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March 24, 2020 - Freedomain Radio - Stefan Molyneux
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WE START THE FRAGGING AGAIN - STEFAN MOLYNEUX PLAYS 'DOOM ETERNAL'
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Super well. And let's see how sad it is at 30 frames a second.
And then I will never touch it again.
I will never touch it again.
Alright. Just waiting for everyone to settle back in again.
Thanks for your patience as we wrestle with stuff that worked perfectly well two days ago and doesn't really work much well at all today.
Good to see you taking some time out in nature's death.
Yeah, well, so coronavirus is a brutal truth.
You should check that out. It's a video just like a few-minute video I did this morning.
Just to throw off people's expectations that they always have to be super lengthy videos.
But let me just drop in here.
Um... OBS is simpler software?
Yeah, I tried XSplit this morning just to give it a quick trial run, but the problem was that it was super choppy on the recording, and therefore I wasn't really quite comfortable with going on the other way, right?
Seems synced now.
All right. Looks in sync, sir.
Alright. I jump!
I jump! I jump!
Okay. Alright.
Have you guys ever tried that, you know, the webcams that look at your eyes and, like, where you look changes it and all that?
Alright. That's forced, and I think we're good to go, right?
Alright. Okay, so, let's go down.
And what have we got here?
That seems kind of racist.
Oh look, it's uh...
Oh no, no! I won't be doing that.
Alright. Dash!
Right shift to quickly move while traversing or fighting.
Dashing into a pitted surface instantly attaches you to it.
Oh, like Jennifer Aniston.
Oh! That is a pop culture reference from quite some time ago.
You can dash twice before it needs to recharge.
So this is like a rolly roll thing to the side, right?
Wait, I go out here, and Ghost Dog is there.
This is where we were before, right?
Alright, now that's Minecraft, right?
There's a block for you right there.
Wait, what did I miss here?
Right So what kind of rig am I running?
I have an i980ti, which I use for video production, which is doing the video.
And this is a pretty old computer.
I think it's from like 2014.
But it's running a fairly decent i7 at 4.2 GHz.
All right. So I think we've done everything in here, right?
And... Do you think you'll keep this recreational or try to incorporate philosophy somehow?
Tough to say. Tough to say.
I'm just starting out, man.
I'm just starting out doing this kind of stuff.
So, alright. Oh, so close, so close.
Alright, let's try that again. Oh, come on!
That was shorter than my arms!
Alright, hang on. Oh, oh, that's why.
We gotta do the zoom jump, right?
What the? The zoom stopped!
The zoom stopped!
Alright. Did I play Doom 2016?
I did. I need to get a 2080 for gaming?
Uh, yeah, I don't think that's super necessary.
Alright. There we go.
Okay, so that's what we have to do.
We have to jump, and then we can zoom forward using the shift key.
Okay, that's alright. Uh...
Nope.
No! Oh, come on!
Alright, so we...
Sorry, just getting my...
Here, jump. We made there.
And... Okay. Low health.
Oh, this is... You know, I... Who doesn't enjoy this kind of challenge, right?
Oh, just low health for the fun of it.
Alright. 1080 Ti is the best buy at the moment.
That's only four cores, not great for streaming.
Oh, do you think it's a core issue?
An i7. Okay, but this is exactly the same rig I was using two days ago when I was getting pretty good frame rates, although the video and audio were out of sync.
But streaming shouldn't require the cores, right?
Streaming is just pushing the data from the screen.
I don't think that's a core issue.
Alright. Alright, so do I jump over there?
Oh, oh, there we go.
Ooh. Ooh, tricky.
All right, so I got a...
Oh, key combo.
I feel like I'm about to stop playing Chopin.
All right, let's try it.
Don't worry, I'll get to philosophy in a second here.
Okay, so I got to do the jump, jump, and then numlock.
Okay. Ooh, look at that.
Secret found. Oh, okay, so...
But what does that get me?
I must know. What does that get me?
Uh, well, I don't want to go down there, right?
Okay. Okay, so, my friends.
Please help me! It's working now?
Streaming uses your GPU. Oh, is it because the GPU is converting it to stuff to be sending off to YouTube?
More cores is way better for streaming.
All right, all right.
All right. Oh, I see.
I see. Okay, no problem. We'll figure it out.
All right. Oh, oh, there we go.
Okay. Oh, my God. All right.
So I got to jump to this dude, right?
I'm so glad that there's something that's ghostly in this game that I'm not actually fighting.
All right. Let my fist open the door.
Let my fist open the door.
I feel like this is one of those real estate videos...
You too could be the proud owner of this demon castle!
Ha ha ha. Alright.
Oh, look, I've got my observing ego.
I'm watching myself. Why are you here?
Hey, philosophy! Why are you here?
We've got philosophy going on right now.
I am here to jump in a hole.
No, I'm here because I dropped out of a hole.
It is not yours to take.
So we've got property rights.
We've got existential questions of existence.
You cannot kill the priests. Decline of Western civilization with the fall of Christianity.
Despite their transgressions against the Covenant, they are still a sentinel blood.
What you interfere with now is bigger than you.
You know, if I could glow and put, like, dry ice stuff coming off me, I would totally gain a lot of credibility in this world.
Is there a time to give penance?
I am not but one man.
I am one man with a butt.
Alright. Okay.
So I've got blood red cornea damage here.
Oh, that's just low health, right? Okay.
Anything back here? Oh yeah, we'll take that.
We'll take that.
Extra life acquired. Immortality!
Alright. Plot point I may generally ignore.
And creepy room of mossiness.
Okay. So, is it good to pray for death to get my health restored, or is that a bad idea?
Okay, are we going to get bad guys coming?
Of course we are. You're down for a drunk stream.
Oh man, I have not...
I have not been drunk since I was in my early, very early 20s.
Oh, this is a zoomy-zoom thing, right?
Ooh, can I jump to the side there?
I'm thinking about it, because, you know, the path less traveled is the way to go.
Unless the gamer is in control of your destiny, in which case the path less traveled just leads you into doom.
Alright, so I've got to do my forward jumpy-jump thing, right?
There we go.
All right.
Bloop bloop.
Bloop bloop.
I believe there are more cures for bad health in Doom than there are in Italy.
All right. So what have I got?
I'm going to get two weapons. Does anyone else find this kind of boring?
I guess if you count the flamethrower on my shoulder.
Oh, look, they're in a rave.
Disco. Oh, that's not going to be good to walk in, is it?
That's a trap, right? Yeah, yeah.
Oh, this is where I was before. Oh, it's all making sense to me now.
Alright. Sorry.
Nailed it! Oh, that's a bad joke.
Alright. Eh, I'm a dad, right?
I'm allowed to be bad at video games, and I'm allowed to make bad jokes.
All the demons you killed, you don't think karma will hit you back?
Uh, it may well. Alright, should we chainsaw this dude?
Why not? Why not, I say?
All the glowing Vegas things for us.
Okay, can we go up here? Yes, we can.
Ah!
Oh, no.
Oh, yeah.
That would make sense.
Oh, this dude again.
I know, I know. I'm supposed to throw something in his belly, right?
Oh. Oh, dude!
Cheating! Cheating! Cheating!
He's cheating! He's walking through things that I can't walk through.
All right. Let's go up here.
I have a feeling things may not end too well for this deathbot at this particular time.
So what I'm going to need to do is go away from...
Whoa. Oh, I got my...
Oh, I thought I couldn't walk on that stuff.
No? All right.
Run away from this. Run away from this.
Run away from this.
And these dudes...
I think I feel like I'm getting damaged just being in this lake of stuff, right?
Oh, dude. Oh, can I... Oh, he's...
No, very bad.
Yeah, oh, it's the extra life thing.
Oh, that's what's going on. All right.
He's going. Now there was another dude somewhere down here, right?
Oh yeah, okay. Fine, fine, fine.
Get my buzz on!
Alright, I'm supposed to be rebuilding something something, right?
Now, was I... Do I take damage in there?
Shoot the weapon mod.
Uh, yes.
I need to figure out the weapon mark, right?
Uh, okay.
Floaty thing.
Yeah, I need a little bit of this health, right?
How about this stuff? Yeah, that helps.
I feel like I've left something behind.
Is it my conscience?
Is it my principles? Is it libertarianism?
Is it...
Oh, there are so many theories.
Is it integrity?
No, okay. Let's just go here.
Play The Witcher 3. I'd like to try The Witcher 3, but it looks quite complicated, I'm afraid to say.
All right.
This Sentinel battery can be used to provide additional power to your ship.
My ship?
Several modules remain unused.
Finding more batteries will enable you to utilize the full functions of your command station.
Okay.
What does that mean?
More like my dignity.
Yeah, it could be. Somebody get this man to walk through.
I hear what you're saying. I hear what you're saying.
All right. Oh, man, this is like a jumpy jump thing.
All right. Alright, we go over there and get a little extra couple of goodies and...
That is pretty hypnotic, man.
Whoa! Whiplash.
New weapon! Well, it's about freaking time.
Alright, what have we got? Chaingun?
What have we got here? Plasma rifle.
Okay, so what's this for?
I mean, obviously, it's for slaying demons, but...
The Revenant is a heavy aerial demon that specializes in mid-range attacks.
Its shoulder cannons are weak points.
Destroying them disables its long-range attacks.
Uh, okay. Oh, this thing has a zoom!
Yeah, yeah, okay. Oh.
Wait, how do you get the zoom, though?
Did it have a zoom? Hold right click while holding it left click.
Ah! Oh, these were in the last one, weren't they?
Oh, I shouldn't have, uh...
Oh, bad, bad sounds.
Bad sounds of thumpiness. This is probably, you know, they give you these weapons and it's probably the wrong weapon to use, right?
Okay. I deserve nothing with the accuracy of a blind bat.
Alright. Well, it's a bit redundant.
Most bats are kind of blind, aren't they?
Alright, that was slightly more skilled, but only slightly.
Alright, let's go down here.
Is this where I came from?
Let's go up here. I don't even know what that was, but it did not last long.
Alright, let's go get here. Go over there.
Good. Armor.
All right. It's like having a community in times of crisis.
I hope that you guys are thinking of doing that.
All right. I got completely turned around.
That's where I came from, right?
Is that where I came from? Yeah, I don't think I can go back.
Oh! Ooh.
Ooh. Ooh.
Ooh. That's cool. All right.
I feel like I'm getting a little bit taller every single time I do that.
All right. Wrong weapon staff.
All right.
Should I take this one?
I think we've all been there, too.
All right.
Should we go into the Tunnel of Motherhood?
I'm not sure.
Weapon number two has to zoom?
Recommend reducing your resolution.
Alright, yeah, okay.
But here's the funny thing is that it works fine with livestreaming.
Okay, that's definitely a dead end.
Much like my maternal situation.
Alright, here we go. Which one has the zoom?
Not that one. Not that one.
Oh, um...
Let's see here. Always upgrade.
Yeah, I can believe that.
Oh, oh, dudes, dudes, dudes.
You are Mr. Hoppy.
Can't turn him in Hoppy.
Oh, I'll take that.
Glowdude is bisected.
Oh, that's the previous victim. that's the previous victim.
Low ammo. Okay, so...
What have I got here for ammo?
Ooh, not much. So that means...
Oh, you know what that means?
The voices of my listeners are telling me the same thing.
Which means that what I need to do is...
What's down here? Ah, there we go.
Yeah, go down here. But also, I need to make sure that...
I use the chainsaw, right?
Someone's a chainsaw? Yeah, that one.
Okay. Alright, anything down here?
Yes, there is. Alright.
Goodies von Goodyville. Uh, ooh.
We are all searching for the question.
Alright, here we go. Here we go.
Uh, is that a hand?
Whoa, that is some eczema, man.
Alright. Alright, so tell me more about your childhood, Doom creators.
I believe you have some things to chat about with me.
And I must not, of course, forget...
Whoa! Yeah, yeah, don't give me your scarecam stuff.
Oh, man. Oh, now I feel like...
Last night's quiche.
Alright. You're gonna scarecam me more, right?
Yeah, there we go. Alright.
Good! They give me health, and they take away health.
Alright. Can I not jump up here?
No. Can I jump up here?
No. Alright.
Uh, right. So more scare-cammy stuff, right?
Easy coming. See, that health goes away too, right?
Now, oh my gosh.
Oh! Yeah, yeah, I got distracted by greed.
I get it. I get it.
Wait, what have I got here?
Yeah, because this is exactly...
Oh, auto map! Okay, good.
So, that'll help, because I'm using that.
Lordy. Oh, I'm back in here.
Okay, so all of this was just to go down here to get the auto map, right?
Oh, man. Bad scene.
You know, I can understand hanging someone upside down if you want all the blood to go to their head, you know, like Coldplay style, but with their heads already off, it's just all gonna leak out.
So, it's a mystery.
All right. Is that it for down there, do you think?
Ooh, yeah, okay. I really thought there'd be more suffering in Hell.
This is totally nothing like the album covers.
All right. Okay.
Oh, okay. So there's a hand here with a blinding light.
And more cubes.
I know, there was something back there.
I'll go back there in a sec. Boomer, doomer.
Demon remover. Hit tentacles with the sticky bombs.
Alright, let's punch this dude.
What? Hey!
Uh... No?
No? Okay.
No? Alright, what am I supposed to do here?
Oh no, it's a puzzle.
Hey, I did not come here for puzzles.
I came here for simplistic demon killing.
Alright. So I may have missed something here.
I've got here. Oh yeah, and I've got to find this thing in here, right?
So there's something around here.
Spatial Reasoning Quiz 101.
There's got to be something down in here.
I went down in here, right?
Oh yeah, that's the other side of this thing, right?
Oh, so I bet you it's somewhere...
In the bowels. Somewhere in the...
It sort of looks like you're getting a proctologist exam with a camera.
I'll get this stuff.
Think it's in there? Anything back here?
No. Push that around.
No, I'm not going to shoot it.
I'm afraid I desperately need the ammo.
Alright. Okay, so...
That...
Can't punch that, right?
Punch the lights! Punch the lights!
So, it's gotta be something in here.
Because I don't feel like there was enough in here for all of this amazing graphics.
There wasn't enough actually going on.
Oh, yeah, yeah, okay.
Oh, there we go. Oh, okay.
Now, I can't climb up these things, right?
No. Oh, can I zoom up them?
No. Alright. Oh, something beeped.
Oh, can I go through here? I feel like I should be able to.
No, can't punch the guts.
Can't punch the guts. We did all of that.
All the burpee stuff.
And... I so remember this from being born.
Alright, can I... Double jump and then zoom forward?
Oh, yes I can.
Look at that. Alright.
Combat... Wait. What?
Combat shotgun. What does this mean?
Go back and find the battery in the tentacle zone.
Go back. Go back!
The music is reversible, but time is not.
Go back. Alright, so what have we got here?
Sticky bombs. Into a grenade launcher.
I like that one. Oh, this one.
Ooh, nice.
I will do that one.
You can't just place things gently.
There is a sentinel power core nearby.
You can use it to activate the mech and clear a path forward.
Alright. Yeah, they really are keen on their jump puzzles here, right?
Ew. Now I just look...
Now I just feel like a tongue.
What is that? Vagina dentata.
It's men's fear that the vagina has teeth.
Otherwise known as don't ever go to that dentist.
Alright. Oh, so I put this thing in here and then this opens something up, right?
Okay. Alright, so did that open?
That opened, right? Okay, let's finish this level, and I'll go and get ready for my coronavirus video.
Ooh, this still reminds me of one of the first video games I did, which was myself playing Minecraft with my daughter.
Alright, so I gotta figure out this...
Oh!
I did something there with a sticky something.
Alright.
Alright. Oh my gosh.
Alright. Yikes.
Okay, that's a little challenging.
And then I gotta get up here, right?
I like how he's just reaching.
Reaching. Reaching for infinity.
alright oh oh oh dude alright normally when they scare you with something like that it's because there's something to be left behind Right.
Oh look, it's a cop on a snake-out!
Oh. Oh, that's cold humor, man.
That is just cold humor. Alright.
Alright. Here we go, here we go.
Uh, something up back here?
Ooh. Lots of dudes around.
Oh my gosh, it's Metropolis.
Love kills! There's my brain at work.
Alright. Okay, too easy, too easy.
I don't like it.
Uh, do I step on this thing?
So basically a normal vagina.
Excellent. Uh...
That is some smooth gameplay, too.
I mean, I'm watching this locally at 60 frames a second, but...
I know I'm supposed to step on this green thing again, but it just feels like a bad thing to do.
All right. Now there's another green thing.
What the...
Oh, really?
Oh, I've got to climb down there.
Okay, all right. Let's just have a quick look around and see if there's anything here.
No. No, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
Scamper, scamper, scamper.
Alright. Uh, am I down?
Yeah, I can jump that, right? Hello?
Uh, do I turn around?
Jump? Come on.
Let me go! Let me go!
Okay. Uh...
I feel like I should be able to jump here.
But I can't! Alright.
What is going on? Why can't I get off the...
Can't get off the wall! You know what this is like?
Oh, are you guys ready for a completely obscure StephBot reference?
I bet you are. I bet you're dying for one.
Okay, so, when I was in my teens, so when I was 15 or 16, I went to South Africa, where I had a cousin who's now dead, introduced me to Pink Floyd's album, The Wall.
I had not great musical taste when I was younger, because my mom was into, like, really narcoleptic songs like Ray Conniff.
Who was like, I want some red roses for a blue lady.
And he got me onto The Wall, the album The Wall by Pink Floyd, of course.
And it's a very nihilistic and depressing album.
And I loved it. Particularly Side 3.
I listened to it every night before I went to bed.
And I really feel like I should be doing something different here.
So let's get up. And can I just...
If I jump, I'm dead, right?
Let's just try. Okay, that's better.
Oh, this is because I gotta climb out.
Oh, I see. Okay. Cheaty cheats.
Okay. Um...
Well, that's all bad.
That's all bad. You know, I feel like my eyes are stinging already.
Okay, nothing to jump to there.
Nothing to jump to there.
There should be a little face down there.
Oh, well. I'm not the video game designer.
Alright. Okay, so now what?
Um... Do I shoot?
Oh, wait, wait, wait.
Oh, no. Oh, my gosh.
Really? Can I jump that?
Oh, swingy thing. Okay, so swingy thing.
Oh, man. This is not going to go well.
This is not going to go well.
Oh, told you! I had a feeling.
All right. Double jump.
Oh, there we go. All right.
So now I'm up.
And now what? Uh...
Ah! Okay, let's just let it go.
Let's just let it go. Alright.
Oops. Oh, wrong one. Wrong one.
Hello, friendly lava! Alright.
Alright. No?
Oh my gosh. You know, I don't think I've ever seen...
You can't just jump in there.
Hard to miss that the game is steeped in Satanism?
Yeah, no kidding, dude. Uh-oh.
It feels like I'm going to die here because I don't like this wall stuff.
I think it's kind of poorly implemented.
It could just be me, but I think it's a little poorly implemented.
Just jump. The wall is a great album.
Oh man, you guys are behind here, right?
I'm just going to check here and see how fluid that old stream is there.
Where are you? I can try another PC. Do I jump?
I'm just going to get my...
Why are you playing games at a time like this?
Because we all need a break from some of the challenges of the world, right?
Alright. You're one to talk, Stefan.
You hate freedom. You want state to lock down and enslave us inside.
Can't go or can't open our businesses.
That is a very strange thing to say because I've never said anything of the kind, right?
I've never made any policy suggestions at this particular point in my life.
Alright. I think I'm just going to die here.
So I've got to jump. No.
Hello, friend.
All right, so...
Oh, did I make it?
Yes! There was a glitch, and I made it.
Alright, so now we go back here.
Oh, and now there's more rings to jump into.
You ever feel like you're just kind of jumping through hoops in life?
Alright, so now I assume I'm mostly doomed here, right?
So to speak. Half-Life.
There's a new Half-Life, right, coming out?
I played the original Half-Life.
Boy, that's many, many years ago now, I suppose, right?
All right, so Daddy's going to need just a little bit of help here, right?
But I'm not going to get any, am I? No, I'm not.
All right. This looks...
Oh, my gosh. Ooh.
Symbols. Lots of symbols.
I'm sure they're imprinting some sort of demonic subtext into my brain.
Oh, oh lord.
Wait. Oh yeah, that's the arachnotron, right?
So, okay, there's...
So there's a piece of armor there, right?
Oh, this is going to go very badly indeed.
Alright, let me at least go and get some weaponry.
Ooh, does that help?
No.
Nothing so useful.
Low ammo, low health.
Well, hopefully that will help.
All right.
There's a lot of running in this game.
Oh, good thing I got all those extra lives.
Oh, good thing I got all those extra lives.
Oh, lordy. All right.
Let's jump somewhere here, shall we?
Okay. Is this going to give me a moment?
Oh, low ammo. Oh, I should chainsaw.
I should chainsaw. I keep forgetting.
Whoa. Oh, look.
It gave me the chainsaw. How helpful.
Alright. There we go.
That's like supercharging me back, right?
Alright, we're back.
We're back. Whoa.
Oh, I need to, um...
Whoa.
So this, yeah, this is a game that, whoa, what the heck is that?
I don't know, but it's gone.
Oh, this dude, yeah, he's a little nasty, right?
I might add a stuff for my...
Oh, is that it?
Alright, let's do one more. I feel obligated to finish the...
Oh my gosh, we're starting all the way back here, right?
Okay.
Now, can I get any of these dudes ahead of time?
What's my ammo here?
All right. Oh, I shouldn't be up here,
right? Alright, what do we got here? Oh, that's my plasma!
That's what we want, right?
Moment's pause. The pause that refreshes.
It's the pause that helps you reflect.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Finally got him. Bit by bit.
This has got to be the boss battle, right?
Oh, it's too quiet.
I don't like it. There we go.
Get some of this stuff.
A little bit of health would be quite good right about now.
Oh, I should be chainsawing.
I'm not chainsawing because I can't remember which keystroke it is.
Alright. Alright, we're getting there.
Yeah, we're getting there.
Alright, there's still bad sounds around, but we got fairly decent ammo off this dude.
Ooh, missiles incoming.
Oh good, got him.
Is that going to give me enough health to survive?
Let's find out.
Oh, that dick's still around. that dick's still around.
My gosh.
Ooh!
Fire!
Fire in the hole! Fire in the Steph Bot!
Oh, that's not good. Can I get out?
I don't think so. Oh!
Burn! Burn!
Alright. Oh no! Should we start again?
Sticky guns. Alright.
I will listen to your coaching, my friends.
Because I am a little stuck here.
Alright, so let's go here. So, shotguns, sticky guns are like the shotgun thing, right?
What the?
Oh.
What the?
Okay, that was very bad. .
Kenny Rogers is down here.
Oh, that's not a Kenny Rogers fan, I bet.
Alright, let's try one more and then I'll stop because I gotta go get ready for my coronavirus update.
Alright. It's a very strange thing, let me tell you.
I just gotta tell you guys.
It's a very strange thing to be...
You know what? I'll probably try and get some of these guys before I head down, right?
Can I shoot them from up here?
Now, if I had a zoom thing, yeah.
But it would be kind of helpful, right?
Whoa. I don't think that's going to do anything.
Alright, let's try this a little bit better.
Oh, I'm already getting hammered.
I don't even know what this is. Alright, I'm going to take a break here.
Yeah, yeah, sorry. I'm going to have to...
Get a little better with the guns.
But hey, listen guys, really, really appreciate it.
And I will talk to you guys in a bit.
Thanks for your patience with this.
It does seem to be working with as far as the frame rate goes and all of that.
But yeah, thanks guys.
It was a lot of fun. And just keep your eyes posted on Twitter and all that while I'll be posting when I'll be doing the next one.
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