Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "THE NOTORIOUS MASS EFFECT EPISODE 153 PT 2 // "IS HOLLOW KNIGHT SILKSONG THE BEST GAME OF 2025?"

Episode Date: October 5, 2025

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Starting point is 00:00:03 Now before we get into Nintendo, it's basically patenting the ability to use buttons while playing a video game. I mean, filing for a patent related to summoning slash battling mechanics. We have to get into the update on Nintendo versus Power World. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Because it's a sad day in history as I have to give you an update. Obviously, there's no conclusion. as of yet but with the lawsuit ongoing i wanted to give you the up-to-date details about the lawsuit currently
Starting point is 00:00:41 so nintendo and the pokema company filed a lawsuit in september of 2024 against pocket pair you guys see that's the problem the maker of power world accused in the game of infringing on patents related to pomechanics shepherd Such as capturing creatures and smooth switching of writing objects. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Let me tell you what's going on. During the ongoing legal battle, Nintendo surprisingly altered the language of one of its patents.
Starting point is 00:01:23 Hold on now. Adding vague and complex wording potentially to complicate the lawsuit and avoid claims of invalidity. Shepard. Just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? The state of gaming is very reminiscent of the state of hip hop. And I ain't even going to tell you why.
Starting point is 00:01:46 Actually, I will. As far as side 7 and the lawsuits that he's currently under, one could compare that whole situation. Obviously, is less dollars involved as far as Nintendo and Power World. But as far as the action of suing your opponent, it's safe to say hip hop and gaming y'all got that in common you know what i'm saying but then you know what i'm saying i was like damn look at the state of hip hop like what's going on so when it comes to drake i mean when it comes to nintendo suing power world it's very interesting as pocket pair responded by
Starting point is 00:02:19 modifying power world's gameplay removing and changing contested features but they denied infringement and argued that the patents aren't valid You guys. See, that's the problem. And then finally, to summarize this before we get into the up-to-date story, Nintendo also obtained new patents in 2025 covering mechanics like summoning creatures to a fight, escalating the case. And essentially, that's what brings us into today's subject, which is Nintendo. Currently, having both patents granted as far as smooth switching of riding objects and summoning of battling,
Starting point is 00:03:02 mechanic now when it comes to that that means that the lawsuit that's ongoing with power is very much escalating because power world is going towards a one point oh release meaning it's not even out yet technically i mean it's out but technically they're saying it's in early it's in pre access early access something like that they're basically saying the game's not out it's the same thing as like uh what was it called the multiverses with superman batman bugs bunny same situation The game's technically out, but it's not out. Make that make sense. But anyways, when it comes to Nintendo being granted for both patents,
Starting point is 00:03:40 safe to say that their lawsuit towards Power World is going to be in their favor. And Nintendo is ultimately going to win the lawsuit, and Power World is basically going to lose its way of earning a living. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? So, as far as, the dollar amount i don't know if it's actually been cited oh it has okay so the lawsuit what in the world ain't no way that nintendo is suing for 65 000 now what in the now obviously for the
Starting point is 00:04:16 average human on plane of earth 65 000 is a lot of money but ladies and gentlemen let's go to nintendo let's just say net worth right nintendo as of right now is worth Is that right? A hundred and one, hold on now, ain't no way. $101 billion. And safe to say, $65,000 off of a lawsuit when it's very petty. What say you? Shepherd.
Starting point is 00:04:50 Just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? The way that Nintendo's going at Power World right now is very reminiscent of hip-hop, but it's very unfortunate in the same light because why are you doing this to Power World. What did Power World do to you? I feel like Tyrese, when I was covering the future updates for the company of Power World, when I was, you know, shameless plug, when I was reacted to Power, if you just type in Power World, Analytic Dreams with a Z, my reaction to the updates for the company, it was very indicative of what we're talking about now because of course I feel like they're going through the Tyrese meme. They're looking at Nintendo saying, what more do you want for me? Because what in the world does Nintendo want from Power World other than to shame them for, you know, may or may not drawing heavy inspiration from the game? Because $65,000 measly dollars, right? $65,000 is very minuscule to have an $101 billion market cap.
Starting point is 00:05:55 Now, maybe they see Power World as a threat. I'll understand that. At the end of the day, Nintendo really is just going at them for no real. reason it seems like and for them to come out with Pocopio which i also had a reaction to it another shameless plug just typing Pocopia analytic dreams with a Z essentially when i was covering that or reacting to that video it was very apparent to me that they was ripping off on my ad animal crossing and my craft so now you're ripping off other games but you're still suing pocket pair the creators of power and then now
Starting point is 00:06:31 with your grants as far as your patents for summoning and battling and smooth switching of writing objects very vague on my ad that's why i started to dissolve basically seeing and nintendo's patenting the right to use buttons playing the video game because this is insanity like i said when i was breaking down the nintendo and power a lawsuit it seems like a lot of this jargon is um very vague and interestingly enough, it really complicates the lawsuit as far as them winning it but now with the patents being granted
Starting point is 00:07:06 that's the main thing I wanted to get across in this segment because that's basically showcasing and foreshadowing what's going to happen in the future because now that those patents was granted I think Power world is going to
Starting point is 00:07:21 unequivocally lose in the courtroom via the lawsuit so it's strengthening the Tendos case is potentially threatening any type of innovation when it comes to the monster taming and the summoning style of game right is it's um indicative of when i forgot what the company did it but it was the um the nemesis system i forget exactly who made it the nemesis system was in shadow of mordor and shadow of war but it was patent it so nobody could use that system again right i forget who who made the nemesis system obviously it was in the shadow of mortar game
Starting point is 00:08:06 but i forget who uh let me see who made it the nemesis system was made by monolith okay so when it was patented safe to say the innovation just stopped right there because of course nobody wants to be sued like we're seeing what power right now because of them using what could be considered a nemesis system so now any type of monster taming and summoning style of game is going to be looked under a Pokemon clone and we already seen what happened to Power. So a very sad day in history as Nintendo, I think, is stopping creativity because of course even though Powerd had a lot of heavy inspiration off of Pokemon, I still believe it had enough as far as unique factors to be its own game. It's almost as if H1Z1 patented the right to
Starting point is 00:08:59 have a bunch of people go on the map and loot to shoot it out to see who could come out on top king of king of the hill fashion right then we would have never got a fortnight we would have never had a pub g we would have never had a pub g we would have never had a war zone apex legends because h1 z1 would have the right to battle reals now that's just a vague comparison the reason why i'm using for this is because the vagueness of summoning a creature and using creatures as flight as far as transversial literally it says quote summoning and battling mechanic quote smooth switching of writing objects i don't know about y'all but it seems very vague right and now that they was granted access to both of those patents it's just getting spooky in the gaming industry because who in the world wants to make a
Starting point is 00:09:57 monster summoning type of game when these type of vague patentists a patent are made by nintendo so very interesting um that's why i compare it to the battle real the evolution of it and put it in that light because when you stagger innovation that means you can't go from my h1 z1 to a fortnight that means you can't go from a fortnight i mean there's nothing as popular as fortnight but you can't go from fortnight to apex legends like something that's a battle real but very different from fortnight right so i think it's staggering innovation and ultimately is one of the craziest developments in the gaming industry especially for indy devs so that being said mainly i just want to let y'all know that nintendo is the bad guy in that situation and at the end of day will they end up patenting
Starting point is 00:10:54 buttons to play video games next so that being said click my link to my bio let me know one of my social media is where you think about nintendo having both patents granted and what do you think this means for the innovation in a monster taming and summoning style of games i am here at invidia headquarters in santa clara uh with the CEO of the world's most valuable company and the CEO and president of of the world's most valuable private company. Jensen Wong of Nvidia, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of Open AI. So let's do. Analytic Dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because of course,
Starting point is 00:11:43 when it comes to these three gentlemen right here, but they're not showing it right now, but when they go to the wide shot, you'll see them in a second. Of course, let me just go to the watch side. All the way to the left, you have the one and only CEO of Open AI. And then next to him, You have DeMis, well, I even said the first name. Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI.
Starting point is 00:12:07 Next to him, you have DeMis, I think that's how you say it, the CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMine. And then you have next to him, Jensen Wong, I think it's Huang, the CEO and co-founder of Navidia. Now, why this is so important, it's because of Navidia, up to a hundred hold on now a hundred billion with the B a hundred billion dollar investment into open AI and before you say hold on now that's a lot of money well I will have you know when it comes to these particular companies safe to say
Starting point is 00:12:55 open AI is valued at five hundred billion dollars Google deep mine is valued at $3.08 trillion dollars. And then you come to Nevada and then you know they're making a little bit around $4.3 trillion dollars. So when it comes to this huge partnership, some would say this is one of the more monumental moments in technological advancement history because the amount of money that these three companies have and for them to come together like this that we're going to break down more in depth after listening to the CEOs of these respective companies is very groundbreaking and
Starting point is 00:13:41 important especially if you care about technological advancements in society so anyways let them we're going to let them break it down can i'm pretty sure they could do it a little bit better as far as announcing why or explaining why in the world they decide to partner better than i can so let's get to it right now analytic dreams video on spotify to see the video along with the audio over several years. The investment's going to come with the gigawatts, one at a time. You're telling me you guys as quickly as you guys can get it done. Jensen, first of all, set the stage. Why? This is the biggest AI infrastructure project in history. This is the largest computing project in history. Well, the reason for that is because computing demand is going through the roof for open AI.
Starting point is 00:14:27 You know, Chad GPT is the single most revolutionary AI project in history. Look at him trying to be humble. This man invented, well, I'm not going to say invented AI, but basically invented one of the more groundbreaking AI technological advancements ever. Not him specifically, because that was Sam Altman. But you get the point. AI in general may be one of the best inventions that we've had in human history. I know y'all may be saying, oh, the light bulb, oh, the car, the automobile industry, you know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:14:57 At the end of day, advancement has to come from somewhere. And AI unequivocally is one of the more modern day groundbreaking inventions that we've seen in quite some time. People have been hinting towards as far as flying cars. Oh, the I robot films with Will Smith. I don't know why my brain went to that. But as far as AI advancement, you already know, it's scary capabilities. And chatbot GPT, open AI is ultimately showcased. what that looks like in modern day and it's not magic.
Starting point is 00:15:33 Tony Stark would look at this back in 1990s and he'll say that is witchcraft. But nowadays, people just see it as reality. So let's get back into it. It's being used everywhere, every industry, every country, every person practically that I know uses CHATGPT. The computing demand is going through the roof. And so this partnership is about building an AI infrastructure
Starting point is 00:15:57 that enables AI to go. from the labs into the world this is about the AI industrial revolution arriving they probably think it to yourself what in the world why is the stock price jumping like that well ladies and gentlemen we're going to get to that deep dive in the second but you know to highlight that specifically the stock of navidia rose 4% on announcement day and i would know because i had a little bit of stock into it you know me drop a bomb for that one you know drop a bomb and actually invest in and having it pan out like this. I was a part of the GameStop investment.
Starting point is 00:16:36 Remember when that blew up, I pulled my money out expeditiously. I'm glad I did when that boom happened. And then to just, you know, coincidentally, I had my money in Vindia. It's almost like the notorious Mass Effect being an informative podcast pays dividends. Hmm, who would it think?
Starting point is 00:16:53 You guys. Anyways, let's get back into them explaining this monumental partnership. It's a very big deal. $100 billion. a lot of money. Sam, great, you guys are used to dealing with a lot of money and big projects. So Sam, I think it was just eight months and a day ago, the initial Stargate announcement talking about the overall move that opened out. Hey, first off, I got to get my jokes off. Why in the world? Why in the world are they
Starting point is 00:17:20 copying my leather jacket? No, hold on now, because, you know, if they're going to copy my leather jacket, they better wear the N7 logo with it because we're all Mass Effect fans out here. Shepard. Now I know what you're probably saying. There was leather jackets invented before Mass Effect, but no nobody care about all that. Like, come on now. Shepard.
Starting point is 00:17:39 All right, I'm a chill out. I just had to get my jokes off. Let's get back into this very serious, groundbreaking technological investment as far as partnership. ...is making and building out this capacity. Where does this fit? So as Jensen said, building this infrastructure is critical to everything we want to do. Without doing this, we cannot deliver the services people want. We can't keep making better models.
Starting point is 00:18:00 And now that we really see what's on the near-term horizon of how good the models are getting, the new use cases that are being enabled, what people want to do, this is like the fuel that we need to drive improvement, to drive better models, to drive revenue, everything. So this is helping us get to a world along with our partners at Stargate, Microsoft, Oracle, where we can build out increasing amounts of infrastructure to deliver on what the world is demanding out of these services. There's like no partner but in video that could do this at this kind of scale at this kind of speed. It's really like quite quite incredible. But this will expand on this target ambitions and let us push further and further.
Starting point is 00:18:39 We have found every step along the way that we did not quite set our sites big enough given the market demand. So this will help us push towards that next level. The compute constraints that the whole industry has been, and our company in particular have been terrible. We're so limited right now and the services we can offer, there's so much more demand. Keep in mind. I know his company. is hugely successful but next to these individuals right here 500 billion compared to 3 trillion to 4 trillion you know let's just say it's little money compared to them so he's definitely speaking
Starting point is 00:19:08 from a place of we're looking for somebody to help us out i'm pretty sure he shopped around this idea to a couple companies but none had a capacity or the financial abundance to go at the partnership like these two gentlemen as far as the CEOs of these companies could do for open AI. And then what we can do. And as we look forward another year or two years, if you have, you know, let's say it takes 10 gigawatts of compute or five gigawatts of compute, you could choose one of two things. You could choose to cure cancer by doing a bunch of having AI do a bunch of research, or you could choose to offer free education to everybody on Earth. No one wants to make that choice. And so increasingly as we see this, the answer is just much more capacity so that we can serve
Starting point is 00:19:50 the massive needs and opportunity with this. Now there's only a minute left, so I'm going to keep pause. But essentially, what I'm adding is something to think about for the future. The first thing this man said is cure cancer and free education for the masses. It's almost like what I said earlier. It's true about AI being one of the more groundbreaking inventions that we've seen in quite some time. Anyways, let's let these gentlemen explain this some more. Greg, one way of measuring that demand is the number of users that Open AI has. ChatGPT says somewhere between 700 and 800 million. How quickly are you growing? What's the technology that you guys need to bring to bear from Nvidia included in order to satisfy that?
Starting point is 00:20:34 Yeah, so 700 million growing extremely quickly. I think that ChatGPT has grown from nothing to that scale and continues to grow faster than any product in history. And really the reason we were able to make this breakthrough and serve it to the extent that we have is by leveraging NVIDIA's platform. Like we've worked together very closely since Jensen actually hand-delivered a server to us back in 2016. And we were just doing some math earlier. I think that this deal is really for a billion times more computational power than that initial server. And so we're able to actually create new breakthroughs, new models, to be able to actually solve problems like create cures for diseases, and to actually be able to empower every individual in business because we'll be able to reach the next level of scale.
Starting point is 00:21:20 Thank you. I am here. All right. So that's basically the explanation. And of course, when it comes to that, the main thing I was going to get across, especially with this partnership, is that now diving into the depths of the actual deal. When it comes to Navidia, basically putting, I'm trying to make sure I switch the scene. Yeah, there we go.
Starting point is 00:21:41 Navidia announcing up to a hundred billion dollar investment as far as open AI is very interesting because you're probably wondering well why would you do it they basically explained it but as far as the infrastructure scale like he said uh like Sam was saying 10 gigawatts of Navidia AI systems playing for open AI and then as far as deploying the second half of 2026 on Navidia's vera Rubin platform and then uh jensen Navidia's CEO basically said that 10 gigawatts equals to 4 to 5 million GPUs goodness gracious and it equals to Navidia's full 2025 shipments two times 2024 output and that's essentially showcasing why this is such a monumental partnership because they're basically helping each other
Starting point is 00:22:35 grow to new heights right and then ultimately the energy equivalent power from New York City on a hot summer day as far as the mayor's office of climate and environmental justice confirmed. So when it comes to the cost estimate per gigawatt data center, there's 50 to 60 billion and 35 billion in Nvidia chip slash systems per gigawatt. So it takes a lot of money to do this type of project. And of course, what better partnership and what better way to get this across than for these companies who's worth trillions of dollars well you know except for open AI you know they're worth 500 billion that's still a lot but you know still got let you know playing with multiple trillions is a little different than 500 billion but that's just me so anyways
Starting point is 00:23:26 getting back into it navidia recently invested 5 billion into intel and they acquired 4% stake and then intel stock surged 23%. So when it comes to invidio, safe to say me already being a proponent of nvydia basically because of my pc and things in nature as far as me covering the entire landscape of gaming and music what i used to cover it i come to realize i was thinking to myself navidia has his hands on everything so of course i invested and then here comes this news makes me feel like i know what i'm doing a little bit as far as my investment portfolio i would show y'all hey that's none of y'all business shepherd all right my fault so anyways back into the overall strategic significance invidia becomes open a i's preferred strategic compute
Starting point is 00:24:19 and networking partner and the partnership of course submits navidia at the center of the ai boom not just as a supplier but an investor so with that being said we also wanted to talk about the statements and goals but we already played the video as far as the people respectively explaining why they partner with each other in the first place. So we don't need to go over that. As far as the global expansion, Nvidia plus Abu Dhabi announced the first Nvidia AI technology center
Starting point is 00:24:48 in the Middle East. So Nvidia is making all type of moves. Ultimately, when you look at the scale with Nvidia playing around with $4 trillion, $4.30 trillion. Can't forget the point three. But fueled by the AI chip dominance and of course, now that is
Starting point is 00:25:07 having this open AI partnership, safe to say that Nvidia is definitely going to dominate the technological space because of the way it's able to advance compared to its competition, right? So that's the main thing I was wanting to get across. I think one of the things I did want to correct because I'm pretty sure when I first popped it up, I think it was the wrong person I said because I got Sam Altman Jensen, but it was this who? Which guy was it? It was the ballheaded guy.
Starting point is 00:25:36 I didn't mean to be disrespectful. I was just, you know, I was just trying to. He actually has hair. Man, we're in the world. Why I say that? My fault, man. You know, hey, you're hanging on, man. You still got a little bit up there.
Starting point is 00:25:46 All right, pause. Who is this man's name? So I'm trying to see. So we have Sam Altman. We have Jensen. So they let Jensen speak. They let Sam speak. And then I think they let the other guy speak at some point.
Starting point is 00:25:58 Yeah. Greg Brockman, the Open AI president. My fault, brother. I think I got your name wrong. I don't know who in the world. I said at the beginning. I just wanted to correct this in the same segment so people don't be like, oh, you got the name wrong. Be like, hey, you ain't listened to the whole video.
Starting point is 00:26:11 So I correct myself. DeMis Hasabas, who's, I mean, it seems like he's definitely the CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMine. He's not in this video. So as far as the picture, it's safe to say I use AI to get the picture of descriptions of these people because I already had the full deal broken out. But I wanted to know who these people were because I just found this as soon as I recorded. But this is actually, so correction, it's actually Greg Brockman, Open AI. precedence and you only know i corrected that you stay to the end so if people complain hey you know i mean that just means they ain't watched the whole video but at the end of the huge accomplishment
Starting point is 00:26:44 like i keep saying as far as the development of uh the technological space invidia open ai having this type of partnership is a huge accomplishment because of course if you have trillions of dollars to play around with such as invidia um these type of partnerships make sense along with the abu daby expansion along with them um investing into intel what was that yeah nivita recently investing five billion into intel all of these moves by invidia is basically shaping up to make them the ultimate company when it comes to the standard of technological advancements which is why i invested in them in the first place so that being said click my link to my bio let me know one of my social medias what do you think about invidia
Starting point is 00:27:31 announcing up to a hundred billion dollar investment and open AI and ultimately what do you take from this monumental technological partnership now of course you're probably saying to yourself why in the world are we covering the game from 2017 shepherd just look at the state of gaming like what is going on well i will let you know when it comes to hollow night silk song being one of the more coveted releases you also have to remember that the hollow night franchise as a whole has earned over a whopping 15 million copies as of August 2025 and of course those analytics came from Bloomberg in interviews with the developers of Team Cherry which speaking of them let's talk about the overall creation of this very successful
Starting point is 00:28:30 franchise as when it comes to the developers Team Cherry which is in Australia and Ari Gibson William Pellon and Jack Vine were the leaders of the developer team of Team Cherry. And then as far as Hollow Night, the concept began at 2013 Ludum Dare Game Jam, if I said that correctly. But the Kickstarter raised $57,000. So that being said, and originally came out on PC, February 2017, and then following up the PC version, Switch, PS4 and Xbox one versions came out in 2018 and then of course it is playable on PS5 as far as backward compatibility Now as far as a 2017 game being talked about in 2025 that's because of hollow night silk song
Starting point is 00:29:24 that is set to be one of the most anticipated sequels in quite some time because of course as far as 2017 all the way to 2025 safe to say that the the avid fans of Hollow Night have been waiting for quite some time so as far as it's being one of the most anticipated sequels you do have to keep in mind that silk song also faced a lot of delays repeated delays since its announcement basically gta levels of delays just think of that in the fan base because of course as soon as the official release date was set it was starting to rise up to charts like hot cakes as far as pre-orders to the point where I believe silk song doesn't come out to September 4th 2025 and it's already the fifth most engaged with game on game pass as far as trending now as far as trending
Starting point is 00:30:21 I don't know if it's like a one to 10 as far as the actually how many is up here four eight nine yeah I don't know if it's one to 10 it seems like it is because gears of war reloaded is the first one you see on trending and I believe going all the way down to number two 10 is hell let's lose so i think it's in order but if it's not man um it's just one of the most anticipated games on game pass but ultimately i think is listed out as far as numbers so i'm say it's the fifth most engaged with game on game pass because of course that just means people have the subscription we really don't know how many dollars are being put on the game currently as when i looked at the PlayStation when i looked at xbox as far as top pay games in the top 10 um i didn't see it on
Starting point is 00:31:02 either or PlayStation or Xbox but i still would assume that a lot of people are definitely clamoring for it as when i first reviewed uh hollow night silk song as far as august 27th of this year as far as my reaction to the uh release trailer safe to say that trailer is doing phenomenal on youtube i think it's one of the most engaged with videos on youtube actually let's look at it right now so as far as the hollow night silk song it's been let's look at the trailer as far as the Hollow Night Silk Song trailer it did about 3.5 million views as far as, oh no, that's three years ago. I'm tripping. Okay, so that makes it even more crazy because three years ago Xbox
Starting point is 00:31:50 released a Hollow Night Silk Song trailer, right? That did 3.5 million views. Team Cherry 10 days ago just released the updated release trailer for Hollow Night Silk Song. And guess what that's at? A whopping 4.7 million. So when we talk about the Hollow Night franchise, it's safe to say that their fan base and what they've been doing along as far as like keeping them engaged. Because if you don't know, as far as 2017 to 2025, to still have people excited for the sequel is a huge accomplishment. And it's not accomplished by a lot of games. Let's just put it like that. If you take a huge hiatus, I would expect at least 50% of your audience to lose interest.
Starting point is 00:32:33 But as far as Hollow Night seems like they haven't. So Silk Song is looking to be a success, but overall, let me just give people who are not even aware of this franchise what it's about. So as far as Hollow Night, you do have to keep in mind that even though you may not be aware of this game, just know it did sell 15 million copies as of August 2025. And with 12 million of those sales occurring in the six years that followed, as far as the announcement for Sixth, a silk song in 2019 and as far as it being one of the most successful independent games ever that is the label you should give this franchise as it is definitely deserved and earned that so anyways the reason why people enjoy this is because essentially when you're looking at the combat the progression abilities the charms a lot of people are enjoying the 2d metrovania plus the soles like element because
Starting point is 00:33:33 of course you're using the nail which is a sword like melee and four different directions there's a soul meter as far as focusing on uh casting spells with vengeful or a spirit and then you have your advance as far as the nail arts which is cyclone clash or no cyclone slash and pogo attacks and then the progression abilities you can unlock new areas the abilities unlock new areas like mothwing cloak dash manis claw wall jump monarch wings double jump and then the crystal heart super dash so safe to say there's a lot of um um mobility in this video game and as you can see right now analytic dreams video on spotify we're currently playing uh gaming boats uh 15 things you need to know so that they basically showing a lot of the different
Starting point is 00:34:25 game players for our silk song so you can see see it for yourself on analytic dreams video on spotify but anyways with that being said the world is non-linear exploration 150 plus enemies and 47 goodness 47 base bosses plus d oc and we're not talking about silk song i'm just talking about the original franchise and then we're going to get into silk song so as far as the d oc's included we have the hidden dreams d oc the grim troop lifeblood godmaster and then the added bosses like Nightmare King Grim and then Quest like God Seeker. No, no, no. Nightmare King Grim
Starting point is 00:35:03 and then Quest, God Seeker Mode and then Charms. So a lot of people are going to be thinking, well, how long is this game going to take me to be? Because whenever you hear Souls Like, you just know that they're about to push you through, you know what. Shepherd. Just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on?
Starting point is 00:35:22 I know everybody is talking about how Soulslike is happening. every other week but I feel like that's not true because as far as very solid souls like games there's not many that comes around because there's a lot of attention to detail that you need for these particular games that a lot of developers think that you could just make Eldon ring in a year right a lot of developers be like oh what's so hard just make the boss more difficult be like no my brother that's just not how it goes you guys see that's the problem so anyways as far as the main story it will take you a whopping 25 hours to complete that's if you skip all the side content right the story the main story plus side content will take you around 35 to 55 hours and then of course
Starting point is 00:36:06 when it comes to a hundred percent completion it will take you at least 50 plus hours so when it comes to a lot of people being completion is and wanted to have every single achievement in this game i do believe that at the end of the day you have to keep in mind that it's all based on your skill level no matter how good or bad you think you are at a game you should lessen or add time depending on that because if you're bad at a game it may take you a little longer than the average 25 hours to just run through the game but if you're really good at it then i would assume that the average play time is probably around the amount of time you're going to spend on it because everybody knows whenever you get stuck on a boss that individual boss fight is uh
Starting point is 00:36:54 basically dependent on your skill level as far as how much time is going to take you so every single soul's light game can have different run times for different skill levels but y'all already know that so anyways as far as um silksong getting back into silk song while a lot of people are clamoring for this specific addition to the game and uh let alone it being one of the most anticipated sequels it's all Also, we already talked about the delays, right? I even talked about it being initially announced in 2019, and here we are in the big 2025. So with that being said, September 4th is when it comes out,
Starting point is 00:37:27 is a day one, a day one on the Xbox game pass. I keep telling y'all, when it comes to the Xbox Game Pass, it's one of the most lucrative and cost-effective ways to be a gamer in today's economy. Xbox Game Pass, and this is not even like no promo, anything. i'm just trying to save you all some dollars you know what i mean when it comes to revenue if you just want to spend it on multiple games safe to say the Xbox game pass is the best route as far as playing a lot of games for way less than the price than if you would have paid for those individual games as far as the full 70 dollars so anyways um actually let me see uh Xbox game pass 225 prices
Starting point is 00:38:13 this is just look this up right now right because sometimes i get the um i give an estimate about forget that exact price so the game pass core is $10 a month game pass ultimate which is full access on console and PC day one releases online multiplayer etc right EA play cloud gaming that's 1999 a month and then PC game pass which is PC library access plus EA play is $11 99 so when you look at that and you think of a particular game and how much it would charge you for one AAA video game as far as $70. The game has is, there's not even words I could use to describe how much bang for your buck you are getting as far as a 19 at max. 1999 month subscription. So, well, $19.99 a dollar a month subscription. So you got the point. Right. So with that being said, um, that is so.
Starting point is 00:39:17 song that's hollow that's my hollow night deep dive so when silk song comes out just expected to blow up on the charts because a lot of people really i've been waiting for this game for a minute and it's safe to say that team cherry even though they delay the game the game as you can see right now the game is looking solid and ultimately it probably would keep hollow night fans and captivated for some years to come so that'd be it said click my link through my bio let me know one of my social medias what do you think about hollow night silk song what do you think about the franchise as a whole and if you're Hollow Night fan, will you be playing Silk Song when it comes out September 4th? It is finally time to get into the review and sales roundup as far as over at notorious mass of fate,
Starting point is 00:40:06 because the masses are currently not having the same experience that I'm having. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? What is going on is that the masses has Nick. name this game Stutterlands 4. I know that ain't who I think it is. But as far as my personal review, which you can check out over at analytic dreams video on Spotify right here. If you type in Borderlands 4 analytic dreams with a Z on Spotify, my gameplay will pop up. And obviously, when it comes to my personal sentiments of playing the game, I enjoyed it. And of course,
Starting point is 00:40:44 when it comes to me playing solo, I had other homies who was also playing the game. And I would just imagine that if I have fun by myself as far as the engaging combat loot as far as all the guns feeling amazing and then the story was serviceable as far as getting you from point A to point B now you come to realize if you was to add more people and play along with other guys as far as who's also playing a game you'll probably enjoy it even more so for me my personal review is I enjoy the game so with that being said the main thing I want to get into after talking about well before talking about the sales and review roundup is how the technical and optimization issues for this particular game has been the main focal point for a lot of people in the game and community as they said there's a lot of issues with stuttering um shader compilation as far as crashes fps drops even with the r tx 4090 memory leaks a lot of consoles players are coming out saying that it's locked at the 70 fov missing motion blur and occasional crashes, which to be fair, I never had a crash personally playing the game,
Starting point is 00:41:54 but I was watching other play-throughs. And for some reason, they just kept crashing all over the place. Now, they was playing with other players, so I think that led to their issues. But, of course, there's no excuse. So a game, AAA game that's asking for a $70 that has a $70 price tag, and that's for the base addition. It should not be stuttering when playing with other games, when that's the main focal point of the gameplay loop. right so them name uh nicknaming this game stutterlands four is beyond comical but of course we have to move past that and get into the overall overall review and sales round up of the game so starting with
Starting point is 00:42:33 the sales this game has been doing and performing phenomenally as it's the second most play game on playstation as far as xbox i didn't see it in the top 10 nor is it trending on game pass because it's not on game pass but it is the third most play game on steam with the steam numbers having 178,000 people concurrently playing the game right now an all-time peak of 304,000 and 24-hour peak of 211,000 now that is phenomenal especially for what I'm well it's technically not single-player game so a multi-player game like borderlands for if you wanted to know specifically what this type of game is.
Starting point is 00:43:17 Just know, when it comes to Borderlands 4, you're going to be doing a lot of multiplayer content and of course it's out on a PS5 Xbox Series X and SPC via Steam slash Epic. The main story, they're saying would take you around 20 to 25 hours, but of course, when it comes to completion, it's the side content. It'll take you between 60 to 170 hours. Safe to say, this is a ginormous game. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming.
Starting point is 00:43:47 Like, what is going on? And also, when it comes to the overall sales for this particular game, when it first came out, it sold around 1 million copies in its first few days on Steam. And then as far as other consoles, I do believe when it comes to Borderlands specifically, in 48 hours, it's the fastest ever in the franchise as far as reaching 5 million units worldwide. And then also as far as revenue it garnered a whopping $150 million dollars even despite the controversies. So a lot of people playing this game is enjoying it. But of course the technical bugs seem to be making the headlines for some reason.
Starting point is 00:44:37 As if a game keeps breaking and of course I didn't ever bring up, is it what's his name, Randy Pitchford? Randy pitch yeah I think this is name um I didn't even bring a Randy pitch for it because that man said the most egregious thing possible when addressing the bugs and glitches right he came out and I don't know if he's a CEO the boss uh he's the gearbox boss so the gearbox boss Randy pitch for that's obviously behind this game um he has some pretty interesting things to say and he admits that borderlands four is not up to stuff as far as the optimization right but then he went on to say some interesting things he said quote everybody that's ever done anything goes into it like i want to do the best job i can and try hard
Starting point is 00:45:26 whether you're drawing a picture with crayons at six years old that's going to go on the refrigerator to being the beetles and writing let it be but that's not it he went on to say some more things and it's very interesting how he went on to say this particular thing but let me say right now quote And so I just think we don't worry about the hate. That's actually a different form of love. If someone's commenting, they're invested, man. They care. They've spent their time because it takes time to post it.
Starting point is 00:46:02 It takes time to stop our day and get involved in something. So I use that as fuel. Let's make more. And all of us should do that. I know that ain't who I think it is. But that's not it, ladies and gentlemen. he had one of the more egregious points even after that to the point where i thought it was a fake quote this man basically i'm trying to see uh where was that because yeah here it is so him responding to the
Starting point is 00:46:32 criticisms for the pc engine right and this is randy pitch for we're talking about the boss of of gearbox coming out saying this he essentially said quote code your own engine Oh, you don't believe me. Hold on. Let me bring up the article. Oh, you must die. You must have this fake news over here. Hold on. Let me, let me switch this. Analytic Dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with audio. Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to zoom in on this.
Starting point is 00:47:00 So just in case you don't think we're making stuff up. This man said the most egregious thing possible. On September 13th, Pitchford took to Twitter to address complaints about poor PC performance. What do he say? He probably said something like, oh, I love the fans. We're working so hard to optimize it. so sorry for the issues. Did he say that? Oh, I don't think so. This man came out and gave a sarcastic reply to a user and challenged them to quote, as you can see right here, let me just highlight the quote. Code
Starting point is 00:47:32 Your Own Engine Sheppard. Just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? And not only did he say code your own engine. He says, show us how it's done. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? So, ladies and gentlemen, I don't want to focus on that because that's beyond atrocious and beyond dismissive to the masses who pay money to play your game, right? Telling somebody to code their own engine is literally like going to McDonald's,
Starting point is 00:48:06 asking for a burger, they give you some fries and some chicken nuggets, and you ask them, where the burger at? And they tell you, guess what? Make your own burger. You guys. see that's the problem I don't know they ain't how it work like we pay the hard-earned money
Starting point is 00:48:21 we want the product that we pay for right but obviously Randy Pitch for it could care less so anyways with that being said let's get into the overview of Borderlands 4 after talking about all the sales and things of that nature even with the boss coming out seeing the most
Starting point is 00:48:35 as to nine things possible Borderlands 4 is still the third most play game on Steam obviously like I just said it wasn't on the top 10 on Xbox and it wasn't on GamePats because it's not available on GamePest But as far as PlayStation, it's the second most play game on PlayStation. So that's a huge accomplishment.
Starting point is 00:48:52 And when it comes to the overall concurrent player count is 178,000 people playing concurrently on PC specifically. So the sales are doing phenomenal. Let's see how long that lasts, especially with the optimization issues and people coming out to call the Stutterlands 4. Now, that's a beyond hilarious name, but let's get into the actual details of the game. So now when you look at the pre-launch controversies, when you look at the pricing being $70 with the Super Deluxe edition being $130, but it's less than the DOC for a Borderlands $300 ultimate, which is very interesting. I think the post-launch game plan via Randy Pitchford, he essentially told critics to build their own engine and get a refund. So when it comes to post-launch content, we would be hard pressed if they even get to. that you guys see that's the problem now when it comes to my main enjoyment of the game I
Starting point is 00:49:52 really like the gunplay once more the biggest thing that stood out to me as somebody who's part of the colorblind is the setting I love the vibrant setting I love the aesthetic because when you go for too much of a realism type of game 20 to 30 years from now you're going to look back and it's not going to be realistic at all at all honestly it's going to make it even it's going to be more it's going to be even more of a detriment to the overall graphics of the game because of it not having the realistic graphics that it was going to uh going for back then so now when you go for this aesthetic it reminds me of and this is going to be a random game that i'm going to throw at you but it reminds me of the
Starting point is 00:50:32 spectacular spider-man game i think it was that one it was the one was like a comic book uh comic book spider-man game so let me see i don't know if it was a spectacular spider-man it was one of them I forget my own, my favorite fictional character. Spider-Man Spectacular game, Venom. Let me see animated. Let me see if animated pulls it up. So that didn't pull it up at all. Okay.
Starting point is 00:51:01 Well, it's one of the animated games. It's the only animated game that looks like is straight out of a comic book. I'm not talking about Web of Shadows. I'm talking about, let me see if that pulls it up. Yeah, it's not pulling up. It's just pulling up Spider-Man PS5. I forget what that game's called. But y'all know what I'm talking about, right?
Starting point is 00:51:20 The Spider-Man game, where the ultimate focus was making it look like it exactly came out of a comic book. So, oh, it's titled Ultimate Spider-Man, not spectacular, my fault. But this game right here, which is a straight-up classic. If you never played this as a Spider-Man fanatic, I ain't going to lie to you, just needs to be on your bucket list to just understand the greatness of this character, right? I always say Spider-Man is the greatest fictional creation of all time. This is one of the greatest video games for this specific character.
Starting point is 00:51:49 They never got a sequel, but, you know, sadden history. that type of aesthetic is timeless you go back to that game you're never going to be like oh it's not realistic enough because of the actual art form that it was going for and accomplished i think that's the same scenario with borderlands four currently playing the game watching other people play it one thing is for certain the setting the world of borderlands four may be the best looking world in 2025 and i know expedition 33 fans are going to be like what i know I know somebody's not giving kudos of aesthetic over Expedition 33. Well, yes, I am.
Starting point is 00:52:28 I just feel like overall, Borderlands 4, the aesthetic, the open world, because Expedition 33, technically it's open world, but it's not as expansive as a Borderlands 4. And of course, when it comes to that, you have to obviously keep in mind the Expedition 33 and 33 people on their team, right? Their dev team. borderlands four had a way bigger budget a way bigger team developing the game and for them that copy not copy but have a same aesthetic as far as intriguing factor like an expedition 33 i'm giving a nod to borderlands for us having the greatest looking open world game in 2025 so anyways
Starting point is 00:53:11 that's a huge compliment in my opinion so when you're looking at it from that perspective I think at the very least it's worth a try if you're a huge Borderlands fan. So now let's get into some of the gaming conglomerates as far as their specific reviews as IGN gave Borderlands 4 an 8 out of 10, essentially saying, quote, blasting through horrors of psychos with a friend or three feels as awesome as it ever has. Borderlands 4 keeps that feeling fresh by continuing to iterate on the silly, weapons praises the wacky
Starting point is 00:53:46 arsenal and co-op but notes rocky PC performance which you already talked about bugs and invisible walls hindering ex exploration then you come to game spot given this game a 7 out of 10 saying that the core bread and butter rewarding loot
Starting point is 00:54:03 and satisfying shooting and I can personally attest to that that's one of the main things I felt playing the game every single weapon felt phenomenal even the weapon that you know I humorously did not like as far as you the reload button being throwing the gun and shooting it to explode that gun also felt well those type of guns still felt well as far as shooting and in the handling of it polygon gave borderlands
Starting point is 00:54:29 four a eight out of ten games radar plus gave it an eight out of ten pc gamer gave it a eight out of ten i'm a read off pc gamers review so pc gamer said a big step up from borderlands three type and responsive gunplay hold up now commends improvements over the previous entry but criticizes performance woes like bugs and frame drops that choke your GPU suggesting
Starting point is 00:54:58 patches are needed so unlike Randy Pitchford when he just said build your own engine PC game it is actually given the actual solution as far as Borderlands team gearbox coming out and actually putting a patch for the game So then at the end of the day, when you look at all these reviews, safe to say a lot of people are saying that this is a solid game. To me, this is the best open world game I've seen in 2025. I pull the colorblind, so do keep that in mind.
Starting point is 00:55:26 I do like vibrance in how it's turned up to the max on Borderlands 4. And for some people that may not be their cup of tea, I know some people say those getting headaches as far as playing the game because there's just so much going on on the screen. But for me, I was enjoying it. I was like, this is how I want all my games to look. But when it comes to that, if you don't know about the story, I would break it down, but guess what? Don't nobody care about the story. Everybody goes into it playing with their friends, and that's essentially it. They shoot, they loot, they loot, and they shoot, and guess what?
Starting point is 00:55:56 They rinse and repeat. So with that being said, just know the Borderlands 4 is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X and S, PCV, V, Steam. I'm trying to see if I missed anything. I don't know. It basically covered everything. All right. So, yeah. So with that being said, click my link.
Starting point is 00:56:11 in my bio let me know one of my social media is what do you think of borderlands for currently and do you think that you put full screen for this do you think that you should build your own engine if you complain about borderlands for getting into grandma's favorite i mean getting into one of the most popular mobile games on planet earth we have to put respect on block blasts Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? As when it comes to mobile gaming reviews, you already know, we have a plethora over at Notorious Mass Effect.
Starting point is 00:56:57 But as far as Block Blast specifically, we're going to get into the sales and review roundups because, of course, over here at Notorious Mass Effect, we have to get into the games that notoriously impact the masses. Now, with that being said, the main thing I was wanting to get into, especially with Block Blast. If you don't know, the core game is basically a block slash jigsaw type puzzle, and you place and stack blocks to form combos and maximize scores. So no, it's not Tetris.
Starting point is 00:57:28 I know what y'all thinking. Hold up now. We got a lawsuit on our hands. Ladies and gentlemen, when it comes to Block Blast, it's a little different. Because, of course, when it comes to the overall gameplay loop, and, of course, a lot of people enjoying this on their cell. devices this game specifically came out April 3rd 2022 y'all want to know what tetras was released actually let's look that up Tetris release date Tetris came
Starting point is 00:57:57 out in 1985 safe to say that block blast is a little modern a little more modern than Tetris but we still put in respect on Tetris name I'm just letting you all know what is the most popular block slash jigsaw style puzzle in today's gaming economy so with that being said the main thing we got to get into before the reviews is definitely the crazy amount of engagement this mobile game has been garnering from 593 million plus global downloads to date to 220 million downloads in the first six months of 2025 which made it the number one most downloaded mobile game in that period and then of course can't forget the hundred and thirty five million generated in the last 30 days so when it comes to that the player
Starting point is 00:59:00 base is definitely a humongous fan base with block blast as the overall player bases or had a peak of 14 million according to the daily active users and when it comes to their retention 28% of retention at day 60 significantly higher than the average mobile game. So when it comes to the release timeline, obviously already said it came out April 3rd, 2022, but then of course, it came out on the Android shortly after as far as Google Play. And it's just continued to increase engagement in the player base to the point where in 2025 is one of the most popular mobile games in the world and you could probably see why as you know i have it up on the screen analytic dreams video on spotify to see the video along with the audio but
Starting point is 00:59:55 when we're getting into runtime of block blasts safe to say there's no runtime this game is very dependent on your pace and progression right there's no traditional story there's no character roster there's no ball there's no gun it's basically you block and a lot of fun to be had right shepherd all right my fault so anyways so as far as getting back into this specific game block blast and definitely being one of the more record-breaking mobile puzzle games that ever hit the app store i think with this game generating over 135 million in monthly revenue and then of course all the other metrics it's definitely shaping up to have a crazy run especially when you look at this game coming out in the year of 2022 looking at it at in
Starting point is 01:00:50 today's age of 2025 and seemingly and is one of the more most popular mobile games in history especially when it dominates the puzzle charts like it is currently i mean tetras somebody got to tell them to fight back now that's all right um or somebody need to tell them that's all right as far as them not um going at as far as beefing because you know as far as mobile puzzle games i wonder what type of drake and kentrick beef the developers that these mobile puzzle games have going on behind the scenes so you know besides the relaxing gameplay and things of that nature now let's switch from sales to get into some of the review roundups of this specific game as there's been a plethora and all high praise and they hold this game in high regards as far as the mobile gaming community as the u.s app store
Starting point is 01:01:43 gave it a four what it has a four point eight rating out of five and they say quote addictive relaxing and perfect for quick brain breaks offline play is a huge plus but one of the critiques is the ads interrupt too often now when it comes to the google play story because you know we can't leave our do do do do you know how me however that go well you know the the phone that y'all be using that be making that sound even when you put it on silent but that's a whole not discussion google play store they gave this game a 4.7 out of five saying great puzzle logic and combo system but and once again this is a reoccurring theme the ads pop up mid move hold up now you telling me i'm trying to clear all the blocks in the game and the ad going to pop up in
Starting point is 01:02:36 the middle of me playing the game you guys see that's the problem anyways tap tap tap They gave this game a 4.7 at a 5 basically saying it's relaxing offline puzzles and they do note that it's no ads in certain modes but you know as is another nitpick and a slight critique but then they finish off by saying you can also have a limited fun because of the friends feature as far as being able to have high scores and amongst your friends and it boost the competitive nature as far as a puzzle mobile gamers out there. So the main thing I was wanting to get across, you know, besides me putting a misrespect on the mobile gaming community,
Starting point is 01:03:25 because who's really out here giving deep dives into mobile puzzle games? Like, come on now. Shepherd, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Another thing as far as this specific reviews, Google Play Guide gave it a 9 out of 10, which is the highest score as far as all the, the reviews I could find and this is the higher score and they basically say excellent for logic
Starting point is 01:03:48 and spatial skills is how you say spatial let me see spatial how to pronounce I think it's like tomato tomato but you never know let's see let's see what driver says I think I think we found it I don't know but then nope no it is you know what spatial oh it is spatial okay so we technically got it right um when it comes to the spatial skills excellent well the uh google play guide is saying this game is excellent for logic and spatial skills and then of course they say the weekly challenges keep in engaging and at the end of day you all know or have played a mobile puzzle game at some point and you kind of realize how fun it is once you start to get into the gameplay loop of it like at first looks like some silly type of game that only
Starting point is 01:04:40 people at the nursing home players and then you start to play yourself and you kind of realize i'm having fun you guys so anyways when it comes to that um that's basically my coverage of block blast the mobile game specifically getting into the sales and review roundup like i said it's one of the more popular games to date it's not even one of those games as oh it was great for us nostalgia great for its time back in 2022 and 2025 is still one of the most mobile one of the most play mobile games in the world and objectively speaking in the first six months you got to remember that it had 220 million downloads and it was the number one most downloaded game most downloaded mobile game in that period so with that be to say click my link
Starting point is 01:05:29 in my bio let me know on one of my social media is what do you think about block blast of mobile game have you played a mobile puzzle game recently and if you haven't will you be willing to give this game a try now before we get into limbus company i do want to start off by taking you down some historical facts for a second all right as i was pondering and i was wanting to give it to the masses as far as the origin of gotcha games because of course the game we're about to get into notoriously uses this mechanic now of course this traces all the way back to the early 2010s when i was just a wee little lab in Japan, right? And the term gotcha derives from gotcha pawn or gotcha pawn,
Starting point is 01:06:23 which was a Japanese vending machine that dispensed random capsule toys. Now you have to stick with me because of course we're about to get into let miss company, but I have to give you the origin of gotcha games first. Now anyways, the name gotcha imitates the sound of the hand cranking action what you guys see that's the problem followed by the dropping of the capsule gotcha games adopt this mechanic digitally by offering players random in-game items or characters obtained by spending in-game currency or real money aka the worst the biggest villain in the video game universe anyways similar to buying a capsule for a gotcha palm machine this mechanic creates a thrilling experience based on chance
Starting point is 01:07:19 and collectibility shepherd just look at the state of gaming like what is going on now before we dive in the olympus company i will say that the first digital gotcha game in history as far as video game history is reported to be a dragon collection so do have that information which you will anyways if you don't know what limbus company is just know it's a complex term based system and it's heavy on manual input as far as relying on character collection via gotcha plus card slash deck systems and it has a roguelight layer which is a procedural dungeon runs to influence strategy now of course you can auto battle which is very common and this specific gaming community but it's ineffective for the more serious challenges. Now, if that's up your alley, just know that this game is specifically developed by Project Moon. And another reason why we're covering this is, interestingly enough, this game usually averages 10 to 20,000 concurrent players.
Starting point is 01:08:28 But as of late, it's been surging through the charts, especially on Steam, to the point where it had an all-time peak, just 12 hours. ago, which was 124,000 players. Now, why in the world is this the case? Well, I'm glad you asked. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? So what's going on is essentially the reason why the player count and the
Starting point is 01:08:56 concurrent player has, uh, player count has rose. It stems from an update from a major crossover event with Ark Knights and it introduced the collab exclusive EGO, G.O. gear new units target extractions and story content blending both games dystopian worlds so of course when it comes to that a lot of people have excitement for not only ark nights but also for limbus company so that really explains why the concurrent player count is spiking like it is because they have an all-time new high of a hundred twenty four thousand people playing your game Project moon, pun intended, has to be over the moon as when you look at it, as far as the trending
Starting point is 01:09:43 numbers for the specific game, they usually have 10 to 20,000 people playing their game. So safe to say that the marketing strategy in a crossover effort, the cross-collab effort with Arknice ended up working out. So anyways, the main thing I was going to get into is that this, aside from being an RPG, you also know well I mean essentially RPGs have side missions and things at nature as far as having
Starting point is 01:10:12 lore dense and many callbacks to other Project Moon titles as Project Moon has been around for quite some time and not only have they been around for quite some time but this specific game Limbis Company has a large roster of characters each tied
Starting point is 01:10:28 to lore heavy arcs so some could say this may be the one piece of the video game universe. Shepard. All right, my fault. So anyways, when it comes to sales and performance, the total revenue is 4 million combined PC and mobile.
Starting point is 01:10:46 And then the mobile revenue peak specifically, just talking about the mobile side of things, is $2 million in the launch months. And the weekly mobile revenue, as of the quarter to 2025, reports, is $20.9,000. That's a lot of money. and then the steam peak concurrence is 69,000 plus players but that was early 2025 like I said it started to temper off and basically lower the concurrent to like 10 to 20,000 so I'm not going to say people weren't playing the game anymore it just wasn't as strong as early 2025 and safe to say nine months until 2025 especially with the crossover efforts
Starting point is 01:11:35 with arc nights they have definitely made a resurgence especially on steam so now getting into the review side of things a lot of people are praising this game to the point where i had to pull up and give the actual review round us for the specific game because that's what we do over here the sales and review roundup so as far as igm they essentially had a lot of different scores but one of the highest scores was pretty interesting as it gave it a 10 out of 10 praising the story gameplay depth in unique mechanics and of course they highlighted it as one of the more peak gotcha game experiences that you can have now of course google play store gave it a 4.8 out of five from nearly 50 000 reviews applauding for a gameplay world building with minor complaints about
Starting point is 01:12:26 tutorial and updates and then you have steam they gave a general impression from the players who played the game and it's maintained a strong popularity and of course with the concurrent player account we already talked about they basically it's well steam like we just went over the specific numbers is a great community has great engagement and of course overall it's very positive as far as reception now getting in a metacritic it gave limbus company at 85% overall as far as positive user scores and is very favorable amongst all players who's played this game so safe to say as far as the masses they're really liking this gotcha game and if they're saying it's a peak gotcha game experience when a bunch several gotcha games exist in the landscape of video game land
Starting point is 01:13:19 this game definitely stands out amongst the rest as far as the gotcha type of game so now So, Limbus company made by a South Korea indie studio seemingly has yet another win because of the cross-collaborative efforts with Ark Nights, beginning back into the review round-ups. Many review and screen rent basically noted the game's uniqueness and narrative depth as major positive with some mentioning its niche appeal and challenging level designs. So that's the main thing I want to get into about Limba's company. I definitely wanted to cover this game because I was wondering, you know, as far as somebody who calls himself analytic dreams, analytically, I was wondering, how in the world did it rise so much as far as in one particular month? And then you come to realize not only are people huge fans of Arknights,
Starting point is 01:14:13 but of course the fans of Limba's company that may have tempered off after its early successful analytics as far as early 2025. mid-2020-five a lot of people's leaving the game to play other games but seemingly they're back because it is arknight's collaborative effort but of course we would have to see if it actually sticks as far as the hundred and twenty-four thousand all-time peak for concurrent player count that they just uh that they just said as far as a bar for themselves 12 hours ago so a recent development but ultimately this game is making project moon very happy so when it comes the limbus company click my link to my bio let me know on one of my social media's what do you think about gotcha games in general do you believe gotcha games should exist even with the micro transaction and of course will you be given if you're a gotcha game player would you be given limbic
Starting point is 01:15:12 company a try snaggle to on the phone no i'm like but then you know what i'm saying i was like damn look at the state of hip hop like what's going on now ladies and gentlemen we have a lot to get into because of course the one and only killer cam is going at it with his o g dame dash you guys see that's the problem and before you say why you saying that he's the o g in this situation and why he put so much respect on dame dash's name because of course y'all probably have already seen the dame dash interview where he was unintentionally making a mockery of himself and that specific interview on the breakfast club is currently at 3.2 million views in just five days i know that ain't who i think it is and the reason why i say
Starting point is 01:16:10 and play the drop i know that's not who i think it is is because if y'all don't know this is the same person that co-founded Rockefeller Records back in 1994 that gave us arguably the greatest rapper who's ever touched the mic. So that being said, Helm and Jay-Z has out a lot of business success so that in 2025, when you look at his current mental state and how he goes back and forth with people about seemingly petty things, it's very unfortunate. All right. Dame Dash also organized Jay Z's 1999 hard knock life tour and that gross $19 million.
Starting point is 01:16:50 And that was back in the 90s, right? And then he ended up selling 50% of Rockefeller to Def Jam in 1997 for $1.5 million fueling his expansion. Then he co-founded Rockaware clothing line with JZ once again and that sold
Starting point is 01:17:08 in 2007 for a whopping $204 million. And then of course Dame Dash produced paid and full which brings us full circle in our entire coverage of Cameron versus Dame Dash because if you don't know obviously Cameron is one of the more respected rappers in the game but obviously paid and full definitely gave him another boost as far as celebrity status because he was unequivocally a start and paid
Starting point is 01:17:38 and full and who produced that Dame Dash now that means that I can keep going on and on about how he founded Rockefeller films producing state series how he signed and developed Kanye West back in 2002 how he launched a lot of just a plethora of successful companies to the point where now you look at Dame Dash who objectively speaking was one of the pioneers in the entrepreneurial lane to the point where I believe of course the people I look at as far as why I get into the internet or not internet why I get into the entrepreneurial lane I believe Dame Dash laid a lot of the groundwork along with other people like Russell Simmons and things things of that nature but now
Starting point is 01:18:23 looking at him going back and forth with not only Charlemagne but Cameron and him not looking like the 90s version of himself being one of the greatest uh entrepreneurs entrepreneurs we've ever seen in the content space is very saddening to the point where i have to play the drop but then you know what i'm saying i was like damn look at the state of hip-hop like what's because never in my very young life that i think that somebody who had this amount of success in the business lane will be looked at in such a fashion in 2025 really a shame on letting your overall perception just go down in the dumps for what for petty reasons right and you saw all throughout the breakfast club interview it was all type of petty reasons why dame dash wanted to come up
Starting point is 01:19:12 there calling them broke calling them um and they said he's they uh dame dash said they was recording in a in a in a what do you say i don't know if there's a funeral box i forget what he call it anyways um at the end of the day he said he was a coffin i think that's what it was he said they was recording in a coffin but the main thing i wanted to get to was the back and forth between cameron and dame dash because you already know i'm a huge well not huge pause you guys See, that's the problem. Which even a pause. You know, some could say that Dame invented that.
Starting point is 01:19:47 But, you know, I wanted to start off giving Dame a lot of credit because, of course, what we get into is beyond saddening. So I want you all to know why we hold Dame Dash in such high regards. Because without Dame Dash, some could say Jay-Z wouldn't have reached a heist that he did. I know that's a hot take. I'm just laying it out while people hold or used to hold Dame Dash in such high respect. Anyways, with that being said, Dame Dash, has filed a $300 million lawsuit towards Cameron. But then you know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 01:20:22 I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like what's going on? And then as far as the claims in the lawsuit is for defamation, harassment, business disparagement, conspiracy, and unjust, unjust enrichment. You guys, see that's the problem. He alleges that Kim,
Starting point is 01:20:42 falsely called Dame a liar on Instagram and podcast and then he came out and said that Cam admitted the lineup dash says that was sabotage or something like that it was it was a him alleging that cam admitted the lineup quote unquote and dash says that sabotage he alleges that cam allegedly targeted dash's partner Rockwell horn hopefully I'm saying I his or her name right plus involved his children. Cam allegedly offered 5,000 to Dame Dash to appear on a podcast to embarrass him. So that's all in the lawsuit, right? And then Dame Dash basically co-signed this lawsuit coming out in the Instagram caption and saying,
Starting point is 01:21:30 you quote unquote broke my heart. I know that ain't who I think it is. Imagine you produce paid and fool back in 2002. And the person you put in it starts to elevate his star power. in his celebrity ism, if that's even a word, and then he turns around at 2025 and calls you a liar to your face. I mean, that just has to be, man, ain't nobody feeling bad for a Dame Dash. You better suck it up. You know, at the end of the day, that's one of the greatest drops in history because sometimes you just got to look at the situation and say,
Starting point is 01:22:01 don't nobody care. So anyways, Dame Dash is tripping with this $300 million lawsuit. I don't even know why he failed it in the first place. and to even go off of that, right? Analytic Dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because we are going to play a certain snippets throughout this coverage
Starting point is 01:22:19 because it is a lot to get into. But this right here. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the whole reason why Dane wanted to sue Cameron in the first place. In each other's eyes, and be violent and I won't be violent. And I don't want any of my friends to be violent.
Starting point is 01:22:35 My job is to keep them out of jail. So the only way I can deal with things to keep certain things out of the house. is to answer as soon as somebody said something and my version of violence is just lawsuits. So you heard it here first. He basically said his version of violence in today's age is just lawsuits. Now who in the world could have started that movement? Is it okay? I got my dope on me? So that being said, at the end of day when we come to Dame Dash going in a form of lawsuits towards another rapper, some would say in the land in the land of 2020,
Starting point is 01:23:11 25, that's fair game because of course we've already seen what Aubrey Karen had to say about that matter. Is it okay? I got my dope on me? I said, what the fuck? But let's hear Dame Dash break it down a little bit more as far as why he's going about the lawsuit route. If I can take it to the streets, I would, but we can't. Hold on now. I don't say it a little closer to the wires. We can send this to the authorities. Oh, my fault. It's already on the internet. Oh, see, that's the problem. Anyways, let's keep going. Godfather, part two, he killed me. I always quoting the godfather.
Starting point is 01:23:44 Black Godfather don't kill his brother. He teaches his brother. Teach him. So, again, if y'all want to sit down and work it out, I don't even want to be a part of that project that you're doing. I don't really understand what it is. He's talking about the 50 Cent and the Cam Ron project. Cam, me.
Starting point is 01:24:04 If together we show that we can be beefing, pause, and they come together and maybe do a TV show together, different or movie or something just showing the world that we can work together and we would prove everyone wrong they love us tearing each other down and i'm not doing that shit all right so when it comes to that he's essentially talking about how it resurfaced as far as 50 cent acquiring the rights back in september well this month of this year acquiring the rights to the 2002 film paid in full that just talked about that that Dame Dash produced right and he plans to adapt it into a TV series with Cameron on board now of course
Starting point is 01:24:49 dame heard of this he basically called it out saying they was lying and at the end of the day when you look at who's lying or who's not it seems as if Cameron is telling the truth because the paid and full TV show that that Dame dad seemingly is upset that he's not a part of Cameron basically came out and said that it's going to happen and ultimately he reveals the whole angle about why Dame Dash is going at it like this. So here's Cameron side of things. Two, three times.
Starting point is 01:25:22 Finally, when I say, son, you been wanting to get all this off your chest and I feel good that you got all this off your chest. Poor, this is it that you been wanting to say. You talk about bleak your ops. You're using the word ops, B? You're like, yo, it's crazy. What are you talking about, man?
Starting point is 01:25:39 The thing about it is this like this. All right, man, before he keeps going, I can't lie to you. I need DayQuil, NightQuil, I need Mucanex. Somebody give this man a sponsorship. Because at the end of the day, that would be the biggest bag in their company history as far as R-O-I via commercial. You get Cam Ran in one of these commercials. You know the little green man that comes out and basically the medicine takes them away.
Starting point is 01:26:09 You get Cam Ran in one of these commercials. Man, I'm telling you a million dollars. per day at least. Now, what that out the way? You know, I'm just saying, a little day quill, a little night quill sponsorship going towards Cameron's way could be very lucrative.
Starting point is 01:26:29 That's all I got to say. Let's keep going. Everybody ain't there. And even on Bleak's show, I talked about, you know, Bleak did interview with me. I'm going to ready to be on his podcast as well. It's like certain people, and I guess Dame's not there
Starting point is 01:26:43 to where when you have people, people. I figure it's so long ago was so old so old that you be like, yo, we over, we didn't got some more money. We still live, niggas still here, niggas ain't dead. We could talk about old shit. And that's where me and bleak was at. He told him I'm interviewing his ops. I'm like, you got beef with bleak? All right, so obviously it goes deeper than just to Rockefeller,
Starting point is 01:27:12 the paid and full rights as far as 50 cent and Cameron being a part of it. it goes deeper than that and of course i did want to transition into cameron's freestyle because if you don't know cameron put out a whole freestyle over fantasia's when i see you now of course this had a lot of shots at dame and it was very interesting how it was more of a sub because he didn't ever name dame specifically right i mean since now he showed pictures of dame but it's very interesting how the lyrics never said dame dash at all so i think that was pretty solid and But that being said, that's all I really want to get into. The Dame Dash versus Cameron is very unfortunate,
Starting point is 01:27:54 especially the amount of success Dame has had in a business ventures. So now to see everybody looking at him as a joke or making a mockery of what his current aspirations are. And some of that is brought on by himself as far as talking about Dan because Dane will say, oh, you're stupid. What's the view of your house? you know a lot of things that just do not make any sense and it's very childish in the in the grand scheme of things so at that point in time oh at this point in time there's really not a lot to get into besides talking about how dame dash was
Starting point is 01:28:30 once regarded as one of the best entrepreneurs in life and now breakfast club is making fun of them cameras making fun of them obviously the internet's making fun of them i don't know if y'all went into the comment section or just on the internet in general i see millions of engagement for a certain post talking about how charlemagne said that my teeth are really than yours when getting into that petty back and forth with dame dash i'm not going to lie to you as far as the way that charlemagne handled that entire situation that's essentially how you want a veteran spokesperson of hip-hop to react to somebody who's falling off and is trying to attack them because of him falling off just giving him the same energy that he came in there with and i don't think
Starting point is 01:29:23 dame dash was able to handle it so now we're in the situation that we're in and um 50 cent i mean i would give his side but of course he's just basically trolling about urging resolution when at the same time 50 cent prior to one who started this in the first place so there's really no um no real solution to this Cameron versus Dame Dash. I just wanted to cover it to let y'all know what's happening in the field right now. And as far as a
Starting point is 01:29:51 $300 million lawsuit, I mean, that's not a little money, right? I don't know who in the world. Dame Dash thinks he's going to get $300 million from. But safe to say, Cameron isn't going to be the one. You know, if he wants to get the $300 million lawsuit filed and actually
Starting point is 01:30:07 that somebody be able to pay it, he better get that day quill, that night quill, mukele, sponsorship sent towards Cameron's way expeditiously. Now that being said, click my link to you in my bio. Let me know one of my social medias. What do you think about Dame Dash versus Cameron? And at the end of the day, do you care about this seemingly bingo club beef? Or what do you think about the fall for grace, fall from grace that Dame Dash has had in the industry?
Starting point is 01:30:33 Ladies and gentlemen, let me take you back to 2017, where the one and only young thug, which if you didn't know, Thug stands for truly humble under God. But then you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like what's going on? I know that's right. But anyways, as far as for that, young thug called himself the new Tupac back in 2017.
Starting point is 01:30:57 And basically said, quote, Pock would have never wore a dress with a clown emoji. But then you know what I'm saying? Now you got to walk with me. down memory lane because I'm leading up to a specific point and then we have YFN Lucci entering the picture and once again as far as the threats multiple times online with a bunch of tweets and things of that nature with young thugs saying doing too much could become a deep sleep and he also said hold up now truly humble under God also said
Starting point is 01:31:38 if I ain't like what you did for your mother and kids I would have been killed you you guys see that's the problem now of course I'm not glad but analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because of course I may or may not have some pretty interesting evidence that Fonnie Willis may want to take a look at right now I know this was back in June 18th 2017 but I just want to showcase how in the year of 2025 is very interesting how this back and forth can ultimately come to a conclusion and them making a song together you're talking about yfn lucci june 18 2017 saying quote thank god you you you able to take care of your mama and be humble doing too much could become a deep sleep i know that ain't who i think it is i know fauny willis was watching this whole beef go down and she was saying to herself i know that ain't who i think it is anyways continuing down memory lane 2018 to 2019 young thug threatened to will smith i mean threatened to slap luci during instagram live and via post and luci responded with insults and claim to have slept with thug's girlfriend i know that ain't who i think it is in 2019 this is the big point that i wanted to
Starting point is 01:33:10 to Hammer Home. In 2019, YFN Lucci's Mercedes SUV was shot up in Atlanta. Hold up now. And during a passenger, but not YFN Lucci, but the police tied the incident to ongoing beef. And then of course, it all cultivated into an entire YSL Rico. Now how in the world did that happen? You guys. And then street game. affiliated with the blood street gangs affiliated with YsL which may be the same thing I don't know I'm a law-abiding citizen anyways the whole YsL Rico was also involving a lot of YFN Lucci as he was charged in a separate RICO case it was almost like Fannie Willis was Oprah Winfrey herself you get a RICO you get a RICO
Starting point is 01:34:07 and you get a RICO but then you know what I'm saying I was like Damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? Now, both of these gentlemen are seemingly free because I say seemingly because mentally, I'm not so sure if they're free from the shackles of the prison institution. I don't know what type of rehabilitation that their current prison facility was operating on them, but they did a horrible job because they're back against it and threats at each other. But, of course, and the land of promotion, they're making it seem like.
Starting point is 01:34:39 It's just all for music. so guess what now we're up to date 2025 young thug is basically promoting his album and how is he promoting it ladies and gentlemen you might ask young thug on his instagram literally put the caption and this is a pg podcast we're just going to say f but you already know what f stands for and it's not phenomenal he says f yfn lucci album u y scudy friday but then you know what i'm saying i was like Damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? Now, of course, when it comes to Yafin Lucci, you already know that he's also putting out his album.
Starting point is 01:35:16 So he responded, basically saying, I don't know if he said F Young Thug back. I don't know if he's responded with that. But ultimately, both of them are promoting their albums. Wyethin Lucci's album, I believe, is titled Already Legend. 21 tracks is apparently four singles already out. And Young Thug's album. of course as his first album since being out of jail technically because if you don't know business is business is um was i think business and business is business came out while young thug was in incarcerated i believe
Starting point is 01:35:53 so technically this is young thugs first album being in a free world which is very interesting because of all the information that has came out about young thug to the point where we look at rats nowadays than we just say I mean we could care less right like who cares that everybody is telling on the criminals in society who do and we beat evil woo de do we beat them we go forward
Starting point is 01:36:18 so as far as going forward my coverage of young thugs track man I miss my dogs the track about the closing arguments track which was very interestingly gun a diss a woody disc and ended up being
Starting point is 01:36:34 a young thug diss himself I don't think he intentionally made it like that but he was saying f all rats and i don't think he took a look in the mirror i know that ain't who i think it is now all jokes aside young thugs album coming out friday is something i could not care less about because when we say antics and how people have to play antics and get certain eyes on their project ladies and gentlemen once again analytic dreams video on spot to see the video along with the audio because right now this is just a shame ladies and gentlemen what in the world do we live looking at right now you guys see that's the problem now this is his promotion technically so whoever's on
Starting point is 01:37:12 his marketing team i mean a lot of eyes are on this as you can see right here at this specific post and there a bunch of posts like this this one specifically has 1.1 million engagement as far as views and people on twitter but looking at this image is just a definition of why we say certain artists have to do antics to get engagement on their music and this a sad day in history because young thug is seemingly a legend in the game who doesn't have to resort to these type of antics as far as getting eyes on this project but some people are probably looking at this and they don't see anything wrong for the uh with this picture right he's just trying to blow you a little kiss and ultimately if he gets that kiss he's probably going to say who don't they do you know what i'm saying
Starting point is 01:37:57 you just let young thug get a little sugar and after he's going to be ecstatic who don't they do anyways with that being said let me get off that picture so as far as young thug as far as wya fin luci i could keep going down the rabbit hole of how ysl was going at yiffin lucci and how the whole rico literally came because not only is there a lot of shootings and things of that nature implying that there was a shooting at yiffin lucci's mom not only was their acute uh ys lute accused of green lighting back in february 2022 when 14 county jail stabbing happened as far as attempted on luci's life and it's very interesting right then you transition into looking at the multiple reports of incidents between young thugs camp and wife and luci's camp and then now it all brings it back home as they are
Starting point is 01:38:52 reportedly it could you know it still could be a rumor but it is seeming as if they are going to be putting out a track together on DSP now what does that say I have no idea I think this is just a very interesting smoking mirrors play as far as fanny willis is concerned because young thug has been doing a lot of things under god as far as making a mockery out of himself right he may actually be truly humble under god because of course one of the clips i put out on my social media with shout out to y'all who follow my social media's had the infamous academics clip where he was talking about where is wham right i mean that man was crying like no tomorrow young thug on man i miss my dog should have just titled it man i miss wham but then you know what i'm saying i was like damn
Starting point is 01:39:41 look at the state of hip-hop like what's going on and it's so sincere because wam isn't even a rap name he goes by he goes by little baby so young thug got nicknames for all right you get the point right you guys so anyways young thugs putting out an album i couldn't care less why i was and luci and young thug putting out a track it's very interesting because i want to hear the lyrical content of their specific track because some of the audio has already leaked and one of the quotes has young thugs saying luci told me to play it safe you know all them pigs home but then you know what i'm saying i was like damn look at the state of hip-hop like what's going on this man's still talking about ratting like there's not two hours of interrogation footage
Starting point is 01:40:27 of him just seeing into the the police to the point where he told the police once again ladies and gentlemen this man told the police officer in the interrogation room as a alleged criminal because if he was a law about the citizen nobody would care that he was telling the god's honest truth to get these criminals off the streets nobody would care but because he put so much emphasis on taking away the livelihood of rats and he's in a whole interrogation which you can find on youtube but two hours of it mind you And he says during the interrogation To the police officer
Starting point is 01:41:00 And I kid you not He says I'm gonna give you my number Just don't tell the world But then you know what I'm saying I was like damn look at the state of hip hop Like what's going on? So it's playing as day If Young Thug is not a rat
Starting point is 01:41:12 Then I guess as far as the criminal's definition of a rat It must be changing by the seasons Because we objectively saw Young Thug rat On Pee We Rosco As far as the shooting involving Little Wayne's tour bus but you know that's a discussion for the criminals right i'm a law about the citizen i don't care that much i'm just trying to hold them to their own standards and seemingly they're not going for that
Starting point is 01:41:33 so with that being said this friday we should figure out if the album's actually released because once again pretty big deal as these are the first album releases since their prison releases why uh yfn luci and young thug respectively and as far as their collaboration we don't know if it's one track we don't know if it's for wire fin's album we don't know if it's for young thugs album but one thing is for certain all those people that risked their lives and had their lives taken away because of this young thug and wire fin lucci beef young thug is looking at that list of casualties because of the wire fin lucci and young thug beef and saying to himself
Starting point is 01:42:15 who do and we beat he folk what do we beat them we go forward he could care less so that being said click my link to your bio let me know one of my social medias what do you think about young thug and why film yiffin luci reportedly putting out a collab track this friday alongside their first album out of prison and which album are you giving a listen to first three 27 26 now what in the world could that mean but then you know what i'm saying i was like damn look at the state of hip-hop like what's going on Ladies and gentlemen, when it comes to the state of hip-hop, Onika, Tanya, Mirage has announced some type of release date. And the reason why I say some type of release date is because we don't know if this is for an album,
Starting point is 01:43:10 we don't know if this is for a merch drop, another leg of her tour, because if you don't know, Nika Minaj not only dropped a very successful album with Pink Friday 2, which ultimately landed her number one on billboard and sold 228,000 first week but of course it was the biggest week for a rap album by a woman in the last four years so safe to say Nikki Minaj at this point in time is still running the game for women rappers and of course in light of Cardi B week as far as am i the drama and the marketing rollout that Cardi's been on, very interesting how that album, as far as the highest projections,
Starting point is 01:44:00 is set to do 205,000 first week, and that's the highest. So obviously, I don't want to compare it to two artists, but I do want to let y'all know when it comes to Onika, Tanya Mirage, there's a reason why hip-hop holds her into the high regard that we do.
Starting point is 01:44:16 Now, that being said, as far as this release date, March 27, 2026 what does it mean the world may never know but then you know what I'm saying I was like damn look at the state of hip hop like what's going on now it could be her like I said her sixth studio album could be a merch drop but at the end of the day her releasing this random very mysterious release date in the midst of Cardi B highlighting and promoting her album as far as trying to garner those first week sales I'm
Starting point is 01:44:51 I'm pretty sure it doesn't take two and two for you guys to figure out what's happening. You guys. See, that's the problem. As Nikki and Cardi, they've been beefing for quite some time. So the reason why I'm even bringing up them because y'all probably thinking, why are you pinning two women artists against each other? Well, ladies and gentlemen, if it wasn't for Cardi B taking a seven-year hiatus coming out with an album in the week that she's, that she has released the album and went on her marketing
Starting point is 01:45:20 rollout onika tanya mirage took it upon herself to put a very i feel like the word is conspicuous right conspicuous let's see yeah i think it's this one okay let's see definition yeah we're looking up definitions on podcast no cap conspicuitous standing out so as to be clearly visible ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen this is a conspicuous release date in the midst of carty b's rollout i wonder out of all the weeks in the year of 2025, was she released it on this week. But then, you know what I'm saying? So with that being said, it doesn't take rocket science to put two and two together. Nikki Minaj wants her to focus, wants to be on her, especially when it comes to the midst
Starting point is 01:46:08 of Cardi B's rollout. And I can't blame him. I can't blame her or Cardi at the interesting back and forth, because if you don't know, Cardi B also has some lyrics taking shots at Nikki. Let me see if I can find it. Let me see, Minaj, M.I. The drummer. Because a lot of people didn't catch it, but ultimately, when she went at Bia, when she went at JT, they thought those are the only women rappers that Cardi B. went at. But she also dissed Nikki Minaj. As far as the specific line, I wonder if I could find it. As far as the specific line, when she went at Nikki. She was definitely oh here we go. Quote
Starting point is 01:46:54 Who's guess who's doing shows and this is a PG podcast. Guess who's doing shows for basically free and pocket's hurting. Now interestingly enough that track was titled dead and if you was want to listen to it for yourself
Starting point is 01:47:14 and was wondering who in the world could she be talking about? Well ladies and gentlemen we broke down the Nikki and Jay Z beef like a kilo of Miley Cyrus. But then you know what I'm saying? To the point where you know shout to the people who follow me on social media, one of the clips went viral as far as me breaking down why in the world is Nicky going at Jay-Z so hard. But if you really look at the behind the scenes nature of her tour deal and Rock Nation
Starting point is 01:47:40 and well Live Nation that's also in cahoots with Rock Nation, it's very interesting how a lot of reports have came out that Nikki Minaj is essentially in one of the worst touring deals but of course we have no proof of that so you know that's very alleged and rumor but putting all that together with Nikki Minaj rants at Jay-Z going at Desiree Perez both who has a lot to do with rock nation and live nation and then who could Cardi B be talking about when she says going to going on tour or going let me see where is is that I think it's free you see yeah why was she come on dead as you can see right here analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio why would she say guess who's doing shows for free
Starting point is 01:48:31 and pocket's hurting guess who makes sure that she play nice when we in person and guess who don't body the more women than they surgeon I'm collecting body bags like they purses. I know that ain't who I think it is. Not going to lie, partisan to Ray. Both of y'all are doing phenomenal on the entire Cardi B album. I ain't going to lie to you. Like whoever wrote that was straight fire.
Starting point is 01:49:00 So at that be it said, Nicky Minaj has a release date. We don't know what it's for. I just want to give you basically overview of what Nikki Minaj has been up to in the year of 2025. You know, definitely putting a lot of leg work in as far as her tour. which ended up grossing, I think, around $100 million because it was definitely the fourth highest grossing tour about rapper in hip hop history. Now, of course, inflation and things of that nature, but at the end of date, I mean, it's still a significant stat because it basically still tells you who is the top performers in the touring space. So Nicky Minaj is still one of the most monumental
Starting point is 01:49:38 artists of all time. And if you look into the conspiracy theories as far as her deal with Live nation and it being a very interesting one as far as her not being able to gross the amount because i forget what it was i think it was i remember covering this minage live nation i think it was the tour deal because the only reason why a lot of people are attributing the cardi b bar that we just went over to nicky is because at the the random feud with j z and desiret peres and a lot of people I don't think it's coming from just out of the blue. Usually when Nikki goes at somebody, I think there's a reason why.
Starting point is 01:50:22 So as far as that, I don't want to theorize anymore, give you any more conspiracy theories. I'll let you do if that what you will. At the end of the day, click my link to you in my bio. Let me know one of my social media is. What do you think about Onika, Tanya, Mirage, putting a very conspicuous release date, and what do you think she's leading up towards as far as dropping on March 27th,
Starting point is 01:50:49 2026? Thank you so much to everybody that supported my album. Two weeks ago, the album was projected to do 115K off of outside and imaginary players. Dot, dot, dot. I didn't know what the outcome was going to be. I didn't put out an album in seven years and haven't put out as much music in the last year, but we just surpassed all that expectation. In the words of Carl Anthony Towns, after all that, thank you to everyone who gave the album a listen.
Starting point is 01:51:32 Did a video to the songs in everything. You don't know the confidence in boost you gave me in my music to keep pushing. dot dot. I can't wait to see you guys on tour. You guys. Tonight, we celebrate. I can't pop no champagne, dot, dot, dot, dot. But maybe, just maybe, I can open up some cranberry juice or something.
Starting point is 01:52:03 But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? Now, speaking of my Onika Tanya Marage drop, ladies and gentlemen, let's transition into one of the, biggest brewing beefs we've had since Drake and Kendrick. It's time for- Wait, hold up man, hold up.
Starting point is 01:52:21 It's time- No, you can't just be coming on my- It's time for a rap battle! Alright, so anyways, basically, Cardi B just blew expectations out of the water because of course I was projecting her to do around 170,000 to 190,000 first week. We shout out to everybody who supports my social media, my TikTok, actually that clip went semi-viral as far as it doing well and people enjoying my predictions because guess what it was based off of real objective metrics but who would have thunk that cardi b was going to put out such a
Starting point is 01:52:55 phenomenal album to the point where she ended up doing 205,000 and 232 units first week so shout out to carty b for surpassing all expectations i know some people had her around 130 120 they're saying that i was projecting her to do way uh much higher than they had her doing and when it comes to me covering the entire music industry usually there's certain metrics that i can gauge where the first week metrics is going to be at so even though i wasn't terribly off you know 170 to 190 is a big gap but 205 is not too far from that number but it's definitely exceeding even my expectations So with Cardi B reportedly selling over 200,000 first week, I think that is objectively speaking a W for somebody who essentially speaking was retired from putting our albums. I'm not going to say music because you know she put out WAP she put out up outside because a lot of people is upset.
Starting point is 01:54:00 I think WOP is like a six, seven year track or whatever. A lot of people was upset that Cardi ended up putting WAP on the album, which you know at the end of the day, don't hate the player hate the game you guys see that's the problem as when it comes to when invasion okay invasion of privacy came out april 6th 2018 i believe that did around 250 first week if i'm not mistaken actually let me see how much i did first week so invasion of privacy privacy first week because this is all going to tie back in when we get into nicky and cardi but invasion ended up selling let me see invasion of privacy first week so am i the drama did 205 but let me see yeah okay did do okay so see you know i'd be covering the music industry none too crazy anyways
Starting point is 01:54:55 my fault i ain't want to glaze myself you know what I'm saying you guys uh anyways um invasion of privacy ended up doing 255 000 first week now a lot of people say that's an l as far as your second album not doing above 255,000 or even near that metric but to me people thought carty b was essentially retired i mean it was a huge 2018 to 2025 if you're not kindred jzy drake who else Kanye well before you went crazy nobody's waiting that amount of time to listen to your next project so for her to still do over 200,000 i think it's a phenomenal accomplishment And like I said earlier, she still was very active as far as singles because if you look at it since 2020, I mean, she gave us WAP, she gave us up. Both of those tracks I thought was phenomenal.
Starting point is 01:55:47 She was on Amigos album, a rest and peace takeoff before he passed away as far as Culture 3. The track with Lizzo Rumors went crazy. I remember that track. What other tracks went crazy? Put it on the floor, the remix with Lotto. So she's been to active. It's not like she just stopped putting out music. It was just as far as projects, we essentially thought she was retired as an album act.
Starting point is 01:56:09 So coming back years later, almost a decade later, and essentially still doing around, well, over 200,000 first week as a phenomenal accomplishment. Now with that all the way, but that out of the way. It's time for a rap battle. Onika, Tanya, Mirage was not going to let Cardi B enjoy her success. and before you say hey who side are you on ladies and gentlemen let me just let you know i'm on the side of both ladies but then you know what i'm saying i was like damn look at the state of hip hop like what's going on i know barding gang and as far as um the beehive would not be happy to hear me not picking aside but i like to keep it eight more than 92 i like both of these artists i think both of them were phenomenal
Starting point is 01:56:56 and hearing how they both went back and forth as far as tweets is very interesting as i've I covered recently, I believe last week, as far as, as as for as Nikki putting out the release day, it was in March 27, 2026. Now, nobody knows that that is. That could be a merch drop, a tour announcement, an album announcement. It could be anything, right? It's just a vague release date that coincidentally happened in the midst of Cardi B trying to uplift her first week sales as far as her sophomore album.
Starting point is 01:57:27 So I don't think it was just a random week that she chose to put this date out. I'm just keeping it fair and calling it like I see it. So anyways, after the sales came out, Nikki Minaj basically came out and had a lot to say because on X, I forget when this happened. Was it September 29th or September 28th? Anyways, I think it was 28th. Let me see if I could find the actual.
Starting point is 01:57:53 It was the 29th. Okay. So yesterday, Nikki came out and essentially, we're going to go through the whole timeline because I don't want y'all to miss any these tweets because this is back and forth is leading up to something interesting if y'all thought drake and kendrick was something they was never tweeting like this before the music came out right which is another thing i were rather than putting into the music but you know that's what's the point so nicky minage teased the march release date and then on x she began to tweet and and nicky
Starting point is 01:58:23 man i simply wrote 499 the promotion which is the promotional price for carty b's new song on itunes And then she wrote Barney Dangerous But then you know what I'm saying I was like damn look at the state of hip hop Like what's going on Ladies and gentlemen You know what she's trying to do
Starting point is 01:58:40 With that type of title Anyway she went on to say ABCD EFG Falling off the charts With a big belly You guys See that's the problem Sad day in history because you know
Starting point is 01:58:54 I do call myself analytic dreams Because I do like to get into dream Like analytics ironically And with that being said, when it comes to Cardi, she's far from falling off the charts as she just put up the number one album in the world and she has not one, not two, not three, four, five, six seven, but 16 tracks on the charts. Once again, just keeping it eight more than 92. Anyways, Nikki continued. Running. Whoa, hold up now.
Starting point is 01:59:25 It's a PG podcast. All I'm going to say is she's talking about Thomas and not the friendly train. right running blank barefoot still smelly dang still you could not outsell me now this is another point for nicky for this one yeah this one goes to nicky because i'm not going to lie to you as far as as nicky minage which has been more she's been more active but you know as far as you being dedicated to your craft i don't think that should be a slight somebody being consistent and consistently putting out creative offerings you're at after year should not be a slight so just because niki is consistent does not mean that her first
Starting point is 02:00:06 week sales is not as impressive as when it came to pink friday two that album let me see how much an album so so uh niki menage pink friday two ended up selling 228 000 in first week sales and that is the current landscape of music so when people look at the music industry especially hip-hop not being as valued it falling off of the charts it's not a lot of rappers on the charts if you've paid attention throughout my podcast there's been three artists who's had longevity big x the plug drake kendrick and then that's it even toddler the creator even playbric cardi all that the tracks started off hot and it ended up falling off as far as longevity i'm not talking about it not being hot or not making the charts i'm talking about longevity as far as specific hip-hop tracks staying on the charts
Starting point is 02:01:02 I mean, Leon Thomas is not a hip hop artist, but he has the most successful track from hip hop or at R&B as far as might, unless you want to count Bruno Morris, which I don't think we do. I mean, it's like the Bruno Morris. I don't think we just count him in the hip hop or at R&B sphere. I think he's more pop. So that means said. And then, of course, we could count Shabuzi if you just want to. But you see how I'm just going out of the lane of hip hop. And usually it's not the case.
Starting point is 02:01:34 Usually we have a drake, a future. Who else? Who else usually? 21 Savage. Usually we have some of those artists percolating in the top 10. And they've been releasing projects. I mean, Future and Metro released a whole double album.
Starting point is 02:01:47 Future was on the single with Young Thug titled Money on Money. To this day, I feel like, was the most underperforming track of 2026, uh, 2025, because that particular track is high quality in my opinion. And somehow I fell off the charts. But anyways, I can, get into all that to say that Cardi B is putting up numbers currently
Starting point is 02:02:06 but we don't know how long it will stay on the chart so getting back on track. Nicky basically saying cannot outsell me is hinting at well not hinting basically showcasing how pink Friday 2 so 228,000 first week and of course am under drama
Starting point is 02:02:24 by Cardi B ended up selling 205 first week so very petty and interestingly enough, one of my favorite tracks off of Cardi B's album, Pretty and Petty, essentially, Nikki's being pretty and petty because she's basically pointing out that you still can outsell me even with an almost decade hiatus. So, very unfortunate. Cardi B came back, though, and she basically responded with the whole alphabet, you know, type of phrase. And the Cardi B said,
Starting point is 02:02:56 A, B, C, D, F, G, your man has to snatch. What? Oh no, call the police. You guys. See, that's the problem. You know, throughout the whole side seven and Aubrey Cairn battle, I was thinking to myself, where's the authorities when you need them? Anyways, as far as Cardi be coming back with that response, Nikki finally got what she wanted as far as Cardi to bite the baby
Starting point is 02:03:20 because now she can gloat about Cardi still not being able to surpass her musically. Because technically speaking, if we're going off the latest albums, he's the bigger artist. So, let me say. Cardi responded again and said, nah,
Starting point is 02:03:38 because I was really baking ribs. Hold on now. Offsitt said, you don't cook. You guys. Anyways, my fault. I ain't mean to say all that. You know,
Starting point is 02:03:45 offset said it, and I just wanted to repeat it. Cardi fans don't kill me. But he said, you don't cook. Cardi literally went on a breakfast club and said, I don't. So what? You know what I mean?
Starting point is 02:03:55 So anyways, that's why this tweet is throwing me off. Cardi said, nah, because I was really baking ribs. and making blondie brownies and here comes this what bothering me on a Monday I know that ain't who I think it is so after that after Cardi did the whole ABC Dfg and basically went on to say her I don't even know how to say this is a very provocative back and forth I'm not going on to you let's just say she says something tastes like
Starting point is 02:04:28 Honeycomb, you're a bro, B, see? You guys. Somebody called the police. Anyways, she was streaming magnet and is hard as H, huh?
Starting point is 02:04:42 So, anyways, she was basically, I guess Nikki must have had like Magnic up. I don't know when that happened, but Cardi B came back because she had, you know, she got tired of Nikki going at her and picking on her.
Starting point is 02:04:55 So Nikki said, quote, and I'll start bringing up some of the tweets. analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio but here's the first one let me see where I pull this up okay there you go so I'm gonna try to pull them up as I'll bring it up um why you keep bringing up my album is not the gag that you think it is you've been in the game for like 16 years hold on now Nikki's a legend but then you know what I'm saying I was like all right so anyways you need to compare yourself to your peers that started around your time Rihanna Taylor Swift Drake those are the numbers but I had to switch my
Starting point is 02:05:38 screen what is it okay those are the numbers you need to be competing with and you can't because you doing lower than all of them I was in high school when you came out WTF is you comparing yourself to me for I know that ain't who I think it is Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not going to lie to you. As far as a rebuttal, that's pretty weak. That's basically saying, oh, if I'm Shea Gildress, Alexander, a person like LeBron shouldn't be comparing current stats because he's older. You see how ridiculous that sounds.
Starting point is 02:06:12 If you're in the same sport, I don't care when you came into that league. You are competing with everybody in that league, no matter if you entered before or after them. So that's just a terrible argument. So, yeah, another point to Nikki. but then she continued she said all right this is the third tweet here we go yeah all right now this is the third tweet talking about my pregnancy oh heard of that missed something i may have missed something let me see oh i think did niki delete her tweets i don't know anyways cardi said all right
Starting point is 02:06:48 this is the third tweet talking about my pregnancy dot dot dot like he wasn't going to oh no somebody called the police oh my goodness i know that ain't who i think of you're just going take that up to screen ladies and gentlemen y'all need to see that um so yeah that was pretty provocative right and as far as nicky i think yeah okay so they said the spat ended with nicky benign sharing a i generated photos of j z and a pink wig crying and holding money alongside a photo of cardi b as barney now ladies and gentlemen when it comes to that i don't even know if nicky deleted her tweets because I don't know why I don't see it. So let me see.
Starting point is 02:07:28 Let me see Nikki Mina. It'll be a sad day in history if Nikki ever blocked me. I ain't going to lie to you. I feel like I'm a part of both teams. I never want to be blocked by either. I feel like I'm being pretty fair right now. Let me see. So she put up iTunes,
Starting point is 02:07:42 Barbes, get off Twitter. I'm going to retweet these winning against stats. Something like that. Okay. Nikki's trending. She tweeted that. Oh, she tweeted something about a crow. I don't know if you're trying to read all that.
Starting point is 02:07:53 I mean, if you want to see it, though, here's the, so let me see. So this is the first tweet that Nikki quote tweeted, right? And then, okay, that's her account. And that's fantastic. Here we go. Here's the quote tweet. And then basically her fan was having a whole theory as far as Nikki posting a crow. Because I remember when, yeah, so Nikki posted a crow.
Starting point is 02:08:25 I guess it has something to do with Cardi B and that's what it has to do. So the Crow, analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with audio. I'm basically showing the image that she quote tweeted. The crow jumps on the eagle's back, pecking at his neck to provoke a reaction. While most animals will fight back, the eagle does not. Instead, it simply keeps flying higher and higher until the sky. As the air gets thinner, the crow struggles to breathe and eventually. falls away.
Starting point is 02:08:57 Now, ladies and gentlemen, you want to see what Cardi B's album cover looks like. Just take a guess, you know? Take a gander on what Cardi B's album looks like. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? So Nikki's been going at Cardi for quite some time in a plethora of ways, right? And then there was another thing I was wanting to get into.
Starting point is 02:09:25 What was that in? That may have been it. Let me go to Nikki's account again because she was tweeting some more stuff. But that was essentially the, the crust of the argument. It wasn't a lot that was going on. I mean, they said a lot of things I couldn't repeat on this podcast because, you know, it's a PG podcast. But I definitely wanted to let y'all know of this back and forth. So when people say that Nikki and Cardi don't like each other, y'all don't say that we're pinning two women against each other.
Starting point is 02:09:51 You know what I'm saying? Like, they really don't like each other. So, let me see. Yeah, I think she deleted all of the tweets. going at her much i love you's between 28 yeah she deleted that's tough well cardi carty karty b kept her tweets up but you know that's i guess you know teach his own right um let me see what else that did i miss oh yeah uh cardy b called nicky cocaine barbie on the world and then you know brought up nicky's husband of course you know the you know sex convention uh convictions and stuff and then
Starting point is 02:10:24 uh what else did she said she attacked nicky's oh yeah yeah i'm put up that tweet you know talking about her i'm just gonna put it like eggs yeah just put it like that uh reminding nicky of the 16 years already talked about that uh nicky question cardy beat reported 200 plus sold as far as am on the drama which is interesting because some outlets came out and said she sold 190.6 000 first week which i was thinking to tell myself hold on now i know that ain't who i think it is i know these are not allegedly credible outlist putting out that $199.6,000
Starting point is 02:10:58 first week was sold for Amada Drama because I could put up the actual objective metrics as far as Cardi B. As you can see right here objectively speaking she sold $205,000 first week
Starting point is 02:11:15 oh hold up let me change my screen so y'all can see it so as you can see right here Cardi B am on the drama under Atlantic which is a subsidiary to Warner music group entertainment which as as i was talking about earlier before the album came out y'all see the market share right warner definitely was in her best interest to promote this album anyways um 205 000 first week as you can see right here you like the arrow let me take that way because it's blocking the number there we go that's a better arrow all right 205 000 first week
Starting point is 02:11:45 and then you have 90 000 actual physical units sold um i forget what these are called but anyways um I see, what was it? What is he scroll? I forget. Anyways, when it comes to streams, this is streams, I believe. I don't know what TEA is. But anyways, let me take that way. So those are the objective metrics. So a lot of people coming out saying, oh, she technically sold under 200. After fact checking, she definitely sold over 200, 205 to be exact. And that's what I wanted to show you the numbers. So you can actually see a credible source as far as what chart data gives us. And the main thing I was also wanting to get at is that if Nikki really wants to go at Cardi B, she should do it musically. If she would have dropped a single during Cardi's album week, I think that would have been better than just tweeting. I don't know the exact marketing strategy for Nikki going at Cardi B via tweets.
Starting point is 02:12:47 When you already know as a lyricist, you're one of the greatest ever. I mean, there's a reason why if you look at my banner, Nikonaj is on it. So as you can see right here, Nikonanaj is on my banner. And it's not for no reason. I think she's one of the greatest rappers we've ever had, Grace and Mike.
Starting point is 02:13:05 So when it comes to that, if you put together a lyrically intensive track going at Cardi B during her album rollout, I would have said that would have been a more effective marketing strategy. But of course, I don't want to see two women beefing. I'm just letting you know that you could have came a lot different and would have been way more effective. But anyways, as far as the release date, as far as what was it, March something, it was March.
Starting point is 02:13:33 Let me see if I can find it. It was March 27, 26. Why does I say 36? I wonder where. It's probably like, oh, it's coming out of 2036. I don't know how that happened. Let me see, 26. I'm literally up, I'm editing on the spot.
Starting point is 02:13:48 Ain't there crazy? So March 27. 2026 you could have literally along with that release date talked about how well just you could put out that single along with the announcement of that specific date and it would have hit a lot harder than just tweeting barney barney b b bernie at cardi and talking about never provoke a writer rather write while they're writing if you're being provoked while you're writing how come we haven't heard any of that musically while going back and forth with one of the biggest musicians in the world in your same genre that you just seen that whole formula work as far as
Starting point is 02:14:24 side seven and i'm sorry cairn but you know that's besides the point maybe i'm just making too much sense so at the end of day nicky carty b they're beefing forever and definitely and we'll never see the end of it but hey at least we got the ice spice a lot of beef squash so you could you know see the video you know what that being said uh click my link tree in my bio let me know one of my social medias you think about Nikki, Minaj, and Cardi B's back and forth. And at the end of the day, do you think this will actually ever end up in a musical rap battle? Getting into the overview of episode 153, which of course, as you can see right now, was titled. It's Hollow Night Silk Song, the best game of 2025.
Starting point is 02:15:13 Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? And when it comes to Hollow Night Silk song, obviously I have my personal gameplay as far as up on analytic dreams video to see the video along with the audio. But then, of course, I also drop my sales and review Roundup. But when it comes to that, we also started off episode 153 with Cardi B who is on the cover as well as far as the musical portion of this episode. It's safe to say, you know, someone wasn't too happy with that. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop.
Starting point is 02:15:48 Like, what's going on? You know, that's what's the point. So anyways, well, actually, it's not. As getting into Cardi B, we covered her album coming out. But then, of course, we talked about her saying that she was expecting a baby from Stefan Giggs. I said Giggs. Why I say that? Diggs.
Starting point is 02:16:04 And then, of course, Nikki Minaj coming out throughout the promotional release of Am I the drama. And she basically released a very, um, Who's the word? Who's to say, ambiguous? I think it was ambiguous. Release date to the point where we start to realize why in the world that was happening. And of course,
Starting point is 02:16:27 the battle that didn't happen musically, which I'm still sad about. You guys. See, that's the problem. I mean, if side seven, I mean, white tank top, I mean, uh, Kendrick, my fault, Duckworth. Uh, you know what I mean?
Starting point is 02:16:39 If he can call, Is it okay, I got my dope on me? A pedophile. If he could call Aubrey Karen, a pedophile, then safe to say, McCarty and Nicky was saying at each other kind of fell inside the same lines of, you know, hip hop being in a place to where they just see somebody go low. And instead of doing the Michelle Obama, they just take it to hell. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop.
Starting point is 02:17:04 Like, what's going on? So anyways, Cardi B and Nick Minaj had their spat. So we went over everything about Cardi B, her musical releases going at Nikki Minaj, her going at Bia, JT, we really died. deep into carty b's overall just musical promotion i would say because it definitely helped us the album sales as it ended up going number one which you know shout to carty b for that it ended up debuting at number one as far as 205 000 first week copies um very uh successful in its own right as far as coming out the gate so shout to carty bee definitely made uh history as far as her impact of being one of the most notorious
Starting point is 02:17:47 and engaging female rappers we've had in quite some time in hip hop. Now that being said, then we transition into the one and only Is it okay? I got my dope on me? We talked about Drake. So you know we can't go an episode
Starting point is 02:18:02 while giving you a Drake update. So of course, we talked about Iceman. We talked about his unreleased tracks with Central Sea with Kodak. Of course, his DeMarre Rosen disc, which was titled National Treasure. I mean, we covered it. any and everything when it came with drake and of course the kaisennapp review you know basically
Starting point is 02:18:20 calling iceman episode three just straight up garbage i know that ain't who i think it is i was thinking to myself i know that ain't who i think it is because whole time i thought kaisenat and drake was on good terms but i guess not man sad day in history um then we got into geoffrey and if you don't know who i'm referring to we got to um young thug and when it comes to young thug if he wasn't giving musical offerings I would not care about the whole Ratlanta but of course he came with some heat and that made me pay attention. That's closing
Starting point is 02:18:51 arguments to this day I think was heat and then he had man I miss my dogs I think that was heat even though I had a funny clip of academics you know making fun of the track saying whereas I still think that track was fire and of course out of that whole debacle as far as Ratlanta
Starting point is 02:19:07 Gloria came out of the cut because of everything that was leaking out about what young thug was saying about her and she basically came came out with a whole disc track of young thug and maria the scientists just basically roasting them it was it was very it was a very humorous listen if i if i do say so myself and then of course um we got in the young thugs album and his track with wife and luci as far as that track still waiting so then we transitioned into bad bunny and of course bad bunny congratulations to him he just was announced as a performer at the super bowl twenty 26 half time show
Starting point is 02:19:46 So I talked about everything surrounding that, how Taylor Swift and Adele was approached, and they basically declined. So, you know, they tried to get the baddest bunnies, but ended up ironically with Bad Bunny. All right, my fault. You guys, see, that's the problem. Just a little joky joke, you know what I'm saying? No, I was like, so yeah, they ended up with Bad Bunny. I think he's going to kill it. I think he's a tremendous pick. I have him on my banner for a reason. I think he's one of the artists in the music industry that notoriously impacts and notoriously. affects the masses. So I like to see Bad Bunny and I think he's going to kill it.
Starting point is 02:20:21 So with that being said, then we transitioned into little industry news as we got into Nintendo securing their patent. And you're probably wondering, what type of patent did Nintendo secure? Why I'm glad you asked? Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? If Pokemon, Pocopio wasn't enough to tell you and let you know that Nintendo could care less, they could care less about what you have to say about. them. They essentially came out with, I think, a straight-up mimic of Minecraft and Animal Crossing, but that wasn't enough as they came out with a patent to secure the summoning of characters to
Starting point is 02:20:59 fight other characters. Now, ladies and gentlemen, Shepard, just look at the state of gaming, like, what is going on? What is going on to where Nintendo can increasingly gain power in the courtroom to the point where they gain these patents passed to the point. where they're looking at a monolith situation like they had with the nemesis system. The evolution of summoning characters via a ball is non-existent now that Nintendo has patented that.
Starting point is 02:21:28 And that's the whole reason we even got a Power World type of game, which I feel like they did enough to make itself unique. But of course, Nintendo wasn't having any of that as they patented in the midst of them suing Power World, which even strengthens their case even more, which we dive into as far as that specific segment. then we got to navidia making a big boy play as far as far as investing up to a hundred billion into chatbot cheap gpt owner owner let me start over invidia investing up to a hundred
Starting point is 02:22:01 billion in chatbot gptt owner open ai to create new a i breakthroughs which is a significant development especially in the technological advancement lane um that type of investment is definitely going to change the world and I'm not being I'm not exaggerating in the slightest it's going to change the world and I think we already see it as far as what AI is capable of doing already so that was a huge deal we dive into the crest of that specific details and then we got to specific games as far as Hollow Night Silk Song I dive into that game we diving into borderlands blockbuster the mobile game and then Limbus company those specific reviews
Starting point is 02:22:42 as far as those specific games. I was really proud of. I like the way my game reviews are starting to come out. You know, usually it takes you a while to get a footing as far as how you want to come at certain reactions. And I think we've set a certain standard as far as the review and sales roundups that a lot of people enjoy as far as from a musical
Starting point is 02:23:05 and a gaming side. So it's really informative, I believe. And I think that's why y'all keep coming back day in and day out and weekend and week out, which is why the game review and sales roundups i'm really proud of as far as those specific games and then of course uh when it comes to the drama portion of the episode boy you know we had a lot of that like hold on now i know that ain't who i think it is as we had i know that ain't who i think it is dame dash versus cameron i know that ain't who i think it is young thug versus why i fin luci
Starting point is 02:23:35 I know that ain't who I think it is And then of course last but definitely not least To end off the episode Nicky Minaj versus Cardi B But then you know what I'm saying I was like 10 look at the state of hip hop like what's going on So when it comes to that that's What we covered as far as episode 153
Starting point is 02:23:52 I may add more as far as the overall Topics that we get into but those are the main plot points as far as where we got into For the episode and of course rounding off Episode 3 I do want to let you know I did get invited for the people who stayed to the end, I'm just going to let y'all know. So I got invited to New York Comic Con.
Starting point is 02:24:09 I never, right, drop a bomb for that. Somebody saw analytic dreams talking about his love for superheroes, and they thought to themselves, let's invite him. Let's invite him to the event. And not only did we get invited to that event, but we got to, we got invited to a special VIP event.
Starting point is 02:24:29 So as far as the VIP event, I don't know what we're going to be doing in it, but hey, I think that's going to be a great, networking opportunity and as far as giving you even more insight because I didn't even really tell you what I got invited for. Let's just say the character that we got invited to test out early may be in a show where the main character is seemingly invincible. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming.
Starting point is 02:24:58 Like, what is going on? I know y'all thinking to yourself, man, what could that be? Well, I guess the world may never know. But anyways, it's coming up soon. not this weekend but next weekend I will be going to that event it's going to be crazy I can't wait for it I've never been in New York
Starting point is 02:25:12 for this being my first time ever being in New York I'm expecting to see Young Thug I mean I'm expecting to see a huge rat just like a huge master splinter running across and just hopefully it's not in my hotel room that's all I ask man you guys that's all I ask
Starting point is 02:25:28 if I see it right in my hotel room I am going to film it in 4K and put it up for the notorious mass effect viewers I ain't going to kept to you. So hopefully I don't see a rat too big and I'm definitely not going to be eating outside in New York. But safe to say, I am excited. I'm going to be filming a lot of content. So with that being said, that's the end of episode 153 that's titled is Hollow Night Silk Song, the Best Game of 2025. So before, well, no, so that's about it for the episode, for the notorious Master Faye episode 153, which I already went over the title. But thank you for tuning
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