Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "THE NOTORIOUS MASS EFFECT EPISODE 157 PT 2 // "IS A$AP ROCKY BRINGING A NEW WAVE TO HIP-HOP"

Episode Date: February 14, 2026

Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠⁠⁠Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠⁠⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠⁠⁠Dive into Episode 157 of THE NOTORIOUS MASS EFFECT with your host Analytic Dreamz, where we break down the hottest topics shaking up music, industry news, gaming, and drama right now in 2026.In Music, we lead with the big question: Is A$AP Rocky bringing a new wave to hip-hop? Fresh off his long-awaited album Don't Be Dumb (featuring heavy-hitters like Tyler, The Creator, Doechii, Gorillaz, and more), plus standout tracks like "PUNK ROCKY," Rocky is blending fury, serenity, punk influences, and experimental vibes—sparking debates on whether he's redefining the genre for a new era. We also cover Bruno Mars teasing his upcoming album The Romantic (dropping February 27) with smooth new singles like "I Just Might." NBA Youngboy stays in the spotlight amid beef discussions and his bold challenges. J. Cole surprises fans with his birthday mixtape Birthday Blizzard '26 (hosted by DJ Clue), delivering raw freestyles ahead of bigger projects. Plus, Don Toliver just unleashed his high-energy album OCTANE (with features from Yeat, Rema, and more), keeping the melodic rap wave rolling strong. And shoutout to Exo for staying relevant in the convo.Shifting to Industry News, we unpack Esports in 2026—trends point to sustainability, regional depth, fan-centric growth, bigger prize pools, and national pride driving the scene (including PUBG's expanded season). RAM prices are surging hard due to AI demand and shortages—DDR5 and DDR4 kits are seeing record hikes, with analysts warning of continued pain through the year. Ubisoft faces major resets: restructuring into Creative Houses, portfolio changes, cost-cutting, layoffs, and a tough financial outlook despite strong Assassin's Creed bookings.In Gaming, we spotlight HighGuard, PUBG Battlegrounds (with its bigger 2026 esports push), the addictive puzzle world of Royal Match, cozy vibes in Animal Crossing, and the viral chaos of Choo Choo Train trends.Finally, the Drama section heats up: Kai vs NBA Youngboy tensions, Chad vs Pharrell clashes, and the ongoing 50 Cent vs Jay-Z saga—classic hip-hop beefs and rivalries that never die.Analytic Dreamz keeps it real, no fluff—just deep dives, opinions, and the culture unpacked. Hit play now for the full episode and join the conversation! Subscribe, rate, and share if you're locked in.Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Now, you know, over here at notorious mass effect, safe to say, we get into the gaming and music IPs that notoriously affect the masses. So when it came to my attention, now hold on now, one of the biggest events in gaming history is currently being backed by one of the largest sovereign wealth funds as far as groups of all time. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming.

Like, what is going on? And, you know, as far as what's going on in the gaming industry, if you don't know when it comes to the largest well one of the largest as technically as far as estimates they're number five as the public investment fund for saudi arabia is around one point one five trillion dollars ladies and gentlemen yes with the team now you probably think it to yourself what does this have to do with esports world cup well i'm glad you asked as the record breaking total prize pool for e sports world cup for the year of twenty twenty six is seventy five $25 million.

So of course, when it comes to playing for a cash, you already know how that goes in the Marvel rivals community. Shepard. All right, my fault. Let's get back on subject. So when it comes to this humongous prize pool, safe to say, you have to break it down as far as where it all started when they first started giving out these big bags via the tournament. Because if you don't know, when this tournament originally started, it was titled

Well, it was from gamers eight and it was around $45 million in 2023. And of course, when it comes to this, when it comes to the continuation, they rebranded to the East Sports World Cup in 2024, shattering all type of records as far as 500 million plus viewers, right? 2.6 million attendees, an analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because I'm currently playing some highlights and promotional elements from the world. World Cup event just to showcase what you can look forward to if you want to go yourself. So anyways, 2025. It hits 750 million viewers, 3 million visitors, 7.9 million peak as far as the League of Legends final. So of course, in 2026, you just only assume that is going to continue as going from 45 million, which was the 2023 gamers X. gamers eight total prize pool right to fast forward to 2026 of 75 million safe to say

2021 when doda 2 was the leader as far as well the entire tournament had 40 million and then of course no no that was the international 2021 with a doda 2 that had 40 million prize pool and then of course the uh esports world cup at 2024 has 62.5 million as far as the total prize pool the uh 2026 version no 2025 has 71.5 million as far as a total prize pool and now we come up to present day as the current east east sports world cup 2026 is set to have 75 million dollars which is a record breaking number as far as total prize pool now this is set um this is actually set to happen july 6 i believe yeah so week one is july 6 through the 12, Dota 2, Valorin, Apex Legends, Fate of Fury.

Actually, let me just pull this list up just against people want to go in person. I don't know if people just jump around or if they stay for the whole seven weeks. If you stay for the whole seven weeks, then my brother, I got to know what you do for an occupation. Because, of course, I could probably go for a whole eight weeks because, you know, I do this for a living. But you know, the main thing is if you're actually an avid, e-sports connoisseur, I don't know how to make this bigger. You know, I'm 25 going on 80. I kid you not. There you go.

Can y'all see that? Y'all should be able to see that. Hopefully I can see the home. Let me. There we go. Hold on a W-Teg guy. All right, so if you was wanting to go on person, it's safe to say these are the actual dates and games

that you can expect to see at the East Sports World Cup for the year of 2026. Now, when it comes to the overall total prize pool, I'm just going to be throwing up all type of facts on this actual event because I did not know that the amount of money was being thrown around was because it was backed by Saudi. Now, I know people have their, you know,

they're interesting quarrels with Saudi Arabia, but as of right now, we do have to showcase what the prize pools are looking like, because as you look at the individual game prize pools, as you can see right here, once again, Analytic Dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio. The reason why I'm showing it like this

is literally because if you're going to go in person, I want you to know what type of money and when these games are going to occur. So, of course, these numbers are through the roof. And I do believe at some point in time, I'm trying to get the whole list. At some point in time, you're probably going to be looking at this and say it to yourself. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on?

Because this is actually insane. Like, the way that you're able to throw this amount of money at these events should show you that it has a huge turnout as far as consumers. And at the end of day, this is why. So let me put this right here. So all type of games and events is happening during. in this so um if you're gonna go as an avid gamer safe to say this this is actually insane so right here right we're gonna start from the top so you have valerant um you have track mania i don't even know what that is uh 500 000 prize pool because of course the 75 million is not the you know it's not for

each game it's spread out throughout each each video game in the event so dota two has five million prize pool apex legends has two million uh calla duty black up seven has one million uh pub g mobile has 3 million. Overwatch 2 has 1 million. Rainbow 6C. has 1 million. Fortnite reload has 10 million. E.A. FC26 has 1 million. Team fight tactics has 200,000. PubGPC has 2 million. Tech and 8 has 1 million. Street Fighter 6 has 1 million. And of course, the game that always stays at number one every single time I check the Steam charts. CounterShark 2 has a whopping $2 million price pool. That is a insane. So anyways, well, all that being said, you know, if you just want to go to the actual event, you just pause it and then see whatever game you just want to attend for that

specific week. The key additions is Fortnite reload, Call of Duty, Blackop 7, Tekin, 8, and Trackmania. So the games that was removed for the 2026, uh, Esports World Cup, the games that were removed was StarCraft 2 and Rin Sport. So Trackmania's debut is basically a 32 player tournament, 500,000 prize pool multi-year partnership with the Ubisoft so that's very interesting as far as the the continuation of adding new games they already have a whole partnership in place so that's pretty nice right so the tickets are already on sale so if you was wanting to see this event just know you can buy your ticket as of right now and of course um when you're attending these type of events you know i was just say we as gamers hold up you know hey we as gamers

We got to stick together. You know why? Because people say we out here musty, man. You guys. See, that's the problem. You know what I mean? I'm just saying, you know, a little soap here, a little deodorant there could go a long way.

You feel me? So I just want to give a PSA to all those people out there that's about to perpetuate the gaming stereotype that you too, my brother, can use deodorant and soap whenever you please. Shepherd, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Now, that out the way. Um, safe to say, the

Esports World Cup is going to be a phenomenal event. I mean, through the snapshots that I found to showcase to the people who want to go, off of the highlights, you can already tell. It's a huge, humongous production going on. And, of course, not only is watching the game going to be a great event, but it seems like, especially the glamour setting they have, they're going to have other things for you to do aside

from actually just watching the pro professional gamers play against each So once again, this is a seven-week format and basically it keeps the consistent finals and headline moments every single weekend It doesn't start until July 6th, so you have quite some time I don't know if the tickets sell out fast or whatever, but I'm getting this up at a pretty Interesting time because the tickets went on sale January 22nd is currently as a new recording this. It is January 30th, so you know technically I gave you the heads up Can't say I didn't give you the heads up so if you was wanting to go to that I They have options as far as single tournament, weekly access, premium passes for with pre-check

and of course, yeah, arenas are open daily for the main event. So with that being said, if you wanted the weekly access, safe to say, if you could go to this seven times out of a week, you know, as far as seven weeks, it may not be that bad because, you know, obviously you go to work and then you can go to it on the weekend. So, you know, I take the back because, you know, whole time, I'm like, hold on now, who has to, what type of occupation let you just stay at an event for seven weeks but i forget you know it's probably only two to three days a week so anyways which you know as you know it's coincided by the weeks i just showed you know what i mean to talk about being 25 going on 80 you know what i'm saying

uh because the first one's like what july 6th july 6 through the 12 so july 6 through the 12 that's no that's monday through sunday oh i stand corrected ladies and gentlemen hey you're able to go to this tournament stay the whole time to where you're sleeping over safe to say you have a phenomenal occupation and do not take that for granted you know what i'm saying so um other details as far as sadi backing this you know i did have to dive deep into it because you know as far as a hall of fame pocket watch i thought to myself what i'd be doing my journalistic due diligence if i didn't tell you all how much bread this company currently has so the company that's currently backing esports world cup for the year of 2026 safe to say they've been sprinkled all

throughout the gaming industry as when it comes to p i f slash savvy games group they have um 30 no no um the other investments they own scoply which has monopoly go i believe they own ESL face it the world's number one e-sports maybe that's why you know this whole thing's going on um they have 7.5 percent stake in nintendo 9 percent stake in EA 6 percent stake in take two hopefully following my drift right now and of course they have uh invest into Capcom and Embracer and then Nexon and then of course when it comes to Niantic games they have 3.5 billion via Skoply Pokemon Go and basically I said all that to tell you that these guys are printing money hand over fist crazy and is

ran by Mohammed bin Salaman al-Saud I think that's how I say it and basically with him being the crown prince of Saudi Arabia safe to say he's using all his financial gain and taking over everything he's like oh that look that looks exciting give me that it's mine now so he just throws money wherever he wants to and guess what now he has a huge which oh i think that was a pick what's that i'm not trying to be disrespectful i think that was a picture of analytic dreams video on spotify so i don't know if that's a picture of him you know crazy time it could be somebody else because i haven't looked at the actual person actually let me look at the person i'm not i'm not trying to get canceled you know i'm just trying to do i'm just trying to showcase you know who's back in this

event um what i even type in oh uh moham ben salman al-sad let me say yeah that's him okay that is him so you know what i mean successfully uncensored you know what i'm saying so yeah this is the guy that made it happen this guy right here this this guy right here this the guy that made it happen i ain't gonna lie to you he say if he says he wants to sponsor your event he don't tell him it's gonna be expensive. You better tell him it's going to be crazy. It's going to be crazily expensive to anybody but him. Because guess what? Then he's going to do it. You know what? You're going to do it. You know what? You got to be like,

hey, bro, I really like that thing you call ESports Gaming World Cup. I was wondering, could I back that? And then you'd probably think it to yourself, who's this man coming up? Oh, yeah. So, yeah, I was just thinking we're just going to need like a measly like 75 million to run this event. Really, none. You know that. You got that right you know you're the richest right so you got that and guess what that's how happened ladies and gentlemen I just wanted to break down how the actual negotiations went

so yeah so this is actually how he looks right here so you know for all the people out there that was wondering why in the world the Saudi back everything is because they have all the money in the world that's basically it so um you see champions are crowned every Friday Saturday Sunday tournaments are scheduled weekly across seven weeks so I just said that I'm trying to see if I miss anything as far as the players in clubs is 2,000, no under 2000, just a little under 2,000 players, just a little under 200 clubs. And then of course, when it comes to games, like I said, there's like 24 titles across multiple genres. So it's going to be a plethora of games or whatever game you frequent, it's probably going to be on there for you.

Well, actually, there's Marvel Rivals on here. Let me see. I don't know if Marvel's rivals. Marvel Rivals. Hey, Marvel Rivals ain't getting no love. day in history. Shepard. Dang.

Just look at the state of gaming. I'm looking at it. What is going on? Why are Marvel rivals? You know, they ain't get an invite? They got bread, don't they? Marvel rivals, like, we can run our own tournament for 40,000. You know what I'm saying?

All right, my fault. Let's get back to her. So anyways, that's basically it for the tournament. If you want to go in person, just know this is going to be a very big event that's going to notoriously effective matters, especially in the gaming industry. This is the largest prize pool in e-sports history. Safe to say, a lot of people are going to be up there trying to compete for more than $40,000. So that would be it said, click my link to share my bio.

Let me know on one of my social medias. What do you think about the E-Sports World Cup, 2026? If there is one of the weeks used one to go, which one is it? And why? Because this event officially starts July 6, 2026. Now you're probably thinking to yourself as a PC gamer. Why are the PC parts that came out in the past? rising in price.

Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Well, ladies and gentlemen, that's exactly what we're getting into for this specific segment. As if you don't know, when it comes to DDR5, of course, as far as the RAM, it's been 4.4 times higher since July 25th, a month of a month increase of 27%. And when you look at DDR4, it's close behind as month a month has been rising 46. in the previous month it was 30% in growth or in rise as far as price and then of course it's been

3.2 times higher since July 2025 you guys see that's the problem there's been a plethora of deals in the past two years to where I'll be able to make this as simple as I can especially for those wondering why in the world is is PC parts that came out three to four years ago rising in price so of course I do want to finish off by saying that the average ram price increase versus September 2025 has been over 344%. So with that being said, safe to say this is why I wanted to cover it, because it is definitely a very interesting epidemic, if that's the word, of a fluctuation of prices, especially for PC part. And the main reason, in my opinion, is over something I covered September 23rd, 2025, as in the video, invested up to $100 billion, ladies gentlemen,

yes, with a B, $100 billion in chat by GPT owner, Open AI. So basically it leads the owner to be able to create new AI breakthroughs, but as we've seen, it's only hurting the consumer as of right now because of these multi-billion dollar conglomerates, buying up all the PC parts, is making the scarcity to the point where the people who sell these parts have to raise it in price because of course now if you don't have any PC parts to sell safe to say they'll be out of business so they was like how do we counteract that oh let's raise the price on the remaining PC parts that we do have so anyways as far as that deal that deal definitely has um affected a lot of PC part uh prices

and of course you have Microsoft plus in the video and Anthropic which happened November 2025 which combine up to $15 billion investment in Microsoft in the video which $5 billion into Microsoft $10 billion into in video anthropic commits the 30 billion dollars 30 billion dollars plus Azure compute which is the Nvidia power so now when you look at these conglomerates coming together basically to buy out the most powerful PC parts for AI safe to say the consumer is left with the uh well it's yeah it's left with the short end of the stick because of course as far as other deals that went through amazon anthropic google anthropic and then of course open a i mega round as far as 40 billion raised at 300 billion dollar valuation led by by soft bank microsoft and others

safe to say everybody who is getting a mammoth amount of revenue as far as a company is diving into these invidia like companies because of course they're trying to improve the AI quicker than competition so that basically left us the common men out of the loop so now that we have to pay for other already well-off companies buying up the PC parts that was really meant for the everyday consumer like you or me because they want to be the the person that has the best AI that's literally why we're out here you know left with the short end of stick as far as prices so anyways to get into the market valuation because of course over here

notorious mass effect. We do get into the gaming and music IPs that notoriously affect the masses. But safe to say, this also is going to affect the masses because if you don't know, as a PC gamer, RAM is pretty important. You know, DDR5, DDR4. If you know exactly what that is, guess what? Not only are you a nerd, just like me. But you understand how important this is for your console to run at an efficient level, especially when playing games that are more taxing on your hardware. So as far as the market, as far as the market, when you look at Germany, Germany is Europe's largest PC hardware market. And now when you look at it being retail only tracking, meaning no scalpers, people are finding it a representation of global pricing trends. And basically, to make this simple, because I know a lot of people may get lost by that.

When you look at the price points, some companies are trying to try to. to make it consumer friendly but other companies are literally coming out and say hey all these companies are buying up all our ram for the evolution of AI so now we have to charge more for the average person because we can't just be out of PC parts with nothing to sell so um not to be a broken clock but let's go into the rule of the cause right AI I say not be a broken clock and then we're going to get back into the main reason so AI dentist a data center demands consuming DR RAM, well, yeah, basically RAM, and HBM supply, which is high bandwidth memory. And that's prioritized over consumer RAM, meaning now now you have limited clean room space as far as a lot of manufacturers out there.

And as far as expansion, it's going to require years and a massive capital. So people are thinking that maybe in 2027, we'll get to the point where we'll be able to. to counteract these price hikes but of course it's really not confirmed a lot of people coming out and say oh we can get over this around 2027 you don't know what these billionaires plans are as far as how much ram they want to buy and how long is going to take so as far as waiting for a potential 2027 supply reset or relief i don't know if that's going to happen because the demand may be persistent amongst the rich conglomerates out there so what i would say is it may sound like the worst advice ever

but I would buy it now if you want to buy if you want to build a PC because it's only going to get worse as far as further price increase now when you come to other options you could opt for lower capacity bills or DDR4 when possible but as far as getting the highest upgrade

that may be a little extreme but I will try to get the next to highest because I'm not going to lie to you a year from now two years from now it may be exponentially more expensive because of the influx of companies trying to have the best AI. So now, when you look at solutions for the people who's causing the problem in the first place, which is the companies diving or just basically dumping all this money into AI, into RAM companies

like Nvidia, the solutions for them, just the one stop being greedy, like all they all can't have the best AI. Like somebody has to tell them that there's a Google, there's an Amazon, and there's a Microsoft. There's not a bunch of other different sites that we're on as far as web browsing. Like there has to be the top three and then the rest of you all got to chill out so the consumers don't have to deal with the price increase because y'all want to buy up everything to have the best AI in the market. But other than that, you could design with less RAM. Shepard. No, that's just a crazy revelation, right?

The companies, the greedy, you know, capitalist companies out there, they could try to design with less RAM. Just food for thought. And of course, you know, they're going to say it's impossible. But at the end of day, you will see more and more companies going this route because at some point they're not going to be able to go, they're not going to be able to compete with their arms race because that's essentially what it is.

A lot of these conglomerates are making our arms race. to buy up all of this RAM so that they can improve AI and the Nvidia investment just shows that because of course why in the world would Nvidia team up with Open AI if it's not the perfect

partnership to make the ultimate AI. Invitya has the RAMs Open AI seemingly as far as chatbot the best AI on the market on the market so now $100 billion just pops up at nowhere because they want to collaborate you tell me what they're trying to do

it's basically an arms race and the consumers are dealing with the brunt of the repercussions. So now, I think when it comes to the RAM prices, when it comes to the prioritizing RAM, the only way we could get around this as consumers is to essentially stick with our current bill. Now, I know that's not something you want to hear.

One of my favorite content creators of all time, the Black Hokaga, he consistently goes on a tirade against people who only have PS4 consoles. As time goes on, and these things start to get more expensive, that may be the route to go. That may be the way to go for people who cannot afford next-gen consoles who can't afford to upgrade a PC.

You may just have to stick with your current console and just wait it out. And I think with PS4 already holding on to a certain majority of the player base to the point where I think just last year, PS5 had that 51% as far as over for uh PS4 as 49% as far as

PlayStation player base PS5 has been dealing with PS4 players not wanting to upgrade now with this whole continuation of conglomerance buying up RAM I think it's going to be across the board people do not want to upgrade the PC

ever because of the prices being exorbitant so if you do have a lot of PC parts well I ain't going to lie to you I'm not going to tell you what to do with it because that'll be anti-consumer, but hey, you may have to do what you do. Make the, you know, make the puzzle pieces connect. But if you have a lot of PC parts safe to say, this may be the perfect time for you. Let's just leave it at that. So at the end of the day, that's as simple as I can make it.

Basically, the conglomerates are buying a bunch of RAM, which is why consumers have to pay for it because now it's scarcity from a lot of different retailers. And the only way to counteract that from a retailers perspective is to make the prices more. more exorbitant. So as far as what I started off with, as far as the month over month increases as far as, let me see, yeah, for a DDR5, it's been a month-a-month increase of 27%. And that's from December to January this year. So these are just, these are recent numbers. DDR4, month-a-month increase of 46%. So that's why I say either buy now or keep your current build or your current rig, because at the end of the day, nobody is going to look out for your baby. interest at heart from a capitalistic company perspective they do not care that you

have to bear the brunt of the increased ram prices that they're going to keep these type of deals going through like the nevidia like the microsoft nevidia like the amazon and entropic like uguyen anthropic they're going to keep these type of deals going and basically just say to all the consumers out there they got to pay the increased price around because of it So that been said, hopefully I broke it down in a simple fashion. If not, you know, definitely leave a comment below because I've been starting to respond to more of my comments. So I'm going to start doing that more often. I totally forgot Spotify had that feature.

You know what I mean? Podcasts for years. Totally forgot about that. But anyways, so yeah, comment down below. How do you think consumers can counteract this? And let's band together to come up with some actual solutions. So we don't just, you know, you know, just cast it out by the multi-billion-dollar companies out there. So that being said, click my link to my bio.

Let me know one of my social medias. What do you think about RAM price crisis, especially going into the foreseeable future? And what is the best way you believe we can, we as a consumer, can counteract these RAM price increases? Now, ladies and gentlemen, we are here to talk about Expedition 33. Well, sort of.

Shepherd. Just look at the state of gaming, like what is going on as when it comes to the most successful ex-ubesop developed game we already know clear obscure expedition 33 is one of the most successful games not from an objective metric but from a critical metric of all time especially the way it broke the record for the amount of wins at the game awards this past year now of course with that out the way time to get into the sad topic that's reoccurring in the past two years which is layoff talk you guys see that's the problem as you know Ubisoft gets the brunt because of course

they made the headlines but as of right now in 2026 Amazon has laid off 16,000 people meta has laid off 1.5,000 people Microsoft has led us has laid off 6,000 but of course in a gaming universe when you look at Warner Bros laying off 600 plus since 2023. those are like multiple years Ubisoft is leading the gaming pack as of right now 2026 because currently they have

just laid off I think around 400 total but they plan six cancellations including the Prince of Persia remake sad day in history man Shepard Sad day

Just look at the state of gaming I'm looking at it What is going on And the reason why they're doing this For those who's wondering is because they want to drive revenue, right? $360 million was driven by partnerships and back catalog. But now, when you look at the CEO, which is Yves-Gul-Lamont,

hopefully I'm saying it right, is Y-V-E-S and then-Gul-Mont, Goulamont, hopefully I'm pronouncing it right. Anyways, so they generated a lot of revenue. As of right now, to this day, not to sound like Deonté Wilder, but Apex Legends is definitely the magnum opus for Ubisoft in the past two to three to four years. I mean, yeah, because Apex Legends came out of 2019, so even more than that.

Basically, what I'm saying is Ubisoft, I'm not saying they're struggling, but the amount of dead games that they put out and put a lot of money into to perform well and they didn't is leaving Ubisoft in a tough situation. So now they've laid off a bunch of people focusing on efficiency, sustainability, and creative focus. But the biggest thing I saw,

all is them wanting to shift towards open world adventures and games as a service which you already know apex legends is already a game as a service so safe to say i don't know if you be soft and i'm not trying to hate i'm just saying apex legends is such a outlier i don't know if that's an an acquireable goal as of right now especially with the way that arc raters is consistently bringing in players as far as it as far as it's live service usually you have two to three four max and arc rater seemingly is now about to be a part of their rotation so i think that's a far-fetched goal but hey ubysop thinks they could do it because you know they do have apex legends so at the very least we should at least give them some leeway to try to create that

but anyways getting back into the layoffs specifically they are down to 17,000 employees 17,097. Now from 20,729 and 2022. So of course, when you look overall as far as the past three years, it's safe to say, it's been 3,633. So now, especially in the gaming field, a lot of people say it to themselves, hold up now. If you're laying off all these people, y'all better come with some bangers because these are hardworking individuals that no longer has a job. Sad day and history. You guys. See, that's the problem. And of course, with these layoffs and closures, the studios are not exempt, right? Studios as a whole, like Halifax, which is a mobile development company,

Stockholm, and other selective closures are ongoing. So we technically don't know the brunt completely of these layoffs. We just know those specific development studios are closed. As far as the cost saving, obviously that's the main thing they want to do, as they already have 360 million dollars driven by partnerships and bad catalogs so you know they're probably like hey we don't care we have 300 million plus in the bank we want more more more more you know it's like capitalism all over again so anyways um as far as what they're trying to do they're trying to save costs so basically the goal of saving is 240 million dollars yes ladies and gentlemen is pretty egregious but that's what they're trying to do and as far as the final cost

but an additional $500 million is already saved from prior reductions. So they thought to themselves, well, we saved so much money from previous layoffs, why not keep laying off more people until you realize my brother, where is your morale system? Guess what? If we was in Massifay, you would be completely not even renegade. You would be even worse than renegade.

All I got to say is, y'all are not putting the people's mindset and mental health in question, in the overall equation of you laying them off, which is sad because, of course, people at the higher up position are just looking at the bottom line. The actual workers that are getting laid off

are looking at their family, looking at the option to putting food on the table. Like, it gets really serious, and it becomes a dire situation while the higher-ups are just like, you know what? We're just trying to save at least $500 million. Like, what? Like, come on, now.

You would think they were struggling. the way they're laying off people left and right so with that being said um there was a lot of internet backlash of course it made a plethora of headlines and of course um when you look at the gullmont brothers oh i guess there's brothers i only said one of them uh why vests gulmonde i only say his name but apparently he has another brother so when it comes to the guemont brothers they're getting a lot of backlash on the internet and employees are quote-o-calling off management are an internal chat systems i don't know what slagging off means but that's a quote so that must have came some type of insider but you know of course um what are the employees going to say

when you lay off a lot of the co-workers they're not going to be like oh man i'm happy everybody got laid off you know what i'm saying another day at work when half of my co-workers got laid out like no they're going to be talking bad about you so of course that's to be expected and the shift to mandatory five day in office work with limited annual um I don't know what this means. Let me do some Mickey research right quick. I don't know what WFH means. Oh, I didn't even have to look at it.

It popped in my brain as soon as I hit and enter. Anyways, it sends some work from home. I know, I know. You guys. That's on me. That's on me. I had to do Mickey research to look that up. So I shift to mandatory five day in the office work with limited annual work from home

allowance. So now they're allowing you to work from home. Now, you know, COVID messed up a lot of things. and the developers are not having it anymore, basically. So I already got into the specific numbers of the layoffs and the cost goal, it's another, the savings goal for Ubisoft. But the main thing you need to know is that when you look at it from a fiscal perspective as far as in 2026,

the gross margin reduction was $386 million. The depreciation of capitalized, the depreciation of capitalized R&D, which is research and development, I believe, was $650 million, and the net bookings reduction was $350 million. A lot of money being thrown around, and their solution was just to lay more people off, which is why a lot of people are upset. So the main upsetting factor is the Prince of Persia game,

because that game, in my opinion, I thought it was pretty solid. I never played it from watching, from seeing all the masses talk about it. Seems like the Prince of Persia hive was very well pleased with that specific game. And then guess what? They basically canceled that game. And when you look at the remake, you would think it was on the top of the totem pole because of the last Prince of Persia doing phenomenal. But guess what?

They canceled it. And they was like, hey, whoop-de-doo? Like, we don't care what you guys say about Prince of Persia were canceling it. And it reminds me of when another game came out. And it was like a musical game. I think it was called High Five Rush. And apparently that studio got closed like a month after it came out. I'm like, bro, what type of unrealistic expectations are they setting on these development studios?

I thought the expectation was only to make a good game. And if it doesn't sell well, well, because you made a good game, let's try to put you on other popular IP projects. But they just disband the studio entirely and didn't let them work on anything else. So what that means is that. As far as delayed games, I don't think I have any other specific. Let me see. They have likely affected projects, but I don't have any like, like, like, in set in stone and concrete details as far as a delay game so i'm gonna wait on that one but

ubysop did come out and say that there's going to be four new ips including march of giants acquired from amazon so if you're interested in that project well that's the update on that there's four new ipes including march of giants acquired from amazon and as far as the triple a and games as a service uh prioritized i think that's what every studio is trying to do every studio is trying to create another Fortnite. They're trying to create another arc graders, Apex Ledgers, I mean, you name it.

These live service games are already popular. I don't know what it is about the developments or the developers out there, but they look at that and they think they could do the same exact thing when no type of struggles or obstacles because there's a reason why there's max three to four live service games

is popular. Even with Marvel rivals, they just put out Deadpool. And I thought it had a phenomenal it was phenomenally received, right, by gamers. And I don't see it in the top 10 at all. And top 10 isn't everything. Well, actually, it's number 9 for PlayStation.

Top 10 isn't everything. But especially when you just put out a phenomenal product and you keep updating it, it does not guarantee sales. That's why when I cover the charts, especially on the gaming and music side, I have to reiterate that just because you sell the most does not mean you make the best product. And just because you don't sell at all

does not mean you're making the worst thing imaginable. The two do not correlate. Sometimes it does, but it's not a direct correlation. So anyways, but it is great to make a good product because, you know, at the end of the day, you want to say at least I put my all into it and make a, it made something I'm proud of. So to finish us off, all you need to know is that Ubisoft is undergoing a third major reconstructing since 2022. And creative houses will replace the global code development model.

Six games were canceled, seven delayed, and four new IPs on development. as far as the 3,600 layoffs, it includes the studio closures and the cost reduction as far as how much they saved due to these layoffs was $230 million over the past two years. And all I got to say, I feel like they're in the infinity word. I just want to say that Ubisoft. Was it worth it? You guys. See, that's the problem. I think that was basically it.

So, yeah, Ubisoft still has a mammoth of amount of money. coming in right now. I mean, you look at EA, they're definitely the Don Daughter. They got the most with 38 billion. But of course, Ubisoft, they're no slouch as they're around one billion, I believe. Take 2 is around 27 billion. If you want to know the mammoths in the gaming industry, Sony is around 150 billion. And what else? Microsoft. So yeah, I guess, you know, compared to the gaming field, Ubisoft is not really, yeah, they're not really doing the greatest. But hey, you know, they still have Apex Legends, you know what I'm saying? So hopefully this actually leads into more creative games, but I doubt it.

I can never, especially as a consumer myself, I know I do this for a living as far as covering the gaming and music industry, but as far as a consumer, I can't preach anti-consumer rhetoric. So the main thing I want to let them know is the layoffs are terrible. Do not add on to the layoffs by putting out some atrociously bad games, right? You have to at least, I mean, look at this game right here. I mean, didn't Dillon from RDC say he'll play this off stream? Shepard. All right, my fault. Wild side tension, my fault.

As far as Ubisoft, you have to put out a banger or else. People are going to look at you in the light that they already do because of all these significant layoffs and say, why did you do it if you was just going to continue to put out bad games? So what that means said? Click my link to your bio. Let me know one of my social medias. What do you think about Ubisoft?

They're 2026, and really it's been going on for two years. But their major reset laying out 3,600, employees and at the end of the day what do you think will become of Ubisoft do you think they'll flourish because of these layoffs or what is the main reason you think they will uh basically crumble and fall as a gaming development studio now as far as a particular video game getting to premiere in the most valuable showcase slot which was the final world premiere at the game Awards 2025, but then, ladies and gentlemen, ended up having one of the fastest player retention collapses for a modern free-to-play shooter in the gaming history.

Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? So we're here today, ladies and gentlemen, to break that down because, of course, there's a lot of obstacles that High Guard had it overcome, and sadly, they did not. You guys. See, that's the problem. And you're probably wondering to yourself, but what led to this type of insurmountable drop-off? Because as of right now, High Guard, unfortunately, and I'm not one of the grifters that be hating on High Guard.

I'm basically telling you like it is. It is essentially dead. Because when you look at the numbers, safe to say, not a lot of people like to look in the numbers to compare it to other video games. But in High Guard's instance, you have to look at it specifically. as when it first came out it had an all-time peak of 97,000 and then under 24 hours it went to 19,000. And as of right now, as of right now, it is around 7,000 concurrent players. You guys. See, that's the problem.

And if you don't believe me, safe to say, your boy got a lot of things that we're going to be pulling up because of course this is a factual platform that dives into the notorious mass effect of gaming and music IPs. So when you look at the numbers right here, ladies and gentlemen, this is just downright. Like, I don't know what in the world made people that mad about high guard, but safe to say, they took it out on the player count. Because this amount of people dropping off of the game, and staying around that level,

I don't even think that's, hey, at some point in time, you got to look at the amount of people that chose not to come back to this game and basically say that our product just wasn't good enough. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Because usually I don't even bring up the steam charts as far as like to show y'all specifically. I usually just talk about it.

But these numbers are so egregious that I have to bring it up just so y'all can see it in 4K. So y'all don't think I'm lying. This is one of the worst drop-offs we've ever seen in video game history. For a game that I don't even think is as bad as the numbers are making it look. Because you would think that nobody and their mama, like nobody and their mama. hate the game, right? So there's a lot of things that goes into it. So now we're here to break that down. So when it comes to the actual rollout for High Guard, you already know how it rode out as it had the most valuable slot at the Game Awards 2025. So it's the same to say the owner of the

Game Awards. You know, we have to shout out to Jeff Keely because man, that boy is going through it. I know that ain't who I think it is. And you know, as far as going through it, I may not help out because, of course, I got to break down the entire timeline. No, I got to break down the entire timeline because Jeff Keely himself, I think set this game up in a way that he thought was helping and unfortunately it did not help high guard's case as far as a rollout so with that being said analytic dreams video on spotify to see the video along with the audio if you haven't already because we're about to go break down Jeff keely's tweets like a keelow and myly cyrus so uh prime example number one uh well exhibit number one you know got to be

got like i'm in the courtroom you know what I'm saying so uh this specific track or no this specific tweet came out January 24th, 2026, right? A bunch of views, 600,000. Jeff Keely basically said he got hands on time with High Guard and he showed the actual key card to the event. And safe to say, you would have thought that Jeff Keely himself was trying to win $40,000 at a High Guard tournament the way he was received. Shepard. All right, my fault. So anyways, next treat, the next tweet, you know, shout out to the real gamers out there. So now you see, January 25th, 2026.

He's basically saying, see you tomorrow. Basically hyping another, right? Jeff Keely cannot wait until High Guard comes out, which, you know, continues with this specific suite right here. January 26, 20206, he basically said, and here we go. And little did he know. It definitely went.

So here we go again. January 26, 2026, High Guard is now live for free on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox, and Fears. I was talking. There we go. and here's the trailer so as you can see there's a trailer jeff keely is beyond ecstatic right uh so let's continue with his um you know boasting about high guard being uh high quality right he basically puts up a polygon picture what was this polygon picture you might add uh you might ask well guess what

it says high guard isn't d oa in fact after four hours i'm convinced is one of the best shooters in years this said in years so safe to say Ladies and gentlemen, you know, I don't like to do this. Hold on, hold on. Am I not making it big enough for y'all? Let me see. Let me just pull that up right quick. There we go.

Make this a little smaller. Here we go. I'll just watch out to see this right quick. Not too crazy. All right, there we go. Okay. So, apparently, as soon as the game came out, Polygar put this out, said,

in fact, after four hours, I'm convinced it's one of the best new shooters in years. Let me go full screen for this. You guys. See, that's the problem. And I'm not going on. I think this is the type of marketing propaganda that ended up leading to High Guard's demise. Because even though this is very kind-hearted, it doesn't seem like there was any malice with Jeff Keely.

It wasn't like Jeff Keely was trying to kill the game. It's just him being so hype, being him so, him being so positive towards High Guard, just made people look at him and say to themselves, you know what I just don't like it I just don't like it I just don't like it I just don't like that shit man That's what a lot of gamers said After Jeff Keely was just praising this

To the moon and back So here we go you know As far as High Guard is out Jeff Keely is praising it To the Moon and Back Posting Polygon And then here's another tweet We have this tweet right here

As Jeff Keely said Screenshots from High Guard Now live and free You know Jeff Keely One of the more influential people In the gaming universe So you would think this will help out right safe to say he continued with this tweet right here

January 26th 2026 he basically said thoughts are high guard so far and and guess what a lot of people gave the thoughts to the point where he ended up putting out this and this is the final yeah this is the final tweet we're going to get with Jeff Keely and yeah it's safe to say ladies and gentlemen it's not going well

Shepard just look at the state of gaming I'm looking at it what is going on so as far as Jeff Keely he quickly found out what is going on in the gaming industry as people are highly upset about this game now you're probably wondering to yourself what is the negativity fair is what they're saying actual advice as far as how they can build the game and you may be surprised by this answer but i actually think it is as when the game came out objectively speaking it was getting review bombed right but then hours passed by and even myself

yours truly played the game you know me shout to me for being a real gamer you know what I'm saying type in high guard analytic dreams with a z you'll be able to see my gameplay so i actually had hands-on time played a plethora of games and safe to say i understand exactly why people don't like this game with the 3v3 format in a massive open world this should have been targeted towards esports gamers except it was trying to target the casual fan base that arc raiders and fortnight have captured successfully and marvel rivals as this is a very sweaty, a sweat-like game. This is not the game where you can hop on thinking you're about to have the grandiose time.

You better have the utmost sweats on your team before you play high guard, which I said instantly when I played the game. I realized like, oh, okay, you need certain people who are also at your same level in FPS to enjoy this game. And that, ladies and gentlemen, to me, is like an e-sports type of game. So I think it could make a bounce back a revival if the e-sports scene takes this as their baby and carries it to the finish line because as of right now it literally seems like everybody is dropping the game so let me get into more of the other critiques from other people who also

you know corner-unquote played the game because i just told you my opinion i personally played the game and so other people were saying that the map design was way too big and it was too empty for 3v3 matches which even people who enjoyed the game said that the loot was not enough especially with the gameplay loop that they wanted as far as the 3v3. Lute should be all over the map and it was not and they was feeling like it made the map seem more empty than it actually was. They also said that the bland heroes and the hero abilities is something that a lot of people was pointing out.

And as far as a general consensus, consensus, they said that the core loop is very boring. And I'm not going to lie to you. I agree with them. But then, you know what I'm saying? So your face. and all that right and then to find out that even the people who was at the event wasn't able to pre-download the game so everybody's trying to get on the game at the same time as is getting review bomb so now the people who actually want to praise the game are in a queue the people who hate the game

don't need don't need to play the game because they can review bomb the game and then hours later the game's not as good to where people are just going to be like oh people are tripping there's a lot of problems with this game i personally was saying after playing it if this was a game mode attached to an already popular game, I thought it would have been phenomenal as far as phenomenally received. Because this is his own game and you want people off the bat to be like, oh, this is a new game mode. Be like, that's not enough.

My brother, we need a lot more exciting modes and features to actually feel like you gave us a full package. Pause. Because when Marvel rivals came out, safe to say, that was indeed the full package. When Fortnite came out, well, technically when it came out, it wasn't a full package. But when it added battle real, that became the full package of Fortnite. Like just because you put out a dud as far as a game mode does not mean that your game is inherently dead. I can see the foundation being solid.

It's just a lot of missing pieces to the point where we can't cape for you enough to combat the level of negativity that wasn't even warranted at the beginning. Hopefully that makes sense. So anyways, the CEO came out. Like I said, we got a ton of receipts. Like as far as drama, there's a reason why I threw the 40,000 joke in there. You would have thought this was Marvel rivals the way the time. toxic community was coming together to bash this game. So when it came to the actual High Guard devs even confirming that the Jeff

Keley style rollout wasn't really working, here it is right here. So analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio because we are definitely playing the entire clip because I want them to speak for themselves. So here go to High Guard CEO right here. The deviation for us for TGA's was interesting. Jeff is a friend of the studio. We've known him for a long time back in the Titanfall days. Jeff came in and played the game and he was blown away.

He asked us to be a part of the TGAs and do something, you know, kind of special by putting this kind of game there in an indie studio. And quite frankly, we were honored to, you know, we've got big franchises in our past, but nobody knows who Wild Light is. So to be on the stage and the biggest- The big franchise is that they're referring to is Apex Legends and Titanfall, as far as these being X-respon Dev. So keep that mind.

They have a pretty legendary, pedigree, which is why they even got the spot from Jeff Keely in the first place. Show with so many other known games and devs felt like an honor. And so we revealed a trailer there. And ultimately, we went back to our game plan, which is let's stay focused. Let's stay quiet for the next six weeks. And really kind of... Basically, translation, the game awards rollout did not work in the slightest.

Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? So let's continue with their wording. as they are basically letting you know because of the horrendous flop of the reception at the game awards, they basically went back to being quiet. Nothing speaks better to players than hands on the sticks. And so today as you're watching this at home, the game is available and you can now play. So anyways, when it comes to the actual developers and them talking about the game

and the really unwarranted negativity that the last trade at the game awards warranted, as far as High Guard, I believe that them going silent only made it worse. And of course, when it comes to them rolling out with other content creators, safe to say, a certain, oh, sorry if that was too loud, a certain content created came out himself. He even talked about how he was at the High Guard reveal as far as, you know, early access. But come to find out, he was lying. I know that ain't who I think.

Now, I'm not going to say this individual's name, but y'all already know, you know, as far as certain individuals doing egregious the most monstrosity actions ever and still having the platform i would still not be able to i would not be able to wrap my head around it to this day like i just don't understand how certain people can have an influence after having actual evidence out about them committing egregious actions and you know because i said all that i'm gonna say his name so dr disrespect he basically came out and he said oh i was at the high guard event right last week we took the Lambo to LA to check out High Guard. I'm reading his tweet. I'm not going to put on the,

I'm not going to put on the screen because I'm not trying to promote his channel. So if you look at this right here, this is his picture. Basically, and he photoshopped all this. So you know, as far as AI, man, it's getting, it's getting crazy nowadays. Ain't it? So anyways, when it comes to that, safe to say a bunch of people came out, a plethora of people, but one specifically, one specific person came out and basically said, I think it was a high guard community manager confirmed that,

Dr. Disrespect was not there. So here it is right here. So when you look at the High Guard community manager, she basically said, Hey there, I'm Chin, the creator manager for High Guard slash Wildlife. Hold on now. Hey, player.

I know that ain't who I think it is. You know what I mean? The community manager said to herself, I know that ain't who I think it is. And went on to say, and I can confirm. They didn't even spell out his name. See, that's what I'm talking about.

You know what I mean? That's what's up right there. They didn't even spell out his name because why? There's no need to. You know what I mean? If he's trying to get. cloud then you know what i shouldn't have done those egregious actions anyways um she basically confirms uh ddr

was not invited to any high guard event past or present in the badge was not an official badge meaning it was photoshop ladies and gentlemen while we go to photoshop that well i got the answer right here as dr disrespect was basically trying to convey that the creators that they used to promote the game failed at their job which i think it's a harsh stance especially when you have your reputation and trying to get included into the boys club of playing games early he basically was like the marketing team is trash they invited a bunch of corny streamers small time streamers he added to promote the game and that's why he's still number one and i think like if you think you're ahead of the game because you're out here fake faking you being at an event claiming that other smaller creators can't promote a game like you can guess what buddy you know You know, as far as morale, it still exists in the human society. So even though you have all the influence in the world, even after committing that egregious action, Highguard devs are like, you know what do they do?

You know what I mean? EA devs are like, you know, like every single video game that is popular is not coming to you, buddy. Who do they do? We beat them. We go forward. You know, if we beat the haters, we go forward. But we're not going to do it with you because, of course, you are inherently one of the worst. humans on the planet.

So with that being said, going back into the rollout for High Guard, even though you look at the rollout being very favorable from the Game Awards, meaning Jeff, I think people who also played the game was saying it was fantastic, right?

The people who went to the early access, they came out, said the game was phenomenal. And then I realized the person that I said the game in the info early, which is why I was talking about high guard launch details I have more to say than the average person. Basically, that person also told me that there was a lot of sweats at that early event.

So I think they could have enjoyed the game more because what did I say? I said basically you need a full three stack that knows what they're doing as far as FPS skill sense to enjoy the game. So even have a chance of enjoying the game because if you get on it as a,

you know, as a casual gamer thinking you're just about to shoot it out with some randoms, you're about to have the worst time in gaming history. Guys, see, that's the problem. And that was basically confirmed when the actual game came out and a bunch of casuals like myself got to, well, I'm not casual. But, you know, as far as FPS, I've always said, I'm not the greatest of FPS.

My strong suit is RPGs and fighting games. You know, I was some Marvel rivals, Invincible versus, salute to y'all for inviting me out to the closed event. Because, of course, I was giving out, I was giving out BTA to everybody in both games. So, you know, shout to Invisible versus people. But actually, you know, they invited me in New York. That was like last year, but I was just letting y'all know. As far as me being a fighting game connoisseur, I think it comes through with my content. But FPS is, admittedly, I'm not the greatest.

When I said it wasn't good, I was like, take my comments with a grain of salt. Because, of course, even though I did have personal hands-on time, these are my critiques, and I laid it out. With other people, you can say they're blatantly hating, but once it gets to this point where it's a 92% player drop, all 92% of those players are not hating. When you come to the player drop, as far as the Twitch viewers should be in nearly zero, I'm throwing all these statistics at you. I want you to know the overwhelmingly, you could say, negative response is fabricated, but then I just think you'd be in oblivious to the actual quality at a game.

You were again, review bombed, hours past, days, what are days, a day pass, and basically people who put immense hours on the game are still saying that, yes, It is a solid game, but they do have their grievances, which is why I think it ultimately cultivated into it being one of the fastest player retention collapses for a modern free-to-play shooter. It's a free-to-play game. Guess what? People moved on expeditiously, which is why sometimes having that price tag like arc rate is there

makes people more invested in your game. But of course, if High Guard was priced at a certain price point, I think the peak when it came out as far as 90-something thousand, I forget how much. Yeah, 97,000 peak concurrent when the first came out, I think it would have been even lower because people are not trying to spend a dollar if they're trying to hate on it in the first place. But if anything,

the negative people would have probably spent money on it to review barmen even more. So I think the free to play was the best route to go. It's just they didn't have any, they really didn't have any routes to success. As right now, there's just currently no routes to success for the high guard devs. I mean, people are hating on this game.

People who played a lot of, people who put a lot of hours on this game are also hating on it. I say hating. They're giving actual valid critiques. Like I said, they came out and said that the game is blend as far as the character abilities and the character models. They said that the massive environment is empty as far as the loot, which a lot of people

who enjoy the game also said that. And they also said as far as the poor optimization that crashes in the secure boot, they said basically it was running into a lot of optimization issues which you could see where every content creator playing the game as far as the cue and trying to get into especially on the PC player side of things so as far as the current Twitch viewers being around 40 to 50 um and its peak being 5 000 i think this game was unfortunately dead at launch shepherd just look at the state of gaming they i'm looking at it

what is going on and i'm not even going to talk about the competition that they was faced they was faced with because you already know if you're making that live service game you already know you're going up against Marvel rivals. You already know you're going up against Arc Raiders. You know you're going up against Fortnite. And Marvel rivals just put out what I think is one of the greatest updates they've put out with Deadpool. So now, now only are you battling with people who could play the free to play game with Spider-Man, Deadpool, Captain America, you name it. But you're also battling it out with a newcomer that's also putting up a mammoth amount of engagement as far as arc graders on every single platform. So people are saying, oh, as a winter storm is the best time to come out with a new free to play

game i counter that with gaming competition hasn't been higher so like i think last year and this year the game of competition has not been higher for any genre so now if you're putting out a game like this and it seems like it's just a random mode and that's the only thing you could do in the entire game the genre fatigue is going to happen and guess what they're going to go right back to the game that they put a thousand hours into so hopefully i covered everything as far as letting you know why people just consistently stop playing this game to the point where I know it's I know it's a review bombed at the start but hey 92% of everybody leaving isn't just hating you know as far as the noise I think at some point in time you got to the high guard devs got to get together and say hey

this wasn't the greatest launch actually is one of the worst launch you may have to keep it eight more than 92 you got to talk like college basketball coaches do walking to the locker room this was a horrible launch but what are we going to do now you know you got to leave the past in the past what are we going to do now so i think that's the best advice i can give to them because i did say if this was a mode attached to apex legends attached to any other game like that i think it would have been phenomenal or phenomenally received but since this is his own game that's all you get like imagine if this mode was an apex legends which is making me believe that's what they wanted to do respawn whoever was at the top said no and so it was like

okay let's make our own studio make our own mode and i think we're seeing the results of that so let me say click my link true in my bio let me know one of my social medias what do you think about high guard being one of the fastest player retention collapses for a modern free-to-play shooter and what do you think was the main reason for high guards fall off you know as far as the new rendition of this podcast shout out the red circle the main thing i thought to myself is How in the world have we not gotten to PubG battlegrounds yet? Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Well, ladies and gentlemen, look no further than this segment because of course,

a game that came out in early access, mind you, March 2017 and the year of 2026 is still the third most play game on Steam. And then that's not it, ladies and gentlemen, because as far as we're about to deep dive into you know especially getting into the review and sales sales roundup you already know everything you need to know if you're a huge gamer in the gaming industry when it comes to pbg battlegrounds but for this specific segment we're going to dive into a lot of things that you may not be aware of as when it comes to crafting the publisher of pbg battlegrounds i'm not saying they haven't found a successful hit like pbg but similar to epic games and for

night after you make a fortnight hence after you make a pfg battlegrounds you really don't need a successor as when you look at it the pub g franchise is 80% of crafton's overall revenue but then guess what when it comes to lifetime revenue is estimated to be and this is from 2024 so it's probably more now but it's estimated to generate uh to have generated a lifetime revenue of 17 billion billion dollars so now when you look at this particular game and you dive deeper into why it's the third most play game on steam you come to realize that not only is this is one of the more popular games in history of video game creation but in the past three years it's been on an uptick uh uptick uh especially on steam as if you look right here analytic dreams video on spotify on

spotify to see the video along with the audio safe to say the main thing i was willing to show showcase to y'all is that when you look at the actual uptick an increase in engagement as far as this three-year metric as you can see right here i don't know why it has a red mark okay you see right here this is three-year and then okay that that arrow is terrible all right hold up there we go hey you just got to put up with it you know what i'm saying if you don't like the arrow i said if you don't like the arrow all anyways back to it so when it comes to the three years obviously you can tell that this game is on the up And of course when you uptick, of course when you look at the all-time peak of eight years ago, you come to realize like, hold up now. How in the world does it have a 3.2 million player count, a peak player count that happened eight years ago. But as far as the increase of player count, it's been on the rise ever since three years ago.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I have something specifically to add on that as when it comes to the rise, especially in the past three years, safe to say there's a lot of different factors. But of course, when you look at PubG's rise, the player counts surge June 2025, averaging around 309,000 versus the 287,000 in 2024, and of course, the 164,000 in 2020. And now as far as the peak, it's hit its peak in what this specific month, which is why we're putting a misrespect on PubG once again. because of course every single episode we shout out to everybody who tunes into notorious mass effect episodes but the main thing is i always get pub gis flowers especially for laying the groundwork for games like apex legends and fortnight to follow because when you look at it in the totality of course you have games like h1 z1 and i'm gonna get the totality of that timeline in the second but as far as the last three years the F2P shift at which 2022 boosts carried and then obviously when it comes to the live events such as or the live operations such as the commander system the maps the collabs like the G dragon slash Bugatti slash Aespa I think that's how you said basically that along with e-sports which helped the peak viewers rise to 817,000 in 2025

brings back not only nostalgic fields, but also reminds you that this game is phenomenal when compared to other battle real games. And guess what? It came out in 2017. So longevity is not a question at this particular point and moment at time for PubG Battleground. So now to transition into what you can play this game on

because, of course, with this game being around for so long, you come to realize that the overall, all, oh no, yeah, the overall platforms that was on at the beginning is no longer. You guys. I'm not trying to say the consoles don't no longer exist, which, you know, as far as the PS4 and Xbox One, you know, hey, I guess a decade wasn't enough to save up for a new console because guess what? Even PubG said, if you don't have the latest up-to-day console.

Woo-D-D-Doo. And we beat E-Fault. Woo-D-D-Doo. We beat them. We go forward. Crafton basically said they're no longer supporting the retro consoles, which is the PS4 and the Xbox one as the platforms for this game is PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X-Ness.

So shout out to all the legacy PS4 and Xbox one gamers out there for holding gaming back. But guess what? The gaming developer said, we had enough. You guys. See, that's the problem. So that means that you could also play this on mobile because it's a separate mobile port as far as PubG. And of course, when it comes to the BR history, you already know the accessibility is the main factor to why a lot of people even try out new BRs in the first place.

Now, they may not stick to it like a PubG, like an Apex Legends, like a Fortnite, but at least as far as the price point, usually at this point in time, and we have to credit Fortnite for this specifically. Usually at this point in time, battle reels are free because of Fortnite. But when you look at PubG, I believe it came with a price tag. Actually, yeah, I remember buying it when I was playing with my cousin back in the olden days. You know what I'm saying? on the Xbox literally so um when you look at the history of BR safe to say you had its first um

basically revolution not revolution it is first creation inception that's the word in 2000 right as far as like film novel things of that nature then you had a mod in my craft survival in 2012 that a lot of people enjoyed and then you had a specific game i know this is abbreviation for something but I actually don't know what this is as far as the abbreviation um let me see because it came out 2012 oh armor two okay I thought it was like abbreviation for something it's literally armor two because this is oh it's just this is armor two come on man you guys I need help anyways so we had two armor two day Z come out 2012 armor three slash pub g mods that came out 2013 to 2015 and of course the OG I mean the epitome of what setting the standard looks like in h1z1 because that game came out in 2016 then guess what we got

pbg at 2017 then we got fortnight in 2017 then we got apex in 2019 and then of course we ended off for war zone in 2020 as you already know the precipice and just the ultimate quality bar, the H1Z1 set is not recognized enough in the gaming industry. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? So, in my humble opinion, I believe H1Z1 kicked it off as far as battle reals and how people dove into the specific genre and video game industry. So as a gamer, it's good to know where your history comes from,

because of course if you don't know your history you're bound to repeat it now old man told me that one time when i was playing bingo where was i playing bingo at hey who don't they do you don't even know that so anyways getting back into pbg the main thing you didn't know about pbg is that of course if crafting has all these dollars coming in because of pbg battleground safe to say what experiments or what actual risk have they taken due to the mammoth of money coming in basically the only risk i'm not going to say only because of course when you look at crafting Even though PubG does account for 80% of crafting's revenue, it also has other installments, such as,

I don't even know what that game is called. I'm not even going to lie to you. It's in Zoy, I believe it's a life simulator. I don't even know what that is. But it sold 1 million fads back in, I think it's 20, 25. So last year, that's how you know. I feel like I covered every game of 2025. I don't even recognize that one.

And then it also had, uh uh a bgm i mobile i don't know what that means but basically pub g had his own mobile game but i don't know what bgm i is and then colisto protocol a lot of people said that it flop and then objectively speaking they definitely flop commercially so um yeah all the rest they took in or they they took in that span of receiving a mammoth of money amount of money from pbg battleground safe to say it was the ultimate flop i know that ain't who i I think it is. PubG looking at crafting trying out all these other games,

spending all these marketing dollars or all these other games while to bring 80% of revenue in. I know that ain't who I think. And then guess what? PubG Battlegrounds at the end of the day looked at crafting like Thanos looked at the Avengers and said, you know, all of that. And what did it bring you?

Right back to me. Shepard. Just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? So now it seems like crafting is specifically, I'm not going to say the done experimenting, because, you know, that's never a good. you always want to strive for at least something more outside of what's already working so as far as

as pbg battlegrounds safe to say i don't have to deep dive into everything that's about that uh you can expect in this game you should already know what pbg has but of course if you're a very casual gamer you have no idea about pbg battlegrounds just no it's a battle real meaning that it's up to a hundred players per match you can have solo duo and squads of four and basically you avoid shrinking blue zone And red zones in the area, a certain areas of PubG causes bombings. And it's very sporadic. You never know when the red zones are going to come, which, you know, throws another element into why, into what makes PubG unique.

And then, of course, you just have to be the last one standing. It means simple battle real format. So when you look at the continuation of PubG, you kind of know if somebody's going to say it. Like, PubG is free now. So basically, PubG battery battle. did become free to play since 2022 so if you want to dive into pbg battlegrounds guess what it is now free and of course they do have other spinoff projects such as pbg project arc pub g blind spot but when it when you come to the to craft is bread and butter is definitely pbg but to be fair pub g mobile that is

tinsend published is doing solid i say solid as far as on the mobile format for people who can't get enough of pbg battlegrounds on console so that's all as far as i wanted that's all that i wanted to get into as far as pub g as a game and a battle route his a battle reall history but as a hall of fame pocket uh watch i'd be very remiss and i bring this up as you look at the early access for pub g battlegrounds you have one million copies sold in the first month and a hundred million revenue in three months But that's not it, ladies and gentlemen. As when they had a peak concurrent count of 3.2 million players, all playing at the same time, mind you. It's the all-time record as far as steam.

And then, of course, when you look at its notable records, it's one of the fastest ever games to reach $100 million. So talking about PubGy Battlegrounds, giving their respective segment as far as talking about the history of battle reality, and also talking about what God is here to be able to enjoy the likes of a Fortnite apex legends and PubG battlegrounds all in one safe to say the standard the overall gameplay enjoyment loop was set in my opinion by H1Z1 now it's on the top of the charts you know it's currently not but I wanted to spend some time on H1Z1 to give them the flowers and they're just due in the kudos because of the games that came shortly after that that notoriously affected amasses when it came to gaming so anyways

when it comes to the review portion of pbg battlegrounds you already know that everybody was giving it a 10 at a 10 out of 10 so safe to say polygone gave it a 10 out of 10 saying quote battlegrounds is the refinement of a new language of play but what may earn it a spot in the video game canon is that conceptually efficiency it isn't accessible for every player And it definitely is a sweat type game. Anyways, but it's understandable. Anybody can easily learn to read this game to watch it to spot the tension and excitement and the drama.

Safe to say, IGM gave this a 9.5 out of 10 saying, quote unquote, well, quote, Player Unknown's Battlegrounds has taken the military sim gameplay popularized by many games like Arma and Daisy boiled it down to the most exciting parts and streamlined it into quick and accessible rounds of pure hassle-free survival-based action and if I was to find one more safe to say destructoid the destructoid gave it a nine out of ten saying quote PubG might look like just another military shooter but the developers have put enough silliness in the sandbox where nearly

every round feels different you guys so safe to say i think in this particular segment if you don't get one thing if you only get one thing added the segment is that pubg battlegrounds goes into the hall of fame of video game history and even that's an understatement but at the end of day if you are a gamer safe to say you should definitely try out PubGy Battlegrounds and of course it's free to play on the newer consoles such as PC such as

I was trying to find it again such as PC such as PS5 and Xbox Series X and S so that being said click my link to your bio let me know in one of my social medias what do you think about PubG Battlegrounds and at the end of the day the day got it in Shepard all right my fault

let's try this again so click my link to my bio let me know one of my social medias what do you think about pubgy battlegrounds and his ultimate efficiency as far as it rising to the top as one of the greatest games ever created in video game history you know i just want to start off putting respect on the mobile gaming community shepherd not because you know if nobody ever told you i just won't let you know that I appreciate you you guys so that out the way it's safe to say we're about to dive into the mobile game royale match more commonly pronounced as royal match as if you don't know over here a notorious mass effect we dive into the games and music IPs that notoriously affect the masses it's safe to say but this particular game it is not only one of the most profitable

games of all time objectively speaking but as one of one of the more pro is definitely one of the most profitable games in a mobile space of all time as it usually fluctuates between 10 and 20 as far as all time revenue with estimate of three to six billion lifetime because of it consistently being in the top five yearly as far as the past two to three years because in 2025 it was number four to five because there's a bunch of different rankings out there for mobile game because it's not just one actual chart you can look at anyways with 1.9 billion, right? That was in 2025, landed it in the 4 to 5 spot. Number three in 2024 with 1.4 billion. And of course, it's behind games that we've covered

like Honor of Kings, PubG Mobile, Candy Crest, etc. And you can't forget Monopoly Go. So when you dive into Monopoly Go, the main thing you need to know is that Dream Games is behind Royale match. And of course, it's the sequel to Royal Kingdom, which globally launched November. in November 24. Remember, this game came out 2021. Royal Kingdom came out in 2024. Technically, it's soft launched in 2023, but Dream Games has a very dreamlike analytical approach to success, because guess what? It works every time. As even though Royal Kingdom is a phenomenal success, one of the most profitable mobile games in the gaming community, it hasn't made its predecessor royal kingdom did not make as much but it still made a lot as far as making 300 million

in his first year compared to royal match as 300 million in his first year for royal kingdom but then the sequel the successes of the royal kingdom royal match ended up having 3 billion plus lifetime up to 6 as far as estimates in mid 2025 and of course as of right now royal match is a driving 95% of Dream Games revenue. So when you look at the launch for a Royal Match, safe to say it had 10 million installs within six months. And then of course, as far as early revenue, it had 102 million within the first six months. It had, well, no, $102 million within the first six months. Then once you think it was downloads.

And then 67 million from the U.S. So very phenomenal release out the gate. And of course, when you look at it not having any as technically, usually, you know, games like this is dominant with ads and things in nature as far as throughout the gameplay loop. But one of the more unique things about Royal Match is that there's no ads in the core gameplay, meaning it's uninterrupted. So you're probably wondering to yourself, well, how does Royal Match

make money then and you guys you guys I have the answer as when you look at the actual revenue and how it comes in it's based off of monetization you know monetization is in every mobile game but at least

just at least they don't have ads for the free users out there because it's probably a lot I mean your grandma your grandpa after they get done with the shuffle boy after they get done claiming bingo you know what I'm saying all right my fault basically your grandparents probably have played this game

and who won't as while they're trying to enjoy while grandma and grandpa are out here trying to enjoy their core gameplay loot right so anyways when you look at the live events for this game because of course dream games definitely has given a mammoth of support because of their supporters basically continuing to engage with their game

basically there has been the things that have been implemented is the Skyraise which is a PVP style racing versus players slash bots and then they've had tournaments they've had quests they've had team alliances which also included shared rewards and leaderboards and other features such as streak rewards card collections and many games as far as magic cauldron hopefully i said that right so when you look at the support that's basically what you can assume from dream games that they're going to continuously give a

for this particular game because when you look at when you look at royal games safe to say not mean my fault we look at a royal match safe to say that if a publisher that put out a game of 2021 didn't continuously update it with exciting new features and tournaments safe to say the player base would feel a little forgotten and excluded right so the reason why you know at the beginning I was looking at Royal Kingdom as the first game. It's the sequel. So I want to correct myself on that. So if you, hey, if you listen up to this point, safe to say,

no need to correct. Because the Royal Kingdom is the sequel. Okay, I noticed somebody going to be out there. They don't be like, well, actually, you could tell them. You didn't watch the whole, you didn't watch the whole segment. You guys. See, that's the problem. Anyway, so technically, Royal Kingdom is the sequel.

So that's my bad. Royal Kingdom did come out after Royal Match. And even though it had $300 million in his first year, Royal Match is still the Magnum Opus for Dream Games. So getting into other things as far as the actual gameplay loop is pretty simple as you're looking at a free-to-play match three puzzle game. So he matched three and guess what? Guess what that's it?

And of course, it sounds pretty simple until you get into it and realize there's a reason why everybody and your grandma can't even say everybody and your mama because these games have been around for centuries I mean of course Tetris is one of the first games that really had this type of gameplay loop but in general Royal Match does a phenomenal job on keeping the same Tetris type of gameplay but making it very unique as far as matching three in a different variety of puzzles not just one type of format so of course when you look at the HQ is actually out in a turkey so you know hey do that what you will but as far as the launch already got to the launch as far as the detail those getting to the core mechanics so as far as the

core mechanics the match three puzzles the main objective is collect specific items break obstacles you know simple Tetris type of format you try to match the different um shapes and colors and guess what you're going to get to a higher score than you did before if you do it correctly because you have five regenerating lives and failure consumes one life so there's also stars so there's one star per completed level and you can use it to decorate king robber's castle yes the king robber that you see on every single ad and you realize there's no game behind no specific ads because guess what they are here being fraudulent shepherd just look at the state of gaming like what is going on can't believe these other guys are out here actually putting our ass for a game that they don't even own

it reminds me of the white out survival situation as was a whiteout survival i think it was i don't know if it was white out i think it was another mobile game but i totally uh let's see uh was it last no no yeah it was last war not white out it was last war survival um it reminds me of that type of scandal because of course last war survival is a real mobile game there's a lot the ads that came out surrounding the gameplay loop that last war had but guess what guess what the as they put out they didn't have a game to back that ad so i was like why you even put it out i guess they just wanted to go viral on social media which and you know they they indeed did so anyways um when you look at other things such as bonus levels and you have the end of error coin farming which

is like an infinite collection i don't even know that's like nerd talk i mean obviously i'm a nerd but i don't know what that means at all So as far as a progression, you're probably wondering, well, how long does it take me to beat this game? And guess what? It's effectively impossible to beat this game. I guess you're not. Because when you look at free-to-play players, they have to progress in a certain type of way that, of course, if you buy certain coins via the micro-transaction, you don't have to take that level of monotony to level up. But I assume everybody's playing this for free.

as when you look at a dedicated player playing for free, 9,000 levels would probably take you at least two years. And those are estimated reports that I looked up. So it's safe to say somebody was out there playing Royal Match for two straight years just to give you that metric. Man, shout out to him. Out here doing the Lord's work, I tell you. I hear doing the Lord's work.

Give him some praise. Shout to that dedicated Royal Match player for taking two years to let us know that you can only reach 9,000 levels. You guys. See, that's the problem. So, you know, if you couldn't tell by now, if you play this game for free,

it's going to take you a while to level up. The main thing is just enjoying the core gameplay loop. I wouldn't try to beat this game in the slightest, right? You just play this for fun. If you're not trying to play for fun, and guess what? Woot need do. If you're not trying to play for fun, then guess what? Woot need you, folk?

Woot de do, we beat them. We go forward. So anyways, as far as getting into the review roundup, safe to say, I cannot find any credible, I'm not going to say credible. I couldn't find the main sources I usually go to for review roundups, but of course I do have some reviews from other game and conglomerate. So, um, safe to say,

when it comes to these names, I'm usually not familiar. I'm not familiar with these names at all, but hey, guess what? Um, we're going to go with it. So, uh,

fungi's dot I know. I told y'all. Hey, I told y'all. Uh, gave it a six at 10. Hold on now. They said,

Royal Match is fun. Addicting time waster. Good. Goodness gracious. Most people wouldn't ask for much more than that out of a mobile game. And that's totally fine. However, if you're susceptible to spending large amounts of money on a whim, this might be one to avoid. You guys.

Goodness gracious, anyhow, this is how. See, that's the problem. I ain't how this review been going. We've been trying to praise this game. Anyways, it tilts towards scammie without much warning. Dot, dot, dot. The combination of gameplay power-ups effects and sounds make Royal match easy to pick up, but difficult. to put down.

That man's spitting. I know that ain't who I think it is. That is until the games dreaded implementation of micro-transactions rears its ugly head. Hey man, I'm not going to lie. I told y'all I'm not familiar

with these publications. Fungeys.I.O. has indefinite beef with dream games. I'm not going to lie to you. So that was kind of crazy. Let's go into a good review because, you know, most people enjoy this game. I mean, Metacredit has it as a, um, not as a user. Yeah, we can't do that

because all of them are different. Okay, let's go to game facts. Okay, game facts. Gave it a 10 out of 10, ladies and gentlemen, so we're going to have a little, you know, yin-yang as far as a review round up. Game facts said, quote, after downloading this game, dot, dot, dot, dot, I can say that this is definitely a game that lives up to the hype. Royal matches as fun as it is addictive. And it's definitely by far the best game I have come across that fits the convenience of play, time, and fun all into one scope. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Talk about a high and cold review, right?

So, hey, whichever one you want to believe, hey, you know, I just gave you the information you do of that what you will. But the main thing you need to know is that if a game came out in 2021 as a mobile, you know, match three type of game. And the valuation is at $3 to $6 billion. Somebody's enjoying it out there. And I think me going out on the limb to say the consensus would be positive is not too far-fetched. As once again, this game is one of the most profitable games, mobile games of all time. Top 10 to 20 all time, like all mobile games considered. So not to say just because you sell well, you make the best product because you know I've already gave that whole discussion.

but when it comes to royal match I've seen the game play loop I've actually played royal match I think a good amount of times as far as you know games like that but specific I remember playing royal match and you know the micro transactions can throw you off but in my personal opinion

if you're just playing it for just a fun or let's wait some time it matched some blocks it's really not the great I mean it's not the most grandiose game I mean it's basically just you go to it for a specific reason and then you move on So anyways, that's why I think, you know, if anybody's being too harsh on it, you know, that's their opinion. But for the most part, as far as the general consensus, I will say that this is probably one of the more entertaining games, especially if you're looking for a Tetris substitute.

I think that's a pretty high praise, you know, I think that's pretty high praise as far as it being a Tetris substitute. So anyways, click my lecture on my bio. Let me know on one of my social medias. What do you think about Royal Match the mobile game in a phone? course we're going to continue to put respect on a mobile gaming community so comment down below what game would you want me to break down next as far as the sales and review roundup over here at notorious mass effect it is time to get into the most profitable animal crossing installment to date as if you didn't know ladies and gentlemen safe to say animal crossing new horizon is

objectively speaking the most profitable animal or crossing as if you don't know when it launched back on back in March 2020 safe to say and accumulated 13 million in six weeks but hold up now that's not it because of course it rose to 22.4 million by June 2020 and of course as a Hall of Fame pocket watcher i would be definitely remiss to not tell you the actual revenue acquired as it had two billion estimated in the first year. So now when you look at Animal Crossing Horizon, new horizons, as far as its longevity,

safe to say in the year of 2020, it's still doing phenomenal. As when you look at the Nintendo charts specifically, Animal Crossing Nintendo Switch 2 edition is number one, not the original switch, but the Switch 2 edition is number one. And currently, as far as it just coming out at the top of this year, Safe to say when you look at the 31,000 copies sold. You probably think it to yourself, hold up now.

You guys. How can this be one of the most popular franchises and it came out of 2020? Well, only 30,000 or 31,000 copies sold. But ladies and gentlemen, when it comes to the original Animal Crossing that came out on the switch, safe to say that has a total of 8.3 million copies. And of course, as far as as its original lifetime it as of September 2025 has an estimated amount of 48.6 million units sold and it's the second best-selling switch game behind Mario Car 8 deluxe

so now when you look at the gaming industry safe to say we can now put Animal Crossing up there with the likes of a Mario a Pokemon as far as his latest installment because because when you look at the franchise, as far as the mainstream timeline, this is the fifth main installment of Animal Crossing. So safe to say, all of the Animal Crossing did not sell like this. For some reason, Animal Crossing New Horizons stuck out amongst other Animal Crossing's, and that's what we're here to get into today. As of course over here, notorious mass effect, we get into the games and music IPs that notoriously

affect the masses. So I had to start off with a little sales roundup because of course, not only were those accomplishments that I just talked about phenomenal, but also when you look at the Switch 2 addition launch and it currently being at number one, I thought it was definitely best in my best interest to dive into it once more because even though it came out in 2020, the Switch 2 addition is still doing phenomenal, which is why it's number one as far as Japan retail debut and it's currently number one on the charts. So when you look at more of the sales, safe to say it contributed to 10 million plus switch two units ship as far as the global sales. And now when you look at other things as far as the reviews, as far as the actual port of switch two, that is where it gets a little dicey and it gets a little hot and cold as far as the animal crossing community. because of course when you look at the actual switch 2 update the exclusive upgrades well i see upgrades is of course the graphics slash performance the controls because the joycon two mouse mode for decorating slash pattern design uh custom and design slash handwriting notes is different than the original switch and of course when you look at the multiplayer aspect there's now 12 player online

versus the 8 that was on the original switch. So those are the biggest differences. And of course, you can't forget how getting back into the social aspect, the megaphone, which is the mic to call Villagers outdoors, and you can have the game chat slash camera play to see slash hear friends reactions via USB camera, but it's optional, of course. So when you look at Switch to, one of the things I notice is that it has the same frame rate as the original switch i was thinking to myself now if i was to put out a new hardware right because if you look at the switch let me see switch release date the the switch came out 2017 right now let's look at

switch two the switch two came out 2025 ladies and gentlemen if you told me that we had an almost decade difference as far as hardware to run a game i would think the fps would not be locked at the same for both as the swiss two runs at 30 frames per second and guess what it also runs at 30 frames per second on a Nintendo switch so i was taking it to myself you guys see that's the problem and that is why a lot of animal crossing connoisseurs came out to basically say this is more of a lazy port and it could have did a lot more to make this upgrade um have more bells and whistles as far as making it stand out compared to the original switch that's almost a decade old compared to the switch two as a lot of people pointed out that you should definitely have 60 frames per second

of course when you look at the nSO locked slumber islands people were wanting that as well and of course uh oh no people were not wanting that and then of course when you look at the no traditional cloud saves and island backups only uh in the animal crossing community they were also pointing that out and of course they said that the upgrade had uh the upgrade access had delays so and of course you know when it comes to the megaphone feature and seen as cringe by something because of course with Nintendo they're so new to letting you even use a microphone in the online aspect which i totally understand you know i'm not mad especially as far as my deep dive coverage of roblox you know shameless plus you're just typing roblacks analytic dreams with a z as far as having the kids

centric market playing and consuming your product i'm not mad at certain maneuvers you take to exclude the weirdos in the environment in the ecosystem and that's why i'm gonna leave it at because i don't want to get too morbid but i'm not mad at nintendo taking so long to adapt to the times as far as the whole microphone feature in the social aspect online for gaming anyways if you was wondering what animal crossing was about safe to say um you're in the right place as animal crossing new horizons just getting into the overview of the game of course it was developed and published by nintendo which is the entertainment planning and development and then of course when you look at the producer is hasashi no gami hopefully i said that right and then the director is a uh aia kiyogoku kiyogoku i think

i think that i think that's like said and then the engine of course it runs off a nintendo as you know this is an exclusive nintendo product and nintendo's very um let's just say they're very protective of the ip let's just pull like that so don't expect them to pull the x-box and put animal Crossing Mario and all type of Nintendo exclusives like Zelda and Pokemon on other platforms. It's just not going to happen. So anyways, as far as the core gameplay loop, if you're wondering, what makes Animal Crossing so enticing for the connoisseurs out there? Because you could easily put 100 to 200 plus hours in this game because of the gameplay loop.

As when you move to a deserted island, the legendary, the iconic Nook is a person. you meet. And you come to realize, hold up now. Am I in college all over again? Shepard. All right, my fault. I'll just make a little college reference for the people who they attend college. You probably don't know what that even means. But anyways, as far as running into NUC seeming like it's the perfect scenario in the world, the most perfect partnership. And then he comes to tell you, hold on now. I'm going to need you to pay off them loans. So now, you're in debt.

You guys. See, that's the problem. And, you know, the whole time while you're looking at Nook, like, I know that ain't who I think it is. You're going through the game paying off loans, gathering resources such as fishing, bug catching, fossil hunting, crafting items, decorating homes and island, terraforming, terrain. But basically, there's no traditional story ending. You're forever, I'm not going to say you're forever in debt. But the main thing, as far as when you first start off, is that you're really, you're disgustingly in debt to Nook. so that's the whole gameplay loop you basically on the island you got built it up and you have certain soft milestones such as museum upgrades resident services island rating things in that nature and as far as

villagers you can have up to 10 residents and it's a real-time clock with seasonal and holiday events so i would compare this game more of like more to the sims or um i think the game is called I don't know why yeah that almost came out terrible but yeah civilization of the Sims Those are the games that I believe this game could be compared to because of the gameplay loop and how Technically you can end up hitting your in-game whenever you want to because it's all up to you as far as what you do on your deserted island so now when you look at other things as far as how they kept people very interested as far as continuing playing on the island they've had major additions such

at and with no cost mind you because that's one of the biggest things especially nowadays you look at gaming and you say to yourself how many dollars can they squeeze from the consumer because all these developers is just out here trying to make a live service to squeeze a dollar from you so now when you look at a very profitable live service one of the most profitable of all time safe to say now when you look at the actual additions with no cost such as the resort hotel such as the slumber islands such as the quality of life improvements such as the rizzetti reset service amoe expansions are the retro nintendo consoles where you could play on nes you can play on the s and the game boy games in home and of course the crossover content that they've had at animal

crossing such as lego the legend of zelda spiltoon you could come to realize why i'm people spend time and an exorbitant amount of time on Animal Crossing. It's because the developers are over there, definitely respecting your time and adding new content as the time goes. So that being said, I also want to talk about the content, as there is over 400 villagers. And as far as items, there's thousands of items. But the main thing you need to know is that the key characters, of course, you probably heard of Isabella as far as the Funko Pops, as far as the.

Meebos and you probably already heard of Tom Nick because you know I just talked about him and of course as far as the overall persona of the game he's the person that everybody hates so um as far as the key characters there's tomnook isabella blathers I don't know who that is KK Slider and then Resetti which uh returns a 3.0 update and if you was one at a runtime I can't give you one because guess what is your island you know it's up to you to do what you do on your island you know what I'm saying if you want me to give you a runtime to guess what What do they do? And we beat these folk? What do they do? We beat them. We go forward.

But in all seriousness, as far as a runtime, the initial setup, as far as the introduction phase, takes about three to five hours. Core progression, which is basically getting to a three-star island and museum complete, that usually takes between 50 to 80 hours. And then, you know, some people will feel completed by that. It will feel fulfilled and move on to the next game. But, of course, for completion is out there, it would take you between 200 to 500 plus hours. Because, of course, even though that may seem like a scary number,

It's really just up to you how long you want to make the game. Basically, the gameplay loop respects your time. And, of course, if you wanted to put more time into it, there's a lot more content you can get into. But as far as the core loop, if you just want to do the three-star island and the museum complete, usually it takes around 50 to 80 hours. So now you're probably wondering, what is the price? Well, ladies and gentlemen, the Nintendo Switch 2 price is currently $65. And usually, usually, I wouldn't be mad.

add a $65 price tag because of course when you look at the original switch that's around the cost that it was at but of course for the switch too i think especially with the price point and it being such an old game even though you are adding a lot of new content you would at least hope that Nintendo brings down the price a little bit for people who already own the game because well i guess never mind so if you do already own the game i believe it's a five dollar upgrade as far as um the switch to the switch to the switch too but it's not as big of an upgrade jump as you are hope so that's my main concern especially with the price tag you would think a discount would happen at some point because you're basically running off the same type of requirements almost a decade

uh in the past so anyways as far as the review round up safe to say a lot of people have been uh enjoying this game and giving it glowing very like just the the the most glowing review you can imagine as nintendo life gave this game a 10 out 10 saying quote every moment is unshamely blissful with excellent excellently written characters that truly feel alive in an island paradise that gives back infinitely how you said it infinitely one the world type of words are these man more than you put in hey i know that was very butchery but guess what nintendo life gave it a 10 at 10 that's all you need to know. That's all you need to know.

Anyways, IGN gave it a 9 out of 10 saying Animal Crossing New Horizons is an expanded, polished, next generation reboot of a classic Nintendo game that's full of surprises. You guys. And then, of course, GameSpot also gave it a 9 out of 10

basically saying New Horizons certainly came at the right time. And it strengthens or and its strengths are particularly comforting right now. I'm as excited to see what random events await because mind you, this game came out 2014.

Awake me each morning as I am glad to have it during hard times. Aw man. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like 10. This reviewer was going through it. Anyways, and that's sure to keep me coming back for the foreseeable future. Now, I was trying to see if you can find another 10.9.10.

But the closest thing we got to it is game. Game it former, gave it a 9.5 at the 10 saying, Animal Crossing New Horizons has something new to experience every day. And best of all, it's built on a foundation of joy and earnestness. That's all too rare. Shepherd, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? It's safe to say that all of the big conglomerates in gaming very much enjoys. Animal Crossing New Horizons.

So with that being said, click my link to share in my bio. Let me know on one of my social media is, what do you think about Animal Crossing New Horizons, not only being the most profitable Animal Crossing of all time, but also, as far as you hopping on your own island, what has been your favorite part about upgrading your island and paying off the debt to Tom Nook?

Hey, kids. How are you doing today? I just want to start off by saying a little thank you to the legendary train kids show. That was titled Thomas the Tank Engine. Because of course, when that show came out in 1984, ladies and gentlemen, it ran to 2021. What should I say? I ain't going to say that, but you know, pun intended. Anyways, when you look at the overall creation based,

on the Rev W. Audrey books. Kids loved his whimsical kids like you. You guys. Kids loved this whimsical

Isle of Sodore tales of helpful engines learning morals via mischief slash adventures. I know that ain't

who I think it is. Simple stop motion catchy theme and of course can't forget to relatable characters like cheeky Thomas fostered imagination and life lessons. And that's it, that's it for the segment. Anyways, you know what I'm saying?

Shepard. All right, my fault. You know what I'm saying? Like, what is going on? Ladies and gentlemen, the whole reason that we hear today is because what in the actual are y'all out here playing? Shepard. Nah, because y'all are out here playing a very interesting game with a very interesting premise.

But guess what? It's only two hours in runtime. You guys. See, that's the problem. Now you're probably thinking to yourself, what in the world are you talking about? Well, if you're saying that, then guess what? You're not watching analytic dreams video on Spotify, because I'm currently showcasing the game that we're about to dive into. as Thomas, the tank engine and friends isn't the only thing that's taking the vases by storm.

As if you remember, I believe I even covered the actual trailer. I think I covered a trailer. I do remember watching it. I don't know if I covered it. Anyways, safe to say a lot of people watch the actual trailer as this is how it blew up in popularity. As when the first trailer came out, I don't know if it was the first one, But one of their viral trailers for this specific game had 20 million plus views. And of course, that ended up condensing into 230,000 wishless pre-launches to where when a game actually came out,

there was a steam peak concurrency of 7,000 players. Now, I know what you're saying. Hold up. Now that don't seem like a lot compared to all the games we cover on notorious math. effect but guess what this is literally a game about you being a silent protagonist and having to avoid and I kid you not the whole game is avoiding a demonic train as you go throughout this open world format right which is not it's barely open world because it's not as big basically you're going

around getting upgrades in the entire gameplay loop It's basically you avoiding the actual train that's trying to get you. It's a spider train concept that's basically hawking you around 24-7. And of course, throughout this video, you will see what the train looks like. But guess what? It gets worse. Now I'm not going to spoil how it gets worse, but safe to say, this game initially came out on December 9th, 2022.

So you probably wondered to yourself. For 2026, why are we even talking about this game? Well, ladies and gentlemen, there was a specific sale that happened for Choo-Choo-Charles. And that's, you know, the game's name. Basically, the game had a 90% off sale on Xbox. And that ended up equaling. No, no, that basically ended up converting into them being the fourth most play game on Xbox currently. Now I know there's gonna be Nate Zairs out there saying that oh if my game was two dollars I would top the Xbox charts as well

But first off that's hating you guys See that's the problem and second off you can't blame the developers as two as two star games Which is led by Gavin I'm not gonna lie I don't even know how to say that last name It's a bins. Hold on I definitely miss pronounced that hold on let's get Jarvis on the job What in the world? Gavin Eisenbeiss. Um, Eisenbice. Okay, I definitely would have kept butchering that.

So Gavin Eisenbys is the leader of two-star games. It's safe to say, Choo-Choo-Chalz, even though they are currently selling the game for around $2. Essentially speaking, when it came out in 2022, and then you look at it in totality, it's their most popular game of all time, as it gross, $14.4 million, which is a lot, right? Especially for indie death.

When you look at all the other games, and they've put out a lot, they've put out Choo-Choo-Tarles in 2022. They've put out My Beautiful Paper Smile in 2020. Both of those games that we're talking about is horror. They put out cuff bust. It sounds like some anyways. They put that out in 2025, which is basically a multi-party, play a prison escape and then they put out a lot of free shorts such as cloud climber night in

river rager river river rager i don't know so that i'm not going to kid you i kid you not and then my friend is raven so essentially speaking the only two profitable games is choochoo charles that ended up grossing 14.4 million dollars and then of course my beautiful paper smile when it came out during COVID mind you in 2020 it actually grossed 50,000 dollars so as an indie dev I'm giving them a W and if you don't know where you can find this game you can basically play this game on Steam you can play this on the switch yes Nintendo connoisseurs you finally got a game that you can play on your platform so you can play it on the switch you can play it on the PS4 PS5 Xbox series S and of course

when it comes to future ports is none announced but that's pretty much all the platforms you would want to play a game on. So, you know, sorry for the mobile gamers out there. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? So getting into the overall gameplay loop of you avoiding this spider train, you're traveling an island via railways. So you have your own train, right?

And it's an upgradable train. And it acts as a base in the respawn point. And you get to collect scraps from enemies and quests, upgrade your train speed armor and weapons evade or fight the roaming antagonist charles which is the spider train and then when you look at the train mechanics you have a mobile safe house customizable appearance and death respawns you on the train so safe to say there's going to be a lot of just maneuvering around the map to get away from the spider train because it's going to be it's a very hilarious um plot i mean i'm not i'm not saying that hilarious

in the personal sense. From the masses perspective, it's a satire take on like a B movie. It's not supposed to be taken seriously, obviously if you could tell about the plot. It's the reason why I started off the segment the way that I did. So with that being said, the game's not the longest.

It's about two hours, I believe, in runtime. And of course, when you look at the main objectives, you can collect three magical eggs from the main quest, use eggs to summon the final boss. and then when you look at the side content it's yellow markers for people who's wanting to dive into the game and then that's basically a way out spoiling too much getting into being ambushed by

the train right the spider train so basically it roams the world persistently and can ambush randomly it sounds like when you play the alien game and basically the aliens acting like they don't know where you are because you know you got to act like the alien can't sense where you are at all time so the aliens roaming around you're trying to avoid it but at some point in time it's going to come directly to you and guess what you got to maneuver around it

so that's what a lot of people like about this game it's a very B movie horror satire type of tone so it's not taking itself seriously by any stretch of their imagination and a single player only so for people who's wanting to dive into this horror game with a buddy or a couple buddies guess what won't they do guess what won't they do you got to fight that spider train by your lonesome anyways um when it comes to pc when it comes to consoles uh just running smoothly there's no huge issues to note um of course like i said it's a very short game there is side content so you could run through the game even shorter than two hours in my opinion but with content you may be able to stretch it to three maximum four hours but really i'm telling you it's probably going to take you two hours once you get the

loop down so anyways uh when you look at the vira the viral litty of this actual trailer and the people who actually played it when it came out safe to say it for its first month it had 300 000 copies five million dollars in revenue this is like when it first came out and then a lifetime revenue is basically what i was just talking about how it's uh gross 14.4 million dollars um and that's as of let me see what is the as of I think that's up to date. So anyways, as of right now, that's the all-time growth. It could be higher, could be lower, but that's the estimate, you know, as far as game sensor

and other type of websites out there that basically look at that make a living on facility's type of analytics. So anyways, when you look at the lifetime owners, you have 500,000 to 1 million. So, hey, I want to tell you out something right now. As a game developer, just note, this spider game you're seeing right now has 500,000. thousand to a million people that own it don't ever say anything's not possible in the gaming industry so let me say that's basically all i had to say about it so um i wanted to dive into the review round-up of this game because of course this game currently being two dollars these reviews came out

when this game was uh initially 20 dollars which a lot of people were saying well one of the main critiques that kept seeing was that if you're going to charge 20 dollars why in the world is only two hours and you know that's a fair critique and then you come to realize it's an indie dev so you try to give them some grace because you if you've never even tried or attempted to develop a game which you know there's no fault if you haven't it's very difficult you know it's very difficult nobody drives in a car and be like man i could probably make a better car than this unless you're like an actual mechanic so usually uh i mean that's an interesting comparison but the main thing i'm trying to tell you is to make a long game is more difficult than uh a lot of people who never at

tempted it even though. So anyways, getting into the review roundup of this game, the main thing you needn't know is that it has phenomenal scores. Well, not phenomenal. It's very mixed. It's a mixed bag. So let's get into the worst one, right? Just off the bat. IGN gave this a 40 out of 100.

Goodness gracious. Gave it a 40 out of 100, saying Chu Chu Charles is haphazily assembled mean come to life. That short, silly, and exceedingly don't you guys that's that's harsh man that's disrespectful now I'm just glad I never played the

game so you know I don't know if it's harsh or not game space let's get to somebody who gave it a bigger score um actually let's go with destructory so we're gonna work our way up destructory gave it a 65 out of a hundred they basically said choo-choo charles could have been drawn out fluffed up or watered down in so many ways any additional breaststrokes could have detracted from the bigger picture but two-star games didn't do that, period. Instead, they focus on delivering and delivered they did. It's small, tight, one, not.

All right, my fault. Let me get back to the reason. And its ambition doesn't go beyond a central concept. Thankfully, that central concept is a pretty juicy morsel. Now, I don't know what morsel means, but hey, destructories seem

they gave it a pretty fair score so shout out to them now anyways let me get to one of the higher scores so game space gave it an 80 out of 100 yes ladies and gentlemen they gave this a B if it if it was a test uh choo-choo charles would have got a B out of the whole gaming industry think about that um game space said quote choo-choo-ch-chriles is a fun and original concept stressed uh stretched so thinly that it caught our attention we deserve to be underwhelmed by it and as creator still does deserves credit for a great little game. I ain't a lot. I feel like that's exactly what I just said.

I guess an indie dev, you can't get mad at somebody who experiments and finds a very fire concept, but maybe he just didn't execute it in the way that it could have been. It's kind of like a Jordan Peele movie, a movie. Sometimes you have the most fire concept of all time, but the execution just isn't there. So as far as his indie developer, I'm glad that he thought outside of the box. He didn't just make a Doom clone. He didn't just make a Battle Real or an extraction shooter. He basically tries something very niche similar to the Zucosis game.

I think that's what it was called. The Zucoses, the Zoo Horror type game. This is a very interesting tape because when, if ever, have you ever seen a horror movie completely surrounding, avoiding a spider-light train? you've never seen it. Well, I'm not going to say you've never seen it because some random games going to pop out of nowhere from 1980s. But anyways, you get the point.

Like, as far as in the past decade plus, this is a very unique concept and it's coming from an indie dev and the execution, I believe, may not be top tier, you know, going off of the masses perception, but I think the attempt on experimenting and shaking up the gaming industry,

I think that needs to be applied. it but of course you still have to be you know pretty stricter with the critique like it better you know what i'm saying like choo choo charles too better knock it out of the park you know what i'm saying so anyways um that's all i have to say about this game it's safe to say when it comes in covering the entire industry your boy shepherd's back at it again so with that being said i click my link to my bio let me know in one of my social medias what do you think about choo choo charles and what is your favorite niche horror game similar to a zucosis similar to a choo choo charles what is your favorite niche horror game in the past 10 to 20 years.

Now I know what you're thinking. As a long time connoisseur of notorious mass effects, safe to say, you cover the music, the entire music and gaming industry. So why in the world are you covering drama right now? But then you know what I'm saying? Well, ladies and gentlemen, safe to say, I have found a magnificent loophole as far as covering this drama. because guess what this involves one of the biggest rappers and not only does it involve one of the

biggest rappers safe to say NBA young boy control himself ladies and gentlemen currently has an album out yes ladies and gentlemen is 30 songs at the hour and 21 minutes in length if you prefer movies instead of actual music albums and of course when it comes to the singles we're not singles but when it comes to the best performing tracks off of the album safe to say as far as future chart predictions slated for January 31st. He's not, he's set to have one, two, three, four, five tracks and the top of hundred. You guys. And of course, he put out 30 tracks. So y'all do the math. You know, five out of 30 is like what, 16, something. Safe to say he's not shooting the greatest percentage, but maybe he is for Westbrook. But anyways, um, with the random Westbrook stray out of the way,

now it's time to get into the real reason we're here. So what, what's funny now? What, what, what, are we laughing at now? The whole time I was thinking to myself, hold on now. I know if Drake had a significant other and if they broke up and she went on a whole expose about another popular individual that a lot of people was claiming that she was with while in a relationship with Drake, it'll be the biggest news ever. And then come to find out, Kysenet currently is one of the biggest influencers on the internet and she's, or no, and his girl, he's, and his girl, has currently been rumored to be with the one and only NBA young boy. 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, of course, as far as Gigi, if you don't know, that's Kaysenna's, well, ex-girlfriend, recent ex-girlfriend, right? Kaisenna has not publicly addressed the cheating claims. He's currently doing a wonderful job on being a one-man PBS as far as showcasing how to read to a lot of little Timmy's out there. Shepard.

All right, my fault. But anyways, Kaisenap did announce on X that he was single. If you want me to catch you up to speed, because if you're used to notorious mass effect covering music and gaming, let me catch you up to the drama world that we're about to dive into. I'm not going to lie to you. It does bring me the, what do they say?

It's a guilty pleasure. We're about to get into a guilty pleasure segment. And it's going to be a very long one. as we have a lot to get into. So anyways, let me break this down for people who could care less about drama. Kassanat announced he was single, right? He said, quote, I'm single and I would never be in another relationship again. I know that ain't who I think it is.

And then Gigi said that to herself. It popped up expeditiously. And she said, hold on now. I left, comma. Now you want to get on the internet and rush to paint a false narrative about, about, oh, it's her type. though. She meant to say off, but she said about off. Off of fake Twitter post is insane. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, 10.

So of course, she firmly stated once again, because this rumor came out with the quickness after Kai Senat announced he was single. And once you get into the video, it's going to make more sense. I'm basically just breaking down in a broad stroke as far as the overview before we dive into Gigi's response because it's pretty direct. And let's just say, she ain't finds... She ain't found nothing funny. So what's funny now?

You know what I'm saying? What are we laughing at now? She ain't found none of that funny. You know what I mean? So anyways, basically, Livingston Allen, aka Academics, aka one of my biggest inspirations

as far as even creating content. But of course, if you've seen me for quite some time, you know, we have a pretty different styles, very vastly different styles of covering music. Let's just put it like that. So as far as if I can find this right quick,

trying to be a W tech guy right quick. Okay, here we go. So Livingston Allen, more commonly referred to as DJ academics. Basically, he said he had this to say. Brother. Brother. You know, I was trying to... Oh, yeah, also, analytic dreams video on Spotify to see the video along with the audio,

because I'm also going to play... I'm going to play the video and show you all the video. I'll reach out to you. I don't know if you change your number. Come on, man. Nobody hates you. Like, we fuck with you. You know you, my guy.

I don't know why the quality is so bad. Just blame the clipper. Hally back it, niggies, man. you know when that rumor came out about Y B I reached out to you I don't know if you change your number whatever but I'm letting you know Y B tried to reach out to you

Hold on now in a quick turn of events Livingston Island and let the world know control aka the biggest gangster I mean the biggest rapper in the industry he reached out to Kaysen at himself and guess what happened you try to reach out to you to let you know he ain't ever did none of with your girl neither you guys you're telling me this whole thing with the biggest influencer on the internet

and his girl breaking up was over a false rumor and the man himself because guess what i'm not going to lie to y'all covering the entire music industry specifically hip-hop a lot of rappers are professional liars. You know how easy it would have been for NBA young boy to play into that and make himself seem like he's just the biggest Don Dada, Kassanat, live streaming, Matthian,

while Ketraithan while Ketrault performing. And the whole time he, you know what I'm saying? He could have easily played into that. But guess what? He didn't because as we've confirmed from both sides, they've said it's not true. Now, of course, we haven't heard Kassanet's side.

Let's continue. I'll let you know he feel that wasn't receptive. Like, you know, he was trying to let you know, like, hey, whatever they say it online, that's not true. You know? Again, he's just not a nigger that want to, like, yeah, the internet's going to be like, yeah, he fucking everybody bit. Now, he ain't fuck. That's not his character. He don't want to go fuck.

Let me tell you something. Let me tell you one thing. Is it okay? I got my dope on me? Let me tell you one thing. If Drake had. All right, my fault. I ain't going to say it.

I ain't going to say. Y'all know what I'm thinking, though. Hey man, let's be glad that this is one of the most upstanding qualities about Kentrell, aka NBA young boy. A streamer. Oh, especially after Kaisnett said Iceman 3 was trash. Let's continue. His girlfriend, just to say he did it, he didn't do it.

You try to reach out to you personally, my brother. Dang. He felt like that conversation was turned down. And you got to realize you got a fan base who's kind of. feeling like he did some shit he did to do that's the same reason i reached out that's what's up i ain't gonna lie as a livingston allen fan it sounded like when he was making fun of young thud for for a little baby not calling him back i feel like that's the same scenario but hey you know maybe i'm tripping whoo need do i said maybe i'm tripping woot need do but i feel like that was the same thing he

was uh joking and clowning young thug about as far as little baby not calling him back but anyways with that being said so hopefully i caught you up to speed right that's the whole reason well well no it really is the whole reason as we're about to get into the video like I said, it's going to be a long form because there's a lot to get into. Drama's not something I talk about, but I want to give you the overview if I am going to dive into it. So when it comes to Gigi, basically laying out as, you know, laying out that being the reason they broke up. She also goes on a lot of different tirades. And let's just say, she was not playing around.

So what's funny now? I said, so what's funny now? I said, she was not playing around. So what's funny now? What are we laughing at now? So that being said, we are going to get into the actual. video and with the other things that she basically exposed safe to say safe to say ladies and gentlemen this is one of the most egregious

disc videos i've ever seen in life i know what you're saying who is she dissing besides cosinette she actually throughout the whole video was not dissing cassinette to the point where i believe cassinette may have to spend the block back man he may have to spend the block twice i know that ain't who i think it is Kacin that you may have to spin back my brother. I know that ain't who I think it is. It seemed like you made a misjudgment. But hey, I don't know, man.

I'm from the outside looking at, from a bird's eye view, literally, because I'm diving in the drama. It's safe to say. Kassan that may have to pick Gigi back up, man. Anyways, so we're going to get to the video. I think there was one more thing I was wanting to talk about. Gigi and the NBA. Okay, I'll make sure I cover everything.

I don't do this drama stuff too often. So, you know, you got to make sure to cover all the juicy details that people like. You know what I'm saying? Like, come on now. You guys. Y'all need Jesus. And I know this is going to be one of the better performance segments on my podcast, too. But, you know, anyways, let's keep going. So it's muted.

Safe to say, that's not the way to hear it. Anyways, let's start off right here. So she's starting off with the video. I think it started right here. I'll stop a little bit. It is January 20th, 2000, 26. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to lie to you.

But this is cinema. This is cinema. I'm not going to lie to you. My birthday is at 12. And I really just woke up this morning on some shit, like, feeling like I don't want to go into my birthday. On timing. Anything and everything that I do have on my chest. All right, we're going to skip around because I watch this whole thing.

I know exactly what the actual details are. So let's keep going. That y'all. When I did originally, I was going to do quick going on. Why the fuck would I get in a relationship with somebody and then not want the shit that I've been already getting before I was going? Oh, that's not the, you know, nobody cares about that. She's talking about the bins, like Kansana broke up because she wanted the Bentley. She says she'd have money, her parents are rich or something like that.

So anyways, let's skip that part. Not the loading screen. I wasn't going to say shit, but I don't know. I thought I had Gigabit. What in the world? Hold on now. I'm at the suit. No, it's fun.

Let's keep on. Feeling like the fuck everybody else get to say shit. Everybody else get to put their two think pieces in. Yeah. I can't say what the fuck I need to say? Yeah, you know what I'm saying? They out here thinking stuff funny. So what's funny now?

You know what I'm saying? they think it's stuff funny so what's funny now right what do we why can't i say what and then gabriel wants to say first i'll say oh she's a go digger because she's asking for a car oh and she was draining him because she's talking about the things she's experiencing in life and how she's so blessed y'all want me to not feel blessed because y'all feel like another motherfucker is sad or depressed hey come on man preach man preach man hey Talk to him. Past the little girl.

Just trying to be, you know what I mean? She's just trying to be blessed out here. When that mother was the same mother on these trips. Oh, let's skip around. She's going to be over here. Relationships go through shit. I don't have a married man.

I don't need to fucking know this man. The G-wagon NBA Young Boy. Oh, there we go. Y'all came out and said that I didn't cheat it on him with NBA Young Boy. Uh-oh. I'd have cheated on him with a young boy. Then it went to a young boy bought the G-Wagon. Then it went to a.

He's pregnant with his... Hold on, no, I ain't heard that one. I must not been doing my job. Anyways, let's keep going. Baby, so many different things when I don't even know this man. Oh, she don't know him, y'all. I don't know young boy. First of all, y'all even putting me in a situation with a married man is so f***ing disrespectful.

Like, I don't know what young boy and his wife or what young boy and his family do or how they move, but I know how Gabriel f***ing move. Gabriel ain't dealing with no wife. Mind you, I've all. always said I'm not ready for kids and I'm not dealing with no with kids I'm sorry laying it out my first has to be your first why the fuck would I step out on my boyfriend who don't have half the shit going oh oh oh and then that ladies and gentlemen is where a person gets a little you know what I'm saying I know that I'm saying I'm so hold up now she's saying what I think she's saying yes my brother she is objectively speaking the truth causing that he got

it I ain't trying glaze you know what I'm saying you guys but he got it anyway so he's disrespect no disrespect to him or his family but that this man got going on why the what i go mess with a man who has i just realized did she edit out the cuss words this is really a disney channel type video anyways let's keep going what i don't know 20 kids 15 baby mammas and a wife first of all kai knows i don't play that cheating shit i'm the type i'm going through everything that you got i've seen so many people say oh my gosh what was in jiji's phone that caissine not a motherfuckin thing my phone damn near ain't even had no password on it and there goes to cheating allegations but then you know what i was like damn or until we hear

kison that now i'm just playing devil advocate we haven't heard kison that side but i'm inclined to believe gji just because i don't know bro i just you know the actual inflection of a boy she was actually so what's funny now you know what are we laughing at now it just seemed like she was checking stuff you I'm saying anyways let's keep going the way that I knew my password to every like I told this if you believe any of that bullshit you could take my phone to the fucking DEA had him strip this muffing down I don't know what the DEAS is but you know her knowing that let's keep going matter of fact take both of them take all of them you want every other phone that I had previously I go look for them like ain't shit in my mother fucking phone the way y'all

are trying to make me seem like I'm just this dog ass I thought that was going to be my husband and y'all thinking shit funny like oh y'all think it's stuff funny bro ain't what are we laughing at now ain't nothing funny bro y'all need to stop playing what's funny now what are we laughing at now come man y'all tighten up bro tighten up really ain't funny like that shit's not funny not for real i see his friends laughing and thinking shit cute thinking shit cool who the fuck laughs at their friend going through a breakup or ladies and gentlemen this is where she turned up like the whole constant at break up that wasn't to me that wasn't the most scorching part when she gets to i'm just gonna let it play gets excited behind their friend going through a breakup but then i thought

about it every friend that fucking laughed or got excited was a that was on my dick de shay why the fuck are you saying anything oh hold on now fun fact i actually met the shay at dreamcon i know y'all probably think it to yourself why are you clapping that up well you know he was a pretty cool guy he took a picture with me you know stuff like that i I didn't really asked for a picture, but I still took it. I really wanted a picture with Ben from RDC, which I did get that. You know what I'm a huge RDC fan? But anyways, I still got a picture with DeShay.

So, what that being said, let's get back into it. Where DeShay was like, oh, I was never a fan of Kai and Gigi. Kai need to da-da-da-da. Of course you weren't a fan my heart. Because you wanted to be my n-uh. Oh! You wanted to be my- Like, DeShay. Nah, bro.

De-shey, bro. So what's funny now? What are we laughing at now? That's crazy. And then, let me get y'all a back story on this dishe. When me and Kai first got together, Deshae was calling and texting Kai like, oh, that's a little girl. You like her.

Now, you know what? I don't really find this too entertaining because I do believe that DeShay rumors are getting out of hand. I feel like India loved, like she came out and said that man was beyond musty. Everybody who's a female that stream, every time DeShay walk in the room and he walk out, they get all type of Fabriz, brands. I never even seen just sprayed across the room. So I'm thinking to myself, man, he's going through a lot, bro. What did he do to make them females that man?

But then, you know what I'm like, too. Anyways, let's keep going. So I'm going to skip past this. But basically, she claiming the shade being one that, you know what, so let's keep going. You're trying to spoke on it. What's the, he's trying to fuck with me. Hold on. Let's pull it up.

Dez. Oh, hold up now. Now, if y'all don't know who Dez is, I know, you're being a bird right now. I ain't go cap. I need a bird job right now. I guess this one is. But then, you know what I'm saying?

I was like, Tim. So anyways, Dez is somebody out for the Clover Boys. If you don't know Dez, he's one of the members along with, like, Ty Lill, Rakai, Ray, um, Reggie. I forget the rest of him. I ain't, I ain't trying to be, I'm 25 going on 80, but I literally, you know. Anyways, Des, I think he's not one of the more known members of Clothful Boys, but he's still on there, on there because of Kai.

So anyways, she's exposing him. The other day, hold on. Let's pull it up. You're pulling that overseas, y'all. I just caught your ass the other day on my page. What the fuck are you on my page liking my shit for? Now, I'm not going to lie. That's not the strongest argument.

Once I caught you on my page, like in my shit the other day. But you never know what post it was. Like, what if it was a post talking about, oh, I love Kaysanat? No, I'm just saying, like, what if Des love Kassanat too? Anyways, let's keep going. I then went to your page, went to go DM you and tell you about yourself until, until I came across the DMs you have been sending me. It was all fun and games until she brought out the DMs.

So what's funny now? Crazy. What are we laughing at now? 2020. And then, Des? Hold on. Now, to be devil's advocate, you know, 2021, I don't think Kai and Gigi was even the thing. So her showing these texts in 2021 really doesn't make too much sense.

Maybe, not maybe. If she would have showed these same exact texts from what she's about to get into as far as him hitting on her while she was with Kai Cicna. If she had actual evidence of that, I thought it would have. hit harder but of course all this evidence for des i don't think it's as um damning as she thinks it is that d tb day as you can see right here it's 2021 i mean kisonette and gg i don't even think they was the thing what day was for then uh just frank that shit but this was the interesting part on instagram after me and your man's then broke up right but you think shit so cool you think shit so funny of course you do of why wouldn't you now that i remember when i remember when i

First start this is where it gets spicy. I started fucking with Kai. Hold on now. And he did some shit. Not the F word. I thought I stand for phenomenal. It really bothered me. And I stopped fucking with him.

As soon as I stopped fucking with him, you was DM and my friend. That was a crazy part. That you wanted to fuck with me. Not knowing by that time, by the time you were DMing her, me and Kai had it already made up and came back to. Now, if she would have had receipts for that, I thought that Des would have got cut off by Kai. But because she didn't have receipts, I'm inclined to. believe Des is still in the clear of my book. That's just my book, you know what I'm saying?

It's not the book that Constanabee reading. Hopefully it is so Des don't get cut off. But in my book, I think that Des is clear because she ain't really have any receipts for that. She just basically going off her, he say, she's safe. Together on some shit. So I let him know, like, yo, your friend don't know that we with each other. And he said, he do, but he asks me why. And I let him know, your friend.

is DMing my friend to try to fuck with me. He told me each other. A lot of he's shate, he's like, anyways. Like I said, you'd be so happy. Like I said, she really, thinking that you, the breakup wasn't the main part. She's really trying to blow up some stuff. Your child friend is now single and it's going to be.

Everybody got it except Katsinap. Be back outside, back bringing brothers around, I guess. When in reality, the shit that child friend do for y'all, that should be enough. This is gonna bought y'all not one, but two houses. Y'all are on y'all's second house from him. That house that y'all are claiming, oh, he didn't buy it, we bought it. No, the fuck y'all didn't.

And call my bluff. I want to get on here and say, oh, she's lying. We did, but no, the fuck y'all didn't. Hell. She's calling them broke? You guys. See, that's the problem. I'm not under the inclination to believe that the clover boys are broke.

but Gigi coming out like this It's very interesting because Another callback Rakhai As soon as Kaysenet and Gigi broke up He went on a very I should say it was a very provocative rant Right against Gigi

And with the quickness In under 48 hours he cleared that up and apologized I'm pretty sure Kaysanat gotten his ear So the way that Gis going at them You could say that Rekai caused it Because I don't think anybody else really went at Gigi like that Anyways, this is very interesting if they ever do for our Gigi and Kassina, if they ever piece it back up again. Hello, it's me speaking.

Gigi. I'm my fault. We got to get back to it. She mad. Real. Y'all did not buy that house. Y'all ain't buy that house. What?

Y'all ain't furnished that house. Y'all ain't do shit for that house. Now y'all do pay the maintenance on the house or the security on the house. Yes, as y'all should, y'all live in it. But that house was bought by him. That house was furnished. So what's funny now? What are we laughing at now?

What are y'all laughing at now? She's really going in on these people. That's crazy. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, 10. Anyways, it gets better, y'all. I'm not going to lie. This was straight up like, I know there's an hour and 35 minute video, safe to say, from 50 to like, we probably got like 10 more minutes.

Basically, she went off on everybody except Katsinette. That's why I was thinking, you know, maybe Kassanette should spend the block. But that's just me. And then I can't speak on Rekai because he's just, you know, because he's just. a child but if I could speak to Rakai's mother I keep hearing that bro how is this man they keep saying this man the child let me see Rakai age this man 15 one of the world oh is kassanat batman oh rakai really 15 and kaisanat took him under his shepherd no wonder no wonder kassanat had that Batman stream watching you kossinat mother Rakai will be by the way that's all jokes

you know make sure before somebody get oh oh what you try to say you know because you know because they do be comparing him to certain people. I ain't never try to put those type of allegations on people. I'm just making jokes. A little disclaimer because he is the biggest influencer in the world. All right, let's keep going. Back in fucking Syracuse, best belief. Not only has this.

All right, so basically she said, um, let me go back. And then I can't speak on Rekiah because he's a child. She can't speak on it. But if I could speak to Rikai's mother, Rikai would be back in fucking Syracuse. Mm. What that mean? Best belief. Not only has this bought two cribs and furnish both cribs, y'all just got bust down for the Mafiathon.

Y'all all just got a really nice fucking chain for the Mafiathon. But when I'm out buying AP's for his birthday, where the fuck were y'all? What was y'all, bro? So what's funny now? What are we laughing at now? Crazy. See y'all at the dinner? Y'all ain't get no gift.

He ain't get shit from y'all. but I'm the parasite but I'm draining him it's me y'all are men at the end of the day and he's another i'm not going to lie bro whenever the emphasis you know to emphasize and starts emphasis if that's even the phrase it really makes you bring the point home like she's really trying to eat through these brothers right now that's doing all of this for men but y'all can't accumulate a couple dollars and should at least get him a book y'all see you like to read y'all could have got him a book you guys see that's the problem i know that ain't who i think no coccanette spend the block bro man man man pick this one back up man come on man y'all know y'all know come on man come on man that's top-tier

comedy right there i ain't know if that was a g-g or uh i don't even know any female comedians but y'all get the point bro hey you may have to uh or monique monique is that a good comparison Y'all get the point. Kocelyn haven't had to spend the block, bro. Come on, man. She ain't even saying nothing bad about you. She's making jokes about you reading it stuff, because it is pretty funny.

That's the most hilarious stuff in the world. I was in shit, at least get him a book. Y'all see you like to read. Y'all could have got him a book. Come on, man. A journal. You know you read books good. Hello.

As much as he do for y'all, he ain't do half the shit for me that he was doing for y'all. Like I said, I'm not trying to really make it about materials, but if somebody's doing so much, trying to keep her nose. Oh, here we go. this was the I ain't go cap to you. I got to be a bird because this is my favorite part.

But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn. The assistant, bring your ass to the front. Hey, I thought of a DC young fly. This was the reincarnation of a DC young fly rant. I had to check me one, too many motherfucking times. Two, okay. I hate a bitch that can't keep her nose out of other people business.

I don't know her place. Brianna ain't shit trash but that BBO you hiding up under autumn clothes, you wide back ass. Oh my goodness. You guys. Golly, bro. Why she talk about her like that, bro? Nah, bro, that's body shaming, ain't it?

Bro, we in 2026. Come on now. All right, my fault. Let's get back to the video. My fault. Ain't she per- I'm gonna play that back. Just see, I can hear it again.

Other people business that don't know her place. Brianna ain't shit trash, but that BBO you hiding up under all them fucking clothes. You wide back-ass bitch. Like, why the fuck? Do you insert yourself in our relationship so, fucking much. I don't... I'm not going to cap, man. I'm not going to cap.

I think she actually hates his assistant. I don't even think she got smoked like that for the Clover Boys. Unless if Rakai didn't go on that crazy rant, I don't think she would have went on that Clover Boys rent. Kais and that's assistant was getting it no matter what. I believe they could have still been together and they would have had that smoke in real life blow up on the internet. That's just me. That should me.

I don't know. Just do your job. It's your job to bring zebras and horses in a room. Why are you inserting yourself? in my relationship. She said it was her job to bring zebras and horses and turn the room, bro. I just don't like it, man. That's stuff crazy. I just don't like that shit, man.

Bro, that's disrespectful, man. Zebras and horses, that's her only job. Bring zebras and horses in the room. Why are you inserting yourself in my relationship? I'm not one of these little bitches he was fucking with before. I don't know what relationship y'all got to where she said she'd have done daughters. She did Magnum Opus. She's the holy shepherd.

All right. I feel like you're so inserted in his love life. That's not your place. And I'm going to speak on this, too. Because women, women, women, women, women. Your man should never allow somebody to be so comfortable to just insert their self in your relationship. Anything we go through with between me and him. What a fuck is your assistant so far in our business?

It's not your job. I don't give a fuck how old. Guys, I don't think it's her job, by the way. I think I'm just, you know. I think I got the understanding that it's not the assistant job to be in a relationship. Oh, you are. Oh, that's like my brother. That's not your brother.

I don't want to say too much. Now this, if, you know, certain things that women do, right? And they don't expound upon it, but they basically leaving their breadcrumbs to be like, you should know what I'm putting down. You should basically pick up what I'm putting down. And if you're not picking up what I'm putting down, then like Lado said, leave it on the floor. But Brianna, please stop playing with me. And to Brianna's...

Just notice how she's saying this. I don't know if you can't see shit clearly. I don't... Can't see stuff clearly, okay. I don't know how long y'all been together. I don't know how long y'all been together. Okay. I don't...

Because I don't get in her personal business the way she gets in mind. Okay, so don't get in her personal business. That means she's not actively searching for stuff on his assistant. Your boy, if you knew better, you would do better. And then if you knew better, you would do better with a cut. Is she trying to say Kyle's assistant is out here Cheapard

I ain't gonna say it You guys See that's the problem Let me run their back one more time for y'all Please stop playing with me And to Brianna's I don't know if you can't see shit clearly I don't know how long y'all been together

Because I don't Because I don't get in her personal business The way she gets in mind But baby boy If you knew better you would do better You want to be with him so bad one time me and him got into it that was a cut too it was a very interesting cut i wonder what she said after that let's keep going and yo i think that's basically it that's basically it's please do anybody

that really she basically talking about how his assistance all up in her personal business loves you is going to let's see if i got that's the one thing i will say her receipts wasn't really receding the way that she died but her rant was so great it's kind of like soldier boy like sometimes soldier boy's flat out line but his story like the the story when he was like shooting peepie's like i I shot 10 times, had to bring myself back to life on some Dr. Strange type B in that start. I shot back at him like three times. You know, and social boy was doing all that. Basically, there's no factual substance to it.

With Gigi, I do believe there's a certain amount of factual substance, but her receipts were not receding like she thought they were. It kind of seems like, oh, remember when I had a brown shirt in the third grade? Okay, but let me tell you about why that means I'm not lying in the fifth grade. Like, nah, bro, like some of the receipts you're showing is not from the same time. period so it don't really make sense right just let me see if I got it I used to take pictures of shit just in case one day I needed them other and you notice she definitely needed those oh my goodness hold on she couldn't find it by the way let me check this phone and yes I have two phones Kevin Gates been having two

phones nothing was in neither one damn I don't think I took the picture all right so you know me hey you guys see that's the part basically and the reason why I say I need to spend the block is because of this right here. Like, it's literally the end of it. And you can see she started tearing up. I think she ended off like this for a reason. Like I said, I watched this whole video. I was thoroughly entertained.

I was like, hold up now. Am I a bird? But then, you know what I'm saying? Because, you know, covering the music in gaming industry, I was like getting into drama. Covering that 24-7, I can see why Alex, while Livington Allen does that for a living instead of covering music. But anyway, let's get back to it.

Won't spot me because I won't be out here with no, okay? But yeah, I'm going to go and live my life now being 22. I just keep saying that because I'm really about to be 22. I was just 18. What was in that part? That I'd seen young boy, I didn't slept with young boy. I'd been around. Last friends that claim it's still like in my heart, I still feel like.

Yeah, right here. Right here is why I said causing that may have to spin back. Now, in my humble opinion, you know what I'm saying? Looking at this from my bird's eye view, once again, because I'm going to keep saying that because this is definitely burden activity um i believe that kaisenad was definitely looking for a way to be single but he didn't want to do it in a way that would result in a lot of backlash i think the way that he did it was very interesting because the part that she says as far as how he got the text message that made him

believe that she was messing with a young boy seems like it was planted if you all listen to academics last stream he literally says in his conversation with him young boy he thought that it was planted not academics young boy thought it was planted to get in between kisonette young boy so young boy side thinks it's planted jg's side thinks it's planted time for kassanette side will he ever speak on it the world may never know but this is why i think he's spin the block it's still so much love in my heart like it's still like in my heart i still feel like one day i am going to find like my person we don't know when that day will come it won't be for a long Oh, my fault, that wasn't it.

Who just makes, you know, I had to fly some. Vegas, birthday. I think it's one of these. Um, I know she sits on one of these cuts. Got damn roller coaster shit. The shit you jump off the building. That's the only part of Vegas I've ever seen. I stayed at sitting there with him as he made them fuck.

As he designed the into. You're gonna love it to be. Before I make this, this is unfortunate. Yeah, right here. Okay, my fault. I totally misjudged it. It's right here. unconditionally you're gonna you're gonna love them for them and whatever comes with them like

it wasn't about who he wanted to be to me i just really love him as a person like oh now i'm about to get sad thank you guys you guys see that's the problem because now you see this is unfortunate hold on my camera's about to die i don't think her camera's dying but i do believe that um she's very upset over this breakup so um after all that bird activity the only reason i really covered this is because it was connected to NBA Youngboy. Kaysenet's the biggest influencer in the world. So I was like, well, technically, I can give people an update on NBA Young Boys album,

which I did at the very beginning. And I could also get into my bird bag and cover this whole drama topic. So hopefully I enjoyed it. I think at the end of the day, I do not believe Kaysanet will address Gigi in a way that's disrespectful. But if Kaysanat turns it up,

I think it will be on... I think it will be on the Klova Boys. I'm not going to lie. said a lot about the clover boys that was just insane like i think as far as what gji said it may be having no no that may be stated by a lot of people in kaisanets team as far as the clover boys and why kai should distance himself from them i'm not advocating for that i'm just saying what the the message seems to be to people who's the closest to kaisenet so anyways and you may have seen that a little bit as far as you know him distancing himself so as far as 30 plus

men as just being a stray bird, I do believe I thoroughly enjoyed this. You know, clap it up for that. So hopefully I enjoyed my breakdown of Gigi and completely just going squashed earth on not only the Clover Boys, not only, what else did she go? Yeah, not only on the people who is spreading those false NBA rumors, but also, last but definitely not least,

Kai Sinat's assistant. So what's funny now? What are we laughing at now? So with that being said, with that being said, click my link to you in my bio let me know one of my social medias and music talk as far as young boys album seeming to have five tracks in the top of hundred you know off of future chart analytics later for january 31st what's your favorite track off a young boy's latest album slime cry and of course if you was wanting to get into the bird conversation what is your overall thoughts of the kaisenat NBA and gg fiasco now let me just start with this

you know feral williams has an estimated net worth of two hundred and fifty million dollars but then you come to realize there's this particular group called the neptunes now of course back when i wasn't even thought of to be on this earth the neptunes was running rampant as as far as the 2000s hip-hop and rn bc they had their handprints all over it which not i think about it technically i did come out of it but yeah y'all get the point i was a wee-lop little lad, literally an infant when the Neptunes was making their iconic rise to fame in hip-hop. But safe to say, Ferell Williams was not the only person a part of that group. I know that ain't who I think it is.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where Chad Hugo comes into play. Because of course, when he comes to the Neptunes, safe to say it was Forel Williams and Chad Hugo that collectively made Neptune so iconic. Everybody knows Farrell Williams as the front facing member of the Neptunes, which is why other opportunities, I believe, started to come in, such as the fashion industry, such as him collaborating with other people by himself, more recently, the clips, as far as let God sort them out, was a major success. Debuting number four on Billboard 200, 118,000 first week units. And the reason why I'm bringing that up is because ladies and gentlemen, as of right now, it is nominated for five Grammy nominations, which is today, mind you. So as far as the Grammys, seemingly going to represent Farrell Williams and push your T's success with let God sort them out, Chair Hugo said to himself,

You guys, see, that's the problem. He says, see, that's the problem, because guess what? I was a part of the Neptune's rise and safe to say, Ferrell Williams has held some revenue back for me. 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, if you're lost, just no, January 23rd, 26. Chad Hugo, co-founder of Neptunes and nerd, N-E-R-D, sued. Farrell Williams, alleging withholding royalties and profits, breach of fiduciary, fiduciary? How you said that? Fidissuary?

I think I said it right. I don't know, one of them. Breach of fiduciary duty, concealment of financial records, systemic denial of contractual and ownership rights. So when it comes to that, safe to say, the duo that we knew as the Neptunes

are no longer pleased with each other. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip-hop. Like, what's going on? And you know how it started off with Farrell Williams' estimated network? Well, you know, as far as his career,

the fashion industry as far as a lot of ventures outside of that um safe to say when you look at chad hugo and his ventures outside of the naptunes his net worth is estimated to be 50 to 60 million so there's some type of discreference to you between 250 million but 50 to 60 million but at the end of the day both of these gentlemen are millionaires but of course that's not enough for chad hugo because of when you look at it he for this particular lawsuit is wanting up to one million dollars now what in the you guys come on now see that's the problem now i know what y'all say oh one million dollars is a lot of money we're safe to say the average joe out there trying to scrape up some pennies is looking at these millionaires beefing over a million and saying to themselves whoo dee do i don't nobody care about millionaires beefing over a dollar I mean, technically a dollar to them, but you know, as far as Farrell and Chad Hugo, we could care less about the dollar amount that they're owed allegedly, right? The main thing is, why did the Neptunes breakup?

It's almost like the Migos type of breakup because they had such a long run in hip-hop. They were seeing as one of the great major forces, especially when it comes to their innovative approach to creating an atmosphere as far as futuristic sounds. And it seems like the problem is not even that deep. As Farrell Williams came out himself and literally said that, try to see if I can find it. Yeah, Ferrell Williams literally came out and said that the lawsuit is premature. He says that a standard accounting review is already underway.

And he continued saying, quote, there may not even be a dispute end quote but overall because it goes longer but let me summarize it he basically said if money is owed it will be paid so at the end of the day

what are we doing brothers you guys what are we doing out here millionaires beefing over a dollar man I haven't seen it all I kid you not when it comes to the average fellow looking at millionaire's beefing we could say you know it'll been different if he was like oh he owes me 50 to 60

right around my net worth the amount of money that's how much he owes me that's why he double and triples me in net worth you know what I'm saying all right my fault I mean to throw that random shot I like both of them run up pulse but as far as feral Williams having a mammoth about money he only owes you a million I mean come on now not a million a million a million Chad come on man like you got shoot for the moon 500 a billion you know what I'm saying feral Williams is really getting to it because once again the estimated net worth of 250 million that I just told you, you know, I ain't going to say it, but some people be fibbing out here about how much they make it,

but that's just all I'm going to say. So as far as the discrepancy being so big, as far as Farrell Williams and Chad Hugo, I don't think that's the main reason why Chad is suing for real. I think he honestly believes that he was owed that money as far as the 2017 nerd album, because in a lawsuit, it specifically labels how much he was owed from that. as Chad says he's owed 300 to 500,000 but that's from the 2017 nerd album right but he said the

potential damages is 750,000 to over one million now of course when he says over you pretty much said in the maximum like that's the ceiling like really you started around 300,000 my brother like what are we doing anyways I basically overall he says up to one million and unpaid royalties. And now you come to find out that both of these brothers being millionaires, well off, you know, it's not really, it's not too many average fellows that's going to be relating to this type of a quarrel with another millionaire, right? Farrell Williams, of course, I already said that. He basically was like, if there's something that needs to be paid, he would pay it out. Farrell Williams seems like the type of person

to where he's making so much money that a million to him is like, oh, that totally skip my mind here's the one million here you go and you know that one mean like here's another one you know what i'm saying here's another one you feel me like feral well he's got so much money that i don't think he really tripping over a million but maybe i'm tripping uh so anyways um when the continuation of the gramey's happen and you come to realize that the news about chatsu and feral and then i know there's going to be a crazy left turn and then uh push your t and j z which you're about to dive into as far as them being on the epstein list um We don't know what they was doing, but they was in the documents.

So as far as that and the Grammy is happening today, I wonder how in the world, Farrell and Pusha T is going to walk away with any type of Grammy because this is the worst PR in the world. And really Push the T side is worse than what Chad is a legend towards Farrell. But it doesn't help. The reason why I'm combining both is because it does not help the overall perception of the board saying to themselves,

hold up now. See, Kendrick was already heavily favored, but we was gonna split the pie and give y'all at least one. But nowadays, we see in the news, the percolation of allegations and safe to say, my brother, y'all may have to just go winless.

But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip-hop. Like, what's going on? And ultimately, that's the lightest thing they could assume as far as if these push-a-tie things end up, if there's more details, it end up coming out.

about the Epstein list and Push-a-Tee. I'm a huge Drake fan. You already know that. So when it comes to the Push-A-T and the Epstein documents, I believe we should wait and see and start to compare the timelines because a lot of things seems fishy. But that's why I'm about to dive into it pretty soon. I haven't done it yet, or so I'll be able to give you more specifics.

But we're about to get into that soon. But anyways, rounding off these millionaires beefing over $300,000. The main thing I want to let you know is, Chad is to be respected in the hip-hop universe, but this type of lawsuit seems premature like Farrell said, and I'm not siding with Farrell. I'm just thinking that if you are going to sue, especially when you are both millionaires,

if it's over $300,000, it seems like it's just petty beef. I know what y'all saying. Oh, it's $300,000 to a million. But guess what? Chad Hugo is estimated to have $50,000 and $60 million, and I think all of these estimates are low balls. Farrell Williams is estimated to have around $229 million.

safe to say these brothers would be all right so that been said click my link to you my bio let me know one of my social medias what do you think about chad hugo uh co-founder of neptunes a nerd suing ferrell williams for allegedly withholding royalties and profits and at the end of the day who's style to you on or if you're just like me and don't care one bit it is as if we are dead whoever survives the initiation of the of the dead receives the most powerful gift. Oh shit. I didn't even hear that.

Damn it shit was getting good. It was getting good, y'all. Oh, my God, it was getting good. I'm not going to lie. He's not going to lie, you know what I'm saying? You feel me? Shepard. All right, my fault.

I was just trying to reenact where everybody reading the Epstein files look like right now. I'm just letting y'all know. You know, at the end of the day, I'm just glad that y'all out here preaching because guess what? Literacy is a lost art in today's age. Give them some praise.

Give them some praise. Yeah, I know. Give him some break Yeah, and in all seriousness You know, this is a very serious topic So, you know, without further ado, let's go to the next example. Curtis Jackson, aka 50 cents.

Safe to say, this man wasted no time. This man put up a post. Now, of course, you would think he's putting up a positive post, right? Well, you must not know 50 cents Because this man took it upon himself to put up... This man loves AI.

You know, I don't think there's one thing that old people love more than AI. I ain't going to cap to you. So anyways, 50 cents said, and the PG podcast. So, man. Let me highlight just because, you know, just in case I can see that.

Here we go. Man, they got your man, Jay and the Epstein Files. I got to do a doc on this. What in the actual? 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 is actually crazy. And then he put up two pictures of Jay Z because, of course, Sean Carter, aka JZ, could not be bothered to address this because we're going to get to two in a second. But I just want to let y'all know that 50 cents,

the first one that jumped on these Epstein, Jay-Z, push-a-team mentions with the, you know, with the quickness, you know, expeditiously, to quote my man, T.I. You know, this man, I don't know, man, Clifford was on to something because I don't think expeditiously would have been a word if it wasn't for 50-Sin the way he hated on other rappers. So anyway, but that means it safe to say, we're going to dive into Y and the world. 50-cent wants to make a dock on this, but first I want to put up the pictures with Jay-Z and push-a-team.

Hold up. That ain't the right thing. Shepard. All right, my fault. No, that's crazy. How did I get out there? There we go. That's the right picture.

Okay, that's my fault. That's my fault. Anyways, let's get into this right quick. Because, you know, at the end of day, y'all going to say, whatever you want about this particular segment, all I'm going to do is lay out the facts, and basically you do of that what you will. Because I think when it comes to that, when it comes to the actual facts, safe to say, three million pages, I don't think any of y'all are reading.

and a week. I kid you not. You know what I'm saying? But then you know what I'm saying? Well, I'm not trying to, you know, question your literacy level or y'all reading level. All I'm saying is three million pages is a lot for anyone. Even the greatest philosopher in the world

probably took some time to get through three million pages. And guess what? That's not it, ladies and gentlemen. As all of this information that was dumped on this, right? January 30th. Essentially, three to three point five million pages of documents. 2,000 plus videos

180,000 plus images and y'all telling me this is the only thing y'all got from it but then you know what I'm saying I was like damn look at the state of hip hop like what's going on? Oh it doesn't stop there um court filings emails FBI and DOJ DOJ investigative records

unverified FBI tip line they even have I mean they even have you know that's supposed to be my snitching drop I don't know why you have to keep playing Anyways, Doge emphasized that the files contained unverified and unsubstantiated allegations. Names appearing do not imply guilt. But guess what the fan base said today? Just guess what the hip-hop fan base said to that.

Woot they do? And we beat these folk? What do they do? We beat them. We go forward. They could care less because everybody who's named in these files from a public perception is guilty into proven innocent. And that's from them. Not for me.

I'm saying what the public is looking at this saying to themselves. They're like, oh, I've been, I've been new Sean Carter was up to some. I've been new Pusha T was up to some. How do you think they got to that level of fame, right? So anyways, going over the actual details. Because even though 50 C may actually make a talk about this, I do want to tell you that the only mention of JZ and Pushing T was during the FBI National Threat Operation Center, which was a hotline intake forms, right?

people was thinking that he was on to flight logs or Epstein's flight logs or Epstein's contact list or any formal indictments. And Jay-Z and Push-A-T was not in any of that, right? Jay-Z was brought up in an anonymous tip from 2019. And these tips were submitted after Epstein's July 2019 arrest when the FBI opened a public hotline. So I'm just going to let you do that information, which you will. All I'm going to say is it's not like they found a bunch of things. of filings of Epstein and Jay-Z just kicking it on the flight or contacts or the text them back and forth Jay-Z like they got certain people aka Elon Musk out here

begging to be on the island right allegedly okay I'm not trying to get sued but you know when it comes to Jay-Z and push a T they was just brought up in a hotline because apparently the person who was giving the tip back on July 2019 I'm talking about tip as far as hotline so as far as push a Tee he was brought up as the alleged handler, right? So when that person called in to that hotline, they basically named Jeffrey Epstein, they named Harvey Weinstein, JZ, and Push the T.

The claims made by the call said that she was abducted multiple times, claimed seven occasions, awoke in opulent indoor settings, oh no what that means, she believed she was drugged impairing memory, she believed one incident occurred at Epstein's Florida Mansion, And then of course, when it comes to the internet, they basically took that and ran with it. They was like, oh, Jay-Z, best friends with Epstein, Push-A-T was handling Jay-Z being best friends with Epstein. And I'm just like, hold up, now I thought we was about the facts, you know what I'm saying?

You guys. See, that's the problem. And, of course, when it comes to Push-A-Tee, he was just the handler as far as the-allegally. This is all allegedly. Push-a-T only mention of this was only mention of him was during the anonymous FBI

tip line, which once again was opened up by the FBI following Epstein's July 2019 arrest. So, the hotline could have had anybody calling and saying anything, right?

Because of the 3 million plus documents, they basically put everybody that was popular that was mentioned on that tip line or hotline into this uh epstein files right so now j z and push a t is trending like not like no other person like you would think that they just got indicted for real the way that they're trending right you would think people found the smoking gun the way that j z and push a t's out here trending which like i keep saying to be fair when it comes to j z when it comes to push a t it's not like i'm caping for these people

people in general, I'm basically saying that specific ways that they was mentioned in the Epstein files. And it was literally through a hotline, which anybody could call in after Epstein got arrested. So am I saying they're guilty? Am I saying they're innocent? I'm not, I'm doing neither. I'm basically letting you know the facts. And then you can do of that what you will. Let's get back to Curtis Jackson. So basically, 50 cents was having a time of his life. This man was rolling over. This man was belly laughing. as 50 cent obviously has a pattern of trying to expose his counterparts. I mean, Diddy, he just had a successful, a highly successful Netflix documentary based on Diddy,

which I think is still a, Deshawn Combs, The Reckoning Netflix series that was released December 2025. It was a four-part series. And of course, this basically led people to believe that 50 Cent may continue to do this because of the success that Netflix may give him the reins because of how highly, you know, successful it was. But you have to keep in mind. The footage that he used in the Diddy documentary was the footage, the same footage that Diddy thought he was going to use for himself. But once he got indicted, the people who shot the footage wanted payment, Diddy then pay them,

they went to the highest bidder. Then you have Netflix and 50 cent jumping in. When it comes to other people he could do documents on, it would have to be that same type of scenario where Jay-Z doesn't pay the cameraman or somebody else doesn't pay the cameraman and he's able to get highly sought after footage. Because if he just has random B shots or, yeah, he, he, he's, you know, he, If he just has random Getty images of Jay-Z while he's trying to, you know, throw mud on his name, I don't think it's going to hit the same like the Diddy Doc. The main thing about the Diddy Doc is because they had actual footage that Diddy himself wanted to use right up to his arrest. So anyways, I don't think it would hit the same.

But regardless of hitting the same, somebody does have to call it out. This man, 50 Cent. I mean, if Karma was the thing, I'm pretty sure everybody's a non-believer at this point. because when it comes to 50 cent the the egregious things that he's throwing towards j z's way for no reason right i remember covering j z because he was accused of something uh let me see j z was accused let me see okay yeah so basically j z was accused of it was an r-word case i can't say the full thing because you know that that gets flagged and stuff so and it got dismissed with prejudice but even with this when the um anonymous woman came out and that you know j z assaulted her back in 2000 m tv video music awards even her daddy came out said this girl

line right 50 cent jumped on that expeditiously to say oh i can't make i can't wait uh to j z addresses this right so 50 cents just notoriously going at his counterparts in a way that's very nasty especially when you come to realize the official um conclusion of that was again dismissed with prejudice remember this happened back march 2025 well that's why i covered it and then Of course, when going at somebody like Jay-Z and throwing those type of nasty claims on an individual, I don't think it brings good karma for anybody until you realize 50s is one of the more powerful people in the hip-hop game because not only, pun intended, power is doing phenomenal, but then you have his rap career where he can hop out on any feature, like he was just on a red ruby the sleeves.

I think he was on that remix. He was on one of the tracks as far as, uh, Nikki Minaj's latest album and then of course 50 cent can pop out whenever he wants to as far as a rapper in tour right and then he has the power franchise and then of course don't forget that he has the whole place in I think it was called me see 50 cent it was like a production lot or whatever I think it's in Louisiana yeah here it is okay so 50 50 cent trying to see if I can find this without the yeah so 50 cent I had a hundred and twenty four million dollar investment in Louisiana complex, right? So he has all this money

to build a whole G unit studios and taking a step forward to becoming the next, you know, Tyler Perry, right? So 50s say it has a lot of player power, a lot of power moves, pun intended. And essentially, I don't know why he'll be bringing this back on himself as far as this type of karma

when you're going at somebody that you probably don't even have any proof on it. If you did, you'll probably show it just like you did. And the Diddy Doc with the footage that Diddy thought he was going to use himself. So anyways, hopefully I don't think I was caping for Jay Z or Pushing T. I'm just, you know, I'm looking at the information. It's just not adding up.

You know, I'm doing the finger counting. You know what I'm saying? I'm saying to myself, ladies and gentlemen, that's not adding up. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? And right before the Grammys, I mean, this is even more egregious, because these type of brothers being thrown in this type of mess off of a hotline call,

I believe is not like, I think there's a reason people didn't want to release the EPSC files because people are not going to be able to digest three million documents, right? And we're seeing people not be able to digest three million documents. So, hey, you know, all for transparency myself. By the end of the day, we do have to take the transparency and handle it with caution because, of course, you have to be, um, basically, if you're going to approach it, you have to be respectful. And of course, you have to do your due diligence as far as asking. actually researching and putting the accurate credible information together not the puzzle pieces

not the conspiracy theories but the actual factual information together so anyways um yeah man uh j z and pushy t um i don't know why they're going through this and at the end of day i do believe it's going to blow over because if there's any real information any real concrete smoking gun evidence it would have been came out so yeah with that being said click my link tree in my bio let me know one of my social media. So what do you think about 50 cent wanting to make a documentary over Jay Z's name appearing in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein related documents? And do you believe that at the end of the day, this is damning for Jay Z and Push a T or do you believe this is just false information being perpetuated by the internet? Getting into the overview for episode 157,

that of course is titled is AASAP Rocky. bringing a new wave to hip hop 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 of course you already know we had to start with Rakim

you know more formally referred to as ASEAP Rocky as his album Don't Be Dumb had a phenomenal first week as it debuted number one and when looking at ASEP safe to say

it's not too many times where you look at actually I think he debuted at number two No, I think it, okay, let me see. So it was expected to sell at number two, but I think he went number one. Let's see, because he was above Bad Bunny, and that was the projected number one. So A's at Rocky, let's see, first week. So Azeb Rocky and his album, Don't Be Dumb.

It ended up going number one with $100,000-something,000. It's a hundred and twenty-three thousand first week. It's safe to say. The reason why, you know, that debut is such a big deal is because Don Tolliver just debuted then guess what he also went number one selling a hundred and sixty something thousand first week let me see uh don tolliver first week you know i try to give these brothers to kudos you know i'm saying let me pull this up right quick yeah so don't tolliver also went number one the following week so acef rocky went number one with his album don't be dumb selling around 130 right or 100 something

went number one selling 162,000 first week. Shout out to those brothers. Yeah, A'sab Rocky officially had 123,000. So I think with Don Tolliver selling more than AACI, I'm not really shocked because the quality level Faisap Rocky's album was solid. But once Don Tolliver came, once J. Cole came, you quickly realized that it was just a higher quality body of work

from both of these gentlemen, from Don Tolliver and from Jermaine. So now when you look at B. Both of them having number one, but Don Tolliver having more numbers as far as first week sales. I'm not surprised. So anyways, we started with that. And then, of course, we transitioned into Bruno Morris currently having one of the most popular tracks in the world. And of course, the Romantic is coming soon. And by coming soon, I do believe it's coming, I think, yeah, February 27th of this year.

So when that comes out, best believe it's going to have a notorious mass effect, as Bruno Morris already still has the fourth most play track in the world currently with I Just Might. So I don't think he has any albums on the chart Let me see. All right, he does. Okay, so Bruno Mars also has the album on the chart titled Duwops and Hooligans What in the world?

That's the 40th most played album in the world. So shout out to Bruno Mars. Whenever the romantic comes out, I'm pretty sure it's going to have a huge notorious mass effect and people are going to really start to put respect on Bruno Mars' name. You know what I'm saying?

And then we went from that into NBA Young Boy because, you know, the transition from young boy, no, the transition for Bruno Mars, the NBA young boy definitely showcases the range of notorious mass effect. Shepard. All right, my fault. Let's get back into it.

You know, I ain't tried, you know, glazed myself. Anyways, it being a young boy with his album. Now, I'm not going to say his album did the greatest because, you know, as far as first week sales, it did solid, right? It did $70,000, around $73,000 to $75,000 first week. When you look at Young Boy, he dropped so often that these numbers could be combined and you could be like, okay, well, I can see why he could sell out a tour of, like he's been doing for the past like 2025. The whole 2025 was just a young boy tour.

If you had somebody that went to that tour, one, the ignorance level is probably over 9,000. But you know, two, his output, as far as having the ability to sell a hard ticket across multiple areas in the arena, I think it showcased why people don't take these first week sales as seriously when it comes to young boy. Now, other artists, you got to put it in the light, right?

But young boy, he puts out so many projects. that he could put out four projects in one year and they all sell around 70 to 80,000 which is phenomenal, right? It basically means that's his core fan base. So shout out to young boy, definitely having a notorious massive fake. And then, of course,

you already know we had to talk about Jermaine. As when it comes to Cole, the main thing with him is his album, I think, is having a lot of people review it in a way of it not being good because they wanted more A to wait, hard-hitting type of music. The storytelling on Jay Coe's album

was so immaculate and he stayed away from the braggadocious or I'm the best type of rap. So I think with him, storytelling throughout the whole project is actually one of my favorite projects of the year. So we got in Nicole, I broke down his album like a cute little Miley Cyrus. We talked about a lot of the singles

and specifics like Who TFs You know, it's PG Podcast. My favorite track off the album, well, one of my, I don't know, it keeps changing. But one of my favorites is only you with Jermaine and Berna Boy. I thought that track was phenomenal. I love her again. I think that's Prime J-Code. But yeah, so I had a lot of praise for Jay Coe's album,

but his birthday mixtape as far as what we got into, let's just say I didn't really care for it. You guys. See, that's the problem. Too many bars about him being the best. I was like, hold on now. This had to be written before the battle because when the album came out,

it was a totally different tune that he was singing. So I was like, yeah, this came out way before their battle because even though there is updated lines, but the way that he's framing it is like, oh, I can still take out any rap. I'm like, no, my brother. No, you can't. You guys.

I don't like that. See, that's the problem. So anyways, shout out to Jermaine for showcasing a huge 180 as far as how to tell your favorite audience or just your big audience that you're not in the top three and, you know, proving my point right that you're probably the most overrated rapper that we've ever had, man.

But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, Tim, look at the state of hip. pop like what's going on and of course because we cover a lot of different genres we got into exo so we cover exo in their album uh crown and with that album is doing phenomenal right now i believe i think it's one of the top albums in the world as you look at exo um actually it's not okay i must fill off the charts um when it first came out it did pretty well and the crown track specifically is one of the most viewed music videos in the world so we dove into k-pop uh for this episode and for that it was uh exo so shout

to them. Then we dove a little bit into Don Tolliver talking about how he had the number one album, once again selling 162,000 first week. First career number one and the biggest debut of this year as far as hip hop that may change soon, but is it okay. I got my dope on me. But you know, I can't get into it right now. Germain is probably going to overtake that. But let's just say, let's just say, I can't say it. But you know, let's just say that boy coming. Anyway, it's pause. All right. So So after that, we got into industry news. And I talked about how the e-sports field is very excited as esports 2026 has a $75 million prize pool. That's insane.

And the entire schedule was announced. So I broke that down and talked about certain events that's happening throughout that event and how it's like a four-week event, I believe. And it's definitely going to bring in a lot of revenue because to have a $75 million prize pool to be around for like 10 years basically showcases. The core audience that they have keeps coming back time and time again and best believe they are entertained. So we transition from that into RAM prices, you know, get more into the industry as RAM prices are going to continue to skyrocket. You know why? Because everybody in their mama.

I say everybody in their mama is wanting to use AI nowadays. You guys. And I don't even see a problem with it, but as far as AI making the world a simpler place, seems like it's doing the opposite. as all these companies are out here invested into AI and safe to say what we're taking a brunt of the cost changes ain't that crazy but then you know what I'm saying I was like 10 look so because of the AI be getting a lot of investments and things that nature RAM is being taken up being shortened and the prices arise and so that the people who sell RAM don't just completely run out of it so who bears the brunt of that of course the common consumer like us so I broke that down and basically let y'all know that might as well get that PC right now because the price is going to keep going up. Don't think it's going to, you're going to wait it out. You know, it's going to be a minute. They were saying the earliest is 2027 and even to that. I say even to that. Woot they do. And we beat these folk.

Wootty do. We beat them. We go forward. I don't think we're going to go forward as far as the price is going down. So yeah, definitely get your PC now if you can afford it. Ubisoft. Then we dove into Ubisoft as far as talking about how in the, in the land of all these layoffs due to AI, like I said, once again, AI making life harder. simpler um um ubysov has been here with with multiple layoffs right and when it comes to ubsop laying off a lot of people having a major

reconstru a major restructure uh there was some specific tidbits i got into where ubsop heads coming out and basically saying why they're doing this as far as trying to say money and you basically like who do ain't anybody trying to hear all that you guys see that's the problem if you're going to lay off everybody in their mama guess what i don't think that's the right thing to do in the first place i know who I think it is. We don't care that the Ubisoft heads is like,

oh, this is how much money will save. But guess what? Susan and Timmy have mouths the feed. And guess what? You just took that way from him. You guys. See, that's the problem. So in all seriousness,

hopefully those people who lost their jobs, you know, laying on their feet, because I already know this probably has to be a hard, it's going to be a hard couple months, a hard half a year to try to go through that. So then we got to gaming. And of course, for gaming, we had to dive into,

the cover of the gaming side for this episode. As High Guard is one of the biggest disappointments in the gaming industry as far as in the year of 26. And guess what? The year just started. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. I'm looking at it. What is going on?

I mean, High Guard losing 95% of his player base in under 24 hours. I think that tells you all you need to know. Shepard. I know. Just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? So as far as what's going on, just know high guard developers are very scrambling and scraping to try to get their numbers up as far as concurrent in 24-hour peak

so anyways then we uh for the other slate of gaming news we got into pbg battlegrounds we got into royal match which you know it's me putting once again me out here putting respect on the mobile gaming community yep and then of course we dove into animal crossing as it's one of the more uh it's one of the top games on nintendo uh definitely having a notorious mass effect on a nintendo platform specifically and then of course hold on now I know that ain't who I think it is hold on now I know that ain't who I think it is you know as far as me taking my job seriously and then passionately covering gaming and music safe to say I saw you chew chew train players out there you know what I'm saying shepherd no I got to tell them

because you know as far as the state of gaming I saw y'all playing choo choo train and guess what y'all played it to the point y'all supported it to the point where it became one of the biggest games in Xbox platform Let me recount. Let me redact that to pull a government, right? Basically, I mean, it was one of the most played games in the month of January for the Xbox platform. So to end off gaming, we broke down, chew-choo train, and of course, they ended the gaming segment, and then we got into the most famous sector of the episode. It's time for a rap battle!

As it wasn't necessarily a rap battle, but Kaysenat's girlfriend made it to where NBA young boy versus Kaysenna's. that it was inevitable so what was funny now what what are we laughing at now whole time we was trying to figure out what was funny costing that girlfriend came out so what what's funny now what what are we laughing at now like you would think that she was preaching the word of god the way that everybody was covering this and acting like this was the biggest beef of all time so what what's funny now what are we laughing at now and then so consternat versus NBA young boy was one of the craziest beef I've seen definitely wasn't on my bingo card but we dove into that like a kilo of myli Cyrus as the rest of the beats is something that we probably could have um predicted but that

one was the most surprising and the most popular one so anyways after that beef we got to chad versus for real now you know what you're saying one in the world but then you know what I'm saying like 10 look at the state of hip hop like what's going on what is the state of hip hop when the neptunes I mean one of the greatest producers of all time coming together sprinkling their influence on the hip-hop field. Why are these two gentlemen beefing? You guys. See, that's the problem. And unfortunately, we had to get, we had to dive into that as well. It's Chad versus Farrell. It's a very interesting case. And you know it's interesting because Farrell, which is the more lucrative side, came out and basically was like, hey, man, if he owns, if he owes, if he's old money,

guess what? We're going to send it. And if it was a miscommunication, we still going to send it once we figure out how much we need to send him. I'll think it to myself. Hold on now. I know that ain't who I thank you. Pharrell was talking about, Ferrell was talking like, hey, we call it, everybody come out, we got paid this man, because he wasn't even refuting.

He was basically saying it was premature, but we're going to pay him. Like, hold on now. That sound like you was, anyways, y'all get the point. Farrell paid that man. And then, of course,

we ended off with one of the greatest beasts and unfortunate, I don't know, I don't even know how to call it, man. It's one of the craziest beef. Let's just use that adjective. One of the craziest beefs ever in hip-hop history.

But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, Tim, look at the state of hip, pop like what's going on as we got into Curtis jackson a.k.a 50 cent versus Sean Carter aka jZ as once again they showcase why having beef is not enough if you're not going a route of 50 cent because 50 cent makes you makes any hater believe that they just not hating hard enough at 50 cent basically he had a lot of stuff to say about jZ and basically the main thing you know putting aside the diddy documentary right like we'll put it in the side that he's still

making headlines with this news. So Jay-Z, I want to see if I can find that. I think it's, yeah, here it is. So, that's not it. All right, so Jay-Z, Harvey Weinstein, and Push-a-T was mentioned in the latest Epstein files release. So we basically broke that down, and that's how I wanted to end off the episode.

I thought that was a huge deal. And, of course, just to be an informative side, just to let you do of the information, which you will. Okay, I wanted to show you all a lot of actual facts, not just people just talking about headlines and then running with it so we broke down how jZ and pusha t was mentioned through a hotline not the actual like epstein logs and things that nature but it was still included in the overall files so the epstein files is not exactly epstein's like logs of who you need or who his like quick contacts were hotline was the thing that was opened up where anybody could say

anything and then they're showing all of it because you know people want the epstein files and now you got it and people want to say who they do so basically people don't want to read through it so So I broke that down and hopefully I enjoyed that segment as that's the reason why I ended off the episode with that because of course I thought period. You know, we needed some clarification and 50 cent trying to make a documentary out of the Jay-Z Epstein situation. That's why I say, hey, pray, pray for, pray for 56 because car members not be a thing. And 50 cents still acting the way he is. So anyways, that means it said. So that was episode 157 titled is AZab Rocky bringing a new wave to hip hop.

So overall, hopefully you enjoy the episode. At the end of the day, I always enjoy this. I never take it for granted to be able to deliver another episode to you, like to have the ability to do this full time, update you on the gaming music side, and all of the continuations and developments behind the scenes, as far as, you know, certain things I talk about the intro. I'm not going to keep bringing it up because I don't want y'all to put the puzzle pieces together

and start snitching. What they do? You know what I want you to start snitching. What do they do? Unless you say your boy's voice. acting currently. I'm not going to, you know... Shepard.

I'm not going to tell them what it's about, all right? I'm not going to tell them what it's about, you know what I'm saying? But let's just say Amazon should show you all pretty soon. So anyway, so with that being saying, that's about it for Notorious Mass Effect episode 157, which is, of course, titled, is A-Sat Rocky Bringing a new wave to hip-hop. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip-hop. Like, what's going on?

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