WEBVTT - BONUS: Video Game Saves

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<v Speaker 1>Ephemeral is a production of My Heart three D audio

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<v Speaker 1>for full exposure, listen What's that phones. This month on Ephemeral,

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<v Speaker 1>we've been talking about the evolution of video games, dating

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<v Speaker 1>back to the simple beginnings of Pown and Space Invaders,

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<v Speaker 1>all the way up to the supercomputers that power our

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<v Speaker 1>imaginations today. But in today's episode, we wanted to focus

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<v Speaker 1>on the world's inside those video games. Video games can

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<v Speaker 1>remove us from reality and place us in a magical

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<v Speaker 1>and surreal world. But given the ephemeral nature of video

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<v Speaker 1>games saves all of this wonder, amazement, and experience can

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<v Speaker 1>be gone in the blink of an eye, leaving this

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<v Speaker 1>world to exist only in our memories. I could probably

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<v Speaker 1>give you a story about me being involved in like

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<v Speaker 1>a lost save file from pretty much any time period

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<v Speaker 1>of my life. My name is Matt Davidson, and my

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<v Speaker 1>qualifications as a video gamer, I would say are pretty

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<v Speaker 1>extensive just because of the generation I come from. So

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<v Speaker 1>I was born in which puts me right in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of original Nintendo era, and I stuck with it

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<v Speaker 1>enough through current times to where I played every different

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<v Speaker 1>era of video games on pretty much every different console

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<v Speaker 1>at one time or another. It wasn't necessarily me losing

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<v Speaker 1>a save file, but I played the Diablo series, so

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<v Speaker 1>both in Diablo Too and Diablo three, there's a mode

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<v Speaker 1>that you can elect to play called Hardcore Mode. In

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<v Speaker 1>Hardcore Mode, you agree at the beginning that if you die,

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<v Speaker 1>all your progress is lost, and what it does is

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<v Speaker 1>it resets you from zero, no matter how many hours

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<v Speaker 1>you've sunk into this character. The ones that really hurt

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<v Speaker 1>the most were when you would lose internet connection and

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<v Speaker 1>then you would log back in and your character was

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<v Speaker 1>dead and deleted. Right. So I had a few characters,

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<v Speaker 1>one in particular that probably had close to five or

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<v Speaker 1>six hundred hours of playtime just playing a very pedestrian

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<v Speaker 1>part of the game, and my internet cut out when

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<v Speaker 1>I got back on that character had died to some

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<v Speaker 1>you know, trash mob. I went through this period where

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<v Speaker 1>I actually had to stop playing the game for like

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<v Speaker 1>three months because it's like when a dog dies and

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<v Speaker 1>you like can't get another dog for like for a

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<v Speaker 1>few months because it's too painful. Like I uninstalled the game,

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<v Speaker 1>I had to completely walk away. I eventually did come

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<v Speaker 1>back to the game. I went through the whole process

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<v Speaker 1>again and lost another character and then I just had

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<v Speaker 1>to stop. I couldn't take the pain anymore. I guess,

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<v Speaker 1>like the funniest thing about it is like, it's so

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<v Speaker 1>painful to you, but anybody that doesn't play games, like

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<v Speaker 1>your significant other, like, has no idea how painful it is.

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<v Speaker 1>And my wife is just kind of like bewildered why

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<v Speaker 1>I was so upset If I'm talking to somebody that

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't play video games. I'm almost a little embarrassed to

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<v Speaker 1>tell the story because a the number of hours I

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<v Speaker 1>sunk into playing a video game and be I sort

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<v Speaker 1>of set myself up for that, right, Like if you

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<v Speaker 1>play high stakes like that, you're gonna lose at some point.

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<v Speaker 1>I almost feel foolish for thinking that I was gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be able to, you know, ride the lightning forever and

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<v Speaker 1>never have a fault. Somebody would call and my mom

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<v Speaker 1>would be on the phone for like half an hour,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm sitting there, like, Mom, I thought my carriages die. Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Josh Chandler. Have been playing video games pretty much

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<v Speaker 1>on my wife. That's the I started playing card games,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I guess in my later twenties I got

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<v Speaker 1>very good at it, and I guess my biggest claim

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<v Speaker 1>to family is I got Top one hundred and Magic

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<v Speaker 1>to Gathering and her Stone and soon to be the

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<v Speaker 1>new You gear game. So you're good at video games,

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<v Speaker 1>card games, I've got a card games. Back in middle school,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a game called Rinscap and Rindscape was like

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<v Speaker 1>one of the first like MMO games where you could

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<v Speaker 1>go in and interact with other people. But that was

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<v Speaker 1>back in the time of dial up. It was pretty

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<v Speaker 1>bad when people would call, dial up would go out

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<v Speaker 1>and DSL was still not another not available. I'll never

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<v Speaker 1>forget this one instance. So I guess our friend Michael,

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<v Speaker 1>we were like out in what's called the wilderness where

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<v Speaker 1>you can kill other players. I was with him and

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<v Speaker 1>my internet went out, and then he killed me. My

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<v Speaker 1>friend that I was supposed to be like my ally

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<v Speaker 1>killed me and took all my stuff. And then when

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<v Speaker 1>I wrong in im just like, what how did that

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<v Speaker 1>make you feel at the time this is happening, and

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<v Speaker 1>how do you feel about it all these years later?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I felt freaking angry at Michael. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>he was supposed to be have my teammate, he's like

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<v Speaker 1>my friend right now, I just have trust issues with

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<v Speaker 1>I quit ultim online that day because everything I had

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<v Speaker 1>fought for for years was it. God. This is Matt Frederick.

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<v Speaker 1>I am an executive producer on Ephemeral officially also a

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<v Speaker 1>host of stuff they don't want you to know. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me take you back to middle school. I'm playing ultim

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<v Speaker 1>online with my friend Victor. We're playing all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>He's got a couple of characters. He's really good at it.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've got one character. Character's name is Malachi. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing everything I can to get my fame and

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<v Speaker 1>my carma up. I'm trying to make money. I finally

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<v Speaker 1>get there. I'm the illustrious something Malachi, and I just

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<v Speaker 1>got enough money to buy a boat, which was a

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<v Speaker 1>really big deal because in the game, you can either

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<v Speaker 1>have a house or a boat where you could store

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<v Speaker 1>all the stuff you've gathered, or you've got to just

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<v Speaker 1>put it in the bank, which is just kind of

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<v Speaker 1>you know, that's fine, whatever, But if you really want

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<v Speaker 1>to be somebody in ltimonline, you need a boat or

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<v Speaker 1>a house. I got this boat. I used all my money.

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<v Speaker 1>I took it over to the water, and I placed

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<v Speaker 1>my boat in the water, and I teleported onto my

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<v Speaker 1>boat and I started putting my best stuff into the

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<v Speaker 1>cargo hold of this boat, and I was so excited

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<v Speaker 1>and I was going to transfer that stuff over. I

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna get to see the world in ultimonline. Some

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<v Speaker 1>other character unbeknownst to me kind of walks over and

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<v Speaker 1>just hanging out on the shoreline, and then they just disappear,

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<v Speaker 1>and like, oh, that was weird. Well, it turns out

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<v Speaker 1>they had cast an invisibility spell on themselves and then

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<v Speaker 1>teleported onto my boat. All of a sudden, I see

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<v Speaker 1>all of my stuff coming out of my ship's cargo hold,

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<v Speaker 1>all of my most important, most fought for magic items,

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<v Speaker 1>my money, all the rest of the money that I had.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything just goes onto this guy, and I'm freaking out.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to figure out what's going on. So I

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<v Speaker 1>try and take everything else out of the boat and

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<v Speaker 1>then teleport off of it, because if you do that,

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<v Speaker 1>you could double click on the boat and it shrinks

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<v Speaker 1>down and you can put it in your backpack, basically

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<v Speaker 1>like it's an item. But this guy had taken my

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<v Speaker 1>spare key from my boat out of my boat, and

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<v Speaker 1>he was able to click on it and take my boat,

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<v Speaker 1>and then he just got the kind of there. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not cool. I'm still to this day upset. I think

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<v Speaker 1>just a not knowing and the amount of energy you

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<v Speaker 1>put into something that you can never get back, where

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<v Speaker 1>it's like it's just gone. Those are the two things

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<v Speaker 1>that strike the deepest. Hi. My name is Kevin Cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I reside in Portland, Oregon. I've been playing video games

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<v Speaker 1>for over twenty years, and in two thousand and seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>on Madden Online for the Xbox I was ranked with

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<v Speaker 1>the top twenty three percent of online participants. So I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like I'm pretty good. I was kind of young,

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<v Speaker 1>so video games are pretty big. The game was on

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<v Speaker 1>the Nintendo sixty four console. The legend of Zelda, okerry

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<v Speaker 1>enough time, and if I remember correctly, you got three

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<v Speaker 1>safe files in Zelda. The one that it hurts the

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<v Speaker 1>most was what I'd call my master one. This is

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<v Speaker 1>one where I had beat the game, gotten everything that

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<v Speaker 1>all the little side quest you can save it right

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<v Speaker 1>before you beat the final boss. You can go back

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<v Speaker 1>in fight the boss continuously over and over. So that

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<v Speaker 1>was my third safe file, just because it was like

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<v Speaker 1>I beat the game, I had all my cool stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, when your friends come over, you gotta

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<v Speaker 1>show off, so it's like, oh I did this, like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh you got the mirror shi, oh you got to

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<v Speaker 1>have her boots. I don't know if it was like

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<v Speaker 1>a glitch or what, but the state was still there.

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<v Speaker 1>You could access it, but it just froze. It wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>the exact set point that it would freeze at, but

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<v Speaker 1>you always knew it was gonna glick. So it was

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<v Speaker 1>like the countdown. It is either thirty seconds, thirty minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, whatever it is. You could load the save,

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<v Speaker 1>but you could never actually beat it and continues to

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<v Speaker 1>play it again. There's always a wish. We're just paused,

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<v Speaker 1>and it would just stay there and there's nothing you

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<v Speaker 1>could do. It was very painful, as most people are.

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<v Speaker 1>At first, I'm in denial. It's not broken, it's that's

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<v Speaker 1>whatever happened. So you do the old run around, takes

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<v Speaker 1>the game out, blowing the cartridge, lick the cartridge. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we went there. Lick the cartridge. I think even like

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<v Speaker 1>try to like put a fork or something metal on.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like remagnetize it, even though that didn't do anything,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, kid magic. And then I'm pretty sure I

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<v Speaker 1>went to Anger and ran around screaming and yelling at everyone,

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<v Speaker 1>and I hated the world for probably a week. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna say a month. I don't really remember, but I

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<v Speaker 1>know I hated everyone because I was so mad because

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<v Speaker 1>I've spent so many hours and I could never do

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<v Speaker 1>that again, and that was the perfect file and nothing

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<v Speaker 1>would ever come close to that ever again, and nothing

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<v Speaker 1>in my life mattered anymore. And I was not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>pass the seventh grade, and my girlfriend was gonna dump me,

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<v Speaker 1>and my mom was gonna make meat loaf for dinner

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<v Speaker 1>for a week. Life, as I know it had ended

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<v Speaker 1>at that point, as you can tell, is rehash some pain.

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<v Speaker 1>There's that song that was playing when the barrow went out.

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<v Speaker 1>I still can't listen to it without getting like, Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Annie Reese. I'm a podcast host for the show's

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<v Speaker 1>stuff I've never told you and save her. My brothers

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<v Speaker 1>were notorious for just erasing my save file. So one

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<v Speaker 1>of my favorite games, Final Fantasy three Slash six, they

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<v Speaker 1>would just erase it before I could get anywhere, and

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<v Speaker 1>it would be heartbreaking every time. Once I was playing

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<v Speaker 1>Final Fantasy ten and I put hours into Final Fantasy tin,

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<v Speaker 1>I normally am not somebody who like levels up to

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<v Speaker 1>go fight the ultimate Boss. I did in that game.

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<v Speaker 1>It was Christmas. Eve had gotten this weapon that you

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<v Speaker 1>needed to fight this ultimate boss and all the stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>For me, it was a huge deal. I'd never done

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<v Speaker 1>anything like that. Power went out, Power went out, lost everything,

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<v Speaker 1>the entire hundred fifty hours gone, and I was right

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<v Speaker 1>at the part where I was going to fight it,

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<v Speaker 1>and I could have saved right after that, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was so scarred by I could play it, and I

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<v Speaker 1>never tried to do it again. It's not worth it.

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<v Speaker 1>Game Shark was a very attractive idea. Oh, I can

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<v Speaker 1>just use these cheet codes and I can get everything

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<v Speaker 1>I want in the game. This is awesome. But as

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<v Speaker 1>a youngster, what I didn't know is that what game

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<v Speaker 1>Shark really does is it goes into the game and

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<v Speaker 1>alters like the code in the game and like basically

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<v Speaker 1>screws the entire game. Up. Hi am Trevor Young. I

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<v Speaker 1>am a producer on Ephemeral. I was playing also Final

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<v Speaker 1>Fantasy ten And I don't know if you remember this,

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<v Speaker 1>but back in the late nineties early two thousand's, there

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<v Speaker 1>was the think called game Shark, and it would allow

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<v Speaker 1>you to install these sorts of like cheat codes and

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<v Speaker 1>all these other various ways to get items in the

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<v Speaker 1>game without actually having to do anything. I had this

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<v Speaker 1>final Fantasy ten Say file that I had dumped hours

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<v Speaker 1>and hours and hours into doing all sorts of stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>beating every bus, every endgame thing you could possibly do.

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<v Speaker 1>But there was still like a handful of things that

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<v Speaker 1>I was really frustrated that I couldn't do, like I

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<v Speaker 1>think a couple of ultimate weapons and some other things

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<v Speaker 1>that like are just like really hard to do in

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<v Speaker 1>that game, in the endgame, And so I used the

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<v Speaker 1>game Shark to get those few things. And what the

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<v Speaker 1>game Shark did was it like blitzed out my whole file,

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<v Speaker 1>so like it gave me those things, but like everything

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<v Speaker 1>else was like glitch out after that, Like I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what it did to the code. It was basically

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<v Speaker 1>an unplayable safe in the game. Every time I would

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<v Speaker 1>log on, like the characters would just be like moving

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<v Speaker 1>across the map without me touching it. I'd have like

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<v Speaker 1>these kind of random encounters, and then like the random

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<v Speaker 1>encounters would just be like these monsters that would move

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<v Speaker 1>around a lot and like didn't do what they were

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to do. It was really weird. Basically, like the

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<v Speaker 1>game was unplayable after that, Like the game Shark just

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<v Speaker 1>completely screwed up this same file, and so I basically

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<v Speaker 1>just had to wipe the whole thing and start over.

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<v Speaker 1>Like there was nothing I could do. There was no

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<v Speaker 1>way to play it. Luckily, Final Fantasy ten ones itself

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<v Speaker 1>pretty well to replayability, but still I was pretty heartbroken.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think I played it for like two years.

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<v Speaker 1>Last question, this is a quick one. Let's say I

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<v Speaker 1>knocked on your door tomorrow and said, here you go,

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<v Speaker 1>here's your system. Would you try to do this again?

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<v Speaker 1>The answer to that is yes, I fully intend to

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<v Speaker 1>when Diabolo four comes out. That's the kind of insane

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<v Speaker 1>thing about it is, even though I have so much pain,

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<v Speaker 1>the pain drives me to do it again. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think I would ever try to do like what I

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<v Speaker 1>did in my example of losing it. I wouldn't try

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<v Speaker 1>to get every Ultimate weapon again. I would play it again.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to try to get all those weapons

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<v Speaker 1>and fight all those Ultimate bosses ever again. I think

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<v Speaker 1>I would try, Especially now with the last two years

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<v Speaker 1>being a pandemic, that's an extra time on my hands.

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<v Speaker 1>So all things considered him like plotting out, I could

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<v Speaker 1>have easily done it over the past two years. It's

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<v Speaker 1>more so, like I said, the emotional investment. Do I

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<v Speaker 1>want to put that much energy into something where I

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<v Speaker 1>know it could be taken away in an instant and

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<v Speaker 1>there's nothing I can do. But I would probably say, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I would probably do it again. I quit playing with

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<v Speaker 1>him now I still have trust issues twenty years later

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<v Speaker 1>with him. Could you see yourself going through the wilderness

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<v Speaker 1>with him again? No, I would definitely try again, but

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<v Speaker 1>it would take a lot of time. I would need

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<v Speaker 1>some healing, some self reflection. I would have to like

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<v Speaker 1>take a solo trip to a cabin in the woods

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<v Speaker 1>in a mountains somewhere and really like think about my

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<v Speaker 1>life for a couple of months, and then I'd come

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<v Speaker 1>back to it and start a new game, a final

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<v Speaker 1>Fantasy ten. If you came up to me with the

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<v Speaker 1>old Dell computer and you had ultim Online loaded up

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<v Speaker 1>and it had a secure connection to the server, There's

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<v Speaker 1>no way in hell I would try and play Ultimate it.

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<v Speaker 1>This episode of Ephemeral was written and produced by Max Williams,

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<v Speaker 1>with special thanks to Jesse Funk. Those were the voices

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<v Speaker 1>of Matt Davidson, Josh Chandler, Matt Frederick, Kevin Cool, Any Reese,

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<v Speaker 1>and Trevor Young. Some of the great music in today's episode,

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