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Welcome everyone, you're back 
again. 

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How dare you. 
How dare you keep this show 

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going with your energy and your 
love and your compassion for the

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Gaming Nexus podcast. 
How dare you after John almost 

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ruined all of your lives last 
week or last show, whatever, 

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right? 
John came in here with the 

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hotness and he told us he told 
everybody how much he loved gave

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me Nexus. 
And if you missed it, stop this 

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show and go back and watch. 
Watch and go back and watch. 

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I said it again and go back and 
listen to that show. 

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You know, what's funny about 
that show is I was telling my 

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coworkers about it and I was 
like, have did you guys listen 

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to the podcast episode yet? 
And they were like, no, not yet.

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And I was like, OK. 
And I started telling them all 

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about the podcast episode and I 
was like, Oh no, I'm spoilering 

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the spoiler episode. 
You spoiled the. 

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Spoiler episode. 
I'm like, literally that's what 

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we were talking about and I'm 
doing it. 

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That voice is the lovely voice 
of 1 Kelly Gray, who is with us 

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always and forever. 
She is stuck here via a pact 

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that we made with a cauldron and
a lot of different potions. 

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So there's that. 
Thank you for being here again, 

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Miss Kelly Gray. 
Happy to be here. 

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We're not going to talk about 
what today is for Kelly Gray. 

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We're not going to talk about 
it. 

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We're not allowed, OK? 
We're just going to throw our 

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hands up when we get to some 
headline. 

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You can't. 
You can't. 

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You can't say you can't say that
because then you'll keep them 

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guessing. 
You know what? 

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Maybe we should say it at the 
very end of the podcast so that 

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they have to listen to the whole
thing. 

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Maybe you should listen to the 
whole thing and see what I was 

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talking about referring to. 
See. 

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Look at that, Kelly. 
This is how our brains work in 

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the moment. 
We are in the building, we are 

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in your ears, and we're going to
get into some headlines. 

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We're not going to waste any 
more of your time. 

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Kelly, what are you talking 
about this week? 

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We are. 
I think we should start with the

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Xbox game price increase, yeah. 
So the Xbox series went up in 

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price since we've been gone. 
The Xbox series S went up from 

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299 to 379 which is insane for a
digital only console. 

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Of course, I can't say that 
because I paid for 49 for a 

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Nintendo Switch too, but it's 
not a it's also it plays 

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physical games. 
I don't even know why I said 

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that. 
Yeah 379 the Xbox Series S1 TB 

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went up to 429 from 349. 
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up to 549. 
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up to 599. 
The Xbox Series X2 TB went up to

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729. 
Oh. 

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Gosh. 
I'd be damned. 

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Now listen, I know there's APC 
people who are out there like 

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this. 
These prices ain't nothing. 

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I paid 729 for a video card. 
I get it. 

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But us console gamers waiting 
for it. 

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Kelly, you've had an Xbox 360. 
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How you feel about getting an 
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Not not promising, Joseph, Not 
promising for me. 

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You know the game prices went up
too, right? 

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Yes, well the game prices 
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did say that by Christmas there 
will be an $80.00 game. 

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Yeah, and from what I gather, 
people are kind of blaming 

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Nintendo. 
Yeah, but they can't, right? 

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I don't think they can. 
I don't. 

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I don't feel like that's fair. 
I feel like that's. 

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Let's hear your argument then. 
Like what? 

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Why? 
Why do you think it's not fair? 

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If I raise my ticket prices for 
affirmative distraction to $25 

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and we sell it out, are you 
raising your prices to your 

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comedy show to $25? 
Well, let's be honest, my comedy

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show is already higher price 
than yours, Joseph. 

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Wow, wow. 
There it is there. 

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It is. 
There it is. 

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So I, I, the way that I thought 
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pricing, right? 
So if the gas station down the 

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street raises their price, why 
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If people are willing to pay it?
And the, and the, it's proving, 

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I mean, people are pre ordering.
They're like, like crazy. 

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And the so the fear of people 
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there. 
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this is confirmed or not, is it 
the tariffs? 

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I don't know why people are 
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tariffs, tariffs, tariffs, 
tariffs, tariffs. 

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Tariffs, I think, I think 
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new COVID where like companies 
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they're going to be like, sorry,
it's the tariffs and then we're 

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going to be stuck with it 
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You know, like the grocery store
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Had two entrances and they 
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were like, it's for COVID. 
I don't know how that was for 

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COVID, but sure. 
And now they never opened up the

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second entrance. 
No, you were saving money, you 

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jerks. 
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say that people were going to 
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as in they were not going to 
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not going to say tariffs. 
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we don't talk about, we don't 
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because of the pandemic, right? 
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it was. 
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we're we're there's a lot of 
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business isn't going to want to 
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scary word if you're trying to 
sell stuff? 

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Yeah, yeah. 
A lot of people are saying that 

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backlogs are now about to be 
complete because nobody's buying

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the new system. 
So now all your backlogs are are

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perfectly fine. 
So that's that's the thing. 

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Yeah, we're just going to have 
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actual response to. 
So there's like 2, there's two 

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different responses to anything 
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There's what you see online that
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there's what people are willing 
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on. 
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Let people spend their money. 
Let's let people spend their 

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money. 
We can go on Twitter all day and

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read people complaining about 
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At the end of the day, people 
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have to see. 
That's right, that's right. 

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I I agree 100% I spent my money.
I have my pre-order, so I don't 

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know, and I have a Series X 
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that. 
Wow, what else we talking about?

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Next on the agenda, Joseph, is 
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Game Cards. 
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people who said that Nintendo 
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Therefore, I'm going to explain 
this poorly. 

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OK, thank you because I was 
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on it and I think I understand 
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you to explain it to me like I'm
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All right, so I'm going to 
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it, and then I'm going to try to
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add some of the flexibility of 
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digital game library. 
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digitally eject and load games 
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you can even lend games to 
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family group, which guys get you
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It's up to 8 people, and you can
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this feature. 
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the first thing. 
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systems linked to the same 
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which system to play it on, just
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So this is the digital version 
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of a physical game. 
If I'm going to, I'm going to be

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like, do you want to, you want 
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Here you go. 
This is the digital version. 

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So is it basically like a cloud 
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It is, it is not. 
These are games that are on your

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system that you have bought and 
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and you can lend these games to 
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them digitally, right? 
You can easily do it the so OK, 

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you can also lend virtual game 
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family group members. 
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member system via local wireless
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Both systems must also be 
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So there are concerns that if I 
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happens to your Nintendo Switch,
I don't get that game back 

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because they're not connected to
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But I feel like I thought there 
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says you can lend your game to 
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they automatically come back. 
That is not Oh yeah, you can 

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lend one game per account for 14
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it early. 
After the game is returned, the 

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borrower will still have this 
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able to start where they left 
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purchase the game. 
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back to you after 14 days is 
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It does not say that right, 
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I'm going to explain this 
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one game per account for 14 days
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earlier. 
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the borrower, they will still 
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start off where they where they 
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They can start where they left 
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again. 
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automatically comes back. 
Am I? 

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Am I? 
I have no wrong. 

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I don't know. 
We're going to have to wait and 

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find out. 
I find this to be extremely 

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interesting in a world where the
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to for a company to start 
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Right, right, right. 
That is a non money hungry move.

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I mean, obviously they're making
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sure they're banking on people 
enjoying the game that they're 

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borrowing enough that they want 
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just doesn't seem like the way 
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You can do this already with 
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If like it's a family share game
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also do it for an hour with the 
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You cannot do it with Xbox and 
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share it with the Nintendo 
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You can share any game with 
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Nintendo Switch one or their 
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So if I have Mario Kart 8, I can
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Nintendo Switch 1? 
So we can both be playing the 

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same game. 
We can both be playing the same 

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game. 
I we don't know what the lag is 

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going to be because I know on 
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you know, abysmal. 
But yeah, yes, so like the cozy 

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games, Animal Crossing. 
Oh, you're speaking my language?

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You see what I'm saying? 
Like Stardew Valley multiplayer.

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I can if I have Stardew Valley 
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can send it out to three other 
players and we can all play at 

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the same time with that fucking 
game chat feature that 

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everybody's talking about They 
hate, but you know you don't 

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because you just want something 
to bitch about and which is 

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like, how can you hate game 
chat? 

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But love this chord beyond me. 
But you know, I it's, it's, I 

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agree with you too there that 
where it says all these games 

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increasing in their pricing and 
these features are available. 

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Yeah, yeah. 
No, I, it's so this is 

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reminiscent to me of like when 
the iPad came out and like 

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people were like, what is this? 
This seems really dumb. 

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And now it's like one of the 
most commonly owned accessories.

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Like I, I feel like this is 
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where it's just going to become 
the technology moving forward. 

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I think so. 
I think Nintendo is setting. 

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I think Nintendo is when people 
are like, oh, they they didn't 

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catch up. 
I think they're finally catching

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up right technology 
technologically wise, I think 

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they're finally catching up and 
then they're going to be like 

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we're we're not just going to do
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We don't we don't care about the
UI. 

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We don't care what the E shop 
looks like. 

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We don't care about none of that
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Does the game does the does the 
system function? 

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Does it do the things it needs 
to do? 

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Does it play all the games that 
it that the Nintendo switch one 

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can play? 
Yes, yes, and yes, right. 

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I'll be surprised if this thing 
doesn't sell the 15,000,000 it's

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forecasted in the first year, 
which will beat the Wii U in its

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first year. 
It's fascinating. 

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I mean, all of the trends that 
are happening in gaming right 

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now are super fascinating to me 
and I can't wait to see what how

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things kind of pan out. 
It's fantastic, Yeah. 

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What else? 
Grand Theft Auto. 

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Grand Theft Auto is now coming 
out May 2026. 

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Yeah, it's, it's, it's stolen 
the hype over the last, you 

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know, week, week and a half, I 
feel. 

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Yeah, and and not, you know, 
people are kind of treating it. 

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They're mad, but they've waited 
this long, right? 

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Grand Theft Auto 5 released for 
the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 

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360. 
That and it's still going, 

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right. 
Grand Theft Auto 5 released 

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September 17th, 2013. 
Oh my gosh. 

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That's the last time we've seen 
a Grand Theft Auto game. 

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Oh my gosh, yeah, and and why 
are people mad? 

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Oh, because they want to play 
the new Grand Theft Auto. 

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They don't want to wait. 
They just don't want to fucking 

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wait. 
They. 

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Want to OK. 
Now, in retrospect, Mario Kart 8

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released in 2014 for the Wii U 
and then they when the Switch 

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came out, they released the 
deluxe version with every all 

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the characters and, you know, 
more tracks. 

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Yeah, but, you know, best 
selling game of the Switches, 

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you know, and best selling game 
of the Wii U, obviously. 

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So there's that. 
Go ahead. 

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I'm sorry it. 
Wasn't saying anything. 

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No, I, I think I've, I've seen a
lot of, a lot of people excited 

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about the announcement that it's
coming out. 

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I mean, sure, people are always 
going to be upset about things, 

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but this, a long runway is an 
abnormal. 

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It's not abnormal. 
No, no, because, you know, Red 

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Dead Redemption, they had a long
way to go. 

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Yeah, It's they just, they just,
they just want, they just want 

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their game. 
They just want their game now. 

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And you know it. 
The, the, the teasers and the, 

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the, the trailer, apparently, 
you know, everybody was like, 

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there's no way that's running on
a PlayStation five. 

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It is, right. 
It's mixed with gameplay and 

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like trailer footage. 
So there's in game footage in 

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that trailer, in that second 
trailer that just released. 

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It's, it's fucking, it's 
fucking, it looked fucking 

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crazy. 
It might be the one that I 

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actually because I bought Grand 
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it's over there. 
Actually I have it but I I 

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bought it and I played like the 
first mission and never played 

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it again. 
So are you cuz cuz you're not 

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into it. 
I'm not, I'm not into it. 

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I mean, it's okay. 
I've never played it. 

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I know that you like drive 
around and like. 

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This is my knowledge of Grand 
Theft Auto. 

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I, I would tell you that you're 
missing out, but I can't right 

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now. 
There's a lot of people who are 

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going to be like, what the fuck?
You're missing out. 

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Like like, like, no, yeah, that 
year. 

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Also The Legend of Zelda Wind 
Waker HD, which I just threw 

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down on the ground, The Last of 
Us that was released that year, 

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Mass Effect 3, Raymond Legends, 
which was fantastic, and that's 

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about it. 
So BioShock Infinite. 2013 was a

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great year for gaming it. 
Was it was it was OK. 

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It was OK. 
You had your Maddens and your 

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Nbas and your whatever. 
But I I love this. 

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Oh, A Link Between Worlds 
released that year for the 3DS. 

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Woo. 
Hoo I want this to become a meme

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where I'm like Joseph hates he 
hates Grand Theft Auto. 

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Like he hates. 
Don't you do that? 

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Don't you do that. 
I don't hate it. 

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No, I I don't hate it. 
I just, it's just not I, I 

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can't, I couldn't get into it. 
Yeah, but you know, you're 

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talking to the same person who 
couldn't get into Call of Duty. 

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So. 
Oh, wow. 

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Yeah, yeah. 
I have so much to learn about 

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you, Joseph. 
I mean, you might learn in this 

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in this next segment, but we'll 
get to that in a second. 

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Do we have any more headlines? 
I think those that was all I 

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had. 
Cool upcoming this week. 

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If you're listening this week 
you have Doom, The Dark Ages and

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Capcom Fighting Collection 2, 
which contains Capcom Versus 

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S&K, Capcom Versus S and K2. 
Plasma Sword. 

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Capcom Fighting Jam I think is 
what it's called and nobody 

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wants to play it. 
Plasma Sword, Project Justice, 

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which is the sequel to Rival 
Schools, and Power Stones one 

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and two, which are fucking gems.
They're all all that stuff is 

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coming out this week. 
But, but, but I can't tell you 

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that I'm a pro at any of that 
stuff. 

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No, I can't tell you is that I'm
a casual. 

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I'm a God damn casual and I love
it. 

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But I'm going to tell you more 
about that after this break. 

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Stay tuned right here on the 
Gaming Nexus show. 

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Welcome back. 
Thanks for coming back. 

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Was that a song? 
No. 

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It. 
Was a song you just sang, a song

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you sang, you sang welcome back.
I would welcome back. 

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Welcome. 
Back. 

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Thanks for coming back. 
No, you changed the notes this 

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time. 
That was that was a song. 

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She sang a song. 
Y'all sang a song. 

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This. 
Is not going in the pocket. 

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Yes, it is. 
Yes, it is. 

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Yes, it is. 
Yeah, we're back. 

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We're back. 
Thank you for coming back as 

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Kelly. 
Just saying to you, Kelly. 

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Yeah, what? 
Are we talking about? 

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We're going to talk about 
professional gaming 1st and like

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casual gaming, OK, professional 
gaming. 

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And I, I would like for you to 
do just like a short little 

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synopsis on what it means to be 
a professional gamer. 

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Fair enough, fair enough. 
A professional gamer is someone 

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who literally all they're all 
they are to do is make money 

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playing video games. 
And this is a, when I say 

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playing video games, there may 
be, there may be some parts 

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enjoying it and some parts 
actually having to do it for 

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your job, right? 
You, there are people, and I'm 

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not talking about professional 
game developers. 

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I'm not talking about 
professional game creators and 

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ideas and script writers. 
And no, no, no, no, no, there 

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are people who actually get 
large sums of money for playing 

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a game to the best of their 
ability. 

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And when I say the best of their
ability that this is a loose 

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translate, this is a loose 
definition to the best to where 

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they literally are not doing 
anything person probably not 

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doing anything else, but you 
know, on the grind, playing a 

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video game, perfecting a video 
game, finding all the all the 

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ways to play the video game to 
the best of the ability. 

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And, and I mean money. 
Money. 

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Like more money than you and I 
combined. 

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Well, it's a type of 
influencership, right? 

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Some of it is yes, there, there,
there are parts where you can 

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and yes, right you, you become 
an and I think some people have 

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become influencers after being 
pro gamers. 

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OK, right, Yeah, but where's the
money coming from? 

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Is it like streaming? 
They're they're making the money

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off of streaming or is it like 
I? 

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Don't even want they're making 
the money off of streaming 

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endorsements and entering 
tournaments. 

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OK, Yeah. 
So people are nationwide a pro 

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gamer salary according to Zip 
Recruiter $123,000. 

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Wow, I just need to interject 
really fast and say that Zip 

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Recruiter is not a sponsor of 
this podcast, but they can be. 

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So, you know, look for my 
e-mail. 

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Go on. 
A zip recruiter sponsor. 

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US sponsor. 
US 123,000 is. 

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That what you 123? 
As of May 5th, 2025, the the 

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average annual pay for a pro 
gamer in the United States is 

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$123,000. 
I'm going to that is. 5940 an 

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hour. 
I'm going to make a hot take. 

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I'm going to say a hot take. 
Yeah. 

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I don't feel like that would be 
enough money for me to do it. 

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I listen, Go, let's go, let's 
go, let's go. 

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Do it. 
OK, I'm, I know I'm a casual 

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gamer, but it's got you had said
at the beginning about like they

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love to do it. 
Well, I guess maybe they kind of

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love to do it, but I feel like 
it would be one of those things 

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where if I was a professional 
gamer, my hobby, my like 

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self-interest in the gaming 
would become work and I would 

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lose my love of it. 
Exactly. 

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So I really would love to know 
more for like from a pro gamer. 

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Yeah, we, because we're not 
sponsored by Zip recruiter, we 

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could not get a pro gamer on the
on the show today. 

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So, you know, we're just stuck 
with two of the filthy casuals 

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as as you people would call 
them, people who are out here 

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who play the game for fun. 
There are people who are maybe 

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on this podcast who play 
Overwatch without chat on, 

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right? 
Because no, right, Because no, I

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don't want to hear any of you 
say anything ever, right? 

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I just want to enjoy the game. 
And the way I enjoy the game is 

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by staying in silver or gold 
status and not listening to a 

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motherfucking thing you have to 
say ever, right? 

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But I feel like you're onto 
something. 

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I feel like it it may not be 
worth it to us because we see 

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what can happen from the outside
in. 

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We see things that may not 
bother professional gamers 

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first, first of all, the 
comments section. 

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There's also toxic lobbies. 
There's the travel, right, 

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because you have to go and enter
these tournaments and do these 

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appearances or whatever. 
And these people are always on 

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the road, right? 
They're always on the road. 

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They're always and and you know,
you enter these tournaments and 

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you may you may get bested 
right, you may get beat and even

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if you play second or third, you
take home a good chunk of 

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change. 
But but still like it's is it 

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just, it just seems like from 
the outside looking in, it's 

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more trouble than what it's 
worth. 

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So I'm with you on that 
definitely. 

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Yeah, what it what? 
What games are the most popular 

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for professional gamers? 
Well, that is a very good 

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question. 
Thank you. 

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I'm sorry I didn't let you prep 
it. 

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No. 
No, no, no, no. 

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It's fine. 
The top what? 

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No way. 
Is it Stardew Valley? 

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It is, it is not. 
It is it is not. 

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Do you want to go by viewership 
or money? 

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Let's hear about Let's start 
with viewership. 

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All right, I got viewership. 
The number one game, and we're 

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not going to know any of this is
Mobile Legends Bang Bang. 

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I don't know what that is, but 
the peak viewers are at 2.7 

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million. 
OK, a game we would know League 

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of Legends 1.9 million. 
Valorant is at 1.3, Counter 

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Strike 1.2 and for those of you 
who don't know, these are all 

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like League of Legends is a MOBA
multiplayer multiplayer online 

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battle arena. 
Yes, I read that because I 

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didn't know what a MOBA was. 
So League of Legends is a MOBA. 

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Valorant Counter strike is are 
the you know, FPS or third 

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person shooter games like 
Fortnite or whatever. 

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And then there's Pub G which 
still sits at 697,000, Fortnite 

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which is at 642, Apex Legends, 
Battlegrounds, Mobile India and 

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Dota 2 is still going, which is 
crazy at 418. 

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Street Fighter is at 364,000, 
Rocket League is at 290,000, 

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Call of Duty is at 223. 
And that's ongoing. 

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Yeah, it's it's insane. 
Do you follow any pro gamers? 

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No. 
No. 

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Oh, that's that's a lie. 
No, actually that's the truth. 

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No, I don't follow or subscribe 
to any pro gamers. 

450
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:47,240
I, I and I watch like a Justin 
Wong video Street Fighter 

451
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:54,280
fighting games. 
I am subscribed to a casual, a 

452
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:59,760
casual pro pro streamer, which 
is which is very weird. 

453
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:08,520
His name is Maximilian Dude and 
he will cover fighting games and

454
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,760
he will play fighting games and 
he's really, really good. 

455
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,920
But I think he has all these 
sponsorships, which means he 

456
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,560
can't enter the tournaments and 
he can't be in them. 

457
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,640
He can host them and he can 
appear, make appearances and 

458
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,720
stuff like that. 
And he's he's in California. 

459
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,880
So like, of course, there's a 
lot of things that come out of 

460
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,880
California and he's there, 
right? 

461
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:31,040
He's there. 
He's the he's in the forefront. 

462
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:36,360
But that man also gets up at 
like 7:00 AM to watch a virtual 

463
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:40,120
fighter direct that gives him 
nothing. 

464
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,120
And you can see the 
disappointment leave his face. 

465
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:47,880
This man is also into Final 
Fantasy, Dark Souls and all that

466
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,520
stuff so shout out the 
Maximilian dude. 

467
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,120
That's the if there's a person 
to follow on the Internet who is

468
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:59,200
a casual like us but just makes 
a ton more fucking money doing 

469
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:03,000
what he does, it's him. 
OK, this this brings up a 

470
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:08,200
question for me and it's where, 
where's the threshold of like 

471
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,880
what stops him from being 
considered a professional gamer 

472
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:15,360
if he has the viewership and he 
had he's making good money off 

473
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:17,320
of it? 
Like where is that threshold for

474
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:20,560
you or? 
I would think that it's the, I 

475
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,120
would think that's the embargoes
and the with the sponsorships, 

476
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:25,480
right? 
Like so if Capcom sends him a 

477
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:29,640
game two weeks earlier, he 
hasn't then anybody else is 

478
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,840
going to get it. 
He has an advantage, right? 

479
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:35,680
So it's the same with just the 
wall. 

480
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:42,360
You know, I'm sitting at home in
Ohio and I get these games early

481
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,680
and I can't even enter, I can't 
even enter local tournaments 

482
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:52,360
because of the the fine print 
and the they say, you know, if 

483
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:56,280
you accept this game to review, 
you can keep it. 

484
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,280
You can't make any money off of 
it, right. 

485
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,440
If I bought the game and didn't 
review it, then I can enter any 

486
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,760
tournament I want. 
But there are tournaments right 

487
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:08,080
up the street from me that I 
can't enter because if they 

488
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,640
found out they find my name or 
they find something or whatever,

489
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,960
I could be, you know, banned. 
I can get in trouble for gaming 

490
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:14,760
Nexus. 
I can do it. 

491
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,920
You know, whatever, because 
gaming Nexus can't accept gifts,

492
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,760
right. 
We can't accept we can't accept 

493
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:26,720
gifts and then review the the 
the the gift that we receive 

494
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:30,280
right. 
So if like, for instance, NVIDIA

495
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:34,840
sent us like a card and it was 
like, this is yours, thank you 

496
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:38,560
for supporting NVIDIA. 
You know, don't you know, you 

497
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,480
can say something about it, you 
know, whatever. 

498
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:44,240
And we went and was like, this 
sucks or this is the greatest 

499
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:49,480
thing ever, we'd be in trouble. 
So I think that's the threshold.

500
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,960
I think that's the the idea. 
But that's just me. 

501
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,840
That's just me. 
I haven't seen Max enter a 

502
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,920
tournament. 
I've seen him throw mad 

503
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,960
tournaments, I've seen him host 
tournaments, but I have not seen

504
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:06,080
him enter, and I haven't seen 
just a Wong enter a tournament 

505
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:10,840
in a while either, though I have
seen him casually play pros, you

506
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:12,920
know, from other countries and 
things like that. 

507
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,640
And all that stuff is always 
entertaining because it's either

508
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:19,600
him tearing people up or him 
getting tore up. 

509
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:25,360
And, you know, I don't know why 
it's fun to see people like, you

510
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,280
know, those guys compete, but 
then like people, you know, beat

511
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,000
Justin Wong is one of the 
greatest of all time. 

512
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,200
If not, what if not the greatest
of all time? 

513
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,960
And you know, to watch him get 
beat is just crazy. 

514
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,880
Do you have to qualify to enter 
a tournament or is it just like 

515
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:46,160
open registration? 
Some of them are open 

516
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,560
registration, some of them are 
qualified. 

517
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:49,960
It all depends on what the 
tournament is. 

518
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:53,120
And some of those, some of those
qualifiers are different 

519
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,320
tournaments. 
So you actually have to enter a 

520
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,480
tournament to be in the 
tournament. 

521
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:03,720
Like you have to place in a, you
know, maybe top 25 or 24 or 

522
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,480
whatever. 
So you have to play somewhere in

523
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,440
that tournament to be in that 
next tournament. 

524
00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:10,120
So what I'm hearing? 
Like a program? 

525
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,840
Is when Hello Kitty Adventure 
Island tournament comes up. 

526
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,440
I can just, I can just go and 
try my best. 

527
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:19,719
Did you buy? 
Did you buy it? 

528
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,920
Yeah. 
And you didn't review it? 

529
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,440
No. 
Yeah, absolutely. 

530
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:28,400
I'm in all right. 
Hello Kitty tournament here I 

531
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,800
come When? 
When that, when that happens, 

532
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,560
it's not, it's not a thing. 
When that happens, you know 

533
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,480
we'll be we'll be front and 
center, cheering you on. 

534
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,600
Listen, Maximilian can have a 
Hello Kitty tournament. 

535
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:43,280
He can host it. 
So here's the thing, right? 

536
00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:51,199
What stops us from being the an 
influencer like Maximilian, 

537
00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:52,800
right? 
And I I'll tell you what stops 

538
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:53,840
me. 
Time. 

539
00:34:54,639 --> 00:34:56,920
Yeah. 
I, I just don't have the, I just

540
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,640
don't have the time. 
And I'm not saying that Max, you

541
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:03,280
know, I'm not saying that Max 
doesn't like, he devotes a lot 

542
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:08,040
of his time. 
And there are, you know, it's a 

543
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,600
full time job. 
It's a full time job. 

544
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:15,960
There are 6 to 8 hour live 
streams where he takes breaks 

545
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:19,360
and he, you know, he takes care 
of the, the family and all that 

546
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,920
stuff. 
But there are like, it's 

547
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,000
literally him saying I got to go
to work and then he just, you 

548
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,880
know, goes up to this room. 
Yeah. 

549
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,320
And I think something to 
consider too. 

550
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:36,000
And you're an, you are a strong 
extrovert and I'm like on the 

551
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:40,320
line of introvert extrovert. 
But that is like 6 to 8 hours of

552
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:44,480
being on like you are. 
And I don't think a lot of 

553
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:47,280
people realize that because you 
go in, you see it, you see him 

554
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,880
talking, you see him engaging, 
and you're like, oh, OK, yeah. 

555
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,680
But that goes on and on and on 
for a very long time. 

556
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:59,640
Yeah, and, and and he's and when
you say he's on like that is not

557
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:03,320
a joke. 
That is not like he is on that 

558
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,760
man. 
I've I've seen that man like 

559
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:10,080
fighting sickness and still just
being in a chair going yeah, 

560
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:14,880
Chad, this is going on and 
you're just like, dude, take a 

561
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,240
break. 
Like and he'll like apologize 

562
00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:18,880
for like taking it. 
He's like, sorry, we didn't 

563
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:22,720
stream yesterday. 
And I'm like, I could never. 

564
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,560
I know. 
I have AI have meeting a block 

565
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,160
of meetings for three hours and 
I need to go home and take a 

566
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:33,680
nap. 
I can never apologize to any of 

567
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,760
y'all for not. 
I haven't streamed since last 

568
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,520
Tuesday. 
I don't owe y'all shit, right? 

569
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,480
Well, and I'd like to talk about
something that you addressed 

570
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:50,080
earlier on in this segment about
I feel like when they get to a 

571
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:54,520
certain point, it's easier to 
drown out the trolls. 

572
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,120
But you. 
Have to get to the point where 

573
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:01,800
you're where they're being 
drowned out, and that's a long 

574
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,760
time to hear all of the feedback
from the people who have 

575
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:07,840
opinions on the Internet. 
Right. 

576
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:13,560
Yeah, that's, I mean I, I have 0
interest in being an influencer 

577
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:17,520
or any of that because we know I
don't like people talking about 

578
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:21,920
who I am. 
It's but right. 

579
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:27,840
So like I do think that's part 
of the grind, right? 

580
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:32,440
And there are, I mean, stacks 
and stacks of things that these 

581
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:35,240
people have go again, you know, 
we talked about the travel, we 

582
00:37:35,240 --> 00:37:37,040
talked about grinding on the 
video game. 

583
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:40,320
We, we, you know, we talked 
about, we haven't talked about 

584
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:43,480
offline, right? 
You're not doing this online all

585
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,320
the time. 
You are offline practicing this 

586
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,800
stuff. 
You are, you are in the lab, if 

587
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,800
you will, grinding on this 
stuff. 

588
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:59,880
My cousin shout out to Joshua 
Zimmerman who can beat everyone 

589
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:04,960
I could put up against him but 
won't enter a tournament to save

590
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,240
his life. 
And I like why? 

591
00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:12,200
And you know what he says I'm 
not good enough and I'm like, 

592
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,760
but I feel like you don't. 
You won't know if you're good 

593
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:19,840
enough until you enter this A 
tournament, any tournament. 

594
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:22,080
My boy Darrell Stewart is the 
same thing. 

595
00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:25,760
Same analogy with golf. 
And I go, why do you keep 

596
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:27,200
practicing golf and not playing 
it? 

597
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,760
And now he's entering 
tournaments and he's he's doing 

598
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:33,360
OK. 
I think he entered 1 today 

599
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:37,440
actually so. 
Well, I feel like that's part of

600
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:42,120
growing your craft too. 
Like that's a different way you 

601
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:45,560
can play, you know, at home 
against the Internet or you can 

602
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,400
play on your own. 
But when you're in that 

603
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:52,440
different stadium of like a 
tournament, if that's you're 

604
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:57,280
like, that is a different type 
of muscle usage, right? 

605
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:04,640
It's crazy. 
It's it's in muscles, right, 

606
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:06,360
because you have to tune out 
that crowd. 

607
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:12,480
You have to be ready for your 
opponent, which you may or may 

608
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:15,000
not know who it's going to be, 
right. 

609
00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:18,600
It's just a different vibe for, 
you know, Street Fighter 

610
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:22,040
tournaments are the wildest 
thing I've ever watched, right? 

611
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:27,560
They just did Evo Japan. 
Those tournaments are absolutely

612
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:31,120
goaded. 
They are amazing to sit there 

613
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:34,320
and watch and I can watch those 
tournaments and going why didn't

614
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:37,280
he do that? 
But then go back and play and 

615
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,120
go, I can't do that. 
You know what I mean? 

616
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:41,280
Like. 
I couldn't. 

617
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:45,960
I couldn't react as even close 
to how some of these guys, you 

618
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,960
know, Punk is a champion. 
A shout out to shout out to 

619
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:54,080
Punk. 
Amazing, amazing. 

620
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:58,120
But it's just it's just crazy to
watch these guys. 

621
00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:02,120
Like what do you do outside of 
this? 

622
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,480
Yeah, I always have to remind 
myself when I watch stuff like 

623
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:09,680
that, that I am just an armchair
expert, you know, because, yeah,

624
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:11,280
it's like, oh, I would have done
that. 

625
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:12,760
Yeah. 
No, you, you don't. 

626
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,040
You can't even get into the 
tournament, Kelly. 

627
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,520
Right. 
Also see football, basketball, 

628
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,440
baseball, soccer. 
Like you watch these things and 

629
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:22,760
you go, why did you do the ball?
Yeah. 

630
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:25,280
Because you're not the 
quarterback, that's why. 

631
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:27,640
Motherfucker, shut up, sit down 
and eat your goddamn wings. 

632
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,360
Yeah. 
That's why I this is totally off

633
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:34,000
subject, but I always love it 
when people say we won the Super

634
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,520
Bowl. 
You didn't do Jack shit. 

635
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,960
You didn't do anything like you 
cheered from your living room. 

636
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,240
You. 
Didn't do a goddamn thing. 

637
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:46,080
Your fandom did not do anything 
for their, you know, whatever. 

638
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,880
You bought a ticket to a game in
Cincinnati. 

639
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:50,840
Stop it. 
Like, yeah, calm down. 

640
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:57,440
Calm down, you know so. 
Yeah, and, and the marketing 

641
00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:01,760
alone too, like that outside of 
the gaming, you still have to 

642
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,760
market yourself. 
You still have to go to events, 

643
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:08,400
you still got to get out there. 
Like what kind of tenacity does 

644
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,040
somebody have to have? 
That's so much hustle that 

645
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:13,840
somebody has to have to get 
themselves front and center 

646
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,600
enough to even start to become a
professional gamer. 

647
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,280
And you know, the mistake I 
made, I thought that these 

648
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,080
people were like social 
constructs to themselves, right?

649
00:41:23,240 --> 00:41:25,480
I used to think I'd be like, 
there's no way the any of these 

650
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,360
people have any social skills 
there on the Internet the entire

651
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:29,360
time. 
And then they go to these 

652
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,000
tournaments and they don't even 
speak, you know, whatever, 

653
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,280
whatever that is a bullshit ass 
lie. 

654
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:37,160
They have to have some sort of 
like, it's like you said, extra.

655
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:41,160
They have to be some sort of 
extrovert to be out there in 

656
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,640
these tournaments, traveling on 
these planes, going to these 

657
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:46,320
places, being in these hotels. 
They have to do something. 

658
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:49,960
And I know it's tiresome. 
God damn it. 

659
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:55,960
It's, it's just crazy to even 
imagine, which is why I am stuck

660
00:41:56,800 --> 00:42:01,360
proudly as a fucking casual. 
There will never be a time they 

661
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:08,480
they I flew out to that NBA 2K 
thing and it was surreal to see 

662
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:15,680
a room full of people who play 
NBA2K like like it's their job 

663
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:20,960
and they were invited to this 
thing because they played that 

664
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:26,120
game like it was their job and 
all of them were talking shit to

665
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:30,720
each other and laughing. 
There was a full fucking there 

666
00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:33,240
was a basketball there. 
The basketball game broke out 

667
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:37,920
like a five O 5 actually broke 
out at the basketball Hall of 

668
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:43,680
Fame the the A Smith center. 
So like they, they have the 

669
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:45,360
social skills they have, they 
have. 

670
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,600
To they have to. 
They have to. 

671
00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:50,200
Yeah, well, because you have to 
be likable too. 

672
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:52,920
If you want a following, you 
have to be likable. 

673
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:59,360
So I think you wouldn't get to a
good standing if you weren't 

674
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:03,800
likable and and good on camera 
and good in interviews and good,

675
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:10,320
you know, face to face. 
We talked about there's a 

676
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,000
there's a there's a fortnight 
player. 

677
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:21,320
Everybody knows who Ninja is. 
Tyler Ninja Blevins $50 million 

678
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:25,640
this man is worth from playing 
Fortnite. 

679
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:35,960
Wow 24,000,000 subscribers 2.5 
billion views 18.5 million 

680
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:39,280
followers on Twitch, which he 
quit at one point. 

681
00:43:41,240 --> 00:43:46,640
At $5 a month per per 
subscription, he regularly earns

682
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:55,120
between 500,000 and 1,000,000 
per month playing video games. 

683
00:43:56,320 --> 00:44:00,280
How often does he? 
How often is he on like? 

684
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:04,000
I'm sure I haven't seen a Ninja 
stream in years. 

685
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:08,520
OK actually I take that back. 
I've never seen a ninja stream 

686
00:44:09,240 --> 00:44:12,640
like in and it's full like you 
see clips, right? 

687
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:16,840
I've never sat and watched ninja
like stream for hours. 

688
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:21,440
I I just can't, I can't do it. 
I I need to be doing something. 

689
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:23,760
It's just, you know, whatever. 
So there's no way. 

690
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:30,280
But there are people who will 
watch, watch this man do stuff. 

691
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:38,240
And you know, from Detroit, MI, 
Born in 1991. 

692
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:45,880
Born in 1991. 
Ninja was born four years before

693
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:47,480
I even got out of fucking high 
school. 

694
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:50,960
I knew you were going to say how
old you were. 

695
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:56,680
Yeah, Ninja, it's just. 
These whippersnappers and 

696
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:57,840
they're. 
God damn kids. 

697
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:01,800
Professional gaming. 
In 2018, eighteen that were Red 

698
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:06,120
Bull E Sports and held the Red 
Bull Rise Till Dawn fortnight 

699
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:09,920
event in Chicago. 
By Ninja's estimate, he made 

700
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:16,200
nearly $10 million. 
And in 2020, Epic Games honored 

701
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:22,320
his role in Fortnite success by 
adding a Ninja cosmetic skin to 

702
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,920
the game. 
So he's in the game. 

703
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:28,320
Like there are other people who 
have been in the game since this

704
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:31,120
all this whole thing started. 
You know, you know, Snoop Dogg's

705
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:33,480
in the game, Sabrina Carpenter's
in the game, like, you know, 

706
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:36,240
whatever. 
But like influencers in games. 

707
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:40,160
Crazy. 
In 2015 he was on Family Feud. 

708
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:52,080
In 2019 he was in the NF LS Top 
100, the 100 year game ad. 

709
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,000
Oh, so he was in the ad for the 
Super Bowl? 

710
00:45:55,920 --> 00:46:00,080
He was in an ad for Super Bowl. 
He released the book Get Good. 

711
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:05,000
My ultimate guy to gaming. 
In 2019, he took part in Fox's 

712
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:09,360
The Masked Singer, performing 
Old Town Rd. 

713
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:14,920
Like, you know what I mean? 
So I think it starts at gaming, 

714
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,880
right? 
Yeah, I think it starts at 

715
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:19,520
gaming. 
But then you become this entity.

716
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:24,120
You become this, this. 
You have to do all this other. 

717
00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:27,600
You have to do all this other 
stuff you have to make an 

718
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:32,120
appearance in. 
You have to make a business in 

719
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:33,520
these movies that are about 
video games. 

720
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:35,840
You have to get these 
sponsorships. 

721
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:40,240
And I think that's what all but 
God, I just can't even fathom 

722
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:43,840
the amount of things you have to
pay attention to. 

723
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:47,320
Well, and you hear kids always 
saying like, oh, when I grow up,

724
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:49,520
I want to be a professional 
gamer. 

725
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:56,120
Like, I hear it all the time. 
And it's like that part of the 

726
00:46:56,120 --> 00:47:01,480
reality is so lacking for so 
many kids because they're not. 

727
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:03,520
They're thinking, oh, I just 
play games online. 

728
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:06,640
I love playing games. 
And it's like there's so much 

729
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:10,400
more to it. 
I, I, I think that comes with 

730
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:12,920
any like Walk of Fame, right? 
Like, you want to be an actor, 

731
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:15,560
be like, Oh, yeah, it looks easy
on camera, but you don't know 

732
00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:17,600
that you have to make 
appearances and go to the Met 

733
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:21,560
Gala and you know, all this you,
you, you have to do all these 

734
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:25,160
things and. 
Joseph, you have to work out. 

735
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:28,920
You have to go to the gym. 
You have to go to the gym bro. 

736
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:32,000
You have to go to gym bro. 
I could never. 

737
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:39,240
Ever, ever can't do it. 
I just think it's it's it's 

738
00:47:39,240 --> 00:47:45,880
fascinating to see it done, but 
it it definitely tells me that 

739
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:47,800
I, I will. 
I'll never do. 

740
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,640
I'll never. 
This is as professional as it's 

741
00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:53,560
going to get, right? 
Gaming Nexus is as professional 

742
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:56,520
as it's going to get. 
Please keep flying me to your 

743
00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:58,200
things. 
Please keep bringing me to your 

744
00:47:58,200 --> 00:48:00,840
press conferences. 
Please keep inviting me to these

745
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:04,000
these wonderful reveals. 
You know what? 

746
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:07,400
And throw and please. 
Yeah, and throw me on there too.

747
00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:09,480
Why not? 
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 

748
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:13,120
Let me sign up and be pressed at
these conventions and yes, 

749
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:18,600
absolutely. 
But professional gamer, that 

750
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:23,120
ain't me. 
Filthy casual is the, is the is 

751
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:28,200
the the word of the and people 
you know, that just comes from 

752
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:34,080
people being mad at casual 
gamers who don't do all the 

753
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:36,400
things that need to be done to 
win a game. 

754
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:37,800
Right. 
They're competitive. 

755
00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:40,520
When you say people get mad, 
what do you mean? 

756
00:48:41,480 --> 00:48:43,960
This is like you're again, This 
is why you don't listen to the 

757
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:46,800
chats, right? 
Your, your Reddits, your Twitter

758
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:49,440
is your threads, right? 
People are like, Oh my God, I 

759
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:54,080
can't believe the person didn't 
do this move in this game, blah,

760
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:56,000
blah, blah, blah, blah. 
What were you trying to win? 

761
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,360
Like, you know, competitive 
games, like if it's four on 

762
00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:04,880
four, like playing Fortnite with
my friends is stressful because 

763
00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:08,120
one or two of them may be really
trying to win the game. 

764
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:11,280
And I'm like, to what end? 
We're not winning anything. 

765
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:14,560
We're not winning any money. 
We're not moving up any 

766
00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:16,720
leaderboards. 
We're not, you know what I mean?

767
00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:18,560
Nothing's going to happen if we 
lose. 

768
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:22,440
So there was a, there was a time
where I was just like, I'm never

769
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:24,640
playing this game because 
people, they're too serious. 

770
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:27,920
But when people started taking 
it more casually, I was like, Oh

771
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:29,560
yeah, I'm in. 
Right. 

772
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:32,520
And when you could be Sabrina 
Carpenter. 

773
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:34,400
When you could be Sabrina 
Carpenter. 

774
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:40,360
Like who could say no? 
I could, I, I definitely did for

775
00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:42,880
the longest time, but then, you 
know, Fortnite was like, here's 

776
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:46,160
Sabrina Carpenter and I was 
like, shit. 

777
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:51,080
So now I have Sabrina Carpenter.
I have Sabrina Carpenter. 

778
00:49:55,920 --> 00:50:01,200
I, I don't know, I, I just feel 
like I don't think casuals are 

779
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:07,280
getting a bad Rep anymore. 
I just kind of wanted to, you 

780
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:12,600
know, say that there are more of
us out here then there are 

781
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:15,440
profession like professional 
gamers and you know, 

782
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:18,280
professional gamers get a bad 
rap because, you know, you may 

783
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:20,720
think that all they do is play 
video games. 

784
00:50:20,720 --> 00:50:23,600
They do a lot more than you 
would ever believe. 

785
00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:26,040
And I feel like they deserve 
respect too. 

786
00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:30,440
I feel like I feel like these on
both sides of the coin. 

787
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:33,480
I think everybody feels to be 
respected. 

788
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:40,960
I do agree with the anger 
against try hards, which are the

789
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:44,880
people who are not professional,
but they're good enough to yell 

790
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:49,120
at casuals. 
Like why didn't you do the 

791
00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:50,960
thing? 
Because because why don't you 

792
00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:52,880
know, go out and touch grass and
all that stuff. 

793
00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:57,240
You know the people with you 
know the 500 followers, but they

794
00:50:57,400 --> 00:51:00,440
play Overwatch professionally 
and you're like, but do you? 

795
00:51:01,240 --> 00:51:02,640
What tournaments have you 
entered? 

796
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:04,920
What you know, whatever. 
And then you go back and forth 

797
00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:07,400
and back and forth and I don't 
know if those try hards neither 

798
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:13,400
come to Jesus or I don't know, 
maybe stop being Dicks online. 

799
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:17,520
It could never be me. 
It could never be you because 

800
00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:19,920
what's the most competitive game
you've played? 

801
00:51:23,720 --> 00:51:25,920
We know the answer, folks. 
We just wanted to say it. 

802
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:29,120
We Halo. 
Go on. 

803
00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:32,360
Halo. 
The game is Sonic too. 

804
00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:36,720
We can link the stream if you 
guys want to see Kelly get 

805
00:51:36,720 --> 00:51:40,480
decimated. 
I feel like decimated is a 

806
00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:49,520
strong word, Joseph, and we are,
we are way, way behind on a 

807
00:51:49,520 --> 00:51:53,400
rematch. 
Like we haven't, we haven't done

808
00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:57,560
the the Sonic in a long time. 
And I I'm a professional Sonic. 

809
00:51:57,560 --> 00:51:59,440
Player so I don't play with 
casual. 

810
00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:02,840
So, but I want to, I want to be 
Sonic, because in the special 

811
00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:06,960
stage, Sonic starts in the 
front, and with Joseph Moore, 

812
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:10,160
it's hard to get in front of 
Sonic. 

813
00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:12,280
It's hard to get in front of 
Joseph Moore. 

814
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:14,680
Sonic. 
Joseph Moore. 

815
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:20,240
You know. 
Let's you know what? 

816
00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:22,760
Let's see how you know what I'm 
going to do. 

817
00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:24,160
You know I'm going to do you a 
solid. 

818
00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:31,240
I, I would like to we, we, we, 
we talk about how maybe you're 

819
00:52:31,240 --> 00:52:36,880
not the expert at Sonic because 
I am, but you are an expert at 

820
00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:42,400
something dozens of Dragons. 
Yeah, well, I wouldn't even call

821
00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:45,800
myself an expert. 
You know, I've played for eight 

822
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:46,720
years. 
I didn't. 

823
00:52:46,720 --> 00:52:50,600
I tell you this, I play, I've 
played for like 8 years now and 

824
00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:54,440
I still feel like I have no idea
what I'm doing. 

825
00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:57,320
Great, I'm going to give you a 
softball quiz and see how great.

826
00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:01,120
You will do OK. 
It's going to happen, but not 

827
00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:04,800
right now, after this break 
from. 

828
00:53:04,840 --> 00:53:08,520
Zip recruiter could be a zip 
recruiter. 

829
00:53:09,760 --> 00:53:12,000
This break could be this 
commercial could be used at 

830
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:14,960
recruiter. 
But you chose poorly, right? 

831
00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:18,200
You chose poorly. 
Go ahead and sponsor your other 

832
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:19,920
gamers. 
Go ahead and sponsor those 

833
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:22,640
professionals. 
Those filthy casuals right here 

834
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:27,720
will be sponsored by anything 
else. 

835
00:53:27,720 --> 00:53:30,160
Yeah, meanwhile I'm DM ING 
LinkedIn. 

836
00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:36,560
So, zip recruiter, we'll be 
right back, but without you, 

837
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:39,360
right here on the Gaming Nexus 
podcast. 

838
00:53:42,720 --> 00:53:46,680
That's called a call back, Joe. 
Call back, bitches, call back. 

839
00:53:49,800 --> 00:53:52,120
Are you enjoying the show? 
Well, good. 

840
00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:55,240
Go to gamingnexus.com for all 
your gaming news. 

841
00:53:55,720 --> 00:53:58,080
You can see John talk about 
video cards with Jason talk 

842
00:53:58,080 --> 00:54:00,960
about the finals, Kelly talk 
about fozy games or air talk 

843
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:06,480
about pinball VR. 
It's all there gaming nexus.com.

844
00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:12,720
Welcome back to the Gaming Nexus
podcast. 

845
00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:19,760
I want to apologize to Zip 
Recruiter for Kelly's blatant 

846
00:54:20,120 --> 00:54:27,280
use of LinkedIn and the 
subsidiaries they're in. 

847
00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:28,880
Did I use that word right? 
Of course I did. 

848
00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:34,320
I'm smart, and you know how 
smart I am, Kelly. 

849
00:54:34,640 --> 00:54:39,880
How smart are you, Joseph? 
I'm so smart about video games. 

850
00:54:39,880 --> 00:54:41,320
I said. 
I wasn't a professional gamer. 

851
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:43,640
I'm lying, right? 
I'm a professional gamer. 

852
00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:45,240
You know why? 
Because I know everything there 

853
00:54:45,240 --> 00:54:49,440
is to know about video games. 
Everything, everything we will 

854
00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:52,760
see about that. 
Oh yeah, why so? 

855
00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:57,640
Because I have prepared 
questions to see if I can stump 

856
00:54:57,640 --> 00:55:00,240
you on video games. 
How dare you. 

857
00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:03,800
This wasn't preemptive. 
No, we didn't. 

858
00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:06,400
This is thrown at me randomly. 
How? 

859
00:55:06,560 --> 00:55:09,320
Why? 
This is a good television. 

860
00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:16,720
Well, Kelly, if you have a quiz 
for me, then I have a quiz for 

861
00:55:16,720 --> 00:55:18,360
you too. 
Oh yeah. 

862
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:23,480
Yeah, because you claim to be a 
professional at Dozens of 

863
00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:25,400
Dragons. 
You tell me every day I'm a 

864
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:28,920
professional at Dunzons and 
Dragons and I go, are you every 

865
00:55:28,920 --> 00:55:31,160
day? 
I get a text every morning at 

866
00:55:31,160 --> 00:55:35,400
10:47 and it says I'm a 
professional at Dozens of 

867
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:36,960
Dragons and I'm sick of hearing 
about it. 

868
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:44,400
So now I went to beano.com and 
found a quiz on Dozens of 

869
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:47,520
Dragons. 
Ultimate Dungeons and Dragons 

870
00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:53,080
Quiz Shout out the beano.com. 
You know what though, I I wrote 

871
00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:55,160
my own questions. 
Oh well. 

872
00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:57,200
So. 
That's because your prep is 

873
00:55:57,200 --> 00:56:00,880
different than mine. 
I would love to see what 

874
00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:02,800
questions you would write for 
DNT. 

875
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:10,040
Do you walk into a forest at any
point in the game? 

876
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:17,080
Yes or no and show your work on 
the answer. 

877
00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:19,760
All right, do you want it? 
Yes. 

878
00:56:19,760 --> 00:56:21,160
What's your first question? 
I'm ready. 

879
00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:26,320
What classic video game was 
slated for Michael Jackson to do

880
00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:29,240
all of the music? 
Sonic the Hedgehog 3. 

881
00:56:30,680 --> 00:56:32,280
Yep. 
Is that right? 

882
00:56:32,520 --> 00:56:37,840
Yeah, God damn it. 
Yeah, in fact, the music is 

883
00:56:37,840 --> 00:56:42,000
heavily influenced by Michael 
Jackson, and you can hear when 

884
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:44,120
you're listening for it. 
You're like, Oh yeah, I can hear

885
00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:47,840
why they created this for him. 
Do you want to hear another fun 

886
00:56:47,840 --> 00:56:48,960
fact? 
Yeah. 

887
00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:52,440
They did the re release for 
Sonic 3 for like modern systems 

888
00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:54,040
and they took some of that music
out. 

889
00:56:55,920 --> 00:57:00,240
So if you have an original Sonic
3 cart, it may be worth more 

890
00:57:00,480 --> 00:57:02,360
because the Michael Jackson 
music is still in there. 

891
00:57:04,720 --> 00:57:05,640
That's. 
Fun. 

892
00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:08,360
Yeah, Yeah. 
All right. 

893
00:57:09,120 --> 00:57:11,960
My first question is a softball 
question. 

894
00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:17,880
Which of these is not a class? 
And dunzons and Dragons? 

895
00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:25,720
OK Druid Rapscallion. 
Barbarian or rogue Rapscallion. 

896
00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:28,920
Rapscallion. 
I've literally played all of the

897
00:57:28,960 --> 00:57:31,560
others. 
It doesn't tell me if this is 

898
00:57:31,560 --> 00:57:34,640
the right yet. 
Well, no, no, OK. 

899
00:57:34,800 --> 00:57:37,760
Somebody call Randy. 
It doesn't tell me if they're 

900
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:40,360
right yet. 
All right, I'll throw another 

901
00:57:40,360 --> 00:57:40,920
one at you. 
OK. 

902
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:44,600
Which nickname? 
Oh, I can't show you that. 

903
00:57:44,760 --> 00:57:45,880
I'll skip it. 
I'll skip it. 

904
00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:57,120
Which year was the game first 
introduced, 196919781989 or 

905
00:57:57,120 --> 00:58:00,600
1999? 
What was the 1st 169? 

906
00:58:01,200 --> 00:58:06,680
Yes. 
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it had to 

907
00:58:06,680 --> 00:58:08,920
offend that. 
You're going with 69? 

908
00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:10,360
Yeah. 
Nice. 

909
00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:18,360
All right, your turn. 
OK, When was the first Call of 

910
00:58:18,360 --> 00:58:21,240
Duty game released? 
What year? 

911
00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:36,990
Call of Duty was first released 
2009. 

912
00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:40,440
No, you're not even close. 
I was going to give you 2 years 

913
00:58:40,480 --> 00:58:42,920
either way. 
Thirteen, 2003. 

914
00:58:45,320 --> 00:58:49,640
OK, I, so I, I tried to do that 
with the whole Grand Theft Auto 

915
00:58:49,640 --> 00:58:51,560
thing and I was like, well, it 
was released before Grand Theft 

916
00:58:51,560 --> 00:58:54,800
Auto. 
And then I tried to realize how 

917
00:58:54,800 --> 00:58:59,360
it like Call of Duty was like, 
it's OK back then today, but you

918
00:58:59,360 --> 00:59:01,360
know, whatever. 
All right, so it was 2003. 

919
00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:03,720
Yeah, I had to double check 
myself, but yeah. 

920
00:59:03,720 --> 00:59:05,040
I'm one for one. 
I'm one for one. 

921
00:59:05,640 --> 00:59:09,600
That was that was a tough one. 
I know it wasn't very fair 

922
00:59:09,600 --> 00:59:11,880
because you're doing multiple 
choice and I didn't give you a 

923
00:59:11,880 --> 00:59:14,320
multiple choice. 
I have a tough one for you. 

924
00:59:14,520 --> 00:59:18,200
Yeah, let's hear it. 
What does DM stand for? 

925
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:26,800
Dark magician Dragon magic? 
Oh no, delightful mum or dungeon

926
00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:29,000
master. 
This is way too difficult. 

927
00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:32,800
I know. 
I'm going to have to go with 

928
00:59:32,800 --> 00:59:36,720
Dungeon Master. 
You're dumb. 

929
00:59:38,280 --> 00:59:39,840
I can't believe you picked that 
one. 

930
00:59:40,080 --> 00:59:42,400
That was stupid. 
I can't wait to see the the 

931
00:59:43,680 --> 00:59:47,200
answers based on that one. 
What is the name of the film 

932
00:59:47,520 --> 00:59:52,480
starring Tom Hanks that was 
based on Dungeons and Dragons? 

933
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:58,280
Was it mazes and monsters, 
Wizards and warlocks, mages and 

934
00:59:58,280 --> 01:00:04,040
magic, or demons and swords? 
Oh I have no idea. 

935
01:00:04,040 --> 01:00:06,840
I'm going to say mages and 
magic, but I'm not sure. 

936
01:00:06,840 --> 01:00:08,000
I'm going to choose mages and 
magic. 

937
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:11,640
All right, cool. 
OK, And my next question is, and

938
01:00:11,640 --> 01:00:13,720
then you can go for one. 
OK, sure. 

939
01:00:13,720 --> 01:00:14,840
I have one. 
Another one. 

940
01:00:14,960 --> 01:00:20,240
What is the maximum numbers of 
sides a die can have? 

941
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:27,880
6/12/17 or 20. 
OK false there are 100 sided 

942
01:00:27,880 --> 01:00:32,400
die. 
Oh, but most typically in 

943
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:36,320
gameplay, 20 sided is the 
highest in the set. 

944
01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:40,440
There you go. 
All right, I chose 20. 

945
01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:42,600
Your turn. 
I chose. 

946
01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:48,560
Properly, what two games led to 
the creation of the current 

947
01:00:48,560 --> 01:00:54,520
video game rating system? 
Mortal Kombat. 

948
01:01:01,400 --> 01:01:06,440
Night Trap. 
Yes, that's that's a good one. 

949
01:01:06,520 --> 01:01:09,520
Let's. 
Fucking go right. 

950
01:01:09,520 --> 01:01:12,080
Is that right? 
Yeah, can I ask you Night Trap? 

951
01:01:12,080 --> 01:01:17,560
This one is too easy though. 
Night Trap was re released when 

952
01:01:17,560 --> 01:01:21,000
Night Trap came out. 
The president of Nintendo at the

953
01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:25,160
time and said that they will 
never be a Night Trap game on 

954
01:01:25,160 --> 01:01:30,200
Nintendo systems at all ever. 
And they released Mortal Kombat 

955
01:01:30,200 --> 01:01:33,320
1. 
Instead of blood they had sweat 

956
01:01:33,320 --> 01:01:37,080
and they changed all the 
fatalities right when they they 

957
01:01:37,120 --> 01:01:40,920
then eventually released Mortal 
Kombat 2 with all the blood and 

958
01:01:40,920 --> 01:01:45,200
all the fatalities intact. 
And this two years ago, I 

959
01:01:45,200 --> 01:01:48,720
believe Night Trap came out for 
the Nintendo Switch Remastered. 

960
01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:53,120
You know what? 
When Mortal Kombat first came 

961
01:01:53,120 --> 01:01:58,840
out, my mom was aghast at how 
gory, how gory it was. 

962
01:01:58,840 --> 01:02:00,440
Isn't that funny to think about 
now? 

963
01:02:01,640 --> 01:02:03,320
You should show her the things 
now. 

964
01:02:04,160 --> 01:02:08,800
Oh it's nuts Barb. 
The fatalities in the new one in

965
01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:13,120
11 and the new one are insane. 
I know. 

966
01:02:13,120 --> 01:02:15,640
I don't understand how they come
up with this shit. 

967
01:02:16,080 --> 01:02:19,960
Barb would be horrified. 
Barb, go watch some fatality 

968
01:02:19,960 --> 01:02:23,600
videos. 
I'm going to ask you one more, 

969
01:02:23,600 --> 01:02:25,080
and this is a really softball 
question. 

970
01:02:25,080 --> 01:02:26,240
I know you're going to know 
this. 

971
01:02:26,440 --> 01:02:28,720
Which video game did Mario 
originate in? 

972
01:02:31,240 --> 01:02:32,440
Donkey Kong. 
Yeah. 

973
01:02:33,480 --> 01:02:36,680
As Jump Man, Jump Man and Mr. 
Video. 

974
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:41,960
So Mr. Video was his first name.
Then they called him Jump Man 

975
01:02:41,960 --> 01:02:44,440
because, you know, he did the 
jump stuff, right? 

976
01:02:44,680 --> 01:02:50,000
And then they named him after a 
landlord that Nintendo had and 

977
01:02:50,120 --> 01:02:52,320
he had, they had a good 
relationship with, and they 

978
01:02:52,320 --> 01:02:55,040
named him after that landlord. 
So Mario was named after that 

979
01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:58,800
landlord. 
Crazy. 

980
01:02:59,120 --> 01:03:02,520
Yeah. 
I'm a nerd and pretty proud of 

981
01:03:02,520 --> 01:03:04,360
it. 
If people are listening to this,

982
01:03:04,360 --> 01:03:06,920
they're they're nerds too. 
We're all in our community. 

983
01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:10,160
It's not a bad thing anymore. 
Some of them don't know it's 

984
01:03:10,160 --> 01:03:12,800
common. 
Which of these is not a race in 

985
01:03:12,800 --> 01:03:15,440
Dungeons and Dragons? 
OK, not a race. 

986
01:03:15,440 --> 01:03:19,880
Yeah. 
Human, elf, fawn, half orc. 

987
01:03:20,480 --> 01:03:23,360
A fawn? 
OK, you would think it was 

988
01:03:23,360 --> 01:03:25,440
human, wouldn't you? 
I would think it was. 

989
01:03:25,720 --> 01:03:28,800
I would think it was 1/2 orc. 
I don't know what a half orc is.

990
01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:34,200
Yeah, humans are the lowest. 
Like when people say they're 

991
01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:37,480
playing a human, I'm always 
shocked because you're just 

992
01:03:37,480 --> 01:03:40,160
like, you can never have a good 
ability. 

993
01:03:40,400 --> 01:03:42,240
Like you're just the weakest of 
all of them. 

994
01:03:42,240 --> 01:03:46,640
And I'm like, OK, solid choice, 
Human barbarian, OK. 

995
01:03:47,200 --> 01:03:50,920
Joseph used logic. 
It didn't work it. 

996
01:03:50,920 --> 01:03:54,080
Didn't. 
What shape is the board? 

997
01:03:56,400 --> 01:03:59,760
Square, circular, triangular or 
there is no board? 

998
01:03:59,760 --> 01:04:03,080
OK, the viewers cannot or the 
listeners cannot see the my 

999
01:04:03,080 --> 01:04:04,720
face. 
Would you ask that question? 

1000
01:04:04,720 --> 01:04:06,720
Because I was like, what do you 
mean? 

1001
01:04:06,720 --> 01:04:15,200
What shape is the board? 
My face was like contorted to an

1002
01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:19,640
anger like I was like. 
If I'm actually was a face, 

1003
01:04:19,920 --> 01:04:25,840
Kelly just made it actually. 
Because there is no board. 

1004
01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:26,600
Yeah, there. 
You go. 

1005
01:04:28,720 --> 01:04:30,280
All right, all right. 
Your turn. 

1006
01:04:30,800 --> 01:04:34,080
The the word Tetris is a 
combination of the Greek word 

1007
01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:42,240
Tetra and what 6 letter word and
a a favorite of the game 

1008
01:04:42,240 --> 01:04:46,640
creator. 
The word Tetris is the 

1009
01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:50,480
combination of a word. 
Tetra. 

1010
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:55,880
Tetra. 
And a. 6 letter word word. 

1011
01:04:56,640 --> 01:05:04,600
That the creator was a fan of. 
I just reviewed Tetras Forever. 

1012
01:05:05,040 --> 01:05:07,000
So you should know this. 
Why don't obviously? 

1013
01:05:15,080 --> 01:05:19,160
It's the name of a game that he 
used to play. 

1014
01:05:19,160 --> 01:05:20,720
He used to play with like 
little. 

1015
01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:22,680
They weren't tetraminos. 
That's what they're called. 

1016
01:05:22,720 --> 01:05:29,680
The pieces are called now. 
Tetra. 

1017
01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:34,360
I don't know. 
I don't know. 

1018
01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:36,080
I'm going to be pissed. 
Tell me. 

1019
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:44,280
It's it's surprising because 
it's tennis, so tet Tetra it's 

1020
01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:46,880
not. 
It's not a game that God damn it

1021
01:05:48,080 --> 01:05:50,960
it, that's exactly it. 
It's the first thing they say in

1022
01:05:51,960 --> 01:05:54,280
the interview, in the interview 
with Tetris Forever. 

1023
01:05:54,280 --> 01:05:55,920
It's the first thing that comes 
out of his mouth. 

1024
01:05:55,920 --> 01:06:02,040
He's like, I was a fan of, you 
know, Tetris and tennis, Tennis.

1025
01:06:04,560 --> 01:06:07,320
I hate myself. 
I'm no longer a nerd. 

1026
01:06:07,320 --> 01:06:08,800
Please kick me out of your 
community. 

1027
01:06:11,400 --> 01:06:15,720
All right, which TV show 
currently features Dungeons and 

1028
01:06:15,720 --> 01:06:17,520
Dragons? 
Stranger Things. 

1029
01:06:18,040 --> 01:06:19,920
OK, didn't even let me finish 
the question. 

1030
01:06:19,920 --> 01:06:21,760
All right, cool. 
Cool. 

1031
01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:25,360
And what is the name of the guy 
who created Dungeons and 

1032
01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:28,640
Dragons? 
Oh gosh. 

1033
01:06:28,920 --> 01:06:30,760
Oh, this is this is terrible 
too. 

1034
01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:37,760
Is it Gary Guy Jacks, Gary 
Jennings, Gary Grunch or Gary 

1035
01:06:37,760 --> 01:06:41,720
Barlow? 
His name is Gary. 

1036
01:06:42,680 --> 01:06:47,280
Yes, and he plays tennis. 
Can you read them to me one more

1037
01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:52,920
time? 
Gary Guy, Gygax, Gygax, Gygax, 

1038
01:06:53,480 --> 01:06:57,520
Gary Jennings, Gary Grunch, or 
Gary Barlow. 

1039
01:06:57,680 --> 01:07:00,240
And I apologize if I'm botching 
that first name. 

1040
01:07:00,760 --> 01:07:03,080
Well, I think it's the. 
I think it's the first name. 

1041
01:07:04,120 --> 01:07:06,320
Great, you think it's the first 
name. 

1042
01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:08,880
Is that your final answer? 
You don't lock it in. 

1043
01:07:09,720 --> 01:07:11,280
Yeah. 
You wanna phone a friend? 

1044
01:07:11,960 --> 01:07:18,720
Fun fact, there is a Comic Con 
or a like convention out in 

1045
01:07:18,720 --> 01:07:22,000
Wisconsin where he's from 
Wisconsin, I think it's 

1046
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:26,400
Wisconsin, called Gary Con. 
Gary Con. 

1047
01:07:26,720 --> 01:07:32,840
Yeah, Gary Con. 
Oh OK I skipped one. 

1048
01:07:32,880 --> 01:07:37,480
What nickname is the game known 
by the dragon game? 

1049
01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:43,960
Double DRPG D&D. 
D&D. 

1050
01:07:45,080 --> 01:07:47,480
Like why would they do that? 
I even I knew that one. 

1051
01:07:47,800 --> 01:07:50,280
Yeah, I mean, you knew DM too, 
right? 

1052
01:07:51,240 --> 01:07:51,960
Yeah. 
Oh yeah. 

1053
01:07:52,240 --> 01:07:54,960
DM is an easy one. 
Did you know that in other 

1054
01:07:54,960 --> 01:07:58,280
tabletop games it's AGM? 
So you have to remember when 

1055
01:07:58,280 --> 01:08:00,560
you're playing a different 
tabletop game that isn't 

1056
01:08:00,680 --> 01:08:04,680
Dungeons and Dragons to not call
your leader Adm. 

1057
01:08:05,280 --> 01:08:07,120
Is it defensive? 
Like, do people get beat up 

1058
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:09,960
like? 
Yeah, we're really, we are a 

1059
01:08:09,960 --> 01:08:12,920
very violent community. 
That's what I like to hear. 

1060
01:08:12,960 --> 01:08:16,560
I mean, like, like, I want 
people, like I want people to 

1061
01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:19,880
start like this weird thing to 
where you'd be like this 

1062
01:08:19,880 --> 01:08:23,200
motherfucker came into my house 
to play Katan. 

1063
01:08:24,040 --> 01:08:25,200
No, it's not. 
That's not it. 

1064
01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:28,439
One of the like Like Vampire the
Masquerade. 

1065
01:08:28,439 --> 01:08:29,840
And he called me. 
Yeah. 

1066
01:08:30,120 --> 01:08:32,920
No Adm and I and I won't have 
it. 

1067
01:08:33,680 --> 01:08:37,439
I don't have it. 
There is no DM in Catan. 

1068
01:08:39,439 --> 01:08:45,319
Like, not only did I botch the 
the pronunciation of Catan, but 

1069
01:08:45,319 --> 01:08:48,000
I botched. 
Yeah, see, Look, I know 

1070
01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:51,800
everything about the Never mind.
I think. 

1071
01:08:51,800 --> 01:08:54,760
I think settlers of Catan can go
either way. 

1072
01:08:54,760 --> 01:08:56,279
I've heard it. 
I've heard it both ways. 

1073
01:08:56,760 --> 01:08:59,040
Fair enough. 
All right, I can't wait to hear 

1074
01:08:59,040 --> 01:09:02,040
my score. 
Oh, is that all your questions? 

1075
01:09:04,560 --> 01:09:08,720
I can ask more if you want I. 
If you you have one more, I can 

1076
01:09:08,720 --> 01:09:12,279
tell you your score and then 
we'll we'll get out of here. 

1077
01:09:12,680 --> 01:09:13,800
All right, I'm going to ask this
one. 

1078
01:09:14,439 --> 01:09:16,960
Go for it. 
Which PlayStation platformer 

1079
01:09:17,279 --> 01:09:26,200
released in 1996 has you play as
the marsupial prone to mayhem 

1080
01:09:28,279 --> 01:09:31,840
who was captured and mutated by 
Doctor Neocortex? 

1081
01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:33,359
Crash Bandicoot. 
Yeah, you. 

1082
01:09:33,840 --> 01:09:37,319
Didn't even have to finish it. 
Well, I did though and I 

1083
01:09:37,319 --> 01:09:40,359
appreciate you allowing me to, 
unlike when I yelled stranger 

1084
01:09:40,359 --> 01:09:46,720
things. 
Stranger Things DMS Katan, Chris

1085
01:09:46,720 --> 01:09:50,720
Katan. 
DMSGMS. 

1086
01:09:51,399 --> 01:09:56,120
DMCMS Kelly, Your Quiz You 
scored a nine out of 10. 

1087
01:09:56,280 --> 01:09:59,560
OK, which one did the? 
Only thing you got wrong was the

1088
01:09:59,560 --> 01:10:02,920
Tom Hanks one. 
Oh yeah, OK, I'm proud. 

1089
01:10:02,920 --> 01:10:07,120
Which was mages and Matt. 
I'm sorry, it was mazes and 

1090
01:10:07,120 --> 01:10:09,840
monsters. 
OK, I've never It must have. 

1091
01:10:10,040 --> 01:10:11,960
It must have not been a great 
film. 

1092
01:10:12,440 --> 01:10:16,760
It looks like it's from the 80s.
I mean, I I like Tom Hanks. 

1093
01:10:18,480 --> 01:10:23,040
I mean, we all like Tom Hanks, 
but not I mean we like Tom Hanks

1094
01:10:23,040 --> 01:10:26,680
in Bachelor Party and Big, but 
we also like Tom Hanks in like 

1095
01:10:26,680 --> 01:10:29,360
sketches. 
As in, like we like, we love Tom

1096
01:10:29,360 --> 01:10:35,600
Hanks. 
When Tom Hanks is Mr. what's the

1097
01:10:35,600 --> 01:10:35,960
name? 
Is this? 

1098
01:10:35,960 --> 01:10:40,720
Any questions? 
Oh, oh God. 

1099
01:10:42,200 --> 01:10:45,960
David S Pumpkins. 
David S Pumpkins. 

1100
01:10:46,160 --> 01:10:48,840
That's one of my favorite skits 
ever. 

1101
01:10:48,840 --> 01:10:50,040
Like, don't you? 
You have to. 

1102
01:10:50,040 --> 01:10:52,040
And you have to let yourself go.
You have to let yourself go. 

1103
01:10:52,040 --> 01:10:55,200
You have to let be like, I'm Tom
Hanks, I'm one of the most 

1104
01:10:55,200 --> 01:10:59,560
famous actors ever, but I'm 
going to get on SNL and do the 

1105
01:10:59,720 --> 01:11:03,560
absolute dumbest fucking thing 
I've ever done, and it's going 

1106
01:11:03,560 --> 01:11:04,760
to be great. 
Yeah. 

1107
01:11:04,760 --> 01:11:07,080
And it was great. 
It was it was amazing. 

1108
01:11:07,080 --> 01:11:12,120
So Tom Hanks, if you want to 
sponsor our podcast, DMS are 

1109
01:11:12,120 --> 01:11:14,280
open. 
We have an opening now, Zip 

1110
01:11:14,280 --> 01:11:16,800
recruiter left. 
They no longer want to sponsor 

1111
01:11:16,800 --> 01:11:19,480
us. 
So therefore, Tom Hanks, if you 

1112
01:11:19,480 --> 01:11:23,480
are available and you want us to
watch your movie Of Mice and 

1113
01:11:23,480 --> 01:11:25,840
Magic or something, you know, 
let us know. 

1114
01:11:25,880 --> 01:11:29,960
Yeah, we'll come out. 
We'll we'll be your DMS and GMs.

1115
01:11:30,520 --> 01:11:33,120
Yeah, I, I make a good 
Margarita. 

1116
01:11:33,120 --> 01:11:38,040
That's my that, that's my 
argument, for us to come out and

1117
01:11:38,040 --> 01:11:40,440
enjoy a nice film with you, Mr. 
Hanks. 

1118
01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:48,160
I play a horrible game of Dota 
2, so Tom Hanks, get at us. 

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Yeah, this, this episode 
sponsored by Tom Hanks. 

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Period. 
Nothing. 

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He's not selling anything. 
He's not. 

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There's really no reason for him
to sponsor except he just likes 

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us. 
Any questions? 

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What is that being said? 
This episode is going off the 

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rails real fast. 
It's gone. 

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We will be back next week. 
We don't know what we're going 

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to talk about yet. 
We may have a special guest. 

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We don't know. 
We don't know. 

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It's going strong. 
We love what we do and we 

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appreciate you guys listening. 
So yeah, there's that for Kelly 

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Gray. 
I am Joseph Moore, always and 

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forever. 
And thank you for listening to 

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yet another episode of the 
Gaming Nexus podcast. 

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We will see you in two weeks. 
Y'all be safe. 

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Y'all stay blessed and zip 
recruiter, you're still in my 

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heart. 
And if you're if you're Tom 

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Hanks's lawyer, please don't 
contact us. 

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01:12:49,440 --> 01:12:50,000
Yeah, don't. 
Yeah. 

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We were talking about Thomas 
Hanks lives lives in 

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Saskatchewan. 
Yeah, Little League baseball 

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01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:16,600
coach. 
OK, bye.