Video Games Aren't Special (Episode 29) - a podcast by Pam and Riley

from 2017-05-01T14:00

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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)


Dia



  • Nier Automata

  • Persona 5

  • Dark Souls 2: Scholars of the First Sins

  • Yakuza 0

  • Night in The Woods


Riley



  • Overwatch

  • Streaming Korean!

  • Departures

  • Bill Nye

  • Handmaid's Tale


Pam



  • 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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