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Gaming Widower Chronicles
When your gaming partner discovers Persona, what's a dedicated gamer to do? This week, George flies solo on the Unofficial Controller Podcast as he navigates life as a "gaming widower" while his partner Rachel completes her Persona 4 journey.
Rediscovery becomes the theme as George dusts off forgotten hardware – from his trusty PlayStation Vita to experimenting with PSP adapters that bring old tech into the modern USB-C era. His gaming adventures take him through Iconoclasts, a watercolor-esque MLB 14, and a somewhat disappointing Oregon Trail revival that failed to capture the magic of the original.
The Corvette update for No Man's Sky reignites George's passion for the nearly decade-old game, pushing him toward the elusive center of the universe – a destination surprisingly few players ever reach. His technical journey optimizing the PlayStation Portal experience offers valuable insights for remote gaming enthusiasts battling finicky connections and Victorian-era copper wires.
An eye-opening analysis of PlayStation's lifetime sales data reveals fascinating disconnects between units sold and revenue generated. How did Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas become the fourth best-selling PlayStation game by units while only ranking ninth in revenue? Why is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare a financial juggernaut despite fewer sales than its contemporaries? These rankings challenge our assumptions about gaming's biggest successes.
Nintendo fans will appreciate the comprehensive breakdown of September's Nintendo Direct, covering everything from Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 to Final Fantasy VII Remake Integrate coming to both Switch generations. Even the peculiar case of Virtual Boy games arriving on Switch (with questionably expensive accessories) gets the full UCP treatment.
Whether you're managing gaming time with a partner, curious about revitalizing old gaming hardware, or just want company on your solo gaming journey, this episode offers both practical insights and the warm conversational style that keeps listeners coming back to the Unofficial Controller Podcast.
We mash genres. We pitch games. You question our sanity.
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Hello and welcome to the Unofficial Controller Podcast, your weekly gaming podcast, episode number 285. With me, george, and this week joined by the only person that matters in the UCP universe and that's the awesome me. Yeah, that's right To be fair. As I said, last time I did a solo. The boys have pulled a shift RGT's now got his holiday, scott has got some computer issues, seb was available but I wasn't behind the scenes. Daughter's away to university this weekend, so it's all been a bit fraught.
Speaker 1:Went to see a new Downton movie yesterday. This is unusual for a video game podcast. Bear with me, bear with me. Uh, let's see a doubt movie. Gotta say, as you know, big supporter of the film, julian fellows, ucp massive uh, fan discord section very active, more active than all the other sections is a down and happy section. So if you're listening and all I want a slice of that, you know where to go anyway. All that said, uh, this weekend obviously didn't work out to get all the presenters in one place because we're a bit busy. So you know, never wanting to let you down.
Speaker 1:Yeah, listener, yeah you. You've never had a read out on the show and we don't know who you are. Every single week you tune in and I'm talking to you this time. Stay anonymous if you want to, but I love you, um, and the vast majority of you are anonymous, so, uh, whatever it is I need to do to bring you out the woodwork. Fair play to you now. We want to to George. You know this life update nonsense. No one actually cares, so just sort of paying mild tribute to it and get to the video game dribble. You're absolutely right. Here we are. So why are you here? Fair play, george. Well, not a lot. I've talked previously about my situation as a backseat gamer and I'll be honest, it's been a strange situation to find myself in Rachel's addiction to Persona 4, which, for the record, let's get it out of the now she's finished front to back. Absolutely outstanding effort. I have to doff my cap to her, really. I looked up, saw the titles floating up the screen at a god-awful time in the morning I didn't even say night or evening there, did I? No, let that be a reference for you. I was like, wow, you've done it. Yeah, I've really enjoyed that. I was like, great.
Speaker 1:In the meantime, George has been getting by, dusted off the Vita. I know, I know. I know, I know. Okay, I've dusted off the Vita, had a quick sort of rumble on that for a couple of days. A little bit of Helldivers 1, still interested, but obviously don't know what I can do to anymore.
Speaker 1:I've also got the downloaded a game called Iconoclasts on there which was quite fun, actually a little Metroidvania I think. I got it in a you know a PSN monthly game some probably many years ago now. I was just scrolling through things I hadn't really played on the Vita that I might have missed out on, and Conoclast was one of them. So maybe give that another go. I tried. I downloaded many weeks ago for the PS5 or call it what you like, playstation family of consoles a game called Oregon Trail.
Speaker 1:Now I hope this would be like a nice not nice, but like a fun take on the Oregon Trail with zombies. It's not quite that. You know there are elements of the Oregon Trail there, but mostly I'm not feeling that at all. It's a similarly based text, simple graphic-based adventure, but some of the stuff that goes on on the screen like there's like an Atari 2600-looking section where a green screen, you're a guy behind a thing trying to shoot. There's a bit where I had to go hunting. You end up kind of walking around shooting things like how would you have mint a game if I? I'm honest with you, but nowhere near as good, um, and there was no sort of mortar to hold the bricks together, so I bounced off that quite quickly. To be honest with you, if you've played organ trail, I'd love to hear from you. Maybe I'm getting the wrong end of the stick right.
Speaker 1:Um, played some mlb 14 on the vita. I'm not going to labor that too hard. It looked like a watercolor painting, to be fair, but still enjoyable, still mlb. I did mess around with the settings in it, though, and then ended up like not really being able to play it properly. I need to reset the whole game, I believe, uh, which I'm down for. You know, the video only gets dusted off once in a blue moon.
Speaker 1:Now, um, one thing I picked up recently acquired a couple of them, one of them which I'll be sending to rgt, as I said to him on the phone, to reawaken, uh, your most latent uh, software library and entertainment collection. It's a usb c, whatever the cool kids are calling the latest usb gizmo that we all have to use, because someone in the eu said that would be a good idea um usb c to psp adapter, and I know it took me a while to come to that conclusion, but you know I'm on my own, I haven't got anyone to bounce off. Bear with me. That long pause certainly made you look down at your stereo and your iPod player and all that business thing. Is this broke or is George having a stroke? It was a latter, anyway. So I've got one of those going out. So I'm hoping this weekend this is more what you're hoping to play, but I'm including it here to maybe just soft some PSP, get the back catalogue out. One of the annoyances with the PSP was I had to take it around it's bespoke charger everywhere. What I'm actually excited about is just being able to throw that in the bag, knowing that I've got about eight plus USB-C cables loose in my bag at any point in time. So that's a positive in my mind. So that makes that more portable, portable, portable, whatever you believe Brings it certainly kicking and screaming into 2025.
Speaker 1:No, I'm not going to hack it. Well, maybe I've got a few, maybe I could have one, maybe I could have a v or I keep threatening the idea. Every now and then I go and preach to bad of inkster about. Yes, show me the way, my lord, show me how we do this, show me how to become a good psp user or vita user, and then I bottle it. I don't know why. Um, it's not, as I'm short games for these devices.
Speaker 1:Anyway, let's kick this along in the what you've been playing section to um, where I've been spending an awful lot of my time. There's a couple of stories wrapped up in this, but no man's sky the continuing story of that. Since I've had it, I've never been one to chase to the center of the universe, but eight years on, nine years on, damn near 10 years on, I thought it might be the prudent thing to do. I've always been slowly inching towards it, but more often than not, find a little solar system that I'm happy to chill in for a while. And everything is great. Research, the latest tech, whatever the latest is, get a little bit into that. This Corvette update has completely flipped everything on its head.
Speaker 1:I just want to be in the game all the time. I want to drag this broken-ass Corvette which, by the way, for some reason, every time I put it in warp, it glitches its doors open. You've got to wonder. That's not probably the safest thing. But no man, I don't normally worry about the exposure to outer space because you're never out of your space suit. I've got a little bit of my own law for that no Man's Sky in the fact that I'm actually controlling an avatar out there in space and the game kind of hints towards it these kind of like travellers, sort of lodged in these semi-robotic bodies, and what we're doing and playing is actually moving that character around. Now the graphics are so, yeah, but the graphics aren't real life, george. Well, no, they're not, because this is the best representation of that universe we can get from 12 billion light years away. Just that's how my brain works.
Speaker 1:I always say the stories we write in the game are more exciting than the game itself. And there you go In a big sandbox world. I'll make up a story and that's it. So, like I say, there are threads I've pulled on from the no Man's Sky universe to make it more believable to me and within the in-game universe. But there you go. There's what a crazy man does when he's left alone. There's what a persona 4 widower does when he's up against it. Uh, also to play this. These are the side rambles before we get to the main cut and thrust of the situation.
Speaker 1:Um, the corvette update has worked tremendously well in terms of opening up the universe to me and and making it interesting. Now, obviously, being a portal portal widower, that's sort of precluded me because we've got a ps4 pro at rachel's that we can do remote streaming on or use the pool. Nine times out of ten I'll use the pool, and for the longest time. For the longest time it was flawless. But as the Switch 2 came out, it kind of got left in a box. But, as I say, this Corvette update completely changed everything and now I just want to be playing it all the time. And what's that got to do with the pool, george? Well, everything. And now I just want to be playing it all the time. And what's that got to do with the portal, george? And well, that's my medium to play it, but I've been having some issues with it. It's not been connecting very well and I actually put that down to rachel playing the switch 2. I've got no confirmation of it, but I somehow think that the switch 2's controller, or the switch 1 pro controller via the switch 2, might be offering on the same bandwidth as the Portal. I might be wrong. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that. But when I swapped seats with her on the sofa, it worked perfectly.
Speaker 1:I have been home and done some tweaks. When I got the PS5 Pro, I assumed it would have all the same reports and addresses and all that sort of stuff. It's stupid of me to think that. Um, because it wasn't true. So I've been back into the pro, rejigged all its settings I'll be honest with you just generally works a lot better now. I've slapped it in a dmz ports fully open.
Speaker 1:If you want to come and hack my PS5, knock yourself out, mate. All I want to do is play Portal miles away, and this has enabled it to happen. Yes, I put the PS5 in danger. No, I don't really care If I wake up to find it's running Linux tomorrow morning. You've got to move with it, haven't you? You've got to move with the times. I guess I'll be a PC player.
Speaker 1:Anyway, the Corvette update me, wanting to play it, portal story aside also had an issue with the earbuds, which I need to update today. Don't let me forget that. Listeners, don't let me forget George. Earbuds update them. You're right, because they were drifting in and out as well. You see, you don't make these devices for a little while and all of a sudden nothing works Very strange. But can report now everything working flawlessly, looking really good as well. So I'm very pleased about the way that's gone.
Speaker 1:One could argue, george, you won't get a PC because you don't want to do C colon, black backslash, don't want to do C colon, black backslash. But you spent an hour typing similar garbage into a PlayStation, your online router and ultimately in the ender portal as well. If that's not full nerd keyboard in hand, I don't know what is In my defense. Sony, it should just be plug and play. It should just be plug and play. It should just be plug and play.
Speaker 1:And, let's face it, for the most part it's probably like in america, where we're all wi-fi'd up to the eyeballs. We've got fiber optics in our eyes coming out of our poop shoots a whole lot. We are literally the matrix. That's great, might work flawlessly there, or or even Japan, but in the UK, where it barrels down a fiber optic wire and then has to make its way across a Victorian-era copper wire that's probably degraded over the last 200 years to the point where it's next to useless. Yeah, that's what we're dealing with here and I think that's exactly the infrastructure I'm dealing with. So it's a miracle I'm getting anything on the screen and really that's, for the bulk of it, really what I've been playing.
Speaker 1:Like I say, I'm kind of intrigued now to slap Persona 5 in there. Persona 4 is a great game. I've always enjoyed it myself, but Persona 5 is there. Persona 4 is a great game. I've always enjoyed it myself. But Persona 5 is just that much slicker. The animation, the interweaving menus, just the slickness of it, it's all very immediate. I just think it's a slight notch up, if that's even possible, from 4. Well, it is obviously because everybody raves about 5. I think 4 got a bit forgotten. But yeah, four's a four's a legend. But I'm looking forward to see rachel get stuck into five. I think she'll find some enjoyment from it.
Speaker 1:She screamed that she wants a palate cleanser. My girl, you know, can't go back to back on two, two similar games. That would be. It'd be a bit much, wouldn't it? Because it all just melds into one. So a little bit of silliness, I think. Uh, for us, us both. Bit of PS2, maybe I've also dusted that off again.
Speaker 1:I was thinking about I've been playing some WWE SmackDown vs Raw the one after no. Here comes the pain. I love it. I can't get enough of it. It's absolute garbage. It is it's 20 years old. It's got a tiny little roster of barely any legends.
Speaker 1:Create ends up with people looking cross-eyed, very close together, eyes in create unless you span them apart, but they look like a comedian never a happy medium. I actually went on a website and looked at creator wrestlers from 2006 and I'll tell you what the. The game has certainly elevated itself. I watch what looked like a fake stone cold on a creator wrestler video from really youtube's embryonic times. Hey, you know, we all need a hobby, don't we? I've been doing a bit of that and for some reason I felt compelled to pull down echo, the dolphin, the dreamcast game they've got a ps2 release felt compelled to pull that, that down and at least put it on the pile of things I want to muck about with, not necessarily play indefinitely to the end, but certainly experiment with.
Speaker 1:Anyway, I think I've rambled enough. Heck, I even gave you what felt like a two-hour pause while I remembered that I was talking about my PSP adapter. Apologies for that. Am I going to edit it out, make it slick and save myself from the embarrassment? No, I'm not, because I'm a real person, much like you listening. You're real people and that's why we have this sort of sinuous bond across the internet. We're real and shocked as well to find out that we're listened in 98 countries across the world, in damn near 4 000 cities. One could argue we do all right for ourselves, but I'm the last one to bang the drum.
Speaker 1:Now we scan the very darkest regions of the internet to bring you the latest news first up. Obviously there was a big playstation, nintendo direct, and it went um reasonably well, I would imagine, by the barometer, which is the internet, internet, which is the summarized voices of only the people that can be bothered to type in on the internet. You can see that the slice of pie is quite slim. Anyway, we scour the very darkest region of the internet to bring you the latest stories First up. I want to talk about this USA top 20 PlayStation games of all time May surprise you. I heard Sammy Barker's been busy over on Push Square sort of gathering up these games via the medium of a tweet from the analyst Matt Piscitella a bit of a legend in the industry, and I wanted to bring this here really to form a discussion point, because it's arranged in the table one down to 20, as I previously said, and it's arranged on the left hand side via dollars made and on the right hand side via units made, and these things don't tie up. I'm not going to do all 20, maybe I will, maybe i't, maybe we're just going to bounce through this and you'll see how money made doesn't always equal units sold. So this is a reporting period from January 1995 to July 2025. Certainly interesting. So, in at number one it's no surprise, in both dollars and units.
Speaker 1:We've got grand theft auto 5. Uh, number two. We've got call of duty, modern warfare. Now, number two on units, minecraft. Now, prove me wrong. We've got red red, red, red red red redemption pal red dead redemption. Red Red Red Red Redemption pal Red Dead Redemption 2. It's in at $3. Not $3, but in terms of its position on the board of monies made and in units made, we also see the recognition of Red Dead Redemption 2. Fascinating, george.
Speaker 1:What's next? Well, number four. We've got Call of Duty, modern Warfare 2, the 2022 version it's for on dollars made, but on units sold. We've got Grand Theft Auto, san Andreas. In at five. We've got another stalwart. We've got Call of Duty Black Ops 6, so good, they made six sequels but it's beaten out on units at the five slot by Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019.
Speaker 1:George, this is Glad you talked about this. It's not tying up the way we thought it would. No, no, number six Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War made the sixth largest amount of dollars, but in terms of sixth largest amount of units sold, got Marvel's Spider-Man. Now in at seven on dollars. Don't forget, up at 2 on units was Minecraft, but down at 7 on dollars is Minecraft. It's been pegged. I wouldn't. It's been held at this position on units by Call of Duty Black Ops 3. In at 8, call of Duty Black Ops 3 on dollars mate On units sold. It's equidistant to Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War. In at 9, now we talked about this on units sold up at number 4. In at 9, we've got Grand Theft Auto San Andreas. It's equal on dollars made in its position at ninth, as grand theft auto vice city is at ninth on units sold. Um, we've got number 10. We've got on dollars made. We've got guitar hero three legends of rock on units. We've got call of duty modern 2 2022. Do you remember he was up at four on Dollars Made earlier, and just to balance it off at 11,. We've got Marvel's Spider-Man, which was on units number six, and Call of Duty, black Ops 6, has got its mark in terms of units.
Speaker 1:Now, I wanted to bring this up because it was fascinating to me to see this laid out in this, in this graph, in this table form, because first, first of all, you read anything makes sense gta5, gta5, cod, modern warfare. Hang on a minute, cod, modern warfare. Still. Next, amount of dollars, but it's all the way down there at number five on units, but it's been insanely profitable. Now, I don't know whether these stats involve dlc or cosmetics or anything like that, but obviously red dead redemption 2, matching its dollars made on the table to its units shifted, is interesting.
Speaker 1:But the one that caught my eye, at number four and at number nine respectively on units sold, is Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto Vice City Inn, at nine. Now, these games are aged, but they have continued to sell. One would imagine One notable absence from here, though GTA 4, my personal favourite. Yes, of course, it was never going to be able to stand toe-to-toe with five. Five became the mega beast, but before five came along, it was all about four. Yet it's not on this list at all. And Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is fourth on units sold, ninth on dollars made.
Speaker 1:I think what this metric shows is it doesn't matter how many units you sell, it depends how much money on dollars made. I think what this metric shows is it doesn't matter how many units you sell, it depends how much money you've made, and certainly in dollars. Just to run through the last sections, 18 and 19 are held up by Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Miles Morales. Now these are PlayStation games from 1995 to July 2025. Where's your Final Fantasies? Last of Us only appears on here, 13th for Dollars Made, falling Under Spider-Man Miles Morales, just when you think you knew what was happening. You had no idea. Very important metric to look at. I implore you all to go hunt it down if you want to find the original. It's on uh, this blue sky nonsense. Matt biscatella's over there and he said happy birthday. Playstation first released september 9th 1995 and then he's gone from jan 95 to july 2025.
Speaker 1:Sakana's retail tracking service, based on dollars sold versus units sold, and I like I say it's an interesting metric, some of it made up by lower sales prices. But the whole thing on balance is fascinating to me and I hope you found it interesting looking through it. Like I say, go look at it with your own eyes, because that's where you're going to pull out your own points of interest. I'm sure, just out of the corner of my eye, we don't see on Dollars Made one reference to Elder Scrolls Skyrim, but on the right-hand side, under Dollars, we see it crept in at number 15. Unbelievable. God of War 2018 doesn't feature on Dollars Made at all not one bit. Yet you find it sat in units squarely at number 14 on the list, behind Miles Morales, behind Last of Us and behind God of War.
Speaker 1:Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. That takes some figuring out Message in. I want to chat with you. If I've ever heard from you, I'd even love even more to hear from you about what you make of that and what's your opinion and take. Maybe there's something I miss. It'd's certainly interesting to find out now, at the start of the news, before I had another thing I've suffered too many strokes during this episode. Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it, george. Do not worry about it.
Speaker 1:Actually, the listeners have recorded four. That's fine. I obviously forgot one of them, but it was a nintendo direct and, I'll be honest with you, there was plenty to talk about, not only for Switch 2, but for Switch 1 as well. So we're going to do a quick round robin of everything that went on in Nintendo Direct September 2025. Uh, let's have a look.
Speaker 1:So we at the top, we got a load of non-gaming announcements about the new mario movie, the mario brothers 40th anniversary announcements, stuff going on with the nintendo museum, all that good stuff coming up in april 2026, which then, perfectly much like this show stitched together by an expert craftsman, segued into the drop of mario galaxy one and two. Now, I'm not gonna go too deep onto this, but I do believe they're slightly improved on the 3D Mario All-Stars version that we got of 1. Hopefully, everything's. I think there's even mention of a Switch 2 version as well, where it's got even more of an uplift. But just to put your mind at rest, it's the enhanced resolution, improved UI, assist mode and new storybook content, which you know. You needed to see something, didn't you, dear listener? We're also going to get mario tennis fever on the switch 2. That's coming out on the 12th of february 2026. For those eagle listeners that notice, I didn't mention anything at mario Well. That's coming out on 2nd October this year. It's going to come bundled with an Amiibo as well, if you want it. If not, then don't. Mario Bros Wonder Nintendo Switch 2 Edition plus meet-up in Bellabelle Park, spring 2026. Really great. And also they showed much in the same vein as the alarm clock they brought out recently. We're going to get a physical talking flower based on this I don't know what it's called, but the character from Super Mario Wonder, the sort of shouting flower. Great news in the surprise announcement for me anyway of Yoshi and the Mysterious Book on Switch 2 coming in spring 2026. Certainly hadn't heard anything about that myself.
Speaker 1:Um, storm lancers on the switch one. Uh, shadow drop, bam, it's out right now. You and your friend crush, uh, just crash land on an alien planet harboring a secret source of powerful magic. All of reality is on the verge of collapse and two magical creatures have chosen their heroes, chosen you as their heroes to save the planet. You'll fight, die and bond with storm hearts to rise again. To be honest, sounds a bit like captain planet. Um, it doesn't, but that's the vibe I got where you, these magical creatures have chosen for you, george, you're rambling.
Speaker 1:What's next? Dinkum on the switch one. Build your own Dinkum. Build your own dream town on a remote island inspired by the Australian outback. Mate in Dinkum, shave your life. Shape your life through farming, foraging, mining, crafting and raising animals, all at your own pace. Cooler RGT interested. Immediately, zian will be exploring biomes full of wildlife Kangaroos, basically, and the duck-billed platypus, the koala bear, the emu there's a few. Gather rare resources. Customize your home. Turn your tent into a thriving community. Play solo or with friends, up to four-player online and local wireless co-op on nintendo switch. Your outback inspired iron life is always within reach. Uh, pop you come on the switch one coming out.
Speaker 1:Uh, this year, holiday 2025, summer, to an unknown planet. You and your friends embark on a grand adventure through fantastical where, where colors play a crucial role, it's key to everything, and you must master the techniques of color switching and mastery shooting to overcome puzzles and defeat enemies. Um, a little bit of tamodachi life living the dream. On switch one. Create a customized crew of quirky me characters and help them live their best lives when tamodachi life living the dream releases are in spring 2026 on Nintendo Switch One. See, I told you I had plenty to get your teeth into. Something else you need to get your teeth into if you've got a Switch One and a Switch Two, is Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection coming on the 13th of October 2025. Could you ask for any more? I very much doubt it.
Speaker 1:Up next, some of the big news. It's the final fantasy 7 remake integrate good ones. 22nd of january 2026. Oh, the final. The first entry in a final fantasy 7 remake trilogy brings its iconic city of midgar to life. Time to experience it all again on the Switch, along with the two other parts, the mid part and the third part, yet to be released anywhere. It was a PlayStation exclusive Business just picked up and it's now going to be on everything, including your fridge. Up next, this is how I pronounce LinkedIn, but LinkedIn. Banner of the spark.
Speaker 1:Switch 1 and 2, also dropped on the 12th of september. Rebuild the world one robot at a time. Linkedin banner of the spark. There's a vibrant roguelife rpg where you battle rogue machines, fight alongside a crew of robot allies called unibots between missions, fish, farm, craft and help grow your town with up to five friends. I'll be honest, that looks great. Uh, I may grab that another banging announcement that nintendo just sort of shuffled out with now if you thought oh well, I loved hades on my switch, but when the sequel comes out, don't worry about it.
Speaker 1:Pal hades to confirm for switch one and two confirmed of exclusive 1 and 2. Confirmed. Of exclusive baby Confirmed. There's an exclusive Timed, admittedly. But wow, nintendo thrust their hand in their wallet. Guess what? Kirby Air Riders news Going to get an Amiibo.
Speaker 1:From what I've heard, it's the most expensive Amiibo they've ever made. But you're going to get two straight out Kirby Air Riders, which is, you would imagine, amazing news. The Mandana, waddle, dee and Winged Star, kirby and Warp Star also available. A little bit of news about the world of Hyrule Hyrule Warriors, age of Imprisonment coming out on the Switch 2. Again, great news. Nice to see that extended and pushed further. On.
Speaker 1:Dragon Quest VII Reimagined. Oh, george, I'm not going to get this on my Switch 1. Yes, you are, nintendo won't leave you hanging. Pal. Switch 1 and 2 confirmed. Looks beautiful, really, really gorgeous. Very happy with what I saw on that, so excited to find out more and get my teeth into it, hopefully.
Speaker 1:February. Virtual Boy Nintendo Classics confirmed Switch 1 and 2. No, ninty, I'm not trolling you with this, but you've got to think they maybe are. So, nintendo, classicsintendo, classics, george virtual boy isn't that amazing, isn't that great it it is? Yeah, but don't forget, you're gonna need the premium tier of nintendo's online expansion pass, not that one, the one that's more than that. Yeah that one. Yeah, I pay it. I don't think it's that egregious. To be fair, do I get the full utilisation out of it? No, but if I want to go play Donkey Kong Country in my bed for ten minutes without getting a myriad of wires out, yeah, I do it on the Switch too. Now, that's all well and good. All the big classics Did Virtual Boy need to be on here?
Speaker 1:Did it so ninty? Okay, you've put it on. Fair play to you, but you're not going to lock this behind. You've locked it behind a paywall. Yeah, you have, but it's not that egregious. What do you mean? You've locked it behind someone else? You wouldn't, you couldn't, you shouldn't.
Speaker 1:Okay, people are going to have to either buy a plastic piece of tat to stick their switch in and have it looking like a Virtual Boy and let's face it, there's more Virtual Boys sat on shelves than ever been played. Oh, I'm a big collector. Oh, so you've got the Virtual Boy. It's confirmed. You're going to have to now go buy a piece of plastic tat that looks like a Virtual Boy that you slot the switch into. I think you can get a virtual boy for that money. Or you can look like the guy that should have tried harder in GCSE French and rock up with the cardboard version. The cardboard version For 25 quid. Ninty. Hold my beer. Look at me, go Origami king.
Speaker 1:As soon as I seen one of these unfolded into a net, as he used to call it in cdt. What's cdt, guys? Of course I'm preaching to gen z. That's where we did while I was sold on the concept we'd be doing design technology, uh, but I spent four years cooking salads and making a pencil case, the only only time I ever was allowed in the room any of us were ever allowed in the room to do anything with wood. We watched our teacher hand cut 30 pieces of fibre board because the bandsaw was dangerous. So we did all of them, but we had to watch. And then I designed a bone. We had to make a clipboard and we had to make the clip which used friction to clip onto this piece of board that we'd watched a teacher cut and then would hold paper on the board. Now I decided to do a bone.
Speaker 1:Obviously, in CDT they put you through the rigmarole of oh, george, come up with a design. Oh, it's this one. Oh, come up with two others that are garbage that you're not going to do. So it looks like that you've chosen the one that you chose from the start. Oh right, okay, here's a garbage drawer and something else. And here's a garbage drawer and something else. Brilliant, george. Okay.
Speaker 1:Now a bone has two quite strong-looking features at the end of it. We all know we've seen a bone. You close your eyes, eyes, you imagine what a bone looks like now, unfortunately, over an 11 year old boy's. Yeah, you know where this is going. It had to be folded over. I did not realize this would look like a shaft and two balls. So there's the sum total of what I made, uh in, uh, cdt. Now you know what it is. Now you can be grateful that you don't have to go through that experience. Yeah, it's all good, all right. So there's your virtual boy news. It launched me into a vicious segue and possibly another mini stroke. That's six now for the people that are counted. George, what about the other two? I snuck them under your snuck them under your nose, to be honest.
Speaker 1:Fatal frame 2, crimson butterfly remakes also coming to the switch to an early 2026. They've got so much packed in to not only the back end of this year, the beginning, the next, that I'm gonna go on record. This was a bloody strong showing, to be fair. Yes, there wasn't probably everything something in it for me, but I think for the vast majority of everybody else, there's some good stuff in here and we haven't finished yet.
Speaker 1:One Piece Pirate Warriors 4, nintendo Switch 2 Edition, fall 2025. Snuck that in. Didn't see that coming, did you? Overcooked 2, nintendo Switch 2 Edition also coming, holiday 2025, so something for you to fall out with Mumsy about after Christmas dinner. Stardew Valley getting its own bespoke Nintendo Switch 2 edition. So RGT's walking around with a midriff looking like a teepee. Fair play to old boy. In fact, his good lady, wife Dondons, is probably going to be equally as, not as, excited in the same way physically, but certainly in her own way. Uh, both of them getting a little bit moist, one would say. Uh, human fall flat.
Speaker 1:Nintendo switch 2 edition, spring 2026. As if you didn't think you needed a switch 2 version of this bad boy, you got it. Uh power wash simulator 2 coming to the switch to fall 2025. Is there any more? This system could get uh suka game planet that's coming out on the switch 1 and switch 2. Don't worry, still plenty for you switch 1 owners in this direct um metroid prime 4 coming to the switch 1 and 2 on 4th December 2025.
Speaker 1:I think this is going to be a great game. I don't know if it's got enough fan metric to move the needle for Ninty as a Mario game, but absolutely great guns that we're getting it, absolutely great guns at the runner in Switch 1 with its presence as well. I don't think they needed to, especially, I say, with um samus being a little bit more of a niche character in the nintendo portfolio. But certainly exciting to see now something that og tom rang me up and predicted and I poo-pooed him and says it's too soon, they don't need to drop dlc for this because it's already doing great. So why push it now when you can push it, when it's starting to flag a little bit like early part of next year? No, no, no said ninty. No, don't worry about it.
Speaker 1:Here we go with the donkey kong bonanza, dk island and emerald rush dlc. Just everyone knows what that is. It's meet some friendly faces on dk island and race to fill quotas for the void company in emerald rush with his paid dlc. Stealth dropped it as well, didn't they? That's also out now as you listen to this episode.
Speaker 1:Uh, one that got a lot of people excited is the pokemon pokopia players. Deto transformed into a human and shape an empty land into a beautiful home for pokemon. In pokemon, pokepia looked a little bit of a cross between Sonic Adventures' Chao Garden, chaos Garden, call it what you like. I don't know if they're Chaos or Chaos to this day. I guess they're Chaoses, little Chaoses. Maybe they're Chaos, you tell me. Anyway, cross between that and Minecraft and Pokemon and you got yourself Pokemon Pocopia. To be fair, pocopia could be a posh name for an orgy, but we're going to leave it there. Pokemon Legends ZA also got a trailer.
Speaker 1:Nintendo Switch 2 edition, switch 1 edition. Don't worry, the biggest franchise is not leaving you behind, although you would argue, it would be a great time that they could use this to push the Switch 2. They're not getting greedy, which is nice. To see Dagon Romper 2x2 on the Switch 1 and 2 coming in 2026. Beautiful, beautiful to see this Great sort of visual novel games for anyone to enjoy Dynasty Warriors Origins coming to the switch to 2020, 20, 20, 20, 20.
Speaker 1:Hmm, george, george, my son, it's coming to the switch to on the 22nd of january 2026. Again looks great. It's not for me, but one versus a thousand action never gets boring. Right, right, amazing, uh. And monster hunter story 3, twisted reflection take to the skies and this thrilling story, rich, turn-based rpg set in the world of monster hunter, so a bit of a different take. Certainly one, uh, to keep people busy between big games. We also got slapped up the side of the face with a part in the sizzle reel which had had such high hitters as Two Point Museum, a game I'm actually quite excited about. The Sega E7, ea Sports FC26, dragon Quest I II HD 2D remakes go along with the other remake that we've already talked about Virtua 5, revo World Stage Switch 2, just down as this winter.
Speaker 1:Lego Voyages coming to Switch 1 and 2, 15th September. Little Nightmares 3. Creeping and crawling its way onto the Switch 1 and 2, 10th October 2025. Rachel, happy, happy, happy, happy, talk. Talk about Persona 3 Reload on Switch 2, coming on the 23rd of October 2025. I miss that. I did miss that and I've been on Amazon recently looking at the PS5 version. So good news, my love.
Speaker 1:Also one that didn't leave me in any doubt that Nintendo's not mucking about this time. Obviously, we've got a lot of the resis on the Switch. We've got Zero Again. I was talking to OG Tom about this. For some reason, I've got a lot of the resis on the Switch. We've got Zero Again. I was talking to OG Tom about this. For some reason, I've got Zero and One.
Speaker 1:I don't have the remakes on there. Two and Three, and I'm not playing. I'm not getting them on there and doing them on the cloud Absolutely no way. I'm not. Even if it's great, I'm not. That's what stopped me getting Kingdom Hearts on Switch Cloud version, even if one Jesus, nah, Nah, that ain't happening. Anyway, I've got 4 on there and I've got the remake of that as well, kicking around somewhere. I've got 5 and 6 on Switch as well, and now we're going to be able to have 7, 8, and Requiem. Well, and now we're going to be able to have 7-8 and requiem. If you didn't know it, switch just became the home of resi. I know the others are already the home of resi, but it's an interesting uh selection and something that hasn't gone by me unnoticed. So yeah, fair play for managing to get the whole set there.
Speaker 1:Ninty resident evil requiem is the ninth title in the mainline resident evil series. Prepare to escape death in heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core. A new era of survival horror begins in 2026. Technological advancements combined with the development team's depth of experience combine in a story with rich gameplay and characters that are more immersive than ever before. Fire Emblem's Fortunes Weave came out on the Switch 1 and 2, or revealed for the Switch 1 and 2, coming out in 2026. The newest entry in the Fire Emblem series is set to enter the arena.
Speaker 1:Now you can see why I thought that was bloody good, because the list of games is a mile long. Now how would you rate that list? Was it good for you? Now? There wasn't a great deal in it. For me, it wasn't as though every game came up and I went banger. But every game that came up I went fair play, see why it's here. I understand there's an audience for that, but how did you rate nintendo's direct? Um got to ask you. Did it get an a plus from you like it did from me, or are you going to mark this one down, as I just wish they'd announced something else. If that's the case, then I guess it wasn't for you.
Speaker 1:Like I say, I can see something in there, even if it wasn't directed for me, and I'm certainly excited about how they are pushing the little console that cut along a little bit. Uh, I guess make hay while the sun shines, while it's technically kind of on a level, kind of I'm being generous. Um, because we're rapidly approaching xbox next, rapidly approaching what one can only imagine is going to be called ps6. Uh, rumors abound that it might be segwaying into a some form of a hybrid, or possibly you buy another thing it's in playstation, you know buy another thing and clack it on the side for another 500 quid, probably. Sign me up, obviously I'm all in for this debauchery. Um, yeah, so nintendo's sort of usp it secured for itself, which I'm saying, saying maybe PlayStation tried to erode with the portal. Good attempt, certainly got a high attach rate versus PS5. And Xbox obviously seen a little bit of that with their relationship with. Is it Asus For the themed Xbox remote player streaming device? For the themed Xbox remote player stroke streaming device. So we're hinting as gamers that this is the direction we want to go in.
Speaker 1:I know I've made a very big noise but in 12 months from now maybe I won't be traveling as much as I am, maybe the Switch 2 will be relegated to the cupboard under the stairs, god forbid, and everyone will be back sat on the sofa, fat, dumb and happy playing our big boy games. It's interesting, and you know, with Rachel's preoccupation with the Switch 2. Lately the portal showed me a couple of its foibles. In that, yeah, I must have got lucky and I'm lucky again because I've done the hard yards in setting it up. But it's certainly reawakened me to the PS5 ecosystem again a little bit.
Speaker 1:I think that it was easy for me to kind of get dragged to the Switch 2 and be all in on it. Just the convenience, you know. Watching a bit of telly, oh fine, I'll play it in handheld mode. Not that I sound like a normal person, I know when I talk about I realise, realized the last few times I've mentioned the switch too and they can do this and there and everywhere, like hang on, george, you're an addict? No, I'm not at all. I love a bit of TV as well and all the other entertainments that people are into and going out and socializing and, like I say, top of the show got after and a new wife not she needs looking after, she does looking after me.
Speaker 1:But, um, anyway, hopefully you've enjoyed that news bit of a rambly one from me. Um, it was always going to be this way, probably a mental health warning at the front of the episode to make sure no one was too surprised by this um. But we find ourselves now at the section where I probably need to beg you, and I'm going to beg, if I'm being honest with you. Five years I've been here grinding out. Now you could say, george, yeah, you get the equidistant return for the quality you put out and you're not wrong. But I want to know you, I want to see you, I want to smell you. I've been talking to you five years. Goddammit, stop being a stranger to me. You probably know more about me than myself. You probably know when I'm going to leave a pregnant pause and cough before I even do.
Speaker 1:If that's the case, bare minimum reach out to me on some form. You tune in every week. You must have something that I must be saying, something you're emotionally interested in. Let me be interested in you. I want to be um speaking to yourself, or rgt or scotty or seb or bobby or og tom. That's all well and good, but we're actually preparing a show for you, dear listener, and I would just love to hear from you one of the oldest, silent but violence.
Speaker 1:I dream of waking up one day to an email saying long time listener, first time poster. This person's been on journey, man, woman and child. I love it and I just want to meet more of you. If I've had an effect on you in some way, to the fact that you tuned in one week and then the very next week you tuned in again, what's wrong with you? That's probably the reality. You needed to get yourself off this sick, toxic train. But if it wasn't, I just want to meet you. I want to be able to thank you in person. Basically, um, I'm not even begging for money, I'm just begging for you guys out there, thousands of you in your silence is deafening, uh. But I would love to hear from you so I can personally thank you mano a mano and also just bring you into the wider family.
Speaker 1:Now, I know that's not for everybody and social media is not for everybody. I tell you what it's not for me either. I can barely get discord working uh well for myself. Uh, to discord. Sheriffs bobel, obra and digital monkery they do a fantastic job of keeping it going, but you sidetracked again, george. You're eroding your main message and that's a very kind and loving one of. I just want to thank you. So reach out email questions at unofficialcontrollerpodcastcom or jump on the Discord there's a link in the Instagram or just send me a DM on one of our socials. Love to hear from you and then also so I can thank you for the time that you've given us over the last five years. Very, very, very, very grateful.
Speaker 1:Now, beyond a no illusion, the next list of names I'm going to read out and I'm going to do a little bit of Discord homework while I'm there. I've got to post a picture. It'll all become apparent when you hear the episode. Now you're saying now I see why George put that picture on there so I can look at it while he's going on about those games. Yeah, so if you're on the Discord, that picture appeared right now, and right now, in this moment, you don't have the information that you're getting right now to say why did George put that picture here? Now you hear this. You say that's why he put that picture. Let me go back on the Discord. Hmm, hmm, let's have a look to all those not on the discord. You'll find that picture on the blue sky app. I want to encourage it.
Speaker 1:It's a bit of a dead social media. I went on there the other day to do something for the show and realized I was preaching to no one, um, which was a bit a bit dismotivating, if I'm honest with you. But our main socials, instagram and Twitter, reach out to us there mainly Instagram on some days. Now, what we do have is we have a paid section where you can pay to support the show, and that's really beautiful and not enforced in any way. I don't say, oh, you've got to do this. That's a show, we'll die. The show's always going to be free, don't forget that. But if you do contribute, even at at the lowest level, bare minimum, you're going to get your name read out. Bare minimum, you're going to get sent a t-shirt. It's okay. So I just need to pop in the host chat where we corral this list up, and here it is now, as I say, pay to support the show. One of the perks is you get your name read out at the end. And we are here at this point, listener, I'm sorry to say when there's no one else, it's hard for me to bounce off. And I'll be honest, this is probably my weakest showing as a solo Full marks for those who go back through the catalogue to find all my solos, listen to them and then independently review them on the Discord and let me know which was the worst solo I've ever done.
Speaker 1:I would love to know. So let's get stuck in. I don't need an army of fans. Well, I do, but all I've got is a one-man fan club and some would argue that's enough because it'll beat every other fan club up going. That's enough Because he'll beat every other fan club up going. Declan Donnelly fan club Smash. Daniel O'Donnell fan club Smash Beats him up. He's going to beat him up, he's not going to smash him. I don't know whether let's leave that there. I don't want whether let's leave that there. I don't want to speak for Carlos. I don't want to sign him up for the. Declan O'Donnell, daniel O'Donnell, all the double D's baby anyway, up.
Speaker 1:Next I'll tell you what I was thinking about investing in. It was the. A fake croc company approached me, said would you like to develop a ucp shoe. We're going to have these across the whole world. I was about to put in 2.8 million pounds into r&d and firm returns appeared out of nowhere literally out of nowhere grabbed me very strongly because he's ripped he's now called rip returns in mind, but firm returns on his Twitter, where you get all your legal and money advice. He grabbed me really strongly by the wrist. He said don't do this, it's a scam. George, this is a scam. I know you portray me as being involved in shady dealers, but I'm not that guy. I'm that silent angel in the background that helps you make good financial decisions, not talk you into bad ones. And this is one of those moments where he came through. He stopped me from making a bad investment in the UCP Crocs. Equally so, if you want to see the UCP Croc, message me. I will get firm returns put in a court injunction and he won't be able to stop us making the best shoe ever made Up.
Speaker 1:Next, they do the finest buffalo wings in Queens. It's Trestles in New York, our home for an episode and our second home during the American era when we recorded the show in New York. Next is the immortal. He's the kind of man you go to when you've gorged yourself on a full English on a Sunday morning and you didn't think you had anything on that afternoon, and the phone rings and it's Mumsy, and Mumsy says one thing roast. And you're like, oh god, I wish there was a religious man that could help me make space in my lower intestine for the Sunday roast. And guess what there is. His name's Roast Space Monk. He's not only a physical health guru, but he's also really good at emptying his lower intestine. Make of that what you will.
Speaker 1:Up next, everybody. I have to be careful because the mic does not like me going full eye, tie that's. I'm leaving it in because I want my pain and I want to be humiliated. Italian people don't like I, wouldn't like to think, like to be called ities. And one of our loyalist listeners, who is Italian, I just referred to as that. I can only apologise by the pinkster. Everybody, everybody, stand up, sir. And this is all because I was trying to whisper. Everybody, stand down, sir. Ciao a tutti, stammi bene. Thank you, bada Bingster.
Speaker 1:Up next, a man who, let's face it, when left to my own devices, I'll literally butcher everybody's name on him. It's not on purpose, it's because, just like you, I'm a bumbling mess of nerves and skin and I have absolutely no idea what I'm saying or doing from one moment to the next. Now that might be an unregistered medical condition, but that's. That's a set of systems I'm fighting through to get words out of my mouth in this microphone or down this wire through the medium of the internet, probably through a cloud or three up wirelessly. Boom straight into your earphones. Wow, george, that oomph actually felt like it travelled through time and space and electrical wires. Let's go on that journey all over again. Oomph straight in your ear. Think of the journey that word's been on All over again. Oop straight in your ear. Think of the journey that word's been on.
Speaker 1:Anyway, side ramble aside, I butchered this man's name, so I'm just going to do him the due diligence of saying Tingle Tuna, up next the Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy. I've got these two painted as the Discord sheriffs in my mind. So every week they're turning up chewing on a matchstick with a hat to it, forward looking, dark, menacing, but with an edge of sexual attraction. It's Digital Monkery. Now I've seen him doing a fun run. Actually, it's probably disrespectful to call it that. It was probably a half marathon. I didn't read the detail, but I saw him in his running gear holding a medal. I would imagine that's a sign of a good day's work. Well done to you.
Speaker 1:Up next, he's a man that has no need for head and shoulders because he just has a great looking scalp. It's bald border. Up next, I think we can officially announce that he's going brown. That's not a no, just that we've agreed between us. Well, rgt. Well, rgt went there pretty lawlessly last week and I thought to myself well, do you know what? I think it's fine, we're all adults Going brown. Up next, a man who is.
Speaker 1:If this man was in the armed forces, any armed force across the world, he would put everybody else in redundancy. He would put every machine and weapon system in redundancy. But, george, what if we faced a threat on land, sea and air? Well, I'll tell you what. This guy would punch a tank on the turret and literally cripple it. He could front crawl across the North Sea and uppercut a Russian submarine into outer space and he could just throw a very small piece of grit at a jet, as hard as he could throw it, and it would be like it being hit by the moon. That's the strength and latent power of my adopted red-headed stepson, ginge. I loved him so much that even after separating from his, I'm being honest she's not as good a mum as I am a dad. Okay, and he's not even mine he's Brian from Quick Fit, but I love him more than both of them put together. He will always be my son.
Speaker 1:It's Ginge. It's quite the write-up, wasn't it? Bloody hell? Ginge just became a demigod. Demigods are alright, but I'll tell you one thing they are not that great verses, and this might be Ginge's nemesis. Let's set this up going forward, because, as strong and as powerful On the side of the light that Ginge is, every ying Needs a yang, every knight needs a day, every ebony, as paul mccartney and michael jackson taught us, needs an ivory baby sitting together in perfect harmony, side by side on piano. But, baby, why don't we Never, ever, let me on my own again? It's Yang. It's Harvey, retro, lord of Darkness. He's equally as strong, but he hides it under a veil of mystery and malevolence.
Speaker 1:Up next, I've got a verbal restraining order against me by Emma. Must have been a fallout on the UCP world tour somewhere. We're very grateful for you listening. We do have a lot of fun. I hope you enjoy it. Hopefully you can tell that we don't single any single person out. We literally rip the living snots out of everybody. But thank you, emma, I will stay back, no problems. And OG Tom is. He's got a face covering shackled to his head. He's no danger to you anymore. The threat has been removed. Removed from where, though, george? I'll tell you from where? Nowhere the threat's been removed Near Berlin. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Every week we try and come up with something different, but normally end up really only verging around the idea that it's nowhere near you, sarah, nowhere near Berlin.
Speaker 1:Up next, you got a lover and you got a hater, depends what time of the year it is, how old you are. It's mumsy, obviously close to Christmas you can't get enough mumsy, but on a cold February afternoon when she tells you to tidy your room, not so keen. The RGT fan club, the assembled masses of all of his family members, one would imagine. No, don't say that, george, don't say that. It's not just family members. Okay, friends, close friends and family members make up the immortal RGT fan club. But thank you to each and every one of you. Yeah, but if all of you financially contribute separately, broke up the fan club. Technically, rgt could retire. Your love for him knows no bounds, I'll leave it with you.
Speaker 1:Oh, next, the only threat Ginge ever faced, and he punched through him so hard that, I'm sorry, peter Brocklehurst, you just split in half, like me punching a ripened melon, mango, I don't know fruit that's going to obliterate to my smash, very, very. It's very easy to say that word, but I think with great power comes great responsibility. After Pete Brocklehurst we have the love him or hate him guy. It's the guy you love to hate. It's Billy Marmite.
Speaker 1:Next, and by no means least, fat Zangief. Now I'm going to method act this one. I've not Zangief. Now I'm going to method act this one. I've not Zangiefed in a while I've been away with work. I've not felt comfortable to Zangief, you know, anywhere other than my private chambers. I've come back to my private chambers. I've obviously on my own because I'm recording on my own. If there was someone here, I'd force them to talk to you as well. So it wasn't just a bizarre ego trip for this weirdo from Lincoln. So I'm in my private chambers, all on my own, and you can be secure in the fact that I'm all on my own and I've just realized that I'm a 46-year-old man. I'm in the house on my own, I've got my eyes on the swivel.
Speaker 1:I'm thinking I'm going to crack myself for Zangief here. Why not? Am I hurting anyone? Am I? Religious connotations aside, I'm not hurting anyone. I've seen memes that suggest a kitten might die, but I think it's going to be okay and I'll be honest with you. Humans have been sacrificing things for years. So what I'm on 365 kittens. I'm past caring. So I'm sat here, got a week about pressure, but nothing too crazy. That's angry. Something tells me I might regret this episode. But do you know what? You've got? To drive a wedge into your fan base at some point in time and either make them love you or hate you. I think that's one of the big issues. I'm not polarising enough to get the clicks.
Speaker 1:Just this nice guy talking about a video game. George, you said nice guy, mate, about yourself. Have a word, pal. Talked about humility, you've got none. Anyway, this dude here, dangerous, let's kill it.
Speaker 1:Okay, let's get into what you've been playing. Um, what you're hoping to play, george, you don't even know your own show 200 and some odd episodes in. You don't even know how your own show goes. And I'll be honest with you, george, if you've got any listeners left after this, it'd be a miracle. So what are you hoping to play? I'll tell what are you hoping to play. I'll tell you what I'm hoping to play cowboy, no Man's Sky. Once I finish recording this, I'm going to sink into the sofa like Renton in Trainspotting and I'm just taking the portal with me and I'm going so deep.
Speaker 1:My main quest at the minute in no Man's Sky, I think I said at the top of the show, but I rambled for that long to myself I don't even know what I've said anymore. Top tip listener, try talking out loud to yourself and a remote third party and imagining their conversation back to you, while still trying to maintain the dialogue for however long I've been going and you're doing pretty all right for yourself. Um, yeah, yeah. What a disaster zone. Anyway, what are you hoping to play? Like I say, no Man's Sky. Sink deep in there. No distractions, rachel's at work, get my video games to myself for a change. Stick the Explorer earbuds in and just go. I'm really excited for this.
Speaker 1:I've been trying to get to the center of the universe today. It's gonna happen. I've got the fuel and I've got the distance to run right down. Some would say I saved that moment for today and I bloody did as well. I'm very. I didn't want to do it at one in the morning. I didn't want to get a little blurry. I'm like, no, I better turn it off now. I wanted to get there at a good time during the day so I can enjoy getting to the center of the universe.
Speaker 1:I've heard all sorts of things talked about in no Man's Sky lore and I know on a few of the Reddits and message boards that there's probably going to be a high um. I don't know, probably not, but I'd love for it to be a high frequency of player base there, like loads of them um. I'm very excited and I've built it up to be something it never is. I know ultimately it's kind of a way the game resetting itself and it's roguelike style, kicking you all the way back to beginning the universe again. I know that, I know that and spoilers for a rapidly approached 10 year old game, but I've never done it and I want to do it. You know how many people that's got no man's sky I've ever got to the center? Not that many, I would imagine if we went and had a look at the trophy metrics. I'm sure players owned versus center visitors is is actually lower than you'd expect. It was one of the ways to get in the platinum and it's an original launch, but there's been a few extras added on, with some side trophies mingled in. I'm saying I'm sure it's the same for the achievements over on the xbox side of the camp. Yeah, very excited for that.
Speaker 1:Uh, excited to see rachel rip into a bit of persona 5 sooner rather than later, to keep the journey alive, to keep the spirit alive. She's definitely, certainly firmly putting herself in the jrpg camp, but I can see why. It's a great way of enjoying the story with minimal twitch controls needed. You don't need any twitch reactions to do that. Some of them are timers, but still plenty of time. So there's so much there for her to get stuck into. I'm thinking possibly of getting a Super Mario RPG, a thousand-year Dora or the N64 remake, just to be a palate cleanser for her, but within a game metric that she is shown to enjoy. Yeah, so that probably. Am I thinking of playing anything else? Well, if Rachel kicks off with that and the portal's not working, yeah, the hell of a lot of Eater baby. I was even thought about getting the switch one out of cold storage, and I've even bought an adapter for the PSP.
Speaker 1:Desperacy looks like this, and being a Persona 4 widower is actually a bloody good feeling. Actually to do something that you've enjoyed for all these years and find a medium with which your partner can enjoy it. There is no. There is no better prize, I don't think. Anyway, with all that, I wish you all the very best this week.
Speaker 1:I hope this episode has probably not the best episode you've ever heard. But do you know what, george? You made a solemn vow we were going to get a show pretty much every week, and you're a man of your word and I'm a listener on my word. So I'm going to go listen again to all of this about that catalog and all your other, all your other solo efforts, george, and I shall then join the discord and tell you how bad this episode was. A ucp rotten a UCP Rotten Tomatoes score of 4. Even makes the backlog a shame. Looked like the most insanely listenable episode ever put to the internet. And on that rather self-sacrificial comment. That's all we have time for this week, listeners always. Thank you for your time. Look forward to the pleasure of speaking to you again next week. Until then, happy gaming and remember, there's nothing wrong with being given the unofficial controller. It's what you do with it that counts. Thank you, guys, for your patience and we'll see you next week. Take care. Outro Music.