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July 08, 2024Episode #102: Wet Dads
Featuring:
Merve
QuinleyThorne
The Kappa
Editor:
The Kappa
Timestamps:
0:35 – Introduction
4:15 – Summer Game Fest: General Thoughts
6:45 – PlayStation State of Play
30:05 – Guerrilla Collective
44:10 – Access-Ability Summer Showcase
52:40 – Summer Game Fest Live
1:11:50 – Day of the Devs
1:21:00 – Devolver Digital
1:22:45 – Atlus Exclusive Showcase: Metaphor: ReFantazio
1:33:00 – Future of Play Direct
1:36:00 – Wholesome Direct and Paying for Showcase Spots
1:39:55 – Latin American Games Showcase and Women-Led Games Showcase
1:44:00 – Future Games Show
1:53:05 – Xbox Games Showcase
2:57:45 – PC Gaming Show
3:10:20 – Ubisoft and Star Wars
3:38:05 – Dragon Age: The Veilguard
4:36:30 – Conclusion
Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep102
Podcast header image from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, taken from Gaming Bible. Podcast header font is Balgruf. Spoiler warning: Dune; Dragon: Age Inquisition. Content warning: graphic sexual discussion. Linkdump and timestamps for warnings after the jump.
Introduction (0:35)
Leaker “Midori”’s confession. (Source: r/GamingLeaksAndRumours on Reddit)
Daniel Ahmad’s Twitter account. (Source: @ZhugeEX on Twitter)
Summer Game Fest: General Thoughts (4:15)
No links here.
PlayStation State of Play (6:45)
VoD of the presentation. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
TV Tropes page for Team Fortress 2 fan film Emesis Blue.
Report on the slowdown of PS5 sales. (Source: Forbes)
PS5 has sold roughly half of PS4’s lifetime sales so far. (Source: VGChartz)
Announcement trailer for Astro Bot. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Gameplay trailer for Infinity Nikki. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Release date trailer for Silent Hill 2. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Christina Aguilera’s 1999 Teen Choice Awards outfit. (Source: r/silenthill on Reddit)
Gameplay trailer for Concord. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Report on “trans bullets” in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Warzone. (Source: Metro Game Central)
Wikipedia article on Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory.
Guerrilla Collective (30:05)
CONTENT WARNING: graphic sexual discussions
VoD of the presentation. (Source: Guerrilla Collective on YouTube)
Steam store page for Fallen Aces.
Fortnite left early access in 2020. (Source: Wikipedia)
Steam store page for Bellwright.
Steam store page for SEX with HITLER. [NSFW]
Steam store page for the upcoming Hollowbody.
VoD of the OTK Games Expo. (Source: OTK on YouTube)
Steam store page for the upcomingSky Oceans: Wings for Hire.
Access-Ability Summer Showcase (44:10)
VoD of the presentation. (Source: LauraKBuzz on YouTube)
Periphery Synthetic Accessibility Trailer. (Source: LauraKBuzz on YouTube)
An explanation of Street Fighter 6’s Modern control scheme. (Source: Polygon)
An outline of Forza Motorsport’s accessibility features. (Source: Forza Support)
Summer Game Fest Live (52:40)
MILD SPOILERS: Dune
VoD of the presentation. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
Official teaser trailer for Sid Meier’s Civilization VII. (Source: Sid Meier’s Civilization on YouTube)
Official release date trailer for Once Human. (Source: Once Human on YouTube)
“Blitz, Brawl, Blaze” gameplay trailer for Mecha BREAK. (Source: Mecha BREAK on YouTube)
The Blumhouse Games section of SGF Live. (Source: thegamewards on YouTube)
Clarification: Spooky’s House of Jump Scares is now officially titled Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion because of a potential legal battle. (Source: Steam)
Official announcement trailer for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)
Alan Wake 2 – Night Springs expansion launch trailer. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Steam store page for Quantum Break.
The actor who played Tommy Carcetti on The Wire and Littlefinger on Game of Thrones is Aiden Gillen. (Source: Wikipedia)
World premiere trailer for Neva. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
Summer Game Fest 2024 trailer for Delta Force: Hawk Ops. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
World premiere trailer for Dune: Awakening. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
Sonic X Shadow Generations trailer at Summer Game Fest. (Source: Sonic the Hedgehog on YouTube)
Know Your Meme page on Christian Sonic fanart.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II trailer at Summer Game Fest. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
Day of the Devs (1:11:50)
VoD of the presentation. (Source: thegamewards on YouTube)
Day of the Devs presentation on Phoenix Springs. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
Day of the Devs presentation on Afterlove EP. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
Day of the Devs presentation on Screenbound. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
Day of the Devs presentation on Building Relationships. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
Day of the Devs presentation on Tides of Tomorrow. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
Day of the Devs presentation on Battle Vision Network. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
Wikipedia article on Lies of P.
Official website for Cheat Engine.
Know Your Meme page for the “You Cheated Not Only the Game, But Yourself” copypasta.
Devolver Digital (1:21:00)
VoD of the presentation. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
Possessor(s) reveal trailer. (Source: DevolverDigital on YouTube)
The Crush House trailer. (Source: DevolverDigital on YouTube)
Atlus Exclusive Showcase: Metaphor: ReFantazio (1:22:45)
VoD of the presentation. (Source: Official ATLUS West on YouTube)
Wikipedia article on Bravely Default.
Clarification: Archetypes are Metaphor: ReFantazio’s job system, and Archetypes can learn new skills, but each Archetype belongs to a lineage, and more advanced Archetypes (i.e. jobs) can be unlocked by deepening bonds with other characters who control a particular lineage. (Source: Official ATLUS West on YouTube)
Correction: The main character in Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE, Itsuki Aoi, mostly uses electricity skills and is by default weak to fire. (Source: Fire Emblem Wiki on Fandom)
Denerim is the capital of Ferelden in the world of Dragon Age, Thedas. (Source: Dragon Age Wiki on Fandom)
Future of Play Direct (1:33:00)
VoD of the presentation. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)
Correction: Melios does appear to be a creation of GLITCH, the company that organized this showcase. (Source: GLITCH)
Steam store pages for the upcoming ABYSS X ZERO, Cozy Marbles, and Sandara: City of a Thousand Eclipses.
Tumblr for Twitch streamer Demily Pyro.
Wholesome Direct and Paying for Showcase Spots (1:36:00)
VoD of the presentation. (Source: Wholesome Games on YouTube)
Official website for Popagenda.
Latin American Games Showcase and Women-Led Games Showcase (1:39:55)
VoD of the presentation. (Source: Latin American Games Showcase on YouTube)
Official gameplay trailer for Slime Heroes. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
VoD of the presentation. (Source: Women-Led Games on YouTube)
Release date trailer for The Star Named EOS. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
Official trailer for Woodo. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
Official trailer for Mexico, 1921: A Deep Slumber. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
Steam store page for 1979 Revolution: Black Friday.
Steam store page for Tenebris Somnia.
Future Games Show (1:44:00)
VoD of the presentation. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
First Dwarf gameplay official trailer. (Source: GameSpot Trailers on YouTube)
The Operator gameplay trailer. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
Official gameplay trailer for Nobody Wants to Die. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
Dustborn gameplay trailer. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
The Precinct gameplay trailer. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
Release date reveal trailer for Parcel Corps. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
Sacrifire gameplay trailer. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
Official Steam Next Fest trailer for SCHiM. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
Gameplay trailer for Hell of an Office. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
Xbox Games Showcase (1:53:05)
CONTENT WARNING: graphic sexual discussion
VoD of the presentation. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Official trailer for Starfield: Shattered Space. (Source: Bethesda Softworks on YouTube)
Steam store page for the Starfield Creation Kit.
Elianora’s YouTube channel.
Nexus Mods page for Caliente’s Beautiful Bodies Enhancer (CBBE). [NSFW]
Official website for LoversLab. [NSFW]
Official website for Fallout: London.
Wikipedia article on the disabled Hot Coffee content in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. [NSFW]
LoversLab page for the milking fetish Old Hroldan Farm mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. [NSFW]
South of Midnight gameplay reveal. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Announcement trailer for Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Fableofficial trailer. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)
Atomfallreveal trailer. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Reveal trailer for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. (Source: Sandfall Interactive on YouTube)
Wikipedia article on the Turkish film Clair Obscur, which has nothing to do with the upcoming video game of the same name.
Official gameplay reveal for Perfect Dark. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)
Announce trailer for Life is Strange: Double Exposure. (Source: Life is Strange on YouTube)
Gameplay reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. (Source: Call of Duty on YouTube)
Official showcase reveal for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. (Source: Bethesda Softworks on YouTube)
Official trailer 1 for DOOM: The Dark Ages. (Source: Bethesda Softworks on YouTube)
Avowed story trailer. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Official announce trailer for Gears of War: E-Day. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
The Time of Opportunities trailer for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Trailer for State of Decay 3. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Official extended trailer for FragPunk. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
Reveal trailer for Mixtape. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
First look gameplay trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Sadly, because the Dorkly website no longer exists, and the video was never uploaded to their YouTube channel, we cannot dig up the “Gun Home” parody video. Here’s a link to a Eurogamer article about the video.
Official website for LGBTQ gun rights group The Pink Pistols.
PC Gaming Show (2:57:45)
VoD of the presentation. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
Official story reveal trailer for Wander Stars. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
Official announcement trailer for I Am Your Beast. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
Unbeatable trailer. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
Deathsprint 66 trailer. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
Official reveal trailer for Crescent County. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
Official gameplay trailer for Mars Tactics. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
Third faction reveal trailer and developer interview for Stormgate. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
Official trailer for Inferni: Hope & Fear. (Source: Inferni: Hope & Fear on YouTube)
Steam store page for the early access game Core Keeper.
Official gameplay trailer for Gunboat God. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
Ubisoft and Star Wars (3:10:20)
VoD of the presentation. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake trailer. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
New release date trailer for The Rogue Prince of Persia. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Confirmation and further details: The Sands of Time remake was originally being worked on by Ubisoft Pune and Ubisoft Mumbai before it was given to Ubisoft Montreal. (Source: Wikipedia)
Wikipedia article on the 2008 Prince of Persia game.
Game overview trailer of Star Wars Outlaws. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Wikipedia article on Metallica.
Live action teaser for Anno 117: Pax Romana. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Launch trailer for XDefiant. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard (3:38:05)
MAJOR SPOILERS: Dragon Age: Inquisition and its DLC
Official reveal trailer for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. (Source: Dragon Age on YouTube)
Official gameplay reveal for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. (Source: Dragon Age on YouTube)
The “stone statue” spell that Merve was referencing is called Stonefist. (Source: Dragon Age Wiki on Fandom)
Report on layoffs at BioWare in 2023. (Source: Sports Illustrated)
Report on Anthem’s development. (Source: Kotaku)
Brendan Sinclair’s article on how development is chaotic for both good and bad AAA games. (Source: Remap Radio)
YongYea’s examination of Glassdoor reviews at CD Projekt Red. (Source: YongYea on YouTube)
Dragon Age Wiki article on Sera. (Source: Fandom)
Wikipedia article on Hindutva.
Mass Effect Wiki article on Ashley Williams. (Source: Fandom)
Correction/clarification: Ashley Williams is supposed to be of partial Latina descent. (Source: Game Rant)
Wikipedia article on Raphael Sbarge.
Wikipedia article on Chesapeake Beach, Maryland.
The name of the ancient elven capital in the Dragon Age series was Arlathan. (Source: Dragon Age Wiki on Fandom)
Conclusion (4:36:30)
An interview with Dashiell Wood, the last person left playing Babylon’s Fall. (Source: Rock Paper Shotgun)
AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
0 min
June 03, 2024Episode #101: The Papier-Mâché Computer
Featuring:
Merve
The Kappa
Editor:
The Kappa
Timestamps:
0:10 – Introduction
0:50 – Fallout Series on Prime Video
25:15 – The Prytania Media Snafu
47:40 – Recent Industry Data
1:11:05 – Children of the Sun
1:17:50 – Princess Peach: Showtime!
1:32:25 – Dragon’s Dogma 2
1:45:45 – ReCore
1:57:05 – Conclusion
Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep101
Podcast header image from Children of the Sun. Linkdump and spoiler warnings after the jump.
Introduction (0:10)
No links here.
Fallout Series on Prime Video (0:50)
Prime Video page for Fallout.
Wikipedia article on the Warcraft film.
Official site for the Halo streaming series. (Source: Paramount+)
Report on Fallout’s renewal for a second season. (Source: Variety)
Confirmation, correction, and update: Roundhouse Studios was indeed formed from the ashes of Human Head Studios, but it is located in Madison, Wisconsin, not Halifax, Nova Scotia. ZeniMax’s Halifax studio was called Alpha Dog Games, and they focused on mobile games. A couple of weeks after we recorded this episode, on May 7th, 2024, it was announced that Roundhouse Studios would be folded into ZeniMax Online Studios, and Alpha Dog Games would be shut down. (Source: Wikipedia)
Steam store page for Fallout 76.
The Prytania Media Snafu (25:15)
Confirmation and update: Prytania’s mobile-first, India-based studio was indeed called Dawon Entertainment. It was still operating at the time of recording, but it was shut down on May 10th, 2024. (Source: Game Developer)
Reports on the shutdown of Crop Circle Games and Possibility Space. (Source: GamesIndustry.biz)
Annie Strain’s statement on the closure on Crop Circle Games. (Source: @imranzomg on Twitter)
Ethan Gach’s previous article on Undead Labs. (Source: Kotaku)
Jeff Strain’s pre-emptive response to Gach’s article on Undead Labs. (Source: @jeffstrain on Medium, archived at the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, April 3rd, 2022)
Report on Ascendant Studios furloughing the majority of the remainder of its staff. (Source: Game Developer)
Jeff Strain’s internal email to Possibility Space employees about the studio’s closure. (Source: @sweetpotatoes on Twitter)
Report on Possibility Space’s shutdown and Project Vonnegut’s links to Microsoft. (Source: WCCF Tech)
Report on Kotaku EIC Jen Glennon’s resignation over a corporate dictate to focus on guides writing. (Source: GamesIndustry.biz)
Recent Industry Data (47:40)
Report on Mat Piscatella’s analysis showing that the U.S. console market has peaked. (Source: Metro Game Central)
Discussion of Daniel Ahmad’s mention of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s relative lack of sales success. (Source: ResetEra)
Wikipedia article on Can’t Hardly Wait.
Sleeping Dogs sold 1.5 million copies by the end of September 2012. Tomb Raider sold 3.4 million copies in the three weeks following its release. Hitman: Absolution sold 3.6 million copies at retail from November 2012 to March 2013. (Source: Wikipedia)
Steam store page for The Portopia Serial Murder Case.
Children of the Sun (1:11:05)
Steam store page for Children of the Sun.
Wikipedia article on the Marvel character Yondu.
A piece on the dotted-line comics in Family Circus. (Source: NPR)
The Avocado’s Comic Strip Club feature.
Princess Peach: Showtime! (1:17:50)
Nintendo store page for Princess Peach: Showtime!
Correction: The main collectible items in Princess Peach: Showtime! are called Sparkle Gems, not Stars. (Source: Super Mario Wiki)
Steam store page for Dead Rising.
Steam store page for Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 (1:32:25)
MILD SPOILERS: Dragon’s Dogma 2
Steam store page for Dragon’s Dogma 2.
An article about Dragon’s Dogma 2’s microtransactions. (Source: PC Gamer)
Steam store page for Pato Box.
Steam store page for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
Steam store page for Immortals of Aveum.
ReCore (1:45:45)
Steam store page for ReCore.
Wikipedia article on Kameo: Elements of Power.
Conclusion (1:57:05)
The Google Graveyard. (Source: Killed by Google)
Apple’s VR headset is called the Vision Pro. (Source: Apple)
AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
2 hr 2 min
May 11, 2024Episode #100: Fully Losing the Game… in the Coolest Way Possible
Featuring:
Merve
LittleMac
Lovely Bones
The Kappa
Editor:
The Kappa
Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
5:05 – The Closure of Rooster Teeth
17:10 – Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
34:15 – NetHack
48:00 – Dragon Age II
1:04:15 – Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
1:19:45 – 100th Episode Q&A: Arcades
1:30:10 – 100th Episode Q&A: gen:LOCK
1:32:30 – 100th Episode Q&A: Sequels We Don’t Want
1:40:35 – 100th Episode Q&A: The State of the Industry
1:57:40 – 100th Episode Q&A: Lessons for Gamers
2:09:50 – 100th Episode Q&A: Smelly Platformer Characters
2:15:35 – 100th Episode Q&A: Long Gaming Sessions
2:21:15 – 100th Episode Q&A: Surprising Developments in the Games Industry
2:40:00 – 100th Episode Q&A: Biggest Disappointment
2:48:45 – Podcast Memories
3:02:20 – Careers and Sponsors
3:12:10 – Conclusion
Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep100
Linkdump and spoiler warnings after the jump.
Introduction (0:15)
Wikipedia article on the Halo TV series.
The Closure of Rooster Teeth (5:05)
Announcement of Rooster Teeth’s closure. (Source: Rooster Teeth)
Steam store page for Vicious Circle, which is no longer available for purchase.
Wikipedia article on Red vs. Blue.
An explainer on the Adult Swim Games delisting situation. (Source: Polygon)
Comments made by 3rdstringhero and Merve on Rooster Teeth’s closure. (Source: The Avocado)
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (17:10)
Steam store page for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
NetHack (34:15)
Official website for NetHack.
Wiktionary entry for YASD.
Dragon Age II (48:00)
MINOR SPOILERS: Dragon Age II
Steam store page for Dragon Age II.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (1:04:15)
Steam store page for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader.
Correction: Ruined King: A League of Legends Story was developed by Airship Syndicate. (Source: Wikipedia)
Final Fantasy Wiki entry on Active Time Lore. (Source: Fandom)
Steam store page on Wayfinder.
Confirmation: Digital Extremes is no longer publishing Wayfinder; it is now self-published by Airship Syndicate. (Source: Sports Illustrated)
100th Episode Q&A: Arcades (1:19:45)
Unfortunately, the last Aladdin’s Castle closed in 2022. (Source: CodeWritePlay)
Official website for Playdium.
The trampoline basketball sport we mentioned was called SlamBall. (Source: Wikipedia)
100th Episode Q&A: gen:LOCK (1:30:10)
Wikipedia article on gen:LOCK.
100th Episode Q&A: Sequels We Don’t Want (1:32:30)
State of Play trailer for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Confirmation: You do deliver mail in Lake. (Source: Eurogamer)
Steam store page for Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
Wikipedia article on Perfect Blue.
100th Episode Q&A: The State of the Industry (1:40:35)
Wikipedia article on Overwatch.
Wikipedia article on Astro Bot Rescue Mission.
Article about First Contact Entertainment’s closure. (Source: GamesIndustry.biz)
Official website for Multiversus.
Diablo Wiki article on the Auction House. (Source: Fandom)
Wikipedia article on Richard Garriott.
Wikipedia article on Peter Molyneux.
The @PeterMolydeux parody Twitter account.
100th Episode Q&A: Lessons for Gamers (1:57:40)
An explanation of what Sweet Baby Inc. does. (Source: Kotaku)
100th Episode Q&A: Smelly Platformer Characters (2:09:50)
No links here.
100th Episode Q&A: Long Gaming Sessions (2:15:35)
Wikipedia article on EverQuest.
Wikipedia article on Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
Wikipedia article on Radical Dreamers.
100th Episode Q&A: Surprising Developments in the Games Industry (2:21:15)
Preview trailer for Life of Black Tiger. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Wikipedia article on The Last Hope: Dead Zone Survival.
Steam store page for Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta.
Wikipedia article on E3.
100th Episode Q&A: Biggest Disappointment (2:40:00)
Steam store page for Disintegration.
Confirmation: Disintegration developer V1 Interactive did shut down. (Source: Polygon)
Steam store page for Murder by Numbers.
Nintendo store page for ARMS.
Podcast Memories (2:48:45)
Wikipedia article on Randy Pitchford.
Episode #2 of the AVoCADo GamesCast, “Liar Liar.”
Episode #43 of the AVoCADo GamesCast, “One Shaft, Four Prongs, All Party.”
Episode #51 of the AVoCADo GamesCast, “Whales.”
Episode #50 of the AVoCADo GamesCast, “The Perfect Ouya.”
Wikipedia article on Sonic Underground.
Episode #87 of the AVoCADo GamesCast, “Esther Was Alone.”
Wikipedia article on Pentiment.
Wikipedia articles on BioWare, Bungie, Bethesda Game Studios, and Blizzard Entertainment.
Episode #90 of the AVoCADo GamesCast, “Tsundere Writers.”
Episode #53 of the AVoCADo GamesCast, “I Could Have Mined Bitcoin.”
Episode #68 of the AVoCADo GamesCast, “The Streamer Zoo.”
Episode #60 of the AVoCADo GamesCast, “A Developer Interview.”
Episode #82 of the AVoCADo GamesCast, “Get Rekt, Your Honour.”
Careers and Sponsors (3:02:20)
Official website for Hello Fresh.
Lovely Bones’s Patreon.
Little Mac’s Twitch channel.
Merve’s blog, Refrigerator Rants. (Source: WordPress)
Conclusion (3:12:10)
Correction: “Hej då” is Swedish for goodbye, and it is pronounced more like “Hey dhoh.” (Sources: Wiktionary and Google Translate)
Confirmation: “Hello” in Swedish is “Hallå,” pronounced “Hahloh.” (Source: Google Translate)
AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
3 hr 19 min
February 14, 2024Episode #99: The Ribisi Spectrum
Featuring:
Merve
Captain Blasto
The Kappa
Editor:
The Kappa
Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
2:00 – Awesome Games Done Quick 2024
7:35 – Regiments
14:25 – Puzzmo and Social Puzzle Solving
24:30 – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
39:10 – Reviewing Our 2023 Predictions
55:20 – Our 2024 Predictions
1:46:35 – The Delay Prediction Game: Last Year’s Results, Part 1
1:52:40 – The Delay Prediction Game: This Year’s Predictions, Part 1
2:00:20 – The Delay Prediction Game: Last Year’s Results, Part 2
2:01:20 – The Delay Prediction Game: This Year’s Predictions, Part 2
2:40:35 – Our Most Anticipated Games of 2024
2:51:20 – Rumoured Games of 2024
2:58:05 – Conclusion
Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep99
Podcast header image from Harry Turtledove Wiki on Fandom. Image partially edited with LunaPic. Linkdump after the jump.
Introduction (0:15)
Official Ubisoft page for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 (2:00)
The Gyromite run by Peanut Butter the Dog and JSR_.
The Super Mario 64 drum kit run by CZR.
Regiments (7:35)
Steam store page for Regiments.
Wikipedia article on Sid Meier’s Covert Action.
Puzzmo and Social Puzzle Solving (14:25)
Official website for Puzzmo.
Official website for The Puzzle Society.
Wikipedia article on Zach Gage.
Wikipedia article on Zachtronics.
Correction: We also confused Zach Gage with Zachtronics’s Zach Barth on our previous episode. We regret the error. (Source: AVoCADo GamesCast)
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (24:30)
Epic Games Store page for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
Wikipedia article on the Batman: Arkham series.
Reviewing Our 2023 Predictions (39:10)
Our 2023 predictions episode. (Source: AvoCADo GamesCast)
Wikipedia article on Red Storm Entertainment.
Report on the existence of Hundred Star Games. (Source: Polygon)
Correction: The studio The Kappa referred to as “Storm Giant” is called Frost Giant Studios, and their upcoming game is called Stormgate. (Source: Frost Giant Studios)
Our 2024 Predictions (55:20)
Captain Blasto’s first realistic prediction: Double Fine will announce something this year that will make him regret selling his Xbox and want to build a gaming PC.
Wikipedia article on Brütal Legend.
Wikipedia article on Brian Posehn.
Correction: Of the two games remade for Another Code: Recollection (not “Realization”), the first, Trace Memory, was released for the Nintendo DS, and the second, Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories, was released for the Nintendo Wii. (Sources: Wikipedia)
Wikipedia article on Meteos.
The Kappa’s first realistic prediction: Larian announces their follow-up to Baldur’s Gate 3, and it’s a new game in the Divinity series.
Wikipedia article on Baldur’s Gate 3.
Merve’s first realistic prediction: The new Nintendo console will be a straightforward, backwards-compatible successor to the Switch with very few additional gimmicks.
Wikipedia article on the Wii U.
An overview of Hall Effect controllers. (Source: Windows Central)
Correction: We couldn’t find any confirmation that Netflix’s absence from the Nintendo Switch had anything to do with the absence of a web browser.
Clarification: The Twitch app for Switch no longer exists, as of January 31st, 2024. It was still operational at the time of recording, but it hadn’t been available for download since November 6th, 2023. (Source: The Verge)
Captain Blasto’s second realistic prediction: More AAA games will come to the Mac.
Mac App Store page for Death Stranding.
The Kappa’s second realistic prediction: None of the announced Marvel video games will come out this year.
Mary DeMarle currently works for BioWare. (Source: Wikipedia)
Merve’s second realistic prediction: There will be more video game layoffs this year than last year.
Correction: Sony did not delete P.T. off any PS4 users’ hard drives; users simply could not redownload P.T. if they deleted it, in contrast to most other games on PS4. (Source: Polygon)
Captain Blasto’s long shot prediction: The Nintendo Switch’s successor will be announced this year but won’t come out until spring 2025.
The Kappa’s long shot prediction: Game Pass on Switch.
Merve’s long shot prediction: Media.Vision will release both the new Digimon Story game and Valkyria Chronicles 5 this year, and one of them will be the big launch RPG for the new Nintendo console.
The Delay Prediction Game: Last Year’s Results, Part 1 (1:46:35)
Correction: We also did the predictions game back in 2021. (Source: AVoCADo GamesCast)
Our 2023 predictions episode. (Source: AvoCADo GamesCast)
Correction: There’s no special arrangement for Fortnite; the reason you don’t need a PS Plus subscription to access its online features on PlayStation is because it’s free-to-play. (Source: Playbite)
The Delay Prediction Game: This Year’s Predictions, Part 1 (1:52:40)
The movie where Christopher Plummer replaced Kevin Spacey after sexual misconduct allegations against the latter was All the Money in the World. (Source: The Guardian)
Reinhard Selten’s paper explaining why linear scoring rules are not incentive-compatible but quadratic scoring rules are, published in Experimental Economics. (Source: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences)
Trailer for Wes Craven’s Mind Ripper. (Source: Multicom Entertainment on YouTube)
Trailer for SubUrbia. (Source: Warner Bros. on YouTube)
The Delay Prediction Game: Last Year’s Results, Part 2 (2:00:20)
No links here.
The Delay Prediction Game: This Year’s Predictions, Part 2 (2:01:20)
Steam store page for Tyranny.
The Brain Age game that Captain Blasto mentioned that wasn’t released in North America was Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch. (Source: Wikipedia)
Xbox Developer_Direct 2024. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
The Chinese Room was acquired by Sumo Digital in 2018. (Source: Wikipedia)
Full predictions list:
GameThe Kappa’s Prediction (%)Captain Blasto’s Prediction (%)Merve’s Prediction (%)Trailer Source (on YouTube)Ara: History Untold7010090XboxArk 28010050Ark: Survival AscendedAvowed10010095XboxBlue Protocol (western release)0090BLUE PROTOCOLBounty Star: The Morose Tale of Graveyard Clem99.710060Annapurna InteractiveThe Casting of Frank Stone10010080Dead by DaylightDecapolice0095Nintendo of AmericaDungeons of Hinterberg50085XboxEarthblade7510035GameSpotEarth Defense Force 6 (western release)100100100Clouded Leopard Entertainment OfficialFantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time48072Nintendo of AmericaFlintlock: The Siege of Dawn8210061XboxFrostpunk 2741008811 bit studiosGreedFall 2: The Dying World40045NaconHollow Knight: Silksong10090Nintendo of AmericaHotel Barcelona31045White Owls Inc.Indiana Jones and the Great Circle2210070Bethesda SoftworksJohn Carpenter’s Toxic Commando8910055PlayStationLittle Nightmares III10010090BANDAI NAMCO EuropeLost Records: Bloom & Rage41035PlayStationMewgenics0055Edmund McMillenPenny’s Big Breakaway81100100Nintendo of AmericaThe Plucky Squire100100100Nintendo of AmericaSkate Story7810095DevolverDigitalStar Wars Outlaws10010050UbisoftSteel Seed50065FGSStellar Blade75080PlayStationStill Wakes the Deep75060XboxVampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 241010Xbox Visions of Mana8010090Square EnixThe Wolf Among Us 22010035Telltale GamesWorld of Goo 28410095IGNZenless Zone Zero81075GameSpot
Our Most Anticipated Games of 2024 (2:40:35)
Transformation trailer for Princess Peach: Showtime! (Source: Nintendo of America on YouTube)
Main trailer for Dragon’s Dogma 2. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
God Killer gameplay trailer for Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Official extended gameplay trailer for Homeworld 3. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
Clarification: Relic Entertainment did not work on Homeworld 3, but some key development personnel, formerly of Relic, who worked on the first two mainline Homeworld games are also working on Homeworld 3. (Source: Wikipedia)
Story trailer for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. (Source: SEGA on YouTube)
All You Need to Know trailer for Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Announcement trailer for The Plucky Squire. (Source: Nintendo of America on YouTube)
Teaser trailer 2 for OPUS: Prism Peak. (Source: SIGONO on YouTube)
1st promotion for Tokyo Stories. (Source: Tokyo Stories Game (in dev.) on YouTube)
The Explorator trailer. (Source: ID@Xbox on YouTube)
Day of the Devs trailer for Naiad. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Official reveal trailer for Hades 2. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)
Official gameplay trailer for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Rumoured Games of 2024 (2:51:20)
Reveal trailer for Marvel’s Wolverine. (IGN on YouTube)
Wikipedia article on the avant-garde musical duo ClownC0re.
Thedas Calls trailer for Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. (Source: Dragon Age on YouTube)
Clarification: At the time of recording, it had not yet been announced that the upcoming Deus Ex game had been cancelled. (Source: IGN)
Confirmation: Cloud Chamber is indeed the studio working on the next BioShock game. (Source: Cloud Chamber)
Wikipedia article on the Crimson Skies franchise.
Official website for Olympic Cards and Comics.
Conclusion (2:58:05)
Wikipedia article on signed measure.
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3 hr 6 min
January 17, 2024Episode #98: The Phantom Burp: The 2023 Year-End GamesCast
Featuring:
Merve
Science is Bad
Wolfman Jew
The Kappa
LittleMac
Bloomed Wings
3rdstringhero
Editor:
The Kappa
Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
3:05 – The Game Awards 2023: Discourse
32:25 – The Game Awards 2023: Announcements
1:02:20 – Layoffs and the State of the Games Industry
1:30:25 – LittleMac’s Top 3
1:38:05 – Bloomed Wings’s Top 3
1:40:35 – 3rdstringhero’s Top 3
1:45:05 – Our Favourites: Honourable Mentions
1:52:25 – Our Favourites: #5
2:05:05 – Our Favourites: #4
2:23:35 – Our Favourites: #3
2:56:25 – Our Favourites: #2
3:14:20 – Our Favourites: #1
3:52:15 – Our Disappointments and Least Favourite Games
4:49:00 – Our Surprises
5:07:20 – Conclusion
Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep98
Podcast header image from Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Major spoiler warning for Viewfinder. Minor spoiler warning for Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. Linkdump, including specific segments with spoiler warnings, after the jump.
Introduction (0:15)
itch.io page for Butterfly Soup.
Steam store page for Wilmot’s Warehouse.
The Game Awards 2023: Discourse (3:05)
Official website for The Game Awards.
Grant Theft Auto VI Trailer 1. (Source: Rockstar Games on YouTube)
Official webpage for the D.I.C.E. Awards. (Source: Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences)
The Game Awards 2023: Announcements (32:25)
Announcement trailer for Marvel’s Blade. (Source: Marvel Entertainment on YouTube)
Teaser trailer for Kemuri. Clarification: The description on the YouTube video does provide some information concerning what the game is about, but this information was not delivered at The Game Awards. (Source: UNSEEN on YouTube)
Official trailer for the Dave the Diver/Dredge crossover DLC. (Source: MINTROCKET on YouTube)
Official reveal trailer for No Rest for the Wicked. (Source: Private Division on YouTube)
Power Surge: Sega reveal trailer – TGA 2023. (Source: SEGA on YouTube)
Pony Island 2: Panda Circus announcement trailer. (Source: GameSpot Trailers on YouTube)
The character whom SungWon Cho played in Lost Judgment is Tesso. (Source: Wikipedia)
Reveal trailer for The Casting of Frank Stone. (Source: Behaviour Interactive on YouTube)
Reveal trailer for Jurassic Park Survival. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
Community Wiki article on the episode “Investigative Journalism.” (Source: Fandom)
Wikipedia article on The X-Files episode “The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat.”
Official release date trailer for Black Myth: Wukong. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
Rebekah Valentine and Khee Hoon Chan’s report on sexism at Game Science, the developers of Black Myth: Wukong. (Source: IGN)
Announcement trailer for The Rise of the Golden Idol. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Light No Fire announcement trailer. (Source: HelloGamesTube on YouTube)
Cinematic trailer for Exodus. (Source: Archetype Entertainment on YouTube)
Reveal teaser for Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Announce trailer for Visions of Mana. (Source: Square Enix on YouTube)
Trailer for Usual June. (Source: Finji on YouTube)
Layoffs and the State of the Games Industry (1:02:20)
A list of video game layoffs in 2023. (Source: Game Industry Layoffs)
Wikipedia article on PM Entertainment.
Report on layoffs and their circumstances at Bungie. (Source: IGN)
LittleMac’s Top 3 (1:30:25)
Nintendo Store page for Disney Illusion Island.
Nintendo Store page for F-Zero 99.
Steam store page for Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons.
#3: Chants of Sennaar. (Source: Steam)
#2: Super Mario Bros. Wonder. (Source: Nintendo Store)
#1: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. (Source: Nintendo Store)
Bloomed Wings’s Top 3 (1:38:05)
First pick: Let’s! Revolution! (Source: Steam)
Second pick: Birth. (Source: Steam)
Game of the year: Against the Storm. (Source: Steam)
3rdstringhero’s Top 3 (1:40:35)
#1: Baldur’s Gate 3. (Source: Steam)
#2: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. (Source: Steam)
#3: Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader. (Source: Steam)
A list of video game layoffs in 2023. (Source: Game Industry Layoffs)
Our Favourites: Honourable Mentions (1:45:05)
Merve’s #10: Dordogne. (Source: Steam)
Merve’s #9: Super Mario Bros. Wonder. (Source: Nintendo Store)
Merve’s #8: Backfirewall_. (Source: Steam)
Merve’s #7: Hi-Fi Rush. (Source: Steam)
Merve’s #6: A Space for the Unbound. (Source: Steam)
Science is Bad’s #10: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. (Source: Steam)
Science is Bad’s #9: Pizza Tower. (Source: Steam)
Science is Bad’s #8: Quake II remaster. (Source: Steam)
Science is Bad’s #7: System Shock remake. (Source: Steam)
Science is Bad’s #6: Resident Evil 4 remake. (Source: Steam)
Wolfman Jew’s #8: Sea of Stars. (Source: Steam)
Wolfman Jew’s #7: Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp. (Source: Nintendo Store)
Wolfman Jew’s #6: Metroid Prime Remastered. (Source: Nintendo Store)
The Kappa’s honourable mention: Age of Wonders 4. (Source: Steam)
The Kappa’s honourable mention: GoldenEye 007 remaster. (Source: Xbox)
The Kappa’s honourable mention: Hi-Fi Rush. (Source: Steam)
Our Favourites: #5 (1:52:25)
Merve’s #5: Misericorde: Volume One. (Source: Steam)
Science is Bad’s #5: Sludge Life 2. (Source: Steam)
Wolfman Jew’s #5: Dredge. (Source: Steam)
The Kappa’s #5: Marvel’s Midnight Suns. (Source: Steam)
Wikipedia articles on Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Engage.
Our Favourites: #4 (2:05:05)
Merve’s #4: Pikmin 4. (Source: Nintendo Store)
Science is Bad’s #4: Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew. (Source: Steam)
Report on Mimimi Games’s upcoming shutdown. (Source: Game Developer)
Wolfman Jew’s #4: Super Mario Bros. Wonder. (Source: Nintendo Store)
The Kappa’s #4: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. (Source: Ubisoft)
Our Favourites: #3 (2:23:35)
Merve’s #3: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood. (Source: Steam)
The essay Merve wrote about The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood. (Source: Refrigerator Rants)
Science is Bad’s #3: Alan Wake 2. (Source: Epic Games Store)
Steam store page for Control.
Wolfman Jew’s #3: Pikmin 4. (Source: Nintendo Store)
Pikmin 4 sold 2.61 million copies worldwide (both physical and digital) by the end of September, 2023. (Source: Nintendo Financial Results Explanatory Material, 2nd Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2024)
Pikipedia article on Louie.
The Kappa’s #3: Starfield. (Source: Steam)
Fallout Wiki article on the Dunwich Building. (Source: Fandom)
Our Favourites: #2 (2:56:25)
Merve’s #2: Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. (Source: Steam)
Science is Bad’s #2: Chants of Sennaar. (Source: Steam)
Wolfman Jew’s #2: Resident Evil 4 remake. (Source: Steam)
Resident Evil Wiki article on the Garrador. (Source: Fandom)
The Kappa’s #2: Baldur’s Gate 3. (Source: Steam)
Our Favourites: #1 (3:14:20)
Merve’s #1: Chants of Sennaar. (Source: Steam)
Wikipedia article on logograms.
Science is Bad’s #1: Baldur’s Gate 3. (Source: Steam)
IMDb page for Jennifer English.
Wolfman Jew’s #1: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. (Source: Nintendo Store)
The Kappa’s #1: Fortnite. (Source: Epic Games Store)
Our Disappointments and Least Favourite Games (3:52:15)
MAJOR SPOILERS: Viewfinder
Wolfman Jew’s pick: Sea of Stars. (Source: Steam)
Steam store page for The Day Before. The game is no longer available for sale.
Steam store page for Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta – Episode 1 – Gold Edition.
Merve’s let’s play of Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta. (Source: Merve Mervington on YouTube)
The Kappa’s pick: The Settlers: New Allies. (Source: Ubisoft)
The Kappa’s pick: Company of Heroes 3. (Source: Steam)
The Kappa’s pick: Cities: Skylines II. (Source: Steam)
The Kappa’s pick: Gloomhaven. (Source: Steam)
Wolfman Jew’s pick: the continued success of Hogwarts Legacy. (Source: Steam)
Science is Bad’s pick: Season: A Letter to the Future. (Source: Steam)
Steam store page for Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between.
The Kappa and Merve’s pick: Atomic Heart. (Source: Steam)
Merve’s pick: American Arcadia. (Source: Steam)
Steam store page for Viewfinder.
Our Surprises (4:49:00)
MILD SPOILERS: Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Merve’s pick: Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. Confirmation: It is indeed set in Sumida Ward. (Source: Steam)
Wolfman Jew’s pick: Unity’s runtime fee. (Source: The Verge)
Report on Unity’s revised pricing model. (Source: The Verge)
Overview trailer for Another Code: Recollection. (Source: Nintendo of America on YouTube)
The developer of Another Code: Recollection has not been revealed. (Source: Cing Wiki on Fandom)
The Kappa’s pick: The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria. (Source: Epic Games Store)
Science is Bad’s pick: Alan Wake 2. (Source: Epic Games Store)
Merve’s pick: Wyna Liu’s Connections for the New York Times.
GuessThe.Game.
Official website for Puzzmo.
Conclusion (5:07:20)
No links here.
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5 hr 10 min
December 18, 2023Episode #97: I Know that Person from the Internet!
Featuring:
Merve
QuinleyThorne
Captain Blasto
The Kappa
Editor:
The Kappa
Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
13:20 – The Game Awards: Introduction
15:40 – The Game Awards: Nomination Discussion, Part 1
2:14:15 – The Game Awards: Nomination Discussion, Part 2
2:29:15 – The Game Awards: Predictions
2:55:35 – Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
3:11:55 – Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
3:27:25 – Marvel’s Midnight Suns
3:53:20 – American Arcadia
3:58:25 – Horror Recommendations
4:00:55 – The Lord of the Rings Online
4:04:25 – Conclusion
Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep97
Podcast header image from Pikmin 4. Spoiler warning (mild) for Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. Linkdump after the jump.
Introduction (0:15)
Mountain Dew Wiki article on Atomic Blue. (Source: Fandom)
Steam store pages for PowerWash Simulator and Vampire Survivors.
YouTube channel for Jelle’s Marble Runs.
Wikipedia articles on Carly Rae Jepsen, Barenaked Ladies, Crash Test Dummies, Billy Talent, and Nickelback.
An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, also known as Bill C-11. (Source: Parliament of Canada)
Correction: The part of the ear that Merve was referring to is called the tragus. The pinna is the entire visible outer portion of the ear. (Sources: Otologic Surgery Atlas at Stanford Medicine; Johns Hopkins Medicine)
Wikipedia article on Black Friday.
The Game Awards: Introduction (13:20)
Official website for The Game Awards.
Clarification: Spike TV is now known as Paramount Network, and Paramount+ is a streaming service owned by the same parent company.
Correction: The Spike series comparing historical warriors was called Deadliest Warrior, not The Greatest Warrior. (Source: Wikipedia)
The Game Awards: Nomination Discussion, Part 1 (15:40)
MILD SPOILERS: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Nomination categories for The Game Awards.
Nominees for Game of the Year.
Nominees for Best Game Direction.
Nominees for Best Narrative.
Nominees for Best Art Direction.
Wikipedia article on the Simpsons episode “The Seven-Beer Snitch.”
Nominees for Best Score and Music.
Correction: The island on which the lotus-eaters resided is not named in the Odyssey. Some scholars believe it to be the Tunisian island of Djerba, known in ancient Greece as Meninx. This is not the same island on which Circe resided. (Source: Wikipedia)
Nominees for Best Audio Design.
Nominees for Best Performance.
Nominees for Innovation in Accessibility.
Nominees for Games for Impact.
Correction: Games for Impact has existed since the first edition of The Game Awards in 2014, when it was known as Games for Change. Life Is Strange came out the following year. (Source: Wikipedia)
Nominees for Best Ongoing.
Correction: CD Projekt Red is not a relatively small developer in the AAA space; they have over 1,000 employees. (Source: CD Projekt Red)
Correction: The Final Fantasy XIV dev team was estimated in 2019 to be around 300 people, so if anything CD Projekt Red is three times its size, not the other way around. (Source: r/ffxiv on Reddit)
Nominees for Best Community Support.
Nominees for Best Independent Game.
Nominees for Best Debut Indie Game.
Nominees for Best Mobile Game.
The Japanese developer that QuinleyThorne mentioned that specializes in simulation games for mobile platforms is Kairosoft. (Source: Wikipedia)
Nominees for Best VR/AR.
Nominees for Best Action Game.
Wikipedia article on Armored Core: For Answer.
Nominees for Best Action/Adventure.
Nominees for Best RPG.
Nominees for Best Fighting.
Nominees for Best Family.
Nominees for Best Sim/Strategy.
Confirmation: The Best Sim/Strategy award at The Game Awards was only Best Strategy until 2020, when Microsoft Flight Simulator was nominated and won. Microsoft Flight Simulator was also nominated the following year, but it did not win. (Source: Wikipedia)
The Game Awards: Nomination Discussion, Part 2 (2:14:15)
Nominees for Best Sports/Racing.
Nominees for Best Multiplayer.
Nominees for Best Adaptation.
Nominees for Most Anticipated Game.
Wikipedia article on announcer Lenne Hardt.
Nominees for Content Creator of the Year.
The international jury for The Game Awards.
The Game Awards: Predictions (2:29:15)
Official website for Avowed. (Source: Obsidian Entertainment)
Wikipedia article on Naughty Dog.
Report on rumours of a new Uncharted game being co-developed by Sony’s San Diego Studio. (Source: PlayStation Lifestyle)
Wikipedia article on Sony’s Santa Monica Studio.
Wikipedia article on Media.Vision.
Correction: Valkyria Chronicles III is the Valkyria Chronicles game that never made it to the West. (Source: Wikipedia)
Teaser trailer for MachineGames’s Indiana Jones game. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
Announcement trailer for Mina the Hollower. (Source: Yacht Club Games on YouTube)
Report on Certain Affinity’s Halo Infinite project. (Source: Video Games Chronicle)
Correction: Kojima is working on a project involving Elle Fanning, not her older sister Dakota. This may or may not be the cloud-based game he’s working on with Microsoft or the horror game involving Margaret Qualley. It’s also possible that the cloud-based game and the horror game are the same game, and this ended up all but being confirmed at The Game Awards. (Source: Engadget)
The Grand Theft Auto VI trailer ended up being released before The Game Awards. (Source: Rockstar Games on YouTube)
The unofficial Hollow Knight: Silksong subreddit.
Correction: Crossfire X came to Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, but no other platforms (i.e. neither PlayStation nor Switch), so while Merve was technically correct about the game not being exclusive to a single console, he was not correct in spirit.
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (2:55:35)
Steam store page for Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.
Kiryu’s fighting styles in Yakuza 0 are called Brawler, Rush, and Beast, and Majima’s fighting styles are called Thug, Slugger, and Breaker. (Source: TrueAchievements)
Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (3:11:55)
Steam store page for Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key.
The trilogy with a PS4 follow-up (so technically a quadrilogy) that QuinleyThorne was referencing was the Arland sub-series. (Source: Wikipedia)
Marvel’s Midnight Suns (3:27:25)
Steam store page for Marvel’s Midnight Suns.
Steam store page for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.
Wikipedia article on DC Universe Online.
Steam store page for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Wikipedia article on the Deadpool video game.
Wikipedia article on Marvel Heroes.
Wikipedia article on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order.
Wikipedia article on X-Men: Destiny.
American Arcadia (3:53:20)
Steam store page for American Arcadia.
Horror Recommendations (3:58:25)
Steam store page for Tenebris Somnia.
The Nokzen Gaming YouTube channel.
The Lord of the Rings Online (4:00:55)
Official website for the Corsairs of Umbar expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online.
Conclusion (4:04:25)
No links here.
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4 hr 8 min
November 28, 2023Episode #96: Growling at Hashiba
Featuring:
Merve
QuinleyThorne
The Kappa
Editor:
The Kappa
Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
2:35 – Dordogne
11:50 – Alan Wake 2
25:25 – The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria
34:25 – Wartales
37:10 – Super Mario Bros. Wonder
48:25 – Atelier Ryza 3 and Gust’s Work
57:40 – Bungie Layoffs and Sony Finances, Part 1
1:07:50 – Silent Hill: Ascension and Game Marketing
1:17:10 – Bungie Layoffs and Sony Finances, Part 2
1:24:50 – Starfield Spoiler Chat
2:29:40 – Conclusion
Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep96
Podcast header image is a modification of the Bungie logo. Major spoilers for Starfield from 1:24:50 onward. Linkdump after the jump.
Introduction (0:15)
The ThorHighHeels YouTube channel.
Dordogne (2:35)
Steam store page for Dordogne.
Wikipedia article on the Occitan language.
Steam store page for The Flame in the Flood.
Steam store page for Kentucky Route Zero.
Wikipedia article on Kakegurui.
Alan Wake 2 (11:50)
Epic Games Store page for Alan Wake 2.
Clarification: May 22nd, 2012 was the North American release date for the PC version of Alan Wake’s American Nightmare. The game’s initial worldwide Xbox 360 release was on February 22nd, 2012. (Source: Wikipedia)
Wikipedia article on Control.
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria (25:25)
Epic Games Store page for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria.
Wartales (34:25)
Steam store page for Wartales.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder (37:10)
Nintendo store page for Super Mario Bros. Wonder.
Atelier Ryza 3 and Gust’s Work (48:25)
Steam store page for Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key.
Steam store page for Blue Reflection.
Blue Reflection Wiki article on Blue Reflection Sun. (Source: Fandom)
The character design sheet for Junichi Hashiba, the protagonist of My First Girlfriend Is a Gal. (Source: Anime News Network)
Bungie Layoffs and Sony Finances, Part 1 (57:40)
Reporting on layoffs at Bungie by Paul Tassi. (Source: Forbes)
Silent Hill: Ascension and Game Marketing (1:07:50)
Official website for Silent Hill: Ascension.
Correction: The offending phrase was “hideo kojima cummy in my tummy.” (Source: Kotaku)
The ride at Walt Disney World that allowed riders to choose their own ending was Horizons, located at Epcot. As mentioned, it is no longer in operation. (Source: Wikipedia)
The infamous Shenmue commercial where a man daydreams about the game during sex. (Source: Sega Fans on YouTube)
Frequency Vibrations is the name of the main character from NBA 2K16’s career mode. (Source: Destructoid)
Bungie Layoffs and Sony Finances, Part 2 (1:17:10)
Reporting on Sony’s live service plans from last year. Clarification: We recorded this before it was reported that Sony was delaying half its planned live service games. (Sources: TechCrunch and Video Games Chronicle)
Reporting on Connie Booth’s departure from Sony. (Source: Video Games Chronicle)
Wikipedia article on Folklore.
Wikipedia article on Game Republic.
Starfield Spoiler Chat (1:24:50)
MAJOR SPOILERS: Starfield
Steam store page for Starfield.
Correction: Edge of Tomorrow was based on a light novel called All You Need Is Kill. “Live Die Repeat” was considered as a possible title for the film, but it was repurposed as the film’s tagline. (Source: Wikipedia)
Official website for No Frills.
Steam store page for OPUS: Echo of Starsong.
Wikipedia article on the Hajj.
Confirmation: You can combine the Neon Street Rat and Kid Stuff traits. (Source: r/Starfield on Reddit)
Conclusion (2:29:40)
No links here.
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2 hr 32 min
October 21, 2023Episode #95: Cram Your Face Full of Chunks
Featuring:
Merve
The Kappa
Editor:
The Kappa
Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
9:05 – Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play
18:20 – Unity’s Fee Restructuring
47:05 – Starfield: Intro and General Discussion
1:00:45 – Starfield: Characters
1:10:55 – Starfield: Combat, Part 1
1:18:30 – Starfield: Some Criticisms, Part 1
1:34:35 – Starfield: Exploration and Setting
1:41:25 – Starfield: Some Criticisms, Part 2
1:47:05 – Starfield: Mixing Genres and Aesthetics
1:57:30 – Starfield: The Main Quest
2:04:40 – Starfield: The Discourse
2:17:45 – Starfield: Exploration and Setting
2:25:20 – Starfield: Tone, Writing, and Quality
2:34:55 – Starfield: Combat, Part 2
2:39:55 – Starfield: Food
2:45:35 – Starfield: Ships
2:50:15 – Starfield: Quest Flexibility
2:53:10 – Starfield: Inclusion and Its Controversies
2:58:30 – Starfield: Amount and Depth of Content
3:00:45 – The Rest of the Year
3:03:25 – Starfield: Final Thoughts
3:05:05 – Conclusion
Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep95
Podcast header image from Starfield. Podcast header font is Gruppe A. Major story spoilers for Starfield (main quest up till end of “Into the Unknown” and early missions of each faction quest) from 1:47:05 to 2:34:55 and 2:50:15 to 2:53:10. Linkdump after the jump
Introduction (0:15)
Wikipedia article on avocadoes.
Clarification: Legumes are botanical fruits. (Source: Wikipedia)
A botanical berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone, produced from a single ovary. (Source: Wikipedia)
Wikipedia article on Mountain Dew.
Mountain Dew Wiki article on VooDEW. (Source: Fandom)
Wikipedia article on Swedish Fish.
Wikipedia article on the lingonberry.
The regulation forbidding the addition of caffeine to non-cola soft drinks in Canada was repealed in 2010. (Source: CTV News)
Wikipedia article on Kinder Surprise.
Clarification: Surprisingly, Merve was not mistaken about Canadian energy drink regulation, but he missed some important context. (Merve also repeatedly conflated regulation and legislation, but who’s keeping track?) Up until late 2012, caffeinated energy drinks were regulated not as food products, but as natural health products. This meant that they could be sold in the country, even prior to 2010, when non-cola soft drinks not marketed as energy drinks were prohibited from containing caffeine. In December 2012, caffeinated energy drinks were brought under the food regulatory framework, which put them under the same regulatory regime as other soft drinks. But by this point, non-cola soft drinks were allowed to contain caffeine, so as long as energy drinks’ caffeine content didn’t exceed regulatory limits, this didn’t affect their ability to be legally sold. (Source: Health Canada)
Clarification: Jolt Cola was discontinued in 2019, so it’s not just unavailable in Canada; it’s unavailable everywhere. (Source: Wikipedia)
Music video for “Intergalactic” by Beastie Boys. (Source: BeastieBoys on YouTube)
Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play (9:05)
The September 14th Nintendo Direct. (Source: Nintendo of America on YouTube)
The September 14th State of Play. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Wikipedia article on Super Princess Peach.
Wikipedia article on Gang Beasts.
The dodgeball game Merve mentioned is called Knockout City. (Source: Wikipedia)
Correction: The Call of Duty games whose servers were brought back online were Black Ops, Black Ops 2, and Modern Warfare 3. (Source: NME)
Wikipedia article on Wild Hearts.
Report on recent fixes to Titanfall 2. (Source: Eurogamer)
Unity’s Fee Restructuring (18:20)
Unity’s original blog post announcing the runtime fee. Update: As of September 22nd, Unity has largely revised the policy.
An outline of some of the backtracking Unity initially did on the policy. (Source: GamesIndustry.biz)
Information on Unity’s business model. (Source: FourWeekMBA)
Starfield: Intro and General Discussion (47:05)
Steam store page for Starfield.
Correction: Merve had actually been to Cydonia at this point, because going there is necessary to complete The Old Neighborhood. (Source: Starfield Wiki on Fandom)
Starfield: Characters (1:00:45)
Wikipedia article on Parks and Recreation.
Starfield: Combat, Part 1 (1:10:55)
Correction: Merve was talking about the Equinox, and it is classed as a rifle, not a pistol. There is no weapon called the Eclipse. (Source: Starfield Wiki on Fandom)
Starfield: Some Criticisms, Part 1 (1:18:30)
Starfield Wiki article on outposts. (Source: Fextralife)
Steam store page for Grounded.
Clarification: Golf Club Wasteland was forced to change its name to Golf Club Nostalgia earlier this year due to a legal claim. It was still called Golf Club Wasteland back when Merve played it, but it had already changed its name to Golf Club Nostalgia by the time of recording. (Source: Steam)
Wikipedia article on Aaron Copland.
Starfield: Exploration and Setting (1:34:35)
No links here.
Starfield: Some Criticisms, Part 2 (1:41:25)
Mass Effect Wiki article on the M35 Mako. (Source: Fandom)
Elite Dangerous Wiki article on the Scarab. (Source: Fandom)
— SPOILERS BEGIN HERE —
Starfield: Mixing Genres and Aesthetics (1:47:05)
Fallout Wiki article on the Dunwich Building from Fallout 3. (Source: Fallout Wiki on Fandom)
Starfield: The Main Quest (1:57:30)
Correction: Merve’s correction of the pronunciation of Inon Zur’s name wasn’t wholly correct. It is pronounced more like “yee-non tsoor,” with “oo” as in “book” and “r” pronounced gutturally as in the French language. (Sources: Wikipedia)
Starfield: The Discourse (2:04:40)
Steam store page for Baldur’s Gate 3.
Dan Stapleton’s review of Starfield for IGN.
Michael Higham’s review of Starfield for GameSpot.
Nicole Carpenter’s review of Starfield for Polygon.
Starfield: Culture and Politics (2:17:45)
The XKCD comic that The Kappa was referencing about digital infrastructure. Correction: The person in the comic is from Nebraska, not Akron, Ohio.
Starfield: Tone, Writing, and Quality (2:25:20)
Steam store page for Fallout: New Vegas.
— SPOILERS END HERE —
Starfield: Combat, Part 2 (2:34:55)
Steam store page for Atomic Heart.
Wikipedia article on osmium. Correction: Osmium is not the densest element, but it is the densest naturally occurring one.
Wikipedia article on the misericorde.
Steam store page for Misericorde: Volume One.
Starfield: Food (2:39:55)
Correction: The barbacoa-containing food item is a wrap, not tacos. (Source: Starfield Wiki on Fandom)
Wikipedia article on tourtière.
Starfield: Ships (2:45:35)
The Kappa’s tugboat ship. (Hosted on imgur)
— SPOILERS BEGIN HERE —
Starfield: Quest Flexibility (2:50:15)
No links here.
— SPOILERS END HERE —
Starfield: Inclusion and Its Controversies (2:53:10)
Article on NexusMods banning the pronoun removal mod. (Source: Eurogamer)
IGN Wiki article on religions in Starfield.
Starfield: Amount and Depth of Content (2:58:30)
No links here.
The Rest of the Year (3:00:45)
Steam store pages for Cocoon, The Lamplighters League, Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue, Jusant, Thirty Suitors, The Invincible,and Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.
Nintendo store pages for Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Super Mario RPG remake.
Official website for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
Steam store page for Total War: Pharaoh.
Official website for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria.
Starfield: Final Thoughts (3:03:25)
No links here.
Conclusion (3:05:05)
No links here.
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3 hr 8 min
September 25, 2023Episode #94: Put Timothée Chalamet on a Barge
Featuring:
Merve
The Kappa
The Wasp
Editor:
The Kappa
Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
6:45 – Pikmin 4
15:55 – Game Boy Color Zelda Games and Nostalgia
26:30 – Baldur’s Gate 3
55:20 – Marvel Snap and Virtual Trading Card Games
1:07:35 – Venba
1:19:00 – The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
1:30:35 – Fall 2023 Preview: The Kappa’s Most Anticipated Games
1:36:20 – Fall 2023 Preview: The Wasp’s Most Anticipated Games
1:40:15 – Fall 2023 Preview: Potential Splashes, Part 1
1:53:50 – Fall 2023 Preview: Merve’s Most Anticipated Games
1:56:50 – Fall 2023 Preview: Potential Splashes, Part 2
2:03:25 – Fall 2023 Preview: Other Anticipated Games
2:10:05 – Fall 2023 Preview: Potential Bombs
2:36:50 – Ranking 2023
2:48:10 – Conclusion
Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep94
Podcast header image from The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood. Header font is Pixeled. Linkdump after the jump.
Introduction (0:15)
Explanation of advantage and disadvantage in Dungeons & Dragons. (Source: 5th Edition System Reference Document)
Official website for the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Pikmin 4 (6:45)
Nintendo store page for Pikmin 4.
Pikmin 4 was first announced and said to be in development back in 2015. (Source: Wikipedia)
Game Boy Color Zelda Games and Nostalgia (15:55)
Wikipedia article on The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages.
Wikipedia article on the American version of the Disney Channel.
Wikipedia article on Nickelodeon.
Clarification: The Canadian version of Disney Channel didn’t launch until 2015. Before that, Disney’s original programming used to air on Family Channel in Canada. (Source: Wikipedia)
Wikipedia article section on Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal.
Baldur’s Gate 3 (26:30)
Wikipedia article on Baldur’s Gate 3.
Wikipedia article on New Haven-style pizza.
Xalavier Nelson Jr.’s Twitter thread on Baldur’s Gate 3.
Destin Legarie’s video on Baldur’s Gate 3 and the state of big-budget games. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
Larian head Swen Vincke questioned the idea of Baldur’s Gate 3 setting a “standard.” (Source: PC Gamer)
Confirmation: Baldur’s Gate 3 has a lower Metacritic score than The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Baldur’s Gate 3 has a score of 96. Ocarina of Time has a score of 99. (Source: Metacritic)
Marvel Snap and Virtual Trading Card Games (55:20)
Steam store page for Marvel Snap.
Venba (1:07:35)
Steam store page for Venba.
Wikipedia article on les filles du roi.
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood (1:19:00)
Steam store page for The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood.
Original soundtrack for The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood. (Source: Spotify)
Fall 2023 Preview: The Kappa’s Most Anticipated Games (1:30:35)
Steam store page for Starfield.
Steam store page for Dungeons 4.
World premiere trailer for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Steam store page for Far Cry.
Fall 2023 Preview: The Wasp’s Most Anticipated Games (1:36:20)
Steam store page for Age of Empires IV.
Announce trailer for Suikoden I&II Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars. The Wasp wasn’t kidding about the subtitles. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct. (Source: Nintendo of America on YouTube)
Announce trailer for Sonic Superstars. (Source: Sonic the Hedgehog on YouTube)
Fall 2023 Preview: Potential Splashes, Part 1 (1:40:15)
Gameplay reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III. (Source: Call of Duty on YouTube)
Clarification: Nexon was founded in South Korea but is currently headquartered in Japan. It’s possible that we were confusing it with NetEase. (Source: Wikipedia)
Steam store page for Thirsty Suitors.
Fall 2023 Preview: Merve’s Most Anticipated Games (1:53:30)
Steam store page for The Invincible.
Steam store page for Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.
Reveal trailer for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Wikipedia article on Life of Pi.
Fall 2023 Preview: Potential Splashes, Part 2 (1:56:50)
Story trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Steam store page for Lies of P.
Steam store page for Sea of Stars.
Wikipedia article on Marvel’s Midnight Suns.
Gameplay trailer for Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Gameplay Trailer. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
Announcement trailer for Alone in the Dark. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Fall 2023 Preview: Other Anticipated Games (2:03:25)
Trailer for WarioWare: Move It! (Source: Nintendo of America on YouTube)
Release date reveal trailer for The Lamplighters League. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
Correction: William Gibson lived in Toronto in the late ‘60s, not throughout the ‘70s. (Source: Wikipedia)
Steam store page for Mortal Kombat 1.
Fall 2023 Preview: Potential Bombs (2:10:05)
Gameplay trailer for Alan Wake 2. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
Steam store page for Endless Dungeon.
Epic Games Store page for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria.
Epic Games Store page The Crew Motorfest.
Steam store page for Riders Republic.
Steam store page for Eternights.
The “questions already answered by my shirt” Tweet that The Wasp was referencing. (Source: @shutupmikeginn on Twitter)
Gameplay overview for Lords of the Fallen. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
Gameplay overview trailer for Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. (Source: Focus Entertainment on YouTube)
Trailer for Detective Pikachu Returns. (Source: The Official Pokémon YouTube channel on YouTube)
Gameplay trailer for Payday 3. (Source: PAYDAY 3 on YouTube)
Ranking 2023 (2:36:50)
Wikipedia article section on boomer shooters.
Wikipedia article on Forspoken.
Wikipedia article on Hogwarts Legacy.
Wikipedia article on Atomic Heart.
Wikipedia article on Pizza Tower.
Steam store page for Backfirewall_.
Steam store page for Wartales.
Wikipedia article on The Settlers: New Allies.
Confirmation: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is still set to come out in 2023. (Source: Steam)
Conclusion (2:48:10)
No links here.
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2 hr 51 min
August 29, 2023Episode #93: The Norwegian Heavy Water Plant Sabotage
Featuring:
Merve
The Kappa
Captain Blasto
Editor:
The Kappa
Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
14:15 – The Video Game Industry and the Rapidly Worsening Internet
55:45 – Viewfinder
1:05:50 – Pikmin 4
1:17:05 – Adventures in Mobile Gaming
1:31:00 – Persona 5 Royal
1:36:15 – Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access
1:50:30 – Master Detective Archives: Rain Code
2:02:25 – He F***ed the Girl Out of Me
2:06:00 – The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
2:11:20 – Conclusion
Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep93
Podcast header image from Viewfinder. Header font is Special Alphabets 4. Content warnings: discussions of domestic abuse and transphobia. Spoiler warning: Baldur’s Gate 3 (mild). Linkdump and timestamps for warnings after the jump.
Introduction (0:15)
Wikipedia article on Friendster.
Wikipedia article on GeoCities.
Official website for Bluesky.
Wikipedia article on Threads.
Facebook’s monthly active user count has increased every quarter from Q2 2008 to Q2 2023, with the exception of Q1 2022 to Q2 2022, when it declined slightly. (Source: Business of Apps)
Apple app store page for HEY Email.
Official website for Hive Social.
Official website for Marco Polo.
Official website for Zoom.
The Video Game Industry and the Rapidly Worsening Internet (14:15)
Cory Doctorow’s now famous “enshittification” essay. (Source: Pluralistic)
Official website for YouTube.
An article about the dangers of perineum sunning. (Source: Allure)
Official website for comedian Chris Porter.
Wikipedia article on recommender systems.
Wikipedia article on generative AI.
Official website for Kickstarter.
Official website for Stormgate.
Viewfinder (55:45)
Steam store page for Viewfinder.
Wikipedia article on Kim Swift.
Pikmin 4 (1:05:50)
Nintendo store page for Pikmin 4.
Steam store page for Overlord.
Steam store page for Darwinia.
The current rating system used by the ESRB. The “Early Childhood” (EC) rating was retired in 2018. (Source: Wikipedia)
Multiple corrections: There are two standalone virtual museums based off Assassin’s Creed currently rated by the ESRB: Ancient Greece (based off Odyssey); and Viking Age (based off Valhalla). The former is rated E10+, and the latter is rated E. Neither would have been eligible for an EC rating if it had been in use at the time. What The Kappa might have been referring to is the Edutainment content descriptor, which is no longer in use by the ESRB. (Source: ESRB)
Adventures in Mobile Gaming (1:17:05)
CONTENT WARNING: Mentions of domestic abuse
Wikipedia article on Candy Crush Saga.
Google Play store page for Dreamdale – Fairy Adventure.
Steam store pages for AdVenture Capitalist and AdVenture Communist.
The Merge Mansion ad starring Pedro Pascal. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
One of the Game of War ads starring Kate Upton (Source: Game of War: Fire Age on YouTube)
Google Play store page for King’s Choice.
Wikipedia article on Evony.
Wikipedia articles on Brain Age and Big Brain Academy. The “doctor character” that The Kappa mentioned was called Professor Kawashima.
The Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain ad featuring Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka. (Source: GameSpot Trailers on YouTube)
Persona 5 Royal (1:31:00)
Wikipedia article section on Persona 5 Royal.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access (1:36:15)
MINOR SPOILERS:Baldur’s Gate 3
Steam store page for Baldur’s Gate 3.
Know Your Meme page for the Baldur’s Gate 3 bear sex scene.
Correction: Bears form a taxonomic family, not a genus. (Source: Wikipedia)
Correction: Baldur’s Gate 3 is slated to come to PlayStation 5 and macOS a month after its August 3rd release on Windows PC. Contrary to what Merve said, the game is coming to macOS. (Source: Wikipedia)
The Gameological Fantasy Critic league. Correction: Games that are currently in early access are banned from the league.
Correction: Fortnite hasn’t been in early access since June 2020. What allows it to be played online on PlayStation without a PS Plus membership is that its battle royale mode is a free-to-play game. (Sources: The Verge and GameRevolution)
Master Detective Archives: Rain Code (1:50:30)
Nintendo Switch store page for Master Detective Archives: Rain Code.
Wikipedia article on the Danganronpa series.
Wikipedia article on Tokimeki Memorial.
He F***ed the Girl Out of Me (2:02:25)
CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of transphobia
itch.io page for He Fucked the Girl Out of Me.
Correction: The retro-styled game Merve was thinking of was called Retro City Rampage, not “River City Rampage.” Its developer was working on a Game Boy Advance version of the game, but it was never released. (Source: Wikpedia)
Wikipedia article on Dog Day Afternoon.
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (2:06:00)
Wikipedia article on Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages.
Wikipedia article on The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
Conclusion (2:11:20)
An explanation for where the term “glizzy” comes from. (Source: Dexerto)
Wikipedia article on the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
Correction: Merve was referring to a tonsure, not a tonsor. (Source: Wikipedia)
AVoCADo GamesCast is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://avocadogamescast.wordpress.com/
2 hr 21 min

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