Featuring:
Merve
LittleMac
Drinking with Skeletons
The Kappa
3rdstringhero
Jarathen
Editor:
The Kappa
Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
4:15 – The Game Awards 2024
45:15 – Studio Closures and Studio Survival
1:01:55 – 3rdstringhero’s Top 3
1:05:45 – Jarathen’s Top 3
1:08:25 – Our Favourites: Honourable Mentions
1:16:00 – Our Favourites: #5
1:25:15 – Our Favourites: #4
1:41:50 – Our Favourites: #3
2:02:15 – Our Favourites: #2
2:33:05 – Our Favourites: #1
3:01:00 – Our Biggest Disappointments
3:26:30 – Our Biggest Surprises
3:44:55 – Conclusion
Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep108
Podcast header image from Metaphor: ReFantazio. Linkdump after the jump.
Introduction (0:15)
Official website for Bojangles.Clarification: Merve has driven through North Carolina before, but he has never stayed overnight there. (Source: Wikipedia)Wikipedia article on Peggy’s Cove.Facebook page for Tom’s Lobster Shack.Wikipedia article on pescetarianism.Correction: “Sea beans” is the American term for the species of Salicornia eaten in North America. Specific Atlantic Canadian terms would be “samphire greens” or “crow’s foot greens,” though Merve does insist that he has heard “sea beans” on a Canadian cooking show. (Source: Wikipedia)The Game Awards 2024 (4:15)
Official website for The Game Awards.Wikipedia article on Astro Bot.Official trailer for Mafia: The Old Country. (Source: IGN on YouTube)Teaser trailer for the Okami sequel. (Source: Capcom USA on YouTube)Drinking with Skeletons’s retrospective on Okami. (Source: The Avocado)Announce trailer for Onimusha: Way of the Sword. (Source: Capcom USA on YouTube)Reveal gameplay trailer for Elden Ring Nightreign. (Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment America on YouTube)The A.V. Club’s feature where Ryan Zickgraf (formerly Smith) attempted to teach Alex McLevy how to play first-person shooters.Official reveal trailer for Dispatch. (Source: IGN on YouTube)Wikipedia article on Powerless.Clarification: A pilot was ordered for Marvel’s Damage Control, but it was never ordered to full series. (Source: Wikipedia)Correction: “Gotham P.D.” was simply called Gotham. (Source: Wikipedia)Official gameplay reveal trailer for Split Fiction. (Source: Electronic Arts)Announcement trailer for Turok: Origins. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)Announcement trailer for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)World premiere trailer for Project Century. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)Announcement trailer for Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound. (Source: Nintendo of America)The boss of Act 2 of Ninja Gaiden is Bomberhead. (Source: Ninja Gaiden Wiki on Fandom)Official announcement trailer for Thick as Thieves. (Source: IGN on YouTube)Interview with Warren Spector on Episode 413 of Dropped Frames. (Source: itmeJP on YouTube)Reveal trailer for Shadow Labyrinth. (Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment America on YouTube)Wikipedia article on Secret Level.Official gameplay trailer for The Outer Worlds 2. (Source: IGN on YouTube)Wikipedia article on Paradox Interactive.Studio Closures and Studio Survival (45:15)
Report on the closure of Ouka Studio. (Source: GamesIndustry.biz)Announcement of the closure of Humanoid Origin. (Source: LinkedIn)Report on the closures of Ubisoft San Francisco and Ubisoft Osaka. (Source: Reuters)To be specific regarding Roundhouse Games’s fate, the studio was merged into ZeniMax Online Studios. (Source: PC Gamer)Wikipedia article on Creative Assembly.3rdstringhero’s Top 3 (1:01:55)
#3: Metaphor: ReFantazio. (Source: Wikipedia)#2: Unicorn Overlord. (Source: Wikipedia)#1: The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak. (Source: Wikipedia)Jarathen’s Top 3 (1:05:45)
#3: Unicorn Overlord. (Source: Wikipedia)#2: Slay the Princess: The Pristine Cut. (Source: Wikipedia)#1: Astro Bot. (Source: Wikipedia)Our Favourites: Honourable Mentions (1:08:25)
Merve’s #10: Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club. (Source: Wikipedia)Merve’s #9: Animal Well. (Source: Wikipedia)Merve’s #8: individualism in the dead-internet age: an anti-big tech asset flip shovelware rant manifesto. (Source: itch.io)Merve’s #7: I Am Your Beast. (Source: Steam)Merve’s #6: 20 Small Mazes. (Source: Steam)Drinking with Skeletons’s first honourable mention: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. (Source: Wikipedia)Drinking with Skeletons’s second honourable mention: Zephon. (Source: Steam)Drinking with Skeletons’s third honourable mention: Solium Infernum. (Source: Steam)The Kappa’s #6: Helldivers 2. (Source: Wikipedia)The Kappa’s #7: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. (Source: Wikipedia)The Kappa’s #8: V Rising. (Source: Wikipedia)The Kappa’s #9: Dragon Age: The Veilguard. (Source: Wikipedia)The Kappa’s #10: The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria. (Source: Wikipedia)Our Favourites: #5 (1:16:00)
Merve’s #5: Echo Point Nova. (Source: Steam)Drinking with Skeletons’s #5: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake. (Source: Steam)The Kappa’s #5: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. (Source: Wikipedia)Our Favourites: #4 (1:25:15)
Merve’s #4: Children of the Sun. (Source: Steam)LittleMac’s #4: Princess Peach: Showtime! The name of Grape’s minions is the Sour Bunch. (Source: Wikipedia)Drinking with Skeletons’s #4: Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. (Source: Steam)The Kappa’s #4: Age of Mythology: Retold. (Source: Steam)Our Favourites: #3 (1:41:50)
Merve’s #3: Dungeons of Hinterberg. (Source: Wikipedia)Steam store page for Slaycation Paradise.The Canada’s Drag Race spinoff Slaycation is set in The Blue Mountains, Ontario. (Source: Wikipedia)Little Mac’s #3: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake. (Source: Steam)Drinking with Skeletons’s #3: Astro Bot. (Source: Wikipedia)The Kappa’s #3: Balatro. (Source: Wikipedia)Our Favourites: #2 (2:02:15)
Merve’s #2: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. (Source: Wikipedia)Little Mac’s #2: Darkest Dungeon II. (Source: Wikipedia)Drinking with Skeletons’s #2: Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance. (Source: Steam)The Kappa’s #2: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. (Source: Wikipedia)Report on the development of Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40,000 series. (Source: Deadline)Our Favourites: #1 (2:33:05)
Merve’s #1: 1000xRESIST. (Source: Wikipedia)Little Mac’s #1: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. (Source: Wikipedia)Drinking with Skeletons’s #1: Persona 3 Reload. (Source: Wikipedia)The Kappa’s #1: Dragon’s Dogma 2. (Source: Wikipedia)Our Biggest Disappointments (3:01:00)
Merve’s biggest disappointment: Neva. (Source: Wikipedia)Little Mac’s biggest disappointment: missing out on Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. (Source: Steam)Drinking with Skeletons’s biggest disappointment: Metaphor: ReFantazio. (Source: Wikipedia)Confirmation: The monk chant vocals in Metaphor: ReFantazio’s soundtrack are a mixture of Esperanto and an original language created for the game. (Source: Siliconera)The Kappa’s biggest disappointment: MechWarrior 5: Clans. (Source: Wikipedia)Our Biggest Surprises (3:26:30)
Merve’s first surprise: Strands. (Source: The New York Times)Merve’s second surprise: NOTTOLOT. (Source: Steam)Merve’s third surprise: Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment. (Source: Goodreads)LittleMac’s biggest surprises: Princess Peach: Showtime! and The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. (Source: Wikipedia)Drinking with Skeletons’s first surprise: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. (Source: Wikipedia)Drinking with Skeletons’s second surprise: Songs of Silence. (Source: Steam)The Kappa’s first surprise: the release of Skull and Bones. (Source: Wikipedia)The Kappa’s second surprise: “This Is an Xbox.” (Source: Xbox Wire)The Kappa’s third surprise: Fortnite’s new “Ballistic” mode. (Source: Fortnite)Conclusion (3:44:55)
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