CAGcast #692: Sloppy State Drives

The gang talks PS5 storage upgrades, Halo Infinite Tech Preview, The Ascent, Apex Legends, Arcsmith, and so much more!



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Show Linkage/Notes:
Intro - Lee Cabrera, Kevin McKay Feat. Bleech - Gimme Gimme (Official Audio)
Outro - Bubb Rubb and Lil Sis: "Tha whistles go WOOO"




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The conversation around Cheapy meeting a fan outside his house is a bit weird to me, the odds a fan meets you outside your house is something I'm legitimately thinking is not high. I would be a bit weirded out by it... maybe it's just me, but there's a lot of weird people out there and being a public figure like Cheapy would make me a bit paranoid. If I'm just being weird, feel free to ignore this comment.

Regarding Las Vegas at night, I'm wondering if this is a copyright issue. One of the things I learned a while back is that the lights for the Eiffel Tower are actually copyrighted, so taking a photo of the tower is illegal at night, hence why you rarely see pictures taken at night (and never for commercial usage).

Good show from you sloppy steak-eating pieces of shit.
So I'm still not sure if Shipwreck feels the PS5 upgrade solution is too complicated. It's less work than the PS4, which wasn't much work to begin. I don't think I'll buy a drive now, but probably in a year when the prices drop on the 1 terrabyte and larger options. Plus will 1 terrabyte really be that small? The new consoles will use their internal storage to more effectively shrink down game sizes, whereas an attached USB can't do that. Also, isn't deleting a game or two the easiest solution to not having enough room? Who really plays 19 different games with any regularity?
Finally, does anyone on the show think the Xbox SSD solution is more affordable, or will you all just stick to having an external USB drive and cable attached to your box? I personally have always been quite happy with the ability to upgrade the internal drive on a PlayStation and have done it many times without issue. The PS5 sounds even simpler than before.

I’d love to see Shipwreck’s list, ranking the DC movies if he thinks the first Suicide Squad movie is “top tier”. Yikes.
The new one is incredible btw, super gory and super funny.

Shout out to Shipwreck's mention of Simon's Cat.  I play that dumb game everyday on my iPad.  It is endless.  I think I am up to level 430+.

Wombat's 30s announcer had me in stitches. He nailed the Citizen Kane vibe.

@ship, how was Jungle Cruise for your kids, if you watched it with them? I was concerned it would be too much for my 7 year old with the PG-13 rating. 

Also for watch this, folks with kids (or who like animated movies), Vivo, starring Lin Manuel Miranda and his music, is quite good. Sorry, Ship, it's on Netflix.

Docsamson said:

I’d love to see Shipwreck’s list, ranking the DC movies if he thinks the first Suicide Squad movie is “top tier”. Yikes.
The new one is incredible btw, super gory and super funny.

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If he thinks Suicide Squad is "top tier", then all of his opinions on any movie or show is suspect. But, I've always thought that anyway. This, somehow is a bit more heinous to me. Lmao!

Hey guys,

Great show, as always! I was digging the additional sound effects in this episode and Wombat's quick imitation was on-point 

@NewWombat Congrats on the promotion! Are you the only VP of your company or are there several, each over a different line of the business? Regardless, I'm happy to hear that all the hours you've put into this job have continued to pay off for you.

I only recently found out about this even though it's old news, but I was curious if @CheapyD or @Shipwreck still have their Logitech Harmony remotes given they have discontinued the line: https://www.whathifi.com/us/news/logitech-has-discontinued-its-harmony-universal-tv-remotes

I've got 2 of the Harmony Elites that are getting pretty old, so wanted to know if you guys have already found the new hotness in universal remotes.

Lastly, any plans for new parody songs, CheapyD?

Keep up the great work!

jbrad001 said:

I only recently found out about this even though it's old news, but I was curious if @CheapyD or @Shipwreck still have their Logitech Harmony remotes given they have discontinued the line: https://www.whathifi.com/us/news/logitech-has-discontinued-its-harmony-universal-tv-remotes

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I'm still using my Harmony Elite; my understanding is they still support the hub (which it uses) but figure everyone should use the app on their phone instead of a separate remote.

That's short-sighted, assuming only someone who's set up with the app for your TV will ever use your TV... case in point, my kid doesn't have a phone, and I don't expect visitors to have the Harmony app.

The article mentioned TVs with built-in streaming apps as the reason; anyone who ONLY uses their TV, I guess, is set without one.

I'm using an AV receiver and need to switch a few inputs when I switch between Apple TV, Xbox, and UHD player (I use a separate one rather than Xb0x). The Harmony makes that transition doable with one button press.

So, I'm glad the remote still works, but I haven't seen a good replacement option available.