Episode #112: It’s Never Dante’s Inferno
Featuring: Merve The Kappa Editor: The Kappa Timestamps: 0:15 – Introduction 2:30 – Randy Pitchford and Video Game Pricing 14:20 – What’s Going on with Bungie and Marathon 37:00 – Many Nights a Whisper 46:55 – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 1:00:30 – Back 4 Blood 1:10:00 – Doom: The Dark Ages 1:18:15 – Metaphor: ReFantazio 1:30:25 – Sid Meier’s Civilization VII 1:50:55 – The Ending of Urban Myth Dissolution Center, Part 1 1:56:20 – Indie Game Art 1:59:20 – The Ending of Urban Myth Dissolution Center, Part 2 2:00:20 – Some Other Games 2:03:55 – Conclusion Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep112 Podcast header image from Many Nights a Whisper . Mild spoilers for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Baldur’s Gate 3 from 46:55 to 1:00:30. Major spoilers for Urban Myth Dissolution Center from 1:50:55 to 2:00:20. Linkdump after the jump. Introduction (0:15) Official websites for Craig and Giarc . Official website for Audacity . Randy Pitchford and Video Game Pricing (2:30) Report on Pitchford’s original comments . (Source: Eurogamer) Report on Pitchford’s later clarification . (Source: GamesRadar+) Official statement on the Take-Two EULA controversy from the Borderlands developers. (Source: Steam Community) Information on Borderlands 3 Shift codes , which we mistakenly referred to as “vault key codes.” (Source: PC Gamer) What’s Going on with Bungie and Marathon (14:20) Report on low morale at Bungie . (Source: Forbes) Report on stolen art assets in Marathon . (Source: Windows Central) Official website for ARC Raiders . Wikipedia article on the cancelled game Hyenas . Wikipedia article on Tom Clancy’s The Division . Clarification on what was said about Marathon ’s overseas marketing plans on the Sacred Symbols podcast. (Source: r/Marathon on Reddit) Wikipedia article on Escape from Tarkov . Wikipedia article on Dragon Age: The Veilguard . Many Nights a Whisper (37:00) Steam store page for Many Nights a Whisper . Steam store page for The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood . Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (46:55) MILD SPOILERS: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ; Baldur’s Gate 3 . Steam store page for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 . Wikipedia article on Baldur’s Gate 3 . Wikipedia article on Final Fantasy XIII . Wikipedia article on Dante’s Inferno . Online Wordle-like Guess The.Game . Black 4 Blood (1:00:30) Steam store page for Back 4 Blood . Steam store page for Left 4 Dead . Doom: The Dark Ages (1:10:00) Steam store page for Doom: The Dark Ages . Wikipedia articles on Doom and Doom Eternal . Metaphor: ReFantazio (1:18:15) Steam store page for Metaphor: ReFantazio . Our 2024 game of the year episode, Episode #108, “Catgirls for Hire.” Wikipedia article on Cris Tales . Steam store page for the upcoming Digimon Story Time Stranger . Sid Meier’s Civilization VII (1:30:25) Steam store page for Sid Meier’s Civilization VII . Wikipedia article on Humankind . Wikipedia article on Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth . The Ending of Urban Myth Dissolution Center, Part 1 (1:50:55) MAJOR SPOILERS: Urban Myth Dissolution Center Steam store page for Urban Myth Dissolution Center . Wikipedia article on M. Night Shyamalan . Indie Game Art (1:56:20) Steam store page for Phoenix Springs . Wikipedia article on Blue Prince . The Ending of Urban Myth Dissolution Center, Part 2 (1:59:20) MAJOR SPOILERS: Urban Myth Dissolution Center No links here. Some Other Games (2:00:20) Steam store page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered . Steam store page for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 . Steam store page for despelote . Wikipedia article on Mario Kart World . Conclusion (2:03:55) Merve’s Bluesky profile .