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| image = File:Patch-chan and eric.png | | image = File:Patch-chan and eric.png | ||
| artist = Paddle | | artist = Paddle | ||
| caption = Patch-chan (left) and [[Eric]] (right) | |||
| based_on = The 4GB patch from [[Deadly Premonition]] | | based_on = The 4GB patch from [[Deadly Premonition]] | ||
| character_designer = Paddle | | character_designer = Paddle | ||
| see_also = | |||
<!----->* [[Eric]] | |||
| debut = {{YTCite|XwHcU6hX_8Y|channel=Falco|title=<nowiki>Joseph Anderson Gravity Rush stream 3 with chat [03/24/2023]</nowiki>|time=751|channel_icon=Falco.jpg}} | | debut = {{YTCite|XwHcU6hX_8Y|channel=Falco|title=<nowiki>Joseph Anderson Gravity Rush stream 3 with chat [03/24/2023]</nowiki>|time=751|channel_icon=Falco.jpg}} | ||
}} | }}Patch-chan is the embodiment of "the 4 gigabyte patch", which is a program that you can run alongside old PC games to make them use 4 GB of virtual memory instead of 2 GB, which makes them crash less frequently on modern PCs. During Joe's streams of Deadly Premonition, the game kept crashing, and people in chat kept on telling him to download the 4 gigabyte patch.<ref>{{YTCite|K_9Rqe6KXBo|channel=Falco|title=<nowiki>Joseph Anderson Deadly Premonition stream 2 with chat [03/09/2023]</nowiki>|time=2946|channel_icon=Falco.jpg}}</ref><ref>{{YTCite|K_9Rqe6KXBo|channel=Falco|title=<nowiki>Joseph Anderson Deadly Premonition stream 2 with chat [03/09/2023]</nowiki>|time=4040|channel_icon=Falco.jpg}}</ref> But Joe didn't understand what this was, so he thought it was a mod for the game and that the file for it was 4 GB in size. This became a running joke up until the point that Joe couldn't progress beyond a certain part of the game because it always crashed there, resulting in chat convincing him to install the patch.<ref>{{YTCite|K_9Rqe6KXBo|channel=Falco|title=<nowiki>Joseph Anderson Deadly Premonition stream 2 with chat [03/09/2023]</nowiki>|time=17811|channel_icon=Falco.jpg}}</ref> | ||
Patch-chan is the embodiment of "the 4 gigabyte patch", which is a program that you can run alongside old PC games to make them use 4 GB of virtual memory instead of 2 GB, which makes them crash less frequently on modern PCs. During Joe's streams of Deadly Premonition, the game kept crashing, and people in chat kept on telling him to download the 4 gigabyte patch.<ref>{{YTCite|K_9Rqe6KXBo|channel=Falco|title=<nowiki>Joseph Anderson Deadly Premonition stream 2 with chat [03/09/2023]</nowiki>|time=2946|channel_icon=Falco.jpg}}</ref><ref>{{YTCite|K_9Rqe6KXBo|channel=Falco|title=<nowiki>Joseph Anderson Deadly Premonition stream 2 with chat [03/09/2023]</nowiki>|time=4040|channel_icon=Falco.jpg}}</ref> But Joe didn't understand what this was, so he thought it was a mod for the game and that the file for it was 4 GB in size. This became a running joke up until the point that Joe couldn't progress beyond a certain part of the game because it always crashed there, resulting in chat convincing him to install the patch.<ref>{{YTCite|K_9Rqe6KXBo|channel=Falco|title=<nowiki>Joseph Anderson Deadly Premonition stream 2 with chat [03/09/2023]</nowiki>|time=17811|channel_icon=Falco.jpg}}</ref> | |||
Patch-chan was drawn by Paddle. She's depicted as being a sort of private investigator, with Eric as her side-kick, and Breaker-chan as the criminal she's hunting down. | Patch-chan was drawn by Paddle. She's depicted as being a sort of private investigator, with Eric as her side-kick, and Breaker-chan as the criminal she's hunting down. |