
Out it just really.

Speaker 3 (01:10:26):
Simplified and for that, REASON i just naturally was using
more magic. USERS i think the first TIME i play
that game, TOO i was like The Black, eagles which
have like a lot of magic users just just in
their in their roster and.

Speaker 2 (01:10:37):
Going back to.

Speaker 3 (01:10:37):
It LIKE i definitely wasn't using them that, much but
many they are some crazy powerhouse like My. Robin, ALSO
i just like Morphed, into just like he is just
a god. Teer he JUST i can have him like
solo a level it seems SOMETIMES i can't really now
just because just because they're very, difficult and of course
my PARINGS i love having them on.

Speaker 2 (01:10:59):
There but in like the early mid, game it was.

Speaker 3 (01:11:02):
That point Where i'm, LIKE i feel LIKE i have
to Bench, robin like It's i'm just leaning on him
way too much for some of these, battles but really
really strong. CHARACTER I i it'd be interesting to look, back,
LIKE i, MEAN i haven't played all These fireminal. GAMES
i definitely want to play more of. THEM i, MEAN
i haven't beaten one. YET i Think i'm very close With,
awakening So i'm i gotta finish one at. Least BUT

(01:11:25):
i just love these types of games and it'd be
interesting to look back on just like, who like the
best player character. IS i know there always always wasn't
that option like in the earlier. ONES i think you
just have like The marth or the roy, right you'll
be able to speak to that.

Speaker 1 (01:11:39):
More, YEAH i think it might. Be it might Be
bilet like From Three. Houses, yeah, okay in terms of
like the, player like the avatar type, CHARACTER i mean
they didn't like because what they used to have like
the lord type character that would be your protagonist like
From smash or Like barth Roy erica and a frame

(01:12:02):
From Sacred.

Speaker 2 (01:12:03):
Stones and then at some point they.

Speaker 1 (01:12:04):
TRANSITION i think it was really With awakening is when,
okay now you Have, robin you can like choose their hair,
color choose their, gender change their name like that they
don't have to be Named. Robin and then they did
that With fates With, corn and then kept that With
Three houses In, bioleth and then And. ENGAGE i don't
even know what that character is. CALLED i think there's
one as, well but, man that game is not super

(01:12:25):
memorable for.

Speaker 3 (01:12:25):
Me.

Speaker 1 (01:12:27):
YEAH i think of those byass.

Speaker 2 (01:12:29):
The one that comes to mind for me in terms
of like being the most.

Speaker 1 (01:12:31):
Powerful but it could Be robin AND i, think and
that's one of the THINGS i loved About, awakening and
specifically that character is to have a magic user who
can like also use swords was like a mind blowing
thing for. Me and now there is more like hybrid
type classes and like Three houses And engage and. Stuff
but for a long time it was very much like
very separation of church and, say if you are a magic,
user you don't use swords or weapons of any, kind

(01:12:54):
or you, know the opposite is. True and so now
it's really fun to have some more like, weird wacky
hybrid classes and like now there's Like waiver And riders
that use like dark magic and, stuff and like that's
a really fun kind of. COMBO i really like some of.
That SO i feel like they've gotten a lot more
loose in terms of what a certain class can be
by just like adding new ones here, there and so
excited with.

Speaker 2 (01:13:14):
Uh Shadows.

Speaker 1 (01:13:16):
WEAVE i keep forgetting the freaking name of this new.

Speaker 2 (01:13:18):
One it's not good if that's what it's, called Shadows,
weave is?

Speaker 1 (01:13:22):
It it's it's something it's something. Weave fates.

Speaker 2 (01:13:25):
Weave, no not fates.

Speaker 3 (01:13:26):
Weave, Yeah, no you're you're onto something that you're, close
you're circling.

Speaker 2 (01:13:30):
It uh.

Speaker 1 (01:13:31):
Yeah even like in that like seeing a couple of
new classes just like by, name and So i'm curious
to see like what those are and like what they
evolve into as.

Speaker 2 (01:13:39):
Well, yeah will be fun to, See oh for.

Speaker 3 (01:13:41):
SURE i love, too like the the upgrade of the,
technology like like the switch version of Like Three. Houses
like it's just a really beautiful game, too like when
you're on the grid and like the characters are like
THREE d and like. It it just looks really. Nice
but by the way sorches weave, there you, go, beautiful
you were circling. It but, MAN i love the look

(01:14:02):
of THE ds and just like that grid style of the.
Characters it's more like just just classic like old style OF,
jrpg Like Final fantasy era on like THE ps, WHATEVER ps,
ONE ps two whatever those games, Were like it just
reminds me of, That like the character models are so.
Great BUT i did want to shout out my as
for my name The flyers of The, world BECAUSE i

(01:14:22):
completely underutilize the flyers in those. Games on my early
Fire emblement adventures such powerful characters and like the tritorial tells,
you you, know like if you pair up a slow
character on a, flyer like it helps them move around.
MORE i didn't really like think about the min max
potential of that really BECAUSE i thought it would just be, like, okay,
YEAH i can go a little bit further WHEN i put,

(01:14:44):
this but like if you have a character certain distance
and you march them all the way to a certain
character that jumps on a, flyer now you get to
use all of your movement on that other flyer to go,
somewhere and then you can still switch your character to
a tack with that initial guy that just crossed like
the whole. Map like LIKE i realized that like thirty

(01:15:05):
five hours into the game THAT i could even do,
that which is just, nuts absolutely.

Speaker 2 (01:15:08):
NUTS i never used.

Speaker 3 (01:15:09):
FLYERS i think one like got caught and like by
arrows or maybe some wind, magic.

Speaker 2 (01:15:14):
AND i was, like this class fucking. Sucks this is, horrible.

Speaker 3 (01:15:16):
But you just you, know you strategize around. It and,
yeah and like there's flyers all across the. GENRE i
don't know how like back they. Go but of course
moving on From, Awakening like there's so many flyers in the.
Game with three, houses there's plenty of, them and that's
where they have like really really really strong wivern.

Speaker 2 (01:15:34):
Lords and stuff like.

Speaker 3 (01:15:35):
That but, YEAH i feel like also when they're lower,
levels like they have pretty bad hit. Rates SO i
just didn't really invest in them at all early on
in My firm. Adventures but, YEAH i always bring flyers with,
me not just for the, movement but they also just
they usually have like really high. Speed also just like
if like those those children, man like you can get

(01:15:56):
some crazy traits if like like from the parents those
children are seeing characters that, YEAH i just.

Speaker 2 (01:16:03):
Underutilize so there's so much to the.

Speaker 3 (01:16:04):
GAMES i understand now how people could probably beat these
games On lunatic if they just mind max everything in,
them because there's just so many things THAT i don't
really realize that that's in.

Speaker 2 (01:16:14):
It but, yeah, NO i love. IT i love it so.

Speaker 1 (01:16:17):
Much, YEAH i wonder if they'll ever bring back that
mechanic From, awakening like not the pair up, one but
like specifically just like the marrying characters together and then
have them having like offspring and then like you're kind
of raising them up and you, know their appearance changes
depending on who their parents. Are, LIKE i understand why they,
don't because that's just like a lot of. Work it

(01:16:37):
makes sense. Why but it is really, satisfying AND i
think it makes for really fun replayability because you're like
getting characters you've just never seen before and more realistically because,
yeah you're just not gonna have, It you're gonna have,
wait way more, PERMUTATIONS i.

Speaker 2 (01:16:51):
Suppose so, YEAH i don't. KNOW i don't know if
they'll do that.

Speaker 1 (01:16:53):
Again it doesn't seem like That's Fortunes. Weave it doesn't
seem like that one was going for.

Speaker 2 (01:16:57):
It so maybe in the.

Speaker 1 (01:16:57):
Future we'll see that. Again but, yeah it's only game
that's done that.

Speaker 2 (01:17:00):
Before oh, actually, YEAH i feel LIKE i didn't know that.
Fact that's.

Speaker 1 (01:17:05):
Crazy, yeah game that has like the pair up, Mechanic, like,
okay in the same, way you can always like rescue,
characters pick them up and move them, around but you
can't you can't like switch and like use them to.
Attack so that, GAME i, mean obviously that kind of
goes well with the pairing mechanic and marrying people and,
like oh, yeah so it kind of it feels like
a fusion of those two. Ideas but, that's you, know
one of the many. REASONS i, Mean awakening is a

(01:17:26):
great game for a lot of, reasons but for, sure
like those mechanics are unique in the in the series
of like fifteen. Games it's saying something that it's like
the only one that does those two things in.

Speaker 2 (01:17:35):
Particular that's.

Speaker 3 (01:17:36):
CRAZY i feel, LIKE i, like obviously three, HOUSES i
knew you couldn't do, that BUT i thought that was
in like earlier. Titles also just like not necessarily like The,
offspring but just pairing up with with with.

Speaker 1 (01:17:47):
Characters so, yeah definitely, relationships but, yeah not having like,
kids it was new to. THAT i mean maybe one
of the super old ones THAT i haven't, played like
the The japan only, ones BUT i doubt it back
in the day they would have had.

Speaker 2 (01:17:58):
That oh for.

Speaker 3 (01:18:00):
SURE I I i do completely understand why they don't do.

Speaker 2 (01:18:04):
That, uh it is a lot to put in.

Speaker 3 (01:18:07):
THERE i still wish that that that does happen, though
because it it's just so, great like seeing that. Investment of,
Course i'm playing like my basically romance game and Then
i'm skinning these offspring That i'm able to put into
battle it's just it's just so. GREAT i do wish
that there was like maybe just as you progress to
get like natural like age. Jumps we're in like three,

(01:18:27):
houses like from act one to act, two like the characters.

Speaker 2 (01:18:30):
Change, physically like they look.

Speaker 3 (01:18:31):
Older that would because, like, YEAH i have my young
character talking to their, child and it's just like this
is a little weird that like they don't got, wrinkles
that they look the same age, Essentially but, yeah, no
it's it's a really cool. Mechanic and knowing that it's
just part of, THAT i feel like it makes a
little bit more special of Like, awakening of like that,
game just BECAUSE i do really love that aspect of,
it AND i think for the reasons of it being

(01:18:55):
nostalgic and as well as the gameplay That i've loved
with it the, CHARACTERS i Think awakening will always be
my favorite Fire. Amum BUT i can't really say that
Because i've only played three of. THEM i think you
lent me one of them On, GameCube BUT i only
like scratch the surface on that. One but what was
that path Of path Of radiance or is that?

Speaker 1 (01:19:12):
SICK i remember lending you, That but that is the
Only GameCube. One so IF i did do, that it
would have been a cut Of. Radiance yeah, YEAH i
mean they Have Sacred stones And Blazing blade on Or Binding,
BLADE i forget which one it is on switch online right,
now and then whenever you get a switch to in
The GameCube, app they do have path Of radiance on
there as.

Speaker 2 (01:19:30):
Well oh, well you have a lot of.

Speaker 1 (01:19:31):
Other ones you could jump into pretty easily if you
if you want. To uh so that's, uh you got
a lot of a lot of potential. There and, Yeah
Fortunes weave next, YEAR i GUESS i think that's a
switch to only, one, right SO i guess you won't
be playing that at, launch but we'll see how that.
Goes but kind of what you were saying there of,
LIKE i Think i've made the decision now Because i've
been a purist for a long. Time Casual, Mode i'm

(01:19:53):
not using. That i'm playing classic.

Speaker 2 (01:19:54):
Mode all the.

Speaker 1 (01:19:55):
WAY i think What i'm gonna do For Fortune's, WEAVE
i Think i'm gonna do casual mode and the highest
difficulty THAT i. CAN i don't think you get usually
don't get lunatic like from get, go you have to
like beat the game first and you unlock. That SO
i Think i'm gonna go hard and casual BECAUSE i
DON'T i think that. ONE i think there's like an
interesting strategy to that of like characters dying mid battle

(01:20:17):
and it's like if you can still make it through that,
battle that is still impressive because you have like less
units than you normally. Would, yeah BUT i just so
many times like that's WHEN i ended up Quitting conquest.
IS i had one battle that was like two two
and a half hours, long died or like lost a
unit or. TWO i can't remember the exact, scenario but
enough THAT i Was, OKAY i have to reset, here
and then just like never playing the game. Again the same.

(01:20:38):
Thing after The shadows Of valentia And, ENGAGE i got
to some level that was just so, eft so, impossible
and you, KNOW i just couldn't get through it without
like losing multiple. People and so, YEAH i Think i'm
excited To and even Though engage has like the rewind
mechanic like three, HOUSES i Think i've accepted, That Like
i'm just gonna try casual mode for, once put on
the higher difficulty and see IF i can still have

(01:21:00):
a good time with. It that way and just dig
into it for what it, is and you, know still
get that strategic, element but without being as pissed off
about like losing people in. Resetting and you're, right there
is something to letting characters die and having that be
a narrative. Thing but also if you're playing them higher,
difficulties and it's like If i've invested a ton into,
character sometimes it just like becomes a slippery slope of, like,

(01:21:21):
well then IF i keep losing, characters then LIKE i
can't even beat the final levels BECAUSE i don't have enough,
Characters LIKE i just run out of my other ones
and like all the resources and losing good items and.
Stuff so there is an argument for, that And i've
definitely let some people die over the years because it
makes for a good. Story but, YEAH i don't. KNOW
i think it's a fine. Balance and So i'm excited
to try that With Fortune's weave Because i've just never

(01:21:43):
really done that.

Speaker 2 (01:21:44):
Before, yeah, no one hundred.

Speaker 3 (01:21:46):
PERCENT I and LIKE i was saying, earlier WHEN i
WHEN i let that character, DIE i didn't let them,
die but they just happened to, die AND i let
it have BECAUSE i kept going in the mission if
it was like my favorite, CHARACTER i probably would have
rebooted the. Game let's be, Honest LIKE i think it
was just it fit that narrative at that point in.
Time SO i think it's it is a wise decision
to go, casual because AS i would, saying, like my

(01:22:07):
total time played is probably like over one hundred hours
on this, save and that's Because i've just like played
a mission probably an hour in and THEN i have
to restart. It AND i just do that BECAUSE I
i just don't want to lose a certain. Character but
like also at the same, point like When i'm playing
On classic and IF i have like six characters that
are all like super low, health it's a little bit

(01:22:29):
harder to get them healed up and like like getting
like access to the elixirs and stuff like like you
really got to be on top of just inventory, management
as you do have to do on pretty much all the.
Games but like When i'm going into battle and it's, like,
okay if they hit this character's dead for sure and
they like seventy percent and they miss what a rush
is that? Feeling or maybe you get like the clutch

(01:22:52):
character that's paired with them jump in to like block
the shot And i'm just going crazy on this flight
where like this Red eye flight where everyone's just asleep
And i'm just going crazy right now in the middle
of the flight five hours. In it what a feeling it.
IS i was getting sweaty on that ride for, sure and, yeah,
no it.

Speaker 2 (01:23:07):
Was it was a great. TIME i, yeah, Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:23:11):
AND i mean that's that's the super duper megaplus site
of playing these things On Switch online is like those
old games just have the rewind feature now because that's
just built into the. App so if you're going back
To Staboy dance, ones you can just like make Safe
states mid level if you want go back to, those
or you can just rewind BY i don't know what
the limit, is but definitely you could, rewind like you

(01:23:31):
walking in getting hit By krit by someone and, hm you,
know for five Percent krit and, dying you can definitely rewind.
That so that's also WHY i haven't experienced those, games
BECAUSE i have played them recently enough THAT i haven't
jumped into like the versions that are on time To Switch.

Speaker 2 (01:23:45):
Online mm.

Speaker 1 (01:23:45):
Hmm but, yeah that's definitely a nice way to kind
of revitalize some of those older games and make them
a little more, modern even though they didn't have to
change anything about the game. Itself it's just like through
the app that it's played. On so that's a that's
a pretty cool feature as. Well and then the last
THING i went to dihlight was you mentioned the, flyers and, yeah,
flyers they're the. Best and especially with my second playthrough
THAT i did Of Three. HOUSES i THINK i told

(01:24:06):
you about, this but just kind of reminiscing on it
IS i pretty much made every character that had the
ability to change into a flyer class a flyer, class
AND i pretty much be around the game AND i
had so many flyers and people were just zipping around
the map like. Crazy and it was such a fun
playthrough to have just like every version Of, flyer different wavering,

(01:24:27):
types Different pegasus, types and just like just launching through
these levels. Unstopped it. Was it was super. FUN i
had a great time with that.

Speaker 3 (01:24:36):
Playthrough man movement is such a powerful mechanic in that,
game like like if you like if you can just
like go in attack someone and then move. OUT i
did that a lot In Three, Houses LIKE i THINK
i had quite a Few flyers and just being able
to do that and get out of attack range is
just so strong of an ability to.

Speaker 2 (01:24:56):
Do, So, yeah shouts.

Speaker 3 (01:24:57):
Out to flyers, THERE i UNDER i appreciate, them but never,
Again i'm never gonna undervalue a flyer.

Speaker 2 (01:25:02):
Again.

Speaker 1 (01:25:03):
Yeah, NO i mean you gotta be careful with, them
right for, sure with the wind magic or bow and,
arrows like they'll just take them down for, sure but you,
gotta you, know keep an eye out for that and
then you can have some good. Success any of the
other highlights from your travel sounds like you really just Played,
Awaking so is that is that kind of the one?

Speaker 3 (01:25:18):
Highlight, YEAH i MEAN i didn't really play a lot
of video games on the, traivel LIKE i probably would
have been more if The world's event was going. On
that that took up my my my late night. Time but,
YEAH i, Know, SHANE i walked into a couple of
the arcades there In. Japan they look absolutely. Insane we
didn't end up, playing just because we we kind of
were going to a, location just wanted to stop by
and take a. Look but, uh, yeah, no it was

(01:25:40):
it was pretty dry on the gaming. Front i'm excited
to Out i'm, back you, know get back in the
routine of just jumping into some games That i've Been
i've been excited to jump.

Speaker 2 (01:25:48):
Into so, yeah that's it for. Me what is the
next thing you're jumping? Into, oh what a great.

Speaker 1 (01:25:53):
Question you have a day off, tomorrow if you if
you're sitting down for a couple hours game and what.

Speaker 3 (01:25:57):
Do You, yeah If i'm being honest with, Myself i've
already pre planned Some league, legends exciting time with a
couple of.

Speaker 2 (01:26:04):
Friends.

Speaker 3 (01:26:05):
Yeah, absolutely that always happens After. Worlds that's just LIKE
i was talking To serious about, this like he always
jumps in Around. Worlds it's just it's just a natural,
thing just.

Speaker 2 (01:26:14):
The hype from.

Speaker 3 (01:26:14):
That But i'll probably put in some Some league time
there in the, mornings AND i do want to boot
up the PlayStation and play some.

Speaker 2 (01:26:22):
Things, Honestly i'm not gonna.

Speaker 3 (01:26:23):
Lie i've kind of been itching to jump back Into
Mortal kombat after like the little games THAT i played
on the stream. There just, yeah just just jump in
there and and just do a couple of the. TOURNAMENTS
i don't play like online with. People probably, should but
there's just something in. ME i JUST i Just i'm just,
Scared SO i just do The, towers but, no just
just even playing some of the CHARACTERS i haven't played,

(01:26:44):
yet and, like LIKE i Played Omni man on, stream
but like never really like trying to learn him. Properly
and there's just a lot of satisfaction that you get
in that, game and it's a big roster THAT i
haven't fully uh tapped. Into so, Yeah i'll probably put
up Some Mortal combat as.

Speaker 1 (01:26:58):
Well, yeah that was fun to actually you play that
and see some of the newer ish characters THAT i
haven't really seen much of.

Speaker 2 (01:27:04):
Yet so that was a good.

Speaker 1 (01:27:05):
Time. YEAH i think the one, highlight the one Thing
i've been playing IS i also had, smaller much smaller than.

Speaker 2 (01:27:13):
You had a little bit of travel this.

Speaker 1 (01:27:14):
Weekend it sad to come To, klona SO i had
a couple few hours in the car and on the
bus on the way, home and so, YEAH i picked
up plans For Zombies, replanted WHICH i didn't pick up
when it came out like a month ago because reviews
were like really, Bad like people are, like, oh this
is like a really half assed PORT ea really dropped
the ball, here Cash grab all this shitty, stuff AND
i was, like, yeah, okay well for. It they probably

(01:27:34):
don't earn my. Money but THEN i was, like, Okay
i'm going to. CLONE i need something to, play and
you know, What i'm just gonna buy. It how bad
can it? Be it's plants for, zombies AND i don't get.
IT i don't see why people are crying about this. Game,
LIKE i had no, Bugs it plays, well looks, good
has new content in, it SO i don't. Know maybe
they just had to put a couple patches out that
have fixed all the issues people. Had but to, me

(01:27:55):
this like is really it's a really great, Port like
it's exactly WHAT i expect and, want which is not.
Much it's just, like, hey have it run in widescreen
and play on my, switch and you, know throw some
extra bells and whistles in, there like you're not gonna
complain about. That so, YEAH i don't. Know maybe maybe
they have had a couple, patches but it hasn't been
out that. Long but, YEAH i FINALLY i beat the
campaign and then it unlocks a new game, plus WHICH

(01:28:19):
i don't remember the game, having so don't it's hard
for me to remember what's new and what, isn't just
because it's been a while Since i've like actually played
through the entirety Of plans For, zombies but you, know
so many, minigames puzzle, modes bonus. Modes i've seen now
some stuff that is new for, Sure like there's some
new level types that are, unlocked AND i still have
a lot of things too, unlocked SO i probably can

(01:28:39):
report back on a lot of the new things. Later but, yeah,
Man i've had a lot of fun getting back Into
plants For, zombies playing through that full campaign from starting
to finish again with super. Fun and now That i've done,
that it seems Like i've unlocked like a lot of
the harder, things and So i'm excited to see what
that's like, too because Since i've played this game, before
it was kind of. BREEZY i didn't have to replay
a single, level LIKE i just you, know enough of

(01:29:01):
the knowledge of knowledge base to beat them on my first.
Try and the first few, WORLDS i was just on
two point five time speed blasting through these levels as
fast AS i could pretty much to get to the later.
Stuff and THEN i had to slow down, because like
it gets pretty, intense but just forgot about so many
the later mechanics OF i kind of forgot how like
the rooftop levels, worked and like the levels were the

(01:29:21):
fog rolls in and you got to like put lanterns out,
there or you can just like risk it and not
see what's, coming and then forgetting about some of the
puzzles and.

Speaker 2 (01:29:28):
All, like there's just a lot of content in this.

Speaker 1 (01:29:31):
Package so even though this is like thirty bucks for this,
remake or maybe thirty Five canadian dollars whatever it, was
it feels like there's a lot in, here and, yeah
like some of the new Stuff i'm excited to check
out as. Well so, yeah just been really fun really
playing a lot Of plans For, zombies BECAUSE i, think
after me and you did that Best zombie game ranking
earlier this, YEAR i booted up the game and, played,

(01:29:52):
like you, know maybe half an hour of it and
then kind of put it down. Again but to really
just be stuck in a, Car i'm, Like, Okay i'm
just gonna play through a bunch of this game and
just of falling in love with it. Again has been
been really.

Speaker 2 (01:30:02):
Great so, yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:30:03):
Shows plans For zombies specifically. REPLANTED i think this is
a pretty good remaster version of. It so you haven't
played this game. BEFORE i think this is a good
way to finally check it.

Speaker 2 (01:30:12):
Out that's that's my. Recommendation, Nice, no that's.

Speaker 3 (01:30:17):
Awesome, YEAH i Mean i'm a Big plans versus zombie
fan of time. Past do they still Have it was
like a bowling bonus game in, there where you just
you just control like the little potato guys that. SHOOT
i just remember having so much fun with. THAT i
can't remember if they were like a part of the
campaign or if it was just like a bonus mode in.

Speaker 2 (01:30:37):
There.

Speaker 1 (01:30:37):
Both. Yeah there are every few levels you get like
a auto scrolling type level where rather than like you,
know harvesting sun planting, things you just have like a
conveyor belt that's like just bringing cards. DOWN i GUESS
i remember that you put those in and some of
them they are like a regular, level and then sometimes
they are like the lawn bowling. One and then there
are bonus levels as well in the challenge mode, thing
where there are like other ones and some of them

(01:30:59):
actually get pretty challenging in that challenge but specifically we're
just like an insane amount of things they're, giving like
throwing so many insane amount of zombies they're throwing at
you that you got to deal with AND i. Forgot,
yeah there's like a minigame where you actually get to
like plant the zombies down and try and take down the,
yard AND i totally forgot that.

Speaker 2 (01:31:14):
Was the thing in there as.

Speaker 1 (01:31:15):
Well this version also did ad co, op WHICH i
thought maybe we would jump into at some point on the.

Speaker 2 (01:31:20):
Stream it.

Speaker 1 (01:31:20):
DIDN'T i don't THINK i actually had really unlocked. It
and Now i've unlocked like a verse, mode SO i
want to say with that is like and maybe that
could become a gamblet. Game it is like SOME pvc verse.
Mode So i'll explore what that looks like and maybe
we can visit revisit it again next. Stream but, yeah
it seems like there's a couple of fresh new things
in here as.

Speaker 2 (01:31:39):
Well, yeah that's.

Speaker 3 (01:31:42):
Awesome do you do you find yourself LIKE i feel
LIKE i always kind of just stuck to the same
plants or like my same strategy pretty much every.

Speaker 2 (01:31:49):
Game do you do you.

Speaker 3 (01:31:50):
Find yourself trying every every plant, Type LIKE i there's
like the ice plant that would like freeze, Them LIKE
i would never use that guy. Ever, Really, yeah there's
like the.

Speaker 2 (01:32:02):
MINES i never.

Speaker 3 (01:32:03):
USED i always had the potato walls. THOUGH i would
always put those guys to the front WHEN i. Could
that was like my go. To but, yeah like you
do you experiment a little? Bit is it, Like, Okay
i've played this game, before this play, Through i'm gonna
go around and just try EVERYTHING i haven't done. Before
how do you go about?

Speaker 1 (01:32:19):
It? HMM i THINK i do like to experiment and
try out some different, Ones LIKE i don't, remember like
the star it's like like almost like a little starfish
and it shoots out darts in like five different, directions
which is like is.

Speaker 2 (01:32:33):
It the multi headed one or is it?

Speaker 1 (01:32:35):
Different, okay, yeah, yeah it's kind of like, that which
is kind of, weird right because it shoots them in like,
diagonal which is like it's really hard to, Envision, like,
okay is this really the COVERAGE i need in the
TOWER defensei kind of, game BUT i was, like, oh
it's going to try that out for a few. LEVELS
i mean most of the TIME i do base it
off of like you get the preview what zombies are
gonna come down right, Level so it's, Like, okay WELL
i need the cactus one BECAUSE i gotta take out these.

(01:32:56):
Balloons but, yeah it seems like for any possible, problem
there's like two or three or more plants that can
like specifically fight them. Off so, like, YEAH i THINK
i kind of don't really use the mines a whole.
Lot but then when you get to the levels where
you have like the underminer guy who like crawls underground
to the back of your base and like attacks your

(01:33:17):
guys from the. Back if you put those potato things
down since it's, underground he just blows up on. It so,
okay so that thing became crucial, now like way late
in the, campaign so it's fun like multiple worlds. Later
for the one of the earliest, plants you have to
have like a whole new use to. It so, Yeah
i'm definitely trying out some new. Ones and then there's
LIKE i forgot about some of the upgrade ones you
can like buy from the shop and so you like

(01:33:37):
put down a sunflower and then you can get like
a double headed sunflower that you can attach to, it
and so, YEAH i am trying out different, ones But
i'm for sure an ice, Guy LIKE I i make
SURE i get an ice tower or an ice pea
shooter in every single. Lane that so THAT i can
slow stuff, down and THEN i you, know at the rooftop,
level you unlock the corn on the cob one which
has like a it shoots butter every once in a

(01:33:59):
while that just like freezes them completely in place and
the until it wears. Off and so Now i'm, like,
okay now every LANE i want ice and one corn
things THAT i can just like slow these enemies down a,
Ton and THEN i really just try and save. Up
AND i love the three headed pea shooter that shoots
like in its lane and the two lanes next to,
it AND i try and line that up so that
it's like getting as much coverage as, possible and then

(01:34:20):
also TRYING i try one of the THINGS i try
and do is avoid putting as much AS i can
in the. WATER i just try and use like that
three that three headed shooter to like put it next
to the water and then.

Speaker 2 (01:34:29):
It will shoot the water still using the star and
things like.

Speaker 1 (01:34:33):
That and so, yeah, yeah Like i'm just Like i'm
gonna try and save some money by not having to
buy the pads and things like. This so it IS
i am definitely trying some different, strategies BUT i always
come back to like certain. Favorites like there's like the
big purple purna plant one that usually you'd like plant
behind the wall and that and then it like just
eats up a hole zombie all at, once but then
it has like a long cool. DOWN i don't usually

(01:34:54):
use those a, lot but then like every once in a,
while like to put them in the rotation depend on
and then like certain levels do a good job of
like limiting what you can use or like giving you
just specific, ones uh so you're kind of forced to use,
Them but, YEAH i. DO i do like to mix it,
up and like you, know some for the different, Fog
like there's like two or three or four plants that
like have different ways to counteract, fog and So i'll
kind of switch up the ONES i want just to

(01:35:15):
try some different stuff or see what my favorites. Are but,
YEAH i think for the most, PART i am definitely
a creature of. HABIT i REALLY i love my, Symmetry
LIKE i really really want to be like a nice
symmetrical look to, it so that SOMETIMES i think limits
me as, well but you, KNOW i gotta gotta do
WHAT i gotta. Do so, yeah it's a it's a
fun game to revisit BECAUSE i feel Like I'VE i
have my, ways And i'm probably playing it similarly THAT

(01:35:36):
i did back in the, day BUT i do feel
Like i'm experimenting a bit more this time around THAN i,
did especially BECAUSE i just know the game pretty, well
So i'm like pretty confident in, it So i'm, Like,
OKAY i can actually mess around a little, bit try
some of these.

Speaker 2 (01:35:46):
ONES i haven't really used a whole lot. Before and there's.

Speaker 1 (01:35:48):
There's a lot in, there a lot to unlock still
even for me right, now a lot of coins to
save up to purchase all these.

Speaker 2 (01:35:53):
Things that's. Awesome, NO i love.

Speaker 3 (01:35:55):
IT I i definitely just love THE ogp, Shooter so THEN
i would like my upgrade version would just be like
the gadoleing ones because that's just that's.

Speaker 2 (01:36:03):
Just awesome to get out.

Speaker 3 (01:36:04):
There and then the multi headed. ONES i always just
love the pea. SHOOTERS i love the effect of the
peas shooting, out which is very pleasing to. Me, yeah
SO i like to have some gatolings behind the. Potatoes
but you, know of, course like.

Speaker 1 (01:36:18):
Fiery stumps the pea shooters like turn into fire fireballs as,
well WHICH i forgot always.

Speaker 3 (01:36:25):
Get like The Grave remover remover, guys like The tombstone
motors just just got.

Speaker 2 (01:36:30):
You that's a. Staple if there's, Graves i'm getting those.
Guys mm hmm, yeah. Definitely.

Speaker 1 (01:36:35):
Yeah super super fun, game great time jumping back into
that and, Uh, KIRKLING i think that pretty much does
it for this here episode of Side, quest really fun,
one just catching up from the games of the weekend
game and just Fire. Emblem you, know we get this
happens like multiple times a year for us where we
just end up talking about Fire emblem for a half.
Hour it's a it's an evergreen topic for you AND.

(01:36:57):
I but thank you for joining. Me thank you everyone for.
Listening it sounds like there is an intended direction off
Some mario stuff and a state of play this, week
so there's probably gonna be a lot of things to
cover next week on Side. Quest thank you everyone for,
listening and we will see you again next.

Speaker 2 (01:37:15):
Time bye bye Bye. Bominos

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