Conan O’Brien’s Clueless Gamer stands as an enduring gaming series, spanning a diverse range of titles from Grand Theft Auto to Deathloop. In this series, the late-night talk show host delves into new games, frequently finding himself in comically awkward situations, largely due to his admitted lack of gaming prowess.
In its newest episode, Conan stumbles across space in Bethesda’s Starfield as he tries to flirt with every companion and blows up one of the most loved NPCs in the game. The comedian also gets into a gunfight with space pirates wearing nothing but his underpants.
During Conan’s adventures in space, he tries to romance one of the four primary companions named Sarah Morgan. He hilariously fails at his attempts at love, getting rejected by Sarah who just wasn’t ready for a relationship. At one point, the TV host thought that his love interest was attracted to a guy named Franklin Roosevelt.
Conan also tried one of the most common things gamers do in titles that allow you to change clothes: run around in his underpants. His antics revealed that his character had a really scrawny physique, at which point he goes to get an “Enhancement” just to impress Sarah. Apparently, companions aren’t impressed by looks in Starfield.
After giving up on pursuing Sarah, the comedian stumbles upon the “Grandma” in space and immediately shoots down her ship. While Grandma is one of the sweetest NPCs in the game, she does put up a fight after Conan starts firing his weapons. In the end, he understood that he had done something horrible and was laughing hard.
The hapless gamer then meets Sam Coe, another story companion, and his ex-wife Lillian. Conan then gets into another shootout with a bunch of space pirates while trying to rescue Lillian. Conan died repeatedly to the goons as he isn’t very good at shooting. And he also went into the fight in his underpants, which makes things a lot harder.
Conan did eventually find love with Sam Coe. The gamer got to a point in the side quest where he professed his love for his companion. The exchange between Conan and Sam got pretty raunchy with some strong innuendo which was quite hilarious to watch unfold. After finding love, Conan proceeds to gun down the citizens of Akila City to celebrate his new relationship. The whole bit was even funnier as an NPC walked between Conan’s character and Sam during their romantic exchange.
Actor Elias Toufexis, who plays Sam in Starfield, reacted to the hilarious segment by sharing it on X. “If you guys only knew how much Conan meant to me growing up, you’d really get how happy this makes me,” Toufexis tweeted.
If you guys only knew how much Conan meant to me growing up, you’d really get how happy this makes me.
— ᴇʟɪᴀꜱ ᴛᴏᴜꜰᴇxɪꜱ 🖖 (@EliasToufexis) November 10, 2023
This is one of the better Clueless Gamer clips we’ve seen in recent years. Bethesda’s best-selling space RPG is the perfect venue to just run around and find unique experiences. Starfield’s jank did find its way into the video which added more comedy. Overall, it was fun seeing Conan try out a new game and his improv was on point in this one.
Starfield recently won the Xbox Game of the Year award at The Golden Joystick Awards 2023. Unfortunately, it comes at a time when its player base is at its lowest.
