Episode #99: The Ribisi Spectrum
Featuring: Merve Captain Blasto The Kappa Editor: The Kappa Timestamps: 0:15 – Introduction 2:00 – Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 7:35 – Regiments 14:25 – Puzzmo and Social Puzzle Solving 24:30 – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora 39:10 – Reviewing Our 2023 Predictions 55:20 – Our 2024 Predictions 1:46:35 – The Delay Prediction Game: Last Year’s Results, Part 1 1:52:40 – The Delay Prediction Game: This Year’s Predictions, Part 1 2:00:20 – The Delay Prediction Game: Last Year’s Results, Part 2 2:01:20 – The Delay Prediction Game: This Year’s Predictions, Part 2 2:40:35 – Our Most Anticipated Games of 2024 2:51:20 – Rumoured Games of 2024 2:58:05 – Conclusion Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep99 Podcast header image from Harry Turtledove Wiki on Fandom. Image partially edited with LunaPic . Linkdump after the jump. Introduction (0:15) Official Ubisoft page for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora . Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 (2:00) The Gyromite run by Peanut Butter the Dog and JSR_. The Super Mario 64 drum kit run by CZR. Regiments (7:35) Steam store page for Regiments . Wikipedia article on Sid Meier’s Covert Action . Puzzmo and Social Puzzle Solving (14:25) Official website for Puzzmo . Official website for The Puzzle Society . Wikipedia article on Zach Gage . Wikipedia article on Zachtronics . Correction: We also confused Zach Gage with Zachtronics’s Zach Barth on our previous episode . We regret the error. (Source: AVoCADo GamesCast) Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (24:30) Epic Games Store page for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora . Wikipedia article on the Batman: Arkham series . Reviewing Our 2023 Predictions (39:10) Our 2023 predictions episode . (Source: AvoCADo GamesCast) Wikipedia article on Red Storm Entertainment . Report on the existence of Hundred Star Games . (Source: Polygon) Correction: The studio The Kappa referred to as “Storm Giant” is called Frost Giant Studios , and their upcoming game is called Stormgate . (Source: Frost Giant Studios) Our 2024 Predictions (55:20) Captain Blasto’s first realistic prediction: Double Fine will announce something this year that will make him regret selling his Xbox and want to build a gaming PC. Wikipedia article on Brütal Legend . Wikipedia article on Brian Posehn . Correction: Of the two games remade for Another Code: Recollection (not “Realization”), the first, Trace Memory , was released for the Nintendo DS, and the second, Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories , was released for the Nintendo Wii. (Sources: Wikipedia) Wikipedia article on Meteos . The Kappa’s first realistic prediction: Larian announces their follow-up to Baldur’s Gate 3 , and it’s a new game in the Divinity series. Wikipedia article on Baldur’s Gate 3 . Merve’s first realistic prediction: The new Nintendo console will be a straightforward, backwards-compatible successor to the Switch with very few additional gimmicks. Wikipedia article on the Wii U . An overview of Hall Effect controllers . (Source: Windows Central) Correction: We couldn’t find any confirmation that Netflix’s absence from the Nintendo Switch had anything to do with the absence of a web browser. Clarification: The Twitch app for Switch no longer exists , as of January 31 st , 2024. It was still operational at the time of recording, but it hadn’t been available for download since November 6 th , 2023. (Source: The Verge) Captain Blasto’s second realistic prediction: More AAA games will come to the Mac. Mac App Store page for Death Stranding . The Kappa’s second realistic prediction: None of the announced Marvel video games will come out this year. Mary DeMarle currently works for BioWare. (Source: Wikipedia) Merve’s second realistic prediction: There will be more video game layoffs this year than last year. Correction: Sony did not delete P.T. off any PS4 users’ hard drives; users simply could not redownload P.T. if they deleted it , in contrast to most other games on PS4. (Source: Polygon) Captain Blasto’s long sho