Green. With Envy. – Green Xbox Sells Out & Squadron 42 Delayed

Multiple nerdgasm. >> I'm here. Xbox is already turned off this week. I didn't have to turn talking to you. >> Good. Good. You're prepared. >> I did I don't want to get in trouble again. >> But I'm upset with Xbox. >> Really? Go on. >> Well, not really them. I'm upset with scammers. >> Oh, >> not scammers. Scalpers. Okay. >> So, they had they released a new the new Xbox like the throwback the green one. The green one. >> I was excited for it. It's sold out in less than a minute. >> Wow. >> And you can go onto eBay right now and see them for more than twice the cost. >> [ __ ] me. How much are they? >> It was going to cost me about 1300. >> Australian, obviously. 1300 for an Xbox. >> Wait, that's that's from Microsoft.

That's from Microsoft. >> [ __ ] me. What's So what? Because it's green. >> eBay. They're about 3,300. >> What What does it have that's worth it being that much? >> Um well, the price of Xbox got RAM in it. >> Yeah, the price of Xbox has already gone up. Like >> how much is an Xbox now? >> Um I'll just have a look. Um, so just a normal >> Xbox Series X >> Series X is 1,100. >> Okay. A Okay. Australian, which makes a difference. It's they're 800 US. >> But that's still 200 bucks more than I paid >> when I bought mine when it was brand new. >> They've all gone up. Yeah. They've all gone up like because of RAM. Because of memory. It's just >> Yeah. Cuz even when in Australia I've

got ours were like750 when they first came out. >> Yeah. Right. >> And now it's 1,100 for a new one. >> That's nuts. Yeah. >> So, but yeah, I've logged on and just gone instantly. And now if I go to eBay, it's just depressing. There is a chance I can still get one. >> Um I think JB Hi-Fi are the only ones that are doing a sensible >> way to do it. Not first come, first serve. >> They're doing a look, enter a ballot. >> If you win, you can buy one. >> Yeah. Do they make sure you're an actual person who wants an Xbox and not a scalper? >> Well, >> do they have a way to do that? >> I don't think they've got a way to do it, but they're only going to sell you one. >> Oh, sure. Yeah. >> So, it's I think there's a better chance

of it not going to someone who's not a scalper. >> Yeah. All right. Jamie Hi-Fi, man. I haven't been there in [ __ ] ages. >> So, I signed up for that on Wednesday and then crossed my fingers cuz >> the Xbox I've got on my desk at the moment starting to die. >> So, I was looking at swapping it out. >> What is What do you mean starting to die? What is that? >> I have to do a hard reset every now and again. It's just It's Yeah, it's not quite happy sometimes. I've still got my other one back up ready to go. >> Yeah, you're back up. I was going to say I mind about the issues, but I don't use mine >> anywhere near your the number of hours yours has got racked up on it eclipses mine, I'm sure,

>> by hundreds, if not thousands of hours. >> I turned mine on the other day. >> Yeah. >> Um and then I was looking I mentioned I messaged you guys. I want to play First Light. I want to play 007 First Light and I want to play on the Xbox because the Xbox is my normal console. >> Yes. And it doesn't have that horrible controller, >> right? Which I've been using because I've been playing Expedition 33 on PlayStation because because I have it I just have it on that platform. I just So, >> uh, >> yeah. And I mean, visually visually, I don't know why I said like that. Visually, uh, I think there's no difference. It's just Yeah. the controller basically. >> Yeah. >> Um, and

First Light was on sale on PlayStation. Okay. >> Because it's Gamescom be on sale on both of them. >> No. No. And I was almost going to buy it because I was like, I want to play it, but then you reminded me [laughter] that I often forget that I have a PlayStation. >> Yes. >> So, I might buy it and then forget that I own it. And that might happen. So, >> yes. >> So, I did not buy it. >> Hold off on to it. Look, there might be something coming soon and it could I don't know if it will, but I'm hoping it will. Soon you might be able to get borrow my games. >> Oh, interesting. >> Or maybe I could sell them on cuz Xbox has also announced something else. Something else that they announced many years ago and no one is upset about at the moment.

>> Uh, this is the one at the top. >> Yes. M >> so remember when the Xbox first Xbox Xbox One first came out that was going to be you can install you get the disc you can install it to the hard drive you don't have to put the disc in you just have to connect to the internet every 24 hours they're also hinting at other things like being able to sell [clears throat] >> copies and lend your copies out >> well they've announced this week that they're not going that far but they're allowing people to install their discs from their discs so >> yeah disc to digital I called. Yeah. >> So, there'll be a license on your disc there and it'll then associate with your account, but then if you sell your disc on and the second someone puts into

their Xbox, you're going to lose it. >> Now, does this work for old ones or only new ones? >> It's going to work from Xbox One onwards, >> right? But no, but old discs, I mean. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. So, this license thing is already on there technically. >> It's already on there. It would have been on there since Xbox One. >> Yeah. Right. Okay. So, you can't do it for 360 games, but you can do it for Xbox One games. >> So, they can identify the disc, like the physical disc, that one disc. >> Okay, that's cool. I don't think we knew that. [laughter] I didn't know that, but they Yeah, that's good. >> So, I'm hoping that this is just to maybe bring it in steps and we get to the next point where I can share my games. >> I just said that's good. I don't know if that is good cuz anyway, whatever.

You might be able to play games for a lot cheaper or free. >> Yeah, free. Borrowing them from you would definitely make them free. Uh >> yes. >> And I would basically have access to all games. >> Yes. >> Because that's how you work. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. All right. >> So, we'll wait and see. I'm I'm excited for it and I hope they do go to that next step. >> Yeah. Cuz that stuff was great and it was really just the always on >> Yeah. >> thing that people were mad about. But then you have to have that now anyway. We kind of got stuck with it anyway. >> Yeah. >> So like kind of I don't know. The fuss was mostly about nothing. Not not that it was Sorry, that's not fair. >> It's not that it was about nothing. It's that that's how things went anyway. >> Yes. >> So and we didn't get and we didn't get a

bunch of good stuff because of the complaining and then we got stuck with the always on anyway. >> Yes. Like Yeah. Now you if you were to buy an Xbox today, I don't think you if you didn't connect it to the internet, I don't think you could set it up at all. >> Yeah. That's what I mean. And we've talked about this before. Even if you could just buy a disc copy of a game when it comes out and install it, you don't want to do that because there's almost certainly going to be a day one patch that you almost >> playable. >> Yeah. Cuz games are [ __ ] when they come out now. >> Yeah. So, yeah, it's it's taken a long time, but we might be getting to a point where I can sell my digital games >> once I finished 100%.

>> Yeah, you could make some money, I guess. Yeah, I don't want to know how much I've spent. >> I kind of want to know, but I don't Does there I wonder if Is there a website that tells you that? >> There probably is. That I could go like Yeah, I could make it. >> Check my games and then just check the Xbox store to how much they cost. There probably is something out there. >> And when I say I could make it, I could make Claude make it. Yes, [laughter] >> that's what everyone does now. >> Yeah, Claude does everything. But the problem with that is Claude then knows everything. >> That's true. >> And knows everyone's code and knows all the back doors. >> Well, yeah, they do train on your data. That's true. Right. I was going to say it doesn't actually remember things the way people

think, but they do train on your data. So, I guess it does have a record of it in the >> Yeah. In the >> It'll draw from what you've done. Yeah. Yeah. >> It wrote the code. >> That's what I mean though. It's like circular. They have to be careful about that. Actually, they've um >> I think when they train it, they've got to make because you they you don't want to train it on stuff it wrote cuz that's like >> circular sort of thing. Yeah. >> So, but if it if it made that website, well, then I'm going to trade it on it. So, yeah. There you go. All right. But so that that and we'll wait and see. >> Yeah. Other Xbox news. Um do you need uh stools for your apartment?

>> Um I kind of do. >> Well, go to IKEA, mate, because look at the Xbox collection and you can get yourself >> It's a little thumbstick. >> Xbox thumb sticks. I do actually need a stool because there's a game coming out later this year that >> requires a stool. >> Well, no, it's so Guitar Hero is not quite back, but there is a stage tour which is coming out. >> Okay. >> Which has drums again. >> Oh, I see. You need like a drum stool. >> So, I need a drum stool. >> You still have your uh your instruments? >> I do, but I want new I need new drums. So, I'm just going to buy a brand new set, >> right? >> Well, there you go. Buy a giant uh Xbox thumb stick to sit on. >> Yep.

>> I spent $750 on a used drum set. >> Yep. I mean, this is IKEA, so I'm assuming the stool will be >> The store will be pretty cheap. >> Yeah. >> Wonder if it's out yet. >> Is IKEA cheap? My sense is that IKEA is cheap. Um, I think I Yeah, that key is cheap. >> Okay. >> I always thought it was. >> Look at that TV stand in the photo there. Is that a real TV stand? Can you mount a TV like that? >> I've never seen one like that. >> This is on the the top photo in the if you're if you're following along at home. >> No, I don't see why not either, but it just I've never seen that before. I just glanced over to the left of the stool and I was like, "The [ __ ] is that TV on?" cuz it's kind of like hung from the the back. Anyway, whatever. It It looks

pretty cool. I've just never seen that before. >> All right. When does it come out? >> Oh, the little uh X uh cushions, too. >> The little >> cushions. >> Yeah. See the little uh >> I guess is that cabinet at the back? >> Okay. It comes out on the 1st of October. The cabinet I'd say would be as well like >> Yeah, because it kind of looks like an Xbox kind of Yeah. squint >> because there's nine pieces. I've just found out. >> Interesting. There's less than that in the photo. So, unless unless the TV stand and [ __ ] is as well. I guess >> the TV stand might be >> and the chair >> maybe. >> Anyway, >> I I'll go to IKEA and let you know. >> Yeah, please do. >> When I go pick up my stool, >> I don't need any furniture. So, I think

I'm going to wait until my child is older to buy any new furniture cuz we we made the mistake of buying a uh a light colored couch cuz we didn't have a child and then we had a child >> and it's not light colored anymore. >> Parts of it are [laughter] parts of it are not. And it's like, well, basically there's Well, I mean, we clean it obviously. >> Yeah. But replacing it just we'll just wait. [laughter] >> Yeah. >> Yeah, we'll wait. Just wait till those hands are a little bit more steady. >> Yeah. Yeah. She likes to eat, drink things on the couch and she's >> just don't give a [ __ ] [laughter] frankly. She just does not care. >> Spill [ __ ] And then you go, "What

happened?" Well, it wasn't my fault. It just fell out of there. Like, [laughter] oh, okay. All right, mate. [snorts] >> She's learned from me. It's never your fault. [laughter] >> She [ __ ] has, mate. Yeah. Very funny. >> So, I see under here there was an Iron Man game. >> Uh, yeah, I would be interested in in seeing this uh or playing this. Okay, we can see it because they've kind of some um footage has leaked. Uh, this is a while back. This is in the early 2010s. Uh, and it was the guys who made Just Cause, which >> okay, >> those were cool games. And I could see an Iron Man game in that style being pretty [ __ ] sick. Uh, and so yeah, there's some footage now of um Oh, hang on. Is that an ad? >> Yeah, it is an ad.

>> Horrible ad to start with. >> Yeah. Um, I guess it got cancelled, unfortunately. Yeah. >> Uh, which is a real bummer. And then, you know, Yeah. See, here we go. Footage of the game. >> Yep. >> Wait. Oh, this doesn't actually contain the footage of the game. [ __ ] you, IGN. What is this [ __ ] >> Yeah. >> Anyway, it's a video just telling me that there's footage of the game. >> It's footage cuz it's probably being they're too afraid to put it up being taken down. >> Anyway, it's floating around. >> Probably just a rogue developer that went, "Look, I'll put a lot of work into this. I want someone to see it. It's been long enough. >> I saw it earlier in the week. It I didn't look at it properly. I should have cuz now I probably won't be able to

find the [ __ ] thing. Um anyway, it's just people are sad because this would have been great. >> See, I wish we didn't get Anthem, but we had have got an Iron Man game because >> Anthem was terrible, but it was basically Iron Man. >> Anthem was kind of fun. >> It was until you had to play with someone. >> Yeah. And >> one time I did go and play try and play it again and I because you have to play with someone. I joined up with someone who's just played through the game a million times. So, they're just flying ahead, destroying everything, doing the mission, and I'm no, I want to explore and try and find stuff. And no, >> that's my experience playing Diablo 3 with Dave back in the day. [laughter] >> And he was like, "Let's team up." And he

would just [ __ ] off. And then he was like skipping all the dialogue. And I'm like, "Hey, I'm leaving the party. [ __ ] [laughter] you." >> Yeah. I'm here to enjoy the story. I know you've already played it, but >> yeah. I don't play games as as as uh hardcore as you guys unfortunately [laughter] for me. >> I know you would skip the dialogue on your first playthrough because you don't give a [ __ ] >> I Yeah. >> Well, especially on Diablo. >> Yeah. I mean, >> yeah, >> I get the gist. I don't skip as fast as Dave, but I get I I do skip a little bit. I get the gist. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> The devil's out to kill us all. >> Go save the town, >> Diablo. El Diablo, I think that's his name, his full name. L Diablo. >> Um,

>> and on the topic of uh digital games, actually, uh, PlayStation has pissed everybody off again. Remember they were doing this, you they said they're not going to make physical discs anymore. Everyone got mad. >> Yeah. >> Because then they keep taking movies away from people and and I think games too, I think. Uh, and then now they just, like I said, have been this big push about how like we're not going to make physical discs anymore because we don't think people want them. And then they sent out just marketing, not marketing, like a terms of service reminder thing this week basically to to everybody, you know, they companies do that from time to time and but the gist of it was um, hey guys, yeah, we're not making physical discs anymore. And then

they sent an email saying, oh, by the way guys, you don't own your games. We're just giving you a license to play them and we can take them away. And then everybody was like, "You [ __ ] morons." [laughter] >> Yeah. The worst time. >> I mean, not that anyone could do anything about it, but >> No. >> Yeah. >> But they probably there's probably some legal thing that they have to send out updates every now and again, but I'm sure >> No. >> Yeah. Read the room. Like, everyone's mad at you about this [ __ ] It's not Now's not the time to be uh reminding people about that >> cuz we we already know. We're already not happy about it. >> Yeah. I mean, I guess that's the thing. >> I guess maybe it's it's like a good a good person at marketing over there was like, I'm going to do this now because

let's just get this all out of the way. >> Yeah. >> Everyone's already pissed off. Let's just lean into it. >> Yep. Yeah. Yeah. I could see that. Um I am looking at maybe I'm buying a Blu-ray burner and I'm going to start my own NAS. So, we're just going to burn my Blu-rays, keep it all stored, and start doing that, I think. I've already got one, mate. That's uh >> I don't have a Blu-ray burner yet. >> No, I don't have a burner. I've got a a drive to rip them. I don't Yeah. >> Oh, no. To rip. Yeah. >> Like I say, that say burners are [ __ ] expensive. But a drive, you can read them. Yeah, no worries. Uh >> um >> yeah, I got a Naz here >> in the house. We do have one in a box somewhere,

>> but I haven't set it up. And I Yeah. And I'm thinking about Yeah. getting Blu-rays and just starting to rip them and >> Yeah. Yeah. I've been doing that. >> I don't know if I should. >> And then I do >> mention that publicly, but yeah. I mean, plenty of people talk about it on YouTube. That's how I knew how to do it. Um >> Yeah. >> And uh I've actually thinking of So I've got it's basically one. It's a computer. It's an old computer that I've set up. It's got uh like seven [ __ ] hard drives hooked up to it at this point. Um with like RAID redundancy like two mirror drives and stuff like that like >> so one fails you don't lose it >> like a with a backup drive and I swap I take a backup drive to Vermont and I swap them out. I keep one one here because I back up photos and stuff too

too. It's not just movies and [clears throat] [ __ ] Cuz actually I probably don't need to back up the movies >> cuz if like worst case scenario, >> you've got >> I've still got them like I could just rip them again or whatever. But >> it's just a cool thing to do. >> Yeah. And cuz I've got it once I get to a point where there's two so many on there that they don't fit on the backup disc, I'll probably just say, "Oh, back up the movies, back up my photos and stuff." >> Yeah. >> Instead. Anyway. Um >> or you just buy bigger drives, >> right? more often cuz it's cool things >> because drives are so expensive now. >> Yes. >> That I don't know. But I cuz I probably I was thinking about expanding it but not not right now. >> No, you can't now. It's going to be years until we can expand again

>> cuz the thing I was going to say is it also I've started on the same box. It runs true which is like a y like a BSD based um like server >> operating system. Um it's got like apps and stuff on there. It's got Plex, which is how I play the movies and stuff like that. It's got uh Caliber for ebooks. It's got um uh this thing called image which is basically like a open source version of Google Photos. >> Okay. >> So I back up all my photos on there and then and then I back those up onto the backup drive. So it's like actual backup. It's not just because cloud's not really backup as such. >> No. >> Um >> and I've been adding more and more stuff to it. And now I've got this thing called NADN which is like a automation thing where you set up these nodes and

you can do various things and that's how you know I told you I get emails of the news articles that I use to keep track of what to put in here. >> Yep. >> So I've got this thing running on the server downstairs that pulls in RSS feeds from all these like IGN and like um and like Dark Horizons for movie news and just even like um Penny Arcade for comics and stuff like that. And then I have a prompt that I send them all to Claude [laughter] and I say, "Okay, stuff. These ones are essential. Always tell me about these ones." >> Yeah. >> The rest of this stuff. And there's like like I don't know like a hundred websites. I go through the articles. >> Tell me what you think. >> What you think I'll >> what you think will be interesting. And then it sends me an email

>> and then I say, "Don't send me more than 20 at a time." >> Yeah. >> Yeah. That's how I keep track of things at the moment. And it's works pretty [ __ ] well. But anyway, that's all running on that server, too, with like there's one called ROMs, which is like you put your old game ROMs on there, stuff like that. Anyway, it's kind of I'm putting a lot of stuff on there. >> Yeah. >> And uh I was like, maybe I need another box because [laughter] I should probably not be doing all of this because I just installed Olama, which is like uh like a home LLM. >> Yep. >> But that's going to chew up some memory. So, uh yeah. Anyway, I'm maybe going overboard on it a little bit and I was like, maybe I should be doing this sort

of different >> You're having fun with it, though. That's the main thing. >> Yeah, I've even got I've got a little Mac Mini somewhere in the house. I need to find out where it is, but I was like maybe I should be running, you know, the O Lama stuff on that instead. It's not a new one, so it's not not one of everyone runs them on the new um Apple silicon ones. This is an old one, but >> yeah, >> just to keep it off, >> you know, my NAZ with my important backups on it. >> Yes. >> As long as you're having fun. I am. I am. It is very fun. Yes. Uh we've got some Witcher news. >> Three things, >> which is weird cuz we It's not that we have Witcher 4 news. We have Witcher 3 news.

>> Wait, we have one piece of Witcher 4 news, which is just that it's coming out in 2028, >> which is not too bad. >> No, but you've got to wait a little bit for that. But uh yeah, so that's the single piece of Witcher 4 news. The Witcher 3 news is pretty [ __ ] sick. So, >> it's we're getting a upgrade for it, so it's going to look even better. And it looked amazing to begin with, I thought. >> It's been a while since I played it, though. But I remember it looking good. >> Mhm. Yeah, it technically came out on Xbox One and it already looked good. it came and then when the Series X came out, they did a nextG update >> and made it look better. But this is a full-on remaster of it

>> with uh changed like mechanics to improve the combat, improve the skill tree, like just tons and tons of stuff. Basically like a fullon remaster of the game. >> It's free. >> It's free. Uh, and it's got they got a new expansion for the game coming out. >> Yeah. >> Like [ __ ] man. [laughter] What? T Project Red is like like it just seems like >> if you were just like purely profit focused, you wouldn't do this. >> You wouldn't do this. >> You wouldn't Why would you do this? But I just love that they did. They've done like I mean they'll make money off it because people will buy I assume pay for the expansion >> but like >> the expansion you're gonna have to pay for. I did they have also done something

else on Steam. They did up the price of the game by $10. >> Fine. But a lot of people already played it or already own it rather I should say. So >> yeah. So I don't think that's too bad. >> No. I just think it's sick. Yeah. So it's a free update September September what 10th or something. No 29th. Way up. And then we get the new DLC. And so this must be so cuz the Witch of Four is going to be based on Siri, isn't it? >> Yep. >> Yeah. So they probably had more story for for um Geralt. Gerald. >> Gerald. Yeah. >> So they had more story for Gerald that they wanted to get out there and they want more people to play Gwent. >> Yeah. There's more Gwent. They've confirmed that and people are happy. I wonder if they changed Gwent. Gwent was fun. Um, I wonder if they've added any

more mechanics because, you know, as you play the new types of cards and stuff like that, I'm presumably that's going to happen again. >> Well, it's Gwent. It's easy when you're playing a single player game. When you actually played Gwent, it was actually quite hard. >> Oh, and people complain because when they made the standalone Gwent game, it was very different, but it's like Yeah, because >> it was not actually balanced in No. >> in the in the game. Like, it was heavily winnable like Yeah. It was Yeah. It wasn't a very good actual game. >> It was very addictive still, but Yeah. It wasn't a fair game. >> Yeah. Right. Yeah. It like It was not balanced for two humans to play it. It was a game that you play against the computer. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.

>> And I remember towards the end of the game unbeatable deck that's just 10 10 and >> Yeah. It was not Yeah. The version that was in the game wasn't designed to be played by two humans against each other. Yeah. >> And I knew when they released a quick game, I wasn't going to like it because >> no, >> I don't like those games where you have to pay attention to your cards and build a strategy and you like any customizable card game. You have to >> no order cards and >> I've tried a lot of times. >> Just can't do it. >> It's not for me. >> No sherwent. >> Yeah. In the Witcher, I'll play that. >> Yeah. Where it's heavily balanced in my favor. >> Yeah. [laughter] If I lose, I just reload. >> Yeah. >> Oh, here's something. We were talking about um Star Citizen Squadron 42. >> Oh, yeah.

>> So, it's now officially been delayed. >> Yeah. >> And they're calling out >> Why is it GTA 6, which >> Yeah, >> I sort of get. >> Yeah. No, no, they look had to delay it for 10 years because of GTA 6. Luke, [laughter] >> if you do look at the release for a year, nothing is releasing near GTA 6. Like, >> I completely understand. It's just that it's just like [ __ ] you again. Like, it's just because of that. >> It's not like they're releasing for like they're releasing for at least 6 months. >> Yeah. >> Like they've pushed it back another six to seven months. >> Yeah. It's >> and still haven't committed to a date >> and they've just shown everybody that it's not [ __ ] ready. Like, >> yep, >> they just had a massive issue with their

[ __ ] live stream and everyone the game doesn't work >> at the release windows at the start of 2027 and decided that Q2 provides a better time. Release a date like commit to something, not go >> mid next year, >> next year sometime. >> Yeah. And someone on Reddit said, uh, oh, I look forward to, uh, Q2 next year when they delay it again. [laughter] But yeah, I do I can understand even though the competition's not really there because >> GTA 6 won't be releasing on PC. >> So that'll be their excuse for next year is sorry GTA 6 is coming out PC so we're going to have to delay it again for another year. >> We'll see in 2029. Well, they said they said I think it they said that. It's just that no one's going to be talking about anything except GTA, which

>> I mean it's that's all true and fair. It's just that it's combined with the fact that >> everybody knows based on what's been happening lately that the game's not ready. So, it's kind of like >> it's like Yeah. Yeah. >> They're going like at cuz they're basically like two years ago we said we'll ship sometime in 2026. >> Yeah. That's all. kickstarted it, wasn't it? 2016 it was supposed to come out. >> Oh, yeah. >> Like, >> but yeah. No. So, we'll wait and see. I don't think it's ever going to come out. I wonder if the voice actors got paid for it >> cuz like Mark Hamill did voices for it and everything. >> Do you know I read does this where was this article? Uh I read something about

um was it in the comments of this? Someone linked it. Anyway, it grain of salt, right? This is this is a thing. This is something I read this week about Chris Roberts in particular. >> I didn't because I didn't know this. Like I did he did Wing Commander and everything, right? >> Yes. >> Then >> great game. >> He um he had a falling out with uh and left Origin or whatever. Anyway, he ended up working on Privateeer, right? >> Oh, yes. Freelancer. >> Sorry. Yes, you're right. Freelancer. >> Got picked up by Microsoft. Mhm. >> And allegedly, >> yes. >> Funnled the money that he was supposed to use for that game >> into making the movie. Okay. So, this is true. I didn't know this.

>> It's on this article you've got on here. We read it is explaining what happened. >> Okay. Okay. I knew I'd see I wasn't sure if it was in this or not. Oh, yeah. You're right. Here we go. Expand this. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. >> Yeah. And so, he he misappropriated funds and there was a whole big lawsuit about it. Uh, and Microsoft finished the game, not them. >> And I I just didn't know any of that stuff. And also, he's um >> something else. Ascended pictures. His company used money from VIP Medinfold, a German tax shelter fund. Uh, just I don't know, just a bunch of dodgy [ __ ] that Chris Roberts has done allegedly. I just didn't know about. It seems like all these people were giving if this is all true, people

should not have been giving this spare money. >> It just it just it just explains a lot, right? If he's been doing this if like again I know people are mad at them right now and maybe they're being harsh, but if this is true does explain some of the dodgy [ __ ] >> cuz we we always I always thought that it was like they just got too much money and scope creep like we'll keep adding all this cuz we keep getting more money. We got to add this and add this and then oh technology's improved. We have to rebuild it all again for this. >> It happens. Look at J forever. Same thing. >> Yeah, that does happen. But it also seems like he may not have been according to this handling the money >> the best way. >> Yeah. Or just questionable ethics as far as money and stuff like Yeah. like like

that that thing about like oh made the movie using money that was supposed to be for the game like oh okay that's dodgy like >> yeah and >> I still like that movie >> I haven't seen it in a long time I've I think >> it's it's it's >> I think it's on >> good watch it's um >> Matthew Lillard and oh what's his name >> Freddy >> Freddy Yeah I was going to say Freddy Sarah Michelle Gella's husband >> yeah that's what I was going with well he's better known as Sarah Michelle Gella's husband but >> yeah he's a I was going to say he didn't do movies but he did the new I know what he did last summer >> yes >> I wish he did >> ah yeah [sighs] I mean that movie was not very good but uh >> no

>> it was nice to see them back him >> yes >> Jennifer >> I don't think they did good for his character [laughter] >> no they didn't make no sense kids. Yeah. Oh dear. And the [ __ ] What else was I going to say? It doesn't matter. >> It's It's'll come back later. >> It's just all so dodgy. >> Yeah. >> Um Oh, I was going to say project management, right? >> It it same duke forever. I say what you will about gearbox, but remember like mismanagement, juke dick forever. What? How long was that in 12 years or something like that? >> Yeah. just the same similar I guess where they were like >> constantly changing the engine, adding things completely changing, new games

would come out. Oh, we need to add that kind of gameplay to our game constant blah blah blah blah blah. >> And then again, say what you will about Gearbox. They bought the rights to it and they just said no, we'll finish the [ __ ] game. >> Just just release what you have. You're not starting a game. >> This is what it is. Finish it. And they did. So, >> and it was terrible. >> That's how you manage a project. >> Yes. [laughter] Like you have to say no at some stage and just this is going. >> Yes. This is not going to be the greatest video game in the world. It's just not >> No, you just have to accept it. We're going to try and cut our losses. You've got a build that's playable. Ship it. >> Yeah. And they did. >> Yep. And it was horrible.

>> Yeah. Yeah. And I guess they had the benefit of like no one was going to blame them if it for it being [ __ ] So >> but like I said that's you just have to do that just say no no no just wrap it up guys. >> Whereas yeah Star Citizen it's from what we've seen it's not even close to >> so I just wonder >> they just stop and just focus on bugs and ship. >> Yeah. Yeah. Is it is it I I've not been following it that closely. Is it that they took on too much they keep and like it was always too big or have they changed it over time and they keep adding? >> I think they've changed it over time. Added more stuff. But remember it's meant to be like as big as oh no man's sky with like planets everywhere and you can fly and you can

land on them. Like it's meant to be a huge universe where you can go anywhere. I mean, No Man's Sky is evidence that you can do that with a small team, >> but like >> the the way >> Hello Games did what we just said. They got to a certain point and they were like, "Okay, we got to [ __ ] finish this up." And they put it out and it wasn't the best game in the world >> and they worked on it still and >> and now it's [ __ ] excellent because they just stuck with it, but like they released it. >> Yes. Well, they released it and I think they were pushed to release. I think they had some bad marketing from Sony on that. >> Oh, totally. Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Like oversold. >> Oversold. And then and then but because

it was a small team and the amount of money they made from it, they were able to Well, we're just continue to work on it and finish what we sold. >> I'm amazed how they still just based on when it came out just how the reception for No Man's Sky was just so negative. >> The fact that it's what, how many years later is it now? 10 years since that came out >> and they're still releasing content. >> Yeah. Like literally the other day they put out a massive update and I don't know like if you're watching this and you haven't if you remember when No Man Sky came out and remember thinking, "Oh, this is a bit shit." >> Go back to the game. It's not even the same [ __ ] game. It's It's amazing. >> Like every time I go, "Look, I'm going to go play it again. I'm just going to

play through the story. I get distracted with new stuff they've added and I'll spend >> hours just building a base with a factory and >> yeah and it's like iterative like they'll release something and you go ah yeah this is kind of cool but like it's a bit clunky and then you and then I stop playing it and I come back like a couple of months later and it's just like the feature is just like completely expanded and it's like it's just turns into I don't know they just like I said iterating on it and iterating on it and it's it's just become really great. But I think they can because the game is also like graphics wise it's not intense. It's >> sure >> everything whereas Star Citizen is going to be >> very heavy on that and >> I think it's going to suffer for it. >> But we'll see. They know what they're

doing. They're on >> maybe. >> Although you can I guess you can play it right Star Citizen if you want to. You could back it and play it right now. >> You could you can play a version of it. Yeah. But >> I'm not going to. But you could. All right. >> No, you'll see. >> Uh, look, I've been watching some stuff. We >> You've been watching a lot of movies. >> Yeah, I've got I've got time at the moment. My um, you know, school starts next week. My daughter's going to kindergarten. Um, I've had to work. So, you know, I stayed here, >> but my wife and my daughter uh, went away for a girls weekend with some friends, >> which means no pants in the house. >> Yeah. So there's my wife is now dealing with more than one child and [laughter]

that's going as well as expected. Um her and her friend. >> Um but I've been here >> watching movies >> having a lovely old time. I am basically caught up on the MCU as much as I care to get caught up. >> You are. You are. This is Fantastic Falls. The last one out and you've watched that on top of the others. I have watched this week Black Panther Wakanda Forever. >> Mhm. >> Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts, aka the New Avengers, and Fantastic 4: First Steps. >> Now, with McConda forever, did you spend half the movie trying to work out when the Black Panther was going to show up? >> No, I knew I knew I knew Chadwick Boseman had died. [laughter]

>> Yeah, I still when I saw that, I was waiting for so long to show that. Yeah, but waiting for >> Black Panther at the end. >> Waiting for him. >> That movie. Okay, we let's go through them. Wakanda Forever. Uh, I didn't dislike it. It was It wasn't great. I can see it would have been difficult because because Chad Bman died and they they presumably were already in >> pre-production when that happened. Um, I wanted to like it more because the stuff about uh God what? Not the they're not Atlantan in in it. They're tech something. It's like a Mayan sounding city, you know, the underwater people. >> Oh, yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Vaguely. It's been a while. >> Okay. Well, they're very they're all

mess messes American cuz they're Mayan descendants. Like, you know, the story is that the the the Spanish came and then the they >> drank the liquid from the vibranium flower and it turned them into the blue underwater people. They got gills and they went licked underwater. That's the back. Anyway, I've I've I've been to Yucatan last year. I [ __ ] love mines. I've got [ __ ] Mayan stuff. >> I love I love it. >> Yeah. Like so when that when I realized oh that's their [ __ ] Mayan >> like they speak Yucate Maya the language that the that they speak is a real language that that a very a unfortunately vanishingly small number of people in Yucatan speak. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So I was like oh this is sick.

>> But it just wasn't very interesting. [clears throat] >> Uh unfortunately. >> Yeah. What what kind of felt more of a filler movie? It didn't really feel >> well I think I giving them credit they probably thought they were going to have Chadrick Boseman and then they had to like figure out [ __ ] what do we do and then like I mean not that I have no problem with her becoming Black Panther. That was I thought that was good. actually that that last bit of it I was like, "Oh, this is good." And then >> it's just that the rest of it was kind of like it's kind of meandering all over the place and I was like, "What's going on?" >> Still when they didn't really know what the future held, they were still in that in between. >> Yeah. I feel like all of these movies I

mean they got better as we go through. Spoilers. >> I [laughter] felt like So yeah, all of these were kind of like treading water. >> Yeah. like we want to get out but we don't know what we're doing here. We don't have an end goal in sight like we did for >> not only that sh but also that whole thing with Jonathan Majes happened >> so I think a lot of these were probably supposed to be leading up to Kang. >> Yes. >> And then he hit his girlfriend >> turned out to be a horrible horrible person >> and and they were like a [ __ ] So like, you're right. They're just like little self-contained things that I I think they must have had to quickly shift. That's my that's what I'm guessing. Anyway, so what kind of forever? It was all right. >> Yep. >> You know, didn't

>> tell me the one I really want to know about is Captain America cuz that's what I haven't seen. >> I Captain America also I felt was a bit meandery and then at the end honestly when Spoilers, it's not spoiler, it's on the [ __ ] poster. Harrison Ford plays uh what's his name? the the the general who becomes the president. >> Um but he's been poisoned by the this villain. Uh did you care about spoilers at all? >> No, I don't. >> Okay. So, you find out Thaddius. Thaddius [ __ ] what was his name? Can't remember. Uh it's Harrison Ford now instead of what's that guy's name? Jeff. Jeff. Uh the guy from Lost in Space. William Hurt. William Hurt. Wait,

William Her Thaddius MCU. Was he in the MCU? Am I making this up? Yes. Thaddius Thunderbolt Ross. That's interesting. I'll come back to that. Thaddius Ross was the character William Hurt played him and now Harrison Ford plays him in this one. >> Now, is it because he died? >> No, I don't know why. In fact, they make a joke about it because uh like William Hurt had a mustache when he played him and then there's like one flashbacky bit where Harrison Ford has the mustache and then they make a comment at one point about how his daughter told him he had to get rid of the mustache. [laughter] >> So, he does not have the mustache anymore. Um, but anyway, so he the villain, he's got like a heart condition >> and he's trying to reconcile with his

daughter, Liv Tyler, >> because she's mad at him because if you remember the Edward Norton movie, he calls >> that's the reason she's mad because the Edward Norton movie >> because [laughter] Yeah. Because in the Edward Norton movie, he calls the military in to kill the Hulk. >> Yeah. >> Who she was in love with Banner. And so she's not forgiven him. And he's trying to reconcile with her, but then he finds out he's got this heart condition and he might die. And so he's desperate because he's trying >> Wow. They tied in. >> Yeah. It shows footage. It's got footage from those movies. Yeah. >> Wow. >> Um and uh so the the villain of the movie, I can't even remember his name. Uh is like this brilliant mutant scientist who

cures him, but puts gamma radiation in increasing doses into the pills he's giving him that turns him into Red Hulk. >> Red Hulk. And so at towards the end of the movie, he turns into the Red Hulk and then it's fun for about 20 minutes cuz that was cool. >> Okay. All right. >> There is some weird [ __ ] too though where >> So it's Falcon who's Captain America now. >> Yes. >> Who is not a super soldier, >> right? >> No, >> his superpowers. He's Exactly. He just has >> He was just friends with >> Captain America wings and [ __ ] of vibranium. Clearly you can tell. I don't remember when that happened, but you can tell from seeing them do things. >> Yeah. >> And that's his superpower basically. >> Yeah. >> But there's bits where Hulk, Red Hulk, like swings, picks up a telegraph pole and swings to hit people and he like has

it in his human arms like to stop him at one point. There's this one shot where I was just like, well, his arms would be ripped off. >> Yeah. >> I mean, whatever. >> Doesn't matter. >> Yeah, it doesn't matter. with it. >> It's I'm I'm just That's It's one of those things where the movie wasn't quite enough to have me not notice that. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> But that's the movie. >> Should I watch it? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I enjoyed it. It was fun. >> Yeah. Just that was at the time where I just dropped off went, "Look, I'm not going any any again." And then I went to go and see Thunderbolts with Fantastic 4. >> Like it introduces He's I mean, if you Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I think was better the TV show. >> Yep. This felt like

the first half of this really could have just been that show. I think >> I like that show that I know that wasn't wasn't super popular, but I quite like >> the story line and the fact that people were upset now like we were at peace and now all the people have come back and >> and that's where they introduced uh Walker the other Captain America, right? the guy who's in the next movie. I'm gonna talk about Thunderbolts, which though the the one thing I thought was um >> we're talking about this a little bit on chat and I said that Dan should watch Thunderbolts because it's worth his time. I thought Thunderbolts was good and he might like it, >> but then I was like if he hasn't seen Falcon and Winter Soldier, he's not going to know who the [ __ ] that guy is.

Suddenly there's this guy who's like a weird Captain America and he's like a prick. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Like they don't explain who he is. Normally, normally you could watch the movies without watching the TV shows, but you couldn't watch the TV shows without the movies. But this is a bit different this time >> because everybody else in there, like if you don't know who Ghost is, ah, fine. Like, it doesn't it's not going to confuse you. If you don't know who Taskmaster is, it's not confusing. And also, spoilers also [ __ ] dies in the first five minutes for some reason. >> Um, >> like, but with Walker, >> that's >> it's a guy who looks like Captain America and has a shield, but he's a [ __ ] Like,

>> yes. [laughter] Who the [ __ ] is that guy? Like I don't know. There's more questions I think with that. >> Yeah. >> If you've seen both, it's fine. It makes sense. But yeah. No, it would be hard for someone who had not seen that and you even I got to say because even Bob says that at some point like the character of Bob at I think when they're trying to escape the lab at the start of Thunderballs, Bob is like, "Who are you, Captain [laughter] America? Why are you an asshole?" Like it's like Yeah. I think that's a good question. >> Yeah. like I know why. But anyway, so yeah, uh Captain Micro World I think is worth watching for you. I think you would like it. Probably not everybody. If you don't have time >> for them, >> just watch the last 20 minutes.

>> I think you can skip it. I actually don't know why it's on the list of stuff that you should watch before. >> Yeah, I found that one strange to be on the list personally even though I hadn't seen it. It just didn't really feel >> cuz unless >> maybe they just wanted more people to watch that one. [laughter] It does introduce new Falcon. Like there's a new Falcon, >> but he hasn't been in anything else really. >> So may maybe there's that. I'm trying to think what else is in there that maybe I'm forgetting something that was relevant. Uh oh. Oh. Oh, I know what it is. I know what it is. >> Adamantium. That's why. That's got to be why they reveal in Captain America: Brave New World that from the island at the end of Eternals, you know that [ __ ] celestial that

>> I fell asleep during that. >> So that thing that never came up again, it came up again. So they there's a whole big scene set around it with Japan and America going to fight because of they're fighting over the adamantium that they found in the body of that celestial that they call Celestial Island now. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, >> that's that also leads into the X-Men and Wolverine. >> That's got to be why. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> There you go. I just told you. You don't have to watch it now. >> Adamantium is a thing now. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Um, Thunderbolts. >> Yep. >> I really like Thunderbolts. I think you think Thunderbolts was my favorite of all these movies. >> I I think it was the the one that was the most fun out of all of them. >> Yeah. was fun, but I think Thunderbolts was

more my style. It was like darker and like >> I don't know. I laughed out loud. >> Yes. >> Multiple times in Thunderbolts. >> Yeah. No, I think Thunderbolts. Yeah. No, that was the best one leading up to where we're going, >> which surprised me because it just seems like kind of a throwaway. >> Yes. like, >> but no, you do realize that they're probably going to play a bigger part, especially when you see Spider-Man and she's back in it as well. And >> I haven't seen that yet. Yeah. Okay. >> She she you don't get to see her breasts. Sorry. >> Who are we talking about? >> Florence Pew. >> Oh, [laughter] who do you think I was talking about? >> I was like, whose breasts do you see in the other Spider-Man movies? [laughter]

Like like Florence Pew's breast. >> Normally in Spider-Man movies, we get some tits, but not in this one. >> Florence Pew is all for free to nip and >> Yeah, >> I support her, >> man. She's [ __ ] great in Thunderbolts. I mean, they all are. That's It's just that that's I think the reason I liked it is because they're all like shitty flawed characters. It's a bit like Guardians, I guess, in a way where they're like they're not good guys. They're like super [ __ ] selfinterested generally. Like Elena is more more like of a a good person than you would think. But >> yeah, we'll do whatever she wants to get what she wants. >> Yes. And I also really liked Bob. Obviously, I thought Bob was a good

character because he's goofy and silly at the start. And then when he spoilers the void when he has his cuz I really like that he's like seems like he's a bipolar superhero. They took somebody with a [ __ ] you know mental illness and gave him superpowers [laughter] and he's like he's manic. He's like the century when he's manic and he thinks he's a god and then he gets [ __ ] depressed and [laughter] turns into the void and just [ __ ] obliterates every I was like this is great. Like I really like that. >> Like that was cool. I Is he like that in the comics? Maybe. But I just that kind of parallel where it's like, "Oh, that's Yeah, he's bipolar." Like he's [ __ ] crashes out and >> like crashes out >> and goes real dark and [ __ ] what's

the point of everything? I'm just going to drag everybody to hell with me. Like that's cool. >> Yeah, I liked it. >> I know. >> And the effect when he turns into the void. >> Yes. >> When he's just there's no light and you can just see his eyes. I was like, "Yeah, I like I liked it." >> And then you came into the last one, which is a very different tone to the others. >> Yes. I'm sad in a way that because presumably the Fantastic 4 will end up in the normal MCU. >> That's >> We don't know how yet. Well, they at the end of Thunderbolts, the postredit scene, the ship is there. So, presume somehow they must travel to the other another dimension. >> Yeah. for some reason, but we didn't find out why yet. >> No.

>> And I'm a bit sad just because, like you said, the world of the Fantastic 4 is so cool and interesting. >> Yes. >> And I hopefully they'll go back to that universe where it's kind of like 50s. >> Yeah. The robots got the tapes that you put in. >> Yeah. Like it's all sort of modern but not >> Yeah. It's got like, you know, they listen to records instead of like [snorts] that's how they do audio stuff and the TVs are all like CRTs. Like Time Square's got these giant CRTs. [laughter] Like I just it's cool. >> So yeah, that that cuz that was the last one out before Spider-Man came out for >> Yeah, I think so. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And I really liked it. I >> uh I thought it did taper off for me like at the end I was just okay like I

don't know the Galactus thing. It was weird to me he that he shows up in the spaceship. Uh sorry spoilers. Uh he shows up in his big spaceship at the end and they're like we're going to lure him in with the baby. Uh you have to watch the movie figure out what I mean by that. Um but they're like we're gonna use the baby as bait. [laughter] Galactus just wants a baby. Um, and then I don't think they ever showed that happening. Suddenly Galactus just is there and gets off that chair thing and he's on Earth all of a sudden. I don't know. It just >> Yeah. No, they didn't really >> There was a weird transition where he's the spaceship, the big ship's coming. They said they were going to do the plan and then it cut to Galactus stepping

onto Earth. And I was like, okay. I mean, I I know I know I can intuit it what they did, but like I don't know. That just seemed a bit weird. >> But no, I I do I did enjoy it. And I did like the ending how that sort of first scene that we saw of Doom. >> Yes. Yep. >> But you didn't know who he was at the time. Then >> there's a theory that whatever was happening in that scene is why he looks like Tony Stark. I don't know what the [ __ ] that would mean exactly because Franklin, the baby, he's not baby anymore. He's like a toddler >> is touching in >> and spoilers. >> Slightly before that in the movie, you see him bring uh >> what's her name back? >> She she uses her powers to push Galactus into the the teleporter. >> Yeah. She dies. She's um >> and Franklin brings her back.

>> Storm. >> Storm. Yes. >> Yeah. Um, Franklin brings her back like so he obviously has >> some sort of >> some powers. >> Powers. He's got powers. Well, and cuz Galactus wanted him. So, he's got presumably >> significant powers of some. >> Yeah, Galactus is like, "Give me the baby and Earth is I'll leave Earth alone." Like, there's something there. >> Leave your delicious planet alone. >> Yeah. He's going to eat the baby. >> No, he's going to make the baby his heir. I was like, "Okay, >> he's going to eat the baby. >> He's going to eat the baby." Yeah. >> Um, >> yeah. So, there's a theory that Franklin is the reason Doom looks like Captain America and then makes it to >> Yeah. >> I also, was it Dan that said the other

day there's that theory floating around that Robert Downey Jr. isn't playing Doom and this is all just been a big [ __ ] because they've done they've done like lesser stuff like this before. That would be incredible. That would be amazing if that was a >> big smack as Iron Man and then they like [laughter] [ __ ] you. We were kidding. Someone else is playing Dr. Doom. >> That would be the biggest twist in any movie ever. Or not even movie life like that's >> I mean that's not going to be it. But I wish that was it. That would be great. >> Massive. >> We'll have to wait and see. We've only got till December to find out. It's only four months away. Well, see, I thought I was done, but I found out this week I'm not done. >> You're not done?

>> No, there's one more. At least one more thing I'm going to have to watch. Oh, yeah. So, technically, I didn't watch Loki, but I know I I watched season one of Loki, and I through media, I know what happens at the end of Loki. >> He becomes the master of time or something. >> So, I don't Yeah, I don't really need to watch it. I don't think I I I'm I I'm able to understand what has happened without watching it. But I will if I get the chance cuz I liked that show. >> But Spider-Man, you should watch. >> Spider-Man I will watch. Um >> and the thing I have to watch apparently we all have to watch. We've been told by uh Joe Russo that Avengers Encore, Avengers Endgame Encore, which is

Avengers Endgame with extra footage and kind of like remastered basically because they've seen sideby-side shots. So, they've they've adjusted Avengers Endgame in some ways. And it is required viewing. It's uh 4 minutes longer. 4 minutes longer than he [laughter] I just want to see the four minutes. >> No, no, you've got to rewatch it because they have changed stuff. I've seen sidebyside shot. I like I don't know what the [ __ ] they're up to, right? So, I wouldn't say I wouldn't take the four minutes extra as being it because >> yeah, >> even just like lighting and stuff they've tweaked and that's what they've shown. I don't know if that means they've changed other stuff. Like

>> I presumably they haven't changed the plot. That would be a [ __ ] weird thing to do. >> They Yeah, they couldn't go that far, could they? >> Well, I don't know. Like maybe the camera pans around slightly differently now and you can see, oh, there's [ __ ] what's his name? Like I don't know. >> It's getting Don't know if Oh, no. It's getting a theater release. Yeah, we'll >> go see it. >> No, no, I'm not done. I'll just watch it. It's going to have to be on Disney Plus. >> I will. Three hours and five minutes. [laughter] It's >> so long. It's so long. All these ones were I was like they're all like 2 hours actually. Wakanda forever I think was longer than that. How much? Wakanda forever felt long. 2 hours and 40 minutes. Wakanda forever.

That explains that. [ __ ] me. That's why. Oh yeah, Iron Hart was in it too. I was like, "Oh, yeah. Okay." I mean, I didn't have a problem with her. I was just like, "Man, this is a lot of like >> it's a it was very thin. There was a lot of stuff without a lot of depth." I felt like >> Yeah. >> Um, the other thing I was going to point out that I noticed when I looked up William Hurt in the MCU is that his character's name is Thaddius Thunderbolt Ross. And I'm guessing because in that in the comics, the Thunderbolts are named after him. >> Yeah. But not in the MCU. In the MCU, they're named after Elena's uh soccer team when she was a kid. >> Yes. [laughter] >> Which I think is funnier. >> Yes.

>> So, yeah. I just thought that was interesting. Wait, William Hurt did die. I'm a [ __ ] idiot. >> I said he did. I said he I >> I thought you meant the character, I think, cuz I was just thinking back like, wait, why did I say he wasn't dead? He's He obviously he's dead, but that Yeah, I think I got confused. Yeah, William Hurt is dead. >> All right, I'm not crazy. >> No, no, no. I'm crazy. >> I am crazy thinking about going to see Avengers Endgame on call. >> No, I'm just going to wait for Disney Plus. >> Avengers Endgame is a good movie. >> Yeah, I'm just going to wait for Disney Plus. I'm going to go see Resident Evil the week before that'll do. >> A [ __ ] yeah.

I'm I'm keen to watch that. M >> that I'm looking forward to. >> I can't believe the guy from [ __ ] whitest kids, you know, [laughter] is making these movies now. >> I mean, good on him. >> Well, that's always the dream. You don't >> Yes. Yeah. You make your [ __ ] stupid sketch show when you're young. >> Yeah. >> About a [laughter] The grape. >> Look at Edgar, right? >> Yeah. True. True. That sketch is so funny. I know it's not for everybody. The grapest. [laughter] God, >> it's so funny. The popcorn sketch. >> Just all of it. It's I'm getting a lot of it pop up on YouTube lately. >> You think you're not getting it. It's a chick with huge boobs and balls. What's

gay about that? It's a chick. [laughter] >> So funny. >> Okay, tell me when this gets gay. [laughter] Um, in uh silly news, it's Apple news. Um, the uh the infamous polishing cloth. Do you know about this? >> No. >> Okay. So, when they a few years ago when they announced um a bunch of other very expensive stuff like I think the studio displays, not studio displays, the what are the big ones? the >> Oh, what's >> the the the [ __ ] five $6,000 displays where the stand was $1,000? >> Yeah. Like the stand was like just ridiculous price for nothing. Like >> And then I think at the same time they there was a polishing cloth. It's

literally a microfiber cloth that you can use to clean your laptop or your screen >> up for dollars. >> 20 bucks. [laughter] >> And it was 20 bucks. And uh it funnily enough had like a compatibility compatibility list on the there was just a whole bunch of stuff about it that was very funny where it was like compatible [laughter] with the MacBook Pro going back to a certain year like don't use it on the ones before that. It's not compatible. [laughter] Like it was just >> what? It's a microphone and cloth. They're all the same. >> Yeah. It was just very silly. But anyway, just this week amusingly uh it's had a a price reduction. So, it's the much more reasonable $9 now,

which to be clear is not reasonable for a microphone. >> No, >> you can buy a whole pack of them for $2. Like, I've got them [ __ ] everywhere. I can't get rid of the [ __ ] things. They're everywhere. [laughter] Everything comes with them. >> Yes. >> Except your Mac. >> Oh, I The sad thing is people would have been buying this. >> Yeah. And all you are just paying for the logo on a bit of cloth. >> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I'm sure it's a very good microfiber cloth, but you know, >> it want to be for 20 times the price. >> Yeah. And the the the problem with it is look at it. It's like light gray. It's going to get dirty presumably,

right? And you're going to have to because you throw these things away like or you throw them in the wash like I don't know. >> I like the fact that in the article they didn't even got lucky. You can buy this five pack for like seven bucks. >> Yes. I've got tripping over them mate. They're everywhere. Like you buy a [ __ ] phone screen protector, it comes with five of them. Like [laughter] anyway, just made me laugh. Yeah, it's reduced. >> Thank you, Apple. Yeah, I mean the computers are good value. I maintain that. I know people like to [ __ ] on them compared to uh you know I use a Mac. I have for a while now. I've actually we're having this conversation on chat too the other

day. I've got down here under the desk. You're not going to be able to see it. I can't lift it because of my my back. >> I've got a G4 Power Mac down here that I managed to get for free cuz no one wants it. >> But I think it's beautiful. >> Does it work? >> Uh I don't know. No, it's got no RAM in it and I I can't afford RAM so [laughter] >> No, I can. >> No, I was actually thinking of like I'm I'm not going to use this for anything. >> No. >> Like, >> but what I might do So, it's the G4 tower, the the blue one. It's I think they're I love them. It was my first Mac. I think they're just really cool design and I'm sad computers don't look like that anymore. Um, but I'm thinking I might take the inside the guts out of it and put them

somewhere safe because I think actually I could probably just sell those separately. Uh, like the motherboard and stuff >> possibly. >> Except I don't know if it works. >> So, I don't know. That's a thing. But anyway, I might turn it into a drink cabinet cuz the side of it latches and then pulls down. And I reckon you could put some, you know, bottles of scotch or something in there and it would make a cool drink cabinet. >> Do it. >> Yeah. And then because I mean its purpose is to look nice. >> People think to look in there and when you get to the time that you have to start hiding your alcohol from your daughter [laughter] computer. >> That's right. Yeah. Cuz when I brought it home, Jenna was like, "What are you

going to do with that?" And I was like, "What do you mean? I'm going to look at it. [laughter] Look at it. >> I'm sad. >> What can't I do with this? >> I'm sad I got rid of my uh my old Well, because we moved. The only reason I got rid of it is because we moved to America and it was like >> and you had to cull stuff. I'm not paying to lug that across the world. Yeah. >> Yeah. Especially when Yeah. You weren't using it. But I knew I did get Apples do have their purpose. >> Yeah. I the the new laptops are great. Like and to to bibble [ __ ] on it because Yes. Yeah. You can buy a Windows laptop for a couple hundred bucks, but it's not >> not equivalent, right? To get an equivalent laptop, you've got to pay about the same price.

>> Yeah. Yeah. No, you do. Like Yeah. That >> Yeah. Yeah, you can't buy cheap laptops, but they last >> when you get into the other stuff like the desktops and stuff like the and like the the the upcharge on [ __ ] hard drive space and stuff. Okay. Yeah. Then it gets absurd. But like for like a buying just a base laptop for general use, I think they're very reasonable. >> Yeah. I'm just >> And then they gouge you. >> I'm going to stick with a desktop. >> [sighs] >> Ah, see I would, but I've got to I go to Vermont and I need to be able to do this from Vermont and I go down to like, you know, if I go down to Jersey to VCF again, you know, we got to record. >> Mhm. >> And I've tried doing it with, you know, iPads and stuff and it's like, well, why

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