1:17:06, see, i appreciate this. You gave your positives and negatives. I'm glad you tried Veilguard. I'm sad you didn't click with it like I and others did!
Waiting in line at the bank is closer to true anarchy than robbing it at gunpoint, its more peaceful cooperation than chaos but I'm mostly teasing, most people use the word wrong. Happy to see y'all back and wish we could have had Silver and Abzy (guessed at the spelling). Happy new year to the whole crew!
Great fun to listen to again, thanks :) For batteries though, I think it's pretty obvious your expertise is in games and not in the tech 😅 battery tech is improving all the time, if you compare our current date batteries with 20 years ago it's night and day. But because it's all small increments it doesn't feel like we ever get those revolutionary improvements. Also we are using more power all the time... That may sound like hardware is getting less efficient but it's more that we're just doing stuff that used to just not be possible. My gaming laptop 20 years ago lasted maybe 15 minutes in a game! You just didn't game without being connected to the wall, not on a pc anyway. That we now have a pc in our hands and can play for hours is amazing. As for the steam deck discharging... I'm pretty sure that steam deck was just actually only in suspend and not shut down. And it's actually amazing that it does last a couple days in suspend! Don't forget that this is a full pc. How long does your laptop last in sleep? And compare to x86 machines, not the new snapdragon for windows, those do last longer in sleep. The battery saver mode in the bios is meant for long storage, transportation or servicing the device. You need to connect it to the charger to turn it back on so that you don't accidentally turn it on in transit, or worse, when you're disassembling the device. I actually think the battery life of the steam deck oled is amazing, but I often play older games that don't stress the device as much. Even then though, something like GTA V I could easily play 5 hours. Really older games can go up to 8. But yeah more would be nice, especially for newer AAA titles. But we already got that. The Ally X has 80 Wh, up from 40-50 on earlier devices. The MSI claw AI8 or whatever that thing was called does too. I think that will be the new standard going forward for the more high-end devices. I'm hoping the legion go 2 will have that as well as a (rumoured) 8.8 inch oled and better ergonomics. If it also has high refreshrate, vrr would be even better, and 24 or 32 GB of ram and manages to be 900 at most I think I'll get it (pending reviews).
Regarding being treated as a cheater when you say you were falsely banned: it's similar to someone with a criminal record telling you that they are innocent. It's just never going to sound legitimate unless they know you personally. It's the first thing people say when they are accused of anything, guilty or not. "Innocent until proven guilty" wouldn't have to have been invented and written into law if this was how people behaved naturally.
On Civ VII, they’re making some drastic changes to pacing by adding in Ages. There’s three throughout the game and each time you change leaders/Civs. It’s a divisive change that I wasn’t on board with to begin with, but I’ve grown to get excited for it. Only time will tell if it actually pays off but it’s fun they’re trying something new!
Very highly rated game on a lot of journalists lists which was easily missable by so many people was UFO 50. It is some of the most fun I’ve had with retro inspired games since shovel knight. Each game in the 50 game collection just oozes personality. Highly worth checking out!
Space marine 2 coop/multiplayer didn't work for over a month on the ps5 you couldn't play with friends, period. And it sucks because now the hype is gone we probably wont play it
@piotrskowronski4389 Nah, he was never on the train early on. I think he thought it was too much like poker and there were too many other good games. I think he came around now after getting hands on. He always knew many liked it though.
I think it’s time to move past calling these people “voice actors”. They do so much more than that. Voice acting is a very specific thing and most of these actors are doing voice, motion capture and face capture. I’ve seen a couple clips where they get slightly irritated about being called “voice actors” because it really sells short what they do.
Balatro isn't a game to get into really it doesn't really have that type of weight. But its definitely an ultimate side game to throw on in between things. Why hasn't path of exile 2 been mentioned? Is there some sort of beef?
Most overhyped game for me was wukong. It just didn't feel like a complete game. Yes it looked nice but it's just a boss rush. All and all I think it wad overhyped.
Thanks all! Was a blast. I will edit out the downtime when the internet went down and remove the start soon.
Thanks to you and the crew for making fridays (and some wednesdays) a bit better. Gonna listen to this at the gym tomorrow 😎
Thanks have a good one
Thanks for giving me a gaming podcast to listen to when I drive around for work! You guys help make the grind much easier to deal with
Thanks Karak, Jonny and Reg. It was an awesome show to get into and laugh!
1:17:06, see, i appreciate this. You gave your positives and negatives. I'm glad you tried Veilguard. I'm sad you didn't click with it like I and others did!
Waiting in line at the bank is closer to true anarchy than robbing it at gunpoint, its more peaceful cooperation than chaos but I'm mostly teasing, most people use the word wrong. Happy to see y'all back and wish we could have had Silver and Abzy (guessed at the spelling). Happy new year to the whole crew!
Great begginning for the year with a new episode ✌️✌️
The best around 👍 Hope you had a good holiday
1:31:23 clip that karak sound byte.
Great fun to listen to again, thanks :)
For batteries though, I think it's pretty obvious your expertise is in games and not in the tech 😅 battery tech is improving all the time, if you compare our current date batteries with 20 years ago it's night and day. But because it's all small increments it doesn't feel like we ever get those revolutionary improvements. Also we are using more power all the time... That may sound like hardware is getting less efficient but it's more that we're just doing stuff that used to just not be possible. My gaming laptop 20 years ago lasted maybe 15 minutes in a game! You just didn't game without being connected to the wall, not on a pc anyway. That we now have a pc in our hands and can play for hours is amazing.
As for the steam deck discharging... I'm pretty sure that steam deck was just actually only in suspend and not shut down. And it's actually amazing that it does last a couple days in suspend! Don't forget that this is a full pc. How long does your laptop last in sleep? And compare to x86 machines, not the new snapdragon for windows, those do last longer in sleep. The battery saver mode in the bios is meant for long storage, transportation or servicing the device. You need to connect it to the charger to turn it back on so that you don't accidentally turn it on in transit, or worse, when you're disassembling the device.
I actually think the battery life of the steam deck oled is amazing, but I often play older games that don't stress the device as much. Even then though, something like GTA V I could easily play 5 hours. Really older games can go up to 8.
But yeah more would be nice, especially for newer AAA titles. But we already got that. The Ally X has 80 Wh, up from 40-50 on earlier devices. The MSI claw AI8 or whatever that thing was called does too. I think that will be the new standard going forward for the more high-end devices. I'm hoping the legion go 2 will have that as well as a (rumoured) 8.8 inch oled and better ergonomics. If it also has high refreshrate, vrr would be even better, and 24 or 32 GB of ram and manages to be 900 at most I think I'll get it (pending reviews).
Missing your chat on Spotify welcome back👍
Regarding being treated as a cheater when you say you were falsely banned: it's similar to someone with a criminal record telling you that they are innocent. It's just never going to sound legitimate unless they know you personally. It's the first thing people say when they are accused of anything, guilty or not. "Innocent until proven guilty" wouldn't have to have been invented and written into law if this was how people behaved naturally.
true always
On Civ VII, they’re making some drastic changes to pacing by adding in Ages. There’s three throughout the game and each time you change leaders/Civs. It’s a divisive change that I wasn’t on board with to begin with, but I’ve grown to get excited for it. Only time will tell if it actually pays off but it’s fun they’re trying something new!
Excited to have y'all back and Reg too somewhat, as I know he's been busy as heck!
Very highly rated game on a lot of journalists lists which was easily missable by so many people was UFO 50. It is some of the most fun I’ve had with retro inspired games since shovel knight. Each game in the 50 game collection just oozes personality. Highly worth checking out!
Thank Goodness You're Here is the best 2024 game no one played.
first podcast of 2025 ✅
Best sign off ever
Space marine 2 coop/multiplayer didn't work for over a month on the ps5 you couldn't play with friends, period. And it sucks because now the hype is gone we probably wont play it
Official start 6:30
6:28
Balatro face? Karak doesn't like Balatro I thought.
I've only heard him speak positively of it.
@piotrskowronski4389 Nah, he was never on the train early on. I think he thought it was too much like poker and there were too many other good games. I think he came around now after getting hands on. He always knew many liked it though.
I think it’s time to move past calling these people “voice actors”. They do so much more than that. Voice acting is a very specific thing and most of these actors are doing voice, motion capture and face capture. I’ve seen a couple clips where they get slightly irritated about being called “voice actors” because it really sells short what they do.
Balatro isn't a game to get into really it doesn't really have that type of weight. But its definitely an ultimate side game to throw on in between things. Why hasn't path of exile 2 been mentioned? Is there some sort of beef?
Loop Hero, isn't the prettiest game but addictive as hell.
HELL YA!
Most overhyped game for me was wukong. It just didn't feel like a complete game. Yes it looked nice but it's just a boss rush. All and all I think it wad overhyped.