Episode #530 – Into the Fortnite
Intro: a cold, wintry opening with a resume and hard, hot news
Jay is a Winner and a new Giveaway!
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Ken Burns Vietnam – 10 hours in…
Voicemail #1: (520) FEEL-VGO – Randy fr VA – Oculus Star Trek is best
Star Trek Discovery ? a no lunchbox thumbs down
10 sec. spotlight with Roundtables and chairs:
- Fortnite Battle Royale is free to play – it’s not serious
- It’s Minecrafty with building not crafting weapons – review
- Watch John and Michelle stream it next week on Twitch
- Paragon is pretty cool but it has an Epic Launcher
- Steamworld Dig 2 (Switch)(PS4)(Steam) (Twitch Stream)
- Steamworld lore
- Voicemail #2: Blue Reflection is magical girl (wiki) game. (pic)
- Ghost Recon Ghost War PvP beta (DLC)
- mackweldon.com will make you feel sexy like John
News:
- Super Mario 64 Online taken down
- Nintendo Doesn’t get it
- Atari system will be $2-300
- It will be a crowdfunded disaster
- Call of Duty Gesture Warfare
- Voicemail #3: Macho Man likes it Hardcore
- Food for gamers – chai latte and raw almonds
- All Halo titles playable on XboxOne
- Sonic or Mario who’s cooler? Teaming up with Hooters
- Another Mario Party – not even on the Switch
- Voicemail #4: Thank You for killing consoles
- PC gaming back in focus
- Japanese console market shrinking
- We been gettin’ our news (song)
- Game Informer mag never read
- Cuphead next week excitement – already on sale
- Matterfall on PS4 and car insurance for gamers
- Nintendo spreads Metroid Returns – and feedback
- feedback Impressions and sea monkeys
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BONUS TOPIC TONIGHT: Do game devs own genres?
Dear Video Game Outsiders,
Toward the end of your latest episode, Michelle can be heard saying she is going to cosplay as “Metroid”. As every gamer worth their salt knows, the bounty hunter protagonist in the Metroid series is none other than Samus Aran, not “Metroid”. This is an egregious error I hope will not be repeated in the future, unless she was planning to dress up as an actual Metroid, in which case I’d love to see that. It would probably look like a real life sea monkey, which have been banned because people kept referring to them as having “big lips and ears” and that is sea racist.
And just going to throw this out there: must read (https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Gamers-Commentariat-against-imagination/dp/1521419957/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506598929&sr=8-1&keywords=dangerous+gamers)
In regards to your bonus episode. I think there is another type of media has oversexualized women, porn. I don’t know if you guys have seen this stuff but it definitely is over the top and on many sites that promote this media there is a imbalance of race. Every time I see one of these sites I have to shake my fist at them.
At least they promote the lesbian minority…
lol
Thx for the Steam World Dig 2 review, just picked it up. It sounds relaxing to play.
It’s one of those games you can get lost in, in a good way, for sure. Enjoy 🙂