Episode 9: E3 2015 Impressions

Episode 9 is a venture from our usual format as we react to E3 2015. We discuss our favourite moments, and generally get excited about video games that will be coming our way soon.

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Trailers for the games we spoke about:

Yoshi's Woolly World Trailer

Samus Yoshi!

Mario Maker Trailer
Acamiibo Animal Crossing
Fire Emblem: Fates
Star Fox Zero

Shenmue 3
Final Fantasy VII
Metal Gear Solid V
Batman Arkham Knight
Horizon Zero Dawn
Uncharted 4

Halo 5
Recore
Minecraft with the Microsoft Hololens
Sea Of Thieves
Cuphead
Rise of the Tomb Raider

South Park: The Fractured but Whole
Tom Clancy's The Division
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands

Star Wars Battlefront
Mirrors Edge Catalyst
Unravel

Fallout 4 (Gameplay Demo)
Fallout Shelter
Dishonoured 2

Notes for Episode 8: Mad Matt's Home Arcade

We are down to 3 people for episode 8, but we deliver all the chat you'd expect about what we've been playing and watching at the cinema; with some Mad Max and Avengers discussion. We also discover that Matt's racing game set-up is better than most arcades.

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Stuff we spoke about:

Project Cars
Logitech G25 steering wheel
Sony embarrassed by DriveClub Launch
CD Projekt Red responds to comments about graphics downgrades
Baldur's Gate
The Story of CD Projekt Red
Cities: Skylines (is the SimCity we all wanted)
gog
Smite

Splatoon
60fps games on WiiU
The Scarlett Pimpernel
Rayman Legends

Susan Strong

Uplay
Valiant Hearts
Avengers: Age Of Ultron
Jeremy Renner still thinks Black Widow is a slut (what a prick, right?)
There's actually a whole blog about the lack of Black Widow merch
Marvel's toy line just erased Black Widow from her own scene in 'Age of Ultron'
Mark Ruffalo tweeted about the lack of Black Widow merch, too
Since recording, Marvel/Disney noticed the lack of merch, and they're doing something about it!
Stan Lee cameos (video)
Mad Max: Fury Road
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Steven Seagal

Notes for Episode 7

Matt murders a joke, but don't worry. His Illuminati connections will protect him.

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Stuff we spoke about:

Star Wars Battlefront trailer (video)

The comparison between BF2 and the new BF. Take this with a pinch of salt, as it was made by an angry internet nerd (and the game isn't even out yet...)

Speeder bike

Titanfall
Rainbow Six: Siege trailer (video)
Gears of War remastered leaks
Team Fortress 2
*preparing for people to yell at me for calling TF2 a MOBA*
Witcher 3 has been received VERY well
It took 16 hours to RECORD the sex scenes
Minecraft- Far Lands or Bust
P.T.
Hideo Kojima
Guillermo del Toro
Norman Reedus
Harold Ramis
Slender game (it's free btw!)
The Metal Gear boss that reads your memory card and makes you plug your controller into the other slot
Metal Gear boss that can die of old age
Resetti
Costume Quest (Consider this a recommendation from Sophia. Costume Quest is great!)
Inquisition War Table
Mario Kart 8 DLC

The Nintendo Universe (video)
Icelandic Elf Sex (video, sort of NSFW?)
David Icke
Illuminati
Freemasons
What We Do In The Shadows
Moon Landing Conspiracies
Buzz Aldrin punch
Phil Collins
Space Program
Penny4NASA
North Korea landed a man on the sun
Aluminium spelling differences

Punisher in Captain America 2
Thor cameo in The Incredible Hulk- apparently. (video)
A113
Pixar Universe Theory
Frozen's King and Queen are Tarzan's parents
Rapunzel at Elsa's Coronation (and some other stuff)

Notes for Episode 6

We start off this episode with the science section, for a change, so we can discuss aliens and astronomy. WARNING! This episode contains spoilers for the end of Game Of Thrones Season 4, and the first episode of Season 5 (so most of you should be fine, to be honest). We also have a pretty in-depth chat about Star Wars, and talk about the games we've been playing.

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Stuff we spoke about:

I don't think 'unknowledgeable' is a real word. It sounds dumb, and I'm getting a red squiggly line underneath it. I don't care what 'thefreedictionary.com' says.
Original story about the mysterious radio bursts
Here's the published paper, if you'd like more detail
Turns out, it was because they opened the microwave door. Pretty awkward.
Lazer Team Trailer (video)
The Wow! signal
Barney and Betty Hill - the couple Alice was speaking about who were abducted
Contact
Penis breath! (video)

New Horizons
Searching for new Pluto moons
Cassini

Jupiter has 67 confirmed moons

Shepard moons
Apple Watch
FitBit

Michio Kaku
Physics of the Future book

"I have no idea what I'm doing"

Keyboard Cat (video)
Internet Cat Festival
Okay so it turns out that the Internet Cat Festival is not a 'concert', and Keyboard Cat is dead. RIP.
Evolution of Dance (video)
Dancing Baby (terrifying) (video)
I think this is the South Park episode?
Leave Britney Alone (video)

GOT season 4 spoilers and season 5 episode 1
Lord Tywin Lannister did not, in the end, shit gold.
Young Cersei's Prophecy (video)
Lena Headey

Daario Naharis

Jaqen H'ghar

The Mountain has been repeatedly recast
Lady Stoneheart Rumors
Daredevil on Netflix
The Creatures on YouTube
Avatar Earthbender Toph (she is awesome)
Professor X (Please don't kill me because I said he wasn't a superhero...)
Sound sculpting (video)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser #2 (video)
Star Wars Celebration

Cinema in Austin showed the trailer 17 times in a row

Look at that grumpy sexy face.

LucasArts Adventure Games
Tim Schafer
Elder Scrolls Online
Bethesda to host their first ever E3 conference
Dishonoured: Granny Rags
Thomas the Tank Engine dragons in Skyrim PEEP PEEEEEP
Macho Man Randy Savage dragon mod
Airship house mod
Far Cry 4 review

Forza Horizon 2
Elite: Dangerous
Sophia's blog post about Life Is Strange

Notes for Episode 5

Go back in time and listen to us talk about the new season of Game of Thrones before it even started! We also discuss the games we've played, things we've collected, and what happens when Tina Fey meets the apocalypse.

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Stuff we spoke about

Star Wars x Square Enix toys
You're a bindle

The World of Thedas
The secrets of Fez
Pikachu Amiibo
Takara Tomy Pokemon

Transfiguration (The root of the animal abuse in Harry Potter)
The Great A'Tuin
Terry Pratchett Graffiti
tetley tea houses???
Panini Stickers
Tazos
Pogs
Funko Pop
Dancing Baby Groot

Arrested Development Funko (There is a blue Tobias variant!!)
(Here's a list of what is coming soon to Funko Pop)
Funko Pop subscription box
Qwertee
Kenner Star Wars toys
Darth Vader case
Mailing away an empty box to get Star Wars toys
Gentle Giant
Han Shot First bookends
Trash Compactor bookends
Portal bookends
Tales from the Borderlands
Telltale's Game Of Thrones

Arkham Asylum
Long Live The Queen
Mountain Simulator
Bee Dances
The Yawhg
The Yawhg gameplay (video)
Hatoful Boyfriend
Yandere Simulator
Minecraft Love n Hugs
Goat Simulator patch notes
Minecraft is too violent
Parents could be reported to police if their kids play violent games
Sophia's blog about violent games
Mario is mental (video)

"Wario is just a fat weirdo"

Chuckle Brothers
Man remakes Donkey Kong for his daughter
Nintendo is going to make mobile games
Nintendo filing patents for mobile hardware (video)
Pokemon Shuffle
Bioshock on iOS
Dungeon Keeper remake
Buy the original Dungeon Keeper

"Fuckin fuck off"

~Some chat about how GOT is coming soon~ (Yeah, this was recorded before it came out)
"Grumpy guys and some incest" - GOT in a nutshell
Attack on Titan
Attack on Titan live action (video)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Dexter
That's a butt

The Burbs
Ghost Whisperer
Goat Whisperer

Notes and pictures for Episode 4

What makes you who you are? How did your family affect who you became? In Episode 4, we speak about how we became interested in games and geek culture, and how we'd introduce our future kids to the world of games. We also discuss if video games could compete with Oscar-winning movies, in terms of writing and direction, and we go off on a few tangents along the way.

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Stuff we spoke about:

Macho Man Randy Savage
Professor Layton
Brain Training

Lake Placid
Sharktopus (video)
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
Mount Your Friends (video)
(I'm not even sure where to BEGIN linking things about Harry Potter, tbh. Have an awkward promo pic from the first movie)

Final Fantasy

Trekkie
Matt didn't have any photos to his Sewer Lair creation, so here's a link to a pre-made one
Blue Peter Tracy Island (instructions!)
Art Attack
Alien Trilogy PS1 (video)
Disney Infinity
(From Sophia: I feel like I should explain. I wasn't mad because my sister wanted to play Infinity- anyone can feel free to play whatever they like! But she had asked me for 'girl games' for her and 'boy games' for her boyfriend, and it made me mad!)
R2-D2 baby grow

BattleBlock Theatre trailer (video) - arguably one of the best video game trailers ever
GoldenEye

Mario Party 10
Phoebe's gay husband is straight (video)
L2P = Learn to play
The Todd playing fetch (video)

We Like Sportz (video)
Working Joe
Journey (video)
Telltale's The Walking Dead (video)
Never Alone (video)
Over a year ago, Sophia wrote about Brothers on her blog (It was one of my first ventures into video game writing, so I'm sorry, but we all need to start somewhere :D)
Kerbal Space Program
Beseige
LA Noire
Mafia 2 (video)
Rockstar Table Tennis
Sleeping Dogs
Big Trouble in Little China
Uncanny Valley
(From Sophia: Since recording this podcast, im up to 110ish hours in Omega Ruby...)
The Pokemon Multiverse
Eevee
Grim Fandago Remastered
Tim Schafer
Broken Age act 2
American Horror Story
Old guy in Babe

Ian McShane as Santa
Black Mirror
Ex Machina
Dredd
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Bojack Horseman
Ready Player One
Bedlam
Bedlam the game
Steven Speilberg to direct Ready Player One
Boom Blox
Atari: Game Over (great documentary, and it's free)

Episode 3- now with 25% more Scottish!

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Stuff we spoke about:

Say hi to Iain
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain release date (and £100 collector's edition)
Family Guy: Mayor Adam West's cat launcher (absolutely terrible quality video)
Elite Dangerous is coming to console
No Man's Sky
Rock Band 4
Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Never Alone

Ether One
I think this was the DA:I quest they were talking about?
Minecraft Bosses
F.E.A.R.
Alien franchise
The Alien is dragging things along with his tail (video)
Neill Blomkamp
Halo Trailer (video)
Age of Ultron trailer #3

Marvel Civil War
Donald Glover
Community on Yahoo TV
EVE
Second Life Troll
Lockheed Martin's Athena Laser

Hitchhiker's kitchen scene (video)