Episode #16: You Make Mr. Pants Now!

AVoCADo GamesCast

https://archive.org/download/avocadogamescast_ep16/Podcast%2016%20edit%2011.mp3

Featuring:
Merve
The Radio Cat
Science is Bad
PT
The Kappa

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:15 – Introductions
2:20 – What We’ve Been Playing
37:35 – Franchises We Want to Revive
1:15:45 – What Makes a Franchise Ripe for Revival
1:20:15 – What We Shouldn’t Revive
1:29:00 – What We Think Will Be Revived
1:48:00 – What’s Going on with Rare and Concluding Remarks

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep16

Linkdump after the jump.

Introductions (0:15)

• A let’s play of Suikoden Tactics. (Source: aulddragon on YouTube)
• The Polish alphabet. (Source: Mówić po polsku)
• “Parallel Universe” by Red Hot Chili Peppers. (Source: Chili World on YouTube)
• What’s your opinion on what a Minion’s body feels like? You can tell us in this poll! We’ll announce the results of the poll in the linkdump for the next podcast.

What We’ve Been Playing (2:20)

• Trailer for Dragon Quest VIII. (Source: Nintendo on YouTube)
• Trailer for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
• Yes, we’re aware that Resident Evil 7 was probably originally written in English, by Richard Pearsey. We corrected ourselves later in the podcast. (Source: VG24/7)
• Steam store page for Poi.
• Homer punching Lenny in the back of the head from The Simpsons. (Source: Donut Know on YouTube)
• A tutorial for the turret section in Dead Space. (Source: WinnTWO30 on YouTube)
• Gameplay footage of Halo Wars 2. (Source: Giant Bomb on YouTube)
• The Halo franchise is a little more than 15 years old. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Trailer for Nioh. (Source: PlayStation EU on YouTube)

Franchises We Want to Revive (37:35)

• Wikipedia article on the Suikoden franchise.
• Wikipedia articles on Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross.
• Launch trailer for last year’s Doom reboot. (Source: Bethesda Softworks on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article on the Warcraft franchise.
• Wikipedia articles on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. Clarification: The former was made by BioWare, and the latter was made by Obsidian.
• Wikipedia article on the Legacy of Kain franchise.
• Steam store page for the Turok re-release.
• Correction: Sleeping Dogs sold around 1.75 million in fiscal 2012, but was expected to sell 2 to 2.5 million. (Source: Game Informer)
• Wikipedia articles on Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth and Call of Cthulhu: The Official Video Game.
• Wikipedia article on the Dungeon Keeper series.
• Steam store page for Dungeons.
• The Dungeon Keeper mobile game was not well-received. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on Wario Land 3.
• Wikipedia article on the TimeSplitters franchise.
• Wikipedia article on the Banjo-Kazooie series.
• Wikipedia article on the Jet Set Radio series.
• Wikipedia article on the Viva Piñata series.
• Wikipedia article on the Perfect Dark series.
• Wikipedia articles on The Operative: No One Lives Forever and No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.’s Way.
• I know we’ve linked to it before, but we have to link to it again: the sad story of why No One Lives Forever can’t be resurrected. (Source: Kotaku)
• Wikipedia article on the Commander Keen series.
• Steam store page for Tron 2.0.
• Wikipedia article on Command & Conquer: Renegade.
• Wikipedia article on Marble Drop. Merve would like to editorialize and inform listeners to ignore the section on its Reception. This game is hella fun.
• Steam store page for Jade Empire.

What Makes a Franchise Ripe for Revival (1:14:45)

• Wikipedia article on the Far Cry series.
• Trailer for Rash from Battletoads in Killer Instinct Season 3. (Source: PIXEL PLANET on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article on the Crash Bandicoot franchise.
• Wikipedia article on Jumping Flash!
• Wikipedia article on the Ape Escape franchise.

What We Shouldn’t Revive (1:20:15)

• Wikipedia article on the Duke Nukem series.
• Wikipedia article on the Leisure Suit Larry series.
• Retro City Rampage is available for Windows, 360, PS3, Vita, 3DS, Wii, PS4, OS X, DOS, Linux, PSP, Android, and IOS. Before you say, “Haha, the Wii U didn’t even get this game,” remember that WiiWare titles are playable on the Wii U via Wii Mode. (Source: Wikipedia)

What We Think Will Be Revived (1:29:00)

• Wikipedia article on the F-Zero series.
• The SWAT series was part of the larger Police Quest series. (Source: Wikipedia)
• A list of games in the Rise of Nations series. (Source: Wikipedia)
• The Lord of the Rings MOBA is called Guardians of Middle-earth. (Source: Wikipedia)
• The PS2, Xbox, and GameCube Lord of the Rings RPG is called The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on the Populous series.
• Wikipedia article on From Dust.
• Wikipedia article on the Alone in the Dark series.
• Gameplay trailer of the new God of War from E3 2016. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Clarification: Star Wars: TIE Fighter was part of the Star Wars: X-Wing series. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.
• Wikipedia article on the Prince of Persia series.
• Wikipedia article on the (supposedly) upcoming Beyond Good & Evil 2.

What’s Going on with Rare and Concluding Remarks (1:48:00)

• At last count (i.e. 2008), Rare has approximately 200 employees. (Source: Wikipedia)
• An example of annoying gamers playing Sea of Thieves. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)