Season 6 Finale Episode 19 Expansion Packs

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What a year huh?

This is our last episode for 2021 (it had better be given that we’re releasing this on 12/31 (and yes Neil had said that he’d get this out by the 28th but he got a head cold for xmas and was unconsious that day… sorry.

What’s our big last episode for the year? Why a rambling discussion about expansion packs. Starting with an operational definition as to what differentiates them from DLC. You’ll get it as you listen.

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Season 6 Episode 18 The Rise and Fall of Blizzard Entertainment

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All right Boys and Girls gather round and I’ll tell you a story,

Once upon a time there was a company that made video games. They made games that were beloved by a generation. They dominated an entire genre. But then… corruption arose. Honestly text our best medium for telling this story. Why don’t you listen to the episode instead.

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Season 6 Episode 15 Tutorials: The Good The Bad and The Ugly

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Press the A button to address the listeners

One immutable fact about video games is that you have to learn the controls. Most games take the time to teach you said controls, and perhaps also introduce basic story elements and characters too. These introductions are called tutorials. Some are done well. Some are done poorly. A rare few aren’t done at all. We will talk about these tutorials both terrible and terrific. Press the play button on your media player of choice to continue.

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Season 6 Episode 10 - The Outer Worlds, War Never Changes

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Hello everyone! FIrst off sorry for the missed episode (and yes I realize that makes 2 this year).* facetious hyperbole* life is just a never-ending cacophony of misery and torment which makes even the simplest joys feel meaningless in the face of mortality and the cold remoseless fact that nothing any of us do in this life will ever have true meaning…* end facetious hyperbole * but seriously, thank you for putting up with the miss of content we’ll try and keep more on top of things in the future. It was kinda hard to work up the energy to edit but we pushed through it. (this apology will be deleted upon the upload of the next episode)

Now on to the actual introduction

We’re the Best Choice AND Spacer’s Choice

In what will be our final episode (for now) of the mini-series War Never Changes, Ben and Neil discuss The Outer Worlds. Sure it’s not technically a Fallout game but it’s a harmony if not the melody. Will we willingly dive deep into the world of unfettered, internalized capitalism and reap all the benefits associated therewith, or will we fight the system, and try to bring about a Socialist Utopia? (Yeah there really isn’t much choice it’s one or the other.) Enjoy our takes on the setting, the gameplay, and the story.

War Never Changes, Fallout taught us that. But release schedules do. We can’t talk about something that isn’t proceeding until it proceeds further. Outer Worlds 2 has been confirmed and I’m sure Bethesda is making another Fallout game now that it’s been acquired by Microsoft.

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Season 6 Episode 8: Mortal Kombat

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Choose your Character and Test your Might!

MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!! (I’d make that really big but squarespace doesn’t allow font size changes)

In a return to theatres for Neil and a streaming bit for Mike and Ben we got to watch a movie again for the first time since the world exploded. That movie also happened to be in our wheelhouse for review. So that’s what we did! Now you get to hear us talk about it. Isn’t that GREAT?!?

Signal boost links to come later
Invincible (on amazon prime video)
Brooklyn 99 (on Hulu)

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