4Player Podcast #833 - The Brand Safety Show (The New Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer, the Games Media Culling of 2025, StarVaders, and More!)
4Player Podcast
Nick Henderson
4.8 • 809 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2025
⏱️ 116 minutes
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Summary
On Brad's birthday episode, we talk about games journalism being culled in the name of "brand safety" - a concept completely foreign to us here at 4Player. We also dissect the shiny new trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, analyze some outrageous claims from Chris Davis that relate to our Game of the Year lists, and let Brad get his nerd on when talking about StarVaders.
- Discussion - Ongoing 'The Last of Us' HBO impressions (2:35)
- Impressions - Warframe (11:50)
- Impressions - StarVaders (21:15)
- Impressions - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 + GOAT List Controversy (39:30)
- News - Reactions to the 'Grand Theft Auto VI' Trailer (1:04:20)
- News - Games Jounalism (and all Media) is Under Fire Once Again (1:16:20)
- 4Player Minute (1:34:30)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, you're listening to Four Player Podcast, a weekly live show about video games. |
| 0:04.7 | We hope you'll stick around for another year of gaming discussion, fantasy critic hijinks, |
| 0:08.5 | and of course, general shenanigans here at Four Player. |
| 0:11.2 | Before we start this episode, we want to send a thank you out to everyone who listens and |
| 0:14.9 | give a quick welcome to any newbies. |
| 0:16.7 | I'll try to keep this short because this is, always will be an ad-free show. We've been at this since 2008, so if you like what we do, please subscribe and leave a review on your preferred podcast service. |
| 0:26.4 | Join us in our Discord at Discord.g.g. slash 4Player, or, if you're so inclined, throw us a couple bucks a month on Patreon. |
| 0:33.8 | We record these episodes live every Tuesday night on Twitch.tv slash 4Player Podcast, all spelled out, and episodes hit podcast services on Friday morning. |
| 0:42.3 | You can find all the links you need at 4Playernetwork.com. |
| 0:45.5 | But enough about that, let's get started. |
| 1:01.6 | Hey, everyone, welcome to four-player podcast, episode 833. |
| 1:04.5 | It is May 6, 2025. |
| 1:10.6 | I'm your host, Nick Henderson, joined by Brad Simons, who has a birthday today. |
| 1:11.4 | What? |
| 1:12.3 | What? |
| 1:15.2 | The big 45, huh? |
| 1:16.2 | He gives this shit. |
| 1:18.6 | I do not observe this crap. |
| 1:20.5 | He's not lying. |
| 1:23.4 | I said happy birthday to Brad this morning, and he just ghosted. I literally, I went to work. |
| 1:25.0 | Never said anything. |
| 1:26.2 | When's your AARP card get in the middle? |
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