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I enjoyed this alot. I, too, went into this album expecting it to be a Van Halen cover album (maybe because they have that other cover album?). I think everyone on the couch seems to have a good rapport with one another, which makes the conversation flow well.

Really, overall, it was a great first episode and I am excited to have something new to watch each week.

@ometeotl: literally came here to say the same

Really enjoyed this!

Only thing to note: unless my window isn't sized correctly, Lucy's Twitter handle at the end was cut off on the bottom of the screen.

@moda: I mean, in his defense, I don't have many positives to say about the stuff that was shown either. Sometimes it's just not your cup of tea.

Glad people got some of what they wanted, but Chicory was the best looking thing in that show to me, so I'm happy it's already out.

This sounds like some public access network formatting and that is awesome.

Super excited to see what shows come out of this. Really loved how everyone was kinda falling over each other to talk about it. I could hear their excitement and couldn't help be excited by it too, even if it's not clear what the IT is yet.

Excited to see what Tam & Lucy James do, too!

Now to somehow actually get that Phil Spencer/Gerstmann's Garage stream.

@clintdriftwood: I think alot of people are having issues with particular games and making the blanket statements about the console as a whole. That combined with Brad's tendency to be wary about new electronics are why he mentioned it, I assume.

I've had Oddworld, Demon's Souls and Miles Morales all crash if left open coming back from Rest Mode. Those three games have errored every time. So I've just made a habit to always close games out before entering rest mode.

@beggary: This is definitely the most accurate comparison I have seen. I think Unravel 2 had some of the best co op that required both players to be good at the game (especially for the collectibles), and It Takes Two does the same thing. The way they are able to make both characters fun to play and vital to get through the level so consistently is really impressive. If you liked Unravel and have the extra person to play with, I would highly recommend It Takes Two. Honestly, the "A" plot line is obviously bad, but the individual plot lines per level are fine, and it at least makes a little more sense than Unravel's child abuse memory story.

Only semi-related: I also just played through Maquette, and I found the characters in It Takes Two slightly more believable to have been in a relationship than I did in Maquette, despite those actors actually being in a real life relationship.

I really hate the mending of a broken relationship media trope that we're seeing at play here, but I am actually a pretty big fan of Hazelight's co op focused games.

So I'm looking forward to playing this with my partner next week. Hopefully we can laugh at some of the stupidity in dialogue/scenes together the same way we did in A Way Out.

Unfortunately, I think there will be ten better games than this by the end of the year.