Episode #75: Hungry Moms
Featuring: Merve Ben Bresson HobbesMk2 The Kappa Editor: The Kappa Timestamps: 0:15 – Introduction 3:20 – What We’ve Been Playing 35:00 – Rainy Day Games 42:30 – Happy Games 59:55 – Autumn Games 1:10:45 – The First Game You Play After Winning the Lottery 1:17:05 – Doritos and Dew Games 1:21:30 – Games You Play in Front of Your Mom 1:27:40 – Egyptian Burial Games 1:36:45 – “Potato” Games 1:39:25 – Games You Stream from Orbit 1:57:10 – Conclusion Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep75 Podcast header image from Balan Wonderworld , taken from GamesIndustry.biz. Linkdump after the jump. Introduction (0:15) An explainer on what’s going on with GameStop stock. (Source: The Verge) An article about the enthusiastic fan reaction to Lady Dimitrescu, the tall vampire lady, in the Resident Evil Village trailer. (Source: Eurogamer) Vicarious Visions, developers of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 , have been merged into Blizzard . Rumour has it that they’re working on a remake of Diablo II . (Source: Bloody Disgusting) What We’ve Been Playing (3:20) Steam store page for Little Nightmares . “Turtle World,” one of the stop-motion shorts that aired on Australia’s ABC. (Source: Uriel Dominguez on YouTube) Ontario children’s television mascot Polkaroo posing with former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty, Jr. (Source: Torontoist) Steam store page for Tainted Grail: Conquest . Steam store page for Islanders . Steam store page for Bad North . Steam store page for Borderlands 3 . Nintendo page for MDickie’s Wrestling Empire . Steam store page for The Medium . Steam store page for Murdered: Soul Suspect . Steam store page for Shadow Man . Steam store page for Yakuza 0 . Steam store page for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 . Steam store page for Balan Wonderworld . Rainy Day Games (35:00) Wikipedia article on Halo 3: ODST . Wikipedia article on Advance Wars: Dual Strike . Wikipedia article on Mega Man . Happy Games (42:30) Steam store page for Shovel Knight . Steam store page for Plants vs. Zombies . Music video for the “zombie on your lawn” theme song from Plants vs. Zombies . (Source: Plants vs. Zombies on YouTube) Wikipedia articles on Donkey Kong Country , DKC2 , and DKC3 . The Donkey Kong Country for SNES did not use special chips in their cartridges. (Source: rec.games.video.classic on Narkive) Wikipedia article on Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze . Steam store page for Far Cry . Steam store page for Far Cry 2 . Steam store page for Stardew Valley . Steam store page for Graveyard Keeper . Steam store page for Dead Rising . Autumn Games (59:55) Clarification: Launceston is located in the north of Tasmania. (Source: Wikipedia) Wikipedia article on the Gears of War series . Steam store page for Frostpunk . Steam store page for Iron Harvest . Steam store page for Ghost of Tsushima . Steam store page for Night in the Woods . Steam store page for Firewatch . Wikipedia article on Fable . Wikipedia article on Animal Crossing: New Horizons . Wikipedia article on Monster Bash . Wikipedia article on Alien Carnage , formerly known as Halloween Harry . Wikipedia article on the Monster Bash pinball table (not related to the video game). Official trailer 2 for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury . The First Game You Play After Winning the Lottery (1:10:45) Wikipedia article on the SimCity series . Wikipedia article on Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield . Steam store page for Half-Life: Alyx . Steam store page for RollerCoaster Tycoon . Wikipedia article on 38 Studios , known for defaulting on a loan given to them by the government of Rhode Island. Wikipedia article on The Most Dangerous Game . The game in the Battle Rooms in Ender’s Game doesn’t have a name . (Source: Ender’s Game Wiki on Fandom) Blitzball is a sport featured in Final Fantasy X and its sequel. (Source: Final Fantasy Wiki on Fandom) Wikipedia article on Rollerball . Wikipedia article on Quidditch , a fictional sport from the Harry Potter series. Wikipedia article on Dr