Down goes the gaming industry | Podcast E2
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- Is the gaming industry experiencing a downfall? As creators who make content about video games , it's pretty important we still have games around to laugh about. Oh, and of course we want to play them too. We chat about our favourite gaming memories as kids and the evolution of video games over the last 20 years.
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I’m so happy they worked out how to turn on their camera for these podcast episodes!
Yea, now I might actually watch it. (I didn't intend to sound mean, mb)
There was this big red button and we really just didn’t know what it did!
@@VivaLaDirtLeague Don't touch the big red button!
Just click the viral button.
@@thadoc6824 Pro-tip:
I find Rowan's mustache deeply disturbing
lol
he look like he got rejected by art class
Maybe he likes the 2 time
@@RavDeBestNah, it's more like a Magnum P.I. moustache. 😂
Wish Ron Jeremy
I’m 42 now and still consider myself a gamer. In fact I consume video game related content on CZcams and the internet in general BUT when it comes to actually sitting down to play something in my free time these days, it is hard. I sit there, look through my games library not being able to decide what to play just to eventually give up and hop back on CZcams to watch something about some game related thing.
I'm 70 now and deeply engrossed in Hogwarts Legacy right now, having just finished both Alan Wake titles, Assasins Cereed Mirage and Starfield just in the last 6 months.
I'm more of dark souls series guy but I'm glad that they covered it, ty viva la league
Sound like you just need to find a game you like, then you'll play it every free second you have and also love it. Some games just don't click, and sometimes you're unmotivated.
I hate those times.
What I did: start lifting.
Physical activity improves everything in life.
And you have less time for games.
So when you DO have time, time matters more, plus you feel motivated.
I have literally not been bored of gaming for like two years. Not i single second.
If I'm starting to get bored or the game is finished I just move on to next game, just as motivated.
It's awesome.
I wish I had more time to play.
It's actually the opposite. There's TONS of choice these days. Issue is people only look for AAA titles or popular ones. Look for indie games or some lesser known games and you'll find absolute gems
Yeah, I'm in the same boat tbh
It's nice to just relax and listen. The internet is flooded with crazy people, so I appreciate you guys just being regular dudes talking about whatever you like.
@Andri474 - so ironically to one of them to show up as soon as you wrote this XD
12:46 I've noticed that it also really depends on just how present you are in the moment - like the second you remember something - bam - a massive drop in enjoyment, especially if you get stuck thinking about the thought further. But have everyone together, phones away, and just having a good laugh? Man, it feels good.
Undoubtedly this is a significant factor. I can't get into games until the winter, when I just have more time to blow.
True enough, man! Also, when playing games, it really disrupts all fun when you keep thinking about its flaws, like "damn I wish this game had this or that or why can't it be more like this?"
As a game dev who tend to keep himself informed, it is not a down fall. It is the big triple A game making compagnie that are going through a recess since the covid.
The industry has doubled during the covid to ramp up the number of games they could make so they can please all those people at home with fresh new idea at a faster pace.
Now since the covid is gone, people can go outside and live their lives freely. The big names like activision had to let go huge chunk of their employees du to the lack of revenu and the sales declining.
Things are just going back to normal. Also the game industry always had those kinds of ups and downs since the beginning.
The gaming industry has the same issue as most industries. Almost everything at the executive level is run by MBA's who don't care at all about the industry they are in. They don't care about their products. They don't care about their customers. Just that they make profits. Games largely used to be works of art made by small teams of passionate people. Just like you used to be able to visit a family doctor who owned his practice and cared about his community. But now everything is commodified and abstracted into numbers on a powerpoint slide for a corporate executive.
You can still find all of those passionate people out there doing good work, but most of the *money* in every industry is controlled by increasingly consolidated corporations owned by money managers who have never so much as touched the products they "make".
It's almost like...capitalism ruins everything😯
Unfortunately most games are designed to be addictive casino cash cows instead of an amazing adventure/experience. But there are some still thankfully. Looking at you elden ring
That doctor thing is because America treats medical care as an industry rather than a right, like most other countries do. Speaking as a Canadian, that is definitely not a problem here.
@@jamezilla Not a problem...yet?
@@America_is_now_Mexico2.0 nah, he said everything right. We are getting shitty games exactly because "nobody cares"(c) about everything except 'profit'. Not going far - shitty suicide squad under 70$ which looks worse than 9-years old Arkham Knight??? And it's not just like "one minor thing" - there are tons of "fuck off" details all over it, AND it costs more.
Ofc it's not 'total' trash and there are some good parts of it - like those which are not related to our "main heroes" ss ones, but that's ridiculous. I once tried to play the game where game itself was ok but playable character was so fucking shit... I endured 3 chapters, uninstalled it, and swore to never even touch ones who's 'main hero' is some sort of imbecile.
But, ofc there are plenty of "it's a joke"(c)-mentality people nowadays about literally everything which will "eat" whatever of whatever quality 'just for lulz"(c). Naturally, there are may be comedy in creations - but it's nowhere near 'same' to justifying any crucial flaw of the games(as well as vices of their 'makers').
Feeling the love for Jedi Academy.
Loved that game sooooo much!
I was a massive fan of all the early PC Star Wars games and that kept going into Jedi Knight, Outcast and Academy.
Just glorious games.
@3:53 - I would say my all time favorite game is Deus Ex (PC) (2000) by Ion Storm. Its the one game I always go back to, even after 24 years. The story, the mechanics, the atmosphere, the color palette and, of course, the OST. Good stuff through and through xoxo
Same. The main menu music will randomly pop into my head every few years which means it's time for another playthrough.
I've got a different experience here. I didn't start gaming till my 20s. So for me a lot of this is all still very new and exciting
Being 59. I went through several stages of gaming. As a child the family had a console. Since we could not afford an Atari...we ended up with a Colecovision with an add-on module to the console that let us use atari game cartridges. My favorite then was Pitfall.
As a young teen playing arcade games it was Dig Dug then Dragon's Lair. As a young Man I bought an Atari 1024 ST and my favorite game on that was Dungeon Master. As i grew older I got a PC compatible and my favorite then was Masters of Orion. Then big on Diablo.
Then i got into RPGs. Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxy - Jump to Lightspeed, But my ultimate favorite game of all time ---> City of Heroes. Best avatar creator ever made. You literally could make any character you could imagine.
Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, medieval, futuristic, steampunk, cyberpunk, mecha, cat-people, bird-people, minotaurs, vampires, werewolves, gorgons, androids, robots, ninjas, samurai, western gunslingers, sorcerors, beast masters. So many costume parts and themes. Roman Centurions, aliens, cyborgs and space pirates.
So cool. Great amount of content. I played from Black Friday 2005-end of game. I was one of the torchbearers in Atlas Park on the Liberty Server until they pulled the plug. Never found another game as rewarding since. 😢
Keep it up, old man :P (I'm barely younger). I'm looking forward to retirement. Imagine retiring and not having pc games?
I think, similar to music, new genres or revolutionary game ideas becomes more difficult as the industry matures. It becomes a point where every game produced is categorized and compared to others in that category.
These guys skits make me laugh so much. Even though i am not much of a gamer but do play ones i enjoy when i am able to. My partner is a big gamer so i understand alot of the game logic through him.
Its so interesting to hear their points of view on things.
I'm surprised by how much I'm enjoying this discussions you guys are great at this.
Skyrim was probably my favorite video game for the time. But that included the midnight release in front of GameStop and the introduction of the free mods on top of a great game with a ton of content. I still remember the mall with the line going out the door, and everyone just talking about previous games and watching a small bit of gameplay before midnight.
Rowan's moustache is like the exact same trend among NHL players rn. maybe he secretly plays hockey and we don't even know about it
Rowan was born to be a 70's adult movie star, we all know it.
You guys have given me back some early memories of gaming. This is like finding out someone watched the same vhs you did as a kid.
I'm so happy you guys have your podcast room & I enjoy little glimpses of the offices at the production studio. So proud of all the work you bois have put in. ❤💙
Great video guys. I still remember when my Dad sat down with me at a very young age to play Wizardy on our Apple III. Changed the rest of my life.
It would be nice if you can give us a rundown in your podcast at some point of how gaming, gaming with eachother and then ending up doing videos together (among all other things you're known for) and how it all fits in with your busy real lives? How do you combine this kind of work with the personal shit you have to go through? Family life? Pesky paparazis? Gametime? You're all very charismatic and a joy to watch so I'd be very interested to see 'the road to VLDL' !
The fact that Rowan mentioned Jedi Academy made my day. It's my favorite video game and literally no one I've talked to knows about it.
As a person in her 60s, I remember video arcade games. After my classes were done at college, I'd head for the arcade for a couple hours with Qbert and Donkey Kong. And our family had one of the early, early consoles where I loved Pong, of all the ridiculous things. My first computer game love was Sim City -- hours and hours spent planning cities.
Love these. I catch every episode on spotify.
Im 37 years old and ive been gaming all of my life. But as life goes on. And have a family its just not the same anymore. Barely have time to play like before. And not only that, as being an adult and most games nowadays just dont feel the same as before. Before, when most games came out, it was breathtaking, and when multiplayer games came out, thats when for me it started to die. Like half way through the ps4 life cycle. I can say more reasons but it would be to long.
Have you played Odyssey or Valhalla yet? Once you get several hours into them they can become quite amusing but it will take nearly 100 hours to get through the whole story. Totally worth it in my personal opinion.
Definitely look out for the release of Squadron 42 then. It was announced feature complete last year, so now they're in the polishing phase of the game. It is the spiritual successor to the Wing Commander games & its development is being led by the same person. It also has some of the biggest names in Hollywood like Mark Hamil, Gillian Anderson, Gary Oldman, John Rhys Davis, Ben Mendehlson, Henry Cavil, Liam Cunningham, Rhona Mitra, Mark Strong & more.
BROOOOOOOOOO i love you guys and this show is literally everything to me!!!! You guys have the most infectious personalities and attitudes, this show is gunna be light smoke fire!!!!! keep up the great work viva!!!
You guys should do a skit with the RDC squad!! they basically do what you guys do but a little bit dif. but still goofy. i know I'm rambling but please make this happen!! it would bring so many people together!!!
I think a 40 min podcast is perfect and ideal. Good for during drives on the freeway or at home doin some chores. You guys really made my day thou with that dark reign reference ❤
I have experienced the hypothetical at 27:20. When I first went into collage I was just married and had my first born on the way. I was playing games 2 to 5 hours a night and decided I was going to step away from gaming till I was making the income I needed to to support my family and that my free time would be spent working on my skills for work. 10 years later I came back to gaming with my 2 young boys and got them into it but I did not find it as enjoyable as I once did. I would play games and have fun but found myself wanting to work on the things I stepped away from gaming to work on because they had become my hobby. My boys are all grown now we all still love gaming but they know that I only play for a few hours a week.
Absolutely nothing wrong with that. Sometimes I'll binge on a game for several hours a day for a few weeks but then I'll go months without playing anything because I got so many other things going on. AC Valhalla was my last game about a month ago. Loved it
all time favourite, Command and Conquer, at the time the FMV was amazing with loads of stars in them. i think for us older people, before games there was only tabletop/rpg with the live action stuff coming in the early 90's so getting into video games was the next step
Very good topic for the podcast today. So nice to see the guys when they are talking too. I was quite engaged.
'evolution' is one of those words that people assume is a positive inflection. all the things are evolving all the time.
yep sure very genz - so you are doubling down on assuming things then ?ok@@America_is_now_Mexico2.0
Great podcast, it really brought back some video game memories. I would like to share one game that hit so many boxes for me when I was a kid: Comix Zone on the Sega Megadrive
Actually went to check out some videos on it and it still holds true after so many years. So unique and filled with great details.
Gamer here from the 1980s... showing my age... my favourite gaming experience in my formative years was finding the easter eggs in the ATARI 2600 console game .. Adventure. This game got me hooked in gaming, I eventually moved to the Commodore 64 and we wrote adventure games, I built a D&D character generator on my C64 which we could print character sheets from as well as a World Generator for the Traveller RPG. I play WoW and RimWorld in my spare time :)
In more recent years... me and my mates got together when Command and Conquer (C&C) came out... and set up our first LAN Gaming session, being able to play against your mates in real time.., was a serious WOW moment..
Really enjoying these keep it up lads 🎉
you guys are amazing I love your podcast so much I've listened to it over and over again and now I'm going to be watching these videos thank you so much for posting these
The close-up of them as microphones will haunt me
These podcast gave me chillbone, so much nostalgy that i miss so much. Let me add an anecdote. I didn't speeak english when I was young and the games was never in french either. Part of the game was to finish it without been able to know what you must do and how. No Internet and only one nerd at school that had Nintendo power magazine. We were so proud to be THE ONE that found how to pass the river with the grapplin in Zelda a link to the pass or how you need to hold the button to show the power plants on Sim City 2000.
Man, I'm 32 and I've never commented on a youtube video before- BUT when Rowan said his favorite game was/is Jedi Academy I realised I have to finally show some appreciation for your content....So I guess this is it?!: You guys are awesome! much love.
David
Man. This was awesome. Felt that nostalgia big time for Ocarina of Time, Pokemon Red/Blue, Lion King, Aladdin, and so many more. Damn. Got the feels. Cool how we all had similar childhood experiences in regard to gaming, and the emotions that come along with those when they were still "ground-breaking". Schmowan Shmettjeman.
Most memorable gaming experience for me is halo 3.
Great game, great story, but not only that i was still at school so id go to friends houses, we'd all sit there in front of the group of TV's playing local.
Man i miss those days, now almost all those guys are too busy with family/work or see themselves above playing games as an adult.
So now im left looking back on those memories fondly and miss them dearly.
Halo 3/xbox 360 was peak gaming for me.
I had just recently gotten my licence and car when Halo 3 released. I took my younger cousin to the midnight launch, then we played co-op and had completed the game by 5am. Epic memory.
I think the first game that peaked my interest as a 5 year old was "Sea Battle", it was a Intellivision game that was fun to learn how to play and I liked its tactical mechanics, especially having fun using the mine Layers
Nostalgia is where my gaming experience makes me excited to play a game. Masters of Magic, the D & D gold box series, and newer games bring that game style back like Harebrained's Shadowrun and Battletech. My kids have gotten me into Roblox games like Frontlines and Riotfall that scratch that old Counterstrike vibe I used to play.
Oh my god, Crystal Caves. I was thinking about some early gaming memories just the other day and there were a couple of games I remembered but couldn't put a name to any more, and this was one of them. Thank you, Rowan.
Holy memory flashback, sitting next to my cousin in the cold basement / game room where the computer was, with the original scorched earth taking turns trying to figure out angles to shoot our weird tank ammo. That same garage where we would play mega man two over and over and over again. :)
Good stuff, lads
I'd be interested in hearing more podcasts of gaming nostalgia, opinions, and good memories you all have from games you've all played.
Hands down favorite is Okami. Taught me to read +infinite life lesson content+ the pure beauty of the art style never going to be beat.
12:00 - I'm almost 40 and in Canada. Never in my entire life have I encountered anyone else showing love for Scorched Earth until now. I'm going to go have a manly cry now, while looking at a sunset, while contemplating the futility of existence, and dreaming of all the crazy situations that could come up in that game.
I'm 48 this year and honestly, the "Favorite game" is better asked in what year/platform, because so many qualify over time. Warcraft 2, Starcraft, Golden Eye, World of Warcraft, Mass Effect series, Dragon Age series, Warframe, Leauge of Legends, Ark/Palworld, Genshin Impact, Baldur's Gate 3, etc.
As a 60yr old gamer, Beneath Apple Manor (1980) was the definitive "digital role playing game". I've been through most "ages" of digital gaming. the Jurrasic Era, Pong to early consoles (Coleco, Atari, Vector et. el), to VR. So after watching 43 years of electronic gaming, there are many "favorites" but only one Beneath Apple Manor.
10:14 Oh god yeh i think it was called a link cable for the gameboy. Needed that to trade and have battles with friends.
All the nostalgia just coming to the surface during the episode. Man this made me remember a young me renting timesplitters 1 and 2 and playing all the time after homework or getting batallion wars on the gamecube.
I'm 25 and ps2 was my gaming period that I remember the most with nostalgia. I'm now more of a pc gamer than console, but ps2 was my life as a kid. Jak and Daxter, Prince of Persia and Rachet and Clank series were my favorite of all time.
My fondest memory was copying pages of code in old PC magazines. Never knew what game I was going to get but it always felt satisfying playing the fruits of my hours of labor.
Coolest game …. Buzz Aldrin’s Race for Space at the time. My cousin worked on it. It bizarrely synced well with Yanni’s Dare ti Dream album or Bowies Sound and Vision
I love what the developers can come up with and gives us all a experience of a different stuff
Blockbuster, Hollywood video store, 3 day rentals I remember those days and playing a ton of nostalgic games that even today gives me the feel of wanting to go back to those memories of being a kid again. Great time for video games.. no saves just codes to input if you got lucky enough to write it down lol
I'm a videogame developer and the saddest thing is it's hard to eat and be a game developer.
The only accurate statement statement in the comments
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Enjoy eating in front of your Alan shrine.
The thing about entiteld gamers that Adam said is definitely what happened with Starfield. Bethesda advertised and released one game while everybody complained that it wasn't another.
the Intellivision was my favorite gaming console before I had an Atari, you guys make me feel like really old
Hell yeah mates! Been listening to the podcast and we asked to watch you guys talking and you fucking did it. Idk why but it's just a better experience to watch, it's almost like hanging out with you guys
Minor correction on League of Legends: 100% of the characters, and most if not all content actually, can be bought with in game currency or earned through in game boxes, deals, or drops. Buying something only gives it to you immediately, by deliberation, instead of leaving it up to chance or having to be earned.
I do love how Rowan's hoodie is kinda similar in coloring to the poster behind him. 😊
That transition sound effect is awwfuuullll lol. Like electronic nails on a chalkboard.
Not gonna lie, I'd like the full, uncut episodes.
No one ever mentions Alundra and Kula World but these two hold something truly special.
Your first kiss is more magical than your 100th. You're simply getting older and outgrowing video games. Your priorities and joys have evolved.
I’ve been playing for decades starting on a Sega Megadrive and through the years loved Mortal Combat, FF7, CoD, Skyrim etc - all were epic but I have to say that Death Stranding was a game changer for me in how I view gaming
Love the pod cast guys, just started listening to them.
I have been gaming since I was about 4, so started on the Atari home entertainment system, then the star 64 built in game system, followed by the Sega Master System 2.
The master system really got me in to gaming, we had the light gun accessory and the game Rescue Mission, which was crazy to me how pointing the gun at the screen made it work, also had Chuck Rock, and a few others over the years, including the built-in game Alex Kidd in Miracle World.
This was a massive pet peeve of mine as a child, even adults couldn't read the title correctly, the characters name is Alex Kidd, not Alex the kid, he's not a western gun slinger 😂
After the Master system (which I still have), my parents got me a Sega Mega Drive 2 (Genesis for the Americans) and wow, that opened up a whole new world with the likes of Road Rash, Mortal Kombat, TMNT, Toejam and Earl and one of my all time favorites the Shining Force rpg series.
Then Sega released the 32x upgrade for the Mega Drive and my best mate got one we were able to play Doom on our TVs rather than the small pc monitors we had at the time and it.. was... amazing.
So many more memories coming back from this podcast, thank you so much.
I love these!
it's interesting and nice to see you all not in character (or at least not at much, feels way more natural and real :D )
Relatable stuff :)
I can confirm my group left The Cycle because of the hackers. It was a good game but playing with hackers was impossible. Even Tarkov is starting to go through it now. We'll see how long it lasts if they dont deal with the huge hacker problem.
Most multiplayer games have this issue.
Even most of those pro esport types make insane shots still.
Tarkov has always had that problem, but the lack of taking action will be that game's downfall.
And don't forget Hercules on PS1. Absolutely legendary.
Pokemon, Spyro, Fifa, Cod 4-6, Halo , Runescape, Fable 2, Destiny and Smite have been those games that kept me over the years. Now i struggle to enjoy games aswell and find myself playing old games.
6:34 Alex Kidd in Miracle World, who could ever forget that absolute classic?
* Rowan imitating that video game song *
* me in the first 0.836 seconds * ALEX KIDD!
7:22 "You are actually part of the traffic. It's not you against the traffic." I'm going to remember that whenever I get frustrated sitting in traffic. Also slight correction-- League of Legends never had any champions you cannot buy without earnable in-game currency. The newer ones are just more expensive.
having a lot of games is annoyingly overwhelming though I agree
This "radio voice" effect really opens my eyes :)
I think that like a commentes here. We are in our 40s.
When I was an early teen, I remember walking door to door to wash cars for a few dollars a go.
Then, when I had the money. Going to K-Mart to buy 'TSRs Pools of Radiance' and later 'Curse of the Azure Bonds'.
Loving the intro theme. So catchy!
I wonder if Rowan uses his mustache to hide the food he steals from the office.
At 53, I’d say my best video game experience was Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within. I was just enthralled by that game and was in a period of my life when I had the time to really immerse myself in the game for hours at a time.
As a kid my first 'awe' of a video game was with super mario world on Super Nintendo. I simply couldn't put down the controller.
The second 'awe' was Half-Life and further down the line Counter-Strike 1.5 and 1.6. I was losing grades because of these games!
The third time I felt 'awe' was my experience of going to Dream Hack with my own PC in the trunk with a bunch of mates in 2012 - not really a game itself, but rather the whole ordeal.
And after that, It's a blank. I'm still chasing that ethereal 'awe' of something amazing. I expected it with VR, but it didn't meet my expectations.
I have a hunch though, once full sensory VR becomes a thing - something like Sword Art - I would most likely feel 'awe' again for a video game.
When he said Ocarina of Time I literally jumped out of my seat and yelled “YES!!!!”
Jedi Academy was kind of ahead of its time. Playing those RPG multiplayer servers was extremely fun. Although I think my favorite 'experience' was Titanfall 2.
FINALLY I CAN WATCH THE VIDEO VERSION TOO ‼️‼️
I would love to see some GTA skits using your car park and the Board Set - I feel like Techtown and the car park could be a perfect location for that. Not to mention that fact that you could probably do a lot with the green screen.
Rowan are you going to buy a Trans Am to match that mustache ? 😁
Scorched Earth 😂😂😂 played it so much with friends...Whacky Wheels too...gave me mad anxiety...Aladdin 2D...But the Top3 from the 90s, 00s: Red Alert 2, AoE 2, Medal of Honor: AA....Imperium Galactica 2 etc-etc-etc...
Nice mustache rowan ❤💪🏻
How come I cannot find these episodes on your CZcams channel?
53 here. Started with Pong. HalfLife was eye opening. The continual dissapointment is the industry shift to pay to play, micro transactions, pay to win. Those days of getting a fully finished game at launch has been gone for many years. A new title came out when the dev could use new engines to create a new experiences. Meh.....to many memories to talk of. Have a great week
Just wanted to clarify a thing said in the podcast, League of legends does not require premium currency to purchase any character, you can get them via blue essence (the free currency) but it can get a bit grindy at times and the game itself is highly addictive. The only thing you would need premium currency is for like skins and stuff which does not affect gameplay that much (except for those ptw skins) but even those can be acquired via loot boxes. I myself was a support or top main and I used pyke/yuumi or yone/sett and I had skins for each one of them, I played for about 2 to 3 years before I quit mainly due to ping issues, it was the time when Riot bought the sea servers from garena and I had switched my main account to where I was closer hoping to get a lower ping but in turn I got even worse ping and couldn't switch back without forking over money and it just ruined the experience for me because now I was playing against like sweats who doesn't touch grass with like a 200 ping
I'm 30 now, my favorite games are Pokemon Gold, Battle for Middle-Earth, Runescape, FLYFF, Skyrim. I just can't pick 1.
I always thought I'd never have that childhood gaming feeling again, until 2021 when I finally played Assassin's Creed. I'd never played any of them before, but even 12 years after its release, ACII - and Brotherhood - absolutely gripped me and filled me with joy, wonder and awe. For a brief period in my adult gaming life, I found a few games that completely captured my imagination. So it still can be done as an adult, it just really has to be the right game.
Unfortunately that series (or rather, Ubisoft as a whole) has become one of those obsessed with microtransactions and you really feel that in the more recent titles.
Nice Harry Mack shout out at the end!
Being 34 now, World of warcraft shaped my entire adult life in one way or another, be it friends or career choices. Its weird how a game can do that.
Doom, Command & conquer's Red Alert, Rainbow Six, Call of Duty and Total Annihilation ......sticks in my head
Total Annihilation...they don't make em like that any more
@@jimh472 have you tried planetary annihilation (kind of a revamp)? I like it but it's pretty hard to know what units are what.
@@simonisabelle5058 Have not heard of it. IMHO aside from Halo Wars the RTS genre has been all but dead. I'll be sure to check Planetary Annihilation out.
15:55 ... for those in the US, "hire out a video game" means "rent a video game".
Rowan's Tash is well worth the price of admission already 0.25 seconds in :)
I LOVE you guys!
For me there's a few games that stand out in memory.
Baldurs gate. The first one, back in 98
Thief
The witcher 3
Been a fan for a long while, this podcast is great! My brother and I also had Pokemon red and blue. Also would choose WOW as my nostalgic game, although that's a hard choice and Ultima Online is a close close close second.