33: You don't have to be an idiot to be hypocritical: an actual video game discussion
Is This Pinball?14 Joulu 2020

33: You don't have to be an idiot to be hypocritical: an actual video game discussion

Oh my god can it be true? Are we actually talking about video games again? HELL YEAH WE ARE. Who would have thought?? No Greek philosophers this week, buddies. We're talking about those pixels and how they make us feel.

Specifically: we're talking about reality in video games. But actually, this just serves as a launching pad for a broader discussion about Triple-A video game design, video games that want to be movies, why every big-name game is a billion hours long, and how "realism" is often code for "endless tasks" and "inventory management."

Join us as we discuss Red Dead Redemption (1 & 2), Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, Final Fantasy VII, Demon Souls, Dark Souls, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Fortnite, Red Faction, Nier: Automata ("Aw-taw-mah-tah"? "Au-toh-mahta"?), The Sims, ALL THE FIRE EMBLEMS, and, uh, Sonic Adventures 2.

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63: Thick Keanu

63: Thick Keanu

This week, Dylan brings in some French literature with a priest who can't help but love the ladies, Amy loses her mind over Speed, and Willie remains haunted by Resident Evil. Tune in for the allegori...

23 Heinä 202158min

62: Willie's big adventure

62: Willie's big adventure

Last week, Willie (for reasons known only to him) decided to watch all the Resident Evil movies. Did you know that there are a lot of them? Like, a LOT of them? I didn't. But there are. And now Willie...

16 Heinä 202153min

61: That's what we call a little sumthin' sumthin'

61: That's what we call a little sumthin' sumthin'

OK, sure: Amy might have recorded this hunched over her computer in her parents' den. And, yeah, Dylan's audio is haunted by his ever-rumbling air conditioning. BUT YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR THE SOUND QUALI...

5 Heinä 20211h 1min

60: Knit bullsh*t and sick songs ft. Sam Trillo

60: Knit bullsh*t and sick songs ft. Sam Trillo

Uh oh Amy has gone to Connecticut to do New England type things and left the boys all alone! They sat in the dark for a long time and then Sam Trillo (a.k.a. Poochy) walked in and turned the lights on...

29 Kesä 202157min

59: Lin Manuel MirMordor

59: Lin Manuel MirMordor

We have a whole smorgasbord for you this week! Wanna know what Dylan thought about In the Heights? (The answer might surprise you!) Wanna know about what fantasy series Willie knows a lot about? (The ...

23 Kesä 20211h

58: Can't not talk about Snyder

58: Can't not talk about Snyder

Willie starts the pod by saying that we "might not have that many things" to say about the movie we all watched, Zach Snyder's Army of the Dead. Turns out we have LOTS of things to say about it: why s...

14 Kesä 202157min

A Hot Summer Jam

A Hot Summer Jam

With Willie and Dylan returning to work, and Amy on some theatre panel or another, scheduling got away from us this week. BUT don't worry, we'll be back next week AND, in the meantime, we have a new s...

8 Kesä 20216min

57: Hot pixel on pixel action

57: Hot pixel on pixel action

This week, we're talking about video games that allow your characters to *~*do the nasty*~* Awwww yeah, baybeeee. Where do they success? Where do they fail? Why do they usually fail much more often th...

31 Touko 202150min

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