Episode #27: Kaizovania

AVoCADo GamesCast

https://archive.org/download/avocadogamescast_ep27/Podcast%2027%20edit%205.mp3

Featuring:
Merve
Penny B’s Hero Academia
Science is Bad
Kajigger Desu
Andy Tuttle

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:15 – Introductions
3:20 – What Science is Bad Has Been Playing
12:40 – What Andy Tuttle Has Been Playing
18:15 – What Penny B’s Hero Academia Has Been Playing
31:55 – What Kajigger Desu Has Been Playing
39:10 – The Difficulty of NES Games
46:05 – Parental Gaming
50:25 – What Merve Has Been Playing
58:25 – Favourite Video Game Levels
1:35:55 – Bad Level Design
1:55:35 – Some More Good Level Design
1:57:45 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep27

Linkdump after the jump.

Introductions (0:15)

• Midoriya and Bakugō are two characters from My Hero Academia. (Source: Wikipedia)
• The baseball game with the weird American names was Fighting Baseball. (Source: Press The Buttons)

What Science is Bad Has Been Playing (3:20)

• Steam store page for Divinity: Original Sin II.
• Steam store page for BloodRayne.
• Lesbian dialogue in Divinity: Original Sin II. (Source: @shadowmar on Twitter)

What Andy Tuttle Has Been Playing (12:40)

• Steam store page for Pinball FX3.
• Wikipedia article on Full Tilt! Pinball.
• Steam store page for Final Fantasy XIV.
• Steam store page for Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA.
• Wikpedia article on the Kingdom Hearts series.

What Penny B’s Hero Academia Has Been Playing (18:15)

• Steam store page for Final Fantasy X/X-2.
• Official website for Yakuza 0.
• Steam store page for Heat Signature.
• Steam store page for Invisible, Inc.
• Steam store page for Frozen Synapse.

What Kajigger Desu Has Been Playing (31:55)

• Steam store page for Cuphead.
• Steam store page for Furi.

The Difficulty of NES Games (39:10)

• Wikipedia article on Ninja Gaiden.

Parental Gaming (46:05)

• Wikipedia article on River Raid.
• Steam store page for Commander Keen.
• Wikipedia article on Prince of Persia.
• Wikipedia article on Breakout clones.
• Wikipedia article on Dr. Mario.
• Wikipedia article on Tetris.
• Wikipedia article on Tenchu: Stealth Assassins.
• Steam store page for Hidden Folks.

What Merve Has Been Playing (50:25)

• Steam store page for Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.
• Official website for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.
• Official website for Persona 5.
• Steam store page for West of Loathing.
• Steam store page for Binary Domain.
• Steam store page for the Zero Escape trilogy.
• Steam store page for Clannad.

Favourite Video Game Levels (58:25)

• Episode #26 of the AVoCADo GamesCast, where we discussed the level design of Yooka-Laylee.
• Steam store page for Doom II.
• Doom Wiki pages for No Rest for the Living and its first level, The Earth Base.
• Brutal Doom on Mod DB. Clarification: It was released in 2012, before last year’s Doom game was released.
• Wikipedia article on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island.
• Gameplay video of World 2: Hit That Switch in Yoshi’s Island. (Source: SlimKirby on YouTube)
• Steam store page for Psychonauts.
• Gameplay video for Black Velvetopia in Psychonauts.
• Correction: The Psychonauts level set on a tabletop game is called Waterloo World. (Source: Psychopedia on Wikia)
• Steam store page for Grand Theft Auto III.
• PlayStation store page for Mega Man Legends.
• Mega Man Knowledge Base page on Kattelox Island. (Source: Wikia)
• Steam store page for Saints Row 2.
• Official website for Dollar Shave Club.

Bad Level Design (1:35:55)

• Steam store page for Final Fantasy XIII.
• Steam store page for NieR:Automata.
• Steam store page for Yooka-Laylee.
• Noclip documentary on the world design of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. (Source: YouTube)
• Triangles and the world design of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. (Source: Nintendo Life)
• Wikipedia article on the Assassin’s Creed series.
• PlayStation store page for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.
• Steam store page for Mighty No. 9.
• Yet again, the infamous “anime fan on prom night” trailer for Mighty No. 9. (Source: Deep Silver on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article for Contra.
• Steam store page for Far Cry.
• Perfect Dark Wiki entry for the FarSight XR-20. (Source: Wikia)

Some More Good Level Design (1:55:35)

• Wikipedia article for Castlevania.
• Merve was referencing Kaizo Mario World, a ROM hack for Super Mario World with ridiculously difficult levels. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article for Wario Land 3.

Conclusion (1:57:45)

• Lord Stoneheart is a frequent contributor to this podcast.