Featuring:
Merve
The Kappa
Wolfman Jew
Bresson

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
5:05 – Why There’s So Much Gaming News in February
8:35 – Digimon Con
13:35 – Soul Hackers 2 and MegaTen Games
18:10 – February Nintendo Direct
40:55 – Dune: Spice Wars
46:15 – Pokémon Presents
50:05 – Sony Buys Bungie and Other Acquisitions
58:15 – What We’ve Been Playing
1:29:00 – Trivia Challenge
1:43:45 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep81

Podcast header image from The Good Life. Linkdump, spoiler warnings, and answers for the trivia challenge after the jump.

• The Jelle’s Marble Runs and ThorHighHeels YouTube channels, both from the Netherlands.
• Wikipedia article on Columbo.
• Steam store page for The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, whose protagonist is Ryonosuke Naruhodo.
• Official website for The Witch Queen, the most recent Destiny 2 expansion.
• Wikipedia article on the Baldur’s Gate series.
• Wikipedia article on Dragon Age: Origins.

• Wikipedia article on Mass Effect: Andromeda.

• Information on Digimon Survive revealed at Digimon Con. (Source: Siliconera)
• Official website for Witchcraft (in Japanese).
• Official website for Hyde (in Japanese).
• Wikipedia article on Mighty No. 9.
• Official website for the Polish Witchcraft Studios, not to be confused with the Japanese Witchcraft.
• The American and Canadian intros for Dragonball Z. Merve would like to apologize for characterizing the Canadian intro as “butt rock” when it’s really more ‘80s synth rock than anything. (Sources: dragon chan and Eidlones on YouTube)
• Music video for “Hunger Strike” by Temple Of The Dog. (Source: Temple Of The Dog on YouTube)

• Announcement trailer for Soul Hackers 2. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article on Persona 5 Strikers.
• Wikipedia article on Hyrule Warriors.

• English February 2022 Nintendo Direct presentation. (Source: Nintendo on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes. (Source: Nintendo on YouTube)
• Mouthful Mode reveal trailer for Kirby and the Forgotten Land. (Source: Nintendo on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles 3. (Source: Nintendo on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Nintendo Switch Sports. (Source: Nintendo on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article on Wii Sports.
• Wikipedia article on Fru.
• Wikipedia article on Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor.
• Wikipedia article on Binary Domain.
• Wikipedia article on Arms.
• Trailer for the Chrono Cross remaster. (Source: Nintendo on YouTube)
• Announce trailer for The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story. (Source: Square Enix on YouTube)
• Report on the cloud versions of Kingdom Hearts games running on Switch. (Source: Polygon)
• Correction: It hasn’t been confirmed that the PS4 versions of the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 and 2.5 collections are running on a layer of emulation; this is just a well-informed rumour. Moreover, this setup would be emulating components of the PS3, not the PS2. (Source: ajdragoon in the Kotaku comments section.)
• Announcement trailer for the Switch port of No Man’s Sky. (Source: Nintendo on YouTube)
• Japanese February 2022 Nintendo Direct presentation. (Source: Nintendo 公式チャンネル on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article on h.a.n.d.
• Wikipedia article on the Tex Murphy series.
• Steam store page for Root Letter Last Answer, the remake of Root Letter with live-action sequences.

• Preview footage for Dune: Spice Wars. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
• Dune Wiki article on Arrakis. (Source: Fandom)
• Dune Wiki article on the Butlerian Jihad. (Source: Fandom)
• Dune Wiki article on the Fremen. (Source: Fandom)
• Wikipedia article on Sins of a Solar Empire.

• An illustration of Alolan Exeggutor. (Source: Bulbapedia)
• Announcement trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet. (Source: The Official Pokémon YouTube channel on YouTube)
• Information on Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet’s starters. (Source: Eurogamer)

• Report on Nintendo’s acquisition of SRD. (Source: GamesIndustry.biz)
• Report on Sony’s acquisition of Bungie. (Source: GamesIndustry.biz)
• Hoeg Law video on Sony’s acquisition of Bungie, and a helpful Reddit summary. (Sources: Hoeg Law on YouTube and r/DestinyTheGame on Reddit)

MAJOR SPOILERS for Unpacking and Kingdom Hearts II

• Nintendo store page for Unpacking.
• Steam store page for Total War: Warhammer III.
• Wikipedia article on Kingdom Hearts II.
• Steam store page for The Good Life.
• Wikipedia article on Balan Wonderworld.

• Wikipedia article on the Gears of War series.
• Wikipedia article on Vancouver studio The Coalition.
• Wikipedia article on Perfect Dark.
• Perfect Dark Wiki article on Elvis. (Source: Fandom)
• Official webpage for Wordle.
• Wikipedia article on Fahrenheit, a.k.a Indigo Prophecy.
• Wikipedia article on Theory of a Deadman.
• Wikipedia article on the Commander Keen series.
• Wikipedia article on Cortana from the Halo franchise.
• IMDB page for Jen Taylor.
• Wikipedia article on the “All your base are belong to us” meme.
• Wikipedia article on Zero Wing.
• Bulbapedia article on Zapdos.
• Wikipedia article on Kazutaka Kodaka.
• Wikipedia article on Danganronpa.
• Wikipedia article on the Dune franchise.
• Wikipedia article on Tacoma.
• Zeldapedia article on Rupees. (Source: Fandom)
• As of this writing, 1 Canadian dollar is worth 60.09 Indian rupees. (Source: Google)
• Wikipedia article on the Sly Cooper series.
• Wikipedia article on the Infamous series.
• Wikipedia article on Ghost of Tsushima.
• Wikipedia article on Sucker Punch Productions.
• Wikipedia article on Half-Life.
• The Half-Life & Portal Encyclopedia article on Xen. (Source: Fandom)
• Wikipedia article on the Monkey Island series.
• Wikipedia article on Guybrush Threepwood.
• Wikipedia article on theSoulcalibur franchise.
• Wikipedia article on Soul Edge, a.k.a. Soul Blade.
• IMDB page for Michael Fassbender.
• IMDB page for Marion Cotillard.
• Wikipedia article on the Assassin’s Creed film.
• Hololive Wiki articles on Gawr Gura, Amelia Watson, and Calliope Mori. (Source: Fandom)
• Wikipedia article on Hololive Production.
• Virtual YouTuber Wiki article on VOMS Project. (Source: Fandom)
• Wikipedia article on Waluigi.
• Wikipedia article on Mario Tennis.
• Wikipedia article on Among Us.
• Official website for Innersloth.
• The Avocado’s Werewolves games.

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1. What is the name of the Vancouver, B.C. studio that currently develops the Gears of War franchise?
   Answer: The Coalition
2. What is the name of the little grey alien whom Joanna Dark rescues in Perfect Dark and who later assists her on missions?
   Answer: Elvis (Aelphaeis Mangarae)
3. How many attempts do you have to correctly guess a word in Wordle?
   Answer: 6
4. The soundtrack of Fahrenheit, a.k.a. Indigo Prophecy, featured songs by which Canadian post-grunge band, including “Santa Monica” and “No Surprise”?
   Answer: Theory of a Deadman
5. Which video game hero wears a fuchsia t-shirt, blue jeans, and a Green Bay Packers helmet?
   Answer: Commander Keen (Billy Blaze)
6. Who voices Cortana?
   Answer: Jen Taylor
7. From which video game does the phrase “All your base are belong to us” originate?
   Answer: Zero Wing
8. Of the three Legendary Bird Pokémon from the original 150, which one comes second in the Pokédex?
   Answer: Zapdos (get it, because “dos” means two in Spanish)
9. Kazutaka Kodaka created which “psycho-pop” video game franchise featuring a scholastic killing game and a psychopathic teddy bear named Monokuma?
   Answer: Danganronpa
10. Video games based on which sci-fi franchise created by Frank Herbert are said to be seminal games in the real-time strategy genre?
    Answer: Dune
11. Which game, developed by Fullbright, is set aboard a space station and involves using an AR device to review past conversations?
    Answer: Tacoma
12. What is the currency in the Legend of Zelda franchise called?
    Answer: Rupees
13. Which studio, currently owned by Sony, developed the Sly Cooper franchise, the Infamous franchise, and Ghost of Tsushima?
    Answer: Sucker Punch Productions
14. What is the name of the alien world that you visit in the final section of Half-Life?
    Answer: Xen
15. What is the name of the protagonist of the Monkey Island franchise?
    Answer: Guybrush Ulysses Threepwood
16. The first game in the fighting game franchise Soulcalibur wasn’t called “Soulcalibur,” but was instead called what? (I’ll accept either the Japanese title or the Western one.)
    Answer: Soul Edge or Soul Blade (Soulcalibur is actually the second game in the series!)
17. Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard starred in a 2016 movie based on which video game franchise?
    Answer: Assassin’s Creed
18. Gawr Gura, Amelia Watson, and Calliope Mori are vtubers belonging to which agency?
    Answer: Hololive
19. Waluigi made his first appearance in which video game?
    Answer: Mario Tennis (N64)
20. What is the name of the American video game studio that developed and published Among Us?
    Answer: Innersloth