Once again we are join by our intrepid idiots Paul Smith (@sopachuco13) and Rodrigo Carballo (@naco402) to talk about games. Rodrigo catches us up on his progress with Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag and The Last of Us. Paul talks a bit about why Nintendo characters have no voice and Kumamon.
We talk about Nintendo’s “mergers and acquisitions” talk and Nintendo’s love/hate relationship with core gamers. Rodrigo waxes nostalgic about blowing on cartridges. Finishing up the Nintendo talk; witness as Rodrigo’s mind getting blown by Paul on the current state of Nintendo. We also try to figure out how to define “disingenuous.” Rodrigo’s girlfriend Jacque says, “Hi.” We do some Metal Gear Solid talk. Paul’s always playing old games. Rodrigo goes off on the price and length of Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, while Paul tries to understand the problem with the price for the length. Rodrigo also coins the term “Kojami.” Paul goes off on Metal Gear fans and how much they bitch about the property that they love. After the break, we talk about the new Pulse Elite headset firmware for PS4. We talk about the Left Behind DLC and it’s relationship to the Left Behind eschatology book series. We talk about the ridiculous value of Playstation Plus. Paul talks about the differences between Magic: The Gathering and Hearthstone. We find out that Rodrigo thinks that Magic players are nerds, but he used to play Yu-Gi-Oh!
OWR Games Podcast: Episode 02
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