Dia Lacina joins us this week to talk about a the ridiculous number of major video game releases over the last months, what we think of them and how we choose what to play.
What we've been up to (00:01:25)
Dia

Nier Automata
Persona 5
Dark Souls 2: Scholars of the First Sins
Yakuza 0
Night in The Woods

Riley

Overwatch
Streaming Korean!
Departures
Bill Nye
Handmaid's Tale

Pam

Unravel
Nier Automata
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Taken
Nurse Jackie
S Town
The Rabbit

Too Many Games!! (00:42:55)
Big releases we talked about:

FF15
The Last Guardian - Cameron Kunzelman's article
Watchdogs 2
Dead Rising 4
Resident Evil 7
Yakuza 0
Horizon Zero Dawn
The Switch - Breath of the Wild
Nier Automata (minor spoilers 01:34:00)
Mass Effect (story spoilers @ 01:01:03) !!
Persona 5

(01:08:00) How many complex storylines are you able to juggle mentally? Do you try to play multiple big games during the same time frame? @alatinolawyer
(01:12:00) I find myself not wanting to dedicate 40 hours to a new game anymore. And there are great new games that are more casual these days. Thoughts? @UrzasRage
(01:12:30) Highly anticipated smaller games:

Torment
Night in the Woods
2064 Read-Only Memories
Shovel Knight DLC
Dreamfall
Thimbleweed Park
Full Throttle Remaster

(01:22:37) Do you ever jump into the middle of an established series if you haven't played the previous games but the newest seems like a standout game (e.g. Witcher 3) or do you feel the need to play the earlier games first? @The_Doc_Webb
(01:28:42) Inspired by a top 10 by Austin Walker and Dia's article on ME:A - Top 5 games to watch LPs of or discourse about without playing? @devoted_pupa
(01:35:00) How influential is knowing your friends (or others) will be playing a game, and therefore discussing it, as a motivation for you to play too? @alatlinolawyer
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