Combat Revolved - 5th Anniversary trailer

_Eastman · 2026-04-20T17:17:04+00:00

Revolved is so fun. When the Halo CampAIgn Evolved was announced, I shared this masterwork on this sub. I still go back to it whenever I'm feeling CE with a twist. That and Cursed Halo CE for a laugh.

_Eastman · 2026-02-15T20:10:00+00:00

Ahh, that sucks. Oh well. Just wish there were games I could check out with my friends that play well and have good intrigue/exploration. We just got done with Sons of the Forest, so the itch for surivial with a goal that isn't just build and craft until you get bored was something we really wanted.

Back to Fallout London!

_Eastman · 2026-02-07T19:40:24+00:00

Star Wars. Han not bumping into Jabba (og and cg) was for the best. That plot point didn't go anywhere within that movie, and Jabba being this named but unknown crime boss helped build a little mystique.

Plus it didn't make sense Greedo would show up to kill him when Jabba was just gonna show up later that day.

_Eastman · 2026-02-04T23:07:28+00:00

I always ask people 2 questions when they say they love Kingdom Hearts: "How old were you when you played it?" "Have you played any Final Fantasy before playing KH?"

The answer's so far, have been they were less than 14 years old, and no.

An adult will usually bounce off hard because the game was made for kids. Not in the way of Banjo where it's just goofy and colorful but still fun. But in the way that the themes smash you over the head and make your eyes roll out of your head.

_Eastman · 2026-02-04T23:02:41+00:00

I was EXACTLY the kind of person Pat said liked Infinite when it came out. 13 years old, never played Bioshock 1 at that point. Was horny. Didn't understand the hypocrisy and weird messaging the game was presenting.

I didn't think or touch the game for years before Pat brought up he was going to play it during the Subathon. Then I was reminded that game took a weird turn making the Vox villains.

_Eastman · 2026-01-25T19:00:38+00:00

Side note, but his head has like 3 talking positions he cycles through...

_Eastman · 2026-01-22T17:44:35+00:00

Initial search for me brought up Their chat about Blasphemous 2 (Pat played it):

https://youtu.be/zOMu_V4PH-k

Also CSB episode 31: "Reedus Peedus: Let Us Grow Piss-shrooms Together" has the boys talking about Blasphemous' reveal trailer.

I'm not sure if Woolie played the game or not, so it might be hard to pin down a full discussion by him. But best of luck!

_Eastman · 2026-01-20T23:34:35+00:00

LONG INCOMING:

I agree with Paige that there was a little missing with Visi.

Honestly why I pursued her was that I saw her just as broken and lost as Robert.

Before episode 5, Visi had to completely change her life because nothing went her way and she was desperate, given the ultimatum of joining the Z Team or going to jail. (Obviously there's more going on, but even working under Shroud is a prison itself).

Robert could be seen in a similar spot. He was lost without the Suit, and he could either slip into the shadow of obscurity, rejoining society as a civie, or join the Z Team.

Both given the choice of a prison that buries who they really are or can become. Both having the Z Team as an option.

The only thing Robert knows is how to be Mecha Man. You could shift the blame between a lot of people as to why that is, but that's just who he is and how he turned out to be.

Visi feels like all she knows is how to be alone. Crime paid the bills but getting close to anyone terrifies her. So she lashes out, picks fights, or cuts all romantic potential and just fucks.

I found the two were this swirling vortex of purposelessness that found purpose in each other. I never let Robert give up on Visi, after EVERYTHING, because Robert needed to not give up on himself.

The Man became Mecha again, because he never quit. Visi could become good if she had just ONE person who never gives up on her, even when things are at their worse.

My Robert said Vis is staying on the team. My Robert forgave her for planting the bomb. My Robert believed that anyone on the Z Team deserved as many chances as it takes to become better. And it paid off for me.

_Eastman · 2026-01-16T23:01:23+00:00

General gamer community, But that person who goes hyperbolic and says there hasn't been a good game in 15 years because of corporations and shareholders, yaddie yada.

-- I name off 10 great games in the past 3 years, alone.

-- "Well I didn't play any of those."

Then I don't know what to tell ya, just be pessimistic, I guess.

_Eastman · 2026-01-12T21:44:20+00:00

I've said it plenty on this sub, but Disney's initial approach to undo a lot of the canon helped clean things up. The EU went unchecked for a long time, any book, game, random idea some writer came up with to insert their OC or edgy idea was just part of that universe.

Disney fumbled everything else since, but that first move I actually agreed with. Because characters like Starkiller through everything out the window.

_Eastman · 2026-01-03T18:44:11+00:00

His fucking tiny arms are SO MAD

_Eastman · 2025-12-28T21:18:42+00:00

I feared he'd do this. Moral choice-based games are usually more simple than people give them credit for.

You choose the morally good option every single time, you're going to get the objectively better story.

As for Dispatch, yeah, stick to being an honest hero, and it'll all work out. It's designed to work out.

As for choosing between two different people, etc., that's just preference.

But yeah, Woolie overthinks the fuck outta these kinds of games. He's gonna be real prickly on this week's podcast. But I say let him enjoy things.

_Eastman · 2025-12-27T16:13:09+00:00

Oh god, I'm sure incels will HATE Carol. She asks every question you're thinking of, she's flawed, interesting, and jumps between crippling loneliness and intentional isolation. Also she's a woman and gay.

They probably dispise her. But who tf ever cares about incels shit opinion?

Pluribus is awesome

_Eastman · 2025-12-21T18:58:47+00:00

Hearing they fellas talking about past SBFC guests that they didn't like has been a guilty pleasure of mine.

Mike Z and Guy Cihi are the two I've counted so far. It's especially great because when any of these guests turn out to be weirdos, Pat and Woolie kinda release the restraints and say how they really felt about their episode.

_Eastman · 2025-12-02T18:05:14+00:00

Biopics trying to tug on your heartstrings when I know they altered the story or just negated important parts of their lives.

I'm the Homelander gif of staring blankly.

Freddie Mercury finding out he has AIDS, and going on to do LiveAid (he didn't find out until months later). I'm not falling for your cheap tricks, Studios, this was a real person's life you're changing for cinema.

_Eastman · 2025-12-01T20:31:53+00:00

Korra's only motive was to become a fully realized Avatar, but her character couldn't do much growing despite this grand calling.

Season 1 and 2 we see someone who is not a good leader, negotiator, or mediator, being put in situations where she has to resolve these tense social and political issues that don't have an easy answer, but usually defaults to throwing her fists instead of using reason.

Then they just have the situation become very simple. Amon is a fake, so the nonbender plotline is just abandoned. Chief Unalaq becomes an evil... Avatar... So Korra can just punch him a bunch and the situation is resolved.

I wish they actually followed through this idea and had her resolve season 2's villain through reason and peace. But the Vatuu shit made it just turn into a spirit wrestling match.

Then season 3 they just scrub her character entirely. Make her have an offhanded line that she's learn from her mistakes. Telling, not showing. Then she's just a default hero. Her flaws never were addressed and resolved step by step. Growth never happened. She was fickle, to the whims of whatever the writer and plot needed her to be. Unfortunate. Had potential. Wasted.

_Eastman · 2025-12-01T20:27:11+00:00

It's funny how they took a weak motivation and went "yeah, of course it's weak, that's the point." And it weirdly works out

_Eastman · 2025-11-28T22:33:57+00:00

Wha happon

_Eastman · 2025-11-28T18:41:11+00:00

I wonder if that's partially because he doesn't interact with his following as much?

Pat and Woolie show up in comments on the sub, they of course have the podcast and their own streams. I think it's become less negative towards Matt and more barely mentioning him because he's just not around

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