Featuring:
The Kappa
Bresson
LittleMac

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
1:00 – What We’ve Been Playing, Part 1
23:30 – Richard Garriott and MMOs
32:15 – The Activision Blizzard Scandal
48:30 – Steam Deck
1:00:40 – Non-Traditional Sports Games
1:34:55 – What We’ve Been Playing, Part 2
1:38:45 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep77

Podcast header image from Wired. Linkdump after the jump.

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• Wikipedia article on Max Payne.
• Wikipedia article on Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy.
• The game with custom shareable dungeons that The Kappa mentioned was most likely the 3DS remake of Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past. (Source: Eggplante!)
• Wikipedia article on Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny.

• Wikipedia article on Richard Garriott.
• Wikipedia article on Tabula Rasa.
• Wikipedia article on Legend of the Red Dragon.

• The original report on the lawsuit by Maeve Allsup. (Source: Bloomberg Law)

• Official website for the Steam Deck.
• Wikipedia article on This War of Mine.

• Official website for the Olympics.
• Wikipedia article on the Football Manager series.
• Wikipedia article on the Madden NFL series.
• Wikipedia article on the Eastside Hockey Manager series.
• Wikipedia article on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.
• Clarification: “Caveman Games” refers to Caveman Ughlympics. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on Super Dodge Ball.
• Journal article on the nekketsu subgenre of manga. (Source: Comicalités)
• Wikipedia article on The Aquatic Games Starring James Pond and the Aquabats.
• Wikipedia article on Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis.
• Wikipedia article on the Virtual Boy.
• Wikipedia article on FIFA Street.
• Wikipedia article on the NFL Blitz series.
• Wikipedia article on the NBA Jam series.
• Wikipedia article on Fight Night Champion.
• Wikipedia article on Mutant League Football.
• Wikipedia article on Mutant League Hockey.
• Wikipedia article on the Mutant League animated series.
• Wikipedia article on Carmaggedon.
• Wikipedia article on Cyber Stadium Series – Base Wars.
• The box art for Cyber Stadium Series – Base Wars. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Allgame’s review of Cyber Stadium Series – Base Wars that describes the difficulty of fielding. (Retrieved from The Internet Archive’s WayBack Machine)
• Wikipedia article on Pyre.
• Wikipedia article on the Punch-Out!! series.
• OpenRetro page for Chiyonofuji no Ooichou.
• Correction: The loincloth that sumo wrestlers wear is called a “mawashi.” (Source: Wikipedia)

• Wikipedia article on The Ascent.

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