Hi, you guys. Lindsay here. Welcome back to my channel Inside the Hymn. I got such an overwhelmingly positive response from you guys when I posted the McCalls summer collection first impression video a couple of weeks ago. Many of you asked that I continue to do it for the other big four brands as well as some independent companies that release full collections. So I'm going to do that, obviously here I am today with the Simplicity Creative Group. It looks like they released some new patterns a couple of weeks ago, maybe the same time as the McCalls patterns. So I don't know now that they're all owned by the same company, if their schedules will start to coincide a little bit more, but a little bit of a delay only because I didn't really realize that they had come out with some new patterns, but either way we are going to be looking at their new patterns. So just like my first impression of McCalls, we're going to skip over vintage and skip over cosplay and I get that this doesn't have to be cosplay because it's just kind of like workout clothes, but we're going to skip over that because there's plenty of other great stuff to look at. All right, first things first, we've got a cute little romper here with a very sexy back. If I do say so myself, let's see if we can get, there's some line drawings there. So it's a dress or a jumper with spaghetti straps. And then I think we have some back options that tie up back is cute for some people. Is that the only back option though?  And then this is a different version too. But I do like that seam detail on this back panel. Interesting. Yeah, certainly, I don't know that I'd be making the tie back, but it does look like it would be a really cute fit and flare option. And I can imagine probably a pretty simple pattern for a beginner. Yeah, cute. Let's see, am I gonna have to keep going back and forth? I guess so. Okay, now we have a Cynthia Rowley pattern. Honestly, I have sewn so many Cynthia Rowley patterns. I really do love them, but a cause I believe, no, it couldn't have been. They must have had one like this last year. Remember in the catalogs, it was like a chambray or like a baby blue color, also very tint like very big and billowy. And I didn't care for that one. Similar to this one, I just am not sure that this is a very flattering look. Where did her other arm go? Is that just some really bad photo editing? Oh my gosh. Certainly she has two arms, right? I mean, I'm not trying to pick on people who, you guys, I think they photoshopped her arm out. Or maybe she only has one arm. I don't know. Either way, back to the dress. Yeah, I'm just not a huge fan of all of this billowiness. If you are seven feet tall and super skinny like she is, I think that would be really cute on you. But for most people, I don't know that that would be very flattering. It does remind me of the Maya Sodas dress that was the, that's part of the new, is it deer and doe collection? And I did sew that one. And I feel like when I'm wearing it that it may not be the most flattering, but it's so darn comfortable that I almost don't care. I also think the tops, yeah, they're just a little bit much. If you're super, super skinny though, more power to you. They could also start to look a little bit pajama-like. Let's see what else we've got. Okay, here's something kind of sweet for summer. It is a wrap dress with ruffles. So this is very reminiscent of the dress that I made for Style Maker Fabrics Spring Blog Tour. I'll link that here if you guys don't know what I'm talking about. With this huge, huge flounce, the one that I made, the McCall, I think it's a McCall's or a Butterick, one of the other brands, but it also had a ruffle along this line here. I do like the longer sleeves with the elasticated cuff. That's cute. This option could be really cute too with the off-the-shoulder look. Let's get some better pictures. That's just the basic wrap with no ruffle. Is that all we're going to get? Honestly, I'm not the biggest fan of Simplicity's website. I guess we'll just zoom in. See, there's a cute little off-the-shoulder ruffle option. High, low, hem, which is also cute. Yeah, I think this one could be really sweet for fall in one of those fabrics that has a darker background, like a navy background, shally or crepe or something like that. That could be a really nice option for fall. I do like how it's hitting her. It is higher up on the chest than some patterns. That's really nice too. Yeah, this one could be cute. Let's see. Next, we have, oh, here we go with the asymmetrical again. Let's zoom so we can see better. This is an asymmetrical neckline, which I'm not a fan of. Honestly, if you just cut this side of her off, this side is super cute. I do love the elbow length with the cutout. I think that's adorable, and it couldn't be that hard to make the same thing over here, right? We've got one that has shoulder straps and a flounce, which if you are full busted, this is not going to work for you. But if you have a small chest, then it will accentuate that area and maybe make you look fuller. Then we have a shorter version of that. This one's kind of cute if you did it in a brocade or something. It's not totally asymmetrical. I think the part I don't like about it is just how naked you are here, but I also don't like how this tends to fall down too. So this wouldn't really solve that, but it does solve one of the reasons why I don't like it. In general, lots of options. Is that a waist seam? Let's see. No, it's not a waist seam. Actually, there's only a center back seam. There's not even any darts or anything, but it does have pockets. This one does anyways. Isn't that what that means? Pockets? Yeah, lots of options. The shorter length has a shorter ruffle. That's a really good detail that they thought to consider proportion with the shorter length. I don't know. I kind of like this one, but I would, instead of cutting this, wow, it's all one piece, I guess you'd have to cut it on the fold instead, which might even be better. Certainly would save some fabric probably. All right. Next up is a Mimi G pattern. Where are we? Okay. Oh, sexy with the little ruching and the cutout and the slit. My goodness. Let's see. Here's the line drawings. Sexy. Actually, that ruching is very flattering for folks. I don't want to scroll through. Scroll down. Whose trouble area is their tummy? All these little lines or whatever, create depth and shadows and hide your tummy. Also, you can see we've got some fisheye darts. Also great for shaping. All the shaping doesn't happen here on the side seam. It also takes into consideration some shaping in the back here, which is a really nice detail. Cute. I do like that little, it's a modest little cutout. See how that creates all those shadows and depth and everything along the center front there? So it would hide some lumps and bumps if that's your trouble area. It's a very nice, very sexy, very summer in Miami kind of vibe I'm getting. Or like an evening in Hawaii or something. I don't know, daydreaming, but cute. Okay. I think I figured out a faster way to do this. I'm going to open them in new tabs. Is that faster? Not really. Okay. We have a simplicity dress or tunic. Wow. Look at this, you guys. Very little shape. This isn't, this is cute. This is cute. I don't, again, with the billowiness though, I'm not sure that, I'm not sure how flattering that would be on me. But it's not as bad as I would have originally thought, I guess. I do appreciate this. All these seam details, these, I don't know about that on the hip. And again, just a center back seam. Yeah, I guess, you know, in linen, something easy breezy. And if you have the right accessories, it could be really cute. You know, especially on those really hot and humid days, I could see that being really comfortable. This is just, I don't even know what is up with the styling there. Why would you wear the dress over pants? Like, no, not feeling that. I'm not feeling that at all. But this length is adorable, I think. It's kind of like, you know, modern woman meets comfort, I guess, would be my take on that one. All right, we've got a modified little jumper dress here. Let's see, close up. Oops. So yeah, it's kind of like an apron style. Can we not see? Oh, here are the line drawings. Wow, look at those pockets. All right, so this is fairly simple design concept. Let's get through some of these other pictures to see it all styled. Yeah, it's really just kind of reminding me a little bit of just like an apron without the ties. This, I don't know, do I like that? I can't tell if I like like the full back suspenders with this, all this gathering because of this little bubble that just, especially for me, because I'm pear shaped, like that would just, I feel like accentuate it. That one's really cute though. Why is that one different than the other ones? I guess just the length is different. The fabric, I guess, made a huge difference. That one looks clean and polished to me and a lot less like an apron, but the back would still have those little issues. But cute design though. I could see this on a lot of people. I'm looking cute. All right, we are right here with some tops with sleeve variations. So let's check them out. We've got a flutter sleeve. Look at the length of this. It is definitely short, which I've come to realize. I think a lot of simplicity patterns have these shorter hems. This one, I can't really tell but I think that's a buckle. This one has a little lace inset, and then this one has this little funky pleat with a tie thing. Here they all are, line drawings. What do y'all think of these? Interesting, right? I mean, the sleeve trend is still going strong, so I guess, you know, just trying to find as many variations of sleeves as you possibly can, this pattern would pretty much do it. Great. But I would definitely have to lengthen that one for sure. Wow, we were right here. Okay. This is a knit top. That's kind of cool. Something different. And then we've got the cutouts again. We've got an overlay with long sleeves. This little detail will be sweet for all of you pregnant mommas out there. I guess that's got to create lots of room. I would like these, I think, if they were a little bit shorter. I don't love like a tunic. Like, if this were more like this, like that, I think that I would like it better. Let's look at the line drawings. I bet you they're super comfortable. Nothing that special with the backs, although B does have an overlay on the front and the back. I bet that has like gajillions of fabric. Oh no, they're O. So it's almost two yards, one yard of the main fabric, and then contrast fabric for the overlay. So that could be cute if you did like a black, you know, just jersey knit or any color jersey knit, and then kind of like a chiffon overlay or like a stretch, a stretchy lightweight something or another overtop. That could be cute. Next up, oh, look at this one. Okay. Well, it's a crop top. Well, one version is a crop top. But you know what could be cool? This would be super simple to just add a skirt. You just instead of finishing this bottom seam line, you just attach a skirt to it, and then you have a dress. I like that. So we have this option with the pickups in the sleeves and then the little elasticated ruffle cuff thing. We've got this version that just has the elasticated cuff. This version just has the Dolman sleeve.  I do like this one. But I would want to triple check the lengths of all of these. And it is a little bit lower. You can see it's hitting, I mean, she doesn't have a very large chest, so it doesn't look like there's a ton of cleavage. But if you have any type of chest, you're going to be showing some cleavage in this one. So you maybe want to take it up a little bit to make it more modest. But again, with the sleeve details, it does look like it's a true wrap. Hard to tell from all these drawings. Let's see if this one shows it any better. No, it doesn't. But yeah, this one's cute. This one's cute. And in the right, this is just too much for me. I'm not that stylish. But this one I could definitely see myself doing. Yeah. All right. What do we have now? Here's some more vintage. Here's a learn to sew, where you learn to sew a double stitched hem, an elastic casing, and apply bias tape. Wow. I just don't, I mean, I feel like this has been done, right? I already have like 14 patterns that look like this one. And again, I'm just not a fan of asymmetrical. But I already have these. This is like nothing new to me. But I guess if you were new to sewing and you wanted to take it easy, this would be the way to go. And look at that. All the sizes all in one. That is something nice. I feel like simplicity does that the others don't. They really do get a lot of sizes in one pattern. Okay, now we've got a, just a top, it says. We've got an asymmetrical, but it goes into a sleeve. That's quite interesting. I'm not feeling this fabric, or am I feeling the like width of the sleeves, or the boxiness of the top. But this is a nice alternative. I do like the shaping there. And I like how you're getting a cold shoulder without it being like, I don't know, do I like that? I can't tell. I can't tell. Let's look at some other versions.  Oh, look, there's applique. That one's cute. But again, that kind of feels pretty basic. They used a embroidered border, not a border print, but it is a border embroidery. I guess that's how you say that. Yeah, that one's really sweet.  She looks very happy. Again, with the length though, the length on this one, she's not really ever standing up straight, but it's short. I mean, that is like, her waistband is like right here. And then here's this, that looks better than the other one. I think it's just the fabric I'm not loving. I don't know. I'm kind of like, it's like love hate. I can't tell if I love it or I hate it. I'm in between. Next up, we've got a duster. You don't see those very often anymore. It looks like it just has an umpire waist. It has covered buttons and loops all the way down, so that would be an interesting sewing task. They are showing it as a bathing suit cover-up, which is a great styling option, and also as just like, you know, a lace cover-up for an outfit. I don't know. I guess this is kind of like what the Kardashians are wearing these days. I don't know though, if that really fits into my wardrobe all that much. This one looked cute in the styled pictures, but it could go like 1600s nightgown really quickly. I don't know. That's kind of cute, like as a cover-up to shorts and a tank top. I could see myself wearing that, but when it's like not being thrown open, it is a little boring. But yeah, I guess as you're walking and the wind catches it, that could be cute. Definitely a cute bathing suit cover-up. All right, now we have an easy to sew knit bottom. All right, now we're talking. Okay, so we've got some basic knit skirts with a waistband paneled. We've got this scoop hem, this asymmetrical hem. Then is that, oh yeah, that's view A or B. It must be B because the fabrics are the same. So that's what it looks like. Sure does look comfortable. And then we've got these killer pants with this ruffle down the side. Those are actually kind of cute. Call me crazy, but I kind of like them. And then these have the slit up to the knee, which I have seen several people, like celebrities or whatever, wearing pants like that. They still look very tailored, but kind of like with a twist. Like I kind of appreciate that kind of style. We've even got some little shorts here. Let's check out the rest of these photos. Lots of the pants, I think. Cute. Oh, there you can see the asymmetrical a lot better.  I don't know. Look at her fun and their knit like so comfortable. They styled it cute with a little body suit. Oh, I really want to see these. Darn. That could be fun. Something different for sure. Especially if you find the right knit fabric. All right, pull on skirt and belt bag. Now this is trendy. Yeah, learn to sew the trends. I'd say so. These little hip bags are like all the rage right now. I'm sure you've seen them online in other places. But in terms of the skirt pattern, it is very, very basic. Again, if you've got someone who's new to sewing, they would probably love making this. But for me, it's kind of like cut scalloped edge fabric. I don't know. Sometimes I feel like it would be kind of cool to like go do one of these super basic patterns and like really, really focus on doing like a superb excellent job and following all the rules exactly and ending up with like the most perfect basic skirt you can possibly make. That's kind of inspiring. Okay, pull on shorts. So you guys will see soon, but I recently just made the deer and doe goji shorts, which are almost exactly like these, except the gojis are a little bit wider, actually a lot bit wider and draper. So this is just more of a fitted short. Wow, they really went there with the camo and the tassel.  Buttonholes, tassels, top stitching, and elastic casings. Let's look through the photo shoot photos. Yeah, paper bag waist. Yeah, these are fairly generous in the thigh. What do y'all think about all these tassels on the sides? I could see like, I mean, what is she 14? I could see like a teenager really being into this one. All right, here's some skirts. This looks very grown up. I do like that floral. Gertrude made. Let's see the... All right. Oh, cute kick plate details. So I don't have a need to wear a pencil skirt anywhere, nothing this fancy, but that is stinking adorable. All of these are with the button tabs. So cute. So cute. Love this kick plate. But if I did, I would like this one a lot. A lot of really cute details here. Simple cute details. Here's that button again. Isn't that cute? I love that. I love that. I have a lot of patterns. Okay. Women's wide leg pants and shirt with length variations. So wide leg pants with an elastic casing. Shorts without an elastic casing. Hard to see. Oh, so interesting. That's the shirt. Is it supposed to be pulled around to the front so much though? I don't know about that. And then just an all over short one. I want to see this... How do I want to see this? That's how it is, but I feel like it got tied a little too tight. If this were more here, I don't know. I don't know. Let's see the line drawings at that. Oh yeah, the shorts are elasticated. And then see... I guess they're just showing us that... I don't know what they're showing us. These are the ties obviously, but isn't that obvious? Maybe not. Maybe not. Let's see some other modeled photos. I don't know. What do you guys think of this one? I don't like it with the wide leg pant. I want a skinny jean because from the back it's like whoa. That could be cool. I just think it's it's styled and fitting her funny. Okay. Vintage, skirt, shorts, and tie top. 1940s vintage redone. Crop top and cool. Oh, these shorts are cute. Wow, with all those pleats. And I do like the cummerbund skirt. Yeah, let's see some more pictures. I don't care for the crop top obviously because I'm not 16. Yeah, you guys, what do we think of the pleated skirt, the shorts? I don't know. It could go... I don't know. I feel like in general it would be really cute on most people. Oh, the 40s. Oh, I really wanted to see that skirt with the cummerbund waist. I wish they made more views. This one could be really cute, even if you're not a vintage girl. The bottoms here are good. Good bottoms. All right. Here's another Mimi G. Looks like we've got high-waisted pants and a tie top. Oh, no waistband. French-seamed, wide leg or skinny. Those are some good options, girl. Good options.  You have the side seams and these princess seams all around. Great little booty shaping and a cute little kimono. Kimono tie top. Is she wearing that eye thing underneath it though? Oh, okay. But yeah, see this very nice for us curvy girls. Nice long ties. Wait, there are no side seams or are there? Oh, Lord have mercy. I can't tell. Let's zoom in on this one. Oh yeah, there are. I mean, this could be a little bit straighter, actually a lot straighter, but these are good. These are, I love those. Love. Cool. I think so far the Mimi Gs are my favorite. Here is a knit skirt in top. Oh, wow, look at the pieces. So you've got the shirt, dolman sleeve, cut on the fold, two pieces. And then the skirt is this. Interesting. Yeah, here they are. Well, that could be an interesting study in like fabric form and drape and all of that. That's kind of cool. I mean, it can't take much fabric, right? The skirt is one and a half yards and the top is one and three eighths yards. That's not a lot at all. I gotta say I can kind of either take it or leave it with the top, but the skirt is kind of cool. I do like that. I think that that is really neat. Where is that one? Yeah, the line drawing where this part falls and creates this detail here. I think it would look like it was a lot harder to make than it actually is. All right, moving right along. Are we getting close to the end? I think so. Okay. Oh, this is one of their pattern hacking patterns, which have been, I don't know, a little hit or miss for me in the past because the pattern hacks, like, I mean, obviously, like you can shorten things, right? I mean, it is a pattern hack, but not really. I almost don't count it as a pattern hack. Same thing with shortening the sleeves. That's not really that inventive or thoughtful. Cutting up the center, however, is more so than anything I've seen. Let's see. The basic pattern is this Moomoo dress. I guess that's the front and that's the back. Yeah. And then you can shorten it to all these different lengths or cut it up the front and make it a kimono. See what I mean, though? It's just a little bit like obvious, but maybe some people's brains don't work that way. And they need to see these visualizations to be able to see it. Maybe I'm taking my self for granted. Here's another top with another hacking one. Okay, let's see how they did on this one. Okay, see now this one, they added a flounce. They added, they shortened the sleeve, added a ruffle and did an open back concept and then ruffles and along the hem. So this, all this right here, that's actually really cool and interesting and kind of challenging to sort out on your own without the help of a pattern. So this is actually adorable. I love this one. I would wear that for sure. So would this one. All of these actually, I like all of these. That's cool. One pattern and four looks. Cute. Is it, I guess she's wearing like a lightweight woven. Yeah, the length is a little long, but yeah. Cute. All right, on to page two. Kid it, dude. You are too cool. Let's take a closer look at him just for fun. Wow.  Okay, that was fun.  All right, so there you have it. We are at the end of the simplicity patterns and we're going into new look. I will do a first impression video of all of these next week. And I'm going to stop here because this has already gotten to be a very long video. But let me know what do you guys think of the new simplicity patterns? Do you love them?  Which ones are your favorites? Which ones are you going to buy or have you already purchased some since they've been out for a couple of weeks now? Let me know in the comments what you guys think. And until next time, I will see you very soon. Bye.


CHAPTER X. PART II. OF HISTORY OF EGYPT. OF HISTORY OF EGYPT by F. C. H. Wendell. Section IV. The 30th Dynasty. 386-349 B.C. Nekt Hor Hebb. Nekt Anibis I. 386-368 B.C. The Egyptian monuments teach us nothing of this king's reign. Deodorus has, however, luckily preserved an account of him, which proves that he was the most important Egyptian king of this entire period. In his reign, Egypt again took an influential place among the nations of the world. It could defy Persia, and could dare to assert its influence in Asia. In this reign falls the Cypriot war that began shortly before the death of Haker. The war had dragged along for several years before Artaxerxes saw the need of specially exerting himself to put an end to it. He now raised an army of three hundred thousand men, which was put under command of his son-in-law Orontes, and fitted out a fleet of three hundred triremes, the command of which was given to Terabasis. These combined forces proceeded to Cyprus, and at once began to push the war. Euagorus had also made extensive preparations. Nekt Hor Hebb sent him a goodly army. Hecatombos of Keria sent money. Several Phoenician cities, among them Tyre, joined him. The king of Arabia, and other rulers hostile to Persia, sent troops. Thus he managed to get together ninety ships and six thousand native troops, besides the contingents of his allies. His privateers succeeded in cutting off the grain transport for the Persian army, and a mutiny broke out among the troops. Gluse, the newly appointed Persian admiral, consequently, had to go to Cilicia for grain, before undertaking anything. Euagorus received his provisions and large amounts of money from Egypt. He was now enabled to increase his fleet to two hundred sail, fifty ships having been sent him from Egypt. With this fleet he attacked the Persian ships, and though at first successful, was in the end defeated after a hotly contested battle. The Persians now began the siege of his capital, Salamis. Though he had won a victory on land shortly before his defeat at sea, Euagorus lost courage, and after appointing his son Pythagoras, commander in Salamis, he fled from the island. Escorted by ten men of war, he went to Egypt to solicit further aid. Nekt Horheb gave him a sum of money, somewhat less than he had expected, but sufficient for his present purpose, and so he returned home, 383 BC. He found the siege of Salamis still going on, and as his allies were beginning to desert him, he offered his submission. After a long delay, the decision came that he should remain king of Cyprus as a Persian vassal, and must pay an annual tribute. The war with Egypt continued. Gluse, the Persian admiral, revolted shortly after the surrender of Salamis, and allying himself with Egypt and Sparta, began a new war against Persia. He was, however, assassinated soon after, and thus his plans came to naught. Now that he had brought the war in Cyprus to a successful close, the Persian king determined to punish his inveterate enemy, the king of Egypt. Nekt Horheb knew what was coming, and made his preparations accordingly. He began hiring mercenaries, and as he offered high pay and costly presents, he soon had collected a fine army. As general he called Chabrius of Athens, who accepted the call without first asking the permission of his government, and going to Egypt, conducted the preparations for the war with great energy. Farnabasos, the Persian commander-in-chief, was also very busy with his preparations. He sent envoys to Athens to accuse Chabrius of alienating the good feelings of Persia from Athens, and to ask the Athenians to send him ethnicities as general. Chabrius was accordingly recalled, and ethnicities sent to Persia, between 376 and 374 B.C. At length, 374 B.C., Farnabasos was ready. He had collected an army of 200,000 native troops, and 20,000 Greek mercenaries, 300 men of war, and a large fleet of smaller craft. This force mustered at Achae, and thence proceeded along the coast toward Egypt. Early in the summer they reached the border, after several attempts to betray the army had been detected, and prevented by ethnicities. Nekt Horheb had regular reports concerning the strength and movements of the enemy. His plan of operations was very simple. He relied on the natural bulwarks of the land. All the border forts were greatly strengthened, and the mouths of denial were strongly fortified, the strongest fortifications being erected on the Pelusian branch, the one nearest to Asia. When the Persians approached this branch, they found it too strong, and determined to attempt some less strongly fortified branch of the river. Consequently, they put to sea, and soon after appeared on the Mendesian branch, where they landed 3,000 men who advanced on the fort. An equal number of Egyptians sallied from the fort to meet them. But the enemy, being constantly reinforced from their ships, the Egyptians were almost cut to pieces. A small remnant of their force escaped to the fort, closely pursued by Ithicratus' men, who entered the fort together with them. It fell, its walls were raised, and the inhabitants were sold into slavery. Ithicrates, who had found out from one of the prisoners that Memphis was unprotected, advised an immediate advance on that city. Farnabasos replied that they had better await the remainder of their army, so as to be sure of taking the town. Ithicrates now proposed to go down with his Greeks and take the city. This made the Persian suspicious, and he refused him permission. This quarrel between the Persian leaders gave Nekt Horheb time to collect an army at Memphis, and to move with all his force against the Persians in the Delta. Several combats took place, in which the Egyptians were mostly successful. But no decisive battle was fought. Meanwhile, the Nile rose, and soon the entire Delta was converted into a vast lake. Herobon, the Persian's despairing of success, returned to Asia. Ithicrates, who feared violence on account of his quarrel with Farnabasos, went straight to Athens. For several years, the army lay in Asia, ready to renew the war at any time, and in 372 BC, Timotheos went to Asia to offer his services to the Persian king. Nothing was done, however, and the great campaign against Egypt so pompously begun proved, in the end, a dismal failure. Despite the fact that he was almost constantly at war, this pharaoh carefully kept the temples in repair. He built at Edfu, Karnak, Medinet, Habu, Abedas, Bubastus, Memphis, and other places. After a busy and eventful reign of 18 years, he died. Teher, Greek Tachos 368-361 BC It would seem that after the death of Nekt Horheb, troubles regarding the succession broke out. The list of Manethos gives Tachos, that is Teher, only two years, and Nekt Anibis II, Nekt Nebeth, 18 years. While the accounts given by the Greek authors go to prove that Tachos still reigned in 361 BC. It would seem then that Teher had appointed Nekt Nebeth, co-regent, in 367 BC, and that this latter monarch had, in imitation of the older pharaohs, dated his accession to the throne from the time he was made co-regent. According to the Demotic Chronicles, Teher was the son of Nekt Horheb. According to the Greek authors, he was that monarch's cousin. The Egyptian inscriptions tell us nothing of this king, and from the Greek historians we know only the events of the closing year of his reign. In 361 BC, a great revolt against Persia broke out in Asia, and Teher naturally assisted the rebels. He collected a large army and fitted out a strong fleet. He also hired great numbers of mercenaries in Greece, and made a treaty of alliance with Sparta. The strength of the coalition, thus formed against Persia, would have been sufficient for its purpose, had it not been weakened by treachery. Arantes, the commander-in-chief of the Asiatic rebels, was the first to prove a traitor. And soon after, Riyomitres, who had received the aid furnished by Teher, 500 talents, 28,500 pounds of silver, and 50 men of war, followed his example. Notwithstanding this defection, the forces at the command of the Pharaoh were quite strong, consisting of 200 splendidly equipped men of war, 80,000 native troops, and 10,000 choice Greek mercenaries. The command of the mercenaries devolved on King Agis Leos of Sparta, who had come over with 1,000 hoplites. The Athenian Cabrius was given command of the fleet, while Teher himself retained command of the native troops. Cabrius was the special favorite of the Pharaoh, who is said even to have gone so far at his advice as to levy attacks on the temple estates, and on the exports and imports of the country, while the war lasted. Agis Leos was less regarded. His coming had been looked forward to with considerable expectation. Preparations had been made for a grand reception, and valuable presents had been ordered. When he did come he proved quite a disappointment. His small stature and extreme plainness awakened the scorn of the Egyptians, and a number of jokes were circulated at his expense. This naturally enraged him, and though he did his full duty by Teher, there was a coolness between the two kings, which was still further augmented by the fact that Teher, disregarding the advice of the Spartan, proceeded to conduct the war on his own plan. Agis Leos had advised Teher to await the Persians in Egypt, but the Pharaoh was determined to take the offensive and invade Syria. Phoenicia fell in easy prey to his attack, and the king sent his cousin and co-regent, Nekt Nebeth, to take the cities of Syria. These movements were successful, and matters were assuming the most hopeful aspect when Teher, the general whom the Pharaoh had appointed regent of Egypt for the time of his absence, revolted and offered the crown to Nekt Nebeth. The latter assented, and soon had won over the army and its officers and all the people of Egypt. All he needed now was the support of the Greek mercenaries. Accordingly he sent envoys to Agis Leos and Cabrios, soliciting their support. Agis Leos dispatched messengers to Sparta, asking how he should act, and receiving the reply that he should do what he deemed most advantageous for Sparta. He declared for Nekt Nebeth. Cabrios, who had at first determined to remain loyal to Teher, seeing his colleague desert that monarch and being unable to help him alone, followed Agis Leos's example. He left Egypt, however, soon after, never to return. Teher fled first to Sidon, and thence to Artaxerxes, who not only forgave him his former enmity, but even made him commander-in-chief of the army that was preparing to invade Egypt. For a while he lived at the Persian court, where he spent his time in wild orgies until he finally died of dysentery. The command of the Persian army he never actually took. This pharaoh reigned two years alone, and six years in conjunction with Nekt Nebeth. Nekt Nebeth. Greek Nectanibus II. 361-349 BC In 361 BC, the last native pharaoh assented the Egyptian throne. The first act of his reign was to give up the conquests in Phoenicia and Syria, and to withdraw within the boundaries of Egypt. The reason for this step was most probably that the internal dissensions had not yet come to a close. A mendician had appeared as a pretender to the crown, and had succeeded in gaining a large following and raising an army. He even attempted to gain over King Agaisoleos, but he remained loyal to his ally. Nekt Nebeth, carefully avoiding a battle, retired to a fortified town where his rival beleaguered him. Already the besieged were beginning to lose heart as their provisions gave out when Agaisoleos saved them. Sallying from the town, he broke the ranks of the besiegers and drew up his troops in the plain so that both flanks rested on canals. In the battle that ensued, the bravery of the Greeks prevailed over the superior numbers of the Egyptians. The latter were completely routed, the greater part of their number being slain, and the rest flying from the field in wild disorder. Nekt Nebeth was now undisputed ruler of Egypt. Shortly after this victory, Agaisoleos determined to return home. The grateful king loaded him with presents. According to some authorities, he gave him 230 talents, or about $271,400, which he distributed among his troops. On his way to Sirenay, he died. His body was embalmed and sent to Sparta, where it was buried with royal honors, 360 BC. Meanwhile, the Persians had completed their preparations, and Artaxerxes had appointed his son, Ocus, co-regent. Ocus set out for Egypt, but on hearing the news of his father's death, in 359 BC, he returned home. Sometime later, Ocus attempted the subjugation of Egypt, but was defeated by Nekt Nebeth, who was assisted by two excellent generals, Diophanties of Athens and Lameas of Sparta. This success of the Egyptians encouraged the Phoenicians and the King of Cyprus to strike a blow for independence. They concluded treaties with Nekt Nebeth, and at once began extensive preparations. At the head of the Phoenician towns stood Sidon, which soon succeeded in collecting a large army and vast amounts of military stores. Ocus had, however, not been idle. He had collected an army of 300,000 infantry and 30,000 cavalry, and had fitted out 300 triremes and 500 transports. Then he started from Babylon. Before his arrival, two of his satraps, Bellasus of Syria and Mazeos of Cilicia, had in vain attempted the reconquest of Phoenicia. They were defeated and driven out of the country by Tennis, the King of Sidon, assisted by 4000 Greeks under mentor, who had been sent him by Nekt Nebeth. Now came the news that Ocus was approaching, and Tennis lost courage. He sent a trusty messenger to Ocus, asking pardon for his revolt and offering to aid the king against Egypt. Ocus gladly promised full pardon, even giving him costly presents, and after some hesitation pledged himself to this course. We shall presently see how he kept his word. Ocus had, while advancing on Sidon, dispatched envoys to Greece, asking the larger states to join in the campaign against Egypt. Athens and Sparta remained neutral. Thebes sent 1000 hoplites under lacquerties, and Argos, 3000 men under Nicostratus, whom Ocus had asked them to send him. The Greek cities of Asia Minor furnished in all 6000 men, making the total number of Greeks in the Persian army aggregate 10,000 men. Ocus now laid siege to Sidon, which was very strongly fortified, and would never have yielded had it not been for the treachery of its king. Tennis persuaded Mentor to join him, and together they succeeded in admitting the Persians into the city. When the Sidonians saw they were lost, they destroyed their fleet, locked themselves up in their houses, and set fire to the city. Over 40,000 people are said to have perished in the flames. This so enraged Ocus that he had Tennis put to death. Mentor and his 4000 joined the Persian army. The fall of Sidon was disastrous to the allies for all of the Phoenician cities on hearing of the dire news surrendered at discretion. About the same time, Cyprus again fell into the hands of the Persians. A detachment of 8,000 Greeks, supported by 40 triremes, under command of the Athenian, Phocian, and ex-king Euagorus of Cyprus, succeeded in subduing the island very quickly. Salamis alone held out. Euagorus strained every nerve to capture the city, as he hoped to be made king again. Charges were, however, preferred against him, and consequently Pythagoras was allowed to keep the city as a vassal of Persia. The Persians now attacked Egypt. After having suffered severe losses in the desert, they at length reached Pelugium. The Persian troops were drawn up at some distance from the strongly fortified town, while the Greeks camped almost under its walls. The city was garrisoned by 5000 men under Philophron. The first attack was made by the Thebans, who waited the narrow canal that separated them from the town, and began a battle which lasted far into the night, but was indecisive. The forces of Nek Nebeth were much inferior to those of the Persians, consisting of 20,000 Greeks, 20,000 Libyans, and 60,000 Egyptians. But he possessed large numbers of river-boats, which could be used to great advantage in any combat on the Nile. And moreover, he had erected a string of strong forts along the eastern bank of the Pelusic branch. He lacked, however, a good general. Proud of his previous victories over the Persians, he had neglected to send to Greece for a general. This mistake proved fatal. He had posted half his force in the forts, and with the rest he opposed the advance of the enemy. Before a decisive battle was fought, Nicostratus succeeded in moving his men to a point of vantage, betrayed him by an Egyptian, and strongly entrenched himself. Seeing this, Clinius of Kos, who was posted nearby with 7,000 men, attempted to dislodge him. The attack was repulsed. Clinius and 5,000 of his men fell. This battle was by no means decisive, but now the want of a good general showed itself in the Egyptian army. Instead of sending a stronger force against Nicostratus, Nekt Nebeth, fearing that the Persians would all cross the Nile, as easily as that commander had, lost courage, and deserting his forts, retreated to Memphis. Meanwhile, Pelusium was being besieged by Lacrates, but it made a desperate resistance for several days, when the garrison heard of the Pharaoh's retreat, however, they offered to capitulate. Lacrates promised the Greek troops a safe retreat, and though Begois, who commanded the Persian division of this corps, attempted to attack them, he was prevented from doing so by his colleague. Mentor now marched through the Delta, promising immunity to all who would surrender at discretion, and threatening all who should resist with the fate of Sidon. Consequently, the Greek and Egyptian garrisons vied with one another in the rapidity of their surrenders. Among others, the strong and important fortress of Bubastus surrendered at discretion, and all the other fortresses of the Delta followed its example. When Nekt Nebeth heard of these losses, he dared not give battle, but taking the greater part of the monies in the state coffers, he fled to Ethiopia. Thus, about 349 BC, Egypt, after an independence of sixty-five years, again fell into the hands of the Persians, and from this time forth it was destined to be governed by foreign rulers. Section 5 The Thirty-First Dynasty and the Invasion of Alexander 349-331 BC Of the last three Persian kings, not one was of special importance for Egypt. Ocus was a cruel tyrant, whose acts reminded of the times of the insanity of Cambyses. The Greek authors relate stories of his outrages against the Egyptian religion that accord well with what we know of his character. They recount that the people had once, on a time, nicknamed him Onos, the Ass, and now he determined to have his revenge.  The sacred ram of Mendes was likewise slaughtered at the king's command. The walls of the principal cities were raised, the temples were plundered, and their treasures of gold and silver carried off to Persia. Not content with plundering the temples, Ocus stole the sacred writings from the sanctuaries and compelled the priests to repurchase them at exorbitant prices. As Saitrap he appointed a Persian named Ferendates, and then he returned home to Babylon, loaded with rich booty. Twelve years after the conquest of Egypt, Ocus was murdered by Bagoas, who placed the king's son Arsace on the throne. But he ruled only three years, falling a victim to the same treacherous eunuch that had murdered his father, 334 BC. In the place of his last victim, Bagoas elevated a distant relative of the royal family, his friend Darius, to the throne, and at his hands finally met his merited reward. The king detected the eunuch's plan against his life, and compelled the fellow to swallow the draft intended for himself. Darius III did not long retain the throne he owed to his friend's crime. The Greek invasion under Alexander's leadership soon deprived him of his crown. Egypt remained tranquil, almost an uninterested spectator, during the dread struggle between Greece and Persia, even though all of the Persian garrisons had been withdrawn. In the Battle of Issus, the Egyptian contingent fought with the Persians under its satrap, Sabasees. Their leader fell, and the troops fled with Darius. In Egypt, Mazasees succeeded Sabasees as satrap, but he had no troops to support his authority. The power of Persia was crushed, but Egypt did not strike the one blow that would have sufficed to regain its freedom. They had, however, sufficient spirit left to defend their homes against robbers. After the defeat of the Persians at Issus, Amethas, a Macedonian exile who had joined Darius, fled to Tripolis in Phoenicia, collected a fleet, and sailed to Cyprus, where he increased his land forces. Thence, he sailed to Pelusium, affected a landing, and declared he was the new satrap appointed by Darius. He then marched through the Delta to Memphis, near which city he defeated a body of Egyptians. After the victory, his bands dispersed to plunder the rich country seats lying about the city. While engaged in this work, they were surprised and cut to pieces by the citizens. Amethas fell, and not a man of his bands escaped. After taking Tyre and Gaza, Alexander determined to secure Egypt. He reached Pelusium after a seven days march without encountering any resistance. His fleet awaited him in the harbor. Mazesies, having no troops and having no hope of assistance from his unfortunate monarch, had no recourse but surrender. Alexander garrisoned Pelusium, and sent the fleet up the Nile to Memphis. With the army, he marched along the riverbank to Heliopolis, and crossing the river at this point, soon entered Memphis. The great king entered the ancient capital, not in the character of a conqueror, but like a pharaoh of old, observing all the old religious ceremonies. He offered sacrifices to the gods, and instituted athletic games and prize contests in the fine arts, in which celebrated Greek masters took part. The Egyptians were naturally captivated by this conduct, which was so different from that of the last Persian rulers. And it is not at all surprising that a mystic romance was soon woven about the person of the Macedonian king. According to this romance, Nekt Nebev had not fled to Ethiopia, but to Macedonia. He was a great magician, and as such he took the form of Jupiter Ammon, and in this form approached Queen Olympias, the wife of King Philip. Alexander was thus, the story continues, the son of Nekt Nebev, and not of Philip. The romance thus made Alexander the legitimate heir of the old pharaohs, and the avenger of his father, Nekt Nebev. It would seem that Alexander rather favored the spread of this legend, as he knew it would greatly strengthen his hold on the Egyptian people. Sailing down the Nile from Memphis through the Canopic Branch, he went to sea from Canopus. Landing at the outlet of Lake Maroedis, near the ancient town of Rakote, he saw at a glance that the place offered unequaled harbor facilities. He therefore determined to found a city here, which should bear his name, and thus was founded the city of Alexandria, the most important and most permanent of the many towns founded by this king. This city soon became the great intellectual exchange between the nations of the Occident and the Orient, the mother of a new civilization. Here European and Oriental philosophy, religion and science met on a footing of equality, and views were exchanged and new systems inaugurated that completely revolutionized ideas. The philosophy of phylo and the astronomical system of Ptolemy were among the brilliant results of the new civilization. A new art, the Hellenistic, resulted from the interchange of Greek and Oriental, more especially Egyptian ideas on art. Doubtless too, the spread of Christianity was much fostered by the cosmopolitan spirit in regard to religious matters which emanated from this city. From Alexandria, the king pushed westward to the famous Oasis of Ammon. With the assistance of the gods, he reached it in safety. The story goes that when the water supply gave out, rain fell, and that messengers of the god, in the shape of ravens, conducted the army to the Oasis. On the way he was met by a deputation from Sirenay which offered him a golden crown and costly presents. The city evidently apprehended an attack and thought it advisable to submit peaceably. As Alexander entered the temple of Ammon on the Oasis, the high priest hailed him as son of the god. Not knowing that it was customary to designate the pharaohs as sons of Ra and of Ammon, the king laid great stress on this greeting. After having made the temple rich presence, Alexander returned to Memphis in safety. Here he instituted a great festival in honor of Jupiter. He now turned his attention to the reorganization of the Egyptian government. The civil government was put into the hands of two Egyptian nomarchoi named Doloaspis and Pateces. And on the resignation of the former, the control of civil matters was entrusted to the latter alone. The commanders of the garrisons and of the various troops of mercenaries, as well as the heads of the commissary departments were Greeks. Leaving a part of his army in Egypt, Alexander, early in 331 BC, left the country, never to return. He had so delicately adjusted the government that the various officials effectively held one another in check and there could be no chance of a revolt. After Alexander's death, his body was brought to Alexandria for interment. With the conquest of Egypt by Alexander, the history of the country comes to a close. The Ptolemies, who after the great king's death, again made Egypt independent, were a Greek family. And the civilization of their times differed materially from that of the older epics. Under them, the old religious traditions were fostered, it is true, but they no longer possessed any vitality. There was no longer a national religion as of old. The old religion and language were known to the priests alone, and with every generation they became less and less intelligible, even to this class of... Well, let us call them official custodians of the ancient traditions, until, with the coming of Christianity in the first century AD, the old religion gradually passed away. The Ptolemies themselves were Greeks. Their capital, Alexandria, was a Greek city. The civilization of their epic was partly Greek, partly Egyptian. The history of Egypt, after the conquest, forms an integral part, first of Greek, then of Roman, and lastly, of Mohamedan history. Chronological Table Mena unites Upper and Lower Egypt, not later than 3200 BC. Snefru, the founder of the Fourth Dynasty, not later than 2830 BC. Excession of Mary Ra Pepe, not later than 2530 BC. Transition period, about 2400 through 2250 BC. Excession of Amenemhot, the first. About 2130 BC. Ussertesen, the third. About 2013 through 1987 BC. Amenemhot, the third. About 1986 through 1942 BC. Heksos Domination, about 1780 through 1530 BC. Excession of Achmes, the first. About 1530 BC. Tutmosis, the third. About 1480 through 1427 BC. Chewenaten, about 1376 through 1364 BC. Excession of Hortemheb, about 1340 BC. Sadi, the first. About 1316 through 1289 BC. Ramses, the second. About 1288 through 1221 BC. Ramses, the third. About 1180 through 1148 BC. Excession of Harahor, the first priest king. About 1050 BC. Sheshank, the first. About 945 through 924 BC. Pianchi's Invasion, about 800 BC. Excession of Shabaka, about 728 BC. First, Assyrian Invasion, about 672 BC. Second, Assyrian Invasion, about 667 BC. Tanawat Amon's Invasion, about 664 BC. Third, Assyrian Invasion, about 662 BC. Samtec, the first. 645 through 610 BC. Nekau, 610 through 594 BC. Battle of Kharkimish, 604 BC. Nebuchadnezzar invades Egypt, 567 BC. Conquest of Egypt by Cambyses, 525 BC. Revolt of Chabash, 486 BC. Revolt of Inaros, 464 through 460 BC. Amenrut, frees Egypt from Persia, 414 BC. Nekt Horheb, 386 through 368 BC. Nekt Nebef, 361 through 349 BC. Conquest of Egypt by Ocus, 349 BC. Conquest of Egypt by Alexander, 331 BC. The End. End of Chapter 10, Part 2. End of History of Egypt by F. C. H. Wendel.


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We have to ask ourselves in what society are we living today? What are the organizing principles of society? Are they principles that lead to dignity or that lead to the destruction of dignity? I personally believe that today We don't live in a society that Who's organizing principle is dignity. I think the organizing principle of a society is money That's that's that's the reality of this society I don't I don't think in any way we are we have a society that is focused on money. I take I take I take issue No, I don't No, because money ultimately relates to why do we why do people want money because money is a tool and it's a tool to provide Opportunity and volition having money gives you the opportunity to exercise your volition and in that sense money is it's not a fetish It's not a God it's not anything else It is simply a tool and those who have more money have more opportunities have more opportunities to Exercise their their nature to do good to do evil to to exercise their volition And so and so therefore it is simply a reflection of everything else we're talking about It's not you're making the point that money dominates because you're making the point that the more money you have The more the more power you have you make the point that money is really the structuring The structuring force in that society money in that sense is a tool and government is a tool and religion is a tool And if you use those tools money government power religion whatever to deny people volition to deny people the interrelation of Humanists is then that is bad than that is For so many people it's not a tool. Yeah, but that's the problem if you don't if you have it It's a tool if you don't have it. It's a perpetual daily humiliation and a difficulty The kind of evil that keeps me awake at night is the more inhuman form of evil and that is a bit closer to your question When we create systems you mentioned algorithms that nobody understands. It's a bit of an exaggeration But I do think there is some truth for that We are good at creating formal systems if you wanted me to characterize modern civilization It is that it's a formal society We use formal rules to organize ourselves and this has an amazing scalability We can run much larger societies than ever before but the downside is of course it might mean that you don't need the human relations and Many of the scalable algorithm whether they are software or in robots or in the form of bureaucratic rules governing a government or a university Take a life on their own and then you get what? And a very good blogger and they're called a mollock from there In the gold who you had the child sacrifices to you set up something to give you value Whether that is a corporation or a government or a defense system And then it start growing and it starts destroying value You still need to join up with it because it forces you or because it's the best thing to do and before you know it You're working all the time and you don't have a time for those pleasures Capitalism was supposed to give you or the government that was supposed to save the nation Leads it straight into the abyss So I think these mollocks they are the real threat money is instrument Product of artificial intelligence are instruments They demonstrated that they can live to loads that the human person or these muscles cannot lift So these are instruments in the hands of the human person and the instruments become whatever they become In the hands of the human person the person who is using them He can use them for noble scopes and ants. He can use them for evil Whatever scopes on end. So money is an instrument But when the pursuit of acquiring this either to increase your ability to whatever type of thing Makes you subject everything to the acquisition of this instrument then something is gone already Then then then we get in and it's happened It's happened and in several other forms which contribute to some of the list your items on your list Human trafficking is to make money into to feed brothels to to feed You know all of those with people so people can have whatever so there are there are cases where Instruments take over and directed the pursuit and the aims of people in society and that is when Instruments cease to become instruments and they become the values the dominant values of people's lives And that's where sometimes we can be looking at evil. We're talking about evil and evil is a great word Right, it's got kind of a serpent's tail and teeth and it's terrifying It's worth remembering when evil came to came to kind of came of age as a word that it would have been being Talked about probably in Latin and there is no distinction in Latin between evil and bad So suddenly it becomes a more manageable concept Marlem They're both Marlem, which is incidentally also the Latin word for apple, which is why in the Garden of Eden They eat an apple.  They just like the pun But my point is is that While we would all hesitate do you do evil? No, I don't do evil. Do you do bad? Well and I actually think it's an easier discussion almost to think of the bad you do and The and the ways in which you do bad rather than evil and then suddenly you can see that With these many many clicks that we do when we buy something from Amazon and and Supporter support an industry in which workers have no rights that these are the evils these tiny tiny tiny Incremental dying by a thousand cuts rather than evil that we do today is not Evil sounds like me standing up from this chair taking a sword and chopping someone's head off


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So, last but not least, some good news. Margonets, yay! Because if the Switch isn't going to be so powerful like it's every third-party thing on the planet, well, it better be offering some virtual console stuff, right? Yeah. Maybe some stuff you've never gotten before? Whoa, wait what? Gamecube Virtual Console Support has finally been talked about. Oh boy. Talked about. But it's talked about. Oh gosh, yeah. Oh, it's been talked about for Wii U too. So, kind of holding our breath since maybe it didn't happen on Wii U because of sales or maybe it was never going to happen. I don't know. So, Koizumi from Nintendo, one of the primary guys there, does a lot of stuff. He says, they are working on some things along those lines when asked about including Gamecube Virtual Console Support. Can you be any more cryptic than that? Yeah. No, I don't think so. Along those lines, yeah. So, to me, this sounds like Gamecube Virtual Console Games, they're going to happen. It's very weird because the Switch does not have analog triggers. Yeah. And there are some games on Gamecube that require analog triggers. But again, they've also talked about, later on in a different interview, they talked about making joycons that are basically Gamecubes. So, those would have analog. They said it also makes the system really bulky and they kind of joked about it. It's not something they're actually doing. But that didn't increase the fact that maybe there will be different types of joycons. Right. And at the same point in time though too, it's not like buttons can't be remapped. So, I mean, there is that possibility. There is nothing you can remap about analog triggers.  Ah, okay. So, that's the big deal why some people are upset about digital. Because for racing games, you need that pressure for your brakes. Right.  So, it's primarily racing games that affects fighting games. It affects a lot of different kinds of games that you can take advantage of that. Okay. Yeah. So, remapping all you want doesn't change the fact that literally there's not a single button that has this functionality. Right. Right. Okay. Yep. And now Nintendo would be the only current gen- current gen. Are they a new generation? Current gen? I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, we're talking about the market from the major three platform holders that does not have analog. So. Yep. Take that what you want. So, that, mostly right now, because we don't know how that affects things in the future, we know that that does affect GameCube. So, I wonder if they're saying working on some things along those lines means they're going to bring some versions of console games over. No, no, I'm thinking I got a whole other idea on this. What do you got? Working on this thing called the game box, not GameCube. It's very, very, very similar to GameCube. But, you know, that's why it's along the lines of. Oh, my God. Complete sarcasm here, by the way. Because here's the thing. Nintendo hasn't talked about virtual console in the system at all. They said it's something we'll discuss in the future. Which tells you it's probably not there at launch because we're a couple weeks from launch. It's not being talked about. Yeah. Chances are virtual console is not going to be talked about until their online service goes up at the end of the year. Or somewhere when they launch the app. You know, at some point later this year, they'll talk about virtual console. One thing I saw someone do. This guy, Josh, his name from BitBlock. The BitBlock or whatever on YouTube. He put up a mock concept of basically a Netflix-like service for virtual console. Interesting. That I think it would be extremely interesting if Nintendo decided to go that route. And maybe that's why they're not talking about it. Because they're still developing this Netflix-like. Like what he says. Something along those lines. It's not going to be like traditional virtual console. It'll be a subscription service. 15 bucks a month like Netflix or whatever. And then you gain access to the entire virtual console library. I would actually be okay with that. Surprisingly. I think a lot of people would be okay with that. I mean, yeah. They have to consistently update it. But so does Netflix. Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely. And they have enough in their library. They could keep that going for a long time. Oh yeah. And then on top of that, they could. Because this is something I've talked about them doing. If their online, their base online thing was really expensive. Now it's not going to be included for $2. And they've already confirmed at least the games that have the online features you can purchase. After that one month free is up. So like we know there's some sort of individual purchasing. But I'm wondering if that's kind of an aside. Because those are bonus features. And the base games you can still get through Netflix like service. Now again, this is speculation and dreaming because we don't know. Nintendo is not talking about it. But I really wish that that's the direction they would go here with this. Is take your GameCube VC, take everything. Throw it on a Netflix like service. And you're going to make more money over time doing this. And the thing is, as you go along, once you finally run out of retro games, which I don't know how you can because you can start talking to third parties. Oh yeah, definitely. I don't know when they would be a long time before they run out of retro games. But once they hit that point that they run out of retro games. Guess what? Now you can start talking about bringing 3DS games over there. Somehow reworking those to work on the thing. DS games. There's a whole lot of directions you can go to keep it going. And then finally for some reason, every single game that's ever released on your old platforms has come out. Then you start looking at, well, we released Breath of the Wild at launch. It's been 6 years. I want to throw that on the service. Yeah. At that part of the service now, everyone can play Breath of the Wild. Yeah. You can still charge for that DLC. Yeah. Definitely. I guarantee you won't put it in DLC. Or maybe they throw the DLC on instead of the game. Yeah, whatever. So it's one of those, which I think would be so weird. Because by then, everyone who's bought Breath of the Wild that wants to play the DLC has the DLC. Yeah, I suppose, yeah. But I don't know. Again, this is a pipe dreaming, but I don't know. Do you want to see a Netflix like service? I wouldn't have a problem with that at all. I'd love to see something free, but who won? Who won? But I understand the fact that, you know, I'm okay with actually paying a subscription a month if I have to, to access a decent library. So it's not like we're paying 15 bucks for the online service and then an extra 15 is now 30. We're looking at, again, I kind of mentioned this before, 20 bucks a month, maybe a total.  Oh, but, but, but here's the thing. Here's what makes it more acceptable. Even if it ends up being, say it's $5 a month for the online service. 15 for a Netflix service. So you're hitting that $20 mark that I mentioned in a previous podcast.  Right. Here's the thing. You don't have to spend 20 bucks a month to gain access to the online features. Right. That's the big deal. Yep. It's if you want. And there's also. Virtual console. There's also the fact that you have an access to a library of games. Yes. Not to just one or two. Yeah. We're talking about the 20 bucks earlier. We were talking about maybe one or two games. This is, we're talking on a library now. Yeah. So that makes it a heck of a lot more acceptable. Yeah. So again, that's what I hope happens. Ever since I saw that video that he made, I'm like, that's really slick. Yeah. It's all managed in the cloud, by the way, which makes this even easier for Nintendo if they did it that way. The way that he presented it because then you're not even running it locally on your system and most of these old games could easily run in the cloud. Oh yeah. So that brings us back to the GameCube Virtual Console. So it's something they've talked about, something they promised. They've remastered some GameCube games. Yep. Aka Twilight Princess, The Wind Waker. Basically Zelda, since that's like the only thing they are all. Apparently Nintendo is a memo. We can only HD Zelda games. Yeah. We can't do an HD Mario Galaxy. We can't do an HD Super Mario 64. Just isn't something we can do. It has to be Zelda. Why? Only Zelda can remakes. Why? That's not true, because technically on DS Mario 64 got remade. Oh yeah. Mario 64 DS, but for the most part it seems like they're just remakes of all the games and nothing else. And the thing is, there's all the games sell, but so what are the remakes? Right. Yeah. I'm sure Mario 64 would sell fairly well. So I look at that and I say something along those lines means, yes, some games are going to be virtual console releases, some are going to be remakes. Yep. That's realistically what I see. Because they've already proven that they will remaster GameCube games in the HD. So. Yeah. And now you start thinking GameCube virtual console, they're finally starting to at least talk about it. Whether or not anything happens, we don't know because they've cryptically talked about GameCube virtuals more than ever happened. That's why I said game box. Game box. But now you guys still look at it. The Wii is not much more powerful and you have motion controls. Yeah. Yeah. Or is this what they're going to do? They're going to do GameCube virtual console games for the games that don't need the analog trigger and then they're going to do Wii virtual console except it's not going to be Wii virtual console, it's just going to be we're doing everything in HD and you pay $20 a pop for each game to get an HD. Yeah. What do you mean? They just did Twilight Princess $60 freaking dollars. Ugh. 10 years after it came out. Yeah. I know. Thanks. That's what they do though. Yeah. Like if they finally give us HD Mario Galaxy, it's going to be $60. I know. That just. Yeah. And people are going to pay it. I know they are. That's the sad part. It was like I paid it for Zelda and I would pay it again. Yeah. I know. But like that's because it's worth it to me. In so much like I don't want to say like it's worth the $60 but it was. You gained features on the game pad. You gained a quick sale on the Wind Waker HD. I made that game infinitely better in my opinion. Yeah. They even changed up some of the Triforce Quest to make it a little better. Like the subtle changes they did in addition to making an HD or worth it to me. Plus dude some of my favorite games in HD. Yeah. No, I know. I mean I get it. People will say if Sigurimana was in HD I'd pay $60 but no I won't. Yeah. Sigurimana, you're just going to up the resolution. It's going to look exactly the same. It's not like the Wind Waker that had unnoticeable improvement in my opinion. Or Twilight Princess that maybe didn't have such a big improvement but like the textures were very noticeable. Like the game didn't look like it aged as bad. Yeah. Which was worth it to me to spend money on. Plus you got an Amiibo. It was really nice. Okay. Yeah. That's a little bit more acceptable then. But to me to release a game that's how many years old. Yes, it's updated to be HD. Well, here's it. What do you want them to do with Gamecube games? Virtual console is, I mean what we've been talking about that. That's all you want? Yeah, that's all I need. I mean that would be amazing. So my 4K TV if that thing ever works again. Fun fact my $1,500 4K TV is busted and Samsung refuses to fix it. Yeah, thanks Samsung. So now I gotta wait for my stuff to kick in with the retailer I bought it from which is after the one year war anyways. Long story short, it doesn't work and I'm not happy.  No, well when the alternative is, take it at least make it 1080p.  You know what's gonna be 60 bucks. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I don't know. I mean if it's a Netflix service it's all muted anyways. Right, yeah. But assuming that they're gonna still sell games individually which they might because they made good money doing it. Yeah. So you just want them all on VC? Yeah, no one bothered me. Because I'm used to that being those graphics anyways. So here's what I'd like to see them do. Is now that they've proven that upgrading some of the GameCube games to HD isn't necessarily a long process. I would like them to release every GameCube game that their controllers can possibly support properly on virtual console. I mean they're not going to release them all at once, but you know. No, right. Right, yeah. And then offer say a $20 HD texture pack per game that you could optionally do that upgrades the game to 1080 resolution. Yeah. With the new textures. Yeah. Something I've talked about them doing before, they still haven't done it. They're still going to make more money. I think releasing at retail for 60 bucks a pop. But I think they might not do that because they're, I think they're gonna end up remastering, remastering, more like repackaging. But most of the Wii U library since the sales were so slow or so bad on it, so they're not going to need to remaster GameCube games. So I feel like they can just make extra money by having a group of people that all they do is sit back and put it in 1080 and re-textured the game and just keep releasing texture packs. Yep. And make extra money that way. So like, oh, you can just buy the normal, say the normal game you gave for 10 bucks. But if you want it in HD, you can pay an extra 20.  Really? Because the alternative is they really set a retail for 60. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It's going to cost 60. Game came out like two, three years ago. It comes with extra stuff. I was going to say it does. But it did add extra features. So a vast majority of the game. No, I get that. Is the way game. Right. And that's where my point would be, you know, on that one, it's more acceptable because there is actually, to me, it's there's actually new features and quite a bit of new features. Battle mode, basically. Yeah. Plus a couple of characters. Yeah. But that one, it does feel kind of in a way like a new game where it's not just remastered, re-up. It basically upscaled graphics and then re-sell that. I think it feels new for you because you didn't know who you were. Oh, there's that too. It really looks exactly like what I was playing this whole time. Yeah. With Splatoon characters and a new battle mode, which by the way, that also just goes to show how awesome new battle mode is. Well, it has the ability to hold two items. I don't know if they're including that in the main race tracks or not because we've only seen people playing the battle mode. Yeah. But yeah. Yeah. I mean, I would be okay more with like if they came out with the old games like that for like 40, you know, where it's not like it's, you know, it's not a brand. It's not a brand. I know. I realize that. But you know what I'm saying? It's not a brand new game. It's something from the past. It's something that's old that all you did was slightly up the graphics. Whoop-de-freaking-do. It's not slightly. Okay. So what? I mean, you're going from 480 to 1080. That's not a slightly- Okay, fine. Okay, fine. That's like going from your 3DS to us watching the Bucks game. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. It's a pretty big upgrade. What? Pretty significant we're talking about here. Like a game like Mario Galaxy where you feel like would be easier to do that with, but there's certain games that are not so easy to do that with. Oh, yeah. No, I know. Like Twilight Princess requires a lot more texturing. Yeah, I don't know. Just to me, it seems more like a $40 area just because it's not a brand new game. Yeah, I get that. I get that. There's a lot of people that felt Twilight Princess and The Wind Waker should have been 40, but out of the games because they're not new games. Yeah, they have some new features, but they're not new games. Yeah. There's people that feel that way about Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It's not a new game. Yeah, there's that. New features. Yeah. But it's not a new game. Yeah. It's not a new game for you. This is the only argument that I feel Mario Kart 8 has for the $60 price point. It's not the new modes and new characters. That was going to happen either way. They've proven they do that when they remaster games. Yeah. It's the fact that it includes all the DLC. Oh, okay. Yeah. That's what to me makes it to be like, because on Wii U, if you go out and buy Mario Kart 8 right now, it might still even cost $60.  Like, that's, I think, where the value is. You could look at it as it really is worth $40, but $20 extra for the DLC plus the modes. Right. Yeah. And that, to me, is acceptable. The Mario Kart 8 Deluxe might have an exception because it was one of Nintendo's first foray into DLC and it includes it all. Yeah. But, I don't know. GameCube Virtual Console, I really want... This is really tough for me because, obviously, I just want to be able to play all the games. Yeah. Every GameCube, I just want to be able to play it. And I realize that the Pro Controller, the stuff, they don't support analog. Maybe there'll be a release with Virtual Console games. Like, you could buy a specific analog controller if you really want. Yeah. But it's... I'm really torn. Really, really torn because the GameCube marked the thing that started the Wii era and there's so many fantastic games on there. Oh, definitely. But it's like, I... I guess I'm in kind of an HD horror. I am a Nintendo gamer. I've been playing HD on stuff. Now I've seen Nintendo games in HD. I don't want to go back. Yeah. Now, if we're talking 2D, top-down stuff, I'm fine with that not being HD. Like SNES, NES... Yeah. Then that needs to be HD. I'm okay with that. But we're talking 3D video games. I've seen better now. Yeah. I want better. I want Luigi's Mansion in HD. Period. Yeah. But again... I want Super Smash Bros. Melee in HD. Yeah. Period. Yeah. I want these GameCube games in HD. Rogue Squadron on the GameCube. I want that in HD. Mm-hmm. Granite. Not a Nintendo game, but whatever. Yeah. I want that stuff in HD. I just know it's going to be expensive as heck if they do it. Yeah. So it's like... I guess all I should be asking is just give me a way to play it. Whether it's in HD, whether it's not. But I'm just like... I'm a little selfish. Yeah. I'm sorry guys. I don't even have the money to do it to pay it for these games. Yeah, right? I just want to know they exist. Yeah.  Yeah, right? Even though it's like 10 generations left. And if it's all virtual, the shop won't even be up anymore. Yeah. I don't know. I'm just so torn because the reality is I should just hope for any way to play it. Yeah. Whether it's old games or HD. I'm kind of so selfish. Yeah. I mean to me I think it's more of a I'm used to seeing it in the quote-unquote crappy graphics that to me it's fine, I guess. That's just me though. Yeah. You might feel like... Do you like Super Mario Galaxy? Yeah. Oh yeah. Okay. Are you going to want to go back to those graphics after you play Odyssey? I don't know. I haven't played Odyssey yet. That's what I'm saying. The little bit you've seen of Odyssey looks fantastic. Yeah, it does. It doesn't look that different from, in my opinion, from Mario Galaxy graphics. It's just different settings. Yeah. Outside of the city. Right. Yeah. Everyone knows the city. Yeah. Whatever. So it's kind of like once you experience something better it's like I don't want to go back. Like the Wind Waker and HD I've experienced it now. Even the old school Wind Waker game and HD like on emulators doesn't feel as good to me. I'm like, here's the thing. I've seen a lot of these games with their same textures in HD on emulators and it's like, dude. Yeah. Yeah. Dude. Can you just emulate like that in HD? Yes. Anyways. Yeah. They don't do it because at this point they're not really telling us we're going to get GameCube Virtual Console. It's just, what were the exact words again? The, along those lines. Yeah. They're doing something along those lines. We are working on some things along those lines. Some things. Okay. Along those lines. Yeah. Yeah. Nintendo. It's time for a direct. Yep. We need a Nintendo direct. We need you to clearly outline the future of Virtual Console. Clearly outline the future of a lot of things. All these features we just got in this document leak that are standard. How about you let the public know? All right. Let them know it's a universal console system. Yep. Because you're not talking about it. Nope. That's what people care about that are buying the system day on. Yep. Obviously, we are people in the know. So, we write the leak we know, but there's a lot of consumers that don't watch this podcast. We'll go to all the various Nintendo sites. Yeah. So, yeah. I guess that's going to do it for this week. Yep. Sorry that it really felt like a downer week. Yeah, right? Kind of did. Yeah. But you know what? As we get closer to release, we're going to have a lot and somehow we went to the podcast. Maybe for the first time in a long time in like months without talking about Breath of the Wild. Well, we just did. That's right. I purposely wanted to kind of keep Breath of the Wild topics out here. There was some trickling news out there, but nothing big. Yeah. Nothing worth talking about that we haven't really discussed. So, I'm kind of going to leave Breath of the Wild conversation alone unless we somehow get some massive big news. Because I kind of want to save everything. Any thoughts or opinions until we play. Okay. And we're going to be live streaming. I for sure will be live streaming. I can't say exactly at midnight because I have to go I'm picking it up at midnight. So, probably around 1 to 2 a.m. that night of release, I will be live streaming central. He won't be because he's got to go home sleep, go to work. But I'm sure he'll come back the following weekend. And I don't know how long I'll be live streaming for that day till I pass out. So an hour and a half. Or until I have to really take care of my kids. Which means if I think about till I take care of my kids that's at 6.30 in the morning. So you might get four or five hours out of it. Yeah, yeah. But yeah, so we'll get a more concrete live stream once I clear it with my girlfriend. Which number one personally I've cleared it with. And then I clear it with him when he's going to be available. Because what I want to do is I said earlier with the live stream is make sure that both of us stream. It's going to be through the same setup. So we're not going to have two streams going at once. I can set it up so we have two of us going at once. But I'm not going to start our first time through that we're not racing. Yeah. I don't want to you know I want players to see this is how I approach the game. Now here's how you're approaching the game. And so they see the variety in it. And heck maybe they're playing with a lot along with us. Who knows. Maybe. But yeah. And it's going to be weird because I'm going to I already know guys I'm going backside. Yeah. Because once you get to a certain point where you get the glider you can go anywhere you want off the plateau. I'm going backside because we haven't seen anything backside. Yeah. They keep going forward. I'm like none. I know this is over there. I've seen a couple of the shrines. Yeah. There's the castle. No. I'm not going to be one of those guys going straight from the boss right away.  And if I die I end up in the middle of the ocean. Well. I die. Just another. Another death. We know there's land back there. I don't know what it is but I want to go find the direction you're going to go. You're going to go whatever is convenient. I'm sure. I just got the glider. Well going down over here. Yep. I'm going to be like nope I'm purposely climbing up those ding mountains in the back so I can glide down to the backside. Anyways. That's going to do it for the 17th episode of the Nintendo Prime podcast. As always I am your host Nathaniel Ruffeljantz. This is my good buddy Eric Moore and we will catch you guys next week. See you later. Switching it up.