Episode #85: Cuphead 434, or in which a Party of Stout-Hearted Gentlepeople Discuss the Finer Points of Benign Stomach Acid
Featuring: Merve Wafflicious Wolfman Jew The Kappa Editor: The Kappa Timestamps: 0:15 – Introduction 5:00 – What We’ve Been Playing: PowerWash Simulator 13:15 – What We’ve Been Playing: Hades 21:00 – What We’ve Been Playing: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 43:30 – What We’ve Been Playing: Silt 55:05 – Guides and Walkthroughs 1:03:45 – Why We Use Guides and Walkthroughs 1:12:30 – Sources of Guides and Walkthroughs 1:18:00 – Asking for Help 1:24:25 – Printed Strategy Guides and Instruction Manuals 1:43:30 – Help vs. Cheating 2:05:55 – Hidden Content 2:09:15 – The Downsides of Walkthrough Culture 2:16:05 – Conclusion Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep85 Podcast header image from Silt . Linkdump and spoiler warnings after the jump. Introduction (0:15) Halo Alpha article on Legendary All Skulls On , a.k.a. LASO. (Source: Fandom) Xenoblade Wiki article on Uraya . (Source: Fandom) YouTuber Cr1tikal put out $20,000 bounty for completing a Halo 2 deathless LASO run. Streamer Jervalin completed it within a few weeks of the bounty being put out. (Source: Kotaku) Know Your Meme article on the “rero rero” meme , which originated from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure . Wikipedia article on tool-assisted speedruns . The ultra-shortcut in Mario Kart Wii ’s Rainbow Road that was discovered via TAS was finally executed by a human in January 2021, 13 years after the game came out. (Source: Polygon) Confirmation: The human world record for Super Mario Bros. is just over half a second slower than the TAS record. (Source: Destructoid) What We’ve Been Playing: PowerWash Simulator (5:00) Steam store page for PowerWash Simulator . What We’ve Been Playing: Hades (13:15) Steam store page for Hades . Wikipedia article on Supergiant Games . What We’ve Been Playing: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (21:00) Wikipedia article on Xenoblade Chronicles 3 . Reddit thread on Xenoblade Chronicles 2 being out of print . (Source: r/NintendoSwitch) Wikipedia article on Darling in the Franxx . What We’ve Been Playing: Silt (43:30) Wikipedia article on Silt . Correction: Playdead, the studio that made Limbo and Inside , is Western European, but Danish, not Dutch . (Source: Wikipedia) The Peely Awards , The Avocado’s annual (un)awards show for the worst in pop culture. Steam store page for The Good Life . Guides and Walkthroughs (55:05) MILD SPOILERS: Kirby and the Forgotten Land . Wikipedia article on Return of the Obra Dinn . Wikipedia article on Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada . Wikipedia article on Kirby and the Forgotten Land . Wikipedia article on Kingdom Hearts III . Wikipedia article on Dishonored . Wikipedia article on Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 . Why We Use Guides and Walkthroughs (1:03:45) MILD SPOILERS: Final Fantasy VII . MAJOR SPOILERS: Dragon Age: Inquisition . Wikipedia article on Silt . Wikipedia article on Darksiders . Darksiders Wiki Guide page for The Road to the Iron Canopy . (Source: IGN) Wikipedia articles on the Dark Souls and Mass Effect series. Wikipedia article on Xenoblade Chronicles 3 . Xenoblade Wiki article on Tirkins . (Source: Fandom) Correction: It’s not very difficult to install Leliana as the Divine in Dragon Age: Inquisition . It is, however, very difficult to ensure that her reign is compassionate , which is the feat that Merve accomplished by accident. (Source: Dragon Age Wiki on Fandom) Final Fantasy Wiki article on Knights of the Round . (Source: Fandom) Sources of Guides and Walkthroughs (1:12:30) No links here. Asking for Help (1:18:00) The Steam Community homepage . The Weekly Games Thread at The Avocado. Steam store page for Cooking Companions . Steam store page for Ravenous Devils . Wikipedia article on Tales of Arise . Printed Strategy Guides and Instruction Manuals (1:24:25) Store page for a 4-in-1 strategy guide for Luigi’s Mansion, Super Smash Bros. Melee , Wave Race: Blue Storm , and Pikmin . (Source: eStarland) Wikipedia article on the upcoming Sonic Frontiers . Normally we’d link to some gameplay footage, but w