Episode #77: The Richard Garriott Appreciation Hour
Featuring: The Kappa Bresson LittleMac Editor: The Kappa Timestamps: 0:15 – Introduction 1:00 – What We’ve Been Playing, Part 1 23:30 – Richard Garriott and MMOs 32:15 – The Activision Blizzard Scandal 48:30 – Steam Deck 1:00:40 – Non-Traditional Sports Games 1:34:55 – What We’ve Been Playing, Part 2 1:38:45 – Conclusion Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep77 Podcast header image from Wired . Linkdump after the jump. Introduction (0:15) No links here. What We’ve Been Playing, Part 1 (1:00) Wikipedia article on Max Payne . Wikipedia article on Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires’ Conspiracy . The game with custom shareable dungeons that The Kappa mentioned was most likely the 3DS remake of Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past . (Source: Eggplante!) Wikipedia article on Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny . Richard Garriott and MMOs (23:30) Wikipedia article on Richard Garriott . Wikipedia article on Tabula Rasa . Wikipedia article on Legend of the Red Dragon . The Activision Blizzard Scandal (32:15) The original report on the lawsuit by Maeve Allsup. (Source: Bloomberg Law) Steam Deck (48:30) Official website for the Steam Deck . Wikipedia article on This War of Mine . Non-Traditional Sports Games (1:00:40) Official website for the Olympics . Wikipedia article on the Football Manager series . Wikipedia article on the Madden NFL series . Wikipedia article on the Eastside Hockey Manager series . Wikipedia article on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games . Clarification: “Caveman Games” refers to Caveman Ughlympics . (Source: Wikipedia) Wikipedia article on Super Dodge Ball . Journal article on the nekketsu subgenre of manga. (Source: Comicalités) Wikipedia article on The Aquatic Games Starring James Pond and the Aquabats . Wikipedia article on Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis . Wikipedia article on the Virtual Boy . Wikipedia article on FIFA Street . Wikipedia article on the NFL Blitz series . Wikipedia article on the NBA Jam series . Wikipedia article on Fight Night Champion . Wikipedia article on Mutant League Football . Wikipedia article on Mutant League Hockey . Wikipedia article on the Mutant League animated series . Wikipedia article on Carmaggedon . Wikipedia article on Cyber Stadium Series – Base Wars . The box art for Cyber Stadium Series – Base Wars . (Source: Wikipedia) Allgame’s review of Cyber Stadium Series – Base Wars that describes the difficulty of fielding. (Retrieved from The Internet Archive’s WayBack Machine) Wikipedia article on Pyre . Wikipedia article on the Punch-Out!! series . OpenRetro page for Chiyonofuji no Ooichou . Correction: The loincloth that sumo wrestlers wear is called a “mawashi.” (Source: Wikipedia) What We’ve Been Playing, Part 2 (1:34:55) Wikipedia article on The Ascent . Conclusion (1:38:45) No links here.