What is a GameCube? Xbox Turns 20. ExtraLife Streaming. And Oregon Trail vs Civilzation 6.
Chris played Civilization, Nick played a bunch of games for ExtraLife, and we talk about Xbox turning 20, kids not knowing what a Gamecube is, and ponder if reality is broken.
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Console Corner
- Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal
- Niantic opens Lightship platform
- MGS games removed due to archival footage licensing
- Unpacking players don't know what a GameCube is
- KotOR available for Switch $15
- Playdate update
- Xbox's 20th Anniversary - adds 70 new backward compatible games
- Ted Lasso car in Forza
PC Corner
- Chris played Civilization 6 for an hour
- Extra Life Game Day - Nick streamed on Twitch
- Political Arena kickstarter
- Mass Effect Teaser
Apple Corner
- Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls
- Small amounts of action platformer trapped in character/item upgrade menu system
- Auto attack makes game more accessible
- This was an IAP powered Android game launched in 2019
- Worked well with controller
- The Oregon Trail
- Getting back into it. Many game updates (about 20 onboarding screens!): new trails (California, Mormon), fishing mini game, more story quests (eg bring nitroglycerin to mine without blowing up), more challenges ("contracts" to complete a trail segment with added difficulty)
- Menus work with controller okay, but definitely touch first
- Galaga Wars+
- Never played previous release
- Weird hold to unpause mechanic, bad RSI scenario
- Fun progression, pretty high difficulty
- Netflix Games
- First on Android, now on iOS
- One app per game to follow App Store guidelines
- not streaming like Luna or xCloud
- Listener Andrew
- "You and Chris were great entertainment on my way to and from getting cat supplies."
- Tiny Wings developer wanted to transfer achievements
- 🍋 HomePod mini
- Fraggle Rock TV+ show
- Marathon series / Marathon emulator
- Friend of the show Angela
- Gabe wants multiplayer
Tabletop Corner
- MegaCity
- Rating bias towards new games
Creators and Guests
Host
Chris
I edit podcasts so you don't have to @lemonproduction like @Netlify, @Syntaxfm, and more. He/him.
Host
Nicolas Ward
Cloud securitician sad about the seemingly inevitable demise of Twitter. @ultranurd@tacobelllabs.net Opinions are my own.