Episode 259 - Layoffs, The Razzie Nominations, And The Launch Of Palworld

[00:00:00] Welcome to Crashing Game Night.

[00:00:16] My name is Matt DeOrio, your host.

[00:00:18] As always, I am joined by the Beanie'd One out in Cali.

[00:00:23] Oh, yeah.

[00:00:24] What's up?

[00:00:25] All my nerds.

[00:00:26] How's it going?

[00:00:27] How you doing? I'm so annoying. Yeah. So I mean, like, you know, just the razis are coming out. You know, no, there's a lot, a lot of good stuff out there. The razis, you know, it's for all the best. I don't know. Why do I feel like this? This is sprinkled towards me. Why do I feel this way?

[00:01:40] It's not sprinkled towards you.

[00:01:42] I'm just saying, like, you know, if you have the best, the best we've been going to

[00:01:45] the board, straight throwing it right at you, not towards you, worse picture. Yeah. You have the exorcist from the Della novella Vin Diesel for fast ex. Oh, that's really good. Jason Statham for Meg to John Vaught for Mercy.

[00:04:20] And then you look at the actresses side on a day arm is for ghosted.

[00:04:26] Megan Foxpert Johnny and Clyde. wheelbarrowed a wheelbarrow out full of the DVDs that were nominated. They I forgot what the movie was. Miss Congeniality to I believe. Oh, was it. It was one of those. Yeah, she tossed it over to she started giving it to all the critics. Yeah. Okay. So we're supporting actor Michael Douglas for Ant-Man. Mel Gibson for confidential

[00:05:42] informant. Comerry for Ant-Man. Frank O'N, Expendables for Indiana Jones and the and then you have Winnie the Pooh, blend honey. You know what? I bought Indiana Jones because I love indie.

[00:07:00] I grew up on him.

[00:07:02] I still can't make it through the first 15 or 20 minutes of that movie.

[00:07:06] I finished it.

[00:07:07] It's not bad, dude. They were so unbelievable. Cause like you could tell it was the stunt guy. You could because he was young. He could do this. My dude, it was just, yeah, it was rough. But the thing was the thing that did. In dear it. It was a good story. And I, that's why it kind of like it hurts because.

[00:08:22] I think it just came too late.

[00:08:23] If it came, if it was out in place of crystal skull,

[00:09:24] So I understood, that's what I mean. This came too late.

[00:09:26] It was just unfortunate, man.

[00:09:30] And as much as it had so much potential.

[00:09:34] And like I said, it finished the story.

[00:09:38] Matt, you can see, I guarantee you the potential

[00:09:42] that it was strong.

[00:09:44] If it was supposed to be like stupid but at the same time like the horror of it. You know, yeah, it's it's it's purposely a bad movie of like yeah, it was great. It was such a B movie though. That it just yeah. Think of OK think of Pacific Rim. You know how they have the two pilots like and and they're controlling them within the cockpit right.

[00:12:22] Think of that but it's a single person inside But yeah, he was in that. But yeah, it was

[00:13:43] just that's how, it was announced today on Disney Studios' official Instagram account that Tron 3 is happening.

[00:15:04] Yeah, they've been filming.

[00:15:07] Nobody knew. put out a picture that literally showed a chair from the set with Tron 3 on the back of it. Yeah, people are upset over the three taking over the zero, I guess. I don't know. I mean, like, up in arms about it, like it's, I don't know. I mean, it's clever marketing. I don't think it's clever marketing. I think it's just because

[00:17:21] We're getting fucking drawn. Yeah, we're getting drawn through that.

[00:17:23] It's going to be awesome.

[00:17:24] The only problem I have with thus far and will know more as more casting comes out is

[00:17:30] Jared's in it, right?

[00:17:31] Which he could surprise us.

[00:17:32] He really could never know.

[00:17:36] Um, and you know, the suicide squad joker is going to be a good joker.

[00:17:41] Um, anyways, we, uh, but seriously, like, of it. I get it. But I'm talking about a successful movie. He has done like he has marketed. He is the star that he is the star. Yeah, not a single one. Exactly. Let me let me keep and he's still that successful. He's been relevant on on the Stallone's TV show on Showtime and it's been good. I forgot the something came in. Him and Cora are outside the grid now. What happened to them? Like exactly the fucking sunset?

[00:20:22] Come on. Give us something.

[00:24:20] But you can't have Tron. Let's be. So I can't wait to see her. It was great hearing the tax season, it's always tight. phone, sir? Like, okay. I haven't played Valorant either, dude. But the thing is, though, is I understand their significance to gaming and esports, right? You know, especially League of Legends and Valorant. So they're gonna, you know, their strategies more tightly integrate esports music and entertainment with their games.

[00:24:23] So they're kind of just doubling down on it.

[00:24:27] Which is interesting's just like, okay, like, I get, you're gonna put that into it, but you like, look how much, like other music companies put into their artists and how much comes out of it is like thousands of time percent. Now, they're legal legends, like story games are gonna get hit

[00:25:44] badly with this.

[00:26:50] Project R, which is a fighting game that Riot is allowing, it made a huge success at Evo. Yeah, this is a different one.

[00:26:52] So this was-

[00:26:53] Oh, that's a different one.

[00:26:54] Yeah.

[00:26:55] But I mean, I am hoping that they stay on that E-Sport track and still develop and finalize

[00:27:03] Project R because that honestly had so much traction at Evo. that the engine that they're going to use and the fight style and the mechanics and it would have been like, oh, Chef's game. I think, unfortunately, this is not going to be the only announcement we see, especially in Key 1, of layoffs. You think this is just a start? This is just a start because there was another article I saw which they weren't renaming sources.

[00:28:24] They just kept saying, you know, a dev studio are going into them, you know, you know, you know that if you try and charge more than $70 for a new game You're you're gonna lose sales Because gamers have already pushed back on on 70

[00:29:44] Even though they've kind of accepted it for Zelda and the newer PlayStation 5 and Xbox games, but

[00:29:46] You know, you're gonna get to the point where? bring it all back. Yep. So it'll be interesting to see what happens the rest of the year. Now one game that has all of a sudden taken the world by storm is power world. I think it's. Oh my god. It's three everywhere. Pokemon guns, bro. Okay. Right. It is. They're either at three or five million copies sold.

[00:31:04] They're at one. The last number I saw was 1. of the, the quint there, you know, come on, give me a break. This is, okay. This is Meowth, right? Yeah. And this is what he's supposed to be in the game. Tell me that's not a. Compower. That's a, you know, that's in power world on the left, you know, and Meowth's on the right from Pokemon.

[00:32:20] Um, and hits his, I actually know obviously they took from me. They took inspiration from. I mean, but why, why wouldn't they? I mean, it's what's worse is they call it the pal. They call it the pal deck. I mean, here's another. Here's a better one. Here's a better. Who's all the ones? Here's a different. Yeah, here's a better comparison. Oh, what are they? Like, yeah, you've got an EV knockoff. You've got look at the very new to like, what is that? Woo, Lou? Yeah, the little sheep.

[00:35:02] Like, come on. I'm wondering. I'm just he Statically different so it'll be interesting to see what happens. Yeah But I think this is what happens when you use AI right and I think that's that's the defense

[00:36:24] You know and I's kind of like... True, you can make an argument that that's... Cheshire Cat was the first to do that in the Atlas and Wonderland. It's like you get that. Yeah. I mean, nobody from the people that were doing all the top of rights and stuff like that

[00:37:44] for Alsomona, are you going to call it? What are you going to call it? It's two. You know, but they have the elements as well. They'll call it pen pals. I mean, like what do you want to call it?

[00:39:02] Like, well, but what I'm saying is though is you're making a clone, right?

[00:39:05] A Pokemon, but the seed, but

[00:40:20] but the big make we have to all be paid as the lettuce.

[00:40:24] So good sauce on a non-sesame bone.

[00:40:28] Yeah.

[00:40:28] Remember that. They've tried to have, they've started to have conversations on Capitol Hill. And as always, you have both sides just going, blah, blah, blah, you know, complaining about other things other than actually listening to the people who actually created chat GPT saying, we need regulations in place and we need them now because AI is only going to

[00:41:42] grow.

[00:41:43] And if you don't have it shack Pacific. They are going to kind of be available. But because of the online right? They're rebranding and they said that they're coinciding the relaunch with the launch of the new switch

[00:45:42] So they already know it's coming so

[00:45:46] It's just a matter of time before it happens But uh, Jason let's start with you. What you been playing? Um, what haven't been playing this week? Uh, just. Just been doing more of Death Store, uh, platinum running. Nice. Yeah. I mean, like, not that far off.

[00:47:01] Cause like since I beat the game and it's not a very long game.

[00:47:04] Uh, so it's just, you know, just platinum running a little bit.

[00:48:04] I don't think it has much longer even though it was signed up for

[00:48:07] What like a multiple years? What will you deal but you know like it's it's all right, you know, we'll see yeah trying to try to figure out what's watching next because

[00:48:15] You know it's just been on a

[00:48:17] like a series binge rather than

[00:48:21] Then a gaming binge. I mean I feel like I need to go back into gaming in a little bit, but

[00:49:23] bought that for me to try out the DLC because. Okay.

[00:49:24] Yeah, cause I got rid of it.

[00:49:26] I got rid of the game.

[00:49:27] Oh, did you?

[00:49:28] Well, cause I planned them did it.

[00:49:29] And I was like, oh, okay.

[00:49:30] I get you. I get you.

[00:49:31] But yeah, just let me know because I got Lasovas 2.

[00:49:38] So I'm already like three quarters of the way

[00:49:42] finished with one.

[00:49:43] So I'm going to finish one and then I'm going to start two

[00:49:47] and do a nice little run there. Yeah, came out like I think a week here like one of these past days. Yeah, awesome But if it's integrated, yeah, you could do it within a month cherry, but if it's Okay, yeah, but you're not You're not gonna be able to be able to make it right now. You're not gonna you're gonna it's gonna be the end of time before you finish so

[00:51:04] Now what would you been up to man? Yeah, PlayStation seven. I'll take two of those. I'll take four of those. I need five more wall. No, I'm five of those. I actually started construction on my Mario Museum. I've actually added it on to my wonders of the world exhibit, you know, museum. It's just a little piece on there. I set it up so you could have to get to the top flagpole or to the the goalpost.

[00:52:23] You have to go through a pipe instead of going up a staircase.

[00:52:26] You jump in the pipe to go up to the top level and you can go over and And so, and his whole hand in how the we can be and why it was called the we mope. And and whatnot. So, and up until it's passing. So it's an amazing book.

[00:53:41] A lot of good lessons in it too,

[00:53:42] just for daily life and whatnot.

[00:53:45] And I followed it up with starting Reggie's book. I've been finishing off the island, just grabbing a little bit of time here and there. Kids are hooked on Pokemon right now. So, trying to get me to jump into, re-fire up my Pokemon shield, or sword rather, and start finishing that off. So, we'll see what happens. Pokemon of Power World. Pokemon!

[00:55:01] Hahaha!

[00:55:03] The real thing.

[00:55:04] Yeah, the real thing.

[00:55:06] Yeah. let's overall just try and do and be better. And yeah, guys, with everything going on with the weather and you know, outside of the US, you know, we all want to come, we all want to try and come together and help each other out, lend out a helping hand, you know, help each other out. And

[00:56:22] yeah, once again, just be better, do better, have like that like last few days to get it done. Tuk tuk tuk tuk. Um, but all in all, you just stop. All in all, you know, we're one month into 2024.

[00:57:40] So I'm glad that everybody's made that our life made all good.

[00:57:43] You know, a lot of, uh, a lot of things to be grateful for already.