Episode #810 - Where Have All the Dude Bros Gone

Intro: Former Matt’s back!

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Voicemail #1: John, yur fukkin wrong & matts a starfield hater?

Starfield locked at 30fps / Phil does not look at the PC as a window

10 sec. spotlight:

Michelle

• Collector’s Edition that doesn’t come with the game
• The coolest thing was the box / playin it like an MMO
• Fleshing, not flushing / in the roster, the stable,
• Lies of P  – a 5 hour demo that’s basically a Bloodborne clone
• Pinocchio talk / Why isn’t Xbox pushing this game?
• Drinking: Water with Grape Mio

John

• pretty much just played Diablo 4 – everywhere
• Also bought it on Xbox
• changing the build every level
• managing needs improvement / busywork can be relaxing
• do some Nec stuff / Just doesn’t click for Matt
• Drinking: Athletic Upside Dawn

Guest Host:  Matto (aka, @MattoMcFly  )

• V Rising – with friends
• (PS5) Callisto Protocol – holds up the library
• Marvel Snap new mode – Conquest mode
• Drinking: black cherry bubly and whiskey – a Brozé

Voicemail #2: Ken fr Cincy needs favors without arms

Roundtable: Final Fantasy 16  (PS5)

• The personal histories
• “If you like Game of Thrones, you’re gonna like this game” – Michelle
• The story is really fukking good / absorb this
• Rings make the game easy / story mode accessible
• Accessibility and easy mode.
• “I appreciate the balls of them…” – John
• Super simplistic dragon battles / combat will evolve

Roundtable: Xbox Showcase / Starfield

• Fable and more trailers
• Alan Wake 2 – Fukking Matt
• Excited for Starfield?
• Bad character models / Plastic people
• Unloading magazines / AAA flagship games this is not
• “Like, we don’t look at the PC audience as a window” – Phil
• All about Phil – Phil says a lot without actually saying the words
• No gassy planets with dinosaurs
• Tiny bit of Jenk / don’t defend things that are bad
• The 30 frames debate / world’s most powerful console – more flops
• It looks boring
• Avowed is biggest letdown / Flight Sim 2024 – Helicopters WTF!
• “Xbox has some bangers” – Michelle
• “Give me a hat and I’m done” – John re: checking boxes
• They’re picking the wrong targets

Ubisoft?  No –  back to Xbox:

• Ubisoft – Star Wars Outlaws – some girl in a bush
• Market to your fukking base” – Michelle / overcorrecting
• Feminization of games / Matt disagrees
• “We need more big, hairy, sweaty men” – Michelle
• Pussy talk / way too long on the character creator / inclusivity
• designed by committee / one person’s vision
• Appealing to women / proving they’re woke
• Majority of gamers are doods / Matt is not an average dude
• Path of Exile 2 trailer
• Sarah Bond replacing Phil?
• Matt is a stay-at-home mom
• Highlight – Flight sim / mentally ill woman in a cave
• Letdowns – Fable / No Perfect Dark, no Gears

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