State of Gaming - What's new since then!?

00:00:00Okay, let's say hello and welcome to What's New Since Then. It's been a while since we are doing this in English, so we give it a try. We wanted to sneak that in under the radar. Now you snuck it in over the radar, so we're out there. The secret is out. The cat is out of the bag. Like Garfield, he was too fat to hide in the bag. Yeah, poor Garfield. But then he has lasagna, so he's still cute. That's why it's fat. Yeah. So, yeah, we are, you know, back from wherever we were off to, which could have been doing other things. I'm not really sure why we broke the streak, but when it was broken, we stuck with it. Yes. I know. It's not a good streak to hold on to, but we are like binary. It's either on or off. And now it's on again. It's so clearly on. So what's new since then is very much.

00:00:58A title we picked because we don't really remember when we were here last. So that's it. But to, I don't know, make it up to you all, we have a sizzling list with some favorites of ours, at least. We're not sure if it's favorites of yours, but definitely of ours. But before we get stuck in, for those of you who haven't been here before, this usually is sort of a recap of what's happened. Lately, or we have picked a favorite topic to discuss more in length. But since it's been a while, we've just picked some stuff we want to talk about. And hopefully you want to listen to it. If not, why don't you write us at our bunker and tell us. You have the address. And if you've got it, you know, whatever. So we also have one other staple before we kick this off to keep it at least somewhat homely. No. So...

00:01:52For those of you who realize what just happened is that we tried to open a can, and it was the muted can of silence. Oh, yes. Not the Pokemon. Yeah, it was very silent. It was a stealthy can. Oh, yeah, it was a stealthy can. And this is something for you, because this is what you're having all the time. It's a plus menu. Nice. It actually looks kind of delicious. Oh, yes. Bearded rabbit brewery. Oh, no. It was that bearded thing again. Oh, yeah. It makes a weird mental image. Yes. That's why you should focus on this part. Yeah. The picture is of like a happy meal or a burger meal. Very Americana on a yellow background, I think. Yeah. Yeah. It's actually a pretty cool picture. But I still envision that rabbit is like the equivalent of Old Smurf. Oh, yeah. Did you like Old Smurf? Nope. Did not like Old Smurf. He was weird. Why was he the only one old? And why was he rocking red pants? That is true. Why was he the only one that was old? And rocking red pants. Yeah. Yeah. Actually, there are a couple of Smurf games. Maybe we should try one of those one of these days. Oh, definitely. One of those, if I remember. Yeah.

00:03:18I think so, too. Or Megadrive, maybe. This is a side note, but did any one of you see the new Turtles game? Yes, the tactical one. Yeah. Did you pick up what the story was? Nah. It is pretty weird. I read the review, and it said that it is pretty good for a tactical game. Yeah, game-wise. Content-wise, meh. The story basically was like... The turtles are in adolescence, getting to gripe with getting into adulthood. Also, Splinter and Shredder are dead. Here you are. Yeah, so that's the starting point. So both Shredder and Splinter are dead. They're just dead. But how can the turtles be in their adolescence? Yeah, and then in the game, they mentioned that I think Leonardo is sharing a flat with TJ, whatever.

00:04:14the dude's name was. So everyone was immediately like, he gay or something? They actually only said that he shared a flat, but everyone jumped to he gay or something straight away because they had that adolescence thing in there. I'm not sure if they had phrased that story in a good way. Someone said that. It would have been easier if it just said that turds are back and they're kicking the Foot Clan's ass again. Here you go. Would have been better. Would have been easier if nothing else. Because this raises all kinds of questions. If he's sharing a flat... Where do the other guys live? And does he live in a flat above ground? I guess a flat must be above ground or it's not a flat, right? That is so weird. Raised a whole bunch of questions. But gameplay-wise, it seems pretty good, as Oskar said. Yeah, it was praised for the tactical things like that. You can chain combos and you can use environment and so on and so forth.

00:05:09So I guess the writer took some license with what he had to work with. Also, there's no April O'Neil. She's just not there. So I guess maybe she's on vacation. Who knows? She's a reporter after all, so she should be traveling. But no Radical Rat. No Radical Rats. Or Bebop or Rocksteady or any of those cool guys. So yeah, that wasn't on our list. You got that for free, so you know. I appreciate it. I'm sorry. Anyway, we have a list. And as I said, it's like a mix of old and goldies for us here in the podcast. First, although you might have already looked in the list, but if I said, when was Witcher 3 released? How many years since? What would you have guessed on the top of your head? I would not have guessed 10 years. Yeah. I saw that and was like, nah. And I was like, yeah.

00:06:08I would have said like four years, maybe. But I think it depends if you're thinking of Witcher 3 as in Blood and Wine or as in the original. Oh, no, the base game. Yeah, because that's when the game released. But yeah, 10 years, man. I would have said like six or seven. Yeah. But 10. But 10, that's... But anyway, it's 10. So there are... I was wondering, because they had an article the other week saying some devs reminisce about the launch of Witcher 3. And I was like, that's a really random article to have right now. And they were like, or not. Maybe it's not random at all. So yeah, still a good game. Does that mean that Witcher 3 and Alien Isolation are born the same year? Yeah, anniversary sibs. Yeah.

00:07:03That's the thing. And they're both getting new games in both those series. So that's also cool. So maybe they will be anniversary sibs again. Who knows? That would be cool. That would be cool. They just follow each other through history. Yeah. Tied together by destiny. Or by just financial reasons, but that's not as cool. No, it's not. Yeah, but anyway, that was an eye-opener, like 10 years. Oh, man. Wow. And we've said this before. At launch, it wasn't... As stellar as everyone kind of remembers it being. Or what they portrayed in the game. So eventually it ended up in a very good spot. But so did Cyberpunk in the end. After they fired that QA guy that ruined everything. The one guy. The one guy that ruined everything. I hope he got a lot of money for being the fall guy. But probably not. So if you've been with us for a while.

00:08:01We talked a couple of years back with fondness and like a little hint of pride because Embracer were making good things like saving studios and franchises and making it cool again. And then everything fell apart because the man in charge turned out to be a complete idiot who just borrowed money that he didn't have to buy everything. And then they had to sell a lot of stuff again. And they fired like thousands and thousands of people. And then they decided to break down Embracer into new, like three smaller companies. And one of them, I think one of those that we were mostly interested in, because it had a cool name as well, Coffee Stain Group. That's pretty cool. It is a nice name. It's an indie game portfolio company, basically. But they have now proceeded, and they are intending it as a spinoff. And it will be in place at the end of 2025.

00:08:58So it will be known as Coffee Stain Group. And it will have 250 game developers and publishers. And they're focusing on community-driven experiences. Whatever that means. What does that mean? I don't know. But I don't think I like it as much anymore. No. What does that even mean? I'm so confused now. Community-driven experience. The only cool thing. The only cool thing. for us is that all of these will be based in Scandinavia, all of these studios and developers. So it will be at least a local initiative. So that could be cool. For the developers' sakes, I hope they succeed. Yeah, yeah. So among these, we already know that we'll have Ghost Ship and Tuxedo Labs. So I don't really remember. I recognize both their names. I couldn't really place.

00:09:54any games on them on the top of my head. Like, yeah, I know those guys. But I remember, especially Ghost Ship sounded very familiar for some reason. But I hope it goes well. As we said, it's not their fault that the CEO of that company is an idiot. So, you know, that's that. And I think that Embracer, the main company, still has like 6,000 employees or something. It's still a big company. It's just not as big anymore. What are they doing? All those 6,000 people. They're the ones doubling down on the Lord of the Rings franchise that they bought for 2 billion. Oh yeah, they bought that one. Yeah, so they'll probably crank out some really horrid AAA shit down the line. Yeah, they were supposed to release this garden party or whatever it was called. Hobbits. Yeah.

00:10:47And if you want to get weird with hobbits, then you all have that song that Leonard Nimoy did back in the day. It was really weird. He was high. Of course. That might be good to remember when you look at that video. Actually, I have another thing that I wanted to mention talking about high. It's further down the list, but I think we can just take it now. And it also has a loose connection to Embrace It because they owned... the company for like a hot minute. And that's Gearbox. That was one of the first companies that they resold. And their CEO, Randy Pitchford, who's also an idiot. So they have that in common because he went out on a limb the other week and said, Borderlands 4 is amazing, although it hasn't been released yet. So I'm not sure how he knew that.

00:11:41And it's going to cost you $80. And you should be happy to pay us $80 because I was poor once. And I worked those minimum wage jobs in order to get my games in the 90s. And they also cost $80. So suck it up and buy my shit. Yeah. And then he followed it up with, it's only the equivalent of one point. Do you know what one point is? No. I have no idea. That's one hit of meth. I was going to say, does it have anything to do with drugs? One hit of meth? Is that $80? How can people afford doing that shit? He kind of outed himself as a meth head as well, which is kind of awesome. It's only the equivalent of one point. Come on, bros. What's the deal? All right. So if a million people buy this game, he'll be set for his life with meth.

00:12:39I was thinking when I read that, the public relations person at Gearbox was just like, I should just kill myself. This guy is just impossible to work with. Not only is he price gouging our fans, but then he basically said that I do drugs and I need the money, which isn't the best thing to say. He was voted biggest douche in the gaming space last week. All right. Yeah. Fair enough. Fair enough, I guess. So will you be buying Borderlands 4? No. No. But I wouldn't. I wouldn't either way. But definitely not. Oh, you shouldn't have said that. You should have said, I was so high on my wish list. But man. I realized I wanted to get high instead. I wanted to get high instead. Exactly. I was thinking maybe he was on meth when he tweeted those tweets. Could we say that this is? Most probably.

00:13:36Could we say that this is borderline to criminal stuff? I mean, it's adjacent. I don't think he broke any laws. The only thing he did was very directly connect himself with drug abuse, I guess. So it wasn't a wise move. But then he didn't really have... People didn't really like Randy before this. Nobody is even listening to him anymore. They don't know he said this. Someone actually went out in his defense like, don't out Randy. Why are we so mean? It's like, he outed himself. I mean, you can't save a man who's trying to drown himself. That's on him. That's un-possible, as they say. It's one of those un-possible scenarios, for sure. So yeah, just bundling that in with the whole Embracer sphere.

00:14:33They have some troubles in management, as we say, whereas no one says probably. A better or more positive note is that we have officially a game that has a bigger active player base than the combined 100 games on Steam. That is just crazy. And for all of you who are thinking like, that has to be like some shooter game. No. Borderlands. Borderlands, some of you might think, yeah, that's a pretty good... No, it's actually a Roblox game called Grow a Garden. It has almost 8 million active players. It was two today. Actually, it kind of gives me a good vibe about humanity that growing a garden is more popular than a lot of other... Yeah, it's like... I want to make a little garden. Just to give you a hint of what this looks like, because it's like, if you imagine, it's a bit like Minecraft graphical-wise, but it's more like real Lego blocks. So it's very squarish. And then it's just a loop, basically. So you buy seeds, you grow stuff, you sell them, it's a repeat. You buy different pets and so on and so forth.

00:15:57But it's a light white... Stardew Valley. Yeah. It is. I have something I just have to say because you said it. Don't be square. Be there. But as I said before, the program started. The coolest thing is that you can buy for, I would say, a quillion of two bucks the ability to steal your neighbor's crop. I didn't ask you before we started recording, but if both of you buy the same perk, what happens? I guess you could just raid each other for all you want. Do you just swap? You just keep swapping things between each other. But I saw that there was some really seriously expensive item that you can buy that locks your specific crops so that you can't raid them. And I guess that's what makes it cool.

00:16:54If you've been grinding for like 200 hours. The only thing that I really think that is, probably more, but that is really negative in my mind is that each fourth minute, it's a randomized thing what products you can choose to buy. And so it's totally random that you get the most expensive seeds that gives you the best crop. So you could play for hours and hours and hours and never see the crops that you really want. And you can also get it straight away. Yeah, but then you can't because you don't have the money to do it. Oh, right, right, right, right. Can you cheat? Can you get... Yeah, you can, of course, do some pay-to-win. It's Roblox. Why am I not surprised? It's built for that. The most Linda question ever. Yes, if you open your wallet, you can cheat all you want. You can pay one point.

00:17:52Get some stuff. Yes. That's it. I know what I'll be growing. Yeah. So what's the end game? The end game is that you have this moon fair or moon event. So basically, every 30 minutes, it spawns an event where you can buy some really silly mutated crops that gives you humongous large stuff that you trade in for. another currency which buys you the real endgame stuff. But I haven't got that far. I tested out this today, basically. Can you name your farm? Yeah, it takes the name of your character, or your Roblox character, basically. But you can feed your animals. I mean, that's cool. Anyway, I mean, we made some low-hanging drug jokes here and there, as you probably noticed. All in all, this is a very heartwarming and feel-good game. So we're doing it just to be funny because we can. Next game on the list is actually in the same vein. It's Fantasy Life Ai, the girl who steals some time. Just some. I'm guessing the time she steals is your time when you're playing this game. And it's done by Level 5 Inc. I know you and I, Linda, we saw this game at one of those game shows last year.

00:19:21And we said, that game's going to make a billion because it is Stardew Valley with cutesy things anime style. Yeah, that always works. Yeah, and it did work. It's been a pretty solid hit and a lot of people are streaming it. And yeah, it's basically what they did is you get to have a little tropical island with your buddies. Like Animal Crossing, but even cuter and more Japanese. But it's also built around community. So you can hang out with your buddies. And the thing that sets this game apart is that they have a job system. So you can switch between 14 different types of jobs in order to make different things and complete challenges and things like that. Which is, I guess, cool enough for a lot of people to check it out. I've even heard some people saying that they are addicted to this game. So I'm guessing I shouldn't try this. Because then I'll be in that farm for like 2,000 hours. Just hanging.

00:20:18Just hanging out with my animals. With your animals, with your little dinosaur that you can ride. Yeah, what's happening, dinos? And they were like, yeah, we're vibing. And then I would be there vibing with them. So I can only recommend other people to try this game out because, as I said, I don't really have the time for it. But I think it looks very wholesome. I mean, if you like Stardew and Animal Crossing and things like that, it's in the same ballpark. So I think we can definitely say that people that enjoy those games probably would enjoy this one and also Grow a Garden. Yeah, pretty much. Definitely. So a lot of cute games. A lot of cute games. Are we going to continue with cute games? No, not really. No. I mean, it depends. Do you find Darth Vader to be cute? I mean, in a way.

00:21:09I mean, we had that AI guy. He was not cute. Okay. He was being cute. But yeah, for those of you who missed that, search AI Darth Vader, and that will set you straight. Yeah, fun stuff. But this, it's disturbing and fun at the same time. But yeah, this is actually one of those weird things that started out as a TikTok, doing some stuff with Battlefront 2, Star Wars Battlefront 2. and overnight it blew up, and people all of a sudden were like, yeah, that game, wasn't it awesome? It was awesome, right? And yeah, they started playing it again, and when they started playing it, they realized that the game wasn't a total bag of shit anymore, because it was released in a very sorry state, so a lot of people abandoned it straight away. But DICE and EA, weirdly enough, kept patching it and fixing problems. So it turned out that over time, it ended up in a pretty good spot, but...

00:22:08But by then, everyone had moved on to the next great thing. So they basically have a resurgence now. And just to have a little timeline for it, it was released in 2017. So it's been quite a few years. And the controversy with this game at release was that it had things that we... actually now have banned in a lot of countries in the EU at least. And they had a lot of loot boxes. And it was basically like pay to win, which was unregulated at the time. But this was one of those games that made a lot of people stop and think like, we can't have it like this anymore. It can't be like some weird lottery in our AAA games. They cost enough as it is. And then they started restricting what you can do with it. So they removed that.

00:23:01Yeah, a lot of laws and regulations. So they removed that from this game. But as we said, by that point, everyone had moved on. But now they're back. And it's like, man, this game is pretty good. And they even started a petition list to EA. And it had thousands of signatures already. But why? Because they want to have Battlefront 3. Or EA, or NA. I think those... I didn't play Battlefront 2 because I was one of those like, I don't think I like the loot system. The first game was pretty good. But I don't know if it's going to be enough to get that third game because seeing as this kind of flopped, a lot of the developers left and moved on to other things. One of the cooler little initiatives now was that a lot of the devs actually got together. It's like, yeah, that was an awesome thing making that game. We could consider coming back if you want to make the third one. But, you know. Of course, because they will get a lot of money if they do.

00:24:00If they decide to come back and if EA decides to go ahead with it. Sure. But I mean, the thing I thought was like, but those guys are working for other developers now. And their employers are like, what did you say? I'm not so sure I want you to make a good game for another company. But the big question, will it be worth $80 or a point? Will it be worth a point? I think EA says it will. But I guess EA, if they see enough of potential buyers, of course they would initiate something. I mean, it's a big, big franchise. Of course they want to make money out of Star Wars. And they have had some hits and some flops in later years. But they do have the license, EA, still, I guess. Do they? I'm not sure if they have. I think they split it up. So I don't think it's just one company anymore.

00:25:00Like, they license it out to a lot of different companies, like Games Workshop does with Warhammer, for instance. Yeah. But they used to have. You're 100% right. At the time, they had, like, an exclusive on the Star Wars franchise. And they missed... I think it was that they mistreated it so bad that they actually get rid or they lost the... Yeah. Well, they didn't get a renewal on their licensing. Yeah. Which says something. Yeah. But anyway, this is a weird little story because this game was like... a non-story it hadn't been it had a little community but it was nothing big and now all of a sudden it's like big again so that must be so weird for a company it's like why are people in that server all of a sudden like is there a server yeah apparently there was but yeah it's kind of cool um so good luck to everyone uh let's um if it i don't want to be one of those negative dudes but ea

00:25:57aren't really known for being like real good with that fan thing. So, you know. If they can see solid numbers, like we can make a lot of money with this. Pre-orders, basically. Pre-orders and maybe something stupid. Yeah, because I guess the hype, if the hype was not really there before this TikTok thing, then maybe the hype will fade until they release a third installment. I guess we'll see. But seeing as a lot of people basically found the game now. It's like, oh, it's a good game. So, we'll see. Did they pay the TikTok guy a lot of money? Nah, he can buzz off. I'd rather hang out with Darth Vader. Me too. I mean, wow. That's... That's saying something. But at least that's a cool voice. And he can choke the living daylights out of rude people. He can. Yeah. Anyway, moving on from that little thing to another little thing.

00:26:53The Elden Ring is apparently being made into a live-action movie. Which is weird, considering that game doesn't really have a story. Well, it might now. It's being directed by Alex Garland. And if I'm not mistaken, he's the one who wrote The Beach. I think he did The Beach. I think he also did I Am the Law, that movie. But not the one with Stallone. John Struth? Yeah, the later one with Karl Urban, like the really dystopian one. I think he did that one as well. So he has done some pretty cool movies. If not wildly successful, then at least pretty cool. I guess it's a cool world, so you can build your own. It's a cool world. For those of you that didn't know, a lot of the back lore for Elder Ring is done by the Game of Thrones author, Martins. Or something.

00:27:48I mean, we can say a lot of things about his work ethics, but at least when he does do work, it's usually pretty good. The lore is pretty good. This movie, though, I'm not sure what they're going to do with it. If they're going to do the pre-lore as the Martin stuff or something entirely different. But my follow-up question, as always, is will Jack Black be in it? Do you think so? Probably. He's doing all the... franchise for gaming. And I'm saying this because there's already, I think, an AI-made clip, or maybe he actually did it, where he's running around naked with a stick, because that's how you start out in that game. And he's waving on stuff with his gray, burly beard. Jack Blackstein. But I guess he did Minecraft, so why not? He did! He did Minecraft. So, we'll see.

00:28:44I have a hard time seeing him as the silent knight of death. Exactly. That's too very different. It would be more like, what was that game's name? Heavy Metal something? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. That fits right in. Yeah. That's a better pitch for him, I would think. It is, definitely. But yeah. We'll see. I think what's going on here is that the... I mean, there's been, as we all fondly remember, that old Street Fighter movie from back then. Oh, yes. In later years, there's actually been quite a few decent or even good movies that were based on games. On that topic, I watched the Japanese animated Street Fighter 2 movie, which I haven't seen before. And that was pretty sweet, I would say, actually. But was it better than Jean-Claude Van Damme? No, of course not. But it was pretty sweet. Yeah, exactly. Of course not. But if we're not comparing it to that. But just to give you a hint, of 38,000 votes on a scale from 1 to 5, it had 4.8. Oh, wow. That's pretty impressive. It's pretty good.

00:30:00Yeah. Anyhow. I also want to, I want to chime in on that note as well, because I just, the other day read that Until Dawn has been made into a movie. Cool. It has. And it's crap. Okay. No, is it? Can we pretend it's crap? Is our friend Peter Stormer in it? He is. Because he must be, right? Yeah. He was probably, or as I understood it, he was the only thing that wasn't. Absolute trash. Damn. I was really hoping for that to be a good movie. Me too. I love that game or the original version of that game anyway. But yeah, apparently it was very hit and miss. Yep, yep, yep. Yeah, but that's what happens sometimes. That's the thing with like games to movie conversions. Some of them end up being really good. Most do not.

00:30:55Yeah. Like Double Dragon. It's fantastic. Like Double Dragon. Exactly. Or the first Super Mario movie. You know, there's a lot of weird ones out there for sure. But don't hit on Mortal Kombat. The first one was good. No, no, no. Oh, and the last one was pretty good as well. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But that was more like taken from a real movie perspective rather than trying to do something from the game. Yeah, because that one was serious. The last fight scene, though, was pretty cool. He had the get over here and everything. Cool stuff. Cool as in ice cool. No, I'm sorry. I had to. Yeah. Also, this is definitely a thing of interest for me because I love the franchise, but we have rumors about Mayhaps a little something or not on the Bioshock franchise.

00:31:49Yeah, 2K had apparently leaked some documents where Rapture was mentioned. And for those of you who aren't familiar with it, Rapture is the, well, the paradise lost city at the bottom of the Atlantic that was the hub of the Bioshock games. So that might be coming back. So maybe? I hope it does. Although, to be fair, at the end of that ride, everything was pretty weird. Just pretty weird. Because it became metaphysical, time-travelling, parallel universe stuff. And it was like, so what happened? Was what I was thinking at the end. It was awesome, but what happened? Yeah. Yeah. Every time I watch, what was the name? Insurgent. Yeah, kind of like that. It's kind of like that, to be fair. Some people tend to like, yeah, it's actually very simple. And some other guy is like, no, no, no, you're wrong. So I'm not sure if anyone really knows. So maybe this game will finally make it all clear. Yeah. Cool. Or not. Or not. Exactly. Or not. We don't really know. But this is a first rumor that something might be in the works. And they did mention that a couple of years back that they did remember that they had this franchise. So take...

00:33:12Out of that, what you will, as they say. Something else that is being loved by most and hated by a very slight minority is the new Doom, the Dark Age. It's out. And it was review-bound because it wasn't, I don't know, as cool as Doom 2016 or not as hard, even though you can make it that hard, but it wasn't at default. So people were like... You done ruined my childhood. Yeah. All right. But most people landed on the fact that it was actually awesome. And they said it had reached the same number of players as the last game, 17 times faster. Yeah. So up to 3 million. So, I mean, that clearly says that a lot of people thought it was pretty good. On the topic of Doom, I would really like to see, just because of the nostalgia, but a new Hexen. That would be awesome. But yeah, so Doom, the Dark Ages, is called the Dark Ages because it's a more melee-based version of Doom. It's a prequel as well to the 2016 game. So in this one, you get to bash people with sticks, with bricks, with maces, and you...

00:34:32get to ride around in a very, very, very, very big robot. And beat people up. So it's a little bit as that other hack and slash game where you go time travel to the medievals and you shoot stuff. Yeah, but yeah. I mean, it's Doom. It's also kind of like Resident Evil 8 when you get the big machine at the end. This is... I'm not sure if you've seen it, but Pacific Rim, that size of a robot. So it's a pretty big one. Oh, yeah. Anyway, I think this game was pretty awesome. But for those of you who hated it, it's like, why don't you just crank it up so that it's hard? If that's what they hated. Yeah, mostly that. So it's like, you can make it as hard as you want. You can make it so hard that you're never going to finish it if you want. But of course they don't. They will save your childhood. Yeah. Childhood saved again. That's cool. We don't have too much more time, but we have a couple of things before we round this one off. CD Projekt Red have leaked some information about Project Orion. And that's the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077. And we now know.

00:35:58And this is from Mike Pondsmith himself, the one who created the tabletop RPG that the franchise is based on. But we now know that this game will be set in a lost version of Chicago, like a Chicago that has lost its ways. So that's cool. So will the next be called Windy Punk? Because of the Windy City? Because of the Windy City? Yeah. I am going to... When I've read about this, and I didn't realize this until just now when you said it out loud, because I've read Project Onion for so long. I mean, Project Onion is probably something out there as well. Maybe a new team stuff. I don't know. But it's definitely not this game. It's a deep dish. It's a very deep dish. Oh, yeah. So I'm actually pretty hyped again. I think I said when they flubbed.

00:36:56The last game was like, they got to earn my trust back. And they did over like five years of hard work. So yeah, also, I don't think I've ever played a game that has like the venue of Chicago. No. At least not in like a cyber. Pizza Tycoon maybe? Yeah, but that's like now. I've never seen a dystopian future Chicago. So that'd be cool. So I'm kind of looking forward to that. And the game is. being developed by two studios. Yeah, I mean, it's going to be a few years, too, obviously. I would say early 2030s. I think it's going to be sooner than that, because if they are leaking stuff like this, they've probably been working on it for some time. We know they have. So it's the Boston studio and the Vancouver studio. I just hope that they take their time this time. Yeah, yeah, for sure, for sure. Like, make it.

00:37:52Make it a good one before you drop it half-assed like last time. If they do that again, take that man back. His brother Cliff is working on this title. Yeah, he's still there in spirit. But yeah, pretty cool to get a little bit more information nuggets on that one. So I'm rounding this one off with something that we talked about briefly in some of our other shows. I think it was the Swedish version, though, so you might have missed out if you are one of those Tres Anglaise people, you know. So we have a Silent Hill game coming up, Silent Hill F. And a lot of fans have been asking Konami, like, where does this game fit in, both time-wise and aesthetics-wise and lore-wise? What's going on here? And they've been pretty silent on that front. Until now. So now we have clarification. And people were both happy and sad because they said, it has nothing to do with the other games. But it is a Silent Hill game. But it has very, very little to do with other games. It's just that it happens in Japan because that setting is awesome.

00:39:11And I guess it fits in with the creative stuff that we've seen. But yeah, I don't know what I feel about it. It might be... I mean, I think it's one of those games that I will wait and see until it's out. Me too. Because this is... Potential is still pretty good. It looks amazing, what we've seen so far. Yeah. So... We'll see. But now at least we know that you can jump. They basically said that you can jump into this one without having played any of the older ones. I think that was the major thing that they wanted to come across with. You don't have to go back to our back catalog and play those games. You can just start out in Japan and you will be hey, okay. Well, as okay as you are when you're playing Silent Hill games, which is usually not that great, to be fair. Yeah. We're actually out of time, so I'm going to push.

00:40:10a non-disclosed project onion over to oscar to end this one especially a fried one but with that said i hope that we yeah we will do more more and often in this we're back everybody yes so with that the streak is on yeah it's back up see y'all later see you later