Episode #950 - Pragmata vs Mouse PI For Hire

Intro: Series X is up / Johns voice is down

PC gamer trolling / Ask the Game Store Guy

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 This week, win :
• PRAGMATA

10 sec. spotlight:

Michelle (aka, @CoastalMichelle)

• Windrose – boat battles with your friends for 60 hours
• Michelle has a big beef boat / Souls-like, difficult combat on hard
• Bylina – quirky, but then janky, floaty movement, bad camera
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure City Town DLC – run your own cafe
• Mouse PI / Pragmata
• No Crimson Desert this week – not a rough week game
• Drinking: Water

WIYF? – expensive, prescription dog food

John (aka, @blkdog7)

• John’s Gamestop Power Pack experience – what are the chances?
• PSA / Gamestop disconnect
• It’s gambling, period.
• looking forward to: Cartel Pilots Wanted
• Drinking: Steel Rail

WIYF?: Model bottle and pepper mud / Italian pasta unlocked!

Ryan (aka, @GenerationRy )

• Kevin’s week on vacation – Mario World
• It was disappointing / riding a Yoshi / Nintendo Juice
• Super Mario Galaxy Movie
• Drinking: ??

WIYF: Corn Casserole

Roundtable: Mouse P.I. For Hire:

• “Everything’s a reference to mice and cheese…”
• Ludonarrative dissonance
• Burning down the house / regrets buying it on Switch
• Needed a pop of color / mini games / going to the Bar
• It’s NOT a 6 / Blood splash of red in mods
• Dog barking background / at least an 8

Roundtable: PRAGMATA

• Pragmata drama / She’s literally Jonbenet
• Huge difference on the Pro
• Hacking with controller?
• Diana’s on your back / hacking the robots
• 3D printing Luna Filament / upgrading
• Do you like the hacking? / simultaneous shooting
• The dodge is weak / The characters and controls work
• looks very Kojima / combat becomes a mini-game
• Totally worth playing / grown men crying

News:

• Zelda taught me important things…
• There’s too much underwear on this kid – 6!
• CoD talk / Steam Controller sucks
• “I use my Steamdeck like it’s a console…” – John
• Splatoon Raiders
• Why was Yushida fired?
• Age verification to the Playstation
• Save the game!!!! Go Free-To-Play Marathon?
• 20k to survive!  NOT, NOT, NOT a bad game.
• We don’t need $450k games anymore
• john looks for Paul Tassie
• Neo Geo comeback?
• Black Flag reveal / Diablo – go in with an open mind

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