Episode 167: The Backlog of Doom Pt. 11

[00:00:00] Hello, hello! Welcome to A Novel Console, your weekly podcast where we talk about books, games, food and stuff that caught our attention during the

[00:00:29] week. My name is Chris and with me is my beautiful co-host and wife who forgot that she was muted and started talking and we recorded like five minutes of this fucking bullshit already.

[00:00:39] At least, we didn't get to like 25 minutes. That would have been really annoying.

[00:00:44] We went into a whole thing about you kicking Luna, getting divorced.

[00:00:48] You know what? It would have been just as annoying as you deleting my god damn audio file.

[00:00:54] You weren't in discord to-

[00:00:57] No, I still have everything turned off because you haven't shown me what to do.

[00:01:01] And every time we get up, I forget to then ask you about it again.

[00:01:05] So you weren't there when everybody unanimously decided that-

[00:01:10] But you are the worst.

[00:01:11] We are just leading your audio every single time so you have to re-record it.

[00:01:14] So yeah, that's what you get for kicking my dog.

[00:01:19] I would never kick the dog and she's my dog.

[00:01:23] I let her lick my feet. I don't let just anybody lick my feet.

[00:01:27] Who else wants to lick your feet?

[00:01:34] Some weird ass family member.

[00:01:36] What did everybody put that vagincle in your closet?

[00:01:42] Hey, if this is your first time we're hard on it.

[00:01:44] I even did a fucking Patreon bit.

[00:01:47] God damn it.

[00:01:48] I'm so sorry.

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[00:02:02] It's the backlog of-

[00:02:04] It's the backlog of Doom Part 11.

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[00:03:12] Which three of these entries were selected by discord, three of my entries.

[00:03:20] I told them give me every single game that you want me to cover and I picked.

[00:03:28] I made three slots.

[00:03:30] So now we have six instead of the usual five per.

[00:03:33] We have six.

[00:03:34] You're messing up my graphic.

[00:03:36] So I think it should be easier now because it's like six and six.

[00:03:39] You're messing up my graphic.

[00:03:40] It doesn't matter.

[00:03:41] So I picked three and then I did one of those spinny thingies on the internet where you

[00:03:47] random picker thing right?

[00:03:48] And it picked the other three.

[00:03:50] And I got to say they're pretty fucking solid picks.

[00:03:54] So we'll get into those.

[00:03:56] You guys gave me like 58 different things to pick through.

[00:04:00] So I had to enter 58 different game names so that the spinny thingy could pick on.

[00:04:06] Yeah, I can't do stuff like that because they'd be up in there recommending like BJ

[00:04:09] Novak and shit to me.

[00:04:11] Blowjob Novak.

[00:04:12] Because they hate it.

[00:04:13] I mean, they love it when I hate it.

[00:04:15] Yeah.

[00:04:16] They did pick a lot of shit that I would have hated, which I kind of do want to

[00:04:20] cover a few of them because they seem fucking terrible.

[00:04:23] Oh, the puppies on the floor.

[00:04:27] Yeah.

[00:04:28] Anyways, again, Akira Toriyama passed a month ago, two days ago.

[00:04:35] You're still not over it.

[00:04:36] No, never going to be over it.

[00:04:39] As you can see, there's two new Dragon Ball action figures right behind you.

[00:04:43] They can't see that.

[00:04:44] No, I'm telling you.

[00:04:46] Two new Dragon Ball action figures.

[00:04:51] I picked scene over as two backup and it's like it's based on Dragon Ball Heroes,

[00:04:58] which is like a what if story where Future Trunks is like this time cop.

[00:05:03] And he has a bunch of people helping him be time cop.

[00:05:06] So there's like a bunch of different Dragon Ball universes and whatnot.

[00:05:10] I'm having an amazing time with it.

[00:05:12] That's all I play last night.

[00:05:15] And you just go through like what if stories like what if Future Trunks came back to save

[00:05:21] Gohan from being killed by the androids and he still needs to let Gohan go and die.

[00:05:27] And then, you know, they explore that side of Trunks dealing with that, which was pretty good.

[00:05:33] It's a very fun game.

[00:05:35] It's massive.

[00:05:36] It has DLC out the ass.

[00:05:38] And because it has DLC out the ass, you can choose your main character like you

[00:05:42] create your character.

[00:05:43] And then when you go on special missions, it lets you pick like

[00:05:48] drag heroes from the Dragon Ball series to go with you like heroes or villains.

[00:05:52] So right now my team is pretty much my character beast Gohan,

[00:05:57] which is the one from the movie.

[00:05:59] The white hair and orange piccolo.

[00:06:03] I don't really like orange piccolo.

[00:06:05] No, no, I like green better.

[00:06:08] Yeah, green is better.

[00:06:09] I love green, but he is so fucking strong.

[00:06:11] Like I was doing a mission where I had to grab like some Dragon Balls.

[00:06:15] And before I grabbed the last one, they had knocked out everybody in the field.

[00:06:19] You know what I should have done?

[00:06:21] I should have had them illustrate you as piccolo.

[00:06:24] You didn't know you like piccolo?

[00:06:26] No, I didn't.

[00:06:27] No.

[00:06:28] I also started reading Neco Modgen last night.

[00:06:31] It's that what you were laughing about like crazy as I was trying to fall asleep.

[00:06:37] My precious sleep that I needed because this one didn't want us to sleep.

[00:06:43] Oh, yeah.

[00:06:44] She woke up at four in the morning because it was thundering.

[00:06:47] But Neco Modgen is great.

[00:06:49] So much fun.

[00:06:50] It's very funny.

[00:06:51] Apparently it doesn't have an American official release like Dragon Ball does,

[00:06:56] but it's a cat that's kind of like a genie or a demon or whatever.

[00:07:02] He's a magical being and he's very money hungry.

[00:07:06] And it's they make fun of Toriyama makes fun of everything that he's ever created.

[00:07:12] So he makes fun of Dragon Ball of Arale, all that.

[00:07:17] And it's so funny because it starts off with like these two guys like walking the desert

[00:07:23] and then Neco Modgen drives by on one of their guys's motorcycle and they start chasing him.

[00:07:28] And you're like, you stole my motorcycle.

[00:07:30] And he's like, fine.

[00:07:32] If you want it, I'll sell it back to you.

[00:07:34] Oh my God.

[00:07:35] And they're like, no, give it back by motorcycle.

[00:07:38] So he gives him the motorcycle.

[00:07:39] They drive off and run out of gas.

[00:07:42] They go back to Neco Modgen.

[00:07:43] They're like, oh, you used up all our gas touring around.

[00:07:47] And he's like, oh, if you give me $500, I'll fill it up.

[00:07:51] It's like stupid shit like that.

[00:07:53] It's very funny.

[00:07:54] It's very good.

[00:07:55] I think you'll like it gets its cutesy.

[00:07:59] And it's got that weird Toriyama humor where, you know, there's demons and shit,

[00:08:05] but it's all like they're not really threatening.

[00:08:08] Very fun stuff.

[00:08:10] Have you been reading anything?

[00:08:11] Yeah, I've been reading books.

[00:08:13] What you've been reading?

[00:08:14] You haven't said anything about books in a very long time.

[00:08:16] I've been reading Heartless Hunter.

[00:08:18] And if I stopped haunting you and...

[00:08:25] So if the Heartless Hunter stopped haunting you?

[00:08:28] So I don't remember the title of the other one.

[00:08:31] It's so long.

[00:08:33] What?

[00:08:34] So the Heartless Hunter will stop hunting you?

[00:08:37] The Heartless Hunter never hunted me because I'm not a witch.

[00:08:41] Oh, so do you fall in love with a witch?

[00:08:44] Looks like it's probably going to work out that way.

[00:08:47] Yes.

[00:08:48] Yeah, that's a little predictable.

[00:08:49] Yeah, that's how your books usually go.

[00:08:51] I know.

[00:08:52] Are any of the books you picked for this week?

[00:08:55] Like the...

[00:08:57] I don't know yet.

[00:08:58] Oh, come on.

[00:08:59] You should know better.

[00:09:01] You should really know better.

[00:09:03] Well, I'm confident that I know what they're going to pick.

[00:09:05] So...

[00:09:06] And I know what that is.

[00:09:07] Okay.

[00:09:08] Yeah.

[00:09:09] There was one of them where...

[00:09:12] That you said the name.

[00:09:14] I was like, that is a cared-and-asked book and I'm looking at them now.

[00:09:18] And I can't figure out which one it was.

[00:09:21] Hopefully you'll figure it out by the time we get through this.

[00:09:25] Okay.

[00:09:26] So, are we ready to start the backlog?

[00:09:28] I'm ready.

[00:09:29] All right.

[00:09:30] This is...

[00:09:31] You want to introduce it?

[00:09:32] This is the backlog of doom!

[00:09:55] Okay.

[00:09:56] Up first, I've got another...

[00:09:58] Wait, wait, wait, wait.

[00:10:00] Wait for what?

[00:10:01] What's the backlog of doom?

[00:10:03] Oh, right.

[00:10:04] The backlog of doom is where we each pick books and games that we've been wanting

[00:10:10] to read or play, read and play.

[00:10:15] And we get to read and play.

[00:10:19] Read and play.

[00:10:21] And we give you the patrons specifically because they're the only ones who can vote on this.

[00:10:31] We give you all of the information and you go forth for like two weeks or so

[00:10:39] and vote on Patreon if you subscribe to our Patreon.

[00:10:44] You would need to do that if you want to vote.

[00:10:46] And you choose what we read or play.

[00:10:50] And if there's a tie, we choose between the two.

[00:10:56] Yeah, I guess.

[00:10:57] Or you go to Discord and say pick a number.

[00:11:00] Right.

[00:11:01] That's what we've done the last few times and it's worked out.

[00:11:05] I feel like there's something...

[00:11:08] I decided that I was just going to pick shit that I want to read,

[00:11:13] not stuff that's necessarily been sitting around for a long time.

[00:11:16] Right.

[00:11:17] Because this shit bites me in the ass every time.

[00:11:20] I kind of did the same.

[00:11:22] One of them is a game that I'm very interested in that I got a few weeks ago.

[00:11:29] One is a collection of games that I've been wanting to play for a very long time.

[00:11:34] And the other is a game that I forgot to put in an episode that we did for last year.

[00:11:41] And also if you want to figure out what the backlog of Doom episodes ends up being,

[00:11:45] just listen to last week's episode.

[00:11:47] It was pretty fun.

[00:11:48] I deleted Cared in Audio and then we went through her shitty book and made fun of it.

[00:11:52] And then I told her about Star Ocean and then people on Discord were like,

[00:11:56] Discord were like, well, it sounds like you fucked up.

[00:11:59] It's not the game's fault.

[00:12:00] The game told you about it.

[00:12:01] Oh my God.

[00:12:02] Which is true.

[00:12:03] I fucked up.

[00:12:04] I didn't read it.

[00:12:05] It's all your fault.

[00:12:06] Yeah.

[00:12:07] Okay, what's your first book?

[00:12:08] Ow, okay.

[00:12:09] My first book is another one that I am confident I will like.

[00:12:13] So there are two that I'm like pretty...

[00:12:15] There are two I'm sure I will like.

[00:12:19] One of which I'm sure Patreon will pick.

[00:12:22] Okay.

[00:12:23] I know which one it is.

[00:12:24] Yeah, you do.

[00:12:25] The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Daia Munez.

[00:12:29] Munez.

[00:12:30] Munez.

[00:12:31] Like Frankie Munez.

[00:12:32] Frankie Munez.

[00:12:33] You know who Frankie Munez is?

[00:12:35] I know.

[00:12:36] I always called him Frankie Munez.

[00:12:38] That's what everybody calls him.

[00:12:39] That's what the Disney Channel calls him.

[00:12:40] That's what everybody calls him.

[00:12:41] It's Frankie Munez.

[00:12:43] He's really white to have that kind of name, but I guess I'm white to have my name.

[00:12:48] He has Latino-ish facial face.

[00:12:52] Facial faces?

[00:12:53] Face and hair.

[00:12:54] Facial faces.

[00:12:55] Yeah.

[00:12:56] Okay.

[00:12:57] He kind of looks a little bit...

[00:12:58] Munez.

[00:12:59] You can be white and be Latino.

[00:13:00] He looks a little bit mixy like I am.

[00:13:03] Okay.

[00:13:04] If you say so.

[00:13:06] Anyway, okay.

[00:13:07] So this one is a funny heartfelt YA romance about finding love and lots of grilled cheese

[00:13:11] sandwiches in the place you least expect it from rising talent, Daia Munez.

[00:13:18] Lady Camembert.

[00:13:20] Wait.

[00:13:21] Wanted to live life on her own terms without marriage.

[00:13:26] Did you tell me more or less what this was about a long time ago?

[00:13:31] I don't remember because I haven't read it.

[00:13:33] And it sounded funny.

[00:13:34] I may have read the description.

[00:13:35] Like everybody has cheese-based names.

[00:13:39] Probably.

[00:13:41] Was Lady Camembert.

[00:13:43] Did I pick it for a backlog before?

[00:13:46] I don't think so.

[00:13:47] You know what, if I did fuck it, I don't give a shit.

[00:13:49] I need to read this thing.

[00:13:50] It might have been a read-in place.

[00:13:52] But I haven't read it at all.

[00:13:56] Or you might have told me that you were looking forward to it.

[00:14:01] Maybe.

[00:14:02] Because this kind of sounds familiar.

[00:14:03] I know the name.

[00:14:04] I 100% know the name.

[00:14:06] Or maybe it was us in another dimension.

[00:14:10] Yes.

[00:14:11] And there's like some kind of funkiness going on.

[00:14:14] Because of Jesus.

[00:14:15] Yeah.

[00:14:16] Okay.

[00:14:18] Lady Camembert wants to live life on her own terms without marriage.

[00:14:22] Well, without marrying a man that is.

[00:14:24] But the law of the land is that women cannot inherit.

[00:14:27] So when her father passes away, she does the only thing she can.

[00:14:30] She disguises herself as a man and moves to the capital city of the kingdom of Frommage

[00:14:34] to start over as Count Camembert.

[00:14:37] Yes, I've definitely read this to you.

[00:14:39] But why did I read it to you?

[00:14:42] Hmm.

[00:14:43] But it's hard to keep a low profile when the beautiful princess Bree with her fierce

[00:14:48] activism and great sense of fashion catches her attention.

[00:14:51] Camembert can't resist getting to know the princess.

[00:14:54] But as the two grow closer, will she be able to keep her secret?

[00:14:57] A romantic comedy about mistaken identity, true love and lots of grilled cheese.

[00:15:01] And it's a graphic novel.

[00:15:02] So y'all know I will read it quickly.

[00:15:04] And then I will draw it.

[00:15:06] Once I sit down to actually read it.

[00:15:08] But if you deleted my audio, I could quickly go read it again.

[00:15:11] You could.

[00:15:12] I could.

[00:15:13] But please don't delete my audio ever again.

[00:15:15] So why do you want to read it?

[00:15:16] That was a mistake.

[00:15:17] That was an accident.

[00:15:18] Because it's gay.

[00:15:19] And it's about cheese.

[00:15:20] I love cheese.

[00:15:21] Are you going to be eating cheese?

[00:15:22] And it's a graphic novel.

[00:15:23] I have cheese that I could eat.

[00:15:26] We can go get some Camembert and fromage and Bree.

[00:15:29] And we can watch that episode of Frazier where he says, like, if you're upset with me, I Camembert.

[00:15:38] You know, some of these games on my list are very cheesy.

[00:15:41] Can we have a cheese themed episode?

[00:15:44] Can we go to the fresh market and get all of the cheeses we've ever wanted to try?

[00:15:50] And then be constipated for a week?

[00:15:53] No.

[00:15:54] We'll go to the melting pot again.

[00:15:56] There is no melting pot anywhere near here.

[00:15:58] We'll go to Orlando and go to the melting pot.

[00:16:01] I mean, we are going to Orlando for that wedding.

[00:16:03] Right.

[00:16:04] We would need to have a melting pot budget.

[00:16:06] Melting pot money?

[00:16:07] Do you have melting pot money, Luna?

[00:16:09] She doesn't.

[00:16:10] Hmm.

[00:16:12] Maybe the patrons can give us a cheesy episode.

[00:16:18] I'm not a fan of mac and cheese.

[00:16:20] Not everybody can do good mac and cheese.

[00:16:22] You know what they're going to do?

[00:16:23] They're going to vote for something that's not cheesy, but then still expect us to do the cheesy episode.

[00:16:30] That's what they want.

[00:16:32] I guess that's what they'll get.

[00:16:36] Okay.

[00:16:37] That's a good pick.

[00:16:39] I love cheese.

[00:16:40] I know.

[00:16:41] So, like I said, I told Discord, hey, give me games.

[00:16:48] Give me games?

[00:16:49] Maybe 58.

[00:16:50] Yep.

[00:16:51] So what I did is I put every single game that they told me even if it was repeated, I made it an entry.

[00:16:56] So this was a double entry.

[00:16:58] It was suggested by Nick from Friday Night Gamecast.

[00:17:03] We both know Nick.

[00:17:05] Fantastic podcast.

[00:17:06] Awesome dude.

[00:17:07] Nice red hair.

[00:17:09] Very red hair.

[00:17:11] Love the guy.

[00:17:12] And Will from Discord.

[00:17:14] Nice not red hair.

[00:17:17] He is kind of gingerish.

[00:17:18] He's blondish.

[00:17:21] Not Will from Friday Night Gamecast.

[00:17:24] I was like, what?

[00:17:27] Did you have a glare on your screen?

[00:17:30] No, not Will from Friday Night Gamecast.

[00:17:33] I was like, hold up.

[00:17:34] I have seen him in person.

[00:17:36] You haven't.

[00:17:37] Will from Discord.

[00:17:41] So they both suggested Ceno Blade Chronicles 3.

[00:17:46] And I have it right here in my hand.

[00:17:49] Wait, where did you find it?

[00:17:51] I told you it was right there on the stack.

[00:17:54] I have all of these games that I suggested.

[00:17:57] Okay.

[00:17:58] Lift a fight to live.

[00:18:00] Two countries locked in eternal battle.

[00:18:02] But whom does their fighting serve?

[00:18:04] Solve the riddle and save the future.

[00:18:08] So from what I understand, this game is like your child soldier, but teenager.

[00:18:16] And life expectancy is like 17.

[00:18:20] Oh dear.

[00:18:21] Yeah, like nobody makes it past 17.

[00:18:23] And basically your child soldier trying to fight in a war and figure out what the fuck is going on.

[00:18:31] I really want to play this game because I bought all the DLC and it all looks fucking awesome.

[00:18:36] And then the DLC also ties to Ceno Blade 1 and 2, which I've never played 2.

[00:18:40] I did beat one.

[00:18:41] So I am very, very excited to try this out because it looks fucking great.

[00:18:48] And from what I've heard, the story is amazing.

[00:18:51] I like the way the characters look, which I hated the way the characters looked in the original Ceno Blade.

[00:18:58] So this is a very, very solid option.

[00:19:02] A very good.

[00:19:04] Feel like you've had those for a million years.

[00:19:06] Oh, I have.

[00:19:07] I have.

[00:19:08] Remember when I played the one it took me like four years to beat it?

[00:19:12] Yeah.

[00:19:13] Like I had like 10 hours left at the end and I was like, fuck it.

[00:19:17] I just want to finish it.

[00:19:18] And I hated all the characters because they were also annoying and looked weird.

[00:19:21] Yep.

[00:19:22] Yeah.

[00:19:23] So Ceno Blade Chronicles 3.

[00:19:25] I am very excited.

[00:19:26] Thank you, Nick.

[00:19:27] Thank you, Will.

[00:19:28] Next.

[00:19:29] Next.

[00:19:30] And I should say I wrote down like a hopefuls TBR over the weekend and I categorized it by

[00:19:40] physical Kindle and audiobook.

[00:19:42] So for this, I picked two physical, two Kindle, two audiobooks.

[00:19:46] So Princess and Girl Cheese is physical.

[00:19:48] This is the second physical.

[00:19:50] And it is the Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young.

[00:19:57] I do worry that I might have a little bit of regret with this one just because I have

[00:20:04] not super loved everything I've read by this author, but this book is getting rave reviews.

[00:20:10] That's not always good.

[00:20:13] Huh?

[00:20:14] That's not always good.

[00:20:15] I know.

[00:20:16] The woman missed everything to end her family's centuries old curse.

[00:20:19] Sol for mother's disappearance and fine love in this mesmerizing novel from New York Times

[00:20:23] by selling author of spells for forgetting.

[00:20:25] In the small town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her.

[00:20:30] The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm.

[00:20:33] Thriving flower farm.

[00:20:35] And the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line.

[00:20:37] The whole town remembers this madness that led to Susanna Farrow's disappearance,

[00:20:41] leaving June to be raised by her grandmother and haunted by rumors.

[00:20:45] It's been a year since June started seeing and hearing things that weren't there.

[00:20:49] Faint wind chimes, a voice calling her name, and a mysterious door appearing out of nowhere,

[00:20:53] the signs of what June always knew was coming.

[00:20:56] But June is determined to end the curse once and for all,

[00:20:58] even if she must sacrifice finding love and having a family of her own.

[00:21:02] After her grandmother's death, June discovers a series of cryptic clues

[00:21:05] regarding her mother's decades old disappearance, except they only lead to more questions.

[00:21:10] But could the door she once assumed was a hallucination be the answer she's been searching for?

[00:21:14] The next time it appears, June realizes she can touch it and walk past the threshold.

[00:21:18] And when she does, she embarks on a journey that will not only change both the past and the future,

[00:21:23] but also uncover the lingering mysteries of her small town and untangle-

[00:21:26] I mean, and entangle her heart with an epic star-cross love.

[00:21:31] With the unmajede of June Farrow, Adrian Young delivers a brilliant novel of romance mystery

[00:21:36] and a touch of the impossible, a story you will never forget.

[00:21:40] Two things.

[00:21:42] What?

[00:21:44] Two things.

[00:21:45] First one, if it says New York Times bestseller, I 100% sure you're going to hate it

[00:21:52] because I don't think I've ever heard you talk about any book that they've loved that you've liked ever.

[00:21:59] They're a J.M.A.S. books.

[00:22:01] Allie Hazelwood books.

[00:22:03] There's bound to be some outliers.

[00:22:06] Also, that's...

[00:22:09] It's very lengthy.

[00:22:11] That book sounds like the beginning of Kingdom Hearts.

[00:22:16] Does it really?

[00:22:17] But very fucking drawn out.

[00:22:20] Because in Kingdom Hearts, there's a door, there's a quote-unquote curse, which is not really a curse because it's the Kiwi blade.

[00:22:26] Is there a driving flower farm?

[00:22:29] There's the palpufru, which is a fruit that only grows on Destiny Islands.

[00:22:33] And then there's the Destiny and all that stuff.

[00:22:39] It sounds very Kingdom Hearts-y.

[00:22:41] It's like, holy shit.

[00:22:42] Maybe it was inspired by Kingdom Hearts.

[00:22:44] Maybe while you're reading it, some of the lines will say, hold me, whatever lies beyond this...

[00:22:52] Hold me closer, diamond dancer.

[00:22:54] Whatever lies beyond this morning, simple and cleanest, the way that you're making me feel tonight.

[00:22:59] It's hard to let it go.

[00:23:00] I can feel it coming in the air tonight.

[00:23:05] Our love.

[00:23:07] No.

[00:23:08] I'm a wave of...

[00:23:10] Okay.

[00:23:11] Stop.

[00:23:12] Sorry?

[00:23:13] We just got knocked off of YouTube because of your singing.

[00:23:18] Cut it out!

[00:23:20] I can't.

[00:23:21] Yes you can.

[00:23:22] No, I'm not going to stop.

[00:23:23] So what do you want to read it?

[00:23:25] Because everybody's reading it and I have FOMO.

[00:23:29] Is that the only reason?

[00:23:31] And it has a really pretty cover.

[00:23:33] Yeah, let me see it.

[00:23:35] Oh I already pulled up the next book.

[00:23:38] Okay, that's fine.

[00:23:39] I'll show you later.

[00:23:40] Okay.

[00:23:41] I'll show you later.

[00:23:43] Alright so this is my game.

[00:23:45] This wasn't picked by Discord.

[00:23:49] This was picked by me, by Chris.

[00:23:53] It is more a Kira Toriyama Bolshev.

[00:23:57] Oh god.

[00:23:58] Dragon Quest 6, Realms of Revelation.

[00:24:04] It says, new worlds, new heroes, customize your party with new heroes and monsters,

[00:24:09] graphically enhance for the Nintendo DS,

[00:24:11] challenge the evil Murdoch as you explore multiple worlds.

[00:24:16] That's all it says.

[00:24:18] What?

[00:24:19] Very brief.

[00:24:21] Doesn't it look fucking cool like the characters and the...

[00:24:24] It looks very...

[00:24:25] I think...

[00:24:26] Dragon Balli.

[00:24:27] I think this is one of the best cast or crews that Toriyama's drawn for Dragon Quest.

[00:24:34] So I'm very excited to play this one.

[00:24:37] I think on Discord the other day they were talking about the Dragon Quest games

[00:24:42] because me talking about Dragon Quest 1 brought it up

[00:24:48] and they were saying that this one is like Chrono Trigger.

[00:24:51] It's Chrono Trigger-ish,

[00:24:53] which we all know I fucking loved it when it got chosen a few years ago.

[00:24:58] So yeah, it looks like you got a bunch of waifus in this game.

[00:25:03] So that's always good.

[00:25:05] Love waifus here.

[00:25:06] Love a really good waifu here at a novel console.

[00:25:09] I mean it's just an RPG.

[00:25:12] I did say that I was going to play a lot of RPGs this year.

[00:25:15] I am at 10 games beaten for the year and like six of them are RPGs.

[00:25:21] So I think I'm sticking to my thing.

[00:25:25] I like it.

[00:25:27] Yeah, Dragon Quest. People love Dragon Quest.

[00:25:30] Alright, your turn.

[00:25:31] My turn is Rise of the Senderfey by Whitney Dean.

[00:25:36] Let's see...

[00:25:38] I actually won this one in a Goodreads giveaway.

[00:25:41] Whatever happens to me.

[00:25:43] But of course...

[00:25:44] Remember when we won a PlayStation 5 and people thought that they gave it to us

[00:25:47] because we're super famous podcasters.

[00:25:50] Right. We had like three episodes out at the time.

[00:25:53] Right.

[00:25:54] Those people were bitter.

[00:25:56] Who would have downloaded each?

[00:25:58] Right.

[00:25:59] Lord help us.

[00:26:01] I've only won two Goodreads giveaways ever and they've both been for fucking Kindle copies.

[00:26:06] Do you remember when I won a bunch of stuff like one and right after the other?

[00:26:10] The...

[00:26:11] Wait.

[00:26:12] The gift card for the day trip to Miami.

[00:26:14] Right.

[00:26:15] And then the tickets to the motocross shit.

[00:26:17] Right.

[00:26:18] And then the PlayStation with all the games.

[00:26:21] Did I win something else?

[00:26:23] I feel like I won something else but I don't remember what.

[00:26:26] Those were good days.

[00:26:27] Yeah.

[00:26:28] Those were fun.

[00:26:29] Pretty random.

[00:26:30] Yeah, super random.

[00:26:31] JR loved you.

[00:26:32] Oh yeah.

[00:26:33] JRR.

[00:26:34] WJR.

[00:26:35] I missed him.

[00:26:36] I do too.

[00:26:37] Alright Rise of the Senderfey.

[00:26:39] Born and raised in the forgotten and broken kingdom of Ashbury.

[00:26:42] Elora has spent years resenting the royals of Pumpkin Hollow, the kingdom that forced the fall of Ashbury and procured the town as its own.

[00:26:51] Separated by a mysterious glass bridge, Ashbury is treated as the orphan kingdom.

[00:26:56] Left to squander and starve with only the promise of protection from King Jasper.

[00:27:01] Preventing anyone outside their realm from coming to search for the magic that lay within the Ashy valleys and red skies of Ashbury.

[00:27:07] That was a very long sentence.

[00:27:09] Because 25 years ago the Senderfey arrived.

[00:27:12] As mysterious as the magic encompassing Ashbury, the Senderfey bargained for their lives by promising to keep the entire realm warm with their ability to mine mountain sides into coal.

[00:27:22] But Elora and the Senderfey hold a secret that could bring death to Ashbury.

[00:27:28] And the mysterious winged creatures who despite Elora's best efforts to pry refuse to share where they came from or why they can't return.

[00:27:37] In her desperation to prevent the downfall of her kingdom and the death of her fey friends, Elora drinks from an enchanted spring convinced she can make the Prince of Pumpkin Hollow fall in love with her and guarantee their safety.

[00:27:49] But magic takes to give and Elora didn't realize her heart would be the sacrifice.

[00:27:55] Fuck this book looks so good! It's got something called Pumpkin Hollow in it!

[00:28:01] Is she trying to fuck Jack Skellington?

[00:28:03] That's honestly what I was thinking.

[00:28:05] Is she gonna fight Sally at the end?

[00:28:08] It honestly looks like...

[00:28:12] What's the Hemsworth who was married to Miley?

[00:28:15] Liam.

[00:28:17] Liam. That looks a lot like Liam Hemsworth.

[00:28:19] Yeah it does.

[00:28:20] It's eerie.

[00:28:21] It's weird.

[00:28:22] Okay.

[00:28:23] Is he the Pumpkin King or whatever it's called?

[00:28:25] Yeah, he's got a skin suit covering his skeleton.

[00:28:30] What?

[00:28:31] He is Jack Skellington in disguise wearing his skin suit.

[00:28:35] Are you serious?

[00:28:36] I'm kidding! I don't know!

[00:28:39] I hope not!

[00:28:40] I thought that was like a thing from Boxtagram or something.

[00:28:43] That's how it was fucking awful.

[00:28:45] No!

[00:28:46] No.

[00:28:47] Oh, you really want to read that shit?

[00:28:49] I thought I did.

[00:28:51] Until you read it?

[00:28:52] I don't think it's gonna win though so it doesn't matter.

[00:28:55] Give me a TLD Arcus. I was kind of phasing out for a second.

[00:28:59] Oh, I don't know.

[00:29:01] Faye Kingdom Pumpkin Hollow.

[00:29:03] Is that what you want to read it?

[00:29:06] I wanted to read it because it has a pretty cover in those popular books that I want to give away.

[00:29:20] Yeah.

[00:29:21] Gross.

[00:29:22] Your turn.

[00:29:23] Okay.

[00:29:24] Next one also picked by Discord.

[00:29:28] This one was picked by Dave from Monster Dear Monster and by Nick from Friday Night Gamecast.

[00:29:35] Again, Nick got two games in.

[00:29:38] Yeah.

[00:29:39] Damn!

[00:29:40] It's Unicorn Overlord.

[00:29:42] This came out recently.

[00:29:43] Unicorn Overlord.

[00:29:45] Yes.

[00:29:46] Stupid.

[00:29:47] It's literally a unicorn?

[00:29:49] Stupid fucking name.

[00:29:50] Is it like the Evil Geese Goose?

[00:29:52] No, the Untitled Goose Game.

[00:29:55] Yeah.

[00:29:56] No, it's not like that.

[00:29:58] Okay.

[00:29:59] It says,

[00:30:00] Libres votre ruyum,

[00:30:01] recuperes vos destiniers.

[00:30:03] Un prince de tu cervelle et une nouvelle légende éclare de serru.

[00:30:08] What the fuck?

[00:30:10] I don't know.

[00:30:11] It's not in English?

[00:30:12] It is in English.

[00:30:13] It says,

[00:30:14] Libre your kingdom, reclaim your destiny.

[00:30:17] A fallen prince shall rise again,

[00:30:19] a king of legend lighting his path.

[00:30:22] So it's a collaboration between vanillaware,

[00:30:29] the people who made Odin Sphere.

[00:30:31] I thought you were going to say vanilla wafer.

[00:30:33] Odin Sphere.

[00:30:34] You remember Odin Sphere, right?

[00:30:35] Yeah, vaguely.

[00:30:36] The one with the 2D side scrolling with the characters that were like inspired by...

[00:30:40] Oh, it's in French.

[00:30:42] Yes, I was reading it in French.

[00:30:44] You suck.

[00:30:45] I do.

[00:30:46] But I couldn't...

[00:30:47] Where's the unicorn?

[00:30:48] I don't know.

[00:30:49] That's why people don't know where the unicorn is.

[00:30:52] That's why everybody says it has a stupid fucking name.

[00:30:56] So Odin Sphere, it's based on...

[00:31:02] Nordic.

[00:31:03] Nordic mythology.

[00:31:04] You remember I was a Valkyrie fighting hordes of enemies, then I was a rabbit with a sword.

[00:31:10] So it's from the same people.

[00:31:11] It's a collaboration between them and Atlas.

[00:31:13] Atlas are the Shin Megami Tensei and Persona people.

[00:31:17] It has the vanilla ware look, that beautiful hand-drawn look, and it plays like a Fire Emblem.

[00:31:26] You're going to be on the toilet for hours.

[00:31:29] I am.

[00:31:30] Great.

[00:31:31] And the thing is a few weeks ago, I said what should I play next?

[00:31:35] And I posted some games on Twitter.

[00:31:37] People chose...

[00:31:38] A lot of people on Twitter chose Unicorn Overlord.

[00:31:41] So after I played Prince of Persia, I was going to jump into Unicorn Overlord, but

[00:31:46] I haven't had enough time to start a new game.

[00:31:50] So I've just been picking up old shit and continuing it.

[00:31:54] So I didn't start this, but if it gets picked, I'm definitely going to start it because

[00:31:58] it's going to be a very, very long...

[00:32:01] Oh boy.

[00:32:02] Long game.

[00:32:03] Long and arduous.

[00:32:05] So I think actually Dave from Discord also picked this game.

[00:32:12] So he's been championing it all over Twitter and on Discord.

[00:32:18] Nice.

[00:32:19] So I would be very, very happy to play that.

[00:32:22] Actually be very happy to play any of these games.

[00:32:25] So I got really good games.

[00:32:27] Your turn.

[00:32:28] Okay.

[00:32:29] Next is the one I think everyone's going to pick.

[00:32:32] And it's the second Kindle book.

[00:32:33] I know Burger Champ's going to vote for it.

[00:32:35] Oh yeah.

[00:32:36] Morning Glory, Milking Farm by Siam Nazkosta.

[00:32:41] Brought to my attention by Burger Champ.

[00:32:46] Violet is a typical down on her luck millennial, mid-20s, overeducated and drowning in debt.

[00:32:52] On the verge of moving into her parents' basement.

[00:32:55] Like we did.

[00:32:56] When a lifeline appears in the form of a very unconventional job in neighboring Cambridt

[00:33:01] Creek, she has no choice but to grab at it with both hands.

[00:33:05] Morning Glory, Milking Farm offers full time hours, full benefits and generous pay

[00:33:09] with no experience needed.

[00:33:11] There's only one catch.

[00:33:13] The clientele is grade A certified prime beef with the manly, meaty endowments to match.

[00:33:19] Milking Minotaurs isn't something Violet ever considered as a career option,

[00:33:24] but she's determined to turn the opportunity into a reversal of fortune.

[00:33:28] When a stern deep-voiced client begins to specially request her for his milking sessions,

[00:33:36] maintaining her professionalism and keeping him out of her dreams is easier said than done.

[00:33:42] Violet is resolved to make a dent in her student loans, an afford name brand orange juice

[00:33:54] and a one-sided crush on an out-of-her-league Minotaur is not part of her plan

[00:34:04] unless her feelings aren't so one-sided after all.

[00:34:07] Morning Glory, Milking Farm is a short human monster romance novel featuring a high heat,

[00:34:13] slow burn with a lot of heart and a guaranteed happy ever after.

[00:34:18] Content warnings include cock milking, non-human anatomy, size difference and a lot of fluid.

[00:34:27] It is the first book in the Cambrid Creek Monster Romance series and can be read as a standalone.

[00:34:35] I kind of want to veto that book.

[00:34:38] Why?

[00:34:39] So we can do another episode like Flip Witch.

[00:34:44] Maybe we can go find some dick waffles and eat those for good.

[00:34:47] We can make them.

[00:34:48] No.

[00:34:49] Yeah.

[00:34:50] No, we want to go see them get made and like the vagina waffles and everything too.

[00:34:55] Vagina waffles?

[00:34:56] Yes.

[00:34:57] It's the same place where they make dick waffles.

[00:34:58] They have molds for vagina waffles.

[00:35:00] Where?

[00:35:01] I don't know, Puerto Rico?

[00:35:03] Atlanta?

[00:35:04] Maybe?

[00:35:05] I'm not sure.

[00:35:06] Probably.

[00:35:07] No, we probably won't want Atlanta.

[00:35:09] It kind of has like, it's just like the syphilis capital of the world.

[00:35:14] Oh my God.

[00:35:15] I saw something like that.

[00:35:16] I don't remember the STD but it's like high numbers.

[00:35:19] Anyways, yeah, I kind of want to veto it so we can do a whole episode like Flip Witch.

[00:35:24] You can't veto it because we've never done that before.

[00:35:27] You hear that everyone?

[00:35:28] Don't vote for it so we can do an extra episode.

[00:35:33] You could read another book if you do like the series.

[00:35:36] Like the second in the series or something.

[00:35:38] Yeah, then I can finish.

[00:35:39] I mean I liked the stupid dragon romance so I'll probably like this.

[00:35:44] Was that the one that we covered with Flip Witch?

[00:35:47] Was it a dragon?

[00:35:49] No, no.

[00:35:50] That was, no.

[00:35:52] No, I'm thinking about the dragon's bride.

[00:35:56] We talked about Throne of Shadows with Flip Witch.

[00:36:02] Because I have, that book will forever be burned into my head because she dies and what does

[00:36:11] he do?

[00:36:12] Connie Lingus.

[00:36:14] She wasn't dead.

[00:36:16] She was dying.

[00:36:17] And that's his first reaction?

[00:36:19] Because that's going to save her.

[00:36:20] Going to activate those powers.

[00:36:22] Yeah, I'm never going to forget that.

[00:36:27] Maybe more people would live at the hospital.

[00:36:32] They would survive.

[00:36:35] If you just did that to him as they're dying.

[00:36:38] Instead of CPR, right?

[00:36:40] Yeah, that would have been awesome.

[00:36:44] I wanted to win.

[00:36:48] I'm pretty sure it's going to win.

[00:36:50] Oh yeah, I'm fairly confident.

[00:36:53] Okay, so next game.

[00:36:57] Collection of Mana.

[00:37:00] I have been thinking about starting Secret of Mana which is the Super Nintendo Classic

[00:37:04] Mana game for a very long time since the years started because I've never beaten

[00:37:08] a Mana game.

[00:37:09] I don't think I've ever played a Mana game.

[00:37:11] So I...

[00:37:15] That didn't sound in the...

[00:37:17] Probably somebody's going to hear that can opening.

[00:37:19] What, the can opening?

[00:37:21] Yeah, that was loud as shit.

[00:37:24] What was I going?

[00:37:26] Collection of Mana.

[00:37:28] I've been wanting to start Secret of Mana.

[00:37:31] I saw the collection of Mana at GameStop for like...

[00:37:34] Let me see, I have the receipt right here.

[00:37:37] $28.

[00:37:40] It's not bad.

[00:37:41] So I've for $28 and grabbed it.

[00:37:43] It comes with Final Fantasy Adventure, Secret of Mana and Trials of Mana.

[00:37:48] So Final Fantasy Adventure is the name that they gave to the first Mana game

[00:37:53] that was in the original Game Boy.

[00:37:55] So you know if you guys vote for this you're going to get three games.

[00:37:58] The Legend of Mana.

[00:38:00] The Legend of Mana.

[00:38:04] Do you need me to read it for you?

[00:38:06] Yes, I'm having a stroke.

[00:38:08] Don't say that.

[00:38:09] Read it.

[00:38:11] Top, the top, the very top.

[00:38:13] Oh, The Legend of Mana tree has been passed down through generations.

[00:38:20] The Legend of Mana tree.

[00:38:22] I kept getting stuck on that word.

[00:38:25] Well plus like it almost looks like there's a weird space in between Mana and Tri.

[00:38:30] Right.

[00:38:31] The Legend of the Mana tree has been passed down through generations.

[00:38:35] It was creating a roadblock because I didn't know if it was The Legend of Mana tree

[00:38:39] or The Legend of Mana.

[00:38:40] Three games.

[00:38:41] This looks cute.

[00:38:42] It kind of reminds me of Thumbelina.

[00:38:44] Let's watch Thumbelina.

[00:38:46] No.

[00:38:47] Have you ever seen Thumbelina?

[00:38:48] I think so.

[00:38:49] It's a wonderful film.

[00:38:50] I don't think so.

[00:38:52] So yeah, the first three titles in the Seminole Mana series

[00:38:56] all in one experience, these memorable adventures.

[00:39:00] My God, I am stupid.

[00:39:03] Struggling.

[00:39:04] Struggling.

[00:39:05] The first three titles in the Seminole Mana series all in one.

[00:39:08] The first three titles in the Seminole Mana series.

[00:39:11] Experience these memorable adventures on the Nintendo Switch.

[00:39:16] I'm going to throw this shit at you.

[00:39:17] Sorry.

[00:39:19] It comes with the Final Fantasy Adventure, the title that started it all.

[00:39:23] Become the Knight you are distant to be and put an end to the Dark Lord's

[00:39:27] plans to control the life sustaining Mana tree.

[00:39:30] One sword, three playable adventures, eight Mana seeds.

[00:39:33] Join the classic adventure to protect the world and the Mana tree from the Empire.

[00:39:38] Trials of Mana.

[00:39:40] Play the third game in the Mana series for the first time in English.

[00:39:43] Experience a unique journey that evolves based on the hero you choose

[00:39:48] and the party you form.

[00:39:50] So the Final Fantasy Adventure, first Mana game that was on Game Boy.

[00:39:54] For some reason it was called Final Fantasy Adventure over here.

[00:39:57] Secret of Mana.

[00:39:58] Classic.

[00:39:59] Everybody loves it from the Super Nintendo days.

[00:40:01] And then Trials of Mana.

[00:40:03] It never came out here on the Super Nintendo.

[00:40:07] This is, they did do a remake of this game for PlayStation 4 and Switch.

[00:40:12] But this is the first time on this collection that it's ever been

[00:40:16] officially released even though it came out before with fan translations.

[00:40:20] But those aren't official so.

[00:40:21] Interesting.

[00:40:22] Yeah, I do really want to play this.

[00:40:27] But again, there's two more games that we need to talk about.

[00:40:31] So what's your next book?

[00:40:33] My next book is The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang.

[00:40:40] Okay, so this one, let's see here.

[00:40:44] What if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of

[00:40:49] metaphysical recognition when your soul remembers someone from a previous life.

[00:40:54] Also, these are the final two so they're both audiobooks.

[00:40:58] In the year 4 BCE an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor

[00:41:04] but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue.

[00:41:09] In 1740 a lonely innkeeper agrees to help a mysterious visitor

[00:41:13] procure a rare medicine only to unleash an otherworldly terror instead.

[00:41:18] And in present day Los Angeles a college student meets a beautiful stranger

[00:41:21] and cannot shake the feeling they've met before.

[00:41:24] Across these seemingly unrelated timelines woven together only by the twists

[00:41:28] and turns of fate, two men are reborn lifetime after lifetime.

[00:41:32] Within the treacherous walls of an ancient palace in the boundless forests

[00:41:36] of the Asian wilderness to the heart-pounding cement floors of underground rave scenes

[00:41:40] our lovers are inexplicably drawn together constantly tested by the worlds around them.

[00:41:46] As their many lives intertwine they begin to realize the power of their undying love

[00:41:51] a power that transcends time itself but one that might consume them both.

[00:41:55] An unpredictable roller coaster of a debut novel, the Emperor and the Endless Palace

[00:41:59] as a genre bending romanicy that challenges everything we think about

[00:42:04] everything we think we know about true love.

[00:42:07] This sounds really fucking good!

[00:42:09] That does sound pretty good.

[00:42:10] Holy shit!

[00:42:12] And it's actually...

[00:42:14] It just came out last week.

[00:42:16] Cool.

[00:42:18] That sounds really, really good.

[00:42:21] Shit.

[00:42:22] Hey can y'all vote for this so we can have a dirty episode?

[00:42:26] I'll read Morning Glory, don't worry!

[00:42:28] Did you know about what that book was about before?

[00:42:31] I knew it was gay.

[00:42:32] That's all I knew.

[00:42:35] I love gay but no I didn't know.

[00:42:38] That sounds amazing.

[00:42:40] We'll even ask you why you want to read it because it's all right there.

[00:42:43] Right, it sounds so fucking good.

[00:42:45] Right.

[00:42:46] Okay, my next game.

[00:42:52] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.

[00:42:54] Oh dear!

[00:42:55] This was submitted by Matt from...

[00:42:57] Why are the Pokemon in the dungeon?

[00:42:59] Matt.

[00:43:02] We can do this with Morning Glory!

[00:43:05] You got Pokemon in the dungeon!

[00:43:07] Are they getting milked?

[00:43:10] Milk a squirtle.

[00:43:19] It was submitted by Matt from Geek Attics.

[00:43:26] Fucking ridiculous.

[00:43:27] I just ruined everything.

[00:43:30] I am squirtle!

[00:43:33] No.

[00:43:35] Aaaaaaahhh!

[00:43:37] Specifically, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX.

[00:43:41] It is a combination of both the previous Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games.

[00:43:47] One was for the Game Boy Advance, one was for the DS.

[00:43:50] They kind of combined them and put them out on Switch.

[00:43:54] I have played a little bit of the beginning of this game.

[00:43:57] I think I did like the first two dungeons.

[00:44:00] And for some reason I never went back.

[00:44:07] This is where you create like a little party,

[00:44:10] you have like your main Pokemon and then like a friend that follows you around

[00:44:13] and you just walk around dungeons saving other Pokemon that are lost inside the dungeon.

[00:44:18] So you're like a rescue team.

[00:44:21] Cute.

[00:44:22] It is cute.

[00:44:23] Except now you're going to throw a squirtle in and you want him to get milked.

[00:44:28] I don't want him to get milked. He's too cute and that's really disturbing.

[00:44:32] Would a syndicate make you feel better?

[00:44:33] No.

[00:44:34] No?

[00:44:35] No.

[00:44:36] I know who would make you feel better.

[00:44:37] Who?

[00:44:38] The gay duck.

[00:44:39] Oh my gosh.

[00:44:40] No, none of it makes me feel better.

[00:44:44] I know!

[00:44:45] No, the other one.

[00:44:46] Oh, that one.

[00:44:47] Quacksly.

[00:44:48] Quacksly?

[00:44:49] Yeah.

[00:44:50] No, I can't do it.

[00:44:54] You know, I think if this gets picked,

[00:44:58] this would be like the only time that I would ever play this

[00:45:01] where I would be forced to sit down and get through it.

[00:45:06] It would be fun.

[00:45:09] It'd be something.

[00:45:10] Yeah.

[00:45:11] What's your last book?

[00:45:12] My last book is Annie Bot by Sierra Greer.

[00:45:16] That I'm interested in.

[00:45:17] Also an audiobook.

[00:45:20] A powerful provocative novel about the relationship between a female

[00:45:23] robot and her human owner exploring questions of intimacy, power,

[00:45:27] autonomy and control.

[00:45:29] Wait, wait, wait, wait.

[00:45:30] The owner is a female?

[00:45:32] A woman?

[00:45:33] No.

[00:45:34] Well, it doesn't say.

[00:45:36] And her human owner.

[00:45:38] You need to find that out.

[00:45:39] It's a man.

[00:45:40] Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her

[00:45:43] human owner, Doug.

[00:45:44] Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs,

[00:45:47] she has dinner ready for him every night,

[00:45:49] wears the pert outfits he orders for her and adjusts her libido

[00:45:52] to suit his moods.

[00:45:54] True, she's not the greatest at keeping Doug's place spotless,

[00:45:57] but she's trying to please him.

[00:45:58] She's trying hard.

[00:45:59] She's learning too.

[00:46:01] Doug says he loves that Annie's AI makes her seem more

[00:46:03] like a real woman so Annie explores human traits such as

[00:46:06] curiosity, secrecy and longing.

[00:46:08] But becoming more human also means becoming less perfect.

[00:46:12] And as Annie's relationship with Doug grows more intricate

[00:46:15] and difficult, she starts to wonder, does Doug really desire

[00:46:18] what he says he wants?

[00:46:19] And in such an impossible paradox, what does Annie owe

[00:46:22] herself?

[00:46:23] This kind of, I never saw it, but this kind of sounds like

[00:46:26] Stepford Wives.

[00:46:27] Cause weren't they all robots?

[00:46:29] I don't know.

[00:46:30] Or robot-like?

[00:46:32] Ex machina.

[00:46:33] That was some freaky shit!

[00:46:35] I wish I'd never watched that movie.

[00:46:37] It was awful.

[00:46:38] That, okay, so the reason why I asked if it was a

[00:46:41] woman, it's because the game Cookie Cutter is kind of

[00:46:45] the same thing.

[00:46:47] This lady creates a robot, they fall in love,

[00:46:50] lady gets killed, robot goes on a murder rampage.

[00:46:53] Oh dear.

[00:46:55] Makes me think of her.

[00:46:57] But I never saw that either.

[00:46:59] That Joaquin Phoenix movie where he falls in love

[00:47:01] with Scarlett Johansson's voice.

[00:47:03] Yes.

[00:47:04] Siri, he falls in love with Siri or Alexa.

[00:47:08] Like you with your fucking British dude, Siri?

[00:47:11] I just, it's fun.

[00:47:13] And it's a woman right now, thank you.

[00:47:16] Sibbage.

[00:47:17] Sibbage in games.

[00:47:19] An idiot.

[00:47:20] Oh dear.

[00:47:21] Oh dear.

[00:47:22] Alright.

[00:47:23] Okay, so.

[00:47:24] I'm not done yet.

[00:47:25] I'm okay with any of these.

[00:47:27] Good.

[00:47:28] Good.

[00:47:29] Mostly.

[00:47:30] We'll go into it in a second.

[00:47:32] Okay, my final game.

[00:47:34] This is the one that I completely forgot to add

[00:47:37] into the list last year.

[00:47:40] And that list was for the Musso games.

[00:47:43] Remember that?

[00:47:44] Musso.

[00:47:46] Fire Emblem, Three Hopes, One.

[00:47:52] And I played that for like a hundred hours.

[00:47:55] Yeah.

[00:47:56] Yeah.

[00:47:57] So this is the same Musso, fight monsters,

[00:48:00] non-stop, but Dragon Quest.

[00:48:03] Because it is Dragon Quest Heroes, the world's tree's woe

[00:48:06] and the blight blow.

[00:48:08] So it's basically like a best of Dragon Quest.

[00:48:12] It has a bunch of characters from previous game

[00:48:15] plus original, previous games, not previous game,

[00:48:18] previous games plus original characters.

[00:48:21] And basically you just fight waves of monsters

[00:48:24] with your characters.

[00:48:25] And it's awesome because Jessica,

[00:48:27] the reluctant, overly sexualized character

[00:48:34] from Dragon Quest 8 is there.

[00:48:37] And I feel so bad for Jessica.

[00:48:40] Poor Jessica.

[00:48:41] She is a normal girl.

[00:48:43] And they're like, no, we're going to over-sexualize

[00:48:47] the fuck out of you for no reason at all.

[00:48:51] Like one of her attacks is called,

[00:48:54] I don't even remember.

[00:48:55] All I know is that she like grabs the enemy

[00:48:58] and puts their head between her boobs,

[00:49:00] but she rubs their head with slimes.

[00:49:03] It's fucking.

[00:49:04] What the hell?

[00:49:05] Yeah, it's Dragon Quest.

[00:49:07] Huh.

[00:49:08] Yeah.

[00:49:09] It's a curatorial.

[00:49:10] Okay.

[00:49:13] I put this in here because I'm in the mood for Musso.

[00:49:16] So if this wins, this will be perfect

[00:49:18] for scratching that itch.

[00:49:21] Yeah, as the legendary Dragon Quest Heroes,

[00:49:23] take up fight and restore order to the kingdom of Arba.

[00:49:26] Battle hundreds of monsters with slicing swords,

[00:49:31] sizzling spells and slimes.

[00:49:33] Drive back the monster horde,

[00:49:35] triumph over gigantic beasts in epic clashes.

[00:49:40] Horde of monsters trust near.

[00:49:44] Yeah, wow, I didn't realize that this game

[00:49:46] wasn't such good condition.

[00:49:48] Fun.

[00:49:50] Oh yeah.

[00:49:51] Oh, it has a character list.

[00:49:53] All right, let's see what I can find here.

[00:49:56] Awesome.

[00:49:57] It has Jessica and Yangus from Dragon Quest 8.

[00:50:02] I know those two.

[00:50:04] Let's see who else it has here that I recognize.

[00:50:09] I don't know those people.

[00:50:12] Maya Norris slash Tommy Bianca, Nira,

[00:50:16] Alaina Kierl.

[00:50:18] Aela Kierl.

[00:50:19] Doric Nira.

[00:50:22] Nira, Pharah, wherever you are.

[00:50:26] Yeah, I don't know any of these characters except for

[00:50:30] Yangus and Jessica.

[00:50:32] Jessica.

[00:50:33] Yeah, so yeah, that's my six games.

[00:50:36] That's your six books.

[00:50:39] Anything you are hoping wins.

[00:50:44] I think Morning Glory is going to win.

[00:50:48] I'm honestly fine with any of them.

[00:50:50] Like Rise of the Cinderfei, even though it sounds kind of goofy,

[00:50:53] it still doesn't sound like, oh my God, why did I do this to myself?

[00:50:57] You know?

[00:50:58] Right.

[00:51:00] So I think for me.

[00:51:02] I think they all have some note of promise.

[00:51:04] If any game would win for me.

[00:51:07] Honestly, I think it's going to be Unicorn Overlord.

[00:51:11] Seems so goofy.

[00:51:13] Yeah, I think that's definitely the one that's going to win for me.

[00:51:16] If I had to pick one to win.

[00:51:19] Pokemon Dungeon.

[00:51:22] Milk Squirtle.

[00:51:24] For all he's got.

[00:51:26] Honestly, I don't care.

[00:51:27] I'll play out any of them.

[00:51:29] But Unicorn Overlord is the one that I think that's going to win.

[00:51:33] So yeah, I found this exercise of having Discord pick three

[00:51:39] to be very fun.

[00:51:41] I know Burger Champ said chain decos and I said that I was going to

[00:51:45] put chain decos on the list.

[00:51:47] I didn't, but I am going to play it and we're going to do an episode

[00:51:51] and I'm going to cover chain decos.

[00:51:53] So that's probably something that I'm going to start tonight

[00:51:55] after we're done with this.

[00:51:57] We don't have a Gorbage for this week.

[00:52:00] So I'm guessing this is it.

[00:52:02] Caredin, do we want to run through our books and games one last time

[00:52:06] before we end?

[00:52:07] As long as I don't have to remember the author's names.

[00:52:11] Well, I have to pull them up individually.

[00:52:13] I think I know them all.

[00:52:14] I think.

[00:52:15] All right, start.

[00:52:16] Okay.

[00:52:17] The Princess and the Grilled Cheese by Dea Muniz.

[00:52:20] Muniz.

[00:52:21] Muniz.

[00:52:22] Yep.

[00:52:23] Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

[00:52:25] The Unmaking of June Pharaoh by Adrian Young.

[00:52:28] Dragon Quest 6, Realms of Revelation.

[00:52:31] Rise of the Cinderfei by Whitney Dean.

[00:52:36] Yep.

[00:52:37] Unicorn Overlord.

[00:52:39] Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascostas.

[00:52:46] Collection of Mana.

[00:52:48] The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang.

[00:52:53] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.

[00:52:55] Annie Bot by Sierra Greer.

[00:52:58] Look at me.

[00:52:59] Dragon Quest Heroes, the World's Streets Woe and the Blight Below.

[00:53:03] Nice.

[00:53:04] Yeah.

[00:53:05] Okay.

[00:53:06] I'm interested to see what will happen.

[00:53:09] Oh yeah, so that's it for this week's episode, Karedan.

[00:53:12] Is there anything else you want to say before we end today?

[00:53:15] No.

[00:53:16] No?

[00:53:17] No.

[00:53:18] Other than goodbye.

[00:53:20] Goodbye everyone.

[00:53:35] Bye.