Video Game Doppelgängers- Ep. 30 of Intentionally Blank

[@WritingWithAli]

Brandon i really love your work, it saved me from a very hard time in my life, stay well, Ali from Syria

[@busterampleforth9806]

@@mohammedzawia1054 why would you say that

[@DandDgamer]

I feel that! Sanderson's Stormlight has done a lot for me in terms of giving me courage to handle tough situations

[@nvwest]

@@mohammedzawia1054 I did though

[@chubbeebunnee1708]

@@mohammedzawia1054 speak for yourself

[@wazzap898]

Brandon who writes inspirational fantasy where character growth is tied to plot: Slytherin Dan who writes serial killer fantasy: Hufflepuff

[@crystalross2284]

So it's now cannon. Brandon looks like a cinnamon roll but could kill you. Dan looks like he could kill you but is a precious cinnamon roll.

[@marinamaddox6285]

Checks out

[@AndrewPadgett42]

“Champing is what horses do when they chomp.” ~ Dan Wells

[@CthRyleh]

champ1 /CHamp/ verb another term for chomp. He's not wrong

[@ericbroussedegersigny3344]

The "wrote a book by accident" part got way too real with the secret projects

[@HorseEmoji]

Champing is the 𝐸𝓆𝓊𝒾𝓃𝑒's superior version of the far lesser, human action known as chomping.

[@quinn9598]

Eigh! The horse person has arrived 🤩

[@yubbadubbadubba]

@@quinn9598 Neigh, 'tis not the horse person but the horse emoji

[@SeaBiscuit245]

Did anyone else's 8 year old son start crying overhearing mommy's podcast saying the Ninja Turtles aren't real or are you wearing headphones like a good parent?

[@this.is.a.username]

i'm just going to assume your child has some developmental things going on and not bully you. but there's definitely implication here in my reply.

[@danwells9305]

This is my favorite comment

[@MrGhostTheBigRoast]

@@this.is.a.username i mean there's being subtle and *being subtle* _wink wink_ !!

[@jchinckley]

I dunno, even my granddaughter who still believes in Santa and Unicorns doesn't believe that cartoon characters are real... 😂

[@paulcourtemanche3549]

We need a movie where Brando pulls a heist of Famous Bagels with the powers of an Edgedancer.

[@Xarfax321]

I am so writing a story based on that idea. 😄

[@tennesseedime407]

I can’t stop me is a bop. I seriously love that Dan is a K-pop STAN

[@alexistaylor9092]

I got Zelda for being “intelligent, often level-headed,” and “having a strong inner fire,” and I would agree with the former two.

[@rambamcalcam3658]

30 white horse on red a hill, first they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still

[@angrypirate1094]

You are Cloud Strife! You're a person of few words, but when you speak, you mean what you say! You may not appear to be the most caring or empathetic individual, but when loved ones face trouble, you are always there to lend a hand. The past may be hard to face sometimes, but if you keep your cherished ones close, the darkness can't touch you.

[@tanneryobro]

I’m writing a book because of this man. Thanks Brandon.

[@CvpArt]

That’s awesome! Good luck! I’m almost done with The Way of Kings and it’s just so good. Only really been getting into reading recently and I have to say it’s just great. He’s honestly making me want to write as well haha 😂

[@tanneryobro]

@@CvpArt He teaching courses at a university and puts it on youtube. So not only am I writing a book because he inspired me but he's also teaching me how|!

[@CvpArt]

@@tanneryobro I’ve seen some of those lectures! They’re so interesting to listen to and I feel like there’s so much great information to get out of them. They will definitely be rewatched if I ever actually start writing something.

[@defynnietiv]

I'm Max Caulfield, too...and had to google who the heck that character is xD and I'm a hufflepuff. took both the quizzes during you podcast :D

[@jamcdonald120]

12 questions with 4 choices each should be able to select between 16 million characters if each question path leads to a distinct character

[@rickpgriffin]

My presumption about these quizzes is that if there are four possible responses on every question, there's exactly four possible outcomes. Which is the stupidest way of doing it, and probably the reason I haven't done anything like this (outside of ACTUAL psych quizzes) since middle school.

[@tap836]

Most internet quizzes I've ever seen are this level of quality at best. Mostly meaningless clickbait to get you to view lots of ads or answer questions / give them more tracking info about you.

[@amorvincittomnia]

Not even 5 minutes in and I'm already laughing. Thanks for brightening my day; I have the post-Christmas flu so this podcast is much appreciated!

[@bridge4]

Thanks, Dan. Also a fan of "I Can't Stop Me" by TWICE, so I checked out Everglow, and it's cool, too.

[@ignorancythe2nd]

Brandon I've just found you're books within the last three years and I just gotta say man. My God you are skillful. Mistborn would make a terrific video game. Or at least a game based in the world. Not with the same story

[@bridge4]

I tend to think of myself as Link, but apparently, I am Princess Zelda. lol

[@yasielromero8236]

I am a Princess Zelda too! Funny thing is, I also think of myself as a Link 😂😂

[@bridge4]

@@yasielromero8236 hahah - thats funny. well if i may say, you sound like an awesome person 😛

[@chrisowenssff4876]

Me too. But unfortunately, I've never played any of this series.

[@bridge4]

@@chrisowenssff4876 Ocarina of Time was a classic back in the late 90s :))

[@chrisowenssff4876]

It looks like an intriguing series, especially Breath of the Wild which somehow won game of the year over Horizon Zero Dawn in 2017. One day, I might have to get a Ninendo again.

[@PsykerKaregg]

Dan runs a Dune Campaign and I got to be Space Poirot for a session and I loved it.

[@Ryan90red]

@8:30 or so; Its dissociation. Youre talking about dissociating. And its a coping strategy that should not be embraced long term.

[@keepperspective]

Things I didn't expect--getting KPop recommendations from the author of my favorite serial killer books. But I'm here for it.

[@SlackwareNVM]

Ohh, I loved the Knights Radiant quiz. This is going to be good!

[@chrisashford3379]

I actually have a full set of TMNT figures on my work desk, staring at me as I listen and work. So in a sense, Dan, they ARE real.

[@myrojyn]

Dan having Brandon questioning all the idioyms he knows

[@hmmmooops]

Adam is ALWAYS a mood

[@hotliacult2986]

Dan keeps making my single brain cell light up every time he mentions k-pop

[@laurenalyssa4677]

Brandon dealing with a panic attack is me every time I have an emotional breakdown. "Huh this feels weird I better take notes"

[@Dynnen]

Honestly one of the best quizzes out there was the Knights Radiance quiz. I got 86 Lightweaver 😆 For this quiz though I got Cloud Strife

[@TheLordofMetroids]

I think the best way to do a quiz like this would be to take a quick Myers-Briggs personally types quiz, and assign a character to each of the 16 types. A four personality type quiz is just far too few, also a really strange selection of characters.

[@jonathonwhitington402]

I love that Brandon accidentally wrote a book on 3 separate occasions. 🤣🤣🤣

[@puckwithahalo14]

And he said that with a straight face knowing he had written 5 during the pandemic!!!

[@MarmelaadiJohanssoni]

Brandon: Questions Dan calling SHMUPs shooters Also Brandon: Calls Life is Strange a visual novel

[@CarlMakesVideos]

And Civilization a puzzle game Though to be fair, a lot of adventure games that follow the Telltale template tend to be more like VNs than adventure games like Monkey Island or King's Quest.

[@Silas_MN]

loved the k-pop recs from Dan, I've gotten really into it this year

[@74gould]

Listening to these has become a highlight of my week! :D

[@Ruthie888]

I can’t tell you, Dan, how happy I am that you’re Hufflepuff.

[@puckwithahalo14]

So, I'm watching this video after the revelation of the secret projects has come out. I don't know how you kept from laughing maniacally when the "accidentally wrote a novel" part of this conversation happened. Considering what you would reveal to us all just a couple months later. That must have taken a Herculean effort of willpower. 😂

[@samuelleask1132]

I know right!!! 😂

[@maikenelissen3767]

When Dan read out question two, with each answer I was like "but Brandon likes that too" 😂 amazing what one can learn from a podcast

[@TheKrazyLobster]

Yeah, I'm Cloud as well. But I'm surprised Dan and Brandon don't know Life is Strange. The game is a masterpiece.

[@corym1309]

You aren't a Slytherin, you are a Gryffindor who thinks he is a Slytherin, which is a very Gryffindor thing to do.

[@Patrick-zj4qz]

I mean, Max Caulfield is in a supernatural murder mystery, so maybe not too far off the mark?

[@this.is.a.username]

mikey - hufflepuff, leo - gryffindor, donatello - ravenclaw, raph - slytherin JK stole the ideals for her houses from TMNT, that's what i think now.

[@hedgehogmind3186]

“I also have been cranking 4000 words a day. Witch for me is a lot.” Brandon, who knows that for him those are rookie numbers but wants to be supportive of his friend: “That is a incredible amount.”

[@BrandonBChambers]

I was shocked to hear Brandon say, fairly recently, that he actually often only gets like 2,000-3,000 words in a day. A REALLY good day for him is like 5-6k. He just has his system down so we'll it feels like he must be writing more than that.

[@VictorMCam]

I never thought I would listen to people map the ninja turtles into hog warts houses

[@oswinhull4203]

The fact that they took 30 minutes to do a 12 question quiz is funny.

[@soniaiboyako4023]

TWICE mention, hello !

[@maximilliansummers3725]

Paused the video just before the reveal to do the quiz. Apparently I'm Max Caulfield. And my survey was NOT short

[@anon6000]

A twelve question quiz with four options has 16,777,216 possible permutations, so it's probably not realistic to expect different possible results for each particular set of answers, especially given I'm not sure that there *are* sixteen million video game characters in total. Certainly not ones with meaningful personalities.

[@patricktaitoko3073]

I got Cloud Strife as well. Might be more applicable to me than Brandon though I smile more than Cloud does. Love both your books and I look forward to this podcast every week. Thanks for always making me laugh. All the best, Patrick from New Zealand

[@radialbladeworks6183]

Lmaooo "Is that, like, Max Payne?" *it's a little girl*

[@nathanharmon8971]

Yup. Called Brando Sando as a Slytherin. That makes me way happier than it should

[@Xarfax321]

Pitch for a novel "A fantastic food heist": famous fantasy author really loves the bagles at a bakery, but the wife and the doctor says he should not eat that many. And so he lives with that for a while, while his boring, bagleless days drift by... And work is going pretty monotonus. So in order to break this personal hell, our fantasy author starts to plan a heist! He enlist his friend, a crime novelist to help him out! They case the bakery, look for alarm system, get a getaway vehicle, etc...

[@flyingskyward2153]

I clicked the "see other results" button and it appears there's only four possible outcomes. It gave me Zelda

[@brianbowersox2634]

Brandon needs to write more on planes, Emperor's soul and Legion are two of my favorite books.

[@K-ch4n]

I took the quiz along with them and answered differently in most cases, yet also got Cloud... being an open person with possibly too much empathy who loves talking, I must say it felt very strange to get that description! It was fun to listen to the tidbits around the answers though so I felt like taking quizzes makes for good episodes, even if the results are off.

[@SiempreConMago20Nov]

These two are great

[@NeonLalah]

Oh my god, it is and can be "champing" at the bit

[@matt-lang]

One minute in and already learned something new :)

[@joelcarstensen6351]

I got Max Caufield too, and I also didn't know who it was.

[@goatman3358]

fight or flight, that is the daily thing for me when going around other people.

[@Sybato]

These question was pretty difficult, because I either end up with none that apply or many that apply. For the first one, what I actually do in stressful situations is do the stressful thing and grumble like a little baby the whole time, so I picked burst out.

[@ScotGardi]

I took the quiz and the survey had more questions for me lol. Got Max Caulfield too so it's definitely bust. But as always it's fun listening to you guys

[@lukesteele4510]

The quiz said i was Max Caulfield and I needed to look it up after. I would pick the Exile Meetra Surik (male option). Gray Jedi.

[@dmon9806]

You are GLaDOS! You are witty with an interesting (sometimes questionable) sense of humor. You can disguise your kindness with an annoyed demeanor or superiority complex. But at the end of the day, the ice on your circuitry melts and jolts you back into your human-loving self.

[@nachikahn8567]

Oh no I'm GLaDOS! The cake is not a lie.

[@CarlMakesVideos]

>Doesn't know who Max Caulfield is >First guess for his own result is Dante from Devil May Cry I need to read all of this man's books IMMEDIATELY.

[@ThePhantomphan11]

I wish all these podcasts are a little longer

[@SunRayz3r]

5:39 “Rhythm of War”

[@alexanderloeb]

5:38 The… “Rhythm of War”, perhaps? ✌️😏

[@relentlessbeast3]

I got Cloud Strife, which I think was fitting.

[@bradmelville6806]

Oh man, now I want Dan’s literary analysis of Banjo-Kazooie

[@CarlosMagnussen]

Currently at the part where you talk about Brandon sneaking out at night and pulling food heists. Is there an English translation of 'Karel ende Elegast' (Middle Dutch)? Because if so, you should read it!

[@Ktulured55]

I also got Max Caulfield. Had to look up who it was. Lol

[@bpolitical1]

Champing is noisy chomping: 1. (of a horse) make a noisy biting or chewing action.

[@broganohlhauser210]

I wonder if either of them have listened to Two Steps From Hell. Because they make some of the best "epic" music!

[@DanyelGomess]

I wonder if Brandon listens to Blind Guardian. I mean, he listens to metal and likes "epic soundtracks", so… That would made my day, for whatever reason.

[@Firefight_]

The Reckoners trilogy is my favorite read media ever!

[@KalleVilenius]

The quiz tells me I'm Princess Zelda. With my newfound royal authority I hereby decree that Brandon is to never again call Life is Strange a visual novel.

[@madiantin]

Shooting people (in games, naturally) to relieve stress is very healthy. It's disengaging from the world for a while to give your brain time to process the cause of the stress and come up with solutions. It's a safety relief valve, and it's super healthy when used wisely. (ie, as long as you're not hiding in games 24/7) I have several stress relief valves: cycling, knitting, shooting things. They're delightful and I love them.

[@samthestache8]

Huh, I got Glados. Guess I need to start finding some test subjects

[@ralphmazzone1020]

Results of my test: Max Caufield. High 5 Dan and Adam!

[@sherizaahd]

I got Cloud Strife - all it says is "You are a POSER!" lol, nah it says "You're a person of few words, but when you speak, you mean what you say! You may not appear to be the most caring or empathetic individual, but when loved ones face trouble, you are always there to lend a hand. The past may be hard to face sometimes, but if you keep your cherished ones close, the darkness can't touch you."

[@josephdeal8285]

This would have been an amazing way to announce a video game.

[@jarenagra2804]

I think the quiz is designed to be vague and the answers overlap so they can pick through the subtle choices. also ... 33:45 building a PC, Gaming, and programming are similar in the sense that they are all about puzzle solving. i got GLaDOS

[@saviooliveira9958]

The quiz decided I am a Cloud Strife which I was not expecting at all

[@king_dot]

Huh I pretty much picked the same choices as Dan, yup got Max Caulfield as well

[@sumosalamander7868]

My name is Ben and every time you do the outro my brain does a double take :D

[@LiorTamir]

More awesome kpop synthwave songs, you (Dan a Brandon, and also Dear watchers) may enjoy and I can't let go unnoticed: Super yuppers by wjsn chocome, Diver by Yooa, Alien by Lee Suhyon, hey kid, close your eyes by Akmu and Nakka by Akmu

[@buttonsmasherable]

I got Princess Zelda. Wasn't really sure of the pool they are drawing from but hey I'll take it.

[@FebbieG]

I had a similar experience with excedrine, for the same reason.

[@BirdXYZ]

I'm still pretty new to Sanderson's work, so before I jump into this podcast I wanted to check if these have spoilers in them?

[@redlimeinq]

turns out there are literally four outcomes for the quiz lol

[@ForeverMasterless]

Only Brandon could "accidentally" write a book rofl.

[@Xarfax321]

Brandons caffeine story is probably the closest thing we're gonna get to a "Brandon did drugs"-story. 😄 Edit: I am also a slytherin! High five!

[@tobiasrogerio1200]

If Brandon is Napoleon, I'd say Dan is Dom Pedro II

[@KerriB]

I got Max Caulfield. Life is Strange is one of my favorite games ❤️

[@jchinckley]

I came up with Cloud Strife on the first run through the quiz. Coincidentally, FFVII is one of my favorite RPGs. I find it odd that it spit out Cloud Strife for me.

[@TheSilverOrn]

Got GLaDOS, not sure how to feel about that but I'm worried for my friends and family now... I'm making a note here... Huge success.

[@stevehealt9046]

I'm wondering if this quiz had a "What weapon would you fight with" type question, and it just wasn't as obvious, because I got Cloud as well.

[@peterniles8984]

Aha, I just learned about "champing"! It's just an archaic form of chomping

[@bisqueknife]

Cloud Strife here... I guess I'll go back to lurking silently, as is my way.