How Video Games Shape Your Identity | ReactCAST

[@Jen420GBP.]

I really do like Joe's intro songs. As stated in another comment, Brandel has a great voice for a podcast or storytelling. I started out on the Atari system.

[@timisme8360]

Did anybody else notice that Brandel has a voice MADE for podcasts? It's like listening to a cool version of NPR.

[@chelseawithey6840]

As long as it's a video podcast. He's too pretty to do audio only 😍🤣

[@dieverss]

My favorites: The entire Fallout series, the entire Mass Effect series, and Battle Toads.

[@pheeao4898]

Nicole! You need to do a "hear me out" cake! Please! With your freak flag, it's going to be a win! Also, Brandel...best answer EVER for Anthony's question!

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

Brandel is a cool guy, and the fact that he contributed to the theme song was great!

[@timisme8360]

I like the grab bag format for boop marry kill!

[@moellersgrl]

Being a fan of react, I really enjoyed this podcast. Everyone did so great. Joe, I could listen to you all day! Much love to everyone ❤

[@jacqal292]

Absolutely loving this series and the topics you've chosen so far 👏

[@TraumaMomma]

Video games are 40 to 60 hours of entertainment... meanwhile, here I sit at over 1000 hours on Tears of the Kingdom and still haven't gone in to beat Gannon 🤣 My first video game system was Pong. It hooked up to the TV and was only Pong. It had two paddles with rotating buttons. After that, we got an Atari 2600. It progressed from there, but now I am solely a switch girl. We still have an original NES, Playstation, PS2, PS4, and a Wii. We also have a DS 3D, and two or three Gameboys.

[@lookhowshegobbledthat]

Crash Bandicoot, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto, Halo, Harvest Moon, Kingdom Hearts, Mario, Metal Gear Solid, Pokemon, Silent Hill

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

With Kingdom Hearts, years and years back now I gave myself an Organization 13 name. My name is Anton, so my Org. name is Noxtan.

[@TidanLikida]

I remember the earliest system I played games on was the Amiga 500. I played games like Shadow of the Beast, Fantasy World Dizzy (and a lot of other Dizzy the egg games), but I think mostly I played point and click adventure games the most. Those were my favorites. Good old Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, King's Quest, Space Quest, Broken Sword etc.

[@neilfleming2787]

YES...Original Tetris on original Gameboy...still have mine but the buttons are gone

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

Joe's making me flashback to my childhood! I had a couple friends who had the NES, and what we would do is borrow each other's console. Can you just imagine doing that nowadays?

[@RonJDuncan]

I'm with Joe for the most part on nostalgia, though I have a few years on him - I was born in '76. While I actually cut my teeth on the Atari 2600, the NES dominated my teen years where I truly came to love video games. I waited a couple of years after the SNES came out and got one in 1995 after being part of the workforce, then onto the PlayStation a couple of years later (I skipped the N64) because I loved JRPGs and I needed my Final Fantasy 7 fix and just continued on from there. I also got a Dreamcast back in the day, and yeah, that one was fun to use.

[@JonathanGeorgeVillarreal]

Congratulations on over 10 years of creating amazing content! It's inspiring to see how far REACT has come. Looking forward to many more years of laughter and entertainment.

[@timisme8360]

OG Gameboy Tetris! That game was so addictive! Even my dad, who thought video games caused brain rot (lol), got hooked.

[@jardon0064]

I remember doing Halo LAN parties with my friends. We'd all bring over a small TV or monitor and our Xbox and play Halo Multiplayer in different rooms of the apartment against one another. Some of the best times I've ever had gaming.

[@chippendale1745]

My dad still has the original pong box with just the 2 controllers....still works to this day.

[@jesusislord88]

I could tell instantly that Brandel has been on some CoD, Apex, and other shooter games when he said hell yeah brother the way he did. As a born and raised Texan, a lot of our online friends would make fun of our accents around the deep south similar to the way Brandel did that. 😅 Some great titles talked about here. Dude, going from split screen gaming to online was such a great time for us gamers. We used to host Halo/Halo 2 tournaments with like 4 Xbox consoles or so when you could link together with system link through LAN with ethernet cables, and do prize pools of money at the local paintball field or someone's home. The online gaming started exploding with Halo 2 and other games. But, I have to say, I remember those days where I pretended to be sick just to stay hone from school and play Gears of War, or couldn't wait to get out of school for it. Such good memories.

[@Gfconbon]

I knew Brandel was my favorite person for a reason, I love Kingdom Hearts and I love Brandel! ❤

[@timisme8360]

Brandel mentioning Ocarina of Time brought back flashbacks of my greatest joy and my greatest frustration in gaming. Greatest joy because it is, without a doubt, my favorite video game of all time and greatest frustration because of the Water Temple. Raise the water, lower the water, raise the water, lower the water. N64 had some of the best games!

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

Cloud is my most favorite character in all of the gaming I've done since childhood! That's an immediate win for me!

[@fire083]

The algorithms timing. When you revealed Toad, it put an add up. It had me laughing harder than I should have.

[@TokenBlackman7]

We'll be here all week w/ my list of "games that influenced me": - The Metal Gear series - NBA Street, Vol. 2 - Tony Hawk Pro Skater

[@antx24]

Leroy Jenkins is based on a real dude that worked at Blizzard. his son owns a game software company called Pirate Software. most of you have problably seen his youtube shorts. Him and his dad actually talk about the South Park Character.

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

I'd have to say my top 3 favorite games are: Kingdom Hearts II Final Fantasy VII SoulCalibur (I was obsessed with it when I was in high school!) EDIT: Honorable mention: Persona 4 Golden

[@TucBroder]

I just pulled the trigger on Luigi's Mansion on Gamecube. That was expensive. Very expensive. I do not regret it.

[@hotmintchoco]

Favourite part of every episode is the theme song from JOE!!!! Brandel is an underrated reactor, always wonderful to see him in videos

[@sdemotte89]

I first started playing video games on my older brother's Sega Genesis that took game cartridges and we would play sonic 2, street fighter, a couple different years of Madden NFL, mortal Kombat, 3 or 4 different years NBA live when MJ was on top, and I'm sure we had more but those are the games we played over and over again. Then I remember getting a Nintendo 64 that my younger brother and I had to share that our parents got us from a pawn shop. And we played several different games on there including Mario kart, Mario, 007, etc. I miss playing those games on those consoles and the controllers being super simple to use. Love your channels. My fave for years now

[@79tazman]

Sega Genesis was a great system Sonic, Golden Axe, Shining Force was my favorite game on Saga Genesis it was a role playing game that I was hooked on until SNES and games like Final Fantasy 3 came out or Shadowrun

[@sdemotte89]

Oh and I would like to say that after Nintendo 64 I played on the first PlayStation played some of same games as on Sega and Nintendo 64 but also played crash bandicoot, resident evil, etc. And didn't game our own PlayStation 1 we'd play on cousins when we'd stay over at his house. And didn't own all the games we played we'd rent games from the local video store(was not a blockbuster, etc. and before Redbox was thought of) and internet didn't exist yet or was in the beginning of but we didn't have a computer or Internet until I was in high school so either 2004 or 2005. But even when we got it it was dial up so connecting was horrible, time consuming and 3/4 of time wouldn't connect . I grew up in the country, outside of a small town with population of 2,700. After the 1st PlayStation controllers( in particular the joysticks) became too difficult for me to care to learn or get used to lol. But I also was a single working mother at that time so didn't have a lot of free time to practice and honestly if I could get any free time I would sleep lol.

[@Dudeonwheels]

My first video game was Asteroids on my mom's cousin's Atari, which after she realized I enjoyed it, she gifted to me. I don't remember what other games she had, if she had any others.

[@bfreefles]

Thank you Joe for being honest about FF! ❤😂

[@WhimsicalWorm]

30:45 guitar hero and rockband are no longer around because tjr creators didnt have the funds to keep paying for the rights to all the songs.

[@timisme8360]

Marrying Bowser, knowing that he'll ALWAYS be chasing after Peach! Lol Joe's got a point. You know that you'll always be his 2nd choice.

[@shelleykoone2987]

Top 3: Final Fantasy (7 is fave, but I like all of the rpg and tactic style games I've played in the series), Tetris (for nostalgia), and third would be WoW or Diablo (for recent game play). 100% agree with Joe people need to stop gatekeeping the term gamer. It doesn't matter what console you use or what games you play. If you enjoy playing games, then you are a gamer!

[@ashgarnermeow]

I’m a huge Kingdom Hearts fan, I love hearing others loving Kingdom Hearts.

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

Sonic would be a very fast boop. Would you even be ready for that? 🤣

[@p3acemode]

that intro song was fireeeee

[@gwillypdawg]

my nostalgia games are the sly cooper series

[@seanscott]

i did play many games as a kid in the 90s and through high school in the mid 2000s but to be honest most of my time was spent outside. it wasnt until i was an "adult" that i really got into gaming. i spent a huge amount of time playing OG MW2, i had two gamer tags i played the game with totaling over 90 days of online gameplay

[@kkgruver]

My favorites: kingdom of hearts and last of us. Good conversation!!! 😊

[@nateufford5619]

Bowser has so many castles. You can live in separate castles.

[@Nadinevd1989-]

This was great to see how brandel is in his element

[@lordofnumbers9317]

Ok Joe, that sounds like an official challenge. Who on the team can pose a threat to you in “Bubble Bobble”? Are there worthy opponents? Get some snacks and chill water, like Red Bull maybe, and then show us your skills at “Bubble Bobble.” Then your 4 opponents can show off their skills. If you win, you get $400; if you lose, your opponents get $100 each. How about it? Do you feel up to the challenge?

[@tamihutcheson7042]

Acrophobia!! The acronym game!!! Loved that game!

[@buatbluestack9714]

Let's-a-go u guys 💙🔥🤘🏼

[@malcolmelliott3471]

I had a sega dreamcast and loved big bass fishing. I always remember it said a big one is nearby. I never got the big one

[@TucBroder]

Try getting one now. Very rare and extremely expensive

[@timisme8360]

Me, my daughter and son in law used to have crazy battles on the N64 with FZERO, Waverace and Madden Football. Then I got my PS2 and we battled it out with MK Deception (Nightwolf forever! Lol) and Tiger Woods PGA Golf. They still have my PS2 and still have my golf character saved, which looks exactly like me. It took me almost a year, adjusting its features, and I was even able to customize the tattoos on my forearms so they look exactly like mine.

[@ttajohnson15]

Growing up the amount of time I "lost" to Smash Bros, Prefect Dark, soul caliber, and Gauntlet is almost incalculable.

[@TruePerception]

Man, you guys grew up with money. We had an NES way late, and later, a Genesis. Nothing else until I made my own money.

[@mikemath9508]

as an SNES kid with parents who never separated or divorced at all, all my friends with separated/remarried/single parents had sega genesis

[@ItsGaz93]

First games were sonic on the sega mega drive, then it was ps1 where I had Rayman and crash bandicoot. Online era in high school was RuneScape

[@PaulReinerfelt]

I'm too old to remember exactly what my first ever game was (it was probably something on my friend's VIC-20) but my formative years playing were spent on the Commodore 64. (I occasionally install an emulator just to relive the C64-version of Pirates! again…) These days my top three games of all time would be Skyrim, XCOM, and XCOM2. (Modern XCOM. I _did_ play the original X-COM/UFO-series but they were so brutally unfair that I never became really obsessed. (Anyone who has played original XCOM knows the felling of taking one step out of the Skyranger and instantly getting overwatch killed!) The remake Xenonauts accurately recreates the difficulty of the 1990s games.

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

Brandel Butler. It's alliterative just like a lot of characters in superhero comics, so it definately fits!

[@RULESOFBLOODSHED]

Resident Hill & Silent Hill made my life changed :'))

[@rollingwithmoore]

I’ve never played any of the resident evils

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

I would like to try VR, but I don't know if my eyesight will work with it. I have a lazy eye and as a result of something I did when I was a child, when have both eyes open my left eye is so dominate that I see primarily out of my left eye. It's only when I close it, I can see out of my right eye. So I really question if VR will actually work with how janky my eyesight is.

[@kimmiesylvester7141]

Love Boop Marry Kill editions on React & Brandel is one of my favorite React's on the channel.

[@marygordon9352]

I love online games like Township

[@timisme8360]

I just happened to think ... What gaming system had the Kinect addon option? It was the original motion capture option fot video games. My oldest brother had it but I can't for the life of me remember the system.

[@TheWoodPile98]

I think it was Xbox

[@timisme8360]

@gavinwoodring6457 X-BOX! That's the one! Thank you so much because that was driving me freaking crazy! Lol

[@edszuba3965]

First game system for me was Intellvision, and I had a couple friends with Colecovision. These days on the PC, I drive when I have a chance (since my job is truck driving) on Euro Truck Sim 2 and American Truck Sim.

[@fillup626]

There's nothing better than Joe Bereta!!!

[@joshfields22]

Let's go Brandel!!!

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

Yeah, you do get a key chain for completing every recipe with Remy, and it's a really fun one, too.

[@erikaswanson7072]

I really wish my family had been gamers. I suppose we technically were, but the only system we had was the Sears Intellivision from 1979 or something.. (which i still have and still works). I lost a few games over the years due to damage or misplacement from moving, but replaced them from ebay luckily and my sister and i still play occasionally. I do have an Xbox 360, but i use it mostly to play DVDs.

[@timisme8360]

9:17 Games really are expensive but I'm a patient man. I waited almost 4 years to buy The Last of Us 2 for my PS4. I finally picked it up when I found it for $19.99. Great game (one of my favorites) but to this day, I can't understand why it was originally almost $80!

[@frederickwallace7808]

One of my first online gaming experiences was Socom Navy Seals 3 and Monster Hunter on PS2. And Final Fantasy 11. Also Runescape!

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

Anthony is so random and funny! 🤣

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

Brandel gets two thumbs up from me for wanting to be a wolf!

[@jesters08joker]

Starting to think Nichole never wears pants. Only dresses 😂

[@Dwoalin]

I do vividly remember going to a local Funco Land back in the day and a used copy of Banjo Kazooie being $55 opposed to $60 for a new copy. They were absolutely still that expensive 20 years ago. Not Joe with the Yoshi sounds 😂

[@timisme8360]

I tried playing Guitar Hero at a friend's house but I just don't have the manual dexterity to be good at that game.

[@dreamsinthree]

My dumb brain first read this video title as "The Video Games That Made Us Racist", lol

[@timisme8360]

😂😂😂

[@timisme8360]

Nicole may have a point with booping Crash. That spin move would be amazing! lolol

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

I just had a thought reading your comment here. You think she could handle Crash and the Tazmanian Devil from Looney Tunes?

[@timisme8360]

@@GeminiWolfstarGaming At the same time? Not without some motion sickness! Lol

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

@@timisme8360 At the same time? Sure! 🤣 "Not without some motion sickness" gave me a really good laugh! Thanks for that!

[@jesusislord88]

To this day, nothing has ever beat out Super Metroid for me. Everything about it is made so perfectly, from the perfect movement and response of the controller, to the sights and sounds of it all. Though I love so many games, Super Metroid is one I've always gone back to so I can beat it over and over again. The water level, Maridia, is my favorite, I love all the graphics/art style there and the music throughout that level. So for me, top 3: 1. Super Metroid 2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night I have to add one bonus like they did. For the experience of this co-op game, it was one of the best times in gaming I ever had with one of my best friends I made through gaming online wih him. That game is Outward. We played the original, we both loved challenging games, and I'm a huge Dark Souls fan, so when I saw something that looked similar with combat, co-op, and great rpg elements/adventure, I had to try it. The difficulty was insane, the random events we had no clue would take place, like being imprisoned and it setting us back, and all the other challenging aspects like surviving in the cold, dark, winter nights, all while exploring a massive and beautiful multi biome open world was just phenomenal and breath taking at times. Put all of that together with an awesome friend, and it made for some amazingly memorable times for us, to the point we still talk about it to this day when we chat online. If you like a great challenge and want to try something with a friend that will create some great memories and test/strengthen friendships in gaming, try Outward. I'm sure that the newer edition makes it even better, though I was never able to play it, as I moved to Africa almost 3 years ago, and I no longer get to game online like I used to. I love that even though it's a small channel and old content from us, he still has our vidoes from our CoD days with our team. GG bro @alienbrain1504 Great times man.

[@Classyladyjazz86]

I used to play this game called zoombinies. These little dudes that were on a journey and you had to solve math equations to move forward.

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

I still have my Sega Dreamcast! Christmas gift. First two games for it was Sonic Adventure and SoulCalibur.

[@theawesomecatmom8315]

Does anyone remember Mischief Makers for the N64? I loved that game!

[@Fabpez88]

Top 3 Chrono Cross, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy X

[@georgechristianjr]

LOVE IT but i dont have apple or spotify lol

[@cheetos1231000]

I love Brandel and his epic anime voice.

[@nianimoon6988]

Heyy Kevin, heyy Joe,heyyy Nicole and hii Brandel

[@GuyDudeman]

Top 3 fav games/the ones I played the most: 1) super mario bros 3 (2) Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1/2 (3) Halo 1-3

[@rheaswim3371]

You guys would LOVE beatstar. I'm absolutely addicted to that game. It's kinda like a Mashup of piano tiles and guitar hero ❤

[@Nintendofan91]

Wait, Joe is originally from Montana?? Now I know why he’s my favorite producer on this channel!

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

I was surprised to find that out too in a different video! Fellow Montanan here!

[@Nintendofan91]

@@GeminiWolfstarGaming amazing!!!

[@jadencasarezwattpad]

Lol, Clue Finders. That Mathra song slaps tho.

[@gmans777]

Lol… i clocked Asteroids on Atari 2;600

[@cliffordcampania4035]

Assassin’s creed, god of war, and gta 3 My top three.

[@sly-1429]

I loved the Dreamcast!!!

[@karenhenderson338]

My first game was a dos game called dennys adventure where you had to use code to move him around and open doors and boxes and you could die by going in the wrong direction

[@joshuahallett6235]

Jackbox 10 is the most recent ik of. My first online game was the original Star Wars Battle Front.

[@herosguild8238]

Brandel and I would have been the best of friends. My top 2 series are Zelda and KH, and The Last of Us 1 is in my top 10 favorite games. That game captured me to the point that on day 1 of the PS3 launch, I sat through from beginning to end for 13 hours, and it blew me away.

[@cookingwithislandgaltchloe2792]

Ok this theme song amazing!!! Brandel made it better..

[@sutekhsgift]

I miss Acrophobia- the acronym game from Jackbox

[@ColleenCastaneda-ol4lh]

So true I’m use to playing knowing all three as well!!!❤

[@Running_The_Shadows]

My top 3 games 1 Shadowrun for Sega Genesis 2 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem 3 Elder Scrolls V Skyrim/ Cyberpunk 2077

[@JayMagnoHTX]

My 1st Online Game Was Unreal Tournament

[@bearkatjim]

I'm old. I played online mainframe games that we had to create program cards to play. Then Atari 2600 Pong, Then Apogee games, Leisure Suit Larry on PC. Bought Xbox 360 and never had the time to play it.

[@oatmanred]

you guys need more Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in your Video Game Diet.

[@TammyLand420]

LEEEEEEEEROY JENKINS!!! Hahaha i was there!!!!

[@GeminiWolfstarGaming]

I didn't game a ton when I was kid, but it was thanks to Kingdom Hearts that I got back into gaming and in a very big way, too. I mean, my handle wouldn't be what it is if I wasn't posting gaming content.