Episode #97: I Know that Person from the Internet!

Featuring:
Merve
QuinleyThorne
Captain Blasto
The Kappa

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
13:20 – The Game Awards: Introduction
15:40 – The Game Awards: Nomination Discussion, Part 1
2:14:15 – The Game Awards: Nomination Discussion, Part 2
2:29:15 – The Game Awards: Predictions
2:55:35 – Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
3:11:55 – Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
3:27:25 – Marvel’s Midnight Suns
3:53:20 – American Arcadia
3:58:25 – Horror Recommendations
4:00:55 – The Lord of the Rings Online
4:04:25 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep97

Podcast header image from Pikmin 4. Spoiler warning (mild) for Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. Linkdump after the jump.

Introduction (0:15)

• Mountain Dew Wiki article on Atomic Blue. (Source: Fandom)
• Steam store pages for PowerWash Simulator and Vampire Survivors.
• YouTube channel for Jelle’s Marble Runs.
• Wikipedia articles on Carly Rae Jepsen, Barenaked Ladies, Crash Test Dummies, Billy Talent, and Nickelback.
• An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, also known as Bill C-11. (Source: Parliament of Canada)
• Correction: The part of the ear that Merve was referring to is called the tragus. The pinna is the entire visible outer portion of the ear. (Sources: Otologic Surgery Atlas at Stanford Medicine; Johns Hopkins Medicine)
• Wikipedia article on Black Friday.

The Game Awards: Introduction (13:20)

• Official website for The Game Awards.
• Clarification: Spike TV is now known as Paramount Network, and Paramount+ is a streaming service owned by the same parent company.
• Correction: The Spike series comparing historical warriors was called Deadliest Warrior, not The Greatest Warrior. (Source: Wikipedia)

The Game Awards: Nomination Discussion, Part 1 (15:40)

MILD SPOILERS: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

• Nomination categories for The Game Awards.
• Nominees for Game of the Year.
• Nominees for Best Game Direction.
• Nominees for Best Narrative.
• Nominees for Best Art Direction.
• Wikipedia article on the Simpsons episode “The Seven-Beer Snitch.”
• Nominees for Best Score and Music.
• Correction: The island on which the lotus-eaters resided is not named in the Odyssey. Some scholars believe it to be the Tunisian island of Djerba, known in ancient Greece as Meninx. This is not the same island on which Circe resided. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Nominees for Best Audio Design.
• Nominees for Best Performance.
• Nominees for Innovation in Accessibility.
• Nominees for Games for Impact.
• Correction: Games for Impact has existed since the first edition of The Game Awards in 2014, when it was known as Games for Change. Life Is Strange came out the following year. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Nominees for Best Ongoing.
• Correction: CD Projekt Red is not a relatively small developer in the AAA space; they have over 1,000 employees. (Source: CD Projekt Red)
• Correction: The Final Fantasy XIV dev team was estimated in 2019 to be around 300 people, so if anything CD Projekt Red is three times its size, not the other way around. (Source: r/ffxiv on Reddit)
• Nominees for Best Community Support.
• Nominees for Best Independent Game.
• Nominees for Best Debut Indie Game.
• Nominees for Best Mobile Game.
• The Japanese developer that QuinleyThorne mentioned that specializes in simulation games for mobile platforms is Kairosoft. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Nominees for Best VR/AR.
• Nominees for Best Action Game.
• Wikipedia article on Armored Core: For Answer.
• Nominees for Best Action/Adventure.
• Nominees for Best RPG.
• Nominees for Best Fighting.
• Nominees for Best Family.
• Nominees for Best Sim/Strategy.
• Confirmation: The Best Sim/Strategy award at The Game Awards was only Best Strategy until 2020, when Microsoft Flight Simulator was nominated and won. Microsoft Flight Simulator was also nominated the following year, but it did not win. (Source: Wikipedia)

The Game Awards: Nomination Discussion, Part 2 (2:14:15)

• Nominees for Best Sports/Racing.
• Nominees for Best Multiplayer.
• Nominees for Best Adaptation.
• Nominees for Most Anticipated Game.
• Wikipedia article on announcer Lenne Hardt.
• Nominees for Content Creator of the Year.
• The international jury for The Game Awards.

The Game Awards: Predictions (2:29:15)

• Official website for Avowed. (Source: Obsidian Entertainment)
• Wikipedia article on Naughty Dog.
• Report on rumours of a new Uncharted game being co-developed by Sony’s San Diego Studio. (Source: PlayStation Lifestyle)
• Wikipedia article on Sony’s Santa Monica Studio.
• Wikipedia article on Media.Vision.
• Correction: Valkyria Chronicles III is the Valkyria Chronicles game that never made it to the West. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Teaser trailer for MachineGames’s Indiana Jones game. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Mina the Hollower. (Source: Yacht Club Games on YouTube)
• Report on Certain Affinity’s Halo Infinite project. (Source: Video Games Chronicle)
• Correction: Kojima is working on a project involving Elle Fanning, not her older sister Dakota. This may or may not be the cloud-based game he’s working on with Microsoft or the horror game involving Margaret Qualley. It’s also possible that the cloud-based game and the horror game are the same game, and this ended up all but being confirmed at The Game Awards. (Source: Engadget)
• The Grand Theft Auto VI trailer ended up being released before The Game Awards. (Source: Rockstar Games on YouTube)
• The unofficial Hollow Knight: Silksong subreddit.
• Correction: Crossfire X came to Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, but no other platforms (i.e. neither PlayStation nor Switch), so while Merve was technically correct about the game not being exclusive to a single console, he was not correct in spirit.

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (2:55:35)

• Steam store page for Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.
• Kiryu’s fighting styles in Yakuza 0 are called Brawler, Rush, and Beast, and Majima’s fighting styles are called Thug, Slugger, and Breaker. (Source: TrueAchievements)

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (3:11:55)

• Steam store page for Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key.
• The trilogy with a PS4 follow-up (so technically a quadrilogy) that QuinleyThorne was referencing was the Arland sub-series. (Source: Wikipedia)

Marvel’s Midnight Suns (3:27:25)

• Steam store page for Marvel’s Midnight Suns.
• Steam store page for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Wikipedia article on DC Universe Online.
• Steam store page for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
• Wikipedia article on the Deadpool video game.
• Wikipedia article on Marvel Heroes.
• Wikipedia article on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order.
• Wikipedia article on X-Men: Destiny.

American Arcadia (3:53:20)

• Steam store page for American Arcadia.

Horror Recommendations (3:58:25)

• Steam store page for Tenebris Somnia.
• The Nokzen Gaming YouTube channel.

The Lord of the Rings Online (4:00:55)

• Official website for the Corsairs of Umbar expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online.

Conclusion (4:04:25)

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