AVoCADo GamesCast

Episode #60: A Developer Interview


Listen Later

Featuring:
Merve
Andy Tuttle
The Kappa
Special guest: Scott LaGrasta

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:15 – Introductions
1:00 – COVID-19 and the Games Industry
26:00 – What We’ve Been Playing: Lockdown Edition
50:45 – Scott LaGrasta Interview
1:35:05 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep60

Podcast header image from BioShock 2. Linkdump after the jump.

Introductions (0:15)
  • Steam store pages for BioShock 2 and The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.
  • Andy Tuttle’s interview with Scott LaGrasta. (Source: The Avocado)
COVID-19 and the Games Industry (1:00)
  • Wikipedia article on the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Announcement of GDC going virtual. (Source: GDC)
  • Official website for E3, featuring a cancellation announcement.
  • Official website for Mixer.
  • Ben Kuchera’s article about game review press events. (Source: Ars Technica)
  • Wikipedia article on Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
  • Steam store page for DOOM Eternal.
  • Explanation of the Animal Crossing/Doom memes. (Source: Polygon)
  • A leaked GameStop/EB Games conference call regarding the pandemic. (Source: CAMELOT331 on YouTube)
  • Wikipedia article on Hollywood Video.
What We’ve Been Playing: Lockdown Edition (26:00)
  • Steam store page for Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
  • Steam store page for Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada.
  • Steam store page for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.
  • Announcement of the Digimon Adventure reboot. (Source: Tokyo Otaku Mode)
  • Steam store page for Octopath Traveler.
Scott LaGrasta Interview (50:45)
  • Andy Tuttle’s interview with Scott LaGrasta. (Source: The Avocado)
  • Wikipedia article on Grandma’s Boy.
  • Wikipedia article on Darkwatch: Curse of the West.
  • Steam store page for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.
  • Wikipedia article on Silent Hill.
  • Steam store page for BioShock 2.
  • The levels Merve was alluding to were “Effect and Cause” in Titanfall 2 and “A Crack in the Slab” in Dishonored 2. (Sources: Titanfall Wiki and Dishonored Wiki on Fandom)
  • Steam store page for Defiance.
  • Official website for Clumsy, a utility for purposely manipulating your network conditions to simulate bad connections. Confirmation: It is indeed open source freeware.
  • Itch.io page for Gunbuds.
  • Official website for Massive Entertainment.
  • Scott LaGrasta’s MobyGames page.
Conclusion (1:35:05)

No links here.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

AVoCADo GamesCastBy Merve, The Kappa, and friends

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

3 ratings


More shows like AVoCADo GamesCast

View all
Franchise Festival by Franchise Festival

Franchise Festival

9 Listeners