Kinda Funny Gamescast: Video Game Podcast - Stars in The Bank Season BEGINS! - Game Showdown

Episode Date: March 23, 2026

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Starting point is 00:00:00 If you want to get our shows ad-free and our exclusive shows, go to patreon.com slash kind of funny. Today, we begin a new mini-season of Game Showdown. Get ready for Game Showdown. Say Game Showdown one more time. What I meant to say is that we're competing or are we beginning a new mini-season to compete for Stars in the Bank. Oh! Which you should be very excited. My old lover.
Starting point is 00:00:33 I've had some times with her. I'm one of your host, Blessing Adelia Jr. I'm joined by three contestants representing three teams. We have Andy Cortez representing Team Purple. I miss Greg hosting. Not because I don't like you hosting. I just don't. I was further away from him.
Starting point is 00:00:51 Yeah. He has an energy when he's a contestant. There was just a lot less of him. Yeah. The three-time champion. How old is that belt? That case kind of fading off of that thing, ain't it? Oh, the case long gone.
Starting point is 00:01:02 Yeah. The eye was gone forever. And then, yeah, we lost the K along the way, too. But it was kind of funny, Life 3. NDA funny. Well, well, of course that is the champion of season. Man, now you mess me up. Is it three?
Starting point is 00:01:15 I think it'll see, no, season four. Season four. Don't believe his lies. Season four. Season four, season three. The Nick Scarpino season and season three. Thank you very much. That's a three Pete right there.
Starting point is 00:01:26 Tim Gettys could never. The champion of season four. The captain of Team Orange, Greg Miller. Thank you. And hosts a kind of Feudy. Host of Kind of Fuity. Yes, we've traded places for a limited amount of time. But of course, we have a third contestant.
Starting point is 00:01:41 And you know what? Let's have the captain of Team Blue introduce them. What's up, everybody? It's your boy, Tim Getty's the leader and face of Team Blue. But guess what? I'm not alone. I have a baby. I'm at home with my baby so I can't be there to compete in the Stars in the Bank Challenge.
Starting point is 00:01:59 Of course, this tournament, very important for me to win. And so Blessing told me to hit up a couple champions to represent me, Tim Gettys, and Team Blue, our team. Isn't that right, Sandy? Yeah, it is right, okay? And guess who I'm going to have first from working band by, he's worked at GameSpot. But currently, you can find Tim Bright and some of the best articles at IGN.com. Of course, we're talking about my brother from the Bay that's not actually from the Bay, Michael Hyam. Let's go, baby.
Starting point is 00:02:31 Michael Hyam! Welcome to the stage. Michael Hyam Rockin You gotta do the Chican You gotta do the front roll Like Willy Wonka
Starting point is 00:02:39 I don't know how to do that Yeah Was that was that a little Was that like a little Sane people there Say what? Was that a little bit of the saying people there
Starting point is 00:02:45 From Star Wars Oh is it Little Oh Oh What's the Oh man There you go
Starting point is 00:02:51 You're all inventing New slurs for me That's crazy You know what He said it And I was like Can't he say that? No
Starting point is 00:02:57 I'm like Where I'm from We got jungles So Oh yeah Michael I am I'm I've always thought
Starting point is 00:03:04 It did sound slurrish, though, right? It is. It is a slur in, like, their universe. Yes. Well, I don't, I don't respect the Tuscan Raiders. I don't remember them saying that in an episode, too. Yeah, Tuscan Raiders. They make those noises. You know what?
Starting point is 00:03:16 I've been, I've been listening to Kind of Feudy and Game Showdown for quite some time now, and it's finally nice to come back and beyond. So, thank you. Awesome. And you're, of course, competing for Team Blue. Thank you so much, Tim, for picking a champion to represent, of course, the homie, the roomie. That's me, Michael Hyian.
Starting point is 00:03:32 You know what I'm saying? Now, to start off this episode, I want to start by introducing a small new mechanic to a game showdown. After you buzz in, you have 10 seconds. You have 10 seconds to make your... They're getting a hip to our shit over here. Wait, what? So, of course, we have round robin.
Starting point is 00:03:52 We have plenty of games here. The thing is you buzz in when you want to answer. After you buzz in, you only have 10 seconds to make your answer. If you don't answer quick enough, you'll hear this sound play. meaning you have forfeited your answer. Ah. So this is just me evolving with the contestants. I appreciate that.
Starting point is 00:04:07 I respect that. I love that. Thanks. We've never broken the rules. No. It just didn't exist before. Usually when the question ends, Hym,
Starting point is 00:04:13 it's a race for it and then. Yeah. Here we go. Y'all got to teach me the next level of stats. Well, we're all learning today. All right. There you go.
Starting point is 00:04:22 Can I ask you question? What's up? So how many episodes of this season? How many do I have to win to get stars in the bank? Is it a cumulative total? What are we doing? We're doing stars. You'll learn about it.
Starting point is 00:04:31 about it as we go, but we have four episodes planned. I love that. This season for your mid-lemonies. So I just need three stars to get it. Sure. Why say it like that? No, I don't really. Oh, I think y'all got that poker face straight.
Starting point is 00:04:43 Sounds like y'all got some Mario Party shit going on over here. I got a fun season planned, guys. Katie G. Katie G. We're going to start off with the trivia question worth 10 points and the chance to start off strong. Contestants, you can buzz in to answer. What year did the Ubisoft game for all? honor release.
Starting point is 00:05:02 Michael Hyam. 2017. 2017 is the correct answer. Tim Getty's might have chosen right. That is 10 points for Team Blue. Now remember, this is kind of funny, kind of funny game showdown, our nerdy show, where players compete to trip.
Starting point is 00:05:19 God, I've fucked this whole thing. You forgot how hard it is. Y'all can't read. I haven't, I haven't hosted this show, and I think half a year is what it feels like. This is Game Showdown. Kind of Funnies Nerdy Game Show where players compete to earn stars and become chance.
Starting point is 00:05:31 at the end of the season. This season, you're competing for the stars in the bank briefcase. The briefcase, which I got right here. There she is. Wow. I miss her. This can be cashed in. Had a lot of fun with her, Andy.
Starting point is 00:05:45 You know what I mean? I'm going to stop touching it. This can be cashed in at any time during the next season of Game Showdown for the opportunity to steal a- I'm going to win this. Did we clean it post-cake? Nah.
Starting point is 00:05:55 All right. You can cash this in for the opportunity to steal a star from another player during the next season or more game showdown. You know, it really is Mario Party. It's jazz here. I had game showdown. So we'll see how that goes. I need Greg to have a coughing fit that like ruins the timer that like exceeds.
Starting point is 00:06:12 That'd be fun. I like that. I'm like, it's like the Aaron Burr commercial about got milk from back in the day. And it's like a pat upon question. Yeah, you do. Aaron, no. Yeah. Before Hamilton, the only time I heard about Aaron Burr was a commercial for got milk. Where there was this guy who's obsessed with Aaron Burr. And then he called into the show to win a thing and he knew it. but he had eaten a big piece of peanut butter toast
Starting point is 00:06:32 or just peanut butter bread and then he went to pour the glass of milk and the milk was out and he panicked and he went, what kind of boomer shit is this? Yeah, I was gonna say, what year do you think? We used to have a milk commercial.
Starting point is 00:06:41 That's how boomer it is. You'll have, you'll have, you know, drink milk. Thank you to our Patreon producers, Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster, and Delaney the Somme-Twining. For now, let's play Round Robin. The rules are simple. Round Robin is a pretty straightforward question
Starting point is 00:07:05 and answer game about video games. I'll give you a question. You have your buzzers that you'll use to buzz in and answer said question. However, this round robin is a special edition. Every round is a messy mashup. I'm going to read to you a clue, which will be the description of a game. The answer will be the name of two games mashed together. For example, if I said in this game sneak through top-down corridors while defending the earth from alien invasion, the answer would be metal gears of war.
Starting point is 00:07:35 Michael, does that make sense? Yes. I'm also adding in a hint system. Just for today, if you buzz in and give the correct answer, that's 20 points. If everyone gets it wrong, I'll add a hint, and the round becomes worth 10 points. Nice. These are some good changes. Thank you, thank you.
Starting point is 00:07:51 Wow. Contestants, are you ready? Yeah. Round number one. Nice patch we put through, you know? Lead the members of your party on their quest to destroy an evil artist so that she can never paint death again. in this action roguelike Work with Michael Hyam
Starting point is 00:08:08 Claire Obscure Expedition 33 Immortals Damn That is the correct answer I'm a gamer That's good I like him That's good But the rest of the clue was going to be
Starting point is 00:08:17 In this action rogue like work with tons of eternal players To survive hordes of monsters And defeat massive bosses That game's on Steam now by the way 33 immortals Oh wow Now I can play it yeah
Starting point is 00:08:28 Good for them Claire Obscure Expedition 33 Immortals Was the game That's movie is happening The champ is washed Let's move on To round number two No triceratops
Starting point is 00:08:42 Stegosaurus or Taranosaurus Is safe Gather your friends Bust out your tools of destruction And jam out to your favorite songs No triceratops Stegosaurus or Tyrannosaurus Is safe
Starting point is 00:08:58 Gather your friends Greg Turok the Dinosaur Hunter X That is incorrect Andy to rock band to rock band is the correct answer
Starting point is 00:09:12 that's crazy that's 20 points for bandy and team purple neither that good good that's good round number three no money is required
Starting point is 00:09:23 to step into the story rich post apocalypse set in the future in this very popular title race to the finish line as water splashes on you in beautiful polygonal 3D graphics
Starting point is 00:09:33 no money is required to step into the story-rich post-apocalypse set in the future. In this very popular title, Race to the Finish Line as water splashes on you in beautiful polygonal 3D graphics. Greg Miller. Wuthering wave, weathering, weathering, weathering wave race. Wuthering wave race.
Starting point is 00:09:59 Wow. Wow. Holy shit. I got to make these harder. Yeah, I don't even need these hints. That's 20 points for Greg Miller. Let's move on. That was good.
Starting point is 00:10:10 To round number four. The revolutionary on the go experience introduces a new location to build and level up your squad. This gilded RPG remains advanced featuring its original Synergy Magic System. The revolutionary on the go experience introduces a new location to build and level up your squad. This gilded RPG remains advanced featuring its original Synergy magic system. Synergy spelled P-S-Y-N-E-R-G-Y. Just in case I'm pronouncing it wrong, but I think I got it. Damn.
Starting point is 00:10:52 If nobody has a guess, I will add in the hint. Okay. But the points will go down to 10. And we don't lose anything by guessing. No. Okay. Well, I ain't got to guess. Can I have one more time? The Revolutionary On the Go experience introduces a new location to build and level up your squad.
Starting point is 00:11:12 This gilded RPG remains advanced, featuring its original Synergy Magic System. It seems like nobody... If I do it, can I guess in the second one? Yeah, you can guess after I give a hint again. Okay, so that now, I'm both in. Greg Miller. Final Fantasy Star?
Starting point is 00:11:28 That is incorrect. The pH, I wanted to try to use it, you know? It looks like nobody else has a guess, and so... pH balance, Michael. Okay, okay. I know all about that. I'm going to read the prompt one more time, and then I'm going to add the hint after it.
Starting point is 00:11:42 The revolutionary on-the-go experience introduces a new location to build and level up your squad. This gilded RPG remains advanced featuring its original Synergy Magic System. Hint. This second-gen-monster-collecting RPG features elemental creatures known as gin. Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. This second-gen monster-collecting RPG features elemental creatures known as gin. I know one half of this.
Starting point is 00:12:14 Can you read it one more time? I'm sorry. Let's hear it. Michael. is here? Fuck you. Do you want just the hint or do you want the full thing?
Starting point is 00:12:21 The full thing. Cool. There's the last I'm going to read about it. Okay, okay. The revolutionary on the go experience introduces a new location to build and level up your squad. This gilded RPG remains advanced
Starting point is 00:12:33 featuring its original Synergy Magic System. Hint, this second gen monster collecting RPG features elemental creatures known as gin. I can't get the second half. My head is...
Starting point is 00:12:48 It looks. like nobody's got it. The correct answer would have been Pokemon Golden Sun. Oh, okay. Pokemon Golden Sun. Okay. It's a tough one.
Starting point is 00:13:01 Because when you said mobile, that was the one that threw me off. So I knew Golden Sun was a part of half of it, but I was like, or he said on the go. Fuck. There you go. Yeah, the on the go, the monster collecting. Even me saying gilded RPG was kind of like trying to tip my hat toward the gold part of it. It was the advanced bit. Game Boy
Starting point is 00:13:17 Advance was really? Advanced for Golden Sun. Got it. Yes, yes. That was good. Second Gen monster collecting RPG again, tipping the towards Pokemon Gold there. Let's move on to round number five.
Starting point is 00:13:30 Part of the game is defining the rules of the game in the indie puzzler. But what really is the game? That's hard to answer when your retro throwback isn't one but many. Jesus Christ.
Starting point is 00:13:43 I need to see the sentence, man. You put it on the screen. part of the game is defining the rules of the game in this indie puzzler but what really is the game that's hard to answer when your retro throwback isn't one but many not one when you're retro what retro throwback when your retro throwback isn't one but many
Starting point is 00:14:07 wow this is rough nobody gets it we'll add in the hint yeah I kind of I don't want to get to the hint All right. Looks like nobody's got a guess here. I got nothing, dude. We're going to add in the hint.
Starting point is 00:14:24 Starring a sheep-like creature, jump into many different homages to our favorite entertainment system. Keep like creature jump into our... The difficulty stepped up here a little bit. Starring a sheep-like creature, jump into many different homages to our favorite entertainment system. Is this game even out yet? Yes, both games are out.
Starting point is 00:14:52 One of them, I know what it is. I need to piece it together. God, this is killing me because I could see it. I know what one of them is and I don't know the other. Roger loved it. I'm going to read, Roger, do you know it? Roger loved one of them. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:09 Roger says he knows half of it. I'm going to read the full thing one more time. Yes. Part of the game is defining the rules of the game in the indie puzzler, but what really is the game that's hard to answer when your retro throwback isn't one but many. hint starring a sheep-like creature jump into many different homages to our favorite entertainment system
Starting point is 00:15:29 it looks like nobody has it the answer is Baba is UFO 50 Yeah Buffalo 50 yeah I know UFO 50 was Of course UFO 50 The retro throwback to the NES era
Starting point is 00:15:49 filled with a bunch of different games that you can play Baba is you being the indie puzzler where you have to define the rules in order to then complete the puzzle Man, these are good. That's a good job, that's a good one.
Starting point is 00:16:00 Thank you. Round number six. Build the level as you play. In this multiplayer game that pisses people off so much, it just can't seem to stay on digital storefronts. Andy Cortez. Ultimate chicken horses.
Starting point is 00:16:15 Ultimate chicken horses is the correct answer. That is 20 points for Andy Cortez. That's big. That's huge. That's what you need right there. He's ahead now. Fuck. Round seven.
Starting point is 00:16:24 This is our final round of round robin. The mothership has been wrecked, and we got to save our robot friends in a first-person puzzle game set in a Victorian English estate. Greg Miller. Astrobotany Manor. Astrobotty Manor is the forest. That's crazy. I was not expecting anybody to get that. Holy shit.
Starting point is 00:16:46 Holy cow. We love Astrobot here. It's our game. It's our game. We do love Astrobot here. Damn. That brings us to the end of Round Robin. That was really good.
Starting point is 00:16:54 What's the score? Right now, the score in last. place, but still holding strong. It is my baby boy, Michael Hyam, with 30 points and tied for the lead. It is the champion and the people's champion. Greg Miller and Andy Cortez, the Nitro Rifle Cortez, both for Timor Orange and T-Purple with 40 points, but it's still anybody's game. Remember the Kind of Funny membership on patreon.com slash kind of funny or YouTube.com
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Starting point is 00:18:39 Let's play Critical Hit. The rules are simple. Critical Hit is a game about video game reviews. I'm going to read to you review blurbs about a game and it is up to you to buzz in and guess the game based on the review. Each round has three different blurbs for the same game. The earlier you guess the game, the more points you get, with a max of 30 points per round, but you only have one guess per blurb. The ad on here, if you get the game right,
Starting point is 00:19:13 you have a chance to guess the exact metacritic score of the game for a critical hit to double your points for that round. Are you ready? Yes. Yes. I hope one of these reviews is mine. Round one. The first review comes from a Metacritic user review, cuckleduckles is the name of the user
Starting point is 00:19:32 nine nice cuckleduckle gave this game a three out of ten and says this game has one thing going for it bad bitches otherwise it is an unbalanced mess with a fucking flyer every game flyer
Starting point is 00:19:46 flyer flyer game's got um hmm this game has one thing going for it bad bitches I share words by the way not my name that's not my words
Starting point is 00:20:00 otherwise it is an unbalanced mess with a fucking flyer every game. Andy. A flyer. I'm going to take that as like, I don't even know what that means in this sense, but I'm going to take it as like, when you're betting,
Starting point is 00:20:16 like you got to, like, I'm going to put a flyer on so-and-so. I'm going to go with Uma-M-M-Sum-A. Done. See you later. I want to think. Michael Hile. I ain't thinking.
Starting point is 00:20:28 That is incorrect. Okay, thank God. Greg Miller. Rival schools. Rival schools is incorrect. Our next hit. Got me. I forgot that thing was there.
Starting point is 00:20:41 But it was funny, I forgot about the rules. Holy shit. For a second, I thought it was a mistake, and I was like, no, that's valid. That took you a little more than 10 seconds. What's it? It plays, it plays. That's funny. This next one comes from PC mag, who gave it a three out of five and says,
Starting point is 00:20:55 this is as fun in fast-paced as the original game, but it's free-to-play structure. Solis the experience a bit. Who's sequel, that was free-to-play? I had bad bitch Michael Is it Overwatch 2? Overwatch 2 is
Starting point is 00:21:10 Nice answer which makes the bad bitches makes sense Because everybody's the same Is it baddie Oh yeah I can play Overwatch again Now it's so back
Starting point is 00:21:20 It's so good So back Michael Yes Getting it on the second blur means that you've earned yourself 20 points But you can double that
Starting point is 00:21:27 If you can tell me The exact PC Metacritic Of Overwatch 2 Of Overwatch 2 Oh I'm gonna say 79. 79 is the correct. Whoa!
Starting point is 00:21:44 I didn't know we had that graphic. Holy shit. That is 40 points for the round. That's the first critical hit ever. Well, I mean, yes. I don't know if that's true. That's the first official one. Oh, man.
Starting point is 00:22:01 Is it really? I had the first like unofficial one with Bloodborn, but that's the first like official on a real one that matters. Because ours was, mine was like during our little like off period. Can we get the above him? Thank you.
Starting point is 00:22:17 I wasn't here for Andy's history lesson. Bullshit, I don't care about you. Okay, Jesus Christ. I want me to walk through all the championships up one again? Yeah, let me hear all of your shit. Critical hit. Oh, I forgot I did that.
Starting point is 00:22:34 I didn't know that was a big. I didn't like I requested this for And Roger just slid in there without telling me. Thank you so much. And bear it. Round two. This first review comes from Game Chronicles, who gave this game a 10 out of 10 and says, this is easily one of my top five games of 2010 so far.
Starting point is 00:22:51 Oof. The level of energy and excitement and the wonder of what could possibly come next kept me playing for hours on end. Michael. Mass Effect 2? That is incorrect. I was in college, bro. I was in Dune.
Starting point is 00:23:06 Andy. No. What the fuck was that? Proposed it and said, nah. I thought it was like a wrong year. Greg Miller. Dead space. Dead space is incorrect.
Starting point is 00:23:21 Let's move on to our second review blurb from Game Informer, who gave this game an 8.5 out of 10 and says, every superhero has his Achilles heel. Greg. Infamous two. That is incorrect. Andy. Injustice.
Starting point is 00:23:39 That is incorrect. I'm not finished reading about it. We know, we understand. Yeah, you said superhero. Calm down. Every superhero has his Achilles heel, and this one is no different. While a combat is fast and fun,
Starting point is 00:23:52 the auto-targeting occasionally snaps to the wrong place, and the camera can have a mind of its own when you're climbing walls. Oh, okay. Michael's the only one who hasn't buzzed in for this round. Michael. Is it one of those Marvel Ultimate Alliance? You have a specific one? Oh shit.
Starting point is 00:24:11 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2? That is incorrect. This last blur comes from Game Master UK, who gave this game an 8.4 out of 10 and says the greatest spidey game of this generation. Michael. It's a Spider-Man 3 game on PS3. That is incorrect.
Starting point is 00:24:31 Fuck, dude. Andy. Spider-Man Web of Shadows. That is incorrect. Greg. Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions? Spider-Man. Shattered directions?
Starting point is 00:24:39 is the correct answer. The rest of the hint would have been four fantastic flavors of Araknid awesomeness. Now, Greg, you could get 10 points for that round, or you can double that. If you can tell me the exact Xbox 360 Metacritic of Spider-Man's Shattered Dimensions.
Starting point is 00:24:55 81. 81. Is incorrect. 76. Let's move on. To round number three, this first blurb comes from Univoso Nintendo,
Starting point is 00:25:07 who gave this game a six out of A six out of ten and says digging for three and a half hours may be fun, but in the end, it's just digging. Digging for three and a half hours may be fun. Greg. Terraria. Terraria is incorrect. What were the details on the front end of the reviewer? Universal Nintendo, they give it a six out of ten. If nobody has it, we'll move on to our second blurb.
Starting point is 00:25:40 Metro Game Central gave this an eight out of ten. and says despite its many and obvious influences, this is an impressively unique vision that offers excellent value for money and one of the best surprises on the 3DS's e-shop. Michael. Is it Steamroll Dig? It is Steamroll Dig.
Starting point is 00:26:01 Oh, that's the correct answer. Now, that can give you 20 points, or you can double that. If you can tell me the 3DS Metacritic of SteamWorld Dig. 3DS Metacritic for Steamroll Dig. I'm going to say 78? Close, but not. close enough. 82.
Starting point is 00:26:17 Okay. Okay. We're gonna move on to round number four. The first blurb comes from Daily Star who gave this game of five out of five stars and says, it continues to plunder that wonderful rich vein they've been tapping of a brilliant single player story combined with first rate game playing graphics. Greg Miller. Uncharted two.
Starting point is 00:26:39 That is incorrect. This could be anything. Could be. How lucky you feeling? I mean, Andy. Overwatch, too. That is incorrect. You never know, man.
Starting point is 00:26:52 You wish it had that single player opponent. Could you get one more time or? It continues to plunder that wonderful rich vein. They've been tapping of a brilliant single player story combined with first rate gameplay and graphics. Michael. Assassin's Creed for Black Flag? That is incorrect.
Starting point is 00:27:11 This next one comes from Destructoid who gave this game a 9 out of 10 and says, combat, a big reason why people gravitate towards this franchise in the first place, is mostly the same, which works for me. There's a Dodge, Perry, and block system on the defensive side,
Starting point is 00:27:25 which can be plussed up through various means, like skill trees, to create even more engaging timing sequences. Timing sequence, huh? A lot of gameplay details there. Andy. Crackdown 2. That is incorrect. Hmm. Can we get them both back to back?
Starting point is 00:27:43 Sure. Daily Star gave it five out of five stars. It continues to plunder that wonderful rich vein they've been tapping of a brilliant single player's story combined with first rate gameplay and graphics. Destructoid, 9 out of 10. Combat, a big reason why people gravitate toward this franchise in the first place
Starting point is 00:27:58 is mostly the same, which works for me. There's a Dodge, Perry, and Block System on the defensive side, which can be plussed up through various means like skill trees to create even more engaging timing sequences. Timing sequences. Greg Miller. Star Wars Jedi Survivor.
Starting point is 00:28:14 That is incorrect. If nobody has another guess, we'll move on to our third review, which comes from Easy Allies. Hey! Who gave this game a 9 out of 10 and says this is a worthy follow-up to the 2018 masterpiece.
Starting point is 00:28:38 Michael. Oh, damn it. I instantly regret. Is it Spider-Man 2? That is incorrect. Marvel Spider-Man 2? No. Okay.
Starting point is 00:28:47 I would have given it to you. Greg. God of War Ragnarok. God of War Ragnarok is the correct answer. Needed that breadcromb of what other 2018 game there was. Now Greg, can you tell me the PS4 Metacritic? Why is this? Wait, God of War Ragnar is a PS5 game. Let me double check this. It was a question.
Starting point is 00:29:08 Yeah, it was cross-in. Yeah, but usually I pull from the most reviewed platform, but I think I probably meant to write PS5 here, so I'm just going to double check to make sure. But can you tell me the PS5 metac of God of War Ragnarok? I got it right. 88. That is incorrect.
Starting point is 00:29:22 The PS5 Metacritic is a 94. Oh, wow. Wow. Wow. That brings us to the end of our normal round of this game. Critical Hit. Wow, I'm really rusty on the show. That brings us to the end of the normal rounds of critical hit.
Starting point is 00:29:38 But we do have a bonus round titled Metascore Mayhem. I'm going to put up five different games on the screen. You each have whiteboards. I want you to organize these games from top to bottom based on what you think the meta score is. For every correct spot, you'll get a whopping 20 points. The twist, if any of you gets all five games correct, the game ends and we dish out the scores as is.
Starting point is 00:30:07 However, if no one gets all five correct, I'll tell you each how many games you have in the right positions and I'll give you one chance to change your answers. I won't tell you which games you have in the right spots, just how many. You have 60 seconds to jot down your answers. Contestants, are you ready? Yeah. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:30:24 Barrett, bring up the games. Lowest to highest, right? Highest at the top to lowest, yeah. Wow. So, the games are aliens, colonial Marines, Assassin Creek Shadows, Child of Light, Rocket League, and Battlefield 2042. You need to organize these. Highest have the highest metacritics.
Starting point is 00:30:49 in order to the lowest, which has the lowest metacritic. You have just about 30 seconds left to jot these down. We're looking for somebody to get all five in the correct spots. About 15 seconds left here. All our contestants still jotting. Locked in, baby. You got about five seconds left. Looks like Greg's locked in.
Starting point is 00:31:25 Looks like Andy's locked in. We're going to start off with Greg Miller. Greg, what order you got? Best. So number one. Child of Light, number two, Rocket League, number three, Alien Colonial Marines, number four, Battlefield 2042,
Starting point is 00:31:42 number five, Assassin's Creed Shadows. Andy, what you got for me? I have Rocket League, Child of Light, AC Shadows, Battlefield 2042, and Aliens Colonial Marines. Michael, what you got for me? I got exactly what Andy got. Rocket League, Child of Light,
Starting point is 00:31:58 Assassin's Creed Shadows, Battlefield 2042, and Aliens Colonial Marines. Greg, you have one. one game in the correct spot. Thank you. Andy and Michael. You have all five games in the correct spot, meaning both Hion and Andy. Gamers get all the points for the round.
Starting point is 00:32:23 You get 100 points, I believe. Greg gets 20 points for that round. Ah, ha. Loser. And that does complete the bonus round. You guys both got the perfect order there. Crabb is so washed. If we can have the perfect score. Sorry, if we can have the recap.
Starting point is 00:32:42 He just needs to be coughing over there. The recap in last place. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Take that Greg for Team Orange with a measly 80 points. Can't even get into the triple diggies. Fucking embarrassing. In second place, continuing the showdown tradition
Starting point is 00:33:04 of being the bridesmaid, but never the bride. It is Andy the Nitro Rifle Cortez with 140 points and the winner for Team Blue guesting today my baby boy
Starting point is 00:33:16 Michael Hyam with 190 poise. It looks like Tust go. Picked right. I didn't know that was the end of it. That's the end of it.
Starting point is 00:33:26 That's it. If you can pick up a Star Treker. Way to go Michael. Way to go Hyam. Oh, I'm so happy. I just want to thank God. I want to thank my mom. I want to thank my, maybe him, but we'll get to that. And I want to thank Tim Geddes for putting me on. You know what I'm saying? I got you, bro.
Starting point is 00:33:40 There we go. Of course, our star tracker is up. We came into this episode. It's the beginning of the season. We started with no stars, but Michael Hyam playing for Team Blue has earned the first star of the mini season of Game Showdown and compete for stars in the bank. Michael, this is for you. That's the star. Oh, I get a little more. Yeah. Oh, I'm going to hang this on her wall. I need you to leave that here. We only have a certain number of those. But Michael, thank you so much for playing. Yeah. Thanks for coming through.
Starting point is 00:34:05 Hell yeah. And of course, we have more episodes of Game Showdown through the weeks. So tune in to see who's able to win the stars in the bank for the next season, the next full season of Game Showdown. Of course, I've been your host, blessing Adioia Jr. Those have been your contestants. And until next time, it's been our pleasure. Barrett.
Starting point is 00:34:24 Can you hit him with the sound? Can you hit him with the sound? Barrett. We'll see you guys later. We'll see you guys later. Peace.

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