The Games we Love with Lord Nerdy Cephelapod

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Content Warning

There is talk of tea bagging in this episode, due to the mode in Splitgate called "tea bag confirmed."

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Show Notes

Definitely no burps in this episode's intro, but there was a mystery sound - get in touch, if you know what it was - and we waste almost no time in preparing you all for the Recent Games section with our guest Lord Nerdy Cephalopod - aka Brian - so here we go...

Recent Games

The Recent Games segment will not be new to listeners, but in case you're new to the show here's how it goes: we go round the table and discuss one or more games that we've been playing recently, and whether we think it's worth the listeners checking it out. We continue to do this until we've run out of games to discuss.

I love to hear what everyone's been playing, and whether they would recommend it.
- Jay

Lord Nerdy Cephalopod's Recent Games

• Splitgate

Which is one of the best FPS games of the year in our opinions - even though Squidge hasn't played it yet

• Psychonauts 2
• Valheim

Because who doesn't like exploring Viking daily life and mythology.

Odin will be proud of us!
- Lord Nerdy Cephalopod

Squidge's Recent Games

• Diablo II: Resurrected

Because of course Squidge bought Diablo II again.

• Kingdom Hearts 2

Even though Squidge brought this up in the previous episode - here's a link to that - we actually recorded this episode first.

Screw it. I'll just keep hitting it over the head
- Squidge

Which is the same way that Squidge beat the hell house in the Final Fantasy VII remake: bash it until it dies.

Jay's Recent Games

• Samurai Warriors 5
• Splitgate

Both of which can be played for 5-10 minutes at a time, or for hours across an afternoon. And they are both hella-fun.

I'm imagining a mod for Splitgate where all the characters are the beans from Fall Guys, running around tea bagging everyone
- Squidge

Dreamcast Chat

Talk of Quake III Arena - prompted by our conversation about Splitgate - took us on a minor diversion into Dreamcast territory - which AndrewD will be happy to hear about. And no discussion about Dreamcast would be complete without a discussion on why Seaman never had a karaoke mode:

but there's only one song... and it has to have Shatner's hair
- Lord Nerdy Cephalopod

After that, we have no idea what we actually talked about... seriously, it got very, very silly.

I swear, this is just for comedy. What have we done?!
- Lord Nerdy Cephalopod

The Thunder Plain Games

For those who are new to the pod, we have a section called "Thunder Plain Games" which might be vaguely reminiscent of a certain programme on BBC Radio 4 - but for copyright reasons, it is completely different

Imagine that you are in Final Fantasy X, and the Thunder Plains) is a place that you get banished to. And what we're going to do is we're going to open a portal to the Thunder Plains and, very nicely and politely, boot you through it. You will get help, maybe it will be tomorrow, maybe it will be in a week, maybe it will be in an hour.

To stop you from getting bored, we've said that we'll keep the portal open and we'll throw through up to three video games and everything you need to play them - including an Internet connection. The only rules are that you can't ask for help, because help is on the way, and you can't tell anyone that you're in the Thunder Plains.

So our question is: were we to do throw, boot, or yeet you through the portal, which games are we throwing through with you?

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Full Show Notes

Make sure to check out the full show notes for more discussion on the points we raise, some extra meta-analysis, and some links to related things.

What have you been playing recently? Do you agree with the anonymous review that Chief read during this episode? What would you take with you to the Thunder Plains?

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Links

Here are some links to some of the things we discussed in this episode:

• Jay & Jay Media
• Jay & Jay on Ko-Fi
• Our Facebook page
• Us on Twitter
• RE Engine
• Discworld and Beyond with Gregg Barnett
• Lord Nerdy Cephalopod on Twitter
• Infinite Nerd Theorem
• Infinite Nerd Theorem Twitter

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