To be fair, they’ve upped their game recently (Nextlander). Really enjoying it when they play retro video games and today they’ve just uploaded the first instalment of their Subnautica series. All of this is free on YouTube as well so you don’t have to pay for it.
I like it because I’m old now and can’t handle the younger, shouty YouTube content creators.
But Brad and Alex could do with sounding a little more enthusiastic, for sure. No one is making them play games. If they want to make money creating content featuring stuff they actually want to do, then they should just do it.
The patron-only podcasts are a good example of this. The 3 of them sound so excited/interested when they’re doing the ‘watch cast’ series, again, because this is Alex’s passion these days - tv/movies/music.
I remember when Elden Ring was new and Alex & Brad played it for like 5 minutes. Like, this is one of the biggest game releases in years. At least make an effort? Or assign it to one of the team and make sure they play the hell out of it? I remember their first impressions being “Yeah I played it for a few hours but went back to Horizon Forbidden West”.
Brad never, ever finishes any game. He plays it for 5 minutes and moves on. It’s frustrating because I like Brad, he’s articulate and summarises his feelings on a specific video game really well. But these days he doesn’t seem to play them much!