113: Picnic In Poundtown

The Tangent - 113: Picnic In Poundtown

The episode this week is Garyless, but not to worry, the guys do what they can to make it like old times. And but that they mean talking even more.

First up is Stephen. Besides his usual Breath of the Wild talk (which we get to later), he has 3 iPhone/mobile games. Hyoerburner is a on rails Starfox-type game. You move by touching the screen to avoid obstacles. Pretty simple. Skydancer is a Temple Run-like game, but with the challenge of jumping from platform to platform and not falling to your death from the sky. Then, Polytopia. Think of Age of Empires or Civilization, but without the battles and you only have 30 turns to complete tasks and get the highest score possible. It helps that all the games were free. Next up is, Anthony. He played, What Remains of Edith Finch this week, and by the looks of it, got duped into thinking it was a horror game. It is not. What it is is a 2 - 3 hour walking game that costs $20.00. What's actually a horror game is Outlast 2, which Anthony also played this week. Brian and Justin want no part of this game. Especially when Justin remembers it's the game where you walk around with just a camera in the dark. Then speaking of Justin, he talks more about The Witcher III. He's still enjoying the game. He finds the more time he puts in the more he really appreciates it. Can't blame him. Lastly, Brian's turn. He's got Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, a remaster of the 1989 Sega Master System game. The game is difficult. Very difficult. It doesn't tell you anything. However, he loves the fact you can switch between the remake and the retro graphics and music of the original. He wishes more games would do that. Then the all of us talk about our time with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch. Keep your eye out for our Let's Play of it on our YouTube channel.

The Drunken News: Game Show Edition keeps the points mostly positive this week. Brian had his 30 seconds to rant and he made sure to take it out on Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite. While Gary's game was without a doubt on point.

The Drunken News

• A South Korean Presidential Candidate Just Released A StarCraft Map As Part Of His Campaign
• Two booked without detention in South Korea over Overwatch match fixing
• Breath of the NES Fan Game Makes Progress, Plans to Survive Potential Nintendo Takedown
• Report: Vivendi to Pursue Ubisoft Takeover Later this Year
• PSN and Xbox LIVE hacker imprisoned for two years
• PLAYSTATION PLUS MAY FREE GAMES REVEALED
• Nintendo Releases Full Fiscal Year Results
• Genyo Takeda Announces Retirement From Nintendo
• ATLUS APOLOGIZES FOR PERSONA 5 STREAMING RULES BY LOOSENING THEM
• HALO 6 WILL FOCUS ON MASTER CHIEF, WON'T FEATURE NEW PLAYABLE
• New Nintendo 2DS XL Release Date And Price Revealed

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