-Dan bemoans the fact Hatsune Miku Fitness Boxing isn't announced for america -2 days later, it gets rated by the ESRB for release over in america Magic at work

Silent Hill 3 (and 2 and 1) spoiler talk ends at 43:42

I know I've been staring at Silent Hill for too long to look at it with fresh eyes, but I'm surprised that you guys had trouble keeping track of the themes of Silent Hill 3. -All areas and monsters, as well as several story beats, are themed around common teenage/adolescent phobias and anxieties. Sexuality and cults are the obvious ones that the limited enemy pool prioritizes, but there's also stuff involving fear of strangers, public spaces, getting a first job, cancer, identity, losing parental guidance, general medicine and specific mental health, and so on. If that sounds like an unsatisfying thematic mess... yeah. It wasn't the best way to convey what Team Silent was going for, but that's what they did. -The Silent Hill otherworld follows Heather because one of her two past selves was sacrificed to create/summon it. Said self is actively trying to kill Heather (you fight her as the carnival boss, which is also a reference to an SH1 boss because the second half of 3 is partially reliving Harry's journey) to thwart the cult's ritual. So, Silent Hill 3's lack of cohesion can be blamed on clap-when-you-see-it attempts IRL, and Heather, Alessa, and Cheryl's merged psychic dark world in-universe. Or not, because something, something, psychological horror invites interpretation. I am being That Guy so hard right now, but I hope someone gets something out of this.

@pukerat7562

Ай бұрын

Thank you for being That Guy. Their takes on Silent Hill 3 were predictably awful.

One of the reasons why I'm not that broken up about the cancelled Respawn Mandalorian game is because it's existence felt like the product of entertainment executives approaching art with a manufacturing mentality. Hollywood is adapting more video games, and video game companies are developing more big budget movie/tv tie-ins, in part because executives hope that they can force everyone to become mega consumers of a singular franchise. Factoring in the push to replace humans with A.I. in the creatives process, it is transparent that executives really think they can turn art into infinitely replicable grey slop they can force everyone to consume. I look forward to when all these companies fall apart because culture doesn't work that way!

Funny enough the Jungle Movie is the movie that the Hey Arnold Creator legit wanted to make for like 20 years, he probably just lost the voice of the show but still wanted to make a proper conclusion.

What Kris says about iterating games can make them so much more polished, explains how God of War Ragnarok can have a billion things in it, compared to the previous one.

@masterxl97

Ай бұрын

Yes, that’s literally all it takes. Just doing TWO games in a row that are the same kind of game. Doing that is why the sequel to Sonic Frontiers is gonna be the best game Sonic Team has made in decades, and NOT doing that is why every mainline Final Fantasy game comes out half-baked and varying wildly in quality.

@latonk

Ай бұрын

Yeah, and FF7 Rebirth wouldn't be as vast if the devs had to redo combat mechanics for each playable character. It's easier to make games look better too if you just carry stuff over. And then there's spiderman 2 having everything made from scratch looking the same as the first game.

I feel like I'm Bizarro Dan, cause I really enjoyed Beat Saber, but for the life of me could not enjoy Pistol Whip.

@GigaBoots

Ай бұрын

*Spider-Man point*

@ShinjiSixteen

Ай бұрын

Some music games will click with you for the oddest reasons Same for bouncing off them S'why it's important to find the games (music based or otherwise) that you enjoy, since that's what matters

34:01 Reminder that System Shock 1 (both the original and recent remaster by Nightdive) has similar difficulty options (Plot, Combat, Puzzle, and Cyberspace) and it's equally as dope

Three straight episodes of Big Think Dimension topping four hours, and it's been two months since one dipped under three. You've truly spoiled us, though I predict things will be more restrained next week.

This is the first time a BTD didn't show up on my subscription tab. Seeing the view number, I guess I'm not the only one.

@HolyDeviant1

Ай бұрын

the weird part is, I'm not subbed, but this has been GLUED to my Home feed as number one since it came out. Bizarre.

EA really is the vampire curse of gaming. Strong and virtually immortal, but hampered by so many weakness it never really gets as powerful as it proclaims itself to be.

I do legitimately wake up with BTD on fridays

Silent Hill 3 is actually way smarter than people give it credit for. . . . Heather's Silent Hill is an imposition that she must defeat to self-actualize. It's a hero's journey, but in Silent Hill. Vincent thinks he's a hero. Douglas plays the mentor but never helps once. Claudia is the villain but she's so pathetic that Heather can't even bring herself to kill her. Really it's a story about a teen girl being forced to walk through a haunted house before she can kill God. The game's areas are all places a teen girl who lives in a big city goes a lot but isn't particularly safe in. Heather's a badass because she's not trying to survive Silent Hill, she's trying to destroy it. Still not 2 but it deserves its credit

[mains rhythm games] [hears Dan's experiences with Beat Saber] Yeah, that tracks

If it turns out that DQ12 is taking as long as it is partly because of a gameplay shift, that'd be really funny. Because they already went through this exact same song and dance with DQ9, trying to make it into an action RPG before Japanese fans collectively yelled at them to stop.

@ToastyMozart

Ай бұрын

Turns out they saw what the Like a Dragon team was doing so the next Dragon Quest will be a beat-em-up.

The Golden Saucer is one of the best things in a game this year. I couldn't believe how it kept ramping up.

Kris calling the opening Midgar section of FF7 the most tightly paced 5 hours will never not be baffling to me. That part feels like it takes way longer especially if you don't know what you're doing and don't have a fast forward button

@DemonLordSparda

Ай бұрын

It's literally the worst part of the game for me. You don't get a connection to Jesse, Biggs and Wedge. You barely spend any time in Sector 7 before plate drop. You barely get a feel for Midgar before getting ejected from it and are unable to return before Sapphire, and the return is even more linear. It also has something like... 60% of the games script inside of it. It feels like nostalgia talking.

Last fucking thing I expected was Rogal Dorn in the podlords section, CERTAINLY not like this

Kris didn't mention the funniest part of that Rugrats demo: the dramatic boss battle remix of the show's intro.

Dan I hope you eventually get to Modded Beat Saber. I was the same way, I tried normal BS on a my sister's Quest 2 and didnt know how it became THE killer app for VR. Cut to me getting my own Quest 2 for $100 on black Friday thanks to overlapping Amazon deals and then I bought the game and then modded my Quest 2 (which is not very hard at all) so i could play modded Beat Saber. Its a truly game changing experience and Im sure youd be in love with the creativity on offer. Id even send you a list of my top picks to download if you ever get around to it. It takes a little bit to learn how to navigate but either the PC version or the modded Quest 2 version will do you right.

@asentientjdam519

Ай бұрын

Seconding this. The community's done a ton of cool stuff with the game.

2:09:55 When you come... 2:58:05 Podlords

i hope these keep getting exponentially longer as the year goes on

2:10:05 The shit eating grin Dan gets before he hits "that button" never gets old

Saving my day from coworkers

Hell yeah sleepy time pod

3:17:29 What game name are they saying? I can’t make it out, it sounds like Tekken but it can’t be that

It gladdens me that Rebirth is great enough that Bob and Kris have practically had half a spoilercast’s worth of discussion but I made the bad decision that I have to plat the original first so I must zoom past it now.

*THE*

1:42:33 My Chromebook works a stream dash no problem. I'm still baffled as to what yours has trouble with

I wonder if next week we will see in the the padlords a the Jin kariya, or the bound or the the plan

Great cardio, fun and difficult. Try pistol whip. Less cardio but still a workout. Super hot and robo recall

1:38:33 ["Hello Zepp" starts playing] Lemme put my wallet away real quick, no reason

I know everyone is down on strive but now that a character I'd play often is out (A.B.A) I'm much more into it, it helps that they've changed up system mechs since I last played and added wild assault and other uses for meter. I think it's worth revisiting in its current form.

@99hit

Ай бұрын

they should definitely just repack in the older seasons as the current cost for the people that are hopping on like season 4 though. I can't imagine anyone getting into strive and being fine paying 120 for the complete roster up front rather than those being opt-in as each was coming out.

1:36:54 KOF XV

Hello big thinkers, I am a PAL regionaire and it is safe to say I have never heard of Beyond the Ice Palace, I hope this helps.

Remember to leave a like and comment if you like Gigaboots, viewers

3:28:30

3:01:30 BY THE EMPEROR, PODLORD, WHAT HERESY IS THIS?!

I liked the III showcase, straight to the point and was actually fun.

3:43:25 jk Simmons pronounced it correctly in Spider-Man Kris I'm sorry to say

So to go a bit into the reflection thing in SH3 that is esque to SH2. Also a spoiler for Persona 4 as well. I believe I read it's because only half of it is Reflected From Heather, the other half is from her previous life. And If I had to guess the only reason that's happening despite SH3 being one of the Cult Games, is because the Evil God is inside her (Which what the fuck is the God's plan if a monster manages to kill her?) As for a fun Aside, Eddy is an interesting case in that I think he's the only example of one of the Town Games where someone instead of Overcoming or Succumbing to their inner demons, he embraces them, not unlike a certain character in Persona 4. I have no idea what the fate of such an individual is in Silent Hill, cause he's the only example.

Maybe Dan actually likes Beat Saber

I didn't know that happened to Blue Omen Operation

2:27:00 The funny part was the father didn't have to die. Those two can just pass the helmet back and forth. The father just suicides without necessity

2:03:20 Dan are you sure your instructor wasn't some kind of human sized mantis or imaginary projection of you father because I swear what your describing is a plot point in Baki.

When Kris dislike something (Even if it's only one aspect of something) he more often than not treats it as if it's a personal offense to his very existence as a human being (Or catboy?) One aspect of his speech I noticed over the years is him constantly pausing and trying to rephrase his statements because in order to find the most venomous combination of words you can use to slander something as fiercely as possible, it's funny af.

Just a fair warning if anyone tries to play SH3 off of the PS2 hard drive. When I played it that way the audio would start to desync on longer cutscenes. The end of the game became unintentionally hilarious since the audio was about five seconds ahead of the video.

@GigaBoots

Ай бұрын

Oh man, that sucks! Was that after the major revisions in OPL?

@TectonicImprov

Ай бұрын

@@GigaBoots This would've been back in late 2022. I don't remember what version of OPL I had.

nice boots

hey dnf got mentioned without me being in there live goddamn

Ugh...Andromeda. A harsh lesson learned about preordering games. I even used vacation time to take a whole week off from work for that game. Haven't preordered a game since.

Trails mentioned so im justified again, funnily enough i just beat cold steel 2, and have spent the last 2 days blitzing ng+ because of poor game design descisons that im glad they havent done since. currently on pace for catching up in time for daybreak

@sheridanmovieguy

Ай бұрын

Personally I just advise people to watch the cutscene on KZread.

@EasilyBoredGamer

Ай бұрын

@@sheridanmovieguy would be wiser, but I'm already on the final chapter, so eh, not much time lost. Thanks turbo mode

kris forgot to shit on peebee nooooooooo

sad to see no one mentioned silent hill 3 being about a religious institution forcing a teenage girl to carry a pregnancy to term i was looking forward to what you guys would have to say about that

Sorry Kris but Blazblue having a second extend version with extra content in close succession was too much. You are not well.

@suplexthetrain

Ай бұрын

Every time they talk about fighting games my brainworms start working overtime

@Limit02

Ай бұрын

making sweeping statements while also barely remembering what you're taking about sure leads to some confusing takes@@suplexthetrain

The comment.

Libble

Mass Effect's politics have always been kind of all over the place, but the original trilogy always struck me as more "militant neoliberal and socdem" than anything. Right-wingers love the aesthetic and chest-beating of militarism, but with them the "our politicians are useless bickering fools so we should handle things ourselves" part doesn't usually get followed up by "so do you want to join our multinational scooby gang and go shoot some slave traders in the name of human rights?" If it was written by the repubs they would have tried to make Terra Firma sympathetic.

@DemonLordSparda

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I'll never get Kris's stance on this. It is much more aligned with Corporate Democrats and Neoliberals. If the game was Right Wing it would not have unity be the main goal of the games. Udina would also be a hero instead of a villain. Ultimately Neoliberals, Corporate Democrats, and Right Wingers all like the military and the police, and I think Kris loses sight of that. I can not think of a single plot line where a right wing choice is the paragon option. Renegade options are usually the Right Wing or even more often the Libertarian choice.

Shit, I thought the Plate of the Seductress was supposed to refer to Maria. Because the other explanation that could have come to mind sounded too idiotic to be real.