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(Shakyra) Hey, it's ya girl Shakyra Mabone
(Jada) Jada Vasser
(Anthony) And Anthony Brinson and this is All Shades of Chocolate where we bring
(Shakyra) the sweetest
(Jada) the hottest
(All three) black culture MSU
(Anthony) Alright so so far our fans because we just said this about two weeks in a row and he'd been in his room for like three weeks in a row Mr. DeMonte I gotta be honest keep coming up not who he is kind of shout out to my team I'm glad you are feeling better we'll get you on eventually I'm gonna stop saying next week at this point eventually but everybody filling in the room we got a couple guest in we were pretty good just reversed me and as record going deeper and definitely going on deeper our other bit of white chocolate but now we just flipped in our recording all shades and Elle and DeMonte gets hay out of us like
(Jada) he said I don't want to be in here no more no release me
(Anthony) oh we also got a new structure if you guys can't tell from the editing we're all on the same side I like it's been pretty cool. I hope you
(Jada) Yeah, it's like they can see everybody
(All three) I feel like I'm in a press conference or something. Today it is Black History Month you know it is this is real life real like real stuff those black Kusuma Black History Month to mine yeah.
(Anthony) Stuff like three photons and please don't fire me but um this week's systematic no but this week we're gonna do a gamer episode as you may or may not know depending on you know what's personally Jay does specifically he's actually a pretty big gamer like I would consider her a bigger gamer to meet currently because I kind of feel back because games it's not it's not sad. I don't know if that's me getting older just in general but illegal lead to a gamer girl which by the way do you know the unfortunate anime and stigma just unfortunate things that happens a Gamer Girls
(Jada and Anthony ) Oh you mean like the lobbies and call it? Where females can play video games? Yeah. No, no, no, no, no you black unfortunately. No, seriously, it's very sad. Yeah, it gets to the point where even girls they don't like show they face or they don't like my goal. Yes, I play without the mic on because I just play
(Anthony) Even me low key and I tried to have tough skin because I played Rainbow Six seeds so unfortunately you understand how toxic that can get but even like I was on a mic one time and I just knew I was black by the sound of my lips not even know if all this was racist.
(Anthony and Jada) It was just cooking me or the sound of my lips. Yeah, to my my
(Anthony) Um, okay. And they were saying the N word and it was clearly white. Like, there wasn't me and it was white and Mexicans calling me on Monday.
(Jada) was great that you know, I keep my mic off. And I just play the game.
(Anthony) But how is it being a gamer girl? I haven't just that story. I think you said like, I'll let you tell like Who taught you how to play games and stuff. But just yeah, how is it being into games as a girl?
(Jada and Anthony) It's fun. No, I was really it's fun know I was really
(Jada) I've been into video games since I was young like me and my sister Janae we always kind of play video games. Like we're like Mario we had 3d S's we had the DS XL we had all the every new thing that came out we usually got it for Christmas so he really were
(Anthony and Jada start bickering) really spoiling oh you said junk. If you can't live my lifestyle it's all right this is not this is not I love you but I wasn't the combat.
(Jada) No, but we just always play games. There's just something meeting there with you. We had a we. We tore up Michael Jackson. The experience. Especially loving Michael Jackson. All right. All right, bro. But you didn't know we were just always games but I will admit I kind of fell off from games like getting older. It was fun. But I felt like there was a point where no new games were coming out that interested me or so we had an Xbox. But it was during the time that PlayStation start to get like more popular so then they stopped making a lot of current Xbox games. So we're like, okay, we don't have a PlayStation Network to a mortgage. But we had an Xbox and one of the first games I remember playing like on an actual system, our experts 360 shot up extra 360 with Call of Duty Black Ops two to this day. That's one of my favorite games because it got me into playing video games. It's a shooting game and it may be violent, but it's fun. You want to release some anger and a healthy We play Call of Duty Black Ops two it's fun. But yeah, we learned how to play that game were strictly from my dad when we would go over my dad's house that's the games he would play he had an Xbox so he kind of introduced us to like the controller and what the buttons mean and that was the game he kind of taught us how to play but really just no controller said here play and we were like, oh, what's the button? He said play? Oh, figured it out.
(Shakyra and Jada) that's what my dad did. So I'm like i What is this lets you get stuck on the level either my dad at least helped do it yourself. They do it the show out and be like, Okay, you do that.
(Anthony) And I used to be I tell my day it's cool dad moments. I remember because it was kind of different for me. I just picked up the games and just wouldn't just play it and then when I couldn't be the level I remember it was which Mario was on the week was that Super Mario? Super Mario Mario it was a very last it was that and a fight night champions it was the last boss and each of those guys I couldn't be and then he did it like him playing for hours and then beat it was cool damn won't be like you actually did rescue and then oh my god. So and I'll let you take back the segment or this section of the segment but we are always our rivalry games or sports games. So specifically Madden and 2k and I part of the reason I don't play neither of those games Domo is because of well more sentimental he stopped playing the game has left so I didn't have as much fun playing those two games. It was kind of hard they also it was so toxic. Like if it here. Like will it be yelling? If so imagine you kick a field goal something the lion shouldn't do anyways, so you pick a field goal. You got it? You got to concentrate to get the buttons right here. Yeah, but I don't mess up and I mess up. Be quiet. I'll be totally Yes, it was it was our other thing but I can't stand manner to get a shout out those games if you sponsor shout out but I don't blame them. But um, if you wouldn't mind me ask I know my bad if I cut you off. Would you be able to name your like your top five game systems or wait three B's? You're like top three?
(Jada and Anthony) Like gaming systems like PlayStation? Yeah. Oh, could you do five or with three B's here? Could I do five? I don't know if I could do five. Okay, let me see my top one. Okay, I'm kind of by legislators top three. Top three
(Jada) PlayStation. I have a ps4. My number two. The Nintendo Switch I have a Nintendo Switch. Number three Xbox 360. Just because it's memories. My for a Wii memories. Then five 3ds XL because that's the one I played the most. I remember playing I had a blue three yesterday and they had the red three. Yes, because for a long time, my favorite color was blue and Nate's favorite color always been red. So I always got the blue stuff. They got the red stuff, and I remember playing it but it was some book that pink 3ds XL when it came out.
(Shakyra) That was like the iPhones Yeah
(Jada) and I fell in love that blue three and I don't know what happened with this.
(Anthony) Let me show y'all how she a younger real quick she ordered me by multiway but let me show you how she did younger real quick based on the system. She
(All three hosts) I didn't have a Nintendo 64 for Shakyra 64 to let you know I have a dad who was born in the 80s so they kind of grew up with that. He had an older brother who had like the GameCube in the 70s I didn't play no GameCube no instead well GameCube was kind of popular before the system
(Anthony) But let me tell you I see a young girl but first of all my top five or maybe I don't know if I do find him he started three but number one PlayStation bias. Don't even gotta explain that system. Number two, let me show you how your Gameboy. No way crapped on me for saying I have a 64 Game Boys younger than no system. That was when we was born. I think around right now I know it's 9.0 Dragonball Z Games? I think I know for sure Hey, Ray man are right now. No, I'm saying I went I think pokimane at a game was gonna be my number two. Number three the original DS are no what was the 3ds XL it was the burgundy one was that the XL? I think Thanks. Well either way so I kind of weird because I forgot to rank for the rankings as a regular DS because even though I hadn't a 3ds I never used the 3d modes always gave me a headache. So if we're going like if I'm going based on that, then just the regular DS but if I'm looking I think, um, because I think that's the one I had. Yeah, that's excellent. So yeah, 3ds XL if I'm being more personal because I had the burgundy 3ds XL, but I've never turned on in 3d. So I guess the question, DSI DSI. Yeah. Can I ask you a question or exports cool. Hey, you're ever had a tutor? Yes. That was so odd. No. 2d How's the money very
(Jada) played somebody today yes but I don't think I had one of my own
(Anthony) so hear me on my bed Hear me out so what was the difference between a two Ds and a DS? T
(Jada) It just didn't close
(Shakyra) yeah it didn't close okay so Oh, this is what a studious look like. I'm trying to show
(Jada) the viewers yeah it was just it was just
(Shakyra) I mean it was it was cute I like it I mean I liked it i mean i usually most I just used it for like
pictures because you know I mean
(Anthony) four obviously a Betta we I thought a we in there and I was I was a staple when I when we first got to we we felt are we but me and my sister or at least me specifically but we was rich and then broke oh yeah we'll now one thing I never did get to experience extra noon yeah
(Jada) we have one fight like cats and dogs
(Anthony) especially when we're trying to do we sports I think even the wheel we have one wheel and then we add a shadow wheel. But then number five what would be my fifth game? Oh, whoa wait. Oh no. restructure my list number one I even PlayStation PSP. I love my dad's PSP so much. I think I broke like all 3123 I broke them. I was I've always had Berets. I've been very clumsy since I can remember like I broke I broke I think I broke twice the same way. I was walking down the stairs and tripped and they dropped. Very welcome. So one PSP number two PlayStation number three Gameboy number four ds. And then number five, we've been a shout out. I don't know if this can be considered a game system. And I didn't always think I won. I can't remember. Shout out the LeapFrog.
(All three) Yeah. Have the tag. Oh come on. Now. Wait a minute. Hold on. Come on. Ladies. 64 again. Thank you, whatever it is. Don't try to play me on is don't trying to play me. Crazy.
(Anthony) It's you to answer we came out and I say don't try to play me usually I don't try to for you. But VTech is basically like a LeapFrog. But it's like a video game. It's I don't know, it's not an off brand. Are
(Shakyra) But it's, it was like for educational games. Because like I said, my family's like really big on education. So even though I did have like, a lot of gain system growing up, you know, they still wanted me to be like, you know, reading trying to, I don't know, solve problems or whatever. So, yeah I'm very intelligent. Look at the camera like he does. So can I talk about my top five? I mean, you're just okay. All right. So number one is to gank you old cars. I did. Oh, okay. We know what I can explain. So my late mother, she originally had a Gamecube when it first came out and stuff like that. And she gave it she passed. She basically gave it to me once like the Xbox 360 came out. And I used to like play a lot of games on there with my mom basically like how you know, dad like mine or whatever. Yeah, but um, yeah, so that's why it's my favorite. And plus, it's cute. Like, I like the little intro. Where you never had a Gamecube or No, I didn't. I was gonna say no, no joke about when I like your mom was so shattered. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Look just like the woman by the way. Okay, so thank you. We even though you know, that was like later on in my lifetime or whatever. And then you got the ps3. I'm sorry. And then the PS two specific Oh, you guessed it Yeah, yeah. And then the 2DS.
(All three) Like the list? Do you only have a 2d? Yes. Or did you have the other one? No, I just had a question. I was actually and everybody in the room actually worry. Oh, I have to cool math games. Top on pizza so many gotta talk about the Michael Jordan or LeBron, do whatever you think is the goal of coolmath Bro, rolling Star. Star. That's the goal. I think I know what you were describing.
(Anthony) It was not a game about a Rolling Stone like it was kind of a puzzle game. You had to rotate the way. You had to rotate the map and the star had to fall in a specific place to complete the level I don't know if I'm getting the name wrong so let's start Cool man can I use your computer data actually yes I can see Shakyra Appreciate you respect my vision like that like to blur out the color for
(Jada) Thank you, got it for Christmas and Christmas
(All three hosts and guests in the room) anybody PLEASE JUST DANCE What was your favorite one moss is for sale okay that's yeah yeah you call on like three you'd have for me to remember which one I'll just ask for classic yeah did have toxic Raining Men Istanbul oh okay not to my two I think two of my favorite Yeah, it just dances were fun though. The first two are fun. I gotta cook Eber Why are you using Microsoft Bing no rolling hero not rolling Anthony Brinson the third if you want this to be on camera I'll put this on Google Chrome Firefox Firefox and Firefox I'm still cooking for Firefox you are lucky but let's say there are words I cannot say on this mic. So you scared that I'm joking I'm joking I'm joking. Camera very scared. She gets a cooking crazy for you to say so you're scared and then go please listen because they're her heiresses did they take it too far right too far you started with Microsoft Bing talking about a joke you see your mother cook on you you right quick glasses to be lopsided? You don't get the question. I mean, if you want to water it all right, that was a time. One of those was crazy. But then dang Daniel back at it again. We're gonna do with the White Mountains.
(Anthony) But um, so the question is just some rapid fire questions or Mario or Sonic Mario? Wait a minute hold on my boyfriend I would say Sonic. culture but shadow Sonic. I grew up on Sonic. He grew up. Oh, no, if I had to choose, I'm sorry. I'm changing my answer. Sonic. I'm sorry. People are looking at both but I pick Mario. Mario So then here we go. Pac Man or Mario? Mario Mario? Pac Man. I'm not gonna hold you by the way. One of my great aunts had like the little arcade machine and it was my it was so sweet. To have it to my granddad. Let me clarify first of all, Miss Pac Man because that's the one my parents always played so I'm saying Miss Pac Man over Mario. Super Mario do I miss Pac Man or original Mario barely go Pac Man. But it's close because I just because so here's my argument with Pac Man. One Mario odd a lot. Like why did Mario games are still being made? Like that guy? Right? And if I were to go like the goal is Mario.
(Shakyra) So what's your favorite Mario game is a Super Mario Galaxy. I love that.
(Anthony) I look he's a original Mario. Nice. Yeah. My favorite girl. Mario games. Hey, that's a good point. Because my answer would be original Mario but I gotta get some honorable mentions to Super Mario on the Wii. What was that Mario and Luigi game on the DS? So are you broke? No, no, no. It was um so that one I'm gonna try to look it up. But um that Mario game we'd be playing on the switch. Are we pleased to play on the switch? Oh, my son. Yeah. The one where I guess the Mario Party game? Both superstar What was this Mario Luigi game on the switch? I mean, yes, yes. Yeah, you
(Hosts search for Mario game) got it. You got seen a real time RT ds this one? Oh, this one oh, Mario and Luigi browsers. What is that? What is it Mario Luigi Dream Team? Yes. Yeah. All right. No, not this one was the one with Bowser was on the cover. So Not this one where it was let me go back let me go back let me go to I'm talking to Mike it's not because I can't see is that the home okay go back to the original home you that one was on our browsers Inside Story yes your cell phone shed a lot of tears and gangs it was hard it was shot on Paper Mario. Oh yeah that game right there today not only it was what that say Mario Sonic at the Olympic? Yeah yeah I like that franchise. Yeah, obviously shout out Mario Kart even I'm not really good at it. Oh, Mario Kart Yeah. Inside Bowser Hey, yo, buddy, right, but shout out.
(Anthony) Shout out Chris. We talk about stuff like this. So we play in a Mario Kart or you play Mario Kart was not telling I'm not telling out that he was here but this was somebody good. Somebody. So to give you context, I am high on my mind. And I usually never when Mario Kinect they always be there. For some reason, while I'm high I'm winning. So I'm sitting there I'm like, I'm in somebody. Somebody Somebody get him. That was so fun.
(Jada) I ain't know how he just kept sliding by you know, my friend Mario games would have to be Mario Kart Mario Kart eight Deluxe. Then we're talking on the DS or DS XL. Super Mario 3d World mentioned they played that game front to back like 25 times. And what are the Mario games? I like? I kind of like all markets. I actually like the new one. Super Mario what is it called? Oh, they want me to turn into an elephant. Yes, that one. Oh, yeah. I like that one.
(Anthony) Which by the way shot the creative team and Mario because I think yeah, it's pretty.
(Jada) It's pretty fun. So yeah, yeah.
(Anthony and Shakyra) What's that one power? What he he he fly? I want to say that he turned to a raccoon. Oh, oh, yeah, that power is cool. Yeah, so All right. More comparison. Whoa, dang. Did y'all play fighting games? I mean you like Tekken you're very hot day I'm looking at the camera I wish the camera can composure Dead or Alive is the greatest fighting game for Street Fighter all your favorite character Chris Schwab I say row Christie I think she fight like they look yeah hard. are sometimes listen, and it's gambling Mortal Kombat though. Oh wait, no, no, no, no, no, not that. It's their last game right you can button mash but if you know what you're doing it's also better but you can't do you forgot Super Smash game?
(All three) Yeah, but no overrated? By the way overrated? Fine. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah, matter. Mario Kart overrated Mario he don't win. That's why Absolutely. Y'all are sweats and that guy like sweat poor like I'm sweating now No, we are not sweat Stevie Dwayne Clark Jr. is a safe every morning before every game he picks up he wins. Beats I named Adrian every game you pick up good and bad for you might go on for I'm gonna go government. Yeah, yeah. Hey, lovelies. Oh, wait. I am I never played Oh, okay. Yeah, that was like a class and then another my cousin's
(Anthony) Another fighting game. I wish I play into my 10 noticebored Dragonball Z specifically Budokai Tenkaichi three people consider him one of the greatest one of the greatest Dragonball fighters gaming but they're coming out with a new I guess it's this Buddha kind of taken up for but it's Parkins zero to moto two. I cannot wait. Now let's go robot and I feel like that GTA says because fun fact I've never played GTA I've never allowed it well that's my fear you're not playing this so I feel like GTA GTA six Dragonball sparkin zero and it's one more game I forget that's coming out so don't feel like those type of games bring back my love for gaming bro Are y'all hip to Alright, so this is gonna be a very wide description if you don't understand what I'm talking about. So it's it's this game by like I say potato but it's like a being the source of being it's like hold on it's a game so they're making a fighting game version of like this being character so like being let me see. Yeah, yeah, it's beenm...characters are let me go to images. I'm so glad scammers. Y'all can see me Oh him him this character so let me show the camera killer beat is what I'm talking about and they're making a fighting game version of this and it looks so cool I hope development because it looks like such such a cool final is this is killer Bane it's my guy oh no doubt about that even though I never I don't think I play Lara Croft games Shadow Lord Croft but my favorite game of all time now even my buddy Dragon Ball he MOBAs siege Uncharted the gaming franchise because apparently I heard it was bad I didn't want to watch it just because Tom Holland tried to move but burrow Victor goddang Sullivan dalbert bird Big
(Shakyra and Jada)) So like do you guys like mystery games? Because that one gave it was it what Final Fantasy now it was another one. It was like a simulation game. Oh, oh yeah, yeah, that game took me and my boyfriend for hours to beat because you kept having to go back in the simulation in your dream it hurt my head
(Anthony and Shakyra) But by the way she says Stevie don't sweat your beat that game in a day in real time they did they
(Jada) You have to you have to you have to commit yes you do get the picture. So say oh, we said okay, we're gonna beat this game in a day but it took us four four long hours first of all, I had a notebook I was reading way away you know the games where you have to remember codes to go and lock it was a game like that but my memory I was gonna forget and that was a lot of information in a four hour game. So I have my notebook in my pizza and he let you read swag I liked the ending though. It was good
(Anthony) This conversation goes on many avenues so let's talk about mobile games like on the phone yet again yes I'll play games on my phone while I'm saying used to oh oh yes the sale shop on Thank you Okay, so um she was shot on Sam's she's playing this is so my some of my favorites all times I haven't played religiously phone games on a minute, so shout out let's get the classics out of the way. I can't relive so I'm so sorry. Oh, But shout out Angry Bird as the classic Oh wait. Alright, so here we go. Alright, here we go. Does it help determine what my answer what's the goat phone game Angry Bird or Fruit Ninja?
(Shakyra and Jada) Fruit Ninja ninja?
(Anthony) I love fruit ninja don't don't simply Angry Bird like the original dolphins are cool, but I'm talking about your beverage man so if you were to ask me which one is the better game I'd say fruit engine which was the greater game I got I'm after the Angry Bird I got better... You're getting a wormhole of the what's on your mind podcast so this will be episode that eventually comes out sorry for the people who do listen to my personal bike and I'll be back I'll promise the podcast like these and going deeper as well. I can't get to, but I'll do that. Wait a minute. No, not in a bad way. Just I'd be very busy. Not in a bad way. I love them. I love doing this. I love my job. And if you want to hear me more Mike shout out these buckets. But to have a weird collab with myself and myself. So if you didn't hear alle hags, what is the what is my personal difference between greater and better, so I use it. Um, the best way to describe it in basketballs and disorders conversation usually happens when I talk about it. But let's say because I feel like Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. That's why I feel I feel that not only based off his ability, but like what he achieved in his career aspect. I feel LeBron James a better basketball player overall. Like I feel LeBron is better at the game of basketball, but Jordans the greater player based off his career accomplishments, his skill, like all of it. So to give a more basic definition, I feel greater includes like accomplishments and skill were better as a skill for a very short explanation to describe that. But yeah, so angry breaks a tie in between. Like, I have more fun playing Fruit Ninja and the mechanics are like easier and I just have more fun, but Angry Birds you got like, I think Eric bird broke like a lot of records as a game. Nobody. You get angry birds. I see more angry birds like merch. And then they got to movies. I mean, yeah, here we go with this guy. I feel so for context, we had a conversation about how many how much stuff I have ever seen in my life. Oh, yeah, it's really if I were saying your brain is the greater let's say franchise greater franchise may be rich snacks for snacks too. So yeah, that's why I drink Have it. But um, so don't wait, what's more types of games? It was
(Shakyra) I want to ask, have you I mean, you're probably yet but Have y'all played like, online games like moviestarplanet and like
(All three) oh absolutely
moviestarplanet when not to have to remember my login I'll be very cultured if y'all remember this, but if not, I have to look this up again. It was a cooking game. No, no.
(Anthony) No, it was an online game. Uh, you cook and what did you cook or it was? It was a game you must play I don't even know how to describe it because I don't even remember if it was cooking. But the game description is like you will be doing an action and somebody will like look at you and you got to stop doing the action and you gotta go back doing
(Shakyra) Something you find out why a doc call? Yeah, remember that? Y8.com Was that was that website? Yeah.
(Anthony) But another type of games board games are like game physical game. So to give example Oh, no. So I would so me personally, I would say Luna was number two, like greatest card card mobile board game of all time, because there's a number one I just want to see if you're getting into what I feel would be like, what is the Spades? Absolutely. Absolutely. Let's see. I'm sorry, I know it's Black History Month, but I do not know how to criticize her about that. I wouldn't
(Jada) I only know how to play because Anthony actually sat down and taught it to me not like my family like watch.
(Anthony) I wouldn't be as critical as Shakyra 40 As if I am as I am. If she'd want to learn I've tried to teach her multiple times and she won't wait a minute. Wait a minute. I'm waiting.
(Shakyra) That's not true. i Since false is false. So you're calling me a liar? No, not really.
(Anthony) I'm gonna give you a lot for the truth. Oh, you say yes. But yeah, so yeah, I drink hot drink board game or just autos Do I go spades or no connect follow Connect for next fall. And I don't know if this count I'm gonna make it count or no oh alright, so it's a lot harder mentioned so I was gonna say Tic Tac Toe I don't know if that count Well, nevermind nevermind but that's it. That's a big shout out Burroughs. So shout out operation to jump out a hungry hippo a family theater with a fortune
(Jada) Not too much Jeopardy Jeopardy Jeopardy. Thank you. Thank
(All three) Thank you. Number Oh, well afford to know the fourth shot even games like that. You got like the prices right? What's that? What's that? Oh, let's make a deal. Yeah. Oh, are you smarter than a fifth? What was it it was like? Let's be a millionaire or something. Yeah. Wants to Be a Millionaire Wants to Be a Millionaire. Sorry. Speed millionaire. No. Wait let's be let's be Yeah. We're gonna come up.
(Anthony and Shakyra) But I'm gonna play friendly field. Oh, yeah. I like another mobile game. I like and it's you know, like a board game. I like charades a lot. Because it is so funny. Did you ever play what's the one you hold on your heads up? Yeah. But also, I don't know for my Cartoon Network fans out there. So Jane has twin sister being one of them- Hole In the Wall
(All three) Wipe out Yeah. Oh my god. What was my junk bro? Every time I watch my belt, I'm convinced I could do it. No. Big balls. I'm like that can't be that this is not the tim to listen. Listen, you know what I met a heartbeat. That's a year mouse.
(Anthony) Anyways, but Oh, and then what was the day I may lose my train of thought. But oh, is that a Cartoon Network? Yeah. It was American Ninja Warrior. I love that show. Oh my god. That was good. Yes pulling my hair out but that was another one super recent one yeah let your Hitler's but whenever we get him on this show would love for top four
(Guests in the podcast room with us)
I'm not sure if y'all know what G four was but it sounds so familiar cool I don't know whose game channel actual channel but
(Anthony) my cable network I think I know just talking about okay ancient warrior was my show yeah and I was Loki impressed with these mics or at least headphones that thank you pretty clear and well hopefully won't be that bad editing but
(Jada) Bro we talking about rules this video game
(Anthony) pockets I love how sometimes with the ones I've done a podcast I'm a host of even shows like Houselights we just say on the topic go right off the topic as it was trying to hand one of us something's of a cookout Loki but that just reminded me dumb games in school we used to play it wants to
(All three) be cheeky and he's be picky be honest, I was wondering like Greenlight Mr. Fox Mr. Destin man midnight outside his kids tried to be in the graveyard did you play cool outside his kids you guys never put ghosts in the graveyard we'd like cops and robbers game ghosts in the graveyard we might have I don't know we were we were just playing I mean yeah so maybe one of the great this might have argument for talking all games greatest game all time high see I ain't got interesting debate hide and seek or tag tag tag because I like but you do get tired after a while. Freeze Tag free. Like so free. You said that might be my goal every Saturday. I just like to get frozen and then I wouldn't be you it go oh my God. Somebody comes into the door when there shouldn't be something to make sure what? We're gonna do this I guess he wouldn't know. But um, yeah, I can't tell you. I think we okay, you wouldn't mind getting up at chicken all the time. Where we at the moment on the computer. Oh, geez. I can't see that. I just see a seven out of seven. Do I say 57 way so what's your favorite game franchises? which I said What is your favorite game franchises Uncharted data, it seemed like you got a grant.
(Jada) Cuz me just getting back into video games. Okay, I like games that have a really good story. Like I don't like fighting games because there's no story but Mortal Kombat just kind of got a fine game. Well, the ones that I played it was just fine like that's all I didn't know that was just fine because I cannot remember they were old. But it was just fine. But what do we do but I like games to have like a plot and then like it's storyline then you fight then it's more story. So my your now specific game. Now favorite franchises I played 50 and 60 would be fun and fantasy. It's such a good game. I just finished 16 The ending of 16 I bawled my eyes out. I cried and I cried and I cried. So all Final Fantasy very aesthetically, like beautiful. Look at is the you can tell a different graphic for even 15 which isn't that old. I don't cannot remember when it came out. But the grocery 15 and 16 You can tell it the developers like updated and took their time with the game because it's very beautiful. It's colorful. The combat is even different, like 16 is a really good game, but playing 15 I think 15 might be my favorite because Final Fantasy 15 That's really what brought me back into playing games like that, because I kind of played it like all by myself. Like I didn't have like Stevie helping me which he kind of helped me a lot with 16 That's because I didn't want to fight the monsters 15 I was at home over the summer so it was just me playing it but that's what really got me into like when I used to like stay up late and just play games all night and like really get into storylines and build relationships with characters and you know all that stuff. So yeah, I love the team. I was like Assassin's Creed. I'm trying to play all of them, but it's a lot of Assassin's Creed that the last one you played A mirage, or Valhalla? You will remember when I finish? You know, it was a good game, but that ended took me for a spin because I'm not gonna spoil it for the people who haven't played it because it is still fairly new. But mirage. Yeah, the ending could have been better, but it was a good game Valhalla. Way better. I liked the storyline of Valhalla way better. So yeah, Final Fantasy and Assassin's Creed. It's kind of the two series that I'm in right now. And the one that I'm trying to finish is Assassin's Creed. But those games are there. There's a lot to do. They're also very old so they don't run properly on my system. But still try but yeah, Final Fantasy favorite gaming franchise as of right now, it may change who knows still new to this still new to the gaming world still, but you know, Final Fantasy
(Anthony) To give a shout out to Final Fantasy. It's very, not that the door thing gets me more mad than the people be that door. Yeah, because we will keep clicking. There's a specific stuff in anyways. Um, another shout out I will have to give Final Fantasy as well, because I was asking JD his DB about it. It's interesting how each game is different because I'm asking like, okay, is there's a story like 16 games
(Jada) Yeah, no I don't know the reason why, like, I actually have questions to Stevie, he probably has a better answer than me. But what I'm thinking is, because at the beginning of each game, they say a game for first timers, and Final Fantasy lovers. So those are common theme in all the Final Fantasy games. But there's not one constant main character. Like even even Assassin's Creed kind of the same way. There's not one constant main character. But in games like Mario, it's always Mario, as far as Mario, Luigi Toad peach. Like, it's always that group of characters. And Final Fantasy, you play 15, which is a group of friends. And then you go to 16 words, just one guy kind of by himself, and he meets people along the way. So then even in seventh, which is kind of like only probably the one of the later like older ones, you can find that you could probably still play. That's even a whole other group of people. Like they have different names, different abilities, different time zones there in time, years. Like it's been, I guess that kind of makes it cool, though, because I've never found a game that would do something like that, or put a game that's like, okay, you don't have to stay up to date because you know how sometimes games can get out overdrawn? Because they go on for too long. But there's, there's like, there's nothing new to the story. You can just make it up again. Kinda so that's kind of why I like it.
(Anthony) Do you have any favorite gaming franchise?
(Shakyra) Yeah, I said the Grand Theft Auto
(Jada) Okay, GTA GTA for the best ones the
(Anthony) But um, I'd say obviously Uncharted like I shout it out. Fight night game in France. A boxing game that fighting franchise um, Pac Man, we're really misses Pac Man. So I guess I can't count Pac Man. But um, are some more Dragon with the Dragon Ball franchise. Their games. A lot of their games are really like pokey ma really like, um, yeah. Nice. Nice. So with that being said, I think we out of that everything on our minds at the moment. I mean, tell me what's on your mind.
(Jada) I kind of had an interesting question, though, that I wrote down. Okay. So kind of like how somebody would call of duty. I don't know if you guys ever, like read articles or saw things on the news where people will blame like violent video games for their violent actions they do in real life. What do you think about that?
(Shakyra) Yeah, I was gonna say that actually. It was like a whole outrage when Grand Theft Auto first came out. They was like, Yeah, nah, we need to ban that game and stuff like that. And they actually responded and GCA for because I guess Hillary Clinton said something about it. Like, really? You know, she criticize it. But yeah. Yeah. But But, um, again, but
(Anthony) I say, yeah, right. Political views can be different. But as y'all saw, as y'all saw my reaction when she first asked the question, I feel and it usually I try not to be mean, when I say stuff like this, I'm gonna be mean. It's one of the stupidest claims somebody could ever make. Just because I played this. I played Mortal Kombat. A very young age. I played shooting games at a very young age, but not very played. And I'm looking at a camera and grabbed the mic. We did not want to kill people. Just because I was going on a rage on Grand Theft Auto run into... to play devils advocate with everybody or I think, I think everybody in this room when people told me so people somebody made a funny comparison that Sims is like GTA for girls, and they say because people people who do that. Are y'all okay? Like y'all might be.
(Jada) It's the plot though. Like, somebody's gotta go. They gotta go.
(Anthony) This is why I play devil's advocate. But no, it was one of the stupidest things. It's not a game issue. It's like, and I tie it in and it's actually a pretty strong correlation. It's the same thing when people are I'll just call it like it is racist. People try to be like rap music is a reason why people say, oh, yeah, it's borderline that is just racist in my opinion. Yeah, yeah. When it comes to gay, it's just it's very I would say it's the literal definition of ignorant just not knowing. Because how do you assume and think that this game correlates to violence in the real world? I feel like it's up to and I hate when people try and do this to parents. It's not always on parents, but I do feel it's up to the people monitoring those kids are these kids. And I say that like, um, that Oh, to make sure they know the difference between reality and gaming, which and this is even a problem in like VR, where people there was a case to where and it was actually, it was brought up interesting conversation. So there were people playing VR, and one of the people playing the VR was making like, inappropriate comments and jokes to a young lady in the VR. And they were trying to act and she tried to sue them for sexual assault. And they was trying to act debate like, I mean, does that count because it was VR, but it was still like it made her uncomfortable. And it was just like, blew up on her nothing like there's pretty famous. So this kind of like lost reality in gaming can be a good thing, because it could be like a outlet for people who are stressing out one of the main things and just creates a funny debate to have like when girlfriends or even partners get on the other partner for like being on the game so much like, Oh, why are you on the game all the time? And you get the rebuttal of like, well, you know, at least not outside or at least you're not doing some you know, you're doing this, you know, where he says that and it also allows at least me personally, I can speak to this as well. It gives that space to like, see your friends, I hang out with your friends, did you especially if you don't see them, like I'm in college, my friends are in the city. I don't see them. So the only ways we connect is on the game. So I'm sorry. But to clarify, the city means Detroit, Michigan, I'm just going to Yeah, oh, yeah. There were I'm referring to so being lost in reality and when gaming can be a good thing. But when you lose the actual reality in those games, whether it be somebody who's diligent or even somebody who do, unfortunately do violent acts, and they do play games, that's where we need to we need a wake up call like this shouldn't be these don't correlate and they shouldn't correlate. So they finalize my answer.
(Jada) Yeah, no, I definitely agree. I think that's a controller issue, not a video game issues... Yeah, no, I just, I just remember, like, not like kids in school, but I will just like say, like, the games I played, I always say, oh, yeah, I play Call of Duty. You know, I play like, the pay low. I play shooting games. And I'd be like, Yo, I'm gonna let you play that. Oh, my Yes, you play sometimes, too. And I'm like, Why do you don't you don't want to like go shoot in real life. I'm like, why would I want to do that? Why? Since Oh, my What are you or do you want to go shoot? me like, why are you playing at such a young age? Now? Granted, I dig into the video games at a very young age, but I feel like like my mom wasn't those type of parents to just like, give me every game under the sun and be like, Oh, you could play this like no, there was still rules and regulations. I couldn't play all the time. But I feel like people try to find anything that's an excuse to make them not look like the bad guy especially with stuff like violence, or like extreme violence because we all are no, no you know, you know we all know video game rage and we all know how real video game rage can get when you're raging and you're going in a level or finding somebody that they like
(Anthony) Even then there needs to be a huge Oh no, no, no no I'm not saying that. I'm not saying to you I'm saying this conversation because like very that even at the peak of what I deem as appropriate video game range can be very bad like going controllers screaming all right, breaking the tea. Well, you get do start doing stuff like that once you start breaking TV like Hi again, but like breaking TVs or like getting racist or like accidentally say slurs when they're upset accident. That's when we're getting too far. Like there's even re you can even in my parents make this argument. There's even arguments being made that if you're raging, you don't need like, you need to stop playing the game at that moment. I disagree as a gamer, but it's a fair it's a fair argument because even to give them a point, one of the best I don't know it's like a superpower in game. Every game I could probably relate. And if you don't want to hear it in a moment, but it's always true. I come back to it tomorrow. It's like a superpower. It's like when you come back to the game the next day you beat it. You clear clears up being in Anthony's room trying to have a conversation and he playing with the CGA and he has one headphone off and he be like yeah, no, I definitely agree. I think we'll go to that tomorrow. Oh because it's like I'm kind of a procrastinator. I can't I don't play games. No more like to combat it. But I play seed it's the same bit anger.
(Jada) Funniest is one was bro tell me funniest moments. I'm like, you know, I'll come by he's like, No, I'm listening. Like for real? Yeah. Religious people are younger OH MAN Okay
(Anthony) This why these moments I don't be trying to do both because at that moment but sometimes and there's another thing to the parents out there you can't pause every day oh my god no you can't just stop we're in line we cannot oh my god my mom will tell me all the time pause the game go do what I told you to do I can't you know bro not even now she called me and I'm on FaceTime and she like why are you not looking at me I'm like my I can't I have to look at the TV is nobody to get a controller to she like will pause it I cannot if I have the ability to talk to you we've put the controller down did my parents would be so do you talk to my prents all day especially if they mad that I'm pulling data out of the movie because I'd be turning around
(Jada) She ain't never go that far she just she's shoulder down I'm just looking at me die when I knew I could have survived I'm just thinking of the possibilities of staying alive
(Anthony and Jada) and it's funny now but just imagine playing an online game started lagging and he says lag is one of the worst things yes leg or your character keep jumping back to
(Guest in the room) be grateful for my mom because when we play video games my dad plays with us like on the Wii and my mom would always say at your next natural breaking point I need you to do this
(All three) stuff like that. But I came up with the wrong the game will be over wrong will be offered I'd be like What about five minutes? 532 man, she started doing this. Oh you saying my mom will be petty she do this. I'm like, please. Teachers, I worry our way are definitely just like, I don't care if I was this kid sometimes. Would y'all be the kid? Or no, I don't think y'all because I think y'all are more quiet. But if the class is called talking and be like the teachers waiting for you, which I ever had, I was like, God, be quiet. Say like, I know, he's thinking I'm gonna listen to him. I'm not listening to them. Just like you. So that's your classmate. He's got nothing to do with me. I just said my mom
will get to the lecture eventually. One of the main reasons I do is because I had a lot of teachers that have penalized everybody for no I remember
(Anthony) Bro and one of my favorite teachers all the time Miss Morrison from middle school, CPA, she and I loved her great teacher she got so mad to the point most of the time I think I will admit I was part of this corporate our whole class was talking but it was um it was during a test and it was one of those like you're not kids want to do stuff after they don't the test. She was like Don't talk after test you gotta be silent clearly we're not gonna listen to that. She threw everybody test away and she waited to everybody she waited till everybody finished because she kept saying to be quiet be quiet we're not being quiet she's so that she just sat there silent and you know if you know if you haven't experienced Ms. Morrison she's silent. Everybody finished staggered by system all in the trash. No, we will say we like I know she did she she's still on business. He's just got a 01 I think most people did just get zero. I think one of one of the people she sat next to genuinely was not talking she let them keep a score. But I think everybody else made up so yeah, I don't remember but I'm pretty sure
(All three) that's crazy. Oh my goodness. Eleven toes. Yeah, that's the next horse that we violent. So that might well just be telling me that was excellent. You wouldn't even know where to begin with at that point. Yeah. Other than that, Dr.Vasser and anything else that you want to add? Um, no, I think that's
(Anthony) One more question. The least favorite game on site or a game you think of that that you don't like or anchors you? into combat?
(Jada) Um, game that I don't like, oh, you know, this might get a lot of people riled up. Oh, hold on. Hold on. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. It's not to say I don't like it. I just don't think I have the patience to learn it. Okay. I have a few games actually. A lot of games that Steve you play love you. I just don't have the patience to sit down to play it which you are learning. I don't understand, bro. First of all Bloodborne Dark Souls and destiny to I don't understand it and I don't have to pay He's just to sit down and learn it every time he's like no you got to use this button swing the axe you got to look into the monster No way I'm an agony because I'm like I'm trying he's like no you're not trying hard enough see I get rage in games when I don't know what's going on but the person is not good at teaching you to help you know what's going on. Now we're yelling at each other skip the game. I'm yelling at you. You're the game. What are we doing? What are we doing? So yeah, those three I don't have the patience to learn them right now. I tried with Destiny It was fun for a minute it is not fun
(Shakyra) i don't know i don't really have any least favorite games but I don't really play sports games you know I took a Madden and stuff like that so you know that's really my least favorite games I guess so
(Anthony) I'm gonna name was stupid have a look at the mic again for a reason for the people who liked his game and shot on my man's a lot says bro I can't stand for honor. I gaming dumb it's not a real mind game. Ubisoft Well, I mean yeah, they may switch to Ubisoft but anyways, I would have passion y'all see how I'm good looking right? I cannot stay in that game. Part of it at first. Again my head head here laughing O'Brien laugh at this when he when I say this, but part of my disdain for it at first was because I didn't want to play a tutorial. And a main key point is to get amazing control of the game I never knew how to do because I didn't want to play to um, to the tutorial so I always lose pipe because I didn't know what I was doing. So to be more specific, I didn't know how to lock onto enemies there I wouldn't even have to work the game sucks. No offense to Ubisoft for the game itself. The game is trash almost no. But the game is. You insert insert curse word insert curse word here the cap sander and going deeper anyway. Once I don't care, but yeah, please don't fire me. Please don't fire me because the fire none of us we just dive and we we didn't yet. That's okay. With that being said, I really appreciate everybody in this room. To be honest. Once it gets that no matter real quick, especially with going deeper coming back. I was genuinely Miss recording that podcast with Elle. I do appreciate the support. DeMonte always been in here because he knows way more about cameras than me. So he always helps with the cameras when needed. And just you guys have great energy around him. And then like I've mentioned multiple times, I wouldn't be in this chair without data Shakyra One of the main reasons I'm going on this tangent is because as we all know, we want a pacemaker award for all stages of life. And we actually got like the plaque and certificates in the newsroom. We should have grabbed it so we could show it. Like once we do our outro I just go grab them and then we could be like, Oh, actually, yeah. It's right in the back next to Cam office that shows Yeah, so while l goes to get it as thank you so glad she quietly closed that door. Um, yeah, I have a thing with just me personally, and just just me and life. I don't believe it until I see it. So like to give an example of for the longest time at least from memory, I didn't travel a lot. And then I went to dream con with Jada, her twin sister Janae. And Stevie, and I didn't until I was in Texas, I didn't believe I was gonna go home, okay, something bad will happen or like, I'm not gonna be able to pay for it or like, I don't believe it. So even though we won the award, I didn't believe it until I saw like the screenshot of us winning the award. But even seeing it now it's like, wow, we really did this like and it wouldn't I wouldn't be possible without these two and so might as well and everybody in this room and even the people listen and like keep us like relevant, right? actually listen to us. And even people I don't care enough to like, share our accomplishments. He comes and gets it. And actually since we all got through it as I'll take if she hands it to us, we can just look at it now. If this is our award Yeah, look at it look at it is wouldn't be possible. Like I said without these two over here. They're the founders of all shades of chocolate it was initially just gonna be them. And they allowed they pretty much brought me in this newsroom. And for the people who's watching this video and I'm listening to this recording like this wouldn't be possible without the students, the black students even the people who aren't black listen to this podcast. Shout out Dr. Meyers. Yeah, shout out I think Takai is how you pronounce her name. People who've been on this show and who will be on the show. And with all that being said one more. Thank you. And this has been All Shades of Chocolate, where we bring
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