AVoCADo GamesCast

Episode #17: The James Cameron Submersible

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https://archive.org/download/avocadogamescast_ep17/Podcast%2017%20Edit%2012.mp3

Featuring:

Merve
Science is Bad
BannerThief

Editor:

The Kappa

Timestamps:

0:15 – Introductions and Minions
3:45 – What We’ve Been Playing, Pt. 1
31:15 – Dubbing Anime
35:25 – What We’ve Been Playing, Pt. 2
38:45 – Why We Bought Our Gaming Hardware, Pt. 1
45:25 – Hair, Facial Expressions, and Body Language
49:05 – Digimon, Bad Jokes, and Persona
52:15 – Why We Bought Our Gaming Hardware, Pt. 2
55:35 – A Very Weird Killing Fantasy
57:40 – The Xbox One vs. the PlayStation 4
59:10 – Final Fantasy and Japanese Games on PC
1:02:50 – Sniping, Gore, and The Offspring
1:05:40 – Games Launching This Spring
1:07:25 – Console Upgrades, Mass Murder, and Batman
1:12:25 – Resident Evil
1:16:10 – Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
1:23:05 – The Future of Consoles, Pt. 1
1:33:40 – Sci-Fi Technology… and Masturbation?
1:39:40 – The Future of Consoles, Pt. 2
1:44:00 – The Drakengard/NieR Series
1:46:00 – David Cage and Women
1:48:30 – Closing Thoughts and Utter Nonsense

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep17

Linkdump after the jump. Please refer to the linkdump for spoiler warnings.

Introductions and Minions (0:15)

  • Here are the results of the Minions poll. Rubbery wins in a landslide!
  • The “salt monster” from Star Trek that BannerThief referenced is semi-officially known as the M-113 creature. (Source: Memory Alpha on Wikia)

    • What We’ve Been Playing, Pt. 1 (3:45)

    • Launch trailer for Battlefield 1. (Source: Battlefield on YouTube)
    • Story trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. (Source: Call of Duty on YouTube)
    • Launch trailer for Darkest of Days, in which you travel between the American Civil War and World War 1. (Source: GameTrailers GameTrailers.com on YouTube)
    • Steam store page for Dark Souls III. Appropriately for our discussion, it won the “Love/Hate Relationship” Award in the 2016 Steam Awards.
    • Steam store page for Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
    • Correction: The subreddit Merve was talking about that compares real life to an MMO is /r/outside.
    • Launch trailer for Yakuza 0. (Source: Machinima Trailer Vault on YouTube)

      • Dubbing Anime (31:15)

      WARNING: Spoilers for When Marnie Was There

      • A dub vs. sub comparison for Cowboy Bebop. (Source: CowboyBebopHD on YouTube)
      • The “island is actually a peninsula” gag has been featured at least twice on The Simpsons, first in “Lisa on Ice” (Source: Niels Desmet on YouTube) and then in “Simple Simpson” (Source: Simpsons Wiki on Wikia).

        • What We’ve Been Playing, Pt. 2 (35:25)

        • Correction: Yakuza Kiwami, the remake of the first game in the series, is already out in Japan and will be releasing in the West this summer. (Source: Wikipedia)

          • Why We Bought Our Gaming Hardware, Pt. 1 (38:45)

          • Product information page for the AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics card. (Source: AMD)
          • Bloodborne trailer. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
          • Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End trailer. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
          • Persona 5 trailer. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
          • Super Mario Maker trailer. (Source: Nintendo on YouTube)
          • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild trailer. (Source: Nintendo on YouTube)

            • Hair, Facial Expressions, and Body Language (45:25)

            • Wikipedia article on AMD TressFX.
            • Early implementations of TressFX resembled the Mystify Your Mind screensaver. (Source: gabelossus on YouTube)

              • Digimon, Bad Jokes, and Persona (49:05)

              • Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth trailer. (Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment America on YouTube)
              • Gravity Rush Remastered trailer. (Source: PlayStation EU on YouTube)
              • Giant Bomb’s “endurance run” of Persona 4. (Source: Giant Bomb on YouTube)

                • Why We Bought Our Gaming Hardware, Pt. 2 (52:15)

                • Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer. (Source: Rockstar Games on YouTube)

                  • A Very Weird Killing Fantasy (55:35)

                  • No links here.

                    • The Xbox One vs. the PlayStation 4 (57:40)

                    • Until Dawn trailer. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)

                      • Final Fantasy and Japanese Games on PC (59:10)

                      WARNING: Spoilers for Final Fantasy VII and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

                      • Trailer for the Final Fantasy VII remake. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
                      • The release date for the NieR:Automata PC port hadn’t yet been announced at the time of recording. We now know it’ll be releasing on March 17th, 2017. Mark your calendars! (Source: Steam)
                      • Steam store page for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

                        • Sniping, Gore, and The Offspring (1:02:50)

                        • Steam store page for Sniper Elite 4.

                          • Games Launching This Spring (1:05:40)

                          • Horizon Zero Dawn trailer. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
                          • NieR:Automata trailer. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
                          • Mass Effect: Andromeda trailer. (Source: Mass Effect on YouTube)
                          • Yooka-Laylee trailer. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)

                            • Console Upgrades, Mass Murder, and Batman (1:07:25)

                            • The limited edition Uncharted 4 PlayStation 4 bundle. (Source: PlayStation Blog)
                            • “Batman’s Song (Untitled Self Portrait)” from The Lego Movie. (Source: Doroni C on YouTube)

                              • Resident Evil (1:12:25)

                              • Resident Evil 7: Biohazard trailer. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
                              • The Resident Evil 5 volcano fight. (Source: Jerikuto on YouTube)

                                • Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (1:16:10)

                                • The Microsoft Hololens devkit is available for over $3700 on Amazon.

                                  • The Future of Consoles, Pt. 1 (1:23:05)

                                  • Steam store page for Quantum Break.

                                    • Sci-Fi Technology… and Masturbation? (1:33:40)

                                    • No links here.

                                      • The Future of Consoles, Pt. 2 (1:39:40)

                                      • Wikipedia article on PlayStation 3 clusters.

                                        • The Drakengard/NieR Series (1:44:00)

                                        • A lore summary of the Drakengard/NieR series. (Source: ValkyrieAurora on YouTube)

                                          • David Cage and Women (1:46:00)

                                          • Detroit: Become Human trailer. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
                                          • Beyond: Two Souls’ nude model controversy. (Source: Business Insider)

                                            • Closing Thoughts and Utter Nonsense (1:48:30)

                                            • Correction: John Rhys-Davies holds politically conservative views, but we can’t find any record of him using the term “Muslim scourge.” (Source: Wikipedia)
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