Episode #70: Diapers Recommended
Featuring: Merve Lovely Bones dw Science is Bad Ben Editor: The Kappa Timestamps: 1:15 – Introduction 5:25 – What We’ve Been Playing 53:35 – Scary Gaming Stories 1:11:10 – Military Shooters 1:15:00 – Graphics Card Troubles 1:18:20 – Cursed Final Fantasy and Cutscene Jank 1:23:55 – Batman, Superhero Games, and Continuing Narrative 1:52:35 – Leaks and Rumours 1:58:40 – Deleting Data and Modding 2:05:25 – I Guess We’re Talking About Kingdom Hearts Again 2:08:35 – Nintendo Gimmicks and Star Fox 2:11:30 – Broken Consoles 2:16:50 – Popular Things, Bro Games, and Remedy Games 2:26:00 – Next Gen Upgrades 2:31:25 – Conclusion Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep70 Podcast header image from Genshin Impact . Intro is “Cursed Intro” and outro is “Ominous Forces,” both by Rafael Krux, used under CC BY 4.0 . Linkdump, content warnings, and spoiler warnings after the jump. Introduction (1:15) Dictionary.com entries for menses and meninges . Confirmation: Mercedes-Benz does indeed make convertibles, such as the E-Class Cabriolet . (Source: Mercedes-Benz USA) Clarification: The hypothetical “brown note” (not “noise”) has never been demonstrated to actually exist. (Source: Wikipedia) What We’ve Been Playing (5:25) MILD SPOILERS FOR THE DEVIL MAY CRY SERIES, HALO 2 , DARKSIDERS III , AND JOHN WICK . Steam store page for Spiritfarer . Wikipedia article on Charon . Steam store page for Devil May Cry 3 . Steam store page for Ori and the Blind Forest . How Long to Beat , a repository of video game completion times. Wikipedia article on the Darksiders series. Steam store page for Darksiders III . Steam store page for Golf With Your Friends . Wikipedia article on the 2006 Prey . Wikipedia article on the Halloween franchise . Wikipedia article on Weezer . Wikipedia article on Genshin Impact . Steam store page for Raji: An Ancient Epic . Steam store page for Paradise Killer . Scary Gaming Stories and Nostalgia (53:35) CONTENT WARNING FOR GRAPHIC DISCUSSIONS OF BLOOD AND GORE Wikipedia article on 127 Hours . Wikipedia article on The Simspons episode “Bart the Murderer.” The eighth episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast, “The Trainwreck.” Wikipedia article on the floppy disk . Wikipedia article on Disney’s Tarzan . Wikipedia article on the 1996 Tomb Raider game. Screenshot of the weird flesh Atlantis from Tomb Raider . (Source: Twitter) Military Shooters (1:11:10) Wikipedia article on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare . Wikipedia article on Battlefield: Bad Company 2 . Wikipedia article on Spec Ops: The Line . Wikipedia article on Call of Duty: Warzone . Graphics Card Troubles (1:15:00) Wikipedia article on Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare . Wikipedia article on Pillars of Eternity . A screenshot of tSassy the Merciless [sic]. (Source: Merve’s screenshots on Steam) Cursed Final Fantasy and Cutscene Jank (1:18:20) SPOILERS FOR FINAL FANTASY VII . CONTENT WARNING FOR GRAPHIC DISCUSSIONS OF BLOOD AND GORE. Wikipedia article on Final Fantasy VII . Wikipedia article on Dragon Age: Origins . A screenshot of a man on fire from Dragon Age: Origins . (Source: Merve’s screenshots on Steam) Batman, Superhero Games, and Continuing Narrative (1:23:55) CONTENT WARNINGS FOR SLURS AND DISCUSSION OF INJURIES. Friend of the podcast Randy Pitchford’s viral PS5 Tweet . (Source: @DuvalMagic on Twitter) Wikipedia article on Batman: Arkham City . Correction: The Arkham City achievement Merve mentioned requires you to talk to a specific character on 12 different holidays , one of which is Christmas. (Source: TrueAchievements) Screenshot of Penguin’s monocle from Arkham City . (Source: Pinterest) Wikipedia article on Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League . Wikipedia article on Marvel’s Avengers . The fiftieth episode of the GamesCast, “The Pefect Ouya.” Official website for Genshin Impact . Wikipedia article on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order . Wikipedia article on the Fight Club video game. Leaks and Rumours (1:52:35) Wikipedia article on Assassin’s Cre