Did someone say something silly about video games? Well, I guess we’ll just have to poke fun at them!
00:13 – Andrew attended the March For Our Lives and only saw one pug. We also talk a bit about the intersection of the march and Black Lives Matter.
10:28 – Andrew talks about the addition of Deviljho to Monster Hunter World and the problems he has with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
42:39 – Metropolis: Lux Obscura dev says that, despite the box saying there’s sexism in his game, there’s no sexism in his game, only sexual objectification of women who have no agency and are dependent on men. Yeah…
53:17 – Video games violence may not be a problem but perhaps toxic meritocracy is. It’s certainly a perspective we haven’t heard before. Let’s discuss!
1:19:24 – EZK finally sees Thor: Ragnarok
1:37:55 – We discuss the second season of Jessica Jones
Andrew has caught the flu so it’s an EZK solo show this week!
On the agenda, Trump is meeting with the games industry next week, but no one told the games industry and the ESRB has added “In-Game Purchases” to the list of non-content descriptors.
28:38 – Game developer uses malware as DRM. It goes about as well as you’d expect.
41:34 – ESA doesn’t want you to enjoy anything it can’t make money off of, bemoans it sees no revenue from admission fees of museums displaying video games that have long since been end-of-life’d.
56:28 – Konami is monetizing extra save slots. Seriously.
1:02:38 – Assassin’s Creed: Origins’ educational spin off saddled with unnecessary censorship.
1:09:26 – Politicians are being dumb about video games. Again.