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The Winner Of The Console Wars Is... KFC?!

Game Theory

The Game Theorists

Games, Leisure

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Join former Game Theory Host MatPat as he breaks down exactly why KFC released a gaming console...


Credits: Writers: Matthew Patrick and Justin Kuiper Editors: Dan "Cybert" Seibert, Alex "Sedge" Sedgwick, Tyler Mascola and Shannon (Bomb0i) Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

Transcript

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0:00.0

And with the KF consoles patting a chicken chamber, you can keep your chicken hot and ready to eat between rounds of gaming.

0:06.7

Wait, who in their right mind is going to want to eat fried chicken in between rounds of call of duty?

0:11.8

Well, now who wouldn't want to eat my delicious fried chicken as that game of fuel of choice?

0:17.6

Uh, anyone who doesn't want to have a wad of napkins next to their desk?

0:21.7

I could not think of a greasier food than fried chicken.

0:25.2

Well, come on now, think of it as performance and hands and finger lubrication.

0:29.7

There's no way that works. My matchmaking rank doesn't lie. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Hello internet. Welcome to Food Theory is what I want to be saying but nope

1:00.8

welcome to Game Theory.

1:03.3

But how does gaming and KFC mix?

1:06.1

Well, the two cross over a lot more than you'd think.

1:08.6

For instance, back in 2015, they released Colonel Quest,

1:12.1

a very real and very playable tribute to old school gaming,

1:16.2

where you play as Colonel Sanders in a variety of mini games like baby business, where your

1:20.6

objective is to, quote, catch as many babies as you can so the colonel won't get

1:25.9

sued for malpractice. There is also courtroom brawl where you play as a lawyer in a game

1:31.2

where you experience the real trials and tribulations of the legal profession

1:35.1

by koeing the client in under 30 seconds to earn a gold drumstick.

1:40.2

This is a real game.

1:41.6

Someone in KFC's marketing department thought this was the best way to spend their money

1:45.5

to get people to buy more fried chicken.

1:48.0

And frankly, I couldn't be happier.

1:49.8

They made the right call.

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