Special guest host Meredith Targaryen joins Cody and Jon to talk all things Dragon Age: Inquisition, including an overall perspective on the series. Plus: more Hyrule Warriors, and Cody talks a bit about the indie games he played at Itty Bitty Bash in Chicago.

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Show Notes:

* Jon insists that he can “check in” and “get badges” on Twitter, which is asinine

* Cody introduces special guest host Meredith Targaryen, who loves dragons

* Meredith is literally the only girl in the universe who plays video games

* Meredith reviews Dragon Age: Inquisition and talks about the Dragon Age series with Jon, who has actually played games in the series before

* On Dragon Age 2: “It’s the worst video game I’ve ever played in my life”

* Also, “every Pokemon is awesome”

* Explanation of how Inquisition is bringing the series into the “modern day” gaming world by implementing Farmville-like systems and “bite-sized” quest content that makes it easier to pick up and play

* Cody presses Meredith on the burning question: what does she think of Frieza’s new look in the new Dragon Ball Z Movie: Revival of F Official Trailer

* Cody talks about how he has become completely obsessed with Hyrule Warriors, and Jon continues to insist that it is not a “good” game even though it’s really fun

* Jon was invited to the Heroes of the Storm closed beta, and it’s VERY different from League of Legends and DotA thus far

* Cody went to an event called Itty Bitty Bash, a small showcase of multiplayer indie games in Chicago, and touches on a few of the games:

* A Fistful of Gun (Farmergnome)

* Wormball (Chris Wade)

* Extreme Exorcism (Golden Ruby Games)

* Lethal League (Team Reptile)

* Slam City Oracles (Jane Friedhoff)

* SpeedRunners (DoubleDutch Games)

* Cody goes into actual detail about SpeedRunners, which was easily his favorite game at the event

* Cody tries to entice Meredith into playing Hyrule Warriors multiplayer

* In-depth conversation about Cody’s hair and the new Frieza

* Jon celebrated his son’s first birthday over the weekend! Happy birthday!

* What the hell is a truffle mocha?

* After breaking once again, Cody is completely done with his Microsoft LifeCam

* Exciting announcement: Jon and Cody are shooting the pilot episode of a non-video-game-related project this week, available only on YouTube!

* KAKAROT!!!