Came for Xenoblade and good story analysis, staying for being a radical leftist (mildly joking, but love to hear it!).

2:54:57 Did you ever end up playing Super Paper Mario either on stream or off? The answer to your question is "very". The gameplay is very divisive but the writing is what people almost universally compliment so if there's any possibility of a blind reaction from you I'd be super interested to see it.

Shulk was referring to the RED lights not blue.

I usually see gameplays of this game and just look to the most important plot points, but with you I have to see everything to see what things you can grasp and theorize with the smallest quantity of information possible; it is so fun how much you see with just a few conversations 😅

Big ups to Hidden Power Podcast for the intro to you and all things J. Steinberg! The idea of a person of your caliber and experience, playing Pokémon is such a money idea. That idea regarding them implementing costs to use the PC would indeed be amazing. Realism in a Pokémon can be more than graphics. More and more you are becoming one of my favorite people, Jake. 💓🥹

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Idk if I fully agree with all of this but I still have a relatively negative take on the game compared to the rest of the comments. Like I agree I could have just been link the whole time and it would have made no difference. For me the bigger problems were things like the tedium of going through the echoes, and the dungeons while a step in the right direction were far too linear for me. I think some of your criticism tho misses the mark tho because a lot of fans wanted this to be a more traditional Zelda.

Decided I needed to subscribe when you said that you didn't just play JRPGS but were also a radical leftist, hell yeah brother!

"So, you need Slippery Pete."

It is fascinating to see the first view of this game form a writer’s perspective. I love this game ❤

NAILING the character tropes and introductions

I love not being a literary analysis expert and just like letting the game guide me through all its twists and turns, and at the same time I adore watching someone with more critical thinking and analytical skills spell it out beat for beat as it happens

I told myself I'd just take today to relax before I gotta do various things later. Didn't think I'd watch 7 hours of a TTYD playthrough from 8 months ago but I'll definitely take it.

Please keep making these! I NEED to see how you respond to the rest of the story vs your predictions!

This was an absolute crazy watch. like having it so almost right but just wrong enough to be like a crazy AU. like the biggest ideas are like *just about* right that this is simply just a version of the story that was left on the writers room floor like im FLOORED

44:19 He can talk! He can talk, he can talk, he can talk, he can talk- I CAN SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING

That ending with Dixon and your reaction to him had me crying.

My surprising ew is al of Xenoblade. I really don't like those games, at all.

Don’t apologise for talking and over pausing, the entire reason we’re watching is for your analysis. It’s super interesting to see you get correct and what will surprise you.

I know I'm 8 months late on this VOD (I'm watching these as I wait for more Xenoblade content), and I need to commend you for being a great person on this (almost) God forsaken website. You have such genuine reactions, I can FEEL you're not faking anything, and you're so happy with all of this game has to offer! I won't say that you need more subs, more awards or more attention. I just want people like you to be happy, because I know people like you spread that happiness with others. I hope you can always have good days <3 ...and yeah, this game is AWESOME when played unspoiled. I can't wait to see the rest :D

Yes please keep uploading vods! I love watching first time reactions of this game! Especially your reactions & analysis!!

By the way, while they're time consuming the side quests do a lot to fill out the world and the connections between the different hubs. They make the world feel more alive and even unlock some new abilities

Ew BOTW.

please keep uploading these

WOW 👏 Xenoblade, analysis, and a leftist?! That’s definitely worth a subscribe. But honestly, it’s refreshing to see someone actually going in depth and analyzing the characters and the story (especially for my favorite series 😅), as well as also taking the time to critique. Amazing stuff, can’t wait to see more!

Please play all the Xenoblade Games 🙏

Having Xord be the first speaking Mechon was such a good way to handle the reveal of speaking Mechon. He is the first Mechon we meet that can speak and they make sure to have it be one whose personality is absolutely nothing like how we would think it would be, making it even more strange.

Not sure if it is intentional or not, but the name Gadolt makes me think of the short play "Waiting for Godot" about two men having an existential crisis as they wait to meet a man named Godot who never arrives. It feels like a poignant reference when viewed with that flash back scene of Sharla saying she'll wait for Gadolt to come back and we see Gadolt walking away into the flames.

You should definitely play Xenogears… It is widely considered the best video game story ever told. As great as all the Xenoblade game stories are, I don’t think they come close.