Episode #86: The Mystery of the Rotoscoper
Featuring: Merve Colonel Mustard Editor: The Kappa Timestamps: 0:15 – Introduction 2:40 – What We’ve Been Playing 23:45 – EVGA and Nvidia 26:40 – Grand Theft Auto VI Leak 31:35 – Twitch Partially Bans Gambling 38:05 – What Is a Mystery Game? 44:30 – The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story 54:55 – AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative 1:02:45 – Favourite Aspects of Mystery Games 1:08:40 – Immortality 1:19:55 – Hypnospace Outlaw 1:23:00 – Consortium and Other Games on Transportation 1:32:20 – The Danganronpa Series 1:38:00 – Root Film 1:42:45 – FMV Mystery Games 1:50:45 – Life is Strange and Other Mystery Games 1:59:30 – Mysteries in Non-Mystery Games 2:06:20 – Judgment and the Yakuza Series 2:11:55 – Assassin’s Creed 2:13:40 – L.A. Noire and Yakuza 0 2:20:45 – Conclusion Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep86 Podcast header image from AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initative . Linkdump and spoiler warnings after the jump. Introduction (0:15) Wikipedia article on Clue . Wikipedia article on The Golden Girls . Listing for the same bilingual edition of Clue that Merve has, with photos of the box and board. (Source: Kijiji) What We’ve Been Playing (4:20) Steam store page for Immortality . Steam store page for Disney Dreamlight Valley . Nintendo store page for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 . Steam store page for Soul Hackers 2 . Wikipedia article on Persona 5 . Wikipedia article on the Megami Tensei franchise . Correction: Ringo, the protagonist of Soul Hackers 2 , insists that she is not a robot . (Source: Merve’s screenshots on the Steam Community) Lyall’s unofficial Soul Hackers 2 fix for PC. (Source: GitHub) EVGA and Nvidia (23:45) Article on EVGA severing its relationship with Nvidia . (Source: The Verge) Article on Nvidia keeping GPU prices high . (Source: Kotaku) Grand Theft Auto VI Leak (26:40) Article on the GTA VI Leak . (Source: Kotaku) Rockstar Games’s official statement on the leak. (Source: @RockstarGames on Twitter) Article on devs showing off early footage of their games. (Source: Kotaku) Early production footage of Control . (Source: Paul Ehreth on YouTube) Twitch Partially Bans Gambling (31:35) Article on Pokimane and Mizkif calling for Twitch to ban gambling . (Source: Dualshockers) Twitch’s announcement on their partial gambling ban. (Source: @Twitch on Twitter) Clarification: Tmartn and Syndicate weren’t just affiliated with the CS:GO Lotto website; they actually owned it . (Source: Polygon) Article on the changes to Twitch’s revenue split . (Source: TechCrunch) What Is a Mystery Game? (38:05) Steam store page for Strange Horticulture . The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story (44:30) MINOR SPOILERS: The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story . Steam store page for The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story . AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative (54:55) Steam store page for AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative . Steam store page for AI: The Somnium Files . Steam store page for Lucifer Within Us . Wikipedia article on the Gabriel Knight series . Favourite Aspects of Mystery Games (1:02:45) Wikipedia article on the MindTrap series. Board Game Geek page for MindTrap . Immortality (1:08:40) MINOR SPOILERS: Immortality . Steam store page for Immortality . Steam store pages for Her Story and Telling Lies . Hypnospace Outlaw (1:19:55) Steam store page for Hypnospace Outlaw . Wikipedia articles on the non-standard blink and marquee HTML elements. Steam store page for the upcoming Dreamsettler . Consortium and Other Games on Transportation (1:23:00) Steam store page for Consortium . Wikipedia article on Murder on the Zinderneuf . Steam store page for Tacoma . Steam store page for the upcoming Consortium: The Tower . Steam store page for The Last Express . The Danganronpa Series (1:32:20) Wikipedia article on the Danganronpa franchise . Spike Chunsoft is the developer and publisher of the Danganronpa series, though technically the first game in the series was produced at Spike before it merged with Chuns