Episode #72: The PS5 Speakeasy
Featuring: Merve The Kappa Editor: The Kappa Timestamps: 0:15 – Introduction 1:15 – What We’ve Been Playing, Part 1 35:00 – This Year’s Console Launches 44:40 – Marvel’s Avengers 1:11:20 – What We’ve Been Playing, Part 2 1:18:00 – Games that Influenced Us 3:05:55 – Conclusion Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep72 Podcast header image from Yakuza: Like a Dragon . Linkdump and spoiler warnings after the jump. Introduction (0:15) No links here. What We’ve Been Playing, Part 1 (1:15) Wikipedia article on the Xbox Series X . Wikipedia article on Assassin’s Creed Valhalla . Clarification: Assassin’s Creed Origins , Odyssey , and Valhalla were indeed all built on the same engine, AnvilNext 2.0 . (Source: Wikipedia) Wikipedia article on the Breath of Fire series . Article on the giant children bug in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla . (Source: Gamerant) Confirmation: Flyting was indeed a real thing. (Source: Wikipedia) Wikipedia article on Yakuza: Like a Dragon . Clarification: Merve was not counting spin-off games (aside from Judgment ) in his tally of Yakuza games . Moreover, many of the spin-off games were never released outside of Japan. (Source: Wikipedia) A screenshot of Yakuza: Like a Dragon ’s protagonist using a vibrator as a weapon . (Source: Merve’s screenshots on Steam Community) Wikipedia article on L.A. Noire . This Year’s Console Launches (35:00) American department store Kohl’s , not to be confused with Canadian bookstore Coles . (Source: Wikipedia) Wikipedia article on Sackboy: A Big Adventure . Marvel’s Avengers (44:40) Wikipedia article on Marvel’s Avengers . Article on Avengers ’ poor sales . One analyst estimates it only sold 3 million copies. (Source: Screen Rant) Wikipedia article on Anthem . Wikipedia article on the upcoming Gotham Knights . Correction: Square Enix’s HD Games division reported a loss of ¥6.5 billion . (Source: @gibbogame on Twitter) Ishaan Sahdev’s retrospective on Monolith Soft . The name of the Nintendo exec who handled Monolith was Hitoshi Yamagami. (Source: Kotaku) Why Polish securities law affected the announcement of Cyberpunk 2077 ’s delay . (Source: Game Informer) What We’ve Been Playing, Part 2 (1:11:20) Steam store page for Halo: The Master Chief Collection . Wikipedia article on Halo 4 . Wikipedia article on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) . Games that Influenced Us (1:18:00) MAJOR SPOILERS FOR DEUS EX . MINOR SPOILERS FOR DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS . Wikipedia article on Warcraft: Orcs & Humans . Wikipedia article on Marble Drop . Wikipedia article on the Incredible Machine series . Wikipedia article on Final Fantasy Tactics . The “twelve X” game The Kappa was referring to was Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings . (Source: Final Fantasy Wiki on Fandom) Wikipedia article on RollerCoaster Tycoon . Destructoid’s review of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War . Correction: Merve meant “review,” not “interview.” Wikipedia article on Halo: Combat Evolved . Wikipedia article on Deus Ex . The name of the religious faction in Deus Ex: Invisible War is the Order . (Source: Wikipedia) Wikipedia article on Fallout 3 . Correction: You drive on the right in Grand Theft Auto , because it was set in the United States, not the United Kingdom. (Source: Wikipedia) Wikipedia article on Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 . Wikipedia article on Persona 5 . Wikipedia article on Dragon Age: Origins . Wikipedia article on The Walking Dead . Wikipedia article on Anthem . Wikipedia article on Super Mario 64 . Wikipedia article on Undertale . Conclusion (3:05:55) No links here.