Episode #81: Temple of a Deadman
Featuring: Merve The Kappa Wolfman Jew Bresson Editor: The Kappa Timestamps: 0:15 – Introduction 5:05 – Why There’s So Much Gaming News in February 8:35 – Digimon Con 13:35 – Soul Hackers 2 and MegaTen Games 18:10 – February Nintendo Direct 40:55 – Dune: Spice Wars 46:15 – Pokémon Presents 50:05 – Sony Buys Bungie and Other Acquisitions 58:15 – What We’ve Been Playing 1:29:00 – Trivia Challenge 1:43:45 – Conclusion Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep81 Podcast header image from The Good Life . Linkdump, spoiler warnings, and answers for the trivia challenge after the jump. Introduction (0:15) The Jelle’s Marble Runs and ThorHighHeels YouTube channels, both from the Netherlands. Wikipedia article on Columbo . Steam store page for The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles , whose protagonist is Ryonosuke Naruhodo. Official website for The Witch Queen , the most recent Destiny 2 expansion. Wikipedia article on the Baldur’s Gate series . Wikipedia article on Dragon Age: Origins . Why There’s So Much Gaming News in February (5:05) Wikipedia article on Mass Effect: Andromeda . Digimon Con (8:35) Information on Digimon Survive revealed at Digimon Con. (Source: Siliconera) Official website for Witchcraft (in Japanese). Official website for Hyde (in Japanese). Wikipedia article on Mighty No. 9 . Official website for the Polish Witchcraft Studios , not to be confused with the Japanese Witchcraft. The American and Canadian intros for Dragonball Z . Merve would like to apologize for characterizing the Canadian intro as “butt rock” when it’s really more ‘80s synth rock than anything. (Sources: dragon chan and Eidlones on YouTube) Music video for “Hunger Strike” by Temple Of The Dog. (Source: Temple Of The Dog on YouTube) Soul Hackers 2 and MegaTen Games (13:35) Announcement trailer for Soul Hackers 2 . (Source: PlayStation on YouTube) Wikipedia article on Persona 5 Strikers . Wikipedia article on Hyrule Warriors . February Nintendo Direct (18:10) English February 2022 Nintendo Direct presentation . (Source: Nintendo on YouTube) Announcement trailer for Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes . (Source: Nintendo on YouTube) Mouthful Mode reveal trailer for Kirby and the Forgotten Land . (Source: Nintendo on YouTube) Announcement trailer for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 . (Source: Nintendo on YouTube) Announcement trailer for Nintendo Switch Sports . (Source: Nintendo on YouTube) Wikipedia article on Wii Sports . Wikipedia article on Fru . Wikipedia article on Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor . Wikipedia article on Binary Domain . Wikipedia article on Arms . Trailer for the Chrono Cross remaster . (Source: Nintendo on YouTube) Announce trailer for The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story . (Source: Square Enix on YouTube) Report on the cloud versions of Kingdom Hearts games running on Switch. (Source: Polygon) Correction: It hasn’t been confirmed that the PS4 versions of the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 and 2.5 collections are running on a layer of emulation ; this is just a well-informed rumour. Moreover, this setup would be emulating components of the PS3, not the PS2. (Source: ajdragoon in the Kotaku comments section.) Announcement trailer for the Switch port of No Man’s Sky . (Source: Nintendo on YouTube) Japanese February 2022 Nintendo Direct presentation . (Source: Nintendo 公式チャンネル on YouTube) Wikipedia article on h.a.n.d. Wikipedia article on the Tex Murphy series . Steam store page for Root Letter Last Answer , the remake of Root Letter with live-action sequences. Dune: Spice Wars (40:55) Preview footage for Dune: Spice Wars . (Source: IGN on YouTube) Dune Wiki article on Arrakis . (Source: Fandom) Dune Wiki article on the Butlerian Jihad . (Source: Fandom) Dune Wiki article on the Fremen . (Source: Fandom) Wikipedia article on Sins of a Solar Empire . Pokémon Presents (46:15) An illustration of Alolan Exeggutor . (Source: Bulbapedia) Announcement trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet . (Source: The Official Pokémon YouTube channel on