Episode #48: Welcome to Our Anime Podcast

AVoCADo GamesCast

https://ia601509.us.archive.org/13/items/avocadogamescast_ep48/Podcast%2048%20edit%203.mp3

Featuring:
Merve
Wolfman Jew
Ben
Mr. Glitch
The Kappa

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:

0:15 – Introductions

5:55 – Detective Pikachu

15:30 – Project Sonic Watch 2019

30:05 – What We’ve Been Playing

1:40:00 – Magic in Games, Part 1

2:01:15 – A Digression on Anime

2:09:55 – Magic in Games, Part 2

2:17:55 – Narrative Framing Devices

2:26:05 – Magic in Games, Part 3

2:32:45 – Conclusions

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep48

Podcast header image taken from the official Kingdom Hearts website. Linkdump, spoiler warnings, and content warnings after the jump.

Introductions (0:15)

• The “Marxist Risk” with a south-up map is a PC game called Neocolonialism. A related game is the World Game, developed by Buckminster Fuller of all people, and it uses a Dymaxion map projection, which involves projecting the globe onto an icosahedron and then flattening it out. (Sources: Wikipedia and Steam)
• The “castle” The Kappa was referencing is the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International, located at 5930 Franklin Avenue in Los Angeles. Here’s a photo. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on Chick tracts.

Detective Pikachu (5:55)

SPOILERS FOR JOHN WICK

• Wikipedia article on Pokémon Detective Pikachu.
• Wikipedia article on Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige.
• Wikipedia article on John Wick, the first film in the franchise of the same name.
• Wikipedia article on the Super Mario Bros. film.
• Wikipedia article on the Assassin’s Creed film.
• Amazon store page for Calculus of Variations: Mechanics, Control and Other Applications by Charles R. MacCluer.
• Wikipedia article on the Detective Pikachu game.

Project Sonic Watch 2019 (15:30)

• Official Sonic The Hedgehog trailer. The titular character is being redesigned, and the movie is being delayed. Note: We recorded this podcast before the delay was announced. (Sources: Paramount Pictures on YouTube and BuzzFeed News)
• The clip from Planet With where Sensei eats cabbage. (Source: Tumblr)
• The Sonic poster with long legs. (Source: Sonic Stadium)
• Len’s cover of “Kids in America,” recorded for Digimon: The Movie soundtrack. (Source: LEN TV on YouTube)
• Music video for “Steal My Sunshine” by Len.
• The main characters from Sonic Boom. (Source: Trusted Reviews)
• Information on the promotional controversy for Kick-Ass 2. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on Doom.
• Wikipedia article on Lady in the Lake.
• Wikipedia article on Sonic X.

What We’ve Been Playing (30:05)

MILD SPOILERS FOR MORTAL KOMBAT 11 AND PERSONA 5

• Steam store page for Elite Dangerous.
• Steam store page for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2.
• Origin store page for Anthem.
• Steam store page for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
• The Sekiro Tweet that everybody clowned on. (Source: Kotaku)
• Steam store page for Final Fantasy VI.
• Wikipedia article on Red Dead Redemption 2.
• Wikipedia article on World of Warcraft.
• Steam store page for NieR:Automata.
• Wikipedia article on Kingdom Hearts III.
• The Donald Duck joke from Friends. (Source: Friends Post on YouTube)
• Steam store page for Mortal Kombat 11.
• Wikipedia article on the Mortal Kombat film.
• Correction: The game is called Under Night In-Birth, not “Underbirth.” (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on Persona 5.
• Wikipedia article on Persona 4 Arena.
• Wikipedia article on Ehrgeiz.
• Wikipedia article on Fighters Megamix.

Magic in Games, Part 1 (1:40:00)

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR DRAKENGARD

• Wikipedia article on Betrayal at Krondor.
• Steam store page for Darwinia.
• Steam store page for Okami.
• Wikipedia article on Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow.
• Wikipedia article on the Dragon Age franchise.
• Steam store page for Prey (2017).
• Steam store page for Final Fantasy VII.
• Steam store page for Final Fantasy VIII.
• Wikipedia article on Lost Odyssey.
• Wikipedia article on the Dungeon Keeper franchise.
• Steam store page for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
• Clarification: The Kappa was talking about Drakensang. (Source: Steam)
• Wikipedia article on Drakengard.
• Steam store page for Dark Souls.
• Steam store page for Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
• Steam store page for Dishonored.
• Steam store page for Kentucky Route Zero.
• Wikipedia article on inFAMOUS.
• Steam store page for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines.
• Official website for Dungeons & Dragons.
• Wikipedia article on Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.
• Steam store page for the original DOOM.

A Digression on Anime (2:01:15)

• Wikipedia article on Gate.
• Wikipedia article on Hellsing.
• Wikipedia article on Durarara!!
• Wikipedia article on Baccano!
• Wikipedia article on Death Note.
• Wikipedia article on Planet With.
• Wikipedia article on Sword Art Online.
• Wikipedia article on Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.
• Wikipedia article on Ouran High School Host Club.
• Wikipedia article on Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun.
• Wikipedia article on A Sister’s All You Need.
• Wikipedia article on Eromanga Sensei.
• Wikipedia article on Sonic Underground.
• Know Your Meme article on Sanic.
• Sonic Underground theme song. (Source: tv2zebra on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article on the Donkey Kong Country TV series.

Magic in Games, Part 2 (2:09:55)

MILD SPOILERS FOR PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME

• Wikipedia article on the Witcher series.
• Steam store page for Final Fantasy VII.
• Steam store page for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
• Steam store page for Child of Light.
• Wikipedia article on Shadow of the Colossus.
• Wikipedia article on the Mass Effect series.
• Steam store page for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
• Steam store page for Fable.
• Steam store page for Jade Empire.
• Steam store page for Prey (2017).
• Steam store page for Prince of Persia (2008).

Narrative Framing Devices (2:17:55)

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR ASSASSIN’S CREED III AND ASSASSIN’S CREED.

• Steam store page for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
• Steam store page for Call of Juarez Gunslinger.
• Steam store page for Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge.
• Wikipedia article on the Assassin’s Creed series.
• Wikipedia article on Persona 5.

Magic in Games, Part 3 (2:26:05)

• Wikipedia article on Pokémon.
• Bulbapedia article on Arceus.
• Wikipedia article on Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Correction: Merve was talking about XC2, not XC1.
• Bulbapedia article on Tsareena.
• Bulbapedia article on Salazzle.
• Bulbapedia article on Greninja.
• Boomy the Cat is a character from This House Has People In It. (Source: This House Has People In It Wiki on Fandom)

Conclusions (2:32:45)

CONTENT WARNING FOR DISCUSSIONS OF MUTILATION, VORE, AND VIOLATIONS OF CONSENT

• An explanation of what a “farmer blow” is. (Source: Urban Dictionary)
• Bulbapedia article on Salazzle.