That's Weird, What Do You Do? (Episode 44)

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Pam and Riley talk about what they've been doing lately between Pam's long days at work and Riley's favourite kpop group consuming her every waking hour.

Today's topics:

What we've been up to (00:01:09)

• Animal Crossing Pocket Camp (Riley)
• (00:06:56) Night in the Woods (Pam)
• (00:09:07) Overwatch (Riley)
• (00:13:26) TWD Michonne (Pam)
• (00:16:30) Thor: Ragnarok (Riley)
• (00:19:40) Geostorm (Pam)
• (00:24:50) The Big Family Cooking Showdown (Riley)
• (00:29:04) Mindhunter (Pam)
• (00:33:13) BTS was at the AMAs (and everywhere else in American TV) (Riley)
• (00:40:40) Blood, Sweat and Pixels (Pam)

Listener Questions (00:46:33)

• Are DOOM and Wolfenstein part of the same universe? Will we ever see BJ gun down Nazi demons? WIll Doomguy ever chainsaw an Ubercommander in their face? @FlockofNerds
• (00:48:32) With the recent fuss about loot boxes (and Animal Crossing Pocket Camp out) what are you willing to pay extra for in a free to play game, and how far into the game do you have to be before you’re willing to pay? @lowguppy
• (01:00:31) Do you think it will ever be revealed that Grey Sloane Memorial is built on an ancient indian burial ground? @dialacina
• (01:01:56) Which characters, if any, on Greys has had good character progression? @SerrinneWow
• (01:04:25) Are you looking forward to any Black Friday, Cyber Monday or Boxing Day sales? @FlockofNerds
• (01:06:40) Have you ever been surprised to learn that someone you would never have guessed was a gamer was actually really into video games? @alatinolawyer
• (01:08:25) Are there any games you think present dialogue in a particularly fun way, on an interface level? I played Oxenfree recently and thought the presentation of dialogue and choices was really nice @GarrickWinter

Contact information

• Riley
• Pam

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