The State of Gaming - Game news from September - 2022

00:00:00All righty then, let's say hello and welcome to State of Gaming. It is September edition and finally we are here once more. We are back, just like every other year, I was about to say, but back it up. Did we start during last year? Did we do a September edition of last year? I can't remember actually. Mayhaps. Or is this the first and only? The first and only, the exclusive September edition. I mean, even if we're wrong and we did do one last year, it will still be the one and only September edition of 2022. It definitely will be. So it's either unique or unique times two equals awesome or something like that. Small recap, though, because we only do this once a month. I mean, the name kind of gave it away, but still. So this is the fully, I don't know, encapsulating recap of gaming stuff that was either mentioned or released or we mentioned or talked about in the month of September. And yeah, that's a fairly broad spectrum. And we allow ourselves to be fairly broad on the spectrum. Yeah.

00:01:25So this could be said to be like our version of the state of gaming September. So if something is missing that you yourself know happened during September, that is probably correct. It's just that we either didn't mention it because we only have so much time or we actually just didn't like it. We missed it. Yes, also that. It's more of an innocent viewpoint that we just missed it. but um yeah we do have a fully loaded list but before we jump into that we we have some some things or small things hence the bongos yes the small bongos this month too yes well actually last time i don't think on on this series but in the last show we did there was only a semi bongo yeah this time full fully loaded bongos and that only happens when

00:02:23The audio technique mutes the sizzling sound of a beer can being opened. My super microphone doesn't want to hear about any beer cans being opened. I think our microphones might be non-alcoholic generation. They must be. Oh, the cool new kids. Are they cool, though? Aren't those the geek kids? Yeah, those are the geeky ones. So what are you sporting, Kisma? Today, it's actually, it's a classic, although I'm not sure. We've featured it on one of the English shows, but this is a delicious IPA. It's very delicious. It is super delicious. I do like the can design. It's kind of a greenish. Yeah. Well, yellowish greenish. It looks very retro with the stripes. It does. So, yeah, I am already giving it like three out of five. And I haven't even tasted it. But it's more than that if you taste it. Oh, my God. The suspense. This is almost a five. Almost a five. How many beers would you say that you know on top of your head that you would give a five? Well, it's this one.

00:03:43Exactly. We do have the one. But I don't know if there are many fives. We might be the Highlanders of beer. There can be only one. Yeah. And then you do three more movies, but you know. Yeah. Anyway, back to the gaming, I think. Or first, we should wrap up the booze segment. So what are you sporting today, Oscar? I'm not sure about the English name of it, but in Swedish it's called Jägertea. Oh, that's... Yeah, let's just call it Hunter's Brew. And people can imagine anything delicious. Yeah. Was it delicious, though? Yeah, I would say it's tasty. Tasty is good. Super Mario mug. Yeah. Was it super tasty? Ooh! Nice. That's a cool mug, though. I'll give it... Half a point just because it's in that mug. So it just says, let's see, what does kill you makes you smaller? No, that doesn't sound right. But yeah, in that world, it is right. So confused right now. I am sporting a splash of Japanese culture. Yeah. Pure malt. I don't think I need to say much more than that. Other than it's delicious, I think.

00:05:09Just like mine. Yes, it was still delicious. Just like Winnie the Pooh, you sometimes have to go to the bottom of the barrel to see that it's as good down there as on the top. He has a point. He does have a point. And then he got stuck in the can. That stands for him. It could happen to anyone. It could happen to anyone out there with alcoholic tendencies. So, this is the list for this month. And it has some old stuff, some updated stuff, and some new stuff just to keep it spicy. So how do you want to go about it? Are we starting from the top, working our way down? Or are we moving up from the basement towards the ceiling, reaching for the skies? Well, that does sound more intriguing and good in a way. But also, I want to start from the top. OK.

00:06:06We are working our way down the chart. We're a one-hit wonder. No, that sounded wrong. So, first thing, Halo Infinite. Man, that game. I'm not sure anymore. I was pretty hyped for that game when they announced it 200 years ago. But now, it feels almost like it's already out. Like, all of it. But it just... I mean, it's out, but it's not out-out. But now, from this day on, Kind of is. So, basically, Halo Infinite should have had a couch co-op, and they made a lot of hubbubaloo. Is that a good word for it? They struck the big chords with this, because pure gaming is co-op couch gaming. And they were bringing it back, and now they've cancelled it. And it was almost done as well. So, there was much confusion about this, and why they would do that to...

00:07:05themselves and to the fans. Did they give any reason? Yeah, well, they did have the, we have only so many developers and resources and we have stuff to do. And also this kind of vague reason that couch co-op isn't a thing anymore because nobody's doing it. So basically they said like, bring couch co-op back because it's the purest form of gaming that no one does anymore. And then they basically said, And we will not do it either because no one does that anymore. That's a catch-22 moment. And now we will never know. Yeah. And the weirdest thing is that it had already leaked out to some of the PC gamers and they actually tested it and it was almost a flawlessly working thing. So it's very confusing. And I think maybe they should have just let it, you know, fizzle out really quietly in the background and just never mention it because...

00:08:04People weren't really holding their breath for this. And now all of a sudden they were reminded that, yeah, they did promise us that and now we're not getting it. And if we learn anything about gamers in general is that if you say you will give them something and then you never like hold off on your promise, they'll get annoyed. They'll get slightly miffed. Yes. But if you just don't give it to them. There's always like the game of the week or game of the day or game of the month. They'll just move on. It's better to just do the silent treatment, even though it's slightly scummy. That should be said. But the scummy version is also the safe version in this case. So 343 Studios, be more scummy next time. I didn't think you'd ever say that. No, I don't think I can. I can't be on the record saying that.

00:08:56If they had been more scummy, they would probably have gotten away with it. This wouldn't have been such a big deal, I guess. No, probably not. Maybe if people bought this game and thought that, hey, we're going to do couch co-op, let's get together. Yeah, if they did buy it for that alone, I would be annoyed. Yes. Yeah, for sure. Moving on. This is actually a fairly new little news blurb. We have, well, depending on how you see it, we have been talking about E3 for... a long time and we have been somewhat outspoken fans of this show for many years even though people have said that it's not as good as it used to be and who's even watching this stuff anymore and other people are doing it better we liked it and we liked that it was focused and you could have like a a fully loaded gaming week and then was done uh the last couple of years been like 25 shows spread out like throughout all the summer

00:09:54and it's hard to keep tabs on all of them so even though i like the output it's harder to be in on the loop on all of those companies these days so e3 didn't have a show this year and it was the big question was if they were ever gonna have a show again and now they have actually released the information about the upcoming 2023 e3 and it will indeed return but it will sort of go back to What it used to be. So they will have gaming days. And business days. Any thoughts about that? Do we love it still? Are we hating it now? I don't think I want to hate it. Not beforehand at least. I will probably afterwards. But I'm not going to hate it now. And still they do have this open for all thing. Which if you have a ticket. You could actually go there. Yeah that is true. I'm thinking that it depends on.

00:10:51how they present these days is it like the starting three days are gaming days and then some business stuff or will they have like one gaming day and one business day because if they have that that'll be tough to keep tabs on and you might miss out but if they have like a focused couple of days for either one of those i think i'm okay with it will companies go come there like will they wanna or will they still want to do their own shows because That's kind of more they can decide on the agenda. I think the other shows are here to stay, I think. Yeah. I would say, though, that I think many in the biz without actually knowing this would think that that might give E3 benefit of a doubt and give it a second chance because there are a lot of people that certainly had really good memories of E3. Yeah.

00:11:46So I think it's a bit of make it or break it. I think also, adding on to what you just said, it might actually revive the business end of E3. People might actually go there to get connected to the right people or get deals made. And then we'll just see if they'll drop big gaming news at that venue or if they'll do that on other shows. I think we'll just have to see how it pans out. But anyway, I'm sort of okay with giving it one more shot. and see if they can work out what they are these days. And we'll probably do a couple of shows surrounding that event, as per usual. So we'll be vocal. Well, when weren't we? But, you know, never mind. We will see. Yeah, we will indeed. Also, Sega. Are you as wrecked by the commercial as I am? Like, when you see Sega, you hear that sing song, Sega, in your head.

00:12:42The old one, the really old one. Now, after this, I definitely, I will. Yeah, I think they ruined at least our generation Oscar, like the Sega sing-song thing on top of every game. It was like, yep. Yeah, they kept it at least for also the Sonic movies. Oh yeah, they did. So it's still out there hunting us to this day. For all the new generations. I mean, it's not the worst jingle I've ever heard. It's just very hard to get out of your mind once you hear it. I've heard it a lot. Oh, yeah. It goes all over the place, especially in the 90s. But let's not even go there. Let's go into the Yakuza series, because they have made a statement now that moving forward, the Like a Dragon spin-off series will now just be known as the Like a Dragon series. And the Yakuza games, yeah, they...

00:13:38be the Yakuza games, so basically nothing new there. We'll see what that's all about. I love this series, so I'll definitely be at least watching the games when they come out. And the Like a Dragon series are pretty cool as well, even though they feature other characters than the Yakuza series. Also, they will from now on be focusing on some historic games as well. So we have the game Isshin, which is set way, way back, but it's... because of if you hated the game, so that's the game to blame, Ghost of Tsushima, it was too successful not to jump onto the bandwagon. So that's why Sega decided to release these games in the West. Otherwise, they would have kept it in Japan only. So I think that's a trend that will only grow because we like Japan and we like Japanese culture. So we are much more open to the more...

00:14:35I don't know, Japanese focused games or at least games that were Japanese focused. I am like super cool with that. As long as they feature, you know, text. Oh, yeah. Well, as a side note from next week, I think it is you're allowed to once again travel to Japan with only like a COVID vaccine pass. I mean, that's big news. Especially for people that are into the Jacuzzi series and want to join the Jacuzzi and live the life. I'm not saying you should, but that career venue is once again open. Hello, boys. If you're vaccinated. Yeah. I wouldn't recommend it, but you can now go over there and be all that you... Can be. Before they stab you violently in the back. Or something like that. Or just go there to eat weird stuff. Yes. I would definitely recommend doing that. As the first choice. Yes. So. We actually had this as a blurb. A couple of weeks back. That said. Next week. Monkey Island 3. But now it's been out. And it's already been done. And people are loving it. They love it. They love it. Which is. I'm so happy for that. But also. Makes me kind of. Nervous. To play this game. Yeah. Because people love it.

00:15:59So I will have high hopes. I mean, this is the only... No, it's not. I'm lying. This is one of those times where I would say, play the game before you look at the game. Yeah. Or look at stills from the game. Because screenshots make this game look like absolute garbage. It really does. It looks bad. But when you see the new graphic style in motion and how smooth it is... And how well done the animations are. I wouldn't say you'll love it. I didn't. But I was suddenly okay with it. Which was a big step for me because I hated the new style. So the big thing about this game is that they have a new graphical style. And people were very, let's just say vocal about it. And it actually became so weird that...

00:16:53They stopped announcing news about the game because they got so much hate, which is sad. Even though I didn't like it, you don't have to threaten the people that are making the game. No, that's so stupid. We don't condone that stuff. Go there and pick it outside instead with big things. Or get a podcast. Yeah, that's probably even better. But anyway, yeah, people are loving the game. And we should mention that the humor seems to be... Just as it always was. So, I mean, if you didn't like the old games, and I'm talking about the first and the second, this is probably not for you. But if you did like those, this might actually be for you. Yeah. And I would love to talk a bit more about it, but seeing as this is a point-and-click adventure game, so I think I'll just say that I liked everything aside from the graphics, but the graphics are now okay.

00:17:49Oh, and they have the original voice cast back. So that's pretty cool. Which is a big thing. It is cool. I just hope that Murray the Skull is in there somewhere. I'm not sure he is. But he was pretty cool. And also the voodoo lady would be nice. Oh, yeah. And also Stan the Salesman. I hope he's in there as well. And that he still has the striped costume. Otherwise he's not the same. He's not the same. I'm not the same. None of us are. So yeah, that's Monkey Island 3. And yes, it is actually Monkey Island 3. We don't have time to go into why it is, but it is. Just trust us. And if you don't trust us, then trust everyone else. The next one is pretty freaking cool, I think we said when we mentioned this in Sweden. You can now book your copy of Crisis Core.

00:18:48And they had one version that was very sassy. It had a lot of swag. I don't think I've actually heard anyone say anything bad about it, which is very rare when you're talking about Final Fantasy because there is a lot of people that have strong opinions about the series and how it should be and how it should look and what they should be about. But most people are like, yeah, this looks promising. I think also it's a bit... because it was from the beginning a spin-off. And it was like, people said that not the most amazing game ever, but it was a lot of good content that I wanted to know. So basically, because it was a solo-focused spin-off that was decent, you only have to be decent or better to be a success this time around, which is pretty cool. I don't know, as long as they get the core features down.

00:19:46I am fairly liberal in the other things that they're packaging with them. And another Swedish-focused news that was on the upcoming when we mentioned it last time was... How are you going to pronounce this? But now it's actually in English. I'm okay with mispronouncing it. It's Valheim. Yeah. But we're not cool with that in any other situation or any other language. Valheim is only for the UK, US, any English type style environment. It's on Game Pass PC now. And I double checked before recording this show and it is indeed there. And it's under the new brand. So if you haven't tried it before and you have the Game Pass, now would be a good time to build yourself like a cool little house. I will make a special episode when I go through.

00:20:38Swedish or Norwegian Viking names doing the right stuff. I thought you would say where I go through this game listening to Swedish and Norwegian styled folk music in the background. Yeah, that could be something. You can just have a metal Hellsinger on in the back. You would probably get violently DMCA'd afterwards. Yes. It would be awesome. Unless you could have a live band performing those songs in the background. Maybe. That would be cool. Or if you sing it yourself. I think you're actually allowed to do that. Fiverr or something that you can rent for a decent price. Yeah. If anyone is hearing this and you have an old style Viking music themed band, we're open to negotiations. Anyhow, moving on from that.

00:21:33Wish them the best of luck, though. They still have a lot of DLC and stuff in the pipeline as well. So that game is far from done. We have, for all of you, I mean, we have mentioned this, but we have a standing feature. And it's from our Polish friends. Well, at some point, they were probably not our friends. They haven't listened to us. Yeah, which is even weirder in a way. But I think maybe we are sort of getting on a friendly basis again. And we are, of course, talking about CD Projekt. and cyberpunk 2077. so we mentioned in the swedish news podcast that the new animated series has done pretty well and it has brought people back to the actual game and it was kind of on a positive trend a lot of people were playing it again and now that it's been out for a bit and also it had a big patch we should say that it's not only the the animated series but

00:22:31This trend has continued strongly even. So a lot of people are starting to play the game for the first time and they are staying in the game as well. And many old players have returned and they're also staying in the game. So all of the patch stuff, it's almost been now two years now. All of that has probably added enough value for people to give this a proper chance now. Yeah, I think so. People are. Evidently liking it. Do you think that they had this big company crunch before so that they could get the patch out before the series was released? Because they knew people were going to look into the game after they've seen the TV series. Unless they're total idiots. Yeah. They really did this with a conscious choice. They must have. Because now they had a chance to salvage some of this. Yeah.

00:23:25I mean, let's face it, though. It's never actually been a financial disaster. Well, no. It's still sold a lot of copies. People just hated them. So it put all their future projects in gamble. Yeah. Because they were really, really hated at some points. And I think people are... Also, people have short memories, me included, because I said, like, yeah, I'm not so sure about this anymore. And now it's like, I'll probably try that game. Because I have the game. I haven't actually done more than create my character. Oh, that's one of the big things as well. Your character now doesn't look like a bag of crap anymore. And for a lot of people, me included, that's a big thing. I don't want to be like bum of the week when I'm trying to save the world. That's not cool. But that was my character's name, Bag Crap. Bag Crap? Those questions will never get an answer to.

00:24:22Anyway, it has now surpassed 20 million copies sold. That is crazy. That is for being the most hated game for a while. Yeah. That's pretty good. If I had a game that everyone hated and it still sold 20 million copies, I would probably be smirking. Like, yeah, feel the hate, brothers. Yes. I wouldn't even care about the hate, all the comments, the hatred. Yeah, and then I would release a clip with me just... caressing my monies in a mansion. Be still my precious. It would be a Scrooge moment. Scrooge McDuck would be ashamed of how smug I would be. What was his name? There are clips such as those. I would break the record of the most smug one if I actually managed to fail this good. Talking about weird stuff in Cyberpunk though.

00:25:19they actually have a new mod the car insurance company mod yeah i don't know who felt that this was needed but now you can actually get fines for you know barging into other people's cars yay this is uh i'm thinking maybe we have like so much couple of yeah maybe we have like a couple of sellers crossing guards that was like they're getting away with it yeah we'll fix this i don't know some people do like like uh as much realism as possible so it could be one this is one of those crazy like the cards you get in monopoly when you step on one of the yeah with it's definitely a question mark oh you haven't paid your car insurance no fines okay the thing is that i think overall especially in cyberpunk that the cars are way too dumb for being that far in the future they should almost be on crash yeah on rails yeah that's true i think i'll return to this game though when the next patch releases with the cops and the dlc the new dlc which was announced along with the series that's probably when i'll return to it but yeah

00:26:40Pretty cool how they managed to somewhat turn this around. I'm still very sus, as the kids say, about the company. But the game is at least helping to the game they said it was two years ago. Talking about games that, well, it has kind of been announced since this blurb. So we had a lot of dumps with videos and screenshots of a game that was called GTA 6. Small game. And at the time they said like, no, this is not the game. And then they changed their mind and said, yes, this is the game, but we didn't want you to see it like this because it's a dev build. And they got a lot of hate for people saying that it looked like garbage. And it was like, yes, of course it's garbage. It's like 20% done. It's basically you taking the pizza out of the oven as soon as you put it in and then biting into it, like saying, yeah, that's tasted weirdly like dough. So yeah.

00:27:39I don't really vibe with that. Of course it looks bad. It's probably like four or five years away from being done. But it's definitely being made though. And the youngster that leaked all of this has gone silent. Do you think he got wasted? No. Maybe he kind of wishes that he did die. From what I heard, police are having him in custody and he's facing stiff fines for even years in jail for this. And people that are now gasping, like, oh my God, how did this happen? It's basically him hacking into stuff from a big corporation and then giving it away. That's usually not something big corporals like. No. And they have a dollar or two to get your life to a really bad place. And he just happened to be old enough to press charges against. That's also bad on him. He should have done this when he was 14. Yes. Then his parents would have gotten killed. Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of people enjoyed getting the leak, obviously. But if you are in the position to do this, do know that you can get into some serious trouble. Don't tell anyone. Yeah. And if you do, don't leave any tracks.

00:29:03I'm not saying that you should, but, you know, this could be, it's a serious issue. And you don't want big, big, big corporations after you because they have money and they don't really forget about things like this. They just don't. But it's been interesting reading about the leaks. Yes, yes, it has. I think we also mentioned that GTA V is still very, very strong. And they sold a couple of million copies just these past few months. So, weird. It's very weird. That probably made them enough money to sue this kid into the ground. Yeah, probably. I'm all fine that they go after this hacker, but I'm not that fond of that they are taking down all the kind of HD mods that has been for GTA 4, for example. Nope, that's petty. There's a difference. Just dumb.

00:30:01And also we talked about this before a lot of that is actually making the money in the long run because it builds up interest in their franchise But I think a lot of times when they take down things like it's a couple of suits and they don't really gain They just follow the rules and it's like yeah, this shouldn't be allowed Let's take that they have some been on and off because at some point they have been really like we are we hang Yeah, we like that unity. We give them the tools yet. Yeah, they and then they go haywire Which is even worse. Like, if you don't have a consistency, you just confuse the crap out of people. Don't do that. People out there are doing, I was about to say God's work, but games works. Oh, they're doing game, making games work. That's it. Making games.

00:30:52But then it's also kind of ironic because one of these leaks that just got out this other day was that they've done some big change to the police system in the game, that the response time might differ if you do a crime like robbing a gas station, whereas then the cops might take a while until they come and get you. Whereas if you kill someone, they'll be right there. They'll take this more seriously. This is something that they might... They should listen to themselves. They should. How lacking in GTA games is that you can't bribe the police. Yeah, because that never happens in real life. Like, what the hell? Of course it does. I've done it. I mean, I've seen it being done. Yeah. And we're also probably talking about Vice City where, you know. Yes, indeed. And that, I mean, the name in itself makes you think of bribing people. Yes. It's one of the most vices thing you can do. Yes.

00:31:50It's in the top five of the vice list. Yeah. Anyway, that's, you know, a thing for that young gentleman and his now, you know, limited future. Another really new thing that just, it's sort of enough to be a thing now, is that a South Korean site have rated the title silent hill the short message on their site and they did it in like a little stealth mode it was just there and when people pointed that out they took it down yeah but so i'll just read the news blurb it's it kind of summarizes this in a better way than i could do at the month of speculation leaks and all around confusion the future of the silent hill series has grown ever more bewildering thanks to something called Silent Hill The Short Message, which was recently rated by South Korea's Gaming Rating and Administration Committee. So that in itself means that they probably had something to, you know, look into. Yeah. Yeah. So.

00:33:03I mean, this could be something. This could be something. This gives me so much hope. I've always had hope when it comes to a new Silent Hill game. But this sort of feels like maybe this means that there's actually a game to rate. Yeah, that would be cool. And also, like, Konami has been in a bad spot for a while. So when talking about, like, proper games. Yeah. So hopefully, if this is a real game. I hope it does well. Well, I hope it's a well-made game first and foremost. Yeah, definitely. But I hope it makes them enough money to get them out there. I don't know what they're smoking, but it's bad. Yeah. Get back into gaming. The only thing I'm a little bit afraid of, though, is that it's actually called the short message, which might indicate that it's a PT style thing. It could be like a small thing. Yeah.

00:33:59hopefully it leads to something good though we'll definitely be keeping tabs on that one yes next on the list i'll just say uh it's weird like skull and bones the pirate game that looks like not what people wanted it to be um they had like late summer they had a show where they showed off what it was they were very pleased no one else was and now they've actually delayed it even though The same statement said development is finished, but it is still postponed into next year. I think this is the result of it looking like crap and people hating it. And they are now probably trying to do things with it. Salvage the wrecks. Make it more like Assassin's Creed Skull and Bones. Which could have been an Assassin's Creed game. That's not a bad name for an Assassin's Creed game. But that was the game that people wanted and they didn't go with that. And now people say that, yeah, well, then I won't get this game. So we'll see. I think that when this game actually comes out, some things will be vastly different than the trailer. Well, the trailer, they actually played it for like 35 minutes. I think they'll add more. More, I don't know, more substance?

00:35:22That's a harsh way to say it because they actually had a game. It was just not a game that people liked. So we'll see. Yeah, we had some short things about the Resident Evil series. They have released a new trailer for Village and it features Ethan in third person view. And we are, you know, we like that game. Yes. We like this trailer. Yes. We like Ethan. He's cool. He is. Well, most of the time he is cool. He's also weird. It's a little bit weird. But you can call him brave. Yes, you could actually do that. I don't think we are misses. Well, we're not mistaking him for like an action hero. He's just a guy. He's definitely not an action hero. But he's hanging in there and he's kind of brave. He's been through a lot. Oh, I mean, he's not a S.T.A.R.S. member. He's just some dude. So I don't think I would have done half as good as Ethan did in the...

00:36:20troubles he's been facing. So, you know, kudos on him. Also, a Resident Evil 4 remake is coming in two more platforms than we originally thought. It will come to the PS4, and we'll know more about it soon, because there's a showcase in October where they'll hopefully show us a bit of that. I think we have some stuff on the list still, but we don't have that much time, so we'll cherry-pick some of it. So Google Stadia is dead. It's just dead. Who would have thought? Who would have thought? The problem with this entire thing is that no one gave a shit about it. Which is kind of a big deal because they were trying to sell it. And also a lot of people just didn't know about it. And the shitty thing from Google this time around was that they actually announced it to everyone at the same time. So people that were actually like developing games for this.

00:37:20Got to know it in that statement. Like, yeah, it's dead. It's dead, everybody. But my game. What about your game? Yeah, I mean, you could do another game, I guess. So, yeah, that was really, really harsh. Although they will reimburse people that have bought games and hardware. So, I mean, it's not helping the devs, but it's helping everyone else. And this service will shut down during January. of next year. So if you have some games, you know, now's the time because then, you know, it's gone. The way of the dodo. I saw someone was crying out of their enormous playtime in Red Dead Redemption. Over 6,000 hours? 6,000 hours. That's a lot of cowboys. Yes. How many times did that person say howdy partner? You know, questions. Way too many. Way too many times.

00:38:19to google anymore no well he still has some time but yeah stadia is is dying and soon to be dead it's the consensus here we had a little blurb that was named disney dreamlike valley and none of us really knew what that was but it's doing well it's doing well and uh you know i i guess for people that are into hanging out with like mickey mouse in some little house somewhere becoming friends with people. This might be weird. But I'm not sure. It's not for me, I think. I think Kingdom Hearts is as weird as I'm willing to go when it comes to gaming mashup featuring Disney heroes. This feels like one step further. I don't think it's for me anymore. Unless you could be like only Scrooge McDuck and like screwing over poor people. I would be into that. That would be...

00:39:18Like a management game, like how to squeeze every single gold. What's their actually, is it called dollars? Do they have a name for their currency? Yeah. He has solid gold coins, but do we know what they're called? I don't know. I mean. It's one of those things. I just, you know, you always envision the gold coins, but I don't think I've ever heard a name for them. No. like duckberg dollars is duckberg what it's called in english i don't know it should be it could be yeah now i'm confused anyway that would be a game they talk about money a lot in that they do i mean they should have a name for it they should indeed uh yeah oh uh one of the games that have really oh that was about me yeah i'll go for has really

00:40:16grown the last couple of days is grounded which is now out and also on game pass yeah it's basically the game version of honey i shrunk the kids with yeah yeah and it looks absolutely gorgeous it's big and people are loving it or are scared shitless because they are you know afraid of insects and spiders and bees and scorpions and other things. Especially if they're really huge. Oh, they're really huge. Can you play this in VR? No, I don't think so. Not yet anyway, but whoa, that'd be something. So basically they have an acrophobia mode that transforms the spiders into a bunch of like blobs with legs. But people were still scared because they still move as spiders. But this is the same thing as they did with Silent Hill, the first Silent Hill, where the scary kids were some sort of bears instead, which did not make it less creepy. No, just more weird. Yeah. But yeah, this is a cool-looking game. I will still say that it's a big disclaimer. If you're not into insects, I don't think you'll ever be comfortable playing this game because they're big and they're everywhere. So it's not good therapy? It might be, but they're like...

00:41:42I mean, you have to kill them, so you have to get to grips with them. Because, I mean, you build things out of their hides and you eat their meat and stuff like that. Would you say it would be okay if you just a bit be curious? Be curious of this game. I don't know if that works as a tagline. I'll say this, though. If you don't have a problem killing everything in your garden, this might be for you. Also, it's a cool... Like, I saw someone build, because you have grass straws instead of trees. He built, like, an amazingly tall tower that was so tall that you could probably see it, like, standing in the kitchen of the house. Oh. And he was, like, ziplining from it to other parts of the map, which was pretty cool. So you can build seriously big bases in this game. Nice. So what is the, like, main objective in this game? Is it to be... I want to be a real boy, I was about to say, but it's...

00:42:42Almost Pinocchio. You want to get back to your original size. For some reason, I haven't looked into the story that much because I actually want to play this game. But yes, you are playing as a very small kid that has become even smaller through weird science. And you were stuck in someone's back garden. It's someone's actual back garden. So yeah. Is there anything any one of you want to mention real quick before we wrap this up? Because it's about time to do that. Maybe. Okay, go for it. Yeah. We have had a guest for two episodes that is called Tsunamics. And they have released a closed beta for their project now. So we got the complete voice-covered Final Fantasy OG game now. Yeah, so we should...

00:43:41Probably say that his project has been to bring voices to all of the characters in the game. That was like the original pitch. I also am a little bit part. Yes, you have a small voice in the mix. What was it you said? You were a storekeeper? Yeah, in Juno. Do you sell something good? Hopefully. Do you have the deal of the day? Oh, that's probably a spoiler, but let's just say that you can actually find Oscar in there and it'll be awesome. But yeah, this is a project that has been on the up and coming for quite a few years now. So it's been a big project. A lot of people have been involved on and off. And if you are interested in much more information about this project, we have two episodes in English.

00:44:37So you don't even have to learn Swedish to be a part of that. So, yeah, if you want to know more about this project, you have two in-depth episodes surrounding only that. Yeah, if we don't have anything else to add to this episode, it's time to, I don't know... Roll it up? Yeah, roll it out. Bring it home. Yeah, you know, I'll just settle with taking away some... timber style yeah yeah yep now it's getting darker and pretty much more yeah it's not summer anymore so please take care uh feel warm take something nice to drink and hope for the best the winter is definitely coming and we're not in kansas anymore bye for now