AVoCADo GamesCast

Episode #118: Upgrading Your Jockstrap

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Featuring:
Merve
The Kappa
Science
Special Guest: Ben Ward

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
9:20 – The D.I.C.E. Awards
20:30 – Bluepoint’s Closure and Highguard’s Failure
30:10 – Shakeup at Microsoft Gaming
37:20 – Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse
42:20 – Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator
52:50 – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
1:32:05 – Fallout 4, Modding, and Bethesda Games
2:03:15 – Interview with Ben Ward about Earth Must Die
3:22:25 – Conclusion
3:28:40 – A Special Announcement

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep118

Podcast header image from Earth Must Die. Linkdump and spoiler warnings after the jump.

Introduction (0:15)
  • Wikipedia article on Carowinds.
  • Steam store pages for Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! Special Edition Double Pack, Lair of the Clockwork God, and Earth Must Die.
  • Wikipedia article on cyclobenzaprine.
  • Merve sleeps on a Haugesund mattress from Ikea. It has been discontinued. (Source: Mattress Reviews)
  • Ikea store page for the Billy series of bookcases.
  • Wikipedia article on false friends.
    • The D.I.C.E. Awards (9:20)
    • Wikipedia article on the 29th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.
    • VoD for the 29th annual D.I.C.E. Awards. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
      • Bluepoint’s Closure and Highguard’s Failure (20:30)
      • Article on Sony’s closure of Bluepoint Games. (Source: PC Gamer)
      • Confirmation: Sony announced the closure of Firewalk Studios on October 29th, 2024. (Source: Wikipedia)
      • Wikipedia article on Highguard. A shutdown of the game was announced after we recorded.
      • Correction: Fallout 4 was announced two weeks prior to the E3 2015 presentation where more details about it were revealed. (Source: Wikipedia)
        • Shakeup at Microsoft Gaming (30:10)
        • Report on Phil Spencer’s and Sarah Bond’s departures from Microsoft. (Source: IGN)
        • The Rock Paper Shotgun story about Spencer’s retirement that Science referenced.
          • Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse (37:20)
          • Steam store page for Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse.
            • Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator (42:20)
            • Steam store page for Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator.
              • Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (52:50)

              MAJOR SPOILERS: Avatar: Fire and Ash

              • Official website for Blazing Griffin.
              • Steam store page for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
              • Steam store page for Far Cry Primal.
                • Fallout 4, Modding, and Bethesda Games (1:32:05)
                • Steam store page for Fallout 4.
                • Wikipedia article on Canadian post-grunge band Thornley, fronted by Ian Thornley.
                • Wikipedia article on the Fallout TV series.
                • Starfield Wiki article on Jemison. (Source: Fandom)
                • Steam store page for Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death.
                • Wikipedia article on The Sarah Silverman Program.
                • Wikipedia article on Dr. Pepper.
                • The episode of Video Game Science on SWAT 4, featuring Merve, Science, and The Radio Cat. (Source: The Avocado)
                  • Interview with Ben Ward about Earth Must Die (2:03:15)

                  SPOILER WARNING: Mild spoilers for Earth Must Die throughout

                  • Steam store page for Earth Must Die.
                  • Official website for Size Five Games.
                  • Wikipedia article on The Great Dictator.
                  • Wikipedia article on unobtainium.
                  • The element Ben referenced whose name means “hard to get” is dysprosium. (Source: Wikipedia)
                  • Wikipedia article on the sonic hedgehog protein.
                  • Official website for the UK Games Fund.
                  • Wikipedia article on rubberducking.
                  • Report on Earth Must Die getting verified by Valve due to its “alien orgy.” (Source: PC Gamer)
                  • The artist who worked on Earth Must Die with the handle 2DForever is Tom Waterhouse. (Source: Tom Waterhouse’s official website)
                  • The short about the boy who makes “boing boing” noises was Gerald McBoing-Boing, and it was directed by Robert Cannon. (Source: Wikipedia)
                    • Conclusion (3:22:25)
                    • Wikipedia article on Joel David Moore, who played Norm Spellman in Avatar.
                      • A Special Announcement (3:28:40)
                      • The AVoCADo GamesCast’s contact page.
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