Blake
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are these shows oh yeah there's like ice pickers those are really bad I'm sorry Angela we're gonna shame you like those are the ones in the history channel where they would do ice road truckers ice road truckers what was so dumb with ice road truckers is the entire conceit of ice road truckers is like this is a super dangerous job and like the only reason to watch is in theory the ice could break and they would like die but that never happens so what's the point of all of this Andrew says this Blake you play more video games than I watch TV which is worse
One, I don't think that's actually true. And two, like, who cares? Actually, probably watching TV is worse.
One, I don't think that's actually true. And two, like, who cares? Actually, probably watching TV is worse.
Yeah, you're literally just there, an inert passive observer of everything. I think they're both irredeemable.
Yeah, you're literally just there, an inert passive observer of everything. I think they're both irredeemable.
What I will say is, I think the CDC or whoever, when they were doing one of their obesity warnings, they were commenting on how much TV Americans watched, and they were suggesting you should be more active, and one of their ways to suggest being more active for the truly hopeless watch 40 hours of TV a week was try playing video games instead, because you at least move your hands.
What I will say is, I think the CDC or whoever, when they were doing one of their obesity warnings, they were commenting on how much TV Americans watched, and they were suggesting you should be more active, and one of their ways to suggest being more active for the truly hopeless watch 40 hours of TV a week was try playing video games instead, because you at least move your hands.
I play some console games. It's not super often. What? Is Xbox still around? It's still around. I don't own one. Is PlayStation still around? PlayStation's still around, yeah.
I play some console games. It's not super often. What? Is Xbox still around? It's still around. I don't own one. Is PlayStation still around? PlayStation's still around, yeah.
Oh, that would vary a ton. What's the most popular today? Fortnite, probably, or Minecraft. What console is that in? Those are on everything.
Oh, that would vary a ton. What's the most popular today? Fortnite, probably, or Minecraft. What console is that in? Those are on everything.
I never played it.
I never played it.
yeah there's some there's so many now and like a lot of them like i will deliberately avoid because they can be such an addictive time sink like they'll play they play those like paradox strategy games where you're just like conquering the world and people will play like 5 000 hours of that i'll play with brooks uh like madden or a hockey game because it's it's like 15 minutes you sit down you play a game and you're out that's not halo this is not halo what is this
yeah there's some there's so many now and like a lot of them like i will deliberately avoid because they can be such an addictive time sink like they'll play they play those like paradox strategy games where you're just like conquering the world and people will play like 5 000 hours of that i'll play with brooks uh like madden or a hockey game because it's it's like 15 minutes you sit down you play a game and you're out that's not halo this is not halo what is this
Even I know that.
Even I know that.
People are now listing off random games. And people are listing Age of Empires. I do still play Age of Empires.
People are now listing off random games. And people are listing Age of Empires. I do still play Age of Empires.
roblox should be i think it's like a platform so like people can make games in it uh so is that on xbox i think that's again it's on like everything that's a lot of kids get really into roblox so what what is the purpose of fortnite what what is what is what is the thesis Fortnite, the gimmick of it was it popularized, they call them Battle Royales.