Ever partied with the Blue Man Group? Our good friend Logan returns to Bucket Bytes & recounts an unforgettable night with the famous performers at a Milwaukee Bucks game, and we can't help but reminisce about our own brushes with celebrity. We then pivot to the world of gaming and share our thoughts on Diablo 4, its immersive story and characters, and the addicting loot grind and combat system. However, we can't ignore the repetitive dungeons and the controversial concept of seasons - is starting a new character each time really a good idea?
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Speaker 1:
We are bucket bites featuring bite sized bits and discussions, not bucket bitches or whatever it was I said last week. I'm SuperDaddyO aka RyanPapaPost. Down below me we have our own YouTube celebrity, josh Picard from Suggestive Gaming, and we have a familiar face. Maybe you don't remember, but you might. But we have a man who's partied with the blue man group, got blackout drunk. His name is Logan. So everybody, welcome back Logan to the show. Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 2:
Thank you, i appreciate it. Yes, i did party a little bit and took shots with the blue man group. It was fun.
Speaker 1:
You just took shots. That's it. Like that's not at all What I was expecting.
Speaker 2:
Were they in makeup, yeah, full makeup, everything. They were not talking, they were stoic. It was fantastic.
Speaker 3:
Like that's a like. it's almost like a pro wrestling thing, like living in gimmick, like even because you weren't at a concert, right, or was it a concert?
Speaker 2:
No, it was a professional sports game and they were performing at halftime. So they came out at the end of the game to the VIP area and we had some drinks and shots with them.
Speaker 3:
That's so awesome. Like they did the show, they're coming out just to watch the rest of the game, yeah.
Speaker 2:
Still have to perform. Crazy Yep.
Speaker 1:
That's got to be fun, though I think you know when you sign up for that, you kind of know what you're getting into and that's a lot of fun for them. I know I would enjoy the hell out of it Just being a character out in the public world, Yeah.
Speaker 2:
I got to believe that they enjoyed it, because Milwaukee is definitely a heavily drinking area and we all like to have fun, so I think they were down for it.
Speaker 1:
So were they buying you drinks, or were you buying them drinks? or how did that work? Or were they just coming down the pictures? It was the.
Speaker 2:
VIP, everything. So everything was taken care of. No one was buying any drinks. Yeah, it was a fun time.
Speaker 1:
How does somebody like you get VIP tickets to a? It was a Bucks game, I'm assuming, right.
Speaker 2:
Yes, it was a Bucks game, and so I had a friend who's worked for a company and they had season tickets and if the VIP doesn't take them they'll get raffled around the office and actually my buddy won them. He was probably living kind of near downtown if I wanted to go. So I met up with them and we had a great time. My wife thought at one point we got thrown out of the game. But we didn't, i couldn't remember But documents from the photo show. Oh yeah, oh yeah, they had a nice spread. David Gruber was out there. I told me at a nice scene before the game, david Gruber, dude.
Speaker 3:
David Gruber is like the forest gump of Milwaukee He's just everywhere Yeah.
Speaker 2:
He was there, he had his big grin smile on the whole time You were going to say something else.
Speaker 1:
I started with an S. I thought you were going to say shit eating. Grin, i swear, that's what I thought you were going to.
Speaker 2:
Maybe, maybe Indirectly, but yeah, he was smiling, being his normal self, and I had to tell him he was looking to Apper. So I told him you know, a nice suit, and that was it, because I was way too drunk to actually start a conversation.
Speaker 1:
Okay, that's all you remember saying to him.
Speaker 2:
Yes.
Speaker 3:
Now David Gruber. For those who are unaware, he owns a law firm in is it just the Milwaukee area, or is it?
Speaker 1:
That's a good question. I know he's definitely was. I mean, he's Wisconsin wide, Like yeah.
Speaker 3:
But I have it on good authority that allegedly allegedly because again, he's a law guy. So I got to say I've heard that that people have seen him in several instances where he has acted as like somebody who likes a beverage or two.
Speaker 1:
I can see that. I can see that.
Speaker 2:
Yes, yeah, i could, i could see that too. I mean the fact that how I saw him at the, at the pregame, you could tell that he was.
Speaker 1:
He was, you know, getting loose, he was having a good time, yeah, and he was like I can see cheeks gone. Oh yeah Yeah, and all you said was nice suit, like you didn't drunk, only say like 15 other things before that came out.
Speaker 2:
No, i know, i was it was more or less in passing. I was like I want to say something at least to him if I passed him and I had to go to the bathroom and he happened to be like walking the direction that I was going and it was just like, Hey, dude, nice suit.
Speaker 1:
See, Josh, when we were at Midwest gaming classic and you were trying to talk to him and you were trying to talk to Henry, that's what you should have said. You should have said Hey man, nice suit, I suit as he's walking.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, and he big time to me, man, he big time me. I yelled out Henry and he just kept walking. He's like I'm not going to talk to that fucking asshole. No but I was going to say what you should have said was because you were at a Bucks game, right, yes, and what do they play? What's the sport? Oh, basketball. And how many balls do they use In the? game of basketball. Oh one ball, that's all.
Speaker 1:
I hate you. I hate you.
Speaker 2:
That's good, that's good, i like that, oh man.
Speaker 1:
Really, that's how we're starting today. That's, that's grand, that's a great start.
Speaker 2:
I don't mind it. That's pretty good, that's fantastic. So, logan, with you being back, what's your plan?
Speaker 1:
Are you going to be back here all the time, or what's the deal?
Speaker 2:
Yeah, i'm going to be here as much as possible. I just with you know work schedule and whatnot. It wasn't feasible earlier, but now that things have shifted a little bit over the last few months, i'm going to be back on a regular basis, excellent.
Speaker 3:
Do us a favor and don't get a girlfriend, because apparently that just means you're never going to show up to the show anymore.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, I, you know, i really hope that Dom is enjoying himself a big old scuba ice cream right now, like if he's not, then I'm going to be pretty mad.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, i'm a little disappointed that Dom wasn't able to make it, but that's all right. I'll catch him on the next one, that's for sure. That's okay.
Speaker 1:
So, all right, welcome back to the show. Let's start with one of your topics. Certainly, i'm just kidding. I'm just kidding.
Speaker 2:
As I, as I slowly panic it's.
Speaker 1:
It's my favorite thing to call people out.
Speaker 3:
I was going to say just he shows up and immediately gets thrown under the bus.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, he's thrown the fire.
Speaker 1:
Thanks for coming back, oh man. So, logan, i know that you haven't been gaming much lately. We work together, so it's kind of like I get the situation. But, josh, i'm curious because you added me to your little clan on Diablo four, which I've only gotten a few hours. I'm actually surprisingly like a level 38 or something like that. But I want to know your thoughts so far because this is my first time going into it. I'd love to hear it from a that it I got professional Sure.
Speaker 3:
I mean technically, yeah, um. So, uh, Zees and I have been playing Diablo We. I mean, we played a lot of it first week And we've fallen off just cause we've gotten busy. But, um, i think we're like level 50, 51 maybe, um, but uh, i love Diablo four. The combat is great. The um, the loot grind so far is great. We're having a lot of fun. The story is actually like phenomenal in Diablo four. Like I could take um, i love Diablo three, but I could take or leave the story. Sure, um, it was more or less just like there. The story in Diablo four is fantastic and the characters that they've written and the voice acting fantastic, like oh, my God Yeah. They really ramped up on like the story and presentation of four. It's really good. It's just a really good game to play through for that regard. But the game play itself is great, literally. the only complaint I have is the dungeons are a bit repetitive.
Speaker 1:
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's fair, that's fair.
Speaker 3:
Especially coming from immortal cause. I played the shit out of immortal Um, which a lot of people don't like, because they did go a little crazy with the monetization of it Um, but uh, the dungeons had a lot more variety in immortal, especially with, like the goals Cause, like it seems in Diablo four, like literally the dungeons are just like go in and find clear it up find the waypoint and hit the button or clear out every enemy in it And that's it, like it's just one of those two varieties each time. So that's like my only complaint. But I'm having so much fun leveling up my character and finding new gear and switching up my build when I find new legendaries with new abilities, like it, it scratches the Diablo itch incredibly And, like I said, the stuff we're not even done playing through the story.
Speaker 1:
Right.
Speaker 3:
And it's it's. I'm enjoying it. It's fantastic.
Speaker 1:
So as a Diablo noob, so to speak, i didn't know that Diablo did quote, unquote seasons.
Speaker 3:
Uh yeah.
Speaker 1:
If you play a seasonal, character Yeah. And I still to those. To this point. I don't understand that whole thing. I just saw something on it today where people are like what do you mean? I can't use my existing character that I've been spending all my hours on, i can't use them in this new, whatever seasonal story or whatever, so I'm. Could you elaborate for me?
Speaker 3:
So I've never played a seasonal care. I think I did. I tried it in Diablo three but I never like stuck with it. Yeah, so the way that seasons work in Diablo is they do like unique things per season, um so like there'll be unique bosses or dungeons or gear whatever, and essentially you start a new character at the beginning of the season, you play through the season and you do like these unique raids or whatever, And then, once the season's over, that character is gone.
Speaker 1:
Okay.
Speaker 3:
So the only thing you really unlock like account. Wide is like emblems or titles that you can then use on any character moving forward.
Speaker 1:
Really No, no.
Speaker 3:
Cause once the character's gone, your gear's gone. So it's really just for kind of to experience it and have fun, and then for like bragging rights, moving forward. it's like achievements. Sure, it's like somebody can see that you played that season through.
Speaker 1:
Gotcha. So, as a father of two and a husband and a guy that works all the time, like I'll be lucky to even get to the end of the main story, like I won't be one of these people that's going to go and like dig in and, you know, like dig my claws into these seasonal events and stories.
Speaker 3:
Cause the first season, i think, is going to start either next week or the week after, i don't remember. Yeah, i heard that, but like, the character you've started now isn't going anywhere.
Speaker 1:
Right, that's the base character.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, that exists forever. That's just like your main. You know character, but if you wanted to play the seasonal stuff, you would have to make a seasonal character, so you couldn't use that character, gotcha. You'd have to make a new one, but that's how they keep people coming back and, you know, trying out new stuff.
Speaker 1:
I feel like they're pushing destiny. Kind of reminds me of destiny.
Speaker 2:
Destiny do that. Destiny does different gear and weapons based off the season, and then you get to unlock armor and whatnot, and then by the end of that season it kind of becomes obsolete, if you will, kind of so it kind of reminds me of Sounds about the like the same thing.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, kind of like action RPG staple, i'd say.
Speaker 1:
I feel like they're doing it like the game didn't come out that long ago. I feel like that's way too early to start trying to push new content. Like I get it, you have people that just you know nonstop grinding through the game. But, like man, give a chance for you know, us normal humans, to progress and finish the main story.
Speaker 3:
I agree. I think they should have either done the season way later or it should have launched like season one should have been at launch, you know, like, if you want to play a character. You can write off the bat. It is a little weird that they're doing it this early. But yeah. I kind of hopped on Diablo three late, so I don't know when they started there.
Speaker 1:
Okay, gotcha. Yeah, i wasn't sure You were talking about the voice acting being great, by the way, and now that Dom is like laughing at us, he's in chat right now, not with us, like you know. Hopefully he's enjoying his ice cream, really getting that, you know, licking that cream up. But um, all of those, i'm sorry, i didn't even mean that as a thing until I saw.
Speaker 2:
Josh's face Yeah, you did, yeah, i did. Okay, okay, alright.
Speaker 1:
So, um, i'm, I'm anyways the voice acting in this game, is it? it is stellar, like it's. Like I thought Elden Ring had some of the best voice acting in terms of quality maybe not the right, even the writing was good. But there's a character that I just met, um, but just today, and I swear to God, it was voiced by Simon Gregor, who did Rycard. You know, the whole like super, like, like Flemme voisey, um, kind of I can't, i can't remember the character's name now. I wish I was a little bit more prepared for that. But, um, this is. I think it just goes to show that you can't supplement games with AI generated voices if you want to really pull your people in, because nothing, nothing is going to stand up to a professionally voiced character.
Speaker 3:
Oh, 100%, and the? um. The other thing that's really cool about this game is, for the first time at least that I remember in a Blizzard game, all of the cutscenes are in engine. Yeah, so it. You'll be, you know, starting a mission and all of a sudden it'll go to a full. You know, in engine cutscene that looks amazed Like it still looks incredible Like Blizzard was known for their like pre-rendered cutscenes that were always like studio quality, um, like cinematic experiences, and these are that. But in engine which?
Speaker 1:
It look, i mean shit, and it looks good. Yeah, and I always love in engine stuff versus pre-rendered, so it's really Well, you got to say, though, the pre-rendered footage, especially like that dude, that intro cinematic, is so fucking good. Yeah, it's so good, like it, it's nice. I don't know how many there are, like, i've only seen the opening one. Are there any more, as you've seen?
Speaker 3:
so far, not that I've come across.
Speaker 1:
Okay, All right Well.
Speaker 2:
You said it's a Blizzard game, correct? Yes, is it on?
Speaker 3:
Steam Deck. So here's the fun part is so you can install it on Steam Deck. You just have to install the Battlenet launcher through Proton and do all of the like side loading type stuff. Got it, I did play. I didn't. I haven't played the main release, but I played the beta on my Steam Deck.
Speaker 1:
Okay, it ran. It ran amazing, just fine. Yeah, and I think you talked about that previously.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, i've been playing the main release on my ally actually.
Speaker 1:
I have. You See, this is one of those games where I feel like I would still enjoy it on a handheld. There's not very many games that I feel like I would, but Diablo is definitely one of those games. Like what you know, they got that top down perspective and controls are super simple, Like I feel like it would translate super well to a handheld device.
Speaker 3:
So I love it, like, especially because I the only reason I played the beta on my Steam Deck was because Aziza didn't want to play. There was like two betas and she didn't want to play the second one, so I just played it by myself and I was like well, i'll see if I can install on the Steam Deck. So I can hang out with her, but still kind of play it on the couch And you're right, like it's an amazing handheld game. Oh man just sitting in bed playing it on the ally is so much fun because it's just, it's so easy to pick up and put down.
Speaker 1:
God, i would be so much farther in that game if I had. You know, i feel something. I could just sit down and lay down in bed and play.
Speaker 3:
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Speaker 1:
No, because I dude, i don't. I'm the kind of dumb ass that would go and buy one of these machines just for one game, one or two games.
Speaker 2:
So like the like the OLED switch that you got, Did you?
Speaker 3:
get an OLED switch.
Speaker 1:
I do have an OLED switch, yeah, and I. I don't mind it. I play on it once or twice a year.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, i was going to say cause I bought an OLED switch and like I was amazed at how little I used it because, like I was already done with the switch and Rick, and like any any game I play on the switch, i just have plugged into my TV anyway, Well, yeah, dude, it's, it's funny, like, and that's the whole.
Speaker 1:
That's the whole. Reason I can't get into handheld gaming Never could, And I think, like Diablo, is that that game that would probably get me to pull over. So well, it's like, dude, i bought a VR just so my wife could play fucking Beat Saber.
Speaker 3:
Like you know it's well, Beat Saber is worth it though.
Speaker 2:
Right, it is. It is a lot of fun And you can, you know, having your kids play it and whatnot.
Speaker 1:
It's a fun group thing, but that's how I feel about Diablo four and it like my wife's going to hate me because I want to spend so much money, but anyways.
Speaker 2:
Hold out for Christmas.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, right, right, not in my house The Christmas funds go to the wife and kids, that, and then I usually usually my allocation goes, you know, during black Friday like electronics sales.
Speaker 2:
That's my Christmas. That's my.
Speaker 1:
Christmas. Animal Crossing was another one. That was the one I spent probably the most time on my switch playing. That's a good one, jesse. I could see that. So, by the way, if you are listening to this and want to interact with us live, please feel free to join us while we're live on Twitch. Twitchtv slash bucket bites. We're going to be talking about Twitch and streaming, though later in the show, because there's some interesting stuff going on.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, and make sure, if you're listening on the podcast, you follow us on Twitch so that you could pop in these live episodes.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, it'd be great. We'd love you here, because we love interacting with the people when we can. Not so easy when we have guests, though. But so we're talking about Diablo Activision Blizzard. Did you see what Jim Ryan said in an interview, or? I don't know if it was an interview or no. you're not allowed to be here. You're fired.
Speaker 4:
Get out of here. Oh, i am Okay.
Speaker 2:
Bye, i'm just kidding, what are you?
Speaker 3:
You're half an hour late.
Speaker 1:
Oh man.
Speaker 4:
Sorry. Well, I'm here now.
Speaker 1:
How was your ice cream?
Speaker 3:
Just wink if it was good.
Speaker 2:
It was that good.
Speaker 1:
Dude, you're feeling that you're in that whole Diablo mood right now, with that red lighting in there, bro.
Speaker 4:
Yeah, yeah, i left it on when I left home and I don't know where my controller is, so I'm not changing it.
Speaker 1:
No, that's fine, That's fine, well. Well, everyone knows Dom, so welcome down. We're glad you're here. I am happy you're here, that's me, i'm Dom. Hi Dom, I'm a bank blogger.
Speaker 4:
Thank you, it's exciting to see you again, i said in chat, but post and read it, because he's a dick.
Speaker 1:
They can read chat. These people have the ability to read chat, but we're anyway. We're always going with this. Jim Ryan, who's the CEO of PlayStation, i believe, just in PlayStation America said if Microsoft acquires Activision, sony will not share PlayStation PlayStation six information with Call of Duty creators, and I thought that was such an interesting take, and it's not one that I would have thought of from a. So, basically, what they're saying here, in my opinion, is they're just buying these studios to get information on our next system, not obviously, the number one reason. That's how I'm taking it, though.
Speaker 3:
No. I see it the other way? I see it the other way. It's more so just Sony doing a CYA of like if a studio is owned by our competitor, we're not going to share information before launch, because that could then influence our competitor's decision on the market Right.
Speaker 1:
I don't know, i'm sorry. Yeah, maybe I said it backwards, but that's what I meant.
Speaker 3:
What do you mean by CYA Taking a cover your ass? So it's Sony being like. We're not going to give any information that could be taken by Microsoft to influence their decision on console development based on our console development. Because that's burned Microsoft in the past with the Xbox One PS4 debacle, where Sony came well ahead of Microsoft just based on how the PS4 was focused.
Speaker 1:
God, I remember that. Oh, it was so bad. It's embarrassing.
Speaker 4:
Xbox One. I didn't play any new game on it. Basically I played Gears of War four and that was that that thing was. It wasn't worth it.
Speaker 1:
Well, that's okay, that's okay.
Speaker 2:
No, it's fine.
Speaker 3:
It wasn't okay, damn it.
Speaker 4:
It was a waste of money. It was a big chunk of box that took up like half my desk and I didn't do shit on it besides play a shitty Gears of War for a couple months.
Speaker 1:
Well, that's your fault.
Speaker 4:
It is my fault.
Speaker 1:
Okay.
Speaker 3:
Well, I can do that. Consensus.
Speaker 2:
Which, to be fair around the Xbox One was also a Halo Master Chief collection which bombed horribly, which I believe you guys covered in a previous podcast. So, yeah, reopen up that can of worms. But it just seemed like there is a few games for the Xbox One, that's just for the early Xbox One.
Speaker 4:
It took looking forever to download that game because that game was massive for a time Yeah.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, that's only 122 something, or at the time is only 122 gigabytes, i think, for all the games. But you got a bunch of games and they got all this upgraded cinematic and everything. Okay, so tangent alert someone pressed the dingaling bell. Okay, thanks, it didn't go a ling, though, oh sorry.
Speaker 3:
A ling.
Speaker 1:
There. Excellent, but okay. So this article came out and then people are kind of giving I don't know if you saw this just at all, but people are giving Sony a bunch of shit for trying to kind of like say, well, this is for a Starfield, did you see this at all?
Speaker 4:
Ish.
Speaker 1:
So so basically, Sony is basically trying to sue Microsoft or not? Activision. Bethesda, sorry because they're making the game exclusive to Microsoft.
Speaker 4:
Oh, wow.
Speaker 1:
And people, of course people are like well, what, what? what are you talking about? Sony's been doing this, keeping exclusive content behind, you know, with them for years, and I haven't seen an argument yet that I agree with on the Sony side on that. So I'm curious if any of you saw that.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, I haven't seen it. I'd have to look at their argument Like was there an agreement before the acquisition? So that's the only thing I can think of.
Speaker 1:
Before Microsoft bought Bethesda, they, sony was talking with Bethesda about having exclusivity or timed exclusivity with the game. So now they're butthurt and salty about it And they're like, well, what the fuck, we were going to get this and now you're taking the game and we don't even get it. So to a degree I get their argument. To a degree I do, but like they're keeping a fucking Avenger away from Xbox in a game for the Avengers.
Speaker 4:
Yeah.
Speaker 1:
They got. You can't play Spider-Man on Xbox, which. I think I get it.
Speaker 4:
Go ahead. There's a Wolverine game coming out too. PlayStation.
Speaker 3:
That's right, Yeah, Well, and also I mean the Spider-Man games.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, yeah, so I don't know. I will say this It would be actually a cool thing. I think the best possible outcome for any of this would be like this blows up in Sony's face and all of this exclusivity, and all of you know it won't go away completely because they'll just find another way around it. But to find a way to break up all of this exclusivity and allow more games and all platforms so anyone can play, i think that's the ultimate. That would be the best case scenario for anything that happens here.
Speaker 3:
Best case scenario, but very unlikely Also.
Speaker 4:
I see it as like that's what competition is, and Xbox needs some type of edge to get back into. You know well then you're going to get a discussion, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:
Well, and that's why they're trying to. You know, they're trying to stop the whole Activision thing and Sid Elfin chat said basically Sony was complaining that they didn't get their exclusive because Microsoft bought them.
Speaker 3:
Holy shit. Sid Elfin in the chat.
Speaker 1:
So that's yeah, And I understand the argument and I, to be honest, I don't side with Sony at all. I actually tend not to, because I feel like a lot of their sales tactics and a lot of their tactics in general are just shady.
Speaker 3:
But you know well, I mean, that's business, though right Capitalism.
Speaker 1:
You know it is and it's, and it's. It's hard to be the good guy in a dog eat dog world right.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, it's good way to go.
Speaker 1:
So it's so hard, and that's you know.
Speaker 2:
Microsoft is, so Sony games isn't there, versus just Microsoft, xbox, or is it about the same?
Speaker 1:
If you're talking better ones, i was gonna say bigger, better triple A titles. Yeah, sony's got more of them.
Speaker 3:
Well, that's why I love the news that the Indiana Jones game is going to be Xbox and PC exclusive, because I'm like good, like Microsoft needs to fire back. And that's like I'm not even joking, Like there needs to be competition in this space, because Sony has gotten away with it for so long where they just have these exclusives that they release on PC. Yeah, like a Returnal, yeah, but we got to wait We get uncharted, got a war.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, but we got to wait for these fucking games for four years, and maybe that's because, obviously, the developing PlayStation first, like their strategy is perfect, don't get me wrong. Their strategy is perfect. You put the game out in perfect form on your main console and then you put it out for the rest of the people Not all of them, but you put the best ones out there right? Well, arguably best, but it's it's these next like couple of years, this juggernaut battle of Xbox and Microsoft and PlayStation, like it's going to be a really fun to watch.
Speaker 4:
I hope so, microsoft to be in the discussion again, because PlayStation kind of overtook us a long time ago, sure, and there's no like war. Essentially, it's just I just want Xbox to be a candidate.
Speaker 3:
Well, microsoft, and like going back to what we were talking about before, microsoft sunk their own ship with the Xbox one, like they just literally just nosedived into a lake And the only thing that brought them back out of it was Game Pass, and like that now, though, i feel like is starting to subside, where they're trying to buy up all these independent studios And yeah, they're. They released a couple of games Like what are some big game pass games that you can think of. In the past two years, Oh, two years.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, i mean, look, i mean so the same quality of, like a last of us for God of War. There's really not much out there. There's really not much. You know you'll get. You'll get your, your, your few, like I will see. But they're more indie games And those are the games that thrive on that platform. But, like signal is was a fantastic game that I believe debuted on Game Pass as well. So I don't know what's. I mean you've got the big ones coming. Starfield is coming. Like if you watch that Xbox showcase that we talked about last week, like that show very rarely missed the mark, in my opinion, and like, if that's what's coming, then great, i think there's gonna be a lot of them. But in the past, no, i agree with you, josh, there's. There hasn't been very many big heavy hitters. You know we had the. You know Halo Infinite, which if it could have waited another, you know, eight to 10 months, would have been a heavy hitter, because that game nowadays is great.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, but I think it's. It's like the train has left the station, you know, oh yeah.
Speaker 4:
I think Halo would have died out still, even if it released a little later.
Speaker 3:
I think it would have died out still well, it would have died out, but maybe it would have had a bit more staying power. Sure, yeah, i mean same thing with I think we're past Halo, like I think Gaming, yeah, yeah, past.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, it's a shame because that, like I go back and play that game every now and again minute. It's that now that forges out. It's a hell of a fun game. But Everyone's moved on summerville, that's it. That's another good game. That's kind of an indie style game.
Speaker 4:
I don't know how big amnesia was on game pass was that I'm gonna pass though It's on game pass Yeah.
Speaker 3:
By the way, when you said summerville, I was gonna make a very local joke.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, i know I was waiting for it, but I'm glad you're able to hold on Logan when you. I'm just curious, did you ever have game pass? I?
Speaker 2:
Did for a bit Yeah why did you get it? From what I remember, there was just a few games that I knew I wanted to play with friends that I didn't necessarily Want to buy, that they were playing. So it was just one of those. Like it's cheaper, just get the game pass. So that's kind of what I did and it would only last for a couple months. That cancel it and then randomly No, i think would pop up because our friends my friend group, gaming group on console at the time it was very hot and cold which games we like to play, and Some of the friends got really upset if they had to buy like we were playing for a game for maybe a couple months And one of the guys was lagging behind, mm-hmm, he would buy at the game at full price and then like a couple weeks later We'd stop a jump and something else. So just to make it Better for everyone, the game pass games allowed us to all be able to jump around on different games Without breaking the bank, so to speak.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, that's a good point. I mean, that's another reason why I have game pass.
Speaker 2:
It just allows you to not feel like you have to stick to one game Exclusively, because a lot of the times it was, you know, either color duty or battlefield, because that group, friend group was heavily into the first person shooting.
Speaker 1:
Gotcha, so I Want to kind of shift, dominic, since you're on the show now.
Speaker 4:
Yeah, it's me.
Speaker 1:
I Just threw a Trello topic over That you had, and it's one that's been in there for a while and you just edited it, i think this last week or so. But you wanted to know, like, what's the point of even buying an Xbox?
Speaker 4:
at this point. Yeah, so I said that a while ago now and I edited it since the Xbox showcase, so beforehand I was like depressed because I was looking at my games and I was like there is nothing here, that There's nothing going on. Yeah, there was nothing new that I wanted to play or something that I could get into Or something that I have played before. It's Yeah, whatever. But I was in a very like dark spot when it comes to gaming, because Xbox was nothing, it was gaming.
Speaker 1:
That's a gaming. That's the worst.
Speaker 4:
I was on my PC looking at like other games. I was like I don't even play my Xbox. Yeah and then I looked at PlayStation games again and I thought about God of War, thought about the new God of War and And Last of us looks interesting sometimes.
Speaker 1:
No, bro, don't even, don't like, don't lie to me, don't you hate that fucking game?
Speaker 4:
I don't like the characters. I don't like the characters, but I like the gameplay.
Speaker 1:
Yeah.
Speaker 4:
After the showcase, though, i think my opinion has changed a lot more. The starfield coming out and these other little tiny games that we don't know a lot about. I don't remember the names at the moment, but there is. I remember the guy with the banjo.
Speaker 1:
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 4:
I'm really interested about that. And there is another game that looked like we happy few, i think made by the same people it.
Speaker 1:
Yep, i can't. Yeah, i would have to look up the game.
Speaker 4:
I look at the names, but a lot of it seemed Like it was worth having an Xbox and it's been a while since the game has gotten me kind of excited.
Speaker 1:
Is it worth having an Xbox if I could just play all these on my PC?
Speaker 4:
I Not. But if you want like a chill experience without having to buy a Big PC, then consoles always yeah, I'll play it on my steam deck that I'm gonna buy just for Diablo 4. You go, do that.
Speaker 2:
I think the big thing too is it seems like the gaming community has shifted away from living room video game playing a lot, because I've noticed when we were at the gaming classic Ikea is repping well again like a gaming furniture line which dials into like desks and chairs. Yeah seems like the evolution of gaming has evolved to this desk setup thing, which in In hand-in-hand kind of goes with what a PC would be, and so that's you know, could be contributed towards that.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, well, pc gaming is becoming more and more casual. That too so I think that's a big part of it and well, with all these console games now coming to PC, Well, and if you want to get into PC gaming and you don't know how to build a PC, You can talk to our guys at Dark Fusion system.
Speaker 3:
I was waiting for post to step in, but Dominic. You got that right away, buddy.
Speaker 1:
Well, fuck it, we're doing it. Hell Yeah, dark Fusion systems builds, very beautiful Micro, mini, whatever you want to call them ITX builds. They're kind of like boutique builds. They got the nice metal bodies. I don't have it down here with me, but You know, josh has one, i'm buying one, dominic's gonna buy one, he just doesn't know it yet.
Speaker 4:
Oh, dude, i forgot he sent me an email on like Monday and I meant to respond to it.
Speaker 3:
Just ruining our relationship with our sponsor. Okay.
Speaker 1:
I can't believe you, dumb. Yeah, well, you just. You got them all hyped up last week and now you're just shitting on them. But no, no don't do that. So dark, dark fusion systems, dotcom, you can go check them out there, and the cool thing about them is you can actually get 150 bucks off your PC build Just by mentioning bucket bites. And the cool thing is Josh always loves to bring this up. Is that like? he will ask you questions what you're using, what kind of applications is this just perform? is it just for porn, or are you gonna be playing games or porn games, or what are you gonna be playing on this? And he will really cater the system to you.
Speaker 4:
So I Comes down to the progress of making the PC their hands on and he will ask how?
Speaker 1:
hey, i'm just kidding, they will not ask you how hands-on you are, if you know what I mean. I don't have it for post?
Speaker 3:
but no, yes, they will. They will make sure that the PC that you get is built 100% to your use case And you're not gonna get something too powerful and you're not gonna get something that's underpowered. You're gonna get something exactly what you need, what your price point is and what your use case is, and it is fantastic. I I literally cannot. I I've said this before and I'll say it every single time we talk about dark fusion, and I'm wearing their shirt right now, actually you are. I cannot Speak highly enough about the purchasing experience and how they build it, 100% catered to you.
Speaker 4:
Yeah, and then someone's Africa who said it. But Someone mentioned that they stay in contact even after you bought your PC. That was me.
Speaker 3:
I, i just got an eye. I got an email from Henry actually last week about a I think it was a like a bios. Yeah, yeah, firmware update or for AMD processors and He sends it to me and I'm I'm really bad about responding, but he sent it to me and he's like here's what you need to do. And I did it like I updated my BIOS And everything was good. And then he literally like took the time to email me again and said hey, josh, we sent you the email, just want to make sure you saw it, just want to make sure you updated. Yeah all of that and I was like, yes, you got it, buddy, because it was, it was something with overheating, and I was like, don't worry, i updated my firmware, but I also changed the batteries in my smoke detector, so we're all good.
Speaker 1:
Oh.
Speaker 3:
But it's like, literally, you will not get that experience from any other PC builder.
Speaker 1:
No, i agree, I agree with that. And just since we're on the topic of dark fusion, we are doing a summer long giveaway for a system. It's got a, you know, a six core processor at 30 60 overclock TI at 30 60 TI overclock GPU. It's decent, you know, not top of the line, but it's definitely great for any kind of mid-level, mid to high. Mid to high I'd say it's already 60. You know, if you're going 1080p or 1440, you're gonna be, you're gonna be having a good time. We're gonna be giving that away at the end of the summer here. So if you just do exclamation point, summer prize and chat, that's gonna give you more information. Or you can go to bucket bites dot gg on our that's our website. There's a summer giveaway page there. But, like I said, if you would rather not wait to see if you win, just get 150 bucks off.
Speaker 4:
You know we would show it to you, but it's blue and it won't. It won't work.
Speaker 1:
Listen, my shirt is blue and it's working. It's also upstairs. I'm not bringing it down here. I feel I don't want to handle it too much.
Speaker 2:
You know, because I'm at.
Speaker 1:
Could you imagine? I come down running down the stairs with this fucking thing. I come running downstairs, i trip and fall because I'm fat and, like I don't have any kind of Athletic ability all anymore, i break the machine. Then what then? I'm so Well, then I'm not gonna give sake, i'm just not, and we can't give it away.
Speaker 4:
So then Then Josh's YouTube comments are right.
Speaker 1:
And so, anyways, check those guys out. They're great, we love them. and, dominic, you you decide to show up and I asked you specifically are you for sure not gonna be here? I?
Speaker 4:
I did you not read my other messages?
Speaker 1:
Did you send I'm. We're not gonna get into this right now. Oh, by the way, if you want to get extra entries entries into that giveaway pay attention, at some point during the show I'm gonna be given a code. It's not gonna be right now.
Speaker 4:
Oh, I'm sorry. Can we backtrack like a tiny bit? Yeah like Xbox one. So Xbox one was so sad because at the time here's a war for it. I Here's a war for here's a war for came out right, that was like 2016, right, geez, probably yeah, 15, 16 What you doing? So in years of war, for the disaster being it was in PlayStation, uncharted came out.
Speaker 1:
Okay.
Speaker 4:
Uncharted was a heavy hitter, wasn't it? Oh, yeah, time, yeah, big time. And like think it didn't hear shit about Gears of War, for when it came out It didn't Uncharted. It comes out and that takes all the you know show.
Speaker 1:
I mean, i think part of it's what you follow though too, cuz, like I, i didn't like Uncharted. I wasn't big into those games, so I didn't even. It wasn't even on my radar. But Gears was, even though I didn't love it.
Speaker 2:
I think I'm sure it is one of those games where, at least for me, being just more of the casual gamer, i Still like to watch. You know, streamers, youtubers play. So I watched someone play through the whole playthrough, loved it so much, went out and bought it and played it for myself Because it was such a great game. It was fantastic. So amazing comparison to Gears, yes, but the thing is, if you're, there are two very different types of games and Just with Gears being what, was it? the fourth game in the series game technically. So yeah, i heard a fifth judgment. It's. It's hard to might be apples, oranges a little bit comparing, but yeah, i can see why there'd be more traction around that game For that reason.
Speaker 4:
Yeah and I'm sorry I should have used like Gears of War 5 and as an example, because Gears of War 5 came out and that was supposed to be Xbox's console seller. I was supposed to be a. They hyped it up to be a bigger game than what it was and yep. The story for that game is significantly better than four, but nothing compared to what anything Sony could come out with. So I think when Gears of War 5 came out, that's when God of War made it came out The, the new one, the reboot 2017, i think yeah, Yeah. I'm on that time a year before. But God of War took that show, of course, because it's God of War. But yeah let's. Let's go back in time Gears of War 3, let's say. And then we have another God of War, like it's a God of War 3. Those two games could be in the same discussion As like a quality of a game, you know I mean.
Speaker 1:
Between which two games?
Speaker 4:
Gears of War 3 and Gears of War 3. You know, oh yeah, josh doesn't like Gears of War 3.
Speaker 3:
Um, i don't love Gears of War 3, but I don't dislike it. But God of War 3 is a way better game.
Speaker 2:
I'm not gonna touch that one.
Speaker 3:
Hey, this is this. Is not gonna fight it, yeah, no.
Speaker 1:
This is. This is the ultimate tangent, just because it popped in my brain. But, dom, what are your opinions of wing step I?
Speaker 4:
Haven't had wings stopped yet.
Speaker 3:
Okay, didn't we talk about this last time?
Speaker 1:
we didn't finish it. We didn't finish the discussion. Also, we were just gonna. We were just gonna wait we got to wait until. John has mentioned it in trouble When I do have it Logan, have you had? you had wings stop.
Speaker 2:
Oh yeah, definitely Okay.
Speaker 1:
Do you love it? hated it's okay, like what's your, what's your thought.
Speaker 2:
Um, i would say it's. I Would say, as far as the food goes, it's pretty similar to Buffalo Wild Wings, but I like the environment of Buffalo Wild Wings more, but I think it's close as far as their wings go and their flavors.
Speaker 1:
Okay, josh, and I can't comment on it because we have to wait for Dominic. So Now Josh knows how ever, where everybody stands, and There'll be the ultimate, i guess, reveal when Dom finally has it, did I deafened myself for no reason, i Guess oh, did you hear everything Logan said?
Speaker 4:
No, i deafened myself because I thought it was you're gonna talk to Josh about it.
Speaker 1:
Oh, Okay, well, if you didn't hear Logan, then you're good. I do want to briefly touch on. So we talked about Ubisoft, xbox, playstation, they all had their shows. There has been the Nintendo show last week. Now, i'm not a huge Nintendo guy but, josh, i'm curious There's anything that you thought was worth mentioning. Just from that show I saw a couple of small things that look kind of neat, but I'm curious if there's anything that really kind of stood out to you.
Speaker 3:
So a couple things Like a couple big things that they revealed and we'll get to like the huge one at the end okay. But in my opinion, like the biggest one besides, like the huge one is, there's a remake of Super Mario RPG, which makes me so happy. I've never actually beaten Super Mario RPG. I remember when I first got it from the video store as a kid And I was so fucking confused because I'm like I thought this was a Mario game. What is this? Like I didn't understand the concept of RPGs.
Speaker 1:
Oh sure.
Speaker 3:
And I tried to figure it out and I still had some fun with like the story of it.
Speaker 1:
Yeah.
Speaker 3:
I've gone back over the years and I've gotten further and further in it, but I've never beaten it. So I'm really excited to get that chance to kind of revisit, okay, super Mario RPG and and play through it. So that that's really cool. Um, it's. It's so out of left field, like that's, i never thought I'd see a remake of that game, so that's pretty cool, okay.
Speaker 2:
What was it originally on? like full disclosure. I didn't even know that existed beyond.
Speaker 3:
Super Nintendo. Yes, okay, so it was a Square Enix made it, so it's like in the style of Final Fantasy, but it's Super Mario and It's. It's an incredibly charming game. I definitely recommend checking out the remake. Obviously, it's coming out for switch, so yeah check that out.
Speaker 4:
Oh, when I was like 10, I thought Super Mario RPG was like Paper Mario.
Speaker 3:
Well, that's what's funny. is Paper Mario kind of evolved from Super Mario RPG?
Speaker 4:
Yeah, oh, i'd imagine it did. But like I thought that the that was like the Mario RPG. I didn't know there was one before that at the time, but then I figured out about it. I was like a lot of people used to love this game.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, it's a. It's a really like I said. It's a really charming game like that's the best word I can use to describe it.
Speaker 1:
So Okay, all right, that's not the one that I saw. I saw the Super Mario Brothers, the wonder.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, that was the big one I was. Oh was, it wasn't the big one, yeah.
Speaker 1:
Oh, okay, i didn't know, i fuck, i don't know. I'm sorry, i just you know Pretty much.
Speaker 3:
I was gonna. I was gonna kind of yeah, i was gonna kind of run down the, the reveals and stuff.
Speaker 1:
Oh, can I say anything?
Speaker 3:
RPG was like the big one. Then they announced the new detective Pikachu. Oh yeah, which is really interesting. But I kind of wish they'd bring the first detective, pikachu, to switch first, because that's still locked down in 3ds world okay. But you know, whatever, it's still cool. Sure, like to text Pikachu. And then we had a Metal Gear Solid collection coming to switch, which is awesome. Yeah, Yeah no secret that I'm a huge Metal Gear Solid fan. What I know, right I know, So that's cool. That's the first three games Metal Gear Solid Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3, and then the MSX originals as well so yeah, and and they announced more DLC for my favorite switch game, mario Kart.
Speaker 4:
They did yeah, and I'm very disappointed, but you know what? at least it's content that I'm not buying.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, I.
Speaker 4:
Was hoping for characters that I used to play as, but no, they got, like the Mario Kart 7, characters like Wiggler.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, it is a really interesting choice of characters and there's, yeah, kamek Wiggler and PD Piranha, pd, cool, pd Piranha is cool because it's from Double Dash.
Speaker 4:
But uh, the other two are from, like, mario Kart 7. Yeah, i Think I thought people wanted funky Kong back, or did?
Speaker 3:
everybody wants funky Kong. They didn't even were funky Kong.
Speaker 4:
I just want them back. Then I'll play Mario Kart again.
Speaker 3:
But there is a um, there's a new WarioWare coming Oh switch, which is cool. Those games are always fun. They showed off some Pikmin 4 and also revealed that Pikmin 1 and 2 are gonna be released on the switch. Okay, and I think those are out already.
Speaker 1:
Did any of you play Pikmin I?
Speaker 3:
Played the first one.
Speaker 1:
Okay, then I'm okay, then I'll let that go. So I I always as a kid, when you'd go through the store, there would always be the Gamecube or whatever, and it had Pikmin on it and I had no fucking clue, but I always, like, piqued my interest What the fuck is the point of that game?
Speaker 3:
The best way I can describe it is do you remember Lemmings? Yeah, barely, it's just yeah the point of Lemmings was like you had these different kinds of Lemmings And you had to like solve the puzzle to get the most Lemmings to the exit. Yeah by kind of directing certain Lemmings to do certain things. That's the best way I can describe Pikmin. It's like that, but with different colored Pikmin. Okay and I. I honestly I played that game when I was like What, like any years older or whatever, so I don't remember it too much. Okay, yeah, it was. It's like that.
Speaker 1:
Okay, as someone who's so far away from many Nintendo games, i thought it was basically animal crossing with little flower guys.
Speaker 3:
No, it's like a good. I thought it was. It's like a puzzle. Okay, so there's, it's like an action puzzle type.
Speaker 1:
Gotcha.
Speaker 4:
I'm not even gonna lie. When, like the little guys die and like a big group, it's hilarious.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, that's one way to say it. If you're a sociopath, it's also kind of sad.
Speaker 4:
Sometimes like a log, will like roll over there.
Speaker 1:
Okay, we need to change Dominic's background lighting to something other than red.
Speaker 3:
No, this is perfect for him, because he's demonic over here.
Speaker 1:
No, i'm trying to turn into a good Dom. We need, oh, we need, we need blue or green.
Speaker 4:
Give me a second.
Speaker 2:
Those, the men. Premise of the game. Basically a bunch of little characters have to Work together to get through different levels together.
Speaker 3:
Yes, if I remember, yeah and like because there are different colors that do different things and like oh, you can help, like the other Pikmin, get over water with like certain Pikmin, and then okay. Like, enemies will come out to try to eat your Pikmin and you have to throw Pikmin and the enemies to defeat them. Like it's a It's a it's.
Speaker 1:
One of these days, coming from my memory, i'm gonna have to get one just to get over the whole like wonder in my brain of what the hell is this game?
Speaker 3:
Well, they're on switch now. one and two are on switch, So yeah have you guys ever played a game?
Speaker 2:
It was on, i think it was on PC. It was called world of goo.
Speaker 1:
I Think I've heard of that.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, i know I did, but I don't remember it.
Speaker 2:
It's a. It's a really fun game. They actually allowed it to be on the net. Oh games now, so anyone can play down their phone. When I was flying out to Georgia, like a week or two ago, i was playing it on the plane and I played this on my phone. It's exactly how I remember it on When I used to play it on my Mac book back of the day in high school and it's a really fun game. It's you know all these different goo balls and I you have to try to like get up to an extraction Tube and you kind of go through the story. It's very much a simplistic indie kind of game, but it's. It kind of reminds me of what Pinkbin would be like, or just pink man.
Speaker 3:
Yes see for My.
Speaker 1:
I swear, i swear I heard pink man. Did you so, dom? you're the just way. I'm sorry to contribute to this tangent, but Was it you that was playing the my singing monsters game? That game has been around for fucking 13 years. Yeah, my daughter just started playing it because of one of her friends were playing it anyways. Just, yeah, i'm like I remember playing that as a kid. Anyways, sorry. So other games from Nintendo Direct, i'm assuming.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, i'm sure there's some Pokemon on there, probably, right there was yeah, there was DLC for scarlet and violet, but who cares? Luigi's mansion, dark moon, is getting remastered for switch, but this is another one where, like, i don't understand why they're not doing the original Luigi's mansion as well. Hmm don't get it. Yeah, but they also announced a side-scrolling princess peach, game Peach, but they didn't really show anything about it. Most importantly, vampire survivors is coming to switch My favorite game of last year.
Speaker 1:
There was something you wanted to talk about a long time ago.
Speaker 3:
They're making of TV adaptation yeah of. Vampire survivors, and I didn't understand how, because I didn't even know that game had a story.
Speaker 1:
Okay. But, fair enough.
Speaker 3:
But vampire survivors is an amazing game and on switch it has couch co-op. Okay and that's coming August 17th apparently sure so go check that shit out. Arkham trilogy is coming to switch. Obviously you know that's great. I wonder how crusty it's gonna look. Pretty crusty come. You know If we can base the trailer on anything.
Speaker 1:
Did it look like I got these up right now? I want to look.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, just to run down the list. As you look at that Star ocean, the second story is getting a remake on switch. It's got that art side.
Speaker 1:
It's got that art style I was telling you about, josh.
Speaker 3:
It's got that all the 2.5d, like I love that. 3d. Yeah, that's really good.
Speaker 1:
It looks good.
Speaker 4:
Yeah, have you guys seen that picture of like elephant Mario?
Speaker 3:
We're getting to a dom calm down.
Speaker 1:
You can't keep edging me like this, josh.
Speaker 3:
I'm sorry on myth force. It's a Saturday morning cartoon roguelike, so that last word makes it useless. Splatoon 3 who cares, dude? 2024's Game of the year was announced, though, or Or? 2023 is game of the year. now was announced. Just dance 2024 is gonna be released on October 24th. Also, we got a new cozy Animal Crossing like game, or whatever you want to call it, like those cozy Stim games. Okay it's called palia, so that's a thing.
Speaker 4:
I'm repeating the word cozy cozy over and over again.
Speaker 3:
Watch the donkey video. It's pretty amazing. I love donkey. Yeah, he's from my hometown. Yeah, there's more, but I don't know if I know he's not about any of this shit? Yes, he is. he's from Milwaukee.
Speaker 1:
Is he really? I did not know.
Speaker 3:
He lives he lives in Madison now, but he's from Milwaukee.
Speaker 1:
I did not know that donkey was local.
Speaker 3:
I found that out because he made a video in the museum in the Milwaukee public. No way, and I was watching. I was just watching through his videos. I'm like, wait a minute, is that's a fucking Milwaukee public? museum And I look at amazing and sure enough He's from Milwaukee, but he he moved to Madison like a couple years ago dude, Look at all these great Wisconsin youtubers, right?
Speaker 1:
So anyway gaming donkey.
Speaker 3:
That's it.
Speaker 2:
We're not gonna have a red letter video. We can give, we can give them.
Speaker 3:
But yeah, so, anyway. So I'm looking through all the other ones. Not much to really talk about What super Mario Brothers wonder wonder yeah, oh Yeah, new side-scrolling Mario game. It's not new Super Mario Brothers, It's just a new Super Mario Brothers.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, that's. Thank you for clarifying. I'm curious how you feel about the art style of that.
Speaker 3:
Me yeah, you looks like Mario, but it's got like.
Speaker 4:
I have no opinion, so I Can I can talk about it Because it's very different from what the other games are. It's, of course, it's Mario still, but it's like a chibi art style.
Speaker 1:
It kind of looks like if game like it looks like a Game Boy game, but like not, you know now you say it.
Speaker 3:
This does look like a Game Boy Advance game.
Speaker 1:
Doesn't it like I'm? not crazy just but like with pretty graphics, yeah, i Kind of bad thing. It's. It's weird because I kind of like it but I kind of hate it. It look don't get me wrong It looks gorgeous and like, But I kind of hate it.
Speaker 4:
Mario has no neck.
Speaker 1:
They have snake tunnels, pipes.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, so so the whole thing about this game, the gimmick is that you can get these wonderer Flowers or wonder seeds or whatever they are, and then it makes the level go like wonky okay, Okay.
Speaker 1:
I'm watching the video for this for the first time and this actually looks pretty fucking legit.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, like this, like a lot of fun.
Speaker 1:
It looks like a lot of fun.
Speaker 3:
Can I say my, my main issue with this game, as they're doing for player local co-op again. Oh, My good. I always thought that that kind of ruined the level design of the new Super Mario Brothers games. Yeah like designing them so for people could play them simultaneously, kind of for a movie.
Speaker 1:
Oh sure, yeah, yeah, yeah I guess.
Speaker 3:
Show of level design.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, i get that. I Don't know I don't like, ah man, i'm gonna get cancelled, but I like do not like Mario that much, but this actually looks like a lot of fun.
Speaker 3:
I mean, I don't think you could cancelled for.
Speaker 4:
Looking.
Speaker 1:
Mario cares much everyone loves Mario, dude, there's like bad about like Odyssey.
Speaker 3:
I was gonna say like Yeah, this is fine. Odyssey and Mario maker are Golden and anything besides that in the past, you know, 20 years right whatever, it's a Mario game.
Speaker 4:
That's what you can say.
Speaker 1:
Okay, that's fair. So was that was so. That was pretty much it that came out of Nintendo Direct then yep.
Speaker 3:
Yeah there were a couple other little things, but nothing cozy farming simulator game Hey there was, like other, stuff that was already announced that they're just showing.
Speaker 1:
Okay, no, i'm down a sucker for anything That's cozy and anyways, no, let's fucking that. I did want to talk about something that's kind of. I don't know if you've seen any of this blowing over at all, but Twitch changed some of their guidelines for partners and affiliates and everything like that and like people are really like fighting back Kind of big time and like annoyed There's like I'm tired of twitches shit. Like for years people have been looking for a different place to stream. That's not twitch, like mixer Before it was mixer beam I'm sorry, i should say When it was beam before it switched to mixer. Like that could have been something great. Then Microsoft fucked it up.
Speaker 3:
Did they drop that ball so hard?
Speaker 1:
They do they had a gold, they had a gold mine, they had something great. They had something great with it and it fucked, killed.
Speaker 4:
It was the contracts. Yes, 110%.
Speaker 3:
It was giving out those like hundred million dollar contracts.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, I can't remember what ninjas ninjas was but his was. Pain was ridiculous.
Speaker 4:
That was during his downfall too.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, well, yeah the worst part about that is they had to pay that all out. Like he can just go right back, it's.
Speaker 1:
Microsoft He's got that, they got that money.
Speaker 3:
Oh, well, yeah, but also Yeah.
Speaker 1:
I get it, i mean. so The reason I bring this up is because have you, have you guys heard of kick? Yeah yeah, okay, so Before it was primarily like a gambling streaming website where people play like poker and all this other stuff. So basically, kick is it's owned by a gambling company backed by stake comm, which is online casinos. Right, it sounds delicious If it was spelled the same way, but so basically the platform focuses on lower looser moderation and higher revenue shares. So like, that's kind of the big thing that people are like that.
Speaker 3:
That's what it says right, it's just sounds, but it sounds so idyllic you know right, It's like where's the where's the one more ration higher money Yeah right, right.
Speaker 1:
Where's the but, where's the but? Well, i'm pretty sure that, like, its entire platform is stolen. Twitch code like. I'm a hundred percent sure that's what it is Like. Josh, have you ever actually been on kicks website? I just went on the website go to kick comm ones, i just just don't wanna you don't have to you go on it. I've been on it. I've actually streamed on kick once before I Did so whenever you say, I keep thinking of kik. Yeah, no, yeah, yeah yes, no, not that kik.
Speaker 2:
Okay, like a lot of similarity dude it's legit.
Speaker 1:
Just twitch source code, just ripped and put on a brand new website, so okay. So that's like. That was the first big red flag to me and there's no features to it. At least there wasn't six months ago, so you know, that's one thing that kind of pushes me away from it. But here's what they've been doing. They've been really trying to capitalize on all this negative press.
Speaker 3:
What do you mean?
Speaker 1:
Okay.
Speaker 3:
I go, i go, i go on the on the top category, which is just chatting. Yes literally just girls in halter tops or bikinis and one of them is just playing like two girls in bikinis playing twister And yeah.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, so anyway, yeah, it's. I'm just seeing lots of booby streamers.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, karina, karina, oh, my God, oh keep scrolling, keep it, it's worse, oh man. That lower moderation is definitely not a marketing employee Like that's. That's true, oh boy.
Speaker 2:
So yeah, what is it?
Speaker 3:
I'm just waiting to see Dom eat an ice cream.
Speaker 1:
Then there's this poor guy who looks like he's stuck in 2006 with a Oh, i can't, i'm not, i'm not here to do like shit on people. I'm sorry, i just can't. I can't, but I have to screen shot. But, but you have to speak, so we're talking about kick and yeah, sorry And it's pop popularity in well.
Speaker 2:
It's becoming an opportunist with the backlash that twitch has been receiving. Hold on, hold on real quick.
Speaker 3:
I just have to respond to Sid Elfa in the chat. He said and two girls in bikinis playing twisters different than to which? how there is no kiddie pool on kick, so their attire isn't appropriate. Sorry, go ahead.
Speaker 1:
Was that the one with the title? 30 days straight?
Speaker 3:
I don't remember, i already clicked off.
Speaker 4:
Okay, get out of there.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, it just feels dirty Right. It feels like you're going to cut, like not saying these people out. No, i'm just going to stop right there, but anyways. So what kick is trying?
Speaker 3:
to do is let Logan finish this thing.
Speaker 1:
I'm sorry, yes, logan.
Speaker 2:
I was. I was no. No, I was just trying to get us back on track of what you were building up to, because it seemed like you were talking about how kick was kind of capitalizing and being at a bit of an opportunist. With the backlash that twitch has been receiving and they've been signing some big streamers slash YouTubers to be using their platform.
Speaker 1:
Right, okay, so let me take a few steps back. So I started this whole conversation piece with twitch changing some of their guidelines and people getting pissed off. Well, kick saw this opportunity then to like just backpedal a little bit.
Speaker 3:
What were the guidelines that it?
Speaker 1:
wasn't even that like, to be honest, dude, it was kind of like not much of a thing. It was a 70 30 revenue split, i think for partners is what it was was like their standard and a few other things. I wish I could remember the specific details of it. The other things go ahead.
Speaker 4:
We're dealing with like sponsors and sponsors. Oh, that was the big.
Speaker 1:
I'm sorry, that's the big and another part of it was your sponsorship. I'm like if you had like a, you couldn't have any video and it can only. It can only be like three percent of your screen space could be dedicated to some kind of advertisement of some source some sort Okay. So this is. this is going to sound a little bit like mixer here in a second. So, anyways, kick found this issue with twitch and they're like oh well, we don't do this, we don't do that, hey, we'll pay your cancellation fees, because apparently if you enter your affiliate contract, they charge you 35 bucks. That's always been there, or I forget what the dollar amount was, but that is not always been there.
Speaker 3:
It's been there for a while Because I had an affiliate and I canceled it for no charge.
Speaker 1:
I think they can. It's like at their disclosure, or their not their disclosure, at their, when they want to, when they see fit, pretty much. So they're like hey, we'll pay this when you cancel your shit. Come to kick. Hey, you can make $16 an hour on kick. Now, apparently you can, but there's some prerequisites that you got to meet and it's not clear at all what they are.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, There's been a lot of TikTok video coverage of a lot of people buzzing about the hourly amount, putting it out there like any average Joe gamer could. Just that streams, you know, their regular game eight to 10 hours and they could just make $16 an hour. Clearly not the case.
Speaker 1:
Well, yeah, and it's like I said, i feel like their whole thing is just like they're just trying to capitalize way too fucking fast on something like their, their, their, their, their, their, like sharks in the water dude And like, as a business practice, trying to get you know customers. Sure, that's probably going to work, but like what happens when you bite off more than you can chew, right, you're going to choke. So kick, signed XQC. I'm sure you guys all knew who XQC is. They signed into a to a hundred million dollar deal which, right, okay, hey, sounds this sounds familiar, right It? sounds familiar. I mean it's a mixer, but but well, okay. So, by the way, so they have looser moderation and all this other shit. He was already getting in trouble. He streamed, I think, the dark night and breaking bad and some other stuff. So like they're already like kick already was getting legal threats and for DMCA takedowns and shit like that. From these you know how could you have your number one person. You know what I mean, So I get it. Um, Amaranth, apparently is going to Twitch or a kick, Sorry.
Speaker 3:
So and then. I swear to God from.
Speaker 4:
Twitch. Yeah, she's not Twitch right now.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, she's not Twitch, uh. And then I saw something and it's probably just doc Mieman, but he was he. He was flirting with the whole, like kick thing.
Speaker 3:
You can't trust doc at all, though.
Speaker 1:
I don't disagree. It's why I'm not saying he's there already. But he was flirting, he was, he was Mieman, he was Mieman.
Speaker 3:
He's probably fishing like he's. He's efficient for interest, because if they offer him money, i wouldn't be surprised if he did it.
Speaker 1:
But Oh, I wouldn't, because because his YouTube he's not contracted with YouTube, He's just streaming there Of course not.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, He's just yeah.
Speaker 1:
Yeah.
Speaker 3:
Well, and that's the best part about YouTube, not to be a YouTube shill as a guy who you know has one of these up there, but um, like, uh, that's the nice thing about that is there isn't any kind of contract or exclusivity through YouTube Like there is through Twitch. Right, yeah, where Twitch? if you become a Twitch affiliate I think affiliate even where they're like you can't co-stream anywhere else. Yep, there's nothing like that with YouTube. It's like no YouTube. Do whatever the fuck you want, stream there, get your super chats.
Speaker 1:
Just get our ad views.
Speaker 3:
Get your ad revenue, whatever. Who cares? Like that's the one good thing YouTube has going for. It is like their streaming guidelines are so lax, um, at least in terms of, like you know your partnership to them. Uh, but how?
Speaker 2:
does that play in with people trying to make it in the streaming world? Cause obviously, with big streamers, they have their established um you know a circle of audience already but anyone that's trying to cause that's what was so amazing about um mixer was I felt like it was all for the small streamer audience and people that wanted to interact with smaller streamers. It's like is this just? are they just trying to overlap and take a bunch of different people over to their site from Twitch and then it just becomes oversaturated again and no one really gets recognized. Like, what is the true benefit for people that are trying to if they have, let's say, under a hundred uh viewers per stream and they're trying to make this a thing? Is it really going to make you a bigger streamer where you can quit your day job to be able to stream? Is it, do you propose it really worth it? going to kick?
Speaker 1:
I'll. I'll say this early adopters, if you have nothing to lose, let's say you have no established base. Early adopting on things is a very low risk, high reward venture. There's no risk.
Speaker 3:
There's no risk. There's a huge risk. The risk is time. The risk is time. So if, if you're going to try to so, you have zero audience whatsoever, right, like you're coming in completely blank, do you go to the platform that has hundreds of millions of viewers per hour or do you go to the platform that has a fraction of that amount?
Speaker 1:
So, for argument's sake, the visibility is going to be significantly lower on the platform where there's the hundreds of millions of existing users.
Speaker 3:
You're, you're, you're making quite an implication there. So point being is, if you go to Twitch, there's literally hundreds of millions of people. You might get those folks who come across right From other things or or stumble across you, whatever, and this all comes down to algorithmic, like recommendation as well. So who knows who's better there? but just in terms of audience size, like if you go to kick or something smaller, if they're not actively promoting smaller streamers, then what's the point? You know the pond is much smaller. So you're either a small fish in a large pond or you're a small fish in a large pond with less fishermen.
Speaker 1:
You know what I mean? Yeah, so.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, and really to get off topic slightly, is just streaming eight to 10 hours a day on a new buzzing website. streaming site isn't going to grow, grow your fan base. It's going to be all kind of based around your marketing and sharing your content on other platforms. It's not streaming eight to 10 hours a day. That's not a good streaming way from what I sound like not to say that I know from experience, but just by research and what people have been saying.
Speaker 1:
Why, why, why would anyone bother go trying out a new platform then?
Speaker 2:
For the possibility of making $16 an hour. Well that's what I was saying There was that people are going to be able to make money from a small well, that's.
Speaker 3:
I will say one. There was one experience in my life where the new streaming platform figured it out, and that was Facebook, when they tried doing gaming streaming for a little bit. I remember the algorithm of Facebook streaming was actually great.
Speaker 1:
It was great. The people that want to be known as their real persona.
Speaker 3:
Well and that, and nobody goes to Facebook to watch gaming streams. So that was the problem. So if you give me a Twitch where they're going to algorithmically promote me to other people and I'm going to actually get a benefit as a streamer, then awesome, Great. But I don't know.
Speaker 1:
That's to be. I just I feel like you're not going to get that from Twitch.
Speaker 3:
I feel like anybody who wants to get that from Twitch.
Speaker 1:
You're not going to get from Twitch or kick. You're not. You're barely going to get anything from YouTube. Facebook I agree with you there 100%. Facebook was by far my most successful streaming venture.
Speaker 3:
Like, you got interaction.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, you get interaction in hundreds. Well, that's just it. And then you'd have hundreds of people there like, like nothing. But I'm sorry, dom, you were going to say something. I'm getting all heated over here.
Speaker 4:
You can finish what you're saying, because it's interesting.
Speaker 1:
No, i just no, my, my, my, basically, my point is this I feel like if you've got nothing to lose, yes, there's, there's time being put in, but I feel like putting your time in. If you are expecting to grow based off of your other platforms, then then you have something. But if you've, you know, start with something with the monitor. You know, like Twitch, start, start somewhere else, like that. But if you've got literally nothing and you want to get a start, you can start growing an audience. I feel personally much easier, with a better chance of being seen by somebody who would maybe not see you on Twitch or in the bigger C.
Speaker 3:
Much easier.
Speaker 1:
I do feel that way. If I wanted, i do, i do. I feel that way.
Speaker 4:
So I think I can. I'm not saying okay, go ahead. So a good friend of me and post rage and Cajun natural gaming post and I whatever. So he was on mixer right And he went to mixer with only the people he had on Twitch was probably about like four to three people. Yeah, he started on Twitch went to mixer. Started on Twitch. Went to mixer during mixer is beginning days, i guess was it beginning.
Speaker 1:
He joined mixer very shortly after it was beam after the beam transition into the same, So when it was not sure you know what I mean.
Speaker 4:
The not just started out there, and I think when it comes to growing your audience, you have to have some type of connections or at least make friends with other content creators to like band off each other. So once nacho started getting traction from his connections and his audience, his viewership road, and then grew. He started grew. I mean sorry, he is viewership grew Fuck. And you would show up on the. It was a higher chance of seeing him because he had like 20 something viewers on a smaller channel, on a channel, a smaller platform And for a smaller platform, 20 would be kind of like up there on the top.
Speaker 1:
So he was way more. He was more than that sometimes. So he's getting, he's creeping in the 40s I'm getting into.
Speaker 4:
he started I'm sorry, his. Over time He grew more and more and he was starting to get probably 100 people on mixer And of course from that as well he would gain more people because he's on the top of the recommended Sure. I'm recommended for that, yeah, again yes, yes, sorry for that category or game. And then he grew even more fan base from that. So like that's the benefit of being on a smaller platform, right, if you can quickly gain connections with other people on that platform or smaller or have a little larger fan base than you in that it like you, it's a competition thing.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, and I'm going to take that to. So said in the chat, said Twitch is the bigger platform but its discoverability is among the worst I've ever seen. And, by the way, sid, we got to get you on the show because you'd be great to talk to, but that's a good point. But so there's the balance right Where it's like where is the audience number versus discoverability factor? You know what? I mean Because even if Twitch has a 1% discoverability and they have 100 million, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:
Yeah.
Speaker 3:
That's going to be way better than a 10% with a thousand people, sure.
Speaker 1:
But, but the argument's sake or on my part of the argument is, if you're able to get that traction when the people are not yet there and you can have yourself up on top as more people start piling in, you're setting yourself up for a situation to where then you can Until mixer happens. Well yeah, until the fucking platform blows up, because it's being mismanaged Exactly, until it falls out Exactly. No, trust me And.
Speaker 3:
I get that.
Speaker 1:
I understand it, but for it's an opportunity for somebody who may otherwise not have that equal opportunity. I shouldn't say equal opportunity, but they might not have the same kind of opportunity they would have streaming on something new where they can get traction. That's all-. I guess that's all I'm trying to say.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, until the floor drops out.
Speaker 1:
Like And it most likely will happen. I just like I said, it's not the end all be all. You know, if you really want to succeed, you're gonna go where the people are. But you know, i don't know. I feel like I've always been a somewhat early adopter in things and I feel like more often than not, it's paid off. So maybe that kind of sways my you know view on this whole situation. But, that being said, i'm not saying go stream on kick because I don't trust it. I think it's shady as fuck.
Speaker 3:
I say actually, i'm gonna turn this around 180 degrees and I'm gonna say don't stream on kick, just upload all your videos to Rumble.
Speaker 1:
That's a hey. Do you know what, though? That's another they were in that mix. I think They were one of the other platform was it Rumble or was it something else?
Speaker 3:
There's another live streaming platform that was also trying to get in I don't think does Rumble do-. I don't know if Rumble does live streaming.
Speaker 1:
What the fuck is this After hours with nine girls?
Speaker 3:
Ooh.
Speaker 1:
That's the first thing I open when I open Rumble, yeah, rumble's Oh, there's games on here.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, Rumble's After hours with nine girls. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1:
Do they?
Speaker 3:
do live streaming.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, this is there's a lot here Live Ask Amph footage.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, Rumble's a competitor to YouTube and I get about 10 emails a week about moving my content to Rumble.
Speaker 1:
Do you really It's?
Speaker 2:
really interesting. I've been kicking the tires on wanting to do dreams that aren't-. They're not chatting and they aren't video games, but they're more or less Go ahead, no post-. I'm sorry, please. I'm sorry. They're more based around-. There's this category on Rumble where it says do it yourself, because I wanted to do like crafting at like a top-down view of a stream, and to do that on a big platform would be really difficult.
Speaker 3:
So I think that's a great stream idea. I just don't so here's my problem with Rumble Rumble has such a negative connotation and I don't all politics aside, I don't think it deserves the connotation it has. but there are a lot of extremist political parties who have been ex-communicated from YouTube and Twitch and all of those who have gone to Rumble. So it's become kind of like the safe haven for that, so like and it sucks because, like you wish there was a competitor to YouTube and Twitch and obviously. but you know, there's this stink on it where it's like oh yeah, well, that's where all the outcasts go Like it's literally like the Lion King, when there's like everything that touches RK, except that Rumble and that's it. Yeah, rumble, no.
Speaker 2:
Gotcha, so they're kind of like a streamer purgatory.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, kind of.
Speaker 1:
YouTube purgatory.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, so if you get banned somewhere, you go to Rumble Gotcha.
Speaker 2:
Oh, okay, right, so you wanted to change gears.
Speaker 1:
No, well, you know what, maybe we should. That was a really good conversation. That was a good conversation, though It was good.
Speaker 3:
It was a little long, but yeah, that was productive.
Speaker 1:
So that was good. So I think we're going to do two things We're going to pull out the bite bucket and I'll grab I pulled off his fucking arm.
Speaker 3:
No, i know, it was fixed finally. All right, we're good.
Speaker 1:
You're right. There we go, there we go. We're going to be playing script bites today, second ever time. I'm really looking forward to it. Dom wasn't supposed to be here, so he doesn't have a bit in this.
Speaker 4:
I am out of this one.
Speaker 1:
But have fun. I did want to say real quick for those of you who are looking for the live stream code, i'm going to give that to you now that you can use on bucketbitesgg at the summer giveaway. You go to the whatever and there's a thing for live codes. Today's code is going to be G6P2S4L9. But let's go ahead. We're going to play script bites, dom, if you want, actually what you could do.
Speaker 3:
Read the parentheticals.
Speaker 1:
Yes, what Josh said. So if you go into our host discussion, Dom, there's a Google Doc link for our episode of stream bites.
Speaker 4:
Yes.
Speaker 1:
Do you see it?
Speaker 4:
Yeah.
Speaker 1:
All right, to sum that up, all you got to read is the things in brackets The parentheticals.
Speaker 4:
Oh, so the narrator.
Speaker 1:
Yes, pretty much.
Speaker 4:
Should. I put a narrator voice on.
Speaker 3:
Please do Well, wait, should we explain the bit?
Speaker 1:
Sure, yeah, we're professionals, we've done this before. So what we've done is we've generated an AI script that was based on no-transcript Listener feedback that we received either on Twitter or Facebook or from our discord. We did ask and we did get a response, so we have the script and now we are going to act it out as well, what was the response? So, basically, we're going to be having two detectives interviewing a suspect who is accused of stealing socks and selling them on the black market. Perfect, all right. everybody's ready, all right.
Speaker 4:
An interrogation room with a table and two chairs Detective Smith and Detective Johnson set across from Mr Wilson who appears to be nervous.
Speaker 1:
Mr Wilson, we have reason to believe that you've been involved in a sock selling operation on the underground market. People's socks have been mysteriously disappearing and we think you are the key to unraveling this puzzle Now. We can do this the easy way or we can do it the hard way. It's your choice.
Speaker 2:
I swear officers, i have no idea what you're talking about. I've never sold socks on any market, underground or otherwise.
Speaker 3:
Don't you play dumb with us, wilson. We've been tracking your activities for months. Tell us who you're working for, or things are gonna get ugly.
Speaker 2:
I'm not working for anyone. I've never even been involved in any criminal activities.
Speaker 1:
Look, mr Wilson, we understand that times are tough and and people might resort to unusual means to make ends meet. but selling socks, dude, really, there has to be more to the story.
Speaker 3:
There's definitely more Wilson. You see, our sources tell us that these socks you're selling are not ordinary socks. They have special powers.
Speaker 2:
Special powers Like what are you talking about?
Speaker 1:
That's right, wilson. Every sock that you've sold carries a hidden enchantment that makes its pair disappear without a trace. It's like they've been abducted by sock stealing alien civilization.
Speaker 2:
This this is absurd. There's no such thing as a sock stealing aliens.
Speaker 3:
Oh, you think this is absurd? Well, let me tell you, wilson, we have undeniable evidence that these sock stealing aliens are building a secret weapon on the dark side of the moon and they need sock to power it.
Speaker 2:
I find that really kind of hard to believe. Why would aliens need socks?
Speaker 1:
Yeah well, you see, wilson, these aliens have a strange sock fetish. They believe that by collecting socks from earth, they gain immense power and can control the fate of humanity. And you, you have been the one feeding their obsession.
Speaker 2:
Come on, officers, this has to be a joke, right.
Speaker 3:
No joke, wilson. These sock stealing aliens are ruthless and they won't stop until they have all the socks in the world. We're here to put an end to it, and you are our only hope.
Speaker 2:
I swear officers, i have no connection to any aliens or secret sock stealing operations. I'm just a regular guy trying to make a living.
Speaker 1:
Gotcha Wilson, we're just messing with you. dude, there's no socks stealing aliens. and dude, there's no, there's no secret weapon on the moon.
Speaker 3:
Yeah, we made that up. But seriously, wilson, selling socks on the underground market is a crime. You better start talking before we come up with an even crazier story.
Speaker 2:
Thank goodness, i thought I was kind of just getting caught up in this interstellatic stock conspiracy. So look, officers, i'll tell you everything I know. but I have to be honest with you, it's not about the socks, it's about stolen underwear.
Speaker 1:
Stolen underwear Are you?
Speaker 2:
serious, i'm afraid. So, detective, i've been involved in a rather embarrassing enterprise. You see, i have this bizarre compulsion to collect underwear, not just any underwear, but specifically mismatched socks. I've been stealing them from people's laundry rooms, one sock at a time. It's a strange obsession. I really can't explain it.
Speaker 3:
Hold on a minute, wilson. are you saying that you've been stealing socks instead of selling them?
Speaker 2:
Yes, detective Johnson, i know it sounds absurd, but I couldn't help myself. I couldn't bear seeing mismatched socks go to waste, so I started taking them, hoping to reunite them with their missing parents.
Speaker 1:
Wilson, this is quite unexpected. So the missing socks mystery might have been due to your peculiar obsession rather than an underground market.
Speaker 3:
Hmm, Wilson, i find it intriguing that you share a similar interest in socks, considering the extent of your knowledge about the missing sock cases. But have you been involved in more than just collecting these mismatched socks?
Speaker 2:
No, detective Johnson, i swear I've never had any involvement beyond my sock collection. I'm just a man with a unusual hobby. Well, this.
Speaker 1:
This certainly changes things. We'll need to verify your claims, but if you are telling the truth, it means that the real culprit behind these missing socks might still be out there.
Speaker 2:
Actually, officers. There is something else I need to tell you. So recently someone has been stealing the socks I've been stealing. It's like they've been one step ahead of me and the strange thing is I've seen Detective Johnson before. He lives in the same apartment building as me.
Speaker 4:
It's white in surprise, but he quickly tries to compose himself.
Speaker 1:
Detective Johnson, is this true? Have you been involved in the stealing of socks from Mr Wilson?
Speaker 3:
Look, look, smith, look, it's not what you think I. I had no idea Wilson was involved in any of this. I have a confession to make. Yes, i've been stealing socks, but I had my reasons. I thought it was just a harmless prank, a way to mess with Wilson's head. I never would have imagined that it would escalate like this.
Speaker 2:
You've been stealing my stolen socks. That's low, detective Johnson.
Speaker 1:
Detective Johnson, this is a serious breach of trust and an abuse of your position. Stealing is unacceptable, even if it was intended as a prank. You've just compromised this investigation and violated the law.
Speaker 4:
Stop. You violated the law. I know it's been.
Speaker 3:
I messed up and I'm ready to face the consequences. I never thought it would go this far.
Speaker 1:
Mr Wilson, i apologize for Detective Pete Johnson's actions. Tell you what we'll ensure that justice is served and your stolen socks are returned to you.
Speaker 4:
Detective Smith reaches for his radio calls for backup to take Detective Johnson to custody while another officer is dispatched to retrieve the stolen socks.
Speaker 1:
End scene Yeah, that was fun, i actually. I love this bit so much.
Speaker 3:
That was good, that was fun, that was a good time.
Speaker 1:
Ah yeah, so that's script fights. ladies and gentlemen, if you ever want to have a prompt of your own, make sure you check out our Twitter or our Facebook is typically where I ask those questions.
Speaker 4:
Submit a prompt. Ask it on the Discord too.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, if you're on the Discord. we've had a bunch of new people on the Discord because of the giveaway Feel free to just jump in there. Only the three of them. Actually, i'm surprised how few people have not just left right away.
Speaker 3:
Honestly yeah.
Speaker 1:
I'm with you, so don't leave the Discord.
Speaker 2:
Make sure you just participate.
Speaker 1:
That's all I had today. ladies and gentlemen, is there anything else that you guys wanted to discuss before we wave it away today?
Speaker 2:
I'll just take a second to just say I'm glad to be back. It's really nice talking to you all again and I'm excited to be a part of the regular streaming content with you guys.
Speaker 1:
We're glad to have you, buddy. Josh looks so happy. He's like. I'm so excited.
Speaker 3:
I told Logan when you were rebooting post before the show, like when you said like yeah he's, you know work situations he might be able to be regular. Gonna like yes, i'm so happy.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, i'm really excited It's it. today was or tonight I should say was a fun time. I just know we're gonna have some, some good content moving forward.
Speaker 1:
You sound so sure. It almost sounded like a question. We're gonna have a good time, right guys? This is gonna be great.
Speaker 3:
No, we're gonna have good time.
Speaker 1:
It was the word yes. Okay, unless what?
Speaker 4:
Bucket Bites part two.
Speaker 1:
There hasn't even been a bucket bites part one yet I said farts, bucket Bites. Oh Jesus, i gotta stop talking now, bucket parts Bite size bitches. Ladies and gentlemen, This has been Bucket Bites. We'll check you out next time. Love you all, till next time. Peace out you.
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