Episode #855 - Dropped in a Thailand Jungle

Intro: a Southern podcast with the other Matt

The positions on Pole Position

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Voicemail #1: Tango Trauma and a rant

10 sec. spotlight:

Michelle

• King Arthur Legion IX – creative attacks, but bad voice acting
• ICARUS – survival with nice tree chopping technology
• Gatekeeper (Thanks, Kamakaze)- CoOp, Rogue-like
• Sennheiser Momentum 4 headphones – mini review
• Drinking: Water

John

• Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle Chomp Champs –  shouldda been free
• So bad that Matt M refunded it / impossible to play with an 8-way stick
• Hated it, then liked it – shoudda been free
• Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnorok – also liked this game
• instruments of destruction – didn’t play it – won’t work on steamdeck
• Greyzone Warfare sessions – lots of woods, very immersive, larping
• “We don’t have the good guns.” – John
• “If Matt and I were dropped into a Thailand jungle …” -john
• Drinking: lagunitas IPA

Guest Host:  Matt McCarthy (aka, The OTHER Matt @McCarthy99 )

• Wizardry:Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord – based on an old, old game
• Starship Simulator  – you like Star Trek? We got you! blow right by Saturn
• Drinking: Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing

Roundtable: V Rising

• Crazy shortcuts
• bases and rock gollums
• plop your base anywhere
• The Konami tax /  why am I on fire?
• “The combat’s actually good” – Michelle
• “Performance on Steamdeck…not that great” – John
• check it out.  It’s fun. / thumbs up all around

News:

• Helldivers fastest selling Playstation game, still more popular on PC
• The account controversy / Steam refunds / Helldiver stink
• New Assassins Creed to be in feudal Japan – do we care?
• Shogun season 2 / 3 Body Problem
• PS5 update and a smart phone app.
• Gamestop Pro Credit Card
• Dumb Money – what happened to that guy?
• “All you need is money, not the fame” – Michelle
• Rebranding xbox, or it’s soul.  maybe, maybe not.
• They’re not replacing Jim Ryan
• Console wars
• Nvidia > Google

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