Games We Are Eternally Grateful For - The PlayStation Access Podcast

[@Rayman_Budgie84]

"Then you have to ask them something like you care" 😂😂😂 bloody love Rob

[@TheAlpabot]

Time stamp?

[@joppa2011]

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[@d3mystic93]

Prince of Persia Warrior Within. I was already blown away by the combat variety, the wall-run mechanics, the music and the time powers but the thing that made me fall in love with the game and eventually gaming in general was the first Dahaka chase.

[@alyssajones7369]

I love hearing you all talk about Thanksgiving trying to understand it :)

[@truej23og]

All the while reminiscing about how they got their start, enjoying each other’s stories, laughing, and remembering how far they’ve come…. Actually celebrating thanksgiving without even knowing it

[@the8wave]

Right? Like it’s some kind of big mystery lol. Rob hit the nail on the head. It’s essentially Christmas dinner, but before Christmas… With an emphasis on turkey. Dave seems to think it’s Christmas dinner fried with cheese lol.

[@tomedmond]

Destiny 1 and 2 for me, got me through the highest ups and the lowest downs of all my teenage years

[@shaherfi]

Can't believe my comment got read out! Thanks guys. Also, I'm ever thankful to access for all the content you guys put out. You guys got me through uni and so much more ! :))

[@brandonwoodward9515]

Other good names for Rob: MacaRobi and cheese CRoberry sauce Deep fRob turkey DRobing (Dressing) Peach Robbler

[@CoreyKaha]

Or Corn on the cRob

[@Kingdomh395]

I'm thankful for kingdom hearts. My absolute favorite game series ❤

[@fabiorosolen]

Xenogears for me. That game was amazing in many ways.

[@PSXGamingMemories]

Great episode, really enjoyed it & listening to the stories of the games that inspired future events is cool. The games that influenced me would be Sonic the Hedgehog on both the Sega Mega Drive & Master System, Streets of Rage 1 & 2, Super Mario Kart & Mortal Kombat 3 on the SNES & the game that changed everything for me is the 1st Resident Evil on PS1, coming from playing games on earlier 2D consoles, it was one of the 1st 3D games i ever played alongside demos of Destruction Derby, Ridge Racer, Formula 1, Wipeout 1 & 2097 but RE1 is the game that inspired me the most & consider it my no1 fav game ever. Other games i would also include would be Max Payne, Half-Life & Deus Ex on PC, GTA 3 on PS2 & Uncharted 1 on PS3, awesome. Again great episode, look forward to the next 1.

[@PlanetChaos22]

Love the puns Rob not to impressed with bean puns he hates beans well at least baked 😅😂

[@JarvisSensei]

#podsquad we just got home from our WEDDING!! We're absolutely over the moon but shattered. Perfect time to flop onto the sofa and snuggle whilst watching our fave podcast. We've been watching Access together for the entire 10 years we've been together and my bridal party was just full of the Access Army fam I made over the past four years. Absolutely adore you guys. Thank you for giving us so many years of joy and some of the best friends we've ever had. ❤

[@SWProductions100]

Congratulations on getting it done. Hope you can relax for a bit, and all the best in your upcoming years

[@8-BitOfEverything]

#podsquad - The buttons: circle and cross represent "yes" and "no", respectively (which explains their common use as "confirm" and "cancel" in games; the triangle symbolizes a point of view and the square is equated to a sheet of paper there to be used to access menus.

[@James-gj8rn]

Persona 4 Golden, that game had an emotional effect on me like no other game has

[@mrrandomdude4291]

Me but Persona 5

[@jeffstanley9724]

I remember getting a used PlayStation console. I had to turn it upside down, for it to read certain games. I was about 8 or 9. I distinctly remember having no memory card and the first game I popped in was BLAM! Machine Head. That has to be the game I'm most grateful for. It was my very first experience, on the PlayStation and the reason I only play on PlayStation...I also remember not being able to save so I got to see the opening bit, where the guy is taken over by red sludge after drinking something, questionable, haha.

[@aaronoftees]

"Have to ask them something like you care" - Rob, Uncle of the year

[@ethancodes7134]

MGS1 and FF7 are the 2 that really got me into games. Prior to that it was games like Sonic, Crash, Jet Moto, etc. Went to a friends house and played MGS1 and FF7 and was blown away. Especially by FF7. It changed my idea of what games could be and shaped my entire future! I'm now a video game developer!

[@Tommo79]

This was great. Really enjoyed listening to the personal stories.

[@burrito4332]

For me, Super Mario RPG for the snes was the first game that I distinctly remember loving and thinking about often. But Deus Ex Human Revolution changed me as a person forever, the moment I understood video games for the miracle they truly are.

[@nightmareofkaitos]

I have not been having a good time with my ps5 today. It randomly started deleting my ps4 games from external storage. My advice don't use more than one extended storage device on ps5 ever plug one in and keep it to just that one. I am thankful for after 18 hours of troubleshooting finally being able to redownload senran kagura peach beach splash. But it would be the same issue with any game with more than one download option had to go into my system storage delete the extra data for that game that disappeared, then redownload the game that disappeared. It was a nightmare. Ash, rob, dave, rosie i hope this never happens to you.

[@nicksampson538]

i was born 1984, so my first memory is the Master System. "Super hang on" (?), "Duck Hunt" with the gun accessory

[@Dave_ja_vu]

Super hang on was great (or maybe it wasn't but my memories of it are all positive) and even when playing it in the arcade in Yakuza 0 it's still a fun time

[@SkullSnax]

I watched my brother play games for many years, and I tried games and had fun, but I don’t think it really clicked with me until Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. That’s the first one I remember where everything clicked.

[@JeannieLove]

Tetris is the first game I remember playing and I got pretty good at it. But the first game that has a peofound impact was The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past.

[@tzovlask]

#podsquad Ash's question regarding games that identify who youi are was so interesting to me because I have a different lense to it as a long term viewer so I thought I would share my view of signature games that reflect these fantastic individuals. (wow that was the longest sentence I have ever written) Rob - Metal Gear: it is a measured experience. It is in parts serious and funny, and has a surprising amount of depth. Rosie - PaRappa the Rapper: Vibrant, funny, witty and fun! I cannot think about this game without thinking about Rosie! Dave - The Witness: Thoughtful, beautiful, intruiging, clever and really interesting. Outter Wilds was a great shout though! Ash - Hollow Knight: It is tough but fair, it is creepy yet beautiful, it is spontaneous yet deliberate. Nathan - Tekken: Simple and complex, brutal and hopeful, competitive and fun, skillful and lucky! Legends Never Die - Ratchet and Clank: Personality, humor, action and adventure is in my heart!

[@AvidCat5000]

OG Super Mario Bros, Contra, Link's Awakening, Pokemon Blue, Tomba! 1&2, FF8 &9

[@sarawilliams3190]

Rob could be Sweet Potato CasseRob. Or CRobberry sauce.

[@silentCaim]

So nice to have the pod on saturday morning~

[@Scudge0]

Surely it’s a Davey boat XD Also I only remember Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo and Scooby-Dumb

[@OneOddTodd63]

Unlike most of you here, I imagine, I didn't start gaming until was in my 30s. Well, I'd played games in arcades. Games like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. And tried - and hated - pc gaming (still do), such as the original Wolfenstein 3D. My first Playstation game was the original Tomb Raider. But for whatever reason I could never get my head around those early games and never got very far. That all changed on PS2 with Ratchet and Clank. Something clicked for me with that game. I understood it. I knew what it wanted me to do. And it was the first game I ever completed. Since then, if I don't finish a game it's because I just don't enjoy it and I put it down. I've played 100s of games since Ratchet and Clank. Even have a few platinum trophies since those were introduced. I owe it all to Ratchet and Clank and Insomniac Games. So thanks!

[@AuthorJakeAStrife]

Scooby Doo, Dum, Scrappy, Dee... I kinda remember the Scottish one... The 13 Ghosts was the best Scooby Doo show. I played the old Genesis one. But Scoobs is awesome.

[@Edgecution10]

When I was really young, Humongous Entertainment games were my first ever games I played. Backyard Sports, Freddi Fish, and Putt-Putt were the ones I would play. My dad plays PC games, so I loved sitting next to him playing these games trying to be like him 😊

[@Jonathon_Hennessey]

The game that I'm grateful for is Batman Arkham City. The original Batman Arkham Asylum was a great game, but Arkham City was incredible, that is the game that I'm grateful for.

[@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu]

My earliest gaming memories are Nintendo based as the earliest games i remember playing were zelda link to the past and super mario world, but also donkey Kong country, secret of mana but also the untranslated seiken densetsu 3 as my grandpa had snes emulators on his pc, and that was my first exposure to games. I think most of them i just had a little go on and changed game. But i remember playing alot of mario and zelda. Then i had a gameboy and played links awakening and Pokémon red. Then we got a ps1 with crash 3, spyro 2 and tomb raider 3 and crash and spyro was just wild. And tomb raider 3 was way too difficult but i loved messing around in the mansion and playing the first few levels.

[@digiing1992]

My starting hear that introduced me to gaming was a PlayStation for me and my little brother (though he was still too young to make use of it) and 2 games, which were Digimon World and Disney's Tarzan. But what truly got me into gaming were my first RPGs from Squaresoft and since then my gaming portfolio has been expanded into what it is now

[@Seamus_Mac]

The original RDR was the game that got me back into gaming. Ive owned an atari, Sega master system, Sega mega drive, and then every playstation. I was an avid gamer but didn't game that much after I left home in 2002 although I always had a console. Then Red Dead came along and brought me back to gaming with a massive passion. Now that I have a couple of children, it's how I spend my spare time in the evenings. Keeps me outta the pub! 😉

[@CaptainCJ97]

For me kingdom hearts 2nfrom.the intro, gameplay, music & ending which is the best in the series

[@rickybrownmusic]

Should do a shot every time Rob try’s to hide a yawn.

[@SamSphinx]

ROSIE IS CADDICARUS' SISTER? checks out.

[@Insomniaaron]

I'm thankful for Bomberman on SNES for being my first gaming experience, and the likes of Crash Bandicoot, Klonoa, Croc and later Spyro for solidifying my gaming love and for making me the Playstation loyalist I still am today. Same goes for Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter and Sly Cooper. I also am thankful for the Tekken & Soul Calibur series for influencing my taste in fighting games and bringing 2 versions of gaming's greatest character Yoshimitsu. And lastly I'm thankful for Skyrim for properly reigniting my love for gaming when it had mellowed a little in the early 2010s and inspiring me to broaden my horizons for what games to enjoy.

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

My dad played PC games - mostly strategy games and point and click adventures - ever since I can remember so it came quite naturally that I started gaming early too. The game, or rather series, I am most thankful to though is the Mass Effect series on the PS3. I played them during a pretty hard time of my life and I was clinging to those games like a lifeline. The PS3 was also the time when I got more and more into gaming. I did play games pretty often before - but I had far less games, just played the same few over and over. Only when I was already 25 years old - after I got my PS3 - it was like a whole new universe of gaming had opened up to me. That was then also the time during which I started building up a backlog of unplayed games. 😅

[@Demea_ds]

Green bean casserole is in cream of mushroom soup and with fried onion straws on top and it is the most delicious thing on the Thanksgiving table

[@BenAstridge]

I'd love to see Rob's ff13 review as it was my first final fantasy. I was verryyy mixed on it, a lot of critics outright disliked it and it took me over 10 years of on and off playing, chipping away at it to beat it. But eventually i did and that whole game became something i actually grew to love in the end, it is very much something i'm thankful for now.

[@picklerickaussiegaming]

#PODSquad #VODSquad #PlayStationAccess Thought I would cover all bases... 😆 Slightly left-field, so bear with me. In light of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora getting released in a couple of weeks, featuring some of the most stunning environments I have seen in a long time and within those environments, some of the coolest creatures brought to PS5, it got me thinking about if each member of the team has a favourite creature or animal from any PlayStation game? By the way, my wife and I have a pure-bread border collie, Kylo, so I must say dogs will always sit above cats in my heart. Love you PlayStation Access, hope you have a wonderful end to 2023!

[@UsernameyMcUsernameFace]

Rocket Knight Adventures on the Mega Drive II is probably the game that turned my urge into a passion, as Rob would say.

[@vLarsn]

Super Mario Bros. Nintendo World Cup and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 on the NES are my first gaming memories from my childhood. However the game that really triggered my love for videogames is Super Mario 64 on the N64 with Ocarina of Time and GoldenEye right behind it.

[@niregoredd]

SWEB was South Western Electricity Board, a utilities company in the SW that also of much of history from the 50s onward had retail outlets selling electrical items - peak technology of the time. Probably essentially a racket to speed up electrification of homes through retail and supply integration and marketing.

[@devlinburgess2463]

I'd probably be most thankful to Ratchet and Clank. It wasn't my first game or what got me into gaming, but it was the first time I committed to a series rather than just playing whatever my parents had around. Persona 4 was also what opened me up to more obviously Japanese games, which definetly helped me grow as a person.

[@SamSphinx]

Sly Cooper 2 was I think what pushed me over the edge into gaming obsession.

[@jackusmaracus]

Rob thinks he's the jump button but I think we all know he'd be the climb button 🤣

[@taralynn227]

“You merely adopted the PlayStation; I was born in it, moulded by it.” -Rosie, probably 😂

[@jbzhummerh2gamer]

Next year do this video again for Thanksgiving, but bring in all of the Access family including Elle, Hollie, & Dan.

[@sang3tsu]

Persona 3 was the first game I got obsessed with. Thank you Atlus for the Persona series.

[@FineYungCannibal.]

It's really amazing hearing your stories about how you all got into the industry, I wish I had the brains to figure out I could have got a job talking and writing about games, and playing them! It never occurred to me that I could do that at the time. 😂

[@hdgdjgsgfj1297]

GTA Vice City and Project IGI along with Delta Force, and many others that introduced little me to the world of video games....then HZD for cementing that love and appreciation for games.

[@landismithCOJ]

Witcher 3. Not much else can be said about it. It was and is worth all of the hours I've put it into it.

[@rosaheartlily]

We had a Sega Megadrive, which was my introduction to gaming. But the game that made me a gamer was Final Fantasy VIII

[@aoifehart554]

I have also always been very into video games and I don't know where it came from. My parents could never really afford to buy a console so I started on computer games - Monster Truck Madness and The Neverhood were my first games and I've been hooked since then!

[@___Nightbreeze]

47:33 - Rob is right about Ash's first video. It was Fall Guys, not Cake Bash!

[@douchebag_steve]

Tbf, “onion & sage” rolls of the tongue better than “sage & onion” 😂

[@AuthorJakeAStrife]

You guys are great. Someone should write a book with you all as the MCs. That would be Omega-ly epic. ;-) I bet it would go Viral. Thanks for stuffing all podcasts with candied yammy jokes and green (bean) content. It 's ike a sweet desert.

[@TheRatsCast]

Thanksgiving isn't anything like Christmas at all. There is a very good reason why we celebrate it. It makes the first year the Pilgrims survived their time in the new colony. After a very rough winter, trying to learn how to grow crops and survive sicken, it is the idea of how the Pilgrims gave thanks for the food they had and making through another year. So; Thanksgiving was created to remind us of the hardships of this countries founding members and remind us to give thanks for all we have. My family and I have had a hard year, and I'm just thankful that we are all healthy and alive another year. I'm also very thankful for our new member of the family, as my grand niece had her first child this year. He is a happy boy, and I'm grateful for that. I don't plain you Brits for not understanding our holiday, but I hope this will give you an idea in the future to understand who we are.

[@TheMoonatDawn]

Hilarious. Imo, Dave is square, Rosie is circle, Rob and Ash are both X but if you have to pick someone as triangle it is Rob.

[@yerocyt]

How about for dessert an apple cROBler? 😂

[@thebman5812]

I have read the title of this video. I have yet to watch it. However, ever since ,I have had this movie quote in my head for days... "you've saved our lives, we are eternally grateful..." -LGM's (little green men)

[@simonpeterms]

The game that really got me into videogames is Breath of Fire 3. Thank you, Ryu, Nina, Rei, Garr, Momo, and Peco!!!

[@neilpassarellful]

In case no one has mentioned it yet Ash scoobert is Scooby Doos cousin and he is like a white version of Scooby. Love Scooby Doo and oddly enough one of my first games I remember playing was a Scooby Doo game only it was for the super Nintendo that my cousins owned and every time I would visit I would ask to play that game. I loved that game I didn't end up getting my own gaming console until I was about 12 and it was a ps2 which I loved. Thanks for another great episode!

[@Medic562]

I'm thankful for Playstation Access!

[@BissjeTommy]

Such a great episode. I do wonder what Robert S. Pearson is up to...

[@TheShaneGuy]

Ash just went from Robs adventure poo to chunky DLC’s and impressive new hardware.

[@kyralynn]

Listening to you all try to figure out what Thanksgiving is gave me life! 😂 green bean casserole is my favorite Thanksgiving side dish. It's not the green beans that are fried, though, it's the onions. It's green beans, cream of mushroom soup (I use cream of chicken soup cuz I'm not a fan of mushrooms), and fried onion strips.

[@tardaboveall491a]

Had the Scooby Doo game as well. Was hard as balls, but great. The best Scooby game for me is Mystery Mayhem though. Absolutely outstanding. For me the games that "changed everything" has come several times. CTR, TimeSplitters 3, The Movies, Mirror's Edge, Sleeping Dogs, Witcher 3, The Yakuza-series, Persona 5 and Cyberpunk 2077 all changes something within me. Partially responsible for who I am.

[@treble6824]

I feel like if you group them all together: The Last Guardian, Metro Redux and Sonic Mania. That's me lol. Colourful, yet depressing, yet hopeful duder. Also, great podcast (:

[@jurassicjam2156]

Myst on the old 486

[@vvandavvitch]

alright 👍 apple LC ii for me now i know your an og like me 😀 Jurassic Park Game collection 🦖 do you like it ?

[@jurassicjam2156]

@vvandavvitch it looks amazing, I played them all back in the day and they are all great games (tough as nails some of them).

[@iragbag]

Is Rob the boss-man or does he just likes acting like it 😂 Love your content. Keep them coming! ❤

[@vvandavvitch]

Nath is secret boss

[@tomharrison4073]

Finally some justice for the underappreciated scooby doo games❤

[@MrTrippy11]

My bugbfirst gaming obsession was Sonic... with my first console the mastersystem. In terms of when it came to playstation gaming my first big games were tekken, resi evil and cool boarders as my mate had a playstatiom before me and we played these games for hours at his place

[@mackenzieh1713]

In response to Rob's "They call it jelly." We do have preserves, compotes and jams which have bits of real fruit but what we call jelly is much thinner to the point that it's questionable fruit was ever involved as an ingredient or if it's just sugar and food coloring.

[@pointlessrelic5589]

I was playing games on Commodore 64 as early as I can remember, but the original Mortal Komat at the local county fair arcade is what turned it into an obsession. I was 10 so I didn't have much money to play, but I would watch and learn when able. By the time MKII released, I had saved some money just for the next fair. By this time, popularity was sky high so the game was surrounded when I got there. I walked up and set my quarter down to enter the queue. What a great week of schooling my friends and random people, it was one of my favorite gaming memories as a child that I will never forget. Thanks for the video, you are all awesome.

[@ThinSlicedCrunchyPotato]

Secret bean casserosie

[@TheDylanHoe]

VOD squad! Robert Stuffing Pearson

[@TaylorKingTeaman]

Absolutely LOVE the Scooby Doo games!!! Still play them now ngl lol.

[@JoshuaMatijuk]

The original DOOM games (Doom1,2,and Final Doom) are the ones I'm most thankful for. Still play them to this day.

[@wolfme4030]

I would probably have to go back to the ZX Spectrum with Slippery Sid (the original and better version of Snake) or Horace Goes Skiing. I did love Operation Wolf and have to mention the original Game and Watch games as well.

[@duncankowable]

Super Mario Bros and Zelda 1,2 on the NES.

[@CaptainDave_DE]

You really missed Daveled eggs?!?

[@brandonwoodward9515]

Full cast! I'm loving it. (Did somebody say McDonald's?)

[@Tez.6]

For Thanksgiving/Indigenous research as far as food, I'd say research Soul Food for better info.

[@ncjhood]

I really hope one day you do a Scooby Doo in the Cyberchase livestream. That was a great game and got me into gaming too! Loved throwing custard pies.

[@chchedda]

Oblivion

[@MasaKillzAll]

Dave gets it. Everything is covered in butter, cinnamon, sugar and more butter! Casserob is also correct green bean casserob is not a staple 🤣

[@angrydoc4769]

Bubble Bobble Commodore 64. Competing with my sister for the power ups

[@jennypearson93]

I'd have to thank Gran Turismo for getting me into Japanese cars. I now own 2 mx5s. And for introducing me to the band Feeder, who I've seen live about 13 times 😂. Pretty big impact for a racing game.

[@SijoJamesJohn]

There is a timetraveller mission in red dead redemption 2

[@Pixel_pumpkin]

#podsquad Access family, I need to rant since it’s coming up to Christmas. Every year at work we do a Secret Santa and each year I plead that we all actually keep it a secret this time, but within days everyone else always works out who has who. It annoys me every time! I was wondering if you guys also do a Secret Santa, or something similar? 🎅🏻

[@mattisonhudson9877]

Green bean casserole is awesome😂 go Rob

[@dazzaboy04]

Greatful for Tomb Raider. It paved the way for the modern third person adventure em up's that followed...

[@dantekinkade8765]

For me it was Crystalis, a game that came out on the NES, the other game would probably be the original Final Fantasy. yes I am older then most of the members of access lol

[@maxisenberg9093]

As a Canadian, I was unaware you guys didn't have Thanksgiving (ours is better than the states just saying)

[@honah47]

MGS was Day One But what really changed everything was PS3 Demons Souls

[@curmpet]

great podcast i really liked it

[@danielthecritic88]

Rob is the X because he's always cross.