One Civic Helping Another! (Day 3755 - 3/6/20)

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Mallory feeds Kepler. Stephen says that they are going out to get some groceries. Mal says that they are going out to get "sundries". Stephen comments on how that's such a fun word. Mal says that she's not sure if that's how it's pronounced since she's only read the word in books. Mal says that she misprononuces things all the time because she's spent a lot of her life reading. So, there's a lot of words that she's only read in books.

Stephen mentions that they were trying to figure out what game they wanted to stream tonight since they wanted to play Animal Crossing: New Horizons on it's release date which is in 2 weeks. So, they needed to choose a game that they could finish in 2 Friday streams. They decided on Katamari Damacy REROLL, so they are also going to pick up a copy of it while getting groceries. Stephen mentions that the release date is also his birthday, so it's also good timing.

Stephen says that Katamari Damacy was a game he played at launch and he loved it. He describes the game as being quirky, unique, and one of the more interesting games he's played. Stephen has always wanted to play the game co-op with Mal where they would each control 1/2 of the controller. He explains that the game involves pushing around a big ball that with both sticks. Moving forward requires both sticks on the controller to be pushed simultaneously forward while turning left requires the left stick being pulled back and the right stick being pulled forward. Stephen says that it would probably be maddening to play 2-player, but it would be unique. He's had this idea to play the game co-op even before the Switch version came out. Stephen says that he could get a digital copy of the game, but he collects video games so he'd rather get a physical copy. They have to go to Walmart to get toilet paper and some other things, so he'll pick up a copy of Katamari Damacy REROLL if they have it.

Later at Walmart, Stephen says that they don't have the game. But, Mal turns around and finds a copy of the game right behind them. In the car, Stephen talks about how he redid all of the stream-related settings because it was broken last week. Last week, they played Donkey Kong Country, but things weren't working. After the stream, Stephen opened up the Breakfast Stream settings and it worked. So, he duplicated it and changed pieces to make it function for the gaming streams.

Stephen recieves a message from Dan saying that his car is dead and that it needs to be jump started. Dan lives with Lindsey, but neither of them have jumper cables so they needed someone with jumper cables. They had called William, but he didn't have any jumper cables either. Stephen says that they have 2 sets of jumper cables in their trunk since one set belonged to Mal when she still had a car. So, they are going over there to jump start Dan's car and to give them the extra set of jumper cables. Stephen tells viewers who don't have jumper cables to go get some since you never know when you might need them. He then talks about how Dan suspects that the battery of his car is worn out. Interestingly, the last time Dan's battery died was also documented on the vlog 6 years ago. Stephen says that Dan is going to do an after-hour drop off of his car at the mechanic since they're already closed. At Dan and Lindsey's house, Lindsey uses her Civic to jump start Dan's Civic. Stephen says it's basically one Civic helping another.

Back at home, Stephen says that the stream went better than he was expecting. He says that one of the issues with playing Katamari Damacy REROLL with 2 different people is that you have to either have telpathy or shout out what you're doing. The entire stream was a mix between blissful synergy and internal screaming. He says that there were times where they were in-sync without saying anything, but those were in-between the times where they weren't doing the same thing and were internally screaming. Stephen says that he had the idea of playing the game co-op before the Switch version came out, but it's definitely easier to play the game co-op on the Switch since they can just use separate Joy-Cons. The original plan would've been to play it on the PS2 with both of them sharing 1 controller. Stephen says that they both put their Joy-Cons in a Joy-Con comfort grip since it gives better leverage when moving the stick quickly.

Then, Stephen turns around to the sound of Kepler chewing on a crocheted Skitty. Stephen wonders how Kepler managed to get the Skitty off the shelf and tells him not to eat the Skitty. Stephen explains that Kepler has some crochet toys, so he must have thought that it was his toy.

Stephen then talks about how they beat half of the game during the stream. So, they are going to start the stream a little earlier next week in order to finish up the game. After next week, it will be the Animal Crossing stream. Stephen says that he never mentioned it on the vlog, but they watched the Animal Crossing Direct last night. They had planned on doing a reaction video, but they ended up not doing it. He says that it was nice to see all the new features and how above and beyond Nintendo is going in the creation of this new Animal Crossing game. Stephen says that new iterations of games should have leaps and bounds in progress. He feels like this new iteration defintely has leaps and bounds in progress. The last Animal Crossing game Stephen played was Animal Crossing: New Leaf. He has followed the Animal Crossing series since the beginning and he's really exicted about all the things that were added and all the things you can do in the new version. Stephen says that Animal Crossing has always been a game about customization and making a place your own. So, in the new game you can do that more than ever.

Stephen says that he's probably going downstairs to have a snack before bed. He thanks everyone who joined them for the stream and tells the viewers that the VOD is available on Twitch for people who missed the stream. Stephen says that he will post the game on YouTube at some point, but he doesn't know exactly when. They are currently just creating a backlog of content that they can post on YouTube. He says that it's nice to have a backlog since you never know when something happens and you can't work like what happened 2-3 weeks ago. He's glad that they had some stuff ready to release when that happened since it made the entire process much easier for them.