Episode 25 – Umurangi Generation

Game of the hour: Umurangi Generation

Your intrepid photographer evades the UN police, sliding under some raggedly thrown up caution tape and bounding past b-boys and gawking tourists. She brings her camera up and shuffles through her duffel bag looking for the right lens: “50mm? 180? wide-angle?” Finally her fingers close around the fisheye; not great for wider compositions but sick as hell if you can get in close. She locks the lens onto its mounting and raises the camera to her eye in one smooth, buttery motion. This particular piece of graffiti deserves to be immortalized on film: “Tavit and Yussef: Best Budz Forever”

Other topics discussed: Moving on up(state), three years of catch-up, Hollow Knight, Odin’s Sphere, Mass Effect

Episode 19 – Injustice 2

Gliding powerfully out of the night, Batman alights on a rooftop and whips out his high-powered night vision binoculars with GPS targeting and a tiny unfoldable bayonet. Arriving a few minutes later, Supergirl walks up and asks him what he’s doing.

“Scanning for Superman, of course.”

“In that woman’s bedroom?” She gestures at the subject of Batman’s gaze, 6 stories up in the high-rise across the street.

“He could be anywhere,” the Bat tersely responds.

Supergirl flies away, shaking her head and muttering, “what a weirdo.”

Other games discussed: Tekken, Arms

Further Reading:

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/06/chun-li-and-dante-look-weird-now-capcom/

Makoto is the character Yussef was thinking of. She is the best.

http://compete.kotaku.com/nintendo-responds-to-smash-bros-pros-callout-wants-to-1796177733

The Consequences of Reducing the Skill Gap

Yussef’s Article on Waypoint.com about Injustice 2 and the Death Penalty

http://www.arcademovie.com/

The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu

Episode 18 – The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Link slides the last metallic block into its proper niche and the puzzle’s giant mechanisms reassemble in satisfying staccato. He runs up to the monk’s platform and waits to receive another orb. The shrine’s papery deity stirs and begins slowly to intone:

“Your resourcefulness in overcoming this trial speaks to the promise of a hero… but, Link, it’s kind of cheesy that you used bombs and kinesis to solve yet another puzzle and you’re making us all look bad. The other monks have been talking. You’re a good kid, Link – just, no haxx plz?”

Special Guest: Michelle Ehrhardt (@ChelleEhrhardt) Freelance writer for KillScreen, Bullet Points Monthly, Paste and more.

Special Note: Bird chirps audible during the recording were totally a purposeful decision to help establish mood.

Further Reading:

Zelda Speedruns

Nick Robinson’s Shocking Shrine Hack

Japan’s Alpen Route

The person who found all 900 Koroks

Rumors of a female protagonist have been greatly exaggerated

Jess Joho’s take on Linkle