OK Beast Podcast - Video Games and Culture

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew discusses the Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla announcement and where they’d like to see the series go, Predator: Hunting Grounds hands-on impressions, and Streets of Rage 4 and how the game hearkens back to the original games while modernizing several aspects of the series. While discussing this week’s news, the guys discuss Indivisible’s launch on the Nintendo Switch unbeknownst to the developers of the game, and finally, updated release dates for The Last of Us Part II and Ghosts of Tsushima.

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The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

News: 

Indivisible launches on Nintendo Switch without developer’s knowledge

Release Date Updates For The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Everything we know

What’s Up:

The crew has been playing the following games this week: Streets of Rage 4, Predator: Hunting Grounds, Final Fantasy 7

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Ryan Othman asks, “What are your gaming classics that are a must play? Some of my must play classics are Super Mario World and Chrono Trigger.”

Kayla Jouete asks, “Would you want to see more “cult” style gameplay in AC in Valhalla? If so, how do you think it could be implemented with Vikings? #OKBP”

Jason Hales asks, “How does it feel to have @BlessingJr own you in Predator: Hunting Grounds?   #teambless Also do you think in AC we will get to use a hammer as a weapon?”

Clint Gilmore asks, “What changes and/or additions would you like to see in Animal Crossing? I’d love for Isabelle to give a weather forecast in the morning and say when merchants are visiting.”

Cly asks, “What are each of y’all most likely to to become famous for? (but everyone else has to decide for each other)”

 

The OK Beast Crew gathers for a special one-off episode of Pixel Pulse Radio, wherein Brandon and Alex discuss attending a Travis Scott Fortnite Concert, modding Skyrim on PC, building new gaming computers, and a Nintendo security breach. The step-father-son duo take a look back games released in May of 2010 during a special segment, which included Red Dead Redemption and Splinter Cell: Conviction. Lastly, the guys play a great round of JRPG or Fake? and answer the community’s questions.

The OK Beast Podcast sounds a little different this week. In case you missed it, during our 2019 Extra Life stream, we raised over $4,100 for charity; and one of the fundraising milestones we crushed was a one-shot Pixel Pulse Radio takeover of the OK Beast Podcast. So for this week only, my step-dad Brandon and I return to the 1-on-1 step-father-son format that got us into podcasting back in 2015.

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The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

What We’ve Been Playing:

* Modding Skyrim on PC

* Animal Crossing: New Horizons

* Building and Upgrading Gaming PC’s

News:

Over 12 Million People Just Watched A Wild Travis Scott Show In Fortnite

Nintendo Confirms Around 160,000 Accounts Breached

10 Years Ago This Month: 

We take a look back at the industry happenings and game releases back in April and May of 2010, with highlights such as Red Dead Redemption, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction, and the original Xbox’s discontinuation of Xbox Live support.

JRPG or Fake?

We play one of our favorite games from the Pixel Pulse Radio days, JRPG or Fake?, which combines Brandon’s lack of JRPG knowledge with some complex-sounding titles from the genre.

Listener Questions (Hit us up on Twitter, [email protected])

Cly asks, “Describe your favorite game using one word”

Alex O’Neill asks, “Do you think many games getting pushed back will make us super excited for them when the come up finally, or make us maybe reassess it all and more apathetic?”

Josh Manansala asks, “Do you guys ever miss the pre-okbeast days? Less responsibility, focusing on the one podcast, just being the 2 of you?”

Ian asks, “Which meme is your favorite and why”

Ryan Othman asks, “what do you think of an OKBeast Minecraft Server?”

Adam Leonhardt asks, “When is Brandon going to pay me back? And is Alex watching that stupid Bachelor music show? I can’t bring myself to watch it…”

We’ll see you next week for a [more] normal OK Beast Podcast!

 

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew is joined by Uppercut’s Kayla Jouet to discuss VALORANT hands-on impressions, the opening hours of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, returning to Persona 5 Royal, XCOM: Chimera Squad launching this week, and more.

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The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

News: 

A New XCOM Game is Coming Out Next Week

World of Warcraft Fan Servers Unleashes Days-Long Virtual Plague to Teach Covid-19 Prevention

What’s Up:

The crew has been playing the following games this week: VALORANT closed beta, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Persona 5 Royal, Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Cly asks, “Which video game world would you most want to vacation in?”

Clint Gilmore: If you could design your own Animal Crossing villager to live in your town, what would it be like? Name, animal, personality, etc.

Ryan othman: JRPG, Strategy RPG, Western RPG. You only get to keep one, which subgenre survives?

Eduardo Santana asks, “Did Alex have to kill someone to get that VALORANT code?”

Cesar asks, “What do you think about Valorant’s potential to be an esport? Is the game varied from CS:GO enough to be its own entity or do you think there will be some competition there?”

Troy asks, “Help! have a backlog of games to play and need some help prioritizing: Zelda BOTW (currently playing), the last of us, uncharted 4, shadow of colossus, Titanfall 2 and God of War.. I’m taking an apex break until I get these done!”

Barrett Courtney asks, “Based off of this picture, which Final Fantasy character would you make Ian cosplay as?”

 

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew discusses the weird marketing behind Resident Evil Resistance, Sony’s reveal of the DualSense PS5 controller, Cooking Mama’s strange disappearance from the Nintendo eShop, comic books that should be re-imagined as video games, & more.

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The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

News: 

Introducing DualSense, the New Wireless Game Controller for PlayStation 5

The bizarre controversy behind Cooking Mama: Cookstar

What’s Up:

The guys have been playing the following games this week: Resident Evil: Resistance, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and maybe one day – Valorant

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Mikey Phillips asks, “What would y’all do for a Valorant code?”

Ryan Othman asks, “Microsoft recently lowered Xbox One X’s price to $300. What do you think that signals about the price of the Series X? I think it might cost five hundred ninety nine US dollars.”

Clint Gilmore asks, “Easter being this weekend got me thinking…what’s your biggest gamer sin?”

Ed Santana asks, “I recently finished FE: Three Houses and was wondering, what are your favourite JRPGs of all time? Chrono Trigger and Octopath Traveller have gotta be up there for me.”

Andrew Cogswell asks, “Could the OKB boys survive quarantine together?”

Cly asks, “What is something you’ve completely memorized?”

 

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew discusses Half-Life: Alyx impressions, reports of several 3D Mario games coming to Nintendo Switch in 2020, The Last of Us 2 being delayed indefinitely due to COVID-19, and the awesome universe of Supergiant Games’ roguelite, Hades.

Follow us on Twitter: Alex, Brandon, Ian, OK Beast

The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

News: 

Over 50,000 people have been banned from Call of Duty: Warzone

Watch this 60 second clip of a cheater in CoD

Sony has delayed The Last of Us Part II & Iron Man VR Until Further Notice

Sources: Despite Huge Sales, Borderlands 3 Developers Are Getting Stiffed On Bonuses

Sources: Nintendo Switch 2020 line-up dominated by Mario games old and new

What’s Up:

The guys have been playing the following games this week: Half-Life: Alyx, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Hades

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Ryan Othman asks, “Now that there are even more rumors of a new Paper Mario game, will you (Ian) finally accept that Paper Mario would be a great addition to smash and will be in the second fighters pass?”

Eduardo Santana asks, “Mario Galaxy 1 or 2? You have to choose 1.”

Clint Gilmore asks, “ Just saw that Rogue Legacy 2 was announced, which got me thinking: what acclaimed indie game do you want to see a sequel to most?”

Mr. Bad Bit asks, “First time long time! Question: i LOVE  my PSVR! But, Half Life Alyx has me tempted. Do you think it’s worth the investment of a VR Headset or is it possible we’ll see this game for PSVR or its successor in the future?”

Alex Felker asks, “No question. Just a sending of my love to you and your families. Please stay safe and know you’re loved”

Cly asks, “You’ve been given an elephant. You can’t get rid of it. What would you do with it?”

 

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew is joined by Luis Alamilla for an Animal Crossing: New Horizons deep dive. The guys also discuss DOOM Eternal, Epic Games’ new game publishing label, and a recap of last week’s surprise Nintendo Direct Mini.

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The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

News: 

Epic launches publishing label, signs creators behind Control, Inside, and The Last Guardian 

A Nintendo Direct Mini Has Just Been Shadow-Dropped, Watch It Here

What’s Up:

The guys have been playing the following games this week: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, DOOM Eternal, Hades

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Andrew Cogswell asks, “How do you guys feel about Animal Crossings more linear approach to expansion this time around? I personally love it and it’s brought me into the series unlike other games that have never really done it for me.”

Caitlin Galiz-Rowe asks, “Who is the best villager and why is it Roald?”

Ryan Othman asks, “Do you think Nintendo will do something about the crazy amount of loading associated with AC multiplayer?”

PixelBrave asks, “How do you guys handle decision paralysis? I have tons of awesome games with me that never get played bc I can never choose”

Joshua asks, “Would you rather have loads of time to play games, but only be allowed to buy 1 a year…. Or have very little time to play, but be able to own several games a year??”

Austin Ernst asks, “Do you think more devs should embrace releasing at the same time like Doom and Animal Crossing did? It seemed to work out for them, but it could be because they are both pretty big titles already.” 

 

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew discusses revisiting Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, a newly announced RPG called Sea of Stars, PlayStation 5 tech specs, GameStop refusing to close down amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, and video games to relax to.

Follow us on Twitter: Alex, Brandon, Ian, OK Beast

The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

News:

Sea of Stars is a retro RPG that’s part of an indie cinematic universe

Physical Copies Of Final Fantasy VII Remake May Be Delayed Due To Pandemic

GameStop says it’s an ‘essential’ retail service, should stay open during pandemic

Here Are The PlayStation 5’s Technical Specs

Nintendo just announced a bunch of new indie games are coming to the Switch

Topic of the Show:

The OK Beast Podcast crew polls our audience for their video games to relax to and reads them off on the show.

What’s Up:

The guys have been playing the following games this week: Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Sea of Thieves, Divinity Original Sin 2

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Chase Williams asks, “Ian loves to throw around the word gamer and the comedy that comes from this is quite enjoyable. However, I want to ask Ian, and the rest of you if Ian’s response is silly, what actually defines what a gamer? What makes someone a gamer? How do we know one when we see one?“

Austin Ernst asks, “What is the first game you remember beating (rolling credits)? Does it have a special place in your heart or is it just another game to you? Mine is Sonic the Hedgehog. I will always remember beating it an d not understanding why there wasn’t more.“

Cly asks, “Do y’all hit the crosswalk button once, or repeatedly until it yells at you?”

Zeke Herman asks, “Why are people buying so much toilet paper?”

Paul Warren asks, “Does Neir Automata count as an (J)RPG or an action game?”

 

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew discusses Call of Duty Warzone and its differences from other battle royale games, E3’s cancellation which includes a reported WB Games conference wherein the publisher was planning to show off their Batman and Harry Potter games, Reggie Fils-Aime joining GameStop’s Board of Directors, and leaks that point to a new Tony Hawk Pro Skater game coming in 2020.

Follow us on Twitter: Alex, Brandon, Ian, OK Beast

The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

News:

E3 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak

Reggie Fils-Aimé joins GameStop’s board of directors

Another leak points to new Tony Hawk game arriving later this year

Report: Warner Bros. planned on unveiling new Batman and Harry Potter games at E3 2020

Topic of the Show:

The OK Beast Podcast crew discusses the cancelled WB Games E3 conference that the video game publisher was planning to show off the latest Batman video game, a Harry Potter title, and whatever RockSteady is working on.

What’s Up:

The guys have been playing the following games this week: Call of Duty Warzone, Portal, and Minecraft.

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Alex Felker asks,“Do you think Reggie joining GameStop’s board will help in any way or is this just an attempt to appease stockholders and slow the bleeding? In relation to this with the COVID 19 outbreak in full swing do you foresee these next gen launches continuing to move forward. Further more does this further impact GameStop. Do you think GameStop will actually survive this holiday season with no console gen boost?”

Ryan Othman asks, “Every battle royal seems to have its own gimmick/addition. What does Warzone bring to the table that other BR games don’t?”

Ed Santana asks, “If you had a gaming company and could have 6 people on your board, any living person, who would you want on it?”

Clint Gilmore asks, “What would be easier for Reggie to fix: Gamestop or America?”

Barrett Courtney asks, “Tony Hawk Battle Royale. Discuss.”

Andrew Cogswell asks, “Did any of you go through a skater phase? I feel like Alex and Ian might have.” 

 

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew discusses the best PlayStation 2 games in light of the console’s 20th anniversary, Final Fantasy 7 Remake demo impressions, stories from the new horror multiplayer game, Hunt: Showdown, GDC getting cancelled due to coronavirus concerns; and lastly, Riot’s new team-based FPS game, Valorant.

Follow us on Twitter: Alex, Brandon, Ian, OK Beast

The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

News:

GDC cancelled

The Last of Us TV series in the works

Riot Games Officially Unveils Valorant

Valorant: Everything we know about Riot Games’ new shooter

Topic of the Show:

We share our picks for the best PlayStation 2 games in light of the console’s 20th anniversary.

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Michael Hammond asks, “Who you got for the roles of Joel + Ellie? Saw someone suggest Kaitlyn Dever + Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and now I don’t want anyone else!”

Mikey asks, “If you could revive one ps2 series in 2020 what would it be?“

Ryan writes in, “The Dark Cloud games were fantastic on PS2. Wonderful worlds, and interesting characters.”

Kam Konek asks, “If you could wipe your memory and play any PS2 game for the first time again, what would it be and why?”

Ryan Marshall asks, “Did y’all position your PS2 vertically or horizontally?”

Paul Warren asks, “Does driving for Uber count as an MMO?”

 

On this week’s OK Beast Podcast, the crew discusses our most anticipated indie games of 2020 – including games like Sludge Life, Carrion, Eastward, and Sports Story. The guys also discuss Xbox Smart Delivery, Baldur’s Gate 3 gameplay reveal, getting addicted to Tetris 99, and experiencing The Witcher 3 all over again on Nintendo Switch.

Follow us on Twitter: Alex, Brandon, Ian, OK Beast

The OK Beast Podcast is OKBeast.com’s weekly show dedicated to the biggest topics in video games and culture. If you enjoyed the show and would like to help us out, please review and subscribe to the OK Beast Podcast by visiting our page on the podcast platform of your choice.

Catch up on recent episodes here. Receive special perks by supporting us monthly at Patreon.com/OKBeast. As always, thank you for your support.

News:

What is Xbox Smart Delivery on Xbox Series X?

Baldur’s Gate 3 Gameplay Reveal

New Mythic Pokemon Announced 

5 Most Popular Pokemon of 2020 

Street Fighter 5 Netcode debacle

Atlus Reveals Video Recording Guidelines For Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers

Topic of the Show:

In the spirit of PAX East, which happened this past weekend, the discusses our most anticipated indie games of 2020!

Listener Questions (Tweet Us or Email [email protected]):

Alec Bobko asks, “With a lot of the big name companies pulling out of PAX and GDC, how do you think things will work out for E3? I heard last night that if things continue the way they are, the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be cancelled!”

Joshua asks, “Which in game economy would you use to replace the current one in place in the USA????”

Clint Gilmore asks, “When do you guys think we will see a Nintendo Direct detailing the ll company’s plans for this year and when do you think we will see the big unveiling of the PS5?”

TRS asks, “Which has a better open world map, Skyrim, The Witcher 3, or RDR2, and why? What do each of them do that makes them unique in terms of topography and/or layout? Is one better at engagement than another?”

Sam asks, “Question: do we think Sword/Shield DLC is going to be in lieu of a third/special edition game ala Ultra Sun and Moon?”

Michael Hammond asks “First time caller. Is Xbox poised to be the leader of the next generation? Thanks for answering, I’ll hang up and listen to the answer”

Ryan Othman asks, “What is your favorite order from Sonic?”

Luis Alamilla asks, “Best Crush 40 song? Indies that made you cry?”

Paul Warren asks, “If you were a Nintendo executive, how would you plan a cinematic universe?”