At least according to youtube views it is by far their least popular content. I think they're just committed at this point even though the majority of the community wishes they would move on, same as Andromeda.
I couldn't be less interested, but abandoning Cyberpunk now would suck for the people who are excited for it. If they ever were to play an interesting game to watch, like let's just say Shenmue 2 and they'd stop playing it 2/3rds through, I'd not be happy.
I also don't really care for the solo stream trend going on in the recent months, which means I've not been watching a lot of Nextlander these days. Oh well, at least the Watchcast still delivers for me.
OH and the Robcast is great, wouldn't mind seeing more Remap collabs in the future
I also don't really care for the solo stream trend going on in the recent months, which means I've not been watching a lot of Nextlander these days. Oh well, at least the Watchcast still delivers for me.
OH and the Robcast is great, wouldn't mind seeing more Remap collabs in the future
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Yeah I'm just listening to it now and up top they sound pretty low on it. This may not bode well for their watch through of The Return. But hopefully they'll find something to like in it. Vinny saying it reminds him of a college art installation is pretty funny though!
FWWM is also one of my all time favorite movies, period. Still looking forward to finishing the pod and hearing their thoughts.
I skipped their Twin Peaks podcasts because I hadn't seen the show. Then I realised it was on Paramount+ here in the UK so I was able to binge watch the show and the podcasts together. Fun experience.
Then I went on without them. I've now seen Fire Walk With Me and all of The Return.
I think it's pretty obvious that Brad and Vinny were not going to like Fire Walk With Me based on what they seemed to like and not like in Season 1 and 2. Even more, I think they're going to really get frustrated with The Return. For me, the bad outweighed the good and I think it'll be similar for them. I'm still glad I watched it and I will watch another Twin Peaks if it ever happens but I don't think I can say I liked it or enjoyed it. But it was interesting. I was able to watch it quickly, they're going to have to wait weeks for things to develop and then some stuff just goes nowhere. Can't wait to listen to those podcasts.
Vinny was right. He has often spoke about how the problem with acquisitions is that if the parent company feels the pressure at all, they can cut some of the lesser studios they gobbled up. Which is exactly what happened here.
I thought The Return was good/great the first time I watched it and amazing the second time. I think the second viewing is helped by not anticipating when a certain character is going to come back, you can just sit back and relax and let the show wash over you. I also love how Lynch doesn't give a flying fuck about what fans wanted and did his own thing.
Eraserhead is one of my favourite films though so I dig the more surreal vibe of The Return, I can imagine if you didn't the show would be a slog.
i was thinking about this reading the news last night with tango as a huge illustration (although i can't imagine ghostwire did amazing for them, but still).
the stupid demand every single part of your business be a ballbusting hit is incredibly unsustainable and will kneecap development of talent at every level
Disappointed but not surprised that they didn't like FWWM, though I think they partially did it to themselves, as previously Alex had made it very clear that it didn't (obviously) push the story forward and it was a prequel and to set their expectations accordingly. It's the story of a victim/survivor first, a supernatural lore dump distant second. It was kinda funny they discussed Chris Isaac explaining the mime without realising it was a piss take of puzzle box brain (which I think Vinny and Brad would readily admit they have).
I think it might've provoked interesting conversation if Alex had set up that part of the harsh critical appraisal was a reactionary response to the depiction of Laura's actions. It's easy for us in 2024 to see her self destructive behaviour as a natural consequence of her trauma, but in 1992 I think it was pretty radical, and a lot of the (old, male) critics/audience didn't get it (or didn't want to). Part of the critical reappraisal of it in recent years comes down to that, more than just the plot being recontextualised by The Return.
The art installation reference by Vinny was funny. They are going to hate the first episode of the Return lol.
I think it might've provoked interesting conversation if Alex had set up that part of the harsh critical appraisal was a reactionary response to the depiction of Laura's actions. It's easy for us in 2024 to see her self destructive behaviour as a natural consequence of her trauma, but in 1992 I think it was pretty radical, and a lot of the (old, male) critics/audience didn't get it (or didn't want to). Part of the critical reappraisal of it in recent years comes down to that, more than just the plot being recontextualised by The Return.
The art installation reference by Vinny was funny. They are going to hate the first episode of the Return lol.
Finished the pod for FWWM and Missing Pieces. I'm gonna watch along with them for The Return. I haven't seen it since it originally aired, and I loved it then. But man, I think Brad and Vinny are gonna be so frustrated with it haha, but really looking forward to hearing them chat about it!
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I also have been playing that. An hour or more was spent for learning the interface and controls.
If I made YouTube videos there's no way I would turn comments on haha
Same. Plus Nextlander has amazing levels of built in support. They have no desire to try and expand their audience, or honestly to push themselves beyond their current subs.
I think kinda the point of them getting to this level was the fact that you don't need to work as hard as a current streamer would. If you can maintain a level of subs for this long with this level of output, why would you change anything?
Personally it hasnt been enough for me to keep subbing to their patreon, but god bless'em for it working for the audience.
It's really disappointing, I hoped they'd get down with the community by now. I'm on Discord daily but it doesn't replace Youtube for that quick engagement with the video you're currently watching.
Which would be fine if you could voice your criticism there without getting dogpiled.
I've said this in the past but in all fairness during the Fallout stream Brad was actively reading Twitch chat a lot
Can't blame anyone for not enabling comments or chat on YouTube - the place is a cesspit
Who the hell doesn't pick Bloody Mess?The Canonical Fallout 1 Floogan:
The stream was really good but one of the biggest Braddisms was Brad not choosing a second perk, not helped by people in chat going "ahh nah sometimes I don't even pick perks at all!" because it's "broken" and "overpowered" which are insane concepts for a 20 year old single player RPG.
I still can't get on board with people calling FF7 rebirth a slog while engaging with all of its side content. I understand the compulsion to do everything, but it's also my responsibility to stop doing it if I'm not enjoying myself.
On another note, being Brad seems tough. I had a hard time just watching him go back and forth on perks at the chat's whims.
On another note, being Brad seems tough. I had a hard time just watching him go back and forth on perks at the chat's whims.
I assume you mean second trait. Brad did say that he didn't like "tradeoffs", so that's how that ended up happening. He could have still picked Bloody Mess of course, but he seemed to have discarded that idea fairly early on in character creation.
Chat also told him it was luck 5 or luck 10, which keeps him from picking up the "Toughness" perk (req. END 6, LCK 6), which gives you 10% damage reduction each time you take it, and is considered to be one of the 'good' perks. (There's at least one way to get +1 Luck, but I think that's much later in a natural run)
I usually just took Skilled and Gifted and didn't mind getting perks every 4 levels although on a first playthrough seeing the most it has to offer (i.e. getting perks more often) seems like a better idea. Still should have picked Bloody Mess or Small Framed - I don't remember having that many issues with the carry limit in the game and for some weird reason I never played with companions in the first 2 games to lug around all my trash.
What makes it more puzzling is Vinny says that's the part he likes.
If recent streams have showed me anything, it's not that the boys aren't willing to do longer streams, it's that Alex isn't haha
I think if you searched your heart you wouldn't need this recent information to tell you that
I mean the hunch was always there, since he was always the one to start vocally shutting things down at exactly the 2 hour mark, but seeing these 3 or more hour streams from Vinny and Brad is just just the confirmation I guess haha