PODCAST RECAPS FOR 10/08/2016: VIDEO GAMES? Videjo Garmes!

ECHO CHAMBER 183

I didn't forget, we just railed on the Xbone for 90 minutes.


VOICE OF ALL- BORN OF AETHER

I play Not-Soldier 76! This was one of the better MtG stories of this block, so kudos!


I'D RATHER NOT EPISODE 31

-As of this past Friday, the Giant Bomb Shenmue Quick Look ended, and BOY WAS THAT ENDING THE EPITOME OF NOT WORTH IT.

Hope they do Shenmue 2.

-The game I was talking about where your uncle is a cosmic horror is called "The Uncle Who Works At Nintendo" It's pretty interesting, and I might play it on stream one of these days.

Something Awful: So what exactly is your uncle's role in the Nintendo organization?
Guy Whose Uncle Works for Nintendo: My uncle is one of the main guys. He invented Mario. He lives in Japan and he knows the president of Nintendo. The president of Nintendo is named Ryu Nintendo and he invented the first Nintendo, which was a robot that did math. My uncle works on all the games and makes up how the levels look, and he knows all the cheat codes and can get extra men in any game. He gets to play all the games before they come out and he gives them all to me when he beats them.

-Campo Santo of Firewatch posted up an article noting a situation similar to "UNCLE NINTENDO"




-For those of you saucy boys wondering who Griffin McElroy is:


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Echo Chamber Recap Episode 128

I'M GRYFFINDOR IN THE STREETS, BUT SLYTHERIN IN THE SHEETS- JOSH PECK



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I call her/him/it Janellemon as a tribute to Janelle Monae and Pokemon.

 -There is such a thing as a trolley buggy.

-The relative isolation is why a lot of touring bands don't come south of Orlando. Only large bands that can afford the trip go all the way down to Miami, and even then it's rare. West Palm Beach gets skipped altogether, except for something like Warped Tour, which is here on a Saturday, except

-FLORIDA MAN CAPTURES PICTURE OF RACCOON RIDING AN ALLIGATOR

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At 4:32 it has that UNTIL ONE DAY... (record scratch)

-J.K. Rowling did mention there is an American Equivalent of Hogwarts. I like the idea. It's not like magic would localize itself to England. It could be a great opportunity for a satirical look at how America would handle that shit. Like, we'd use Magic to kill brown people fight terrorists. Also, we probably already elected our version to public office under the Republican Party:




OK, to cleanse your pallette, here's American Hermione:


-FUN FACT: I've never seen Revenge of the Nerds. It's one of those things I only know because of numerous references on Family Guy. Though these days, I think you would be less likely to root for the nerds. You still would, cause they would be the protagonists of the movie, but these days nerd shit is so ubiquitous, that one of those jocks would be wearing an Iron Man T-Shirt or some shit.


-"#BigAnime wants you to believe that Kids can be Squids"- Arcanon

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-Hahaha, Epic Memes Blo! (Blart Bro)

-Nice Splememes (Splatoon Memes) Blo (Blart Bro)

-Paolo has the BEST Amiibo names:















-Rock Band 4 PICK DRAFT!!

Looking back at this, I would replace "Danger! High Voltage" with "Do The Evolution" by Pearl Jam.

This is going to be a close one though. We all have one SUPER obvious one, and a couple hopefuls, so it all comes down to the Daft Punk and Maroon 5 songs.

OWEN (1)
Uptown Funk	Bruno Mars
Get Lucky	Daft Punk
Sing	Ed Sheeran
Magic	Pilot
Shake It Off	Taylor Swift
Sugar	Maroon 5
Sk8r Boi	Avril Lavigne
Superman	Goldfinger
Die Young	Kesha
All About That Bass	Megan Trainor

ERIC Shut Up and Dance Walk The Moon Locked Out Of Heaven  Bruno Mars Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys Tightrope Janelle Monae Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis Danger! High Voltage! Electric Six Calling All Destroyers Tsar Light Up The Night The Protomen Let's Dance To Joy Division The Wombats Sellout Reel Big Fish

PAOLO
Pompeii	Bastille
Rude	Magic
Hey Jealousy	Gin Blossoms
Come With Me Now	Congos
Flagpole Sitta	Harvey Danger
Animals	Maroon 5
Sweater Weather	The Neighborhood
Remember	Disturbed
Lightning In A Bottle	Summerset
Gimme Chocolate	BABYMETAL

Echo Chamber Post Game Episode 127

YOU'RE A KID NOW, YOU'RE A SQUID NOW, YOU BEEFED IT!

-I'm ultra salty because I don't have a WiiU yet, so I'm going to ignore the Splatoon talk, and focus on the other thing they brought up: JET GRIND RADIO! (or Jet Set Radio?)

I'm a sucker for a game with an awesome soundtrack. The controls are jank, and unlike Aggressive Inline, or Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, it's not like I can just focus on the mechanics and get better. I also have to worry about platforming, tagging rivals and avoiding enemy fire. ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER. Granted, the game wouldn't be as memorable if it wasn't so weird and had such a unique concept. I haven't played JSRF, the sequel, so maybe it refined the engine. Who knows.

-Speaking of weird games with killer soundtracks, Katamari Damacy.

Never got that much into the sequels, but Katamari always had this great sense of progression as you go through the levels, especially the final Moon level in the first game. For those of you further behind, you start out with a ball 1m high, and have 25 minutes to roll up stuff so that you reach 500m in height. Zen. That's the word for it, right? The sensation that you've started with a large goal, by moving but mere grains of sand, and at as you reach the end, you can look back and see all the progress made.

-Big ups to Owen here, because thanks to him, I will soon be in possession of the Jigglypuff Amiibo. Don't have a WiiU, but I FUCKING LOVE JIGGLYPUFF.

-I was going to go into some tirade about the difference between Shadow and Sonic, or how Sonic Boom is actually pretty decent, maybe even post that Boxer Hockey comic where Robotnik/Eggman called Shadow "Original The Character: Do Not Steal", but I think I can just post this:


-Speaking of Sonic, here's the scene with Robotnik and Eggman from Sonic Generations:


-Chance The Rapper: Social Experiment


-YA DAMN RIGHT I DO ALL THE MUSIC! YOU CAN BUY IT RIGHT HERE ON BANDCAMP:

Echo Chamber Episode 125

THIS EPISODE'S GOT WHAT YOU NEED!

-":Listen, Johnson, we need a device meant to calm down hypersensitive people, you know, for those suffering from autism, whatcha got?"
"Well, we got a device that gently squeezes people like a box of hugs."
"Good, MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A DEATH MACHINE"

 


-PINK FLOUD MUSIC VIDEO, "Another Brick in the Wall"


-So far the "Must-Have" games for the WiiU seem to be:
Mario 3D World
Super Mario Bros Wii U
Wonderful 101
Super Smash Bros.
Mario Kart 8
Hyrule Warriors
It's a solid lineup, but like with the Xbone, I need something MORE...

-The Amiibo shit is getting ridiculous, but I guess Nintendo erred on the side of caution in the event it would be another e-Reader, so I can see them being conservative with the release, but surely they're going to be coming out with the new waves a little more frequently. If/when I get a WiiU, I'd only want the Capt. Falcon., Little Mac and Jigglypuff Amiibos, because I love punching shit.

-According to HMK, the Nintendo World Championship prequalifiers will be Ultimate NES Remix, for the games Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Dr. Mario. One of the qualifiers is in Miami, so I might try to get my brother to go, but that would involves waking up on the weekend, so I doubt he'd be down for that.

-Here's the Seanbaby recap I mentioned: SKIP ROGER'S VIDEO GAME TIPZ!!?!!

-MEGA 64 CROSS NINTENDO


-The day after this episode aired I had to leave work early (hit my 40 hours), so I was able to catch some of the IGN stream, and here's some tiddles and bits:
SETLIST SO FAR:

• Avenged Sevenfold – Hail to the King
• Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun
• Jack White – Lazaretto
• The Killers – Somebody Told Me
• Spin Doctors – Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong
• The Who – The Seeker 

-Footage was a little choppy, but it was still in Pre-Alpha. It looked great, though.  -During downtime in certain sections of songs (no vocals/bass/etc.), you can vote for the next song in general categories (70's song, songs with female vocalists, David Bowie), and everything seemed to work right off the bat, as they played a lot of older songs.Seemed to work really well, and the random element could help people rediscover songs they didn't know they had.
-They seem to be playing up the "live show" aspect by making the vocalist say things like "HEY BOSTON" or "ARE YOU READY FOR MORE?" before the next set of songs starts. Seemed to slow things down, unless that's how they hide loading, but hopefully that will be made more relevant as we find more details.

-ALL TRAILERS ARE THE SAME: