How Bad Games Trick You Into Buying Them
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- Why do studios keep lying about their games? It’s as if they think we won’t notice when a game looks worse than the trailers and marketing. The truth is more complicated than it may seem...
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What's the most dishonest game trailer you've seen?
Cyberpunk 2077
@@thacrypt223 same
Anthem..
I know its not really the same but most game mobile ads are basically showing you something entirely different. As for games, I'd say Watch Dogs.
The Day Before, Anthem, Cp2077, BF2024, Forspoken, Gotham Knights. Suicide Squad game, Overwatch 2, and many more thay I can't be bother to remember.
From the day I started gaming as a kid, all I did is buy pirated games (in my country it cost like 2 dollars)
As I grew up and becam teenager, I started pirating.
When I graduated, I felt that scamming these companies is not fair. I started buying games based on hype.
It took 3 years for me to completly loose faith in the triple A companies.
I gradually started losing the appetite to gaming. I taught it was because i'm getting older. But after watching this, I knew that it had something to do with the feeling of me getting scammed.
Sad world we live. Feels like mental slavery
I becam gay
Then just buy good ones and don’t buy bad ones it’s that easy
Piracy is justifiable on companies that delivers poor service.
Until they start to improve, let them lose money.
And that is exactly why I always, ALWAYS, buy games when they're on sale. Never full price. And for the love of god NEVER on cosole. Always PC. Console gaming is a scam through and through, and it's not even better than PC, it's just a little bit more cinematic thanks to the ability to control walking speeds on your characters lol.
The only game I purchased full price, EVER, was the Lego Star Wars the Skywalker Saga, and I'm considering doing it for Elden Ring and Resident Evil 4. Those 3 are the only ones so far who have deserved it from my standpoint.
And then there are games I will NEVER buy. Sims for example; who the fuck spends 500-800 for a game that is not even the best quality. Or the Cities Skylines expansions; same coment, like FRRRRR.
@@davide.schiaffino Accept it or not but the fact is consoles helped many gaming industries to grow with selling their games and improve themselves while it lasted.
Not all people in the world have up to 2-5K $ to build the PC just to run way more consumable games.
Consoles are cheaper and many choose it because it can last up to 6-8 years which PC can't.
Plus they get subscriptions like PS+ and Game Pass to play free games.
And not to mention how graphic cards skyrocketed into ridiculous price in last 5 years because of bitcoin miners and now becoming bigger.
Yeah, i don't think everyone wants a PC that takes half of desk space in 2040 because of graphic cards becoming much bigger each year we going further.
Gaming would be long time dead if consoles didn't exist as seen before PS1 and Dreamcast how games didn't bring anyone's attention than small group of people on this planet.
This is why PC is called as Workstation rather than gaming device.
Has way less sales than consoles and only good for modding.
You can get viruses and be hacked (just look how CDPR was hacked & stole CP77 footages GTA 6 got leaked) but on consoles you never do get a single virus.
Also i loved The Sims 2-3 but Stuff expansions are mediocre (except cars and some clothes).
Rockstar now does that in their GTAO.
I must say man, this video felt like a general informative video about how the moment you are on the internet data on you is being collected rather than how game companies scams us. Not complaining btw, it is more of a compliment that you were able to tie the topic of scams in video game industry to data collection was amazing. Truly you deserve more subs and attention, I wish a successful future.
You know you’ve found a good creator when they know how to make every single video on their channel super interesting and intriguing. Regardless of the topic
Fun Fact: The case that he talks about in the was won by the plantiff and now companies can be sued for deceptive movie trailers.
That's good to know.
The case was not won as far as I can tell. According to The Guardian and Hollywood Reporter, as of August 2023, it was thrown out--although it _had_ been confirmed in December 2022 by another judge that it is Possible to sue a company for a deceptive trailer. The reason this particular case was later thrown out is pretty funny, actually.
_But in an order dated 28 August, Wilson tossed the suit out, agreeing with Universal that the case was a “self-inflicted injury” after Woulfe revealed in an amendment he had rented Yesterday a second time in 2023, this time on Google Play. The plaintiff explained he did so to claim new “misrepresentations on Google”, as De Armas was listed as a cast member in Yesterday in Google searches._ (Sian Cain, The Guardian, Aug 30 2023)
the dude rented the movie twice
Your thumbnail wasn't the cause of me clicking on this video, it was you uploading it.
Glad to see a channel like yours on this platform, truly a great channel - keep the good work!
Not even going to watch this right now but I'm commenting for algorithm favoritism. Good luck
so this is why this was in my recommendations
@@curie1420 w-whay
Well you should, it’s quite interesting
@@LVCRFT2023 well i'll watch a bit.
@@sylinashi8761yup found this in my recommendations now im subbed
i can't thank you enough for this video!, holly shit man... i was searching for some "guidance" to write a paper about "How games can be a tool for education" in this case, for a second language learning, and you opened up my eyes for a bunch of different subjects that i can use to write a good work!, you sure deserve more subs! there is but a few guys like you, that transforms extremely complicated knowledge into something so digestible and dinamic! kudos from Brazil dude!
Man your video quality is absurdly good. I can totally see you with 1 or 2 million subs in a year or so, keep the good work!!
Two things I miss. Real gameplay in trailers, and demos. I have definitely switched to playing indie games more.
I instantly subbed on the first video and just wanted to say I've been here from the start and never disappointed by a single thing you have uploaded so far. great job on all of the things.
The problem with misleading marketing is that it may led people to buy your game once or twice, but in the long run it will bankrupt your company.
My main take away is that everything would be better if gamers stopped preordering games, unless you are a video game reviewer I really don't see any reason to want the game in day 1, of course this thought becomes a little more complicated if you think in multi-player games.
None of this matters if you have developed self control. Which, in the current age of instant gratification and impulsivity... Good luck 👍
A few simple rules:
#1. Never pre-order, wait for reviews.
#2. Never buy something you just found out about without waiting 24hrs to think critically about it.
#3. Don't buy things you can't pay cash for!
I use most of those
Gamers are the dumbest fan base. "Don't buy something before you know its quality" is one of the most obvious tenets of being a consumer. But apparently this is too hard for gamers to grasp. Gamers buy garbage so studios sell them garbage. I don't think this will ever be solved forever.
I generally wait a month or more before I buy a new game. Enough time for patches to come out and make it actually work. I also never pre-order and will NOT do early access ever again. No backing either, if I'm paying money for a game it MUST be finished.
Everyone learns #1 sooner or later. I learned sooner with MW3, BF3 and BO2. I saw a friend learning it with No Man's Sky. Now there's Cyberpunk to teach the lesson.
I can't argue that CDPR lied to us with Cyberpunk 2077 features and overall state of the game but we as gamers are not blameless we wanted Cyberpunk to be the biggest game of all time with the most content ever after success of The Witcher 3. There was endless list of features that community wanted and expected not only from game trailers alone so after most of them didn't made it into the final product we expressed our disappointed in looking for the smallest things that didn't work. I still remember people talking shit about NPCs walking the streets without any purpose they're there to make city not feel empty after all and they do it just fine. The sad part is that people were so angry that they forget to enjoy the game (if they can of course - PS4 and XB1 version should never be a thing) I sped 360 hours in this single player world without mods and completing the story 3 times. I'm on my 4th playthrough skipping all cutscenes but enjoying combat and walking down streets watching stunning views. It's not perfect by any means but thanks to devs not giving up on the game updates and support it's a lot better than it was at lunch. I hope that incoming Phantom Liberty DLC will be good addition to the game story cause I main storyline was to short for me. So sad that because of terrible decisions made by management huge amount of players never will know how good it is. And to everyone still thinking Cyberpunk is trash just forget about you want it to be and love it for what it is and it's a game with interesting story, beautiful environment design and combat variety.
agree 100%
We may have wanted all that but they shouldn't lie. This is why I just can't bring myself to buy AAA games from the start anymore. I made that grave mistake with cyberpunk. They redeem themselves by updating but it took them 2 years. It's very bad for them to do that and for future titles it's not gonna be filled with doubts about the launches.
Just want to comment on how great all of your videos are! Keep up the amazing work man and I hope you get the subs you deserve sooner than later.
Reminds me of when I first heard the term "false advertising" on the early days of the internet, making it sound like it's a bad thing when ads already always lie to your face. It was like hearing wet water is actually illegal.
That's why Evil West was my favorite game from last year. They showed actual gameplay in just about every trailer.
Funny thing is, even the trailers are disappointing nowadays 😅
Like movie trailers where you see all the good stuff in the trailer.
True that, I always watch the E3 (or it's replacements) with friends and all those cinematic trailers? We just beg to show us actual gameplay please, as those cinematics aren't even hooking us anymore... Well and if they than show gameplay, 9/10 times it looks like the most boring game ever.
Honestly I don’t trust media through trailers and even movie trailers. Of course they are going to make the game look incredible. Usually I wait until reviews come in.
Games that have honest trailers also end up being better received as a whole. Take the Spider-Man or God of War games from Sony, every Zelda BOTW trailer from Nintendo, or heck, even the RE remake and DMC5 trailers from Capcom. Coincidence? Nope. It's cause these games were actually good, and had no reason to lie.
FF7R, Persona 5 Vanilla and Royal on PS, Aegis Rim 13 Sentinels, Neo: TWEWY Octopath 2, and even the remastered Nier Replicant----- they actually looked great on their trailers and on the released version. I will include TLOU2 love or hate that game, even that looked more next gen than cyberscam 2077.
@@arvinjay336 new jump button
boom, 5 million lastilion pre orders
love your channel!! keep up the great work :D
I Hope that there can be more and more well made indie video games do that more people can see, that most phenomenal games are made by people with a Passion and a clear vision. Not cotporations pumping out titles every other year.
While I agree. I also think this can be extended to so called mid-tier games.
Now many games label as indie have publishers behind it which does not fit to original indie title definition.
To me one of the success stories of mid-tier game is Hellblade.
It also fit into was was said in the video be honest.
The team had 10M GBP budget, cut almost all marketing doing it via social media and dev diaries. Managed to create a game using a unique subject as focal point. And they succeeded with ROI they got earlier than expected, awards, good sales and good reception of the game.
I actually have more respect for a company that use actual game play in the trailer over some really nice shiny CGI that doesn't tell you anything like Ubisofts now infamous watchdog trailer which didn't really lie but the actual game looked a lot worse
Great work! Been following the channel since the start.
You’ve got to talk about Clone Drone In The Danger Zone. Its gameplay is the craziest I’ve ever experienced that’s not fast paced like a bullet hell.
I was going to go to sleep, but I stayed awake to watch your video. Super informative my guy. My mindset is clearer
I like playing games for the story. I could read a book, but I can't control that character like I can in a video game. Same goes for movies/shows. Yeah the plot usually still ends up about the same. But the difference is I chose the path to the destination. I made the decisions that helped me get to the finish. And often times I just get so lost in the world I just sometimes forget to reach the destination. lol
When I see a trailer for what looks like a good game I go straight to UA-cam and search game play. I haven't trusted marketing for many years now
Amazing video man. Sick of boring content that lacks inspiration. Used many contentions to support your argument. Loving the content keep it up!
I think one of the most common reason was left out. Many play video games to escape this crappy world, to ignore the crap and let yourself distract from what is not right or not changeable in your current point in life. Games can create a place you feel happy and creates an environment you normally only dream about at nights. Life itself isn't great that's why people since the dawn of time always created something magical or mystical to bring some spice in our lives. Stories, Books, Movies, Drawings, Theater etc. All that is to create something we want but do not have in irl.
i would say final fantasy 7 ps1 was the first commercial i saw that used only the fmv to sell it. and back then we didnt call them trailers per say but commercials, the smash bros was a commercial, trailers were for game shows like ces or e3.
i just found your videos and am loving them.
Amazing analysis! You delivered more than I expected by the title. It must be a pattern in the game industry. Deliver more than we expect.
Yeah, I remember this during a Watch dogs trailer and The Division and oh boy, what a big drop difference you could see when you compare the two from the trailer that was shown to you!
division and division 2 are fine, no online games are perfect at launch
I like how he said his favorite example of this was target knows the teen daughter was pregnet before the dad did and amazing video man :]
this is why you always wait for the gameplay trailer before you get hyped for a game.
I just realised that I had never bought a video game based on what I saw in the trailer. Now, I barely watch game trailers from the beginning to the end patiently.
This title reminded me of Anthem & man I so wish that game lived up to it's potential. The concept itself was really cool so I just couldn't see how it failed so badly.
As someone who’s a fan of a genre the market will never push, I find it funny when they try to figure me out and fuck it up royally
love this etyle of video and topic, great job!
You are one of the best gaming informative channel I've seen
Man I love your content. Keep it up. I wanna see you grow up
This Video is truly great, i‘d appreciate it, if you would upload more content like this!
It’s crazy how Nintendo a company who used to be known for releasing games super polished and now they release their biggest IP Pokemon running and optimized like diarrhea.
One thing I've always hated is cinematic trailers that show nothing of the gameplay. I love trailers that look cool, but don't even come close to how cool the game is, like Vintage Story. All in all, I won't buy anything from a major studio until I've pirated it first to see how it plays, if they don't have a demo, or have loved something they've already released like Spiderweb, Runic, or Unknown Worlds.
My favorite way to find a game is on Twitter. The devs publish short gameplay clips or screenshots long before it's released... though waiting can suck... lol
>Nintendo
>No trickery behind their marketing
Hey remember that SMT x Fire Emblem crossover we were supposed to get and then we got Tokyo Mirage Sessions?
Yeeeeaaaaahhh.....
No one plays that game nor cares about random dlc. Like seriously who pays for dlc.
@@oo--7714 there are fans of that game and the switch version incorporates all the dlc because the NA version doesn't have DLC in the shop.
it still counts because they advertised something entirely different and the end product was a lie. stop boot licking.
@@oo--7714 kids mad at people for spending their own money on a game they loved
With more and more people are unearthing these frauds, I genuinely believe that companies will try to improve on this as their selling point.
"Look, we are not doing bad games anymore! Not like the others!"
Lol probs will happen like that.
As long as unfinished bug-filled games make profit, studios have no incentive to change.
Always remember... pirate first and buy if it's good. NEVER PREORDER. Unless it's Yakuza.
Just off the top of my head? Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson.
The Cardassians? Like... from Star Trek?
You can't be manipulated if you don't have money to buy the product😎
8:08
I watched this video with hope that content creator adressed the thumbnail as clickbait. And he didn't dissapoint! 🤘🤣🤙
And the video made some really good points on our rediculous consumerism.
Time well spent 😁
Cheers from Sweden 🇸🇪
This is the second video of yours I've watched so far where you mention games that I literally couldn't care less about like Starcraft or Diablo back at the time and I still never played them, don't care how popular they are. Anyways very informative vid. It's more on the general knowledge side of things. Yes, indie game developers have been my go to lately over mindless corporate (mostly western) companies and their childish decisions with the exception of a few of them. Look at rhe Overwatch PVE crap that recently happened. They hyped up the very thing that was supposed to be in Overwatch 2 just to later scrap it and add bits of story crap to it later. I don't play Overwatch, but I do like hearing negative news about big corpo companies and their stupid decisions that impact their entire reputation.
Starcraft trailer that came on the Diabolo 1 CD gave me shivers. I played it countless times and could not get enough of it. It made bigger impression on me, than the game it was bundled with. I wanted movies made in that style. I remember the 90's marketing, and all the consoles to choose from. I'm glad I went with Nintendo, mostly because of relative affordability. I had no clue, which system was better. 3DO was advertised like hell, as well as Sega. If I were to go just by the rate of persuasion, I'd think those 2 were the best systems, but hardly anyone had them. Everyone played Nintendo, like I did. We were all trading games with eachohter. It was better to be associated with the NES brand. If I had the money, I would've bought a 3DO, and knowing what I do now, I would've definitely regretted it. So, it's best that I did not.
Hype is the biggest issue with any advertising. Just look at vehicle adverts, you hardly see the vehicle, and the small print, tells you that the model shown may not be available in your area, and the vehicle shown is always top of the range.
I am longer in the tooth and it took me sometime to realise, that you don't need every product aimed at you.
Over the past few years you see so many bad after tastes from AAA studios, but people will pre order them again and again. I find it better to wait a few months and let them iron out most of the issues, and probably a steam sale to purchase the game, like CyberPunk 2077, same with Starfield.
Sad to see the gaming industry is far from being what it was. The charm has been lost, maybe we'll see a new golden age someday...
Dude, just discovered your channel. What a gem
Good points
I had a ton of fun with the broken cyberglitch pc game! Your video was really good men! Good Stuff!!!
This is literally one of the best videos I've ever watched
The video was perfect❤
you make quality vids man ...love you
The most common for playing a video game is also about escapism. For example, we as civilians don't like to go to actual wars and suffer in one, but we play as a soldier and shoot guns and die and then respawn. Or owning luxurious cars when you don't actually have the real money to do so. It's all about escaping into your imagination world.
This is bad, that companies show us a video what they WANT to create, not what they already got.
So then later the game comes out aaaand this is not what we saw, it's worse than what they show us earlier....
Glad at least Detroit Become Human delivered though in terms of aesthetics. The trailer looks just like the actual gameplay. And there was indeed variety of outcomes. It may not be perfect especially in the plot but they did what they said. Great video btw just subbed!love ur insights.
From my experience ads make me want to Not buy something even more...
Only time this doesnt happen is when i already wanted it befor i even saw the ad
I find that since I wait till a game is released to buy it I "generally" don't get screwed lol
about cyberpunk 2077,
my take is that, the project was so huge for cd projekt to handle. they ran out of budget, they couldn't complete what they started and failed to fulfill their promise... but as you see today they keep up working on it after selling a few and still working on updating and upgrading it so they turned that broken game into a top game of all time... even when game released, it was so much better than competitors
we all saw that game worths something and it's not a cash grab like many other huge titles despite they couldn't deliver it
so I don't think they tried to bribe us
The unfortunate part is that people don't care, no matter how much the game improves you'll have people that either never played it to begin with or haven't played it since the release complaining and whining about it.
@@jackcassidy9963 honestly they shouldn't had made them wait 7 years for the game lol, this fucking game's commercial came out before witcher 3 even released
"Even when the game released it was so much better than the competition " who?fucking ubisoft? Cause that game sure as fuck weren't or still touching anything by r* or any decent company when it released
Bro they cooked that since what 2016? and they released a buggy false promised unplayable ass game
@@Justsomerandomdude397 Idk who told y'all it was unplayable, but while developing the game they also created their own engine alongside it. Which was where the biggest issues came in, game development is hard af m8. Also mfers are still crying about "false promises" like just move on, the game came out 3 years ago
I'm shocked you didn't bring up the division talk about promises.
Good stuff! 🎉
Plus points for Leroy Jenkins. I have fond memories from when I was young and my dad showed it to me.
IDK how stupid and/or rich a man should be to buy a game if he just only watched it's trailer and never seen actual gameplay.
10:09 was sword and shield truly broken on launch? I know that scarlet and violet was, but when it comes to sword and shield, I thought it was just the trees that were.... off...
the thing with advertising i feel is that it mainly works on those that actually have any interest in it. like me for example. when they show a new game i want in game, for me some cinematic is just kind of dull. And im not really sure that pic made me click this vid. more like the actual title.
I love what this channel is turning into
I only pirate Triple A games because they're made by big companies.
I still sometimes pirate some indie game but I often pay for them afterwards because those indie studios really need our help.
With the way that gaming is currently heading I'm more exited for a lot of upcoming indie games rather than Triple A games because the indie studios actually want to create good and fun games. That's their goal. The goal of the Triple A studios however is to make as much money as possible, it doesn't matter if the game is good or bad. That's why we're seeing so many half baked games lately
Great video!
My honest experience with cyberpunk was positive. I had 140 hours of fun with that game. The caveat being that I wasn’t watching the trailers, or expecting anything from the game. I had just bought my new pc at the time and was looking for a game, and cyberpunk launched 2 days later. With my pc being mid-high end it ran well, and was very fun to play. I can however see it from the perspective of someone with a ps4, that had been waiting a decade for that game. It would’ve been a massive disappointment.
I never got into the internet deep conspiracies and knew its a cyberpunk themey, open world, and it has the best graphics for benchmarks. Bought the game and its still amazing in every area except in the internet hate. why would a ps4 expect to handle a next gen game?
@@peacefusion because they advertised it as such.
Indie Devs: you get what you see in the trailer
AAA companies: you get something vaguely related to what you see in the trailer 🤑
That's why I play games a year after release because its cheaper, fewer bugs, and I know what I'm buying. The game will always be buggy on release, unfinished content and no gameplay content available, etc.
Because marketing trailer always show cutscene which are high quality rendered scenes. either used for marketing or movie scenes from the game.
@4:10 I laughed, "psychological" :D
Anyway, it's a lot to with with trust more than marketing, if you've played the Witcher 3, you expected Cyberpunk to be at least somewhere close to that level of quality, because of CDPR, not because of the trailers. It's like a brand name, people buy the new iPhones without researching what additional changes they bring over the previous model, because they trust Apple as a brand, not because of some ads.
That's smash computer was so crazy to me I had to have it Pikachu and Mario whe. Games rarely had collabs I had it before all my friends and I was the popular kid for a little while lol. And I pla video games because it is my escape from this crazy world
📌I stopped believing in trailers after Assassin's Creed 3. The trailer shows you darting across the battlefield assassinating generals, but the climax of the game was nothing like that. It was move to the left battalion and press x to fire, move to the right battalion and press x to fire, move to the left battalion and press x to fire, and finally move to the right battalion and press x to fire.
Haven't bought a new game in over a decade. Only spend modey in steam summer sales
The opening music here is the same as the @summoningsalt videos.
Can you give us more examples in a video of how game trailers compare to gameplay?
UA-camr "crowbcat" has a few videos that cover exactly that
Nowadays 7/10 considered a "less than mediocre" score but if we think for a sec there are 6 more digits behind 7 that are very rarely used
Well, nowerdays the graphics are so good that in-game-trailers have become (or at least should have) the standard. Even in-game cut scenes are no longer pre-rendered video files, but actual gameplay graphics (altho in GTA IV some additional filter were applied to cutscenes). As I don't watch many game trailers, I cannot even say when I saw a really misleading one. I can tell that Watchdogs was a big hyped game which turned out to be boring at the end. But IMO that was not the game trailers fault.
What is the name of the game at 10:40 anyone know ?
0:45 let's be honest, if the trailer for a new smash was something like that, it would be legendary!
Nice analysis. Thank you for sharing. : )
never pre order and never buy games on release,i still havent goten cyberpunk,i hear good things about it recently,proly gonna get it a few months after this next dlc comes out
Cyberpunk 2077 turned out to be a great game, though, if taken out of the context of the trailers and consumer expectations. Problem with it is that it was a development hell and that CDPR promised more than they could deliver in a realistic perspective.
I can't agree with your point of view. One thing is saying "the best cup of coofee in the world" (matter of opinion), "the ultimate driving experience" (again, matter of opinion), but another thing is showing a clip of a movie/game and not being actual footage of the product you're going to pay for, they're actually deceiving and lying to the consumer. In those cases, there should be a MANDATORY warning saying "not actual footage of the final product" or something in the same lines.
I don't think puffery applies here. Showing stuff in a trailer that isn't then in the game isn't "so outlandish" that no sane person would believe it. Promising specific mechanics and not delivering them certainly isn't puffery.
old video, but the ad i got was mouse, keyboard and headset.
was about to be champion in a Game featured by world best LoL players
It's a shame that a lot of things today are a marketing exercise rather than developing something with passion.
I played Assassin Creed 2 and I was done with Assassin Creed,I played Skyrim and I was done with Bathesda.I played one more AAA game and I was done with 95% AAA games.
Why does it take people so long to get it?
8:07 Bought CP2077 since launch and it didn't look like this. Am I missing something?
Depends on which platform, plus not all bugs are consistent
For years I've been extremely skeptical with every other publisher/developer and their marketing, but CDPR made me believe that they could do no wrong and not deceive me (the customer). The state of Cyberpunk on release - almost 3 years ago now - taught me a very good lesson about hype culture.
Cyberpunk on PC and xboxone was fine.
True i learned that too
I have recently been thinking about marketing a game by referencing a book. For example 'The Invincible' grabbed my attention by saying that its based on a book writen by Stanislaw Lem. But also we have 'Atomic Heart', wich in a lot of ways references 'We' - a book by Yevgeni Zamyatin, but 'Atomic Heart' never used it as a marketing tool. So, does this type of marketing really work? Is this type of games overall succesfull? I would be glad if you would make a video about that
You forgot the witcher
Only thing I disagree with is them talking about cyberpunk 2077. Cdred wanted to delay the game. But fans sent death threats and investors forced the release. You can't be mad at the company when all of this is public record. They wanted to give the people the whole game on the lower systems instead of what they repeatedly said was not ready to ship.
13:46 What is this cat game?