Gaming Apes Show Episode 2,552,119

Host: SQUIDDY (@SquiddyNFT), with co-host Elethera (@elethera_art) · Mon, 27 Jul 2026 · 1:47:13 · ~11 speakers

TL;DR

• Makaveli reported the Otherside hit one year of continuous uptime, and Other Games got its first-ever deed to launch through ODK — a community-built world by Tropical Virtual, with ~160 people at peak on Saturday. [11:31]
• The room framed this as a milestone: the first community-built experience on the Otherside portal, opening the door for more creator-made worlds. [41:54]
• Tropical Virtual's Unreal Engine classes were a running thread — both LΛW and co-host Elethera are taking them and building in 3D. [1:00:42]
• A genuine ApeFest camping crew started forming for 10/17 in Charleston; Squiddy is recruiting ~10 people to lock a campsite, with Rida (reluctantly) cast as ringleader. [35:53]
• Squiddy announced he's on the founding team of Grails, a sports-card / RWA platform, and is rebranding hard around it. [1:37:14]
• LeBron becoming a 76er drove an early-show victory lap; the rest was community shout-outs, AI music demos, and a lot of affectionate chaos.

Highlights

[11:31] One year of persistence, and the first ODK deed. Makaveli walked through Other Games reaching a full year of the Otherside running every day, and previewing their first deed through ODK — "Bone Worn Canyon," built with Tropical Virtual since last October. He described ~160 people gliding through the canyon parkour course at once, comparing the feeling to the old swamp play tests.

[23:43] KewlChick asks how far you can actually build. KewlChick pressed Makaveli on whether ODK builds are infinite or capped, using an "acre of land" analogy. Makaveli explained it comes down to blueprints — the environments are open-ended, but the mechanics (like Primal Instinct's hunt-and-battle systems) require custom code and live updates, much like the swamp/Nexus patches.

[41:54] The community-launch milestone. Rida flagged that the weekend's launch was the first community-built game/experience to go live on the Otherside portal — "I don't think everybody understands how big it is for all the builders and developers." Squiddy agreed it deserved celebrating and admitted it gives him ideas for his own land, show, and Fisters project.

[52:11] Braunsexuals. LeBron-to-Philly turned into a bit about "braunsexuals" — LeBron superfans who follow him city to city — with Squiddy claiming he's renting out his couch to the incoming wave. He clarified his own status: "I'm not a braunsexual… I'm braun curious."

[53:59] Grateful's LeBron dream. Grateful Ape delivered the line the room had been waiting for: his life's dream is to see LeBron live and scream that he is not his goat — immediately followed by Squiddy banning him from the game.

[1:01:30] LΛW's Unreal Engine masterpiece. Talking up Tropical's beginner classes, LΛW cheerfully confessed his first 3D build was "a giant dick and balls," made by importing a photo into MML — a demonstration that landed as both a genuine endorsement of the classes and the room's favorite tangent.

[1:03:40] Elethera breaks her silence. The self-described silent assassin co-hosted and actually spoke, sharing that she's hooked on Unreal Engine, rebuilding her 2D headquarters in 3D, and prepping the regatta mini-game. Her sincere pitch — the classes are free to attend, YouTube-archived, and beginner-friendly — was the show's warmest stretch.

[1:09:08] Thanksgiving is cancelled. Roc Sol announced he'd invited all the apes to his mom's Thanksgiving, promised she'd love them, "and then Rida sent my mom feet pics." The turkey-fisting rules debate that followed ("you can't fist the turkey") ran until everyone conceded they were only generating clips.

[1:23:33] Jay Vegas's AI music. Jay Vegas demoed swamprecords.xyz — an AI tool that spins your NFT's traits into a song and video — playing a track he'd made called "Beanie Gang." Squiddy, a former music producer's audience, asked him to make a proper warm-up song for the show.

[1:37:14] Grails and the founding-team story. Squiddy opened up about joining Grails as a founding member, contrasting it with his time at Mythical — "I didn't really have a say" — and explaining why a founder role in a space he believes in (sports cards + RWAs on-chain) feels different. He also mused on whether a short six-letter handle adds legitimacy; Makaveli agreed short, memorable branding "goes further."

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "On Saturday, we reached one year of persistence in the Otherside… the first deed ever to come out through ODK." — Makaveli [11:31]
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• "Since LeBron was drafted, my dream was actually to see him playing live and scream: you are not my fucking goat." — Grateful Ape [53:59]
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• "If I told you you had a nice body, would you hold it against me?" — Squiddy [56:28]
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• "I have built a giant dick and balls… I took a picture and sent it to [MML]." — LΛW [1:01:30]
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• "I told my mom that all the apes are coming to our Thanksgiving dinner… and then Rida sent my mom feet pics, and now I don't know what to do." — Roc Sol [1:09:08]
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• "3D is definitely the future… Unreal Engine itself is free, but you do need a powerful PC." — Elethera [1:05:02]
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Who said what

• SQUIDDY (host) — Ran the show, celebrated the Otherside milestone, organized ApeFest camping, and announced his Grails founding role while nudging everyone to bookmark, retweet, and touch grass.
• Makaveli (@MakaveliDlaCruz), likely — Other Games correspondent; detailed the one-year uptime, the first ODK deed, and how ODK building actually works (blueprints, live updates).
• KewlChick (@KewlChick_), likely — Asked the practical builder questions about ODK's limits; congratulated the Other Games team.
• Rida (@RidazLp2), likely — Flagged the community-launch milestone as underrated; unwilling face of the camping trip and the show's chief chaos agent.
• Grateful Ape (@Gratefulape), likely — Man-on-the-street ApeFest updates; comic MVP with the LeBron and "addicted to you" bits; plugged the Grateful Show and a possible Tomorrowland conflict.
• LΛW (@lawofthesaw), likely — Endorsed Tropical's Unreal classes (memorably), runs Welcome Apes, revealed he'd stayed listening the whole time from the same room as another ape.
• Elethera (@elethera_art), likely — Silent-assassin co-host who spoke up to champion the Unreal Engine classes and her 3D headquarters rebuild.
• JayVegas (@JayVegas24), likely — Demoed swamprecords.xyz AI music, played his "Beanie Gang" track; ApeFest camper ("look for the smoke").
• Roc Sol (@rocsolmiami), likely — Delivered the Thanksgiving-cancelled saga from South Beach.
• Dupes (@acdupes), likely — Reported from a well-run Denver Top Golf meetup; prefers "glamping" to camping.
• G-SPOT (@Timmygspt), likely — Called in briefly from a job site; volunteered to haul Rida (and a camper) to ApeFest.

Worth a full listen

• [11:31]–[27:44] — The full Makaveli + KewlChick exchange on the one-year milestone and how ODK building actually works. The summary flattens a genuinely useful, sincere walkthrough of blueprints, live updates, and what community creators can now do with a deed.
• [52:11]–[1:02:00] — The braunsexuals → Guccione-clipping → camping → Unreal-Engine-dick-and-balls run is where the room's chemistry peaks; it doesn't transcribe, it has to be heard.
• [1:07:30]–[1:12:00] — The Roxanne singalong into Roc Sol's Thanksgiving story and the turkey-fisting rules debate, a fully self-aware "we're just making clips for Guccione" spiral.