Halcyon Frequency Podcast

It’s the Halcyon Podcast Holiday Special! Blind, Kiri and Suwey talk about holiday adventures and share their Christmas memories. Plus the usual games and news! 

Dwarf Fortress: https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

Project zomboid: https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/

Kynseed:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/758870/Kynseed/

Vampire Survivors: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794680/Vampire_Survivors/

Train Valley 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/602320/Train_Valley_2/

News:

Risk of Rain Returns - A Final Farewell

https://www.pcgamer.com/risk-of-rain-returns-is-a-whole-new-game-and-final-farewell-from-hopoo-games/ 

Gamers Move To Block Microsoft Activision Deal

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/gamers-sue-to-block-microsoft-activision-deal/culture-news/twitter-suspends-mastodon-account-1234648316/

Blind, Drongo and Jess return to talk about more Dorfs, Dyeing hair, and whether MMORPGs are a metaverse

Games:

Dwarf Fortress

https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

CS:GO

https://store.steampowered.com/app/730/CounterStrike_Global_Offensive/

F1 2022

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1692250/F1_22/

BeamNG 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/284160/BeamNGdrive/

Wurm Online

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1179680/Wurm_Online/

News: 

Henry Cavill signs onto a Warhammer project with Amazon

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/12/16/warhammer-starring-henry-cavill/

Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core Remake accidentally makes Getty images canon

https://www.kotaku.com/ff7-remake-crisis-core-painting-watermark-getty-mistake-1849890673

Competing social media platform Mastodon is suspended on Twitter

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/twitter-suspends-mastodon-account-1234648316/

Blind, Drongo and Jess strike the earth as they discuss the launch of Dwarf Fortress, their favourite trailers from The Game Awards, and Drongo and Jess admit to being behind in popular culture.

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2186680/Warhammer_40000_Rogue_Trader/

Dwarf Fortress

https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

Recap of the 2022 Game Awards

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/zgmcfc/the_game_awards_2022_recap/

In this episode Arch, Drongo and Suwey are joined by the wonderful Hekimae as they recap the 

RimWorld Hot Potato Charity event, talk about Heki’s death count in Elden Ring, and Arch’s accidental boomer words

Check out Hekimae at twitch.tv/hekimae

Suweys Interview with Tynan is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaqYff8kEs8

You can still donate to the hot potato here: 

https://tiltify.com/+hot-potato-charity-event-2022/potato

Games Discussed

Elden Ring: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1245620/ELDEN_RING/

Zero Sievert: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1782120/ZERO_Sievert/

Slime Rancher 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1657630/Slime_Rancher_2/

Not Tonight: https://store.steampowered.com/app/733790/Not_Tonight/

Pokemon Scarlet/Violet: https://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-us/

40k Darktide: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1361210/Warhammer_40000_Darktide/

Project zomboid: https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/

News

D&D Celebrates 50 years with LEGO Ideas:

https://nerdist.com/article/dungeons-dragons-lego-set-50th-anniversary-voting-wizards-of-the-coast/

Heroes of Might and Magic III board game raises over €3,000,000:

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/heroes-of-might-and-magic-iii-the-board-game-is-6000-over-its-kickstarter-target

US Esports army plans to pay streamers and break into the Gen-Z market

https://www.vice.com/en/article/ake884/us-army-pay-streamers-millions-call-of-duty

FG, Kiri and Blind catch up and talk about the hot potato currently underway, Blind visiting Las Vegas and catching up with Woahh_Jess, and the dangers of letting the Australians host the podcast. 

Donate to the hot potato! 

https://tiltify.com/+hot-potato-charity-event-2022/potato/donate

Zero Sievert

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1782120/ZERO_Sievert/

Crysis - Remastered

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2096610/Crysis_3_Remastered/

Dwarf Fortress

https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

Against the Storm

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/

Soulstone Survivors

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2066020/Soulstone_Survivors/

Endless Dungeon

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1485590/ENDLESS_Dungeon/

Flat Eye

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1358840/Flat_Eye/

Gearbox now owns risk of rain IP

https://twitter.com/RiskofRain/status/1593242555214241796 

Blizzard announces their withdrawal from China

https://twitter.com/Wowhead/status/1593070477958086661

https://www.wowhead.com/news/netease-response-and-impact-of-blizzard-shutdown-in-china-329951 

Special guest Greta Doucette from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières joins Blind and Suwey as they talk about the Rimworld Hot Potato charity challenge, what it's achieved, and what the hopes are for this year! 

Learn more about Doctors Without Borders

https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/what-we-do

Find the schedule

https://twitter.com/HalcyonMHz/status/1590557191249223680

Talk about the potato

https://discord.gg/88xcR437be

Save the event in your calendar

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=ZTRmMjNmZTg1N2FiYThjNTgwNjg2ODRmYTk0NjM0NGU2ZGU2ODQ3ODIwZDA2NDQzYTBiZWIzMDczMzc1YWZhYkBncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t

While Blind's away the Aussies play! Arch and Drongo are joined by guest host ReneeSky as they talk about growing up in rural Australia, Drongo and Renee embarking on a new podcast journey, and recognising dirt in Geoguessr

Check out Tea & Tales by ReneeSky and BloodyDrongo here:

https://open.spotify.com/show/76s0TEFGDM2e1WSDkT49Kl?si=c5f2922b60e9443e

Games Discussed

Yakuza 0

https://store.steampowered.com/app/638970/Yakuza_0/

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

https://store.steampowered.com/app/261550/Mount__Blade_II_Bannerlord/

Wurm Online

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1179680/Wurm_Online/

Magic Axolotl

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2150700/Magic_Axolotl/

Tinkertown

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1276660/Tinkertown/

Against the Storm

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/Against_the_Storm/

Rimworld

https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/

Farthest Frontier

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1044720/Farthest_Frontier/

Blind, Belannaer and Suwey talk about how RGB lights have taken over PC's, the finer points of zombie slaying, and the Hot Potato announcements start rolling out! 

The First Men

https://store.steampowered.com/app/700820/TFM_The_First_Men/

Endoparasitic

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2124780/Endoparasitic/

Boneraiser Minions

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1944570/Boneraiser_Minions/

Rimworld

https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/

Rogue: Genesia

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2067920/Rogue__Genesia/

Gotham Knights

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1496790/Gotham_Knights/

Project Zomboid

https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/Project_Zomboid/

Potionomics

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874490/Potionomics/

News:

New Steam recommended regional pricing

https://steamdb.info/blog/valve-price-matrix-2022-update/

Square Enix says that the Japanese market is no longer sufficient enough to recoup their investments, making the global market now the priority.

https://mynintendonews.com/2022/10/29/square-enix-japanese-market-no-longer-sufficient-enough-to-recoup-investment-global-market-now-the-priority/

Square kills Parasite eve.

https://www.polygon.com/23438504/parasite-eve-symbiogenesis-square-enix-trademark-nft-web3

Embracer has shut down Onoma, formerly Square Enix Montreal:

https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1587513793663434752

In this Episode, Blind and BloodyDrongo are joined by Tekkud as they talk about toasters being built to last, Dwarf Fortress, the wonders of Rimworld and its DLC, and gamer vegetables.

Games Discussed:

Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

https://store.steampowered.com/app/799600/Cosmoteer_Starship_Architect__Commander/

Dwarf Fortress: 

http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

Coming soon on steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

Rimworld:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/RimWorld/

Rimworld - Biotech DLC

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1826140/RimWorld__Biotech/

Stranded: Alien Dawn

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1324130/Stranded_Alien_Dawn/

The Mortuary Assistant

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1295920/The_Mortuary_Assistant/

Space Station 14

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1255460/Space_Station_14/

Youtube adds Tabs for shorts/live/videos

https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/27/youtube-redesign-gives-long-form-videos-shorts-and-live-videos-their-own-tabs-on-channel-pages/

F1 Manager Support Ends 2 Months After Launch.

https://www.reddit.com/r/F1Manager/comments/yerv8w/news_on_next_update_and_the_future_of_f1_manager/

Fs for Miniclip: https://www.pcgamer.com/miniclip-home-of-childhood-nostalgia-is-finally-dead/

In time with ADHD Awareness month, Arch, FG and Jess join together for a special themed episode about ADHD!

Listen in on a sometimes raw discussion as they talk about their path from childhood through to diagnosis, their experiences and their struggles as neurodivergent content creators and people.