AVoCADo GamesCast

Episode #11: A History Lesson

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Featuring:

Merve
Ben
Admirax
PT

Editor:

TheKappa

Timestamps:

0:15 – Introductions
2:00 – What We’ve Been Playing
25:10 – Delayed Games
39:00 – The Business of Making Games
49:30 – Cancelled Games
56:10 – Obsidian and Scummy Bethesda Behaviour
1:00:35 – PC Ports of Japanese Games
1:03:40 – Team Bondi and the Australian Development Scene
1:12:00 – The Voice Actors’ Strike and Failed Segues
1:22:25 – The Backlog
1:49:45 – Gaming in the ‘90s
1:55:35 – The Backlog, Pt. 2
2:09:25 – Nü-Metal and Gaming (We’re Sorry)
2:14:30 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep11

Linkdump after the jump.

Introductions (0:15)

  • There is actually a surprising amount of erotic Suikoden fanfiction. Read at your own risk. (Source: Archive of Our Own)
  • Yuri!!! On ICE is available for your viewing pleasure. (Source: Crunchyroll)
  • Team Bondi is a now-defunct Australian video game developer. (Source: Wikipedia)

    • What We’ve Been Playing (2:00)

    • Wikipedia article for the Devil May Cry series.
    • The development history of Resident Evil 4. (Source: Wikipedia)
    • Gloria’s introduction in Devil May Cry 4. (Source: MADEBYShonexX on Youtube)
    • Wikipedia article on video game designer Kim Swift.
    • Steam store page on Sid Meier’s Civilization V.
    • Bruce Wayne from Batman: The Telltale Series. Michael from Grand Theft Auto V. You decide. (Sources: PC Gamer and The GTA Place)
    • Steam store page for Shadow Complex Remastered.
    • Steam store page for Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.
    • Steam store page for Batman: Arkham Knight. Buy at your own risk.
    • Steam store page for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
    • Origin store page for Titanfall 2.
    • Some Titanfall 2 screenshots: a sideways pre-fab neighbourhood; a happy robot; and a sad robot.

      • Delayed Games (25:10)

      • Persona 5’s Western release was delayed from February 14th, 2017 to April 4th, 2017. (Source: Persona Central)
      • Final Fantasy XV’s global release was delayed from September 30th, 2016 to November 29th, 2016. (Source: Kotaku)
      • Both Hello Games head Sean Murray and Jason Schreier of Kotaku received death threats for (reporting on) No Man’s Sky’s delay. (Source: Kotaku)
      • Prototype was delayed from mid-2008 to mid-2009. (Source: Engadget)
      • Gravity Rush 2 was delayed from early December, 2016 to January 20th, 2017. (Source: Polygon)
      • Here’s Kotaku misreporting the release date of Gravity Rush 2 after the delay was announced.
      • Beyond Good & Evil 2 teaser trailer, released back in 2008. (Source: Machinima on YouTube)
      • The bugs in Assassin’s Creed Unity were so egregious that even the BBC reported on them.

        • The Business of Making Games (39:00)

        • A translated interview with Keiji Inafune after his departure from Capcom. (Source: NeoGAF)
        • The Jimquisition on how Square Enix meddled with Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
        • Evolve’s DLC bullshit. (Source: PC World)
        • The Wikipedia article on Death Stranding contains most of what we know about it so far, and it’s not a whole lot.
        • Plot summary of The Engima of Amigara Fault. (Source: Wikipedia)

          • Cancelled Games (49:30)

          • Wikipedia article on BioWare’s cancelled Shadow Realms.
          • Mega Man Universe’s debut trailer. (Source: XboxViewTV – Gameplay & Trailers on YouTuber)
          • Wikipedia article on Bethesda’s cancelled Prey 2.
          • Backspace, a sort of sci-fi Skyrim with time travel,
            • was under early development at Obsidian. (Source: Kotaku)

            Obsidian and Scummy Bethesda Behaviour (56:10)

            • Clarification: Pillars of Eternity was at one point the most-funded video game software
              • Kickstarter. Now it is fourth behind Shenmue 3, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, and Torment: Tides of Numenera. (Source: Kickstarter)
            • Paradox Interactive published Obsidian’s Tyranny. (Source: Wikipedia)
            • Bethesda’s new review policy is to send out review copies one day before release. Fuck Bethesda. (Source: Polygon)

              • PC Ports of Japanese Games (1:00:35)

              • Modder Durante’s fix for Dark Souls. (Source: Nexus Mods)
              • Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, and Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII on Steam.

                • Team Bondi and the Australian Development Scene (1:03:40)

                • Wikipedia article on Whore of the Orient. (We apologize for the title.)
                • Correction: Pandemic Studios was bought by Electronic Arts. Ben may have been thinking of Blue Tongue Entertainment, which was acquired and then shuttered by the now-defunct THQ. (Source: Wikipedia)
                • Correction: 2K Australia and 2K Marin are different studios, the latter being California-based. Both worked on BioShock 2.

                  • The Voice Actors’ Strike and Failed Segues (1:12:00)

                  • Michael Hollick, the voice and mo-cap actor for Niko Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV, complained about receiving no residual pay for his work on the game. (Source: The New York Times)
                  • SAG-AFTRA’s strike demands. (Source: SAG-AFTRA)
                  • The rumour for why Persona 5 was delayed. (Source: Reddit)

                    • The Backlog (1:22:25)

                    • Official website for the PlayStation Plus service.
                    • Launch trailer for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
                    • All the non-mainline Assassin’s Creed games. (Source: Wikipedia)
                    • Steam store page for realMYST.
                    • Steam store page for Honey Rose: Underdog Fighter Extraordinaire.
                    • Steam store page for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
                    • The Witcher, the first game in the series, was built on the Aurora Engine. (Source: Wikipedia)
                    • Steam store page for XCOM: Enemy Unknown.
                    • Steam store page for Clannad.
                    • Steam store page for Bastion.
                    • Steam store page for Inside.
                    • Aeris dies to the Seinfeld theme. (Source: jaroshbarksdale’s channel on YouTube)

                      • Gaming in the ‘90s (1:49:45)

                      • The now-defunct Cyrix Corporation. (Source: Wikipedia)
                      • Matrox now focuses on niche and enterprise markets for their graphics chips. (Source: Wikipedia)
                      • 3dfx Interactive, the now-defunct manufacturers of Voodoo graphics cards.
                        • (Source: Wikipedia)
                      • Some of the bugs present in SiN at launch. (Source: Wikipedia)
                      • We couldn’t find the speedrun PT mentioned, but here’s a speedrun of GoldenEye 007 that uses some of the same tactics. (Source: RayanaIsran on YouTube)
                      • GoldenEye 007 was remade and released in 2010. (Source: Wikipedia)

                        • The Backlog, Pt. 2 (1:55:35)

                        • Steam store page for Rise of the Tomb Raider.
                        • This article about Final Fantasy XV has a lot of pictures of its food. (Source: The Verge)
                        • Steam store page for Undertale.
                        • Correction: Undertale beat out The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to win the GameFAQs poll, not a Mario game. (Source: GameFAQs)
                        • Steam store page for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.

                          • Nü-Metal and Gaming (We’re Sorry) (2:09:25)

                          • Stuart Chatwood, a member of Canadian rock group The Tea Party, wrote the
                            • soundtrack for all three games in the Sands of Time trilogy, though he was joined on the third by Israeli-American composer Inon Zur. (Source: Wikipedia)
                          • Godsmack’s “I Stand Alone,” an instrumental version of which was featured in Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. (Source: GodsmackVEVO on YouTube)
                          • Trailer for the Fight Club video game. (Source: GameNewsOfficial)
                          • Fred Durst’s entrance from WWE Raw. (Source: Nuttothawat on YouTube)

                            • Conclusion (2:14:30)

                            • The Matriarch Benezia boss fight from Mass Effect. (Source: IGN Walkthroughs on YouTube)
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