Frosty Canucks Podcast

Smash players are the worst. Amirite?

It's a Nintendo episode which we're contractually obligated to do (not really) because Nintendo held a big Direct in September. To help with our limited Nintendo exposure regular hosts Jason and Steve brought along Ian of Adventure Rules. We delve head first into all of the Direct goodness and dissect what we feel are the best and not best announcements shown. We also spend a bit of time chatting about Boyfriend Dungeon (with spoilers), Bloodstained, Pioneers of Olive Town, and Streets of Rogue.

Big shout-out to Ian for hopping on the mics this week with us. You can find his stuff here:

Blog: https://adventurerules.blog/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/adventure_rules

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adventurerules

As always, if you'd like to ask questions or suggest topics please reach out to us.

Thanks for listening and stay frosty!

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - Special Guest Ian From Adventure Rules

0:01:46 - Nintendo Direct September 2021

Games We've Been Playing

1:13:34 - Boyfriend Dungeon (Spoilers)

1:32:22 - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

1:40:57 - Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town

2:01:17 - Streets of Rogue

2:11:10 - Outro

I can't believe we made it a year.

This week marks the one year anniversary of the Frosty Canucks podcast. Jason and Steve spend the majority of it answering a variety of user questions we collected from throughout twitter which relate to gaming and non-gaming related questions. As always we close out with the games we've been playing which are chock full of spoilers. Be mindful of the timestamps if you'd like to avoid spoilers for Oxenfree or either BioShock game. There is also a brief rant about Psychonauts 2.

As always, if you'd like to ask questions or suggest topics please reach out to us.

Thanks for listening and stay frosty!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGPNZ7eIZ3oMH2gZRfeQsiQ

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - Chives and YouTube Announcement

0:02:40 - Deathloop Review Bombing

0:11:25 - Anniversary Viewer Questions

Games We've Been Playing

0:45:47 - Oxenfree (Spoilers)

0:53:28 - BioShock Remastered (Spoilers)

1:01:24 - River City Girls

1:01:38 - Psychonauts 2 Rant

1:04:53 - Back to River City Girls

1:11:41 - BioShock 2 Remastered (Spoilers)

1:17:58 - Guilty Gear Strive 

1:28:19 - Overcooked! All You Can Eat

1:37:02 - Outro

They just dropped off the shipment! Update the website!

This week Jason and Steve celebrate Jason's acquisition of a PS5 by debunking the PS5 cartel and also discuss the effectiveness of boycotts. Spoilers - we don't think they're terribly effective. We then dive into what we've been playing which includes BioShock Infinite, Bugsnax, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, and far too much Guilty Gear Strive.

As always, if you'd like to ask questions or suggest topics please reach out to us.

Thanks for listening and stay frosty!

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - Jason Claimed an Elusive PS5

0:12:29 - Do Boycotts Work?

Games We've Been Playing

0:35:35 - BioShock Infinite: The Complete Edition

0:47:02 - Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

1:01:19 - Astro's Playroom

1:08:46 - Guilty Gear Strive 

1:26:01 - Bugsnax (Spoilers)

1:35:49 - Wildermyth

1:44:46 - Outro

Fucking Geese.

This week Jason and Steve spend some time looking at Sony's obsession with re-releasing older titles as well as how MLB The Show did releasing day and date with Game Pass. We also talk Herds, Pokémon, and two horrible disasters. You'll have to listen to find out which games we didn't enjoy.

As always, if you'd like to ask questions or suggest topics please reach out to us.

Thanks for listening and stay frosty!

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - A Mini Canadian Update

0:06:25 - Sony's Re-release Fetish

0:29:09 - Aftermath of MLB The Show being on Game Pass

Games We've Been Playing

0:38:39 - Them's Fightin' Herds

0:49:05  - Beyond Eyes 

0:54:30 - Agent A: A puzzle in disguise

1:01:58 - Untitled Goose Game

1:09:17 - Disc Room 

1:13:55 - Pokemon White Version 2

1:19:24 - Sundered 

1:30:00 - A Knight's Quest

1:41:15 - Outro

What would you attribute to Sony's success over the last several years?

This week Jason and Steve cover the impact that third party exclusivity deals had on Sony's success with the PlayStation 4. There's a lot to unpack there so that takes the bulk of the episode before we transition over into the games we've been playing. Some of notable entries this week include Gorogoa which we both played, Resident Evil 7 which we played together, and Ni no Kuni II.

If you’d like to ask us a question or suggest a topic please reach out to us.

As always, thanks for listening and stay frosty.

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - Blizzard Lawsuit

0:03:30 - How Important Third Party Support was for PlayStation

0:25:52 - Steam Deck

0:40:24 - A Brief Meme Intermission

Games We've Been Playing

0:42:28 - Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

0:51:01 - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Spoilers)

1:01:40 - Resident Evil 5

1:10:07 - Sir Lovelot

1:14:49 - Pokemon White

1:26:13 - Enter the Gungeon

1:28:53 - Gorogoa (Spoilers)

1:36:10 - Outro

Nintendo never change.

This week Jason and Frosti cover the recently announced Nintendo Switch OLED model, Assassin's Creed becoming a live-service title, and go over our top 5 games thus far in 2021. Then we delve into what games we've been playing which include Jason's foray into Dark Souls III and Mafia II, while Frosti, coincidentally, spends time talking about 2 of the games from his top 5 list.

If you’d like to reach out with questions you can contact us through our social channels.

As always, thanks for listening and stay frosty.

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - Nintendo Switch OLED Edition

0:08:42 - Assassin's Creed Infinity: A Live Service Platform

0:19:55 - Top 5 of the First Half of 2021

Games We've Been Playing

0:46:49 - Dark Deity

1:01:54 - Dark Souls III

1:12:33 - Enter The Gungeon

1:23:04 - Mafia II: Definitive Edition

1:29:31 - Deep Rock Galactic

1:39:35 - Outro

Well E3 certainly happened this year.

This week, Jay and Frosti do a wrap up on E3 much to Frosti's dismay. We go through most of our favourite announcements and rip on Nintendo because of course we did. After that we dive into the games we've been playing which includes the classic Gale of Darkness alongside CrossCode, Mini Metro, and Griftlands.

If you’d like to reach out with questions you can contact us through our social channels.

As always, thanks for listening and stay frosty.

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - E3 Microsoft/Bethesda

0:05:43 - E3 Nintendo

0:27:00 - E3 Square Enix + IP Address Bug in Avengers

0:33:19 - E3 The Rest

Games We've Been Playing

0:46:29 - The Demo Reel

0:54:08 - Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness

1:02:45 - Griftlands

1:13:28 - CrossCode

1:21:08 - Mini Metro

1:27:39 - Mafia: Definitive Edition

1:40:19 - Outro

Crunch? Get that shit outta here!

This week on Frosty Canucks Jason and Frosti dive into crunch with the recent announcement that Insomniac developed Ratchet and Clank with no crunch. We've got some insider anecdotes that you'll want to hear. As well as that we talk about the strangely controversial announcement that Battlefield 2042 will only feature multiplayer. Following that it's the games we've been playing with a heavy focus on Jason's recent time playing Resident Evil 4 and Frosti's continued foray into Them's Fightin' Herds.

If you’d like to reach out with questions you can contact us through our social channels.

As always, thanks for listening and stay frosty.

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - Personal News

0:03:49 - Crunch - Not at Insomniac

0:22:57 - Battlefield 2042 Discussion About Multiplayer Only

0:40:31 - A Chive's Intermission

Games We've Been Playing

0:41:42 - The Variety Hour (that's not an hour)

0:54:59 - Monster Train

1:01:28 - Resident Evil 4

1:13:09 - Them's Fightin' Herds

1:27:08 - LEGO City Undercover

1:32:33 - Overboard! 

1:39:21 - Outro

Get your Doritos and Mountain Dew ready, gamers, cause it's once again E3!

No but seriously, fuck E3.

This week on the Frosty Canucks Jason and Frosti talk about news that has come out ahead of E3, but is still related to it. There will inevitably be a lot of game related announcements in the coming weeks so it's good some companies started early. On top of that we talk smack about Sony (again) and spend time talking about the games we've been playing. Entries this week include It Takes Two, Manifold Garden, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, and Cat Quest 2.

If you’d like to reach out with questions you can contact us through our social channels.

As always, thanks for listening and stay frosty.

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - The Chives Update

0:04:30 - Pre E3 News

0:31:03 - Sony

Games We've Been Playing

0:38:40 - It Takes Two (Spoilers)

0:50:36 - Cat Quest 2

0:55:45 - Cozy Grove

1:03:01 - Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (Spoilers)

1:14:12 - Monster Train

1:23:59 - Slime Rancher

1:33:36 - Manifold Garden

1:39:16 - Outro

We are once again asking for your full attention.

This week on Frosty Canucks Jason and Frosti discuss the recent announcement that Yakuza will remain a turn based RPG. While we were disappointed, we took the opportunity to discuss some of the changes we'd make to spice up the combat. In addition, there is talk of Ubisoft pivoting into free-to-play games and we take a deep dive into why licensed games are usually terrible.

And as per normal we go back and forth on what we've been playing. More Dark Souls, Caligula Effect, and Herds but this time they're joined by Celeste, Dishonored and more.

If you have any questions or topic suggestions you'd like to submit hit us up on any of our social channels.

As always, thanks for listening and stay Frosty.

Show notes to follow:

0:00:00 - Yakuza's Focus on Turned Based RPG Disappoints Us

0:17:55 - Ubisoft Changing Focus on Free to Play over Yearly AAA Releases

0:28:30 - Why Do Most Licensed Based Games Suck?

Games We've Been Playing

0:42:44 - Dishonored 2

0:54:19 - The Caligula Effect

1:00:14 - Mirror's Edge 

1:09:28 - Celeste

1:18:39 - Them's Fightin' Herds

1:29:41 - Dark Souls Remastered

1:36:36 - Cozy Grove

1:40:13 - Outro