Chamberlain and Chance

Chamberlain is strangely disappointed that The Walking Dead’s Final Season is not depressing enough. Take that as your spoiler warning. Chance has finished Sekiro which makes him cooler than most of you. And Alex has split his time between Risk of Rain 2 and teaching his bird to talk. Seriously.

Chamberlain loves you, the listeners, so much that he took two bullets for you this week. He finished Darksiders III, which you should not play, as well as Call of Cthulhu, which you also should not play. Chance deftly deflected those bullets, crushing Chamberlain’s poise, and spent his time getting to know Sekiro on a deeply personal level. And Alex spent all of his time being good at Risk of Rain 2, a surprisingly complete and functional early access title.

Ninjas appeared in the night and kidnapped Chance and Alex, forcing them to play Sekiro. They seem to be enjoying it, but that could be the katanas pointed at their backs. They at least got a better deal than Chamberlain who was kidnapped by a red headed Nephilim and forced to play the shambling corpse of game that is Darksiders III. He may not survive.

This week, the podcast is on time! Does it really matter what we talk about? Sure, Chamberlain finds small pleasures in Super Mario Bros Wii U Deluxe and Monster Boy and the Cursed Island, Alex confirms our belief that Ninja Theory’s DmC is a tremendous game and Chance is now internet famous for his Overwatch prowess, but you are listening to this episode at least 24 hours sooner than last week. It can’t get any better.

We apologize for the lateness of this week’s episode. Sometimes the tubes just don’t cooperate. Chamberlain slums it with Shadow Warrior 2, the B-est B game to every be a B game. Chance has purchased another AAA titles that he will play for a scant few days, this time it’s Devil May Cry 5. And Alex is a proud dad. Of a bird. No really. And just a few light Captain Marvel spoiler to round out the day.

Chamberlain would like to apologize for the distortion on his track, his mic may be dying, but that is not the only deviance from the norm this week. Crackdown 3 is not nearly as bad as you have been told. Ape Out is the equivalent of a college art film you watch once, sagely nod your head to, and then never look at again. Chance subverts his desire to play something like a Zelda game by actually playing a Zelda game. And Alex proves that Dead Space 2 will twist a player’s mind many years after the third game killed the series.

Chamberlain saw How to Train Your Dragon The Hidden World and remembers that it wasn’t bad, but that’s about it. He also declares Just Cause 4 much, much less than the sum of it parts. Chance introduces the new Overwatch hero and tries to convince everyone that he is not as OP as he sounds. And Alex is one step closer to buying a  bird to keep him company when he plays Resident Evil 2.

A Chamberlain and his money are soon parted, this time by the archaically terrible save system in Metro Exodus. An Alex makes much better use of his money by purchasing the next Civilization expansion. And maybe a bird. And a Chance rarely needs to part with his money, since Overwatch is always there. Unless a seasonal event is on and there are loot boxes to purchase.

The trailer for live action Aladdin is out. That’s bad. The new expansion for Civilization 6 comes out very soon. That’s good! Unworthy? That’s bad. Overwatch? That’s (still) good! Battlefield V? That’s bad. And the trailer for Frozen 2? That’s potassium benzoate.

This week, Mom and Dad have stopped fighting. Chance and Overwatch are back together, though he did take a long enough break to asample Unworthy. Chamberlain played exactly one game of Apex Legends, got bored, and went back to a bad Diablo rip off set in the far flung future where brevity has ceased to exist. And Alex spent all of his time looking for the airship station in Final Fantasy XIV while being ignored by more experienced players.