2,000 mile Road Trip Part #1 + Video Game Pickups! — Transcript

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1. 0:00I completely spaced that exit. I mean, I
2. 0:03was in my own mind, own Yeah. flew. I
3. 0:07would I'd be in Mexico by now.
4. 0:10[Music]
5. 0:32Hey guys, Metal Jesus here and I'm back
6. 0:35with another epic road trip. This time
7. 0:37we're going to go 2,000 mi across four
8. 0:40different states. We're going to very
9. 0:42quickly go from Seattle down to Medford,
10. 0:44Oregon, and then we're going to cut over
11. 0:45to Reno, Nevada, stay at a massive
12. 0:49casino, do some video game hunting, and
13. 0:51explore that city a bit. After that, we
14. 0:54head to the Sacramento, California area
15. 0:56to visit a brand new retro gaming expo
16. 0:59as well as take in some of the local
17. 1:01sites. After that, we're going to
18. 1:04meander over to the Pacific coast and
19. 1:06we're going to weave our way along
20. 1:09such beautiful coastline. We're going to
21. 1:11pop into Kuz Bay and end the trip in
22. 1:14Portland, Oregon. This series of videos
23. 1:17is going to have a little bit of
24. 1:18everything. We're going to do some
25. 1:19sightseeing. We're going to be hunting
26. 1:21for video games and music. And there's
27. 1:23lots of adventure on that open road. You
28. 1:27guys are going to love this. So, let's
29. 1:28take a look.
30. 1:30[Music]
31. 1:45[Music]
32. 1:47I don't know about you guys, but I love
33. 1:49a good road trip. Getting in the car on
34. 1:51the open road and just seeing what
35. 1:55happens. And on this trip with me, I've
36. 1:58got my wife Rebecca, who is sitting in
37. 2:00the co-pilot seat there, running the
38. 2:02camera most of the time out the window.
39. 2:04And then I've also got my buddy Scott.
40. 2:07Tell us how you met Battle Jesus.
41. 2:11Well, uh, I used to work at a Volkswagen
42. 2:13dealer and sold him the sweet GTI he's
43. 2:16driving. Now I'm at a Porsche dealer in
44. 2:19Seattle. Um, yeah. Yeah. Big car guy. So
45. 2:25is he. So we kind of hit it off and on
46. 2:28the music and video games and all that.
47. 2:30Um,
48. 2:31yeah. You guys share quite a few things
49. 2:32in common. Yeah. Yeah. Scott also likes
50. 2:35a lot of cool What are some of the cool
51. 2:38concerts you've been to that you think
52. 2:40are your highlights?
53. 2:42Lots of alternative rock uh electronic.
54. 2:45Uh took took metal Jesus to uh the Kiss
55. 2:50show. It's one of his
56. 2:52Yeah. What' you think of that?
57. 2:53It was sweet. It was at the Climate
58. 2:55Planet in Seattle. Um they always put on
59. 2:58a show. It was sweet. It was my first
60. 3:01and only time seeing it, but glad we
61. 3:03did. Awesome.
62. 3:05You may have seen Scott before on my
63. 3:07channel. He's been in a couple videos
64. 3:10and he's the one who sold me my car just
65. 3:13a couple years ago and he showed up for
66. 3:15this road trip in a pretty sweet car
67. 3:18himself.
68. 3:19Why did you decide to trust Metal Jesus
69. 3:22and come on this road trip with us?
70. 3:25Why wouldn't I? Um, yeah. I'm My
71. 3:29brother's down there, so I can do two
72. 3:31things. you know, we're going to meet up
73. 3:33with him down there. He's in Oakland, so
74. 3:36that'll be fun, too. He's going to meet
75. 3:37up with us when we get there.
76. 3:39Yeah.
77. 3:39And I've never been on a road trip from,
78. 3:42you know, Washington all the way to
79. 3:43California. I've been wanting to make
80. 3:45this drive for a while. We're going to
81. 3:47hit the Oregon coast on the way back and
82. 3:49I've been meaning to do that for a
83. 3:51while. Just got this new car as well.
84. 3:54So,
85. 3:55yeah, it's a great car.
86. 3:57Looking forward to hear that.
87. 3:59Testing it out. Yeah,
88. 4:01some fun on your roads on the coast.
89. 4:03So, what is what what is the make a
90. 4:05model of this car?
91. 4:07Uh, it's a BMW M3.
92. 4:10The best part about it is manual.
93. 4:12Yeah, it's still manual.
94. 4:14I know. That's pretty awesome.
95. 4:17Yeah, I made when I sold Jason his car,
96. 4:19I made sure uh it was going to be a
97. 4:22manual.
98. 4:23Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Manuals are a lot
99. 4:25of more fun to drive. For sure.
100. 4:26Now, they don't even make a manual in
101. 4:28that car he has now. up.
102. 4:29I know.
103. 4:30Glad I got to.
104. 4:31Yeah, for sure.
105. 4:33And on this trip, we're going to a bunch
106. 4:35of places that I have not been to
107. 4:37before. And we're going to start this
108. 4:39trip in Medford, Oregon. That's a good
109. 4:42location for us because you can easily
110. 4:45kind of get down to Reno, Nevada. That's
111. 4:48our goal for the first leg of this trip.
112. 4:50And that's about a 5hour drive from
113. 4:53Medford to Reno. And uh you're going
114. 4:56across all these winding mountain roads.
115. 4:59It gets beautiful. You're kind of
116. 5:00changing the scenery a little bit. And
117. 5:03speaking of mountains, check out Mount
118. 5:06Shasta. Wow, this was so cool driving
119. 5:10down the road and seeing this off in the
120. 5:12distance and just getting closer and
121. 5:14closer for about 30 minutes. This was
122. 5:16our view and it was absolutely amazing.
123. 5:20And I think I remember visiting Mount
124. 5:23Shasta as a kid. I mean, really young. I
125. 5:26think with my aunt and uncle back in the
126. 5:28day, we went to Mount Shasta. So, I
127. 5:30haven't seen it in decades, literally.
128. 5:32And uh yeah, it did not disappoint. And
129. 5:35these roads are a great time to test out
130. 5:37our cars on these open roads. You know,
131. 5:39again, I live in the city and so often I
132. 5:42don't really get to just kind of drive
133. 5:44for hours at a time. And this was such a
134. 5:47such an amazing little start to our
135. 5:50trip. Although, it's kind of funny
136. 5:51because for a while I was actually alone
137. 5:54in my car while Rebecca was in Scots and
138. 5:58I spaced it. I was looking out the
139. 5:59window so much I completely missed an
140. 6:02exit and just blew right past it. And uh
141. 6:05they had to message me and say, "Hey,
142. 6:07dude. Uh where where you going?"
143. 6:12Yeah, it's kind of a problem of mine.
144. 6:14And it's like I'll just I'll just drive
145. 6:16and drive and, you know, not even pay
146. 6:17attention. So, I'm not the most
147. 6:19observant driver. I definitely do need a
148. 6:21co-pilot sometimes.
149. 6:23I completely space that exit. I mean, I
150. 6:26was in my own mind, own Yeah, it's flew.
151. 6:29I would I'd be in Mexico by now.
152. 6:32Despite that little setback, we did
153. 6:34eventually roll into Reno. And it's
154. 6:36interesting because I've been to Las
155. 6:37Vegas quite a bit actually, but never to
156. 6:39Reno. So, I didn't know exactly what to
157. 6:42expect. I'd heard that Reno is kind of a
158. 6:44more mellow version of Las Vegas, which
159. 6:47I'm totally cool with. Pulling in here
160. 6:50and checking out our hotel. We're
161. 6:51staying at the Grand Sierra Resort and
162. 6:53Casino, which is a little bit outside of
163. 6:56downtown, so it kind of stands on its
164. 6:58own, but it is massive. And the view
165. 7:01outside of our hotel, you can kind of
166. 7:04see downtown Reno right there. So, we're
167. 7:07we're definitely a good distance away.
168. 7:09Now, the interesting thing about this uh
169. 7:11this resort and casino is that they
170. 7:13really designed it for you to stay there
171. 7:15cuz you can gamble and all this sort of
172. 7:17stuff, but what I was mostly interested
173. 7:19in is that there's there's a couple
174. 7:21floors where they have stores. It's
175. 7:23almost like a mall, but they also have a
176. 7:25bunch of arcades and they've got a
177. 7:28bowling alley.
178. 7:29I've heard that you are an expert
179. 7:30bowler.
180. 7:33You hate to brag. We'll see. Yeah,
181. 7:35he's been a little bit of this. So, all
182. 7:37right. Sick.
183. 7:39It has been quite a few years since I've
184. 7:41gone bowling and I'm not really that
185. 7:43great at it, but honestly, I don't care.
186. 7:45It's just all for fun, right? Yeah. So,
187. 7:47this is cool. We played a couple rounds
188. 7:49of bowling and it's funny cuz Scott was
189. 7:52definitely better than all of us.
190. 7:54Actually, he uh he he he bowled pretty
191. 7:57well in the beginning there. He took an
192. 7:59early lead and then Rebecca had a bunch
193. 8:02of good, you know, strikes as well. So,
194. 8:06I was still trying to gain my rhythm a
195. 8:08little bit. It's funny cuz Scott was
196. 8:11suddenly kind of snacky and hungry and
197. 8:13we couldn't find him at first. And so,
198. 8:15we're kind of like looking over there,
199. 8:16you know, trying to figure out where he
200. 8:18is. Oh, he's over by the food stall.
201. 8:22Scott is getting food and he doesn't
202. 8:24know it's his turn.
203. 8:26It's his turn right there.
204. 8:27So, I'm going to I'm going to I'm going
205. 8:28to play for him.
206. 8:41Oh, honey.
207. 8:43[Music]
208. 8:48Jason played for you.
209. 9:00Doing great, Scott. Doing great.
210. 9:10Yeah, dude.
211. 9:11Nothing.
212. 9:12Yeah,
213. 9:14man. That sucks, dude. That hurts, huh?
214. 9:16Oh, I'm up. Cool.
215. 9:19Go for me.
216. 9:21What?
217. 9:22You lose it all, dude.
218. 9:23What?
219. 9:25Maybe you want to go for me?
220. 9:28I think he should. I think he should.
221. 9:38He's not better.
222. 9:41That was awesome.
223. 9:42Yeah, once he caught on, I decided to
224. 9:45try to make it fair and use a kitty
225. 9:47slide,
226. 9:49but in the end, it didn't help. He still
227. 9:51kicked our butt. So, that was that was a
228. 9:53definitely a fun night. The next day, I
229. 9:55wanted to get out into the city and do
230. 9:57some video game and music hunting. And
231. 10:00the first recommendation I got from
232. 10:01people was to check out Captain Games.
233. 10:04Guys, we're in Reno. Well, actually,
234. 10:06it's technically Sparks. Not entirely
235. 10:08sure how the all that works, but I've
236. 10:10been told to come check out Captain
237. 10:12Games. And uh it looks like it's pretty
238. 10:15big. As you can see here, this is a
239. 10:17pretty big store with a lot of
240. 10:19selection. I mean, they pretty much just
241. 10:21have everything you would probably be
242. 10:22looking for. You know, obviously a lot
243. 10:24of the really popular stuff like
244. 10:26PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox, Switch, all
245. 10:29that stuff. One of the highlights here
246. 10:31is that they have a PlayStation 2 and a
247. 10:34PSP development kit. That is not
248. 10:37something you see every day. I love
249. 10:39seeing these things right here, even
250. 10:40though they're really not that
251. 10:42practical, right, anymore, because I
252. 10:44don't think you can actually buy one of
253. 10:45these and develop games with it
254. 10:47necessarily, but it is a cool piece of
255. 10:48history. Also, this employee who does
256. 10:51the repairs at the shop showed me this.
257. 10:53He called it his ultimate GameCube and
258. 10:56all these different modifications that
259. 10:58he did for it, including an SD mod. So,
260. 11:01you can put actually ROMs on this, but
261. 11:03yet it doesn't remove the optical drive.
262. 11:06So, you can still use original media
263. 11:08here, or you can use this SD mod. He
264. 11:12also installed a custom battery pack as
265. 11:15well as an HDMI modded attached screen
266. 11:18on the top there. It also has a wireless
267. 11:22controller. Uh, you know, plus he's got
268. 11:25the Game Boy player on there. I mean,
269. 11:27this was pretty impressive when he calls
270. 11:29this the ultimate GameCube. Yeah, I
271. 11:32agree with him. In addition to the video
272. 11:34games, it also had a couple pinball
273. 11:36machines. And this Kiss pinball machine
274. 11:39was calling my name.
275. 11:41I would love to put one of these in my
276. 11:43game room. I just don't have the room
277. 11:45for it. Plus, they're kind of expensive.
278. 11:47So, when I do see these out and about, I
279. 11:50will always play them. And uh yeah, I'm
280. 11:53not great at pinball, but I don't care.
281. 11:55I still have fun doing it. And overall,
282. 11:57this is a pretty cool store. I can see
283. 11:59why people come here. The owner and the
284. 12:02employees were super nice in here. Uh
285. 12:05the owner specifically was kind of
286. 12:07talking my ear off. He was so passionate
287. 12:10about video games and and collecting and
288. 12:13also the local community. So that was
289. 12:15really fun talking to him.
290. 12:17[Music]
291. 12:24[Applause]
292. 12:24[Music]
293. 12:28However, this is not the only game store
294. 12:31in the area. We are in Carson City,
295. 12:33which is about 30 minutes from Reno. And
296. 12:36I've been told that this place is pretty
297. 12:38cool. We're at Retro Replay Games. So,
298. 12:40let's take a look. And so, we drove out
299. 12:43there and yeah, I can see why. So, yes,
300. 12:47this is definitely a smaller store than,
301. 12:50you know, Captain Games, but I got to
302. 12:52tell you, immediately I could tell this
303. 12:54was really well stocked and really well
304. 12:57organized. Everywhere I looked, I saw
305. 13:00something really cool. And I was able to
306. 13:02find a couple games I was really excited
307. 13:04for. I'm actually going to share all of
308. 13:05that with you at the end of this video,
309. 13:08so you're definitely going to want to
310. 13:09stay tuned till the end of it. But
311. 13:11overall, I was very impressed with Retro
312. 13:13Replay. Yes, it's a smaller store, but I
313. 13:16actually think that the the the quality
314. 13:18of games that they have in there is
315. 13:21really high. This is Yeah, this was a
316. 13:23highly recommended store, and if you
317. 13:25live in the area, you're definitely
318. 13:26going to want to check it out.
319. 13:28[Music]
320. 13:36The next thing that we wanted to do
321. 13:37while in this area is drive about an
322. 13:40hour south and check out Lake Tahoe. You
323. 13:43know, that's one of those lakes that you
324. 13:45hear all the time about, right? But I
325. 13:47don't know anything about it. And so,
326. 13:49while I'm in the area, Rebecca and I
327. 13:51were like, "Yeah, let's let's take the
328. 13:53drive down to Lake Tahoe." And, you
329. 13:55know, because we've heard just how
330. 13:56beautiful and massive this lake is. And
331. 14:00wow, it did not disappoint. Now, I've
332. 14:04heard that a lot of people use Lake
333. 14:06Tahoe as their annual family vacation.
334. 14:09And I can totally see why you would want
335. 14:11to do that cuz pretty much everywhere we
336. 14:13looked, it was absolutely gorgeous. Now,
337. 14:16we explored around King's Beach, which
338. 14:20has this really small town vibe to it. I
339. 14:23was totally digging it. It's got this
340. 14:25two-lane road through the center of
341. 14:27town. It doesn't feel very
342. 14:30It's not overly crowded. There is
343. 14:32definitely people there because it's
344. 14:34obviously summer, but I was digging
345. 14:36again the small town vibe of it. To me,
346. 14:38it really reminded me of Lake Chalan in
347. 14:41Eastern Washington. So, if you're from,
348. 14:43you know, the Pacific Northwest, maybe
349. 14:45you know where that is. Small town,
350. 14:48beautiful lake, gorgeous scenery, and I
351. 14:51was getting all that from Lake Tahoe.
352. 14:54[Music]
353. 15:05Going back into Reno, we wanted to check
354. 15:07out downtown a little bit and see that
355. 15:10famous Reno sign. Now, when we
356. 15:13originally there, it was the afternoon
357. 15:16and it was definitely very mellow. I was
358. 15:19kind of surprised cuz again, I'm I'm
359. 15:20used to Vegas, right? the the crazy
360. 15:24oh just energy of Vegas and I wasn't
361. 15:26getting that initially in Reno until
362. 15:30the night came along and you know when
363. 15:32it got nighttime and that Reno sign was
364. 15:35lit up you could tell okay everyone kind
365. 15:37of came out and that sort of part of
366. 15:40town really came alive and so we
367. 15:43explored down there a little bit and
368. 15:44that was very cool but when we got back
369. 15:46to the casino we hit up the arcades
370. 15:49again and uh Scott and I We're playing
371. 15:51some Cruise and Blast, the arcade
372. 15:53version. He had never played that
373. 15:55before. Uh I was telling him, "Oh man,
374. 15:57it's on Switch and it's so awesome." And
375. 15:59to uh to play the arcade version is
376. 16:01really fun. And then we also did a
377. 16:03couple of the shooting games as well.
378. 16:06The other recommendation I got from a
379. 16:08lot of people is to check out the Reno
380. 16:10Public Market. Specifically, there's a
381. 16:13store in there, or I guess maybe it's a
382. 16:16group of stores called Junkie. And
383. 16:18specifically, it's a clothing and
384. 16:20exchange as well as an antique area. And
385. 16:24when we went in there, I saw very
386. 16:26quickly why people recommended this.
387. 16:27There is tons of funky cool collectibles
388. 16:32in here. I very quickly found these
389. 16:35heavy metal comic books. Never seen
390. 16:38these before. And some of my favorite
391. 16:40bands like Opth and Judas Priest and
392. 16:43Iron Maiden. So, this was a pretty cool
393. 16:45find. And this was a cool place to
394. 16:47explore, you know, because it goes way
395. 16:49beyond just video games and music.
396. 16:51There's entire sections dedicated to pop
397. 16:54culture, collectibles, action figures,
398. 16:58lunchboxes, clothing, and just a ton
399. 17:01more. It really reminds me of the
400. 17:03antique malls that we have in the
401. 17:05Seattle area. I've did several videos on
402. 17:08them on my channel. And basically, this
403. 17:10is a place where just multiple small
404. 17:12vendors, you and me or anybody really
405. 17:14can just bring their stuff to sell in
406. 17:16one place. And so, you never know what
407. 17:18you're going to expect. The inventory is
408. 17:21always changing. And so, if you have one
409. 17:23of these in your area, you definitely
410. 17:25want to check it out cuz you can get
411. 17:27some good deals there and you never know
412. 17:29what you're going to find. Which brings
413. 17:30me to the games that I picked up on this
414. 17:32particular part of the trip. And I'm
415. 17:34going to start with Groove Rider Slot
416. 17:37Car Thunder for the Gamecube. This is
417. 17:40not an expensive game, but it's one that
418. 17:42I don't typically see, and so I wanted
419. 17:44to pick it up because it's fairly unique
420. 17:46in that it is a racing game with slot
421. 17:49cars. And so that's a little bit
422. 17:52different than almost every other racing
423. 17:54game you will play because again, your
424. 17:56car is in a slot. And that makes it kind
425. 18:00of interesting. It also reminds me of my
426. 18:01childhood cuz my dad used to actually
427. 18:03collect and race slot cars in real life.
428. 18:07So, I picked this up as well as the
429. 18:09professional edition of Hitman
430. 18:12Absolution.
431. 18:14And depending on your point of view, you
432. 18:16either like this game or you hated this
433. 18:18game. And it's my experience that most
434. 18:21of the hardcore Hitman fans didn't like
435. 18:24it. I'm sorry. I actually really enjoyed
436. 18:28this game. I love how they did something
437. 18:30a little bit different here where they
438. 18:32kind of mixed it in Quinton Tarantino
439. 18:36Grindhouse style visuals and
440. 18:38storytelling. I just thought it was
441. 18:40really cool and uh love that game. I
442. 18:43have the normal version of it, but I
443. 18:45didn't have this particular one where
444. 18:47it's got the extra Blu-ray of bonus
445. 18:49content as well as the the art book and
446. 18:52some other digital things that you can
447. 18:53get as well. So, I had to pick that one
448. 18:56up. So, what's next on the agenda? Well,
449. 18:59after this, we are going to head down to
450. 19:01Sacramento, California area for the Fire
451. 19:04and Ice Retro Gaming Expo. I'm going to
452. 19:08show you two days of that gaming expo.
453. 19:10And I have to be honest with you, I got
454. 19:12a ton of really cool stuff there. Stuff
455. 19:15you've probably never seen before. As
456. 19:18well as we're going to visit a store
457. 19:20called The Cave, which frankly blew our
458. 19:23minds. Scott's going to go to a baseball
459. 19:25game and we're going to do some
460. 19:27sightseeing around the area. And so
461. 19:29that's going to come up in the next
462. 19:30video. And then after that, we're going
463. 19:32to head over to the Oregon coast. And
464. 19:34man, you're not going to want to miss
465. 19:36those views. It's going to be glorious.
466. 19:38And so guys, that's the first part of my
467. 19:40road trip video. So stay tuned, be
468. 19:43subscribed because part two is coming
469. 19:45next week. Thanks so much for watching.
470. 19:47Thanks for subscribing. Take care.