This week we talk about the video game industry’s myriad shenanigans of late. I’m sure we’ll find something positive to talk about!
31:53 – Lawbreakers dev says game not Switch-bound because not enough buttons
41:03 – Metroid: Samus Returns gates content behind amiibo
52:47 – ThinkGeek hoards NES Classic Editions and forces you to buy overpriced bundles to get them
59:50 – Nintendo’s obnoxious Voice Chat solution
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Chat Transcript:
(I guess the YouTube chatbox has a limit because the first half hour of comments are gone. Sorry about that.)
7:30 PMthat’s cool
7:30 PMBattlefield 1
7:30 PMNew battlefield?
7:30 PMYep7:30 PMAh.
7:30 PMlol
7:31 PMI like to crash the plane into enemies
7:31 PMLol boi
7:31 PMgdc vault is $600 for a year
7:31 PMThat’s fun as hell
7:31 PMAnd also the tank
7:31 PMhaven’t gotten far in it. lost interest, to be honest. maybe an hour in….
7:32 PMoh lol
7:32 PMthis year will be my 4th pax west
7:32 PMIt’s actually my brothers playstation so I don’t play it often
7:32 PMlol
7:32 PMday of the tentacle anybody?
7:32 PMGUYS GUESS WAT
7:33 PMHe’s the Oh Dan Nintendo Take my money guy
7:33 PMWhat
7:33 PMwhat’s the game from e3 y’all are looking forward to most?
7:34 PMOh and also my second favorite game is The Sims 4
7:35 PMI got a Lamborghini and it’s hot pink
7:35 PMAu8bsss, are you a female? Not judging, just curious. I can’t tell gender from fish(?)heads.
7:35 PMfor my 17 birthday
7:35 PMYes, I am
7:35 PMwerd.
7:35 PMlol
7:36 PMnever got into the Sims.
7:36 PMagain, no judging.
7:36 PMSims is a good game you should really check it out
7:36 PMthe pro controller don’t count?
7:37 PMI tried it. I never fell into it. potatoes potatoes
7:37 PMthe duke controler, I had one of those
7:37 PMI played it before but my friend broke it
7:37 PMWho is actually listening to them talk
7:37 PMnot me.
7:37 PMI don’t play it no more
7:37 PM360 controler was 5x better than the ps3 controler
7:38 PMkinda listening
7:38 PMI can’t anymore I lost the disk I used to play it on my computer
7:38 PMWhat happened to the video
7:38 PMHey wats better Xbox or playstation
7:38 PMwhich one?
7:39 PMthey’re both good.
7:39 PMPlayStation
7:39 PMDid the video go wrong on your guys
7:39 PMrefresh it. It’s still good here.
7:39 PMIkr I think both are good
7:40 PMIt’s not working
7:40 PMfamily translation A LOT of buttons
7:40 PMI was a ps guy, but whatever.
7:40 PMBob I subscribed to u
7:40 PMWhy are the comment still working but not the video
7:40 PMau8bsss, refresh page. It’s fine for me.
7:40 PMor “we cant do it for hw reasons” lol
7:41 PMjust say it
7:41 PMOh on it’s working now thanks
7:41 PMsniper – waste of time prolly. but thanks.
7:42 PMau8, sweet.
7:42 PMAtari box will invigorate the video game industry! lol…
7:42 PMur welcome
7:42 PMSo…….where is everyone from
7:42 PMWho is listening to this
7:42 PMI’m from Yuma Arizona
7:42 PMI’ll make something just for you sniper.
7:42 PMI’m from ohio
7:42 PMNew orleans.
7:42 PMok
7:43 PMI subbed too bob
7:43 PMau8, well…. now I have to make you both things…
7:43 PMdamn New Orleans is a nice place
7:43 PMok
7:43 PMUgh…….the video stopped again
7:44 PMmurder capital of the country. So yes?
7:44 PMau8, I don’t envy your internet.
7:44 PMoh
7:44 PMI have data
7:44 PMnvm
7:45 PMI forgot want i was going to say
7:45 PMno worries sniper. it is home.
7:45 PMEh, I wasn’t listening to it anyway
7:45 PMok
7:45 PMau8, it isn’t that interesting. they aren’t talking about pokemon.
7:46 PMYeah, it was kinda boring
7:46 PMI don’t play Pokemon I ain’t judging tho
7:46 PMI think he’d be a good handing person not a taking person
7:46 PMwhen will Metroid become a movie? lol
7:46 PMjust kidding. Pokemon sucks (covering head from the repercussion)
7:47 PMGaming i meant
7:47 PMyea my brother talks about it and I all ways tell at him and tell him to shut the fuck uo
7:48 PMI’m sure it’s fine. I don’t judge.
7:48 PMthen try ACTUALLY finding these friggin amiibo.
7:48 PMok
7:48 PMway an amiibo jc
7:48 PMwats
7:48 PMan amiibo
7:49 PMYeah they’re on walmart dot com for like 60 bucks each from a 3rd party vender
7:49 PMfavorite console, anybody?
7:49 PMlol cube
7:49 PMOk guys I gotta go bye
7:49 PMps3
7:49 PMlater au8
7:49 PMbye
7:50 PMZelda 1 is still the shit.
7:50 PMNintendo Creates Scaplers by their limiting supply
7:50 PMIt’s interesting that Australia you can easily get Amiibo and Switches. Never used to be the case
7:51 PMI’m back because I have nothing better to do
7:51 PMof course they do, 13Ucube. that’s their hustle now.
7:51 PMLol ok au8
7:51 PMwelcome back au8!
7:51 PMdamn are u that bored
7:51 PMlol
7:51 PMYep
7:51 PMI know, huh?
7:51 PMJust call me , baby
7:52 PMJust kidding
7:52 PMLol don’t worry I’m bored as well
7:52 PMI hear electronics in Australia are expensive
7:52 PMto be fair, we’re all here too.
7:52 PMwtf lol
7:52 PMLol ikr
7:52 PMare we still talking about amibos?
7:53 PMI’m mot
7:53 PMnot
7:53 PMGod damn it
7:53 PMI can’t fucking spell for shit
7:53 PMborndistracted, it is Australia, after all.
7:53 PMAndrew Moderators
7:53 PMyes. we are. hi
7:54 PMlol
7:54 PMOh bob I just realized your profile pic was a cat and I like it
7:54 PMfuck guys guess wat
7:54 PMit sat on them
7:54 PMThanks, au8
7:55 PMYour welcome
7:55 PMit took me til now to realise what yours was.
7:55 PMIt’s a chick, right?
7:55 PMguess way guys
7:55 PMYeah I just zoomed in on my chicken drinking water
7:55 PMif I were nintendo, ?I would send gamestop less after this stunt
7:55 PMGUESS what
7:55 PMthat’s ridiculous. that sounds like straight up price gouge
7:56 PMWHAT???!!!
7:56 PMgamestop can get away with hat stuff because they have no “physical” competition…
7:56 PMthe cost of nostalgia. buy it up, suckers.
7:56 PMoops typo
7:56 PMThey need to change their name to ThinkStupid, because that is what they think of their customers.
7:56 PMI can’t spell for shit and I scared the piss out of my friend
7:56 PMBorn We are trying to contribute
7:57 PMwalmart ant target
7:57 PMand Matt
7:57 PMau8, that’s cool.
7:57 PMsrry
7:57 PMbob
7:57 PMsniper, you should scare your friend.
7:58 PMIts the circle of PRICE GOUGE
7:58 PMI just did I think she shot her self
7:58 PMIt’s still better than buying one on eBay for $300 or $400
7:58 PMWalmart not allowed to build where I live
7:58 PMNintendo fans “damage controlling since 1996”
7:58 PMouch.
7:58 PMshit not shot
7:58 PMmy guess yes
7:58 PMI miss the nes.
7:59 PMha!
7:59 PMshe fucking shit her pants for real
7:59 PMCoo
7:59 PMBoot boot
8:00 PMmight I recommend moist wipes?
8:00 PMLol
8:00 PMMaybe more than that
8:00 PMbleach that shit
8:00 PMPronounced shockened
8:00 PMlol
8:01 PMwait, y’all are reading the chat? shit, I feel ignored now. my unanswered questions….
8:01 PMAgreed
8:01 PMOooh what a closer
8:01 PMfor a while the price on Ebay dropped months back on the NES Classic for $90 to $100 but then went up again
8:01 PMsame here like WTF
8:02 PMtrey u just getting here? they are wrapping up
8:02 PMi don’t care for voice chat. i have a nasal voice anyway lol…
8:02 PMthe phone app is worse than anyone could have thought. to use voice chat, you have to keep the app active, and screen on…………..
8:02 PMouch.
8:02 PMnintendo ever heard of multi tasking lol
8:03 PMBornDistracted well done well done
8:03 PMfuck I’m bored as hell
8:03 PMNintendo is becoming very behind the times.
8:03 PMI wounder if they are making games on dos michines, and even dos could multi tasking lol
8:03 PMI’ve been using Discord for Splatoon 2 and Mario Kart.
8:03 PMyou can bounce any time you want
8:03 PMbtw discord is voip of choice right now
8:04 PMWell imma go for real bueeee everybody’s
8:04 PMYou don’t need the app to play private matches
8:04 PMbye au8
8:04 PMns has been doing it since 2001
8:04 PMI wouldn’t mind Nintendo being behind this, if the games were great.
8:04 PMms
8:04 PMNintendo’s Online Strategy =The path of MOST resistance
8:04 PMlater au8
8:05 PMoml
8:05 PMI’m bored
8:05 PMsniper, are you add? Not judging, just curious.
8:06 PMYou can pick maos in Splatoon, just not in public play
8:06 PMfull judgement
8:06 PMwat does that mean
8:06 PMZero Doubt
8:06 PMbob
8:06 PMyou cake, or ice cream?
8:06 PMMaps
8:07 PMj/k that was a splat fest thing
8:07 PMit was 95% ice cream
8:08 PMIt’s playing with random that you have limits. Private you can customize anything
8:08 PMIce cream
8:08 PMhagen dasz! lol…
8:08 PMnah, no worries sniper. you we’re voicing your boredom. my response is always ” are you ADD?”
8:08 PMwe all know cake is a lie anyways
8:08 PMthe cake, is indeed a lie.
8:08 PMBut that 95% was because everyone hates Pearl.
8:09 PMe3 thoughts?
8:09 PMBob jc way the he’ll does add me
8:09 PMmean
8:09 PMwerd.
8:09 PMin what?
8:09 PMohhh yea I’m weird as fuck
8:09 PMI dont own a switch
8:09 PMswine?
8:10 PMMarina
8:10 PM^_-
8:10 PMnext time, gamergate.
8:10 PMAnymore debut review coming soon?
8:11 PMsorry to hear that.
8:12 PMhear wat
8:12 PManime sucks.
8:12 PMohhhh
8:13 PMnot really, anime is pretty good.
8:13 PMBob do u have any vids
8:13 PMI do. not public though.
8:13 PMHave great discussions in Twitter too
8:13 PMI’m gonna make you one. and au8.
8:13 PMI’m from Oklahoma
8:13 PMohh ok
8:14 PMsorry for asking
8:14 PMhi from New Orleans
8:14 PMcheers
8:14 PMcheers
8:15 PMsniper, like I said, I’m gonna make one for you as a new sub.
8:15 PMlater errybody.
8:15 PMreally ??
8:16 PMok bye bob
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Tagged: Amiibo, Lawbreakers, Metroid, Molehill Mountain, NES Classic Edition, Nintendo, Podcast, Switch, ThinkGeek, voice chat