Aug 11, 2026 · 2 hr 5 min · 12 segments
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Um, I'm kind of in a dip right now from what I wanna play, so I was messing around with Starfield.
And every time I go back to Starfield, I'm like, "Why am I doing this? I like this game, but why am I...
Why? Why?" Um, so Todd, what have you been playing? Tell everybody what, what you've been keeping busy with.
Well, uh, we won't get into it right away, but I've been playing a lot of the Gears of War beta, 'cause I'm just a, a massive fan of that.
Uh, but in my off hours, um, I honestly, I, I've been, I, I've been sipping, uh, Final Fantasy XVI like a fine wine.
I don't feel like a lot of us, especially when we're in content, I don't know about you guys, I cannot speak for you guys, but for me personally, like, it, I find it very hard to love a game like I used to before I was a creator, because I feel like I have to rush to the next thing.
[laughs]
Like, I have just been, I pick it up and I play it for a couple months, put it back down.
And I'm just like, "I'll, I'll get back to that when I want to." And, uh, it's kind of like my guilty pleasure.
Yeah.
Yeah.
[laughs] Like, unless it is a, a naturally a big game, like usually like you beat the main campaign and you're done, so.
Mm-hmm
Um, I'm kind of in a dip right now from what I wanna play, so I was messing around with Starfield.
And every time I go back to Starfield, I'm like, "Why am I doing this? I like this game, but why am I...
Why? Why?" Um, so Todd, what have you been playing? Tell everybody what, what you've been keeping busy with.
Well, uh, we won't get into it right away, but I've been playing a lot of the Gears of War beta, 'cause I'm just a, a massive fan of that.
Uh, but in my off hours, um, I honestly, I, I've been, I, I've been sipping, uh, Final Fantasy XVI like a fine wine.
I don't feel like a lot of us, especially when we're in content, I don't know about you guys, I cannot speak for you guys, but for me personally, like, it, I find it very hard to love a game like I used to before I was a creator, because I feel like I have to rush to the next thing.
[laughs]
Like, I have just been, I pick it up and I play it for a couple months, put it back down.
And I'm just like, "I'll, I'll get back to that when I want to." And, uh, it's kind of like my guilty pleasure.
Yeah.
Yeah.
[laughs] Like, unless it is a, a naturally a big game, like usually like you beat the main campaign and you're done, so.
Mm-hmm
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