Video game publishers should implement better matchmaking instead of selling pay-to-win mechanics.

“I mean the real solution the proper solution is better matchmaking obviously just have the Casual dads off in their like crappy server where they can just spray and prey all over the place and then put all the skilled players in the in the same in the same Lobby”

Video games are currently struggling because developers are prioritizing microtransactions over creativity and quality.

“the biggest thing that I used to get from them was how deflated they were because they would be excited to start on a new project and they'd go for a project meeting about you know this new game that we're going to work on and they're all be say we're all going in there like you know”

He believes PlayStation's current generation has suffered from making poor decisions, such as a push into live service games.

“I feel like this generation has been such a result of PlayStation and their studios listening to the devil on their shoulder.”

The player believes that Assassin's Creed Valhalla is the worst game in the franchise because it focuses on fighting rather than stealth.

“Valhalla is literally the worst Assassin's Creed game there's no assassinating it's all fighting with an axe and your army”

Microsoft's failure to make the Xbox brand successful stems from its inability to allow Xbox to be a dedicated gaming console instead of a vessel for corporate strategies.

“the Xbox has never actually been allowed to be the Xbox. It has just had to be the vessel for somebody else's strategy at Microsoft for so long.”

Players should be able to pause a Souls game mid-fight because it prevents unfair deaths when needing to attend to real-world interruptions.

“I just think you should be able to pause because it's like there's nothing worse than being like, I guess I'll just sit in this corner and I'll have the menu up and I hope that no one [ __ ] kills me and they kill you.”

The inability to pause during a boss fight in a Souls game is a fundamental part of the challenge and overcoming it is the point of the genre.

“if you are good enough, you can do it again. >> You if you were only ever meant to be able to beat that boss one time. >> Yeah. >> You were wasn't it wasn't earned. >> Yeah. >> You need to be able to beat that boss >> a second time, a third time.”

A player's understanding of how a game is intended to be played is improved by having grown up with older, more difficult games that lacked modern hand-holding features.

“my perspective of of video gaming is watching how video games evolved and that's what makes someone in my age that understand it so good because you know how the game is supposed to be played and when you know how a game was supposed to be played and you see something fishy I mean it's instant”

Video games are much more complex now than they were in the past.

“it's just so much more complex now all right but it just looks better it looks better control game it's a good game the achievements are impossible it's a good game it's all right”

Dragon's Dogma 2's exploration is superior to modern open-world games because it avoids excessive handholding and map markers.

“whereas in Dragon's Dogma there's none of that [ __ ] there is no like Matt marker telling you like oh there there's like an encampment here there's a secre here go get the secre”

The host believes that HBO's adaptation of The Last of Us is successful because it follows the game's source material closely.

“this is the first time where you're just like look how beautiful we talked about video game movies a lot and it's just like why why can't you just just do it it's so simple and that's what's great they're like but guess we could just do it like the game”

The speaker believes Red Dead Redemption 2 is a high-quality game featuring an excellent protagonist.

“Red Dead Redemption 2 Arthur Morgan the greatest man we've ever known in our entire lives we're back we've missed them”

The Last of Us is a emotionally resonant game that excels in its storytelling.

“I feel like this game did a lot for video game storytelling and it's definitely an emotional game. I I think it it hit me when I first played it and it hit me more when I became a dad and that is The Last of Us.”

Video games are a very intimate and entertaining form of media that allow audiences to connect with streamers on a personal level.

“I mean it helps like a lot of people like sometimes you don't even have to be good at the video game. people just like you because of your personality and how you react to things like like that. That's a lot.”

Stella Chung identifies BioShock Infinite as the first video game she truly loved.

“Honestly, the first game that I really, truly loved, um, maybe BioShock Infinite.”