Video Games Aren't Special (Episode 29) - a podcast by Pam and Riley
from 2017-05-01T14:00
Dia Lacina joins us this week to talk about a the ridiculous number of major video game releases over the last months, what we think of them and how we choose what to play.
What we've been up to (00:01:25)
- Nier Automata
- Persona 5
- Dark Souls 2: Scholars of the First Sins
- Yakuza 0
- Night in The Woods
- Overwatch
- Streaming Korean!
- Departures
- Bill Nye
- Handmaid's Tale
- Unravel
- Nier Automata
- Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
- Taken
- Nurse Jackie
- S Town
- The Rabbit
Too Many Games!! (00:42:55)
Big releases we talked about:
- FF15
- The Last Guardian - Cameron Kunzelman's article
- Watchdogs 2
- Dead Rising 4
- Resident Evil 7
- Yakuza 0
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- The Switch - Breath of the Wild
- Nier Automata (minor spoilers 01:34:00)
- Mass Effect (story spoilers @ 01:01:03) !!
- Persona 5
(01:08:00) How many complex storylines are you able to juggle mentally? Do you try to play multiple big games during the same time frame? @alatinolawyer
(01:12:00) I find myself not wanting to dedicate 40 hours to a new game anymore. And there are great new games that are more casual these days. Thoughts? @UrzasRage
(01:12:30) Highly anticipated smaller games:
- Torment
- Night in the Woods
- 2064 Read-Only Memories
- Shovel Knight DLC
- Dreamfall
- Thimbleweed Park
- Full Throttle Remaster
(01:22:37) Do you ever jump into the middle of an established series if you haven't played the previous games but the newest seems like a standout game (e.g. Witcher 3) or do you feel the need to play the earlier games first? @The_Doc_Webb
(01:28:42) Inspired by a top 10 by Austin Walker and Dia's article on ME:A - Top 5 games to watch LPs of or discourse about without playing? @devoted_pupa
(01:35:00) How influential is knowing your friends (or others) will be playing a game, and therefore discussing it, as a motivation for you to play too? @alatlinolawyer
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