WEBVTT - Nerdificent Decade in Review! 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:04.680 What's up, y'all. It's December by now. If you waited 0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:06.880 a while, you might not have gotten what you wanted 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.520 for Christmas. So how about you head over to te 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:14.720 public dot com slash Nerdificent and use the code nerd 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:20.079 Treat thirty because from December you have thirty percent off 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:23.120 so you can get all that Nerdificent gear that you want. 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:27.360 So that's nerd Treat thirty at the checkout. You can 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:30.440 even use that across the whole website. Feel free to 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:33.040 use it by as much stuff as you want, and 0:00:33.479 --> 0:00:47.199 you know, just treat yourself. Hello, Hello, how's it going everyone? 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:51.320 Welcome to another episode of Nerdificent. And it's only me 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:55.040 in the studio because we're doing something special, So Danny's 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:58.200 very busy and getting ready to travel and you know, 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:00.440 it's down to the wire here, so there's no guests. 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:03.400 It's just me and you talking to your ear. And 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:06.760 not only is the year ending this year, but so 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:08.880 is the decade. So I wanted to take a big 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:11.800 look back at the best and nerdiest of this decade 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.800 and really break it down with y'all. So this one's 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:17.200 gonna be a real fun one, I mean, but you know, 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:20.200 to keep tradition going. What I'm nerding out about this 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:24.720 week just the end of not only the decade, but 0:01:24.920 --> 0:01:28.160 the Star Wars trilogy. At this point, I uh, the 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:30.679 newest trilogy. I haven't seen it yet, but I'm excited 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.560 to see what's in store there. But I will say, 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:36.399 you know, whether you loved it or hate it, at 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:43.000 least it's over all right, y'all. Well, without further ado, 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:46.240 speaking of sci fi, I want to kick off the 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:49.840 first thing. Actually, I'm gonna shelve that because part of 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.760 me wanted to go in chronological order or jumping around. 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:55.400 And of course, the first thing I want to talk 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:58.280 about that came out this decade that I was super 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:03.200 excited about was on July fifth, two thousand, fifteen, dragon 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:06.120 Ball came back with dragon Ball Super. So of course 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:08.079 we had the movie that came out before that, but 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:11.919 the season officially started in July fIF two fifteen. It 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:15.040 was off to a rocky start. People weren't feeling the animation, 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:17.800 but soon enough it kicked off. People loved it, and 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.280 before you know, we were going into super dope arcs 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:24.560 ending with the Last Battle of the last arc where 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.960 we met Juren and everyone's just freaking out and then 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:31.959 we're like, psych we were not doing anymore for a bit. 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:34.040 We're gonna give you the Broly Movie, which came out 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:37.320 in November fourteen of two thousand and eighteen, and was 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:40.799 just left you hungering for more. So hopefully in we'll 0:02:40.919 --> 0:02:43.880 get some more Dragon Ball Super. But I will say 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:47.160 that was probably the biggest thing. The first thing I 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:49.760 thought about when doing this episode was Dragon Ball Super 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:51.760 because that was the wildest moment we thought we were 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:56.000 done when z happened and Super came back and blew 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.320 us away. Of course there was g T after Ze. 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:01.800 I don't want to fully erase it, but y'all, y'all 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:07.360 saw a G team. But after that, I do want 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:11.120 to talk about kicking off this decade, which you may 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:14.160 it seems so long ago now that I'm like kind 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:19.160 of like looking at it. But in January of two 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:25.079 thousand ten, kicking off the year, BioWare went ahead and 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:28.920 dropped Mass Effect too. Now this is this, This was 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:32.000 like the second installment of Mass Effect would would end 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:34.720 up being a trilogy, but this was the game that 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:37.680 kind of I think solidified Mass Effect as the best 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:40.200 sci fi experience. Mass Effect one was a good time. 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.520 I didn't come in until two. Actually, no, that's that's 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.080 not true. I actually did play one before two because 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:49.920 I remember liking that there weren't any Mako missions, and 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:51.760 if you don't know what the MAKO is, it was 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:55.640 a kind of like a driving mission on the planet. 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:58.960 And it was bad and some people like it, most 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:02.360 people hate it. A Mass Effect two came out, continuing 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:06.360 the story of Commander Shepherd and creating more options to 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:10.280 have sex with more aliens and eventually leading into the 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:14.760 third one, which will not make the list. I enjoyed it, 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.360 but it did have a huge hickup. Not the ending 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.200 was so bad for Mass Effect three that they had 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:22.559 to release a DLC where they did a different ending, 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:26.040 which wasn't that different. I was fine with it, but 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:28.320 you know I was. I don't think I was ready 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:31.360 for the Shepherd's story to end, but it did in 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.360 in a neat way that I liked. Most people did not. 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:39.560 But that was that was truly a good time. But 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:43.080 two thousands ten wasn't wasn't just about that. RPG two 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:46.760 thousand ten also brought us Red Dead Redemption, which was 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.680 released in May eight or two thousand ten. Red Dead 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:53.120 Redemption was the spiritual successor to rock Stars Red Dead Revolver, 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:55.880 which was a Western game that kind of came and went, 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:59.800 but Red Dead Redemption was a moment. Red Dead Redemption 0:04:59.880 --> 0:05:02.359 was when rock Star I think fully settled in and 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:05.320 made a huge cinematic experience. And I think that's what's 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:07.840 cool about it coming out the same year as Mass 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:11.400 Effect Too, because Mass Effect Too, I often at the 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:14.120 time said it was the best set sci fi UH 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:17.640 TV series slash movie that I've ever played. And these 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:20.280 are two games that were cinematic and true to the genre, 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:24.000 and Red Dead Redemption truly had you following James Marston 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.279 down his path to outlawed them and him trying to 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:30.120 move past his past. But as we all know in 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:33.160 the wild West, past always catches up to you. It 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.159 received rave reviews across the board and then led to 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.080 some really cool DLC that came out in One Game 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:42.320 of the Year from v g X and uh Best 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:47.080 Original Score, Best Song in a Game, and Best Original Game. 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:50.240 And I remember Red Dead Red Dead Redemption. I keep 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:53.080 trying to say Revolver. I had the soundtrack for it. 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:56.039 That's how into it I was. Is the soundtrack was 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.679 fired and it was by Jose Gonzalez, if I remember correctly, 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.920 it was just looking at it. Um, yeah, Jose Gonzalez, 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:04.960 he had he won Best Song. But it was a 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:10.800 beautiful soundtrack that complimented the truly cinematic experience in video 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:15.159 games and I truly, truly, truly, truly, Uh, if you 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:19.919 haven't played it one or two, I definitely would suggest 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:22.520 you go check it out. This one's gonna be a 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:25.560 more personal one because I think across the board and 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:27.520 not everyone was as big of a fan of this 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:31.040 as as I was. In two thousand ten, Halo Reach 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:34.400 was released. It was a prequel to the Halo series 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:38.520 that kind of showed the invasion that led to complete decimation. 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:41.480 And it's my favorite type of story trope where you 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.159 start off. It's kind of like Rogue one where you 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:46.800 start off and you know these heroes won't make it, 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:49.120 but you want to see how they go out, and 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:54.440 it would do. It was truly, um a beautiful experience. 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:56.560 I don't want to say cinematic again, even though it was. 0:06:56.880 --> 0:07:00.320 I feel like I'm saying cinematic too many times times. 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:04.960 But it was a beautiful experience that I truly, truly uh. 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:07.039 I hope everyone gets a chance to play now that 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:11.880 Master Chief collection is out on PC. Now let's talk 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:14.120 about some movies here. In two thousand ten, we had 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:18.200 the release of Kick Ask, which who the comic was 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:20.400 fired and so was the movie. The movie I think 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:24.200 really tightened up some parts of the comic that you know, 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:28.840 just weren't I guess you could say kosher. And I 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.360 think now the movie doesn't hold up as well, but 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:33.280 I truly did enjoy it, and I think that was 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.920 a big moment for superhero movies because it also kind 0:07:36.920 --> 0:07:40.440 of invited the idea of superhero movies outside of the 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:44.800 now successful m c U formula. I gotta put some 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:48.200 respect on Scott Pilgrim's name because that also came out 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:53.720 in two thousand ten, which was truly a fun movie, 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.200 and the comic is super fun. If you haven't checked 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:59.720 it out yet, might I suggest you do it too. 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.400 Thousand and eleven was a big year. I was talking 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:04.480 about the m c U, and I think this was 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:08.320 the one that solidified the formula because on July nineteenth, 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.920 two thousand and eleven, we had Captain America, the first Avenger, 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:15.760 good old Chris Evans stepping up to the plate and 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:19.560 solidifying himself as Steve Rogers. I mean he had the body, 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:24.720 he had the I mean he really This was the 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:29.040 watching Captain America was truly the first time I I 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:32.360 knew it was gonna work because Captain America was a 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:35.240 tricky character to do because he's very much like Superman 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:37.840 in the sense that he's corny, he's easy. He wants 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:40.080 the best in people. But if you can get someone 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:43.000 who can get you to believe in that, who can 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:45.640 get you to believe in justice, faith and not be 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:48.080 jaded about it, then you have your Steve Rogers. And 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:50.679 I think Chris Evans nailed that. And you know in 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:53.920 this you know it's good to revisit it because you 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.920 know he he ends the mantel this decade, you know, 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:59.480 as as we got to the end of the end game. 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:02.720 But ut this was this first pay and that wasn't 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:06.280 two thousand eleven. Also in two thousand eleven we got 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:12.120 Thor which honestly, I'm not it was great, but it's 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:14.760 it doesn't hold a candle for me. Um. But if 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:17.600 we want to talk about things that really stunk, then 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:20.360 I'm definitely gonna have to say Green Lantern also came 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:24.200 out in two thousand eleven. However, I will give a 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:26.680 shout out because I'll always put respect on the Fast 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:30.480 series name. Fast five also came out in two thousand eleven, 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:34.200 which really was the one that kind of revitalized the series, 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:37.640 and I gotta say, truly, it deserves to be on 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:40.680 this list. I mean, it's not necessarily the most quote 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:45.079 unquote nerdy thing, but I feel like the Fast series 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:48.840 is truly turning into a superhero universe when you're watching 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:56.199 kind of the way that the movies are going, so truly, uh, truly, 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:58.720 I'm gonna hold a point. I'm gonna say it's nerdy, 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:00.280 and I think you can be nerdy abou about it. 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:04.400 So yeah, Past five two thousand eleven. So in the 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:07.080 world of video games, two thousand eleven led to the 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:13.079 release of Dark Souls, which Dark Souls has solidified its 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:16.520 place as the super try hard if you're really serious 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:20.480 about gaming. It's created its own genre, which is now 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:23.600 referred to as a Soul's type, which is adventure games 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:28.160 that required tight controls, quick reflexes, and is completely unforgiven 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:31.120 and without Dark Souls coming into the foray, the sequel 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:35.680 to um Demon Souls. Uh, we wouldn't have our Secu dos. 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:38.480 We honestly wouldn't even have Jedi Fall in Order because 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:42.120 Jedi Jedi f Jedi Fall in Order borrows a lot 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:45.360 of things from the soul's type genre. So shout out 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.960 to Dark Souls in two thousand eleven, unknowingly creating a 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:51.840 whole new genre of video games and really blown onto 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:55.840 the scene in a exciting way. Also, we had another 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:59.079 bio ware hit in two thousand eleven with Dragon Age two. 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:02.240 Dragon Age two was the second installment of the dragon 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:05.840 Age series and still going good. I mean, this was 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:08.839 well if you know where Dragon Age kind of ended up. 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:11.000 Even though I am a fan of Inquisition, even though 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:14.400 it was critically kind of panned. Uh, dragon Age too 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:18.920 really elevated the series in a big way. Beautiful story 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.080 in the same way that they were telling this artful 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:23.160 sci fi masterpiece, they were doing the same thing with 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:27.120 Dragon Age in a fantasy setting. And I truly put 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:30.400 so many hours in this game, and if you have origin, 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:33.000 you should pick it up and give it another replay 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:35.960 because it was I think it definitely was one of 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:40.040 the breakout games of that year. But speaking of finishing 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:42.960 trilogies and so on and so forth. In two thousand eleven, 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:44.920 we did have the End of Years of War three, 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.720 which finally which was the final chapter of that first trilogy. 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:50.800 We found and found out we happened with Dom and 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.440 his wife and we saw it was kind of a 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:56.120 heartbreaking into that, but it was a It was a 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:58.840 beautiful game, and if you're Gears fan, you really enjoyed it. 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:01.200 If you weren't, you did. I mean, I feel like 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:03.680 Gears are hit and missed for people, but I did 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:07.680 enjoy the trilogy. I thought it was phenomenal, and Gears 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.440 three definitely is gonna be up there for me. As 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:14.400 far as game releases. Also, I do want to shout 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:16.400 out some smaller games that came out in two thousand 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:19.920 and eleven, which was Bastion, which is an artful indie game. 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:24.040 It truly if you haven't played Bastion, it still holds up. 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:26.640 You can pick it up. It was developed by Super 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:31.880 Giant Games, released on July twenty and it was it's 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:35.480 kind of like a fantasy floating themed environment where you're 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:38.520 kind of like doing like light platform or work. And 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:43.120 I mean the art of this game is just truly gorgeous. 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:46.840 It almost uh, it's it's right up there with It 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:49.679 reminded me of Braid a lot, which was a puzzle 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.840 platform er that kind of used a lot of um 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:57.760 beautiful backgrounds and such. So if we move forward into 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.280 two thousand and twelve, we can finally start talking mug 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:05.439 games like Dishonored, which was truly so fun. I can't 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:08.479 I found Dishonored pretty late in the game, and Dishonored 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:12.960 was a game that you could complete it anyway that 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:15.480 you wanted it. It follows, you know, it's kind of 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:20.000 has the Steam punky you know, vibe. It's by Bethesda, 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:23.880 and you can either be stealthy and and like totally 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:27.520 go through the game without killing anybody doing non lethal takedowns, 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:30.280 or you can do kills, and based on how you 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:34.679 do it, uh, it changes the ending. So you're following 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:37.280 the story of Corville Atano, who was a bodyguard of 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:40.079 the Empress and who was framed for the Empress's murder 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:43.480 and now with the exchange of power in the fictional 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:47.360 city of Dunwall, it forces him to fight his way 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:52.240 to redeem his name and you know, restore the rightful 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:57.199 power into the rightful air into power, I guess is 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:59.400 what I'm meant to say. And then of course in 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:02.680 two thousands welve is where we have the mass Effect three. 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:06.240 But you know, like I said, um not wasn't the 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:09.320 biggest fan of of that. I mean I was. I 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:11.400 guess what I'm trying to say is everyone wasn't the 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:13.199 biggest fan, but I was a huge fan of it. 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:15.920 I hope you know, let me know. Were you a 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:17.760 fan of mass Effect three? Yes? Or no? I know 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:19.560 we got a lot of mass Effect heads and the 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:22.880 nerd fan so just let me know. In this year, 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:26.200 Blizzards and kind of weird hot Water due to the 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:28.520 kind of issues that it's kind of having with its 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:33.120 support of certain regimes. But in two thousand twelve, Blizzard 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:37.320 released Diablo three, and this was interesting because as someone 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:41.120 who loves Diablo three didn't really play the prior Diablos, 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:43.320 this one was one that you know, kind of was 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:45.600 hit or miss for some fans. They did not like 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:48.880 how different. It was. For me, I fell in love 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:51.200 with the game and just played through it, and then 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:54.240 it only got better as time went on, because eventually 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:57.960 it led to having its season system and really just 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:00.400 pushing the game. I think to new how Nights in 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:03.480 the long chevity of that game, just kind of being 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:06.520 able to live on definitely got a shout out. In 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:11.400 two thousand twelve, Counterstrike Global Offense launched. Uh. I mean 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:14.840 before this, people were playing counter Strike Source before that 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:18.320 one point five. But Global Offense is the newest iteration 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:22.120 of counter Strike and kind of the kind of platform 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:26.040 that a lot of e sports used. You know, the 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:29.400 s L has been uh, the counter Strike Go League 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:34.040 is still alive and well. And I'm still a Fanatics fan, 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:36.880 you know, even though they've they've kind of fell off. 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:39.880 But back when I was watching seriously Fanatics, we you know, 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:43.640 we we were great. So in two thousand twelve was 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.360 a very big moment for movies because two thousand and 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:50.480 twelve is when we got the first Avengers. This was 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:53.360 when it all galvanized. This is the moment we've all 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:58.600 been waiting for. This is what built that strong MCU 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:02.440 foundation and what we would eventually revisit to see how 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:05.840 many Easter eggs we can pull out and reuse from 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:09.320 this moment. But Avengers comes out. It's a smash hit, 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:13.840 a home run, and I I wish I can forget 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:18.040 the feelings I felt up until now. It's just to 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:21.280 witness Avengers for the first time again, because I remember 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.480 being so blown to blown away because I didn't think 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:27.080 it was possible, yet they pulled it off. Little did 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:29.720 I know in about six more years they're gonna blow 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:34.560 my mind yet again. But Avengers solid point. And you know, 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:36.440 I'm gonna do a quick shout out in two thousand 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.760 twelve to the Hobbit, even though you know, I'm not 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:41.640 the biggest Tolkien fan and you know I I dabbled, 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:44.160 but not the biggest Tolkien fan. But the Hobbit did 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:49.000 drop and people were messing with that. So two thousand 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:54.120 thirteen movies were We're interesting because two thirteen is when 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:57.480 we got a Man of Steel. Two thirteen was when 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:02.240 we got Iron Man three. So as far as like 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:06.840 nerdy movies, uh, you know, it was it was. It 0:17:06.920 --> 0:17:11.159 was rough. We had the Wolverine. Um, yeah, it was. 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:13.640 It was a rough year for movies. I will say 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:17.000 the g I. Joe movie was pretty solid, and of 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:21.000 course wow, yeah, two thousand thirteen was a rough part 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:26.040 of the nerd dom in decade because you have Buckle up, 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:31.199 Man of Steel, Iron Man three, four, Dark World. You know, 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.560 these were all kind of movies The Wolverine that the 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:38.840 nerd community just weren't really rocking with, and um and 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:42.200 those all came out in two thousand. Even like Kick 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:45.280 Ass two wasn't as exciting as Kick As one for me, 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:50.240 so it truly truly seemed kind of bleak. But then 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:54.040 we had bright spots like movies like Uh, snow Piercer 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:59.440 which came out and was pretty dang solid and uh 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:03.120 and that was pretty much the breakout for me that year. 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:09.080 But it truly it was. It was Hansel and Gretel 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:13.520 two thousand and thirteen in in in movies, well, it 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:15.359 was something we're gonna look back and be like, yep, 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:21.000 that was a thing that happened. However, in video games 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:25.520 it was a breakout year because in two thousand and 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:28.639 thirteen was when we got Grand Theft Auto five, which 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:34.840 was a phenomenal. I can't speak highly enough about how 0:18:34.920 --> 0:18:38.680 much Grand Theft Auto Five raised the bar. Not only 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:42.119 doesn't introduce three main characters, one of them being black, 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:45.400 which was you know, we haven't seen a black protagonist 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:49.320 since San Andreas. I will say Nicole Belck was fun. 0:18:49.520 --> 0:18:51.600 I really did enjoy the story of four, but being 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:54.639 able to play a black, you know character in a 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:59.000 Grand Theft Auto is something that I enjoy. Maybe with 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:02.399 six will get some women in there, but five, you know, 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:06.200 we're following three protagonists. It's a beautiful story about three 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:09.840 three people in crime at in different points of their 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.240 crime career. So you have Franklin, who's kind of like 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:14.919 a newbie to the game. He wants to get involved 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:19.160 in big crime stuff, but you know, he's, uh, he's 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:20.800 he's he's just trying to figure his way. Then you 0:19:20.840 --> 0:19:23.960 have Michael, who's like old school, he's in witness protection, 0:19:24.960 --> 0:19:26.720 knows the game like the back of his hand, but 0:19:26.760 --> 0:19:28.399 he's trying to stay out of it. And then we 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:32.159 introduced later into the game, Uh, Trevor, who's this wild 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:36.639 card who just really is is just you can't you 0:19:36.640 --> 0:19:38.760 can't figure out what he's up to, so much so 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:41.120 that even when you switch to his character in the game, 0:19:41.160 --> 0:19:45.520 you'll end up in random places, sometimes on an island 0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:48.120 way off from the city, trying to figure out where 0:19:48.160 --> 0:19:50.520 you're gonna go. And Grand Theft Out of Five also 0:19:50.560 --> 0:19:55.399 introduced the Grand Theft Auto Online, which is still going 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:58.200 strong till this Day. This was released in two thousand 0:19:58.280 --> 0:20:02.120 thirteen and it's still going strong right now. And Grand 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:05.800 Thought and Grand Theft Auto five because you know they 0:20:05.840 --> 0:20:08.639 it eventually launched like the RP community, so you have 0:20:08.720 --> 0:20:10.520 g t A r P and like I said, once 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:12.840 you put g t A and PC, all the mods 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:16.480 give longevity to the game, so even if you wanted 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:18.800 to buy it by the game now, you'd still have 0:20:18.840 --> 0:20:21.680 a community to play with online. Another game that came 0:20:21.680 --> 0:20:24.440 out in two thousand thirteen, when that's interesting to talk 0:20:24.440 --> 0:20:26.960 about now because we're going to get the next installment 0:20:27.080 --> 0:20:30.320 very soon was the Last of Us. Naughty Dog came 0:20:30.400 --> 0:20:35.680 through and gave us just the most phenomenal video game 0:20:35.720 --> 0:20:38.960 experience with the Last of Us and UH it truly 0:20:39.119 --> 0:20:43.480 um It's it follows you know, uh to to uh 0:20:43.640 --> 0:20:48.000 two main characters, Ellie being escorted by Joel, a smuggler 0:20:48.240 --> 0:20:53.320 who who who has taken in Ellie and they it's Joel, 0:20:53.440 --> 0:20:56.040 you know, early in the game, loses his own daughter, 0:20:56.160 --> 0:20:59.520 so it kind of leads to this father daughter relationship 0:21:00.080 --> 0:21:03.520 and it just if you haven't played it, definitely pick 0:21:03.560 --> 0:21:05.720 it up now so you can be ready when part 0:21:05.760 --> 0:21:09.560 two comes out, which is currently scheduled to come out 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:14.600 in a so just just check out Last of Us. 0:21:14.640 --> 0:21:17.640 It's truly a piece of work of art. And then 0:21:17.640 --> 0:21:21.520 we also had BioShock Infinite, which I truly enjoyed. It 0:21:21.600 --> 0:21:25.119 was a very interesting take on the BioShock franchise in 0:21:25.160 --> 0:21:29.359 the ending. Really, you know, some people like felt some 0:21:29.400 --> 0:21:31.920 type of way about it. I actually truly loved it 0:21:32.000 --> 0:21:36.959 because it took something that kind of uh was a 0:21:37.000 --> 0:21:41.159 constant in in the in the series and flipped it 0:21:41.160 --> 0:21:46.359 on its head. So definitely, definitely, definitely please check out 0:21:46.440 --> 0:21:49.280 BioShock Infinite as well. But if you have to choose 0:21:49.280 --> 0:21:52.720 between that and Last of Us, of course Last of Us. Uh. 0:21:52.760 --> 0:21:55.440 And we also have The Stanley Parable, which was an 0:21:55.440 --> 0:21:57.719 indie game that is another game that plays with the 0:21:57.760 --> 0:22:01.600 format of video games. Check that out. We had the 0:22:01.720 --> 0:22:04.760 drop of Dota two, which you know, if you listen 0:22:04.840 --> 0:22:08.040 to our Mobile episode you heard uh Me Danny and 0:22:08.040 --> 0:22:11.919 producer Dan talking about that, and Injustice God's among Us, 0:22:11.960 --> 0:22:16.680 which actually was a solid fighting game. The community couldn't 0:22:16.680 --> 0:22:19.760 really the fighting game community really couldn't build off of it. 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:23.320 That was a fighting game that Sonic Fox was actually 0:22:23.320 --> 0:22:26.280 dominating it, but the community just wasn't there, so it 0:22:26.359 --> 0:22:29.480 kind of fell off. Also, I want to shout out 0:22:29.480 --> 0:22:31.400 war Frame, a free to play game that came out 0:22:31.440 --> 0:22:36.320 in two thousand, probably one of the best free to 0:22:36.359 --> 0:22:41.200 play games ever just that period, point blank. We're gonna 0:22:41.240 --> 0:22:43.720 go through the rest of the decade, but right now, 0:22:43.760 --> 0:22:45.760 we just need to take a quick break. So why 0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:48.280 don't you just uh go grab a glass of water. 0:22:48.480 --> 0:23:01.120 I'll see you in a bit and we're back doing everyone. 0:23:01.200 --> 0:23:05.960 How's it going. It's your boy if he and we're 0:23:06.000 --> 0:23:08.520