Episode 32: The Age Of Sines

Housekeeping:

• Live Streaming
  • We’ve done it before but more as a planned show.
  • Would you enjoy livestreaming on a regular basis? Or as supplement to podcast episodes?

Tangents:

• Spider-Man Far From Home
  • Elementals
  • Mysterio… Jake Gyllenhaal (is he handsome?)
• Another Star-Wars Game Bites the dust
• ROCKET LEAGUE IS CROSS PLATFORM
  • Shawn will never play
• Mortal Kombat 11 : is it violent or just hilarious
• Young Justice: Outsiders
• Die by Kieron Gillen
• Jared’s Video Game Music Corner
  • SQUARESOFT CHILLOUT ALBUM THE WORLD IS SQUARE ANNOUNCED
  • Celeste Piano Collections album releases Jan. 25th, 2019
  • Video Game Menu Music Gets Its Own Tribute Album
• Jared’s cataloging his games. Shawn asks him questions about this.
  • Gamepedia
• Shawn’s brave new vision – 3 screen PC gaming…http://www.wsgf.org/mgl/ef_s/ + https://www.giantbomb.com/multi-monitor-support/3015-6433/games/ , https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/01/how-to-set-up-three-monitors-for-ultrawide-gaming-guide/
• Metroid Prime 4 development halted and handed back over to Retro Studios

Main Topic: Historical Games

• Simulation vs. Setting
• The lens of time – cultural evolutions in games
• Alternate future vs. Embellished pasts
• Time tropes
  • Dirigible flight (seriously. Wolfenstein, Command & Conquer)
• Time settings
  • Overused times
  • Underused times
• When the time frame matters and when it’s just dressing

Fans Giving of the Back Feeds

• We’ve got a Voicemail Box: (267) TAN-GENT or (267) 826-4368

Missed Opportunities

• Jared: Humans Who Make Games – Adam Conover – https://starburns.audio/podcasts/humans-who-make-games/
• Shawn: I have nothing.. I missed nothing and discovered nothing this week… sorry

One Dumb Thing

• Fallout 76 hating for the sake of hating – ie. the ‘76 Leather Jacket meme – https://www.dualshockers.com/fallout-76-bethesda-leather-jacket-reaction/ — oh and Survival mode is coming.. Wait.. the game is already survival mode… sigh.

One Gratifying Thing

• Having bought games previously to play that end up filling the sparse release months…….

Podcast Chapters

00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:16 – Housekeeping
00:04:47 – Tangents
00:53:04 – Main Topic: Historical Games
01:19:52 – Fans Giving of the Back Feeds
01:25:56 – Missed Opportunities
01:27:51 – One Dumb Thing
01:32:38 – One Gratifying Thing

Credits:

Intro Music: Serious Monkey Business: 2-01 Roller Disco – ReMixer: Zylance
Main Topic Music: Age of Mythology
Outro Music : Thundercats Theme Song