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[knock]
Hey,

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Mom says you have to let me 
borrow your new graphics card.

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KYLE: Previously teased in fun/corporate 
cross promotional PR just a few weeks ago,

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was officially revealed this week.

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Immediate side note, 
when I went to rewatch the trailer,

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I noticed this banner on 
Xbox's YouTube channel. It says:

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Which would lead one to ask,
"Why would I pre-order something

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that I'm going to eventually play 
Day 1 on Game Pass?"

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And I think what they mean here 
is the "and" is an option.

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You have the option to pre-order

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AND you have the option to 
play Day One on Game Pass.

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It could be "or".
The end of the trailer says "or."

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But if this said:

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There's kind of no reason to pre-order.

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It's like saying, "You can go on 
a second date with me

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or take this $20,000 
and walk away forever."

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They're gonna take the money.
Nobody wants to pre-order that bad.

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Really, though, this couldn't be simpler.
The solution's obvious.

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Just make it a plus sign.

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What were they thinking?

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But I'd say when I watched that trailer,
I had two main takeaways.

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First takeaway:

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The Stop the Music moment
doesn't really hit.

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And when I say Stop the Music moment,
I just mean that part of a trailer where

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the music's goin' great, right?
We have a lot of momentum.

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But then suddenly, bwoo.
Stop the music.

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Big reveal. 
"Whoa, they're doing WHAT?"

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Music kicks back in.
Title.

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Trailer's edited like you're supposed to 
throw your head back and say,

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"Wha--?! A-- Whoa!
I can't believe they're going there!"

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But, I don't know, 
it just seems like another place.

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Anyway, it's kind of interesting that 
this collection of two classic games

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would be so proud to advertise:

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And I think it has something to do with 
what they're doing with Tony Hawk 4.

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Here's what the Xbox website says:

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So Tony Hawk 4, back in the day, 
tried out a new thing

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where you'd have more open area levels

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and you would skate around and pick up 
whatever little missions at your own leisure.

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Tony Hawk 3 + 4, I think 
to be a more cohesive package,

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has taken that fourth game and authentically 
streamlined it into the epic 2-minute format.

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Kotaku confirms that's what they're doing.

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So I wonder if including the water park in 
the same breath is explaining these changes

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is their way of saying, 
"It's all good, alright?

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None of this is bad.
We're not taking anything away.

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In fact, we're giving you more.
We're giving you a water park."

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And then the other big takeaway 
is obviously, "Woo,

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look at Doom Slayer here."

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Not just a hidden character, mind you,
but a Digital Deluxe incentive.

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To me, an indicator that the Doom Slayer 
is teetering on the precipice of becoming

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a mascot.
I do think it is less exciting in that

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he looks identical to his in-game 
character model from Doom Eternal.

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So does this Revenant.

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And sorry that the best shot I could find 
of that guy is from the Switch trailer.

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I think it's apparent to anyone whether 
they're really thinking about it or not,

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the specialness of a crossover 
is reduced when

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you're looking at a 3D model 
that has already existed before.

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It's like, "Big deal.

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You put Quagmire in Grand Theft Auto.

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You're not gonna get a blog post 
about that anymore.

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We've seen it."

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I feel like the real magic,
the real fun of a crossover event

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is when the guest character has to 
adhere to the host game's aesthetic.

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Recent example: Sub-Zero in Fortnite.

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He's both unmistakably Sub-Zero AND 
unmistakably a Fortnite character.

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They really pulled this off.

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Least they could do here is 
give Doom Slayer, like, a sideways hat.

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Maybe give this guy a shirt 
that says "Gnarly Dude." Make 'em fit.

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By the way, I don't believe these boards 
contain any original art.

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It's basically, 
"Yeah, we took some PNGs we had

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lying around from the last few Doom games 
and slapped 'em on some skateboards.

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Enjoy those."
Those could've been cool.

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All what I'm saying is they--
Maybe it would've been cool if they hired

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some unique artist to do Tony Hawk-specific 
Doom original art for those boards.

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Kinda like what Fortnite does.

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I think the Unmaykr Hoverboard down here 
is pretty much a new asset.

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Yeah, that's what the gun looks like.

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So there you go.
That's a new thing.

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And I think a funny thing about this,
just in case you are concerned that maybe