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Episode #36: AussieCast 2: Electric Didgeridoo

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Featuring:

Merve
Ben
Gooch Extension

Editor:

The Kappa

Timestamps:

0:15 – Introductions
2:05 – What We’ve Been Playing
19:35 – Valve and Campo Santo
26:50 – Steam’s Visual Novel Crackdown
32:00 – Boss Key Productions Shutdown
37:20 – Swery65 and The Good Life
43:15 – Buying Video Games
47:10 – Yakuza Spinoffs and Zombie Modes
50:10 – Naked Fight Scenes
51:50 – E3 Predictions
1:16:10 – Announcement Predictions
1:27:00 – What We’d Like to See at E3
1:51:45 – The Consoles We Owned and Borrowed
1:58:40 – How to Have a Successful E3
2:18:35 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep36

Podcast header background from Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets! Linkdump after the jump.

Introductions (0:15)
  • Official website for E3.
  • Time zones in Australia. See the section entitled “Anomalies” for the weird unofficially recognized time zones that Ben mentioned. (Source: Wikipedia)
    • What We’ve Been Playing (2:05)
    • Origin store page for A Way Out.
    • Steam store page for Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.
    • Steam store page for Agents of Mayhem.
    • Trailer for Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
    • Correction and slight spoiler for Yakuza 6: Merve was wrong; you only ever control one character in the game. There is a lengthy sequence of cutscenes from another character’s perspective, but you never actually control them. (Source: Wikipedia)
      • Valve and Campo Santo (19:35)
      • The employees of Campo Santo agreed to join Valve. (Source: Campo Santo)
      • Steam store page for Firewatch.
      • Marc Laidlaw’s story ideas for Half-Life 3.
        • Steam’s Visual Novel Crackdown (26:50)
        • Kotaku article on the visual novel crackdown.
          • Boss Key Productions Shutdown (32:00)
          • Twinfinite article on the shutdown of Cliff Blezinski’s studio.
          • APB: All Points Bulletin was indeed shut down and rebooted. (Source: Wikipedia)
          • Waypoint article on plans for Sleeping Dogs 2.
            • Swery65 and The Good Life (37:20)
            • The successful Kickstarter for The Good Life.
            • Steam store page for D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die.
            • Correction: Swery65 also directed Spy Fiction and a Gundam arcade game. (Source: Wikipedia)
              • Buying Video Games (43:15)
              • Website for Amazon Australia.
                • Yakuza Spinoffs and Zombie Modes (47:10)
                • Wikipedia article on Yakuza: Dead Souls.
                  • Naked Fight Scenes (50:10)
                  • Naked fight scene from Yakuza Ishin. (Source: randomfox on YouTube)
                  • Netflix page for Altered Carbon.
                    • E3 Predictions (51:50)
                    • Wikipedia article on FIFA character Alex Hunter.
                    • Wikipedia article on Perfect Dark Zero.
                    • Wikipedia article on Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.
                    • Wikipedia article on Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets.
                    • Correction: Ben was talking about Super Lucky’s Tale. “Super Lucky Fox” isn’t a game. (Source: Xbox store)
                    • E3 2017 teaser trailer for Ori and the Will of the Wisps. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
                    • Announcement trailer for Ghost of Tsushima. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
                      • Announcement Predictions (1:16:10)
                      • Assassin’s Creed Odyssey leaked shortly after we recorded this podcast. (Source: Kotaku)
                      • Tease for new For Honor content. (Source: VG 24/7)
                      • Official website for Ubisoft’s Atomega.
                      • Correction: Michel Ancel says that he wants to work on Rayman 4, but it has not officially been announced. (Source: PCGamesN)
                        • What We’d Like to See at E3 (1:27:00)
                        • Other Xbox One exclusives that aren’t on PC include Crimson Dragon and Rare Replay. (Source: NeoGAF)
                        • The unpatchable exploit in the Nintendo Switch (Source: Ars Technica)
                          • The Consoles We Owned and Borrowed (1:51:45)
                          • The pill death ending in Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy. (Source:  Karl on YouTube)
                            • How to Have a Successful E3 (1:58:40)
                            • Clarification: NFL Blitz was a series of not-totally-realistic football video games published by EA. EA Sports BIG was an EA publishing label under which several extreme sports titles were release. Blitz was not a part of BIG; however, NFL Street was. (Source: Wikipedia)
                            • Halfcoordinated is a disabled gamer who speedruns games one-handed. He’s a fucking legend. (Source: Polygon)
                              • Conclusion (2:18:35)

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