Spitballers Comedy Podcast - 50: Manslaughter Merging and The Best Video Games - Comedy Podcast

Episode Date: June 3, 2019

EPISODE 50! We did it, World! Today, a ‘Would You Rather’ question that would actually help Mike’s resting angry face problem. We also discuss the appropriate time to merge when construction for...ces traffic to one lane. And finally, we give the people what they have been requesting for so long… The Best Video Games of all time draft. Subscribe and tell your friends about another hilarious episode of The Spitballers Comedy Podcast! Connect with the show: Visit us on the web Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram Subscribe on YouTube Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/spitballers/posts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hey, spit wads, when you run out of this great show and you're like, I want more shows, you can get access to our entire archive at spitballerspod.com. You can become an official spit wad of our Patreon, have access to everything we've ever made ad free at spitballerspod.com. What happens when three buffoons give life advice, explore unrealistic situations, and give random topics more thought than they probably deserve? It's the Spitballers Podcast with Andy, Mike, and Jason. Speed up! Boot up! Skid up! Right now! Speed up, boot up, skid up, bow down.
Starting point is 00:00:45 Oh, you did not stick the landing. I thought it was pretty good. The correct answer was skid up, beat up, bow. Oh, and more syllables than you preferred. Yes. You know, the opportunity for a strong resolution was there. Instead, you left us with an open ending. I award you no points.
Starting point is 00:01:08 Welcome to the Spitballers podcast. I'm keeping track. Yeah. Well, Jason. Scat points. You weren't part of, we did a podcast yesterday, the foot cast for the fantasy footballers, and I had to explain Mike in 60 seconds.
Starting point is 00:01:20 Oh, fantastic. Well, you were supposed to. Right. There were probably 10 different questions that you were supposed to do in 60 seconds oh fantastic and well you were supposed to right there were probably 10 different questions that you were supposed to do in 60 seconds but uh you know i mentioned how great of a musician mike was and i take that kind of criticism to heart when he when he tells me my scats are it's not to be me no it's to improve yeah like that movie what's that uh the drumming movie you know what i'm talking about not Oh, yeah. Not my tempo.
Starting point is 00:01:45 Not my tempo? Which is not the name of the movie. Yes, it is. Whiplash. Whiplash. Yeah. Mike is that guy to me. Oh, 100%.
Starting point is 00:01:54 100%. So that was not Mike's tempo. Ready? Just less ripped. Ready? Oh, man. How dare you? That's fair.
Starting point is 00:02:01 J.K. Simmons is shredded in that movie. That guy is not just in that movie in real life jk simmons which if you don't know who that is it's like what he's an 80 year old man who could beat the crap out of you comedian well he uh you know he's seen a thing or two yes exactly he's the insurance guy yeah and he's like this nerdy looking older guy if you take that shirt off i would swap bodies. I will take my head. You'll take the old heart, the old lungs, all that stuff.
Starting point is 00:02:30 His old heart. He's nerdy looking. He looks like an insurance guy in the commercials because he's an insurance guy. Sure, but he still looks like your friend who has just like the meanest grandpa in the entire world. Like, I'm not going over to Billy's house. His grandpa's there today. You accidentally step off the path onto the lawn. Oh, no.
Starting point is 00:02:52 Watch out. No, no, no, no, no, no. It's not his Timbo. Get off my lawn. Get off my lawn. Symbol comes flying in. Yeah. I would definitely take his.
Starting point is 00:03:00 Come loud. His heart has to be healthier than my heart. Probably. Mostly because of McDonald's. I have a beef with McDonald's. Literally? Beef with their beef? I have a beef with their sausage.
Starting point is 00:03:14 What happened? Uh-oh. Oh, do tell. This seems important. This is this morning. This is a shame story. This is this morning. Yes, this is this morning.
Starting point is 00:03:23 You have a beef with McDonald's sausage today how often do we drive up on a morning where we're getting straight to the office and all three of our cars are just we are together we just happen to arrive at the same moment very infrequent
Starting point is 00:03:38 but that happened today and today was a day I really did not want to see either of you two gentlemen as i had my bag of mcdonald's shamefully hidden in the car as i pull up but here's why i'm so mad at mcdonald's clearly not a sponsor uh if you want to purchase a sausage, egg, and cheese McMuffin, that will be $4.34. Okay, wait. If you want to purchase two of them, that will be $4 flat.
Starting point is 00:04:16 Hold on, hold on. It's like they give you 40 cents and an extra McMuffin? 100%. You had two McMuffins. I had two. This is not my fault. This is shame on them for making me eat two of them. This is definitely shame on you as well.
Starting point is 00:04:33 Because we had to come in a little earlier today to record. Yes. Because Al Borland has an appointment. We got in. And you had the gym this morning. You took your gym appointment that we had to cancel and you turned it into two sausage mcmuffins i well i turned it into one and mcdonald's turned it into two they said sir it's cheaper to buy two oh so they said that they corrected you sir i'm sorry i didn't i said i just. At what point did you think about offering the other sausage McMuffin?
Starting point is 00:05:08 I thought about offering it. No joke. I thought about offering it the second I drove away from that window. I was like, oh, I've got an extra one for the guys. But the problem is- One thing led to another. One was gone before I left the parking lot. The trouble with the sausage McMuffin, it's incredible.
Starting point is 00:05:25 It is so good. I love a sausage McMuffin, but it's also me stating at 730 in the morning, I have given up on today. This day is done. Right. At 733. Which you can't do. Call it.
Starting point is 00:05:41 I'm going home. On a day when we are recording episode number 50 that's why you're celebrating I celebrated time of death 733 AM we've got would you rather life advice in a draft today
Starting point is 00:05:57 once again I'm in a very cold streak on drafts we'll see what happens I'm on a hot streak. Are you? It's just a likability. Yeah. People relate to double sausage McMuffin guy, and they vote for him.
Starting point is 00:06:13 Because what else do you have in this life? Right. If you can't vote for double sausage Egg McMuffin guy. You're just a guy who lost the poll that ate two sausage McMuffins. People don't want to leave you in that state. I will take all the sympathy votes I can get. Yeah, I know you will. At SpitballersPod on Twitter, you can send us your would-you-rather questions,
Starting point is 00:06:31 your draft ideas. We are always – I know, Borland, you are always begging for incredible draft ideas. And I want – I'm going to say this. I want creative ideas. All right? Not just ideas. Not just – I want creative ideas all right not just ideas not just i want creative ideas like uh i like those ones that are real you know give us an example like you know like when we did you're stuck in a place you're stuck in a jungle and you know you can only do whatever and then you
Starting point is 00:07:03 got to pick items you know you got to pick four items for the jungle. Okay. Mike, are you obsessed with four? Look, this won't read on the podcast version, but if you want to check us out on YouTube, youtube.com slash spitballers. Someone put a... It's not a bobblehead.
Starting point is 00:07:18 It's more like a bobble body. Bobble body. That's what they call me. And it has just been shaking the entire time. It's impossible to stop it. Wait, you haven't been touching it? No. I tried to stop it.
Starting point is 00:07:32 That wasn't me flicking it to go more. Normally, a bobblehead stops after a couple minutes. Not Thor. Thor has moved for like 10 minutes straight, and the momentum is... I've noticed him moving. I just assumed that you have actually tapped him. So on the camera you just have Thor. Borland sends me a message. He's like
Starting point is 00:07:50 hey we might want to stop Thor from waggling. That's what I tried to do and it's impossible. It's impressive. So we need a time check. I'm going to check in. I'll give you an update in about 20 minutes. Thank you. If Thor is still going. Well there's the audio. The audio only. I'm going to let you know.'ll give you an update in about 20 minutes. Thank you. If Thor is still going. Well, there's the audio.
Starting point is 00:08:05 On Wobble Thor? The audio only. I'm going to let you know. The play-by-play. Very important. Would you rather. All right. Jared asks us, would you rather take a five-hour road trip with a kid whose favorite question is why or a one-hour flight with a kid who is having a meltdown?
Starting point is 00:08:33 Jared is a monster. Now, this question. In both situations, this is our child, I assume? Yes. Okay, good. Because another kid having a meltdown. Would you rather kidnap a kid for five hours in a... I assume the car ride was my kid, because I don't usually take other kids on a car ride.
Starting point is 00:08:53 But you do take them on planes? No, but other children are on the plane. Would I rather sit like a row behind someone? We don't only kidnap kids on planes. We don't all get to buy out the plane, Andy. Yeah. Mr. Hoity Toity. Goodness.
Starting point is 00:09:08 You guys don't fly private? I wish. I wish. I got the legs for it. I got that app. All right. So this is an interesting one. I know my answer.
Starting point is 00:09:19 I would rather. Both of these are awful. They're terrible. I would rather go on a one-hour flight with a meltdown. And I have a clear reason why. Okay. Do tell. If I'm on that one-hour flight with a meltdown, yes, it is embarrassing.
Starting point is 00:09:35 Yes, it is horrifying and horrible and a terrible experience. And that one hour is revolting. But I believe that most people will blame the child after a while because the child is inconsolable. They're going crazy. They're having a full meltdown. There's nothing you can do. Whereas in the car, I will have the meltdown,
Starting point is 00:10:00 and it will be 100% my fault, and I will be an evil person. When I get impatient When my kids, when I get impatient with my kids at home for asking me why, I feel like a terrible person later because they're just inquisitive young children with the spark of life within them and they just want to know how things work
Starting point is 00:10:18 and I'm like, Daddy's busy doing something. When it really, it's like I'm, I'm browsing Amazon. I got a text I got to send. It's so funny because I feel like I have the opposite answer to this question, but for the exact same reason. Because you feel like you'll be blamed on the plane.
Starting point is 00:10:41 Because on the plane, there are other people i will be you know i don't feel as like when he's melting down the whole time he or she is melting down my child is having a problem everyone around me i feel is also having a problem i feel their eyeballs looking at me now i don't see them because my eyes are down at my lap or my child and i feel like i the world is closing in around me because of the shame of and i can't here's what i can't do in that situation i can't i can't yell back at them right but in that car where no one else can see oh they're gonna get to business they're gonna get five hours of the business and they are going to learn that daddy can melt down more than they can and the answer to the business will be why yeah the meltdown will will improve nothing jason no
Starting point is 00:11:37 no of course not of course not that car will be in flames by the time we get to its destination but the plane ride is interesting. So, Andy, I want you to really think about it. When you are on a plane, because we've all experienced the airplane with the meltdown child. I don't know if for an entire hour. I mean, that's a long one. Even 10 minutes of a...
Starting point is 00:11:58 That's a long one. In your head, do you really go, man, do you feel the empathy for the child? Like they are just displeased? Or in your head, do you really go, man, do you feel the empathy for the child? Like they are just displeased? Or in your head, are you going, that's a really crappy parent. Get it together, pal. If they're making any sort of effort, if the parent is making any effort whatsoever, I'm talking they're not just ignoring it as though it wasn't happening
Starting point is 00:12:21 and affecting people around them. I have enormous compassion for them because I have kids. Now, the people that don't have kids are not pleasant. Yeah, I remember being that person. Because they just say, can't you get your kids? But ever since I've had kids, I almost go out of my way to say, I get it. Like, look,, you got enough problems going on to worry about me over here.
Starting point is 00:12:48 You just... I'll be fine. That's how I feel. But you're also just one of the 150 people on the plane. I'll be looking around on that plane going, y'all have kids, right? Y'all know what it's like. It would be hard. It is embarrassing.
Starting point is 00:13:04 I will say this i have empathy for the parent i really do like when that those situations happen i go oh i feel so bad for them but at the same time it does not it does not that that empathy does not quench my anger at the situation because i just hate it it's like oh that's why i oh! I feel so bad for the parent, but shut that kid up! Alright, Caleb has another question. By the way, Mike, which would you go with? I guess you didn't officially decide.
Starting point is 00:13:33 I've done both, and I wasn't thinking of the road trip with the Y. I was recalling to the past of driving home from California in bumper-to-bumper with the baby. Oh, a kid meltdown? With the baby who is just shrieking. And there's nothing you can do because you're in bumper to bumper.
Starting point is 00:13:51 And that's a rage in your chest. I mean, your heart starts to hurt because things are functioning improperly. Your brain, you have springs just popping out. Steam is coming out your ears. Your breaths are twice as big, but you get half the normal oxygen somehow. It's just... I mean, I guess if it's just asking why, I suppose I will take the five-hour trip because I already hate flying. So when you add in the, I'm worried because I feel the eyes of the plane all staring at me.
Starting point is 00:14:25 I'm going to take the car. Yeah, that's how I want to go down in a plane with a meltdown happening at the same time. But at least in a car, if it's a five-hour trip, I can take a break, which I have done, and just be like, stay here, slam the door, and then I just stand on the outside. You've pulled that move? Oh, I've done it. One of the reasons that I am— I just stand on the outside. You've pulled that move? Oh, I've done it. One of the reasons that I am... I needed a break, man.
Starting point is 00:14:50 I am a vehement minivan supporter in life is because I began our parenting adventure thinking I was going to be cool with the SUV. The smaller, you know, the RAV4 style SUV. And when I went from that distance from me and Screaming Kids to the minivan distance, it was life changing. I just figured out what all parents are doing wrong. We only...
Starting point is 00:15:17 Cop cars? No, no, no, no, no. Because you can still hear. You need a limo. 100% right. You and the spouse are up front in the limo. You put up the privacy shield. Lord of the Flies is going on in the back.
Starting point is 00:15:31 I can't see. Well, they're strapped in. They can't do nothing. Oh, yeah. Lock the doors. Put the child safety lock on. They can't open it from inside. Do your worst.
Starting point is 00:15:39 Where is the family limo? You don't need a family limo. You just need, look, minivans. Chrysler, let's go. They've added so many features. You got the drop-down DVD player. You got the headphones. Just take it all the way.
Starting point is 00:15:54 Just take it all the way, Honda. Soundproof. Put that soundproof shield that I can raise up and do me a favor. Make sure it's blackout, too. I don't want to see them. You don't need to see them. No. You're already their chauffeur. That's what the side view blackout too. I don't want to see them. You don't need to see them. No. You're already their chauffeur.
Starting point is 00:16:06 That's what the side view mirrors are for. I can look around for traffic. I'll do that same thing on the why questions as well. Dad, why is it, why is what? Oh, see, I'll ask. I'll be the one asking the question. Hey, guys, what do you want to do when we get there? All right.
Starting point is 00:16:25 Caleb has a question. He said, would you rather always announce your emotional state the moment that your emotional state changes? So, for example, if you're going from happy to sad, you have to say. I declare. I am now sad. Bankruptcy. Or have everyone else announced their emotional state the moment it changes. So the people around you announce it.
Starting point is 00:16:42 Everyone else announced their emotional state the moment it changes. So the people around you announce it. Boy, that would be just a really small feeling if you're like, you're telling a joke or you're with some friends hanging out, and somebody goes, I am now bored. Yeah, that could really backfire. I am not humored. Yeah, they could really backfire. You're out on a first date, and you're trying to charm your way to a second date, and they just say,
Starting point is 00:17:15 I'm bored. Would an emotional state count as like, I want to leave? Let's stick with the first date, but then do both scenarios. Either you're announcing your emotional state or they're announcing theirs. Is that state considered emotional? Yeah, I know. I know. That's why I just laughed a minute ago.
Starting point is 00:17:39 Oh, no. All right. Hold on. How do you have to announce? Because the way the question is worded, it. All right. I think. Well, hold on. How do you have to announce? Because the way the question is worded, it's in caps. So this person is declaring at full volume. I am now sad. Or is it just a casual comment?
Starting point is 00:17:57 No. We're discussing, hey, I'm happy now. Nope. No. We're here. We're at the restaurant on our date. And then i have to stand up and say you have to stand you i have to yeah it's a declaration you have to stand for all
Starting point is 00:18:11 declarations it's in the geneva convention you stand up and you say i am so angry right now so like right when the waiter brings the wrong food yes and that impulse that you have that you contain because you want to be polite when that impulse comes you stand up and go i am discontent well let me tell you man we went to zips the other night and we had the worst service we've ever had in our life the amount of times i i literally did the look back stand up out of the booth towards the kitchen. Look around. Because of your food? I almost announced my emotions. I almost said, excuse me. I am very angry that our food.
Starting point is 00:18:52 We literally ordered, when we sat down, first thing we did was order chips and salsa. Oh, man. Chips and salsa. They were making them fresh. They sure were. And they were bringing them in from Mexico. Because 40 minutes later, we don't have 40 minutes? We don't have
Starting point is 00:19:10 chips. We don't have salsa. What would have been worse? If they 40 minutes never would have happened for me and Al Borland, I'll tell you that. Your scenario where nothing shows up, but what if 20 minutes in, they just brought out the salsa?
Starting point is 00:19:26 And then you just sat there. Oh, I would have combined. So was this you and the family? Yes. It was just... So you had to sit with kids without chips for 40 minutes. And they were... Everybody was getting upset.
Starting point is 00:19:38 So if I had to announce my emotions there, it would have been unfortunate for all... Did you get yourself a discount? there, it would have been unfortunate for all... Did you get yourself a discount? They took the hot dog off from... My daughter ordered a hot dog. They took that off only because that didn't show up
Starting point is 00:19:53 way later when the rest of the food showed up. Gross. Alright, so... See, I can't help but think of... There was like a Black Mirror episode. If you've ever seen the show, it's kind of like a modern day tech version of like- The Twilight Zone.
Starting point is 00:20:09 Twilight Zone. Yeah. And they had an episode where you had to wear a badge and it showed like your social network standing and everybody has to wear the badge. Oh, I'm crushing. So I'm thinking of a badge that says like sad or happy or angry or disappointing.
Starting point is 00:20:27 Disappointing. Disappointed. You you know what i think this would benefit my life if you knew what other people thought no if people knew what you thought people knew what i thought because without him speaking because they just assume i'm angry that's true because of the face yeah what does it say not as angry as you think no yeah it says i'm happy and even like if i announce apathetic at all times don't care there would be a lot don't care all right would you rather go ahead oh i was just gonna answer i'm taking everybody else's i want to know what everybody else is thinking and still bottle up my emotions push it way down just just just down to the down to the feet transparency would be nice in in others yes yeah yeah would you rather have to always go number two without
Starting point is 00:21:15 your phone oh no or always go to the gym without your headphones ivan wants to know our preference. Joke's on you, Ivan. I don't go to the gym. So I'll take that one. I do, however, own the restroom. I don't know what Ivan would have, what he would have had to have written for me to give up taking my phone with me into the restroom. That is my sanctuary. That is my escape room. Why do we feel so disgusted when someone leaves a restroom? If you go number one and you leave a restroom without washing your hands, you're disgusting.
Starting point is 00:22:01 Right. If you go number two and don't wash your hands, you're out of society. Stay far away. But if you hold your phone with the hands that are unwashed, a thousand times in a row, you never wash or detox your phone. But I think that's fine because I'm not... So you believe all contamination in a restroom is related
Starting point is 00:22:22 solely from the wiping situation? Is that the contention here? The majority, but you're right. Your phone is a cesspool of disease. I mean, it's just like- That's my point. Yes. But we don't, like, it's like you can come out of the bathroom, you've washed your hands,
Starting point is 00:22:38 throw your phone down near your food, and you're like, hey, it's no big deal. I just think it's funny because you're both saying, like, literally, you would do nothing, you never want to give your phone up while you're like, hey, it's no big deal. I just think it's funny because you're both saying like, literally, you would do nothing. You never want to give your phone up while you're pooping. And if you could see microscopically, you would know that you just erupted a cloud of fecal matter all over the table. Okay, so you, but we're doing nothing about this. It's socially acceptable, so we're fine. There's no concern here?
Starting point is 00:23:01 No. I'm going to delete whatever you have just said for the last 30 seconds from my mind as soon as we're done with this conversation and never think about what's on my phone again because you're not going to ruin this for me, Andy. You know what would be great? They already got wireless charging. Why doesn't it, like, you just put it in a wireless charging case that, like, zaps it with ultraviolet and, like like gets rid of all that fecal
Starting point is 00:23:25 matter every night how are you gonna i'm not talking about like right in the bathroom i'm saying every night you put your phone on a little wireless charging sure fecal matter destroyer but then by the second you touch it in the morning it's now gross again well no i can't be as gross as a thousand poops it It's still pretty gross. Look, I want my phone. I would have to be somebody that goes to the gym relentlessly to choose that one. When we go to the gym, we have a trainer.
Starting point is 00:23:54 So going in there with headphones would be really rude. I would love to put my headphones in during the time the trainer's talking. Yes. How many reps? One. But I will try to play along with the question ivan even though you already lost i'm just i'm sorry my friend but you'll go to the gym in this scenario you can still have your your music and your phone but you have to play it out the speaker
Starting point is 00:24:17 yeah so everyone around you gets to know what music you are actually working out to. I'm pretty sure I would just go sans music. Have you ever done an elliptical with no music? I will be honest, every time that I have ever, and I have, I know this will be shocking, but I have visited a gym and done ellipticals and treadmills and things like that. Treadmills? Yes, Jason has, of course, done a treadmill.
Starting point is 00:24:43 Oh, yeah. It's a leisurely stroll. A three-course treadmill. It's called Sausage McMuffins in a light stroll. But I have never brought music with me to the gym. Oh, my goodness. It makes 20 minutes feel like an eternity. When you have nothing, you're like, oh, man, I've been crushed.
Starting point is 00:25:05 What do I got left? Like three minutes? You're like, you've been running for 30 seconds, sir. Yeah, that's what it feels like every time. Yeah. You guys want to do some life advice? Yeah. Spitmallers to the rescue.
Starting point is 00:25:22 The spitwads out there should know we have not seen any of these questions before this episode, which is why the advice is so good. Fig said, when on the highway and you have to merge to one lane for construction, when is the appropriate
Starting point is 00:25:39 time to merge? My wife thinks you can wait until the last minute. I think you need to do it after the second warning. What a wonderful question. I have strong opinions. What do you guys think? You can get in fights over this one. I know what you do.
Starting point is 00:25:56 Here's what I do. I'll be honest. It is completely, 100% dependent on the time frame of this drive. So let's say I need to get home. We've got an event at home. I'm leaving work and the daughter's dance recital is at 7
Starting point is 00:26:17 and I've got to make sure I'm home to help out and do that. I am being that guy. I'm going to ride in the right lane. All the way? All the way past these suckers sitting there in their 75 car long line who all merged way too early, and I just cut 10 minutes out of my drive. But if I'm like, you know, there's no rush. I don't want to be that guy.
Starting point is 00:26:46 You know I don't like the confrontation. I felt like maybe you're okay with car confrontation because it's like you get the windows tinted. Feel like a big man. Someone will always let you in. Yeah. But the problem is when I commit to the early merge out of respect for the line, if someone passes me at that point, when I do the early merge, I do the half car in to block them from coming up the sign. I'm taking control of the merge.
Starting point is 00:27:14 This is my merge now. The whole rest of the way, you just drive, right? I drive on that line. I absolutely do. You merge behind me. That's 100% right. I am conflicted on this one because I, like, it does feel bad to be the person who goes all the way to the front and cuts in. It feels, I feel bad when I do it.
Starting point is 00:27:45 that the research literally says that if everyone would just use both of the lanes and then you do the zipper merge of every other, it's actually way faster for everybody involved instead of you doing the stupid crap where you're like, oh, I got a merge in a mile. I better get in this line now. Thank you, Mike. So do you bring out the research and hand it out on the way through the merge? We just gave it out.
Starting point is 00:28:04 We just gave it out to millions of people. At least. You have literally changed. I will never early merge again in my life because I stand for a better society. Experts say. Justification. Whenever you need to justify something,
Starting point is 00:28:17 you just say, experts say. If I do that merge, the late merge, a lot of times I look confused on purpose. Like, oh, I didn't even realize the merge was, a lot of times I look confused on purpose. You look around. Oh, I didn't even realize the merge was hitting. Whoopsies, let me in. I'm a stupid driver. That makes you feel better?
Starting point is 00:28:32 It makes me feel better, yeah. If you're in a court of law, what's worse, manslaughter or premeditated murder? I mean, my merges are, I want them to appear as manslaughter. So you're manslaughter merging. So you're picturing the person in the front who you are cutting off. They're pissed off at me. They look over and they're furious. This jerk thinks he's better than everybody else.
Starting point is 00:28:55 But then you look, they see the confused person driving. Oh my goodness. Yeah, I try to look. This is just a poor, confused, middle-aged dad. I look discombobulated. Yeah. I'm bobbling things on my lap. I'm real busy.
Starting point is 00:29:11 I've spilled my coffee so they feel compassion for me. Wait. How do they see your lap? They're in a semi-truck. They're in a big rig. You have to spill as they're looking at you. That's what I mean. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:29:24 Okay. Feel bad for me. Just have food all over your face. I like to get places early with a scalded lap. I think the truth here for Fig is we've answered it. Your wife was right. Derek needs
Starting point is 00:29:37 help, guys. Derek needs a lot of help. Every day, says Derek. Bo? Sorry, continue. One of my... No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, that's a great reference. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:29:50 But it's Bo Derek. Yeah. It's not Derek. Wait, isn't it both? It's Bo Derek, guys. It's Bo Derek. It's a terrible reference joke and everything. Who's the fighter?
Starting point is 00:29:59 That was so much worse than what Mike normally does because you threw the first name at the end and then thought it was a good reference. And it's like so old. I just watched Tommy Boy the night before last. And then Derek comes up. It's not going to not happen. You just watched Tommy Boy?
Starting point is 00:30:14 I just did. That's the only movie I've ever seen with Bo Derek in it. It's the only one. My wife and I have been on this little kick of just watching really good, funny movies that we've seen before. Or just good movies. Like, we watched Limitless. I watched Limitless last night. Really?
Starting point is 00:30:29 Yes. So we watched it the night before. It was... Oh, wait. Was that last night? No, it was two nights ago. Two nights ago was Limitless. Last night was Limitless.
Starting point is 00:30:37 Do we need to turn off the mics over here? They're having a little session. But I'm just telling... Look, Spitwad's out there. Limitless is great. When you run out of all the news shows and the news things to watch. Well, it's just definitely not impossible. I feel like I do that all the time.
Starting point is 00:30:51 Every Tuesday I'm out of stuff to watch. But just go back and watch the great movies. Like the ones we already know we love. Instead of searching for, you know, like some great movie and then watching junk. Sorry. Continue, Bo. Derek says, every day one of my employees gets up to go to the bathroom. When he does, he likes to announce, I'm taking the Browns to the Super Bowl.
Starting point is 00:31:16 At what point do I need to address this or can I let it continue? Ironically, his name is Jason. So he gets up every day and says, I'm taking the Browns to the Super Bowl. That sounds like a sitcom character. No. It's well documented, my love for a good poop joke. This is one of my least favorite poo-famisms, as I will call it.
Starting point is 00:31:41 I'm taking the Browns to the Super Bowl. If he just stood up and was like, hey, I got to take a dump. I respect you, my friend. So you respect me? You don't like the joke? Yeah, it's my least favorite. Now, specifically this one? Specifically this phrase.
Starting point is 00:31:58 So if he was like, I'm dropping the kids. You've never heard this one? I have never heard this one. No. What? No, never. So you're telling me. That's impossible. If Jason stood up. Have you heard it? Nope, I've never heard this one? I have never heard this one. No. What? No, never. So you're telling me... That's impossible. If Jason stood up...
Starting point is 00:32:07 Borland? Have you heard it? Nope, I've never heard it. All right. Apparently I invented this phrase then, and that's why I'm so tired of it. Because I've known this for years. So if he stood up and said, I'm going to drop the kids off at the pool, that's better than I'm taking the Browns to the Super Bowl.
Starting point is 00:32:21 You're right. I dislike that one as well. Yeah, because that one's the worst. I like this one. This one is great. You like it because you've never heard it before because you've been living in a cave somewhere. How many other employees are hearing this?
Starting point is 00:32:33 Is this a small office? At least 15. So 15 people every day hear the moment this man is about to take a dump. That feels bad for morale. The guy's just trying to get out in front of it because he feels the shame of I've been gone for 10 minutes. Everyone knows it, so he's just trying to own it. That's right.
Starting point is 00:32:54 I'm going to the bathroom. I had a sausage bean muffin this morning. Two of them. Thanks, McDonald's. I have diarrhea. But maybe he's doing a kindness to the office because what look i would much prefer to hear this than hey i'm gonna go take a number two everybody i'm gonna go take a dump in the toilet however however i do want to know i like when you added it's in the toilet thank you mr
Starting point is 00:33:18 employee yes you're welcome i'm gonna use the again. But I do want to know when my fellow coworkers are going number two. Like, that's pertinent information because I assume we all share a restroom. Right. And so I need to know, okay, okay, I'm going to hold on to this little number one for an extra 15 minutes. Or is he just giving, maybe he is the savior of the office. He's giving people, he's saying, you got to take a number one? Run now. Go get it done because I have to take the Browns to the Super Bowl.
Starting point is 00:33:50 Yep. I love it. I think we're bringing you around on this one, Mike. No, you won't. This show traditionally formulates lots of new inventions and ideas. We live in a smart society. Smart phones in our pockets. Smart.
Starting point is 00:34:03 we live in a smart society, smartphones in our pockets, smart. I don't understand why at the office we don't have a smart restroom that can detect what has happened inside of it and can set forth yellow alerts and orange alerts and red alerts that just emanate from the, I mean. So like on the outside of the door where sometimes the lock says vacant or occupied or whatever, you just have a little light on the door. Yes. A little warning light of like green.
Starting point is 00:34:32 It's all clear. It smells good inside. Red. Come back later or enter your own room. Red is dead. Yellow is mellow. That's a good invention. I know.
Starting point is 00:34:41 And the toilet should be able to know what's happened. And it could grade it And the toilet should be able to know what's happened. And it could, you know, it could grade it. The toilet should know? Yeah, the toilet should know what has happened to it. I like this because I want the toilet to score my food. That's what I want. I want a rating. I want a rating.
Starting point is 00:34:57 The problem with going to the bathroom. Consistency? It has not been gamified. Everything is better in life when it is gamified. Like, dude, that was a four star. Oh no, you've got to get a full rating. You crushed it. And it talks.
Starting point is 00:35:11 I want it to be the equivalent of the slam dunk contest where people hold up the placards of Boom Shakalaka! 10, 9, 10, 4, 6. He's on fire. It has a web portal connected to Wi-Fi, so anyone in the office at any time can go to that page.
Starting point is 00:35:29 You from the toilet can see how you're doing right on your phone. Like words of encouragement coming from the office. You can do it, buddy. All right. Never give up. I think we need to pivot as a business. Finish strong. Yeah, keep score.
Starting point is 00:35:43 I mean, all of a sudden jason has another reason to eat more sausage mcmuffins because he can score a bigger score i'm going for a new high score today i'm going for a new high score oh my goodness all right chipotle last night oh big muffins this morning hey borland we got time for another life advice or should we get into the draft what do you think we got time we got time sch another life advice, or should we get into the draft? What do you think? We got time. We got time. Schmidt has a question, and we want to help. Jingleheimer. What are you supposed to do? How does he introduce himself?
Starting point is 00:36:17 Does he do a James Bond introduction? Yes. My name is Schmidt. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. That's exactly what it is. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. That's exactly what it is. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. Sorry. Oh, update, update, update.
Starting point is 00:36:34 Thor is still dancing. Whoa, he is still dancing. Now, wait a minute. They say, like, perpetual motion can't happen. He's breaking the laws of physics. We should be able to like get electricity to power the world yes this is my favorite review we got this week five star review you are very childish i like your podcast but you are very childish that is you're a child
Starting point is 00:36:58 yeah no you are jacob jingleheimer okay what are you supposed to do if you are walking down a hall and make eye contact with someone oh way on the other end and way too early what are you supposed to do during the long walk towards each other dude this is this is so real because i will if i'm walking and i know i'm going to pass someone i will intentionally not look at them because i want to avoid this like i will i will be looking down or looking off into absolutely nothingness going okay now's the time yeah but but but this now look over and this is the situation where you've done it, Mike. You have accidentally forgotten your own rule, and you made eye contact, and it's a good 30 yards.
Starting point is 00:37:54 I'm turning around. You're leaving? I'm turning around. This is the sole reason I own a smartwatch. The sole reason is for long eye contact, so I have something to look like I can be distracted. Like, I see you. Oh, I got a notification. Let me check that out on my stroll, and then I'm back.
Starting point is 00:38:13 But they think you're just checking what time it is. That's the issue. No, I'm twisted dial, bro. I'm moving. I'm swiping on my watch. Someone's walking past you going, that guy doesn't know how to use a watch. Yeah. wiping on my watch someone's walking past you going that guy doesn't know how to use a watch yeah uh i i say you start a conversation from the get-go just no no normal voice if they can't hear you that's you know it's like hey how do you have a good weekend and they're way far down the hall
Starting point is 00:38:39 and you just keep walking to each other but the problem there is I feel like when you get to each other, you're going to have to stop. Oh, no. Oh. There's the expected slow down and converse. So I take back everything I say. Yes, thank you. What if you make the eye contact and then you just start running? At them?
Starting point is 00:39:01 Towards them. Or away from them. No, towards. I mean, this is not like a psychopath. You're running directly Towards them. Or away from them. No, towards. I mean, this is not like a psychopath. You're running directly at them. You just start jogging your path. Yeah, you now want to speed up the process because you don't want to live with the awkwardness of this eye contact.
Starting point is 00:39:18 I think you just tie your shoe. I think you see it. Oh, to break it up? And then they walk the rest of the way towards you? Exactly. Exactly. Because now you can't look at them or talk to them while you're tying your shoe. Oh, I see them.
Starting point is 00:39:30 Look down. Shoe is tied. Go quickly untie it and retie it. That's going to be my move. Look up. All right. I've got a double knot. I'm getting ready.
Starting point is 00:39:42 That's a very similar situation to when you're holding the door too long. Yes, it is. You're stuck holding the door. And maybe just running as fast as you can in the opposite direction is the key. I'm telling you, it could work. The Spitballers Draft. All right, we're drafting the best video games, but there are some caveats, okay?
Starting point is 00:40:05 People have requested video game drafts for quite some time. I know you all have—look, people have strong opinions on this topic. But here's the rules. We're drafting best video games, but you can only choose one per console in your draft pick. So if you choose something from Super NES or Genesis or N64, PlayStation, whatever, you can't choose more from that same system. Okay? So that's the rules. Jason, I believe, has the first pick of the draft.
Starting point is 00:40:37 He does. And there are a mountain of options. Wow. Speaking of limitless. All of the options are at my disposal with the first pick. Look, I think I have to do it because of you, Mike. I was putting off the vibes. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:40:57 Letting you know that if you pass this game, it will not come back. Yeah. And look, they're remaking it. It's one of the best video games of all time i was sad when you had the first pick knowing i couldn't take this just to upset you yeah because that's the thing that's the thing i know this is my game like you guys i i'm sure hopefully all three of us have enjoyed it but like this series is like my favorite video game series of all time and i knew that mike would draft this so I have to take
Starting point is 00:41:25 the game that I feel like... Dance Dance Revolution 1. Thank you. Yes! Oh, I played the crap out of DDR, man. You want to work up a sweat? No. Final Fantasy is my favorite video game series of all time. 7 is known by most people as the most popular and
Starting point is 00:41:42 the most famous. They're remaking it. It kicked off the PlayStation console to me. So Final Fantasy VII. It was four discs, man. It was ridiculous. On PlayStation. Unbelievable game. When that train scene happened at the beginning,
Starting point is 00:41:57 oh, I was just, I'd never seen anything like it. I never played it. Well, good news. No joke. I know. They're remaking it. And it's going to be Which is good because if you went back to the OG version. So is that
Starting point is 00:42:09 PlayStation? Yes. PlayStation 1. So you've got your PlayStation 1 figured out. It's funny that you... And that's Final Fantasy 7? Final Fantasy 7. It's really funny that like you can go back... I've never been in that universe. Oh, it's so good. So like if you go back and play Final Fantasy 7 on PlayStation, it's not going to hold up.
Starting point is 00:42:26 The graphics just aren't good enough, whatever. But if you go back far enough, like if you go back to 8-bit, 16-bit, those games hold up. And it's fine. If I go back and play Final Fantasy III from far before, which Final Fantasy VI in Japan, III here, that game holds up. Nerd. Nerd alert. Final Fantasy VI and Japan 3 here.
Starting point is 00:42:43 That game holds up. Nerd. Nerd alert. I'm having such a hard time with this because there are so many games that belong in the upper echelon. And we are going to name 12 games. Yeah. Oh, people are going to be so many angry people. Probably 50 games that firmly belong in the top 12 for certain people.
Starting point is 00:43:03 Yes. So you've got Final Fantasy VII for PlayStation. Here comes Tetris. No. Shut up. That's a good game. I'm going to go... The situation here for me is I'm trying to think of what will get past Mike.
Starting point is 00:43:18 Mike gets two picks. I'm extremely concerned about him taking man this is tough I'm going to go with Super Mario 3 I'm going to go with Super Mario 3 I think that that was probably that's in the upper
Starting point is 00:43:37 echelon of best games of all time unbelievable loved it played it a ton played a ton of it when it came back out on All-Stars on SNES, but I'm taking Super Mario 3 for the NES. That's a good pick. I'm so afraid of you taking the pick that I want next, though.
Starting point is 00:43:54 So afraid. I don't think I will. Okay. Number one, I'm going to take GoldenEye for the Nintendo 64. That's the pick! That's the pick we all wanted. You said, I don't think you will, and it's the number one pick on my list.
Starting point is 00:44:06 It's the number one pick on mine as well. It's just... Because here's the reason that's a great pick. I hate you. I almost took that with the first pick. Then I would have Final Fantasy VII. And I couldn't live with that. I think vote getting wise and...
Starting point is 00:44:22 Because here's the thing. I don't think there is another game out there because we're drafting one per console. I don't think there's another game that represents a console as well. Like, sure. It was the best game on. Well, no, no. Here's the thing. I know what you're thinking because I know what the other game is.
Starting point is 00:44:42 I'm totally blowing my cover here. There's another first person game. But perfect dark is better. Perfect dark made by the other game is. I'm totally blowing my cover here. There's another first-person game on that series. Perfect Dark is better. Perfect Dark made by the same company is so much better. It is. But it doesn't have the same res. I feel like when you take Goldeneye, people know that I have taken Goldeneye and Perfect Dark because it...
Starting point is 00:45:01 No, you don't get... No, no, no. That's the worst. You don't get Perfect Dark because I might take Perfect Dark. You can, yeah, if you want to take it. Oh, do it. I'm just saying
Starting point is 00:45:08 if no one takes it, then emotionally people will just connect both of those games. Well, and look, Goldeneye came out before Perfect Dark. Yes.
Starting point is 00:45:15 So Goldeneye had this... It broke the mold because it was so advanced and it was so fun and it was so... You know, you play with your friends for years. I mean, I broke my fingers playing that game.
Starting point is 00:45:29 Couch... The Golden Gun? Couch co-op is... It's so sad to me that... That's my favorite thing to do. That video arcades are dead, and that couch co-op is essentially dead. I know there's a couple games out there that you can do it, but that was the best thing to do ever was if you had three friends
Starting point is 00:45:50 and you filled out the four-player game. Absolutely. And GoldenEye is kind of the one that really got that going. Jumping off of that bridge on that first level. Yeah. I mean, the single player was fantastic. The single player was great. The multiplayer.
Starting point is 00:46:03 So then I'm going to take... I'm glad I broke everyone's heart with that selection. You destroyed me. I was very happy to get it. Would you have taken Super Mario 3? No. No chance. I was trying to choose between Goldeneye or Super Mario 3 and which one would fall through and I guessed wrong.
Starting point is 00:46:20 And this one, I doubt you guys will take it, but it's my favorite game of all time, so I will take Link to the Past for the Super Nintendo. Okay. I love that game. It's the best game ever made. So your Super Nintendo pick, gone. Your N64, gone.
Starting point is 00:46:34 Yes. And it's back to me, and I only get one choice again. This is tough not getting to go back to back and put things together. I'm taking Red Dead Redemption 2. Number two? Number two. Best game I've ever played. You're going to get some recency.
Starting point is 00:46:50 I understand that. I understand that. Not to take away from it. I'm taking Red Dead 2 mostly because I think it belongs in the upper echelon. I really do. 100%. And I believe it wouldn't get past Jason. It would not have gotten past him. I'm going to take Red Dead Redemption 2.
Starting point is 00:47:06 Wow, man. Such a good game. My list now. You do need to specify the console. Well, he can't take the same game on a different console, though, right? So I'll take it on PS4, but he can't take the same game. Correct. You just can't take another PS4 game.
Starting point is 00:47:18 Yes, sir. Got it. Oh, man. I had a list here. And I'm going to be real loyal to, just for the record, I'm going to be loyal to the games that I love in this draft because there are games that other people love that I never grew addicted to. So, I mean, I'm going to be real loyal to that.
Starting point is 00:47:39 And so I think at my last couple picks, you're not going to see them coming. All right, so I had GoldenEye written down, Red Dead written down. Those were great. They're also drafted. They're done now. They're also drafted. They're done now. They're also drafted.
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Starting point is 00:47:52 They're also drafted. They're also drafted. They're also drafted. Nintendo Entertainment System, the OG in my life, Super Tecmo Bowl, I still argue, is the best football game of all time. It's very fun. It was the first game where it was like they started to care about stats. Like, you could make your team and play the season and watch i mean i would you know be putting up 110 points in a game breaking all
Starting point is 00:48:32 these nfl records i love super tecmo bowl and now did was super tecmo bowl because i only played tecmo bowl sure like i didn't get up to the super part of the game. Was it as broken for Bo Jackson? There were a few players. They kept him in sweetness, Walter Payton. I think the most broken was Barry Sanders. I don't think Payton was in the
Starting point is 00:48:57 super. I don't think he was in the regular Tecmo Bowl. There were a few people, and I think this is going back but uh was it reggie white there was a defender that was also broken so like if you you know when you selected that guy he's just breaking right through the the offensive line every time so oh my gosh now now the face tilting begins now the face tilting begins i mean okay so i i can't go playstation i can't go um regular nintendo super nintendo i would have gone super mario
Starting point is 00:49:34 three there's a lot of great games super nintendo you would have gone mario 3 mario 3 was regular nintendo oh yeah yeah. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. I am really... You are upside down right now. I am upside down. There's a lot of great games out there. I'm going to go with what I wrote down because I was making my list of games that I thought really, you know, they're just special for different reasons. This one is special for my son and my other... Both boys.
Starting point is 00:50:05 They love it. I am taking for the PC Fortnite. It is the most popular game out there right now. I am a huge fan of Ninja and I'm taking Fortnite. How many hours have you played Fortnite, Jason? I have watched my son. How many hours have you played Fortnite, Jason? I would say two.
Starting point is 00:50:25 Two hours? Total? Yes. Best game of all time. No, I didn't say best game of all time. Best game of all time is... No, no, no. But we're drafting the best games of all time.
Starting point is 00:50:34 And to you, a game that you invested two hours of your life, you're like, that's one of the best games ever made. Here's the thing. This is the absolute lowest point of any Spitballers draft. Andy hasn't said anything, but his face tells the story. I've been blinking at the camera. If you thought
Starting point is 00:50:53 two sausage and McMuffins was low, this is a whole new level. This is a whole new level. If the people reward you for this, you should be a victory. It's not a bad pick. It's a disingenuous pick.
Starting point is 00:51:08 People will not respect this. It is not a disingenuous pick. People will not respect this because nobody, nobody will make... Fortnite is not in the... It's not even in a state connected to a state that would have greatest game of all time. The best part about this podcast is that there's a video version. And, Jason, you can use all the words all you want. Your face has completely given you away that you know that this is
Starting point is 00:51:35 just an absolute travesty. This is in honor of my son. Love the intro. All right. That's fine. That's right. I'm going for votes. Thank you. You do your worst. I respect you again. All right. That's fine. That's right. I'm going for votes. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:51:45 You do your worst. I respect you again. All right. Hey, you have what? What's your team so far? Sell that snake oil. Oh, my gosh. I've got Final Fantasy VII.
Starting point is 00:51:57 I've got Super Tecmo Bowl. Tilting. And I've got Fortnite. Fortnite. Yeah, all right. Heck, yeah. The classic masterpiece that stood the test of time that's right hey sometimes the most popular games right now are the games
Starting point is 00:52:13 i want you to vote for uh you took red dead i was gonna say red super mario 3 red dead 2 are my two picks and i'm going with halo i'm taking taking Halo. That's upsetting to me. Yeah. Because Halo was my next pick. Yeah, buddy. I owed you one. Halo was unbelievable. I had many of the same characteristics that Goldeneye had for the experience on the N64.
Starting point is 00:52:36 Halo reappropriated that to the newer consoles. Amazing co-op. Yes. Amazing multiplayer and stood the test of time in a way that, you know, obviously Goldeneye never has. Generations of Halo players.
Starting point is 00:52:51 Halo is definitely in the upper echelon. So I'm feeling good about that. That's a great pick as well. What console? Xbox. Yes, Xbox One. Yep. Or no, not Xbox One.
Starting point is 00:53:03 Xbox the original. Yeah. Because the new one is called Xbox One. Yeah, yeah. Yeah not Xbox One. Xbox the original. Yeah. Because the new one is called Xbox One. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you can't call it one. Xbox the number one instead of Xbox O-N-E. Yeah. That's ridiculous.
Starting point is 00:53:15 Yeah, your turn. All right. Mike, you got your last two picks. My first pick of the last ones, I'm going to take an absolute dramatic masterpiece that it's not very often that a video game can get you to feel final fantasy 7 i will include it in that one but i remember playing the beginning of this game and it got to a very emotional point and my wife looks over at me and i are you crying And I am crying and she makes so much fun of me.
Starting point is 00:53:48 Oh, I know what you're going with. Do you? I think I do. I don't think you do. I'm going to write it down. Okay, you write it. I'm going to take The Last of Us for PlayStation. Oh, did you know?
Starting point is 00:53:57 Wow. The Last of Us. Yes. Yeah. So The Last of Us for PlayStation 3. Well, I was trying to think of the beginning of a game that can make you cry. And there was no doubt to me that that was the one you got it got me good and on top of that the gameplay everything about the last of us is it's one of the best games of all time fortnight and so last
Starting point is 00:54:14 of us is fortnight is still on its peak last of us is for um playstation 3 playstation 3 yes are people still rocking that game because they're rocking mine they are i think they're done with last of us they are they remastered it for the PS4. Well, they're not old enough to even decide whether or not it's the best game of all time, because they're not of age yet. But anyway... So you've got... What are your picks so far? So far, I've linked to
Starting point is 00:54:35 The Past for Super Nintendo, GoldenEye for the 64, Last of Us for the PlayStation. Yes. Three... This is fun, by the way. This is very fun. Yes. I like this stuff. It's nostalgic this nostalgic it's great whoever came up with this idea is you had a couple slices of mcmuffins uh mike your last pick uh so man i'm torn here i need before i make my final decision i will show a bit of of the hand here, arcade. Is the arcade counting as a platform? I believe so.
Starting point is 00:55:07 We said beforehand the Oculus would be a platform. Yeah, you're going Ninja Turtle? That's what I was going to go with. Yeah, I mean, I don't have a problem with it. It's a video game. Yeah. If you were going to say pinball as a genre, I would have had a problem with it.
Starting point is 00:55:24 Right. Oh, no, I would take gonna say like pinball as a genre i would have had a problem with it right but oh no i would i would take a very specific yeah so if you take a specific arcade game i'm going to take ninja turtles okay for the arcade which one the first one okay the first one so then if you want to take turtles in time and and no no turtles and time's amazing that's snes um i'm not taking it i'm looking at the timeES. I'm not taking it. I'm looking at you. Turtles in Time was in the arcade as well. Yeah, I'm just looking at you just, I think, respecting your game. Oh, thank you. I appreciate that.
Starting point is 00:55:53 Your game in more ways than one here with the votes. Ninja Turtles co-op doesn't really get any better. Turtles in Time, same experience. Amazing. I have a number of picks that look i have to take one more i monkey island gets a shout out here oh dude for the pc i'm not taking it oh monkey monkey island was amazing um i am going to choose wrong right now i have red dead 2 i have super Super Mario 3. I have Halo.
Starting point is 00:56:25 And I'm going to take World of Warcraft for the PC. Yep. It's going 15 years. 15 years of World of Warcraft. And I'm trying to think, Mike, much like you, it's rare to have a game. You want a game that connects emotionally with you. And I know that it's been you know lampooned in
Starting point is 00:56:45 the public eye at times for you know being super addictive or being being super nerdy but there's no game that i ever play and i grew up when i when i first played world of warcraft i didn't know what i didn't know what the genre was i didn't comprehend that i was in this open world with other people i was just totally blown away completely didn't comprehend that i was in this open world with other people i was just totally blown away completely didn't understand what leveling was like i didn't i wasn't part of the uh what came before it that i'm thinking of um what just the actual warcraft games before world of warcraft the other big uh ever quest ever quest yeah i never i wasn't into that so world of warcraft broke the mold obviously the most successful game of all time from a sales perspective,
Starting point is 00:57:28 and no game have I ever had nostalgia for. That game, I would come back and play it years later because I felt like I had life memories that happened in that game. Areas of the game, running through the barrens or running through raids and stuff like that. It was just like a part of my life. So it's like a game that you played for more than two hours. Correct. I would, unfortunately, a lot more than two hours. You and me both, brother. A disappointing quantity of,
Starting point is 00:57:55 and you and I even have memories in that game that are filled with laughter. I believe I've heard. Years of my life. That's the PC. I've heard incredible tales of when you guys were working together at our last company. You guys had a dragon that you could give rides to people. And then you would take people and they would pay you to take a ride.
Starting point is 00:58:16 And you would give them a ride except halfway through you dropped them to their death. We dropped them into volcanoes. We dropped them into foreign cities. And then we would laugh until we couldn't breathe. The best part of that story is we would be talking to them through text like, I hope you're enjoying your ride. Oh yeah.
Starting point is 00:58:36 And then you would start roleplaying like, uh oh, something is going wrong. Oh no, what's wrong? I'm going down. It was extremely fun. Oh, to be on the other side of that to be the person that's getting this ride seeing these messages and then all of a sudden you drop to your death it was so great there was too much turbulence too much turbulence on this dragon there was a time in my life when like you'd get on the game and your friends were on like you'd meet your friends
Starting point is 00:59:03 on the game and that was cool so world of war you'd meet your friends on the game. And that was cool. So World of Warcraft rounds it out. There are so many other games that I would have loved to take. Update, update. Thor is still moving. Holy crap. Thor is still moving. Impressive. All right.
Starting point is 00:59:14 Once you make your final pick, I want to give a couple more shout outs. All right. So I'm deciding between three, and I think I know what I'm going to go with. Tic-tac-toe. Oh, here comes Minecraft. Oh, Minecraft would be a great pick. How many hours have you invested in Minecraft? I've actually played quite a bit of Minecraft
Starting point is 00:59:29 with my son. Four, three hours. Here's the thing that you guys don't realize. I like to win! I like to win. No, so I've played Red Dead Redemption 2, and outside of that, in my adult
Starting point is 00:59:44 with kids life, spending two hours in a video game is pretty much top of my list of video game time. Sure, and that's why you dig into the classic systems that we know you actually play. Right, well, and I've done that. I've done that. Super Tecmo Bowl got me through a double hernia surgery when I was young, and I couldn't do anything. Really? So I played that. As a young man, you had to have a double hernia? Mm-hmm. Well, I didn't have to through a double hernia surgery when I was young, and I couldn't do anything. Really? So I played that.
Starting point is 01:00:06 As a young man, you had to have a double hernia? Mm-hmm. Well, I didn't have to have a double hernia. I had one, so I had to have surgery. If it was a single hernia, you would have played regular Tecmo Bowl. Right. Yeah, but I had to go super. So here are some games.
Starting point is 01:00:21 The last game that I really played a long period of time and is very interesting is the Skyrim series. Oh, yeah. I actually played more of Oblivion. You did. I remember you loved Oblivion. I loved Oblivion. I think that would be a pick that people would respect. Well, I'm not going to take it because I played way more of Oblivion than Skyrim, and Oblivion got overshadowed by Skyrim.
Starting point is 01:00:43 So I think it would be seen as taking the wrong one. So I'm giving that a shout out. I did that with my Gold Knight pick. Right. I give a shout out to the Grand Theft Auto series. I played that back in the day. If you had not allowed the Ninja Turtle to pick, I was going to take...
Starting point is 01:00:59 Perfect Dark? No, I was going to take one of the Grand Theft Autos. Yeah. I will tell you which one after you select your pick. Well, I am not taking that either. It was going to take one of the Grand Theft Autos. Yeah. I will tell you which one after you select your pick. Well, I am not taking that either. It was going to be four. So I started... I take Grand Theft Auto four.
Starting point is 01:01:12 No, so I started to take this before Fortnite, but I was tilting. When I said that the Super Nintendo game that was gone was Andy, because he took Super Mario 3. What I think of as the greatest game ever, but I was confusing that. With Super Mario World. With the one that's better. With the one that is unbelievable. Super Mario World is unbelievable.
Starting point is 01:01:33 Super Mario World is just like that. When that game came out. Is that what you're taking? Yes, 100%. Super Mario World. I played probably. For the Super Nintendo. I probably played more Super Mario World than Super Mario 3.
Starting point is 01:01:46 Yeah, I mean, my sister and I... It was a really big game. Oh, you could play that thing... First system I had. Ever. But I think Super Mario 3 was more groundbreaking, and I think Super Mario 3 was for its time. So I was factoring that in.
Starting point is 01:01:59 Sure. But I respect it. That was one of the two shout-outs I was going to give. I was going to give a shout-out to Super Mario World, and then a shout-out to Donkey Kong Country for SNES, and was one of the two shout-outs I was going to give. I was going to give a shout-out to Super Mario World, and then a shout-out to Donkey Kong Country for SNES, and Zelda Breath of the Wild, which has enamored my family for a long time. Some Mario Karts out there.
Starting point is 01:02:16 I feel like if you're going with another Zelda, you would have to take Ocarina. Some people say that, but I think Breath of the Wild is a better game. I apologize to Final Fantasy 3, my favorite game ever that I didn't even draft. We'll probably have to do another video. What did you learn on the show today
Starting point is 01:02:31 other than Jason's an incredible Fortnite fan? That's what I learned. Hey, Ninja follows me, so it's as much for him in my pick. Hold on. Is your plan this whole time? It's to get Ninja to retweet.
Starting point is 01:02:45 He's trying to get a retweet from Ninja. I might have to do what I got to do. Jason Moore gets 500,000 votes. Show 50 will be our last if that's what happens. Mike, what'd you learn on the show today? Do you got anything? I learned just it's more of just a bringing it to top of mind that everyone's phone is disgusting. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:03:06 Yeah, that's true. I learned that Honda and other makers of the minivan need to make the soundproof roll-up. Or the limo. Yeah, I like the family limo. Kids will love it. Should be able to detach the back half if they get too loud. We'll see you next time. Thanks for tuning in.
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