Episode #89: Yeah, I’m a Dirty Little Pig
Featuring: Merve The Kappa Editor: The Kappa Timestamps: 0:15 – Introduction 2:00 – Games at the Library and Blacksad: Under the Skin 15:10 – The Kappa’s Holiday Gaming 22:55 – Sports Story and Switch Games 35:35 – A Space for the Unbound 37:55 – Arcane and The Last of Us 46:20 – Evaluating our 2022 Predictions 1:28:05 – Our 2023 Predictions 2:12:40 – Games We’re Looking Forward to 2:39:50 – The Delay Probability Prediction Game 3:25:55 – Game Releases, Marketing Cycles, and Sales 3:49:15 – Conclusion Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep89 Podcast header image from A Space for the Unbound , using font Pixeled by OmegaPC777. Linkdump after the jump. Introduction (0:15) The capitalization scheme in “AVoCADo GamesCast” is a reference to The Avocado’s former name as The AV Club After Dark . (Source: Disqus Blog) Nintendo store page for Fire Emblem Engage . Epic Games Store page for Forspoken . Games at the Library and Blacksad: Under the Skin (2:00) PlayStation Store page for Blacksad: Under the Skin . Steam store page for Backbone . Correction: You play as a raccoon, not a fox. Confirmation: The game is indeed set in Vancouver. Wikipedia article on Bright . Wikipedia article on L.A. Noire . Clarification: Pendulo Studios is a Spanish indie developer , not a French one. However, the game’s publisher, Microids , is French. (Sources: Wikipedia) Wikipedia article on Zootopia . Wikipedia article on Beastars . The Kappa’s Holiday Gaming (15:10) Wikipedia article on Peggle . Wikipedia article on the MLB: The Show series . Wikipedia article on The Lord of the Rings Online . Wikipedia article on Battlefield 2042 . Sports Story and Switch Games (22:55) Nintendo store page for Sports Story . Correction: The SNES controller had four face buttons ; Merve meant to refer to the NES controller . (Sources: Wikipedia) A Space for the Unbound (35:35) Steam store page for A Space for the Unbound . Steam store page for Papa & Yo . Steam store page for Cris Tales . Arcane and The Last of Us (37:55) Netflix page for Arcane . Wikipedia article on League of Legends . Correction: Player characters in League of Legends are called Champions , not heroes. (Source: League of Legends Wiki on Fandom) Correction: Caitlyn , Vi , and Jinx were released as Champions in League of Legends in 2011, 2012, and 2013, respectively, much before Arcane was released. (Sources: League of Legends Wiki on Fandom) Wikipedia article on The Last of Us TV series . Wikipedia article on The Last of Us video game . Clarification: This episode was recorded before The Last of Us ’s renewal was announced. (Source: Deadline) Evaluating Our 2022 Predictions (46:20) Our 2022 predictions episode . (Source: AVoCADo GamesCast) Official website for the Steam Deck . Article on Milf Hunter winning a Steam Deck during the Game Awards giveaway. (Source: Kotaku) Milf Hunter posting on Reddit about their Steam Deck win . (Source: r/SteamDeck on Reddit) Wikipedia article on the Nvidia Shield Tablet . Steam store page for Digimon Survive . Article on the confirmation of the next Digimon Story game . (Source: Gematsu) Wikipedia article on the Nvidia GeForce 40 series . Wikipedia article on proof-of-stake blockchain protocols. Correction: What The Kappa was describing is not called a winch . (Source: Dictionary.com) Article on GPU support brackets . (Source: ScreenRant) Steam store page for Elden Ring . PlayStation store page for God of War Ragnarök . Steam store pages for Stray , Pentiment , Neon White , NORCO , Signalis , Citizen Sleeper , Immortality , and Cult of the Lamb . Official announce trailers for Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 . (Sources: Xbox on YouTube) Steam store page for Pillars of Eternity . The infamous “Leave the fucking hinterlands” Reddit post. (Source: r/dragonage on Reddit) Steam store page for Torment: Tides of Numenera . Reveal trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 . (Source: PlayStation on YouTube) Announcement teaser trailer for Marvel’s Wolverine . (Sourc