Shawn and crew are back trying to make sense of it all.
Tangents:
Mega Man X Collection Doom Eternal Thoughts and also Nintendo Switch Cyberpunk 2077 gets first gameplay reveal – 43 minutes of it! Windjammers 2? Feeling good about no superhero films for a bit Hollow KnightDamn this is a good game. Steaming Networks – Fan Targeted ShowsStar Trek – Picard is back Star Wars – $100 Million Budget DC – Titans (Fuck Batman) – mini-review Will Shawn let Jared have Smash updates? (Sure.. why not.. I already gave in – Shawn)Simon & Richter Belmont Dark Samus King K. Rool Main Topic: Games as a Means of Processing Your Life
The Good Side:Sometimes it’s okay to check out Life is not controlled, doesn’t follow rules you can understand or predict Not all stress is bad stress Anonymity in social games – the therapeutic effect of a stranger The Bad Side:Games can be isolation Escape can turn into avoidance The Echo Effect Not all social interaction is good interaction Games and the depiction of mental health
One Gratifying Thing
Friends – Keeping to the theme Podcast Chapters
00:00:00 – Intro
Credits:
Intro Music: Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance Main Topic Music: Austin Wintory – Journey Soundtrack – Apotheosis Outro Music : Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Episode 28: Coping With It AllSines, Co-Sines, & Tangents
Shawn let’s Jared nerd out about Smash and his emotional attachment to it. Meanwhile we’re tangent a plenty with a ton of fun stuff.
Tangents:
Wonder Woman 1984 – Cheetah and Steve Trevor
Zelda Encyclopedia
Amazon & Netflix Rescue Genre Shows – The Expanse & Lucifer
Jared’s CORGs haul
Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset Impressions
Splatoon 2: Octo expansion
Darkest Dungeon: The Color of Madness Impressions
Jared’s Quick Reviews: Mario Tennis & Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido
Main Topic: Smash Hypu!
Fans Giving of the Back Feeds
@shawnobi: Great episode. I had to skip a bit of the God of War stuff (spoilers). But I loved the thoughtful discussion about fathers. Sort of a sign video games as a medium and the people making them are growing up.
Missed Opportunities
Alpha Protocol
Metroid Prime Pinball
One Dumb Thing
Microsoft giving up on XBone
One Gratifying Thing
Podcast Chapters
00:00:00 – Intro
Credits:
Intro Music: Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance Main Topic Music: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Main ThemeOutro Music: Metal Gear Solid – Encounter
Episode 27: Hype Train Keeps a Rollin’Sines, Co-Sines, & Tangents
We talk about Spider-Man Into the Spiderverse and we go deeper than you were expecting by looking at a common thread of God of War and Infinity War: Fatherhood.
Tangents:
Main Topic(s): Parenting and Life Lessons from Games & Media
God of War
Kratos as father, not the actual protagonist
The story of learning from your choices and the impact on your children
Creating and fostering ideas
The story of motherhood – Fraya & Baldur
The story of fatherhood – Kratos & Atreus
Infinity War
Really a story about Family, Sacrifice and loss for its protagonist – Thanos
Even when the “bad guy” wins, he didn’t win
Family changes your perspectives on the world
Thanos & Gamora – the cost
Fans Giving of the Back Feeds
Missed Opportunities
Vin Diesel’s “The Last Witch Hunter” – What? Really?
Bravely Default
One Dumb Things
Crackdown 3 – XBox One launch title – moved to January 2019
Ubisoft CEO reads press release from 5 years ago, claims consoles are ending – “It is time for the Jedi Consoles to end”
One Gratifying Thing
Podcast Chapters
00:00:00 – Intro
Credits:
Intro Music: Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Main Topic Music: The Avengers Theme – The Avengers
Outro Music : Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Episode 26: Infinite Dads of WarSines, Co-Sines, & Tangents
We discuss the death of nostalgia & loot boxes. Jared gives a 60 second review. And we talk about game collecting, and our CERTIFIED FIVE STEP PROGRAM to salvation.
Tangents:
Infinity War: He’s Coming – New Trailer
Captain Marvel new announcements
Ronan/Korvath
Philly Coulson… Phil son of Coul
Ikaruga coming to PS4 and maybe, hopefully, Switch?
Toys R Us Closing
Sea of Thieves – XBONE Exclusive apathy magnet, Legendary Pirate cheats his way to the top
Pathfinder V2.0 – Preorder the playtest – more 5E less D20 – http://paizo.com/pathfinderplaytest
Spider-Man for PS4 – September 7 release – HIGH HOPES
Minit – (60 SECONDS TIMED) Minute Review from Jared
Ready Player One – Nostalgia is still annoying for its own sake
TV Revival Culture – Will & Grace, Roseanne, The Office… sigh
Death of Loot boxes – Battlefront II and Shadow of War both remove pay to win mechanic – but it’s not over yet
Main Topic: Tackling Backlog
Brought to you by Sines Co-Sines & Tangents The Five Stages of Backlog Management ( The Cherup-Sines Model™ ) Stage 1: Recognition
How many games is too many?
Inventory your games
Stage 2: Bargaining
Prioritize those you want to really, really play
Learn to ignore new releases for a few weeks or to play multiple games
Stage 3: Panic
Develop crippling decision anxiety about games and just stop playing altogether
Stage 4: Mitigation
Recognize you will probably not play everything you buy
Consider hiding games you don’t want to play
GOG and Steam Filters
Console Library Filters
Stage 5: Acceptance
Play whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it
Or be Jared and just find more and more obscure games to find and play… eventually. (Shinobi III)
Or just wait for the new God of War.
Fans Giving of the Back Feeds
One Dumb Thing
Sea of Thieves – “Insta-brigging” – Worst mechanic ever in an online multiplayer-game
Podcast Chapters
00:00:00 – Intro
Credits:
Intro Music: Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Main Topic Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkj8kxK5AIk
Outro Music : Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Episode 25: For the Hoarder!Sines, Co-Sines, & Tangents
Did you know everything is coming to Switch? Black Panther Review. And discussing Work/Life/Fun balance when it comes to video games.
Tangents:
We check in with Shawn on Star Trek Discovery’s first season. MEGA MAN LEGACY ON SWITCH May 22nd
Infinity War moves up to April 27th
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition releases March 27!!!
Diablo coming to Switch? Maybe? Blizzard says, calm down. Will Shawn buy it? Jared will. (Yes.. Diablo III is Skyrim 2.0 for Shawn – he owns 5 versions already)
Black Panther Review
Final Fantasy XV – PC/Royal Edition Impression
Marvel comics rebooting.. Again…
Nintendo Direct News
WarioWare Gold
Dark Souls Amiibo sold out in minutes – more on that later
Single Player Splatoon 2 Expansion
Smash Bros in 2018
Let the hype train BEGIN – CHOO CHOO
Main Topic: Work/Life/Fun Balance
Fans Giving of the Back Feeds
We did a live show. You guys seemed pretty happy.
One Dumb Thing
Gamestop Exclusive Amiibo
Podcast Chapters:
00:00:00 – Intro
Credits:
Intro Music: Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Main Topic Music: Queen – Under Pressure
Outro Music : Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Episode 24: SEASONED VETERANSSines, Co-Sines, & Tangents
Two Sines, and one Co-Sines discuss 2017 the year in review, and what we expect out of 2018.
Tangents:
We didn’t put together any notes – deal with it!
No Tangents this episode
Main Topic: What we remember
Games of 2017
Movies of 2017
Pop Culture of 2017
Yeah, that happened…
Looking ahead to 2018 and beyond
Fans Giving of the Back Feeds
@tacosteve thinks AR is the ticket, and that VR isn’t a gimmick
One Dumb Year
EA WINS
Destiny 2 is a close second!
Credits:
Intro Music: Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Outro Music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhBZ0_G7I60&feature=youtu.be
Episode 23: 2017 What the What?Sines, Co-Sines, & Tangents
Jared & Shawn have diverging opinions. No one is right. No one is wrong. There is a balance in the Force. Here’s what we thought from The Last Jedi.
SPOILER WARNING. DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS PODCAST BEFORE WATCHING THE MOVIE. YOU’VE BEEN WARNED.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Truly Opposing Views
Jared – Pro TLJ
Shawn – Not a Fan
Evolution vs. Change for Change Sake
Rehashing Old Beats
Rewriting The Force
Character Arcs
Poe
Finn
Rey
Kylo
Old Man Luke
Overriding Themes
Let go of the Past
Let go of your expectations.
There is no happy ever after
Failure is the best teacher
What A Twist! (or not)
Everything has to make you laugh so you don’t get sad
Where does it go from here?
TLJ did not set up EP 9 – it destroyed it
No it didn’t. It made it unclear. There’s always somewhere to go.
Credits:
Intro Music: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace – Duel of the Fates – John Williams
Outro Music : You’re Welcome (Star Wars: The Last Jedi / Moana “You’re Welcome” Parody Song)
Hyperbolic Tangent #1: Seeking BalanceSines, Co-Sines, & Tangents
Mega Man is back baybee! We talk about Disney the devourer of worlds. Ryan Reynolds as Pikachu. And we talk about how Shawn betrayed us all. Oh and Net Neutrality is dead. All in all an uplifting episode.
Tangents:
MEGA MAN 11!!!
19 Mega Man games coming to Switch in 2018
Ryan Reynolds is Pikachu in Detective Pikachu . Acceptable replacement for Danny Devito.
Atom in Injustice . HIT BOX CHEATER?Shawn bought into the VR hype. He is lost to us. RIP.
Disney owns everything
Net Neutrality falls to Corporate Overlords
Zelda DLC 2 Bayonetta 1, 2 & 3 are coming to the Switch
Main Topic: Shawn’s Intervention
Why Shawn failed
What was the moment he decided to surrender to mediocrity?
How could this have been prevented?
What lessons does this teach us for the future?
Can he be redeemed or is he truly lost?
Fans Giving of the Back Feeds
We didn’t get any from you from this episode. So make sure you tell us how you really feel.
One Dumb Thing
The repeal of net neutrality
Credits:
Intro Music: Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Main Topic Music: 8-Bit Sound – The Doors – People Are Strange (8 bit)
Outro Music : Carol of the Belmonts – Doctor Octoroc
Episode 22: What He DidSines, Co-Sines, & Tangents
We talk about Skyrim again on the Switch. Justice League was a movie. In our main topic, we dive into what makes a game a cult classic.
Tangents:
Marvel Heroes shuts down 4 months after launching on consoles
Justice League – No you don’t need to see it, honestly
Skyrim on Switch – Because Skyrim or DIE
Doom on the Switch
Rocket League on the Switch
The Punisher (I need to catch up on this – Jared) – Iron Man can’t stop war in Afghanistan
Titan Quest: Ragnarok – Expansion just shows up 11 years after game’s initial releases
Big updates coming to Splatoon 2, not that Shawn will play
Main Topic: Cult Classics
What makes a game a cult classic?
Games where critical reception was less than favorable.
Games that have found a new life beyond death.
Systems that are no longer around (Turbografix, Neo Geo, etc)
Jared’s cult favorites
Blast Corps
Wonderful 101
Windjammers (Neo Geo / Was very hard to find until this year)
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Yes the one with the bongos)
Pepsiman (No US release for obvious reasons)
Uniracers
Elite Beat Agents
Wario’s Woods
Tetris Attack
Ikaruga / Radiant Silvergun (Treasure Games, Gunstar Heroes, etc)
All Clover Studios games (Okami, Viewitful Joe, etc)
Terranigma (No US release)
Maniac Mansion
Shawn’s cult favorites
Vampire the Masquerade – Bloodlines – still being patched by fans
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
System Shock
Mutant League Football
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Torchlight
Persona 3
Destiny (YES DESTINY)
No Man’s Sky
Gabriel Knight
Disgaea
Others
Policenauts (Kojima)
Snatcher (Kojima)
Neo Geo Games
Indie ≠ Cult Favorite
Does the AAA/Indie market allow for cult games?
Just because they have a following doesn’t mean they’re great
One Dumb (EA) Thing(s)
EA suspends Refunds on Origin & Disables Microtransactions in BF II
EA on what free really means ($2000+ to unlock everything or literally days of your life)
Giving Thanks
Thank you to everyone who has listened this past year, we truly appreciate it. ( We know It has not been a year yet -Shawn)
Credits:
Intro Music: Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Main Topic Music: Pepsiman Theme Song
Outro Music : Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Timeline:
00:00:00 – Intro
Episode 21: Unpopular OpinionSines, Co-Sines, & Tangents
This episode, we talk about Star Wars saturation, Thor: Fraggle Rock, and what it takes to make a game of your own.
Tangents:
Miiverse is no longer. RIP.
New Star Wars Trilogy – may not be Skywalker based
Thor: Ragnarok – Jared’s & Shawn’s Review
Sony going BIG with VR – Black Friday discounts on Skyrim VR bundle – There will be a version of Skyrim, Shawn won’t own.
TMNT is coming to Injustice 2…. what?… .. okay!
Breath of the Wild DLC, still coming out this year… have no idea what it is… but hey… Amiibo.
Shawn shares his thoughts about the upcoming Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
Blizz-Con
Starcraft II goes free to play
New Overwatch Cinematic – Reinhardt New Blizzard World Map
New Overwatch hero – Moira
World of Warcraft new expansion… and new vanilla server
No Diablo… wonder why….
Main Topic: So you want to be a Games Designer
Creating your own games
Where to start?
Mods
Start Small – build that then expand
Who do you work for?
Tools to make games
Systems
Game Engines
Unreal
Unity
RPG Maker MV
Pico
Art Resources
Writing?
Not Tetris – and example of deconstructing a game that is not as fun to play.
Fans Giving of the Back Feeds
@420_Lux: @4Score7Pongs I am offended Jared said loins I would like a refund. Also I play switch 95% of the time handheld. Shaun really shows his age this week.
Shawn Nagle: When it comes to loot boxes, I have no issues…as long as they don’t give you in game advantage. You can choose to buy the boxes that are cosmetic. I like new skins and mounts in heroes of the storm. It adds to a game where you are pretty much doing the same thing over and over.
One Dumb Thing
Disney Streaming Service – New SW TV and Marvel TV
Credits:
Intro Music: Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Main Topic Music: Torsten Gran-Ruaz – The Elder Scrolls III- Morrowind
Outro Music : Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Episode 20: Making It All UpSines, Co-Sines, & Tangents
