Oh yeah l, I feel like when I got to college I started getting really depressed. Looking back, I think I just had a lot of regrets. But also, I’ve realized that it’s mainly financial depression. Once I realized that I stopped caring. I just never wanted to take meds because life is too short to worry about things. I know it’s not that easy for everyone and I’m not not depressed at the moment. However, I feel like most average people are depressed in some way at the moment. It’s sad but true.
I am very proud to say that I got over a period of having agoraphobia without any meds just slowly getting out there during the pandemic. I still think about that time as a milestone in my life.
I’m 45 now and I’ve been through exactly what Colin talked about from about 30-40 years old. Things I could never make sense of I understand so much more now.
I played it recently on medium cause I just needed to go find all the blast shards for the platinum, and there's nothing better than getting that "we recommend you play on the hard difficulty" message.
Long time fans will remember Colin playing D&D with Crit Role during the Kinda Funny days. I for one would love to see Colin, Jaffe and a few other CLS members get together for maybe a monthly session?
Background: I've had depression and GAD since my teenage years and have dealt with it in various ways over the years. I've tried various medications but can't take them because they give me weird mood swings, suicidal thoughts, or numb me at the very least. Over the decades my anxiety has been much more prominent than depression. Colin, you may need meds, you may not. After so long on meds it's natural to want to try going without under supervision like you are. Bottom line is you need to accept yourself, not just surface level but truly accept your mental health situation, meaning an end to the self judgement. Nobody is born perfect. There is no cure for our situation, there is medication if you need it, but to truly live instead of just survive, you must learn positive coping skills to help you. Some days your mental state will get the better of you. Accept it, forgive yourself, and move on. A few helpful things: practicing and reflecting on gratitude, reflecting on the impermanence and incorrectness of most of your thoughts (without judgement), sleeping the right amount for your body is so important. I'm not going to tell you what you do but weed also isn't good for mental health long-term - at the very least it can disturb your REM cycle. I self medicated with it for a long time too but had to give it up. It can have short term mood benefits but just isn't good for you long term once you develop a dependency. Most importantly, remember that each day you're above the ground is a victory, I promise you. (Sorry, I don't mean to tell you what to do or overstep. I know how you feel and am compelled to help if I can.)
The WHY that crafted the way we are is incredibly important to understand in how it affects us. Our caretakers and experiences when we're young teach us how to live and love. We still have to grapple with our now and learn to tear things down to rebuild ourselves into who we may want to be.
I like Jaffe, but one of the things he's missing with AI building a player profile for you for difficulty is you can end up being silo'd and the dynamics end up being flattened. Take Spotify's algorithm for example. This last year I've been listening to nothing but metal, because it keeps recommending new metal bands I will like based on my profile. But 2 years ago I was listening to everything. And don't get me wrong, I do like the bands it's recommended to me, but the curve of enjoyment is flat. It's never going to stun me with some excellent gypsy jazz group that I needed right at that time, because I now have a profile it's catering to. It's like the whole sequel debate. Do you really want Assassin's Creed again, or do you want the feeling Assassin's Creed gave you for the first time? And that feeling is different for each person. We don't necessarily want an algorithm that reads 'x person completed all side quests, next time increase number of side quests in x's version of the game'. People are not that linear and often don't know what they want. I feel the same way about games and their difficulty. When Bloodborne first came out, I never would have chosen that as the difficulty standard, but it pushed me out of my comfort zone which was desperately needed. Or take a show like Andor, who actually asked for that? Nobody would request that show on its based element, and there's universal agreement that it's maybe the only good Star Wars recently. My AI profile, the algorithm and even the audience sometimes don't know what they want. I'm against anything directly catering to me as I'll end up a stunted individual.
YOU can manage, whereas, many people commit "suduko" simply because they cannot cope. I myself have Treatment-resistance Depression, and have done everything from the first-line anti-depressants, antipsychotics etc., to the last resort clinical psychedelics/ dissociates, TMS, ECT and nothing has remotely helped. In fact, it has only worsened, and essentially guaranteed my "fate".
You’ll never ever see this Colin, but the way you discussed your struggles with identity and understanding your quirks and faults kinda broke me. I’ve experienced similar struggles and revelations as of late, and I couldn’t have hoped to have it put so eloquently, nor heard it at such a profoundly impactful/relevant time. Thank you for all you do. Much love to the LSM family. Be well, and I’ll continue to hang up and listen for as long as you’re willing to talk ❤
It’s interesting that Colin had these revelations but still maintains the attitude of “I’ll never change. I am who I am.” No one is ever static and the potential for positive change is always there.
Great chat! I find the AI-scaled game difficulty talk interesting seeing as my 4yo is currently obsessed with Super Mario Odyssey, but he's reached a point where he bugs us every few minutes because the later areas are too tough.
@@jeremyvisser3877 Relax, father of the year. We're more than happy to help him, but the idea that any player of any skill or age can play an entire game is interesting.
I totally disagree that people say the why doesn't matter. That's my favorite question to ask about anything and how can you fix a problem in life without knowing why something is happening? It's a major step in finding a solution.
I know it’s none of my business but it’s interesting that Colin always refers to Erin as a “terrible relationship.” She seemed very supportive of him after what happened with Kinda Funny
Art is intention and result. Rayman, Frogger PS1, and Oddworld: Abe's Odyseey are fun games I never beat but I respect and admire them for what they are. If you can't experience the artist's intention, it's not the end of the world. Same way I can stare at a painting and not have to 100% understand or interpret what's being conveyed.
@@jeremyvisser3877it’s obviously not helping you cognitively since you couldn’t recognize the basic fact that weed affects differently people in VASTLY different ways. For example, weed is one of the few drugs that can cause psychosis-like episodes in people who have underlying conditions. This is coming from someone who used to be a hardcore daily smoker and is open-minded when it comes to drugs…
David, I agree with your position on game difficulty. It is essentially ego-gatekeeping. Why not try to bring others unable to help themselves, up? Nothing in life is fair, and no one has responsibility for their accomplishments, nor failures, as everything is either determined by prior causes (cause and effect), or random (quantum indeterminacy)/ a mixture of both, in either case, no one chooses. For example, Usain Bolt did not choose, nor work his elite genetics (rather they were naturally bestowed in the right time space), and no steroids, training, and privilege will get me under 10 seconds in 100m. Why not allow genetic engineering let humans be faster, or a quadriplegic able to move again. Society was not originally intended for everyone, but I cannot see a reason why there ought not be a universal accommodation. It reminds me of religious proponents gatekeeping their concept of heaven. Hypothetically, if their exact interpretation is correct, they came to the right decision through either indoctrination, luck, or divine intervention (which is God unfairly cherry-picking who to reveal himself to), but why would they not be proponents of universalism where everyone gets to be saved, as no one intentionally chooses the wrong answer in this regard. Aging people, disabled people, those neurologically-challenged etc., ought not have to miss out, because some exclusive club of those whose biology obeys physics in a different arrangement.
I love how they show how normal it is to be friends and discuss things without trying to have the "correct" opinion or mindset about something. It reminds people how having different opinions didn't preclude you from beings friends and having those discussions without falling out with each other.
I feel Jaffe heavily on the discourse online, and it's problematic everywhere and about everything. It's so tiring. I did however, recently, had a great meaningful conversation with someone through a comments thread about Starfield - He on the side of "the game is bad" and myself, more so believing it's good, but had/has problems. We were able to see and understand each one of our perspectives. We both acknowledged that it was great to be able to do so - especially with such a divisive game/subject as Starfield.
@@jeremyvisser3877 Seems like it was meaningful to him in the sense that it proved that there are actually still some people that can have differing opinions online yet have a civil conversation regarding those opinions rather than the usual "I'm right and you're wrong go f yourself" anonymous back and forth.🤷♂️
@@jeremyvisser3877that mentality you have is kind of toxic in my opinion. The point is a conversation doesn’t have to be “I’m going to CHANGE the other person’s mind.” I’m sure you’ve had meaningful conversations with friends IRL in which you both disagree but it’s fun to discuss anyway.
Dynamic difficulty has been a thing since Resident Evil 4, if not earlier. However I do think Jaffe's idea of AI adjustment is too extreme and removes the notion of the player improving to meet the challenge set for them.
The Convo about Astro's last level and SS buttons was interesting. Does the optional quality of them change things for you? Or does the known reward of a unique bot trick people into thinking it's not optional in your minds?
Colin really should watch the Tetris movie. Not that it's entirety historically accurate, or the best movie ever, but as a lover of video games it's a decent watch.
Colin knows Horizon FW sold way less than the 1st right? The 1st was a pack-in for years too which counts in sales. This series is not beloved, mostly because of it's main character unfortunately. But it plays AWESOME!
Zero dawn has been out for like 7 years? PC port has been out originally in 2020. So together by april of 2023 they had 24 million in total. Forbidden west sold 8.4 Million by May 2023 without a PC version and it released less than 2 years ago. Forbidden west will sell more in less time.
Colin using guides is okay but I have about 45 platinums and I'm very conservative about resorting to guides. Probably can count on one hand how many times I've referred to one.
@@user-dj9iu2et3r On a recent episode of Snark Tank, Chris said he was gonna ask Jaffe to be on, and then a more recent episode said he was ironing out details and should have a guest in the next couple weeks. Could be coincidence, but I choose to be optimistic. I think it would be a legendary episode.
58:55 okay I had no idea wolfenstein got better, my assumption was that opening reflected the rest of the game so I put it down about 45 minutes in 😂 guess I’m gonna have to actually play that game now
When Colin spoke on the depression and anxieties be faces that whole conversation. I cannot explain how directly this is me. Swear not being parasocial. I'm late in life autistic discovery. I reflected on my life and current. I can't really make anything better based on the info. It's nice to know some why's. I'm also very much the same on the social aspect he described. I always get people thinking I'm strange for not wanting to do anything or go anywhere. It literally holds no interest. If kept going. I think Colin would be like "exactly" same with the medicating thing. I was floored listening/watching that section.
1:03:00 the real problem I see is that DA has magic yet for gender change they need modern type surgery instead of magic? So I can teleport but not reduce my cup size? I can turn in to a cat but can't just look the way I want?
As someone doing hip hop music, i had to do the same thing jaffe did regarding pruning my youtube. In my case tho, it was the Diddy thing that has happened. Too dark, so "not interested"
Jaffe is going into deep stuff..consciousness is the True Identity. But its hard to shed that which is not you. The beliefs that are core to you and not inherent to consciousness.
I’m at the part of the podcast where Colin talks about depression. Totally right to get off medication. No such thing as a chemical imbalance. 1:14:35 Have a kid Colin, put Micah’s footprints on the ceiling.
@@linkinparkblink182ro In psychiatry it was unquestionable dogma that “chemical imbalances” were the issue and the cure for this is … you guessed it … drugs.
I think it's a bummer people always equate attractiveness/visual-appeal with sexuality/sex-appeal. You can want to look at beautiful characters in a game without wanting to mindfuck them, lol. I didn't take those figure drawing classes in college to be some kind of deviant. I wanted to be a better artist and better capture the human form that I really admire for its beauty. And when I'm drawing characters, I want to make them look beautiful. Also Colin touched on it but the Veilguard character creator definitely seems like a choice to lower the bar for femininity or what passes as female, and I think he's right to tie that to the director. That's totally fine but I do wonder like Jaffe if the execs at EA are totally okay with the choice the game has made. Most people probably won't care but why even let this be a controversy that could hurt your game?
The push would be for the West as in the "Puritans". Remember that the same fringe group that says they're taking away our women would also complain about women being too sexy or there's too much sex appeal. Damned if you do, danmed if you don't.
The detail in Veilguard would be from the West as in the "Puritans". Remember that the same fringe group that says they're taking away our women would also complain about women being too sexy or there's too much sex appeal. When Bioware announced Veilguard this year they did say an inspiration was Baldur's Gate 3 while we do know from last year that Baldur's Gate 3 got attacked over the sexiness they provided. Damned if you do, danmed if you don't.
I really appreciate Jaffe, man. I don't agree with every opinion of his, but I really respect his openness and lack of a filter. He doesn't dance around making tough points or saying things "correctly," he just says the words he wants to say. Love how personal and introspective some of these conversations with him get as well.
28:40 THANK YOU JAFFE!!! I agree completely on this comment. Horizon is not a great, beloved game. To be frank, Aloy is kind of lame. Don't always agree with Jaffe, but this is true. Herman Hulst may be the death of Playstation. 1:54:00 Disagree with Jaffe here. I think gamers have just developed an aversion to woke games, in the same way boys do not want to play with Barbie.
Sometimes people need to think what they enable. If your behind a person like De Santos(like Colin). Then it doesn't matter if you are the best person in the world. Because the person you want in power is a really really bad person. That also makes you bad. If you push a red botton you can be the best person in the world but the consequences can kill everyone else.
Seems a bit drastic, but that's the beauty of opinions. Still unsure if I wanna buy it myself since I haven't played a DA game before. Might play the first one and watch/read a recap of Inquisition first.
I love the first game but I'm having trouble playing the second game right now. I just want to experience the story without being forced into doing side crap to level up. I don't mind there being open worlds but I don't want to be forced into doing stuff if I'd rather just mainline the story.
@@jeremyvisser3877 what do you have a single digit IQ? It's the game's choice to not scale difficulty. It's not a matter of skill that I don't want to spend time doing that, I didn't say I couldn't.
I liked Horizon Zero Dawn more than most, but I really didnt care for Forbidden West. To me, Forbidden West thrives as a technical showcase for the graphics but falls apart as a game. Not to mention how little it iterates from the first game. Quite literally all the worst aspects of Zero Dawn made its way into Forbidden West. Same issue Spiderman 2 had. They didnt refine or fix any of the bad parts, instead they doubled down on them. Dont get me started on the story. Hate that theyre going in a Mass Effect Reapers direction
I am here for every Colin x Jaffe convo. Some of my absolute favorite episodes.
And yes!! Dagan coming back full time next week.
😮🔥
Moriarty X Jaffe are my favorite episodes
My favorite anime ship
I fucking love these Colin/david therapy sessions, they ask each other the right questions, incredible dynamic.
i appreciate how deep u guys got at times in conversation. a very relatable aspect for me fro, both of yall
Jaffe talking about medicine was really good imo. Just really heartfelt stuff for his friend
I’ve suffered from depression and anxiety and suicidal thoughts since I was 15 and I’ve always refused to take any meds and I’m so thankful for that.
Meditate 🧘♀️
Oh yeah l, I feel like when I got to college I started getting really depressed. Looking back, I think I just had a lot of regrets. But also, I’ve realized that it’s mainly financial depression. Once I realized that I stopped caring. I just never wanted to take meds because life is too short to worry about things. I know it’s not that easy for everyone and I’m not not depressed at the moment. However, I feel like most average people are depressed in some way at the moment. It’s sad but true.
Good job bro you’re stronger than a lot of weak people out there.
I am very proud to say that I got over a period of having agoraphobia without any meds just slowly getting out there during the pandemic. I still think about that time as a milestone in my life.
The transition that happened at 24:28 was fucking sick. And creepy!
Big big fan! Love the presentation
loooved that shit. noir-esque
I want to know what they said lol
Yea that was weird
It was fucking odd listening to audio only...
I’m 45 now and I’ve been through exactly what Colin talked about from about 30-40 years old. Things I could never make sense of I understand so much more now.
holy fuck. this by far is the most relatable podcast ive ever watched. thank you colin.
Love these convos
This is just what I needed today 🎉
Love your conversations, guys! Always look forward to them.
P.S. War and Peace was written by Tolstoy, not Dostoevsky
Love Jaffe InFamous had dynamic difficulties. I loved it
I played it recently on medium cause I just needed to go find all the blast shards for the platinum, and there's nothing better than getting that "we recommend you play on the hard difficulty" message.
Long time fans will remember Colin playing D&D with Crit Role during the Kinda Funny days.
I for one would love to see Colin, Jaffe and a few other CLS members get together for maybe a monthly session?
Never forget how small nick was in those episodes
Background: I've had depression and GAD since my teenage years and have dealt with it in various ways over the years. I've tried various medications but can't take them because they give me weird mood swings, suicidal thoughts, or numb me at the very least. Over the decades my anxiety has been much more prominent than depression.
Colin, you may need meds, you may not. After so long on meds it's natural to want to try going without under supervision like you are. Bottom line is you need to accept yourself, not just surface level but truly accept your mental health situation, meaning an end to the self judgement. Nobody is born perfect. There is no cure for our situation, there is medication if you need it, but to truly live instead of just survive, you must learn positive coping skills to help you. Some days your mental state will get the better of you. Accept it, forgive yourself, and move on. A few helpful things: practicing and reflecting on gratitude, reflecting on the impermanence and incorrectness of most of your thoughts (without judgement), sleeping the right amount for your body is so important. I'm not going to tell you what you do but weed also isn't good for mental health long-term - at the very least it can disturb your REM cycle. I self medicated with it for a long time too but had to give it up. It can have short term mood benefits but just isn't good for you long term once you develop a dependency.
Most importantly, remember that each day you're above the ground is a victory, I promise you.
(Sorry, I don't mean to tell you what to do or overstep. I know how you feel and am compelled to help if I can.)
The WHY that crafted the way we are is incredibly important to understand in how it affects us. Our caretakers and experiences when we're young teach us how to live and love. We still have to grapple with our now and learn to tear things down to rebuild ourselves into who we may want to be.
This has made my commute all the more interesting 🎉
David did zero research on Horizon sales and Colin would have pushed back harder against anyone else
I like Jaffe, but one of the things he's missing with AI building a player profile for you for difficulty is you can end up being silo'd and the dynamics end up being flattened. Take Spotify's algorithm for example. This last year I've been listening to nothing but metal, because it keeps recommending new metal bands I will like based on my profile. But 2 years ago I was listening to everything. And don't get me wrong, I do like the bands it's recommended to me, but the curve of enjoyment is flat. It's never going to stun me with some excellent gypsy jazz group that I needed right at that time, because I now have a profile it's catering to. It's like the whole sequel debate. Do you really want Assassin's Creed again, or do you want the feeling Assassin's Creed gave you for the first time? And that feeling is different for each person. We don't necessarily want an algorithm that reads 'x person completed all side quests, next time increase number of side quests in x's version of the game'. People are not that linear and often don't know what they want.
I feel the same way about games and their difficulty. When Bloodborne first came out, I never would have chosen that as the difficulty standard, but it pushed me out of my comfort zone which was desperately needed. Or take a show like Andor, who actually asked for that? Nobody would request that show on its based element, and there's universal agreement that it's maybe the only good Star Wars recently.
My AI profile, the algorithm and even the audience sometimes don't know what they want. I'm against anything directly catering to me as I'll end up a stunted individual.
The pain on Jaffe's face when Colin says there will be more Horizon games is priceless 😅
Depression sucks but you learn to manage, thank you guys for a great podcast talk
YOU can manage, whereas, many people commit "suduko" simply because they cannot cope. I myself have Treatment-resistance Depression, and have done everything from the first-line anti-depressants, antipsychotics etc., to the last resort clinical psychedelics/ dissociates, TMS, ECT and nothing has remotely helped. In fact, it has only worsened, and essentially guaranteed my "fate".
@@archangelarielle262 Hoping that you find some peace and balance. I know how hard it can be
You’ll never ever see this Colin, but the way you discussed your struggles with identity and understanding your quirks and faults kinda broke me.
I’ve experienced similar struggles and revelations as of late, and I couldn’t have hoped to have it put so eloquently, nor heard it at such a profoundly impactful/relevant time.
Thank you for all you do. Much love to the LSM family. Be well, and I’ll continue to hang up and listen for as long as you’re willing to talk ❤
It’s interesting that Colin had these revelations but still maintains the attitude of “I’ll never change. I am who I am.”
No one is ever static and the potential for positive change is always there.
Awesome awesome podcast. Listened from beginning to end as I trek my way down on a road trip
Loved this episode guys. You two should have your own show.
Great chat! I find the AI-scaled game difficulty talk interesting seeing as my 4yo is currently obsessed with Super Mario Odyssey, but he's reached a point where he bugs us every few minutes because the later areas are too tough.
@@jeremyvisser3877 Relax, father of the year. We're more than happy to help him, but the idea that any player of any skill or age can play an entire game is interesting.
I totally disagree that people say the why doesn't matter. That's my favorite question to ask about anything and how can you fix a problem in life without knowing why something is happening? It's a major step in finding a solution.
I know it’s none of my business but it’s interesting that Colin always refers to Erin as a “terrible relationship.” She seemed very supportive of him after what happened with Kinda Funny
Jaffe might be someone who takes a lot of space in general, but this convo revealed a empathic and wise big brother type figure. Dope convo
Colin got that Kobe Bryant pivot.
😂
Art is intention and result. Rayman, Frogger PS1, and Oddworld: Abe's Odyseey are fun games I never beat but I respect and admire them for what they are. If you can't experience the artist's intention, it's not the end of the world. Same way I can stare at a painting and not have to 100% understand or interpret what's being conveyed.
I love Horizon, love that story and Combat
I could care less about the lego game though and VR games
Story is mediocre. Gameplay is solid though
@@Garoth4582meh I liked the story of the first one a lot. The second one was so-so.
Honestly Colin ditch the weed. I can't stress how much it improved my anxiety and outlook on life.
@@jeremyvisser3877 Find a better doctor. Seriously 😅
@@jeremyvisser3877it’s obviously not helping you cognitively since you couldn’t recognize the basic fact that weed affects differently people in VASTLY different ways.
For example, weed is one of the few drugs that can cause psychosis-like episodes in people who have underlying conditions. This is coming from someone who used to be a hardcore daily smoker and is open-minded when it comes to drugs…
@@jeremyvisser3877so defensive...its not working lol
David, I agree with your position on game difficulty. It is essentially ego-gatekeeping. Why not try to bring others unable to help themselves, up? Nothing in life is fair, and no one has responsibility for their accomplishments, nor failures, as everything is either determined by prior causes (cause and effect), or random (quantum indeterminacy)/ a mixture of both, in either case, no one chooses. For example, Usain Bolt did not choose, nor work his elite genetics (rather they were naturally bestowed in the right time space), and no steroids, training, and privilege will get me under 10 seconds in 100m. Why not allow genetic engineering let humans be faster, or a quadriplegic able to move again. Society was not originally intended for everyone, but I cannot see a reason why there ought not be a universal accommodation. It reminds me of religious proponents gatekeeping their concept of heaven. Hypothetically, if their exact interpretation is correct, they came to the right decision through either indoctrination, luck, or divine intervention (which is God unfairly cherry-picking who to reveal himself to), but why would they not be proponents of universalism where everyone gets to be saved, as no one intentionally chooses the wrong answer in this regard. Aging people, disabled people, those neurologically-challenged etc., ought not have to miss out, because some exclusive club of those whose biology obeys physics in a different arrangement.
Lol jaffe is such a crackhead lmao
I love how they show how normal it is to be friends and discuss things without trying to have the "correct" opinion or mindset about something. It reminds people how having different opinions didn't preclude you from beings friends and having those discussions without falling out with each other.
I feel Jaffe heavily on the discourse online, and it's problematic everywhere and about everything. It's so tiring. I did however, recently, had a great meaningful conversation with someone through a comments thread about Starfield - He on the side of "the game is bad" and myself, more so believing it's good, but had/has problems. We were able to see and understand each one of our perspectives. We both acknowledged that it was great to be able to do so - especially with such a divisive game/subject as Starfield.
And he's also one of the biggest participants in the discourse so...theres that
@@jeremyvisser3877 Seems like it was meaningful to him in the sense that it proved that there are actually still some people that can have differing opinions online yet have a civil conversation regarding those opinions rather than the usual "I'm right and you're wrong go f yourself" anonymous back and forth.🤷♂️
@@jeremyvisser3877you didn't understand the reason he shared that experience at all then, think people.
@@jeremyvisser3877that mentality you have is kind of toxic in my opinion. The point is a conversation doesn’t have to be “I’m going to CHANGE the other person’s mind.” I’m sure you’ve had meaningful conversations with friends IRL in which you both disagree but it’s fun to discuss anyway.
@@James-u1yexactly.
Gimme the Jaffe!
OFF The RECORD, i hope Deepthroat is on the case for LSM lore
22:00 - Dude, don't remind me about that damn arcade trackball! I lost so much DNA from my palms to that thing!! 😂
Jaffe 1 on 1s are always the best 👌
Dynamic difficulty has been a thing since Resident Evil 4, if not earlier. However I do think Jaffe's idea of AI adjustment is too extreme and removes the notion of the player improving to meet the challenge set for them.
The Convo about Astro's last level and SS buttons was interesting. Does the optional quality of them change things for you? Or does the known reward of a unique bot trick people into thinking it's not optional in your minds?
1:47:28 LMAO at Jaffe assuming Blaire White is a porn actress.
Colin really should watch the Tetris movie. Not that it's entirety historically accurate, or the best movie ever, but as a lover of video games it's a decent watch.
Love Jaffe and love these shows.
These are the best. ❤
Enjoyed this episdoe! Just a little correction, War and Peace was written by Tolstoy, not from Dostoevsky.
Almost a 3hr Moriarty x Jaffe!
Colin knows Horizon FW sold way less than the 1st right? The 1st was a pack-in for years too which counts in sales. This series is not beloved, mostly because of it's main character unfortunately. But it plays AWESOME!
Zero dawn has been out for like 7 years? PC port has been out originally in 2020. So together by april of 2023 they had 24 million in total. Forbidden west sold 8.4 Million by May 2023 without a PC version and it released less than 2 years ago.
Forbidden west will sell more in less time.
@@cheeks3211 80-90% of game sales are in the first year. FW has 40% the sales of the first. Steam might sell another 1M tops. It'll never be close...
1:13:50 Jaffe what do you mean he can't. That's crazy
Might be Jaffe's worst take
Colin using guides is okay but I have about 45 platinums and I'm very conservative about resorting to guides. Probably can count on one hand how many times I've referred to one.
1:13:32 Tom Sweeny reference
I thought the same thing Jaffe on Snark Tank needs to happen
@@ArkhamInmate92I’m almost certain it’s coming soon.
@@mpnothankswhy? Someone once said Chris and Jaffe don’t get along well but idk if that’s actually true.
@@user-dj9iu2et3r On a recent episode of Snark Tank, Chris said he was gonna ask Jaffe to be on, and then a more recent episode said he was ironing out details and should have a guest in the next couple weeks.
Could be coincidence, but I choose to be optimistic. I think it would be a legendary episode.
Jaffe DMing a last stand media campaign?🧙🏻♀️🧛🧝🏿♀️🎲
58:55 okay I had no idea wolfenstein got better, my assumption was that opening reflected the rest of the game so I put it down about 45 minutes in 😂 guess I’m gonna have to actually play that game now
Rocket league also does the trophy thing if I understand you correctly, no DLC needs to be bought but many other trophies to get in other sections.
Holy shit! What a fantastic conversation!!! 😊
Dear god, I thought my phone battery was about to blow, had a heart attack
yo, how many multiple hour podcasts does colin record in a week. I run out of things to say after speaking for 10 minutes
Tbf he is talking about specific topics with likeminded individuals.
I would take a 500-page Dr Seuss novel.
More of a Sacred Symbols + but I’ll take it.
A nuanced opinion on the DA character creator, finally.
Agreed that it's horseshit when a lot of trophies are vague AF and/or hidden, and you have to use a guide.
Leo Tolstoy. -from a snobby literature major
When Colin spoke on the depression and anxieties be faces that whole conversation. I cannot explain how directly this is me. Swear not being parasocial. I'm late in life autistic discovery. I reflected on my life and current. I can't really make anything better based on the info. It's nice to know some why's. I'm also very much the same on the social aspect he described. I always get people thinking I'm strange for not wanting to do anything or go anywhere. It literally holds no interest. If kept going. I think Colin would be like "exactly" same with the medicating thing. I was floored listening/watching that section.
It's Peanut Butter Stelly Time
W 😂 always love seeing @Shrewdy1
Colin & Jaffe 🤌🏻
1:03:00 the real problem I see is that DA has magic yet for gender change they need modern type surgery instead of magic? So I can teleport but not reduce my cup size? I can turn in to a cat but can't just look the way I want?
in-game one of the characters suggests there is magic to change gender but the method they know is blood magic and he wants nothing to do with it.
@MDLeviathan90 from playing Dragon Age Origins, I can tell that blood magic is based af.
Dope!
As someone doing hip hop music, i had to do the same thing jaffe did regarding pruning my youtube. In my case tho, it was the Diddy thing that has happened. Too dark, so "not interested"
Jaffe is going into deep stuff..consciousness is the True Identity. But its hard to shed that which is not you. The beliefs that are core to you and not inherent to consciousness.
I’m at the part of the podcast where Colin talks about depression. Totally right to get off medication. No such thing as a chemical imbalance.
1:14:35
Have a kid Colin, put Micah’s footprints on the ceiling.
"no such thing as a chemical imbalance" can you explain that take?
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In psychiatry it was unquestionable dogma that “chemical imbalances” were the issue and the cure for this is … you guessed it … drugs.
Will probably never agree with Jafee on his AI take.
Will probably never agree with Jaffe on...anything
I know for a fact Rohde's not retired
I think it's a bummer people always equate attractiveness/visual-appeal with sexuality/sex-appeal. You can want to look at beautiful characters in a game without wanting to mindfuck them, lol. I didn't take those figure drawing classes in college to be some kind of deviant. I wanted to be a better artist and better capture the human form that I really admire for its beauty. And when I'm drawing characters, I want to make them look beautiful.
Also Colin touched on it but the Veilguard character creator definitely seems like a choice to lower the bar for femininity or what passes as female, and I think he's right to tie that to the director. That's totally fine but I do wonder like Jaffe if the execs at EA are totally okay with the choice the game has made. Most people probably won't care but why even let this be a controversy that could hurt your game?
Ugly and mid people exist, therefore it's not controversial to have them in media.
The push would be for the West as in the "Puritans". Remember that the same fringe group that says they're taking away our women would also complain about women being too sexy or there's too much sex appeal. Damned if you do, danmed if you don't.
@@jeremyvisser3877huh? This is the second response from you that was just totally out of left field and irrational.
Are you okay? Having a bad day?
How t F you gonna sit there and over pronounce the word 'exactly' but constantly misuse the word 'sympathetic'
The detail in Veilguard would be from the West as in the "Puritans". Remember that the same fringe group that says they're taking away our women would also complain about women being too sexy or there's too much sex appeal. When Bioware announced Veilguard this year they did say an inspiration was Baldur's Gate 3 while we do know from last year that Baldur's Gate 3 got attacked over the sexiness they provided. Damned if you do, danmed if you don't.
What's Collin's game dev team called?
Lillymo Games
Thank You!
I would love to see a TTRPG session GM'ed by Jaffe with the LSM boys, lol.
I really appreciate Jaffe, man. I don't agree with every opinion of his, but I really respect his openness and lack of a filter. He doesn't dance around making tough points or saying things "correctly," he just says the words he wants to say. Love how personal and introspective some of these conversations with him get as well.
Some people don't like Moriarty x Jaffe... A pox on their house for seven generation hence.
Jaffee is a bad at games lol jk
Two women with beards talking about their feelings...yay !
28:40 THANK YOU JAFFE!!!
I agree completely on this comment. Horizon is not a great, beloved game. To be frank, Aloy is kind of lame.
Don't always agree with Jaffe, but this is true.
Herman Hulst may be the death of Playstation.
1:54:00 Disagree with Jaffe here. I think gamers have just developed an aversion to woke games, in the same way boys do not want to play with Barbie.
Sometimes people need to think what they enable. If your behind a person like De Santos(like Colin). Then it doesn't matter if you are the best person in the world. Because the person you want in power is a really really bad person. That also makes you bad. If you push a red botton you can be the best person in the world but the consequences can kill everyone else.
That top surgery scar option in Dragon Age is absolutely disgusting. It’s the reason I will not be buying the game, I can’t support something so sick.
Seems a bit drastic, but that's the beauty of opinions.
Still unsure if I wanna buy it myself since I haven't played a DA game before. Might play the first one and watch/read a recap of Inquisition first.
@@jeremyvisser3877 I’m not into encouraging young girls to irreversibly mutilate their bodies but if that’s what you are into…
It is his business as a potential costumer, money talks Money walks
Calm down 😂
No more horizon. The second one was terrible.
What made it terrible? I thought it was better in every way
I love the first game but I'm having trouble playing the second game right now. I just want to experience the story without being forced into doing side crap to level up. I don't mind there being open worlds but I don't want to be forced into doing stuff if I'd rather just mainline the story.
The first was way overrated as well.
@@jeremyvisser3877 what do you have a single digit IQ? It's the game's choice to not scale difficulty. It's not a matter of skill that I don't want to spend time doing that, I didn't say I couldn't.
I liked Horizon Zero Dawn more than most, but I really didnt care for Forbidden West. To me, Forbidden West thrives as a technical showcase for the graphics but falls apart as a game. Not to mention how little it iterates from the first game. Quite literally all the worst aspects of Zero Dawn made its way into Forbidden West. Same issue Spiderman 2 had. They didnt refine or fix any of the bad parts, instead they doubled down on them. Dont get me started on the story. Hate that theyre going in a Mass Effect Reapers direction