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00:00:30Howdy, everybody.
00:01:00You all remember Pastille, right?
00:01:07Syrup's manager and BFF slash surrogate brother.
00:01:09He and Perry have a nice night out together where we learn that Pastille has been completely
00:01:11living with...
00:01:12Howdy, everybody.
00:01:14I'm just gonna get right into it.
00:01:16I'll glance at the chat to answer whatever any questions you guys might have as the stream
00:01:20goes on.
00:01:20Feel free to ask me questions about whatever.
00:01:22I'm just kind of relaxing and taking this slow.
00:01:27And as we learn in Pastille's ending of Syrup in the Ultimate Suite,
00:01:30this was entirely because Syrup had a disdain for magic.
00:01:33I think there's something interesting in there in that it tells us exactly how important
00:01:35Syrup is to him, that he...
00:01:38I think there's something interesting in there in that it...
00:01:43It helps that Syrup makes...
00:01:45Pastille was too...
00:01:47Do something like this.
00:01:53It helps that Syrup makes it clear in his ending that she's more upset that Pastille was too
00:01:56scared to be himself because of the shit she says about witches.
00:01:58It's implied that these two have been close-knit for way longer than the shop's been open,
00:02:01so everything about their friendship is, at times, a little heartbreaking.
00:02:03So everything about their friendship is, at times, a little heartbreaking, but always
00:02:07for way longer than the shop's been open, so everything...
00:02:09So everything about their friendship...
00:02:13So everything about their friendship is, at times, a little heartbreaking, but always
00:02:18comes around to being touching.
00:02:19Oh my god, CD, why are you talking about Pastille in the Parastille game?
00:02:24Don't do that.
00:02:24Don't say Pastille like it's a ship.
00:02:26Don't do that.
00:02:27Don't say Pastille like it's a ship.
00:02:31The Parastille game.
00:02:32Don't do that.
00:02:33The Parastille game.
00:02:35Don't do that.
00:02:35Don't say Pastille up...
00:02:37The Parastille game.
00:02:39Don't do that.
00:02:39Don't say Pastille up like it's a ship.
00:02:42Don't say Pastille up like it's a ship.
00:02:45What's your favorite show?
00:02:46Ooh, my favorite show.
00:02:47That'd probably have to go to Voyager, maybe?
00:02:50Did you see the trailer for Megan 2?
00:02:52I have not.
00:02:53I have not.
00:03:02Oh, I know who's going to want to see this.
00:03:19Also on Big City Greens.
00:03:20Uh, I know Ginger really likes Big City Greens.
00:03:24Um, I've never seen it, though.
00:03:27I never...
00:03:27It was one of those things where it's like,
00:03:28oh, you know, maybe if I have the chance, and...
00:03:31Never really got around to it.
00:03:33Pastille up is terrible in so many ways.
00:03:34Yeah, not least of which being that they're both gay.
00:03:42Oh my god, CD, why are you talking about Pastille up in the Parastille game?
00:03:46Don't do that.
00:03:46Don't say Pastille up like it's a ship.
00:03:48Anyway, bring this up because Pastille...
00:03:50Anyway, bring this up because Pastille and Periwinkle's relationship
00:03:54has to work around Pastille's deep friendship with Syrup.
00:03:56In the second Syrup game, Pastille says as...
00:03:57In the second Syrup game, Pastille says...
00:03:59In the second Syrup game, Pastille says as much as he's having a hard time
00:04:02balancing two people that he's completely and utterly devoted to.
00:04:05CD, this is like their first...
00:04:06CD, what are you talking about?
00:04:07This is their first date.
00:04:09This is their first...
00:04:10CD...
00:04:10CD, what are you talking about?
00:04:12This is their first...
00:04:13CD, what are you talking about?
00:04:14This is their first date.
00:04:20Look, this isn't the coffin of Andy and Lele, all right?
00:04:26I'm not doing a linear narration here.
00:04:36It helps Syrup makes it clear...
00:04:37Still game.
00:04:45Found a new way to mark the puppet cuts, and it's great.
00:04:47Funnily enough, this is the same...
00:04:52Why do you put up with her?
00:04:54Because she's my favorite.
00:04:55Funnily enough, this is the same dynamic that Pastille has with Periwinkle.
00:05:00And read through the companion comic, Another Piece of Candy.
00:05:02Camilla and Eleni feature in many different comics,
00:05:03and in each one, Camilla is simultaneously embarrassed
00:05:05and eager to be in Eleni's company.
00:05:07She's actually really cute here.
00:05:08You know, she's like a big flustered lesbian
00:05:09who loves her embarrassing girlfriend.
00:05:11Her favorite things include Eleni, unfortunately.
00:05:13Ugh.
00:05:14I love this comic in particular.
00:05:16Camilla, what made you decide to become a contract demon?
00:05:18I think she just likes taking orders.
00:05:20Did I get it right?
00:05:21Ah!
00:05:31Any dumb question I want?
00:05:32Perfect, I just have one.
00:05:33Why is my couch on fire?
00:05:41Friction.
00:05:41Friction.
00:05:46It makes a stupid comment, CD sighs,
00:05:48and we cut to the outside of a tall building
00:05:49with a terrible girl being thrown off the side.
00:05:51Anyway, Pastille and Periwinkle's relationship starts off very casual and very sexually charged.
00:06:16I actually quite like this aspect of Nami's writing.
00:06:19Her characters are shown to have sex, but it's just a normal aspect of their life.
00:06:21Video games have historically had a very juvenile attitude towards sex.
00:06:25Often when games include sex, it's displayed front and center
00:06:27with all the glee and cringeworthiness of a 12-year-old finding dad's playboys.
00:06:32And it makes sense why.
00:06:33Games that put...
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00:07:02No, I don't do it.
00:07:32I don't actually need the compressor on this anymore, you're going to make me do it one event at a time?
00:08:02You know what they say, you get out, what you put in. I'm two steps ahead, being a step ahead.
00:08:14We've got big goals in this kingdom. I built this, level by level, box by box. I've reached the top.
00:08:26New game, same dedication.
00:08:32No ads ever.
00:08:36I don't even need Wi-Fi.
00:08:40No risk, no rewards.
00:08:45It's time to level up.
00:08:49This is Royal Kingdom. You think this is a game?
00:08:55It is.
00:08:56Whatever. I'll just live with the compression.
00:09:00Drio, the number one household fan brand for three consecutive years on Amazon U.S.
00:09:04Delivering 110 feet of ultra-far coverage and full room 3D airflow in just one minute.
00:09:10With smart sensor precision that syncs airflow with your every move.
00:09:14Drio, the number one household fan brand for three consecutive years on Amazon U.S.
00:09:18Whatever. I'll just live with the compression.
00:09:28It makes sense why games that put fucking front and center...
00:09:31What's your favorite movie?
00:09:33Uh, John Q.
00:09:33And it makes sense why games that put fucking front and center are made, first and foremost, for people who don't fuck IRL.
00:09:40So they don't know how to present it other than for the fucking to get more and more deranged.
00:09:43Periwinkle is a horny little bastard, but it's such a casual part of imperson-
00:09:46But it's such a casual-
00:09:48A casual part of his personality.
00:09:53For him, sex is secondary to the hunt, as it were.
00:09:55As he finds a new person to flirt with and make-
00:09:57As he finds a new person to flirt with and make them squirm.
00:10:00As he finds a new person to flirt with and make them squirm.
00:10:02Compression is a part of life, just because I'm currently playing compression.
00:10:21Games made with fucking front and center are made for people who don't.
00:10:26It's part of why he gets so attached to Pastille, as Pastille is so fun to tease.
00:10:30Periwinkle has a very playful approach to sex and sexuality,
00:10:32Which I feel is the important part of writing sexuality into a story.
00:10:42What is each character's relationship with sex itself?
00:10:46What is each character's relationship with sex itself?
00:10:52Part of writing sexuality into a story, what is each character's relationship with sex itself?
00:11:05My god.
00:11:09Okay, so I can't paste removing the event, but if I mute it, I can paste that.
00:11:14Perfect!
00:11:14Perfect!
00:11:14Perfect!
00:11:14Perfect!
00:11:22How does that work?
00:11:30Okay, so...
00:11:31I go into a thing, I open the events, and I just...
00:11:34I uncheck this little box up here, that turns off this particular effect.
00:11:39Then I just copy the event, and then I go to one where it's active.
00:11:42I right-click, and I hit Paste Event Attributes, and it's off.
00:11:47So, if I remove the event entirely, it won't paste.
00:11:54It won't overwrite the existing events, like with no events.
00:11:56If I mute, if I disable them, however, it does.
00:12:00Good to know.
00:12:00Let's take all of these.
00:12:10Actually, take literally every audio track here, Paste Event Attributes, and there we go!
00:12:18They don't have a...
00:12:19If they don't have an audio compressor...
00:12:20Yeah, see, it adds an audio compressor to other things, but it's muted, so it's fine.
00:12:30Do you think animated shows have gotten better or worse in the last 30 years?
00:12:42Um, I think it's about the same.
00:12:45It's just that...
00:12:48I guess that's how you define...
00:12:49It depends on how you define better or worse.
00:12:50I would say worse, because I define the quality of, like, animated shows as based...
00:12:55as almost entirely on how diverse they are.
00:12:57Like, you know, how many different genres and different kinds of shows do you have?
00:13:00And that's gone down over the years.
00:13:02A lot of other people who generally only watch the big adventure fantasy cartoons in the 80s,
00:13:07and only watch the big adventure fantasy cartoons now, would probably say that it's improved.
00:13:13Sibling Abuse Simulator, that helped me sort out some personal stuff.
00:13:15That was a good...
00:13:16Wow, really?
00:13:17Oh man, you're gonna love the next one, then.
00:13:24So yeah, if you were somebody who only watched stuff like He-Man and Ninja Turtles back in the 80s,
00:13:28then you'd probably say they've gotten better today.
00:13:29That's not really the metric I'd judge them on.
00:13:34We got a lot more avatars, but we lost to Fillmores.
00:13:41More homogenous than before, but still more than the same.
00:13:43Yeah.
00:13:59Characters who would punch you if you tried to hug them, even if they professed to love you.
00:14:13The variety on display for each individual...
00:14:14The variety on display for each individual...
00:14:16...is quite expansive.
00:14:18This is shown with Astragallus, Periwinkle's business partner?
00:14:23Yeah.
00:14:25Astragallus appears on the surface...
00:14:26Astragallus appears on the surface to be completely asexual.
00:14:31I...
00:14:31At least, I think.
00:14:32She says there's no magic by choice.
00:14:34Aromantic!
00:14:34Why'd I forget that word for a second?
00:14:36There's no magic by choice.
00:14:38Aromantic!
00:14:38Why'd I forget that word for a second?
00:14:39Heh, the Aromantic's buying Aromagic.
00:14:45Heh, the Aromantic's buying Aromagic.
00:14:49Anyway, as Periwinkle is regaling Astragallus with how adorable Pastille is,
00:14:52it's becoming clear that Peri is falling in love with...
00:14:54It's become...
00:14:54It's becoming clear that Peri is falling in love...
00:14:57Which is quite unusual.
00:14:58There's about...
00:14:58Which is quite unusual for him.
00:15:02He flitters about from one conquest to the next,
00:15:03only occasionally having second dates
00:15:05and never becoming anything more than friends with benefits.
00:15:07But Pastille is sticking...
00:15:08But Pastille is sticking in his head more than...
00:15:10But Pastille is sticking in his head more than anyone...
00:15:12And Antic's buying Aromagic.
00:15:14Actually...
00:15:15This actually...
00:15:17This is...
00:15:17This...
00:15:17This...
00:15:17Astragallus appears on...
00:15:18This is actually supposed to go somewhere and I never did.
00:15:21This is shown with...
00:15:21I can probably just cut that bit entirely.
00:15:26...character is quite expensive.
00:15:27Anyway, as Periwinkle is regaling Astragallus with how adorable Pastille is,
00:15:30it's becoming clear that Peri is falling in love with...
00:15:31It's becoming clear that Peri is falling in love with...
00:15:33It's becoming clear that...
00:15:35Pastille is...
00:15:35It's becoming clear that...
00:15:38it's becoming
00:15:39it's becoming clear that
00:15:42it's becoming clear that Perry is falling in love
00:15:48which is quite unusual for him
00:15:49he flitters about from
00:15:50favorite Ghibli film by the way have you heard of
00:15:52oh it's a filmmaker
00:16:00okay I've not heard of him
00:16:01my favorite by the way
00:16:02my favorite Ghibli film is Only Yesterday
00:16:08we lost the television announcer telling us what show was up next
00:16:12I mean here in Canada we still have that
00:16:13that's called The Zone
00:16:29I think adventure fantasy is kind of poison animated shows in the 2010s
00:16:33there are only three shows in the genre actually
00:16:34like Amphibia, Owl House, and Gravity Falls
00:16:36everything else I haven't bothered with
00:16:38or quit watching
00:16:39yeah I think Gravity Falls and the Owl House
00:16:41were like the only ones I liked too
00:16:43I bounced right the fuck off Amphibia
00:16:45I didn't really watch much of it
00:16:47I was just like
00:16:48oh it's another one
00:16:50I'm gonna go now
00:16:52like the TV equivalent of the cover base shooter
00:17:03even more than Cassia
00:17:04the lead character from Charm Studies
00:17:05no the open world adventure
00:17:07the open world adventure with crafting and stealth
00:17:10even more than Cassia
00:17:13the lead character from Charm Studies
00:17:14who is like if hot chocolate
00:17:15who is like if hot chocolate with cinnamon and marshmallows
00:17:18was a person
00:17:19Cassia
00:17:20the lead character from Charm Studies
00:17:21who
00:17:22who is like
00:17:23oh yeah good way to have really good coffee
00:17:32put a cinnamon stick in it
00:17:34I made a film called Your Name along with two others
00:17:43have you heard of it
00:17:44I have not
00:17:45people keep telling me to
00:17:48and I'm really petty
00:17:49so I just don't
00:17:50well they're good
00:17:51but...
00:17:51I just don't know
00:17:52and I know
00:18:05but I do know
00:18:06and I don't think I'm really happy now
00:18:07what do you think it's all this � är Um?
00:18:08on your own
00:18:10your own
00:18:11your own
00:18:12you
00:18:13have you dreamed of a
00:18:14drinking straight flavor coffee creamer good god cold carry are you okay who hurt you
00:18:25I mean Ghibli films are good I mean watch them if you want to
00:18:31it was one of the most popular anime romance films the last decade okay yeah you see there's
00:18:42your problem I don't watch those
00:18:58he was like a hot chocolate with cinnamon and marshmallows was the person
00:19:04funnily enough Cassie and Periwinkle have this really heavy nature theme featuring big bugs that
00:19:14represent natural life and all its beauty and now that's how you get me interested oh yeah
00:19:17Nausicaa in the valley of uh Nausicaa of the valley of the wind oh I love that one that's uh I always
00:19:23describe that as you know what if um uh what if princess mononoke was good
00:19:30I'm kidding princess mononoke is Nausicaa is better
00:19:35yeah I don't watch much anime honestly like I think in the last 10 years I've watched like
00:19:47six like six new ones
00:19:51funnily enough Cassie and Periwinkle have this casual friends with benefits thing going on but
00:20:04Cassie is in a committed relationship with two people she tries to bring all four of them together
00:20:08for a night but Periwinkle is very averse to polyamory and so they break things off and so they
00:20:12break things off amicably no very averse to polyamory and and so amory and so they break
00:20:21things off amicably no that's another thing we don't see often enough polyamory gamy coexisting
00:20:29with each other we don't see often enough polyamory and monogamy coexisting with each other
00:20:34oftentimes the work favors and pushes that first and foremost it's again a very juvenile attitude
00:20:41anyway anyway as time goes on Periwinkle finds his thoughts drifting more and more toward pastille
00:20:45especially as he and Periwinkle start spending more time together
00:20:48I went to see Nausicaa last week I saw the prequel short film that was crazy
00:20:54there's a prequel short film I didn't know that
00:21:11I think it was mononoke they were telling me about oh oh well the one with the what the
00:21:15post-apocalyptic one with the really big bugs that's Nausicaa
00:21:19the types of cartoons if you gave me a choice between comedic slice of life like big city greens
00:21:32and gumball and adventure fantasy like starburst or steven universe which one do you think I'm picking
00:21:36I guess it kind of I like for me it kind of depends on which one like if you if you made me choose
00:21:42between gumball and steven universe I'm picking gumball if you made me choose between big city greens
00:21:46and gravity falls I'm gonna pick gravity falls
00:22:06sound of apothecary diary what is
00:22:13ouch
00:22:36sound of apothecary diary what is the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most important one with the most
00:23:06i guess it doesn't depend on the show if it's a one i know i'm gonna like i'll pick i'll take it
00:23:20but if it's a bad show i know i'm not gonna like i'm picking the other genre yeah i mean if you
00:23:25if you sat me down in front of like two shows two animated shows one of which is a bog standard
00:23:31adventure fantasy one of which is in a completely different genre and i've never heard of either of
00:23:36them i'm picking the one in a different genre like i've seen enough adventure fantasy to know i don't
00:23:41like them
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00:25:00I got one, I'm currently in competition with a friend who can say goodnight first, aww.
00:25:30That's cute.
00:26:00So far they're winning because I have sleep medication, but I'll beat them someday.
00:26:20Things reach ahead when Periwinkle goes to Atelier Suites to return a jacket Pastille left behind, and Pastille freaks out over not being ready to be open about things in front of Syrup.
00:26:34This sends Periwinkle into a spiral over stepping over Pastille's boundaries, which is not something he would do with any other casual fling.
00:26:48It's obvious to everyone, even the most aromantic motherfucker in the cast, that Periwinkle is in love.
00:26:53He then tries to rebound another party, and everything goes s-
00:26:55I wanted to thank you properly.
00:26:58Because of you, I met my two awesome partners who I love very much.
00:27:02Thank you, Red Heart Emoji, Red Heart Emoji, Red Heart Emoji.
00:27:07Aw.
00:27:08Thanks, fetus.
00:27:18Thank you, Red Heart Emoji.
00:27:30Thank you, Red Heart Emoji.
00:27:35He then tries to rebound another party, and everything goes south because he can't stop thinking about Pastille, and he collapses in a heap.
00:28:00The next morning, Pastille comes by to apologize for all of that, and it seems like it's all no big deal for all of that, and it seems like it's all no big deal, so Periwinkle is freaking out over nothing and is embarrassed about it.
00:28:13What follows is several chapters of this sequence repeating infinitely as Periwinkle is unable to sort out his feelings for Pastille and his reputation as someone who doesn't do long-term relationships.
00:28:23A few interesting conversations come from this. Pastille and Periwinkle discuss gender stuff, since they're both mask-presenting but enjoy fem-dressing.
00:28:30Pastille is actually interse- and transmasculine and enjoys feminine clothes. Man, this boy's just a whole deck of cards.
00:28:38Wow, Pastille really looked at gender and said yes.
00:28:41He's masculine and enjoys feminine clothes. Man,
00:28:46and clothes. Wow, Pastille really looked at gender and said yes.
00:28:53Later on, they actually discuss Gumdrop, as while Pastille doesn't necessarily regret making her, he does regret that she's stuck in a cat-
00:29:00He does regret that she's stuck in a cat-
00:29:00He does regret that she's stuck in a cat-
00:29:01He does regret that she's stuck in a cat-
00:29:02He does regret making her, he-
00:29:03...on vacation, and got the kids watching with me to chant kiss kiss kiss, and he peed on the moon.
00:29:18uh me and mckay's the one i know mckay would love this
00:29:26i think we saw like the first sonic movie as part of like a movie night back when i was still
00:29:40back when i was still dating ginger i think we saw the second one in theaters
00:29:45never got a chance to see the third one in theaters he does regret that she's stuck in
00:29:50a candy body with all the limitations therein pastille had no idea gumdrop's emotions would
00:29:56be real pastille had no idea that gumdrop gumdrop he'll had no idea that gumdrop's emotions would
00:30:05be real that she'd be completely sapient and aware golems in this universe usually aren't sapient at
00:30:10all they're just automatons but usually aren't sapient at all they're just automatons but
00:30:16because pastille is so powerful he inadvertently created a soul this is interesting this is it
00:30:22this is interesting and it gets brought up this is interesting that it gets brought up here very
00:30:27as this very issue forms a significant portion of the plot of syrup 2
00:30:31which actually runs concurrently with starry flowers
00:30:37unfortunately my previous complaint about this game does still ring true a lot of scenes and
00:30:46dialogue are padded like a menstruating fire hose a lot of scenes and dialogue are padded like a
00:30:51menstruating fire hose conversations that would be trim and tidy in one game are blown into verbose
00:30:56ordeals as periwinkle rings every last ounce of dialogue out of every possible conversation
00:31:01and his internal monologue takes up large portions of the screen
00:31:05the game bills itself as a slow burn and what
00:31:07the game bills itself as a
00:31:10the game bills itself as a slow burn and unfortunately what that usually means is a
00:31:17lot of pussyfooting around as periwinkle comes up with every excuse possible up to and including
00:31:21accidentally creating a love potion to avoid accepting that he's fallen in love with pastille
00:31:26none of this is helped by the fact that it's a
00:31:32none of this is helped by the fact that it's a kinetic novel so there's no dialogue choices
00:31:36no gameplay and no branching paths to engage your brain it's not the longest or even the most
00:31:41unnecessarily padded visual novel i've ever played just earlier this month both of those titles were
00:31:45snatched away from it by decay which has this problem ten fucking fold which has this problem
00:31:52but significantly worse
00:31:54and
00:32:02it's not the longest or even the most unnecessarily
00:32:06is
00:32:08it's not the longest or even the most
00:32:11unnecessarily padded visual novel i've ever played i mean just i mean just earlier this month i ever played i mean
00:32:18i mean ju
00:32:20Just earlier this month, I had to... I mean, just earlier this... I mean, just earlier this month, I had to record footage of Decay, and has this same problem, but, like, 20 times worse.
00:32:34But, like...
00:32:36Like, 20 times worse.
00:32:43...all Decay, because you will be...
00:32:47I'm a Titan!
00:32:48Oh, damn it, Autumn.
00:32:54If you kept all the time this section repeats, you could probably simulate the experience of playing the game.
00:32:58Look, I gotta take multiple... I gotta do multiple takes. I club lines constantly.
00:33:13How best... Oh, I know how best to... I know how best to, uh...
00:33:17Besss!
00:33:47Yeah, huh!
00:33:48What I call impostors новых saber!
00:33:49How else?
00:33:50Now,é–“...
00:33:51Then, let's go ahead and try to record.
00:33:52You know how?
00:33:53That reminds me of hat only with...
00:33:54But when I was able to forget about that this is the case.
00:33:55I have to deal with this, but I influence my argument so much recognizes.
00:33:57Just did that.
00:33:57installations, which are for a big franchise.
00:34:02When I left the Ε bereft scene, Iاص.
00:34:34That's why he has to get ADHD gremlins to make the tedium tolerable.
00:35:04Jesus Christ, look at the length of these things.
00:35:22Four hours, one hour, two and a half.
00:35:25Like, fucking hell.
00:35:28You are six hours long.
00:35:31Six and a half, for fuck's sake.
00:35:55The director's cut.
00:36:00The worst part is, this isn't even finished.
00:36:03There's still like a whole half the thing left to go.
00:36:06I mean, just earlier this month, I had to record footage of Decay, and that has this same
00:36:15problem, but problem, but like 20 times worse.
00:36:36Let us unlock yours.
00:37:06This gets our style headache.
00:37:19Ugh.
00:37:25Six and a half hours of two people not getting a much needed divorce.
00:37:29No, don't say it like that.
00:37:36Out of time, I could tidy up my room, clean all the windows, and make breakfast.
00:37:40I'm glad I caught your stream, CD.
00:37:41He was celebrating my birthday today.
00:37:42Oh, happy birthday!
00:37:43And arguably, Syrup 2 is longer in sheer length as well, but those games all have-
00:37:49But those games have length as well, but-
00:37:51But those games have all the-
00:37:56But the kick-
00:37:57But the thing about both of those is all the monologue is broken up by gameplay.
00:38:08Broken up by gameplay.
00:38:09And this is the important part.
00:38:10The verbosity of this game often comes from the sheer repetition.
00:38:14Harry Winkle will explain and re-explain things multiple times, often to multiple characters,
00:38:19and then to the play-
00:38:20And then to the player in-
00:38:21And then to the-
00:38:22Player in his internal monologue.
00:38:25And then half of his conversations with Pastille are ironing-
00:38:28And then half of his conversations with Pastille are ironing out every last possible boundary
00:38:33interesting kink, like a really polite pickup artist with crippling OCD.
00:38:38This isn't really the game's fault.
00:38:40I mean, it's billed as a slow burn, and slow burns by design tend to be overly long and verbose
00:38:45before an author has to artificially insert roadblocks by making characters unable to just accept their feelings and do something about it.
00:39:15Love stories tend to come in multiple phases, incitement, denial, confession, and romance, and slow burn stories will often simply extend the denial phase long past the point of being reasonable.
00:39:29This is a consequence of a media landscape that favors will they won't think of the book to keep people watching long-running TV shows and reading long-running comics.
00:39:38And the kicker is raw length doesn't really factor in because no matter how short it is, you can always tell when a story is running in circles to extend that denial phase.
00:39:51Everyone's got a different taste for this. Some people live for that shit.
00:39:55They want to see the-
00:39:56They want the slowest possible burn imaginable.
00:40:00They want to-
00:40:00They want the slowest possible burn imaginable.
00:40:03They want to get three-
00:40:05Three hundred and fifty thousand words deep into a story, and the characters are only just starting to accept that they have feelings for each other.
00:40:13But personally, edging has-
00:40:15But personally-
00:40:16But, speaking for only for-
00:40:18But, speaking only for myself, edging has never really been a kink of mine.
00:40:22I live for the quickie.
00:40:23I be-
00:40:24But speaking person-
00:40:26But speaking for myself, edging has never really been a kink of mine.
00:40:29I live for the quickie.
00:40:31I-
00:40:33I beat my-
00:40:35I live for the quickie.
00:40:37I-
00:40:38I live for the quickie.
00:40:40I-
00:40:41I live for the quickie.
00:40:44I-
00:40:45I live for the quickie.
00:40:47I beat my wife off so fast our sex tape is called Any Percent.
00:40:51I beat my wife off so fast our sex tape has Any Percent in the title.
00:41:01I showed that joke to McKay before, uh, before committing to putting it in the video.
00:41:06And she wheezed for like a solid ten minutes.
00:41:12Speedrun joke might just be the highlight for me so far, goddamn.
00:41:16Time is precious in life, yeah, yeah, but-
00:41:19Slow burn is a thing to-
00:41:22What?
00:41:23Ferb, I think you need to work-
00:41:25I think you need to work on that phrasing.
00:41:31I think my favorite is a very-
00:41:32Was a lot of really good character work as Pastille and Periwinkle just talk about normal everyday couple stuff.
00:41:37I think my favorite is a very brief conversation where Pastille discusses his relationship with Syrup.
00:41:42As he's opening up a lot of frustrations with Syrup's bitter personality.
00:41:45Given that not only do Periwinkle-
00:41:47As he's opening up a lot of frustrations with Syrup's bitter personality.
00:41:50Given that not only do Periwinkle and Syrup get introduced in the sequel, but also conspire to do-
00:41:55Something really nice for Pastille and bond over it.
00:41:57I've gained a new appreciation for this moment in particular.
00:41:58Pastille is so worried about giving Periwinkle a bad impression of Syrup, but all it takes is seeing how much effort and love Syrup puts into actions over words, and now they're friends.
00:42:16It's quite noticeable grow-
00:42:17It's quite noticeable growth from this game, but where Periwinkle actively keeps away from most people, only engaged-
00:42:25In casual flings, and a sign for that is extremely reclusive.
00:42:32He does all this after an extremely harmful and painful relationship in his teenage years left him with intimacy issues.
00:42:40Oh wow, I've been there dude, it sucks.
00:42:42Oh wow, I've been there dude, it sucks.
00:42:44Issues.
00:42:45Intimacy issues.
00:42:47Oh wow, I've been there dude, it sucks.
00:42:49With all my complaining about the verbosity of this game, that ending is absolutely adorable.
00:42:53Some of the best confession and couple dialogue in any of these games.
00:42:57I could be a real bitch about the second act, but by the end of the game I was smiling and giggling like an idiot.
00:43:02The first time I played this game was the first time I'd been introduced to these characters at all, but you are supposed to play these games in release order.
00:43:08And my appreciation for it has vastly improved with how Periwinkle slots into the larger group.
00:43:12Both Periwinkle and Pastille start out with secondary roles in other people's games, but them and their nascent personalities get built on here.
00:43:19That being said, Starry Flowers remains the most difficult to recommend on its own.
00:43:22Drowning Drowning may be technically a weaker story, but it's also short.
00:43:35If you've played Syrup and Spooky…
00:43:37If you've played Syrup and Spooky...
00:43:38If you've played Syrup and Spooky and enjoyed Pastille and Periwinkle, then you'll adore this, because it's more of them and gets very extensively into the weeds about them.
00:43:50Verbosity aside, I actually quite like it.
00:43:52it. There are a lot of really good games out there that are difficult to recommend because you need to
00:43:56fit a certain criteria to really appreciate it. It's just that if you don't like visual novels,
00:44:01Nami's games are usually still extremely good. But if you don't like visual novels,
00:44:07Starry Flowers is everything you don't like about visual novels.
00:44:22How about TAS and I want to give them a try. Okay, little senses of the word.
00:44:43Ah, tool assisted speedrun, that's terrible, bravo.
00:45:06Now what a slow burn is better, make it a scented candle.
00:45:13Visual novel longer than the bible.
00:45:22What the fuck kind of visual novel is that?
00:45:28What artist did they torment to make that?
00:45:43You look so pretty in pink, against the starry night's sky, without you my heart would...
00:45:58Flowers is everything you don't like about visual novels.
00:46:03You look so pretty in pink, against the starry night's sky, without you my heart would sing,
00:46:13So I can tell you why.
00:46:16So I can tell you why.
00:46:18So I can tell you why.
00:46:22I can tell you why.
00:46:22Have an awesome opportunity.
00:46:24You look so pretty.
00:46:25So I can tell you why.
00:46:28This is the starry night.
00:46:30So you look so pretty, why?
00:46:32I can tell you why.
00:46:34This is the starry night music.
00:46:36This is the starry night music.
00:46:41Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
00:47:41There we go.
00:48:11Oh, it's a series.
00:48:37Okay.
00:48:39You didn't tell me that.
00:48:41Tell me that.
00:48:43You didn't tell me that.
00:48:53You didn't tell me that.
00:49:35You didn't tell me that.
00:49:37You didn't tell me that.
00:49:39You didn't tell me that.
00:49:41You didn't tell me that.
00:49:43You didn't tell me that.
00:49:45You didn't tell me that.
00:49:47You didn't tell me that.
00:49:49You didn't tell me that.
00:49:51You didn't tell me that.
00:49:53You didn't tell me that.
00:49:55You didn't tell me that.
00:49:57You didn't tell me that.
00:49:59You didn't tell me that.
00:50:01You didn't tell me that.
00:50:03You didn't tell me that.
00:50:05You didn't tell me that.
00:50:07You didn't tell me that.
00:50:09You didn't tell me that.
00:50:11You didn't tell me that.
00:50:13You didn't tell me that.
00:50:15You didn't tell me that.
00:50:17You didn't tell me why.
00:50:19You didn't tell me that.
00:50:19I was the first to get home.
00:50:20Sorry to go back and go back.
00:50:21You didn't tell me that.
00:50:24So now it looks so good.
00:50:26You didn't tell you that.
00:50:28And then you'll tell me that
00:50:29if all of the future matters things
00:50:30should come in ì•„ë¹ 's place
00:50:32excuse pues for sure the story
00:50:33came out of the story.
00:50:34All of them are struggling with
00:50:34their role in the story.
00:50:35The hero is supposed to rescue the Maiden
00:50:37and kill the Overlord,
00:50:40but doesn't really want to.
00:50:41The maiden is supposed to be kidnapped
00:50:42by the Overlord,
00:50:43but it hasn't happened
00:50:44and she's getting tired of waiting around.
00:50:45waiting goes to find the overlord herself, which starts quite a lovely exchange about
00:50:49which starts quite a
00:50:50goes to find the overlord herself, which
00:50:53which starts quite a lovely exchange about expectations, where the overlord tells the
00:51:01maiden not to worry so much about fate's role. The actual outcome of all this depends on the
00:51:05player's choices, of which there are over 40 combinations, and exhaustively getting every
00:51:09last possible ending forms a significant part, and exhaustively
00:51:11and exhaustively getting every possible combination forms a significant part of the
00:51:16actual gameplay.
00:51:23It's quite puzzling, as you have four different variables to keep track of, any one of which can cause
00:51:27someone, any one of which can cause
00:51:29which can cause someone
00:51:30to keep track of
00:51:32any one of which can cause something out of sight of your POV character to keep you trapped
00:51:41in a constant loop. For instance, I was trying to get the hero's true end and kept getting the
00:51:45ending where the overlord has no idea where the maiden is no matter what I did, because stupid
00:52:11What I did was trying to get the hero's true end and kept getting the ending where the overlord is no matter what I did, but I didn't get the ending where the overlord has no idea where the
00:52:29I was trying to get the hero's true end and kept getting the ending where the overlord has no idea where the maiden is no matter what I did because stupid me forgot to uncheck hungry on the underling which meant the maiden kept getting eaten.
00:52:59No matter what I did because stupid me forgot to uncheck hungry on the underling.
00:53:29me forgot to uncheck hungry on the underling which
00:53:35kept the maiden get it which meant the maiden kept getting eaten.
00:53:45I was hungry on the underling which meant the maiden kept getting eaten.
00:54:07Personally out of all the characters I think the maiden and the overlord are the most interesting because they're not just the most detailed and have the most in depth perspective they relate directly to the themes of the story.
00:54:23Once you find the true end for every character you can jump right into the final stage to get a true good ending.
00:54:29story.
00:54:31Once you find the true end for every character you can jump right into the final stage to get a true good ending.
00:54:37story.
00:54:39Once you find the true end for every character you can jump right into the final stage to get a true good ending.
00:54:47story.
00:54:49Once you find the true end for every character you can jump right into the final stage to get a true good ending.
00:54:57good ending.
00:55:09But upon finding every ending for each character you'll see a letter drop down.
00:55:13Getting all four paints a picture of why tragedy opened the theater in the first place.
00:55:21Tragedy had a lover who would rewrite her bad endings exactly.
00:55:27Happy endings but unfortunately they were separated by their homophobic village.
00:55:37Tragedy opened the theater in order to make others make other characters.
00:55:43I guess I'm sorry.
00:55:45it's a picture of why tragedy opened the theater in order to make other characters.
00:55:49by their homophobic village tragedy open the theater in order to tragedy open the
00:55:54theater in order to make other
00:56:03tragedy open the theater in order to make others in the words of the song
00:56:19or maybe you're afraid not
00:56:33while you're in love sharing my mystery
00:56:43for all eternity
00:56:49you
00:56:59oh i could just
00:57:03in the words of the song
00:57:17in the words of the song
00:57:23though tragedy always liked to write tragic stories the endings in bad theater are so overloaded with
00:57:47spite and in some cases just so lacking in real drama
00:57:54spite and in some cases just so lacking in real drama that at times it feels personal
00:57:58the characterization of many characters from the townsfolk ready to burn the maiden at the stake
00:58:03to the hero being skeptical if the maiden claims the overlord is actually friendly
00:58:07even a lot of the maiden's endings come down to if you try to be with the overlord bad things will
00:58:12happen to you and her
00:58:19and her if you try to be with the overlord
00:58:22and claims the overlord is actually friendly
00:58:24even a lot of them
00:58:29if you try to
00:58:30if you try to be with the overlord
00:58:42bad things will happen to you and her
00:58:44reeks of tragedy
00:58:46reeks of tragedy
00:58:48reeks of tragedy
00:58:49project reeks of tragedy projecting her pain and anger into her writing
00:58:52hell the very premise of the entire story is that the overlord is a threat to the maiden
00:58:56the overlord is a threat to the maiden but upon finding but upon going to meet her the overlord isn't really a
00:59:03to meet her the overlord isn't really a threat to anybody the townsfolk just think she is
00:59:09sounds a lot like how it sounds a lot like how a bigoted family talks of sounds
00:59:14how a bigoted family talks about your hot girl
00:59:18sounds a lot like how you're bigoted it sounds an awful lot like how your bigoted
00:59:21talks about your hot goth girlfriend
00:59:26That's not to say this is a bad thing, people process their pain through their art, and there's a pattern of those presently in pain, writing stories about loss and suffering, while those in recovery favoring the opposite.
00:59:49While those in recovery favoring the opposite. She even says to the player, we used to look at the types of stories where love conquers all.
01:00:00Favouring the opposite. She even says to the player, we used to like the types of stories where love conquers all.
01:00:23Guys, the new puzzle game Royal Kingdom just launched, and I figured we're all going to be playing it a lot, so I'm here to answer any questions. Yes, bedtime Jimmy.
01:00:39Is it a good way to relax and have fun? Sure is. Showtime Jimmy? Are there ads? No, can you believe they make games with no ads? Flight Jimmy. Do I need Wi-Fi? Do I need Wi-Fi? Nope, which means you can play anywhere.
01:00:48Just bought a pricey latte, Jimmy? Is it free? Yep, not a single dime to download. Yes! Oh, yeah. Emotional, Jimmy. I'm just like so excited to download this game. Same. Cowboy Jimmy? Giddy up, partner. Okay, I think that covers it. So Royal Kingdom, it's relaxing.