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KYLE: Kingdom Hearts IV put out [br]this promotional collage this week.

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And I'm lookin' at this.[br]I see

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Mickey Mouse jumpin' around some [br]chandeliers in a library and I think,

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"That's all I really need.[br]I don't need the rest."

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To me, sometimes, [br]the Kingdom Hearts franchise is like

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living in this world where [br]if you wanna buy a laser pointer,

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they only come packaged in, [br]like, a Hanes 8-pack of socks.

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And so, like, [laughs] you just--

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You just buy the socks [br]to get the laser poin-- [coughs]

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Full disclosure here, I got [br]a bit of a frog in my throat this week.

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So tonight's plan is just to [br]keep talking about video games

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for as long as my voice allows.

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So let's start with [br]a major scoop from Bloomberg

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about how CEO and founder Jade Raymond [br]has left Haven Studios.

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"What's Haven Studios?" you ask?

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They're making Fairgames,[br]the one with the monkey masks.

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Also, in the corresponding [br]Resetera thread, Jason Schreier himself

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confirmed that are removing [br]the dollar sign S from Fairgames.

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I think that's the right call but also[br]it's not like it's gonna change anything.

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It's like ordering a pizza topped with:

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and then saying, "Wait, hold on.[br]That's crazy.

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Hold the jelly."

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Anyway, the report itself is a bummer.[br]It says:

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So for the founder and CEO of the studio

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to leave at this point in Fairgames' [br]development, not a great sign.

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I went back and read some articles [br]from the launch press event Haven held

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back when it was first acquired.

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Canada's CTV was there, even.[br]It was a big deal.

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It's PlayStation's first Canadian studio.

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CTV ANCHOR: And its founder has become

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one of the most influential women [br]in the industry.

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KYLE: So yeah, it's a feel-bad story that [br]this game might not be turning out so well.

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However,

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there are elements of it [br]that are maybe not feel-bad.

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While Fairgames is, yes, [br]the monkey mask game,

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it's also the 3D AI-generated mask game.

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And as part of that studio launch event,

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when they were explaining [br]what makes it unique,

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a big thing that was emphasized

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is how streamlined this studio's [br]development pipeline was gonna be.

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Look at this:

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Cool.

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Uh-oh.

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Yeah, so because they didn't have [br]much to talk about,

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when they were bringing these people in:

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it's mostly just to talk about

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how hypothetically impressive [br]their technology's going to be.

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This is the funniest part to me, from the [br]GamesIndustry.biz report of the event:

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[raspberry]

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Why are you [coughing][br]showing that to people?

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3 years later, it sounds like they're really [br]struggling to get this video game together,

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despite all of their AI technology.

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And I realize it's not rare for a video game [br]to spend 5 months in development

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but do remember, back when Hermen Hulst [br]was excited to announce that Haven would be

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joining the PlayStation Studios family,[br]he had this to say:

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At a certain point--[br]I'm not saying it's this point right now,

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but I do fear, maybe in the near future,

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we're gonna have to start questioning [br]Hermen Hulst's taste in video games.

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Not his taste in jackets, obviously.

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But you have to wonder [br]what he saw in Fairgames

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that isn't present today, 3 years later.

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And then just last week, [br]a brand new studio

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received Hermen Hulst's [br]potential kiss of death.

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Joining the PlayStation Studios's family:

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Now, before you get excited, LFG in this [br]instance stands for Looking for Group.

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So do you remember last year [br]when Bungie announced

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they were eliminating 17% [br]of their studio's workforce?

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A little part of that announcement[br]is that there would be an incubation team

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that would become [br]a brand new PlayStation Studios studio:

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Personally, I only remember it because, [br]at the time, it was codenamed Gummybears.

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Well, you're looking at Gummybears [br]right here.

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And what I find unique about [br]this particular studio announcement

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is how specific and [br]slightly charming it is. They say:

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It's almost like they're blissfully unaware [br]of how high the stakes are here,

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that everything within 3 short years [br]could just come crashing down.

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And it-- It's also interesting [br]how they describe their game.

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Typically, you wouldn't say too much.

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Back in that old press release for Haven, [br]they described what would become Fairgames as:

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And that's normal. However, [br]here's how LFG describes their game:

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It says, "Frog-type games."[br][laughs]

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Well, you can call me stupid because I'm [br]actually looking forward to this game now.

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And then also in Bungie news (that I [br]frankly don't have the vocal stamina for),

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an artist named Antireal pointed out [br]that Marathon copied a lot of their art.

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Like COPIED it,[br]took the words right off of their art.

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And in the case of this stuff right here,

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it's, like, an essential part of the [br]whole visual identity of their promos.

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And by the way, this is the third time [br]in 2 years Bungie got caught doing this.

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And so, I think with [br]Marathon coming out so soon,

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there's no way to remove the art.

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They're really just going to have to pay [br]this artist, like they did for that Nerf gun.

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Bungie, tsk tsk.[br]You got off easy this week.

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Anyway, that's Delayed Input.[br]I'll be back next week, much healthier.

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Thanks for watching.

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I wonder if you're thinking, at this point,

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"Oh boy, he should've just not [br]recorded a video this week."

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But how could I when it's [br]time for your regular installment of:

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The topic of controversy [br]this week is, of course,

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the changes made to Donkey Kong's [br]best buddy, Diddy Kong.

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Diddy Kong, this week, [br]received a brand-new render

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that is strangely similar to his old render[br]with a few small differences.

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Like, his tail's shorter.[br]He's got a little extra belly.

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You should also know he's got [br]a little DK pin on his hat

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instead of the Nintendo logo,[br]which you know I personally appreciate.

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The Nintendo logo [br]never should've been there.

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Yes, he has teeth now, [br]which is not a big deal.

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Monkeys have teeth.[br]Diddy Kong always should've had teeth.

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But perhaps most strangely, as somebody [br]was reviewing Diddy Kong's design,

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they said, "No more Sonic the Hedgehog [br]eyes for Diddy Kong.

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I'm gonna need you to put [br]one centimeter of monkey skin

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straight between his eyeballs,[br]thereby separating them."

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And the weird thing is, like,[br]I don't mind it.

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I think that these are [br]all nice improvements.

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[monkey sound]

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[different monkey sound]

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[HONK]

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The most recent Switch 1 update [br]changed a lot of the player icons.

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Someone on Reddit named thetripp [br]pointed this out neatly.

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As you can see, mostly lighting changes,[br]the obvious DK changes,

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but also little weird ones,

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like bunching the plates on the [br]back of Yoshi's head all together,

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even though that's not how Yoshi works.

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Anyway, I 'm just saying [br]I think it's neat.

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I think it's neat that [br]because the Switch 2 is coming out,

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somebody looked at all the old art [br]and said,

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"We could really improve this here[br]and this here and this here.

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Diddy's gonna need a shorter tail.

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Dat's da good stuff."