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AVoCADo GamesCast

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  • Episode #2: Liar Liar

    https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/podcast20220edit201.mp3


    Featuring:
    Merve
    Lopsidedown
    Blue Light Special
    TheKappa

    Editor:

    TheKappa

    Timestamps:

    0:15 – Introductions
    16:30 – Mighty No. 9
    22:50 – Curiosity, Godus, and Peter Molyneux
    28:55 – General Discussion of Crowdfunding
    31:20 – Ouya
    36:40 – Takedown: Red Sabre
    40:55 – HEX: Shards of Fate and the Veronica Mars movie
    46:20 – More General Discussion of Crowdfunding
    58:10 – Shenmue III
    1:02:30 – Even More General Discussion of Crowdfunding
    1:08:05 – Steam Early Access
    1:19:50 – Overwatch, Battleborn, and Gearbox
    1:22:30 – Bugs and Glitches
    1:35:45 – Exploits and Speedruns
    1:49:50 – Bethesda Games

    Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep2

    Linkdump after the jump

    Linkdump:

    Introductions (0:15)

    • Compilation of death scenes in Rise of the Tomb Raider (Source: Somewhat Awesome Games)
    • Shovel Knight trailer
    • List of games in the Mega Man series
    • Stardew Valley trailer
    • Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Let’s Play (Source: Husky Plays)
    • Merve was actually talking about Red Alert 2. He couldn’t beat this mission. (Source: moltarlover) To be fair, he only tried once before giving up.
    • Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor was a multiplayer game released by Westwood back in 1997, and it was arguably the first MOBA. Here’s some more information about it.
    • Rocket League GIFs
    • Overwatch GIFs
    • Beating a level in Superhot (Source: ManlyBadassHero)
    • The very confusing Nintendo Creators Program

      • Mighty No. 9 (16:30)

      • Unreal Engine visualization test for Mighty No. 9. Most of the top YouTube comments say that this looks better than the actual game, despite being made in only seven days.
      • The Jimquisition on Mighty No. 9’s development
      • The infamous “anime fan on prom night” trailer. (Please, make it stop.)
      • The A.V. Club’s review of the game

        • Curiosity, Godus, and Peter Molyneux (22:50)

        • The Wikipedia article about Curiosity
        • Gameplay video of Thomas Was Alone (Source: ZackScottGames)
        • Eurogamer interview with Bryan Henderson, the winner of Curiosity
        • Polygon editorial about Godus

          • General Discussion of Crowdfunding (28:55)

          • A Hat in Time Kickstarter campaign
          • Psychonauts 2 Fig campaign
          • Consortium: The Tower Fig campaign
          • PGS – Portable Console for PC Games: Kickstarter campaign

            • Ouya (31:20)

            • Ouya Kickstarter campaign
            • There are actually over 80 games released or announced for the Ouya, but many of the listed games have failed to meet their release windows. The official Ouya website claims 1213 games, but they don’t explain how they arrived at that number. (Probably sorcery.)
            • Game Grumps play The Amazing Frog?
            • Goat Simulator was released on Android, but not on the Ouya (which runs a version of Android) specifically.
            • Xbox One’s original online requirements
            • The 2011 PSN outage
            • Ouya.com takes you to the Tumblr page of someone named Jason S.C. Fung. It has nothing to do with the console.

              • Takedown: Red Sabre (36:40)

              • Takedown Kickstarter campaign
              • Penny Arcade Expo
              • “Yakety Sax,” commonly known as the theme of The Benny Hill Show

                • HEX: Shards of Fate and the Veronica Mars movie (40:55)

                • Kickstarter campaign for HEX
                • Announcement of Gameforge as publisher
                • Kickstarter update about account deletion. To clarify, what seems to have happened was that because of German privacy laws, backers had to re-enter their information by a certain deadline when Gameforge got involved. Unfortunately, the dev team didn’t do their due diligence in informing all backers of this. More information here. (Source: Massively Overpowered)
                • Announcement of lawsuit from Wizards of the Coast. The lawsuit was settled in 2015.
                • Trailer for the Veronica Mars movie
                • Steam page for the game

                  • More General Discussion of Crowdfunding (46:20)

                  • Project Eternity Kickstarter campaign (later became Pillars of Eternity)
                  • Wasteland 2 Kickstarter campaign
                  • Kickstarter campaigns for Shadowrun Returns and Shadowrun: Hong Kong
                  • Kickstarter campaign for Double Fine Adventure (later became Broken Age)
                  • The infamous Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 boycott meme (Source: Kotaku)
                  • Bear Simulator Kickstarter campaign
                  • Complaints on Reddit about a lack of social media activity from Farjay Studios, the
                    • makers of Bear Simulator. This is one of a few such threads.
                  • Keiji Inafune accepts responsibility for Mighty No. 9’s failures. (Source: Kotaku)
                  • Mighty No. 9’s release-day troubles (Source: VentureBeat)
                  • Oculus Rift shipping to retail stores before fulfilling pre-orders (Source: ExtremeTech)
                  • A compendium of Palmer Luckey’s flip-flopping (Source: Popular Science)
                  • HEX’s baseline campaign goal was $300,000 (US).
                  • John Romero and Adrian Carmack pulled their Kickstarter campaign for Blackroom. (Source: Polygon)

                    • Shenmue III (58:10)

                    • Shenmue III Kickstarter campaign
                    • Sony was funding the development, and the Kickstarter’s main purpose was to gauge fan interest. (Source: Siliconera)
                    • Shenmue III announcement during Sony’s 2015 E3 presser (Source: Eurogamer)
                    • Shenmue III accepting additional crowdfunding through Alipay (Source: Business Wire)
                    • Eisley’s failed Kickstarter campaign for their Currents tour

                      • Even More General Discussion of Crowdfunding (1:02:30)

                      • Suspended Kickstarter campaign for Skarp
                      • Indiegogo campaign for Skarp
                      • Zack Brown’s Kickstarter campaign for potato salad. He is now working on a potato salad cookbook.
                      • A Gawker article on PotatoStock 2014, the potato salad festival Zack Brown organized with his Kickstarter funding. A small point of clarification: because of Kickstarter rules, none of the funding was directly donated to charity; instead Brown amassed $20,000 of additional funding to donate to the Columbus Foundation, along with proceeds from PotatoStock.

                        • Steam Early Access (1:08:05)

                        • RWBY: Grimm Eclipse launch trailer
                        • Kerbal Space Progam launch trailer
                        • The original DayZ mod dates all the way back to 2012. (Source: Wikipedia)
                        • Kotaku article about Aussie writer Adam Ruch being kidnapped in DayZ
                        • Prison Architect launch trailer
                        • The original gameplay trailer for RollerCoaster Tycoon World has been taken down, but here’s Destructoid complaining about it.
                        • Steam Early Access page for RollerCoaster Tycoon World. The reviews are mostly negative.
                        • Planet Coaster dev diary

                          • Overwatch, Battleborn, and Gearbox (1:19:50)

                          • An article from HardcoreGamer comparing Battleborn and Overwatch. There are dozens of such articles on various websites.
                          • Battleborn’s “Every Kind of Badass” trailer from E3 2015
                          • The Jimquisition slamming Randy Pitchford for being a liar

                            • Bugs and Glitches (1:22:30)

                            • Fallout: New Vegas head spin (Source: rade xito)
                            • 2K forums post about XCOM: Enemy Unknown save reordering bug
                            • Telltale Community post about The Walking Dead save bugs
                            • A compilation of Assassin’s Creed Unity glitches from Kotaku Australia, including the infamous “no face” glitch
                            • Merve’s screenshot of a soldier casually on fire in Dragon Age: Origins
                            • A Facebook group devoted to Geralt from The Witcher in a towel
                            • Watch Dogs flying bike glitch (Source: Luis Besteiro Calvo)
                            • Deus Ex: Human Revolution ragdoll glitch (Source: 19HighVoltage97)
                            • Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain ragdoll glitch (Source: Fredchuckdave)
                            • Merve’s screenshot of the inexplicable “tSassy the Merciless” (sic) glitch from Pillars of Eternity
                            • The “death blossom” scene from The Last Starfighter (Source: Movieclips)
                            • Merve’s screenshot of a now-fixed glitch in Parallax, followed by the announcement of a patch from the developer.

                              • Exploits and Speedruns (1:35:45)

                              • A compilation of Destiny cheese (Source: GamesRadar+)
                              • The Division Incursion glitch – old method and new method (Source: Daryus P)
                              • What you’re likely to catch in Amazon Trail if you don’t use any exploits (Source: Mobygames)
                              • Different types of super jumping in Halo (Source: Halo Nation Wiki)
                              • An Imgur compilation of Halo grenade tricks
                              • Summer Games Done Quick official website
                              • An example of a Half-Life 2 jumping exploit from SGDQ 2014 (Source: SpeedMarathonArchive)

                                • Bethesda Games (1:49:50)

                                • Console commands for Fallout 3 (developed by Bethesda) and Fallout: New Vegas (developed by Obsidian)
                                • The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages (UESP)

                                  • AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/

                                  1 hr 56 min
                                • Episode #1: Two and a Half Men

                                  https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/podcast20120edit201.mp3

                                  Featuring:

                                  Merve
                                  BannerThief
                                  TheKappa

                                  Editor:

                                  TheKappa

                                  Timestamps:

                                  0:20 – Introductions
                                  4:40 – E3
                                  18:50 – A Digression about Ubisoft and Politics
                                  32:20 – Back to E3
                                  40:50 – A Digression about Hideo Kojima and Metal Gear
                                  44:05 – David Cage and Quantic Dream
                                  48:05 – Back to General E3 Discussion Again
                                  1:04:10 – Sound Effects in Games
                                  1:15:50 – Childhood Games and Gaming Parents

                                  Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep1

                                  Linkdump after the jump

                                  Linkdump:

                                  Introductions (0:20)

                                  • Warcraft movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rxoz13Bthc

                                    • E3 (4:40)

                                    • E3 Expo site: http://www.e3expo.com/takeover
                                    • Guys in striped sweatsuits were at Ubisoft presser to promote Trials of the Blood Dragon: https://youtu.be/LyvHLbvVnog?t=8069
                                    • Grow Up E3 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7UDY9nK-IE
                                    • South Park: The Stick of Truth trailer and appearance by Matt Stone and Trey
                                      • Parker at Ubisoft presser: https://youtu.be/LyvHLbvVnog?t=4891
                                    • Trials of the Blood Dragon trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzxhVkeWgPY
                                    • Nintendo’s E3 conference/livestream/whatever-the-hell-that-was: https://youtu.be/m1uUU53WZU8?t=2038
                                    • Some information on the Nintendo NX, Nintendo’s upcoming console: http://www.techradar.com/us/news/gaming/nintendo-nx-release-date-news-and-rumors-1289401
                                    • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rPxiXXxftE
                                    • The immensely convoluted Zelda timeline. (“This article is excessively long and requires cleanup.”): http://zeldawiki.org/Zelda_Timeline
                                    • Pokémon Sun and Moon trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW14HO7C1Dg
                                    • The Pokémon Pidove (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pidove_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) evolves into Tranquill, which in turn evolves into Unfezant. These are the worst puns.
                                    • Announcement of Crash Bandicoot Remastered and the inclusion of Crash Bandicoot in Skylanders: Imaginators: https://youtu.be/GwofRzkROo4?t=5109
                                    • Cuphead gameplay footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BTcGhOgQFY

                                      • A Digression about Ubisoft and Politics (18:50)

                                      • Watch Dogs 2 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh9x4NqW0Dw
                                      • The Cabrini-Green public housing project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrini%E2%80%93Green_Homes
                                      • Assassin’s Creed Liberation Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfpfhztOBVI
                                      • Assassin’s Creed series overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed
                                      • The Dragon’s Tooth sword from Deus Ex: http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon’s_Tooth_sword_(DX)

                                        • Back to E3 (32:20)

                                        • Titanfall 2 multiplayer trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ISYN1AshZY
                                        • Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare gameplay footage from Sony’s E3 conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmaZw1xMxBQ
                                        • Sea of Thieves gameplay from Microsoft’s E3 conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQlsN6EO2oU
                                        • The “Hufflepuff” joke is a reference to this (http://67.media.tumblr.com/c802797b2aa8b90ac70cc6fc2e08e1f6/tumblr_o7nicd5dEp1qdxepho1_1280.jpg)
                                          • and this (https://youtu.be/M_v6sX8WJQg?t=5684). Jack Pattillo of Achievement Hunter got sorted into Hufflepuff House when he took a Hogwarts house survey (Hogwarts being the wizarding school from Harry Potter), and he’s known for
                                          playing thankless support classes in multiplayer video games. Humour is funnier
                                          when you explain it.
                                        • Star Trek: Bridge Crew trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=romB8e5nMp8
                                        • Spaceteam: http://www.sleepingbeastgames.com/spaceteam/
                                        • Prompto is the character you play as in the VR sections of Final Fantasy XV. If you
                                          • want to know why we find that so funny, check out the A.V. Club’s live-chat of
                                          Sony’s E3 conference: http://www.avclub.com/article/were-live-chatting-sonys-e3-2016-playstation-confe-238018
                                        • Alex Hunter is the name of the protagonist in FIFA 17’s story mode. Here is his VA on
                                          • stage at EA Play. (It’s unintentionally hilarious.): https://youtu.be/wPSN9sTQCf4?t=3978
                                        • At their press conference, Microsoft had a segment where a talking head said that their upcoming Project Scorpio would have the “highest-quality pixels.” They’ve since edited it out of their promotional materials: http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/06/14/project-scorpio-will-no-longer-feature-the-highest-quality-pixels-that-anybody-has-seen

                                          • A Digression about Hideo Kojima and Metal Gear (40:50)

                                          • Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding reveal trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2nuHEGhwiw
                                          • Daikatana is a game by John Romero and is infamous for being one of the game industry’s biggest commercial failures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikatana
                                          • The infamous Quiet in the rain cutscene from Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA28-cm9DeA
                                          • Fashion writers judge video game character outfits: http://kotaku.com/video-game-fashion-reviewed-by-people-who-know-fashion-1756950307

                                            • David Cage and Quantic Dream (44:05)

                                            • Detroit: Become Human E3 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD1pbWCJcKQ
                                            • List of Quantic Dream games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantic_Dream#Games_developed
                                            • The Fahrenheit tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmQRuFNva1Q
                                              • – Merve was wrong: David Cage isn’t actually sitting in a director’s chair, but
                                              he is standing in front of three such chairs on a film set.

                                              Back to General E3 Discussion Again (48:05)

                                              • Dishonored 2 gameplay from Bethesda’s press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdFhpalkgVo
                                              • Abzû E3 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpvHqAsNVH0
                                              • Horizon Zero Dawn gameplay video from E3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Xx3MdqdgM
                                              • Days Gone gameplay video from E3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGej8K1r8KI
                                              • State of Decay 2 reveal trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JMJFyXuGUw
                                              • Dead Rising 4 reveal trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT3cb3f5pM0
                                              • Mass Effect: Andromeda EA Play “trailer”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2vgHOXeps0
                                              • The real Alex Hunter, a Scottish footballer who died in 1984: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hunter
                                              • SteamOS, Valve’s Linux-based operating system: http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/
                                              • Steam machines: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steam_machines
                                              • Steam controllers: http://store.steampowered.com/app/353370
                                              • PC Gaming Show website: http://www.pcgamingshow.com/
                                              • Planet Coaster E3 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBFWNV3YAuQ
                                              • The original gameplay trailer for RollerCoaster Tycoon World has been taken offline, but here’s Destructoid writing about it: https://www.destructoid.com/rollercoaster-tycoon-world-looks-rough-288623.phtml
                                              • FLOPS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLOPS

                                                • Sound Effects in Games (1:04:10)

                                                • Sniper rifle from Mass Effect. (Source – BradTheAmerican): https://youtu.be/baSAJhIq7_Y?t=370
                                                • Hitmarker sound from Overwatch: https://youtu.be/EzCoKx6NqfU?t=160
                                                • PC Gamer article about the Overwatch sound effect: http://www.pcgamer.com/overwatchs-hit-sound-effect-is-apparently-powered-by-beer/
                                                • Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness ship sound effects: http://www.thanatosrealms.com/war2/alliance-sounds#ships
                                                • Attaching carabiner to rope from The Division. (Source – FrogDaBarber): https://youtu.be/I7MAYRsyBII?t=27
                                                • Hammer of Sol from Destiny. (Source – DPJ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcsrCyZwje8
                                                • Commander Keen 4 raindrop collection. (Source – AbandonwareTV): https://youtu.be/FCI5q1XbdBw?t=101
                                                • Halloween Harry was renamed Alien Carnage because it didn’t actually have anything to do with Halloween: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Carnage
                                                • Doom retro level. (Source – SurlawTheMai): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0MTmgnHTO4
                                                • Wolfenstein 3D level in Wolfenstein: The New Order. (Source – AFGuidesHD): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XYaAfpC8nc

                                                  • Childhood Games and Gaming Parents (1:15:50)

                                                  • Donald Duck’s Playground. (Source – Sierra Chest): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld5DR6oBVXo
                                                  • Prince of Persia. (Source – Otaku Chest): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv20j8ChtRY
                                                  • Math Rescue. (Source – Shortmandesigner): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eXZDXZPjT8
                                                  • The original A Boy and His Blob. (Source – World of Longplays): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcWajywEfE0
                                                  • A Boy and His Blob remake. (Source – WishingTikal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYNYlu2bLl4&list=PLFE06FC59689E5FC8
                                                  • BrickBreaker comes preloaded on a BlackBerry, as does WordMole:
                                                    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_Breaker

                                                    AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/

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                                                  The AVoCADo GamesCast is a (roughly) bimonthly gaming podcast hosted by Merve and edited by The Kappa, two people who love video games a little too much. Join them and their Internet friends as they gush about their favourite games, dissect current events, revisit gaming history, speculate about future events, and make a lot of really stupid jokes.

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