Hey Poor Podcast

Also featuring an opening discussion about Ghostbusters and Pixels, a shoddy Uncharted clone, and another round of Adam Foster’s worst voices.

This week on the Hey Poor Podcast, Jay “Garfield” Petrequin, Adam “Marmaduke” Foster, and Caleb “Heathcliff” Turner talk about the newest deluge of rumors on the NX. Is it a handheld device first? How does the rumored Bluetooth-friendly controller scheme work? Jay tells work stories. Caleb starts a film podcast. Adam reports about No Mans Sky.

You don’t need to plug your phone into your TV to read these talking points: NX rumors, the quandary of handheld systems, the nigh-endless tide of Wii shovelware, Nintendo game sales, the Atari apocalypse, Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta, how to not make a game console fail, thrilling adventures in a No Mans Sky stream, Inside, Limbo, DOOM, Overwatch‘s new character and changes, World of Warcraft, Starbound, Furi, Human: Fall Flat, Type:Rider, and Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Music for this episode includes Get Jinxed! – Neku Remix, Lone Digger by Caravan Palace, and VGR’s Steven Universe Dance of Swords remix.

Have a question or coded message for the Hey Poor Podcast? Send it in to our chasm of letters at [email protected]!

The Hey Poor Podcast can be found and subscribed to on iTunes and Stitcher. In addition to the website, Hey Poor Player can be found in page and group form on Facebook, screeching away like alarmed barn owls on Twitter, creating Let’s Play and video review goodness on Youtube, and playing away for your entertainment on Twitch. Jay started a webcomic called Black Basin. Check out Ser’s work on Bullet Heaven, and at Press Pause Radio. You can also follow us each individually on Twitter: Jay – Adam – Gary – Jonathan – Ser – Alex –Mike – Caleb

What are the best games of 2016 so far, and why is Pokemon Go so fun?

 

Jay “Star War” Petrequin, Adam “Non-Star War” Foster, and Caleb “Starred Review of Star Wars” Turner hop onto the mic to talk about the best (and possibly worst) video games of 2016 thus far. We also talk a whole bunch about Pokemon Go, the new Overwatch character and buffs, and old reviews we wrote long ago. Jay confuses Genji and Hanzo. Adam has an extremely loud fan in the room. Caleb cuddles into a nice Turkey Blanket.

Gotta catch all these talking points: Klaus, Popolocrois, Dark Souls 3, The Division, XCOM 2, Uncharted 4, Total War Warhammer, Total War Rome II, The Flame and the Flood, Overwatch, Severed, the sad saga of Kingdoms of Amalur, Pokemon Go, Kerbal Space Program, World of Warcraft, Disney Infinity 3.0, Carmageddon, Three Fourths Home.

Music for this episode includes tracks from Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE and Pokemon Go, as well as the track “Overworld” by Kubbi.

Have a question or coded message for the Hey Poor Podcast? Send it in to our chasm of letters [email protected]!

The Hey Poor Podcast can be found and subscribed to on iTunes and Stitcher. In addition to the website, Hey Poor Player can be found in page and group form on Facebook, screeching away like alarmed barn owls on Twitter, creating Let’s Play and video review goodness on Youtube, and playing away for your entertainment on Twitch. Jay started a webcomic called Black Basin. Check out Ser’s work on Bullet Heaven, and at Press Pause Radio. You can also follow us each individually on Twitter: Jay – Adam – Gary – Jonathan – Ser – Alex – Mike – Caleb

 

Second Life is a strange and often beautiful place.

 

This week on the Hey Poor Podcast, Jay “Flapjack Nickelsack” Petrequin, Caleb “Shortstack Paddywhack” Turner, Jonathan “Bad Back Heart Attack” Trussler, and Adam “The Bassist from Nickelback” Foster come together to talk about the announcement of Bioshock: The Collection, debate about which trip to sea or sky comes out lasting the best, hold a miniature funeral for Mighty No 9, talk about old games with new sequels, and get led down a rabbit hold of Second Life mistakes well made. Jay makes political jokes. Caleb plays with Legos. Jonathan drives the entire UK into the antarctic. Adam comes in late.

Talking points, fresh from farm to table: Bioshock: The Collection, Mighty No 9, Bloodstained, A Hat in Time, Kickstarter as a whole, Shenmue 3, Full Mojo Rampage, Uncharted 4, Batman: Arkham Knight, Adam West-era Batman, Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Second Life, Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart, mods gone horribly wrong, and remasters gone utterly “meh.”

Music for this episode includes tracks from Bioshock Infinite, Mighty No 9, and Jesper Kyd.

Have a question or coded message for the Hey Poor Podcast? Send it in to our chasm of letters at [email protected]!

The Hey Poor Podcast can be found and subscribed to on iTunes and Stitcher. In addition to the website, Hey Poor Player can be found in page and group form on Facebook, screeching away like alarmed barn owls on Twitter, creating Let’s Play and video review goodness on Youtube, and playing away for your entertainment on Twitch. Jay started a webcomic called Black Basin. Check out Ser’s work on Bullet Heaven, and at Press Pause Radio. You can also follow us each individually on Twitter: Jay – Adam – Gary – Jonathan – Ser – Alex – Mike – Caleb

In which Frank gets hacked in real time.

 

Jay “References to Previous Episodes” Petrequin, Francis “Time to make Sounds in the Microphone” DiPersio and Anthony “I Can’t Wait to Look Up Digimon Hentai Later” Spivey come together in the wake of E3 2016 to recap, reflect, and alliterate ad nauseum. Jay gives everyone funny names. Frank gets hacked. Anthony is a real life anime girl. If I were to describe a list of talking points, they might looks like: the atmosphere of this year’s E3, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Dishonored 2, Microsoft’s Project Scorpio and the rise of stop-gap consoles, a new Dead Rising that seems to remember to be fun, the obnoxious fact that zombie games STILL will not stop happening, the quality-versus quantity of The Last Guardian, the beauty of South Park: The Fractured but Whole, the immortal ghost of Tom Clancy, the wild call of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the importance of those little ribbons, a bunch of JRPGs, Overwatch, and Grand Kingdom.

Music for this episode comes from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Trials of the Blood Dragon, and The Quick Brown Fox.

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The Hey Poor Podcast can be found and subscribed to on iTunes and Stitcher. In addition to the website, Hey Poor Player can be found in page and group form on Facebook, screeching away like alarmed barn owls on Twitter, creating Let’s Play and video review goodness on Youtube, and playing away for your entertainment on Twitch. Jay started a webcomic called Black Basin. Check out Ser’s work on Bullet Heaven, and at Press Pause Radio. You can also follow us each individually on Twitter: Jay – Adam – Gary – Jonathan – Ser – Alex – Mike – Caleb

The crew makes a comeback by talking E3 plans, VR, the success of Overwatch, and German people.   This week on the Hey Poor Podcast, Jay “The Youngest Old Person” Petrequin, Adam “I Gotta Get Something to Drink” Foster, and Caleb “Have You Met My Friend Evan” Turner dust off the old microphones and get down to business. It’s E3 season, which means it’s time to get sad about the strange state of Nintendo, and curious about the future of VR. Jay calls Adam out. Adam channels his inner Drumpf. Caleb is everybody’s new best friend. Actual goshdarn talking points include E3, the state of Nintendo and the NX, dumb naming conventions, the validity of VR, the inherent inconvenience of North Carolina, Bethesda filling their…

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Who is the Playstation Neo targeted for? What are the next big games of 2016 we’re looking most forward to? Have I shown you my custom vape pen inside a Wii remote?   This week on the Hey Poor Podcast, Jay “Wheeze Wizard” Petrequin, Adam “Loud Cloud” Foster and Mike “Draggin’ Dragon” Vito talk about the Playstation Neo, what it is, and who it’s really for. They also wonder how E3 will look like as this console generation semi-resets, remember the golden age of Nintendo-platform shovelware, regroup on our most anticipated games for the rest of 2016, and get weird on vaping. Jay gives a spoiler about being a human being. Adam reveals some choice TV resolution secrets. Mike just wants to get a cool VR box.…

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Daytona Till Death! Several days late and beyond explanation, Jay, Kevin and Jonathan bring you another goddamn episode of the Hey Poor Podcast. Just enjoy. We promise we’ll be back on a normal schedule next week. The Hey Poor Podcast can be found and subscribed to on iTunes and Stitcher. In addition to the website, Hey Poor Player can be found in page and group form on Facebook, screeching away like alarmed barn owls on Twitter, trying and failing to create anything worth watching on Youtube, and playing away for your entertainment on Twitch. Jay started a webcomic called Black Basin. Check out Ser’s work on Bullet Heaven, and at Press Pause Radio. You can also follow us each individually on Twitter: Jay – Adam – Gary – Jonathan – Ser – Alex – Mike

A last word on the Coleco Chameleon, and some choice words for reactionary game culture.   Some Super 3D Talking Points: The last breath of the Coleco Chameleon. Baldur’s Gate and Transphobia in games. Super 3D Noah’s Ark. Gears of War 4. Uncharted 4. Dragon’s Crown. Muramasa: Rebirth. Spec Ops: The Line. Blacklight Retribution. El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. Bioshock Infinite. Limbo. Borderlands. Sunset Overdrive. The Division. Okami. Overwatch. Cross-generational series survival. Pokken Tournament. Speedrunners. Dungeon Defenders. SMITE. Goat Simulator. iCarly and the importance of recycling. The Golden Compass. A Series of Unfortunate Events which, believe it or not, is the better of the two as movie adaptation games. Danganronpa. Rainbow Six: Siege. Elder Scrolls Online. Rocket League. ARK. Dying Light: The Following. Miitomo. Fallout 4‘s Automatron DLC. Final Fantasy XIV. Final Fantasy…

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Get some buddies together and show them how they kicked ass back in your day, in the roaring ’20s!   Some slap-tastic talking points; Slapfriends. Planet Licker. Miitomo. The five games each of us would play on a desert island. Minecraft. Sims torture. Flappy Bird. The possibility of an upcoming retro game market crash. The fiasco with that Anamanaguchi game. The hardest bosses we’ve ever fought. Super Meat Boy. Metal Gear Solid V. Xenoblade Chronicles. Half-Life 2: Episode 2. Bloodborne. The vacuous glory of the Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon arcade cabinet. Lego Dimensions. Dead or Alive Extreme 3. Blues and Bullets: Episode 2. Dragon Age 2. Stardew Valley. Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright. Broforce. Pokken Tournament. Jay Petrequin, Francis DiPersio, Mike Vito and Alex Lupella are joined by John Ceceri (previously seen as Adam Brooker), to talk…

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Feel like playing the new Mario? Time to fire up the ol’ football head. Warning: this podcast contains spoilers for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Persona 4 and Xenoblade Chronicles. Be forewarned. Some possibly photoshopped talking points: NX fake controller. Playstation VR. Oculus Rift demo games. The distressing vortex of game console sales numbers. Minecraft addictions. Batman: Arkham Knight‘s terrible DLC. Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice‘s terrible existence. MMOs are like episodic games. Episodic Hitman. Final Fantasy 7. Persona 3 and Persona 4. A Link to the Past. Link’s Awakening. Ocarina of Time. The entire ridiculous plot of Xenoblade Chronicles. NHL for SEGA Genesis. Bloodborne. Contra. Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet. Technobabylon. The Last Door: Season 2. Stardew Valley. Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright. Day of the Tentacle. Nights of Azure. Destiny. Cool Redbox hacks. Final Fantasy X/X-2/ Lost Odyssey. Jay Petrequin, Adam Foster and…

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