Video Gamers Podcast - [Bonus Round] Going Once, Going Twice… SOLD - Video Games Podcast
Episode Date: March 11, 2024The Video Gamers Podcast is back and video game hosts Paul, Josh and Ryan are bringing you a can’t miss Bonus Round! It’s been a long time coming but this is one video game packed episode you can�...��t miss. We auction off the best and most anticipated games of 2024. Who can build the best list and take home gaming glory? Thanks to our LEGENDARY Supporters: Gaius214, YayaArizona, Disratory, Jwaf and AceofShame Connect with the show: Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/videogamerspod Join our Gaming Discord: https://discord.gg/Dsx2rgEEbz Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/videogamerspod/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VideoGamersPod Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU12YOMnAQwqFZEdfXv9c3Q Visit us on the web: https://videogamerspod.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Paramount! Behold! My name is Maximus Intertanius, and I come to you with big stars in big dramas,
like Gladiator 2, Dexter, hosted by three lifelong gamer dads.
We have something very special for you all today. It's actually an idea that we've
kicked around several times and somehow kept forgetting about it. Today is finally the day.
This is going to be our inaugural annual auction of our most anticipated games of the year.
I am your host, Paul, and joining me, do we have a starting bid of a dollar? Do I hear
a dollar? One dollar, people. One dollar. No? It's Josh.
I know Ryan. Ryan's going to insert cricket sounds right there.
That's fine.
You know why?
Because I'm priceless, boys.
There you go. You guys both know that there's no amount of money that can replace me.
It's all sentimental value, Josh.
That's what you call it.
All right.
And then joining us, do we have a starting bid of $1?
Yes.
Do I hear $5?
Yes.
The man in the back with the Helldiver shirt.
Do I hear $25?
Sold for $1,000.
It's Ryan.
For liberty and justice.
Wait, $1,000?
All right.
Yeah.
$1,000.
Dude, dang.
Ryan is the youngest of the group.
I'm cannon fodder, man.
They're going to send me off and just go get smashed by a bile titan, but it's worth it.
All right.
Before we jump into our bonus round, which, by the way, is our first bonus round since January 1st.
It has been a minute.
It's long overdue, but it's going to be great, man.
I am so excited for this one.
I have not been this excited for an episode in quite some time.
Josh, I think you're going to kick us off by reading a couple of listener reviews.
Oh, yeah.
What better way to start a show than reading some sweet, sweet listener reviews?
Honestly, everybody has been absolutely fantastic lately.
We've gotten more reviews lately than I can remember.
We usually try to read them on the show.
I have a couple of good ones, so I'm just going to read them.
And if anybody out there ever wondered if I read a review word for word,
you're about to find out.
This first one comes in from North Al from Canada and it's titled just what I
was looking for.
It's five stars and it says paul john and ryan do an amazing job of
covering all sorts of up-to-date topics on video games shut up you two the viewer interaction
through force a friend and similar veins is done very well i find paul and ryan to provide excellent
analysis while john works as an amazing color commentator with three episodes a
week this is perfect for me well done boys oh okay y'all cheating on me who's john
john's been joining us recently on the pod i i am about 95 sure this is a troll job if they know
how many episodes were released in a week they know
your name is josh i just have to say that i i think this is one of the funniest reviews we've
ever read yeah i i just love that they call you john not just once but twice if if this is a troll
absolute kudos and respect to you northell and if it's not you know what i forgive you anyway
it's my name it's still a four-letter name if it's not claim know what I forgive you anyway it's my name it's still a four letter name if it's not
claim it own it
say yes it was a troll and
and how you can claim that is come to our discord
and then talk a lot of smack
yeah I've got any of them
John's around here
all right
and then this second one comes in
from yikes that could be
and it's five stars and it's titled So Cool. And it says, started listening two days ago, yet this podcast is so cool. I love it. Please release more videos. How about every Sunday?
So we did dabble in a little bit of video back in the day. It is a lot of work to do video editing.
I don't know.
We put a lot of work into this podcast to make it the best we can.
We play the games.
There's a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff.
We did dabble in some actual game reviews in video format. They just take a lot of time to make them good.
So I do know that Ryan has committed to capturing some gameplay
so when we're hopping on together and playing so that maybe we can have some funny clips or
just some stuff to go along with what we're talking about so maybe but yeah don't hold your
breath yeah i do know speaking of so cool though that john guy is just so cool i would have loved if the guy said i just started listening
two days ago and i love paul josh and ryan like even got the name right that early all right so
let's let's also talk a little bit about how people can help support the show writing reviews
is very helpful it helps people discover our show we
really appreciate it ryan why don't you tell the people a little bit about support through patreon
absolutely um if you guys like the show uh if you think we are so cool uh you can head on over to
multiplayer squad.com um and help us out on the patreon We have a support tier starting as low as $5 a month. You get a lot of cool features, Discord features, ad-free episodes, early episodes.
So a lot of cool stuff on there.
It really helps us out with the show.
Podcasting is not cheap.
It is more of a hobby for us, but it is nice to have the bills paid by you fine supporters out there.
So feel free to
hop on over again multiplayer squad.com uh we'd love your support absolutely thanks ryan all right
so let's talk a little bit about what we are doing today now this might sound a little foreign to our
listeners we have not done anything quite like this on our show before. We are going to be holding an auction draft where each of us has a fake budget of $200.
And we are going to be drafting our most anticipated games for 2024.
Now, of course, we should have done this in January.
Totally slipped our mind.
So we are not going to be drafting any games that have already released. So apologies to
Helldivers 2 and Palworld. Those are games that are already released. We're not making them
eligible today. But any games that are releasing from March 8th on when we're recording this is
eligible. We are not going to be drafting games that have already been in early access long-term.
So for example, Satisfactory has been in early access. They are releasing 1.0 this year. We
felt like that doesn't really honor the spirit of the draft. That's already been out for ages.
So if a game is entering early access or if it's releasing this year, that is what we are drafting.
We have a lot of games that have set release drafting. We have a lot of games that have
set release dates. We have a lot of games that are supposed to come out this year, but part of
the strategy is also going to be maybe guessing at some games that we haven't yet heard, but maybe
they will come out this year. And each of us has to draft a total of eight games. We are going to
take turns just nominating a game and how much we're nominating it for.
We have a chance to start bidding wars with one another.
We'll see how much each of these games go for.
But you do have to fill out a full roster of eight games each.
And then we will post our final teams on socials, get some voting going on, see who we think won.
And then at the end of the year, that's when the real fun comes in because we'll be able to revisit this and maybe laugh at some of our choices or, you know,
Josh, I can't believe you drafted, you know, Silk Song. It's still not out this year. Can you
believe it? You know, it'll be very fun to revisit at the end of the year. So I'm really excited
about this idea. I think our
listeners who have played fantasy football, maybe they've done fantasy auction drafts like I have,
and these can be so much more fun than the traditional drafts that we do. Because here,
every game is eligible for everybody. It's just whether or not you're willing to pony up the dough.
Yeah, I love this format because number one, there's strategy involved.
And you guys know I love strategy.
I like competition.
I like winning, which is what's going to happen tonight.
I think the number one way for people to look at this is we're just,
we are trying to build the best team of games.
I mean, yes, obviously we're going to be anticipating them.
But ultimately, I'm going to post our lists to social media and to our Discord server.
And we're going to say, who has the best list at that point? So I think that's the easy goal
is to just say, who is going to build the best list of eight games that you are like,
that is the list that I want to go with.
And I love the strategy aspect because you have to have eight games on your list.
So if I blow all my money on two games, then I'm going to be left with like, you know,
six other games that maybe might not be so good. So I I'm really curious to kind of see
where this goes and how we go about actually
building our list of games too and plus these games are fantastic man you know like i'm pumped
for all of these it just gets me hyped you won't even know what you're gonna do once i uh bust out
my list here oh it's it's oh ryan's ready ryan Ryan is going to overspend so big. And then he's
going to wind up with junk games in the end. That's what I, that's my guess, man.
Well, since this is the first time we've done this, like, we don't know what market value is
like, are the highest games going to end up being around 30 or is it going to be 70? Like this is
the first time we've ever done it. one last question before we get going you can
decide whether or not you want to share any details but do you guys have an actual strategy
going into this because like in fantasy football there's multiple strategies like blow all your
money on three or four really good players and then just pick up a bunch of lottery tickets and
try to piece together a team or go for a whole bunch that are across the board,
like B pluses.
Like,
do you guys have any actual strategy?
Oh,
I do.
And you guys know,
you guys know I fly by the seat of my pants most of the time,
but I actually spent a little while today,
like breaking these games up into tiers.
Um,
you know,
putting like kind of like the amounts that I think like each tier should go for i i
might have thought about hey if i pick two games from this tier then i can get four games from this
tier and then i've got some super deep value games like later on that i think i can get for cheap and
i i told you guys to be i don't like losing man so there's competition online i'm doing some work oh my word this this is when i feel like
josh because i went to the extent further than i've probably ever gone and i printed out a sheet
and i highlighted it and that's about it i have my 200 limit written at the top and uh
let's buckle up and ride baby oh very nice i very nice. I did almost exactly the same as you, Josh.
I divided all.
We do have a bank of eligible games.
So that way there's no surprises.
Ryan's face right now is like, wait a minute, Josh and Paul both prep like this?
Yeah, super nerds.
I've got tier one games, tier two, tier three.
And then I have do not bid whatsoever. And I'm just looking
for value. I wrote down, here's what I think these are going to go for. I even put together
some possible teams. Like realistically, I think this might be what I can put together
for 200 bucks. So I have a little bit of guidance here. I'm very curious to see where this goes.
And what's great is all that prep throw it out the
window none of it matters once you open up the draft so it's it's ultimately a waste of time
but i still find it fun i love it all right so the nomination order will be ryan then john i mean
josh and then me that'll be the order and uh we'll just keep going around until everyone's got a full squad
so ryan you get the honors buddy who's gonna be the first game ever nominated in our auction oh
man all the power is right here in my grasp and what other game to start with than one that
everybody's very very excited for and that is coming very very soon we're gonna
nominate dragons dogma two oh right out the gate one dollar no for one dollar yeah i'll bid me
do we all agree that this very well could end up as the best game of the year i yes yeah some of
the recent previews are starting to hit some of the news sites and stuff and so far i have seen
universal appeal from you know now again it's just a preview they got to play like three hours
they got to try out a couple characters but i have not found one site that was like it's all right i'm gonna
bump that up to 30 i'm gonna say 40 40 let's do 52 dang it 58 58 58 for dragon's dogman 2 i am
willing to place my stake in the ground that this is going to be nominated for game of the year. I'm pretty confident. 58.
Dang it. This goes beyond my
tears that I had broken down, but
you know what?
62.
62. Okay.
Ooh. Do I want to go above
62? What are you thinking, Ryan? Are you in or are you out?
Dang it.
That's a lot of money.
We only have a $200 budget right 62 going once 64 64 oh we got
a bit of 64 wait are you out ryan i'm out 65 oh 65 67 i love this paul paul's gonna run out of
money and there's a lot of games on my list.
67 going twice.
Let's see if I can soak Paul for a couple more dollars.
I'll let Josh take it for 68.
No, I didn't want it at 68, Paul.
Dang it.
Yes.
It worked.
I did it backfired already.
$1, Paul?
You couldn't have gone 69 just for the meme?
Come on, Paul.
Nice.
In my head, I was like, I will go 67.
I'm not going a dollar higher.
What's weird is that could still be a steal.
I really do think that.
68 might be worth it.
We're going to find out in a couple weeks, to be honest.
That's almost a third of your whole budget, Josh.
I believe Paul got me bidding, man fitting me got you hyped well yes and
then how'd your strategy where's your tears out there bud uh it's okay i i honestly i have some
pretty good value games that i don't think you guys are gonna care about all right i i saw some
games you added to our bank that i had never heard of. So you got some like $1 tickets.
Does it rhyme with shmerald shmallow bit?
Yeah.
I,
yeah,
I looked it up.
I'm like,
okay,
just take it for a dollar.
No one's going to want this.
All right,
Josh,
you're up.
What are you going to nominate?
All right.
Well, I'm poor already.
So let's,
um,
let's,
let's dip down into,
uh,
let's mix it up a little bit.
Here's a game that kind of fell off our radar.
And honestly, when we were prepping for this,
none of us thought about this game initially.
And then we went, wait a minute,
this game's supposed to be coming out soon.
I am nominating X Defiant,
which I know we are all super excited for,
but has kind of just fallen off the radar
for a little, it's kind of just fallen off the radar for a little.
It's kind of went into radio silence
for like a month or so.
And I will start the bidding with X Defiant at $10.
Okay.
Brian and I played a lot of the beta.
We did.
We both liked it a lot.
Spiders.
Spider bots.
Call of Duty with one magical ability,
I think is a ton of fun.
I'll say 14. i will go 17 i'll go 18 i'm out so this is between you two i gotta save some money uh i would do
this could be this this could be the free-to-play shooter of the year ryan
it could be i would not be shocked if this is shooter of the year ryan it could be i would
not be shocked if this is the multiplayer game we play the most other than hell divers 2 this year
i could see that happening 22 all right i'll concede it to ryan for 22 that's actually for
the record i really wanted both of these games and they just went a little higher than i was
willing i'll say 22 is spot on, I think, for X Defiant.
I think that's fair.
That's the appraised value of $22.
Yeah, my sources tell me $21 to $23 was the proper range.
That's the Antiques Roadshow assessment.
All right.
Well, I think that makes it my turn to nominate a game.
I'm going to throw a little bit of
a monkey wrench in this i am going to nominate a game that is rumored to come out this year but
it is not yet confirmed so this is a little bit of a reward high risk yeah well high risk for
several reasons what if i told you a game had been in development hell for quite some time. Oh boy.
But it's one of my favorite series.
I'm going to nominate Dragon Age Dread Wolf.
Oh man.
Follow up to Inquisition, one of my all-time favorite games.
I love Dragon Age.
Bioware kind of sucks now.
This game's been delayed and delayed and revamped over and over.
I am not really all that confident,
but I'm going to throw out Dragon Age Dread Wolf for $3.
There's no way I'm giving this to you for $3.
Okay. This one is tough because this game could just not release this year.
It could release and be an absolute disaster,
and everybody goes, what the heck, Bioware?
This game sucks.
Or this could be a sneaky game of the year.
Like if they actually made a successor,
a worthy successor in the Dragon Age series,
this game could be an absolute banger.
Inquisition won nine years ago.
I mean, that's what I'm saying.
This could legitimately be like a 60 in this auction worthy
bid or this game could just be nothing a nothing we agree there's no middle this game is not going
to come out to like yeah a b plus it's going to be great or terrible i dang i'm risk adverse after
spending so much i'm gonna say eight dollars fifteen Ooh, Ryan, doubling it.
$17.
See, this is the thing.
We've got to find the threshold for Paul and just be just under it.
Right?
Well, he got me and made me win one that I wasn't sure.
I mean, not that I'm upset at Dragon's Dogma 2, but...
Maybe I'll buy it off you later, Josh.
This is...
I don't know what to think.
Three draft picks and a 2025.
I think the name's going to carry some weight with people.
I'm going to say...
What was the last bid?
17, I think?
I'm going to say 18.
I'll say 19.
I feel like we're just dollaring each other at this point.
25.
Whoa!
25?
Dang! That's more than next to mine. just dollar in each other at this point. 25. Whoa. 25.
Dang.
That's more than that.
Dude, that could be like the steel of the draft.
Maybe I'm I'm out.
Josh, are you going to be 25?
No, 25.
And Ryan doesn't even like dragons.
But it could be the steel. Like, you guys don't even know it.
There's a couple of games that are unknowns right
like i have a couple on my list where i'm like this game could be really good but i'm not really
sure i have a few reservations dragon age 4 could be incredible or it could be a huge flop
i'm already reeling a little bit my legit my strategy was
leave this draft with dragons dog went to x defiant and dread wolf and i didn't get any of
them this is my palm i'm gonna start buying josh's laid plan i have an ending has already failed i
have extifiant and dread wolf and i've only spent 47 that's not bad that's honestly pretty good i
i do have on my list like all the games that i think josh would want and now i'm just hoping
i'm going to be able to get some of those on the cheap. So I'm just adjusting my
strategy on the fly.
Let's do one more. You're targeting me and the games
that I want? I might be.
Sure. Shadow of the Earth
Tree is available. Because you know I have
good game choice.
Good game tastes.
Alright, Ryan, we're back to you for nomination.
What's coming up?
Let's see here.
Let's just keep things rolling.
I just want to keep the pressure on both of you.
So let's go with Elden Ring.
Shadow.
Ooh, so Shadow of the Urge Tree.
Shadow of the Urge Tree.
I'm going to start bidding at $15.
$20.
$30. $35. $20. $30.
$35.
$40.
$45.
$50.
Elden Ring might be the game of the decade.
And this is the expansion.
And it's almost as big as its own sequel.
I have this in tier one.
Do you have this tier one, Josh?
I absolutely have this in tier one.
I've got it in tier one with Dragon Stogma 2.
I overspent on Dragon Stogma 2 a little bit,
but you know what?
What did you say, 50?
50.
55.
Ryan, I'm assuming you're just out,
or are you going to come in later on?
I'm not out yet.
I'm just letting this happen.
Oh, man.
Ryan's waiting to pounce.
I'll go
59.
I like Elden Ring more than you guys.
Dang it. Then go for it.
This is my game. Put your money where your mouth is.
I can't do two $60 games.
I'm not going to have anything left. Of course you can do
two $60 games.
You can have it, Paul. Unless Ryan comes in. I know. I'm just saying I'm out. I'm out and it breaks my left. Of course you can do two $60 games. You can have it, Paul.
Unless Ryan comes in.
I know.
I'm just saying I'm out.
I'm out.
And it breaks my heart.
And I hate you both. What did I say?
59?
I hate you both.
You can have it.
Boom.
Sold to Paul for 59.
That's a guaranteed.
This is one of the few games that is guaranteed to be beloved by everyone.
There's a 0% chance that this is bad.
Yeah, I know.
But I.
All right. See, I know. But I... All right.
See, this is...
So if the listeners are going like,
you idiot, Josh,
I can't believe you didn't bid up on that.
This is where the money comes in, man,
because I don't want to get stuck
with crappy games later on
because then it's like, yeah,
two games do not carry an eight,
you know, like a team of eight games man you know and so it's i i gotta i gotta be smart and overspending on two games
that i really want to overspend on is not the way to go all right well with that being said
let's take our first break and then we'll come right back and continue the auction this friday captain america arrives sam the world needs heroes here i am
get tickets now for the first marvel movie event of the year let's go
with anthony mackie i'm going in giancarlo esposito stand by for proof of that and Harrison Ford I'll show
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Friday hit tickets now
all right we are back from
break I'm freaking tilting
already man I don't like
this man if Dragon's Dogma
2 is not like the best
game I'm in trouble all right i do if i had
gone 60 on shadow the earth tree paul would you have gone higher no i just need to know that's
why i said 59 i was hoping i was hoping you'd say 60 and then i'd be done but then i i'd be poor
but i'd be happy all right well all right well we are now back to Josh.
You get to nominate the next one, buddy.
Senua's Saga, Hellblade 2.
Neither one of you guys care one whit about this game, and I do.
So how risky are you willing to be?
How much are you bidding?
$15.
$35.
Dang it, Paul. I don't $15. $35. Dang it, Paul.
I don't like you.
$36.
$40.
Dude, they're adding tons of combat.
That was my only beef with the first one.
This is going to be a great game.
It's tier one for me.
I've got it in tier one.
I have it in tier one too, Paul.
I told you I'm going to end up with all your favorite games, Josh.
Stop it. I don't like this. This with all your favorite games i don't know it's only a seven hour game paul by the way that's true what did i bid i don't know
some some aggravating amount that's for sure i already forgot 30 does 35 sound okay i'll say 35. I'm going to say 37.
Oh, you know it's worth way more than that.
38.
39.
Boy, the seven hour thing is...
I know.
All of a sudden, that's all I'm hearing in my head.
I'm worried.
That was a good comment.
Oh, man.
Tier one.
It's not...
I got to get at least a second one from tier one.
I'll say, would you say 39?
39.
40.
Okay, Paul spent half of his money now.
That's $100.
That's half his budget for Shadow of the Earth Tree and...
41.
Whoa, what?
Nice.
I like it.
Coming out of the peanut gallery.
I'm out. I think it's
a fair price. Dude, Ryan's team
looks banger if I let him have
this one already. 42
Ryan.
45.
Oh, nice.
For the record, I wrote
down 60 is where I thought this would go.
47.
I'm higher on this game than you two.
I thought he was going to be out after that.
He was him and Han.
Do we know if it's going to be in VR at release?
No, but I'm sure they'll make it VR too because they did with the first one.
They'll add VR, Ryan.
50.
You can have it. I think 50 is not a bad price at all i can tell you this there is zero chance that this game is not nominated for a game of the like at least
like some sort of game of the year award like production yeah you know voice acting story
something i mean i will eat my shirt if this game doesn't get some sort of dude,
that's the fine dread wolf and hell blade.
And I haven't even spent a hundred bucks.
I don't like this.
Not bad.
I don't Paul,
you and I need to quit.
Ryan said,
we are cannibalizing each other,
Paul and Ryan is,
is,
is reaping the benefits here.
Okay.
Um,
so we need to make Ryan spend some money some money yeah is that what we're worried about
you know what go ahead go ahead do it fall do it there's there's two huge ones that ryan
would be so glad to get i'm gonna throw out you know what let's keep let's stick with the big boys
ryan you said this was your most anticipated of the whole year back in january let's see what we're gonna do about star wars outlaws what's your opening bid sir uh 20
21 star wars outlaws ryan get out of here 30
what are you sitting quiet for, Josh? Are you out?
I'm just going to sit and watch.
Josh is not out.
I'm not out, but I want to let you two.
What'd you say?
What'd you say?
30?
Yeah, 30.
35.
For most anticipated of the year.
40.
This game's going to be better than people think.
Speeder bikes, they've shown remember when we were worried about just it was just like a cover mechanic are you guys like
chatting on the side to like to to just hype me up i'm just telling you i think this game i think
the name doesn't carry as much weight as people think there's some collusion going on i swear uh 47 i'm gonna make you jump in on this josh i'm not i'm not out but
i'm not bidding right now 47 for ryan that would put him he spent 77 for the record i put this
running out of money after four games if You can have it. I'm out.
What's the current bid? 47.
47? But Ryan is only going to have like 50 bucks left, I think.
Something like that.
I don't like giving it to you at that price,
Ryan, but I'm going to.
Yes!
Again,
that's kind of high risk, high reward
there. It is, and I'm not willing to take the risk on that
one well i i was trying to hype it up a little bit i do think the game's going to be very good
but i can also see where it could it could fail well not fail but like not be as good as everybody
thought i could definitely see it getting pushed back as well some kind of delay or something something all right so star wars outlaws 47 is down to 50 like what is he 56 dollars counting
56 placeholders like just to yeah so all right i need so ryan's not landing another giant game
at this point probably not uh speaking of which ryan we are back to you what are you going to nominate next um speaking of
awesome games let's go with rise of the ronin oh okay what's your bid 22 dollars
22 this is where i have to show i have to eat my words about picking on the graphics for this game i will just say i'm out i think 22 is fair if you said like 19 i might say 20
at 22 though i i i think that's where it probably should be and i don't want to overpay
i'm out you can have it i think that game's gonna be disappointing man dude I love my team you guys
Ryan's feeling good I can tell
all right rise of the run in for 22
love it
all right not bad dude Ryan's got
five games Josh and I each have one I do
have to okay
I just I want to be fair
to everybody I just remembered
a game that's very likely to come
out this year that is not
on our master list what would we miss where wins meet oh you're right how did we miss that i don't
know but it is projected to come out in late 2024 now again high risk there because if it gets your bid is worth nothing but i that game is so
i know i just started thinking of like like the samurai games and stuff and then i was like oh
man so i don't know do like it's still eligible i think that's fine you think it's eligible how
convenient i know are you guys gonna buy some stuff at all? I'm about to. Wait, whose turn is it?
It is your turn, Josh.
I'm nominating Black Myth Wukong.
Okay.
All right.
Tier one.
I'm starting at 50 bucks.
55.
60.
65.
Gosh darn it, Paul.
67.
I did say I felt like the two surefire Game of the Year nominees were Dragon's Dogma 2
and Black Mitzwukon.
We've been doing it.
Dang it, Paul.
We know each other too well.
I even wrote in my notes, if this is under 60, push Josh.
That's literally what I wrote in my notes.
What's the current bid?
We're pushing 70.
67? 67? that's literally what i wrote in my notes um what's the current bid 70 67
dragon's dogma 2 went for 68 so if you go higher than 68 you're telling me that you think black
myth wukong has a better chance i'll go 68 well i can't let you 69 nice
69 for black myth wukong you know what i'm gonna i'm gonna let you take it for 69
i said in the beginning i was willing to pay up for two games and i got both of them you did get
like no i had to pay a lot dude i had to pay a lot for both of these but in my mind these are
the two games that i'm like i think that there's
all right so you've got six games that you have fifty seven dollars everything i said in the beginning where i'm like you can't have just two bangers and then six crappy games
and now i'm gonna have two bangers and six crappy games man you have gone full boomer bus i have
tilted i have tilted hard and i have fallen apart
in my strategy but i got two of the games that i really wanted so you did get two great ones
okay all right we are back to me for nominations so i could just throw out 58 on any game and it's mine. So I do kind of like that. You know what? Let's go for a game that I think all three of us are interested in.
I know Ryan certainly is, although I know he's kind of low on some funds here.
I'm going to nominate Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater.
Ryan's only got $31.
Remake of Metal Gear Solid 3 gear solid 3 classic absolute classic game ryan are
you gonna start the bidding at 30 paul no but i'll start the bidding at it's a remake i will
say i'm gonna automatically kind of lower value of remakes i'm gonna say 15 to start i don't know
anything about this game is the problem i really want want to soak Ryan for money at this point.
So I'm going to let Ryan do the next bid.
I'll do $16.
$17.
I only have $31.
Okay.
For the record, before we recorded,
Ryan said, I will bid $100 on Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater.
And now he's trying to spend $17?
I don't have any money.
Yeah, well, maybe you shouldn't have spent it all so soon, Ryan,
says the guy that only has two games.
I know.
I'm sitting at one.
I've got one game.
I'm just hoping for a ton of value here at the end
because I'm picking up the garbage at the end.
Where are we at right now?
17?
17.
Ryan, you got to put your money where your mouth is.
I'll go $19.
I'll go $20.
You can have it.
All right.
Okay.
I had to bump him up a little.
Yeah, I'm glad you did.
I have no idea if that game is going to be good or not.
I just don't know anything about it.
It'll be amazing.
Are you kidding me? Ugh, poison. I don't know. I have no idea if that game is going to be good or not. I just don't know anything about it. It'll be amazing. Are you kidding me? Ugh.
Poison.
You get to eat poisonous frogs
in this game, Josh. That's all you need to know.
All right. Metal Gear Solid
Delta for 20. Not bad. I like
the value there. It's less than Dragon
Age, which might not even release, so I'll
take it. All right. Ryan,
come back around to you, buddy.
All righty.
Let's see here.
We have not even touched.
Well, okay, I'm not going to say anything.
Go ahead. No, no, no.
All of a sudden, I'm like, maybe I shouldn't say that.
Paul and I are way too in sync.
I'm not sure I like it, but.
I like it because it's worked well for me so far.
Are you nominating, Ryan?
Do you want me to make a suggestion?
Well, never mind.
Yeah, no, no, go ahead.
Feel free, bud.
I don't want to let Josh sweep up some games like Stormgate,
Hades 2, Hyper Lightbreaker.
Get out of my list, man.
I have it highlighted right here.
Get out of my list, man.
I was literally just looking at Hades 2.
I'm going Hades 2.
I have it here highlighted.
So we're going Hades 2. I'm going Hades 2. I have it here highlighted. So we're going Hades 2.
I'm going to open the bidding at $5.
Okay.
Oh, 10.
Easy.
12.
Paul?
I'm just listening to you guys.
Is there some worry that it might kind of be like Hades 1.5?
In the footage I've seen, I don't know that I've seen a whole lot new.
If it's Hades 1.5, the world's going to love it, man.
I mean, where do you go wrong?
We are in the age of roguelikes.
Everyone's releasing them.
Oh, man.
If I spend $20, I have $37.
That one, that one, and that one. This is Zach Galifianakis, Calculus. Adding have $37. That one.
That one.
Zach Galifianakis, Calculus.
What's the bid at?
$12.
$15. Come on.
$15.
Come on, bump this up.
$17.
$17.
Dang it, Ryan's list is looking real good.
Yeah, buddy.
I'm going to make Paul jump in here.
Are you out?
I'm not going to bid on Hades.
No, I'm out.
I'm out.
It has so much name value, man.
Yeah, buddy.
And Josh, you're definitely the biggest Hades fan.
I played it.
I liked it.
I know.
But you liked it a lot more.
All right.
What did you bid, Ryan?
$17.
Ryan's so poor, but he only needs two more games after this.
Yeah.
And there's just way more games on my list,
so I'm going to let you have it, Ryan.
For $17?
Yes!
Yeah, that's a freaking good deal.
Dude, Ryan might win out because he went all middle of the road.
I know.
He's grabbing all the $20 values.
Gamers love a good value, man. I've done this before value oh man brian's looking really good just to summarize because i know our listeners are probably having trouble tracking this ryan currently has x defiant
dragon age four okay hellblade two star wars outlaws rise of the ronin and hades 2 and he's got uh 17 for two last
games okay josh only has the two heavy hitters dragon's dogma 2 black myth wukong i've got
shadow of the earth tree and metal gear solid snake eater which might have been like your two
most favorites weirdly they ended up on mine i gotta take a second because ryan's looking real
smug and confident over there number one x def probably fun, but maybe it's not fun after two weeks.
It's very true.
Dragon Age Dread Wolf could suck.
It could not come out this year.
That, even though it has big name potential, could be an absolute backfire.
Senua's Saga, best pick of your draft so far, Ryan.
But you also spent 50 bucks on it.
Star Wars Outlaws could have some risk.
47 is a good price.
Yeah, but I mean, that's a quarter of his budget.
He's saying that he's betting a quarter of his budget
that this game's going to be a banger.
Rise of the Ronin, I am not very big on.
Hades 2 was a good pick for $17.
But he's got a great list,
but he doesn't have any home runs on that
list except for Senua Saga.
In my opinion, I hear
you. Yeah, very true.
All right. Well,
let's let's go one or two more nominees
and then we'll take our last break. Who
nominated Hades? That was Ryan, right? That was me.
All right, Josh, we're back to you.
Let's just do it. Paul avowed oh i was so hoping that might might make it a little bit 45 dollars
no 46 47 you're not paying 47 i will absolutely dude this is you driving up the price this might
we said it go back to our episode we said a valid
is one of our most anticipated games of the year absolutely um you know i'm gonna pay
what is it up to 47 47 48 i don't think i can let you nickel and dime this paul this is i mean if i
have dragon's dogma 2 blackmuth wukong andid, I win this. I'm going 49. Do it.
50.
Oh.
All right. You can have it.
All right.
I had to make him spend some money.
Good job.
I had to make him spend some money.
I'm calling it now.
End of the year.
We're going to say that was a steal at 50.
Probably.
I mean, I think Valid's going to be really, really good.
But I had to make you spend moneyidian too very true totally get it all right uh my turn to nominate something
let's see here hmm you know what how about I throw out one of my more lottery pick type games?
I'm going to throw out the Wolf Among Us 2.
I feel like this is not really on either of your radars,
and I think it probably should be.
I'm going to throw out the Wolf Among Us 2 for $1.
$5.
I'm not letting you have this game for $1.
This game is going to be great, Paul.
You think you're getting Wolf Among Us 2 for $1?
How much are you going to pay, Josh?
I'm going to say...
Ryan said $5.
$7.
I'm out.
I'll take it for $7 in a heartbeat.
$7's not bad.
Ryan?
You can have it.
Oh my goodness. Really? For $ have it. Oh, my goodness.
Really?
For seven bucks?
I don't know anything about this game.
What did I just buy?
Dang it.
What just happened?
You bought a telltale.
You're out at $7, Paul?
Yeah.
You said you were so excited for this game.
Well, yeah.
It's like a lottery pick at the end of the draft.
I'm not going to spend like 30 on it all right i mean at least i have three games for seven bucks and maybe some people out
there will see it on my list and be like yeah josh and i'll be like yeah can you explain what
that game is for me for all the people who know what it is they'll say that's a good price and
for everyone else they're probably just i have no idea what that is. All right.
Well,
let's go ahead and take our last break and then we'll come back and
finish this auction.
All right.
We are back.
Josh,
you feeling any better about Wolf?
I'm not,
I don't even know.
Do you feel like you got swindled?
Are you?
I mean,
I'm sure it's a good value to be honest.
I've heard about it.
He's hyping it up. And then he's like, wait, what did I buy?
I don't know what I bought.
You bought a game about fairy tales, like the Big Bad Wolf.
Oh, this is the werewolves and vampires.
Oh, this is like the Telltale games.
Yes, it's like the Telltale games.
This game's going to be great, man.
What the steal of the draft so far.
I would love to know what Josh would be saying if I
bought it for $1,000.
It'd be the exact opposite is what you'd be hearing.
I can't believe you bought that.
Oh, man. Alright, I nominated
that one, right? Okay, Ryan, we are
back to you. Okay.
Let's
do something
wild. Let's go with Kingsmakers
at $5.
Kingmakers.
All right.
Or Kingmakers.
Yeah, sorry.
Who doesn't want guns
and attack helicopters
in the 1500s?
Yeah, of course.
For five bucks?
Yeah, nobody.
This is going to...
I'm out on this one.
I'll go six.
I'll go seven.
Eight.
Why are you trying to just run it up on me?
Come on, Ryan.
You only got 17 bucks left.
Is this where you want to spend your money?
Four, five, six.
I only need two more games.
Oh, man.
What's the current bid?
Six?
No, you're at seven.
You said eight.
Oh, seven.
Did he say eight?
I'm pretty sure he said eight.
Okay, eight.
That's fine.
I'll go nine.
I'll go ten.
You can have it. All right. Paul still has a lot of money i don't like it my
king makers could just be like four days of fun and you're never curious of it again
that's what's gonna happen it looks like a lot of fun i think it's gonna be it's gonna be very
meme worthy very social media everywhere yeah i think they're going to stream it. It's just going to die. It's going to just die.
I will say 10 was my absolute limit.
I would not have gone 11.
I figured it was close to around there,
and I didn't really want to get too much further
into only having like five bucks left.
So congratulations.
If I had to pick Wolf Among Us 2 versus Kingmakers
for almost the same price,
I feel better about Kingmakers.
I will say that.
All right, Josh, your nominee.
I don't know, man.
Whose idea was this stupid draft?
So much fun.
I love it.
All right.
We still have some heavy hitters on the board.
But I'm trying to think on how to get you
to overpay on them.
So I am now the money leader then. No, on the other games that I want. I'm trying to think on how to get you to overpay on them, so I am now the money leader then.
No, on the other games that I want.
I'm going to say Stellar Blade for $10.
Ooh, Stellar Blade?
Yep.
How much of that $10 are you paying for Jiggle Physics?
$10.
All 10?
Yeah.
Ryan, come on, dude.
You can jump in here.
Stellar Blade, you got no interest?
No way.
No jiggle physics for me.
Stellar Blade for 10 is the bid?
Yep.
Yeah, I'm out.
That's yours, Josh.
Oh, yes!
That is such a steal!
Dude, that game's gonna be great.
Jiggle physics aside, the gameplay on that game looks incredible.
Okay, I'm back, boys!
You're much higher. I'm incredible okay i'm back you're much higher i'm back
we did we did talk about this on this week in gaming and and you you were enamored by it josh
me less by the gameplay let's let's clarify that i was enamored by the gameplay sure i bet um yeah
to me it kind of just felt like um kind of like steel rising or uh near automata to me
it was kind of like in those it's kind of like copying another game but it's over but not as
good it's absolutely gorgeous uh boss fights i mean that i'm super happy okay this is the best
draft ever now for ten dollars that's a steal. All right, 10.
That makes me the nominee.
Let's see.
Ryan's got six games, four each for me and Josh.
Still got to get quite a few in here.
I'm going to nominate Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
$1.
$1?
Bethesda, Indiana Jones.
$3. $3. Super enjoyable. $3? $1? Bethesda, Indiana Jones. $3.
It's going to be super enjoyable.
$3?
$5?
I don't got a lot to work with here.
You know this game's going to be fun.
I don't got a lot of money.
This game's going to be fine.
Help me on pole.
Ryan, you only need two games.
Ryan, you got to come in.
You only need two games.
If you get this game, then you only need one game
but there's one that I really really want
and it's $17
you're not getting it
you don't even know what it is
we all know what it is
is it a five word game
you're not getting it
you're not getting that one
what did you bet is that the one you're trying to wait you're not getting that one guaranteed what did you what did you bet
is that the one you're trying to wait me out for josh oh yeah what is it at what is it at five
yeah what do you spend your 17 on ryan this is your game not this i don't want it
i don't want it wait i have to choose whether or not to bid this up what how much is it that's five dollars
oh you know oh do it i don't want this game no no are you out i'm getting it for five bucks
yeah okay i'll take it i'll take it he says he says that but he's like uh i mean i feel a little
gross yeah it's called The Great Circle.
Come on.
It's still Indiana Jones, and it's Bethesda, man.
This game's going to be fine.
All right.
How much did this go for?
$5.
$5.
$5.
Okay.
That's not bad.
I had it under my values pick, and for $5, I cannot be upset over getting that game for
five bucks.
Okay.
Terrible name aside.
Terrible name aside. Yeahrible name aside, yeah.
All right, Ryan, we're back to you.
Oh, man.
Let's do...
You haven't had much action lately.
It's been a while since Hades got drafted.
I'm being four games on my list that I really want,
and I only have three spots.
There are two that I really, really want.
Let's do...
I'm going to go Sandland
for... Sandland?
Yeah. Two bucks. Opening bid.
Paul?
Going once. I'm waiting on you, Josh.
I'm waiting on you, Paul. Going twice.
Five. Three.
Alright, going for five to Josh. Dang it i said five first didn't i trying to make each other blink
i'm out are you really out ryan yeah you got 17 bucks dude he's playing the long game he's
waiting for us to beat each other up i'll go six dang it seven i'm out yo dude this was one of the games that i wanted
and i got it for way less than i was hoping for what was the bid seven seven bucks dude i'm like
a goldfish the second like i know i just immediately forget i'm a marathon runner man
and i'm i'm reaching like the 20 mile mark and i'm i'm settling into my stride right now
boys you're getting the single digit yeah five i'm just telling you right now i probably would
have gone up to 15 for sandland okay i think that's fair i'm just looking at the bank of games
and i'm like i just see other stuff i'd probably rather grab but i think that's a really good value
for sandland yeah i thought it was going to go around 15 was was my guess uh who nominated sandland that was ryan so it's me okay yeah
you know what no more beating around the bush boys i'm going space marine 2
okay for ten dollars i see your strategy josh i see what you're trying to do don't don't you
worry buddy i'm not i'm trying to do i'm don't you worry buddy i'm out i'm not i'm
trying to do i'm doing i'm doing the final jeopardy math i'm not letting go of uh no rest
for the wicked but i like i like what game is that i never heard of that game what are you talking
about ten dollars oh who's gonna okay um for uh space marine 2 15 darn you paul uh 16 Okay. For Space Marine 2, 15.
Darn you, Paul.
16.
57 for me, minus 32 for Josh.
I can't go over 25. Paul's doing math.
He's doing math in our doc right now.
No, get that out of there.
You bid with your heart, Paul.
All right, would you bid?
I'll delete it.
Mess up his numbers.
I said 17.
18. 20. Take bid? Delete it. Mess up his numbers. I said 17. 18.
20.
Take it.
Love it.
Yes!
I'll take freaking Space Marine 2.
That's a good value.
Space Marine 2 is a phenomenal value at 20 bucks.
That's actually, Space Marine 2 was actually in my $50 tier.
That game's going to be incredible, dude.
I think 20 will probably be a great value for that absolutely
yeah if only i had that my my turn to nominate i'm gonna go ahead i'm the poorest one of the
bunch now yeah i'm not anymore all right but i only need one more game okay i'm in a good spot
no yeah yeah yeah yeah you got one more okay not bad. I'm in a good spot. No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You got one more. Okay.
Not bad.
Yeah.
Somehow you all of a sudden have the biggest team,
Josh,
you drafted a few in a row there.
Yeah.
All right.
Well,
it's time to go for no rest for the wicked.
And I'll say five.
Paul,
just bid the 16 and $16.
You only have 15,
Ryan.
You can't bid.
No,
I have 17. No, because only have 15, Ryan. You can't bid. No, I have 17.
No,
because you have to have 16.
You have to reserve a dollar for your spot.
Yeah,
you can go.
16 is the highest.
Yeah,
that's what I said.
16.
All right,
17.
I'll take it.
Dang it.
All right.
No rest for the way.
How did he get it for 17?
He played the long game,
man.
That's that.
It was.
I was hurting bad when I watched
dragon stogma 2 and black myth wukong go
I know and I just thought I just got to hope I
get one of those tier 1 or tier 2s
at a really good value
all right no rest for the wicked ghost for 17
not bad rude only slander
I can even chuck at that is that it's
only early access
yeah exactly so
all right so is it back to me it is yep that it's only early access. Yeah, exactly. So.
All right.
So is it back to me?
It is.
Yep.
All right.
I only got a couple tier two games left.
Let me make sure I'm not forgetting anything here.
Boy, you know, some people are going crazy saying like, why are you guys not drafting Homeworld 3?
What about this game?
Stalker two.
We got some good stuff out here.
Still.
I am going to nominate boy.
I'm worried.
Arc two might not release this year.
It's going to,
I'm really worried.
They're too hungry,
man.
All right.
I'm going to throw out.
Oh man. I almost want to say hyper lightbreaker
just to get josh out of the rest of this draft i'm gonna say
arc two i'll throw it out there for five dollars six dollars i'm out
it would be my last game so that's the only issue I think it's worth way more than that but
$8
$9
$11
$12
stop it
how many more games do you have to get
Paul still has to get 3
yeah
yeah you can have it How many more games do you have to get? Paul says to get three. Yeah.
Yeah.
You can have it.
What was that for?
11?
It was for $47.
Good job. Oh, 47.
Good job, dude.
Well done.
Arc 1, beloved.
I'm kind of just banking on that with Arc 2.
Yeah, I mean, Arc 2 could be great.
We all agreed we would be hyped for an ARK 2.
We'd be curious to see what they do.
$11 doesn't feel like an expensive lottery ticket on that one.
No, not at all.
No.
That's a value pick right there, I think.
Yeah.
All right, Ryan, back to you for nomination.
Oh, man.
Let's do, we mentioned it before, let's do Homeworld 3.
Five bucks.
I hate to say it, but I'm out.
I'm out, too. I'll take it.
I know a couple of our listeners are very hyped for that game, and it's
probably great. I don't play
those kind of games, so I know nothing about it.
Was that for three bucks?
Yes, three dollars.
All right. Not bad.
I said five. Oh, he it was so you both i said five
oh he said five i was gonna say i thought he said five but all right ryan you got 12 bucks left
josh has 14 i've got 32 all right interesting pick i i did not know if homeworld three would
go or not in this draft josh coming back your way where wins meet fourteen dollars
fifteen
dang it paul
take it
take it all right where
wins me do i say fifteen
yeah dude i really need to pay attention
to these numbers i'm sure our listeners are screaming
right now come on paul you said
it three seconds ago all right
my nomination let's see oh i could
just grab any game i want left on the list i don't like it either part of me is thinking
um there are some good ones still on this list too i feel like little nightmares three is worth
a decent amount of money i think the Until Dawn remake is worth it.
I think Stormgate is up there.
I'm going to say Silent Hill 2 remake.
And I'm just going to go ahead and grab it.
18.
Okay, sweet.
Because that's all the money I got left.
So 18 for Silent Hill 2.
So that's it.
You're out of games.
Now I'm really torn, man.
Do I take the
well it's ryan is it it's ryan's ryan ryan nominates oh dang it i wish it was josh's
i know because now ryan has to try to play the game no you pick something josh wants and then
you get whatever you do or yeah how's this gonna go down i don't know princess peach showtime is still available it is there
super monkey ball banana rumble dude i freaking who doesn't love super monkey i love monkey ball
man that game is so good south park snow day legit could end up being a pretty funny game
i've never played one but like stick of truth is insanely well reviewed Ryan I'm shocked well I don't want to put you on
no go ahead
go ahead
Stalker 2 wasn't this like your game
yeah it's highlighted
but I was
I want to make sure you didn't forget about it in case
I didn't but
if Josh says he's out
you're stuck with this as your last game
so I would dominate what you really want.
Ryan is,
well,
and I,
yeah,
that's the thing is like,
that's when,
when Josh was like,
oh,
it's,
it's up me next.
Right.
And I was like,
yes.
And then he's like,
oh,
wait,
no,
it's Ryan.
No,
you either get stuck with one or you have to try to bid it.
Oh man.
Um,
I love to gamble, man.
I love to gamble, baby.
Okay.
So what I'm going to go with is a bit of a gamble here because we have no clue if this is going to come out. We haven't heard a single thing about it.
There's a lot of hopes and prayers out there.
I'm going with Silksong for $12, and I'm going to spend every ounce of money I have.
Josh, are you taking it?
This is the problem, man.
Because if silk song releases in 2024, it's going to be one of the better, like it's going
to, people love hollow night, dude.
They've been waiting for silk song forever.
I'm replaying it now.
I think if people even see it on a list,
they're going to like lose their minds.
They're going to be like, oh my goodness,
that list is amazing.
The problem is I'm not sure it's coming out in 2024.
And so it's like, do I take the hype for Silksong
or do I take a game that I know is coming out
that looks incredible
by all accounts and that's Stalker 2 Heart of Chernobyl I am very torn between what I'm going
to do here I like Hyper Lightbreaker I know you guys are leaning towards me taking Hyper Lightbreaker
but it's only releasing in early access I think that game's going to be a ton of fun, but I'm not adding it to my list. So I am literally torn between Silksong and Stalker
Heart of Chernobyl. And you got enough money, so either one's yours. I don't like losing,
and Silksong is going to carry way more weight than Stalker Heart of Chernobyl,
so I am taking that from Ryan. Are you going to bid all 14? I'm bidding it all because
it's the last spot anyway.
Use it or lose it. Yep, it's exactly
right. Unbelievable.
The whole market's open, buddy.
Anything you want for 12?
I'll take Stalker.
That game looks really good.
I was saving that for
later and then I freaking got stuck with
Indiana Jones.
Because I really would have liked to have had Silksong and Stalker on my list.
Wait, call it by the full name.
No, I'm not doing it.
It's gross.
Come on, say it.
Indiana Jones.
The Great Circle.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
You have to do this when you say circle.
The Great Circle.
I'm drawing a circle, people out there.
Great name.
Love it. All right right so let's review
here ryan you're coming in with x defiant at 22 dragon age 4 25 hellblade 2 for 50 star wars
outlaws 47 rise of the ronin 22 hades 2 for 17 homeworld 3 for 5 bucks and stalker 2 for 12
you pretty happy with your team?
Anything in particular you like or don't like?
I'm stoked with my team. It's pretty
good. I think I paid a little too
much for Rise of the Ronin, but
I was excited, but
you know, whatever. I'm going to
say Ryan's team is a B+.
It's a bunch of games
that I think are going to be good,
but there's only one game on his list that I think are going to be good but there's only one game on his list
that i think is going to be great oh okay i i feel like ryan's is the most volatile of the list
it could very well be the best or the worst i feel like it's actually the most like non-vol because
all those games i mean x defiant gonna be fun senua saga great star wars outlaws gonna be fun
rise of the roninin Hades 2 gonna be
great actually and then
Stalker 2 I think it's gonna be great so I
think he's got a lot of like sure fire
games on there I think
Stalker 2 is a little bit of a gamble but
we'll see I think it looks good
all right Josh has the
two heavy hitters the two most expensive
games both on your roster Dragon's Dogma
2 at 68
black myth wukong 69 the wolf among us which you've never heard of for seven stellar blade
for 10 indiana jones and the circle thing for five sandland for seven warhammer 40k space
that could be the steel i was gonna say that is going to garner a ton of attention from people on this list.
Especially from Henry Cavill.
That game for $20, I think, I had it in my $50 tier.
And then following it up with Hollow Knight Silksong, Big Gamble.
Which was also in my $50 tier, but is a huge gamble.
$14, you got that one.
Mine, I'm coming in with Shadow of the erd tree for 59 metal gear solid
delta snake eater for 20 avowed for 50 king makers for 10 that's a little bit of a lottery pick
no rest for the wicked 17 that could also be the steel of the draft i know arc 2 for 11 where
winds meet 15 and silent hill 2 where winds meet could be a steal dude that game looks really really
incredible i kind of feel like i have the money ball team like i don't have the highest heavy
hitters but it's like you're anchored oh you grabbed a lot in yeah if those click you're
gonna be like boom that's the thing urtree is a lock-in avowed as a lock-in if if no rest for
the wicked where wins meet are if either one of those two are as good as we think they're gonna thing. Erdtree is a lock-in. Avowed is a lock-in. If No Rest for the Wicked or Where Winds Meet
are either one of those two are as good as we think they're going to be,
it's going to catapult you forward. Yeah. Interestingly, Ryan has the most games that
are 20 or higher. Josh and I only have three each. Ryan, you've got five games that went for 20 or
higher. So Ryan's a little bit more top heavy yeah i'm very
curious to see where this goes i honestly feel like any one of us could have could finish one
two or three i gotta ask since we're doing it and we're looking at our list what what is your
favorite pickup for your draft for the price no rest for the wicked at 17 i figured that was it
for you um for me it's warhammer at 20 bucks that i think that's a steal on that one
right what about you hades 2 for what 17 yeah no that's that's that's pretty good that's a pretty
good deal dude yeah in hindsight do we think dragons dogma 2 for 68 is a fair price i think
i kind of wish i went 69 i feel that's, that is my anchor for my,
like in the sense that it's like the strongest,
like thing for my team.
Yeah.
And also recency like,
or anticipation hype.
It's going to resonate,
I think with a lot of people.
So,
okay.
So what's your,
what's your least favorite pick? Homeworld.
For $5?
I mean, that's a pretty beloved game.
For $5, it seems good.
I just don't think it's very well known.
Yeah.
I'm going to say for me, it's Kingmakers,
but it was my cheapest game.
So, like, that's not the worst thing in the world.
Yeah.
Yeah, same way Homeworld was Ryan's cheapest. I think Kingmakers has some hype behind it, though.
That's true.
For me, I'm actually kind of torn between the wolf among us two because i have no idea what the heck i bought for seven dollars in indiana jones for five so those are the two where i'm
like andy's gonna be so good dude whatever we will the name is dumb but it's gonna be so good
probably wolf among us too though i think and's going to be fine. I don't.
I think it's going to be a disaster.
You think so?
I don't know.
We'll see.
I think so.
I thought the trailer looked fine.
Paul's lower on it than me and Ryan.
Very true.
All right.
And I love Indiana Jones.
Well, I think this was a lot of fun.
I think the intention behind this is to do this every year at the beginning of the year
and then revisit it.
So this year, missed a couple of good games, but that's all right.
At least we only missed two months out of the year and moving forward.
We're going to try to do this annually.
I don't, I feel like we did a good job wrapping everything up.
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