#1238 - Brian Redban

Joe Rogan (0:04)

Four, three, two, one.

Hey, fella, what's going on? Hey. I was like, get that quick quick fix.

Brian Redban (0:13)

Oh my god, it's so amazing how fast it came back to me, like the addiction of playing that game over and over again.

Joe Rogan (0:19)

It's a real problem.

Brian Redban (0:20)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:21)

Yeah, we've been going crazy. Jamie's been fucking me up too. So today, I got lucky that he had to help you get his shit together.

SPEAKER_3 (0:28)

Three early kills, I saw that.

Joe Rogan (0:29)

He's been fucking me up.

Brian Redban (0:30)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (0:31)

Not nice.

Brian Redban (0:32)

You don't really play Quake, right? It's from playing Fortnite and stuff.

SPEAKER_3 (0:35)

I tested myself a little bit because I knew this was going to happen eventually, so I had to get some practice with some rockets at some point.

And yeah, but it honestly helps to warm up with Quake to play Fortnite or play PUBG or something like that because the quick, whatever it is of aiming, you don't do it that much. So like when you're doing it three times, you've already done it 55 times playing Quake, just in one round.

Joe Rogan (0:54)

Right.

SPEAKER_3 (0:54)

So like your little interaction you have with someone on a shotgun usually wins.

Joe Rogan (0:58)

Quake is so fast paced.

Brian Redban (0:59)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:00)

We're playing Quake 4 It's like, whew, Jesus Christ.

Brian Redban (1:04)

I haven't played that game in maybe 15 years.

Joe Rogan (1:06)

Me too. You know what I noticed?

Brian Redban (1:07)

I didn't think you were ever gonna do it again.

Joe Rogan (1:08)

I probably shouldn't. What I noticed is my eyesight sucks now. My eyesight is not nearly as good. It's interesting. From like 42 to 46, there was a big drop off. And at 46, the fucking floor fell out.

Now it's like my eyesight's shit.

Brian Redban (1:24)

Gamer glasses.

SPEAKER_3 (1:25)

It takes me a minute when I play games, too.

One game isn't enough yet. Probably takes 10 minutes, maybe less, but to just start tracking things, getting your eyes up to speed, the distance you are away from that screen, it takes a little bit of time to get in there.

Joe Rogan (1:39)

Yeah, man. Right now we're just playing it on the local area network.

But once you start going online and playing other people, that's when it gets super, super addictive.

Brian Redban (1:49)

People that still play that game must be insane.

Joe Rogan (1:52)

Oh my God, I don't wanna be anywhere near those psychopaths.

If they're playing that game, it's because they're really good at it, probably. You know, like who else? Like young kids aren't buying that game.

Brian Redban (2:01)

Back in the day, you even had a Joe Rogan level that somebody created. Remember that?

Joe Rogan (2:05)

Yeah, somebody created a level, that's right. Was that what game was that, three or four?

Brian Redban (2:09)

I think it was four.

Joe Rogan (2:11)

Was it really?

Four was 11, though. Didn't it come out in 2011?

Brian Redban (2:15)

Maybe it was three then.

Joe Rogan (2:16)

Might have been three.

Brian Redban (2:16)

Wasn't Rocket Leap's Arena four?

Joe Rogan (2:19)

I don't know.

Brian Redban (2:21)

Oh my gosh.

Joe Rogan (2:21)

I don't remember.

Brian Redban (2:22)

I don't remember either.

Joe Rogan (2:23)

I know there was Rocket Arena for Quake 2, and there was Rocket Arena for Quake 3, because I started with Rocket Arena for Quake 2, which if you played today, you would think the graphics are hilariously bad.

But it's a good game. It's a little slower. The fast game was like Quake 1 was really fast, Quake 2 was slower, and then Quake 3 became more like Quake 1, a combination of Quake 1 and Quake 2 It was pretty fast. Quake 4 is probably perfect.

Brian Redban (2:50)

Miss it. And you tried to play the new Quake, but you didn't like it as much?

Joe Rogan (2:54)

The only problem is it's fun. We had a good time. The only problem is you have to do everything through their servers. So it takes time. It's gotta load.

It's like it's not, I'm impatient.

Brian Redban (3:05)

Right.

Joe Rogan (3:05)

I'm a fucking child.

Brian Redban (3:07)

That's crazy.

Joe Rogan (3:09)

Yeah.

Brian Redban (3:10)

You refuse to try any of the other ones, right?

Joe Rogan (3:13)

They're all just new addictions waiting to happen. I just feel like if I got one addiction.

SPEAKER_3 (3:20)

This weekend on Saturday, they had a concert in Fortnite.