Latest / Dad Needs To Talk / EP 81: Andor & Last of Us

Transcript

EP 81: Andor & Last of Us · Dad Needs To Talk

0:07
What's up y'all? And welcome back to Danny's to
0:10
talk. I'm your host robber.
0:11
And today, we're here for our first official episode of 2023.
0:20
Now That's episode. We're just going to talk, do a
0:27
little bit of catching up on my. Have a couple of things.
0:31
I do want to talk about and stuff, but I'll go ahead and say
0:34
up front. There's not gonna be a lot of
0:36
anime talk, probably know, manga, talking stuff, especially
0:40
the anime. I know, there's a lot of anime,
0:42
all right, now I'm watching a lot of anime but I am saving
0:45
that for a later episode that I'm trying to plan out with
0:50
somebody, so be patient. I will have lots of thoughts on
0:58
all the very dope shows that I am currently watching for the
1:03
winter anime season, but before I dive into that, it's always,
1:10
if this is your first time here, then welcome, but if you're a
1:14
returning this narender Watcher then, welcome back.
1:17
Yeah, I know here at Denny's to talk, it's all about fatherhood
1:20
and family. Manga anime. and, Occasionally
1:28
some video games. so, I hope everybody out there is well, I
1:34
hope you all have had a solid starts with the new year.
1:44
I hope that y'all new year has been a little bit more Kinder
1:49
and gentler than mine has been. But you know, before I dive into
1:57
all that stuff from, of course it will say up front.
2:02
You always, y'all can always find me everywhere at Denny's to
2:05
talk this across all social media platforms.
2:08
So if you want to keep up with what I may be watching reading
2:13
or talking about in between my podcast episodes and stuff or
2:18
any reviews or whatever that I have coming out, then make sure
2:21
to follow me on those various platforms.
2:24
And yeah, so I hope that y'all have at least been enjoying some
2:29
of the Manga reviews and stuff that I have.
2:32
I going up over the course of the last few weeks and stuff
2:36
like I mentioned before everything, for the most part
2:40
that has been dropping so far. It's stuff that I recorded way
2:44
back in early to mid-December. So in a way for me it's kind of
2:51
been a few weeks since I have done a normal I guess.
2:59
Quote-unquote normal. Podcast episode and stuff.
3:04
But we are here and yeah. So like I said, y'all, I don't
3:11
know. My life is strange, life has
3:14
been strange. My mind is in kind of a a fog of
3:21
sorts because like I said, it is been just a very Odd start to
3:27
the year and many ways because you're not in my and my
3:31
farewell, 22 episode. I talked about that.
3:33
At the end of last year, we were dealing with my wife being in a
3:37
car wreck. So now we're down a car.
3:39
And, of course, my wife is fine. But then like, we had like a,
3:45
like, my car had issues. Like, what was it last weekend?
3:53
Yeah, that thing, last weekend, which was my birthday week.
3:59
Which I was planning on, maybe trying to do maybe like a
4:02
birthday stream or something whatever, but that didn't happen
4:06
for a multitude of reasons and stuff.
4:08
So yeah, your boy love it up. Another level, I am now 33.
4:15
So yeah, I'm here, I'm still here, still chugging along, but
4:22
but yeah, so with everything is going on.
4:26
And I had like a wave of sickness, hit my house including
4:29
myself today that I'm recording this.
4:34
It was my first day back to work in about a week because I have
4:37
freaking covid now I think I know potentially where I got it
4:44
from, because I think that my wife had mentioned that she had
4:47
a friend, a friend that she was hanging out with all new years,
4:51
they had, potentially unbeknownst to them.
4:55
Got it from somebody at their job, where they work at and of
4:59
course know that of course symptoms and stuff then start
5:01
showing up until you know, way past later whatever.
5:06
But by a so it's either that or of course, y'all know we're
5:10
always. Around because of the kids and
5:14
sports and stuff, whatever. So who knows?
5:17
But yeah, so I was down for good part of her week, but I am back
5:24
and feeling way better than I was.
5:29
Especially this time. Last week I was, I was going
5:34
through it, but I pushed through, I survived and here to
5:39
continue to fight another day. But while I was out, it kind of
5:46
gave me a chance to, to dive into some different things
5:52
which, which I'm going to talk about some, some stuff I played
5:56
and washed and stuff during during that time.
6:01
But, but yeah, but aside, from that yesterday, I also got to go
6:09
and celebrate one of my niece's. Is my, my sister's youngest
6:13
daughter. Lydia got to go and celebrate
6:16
her birthday with her and, you know, the family who serves me
6:20
and Vash went out there. And it was my brother-in-law.
6:23
Both of my niece's, both of my daughter's, my both of my
6:27
sisters daughters made them my brother-in-law and some of their
6:34
other friends and stuff whatever.
6:35
And so we had a fantastic time together.
6:42
Horribly my my baby girl. My niece she's 15 now.
6:49
But but yeah, it was beautiful. We had a fight time.
6:51
We ate some good food and Has some really fun bonding moments
6:58
and stuff because Vash got to try out some instruments.
7:08
Some real danger is 90 knockoff toy.
7:13
I'll still, I know some real deal stuff because I'm pretty
7:16
sure particular before they're like my brother-in-law.
7:21
And everybody on like my father's side of the family,
7:25
whatever. It's a lot of I agree.
7:26
Inclined people on that side of the family because all of my
7:31
sister's kids all play instruments of difference.
7:34
From think the, I think the hardest thing is I think he paid
7:37
the trombone. CJ was to get our Lydia plays
7:43
the violin and Sarah, I feel like Sarah, played the flute,
7:51
maybe if I remember, right? And of course, the girls also
7:55
sing as well. So it was my brother-in-law.
7:58
So yeah. So some some my brother-in-law
7:59
has a piano and a guitar and a harmonica as so Vash.
8:05
He has a play on the piano a little bit.
8:08
Strum the guitar bit but he was on the harmonica while my
8:14
brother-in-law was on the keyboard and they were just
8:17
jamming out having a wholesome. Good time.
8:20
I love to see it. That was super awesome to kind
8:25
of get the gist. See.
8:26
And of course I got pictures and videos and stuff of it.
8:30
But yeah, it was super dope and super special to see that stuff.
8:36
But yeah, I'm trying to think aside from that stuff, so very
8:44
big thing happened. I got to talk to my dad for the
8:50
first time in my 33 years of life.
8:53
At least that I have memory of Was a very, very unexpected
9:01
moment because it's definitely was not a planned thing, it was
9:04
just, you know, my brother-in-law disappeared for a
9:07
moment and then he come in the room.
9:10
He was like, hey come here real quick and he handed me the phone
9:14
and he's like, hey Isaac. My daddy's, I was on the phone.
9:20
Do you want to talk to him? And so, it was just very
9:25
surreal, hear my dad's voice For the first time, even even, even
9:31
me saying the word, dad is weird, you know, because like I
9:36
said, I've talked about it before in a raffle to go into
9:39
right now but yeah. So but it was a good
9:44
conversation. We get to talk to you too long
9:47
or whatever but it was a nice conversation and kind of like a
9:51
rapid-fire catch up on what's going on with my life now and
9:57
Kind of some, some highlights of I guess more so like like more
10:05
on the adult life, side of things, whatever.
10:07
And no, of course him asking me about how am I taking to
10:10
fatherhood and all that stuff and stuff?
10:13
So but, but yeah. So that was a very big
10:16
unexpected moment. And so I feel like so a lot of
10:23
stuff that kind of experience this last week and the last
10:27
couple weeks in general The. The outro song, the ending song
10:39
for Venice Saga season 2. it's called without love, and For a
10:50
multitude of reasons like I for one that song is just freaking
10:53
fantastic. I have had that song on Loop and
10:59
repeat for the better part of the last week.
11:06
Pretty much since says that Open up and happen and stuff, man.
11:13
It was just so freaking wild. To, you know, to to see this
11:22
stuff, whatever. But by about the lyrics, As
11:28
somebody who is already read The Arc that the the what you either
11:33
want to call Farmland Saga, or the slave Arc, whichever way you
11:36
want to phrase. It, I read these volumes couple
11:41
years ago now. It is this it right here.
11:46
So Books, five six and seven. Maybe a little bit of a bummer,
11:51
but for sure, 5, 6 and 7 for this Arc and The visual imagery
12:00
that they use for this, for both the intro and the outro, but
12:06
especially the outro and with the lyrics for this song, it is
12:11
a perfect encapsulation of the internal struggle that through
12:18
orphan will go through during this season.
12:25
And like I said, light like it, the song, Stuff just like his.
12:29
I really hit me and so many ways.
12:32
Like I just get like a swell of emotions, no matter how many
12:35
times on repeat, as listen to this song, it is just a constant
12:41
swirl of emotions and stuff and like I said, with me kind of
12:48
being down and sick this last week as well.
12:53
I found myself down into some other things and I might be all
12:59
over the place with this episode, you know, might not be
13:03
that long or whatever, but I'm just going to just talk to you
13:05
something. So, forgive the on the
13:08
unorthodox, miss this episode, but But we're just going to just
13:15
talk to some things because I got some stuff on my mind.
13:18
So, so early last week I was, what was it a on PlayStation,
13:29
the, the free, PlayStation, plus games for the month.
13:32
Whatever, one of the free games was or is Star Wars Jedi
13:38
following order, Jedi Fallen order, which is game That I
13:45
really enjoyed from what year was this?
13:49
2019. So shoot, four years ago now,
13:54
something like that. Jedi, Fallen order. so whoops,
14:03
I'm just clicking on stuff y'all but but yeah, but yeah, Jedi
14:10
following order super dope game. And I'm like, you know what, the
14:18
sequel that I talked about on just Petty Games episode a while
14:23
back, Jedi Survivor is coming out in March.
14:28
It sounds like, you know what, I really enjoyed this game.
14:30
Let me hop back in now that it's got the updated PS5 version.
14:35
So I played through maybe like a good hour or so of the game.
14:38
Okay just come. I like the intro area and I was
14:41
like yeah this game still freaking good.
14:48
After all these years and then while I was playing the game it
14:56
kind of made me remember a show I wanted to watch because I was
15:01
like I was like oh yeah I want to I want to Gal.
15:11
Sorry. Sorry, I did not mean to do
15:14
that, but I guess I said a name for me and or so, this is a,
15:25
this is a Star Wars TV series. That is a prequel to the movie
15:31
Star Wars. Rogue one, which was a movie
15:34
that I did enjoy back when it came out and stuff.
15:38
But of course now I've probably heard about it before that.
15:41
I am not I'm not necessarily like a super mega Ultra Star
15:45
Wars fan but I do enjoy some of the movies and TV shows and
15:50
stuff, and they're like the Mandalorian, which is going to
15:52
be coming back in March or whatever.
15:56
But but yeah. So so and or this show was super
16:04
dope. It was super freaking cool it
16:11
It's 12 episodes long on Disney plus, which was a night was,
16:15
which was another unexpected surprise.
16:17
Because somebody shows now, you know, or like, maybe like 6
16:21
episode sometimes, of course, I know there are still there still
16:23
longer, but a lot of stuff that I've watched recently have been
16:26
like six, eight episodes, whatever.
16:28
And so when I got to like episode 5, I was okay, I guess
16:31
is about to be over as I looked at the episode list and I saw
16:35
that I was barely even halfway through the season.
16:38
I was like, yes. Yes, yes, yes.
16:40
I want more of this, um, But yeah, so so the series kind of
16:46
basically just like follows this guy, I forgive me for because my
16:53
mind is kind of mush right now. Like I said from you know the
16:58
mix of like me being sick and everything.
17:03
Kassian. Yeah.
17:04
His the main character's name is Cassie and and or which it kind
17:08
of reminds me of the main character from Jedi following
17:11
order, which is a cow. Festus, but bias are Cassie and
17:17
door and this movie was just like, so my vibe over this
17:24
series was just so my vibe just because it had a mix of like, So
17:32
many things happen over the course of this series.
17:35
But basically, and or is kind of like a sometime think I had
17:43
heard it described him. I don't necessarily like he's
17:45
not really a Smuggler but he's best got a guy that will go
17:49
around. Do a lot of odd jobs and stuff
17:51
because he saves or he initially starts how seemingly on the
17:57
journey to find his long-lost sister because he is from A
18:02
planet where he is, right? Like, like rare, what he's like
18:07
it like one like the rare survivors from his tribe or
18:10
whatever, that he grew up with back in the day.
18:13
But over the course of the series, he meets a variety of
18:19
characters and they end up at so many different scenarios that I
18:24
love. There is a freaking section,
18:26
that is basically like a bank heist.
18:28
There is a section that is like a Prison Break.
18:33
And of course you know there's awesome meetings and dark alleys
18:37
and you know, you wondering who are these characters can you
18:43
trust? And you know Shady figures in
18:47
the background All That Dope stuff.
18:51
But yeah, but that that that it was just a really, really good
18:55
watch and I look forward to watching more of this show.
19:02
Because like I said, it was just a really good.
19:04
So I highly recommend this show like I said, even if you were
19:10
not a die-hard Star Wars fan, this is one that is really easy
19:15
to dive into and like I said, just kind of really pulls you in
19:19
with the characters and you just kind of want to know okay what
19:23
what other Shenanigans the stuff is and or going to get into and
19:28
and who are these characters can be trusted and What?
19:32
Who is planning to double-cross? Who or whatever, but lasso and,
19:38
or was a super fun and super dope watch. and, Kind of going
19:46
from there. so, The Last of Us. That is the other show that I
19:59
should just wash right before. I recorded as some HBO Max and
20:06
they just had their Almost hour-and-a-half, Premiere
20:12
episode. And as somebody who really,
20:18
really, really loved that first game and still enjoyed the part
20:26
2. Of course, I am a very big fan
20:29
of the series as so, you know, hearing that this would be kind
20:34
of a pretty much a retelling of the First game, I was kind of
20:39
like, okay, you know, I'll give it a shot and stuff, you know,
20:47
you know, basically, I went in with an open mind that, that
20:49
that's the way I try to approach stuff like this, which I will
20:55
talk about another day with Trigon, Stampede have open mind
20:59
people but last of us. So got Pedro.
21:04
Pascal past scale, as And Bella Ramsey, as Ellie.
21:12
And this first episode was freaking dope.
21:16
It was freaking fantastic. Like I said, that's somebody who
21:22
is play through last of us one Maybe not as like a paid.
21:29
It fully myself multiple times, but I've seen it paid through
21:32
multiple times because like my wife herself, she's paid through
21:35
it a couple times. I've played through to myself
21:38
and especially like the got their interesting.
21:41
It is just like seared into my mind, the stuff with Joel, and
21:46
his daughter, Sarah, and all that stuff.
21:49
And there are some moments that are literally shot-for-shot with
21:55
the video game. Especially a certain scene with
22:00
Gerald and Sara before we time job.
22:05
I guess that's all I'll say on that, but They also used the
22:14
format of Television to really expand upon the story because
22:24
what else? A real quick first of all.
22:28
If you have any interest in watching the show, Even if you
22:31
have never checked out the game I think that is fantastic.
22:35
Watch the show because I feel like this show and this is just
22:40
me. Just based on from this first
22:41
episode and how they did this, that this is any indication of
22:45
how they will handle things going forward for the rest of
22:48
the season. Then I feel like this show will
22:53
be for both fans of the game that have played it as well as
22:57
As newcomers who maybe have just heard about, or maybe, I've
23:00
never even heard of book, The Last of Us, which I guess I
23:06
should say. So, last of us like I say, it is
23:10
originally a video game. Originally came out on position
23:13
3, they remade it for PS4 or they remastered for PS4 and then
23:16
they just did a ground-up remake for PS5 and there's also the
23:21
sequel last of his part to they came out on PS4 and PS 5 back in
23:26
2020. So The basket.
23:29
The basic setting of the story is that it's basically a
23:34
post-apocalyptic world where this kind of fungus takes over
23:41
people's minds and transform them into these creatures.
23:49
They're not zombies. But there's like, I guess you
23:52
can say like, they're kind of, like zombie liking away, but
23:56
very different though. The and that is one thing with
24:01
the sound design of the games and even the bit, they've
24:04
teasing the show. The sound of the clickers.
24:07
That is what they're infected or called it clickers.
24:10
Like kind of like the fully infected form the Clickers We'll
24:16
stick with you but yeah, but yeah.
24:18
So did this is definitely a very mature type of show.
24:22
I'm like, see this apocalyptic setting or based around a
24:25
infection, and that's kind of what I say on the surface level.
24:29
So if you're interested in the show, go check it out.
24:34
But I will be doubted to some specifics of the show of this
24:37
first episode at least. So maybe skip ahead a little
24:41
bit. But so yeah.
24:43
So diving back into the show. You know, going in and knowing
24:49
how, how little time we have with Joe's daughter?
24:56
I guess, I'll just say that Sarah at the beginning of the
24:58
game. They did a fantastic job of
25:04
taking maybe at the first because because because I love
25:06
that the episode was an hour and likes it rough for like an hour
25:09
or 20 or whatever that they took, maybe like that first like
25:14
15 to 20 minutes is all that first part of the game but they
25:21
expand under where we actually get to see more of Joel and
25:26
Sarah, Sarah going to school for just like a couple like a brief
25:31
minute or whatever. And then actually seeing her
25:33
going and getting Joe's watch fixed and stuff.
25:36
So it's kind of cool getting extra flavoring and and expanded
25:42
stuff for these mummies. We know.
25:44
From the game because we know, of course, knowing the game, she
25:47
gets him or she gets his, this wash.
25:49
That he's had this broken wash days, had she got it fixed for
25:53
his birthday. Well, we didn't get any like
25:56
real details of like, really how it happened like, like a like a
25:59
few pounds of comes out. Okay, we figure this she, you
26:02
know, she made a comment. There's all got, she took money
26:04
from his drawer, to get it fixed.
26:07
But actually, seeing that and then actually starting to see
26:11
the early signs of the infection.
26:14
Can place where it's all going to be like, how guys that day?
26:17
It was like a look at some, some extra police cars and stuff
26:20
going on a couple helicopters and stuff passing through the
26:24
area, which is very weird and I loved how they did the same with
26:29
the old lady when Sarah had her back turned, and the old lady
26:36
kind of, in the background, twitching and stuff, whatever.
26:40
And then you see the dog was kind of like, Look at the old
26:45
lady, but but it's just so. So they really set the scene is
26:49
set the tone so well with that early part and stuff.
26:56
But yeah, it was just so fantastic.
26:58
Like I said, like the moments there are like shot for shot
27:01
from the game. It was like, whoa, this is
27:05
insane. One of the other dope things
27:08
that I had just found out about is that this lovely lady?
27:16
Maril said, the name by thing. Merle Dandridge.
27:25
She is actually the voice of Marlene in The Last of Us video
27:32
game, who is the leader of the fireflies.
27:36
She actually gets to play the role of the character from the
27:39
game in the show because myself, along with, I've seen a lot of
27:43
the comments and stuff on on Twitter and stuff, whatever
27:48
people being like, people being like the whole time.
27:51
We were watching the show with Marlene was like, man She really
27:55
looks like the character from the game and it's like, oh
27:59
that's because that is her. So that is super dope and the
28:04
other super dope thing that I learned about her.
28:08
Let me get the page pull back up because I was kind of curious.
28:16
About like her her background, like I said, like like with her,
28:23
like I said, being Marlena whatever.
28:24
I was oh you know, what else has she done?
28:27
Like voice acting wise or whatever.
28:31
And let me get it pulled up so she is.
28:38
Arc. She got her start voice acting
28:42
in video games as a very iconic character.
28:46
She is the voice of Of alyx Vance from the half-life series
28:55
that is super dope. Now, granted I've never really
28:58
played any of the half-life games aside from the VR one
29:02
half-life Alex, but that is super dope to learn all this
29:09
stuff. So like I said, she she is this,
29:12
I kind of character. She plays a very pivotal
29:16
character in The Last of a series Marlene.
29:20
And like I said, just the the very cool fact that she actually
29:24
gets to reprise that role as Marlene in the TV show.
29:30
Is so freaking cool. But yeah so that was super cool.
29:35
But but yeah but yeah all in all This show that this was a heck
29:42
of a premier and like I said, I highly encourage anybody that is
29:47
curious. Like I said, whether you are a
29:49
fan of the game and have played it front and back or not, if you
29:54
never play the games, never heard of it.
29:56
But you are interested in a good story at you and you like shows
30:01
with apocalyptic settings and stuff forever.
30:04
Then this is one to put on your radar because like I said, Said
30:10
there are some moments that are like, literally shot for shot
30:12
from the game. But like I said, they expended
30:15
on a lot of extra details and background, and set up and stuff
30:23
for a lot of, for a lot of these big moments, or or characters
30:28
and stuff, whatever. So, so yes, I'm very excited to
30:32
watch this. Like I said, it's on HBO Max,
30:35
I'm just going to be airing every Sunday.
30:37
So that's going to be very cool to Have this series and that
30:43
kind of like iconic, you know, Euphoria or Game of Thrones
30:50
Breaking Bad, even notice the different network, but you know
30:53
what I mean? Like, those iconic shows being
30:57
like that Sunday night Premier slot.
31:02
So yeah, so that is super dope and super cool bass.
31:06
So, I'm very glad I got to to wash them.
31:09
To check that episode out and stuff.
31:10
So, but Yeah, I'm trying to think it firm.
31:19
I do have one more dammit talk about to in a second but so kind
31:24
of a real quick I want to go back to talking about this
31:33
Vinland Saga. Outro man.
31:38
Because Like These lyrics, it's like, There is nothing or no
31:49
freedom. no freedom without love and it's like you're trying to
31:56
find a paper hard Where I Belong, I guess I'll carry on
32:03
Feel like I'm going to lose my mind.
32:06
And yeah, it is, it is just so good.
32:09
But my favorite part, like, towards the end of it, where
32:11
it's like I paid the game of life and had a ball.
32:15
Crazy to me to think I had it all.
32:18
I kept holding onto the power, the Lost free, my freedom.
32:25
And yeah, like I said, it's just like that last part where so I
32:30
guess I had to learn. There is no freedom without love
32:34
and just seeing like einar come up and put his hand on tours and
32:38
shoulder and stuff. Mate is images of beautiful box
32:42
of that song. It's just so powerful and so
32:45
many ways. And like I highly encourage
32:50
anybody that for one. If you haven't watched Venice
32:53
soccer, go watch feeling, sorry. Or read it but I highly
32:59
encourage you to watch it as well.
33:02
And then go check and check on Just That season 2 outro or
33:08
ending steam whatever - college is performed by the artist, LM y
33:16
k and this is specifically the English version and like I said,
33:21
it's called without love. But yeah, it's so So try to
33:25
think what else? I doubt though oven 20, so I
33:30
finally went back could because I was in a mood to play some
33:33
other games and stuff forever. And so I took a very deep dive
33:41
back into a little gym from when did this come out?
33:47
I think this came out 2021. If, if my memory serves me
33:50
correctly, Can a bridge of spirits.
33:57
So this is one I play you like several hours of this but I
34:02
don't know. I don't know if it was just what
34:05
I had what I had going on in life at the time, or what?
34:08
Because I'm trying to think of his because end of 2021.
34:15
I don't know, I feel like you was something else.
34:17
Big that came out then let me see 20:21 video game releases.
34:29
I'm a kind of just skim through this real quick just to see like
34:33
the big stuff that I could really did.
34:36
They might have like, had my attention at the end of that
34:39
year. But but anyway, while I'm
34:41
looking that up, this game was what I needed right now.
34:49
So it was just super dope, get into finally dive back into that
34:54
game, dive back into their world and discovering that.
34:59
At that world. And that game was a lot bigger
35:05
than I initially thought, you know, and granted this might be
35:09
because, you know, I might have misremembered and stuff
35:11
whatever. You know, some information that
35:15
might have hinted at it being bigger back when back when I
35:19
first played the game and stuff. But But yeah.
35:27
But yeah. So so I went back and I kind of
35:28
like finish up like the area in the met in the mission stuff
35:31
that I was doing when I last left off the game, which I
35:34
checked my save file, the last time I played it or last time I
35:38
tried to go back to it was like at the very end of December 20
35:42
21. So it's been so it was well over
35:46
a year since I had last really touched the game, which is kind
35:49
of kind of crazy to think about But yeah, so going back and
35:56
finish up that level and then like seeing the oh the game open
36:01
up a bit more and I got new powers, new abilities and stuff
36:05
new areas to go through and explore.
36:08
I found myself in a really good and really fun.
36:12
Grooving loop with a game and stuff and so I cleared it to
36:17
clear the next area of the game. And I'm all to the third one.
36:20
I haven't played a lot and like several days at this point but
36:23
But it was just so peaceful and relaxing.
36:26
And honestly, I had turned the difficulty of the game, I turned
36:30
it all the way down just because I could.
36:33
And I do remember hearing this complaint that like some of like
36:36
the boss fights, like the like the the game difficulty is like
36:41
unbalanced were like okay you're doing pretty good with like the
36:44
normal enemies and stuff within your giving a boss fight and
36:47
it's just like the schedule like super tipped, you know, a
36:50
lopsided or whatever and so, I was like okay cool sounds like
36:55
you know what just crack all this stuff all over down, pretty
36:58
low whatever and so because like I said I ah I do enjoy a
37:03
challenge in the game of course from time to time whatever but
37:06
there's also time likes especially being sick and stuff
37:09
forever. Like my mind wasn't fully firing
37:13
on all cylinders or whatever because if you like it was even
37:15
like some simple puzzles for I'm like I had to look them up and I
37:20
felt like dang it it was really bad.
37:23
It is no simple stuff about. It was literally right there.
37:26
I just didn't see the thing or whatever.
37:30
But, but yeah. So so so Kina Bridges Spirits.
37:36
If you have a PS4, PS 5, it is one that I highly highly
37:42
recommend and let me see. Let me see, let me see.
37:45
I was going back and seeing what's tough about of came out.
37:55
around like the end of that year, but I'm not really seeing.
38:05
I'm not really saying stuff, whatever.
38:07
Cuz I'm like, I said, I was trying to figure, I'm like,
38:09
okay, like what might have been the thing that is that
38:12
distracting me now? Oh, never mind my brain.
38:17
Just clicked because because one thing I did play in, this was
38:20
like a little bit earlier in the fall though.
38:22
But life is strange. True colors came out that fall
38:28
which I really enjoyed but Where is it at?
38:43
Nope, not that. Yep, yep.
38:46
Yep. Yep.
38:46
Yep, this is probably what it was.
38:48
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy came out at the end of October.
38:53
That's probably what it was. Let me see.
38:57
Kanna. When did?
39:02
Can a bridge of spirits? Okay, all right.
39:06
That's right, that's right. Ken, I came out in September and
39:13
that was around the same time. Okay, definitely Cameron that
39:15
time I didn't, I haven't played this Loop here, but okay, yep.
39:19
Yep, life is strange, true colors came out like a few days
39:22
before can a so, okay? So okay, so I was deep into life
39:27
is strange. And then that's right.
39:32
Black Friday sale. I got Guardians of the Galaxy
39:35
for like half off, and then I think I also ended up getting
39:39
Kenna on sale as well during like the holiday and stuff,
39:43
whatever. So okay, all right, that makes
39:46
sense. So okay, so it's so that that
39:50
kind of makes sense why I play a good little chunk, but I didn't
39:55
like fully stick with it just because my mind is stuff was
39:58
just On on other games and stuff cuz I'm trying to see.
40:04
So I'm trying to see if I have noted My very first.
40:13
Ha. Let me sorry.
40:14
I'm trying to look at this stuff.
40:16
Yeah, yeah yeah that that I got that literally at the very end
40:21
of that year because I'm on the I was opening my trophies
40:23
whatever. And like all of my first few
40:26
trophies were all on December 26th.
40:29
So yeah, I definitely pick that up all like a little Christmas
40:34
sale that they had Lain whooping.
40:36
Yeah, can a, a Spirits has been a super fun game.
40:41
I'm actually just very Therapeutic just going through
40:44
these very beautiful environments and stuff and just
40:48
enjoying the journey and stuff. And I'm trying to think I had
40:57
read this manga, it is called Leviathan.
41:04
Let me see if I can pull over because this word this is like a
41:08
sci-fi horror type of Of series that I kind of seen around here
41:18
and there over time. And stop running because this is
41:24
still a fairly new to you. I think it just started last
41:26
year, I think whatever. But either way it's still a
41:30
fairly new series but I never know nothing about her.
41:38
A shout-out to the homie manga alerts here.
41:41
Tweeted out some panels, whatever, talking about it, for
41:44
whatever I can remember, remember it sounds like, you
41:47
know what? Let me dive into it, so, because
41:50
it's only got, like nine to ten chapters out at the time of this
41:53
recording, but it has been A really cool, really gripping
42:02
story and just series to read and of course, I'll just say
42:08
currently, it is not officially licensed in English.
42:11
Of course, I'm reading it, I'm reading it on the interwebs.
42:17
Like I said, it's just it's a new season.
42:18
Some nachos. I was, of course, but but yeah.
42:23
But you just look at the those are watching the video of this
42:25
like looking like the detail. Of how this art and stuff.
42:30
Looks for this manga, it is like freaking insane.
42:37
How dope this, this this all looks and stuff.
42:45
But but yeah. So so so the the Crux of this is
42:50
basically follows. There's like this, like Salvage
42:54
crew that comes across this abandoned ship.
42:58
And they come across this kids diary that detailed the events
43:05
of what happened on the look on the Leviathan.
43:07
Because long story short, I get to every every little detail.
43:11
Basically these kids are on the ship with their teacher, their
43:15
own, basically basic, a school field trip.
43:19
And the ship gets hit with something, maybe a meteorite, or
43:24
something, or whatever, and it does damage to the ship when I
43:27
was and I got to go on lockdown. And then there's and then
43:30
basically, it is discovered that the oxygen reserves and yada
43:36
yada yada Got damaged, whatever. So they only have like 50 hours
43:42
or something or whatever worth of oxygen left and they end up
43:48
discovering this kind of like cryopod cryogenic Potter
43:54
reverence for the okay well this can save one person but the time
43:59
I think The teachers, I think have found it out or whatever,
44:06
or something like that, and these two students overheard,
44:12
the conversation and should have kind of, that's kind of where
44:15
things start to kind of get Rocky and things happen.
44:21
People started dying and whatever.
44:25
And then, of course, eventually everybody finds out about the
44:28
situation. So mass panic ensues, and it We
44:32
kind of freaking free-for-all Killing Spree in some aspect,
44:35
whatever, but but, yeah, but like say it's just, it was a
44:39
really, really cool little read that I did there.
44:43
And then I went back to an Old Faithful which I don't have any
44:51
pictures of or whatever, but we're actually actually I do I
44:57
slowly started diving back into Kingdom. so, I hadn't.
45:05
So I found out, I knew it had been a while since I had since I
45:08
kept up with Kingdom because of course for those are they might
45:13
not remember. I've mentioned before the in
45:18
years past every year around New Year's I would do like a manga
45:23
been job pick a series and I'm interested in whatever and do a
45:26
binge read of. You know, I did, I did fire for
45:30
us last year. I think I did maybe my hair or
45:33
did you seek? As in past years.
45:36
But the first series that I did that with over five years ago, I
45:40
think at this point was Kingdom because at the time kingdom was
45:46
building up to chapter five hundred and I had always heard
45:49
great things about the series as I find out van fell in love with
45:53
it and I kept up with it for a good while but then I realized I
45:58
found out it was back around 2020 during the pandemic.
46:03
That's when I head fell off because I was looking to Lucky
46:06
looking at the timing as I was kind of going back to some of
46:08
these chapters whatever. I had roughly got up to about
46:11
like 640, maybe like 642 645 somewhere in that area.
46:21
And so I kind of know when back to Allah likes a lot like around
46:25
like 6:30, something, whatever. And just like skimming through,
46:28
whatever is refreshing my mind or something like the big
46:31
moments and stuff. Whatever.
46:33
But What? I was quickly reminded of.
46:37
I'm like, yeah, that did. This is why kingdom is so
46:41
freaking good because I like the characters, the action moments,
46:48
the growth of the characters is something that I really enjoy
46:53
just because I love how there is like a natural progression of
46:57
time in Kingdom and honestly, even with my Venice August up
47:02
for the promise to tell my kingdom.
47:05
Because you get to see our main character Shan on this journey
47:09
from being a scrawny. Poor kid to now spoilers where
47:15
I'm at. Why just caught up on or
47:16
whatever? Refresh myself on our ever.
47:19
He finally finally made like a big step in his goal of becoming
47:23
a general and the army. So he worked his way of like so
47:28
just like a regular. Poor kid to 100 Squad Captain
47:33
thousand five. I was in and then he has some
47:37
beastly achievements at the end of this last war and got made a
47:42
general. And so now he commands an army
47:44
of 10,000 10 to 15,000 strong. But yeah.
47:50
But yeah. Just seen just diving back into
47:53
like, a little bit of red and stuff.
47:55
It was like, yo, that is why kingdom is so freaking good.
48:03
And like I said, I just love how there is that natural
48:06
progression of time because, you know, they go through these wars
48:12
and stuff, whatever. And it actually takes place over
48:15
it could be days weeks or months, long Wars and stuff.
48:20
And then when they come back, there is ample time for, you
48:24
know, they come back from the fight or whatever.
48:28
And there's always a big parade and award ceremony were Where
48:33
everybody gets rewarded for their achievements and stuff.
48:36
And then there is downtime towards okay?
48:39
Hey, these characters go back to their families or whatever and
48:44
live their life sometimes for months.
48:47
I don't know I don't know if it's ever been like a year or
48:50
whatever but it's usually these like a handful of months.
48:55
You know, which we see, we see some bits and pieces of it, but
48:59
they kind of like show like some parts of like, okay, they will
49:02
surely worser money. We see, everybody's new
49:05
promotions and accolades and new titles and stuff, whatever.
49:08
And then we see, little bit of, like, aftermath of that.
49:12
And a lot of times they'll be like, okay, several months
49:15
passed and then we kind of start wrapping things back up for the
49:20
next big mission or conflict or ever on shin and his Crews
49:27
journey and that is just looking, like I said that I just
49:30
love because like I said it's just it's natural and honestly
49:35
and I feel like I might do this in a separate thing, someday
49:37
whatever Bob, I don't know if it would work but I would be
49:42
interested to see a different reality to where if a series
49:47
like one piece was structured like Kingdom to where the power
49:54
scaling and the characters growth and stuff.
49:56
Whatever feels so natural because like I said, we have
49:59
been following these characters for years at this point look
50:02
gears within the story and actually seeing okay, Shane
50:07
getting stronger and having Struggles, whatever.
50:11
But then overcoming those obstacles because he's been
50:15
working. He's been trying to spend
50:16
months. It's been years leading up to
50:18
the staff versus like, you know, it's like, it's like, oh, I love
50:24
dress. Rosa Arc in one piece, took
50:26
place in one day, but that was like, over 100 something
50:29
chapters. And so, all this stuff took
50:31
place over the course of like a day versus Kingdom like say it
50:36
could be weeks months happened for one story arc, whatever.
50:40
And so the struggles and these comebacks in the back and forth
50:44
between the enemy and a different things.
50:46
Whatever make sense because it is like a realistic amount of
50:50
time is going on. So it's like imagine if like
50:53
Luffy and them had okay, they're on this island for weeks which
50:59
they were in 10. But why?
51:02
No. Would like a rare exception in
51:03
the series? Whatever.
51:04
Yeah, but, you know, it's okay, they're here for weeks months or
51:08
whatever and they're in a conflict that takes place over
51:11
the course of some days or weeks or whatever.
51:15
And then we have some downtime, okay?
51:17
Time Passages character is growing, it's like not all of
51:20
One Piece takes. Pleasure did like the same year
51:22
or couple of years, whatever, which is just insane.
51:25
Even all of the series, but tangent, but they are.
51:29
So it is just been so great reconnecting with the series
51:34
that I love. So freaking much like she just
51:36
being quickly reminded of I yell Rob.
51:38
This is why kingdom is so freaking dope on why it has
51:43
continued to remain in like the top 10 sales at least in Japan
51:48
for the manga and stuff for the ever and so yeah, Bombay yes, I
51:53
think that might end up doing it for the stuff I wanted to just
51:56
kind of just touch on briefly without right.
51:59
Talk about for a little bit with y'all.
52:03
I do have some stuff that I am excited to read into the into to
52:11
dive into in the coming. Weeks.
52:15
I'm some of the, some of the stuff.
52:16
Yeah. - who reviews for four months just because depending on
52:20
how schedule stuff out. But but I got access to a lot of
52:26
manga right now, both digitally and of course, I always have my
52:30
ever growing pile of manga behind me but I have one, two,
52:34
three. So I'm trying to like a like a
52:38
preliminary count of stuff that I kind of have my eyes on for
52:44
reading and stuff for the coming months.
52:53
Did you do? Where is?
53:00
I know they didn't take off. How's that and take off best?
53:08
I'm going to be very sad if they did.
53:12
There's a lot of series that is missing.
53:14
Now for anyway, I figure that stuff out later, but there's a
53:18
couple things I picked this up, and I do, I'm going to name
53:27
specific names, but friend if you listening and you're
53:32
watching, you know who you are. Shout out to the friend who sent
53:37
me a gift card for my birthday. Day last week.
53:43
And so in celebration of Me no longer being sick, the other
53:48
night, I went to Barnes and Nobles, I really just wanted to
53:52
get out the house for a bit or whatever, just to like be
53:55
amongst my manga and stuff. Whatever.
53:57
And just say, I like what? All was out there?
53:59
Stuff, whatever. And so put my eyes back on no
54:04
longer allowed in a note in another world.
54:07
So I am excited to dive into this one to read it.
54:12
Same thing with, this is why I treated myself to for Christmas.
54:15
She plea horned witch Rami. So, both of these, like I said,
54:22
along with a lot of stuff, I have available digitally
54:26
whatever will be coming out in the weeks and stuff to come.
54:32
But, but yeah, so schedule for the podcast on likes it right
54:40
now. I am honestly.
54:42
Just trying to take things one step at a time.
54:48
Because like I said, light like life, it life has been crazy and
54:52
hectic. And, like I said, we're still
54:53
trying to figure out stuff with the with the car accident and
54:56
stuff, we might have some traveling and coming up soon and
55:02
in the coming weeks or for sure, the coming months with these
55:05
kids, my kids and their sports stuff whatever.
55:08
So who knows? So, you know, I've kind of just
55:12
just decided to kind of take more of a More chill approach to
55:22
how I handle my podcast and stuff and not overloading
55:26
myself. Because y'all know I've talked
55:27
about before how like, you know, I would like come come hell or
55:32
high water. Robert is recording, you know,
55:37
certain nights every week or whatever to get episode out of
55:40
whatever. Regardless of how late I'm up
55:42
and yeah, and it was like a rubber that is freaking insane
55:45
that you're doing that. At.
55:47
And so that is why for one with some of the some of my Manga
55:52
reviews. Whatever.
55:53
Whereas I okay, I was in a I was in a mood to do a lot of binge
55:56
reading. I've been through it, a lot of
55:58
stuff, recorded, it all over the course of the weekend, and then
56:01
I schedule that stuff out for a month ahead of time.
56:04
Whatever. And so, that is something that I
56:06
think I liked doing because it, and it's kind of funny because I
56:11
think I probably said this back when I did it that future
56:16
Robert, Appreciate me doing this.
56:18
And I am very grateful that I did do that because like I said
56:22
all this other life stuff has happened.
56:24
The car accident, me being sick, etc.
56:27
Etc. But y'all still had at least
56:32
some of those of y'all who care about the manga stuff for the
56:34
webtoon. Just my my reviews, whatever
56:37
y'all still got something from me during that time.
56:40
You know, you don't you don't know, or didn't know the, oh
56:43
Robert is out of commission. He is sick or there.
56:46
Ever. It is.
56:47
Just y'all just see. Oh, okay.
56:49
New episodes out on Monday or whatever for the, for the Manga
56:52
reviews. Whatever.
56:52
Cool. You know, but yeah by, so I'm
56:56
gonna do that and I think I'm also do that in some ways,
57:00
depending on the Gaston was a topic, is whatever, banking some
57:04
Pockets episodes and stuff as well.
57:06
So, I kind of have those coming out at a more regular, Cadence,
57:11
and stuff and stuff. Yeah, bomb.
57:15
But yeah, so, so Now, like I said, I have a lot of people on
57:20
my calendar to try to coordinate with and record with and stuff
57:26
whatever. But, and even now I'm reaching
57:30
my limit because because my throat is starting to hurt a bit
57:35
because I've been talking for almost an hour straight.
57:37
So we're about to end this Zone, but but yeah, but I'm still kind
57:41
of healing a bit from being sick.
57:44
So I've really got to be careful.
57:46
With. Taking care of my voice.
57:51
Y'all are seeing live footage of me about to lose my voice.
57:55
So I'm sorry if so just no dope things are coming but I need to
58:01
get myself an order. I knew you must have been
58:05
working mom in my life and family order.
58:11
But I promised y'all the weight will be worth it.
58:17
Now, like I said, there's a lot of stuff that I kind of wanted
58:20
to plan to do. Whatever I had like a new new
58:25
kind of like a video series that I was wanting to try to do at
58:30
the end of last year. But then I was like, you know
58:32
what, I'ma just keep that in my back pocket for now until things
58:36
are stable. So For those, the other know
58:40
about that, secret project or whatever it is still, a Robert
58:43
has not forgotten. I just decided you know what?
58:45
Let's put that on. Hold until until a later date
58:48
and I have some other stuff I want to kind of try to work out
58:51
and and get done and stuff whatever.
58:54
So but because honestly, I would love to get like a like my own
58:58
custom Podcast intro and stuff done.
59:05
And everything doesn't deserve to be like super long music
59:08
thing or there, but just like a shrimp, maybe like, 15 s, you
59:12
know, little thing, whatever bomb.
59:14
Sorry. So, I have a lot of stuff I want
59:15
to do so saying, so. So thank you all so much for
59:21
your time and for your patience. Like I said, those of y'all that
59:27
are eager to hear my thoughts on the anime and stuff that I am
59:31
watching that stuff will come in the coming weeks.
59:36
But honestly, I'm kind of glad that things worked out the way
59:39
they did that they did because it's going to be nice to have a
59:48
lot of the shows that I'm watching.
59:50
Me having watched a few episodes of them.
1:00:02
By are nice to have, like, a few episodes so I can kind of better
1:00:08
inform you all of the shows that I'm watching, whatever.
1:00:12
But But I've talked to her too long.
1:00:17
My voice is about to go. So sorry for this abrupt end,
1:00:21
but thank you all so much for watching and listening.
1:00:25
Remember, you can find me everywhere at Denny's to talk,
1:00:28
make sure you find me everywhere on your favorite podcast,
1:00:31
streaming service, and make sure you subscribe to the YouTube
1:00:34
channel. I appreciate those of y'all that
1:00:37
have been reaching out, checking on me and stuff, those of y'all
1:00:41
that have been enjoying the reviews and stuff.
1:00:44
They've been coming out. I have lots more planned on the
1:00:49
way, but I thank y'all so much for the love and support and
1:00:54
I'll be back. I will be back soon.
1:00:57
With another Pockets episode. But as I always say, treat
1:01:01
yourself to some nice, read some manga watch some anime and TV
1:01:06
play some video games and live your best life and what that me
1:01:11
and my voice are out. I'll catch y'all in the next
1:01:15
one. Love you all.
1:01:16
Peace.