Episode #75: Hungry Moms

AVoCADo GamesCast

Featuring:
Merve
Ben
Bresson
HobbesMk2
The Kappa

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:15 – Introduction
3:20 – What We’ve Been Playing
35:00 – Rainy Day Games
42:30 – Happy Games
59:55 – Autumn Games
1:10:45 – The First Game You Play After Winning the Lottery
1:17:05 – Doritos and Dew Games
1:21:30 – Games You Play in Front of Your Mom
1:27:40 – Egyptian Burial Games
1:36:45 – “Potato” Games
1:39:25 – Games You Stream from Orbit
1:57:10 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep75

Podcast header image from Balan Wonderworld, taken from GamesIndustry.biz. Linkdump after the jump.

Introduction (0:15)

• An explainer on what’s going on with GameStop stock. (Source: The Verge)
• An article about the enthusiastic fan reaction to Lady Dimitrescu, the tall vampire lady, in the Resident Evil Village trailer. (Source: Eurogamer)
• Vicarious Visions, developers of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, have been merged into Blizzard. Rumour has it that they’re working on a remake of Diablo II. (Source: Bloody Disgusting)

What We’ve Been Playing (3:20)

• Steam store page for Little Nightmares.
• “Turtle World,” one of the stop-motion shorts that aired on Australia’s ABC. (Source: Uriel Dominguez on YouTube)
• Ontario children’s television mascot Polkaroo posing with former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty, Jr. (Source: Torontoist)
• Steam store page for Tainted Grail: Conquest.
• Steam store page for Islanders.
• Steam store page for Bad North.
• Steam store page for Borderlands 3.
• Nintendo page for MDickie’s Wrestling Empire.
• Steam store page for The Medium.
• Steam store page for Murdered: Soul Suspect.
• Steam store page for Shadow Man.
• Steam store page for Yakuza 0.
• Steam store page for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2.
• Steam store page for Balan Wonderworld.

Rainy Day Games (35:00)

• Wikipedia article on Halo 3: ODST.
• Wikipedia article on Advance Wars: Dual Strike.
• Wikipedia article on Mega Man.

Happy Games (42:30)

• Steam store page for Shovel Knight.
• Steam store page for Plants vs. Zombies.
• Music video for the “zombie on your lawn” theme song from Plants vs. Zombies. (Source: Plants vs. Zombies on YouTube)
• Wikipedia articles on Donkey Kong Country, DKC2, and DKC3.
• The Donkey Kong Country for SNES did not use special chips in their cartridges. (Source: rec.games.video.classic on Narkive)
• Wikipedia article on Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
• Steam store page for Far Cry.
• Steam store page for Far Cry 2.
• Steam store page for Stardew Valley.
• Steam store page for Graveyard Keeper.
• Steam store page for Dead Rising.

Autumn Games (59:55)

• Clarification: Launceston is located in the north of Tasmania. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on the Gears of War series.
• Steam store page for Frostpunk.
• Steam store page for Iron Harvest.
• Steam store page for Ghost of Tsushima.
• Steam store page for Night in the Woods.
• Steam store page for Firewatch.
• Wikipedia article on Fable.
• Wikipedia article on Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
• Wikipedia article on Monster Bash.
• Wikipedia article on Alien Carnage, formerly known as Halloween Harry.
• Wikipedia article on the Monster Bash pinball table (not related to the video game).
• Official trailer 2 for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury.

The First Game You Play After Winning the Lottery (1:10:45)

• Wikipedia article on the SimCity series.
• Wikipedia article on Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield.
• Steam store page for Half-Life: Alyx.
• Steam store page for RollerCoaster Tycoon.
• Wikipedia article on 38 Studios, known for defaulting on a loan given to them by the government of Rhode Island.
• Wikipedia article on The Most Dangerous Game.
• The game in the Battle Rooms in Ender’s Game doesn’t have a name. (Source: Ender’s Game Wiki on Fandom)
• Blitzball is a sport featured in Final Fantasy X and its sequel. (Source: Final Fantasy Wiki on Fandom)
• Wikipedia article on Rollerball.
• Wikipedia article on Quidditch, a fictional sport from the Harry Potter series.
• Wikipedia article on Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the fictional cannibal created by author Thomas Harris.
• Wikipedia article on The Last Starfighter.
• Wikipedia article on Clerks: The Animated Series.

Doritos and Dew Games (1:17:05)

• Wikipedia article on the Grand Theft Autoseries.
• Wikipedia article on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
• Wikipedia article on the Jak and Daxter franchise.
• Wikipedia article on the Ratchet & Clank franchise.
• Wikipedia article on the Sly Cooper franchise.
• Wikipedia article on the Call of Duty series.
• Wikipedia article on the Soulcalibur series.

Games You Play in Front of Your Mom (1:21:30)

• Wikipedia article on Rampage 2: Universal Tour.
• Steam store page for BioShock.
• Wikipedia article on the Animal Crossing series.
• Steam store page for RollerCoaster Tycoon.
• Wikipedia article on El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.
• Steam store page for Journey.
• Wikipedia article on flOw.
• Steam store page for Abzû.
• Steam store page for Euro Truck Simulator.

Egyptian Burial Games (1:27:40)

• Steam store page for Pharaoh + Cleopatra.
• Steam store page for Katamari Damacy.
• Steam store page for Catlateral Damage.
• Correction: Mewgenics’ development was indeed put on hold, but it has been back in production since 2019. (Source: PC Gamer)
• Wikipedia article on Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy.
• Steam store page for The Mummy Demastered.
• Wikipedia article on the 2017 remake of The Mummy.
• Wikipedia article on the National Treasure series.
• Steam store page for Assassin’s Creed III.
• Wikipedia article on Conduit 2.
• Steam store page for Assassin’s Creed II.
• Steam store page for Metal Wolf Chaos.
• Steam store page for Call of Duty: Black Ops III.
• Wikipedia article on Lollipop Chainsaw.

“Potato” Games (1:36:45)

• Steam store page for Portal 2.
• Steam store page for I am Bread.
• Steam store page for Stardew Valley.
• Correction: Nintendo’s “Turn Up for Turnips” campaign referred to games as “turnip-filled,” not “turnip-based.” (Source: Merve’s Tumblr)
• Steam store page for Farming Simulator 19.
• Wikipedia article on Harvest Moon.
• Wikipedia article on Genshin Impact.

Games You Stream from Orbit (1:39:25)

• Steam store page for Kerbal Space Program.
• Wikipedia article on Asteroids.
• Wikipedia article on Space Invaders.
• The arcade game Bresson was thinking of was called Sinistar. (Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on the Star Fox franchise.
• Wikipedia article on Pac-Man.
• Wikipedia article on Pong.
• Wikipedia article on World of Warcraft.
• Steam store page for Football Manager 2021.
• Wikipedia article on Minesweeper.
• Steam store page for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
• Two video games fit the description of an early vector-based Star Wars arcade game. The first is simply called Star Wars. The second is named after the second/fifth film, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and it was sold as an upgrade kit for the first. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on Ehrgeiz.
• Wikipedia article on Mace: The Dark Age.
• Wikipedia article on the Mortal Kombat franchise.
• Wikipedia article on 2017’s Prey.
• Wikipedia article on 2006’s Prey.
• Wikipedia article Xena: The Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate.
• Wikipedia article on SimAnt.
• Correction: Will Wright has not left game development entirely. He is currently working on a new game called Proxi. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on Spore.
• Steam store page for Golf With Your Friends.
• Wikipedia article on Space Station Silicon Valley.
• Wikipedia article on Moonbase Alpha.
• Wikipedia article on Second Life.
• Steam store page for Hentai Fighter.
• Steam store page for HuniePop.
• Wikipedia article on reduced-gravity aircraft, a.k.a. the “vomit comet.”
• The 3-axis gimbal in which astronauts train is known as an Aerotrim or a Multi-Axis Trainer. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on Mission: SPACE.
• Wikipedia article on PogChamp.

Conclusion (1:57:10)

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