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Gamer Knowledge on Trial: The Great UCP Quiz
Episode Transcript
hello and welcome to the Unofficial Controller Podcast, your weekly gaming podcast.
That's me again, sarge ET.
This is show 281, and it's not just any show this week.
That's not me, I'm a lonesome.
It's not me with George.
It's not me with Scott.
This week we have our subscriber, not only Zoom meetup chat, we have a gaming quiz which is kindly done by, well, tom, but you'd know him as digital mongery.
He's done 30 questions.
We're going to see who is the uh creme de la creme out of the subscribers.
See who's going to get the prizes this week.
Um, it's going to be a good show with you know, there's been a lot of work gone into it from tom.
We're really looking forward to this.
Um, some people couldn't make it, which is a shame, but you know, hopefully, if it's successful, run smoothly, we can do it again.
You know, in the next couple of times we do this meet up, we can do the quiz again.
Um, I think, yeah, I think it's something that could work.
So we'll be looking forward to it.
It's going to be a good time, I think, um, and I'll introduce you to who we've got.
We have got, as you will know from our list at the end of the show.
We have got Carlos, we have got TingleTuner, we have got FirmReturns, we have got Badabinkster and we have got Emma Sharp and also we've got the hostess with the mostess, which is Digital Muggery.
How are we all doing?
People Excellent.
Speaker 3Hi, Good thanks.
Speaker 1Very Excellent, hi, good to talk to you.
Hey, thanks, good, good, good.
I will be handing over to DM in a moment to get this show on the road, but, like I said, we'll have 30 questions.
Dm will be doing all the scores because he's the guy with all the tech know-how.
I'll just be sitting here in the background trying to make myself look busy.
But good luck to everyone and I will hand you over now to our very special host, didgeridoo.
Speaker 5Hello there.
As Tom said, it's 30 questions.
We've got three prizes today.
The first prize is the unique at the moment Cards Against UCP, which is basically like a very famous card game, but UCP focused.
So it will have cards based around things like RGT's love of G1, jockey George's love of baseball shirts and Mumsy and Sexy Lingerie.
So that's the first prize.
Second prize is going to be a £20 voucher for an online game store of your choice, even if that is Google Stadia, and third place is a £10 voucher for an online game store of your choice, even if that is google stadia, and third place is a 10 pound voucher.
Um, so, ultimately, without further ado, shall we get cracking?
Is everyone ready?
yeah, yeah yeah, ready, yeah, good luck everyone.
Um, and in terms of the answers, I'll send them on to rgt to put into show notes or whatever in the future.
All right, so question number one To the nearest million how many copies did Sonic the Hedgehog 2 sell for the Mega Drive slash Genesis?
While we're waiting for the answers to come through, what's your guess, rgt?
Um, do you want me to do it now?
Well, actually it's a good point.
I'm still waiting for two answers to come through, so it's probably best if you don't say them just yet well, I'll be honest with you I'm stumped straight away I'm stumped straight away.
Speaker 1Should I be on the first question?
Then again, like they say, if you can't game, you podcast and talk about games.
So the knowledge is there.
Now I have ripped something down, but I'll wait until you've had all answers in.
Speaker 5Ok, I'll just wait for one more answer.
Oh, who are we waiting for?
Speaker 1No pressure.
Speaker 5Oh no, no, he was actually the first one who sent it through.
I didn't notice it.
We have the answers in.
What's your guess, RGT.
Speaker 1I was going to say 2.2.
Speaker 5I can tell you that you are wrong.
Speaker 1I knew I would be One person did get it right.
Speaker 5Really, yeah, ooh.
I'm not going to say who it was, I.
I'm not going to say who it was.
Speaker 1I'm going to go straight on to question two.
Don't forget everyone.
Don't use Google.
Don't you dare use Google?
Speaker 5Oh yeah, usual pub quiz rules apply.
Speaker 4I'm using Bing.
Speaker 5So you have your answer in about two years.
Yeah, mario's first appearance in a game Was Donkey Kong.
What was his official name at this time?
I know this.
Speaker 4Well, I think.
Speaker 1Oh, silence is golden, golden.
You can hear the cogs ticking around in people's heads here.
Speaker 5They've all got competitive emotions.
I'd love to get that.
Someone has given the answer of Mark.
This is really a short-cut, Nigel.
Speaker 1You've got all the answers in?
Yeah, I have.
I am going to go with Plumber man.
Speaker 4Oh.
Speaker 5You're not right there, mate.
Speaker 4Oh Okay.
Speaker 5Nintendo own the rights to two pornographic movies based on Super Mario Brothers.
What are they called?
Speaker 1I like how you look straight down the lens at me then, tom, I was looking deep into your eyes, mate.
I'm sure you were.
Speaker 5That's not even a T1 Jockey question.
Speaker 1This is a tricky one, guys.
Well, for some.
I have.
Speaker 5You want two titles?
No, no, it's basically one title, because the second one is that title two.
Speaker 1I have never heard of this.
Speaker 5I would not have a clue, so I'll save you for my answer there, because I've never heard of this they were released and then Nintendo bought the rights to them to stop anyone from ever seeing them, and I think they got leaked online about 20 years later.
Speaker 1You've gone deep in here man, I said you questioned three Carlos.
Speaker 7Two questions or three questions.
Two questions in.
We're already on the point.
Speaker 5Do you know what?
That was the last question I wrote.
Speaker 4Surprisingly, no one got that right.
Speaker 1No, yeah everyone's pretending, everyone's pretending, everyone's pretending.
I've never heard of that before.
Speaker 5Well, whilst I'm covering up, films on it when you start up minecraft, there is a one in 10,000 chance of seeing an Easter egg.
That is a typo in the game's name on the opening screen.
What is that typo?
Speaker 1This is too hard.
Speaker 5There are easier questions, I do promise.
Oh, I'm loving TingleT tuners.
Uh, response for that one.
I might actually share this one with you as well, right away had to keep that one safe yeah I deleted it and retyped it what's your guess, rgt?
Speaker 1um, I would probably say they've like missed a letter eight.
So it's just something like mincroft or mincraft it's minx raft.
Speaker 5They've swapped the c and the e.
Speaker 1No one in 10 000 chance of seeing it I'll have to ask my daughter that, because she's put phaser hours in that game.
I wonder if she's ever seen that Mince.
Speaker 5Raft, I think this is.
Is it question five or six?
I don't know, I've lost count already Five, I think Everyone has seen the meme.
All your base are belong to us.
What game is it from?
All your what All your base are belong to us.
Speaker 1Base are belong to us.
Oh Got it.
Oh God Got it.
I was only talking about this the other day and I'd gone blank, Can't think?
Speaker 2What a game.
It's brilliant.
Speaker 5Give us a clue.
It's a game.
Speaker 1I don't know.
Oh, I cannot remember.
You're too hard.
Speaker 4Yeah, I can't remember You're too hard.
Speaker 1Yeah, I can't remember.
I can remember the platform, I can remember the picture, I can remember that All your bass are belong to us, but I can't.
Speaker 2I can remember every word from it.
Speaker 5I'm a loon.
All your bass belong to us.
Speaker 1Mainstream turn on no, that's gone past me.
Speaker 2Oh, we all find everyone.
You find it tough, or yeah?
Speaker 5you know what I'm challenging yeah I mixed up all the questions before I started and we've come up with some of the hardest ones.
Speaker 1First, but if everyone's saying hard, then don't worry, everyone's in with a shape, everyone's in with a shape um, what is the konami code?
Speaker 5send me, send me that code I've got I know what's in it, but what order?
Speaker 1no, no, I know there's a, there's an up up there somewhere and there's an ABAB somewhere in there, but in what?
Speaker 5order that is?
I don't know.
I've got one answer that is ridiculously close.
Speaker 1Oh, interesting.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1I just love seeing the concentration on everyone's face.
Speaker 4I've got this in front of me to practice.
Speaker 1Luigi just fired up Contra 99 lives up, isn't he?
Yeah, yeah, trying to get them 99 lives.
Speaker 4Is it that way around?
I'm going that way around.
Speaker 1Interesting, I'll be impressed.
If people get this, I'll be impressed.
Speaker 5No, you haven't got it.
Oh what?
What's your guess, tom?
Speaker 1me?
Uh, I would have said, is that something like up down, up down, left right, left right, a b start, or something like that?
Speaker 5see, just just like a couple of people have given answers, you've got the right components, just not in the right order.
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah, that's why I never cheat the games, because I don't have the memory to remember the codes is it?
Speaker 7up, up, up, down, down down, left right, left right.
Speaker 4Yeah, I put left, left, right, right.
Speaker 1Yes, you're right, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's left right, left right.
That's a tough one.
This one's a bit easier.
What are we on now?
Question seven, I believe, aren't we Question seven?
Yeah?
Speaker 5Yeah, yeah, the first game in the Final Fantasy franchise was released.
For what console.
Speaker 1I think, I've got two answers here and I don't know which one to go with.
I've got one, that's probably obvious, but one.
Speaker 4What's the one obvious?
Speaker 1I'm not saying until the answers are in, just in case.
Speaker 4Just say it.
Speaker 1Tom, I was going to say my shot in the dark one, I was going to say the MSX.
But my gut feeling, shall I say my gut feeling one?
Yeah, say your gut feeling.
My gut feeling one is the Famicom.
Speaker 5Famicom NES.
I'm accepting both.
Yeah, Okay, Question eight how many buttons are there on a standard PS1 controller?
Speaker 2Ooh.
Speaker 1This could be a bit of a banana skin this there's what right there.
Speaker 4Am I allowed to look at it or?
Speaker 1I'll hand that over to the task master himself.
I'll still get it wrong.
Speaker 5I was gonna say all we said was no google.
So the interesting thing is, I tested these out my brother last night and he checked it on a controller and still went wrong.
Speaker 4Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.
Speaker 1Yeah, that could be a bit more to this question than what you think.
Speaker 4Which standard PlayStation would not control them.
Speaker 1Oh, I love the process Luigi's going through.
Look at the concentration.
Speaker 7Counting.
Speaker 2He's looking at the controller, so he's got to get this one right.
No, that's what I mean no pressure counting.
He's looking at the controller, so he's got to get this one right.
Speaker 5no pressure and I'm sure everyone will be pleased to know he has got it right don't swear, luigi, I was going to be editing in a beat there sorry.
Chuck E Cheese was founded by Nolan Bushell, which video game company did he co-found.
Speaker 1I think I know this one.
This could be one of the first ones I get right.
I reckon I've probably talked that right up now.
I love seeing DM's face because it's just I don't know.
Speaker 7I'm loving his shirt.
I'm loving the shirt.
Speaker 5I tried to get a Vice City background behind me, but I don't have a consistent enough background to get away with it yeah done an old Vice City beach or something in the background.
Speaker 1That would have been awesome.
Should I give you my guess if you had the answers in?
I've had the answers in.
I would say I'm pretty sure that it is Atari.
Speaker 5And you may or may not be correct with that, tom.
Question nine I think, this is is, isn't it ten?
I believe, either way, it's a question.
Yeah, um, in what year was the first g1 jockey released in japan?
Speaker 1jeez, ah, japan, this could, because I'm while people are thinking, I can remember their.
I remember watching a documentary about the Japanese and they loved horse race.
I remember there were horse race simulators right early on in console life, so I imagine this could be quite early than we think.
I might be wrong, but Hmm, ooh.
One very, very close answer here I think I'm being a bit too early can I change it, or is it too?
Speaker 5late, nope, too late.
Speaker 1Have to take your first answer, mate, oh I don't know if I'm overthinking this too much I think I'm a year too early.
No, you're not.
Speaker 5What are you thinking?
Speaker 1RGT.
I think I've gone way too early.
I was going to say 91.
Yeah, you've gone way too early.
Speaker 5Yeah, I thought I had a usual problem.
Speaker 1Anyway, next question Okay.
Speaker 5What was the first video game to be played in space?
Ooh Ooh, I don't know what was the first video game to be played in space.
Everyone I've tested this on has given the same answer and it's been wrong.
Speaker 4And this one can't be that.
It's wrong, isn't it?
Speaker 5Yeah, and this one has gone for the same answer as everyone else has gone for yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah, I think I've done that right.
I think it's you, think it's an obvious answer, but it's not necessarily the one.
I don't think, uh was it g1 jockey yeah, all right, I've had all the answers in rgt um, I think I've gone down the wrong, obvious route and I'd say I'd put tetris yeah, you're right there.
Speaker 5Yeah, yeah, but are you right that you've gone down the wrong route, or who knows?
Wait and see now, this is one I think is one of the more difficult questions.
I'm pretty certain carlos is going to get it literally like that no pressure.
In the original Legend of Zelda, what unusual feature was built into the Japanese release but not the international release?
You've disappointed me, carlos.
Speaker 1No, dear man, I'm going to cry myself to sleep tonight.
Now Can you read that again for me please?
Dm In the original.
Speaker 5Legend of Zelda.
What unusual feature was built into the Japanese release but not the international release?
Speaker 4Oh, Hmm, ooh.
Speaker 1Even if we get these wrong, will we expand on our gaming knowledge with this, I think.
Speaker 4Hmm.
Speaker 1Yeah, I don't know, that's a toughie, toughie, toughie.
That one, that's going to be a pure guess and I think it's going to be probably wrong.
I'd have thought.
Speaker 5But I'll have a go.
Well done, done, carlos, you haven't let me down brilliant?
Speaker 7no, I don't even.
I didn't know it, but I know about the hardware, so that's that's what.
That's what suddenly triggered it okay.
Speaker 5So, as I said before, if it's a question where the answer is a number, whoever gets it closest will get the point.
If no one gets it, all right.
Yep, so RGT's first show was the Postman Always Knocks Twice back in October 2022.
What episode number was that?
Oh, jeez.
Speaker 4What episode is today?
Speaker 1281.
281 is today's yes, I win.
Yeah, champion.
Yeah, I'll have a pure guess at this because, I'll be honest with you guys, I don't even know myself.
Speaker 5I bloody told you it the other day.
I know still got no idea.
Speaker 7I remember that episode because the show took a real upturn.
Does that get me any bonus points?
Speaker 1the one man RGT fan club go on then RGT.
Speaker 5What episode number was it?
I believe it was 137, something like that Almost, as if you remember our conversation the other night.
Speaker 1Really, oh, marvellous, that was a pure guess, then, right?
Speaker 5Oh, this is one that will interest Badabingster, given what you said before we started recording, in what year was the Google Stadia discontinued?
Oh, no idea 2025?
.
Speaker 1That's a good question.
I still don't know anyone who ever actually had one.
Speaker 5Did.
Speaker 1George not have one.
Speaker 5Sorry, did George not have one?
No, he's not talking about it.
Speaker 1Oh, he did, yeah, but no, he didn't.
Speaker 7I think I'm confusing the stadia with the what was the other thing, OUYA?
Speaker 1OUYA OUYA.
Yeah, that was sort of the first incarnation of that style of console, wasn't it?
Speaker 2The Hotpoint Washer.
Speaker 1Yeah, that was an odd machine, especially running on Android.
Speaker 5What's your guess on RGT?
Speaker 1I've said 2023.
Speaker 5Good for you, mate.
Speaker 4It's no.
Speaker 5England there at all, is it Of said 2023.
Speaker 1Good for you, mate, good for you.
It's no England there at all, is it A good?
Speaker 2try.
Speaker 5Assassin's Creed 2 takes place during the Renaissance.
Which Italian city is it based in?
There's a few.
I've literally gone by what I looked up.
This is a trick question.
Speaker 4Did you go to three different cities?
Speaker 5Well, to be honest, the first answer I've got is correct.
Okay, that's fine.
Speaker 4I'm hoping it's the main one.
Speaker 1We've got mutiny in the camp.
How do I?
Take people from zoom we've got a troublemaker beers kicked in guinness, I'm sorry.
Speaker 5He's bitched and moaned about it and he got it right anyway.
Speaker 4So in two languages.
Speaker 5They're getting right in two languages.
Yes, I know you did it in a second language as well, aren't you?
He's after bonus.
He's after bonus points, he's after bonus points.
Speaker 1Well, as that was, I think I'm right in thinking that was question 15, which means we are halfway through.
And as we're steaming through it very quick, I'm going to do a little recap here of the first 15 questions without naming anyone DM.
Have we got anyone steaming ahead at the moment?
Speaker 5In first place, we've got someone on eight points second place is on six points.
We've got two people on five points and one person on two points oh, so it's still actually all to play for.
Speaker 1It is very much all to play for.
Oh, I'm impressive everyone really, because some of them questions were.
I think I probably got like two.
I think I think I've probably got two out of that lot, so yeah.
Speaker 6We got a wooden spoon prize for the last place.
Speaker 1Well, I might as well just give that to myself, I think.
No, brilliant, right, I'll let you carry on.
Dm Second half of the quiz.
Okay, then, according to psnprofiles, Right.
I'll let you carry on.
Dm Second half of the quiz.
Speaker 5Okay then, According to psnprofilescom, how many Klaffman trophies does Bobby have?
Speaker 4Couldn't you have said Ginger, he's never done any answer.
Speaker 1Everyone would have been straight on Discord.
He's got 709 that's crazy as well to think for people who are listening who don't know, ginger is one of our discord community and subscriber.
He's on 709 platinums as a little bit of a fact for you.
People are working out what what bobby has, but bobby's a one of our co-hosts.
He's a platinum hunter as well, so he has a.
He has a a vast, vast collection of platinum trophies.
Uh, be interesting to see how close people get.
Obviously just be another numbers one, so we'll go closest.
This gets the points.
Speaker 6Yep I can't even imagine getting 100.
Speaker 4I've got four, I think.
Speaker 2I've not even got one.
Speaker 1Yeah, I've got 67, I think, but nothing like them sort of levels.
Speaker 3I think I've got about 10.
Speaker 1Oh, you're doing well, though I find it hard nowadays getting Platinums with doing the shows.
You have to keep moving the games on, so you ain't got the time to put into them.
Yeah, even 10's on, see, you ain't got the time to put into them, but yeah even 10's good.
Speaker 7Yeah, even 10's good.
I've got one Platinum, but I only have three PlayStation 5 games.
Speaker 5So one out of three.
Speaker 7Brilliant.
Speaker 1I bet that's Star Wars Outlaws.
Speaker 7No, it's not actually, it's Astro.
Speaker 4My name is Mayo.
Is that what it's called?
Speaker 5Yeah, my name is Mayo yeah, what was your guess for that one RGT.
Speaker 1I put 379.
Speaker 5You would have got the point for that, but you're not playing so it doesn't count.
Oh, okay, so this is 17,.
I think 17.
Who was the lead voice actor on Hogs of War?
Speaker 4Oh.
Speaker 6What was the game?
Speaker 5Bogs of War on the PS1.
Speaker 1I think I writ it being confident, but now I'm thinking, no, maybe I'm not that confident.
Speaker 5It's one of my favourite games of all time.
That is basically what my 30th birthday celebration was.
Speaker 4I love his name.
I don't know his name, but he was in an advert for Charles Wells.
I think it's in Bedford.
Speaker 1Fuck Language, sorry, oh, not another F-bomb.
Speaker 4Apologise for the swearing I apologise, I'll start swearing in Italian instead.
Is there a time limit?
Speaker 5I'm trying to think of his name.
There's not a time limit but, to be honest, I'm enjoying just watching you being tortured on my screen, just slowly watching him deteriorate into a rage.
Watching him slowly become the same colour as his hip and shirt.
Speaker 4Oh, I just got a babe.
Speaker 7I sent a pass by mistake.
Speaker 4I think I got it, I remembered, I remembered.
Speaker 1That's a different story.
Have you had all the answers in DM?
Speaker 5Carlos said he sent a pass by mistake.
Speaker 7I sent it again.
Speaker 5He sent it again, but it was wrong.
Anyway, that's right, that's irrelevant.
What's your guess, rgt?
Speaker 1um, I think I've got it wrong.
I'm thinking of, I think I'm thinking of little big planet, but I put steven fry yeah, you're wrong yeah, what was?
Speaker 5okay, uh, what is the name of the sissy in grand theft auto 5?
Speaker 4the city.
Did you say the city?
I thought you said totally something else.
Speaker 1Then that's what yeah, that was definitely city, definitely city.
Dm's gone on.
I'm just confused now.
I think I could have this one, I should get it.
If I get this one wrong, then there's no point in me even taking part in this, because I mean, I've been absolutely shocking at this.
Speaker 7But actually no point me even taking part in this, because I mean I've been absolutely shocking at this.
Speaker 4But actually no, I've never played it.
I've played it and now I'm going to check, but I think I've put the wrong one yeah, you've put the wrong one, mate.
Speaker 1Yeah, rgt what say you?
I would say Los Santos language has he spawned again?
Yeah, he's an F-bomb machine.
Speaker 5I would say Los Santos.
Speaker 1Language.
He said that has he spawned again?
Yeah, he's an.
Speaker 5F-bomb machine.
At what point do I start docking in points?
Speaker 4for swearing.
Sorry, I'll stop.
I'll definitely stop.
Speaker 5Now I'm on workload now, okay, which was the first game to feature a pause feature.
I've used feature twice in that question.
What's?
Speaker 7the question again, sir, the first game to include a pause feature.
Speaker 2Pause oh, oh, oh, oh oh.
Speaker 1That's a cracking question.
Speaker 4That is, that's a Santos how did I get that wrong?
Speaker 1the slow meltdown of Luigi goes on in the background.
Yeah, I am wrong, but I've had a guess.
For some reason that made me think of how you actually done the pause.
But I might be wrong, but I'll be honest, mate.
Speaker 5It was before my time, so I'm definitely wrong I didn't see it was about.
Speaker 1Then, if it's before your time, yeah, yeah, no, I would have been yeah so what?
Speaker 5what was your guess before you decided you were wrong?
Speaker 1rgt embarrassingly, I put contra yeah, you should be embarrassed.
Speaker 5Thank you, okay.
So I really have completely lost count of what I think we're on 20 now question 20 I'm glad we're somewhere.
Speaker 1I've got some use for being here you're my glamorous assistant I'm not glamorous.
You are my debbie mcgee.
Say yes, paul, I was only being you'll get that okay you'll like it, but not a lot.
Speaker 5Oh, you've got a voice for it well, thank you uh seb has his own podcast, separate from the ecp.
What is it called?
Speaker 1oh, no, pressure people, we'll find out who's been listening and who hasn't.
Speaker 5Hmm, I think rgt was a guest on it at one point.
Speaker 1I was a guest on there.
Yeah, so obviously you've all listened to that because you'd have followed me over to his his podcast.
Why are you all looking so worried for?
Speaker 5well, I don't.
I don't know why you're saying that rgt, because they're all getting it right are, are they?
Yeah, until that one, that's a big story.
Speaker 1Yeah, was that mine Okay.
Speaker 5RGT what is it called?
The Single Player Experience Podcast Indeed All right, this should be a real g Indeed.
All right, this should be a real gimme.
All right.
The ghosts in Pac-Man are called Blinky, pinky, inky and what Ooh.
Speaker 1Carlos is straight on his phone there.
That's that morning.
Carlos is straight.
That one, we know that one.
Speaker 7I looked it up the other day what the four ghosts were called.
Speaker 1He was doing a bit of sport already.
Speaker 5You are so close, it's unreal.
Speaker 1I think he's gone for the same wrong answer as hell.
He had his arms up, never even blessed him.
Speaker 5He was ready to celebrate then he had to get his arms up to stop himself from swearing.
Yeah.
Speaker 1He's distracted himself.
Speaker 7I just heard in my head with the arms going up.
Mamma Mia, I'm sorry.
Speaker 1Mamma Mia.
Speaker 7Mamma.
Speaker 1Mia Brilliant, everybody stand up for that afternoon.
Speaker 5I was going to say we really need George here, just just do the voiceover for the badminton.
Speaker 1Yeah, we don't.
I'll do it post editing.
Give him the script while you go okay.
Speaker 5What is the name of the protagonist in half-life?
What is the name of the protagonist in?
Speaker 1Half-Life.
Oh, I have.
I've never played Half-Life.
Speaker 4No, but I think I know the name.
Speaker 5His name is one of the many nicknames I've had in my life.
Speaker 4Oh, something to do with sweating.
Speaker 1No, wow, wow, wow, anything with sweating.
No, wow, that's wow, something to do with sweating.
Speaker 5That's a different one of my nicknames.
Oh okay, I've never been to Pizza Express either.
Speaker 1I think I've got it wrong, but I'm thinking of something else.
I've had a go.
I've had a go.
It's the taken part, as they say.
Yeah.
Speaker 5Yeah, so what is your guess then?
Rgt, alex, that's what I.
Yeah, you're wrong mate.
Speaker 1Yeah, you're wrong that was the spin-off, wasn't it?
Yeah, tingle Tunes is.
Yeah, you're wrong.
Yeah, half-life, that was the spin-off, wasn't it?
Speaker 5Half-Life?
Yeah, Tingle Tune was the only one who got that right.
Speaker 2That's the VR game, isn't it?
Half-life Alyx.
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah, that's why I said that one.
But.
Speaker 5Hey, how many mainline Call of Duty games are there?
Speaker 6Jeez, does that mean Black Ops doesn't count.
Speaker 5I think.
Black Ops is mainline, is it not?
Ooh Ooh.
Speaker 1I am not an FPS guy, so I am out of this.
I have no idea.
This is going to be a total guess.
We can hear you counting Luigi, All right.
Speaker 4Do it in your head, son.
Do it in your head.
Get your shoes and socks off, mate.
The other ones are downstairs.
He's counting, he's counting.
Speaker 5Do you know what?
What could have gone wrong?
Yes, he's foul-mouthed, yes, he's getting grumpy, but at least he's resourceful.
Speaker 1Yeah, he's thinking outside the box, so to speak.
Yeah, exactly, I'm a complete novice at this.
I've had just a pure guess.
Speaker 4I've not counted the PS2 one.
Speaker 1And I've probably said that on every question.
Speaker 2But yeah, pure guess.
Speaker 1Okay, what was that?
Question 23, I think.
Oh, lovely, just seven left.
So, as the show is going quite quick, what we'll do at the end of the show, I'll go around, have a little chat with people.
We'll have a bit of a chat about what you've been playing, what you're hoping to play, what's your favourite system.
In a minute, we'll give you a little go and have a little bit of a chat as well, because, don't forget, this will be video as well as audio, so you'll be able to watch yourself on YouTube in a couple of weeks' time, so well as of recording this.
So, yeah, that'll be good, anyway sorry, carry on.
Speaker 5How many do you think it is RGT?
Speaker 1Well, like I say, I have just guessed that I have put down 13.
Speaker 5There 13?
There are people who've got closer to the answer than you have.
Speaker 7I thought so.
Speaker 1Up at 10 gazillion A little bit out.
There will be at one point, I expect.
Speaker 5Which game is known for the phrase the cake is a lie, the cake is a lie.
Cake is a lie, the cake is a lie, the cake is a lie.
Speaker 4Cake is a lie.
Speaker 1The cake is a lie.
Speaker 5My God, Radovince has grown a tail.
I was going to say I wonder where that come from.
He's really enjoying the quiz, yeah.
Speaker 1The cake is a lie.
Speaker 4I feel like I should know that oh.
Speaker 1The cake is a lie.
I've heard it somewhere.
Speaker 3I just can't.
Speaker 1Yeah, so have I.
I can't think what game that was B on oh of course, I love your answer I don't know what the game is, but I don't think I haven't oh you've.
Speaker 5You've excelled yourself.
For that answer are we.
Speaker 1Are we going to get a recap of these answers at the end?
Um?
Speaker 5some of the wrong answers I've got so far are lying cake bastards marvelous, and um cooking mama I think I've thought too deep about this for the with what I've put.
Speaker 1But yeah, I think I've gone far too over.
Speaker 5Thought this just waiting for one more answer and then we'll hear what you think then.
Rgtgt, yeah, it's good.
Well, we all know it's going to be wrong, but Go on then.
What is your wrong answer?
I'll put heavy rain.
Yeah, that is a wrong answer.
Yeah, that is completely wrong, isn't it?
Yeah, that is a very wrong answer.
Speaker 1Yeah, good, good, I'm keeping my form up.
Speaker 5I think cooking mama is closer than that, to be honest that's wow, that okay.
Speaker 125, I believe.
Speaker 5I thought you said 25 last time.
I think you've lost count as well, mate.
I thought it's 24 last time did I say 25?
Speaker 1you said 25 I think this might be 25.
Speaker 5Oh, I'm sorry either way, it's a question.
Speaker 1Okay, let's go.
We'll find out when the last one is.
Speaker 5What is the agent number of the lead character in Hitman?
Speaker 4What's the question?
Speaker 5What is the agent number of the lead character in Hitman?
Speaker 1Oof Shall.
I tell you a really big surprise here.
You've never played Hitman, no idea, I'm gonna be guessing I thought you were gonna say you're the side.
Speaker 5The numbers is the age that you are jeez, I went to a training work last year and there was a bald guy on it, really tall, thin, bald guy.
And he came in on the second day in a black suit with a red tie no, and the guy leading the course just called him the answer oh, the whole way through the barcode on his head as well.
No, he reckons he has done that for Fancy Dress before.
Speaker 1I'd have been thinking okay, which one of us is it?
Speaker 5You were right, Carlos.
Unfortunately, you missed it with your first one.
What was me nearly saying it?
What gave it away?
Speaker 7No, I was just writing it down as you were about to say it.
Yeah, I'm just starting to remember.
This is a movie, isn't it?
Yeah, a couple of it man RGT.
Speaker 1I'll put 4-3-1.
Yeah, you're wrong.
Speaker 5Yeah, 4-3-1.
Yeah, you're wrong.
Yep, good, good.
Okay.
Now this is a question.
Speaker 1that is in just for RGT, because it's one of the true loves of his life.
Oh, for God's sake, no.
Speaker 5What are you thinking it's going to be?
Speaker 1I don't want to think about any of it.
To be honest, We've already had G1, jockey that's what I'm worried about.
You think in a 30 question quiz I've come up with more than one G1 Jockey question no, I'm thinking you're probably going to say something I've forgot about, and then that's not going to be a realisation who voices Nathan Drake?
Yay, yeah, that was a good one.
Is Nathan Drake?
Yay, yeah.
Speaker 3That was a good one.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 3I've seen his face, yeah, but I can't think of the name.
Speaker 1Oh yeah, what a legend.
Speaker 7Eh, what a legend Are they going to make any more Uncharted games, do you think?
Speaker 1They're supposed to be apparently.
Yeah, I'm half hoping they don't.
I think they've finished the story of Thief's End.
I think they should leave it, but they should be doing another one, which I would imagine will.
Well, I won't say what it'll be actually, in case people haven't played it, that would spoil the end of it, but I think the uh, yeah, the baton will be passed on.
I think, yeah, yeah, um, yeah, I don't know whether they'll do it soon or not, so no, no, matt and blaster of three at the moment.
Speaker 5So I've got all the answers rgt.
Sorry, so what is the answer here?
It?
Speaker 1is the legend.
Speaker 5It is nolan north um just to answer a query from one of the questions as well RGT Is it the guy from Firefly?
Was one of the answers.
Speaker 1That's Philon, isn't it?
Yeah, that's what's his name.
Speaker 4Philon or Philon.
Speaker 1Nathan Fillion.
Nathan Fillion yeah, they done a fan-made little movie.
He starred as Nathan Drake in that, but no, he wasn't the voice of Nathan Drake.
Speaker 5Okay, I genuinely didn't know, so I thought you might know because you are obsessed with Nolan North.
I certainly am.
I've just given the answer away.
Yeah, okay answer away.
Yeah, okay, name either of the first two non-Nintendo characters to appear in the Super Smash Bros franchise, as announced in 2006.
So, so, in 2006, they announced the first non-Nintendo characters were going to be in Super Smash Bros Name.
Either of the first two.
The first non-Nintendo characters were going to be in Super Smash Bros Name, either of the first two.
Speaker 1Right, non-nintendo, I've heard I think these are in the game, but whether they're correct or not, again true to form total guesses.
That'd be even more embarrassing if they've actually never been in Smash Bros and I've just made this up, but I'm sure I've seen them.
I'm sure I've seen them.
The Nathan Drake yes, he was in that.
Speaker 3PlayStation one.
Speaker 1Yeah, ps Stars, they tried to do, didn't they, the rip-off of it.
Speaker 5So what two do you think it was in RGT?
Two of them, yeah, two, you only it was in RGT Two of them.
Yeah, two, you only had to name one of them.
Oh, fair enough, there were two possible answers and you wanted one from you.
Speaker 1I put two down and I bet they're both wrong.
But I put Cloud in Final Fantasy and I put down Solid Snake.
Speaker 5One of those is correct.
Speaker 1Ooh, I got something right, one out of 27.
Get in Okay.
Speaker 5So three questions to go In the Last of Us.
What is Joel's last name?
I know this because I've just finished the series.
He's so excited.
Speaker 2I ain't got it wrong.
I've just finished the series and I don't know this.
Speaker 5His dad's got it on the little Come on, you're funny On the little lit switch badge.
Speaker 4Yeah, no one there.
Policeman name.
Speaker 1Most embarrassingly, I have a display cabinet filled with last of his stuff and I can't remember.
Speaker 4The only reason I know is because of that that's.
Speaker 1Hmm, this is getting embarrassing.
Yeah, that is a toughie.
You've got to look close to know that one.
Speaker 4Pascal, pascal Technically.
You dis-specify Okay.
Speaker 5What year is Red Dead Redemption 2 based in?
Speaker 1I'll give you a do DM.
These are cracking questions.
These are really good questions Because they're not only Thank you, not only are they tricky, they're ones I want to know the answers of.
So if we ever do a game and quiz again and someone different does it and comes up with these questions, I go oh, I know that one.
They're not proper factual ones.
Speaker 7Let's have a look.
She's off to look at the game.
Speaker 5I can't believe it.
Speaker 4I swear.
If it's wrong, I'm going to smash something up Again.
Speaker 1He's sitting in an encyclopedia library of just.
Speaker 5Right, so we've got one question left to go, and do you want to know what the scores are before we go to the last question?
Oh yeah, oh, we've got one person on 13 points, one person on 12 points someone else on nine, someone on seven and someone on three so will we have a tiebreaker.
Could end up with a tiebreaker, and Could end up with a tiebreaker, and I looked up the tiebreaker yesterday and forgot to write it down, so I'll be doing some rapid Googling to get the answer again.
Well, you could do that while.
I'm padded, a particular set of answers comes up.
Okay, so the Unofficial Controller podcast has five hosts, from oldest to youngest.
Give me their names in age order hmm, fine from oldest to youngest.
You say oldest to youngest and, given that you told me more than half the ages the other day, rgt, if you don't get this right, there's something wrong with you.
Speaker 1Would you be surprised if I said I'm struggling?
Speaker 5This is current host then it doesn't include With the question on life in general.
Speaker 6It doesn't include past hosts.
Speaker 5No just five current hosts on current season's artwork.
Speaker 7Let's get rid of this then.
Speaker 1I don't know if I've got this right.
Speaker 4Five current hosts.
Speaker 5The five current hosts.
Yeah, yeah, on the artwork of the season.
Speaker 1Yes, that's me.
The one in the skirt, that's me Richie.
Yeah, that's me.
Speaker 4Right.
Look at their pictures.
Right, who's the oldest who?
Speaker 7are you going?
Speaker 4That's what I'm looking at as well.
Speaker 1Yeah, look at that Bit of merch, bit of merch.
Speaker 4I reckon.
I reckon he's younger actually.
Speaker 1I love your thinking out loud.
We can just hear how it all works.
Speaker 4Maybe the trick is that they are all in age.
Order Shall.
Speaker 1I let you into a secret, luigi.
They're not.
I wish they were.
Are you got the answers in, just waiting for one more?
Speaker 5answer and it's just arrived.
Nobody got that right, no way.
Speaker 7Oh I reckon you're the oldest in.
Speaker 5RGT.
I should say the mistake most people made was saying that George is older than RGT.
Sorry, George, sorry.
Yes, everyone thought that.
Speaker 4I think, it must be the hairline, not everyone thought that Not everyone thought that.
Speaker 1Shall I give you my answer, then, if this is wrong, I'm quitting on air.
Speaker 5I was going to say, if you're wrong, then you've got information.
Speaker 1Yeah, so I've put obviously me, then George, then Bobby, then Scott, then Seb.
Speaker 5As I said, you gave me the information RGT.
So Yep, what was that answer?
What did you say?
I'm the oldest Yep, Followed by George.
Speaker 4Oh OK, what was that?
What did you say?
Speaker 1I'm the oldest, yeah.
Followed by George, okay, followed by Bobby.
Speaker 5Followed by Scott.
Sorry, one person did get it right, yeah.
Speaker 1And followed by the young stupid person.
Guess we got it right.
Superb.
So are you going to have a little totter up?
Do you need to have a bit of a totter up already, mate?
If you?
Speaker 5want to.
If you want to go off on a diversion for a little bit, yeah, I can do before.
We will keep in suspense for a bit.
Speaker 1Keep me in suspense for a bit.
Um, yeah, so if you're like on this show, everyone who's listening is the first time listening, um, make sure you uh download some shows, go over to spotify, go over to any podcast providers we're on pretty much all of them uh, youtube channel as well.
If you've got any questions you'd like to ask us about the show, how do you become a subscriber?
How do you join in?
Go to questions at unofficialcontrollerpodcastcom, or you can dm us on instagram or twitter or anything.
I'm rgt on air retro gamer thomas, you can message me.
Or even if you follow any of the guys you're listening to on here, like Digital Monkery or anyone who's on like Banner Binkster, you can message them as well.
They can send you to the right place.
Come on the Discord, come, say hi, come and join in and all the different bits and pieces.
Yeah, and you can see.
You can see how mad, having fun like this and questions that I get all completely wrong.
Um, so, yeah, any, anyone wants to join in?
Like I say, there's plenty of places.
Contact us, come and send us an email, come and join in, but let's head over to find out who we've got.
Are you gonna read them all at reverse order and then get to the top three?
Speaker 5I'll just do the top three, I think, yep, okay.
So in third place with 10 points, we have Tingle Tuna.
Ooh, well done.
In second place with 12 points, we have Badabingster and his live research oh, and the winner is and the winner of the Cards Against UCP, with 13 points, is Carlos Yay, well done.
Speaker 1Carlos, well done, well played, that's amazing.
Congratulations, mate.
Speaker 7Oh thanks, that's brilliant.
Speaker 1So, as you just heard, we have given away a Cards Against UCP, which you probably recognise as the popular game.
Dm had a special one made for us which will be questions.
It's got questions in it about the show, about the hosts, all a bit of fun really.
Can you just run us through who it was again, dm, who made those?
Speaker 5MakeMyCardsart.
That's it.
Yeah, it's a really easy site to use.
Um, you literally just make your own black cards and white cards and if you've got a few of you who want to make a deck together, you can share a link so you can do it all collaboratively.
Yeah and um, yeah, it's done by a single bloke living in spain and, uh, he's really nice to talk to and really helpful with any issues you've got.
Speaker 1Yeah, definitely.
Like I say definitely, go and check them out at make my cards dot art.
Check out his site.
Very easy, like dm said, very easy to use.
Um great little present for someone.
Or, if you want to all join in, do it together.
Uh, very professionally printed.
They look very good, um, and we're very happy with ours.
Um, and that will be going to carlos and the winner.
But thank you to everyone for joining in.
Um, that was a good bit of fun.
Um, first time we've tried a quiz on the zoom meetup, but I think it's been quite successful.
So we'll definitely try that again.
But I think before we go we'll have we'll have a little chat with the guys who give you all your little bit of time in the limelight, have a bit of a chat about what you've been playing, what you hope to play, what systems you've been playing on.
We'll go around there.
So we'll start off with the first quiz winner, which is, as on the show, you'll hear him called the one-man George fan club.
That is Carlos.
What have you been playing lately, carlos, if?
What have you been playing lately, carlos, if you've had time to play.
Speaker 7Yeah, I've been playing.
Obviously, for your section on the Discord, I was playing a bit of Forza 2.
Yes, I'd already got quite a way into it, like back in the day and sort of coming into it.
Maybe if I'd come into it fresh I probably would have played a bit more, but I sort of fell off it really quickly yeah it's a bit grindy after a while, isn't it?
Speaker 1It can get a bit grindy.
Speaker 7Yeah, I found I was either driving around on my own or I was nowhere.
That's what I was finding.
And yeah, I thought, well, it's not exactly close racing that way, is it?
So I sort of fell off that.
But just in time for you to announce that the next game was going to be Dead Space.
Speaker 1Yes.
Speaker 7So I took a trip down to CEX with £2 that I scavenged from down the sofa.
The CEX was shut.
They're relocating in my town, so I walked home with nothing and decided to get Game Pass instead for a month.
I think it was £15.
But actually there's quite a lot on that Game Pass.
Now I haven't had it for a month.
It's like, yep, it's 15 pounds, but actually there's quite a lot on that game pass.
Now I haven't had it for a while, so there's a lot on there to play.
So, um, but I've been getting into that dead space.
Yeah, it's a really good game actually.
Yeah, I've played a lot of games like that before and so, if you know the survival horror games, I've not really played them.
So, yeah, it's a really good game actually.
Speaker 1Yeah it's quite unique as well being that sort of space setting rose.
You tend to have your sort of zombies in your and your resident evils, but that is that bit different and, if anyone's listening, wondering what what this is, we do, we do we're sort of going through generation seven, really ps3, xbox 360, um, and we've had a list of games.
We've done a show about it me and zangief off off our discord, um, and we started, from this month, putting the games out for a vote.
Because there's so many want to play, we thought we'll put four at a time.
Let let you lot in the discord decide.
And this month came up with dev space.
So the good thing is there's the remake of that.
So some people are playing that on xbox series x or ps5.
Um, I'm playing it on ps3, the original, I mean.
I know a couple people playing on the 360, so it's it's plenty of scope to play the game.
But yeah, I've been playing a bit myself as well and it is spooky.
But yeah, yeah, very, very good.
Um, we should move on to next.
We'll go on to badabink star.
What have you been playing lately, my friend?
Speaker 4um same as um carlos.
To be fair, I've, um, you know, dabbled in with ford, so I've got a bit bored of it.
To be fair, I'm used to my Gran Turismo.
I just couldn't continue.
Got to unlock the car that we spoke about, the Clio.
Then I kind of was like, oh, quite glad I moved on.
That's the tough car, that Clio, and, yeah, dead Space.
I went and got my PS3 copy.
Speaker 3There's no disc in there.
Speaker 4Oh no.
So I've obviously put it in a PlayStation and maybe sold it on.
So yeah, like Carlos said, it's on PS5.
I think it was free a few months ago maybe.
So I've downloaded that and started playing it on there.
So I played that at the minute and I managed to get myself another PS3.
So I've been going for some of the games and found one with something inside that I've never seen before and people were quite interested by it.
I don't know what copy.
It's got some sort of photos in it which mine didn't have.
Speaker 1Oh, no way, it must have been a day, one edition or something.
Speaker 4Yeah, it's got like the old.
Speaker 1Sort of negatives.
Speaker 4Yeah, yeah, oh, no way.
Speaker 1I've never seen that in cool.
Oh yeah, that's awesome, oh, brilliant.
Um, what about you, uh, tingletuna?
What have you been playing lately?
Or hoping to play soon?
Speaker 2well, um, following on from last month's challenge, accepted I'm.
I'm now seven days clean from playing.
I've finally been able to put that one down and put that to bed.
Um, and I've been playing a bit of Dead Space on the PS5, enjoying that.
I'm not really very good with these survival horror kind of games as soon as I get a few scares I normally turn it off and that's the end of it.
But I'm going to try and keep playing that one.
So I've got through the first chapter.
I'll see if I can find a bit of time to do some more tonight.
One of the upsides of the challenge accepted was I didn't have time to play any Dragon Quest III on the Switch and just recently I think it was on Friday put out a patch for it, so it's upgraded for the Switch 2.
Oh, fantastic, 60 frames, a second and up-res.
So I can start working through that this month.
And I've also a bit of a stingrays boot had, uh vacaroo on the switch today, which is a.
It's a bit of a 3d adventure game.
It's made by some of the game, uh, some of the developers that did adventures of gomon on um on the64, if you ever played that, oh right okay.
It's a good feel.
I think it's a studio that do a lot of work with Nintendo.
That's really good.
I've played about an hour of that today and really enjoyed that, so hoping to play some more of that this month.
Speaker 1Oh fantastic.
Oh, some good games there you've been playing.
Then Move on to Firm Returns.
What have you been playing?
Then Move on to Firm.
Speaker 6Returns.
What have you been playing lately?
Well, I was visiting a friend last weekend and every time I see him I normally take the Switch down and we try and do a bit of a couch co-op.
So we've been working our way through Huntdown.
I don't know whether you guys have encountered that Run and Gun.
Speaker 2Oh, yes, yeah, terrific, brilliant working our way through hunt down.
Speaker 6I don't know whether you guys encounter that run and gun.
Oh, yes, yeah, yeah, terrific, brilliant.
Yeah, we, it's quite a hard one, but we've been sort of cracking about one major sort of level and um, and all the sort of I think there's four or five bosses per one.
We've sort of been cracking that one of those, um, every time we do it and slowly working our way through over a few trips, um, so that's been good.
I've also been playing solo, uh, the messenger, which I think I've mentioned a few times on the discord.
Um, yeah, I think I'm about 25 hours in now.
Is it's a game that it's a starts off as like a kind of a ninja gaiden type platformer.
You go through fairly linearly, go through a set of platform and defeat a boss and so on, and then it kind of opens up into a bit of a Metroidvania you have to backtrack a lot and try and collect things and so on and then defeat a few more bosses and stuff.
I think I'm on the final level of that now.
I just had a platforming sequence where I was being chased by this monster from the abyss and I think it took me over 100 deaths and about three hours of attempts to do it.
Because it's one of these ones where, um, I imagine it's a bit similar to like metroid dread or something where you've been chased, but it's like a sequence of um, you're doing this platform and if you make any slip up at all and it's probably about two or three minutes of continuous platforming if you make any slip at all, it catches you, so there's absolutely zero room for error it reminds me of um, reminds me of one of the battle toads games where you're on the bikes and you have to jump over the route, all perfectly timed, and if you get that wrong, that's it.
Speaker 1And that is tough, tough.
That battle total.
It reminds me of that.
Speaker 6But 100 attempts, wow, I'll give you dedication, that's I've thrown down the gauntlet for ginge on this one as well.
See if they can tackle this as a future platinum, because I was looking at the list of platinums for it and one of them was to do.
There's a a level where you have to get a light source because you're going into a dark cave and you can still access the cave even without the light source, and so one of the trophies is to do an entire level of platforming without being able to see.
Speaker 3So you'd have to actually memorize.
Speaker 6You'd have to do it first with a light source and then memorize it and try and do it without.
So I have no idea how he's going to do that, but we'll have to see.
Speaker 1It'd be interesting to see the percentage of people that's got the trophy for that.
I bet the platinum is quite low.
I'd have thought.
Speaker 6I think so yeah.
Speaker 1It's like 0.09% or something ridiculous, I reckon.
But yeah, have you been playing anything else, or is that all?
Speaker 6and ridiculous, I reckon.
But yeah, have you been playing anything else or is that all?
Uh, that's mostly I was also.
I've been playing um a bit online with a friend.
Uh, gotham knights picked that one up.
It was the one.
They did the sort of multiplayer more arcadey one they did after arkham knight.
I don't think it would be a great game if you're playing on your own, but playing it with somebody else and going out and just going around Gotham and you know, each night going and doing all the different objectives and things, beating them up enemies and things, and then having all these different kind of like side quests and then a main storyline with a court of owls and stuff.
It's been great fun.
Yeah, it's been.
If you have got any kind of game with friends and stuff, it works seamlessly.
It's very.
Could you just drop into their their session and stuff?
Speaker 1and, yeah, that's all their progress and things.
It's great, yeah, brilliant.
Um, we'll move on to emma.
What have you been playing lately?
I would imagine maybe an assassin's creed in there somewhere a while ago I did um shadows.
Speaker 3Yeah, I haven't played it recently, but I've really been enjoying that so far.
That's really quite good.
Um, that's quite more in.
I find in the gameplay they've gone backwards in that to how some of the original assassins were because I found, although the hello was okay, it was too way too big.
I just found it was too monotonous to fetch and carry.
It wasn't big, I just found it was too monotonous too fetch and carry it wasn't uh what I would say, was an assassin's game.
Speaker 1It just got a bit.
Yeah, too long yeah, definitely gone more down that sort of stealthy route.
Now aren't they back to?
Speaker 3the stealth lot although they've got a bit of both in you've got a bit of brute force and you've got a bit of stealth it's quite fun.
So you can pick and choose.
You're not stuck to stuck to the one.
Speaker 1On that one but I'm not like.
That was a very long game, or no, it's not.
Speaker 3Um.
Speaker 1I can't remember how many hours I put into it now um well, no, they had sort of yeah, I think it is something they had sort of shrunk a lot of the later ones down and they took about 20 odd hours, which is uh, yeah, I think sometimes people haven't always got 100 plus hours to put into games.
Speaker 3Nowadays they're saying at the time I mean I'm sure you could put 100 plus hours in, but it'd be, what would you do?
It's like mirage.
It's not very big, I think, 30 hours max and you could do everything in it yeah, yeah they haven't put many updates or dlcs on that one, the only one they did was 40 thieves yeah, that's true, and then I said to you the other day I was starting to play black ops 6 oh, yes, yes, yeah remember I said to you but I I found that very odd.
Yeah, does anybody else find it?
I just felt they were.
I don't know, it might be just my personal thing that they were coming off of.
It just felt weird they've gone into, like as I was saying, it was like the zombies and the the jumpiness of it.
I didn't enjoy that side of thing because I, like you, I don't play a lot of that kind of game I don't like that kind of game, so I'm not sure on that one.
Speaker 1I'm still deciding yeah, I think, like we were talking about, I think they're obviously trying different routes and different stories and bits and pieces, you know as this you know there's been a lot of games in the series, so they're obviously trying to go down a different route.
But whether that works or not will be uh well, we'll see, I suppose.
But not going to be for everyone, I don't think.
But is there anything?
Speaker 3else you've been playing emma or I've been having to go to tomb raiders, some old classics.
I'm going to go at those that.
Speaker 1I've been quite enjoying as well.
Speaker 3I'm going to go at the definitive edition, which I've quite enjoyed.
Speaker 1Yeah, good idea, it's good.
Getting back to the old Tomb Raiders, them games don't really seem to age for me.
I think they're brilliant games.
Speaker 3I've want to go through and I don't think I'll platinum it, but I'm certainly going through, doing all me what I can brilliant, yeah, absolutely superb.
Speaker 1I suppose we better head over to our hostess with the mostest old dm.
What you've been playing lately, my friend um, just like tingle tuna.
Speaker 5I am currently in belatro rehab this is like the confession space for ex belatro junkies but um, with the kids being off, I've mainly been playing things like Shredder Revenge and Rita's Rewind with them, and they really enjoy playing the Jackbox Party Pack games as well.
Speaker 4Oh yeah.
Speaker 5We've been doing a lot of stuff like that, but in terms of games I've been playing just for me, the only one I've played recently is Three or four years ago I had a real binge on Kickstarter for point-and-click games that were in development, yeah, and the most recent one I got is called Near Mage and it's beautifully animated.
I'm still very early in it.
It's very much holding my hand, but it's got very good positive signs for me so far.
Speaker 1Oh good, yeah, I mean I know Kickstarter can be hit and miss, but it's it's got very good positive signs for me so far.
Oh good, yeah, you can't.
I mean, I know kickstarter can be hit and miss, but sometimes you can find some absolute brilliant games on there where people are so creative and just need that money just to get the game out yeah, um, because I I backed um.
Speaker 5What was it called?
It's got a titan similar to stranger things.
It's based in the 80s.
I don't remember what it's called at all um, um, wait a second.
Speaker 1I do know what you mean um you know exactly what you came on one about.
Yes, I do know uh I've got.
Speaker 5I've sought another youtube channel through that as well, and there's a couple of others.
I think I'm waiting for something about ooze.
I've completely forgot the names of games that I've been buying, probably while again when you're asking what I'm, what I've been playing, but, um, now, near mage is quite fun so far.
Oh, brilliant, unusual findings, that's the one, yeah, yeah that's the one yep.
Speaker 1I did see it represented on a lot of kickstarter game channel sort of thing they were talking about.
Speaker 5That um anything else you've been playing.
No, that's it me that's it for me.
Speaker 1Um, me, I've still been into well firm return suggestion, which I've been playing on the switch, which is cattle country.
Uh, still really enjoying that.
Um, that's pretty much a endless game for me.
There's plenty to do in that.
If you haven't heard the show before, don't know what Cattle Country is.
It's basically think of Stardew Valley, very, very similar to Stardew Valley, but with that Western theme.
Some people say it's a cross between Red Dead Redemption and Stardew Valley.
So not only do you farm and do your bits and pieces, you have weapons as well so you can hunt and shoot deers and occasionally you'll have a couple of bandits jump out at you, try and rob you and you have to take them out in a gunfight.
And so, yeah, all really interesting, all really good.
Big plan that, um, I've been playing, uh, murder on your express on the switch 2, but it is the switch version.
But, um, running on the switch 2, it looks gorgeous, it's smooth as silk, uh, 60 fps.
Uh, the train, and that when you're inside, uh, you want to express the reflections.
Everything looks stunning on the switch to.
And, great guy, I love all those sort of murder, mystery, puzzle games.
Really, really good.
It's not a third person, sort of over the shoulder style, and you have to remember when you're having conversations.
You have to remember, because the game will then come straight back and say, right, what age is that person, what you know, what will they wear and where do they work for, what's their nationality, and you have to try, and you know, be focused and remember everything for when you get questioned later on and that will help you further down.
Really, really good.
Um.
I've also, um been playing the demo of the.
I think it's the Adventures of Elliot, the Millennium Tale or something I think it's called Square Enix's new action RPG, sort of HD 2.5 sort of graphics, very similar to the graphics on, you know, octopath, Traveler or Triangle Strategy, but this is an action rather than turn-based.
Very similar to a Zelda.
You've got shrines to find and bits and pieces.
Quite a lengthy demo.
Definitely recommend it.
If you're going the e-shop, download it, switch to game.
Very, very good so far.
Highly recommend.
I don't think it's out till 2026, but I definitely will be pre-ordering that.
Um, I'm trying to think if there's anything else I've been playing.
I think that is pretty much it.
I believe um, yeah, I think it is.
Um.
What I'll quickly do now is I'll just whip through our subscriber list because, although some of them are here, some people aren't, um, and that's we know.
We honor, as part of their perks, their readouts.
So I'll quickly go through the list.
We have cnox, we have the one manman George fan club, carlos.
We have Firm Returns, we have Trestles New York, we have Roast Space Monk, we have Bada Binkster, we have Tingle Tuna, digital Monkery, hostess with a mostess, we have Bald Border, we have Boba, we have Ginge Harvey, retro, we have Emma Sharp, nowhere Near Berlin, mumsy, the RGT Fan Club, pete Brocklehurst, billy Marmite, simon Pryke and I'm going to say it normally this week, just so I don't upset all the people looking at me on the screen it is Fats and Keef.
So thank you to all them people.
If you want to know more about the subs list, when you download this on your podcast provider, down to the bottom there's a little button called support the show and that'll guide you through our perks and bits and pieces that we do for the show.
Um, I think, dm, we are about there, I believe, aren't we?
Are?
We about there, I believe?
So, um, like I said earlier, I'll just go over again.
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Um, to say thanks to everyone, cheers for all your taking part.
Uh, especially thanks to dm for doing the quiz.
Absolutely superb.
Mate really enjoyed that.
I know it was rubbish but that was really good.
Like I say, with that bit of a mixture of questions about us, questions about the show, plus some good good factual gaming history questions there.
Really really good congratulations to the top three there, well done.
But, like I say, congratulations to everyone for joining in.
That was brilliant.
I'm sure this is something, um, we'll be doing again.
Um, and it also leaves me just to say there's nothing wrong with being given the unofficial controller.
That's what you do if it counts.
See you later everyone yeah see you bye, bye.