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Ever feel like you had to start over from zero? I sit down with writer and teacher Peter William Murphy, an Irish expat who rebuilt after a family business collapse, a serious injury, and a move to Reunion Island that reset his path. I wanted to understand what it really takes to choose growth when life gets loud, and Peter shows us how clear decisions, steady practice, and honest support can open new doors. We talk about the power of owning your choices, moving through anxiety, and asking for help before pride gets in the way. Peter explains how he built Peak English to help students raise their IELTS scores and change their futures. We get into how online teaching actually works when you design it with care, why in-person connection still matters, and how writing became a tool for clarity, confidence, and service. What I love most in this conversation is Peter's calm style of resilience. It is not flashy. It is daily. If you are starting over, switching careers, or simply trying to make your next decision with intention, you will hear practical steps you can use right away. I think you will walk away encouraged, with a clearer view of what steady progress looks like and how to keep going when the ground shifts under your feet.   Highlights:   00:10 – Meet the guest and set the theme of choosing growth over comfort. 01:12 – Hear how a family hospitality legacy shaped early values and work ethic. 02:25 – Learn how the 2008 crash ended the bar and pushed a search for a new path. 07:37 – See why a one-way ticket to Reunion Island became a turning point. 10:11 – Follow the move into teaching without a degree and the first classroom wins. 14:20 – Pick up online teaching tactics like gamification and lesson design. 15:56 – Understand imposter syndrome and the pivot into writing and Peak English. 21:16 – Get a clear take on when online learning works and when it does not. 28:38 – Compare virtual vs. in-person speaking for connection and impact. 32:41 – Learn Peak English's mission to make IELTS success more accessible. 46:32 – Try a simple decision tool: write pros and cons and choose with intent. 54:55 – Hear the advice to younger self: talk to someone sooner and keep going   About the Guest:   Peter William Murphy is an Irish writer, educator, and host whose path has been anything but conventional. Raised in a small family-run hotel on Ireland's west coast, Peter immigrated to America following the hotel's closure, attending school there before returning home to rediscover his Irish roots—and a deep love for sport. But beneath the rugby and soccer fields, a creative instinct stirred.   When the 2008 crash brought down his family's business for a second time, Peter booked a one-way ticket to an island off the coast of Madagascar with just €20 and no job prospects. After a brief period of sleeping rough, he was helped by strangers who offered support without judgment—a lesson in quiet empathy that never left him.   Peter made his name on Medium, where he was curated 39 times for his memoir-style essays on travel and the lessons learned along the way, before pivoting to sharp, comedic takes on current affairs. Notable among his growing body of work are original characters like Jack Hennessy, a wry Irish journalist with a nose for trouble, and the Rick and Morty-inspired duo, Peta and Freeman—two chaotic, absurdist voices that serve as both satire and self-reflection. He now splits his creative focus between personal essays, humor writing, and his new livestream comedy podcast, The Peter and Philip Show, which he co-hosts with author Philip Ogley and which is gaining a mini-cult following on Substack. Peter is currently working on a book loosely inspired by his global misadventures, missteps, and the redemptive power of human connection.   Some of Peter's creative and personal heroes include Hunter S. Thompson, Ernest Hemingway, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, as well as his mother, father, and brother—who continue to inspire his voice, values, and pursuit of honest storytelling.   Peter is currently developing the Peta and Freeman series into a comic and is halfway through writing his first novel, The Red Beach in Paradise, which tells the story of his time on Réunion Island through the fictional lens of Jack Hennessy. While Peter still teaches full-time with his own private students, he is also working on opening an online school to help students prepare for exams and gain university admission across Europe. Every cent he earns from his writing goes directly toward making that school a reality.   Ways to connect with Peter:   My GoFundMe to fund the school: Link here Peak English Instagram account: Link here Peak English TikTok: Link here My substack that contains writing and podcasts: Link here My Medium Account: Link here     About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening!   Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:20 Hi, everyone. Welcome wherever you happen to be to unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. And today, I think we're mostly going to get to do the unexpected, which is anything that doesn't have to do with inclusion or diversity. Peter Murphy, or Peter William Murphy, as he refers to himself in all the emails that he sends to me, is a writer. He has been a teacher, has an interesting story, I think, all the way around, and I'm not going to tell it, because it's more fun to listen to him tell it, and we'll see what we can learn from it and how we progress. So anyway, Peter, I want to welcome you to unstoppable mindset. We're really glad you're here.   Peter William Murphy ** 02:00 Thank you so much for having me. I really appreciate it.   Michael Hingson ** 02:03 And although Peter is Irish, he's in Turkey today, or he's he's over there, so he does move around, as you're going to learn in the course of this next hour or so. So why don't we start, why don't you tell us, kind of about the early Peter, growing up and so on.   Peter William Murphy ** 02:19 Um, well, I'm from truly, county Terry in Ireland, beautiful small town in the west coast, the Southwest we I come from a family of Hoteliers and publicans. My great grand Well, yeah, my great grandfather had the Meadowlands hotel in Chile, and then passed to my grandfather. But then after that, my father decided to open up his own bar. And that's kind of where after growing up, you know, around the hotel and, you know, seeing all the customers talking to people, very social kind of atmosphere, but unfortunately, it closed down. We had to move to America, back to Ireland. I attended Glendale Abbey school in County Limerick and yeah, I had a great upbringing, great family, but unfortunately, I never really liked school, if I'm be honest with you, which is a strange thing for a teacher today, I did not do well in school. I did just okay. But after the economic crash in 2008 Unfortunately, our family business closed down, so I had to try and find my own path. It was a little bit different than Ireland and I took off, got myself a teaching cert, and went to Reunion Island. And from there, my story kind of took off, and it's kind of where I learned a lot of my lessons. And after that, I just kept on going and didn't stop.   Michael Hingson ** 03:59 So why did the family business closed down the first time.   Peter William Murphy ** 04:04 The first time was because my grandfather basically needed a retirement, and he sold the hotel. And then my father then decided to open up his own bar, and just rising then 10 years later, that closed down during in 2011 I think there is a big economic crash in Ireland, rents went up. People weren't eating or socializing like they were, and through no fault of RL, it was just time to close the doors, which was a pity, because name of the bar was wooly Darcy's. It was a fantastic bar, very social, no televisions, very traditional, and yeah, so we all kind of had to go off and find other ways. And, you know, figure out who we are without, say, bars or. Hells or general hospitality and so kind of, yeah, right.   Michael Hingson ** 05:06 Well, so what? What was the reason for commuting or immigrating all the way to America after that?   Peter William Murphy ** 05:14 Well, we immigrated to America after   Michael Hingson ** 05:17 the hotel, yeah, after the hotel closed, right?   Peter William Murphy ** 05:21 Yeah, that was in 1998 and we were there for maybe two years, I believe, I'm not sure, and went to school there. My father worked in summers pubs, which is owned by my uncle in Boston, and then he made enough money to come back to Ireland in 2000 and open up his own bar. But yeah, it's just,   Michael Hingson ** 05:49 why America? Why America? When the hotel closed, half   Peter William Murphy ** 05:53 our family live over there, so my mom's side of the family live in America. Yeah, okay,   Michael Hingson ** 05:59 well, that makes it a little bit more logical that you would you would consider doing that.   Peter William Murphy ** 06:05 Oh, I loved it, Michael. I After, after two weeks, I was no longer Irish. I was playing baseball, eating pizza. I good American accent. I loved America, I   Michael Hingson ** 06:17 must say now, so are you in the Boston area?   Peter William Murphy ** 06:21 Yeah, we lived in West Roxbury, okay, just outside the city.   Michael Hingson ** 06:26 I lived in Winthrop Massachusetts, which is by East Boston, for three years. Very nice. So I never really got a Boston accent, but I do know how to say things like, pack your kind of have a yacht, you know? I can, I can still do it. Great accent, actually, but that's lovely. But I enjoyed being in Boston and just being around all the history. It's pretty, pretty amazing. But then you move back to Ireland, so that worked out, and he started a bar, and then you did that. So when, when that closed, and then you left again? Why did you leave again?   Peter William Murphy ** 07:06 Uh, basically, um, it feels difficult, kind of speaking about publicly, but I, I was kind of Joe there's, and I say that because there are people out there with bigger problems than me like I was a rugby player and the son of a publican. So for my formative years, my identity, for me at least, was kind of set. I was either going to be a rugby player or I was going to work in a bar or go into hotel management or something like that, but I had a pretty horrific leg injury during rugby training, and I suffered a few blows to the head, and then the bar closed down, so it was like one year you kind of had it all figured out. And then going into university as a young man, I had nothing. I could barely really walk I my family identity was gone. We're in the midst of a economic crash, a depression, and then I kind of developed my own sort of depression, but I, at the time, I didn't know it was depression. It's only Lacher that, when I spoke about it to professional that I kind of, we kind of spoke through and just said, Yeah, that's what it was. So I kind of, I wouldn't say, lied to my parents, but I told my mom, who's listening? Hi, Mom, I love you that I got a job in France, and I'd gotten an English certificate, and I didn't want to do University. I wanted to take a year out because I just couldn't handle it. Um, so, you know, I thought solving my problems would, you know, going away would solve my problems. So I there was no job in France. In fact, I wasn't going to France. I booked a one way ticket to Reunion Island, which is an island often called to the Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.   Michael Hingson ** 09:22 So why there? Why there? Because my friend   Peter William Murphy ** 09:26 was there, and he was there getting University credits for his degree. And, you know, back then, I wasn't a very good listener. I was a bit silly. I'm sure he told me all the details, but I just, I just heard son see maybe a job, and it's not and it's not Ireland, you know, it's not gray, it's not depressed. People aren't on social welfare. Let's, let's go. So I booked a one way ticket with what remained in my savings. And blew over there. And Michael, I'm going to be honest with you, when I landed at the airport in fentanyl, and I was hit with the hot Island air, and I could see it the volcano and, you know, the blue ocean surrounding me, I immediately regretted my decision. I want to go home, but I couldn't, because I had no money to buy a return ticket. So then the kind of Island Adventure kind of started, and yeah, I was stuck there for two years trying to get home.   Michael Hingson ** 10:34 Did you ever kind of make peace with all that and decide that maybe it wasn't such a bad place?   Peter William Murphy ** 10:40 Yeah, I, I, I kind of, because I'm a storyteller. I love writing, so I'm good at, kind of, you know, I wouldn't say I think all writers are good at, you know, giving dramatic effect. You know, maybe there, there's instead of one shark, there's five sharks. Instead of a storm, it's a cyclone. But when I would tell people about it, I would say it was difficult, but looking back at it now, it was probably the best thing I ever did, just taking that leap and going for it.   Michael Hingson ** 11:19 Did you ever finish in going to university? Or did you ever   Peter William Murphy ** 11:23 No, I just kept going. Kept going, kept going. I I got a job teaching English at a course. A lady by the name of Daniela from Angola gave me my first ever job, and you know, we hit it off. And this is back in 2011 or 12. I After about six or seven months working with her, so all the kids love me, the students love me. I learned a lot about her kind of holistic approach to education and teaching, and we were speaking in her kitchen one day, and she says, okay, when all this is over, what are you going to do? And I said, Well, I'm going to try and open up my own school. And she seemed surprised, but yeah, over 1310, or 11 years later, I'm not sure that's exactly what I'm trying to do now, is open up my own school.   Michael Hingson ** 12:21 Tell   Peter William Murphy ** 12:22 me about the school. Well, my wife, well, I'll go back a little bit. When I finally built up enough money to fly home, I got a job working with a man from America, actually teaching students in Cork. And I said I wasn't ready to go back to university just yet. I'd been in university for three years before I left, and it just something wasn't clicking with me. I'm an intelligent enough person, but in university just something, it just wasn't clicking. So I've decided to, you know, go to Turkey, simply because it was, you know, the closest. It wasn't like France, which is familiar, and it wasn't like, you know, far away, like China or somewhere like that. So I went there and got a job. But within six months, I think I landed a very, very good job at the top private school there, and they knew that I didn't have a degree. They just knew that I had selfless certificates and TEFL and other English certificates. But they have about 60 campuses in Turkey, and they gave me, and one of them is a university in Istanbul. So I was given a lot of education. By then, I was kind of a teacher for 15th. I observed, if I was doing a lesson, I'd be observed lots of seminars, getting more certificates, learning more and more. And you know that as time went on, I just kind of became Mr. Murphy, you know what I mean? I became a teacher, kind of, I proved myself, and just my students started getting good results. The parents were very fond of me. My colleagues were fond of me, my boss, my principal was fond of me. So I went from kind of not really having any identity, not knowing what I was doing, to kind of having it. So I stayed working in this big school for eight years, and to get back to kind of your question on the degree and the school i i was chosen by them to give a talk in Istanbul to all my peers on online methodology and how I help kids. Do you know? With gamifications, using the right websites for them, things like this, I slowly became very adept at, and they asked me to do it the second year. And then I got offered by Pierce in Turkey, which is an educational publishing company, and to do seminars on their behalf. And then this is, it was the first time since I left Ireland. This was in 2002 or three where I began to have imposter syndrome, where I was like, Okay, I know I'm good, but am I better than the people who I'm, who I'm speaking to, you know, and I raised this with the person who gave me the opportunity, and he said, Everyone feels, feels this way, you know. But I couldn't shake it, so I decided to in 2023 to step back from teaching, and I told my principal that I'm going to take some time away from it, and I became a writer on medium, and my writing on medium then took off. I started making a lot of money, and I found myself in this little hole where everything I was I was trying, was working for me, but it still didn't feel like something that I could 100% stick with well, which is why I started writing the book, and then it's why my wife and I decided to open up our own course, which will be a methodology, kind of created by the two of us, a curriculum, curriculum created by the two of us, which will have third party eyes who will sign off on it, and it's called Peak English, and we'll take it from there. So that's kind of my long answer to your very simple question.   Michael Hingson ** 17:05 Sorry, Kay, that's fine. Going back to when you went to Reunion Island. Do you think there was something deeper than just escaping from Ireland and the life you had, or you think it was just that simple?   Peter William Murphy ** 17:24 Um, yeah, it's strange, because I have a great relationship. My brother, my father and my mother were all very close. But I, I think, I think I became afraid of life, you know, because, you know, my father's my hero, of course, and he's a well respected man in the community. He He was awarded, I can't remember the name of the award, but basically, best host of the Year, Best host in Ireland last year by the hospitality board in the country. And when I saw what the economic crash did to him, it didn't break him, but when I saw that what it did to him, I was like, my god, if life can do that to my dad, take away his bar, you know, make him sad, or whatever it's like, what's it going to do to someone like me, you know, so I became very afraid of life, and I suppose I just wanted to go somewhere that felt other worldly, and that just felt so different, you know, that just so different, Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 18:38 well, and, and now you say that you really feel that it was the best decision that you could make.   Peter William Murphy ** 18:48 Yeah, I wouldn't change it for the world. I mean, I've got some great stories. Yeah, halfway through a book about it now. So hopefully in the next year, that book will hopefully get published, and if not, I'll put it out there myself.   Michael Hingson ** 19:06 So when the pandemic hit, how did that affect or deal with your teaching and so on? Because you were teaching all that time since you you stepped back from that in 2023 so you must have had to deal with a lot of stuff with the pandemic, I would think,   Peter William Murphy ** 19:25 yeah, I know a lot of people suffered during the pandemic, but if I'm going to speak, it was difficult for everyone, but if I'm going to just for me in my apartment in Turkey, it was a good pandemic for me, you know, I took the opportunity to learn the guitar, get better at my job, did a lot of study, got more certificates, and also. Uh, I was familiar with Zoom before the big zoom thing happened. So I kind of knew before our first online lesson. You know, I spent about maybe three weeks because we went into lockdown in Turkey, I think March 2020, I believe we were a bit Lacher than most, but we, we stopped school in February, I think, and there was about a two or three week time where they were trying to figure it out. And, you know, you you know, everyone's going to go. If America and England are go and China are locked down. We're going to be locked down too. So I started doing tutorials on Zoom Near Pod, other online teaching websites, and started learning about them. So when the first lesson started on Zoom, I was really good at it, and all the students loved it. I wasn't the only teacher who did that. Lots of my colleagues I did that. But, you know, the pandemic was definitely a time where a lot of us who were lucky enough not to get ill were able to, you know, put more strings to our boat, right?   Michael Hingson ** 21:24 What do you think about all the discussions and all the arguments and all the conversations that go on now about online teaching as opposed to doing it live, and where, where all of it fits in. Can people really do it, you know, kind of what are your thoughts   Peter William Murphy ** 21:47 for children? I do not recommend this as the primary source of their education. I believe that socializing is very important for them, even having a teacher. You know, one of the biggest things you can do as a teacher with your classroom management is where you stand in the classroom. You know, being able to observe the students, then knowing that you're there as a present all the materials that you would have in the classroom. These are all things that actually, they need something small, but they do help kids that kind of five minute break every 14 minutes where they can run outside, keep a ball around and talk to each other. That's really important, yeah. But if you're talking about maybe between the 18 and up age group, I think it depends on the person. I've had students who who are prepared for IELTS, and they have needed a top score, and only have three months, and we've been face to face, working, helping them with their writing, doing everything, and it just doesn't work. There's something about the school environment where it just doesn't rub off on them. But then the minute you get them online and you start introducing games, you gamify it, just do lots of different things with them, for some reason they feel more comfortable. It could be an anxiety thing could be where they just feel more relaxed. At home, everyone's different, but for children, from my experience, definitely face to face learning is the best. Zoom is okay in an emergency. I do not recommend hybrid learning whatsoever.   Michael Hingson ** 23:40 Yeah, it's a it's a challenge. I know, for me personally, I can do online and, or and, or I can do things in person, in terms of learning and so on. I'm used to doing a lot of things outside of the typical corporate or office environment. So I can do that, but I also value and appreciate the social interaction when you go into an office and you have an opportunity to to meet with people. The only thing I would would say is way too often, unfortunately, people socialize so much that they forget in a work environment, you're really there to work and really need to figure out how to focus more on getting the job done. But I think there are a lot of aspects to that as well, because it isn't necessarily that people are lazy, but by the same token, if they don't really recognize what the job is about and what they're doing and that they have to put the appropriate time into it, or figure out a way to put in the appropriate time, then that's, you know, an issue too.   Peter William Murphy ** 24:58 Yeah, I would, you percent people. Be With You.   Michael Hingson ** 25:01 I think that, yeah, it's interesting. I've had a few people on the podcast here where we've talked about time management. We've talked about how people work in Europe, as opposed to in the United States, and some of the statistics that show that, in reality, if people put in longer days, but don't spend as many days at work, like if you put in 410, hour days, as opposed to five, eight hour days or something like that, you tend to get more work done, which I think is very interesting.   Peter William Murphy ** 25:36 Yeah, I've noticed that too, since I started working at home more and more. That I had a discussion with my wife the other day, and I said, you know, I think I need to rent an office, you know, because whilst I do like having, you know, low overheads and not paying rent. There is something about getting up in the morning, putting on a nice shirt, black coffee, and walk to the office. And you know, have your work day. One thing that I'm noticing is working online, with writing and helping students, is I'll wake up at 5am and I'll shower and I'll I'll work from 6am until midnight, and I am looking at my looking at myself in the mirror the next day and saying, Joe, this is unsustainable, like we It's you can say to yourself, oh, sure, just, you know, make your own routine. But it's very hard to stick to a routine if you are, you know, writing articles, if you have meetings at various times throughout the day, if you're dealing with multiple time zones. So there's, there is something attractive of going back and renting an office, you know, having a base where work is work and home is home. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 27:10 and I, and I appreciate that. I, I personally am able to work at home and separate that out. But I do know what you're what you're saying. And not everyone can do that. I've just done that a lot in my life because I've worked for companies where I worked remotely anyway, so I'm used to that, but I also appreciate your discipline. I'm sorry   Peter William Murphy ** 27:35 you've got discipline. It's something I need to work   Michael Hingson ** 27:38 on. Well, I guess that's probably it, yeah, I guess that's that's probably it. And I have enough other things during the day that demand time. So for example, at five o'clock, that's the time to feed the guide dog, and he wants to eat. And if I don't do that, I'm going to hear about it. So what's your dog's name? His name is Alamo. Like the Alamo? Yeah. So, you know, the issue is that I do have some things to help keep me honest, but, yeah, I can be fairly well disciplined with it, and I can make that work, and I understand that a lot of people can't. The other thing for me being a public speaker is I'm not as great a fan of speaking virtually, speaking online, as I am speaking in person. And the reason is, and it took me a while to kind of figure out why I didn't really like it as much as as probably some people that I don't have nearly the same kind of connection with the audience to whom I'm speaking if I'm doing it online, and I don't get to hear their reactions to things that I say. And for me, having that audio interaction, those auditory signals are part of what tells me if I'm doing a good job or not. On the other hand, I've done this long enough that I can pretty well tell what's probably going to work and what's not. So I'm perfectly happy to do virtual presentations, but if I have a choice, I like to do it in person, right?   Peter William Murphy ** 29:09 Yeah, I agree with you there. There is something very cool about being up on stage, yeah, and talking to a lot of people, but my favorite part has to be afterwards, when you're having the teas and the coffees and you're talking to everybody in the lobby. I really do love that part.   Michael Hingson ** 29:29 Oh, yeah. Well, and I try to integrate some of that even into the talks that I give, so that I have audiences participating. And sometimes the participation may be that I ask them something to answer, and sometimes it's how I tell a story to draw them in. And I've had any number of people tell me we were just following you down the stairs in the World Trade Center as you were telling the story. You were just so. Vivid with what you were saying. We were right there with you. And that's the thing that I think is a lot harder to do in a virtual environment than it is in a in an environment where you're actually speaking to people.   Peter William Murphy ** 30:13 Yeah, that's I told you when we had a chat before I came on, that it's really great honor to speak to you. And you know, I really do love your story and the way that you tell it, and of course, about your guide dog that led you out. It's really like an amazing story   Michael Hingson ** 30:36 well, and you know, it's it, it's a team effort. Both of us had jobs to do, and it was a matter of me being the team leader and keeping the team on course and doing the things that we needed to do. But it did work out well, and I'm glad about that. So it's that's important, but tell me more about the school that you're trying to start as you're working toward it, what will it be? Well, we   Peter William Murphy ** 31:07 are deadline to open it up was in three weeks ago, we found three buildings. I can't go into the detail, but it's, let's just say that, you know, someone said one price in the advertisements, and then when we got face to face, there was a new price. There was a lot of that kind of carry on. So my wife and I had a discussion, and we said, let's put peak English online first and get a base in because we do plan to either maybe perhaps move to Ireland in the future. So it is going to have to be a business that can, you know, move anywhere. We are going to have to have a online base. We've started working with the school in Brazil, and we've got some clients in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. So it's a nice space to get online at the moment, as we head into September, when all the kids are back to school, and then we will start small. We on sub stack. I started a small GoFundMe to help me reach my goal before the deadline, and people were very, very supportive. They gained a lot of traction. And then I spoke with my subscribers, and I said I gave them the plan because I like to tell them to know what's going to happen if they're paid subscribers, because everything I make from my writing goes directly back into education. So everything I make from medium top back, everything it goes towards building the school. And we are now going to go into September on a good footing, but we're going to have to downsize our expectations and perhaps buy some or smaller but our methodology and our mission will remain the same, to make education affordable, to help students pass their IELTS exams, to give them an opportunity to go work in Canada, America, the UK, Ireland.   Michael Hingson ** 33:15 So yes, that's peak English. Well, there you go. Which is, which is pretty cool. Well, what does your wife work? Or does she just help you with the school? Or what does she do?   Peter William Murphy ** 33:26 My wife? What does she do? My wife is an artist. She's a gamer, she's a teacher and she's a website designer. She's everything. She's the Peter whisperer. She's definitely good at when I'm in a whirlwind writing or, you know, I'll do too many things at once. She's, she's like a tablet for ADHD. I think she just, she's good at, kind of directing me calm down. So she she knows everything. Michael, she's a teacher, English language teacher. Graduated from Palm college, university, and she worked in an ink, in a in a college, and she's just about to embark on her Master's. So one of us will get that degree.   Michael Hingson ** 34:18 Yeah, one way or another, you'll have one in the family. Yeah,   Peter William Murphy ** 34:22 exactly. Well, she has one, but she'll get a master's. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 34:26 you'll have a master's in the family. Do you have any children? No, no, no, we're children. No children yet? Well, that's another thing to look forward to in in the future, which is, which is,   Peter William Murphy ** 34:38 where we don't know what to do. We love turkey, but also we want them to have a, you know, a Turkish. We want them to, you know, have an appreciation for Turkey and for Ireland. So we're trying to figure out where would be the best place to to raise kids in the in. You know, current global environment. And you know, despite all the trouble that Ireland has in 2008 every time I go home, it's still solid ground. And you know, it's the older I get, the more I'm kind of, I think we will end up there eventually, but we'll see. Yeah, well,   Michael Hingson ** 35:28 it'll all work out in time. I suspect you strike me as individuals. Yeah, you strike me as a person that will, will make things work out. And you're, you're willing to step back and and do it in a methodical and in very positive way, which is, which is pretty cool. Well, tell me about some of your writing. What kind of what have you written?   Peter William Murphy ** 35:54 Well, I told you about the book. I'm halfway through. It's the working title is becoming useful. Then on medium, I started writing about mental health, and I got imposter syndrome again. Of course, there's nothing wrong with writing anecdotally about your experience, but sometimes on the internet, it's probably better not to talk about kind of medical kind of things, you know what I mean. So I said, well, what could I pivot to? And I started writing travel memoirs about my time on the island, and I ended up getting curated about 40 times by medium selected for curation is basically where they choose the staff choose your story, and they give it a boost into the algorithm, and basically it just gets sent all over the internet. So that happened 40 times. Then I wrote for your tango, which is a New York based website. And then after a year and a half on medium, I pivoted to sub stack, where I continued to do my writing. And about three months ago, sub stack began doing live streams, kind of like on YouTube or Instagram, they have these live streams on sub stack. So I didn't feel comfortable talking about my teaching on sub stack, because I felt like my my writing persona, not that it's controversial, had its own space in my life, so I kept it separate from my teaching, and I spoke with a friend, and we saw everyone on Sub stack was doing these live one hour streams. So we thought we would do a comedy show. So we started doing these 1015, minute comedy shows live on substack, and they became very popular. And a lot of you know big authors like Walter Reed, Robin wilding, who would be very popular on that website came on as guest, and it's kind of this new outlet where everything leads back to teaching, where I'm learning about video editing now and how to reach an audience, and then straight away, with peak English, I said, Okay, so that's that. Now I know more about how the internet works, so now open up a Tiktok and an Instagram and, you know, focus that into peak English. So our Instagram account now is growing. It's got close to 1000 followers, and our Tiktok is just open. So, yeah, going to use what I learned from sub stack to reach more students give more tips on how to pass exams on other social platforms.   Michael Hingson ** 39:12 Okay, and you've, you've created some fictional characters along the way, haven't you?   Peter William Murphy ** 39:20 Yeah, I have Peter and Freeman, who have a small little cult following on on substack, kind of based on a relationship I have with a friend of mine and my brother and I. My brother has done the Olympics. He's done the not as an athlete, but he's worked for Warner Brothers and other companies, doing the filming of it, and we're both very much in the film. We're working on a script, and we're trying to develop something at the moment together. Of course, our day jobs are our main focus, but it's very nice to have a similar interest with your brother, that you can just work. Worked on together, you know,   Michael Hingson ** 40:01 yeah, well, you know, back in the days of old radio, there was a ven Troy lacherist, Edgar Bergen, who had his creature, Charlie McCarthy. And it was interesting that a lot of times Charlie spoke for Edgar. Edgar would, would would communicate through Charlie, as opposed to just communicating himself, and it was a way that he felt comfortable doing, which was interesting.   Peter William Murphy ** 40:32 Yeah, that's interesting with Murphy's Law, which is my medium pending, after about a year and a half, I, you know, I said I can't keep writing about the island or this or that, or memoirs. I have to try grow as a writer. So I started trying different styles. I started writing a satire. I started writing a political satire or just pure comedy pieces. And lo and behold, I was okay at it, and they gained traction, and they were funny. And this is strange, so then Murphy's law went to kind of satire. And then I started writing about politics, say what's happening in the USA, the friction over there, some other world events. And I enjoyed it. The editors liked it, and it was published in some very good publications. And it was great. I found many voices, you know, but as time went on, and I love medium, and I love substack, it's, it's my passion, and it has helped me grow, not just as a writer, but as I mentioned earlier, helped me hone all the skills I use that become, you know, big enough on it into how I can create this business that my wife and I try to open up, and it has really helped. But you are always chasing the algorithm, you know, and I would rather have a product out there that helps people, you know, pass their exams, give them guidance with these as, you know, do volunteer work, things like that, that will actually help people. And people will remember it as peak English, as a brand that will help them, because Murphy's Law and the exile files online, I love them, and they are my babies, but they are very much passion projects that, like Reunion Island, have helped me figure out what I want to do. You know?   Michael Hingson ** 42:58 Yeah, well now you talk about Murphy's Law. And of course, we all know Murphy's Law is, if anything can go wrong at will. But there was a book written years ago that was called Murphy's Law and other reasons why things go wrong. And the first, I think I've heard of that, and the first thing in the book after Murphy's Law was o'toole's commentary on Murphy's Law, which was, Murphy was an optimist. I always thought was cute. I like that. Murphy was an optimist.   Peter William Murphy ** 43:30 Well, it's, you know, I think in life, like you said yourself, when, when that terrible day happens in the World Trade Center, it was like you could either lose your mind or you stay calm, you know. And no, I think, I think everybody, kind of you know, can learn from that, from learn from your book, that you just have to keep going moving forward. People react differently to different you know, setbacks like I mentioned, with the leg break and the bar closing another young man, it might, it might not have affected them at all. They would have said, It's okay. I just kept going. But it just so happened that it affected me that way. And you my brother, for example, he stuck it out. He stayed in Ireland, and he he did it so it's it really does depend on the person and how they how one can deal with what life throws at you. Some people think it was like it was the best thing I ever did, but looking back on it, like I wouldn't change it, but looking back on it, I would have liked to have done it, maybe in a calmer way.   Michael Hingson ** 44:56 The other the other side of that though, is that. So there are a lot of things that happen around us, and we don't have any control over the fact that they happen as such, but we absolutely have control over how we deal with what happened, and I think that's what so many people miss and don't, don't deal with and the reality is that we can always make choices based on what goes on around us, and we can do that and and that can be a positive thing, or it can be a negative thing, and that's a choice that we have To make.   Peter William Murphy ** 45:37 Yeah, you're dead, right? Yeah, I, when I first came to Turkey, I was only supposed to be here for three months, you know, but there was something intoxicating about the country. There just the smell, the food people and I about six months into my stay here, back in 2013, or 14, like I did, have that decision where I had to kind of look at myself saying, Am I staying here because I'm running away, or am I staying here because I feel this is where I can achieve what I want to achieve. And I stayed because I felt this was like the environment where I could kind of deal with myself and kind of deal with life, and, you know, just be who I wanted to be, not that I couldn't do that in Ireland, but just the 24 year old version of myself. That's what like he was thinking, you know? And I got to respect that,   Michael Hingson ** 46:46 sure. And the other part about it, though, is that you you at least ask yourself the question, and you really took the responsibility to try to make a decision and come up with an answer, which is what a lot of people avoid doing.   Peter William Murphy ** 47:01 I wrote out the pros and cons on a piece of paper. I still have that piece of paper under your bed, and went up to the top of the mountain. There's, there's a huge mountain next to the city here. I'd go up there every day, but I just sat down and I just stared at the piece of paper. And there was just something where I said, you know, I have to try and become something here, you know, because if I can become something, even if it's something small, like something, you know, as humble, as just being a language teacher or helping one person or two people, it doesn't matter if I can do that here, then it would have been worth it. Yeah, of course. If time goes on, you learn more, you become stronger, you become more educated, you become trained. And then if you just keep going, no matter how you know down the dumps you were in the past, if you just keep going, one day, you will wake up and you will know exactly who you are and what you're supposed to do, and that's kind of what Turkey and Reunion Island gave to me.   Michael Hingson ** 48:10 Do you think that as you were growing up and so on, that the system failed you?   Peter William Murphy ** 48:18 I do remember one time. And I have to preface this for saying that I hold nothing against this person, but I remember I went to the psychologist or counselor in, I won't name the university, and the university I went to and and I didn't know them at all, and I sat down and I told them I was struggling with mental health. And, you know, there was, I'm not saying anything now like but there was a lot of young men taking their own lives in Ireland around this time, a lot and women, and I wasn't like that at all, but I was feeling down, and I wanted to see what the university could do for me. And I remember just being turned away saying, Come back next Tuesday, you know, at 405 and I did find it very hard to kind of like communicate and get help in university through Washington, like I didn't need directions on how to get to the Lacher hall or anything like that. I knew all that, but there was something else going on that I needed help with, and there, it wasn't there at all. Since then, of course, in the last 1516, years, Ireland is, you know, I suggest mental health capital of the world. But when, when I was there, maybe, maybe I just caught them on a bad day.   Michael Hingson ** 49:58 Yeah, hard to say. But the. Other part about it is look at what you've done since then, and look how you talk about it today, which really illustrates a lot of resilience on your part. And I'm sure that that's something that had to develop over time, but you still did it, and you became a more resilient individual because of all of that.   Peter William Murphy ** 50:22 Yeah, I'd say I've got that for my mom and dad. They're very resilient. But also that resilience has changed from, you know, booking a one way ticket to reunion and, you know, just doing all that crazy stuff, then go ahead and stand ball bus rides around Turkey, not knowing where I'm going, not having money, not enough for rent, all this kind of stuff. But it's changed because I remember I got a job partnering with a recruitment company that's based in Amsterdam, and I remember just willy nilly booking the flight over to Amsterdam, and just kind of, I just gotten married, and I Michael. I was not resilient at all. I did not want to go, I did not want to travel, I wanted to be at home with my wife, you know what I mean? And so I definitely got softer in other ways. So your resilience does change. It becomes more kind of a mental toughness than, say, that kind of young book physical resilience that you had when you were younger. It completely switches.   Michael Hingson ** 51:32 Yeah, well, and I think resilience is, is really, to a large degree about the whole concept of, well, mental toughness, or maybe the ability to look at what you're doing and going through and being able to make a decision about how to proceed, I think that's really kind of more of it than anything else, right, right? And so resilience, I think, as oftentimes, it's a term that's overused, but the reality is, I think what resilience really is is your ability to keep things whoever you are, keep things in perspective, and be able to step back and ask the tough questions of yourself and listen to your inner self and get the answers that you need. Yes.   Peter William Murphy ** 52:25 If that makes sense. It does. It makes perfect sense. Just gotta keep going. Yeah, yeah, yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 52:35 You do have to keep going, and it's kind of important to do that, but you've had a lot of different things that you've done. You know, you've been, you're an author, by the way. Do you still make drinks anywhere?   Peter William Murphy ** 52:51 No, I just at home, right away home. Good for you. Yeah? Yeah, we it's a drinking God. Drinking is such a funny one. It's something that just, I don't know, dissolved from my life. When I aged 30, I didn't become a teetotaler or anything like that. Like I'll still have red wine and I'll be here with friends, but I rarely touch the stuff. And I think it's mostly due to the fact that I start work so early in the morning, you know, and I just cannot wake up with any sort of grogginess. I leave black coffee, you know, look at the news for 20 minutes, pet my cat, take a shower and then start, yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 53:42 Well, my wife and I used to have a drink on Friday night. I mean, we're capable. We were capable of going to restaurants and parties and occasionally have something. But I know since she passed in 2022 we were married 40 years. I part of honoring her is that I have a drink on Friday night. One drink. I don't because I've never nice. I've never really felt that I need to have alcohol or anything like that. I've never been a great fan of the taste, but I have a drink to honor her on Friday night. So that's kind of fun.   Peter William Murphy ** 54:21 Yeah, that's very nice. I mean, we it's my wife's birthday in two days, actually, so I'm very lucky. She's very she's like me in a way. I want to take her to a nice, fancy restaurant, or to do this and do that, but she just wants a chicken burger. And hello, yeah, so we just go out to our favorite restaurant. And you know, they're good burgers. They're pretty gourmet, but yeah, she's pretty down to earth with me. And yeah, we have a lot of fun together. And yeah. But I'm currently planning her birthday presents as as I'm speaking to you.   Michael Hingson ** 55:07 If you could go back and talk to a younger Peter, what would you what would you tell them? What would you want them to learn?   Peter William Murphy ** 55:15 Oh, I would tell him to go straight to a to talk to somebody, yeah, just to go straight to talk to somebody, that's the biggest thing. I had an interview where I was the host yesterday with a man who does Astro photography, and one of his, you know, other projects he does. He's a recovering alcoholic. Where he's he really talks about, you know, men talking to other men too, like, if your friend call, pick up, always speak. Tell people what's going on. Of course, don't nag people and to tell them every problem you have, but if you're down into dumps, you should talk to somebody. So anybody who's like young, you know, late, late teens coming up, should definitely talk to someone straight away, because I think a few simple sentences from a professional could have saved me a lot of let's call them headaches in the future, all   Michael Hingson ** 56:28 too often we the way we're taught. We just don't get encouraged to do that, do we?   Peter William Murphy ** 56:34 No, no. People listen. People are good. People will do what they can. But I think sometimes, I think the way it's framed maybe scares men. I think we're a lot better now, but maybe 1015, years ago, and even before that, trying to get a kid to, you know, talk to professional, nobody wants to be different in that way. You know, back then anyway and but it's so healthy. It's so good to have someone who can regurgitate back what you've just told them, but in a clear, calm fashion that you know makes sense. It does the world of good. It's, it's, it's better than medicine   Michael Hingson ** 57:27 for most. Puts a lot of things in perspective, doesn't it? It does, yeah, which, which makes a lot of sense. Well, yeah, I think this has been great. I've very much enjoyed having the opportunity to talk with you and and and hear a lot of great life lessons. I hope everyone who is out there listening to us appreciates all the things that you had to say as well. If anybody wants to reach out to you, how do they do that?   Peter William Murphy ** 57:57 Well, we're on Instagram as peak English. We're also on Tiktok as peak English,   Michael Hingson ** 58:04 peak as in P, E, A, K, that's right   Peter William Murphy ** 58:07 behind me here. So if anybody can see it's there's the spelling on my wallpaper.   Michael Hingson ** 58:14 And, yeah, a lot of people probably aren't watching videos, so that's why I asked you to spell   Peter William Murphy ** 58:19 it. Yeah? Well, actually, I'm blocking it, so I moved out of the way. There   Michael Hingson ** 58:23 you go. Well, I won't see it,   Peter William Murphy ** 58:27 yeah, so I Yeah. So that's the best way to get in contact with me. You can Google me. Peter William Murphy, medium writer, I pretty much on the top of the lid, if you're interested in writing, also the exile files. And we're also on YouTube with the exile files, so there's lots of stuff going on. This is an English speaking audience, so I'm assuming nobody's going to want lessons from me. So if you're interested in my writing, check out medium and sub stack. And if you know anybody of friends who needs English, tell them about peak English, and I will help you.   Michael Hingson ** 59:11 There you go. Well, I don't know, there may be people who aren't the greatest English speakers listening who, who might reach out. Well, I hope that they do, and I hope they appreciate all that you've offered today. I really appreciate you coming on and spending an hour with us. I hope that all it's an honor. Oh, it's been fun. And I would say to all of you out there, I'd love to hear what your thoughts are. Feel free to email me at Michael H i@accessibe.com that's m, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, I, at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, i, b, e.com, love to hear from you. I'd love to hear your thoughts wherever you're listening. I hope that you'll give us a five star rating. We really appreciate your ratings and your reviews and Peter for you and for all of you, if you know anyone who ought to be a. Guest on the podcast. 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Aproveitando que está de folga do seu outro trabalho, Teixeira se junta a nós nesta edição. Começamos com Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, jogo da Game Kitchen, que traz a Ninja Gaiden características diferentes das que vimos anteriormente. Jeje agora jogou a versão final de Earthion e traz novas impressões do jogo de navinha de Yuzo Koshiro.Participantes:Jeje PinheiroCaio TeixeiraHeitor De PaolaAssuntos abordados:17:00 - Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound46:00 - Earthion1:06:00 - Wuchang: Fallen Feathers1:35:00 - Toni Island AdventureVai comprar jogos na Nuuvem? Use o link de afiliado do Overloadr!Use nosso link de filiado ao fazer compras na Amazon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aproveitando que está de folga do seu outro trabalho, Teixeira se junta a nós nesta edição. Começamos com Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, jogo da Game Kitchen, que traz a Ninja Gaiden características diferentes das que vimos anteriormente. Jeje agora jogou a versão final de Earthion e traz novas impressões do jogo de navinha de Yuzo Koshiro.Participantes:Jeje PinheiroCaio TeixeiraHeitor De PaolaAssuntos abordados:17:00 - Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound46:00 - Earthion1:06:00 - Wuchang: Fallen Feathers1:35:00 - Toni Island AdventureVai comprar jogos na Nuuvem? Use o link de afiliado do Overloadr!Use nosso link de filiado ao fazer compras na Amazon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fluent Fiction - Korean: Suitcase Swaps and Serendipity: A Jeju Island Adventure Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ko/episode/2025-07-30-22-34-02-ko Story Transcript:Ko: 제주도의 맑은 여름 아침, 진수는 공항에서 바닷바람을 만끽하며 느긋하게 걷고 있었다.En: On a clear summer morning in Jeju Island, Jinsu was leisurely walking at the airport, savoring the sea breeze.Ko: 그는 잠시 길을 잃고, 자신의 짐가방을 찾기 위해 주변을 둘러보았다.En: After a moment, he lost his way and looked around to find his suitcase.Ko: 한편, 공항의 또 다른 한쪽에서는 해리가 자신의 짐가방을 들고 있었는데, 무언가 느낌이 이상했다.En: Meanwhile, on the other side of the airport, Harry was holding a suitcase, feeling something was off.Ko: 진수는 작가였다.En: Jinsu was a writer.Ko: 그는 여행을 하며 웃긴 기념품을 모아 자신의 기사에 대해 영감을 얻곤 했다.En: He traveled and collected funny souvenirs to inspire his articles.Ko: 해리는 디자인을 꿈꾸며 제주도에 왔다.En: Harry came to Jeju Island dreaming of design.Ko: 그녀는 언제나 그녀의 스타일을 중요하게 여겼고, 이번 여행에서도 아이디어를 찾아 제주도를 여행하였다.En: She always valued her style, and on this trip, she was looking for ideas as she traveled around the island.Ko: 두 사람은 같은 날 공항에 도착했다.En: Both arrived at the airport on the same day.Ko: 하지만 진수의 불찰로 인해 둘의 짐가방이 뒤바뀌었다.En: However, due to Jinsu's carelessness, their suitcases were swapped.Ko: 진수가 짐을 열었을 때, 그는 상자 안에 있던 파란색 패브릭과 불그스름한 작은 모자에 혼란스러웠다.En: When Jinsu opened the bag, he was confused by the blue fabric and the small reddish hat inside.Ko: 그는 짐가방을 살펴보더니 당황스러워 얼굴이 빨개졌다.En: As he looked through the suitcase, he felt embarrassed and his face turned red.Ko: 한편, 해리도 그녀의 짐가방을 열었을 때 깜짝 놀랐다.En: Meanwhile, Harry was also surprised when she opened her suitcase.Ko: 그녀의 디자인 도안 대신 다양한 기념품들이 있었다.En: Instead of her design sketches, there were a variety of souvenirs.Ko: “이건 뭐지?” 그녀는 중얼거렸다. 돌하르방 모형과 함께 이상한 소리가 나는 지갑을 보고 웃음을 터뜨렸다.En: “What is this?” she murmured, laughing as she saw a dol hareubang model and a wallet that made a strange noise.Ko: 그날 오후, 진수는 짐을 바꾼 사람을 찾기 위해 결심했다.En: That afternoon, Jinsu decided to find the person who had swapped the luggage.Ko: 해리도 자신의 디자인을 찾기 위해 공항을 다시 방문했다.En: Harry also returned to the airport to find her designs.Ko: 하지만 공항에서는 만날 수 없었다.En: However, they couldn't meet at the airport.Ko: 다음 날, 진수와 해리는 현지 시장에서 서로 마주쳤다.En: The next day, Jinsu and Harry ran into each other at a local market.Ko: 둘은 고개를 숙인 채 서로를 알아보고 손에 든 기묘한 물건을 보며 웃었다.En: Recognizing each other with their heads bowed, they laughed while looking at the peculiar items in their hands.Ko: "혹시, 당신의 모자 이건가요?" 진수는 작은 모자를 들어 보였다.En: "Is this your hat, by any chance?" Jinsu asked, holding up the small hat.Ko: "맞아요. 그리고 이 돌하르방은 당신 거죠?" 해리가 대답했다.En: "That's right. And this dol hareubang is yours, right?" Harry replied.Ko: 이런 우연에 웃음을 터트리며, 그들은 짐가방을 다시 교환했다.En: Laughing at the coincidence, they exchanged their suitcases again.Ko: 오해가 풀어진 후 그들은 함께 제주를 탐험하기로 했다.En: After clearing up the misunderstanding, they decided to explore Jeju together.Ko: 진수는 기념품 이야기와 함께 영감을 찾기 시작했고, 해리는 제주도의 자연에서 새로운 디자인 아이디어를 얻었다.En: Jinsu began to find inspiration with stories of souvenirs, and Harry gained new design ideas from Jeju Island's nature.Ko: 함께 한 하루가 지나자 진수는 더 주의 깊고 체계적으로 바뀌었다.En: After spending a day together, Jinsu became more careful and organized.Ko: 해리는 때때로 즉흥적인 상황이 멋진 영감을 줄 수 있다는 것을 깨달았다.En: Harry realized that spontaneous situations could sometimes provide wonderful inspiration.Ko: 그렇게 둘은 친구가 되어, 제주도의 아름다움을 만끽하며 서로의 목표에 한 걸음 더 다가갈 수 있었다.En: They became friends, enjoying the beauty of Jeju Island and taking one step closer to their goals. Vocabulary Words:leisurely: 느긋하게savoring: 만끽하며breeze: 바람swapped: 뒤바뀌었다reddish: 불그스름한embarrassed: 당황스러워murmured: 중얼거렸다peculiar: 기묘한coincidence: 우연misunderstanding: 오해inspiration: 영감organized: 체계적으로spontaneous: 즉흥적인wonderful: 멋진goals: 목표sea breeze: 바닷바람carelessness: 불찰fabric: 패브릭souvenir: 기념품articles: 기사design sketches: 디자인 도안local market: 현지 시장luggage: 짐가방explore: 탐험clearing up: 풀어진dreaming: 꿈꾸며provided: 제공했다valued: 중요하게 여겼고embarrassment: 당황spending: 만끽하며

Um cachorro marinheiro naufraga numa misteriosa Ilha Salamino a beira de um desastre natural. Entre lendas de gatos e abacaxis na pizza, Toni é visto pela população local como o escolhido pra salvá-los.Toni Island Adventure é um jogo de aventura de Game Boy Color (com cartucho e tudo) e portado para a Steam feito pela Frolic Studio.Episódio de hoje fala com Guigo Zamarioli e Tom Andrade sobre como foi fazer o primeiro jogo do estúdio.Compre Toni Island Adventure AQUIEsse é o Controles Voadores, seu podcast semanal para falar sobre jogos independentes e conhecer os desenvolvedores brasileiros.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Garanta sua camiseta na loja do Controles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Acompanhe as novidades sobre o Controles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TRILHAS USADAS:Toni Island Adventure Theme, Sinking of the Tailtanic, Marinara Beach Tides, Bauport Tune, Into The Unknown, Burried Guardians, Raise The Canigladius, Echos of Jungleblade, Luminapolis Pulse, Joey's Mischief (Lucas Nadal)Avatar The Last Airbender - Premiere Main Title (Jeremy Zuckerman)

Fluent Fiction - Korean: Capturing Friendship: A Jeju Island Adventure Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ko/episode/2025-07-02-22-34-01-ko Story Transcript:Ko: 제주도의 여름 바람은 시원하지만 장난기 가득합니다.En: The summer breeze in Jeju Island is refreshing but full of mischief.Ko: 지수, 민호, 혜리는 바람과 햇빛과 씨름하며 완벽한 사진을 찍으려 애쓰고 있었습니다.En: Jisoo, Minho, and Hyeri were wrestling with the wind and sunshine, trying to take the perfect picture.Ko: 그들은 한라산을 배경으로 사진을 찍고 싶었습니다.En: They wanted to take a photo with Hallasan as the background.Ko: 지수는 삼발유지에 열중이고, 민호는 바람에 날아가 버린 모자를 다시 가져오며 농담을 던집니다.En: Jisoo was engrossed in stabilizing the tripod, while Minho retrieved his hat that had blown away, making jokes as he did so.Ko: 혜리는 바람이 자신의 새 옷과 머리를 망칠까 신경 쓰였습니다.En: Hyeri was worried that the wind would ruin her new clothes and hair.Ko: "저기, 삼발유에 돌 좀 올려봐. 그래야 흔들리지 않을 거야." 지수가 손짓하며 말했습니다.En: "Hey, put some stones on the tripod leg. That way it won't wobble," Jisoo said, gesturing.Ko: 민호는 모자를 붙잡고 길가에 있는 돌을 주워옵니다.En: Minho grabbed his hat and picked up some stones from the roadside.Ko: 바람은 계속 불고, 구름은 햇빛을 가렸다 나타났다를 반복합니다.En: The wind continued to blow, and the clouds repeatedly covered and uncovered the sun.Ko: 지수는 카메라 타이머를 맞추려 했지만 번번이 실패합니다.En: Jisoo tried to set the camera timer but kept failing.Ko: "날씨가 우리를 곤란하게 하네," 라며 혜리는 투덜댔습니다.En: "The weather's giving us trouble," Hyeri grumbled.Ko: 지수는 흰 모래 위 의자처럼 보이는 큰 조개껍질을 찾고 그것으로 삼발유를 조금 더 안정적으로 만듭니다.En: Jisoo found a large shell that looked like a chair on the white sand and used it to make the tripod a bit more stable.Ko: 그들은 여러 각도로 사진을 시도했지만, 번번이 햇빛이 가려져 실패했습니다.En: They attempted photos from various angles, but each time the sunlight was blocked, they failed.Ko: 그때, 한 관광객이 지나가다 그들을 보고 미소 지었습니다.En: At that moment, a tourist passing by noticed them and smiled.Ko: "사진 찍는 거 도와드릴까요?" 그녀가 제안했습니다.En: "Can I help you take a picture?" she offered.Ko: 지수는 고마움을 표현하며 카메라를 그녀에게 건넸습니다.En: Jisoo expressed gratitude and handed her the camera.Ko: 햇빛은 마침내 구름을 뚫고 나왔고, 해변은 눈부시게 밝아졌습니다.En: Just then, the sun finally broke through the clouds, and the beach became dazzlingly bright.Ko: 셋은 빠르게 제자리에 섰고, 민호는 장난기 어린 얼굴을 만들었습니다.En: The three quickly took their positions, with Minho making a playful face.Ko: 그 순간, 한 갈매기가 나타나 혜리의 머리에 착륙했습니다.En: At that moment, a seagull appeared and landed on Hyeri's head.Ko: 찰칵! 소리와 함께 모든 것이 멈췄습니다.En: Click! With the sound of the shutter, everything froze.Ko: 그들은 다 같이 사진을 보았고, 결국 웃음을 터뜨렸습니다.En: They all looked at the photo and burst into laughter.Ko: 그것은 지수가 계획한 완벽한 사진은 아니었지만, 그들의 진짜 우정을 담고 있었습니다.En: It wasn't the perfect picture Jisoo had planned, but it captured their genuine friendship.Ko: 그 사진을 보면서 지수는 진짜 완벽한 사진이 꼭 정교함에 있는 것이 아니라는 것을 깨달았습니다.En: Looking at the photo, Jisoo realized that a truly perfect picture isn't necessarily about precision.Ko: 그들은 웃으면서 해변을 걸어나갔고, 민호는 장난스럽게 혜리의 머리를 손으로 쓸어 넘겨 주었습니다.En: They walked along the beach, laughing, and Minho playfully brushed Hyeri's hair with his hand.Ko: 그렇게 세 친구는 제주도의 하루를 행복하게 마무리했습니다.En: And so, the three friends happily wrapped up their day in Jeju Island. Vocabulary Words:breeze: 바람mischief: 장난기wrestling: 씨름engrossed: 열중stabilizing: 유지retrieved: 가져오다wobbled: 흔들리지gesturing: 손짓repeatedly: 반복grumbled: 투덜댔습니다shell: 조개껍질angles: 각도sunshine: 햇빛dazzlingly: 눈부시게playful: 장난기seagull: 갈매기shutter: 찰칵precision: 정교함genuine: 진짜wrapped: 마무리tripod: 삼발유uncovered: 나타났다roadside: 길가tourist: 관광객clouds: 구름stabilize: 안정적으로positions: 제자리gratitude: 고마움froze: 멈췄습니다landed: 착륙했습니다

Welcome to the 'Bakery Bears Radio Show' Episode 126 We are very excited to be back with a brand new audio show. This time we reflect on our recent trip to Lindisfarne, a tidal island off the coast of Northumberland. It has a unique 'vibe', so much so that it is regularly used as a movie location and on TV shows. We also talk about our upcoming series, 'The Story of Holy Island'. Join Kay & Dan as they: Talk about Dans aversion to insect bites and discuss characters from North & South Look back on their recent trip to Lindisfarne, discuss where and what Lindisfarne is and remember their first trips there Talk through the contrasts of visiting for a day and staying there over night and compare Lindisfarne with Amity Island    Discuss Coves Haven Beach & St Cuthberts Beach Talk about their trip to St Cuthberts Island Discuss how it became known as Holy Island Mention Time Teams Episode from Holy Island https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0957389/ Mention Lindisfarne Mead https://www.lindisfarnemead.com/about/ Mention Pilgrims Coffee https://www.pilgrimscoffee.com We'll see you soon with our next Radio Show! You can find past episodes of the Radio Show here: On Podbean : https://bakerybearsradioshow.podbean.com On Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bakery-bears-radio-show/id1474815454

What would drive someone to leave behind a comfortable six-figure corporate career and sell everything they own to pursue writing? For JD Barker, New York Times bestselling author and collaborator with James Patterson, it was a calculated risk that changed everything.In this conversation, Barker reveals the eerie inspiration behind his upcoming thriller Something I Keep Upstairs,  a real-life haunted house perched on a tiny granite island just off the New Hampshire coast. He describes his personal experiences visiting the isolated structure and the visceral, instinctual dread it evoked. "I felt something really weird. I just did not want to be in there," Barker confesses, explaining how the island's dark history as a quarantine facility, prison, and site of mysterious deaths dating back centuries formed the foundation for his novel's supernatural elements.The conversation discusses modern publishing as Barker shares his journey from indie author to creating his own imprint with Simon & Schuster. His unconventional marketing approaches, from television commercials to streaming platforms and innovative BookTok strategies, showcase why his books consistently reach audiences that other authors miss. JD's daily writing discipline (even while working 80-hour weeks in finance), strategic business thinking, and willingness to reinvent himself demonstrate what it takes to succeed in today's publishing landscape. As he explains his philosophy: "I look at what everybody else is doing and then I try to come up with something different." Listen now to discover how this approach transformed his life and might just transform yours.Have a comment? Text me!Support the show****************************************************************************➡️ P.S.:

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When an already cozy franchise creates a cozy game you know it's going to be ultra cozy but when there's already so many cozy games, how can this one stand out? Is it just a knock-off Animal Crossing? Can it become more than a South Park meme? Find out as we discuss Hello Kitty Island Adventure!Texting a podcast? You know it! Send us a message about the pod with a text!Support the showJoin our discord server for updates, feedback, comments, or just to tell us how to be better at games: https://discord.gg/NMSgXNbzCgCheck us out on all the socials:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comfyclubpod/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@comfyclubpodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComfyClubPod/

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Kingdom Come Deliverance II impressions, Sniper Elite Resistance, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, more Tokyo Xtreme Racer and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Ben Heck stops by to talk Balatro, Nintendo Switch 2 and Xbox handheld impressions, answer your pinball questions, and find out where Microsoft is going. Win games weekly from in the VGO Discord https://discord.gg/Ab6pxpT from CDkeys! You can also support us in Discord and get an extra weekly podcast. For even more weekly bonus podcasts and the entire back catalog of VGO, support us for only 1.99 a month on Libsyn and listen on the free VGO mobile apps for iOS/Android or on the web, more info on VideoGameOutsiders.com. We also have a Patreon.com/videogameoutsiders to be listed as a supporter, sponsor an episode, buy us a game, or more! You can also also check out Twitch.tv/johnANDmichelle and sub free with Amazon Prime each month or stop by live Tuesdays from 9-11 pm est 

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Al, Codey, and Micah talk about their favourite farming and cottagecore games of 2024. Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:01:37: What Have We Been Up To 00:22:18: Rules Explanation 00:26:13: Update Of The Year 00:42:17: Early Access Of The Year 00:52:11: Game Of The Year Nominations 01:46:31: Debate 02:01:59: Winner Discussion 02:10:47: Outro Contact Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript (0:00:30) Al: Hello farmers and welcome to the sixth annual harvest season (0:00:35) Al: game of the year episode. (0:00:37) Al: My name is Al. (0:00:38) Codey: And my name is Cody. (0:00:40) Micah: And I’m Micah. (0:00:41) Al: And we’re here today to talk about Cottagecore games. (0:00:44) Codey: Ooh. (0:00:45) Micah: Yay. (0:00:48) Codey: Make it, it’s a woo, not yay. (0:00:49) Micah: Yeah, wooh. (0:00:53) Al: All right. This is. Spicy, we, as mentioned, this is going to be our game of the year episode (0:00:54) Micah: I’m trying to add a little spice to it, you know, spice it up a little bit. (0:01:04) Al: for this year. Why all that? This is the sixth one. I don’t know how to deal with that. (0:01:10) Micah: Yeah, I can’t believe it’s it’s been that long you said I didn’t even register (0:01:15) Micah: I saw the list of the the previous ones you said six just now and it hit me like a truck (0:01:20) Al: We’ve changed things up this year a little bit compared to previous years. (0:01:21) Codey: Yeah you said it and I was like no way. This is wild. (0:01:30) Al: I’m not going to go into that just now, but just bear in mind listeners, there are some (0:01:34) Al: slight changes. (0:01:37) Al: Before that, Micah, what have you been up to? (0:01:38) Micah: Aww, I’ve been playing a lot of Jeragon Quest 3, HD2D, which I might talk a little bit about the Greenhouse episode. (0:01:50) Al: I love how you say might like we’ve not just recorded it. (0:01:50) Micah: Might, maybe, you’ll have to tune into the Greenhouse episode to find out. (0:01:56) Codey: You could cut it. (0:01:57) Codey: You could cut it out. (0:01:58) Micah: Great. (0:01:58) Al: No, it’s fine. It’s fine. I love when we like we break through the barrier and like stop (0:02:04) Codey: Oh, yeah. (0:02:04) Al: pretending like we record the greenhouse later. (0:02:06) Micah: that is primarily what I’ve been playing when I have the time to play games. Cody and I were (0:02:09) Codey: You’re right, you’re right. (0:02:17) Micah: just talking before we started recording about just being busy and not being able to play a (0:02:22) Micah: whole lot of games this year. So it’s always nice doing a game of the year recording because it (0:02:27) Micah: gives me an excuse to kind of revisit and catch up on things and have a an allotted time to play (0:02:34) Micah: games, but other than that, it’s been Drangle. (0:02:36) Micah: Quest 3. And I have also been shiny hunting a lot more in (0:02:41) Micah: Pokemon, but in older Pokemon games, I’ve been kind of (0:02:44) Micah: revisiting and kind of I don’t know what the term is, like (0:02:53) Micah: realigning myself with what I loved about Pokemon, and not so (0:02:56) Micah: much the how what modern Pokemon has become, I guess. And there’s (0:03:03) Micah: been a lot of like interesting I found in the (0:03:07) Micah: the kind of like deeper level in community, there’s a lot (0:03:12) Micah: of like really interesting new things that people have found (0:03:15) Micah: or like, you know, different hunts that people have set up (0:03:20) Micah: like one of the things that I’m working on right now is shiny (0:03:22) Micah: hunting, Kanto starters in the original gen one virtual console (0:03:27) Micah: games, which is something that you can do, but you have to do (0:03:27) Al: Oh, why? Why? (0:03:29) Micah: it by like, trading them over to a gen two virtual console game (0:03:33) Micah: to see or if you (0:03:37) Micah: have a totally legal copy of the virtual console games, (0:03:42) Micah: there’s a patch that you can apply that will just show you (0:03:44) Micah: if it’s shiny or not, which is very cool. (0:03:47) Micah: But there’s been a lot of like really neat little things like (0:03:49) Micah: that that I’ve been kind of experiencing and re-linking (0:03:56) Codey: You’re you’re getting back to your roots now. What’s your current hunt? (0:03:57) Micah: myself with and yeah, yep. (0:04:02) Micah: I think there’s been a lot of, well, yeah, that Gen 1 hunt is (0:04:05) Micah: my current hunt. (0:04:06) Micah: Uh, I’m doing all four of this stuff. (0:04:10) Micah: So like the three Kanto original Kanto starters and the Pikachu in the (0:04:15) Micah: games that they originate in, um, which is, has been a little bit complicated (0:04:22) Micah: to set up, uh, but it has been pretty enjoyable, like learning how things, (0:04:28) Micah: uh, work and how, how to, you know, like set things up properly. (0:04:33) Micah: Uh, it’s just been, I don’t know. (0:04:36) Micah: Interesting. (0:04:37) Micah: And I think there’s been a lot over the years that has like kind of had me (0:04:44) Micah: disconnect from Pokemon and in specific ways that like, kind of, like you said, (0:04:51) Micah: you know, coming back to my roots has kind of retaught me what it is that I (0:04:56) Micah: love so much about creature collecting and, you know, these core games and (0:05:02) Micah: stuff like that, this of course has nothing to do with the fact that, uh, (0:05:07) Micah: you know, earlier this year, they shut down the three S, uh, internet (0:05:12) Micah: capabilities and that may be possibly in the future. (0:05:15) Micah: Pokemon bank is going to shut down and that I am anxious about the (0:05:19) Micah: possibility of losing, you know, and I’m not rushing to, you know, it has (0:05:24) Micah: nothing to do with the fact that I’m like prepping for the quote unquote (0:05:24) Codey: Yeah. (0:05:28) Micah: end of the world when it comes to, but yeah. (0:05:32) Al: Prepping for something they haven’t even announced is going to happen yet. (0:05:35) Micah: Yes. (0:05:36) Codey: But it’s going to happen, though. (0:05:36) Micah: You know, that’s the glory of anxiety. (0:05:41) Al: Well, yeah, fair. (0:05:44) Codey: You can’t choose what you get worried about. (0:05:45) Micah: Yep. (0:05:46) Micah: Yep. (0:05:46) Codey: You just– yep. (0:05:47) Micah: And then you just over prepare for it. (0:05:48) Micah: And everyone’s like, why did you do that? (0:05:49) Micah: And I’m like, I don’t know. (0:05:50) Micah: I just felt like it was a good idea. (0:05:52) Al: There is no why there only is. (0:05:54) Micah: Yep. (0:05:55) Micah: That’s right. (0:05:56) Codey: Yep, I did that. I’ve been doing a PhD. I don’t know if you all know about that. So, I mean, I’ve just had like, this is like conference season. And then I’ve also had a lot of review requests lately. So journals have been like, hey, there’s a paper that you’re really like is within your like niche. Can you review this? Since you’re a subject matter expert? (0:05:56) Micah: So that’s primarily what I’ve been doing. (0:05:59) Al: Cody, what have you been up to? (0:06:26) Codey: And I’ve learned that I’m bad at saying no. So I am about to finish that. Like, literally after this, I have to write something for a nomination. And then I have to finish a review. And then I will finally be free of my obligations. And then I can actually focus on just my, my PhD. Yeah, lots of insect identification. Lots of that. And then (0:06:52) Codey: recently started playing, uh, Pokemon Pocket. (0:06:56) Codey: And, uh, I, during that Venusaur event that happened, um, I got three (0:07:03) Codey: of the promo Venusaur, but I did not get any of the Jigglypuff or the (0:07:06) Codey: Hunter and I am really salty about that. (0:07:08) Micah: Oh no. (0:07:10) Codey: Like I literally opened my game. (0:07:13) Codey: I was like, Oh, I need to do those. (0:07:14) Codey: Cause I thought today was the last day, like through like 11 59 tonight, (0:07:19) Codey: but it was yesterday, so rip. (0:07:21) Al: Yeah, this is the problem Cody, you need to be doing this this event all through the event, (0:07:26) Al: otherwise it’s going to because I did, I kid you not, 38 packs of that event. 38 packs I opened (0:07:32) Codey: That means, that means you won 38 of the, okay, with no Venusaur. (0:07:36) Al: with no Venusaur. Yes, correct. With no Venusaur in 38 packs. The last three packs that I could (0:07:44) Micah: That is unbelievable. (0:07:49) Al: could have opened in the game because of the timer. (0:07:51) Al: Without paying gold, the last three packs, all Venus are. (0:07:56) Codey: They turned up the Venus or the Venus or knob. I mean, maybe (0:08:00) Codey: that’s where they opened the cannon. Um, maybe that’s where (0:08:07) Codey: that’s my issue because I did start doing it near the end. And (0:08:11) Al: I don’t, yeah, I don’t think, I don’t think, I think it’s just cause like there were loads (0:08:12) Codey: so they, there was like all Venus or it’s just like (0:08:18) Al: of people I know who couldn’t get any Grinninja and kept getting Venus or instead. So I don’t (0:08:22) Al: think it’s, I don’t think it’s quite that simple, but yeah, if you want it like 41 is what I got, (0:08:27) Al: 41 packs is why I opened and that, and I needed to get, you know, 39 to get one of each. (0:08:30) Codey: Wow. (0:08:30) Codey: Mm-hmm. (0:08:34) Al: So like, yeah, you can’t, you can’t half-heartedly do these events. If you want everything, (0:08:38) Al: You got to go all in. And the good thing is that like one. (0:08:41) Al: Once you’ve done the first couple of days, if you do all of the, like, use all of the (0:08:46) Al: hourglasses in the first couple of days, like just kind of like do everything as quickly (0:08:50) Al: as you can, then the most you can do a day is two because of the 12 hour timer. So it (0:08:56) Al: makes it really quick and easy after the first couple of days. I guess the problem. Well, (0:08:59) Codey: I mean my I’m not a try-hard though (0:09:03) Al: I think you’re always going to be disappointed in pocket if that’s the case, then. (0:09:06) Codey: I’m just I’m just always gonna be disappointed in myself. Let’s be honest. That’s never gonna not (0:09:10) Micah: I got the inverse of that initial I eventually did get to Venus or which was I was happy (0:09:22) Micah: with that because that’s you know, the max that you can put in a deck is two of a card. (0:09:26) Micah: But it took a very, very long time and I got an endless amount of Haunter like just a ridiculous (0:09:33) Micah: amount of Haunter to the point that I thought it was like something either was wrong or (0:09:34) Al: Yeah. (0:09:38) Micah: Or I was like, it’s been. (0:09:40) Al: Opening the wrong packs or something. (0:09:40) Micah: Having a trick played on me or something. (0:09:42) Micah: Yeah. (0:09:42) Micah: Like something was going wrong because it was just, it was just (0:09:46) Micah: Haunter all the time and I w I went to my, my work team and I was like, (0:09:51) Micah: Hey, is anybody else just pulling Haunter and everyone was like, no, (0:09:56) Micah: I got all of them already. (0:09:57) Micah: I figured, you know, whatever. (0:09:58) Micah: And I’m like, what is wrong with my game? (0:10:00) Al: Yeah, I got 13 Hunter and 11 Jigglypuff. (0:10:00) Micah: I’m like hard resetting and (0:10:04) Codey: Well, why don’t you save them for me, please, because I need it. (0:10:05) Micah: incredible. (0:10:09) Micah: - Yeah. (0:10:10) Micah: - There’s no shortage of, no shortage of Haunters for you when the trading happens. (0:10:11) Al: We’ll see what trading ends up being like, but yeah, got your name on it. (0:10:19) Micah: - Al, what have you been playing? (0:10:26) Al: Because I’m recording so many, I’m literally recording the live. (0:10:30) Al: So I am specifically going to talk about one game that I haven’t talked about on the other episodes so that I don’t get confused about things. (0:10:46) Al: So this is not all I’ve been up to. This is just what you’re getting this episode. I have played Sonic Shadow Generations, Sonic X, or to be specific, I’ve played Shadow Generations. (0:11:00) Al: I wasn’t playing Sonic Generations because I did enjoy it when I played it the first time, but I don’t have time to be replaying games. Come on, that’s not my life anymore. (0:11:08) Al: So I bought the game to play Shadow Generations. And let me tell you, I still do not like 3D Sonic games, even when it’s Shadow you’re playing as instead. (0:11:21) Micah: Okay, so is it is it sonic generations just with like added? Oh (0:11:28) Al: So, think of it like Bowser’s Fury with Mario. (0:11:31) Al: Did you play that? (0:11:32) Micah: Sure, yeah (0:11:33) Al: It’s exactly the same as that. (0:11:35) Al: You open up the game and it shows you the two things side by side, and you either choose (0:11:38) Al: Sonic Generations or you choose Shadow Generations, and they are different games. (0:11:40) Micah: » I see. (0:11:41) Micah: » Okay. (0:11:45) Al: It’s not like you’re playing Sonic Generations, but with Shadow, no. (0:11:48) Al: It’s a different story. (0:11:49) Al: It’s your different character, and it’s different levels, and he has different powers. (0:11:55) Al: It’s completely different. (0:11:56) Micah: And a motorcycle and swears I mean he has a gun and (0:11:58) Al: » Yeah, exactly, exactly. (0:12:01) Al: So, I keep trying to like 3D Sonic games, (0:12:04) Al: and I think part of the problem is I did enjoy Sonic Generations, (0:12:08) Al: which did have some 3D levels, (0:12:10) Al: and I don’t know whether maybe I should play Sonic Generations to check, (0:12:14) Al: but I’m not going to. (0:12:16) Al: But I wonder whether I liked that despite the 3D levels, (0:12:20) Al: and I just mostly enjoyed the 2D levels, (0:12:22) Al: or whether I actually enjoyed the 3D levels in that game. (0:12:25) Al: I can’t remember. (0:12:26) Codey: Well, the more important question is are you gonna see the movie or when are you gonna see the movie? (0:12:28) Al: Oh, yeah, I’ve already got tickets. (0:12:33) Codey: Okay (0:12:34) Al: Let me check when I’ve got them booked for. (0:12:36) Al: So I have them booked for the Saturday because I’m, yeah, I couldn’t do the Friday because (0:12:41) Al: Rona’s out to a concert, but yeah, I’ve got tickets booked for the Saturday. (0:12:42) Codey: Mm hmm. So there’s some showings on Thursday for me where I’m at, but I that’s also my partner’s (0:12:52) Codey: Christmas holiday party. So and we always go to like a fancy place and they pay for everything. (0:12:56) Codey: So I’m going to get a bunch. I’m going to slam free food in my face, but I’ll probably like really. (0:12:59) Micah: The dream. (0:13:02) Al: You’re gonna eat as much food as you can as quickly as possible and then go to see Sonic? (0:13:06) Codey: Uh, I don’t know if that’s going to work, but I will probably see Sonic on Friday. If not the (0:13:13) Codey: after when it’s like cheap, cheap, cheap. Um, because. (0:13:14) Al: hmm I see I don’t care about the price because I have the like season pass (0:13:20) Codey: Oh, what? Wait, what? (0:13:21) Micah: there’s a there’s a season pass to the theater (0:13:23) Al: you guys don’t have that yeah I i I paid 135 pounds and I can go to the (0:13:26) Micah: at least not that i’m aware of (0:13:31) Al: cinema as many times as I want it for a year for the whole year yeah (0:13:34) Micah: - What? (0:13:35) Codey: - What? (0:13:36) Micah: I’ve never heard of this. (0:13:38) Micah: What is your like, big name, like theater, like cinema? (0:13:42) Al: So we have, we have two bigs, we have two. (0:13:44) Al: big cinema chains. One is called ODEON and one is called Cine World. And both of them, (0:13:49) Micah: Okay, neither of those (0:13:51) Al: but yeah. Well, so I think, is ODEON I think is owned by MGM maybe? I don’t know. They’re (0:14:00) Al: both owned by big US brands, but they kept a specific name. No, maybe it’s not. Oh, sorry. (0:14:07) Al: It’s AMC, the audience owned by MGM and do not own actual cinemas. (0:14:10) Micah: - Okay, AMC, I do know. (0:14:15) Al: There is a filmmaker. Let’s see what. (0:14:17) Micah: They make the movie. (0:14:20) Codey: Literally all that they offer to us is $15 a year gets you like points and you don’t have to pay fees for if you buy tickets online and that’s pretty much it. (0:14:36) Micah: Okay. So I do see, I’m looking now, cause this is mind blowing, so I didn’t know this (0:14:39) Codey: It is yeah. (0:14:40) Micah: concept existed. Uh, we have Marcus theaters has a, it’s $10 a month and you get one movie (0:14:47) Codey: - Oh. (0:14:49) Micah: credit per month, which means you just get a, a single movie ticket. Yeah. I mean, you’re (0:14:51) Al: What’s the point, then? (0:14:56) Micah: kind of, I mean, if you’re seeing one movie a month, you’re probably not really, I guess (0:15:03) Micah: Maybe you’re saving a little bit (0:15:06) Micah: I mean (0:15:06) Al: Yeah. Yeah, whereas I, I see like easily for like, I’m easily seeing one. (0:15:14) Micah: Okay, so there’s there is also unused credits rollover so like if you miss a month you say there’s nothing right (0:15:20) Al: Yeah but that’s still, unless that’s cheaper than a cinema ticket, there’s no point. (0:15:22) Micah: You’re still paying for the month (0:15:26) Micah: Which I think it is I think it’s $10 a month (0:15:29) Micah: I don’t know what what like a movie ticket is there but here in the (0:15:34) Micah: Great (0:15:36) Micah: I think we’re in the ballpark of at minimum like 16 to 20 dollars for a movie ticket (0:15:41) Al: Oh my word. For 20, I’d be expecting at least IMAX. That’s wild. (0:15:42) Codey: - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. (0:15:43) Micah: So you are saving some but you’re also (0:15:50) Micah: No, you’re talking standard you’re talking getting your chairs kicked (0:15:54) Al: Oh no. So yeah, so that’s just because you said that. That’s the same company that is (0:15:56) Codey: Yeah, so regal which is a cinema place in some parts of the United States has (0:16:08) Al: world technically it’s cine world owns regal not the other (0:16:11) Al: for this one but yeah they’re the so they’re the same same company (0:16:12) Codey: Ok. (0:16:14) Codey: But you said you pay what? $100? (0:16:16) Al: I paid 135 pounds for the year so what does that work out at 135 (0:16:19) Codey: Mm-hmm. (0:16:21) Codey: That is $170 US dollars. (0:16:24) Al: uh it’s (0:16:24) Codey: We can get… (0:16:26) Micah: Just I just looked at what you’re (0:16:28) Al: yeah so that’s that’s 14 dollars uh 14 dollars a month or 11 (0:16:32) Codey: Mm-hmm Regal unlimited pricing for the base tier that only has access to 148 theaters (0:16:39) Codey: So 100% not you’re not gonna get it where you are like where most people are going to be (0:16:46) Codey: is (0:16:49) Codey: $260 a year (0:16:50) Al: for the cheapest. (0:16:52) Codey: For the cheapest and that’s about $22 a month you get unlimited tickets (0:16:52) Micah: Mm-hmm (0:16:53) Al: Oh, my word. (0:16:58) Codey: It says tickets, but I’m assuming it’s just like you get a ticket. It’s not that’s probably it’s probably purpose (0:17:01) Micah: Right, I would imagine, yeah. (0:17:03) Al: Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it is. (0:17:03) Codey: and (0:17:05) Codey: Then you get 10% off concessions, which is nothing (0:17:08) Al: Yeah. Yeah, we get that as well. We get that as well, which is is is totally just a way to get you to buy more of the cinema, which I obviously do because I’m a sucker and I know that I’m a sucker. (0:17:09) Micah: Yeah, that’s pretty much nothing. (0:17:15) Micah: Now, (0:17:20) Micah: the next question is because our ticket prices (0:17:23) Micah: are so much higher than yours, (0:17:24) Micah: are your concession prices as high as ours are? (0:17:27) Al: I mean, so okay. (0:17:27) Micah: ‘cause we can, I mean, a small popcorn is $5, maybe. (0:17:31) Micah: And a small soda or small beverage is probably also like $5. (0:17:31) Codey: Mm hmm. Mm hmm. (0:17:36) Al: So I feel like they’re not too bad. (0:17:38) Al: So if I go, I can go into my app just now, because the good thing about (0:17:41) Al: the cinema that I have, that I go to now, which is like fantastically like 10 (0:17:45) Al: minutes drive from my house, which is, is amazing, um, which is, you know, for (0:17:50) Al: city people might seem weird, but like, yeah, I don’t have things 10 (0:17:54) Al: minutes away from my house. (0:17:56) Al: Uh, if I look, I can get, so you said a small popcorn, $5. (0:18:02) Al: Let’s see for us. (0:18:03) Al: uh yeah a regular popcorn would be five (0:18:07) Al: um but they do like deals that make them cheaper (0:18:10) Codey: they used to do that. They don’t do that anymore. I remember you could get like a meal deal. I don’t (0:18:16) Codey: think they do that anymore. (0:18:17) Al: - Yeah, so like me and Rona went to see Wicked (0:18:19) Al: and I never get run into the cinema. (0:18:21) Al: Like that’s the first time she’s been to the cinema since. (0:18:24) Al: Oh, what was that other musical? (0:18:26) Al: The one about the kid who kills himself. (0:18:28) Codey: You have to be more specific. (0:18:28) Micah: Holy moly. Yeah, there’s oh (0:18:29) Codey: You have to be more specific. (0:18:32) Al: Dear Evan Hansen. (0:18:33) Al: There we go, dear Evan Hansen. (0:18:33) Codey: Oh yeah. (0:18:34) Al: So that was the last film she saw in the cinema (0:18:38) Al: before Wicked. (0:18:39) Al: So that’s kind of, was that like two and a half years ago (0:18:41) Al: or something like that? (0:18:42) Al: So she doesn’t come out to the cinema very often (0:18:45) Al: just because she just doesn’t like going out in the evening. (0:18:47) Al: Which is fair, we went to see Wicked and we bought, we got two hot dogs, a large portion (0:18:57) Al: of tater tots and one large slushie and that was 17 pounds, so it’s not cheap, but for (0:19:08) Al: me that felt not terrible. (0:19:09) Codey: Mm-hmm. (0:19:11) Micah: Yeah, we we really don’t get that much it’s I mean it’s it’s kind of the like the the the (0:19:12) Codey: Yeah, that’s a lot for that amount of money. (0:19:14) Codey: Yeah, I-M-O. (0:19:22) Micah: common concept of going to the theaters and eating anything is that you’ve kind of like (0:19:27) Micah: just bring your like sneak your own stuff in yeah. (0:19:29) Codey: You sneak. You sneak your own. Yeah, 100%. (0:19:31) Al: Oh, yeah, yeah. And I, to be fair, I do that a lot. I don’t often buy stuff from the cinema, (0:19:36) Al: right? We were doing that because it was a special occasion type thing, like let’s go. (0:19:37) Micah: Which like (0:19:40) Al: We went to IMAX because I have to pay more to go to IMAX. I don’t, it doesn’t include (0:19:44) Al: IMAX in the, in the bundle. I think I have to pay five, five pounds to upgrade a ticket (0:19:48) Al: to IMAX, which I feel is not too bad. But it’s not something I do every week, obviously. (0:19:53) Al: So we went to IMAX and we paid like stupid amounts for her ticket. And then we, we got (0:20:00) Al: their spindle of feed didn’t. (0:20:02) Al: And we just like made an evening of it. (0:20:03) Al: So it was fun. (0:20:06) Codey: All of this to say, I’m really excited for Sonic 3. (0:20:09) Codey: And I didn’t realize that Shadow is voiced by Keanu Reeves. (0:20:15) Al: Yeah. Wild. Wild that they have Keanu Reeves’ shadow and Idris Elba’s knuckles. It’s like, (0:20:18) Codey: Wild. (0:20:20) Codey: And Idris Elba. (0:20:23) Al: what a combination. Amazing. What other famous massive actors can they get playing furries. (0:20:26) Micah: That’s incredible (0:20:28) Micah: You (0:20:30) Micah: You (0:20:35) Codey: - I guess whose tails? (0:20:37) Al: Oh, I don’t know (0:20:39) Codey: I’m gonna Google it. (0:20:40) Codey: We could probably move on and fuck this. (0:20:42) Micah: Uh, I am also seeing the Sonic movie, but it’s, I’m not like a huge Sonic fan. (0:20:48) Micah: I like Sonic, but I’m not like, you know, mega fan or anything, but my like best friend (0:20:54) Micah: is absolutely obsessed. (0:20:56) Micah: So as part of our like Christmas get together, we’re going to see the, the Sonic three, um, (0:21:05) Micah: that like opening weekend, which is like, not don’t typically go to the theater that (0:21:09) Micah: often anymore. (0:21:12) Micah: So I’m kind of excited because it’s very rare. (0:21:14) Codey: Yeah (0:21:16) Micah: This is the first time I’ll be at the theater, I think, all year. (0:21:19) Codey: Tails is uh, Colleen O’Shaughnessy (0:21:20) Micah: Yeah, I don’t know what that is either. (0:21:22) Al: Don’t know who that is. (0:21:24) Codey: I don’t she sees she’s a voice actor. Uh, looks like that’s what it is (0:21:27) Al: Right, okay. So the only actual voice actor. (0:21:28) Micah: Okay. (0:21:30) Micah: I have seen the two previous Sonic movies, though, and they’re really good. (0:21:30) Codey: Yeah (0:21:31) Al: Because of course Ben Schwartz is Sonic as well. (0:21:34) Codey: Yeah, I’m just (0:21:39) Codey: I love those movies so much so good (0:21:39) Micah: They did a really good job of them. (0:21:42) Micah: Great. (0:21:42) Micah: Mm-hmm. (0:21:42) Micah: Mm-hmm. (0:21:42) Al: Yeah, I think they’re exactly what we need from Sonic films. (0:21:47) Al: And I think if you did this, what they’ve done with Sonic films, if you did it with anything else, (0:21:51) Al: it wouldn’t work the same. It works because of what it is, and nobody takes it too seriously. (0:21:58) Al: So yeah, I don’t like 3D Sonic games. That’s a shame. Maybe I should stop trying. I do still (0:22:06) Al: like 2D Sonic games, so hopefully they make another one of those. But yeah, that’s what I’ve been up to. (0:22:12) Codey: - Woo. (0:22:13) Al: Whoo! (0:22:19) Al: All right, so we are gonna go into our… No, let me just… Right, I’ll explain what’s happening (0:22:27) Al: first before I try and do a funny segue. So I’ve changed things up a little bit this year (0:22:35) Al: because there have been so many questions about early access games and updates and what counts (0:22:41) Al: for game of the year. So I decided. (0:22:43) Al: To make it simpler going forward, we’re going to have three awards now. (0:22:47) Al: Okay, we’re going to have update of the year, which is for any game that has (0:22:52) Al: previously released out of early outside of early access and now has a content update. (0:22:58) Al: We’re going to have early access, which is for games that are in early access. (0:23:02) Al: And then we’re going to have game of the year, which is for any game that has (0:23:05) Al: released their first non early access version. Does that make does that is that clear? (0:23:08) Codey: » Sounds good. (0:23:10) Codey: » Yep. (0:23:11) Al: See you next time. (0:23:12) Micah: Yes, I guess a great system (0:23:12) Al: Excellent, we’ll see, we’ve never tried it like this before, we’ll see whether it’s good or not. (0:23:14) Codey: Yep. (0:23:20) Al: So that this game, this episode isn’t three times as long as the previous ones, we’re going (0:23:27) Al: to do the nominations a little bit differently for update and early access. So for game of the (0:23:32) Al: year we’re going to do the same as we always have, except one slight change, which I’ll get to that (0:23:36) Al: in a minute, in round robining our nominations and then we’ll decide from. (0:23:42) Al: What we’ve done, which should be the winner for update and early access, we’ve just got a list (0:23:48) Al: of all the ones that came out that we could think of because there’s less than 10 of each. (0:23:54) Al: So it’s a nice list to just list them all and then we can debate. The one other thing is, (0:24:00) Al: because of the debacle last year of Carl Island not winning, I have been forced into, (0:24:06) Codey: - Got scammed. (0:24:11) Al: I would suggest to do. (0:24:12) Codey: - No one is forcing you. (0:24:12) Al: I was suggested by Johnny and I thought it was a good idea that when we, I sent (0:24:18) Codey: - It’s a good suggestion. (0:24:19) Al: out a Google farm to the other people who have been on the podcast this year, I think this year, (0:24:24) Al: I don’t know, some people who have been on the podcast, I sent them a form so they can input (0:24:29) Al: as well. So we’re going to also read their feedback on what they think should win the awards. (0:24:35) Al: And maybe that will, maybe that will stop the co-hosts complaining after (0:24:40) Codey: Nope nope (0:24:40) Al: - Sure. (0:24:42) Micah: I am convinced that the reason that Cody and I are both on this episode with you is because (0:24:42) Al: - I don’t know. (laughing) (0:24:46) Codey: You can uh you can dream out (0:24:56) Micah: this is the equivalent of the Coral Island committee jumping me in a back alley for my (0:25:03) Al: Oh yeah, because it was Kevin last year, wasn’t it, is that right, because Cody had played (0:25:05) Micah: game of the year 2023. Yes. Yeah. (0:25:12) Micah: It was, and it mostly was, yeah, it mostly was down to that. Kevin and I hadn’t played it. (0:25:13) Al: Carl Island (0:25:14) Al: Exactly, exactly. (0:25:18) Codey: Yeah, and you were like, oh, I really think it should be and we were all screaming at our podcast players. (0:25:19) Al: Because I think all three of you, you and Johnny and Bev all, all said that you would (0:25:27) Codey: Yeah. Yeah. 100%. (0:25:33) Al: be playing for Carl Island. (0:25:34) Micah: This is this is my formal apology to (0:25:38) Micah: everyone. [laughs] (0:25:39) Codey: You’re no you’re allowed to have like you provided your input with the knowledge that you had and I’m here to make sure that you do it the right way this time. (0:25:47) Al: This is why we have the farm. (0:25:50) Al: It’s so that we can see people, we can see the other co-hosts opinions (0:25:50) Micah: - Under, (0:25:53) Al: before we make a bad decision and then still make a bad decision. (0:25:56) Codey: And we can still make, yeah, we can still make that decision. (0:26:00) Al: No, I’m excited for this one. (0:26:01) Al: We’ll see, we’ll see how it goes. (0:26:02) Al: I’ve seen, I’ve seen the feedback from the other hosts. (0:26:05) Al: So I’m, I’m, I’m interested to see what your guys’s are. (0:26:07) Al: We’ll get to that in a minute. (0:26:10) Al: And I’m in it. (0:26:10) Al: Goodness me, probably like two hours, we’ll see. (0:26:14) Al: We’re going to start off with update of the year. (0:26:18) Al: And so I’ll just, I’ll read through the nominations for that this year. (0:26:21) Al: Uh, and hopefully I’ve not missed anymore. (0:26:23) Al: Cause apparently I list missed three off the list. (0:26:25) Al: When I sent the form to the other costs, we have Stardew Valley, 1.6, Carl Island, 1.1 (0:26:34) Al: Moonstone Island, cooking update, Disney, Dreamlight Valley, a rift in time, which yes, (0:26:39) Al: was this year, the whole thing we released it this year, which is crazy. (0:26:43) Al: I thought some of it had released last year, but. (0:26:45) Al: but uh (0:26:47) Al: farm skies of Azoria, Dave the Diver DLCs, those would be Godzilla and I can’t remember (0:26:54) Al: the other one. Yeah what was oh um oh Dredge Dredge uh Terranil Vita Nova and Wildflowers (0:26:55) Micah: whatever the non Godzilla one is, (0:26:57) Micah: ‘cause the Godzilla one is the only one I made it. (0:26:59) Codey: Yeah, I was gonna say it was a dredge. (0:26:59) Micah: Oh, sure, sure, sure, yeah, yeah. (0:27:05) Al: Magical Creatures. Yeah yeah because Kevin decided not to put anything in the farm until (0:27:15) Al: literally, what, five hours before we start? (0:27:18) Al: I’m not sure, and was the only person to mention wildflowers, I had completely forgotten the (0:27:24) Al: wildflowers had an update this year. Anyway. (0:27:28) Micah: You know, I looked at the show notes last night, too, and did not see that on there. (0:27:32) Micah: So that makes complete sense. (0:27:34) Al: Yeah. So, um, I’ll just go through our other hosts opinions and what should win, and then (0:27:39) Al: we can discuss what we think as well. Uh, so we have one person says, Dave, the diver, (0:27:47) Al: we have, uh, two people saying stardew outright, uh, one person adding stardew as one of their (0:27:55) Al: three that they decided, uh, but not like the ultimate, what they think should win. (0:28:01) Al: one for wildflowers. (0:28:04) Al: one for terra nell, vita nova, and then one for disney dreamlight valley. (0:28:09) Al: I feel like I need to read johnny’s out, because it’s just, this is a weird year for best update. (0:28:16) Al: carl island 1.1, a great update no doubt, it added everything carl island and yours were asking for, (0:28:20) Al: but to reward this with update of the year feels wrong, it should have been 1.0 but it wasn’t. (0:28:25) Al: stargie 1.6 added more to a great game and the updates are good, but also just stop, (0:28:30) Al: it’s okay for stargie to be done, i’m ready for it. (0:28:33) Micah: Which is funny maybe I’m wrong and in assuming this but I feel like that’s a wild take from Johnny is that. (0:28:40) Codey: No, I think he’s he would be a proponent of like, let like, like, stop the nostalgia machine from cranking. Yeah, I think that’s also Yeah. (0:28:46) Al: I think he’s worried for concerned apes mental health. (0:28:48) Micah: Okay, okay (0:28:49) Micah: for concern days (0:28:51) Micah: Yeah, I mean after that interview where he was kind of like, uh, I could just keep going forever. I don’t know (0:29:00) Al: I think that leaves Disney Dreamlight Valley is the one that stands at his best update that (0:29:03) Al: continues to add to a great game bringing in memorable characters in a way that continues (0:29:07) Al: to surprise and delight. So that looks what I can see that looks like two stardew votes, (0:29:13) Al: One Wildflowers, one Drusney Dreamlet Valley, and one Davey. (0:29:16) Al: The Diver. What do you guys think? (0:29:19) Codey: Um, so I, so I mean, some of these, I didn’t play. So like, I didn’t play moonstone island. Uh, I (0:29:23) Al: Fair. That list is just going to get longer as we go through the episode. (0:29:28) Codey: right. I feel like it’s true. I feel like Fay Farm Skye’s Zozoria when we were talking about it on (0:29:33) Codey: the pod, it did not fix the issues that people wanted in the first one. So I think in my opinion, (0:29:35) Al: No (0:29:38) Codey: we can just strike that off. Um, I think the same about Taranell. I don’t think that that added (0:29:39) Al: I agree. Yeah (0:29:43) Codey: anything really. Um, and I honestly like, honestly, like, (0:29:46) Al: R.I.P. Kevin’s option. (0:29:49) Codey: I will just like double retweet Johnny’s thing because I agree. Like my go-to was (0:29:59) Codey: Coral Island 1.1. Um, I really loved it, but it did basically add like, one of the reasons I loved (0:30:05) Codey: it is because it added the rest of the story, but that should have been in the initial game. (0:30:06) Al: Mm hmm. Yeah. (0:30:10) Codey: Like why, like you can’t have an update, just be like, oh, adding the things that we didn’t (0:30:17) Codey: I had originally, but finished again. (0:30:20) Codey: So I don’t want to go with that. (0:30:22) Al: I would, I would agree with that. (0:30:23) Al: Any objections, Micah, to those three being struck off. (0:30:26) Micah: I think Coral Island is an incredible game, and I think it should win. (0:30:32) Al: Have you played it yet? (0:30:34) Micah: So okay, I have not, but this is where I’m at with Coral Island, because if you recall on the (0:30:40) Micah: previous Game of the Year episode, the reason that I said that I didn’t get it yet was because I was (0:30:44) Micah: waiting for the Switch version, which we all kind of know how that went. So I did eventually just (0:30:48) Al: Awkward. You. (0:30:53) Micah: kind of buckle and get it on the steam deck so I do have (0:30:56) Al: Yeah, nice. (0:30:56) Micah: it now to play on the steam deck haven’t had a chance to (0:30:59) Micah: play it yet but I am excited to play it especially after (0:31:02) Micah: hearing uh how much 1.1 kind of made it a 1.0 I guess um but (0:31:06) Codey: Yeah. (0:31:10) Micah: there’s just you know II’ve been I’ve yeah I don’t know I’ll (0:31:15) Micah: get I’ll get into that more later but I have not played it (0:31:17) Micah: yet. (0:31:18) Codey: Okay. And then yeah, Stardew is the same, like, I agree with Johnny, like, let it, let it lie. (0:31:24) Codey: And so for what I’ve played. (0:31:25) Al: I’m not, just for the record, I’m not, I’m not striking stardew off the list. (0:31:28) Codey: Correct. Did not strike Stardew off the list. This is just my opinion. (0:31:30) Al: I’m not, yeah, I don’t care what you’re saying. I’m not doing it. (0:31:32) Al: I’m not letting that happen right now. Right. We’ll get to that. (0:31:37) Codey: My top one would be Disney, Journey Valley. They really did add a lot of really good characters. (0:31:42) Codey: I didn’t play specifically the Rift in Time, like the paid deals, because that’s the paid one. (0:31:46) Codey: Um. (0:31:48) Codey: But I saw all the stuff from it and I know that it added like a considerable amount to the game and added to the story and I would like to play it when it becomes free. Fingers crossed that that ever happens. (0:32:00) Al: Is it not included in Game Pass? (0:32:02) Codey: Um, yeah. (0:32:06) Codey: No, you have to pay, you have to buy the DLC in Game Pass. (0:32:08) Al: Oh, weird. (0:32:10) Al: I think for, right, that’s interesting, because the whole point of Apple Arcade is everything (0:32:10) Micah: - I think it’s the same way with Apple Arcade, (0:32:17) Al: is free and you never have to pay for anything, but anyway, well, okay, yes, but you don’t (0:32:20) Codey: You have to pay for Apple Arcade. (0:32:22) Micah: Yeah, yeah (0:32:23) Al: have to pay for anything else. (0:32:24) Al: Like it removes in-app purchases from every game and stuff like that. (0:32:26) Al: I think, for the purposes of argument, we will crown it for a game. (0:32:30) Al: I feel like nobody is arguing for Moonstone Island, is that correct? (0:32:34) Codey: Well then it’s gotta, if it’s just gonna be for a game, (0:32:36) Codey: then it’s gotta be Coral Island, right? (0:32:38) Codey: No, I’m kidding, I’m kidding. (0:32:40) Micah: - I agree, definitely, Coral Island. (0:32:43) Codey: Yeah, so that’s my two cents. (0:32:50) Micah: I have not played enough of Moonstone Island to be able to confidently to even touch the cooking update, so I don’t think that I could justify it. (0:32:58) Al: Yeah, I don’t think I think cooking is a fun thing to add and it did add a few more (0:33:04) Al: spirits, but I don’t feel like it added enough to be like (0:33:08) Al: Major like I don’t think it stands aside stardew 1.6 and all of the stuff that Disney dream life alley added (0:33:17) Micah: Uh I still have yet to play Dave the Diver. I’ve heard great things about it. Uh it just (0:33:21) Al: At all. Come on, maker. (0:33:25) Micah: it just there’s something about it that just you know just hasn’t like clicked with me yet. (0:33:31) Micah: It hasn’t hooked me. That’s not I didn’t mean that as a pun but uh but I will say the Godzilla update (0:33:32) Al: you need to start it, that’s why. You need to just play it. (0:33:39) Micah: got me enticed me a little bit because I I do love my Kaiju but uh I I want to play it and I’ve (0:33:47) Micah: heard nothing but good things about it. My boss is like in love with it and sings its praise all (0:33:50) Al: David Diver is a fantastic game. The Godzilla DLC in particular is so silly. I love it so (0:33:51) Micah: the time but um (0:34:00) Al: much, right? Like any game where you like find Godzilla in a cave underwater and then (0:34:07) Al: you end the story by literally controlling Godzilla has my vote. (0:34:12) Codey: Oh, so you’re, is that your vote then? (0:34:12) Micah: That sounds awesome. That sounds incredible, honestly. (0:34:17) Al: What was that Cody? Well, I mean, it’s, it would definitely be on the shortlist. (0:34:18) Codey: I said, is that your vote then? (0:34:24) Codey: Okay. (0:34:25) Al: I’m not saying it’s definitely my favorite, but I feel like it’s, I could be convinced of that. (0:34:30) Codey: Okay. (0:34:32) Micah: uh as far as the rest of them I think you know looking at the the two current feels like top (0:34:40) Micah: contenders being disney dreamlight valley and stardew I like cody have played disney dreamlight (0:34:48) Micah: valley base not the the paid dlc portion of it yet um and I did really really enjoy it (0:34:56) Micah: uh I just the the cost to get to (0:35:02) Micah: you know we kind of talked about this when I was on previously right around what disney (0:35:06) Micah: dreamlight valley came out um that I was under the impression that it was cheaper than it was (0:35:13) Micah: or that there was a they were doing a uh like a like a um uh like a free to play version of it (0:35:21) Micah: when it had originally started to come out but you know I feel like the price of disney dreamlight (0:35:26) Micah: valley has just felt bigger and bigger over the the years (0:35:32) Micah: and that’s that’s great if the amount of content is there and it’s a very like pretty game it seems (0:35:38) Micah: like there is plenty of content there um but it’s a really like pitting that against stardew which (0:35:47) Micah: you know I know stardew has been around for so long it is it’s it just keeps going I do agree (0:35:54) Micah: it is okay for stardew to be done again I i love the game but it is okay concerned you can focus (0:36:02) Micah: here now it’s okay you can work on other things it’s all right but the the 1.6 update for stardew (0:36:09) Micah: is so massive for free content that like it’s hard for me to pit it against you know something that (0:36:20) Micah: the total cost of it is like what are we you know pushing a hundred dollars at this point (0:36:27) Micah: with in-app currency and all this stuff. I don’t know. Again, (0:36:32) Micah: I really, really like Disney Dreamlight Valley and I’m looking forward to playing more of it. (0:36:38) Micah: I love that they have kept it up. The community for it seems great, but yeah, it’s just such a (0:36:46) Micah: hard comparison because it’s like massive franchise, massive brand, costs a lot of money. (0:36:54) Micah: They’re still keeping it up and doing a great job with it versus one guy making stuff for free (0:36:58) Codey: - Yeah, I get that. (0:37:02) Micah: and I’m like, you know, I don’t know. It’s hard. If I personally had to put it on something, (0:37:08) Micah: I would put it on Stardew, but I would not be opposed to Disney Dreamlight Valley yet, (0:37:12) Codey: I mean, you do have to put it we have to we’re here to put it on (0:37:17) Micah: which is very hard for me to try. But yeah, that would be my nomination. I think would be Stardew 1.6. (0:37:23) Al: I feel like we’re probably we’re striking wildflowers off right? I think I don’t think (0:37:30) Codey: Sorry, Kevin. (0:37:30) Micah: Sorry Kevin (0:37:32) Al: even he was seriously suggesting it because I think yeah I yeah so so he says wildflowers (0:37:34) Codey: Yeah, the first thing in his thing is stardew. (0:37:36) Micah: Just more the representation, you know (0:37:41) Al: because it hasn’t won anything yet and it’s amazing and wildflowers but in reality but (0:37:45) Micah: It’s got to get the wildflowers representation in this understandable (0:37:48) Al: in reality Terranell is the only update I’ve played is great so he hasn’t even played wildflowers (0:37:54) Al: I think I understand why he would want wildflowers to win something because he thinks it probably (0:37:59) Al: should have won game of the year last year but yeah I think as an update it I don’t think (0:38:06) Al: it compares to stardew 1.6 or to all of the updates that Disney Dreamland valued so we’re (0:38:12) Al: down to 3 stardew 1.6 Disney Dreamland Valley and the day of the diving (0:38:19) Codey: I think from what Micah said, I’ve moved over to Stardew. (0:38:24) Codey: I didn’t play it, but I know literally dozens of people who have. (0:38:31) Codey: And yeah, I think the amount of effort that this solo human keeps pumping into this game (0:38:37) Codey: that is so beloved by the communities, it deserves it. (0:38:42) Codey: - Bye. (0:38:43) Al: - Say that with more passion. (0:38:45) Micah: But, you know, that’s in the context of like how much effort and how much content there (0:38:47) Al: Yeah. (0:38:53) Micah: is in something like the Disney Dreamlight Valley DLC, like I think it’s just the greater (0:39:00) Micah: context of the amount of effort and money that is put into one versus the other, I suppose. (0:39:05) Al: I think I would also say that as much stuff as there is in the Disney Dreamland Valley (0:39:12) Al: updates over the last year, the fact of the matter is the day that Stardew 1.6 came on, (0:39:18) Codey: Yeah. (0:39:18) Al: it became like the fifth highest consecutive players on Steam for like a week. That is (0:39:23) Micah: Mm hmm. Which is (0:39:25) Al: a wild amount of control that that game still has over. (0:39:31) Micah: Yeah, that’s, I mean, remarkable for a game as old as it is to be able to update and hit (0:39:38) Micah: that milestone is incredible. (0:39:41) Micah: It’s just, you don’t see that with really anything aside from like me, you know, multiplayer (0:39:45) Al: Yeah, and legitimately, like, I can’t find the chart, but it’s all time peak was miles (0:39:47) Micah: online games or something like it’s, it’s impressive. (0:40:00) Al: lower than that. And then the update came out and then suddenly it was high up. So it’s (0:40:08) Al: all time peak takes a 56 place, place at 56. But I think on the week that it was out, it (0:40:15) Al: was top five. I think I can’t remember because we don’t have obviously the historical, historical (0:40:17) Micah: Mm-hmm, sure. (0:40:21) Al: data for that. But like, yeah, abs and that was, you know, I think it’s previous peak (0:40:26) Al: was something like 50,000 or something. So it like quadrupled its highest consecutive (0:40:32) Al: players for an eight year old game. That’s that’s mad. And I also got me to the point (0:40:38) Micah: Yeah, it’s pretty remarkable. (0:40:43) Al: of perfecting the game. (0:40:45) Al: Like I had never gotten close to that, and with 1.6, I put so much time into it because (0:40:51) Al: of all of the different things that it had and all the different additions it had. (0:40:56) Micah: Mm-Hmm (0:40:57) Al: I got to the point where I was like, Oh, I can, I can complete this game. (0:41:01) Al: You know, it’s like I created a new save, a brand new save, because I hadn’t really (0:41:01) Micah: Mm-Hmm (0:41:06) Al: played it on my steam deck. (0:41:07) Al: I had done it originally on, on switch and so I brought a brand new save and I sunk (0:41:14) Al: a hundred hours into it. (0:41:15) Al: So we’re giving it to Stardew, Stardew 1.6 update of the year with honorable mentions (0:41:20) Micah: Yeah. I think so. (0:41:30) Al: for Disney Dreamlight Valley and Dave the Diver, specifically the Godzilla one. (0:41:33) Codey: Godzilla. (0:41:34) Micah: I am floored. (0:41:36) Al: The dredge one is fun and has more content on it, but the Godzilla one was the one that (0:41:41) Codey: You’re floored. (0:41:43) Micah: I’m floored that Coral Island did not. (0:41:45) Micah: Going into this, I prepared, reading the list, I prepared that I was just going to fold to (0:41:50) Micah: Coral Island the second that you both defended it, but. (0:41:52) Al: No, I think everybody’s opinion is the same about Coral Island, is that 1.1 should have (0:41:58) Al: been 1.0. This is obviously what matters to them, but if they had waited until the 1.1 update to (0:41:59) Micah: Mm-hmm (0:42:06) Al: release 1.0, I reckon it would have been Game of the Year this year. For us, obviously not, (0:42:10) Micah: Mm-hmm. Yep (0:42:10) Codey: Yeah, yep, for everything. (0:42:14) Al: for the Game Awards. All right, next we have Early Access Game of the Year. (0:42:20) Al: So our nominations for this. (0:42:22) Al: A new leaf memories chill town for lands fields of mystery garden life cozy simulator go go down like your frontier of life and land and over magic. (0:42:36) Al: And the opinions from other hosts are one that I think we can probably discount over magic because it sounds magical. I think this person. I think this person has not played any early access games this year. (0:42:46) Codey: With the shrug emoji? (0:42:50) Al: Uh, we have to vote. (0:42:52) Al: I think the early access game of the year should be demos. (0:42:58) Al: Honestly, everything that’s come out in early access has been a disappointment. (0:43:02) Al: It’s become the vehicle for a game with a single cool concept to release, get bits of hype, and then proceed to deliver something exceptionally mid. (0:43:10) Al: Meanwhile, there has been a resurgence of demos, games trying to win your business by offering a slice. (0:43:14) Al: These games are the ones that have brought me joy this year. (0:43:18) Al: this year, death to early access, long-lived demos. (0:43:22) Al: So that’s two votes for Fields of Mystery and one for demos. (0:43:27) Al: There’s not any specific demo, just demos in general. (0:43:34) Al: For me, it’s Fields of Mystery. (0:43:36) Al: I think Fields of Mystery is a fantastic start for the game. (0:43:40) Al: I think it does. (0:43:42) Al: What I really hate about Early Access is when it’s like, here’s the game, but it’s buggy. (0:43:49) Al: I much prefer how Fields of Mystery have done it and how (0:43:52) Al: like Ooblets did it and Carl Island did it, which is here is a very solid base for the game. It feels (0:43:59) Al: like it’s a complete game and you just hit roadblocks along the way. I think that’s a really good way (0:44:03) Al: of doing it. I do kind of agree with Johnny and that this can be a problem in many cases. It’s (0:44:08) Al: sometimes hard to go back to games when you’ve started with early access, but I do think that (0:44:13) Al: means most people probably just shouldn’t play early access games, but you know, what can you do? (0:44:20) Al: I also enjoyed Gogotown. (0:44:22) Al: I am not sure if this is a good one, but I feel like they have a lot more work to do to make a fully formed game. (0:44:28) Al: It also released in AWP, it didn’t feel buggy sort of aspect and you had the core bones of the game there, but there’s no real narrative there and it kind of felt a little bit like it fell off quite quickly. (0:44:42) Al: So that’s why I would vote for Fields of Mistreer. (0:44:44) Al: Hmph. (0:44:44) Codey: Uh, I didn’t play any of these and, um, I kind of agree with Johnny, but also (0:44:51) Codey: like, basically early access is just a way to almost like crowdfund something. (0:44:56) Codey: So you’re like pitching your, your base ideas to an audience and then they (0:45:02) Codey: give you money to like, make it what you want it to be like to develop it. (0:45:07) Codey: Cause they’re, they believe in what you’re doing. (0:45:09) Codey: Uh, so like I see the value of early access, but I also. (0:45:14) Codey: I, I think that it’s often like abused in that it’s just, like you said, like (0:45:21) Codey: release the buggy version or release like a small version to like, generate (0:45:26) Codey: hype or something. (0:45:28) Codey: Um, so yeah, I’m, I mean, I, I am willing to just like pass or defer my (0:45:35) Codey: judgment to y’all, like whatever y’all decide, cause I just personally, unless (0:45:39) Codey: there’s this super big argument for any one particular thing, and we want to (0:45:43) Codey: thing and we want to discuss. (0:45:46) Micah: Well, that might make things easy because I also not voting for fields of mystery. (0:45:52) Codey: Yay, fields of mystery. (0:45:53) Micah: Yeah, I, I do, I agree with what a lot of what Al said that, you know, the, the core (0:46:05) Micah: of the game is so solid. (0:46:08) Micah: It’s also just, you know, it does feel so, so heavily based in like stardew core. (0:46:16) Micah: Or that like, you know, I think that can be seen as a negative sometimes now where like, (0:46:22) Micah: you know, it’s just, it started with a coat of paint or like, it started with like a different (0:46:28) Micah: slightly different feature or whatever. (0:46:30) Micah: But I think there’s enough things that stand out in fields of mystery to separate it. (0:46:36) Micah: Like, I don’t know, just quest progression and I just feel like the, I mean, personally, (0:46:47) Micah: I like the pixel, the pixel art is beautiful. (0:46:49) Micah: The, the character portraits are fantastic. (0:46:53) Micah: They’re done in that kind of like 90s Bishoujo, like anime style, like, like magical girl, (0:47:01) Micah: kind of like Sailor Moon era anime. (0:47:03) Micah: And I, it, it just also, you know, everybody in the game is, is beautiful, which I think, (0:47:12) Micah: you know, Cody had the issue with Coral Island, but you know, like (0:47:16) Codey: Yeah. (0:47:16) Micah: just like one, somewhat like normal person, you know, would be cool to see but, but, but yeah, I mean, everyone is very, very nice to look a

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The crew is hanging ten on the spiritways this week with Mualani's character chapter! Join Ran, Emerald and Melty as they discuss everything about Mualani including her personality, design and gameplay! All before they choose which Genshin characters they'd like to see all grown up in the question of the week! As always, thanks for listening and we'll see you in the v5.1 update!Twitter/BlueSky: @HOYOcastMusic Used:Voyage Suite by HOYO-MiXhttps://youtu.be/X1ZZTfn9_0E?si=0ymmhf1z4Tqmy_4vMualani Theme Music EXTENDED - The Ultimate Sightseeing Experience (tnbee mix) by tnbeehttps://youtu.be/hxlc-nXd4BU?si=4c_gzXfTGVifKrtxHeizou Theme EXTENDED | Genshin Version 2.8 Trailer Music “Summer Fantasia” | EPIC VERSION Cover/Remix by brittle bearhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8bW3i8RtDshttps://www.twitter.com/brittlebearmOriginal music by HOYO-MiX Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the final showdown of Bad Sequels Month on Tis the Podcast! The elves have survived (barely) the cringe-worthy Jingle all the Way 2, the disastrous National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure, and the abysmal A Christmas Story 2. But can they make it through the holiday season with their sanity intact? This week, they're tackling the 1997 "masterpiece" (ahem) Home Alone 3 - the one that dared to defy the sacred formula of the original. No Macaulay Culkin? No Catherine O'Hare? No Christopher Columbus? No John Hughes magic? It's like they wanted to make a bad sequel! So, will Home Alone 3 be the coal in the elves' stockings, or can it somehow, miraculously, rise to the challenge and deliver some holiday cheer? Tune in to find out on this hilarious and entertaining episode of Tis the Podcast! Thanks for tuning in and be sure to visit http://linktree.com/tisthepodcast to find our Facebook Group and tell us what you thought of this moive!

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Our journey through "Bad Straight-to-Home-Video Christmas Sequels" continues this week with "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure"! We can't even pretend otherwise - this movie is trash and may very well be the worst thing we've covered in over half-a-decade on the show. It was painful to get through. That said, as is often the case with movies none of us liked, the discussion is a lot of fun!  So, settle in, relax, and enjoy this latest episode which we promise is the perfect way to kick off your week! As always, thanks for your love and support, y'all!

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Kyle and Shaun talk about a terrible movie, which usually makes for a good episode, listen to find out if that is still true. They also talk about Jerk kids from grade school.

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It's the middle of the beginning of theme month and the beginning of the end for Bogdanovich mainstay and Oscar nominee Randy Quaid. Join us as we look into the sad mush that is "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure".     Read More

Yesterday, Michael DiGiovanni and Michael May talked about Christmas Vacation and how - during their prep for that conversation - they discovered the existence of a weird sequel called Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure. Of course they had to come back and talk about it. And they invited Paxton Holley to do that with them.

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Al and Maddy talk about Hello Kitty Island Adventure Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:03:18: What Have We Been Up To 00:11:07: News 00:27:12: Hello Kitty Island Adventure 01:12:11: Outro Links Wholesome Snack Len’s Island Harvest Moon Update Len’s Island Roadmap My Time at Sandrock Roadmap My Time at Sandrock Trailer Circle of Kerzoven Name Change Fae Farm Hint Bear and Breakfast Delay Mika and the Witch’s Mountain Trailer Starstruck Vagabond Trailer Stardew Valley Junimo Plushes Above Snakes Developer new Game Contact Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript (0:00:30) Al: Hello farmers and welcome to another episode of the harvest season. (0:00:34) Al: My name is Al and we are here today to talk about cottagecore games. (0:00:36) Maddy: And my name is Maddie. (0:00:41) Maddy: Yeah. (0:00:44) Al: Welcome back, Maddie. (0:00:45) Al: It’s been a while. (0:00:46) Al: It’s always good to have you on the podcast though. (0:00:48) Maddy: Yes, it’s my second time, but my first with you, Al. (0:00:50) Al: Is it? (0:00:53) Maddy: Yes, the last time I was just on with, uh, Bev and Kelly talking about potion permit, and you got to pop in and make little comments about our silliness, (0:01:04) Maddy: but I’ve never been on one just– (0:01:06) Maddy: you and I before. (0:01:07) Al: Nooo. (0:01:10) Al: Here I am searching through all the show notes. There’s no way that you’ve not been on with me. (0:01:10) Maddy: The time has come. (0:01:14) Maddy: No, that’s it. (0:01:14) Al: You’ve only been on one episode! (0:01:16) Maddy: Yeah, just one. (0:01:18) Maddy: Can you believe it? Obviously not, because you’re checking the notes. (0:01:22) Al: That’s wild, wow, OK, yeah, no. (0:01:24) Maddy: It just took a Hello Kitty game to get me all to yourself, Elle. (0:01:28) Maddy: Here I am. (0:01:30) Al: Wild. (0:01:32) Al: All right, well, welcome. (0:01:34) Maddy: Yes, so excited. (0:01:34) Al: I was sure I was sure we had done one together, but no, it isn’t there on the list, so. (0:01:36) Maddy: No? (0:01:42) Al: All right, well, as always, listeners, transcripts are available in the show notes and on the website. (0:01:50) Al: This episode, I’ve got my… (0:01:52) Al: on as she just hinted at to talk about Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Who knew that we would be covering a Hello Kitty game in 2023? Well, exactly. Who knew we were going to talk about it? And not only that, but it wasn’t just going to be some random shovelware, like it was going to be an actually good game. (0:02:02) Maddy: It’s the best I just I’m so excited for the next hour plus of us talking about this Al (0:02:10) Maddy: Who knew but I’m not gonna argue it (0:02:21) Maddy: I know. You know, Al, I want to preface this. I am Hello Kitty obsessed. My first tattoo was a giant Hello Kitty on my shoulder. I have her all over my house. (0:02:22) Al: Who would have expected that? (0:02:34) Maddy: I expected this game to be garbage. As someone that loves Hello Kitty, I was not expecting anything good, but spoiler like you hinted at, it’s actually a really good game. (0:02:45) Maddy: So, who knew? Who knew even the biggest Hello Kitty fan was not expecting that? (0:02:46) Al: Yeah. Yeah. It’s not, it’s not just a good game. It’s up for a game award. Did you see that Maddie? You voted for it, did you? Yes. So we’ll see what comes of that. Because that’s a, is it next week? Yes, it’s next week. I decided for some reason that we were going to record an episode on, uh, no, I’ll get to that. Cause we’re just about to talk about that. Let’s get to that. I’ll ignore that. So we’re going to talk about that. We’re going We’re gonna talk about Hello Kitty. (0:02:51) Maddy: I voted for it. (0:03:10) Maddy: Yes, don’t go too far. (0:03:16) Al: And before that, we’re gonna talk about some news, but first of all, Maddy, what have you been up to? (0:03:21) Maddy: All right, so just full disclosure, we were supposed to record this a couple weeks ago and the games that I had in there were a little old. (0:03:30) Maddy: Since the time we decided to talk about this, my husband set up my Mr. for me and for people who are unaware, Mr. is a hardware emulation machine where you can get actual hardware accurate console games like old retro games or arcade games too. (0:03:49) Maddy: So I have been playing the– (0:03:51) Maddy: the heck out of my mister, I beat Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom, if you ever want anyone to talk about that with you, Al. (0:03:58) Maddy: Famicom game from years and years ago, and I just started, uh, Popola Croys last night, which is, uh, RPG on the PlayStation. (0:04:07) Maddy: Which, I think, might have some Cottagecore farming games, I think, Story of Seasons as Popola Croys related. (0:04:14) Maddy: Don’t quote me, I’m playing the RPG, but maybe we can get into that later. (0:04:19) Maddy: So I’ve been Retro Game Car– (0:04:19) Al: Oh my word. (0:04:21) Maddy: Crazy. (0:04:30) Maddy: Yeah, there’s some newer ones. I think that one came out here, but yeah, the one I’m playing is (0:04:37) Maddy: mono-guitary, I think it’s called. (0:04:42) Al: Very interesting. Yeah, so it’s the same people that make, well, what was Harvest Moon and is now Story of Seasons. (0:04:49) Maddy: It’s got that cute vibe to it where it’s definitely, you know, a real RPG where it’s pretty tough. (0:04:55) Maddy: I got wiped out already, which is fun for old RPGs, but it’s silly. (0:05:00) Maddy: You can talk to the animals, the cows till you moo, you can get electrocuted and see your little skull. (0:05:08) Al: Interesting. I am going to end up… I should park this because I’m going to end up on a Wikipedia rabbit hole. (0:05:14) Maddy: Oh yeah, put a pin in that pepola croisses. (0:05:16) Al: I’ll put that tab to the side. I’ll look at that later. Princess Tomato looks quite interesting. (0:05:22) Al: It’s got some very interesting art around it, shall we say. (0:05:26) Maddy: Yes, it’s very archaic. It definitely is very, very old school. I did have a walkthrough guide up and usually I don’t do that, but these games are basically go into this room, talk to the person, (0:05:38) Al: Hmm. (0:05:41) Maddy: leave, do it again, leave, do it again, and then they’ll tell you ahead. (0:05:44) Maddy: Like, stuff that you would never be able to figure out, but it was another, it was a silly one. I beat that thing. (0:05:49) Al: Yeah. (0:05:52) Al: Fair enough. (0:05:53) Al: My general rule with walkthroughs is if I’m not having fun without it, then I’m going to use it. (0:06:00) Maddy: Yep, love that. (0:06:00) Al: Right. (0:06:00) Al: Cause it’s like the whole point of games is to be fun. (0:06:02) Maddy: Yep. (0:06:02) Al: So I’m not going to put myself through torture just to play a game. (0:06:05) Maddy: Why would you? (0:06:06) Al: Exactly. (0:06:08) Maddy: How about you? (0:06:08) Maddy: What have you been playing now? (0:06:08) Al: Well, I’ve mostly been playing Coral Island because it came out of Early Access last week, was it? (0:06:20) Al: Two weeks ago. (0:06:20) Al: Two weeks ago. (0:06:22) Al: So I played it in Early Access for a bit and then they wiped the saves when 1.0 came out. (0:06:27) Al: So I was like, oh, fine, I’ll start again. (0:06:28) Al: But yeah, I mean, I don’t want to. (0:06:33) Al: So we’re probably going to do another episode on this now that it’s in 1.0. (0:06:38) Al: And I don’t want to completely ruin that episode, but I think this might be my favorite farming game now. (0:06:44) Maddy: Ever? (0:06:46) Al: Yes. (0:06:48) Maddy: Okay, is it on switch or what are you playing it on? (0:06:52) Al: So I am playing it on the Steam Deck. (0:06:55) Al: It is coming to Switch, but I think the Switch isn’t out yet and it’s coming next week. (0:07:01) Maddy: Okay. I will put a pin in that one. Oh yeah, spoiler alert, my husband did buy the OLED Steam Deck that just came last week, so we’ve got lots of new video game toys in the house. (0:07:10) Al: Excellent. Yeah, it looks like they’re, yeah, so they’re, they’re coming to switch planning for Switch next year, but it’s, it’s on Steam, Xbox and PlayStation as of now. (0:07:26) Maddy: All right, I’ll set a reminder to have you remind. (0:07:32) Al: I’m very much enjoying it. It is, it’s very good. It does everything that I liked about starred you it does but it does more than that as well it’s not just doing a stardew right like it’s not just oh let’s be stardew but but with a different skin right it’s on an island and it has like a bunch of extra different kind of features that are like you can go diving in the sea and part of the story is to clean up the coral around the island coral island and there’s a whole kind of like a merfolk kingdom down there so like there’s a whole lot of stuff (0:07:45) Maddy: Yeah, but on an island. (0:08:10) Al: happening under the water and there’s like a whole big story around the mines and stuff like that so it’s not just doing stardew but with a different skin it is doing more things and everything I think that it does it does pretty well like there’s I obviously have some issues and some things that I would like to improve but I don’t feel like it’s going it’s not just like a cheap knockoff of stardew or anything like that that a lot of farming games kind of feel like they’re just trying to emulate it but they don’t really get what (0:08:36) Maddy: right no this looks cute I famously would love to be into stardew but i’m maybe not the biggest fan of the art style sorry but this one looks very like disney like as far as like the character designs is that true (0:08:46) Al: Yeah, it definitely, if you’re not, if you’re not into the pixel art, then this is definitely a better one for that because it’s very much more cartoony and obviously much more fidelity and all the artwork and stuff like that. So I’ve very much enjoyed it. So I’m, I’m literally like two days away from from marrying in that. (0:09:16) Al: And I’m I’ve got to a point where I have automated a lot of my farm. (0:09:20) Al: So I’m at a pretty good place there. (0:09:22) Al: I’m really happy with with how I’m doing. (0:09:26) Maddy: And I know that you have your planning calendar for games. What’s next on your docket? (0:09:32) Al: Oh goodness, that is a good question. (0:09:37) Maddy: Or sorry to put you on the spot if you don’t have your your gantt chart of your games. (0:09:42) Al: I just need to click here, click on it. (0:09:45) Al: I don’t know whether people believe you or not. (0:09:47) Al: There is literally a Gantt chart. (0:09:48) Maddy: You know, I feel like I feel like if they listen to the harvest season and they know you as a host, (0:09:53) Maddy: They’ve got to believe me that you have a Gantt chart. (0:09:57) Al: Well, yeah, fair enough. (0:09:59) Al: So there’s a game that came out not too long ago called Coa and the Five Pirates, which is our– (0:10:05) Al: so it’s the makers of that made Summer in Mara, which is another farming game which I really liked. (0:10:12) Al: This one is a 3D platformer, though. (0:10:14) Al: So I really want to play that. (0:10:15) Al: And I think this is probably the time to do that, (0:10:16) Al: because there’s not a huge amount out just now. (0:10:18) Maddy: Oh, yeah. (0:10:18) Al: And then a Highland song comes out in next week. (0:10:23) Al: Have you heard of this? (0:10:23) Maddy: No, I haven’t. (0:10:25) Al: So a Highland song is a 2D platforming game set in the Scottish Highlands. (0:10:30) Maddy: Oh, perfect. (0:10:31) Al: And what I find really interesting about it is that every mountain that you can see in the background is a mountain you can go to at some point in the game. (0:10:40) Maddy: new blog idea, Al. If the game blows up to be huge, you should visit every spot that’s in the game. (0:10:49) Al: And there’s like, I’m looking forward to seeing what the story is like and because they’re kind of hyping that up. (0:10:56) Al: So that’s on my list and obviously the second Pokémon DLC. (0:11:00) Al: Those are the three things I currently have scheduled for this year. (0:11:03) Maddy: Perfect. Good luck to you. (0:11:07) Al: Cool. Should we talk about some news? (0:11:10) Maddy: Yeah, let’s do it. You got quite a bit to talk about. (0:11:13) Al: We do, we do. So the first thing is they’ve announced a new wholesome snack. (0:11:18) Al: So this is the wholesome games people. They do our direct kind of in June around kind of, (0:11:26) Al: I was going to say around E3 time, but RIP E3. Well, maybe not rest in peace. We’re glad you’re gone. (0:11:28) Maddy: Oh, yeah, ugh. (0:11:33) Maddy: Yeah, just rest, generally rest. (0:11:36) Al: You’re gone. Huzzah. But they’re doing, I think they did this last year. (0:11:37) Maddy: Goodbye. (0:11:42) Al: Well, it’s like a smaller version for the game awards. So they’re going to go, (0:11:48) Al: they’ve got some world premiers, some demos and exclusives and new game announcements coming (0:11:56) Al: full of wholesome games. And you know, there are going to be some farming games in there. (0:12:02) Al: So that is on the 6th of December. That is the day the game awards happens, (0:12:08) Al: but it’s before the Game Awards, thankfully, because that’s… (0:12:12) Al: That is a Wednesday, and of course, we release on Wednesdays, and I have decided that we’re going to cover it on the day that we’re covering it. So, I will be watching the Game Awards, (0:12:22) Maddy: Oh my gosh, and if anyone can, it’s you, Elle. (0:12:23) Al: recording a podcast, editing the podcast, and releasing it before I go to bed. So… (0:12:31) Al: Well, we’ll see! So, listeners, if the episode doesn’t come out on Wednesday, you know I have died. (0:12:38) Maddy: Promises, promises. (0:12:42) Al: I haven’t failed to release one when I’ve wanted to release one yet, so we’ll see. (0:12:47) Maddy: This one will be fun. (0:12:48) Maddy: You’ll have plenty of stuff to talk about with both of those awards, (0:12:52) Maddy: I’m not too worried about ya. (0:12:54) Al: Yes, and I’m sure there’ll be some new stuff as well. We’ll see what happens. (0:13:01) Al: Lens Island have released their Harvest Moon update. The full details of that are out now, (0:13:09) Al: so there’s a list on their Steam page and on their website, which obviously we’ll link in the show notes. The interesting thing is, one thing we did have in this update that we didn’t know before the update came out, (0:13:23) Al: or we didn’t know before. (0:13:24) Al: Recorded the last podcast. (0:13:26) Al: I think they did announce it after that. (0:13:28) Al: So the Harvest Moon event that they’ve got in the game, (0:13:30) Al: it increases all of your crops and your machinery and how efficient they are, but also increases the frequency and danger of the mobs that are around, (0:13:43) Al: and they can come and obviously destroy the stuff that you have. (0:13:46) Al: So it’s one of these, like, do I want to risk the increase in productivity to get– well, (0:13:53) Al: risk the risk. (0:13:54) Al: Destroying all of my equipment for the increase in productivity that you get. (0:13:59) Al: So they’ve said you can skip the events if you want to, which is good because I certainly wouldn’t be wanting to do that. (0:14:02) Maddy: Oh, interesting. (0:14:04) Maddy: No, that’s quite a gamble, (0:14:04) Al: But yeah. (0:14:06) Maddy: but that’s cool that they give you the choice to opt out. (0:14:09) Al: Yeah. (0:14:11) Al: So that’s the main thing. (0:14:12) Al: There’s a bunch of other things as well, which I’m not going to go through. (0:14:15) Al: But if you want to see it, it’s in the show notes. (0:14:18) Al: Next, we have my time at Sandro. (0:14:19) Al: Oh, no, I forgot to mention, of course. (0:14:21) Al: Lens Island also have an updated roadmap as well. (0:14:24) Al: Um, so they’ve given details for the next updates that are coming. (0:14:28) Al: There’s one in December, which is the localization languages updates. (0:14:31) Al: It’s adding more, more languages. (0:14:34) Al: And then in March, they’re titling the frozen lands update, which includes a new art Arctic world. (0:14:41) Al: And then in July is their plan for their full release, which includes multiplayer. (0:14:47) Al: And I’m sure I’ll play that game at some point. (0:14:50) Maddy: You know, I’ve been looking for a reason to get back into Harvest Moon, I haven’t played since the DS game came out, and it felt at that time it was too much of a job for someone that had a job, but maybe, maybe my sensibilities have changed since then, and especially if there’s quality of life improvements in the series. (0:15:09) Maddy: I might have to try. (0:15:10) Al: Yeah. Well, we’ve got lots, lots of possible options for you. (0:15:14) Maddy: Who else should I talk to about that, Al? You? Who else do I know? (0:15:17) Al: I don’t know. I might know someone. I might know someone that (0:15:20) Maddy: Perfect. Come up with a short list for me and I’ll start doing some outreach. (0:15:26) Al: will do, will do. So we’ve got my time at Sandrock next. (0:15:29) Al: They have a new roadmap. Um, they are coming out with a bug fix, (0:15:34) Al: bug fix patch by the end of November, which is now, (0:15:40) Al: um, they are apparently releasing another update this year. (0:15:44) Al: I feel like these people are way too optimistic for December, (0:15:48) Al: but what do I know? Um, by Christmas, (0:15:52) Al: they’re going to release a free content update. I know. Right. (0:15:54) Maddy: Huh, wow. (0:15:57) Al: And then Q1 next year, (0:16:00) Al: they’re going to add in DLC support with multiplayer. (0:16:03) Al: I don’t really know what they mean. Like, obviously, (0:16:05) Al: I know what they mean by multiplayer, but I don’t like the say integrating DLC (0:16:10) Al: into the multiplayer mode. Now I haven’t played my time at Sandrock. (0:16:12) Al: Cause I really hated the first game they did. Um, (0:16:14) Maddy: No, I don’t know anything about this. (0:16:15) Al: but I don’t know whether that’s saying, I don’t know whether that’s saying, (0:16:19) Al: they’re adding the DLCs at that point, or they’re adding multiplayer mode, (0:16:23) Al: or both already exist in the game, but you can’t have the DLCs in multiplayer. (0:16:27) Al: It’s one of those three. (0:16:28) Maddy: I feel like if it says integrating DLC support into multiplayer, it’s probably there, but just not functional for multiplayer, don’t you think? (0:16:39) Al: I just I feel I just feel like why would they release DLCs that wouldn’t work half the time (0:16:39) Maddy: That keyword “integrating” I can’t make that answer for you, Al. (0:16:48) Maddy: These developers do what they need to do. (0:16:52) Al: And they’re also releasing the DLCs that you previously only got with the Deluxe version. (0:16:58) Al: They are releasing them separately as well, so you can purchase them outside of that. (0:17:05) Al: Next we have Circle of Kirzovan, which they have a very exciting update. (0:17:11) Al: They are changing their name so that we can actually pronounce it. (0:17:14) Maddy: Wow, that’s smart. That’s very smart of them (0:17:18) Al: So their game is now going to be called “Of Life and Land”. (0:17:22) Al: Which is fine, I guess. It’s not a particularly exciting name. (0:17:27) Al: I do feel like the good thing about “Circle of Khuzovin” is you’re not going to confuse it with anything else, right? (0:17:33) Al: You’re going to know exactly what they’re talking about. (0:17:35) Al: Whereas “Of Life and Land” is kind of vague. (0:17:39) Maddy: Yeah, that one’s not as memorable, but there’s that fine line of having a name that’s unique, (0:17:45) Maddy: but also, imagine if a little kid tried to Google that or put it on their Christmas list. (0:17:50) Maddy: They wouldn’t be able to spell it. (0:17:52) Maddy: I wouldn’t be able to spell it, and I’m a grown-up kid. (0:17:56) Al: They have said however that the land in the game will still be called Kirzovan, so the name’s not going away completely, it’s just not the name of the game anymore. (0:18:09) Al: Very small thing from Fay Farm, they have released a video on Twitter which is hinting at some an upcoming update and we know nothing about it and I have no idea what this is meant to be. (0:18:20) Al: Like maybe a shell with like a ribbon around it or something? (0:18:24) Maddy: Have you played this game? (0:18:26) Al: I have, not as much as I want to. (0:18:30) Al: My main thing about this game is the movement in this game is fantastic, but everything else but it doesn’t grab me massively. (0:18:42) Maddy: Ah, okay. (0:18:42) Maddy: Interesting. (0:18:43) Al: So yeah. (0:18:44) Maddy: No, I’ve never tried it, but it looks cute, but yeah, I can see it just being cute for a little bit. (0:18:51) Maddy: Well, keep an eye on that shell with a ribbon on it, Al. (0:18:54) Al: Yeah, I literally have no idea what this is meant to mean, and it looks like in the comments on Twitter no one else does either. (0:19:02) Al: So that’s fine, because it’s like with Disney Dreamlight Valley, every time I see something I’m like, “I don’t know what this means. (0:19:09) Al: This feels like a really nice thing.” (0:19:11) Al: And then you look in Twitter and it’s like, “Oh, it’s this person.” (0:19:13) Al: I’m like, “Okay, how did you figure that out?” (0:19:15) Maddy: But in this case, no one else. (0:19:18) Al: Nobody seems to know. (0:19:21) Al: A slightly sad update with Bear. (0:19:24) Al: And breakfast, they have having to delay their upcoming update because their art (0:19:30) Al: director has been diagnosed with cancer, so not great. (0:19:32) Maddy: Oh, that’s too bad. (0:19:36) Al: Thankfully, the comments are all very positive and people aren’t, you know, (0:19:42) Al: being idiots about it, so that is good. (0:19:45) Al: But, yeah, hopefully, (0:19:47) Al: I mean, you never know what these things, but hopefully things go well and they can (0:19:51) Al: and people will wait for… (0:19:54) Al: …for updates. (0:19:56) Maddy: Yeah, best wishes, that’s really sad. (0:19:59) Al: Mika and the Witch’s Mountain have released a new trailer. (0:20:02) Al: Uhm, this, Maddie, I feel like this game might be down your street. (0:20:06) Maddy: You know, not yet, but anything with the word “witch” in it, you know that I’m a sucker for. (0:20:12) Maddy: Oh, and just popping it up. (0:20:12) Al: Mm-hmm, yep, yep. So you’re a little witch who is running a delivery business, a package delivery business. Sure, possibly. So that’s a new trailer, nothing else on that one. If you want to see the trailer, links in the show notes. I’m still very excited about this I have been since the NIH, I think. (0:20:14) Maddy: It looks very Miyazaki-style. (0:20:17) Maddy: Is it like Kiki? (0:20:18) Maddy: She’s… (0:20:19) Maddy: Oh, so it is Kiki’s delivery service. (0:20:27) Maddy: Cute. (0:20:28) Maddy: No, I will definitely do that. (0:20:43) Al: This is also by the same people who made the game that I mentioned that is up, that I want to play, that is already Koa and the Five Pirates, and they made Summer and Mara. (0:20:52) Al: So I think I’ve enjoyed every single game they’ve made. They’re very… They’re the sort of company now where if they announce a game, I write it on my list to purchase. (0:21:02) Maddy: Oh nice. (0:21:02) Al: Like, this is a game I am definitely going to play. And even if it’s something that I don’t end up actively enjoying, that’s because it’s not my kind of game, not because it’s not good. (0:21:05) Maddy: Yeah, this looks up. (0:21:12) Maddy: That’s that’s good to know. Yeah, this looks really cute pencil me in for the harvest season episode when this is out on switch (0:21:20) Al: Yeah, will do, will do. I’ll hold you to that. (0:21:26) Al: Next we have Starstruck Vagabond. (0:21:28) Al: So I’m not going to go too deep into this, (0:21:32) Al: but this is a game by Yatsy Croshaw, who does, (0:21:36) Al: or did Zero Punctuation, (0:21:40) Al: which was a video review series (0:21:45) Al: that was on The Escapist, (0:21:48) Al: which has like imploded. (0:21:50) Al: So, it’s all very, the whole, if you don’t know about the escapist drama, we don’t need to go over it now. You can go and look at it online, but basically they fired their editor and the entire video team quit and went with him to start a new company. So that’s, (0:21:50) Maddy: Oh yeah. (0:22:06) Maddy: Good. (0:22:08) Al: so now they are also publishing the game that Yahtzee has been building for a few years now, (0:22:14) Al: this one Starstruck Vagabond, which apparently the escapist wouldn’t let them talk about it (0:22:20) Al: anymore. So now that they’re independent, they are talking about it again and they have released a new trailer. I know it’s the drama is quite, maybe we need to do a whole other (0:22:24) Maddy: Wow. Drama. (0:22:32) Al: episode just talking about that is quite, quite the drama. But the other key information is that they’ve said that it’s releasing in spring 2024. So if those, if anyone isn’t aware, this is a game where you are on a spaceship. (0:22:50) Al: And you are, oh, funnily enough, package delivery. (0:22:56) Al: That was entirely coincidental that we talk about those two right next to each other. (0:23:00) Al: Yeah, so you’re running a spaceship delivering packages, essentially. (0:23:06) Maddy: Wow, I’ll have to look into that drama that seems like a fun little rabbit hole (0:23:12) Maddy: when you’re bored at work in the afternoon. (0:23:13) Al: Oh man, how did you miss it? I was covering it. I was talking about it in the Slack. (0:23:18) Al: How did you miss that? (0:23:19) Maddy: You know, you cover a lot of things on the slack. I can’t keep track of everything. (0:23:20) Al: I would, it was particularly fun to watch live because we saw that he’d been fired and then we saw that everyone else was quitting one by one, which was fantastic to watch. And then like, (0:23:36) Al: less than two days later, they already had their new channel up with the artwork and the name. (0:23:40) Al: And they were, they like absolutely like within, within two weeks they had their first videos out. (0:23:40) Maddy: Oh wow. (0:23:46) Maddy: Oh, funny. (0:23:47) Al: And it was insane how quickly they went up. (0:23:50) Al: I’m not quite sure what to say about it. (0:23:50) Maddy: I’ll have to scroll back and to relive the drama. (0:23:56) Al: Definitely. (0:23:56) Al: And Stardew Valley, they are releasing Junimo Plushes. (0:24:02) Al: So if you wanted a Junimo plush, they didn’t exist till now. (0:24:08) Al: They are up for pre-order now. (0:24:10) Al: There’s probably not much more to say. (0:24:13) Al: I mean, you’ve not played Stardew, so you wouldn’t appreciate it as much, but I’m sure you can look at them and they are pretty cute. (0:24:17) Maddy: Oh, they’re pretty cute. They’re cute. Yeah, I don’t mind those (0:24:20) Al: They are launching in spring 2024, you can pre-order now. (0:24:26) Al: So, you know, go and pre-order now. (0:24:28) Maddy: Wow, that’s quite a lead time for a plush pre-order announcement. (0:24:34) Al: Yeah, well, I mean, spring can mean a lot of things, right? (0:24:39) Al: And the final piece of news is that the makers of Above Snakes have announced (0:24:45) Al: that they are going to kick start a new game called… (0:24:49) Al: Well, no, not called. It doesn’t have a name. (0:24:51) Al: They are kick starting a new game, which is a cosy campervan survival game. (0:24:58) Al: And we have one piece of art on the kick (0:24:59) Al: page so far which looks nice. (0:25:02) Maddy: Oh yeah, that does look really cute. (0:25:04) Maddy: Interesting. (0:25:06) Maddy: Oh, I do like… (0:25:07) Maddy: Yeah. (0:25:08) Maddy: There’s little solar panels on the van. (0:25:11) Maddy: Funny. (0:25:11) Al: Yeah. So my big thing is I’m intrigued by the two words, cozy and survival. (0:25:16) Maddy: Yeah. (0:25:16) Al: Um, and how those are going to work together now, because survival can mean a couple of different things. (0:25:18) Maddy: Yeah. (0:25:22) Al: It can either mean, and hopefully this is what they mean. (0:25:25) Al: Cause this can definitely be cozy is just, you have to do everything you need to survive, like you have to gather all your things and make everything that you need, blah, blah, blah, blah, but survival. (0:25:31) Maddy: Yeah. (0:25:32) Maddy: I kinda like resource management. (0:25:35) Al: Exactly. (0:25:36) Al: But survival can also mean there are monsters and that’s not cozy. (0:25:37) Maddy: Yeah? (0:25:39) Maddy: No, probably not. (0:25:41) Al: cozy at all. (0:25:45) Maddy: As much as that sounds appealing to me in my video game preferences, I wouldn’t say cozy if a little zombie raccoon was coming at ya. (0:25:51) Al: I’m not saying I wouldn’t play a game like that, I played Minecraft for years, and that’s basically what that is, it’s a survival game, but I don’t think you can use the word “cosey” (0:25:57) Maddy: Right. (0:26:06) Maddy: Cozy (0:26:09) Maddy: No (0:26:09) Al: in relation to that. (0:26:11) Al: But a lot of game developers do overuse these words and certainly use them in the wrong context sometimes. (0:26:19) Al: It’s like when people post videos and they’re like. (0:26:21) Al: Hashtag satisfying. (0:26:22) Al: And I’m like, you don’t get to decide that. (0:26:22) Maddy: Yeah, that’s not up for them to decide. (0:26:24) Al: You don’t get to decide if it’s satisfying. (0:26:26) Al: You made it. (0:26:30) Maddy: No, yeah, this is a lot of adjectives for this game, but I do like the art. (0:26:36) Al: I also find it funny that they called it unannounced Cozy Campers of Ann’s survival game. (0:26:40) Maddy: Yeah, in the announcement, yeah, unless you are an unannounced cozy camper van where you just show up at people’s houses unannounced, you just have to say, “Hey, I’m in a park here.” (0:26:41) Al: I feel like they’ve announced it. (0:26:42) Al: I think what they mean is unnamed. (0:26:54) Maddy: So, Al, you don’t know. (0:26:58) Al: It’s like Untitled Goose Game all over again. (0:26:58) Maddy: Right. (0:27:00) Maddy: No, no, I think they might be onto something with this one. (0:27:00) Al: It’s like we were just waiting for them to give us the full name and they never did. (0:27:08) Al: » We will keep an eye on it. (0:27:11) Maddy: Perfect. (0:27:13) Maddy: Can we talk about Hello Kitty? (0:27:14) Al: I think that’s all the news. (0:27:16) Al: Yes, let us do that. (0:27:18) Al: That’s what you’re here for. (0:27:20) Maddy: Yes. (0:27:20) Al: You managed to make it through all the news. (0:27:22) Maddy: No, and it’s just, it’s tough because I love these games, but I purposely kind of avoid all the news because I know that I want to try everything. (0:27:31) Maddy: And so when I, you know, listen to Harvest Season and I hear about all these games, there’s not enough time to play everything you want to play. (0:27:38) Al: That’s very true. (0:27:40) Al: That’s very true. (0:27:40) Al: So you end up just playing none of them instead. (0:27:42) Maddy: Yeah, I just end up beating Super Mario RPG remake in a week instead. (0:27:47) Al: I haven’t played that yet. (0:27:50) Maddy: Have you played, you didn’t play it the original when you were little? (0:27:52) Al: I did not. (0:27:53) Al: No, I did not. (0:27:54) Al: So I think it’s like I’m probably, I will play the game at some point, but I’m not prioritizing it. (0:28:00) Maddy: It’s not going anywhere. (0:28:01) Al: I was, I’m not. (0:28:02) Al: Well, exactly. (0:28:03) Al: And it’s not like it’s about to get cheap or anything like that. (0:28:04) Maddy: No, no, that’s very true. (0:28:09) Al: My thing is, I’m not sure if I’m going to like it or not because I haven’t liked other Mario RPGs they’ve done. (0:28:15) Al: So I don’t like Paper Mario, for example. (0:28:18) Maddy: I’m not the best one to kind of give an opinion because this was my very first favorite video game of my entire life. (0:28:25) Maddy: I was obsessed with this when I was little. (0:28:28) Maddy: I had the guidebook, I would play it non-stop, you know, back in the days when you just had like two video games, so you had to make the most of what you had. (0:28:35) Al: Mm-hmm. Yep. Yep. Yep. (0:28:37) Maddy: And so there’s definitely flaws. (0:28:40) Maddy: It’s very, you know, baby’s first RPG. (0:28:43) Maddy: It’s not - excuse me - yeah, it’s not very tough. (0:28:45) Al: Well, that might be good for me. (0:28:48) Maddy: But it’s just so cute, it’s so funny. (0:28:52) Al: I think I’ve just never really got into RPGs at all. (0:28:56) Al: So like my like the closest thing that I play to RPGs is Pokemon. (0:29:00) Maddy: Right, I was gonna say, if you like Pokemon, this is a lot more simplified than Pokemon ever is. (0:29:06) Maddy: You just… (0:29:06) Al: Yeah, I’m also not sure if I like Pokemon for being an RPG like I collect things and that’s why I like about Pokemon (0:29:12) Maddy: Oh, yeah, that’s not Mario RPG. But you do get to play as Bowser, and one of Bowser’s weapons is just picking Mario up and whipping him at enemies, which is very funny. (0:29:15) Al: Yeah (0:29:23) Al: That does sound funny well, you know what game you can collect lots of things in (0:29:28) Maddy: Oh my gosh, it’s Hello Kitty Island Adventure! It is collector’s paradise or collector’s hell, can I say hell? (0:29:32) Al: Absolutely (0:29:37) Al: » [LAUGH] Yeah, that’s fine. (0:29:37) Maddy: Depending on what you feel like because there is a lot, a lot to collect. (0:29:43) Al: Yeah, okay, so let’s start off by giving introduction to this game just for anyone who isn’t aware. (0:29:50) Al: So this is Hello Kitty Island Adventure. (0:29:52) Al: It is currently only on Apple Arcade. (0:29:55) Al: So if you’re already like that’s turned me off, then just listen. (0:29:58) Al: I bet it’s gonna come to Switch next year, but that’s just my theory. (0:30:04) Al: the (0:30:06) Al: it is a it’s very much a cottagecore game very much not a farming game you are a character who in well you you make your own custom character for the Holokitty universe and (0:30:21) Al: the start is wild I was not expecting this so you you jump on a plane and then the plane (0:30:27) Al: I think is having issues and then you have to jump off the plane with a balloon (0:30:31) Maddy: Yeah, it’s pretty intense at the beginning. (0:30:33) Maddy: All of a sudden it’s like lost or something. (0:30:35) Al: Flame crashes. (0:30:35) Maddy: It’s very survival cottagecore in that moment, (0:30:39) Maddy: because yeah, the plane just kind of starts on fire and you gotta go. (0:30:43) Al: What I’m not certain about, and maybe this is because I haven’t done enough of the story, (0:30:47) Al: but I’m not certain whether this island was where we were meant to be going or not. (0:30:51) Maddy: You know, I don’t know how much I have just to preface. I have beaten the main game I believe but there have been quite a few updates and changes in the past like month or so that I have not gotten through (0:31:03) Maddy: But in the main game you you do get an answer to that (0:31:07) Al: OK, right, that’s fine. (0:31:09) Al: I haven’t. Yeah, I haven’t got through that, that sort of thing, because (0:31:13) Al: personally, I’m not a huge fan of playing this on on a device with a touch screen. (0:31:19) Al: It’s not really working hugely for me, which I think is part of the reason. (0:31:21) Maddy: Well, then you have to get your 8-bit doe wireless controller and pair it to your iPad like I’ve been doing (0:31:29) Al: I’m not I’m not doing that. (0:31:31) Al: I’m just going to wait until it comes on to switch your steam and play it on my (0:31:35) Al: picture of my Steam Deck. (0:31:35) Maddy: That’s very fair (0:31:37) Al: So yeah, sorry, I distracted myself. So you jump out of the plane, you land on this island and then the idea is you are living on this island. There’s a lot of exploration, right? Like the world is reasonably large and you have to go and explore and find other characters. They don’t all just land where they’re meant to be. So they’re all over the place and it’s a lot of fetch questing and a lot of relationship building with the characters and lots of other things that we’ll talk about. (0:32:07) Al: about. Is that fair kind of description of the game? (0:32:10) Maddy: Yeah, I think that’s perfect. Yeah, you crash land on this island and you kind of have to rebuild it. (0:32:15) Maddy: And like you said, find your other friends because some of them are on top of mountains or underneath water. And then there’s a secondary storyline of trying to solve the mystery of the island that you landed on as well. I know there’s a theme park that you’re trying to figure out what’s going on. (0:32:32) Maddy: There’s some little other Hello Kitty friends that show up that you’re not quite sure what they’re up to but… (0:32:40) Maddy: It’s mostly just rebuilding your life on this island and having your adventure. (0:32:45) Maddy: And it’s cute. (0:32:46) Maddy: And I’m gonna say that a million times in this podcast, (0:32:48) Al: It is so (0:32:50) Maddy: it’s just so darn cute. (0:32:52) Maddy: Sanrio fans, rejoice because it has all of, it has, excuse me. (0:32:57) Maddy: It has not just Hello Kitty, my melody, but it has some of the weirdo ones that you don’t see as often. (0:33:03) Maddy: Like Hang Yodon, who is my favorite, I love that little weirdo. (0:33:08) Maddy: So let’s– (0:33:10) Maddy: to see as far as the Sanrio universe. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, and Hello Kitty’s boyfriend shows up, uh, dear Daniel, so you get to see the full lore of the Sanrio universe. (0:33:14) Al: There really are so many characters as well. (0:33:16) Al: I didn’t realize there were this many. (0:33:17) Al: I mean, it was only a few years ago that I realized that Gudetama was a Hello Kitty character, right? (0:33:31) Al: So, let’s talk about that first, because I feel like that’s kind of the biggest mechanic of the game is the friendship, right? (0:33:39) Al: You are building up your relationships with these characters, and in doing so, that’s how you get access to everything else in the game. (0:33:47) Al: It’s how you get more items, it’s how you get recipes, it’s how you expand out into the world to find other people, and of course you are expanding out into the world to find other people, and that’s more relationship building stuff. (0:34:00) Maddy: Yeah, it’s definitely, it has that game cycle that really just works for me. (0:34:09) Maddy: A lot of times these fetch quests, you’re just like, okay, point A to point B, back to point A. But this has enough of a gameplay loop where it keeps interesting. (0:34:17) Maddy: Because like you said, the more you build these friendships, the more you have to do. (0:34:21) Maddy: Like, it opens up different quest lines once you get your friendship levels to different, (0:34:26) Maddy: you know, higher enough levels. (0:34:30) Maddy: Within that, to grow your friendship levels, you have to give them a gift and to give them the right gift with enough heart levels to grow it as fast, you have to make things. (0:34:40) Maddy: And to make things, you need to gather the ingredients to make those things. (0:34:43) Maddy: So it kind of is like a full circle where you’re just constantly like, I’m very Al in this game where I did have a checklist, I had a little sheet up that I needed to be like, okay, to make a three heart gift for my melody, I need to make this delicious looking cake and to make (0:35:00) Maddy: it for me to get this and there’s a lot. (0:35:01) Al: I think it’s it’s it’s good because it’s it’s simple enough that I think anybody can play it like you could have a young kid play this and have a lot of fun especially if they like the characters but as you say there’s enough depth to it in that loop where it’s you can you can expand a lot and there’s a lot to do it’s not like you’re just going as you say just oh grab a thing throw it to someone right and that is that is the the main the The primary loop is just– (0:35:03) Maddy: Yeah, it’s a big gameplay loop. (0:35:27) Maddy: Right. (0:35:31) Al: Fetch quests, but because they add on that secondary and tertiary loop, that adds much more to it, so you don’t feel like, “Oh, I can’t believe I have to do another fetch quest.” (0:35:40) Al: No, you’re doing it because you want to explore the other aspects of the game. (0:35:44) Maddy: And what I do like about how there are so many options of these different fetch quests for each different character is that you really do get to control how much time you spend in the game. (0:35:54) Maddy: I know especially with stuff like Animal Crossing when you’re first starting out you run out of stuff to do really quick. (0:35:58) Maddy: Obviously that’s not the case as you get further on, but in this, you know, it does limit how many gifts you can give people a day. (0:36:06) Maddy: It does limit, you know, how many items are around the island to pick up, you know, during the day cycle, but there’s enough to do where you can– (0:36:14) Maddy: You can kind of focus on, okay, now I’m just going to get Choco Cat stuff or I’m going to go see what Karomi’s up to. (0:36:20) Maddy: But it’s not like, how do I say it? There’s so many games like this where I feel like I can get everything there is to be done and then just in board. (0:36:28) Maddy: There’s plenty to do in this. (0:36:28) Al: Yeah, I never, I never hit that point. And I hit that point with Animal Crossing very early on where the first day you’re like, well, there’s not really much I can do now. (0:36:36) Al: But I didn’t hit because like, that’s how I play games is I play them. I play them, (0:36:42) Al: right? And that is the game that I am playing for that time. And I will play that for like four to five hours a day, every single day, like all of my free time that I’m not doing something else, I’m playing the game. And that was where Animal Crossing really fell down for me (0:36:42) Maddy: Right. (0:36:58) Al: it doesn’t work that way. And this, even though, as you say, there are some restrictions on things, (0:37:03) Al: I didn’t hit a point where I was like, Oh, there’s nothing I can do. Because you can actually, (0:37:07) Al: you can explore really, really early on if you, you know, and the thing is that yet there’s a limit to how much you can do for one character in a day. But very quickly, once you’ve done three or four things, you’ve unlocked another person. And then that’s another person to do things. (0:37:20) Maddy: Right, exactly. (0:37:23) Al: And by the time you’ve unlocked everybody, there’s so many people that you’re not going to be able (0:37:28) Al: everything they need every single day. (0:37:30) Maddy: No, but what I do like about it though is so much of this isn’t really time-sensitive as far as you know (0:37:35) Maddy: Not to keep comparing to Animal Crossing, but every day for that There’s like okay there this person’s come with a shop or the clothing stores clothes Whatever you have to like do it time limit with this It’s very just based on how you want to do it, you know (0:37:48) Maddy: The characters are always going to be there waiting for their next gift But you’re not gonna miss anything if you choose to focus on something else for that day And that’s what really makes this kind of a stress. (0:38:00) Maddy: I like catching fish while you’re swimming. Have you gotten that far yet? Where you can catch them in the magic bubbles? (0:38:18) Al: I love how you mentioned fishing, like you knew what the fishing was like. (0:38:27) Al: I haven’t done that, no, no, no. I did not realise you could do that. That sounds much better. (0:38:30) Maddy: Yes, that’s the other thing. Was it Batsmaru? He’s like, “You can make the log of fish.” I’m like, “No, you can probably just do that Bats.” (0:38:32) Al: I tried the fishing a couple of times and went, “No, I’m not doing fishing, not in another game.” (0:38:44) Maddy: That’s not for me to figure out. There’s other stuff to do and I don’t feel like I’m missing something by not focusing on that as much. (0:38:54) Maddy: It’s that exploration and it’s the way that they’ve metered out the up- (0:39:00) Maddy: grades, I think is really interesting too, as far as collecting items to grow your stamina. You need different stamina to go underwater or climb mountains and then you get items to increase that level. (0:39:12) Maddy: It limits how much you can explore and then doles it out little by little once you upgrade. That’s through quests, that’s through giving gifts, that’s through exploring. (0:39:22) Al: I do want to get - so you’ve touched on the traversal aspect. I want to get into that, (0:39:25) Al: but just quickly before you do, I think I want to very quickly touch on the fact that you’re talking about how there’s so many different things to do, you don’t feel you have to do anything. (0:39:34) Al: And that - I keep coming back to that in these episodes about games is I think you have to do one of two ways with these games. You either have to be hyper-focused or you have to let us choose exactly what we want to do. And the games that force you to do every mechanic when they have (0:39:52) Al: mechanics. And you can’t advance one without advancing the other, really frustrates me. And so that I agree is one of the really good things about this game is - and it’s what I really loved about Stardew is that you can just go on, I’m just going to focus on this one thing. Like, I’m just going to focus on exploration, or I’m just going to focus on making the few people that I know as friendly as possible, or I’m just going to focus on this or that. There’s so many different things that you can do and I really like that. (0:40:15) Maddy: Yeah (0:40:21) Maddy: And I I do think that’s a great reason why I totally agree with you that you know different age levels or different You know game levels will enjoy this game because if you’re just a little kid playing on your iPad and you want to go take pictures of Gudetama hanging around the world you can do that, you know, you can just run around and get your camera out but if you do kind of want to Min max it as like I have and figured out the top (0:40:45) Maddy: Performing gifts to give every specific person, you know, you can figure that out too. So I agree I like the games. I really just have it completely open for you with what you can do make it how you want it And that’s why it was so surprising how we kind of said at the beginning like this game is really good And it is so surprising. It’s it’s really fun. Like what the first day that I started it I was shocked with how fun it was because I kind of explained it to my husband it’s like Animal Crossing, but you get to explore. (0:41:02) Al: It is, it’s really good. (0:41:15) Maddy: You get to climb a mountain, you get to, you know, go talk to people and collect a little coconuts and pineapples. (0:41:22) Maddy: Like, it’s just, there’s so much to it where I was very, very impressed. (0:41:27) Maddy: And I thought it was definitely well worth the Apple Arcade subscription, but I, I will be very happy if and when it comes to Switch to play it on that instead of my iPad. (0:41:38) Al: So, let’s talk about the traversal, because that’s obviously, I think, a massive part of the game as well, because no matter what you choose to do, you have to move around in the game. And I think this is a pretty good traversal system. So, it’s funny. I was not expecting that there would be, like, climbing stamina in this game. This game just… Like, (0:41:58) Maddy: Oh yeah, it’s very, yeah, Breath of the Wild. (0:42:02) Al: it’s… I hate when games… They’re exploration games, but they don’t let you… (0:42:08) Al: Traverse how you want to. And this game is, like, if you want to get to this place by jumping over the house, you can do that. And I’m like, “Well, obviously I’m going to do that now, then.” Right? (0:42:09) Maddy: Mm-hmm yep (0:42:18) Maddy: Yeah, if you want to find the highest point in town and then fly off with your little balloons carrying you and float down to The next person’s area you can (0:42:26) Al: It’s wild, and it’s like you can just, it’s so… (0:42:31) Al: I’ve got a lot of thoughts about this, I’m not sure how to form them perfectly. (0:42:35) Al: The, I think what I really like about it is how much they just… (0:42:41) Al: I think they built the mechanics to let you just move how you want. (0:42:45) Al: And so the… (0:42:49) Al: Everything is at a height where you can jump off something to get to it, right? (0:42:55) Al: so you can get onto the houses, you can get. (0:42:56) Al: Onto the, the umbrellas on the beach. (0:43:00) Al: You can get onto these things and, and that just feels so silly and fun. (0:43:04) Maddy: No, definitely I had a ton of fun climbing around the hothead mountain, I think it was called, where I think I got to a point where I don’t think I was supposed to get there with the stamina that I had, but I found just enough like ledges that I could rest on and jump over to other little rocks that, and maybe obviously I could, because otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to get up there if it was impossible, but like that’s fun. (0:43:06) Al: And it’s like, they didn’t need to do that, but they did. (0:43:33) Maddy: feels like exploring. (0:43:34) Maddy: that I got to it was kind of a puzzle of like, okay, keep jumping, jumping, jumping until my little kitty girl runs out of energy and then just find my tiny little cubby to rest in. So yeah, you can just do it how you want to do it. There’s no set way. (0:43:46) Al: Yeah. Yeah. It’s absolutely designed like that. Like I don’t think it’s, I don’t think it’s, you got somewhere, somewhere you weren’t supposed to. I think it’s you got somewhere that they would love that people would find a way to get to that sort of, it’s like, I feel it’s like when people talk about like the, you know, Zelda games and they’re like, (0:44:09) Al: Oh, look at this thing that they never expected you to do. And I’m like, they built an exploration Right, this is a game where they are asking (0:44:13) Maddy: Yeah. Right. (0:44:16) Al: you to break the rules. They are asking you to figure out these ways to do it. (0:44:20) Al: Did they know that you would do this exact specific thing? No. But they are probably very happy that you did. And it feels exactly the same with this. Like the climbing is literally just the same as in so many other, in so many open world games. It’s literally you have a stamina bar, (0:44:26) Maddy: Right. (0:44:36) Al: wheel, and when it runs out, you can’t climb anymore. And yeah, as you say, you can find little ledges and little places to rest and build up that stamina again and (0:44:46) Al: it made the exploration part of it something I actively wanted to do rather than just something that existed and therefore I had to do to get other parts of the story. (0:44:52) Maddy: Yeah (0:44:57) Maddy: Because at the end of it too, and this is what I really liked and this is you know (0:45:02) Maddy: Maybe a bigger conversation for Zelda which we’re not having here But at the end of exploring there was something for you you had a reward you had a prize There was something new to explore or there was a new character There’s stuff and I the problem I had with you know These big open-world Zelda games is sometimes there wasn’t anything at the end of you’re exploring (0:45:06) Al: There’s stuff everywhere. (0:45:22) Maddy: Oh, okay. I just climbed that giant mountain to see (0:45:22) Al: Yeah, yeah, yeah. There are chests, if nothing else, there are chests everywhere. So if you you can go explore, you suddenly get loads of items. (0:45:25) Maddy: another about it, but in this one it always felt like you were rewarded with exploring and (0:45:32) Maddy: Oh Yeah Yes (0:45:38) Maddy: Yeah, you have different recipes to create new things or you know, sometimes you’ll get another slight Is it a stamina Apple that you can get to increase your stamina bar? (0:45:48) Maddy: And so there’s always something at the end of. (0:45:52) Maddy: Sweet. I got up there. Or even a gudetama that you can take a picture of. (0:45:56) Maddy: So. Yeah. I think the exploration was really well done here because it was… (0:46:01) Maddy: There was exploration with a point at the end of it and it was fun and challenging. (0:46:06) Maddy: And it just… It made you want to do it versus like, “Okay, now I have to figure out how to swim through here to find the ne

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In this episode, Chris Abraham shares his enthusiastic first-hand experience as a newcomer to the Parkrun Community, particularly the Parkrun based out of Roosevelt Island. Parkrun, a global phenomenon, offers free weekly timed 5K events in parkland settings, open to walkers, joggers, and runners of all ages and abilities. Chris dives into the welcoming environment of the Roosevelt Island Parkrun, highlighting the organized structure, unique scenic route that provides visual stimulation, and the interesting individuals he encounters, from bird watchers to reenactors of the TV show "Survivor". He emphasizes the ease of participation: once registered free for Parkrun, all one needs is the Parkrun barcode to join any event worldwide. Moreover, Chris appreciates the sense of camaraderie, praising the generosity of young participants who stay back to help and lauding the inclusivity and warmth he felt, despite his self-professed chatty demeanor. The episode ends with a call to action, inviting listeners to participate, make new friends, and experience the joys of Parkrun for themselves. FAQ: What is Parkrun? Parkrun is a global initiative offering free, weekly, 5K timed runs or walks at various parkland locations. How do I register for Parkrun? Simply visit the Parkrun website to register, and you'll receive a unique barcode which grants access to any Parkrun worldwide. Where is the Roosevelt Island Parkrun located? Roosevelt Island, which offers unique sceneries and terrains, including boardwalks, rivers, and various wildlife sightings. What time do Parkruns generally start? While times vary globally, the Roosevelt Island Parkrun starts at 9 AM. Do I need to train for Parkrun? No, Parkrun is open for everyone, whether you want to walk, jog, or run. You can participate at your own pace. Glossary: Parkrun: A global series of free 5K timed runs or walks, held weekly. Barcode: A unique identifier given to registered Parkrun participants, allowing them to participate in any event worldwide. Mensch: A person of integrity and honor; Chris uses it to describe some of the younger, generous participants. Tail Walkers: Volunteers who walk at the back of the Parkrun pack, ensuring no one is left behind. Dimple Cones: Small cones used to mark any defects or obstacles in the running path. Vis Vest: A high visibility vest worn by participants or volunteers, ensuring they are easily seen. With this engaging dive into the world of Parkrun and Chris's personal journey, listeners are encouraged to lace up their running shoes, get their barcodes, and join the vibrant and welcoming community. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chrisabraham/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chrisabraham/support

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The gang dives into Apple Arcade Games trying out Fox's Warped Kart Racers and Hello Kitty Island Adventure. Frank Hosts this week's two-fer episode!

Thank you to Sachiko for coming onto the show. This episode recounts Team East Wind's experience at the Nordic Islands Adventure Race on the Faroe Islands from August 2023. A legendary team, East Wind lived up to its reputation of relentless racing, strong competition, and making solid strategic decisions. Sachiko, a well-established long-distance trail runner before she joined East Wind, speaks at length about not only the race and the team's experience, but also her personal race strategies. She was a delightful guest and congratulations on her upcoming wedding (a fact that she just casually dropped during the interview to my great delight). Shownotes:https://www.east-wind.jp/team/https://www.niar.io/races/niar-faroe-islands-2023/

EB was in the great state of Iowa to visit both Adventureland and Lost Island Theme Parks. He'll have in-depth reviews of both parks, including the rides, food and atmosphere. We also have new about a new attraction at Silver Dollar City, rumors about Dollywood's Lightning Rod and a possible upgrade to one of the world's most iconic roller coasters.

Ruby is joined by DJ, podcaster, father, TikToker, and Sanrio expert Andrew Levins to talk about Hello Kitty: Island Adventure. Is it any good? Is this the first good Hello Kitty game? Do you ever get nervous? All will be revealed, maybe. Find Levins online (online):https://www.tiktok.com/@levinsonlinehttps://www.instagram.com/levinsonline/https://shows.acast.com/hey-fam  Find us online:https://backpocket.gg/https://twitch.tv/back_pockethttps://www.youtube.com/@BackPocketVids Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Holidays from Guilty Pleasures!! We're about to unwrap a movie you may not even know existed - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure! We take you through this Made-For-TV movie featuring everyone's favorite side character. Can Randy Quaid carry this movie? Is this an unsung holiday classic or a big lump of coal? All that and a very important question: would you rather spend Christmas with present-day Randy Quaid or present-day Chevy Chase? We abandoned our families to watch this "movie," so please give it a listen!! Featuring: Lou Hare, Aaron Randolph, Dr. John Bowser E-Mail the show: guiltypleasuresfrn@gmail.com Find Lou on Twitter @thefakelouhare  

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In this episode of our FROSTY FAILURES SERIES we are joined by Photographer, videographer and movie lover Ryan Moore of Newrealms Media to take a look at the film National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003) Unexpectedly, with Christmas just around the corner, the crude and perpetually unemployed Cousin Eddie Johnson, from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), wins a worry-free, all-inclusive vacation to a breathtaking tropical island in the South Pacific. However, after a seemingly innocuous boat trip, Eddie's family--along with the heartbroken, Audrey Griswold; the equally sad, Uncle Nick, and the lovely guide, Muka Laka Miki--end up marooned on a deserted islet in the middle of nowhere. Now, it's Eddie's chance to shine. Can he pull off the perfect Christmas out of nothing? Randy Quaid as Eddie Johnson Miriam Flynn as Catherine Johnson Dana Barron as Audrey Griswold, who tags along after dumping her married boyfriend Daniel. Barron is the first of the Griswold children to reprise their former roles, having originated the role of Audrey 20 years earlier in 1983's National Lampoon's Vacation. Ed Asner as Uncle Nick, Eddie's uncle who tags along after his wife leaves him. Beverly Garland as Aunt Jessica Fred Willard as Professor Doornitz, Eddie's boss. Sung Hi Lee as Muka Luka Miki, the family's guide around the island. Jake Thomas as Clark "Third" Johnson, Eddie and Catherine's teenage son. Julian Stone as Melbourne Jack, the seapilot. Eric Idle as English Victim, a passenger on the plane. Idle also played the Bike Rider in European Vacation. We watched it so you wouldn't have to. Listen, rate and share Find us at all2reeltoo.com You can find more on Ryan Moore at https://www.newrealmsmedia.com/ Find NewRealms Media on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@NewrealmsMedia Listen to Mike on The Family Fright Night Horror Podcast ... https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kstbpDOnLQeI8BQGLzina Check out some cool music by host Matthew Haase at https://youtu.be/5E6TYm_4wIE Check out cool merchandise related to our show at http://tee.pub/lic/CullenPark Become a Patron of the show here.... https://www.patreon.com/CullenPark Listen to Mike on The Nerdball Podcast.... https://pod.fo/e/ba2aa Check out some cool music from Jason Quick at www.jasonquickmusic.com Check out these cool YouTube creators that Matt was talking about on this episode: https://youtube.com/c/CouncilofGeeks https://youtube.com/c/lostrekkie If you can during these troubling times make a donation to one of the following charities to help out. https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ https://www.hrc.org/hrc-story/hrc-foundation https://pointfoundation.org/ https://www.directrelief.org/ https://www.naacpldf.org/ https://www.blackvotersmatterfund.org https://www.tahirih.org/ https://www.monafoundation.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. Though this week we're continuing our detour to talk about the 2nd One Piece Movie! Does it improve upon the faults of the first? Or does it have its own share of problems? Join us as we cover One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure! Support the One Piece at a Time Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/DerrickBitner Check out more from Brandon Bovia! https://twitter.com/brandonbovia

Paola's daughter has type 1 diabetes and was a guest on episode 467 'Come Together'. InPen from Medtronic Diabetes Get Gvoke Glucagon  CONTOUR NEXT ONEsmart meter and CONTOUR DIABETES app Learn about the Dexcom CGM You may be eligible for a free 30 day supply of the Omnipod DASH  Get your supplies fromUS MEDwith the link or 888-721-1514 Learn about Touched By Type 1 Tak the T1DExchange survey A full list of our sponsors  How to listen, disclaimer and more Apple Podcasts> Subscribe to the podcast today! The podcast is available on Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio, Radio Public, Amazon Music and all Android devices The show is now available as an Alexa skill. My type 1 diabetes parenting blog Arden's Day Listen to the Juicebox Podcast online Read my award winning memoir: Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal: Confessions of a Stay-At-Home Dad The Juicebox Podcast is a free show, but if you'd like to support the podcast directly, you can make a gift here or buy me a coffee. Thank you! Follow Scott on Social Media @ArdensDay @JuiceboxPodcast Disclaimer - Nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast or read on Arden's Day is intended as medical advice. You should always consult a physician before making changes to your health plan.  If the podcast has helped you to live better with type 1 please tell someone else how to find the show and consider leaving a rating and review on iTunes. Thank you! Arden's Day and The Juicebox Podcast are not charitable organizations.

This week we have a look at the 1963 film ATRAGON. This is Episode #372! Atragon (海底軍艦, Kaitei Gunkan, lit. 'The Undersea Warship') is a 1963 Japanese tokusatsu science fiction film produced and distributed by Toho. It is based on The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventure by Shunrō Oshikawa and The Undersea Kingdom by Shigeru Komatsuzaki. The film is directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya and stars Jun Tazaki, Tadao Takashima, Yōko Fujiyama, Yū Fujiki, and Ken Uehara.The film was released in Japan on December 22, 1963, and in the United States in 1965 via American International Pictures. A two-episode anime OVA titled Super Atragon, based on the same novels, was produced by Phoenix Entertainment in 1995. 

July 1990 was a month of classic American sensationalism: in the news (Satanic Panic! jingoism! copaganda!), in the theatres (spiders! ghosts! infertile women!) and in the Baby-sitters Club (a friggin' SHIPWRECK?!).Brooke and Kaykay discuss the first Super Special that felt emotionally authentic, despite its ludicrous premise, and its celebration of ingenuity and integrity. Note: This episode is yet another installment in our ongoing series, "Reading Logan Bruno and 80s/90s Diet Culture For Filth."Visit us at our website, and follow us on:FacebookTwitterInstagram

*NOTE: This week's episode starts with a spoiler review of Spider-Man: No Way Home. To avoid spoilers, skip ahead to 20:44*This week, we're unwrapping the cinematic equivalent of coal, as we watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure. Join us as we grit our teeth trying to get through this one, as we discuss the lack of fun, the utter pointlessness of the film, and the fact that this originally aired on NBC in primetime. Find us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @themaindamie. We are a proud member of Geek Vibes Nation and you can find them at gvnation.com.Our theme music was written and performed by Dave Katusa. He can be found on Instagram @dkat_productions.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/geek-vibes-nation/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy