Ducky Obrien Show 012 - Wanted Dead (A misunderstood game)

Video Game News, Reviews, and Guides

This episode goes over Wanted: Dead. Wanted: Dead was developed by Soleil Ltd. and published by 110 Industries SA. Released on 02/14/2023 with a MSRP of $59.99. Steam Store Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1981610/Wanted_Dead/

Wanted Dead is a classic hack and slash game from the same makers as Ninja Gaiden. You can definitely feel the similarities as well as some differences. I personally enjoyed it and recognize it's flaws and I hope more people are willing to check it out (on sale obviously haha).

For full transparency, I received a free review key on Keymailer. I spent 22.9 hours as of this podcast and have unlocked 43 out of 55 achievements. It took me around 15 hours to beat on normal and I have no beaten hard mode or Japanese Hard mode yet.

►YouTube Review: https://youtu.be/JMQPpTzfPBc ►Blog: https://duckyobrien.com/2023/03/11/an-honest-review-wanted-dead-a-misunderstood-game/

Ducky Obrien Show 013 - Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (It's a piece of Pooh)

Video Game News, Reviews, and Guides (and sometimes movies)

Special guest Captain Passive Aggressive! Thanks for coming on the show Captain, greatly appreciate it!

This episode goes over Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. Winnie the Pooh Blood and Honey was directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, written by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and A.A. Milne, and stars Nikolai Leon, Maria Taylor, Craig David Dowsett, and many more.

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is a B tier camp horror film set in the world of 100 acres. Christopher Robin has abandoned his once long time animal companions for...college. Now Pooh and friends have become feral, vowing to never again befriend humans.

►YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/8EYH1hj1z5M ►Blog: https://duckyobrien.com/

Ducky Obrien Show 014 - Music, Movies, Art and Ai with Alle

Video Game News, Reviews, and Guides (and sometimes random things)

Friend Alle joins for an impromptu conversation on AI and how it may impact music, movies, and art.

It's clipped from my Twitch stream so the audio only version is definitely a bit more awkward than it normally should be.

►YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/660ivSkx00M ►Blog: https://duckyobrien.com/

Ducky Obrien Show 015 - One Piece Recaps S01E01-E31

Video Game News, Reviews, and Guides (and sometimes random things)

I am rewatching One Piece from the beginning....I know, it'll take a while lol but I am enjoying it quite a bit.

This episode is a compilation of all the One Piece Recaps I've made on YouTube thus far. I'll release compilations on my podcast feed every once in a while.

►YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF4GrJky1Uo&list=PLqVwmQQ0k6BLpdKNO3Y-C4tGv4utIbdWM

Ducky Obrien Show 016 - Movies with Captain (Sisu, John Wick 4)

Video Game News, Reviews, and Guides (and sometimes random things)

Captain Passive Aggressive returns to the Ducky Obrien Show to cover action movies Sisu and John Wick Chapter 4.

Sisu (2022) - Directed by Jalmari Helander, stars Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan and many more

John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) - Directed by Chad Stahelski, stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, George Georgiou, Donnie Yen, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rina Sawayama, and many more

We both liked these movies. They are action packed and definitely filled with a lot of gratuitous violence so they're something you may not want to watch with youngins.

►YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/-hwNLAxo4mo

Ducky Obrien Show 017 - Starship Troopers Extermination - I'm doing my part

Video Game News, Reviews, and Guides (and sometimes random things)

This episode goes over Starship Troopers: Extermination. Starship Troopers: Exterminations was developed and published by Offworld Industries. Released on 05/17/2023 with a MSRP of $24.99. Steam Store Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1268750/Starship_Troopers_Extermination/

Starship Troopers: Extermination is a pretty fun but janky 16 player co-op pve experience where you fight never ending waves of giant space bugs. It's unpolished and definitely early access but I find it genuinely fun, especially when people use the in game voice chat and role play as space marines.

For full transparency, I received a free review key from Terminals.io. I spent 4.3 hours as of this podcast.

►YouTube preview: https://youtu.be/3vJm2eCct0I ►Blog: https://duckyobrien.com/2023/06/15/starship-troopers-extermination-gameplay-preview-im-doing-my-part/

Ducky Obrien Show 018 - Does Kick have a bot problem, and the future of the platform

Video Game News, Reviews, and Guides (and sometimes random things)

This episode goes over Kick signing one of the largest streamers, xQc, to its platform for allegedly 70-100 million dollars. That is a lot of money. That begs the question, will this actually bring new viewers to the platform once xQc goes offline.

This is reminiscent to when Ninja and Shroud were signed by Microsoft to Mixer. Unfortunately it did not end well for Mixer but will Kick suffer the same fate?

As I checked the analytics for Kick, I found a long list of what were most probably scam streams that were botted. The site was infested with them.

Despite the bots, Kick does seem to have a noticeable increase in traffic thanks to xQc as well as Amouranth but only time will tell.

►YouTube preview: https://youtu.be/IKdqYsvZ2Qo ►Blog: https://duckyobrien.com/2023/06/19/does-kick-have-a-bot-problem/

Ducky Obrien Show 019 - The Finals is pretty fun

Video Game News, Reviews, and Guides (and sometimes random things)

I managed to play some of The Finals closed playtest. It was pretty fun! It's a 3v3v3 (or 3v3v3v3) first person shooter where the goal is the get the money and cash out with it. It's pretty fast paced with super hectic game play thanks to all the different weapons, gadgets, and level destruction.

Steam Store Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2073850/THE_FINALS/

YouTube preview: https://youtu.be/yFl3Q98l2m8 Full Match: https://youtu.be/dCqqpXL-W20 Written Article: https://duckyobrien.com/2023/06/27/i-had-fun-with-the-finals/

Ducky Obrien Show 020 - Ranked Matchmaking is a Scam

Video Game News, Reviews, and Guides (and sometimes random things)

Lately I've been engaging with only the ranked and competitive modes in video games. I guess I just don't like fun anymore, suffering is the only way I feel alive. However, after spending hundreds and even thousands of hours playing competitive modes across a wide variety of genres, I came to a singular conclusion: ranked and competitive matchmaking is a scam.

Now some of it is defintely a case of what modern gamers would call "a skill issue" and the solution is to "git gud" and I realize that. But, there is something larger moving in the shadows of game development that is more nefarious in nature. In order to show my point we can go back and observe what ranked and competitive matchmaking looked like in the past and compare it to present day matchmaking.

YouTube Video Essay: https://youtu.be/uQ_q6J62TSg Written Blog Article: https://duckyobrien.com/2023/06/29/competitive-matchmaking-is-a-scam/

Ducky Obrien Show 021 - Is YouTube fake?

Video Game News, Reviews, and Guides (and sometimes random things)

This is the audio from my YouTube video talking about the possibility that YouTube is fake. What do I mean by fake? The numbers of views can definitely be manipulated to favor YouTube in terms of obtaining more ad revenue for themselves or go the other way and force creators to pay more money for discoverability and hold their past performance hostage.

It's all speculation!

►YouTube Video Essay: https://youtu.be/0ouScktwv1A ►Blog: https://duckyobrien.com/