Jared and Shawn take a step back from the “ledge of seriousity” and goof around a bit this week, talking about some of the difficulties in getting people together to play games. Oh, and there are Tangents too…
Tangents:
Dead Cells – Jared played it finally because it came to Switch
Spider-Man (PS4)
Mega Man 11 – True to form for better or worse.
Netflix Marvel Cancellations
Luke Cage & Iron Fist
Ric Grayson…… umm.. Sure (Blame KGBeast)
Rocket League cross-platform in 2019…
RPG eSports Party v Party competitive role-playing is a thing I guess.. https://rpgsports.tv/
Dark Souls Remuxified Switch now with Plastic Toys! Praise!
Main Topic: HOW TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER IN 2018
Why is it so difficult to get people to game with Jared?
Why is it so difficult to get people to try something new Jared likes?
Why buy multiplayer games if all your friends are “too busy” to play games with you anyway??? Geesh!!
No one can hang out for 8-10 hours playing board or tabletop games… other priorities like kids and family, band practice, being general flakes or whatever seem to take priority
Fans Giving of the Back Feeds
Kyle
Boat
Captain Marvel trailer!
Sir Patrick Stewart reprising his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in yet another new Star Trek series.
Cross-platform play across the board is finally a reality, with Sony being the reluctant holdout. What’s the impact of this going forward?
Lastly, and something I’ve brought up before: The future of server-based games. Will anyone be able to play Overwatch in 20 years?
Shawn (@shawnobi)
A good argument for why cable is a worse option than several streaming services. With cable you are locked into that service. With either contract, equipment, or both. With streaming services, I can watch what I want then cancel at any time. No contract to mess with or box/satellite to return.I get HBO now for game of thrones, then unsub. I get SlingTV for basketball season, then unsub. There is not enough time for video games and all these shows, at the same time. So I don’t have to have every service all the time. It does require me remembering to cancel and all. But still better for me than cable. Also cable boxes all have bad UI.
Missed Opportunities
Jared: The Good Place
Shawn: Norsemen
One Dumb Thing
Missed commitments – if you can’t meet the deadline, don’t tell us you can.
Slipped release dates
One Gratifying Thing
Daphne: November 3rd, I’ll be joining the Beers and Board Games Club of Columbus at the Actual Brewing company to raise money for Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Jared’s Quick Reviews: Mario Tennis & Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido
Main Topic: Smash Hypu!
Everyone is HERE!
Jared explains why Smash matters so much to him
Gamecube Controller re-re-released
What’s new? Not a port!
Ridley isn’t welcomed to Smash
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.
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.
00:00:00 – Intro
00:01:04 – Tangents
00:41:15 – Main Topic: Smash Hype
00:41:39 – Real Main Topic: Infinty War & God of War – Fatherhood
01:24:28 – Giving Of The Backfeeds
01:32:38 – Missed Opportunities
01:34:30 – One Dumb Things
01:37:41 – One Gratifying Thing
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?
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
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.
