Hi, everyone, it's Amy Polar, and I'm launching a new podcast called Good Hang.

In preparation for that, I asked some of my friends to send in some videos and give me some

advice. Just be yourself, and the guests will come.

Don't be the celebrity that this is their, like, six things they're doing.

I love true crime and cooking podcasts. Is there any way you could combine the two?

Well, everyone has an opinion and a podcast. So, join me for good hang. It's rough out there.

We're just trying to lighten it up a little. Hello and welcome into the Ringerverse, your Nexus Feed for All Things fandom.

I am Ben Lindberg, senior editor for the Ringer and crimson king of Buttonmash. There are three

playable characters in Crimson Desert, and there are three playable podcasters on this episode

of Button Mash. Let me introduce the other two. You know their names, joining me bright and early on the

West Coast, because we've got an embargo to beat. Ringinger Deputy Art Lead Matt, Grayman James. Good morning, Matt. Good morning, Ben. Happy to be here. Happy to talk Crimson Desert. I know you are. I know you're a major morning person, so this just suits you perfectly. That's right. I called you Grayman, James. I've never seen you without your cap on, so I can't actually tell. You got any gray in that mean? The beard is getting a little gray. Yeah, okay. Which, you know, that's most of what you can see of Cliff, depending on what you're wearing in the game. It's true. Touch of gray kind of suits you anyway. Also joining us, blonde is the day he was born.

Ringer's senior audio producer and Midnight Boy, Steve Abyss Artifact, Alman.

This is actually the Yasified DLSS-Five version of me, so not a gray hair to be seen.

I could tell.

Well, fellas, the gaming gods have been good.

We have had our hands full, Resident Evil Requiem, Slay the Spire 2, Pokemon Pocopia, all released in the span of one week, not to mention Marathon.

If you're an RPG player, you've already gotten esoteric ebb and Monster Hunter Stories 3 this month.

So the well has not been dry.

We have not been in a crimson content desert.

But every game is going to have to make way for the new behemoth on the block.

The open world action adventure RPG, in quotes, called Crimson Desert. After almost a decade in development, after all the hype, it's here or about to be. It's out on Thursday for PlayStation, Xbox, Windows, and Mac. We've been waiting a while. Can you believe that the day has come? The Crimson Day has dawned.

A red-letter day, you might say?

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