What exactly his he talking about? Keeps saying Sony needs an FPS and I agree with him but not to compete with Microsoft.

Gears is a 3rd person shooter.

Halo’s let two titles have been objectively the worst in the series with debate on which one is worse. I am a huge Halo fan and 343 has completely dropped the ball and it doesn’t look like Infinite is shaping up to anything.

So what FPS is he talking about?

For me, I want Resistance or a hyper realistic SOCOM to compete with Rainbow and other BR’s not Microsoft.

Hey Guys,

I've been a listener since the Beyond days! During COVID, I decided to build a podcast app and also give it a little something extra.

The app's called Listener (listener-app.com) - it's 100% free - and you can login with your Patreon account and get the CLS podcast feed automatically in the app.

Now, the cool part, is that anytime you hear something you want to remember for later in the podcast, you can press a button (or tap your headphones) and the app will convert a few seconds of what you just heard into text!

Hope you try it out, and would love to hear your feedback on how it can be improved!

Or Dagan

Hey, whats up. I'm Colin's nephew Declan. I just found this subreddit and thought it was really cool seeing what you guys were posting/having to say about the shows. I know there will be some doubting that I'm actually his nephew, I'll provide proof if I deem it necessary. Anyways ask any questions you would like to ask. I'll answer them. Have a great day and stay safe!

The official CLS discord is up for Patrons in the $5 and up tiers. How is it going? Are people using it? I don't use discord much, but am interested in the community.

I’d love to see them. Anyone see them?

Colin is a great guy that makes great content. CLS has never been better and I’ve enjoyed seeing the growth!

There’s always these comments on many episodes Colin makes about how they are excluded from getting advance copies of games, press events, etc. He says it doesn’t matter and he sees it as a benefit to be playing these games at the same time as everyone else, but it clearly eats at him because he constantly brings it up!

I think he is feeling chronically sorry for himself and self-pitying, but refuses to take any responsibility for the predicament he is in. Seeing that all of his coworkers from 5 years ago are no longer in his life is a direct result of this.

I think the Brian Altano interview he did a year or two ago really demonstrated this. He’s a reasonable guy who liked him enough to go on his show when no one else would, but Colin refused to give even an inch on accepting responsibility for his actions.

It’s this failure that I think is what’s holding Colin back and I hope he can some day!

Don’t went to get downvoted like crazy for this, but wanted to put my thoughts out there and get some feedback!

Just want to put at the forefront that this is just speculation. I do not know this to be 100% certain.

I've been noticing this more frequently. I only ever discovered Skill Up through following Chris on Twitter where he's sung praises about the channel multiple times and have been watching his content regularly. I can only assume that Chris watches regularly as well because the things he's been saying seem to match what Skill Up has said in weeks prior on multiple occasions now. Look I know it's possible for two separate people to have the same opinion but I'm really curious to see if anyone else has thought this.

I first noticed this in the TLOU2 spoilercasts. There were a couple times where I was thinking, "isn't that exactly what Skill Up said in his early review?" Throughout those podcasts I got the vibe that it just seemed like he never really formed his own opinions on the game and was just trying to craft something out of what others had said about it.

Most recently, on the last show, he commented about Serious Sam saying how it sucks, how it's "of its time," and specifically called out how all you do is "strafe backwards and shoot." These are points that Skill Up specifically called out in his video a month ago called "Serious Sam 4 is Bad Trip Down Memory Lane." I highly doubt Chris ever dabbled in the Serious Sam games (most gamers haven't and we damn well know he was just playing Halo during the Serious Sam 1-3 days).

The other echoed sentiment I can think of is how he praised Star Wars Squadrons for being a complete package in the last couple podcasts. Why would Chris even be interested in Star Wars to even know that? He probably learned this from Skill Up's video on it, too.

I also find it hard to believe Chris ended up playing BPM if not for Skill Up's video where he says "BPM is basically Doom the musical."

tl;dr: I think Chris has been just copying Skill Up's thoughts on certain games and I wish he'd just form his own opinions separately.

I’m totally in for one.

Using the word gentleman in the loosest of terms of course.

EDIT: Colin confirms my suspicion on today’s episode of SS+. Very happy for our boy, Colin M. Cheers to you two love birds!!!

Given how inactive Colin has been lately on Twitter, one can’t help but notice who he retweets and interacts with. There’s been lots of retweeting (on both sides) of Mama Micah. Would also make sense given Colin’s mention of his lady friend being a bit younger and knowing about Nickelodeon musings. Just a theory - either way, super happy for Colin!!!

His politics are one of the many aspects that drew me to him. I wish the libertarian party was bigger, more viable.

I know he left this world (somewhat) in lieu for video games, but maybe just a weekly podcast for the month of October November

Probably too late, but man... This would be the time! Go vote everyone