Episode 107: Hammond.. the hamster? | New Dad Gaming

[0:03] banter banter test test funny dad stories yellow to go yellow team go the adult beverages are poured the kids are asleep welcome to new dad gaming a

[0:17] showboat fatherhood gaming and new fathers figuring out their gaming lives my name is Trevor and I have a three-year-old and a nine month old and

[0:24] I’m Jeff I have a seven year old and a five year old so I think I’ve discovered that my three-year-old listens to the show oh yeah hey we have a new fan yeah

[0:35] because the he heard me talking positively last week about how things are pretty good with him how did you go I decided to put an end to that this

[0:45] week no thank you oh no so just kind of a honestly things still are fun I mean we’re he’s fun aged he’s babbling he we go out and play like

[0:57] it’s all great but we had some regression as far as his sleeping we had some real issues with him getting to sleep and such which given the heat

[1:06] given has kind of new room situation all makes sense right yeah but between that and just kind of bit of a kind like a whiny phase I picked up this week oh

[1:17] yeah where everything becomes a whining yeah you’re like oh this is annoying I love you to death but geez dude wait that was your friend I’d be giving you a

[1:26] really hard time your friend yeah you know what but yeah so it seemed like you listened in and decided to turn that right around so okay teach me for

[1:40] speaking positively yeah don’t do that yeah but keeping on but keeping on families and speaking of positively there was a great psvr moment that i got

[1:50] to have with some family members so a aunt and uncle and their kids came over for the weekend and or sorry for a barbeque and at one point it was I was

[1:59] looking at them I just thinking it’s like have you ever tried psvr have you ever tried veal there’s good beginning of a cult have you have you tried the

[2:10] and there you know the eyes kind of lit up a little bit especially the they have a couple high school age guys and yeah there it is set the Machine up best part

[2:19] two is another a great note to the company is it was so quick to set up now yeah I had it in a box but like it’s like oh let’s go to shot Bing Bing Bing

[2:29] like the six cables I got the headset on away we go yeah toss them in it just had an awesome time so so they’re just stunned like they’re Mazer having a

[2:38] blast we ended up playing the drive club oh yeah really wow that’s brave Oh Sees I find our speed I find it really approachable

[2:49] though because it’s only two buttons right the two shoulder buttons which align the gas pedals so it makes sense and then you’re just holding a

[2:56] controller and that is your steering wheel like one of the options is like you know you just turn the steering wheel like the motion you turn the

[3:01] controller like you would a steering wheel and that’s fantastic because anybody can do it my dad did it and my aunt I’m sorry my uncle and my two

[3:10] cousins did so it was awesome so it’s so much fun to have people over and get to experience it all together we’re watching the other people drive and race

[3:19] and you know kind of laughing all along nice I really think that’s got to be one of the greatest uses of VR and especially the Playstations done it we

[3:27] get to watch what they’re seeing yeah I enjoy that part too because when people jump in and you can see where they’re their brain kind of pauses for a little

[3:36] bit like like whoa this is actually there so yeah tell yeah I think that’s one of the killer features of it is just that approach ability to gaming it’s

[3:46] that next level we experience where everybody can kind of just play with it and enjoy it it’s a gaming experience that is more universal to anybody nice I

[3:57] had an awesome time with a family that was just a great one now if I’m not mistaken from some of our conversations during the week I understood that this

[4:06] was the last week of school for you or I should say for your kids yes well for them and for me Trevor it’s sanctioned educational daycare is over

[4:19] yes it’s is yeah it’s a family affair so yes my kids are officially out of school it is now summer for them and for any parent that has dealt with the year and

[4:30] basically school ends at the June first like they’re not doing anything in class the report cards are done it’s not much of an issue in terms of the grades or

[4:41] anything so they’ve been watching TV all this time so it’s really about the year and runaround of who and what do you get the teachers for gifts mm-hmm or not I

[4:54] didn’t hear the word if so it’s well it seems like a pro of a foregone conclusion that there will be gifts for all – yes

[5:03] so yes use an apple and you get an apple I know it’s like I live in an area where teachers get really good gifts and we’re not on the good gift list we’re on this

[5:17] is your gift card mmm list this is you know your five ten bucks to McDonald’s or Tim Hortons or whatever but I have been divided on that issue too because

[5:28] I’ve always thought of okay yeah like they’ve done their job right it was a great job my kid you know learn something they were attentive they’ve

[5:39] bonded with the teacher that’s great but you got paid for that no one’s paying me for yes yeah so to give them a weird tip at the end like kind of like you would

[5:52] tip a waiter or waitress it’s it’s odd to me it’s like and then you kind of think like well if you don’t and that teacher teaches my younger son or it

[6:03] moves up in a grade and teaches again if I leave him a bad gift is that gonna leave like a bad taste in their mouth are they gonna remember me and then

[6:10] click room in my kid and be like no that’s five dollar Tim Hortons card guy you can’t give him a good mark yeah that’s a c-minus at best pal

[6:18] nice yeah yeah I could understand it from it’s difficult because of course the job of a teacher is incredibly difficult I mean I don’t think the pros

[6:28] sure and it’s so detached from a pre I’d like to think it’s so detached from appreciation I don’t think there’s any parent that looks at teachers and thinks

[6:35] oh there’s your easy job well absolutely not like I’m fighting two kids at home let alone 25 in a classroom like you

[6:43] know you do you that’s amazing what you do is God’s work at this point like that’s crazy like but I don’t know what a president the end the year is supposed

[6:53] to mean not even at the end the year at Christmas and now so it’s yeah I get it and it’s like obviously people are very appreciative of what they do and then

[7:03] but just mandatory gifts is a little weird I could understand YouTube is this teacher went above and beyond they spent

[7:10] extra time with my kid they were really inspirational for my kid look like here’s something to thank you for what the above and beyond you did but kind of

[7:19] it kind of sounds like you have to now yeah it’s pretty much a given if not for you then for the kids where all the other parents and kids will be giving

[7:29] gifts and then if your kids don’t now that’s an issue and why they didn’t and they might have questions around it so yeah you’ve kind of meeting that we’ve

[7:37] compromised and met in the middle where the kids have to craft something so yeah sure it was like we got these a bunch of like little clipboards from a store that

[7:47] weren’t very much money and they painted them and then we left a note that they wrote so a note or a picture from my younger son because he can’t write yeah

[7:56] and they clipped it to that along with the gift card or whatever the the gift was so it was something that they had to do and it wasn’t just us running around

[8:04] and getting presents see first that sounded like such a great dad tip but then you capitulated and you still gave money because I would have thought that

[8:11] were doing it for me Trevor okay okay hold on oh that’s all tonight we’re not getting into that right now no that wouldn’t it but for

[8:21] them compromise so I it sounds like a dad tip for some would be get the kids to craft something because I’m the kid the teachers can feel appreciated yeah

[8:32] you don’t have to spend a lot of money right kind of shows appreciation to the kid through you know generous means as opposed to just cash yeah exactly in the

[8:40] end they have to take part in that right and and this and this idea was actually my wives like she she wanted to do it and she

[8:47] this great idea but the clipboard thing I’m Michael that’s neat and then they painted them they spent the whole day doing it with glitter and all this other

[8:52] stuff house was a mess this is not like it was yeah yeah and it turned out great like the kids were happy too and to go give it to them I will say though it’s

[9:05] kind of like inviting people to your wedding because you’re like well where do you draw the line in terms of teachers cuz now you have you know

[9:11] there’s a phys ed teacher there’s a French teacher there’s a librarian there’s no daycare before and after so we had to kind of go down the list and

[9:18] chop because there’s too many it’s sorry okay we have a button we have a gaming budget to maintain here like that’s it nobody has to go back into the podcast

[9:28] I’m sorry listen it’s a steam summer sale right now I can’t I can’t be at 40 days you understand about them that’s what I should got all the teachers

[9:35] here’s your steam card yeah here’s your ticket nothing is not scary – yeah from I said I’ll say my my dad in his retirement drives a school bus okay and

[9:46] he makes it like a bandit it’s unbelievable he gets some it’s like $50 Tim Horton cards oh yeah I totally believe it like it and that’s that’s a

[9:57] bus driver now I think I think he’s a pretty good bus driver you know so for instance like no you injured on the job he knows all the kids birthdays okay and

[10:10] he has my mom bake a cupcake whenever it’s your birthday oh wow so if you’re a kid and it’s your birthday he held me he’ll make sure that

[10:17] you get a cupcake that day and it’s like you know he may makes a deal of it so that that’s out of it so in some ways that’s again that’s where it’s like

[10:24] somebody went above and beyond right I think was it what he done the way he kind of approaches this thing but yeah I’m talking like 50 dollars here like he

[10:34] gets like state the keg which is a steakhouse oh yeah gift cards just yeah yes and it lasts them the best part like it fuels him until the next one so he’ll

[10:45] get he’ll get at the end of year which then it’s so much money from Tim Hortons and such he doesn’t go that off and it lasts him until Christmas at which point

[10:52] you get stocked back up gets right back in there again yeah I could tell yeah totally believe it yeah murky waters cuz you don’t want to

[11:01] be pissed these people off like ha I don’t think especially a bus driver get out yes oops wrong stuff a guys it’s a yeah we

[11:11] stopped like 200 yards where you’re supposed to be dropped walk it’s raining outside or snowing look sorry get out please sir don’t but the as always these

[11:26] are difficult life challenges difficult dad challenges and some dads handle these much better than others no offense Jeff but they realising how

[11:35] that sounded but sometimes handle these so much better than others some dads are just great and these dads win gaming dead victories of the week so this

[11:44] week’s gaming tech victory goes to gamer dad 29 with a really great story around overwatch and connecting with his kids when he’s on the road so this is actual

[11:56] this will be the second overwatch dad story in a row from last week and it’s kind of in the same vein in some ways but a bit of a nice twist where it’s the

[12:06] game is the medium to connect with his kids when he’s out on the road for work and just traveling around which again just this great avenue of using gaming

[12:15] for that family time and you know using some of the benefits of gaming remote play you know asynchronous gameplay all this other great stuff to make those

[12:25] connections so the best way to go through it here is I’ll read his post I travel for a living Monday through Thursday as a consultant since I am a

[12:33] gamer I picked up a gaming laptop so I can play from my hotel rooms at night my little fellas love overwatch 7 and 6 years old and they sit and watch owl and

[12:43] that’s the major league gaming component of overwatch additionally they saved up $40 over a couple of months to buy an overwatch account now we can play when

[12:54] I’m gone they sit on my PC at home and we chat laugh play and have a blast at night in custom matches against bots they are beyond thrilled when they can

[13:05] earn a loot box and open up any color it brings me so much joy to see their overwhelming enthusiasm for gaming even in the small things that we take for

[13:13] granted Oh getting a blue-colored loot etc I’m so thankful for overwatch the username for Jeff Kaplan and the team they’re giving

[13:23] my kiddos and I an opportunity to connect when I’m not there and when I am gamer dad 29 so the photo I sent along he’s captured his two guys having jested

[13:35] uproarious time yeah he’s got his two little ones in front of the his PC at home and the one in front of the keyboard is the widest brightest smile

[13:45] like something’s happened in the game either he’s opened up a loop box and seeing something that he likes or he’s you know gaming with his dad on the

[13:54] other end but it’s the look zoned into this it’s a great thing to see that again gaming is creating that bond even when they’re apart and the fan a couple

[14:04] things going on with a story just even them saving up their allowance or they save that money to to get an account to play with their dad is kind of a its own

[14:13] little sentiment too it’s it’s nice to see and that’s a great pitch or a great moment in time captured as well so yeah any opportunity to like teach money and

[14:24] value of saving and you want something you have to earn it and buy it yes it would have been so easy to just buy a second account to give it to the kids

[14:32] with the fact that they loved it so much you want to participate and they had it right exactly yeah being away from the home being able to connect with them

[14:39] hearing them on the voice chat headset like I’m not at the stager cuz of course my guys are so young but like ii thought that if i had to be away in some other

[14:48] city but i could have them on the headset and we’re playing that game together on the same team yeah beautiful exactly and i think that’s obviously who

[14:57] you know call your kids speak your kids but the fact that he can play with his kids over such a distance as well that’s kind of a neat thing to see fantastic

[15:06] use of gaming such a really warm great story now the check out this game or dead we suggest you go over to instagram this is the username gamer dad 29 that’s

[15:16] some adorable photos there otherwise any any dad and our gaming dad will look at some of these and just smile beautiful little moments of fatherhood

[15:25] so he’s really captures him were the great ones there but for an incredible overwatch play for using gaming to connect with kids when distance

[15:33] separates them gamer dad 29 has won this week’s gaming dad victory of the week if you would like to be nominate for gaming debt victory of the week or know

[15:42] somebody else deserving please reach out to us at our website new dad gaming comm new dads listen up as we go over this week’s highlights and what happened in

[15:50] the world of gaming just in time for summer sony has released some greatest hits on a number of great games permanently lowering their prices to $20

[16:00] us or $29.99 Canadian there’s an extensive list of goodies but some highlights from us here at new dad gaming include Yakuza zero Street

[16:09] Fighter 5 and doom but you can find the full list from the Playstations website the indie game hollow Knight has racked up some staggering numbers on the

[16:16] Nintendo switch in just two weeks sales are pegged at 250,000 K seems like the Metro vania style game has found a perfect home on the switch and the

[16:26] developer team cherry is looking forward to working with Nintendo on future titles aiming heading the director in script writing behind such games as

[16:34] legacy of kain jak and daxter and even the co-creator of the Uncharted series has officially left EA amy was part of an unnamed narrative Star Wars title

[16:44] before leaving under some unknown circumstances well that Star Wars game has now been shelled and amy has announced she is

[16:52] completely independent and starting her own indie company that will be experimenting in the VR space if her track record is any indication vr gamers

[17:01] should be super excited for some high-quality experiences from Amy and her team Google is apparently working on creating a console of some sort

[17:09] Kotaku has reported that Google is creating some sort of gaming streaming platform and is looking to acquire some developer support there’s no other

[17:18] details as of yet but Google throwing around its weight and money in the gaming industry could be a good thing for competition and innovation or a

[17:25] complete failure we’ll have to see and when is fortnight never not in the news well this past Saturday players were invited to an

[17:34] in-game event then went off without a hitch if you got into a at 1:30 Eastern Standard Time there was

[17:40] an in-game rocket that launched into the sky and exploded in spectacular fashion creating a permanent rift in the skybox what does this mean well fortnight seems

[17:50] to have these genius marketing and community events that keep the game in the spotlight so we can’t wait to see what they have up their sleeves for

[17:56] their next surprise overwatch has announced their next hero and it’s a hamster in a giant mech suit nope not kidding Hammond the hamster nicknamed

[18:06] wrecking ball is both cute and deadly with his tank character smashing through the map and balls swinging from building to building with a grappling hook or

[18:13] morphing into a giant four-legged robot with dual machine guns Hammet is apparently available to test out on overwatch as public test realm on

[18:21] PC so gear up those hamster wheels and get out there some gaming launches here we will discuss the freebies announced for July games with gold for Xbox

[18:30] include the assault Android cactus death square for Xbox one virtual earth fire 5 and Splinter Cell Conviction for the Xbox 360 and over on the Sony side the

[18:40] PSN plus games include heavy rain and absolve her for the ps4 Rayman 3 HD and deception 4 for the ps3 and Vita gets in on it with space overloads and zero

[18:50] escape that’s it for the gaming news for this week catch a nap and tune in next week for another update so greatest hits for PlayStation up against steam summer

[19:00] sale like they just really want us to buy games right now all the time yeah like this is like the exodus of everything it’s just I think if we owned

[19:11] most of those generally like we talked about a couple of Miku’s it was kind of interesting although again it’s just with the depth of that game I can’t

[19:19] imagine that’s dad friendly like how on earth would you find time for that one no I keep looking at it and like no I can’t

[19:27] yeah but I mean for anybody who hasn’t dived into uncharted that’s a fantastic opportunity like that’s a great price and not what’s street fighter like that

[19:34] is so cheap that is fantastic yep so anyone who has a bit of a like of fighting games like myself suggests like that might be the time to hop in yeah

[19:46] had you ever played the hollow Knight I did and I have it on my Mac actually and they play it with the kids for a little bit and

[19:53] then it got really really hard so applause so it’s it’s a cute little game I don’t know if you played it but the animation is all like hand-drawn it’s

[20:04] very well done so it’s kind of a neat game to get into yeah it looked beautiful it seemed like the type of thing I’d like to get into a la the

[20:12] what’s the one with the little white character had just gone on sale is Microsoft exclusive for a while Ori and the blind forest or in the blind

[20:21] forest yet I can’t believe you picked it up for my lousy description I got you on the same wavelength I got it it seems along that safe words you know that

[20:29] animation aesthetic like yeah I don’t kind of beautiful cuz I was a bit darker right Mike all the night yeah it is it’s got a lot of blues blacks just as the

[20:39] color palette and then yeah it’s very like you’re like this little almost creature that’s underground all the time so there’s like no outdoor spaces that

[20:47] I’ve seen so yeah it’s a very dark and grim like it’s great to see these subtitles be able to blow up like the industry is able to accept smaller

[20:56] titles people get excited about it next thing you know massive huge success across a bunch of consoles yeah yeah and it’s consistent

[21:03] now the speaking of consoles the question becomes would holo night show up on the Google console oh yeah so I don’t know Google seems to do a lot of

[21:16] things and then they kind of jump out after a while like they kind of have support it and then they’re like hey we’re done with this and then move on so

[21:24] they have a lot of hurdles to meet a streaming gaming box I think you know the infrastructure in the North America is not well equipped to do anything

[21:35] streaming wise with leg like if you had any game that required split-second decisions that’s hard to do with a streaming box so yeah if anything like

[21:46] the streaming it’s that concept of it to me is you get to break away from your physical devices right like great like I don’t have to get at home like my games

[21:56] move with me except that’s but the current infrastructure that’s a lie because you need to have this rocket fast internet connection you need

[22:04] to ensure that it’s a constant streaming rate so it’s a good experience because you could think okay I’ll take it on the road with hotel but if anybody who’s

[22:11] used a hotel Wi-Fi network you know those are they can be pretty good but they’re not gonna be consistently amazing no to go right so it’s that

[22:20] until that value propositions there like if they ever figure out like if you could do that on your mobile network like you had unlimited LTE mobile

[22:28] connection yeah and you could use that anywhere to stream into a game you’re kind of talking now but until then it’s kind of seems like you’re still strong

[22:39] to your house and like what’s that point I think so too and then unless google launches its fiber network like all North America and uses that to put this

[22:48] in your house you know in any tablet or whatever you have to use I don’t think they’re there yet I don’t know if this was just like pie in the sky and they

[22:57] kind of announced it and went near if it’s dead I would even say like licensing and ownership would be a big part because I like to kind of own my

[23:06] games whether it be digitally or physically and if they’re moving towards like a Netflix type style subscription I don’t really want to see that because

[23:15] Netflix stuff leaves without kind of knowing or notifying and it’s going so I couldn’t imagine that with a game that you haven’t beaten that’s just like

[23:24] makes your eyes twitch that a play devil’s advocate a bit like I could kind of see it cuz you know we’re working on dad budgets here yeah and sometimes you

[23:37] want to just get an in-sample something right or I don’t know I don’t know of any of these that’s called six triple-a titles that

[23:44] are coming out if I’m really gonna like any one of them so but you have to plop down that like $80 as a gamble and now I own it

[23:54] ah too bad I don’t like it I think I think of myself like in my battlefront the original battlefront game that I did not like so imagine like so you do have

[24:05] this subscription and yeah you run the risk because they’ll just pull the plug at some point you won’t be able to play it but if it’s at one time fee and you

[24:12] have access to all of these games that really it kind of seems like there’d be this enjoyment being able to sample it and

[24:18] then ideally anything that is popular enough would stick there I get their newest but it seems like some of the rewards could be worth it yeah and I can

[24:24] see that but I can also see that we’ve moved away from demos and we used to get demos from every game and now like that’s non-existent you might get a free

[24:33] to play weekend now and then like a year after release but we used to get demos and very rarely did they ever release something because they might have found

[24:42] out that people get turned off from the demo and they lose potential sales I don’t know but yeah I can see your point with a subscription even just as a dad

[24:50] gamer maybe for the whole family to take part you know now there’s games for the kids there’s games for me there’s games for my wife there’s games for whoever

[24:57] and it’s more of an arrangement of having different genres at once that would be kind of cool yeah but that’s kind of interesting like the exposure

[25:05] part of it too because as opposed to my palette because of my limited budget my palate for games is gonna be somewhat narrow because I’m all gonna take a risk

[25:14] every so often as opposed to I could just try any of these things like man this crazy indie titles amazing yeah I wouldn’t never like even touched it if I

[25:24] hadn’t known it so yeah we’ll see I don’t know see if they say they pull it off just yeah great more hardware this’ll be I would just I would just

[25:33] more prefer that these guys would start to work together a bit more high a gluey like a Google not talk to PlayStation so it becomes like an app on the

[25:45] PlayStation yeah or vice versa like the or Xbox or switch anything like yeah do they have to have their own physical hardware that I have to buy like the TV

[25:56] stand is getting a little ridiculous I agree and again like you said like wouldn’t that kind of turn to more revenue for them then there are across

[26:05] all consoles people can like go into that app or whatever and you got this library of games I don’t know how that’s gonna work I Google has a lot of money

[26:14] I’m sure they could just you know put things on the shelf people will buy it a little bit and then they can say they did it and walk away

[26:20] [Laughter] ya didn’t not like it’s an switch PS what like any play anyplace that that could go or even if it was on badge of

[26:31] his on mobile like if they’re one of the first companies to really deliver that’s triple-a high fidelity graphic to your mobile device you’re seeing that a

[26:38] little bit now with the Steam app that released recently oh yeah yeah well even having fortnight on your phone right I know that’s not a streaming service but

[26:46] you can play against other people on other consoles it’s just something that is on the cusp of happening is these high quality games can almost run on ya

[26:55] if Google could bring this streaming service or streaming box to other tablets phones something that I can carry around my pocket and kind of

[27:03] compete against Nintendo and other portable devices all better I’m great for innovation that would force everybody else to kind of show their

[27:11] hand but we’ll see what Google has to do I don’t know so it’s a long way off it was just announced let them do their thing

[27:18] well talk to them later let them Google their Google yeah now that you’d mentioned fortnight on mobile and specifically there’s that event that

[27:27] they had yes did you see it I didn’t see what you tempted to go on it I was so with the billion I was at with the family so I couldn’t do it but it it it

[27:37] was curiosity I really didn’t want to go on and see it like what on earth are they talking about I yes and I I hope that epic is listening to our podcast

[27:45] because who it’s 1:30 p.m. event I’m got kids wake make it really early in the morning where I might be able to jump on or really late at night should be

[28:00] everybody it’s dads this should be a separate dad launch there should be like a repeat I don’t care if it’s just like a stream video that should be it

[28:09] yeah I was tempted to get in there so what I’ve been funded I’m telling you like Jen I still get this odd pull every now and then where it’s I have so little

[28:18] time to game I need something of Nan consequence I’ll just do a match of fortnight I’ve maybe done it twice since we’ve kind of played our dad experiments

[28:28] with it yeah there’s still some sort of kind of pull to it to get back in but then they had this event it’s like man it sounds so cool like what on earth is

[28:36] going on like it did you watch the event like did you replays of it I have known a few it is really cool yeah yeah and it went off

[28:44] again without a hitch a lot happens in the world and people built these structures to watch the event and no one killed each other for like a minute

[28:52] while this rocket took off and basically shattered the sky which leaves a mark so no one knows what’s gonna happen next but the only thing I can compare it to

[29:01] was like Final Fantasy 11 where they like blew up was it 11 whatever the ones on line 14 was it 14 or to the whole world and restarted

[29:11] again like it’s a whole in-game event and I think for an eye is on the cusp of doing these kind of events where everybody just stops and just watches

[29:20] and then they go back to killing each other it’s just my first things just like alright I’m here I get to watch his event Oh even sneaked by yeah well he

[29:29] gamer kill at nine nine and five like know a couple streamers did um notice that because they built all these structures to watch it one guy just took

[29:39] out the structure and got like a world record 48 kills and like thank you one second because everybody died of it that’s so me but he waited he at least

[29:49] waited an entire whole thing was done so you know there are I suspect so he’s a gentleman that’s yes exactly before taking it but she said that game just

[29:58] continues to amaze like it besides shadow in the records its popularity its money its intake like it’s just not resting you know I know

[30:06] you the season seemed kind of interesting and they keep pushing events and mystery and story inside this game that has no business having stories and

[30:15] that’s the beauty part I’m surprised that they have gotten away with that do you know I mean like people don’t just kind of shrug it off they’re like jeddah

[30:22] genuinely interested in what’s gonna happen next and all these like clues hidden about the map so it’d be so easy for so easy for them just to kind of say

[30:30] like alright well here is a new skin it’s a ninja yes see you next month there this company seems to be doing really great things so it’s exciting

[30:38] it’s cool to see good things succeed yeah I agree and you know lastly we’d be remissed not to talk about overwatch his new character even now might how popular

[30:50] overwatch is yeah of course man it’s a hamster in a death hamster ball oh this first you’re the overwatch guy

[30:59] you know this cuz I could not get into that game but I understand it and I realized the popularity behind it there’s a whole backstory to where this

[31:07] hamster came from so don’t know if you’ve watched that but it’s linked with the gorilla in the moon and I’m like oh of course they’ve kind of just thrown

[31:14] their hands up and didn’t like super creative at this point which I’m happy for that’s an awesome it’s a cute little character and this death machine that’s

[31:21] rolling around the maps oh man it’s it’s what you see is movement – and how the player how that particular character plays yeah it’s nuts like it looks like

[31:30] a blast just kick it around and again it’s one of those things where this world has no business having so much story but if you have you ever watched

[31:38] any of their shorts yeah they’re amazingly our movie quality yeah honestly with this in this world I would love to see a full length movie I really

[31:49] would be interested to watch it like the characters and the storylines seem so interesting yeah they’ve built up I might be be silly not to do that so yeah

[31:58] I hope they’re working on but it might be the real formula for creating long lasting success for these type of shooters where as opposed to say like

[32:06] here’s gnarly-looking characters kill each other it’s more about yeah here is this vibrant world where that I mean that that’s because I kid ourselves

[32:16] the main thing is like six dude six dudes shooty shooty dead dead but it’s still got shooting it’s exactly what I had yes

[32:24] it’s pretty sure that’s the pro terms yeah that’s that’s how they announce it on howl but the the extra layers of care and concern and story it just produces

[32:35] like some sort of depth to an otherwise very shallow mechanic shallow not so much I know this strategy and that there’s a lot of great incredible

[32:45] teamwork if you’ve watched an ala magic it’s really incredible what these guys can do so I don’t mean that this is not dismissively say shallow but ultimately

[32:52] six of you six of them killed those six people so you can win right that’s running by shallows there’s that shallow experience much like fortnight where

[33:00] it’s just kill everybody else mm-hmm but all this depth around it we’re normally wouldn’t need to have depth and I think some of the greatest

[33:08] successes we’re seeing have that formula so it’s somewhat shallow gameplay approachable fun great time with crazy depth in the background that you can dig

[33:17] into if you care to yeah and I think that’s where they made a good decision on creating that layer and narrative where you’re like alright well what’s

[33:25] missing from these you know shooters that are flash in the pans well let’s have these people care about these characters or select them based on their

[33:32] storylines I still remember doing nothing compared to Street Fighter but they all had their luck little intros and their little

[33:38] narrative and I would have to go through each one to kind of you know see what they were about and and what m.bison would do at the end so I don’t know it’s

[33:46] just having that again little storyline to kind of thread things through is a neat thing to have and I guess it’s it’s working like it’s it’s keeping people I

[33:54] think engaged with these heroes and these characters that you’re playing with know very lisa when as a dad and you have no time for it to your losing

[34:03] horrifically their stories it not feels so good I do you have YouTube on it and you’re good I read some comics and uh yeah try

[34:13] to sulk in the fact that you don’t kill a single person exactly that’s for tonight and overwatch the dad series yeah but on that positive gaming dad

[34:23] note we will wrap it up for the week thank you everybody so much for listening this has been new dad gaming if you like to get a hold of you can

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[34:57] always thank you so much for listening and until next week my name is Trevor and I have a three year old and a 9 month old and I’m Jeff I have a 7 year

[35:06] old and a 5 year old alright I’ll see you next week see you over watch hamster we yeah yeah you know nine times out of ten monkey beats hamster

[35:22] we’ll see about that yeah spider all my rage see there’s a hamster in a death ball down there you go [Music]