Podcasts about ds2

SUBSCRIBE NOW!!!! on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Audible. This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about the rumored Sony State of Play; ARC Raider's alleged release date; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 & much more! Gaming News - Time code: 3:23 A State Of Play may be coming in June and it could be massive; Discounts may be in the way for the base PS5 & PS5 Pro; Internet sleuths might've discovered the release date for ARC Raiders; Former PS boss thinks that the industry got crippled by "stupid money"; PlayStation Stars to be sunseted as SIE looks to the future of their Loyalty Program; Former Black Ops dev's new studio looking for an artist "proficient in Generative AI"; Kojima speculates that his next game post DS2 is 5-6 years away; Shift Up quietly reveals the sequel to Stellar Blade; Hellblade 2 to finally make its' way to PS5 this summer. What Have We Been Playing - Time code: 41:50 Sean & DJ continue to parry & dodge their way through Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 DJ bonds with his wife in Split Fiction If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you're using. Every little bit helps!  Want to ask a question, ask us at PressX2start.com/Questions Join/Follow Us: Youtube: Press X To Start TV Twitch: pressxtostarttv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pressx2start Twitter: @PressX2S  Instagram: @PressX2Start TikTok: @pressx2start You can find more info about the Press X and who we are at www.PressX2start.com. If you have any questions or just want to tell us how great (or just slightly okay) we're doing or how we can be better, be a friend and reach out and email us at pressxtostartpodcast@gmail.com End music by @maztrshots on SoundCloud Be good to each other, Peace!

SUBSCRIBE NOW!!!! on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Audible. This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about Crimson Desert's beautiful blend of RPG & fighting game, Bungie's Marathon dumpster fire, Naughty Dog's secret game, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and much more! Gaming News - Time code: 2:35 Crimson Desert is shaping up to be the perfect RPG for fighting game aficionados; We take an in-depth look at Marathon's spectacular (and sudden) fall from grace; Naughty Dog confirms the existence of another unnamed game in active development; New details about the new PlayStation handheld surface; Kojima gives a 5-6 year timeline on his next game after DS2; Jade Raymond has already left the new studio that she founded; Square Enix finally gives an update on the much anticipated 4th Kingdom Hearts game; Nintendo attempts to reassure the masses that they aren't doing away with physical games. What Have We Been Playing - Time code: 53:11 DJ & Sean embark on their mission to stop The Paintress in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and make it past Act 1. If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you're using. Every little bit helps!  Want to ask a question, ask us at PressX2start.com/Questions Join/Follow Us: Youtube: Press X To Start TV Twitch: pressxtostarttv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pressx2start Twitter: @PressX2S  Instagram: @PressX2Start TikTok: @pressx2start You can find more info about the Press X and who we are at www.PressX2start.com. If you have any questions or just want to tell us how great (or just slightly okay) we're doing or how we can be better, be a friend and reach out and email us at pressxtostartpodcast@gmail.com End music by @MarcoMavy on IG & Twitter Be good to each other, Peace!

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2015, c'était il y a 10 ans maintenant. Cette année demeure l'une des plus marquantes du 21ème siècle en terme de musique enregistrée. Si les incontournables To Pimp A Butterfly de Kendrick Lamar, Currents de Tame Impala, DS2 de Future ou encore Black Messiah de D'Angelo font partie de la crème de la crème des sorties de cette année là, on a plutôt décidé de parler de deux albums plus nichés mais pas moins excellents.Latza revient sur Dark Red, le deuxième album du producteur californien Shlohmo; et Breez nous parle de I Don't Go Outside, I Don't Like Shit d'un Earl Sweatshirt à peine majeur.Tout sur la Playlist Infinie ici : https://linktr.ee/laplaylistinfinie Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

SUBSCRIBE NOW!!!! on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Audible. This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about Xbox's future handheld plans, Kojima's ballsy new DS2 trailer, Sony testing out AI powered characters, Neil Druckmann casting doubt on TLOU3, Monster Hunter Wilds, Split Fiction and much more! Gaming News - Time code: 1:49 Xbox is looking to finally jump into the handheld game with 2027; Kojima drops an epic new look DS2 featuring a shocking reference from his past; Sony tests out AI powered characters using Aloy as the model; PS5 Pro will have more crisp graphics thanks to the FSR upscaler; Respawn cancelled its unnanounced multiplayer game; Marvel 1943 finally gets a release window; Neil Druckmann throws a wet blanket on the hopes of there being a third TLOU game; The release date for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's PS5 port has been revealed; Exciting things are coming to Starfield later this year according to Bethesda. What Have We Been Playing - Time code: 46:51 Sean gets closer and closer to beating Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. DJ rolls credits on the Monster Hunter Wilds story and starts Split Fiction. If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you're using. Every little bit helps!  Want to ask a question, ask us at PressX2start.com/Questions Join/Follow Us: Youtube: Press X To Start TV Twitch: pressxtostarttv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pressx2start Twitter: @PressX2S  Instagram: @PressX2Start TikTok: @pressx2start You can find more info about the Press X and who we are at www.PressX2start.com. If you have any questions or just want to tell us how great (or just slightly okay) we're doing or how we can be better, be a friend and reach out and email us at pressxtostartpodcast@gmail.com End music by @MarcoMavy on IG & Twitter Be good to each other, Peace!

Vi rangerer de beste spillene med 4 i tittelen og Ida joiner oss for å snakke Death Stranding mens vi venter på DS2! Pluss: Gamer.nos nye redaktør Fredrik Olimb joiner oss for å snakke litt om fre… Les mer

Vi rangerer de beste spillene med 4 i tittelen og Ida joiner oss for å snakke Death Stranding mens vi venter på DS2! Pluss: Gamer.nos nye redaktør Fredrik Olimb joiner oss for å snakke litt om fremtiden til nettstedet og hva han har spilt i det siste. Og ikke minst: Har folk snudd på Final Fantasy XIII? Sjekk ut mer Rad Crew og støtt oss gjerne! jostein.party linktr.ee/radcrew TAKK TIL EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Kjetil Langdalen, Magnus Sønnesyn, epixHaven, Hattemakeren, Rune Gjerde, […]

SUBSCRIBE NOW!!!! on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Audible. This week on the Press X to Start Gamer's Digest: DJ & Sean talk about the industry moving out of GTA6's way in 2025, new Borderlands & Mafia showings at The Game Awards, Kojima's hilarious DS2 testing woes, Marvel Rivals and much more! Gaming News - Time code: 2:06 The whole industry is making sure to release their 2025 games as far away from GTA6 as possible; Gaming has a big weekend as Marvel Rivals, Indiana Jones & Infinity Nikki all arrive to big acclaim; Borderlands 4 & Mafia: The Old Country among the big showings expected at The Game Awards; Hideo Kojima's sleep deprivation effecting the testing for Death Stranding 2; FromSoftware not considering an Elden Ring sequel currently; EA announces 23 royalty free tech patents that will be available to devs soon; Former God of War art director joins Naughty Dog; BO6 facing major backlash from AI concerns. What Have We Been Playing - Time code: 40:37 DJ returns to the hero shooter realm and gives his early impressions of Marvel Rivals. If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you're using. Every little bit helps!  Want to ask a question, ask us at PressX2start.com/Questions Join/Follow Us: Youtube: Press X To Start TV Twitch: pressxtostarttv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pressx2start Twitter: @PressX2S  Instagram: @PressX2Start TikTok: @pressx2start You can find more info about the Press X and who we are at www.PressX2start.com. If you have any questions or just want to tell us how great (or just slightly okay) we're doing or how we can be better, be a friend and reach out and email us at pressxtostartpodcast@gmail.com End music by @maztrshots on Soundcloud Be good to each other, Peace!

On Project XTalk: An Xbox Podcast 207 - Kevin and JamPackSam discuss Death Stranding's surprise jump to Xbox, is DS2 a timed exclusive? In other news - Perfect Dark adds talent from Insomniac, Call of Duty boosts Game Pass and Xbox, and a lacklustre Game Pass drop? Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro & Whatcha Playing 18:00 Death Stranding on Xbox 28:00 Perfect Dark New Creative Director 32:00 CoD Impact 38:00 Game Pass 43:00 SEGA Success 50:00 Listener Questions Support Us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SaveTheGameMedia Follow Us: https://twitter.com/SaveGameMedia https://twitter.com/TheMuff1nMon https://twitter.com/JampackSam Audio: https://anchor.fm/project-xtalk Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/89rMmfzmqw Support our Extra Life: https://www.extra-life.org/participant/STGM All music created by the amazing Purple Monkey: https://linktr.ee/pme.jib #Xbox #DeathStranding #PlayStation #XboxGamePass #XboxPodcast

October is here, so naturally we decided to play...an action game? This spooky season, we take a look at the sequel to a contemporary survival horror hit. Does it live up to its predecessor? Join us as we discuss bland villains, speculative re-releases, and how much we'd clearly rather be playing Uncharted 2 again.Note: The music track at the start of the episode is “It Had To Be Unitology”, composed by Jason Graves for the Dead Space 2 Original Videogame Score. We in no way have or claim ownership of this music.MandaloreGaming's video on Dead Space 2 (Mark mentioned the wrong YouTuber when talking about this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ8zyhw-On4Support the showEmail us at: dcellmedia@gmail.com

今年的XXL年度说唱新人质量虽好，但丢人玩意也不少。 顺便爆喷一下说唱和乙游。 ｜时间轴｜ 0:43 先骂两句中文说唱 10:36 Rich Amiri - One Call 12:00 Future - I serve the base (专辑《DS2》) 15:45 Scarlip - Blick 17:42 Scarlip - No Statements 22:42 Hunxho - Your Friends 24:18 4batz - act ii date @ 8 (另一个版本有Drake) 26:51 Cash Cobain & J.Cole - Grippy 28:30 Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us 28:47 大壮 - 我们不一样 31:03 Skilla Baby - Bae 32:59 Noname 34:05 Maiya the Don - Telfy 36:23 Sisqó - Thong Song (著名One-hit Wonder) 39:01 Wes Montgomery - Eleanor Rigby 39:55 The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby ｜制作｜ 策划/主播：肯尼 策划/剪辑/文案/宣发：肯尼、布基 感谢收听，欢迎在节目评论区畅所欲言。 【肯定好听】一档由“Stand Up 起立”出品，专注简评最新/最热/最经典的音乐表演，每期末尾将以肯尼独特视角给出“好听指数”，满分5颗星，供各位参考。

Kaladin goes to jail, Dalinar deals with everyone around him and Shallan looks for answers. We talk about: DS2, The Watchers, Zenless Zone Zero, Hunter X Hunter, KALADIN IS SO DUMB, Wit's Choose Your Own Adventure, Buy Our System Brandon, Adolin Goes To Jail , Shallan Goes Sneaking, A Bad Party, Cavern Trek, Mr Glass Cult, Why Dishonor, There's Only One Cubby, A Cool Tyrant, Shallan's Life Is ROUGH, Pai The Communist, Smart Test,

One of us is gravely ill, so in today's episode, we pull out an in hand: Dark Souls 2 bosses tier list. We go through each boss in DS2 and its DLCs and rank them based on our own criteria or ranking bosses, which we explain in the episode! Don't worry, we still have our hypotheticals at hand! Intro/Outro music: https://commons.nicovideo.jp/material/nc163920

Mohamed reflects on DS2 year as he approaches the end of it (thank God). He talks about his classes and his experiences in clinic as well as treating patients. Also he throws in a couple of recommendations for students to follow! Some links from the show: IgniteDDS The Protrusive Dental Podcast Very Dental Facebook group Very Clinical Facebook group Join the Very Dental Facebook group using the password "Timmerman," Hornbrook" or "McWethy," "Papa Randy" or "Lipscomb!" The Very Dental Podcast network is and will remain free to download. If you'd like to support the shows you love at Very Dental then show a little love to the people that support us! -- Crazy Dental has everything you need from cotton rolls to equipment and everything in between and the best prices you'll find anywhere! If you head over to verydentalpodcast.com/crazy and use coupon code “VERYDENTAL10” you'll get another 10% off your order! Go save yourself some money and support the show all at the same time! -- The Wonderist Agency is basically a one stop shop for marketing your practice and your brand. From logo redesign to a full service marketing plan, the folks at Wonderist have you covered! Go check them out at verydentalpodcast.com/wonderist! -- Enova Illumination makes the very best in loupes and headlights, including their new ergonomic angled prism loupes! They also distribute loupe mounted cameras and even the amazing line of Zumax microscopes! If you want to help out the podcast while upping your magnification and headlight game, you need to head over to verydentalpodcast.com/enova to see their whole line of products! -- CAD-Ray offers the best service on a wide variety of digital scanners, printers, mills and even  their very own browser based design software, Clinux! CAD-Ray has been a huge supporter of the Very Dental Podcast Network and I can tell you that you'll get no better service on everything digital dentistry than the folks from CAD-Ray. Go check them out at verydentalpodcast.com/CADRay!  

This week we talk Vultures 1, Beyeehawonce, SZA, new Pharrell/Miley, BLUE LIPS, Twenty One Pilots, and Future. Episode 64 Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6iqtQ22sH9SGaL2PKsuZQZ?si=oXEO0KxjQt2pWkfdWAacsw (00:00:00) Welcome back to Car Party (00:05:22) CARPARTYPOD.com (00:08:45) Vultures 1 & Listening Party Review (00:21:20) TEXAS HOLD ‘EM - Beyoncé (00:23:41) Saturn - SZA (00:25:00) Doctor - Pharrell Williams ft. Miley Cyrus (00:25:34) BLUE LIPS - ScHoolboy Q (00:35:36) Overcompensate - Twenty One Pilots (00:43:39) DS2 and the influence of Future (00:51:53) Thanks for listening!

Estas son las noticias de la semana: -XBOX está planeando SACAR sus EXCLUSIVOS en otras CONSOLAS -DISNEY tendrá su propio MUNDO gracias a EPIC GAMES -HIDEO KOJIMA habla sobre PHYSINT, OD, DS2 y su OPERACIÓN en el 2020 No olvides visitar el canal de YouTube para enterarte de todas estas noticias al día https://youtube.com/@KidVG

I denne episoden av Reboot podcast tar vi for oss de siste hendelsene i spillverdenen, med fokus på State of Play februar 2024, Kinas nye spillreguleringer, og fremtiden til Xbox. Vi diskuterer våre favoritter fra State of Play, blant annet DS2 og Until Dawn Remastered, ser på Kinas forsøk på å rydde opp i spillindustrien, […] The post Full sirkel med State of Play, On the Beach og Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown – RBT•LXII first appeared on Reboot.

Pol, Kirsten, & Bud chat deepfakes, Death Stranding, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and the Grammy Awards. We definitely didn't discuss password sharing. Definitely not. Bud's Weekly Geek-out 05:08 – deepfake executives Coming Soon 09:08 – Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (PS5, 2025, Norman Reedus, Léa Seydoux, Elle Fanning, Troy Baker) related: Kojima Productions announces a new action/espionage game (beginning after DS2 releases, working with Sony, working title Physint, no further details) 12:31 – Road House (Prime Video film, Doug Liman, March 21) 14:17 – Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Switch game, February 16, demo available now) (Zoner Ewan) 14:56 – Cobra Kai (Netflix series, S6 production trailer) 15:58 – Mainstream (in theatres and VOD May 7, Andrew Garfield, Maya Hawke, Nat Wolff, Johnny Knoxville, Jason Schwartzman) 19:19 – Cat Person (Hulu movie, February 9) (stars Geraldine Viswanathan, who takes over from Ayo Edebiri in Thunderbolts, and Emilia Jones, who auditioned to be Rhaenyra Targaryen in HotD) 22:50 – Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (December, dropped Groundhog Day) 24:18 – IF (in theatres, May 17) related: Stopping Bad Actors with Tommy Wiseau (1Password, Maximum Effort) 28:26 – True Detective: Night Country episode 5 to debut early this week due to the Super Bowl (February 9, 6:00 pm PT) 30:49 – Universal Epic Universe at Universal Orlando Resort (Florida, 2025, Celestial Park, HTTYDragon: Isle of Berk, Dark Universe, The Wizarding World of HP: Ministry of Magic, Super Nintendo World) 32:55 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (September 6) 35:00 – Quentin Tarantino will reunite with Brad Pitt for The Movie Critic 36:18 – Donald Glover confirms the Community movie script is ”done” 37:58 – Catherine O'Hara joins The Last of Us S2 in secret role 39:23 – Jack Black joins Jason Momoa in Minecraft movie (Zoner Spenny) Geek News Proper 40:35 – Carl Weathers dies at 76 46:09 – The 66th annual Grammy Awards related: Boygenius hiatus: ”We're going away for the foreseeable future” 58:02 – Hulu/Disney+ password crackdown kills account sharing on March 14 Reviews and Recommendayshes 59:20 – Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Bud) 1:04:27 – Curb Your Enthusiasm (the final season) Join The Geek-out Podcast's Facebook page (where we'll release new episodes, and where you can talk with us) and Facebook group (where fans of the podcast can gather and talk geeky stuff)! Questions? Comments? Corrections? Suggestions? e-mail geekout@TheZone.fm Subscribe to The Zone's Geek-out Podcast on Apple Podcasts. Or, copypasta this link to subscribe using your podcatcher of choice: https://omny.fm/shows/the-geek-out-podcast/playlists/podcast.rss And, get more Zone podcasty goodness at TheZone.fm/podcast

Dylan and Travis discuss the latest and greatest Playstation and Xbox news, along with the games they've been playing.0:00:00 intro0:02:30 - Celeste 640:05:00 - Metal Gear Solid 20:15:50 - State of Play1:36:45 - Xbox's new rumoured business strategyLinksDylan on Twitter @DylanMuss Dylan on Backloggd backloggd.com/u/Rapatika/Taylor on Twitter @TaylorTheFieldKirklin on Twitter @kirklinpatzerTravis on Twitter @TravisBSnellhttps://www.patreon.com/GeekVersehttps://www.youtube.com/c/GeekVersePodcast https://discord.gg/mFSSAJJThttps://geekverse.ca/geek-ultimate-alliance/Twitter @GeekVerseCastDante on Twitter @denacolyte

Un recap dello State of Play, uno show ben ritmato in cui Sony ha mostrato all'utenza tanti titoli interessanti come Stellar Blade, Dragon's Dogma 2, Judas, Silent Hill: The Short Message e, soprattutto, Death Stranding 2. La parte finale dell'evento ha visto poi la comparsa di Hideo Kojima, che assieme ad Hermen Hulst ha annunciato il suo prossimo progetto in esclusiva per PlayStation che lo vedrà tornare alla direzione di un videogioco "espionage action"dopo la pubblicazione di DS2. Puoi ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Abbonarti Qui⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ per supportare il progetto; i contenuti resteranno comunque accessibili a chiunque.

We're back with the New Republic for Star Wars: Squadrons! Lindon Javes knows the Empire is looking for Project Starhawk, but he's got plans for them ... which you don't get to know just yet, but in the meantime, you get a DS1 and a DS2 style flying experience. Punch it! ~*~*~*~*~*~ Be sure to subscribe/follow the show on your favorite podcast app! If you have an extra minute, a rating or review on Apple or Spotify would be super helpful, too. :-) Like YouTube? Subscribe here: https://youtube.com/sw7x7?sub_confirmation=1 Wanna leave me a tip? Thank you in advance! https://venmo.com/sw7x7 Join the SW7x7 community: https://Patreon.com/sw7x7  ~*~*~*~*~*~ Follow the Show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/sw7x7podcast TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@sw7x7 Instagram: https://instagram.com/sw7x7 Facebook: https://facebook.com/sw7x7 Star Wars 7x7. It's destiny unleashed! #sw7x7

We Byke. We get right to it and start off with Diddy and all his issues he got going on. We go into a little funny conversation of would you rather have dinner with Sexy Redd or 73 dollars in foodstamps. We get into a good debate. You can only keep one mixtape Monster, DS2 or 56 Nights. All this and more on The Leo Report. Follow us on IG: Theleoreportpodcast

We are back this week to recap the DS2 wknd at the Farm. Cory and I cover everything that we can talk about "on air". We also cover Cory's two customized J. Hamilton Edition rifles that he presented at the cocktail social. He gave one to Joe Hamilton, founder of NDA, and the other will be auctioned off. Stay tuned for details. Thanks for listening.

Al and Dalan talk about By The Pier Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:04:02: What Have We Been Up To 00:25:01: By The Pier 00:43:11: Other Playdate Games Discussion 00:46:15: Outro Links By The Pier Contact Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript [00:00.000 –> 00:04.800] COUNTRY MUSIC [00:30.400 –> 00:36.000] Hello farmers and welcome to another episode of the harvest season. I can’t remember whether [00:36.000 –> 00:40.240] Dalen has remembers how to intro this so we’ll just see how it goes. My name is Al. [00:40.800 –> 00:49.520] My name is Dalen. Sorry Dalen not Dalen and we are here today to talk about fishing games. [00:49.840 –> 00:53.520] Fishing… Question mark? [00:55.920 –> 01:02.080] Well so the interesting thing about this is so this is I’ve got Dalen sorry I’ve it’s one of [01:02.080 –> 01:05.920] these things where you always pronounce someone’s name when you never hear them say it and out loud [01:05.920 –> 01:10.240] and then suddenly you’re actually having to say it. Everybody says it the first time so I don’t [01:10.240 –> 01:17.840] worry about it. So I’ve got Dalen on this episode to talk about a game called by the pier which is a [01:17.840 –> 01:24.320] playdate game and it’s totally not just because Dalen is the only person that has a playdate that [01:24.320 –> 01:31.760] wants to actually talk on the podcast. I’m here for my very special set of skills which are owning [01:31.760 –> 01:43.760] this device. This is episode three in our mini series of fishing month so just a couple of bits [01:43.760 –> 01:48.640] of housekeeping at the beginning so first of all obviously if you need transcripts they are [01:48.640 –> 01:56.400] available in the show notes and on the website go get them. This is obviously as this is fishing [01:56.400 –> 02:00.480] month those who have listened to previous fishing month episodes will know that there will be no [02:00.480 –> 02:05.760] news in this episode because this is an out of time episode. Fishing month is the month where I [02:05.760 –> 02:12.720] am away on holiday and so we’ve got all these recorded up and early except one the last episode [02:12.720 –> 02:18.880] might have had some news the the last episode was about dredge that might have had some news [02:18.880 –> 02:24.960] but I’m recording this before that part I’m I’m recording this before that’s recorded so we’ll [02:24.960 –> 02:33.040] find out soon. Podcast time is weird. Yeah the listeners will have already have found out whether [02:33.040 –> 02:38.880] there was news in the last episode or not. It’s so weird to be talking to you all from the past the [02:38.880 –> 02:45.360] future I’m not sure which it would be in this context. We are talking from the past. Yeah well [02:45.360 –> 02:55.600] yeah but well I yes anyway. And this episode comes out in a month and a half so excellent. [02:57.280 –> 03:03.680] So yeah so that’s why we’re talking about by the pier because I wanted to do a special month of [03:03.680 –> 03:11.200] just stuff about fishing games and we’ll see how that goes or we will have seen how that has gone. [03:11.760 –> 03:21.600] This is this is terrible. Look look it is late at night and I am very sorry for making [03:24.160 –> 03:29.280] because we’ve been going through like two weeks of heatwave which of course heatwave in Scotland [03:29.280 –> 03:35.520] is like 23 degrees right so get your mocking out there early but I don’t cope well with the heat. [03:36.400 –> 03:44.320] I am not a big heat fan either so. Good good well anyway welcome welcome Dalin how are you doing? [03:44.320 –> 03:50.240] I’m doing all right. Excellent. It is now I’m just I had to calculate the degrees from [03:50.240 –> 03:54.880] Celsius to know how much I should laugh at you. I will I will withhold my giggles but. [03:55.040 –> 04:02.240] Okay cool so yeah we’re going to talk about by the pier we’ve got no news so we’re just going to go [04:02.240 –> 04:08.000] into Dalin what have you been up to? What have I been up to? So it is summer and I’ve been playing [04:08.000 –> 04:14.800] entirely too many games. I guess I can talk about them. I wrote them on the dark I don’t know if any [04:14.800 –> 04:20.480] of these you’ve heard of any of these I kind of abbreviated them. I think I’ve heard of at least [04:20.480 –> 04:28.320] two of them. Yes at least two yeah perhaps well let’s just I’ll just go in order so I’ve been [04:28.320 –> 04:34.960] playing Honkai Star Rail which I have not heard of this it’s the only gacha game I’ve ever enjoyed [04:34.960 –> 04:42.320] in any capacity. Interesting. So you know Genshin Impact? I know of it I have never actually. So [04:42.320 –> 04:46.720] this is made by the same company Hoyaverse I think they used to be called MiHoYo but they kind of [04:46.720 –> 04:54.560] rebranded because they’re like we want to be cool and what I like about this game is just like [04:54.560 –> 05:02.240] it’s got surprisingly good writing. Genshin was like not a Breath of the Wild clone but [05:02.240 –> 05:08.000] the inspiration was definitely there with gacha elements and the story I just could not care less [05:08.000 –> 05:14.720] about. This one is sort of a sci-fi thing and I feel like it’s a lot more compelling in like how [05:14.720 –> 05:20.560] it brings you into it and like there are so many small interactable things the thing that everybody [05:20.560 –> 05:25.440] likes to talk about and which I will as well is in the second like location you get to in the game [05:26.160 –> 05:31.440] you can interact with every trash can in the city and it will give you a unique piece of dialogue [05:31.440 –> 05:38.480] like a different you like wow the first time your character is like you have an urge to like shuffle [05:38.480 –> 05:43.200] through this garbage can and like loot it but you resist it and your friends are looking at you funny [05:45.040 –> 05:51.760] and it just kind of goes in plays straight the general player’s urge to just look [05:51.760 –> 05:57.520] through and loot every container so I think my favorite one was probably oh gosh what was the [05:57.520 –> 06:04.480] best trash can there was one where you get a note from the garbage king about to stop like rummaging [06:04.480 –> 06:09.920] through the trash cans because these are his streets. Can I just point out how ridiculous [06:10.000 –> 06:12.640] a phrase what was my favorite trash can [06:14.880 –> 06:19.680] there’s a lot of good trash cans in that game I don’t know I have to say it would make the [06:19.680 –> 06:25.280] older pokemon games much more exciting if it didn’t just say you find nothing yeah you you [06:25.280 –> 06:31.520] found nothing you found a rare candy it’s like you sense that this trash can is ancient it is the [06:31.520 –> 06:38.560] elder trash can of the city what do you do I don’t I’m obviously not going to play this game but what [06:38.560 –> 06:43.840] I find really interesting is so if you go into their like their list of games on google play [06:43.840 –> 06:50.640] it just has like the icons of the different games if you saw the the honkai star ray star rail icon [06:50.640 –> 06:55.120] next to the genshin impact icon like on your phone would you know which one to press [06:56.000 –> 07:01.760] no I mean it’s a pretty unified art style it’s not just a unified art style it’s basically the [07:01.760 –> 07:07.760] same icon it’s just it’s just that the one character has one eye left eye open the other [07:07.760 –> 07:14.080] one has the right eye open and their hair is a different color that’s it well okay oh I see what [07:14.080 –> 07:20.800] you’re yeah it’s basically identical very different okay well I don’t know I don’t know [07:20.800 –> 07:24.960] they are different character they may well be slightly different but do you know which is which [07:25.680 –> 07:31.280] no you wouldn’t know without context yeah okay so what you’re saying is they should have a big trash [07:31.280 –> 07:38.320] can on the real one like a train or something yeah I didn’t even like talk about like what the [07:38.320 –> 07:41.760] game’s actually about I just wanted to let everybody know about the trash can it’s just like [07:41.760 –> 07:50.400] it’s an rpg which is fun uh you you pull characters and like the story’s okay uh I love that the text [07:50.400 –> 07:56.080] it it just kind of owns that it’s interesting to read something that was like written from a [07:56.560 –> 08:00.880] Chinese company because I feel like there’s a very distinct writing style that the whole [08:00.880 –> 08:05.120] team has and like I can’t tell if it’s like cultural or if it’s like just their specific [08:05.120 –> 08:09.520] team has a way of writing but it’s it’s very interesting I like a lot it’s interesting I [08:09.520 –> 08:14.880] wonder if I had 10 million downloads on gameplay how have I not heard of this before I don’t it [08:14.880 –> 08:19.840] only came out like a few months ago I think it was in the recent like sony direct or something [08:19.840 –> 08:24.400] they’re like yeah this is coming to ps5 oh I watched that I must have just ignored it [08:25.280 –> 08:31.840] very possible yeah it’s um I could definitely come across as just sort of generic anime but it it [08:31.840 –> 08:37.760] it has amused me fair enough I there’s a lot of care that has gone into like a lot of the [08:37.760 –> 08:42.720] side quests in this game and that’s honestly what I enjoy the most in a lot of games so [08:42.720 –> 08:47.840] I I appreciate it yep fair enough but if you want to know what this game actually is this [08:47.840 –> 08:51.680] I’ve given the most terrible description of it I mean let’s be honest if people if people know [08:51.680 –> 08:56.320] what genshin impact is then I’m sure genshin impact but with better writing will tell them [08:56.320 –> 08:59.840] everything they need to know good writing if you don’t know what genshin impact is you probably [08:59.840 –> 09:07.440] don’t want to know yeah rpg instead of just hitting things much better and it’s less boring [09:07.440 –> 09:15.360] I enjoy it more anyway uh other games tears of the kingdom that’s a good one I have already [09:15.360 –> 09:20.880] beaten this game uh yeah I’ve beaten it yeah yeah um I haven’t 100%ed it and I’m probably not going [09:20.880 –> 09:25.680] to 100% it even if you even if you ignore the korok seeds I’m probably not gonna 100 I might [09:25.680 –> 09:30.720] put some more time into it at some point um I will certainly go back with uh when they release the [09:30.720 –> 09:35.920] inevitable dlc which listeners will probably know about because I suspect it might be announced [09:35.920 –> 09:41.760] tomorrow yeah that would be that is quite likely at the time of this recording that yeah we are [09:41.760 –> 09:46.720] recording what 14 hours before the nintendo direct engines something like that I don’t [09:46.720 –> 09:51.760] I’m not gonna do more math no we don’t need to but anyway the important it’s tomorrow it’s very [09:51.760 –> 09:56.960] soon it’s less than a day away um but yeah so I’ll probably play some more when that comes out [09:56.960 –> 10:03.760] um but yeah I I might go back the thing is right like I the same thing happened with breath of the [10:03.760 –> 10:09.120] wild I really struggle with games where when you complete the final quest the final quest is not [10:09.120 –> 10:15.680] completed like you’re like I mean even if even if the world yeah even if the world was exactly [10:15.680 –> 10:19.600] the same right and even if you could go and still defeat them right I just I want it to say that [10:19.600 –> 10:24.960] that main quest is finished like having a quest that you cannot complete just even if it says [10:24.960 –> 10:30.320] 100% like if you do everything in the game it will say you’ve completed 100% that sure fine but [10:30.320 –> 10:35.120] there’s still something on incomplete there’s still a thing on my list that says incomplete [10:35.120 –> 10:41.360] it’s just it annoys me yeah I totally get that and this one’s even worse because there are two [10:42.000 –> 10:47.040] yeah there are two that you can’t get rid of in this game and I just it’s like they heard me [10:47.040 –> 10:51.040] complain about breath of the wild and went how about we make him more annoyed by adding a second [10:51.040 –> 10:57.680] one we are going to mess this up for al specifically so annoying anyway but it’s a good game I like it [10:58.400 –> 11:03.920] and yes I have completed the main story very nice yeah I am I’ve been taking a break for a little [11:03.920 –> 11:12.400] bit but I put in like probably like 50 hours into it so far amateur yeah no absolutely amateur it [11:12.400 –> 11:17.040] was funny though because I like oh I realize I didn’t put it but that’s whatever I put up like [11:17.040 –> 11:21.280] played like a tiny bit of a dragon quest game the other day that I’ve been playing over the [11:21.280 –> 11:28.320] past three years and it’s like just got to 30 hours whereas I beat breath of the wild 50 or [11:28.320 –> 11:35.360] not beat it but played 50 hours of it like just a few weeks yeah yeah yeah I’m about like halfway [11:35.360 –> 11:43.360] through the game main quest wise I’ve got two of the main dungeons or whatever the different the [11:43.360 –> 11:50.800] different areas temples as I think temples yeah yeah and I’m right I think I last time I stopped [11:50.800 –> 11:54.560] I just made it to Tarrytown and I was about to go in and see what’s going on over there [11:55.280 –> 12:00.000] I do like Tarrytown I mean everybody loves Tarrytown it’s great have you been not have [12:00.000 –> 12:04.800] you should also you should make sure you do all the Tarrytown stuff there’s some noted there’s [12:04.800 –> 12:10.960] one very particularly good thing about okay cool I will make sure to be thorough I uh I really enjoy [12:10.960 –> 12:16.400] the town quest I haven’t finished Hateno but I did like everything except for I think the last quest [12:16.400 –> 12:22.080] the mayoral election thing yeah I haven’t done that myself um I enjoyed it quite a bit it was [12:22.080 –> 12:26.400] just I just liked going around the town and like talking to everybody and helping them with stuff [12:26.400 –> 12:30.000] yeah I definitely need to do at some point because I believe that’s the only way you can like [12:30.000 –> 12:35.520] buy a second Hylian Shield if your first one breaks really interesting yeah well you’ll have [12:35.520 –> 12:40.160] to I guess check it out when if you feel like you need to prep for the dlc or something yeah I [12:40.160 –> 12:44.400] wouldn’t be surprised if if they announce the dlc and I’m like I must do more of this game I think [12:44.400 –> 12:51.120] I think I’m technically at 54 complete but that presumably includes all the core exceeds all the [12:51.200 –> 12:56.080] rain which both of them I just I don’t really I mean maybe I would care about the cooking but [12:56.080 –> 13:02.400] the cooking might be fun because it’s like yeah all the recipes yeah yeah the the recipe book is [13:02.400 –> 13:06.000] annoying because it like it felt like it was going to be like oh you can just like press a thing and [13:06.000 –> 13:10.400] it will make the thing rather than having to select but no it’s not it’s it’s literally just [13:10.400 –> 13:16.160] a log the reference which is useful and it’s nice it’s basically it’s basically the curry dicks right [13:16.160 –> 13:21.760] like I appreciate it compared to breath of the wild oh sure and I was sure I’m not going to [13:21.760 –> 13:25.280] remember anything yeah yeah no absolutely it’s nice to be able to go like oh these are the ones [13:25.280 –> 13:29.680] I’ve actually done already so that you can complete the certainly the the side quests I [13:29.680 –> 13:34.560] could see myself doing uh finishing them off and whatever I don’t know why they have two different [13:34.560 –> 13:39.920] they’ve got side quests and I think they’re just to like indicate like how much of an undertaking [13:39.920 –> 13:44.960] it’s going to be there’s side quests side adventures side adventure yeah yeah it just [13:44.960 –> 13:49.840] it’s weird that well first of all it’s weird they don’t kind of describe the difference I guess you [13:49.840 –> 13:55.680] just have to infer from the word and secondly they are separated by shrine quests like it goes main [13:55.680 –> 14:02.240] quest yeah that is a little side quest in between their shrine quest side adventure yeah and then [14:02.240 –> 14:07.200] weird that then the memories is like in that list as well but anyway I’m not going to question their [14:07.200 –> 14:12.480] UI decisions that is not my field of expertise it is a little weird though I will question them [14:12.480 –> 14:18.400] all I want please do someone must um I mean it’s not really like you know we must take it down [14:20.000 –> 14:25.280] nobody’s questioning these bad decisions no it’s still it’s still a very good take [14:25.280 –> 14:32.960] nintendo to task about their terrible nobody ever criticizes them ever ever it’s never been done [14:32.960 –> 14:41.120] we’re the first yes here’s the kingdom good game good game and uh I feel like I’m talking too much [14:41.120 –> 14:44.880] about these video games but we’re definitely not I don’t know what else we’re gonna talk about by [14:44.880 –> 14:50.720] the pier we’ll be pretty short yeah uh I’ll I’ll talk about uh hard space and then we can talk [14:50.720 –> 14:56.400] about bloom which I’m also playing which I have thoughts and it’s definitely relative relevant [14:56.400 –> 15:02.560] it’s definitely relevant to the podcast as well yeah yeah um hard spaceship breaker uh is a game [15:02.560 –> 15:08.240] I picked up I don’t know when a while ago uh it’s you’re just dismantling ships in space it’s a [15:08.240 –> 15:14.160] simulation where you dismantle ships in space that that’s basically it it’s uh I it was kind [15:14.160 –> 15:20.560] of stressful at first but like I as person yes it’s a first person game you are like physically [15:20.560 –> 15:25.920] taking apart a ship you’ve got like a cutter tool um you have a grapple to let you pull things [15:25.920 –> 15:31.520] towards you or pull yourself towards things you can’t choose it’s simply like are you heavier [15:31.520 –> 15:37.840] than the object or is the object heavier than you or your whole force um fair enough yeah um [15:37.840 –> 15:42.480] and then what’s the other tool I think you’ll get bombs at some point I have yet to use them at all [15:43.120 –> 15:50.000] um but they are needed for uh the later game introduces elements of like sometimes ships are [15:50.000 –> 15:55.440] like pressurized inside so like you need to depressurize them and sometimes you can’t [15:56.080 –> 16:02.560] do that manually so you have to uh throw a bomb and get away rapid depressurization yes [16:02.560 –> 16:07.200] rapidly pressurization it sounds like the way that um spacex would describe explosions [16:08.080 –> 16:16.400] uh yeah if you like um just it’s very much so this game is set like in the late let’s see it’s [16:16.400 –> 16:22.080] like 2400 I want to say is somewhere in that somewhere that century I think the game takes [16:22.080 –> 16:27.600] place and it’s like the future and all of earth thanks for clarifying that’s the future yeah [16:27.600 –> 16:33.040] yeah it’s the future uh all of earth is ruled by a giant mega corp that you work for [16:33.040 –> 16:40.720] of course so it’s there is a wealth of commentary on uh maybe one company shouldn’t own everything [16:40.720 –> 16:45.920] in the world and uh it comes through in the dialogue there was a one of the uh writers on [16:45.920 –> 16:50.080] this game is someone I follow on twitter so I was like oh I can kind of see their style poking [16:50.080 –> 16:55.680] through here a little bit I think so I’ve been enjoying just they they sort of weave the story [16:55.680 –> 17:00.720] in by having your co-workers will like talk to you either in between shifts or just kind of at [17:00.720 –> 17:06.560] the beginning of the shift over the intercom so that’s fun verified on steam deck yeah it’s pretty [17:06.560 –> 17:12.000] good I enjoyed it would recommend I need to I have not finished it yet but I’ve gotten through the [17:12.000 –> 17:16.080] first act I think there are three acts I’m not sure can you go back and replay them because it [17:16.080 –> 17:20.080] feels like the sort of game that I’m not going to play it because I’m not a huge fan of first person [17:20.080 –> 17:26.080] and stuff like that except in exceptional circumstances um but it feels like the sort [17:26.080 –> 17:32.480] of thing that you could just go back to and it’d be kind of you know repetitive and oh absolutely [17:33.040 –> 17:38.080] relaxing in that sort of way they yeah besides the campaign mode you can basically just I think [17:38.080 –> 17:43.040] they have like a free play mode where you just kind of pick any ship to dismantle any because [17:43.040 –> 17:47.360] there are like different types of ships in the game and then also I think there’s like some sort [17:47.360 –> 17:55.200] of like race mode where you’re like trying to race against somebody else to dismantle it faster or [17:55.200 –> 18:00.400] something the the game gives you like shifts in 15 minute chunks usually I don’t know if [18:01.200 –> 18:05.840] it would limit to that I haven’t touched the mode at all to be honest but it’s a cool option for [18:05.840 –> 18:13.760] people to have competitive ship dismantling interesting mm-hmm and then finally bloom which [18:13.760 –> 18:18.960] I just picked up yesterday uh so I’ve not gotten super far in but I’m enjoying it quite a bit oh [18:18.960 –> 18:24.640] in yeah enjoy I what what um without story spoilers like how sure how much have you [18:25.680 –> 18:31.680] let’s see in terms of here I will open it on my playdate right now let me make sure the the sound [18:31.680 –> 18:35.280] is off so I’m not because I guess there’s two there’s two kind of main parts to this game and [18:35.280 –> 18:41.440] one is like this is it’s just a it’s just a very simple farming game right kind of you’re [18:41.440 –> 18:46.080] I think of the farming very much like Animal Crossing farming um that’s the kind of level [18:46.080 –> 18:50.400] it is but obviously the graphics are much simpler and then there’s the the story aspect to it which [18:50.400 –> 18:57.360] you can you can do as uh I will say as slowly as you want probably not as quick as you want [18:57.360 –> 19:02.160] but as slowly as you want honestly I feel like I’ve been going too quick so I’m I’m fine with [19:02.160 –> 19:09.760] that I enjoy the sort of leisurely play pace of things um right now in terms of upgrades I have [19:10.640 –> 19:18.560] three four twelve spots on the roof to plant things so not bad yeah uh I’ve got about like [19:18.560 –> 19:25.520] in terms of chat messages I’ve met aside from like the shop in the horoscope a day in the opening [19:25.520 –> 19:32.000] tutorial I have seven people I’ve met so far okay I have messages with I’ve been playing the little [19:32.320 –> 19:39.520] uh what’s it called star shooter hoshiko game which is fun yes I was like man this game’s easy [19:39.520 –> 19:43.440] and then I beat the first like record and I was like man this game’s hard [19:45.440 –> 19:51.600] it’s easy until it isn’t it’s easy until it isn’t yeah my current high score is 680 so I could not [19:51.600 –> 19:58.800] tell you what mine was not bad not great but fun cool yeah no it’s a good game I really enjoy it [19:58.800 –> 20:03.200] um I can’t remember whether I’ve gone back and played all of the the update oh yeah because [20:03.200 –> 20:07.040] there was a new content added there was yeah I definitely started playing it but I can’t remember [20:07.040 –> 20:10.800] whether I finished it so I’ll need to try that at some point once I definitely once we finish this [20:10.800 –> 20:16.480] episode because I’m not closing pop it open I’m not closing by the pier just now it’s no might [20:16.480 –> 20:20.560] open that for reference as well I think it’s about time we go into it well first what have you been [20:20.560 –> 20:28.400] up to uh well yeah so not very many games because um my switch is still broken um although hopefully [20:28.560 –> 20:32.880] the time this episode comes out it will not be broken anymore we’ll see I dearly hope so yeah [20:33.520 –> 20:38.960] so it’s with nintendo now they have it they are just going it says it could take up to 20 days [20:39.600 –> 20:47.040] wow which is just such a stupid like whatever um it’s with nintendo now it’s it gave me like [20:47.040 –> 20:51.600] it’s in a better place now we sent we sent the switch to a farm upstate [20:51.600 –> 20:58.720] yeah yeah so um I’ve been playing obviously by the pier for for this podcast and there’s [20:58.720 –> 21:04.800] another game I’ve been playing for uh another episode of fishing week that will be recorded [21:04.800 –> 21:11.760] next week I think I’m recording that um maybe it’s two weeks I’ve lost track um that’s that’s [21:11.760 –> 21:19.040] about it games wise I’ve been uh going through the mission impossible films um so I am now up [21:19.040 –> 21:24.640] up to date with them the new one I think something like that so um I’ve been enjoying them I had seen [21:24.640 –> 21:29.520] a couple of them before but I couldn’t remember how many so I just like watched them all um which [21:29.520 –> 21:35.360] is pretty standard for me I started like properly tracking what I’m watching a couple years ago um [21:35.360 –> 21:39.360] so there’s a lot of things I have watched that haven’t tracked um and that’s why I’m like let [21:39.360 –> 21:43.600] me watch all of this franchise and then it’s all logged and the next time when there’s a new one [21:43.600 –> 21:48.080] out comes out I don’t need to go oh did I watch that no I have because I have them logged so I [21:48.080 –> 21:53.440] did that for mission impossible I did it for transformers um there was something else that [21:53.440 –> 21:59.360] I can’t remember but yeah so I’ve done that for a few few franchises this year I liked them um I [21:59.360 –> 22:06.400] think there’s kind of there’s a they have have you seen many of them uh I think I’ve only seen like [22:06.400 –> 22:11.040] snippets I’ve never sat down and watched one through so one thing that they have in the films [22:11.040 –> 22:16.080] is like there’s technology that can like realistically create someone’s face as a mask [22:16.080 –> 22:19.600] and they also have these little things that you put on your throat and it gives you their voice [22:19.600 –> 22:25.120] as well right so so that that is something that it’s not even a spoiler right that is literally [22:25.120 –> 22:30.880] in the first one minute of the film the first film right like it is literally the first thing [22:30.880 –> 22:37.920] is somebody pretending to be somebody else um and the problem with that is because they did it in [22:37.920 –> 22:43.200] the first film it means that they can’t pretend like that technology doesn’t exist so I think [22:43.200 –> 22:48.880] almost every film I think every single film has at least one scene where halfway through [22:48.880 –> 22:54.240] the scene you’re like oh wait that’s not that person is it and then it’s like somebody dies [22:54.240 –> 22:57.200] and you’re like no I can’t believe they killed them and it’s like oh wait a minute they didn’t [22:57.200 –> 23:06.320] kill them it was somebody else every single film has that um I won’t tell you what scenes so it’s [23:06.320 –> 23:10.720] not given but yeah like this is the thing like by the fifth one I was already predicting that this [23:10.720 –> 23:14.480] would happen right like because it’s like they just do it all the time and there’s a few cases [23:14.480 –> 23:18.160] where they’re like oh we can’t use masks for this one because of this reason but they still use [23:18.160 –> 23:24.560] masks at some point in the film right it’s like oh my word so I get why they can’t just kind of [23:24.560 –> 23:29.600] ignore it because it is technology that exists but it also feels like you know maybe they could have [23:29.600 –> 23:34.640] had some plot reason to get rid of them and never use them again because after six films it gets a [23:34.640 –> 23:40.080] bit tiring having that same thing happen yeah it just kind of wrote themselves into a corner with [23:40.160 –> 23:45.520] realm of possibility is something they always have to account for exactly exactly but overall [23:45.520 –> 23:50.240] I think they’re I think they’re pretty good action films with with either kind of um they’re one of [23:50.240 –> 23:56.880] them uh I won’t say which just so it doesn’t spoil it but one of them was like so many double crossings [23:56.880 –> 24:03.680] that I was losing track of who was on what side at any one point and it just felt like have you [24:03.680 –> 24:09.920] ever seen the um uh the Rick and Morty episode about the heist no I haven’t seen it it’s a very [24:09.920 –> 24:15.120] funny episode and it’s just basically making fun of heists basically it’s like the entire episode [24:15.120 –> 24:19.840] is just constantly like double crossing double crossing double crossing to like a ridiculous [24:19.840 –> 24:25.760] degree and it just felt like this film that it was like this is this is what um created that episode [24:25.760 –> 24:30.800] isn’t it it was this film it was like so many double crossings it’s like there was a space [24:30.800 –> 24:36.160] where it was like in one minute I’m pretty sure they double crossed like five times and I’m like [24:36.160 –> 24:43.520] what just happened here but overall they’re fun I enjoy them so I’m looking forward to the new one [24:43.520 –> 24:48.080] or I will have been looking forward to the you’re gonna go see it and you have seen it by the time [24:48.080 –> 24:54.480] this has come out yes hopefully cool uh yeah I think that’s thing that’s that’s that’s about it [24:55.040 –> 24:58.000] so only 25 minutes of what we’ve been up to uh [24:59.520 –> 25:03.120] I think I think they should cover it yeah should we talk about by the pier [25:03.120 –> 25:09.840] why not we’re here so we are the playdate players um so we bought is that our team name now the play [25:10.880 –> 25:16.320] the play the playdate players it sounds sounds a bit yeah no there’s not there’s not really a [25:16.320 –> 25:21.360] good name no we’ll workshop something play daters no that’s not even that’s that’s worse yeah that [25:21.360 –> 25:27.680] is worse uh we have play dates because we are the people that for some reason spent money on this [25:27.680 –> 25:33.120] thing uh which I definitely don’t regret like that’s not sarcastic I don’t regret it but as [25:33.120 –> 25:38.480] I’ve said many a time you probably shouldn’t buy one but they’re great it’s one of those things [25:38.480 –> 25:43.440] where like I don’t know I’m glad I bought one but when I got it in the mail it’s like oh this is a [25:43.440 –> 25:48.960] nice surprise but it was uh it was more like a gift to future me yeah a nice surprise that I [25:48.960 –> 25:55.040] paid for 18 months ago yeah that’s what I love about kickstarter like I have so many kickstarters [25:55.040 –> 25:59.120] and just like every couple of months I’m like oh a new game that I paid for three years ago [26:00.240 –> 26:06.560] yeah I’m I’m really I’m coming around to that I enjoy the the surprise oh it’s it’s a fun thing [26:06.560 –> 26:11.520] it’s I already spent the money I don’t it like it was getting spent either way but yeah yeah [26:11.520 –> 26:16.800] instead it’s a nice pleasant surprise instead of a well and the thing is I guess I can spend money [26:16.800 –> 26:22.560] and the thing is buying one now for later compared to buying one now for now it’s not [26:22.560 –> 26:26.640] like I’m going to play the game now anyway I have too many games so I may as well buy one [26:26.640 –> 26:32.240] for the future absolutely this is our pitch for the play date you’re gonna want to play it [26:32.240 –> 26:39.120] eventually just just buy a copy it’ll get there and like I I think they’re mostly caught up but [26:39.120 –> 26:44.320] like you know a few months half a year you’ll be like oh what’s this and it’ll just just be a fun [26:44.320 –> 26:49.920] thing to try out there’s like I got so many games that like a lot of them I will probably never [26:49.920 –> 26:54.640] touch but like even just today the day we’re recording this a bunch of games came out for [26:54.640 –> 26:59.840] the play date that I’m looking thinking about going through and picking up a couple so yeah [26:59.840 –> 27:03.760] and I think the interesting thing about most of the games is they’re not just like oh you could [27:03.760 –> 27:08.240] play this on anything like sure there are similar sorts of games with some of them like there’s a [27:08.240 –> 27:12.640] kind of snake clone which is changing things up sure you could guess but it’s not the same [27:13.200 –> 27:17.120] right and there’s some there’s something really charming about it and it’s not I would never [27:17.120 –> 27:22.320] suggest that this should be people’s only games console no but it’s a nice as an additional I [27:22.320 –> 27:28.240] agree it’s it’s fun to have like I mean I think that was a lot of the appeal of the DS2 is like [27:28.240 –> 27:33.040] you’ve got two screens what can you do with two screens and like this set of buttons like what [27:33.040 –> 27:37.840] kind of gameplay does that create and sometimes there was a lot of fun stuff that came with it [27:37.840 –> 27:43.520] yeah yeah I know definitely definitely cool so I guess a quick explanation of by the pier [27:43.520 –> 27:50.240] it is a play date fishing game where you I mean well let’s let’s just be honest about it you use [27:50.240 –> 27:55.600] the crank that you know that’s that’s the gimmick they they put a crank on this thing they were [27:55.600 –> 28:00.960] asking for fishing games when they said when they did that I’m frankly surprised there aren’t [28:00.960 –> 28:08.560] billions more uh well I mean maybe there are but I haven’t heard of them hey uh don’t don’t don’t [28:09.440 –> 28:14.080] don’t get into that don’t fall down that hole I have a list as long as my arm of games [28:15.200 –> 28:20.480] I’m both fishing and farming games oh yeah yeah there’s a so there’s a tag on h.io right for [28:20.480 –> 28:26.320] play for play date and you can just kind of you know scroll endlessly through them um now that [28:26.320 –> 28:31.520] I’m getting into play date was this is gonna start being dangerous I think yeah yeah especially [28:31.520 –> 28:36.160] as so many of the itch ones are obviously free or very very cheap like I think this one was [28:36.160 –> 28:42.800] technically free but like they suggest two dollars um so so why not buy it it’s two dollars yeah [28:42.800 –> 28:48.080] exactly exactly and I think the fun thing about that is like oh you don’t technically have to pay [28:48.080 –> 28:54.000] it um but if you do maybe give us this like I I just I was like oh I’m not gonna give you two [28:54.000 –> 28:58.560] dollars I’ll give you five dollars right like it was just like such an easy thing to go well [28:58.560 –> 29:04.320] if you’re asking for two I’ll give you five like it’s such a small amount extra um being such a low [29:04.320 –> 29:09.200] amount anyway and like you know I mean let’s be honest this game probably isn’t really worth five [29:09.200 –> 29:15.840] dollars it’s a very simple game but it’s such a small amount of money that it’s for me obviously [29:15.840 –> 29:20.640] I understand everybody has different financial situations but it felt worth it to me and I like [29:20.640 –> 29:25.920] to support people um and small devs and stuff like that oh man there’s so many little games on [29:25.920 –> 29:32.160] here I’m gonna spend too much money what have I done no I was on itch.io already so this was just [29:32.160 –> 29:36.720] kind of when you reminded me by play date existed this was sort of an eventual thing that was gonna [29:36.720 –> 29:44.560] happen so this is a very simple fishing game so you’re you’re on a pier um it’s a side side [29:44.560 –> 29:53.440] profile view um and you you press a to throw to go back the way I can’t remember what this [29:53.440 –> 30:00.800] terminology for this in fishing I’m sure but I can’t remember and then you you move the you like [30:00.800 –> 30:08.240] flick the play date forward and let go of a to cast it out and then it goes in the water and then [30:08.240 –> 30:14.560] you wait and a fish nibbles and then you crank that thing like nothing on earth except kind of [30:14.560 –> 30:17.680] so but we’ll get into that we’ll get we’ll get into that we’ll get into the details of that but [30:17.680 –> 30:24.160] that’s basically it right like you you cast out a fish bites you you crank to pull it in [30:26.080 –> 30:29.440] and just like a whole bunch of different fish and you get them at different points [30:29.440 –> 30:34.720] basically you you have to like put the line out at different points which I’ve it took me a while [30:34.720 –> 30:40.720] to figure out that I got really good at casting but that means I got really bad at casting a small [30:40.720 –> 30:45.920] amount so it was like oh how do I get the small amounts again you can just you can just reel it [30:45.920 –> 30:51.840] back in before a fish goes on and then you’re closer in and it was much easier once I realized [30:51.840 –> 30:57.120] that it took me ages of just going like I can’t get a small amount anymore I’m too good at this [30:57.120 –> 31:03.520] now I can’t remember how I was bad at it before suffering from success yeah exactly exactly yeah [31:03.520 –> 31:09.600] I uh I think I threw it out pretty far right away I was like oh I didn’t even okay I guess I’m [31:09.600 –> 31:14.480] throwing it out this far I guess cast that’s the word for it yes casting the line this far [31:15.440 –> 31:21.600] uh it’s it’s a very simple mechanic and I like that it makes use of the play dates like gyro [31:21.600 –> 31:28.480] I guess it can detect that it’s being moved around yeah uh beyond that I mean what do we want to [31:28.480 –> 31:32.080] tackle for I know there’s so much to talk good question well let’s talk about the actual fishing [31:32.080 –> 31:37.760] mechanic itself right so um yeah so we talked about the the casting it’s it’s fun I can see [31:37.760 –> 31:43.120] how it would be annoying if you wanted to do this a lot um it I think I don’t know if it’s possible [31:43.120 –> 31:51.200] to like to cast it without flicking it um but I guess it doesn’t massively matter right um the [31:51.200 –> 31:55.840] but then once you’ve got it out you’re you’re reeling in with the crank this is what we didn’t [31:55.840 –> 32:02.320] we kind of alluded to before is that you have to you’ve got a timer and the timer is different [32:02.320 –> 32:09.200] depending on the fish I think um because some of them certainly moved faster than others and you [32:09.200 –> 32:16.640] have to reel it in before the timer runs out but here’s the catch hey um the there’s a tension [32:16.640 –> 32:21.520] meter and if the tension meter goes all the way to the top your line snaps so you have to like [32:21.520 –> 32:26.320] reel it in and then stop and then reel it in and then stomp and then reel it in and stop and uh [32:27.200 –> 32:32.480] it’s an interesting I think the the timer made that really stressful to me like if it weren’t [32:32.480 –> 32:38.320] for the timer I think it would be a lot less it’s certainly not relaxing in that aspect of things [32:38.320 –> 32:43.520] like if you think about um have you played spirit fader yes so the fishing and spirit fader is kind [32:43.520 –> 32:50.240] of similar where you have the tension meter um and it’s but there’s no timer on that so like you [32:50.240 –> 32:54.080] hold it to reel it in and then you notice it’s going too much you let go and then you you press [32:54.080 –> 32:59.040] it again when you think there’s enough enough time as a lapse that it’s not and it just if you do it [32:59.040 –> 33:04.080] correctly eventually you’ll get it in whereas this is like if you don’t do it fast enough and then [33:04.080 –> 33:08.880] pause for the right for just long enough that it goes down enough like you’re not going to get it [33:08.880 –> 33:14.240] in and that that timer aspect is kind of makes that stressful right because if it reaches the [33:14.240 –> 33:21.600] end of the timer you’re the line also snaps yeah so either way it’s just not gonna happen there is [33:21.600 –> 33:28.160] it and let me tell you the snap sound of the uh the line is something about it is just very [33:28.160 –> 33:35.200] visceral and infuriating it is it is deeply upsetting I’m quite impressed [33:37.760 –> 33:43.440] yeah I’m trying to so there’s also I mean the graphics are incredibly simple like it’s a stick [33:43.440 –> 33:51.040] man um but um I think overall the gameplay is fun I mean that that we that’s literally it we’ve [33:51.040 –> 33:55.200] talked about the entire gameplay I mean yeah that’s basically the game uh if you press the [33:55.200 –> 34:01.120] little home button on the play date there you can click how to play and it’ll tell you how to play [34:01.680 –> 34:05.760] which by the way I definitely needed to do I could not figure out for the life of me how to play [34:05.760 –> 34:11.280] before I did that and the okay let’s talk about the how to play let’s let’s just talk about that [34:11.280 –> 34:14.880] first because it says this is the instructions it gives you it says how to cast the fishing rod [34:14.880 –> 34:19.440] you press and hold a you swing and flick the play date forward then you release a right at the end [34:19.440 –> 34:25.200] of the swing flick which is cool I’m glad yeah it teaches it’s nice to have that page it does not [34:25.200 –> 34:32.160] tell you the process of reeling in fish so I was immediately getting fish at the very end of the [34:32.160 –> 34:36.480] screen and I was like trying to reel them in and it just kept snapping and I could never get them [34:37.120 –> 34:42.480] yeah to come in and I like I didn’t understand what the tension line was I didn’t understand [34:42.480 –> 34:48.800] like what the timer was I’m like is the timer like how close the fish is to me and is the tension [34:48.800 –> 34:55.840] line like I guess hitting the top of it’s bad what do I it was incredibly frustrating I don’t [34:55.840 –> 35:03.600] but to figure out I’m just like I know I’m an idiot but I I wish I just understood what I’m [35:03.600 –> 35:07.920] doing wrong here um so I I think I was just getting like the hardest fish right off the [35:07.920 –> 35:13.760] bat or something yeah so like I mean probably important to say you can scroll down in that how [35:13.760 –> 35:23.600] to and it does tell you I tried and it let’s see why is it it oh my gosh so it does tell you all [35:23.600 –> 35:27.760] that information down there but it could I was like I’m sure there must be more of this because [35:27.760 –> 35:32.160] I could see like a tiny bit of rolling off I’m like maybe it’s just glitched but I was just [35:32.160 –> 35:38.800] pulling it towards me instead of pushing it away wow I’m really quite clever yeah I think it could [35:38.800 –> 35:42.560] do a better job of like it doesn’t show you that initially and there’s no like kind of like [35:42.560 –> 35:48.000] interactive tutorial which might be asking a bit much for a free game for it for this but sensibly [35:48.000 –> 35:52.080] two dollar game yeah at least showing you the how to play right like it took me a while to actually [35:52.080 –> 35:57.840] realize that there was a how to play thing um and then uh actually go into it and read it and I [35:57.840 –> 36:01.440] obviously then knew how to play as soon as I’d read that like I didn’t actually need an interactive [36:01.440 –> 36:06.640] tutorial um it’s it’s I’m looking through it now and it under it explains it quite well quite [36:06.640 –> 36:11.920] easily yeah yeah yeah definitely there are definitely some fish that have still failed [36:11.920 –> 36:17.280] to catch like I’ve not played an hour maybe played about an hour or something um but there [36:17.280 –> 36:22.080] are still some fish that I just I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do because I don’t [36:22.080 –> 36:28.160] know whether I’d like need to do like keep the tension at a specific point but like every time [36:28.240 –> 36:34.080] I let go it then moves further away okay I think I have a hypothesis on this now I guess I’ll have [36:34.080 –> 36:40.800] to test it but it’ll be kind of pointless after the podcast to report in but uh I see now that [36:40.800 –> 36:45.200] says the exclamation point means the fish is struggling and that tension increases much more [36:45.200 –> 36:49.760] rapidly so before I would always do it then because I was like it’s gonna get away faster [36:49.760 –> 36:54.480] is what I assumed the exclamation point means it does go well this is the thing that’s when it does [36:54.480 –> 36:59.920] move away so like I’ve tried yeah I’ve tried stopping when it has the exclamation park and [36:59.920 –> 37:04.320] exclamation point and yeah it moves away from you quite fast at that point as well so like [37:05.200 –> 37:10.320] I’m not sure it’s it’s a little tricky uh yeah I’ve gotten every fish in the game except for [37:10.320 –> 37:15.840] one I believe and I don’t really know where or what it is yeah sometimes I’ll just just can’t [37:15.840 –> 37:20.320] get the thing that’s on the end of the line and it can be pretty frustrating there are three that [37:20.320 –> 37:25.840] I haven’t caught um and I’m not sure what they are I’m pretty sure I have one on the line right [37:25.840 –> 37:31.200] now I’m definitely not going to get it in though because I it’s further away than the timer is so [37:31.200 –> 37:36.560] yeah I think I think what I’m saying is I think this game would be a lot more enjoyable and I [37:36.560 –> 37:42.800] would probably spend more time playing it if it weren’t for the timer right um and it’s like even [37:42.800 –> 37:48.720] if the tension like got more and more as you went along so in essence there was a timer there [37:49.280 –> 37:55.360] right but it was still possible to do it like you just had to like do it really really slowly [37:55.360 –> 38:01.600] or something that would be more enjoyable I just like you know this is about cottagecore games [38:01.600 –> 38:06.640] we talk about games that are generally relaxing and that sort of stuff right um and this seems [38:06.640 –> 38:12.080] like a good time killer but I don’t know if I would call it relaxing no no and this is the [38:12.080 –> 38:17.200] thing like because actually like spirit faders fishing when I talked about before I think is [38:17.200 –> 38:23.040] generally quite enjoyable right like I like the challenge it’s not just like oh you press the [38:23.040 –> 38:28.240] button and you catch the fish right like and different fish have different methods that you [38:28.240 –> 38:33.280] have to do to catch them and that’s that I think that’s quite fun but if you suddenly have 10 [38:33.280 –> 38:39.840] seconds to do it suddenly it becomes a lot less fun a little less fun yeah yeah it’s because it’s [38:39.840 –> 38:45.040] all about pattern recognition but the problem is that when you have almost no time to figure out [38:45.040 –> 38:52.720] the pattern it just ends up becoming like a battle against time and it’s that and also [38:53.600 –> 38:57.680] the other thing about spirit fair is like generally you have roughly the same fish in [38:57.680 –> 39:03.760] the same area right so you can I’m basic on that yeah trying to figure out exactly where [39:04.480 –> 39:09.920] I have thrown my line and therefore what fish I’m getting I can’t right that’s not [39:10.880 –> 39:16.960] there’s no like lines to tell you like no or in this fish exactly kind o

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Join Gideon the Half-knowing as they invite Garden of Eyes, youtuber and mod-maker, to the Roundtable Hold to discuss his experience creating mods starting with DS2 all the way to the most current game, Elden Ring; we'll also discuss the monetization of ads, community interaction as a whole, and Garden's popular boss vs boss series. And if you have the time, go check out the rest of the Elden Kings catalogue! As always, don't you dare go hollow on us! Brought to you by r/eldenringdiscussion, if you're not already there, you should be. Useful links Support us on Spotify! - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eldenkings/episodes Garden of Eyes - https://www.youtube.com/c/GardenofEyes Twitter - https://twitter.com/EyesGarden?s=20 Discord modding server with wiki inside - https://discord.gg/servername My personal channel - https://www.youtube.com/@Gideon_the_halfKnowing Bob the Hollow - https://www.youtube.com/@HarumiRose Smoughtown Radagon - https://youtu.be/AwRJpdSCKo8 St Trina Ranni and Malenia - https://youtu.be/wD6s_RiLYmQ Accreditation Teo and the Cosmic Neighborhood for so kindly letting me use their fantastic instrumental tracks for the intro, outro, and intermission, give them some love at https://thecosmicneighborhood.bandcamp.com/album/fora-do-azul-2 Agaric and Mogvfvb for being great moderators --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eldenkings/support

Welcome back to the Record Report Season 3! For episode 2, we'll be tasting a little Dirty Sprite. DS2 that is... While Trap Music was already growing as a sub-genre in the early 2010s with acts like Migos, Future was an artist to watch thanks to early bangers like "Tony Montana" and "Move That Dope." His 2015 run would be historical in many ways from DJ Esco coming home, to dropping both Monster and 56 Nights as a lead-up to his 3rd album, but DS2 was the album that would push Future to the forefront of the genre. DS2 was a project that not only made him a superstar, but it also was one of the projects to transition the sound of rap to the current decade. His music was everywhere and (aside from performing at festivals like Made In America), even finished the summer off with a Drake collab that helped pushed Apple Music into the streaming industry. We didn't know how much this new success (and pressure) affected him. Sure, DS2 was both successful and critically acclaimed, but after hearing his commentary for the album, you get a deeper dive into where Future was when he made his most known project. For this episode, we choose our highlights, Ahmad drops bombs throughout after listening to DS2's commentary, and Future's legacy since his magnum opus dropped. We also talk about what we've been listening to lately, protest songs, and juicing. @Yo_Ahki/@VanceB_ Listen to this new episode and previous others on: Apple Podcasts  (https://tinyurl.com/jydzz9fk) Spotify (https://tinyurl.com/c3u77hcf) Anchor (https://anchor.fm/recordreport) Follow Record Report Podcast on: Instagram: (@RecordRepPod) Facebook: Facebook.com/RecordReportPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/recreppodcast?lang=en #Future #FreeBandz #DJ Esco #2015 #Drake #DS2 #Epic #Atlanta #Radio #Podcast

It's 13F outside, with a wind chill of -3F IN TEXAS! WHAT'S GOING ON!? Also, hi. I know I've been gone again, but a lot has happened, which is usually how my life goes. Good news is that I'm back with a new episode. Gonna try for at least one of these a month. Seems like a much more doable schedule. Today, I go over where I've been, The Callisto Protocol, Dead Space, DS2, and much more! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/spectrumtalk/support

The 2022 Game Awards has come and gone, and now it is time for Jesse, Kyran and Joel to dig into some of the biggest announcements! This week we sit down to discuss the horniness of Hades 2, the magnificent mechs of Armoured Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, and whatever the hell DS2 is. Storymodegaming.com Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and Twitch: @StoryModeAus

Snap snap, Stephen and Brendon recorded this one in person! Get ready for a virtual fireside chat about preparing for GOTY 2022, the announcements and winners from The Game Awards, and a new incredible Chrono Trigger inspired JRPG.Discussed: SantaCon, Game of the Year 2022, The Game Awards, Al Pacino, Hades 2, Remnant 2, Death Stranding 2, Earthblade, Armored Core VI, Chained Echoes---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://brendonbigley.com/Produced by AJ Fillari: https://ajfillari.comSeason 5 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Thanks to all of our amazing patrons!---Timecodes: (00:00) - Intro (01:33) - A City-wide celebration for the world's worst people // Santacon (07:12) - Anyway // Game of the Year is NEXT WEEK (07:39) - Talking about... snapping??? (08:25) - Back to GotY talk (32:40) - The Steam Deck! (37:09) - The Game Awards 2022 (43:40) - The Game Awards 2022 // The Announcements (43:46) - The Game Awards 2022 // Remnant II (46:03) - The Game Awards 2022 // Hades II (01:03:24) - The Game Awards 2022 // DS2 (01:09:04) - The Game Awards 2022 // Earthblade (01:10:08) - The Game Awards 2022 // Armored Core VI (01:11:59) - The Game Awards 2022 // Cyberpunk: 2077 - Phantom Liberty (01:18:15) - FORTNITE BATTLE PASS (01:22:41) - The Game Awards 2022 (01:27:34) - The Game Awards 2022 // One shoutout (01:29:06) - But uh yeah (01:30:03) - Into the Backpage (01:32:21) - Speaking of pizza // Chained Echoes (01:58:37) - Marker 18 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast here or on your podcast platform of choice: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecond. Don't forget to follow us on all the social platforms while you're there!#FriendsPerSecond #TheGameAwards #GodofWarRagnarok--00:00:00 - Intro00:03:22 - The Game Awards discussion00:26:33 - Hades 2 reaction00:30:45 - Armored Core 6 reaction00:36:35 - The awards themselves00:42:36 - DS2 trailer00:50:07 - Reformed rabbi Bill Clinton00:56:28 - Interview w/ God of War Ragnarok director Eric Williams02:00:28 - Big releases02:06:17 - Callisto Protocol discussion02:15:50 - FPS highlights of 202202:27:25 - Most anticipated games of 202302;33;39 - Most memorable moments of 202302:35:12 - Outro--Let's meet our hosts:- Tamoor Hussain is the Managing Editor of Gamespot, Creative Director at Giant Bomb and regular host on Kinda Funny. He wears a head-band to feel closer to his childhood hero, Solid Snake, and he always wears a glove on his right hand because...actually nm, I've said too much. You can watch him annoy people on twitter by following him at @tamoorh- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot and a Creative Producer at Giant Bomb. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. Oh, and she streams, too: https://www.twitch.tv/lucyjamesgames- Jirard (aka The Completionist: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatOneVide...) has been doing YouTube since before Noah wore short pants. Over the course of more than a decade, Jirard has completed HUNDREDS of games to bring you the quality of review that almost no other reviewer dare bring you, getting the 100% completion trophy for every title before putting pen to paper. Jirard has a let's play channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/superbeardb.... He's a host on the newly re-launched X-Play (https://www.youtube.com/c/xplay) and in his spare time he fires off the occasional hot-take over on Twitter: @TheCompletionist- Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he's never had a better job since. --Listen to the Friends Per Second Podcast on your favourite podcast platform: https://linktr.ee/friendspersecondFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFPSPodcastFollow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendspers...Follow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@friendspersecond--

Episode Notes: Welcome back to Arcade Cozy! This week, Chris and Corey are following up on the announcements from that big ol' chungus of a Keighley Awards 2022. Stuff was shown off, celebrities were had, and strange boy wandered up from his seat to the stage for...no reason at all, apparently--we talk about it! Games discussed include: Hades 2, Death Stranding 2 (DS2), Elden Ring, God of War Ragnarok, and more! Do you have your own thoughts on what we talked about today? Are there things that we missed? Or do you have a few games you'd like us to check out? Hit us up on one of the avenues below—we would love to connect with you. Email us at arcadecozy@gmail.com Twitter at us (@arcade_cozy) Follow us on IG (@arcadecozy) Intro music by Johnnybgood --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/arcadecozy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/arcadecozy/support

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Завтракасту 7 лет! И это последний выпуск в 2022 году. Следующий выйдет уже в январе 2023 года. Спасибо, что были с нами все эти 7 лет с далекого декабря 2015 года. За это время многие из нас очень сильно поменяли свою жизнь, среды обитания, семейные положения и так далее. Без вас не было бы нас. И мы очень надеемся, что Завтракаст хотя бы немного помогает вам в жизни, особенно в такое тяжелое время, как сейчас! Если вы хотите нас поддержать из России, то подписывайтесь на нас на Boosty – https://boosty.to/zavtracast. Если вы находитесь за границей, то можно подписаться на нас еще и на сервисе Patreon – https://patreon.com/zavtracast. Подписывайтесь на каналы ведущих в телеграме: Радио Тимур – https://t.me/radiotimur Фотодушнила – https://t.me/dushovato Сказки Дядюшки Зомбака – https://t.me/zombaktales Шоуноты Небольшие новости из жизни Завтракаста. Обсуждаем только что прошедшую The Game Awards 2022 и что же там произошло, а также показанные игры: Returnal на ПК, After Us, Replaced, Hades II, Judas от создателя BioShock, Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon, The Last of Us Part I на ПК, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, MMO-выживач Dune: Awakening, Death Stranding 2 (DS2), Immortals of Aveum, Wayfinder, Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores, Blue Protocol, Remnant II, Transformers: […] Запись Завтракаст №273 – 7 лет один обед впервые появилась Zavtracast.

I dagens podd pratar jag med Malmöjournalisten Niklas Orrenius, som sedan 2013 arbetar på DN. Hans granskningar och reportage har ofta uppehållit sig i demokratins tassemarker, där gränsen för vad som anses acceptabelt återfinns. De tolerantas intolerans, välviljans blinda fläckar och extremismens hydra – där finns Niklas Orrenius med sin penna. Han var tidigt ute med att rapportera om Sverigedemokraterna på ett mer förutsättningslöst sätt än andra, vilket han fick hård kritik för, eftersom han berättade om partimedlemmar som blev av med jobb, hotades och utsattes för brott. Av en inte obetydlig andel av journalistkåren ansågs han gynna SD. I dagens podd pratar vi om hur SD utvecklats och deras inställning till journalister, med utgångspunkt i bland annat Linus Bylunds uttalande om “journalistrugby”.Jag mottar inga statliga bidrag eller annan finansiering, utan förlitar mig helt på er läsare och lyssnare. Genom att bli betalande prenumerant gör man det möjligt för mig att fortsätta vara en självständig röst.I dagarna publicerade DN ett reportage om uppkomlingen i valet – partiet Nyans –som gick framåt i ett antal utsatta områden. Och givetvis är det Niklas Orrenius som är skribenten bakom. Jag ville fråga honom om vilka likheter respektive skillnader han ser mellan det tidiga SD och dagens Nyans. Vem är den typiske Nyansväljaren? Hur orolig bör man vara för Nyans framväxt? Jag har alltid uppfattat Orrenius som genuint driven av att förstå, skildra och granska. Samtidigt skrev han under en period mer tyckande krönikor i DN. Hur tyckande kan en journalist tillåta sig att vara? Var går gränsen mellan aktivism och journalistik? Detta diskuterar vi också. PS. I mitt förra utskick glömde jag nämna att poddavsnittet var premium, som alltså endast betalande prenumeranter kan ta del av i sin fulla längd. Är man betalande prenumerant är det bara att logga in och lyssna på hela intervjun med Linus Bylund! Enklast är att göra det via Substacks egen app. DS.PS2. I dagens avsnitt är mitt ljud lite burkigt. Jag ber om ursäkt för det. Problemet håller på att åtgärdas. DS2.Utgivaren ansvarar inte för kommentarsfältet. (Myndigheten för press, radio och tv (MPRT) vill att jag skriver ovanstående för att visa att det inte är jag, utan den som kommenterar, som ansvarar för innehållet i det som skrivs i kommentarsfältet.) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ivararpi.substack.com/subscribe

First off, shout out to my IT people fixing problems worldwide (0:00). Secondly, we get into the Record Of The Week (6:45), DS2, with one of the most legendary intro's of all time, I Thought It Was A Drought. Then we get into an extremely eerie hike out in the boondocks (27:23), before talking about how I'm loving therapy (47:25), and my love for Zara and Uniqlo (56:18). This takes us directly into the illusion of choice we have as consumers, how only a few companies own EVERYTHING. From food, to cars, to cosmetics, to fashion, we dive in!! Tune in to hear it all!! Love yall!   rarewaterstudios.com instagram.com/bobby.keefe tiktok.com/@bobby.keefe

Last in the DS2 run, Craig and Dave go through the rest of the bosses and give their final thoughts! Want to tell us what to play? Hit us up at on twitter (https://twitter.com/thebiteffect) or on the web (https://www.thebiteffect.com/suggest)

The COOLest. What do you get when the coolest podcast on the net meets the coolest DJ on the planet? An amazing conversation! Fresh off his Made In America performance, Future's DJ Esco, recounts his 56 nights in a Dubai prison, residency at Magic City, hip-hop origins, dating rumors, and success of DS2.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HOTSEAThaas gives his take on DS2, current events & more. Recorded on 7/18/22 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hotseat-haas/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hotseat-haas/support

There's never been more ways for artists to tap directly into their fan bases than present day. However, actually understanding those same audiences hasn't scaled at the same rate with the times. My guest on Trapital this week, Denisha Kuhlor, is out to solve that pain point with her new music tech startup, Stan.Denisha's company wants to take a more scientific approach to understanding and growing an artist's fanbase — from the casuals to the “stans.” Strengthening the artist-fan relationship will create better fan experiences, or as Denisha calls them, “moments of magic.” One way to create that magic is through live performance, but not necessarily at music festivals, argues Denisha. She thinks artists are mistakenly prioritizing quantitative metrics (attendance and performance-fee sizes) rather than the qualitative. While this might provide a short-term boost, it hurts in the long term since artists aren't connecting with the “stans” that are paying to see them and them only.   Denisha has observed this effect among Africa-based artists. The continent has produced a number of new stars, who generally “cut their teeth” performing at smaller, but more intimate venues like a club or even a wedding. Denisha has more insights into the rise of Africa's music scene, the state of touring, and more. Here's all our talking points in this episode:[2:44] The Downside Of Performing At Music Festivals[8:52] Followers Aren't Your Fans[12:51] African Artists Model The Way For Growing A Fanbase[14:11] Benefits Of Instant Feedback Loops When Performing[16:47] Cardi B's Unique Approach To Touring[21:28] Deeper Message In Kendrick Lamar's Partnership With Cash App [26:52] What's The Future Of African Music?[28:07] TikTok's Influence In Africa's Music Scene[31:42] Differences Between Performing In US Vs. Africa [33:55] 'Elasticity” Of An Artist Like Future[38:41] Denisha's Start-Up Stan Is Reimagining Fan-Artist Relationship[40:19] How An Artist Can Leverage StanListen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Overcast | Amazon | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSSHost: Dan Runcie, @RuncieDan, trapital.coGuests: Denisha Kuhlor, @denishakuhlor Enjoy this podcast? Rate and review the podcast here! ratethispodcast.com/trapital Trapital is home for the business of hip-hop. Gain the latest insights from hip-hop's biggest players by reading Trapital's free weekly memo. Transcription[00:00:00] Denisha Kuhlor: I really think that music coming out of the continent in a lot of ways, it really does like describe like the tastemaker culture. I always hear the songs first in Ghana. I learned about I'm A Piano in Ghana, even Peru, I was in Ghana back in August. And that's when I first heard the song. Like, I think because of the just diaspora nature, right? So people like myself or other first or second-gen folks going home and saying like, oh, wow, like this is the next big thing out here and kind of taking it back allows for that to happen. [00:00:31] Dan Runcie:  Hey, welcome to the Trapital podcast. I'm your host and the founder of Trapital, Dan Runcie. This podcast is your place to gain insights from executives in music, media, entertainment, and more who are taking hip-hop culture to the next level. [00:00:58] Dan Runcie: Today's episode is all about fans, specifically as it relates to music festivals because the people that see you perform at music festivals are not necessarily the same people that see you perform when you're on a tour. And on this episode, I was joined by Denisha Kuhlor, who is the founder and CEO of Stan, a company that focuses specifically on helping artists make better decisions based on their fan engagement.[00:01:24] Dan Runcie: And we talked all about what it's like for artists that focus on music festivals and while music festivals can be a great way to reach new people and a great way to get a good check, especially if you're a headliner performing at one of the big ones, it doesn't replace the things that don't scale and doing the hard work of building a fan base, and going out there, and meeting the people that actually want to see your music and see you in person.[00:01:50] Dan Runcie: So we talk about that. We talk about some of the current trends in the trade-offs and what Denisha is currently seeing, specifically in Africa with artists like Burna Boy, and Wizkid, and Davido and others that have really made the most of the constraints that they've had, but how it actually helped improve their careers as well.[00:02:08] Dan Runcie: We also talked about the music investment landscape, specifically in Africa, some of the opportunities there, some of the differences as it relates to music streaming. And then we chat a little bit more about Stan and what Denisha is building towards. This is a really fun combo. I hope you enjoy it. Here's my chat with Denisha.[00:02:26] Dan Runcie: All right. Today we're joined by Denisha Kuhlor, who is the founder and CEO of Stan. And Denisha, you recently wrote an awesome guest piece in Trapital about the downside of music festivals. So why did you write this piece? Let's talk about it. [00:02:44] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. So it's been something that's been in my mind for a long time. I think even on the consumer side, I've changed, I guess, how I patronize music and seeing artists and really just wanted to talk about like, how that impacts my relationship with the artists. I think we've been really conditioned and excited as consumers to attend festivals that optimize for seeing as many artists as possible.[00:03:09] Denisha Kuhlor: But what I think about some of my favorite music moments, frankly, they weren't at a festival, always a show that the artists headlined themselves. And so when I think about the impact and the touring coming, kind of coming back, you know, since restrictions, because of COVID, I think it was really important to explore from both an artist and somewhat a fan perspective.[00:03:28] Dan Runcie: Yeah. One of the things, I think, you highlight as well, especially on the artist's perspective too, we could easily get caught up in the allure of festivals. People always want to see who's headlining Coachella and what does it mean. And there's not going to be as much of a headlining or newsworthy thing if you're doing your own festival, but in a lot of ways, that's where you really meet your fans everywhere. And in a lot of ways, that makes much more of a difference in the long term even if the initial check size isn't as big, which you called out. [00:04:01] Denisha Kuhlor: Exactly. And in a weird way, festivals have almost become like very industry, I guess, and everything leading up to the festival, right? The politics behind being picked, where your name is on the flyer and, and what that represents. And while they're all great, I guess, points that can help an artist in the right direction, I think there's other ways to do it that maybe don't initially come with some of that fanfare. I totally agree. [00:04:25] Dan Runcie: So what are some of those ways? [00:04:27] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. So I really, to, I guess, put a tech or venture lens on it, but the great essay of like, doing things that don't scale, right? Like, I think so often as an artist or as an aspiring artist, it's really easy to look up to the really big things. Like you said, those are the things that are newsworthy, those are the things that are covered, and that people like see as amazing. But I, I think that artists right now have like a really unique ability to just play around, right, and play around with what that means. So I think a lot about Burna Boy's interview in Billboard recently. And even though he just like headline MSG, is the first Nigerian act to do that, and has been breaking a ton of records. Like, he just kind of was like, the next big thing for me is touring in like, avant-garde venues or venues that you typically wouldn't.[00:05:11] Denisha Kuhlor: And while he's a big star, that's something that's really feasible for small artists as well, right? You know, venues, venues and tradition. And that's why I love what, like Sofar Sounds are, is doing or other platforms. But I think so often it's easy to have like a uniform idea of what a tour looks like, or even what connecting with your fans looks like.[00:05:31] Denisha Kuhlor: And I think sometimes just bringing together, like, even 20 or 25 people that want to see you, that are willing to take their time. And like this world of an attention deficit, like someone giving an hour or two hours of your time just to appreciate your art is really amazing. And I think that artists are so used, like, just sold out a thousand, a thousand seats or 2000 or 3000. The quantitative numbers kind of don't allow them to connect on a qualitative level. [00:05:57] Dan Runcie: Right. And everyone has to start somewhere. But I feel like in this era where there's so much instant gratification, people don't always want to go through the steps of shooting in the gym or any of that to get to that point.[00:06:09] Dan Runcie: And I think part of what makes it tough, even if they're willing to do it, sometimes the optics can be a bit scary just because of how things are set up. I think one of the things that you mentioned in the piece and we were talking about afterward is just how, if an artist gets booked on a festival, everyone may not necessarily be there to see them, even the people that are standing there, but there's this optic of look at me, performing in front of these 8,000 people that are immediately in front of me, right? But if they go and do their own show and they can't sell a thousand tickets, or if they have one of those things where they're performing and you could see so much space in between the people that are standing in the audience, then there's a bit of a vanity piece where it's like, are you comfortable with that even though, you know, that that's how you build a fan base. [00:06:57] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. Yeah. So true. You know, as we were talking about that point, I thought a lot deeper about it, and a dynamic, I think, that's also really important is almost like how social media accessibility also plays from a peer perspective.[00:07:12] Denisha Kuhlor: And so these artists, while you can be a smaller, newer, upcoming artist, you can, I guess, be or feel like your peers with artists that are way larger than you just for proximity to that artist. And as a result, you almost kind of feel, like, embarrassed, if you will. It's like a freshman hanging out with a senior, right?[00:07:31] Denisha Kuhlor: They're going to do senior things, whether it's going to prom or what, like whatever, but there's, like, really levels and social media. And I guess just other mediums have kind of taken away some of those levels. And as a result, like Issa Rae's quote, people are so busy, like, networking that they're not networking across. And as a result who or what they compare themselves to creates a false sense of reality when it comes time for their own careers. [00:07:54] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I think that if you're on that stage, you think, okay. Yeah, I'm here, but you're really not. There's a huge difference. And as we both know, festivals get sold by the headliners, and yeah, the further, the smaller your font size is, for better or worse, the more interchangeable you actually are. And I think an instance of this, I know I've written about this recently, was looking at Coi Leray. And a lot of people had made a bit of noise about where things looked like from her perspective and her numbers because she had so many things that were coincides in her favor, in terms of being signed a Republic, she had songs with Nicki and Lil Durk. She performed on Fallon, BET awards. Benzino's daughter, over 6 million Instagram followers, but when it came time to sell her album, we're talking 11,500 units, which is around, I mean, less than 20 million streams in a week, which isn't that much.[00:08:52] Dan Runcie: There's plenty of other legacy albums that get more than that. And then they recently announced her tour and she's doing a mix of festivals and tour stops, but her tour stops, they're cities with less than 500 capacity venues. And I don't think it's just her necessarily. I think this applies to a lot of people, but it's just such a big difference where, okay, your followers are not necessarily your fans. And I think the distinction between touring and doing, you know, festivals highlights that more than anything. [00:09:24] Denisha Kuhlor: I think she's been a really interesting one to watch if only for all the things you mentioned. She's a great example of kind of a new artist these days and it begs the question, like, if attention at all, even really equals any type of conversion to, like, true patronage. And something I find is that like in a digitally native generation, they don't view attention, or maybe even we, like, we don't necessarily view attention in a positive or negative sentiment. Just because in a way you're willing to give your attention to something doesn't mean in any way it's potentially in your favor when the time comes that that attention will convert to something really tangible.[00:10:04] Denisha Kuhlor: But I also in, you know, in her case being signed, you know, being signed to Republic, I think it continues to, like, push that conversation of what A&R should look like now. You know, reading a lot about how A&R has evolved and having conversations with people in the industry. I think before or, or now it's evolved, right, to, like, leveraging data, right? And so many people talk about data. You can, of course, leverage data to find these up-and-coming artists, but then once you do or decide that you want to invest in this artist and work with this artist, what do those conversations kind of look like early to promote that strategy and kind of sometimes force the artists to, to go slow before they can go fast.[00:10:41] Denisha Kuhlor: I mean, we've all seen documentaries of artists from decades ago and kind of all the pre-work they did before even being pushed to being allowed to release a single or being allowed to perform a song. And that looks very different now. It almost seems like things are backwards, but not in a reverse engineer backwards. It's more just like, this happened and so now let's capitalize on that. And I think that we're kind of seeing some of the negative effects of premature success if you will. [00:11:08] Dan Runcie: Yeah, for sure. I think that, on a more recent level, I think about Olivia Rodrigo here in the US, everyone saw how big Sour was and they were like, oh, well, you could go tour arenas now.[00:11:20] Dan Runcie: And it sounds like her and her team talked about it. They're like, no, we're going to stick to the halls that we have. And it looks like she's performing in venues that have, you know, roughly several thousand, you know, capacity. At least that's what I saw here when she came through in San Francisco. And I think she may have done like Radio City or some of the others I would have to check, but I feel like that makes sense. You know, just given that, but I think this dynamic is even more pronounced in Africa, which a lot of the artists, which have recently become superstars there as well. And you talked a lot about that in the piece and Burna Boy, who I think is a great case study on this. [00:11:55] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've, one, just loved the music coming out of the continent. And two, I think it's really fascinating in the way artists have to position their careers to really succeed both in the continent and on a global scale. You know, part of it in a way probably comes from socioeconomic factors and then as well as just having like really migrant diasporas.[00:12:16] Denisha Kuhlor: But because of that, artists are like really, I think, forced to prioritize performing in the beginning. And when you look at the audience, right, it is kind of those things that don't scale. It's the weddings, it's the really small club performances, it's the open mics, like things that used to be very common for artists everywhere.[00:12:37] Denisha Kuhlor: But seems like, has kind of, kind of slowed down. And so as a result, I think, without having an A&R, they kind of do their own a A&R, right? You've heard stories of artists who would come to a country once and like nobody came to see them. And then three years later, the show was sold out.[00:12:51] Denisha Kuhlor: And so, artists are not only able to refine their performances. They get quick feedback loops and they do it in a way that I think is authentic to them and their sound. And it forces them to win people over, right? If you're performing at a wedding, the percentage of people that might like you could be high, could be low. But ultimately you want to walk away with more fans, right? These people are giving you an opportunity to convert them or at least to try. Whereas now I think, unfortunately, a little bit of entitlement that comes with some artists, right? Even from being upset when the audience doesn't react a certain way, and that's just like a humility that I think African artists have, have embraced.[00:13:28] Denisha Kuhlor: In terms of converting, converting the fan or the listener. And I think you see that even more when the artist really begins to take a global approach. Everybody from, you know, Davido shutting out the power of, the power of New York, or why music from the continent has been able to get so big as of recently.[00:13:46] Denisha Kuhlor: And so I think that African artists are a great example in terms of looking to, to kind of do that slow climb, and that slow work to be able to get to the point where they can sell out arenas today. [00:13:57] Dan Runcie: Right. It's like the constraints that the industry has forced them to do the things that don't scale and because they exactly did that, that's how they're in the position they are today. And that's why Burna Boy's selling out Madison Square Garden, right? [00:14:11] Denisha Kuhlor: Exactly. Exactly. And it's a safe space, if you will, to get feedback. I think, you know, so often as an artist, you're of course refining who you are in creative direction and all of that, but there's just some things that come from experience with being a performer and constantly just having those feedback loops to, to iterate on what songs work, what transitions work. When you see a Beyoncé at Coachella, that's years and decades of being able to study crowd reaction of how certain things flow, what works, what doesn't work to put on a show like that.[00:14:44] Dan Runcie: Yeah, the feedback loops piece is key too, 'cause obviously that's going to be harder to get from a festival because you don't even know if half these people are just, you know, burning time until the headliner comes, but you can actually see what the folks you're trying to reach resonate with. And this is something that I always thought about.[00:14:59] Dan Runcie: Tyler Perry, of course, this isn't music, but with his place, he would always talk about this, how he would switch things up. He's going on this large tour across different parts of the country. He's going to use certain jokes or use certain lines that are going to work in the South, that aren't going to work in the Northeast and aren't going to work on the West Coast, and things like that.[00:15:18] Dan Runcie: And anyone that is performing that actually sees how the people that they are reaching, interact with the stuff while they're doing it. It almost always leads to a better product so that when they are doing the movies or when they are doing the mass thing, they can hit the ground running. [00:15:34] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah, that's really true. And you know, as you're talking, it makes me think about like, maybe there's even a certain archetype of artists and like, one that doesn't, like, heavily involve performance. Like, I think a lot about comedians and what the, what a comedian looks like now. You have your Instagram comedians or, you know, TikTok comedy is as it's referred to, but not many of them are thinking about going on tour doing standup. And so maybe in some ways, even all-encompassing performer is different now. [00:16:03] Dan Runcie: Yeah. Yeah. I do think that for the people that are doing things live, it is easier to see it. I think that honestly, for people that write or podcast, it could be tougher because you, any type of feedback, there has to be at least some level of intent to let me reply to this email or let me follow up. I do think it's relatively easier for someone that has a newsletter to be able to do it relative to someone that's just writing standalone on a website. But I do think that when podcasters have live events and that is attracting people to a certain area, like, that's how they're able to get around this. But everyone, I think most creators, the more IRL things you have, whatever it is that you create, you're going to get more value out of that. [00:16:45] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. I totally agree with you there. [00:16:47] Dan Runcie: Yeah. the person that I think actually kind of challenges this with some nuance perspective is Cardi B, especially at the highest level, just considering that we're now, it's been four years since Invasion of Privacy.[00:17:00] Dan Runcie: I think it's been five years since Bodak Yellow came out, which is wild to say, but I think there's a few things. One she's yet to do a true formal tour. And she's been the first to say that with, Hey, I'm getting seven-figure guarantees to go do stuff over in Europe. And sometimes I even get those checks here in the US to perform in headline festivals.[00:17:21] Dan Runcie: Why would I go through all of the things that are involved with touring? And to be fair, there are some challenges that many artists have with touring, whether it's okay, making sure that the lighting and everything is set up right. And the production looks great on that first event that you have, because if that doesn't hit right, then that's going to impact the sales for everything else.[00:17:40] Dan Runcie: So even though we know that, yeah, that's part of doing things that don't scale. You have to do it. Some artists are fearful of that. And I think sometimes she may, you know, or at least she's alluded to her avoiding that, or even just the cost. Like, she even talked to herself about how the first time she did Coachella, it cost her more money than she actually got from the events of doing it just because of how much she spent on those things.[00:18:01] Dan Runcie: And, you know, she, at least, of her perspective sounds like she wants to be able to build up leverage likely in order to command a, you know, 40, 50 plus city arena tour that would likely match up with her star power. And I feel like that's part of the thing because I remember there was this debate going on, where people were wondering, okay, you know, if she does, like, what she would do.[00:18:26] Dan Runcie: And of course you'd all the Nicki Minaj haters were being like, oh, well she's not doing a tour 'cause she can't sell out a tour. And it's like, okay, I don't think it's that, you know, egregious. You all can, the barbs can relax a bit. But I do think that, you know, part of what I think makes it kind of tough, especially from a, a social following perspective, which I know is something that we've talked about before is that with certain artists, the reason that people follow you, you mentioned this earlier, isn't always because they're, like, vibing with your music.[00:18:57] Dan Runcie: I mean, Cardi B puts out a lot of, you know, beauty shots to show off her fashion to show off her glamor, and some people may like that stuff and they may have not even listened to WAP or any of the, you know, bigger hits she has so how do you quantify that? So I'm very interested to see, one, what this next album looks like and what her next live performance strategy looks like.[00:19:19] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. You know, if, if I was like thinking about what would be interesting for Cardi B, I think ultimately it'd be kind of a hybrid experience, right? Like I think you nailed it on the head in the sense that Cardi is a lifestyle, a lifestyle brand that has many different pillars that stand for many different things.[00:19:36] Denisha Kuhlor: And people really resonate with her, but for all types of things. And so, you know, you see more artists creating their own festivals and I don't know if there's a potential to, like, pilot what that, like, hybrid concept could look like maybe in the Bronx or somewhere unique to her.[00:19:50] Denisha Kuhlor: But I think that ultimately it will need to encompass everything that she represents. And so while the music will, of course, be one of those pillars, I feel like it could be, or would be so much, so much more. And given that she has so many brand deals and endorsements with companies that really appreciate her for the lifestyle brand that she is, I think it could be really, really unique.[00:20:10] Denisha Kuhlor: Even a partner with a festival promoter, you know, Rolling Loud is working with Chris Brown and Lil Baby as they go on tour. Like, even to, to have that partnership in a way that's really authentic and unique to her, I think is going to be fascinating. I feel like she's the artist that can kind of push the envelope in terms of experiencing her or artist in a way that we haven't necessarily thought of. You know, so often I think about, I think about like the rise or, of nightclubs and like branded parties. And right now you kind of see like two things, right? There's like really popular nightclubs that will just exist by virtue of like being a marquee name, whether that's the LIV and LIV on Sunday, but then you also have parties, right? And the parties exist without the, the venues. What I constantly think about is, like, everyday people is the party. It's not about where everyday people is or more, or more so where they're going. And so I think that's like a similar thing, that Cardi brings and the ability that she's so much of the brand, that it's more so about what she wants to do and where she'll bring people to that medium versus following the traditional way things have been done before. [00:21:11] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I think the branded piece, it, especially being able to have some type of partner with the concert or with the tour more broadly, would be big because I'm thinking about some of the recent ones we've seen. And even some of these are just slight nuances, like Kendrick Lamar partnering with Cash App for his Big Steppers tour.[00:21:28] Dan Runcie: He has coming up. I saw The Weeknd has one of these crypto companies. I think it's Binance. Yeah, Binance is doing his tour and he's doing like a big stadium tour for this run that he has coming up. And I think that just opens it up to be like, yeah, you could have many other folks. It doesn't always necessarily have to be, you know, Visa credit card holders to get the pre-check or whatever it is to get the early thing. You know, you can actually have, you know, other partners that are aligned with many of the brands and partnerships that Cardi has already had relationships with. [00:22:01] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. And I really thought, you know, the Kendrick and Cash App partnership was fascinating to me because of, I feel like, the message it sent, right? Like, to me, it almost said like, let's make this tour accessible to all our fans versus the barrier to entry, you know, while it's nice to have an Amex Platinum, not everyone does so like versus the barrier to entry. And I think that's another really important thing with touring, right?[00:22:25] Denisha Kuhlor: Like controlling the barriers to entry in which your fans get to see you. And so, you know, it just really symbolized to me that, like, in a way, Kendrick, like, wants his biggest fans there and he's going to remove the barriers to entry to do so. So that was a, I really enjoyed seeing that partnership.[00:22:43] Dan Runcie: Yeah. That's a great point because I think one of the challenges that we've seen over the years with live shows and live entertainment pricing for events is artists that are trying to price things in a way to give fans a fair chance. But also understanding that the reseller market is going to, you know, take it up to a crazy amount and then you have artists buying back and then trying to sell it themselves as resellers. And I know it could just get so messy when you see that. But I think it's clearly done because they want to be able to make sure that the actual fans can do it. But yeah, if you're just giving it to like Amex Platinum and Black Card holders, then it isn't going to work Like, we've all seen the dynamics of how Cash App grew. Cash App grew because of hip-hop fans 'cause of hip-hop influencers pushing this, and then that's how they're able to grow in the South and grow in places that Venmo didn't grow. So have it all lined up if you're trying to reach those people.[00:23:37] Denisha Kuhlor: Exactly, exactly. You know, in, in the years to come and especially with the rise of tech and really probably as a result of rising customer acquisition costs on Facebook ads and other platforms. Partnering with tech companies is going to be a great source, a great source of revenue.[00:23:52] Denisha Kuhlor: And I think just authentic partnership for artists. And ultimately it'll come down to their methodology behind choosing the right partners and what it says about how they value or how they desire to connect with their audiences. So I'm excited to see more, more partnerships, especially, I guess not just in the FinTech space, but consumer technology space overall. And I think we can tell, you know, even just as regular fans, whether it's authentic or not. Cash App made so much sense, everybody was like, of course. And I think the best part about it was people were like, oh, I have an account. Like, I've already done X thing. And so this just naturally fits in with my lifestyle. [00:24:28] Dan Runcie: Yeah, definitely. And I, I think we'll see more of it. I hope we continue to, I know a lot of these companies have been US-based, but I'm really excited to see what's going to be coming from Africa specifically because there's so much music activity.[00:24:43] Dan Runcie: We already talked about the artists coming through and how the artists themselves in many ways will have better chops just because of the constraints that you know, are there that currently existed that we talked about earlier. What are you seeing in the space? What excites you?[00:24:57] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah, I've been really excited about everything coming out of the continent, both from a music standpoint and venture standpoint.[00:25:04] Denisha Kuhlor: It's interesting because for a long time telcos have been heavily involved in underwriting artists, artists careers, right? So a lot of performances and even festivals are heavily sponsored by telcos on the continent. And so they've always had a role and I think kind of understood the value in investing in partnering with, with artists early. I think what's evolving is the amount of money coming to the continent, especially as it relates to startups and funding tech companies.[00:25:31] Denisha Kuhlor: And so as a result, like they realize the value as well and investing in music. And you see a lot of those partnerships. I mean, Chipper Cash is partnered with Burna Boy, right? So, like looking at, like, one of the most valued FinTech companies in Africa and one of the biggest artists in Africa, I think we're going to continue to see those relationships and those partnerships. I also think that it's going to evolve to a natural progression that we saw here as that artists want a bit more, a bit more of the pie. And so while, you know, speculating, I think a lot of these deals are, you know, cash, maybe a small range of cash and a little bit of equity.[00:26:06] Denisha Kuhlor: I think we're going to see artists want to become a lot more hands-on, especially for projects that are commoditized. And in a lot of ways, remittances or some of these FinTech products are, are really dependent on your ability to have a license. And so as artists maybe get to start to be able to navigate that landscape and bring together teams, I would be, I wouldn't be surprised to see them launch products of their own in similar spaces.[00:26:30] Dan Runcie: Yeah, it's exciting. I mean, there's so much, I also look at what's happening in music specifically. Of course, as we know all the major record labels have a presence, not just in the, you know, continent overall, but in the different areas. I mean, it's huge. You can't just, you know, have a presence in South Africa and think you're going to cover everything happening sub Sahara or everywhere else.[00:26:52] Dan Runcie: Like, you need to be focused on what's happening in a particular area. And I think too, we saw earlier this year in Andreessen Horowitz had made its first investment in that mobile games company, Carry1st, I think we're going to see more and more of that. And I do think that we're going to see even more innovation in African music.[00:27:12] Dan Runcie: I know that all the streaming services have been trying to acquire more subscribers and more listeners in those places. But yeah, the dominant listening in many ways is still downloads of the companies that have been able to focus on that. So there's so many unique aspects that I'm excited to see play out.[00:27:32] Denisha Kuhlor: Totally. Another, you know, another, I guess, thing that's really interesting to me is the kind of the conversation lately, as it relates to like what type of music has dominated. I've seen and talked to a lot of folks who kind of hypothesized that, like the reason music coming out of the continents and has grown so much is because it's very universal in a way where everybody can participate. Like say, on the dance floor, just experiencing the music versus kind of some of the hip-hop and rap music that has dominated that's really driven by club culture, and bottle popping culture, and VIP, and sections and, and that whole thing.[00:28:07] Denisha Kuhlor: And so, I find that, I find that dynamic fascinating as well in kind of the universal sense that it brings. And you see that on like TikTok, like how many, like, dances can you make to a song about like popping bottles versus just like a really great beat? [00:28:24] Dan Runcie: Right, right. Yeah. Do you feel like TikTok is having the same impact there on the continent that it is in the US? Are you noticing anything that's unique or different? [00:28:34] Denisha Kuhlor: No. I, I really think that music coming out of the continent in a lot of ways it really does like describe like the tastemaker culture. As someone who's spent, you know, time in Ghana as well as in the States, like, I always hear the songs first in Ghana. I learned about I'm A Piano in Ghana, even Peru, I was in Ghana back in August. And that's when I first heard the song. Like I think because of the just diaspora nature, right? So people like myself or other first or second-gen folks going home and saying like, oh, wow, like this is the next big thing out here and kind of taking it back allows for that to happen. [00:29:10] Denisha Kuhlor: So in a lot of ways, I feel like I go or spend time on the continent to see, to see what's new. And then TikTok is probably the biggest indicator of what's most likely to take off from there. But I would look at, you know, some of these cities, especially around nightlife, as more of the curators and, and the tastemakers and TikTok, just being a mirror of, in some ways, the work that's already been done. [00:29:31] Dan Runcie: Okay. So it's more so following the culture, not setting it. [00:29:34] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. [00:29:36] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I think, too, to some extent that's, I would say maybe it's, it's a little different in the US because I do think that what we see on TikTok in some ways does set where people end up following, at least here, right? Because I think you just see so many trends originating from things people do. You're more likely to see clips from TikTok posted and shared on other platforms, as opposed to what you may see, vice versa. So I feel like, yeah. [00:30:05] Denisha Kuhlor: I agree. I think it's definitely, I think it's definitely very different and I think it's what makes being an artist a little, a little tricky because if you are an American artist, for example, and your song is becoming the biggest thing in Ghana, that probably has very, you know, different implications for how you navigate that or how you think about career and how you think about strategy.[00:30:24] Denisha Kuhlor: And, you know, unfortunately, I guess if you're an artist maybe who has risen on TikTok primarily in the States, what does that mean when it comes time for touring or time to do a date? How is that attention converted? Because the fact of the matter is American fans just have more opportunities to patronize their favorite artists.[00:30:42] Denisha Kuhlor: When you look at the amount of venues and just like analysis to, and ways you can interact with artists here, there's just so many, so many option. And so that conversion rate is high or is harder. [00:30:55] Dan Runcie: Yeah. And that reminds me of something else I've heard artists say. This isn't anything new, but they've said that they always get more love when, US artists specifically, they always get more love when they perform outside of the US because the US artists, they see plenty of things there or the US fans necessarily, they have more opportunities to see you. So they're not necessarily as like wilder, they take the moment in as special as it is, as opposed to the artists that are going outside of the USA perform. [00:31:26] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. You know, I talk to folks around when J Cole in Nigeria. And I think that was such a great example. Like, he had just released the album that day and was shocked that people knew, that people knew every word. And specifically, I think when artists come to the continent, it's always an occasion, right? People are really excited.[00:31:42] Denisha Kuhlor: Cardi B was a great example. People are just like really excited in some ways that they're like participating. Like, we didn't go to you, you came to us. You value us enough to do that. And I think, you know, regardless whether it's Africa or Japan or even Europe, like, there's just a, yeah, there's just a different level of, of appreciation.[00:32:00] Denisha Kuhlor: And people really, really hold onto it as an experience that will, that will be with them. And unfortunately, because of some of these, these festivals, like you can casually see an artist that you don't even like that much. Multiple times, like, you know, I don't, I don't know the numbers off the top of my head, but let's say if you go to every Rolling Loud festival in New York, just once a year, how many artists have overlapped or how many artists have you seen multiple times?[00:32:25] Denisha Kuhlor: Just as a result of patronizing that one Fest. And so as a result, the star power, the whole je ne sais quoi, kind of, kind of falls away. But I think you don't get that same type of, I guess, performance burnout or consumer burnout when you do headline your own tour because it's something different every time. It's experiencing, you know, Beyoncé fans, I'm sure we'll talk about this, but I think the beauty and what her Coachella performance was. Everyone knew the songs, right, we knew the music for the most part, but it, it was now just experiencing it in a different way and in a way that she wanted us to experience it. And unfortunately, I don't think artists get to do that in the same way with festivals they're not headlining. [00:33:05] Dan Runcie: Yeah. The Rolling Loud example always makes me think of Future. I always say that he has a low-key residency at that. I, I actually went back, and counted this. I forget how many Rolling Louds there have been, but at least 40% of them, he has been a headliner at.[00:33:23] Dan Runcie: I mean, it's a high number and to your point, I mean, I'm sure that paycheck's great. I, I'm not concerned about, you know, Future from a buddy perspective. He is prolific, and, I mean, he had one of the best-selling albums so far this year, but yeah, to your point that is kind of, I think, Future is a model that clicks with that as well.[00:33:42] Dan Runcie: He's going to put out music early and often. He's going to perform, and he's always going to be there. And I think for him it works, but it's just not going to be the same thing necessarily as. Beyoncé record or something like that.[00:33:55] Denisha Kuhlor: You know, I'm curious, how do you think that impacts like an artist's elasticity, like, of course, with more and more artists selling their catalogs and just navigating the world as an artist very differently, how do you think that does impact their just elasticity in the music game overall? [00:34:12] Dan Runcie: I think it's twofold because I think that to one point, a lot of artists do feel like they have to keep the content machine turning. I think that's, that kinda line, lines up with Daniel Ek, Spotify CEO, and what he had said that was a polarizing statement at the time of you releasing music every three years, isn't going to be enough anymore. So I do think that someone like Future has lead into that and say, okay, I have this base and I know they're going to listen to everything that I put out, whatever I do it. So let me maximize that.[00:34:49] Dan Runcie: And I think for someone like Future because as popular as he is with a particular demo, one, his mainstream popularity isn't quite where it was like when like DS2 came out in 2015. So he's definitely serving more of the large, but, you know, core fans. And I think just given some of the issues that people have about him, and, of course, we've all seen the memes about, you know, problematic Future sending, you know, the text to the, to the ex or whatever it is.[00:35:20] Dan Runcie: Like, I don't think that he necessarily has the same marketability to let's say, go launch a, you know, huge, whatever it is, the same way that we see the Beyoncé or Rihanna do it. That doesn't mean he can't, he can obviously still has the platform. So I do think for him and even someone like an NBA YoungBoy who, you know, is even younger, then releasing music early and often kind of works for them because they may not get, you know, like, the big deal from whatever company wanting to partner with them, but they could reach their fans directly. So they're going to maximize that. So I think it's a little different though, when you are a Beyoncé or you are a Rihanna where, you know, there's so many other things you're doing, so when you release music, you do want it to hit because you want it to have this halo effect over everything else that you're doing.[00:36:06] Dan Runcie: There's anomalies to this, of course, I mean, or not anomalies, but I think some folks will do it differently. I mean, Drake is still going to give you a release every year, every other year. Kanye West has likely been doing the same, but I do think that that's still different than, you know, how like Future's going about it.[00:36:23] Denisha Kuhlor: Agreed. Agreed. I wonder 10 years from now or 15 years from now if Future is still touring or even releasing music, what that relationship looks like, and even what a tour would look like given the brevity of music he's put out. [00:36:37] Dan Runcie: Yeah. To be honest, I think he likely will, just a matter of like, you know, what does it look like? How big and like, you know, like, the dynamics there. I recently posed the question on Twitter, which artist do you expect to still be releasing music when they're 70 plus years old? I don't think many people mentioned him, but I would definitely put him in that category. I feel like not too far away from 40. I do think that, you know, he loves this, for better or worse, and I feel like he'll likely continue. [00:37:06] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. Yeah. And I think, you know, in, in rap, it's still so new, which is crazy that we have just seen enough examples of that. And so these probably, or artists like Future will be those, those examples for us to look back at.[00:37:20] Dan Runcie: Definitely. And I think so much of this, with this whole conversation, we're talking about the relationship between fans and how fans really help you format what you're doing and how to really set the framework for your career. And this aligns with the work that you're doing now. You recently launched and, and announce the company you have with Stan that is helping artists have a more fan-focused approach to their careers. So can you talk a bit more about that? [00:37:45] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. Yeah. So I recently decided to go full-time on a music tech startup called Stan, focused on audience engagement infrastructure, so really to help artists understand their audiences at a micro and macro level with the goal of providing better fan experiences. I kind of think it's crazy in some ways that every industry that wants to encourage a repeatable customer behavior has a loyalty program, but unfortunately, artists have very fragmented loyalty programs. And of course, the rise of NFTs and specific things as it relates to streaming platforms or even email lists. We've seen artists make great attempts, I think at doing and running really effective programs, but I really want to add more, more science to the arts to create, if you will, moments of magic on a greater scale. So artists can better connect with their fan bases. [00:38:36] Dan Runcie: Nice. Where did the inspiration come from? I'm sure a lot of it is things we talked about in this conversation.[00:38:41] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah, so much of it. Interestingly enough, it has come from writing. I long admired, of course, Trapital and, and other platforms. And really just wanted to explore, like, the conversation of fan relationships. And I think fan relationships have evolved so much, but wanted to kind of like push the, push the envelope in terms of what was being explored as it relates to the fan-artist relationship and also highlight how sophisticated fans are of course, with, you know, the rise of, of stans and how much they're covered. I think that people think of fans as just like, okay, like a casual listener and then the overzealous fan. And I think that's such a, that's such a gap and fandoms operate in such a sophisticated way, that we really needed to push the conversation on what that looked like.[00:39:25] Denisha Kuhlor: And as a result, the more I kept writing, the greater, like the problem became to me in the sense of, I think there's a lot of really, really amazing platforms designed to, you know, be direct to fan and connect the artists to the fan. But for anybody that's in any type of relationship business, I think it feels a little used car salesman to, like, try and extract money, like immediately, like, Hey, I just met you, like, give me this thing. And so I felt like there was a, an over-focus on the monetization of fan bases. Before fan bases were frankly strong enough to, to survive that monetization. So I kind of wanted to take it back a step to say, if you have a really strong relationship, relationships are everything, right? You'll be able to survive and not even just survive, thrive, because you can withstand volatility and maybe even turmoil.[00:40:13] Dan Runcie: So what does it look like from the artist's perspective? Like, if I wanted get involved, like, what does that engagement look like? [00:40:19] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah. Yeah. So we're currently in the experimentation phase playing around with products and experiments that allow us to hit product-market fit. We're gearing up for a beta. So I love to talk to any artists that think really intensely about connecting with their fans. But ideally, we love to work with artists that, one, want to create, like, what I call moments of magic. And so like some great examples is J Cole, right? Like, not only the Dollar & A Dream Tour,, but going to, going to this fan's graduations or how do you actively and naturally involve yourself in your fan's life in a way that feels authentic and encourages a bidirectional relationship.[00:40:55] Denisha Kuhlor: As a result, a lot of the work that we're doing is analyzing artists and their current data as well as tapping into, into new data sets as a result of creating games, as well as just different forms for artists to connect with their fans. So any artist that, one, thinks deeply about this, that wants to understand their data better across multiple platforms. We, we'd love to talk to you, especially as we work with artists on an ad hoc basis to gear up for the launch of the platform. [00:41:23] Dan Runcie: Makes sense. I mean, as we both know, this type of need is more crucial than ever, and there's so much data that can be misleading or misunderstood as you've talked about before you can't just go on a follower account. You can't just go on Spotify listens. Some of these things correlate, but a lot of them don't. [00:41:41] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah, it's so true. You know, I think Spotify Wrapped is always so interesting to me in the sense that it's great, right? And what became even more interesting was when fans, fans, of course, post, but then to see artists post, right?[00:41:54] Denisha Kuhlor: And kind of what that meant for them and the excitement. And so there were things that I felt like off the bat, like, certain artists expected to get, right, you expected to have every country represented when it came to countries listened or just certain things represented, but I thought a lot about it.[00:42:08] Denisha Kuhlor: And I was just like, that one snapshot into a portion of your fan base. Like, what does that tell you from an actionable data perspective? But I guess before we can even know how relevant or how much you can guide your actions around those results is how much of your fan base is on Spotify? Like you mentioned, in actual, like, a lot of music is listened through downloads or partnerships with telcos and other streaming platforms.[00:42:31] Denisha Kuhlor: People use Audiomack, and Boomplay, and different streaming platforms. And so without, like, knowing an aggregate, what your Spotify listeners even represent when it comes to your audience? It can also be a slippery slope to make directions based on the most advanced data sets. If they're not really replicative of your whole audience.[00:42:51] Dan Runcie: Right. Because I think one of the things that I often see with Spotify specifically is that people will, especially in the US, they'll use it as like a rule of thumb to say that, okay, you see the data that comes to you from Spotify, either multiply it by three or three and a half or four. And maybe that gives you a rough idea of how big the overall streaming market is for a particular artist, but that works in the US that doesn't work for artists elsewhere. So being able to see those distinctions, especially considering how global the music industry is, that's where people can actually make actionable insight. [00:43:25] Denisha Kuhlor: Exactly. Exactly. I think, you know, artists are really starting to approach their careers from a global standpoint will be really, really helpful moving forward.[00:43:33] Denisha Kuhlor: And as they consider the elasticity of their own careers, especially given that, like, smaller markets can be more forgiving, right? And so even if you don't want to necessarily go through the 50-city 500-person venue tour, what about going to just a smaller market globally and getting that feedback, being able to perform, really connecting with your fans that way too.[00:43:54] Denisha Kuhlor: I completely agree with you. I think that artists are just going to really have to be global from day one and as a result just because you're familiar with consuming music in a certain way, isn't necessarily how your entire fan base is going to do it. So becoming more sophisticated around what that looks like and how you can best work with those platforms will be really, really advantageous moving forward.[00:44:14] Denisha Kuhlor: Definitely. [00:44:15] Dan Runcie: And you're in a great position to be able to do that. So I feel like the timing lines up well with this. So for you specifically, for the people that either are listening, or whether they're artists or working with artists, where can they follow up? Where could they go? [00:44:28] Denisha Kuhlor: Yeah, yeah. So you can find me on Denisha Kuhlor at Twitter, love Twitter so always on there. And then you can just shoot me an email at d@stan.fan as well. [00:44:38] Dan Runcie: Sounds good. Denisha, this was great. I feel like we covered a bunch of things that are happening right now in the industry and yeah, very timely. So thanks again for coming. [00:44:47] Denisha Kuhlor: Of course. Thanks for having me. [00:44:49] Dan Runcie: If you enjoyed this podcast, go ahead and share with a friend, copy the link, text it to a friend posted in your group chat, post it in your slack groups, wherever you and your people talk. Spread the word. That's how Trapital continues to grow and continues to reach the right people. And while you're at it, if you use Apple Podcasts, go ahead, rate the podcast, give it a high rating and leave a review. Tell people why you like the podcast that helps more people discover the show. Thank you in advance. Talk to you next week.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Whilst the deluxe edition has been turned into a common occurrence by stream hungry record labels. It's traditionally been a place for the true fans. You know, the dedicated fans to kind of revel in unreleased tracks, live versions, remixes, hidden songs, all the goodness you want from your favourite artist. But Lil Uzi Vert changed tge world in 2020 When he or maybe his label decided to drop a second full length album a week after eternal atake and merely call it a deluxe., the album went number one for a second week and ensured that he stayed at the very top of the conversation for two weeks in a row. Since then, deluxe albums have come so fast that this year my followers actually voted them the seventh worst influence on hip hop, the seventh worst. In 2020 alone there were 129 deluxe albums. 54% of them came from hip hop, and a staggering 60 of them added seven or more songs to the original. 2020 was the year of the deluxe, but prior to that, we actually got some incredible deluxe editions, you know, Future's DS2, added fuck up some commas. Jay Z's 444 added Adnis, a brilliant track about his father. Plus we have Blue dropping some bars on Blues freestyle. Good kid, Mad City. Of course, the recipe added to its deluxe, and Spotify deluxe edition, actually added the Jay Z remix of Bitched Don't Kill My Vibe, which is legendary. So before the word deluxe triggered thoughts of a bunch of low tier c-sides bloating out a brilliant album just to pick up streams, it was actually really welcome trend in music, and I kind of miss those times.Check out the replies and reactions on Beams.fm

We discuss the first Doctor Strange film from 2016! We'll break down a lot of symbolism seen in the film: Lucifer, Baphomet, Tibet, All Seeing Eye, Saturn as the dark dimension, Doors of Perception which fits into the Multiverse theory of DS2 and we'll of course talk about who Dr Strange is based on- some VERY important occultists that gave us western practices and SEX Magick- John Dee and Pascal Beverly Randolph! STAY SUBSCRIBED FOR NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE WHERE WE COVER DOCTOR STRANGE 2 IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS!!! Also check out images discussed on my IG at Instagram.com/IsaacWeishauptShow sponsors- Get discounts while you support the show and do a little self improvement! 1. Try EveryPlate for just $1.79 per meal by going to EveryPlate.com and entering code: conspiracy179 2. ATTENTION CRYPTO NERDS!!! CopyMyCrypto.com/Isaac is where you can copy James McMahon's crypto holdings- listeners get access for just $13. Get 10% off your first month of starting your happier life at BetterHelp.com/IlluminatiWatcher 4. Free 30 day trial to great audiobooks at Audible.com/Illuminati (or text “illuminati” to 500-500)Get bonus content AND go commercial free + other perks:* VIP: Due to the threat of censorship, I set up a Patreon-type system through MY OWN website! It's the VIP section of illuminatiwatcher.com! It's even setup the same: FREE ebooks, Kubrick's Code video! Sign up at: https://illuminatiwatcher.com/members-section/ * PATREON: almost identical to VIP Section; you can join the conversations with hundreds of other show supporters here: Patreon.com/IlluminatiWatcher * ROKFIN: Get all my bonus content ad-free and listen to TONS of other creators like Sam Tripoli with Tin Foil Hat podcast, Jason Bermas, Jay Dyer and more for one subscription price: https://www.rokfin.com/creator/isaacMore from Isaac- special offers:1. Check out another free podcast I make with my wife called the BREAKING SOCIAL NORMS podcast! You can get it free wherever you listen to podcasts (e.g. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-social-norms/id1557527024?uo=4). You can get the Uncensored and commercial-free option at Patreon.com/BreakingSocialNorms3. Signed paperbacks, coffee mugs, shirts, & other merch: Gumroad.com/IsaacW5. Get 3 books for $5: https://illuminatiwatcher.com/how-to-get-free-books/6. ALIENS, UFOS & THE OCCULT IS NOW UP ON AMAZON AND AUDIBLE (*author narrated): https://amzn.to/3j3UtZz7. Enjoy some audiobooks and support the show! Go to Audible.com/Illuminati or text “Illuminati” to 500-500 to start your free 30 day FREE trial8. If you want to hear more from me AND also want to support the show, search for "Isaac Weishaupt" on Audible and pick up my narrated audiobooks! My most popular book- THE DARK PATH! https://www.audible.com/pd/B0759MN23F/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-095441&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_095441_rh_us AND the popular alien books USE YOUR ILLUSION are also on Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B08NRXFNDM/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-223105&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_223105_rh_us*Want to advertise/sponsor our show?
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This week Demar and Adriel discuss Future's latest album ‘I NEVER LIKED YOU', why it even exists and Future type beats Demar's rating: 4Adriel's rating: 4The Love List: CHICKENS, 712PM, KEEP IT BURNINFollow us:Twitter / Instagram:@AlbumModePod@AdrielSmileyOfficial@DemarjGrantClubhouse / Greenroom:@demar@adrielsmiley

Doctor Strange 2 Cameo Hype, DC Sold to Discovery, First look at Thor 4 Villain & More I TCBC INTRO [0:00] Thor Love & Thunder First Look, Leaks [5:10] WB finally sold to Discovery [12:30] Endgame level of Surprises teased for DS2 [25:51] Member Topic 1 - When will Sony announce Spider-Man plans Member Topic 2 - Hollywood ignores actors in need

Rick discusses the history of enterprise connectivity, the benefits of SD-WAN, and the security obstacles to avoid when enterprises deploy SD-WAN today. He also makes the case for a coupling of SD-WAN and SASE.  Resources: “A Brief History of the Enterprise WAN: How little has changed in the last 15 years,” by By Andy Gottlieb, Network World, 6 April 2012. “Bandwidth Key Words: DS1, T-1, DS2, T-2, DS3, T-3, DS4, T-4, OC-1, OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, ATM, Bandwidth Resources, MPLS, Satellite, Internet and Bandwidth Speeds: Explaining Bandwidth The Easy Way.” SolveForce. “Broadband history,” by Dani Warner, USwitch, 19 July 2018. “Cybersecurity Innovation Starts Here,” Lee Klarich, Palo Alto Networks, 13 November 2019. "MEF White Paper MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Services,” MEF, November 2019. “MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Services & Certifications – Frequently Asked Questions,” by MEF “SD-WAN drives managed network services trends for 2020,” By Tom Nolle, CIMI Corporation, TechTarget, December 2019. "SD-WAN Explained: The Ultimate Guide to SD-WAN Architecture,” by TectTarget “SD-WAN (Software-defined WAN),” TechTarger “SD-WAN vs. MPLS vs. Public Internet,” by Idan Hershkovich, CATO Networks, 28 February 2018. “SD-WAN security explained,” by ERICKA CHICKOWSKI, AT&T Business, 25 June 2020. “SD-WAN - What it means for enterprise networking, security, cloud computing "Software-defined wide area networks, a software approach managing wide-area networks, offers ease of deployment, central manageability and reduced costs, and can improve connectivity to branch offices and the cloud,” By Michael Cooney, Network World, 9 October 2019. “The 6 Biggest SASE Buys of 2020 (So Far)” by Tobias Mann, sdx central, 26 August 2020. “The Secret to SASE is the Right SD-WAN,” by Networkworld by IDG, 2020. “Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet,” by Andrew Blum, Published January 2012 by Ecco. “What is MPLS: What you need to know about multi-protocol label switchinig,” By Neal Weinberg and Johna Till Johnson, NetworkWorld, 16 March 2016. “What is SD-WAN and why do you need it? Quick Explainer Video,” Drew Schulke, Dell, 18 October 2019. “Why SD-WAN is the next breed of WAN optimization,” By Sean Michael Kerner, TechTarget. “X.25 – What is X.25 Networks?” By Dinesh Thakur, Computer Notes. “Your security stack is moving: SASE is coming,” by Rick Howard, CSO Perspectives, The CyberWire, 5 April 2020.

Katherine Kowalchuck is a lawyer and Mike Worthington is an engineer, and together they have taken it upon themselves to help disseminate truth in light of reality not reflecting the facts of the research they are uncovering.Katherine has been practicing law in the Province of Alberta since 2003, and though Katherine's main focus is family law, she has turned her attention to uncover the implications of citizen's rights in the face of C*v1d 19(84). Mike is a practicing professional engineer and business owner who is currently devoting much of his personal time to researching our current government policy decisions with respect to the available data. His research has found that the restrictions and measures are not based on science and causing much more harm than any measurable benefit.We go into many topics of the current situation and to dive deeper into any one of these areas, see the links below:C*v1d-19 politicisation, "corruption," and suppression of science:https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4425Spanish Flu:https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16126/cdc_16126_DS2.txt?fbclid=IwAR3YnxtlNp-euh-ZdFm0AG25oiW1O31kDhYO19n7N9vyp3s4FRG6xQHUFgYhttps://freepress.org/article/did-vaccine-experiment-us-soldiers-cause-“spanish-flu”?fbclid=IwAR1kFEmzizWL2YJIjRt7A84_CtlNz987fUUY16UoYMVxzgifqAUPCR9rA4ACloth masks causing increased rate of influenza-like-illness: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420971/External peer review of Corman-Drosten paper on validity of PCR testing:https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346483715_External_peer_review_of_the_RTPCR_test_to_detect_SARS-CoV-2_reveals_10_major_scientific_flaws_at_the_molecular_and_methodological_level_consequences_for_false_positive_resultsOntario Nurses Association wins case against masks in 2015 and 2018:https://www.ona.org/news-posts/ona-wins-vaccinate-or-mask-flu-policy/#:~:text=The%20Ontario%20Nurses'%20Association%20(ONA,policy%20in%20effect%20at%20St.&text=Michael's%20Hospital%2C%20which%20was%20the,6%20decision%2C%20found%20that%20St.Find more on Lawyers 4 Truth here:www.facebook.com/lawyers4truthwww.sovereigncollective.orgIt's time for Conscious Parents to rise up! Need help? Get Your Conscious Pregnancy and Parenting Guide here: www.sovereigncollective.org/gettheguide

In Episode 8, special guest, Rodney J LaFlare (of Da Dirty DuRag Boyz) educates Tubby on Atlanta rap artist, Future, and his 2015 project that many deem a classic, "DS2" (Dirty Sprite 2). The Scarface Tubby Show - www.tubblife.com - bladegang@gmail.com

0:20 Amazin AsianNow that the House of X and Powers of X limited series have been completed, how do you see ideas from those being used to introduce the X-Men and mutants into the MCU? Do you think it'll just be select ideas like the nation of Krakoa and the gifts that it can bestow to humankind, or something more than that?5:38 Matt GilbertIt seems clear to me that Bucky knew that he would not see Steve again as Steve left to return the infinity stones, as evidenced by the line "I'll miss you buddy" and other moments in that scene.  If you agree this is true, when could Steve have possibly clued in Bucky?9:07 StevenIt seems like Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, Moon Knight, and Hawkeye could all be going into production this Summer and/or this Fall. Do you think this approach will lead to a large number of Marvel Series being released from August to December of 2021, or are they stockpiling a little bit so that they know what they can have ready for early 2022?15:19 Brett HeierSince Sam Rami is directing DS2, do you think it is possible he directs the final episode of Wandavision? And if not Rami, maybe Scott Derrickson since he is still an Executive Producer on Doctor Strange? I think this would be a good way to tie the two together.18:24 Paul ShearmanHey Sean. Do you expect that we will get ‘The Art Of' books for the Disney+ Marvel shows?  I know you'll be hoping so (just like me)! Thanks,  Paul.20:00 Richard Catarino What are your thoughts on WandaVision? Any chance SW and V are trapped in MojoWorld and that Mojo is the main villain of the series?23:33 Adam NighI'm interested in Talos's daughter in Captain Marvel. I feel like they were setting her up to be someone important, especially when Monica Rambeaux tells her to never change her eyes. That seems significant. Do you have any theories about who she is? Do the comics develop that? My wife's theory is that she is Nebula. The age lines up about right and if that were true, with her totally replaced mechanical body, it makes that line about her eyes really depressing. Do you think that holds up?26:12 Matt GilbertDo you suppose that Steve Rogers would really go back to 2012, restore the Mind Stone to Loki's scepter and turn it over to HYDRA when the chance to use it to restore the Vision back to life after the events of Infinity War is so tantalizing? Imagine going back to Wakanda 2017, bundling it up with Vision's body, and storing it away where Shuri would be sure to find it upon blipping back to life. What would you do? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

0:31 LincHappy new year Sean and company!To kick the year off, I'm curious what would shock you the most in 2020:A. Nat is shown to get resurrected in Black Widow2. Phase 5 gets announced in fullor D. Sam doesn't become Captain America in the Disney+ series Falcon and the Winter Soldier(Or anything else you might want to sub in)6:58 Michael WeaselboyDo you think the Deadpool movies will be explained to have been in the MCU all along??? Or would they have Deadpool make a joke about it?9:05 BrentacPrimeNow that Disney+ is here, do you anticipate you'll still buy copies of MCU movies going forward (not counting the Sony distributed installments of course). For me I already only get digital copies, but I don't see a scenario where I will stop Disney+ so I don't see much point to continue to buy them on iTunes.21:59 Woo S KimIf Feige said to you, "Here Sean, you get to be the lead producer on Ghost Rider, what version of Ghost Rider would you pick, would Ghost Rider be a Marvel Studios streaming series or a film and why?25:14 Mookie JohnsonSo I have a theory on the mystery MCU debut in Dr. Strange 2. I think it's Iron Fist... if the 2 year Netflix rule is real, it will be past before that movie comes out. He also has a mystical element and thus could be a good ally for Strange in the multiverse. Also it will be a few months following Sheng-chi, so MCU fans will be riding high on the martial arts wave. Lastly, I can see how Iron Fist is a "character we(they) always wanted to do something with". I don't think Danny Rand would have fit the previous Avengers roster, but he does fit the current one as best we know it. ... Is this a plausible theory or is it as bad as the Iron Fist Netflix series?30:13 Joshua ShurbetSean, you want Nova. But when and how do you want Nova? And when and how do you realistically expect Nova?37:18 Jim ScroggsIf Stark Raving Hazelnut and Hulka Hulka Burning Fudge were real flavors, what do you think you would like more?39:33 We Are GrootIt bothers me a little sometimes when they make Scott Lang seem like he's dumb for laughs. Yes it's funny but he does have a masters in electrical engineering which is not something a dumb person can accomplish. I enjoyed in the first antman movie that they showed him using his intelligence to break into hank's house and vault. Do you think or hope (no pun intended) we will see more intelligent problem solving from Scott in the future?48:35 We Are GrootYou think anything will ever come from that group they set up in GotG2, the one with Stallone and Miley Cyrus and Michael Rosenbaum, and a couple other people whose names I can't remember (not even sure I got all those names right).52:26 Amazin AsianIn your last patreon credist scene, you stated that you think New Mutants will have to do very well at the box office to be added to the MCU. Do you think there's any chance Marvel Studios might have added (or will add in the next 2 months) some easter eggs in the movie in case it does become part of the MCU?55:14 Robert KlauserDo you see post credit scenes in the MCU movies setting up the Disney+ shows?57:21 Woo S KimI doubt this will be ever answered on screen, however in your head canon, how do you think Peter Parker got his Spider Powers?57:32 Teddy StarkHey Sean, what did you think of the Kendrick Lamar lead Black Panther Soundtrack/Album in relation to the movie? Did it affect your viewing (or rewatch experience) at all? As a music and hip hop lover I was impressed not only by the quality of the music as a stand alone, but how it tied into different themes and scenes of the movie so well.59:49 Amazin AsianHow would you feel about the Russo brothers taking over the directorial duties on Doctor Strange 2? They clearly have shown they are capable of handling the character with Infinity War and are arguably the most trusted Marvel directors at the moment. If they could fit it in their schedule and they feel comfortable with the horror leanings of DS2, maybe they are a good fit.1:04:45 LincExpanding on the last question, if Marvel were to go to a trusted director from the past, who would you prefer take the Strange reins:The RussosJoss WhedonJon FavreauKenneth BranaghJoe JohnstonAlternatively: would you be interested to see if Kevin Feige Himself would be up for actually directing a film?1:12:23 David RosenWith all of the rumors swirling around with regard to what movies Spider-Man is or isn't going to be in, do you have any insight into which studio Tom Holland would have actually signed his contract with? Would it have been a joint contract between Disney/Marvel Studio and Sony or just with MS? And also, If it was a contract with just MS, would Sony need permission from them if they wanted to put Tom Holland in Morbius or V2? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's the first podcast in this post-DS2 era, so it's only right. Episode 19 features Jameel & Carlos being joined by Ryan (IG: @omgmoreryan) to talk about Future's Dirty Sprite 2 #DS2, which was released last Friday (7/17) to the world after a week of whirlwind anticipation. No stone left unturned as we tackle El Chapo's incredible escape from jail, Chief Keef's timeless "Ain't Missing You" single from #Bang3, and the next step in the Birdman/Lil Wayne/Young Thug saga. We also ponder a few songs that Drake could remix in response to his latest remixes of "Sweeterman" and "Ojuelegba" released over the last week. No shortage of sass and shade thrown by Ryan, but #2BELTZ keeps it in line. Stay tuned to next week for our 20th episode extravaganza. Follow 2BELTZ on Soundcloud: @2BELTZPodcast Twitter: http://twitter.com/MeelzTV + http://twitter.com/DamnItCarlos