So far, the new Xbox boss is saying (and doing ) the right things | Friends Per Second #93
4/26/20262 hr 13 min
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Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 05:49 Xbox News 26:48 Hello Fresh (ad) 29:14 Interview with Saros Creative Director Gregory Louden 50:16 Jake and Ralph Have Been Playing Saros 01:05:23 Ralph's Been Playing Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred 01:11:05 Everyone's Been Playing Pragmata 01:21:31 Lucy's Been Playing Vampire Crawlers, The Expanse Osiris Reborn, and Titanium Court 01:39:02 Interview with Titanium Court Creator AP Thomson 02:00:57 Show and Tell 02:10:02 Wrap Up
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Let's meet our hosts!
- Jake Baldino (aka the Before You Buy Guy) is pretty much the most watched reviewer on YouTube across both Gameranx and his personal channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JakeBaldino). If you're obsessed with Delorians, The Mummy and Pizza you can discuss that stuff with him directly over on Twitter: @JakeBaldino
- Lucy James is a Senior Producer at Gamespot. She's actually, like, experienced and credentialed and has real life skills and stuff, while the rest of the gang would be funemployed if the YT algorithm didn't kiss them for random, inexplicable reasons. - Skill Up used to work at McDonalds but he got fired for skimming too many chicken nuggets. He says he regrets it since he hasn't had a better job since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 00:00
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Speaker 10:20
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Speaker 20:45
[upbeat music] Yeah, we're recording earlier, so I'm good, man.
Speaker 30:53
It's mid- middle of the day for Jake, but it's fine. He's al- he's fucking full of beans.
Speaker 20:55
Yeah.
Speaker 40:55
And why is he so spry?
Speaker 20:57
Yeah.
Speaker 40:57
It's 11:00 PM for me.
Speaker 30:58
7:30, baby. Fuck us both.
Speaker 21:00
It's like we're- Yeah ... it's like we're- we swapped. I'm always the sleepy one.
Speaker 31:03
[laughs] That's right.
Speaker 41:04
Yeah.
Speaker 21:04
Now you guys are the sleepy ones. Now you gotta keep up with me. [laughs] [laughs] [laughs] Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Friends Per Second podcast, uh, where we gather here to talk about video games. I am Jake Baldino. I'm joined by Ralph, AKA Skill Up, and Lucy James. How are you guys doing?
Speaker 31:23
Good. I'm- Well, we've covered that we're sleepy. We are. I'm tired.
Speaker 41:27
But otherwise, well.