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Chapter 1: What is the main topic of this gaming episode?
Hello, fellow gamers, and welcome to the Video Gamers Podcast. Gaming is an amazing hobby, but sometimes we can get a little too excited about the number of games out there. Sometimes we fall prey to the wonderful yet evil Steam Summer Sale. I mean, Steam Winter Sale. I mean, Steam Autumn Sale.
Chapter 2: How do sales impact gaming backlogs?
Our wallets take a beating, but our backlogs grow in leaps and bounds. sometimes awesome-looking games like Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 and Avowed release within just a week or two of each other?
Whatever the cause, we all have that backlog of games we've been meaning to get to, and today we're talking about a ton of games in our backlogs that still have our eyes and attention, if maybe not our time to actually play them. It's going to be a gaming-packed episode with some seriously good titles, so get ready. But first, some introductions are in order.
I am your host, Josh, and joining me, when I asked him what his games and his backlog were, he said, Diablo II, Diablo II Lord of Destruction, and Diablo II Resurrected. What do you mean? It's Ryan.
I mean, what more of a backlog do you need? You're never done. That's all it is. 20-something years later, you're never done. And it's just revolving. I'm just being economical. I'm being frugal and friscal. Friscal? I don't think friscal is a word. I'm just making up words. That's how committed I am to Diablo. I'm making up words.
You know, we pick on you and your love of Diablo 2, but dude, any game that you can play 20 years later and still have a good time is a testament to a great game.
Exactly.
Like Rocket League. I love Rocket League. I haven't played it in a few months, but it's like, is Rocket League going to be around in another 15 years? Are people still going to be just, you know, playing Rocket League? And it's like, I don't know. If it is, then you're an all-time game at that point. Exactly.
Yeah.
Well, welcome in, everybody. Ryan? I'm tired, boss. I'm tired, boss.
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Chapter 3: What hidden gems are in Ryan and Josh's backlogs?
You know, listen, we want to thank all the people that have come on the show to do these awesome interviews. I mean, talking to voice actors, talking to these developers. I mean, this has been awesome. And we warned people ahead of time. We said, man, we are shooting for the moon. We're taking this podcast to the next level. And I think they got a taste of that.
But at the same time, this is always who we've been. It's who we will always be. We are gamers chatting games, hanging out together, talking about the stuff that gamers talk about. And it's been awesome, but this is kind of like a... like a breath of fresh air. Back to basics, baby. Getting that stamina bar back, right?
We've done the big heavy fight and it's like now it's just time to explore a little bit. So yeah, exactly. You said it. We're back to basics. So for people that are like, are you guys turning into just an interview podcast? No, we're not. We're still going to be doing these awesome bonus rounds, our twig episodes, our deep dives and all that. But we are absolutely thrilled
And excited to be able to mix in some of these interview episodes and just meeting people in the industry and talking to them and kind of getting that inside look. Like, honestly, one of my favorite things is like asking the questions that gamers think. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. We're your voice. We're here for you. Yeah. And I mean, that's what we will always do. That is our guarantee to people.
But honestly, the feedback to those interviews has been spectacular, dude. So honestly, thank you to everybody that has reached out to us and just said, yo, I love these because, you know, that that was the goal is to to be able to do this, keep it entertaining and kind of give people a look at the people that are behind the games on those as well.
So we'll definitely have more of those in the future. We probably will not have four of them in a row kind of thing like that. But, but yeah, we're, we're super excited for, like I said, this was our promise to the listeners, right? Is we're going to try to up the game. We're going to try to bring you more awesome content.
And the only thing we ask is that you join us for the ride and bring a friend along, man. That's the best thing people can do is tell people about the podcast. Leave us a review. We have a couple we're going to read here in just a second. Yeah. And, you know, just rate the show and join our community, man. That's that's really all we ask in return.
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Chapter 4: What are the standout games discussed in this episode?
So speaking of reviews, Ryan, oh, we get a chance to get back to a couple of money.
This is this is one of my favorite things, man. These every time we see these come in, it just it warms my heart. And, you know, good, bad, otherwise, like just to see that people care enough to hop in, write a review. let us know what they think. Like there's something special about it and it's, it is so awesome. And if you leave them, we're going to read them on the show, which is even better.
Yeah. Yeah. It really, you said it and we have said it before, but there is nothing like seeing a new review pop up and the kind words that people say. And then to realize that we get to kind of be a part of their lives. Yeah. You know, we're at the gym with them. We're, we're mowing the lawn with them. We're on their commute to work with them. And I mean, that is awesome, man.
We absolutely love it. It's the reason we do this. So, well, I'll tell you what, I'll start off with this one, Ryan. This is a good one. This one comes in from Gregosaurus and it's titled one above all from your favorite Raptor.
And it says in a world with easily over a million podcasts and countless ways to pass the time in your day, I am beyond confident in saying that this show is in fact one above all. Above all the other shows, the quality of this content does not easily dry or get repetitive. Above all the others, there are no hosts that truly care about the connections made along the way.
Above all the others, there is no community that has made me feel like I belong. This is not just a show with two friends. This is one big family that's going on an incredible journey together. And I will never get tired of being excited for the next chapter. Thank you for making all of this possible. Thank you for keeping what I believe to be the spirit of gaming alive.
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Chapter 5: Why is Death Stranding a controversial game?
The true friendships. All the best. Your favorite Raptor. Oh, man.
That's a good review, man. That's pretty solid. What more can you ask for than that? A couple of dorks talking about video games and you get that response, man. Yeah. Oh, man. I love it. That is extraordinary for sure. And speaking of extraordinary, I got another review that's also – I guess we're extraordinary because it's five stars. But this is from Soliday with two Ys, which it says –
Awesome podcast. These guys are funny and cover a lot of content and make a lot of their own content to keep it interesting. Glad I found you guys. I tried other podcasts, gaming things, and it just ain't it. This is it. Love you guys. Thank you.
Love you too, Sade. I love you, man.
Dude, I love every one of these.
That's a solid review.
Eh? Eh? Oh, no. Oh, wait. Is he Canadian? Canadian? Like, eh, that's solid, eh? You don't want to get me into... I played a lot of hockey growing up, so you don't want to get Ryan into Canada mode. And I'll just get into Hockey Bro and say a lot of crazy stuff.
What if we just figured it out, though? I think we did. He was like, you guys, I'm not solid, eh? This is solid, eh? Solid, eh? Yeah.
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Chapter 6: What makes Another Crab's Treasure unique?
There you go, bud. See, we might be slow, but we'll get there. Oh God. Oh, well, Ryan, I am excited for this episode, man. This is, this is something that every gamer in the world can relate to. You know, it's that backlog, right?
I mean, it is the games that we pick up on sale and I, you know, I poked fun at steam, but I think steam is the biggest culprit because it's like, you mean I can pick up this game for $3? Like, okay. Yeah. Epic Game Store giving away free games all the time. And it's like, sure, I'll pick that up for free. Oh, yeah, I'll pick that one up for free, too.
And before you know it, we've got this huge backlog of games. Now, I do want to preface this by saying that we are including games that we have 100% meant to play as well in that backlog. Because I don't think that the sole qualifier is that it has to be sitting in your library forever. Yeah, exactly. We all have those games where it's like, dude, I absolutely meant to pick this game up.
I absolutely will play this game at some point as well. So we are leaving a little bit of wiggle room there for just some of those games that will always be on our radar. You know, as far as that goes. So, I mean, a lot of these games literally are sitting in my Steam library or on Epic Game Store at the same time.
But we just we kind of wanted to leave a little bit of that leeway there because we all have those games, man. It's like that game you missed and you're like, I will play that game at some point.
Whether it's in the library or not, it's like, okay, that one's on the list. I'll buy it when there's a sale or something happens, but it's on the list of that one's going to happen at some point within the next six, eight months, year, something like that. So it's definitely in the library.
And I think one of the fun things for this is is it's like you're going to see a wide range of games here as well, which is really cool. And then one of our favorite things about this podcast is is like we don't get paid to like tell people to play video games.
But I absolutely love when somebody like hears us talk about a game, picks it up and then it's like, guys, I picked this game up because I heard you talking about it. And I freaking love this game. Yeah. Like that, it's like, again, we talk about that just like warm, happy feeling, man.
And it's like, what better thing as gamers than to like put a game in front of somebody, have them, you know, experience it and then have them like share that joy of playing that game. Like, We complain about games we hate, but the opposite is true. It's like we love hearing about games that people are passionate about and they love at the same time.
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Chapter 7: How does Everspace 2 enhance the space gaming experience?
I will absolutely be picking up another crab's treasure at some point. I've just I don't know that I've heard a single person go. Yeah.
it's okay yeah everyone loves it like and i mean uh i i'm pretty sure i saw we saw the uh merch from ace but it was just a hat with a crab with a like a sword or a knife or whatever and i was like yeah okay that's pretty sweet just for the merch alone like that is uh that's top tier you know we got to play that one all right listen we're gonna get into our individual lists here but those are the two that we share but we're gonna take a quick break and then we'll be right back
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All right, we are back. All right, now we're getting into the nitty gritty because this is where you and I veer off from each other a lot. And I'll start us off on this one. This is a game that I actually had my eye on from the moment it was announced. I got it for free. Again, thank you, Epic Game Store. I wish I could actually play some of these games that you're giving away.
But this the game for me is Marvel Midnight Suns. Now, this game, when it got announced, I just went, dude, they made this game for me. Like it's superheroes. It's Marvel. And it's a turn based game where you get cards to kind of use as your skill abilities. There's tacticalness. You know, I love turn based combat. I love that kind of strategy that's involved there.
You get the kind of stories between the characters. There's interplay between the characters, depending on who you take on your missions and things like that. There's the whole part where you're back at the Professor X's mansion. I can't remember the school for mutants or whatever it's called. Oh, I sound like a terrible fan now.
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Chapter 8: What are the pros and cons of playing Elden Ring?
I totally get this is not up your alley at all. But yeah, that's one that's like right at the top of my backlog for me.
No, that's a good one. And it does... It seems like it's a little bit... You know, a lot of comic book Marvel stuff lately is just real kind of happy, dory, campy stuff. It seems a little darker. It seems a little like there's real kind of battle to it. You know... And it's just, yeah, I think this one definitely, it's not, I'm not a turn-based guy, so it's not for me.
But I think you would most like, I mean, obviously, a lot of these games we know that we would like. It's just getting the time to play them over something else. You know, it's like weighing those odds. But because I'm not a poser like you, bro, I definitely didn't look this up. But it's the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. There you go. I said the gifted school for people. For people, kids.
I knew what it was.
That's right. We don't want to call them mutants. Yeah, that's not the right thing.
You're genetically gifted.
There we go. That's what my mom used to say. You're genetically gifted. Oh, brother.
Oh, what a good mom. Yeah, I know, right? Moms tell the best lies.
All right, well, that's a good one. So for me, my next one is going to be... I'm going one, kind of another one on the... darker kind of world that man, I just don't know how I never got into this kind of, of realm. Like it's not something along the lines of, I just didn't like the gameplay. I just didn't like kind of what it was or what it looked like.
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